described them besides the large witnesse of his enemies as of Iohan kyuyngham Thomas Walden and soche other yea soche tyme as WyllyaÌ„ Thorpe in his examinacion reported him to be a manne of most christen sobryete conforminge his lyfe and lerninge to the doctrine of Christ and the lyuinge of his Apostles Thomas Arondell than Archebysshop of Canterberye beinge both an aduersarye to him and to the verite that he had taught affermed him with his owne mouthe to be a great clarke and a perfight lyuer The stomake that he bare ageiÌ„st him was for his doctrine For that he sayd was â–ª not agreable to the lawes of holye churche And yet he graunteth afore that it was agreable to Christ and to his Apostles He coude not awaye in dede with their popishe tradicions but called them the fylthye frutes of Anticrist He sayd he wolde no longar aparell the Asse that Christ shuld ryde vpoÌ„ with their vayne rytes and ceremonies but folowe the clere doctrine of his Sauer Iesus which glorified in heaueÌ„ hath nede of no soche Idell offices to be done to him kynge Edwarde the thirde sumwhat fauored him for his godlye giftis as I haue sufficientlye to proue it So ded kinge Rycharde the seconde as he durst preuylye w t afterwarde cost him his lyfe In this beleue Iohan Wyclef contynued and was person of Lutterworth in lyncolne shere And in the year of owr lorde a M.CCC.lxxxvii this true Apostle of Christ most constantlye and cristenlye departed from this worlde commeÌ„dinge his sowle into the handes of God His workes were wonderful and manye as I intende to declare God lendinge me lyfe in an other worke Of whom Subinco lepus than Bysshop of Prage brent more than .ii. hondreth great volumes fayre written as witnesseth Eneas Siluius in his boke de origine Bohemorum The .xli. yeare after his deathe which was the year from Christes incarnacioÌ„ a M. CCCC and .xxviii. by a cruell decree from the generall counsell of CoÌ„stance were his bones taken vp ageyne and brent by the clergye of Englande as testifieth Walden in lib. de sacramentalibê° Cap. 89. et fo 199. to make foles afrayed NoÌ„ hath condempned this wyclef for an heretyque but the Pope and his sworne soudiours whose cause matter and quarell Pantolabê° hath here taken vpoÌ„ him to defende though it be with a small faythe to God his Prince and moche lesse honeste to his owne preciouse persone 4 As touchinge his allegacion out of Iohans first Epistle Qui facit peccatum exdiabolo est to proue that mischefe begate Wyclef The deuyll his master of whom it is there spoken might haue vttered 〈◊〉 as godlye and to as moche edificacion of y ◠〈◊〉 the as he hath done here He that doth synne sayth the text is of the deuill For the deuill styll synneth after his olde woÌ„â—e and can do non other I maruele of Pantolabus that he coude thus with this clause blaspheme his dead brother in the handes of God without all godlye feare thinke not therin to synne If he had marked the argumeÌ„t of that chapter wele he shuld haue founde in it Gods singular loue towardes vs to that ende that we shuld loue here one an other And not to condempne by name or to make raylinge rymes of him bycause the Pope hath condempned him afore For by non other auctorite is Wyclef condeÌ„pned Who securses God doth blesse and ageyne doth curse his blessinges Lete Pantolabus therfor be ware For though he hath nowe both his good lorde of Wynchesters blessynge and the Popes he maye chaunce yet to dwell vndre Gods curse I Wondre that the Bysshppes so narrowlye serchinge for heretiqÌ„s caÌ„ not here smell out both an heretique and a traytour Happlye thei are so vsed to that sauer out of their owne bosomes that thei knowe not the one from the other But maye saye Thu and I are both one mannis children Saye wele by me and I shall do as moche forthe By this text folowinge is Wyclef discharged of that Pantolabus layeth to him Qui natus est ex deo peccatum non facit quoniaÌ„semen ipsius in Deo manet He that is borne of God as Iohan Wyclef was receyuynge Christes doctrine in faythe synneth not he folowing that doctrine in his lyfe though he doth despyse all the Popes tradicions as he ded also For the sede of God which is his eternall worde remayninge styll in him wyll not permyt hiÌ„ to synne by no soche blasphemouse popetrye Thys strayght waye hauinge the sure promises of God perseyueth not Pantolabque but strayeth wyldelye a brode with the renegate Cain desperatlye trustinge to the promises of menne syckle and vncertayne as their tradicions hath non other A mysterye 1 After this brother Came forth an other 2 His name to discusse Menne called him husse 3 He and his cumpanye Began in Germanye 4. Heâ— est gens que non audiuit vocerâ— domini sui Hiere 2. The openinge 1. EVermore doth pantolabê° pranke forth with his pylde Popyshe Poesyes not vnlyke Iacke of Bedlem with his net full of wolle From that bryer hath he gathered that lock all tarrye and from that thorne that patche all dryseled Lete him that hath eyther lerninge or witt marke what dyrtye gete this is and from what good authors borrowed The grounde therof was first taken out of Pope Benedyct the .xiii. pope Gregorye the .xii. and Pope Iohan the .xxiii. all thre deposed at ones in the generall counsell of CoÌ„stance out of the cowyshe actes and proclamacyons of Pope Martyne the fift which after supplied their rome there vpon the seate of the beast in the darke kyngedom of Anticrist or the chayre of pestylence whether ye wyll Here is the name of a brother most scornefullye vsed whiche is in the scripturs both holye and preciouse And no maruele For crist sayd there shuld come soche swyne as wolde treade the fayre pearles vndre their fete and soche dogges also as wolde turne ageyne teare his true disciples The chefe cause of it is that his hipocrites eyes can abyde no light But lete him not thinke so to auoyde the great indignacion of God nor yet anye other soche scorner as he is 2 Iohan Husse that holye Apostle and true Martyr of Iesus Christ moche pyteynge to se y â— churche so wretchedlye deformed with hypocresye pryde Idolatrye other abhominacioÌ„s of Anticrist after he had sum what perseyued therof by the doctrine of Iohan Wyclef put forth his owne bodye to y â— crosse for it to suffre the death yf nede shuld require it The pure lawe of the Gospell waâ— the scripturs of both testameÌ„tes ded he most constantlye preache to the pople of Boheme ageynst that kyngdom of wyckednesse detestinge all errours heresyes scysmes His conuersacion was accordinge to his instruccyons perfight and holye Not onlye by the report of .liiii. noble menne of the lande of Morania but also by the testimonye of his enemyes Pope Pius otherwyse called
A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall Genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus is here both dysclosed confuted By Iohan Bale An. M.D.xlii ¶ Marke in the capytall letters of this boke the. A. B. C. with the name of the Author I wyll shewe the sayth y e Angell to Iohan the mysterye of the greate whore of y e Beast that beareth her Apoca. 17. ☜ Emprynted at Geneua By Mychael Woode 1545. The Preface EVydent is yt dere frynde in the Lorde vnto them which are in the scripturs exercysed that our eternall God for his owne â—â—lye honoure created man at the first and all other creaturs for mannys behoue This ones conceyued by fayth in Abell and Enos at the preachynges of Adam Seth for the first age prouoked the one to offre vp sacrifice vnto hi the other to call vpon his most gloryouse name In this godlye offyce was Noe founde ryghtouse Abraham sayth full Moses myghtye Dauid holye Helias feruent and manye other more in their sortes zelouse for all the other ages Farre to longe were yt and tedyouse vnto the readers to recyte the examples of all the fathers in that behalfe Iesus Christ the onlye fulfyller of all ryghtousnesse in all his sore trauay le here sought the onlye glorye of his heaueÌ„lye father and taught the same lesson aboue all other to be obserued of his In the manyfolde temptacions of sathan in the wildernesse he pacieÌ„tlye answered to that was suggested but the presumed dishonour of God in no case coulde he suffre The holye Apostles and manye other Godlye mynysters haue euermore daungered their syues in the lust quarell of the same If we than wetyngly shuld suffre him in this age to be blasphemed all these godlye exaÌ„ples reiected we myght thereby rather apere his enemyes than seruauntes his haters than louers This consyderacion first moued my mynde after that I had seane a thre years ago an abhomynable Iest made vndre the tyttle of a Genealogye of heresye by two diuerse prentes spred abrode amonge the people to dysclose the great mysterye of iniquyte thervndre contayned and to restore agayne the peruerted scripturs with the names of those Godlye menne which are oblocuted therin In this will no man that is godlye be offended but thynke that I haue herin done my bounde dewtye Though the compylet therof by the mercyfull Goodnesse of God be conuerted to repentaunce as I am credyblye infourmed that he is yet remayneth his blasphemouse doctryne amonge the coÌ„mon people in a wonderfull nombre of coppyes I thought yt therfore mete not vtterlye to destroye my labours but for the abolyshment of those wycked blasphemyes to suffre them passe at large yet I instauntlye desyre the readers of my boke not to thynke anye thynge therin spoken agaynst him which is now becommen Gods seruaunte but agaynst that olde pestysent Papyst Pantolabus which styll yet blasphemeth Christ and his most faythfull wytnesses Him wolde I not haue them to space so longe as he dwesseth on the earthe and that is that prodygyouse Iest or Generacyon of heresye Vnsemelye were yt so manye swete scripturs to remayne so depraued and so manye Godlye menne so slaunderouslye reported the veryte in them both so spyghtfullye abused for his names sake which hath wrought wyckedlye Though Adam recanted his errour and Dauid his wycked workinges Peter his denyall of Christ and Paule his tyrannouse turmoylynges yet are they not hydden in the scripturs but made fiyll open to all the worlde in reâ—uke and warninge vnto vs of soche execrable euyls Neuer y â— lesse yet those vyces so rebuked are now vnto them no rebuke but a syngular prayse rather where as they are rehersed beige wholle remitted in Christ. The great synne of Adam which is the onlye grounde of deathe in all meÌ„ is yet euerye yeare proclamed happye amoÌ„ge the Paschall ceremonyes WhaÌ„ Christ leaneth his churche vnrebuked and vntrobled forsynne than rouneth she a straye by manye sâ—râ—unge and vncommaunded worshyppinges Than reygneth she commoÌ„lye in a wycked peace and abhominablye playeth the whore abusynge her selfe in the cowche of Iesabel Apoca. 2. as of longe tyme hath done the Romyshe Synagoge And so becommeth she no longer his chosen spouse but a reproued congregacion Moche more honoure is ours whan our synnes are rebuked by the scripturs than whan the scripturs remayne by vs reproued and slaundered Amonge the prophane Phylosophers Poetes was euer the verite had in honoure and preferred farre aboue all fleshlye amyte Moche more than ought it so to be vsed amonge vs which are of the ChristeÌ„ scole The rebukes of this boke wayeth vpon the matter and not the man the spyghtfull blasphemer not the godlye recanter That his fylthye vomete is proued here abhomynacion by the scripturs to the intent that people shuld detest it and not therwith be poysened can be vnto his name no derogacion but rather a lawde amonge them that are godlye wyse Verye vncomlye were it that fylthynesse shuld haue fauer and so be cowcheâ— vp as a precyouse treasure amonge menne of Christen honeste Rather is it mete that it were throwne fourth so manifesilye knowne for that it is euen verye fylthynesse in dede I haue no doubt therof but. I. â— becomminge the seruaunt of God vtterlye nowe detesteth that fowle Papyst Pantolabê° that Romyshe rybalde that ryotouse rayser with all his prodigiouse Poesyes and wolde haue him rather bayted awaye withe botchers dogges than anye longar to wayte vpon him Full glad are we to heare it that froÌ„ Sodome he is lately departed leauige that beast there behinde him to receyue the lordes double plage and that his selfe nowe trauayleth I trust towardes the mounte of sauegarde That he is becomen of a wolfe a lambe of a Saule a Paule and of a spyghtfull persecuter a godlye Christen preacher it is vnto vs no smal reioyce We lawde that heauenlye lorde which thus of mere pytie and mercye hath founde out his almost peryshed shepe layed him vpon his shulders and brought him ageyne to his folde If he styll perseuer accordinge to his callinge Heshall become of a forener a cytezen with the Sayntes and a glouryouse partyner with Christ in his eternall heritage He shall also haue for his lust labours in the lordes vyneyarde here besydes his penye wages his peculyar prayse in the sanctyfyed congregacyon of the ryghtouse The eternall father lorde Iesê° Christ indue so w t his sprete both him vs that we maye vnto the ende perseuer faithfull to the counfort of his electes Amen Finis ¶ The mysterye of iniquite doth styll worke and is disclosed by the lyght of the lordes comminge 2. Thes. 2. The Table ABbotes hanged for treason 31 Antibaptystes Papistes all one 53 Antichrist what he is 54 Apostatâ— falselye applyed 62. 63 Benedictus xii a lecherouse Pope 21 Bysshoppes and prestes marryed 18 Bonifacius what yt meaneth 20. 27 Captaynes for holye churche 30. 42. 65 Clemenâ—the vii Pope 22
For all youre crepynge and crowchyng to soche ydolouse shepeherdes is for that swete Ambicion whom youre hart so sore coueteth And as concernynge sedicions and scysmes Not one hath bene in Christendome notable these D.CCC. yeares but youre false generacion hath bene therin the chefe doers as all the Chronicles mencioneth What myschefe ye ded ones in the cyte of London in kynge Rychardes tyme the seconde abought an horse lofe it is shame yet to reherse besydes that ye haue wrought there in other quarters of Englande euer sens that tyme. 2 He that doth speake the thynge that is true and certayne without false colours of cauteles doth vtter it in wordes playne is moche better occupyed than euer were you yet For that which you haue taught in the churche and yet do styll teache daylye so but the verye doctryne of deuyls so vncertayne and vntrue as they are Nothynge els are youre histories of the Saintes but fables lyes and fantasyes taken out of Legenda aurea made by fryre Iames de voragine The promyses that ye make to the people concernynge youre Masses that some of them shuld be wholsom for the poxe somme for the pestylence somme for the ague somme for the headake somme for y â— fâ—wle euyll and soche other are false and abhominably practysed of you to deceyue the simple for moneye And lyke wyse youre frydaye fastynges ladyes psalters and rosaryes with bedes primers pyâ—turs candels holye waxe other wytcherye more Neuer are the swete promyses of the Gospell made playne vnto the people by you but darkened euermore with youre hypocrites gloses Neyther will ye entre into the kyngedome of God youreselues nor yet suffre anye other that wolde gladlye entre All youre stodye is to vpholde those mytred Mahometes the Bisshoppes to maynteyne you styll in the kyngedome of fleshlye ydelnesse And for that ye care not how manye Christen sowles ye murther 3 As connynge as ye make ye in fyndynge ye shewe youre selfe here but a false and a deceytfull sercher ye saye first to Barnes charge that he sowed sedicion This is no newe thynge in you but an olde vsed practyse in youre craftye generacion Of sedicion was Christ accused by the hyghe Prestes yet caused they Barrabas that was the sedicion worker and a murtherer also by their instaunt labour to be saued Paule was complayned of to the debyte Felix to be a commocion maker not without the false counsell of the Bisshoppe Ananias yet was he a manne most peceable and godlye Happye is Robert Barnes therfore with them so to be noted of the same selfe sort Playne are his wordes good manne in all the workes he hath made coÌ„cernynge obedieÌ„ce dewe both to God and to his prince In all his wrytynges can not I fynde one clause of disobedieÌ„ce to eyther of them Manifestlye declared he his obedience towardes God in that he for his truthes sake forsoke all worldlye estimacion that he myght â—ele haue had at the latter ende gaue his lyfe for it also And as touchynge the kynges mageste his large supplycacion vnto him directed is a sufficient wtynesse therof towardes him besydes y â— boke which he wrote vnto him in Latine coÌ„cernynge the lyues of the Romishe Popes But it will here after apete some other obedience that Pantolabê° complayneth of than eyther of these be 4 I perseyue by the circumstaunce of this matter that the holye obedieÌ„ce which Pantolabê° meaneth here that coude not be founde out of Barnes smelleth towardes Rome For it is a spirituall obedience belongynge onlye to his mother holye churche which is no congregacion of the lewde layte but of spirituall prelates as his holye father the Pope with all his college of carde makers arche byteshepes and byteshepes dockers presters and currates These are the hyghe powers that he speaketh of here after to whom he wolde haue vs so sore bounde to be obedient in peyne of deadlye synne because that his honorable mastershyp myght be loked vpon also as a ryght worshypfull curatâ— amonge them concernynge his tythes offerynges For it is an yll worlde whan the people will not knowe their dewtye to hâ—lye churche A great decaye is it to their holye mother that the cursynge sentence is gone This was the obedieÌ„ce that doctor Barnes coude neuer fynde in all the scripturs therfore meanes were sought out to haue him brent for an heretyque without examinacion of his articles Where as yf he had acknowledged this he had bene styll a lyue Thus playe these Romishe gentylmenne colle vndre the candelstick cloynige vndre craftye colours to clought vp their false kingedom of deuyllishnesse ageyne yf it may be The subtilte of the serpent is not yet all dead but lyeth styll lurkinge in their generacion to worke all myschefes 5 Scripturs haue we non of this wretched Papyst but eyther they are wrasted hacked maÌ„gled or els falselye alleged Vir Apostata iurgia seminat is here now brought in whiche wanteth no lessethan .xvii. wordes of the whole sentence to serue his false purpose And to amende the matter he noteth it the .vi. Chapter of Sapience where is it is not so but the .vi. Chapter of Salomons Prouerbes His concordaunce there deceyued him For that onlye he sought for this text and not the Byble And thê° lyâ—th the text there Homo apostata vir inuitlis graditur ore peruerso annuit oculis terit pede digito loquitur prauo corde machina turmalum et omni tempore iurgia seminat A dissemblynge persone a manne myndinge no goodnesse hath all these propyrteâ—â— with him He carryeth a deceitfull mouthe his eyes winketh wyles his fete traceth toyes he pointeth with his fingars he is alwayes Imageninge euill and in euery place coÌ„monlye he soweth discorde To this ende doth not Pantalabus bringe in this text here but onlye to proue Barnes an apostata for leauinge his fryres cote with y â— Popes obedience And in this hath he shewed himselfe here in his owne right colours a through Papyst in dede I will not saye a raÌ„ke traytour to approue my coniecture afore Easye is it to se what lyeth in the hartes of these pestilent poyseners of the people whaÌ„ the forsakinge of a pylde frytes cote is so wayghtye a matter with them yet styll The sequele of that Chapter ded not Pantolabê° marke for his owne amendement others For he found it not in his coÌ„cordaunce Sex sunt que odit Dominus et septimum detestatue anima eius Sex thinges are there which the lorde hateth and the seuenth he abhorreth without remedye A proude loke a dissemblinge tonge handes shedinge innocent blood an hart Imageninge euill fete that are swyft to do myschefe a false lyenge wytnesse and he that soweth discorde amonge bretherne In this clere myrrour he might haue seane himselfe in the hate of God and a great sort more of his cumpany A mysterye 1 To the commanndement Of the hygh povvers At anye hovvres 2 On payne