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
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
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
remaynynge and founde in my hovvse and custodye 5 vvhat tyme I vvas denounced and detected 6 to my lorde bysshopp of London Hys dysclosynge 1 Vvhan the wylye foxe fawneth beware your chyckens as the common adage admonysheth yow For nought ys yt not that he calleth yow here good peple ye maye be sure of yt Vvych he I praye yow Euen my lorde bonner of London For though the voyce be Tolwyns the wordes of the voyce are my lordes Full heuye was he in hys hart good sowle to geue hym the vtteraunce of theÌ„ yf he myght otherwyse haue chosen But he must nedes forth they saye that the deuyll dryueth be he neuer so vnwyllynge My lorde hath rhetorycallye begonne hys proposycy on to wynne hys audytorye and to make them attentyue and dylygeÌ„t in callynge them good peple 2 But whatys hys narracyon or processes Ofserten small bokes contayned in a bagge or sachell whych Tolwyn shoke forth at Paules crosse with a feble countenaunce and a more feble stomake And what ment my lorde in thys matter That the peple schuld iudge Tolwyn an horryble heretyque and that they schuld therbye be ware of soche noughtye heresyes ageynst holye churche But what were the heresyes Naye that we can not tell For they were fast shutt vpp in a bagge and myght in no wyse be seane The fathers in the prymatyue churche confouÌ„ded alwayes ther heretyques with the open testymonye of the most euydent scripturs and not with the shakynge of bokes in a bagge Yea than was thaÌ„ and now is now ThaÌ„ were they called herety ques that spake ageynst God But now ys there non heretyques except they speake ageiÌ„st holye churche Than were serten philosophers reasons blasphemouse but now they are good dyuynyte and the verye scripturs are fouâ—e heresyes Therfor my lorde ys now moche wyser than so For yf the bokes were seane and the artycles throughlye knowne hys selfe myght perchaunce be iudged both an herety que and a traytour and also a cruell persecuter of Christ in hys faythfull meÌ„bers whych were a great blemyshe to hys lordhypp And that causeth hym so secretlye to worke It ys Inough for my lorde to saye there be errours in the bagge though he neuer brynge them forth And yt schall become all the kynges true subiectes to beleue yt vnder the peyne of hangynge or els burnynge For whye my lordes quarell in thys ys the kynges quarell There ys now non heresye but ys also treason as yt was in kynge harrye the fiftes tyme that they maye be both partyners in one plage of the lordes vengeauÌ„ce yf innocent blood be shedde So naturallye good and louyn ge ys he to hys prynce 3 But what meaneth my lorde to saye here thys bagge or sachell Me thynketh the tone of theÌ„ had bene suffycyeÌ„t â—nough in so lyght a matter No ser not so Ye knowe thys worde bagge ys aÌ„ equyuocall terme and hath manye dyuerse sygnyfycacyons Sumtyme yt betokeneth a safron bagge sumtyme an alame bagge Sumtyme a moneye bagge and sumtyme an olde nayle bagge Yea sumtyme a wallett and sumtyme the ende of a worne sacke with soche otherlyke My lorde hath therfor declared rhetorycallye by a cyrcuÌ„locucyon what maner of bagge yt ys euen a verye sachel that menne myght throughlye knowe yt ageynst an other tyme. That yf Tolwyn schuld chaunce here after to be burned vpon relapse they myght yet testyfye that hys heresyes were schewed at Paules crosse in soche a bagge as ys called a sachel and that therfor be was wele worthye to dye 4 But what meaneth my lorde to call these bokes erronyouse heretycall and noughtye bokes â–ª That can the bagge tell whych coÌ„tayneth them for we are not so farre taught as yet Thys large circuÌ„staunce of speakynge I suppose cometh of the angrye zele that my lorde hath in holye churches quarell wherin he wolde all her yll wyllers wer clerelye consumed 5 The resydue of thys text ys easye to vnderstande as where these heretyque bokes remayned where they where founde and what tyme they were founde as ys here sett forth for a necessarye doctrine of thys newe Christen faythe They were remaynynge in Tolwyns howse and they were founde in hys custodye soche tyme as he was in my lordes custodye and wolde fayne haue bene farder of 6 And soche tyme also as he was denounced of the popes sworne fryndes for not goynge processyon and detected of hys prâ—uye spyes for not werkemaÌ„lye makynge hys holye water 7 Vnto the reuerende lorde late rysen out of the donge hyll and now consecrate bysshop of London to vpholde rhe regne of antichryst tyll the lorde turne yt ouer with the breathe of hys mouthe No lesse fortunate ys London than ys Rome yt selfe to haue soche a gracyouse gyde and spirituall pastour as mynystreth soche godlye doctryne as here ys to the edyfycacyon of sowle But who yt was that sought out these bokes to the clerer settynge out of thys wortlye pagent that schall remayne styll as a secrete mysterye vndyscussed whether they were hys accusers or my lordes owne seruauntes or els both together because yt ys not here expressed The manne of synne ¶ 1 And the names of the seyd bokes are these 2 A boke of frythes â—3 A boke called Thorpe 4 and olde castell 5 The olde God and the nevve 6 Rydleyes commeÌ„taryes vpoÌ„ saynt Paule to the Ephesyanes Hys dysclosynge 1 SVmwhat we are lyke to haue out of thys sachell to proue Tolwyn an heretyque by Vve schall haue the names of the bokes therin coÌ„tayned though we haue nothiÌ„ge els And that ys Inough to make foles beleue the mone ys made of a grene chese If my lorde schuld saye that saynt Paules epystles in Englyshe we re heresye as hys predecessours hath done they must geue credence to yt For whye they must nedes beleue as holye churche doth teache them though they schuld go to the deuyll for yt as they are lyke to do yea both that holye churche and her chyldren vnlesse they repent in tyme. For whan the blynde doth leade the blynde they must both fall into the dytche The onlye lyght of saluacyon ys Christ and alone the waye to eternall lyfe He that walketh not in that light schall neuer atteyne vnto that lyfe haue he neuer so manye counterfeâ—t lyghtes of my lordes holye churche of antichristes foundacyon Names of bokes hath my lorde here promysed vs whych schuld declare Tolwyn an heretyque 2 But he halteth verye sore at the first geuyng vs a boke of frythes without a na me Of a lykelyhode hys lordshypp neuer opened that boke or els he lyked not ther of the tyttle iudgynge frythes name Ynough to coÌ„dempne yt without anye farder syght of yt Yet hath he broken couenaunt no derogacyoÌ„ be yt to hys honour in that he hath promysed here not the names of the meÌ„ne which made the bokes but the names of the
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
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
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
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
But those menne shote at a verie wronge marke Full barelye haue they serched the scripturs therof that loke for yt that waye Cursed ys he sayth the Prophete which trusteth in māne and appoynteh hys strēgth vnto fleshe Onlye schall the lorde with the breathe of hys mouthe or sprete of 〈…〉 destroye that myghtye leuia than as he by hys aposteles and prophetes hath specyfyed a fore Lyke dust in the wynde schall he scattre from the earthe that deceytfull generacyon of hypocrites I denye yt not but those godlye gouuernours of the earthe whych schall in these dayes brynge ther glorye and honour ryghtlye to the newe cyte of God as some hath done all redie shall shewe themselues faythfull mynysters and seke hys glorie in that behalfe But they schall not performe thys For yt maye be non acte of manne by hys promes Onlye ys that wonderfull conquest ouer the enemyes of God reserued to hys worde and so ougth yt only therat to be loked for The lorde commaunded Iohan hys elect apostle in measurynge the temple to seclude from yt as no porcyon therof the chast cell of charmers Vvych ys by the iudgemēt of hys worde to separate from hys true congregacyon those spirituall sorcerers of Sodome and Egypt Vvythout sayth he are dogges and inchaunters fylthye wurkers and manquellers Idolatours and lyars Than was thys in mystery spoken now schall yt be actuallye fulfylled as I haue in more ample wyse vpon the Apocalyps declared yt whom I haue called the Image of both churches For non other cause haue I named thys boke here of Boner The māne of synne and the glose ther vpon made hys dysclosynge or openynge but for that yt contayneth nothynge els but a spirituall wyckednesse ād ys therfor so called also of saynt Paule and for that the other by manye clere manyfestatyons declareth the same In manye places of the scripture ys manne a name of contumelye and reprofe of vanyte and falshede All menne sayth Dauid are lyars The chyldren of menne are deceytfull All ys but vanyte sayth Salomon all ys but a fyckle vanyte A vnyuersall vanyte ys euery lyuynge manne Are ye not carnall sayth Paule are ye not beastlye walkynge after mānys wayes Nothynge was māne but a myserye tyll the lorde loked mercyfullye downe vpō him frō heauen and made hym hys chylde of adopcyon through faythe A fore was he nothynge but a fleshlye generacyon all of the fylthye earthe By cause that I therfor tryenge thys boke by the scripturs haue founde therin nō other frutes thā hath rysen of the corrupt fantasyes of mēne I haue here with Paule intytled yt the man of synne as a thynge offeryng not els of it selfe but synne ▪ who se abhomynacyōs I haue here partlye opened to the intent that peple shuld be ware of thē And that they whych haue receyued thē in faythe schuld vomete thē out ageyne least in the lordes cōmynge they peryshe with them Non other fashyoned churche loketh Christ to receyue ageine of the worlde for hys eternall spouse than that he left here in persecucyon for hys worde No thāke are they lyke to haue of hym whych hath brought into hys clere buyldynge stubble haye or tymber or yet anye other corruptible thynges These myters typpetes furred amyses and shauen crownes These crosses copes sensers and candel styckes These mattenses masses ceremonyes and sorceryes schall not he knowe for hys For he cōmaunded no soche thynges to be done He tolde them he wolde requyre mercye at ther handes and no sacrifice and therof haue they now nothynge at all I moche rather desyre mercye sayth the lorde thā offerynge the knowlege of God than burnt sacrifyce Thys text of Oseas and Mathew was very farre of from my lorde Boner whan he sett vp a commaundement in Paules a geynst Byble readinge for the tyme of ther Romyshe rablementes Marke the last rekenynge of the indge in the. 25 of Mathew and ye schall se no soche thynges demaūded as they loke to haue obserued Herin ys not Chrystes instytucyon denyed in anie case but the popes fylthye tradycyons and customes So farre is hys holye ordynaunce aboue the popes rustye rewles as is the pure golde aboue the vyle dyrt of the dongehyll or the imperiall heauē aboue earthe I knowe certenlye I schall for thys be called a thousande tymes heretique but I waye it nothynge at all for it is the olde name of true christianes I thinke some of owr feble faynt bretherne which are now neyther whote nor colde wil dyuerslye saye ther mindes ād haue sentēces moche lyke thēselues I knowe I schal be burned yf I maye be caught but I care no thynge for it For I doubt not my porciō to be with Christ which wyll not suffre one heare to peryshe but will restore it me ageyne at the latter daye Yea yf I lose for hym here I knowe I schall be a winner ageyne there Rather I had to die manye deathes thā to obeye soche myscheues to my sowles condempnatiō Neuer schall the lyfe of my synnefull carkas be so dere vnto me I hope as is the glorye of my eternall father and redemer Iesus Christ Vvhat is the religion of yowr churche in englande at thys daye but the popes dyrtye leauynges the fylthye dregges of hys rotten vessels and the cancred rust of hys olde worne pytchers Surelye he that schall cōpare yowr churche to the churche that Christ left schall fynde them so vnlyke as chaffe to wheate and claye to syluer As in a myrrour is that to be seane in thys most deuylyshe declaration of Boner to the wonderynge of all christen dome Is not englāde thynke you most dolorouslye to be lamented thys beynge an open spectacle of ther christen lernynge profession and faythe and the wyndynge vp of ther newe gospell after ther churches reformatiō I trowe mēne maye saye abrode they haue frutefullye sytten vpon the causes of christen relygion so many years bringinge it to soche a good ende If it be thus in London the head cyte of the realme and so nygh the kynges presence it must nedes be moche worse farder of Oh most vnshamefast boldenesse of a verye shamelesse Antichrist Ryghtlye hath Daniel descrybed the great master of hys geuynge hym an vnshamefast face Thys is a matter not done in sylence but openlye at Paules crosse the more menne doth wōdre of it and thynke that an other thynge hath bene sought there by the gospell preachynge thā Christes kyngdome Vvell I cā not tell the lorde amende all but I knowe thys is abhominable If it schuld cost me a score of lyues had I so manye I wolde not spare to vtter it to hys dyshonour seynge the lorde thus blasphemed and hys redemed heritage so abused In thys pestylent professy on is the great Idoll of Rome admytted ageyne vnto hys olde seate By all crastie meanes seketh Boner here
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
yowr ceremonyes as to the bokes standynge in place here as yt doth Vvell we wyll take yt that ye meane the bokes But than there ys a doubt ageyne whether ye meane all the bokes or part of theÌ„ bycause ye haue not here declared yt If ye meane all than haue ye marred your markett in prouynge your selfe a lyar for in dede the most of them speaketh lyttle or nothynge of marryage If ye meane some one pertycular boke yet are ye a lyar also for falselye reportynge yt and so schall ye be a lyar both wayes Para ueÌ„ture yt sayth as yt maye fullwell that your neglygeÌ„t prestes or ignoraÌ„t hob lurches doth Ioyne theÌ„ togyther with who schall haue thys womaÌ„ and a fewe other bablynges more geuynge them no maner of godlye istruccyoÌ„s how they schuld in the feare of god behaue themselues the one to the other in that comelye estate of lyuynge Neyther do they tell them what marryage ys nor yet to what ende yt was instystute of god They declare not vnto them that yt ys an onlye remedye ageynst fornycacyon and ought to be vsed with moche honeste clennesse and sobernesse after the Godlye example of Tobias and Sara But turne them forth togyther with tyrlerye tregobett neyther barell better hearynge Hoppe whore and ronne thefe I am as good as thu and I besure we thy whoresons hart tyll they fall to the tryall of the matter for the best game to catche theÌ„ an heate And what ys thys els but dogge and bytche Is yt so haynouse a matter to tell you of thys The examples therof are to euydeÌ„t a brode Vvho so euer be rebuked for ther vycyouse lyuynge your anoynted mustre maye not be ones touched Your ser Nycolas nydypolles maye not ones be blowne vpon but straytwayes yt must be proclamed heresye O father of heauen whan wyll ye be ashamed of yowr lewdenesse Neyther speake ye here of the thynge selfe but of the maner of vsage of the Ceremonye therof callynge yt weddynge and marryage as though yt were ij dyuerse thynges I thought this blast was for some matter of yowrs I wolde haue marueled yf ye had sought so moche honour to marryage But I wondre sore how yt now becommeth but onlye a ceremonye and was sumtyme one of your sacramentes Surelye ye haue conceyued some dyspleasure ageynst yt now of late And I thynke yt ys for that ye haue knowne prestes gone so fast vnto yt within fewe years contrarye to your holye decrees and canons to the destruccyon of your Sodome and Gomor whych ye haue gloryouslye maynteyned euer sens the dayes of Anselme .iiij. hondreth years and more 3 But where as ye wryte that ye marrye vyrgyns yt ys not true specyallye in soche marryages as yow promote I haue harde of and knowne dyuerse of your generacyon that hath marred virgyns before they haue marryed them yea sumtyme in the selfe mornynge afore whyls the pyes were in bakynge so spuÌ„allye haue they vsed that godlye ordynaunce I thynke thvs be yet worse than dogge and bytche Neyther ys yt true in other marryages where as yow are no medlers yf ye make a dyfference betwyne wyues and vyrgyns For wyues they are before they come there els are they made nou by yow The lorde hath knytt them togyther afore in one mutuall knotte of loue Vvhych yow haue nomore power to knytt ageyne than ye haue to dyssolue yt As for grace and the holye ghost whom ye pretende therin to dyspense lyttle nede haue yow to geue them from yow hauynge so small store at home Neuer sawe I menne so full of those gyftes and so rydye to geue them hauynge so fewe of theÌ„ in ther owne lyuynge He that made the bande a fore hath plentye of them wyth out yow At hys hande must they nedes be had and not at yowrs The couplynge of theÌ„ in the face of the congregacyon despyse we not but greatlye allowe vpon manye consyderacyons necessarye were yt godlye done as there ys nothynge cleane in your handes Notwithstandynge all thys in marryage and out of marryage we wolde call them a chast virgyne as Paule doth the corryntheanes were they clere from the aduoutrye of your Romyshe lawes and customes But that wyll not be in your dayes 4 For here ye holde your selfe also greued with these bokes ye saye for beynge ageynst mennys lawes and tradycyons If ye coude so well haue seyd ageynst gods lawes we had had yt of you ere thys But blessed be owr lorde ye can not so speake yt wout a great lye The lawes of menne â—â—e to be allowed so longe as they agâ—ello the lawes of God For els are they no lawes but vyolence and tyrannye Prynces and magystrates beynge the mynysters of god ought to make no lawes for ther priuate coÌ„modite but for the publyque welthe of ther commoÌ„s Neyther ought they to decre anye thynge ageynst Gods honour If they do than thys rewle of the lorde must be obserued Necessarye yt ys rather to obeye God than manne And so ye ought to tell theÌ„ But whoo chylde there Rather sett ye them a worke thaÌ„ staye them whan soche thynges are in doynge lyke olde temptynge serpentes Mathathias wolde in no case obeye the cruell decrees of Antiochus Nomore wolde the mydwyues of egypt the vngodlye commaundement of Pharao For dysobeyenge a wycked precept was Rahab blessed of God so was Eleazarê° with the .vij. machabees aÌ„d ther mother The apostles preached not whithstandynge the inhybycyoÌ„ of Annas Cayphas Ioannes and Alexander with other of the hygh counsell of the Iewes That constytucyon sayth saynt Austyn ys no lawe at all whych ys not ryghtose A lawe sayth Isidorus ought to be iust honest easye to be borne commodyouse to the coÌ„tre respectynge tyme and place necessary profytable playne without cautels for no pryuate welthe onlye but for the coÌ„mon profyght of the whole multytude made 5 But as touchynge yowr lowsye tradycyons wherwith ye loke to be lordes ouer the saythe and conscyence of menne the scripture sayth they can mynystre to vs no goodnesse For they are but chaffe swylle mennys dyrte menstrue dreames dronkennesse Gall wormwode venomed dartes fylthye waters whoredome abhomynacyons errours lyes deuylyshnesse the curse and cuppe of the lordes indygnacyon as I haue tolde yow afore Ye can noÌ„ otherwyse saye but these your tradycyoÌ„s are meÌ„nys coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes vnlesse ye wyll be holden all together for Goddes And Christ telleth yow playne that all they worshypp hym in vayne whych worshypp hym after them Yea he sayth more to yow that they make menne double the chyldreÌ„ of hell SayÌ„t Paule sayth also they are lyes iÌ„ hypocresye aÌ„d the verye doctrine of deuyls Than what wolde ye haue vs to make of them whan they make so lyttle of them Vvolde ye that we schuld beleue yow aÌ„d not them Vvolde ye haue vs counte them false lyers and yow true spirituall menne
hys master with Iudas ād the other byeth the holyeghost with Symon magus And to maynteyne thys rewle must tythes and offerynges with other deuocyōs and dewtyes be payed the whole accōptes therof than made in confessyon I coude wryte manye thynges cōcernynge ther craftye cloyninge and pyllage of the poore labourynge menne and womenne seruaūtes and prenteses to be catchynge yet of sūwhat but for thys tyme I lete yt passe Thys your Easter how sell was first instytute by pope Zepherinus and after confermed by a popyshe decretall called Omnis vtriusque sexus The communyon of Christ ys fre to hys peple and bounde to no daye but all dayes at ther pleasure boūde vnto yt for they are now no seruauntes to the daye but the daye vnto them For the lorde created not manne to serue the daye but the daye to serue manne How hapneth yt sayth saynt Paule that ye turne ageyn to the weake and beggerlye tradycyons de syerynge a freshe to be in bondage Ye obserue dayes ād monethes tymes and years I am in feare of yow least my labours be in vayne amonge yow 3 In the ende of thys artycle ye condempne these bokes for admyttynge both kyndes ī the Eucharystye vnto the laye peple as yow name them though they be vnto Christ more holye thā yow whych hath the popes vnccyons Vvhether yow be the heretyques or they that made the bokes lete Christ be iudge He ernestlye commaunded hys dyscyples to drynke of yt all And they dranke of yt all sayth Marke Yow saye hande of in peyne of burnynge or els hangynge bycause Eckius dronkē dyuynyte hath so taught yow Parauēture ye wyll saye with hym that the bodye ys not without the blood Christ knewe that also so well as yow Yet mynystred he the chalyce as ye call yt Saynt Paule in lyke case writynge a lawe of christen lyuynge vnto the Corintheanes whych were laye menne and no prestes commended both kyndes vnto them lyke as he had of the lorde receyued and yow make lawes of deathe for yt In the wycked counsell of Constaunce was yt first inhybytt in the .xiij. syttynge by pope Iohan the .xxiij. whych was there deposed for poysenynge hys predecessour Alexāder by the false workynge of Mar silius de parma a phesycyane Vvhere as the holye menne of God Ioannes huss and Hieronimus de praga for withstandynge yt were done to most cruell deathe in the yeare of ower lorde M cccc xv yet was yt .xxiij. years after graunted ageyne vnto the Bohemes in the generall counsell of Basyll after manye great dysputacyons And therfor yt ys a sore matter to putt menne to deathe for but that ye must folowe the steppes of yowr fathers to be partyners with them in that plage Both must ye be theues and murtherers depryuynge the peple as wele of helthe as of lyfe 4 And where as ye seke to maynteyne the inuocacyon of sayntes condempnynge these bokes for speakynge ageynst yt Ye she we yowr selfe a more folyshe heretyque Idolatour and papyst than anye that I can heare of els Though master Eckius be a verye obstynate aduersarye to Christ and hys worde and an vnshamefast captayne of antichristes warres yet ys he not so folyshe ā Idolatour as to allow inuocacyon to the sayntes though he allowe them both veneracyon and prayer Therfor ye are lyke in thys to stande fole alone without the helpe of hys doctrine or yet of anye other vnlesse ye seke to the olde queresters of Baal or the chapleynes of Bell the olde God of Babylon that ded eate vpp all the sacryfyces as yower generacyon doth styll Vvhat I schuld write of thys I can not tell yt ys so folyshe Sauynge that I remembre .viij. years ago I was afore Edwarde lee the archebysshopp of yorke Vvhereas I was examyned vpon the artycle of honourynge and prayenge to sayntes deuyded into .xvij. artycles In the tyme of that examynacyon was there an olde doctour whych greatlye lamented as my lorde doth here that he myght no longar make inuocacyon to sayntes and thought hym selfe halfe lost for yt good doctour Downes standynge by and smylynge at hys folyshnesse Vnto whom the archebysshop sayd these wordes Speake not sayth he of inuocacyon concernynge sayntes For that respecteth a peculyar worshypp onlye due vnto God And with that the mā was pacyfyed and argued no farder So that I can se non agre with my lorde here in thys opynyon vnlesse they be blynde dastardes and asseheades as thys olde dottynge fole was Thys ys yet sūwhat worse than ys the popes doctrine For though pope Sergius gaue them shrynes Theodatus churches Felix holye dayes Gregorye veneracyon Honorius prayenge to Leo hympnes and psalmodye Iohan .vij. pycturs Constantyne Images and tabernacles puttynge them in the masse Theodorus waxe Stephanus sensynge and Alexander holye water yet wa there non of them all that euer gaue them honour vnder the tyttle of invocacyon That ys the onlye newe years gyft of my lorde of londō here borowed altogyther of the olde Idolatours And as moche worshyppys he worthy to haue for yt as had Herostratus whych burned the great temple of Diana at Ephesus onlye be spokē of Neyther graunteth the scriptur sayntes honorynge nor yet ther prayenge to Neyther are they allowed there for intercessours medyatours nor aduocates In the primatyne churche were they had in memorye onlye for imytacyon of ther godlye workes but yet of non other than Christ had cōmaūded For saynt Paule hys selfe wolde non otherwyse be folowed of other than he had folowed Christ afore 5 Yet ys not the ragynge furye of my lorde pacyfyed for these bokes but nedes they must be condempned for hauynge mater ageynst masse mattens and euensōge though they be onlye offyces of antichristes relygyon yea rather superstycyō Vvhat yowr masse is we haue partlye declared afore as occasyon hath bene offred vs. If euerye pope schuld haue home ageyne the fedder he hath putt vnto yt yt schuld be a verye naked monstre not all vnlyke vnto Isopes choughe whom we commonlye call Iacke dawe Yet must yt be a sacrifyce satisfactorye for the quycke and the dead to the great derogacyon ād blasphemye of that onlye sacrifice of ow◠redemption which Christ ones made for all These beastlye bellygoddes hath not bene ashamed in ther scolastycall lernynge or deuylishe diuynite ' to saye that the masse of the worke selfe delyuereth from actuall synne optayneth remyssion graunteth deseruīge geueth meryte minystreth grace and dischargeth both the gyltynesse and peyne due thervnto where as Christes deathe is nomore but a dyscharge for oryginall synne onlye Yea it is not longe a go sens Stokyslaye and other besydes mynistred the same for a Christen doctrine at paules crosse Standyshe that blasphe mouse Idyote maynteyninge the same selfe lowsye lewde lernynge was not abashed to compare the precyouse blood of Christ
to the fylthye blood of a swyne in hys deuylyshe preachinge Vvhich I haue touched more at large in an other boke ageynst hys slaunderose reproche of Barnes Neuer are soche matters condempned nor yet recanted No they are to swete to ther purses panches and pratye pygeons of paules to be throwne awaye so sone It were better a hondreth thousande sowles went to the deuyll than they schuld lose an ynche of those wanton pleasurs Oh wretchednesse of menne If there were in yow but one sparke of godlynesse it wolde abhorre yow thus to delude slee daÌ„pne and destroye your poore symple bretherne with this wycked masse of yowrs Of whom ye boast christ aÌ„d hys apostles to be the authors not beynge able throughlye to brynge one godlye maÌ„ne for the author therof as yt ys now I speake onlye of yowr patched masse and not of cristes wordes in the ryght kynde 6 And as touchynge your matteÌ„s and euensonge they are also fylthye drynkes of the same whores cuppe of BabyloÌ„ verye execrable and noyfull to them that schall receyue them in faythe without vnderstandynge as a fulfyllynge of ther dutye to god Onlye are they instytucyons of popes As of Damasus Gelasiê° Pelagius Gregorius Vitelianus Vrbanus And soche lyke And of monkes agreynge to the same As of Ioannes cassianus Paulus Diaconus Isuardus Alcuinus Rabanus Osmiidus aÌ„d soche other more takeÌ„ out first of the supsticiose vse of the geÌ„tiles aÌ„d the hypocritishe customes of the pharysees Vvhan ye praye sayth Christ speake not moche as doth the heythen nor stande not vp in the synagoges as doth the hypocrytes For the one thynketh to be harde by moche bablynge and the other seketh to be seane of menne They both are without rewarde of God Vvhan Christ went from the worlde he sent forth non other but preachers onlye to instruct the multitude to lyue after the rewles whych he had afore taught by his gospell Now commeth the pope which is of a contrarie relygion from hym and he sendeth forth mattens mongers masse momblers holye water swyngers and euensonge clatterers with other hypocrites els to fulfyll the tyme with ther Idell supersticyons and clerelye to exyle the gospell And thys is the religyoÌ„ that my lorde laboreth here with tothe and nayle to maynteyne But God I doubt it not wyll shortlye delyuer his and the wayes of the wvcked schall come to nought ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Ageynst the gyuynge of an othe 2 before a iudge 3 and fynassye to haue all thynges commen amoÌ„gest the peple 4 Ita est 5 Vvilhelmus Tol vvyn manu propria Hys dysclosynge RYghtlye hath the apostle Iude otherwyse called Thadeus described thys false generacyon in hys epystle callynge them blasphemers mockers murmurers quarellers and proude speakers walkynge in vngodlynesse accordynge to ther owne lustes These are they whych separate them selues from the multytude and are not as other meÌ„ne be Beast lye are they in ther doctrine and lyuynge hauynge neyther sprete nor grace Marke well the frutes of my lorde in thys processe aÌ„d ye schal saye they are the same Styll coÌ„playneth he of these poore bokes without eyther wytt or lernynge and wyll in no wyse be pacyfyed Next ys he in haÌ„de here with that he obserueth least whych ys to sweare to be true and perfourme yt These bokes sayth he are ageynst the geuynge of an othe before a iudge I wote he meaneth here the vniust examynacyoÌ„s of the verye martyrs of God ser IohaÌ„ oldecastell the lorde cobham and of master wyllyam thorpe prest whych vtterlye refused to be sworne to antichristes abhomynacyons before that uerye mynystre of sathaÌ„ Thomas arundell thaÌ„ archebysshopp of caunterberye and chancellour of Englande I schall first infourme the good christen reader of the cruelte of thys tyraunt â— I fynde in dyuerse cronycles and thaÌ„ coÌ„sydre thu the newe practyses of my lorde here As Thomas arundell perseyued the veryte of God to sprynge aÌ„d floryshe by the contynuall lecturs determynacyons and preachynges of master IohaÌ„ wycleff and hys clyentes whych was in those dayes of most wonderfull lyfe and lernynge and that kynge Edwarde the thirde in hys latter age sumwhat fauored the same aÌ„d also that kynge Rycharde the seconde succedynge hym wolde not persecute yt to hys mynde He first conspyred ageynst the seyd kynge Rycharde wyth the erle of Darbye whych was also duke of harforde Than procured he the Iryshe menne to ryse hys owne commons to rebell hys lordes to depose hym of hys regne aÌ„d fynallye to settvp in hys rome the seyd erle of Darbye famysshynge hym vnto deathe at the last in the castell of pomfrett Than caused he the gospell readynge to become both heresye and treason and procured for yt both hangynge and burnynge where as afore yt was but exylynge onlye or els headynge at the most So that there were in one daye at hys procurement both hanged and brent in saynt Gyles feldo .xxxvi. besydes ser Roger acton knyght master Iohan browne esquyre and ser Iohan beuerlaye prest in the yeare of owr lorde M cccc xiij And all was for that they wolde not obeye the popes relygyon Greuouslye ys my lorde of london offended here with these bokes bycause thys great prelate was not obeyed there in these wholsom workes of holye churche Trulye thys ys the othe he coÌ„playneth of here that ys there denyed afore a iudge It wyll not awaye they saye that ys bredde by the bone In dede yt so apereth yf ye waye thys gere well 2 Vvho hath coÌ„stytute bysshoppes for iudges in lyfe and deathe ouer meÌ„ne Not the eternall God whych onlye gaue that authoryte to kynges but the infernall serpent that hath geuen power to the beast to make battayle with the sayntes aÌ„d to ouer come theÌ„ Vvere ye of Christes institucyoÌ„ as ye are of anticristes your offyce were to preache lyke poore dyscyples and not to sytt in iudgemeÌ„t of them whose beleue ys now moche better than yowrs But yt fareth by yow as by the first bretherne of saynt FraÌ„ces as the tale goeth amonge the peple he left them penytentes and founde them theues at hys returne So christ left yow preachers and now fyndeth yow murtherers vp of hys peple Ye ought rather to counsell from swearynge beynge in yt so great parell as there ys than to enforce menne cruellye vnto yt A dampnable vse haue ye brought into the worlde amonge manye other to swcare vpoÌ„ a boke whych ys but a creature where as mennys othes ought to be vpon God onlye For thys abhomynable custome of pleyne Idolatrie are ye sore rebuked of saynt Iohan Chrisostome in hys .xliiij. homelye vpon Mathew as ye schall fynde yt more at large declared in the christen exhortacyon vnto customable swearers How bosshop peshath bestowed ther othes to ther prynces sens the conquest and sumwhat afore they that are expert
he shryned Is he Martyr or a CoÌ„fessour a Virgine or a Matrone I wolde fayne knowe the certenâ—e He ys non of all those ser It ys the graue that Christes bodye was layed in after yt was taken from the crosse Naye that ys a false tale for that was beaten out of the harde rocke and coude neuer be remoued from the place yt ys in as all the writers and Luke also doth wytuesse And what yf yt were the same Yet coude yt be made no saynt The pope vseth to canonyse no soche thynges for sayntes though he suffreth them to be worshypped But now I perseyue yt ys made by some caruer and garnyshed with colours by some paynter And than ys yt sum what worse â–ª than an Idoll for yt ys but his sâ—addowe or simylitude and paraueÌ„ture nothynge like yt The scripture sayth that vnhappye are they whych haue a â–ª vayne stone to ther patronâ— And they that sense Images are gone quyte froÌ„ god But be there neuer so moche abhominacion in soche thynges neuer schall ye se them at Paules crosse condemned by the bysshopp Manye testamentes of crist hath there bene brent but neuer Idolls openlye rebuked sauynge the gapynge rode of Boxlaye aÌ„d the duckes blood of Hayles My lorde can suffre both saynt Sepulchre and saynt Antonyne and allowe them here â— hys boke for sayntes notwithstandinge all the myschefe they haue done in castinge awaye so mayne thousaÌ„de sowles through Idolatrye aÌ„d yet neuer ceÌ„pell theÌ„ to recant at Paules nor yet his selfe for the sufferaunce of them No this ys non heresye thys It ys euen the holye father of Romes relligyon and therfor yt maye not be hyndred Oh most abhomynable workers whan wyll ye forsake yowr vngodlinesse whaÌ„ wyll ye be ashamed of synne No where caÌ„ne ther dwell anye peple but they make them captyue slaues vnto soche Idols Eyther must they be vnder the tittle of saint Thomas of acres sait Doâ—stone saynt Botolpâ—e saynt Bryde saint Magnê° saint Foster saint Gyles sait Benett saint Crowche saint Sprite or of soche other like And all thei are made but of paynters â—â—d caruers More godlynesse were in it to sett vp ther makers than theÌ„ for they are yet the creaturs of god A godlye acte was yt to seclude the bysshopp of Rome But a moche more godlie acte were yt to putt a syde hys fylthinesse For that remaineth yet still vnder the tyttle of lawdable rytes and ceremonyes and â—ewe menne are greued therwith A farre other waye went Asa Iosaphat Iehu aÌ„d Iosias the godlye kinges of Iuda and Israel to worke in destroynge the wyckednesse of Idolatrye Speciallie good Ezechi as whych brake the brasen serpent in peces that Moyses had made at the lordes coÌ„mauÌ„dement whan he se yt ones becomeÌ„ an abhominacyoÌ„ He wolde in no case at the counsell of false prestes suffre the thynge to remayne the onlye supersticyons taken awaye But he toke awaye the occasioÌ„ with the supersticyoÌ„s least they schuld ryse ageine Neuer come thinges ryghtlye to passe be owr pretenses neuer so godlye so longe as we myngle with the eternall wysdome of god ower owne carnall wysdom 3 Vvhat ys ment here by the olde baylye I can not wele tell vnlesse yt be a strete where as they suÌ„tyme dwelt whych sawe the best rewle obserued If a newe or dre were takeÌ„ in thys matter God wolde be moche better pleased 4 Now coÌ„sequentlye cometh Rycharde Lant and he also setteth hys name to thys notable worke not as the maker but as the putter forth of yt by hys prynt He ys wele contented to be vnder that venge auÌ„ce whych hangeth ouer BabyloÌ„ to gett a lyttle moneye My lorde ys hys diocesane ordinarye and bysshopp and therfor he dare be the bolder to sett hys fote where my lorde setteth hys though yt be in a fylthie soyle A sayenge there ys that as yll ys the thefe as he which setteth him a worke If Rychard lant had bene a true tenauÌ„t of the eternall lyuige god as he ys to saynt Sepulchre hys fore syght wolde haue bene moche better If he had dwelt in the newe baylie as he dwelleth in the olde he wolde haue done no soche thynge But yf both the hande and the tole of bym that maketh an Image be accursed as the lorde saith they are I thynke Richarde Lant ys not farre froÌ„ the same 5 And wher as he hath Ioyued hys prynces auctoryte vnto yt Ad imprimendum solum to bringe hym also vnder the same curse of God for I knowe God ys true of hys worde he hath played no honest maÌ„nys part nomore than hath some other more of his â—ellawes â–ª Besydes that he hath done here ageynst the glorye of god he hath dyshonoured hys kinge and dyshonested his cuntre in offerynge vnto the peple vnder his tyttle of preuylege to drynke ageine ther owne fylthie vomete of abhominable papistrye to the vtter destruccyon of ther sowles more thaÌ„ afore Lete menne of godlie knowlege iudge but accordynge to coÌ„scyeÌ„ce what lernynge this ys aÌ„d lament with heuynesse the seduccyon of Christes dere herytage Herin are they coÌ„pelled bi cruell eÌ„forcemeÌ„tes to sine the synne vnto deathe to the blasphemye of Gods name for whoÌ„ remayneth neither sacrifyce nor yet prayer but a fearfull expectacyon of iudgement without mercye The eternall father with hys sonne Iesus Christ and the holye ghost thre persones in one euerlastinge godhede redresse ones thys matter with soche other more â–ª to hys owne glorye aÌ„d the peples helthe ¶ AmeÌ„ ¶ The conclusion or Epyloge AL thys haue I done Good ChristeÌ„ reader brotherlie to admonishe the to be ware of thys cruell enemye and soche other which seketh by ther dailye craftes to robbe the of that life which thu hast in Christ Iesu Parauenture thu wilt be moued not bycause the maÌ„ne of synne ys thus sett forth in hys right colours but for that yt ys done here with soch extremyte Consydre for that the ernest veyne in the scripturs ageynst thys wycked generacyoÌ„ froÌ„ the begynnynge Both ded the holye prophetes and Apostles euermore fercely repreheÌ„de the blasphemie of the lordes name aÌ„d veryte Full are all ther prophecyes aÌ„d writynges of terryble rebukes aÌ„d thret tenynges Yea Christ owr most geÌ„tyll aÌ„d pacyeÌ„t redemer spared not to call theÌ„ straungers hyrelynges theues wolues murtherers dogges swyne adders lyars deuyls hypocrytes serpeÌ„tes oppressers destroyers tirauÌ„tes abhominacioÌ„ aÌ„ whores brode aÌ„d manye other names of great indignacioÌ„ Moche better ys yt to the ChristeÌ„ beleuer that SathaÌ„ apere Sathan aÌ„d the deuill be knowne for the deuil thaÌ„ still to lurke vnder a faire similitude of the aÌ„gell of lyght For whaÌ„ he ys ones knowne he maye sone be auoyded where as vnder a glitterynge couert he maye leade to destruccioÌ„ yea the verye elect vessels were not the lorde to theÌ„ more
blasphemed hath plages 75. a 98. a Gods prouydence of Zuinglius 50. a Ghostyle gydes for the deuyll 39. b 44. b 50. b 68 b. Ghostyle fathers chast vowers 69. b Good deseruynge what yt ys 38. a Good workes allowed of heretyques 64. a Good workes of the papystes 65. a Godsalue and Pelles for Bylneye 69. a Gospell preachynge condempned 24. b 32. a 89. b Gospell iudged heresye 27. b 45. a 89. b Grace of the holye ghost geuen 80. b Gospell dyuerslye receyued 96. b Gracianus monachus doubteth of confession 66. b Gracianê° monachê° begote of a noÌ„ne 68. a Grekes neuer bouÌ„de to confessyon 66. b H HAre of ther prynce in cruelte 45. a Helchesytes with ther opynyoÌ„ 3. b Heythen customes becoÌ„mynge cristen ceremonyes 78. a. 88. a Henrye the fift kynge of Englande 45. a HeÌ„rye pepwell stokyslais prouyder 55. a HeÌ„ricê° agrippa a lerned maÌ„ne 69. b. 72. a Heresyes are the scripturs here called 18. b 20. b 27. b 32. b. 89 Heresyes after my lordes meanynge 32. b Heresyes in a bagge not vttered 44. b Heresye maye not confessyon dyscharge 30. a Heresve becometh treasoÌ„ also 45. a 89. b Heresye to brige vpp youthe i vertu 57 b Heresye to rebuke a prest 79. b Heretyques haue God amonge theÌ„ 51. a Heretyques sor fre wyll with papystes 62. a Heretyques are the papystes 60. a. 85. b Heretyques for marryage with papystes 71. a Heretyques are Christyanes called 9. b 18. b 45. a Heretyque ys Boner in dede 32. b Herrnannus a Germane lerned 48. b Herode brent dyuerse bokes 58. a Herode onlye kept hys vowe 73. b Herostratus brent dyanaes temple 87. a Hieremyes prophecye brent 57. b Hieronimus de praga IoaÌ„nes huss 85 b Hyldebrande a pope 72. a 75. a 82. b Hyldebrande inhybyted prestes maryage 75. a Hyldebrande kept the duchesse of lotharye 75. b Hyldebrande suspect with the emprours mother 75. b Hypolitus mynystred the sacrameÌ„t 84. b Holye water makynge 22. a. 27. a Holie churche with her childreÌ„ 33. b. 36. b Holye churche seeth no trayters 36. b Honor of inuocacyon geuen onlye of Boner 86. a Honors geuen to sayntes by popes 86. b Hontyngton and standyshe .ij. papystes 12. b 98. b Hontyngton ys answered at large 99. a Hontyngton can fynde no papystes amoÌ„ge heretykes 98. b Howres canonycall in latyne 24. b Howsell at easter what yt ys 84. b Howsell by whom instytute 85. a Huldricns zuinglius a lerned maÌ„ne 50. a I IAcobytanes heretyques for fre wyll 62. a Iames the lessewolde i no case recâ—it 4. a Iames the bisshop of nycose married 73. a Iannes and Iambres sorcerers 18. b Iason was accused of sedycyon 17. b Iesus christ borne vndre marryage 70. a IgnorauÌ„t pÌ„stes mynistrige marryage 79. a Image of both churches 8. a 40. a Inhybycyon of marryage â— Inyquyte alwayes regneth 2. a 3â— Inyquyte ys become spuÌ„all 9â— Instytucyon of Christ for the sacrameâ— 9. a 60. b Instytucyons of dyuerse popes 21. a 2â— 64. b 82. a Inuocacyon of sayntes newlye 8â— Ioachim kynge of luda 57 Ioannes andreas a prestes sonne 7â— Ioannes de cremona inhybyted concuâ— nes 76 IoaÌ„nes huss hieronimus de praga 8â— IoaÌ„nes Eckius with hys bokes 54. b 5â— 57. a 64. b Ioannes Eckius a papyst 70. b 71. b 73 85. b 86. a IoaÌ„nes Eckius had .iij. bastardes 70 Iohan measureth the temple 7â— Iohan describeth the .ij. horned beast 12 Iohan writteth sealeth and openeth 9â— Iohan puruaye recanted â— IohaÌ„ wicleue a maÌ„ne of god 2 b 37 b â— Iohan kynge of Englande 2â— Iohan bysshopp of portuense 2â— IohaÌ„ oldecastel lorde of cobhaÌ„ 48. a 8â— Iohan frith with hvs bokes 47. a 5â— Iohan porter famyshed in new gate 4â— 66. a Iohan porter wolde not recant 4â— Iohan stoky slaye a tyrannouse papyst 57. b 87. b IohaÌ„ stokysle with hys chast vowe 68. b Iohan the .x. pope begoteÌ„ of an whore 68. a Iohan the .xij. and the .xiij. popes 68. a Iohan a cysteane monke marryed 72. b Iohan of gaunt duke of lancastre 72. b Iohan .xxiij. pope deposed for poysenynge 85. b Iohan Chrisostome ageynst swearers 90. b. Iohan browne esquyre brent 89. b Iohan beuerlaye prest brent 90. a Iohan standyshe a blasphemouse Idyote 12. b 87. b 98. b Iohan hontyngtoÌ„ an vpholder of papystrye 12. b 98. b Iouynyanystes for fre wyll and marryage 62. a 71. a Iudas receyued a soppe onlye 84. a Iudgeda a charytable prelate 39. b Iudges are bysshoppes become 90. a Iulius a pope with hys chastyte 68. b Iustyces to ther myndes 5. b K Kynges schall not onerthrowe antichrist 7. b 97. a kynges ought to be godlye and lerned 10. b 29. b. 94. b kynges auctoryte abused of papistes 19. a 34. b 95. a 98. a kiÌ„ges .ij. hoÌ„dreth shorne iÌ„to moÌ„kerye 22. b kynges coÌ„mauÌ„de one bysshoppes aÌ„ other 5. a 34. b kynges coÌ„pared to .iij. lyght thynges 60. a kiÌ„ges that were pÌ„stes marryed 72. a 73. a kynges alwayes deceyued by hypocrites 75. a kynges destroyenge Idolatrye 94. b kynge HeÌ„rye coÌ„pared to Iosaphat 11. a kynge Iohan of Englande 22. b kynge Edwarde the thirde 89. b kynge Rycharde the seconde 89. b kynge HeÌ„rye the fift of Englande 45. a kynge condempned of Boner for heresye 48. a 50. b 53. b kyngedome of Italye the popes 22. b kyngedome of god what yt ys 65. a kyte brygett and vnderwode 69. a knowlege of godlynesse increaseth 96. b L LAdde mynistrynge the sacrameÌ„t 84. b ladye aÌ„d whore moche dyfferiÌ„ge 31 a Labours to vpholde Babylon 40. b Laye meÌ„ne toucheth the sacrament 84. b lambes wyll folowe ther shepeherde 44. a 61. b 83. b Lancelot rydleye a lerned manne 49. a LateraneÌ„se coÌ„siliuÌ„ with hys actes 23. a Latyne masse whan yt first beganne 24. â— Latyne houres and seruyce 24. b. â–ª 88. b Lawdable the ceremonyes are called 21. a 28. a. 77. a Lawe master of turnaye 76. a Lawes of the lorde restored 11. a Lawes of menne whan allowed 80. b Lawes spirituall suffycyentlye made of Christ 82. a Letters from the Turke or Soldane 39. b Leuiathan schall be destroyed 7. b London abused of Antichristes membre 10. a. 15. b. 34. a. 46. a. 92. b. Lordeshyp froÌ„ wheÌ„s yt ryseth 37. a. 46. a Lorde spirituall what yt ys 37. b M MAgystrates what lawes they schuld make 81. a Mahomete more easye thaÌ„ papystes 65. a Malchus a bysshoppes seruaunt 35. b Mamertus bysshopp of vyenne 82. b MaÌ„ne of synne what yt meaneth 8. a. 12. b Marcyaâ—ystes heretyques ageynst marryage 71. a Marcellinus renounceth Christ 3. a Manychees allowynge fre wyll 62. a Marye a nonne of RaÌ„saye marryed 72. b Marozia the popes whore 68. a Marryage forbydden of the spiritualte 24. a. 75. a. Marryage of prestes decyded 70. â— Marryage dyuerslye commended 70. a Marryage ys a chastyte 74. b Marryage mynystred of ignoraunt prestes 79. a Marryage how yt ought to beâ—sed 79. b Marsilius de parma poysened a pope 85. b
marre before they marrye 80. a Prestes geuynge the holye ghost and grace 80. b Prynce what he schall herafter do 11. a Prices what lawes they schuld make 81. a Prynces power deryued out of the pope 59. b Priscylly anystes fot fre wyll and marryage 62a 71. a Processyon vpon saturdayes 21. a. 27. a Proclamacyons abused of papystes 19. a Professyon made newlye to Antichrist 2. b. 12. a. 13. b. 30. b. 34. a. 35. b. 92. a Prouyssyons for the vowe of chastyte 69. a. 75. b Q QVarell taken for Tolwyn ryghtouslye 5. b Quarell of bysshoppes become the kynges 45. a Quarell of God fercelye defeÌ„ded of Christ 96. a Queresters of Baal are the papystes 86. a Quodcunque ligaueris condempneth the gospell 36. a R RAhab dysobeyed a wycked commaundement 81. a Raymundus the earle of Tholose 23. a Reasons ageynst the pellagyanes and gentyles 62. a Recantacyons in wycleues tyme. 2. b Recantynge what parell ys therin 3. b RecaÌ„tynge of wyllyaÌ„ Tolwyn 25. a. 29. b RelygyoÌ„ of the eÌ„glyshe churche 9. b. 34. a Rent of the stewes at Rome 68. b ReÌ„tes spirituall for whore kepynge 69. b Remelius a monke marryed 72. a Report of lerned menne concernynge Boner 50. b Resydue of the text here 45. b Respytynge of Tolwyns penaunce 37. b Reuelacyon of Antichrist traÌ„slated 47. a Rewarde of holye churche ys fyre 38. b Rewardes for the gospell preachige 17. b Rewle of scolastycall theologye 63. b Rhetorykes of the popes lawe 26. a Rycharde the .ij. kynge of Englande 89. b Rycharde nixe with his chastvowe 68. b Rycharde mekyns a ladde breÌ„t 24. a. 41. b Rycharde Tauerners postyls 54. a Rycharde lant impreÌ„ted thys worke 95. a Rytes of the churche what they are â–ª 77. b Rytes taken of the heytheÌ„ customes 78. a Robert archebysshop of canÌ„terburye 90. b Robert warde empresoned to deathe for Christ 41. b Roger acton a knyght brent 89. b S SAchell with bokes coÌ„dempned 43. a. 44. b Sacrament of the aulter 60. b Saynt antonynes psonage 15. b. 43. a. 94. â— Saynt sepulchres parryshe 93. b Sayntes inuocacyon what yt ys 86. b Sayntes what they haue graunted of popes 86. b Sathan losed after a thousande years 37. b SathaÌ„ sheweth hiselfe in Boner 93. b. 96. a Saturnus the olde God 21. b Sacryfyce of the masse 87. b Sawte bitche of my lorde Boner 79 b 80 a Scrypturs must trye all thynges 13. b Scrypturs destroyed of tyrauntes 57. b Scrypture alloweth good saynges of yll menne 58. b Scrypturs apparent that God causeth synne 63. a Scrypturs alloweth no saites honorynge 87. a Sebastianus forbode recantynge 4. a Sedycyouse are godlye meÌ„ne noted 16. a Sedycyon layd to Christ and hys apostles 26. b. 91. b SenteÌ„ces of god ageynst ceremonyes 82. b Serapion receyued the sacrament of a ladde 84. b Seruyce in Latyne made of monkes 88. a Seuen machabees and ther mother 81. a Shamelesse Antichrist ys Boner 10. a. 14. b. 34. a. Synne make they where no synne ys 28. a Synne ageynst the holye ghost 95. b Syluester the seconde pope 70. b Sixtus a pope buylded stewes 68. b Smoke alredye felt of manye 40. b Sodome and Gomor vpholden of prestes 80. a Sodomytes folowed inhybycyon of marryage 76. a Sorbonycall masters of parys 36. a Srandyshe and hontyngton papystes 12. b 87. b. 98. b Steuen stoned for the veryte 17. b Stewes of London neuer persecuted 42. a 69. a Stewes buylded of an holye pope 68. b Submyssyon and humble sure 29. a SufficieÌ„t witnesses what thei are 15 b 26 a SuperstycyoÌ„s brought in ageyne 5. a. 34. a Supper of the lorde abused 60. b Swearynge before a iudge 89. a Swearynge vpoÌ„ a boke what yt ys 90. b Swyneherde to the pope what yt ys 43 b Swyne ad beastes are the papystes 44. a 83. b T TAcyanes heretyques ageynst marryage 71. a Tartulyanystesagelst marryage 71. a Terryble mocyons and tokens 75. b Testamentes brent at Paules 58. a. 94. a Thankes wyth cappe and knee 39. b Theodocyon the Ephesyane recanted 3. b Theodosiê° toke the sacra â— his haÌ„de 84. b Thomas venatorius a lerned maÌ„ne 49. b Thomas aruÌ„dell a tyrauÌ„t 48. b 89. a Thomas beket a trayterouse bisshop 28 b 48. b 90. b Thomas of aquyne a popysshe doctor 55. a 59. b Thomas Norman a prestes sonne 73. a Thomas bilâ—â—ie the matter of christ 69. a Thomas wolseye a cardynall 86. b. 20. b Thorpe and oldecastell examyned 47. b 48. a 89. a Thousande years from Christ 37. b. 70. b Thre frutes of one aduouterye 68. a Thre partes playeih Boner 45. a 86. a Tyrannye of bysshoppes for tradycyons 3. a 57. b 74. a TyraÌ„nye of Boner for papystrye 3. a 24. a 27. b 31. a 39. b 41. a 57. b TyraÌ„nye froÌ„ wheÌ„s yt sprigeth 37. a 56. b TyrauÌ„tes plaged for destroyenge the scripturs 58. a Tythes deuocyoÌ„s aÌ„d offeringes 85. a 91. b Tokens of the true churche 16. a Tolwyn constrayned to deuye christ 3. b Tolwi declared aÌ„ heretik 21 a 44. b 46 b Tolwyn sett neuwlye to scole 26. b Tolwyn sett vpp for a sygne of coÌ„tradyccyon 41. b Tolwyn examyned as was christ 42. b Tolwi deuowred of gredye swyne 43. b Tolwin shoke forth a sachell at paules 44. b Tolwyn subscribeth for feare of burnynge 92. a Tonstall brent testamentes of christ 58. a Tradycyons made by dyuerse popes 82. a 88. a Tradycyons not allowed of christ 18. a 65. b 81. b 88. a TradicioÌ„s maie not be towched 49 79 b Tradycyons what they are 60. a 81. b Trayterye professed newlye 30. b 54. b Trayterye maynteyned preuylye 54. a Trayters make they sayntes 36. b Treason becometh the gospell 45. a 89. b TreasoÌ„ not regarded of papistes 29. b 30. a 54 a Treaty ses made of the author 8. a 37. b 40. a 87. b 90. b 99. a Two olde bokes i the bagges bottoÌ„ 57 a V VDo archebysshopp of magdeburge 75. b. Vengeaunce axeth the blood of innocentes 41. b Vertues of the holy spuÌ„alte 20. b 27. a 23 a Vyces hath the clergye to frynde 42. b Vyrgynes not marryed of prestes 80. a Voyce of Tolwi wordes of boner 44. b Vowes papystycall with the fylthye frutes 33. b. 36. b. 66. b. Vowe of chastyre brokeÌ„ 66. b. 68. a. 69 a Vowes with ther chast frutes 67. b 68. a 70. b. Vowes besydes the scrip wycked 74. b Vowes broken of manye 73. b Vowes in the old lawe what they were 74. b Vouete reddite answered 74. a. Vpholders of the popes churche 26. a Vrbanus regius a lerned maÌ„ne 51. b Vrsinus a prest marryed 73. a Vvages of the pope better thaÌ„ christ 24. b Vvalkers vndre shaddowe of the gospell 6. b Vvares of antichristes synagoge 8. b Vveddynge clerkelye coÌ„pared of Boner 79. a Vvharton of bongaye a false iustice 5. b Vvhoredome not forsworne but marriage 69. b Vvhore aÌ„d ladye with ther differeÌ„ce 31 a Vvhores abhorred of the Israelytes 69. a Vvhores for a coÌ„mon