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A05532	Certaine tables sett furth by the right reuerend father in God, William Bushopp of Rurimunde, in Ghelderland: wherein is detected and made manifeste the doting dangerous doctrine, and haynous heresyes, of the rashe rablement of heretikes: translated into Englishe by Lewys Euans, and by hym intituled, The betraing of the beastlines of heretykes	Lindanus, Guilelmus Damasus, 1525-1588.; Evans, Lewis, fl. 1574.	1565 (1565)	STC 15653; ESTC S106730	25,509	82

Burdegal Prudentius in his Hymne on Saincte Elalia doe testifie y t y e reliques of sainctes ought to be worshipped denied by Lutherans and the Zwinglians Origenes vpon y ● .j. Chap. of Mathew saeth y t holy daies dedicated vnto Sainctes ought to be celebrated denied by Anabaptistes The holie Fathers in Concilio Gangren and Origen in the yeare of our Lorde .220 do affirme y t Sainctes ought to bee prayd vnto denied by the Lutherans Zwingliās the hoole rowte of heretikes ¶ Chrysost. in his .69 Hom. to the people of Antioche S. Augustine de verb. Apostol Gregorius Nyssenus the Synode in Affrica and S. Ciprian in his nienthe epistle of his first booke doe witnes y t the Apostles taught that prayers and sacrifices ought to be done for the dead that the soules of the elected Christiās must be pourged which by the prayers of the lyuing may be holpen denied by the Lutherans Zwingliās manie others ¶ Origen in y e .v. Homelie vpō the booke of Numbr S. Cyprian in his serm cōcerning Baptisme and S. Augustine touching Baptisme in his seconde boke and seveanth chapiter doe saye that certaine rytes and ceremonies ought to be added vnto the Sacramentes denied by the Lutherans Anabapt many others ¶ Epiphanius Haere Apost S. Augustine in the fourthe chapiter of the .xvij. booke intituled De Ciuitate Dei y t is of the Cyttie of God doe affirme the Apostles to haue had vowed pouertie and that the vowes of pouertie virginitie are well vowed vnto God denied by Luther Brentiꝭ and by y e other carnall cōpanie of heretikes ¶ Epiphan in Apost affirmeth it to be a synne to mary after a vowe once made of cōtinencie denied by Luther Bucer Corolstadiꝭ and others ¶ S. August in his sermone De temp S. Ambrose in his 81. epistle .38 sermone and Rufinus in Simbolo doe affirme that the Crede of the Apostles is to be receaued because it was made by the Apostles denied by Brentiꝭ in his Catech. and by Caluin in his Institutions ¶ Basil. Cap. 27. de S. spiritu hoc ex proposito demon so doth Chry. in sundrie places with other holy fathers affirme those thīges to be beleued which not onelie are written but also preached denied by Luther Bucer Brētiꝭ Zwingl Caluin others 1. Pet. ij Yf any man teache otherwise and is not content with the wholsom woordes of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the doctrine of Godlines he is pufte vpp and knoweth nothing but wasteth his braynes about questions and stryf of woordes whereof spryng enuye stryf railinges yuel surmysinges and vaine disputacion of men corrupte myndes and destitute of truthe which thinke y t lucre is godlynes From suche seperate they self 1. Petr. 1. The woorde of the Lorde endureth for euer this is the woorde which by the Ghospell was preached amongest you ij Thess. ij Therefore bretherne stande faste and keepe y e ordinaunces which you haue learned whether yt were by our preaching or epistles Rom. xvj I beseche you bretherne marke them which cause diuisions and gyue occasions of yuel contrarie vnto the doctrine whiche you haue learned and auoyde them L. EVANS NOwe good Christian Reader iudge thowe with some indifferēcie whether lewde Luther hath most lewdelie abused thee or not nowe vnderstande whether Melancthon Caluine and Zwinglius with the other braweling false bretherne as Bucer and Brentius be the slye styrrers vp of diuisions and gyue occasions of yuell or not and now at the leanght beholde whether they bee to be harkened vnto to be followed and fostered or rather to be worthelie abhorred and aduoyded for here this first Table hathe declared vnto thee the names of good godly and learned men their confession and constancie in the vniforme faythe of Christe with the names and places of their bookes wherein they avowche and affirme the same This Table hathe expressed agayne the names of the noysome carnall companie of heretikes which doe resyste contrarie and gayne say those holie diuines faythefull Fathers and Doctors of the primitiue Churche so that thowe mayst all truelie saye S. Ambrose S. Chrysostome S. Hierome and S. Augustine together with all the whole holye companie of Martyrs preachers Apostles haue taught me in suche their woorkes this perfeicte faythe of the Catholyke church and onelie lecherous Luther with his impes and ietting iesting Iuell wolde allure men vnto the contrary Wherefore seing that you doe see their diuelishe desire to imbrace stryf controuersie and seing that you perceaue their ōspeakeable rage against the doctrine of Christe and his Apostles stand you faste and keepe the ordinaunces wich you haue learned whether it were by the preaching bokes or epistles of those holy fathers for they agree in one vnitie of truthe they haue cōtynewed in the woordes of Christe they are his disciples and haue knowen the truthe therefore the truthe shal make them free But concerning light Luther with his whyning whelpes defyled with whoredome and lustes most lothesome as Iannes Iambres withstoode Moses euen so doe these resiste the truthe when they are of corrupte myndes and lewde as concerning the faythe but they shall preuaile no longer for theyr madnes shalbe vttered vnto all men as theirs was So plainelie then perceauing the peruersenes of heretikes I truste no mans wilfullnes is suche as will not refuse the fayned zeale of Zwinglius the madnes of Melancthon and the cursed crakes and crieng of Caluine for shall Luther leade vs to destruction shall he with his loytering lasse queane laughe at our damnacion shall newe noughtie faytheles folkes sett vs at variance with the very Apostles of Christ Nay let vs rather followe the knowen faythe of our godlie forefathers of learned holye men of the Apostles them selues Theyr fayth is perfect vniforme true and imbraced of all good Christians throughout all Christendome Those holye Fathers neuer iarred but allwaies as with one mowthe they agreede in the acknoweleging and confessing of the same but the faythe of these newe fellowes is bare blinde naked and no where they as yow shall here following perceaue neuer agreede in anye one article or iote by them selfes deuised concerning that their thowsandefolde ymagyned Dame ladye and faythe In this second Table maist thowe see the wicked wanting fancies of the most on faythefull felloweshipp of heretickes with the stryuing spirite and filthie fruicte of the deceaueable doctrine of Antichriste ¶ Of the numbre of Sacramentes Seuean Sacramentes at the first affirmed to be by Luther denied agayne by Luther in his boke entituled Captiuitas Babylonica also by Zwinglius One affirmed by Luther yf wee speake according vnto the phrase of Scriptures denied agayne by Luth. y e .xxxj. yere in his Catechisme in his boke vnto Waldēses and by Melancth in y e Cōfess of Auspurge Twoe affirmed by Luther the .30 yeare in his Catechisme in his boke vnto Waldenses by Melanthō in y e .22

Lord .vij c. on the .xiiij. chapiter of S. Marke saythe that the bread is changed into y e flesh of Christe Wherefore yf thowe reade ouer this with iudgement thowe wilte thē shake thy head yea and thowe wilte spytt at false Brentius with all his lieng brethren ☞ The heretickes assertions John Brentius in the said confession of Wirtembrige saythe that y e Eucharist was not in tymes paste a sacrifice propitiatory That is false For the whole churche of Africa before the tyme of S. Augustine and Cyprian dyd offer it for the dead as S. Cyprian him self dothe witnes in y e .ix. epist. of his first booke S. Augustine in the C.x. chap. of his Euchiridion also in his sermone De verbis Apost Likewise in the .iiij. question vnto Dulicius and in many other places dothe teache that it is a propiciation for the synnes af y e deadd S. Ambrose doth sacrifice for his brother Satyrus as in his funerall oracion appearethe ☞ The heretykes assertion The same John Brentius in the said confession of Wirtembrige sayth that S. Augustine declared no certainetie cōcerning purgatorie That is most false For S. Augustine discussing this matter saeth it is no dowbte but that the affection or deuocion of one praing for the dead dothe auayle them who when they lyued in bodie haue deserued that suche thinges shold after this lyfe proffyt them He writeth this in the .iiij. chap. of his booke De cura pro mortuis S. Augustine also in the .xxxij. sermone De verbis Apost saeth It is not to be dowbted but that the dead are holpen throughe y e prayers of holy churche and throughe the holesome or compfortable sacrifice S. Augustine in the .iiij. chap. De cura pro mortuis in the .xxj. booke De ciuit Dei the xv chap. and oftentimes also in many other places he saeth It is not to be dowbted but that these thinges doe profytt the dead but suche as so lyued c. ☞ The heretickes assertions Martine Bucer in the .xviij. chap. of the .ij. booke concerning the administracion of our Lord his supper saeth y t the sacrifice of y e Lordes supper was in some churches adioygned vnto the funerall prayers and in some not yt was wonte to be adioigned sayeth Bucer in the churche of S. Augustine as appeareth concerninge the funerall of his mother Confessionum suarum lib. 10. cap. 12. That is false For the sacrifice of the Lordes supper was offered for the dead througheout all y e churches of Africa as out of the Canon of the counsail of Africa S. Cypriā in the .ix. Epistle of his first booke dothe teache S. Chrysostome concerning the churche of Antioche dothe wytnes the like in the .lxix. homelie vnto the people of Antioche And concerning the churche of Constantinople in his homelie vpon the first chapiter vnto the Philippians and also in Liturgia S. Basyll concerning the churches of Armenia and Cappadocia in Liturgia Damascenus in his oracion vpon the dead concerning the whole churche of Grece S. Ambrose cōcerning the churche of Millayne in an oraciō vpon his brother Satyrꝭ And as for the place of S. Augustine most falslie cited by Bucer Yt ys so that Bucer meaneth the Churche of Hippo whereof S. Augustine was Bushopp and therefore he calleth yt S. Augustins churche but Bucer most beastlie ys deceaued therin For S. Austin was not at that tyme clearke Priest nor Bushopp of Hippo. Wherefore all men may see theyr detestable dyvelishnes withoute shame in alleaging of the Doctors a mysse L. EVANS THus hauing translated so muche as of the said Tables may be suffycient I thought good to gyue the Reader here some frendlie further instruction and that speciallye to prevent the pievyshe grudging envye of the enemye whose hatefull desperate hande or harte wold not peraduenture stycke to stand all fondelie in the fyelde to contrarye the grave fathers and faythefull souldyours of the true fayth for I knowe that the rage of the rude rowte of heretykes is suche as now being paste all shame wyl not feare to defye the allowed most true authorityes here in thys boke alleaged wherefore vnderstande thowe o Reader that they bee the authorities of the perfecte worthie authors S. Chrysostome S. Ambrose S. Hierome S. Augustin that they be the authorities of Dionysius Areopagita a man of no meaner vertue then worthie to be chosen a Bushopp of the famous learned cyttie of Athens yea and therevnto elected by the chosen vessell S. Paule the Apostle of our Sauiour Christe and also that they be the authoryties of S. Basil S. Cyprian Irenaens of suche other shyninge glyscering starres of the howse of God suche be the authors they are men of this credytte and authorytie they were the prayse worthie preachers of the people in olde tyme they were the faythfull instructours of our forefathers and fynallie they were the chaste godly singuler lightesome lanternes of so golden a world I dowbte not then but that thow wilt say how can yt be possible nowe that any sholde bee of suche noughtynes as to defende his vayne estimacion fylthie lucre and onlauful luste wold so vnad visedlie aduenture to marche against thys mightie trayne of the true Catholyke church in deed good Reader I graunte that there is a iuste cause for thee to marvayle yeat such bye byters there be as theyr doting doinges staring studies and legende of lyes doth more then ynoughe declare I haue harde read and seene theyr bareyn sengle shameles shyftes in seeking to defende their fylthie naked and defourmed doctrine and yf I shall say therein my mynde then to speake the truthe I must say as Phociō sayd vnto Laosthenes that is that their bookes and sermones be muche lyke vnto the Cypre trees for they be huge greate and yeat bearing no fruicte at all But wylte thowe good Reader weyghe what men they bee and of what authorytie they are they be to speake the beste of theym the beastlyest parte of al the people they be the most loytering lecherous laddes of the whole Realme for an example beholde him who having his priuate whoore in hys owne howse whom he calleth wyf durst neuertheles betraye the treasure of his deare and faythful freande durst ah las ah las most lewdelie abuse the virginitie of his freandes doughter and durst fy fy deflowre so yong a thing Yf thou wylte aske me now what kynd of man this was which cōmitted thys vyle facte yea thys vyllanie and whether that he had any thing to doe with this dreaming diuelish doctrine I must then say that he was the pratyng pyller of this pelting newe founde faithe I must say that he buselie wrought for a Bushopryke I must say that his good Lordes the false named Bushopes of this tyme haue thought him wel worthie therof now as I heare he begynneth to preache vpon Miserere O Huntingtō this leasson was wel looked for this saved the neckes of manie

❧ Certaine Tables sett furth by the right Reuerend father in God William Bushopp of Rurimunde in Ghelderland wherein is detected and made manifeste the doting dangerous doctrine and haynous heresyes of the rashe rablement of heretikes translated into Englishe by Lewys Euans And by hym intituled The betraing of the beastlines of heretykes Reade and iudge let selfe will walke Peruse the booke before thowe talke Imprinted at Antwerpe by Aegidius Diest with Priuiledge 1565. YF that thowe heretykes shalt here Beholde to playe suche parte As from the fathers of the churche And from theym selues to starte Yf playnelie thowe mayste here perceaue Theyr purpose and theyr pryde Theyr facing false in cyting here Throughe rage the Doctors wyde what wylte thowe more yt ys ynoughe Onles thowe blynded bee As nothing may perswade thy mynde Theyr madenes for to flee But I doe truste that thowe wylte doe As dyd a Minster Late who seing in wrytten hande thys booke Dyd say vnto hys mate Yf thys be true no faythe of myne Shall feede on Caluines crye Yf thys be true full tyme yt ys Our tryflinges to denye TO MAISTER GRINDAL Lewys Euans wisheth perfeicte healthe OF that mynde I alwayes haue bene M. Gryndal that I thought my selfe not well yf myne abilitie dyd not serue some kinde of waye to recompence the friendlye benefyte by others on me bestowed ▪ so that in my being before you sundrie tymes for religiō I founde at your handes a certayne kinde of fauour thoughe after a worldlie maner of waye for that cause I wished oftentymes of trothe that I cold finde out some thing wherein I might gratifye you for the same accordinglie But sythēce my being laste at Fulham before you it was my chaunce to meete with certayne Tables sett furthe by the right Reuerend Father in God VVillm̄ Bushop of Rurimunde in Ghelderlande in fowre of the which tables I thē perceaued the peruerse purpose of heretikes so painted as more then a wonder vnto me yt was howe anie man beholding the same colde longer lye in suche lothesome sinckes of heresie synne For shold not theyr falling out against the diuines and Doctors of the primitiue churche cause vs to forsake them sholde not theyr owne diuelishe dissention and stryfe make vs to aduoyde them shold not their wylie whispering with olde condemned damnable heretikes moue vs to hate them and sholde not their manifeste wrongfull allegacions and sclaunderinges of Doctors and Scripture driue vs to defye them wherefore seing that I founde in suche of the sayd Tables all the diuelish doting of harebrayne bolde heretikes so manifestly expressed I thought it not a mysse aswell to translate the same whereby your ouermeane Englishe Mynisters might before their eyes beholde the haynous errours hatefull heresies wherein they are in these our dayes more then drowned that the people oppressed with the poyson of false doctrine might perceaue the plague wherewyth they be daylie vexed vndone and that all men might vnderstande the detestable doinges the lyeng lecherous spirite facing filthynes of heretykes as also to dedicate the same vnto you that so the poore people and feeble newe fangled folkes throughe the preachinges of yowe and your onmanerlie mowthed ministers infected might nowe receaue as yt were at your handes a salue and medicine to heale their inwarde most greuous and synfull sores And thus I ende wishing to youe as to myne owne soule that ys saluacion before the iuste iudge at the daye of iudgement From Antwerpe the 29. of Iune ¶ L. Euans to the Reader AFter that I hadde here gentle Reader read ouer certaine tables sett furthe by the right reuerend father in God Willm Bushopp of Rurimunde in Ghelderland and by him specially written for the instruction and proffytt of the people of Germanye I adiudged fowre of the same to be a trymme token and meete for me to send in to the coūtrey of England for the behooue and auayle of Englishemen wherefore I thowght it my parte duetye to bestowe some piece of my smale talent on such profitable such pleasaunt and suche passyng excellēt a fielde For in this fielde I meane in these tables are founde suche trymme touchestones as therewith we maie trie the true faithe from the false true dealinges frō deceitfull godlines from vngodlines good people from badd and true Christians frō raging Antichristes In these tables is orderlie comprehended the disorder and harebraine bolde beastlines of heretickes herein is declared theyr most filthie falling out iarring and debate herein is cowched the sundrie sortes of their cursed hainows heresies and herein is opened their vtter brutishe ignorācie and selfe will in wayng of the Doctors and scriptures yea thow maist hence as from an high towre behold the runneagate course and restles race of theym For in the first Table thow seest their wilful departing from the Catholyke faithe and from the mynde of the Doctors Martirs of the primatiue churche In the seconde thow perceauest the bitter brawles and mutuall madnes not onlye of the one against the other but also which of all rage is most beastlie of euery one against him selfe In the thirde Table as the prodigall child who forsaking his tender and louing parētes at the leangth is fallen into the handes and cōpanie of pernicious parasites heapes of hell howndes so these men hauing forsakē their faithfull deare frendes the learned Doctors and meeke Martirs yea running away from their most louing mother the Churche are now as in the thyrde Table appeareth fallen in to the handes of suche hateful rakehels as are not onlie content with the welthe goodes and bodyes of these poore blynded protestantes but to shewe further their onsatiable wicked crueltye all those olde I say cancred heresie and heretickes which were in any corner and at any time nowseled by anie noughtie poysonfull and past shame person they now bring with them these theyr yong whelpes ah las vnto the fierye furnace of hell there most miserablye with onspeakable tormentes to murther theyr seelye sowles Further in the fourthe Table they haue as yow see vttered theyr hole streangthe they haue shewed all theyr shiftes they haue bewraid all theyr wickednes and to the open shame of theyr successors they haue left them selfes all bare in the playne fielde to be most worthelye flowted and spitted at For whereas the ignorant people by them seduced thought allwayes that they had scriptures and doctors on their syde nowe they haue wrought so fondlie as the scriptures and doctors them selfes doe testifie the cōtrarie in so much y t truelie it were inowgh for anye that hadd but one droppe of grace yf he perceaued them to varie from the Apostles and from twoe hundreth diuine Doctors of y e church then to cause him to abhorre their beastlines But wee see here that they varie from all godlie men and from God him selfe that like theues they fall out amongst them selues and betray one another we see that they followe the

of the primitiue churche Dionysius Areopag being ordeyned Archebishopp of Athens by S. Pawle in his booke entituled De Eccl. hierarchia that is of y e holye gouernement of the Churche S. Cyprian in the .xij. epistle of his first boke in his sermōe entituled De ablutione pe dum S. Augustine in his C xviij epist. vnto Januarius and in manye other places they all together do alleage affirme y t there are more Sacramentes then one twoe three fowre sixe denied by 1. Luther in his boke entituled Capt. Baby where he acknowlegeth to be but one yf we speak according vnto y e phrase of scripture 2. Luther in y e 30. yeare in his Catech. by Melāct by Caluin in his instit 3. The cōfession of Auspurge by Melancthō in his Apologie in y e 30 yeare 4. Melancth in his cōmune places 6. Withelm Postellus in Panthenosia ¶ Origenes Periarchon the .vj. to the Rom. also S. Augustine in his .xxviij. Epistle doe affirme that all infantes be infected with original synne denied by Zwinglius Caluine and Bucer affirming speciallye originall synne not to be in the Christians childrē ¶ S. Augustine in his .x. sermon de verbis Apost saieth that an adiuracion ought to be hadd before Baptisme denied by Luther Zwingliꝭ Caluine ¶ Dionys. Areopagita in y e said booke of the holye gouernemente of the churche avowcheth that Abrenuntio ought to be vsed before Baptisme denied by Luther and Bucer ¶ S. Basil. in y e twentie seuean chapiter of his boke entituled De spiritu sancto affirmeth that the water of the fonte ought to be consecrated denied by the Lutherans ¶ S. Chrysost. in his twentie fowre homelie vpō S. John and also S. Augustine doe affirme that water is necessarie vnto Baptisme denied by Caluine Origenes the sixte chapiter vnto the Romanes S. Augustine in his .xxviij. epistle doe affirme that infantes ought to be baptized denied by the Rablemēt of Anabaptistes S. Augustine in his .xxviij. epistle sayeth that infantes without the baptisme of water can not be saued denied by Bucer Caluine The fathers of y e counsaill of Nicea S. Basil S. Chrysostome Nazianzenus S. Hierome S. Augustine doe witnes proue that the Baptisme of Christ is an other maner of one thē the Baptisme of John denied by Bucer Caluine S. Augustine in his .xxviij. Epistle affirmeth that the children of Christians are not at the first borne the sonnes of God but y t they are of newe borne his children by Baptisme denied by Caluine Bucer Basil in y e .xxvij. of his booke de spiritu sancto Dionys. Areopagita and Michael Syngelus doe affirme y t those which are baptized ought to be anoynted with holye oyle denied by Lutherans Caluine Zwinglius S. Cyprian in his sermon De ablu pedum and in the twelf epistle of his first booke S. Augustine in the tenthe chapiter of his first booke against the Donatistes doe affirme Confirmation to be a Sacramente denied by Luther Caluine S. Cyprian Michael Syngelus and the Synode doe alleage that Cōfirmation hath annexed vnto yt the anoynting of holie oyle denied by Bucer Caluine Fab. the Martyr S. Hierome against the Luciferans also the Synode doe affirme that a Bushop ought to be the Minister of the sacramēt of cōfirmation denied by Bucer ī y e reformation of Bon̄ and by Caluin Cyprian in his thirde epistle of the first boke and the .6 counsaill of Constantinop with others doe alleage ▪ the Sacramente of Christ his bloode ought to be of wine mixed with water denied by Zwinglius ¶ Iustin. Apol. j. Basil. in his booke of y e holie ghoaste the .xxvij. chapiter doe testyfie that the holie Sacrament is made with the woordes of the Prieste and not by the faith of the receavour denied by Luther ¶ Iustinus Apol. j. Irenaeus in the thirtie twoe chap. of his fourth booke and Eusebius in the first boke Euangel demonst doth affirme that the Euchariste is the Sacrament of the verie bodye of our Lorde being presente denied by Zwinglius Luther and Caluine ¶ Irenaeus in y e thirtie fowre chap. of his fourth booke and Iustinus Apol. j. doe affirme that in the Euchariste is not verie bread wine with the verie bodie and bloode of our Lorde denied by Luther wythe his adherēts ¶ Iustinus Apolo j. Irenaeus in the .32 and .34 Chap. of the fourthe booke doe affirme that the Euchariste is not a bare or only signe token of the bodie absent denied by Carolstadiꝭ Zwinglius Oecolamp ¶ Irenaeus in the places aforesayd S. August in his .xxxij. Serm. de verb. Apost doe alleage y e Euchariste not to be a sacrifice onlie cōmemoratiue denied by Melanct in his Apology ¶ Chrysosto in his .69 Homil. vnto y e people of Antioche y e .j. Chap. of S. Paule vnto y e Philip. doe proue y e sacramēte of Christ his bodie and blood to be a sacrifice propitiatorie for the dead denied by Luther and the most parte of heretikes ¶ S. Hierome in the .j. Dialogue against Pelag. doth affirme y t at the sacrifice of the Lordes bodie y e Lordes praier ought to be vsed denied by the Zwinglians and Anabaptistes ¶ Leo Magnus in his .9 Epist. alleageth y t penaunce ought to be enioygned and y t wee offending after Baptisme ought necessarilie to cōfesse our synnes vnto y e priestes denied by Zwinglius Luther ¶ The Coūsail of Antioche Leo Magnus in his .90 epist. the Canon of y e Apostles doe saye that satisfaction ought to be made to putt away the synners offence denied by Luther many others S. Augustine in his secōd booke and .xiij. Chapiter contra epist. perm in the first chapiter of his first boke de Bapt. against the Donatistes doth affirme the Sacramente of Order to be a Sacrament of a true name denied by Luther by Caluin Germanus Constant. Coelfridus apud Bedam doe say that Priestes ought to weare crownes denied by Luther and others Cyprian vpon our Lordes prayer S. Hierome vpon the .vj. Chapiter of Daniel doe affirme that God is to be prayed vnto at certaine howres denied by Luther and by Zwinglius S. Hierome in his Epistle vnto Marcella Theoph. Alexandrin lib. Pasch. doe testifie that Lent ought to be fasted denied by Luther and others Leo in a sermone dothe declare what times y e Apostles appointed to faste affirming .iiij. tymes of the yeare to be fasted denied by Luther and others Origen Periarch xxix affirmeth man to haue free will denied by Illyricꝭ Luther Melancthon Origen ibidem affirmethe a rewarde to be due vnto the desertes of good woorkes denied by Luther Caluin S. Basil. in his Epistle vnto Iulianus the Apostate the second Synode of Nicea Iohn the Historiographer of Antioche doe affirme that the images of Sainctes ought to be had and reuerenced denied by Zwinglius Bullinger Caluin Martialis Epist. ad

beholde the very woordes translated out of the booke which Luther wrote against the Zwinglians The woordes are these These dissensions and diuisions amongst those Zwinglians doe not procede from the holye spirite but from Sathan because the spirite of suche geaddynes doth cōtrarye him selfe Wherefore yt may be cōcluded that the dyuel the father of al dissension stryfe is the doctor teacher of those Zwinglians But the Zwinglians doe aunswere him thus O Luther vse and turne these woordes to thee and thy fellowes whiche doe varye more amongst your selfes then wee doe then shalt thowe speake most truely Wherefore as in the first Table is plainelye declared vnto thee the frowardenes varieng and iarring of Luther Zwinglius Melancthon and suche others against the tradicions of the Apostles and doctrine of the Catholyke churche so here in this second Table is conteyned most manifestlye the rancour incōstancie stryf and controuersye concerning the chiefest poincte of faythe betwene those faytheles foes and enemies of Christianitie wherein they not only write say and preache the one against the other but also in one and the self same yeare eache one against him self Luther this yeare writeth against Zwinglius Zwinglius against him and Melancthon against them bothe Luther will haue at the first .vij. Sacramentes then loasing fyve he alloweth but twoe and at the lenght he affirmeth to be but one or none at all Melancthon will cast a better accompte for twoe he avowcheth to be at the first then three afterwardes fowre but in the ende he flyeth vnto the fonde fancie of them of Saxonie and so denieth all that he before hath done Thirdly William Postellus one of the self same companie and of the lyke cōcorde alleageth .vj. Sacramentes and somewhere .vij. Thus so wavering you see ys ther waywarde wilfullnes and so onstedfast ys this their strange fancies as they are lead from one self wil to another from one shamefull secte to a nomber and from extreme folye to rage and meare madnes Lo suche is the deceateful spirite of the dyuel as alwaies hating vnitie still nowseleth his schollers children in the noysom damnable doungeon of stryf and dissention being so I think there is none onles he be benoōmed and there is none onles he be desperate and bewiched but will beholde the headdy inconstante counsaill of heretickes and whether he ought to beleue their blind oncertaine fantasies orels the vniforme plaine and perfecte doctrine of Christ and of his Catholyke churche ❧ This table treateth of the hatefull heresies once sprong vpp in the primitiue churche and then condemned by the holy and learned Doctors and Apostles of Christ all which heresies nowe budding againe be vpholden and imbraced by Luther Zwinglius Bucer such other like newe fangled fond felowshipp of Sathan CCC.L. yeare after Christ as S. Hierome in a Preface to the dialogue against Pela doeth witnes y e Manichees did affirme man to haue no free will so dothe Luther Brentius Illyricus Caluine also at the first Melancthō but againe he denieth it as appeareth in his cōmune places in the .52 yeare The Cerdionistes as S. Augustine doeth witnes ad Quod vult affirmed Christ his spirite to haue bene in none of the Prophetes so doth Michael Seruetus as Caluine dothe witnes CCC.L. yeare the Manichees did affirme it impossible for man to kepe the lawe of God so doth Luther and Caluine in his institut CCC.XC yeare the Pelagians as S. Augustine in sundrie places doth witnes affirmed no original synne to be in infantes so doth Zwingliꝭ Seruetus and the Anabaptist The Pelagians as S. Augustine in his .iij. booke .iij. chapiter against Iulianus dothe witnes affirmed the Christians childrē not to be maculated with synne but to be pure from the same so doth Zwingliꝭ Caluine ● Bucer CCC.L. yeare the Massilianistes as Damascenꝭ towching heresies doth witnes affirmed that baptisme maketh a man neyther ꝑfect nor holy nor that the Diuine sacramentes receaued doe purge vs from synne so dothe Luther and zwingliꝭ The Pelagians as S. August ad Quod vult doth witnes affirmed the infantes of y e Christiās to be borne good and heires of lyf euerlasting that they are not new borne againe to lyf by Baptisme so dothe Bucer Caluine CCC.L. yeare y e Massilianistes affirmed originall synne not to be forgyuen in Baptisme but so to remaine as it be not imputed vnto vs. so doth Luther The Seleucianistes and Herminians as S. Augustin in his worke ad Quod vult doth testifie alleaged the Baptisme of water not to be necessarie so dothe Caluine in his instituciōs CC.X. yeare the Nouatianistes as Theodoretus doth witnes affirmed confirmacion not to haue any anoynting of holy oyle so dothe Bucer Caluin CCC.XXX yeare the Donatistes as Optatus Mileuitanus alleageth did saye y e holy vnction ought not to be vsed so doth Luther Caluine in his institutiōs 1000. yeare Berengarius dyd affirme y t the sacramente of the Aultar is but a sygne of the Lordes bodye so doth Zwingliꝭ Occolampadius Caluine 1000. yeare y e Gerengarians as recordeth Guitmundus Auersanus affirmed that the sacramēte of the aultar hath the very body of Christ w t very bread so doth Luther his adherentes CCC.XXX yeare y t Massilianistes as Theodoretus saeth affirmed y t the Eucharist vnder y e forme of bread hathe not the verie blood so dothe the Luthera● in Polonia as the confesion of Polonia declarethe And that the sacramēt eaten doth neither preuaile nor hurt so doth Bucer XL. yeare the Nestorians as S. Cyrill in an epistle ad Col. doth testifie affirmed that the sacrament had not the body of Christ without the vse of the sacrament so doth the Lut●●ran● CCC.L. yeare Aerius as witnesseth S. August Epiph. affirmed that no sacrifice ought to be done for y e dead so dothe the Lutherā● Zwinglius CCC.X. yeare the Jouinistes as witnesseth S. Hierom. in his second boke against Jouinianus affirmed that good men cold not synne nor be at any tyme voyde of the holy ghoast so dothe the Anabaptistes CCC yeare the Audianistes as Theodoretus doth witnes affirmed that y e sacramental confession is not necessarie so dothe the Lutherans and Zwingliās CCC.L. yeare y e Massilianistes as Damascenus in haeresib doth record alleaged y e Sacramēt of order to be no sacramēt of a true name y t the cleargie are not coparcioners of y e holy ghost by ther ordinaūce which thing also affirmed y ● Alpigenistes in y e. 1250. so dothe the Lutherās zwingliās CCCC.L. yeare the Armenistes Catharistes affirmed the sacramentes to be faigned by man and that they worke no grace so doth the Lutherans the Zwingliās vij c. LXXX yeare the Felicianistes the Waldenses affirmed y t the images of Christ and his Saincts are Idololatrous so doth Zwingliꝭ Caluine the Lutherans in the highest Bauaria CCC.L. yeare Porphyrius Eunomicus Eustathiꝭ affirmed as the Counsaile Gangrensis doth witnes