selfe bokes Sure I am that Iohan fryth made no boke without a name Eyther yt had the tyttle of a dyspuâ—acyon ageynst purgatorye or of an answere vnto mores epystle or of the examynacyon of hys artycles or of an exhortacyoÌ„ to the folowers of Christes gospell or of a myrrour to knowe owr selues by or of a bulwarke ageynst rastell or els concernynge the sacrament of the bodye and blood of Christ yfyt were hys And as touchynge the reuelacyoÌ„ of antichrist though he ded translate yt out of a foren tonge into Englyshe with an antithesis annexed vnto yt yet was yt not of hys makynge But trulye yf I myght vtter my coÌ„ceyt I wold saye that thys boke of frythes were hys disputacyon of purgatorye by cause yt ys here vnnamed In dede by the goynge downe therof my lordes kychyn ys not the warmer nor yet hys purse the wayghtyer and therfor yt must nedes be heresye 3 Thorpe and oldecastell are the names of .ij. dyuerse menne and not of one seuerall boke and therfor though my lorde hath pervsed the bagge yet hath he not dyscretelye pervsed the bokes For a monstruouse thynge yt were .ij. menne to beoâ—e boke vnlesse he coude brynge yt in by some straunge fygure of the canon lawe whych now adayes worketh manye newe myracles The boke of master Vvyllyam thorpes examynacyon comprehendeth onlye these artycles That Images schuld in no case be worshyped That meÌ„ schuld not go to them on pylgrymage That prestes haue no iust tytle to tythes by the gospell That yt ys not law full to swe are by anye creature And that the sacrament of Christes bodye ys no accydent without a materyall substaunce as fryre Thomas hath fantasyed 4. The other small treatyse called the examynacyon of ser IohaÌ„ oldecastell the lorde CobhaÌ„ and worthye warryour of Iesus Christ contayneth onlye these artycles That bysshopes hath made lawes for ther couetousnesse whom no Christen menne ought to folowe That no prest ought by goddes lawe to sytt vpon anye mannys deathe That sens venym was shedde into the churche they neuer folowed Christ That the pope in hys lawes and lyuynge ys vnto Christ an aduersarye That the churche of Rome ys the nest of antichrist whose tayle are monkes and fryres That the sacrament of the aulter ys Chrystes bodye and bread after Christes and Paules doctryne That maÌ„nys saluacyon came in by Christ aÌ„d not by the crosse he dyed on nor yet by anye other dead thynge That God oft tymes curseth where as bysshoppes doth blesse And that an ignoraÌ„t prest lyuynge wyckedly ought to heare no maÌ„nys confessyon In the condempnacyon of these artycles ye also condempne manye godly thynges that owr gracyouse prince hath done by the auctoryte of gods worde so forgetfull are ye of yourselfe in your dronken generacyon Nothynge ys lyke to be allowed at your handes I se well that maketh ageist your glytteriÌ„ge regne of blasphemye Styll are ye of the same selfe burnynge zele and stomake that Tho mas Beckett Vvyllyam Cortenaye Tho mas Arundell Harrye Spenser and soche other terryble termagauntes of yowr spy rytualte were in the quarell os yowr holye churche A wonderfull thynge ys yt that ye neuer repent yowr myschefes nor yet recant yowr errours superstycyons and blasphemyes But euermore persecute and murther for the vpholdynge of theÌ„ playenge styll the same partes that other cayphases hath done before yow Not on lye are ye contented to beholde the cruell actes of yowr popyshe predecessours but also ye must conferme them a freshe by a newe conclempnacy on of the popes enemyes to the great slaunder of yowr prynce least ye schuld lose yowr part in the vengeaunce promysed for the shedynge of innocentes blood Lett menne dylygeÌ„t lye serche those â— treatyses aÌ„d they schall easelye perseyue what a faythfull part ye haue played here in condempnynge in a maner all thynges that he hath made lawfull by the scripturs 5 The boke of the olde God and the newe was compyled so farre as I can re membre by one Hermannus a germane more than xx years a go And onlye yt toucheth the pryde couetousnesse and tyrannye of the bysshopp of Rome the Idotrye of hys churche and the hypocrysye of hys sectes Moche do I maruele wheri that boke schuld offende yow but that I knowe your hart by your frutes Thys ys the fyrst tyme that god ys named in thys secoÌ„ de processe of my lordes declaracyon and yt ys in the tyttle of thys heresye boke els had yt gone by at thys tyme and therfor thanke the boke for yt and not hym 6 The commentarye whych the vertu ouse lerned manne master Lancelot Rydleye made vpon saynt Paules epystle to the Ephesyanes for the true erudycyon of hys Christen bretherne hath my lorde he re also coÌ„dempned for heresye But what the cause ys I can not tell Vnlesse yt be for auauncynge the gospell as the thynge wherby we are made ryghtouse without eyther decre or ceremonye Or els for admony shynge vs to be ware of mennys tradycyons and doctrines least we schuld by them trust in anye other thynge than in Christ aÌ„d least we schuld for ther glytterynge gawdes refuse the spyrituall armou re ageynst the deuyll and hys members whom Paule hath there prescrybed vnto vs. So charytable ys my lorde to Chrystes congregacyon that nothynge cometh froÌ„ hym to ther edysyége neyther â— preachyn ges nor yet in wrytynges but all in condempnacyons of both to ther destruccyoÌ„ Here ys thys latter boke called rydlyes coÌ„ mentaryes as though they were manye vpon thys one epystle beynge but one by cause he wyll be true in nothynge ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Denatorius vpon Timothe 2 v vynaâ—iuâ— of Gods prouydence 3 The cathecysme of Melanchton 4 The cathecysme of Drâ—anus 5 The cathecisme of pacimontanus 6 The cathecysme of Sarceâ—us Hys dysclosynge MOche a do haue we styll with these bokes Not yet ys my lordes mynde satysfyed with them but more of ther names must be blowen abrode to proue Tolwyn a ranke heretyque Now cometh forth Thomas venatorius whych with great grace lernynge and eloquence hath wrytten an excellent worke vpon the .ii. epystles of saynt Paule to Timothe Thys boke maye not come a brode to be tryed by the scrypturs and most auctentyue doctours but yt must in a bagge be coÌ„dempned at Paules crosse for heresye non artycles named And what ys the cause thynke yow For yt sheweth the ryght offyce of a Christen bysshopp how he schuld teathe and gouerne whych my lorde caÌ„ not awaye with It commauÌ„deth to resyst false preachers whom my lorde doth daylye maiteyne It describeth soche wycked pre lates as teacheth the doctryne of deuyls with lyes â— hypocresye forbyddynge mar ryage and meates of whose nombre hys lordshypp ys one It exhorteth all spirituall gydes of the peple to be vertuouse and
owr spirituall Mahometes euer sens ther begynnynge And I thynke they lerned yt fyrst of the romanes as they haue done all other deuylyshnesse els Vvhose custome was whan so euer the flood of Tiber raged to throwe in a man ne or a woman therwith to pacyfye hys furye And in dede waters in dyuerse places of the scripture betokeneth the peple Those hastye voyces ageynst ther proude kyngedome they vse oft to apeyse with soche a fraye bugge as was Tolwyn at Paules crosse whom my lorde sett vp the re for a sygne of contradyccyon If Iohan Porter that geÌ„tyll and godlye yonge man ne and true dyscyple of Christ whom my lorde latelye quelled in preson for readynge the byble had submytted hymselfe to thys symple office and professyon of papystrye forswerynge Christ and hys veryte he had bene maÌ„ne alyue and so had other more where as now he ys dead aÌ„d gone But be thu certayne and sure of yt thu terryble and cruell Cerberus that God hath not lost hym Full dere ys he vnto hys mercyfull redemer though thu hast wretchedly cast hym awaye Yea full precyouse in hys syght ys hys deathe though he dyed in the stynkynge doÌ„gyon of new gate with the wydowes almes of no smal wayght vpon hym besydes the most sharpe hoÌ„ger and greuouse famyshmeÌ„t whych dryed vpp hys bowels Or strangelynge vpp in the nyght as your commoÌ„ feate ys for ye haue yowr hyred slaughter menne in soche hydden corners for soche busye byble readers Remember what ye sayd whan he came before yow that ye were glad he was come to your handes Ye thought than to dyspatche hym for anye more readynge in Paules as ye haue now done in dede though he were a manne of ryght stronge nature and stomake But blessed be our lorde God though ye haue slayne hys bodye ye can do no harme to hys sowle He that loseth hys lyfe for Christ schall fynde yt ageyn to auauntage The corne that dyeth in the grounde bryngeth forth moche frute He that loseth hys sowle here schall fynde yt in the lyfe euerlastynge whan tyrauntes schall haue rewarde with the deuyll and hys angels 4 Tolwyn hath not done all amys therfor in admonyshynge hys fryndes afore hande to take example by hym for the auoydaunce of lyke daunger or els worse For yf they lyst not to beware by hym they maye take warnynge by that hath be done vnto Rycharde mekyns Robert warde and now last of all Iohan porter whose blood axeth daylye vengeaunce ouer thys cruell tyraunt as ded the innocent blood of Abel ouer that spyghtfull murtherer Cain By thys and soche other as by most enydent tokens maye christen meÌ„ne se that yt ys christes doctrine whych hath bene taught now of late by gods appoyntment and the kynges permyssyon For yf yt were of the worlde the fleshe or the deuyll yt schuld haue the clergye to frynde lyke as hath Idolatrye whoredome and all other fylthynesse with the stynkynge stewes whom they neuer persecute Our eternall God aÌ„d mercyfull father delyuer ones hys peple froÌ„ these cruell enemyes whom he hath redemed with the precyouse blood of hys sonne Iesus Christ Amen ⧠THE SECONDE FYTT OR BOKE of my lorde of Londons declaracyoÌ„ coÌ„cernynge the popes olde faythe wyth the dysclosynge of the same The manne of synne ¶ 1 Here after folovveth the names of 2 the bokes 3 vvhych the seyd person of saynt Antonynes 4 vvaâ— detected and presented vvith Hys dysclosynge 1 IN case lyke was Tolwyâ— whaÌ„ my lorde of Londoâ— examyned hym as waâ— Christ whan he came bâ—fore Annas the hygh preâ— of the Iewes as yt ys here manyfest Oâ— hys dyscyples and doctrine ded Annas eâ—amyne hym so ded my good lorde of Lâ—â—don poore Tolwyn for the ordre of hyâ— cure and what lernynge he taught them â–ª For the fyrst was the afore seyd declaracâ—on and for the other ys thys processe 〈…〉 folowynge of the names of serten bokeâ— perteynynge also to the same Dyuerse are ther tytles partlye for the dyuersyte of the matters and partlye for the more soleÌ„pne settynge forthe of thys notable worke to the vpholdynge of holye churche ageynst heretyques The first matters respecteth hys dyscyples or parryshners vnder the tyttle of declaracyon whom he hath not fedde with the pharysees leuen nor yet pampred vp with the popes swylle and dregges accordynge to hys first professyoÌ„ but now of late with the pure worde of god as he coude conuenyentlye procure yt Thys present processe concerneth hys doctryne vnder the tyttle of the names of bokes wher wyth he was both detected and presented of them that neyther vnderstode them nor knewe them the coÌ„â—entes therof not declared att all 2 Vvhat haynouse heresyes and daungerouse doctryne the seyd bokes contayneth wyll here after apere as ther names come to hande in ther course But I maruele moche that the bagge ys not so wele expressed in thys tytle as are the bokes consyderynge they came to Paules crosse togyther So wele ys he worthye to be condemned of heresye by the popes lawe as 〈…〉 y for hys couerynge carryenge and conueyenge of them as he ded And as manye heresyes hath he whan he ys emptye as they haue for ought wese here yet sauynge oÌ„lye the names Vvhat we schall se here after I can not tell 3 Vvolde Tolwyn haue bene a good Idoll mayntener with holye water and sensynge latyne Iabberynge and wawlynge accordynge to the offyce of saynt Antonynes personage he had not bene thus brought forth for aÌ„ heretyque Vvolde he haue shewed hymself the popes good swyneherde and haue fedde hys porkelynges apace with sosse and syllybubbes coddes and swaddes with other lyke purueaunce the great swyne had not so gredelye deuoured hym 4 Neyther had they detected hym for a loller nor yet presented hym for an heretyque In no wyse can they awaye with the clenlye prouysyon of Christ nor yet broke the seruyce of hys apostles The swete brede of the gospell hath in ther mouthes no sauer nor yet the dulcett gust of the other scripturs The wholsom delycates that the holye ghost hath prepared caÌ„ they not awaye wyth Geue them the draâ—fe they were wont to haue with the swyllynges of the popes olde vessels for they are soche worne bottels as wyll rather burst than holde newe wyne Better ys a fylthye puddell vnto them to wallowe in than a fayre clere ryuer to make them cleane Ye can haue a swyne no better thaÌ„ he ys of hys owne vngentyll nature Therfor Iete swyne be fylthye swyne and vyle gootes be gootes styll As the meke lambes of Christ folowe yow hys voyce whych ys the hygh shepeherde of yowr sowles and late swyne be swyne styll Now foloweth the seconde processe of thys declaracyon The manne of synne ¶ 1 Good peple 2 these bokes contayned here in thys baggez or sachell are 4 erronrouse heretycall and noughtye bokes and vvere
yt was made by Martyn Luther the capytall enemye of antichristes bysshoppes and partlye for that my lorde ys therin so lyuelye sett out in hys pontyfycall colours Yet wondre I ageyne that he schuld condempne that pycture whych he beareth out so lyuelye in the syght of the worlde Parauenture he ys well contented to playe the proude pagent but he wolde not haue the scripturs to busye to tell hym therof Nothynge taketh thys treatyse from a ryght christen bysshopp though yt toucheth the tyrauntes of Sodome and the gloryouse glottons of Babylon Therfor lett theÌ„ wexe furyouse fraÌ„tyk and madde at ther spirytuall pleasure full lyttle careth Martyn for that thonderynge or earthquake of thers 3 The godlye confessyon of faythe whych the noble princes of germanye mekelye offred to the emproure for the churches reformacyon whom my lorde calleth here the confessyon in Englyshe full wyselye with the lerned Apologye of Phylypp MelaÌ„chton hath he also blotted with the blacke tyttle of heresye Ryghtlye compareth Christ soche shamelesle hypocrytes to rauenynge dogges and swyne cruellye tearynge hys truthe and treadynge vnder ther fylthye fete the precyouse pearle therof Full lyttle knoweth thys blynde bysye busharde what he doth condempne in these godlye bokes here rehersed He daÌ„pneth dyuerse verytees of God as our iustyfycacyoÌ„ i Christ the puttynge downe of the pope the confutynge of the anabaptystes the true obedyence to princes the abolyshynge of superstycyoÌ„s with manye godlye thynges that our kynge hath done ageynst the false kyngedome of antychrist Vvhat godlye wyse manne caÌ„ iudge otherwyse of hym whan he condeÌ„pneth all that ys in them contayned with out respect Certayne I aÌ„ that these are the pryncypall poyntes therin decysed 4 Vvhat the postylles are vpoÌ„ the epysteles and gospels whych foloweth coÌ„sequentlye vnder the same condempnacyoÌ„ I can not tell vnlesse they be Rychard tauerners Vvhom he compyled together of a good godlye mynde that yowr asseheaded prestes whych can do no soche thynges schuld not be all Idell but shewe some godlye instruccyons to the peple By thys furyouse acte therfor maye all meÌ„ne se that ye mynde no maner of godlynesse to the dere flocke of Christ but all destruccyon and myschefe In the chamber of thys poore manne whom ye thus proclame for an heretyque founde ye dyuerse bokes of papystrye and treason to your price were they so narrowlye loked vpoÌ„ as these are But them left ye there behynde vntouched as matters necessarye to the vpholdynge of your holye churche Lett Tol wyn haue so manye of them as he wyll and he schall neuer be blamed but be your owne whyght soÌ„ne Ye passe not a whytt how moche treasoÌ„ be a brode for by that alwayes hath your ruffelynge relygyon had mayntenaunce Onlye ys yt heresye as ye call yt that moueth your spretes For by that ys decayed yowr vayne glorye Ye force not though a hondred thousande of those bokes were abrode that myght teache menne to be dysobedyent to God in the matters of faythe and vnto your prynce in the causes of ther true allegeaunce The enchyridion of Eckius that impudent proctour of antichrist offendeth yow nothynge at all Yet coÌ„tayneth yt all doctryne of deuylyshnesse as the popes auctoryte power and prymacye hys couÌ„sels coÌ„stytucyons and customes hys confirmacyons orders and vnccyons hys worshyppynge of Images rodes and rellyques hys excommunycacyons interdyccyons and cursynges hys purgatorye pardons and pylgrimages hys immunytees pluralitees and tot quoâ—â—es with the deuyll aÌ„d all of soche fylthynesse Euerye where ys thys boke sought and enquyred for iÌ„ cyte markett and feyer Euerye ser Iohan must haue yt that can rede to make hym therwith a Christen curate a good ghostlye father and a catholyck member of holye churche Verye fewe popyshe prestes with in my lordes dyocese are at thyssame houre with out yt eyther in ther chambers sleues or bosoms For yt ys a most precyouse treasure to hym that wyll heare confessyons and kepe a cure well to antychristes behoue That embrase the gentyll menne of the popes lyuerye and marke that culle they that kysse they that drawe they to them as a worke of most holye wholsom catholyck doctryne No lesse myght harrye pep well in Paules churche yearde haue out of Michael Hillenius howse in Anwerpe at one tyme than aÌ„ whole complete prynte at the holye request of stokyslaye In a short space were they dyspached and a newe prynte in haÌ„de soche tyme as he also commaunded Barlowes dyaloges to be preached of the curates through out all hys dyocese I knowe yt the better for that he at the same tyme suspended me from preachynge in estsexe bycause I wold not leaue the gospell and be sworne to the obseruacyon of hys iniunccyons I haue knowne in my tyme more than vi dyuerse pryntes of thys erronyouse and deuylyshe boke whych ys a manyfest token that the vtteraunce therof hath not bene small Dyuerse of them hath besydes thys hys dronken dysputacyons ageynst heretyques hys apostolyck crede hys crysopassus of dyuyne predestynacyon hys aurycular confessyoÌ„ hys boke offre wyll hys primacye of Peter to pope Leo the tent and hys postylles of papystrye Manye other dyrtye dyuynes haue they els of the same pharyseycall leuen to maynteyne the same selfe doctrine As Thomas of Aquyne Bonauenture Vvalden Prierias Catharinns Clychtoueus Radinus Empser Cocleus Lathomus Scatzger Herbron Hochstrate Natalis Beda Tregarius Pelargus Hofmester Alphonsus de Castro Iohan Fysher and Thomas More with canonystes and Romystes the deuyll and all But at these can my lorde wynke in hope of I saye no more Vvhether these wayes be ryght or naye lete menne of godlye and rype dyscressyon iudge The manne of synne ¶ 1 A boke of prayer made by Luther 2 The dore of holye scripture 3 The postylles of Coruinus 4 Tvvo olde vvritten bokes the one for scolers 5 and the other taken out of frythes bokes Hys dysclosynge NOt yet haue we done with these bokes but styll are they a foule blott in my lordes eyes Now cometh a boke of prayer made by Martyn Luther yet nothynge ys seane but the bagge Anon my lorde wyll saye that heretyques despyse good workes and write ageynst fastynge aÌ„d prayer But lete hym be ware least thys boke ê“ue hym a lowde lyar in the face of all the worlde In that small treatyse yf yt be hys ys nothynge els contayned but the lordes prayer the commaundementes and crede It ys moche maruele to me yf they are now become heresye and legenda aurea with sancta Maria ora pro nobis out of your ordynarye pye and portas becometh ageyne so wholsom lernynge But parauenture yt ys for Luthers names sake If the whole doctrine of the trynyte came in that name yt schuld sure into the sachell without lokynge on and be condempned for heresye Ye yf God came hymfelfe vnder hys tyttle he
schuld surelye staÌ„de forth for an heretyque in my lordes great mode He hath alredye coÌ„dempned hys coÌ„maundementes hys prayer and the artycles of hys faythe for Martyns sake oÌ„lye And no maruele For he ys the father heretyque aÌ„d enemye of all holye churche If God wold ones take hym out of the waye doubtlesse he schuld hane great thankes of my lorde and of the ranke rable of Romyshe ruffelers 2 Next cometh forewarde in course the dore of holye scripture Vvhether thys be Christ or no I am in moche doubt For in dede he sayth vnto hys dyscyples in the x. chapter of Iohan. I am the dore into the shepe folde He that entreth in by me schal go in and out and fynde good fedynge But I fere me that my lorde ys one of those theues and robbers that Christ speaketh of there for stoppynge vp of thys dore For he in so doynge depryueth the peple of that lyfe whych ys in hym and so sleeth ther soules holdynge them styll captyue in synne Alwayes hath my lordes generacyon bene thus rebellyouse ageynst the lorde and hys worde As we haue for example iÌ„ the olde lawe the false prestes whych compassed Hieremye the prophete and in the newe lawe the spirituall prelates that sought Christes deathe If thys dore of holye scripture be a treatyse than had yt bene more wysdome for my lorde to haue christenlye reproued the errours therof in case ther be anye and not to condempne soche a clere perfyght tyttle as offreth nothynge but godlynesse I thynke eyther hys wyttes are not hys owne or els he ys dronke with excesse of the Babylonyshe cuppe of hys holye mother 3 The compendyouse postyls of Antonius Coruinus vpoÌ„ the sondayes ond sayntes are iudged of menne that be syncerelye lerned to be faythfull and godlye And so moche the more necessarye to a preacher that ys but meanelye lerned that within a small compasse they contayne moche christen erudycyon But my lorde admitteth nothige that perteieth to that office He careth for nothynge but for holye water aÌ„d sensynge ê“cessyoÌ„ and massynge He thynketh that .iiij. tymes in the yeare or ones in a quarter ys ynough for preachynge and therin onlye to declare the kynges actes coÌ„cernynge ceremonyes and tythes in stede of the popes sentence of cursynges whych now is worne out If they Iyst to preache anye other thynge els they haue yet ther olde festyuall mammotractus Gesta roma norum Sermones discipuli Sermones dormi secure Rationale diuinorum Manipulus curatorum postilla guilhermi aÌ„d dyuerse other more whych are auncyent workes allowed of holye churche They haue also a famouse newe worke called Ioh EckaÌ„ius postyll which battelleth for the holye fathers primacye harde These and soche other are bokes of catholyk lernynge and schall neuer be condempned for they make all togyther for holye churche 4. In the bottom of the bagge lyeth .ij. olde written bokes and they haue no names here to fulfyll my lordes promes wyth But thus moche hath my lorde gathered of them that the one of them is for scolers aÌ„d the other ys takeÌ„ out of Io. frythes bokes But wonder yt ys to me what that boke schuld offende whych ys onlye for scolers and hath non other tyttle Vvyl my lorde styll destroye all godlynesse without excepcyon Non other ys yt to condempne a boke for scolers hauynge non other addycyon but to condempne for heretyques doctryne ther vertuouse bryngynge vpp in good letters and maners In thys doth my lorde declare hymselfe an enemye vnto nature whych delyteth in necessaryes besydes that he hath done vnto faythe That the other treatyse taken out of Iohan frythes bokes schuld be an olde boke yt ys a fowle lye though yt be newlye practysed of my lorde For he was not 27 years olde in the 8. yeare afore thys declaracyon whan my lordes generacyon Stokyslaye Gardyner and soche other whoÌ„ Esaye calleth the tyrauntes of Sodoma putt hym to most cruell deathe in the yeare of owr lorde God M. D .xxxiij. for Christes congregacyon sleeth no manne for hys faythe And therfor it caÌ„ not now be olde and collected of hys bokes Not all vnlyke ys my lorde here vnto the olde tyrauntes in the condempnacyon of these bokes Ioachim the kynge of Iuda tare Hie remyes prophecye and consumed yt in the fyre for vtterynge the truthe Antiochus coÌ„maunded the bokes of the scripturs to be brent also and the readers of them to be putt vnto deathe Herodes the Ascalonyte or Idumyte destroyed the monymentes of the Iewes and cruellye slewe ther notaryes Besydes that hath be done by the consecrate prelates of Constantynople and Rome whych also destroyed manye workes of Chrysostome and Gregorye as the cronycles mencyoneth And ToÌ„stall in owr tyme whych ys now bysshop of DurhaÌ„ whan the testamentes came first into Englyshe bought vpp a greatt nombre of them and brent them in Paules churche yearde for the great deuocyon he had vnto them and bycause he wolde shewe hys kynde But what became of the asore named tyrauntes for workynge soche wyckednesse Trulye Ioachim was ledde captyue into Egypt and at the last dyed there myserablye hys name secluded froÌ„ Christes genealogye Antiochus departed in a straunge lande ouerwhelmed with dyspayre aÌ„d innumerable sorowes els Herode was vexed with manye sore disseases as ytche scall mange gowte feuers collyke and at the last consumed of wormes most wretchydlye ended hys lyfe what schall become here after of my lorde bonner and Tohstall for doynge lyke feates I wyll not nor can not dyffyne for yt ys in the handes of God But sure I am that yt wyll be remembred whan blasphemers schall receyue rewardes accordinge to ther dedes My lorde parauenture thynketh the menne be yll and therfor he maye iustlye condempne ther workes My lorde must consydre ageyne that though Balaam Saul and Cayphas were wycked persones yet doth not the scripturs condempne ther true prophecyes Vvhat these meÌ„ne are ther frutes schall declare For no manne can saye that Iesus ys the lorde whych my lorde hath not yet vttred in all hys processe but in the holye ghost And as for my lordes thynkynge we remembre in Esaye that they whych holde darkenesse lyght and lyght darkenesse haue thoughtes and iudgementes full vnlyke to the thoughtes and iudgementes of God They saye they do well sayth Micheas the prophete whan they labour to shede blood and hunte ther bretherne to deathe They slee the shepe sayth Zacharye and yet they take yt for no synne No they suppose they do God good seruyce in so doynge But lete them take hede of yt and they lyst for Esaye geueth them warnynge that hell gapeth full wyde and openeth her mouthe at large to rewarde that good seruyce of thers The manne of synne ¶ 1 In vvhiche bokes are coÌ„tayned manye sundrie errours 2 and blasphe mouse detestable aÌ„d abhoÌ„ynable he resyes 3 not onlye ageynst the
new gate for Christ Precyouse ys the deathe of the faythfull before God The commen charyte of mytred prelates Psal 113. Math. 10. Lucae 9. Ioan. 12. Marci 8. Math. 25. The blood of these and other axeth vengeauÌ„ce An euydeÌ„t sygne of Chrystes doctrine Idols and the stewes neuer persecuted Mark the examynacyon of Annas Ioan. 18. Dyuersyte of matters herin specyfyed The fyrst coÌ„cerueth hys paryshe or peple Thys ys all of the doctryne whych he taught The bagge schuld be coÌ„deÌ„pned with the bokes Nothynge ys here seane but names The office of saynt antonynes personage Luc. 5. Matth. 7. Esa 66. Math. 15. Act. 17. Ioan. 8. Marci 2. Luc. 5. 2. Pet. 2. Apoc. 22. Ioan. 10. 1. Pet. 2. Ezech. 13. Prou. 11. Psal 36. The wordes of Tolwis voyce are my lordes Hys pontyfycall rhetoryck coÌ„ceruynge a sachell Heresyes not knoweÌ„ but to the bagge Difference of heretyques now and than My lorde playeth here 3. partes The kynges true subiectes abused Thomas waldeÌ„ in prologo primi li â–ª coÌ„tra wic leuistas Equiuocacyon of thys mystycall â–ª terme bagge A tokeÌ„ of remeÌ„brauÌ„ce ageynst an other tyme. The bagge knoweth more thaÌ„ we The feruent zele of my lorde for holye churche In custodye and out of custodye The popes sworne benefactours London as fortunate as rome A mystesterye left here vndysoussed Names of bokes but nothynge els The olde faythe aÌ„d beleue of holy churche Gal. 4. Lucae 13. Math. 15. Ioan. 8. Ioan. 14. Ioan. 1. Esa 55. My lorde halteth at the fyrst My lorde breaketh couenauÌ„t The bokes that IohaÌ„ frith coÌ„pyled The reuelacyon of antichryst translated by Iohan Frith The examynacyoÌ„ of master VvyllyaÌ„ Thorpe The chefe artycles theryn coÌ„preheÌ„ded Ser Iohan oldecastel the lorde cobham Artycles coÌ„tayned cheflye in hys examynacyoÌ„ Sore matters to be condeÌ„ned My lorde coÌ„deÌ„neth the kynge Lyke ys my lorde to the olde brutes of Babylon Euermore persecute our bysshops with Cai phas An easye part hath my lorde played he re The olde God and the newe God ys he re named onlye to hys condempnacyon Rydleyes commentaryes vpon Paule to the Ephesyanes Tradycyons maye not be touched Nothynge coÌ„meth from my lorde but condemp nacyon More bokes spott'd with heresye Thomas Venatorius i Pau lum ad Ti motheum The principall con tentes of that godlye worke The ryght office of a christeÌ„bys hoppe Huldricus Zuinglius de prouidentia Dei The conteÌ„tes of that famouse and excol lent worke Marke what my lordehath here condemned All condemneth he with outrespect The report of dyuerse lerned meÌ„n â— God fouÌ„de amonge heretyques ys coÌ„deÌ„pned God beareth no rewle amoÌ„ge byshops Psal 118. Mat. 28. 4. cathechysmes of faythe Philippus Melanchton compyled the fyrst Vrbanus Regiê° made the seconde Balthasar Pacimontanus made the iij. Erasmus Sarcerins coÌ„pyled the forth Rebukes geueth the bysshops for godlynesse Hier. 10. Math. 23 The wolfe chaseth the poor laÌ„be 〈◊〉 styll Bartholomeus west hemerus a lerned maÌ„ne Conciliatio sacrae scripturae Christ ys condempned of my lorde Vvhat ys to be seane in that godlye volume Ioan. 5. Esa 50. Math. 15. Luc. 6. Martyn Lutherma de the couÌ„terfett bysshoppe 1. Tim. 3. Esa 1. Apoc. 18. The coÌ„fessyoÌ„ of the Germanes Math. 7. Esaye 50. Phil. 3. Math. 33. All godlynesse condempneth Bonner Vvith all that ower kynge hath done The postilles of Richarde taverner Nothynge seck the bysshops but destruccyon of sowle Bokes of pystryeaÌ„ 〈…〉 treasoÌ„ no 〈…〉 coÌ„deÌ„pned 〈…〉 Treaso 〈…〉 ys non h 〈…〉 resye bu 〈…〉 onlye th 〈…〉 scripturs Iohan Eckius with hys Enchirydion The ghostlye treasure ther in coÌ„tayned To lerne therwith to make trayters a pace Necessarye doctrine for holye churche harry pep well stokyslayes prouider The auctor suspended for prechynge the gospell Other bokes els of the seyd papyst Eckius More lousye doctors of the same leuen At these canthe bysshops wike A boke of prayer made by Martin luther Bonner wyl proue hymself a fowle lyer Legenda aurea â–ª with ora pro nobis God and all hys coÌ„maundementes coÌ„dempned here God myght haue thankes to take luther awaye The dore of holye scriptur ys Christ Ioan. 10. Ioan. 10. Treno 3. Col. 3. 2. Tim. 3. Exod. 7. Psal 2. Act. 4. Hier. 26. Math. 26. A tyttle offerynge moche godlynesse condeÌ„pned Postille Antonij â–ª Coruini vtiles necessarie No ryght preachynge but sensynge of Images the newe maÌ„ner of preachynge now a dayes The auncyeÌ„t workes of holy church the newe postyl of IohaÌ„ Eckius Two olde written bokes without name Vertuouse educacion is become heresye Arist 2. de aia 1. coeli The age of Iohan fryth Esa 1. Gen. 9. Iohan. 10. 4. reg 23. Hiere 36 1. math 1. Ioan bachonis .3 senteÌ„ dist 20. Tonstall burned the testamentes in englyshe Hiere 22. 4. reg 24 3. para 36 Math. 1. 1. math 6 petrus coÌ„mestor li. 19. cap. 16 Boner aÌ„d Tonstall vnder the lordes veÌ„geaunce Num. 24 â–ª 1. reg 26. Ioan. 11. Lucae 6. 1. cor 12. Esay 5 55. Mich. 7. Zach. 11. Ioan. 16. Esa 5. Psal 54. A blynde reÌ„naunt must styll holde vp Babylon Psal 52. Ezech. 10 Esa 44. Hiere 18. Ioan. 12. Math. 10. Ioan. 12. Ioan. 16. Not one of the doctours are without errours Thomas of aquine with hys affinite AdaÌ„ cardinalis in dialogo regis episcopi Thomas waldenê° coÌ„tra wic leuistas .l. 2. IdeÌ„ waldenuscontra wicle uistas lib. 2. cap. 78 The canoÌ„ lawe and ceremonies tryed bi the scripturs Math. 16. Esa 59. Hiere 23. Sopho. 1. Ezech. 4. 1. Tim. 4. Matt. 24. A preteÌ„ce of godlynesse to coloure ther myschefe They coÌ„trarye christes instytucioÌ„ The papystes blaspheme the sacrament Hebr. 13. Psal 50. Rom. 12. Deut. 12. Esa 65. Apoc. 18. Collo 2. Osee 4. Osee 10. Esa 2. Apoc. 6. Math. 26. 1. Cor. 11. â—stes preche vnto walles aÌ„d wyndowes 1. Cor. 11 Hebr. 6. Math. 20. Luc. 18. Hebr. 7. 9. 13. 1. Pet. 3. Ephes 5 The other sacramentes Apoc. 2. Ioan. 10. Hiere 13. The artycle of maÌ„nys fre wyll they seke to depresse the ryghtousnesse of god Augustinê° de ver bis apostoli Augustinus in soliloquijs Cap. 15. Fre onlye in bodily thynges 2. cor 3. Rom. 14. Ioan. 1. 1. Cor. 4. Here. 10. Rom. 7. Prou. 25. Phil. 2. The papystes boro of the pelagyanes and Manychees All one are they in opynyon with the anabaptistes Esay 44 Ephc. 1. Iacob 2. Math. 10. Ioan. 14. Rom. 9. Hypocrytes geue al to theÌ„selues An olde argumeÌ„t of pelagius Augustinusi hypo gnostioc versus finem God is not the causer of synne Iaco. â— Chrisostomus Hom. 4. super Ioannem 2. reg 16. Prou. 16. Esa 54. 3 reg 22. Rom. 1. Eccl. 11. Amos. 3. Nune. 23. 2. para 19 Michaell bononien in 2. sent Hie. 18. Rom. 9. Prou. 15. Eccl. 3. Esa 38. My lorde bonerproueth hymselfe a fowle lyar Alwayes hath antichrist a shamelesse face Daniel 8 All these are good workes and requiaed in those bokes Ther monye
charytable to cleaue to Chrystes gospell and to shurne superfluouse argumentes and not to deceyue the worlde with hypo cresye sufferynge all abhomynacyons vn der the shaddowe of outwarde holynesse to haue ther fre course but my lorde wyll non of that 2 The compendyouse treatyse of Gods prouydeÌ„ce whych that most notable clar ke Huldricus Zuinglius wrote at the instanÌ„t request of the ryght worshypfull lor de Phylypp the LaÌ„dgraue of Hesse onlye comprehendeth the matters here folowyn ge That God necessarylye dysposeth all creaturs accordynge to hys inscrutable wysdome That the prouydence of God ys hys perpetuall and vnchangeable admynystracyoÌ„ of all thiges That the ryght consyder acyon of the creaturs byneth yt a playne waye to deduce vs into knowleâ—ge therof That manne ys not onlye a terrestryall but a celestyall creatur also Vvhat the lawe of God ys and vnto what ende yt was geuen vnto manne That the eternall wysdome of God knowynge mannys dyuerse fall afore hande coude in no case erre ouershote her compasse nor yet be deceyued neyther in creatynge nor yet in geuynge the lawe That Gods eleccyon or predestynacyon as the doctours doth call yt taketh grounde of hys goodnesse and wysdome and ys immutable And that hys eternall decrees or sett purposes are alwayes as he ys vnchangeable stronge and sure with soche other lyke And all these hath my lorde of hys pontyfycall dyscressyon coÌ„dempned here for heresye with all that was spoken of afore Vvherin I staÌ„de i moche doubt whether he hath condempned hys prynce for an heretyque or no. I wyll not saye that my lorde ys an assehead without true knowlege nor yet a beast without godlye iudgement yet here I dyuerse lerned menne so daylye report hym for condempnynge thys boke and soche other One thynge I wolde desyre the dylygent reader to marke here whych I haue oft rehersed a fore In the fyrst of my lordes declaracyon was neyther God nor Christ ones named neyther yet in thys latter fytt tyll we come to the rehersall of heretyques bokes aÌ„d that doth â—he all of spyght But blessed be that lorde that he wyll be fouÌ„de there yet I thought so moche all thys tyme that came we ones amonge them we coude not be loÌ„ge with out hym In the verye tyttles of ther bokes doth he apere moch more in the processe within Vvhere as in the whole matter of an holye spirituall gloryouse glytterynge prelate he can not ones be seane True ys that lorde of hys worde and iust of hys promyse that he wyll be with the pore contemned dyscyples to the ende of the worlde 3 Next foloweth 4. dyuerse bokes of one tyttle called all catechysmes or instytucyons of the true Christen relygyon Vvhom my lordes holye fatherhode in the zele of a contrarye or popyshe relygy on condeÌ„pneth here for heresye The fyrst ys the catechysme of Phylypp MelanchtoÌ„ whose manyfolde erudycyon the best lerned of chrystendome greatlye coÌ„mendeth Thys treatyse of hys ys an onlye chrysten instytucyoÌ„ for the bryngynge vp of yow the teachynge theÌ„ the coÌ„mauÌ„dementes of God the artycles of the Chrysten faythe the lordes prayer and the ryght vse of the sacramentes I wonder what my lorde me aneth to condempne these for heresyes 4 The seconde ys the catechysme of Vrbanus Regius a manne also Chrystenlye lerned and of a syncere lyuynge Thys worke contayneth the necessarye pryncyples of the chrysten relygyon afore rehersed whose knowlege ys lyfe and whose ignoraunce ys dampnacyon Thys coude not my lorde repreheÌ„de had he not an eye geuen to wyckednesse 5 Of Balthasar Hiebmeir Pacimontanus ys the thyrde catechysme whom in dede I knowe not but by name as I haue redde yt in other mennys writynges But I coÌ„ceyue here the better o pynyon of hym for that my lorde hath condempned hym amoÌ„ge these menne whose doctryne I knowe to be pure and perfyght 6 Erasmus Sarcerius Anemontanus whose name ys also notable and hys lernynge famouse made the fort catechysme whom he elegantlye dyffyneth to be an in stytncyon or teachynge by mouthe comprehendynge the necessarye poyntes of the Christen faythe and relygyon Nothynge ys more bewtyfull in a Christen manne than purelye to worshypp God aÌ„d ryght lye to exercyse the wurkes of faythe whych these bokes throughlye teacheth Rather were soch menne worthye thaÌ„kes than rebukes for so regardynge the Christen common welthe yf bysshoppes not doynge soche thynges were as they schuld be regardynge the peples helthe But soche are euermore the vnworthye wayes of thys worlde malygnelye to blame men ne for ther wele doynge aÌ„d flatterynglye to holde the other sort vp in all kyndes of wyckydnesse As my lorde doth here full fatherlye whych wyll neyther enter into the kyngedome of God hys selfe nor yet suffre anye other that wolde gladlye do yt The manne of synne 1 D vestmore vpon the concylyacyon of fathers 2 The boke of the counterfayt bysshopp 3 The confessyon in Englyshe vvith the Apologye Postylles vpon the epystles aÌ„d gospels Hys dysclosynge STyll ys my lorde busye with thys bagge or sachell declarynge the contentes therof to the great confusyon of Tolwyn I had almost sayd of hymselfe but that I stopped yt in tyme. For bysshoppes can ta 〈…〉 no scathe here bnt what ys towardes theÌ„ in the next worlde that ys in the ryghtfull iudges handes More of these erronyouse bokes must be condeÌ„pned yet no remedye Specyallye one westmore vpon the concylyacyon of fathers My lorde by all lykelyhode was here i some great agonye or whote passyon of prelacye forgettynge the ryght tyttle of thys boke In dede he that made yt ys called Bartholomeus Vvesthemerus whych ys yet a maÌ„ne of great lytterature and iudgement The tyttle of hys boke ys The coÌ„cylyacyon of the holye scrypturs and most auÌ„cyent fathers And not westmore vpon the concylyacyon of fathers He compyled the selfe treaty se and not wrote vpon yt as meÌ„ne do that glose a text My lorde therfor beynge Ignoraunt of the true tyttle schuld seme to be ignoraunt also in the contentes of that boke and so to condempne he woteth not what But by hys absolute power he maye do soche actes and condempne Chryst to yf he come in hys waye in so hastye an ouer syght In thys boke as in a clere myrrour maye meÌ„ne beholde wheriÌ„ the holye doctours couÌ„sels canoÌ„s Rome bysshops constytucyons customes and cronycles dyffereth as concernynge Christen relygyon from the sacred scripturs of both testamentes And thys ys a matter necessarye to be knowne of all menne that coueteth to walke ryghtlye rather than to be condeÌ„pned without lokynge on yf we haue eyther conscyence wytt or grace But all my lordes labour ys to make hys ghostlye chyldren to grope styll in the darke tyll they droppe into the dytche for all 2 I moche blame not my lorde for beynge offended with the boke of the counterfett bysshopp partlye for that
and arche bysshopp of Canturburye brought yt in by a synode holden at london in the yeare after christes natyuyte M. C .ix. whych Anselme bad longe contended afore with kynge wyllyaÌ„ rufus and kynge Henrye the first for the commodytees of antichrystes gloryouse kyngedome and had than gote the vyctorye of them in dede Yet washe at that tyme so accombred with so domytes that he was euerye sondaye compelled openlye to excommunycate them After thys kept the prestes concubynes otherwyse called whores for that was more holye than marryage the space of more than .xv. years tyll loannes de Cremona an holye legate froÌ„ the popes ryght syde came in a great heate from Rome and toke that from them also hy an other couÌ„sell holden at Paules hys selfe taken wyth an whore the nyght folowynge to begynne the relygyon wyth Se how busye thei are yet with al deuylyshe deuyses possyble to holde vp thys wyckednesse styll whych was begonne with soche myschefes and hath contynued with fylthynesse vnspekeable The multytude of prestes sayth Oseas the prophete is lyke an heape of theues murtherers bloudthurstye rauenours for they haue wrought ab homynacyon In the desyre of vnclenlye lustes sayth Heremye they are become altogyther lyke ranke stoned horse neyenge euerye where after ther neybers wyfe They go about sayth the lorde with ther owne inuâ—Ì„â—yoÌ„s but I se theÌ„ well ynough They make the kynge and princes to haue delyght in ther wyckednesse and lyes All these burne in aduouterye as yt were an ouen that the baker heateth whan he hath left knedynge I wyll vysyte all those sayth the lorde also by Sophonias the prophete whych weareth straunge clothynge and treadeth ouer the thresholde so proudelye whych fyllther lordes house with roborye and falshede But now they haue plowed wyckednesse they schall surelye reape synne and eate the frute of lyes wherin the mother schall peryshe wyth her chyldren and the braunches with ther stocke bycause they are not the lordes ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Ageynst the rytes and ceremonyes of the churche 2 comparinge the maner of vveddynge 3 and maryenge of vyrgyns vnto the beastlye fashyon of a savvte bytche 4 Ageynst mennys lavves 5 and tradycyons ¶ Hys dysclosynge STyll is my lorde reparynge hys broken pyttes to holde in the fylthye waters yf it maye be In no wyse can he awaye with the wholsom watter that refresheth to lyfe euerlastynge All hys neybers wolde he haue of the same dyet that he ys of so charytable ys he makynge thys good prouysyon for theÌ„ He thynketh god to lacke wytte and hys sonne dyscressyon and therfor he wyll non of ther rewles There ys an other waye whiche pleaseth hym moche better and that he wyll haue obserued in hys dyocese so longe as he ys lorde ordynarye of londoÌ„ The law dable rytes and ceremonyes of hys mother the holye churche of Rome whych brought hym vp of a whelpe aÌ„d gaue hym the swete sucke froÌ„ her pappes schall not droppe awaye so longe as he maye vpholde them A sort of noughtye heretyques hath writteÌ„ ageynst theÌ„ now of late but yt maketh no matter sayth owr ser IohaÌ„ for my lorde hath condeÌ„pned all ther bokes in a sachell I maruele what my lorde meaneth by all thys ruffelynge abought matters of no wayght nor yet godlynesse In all the newe testament ys no mencyon made of these .ij. wordes Ceremonyes and Rytes in the latyne neyther i the Gospels nor yet in the Epystles neyther in the Actes nor yet i the Apocalyps I wolde fayne knowe thaÌ„ what we haue to do wyth them lyke wyse in the Psalmes aÌ„d Prophetes we rede not of theÌ„ by those .ij. termes sauynge ones in Ezechiel aÌ„d that ys but a rehersall of thynges done in fygure In Moyses .v. bokes and in other hystoryall treatyses are they oft spoken of in dede and there are they to vs but shaddowes of good thynges to come whych we are at a poynt with hauynge Christ pÌ„seÌ„t yet rytes are there more reprehended than praysed as the verye superstycyouse customes of the paganes But what doth my lorde meane yf he schuld go to the best of them wyll he make vs Iewes ageyne wyll he make vs bonde seruauntes and christ hath made vs fre chyldren Saynt paule sayth If we clogge owr selues ageyne with that yoke we fall from grace we go quyte from christ and hys deathe schall profyght vs nothynge Therfor there ye offre vs wronge Your owne lawes and doctrynes besydes the scpiture grauÌ„teth abrogacyon of the lawes ceremonyall If ye brynge vs in anye rytes therfor taken of the heythen customes as are your sayntes holydayes your processyons your letanyes your dyryges your sensynge of aulters your knelynge to Images your callynge vpon dead menne your kyssynge of reliques your coniurynge of spretes your consecracyons vowes and sacrifyces for synne with soche other ye do vs great iniurye also Non that setteth hande to the plough sayth christ and loketh ageyn backe ysfytt for the kingedome of god ye knowe lothes wyfe for doynge soche a feate was turned into a salt stone Christ hath sayd also in IohaÌ„ that the true worshyppers schuld worshypp god onlye in sprete and in veryte Than are they the false woshyppers whych worshypp in outwarde thynges specyallye the outwarde thynge selfe As for baptym and the supper of the lorde are christes holye instytucyons and non of your popyshe ceremonyes Happye yt ys that ye caÌ„ not accuse these beretyque bokes for speakynge ageynst the ryght vse of them Bycause of the trust that the Iewes had in the coÌ„mauÌ„ded ceremonyes god detested them Here. 7. Esa 1. psal 50. Amos. 5. zach 7. aÌ„d Mychee 6. moch more the waÌ„toÌ„ rytes of your pÌ„scripcyon The Ceremonyes of cristeÌ„ meÌ„ yf ye wyl haue theÌ„ so called are now spuÌ„all offerynges of the hart 1. cor 10. Eph. 5. Col. 3. for the true christeÌ„ churche ys all froÌ„ within ps 44. The outwarde are all for the benyuolence ayde confort and other nedes coÌ„cernynge owr neyber Tobi. 4. Malach. 2. Rom. 13. Eph. 4. Eccle â–ª â— Esa 28. Math. 7. 1. IoaÌ„ 3. And though we graunt vnto those that be honest and semelye for an outwarde comelynesse in thynges necessarye yet ought they nat to bynde owr conscyence or be anye part of owr iustyfycacyoÌ„ Neyther maye they be superstycyouse or in anye poynt ageynst christes doctryne But so ys owr christen relygyon as you call yt and as I wolde yt were clogged with your heythnysh rytes that neyther Iewe nor Saracene Arabyane nor Turke wylcome vnto owr faythe thynkynge ther owne rytes moch better as they maye wele ynough To whom'ye wyl hame vs referre the clause that here foloweth that ys to saye Comparynge the maner of weddynge to the beastlye fashyon of a sawte bytche we caÌ„ not wele tell ye haue putt yt here so dyffuselye As wele maye yt extende to
in the cronycles knoweth full wele Robert the arche bysshopp of caunterburye within a whyle after hys othe of allegeaunce to kynge Herolde brought into thys realme duke wyllyam of normaÌ„dye a bastarde with a baÌ„ner froÌ„ pope Alexander the seconde and cleane remyssyon of synne to subdue both hym and yt Vvhat prankes hath bene played sens by Egelwinus Odo Anselme Randolf of durham Rafe of chychester AlexaÌ„der of lyncolne Nigelliê° of helye Roger of salesburye Thomas becket Steuen laÌ„gton Edmonde of pountnaye Thomas of herforde Rychard scrope HeÌ„rye spenser Thomas arundell Thomas the late cardynall of Englande and a great nombre of theÌ„ more yt wolde axe great tyme to declare And therfor yt ys no maruele thow my lorde loketh here so strayghtlye vpon the matter yt ys so faythfullye obserued amonge theÌ„ It were mete for hym to reckeÌ„ with hym selfe how he hath bestowed hys owne He hath bene thryse sworne to the Pope at the least before a iudge for hys spirituall degrees and yet hath he of late years bene ageynst all those promyses out wardlye Sens hath he sworne to hys prince and now becometh he a periure to the same so depelye maynteynynge the kyngedome of Anticrist as he doth here 3 In the ende of thys matter to proue hym self altogyther a lyar he accuseth these bokes of a verye peruerse aÌ„d sedycyouse opynyoÌ„ whych in dede they haue not but are vtterlye ageynst yt As to haue all thynges coÌ„men amongest the peple Onlye ys thys opynyon holden and maynteyned of the Anabaptystes whych had yt first of ther moÌ„kyshe sectes whose custome was sumtyme for themselues to haue all in coÌ„men but for no manne els In thys vncristen artycle hath Martyn luther Melanchton Zuinglius Venatorius Vrbanus regius Vvestmerus Sarcerius Coruinus and dyuerse other confuted the seyd Anabaptystes not onlye with invyncyblâ— argumentes but also with bokes written as all the worlde knoweth Vvhere as my lordes oyled generacyon was not able to do yt or at the least wolde take no soche labours vpon them And therfor my lorde schall in thys poynt be a lyar by daye lyght But in dede in thys he vseth the practyse of hys olde scolemasters the holye pharysees and scrybes whych layed first vnto Christ than vnto Paule and consequentlye vnto the other dyscyples that they were sturrers vp of sedycyon whan they se non other thynge wolde helpe them out of the waye And thys hath contynued euer sens in Antichristes churche as a necessarye polycye ageynst heretyques To saye they are subuerters of the peple and destroyers of good lawes whan they playe the partes ther selues Though my lordes spiritualte are not of thys opynyon towardes other monne yet are they of yt towardes themselues sekynge to make all mennys goodes commen vnto them by tyttle of tythes offerynges deuocyons pylgrimages absolucyons indulgences bequestes mortuaryes monthesmyndes yearmyndes and the deuyll and all besydes deuourynge vpp poore wydowes howses with the patrimonye of the desolate and fatherlesse 4 Now last of all whan thys matter of my lordes ys fynyshed cometh poore Tolwyn as a manne halfe hartlesse with penne and ynke in hys hande and subscribeth vnto yt for feare of burnynge Ita est sayth he good symple sowle yt ys euen as my honorable good lorde of london hath sayd here These bokes are all heresye and I haue bene an heretyque for retaynynge of them But now from hence forth I wyll become I trust an obedyent chylde to the popes holye churche And than he played Iacke a napes swearynge by hys teÌ„ne bones with Vvilhelmus Tolwyn manu propria 5 I Vvyllyam Tolwyn make my newe professyon to my lordes grace here in the Popes stede and promyse to obserue these in iunccyoÌ„s of myne ordinarye with out the grace of god aÌ„d my kynges true obedieÌ„ce vnto my lyues ende Myne owne hande wrytynge to wytnesse least anye thyÌ„ge be layed to my lordes charge for yt aÌ„ other daye I dare saye yfhys good lorde of london schuld haue sayd vnto hym at that houre that Crist was a these aÌ„d hys father an hangemanne he wolde haue subscribed vnto yt for the sauegarde of hys lyfe And wyth as good a conscyence myght he haue done that as thys the verâ—tees consydered whych are herin coÌ„dempned Thê° drawe they poore innocentes to the deuill by compulsion Ye hypocrites sayth christ ye compasse see and lande to make a preselyte or a nouice as moÌ„kes call theÌ„ and so to brynge hym into yowr beleue And whaÌ„ he ys ones brought â— ye make hym two folde more the chylde of hell thaÌ„ ye your selues are ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Imprynted at london in 2 saynt Sepulchres paryshe in 3 the olde bay lyeâ— 4 by Rycharde lant 5 Ad imprimendum solum ¶ Hys dysclosynge SO notable ys thys new worke of my lorde here that yt maye want no cyrcoÌ„stauÌ„ce to ê“mote yt for warde aÌ„d to brige yt to a worshypfull sale The gret workes of saint Austyn aÌ„d Chrisostome hath not a more soleÌ„pne sealynge vp thaÌ„ hath thys pylde patche of papystrye nor yet Christes holye testament neyther It ys here sayd to be imprynted at LoÌ„doÌ„ though it be not greatlye to the honour of so worshypfull a cyte to sende forth soche blasphemouse frutes Not with staÌ„dynge there ys no fawte in the cite in that for whye the frutes be not thers but ther bysshoppes A sorowfull plage ys yt surelye vnto theÌ„ to be in captyuyte of conscyence vnder so che aÌ„ apostle of Antichrist as mynystreth no better lernynge Great confort wolde yt be vnto them yf yt wolde please the lorde te seÌ„de them soche a pastoure as Polycrates was vnto Ephesus Polycarpus vnto Smyrna and Meliton vnto Sardis delyuerynge them from thys tyraunt He first sett vp Bybles in Paules not purposynge anye christen erudicyon to the peple but as snares to catche them by For in mediatlye after he sett vp a coÌ„mauÌ„dement that God shuld geue place to the Pope aÌ„d Christ vnto Antichrist There shall be no readynge sayth he for the tyme of gods seruyce As though ther wayne Idell and blasphemouse supersticyons were onlye gods seruice and the byble readynge no part therof but a verye prophane thynge Vpon thys polycie ded he sett them vpp there to knowe whych were the busy byble menne of LondoÌ„ that he myght speake with theÌ„ at layser For he had hysspyes euermore and hys Iudases there at hande Some hath al redye proued yt aÌ„d also payed the harde pryce therof So that they whych at ther first commynge helde vp ther handes vnto god for ther good bysshopp doth now holde downe ther heades and can saye that Sathan hath shewed hymselfe for all hys angelyk face 2 In saynt Sepulchres paryshe was thys famouse worke imprinted in the olde bailye But what maner of saynt ys thys same saint Sepulcre where was he borne or where ys