Apostle s. Paul wryting to two Bishops Timothie and Titus setteth oute vnto vs a perfecte description of a true Bishop wyth all the properties and conditions belonging to the same vnto the which exemplare it shall be harde in these straunge daies to finde the image of any Bishop correspondent yet for example sake let vs take thys Archbishop of Canterburie and trie him by the rule thereof to see either howe neere hee commeth to the description of S. Paule or els howe farre off he swarueth from the common course of other in his time of his calling The rule of S. Paule is to be found first 1. Timothie 3. also in his Epistle to Titus chap. 1. in these woordes A Bishoppe must be faultlesse as becommeth the Minister of God Not stubburne nor angrie no drunkard no fighter not geuen to filthy luker but harberous one that loueth goodnesse sober minded righteous holy temperate and such as cleaueth vnto the true word and doctrine that he may be able to exhort c. Unto this rule and touchstone to lay now the life and conuersation of this Archb. we will first begin wyth that which is thus wrytten A Bishop must be faultlesse as becommeth the Minister of God Like as no man is without sinne and euery man carieth with him his especiall vice fault so yet neuerthelesse the Apostle meaneth that the Bishop and minister must be fautlesse in comparison of the common conuersation of men of the world which seeme more licentiously to liue at their owne liberties and pleasures then the bishop or minister ought to doe hauing small regard vnto good example geuing which a bishop and minister most carefully ought to consider least by hys dissolute life the woord of God be sclandered euill spoken of Which thing to auoide and the better to accomplish thys precept of the Apostle this woorthy man euermore gaue him selfe to continuall studie not breaking that order that he in the Uniuersitie commonly vsed that is by 5. of the clocke in the morning at his booke and so consuming that time in studie and praier vntill 9. of the clocke he then applied himselfe if the Princes affaires did not call hym away vntill dinner time to heare suters and to dispatche suche matters as appertained vnto his speciall cure and charge coÌ„mitting his temporall affaires both of his housholde and other forraine businesse vnto his officers So that such things were neuer impediments neither to hys studie nor to his pastoral charge which principally consisted in reformation of corrupt religion in setting foorth of true and sincere doctrine For the most parte alwaies being in Commission he associated himselfe with learned men for sifting and boulting out of one matter or other for the commoditie and profite of the Church of Englande By meanes wherof what for his priuate studie he was neuer idle besides that he accounted it no idle poynte to bestow one houre or twaine of the day in ouer reading such woorkes and bookes as daily came from beyond the seas After dinner if any suters were attendant he woulde very diligently heare them and dispatch them in such sort as euery man commended hys lenitie and gentlenesse althoughe the case required that some whiles diuers of them were committed by him to prisone And hauing no suters after dinner for an houre or thereabout he would play at the Chests or behold such as could play That done then againe to his ordinarye study at the which commonly he for the most part stoode and seldome sate and there continuing vntill 5. of the clocke bestowed that houre in hearing the common prayer and walking or vsing some honest pastime vntill supper time At supper if he had appetite as many times he would not suppe yet would he sit downe at the table hauing his ordinarie prouision of hys mâ—sse furnished with expedient companye he wearing on his haÌ„ds his gloues because he would as it were therby weane himself froÌ„ eating of meat but yet keping the company with such fruitful talke as did repast much delight the hearers so that by this meanes hospitalitie was well furnished and the almes chest well maintained for reliefe of the poore After supper he would consume one houre at the least in walking or some other honest pastime and then againe vntill 9. of the clocke at one kinde of study or other So that no houre of the day was spent in vaine but the same was so bestowed as tended to the glory of God the seruice of the Prince or to the commoditie of the Church Which his well bestowing of his time procured to him most happely a good report of all men to be in respecte of other mennes conuersation fautlesse as it became the Minister of God That a Bishop ought not to be stubberne Secondly it is required That a Bishop ought not to bee stubberne With which kinde of vice without great wrong thys Archbyshop in no wise oughte to be charged whose nature was such as none more gentle or sooner wonne to any honest sute or purpose specially in such things wherin by hys woord wryting counsell or deede he might gratifie either any gentle or noble manne or doe good to anye meane person or els relieue the needy and poore Onely in causes pertaining to God or his Prince no man more stoute more constant or more harde to be wonne as in that part hys earnest defence in the Parliament house aboue three dayes together in disputing against the six articles of Gardiners deuice can testifie And thoughe the King would needes haue them vpon some politicke consideration to goe forwarde yet hee so handled himselfe aswell in the Parliament house as afterwardes by wryting so obediently and with suche humble behauioure in woordes towardes hys Prince protesting the cause not to be his but almighty Gods who was the authoure of all truthe that the King did not onely well like hys defence willing hym to departe out of the Parliament house into the Counsaile chamber whilest the Acte should passe and be graunted for safegard of hys conscience which he wyth humble protestation refused hoping that his Maiestie in processe of time woulde reuoke them againe but also after the Parliament was finished the King perceiuing the zealous affection that the Archbishop bare towardes the defence of hys cause whiche many wayes by Scriptures and manifolde authorities and reasons he had substantially confirmed and defended sent the Lorde Cromwell then Uicegerent with the two dukes of Northfolke and Suffolke and all the Lordes of the Parliament to dine wyth hym at Lambeth Where it was declared by the Uicegerent and the two Dukes that it was the Kinges pleasure that they all shoulde in hys highnesse behalfe chearish comfort and animate him as one that for his trauaile in that Parliament had shewed hymself both greatly learned and also discrete and wise and therefore they willed hym not to be discouraged for any thyng that
the helpe of the B. of Winchester Steuen Gardiner they found a new meanes to put hym to an vtter confusion deuising that he came home from examination in such glorious pompe by the hyewayes side in the woods adjoynyng that 500. persones met hym then with bankettyng dishes to welcome hym home stirryng the people rather to an vprore and a commotion then to keepe them in any quiet obedience when in very deed contrary to this surmise as God would on this side Rochester a myle or two for auoyding all such lyght glorious talke with any of hys familiars or acquaintaunce he of purpose left the hye way and came through the woods all alone aboue 18. myles together on foote so weried and megered for want of sustenance that when he came into my house at Chartham he was not well able to stand or speake for fayntnesse and thurst This malicious tale beyng reported vnto the Kinges hyghnesse his Maiestie was so sore agrieued therewith that hee sente for the Archb. of Caunterbury willyng hym to cause Turner to be whipt out of the countrey By meanes whereof the Archbishop of Caunterbury sent agayne for Turner I hearyng thereof made incontinently report by my letters with suche vehemencie proouyng it meere malice that the Archb. vnderstāding the truth pacified agayne the kings maiesties wrath Home commeth Turner once agayne to his Cure without blotte Which so wroong the Papistes in that they could not preuayle that they thought it all in vayne any further to attempt against hym concernyng any accusation for matters in Kent the Archb. of Canterbury beyng his Ordinarie Well yet woulde they not thus leaue him vndiscredited Then was there other new matter deuised howe that he had preached erroneous doctrine in other countries before he came into Kent laying to his charge that he had both translated the Masse into English and said or ministred the same and that he had preached agaynst Purgatory Pilgrimages and praying for the dead c. By meanes whereof he was now conuented before the whole counsaile by the B. of Wint. Who sent Siriacke Petite Gentleman for hym whiche brought hym vp to London bound as I heard say and beyng examined before the sayd Bish. of Winchester and other was committed to warde for a season In the which meane tyme the Archbishop of Caunterbury beyng in Kent about the triall of conspiracie purposed agaynst hymselfe by the Iustices of the Shiere and the Prebendaries of Christes church Turner is now sent downe to the Archbishop to the entent he should recant that doctrine which long agoe he in other places out of Kent had preached to the vtter subuersion and defacyng of all that he had most godly and earnestly here in Kent taught both to the glory of God and the furtheraunce and settyng foorth of the Kinges highnesse proceedynges If hys Maiestie wyll thus permit learned honest men thus dayly to bee ouercrowed and troden vnder foote with a sort of tyrannous or rather trayterous Papists who cannot abide to heare his Maiesties supremacy aduaunced nor the sincere worde of God preached it were better for men to dwell amongest the Infidels and miscreaunts then in England What reason is this that Turner should recant here in Kent the doctrine which in other Countreys he hath taught to the woundyng and ouerthrowyng most desperately of fiue hundred mens consciences and aboue I dare say who lately by hys sincere preachyng haue embraced a right good opinion both of the Kyngs supremacy and also of the reformed religion receyued All good subiectes may well lament the kynges Maiesties estate in this behalfe that no man may dare to be so bold to aduaunce hys highnesse title but that euery ignoraunt and malicious Papist shall spurne against hym seekyng his vtter vndoyng and that by the ayde of papisticall Iustices set in authoritie I beseech your worships to pardon me of my rude homely termes They herein deserue worse if worse may bee deuised For what honest man can beare with this that so noble a Princes eares shall be thus impudently abused with manifest lyes and fables as this one is of Turners commyng home in such a triumph as they craftily and falsely had deuised It is easilye to bee espied what they meane and goe about that the Prince beyng alyue dare take in hand so vncurteously to abuse both the gentle nature of the Prince and his godly preacher the aduancer and extoller of hys iust authoritie What thinke your worships they would attempt if hys Maiestie were at Gods mercy as God forefend that euer any of vs should see that day without better reformation that can thus dally with hys highnesse blindyng hys eyes with mistes whylest he lyueth and raigneth amongest vs in most prosperitie As for my Lord of Cant. dare nothyng doe for the poore mans deliuerie he hath done so much for hym already And hys grace hath told me playnely that it is put into the Kyngs head that he is the mainteiner and supporter of all the heretikes within the realme nor will not permit me nor my neighboures to resort vnto the Counsaile for his purgation whilest he was at Chartham sauyng onely I haue obtained this at his hand that I may become a suter in writyng to my friends and good Maisters in the court for hys deliuerie And therefore it is right worshipfull that I haue nowe taken penne in hand thus to discourse and open our miserie vnto you concernyng the extreme handling of this honest poore man Maister Turner that if it may possibly be broght to passe by your godly wisedome that the poore man may bee released and discharged of hys recantation you cannot doe to God and your prince a more acceptable seruice in my poore opinion For otherwyse if he should be driuen to recant as I am sure he wyll sooner dye both Gods cause and the kyngs shall suffer no small detriment amongst hys poore louyng subiects here For if there be no better stay for the maintenaunce of these godly preachers the Kyngs authoritie concernyng his supremacy shall lye poste alone hidden in the Acte of Parliament and not in the hartes of his subiectes If they can bryng to passe that Turner may recant to the defacyng of his good doctrine preached here then haue they that for which they haue thus long trauailed And yet in effect shall not Turner recant but king Henry the 8. in Turners person shal most odiously recant to the woundyng of all mens consciences here If the kynges Maiestie do not esteeme his authoritie geuen to his highnesse by Gods word and his Parliament it were wel done that the preachers had good warnyng to talke no more to the people thereof then thus to be tossed and turmoiled for doyng their duties by the members of Antichrist And now to the entent that they might effectually for euer slander Turners doctrine here they haue indited hym for offending agaynst the vj. Articles this last Sessions by the witnesse
sent to be our Byshop and also our Sacrifice he was sent from the Trinitie to be our Mediatour betwene God and vs and to reconcile ve to the fauour of God the Father he was the Byshop that offered for our sinnes and the Sacrifice that was offred and as he is our Byshop so is he our meane to pacifie God for vs for that was the office of a Byshop to sacrifice for the sinnes of the people and to make intercession for the people and as he was our Sacrifice so was he our reconciliation to God agayne But we must confesse and beleeue hym throughly I say for as he was our Byshoppe then so is it hee that still keepeth vs in fauoure with GOD and lyke as his Sacrifice then made was sufficient for vs to delyuer vs from our sinnes and to bryng vs in fauour with GOD so to continue vs in the same fauoure of GOD he ordeyned a perpetuall remembraunce of hym selfe he ordeyned hym selfe for a memory of hym selfe at his last Supper when he instituted the Sacrāment of the Aulter not for an other Redemption as though the worlde needed a new Redemption from sinne but that we myght throughly remember his most holy Passion he instituted this Sacrament by his most holy worde saying This is my body which worde is sufficient to proue the Sacrament and maketh sufficiently for the substaunce thereof And this dayly Sacrifice he instituted to be continued amongest Christian men not for neede of an other Redemption or Satisfaction for the sinnes of the worlde for that was sufficiently perfourmed by his Sacrifice of his body and bloud done vppon the Crosse neyther that he is nowe our Byshoppe for neede of any further Sacrifice to be made for sinne but to continue vs in the remembraunce of his Passion suffered for vs to make vs strong in beleeuyng the fruite of his Passion to make vs diligent in thankesgeuyng for the benefite of his Passion to establyshe our fayth and to make it strong in acknowledgyng the efficacie of his death and Passion suffered for vs. And this is the true vnderstandyng of the Masse not for an other Redemption but that we may be strong in beleeuyng the benefite of Christes death and bloud shedding for vs vppon the Crosse. And this it is that wee must beleeue of Christ and beleeue it throughly and therfore by your pacience as Peter made his confession so wyl I make confession wherein by your Maiesties leaue and sufferaunce I will playnly declare what I thinke of the state of the Church of Englande at this day how I like it and what I thinke of it Where I sayd of the Masse that it was a Sacrifice ordeyned to make vs the more strong in the fayth and remembraunce of Christes Passion and for commendyng vnto GOD the soules of such as be dead in Christe for these two thynges are the speciall causes why the Masse was instituted the Parliament very well ordeyned Masse to be kept and because we shoulde be the more strong in the fayth and deuotion towardes GOD it was well done of the Parliament for mouyng the people more and more to deuotion to ordeyne that the Sacrament shoulde bee receiued in both kindes Therefore I say that the Acte of Parliament for receiuing of the Sacrament of the Alter in both kindes was well made I say also that the Proclamation whiche was made that no man should vnreuerently speak of the Sacrament or otherwise speake of it then Scripture teacheth them was well made For this proclamation stoppeth the mouthes of all suche as will vnreuerently speake of the Sacrament for in Scripture is there nothing to be found that maketh any thing agayng the Sacrament but all maketh with it Wherefore if they were the children of obedience they would not vse any vnreuerent talke agaynst the Sacrament nor blaspheme the holy Sacrament For no worde of the Scripture maketh any thing agaynst it But here it may be sayde vnto mee Why Syr is this your opinion It is good you speake playnelye in this matter and halt nothyng but declare your mynde playnelye without any coulouryng or couert speakyng The Acte for the dissoluyng and suppressing of the Chauntries seemeth to make agaynst the Masse howe lyke you that Acte What say you of it or what woulde you say of it if you were alone I will speake what I thynke of it I wyll vse no coulourable or couert woordes I wyll not vse a deuised speeche for a tyme and afterwarde goe from it agayne If Chauntries were abused by applying the Masse for the satisfaction of sinne or to bryng men to heauen or to take away sinne or to make men of wicked iust I lyke the Acte well and they myght well be desolued for the Masse was not instituted for any suche purpose yet neuerthelesse for them that were in them I spake nowe as in the cause of the poore it were well done that they were prouided of lyuinges The Acte doth graciously prouide for them duryng thier lyues and I doubte not but that your Maiestie and the Lordes of your most honorable Counsell haue willed and taken order that they should be well looked vnto but yet howe they shall be vsed at the handes of vnder officers God knoweth full hardly I feare But as for the Chauntries them selues if there were any suche abuse in them concerning the Masse it is no matter if they be taken away Kyng Henry the eyght a noble and wyse Prince not without a great payne maynteined the Masse and yet in his doctrine it was confessed that Masses of Scala Coeli were not to be vsed ne allowed because they dyd peruert the right vse of and institution of the Masse For when men adde vnto the Masse an opinion of satisfaction or of a newe redemption then doe they put it to an other vse then it was ordeyned for I that allow Masse so well and I that allowe praying for the dead as in deede the dead are of Christian charitie to bee prayed for yet can agree with the Realme in that matter of putting downe Chauntries But yet ye woulde say vnto me there be fewer Masses by puttyng away the Chauntries So were there when Abbeyes were dissolued so be there when ye vnite many Churches in one But this is no iniury nor preiudice to the Masse it consisteth not in the number nor in the multitude but in the thing it selfe so that the decay of the Masse by takyng away of the Chauntries is aunsweared by the Abbeyes But yet I woulde haue it considered for the persons that are in thē I speake of the poore mens liuinges I haue nowe declared what I thinke of the Acte of Parliament made for the receyuing of the Sacrament of the body and bloud of our Sauiour Iesus Christe in both kyndes Ye haue my mynde and opinion concernyng Proclamation that came foorth for the same Acte and I haue shewed my
thing but for present death and yet hee that rayseth the dead to lyfe agayne did bring him out of all hys troubles taught him all other that be in troubles for christes cause not to trust to theÌ„selues but in almighty God Of Gods gracious ayde in extreeme perilles toward them that put theyr truste in hym all Scripture is full bothe olde and new What daungers were the Patriarcks ofteâ— brought vnto as Abraham Isaac and Iacob but of all other Ioseph and how mercifully were they deliuered agayne In what perilles was Moises when he was fayne to flye for the sauegard of hys life And when was he sent agayne to deliuer the Israelites from the seruyle bondage Not before they were brought into extreme misery And when did the Lorde mightely deliuer his people from Pharao hys sword Not before they were broughte into such straightes that they were so compassed on euery side the mayne sea on the one side and the maine hoste on the other that they could looke for none other yea what did they els in deede looke for but eyther to haue bene drowned in the sea or els to haue fallen on the edge of Pharao his sword These iudges whiche wrought most wonderfull thinges in the deliuerye of the people were euer geuen when the people was brought to most misery before as Othoniel Aioth Saugar Gedeon Iephthe Samson And so was Saull indued with strength and boldnes froÌ„ aboue agaynst the Ammonites Philistines and Amalechites for the defence of the people of God Dauid lykewise felt Gods helpe most sensibly euer in his extreme persecutions What shall I speake of the Prophetes of GOD whome God suffered so oft to be broughte into extreame perilles and so mightely deliuered them agayne as Helâ—as Ieremy Daniell Micheas and Ionas and many other whome it were but to long to rehearse and set out at large And did the Lord vse his seruauntes otherwise in the new lawe after Christes incarnation Read the Actes of the Apostles and you shall see no. Were not the Apostles cast into Prison and brought out by the mightye hande of God Dyd not the Aungell deliuer Peter out of the stroÌ„g prison and bryng hym out by the yron gates of the Cittie and set hym free And when I pray you Euen the same night before Herod appoynted to haue broughte him to iudgement for to haue slayne hym as he had a little before killed Iames the brother of Iohn Paule and Silas wheÌ„ after they had bene sore scourged and wer put into the inner prison and there were layde fast in the stockes I pray you what appearaunce was there that the Magistrates should be glad to come the next daye themselues to them to desire them to be content and to depart in peace Who prouided for Paule that hee shoulde bee safely conducted out of all daunger and brought to Felix the Emperoures Deputie when as both the hygh Priestes the Phariseis and rulers of the Iewes had conspired to require iudgement of death agaynst hym he being fast in prison and also more then xl men had sworne eche one to an other that they would neuer eate nor drynke vntill they hadde slayne Paule A thing wonderfull that no reason could haue inueÌ„ted or man could haue looked for God prouided Paule hys owne sisters sonne a younge man that disapoynted that conspiracie and all theyr former coniuration The maner how the thing came to passe thou mayst read in the xxiii of the Actes I will not be tedious vnto thee here with the rehearsall thereof Nowe to descend from the Apostles to the Martyrs that followed next in Christes Churche and in them likewise to declare how gracious oure good God euer hathe bene to worke wonderfully with them which in his cause haue bene in extreme perilles it were matter enoughe to write a longe booke I will here name but one manne and one woman that is Athanasius the greate clarke and godly man stoutely standing in Christes cause against the Arrians and that holy woman Blandina standinge so constantly in all extreme paynes in the simple confession of Christe If thou wilt haue examples of moe looke and thou shalt haue both these and a C. moe in Ecclesiastica historia of Eusebius and in Tripartita historia But for al these examples both of holy scripture and of other historyes I feare me the weake man of God incombred with the fraylty and infirmitie of the fleshe wil haue now and then such thoughtes and quawmes as they call them to run ouer hys hart and to thinke thus All these thinges which are rehearsed out of the scripture I beleue to be true and of the rest truely I do thinke well can beleue theÌ„ also to be true but all these we must needes grauÌ„t were speciall miracles of God which nowe in our dayes are ceased we see and to require them at Gods handes were it not to tempt God Welbeloued brother I graunt such were great wonderfull workes of God and wee haue not seene many of such myracles in our tyme eyther for that our sight is not cleare for truely God worketh with hys his parte in all tymes or els because we haue not the lyke faythe of them for whose cause God wrought suche thinges or because after that he had set forth the truth of his doctrine by such miracles then sufficiently the time of so many myracles to bee done was expired withall Which of these is the most speciall cause of all other or whether there be any other God knoweth I leaue that to God But knowe thou this my welbeloued in God that Gods hand is as strong as euer it was he may do what his gracious pleasure is hee is as good and gracious as euer he was Man changeth as the garment doth but God our heauenly father is euen the same now that he was and shal be for euermore The world without doubt this I do beleue and therfore I say draweth towardes an end and in al ages God hath had hys owne maner after hys secrete and vnsearchable wisedome to vse hys electe sometimes to delyuer them and to keepe them safe and sometymes to suffer theÌ„ to drinke of Christes cuppe that is to feele the smart and to feele of the whip And though the fleshe smarteth at the one and feeleth ease in the other is gladde of the one and sore vexed in the other yet the Lorde is all one towardes them in both and loueth them no lesse when hee suffereth theÌ„ to be beaten yea to be put to bodily deathe then when he worketh wonders for theyr marueilous deliuery Nay rather he doth more for them wheÌ„ in anguish of the torments he standeth by them strengthneth them in theyr fayth to suffer in the confession of the truth his fayth the bitter panges of death then when he openeth the prison dore and letteth them go lose for here hee doth but respite theÌ„ to an other time leaueth theÌ„ in
neither the women in the holy Scriptures yet they are comprehended and vnderstood in the same Also the Scripture euidently telleth vs that the Apostles baptised whole families or households But the children bee comprehended in a familie or householde as the chiefest and dearest part thereof Therefore we may conclude that the Apostles dyd baptise Infantes or children and not onely men of lawfull age And that the house or houshold is taken for man woman and chyld it is manifest in the 17. of Genesis and also in that Ioseph doth call Iacob with all hys house to come out of the land of Chanaan into Egypt Finally I can declare out of auncient writers that the Baptisme of Infantes hath continued from the Apostles tyme vnto oures neyther that it was instituted by anye Councels neyther of the Pope or of other men but commended from the Scripture by the Apostles themselues Origene vpon the declaration of S. Paules Epistles to the Romaines expoundyng the vj. chapter sayeth That the Church of Christ receyued the Baptisme of Infants from the very Apostles S. Hierome maketh mention of the Baptisme of Infantes in the third booke agaynst the Pelagians and in hys Epistle vnto Leta Saint Augustine reciteth for this purpose a place out of Iohn Bishop of CoÌ„stantinople in hys first booke agaynst Iulian chap. 2. and he agayne writyng to S. Hierome Epist. 28. sayth That Saint Cyprian not makyng any newe decree but firmely obseruyng the fayth of the Church iudged with hys fellowe Bishops that as soone as one was borne he might bee lawfully baptised The place of CypriaÌ„ is to be seene in his Epistle to Fidus. Also S. Augustine writyng agaynst the Donatists in the 4. booke chap. 23. and 24. sayth That the Baptisme of Infantes was not deriued from the authoritie of man neyther of Councels but from the tradition or doctrine of the Apostles Cyrill vpon Leuiticus chap. 8. approoueth the Baptisme of children and condemneth the iteration of Baptisme These authorities of men I do alledge not to tie the Baptisme of children vnto the testimonies of men but to shew how mens testimonies do agree with Gods word and that the veritie of antiquity is on our side that the Anabaptists haue nothyng but lyes for them new imaginations which fayne the Baptisme of children to be the Popes commandement After this will I aunswer to the summe of your argumentes for the contrary The first which includeth all the rest is It is written Goe ye into all the worlde and preach the gladde tidynges to all creatures He that beleeueth and is baptised shall bee saued but hee that beleeueth not shall bee damned c. To this I aunswer that nothyng is added to Gods word by the baptisme of children as you pretend but that is done which the same word doth require for that children are accounted of Christ in the gospell among the nuÌ„ber of such as beleeue as it appeareth by these words He that offendeth one of these little babes which beleeue in mee it were better for hym to haue a myllstone tyed about hys necke to be cast into the bottome of the sea Where plainly Christ calleth such as be not able to confesse their fayth beleuers because of his meere grace he reputeth them for beleeuers And this is no wonder so to be taken sithen God imputeth fayth for righteousnes vnto meÌ„ that be of a riper age for both in men and children righteousnes acceptation or sanctification is of meere grace and by imputation that the glory of Gods grace might be praysed And that the children of faythfull parents are sanctified and among such as doe beleeue is apparant in the 1. Cor. 7. And where as you doe gather by the order of the wordes in the sayd commaundement of Christ that childreÌ„ ought to be taught before they be baptised and to this ende you alledge many places out of the Actes proouyng that such as confessed their fayth first were baptised after I aunswer that if the order of wordes might weigh anye thyng â—o this cause we haue the Scripture that maketh as well for vs. For in S. Marke we read that Iohn dyd baptise in the desert preachyng Baptisme of repentaunce In the which place we see baptising go before preaching to follow And also I wyll declare this place of Mathew exactly considered to make for the vse of baptisme in children for S. Mathew hath it written in this wyse All power is geuen me sayth the Lord in heauen and in earth therefore going forth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is Disciple ye as I may expres the signification of the word that is make or gather to me Disciples of all nations And followyng he declareth the way how they should gather to hym Disciples out of all nations baptising them and teachyng by baptising and teachyng ye shall procure a Church to me And both these aptly and briefly seuerally he setteth foorth saying Baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and the holy Ghost teachyng them to obserue all thyngs whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you Now then Baptisme goeth before doctrine But hereby I do not gather that the Gentiles which neuer heard any thyng before of God and of the sonne of God and of the holy Ghost ought to be baptised neyther they would permit themselues to bee baptised before they knew to what end But this I haue declared to shew you vpon how feeble foundation the Anabaptistes bee grounded And playnly it is not true which they imagine of this text that the Lord dyd onely commaund such to bee baptised whome the Apostles had first of all taught Neyther here verily is signified who onely be to be baptised but he speaketh of such as bee not of perfect age and of the first foundations of fayth and of the Church to bee planted among the Gentiles which were as yet rude and ignorant of religion Such as be of age may heare beleue and confesse that is preached and taught but so cannot infants therfore we may iustly collect that he speaketh here nothing of infants or children But for al this they be not to be excluded from Baptisme It is a generall rule He that doth not labour must not eate But who is so barbarous that might thinke hereby that children should be famished The Lord sent hys Apostles at the beginnyng of the settyng vp his true religion vnto al nations vnto such as were both ignorant of God and were out of the couenant of God and truly such persons it behooued not first to bee baptised and afterward taught but first to be taught and after baptised If at this day we should go to the Turkes to conuert them to the faith of Christ verily first we ought to teach them and afterward baptise such as would yeeld to be the seruants of Christ. Likewyse the Lorde hymselfe in tymes past dyd when first he renewed the couenaÌ„t with Abraham and ordeyned
de ceremonijs Ecclesiae videlicet Katherinae Cawches eiusdemque duarum filiarum Guilleminae Parotinae nuncupatarum harum tam coniunctim quam separatim via iuris Et quamuis pluries ad veniam petendam ad delicta sua cognoscenda hortauimus inuitauimus quae quidem praedicta omnino negauerunt negant quod locutae fuerunt aliquod verbum inane inhonestum ociosum vanum contra fidem catholicam Sacramenta Ecclesiae alias ceremonias Ecclesiae Quapròpter auditis negationibus praedictarum attestatÃonibus depositionibus testium per nos visis consideratis bene ponderatis per opiniones Curatorum Vicariorum ibidem assistentium super easdem Katherinam Parotinam nec non Guilleminam crimine hereticas inuenimus reputamus Quapropter coram vobis Domino Baliuo omnino remittimus vt antea remissimus Thomas le Coll de mandato Iohn Alles Guillielmus Panquet Petrus Tardise Iohannes Manatiell When this was done commaundement was geuen to the kinges officers to go to the Castle to fetche the sayde women to heare the sentence agaynst them in the presence aforesayd And they appearing before theÌ„ sayd in the eares of all the auditory that they woulde see theyr accusers and know them that haue deposed agaynst them because they might make aunsweres to theyr sayinges and personages and to haue theyr libell accordingly for they knew not to haue offended the maiesties of the King and Queene nor of the Church but intyrely would obey obserue and keepe the ordinances of the King and Queene and of the Church as all good and true Subiectes are bound to do And for any breach of the Kyng and Queenes lawes that they had done they required iustice All whiche theyr reasons and allegations notwithstanding the sayd poore women were condemned and adiudged to be burnt vntill they were consumed into Ashes according to a sentence geuen by Elyer Gosseline Bailife of the which sentence the tenour hereafter foloweth ¶ The effect of the sentence in English THe xvij or as some other thinke the xxvij day of the Moneth of Iuly 1556. Elier Gosselin Bailiffe in the presence of Thomas Deuicke Pierres Martine Nicholas Cary Iohn Bloundell Nicholas Deuise Iohn le Marchaunt Iohn le Feauer Pierres Bonamy Nicholas Martine and Iohn de la March Iurates Katherine Cowches Perotine Massey and Guillemyne Guilbert the sayd Perotine and Guillemyne daughters to the sayd Katherine are all condemned iudged this day to be burned vntil they be consumed to ashes in the place accustomed with the confiscation of all theyr goodes moueables and heritages to be in the handes of the king and Queenes maiesties according and after the effect of a sentence deliuered in iustice by Mayster Deane and the Curates the xiij day of the moneth of Iuly in the yeare aforesayd in the which they haue bene approued heretickes ⧠A Lamentable Spectacle of three women with a sely infant brasting out of the Mothers Wombe being first taken out of the fire and cast in agayne and so all burned together in the Isle of Garnesey 1556. Iuly 18. After which sentence pronounced the sayd women did appeale vnto the Kyng and the Queene and theyr honorable Counsell saying that agaynst reason and right they were condemned for that cause they made their appeale notwithstanding they coulde not be heard but were deliuered by the sayd Bayliffe to the King and Quenes Officers to see the execution done on them according to the sayd sentence The time then being come when these three good seruauntes and holy Sayntes of GOD the Innocent mother with her two daughters shoulde suffer in the place where they should consummate theyr Martyrdome were three stakes set vp At the middle post was the mother the eldest daughter on the right hande the youngest on the other They were first strangled but the Rope brake before they were dead and so the poore women fell in the fire Perrotine who was then great with childe did fall on her side where happened a ruefull sight not onely to the eyes of all that there stood but also to the eares of all true harted christians that shall read this historye For as the belly of the woman brast a sonder by vehemency of the flame the Infant being a fayre man childe fel into the fire and eftsoones being taken out of the fire by one W. House was layd vpon the grasse Then was the child had to the Prouost and from him to the Bayliffe who gaue censure that it should be caryed backe agayne and cast into the fire And so the infant Baptised in his own bloud to fill vp the number of Gods innocent Sayntes was both borne and dyed a Martyr leauing behinde to the world which it neuer saw a spectacle wherein the whole world may see the Herodian cruelty of this gracelesse generation of catholicke Tormentors Ad perpetuam rei infamiam Now forsomuch as this story percase for the horrible straungenes of the fact will be hardly beleued of some but rather thought to be forged or els more amplified of me then truth will beare me out therefore to discharge my credite herein I haue not onely foretolde thee a little before how I reciued this story by the faythfull relation both of french and English of them which were there preseÌ„t witnesses and lookers vpon but also haue hereto annexed the true supplication of the sayd inhabitauntes of Garnesey of the brother of the sayde two sisters complayning to the Queene and her Commissioners concerning the horriblenes of the acte which Supplication for the more euidence here vnder foloweth to be sene * To the right honorable and the Queenes highnesse most gracious Commissioners for the hearing and determining of matters of Religion and causes Ecclesiasticall MOst lamentably and woefully complayning sheweth vnto your gracious and honorable Lordships your poore huÌ„ble Orator Mathew Cawches of the Isle of Garnesey that where Iaques Amy Clerke Deane of the Isle aforesayd assisted by the Curates there agaynst all order lawe and reason by colour of a sentence of heresie pronounced agaynst Katherine Cawches the Sister of your honours sayd suppliant and Perrotine and Guillemine her two daughters did cause the same Katherine beyng a poore widowe and her sayd two daughters moste cruelly to bee burned although the said persons ne any of them did hold mainteine or defend any thing directly agaynst the Ecclesiasticall lawes then in place vnder the raigne of the late Queene Mary but in all thinges submitted themselues obediently to the lawes theÌ„ in force and yet the cruelty of the said Deane and his accomplices in perpetrating such murther as aforesayd raged so farre that whereas whilest the sayd persons did consume with violent fire the wombe of the sayd Perrotine being burned there did issue froÌ„ her a goodly man childe which by the Officers was taken vp handled and after in a most despightful maner throwne into the
those things wherin they had sufficiently enformed him before He rather feared that their quarel was not good that they made such a doe about it sought such starting holes For so were diseased persones oftentimes woont to do when for the paine and griefe they are not able to abide a strong medicine As thoughe that anye man were able to graunte so strong a priuiledge as to wtstand the Popes authoritye As for the bishops letters he sayd must nedes make on his side and with such as were with him could not in any wise be alleged against him Therefore he admonished him to desist from his vnprofitable altercation and to conforme himselfe and his to such things as then were in doing After thys they went to Masse Whych finished wyth great solemnitie first they went to the high aultare of the churche hauing there saluted theyr God and searching whether all were well about him or no they walked thorow all the inner chappels of the Churche The Church goodes the crosses the chalices the masse bookes the vestments and whatsoeuer ornamentes were besides were commaunded to be brought out vnto them WheÌ„ they had sufficiently viewed all things had called foorth by name euery fellow and scholler of the house they went to the masters lodging where first and formost swearing them vpon a booke to answer to all such interrogatories as should be propounded vnto them as farre as they knewe they examined first the master himself and afterward al the residue euery man in his tourne But there were some that refused to take this oth because they had geuen their faith to the Colledge before and also because they thought it against all righte and reason to sweare against themselues for it was contrary to all law that a man should be compelled to bewraye himselfe and not to be suffred to keepe his conscience free when there is no manifest proofe to be laid to his charge but muche more vniust is it that a man shoulde be constrained perforce to accuse himselfe Neuertheles these persons also after much altercation at length conditionally that their faithe geuen before to the Colledge wer not impeched therby wer coÌ„teÌ„ted to be sworn Three daies long lasted the Inquisition there Thys was nowe the 3. day of their comming it was thought that the case of Bucer and Phagius was delayed longer then neded For they looked to haue had much altercation and businesse about the matter Nowe forasmuche as the present state of the case required good deliberation and aduisement the Uicechauncelor and the maisters of the colledges assembled at the common schooles wher euery maÌ„ gaue his verdit what he thought meete to be done in this matter of Bucer After muche debating they agreed altogether in this determination that for asmuch as Martin Bucer whiles he liued had not onely sowed pernicious erroneous doctrine among â—hem but also hadde hym selfe bene a sectarie and famous hereticke erring from the Catholicke churche and geuing others occasion to fall from the same likewise a supplication should be made to the lord Commissioners in the name of the whole vniuersity that his deade carkas might foorthwith be digged vp for so it was needefull to be done to the intente that Inquisition might be made as touching his doctrine the which beyng brought in examination if it were not fouÌ„d to be good and wholesome the law might proceede against him for it was against the rule of the holy Canons that his body should be buried in christen buriall Yea and besides that it was to the open derogation of Gods honor and the violating of his holy lawes with the great pearill of many mennes soules and the offence of the faithfull especially in so difficulte and contagions a time as that was Wherefore it was not to be suffered that they which vtterlye dissented from all other men in the trade of their liuing lawes and customes should haue any parte with them in honoure of buriall And therefore the glory of God first and before all things ought to be defended the infamye which through this thing riseth on them with all speede putte awaye no roume at all left vnto those persones to rest in who euen in the same places where they lay were iniurious noysome to the very elements but the place ought to be purged and all things so ordered as might be to the satisfying of the consciences of the weake In executing whereof so notable an example ought to be geuen to all men that no man heereafter should be so bolde to attempt the like They gaue the same verdicte by common assent vpon Phagius also Unto thys wryting they annexed an other by the which they lawfullye authorised Andrewe Perne the Uicechauncellour to be the common factoure for the Uniuersitie He was a man meerest for the purpose bothe for the office that he bare and also because that by the testimony of Chrystopherson hee was deemed to be the moste Catholicke of all others This supplication confirmed by the consent of all the Degrees of the Uniuersitie and signed with theyr common seale the nexte daye whiche was the 13. of Ianuarie the Uicechauncelour putte vppe to the Commissioners Note here good reader what a feat conueiance this was to suborne the Uniuersitie vnder a colourable pretence to desire this thinge of them by waye of peticion As who should say if they had not done so the other would neuer haue gone about it of themselues But thys glose was soone found out For the CoÌ„missioners had geueÌ„ the Uicechancellor instructions in wryting before But peradueÌ„ture they thought by this means to remooue the enuie of this acte from themselues Thus the Uicechauncelour came vnto the Commissioners according to appoyntment made the daye before about seuen of the clocke in the morning Hee hadde scarse declared the cause of his comming but that he hadde not only obtained his sute but also euen at the very same time receiued the sentence of condemnation for taking vppe Bucer and Phagius faire copied out by Ormanet Datarie himselfe This was to be confirmed by the consente of the degrees of the Uniuersitie Whereuppon a solempne Conuocation called congregatio regentium non regentium for the same purpose was appoynted to be at ix of the clocke where the graduates being assembled together the demaunde was propounded concerning the condemnation of Bucer and Phagius and the grace asked whyche was thys Pleaseth it you that M. Bucer for the heresyes nowe recited and many other by hym wrytten preached and taughte wherein he dyed without repentaunce and was buried in Christen buriall may be exhumate and taken vp againe c. After this grace eftsoones being graunted then was the Sentence of condemnation drawen by the Datarie openlye redde and immediatelye an other grace asked that the same myghte bee Signed wyth the Common Seale The whyche request was verye lightlye and easilye obtayned And it was no meruaile
to the feare of euill doers to the cōfort of the well doers Prouoke no more my wrath ye see what will follow it be hereafter more prudent and wyse then ye were before Ye may if ye will be more circumspect in tyme to come then ye haue bene in tyme past ye may if ye list put me to lesse trouble and keepe your selues in more safetie I haue not onely discouered myne yours and my land of Englands enemies all the crafts subtleties and pollicies that haue bene or may be vsed by them or any like hereafter but I haue also taken away their head and captaine and destroyed a great number of them that ye should not be troubled with them and some of them haue I left that ye may make them spectacles and examples to the terrour and feare of their posterity Loue me and I will loue you seeke my honour and glory and I will worke your commoditie and safetie walke in my wayes and commaundements and I wil be with you for euer Surely if we consider the wonderfull mercy that it hath pleased God to vse towards vs in the deliueryng of this Kealme and vs his people out of the handes of these most cruell tyrants as we cannot but do vnlesse we wyll declare our selues to be the most vnthankefull people that euer liued we must needs iudge it not onely worthy to be compared but also farre to exceed the deliueraunce of the children of Israell out of Egypt from the tiranny of Pharao and from the powers of Holofernes and Senacherib For it is not read that either Pharao or the other two sought any other thing then to be Lords of the goods and bodies of the Israelites they forced them not to committe Idolatry and to serue false Gods as these English tyrāts did But besides if we will note the wonderfull works of God in handling this matter we shall well perceiue that farre much more is wrought to his glory and to the profite of his church and people then perchance all men at the first do see For he hath not onely dispatched the Realme of the chiefe personages and hed of these tyrants but also as it were declareth that he mynded not that eyther they or their doynges shoulde continue For albeit that all actes done by tyrantes tyrannouslye bee by all Lawes reason and equitie of no force yet because no Disputation shoulde follow on this what is tyrannously done and what is not tyrannouslye done hee hath prouided that this question needeth not come in question For hee vtterly blinded their eyes and suffred them to builde on false grounds which can no longer stande then they bee propped vp with rope sword and fagot For her first parliament whereon they grounded and wroght a great part of their tyrannie and wherein they ment to ouerthrowe whatsoeuer king Edward had for the aduauncement of Gods glory brought to passe was of no force or authoritie For she perceiuing that her enemies stomacke coulde not be emptied nor her malice spued on the people by any good order she committeth a great disorder She by force and violence taketh from the Commons their libertie that according to the auncient lawes and customes of the Realme they could not haue their free election of knights and Burgesses for the Parliament For shee well knew that if eyther Christian men or true English men should be elected it was not possible to succeed that she intended And therfore in many places diuers were chosen by force of her threats meet to serue her malicious affectiōs Wherfore the parliamēt was no parliamēt but may be iustly called a conspiracy of tyrantes and traytors For the greater part by whose authority and voyces thinges proceeded in that Court by their actes most manifestly declared themselues so the rest being both Christians and true English men although they had good wills yet not able to resist or preuayle agaynst the multitude of voyces and suffrages of so many euill false to God and enemyes to their countrey Also diuers Burgesses being orderly chosen and lawfully retorned as in some places the people did what they could to resist her purposes were disorderly and vnlawfully put out and others without any order or lawe in their places placed Doctour Taylour Bishop of Lincolne a Christian Byshop and a true English man being lawfully and orderly called to the Parliament and placed in the Lords house in his degree was in his robes by vyolence thrust out of the house Alexander Nowell with two other al three being Burgesses for diuers shyres and Christian men and true Englishe men and lawfully chosen retorned and admitted were by force putte out of the house of the Commons for the which cause the same Parliament is also voyde as by a President of the Parliament holden at Couentry in the 38. yeare of K. Henry the sixt it most manifestly appeareth And the third Parliamente called in the name of her husband and of her euill grace wherein they would haue vndone that her noble Father and the Realme had brought to passe for the restitution of the libertie of the Realme and for extinguishment of the vsurped authoritie of the Bish. of Rome is also voyd and of none authoritie For that the title and stile of supreme head of the church of England which by a Statute made in the 35. yeare of the raigne of the sayd K. Henry was ordeined that it should be vnited and annexed for euer to the imperiall crowne of this Realme was omitted in the writs of summonyng Wherefore as a woman can bryng foorth no chyld without a man so cannot those writs bring forth good and sure fruit because this part of the title which was ordeined by the Parliament for the forme to bee alwayes vsed in the kings stile was left out For greater errour is in lacke of forme then in lacke of matter And where the foundation is naught there can nothing builded thereon be good There is no law spirituall nor temporal as they terme them nor no good reason but allow these rules for infallible principles And if any man will say that it was in the free choise libertie and pleasure of the king of this Realme and the Queene whether they would expresse the said title in their stile or not as that subtile serpent Gardiner beyng Chancellor of the realme and traiterously sēdyng out the writs of Parliament without the same stile perceiuing he had ouershot himselfe in calling the Parliament and hauing committed many horrible murthers most mischieuous acts would haue excused it as appeareth by a piece of the Statute made in the same Parliament in the 8. chap. and 22. leafe it may be iustly and truly answered that they could not so do For albeit euery person may by law renounce his own priuate right yet may he not renounce his right in that which toucheth the common wealth or a third person And this title and stile more touched the common wealth and
began at the second if not at the first dash to demaund her beliefe in theyr popish sacrament of the aulter The good poore woman who had learned not to bee ashamed to confesse her mayster Christ before menne and to render accōptes of her fayth when it was asked tould freely and franckly her opinion therein and hid backe nothing that eyther shee thought might profite them if they had anye grace to receiue it or els might sounde to Gods glory and prayse though it were neuer so muche by them threatned and rebuked Whereupon shee was forthwyth committed to the Gayle of Launceston where she remayned a quarter of a yeare or thereaboutes and afterwards was dispatched of that vile and filthy prison and deliuered ouer to the handes of two champions of the Popes the one called Doctor Raynoldes Deane of Exceter and the other named mayster Blaxton treasurer of the same church men surely feruent hote in the furtheraunce of the romysh affayres and in withstanding the truth of the pure euangelicall gospell So the time that this good poore woman was vnder theyr handes shee had many sore conflictes by them And the sayd Blaxton hauing a Concubine whiche sondry tymes resorted to him with other of his gossippes alwayes when they came this sayde good woman was called forth to his house and there to make his minion with the rest of his company some mirth hee woulde examine her with such mocking maner in deriding the truth that it would haue vexed any christian soule to haue seene it Then when he had long vsed his foolishnes in this sort and had sported himselfe enough in deriding this chrysten martyr in the end sent her to prison agayn and there kept her very miserably sauing sometimes he woulde send for her when hys foresayd gest came to him to vse with her his accustomed folly aforesayd But in fine the vile wretches after many combattes and scoffing perswasions when they had played the parte of a cat with a mouse at length they condemned her deliuered her ouer to the secular power who within shorte space after most cruelly brought her forth to the place where she should suffer and there in great contempt of the truth which she most constantly confessed they consumed her carcas immediately with fire into ashes which she very patiētly suffered and most ioyfully receiued yelding her soule and lyfe to the Lord and her body to the tormentors for the whiche the Lordes name therefore be praysed Amen ¶ The martirdome of one Snel burned about Richmond in Queene Maryes tyme omitted in this history AT Bedaile a market towne in Yorkshyre were two men in the latter dayes of Queene Mary the one named Iohn Snel and the other Richard Snel Who being suspected for Religion were sent vnto Richmond where Doctor Dakins had commission from the Bishop of Chester to haue the examination of them This Doctor Dakins many times conferred wyth them sometimes threatning fire and fagot if they woulde not recant and sometimes flattering them with fayre fables if they would returne into the holy catholick church But they stood constantly to the sure rocke Iesus Christ in whome they put theyr whole trust and confidence whiles at last being so sore imprisoned that theyr toes rotted of and the one of them could not go without crouches they brought thē to the church by compulsion where the one of them heard their abhominable Masse hauing a certaine summe of mony geuen him by the beneuolence of the people and so departed thence but the first newes that was heard of hym within three or foure dayes was that he had drowned him self in a riuer running by Richmond called Swaile Immediately after D. Dakins geuing sentence that the other should be burnt came home to hys house and neuer ioyed after but dyed The Commissary of Richmond named Hillinges preached at his burning exhorting him to returne to the Churche but hys labour was in vayne the constant martyr standing strongly to the fayth which hee professed Then being brought to the stake whereunto hee was tyed by a girdle of iron there was geuen vnto him gunpouder and a little straw was layd vnder his feete and set round about with smale woode and tarre barrels the fire was put in the straw which by and by flamyng about his head he cryed thrise together Christ helpe me Insomuch that one Robert Atkinson being present sayde hold fast there we wil all pray for thee Thus this blessed martyr ended his life ¶ A story of one Laremouth omitted in the body of the story ALbeit I am loth to insert any thing in this book which may seeme incredible or strange to ordinary working for quarelling aduersaryes whiche doe nothing but spye what they may cauill yet forsomuch as besides other reporters the person is yet aliue called Thorne a godly minister which heard it of the mouth of the party himselfe I thought therefore first for the incredible strangenes therof neither to place this storye in the bodye of these Actes and Monumentes and yet in some outcorner of the booke not vtterly to passe it vntouched for the reader to consider it and to credite it as he seeth cause The story is this There was one Laremouth otherwise called Williamson Chaplayne to Lady Anne of Cleue a Scotishman to whome being in prison in Queene Maryes daies it was sayd as he thought thus sounding in hys eares arise and go thy wayes Whereunto when he gaue no great heed at the first the second time it was sayd to him agayne in the same wordes Upon this as he fell to his prayers it was sayd the thyrd time likewise to him arise and go thy way which was about halfe an houre after So he arising vpon the same immediately a peece of the prison wall fell downe and as the officers came in at the outwarde gate of the Castle or prison he leaping ouer the ditche escaped and in the way meeting a certayne beggar chaunged hys cote with him and comming to the Sea shore where hee found a vessell ready to go ouer was taken in and escaped the search which was straytly layd for hym in all the coūtry ouer ¶ A little short letter of William Hunter sent out of prison to his mother a little before hys martirdome to be referred and placed in his story pag. 1538. MOst reuerent louing mother after my most humble wyfe I haue me harty commēded vnto you desiring you to pray vnto God most hartely for me that I may haue his blessing and yours the which I esteeme more worth vnto me thē any worldly treasure In this present letter you shall vnderstand the cause of my writing vnto you at this tyme that I am in good health and prosperitie as euer I was in this present life Wherefore I render thankes vnto almightye God for it who alone is moste woorthye of all prayse trusting in God you bee in health also Furthermore I certifie you wherefore
Oraâ—ion of D. Martyn Temporall gouernment 〈◊〉 in Spirituall 〈◊〉 Temporall Magistrates 〈◊〉 not 〈…〉 The Popes Charitye 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 Archbishop Causes alleadged why Doct. Cranmer cannot receaue the Pope The Lawes of this realme and the Popes contrary The Popes proceedinges contrary to God The reall presence is not to be proued by any Doctour aboue a 1000. yeares after Christ. The Pope likened to the deuil and wherein The Pope proued Antichrist Anno 1556. Ianuary Math 16. Marke 8. The Popes lawes agaynst the lawes of this Realme To be called vniuersall head is a marke of Antichrist Gregor The Bishop of Glocester charged with penury Warham Archbishop gaue vp first the supremacye to the King Both the vniuersities subscribed to the kinges supremacye before Cranmer was Archbishop D. Storyes Oration agaynst the Archb. Wordes of the Popes Canon Note the worshipful reasons of D. Story wherewith he proueth the Popes supremacy Doct. Story reasoneth aâ— though to feede with the word and to gouerne with the sword were all one A maxime in the law A rule of law Doct. Story chargeth the Archb. with stubbornes Partialitye 〈◊〉 the reporter Take betweene D. Martyn and 〈◊〉 Arch-bâ—â—hop Iephthes 〈◊〉 * That is it 〈…〉 with 〈◊〉 The Archb. 〈…〉 to the 〈…〉 not 〈…〉 the pope The Archb. 〈◊〉 first to the pope 〈…〉 Doct. Martyn would proue the Archb. periured in forswearing his othe made to the Pope Doct. Cranmer vnwilling to be made Arâ—hb False slaunder of D. Martyn * Nay the Phariseys cryed not Verbum Domini but Templâ— Domini as the Papists do now agaynst the Protestantes So did King Ezechias and Iosies downe with Monumentes of Idolatry and 〈◊〉 commended * An other false slaunder of D. Martyn Whether these be the fruites of the Gospellers or of the Papistâ— more let the conuersation of them both geue iudgement Anno 1556. March Doctrine of the Sacrament So was Saint Augustine first a Pagane then a Manichee then a Catholicke Doct. Cranmer first wonne to the knowledge of the SacrameÌ„t by B. Ridley Supremacye of the Pope King Henry was not Supreame head but onely of his owne Realme The Pope will be vniuersall head ouer all The aunswere of the Archb. not sincerâ—ly reported Interrogatories layed agaynst the Archbish. The first mariage of the Archb. The second mariage of the Archb. The Archb. charged with his doctrine bookes The Archb. 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 Pope by 〈◊〉 Origines in Apologia Pamphili What an hereticke is after thâ— Popes making B. Bâ—ookes râ—canteth his oth made to the king agaynst the Pope Supremacye The Church builded vpon Peter Pasce expouÌ„ded by Chrisostome Aug. Quest. 75. Seruice in latin Sacrament in one kind Authoritye of the Church in changing rites Rites and ceremonyes Subiect to the dispositioÌ„ of the Church Reasons why lay men receaue not vnder both kindes Reall presence proued by B. Brookes August Psal. 33. Cyprian De Coena Domini D. Storyâ—â— talke to thâ— Archb. 3. Thinges required in an othe D. Story calleth for witnesses Witnesses sworne agaynst the Archb. The Archb. refuseth those Iurates periured The Archb. sent agayne to Bocardo The Archb. agayne geâ—ueth no reuerence to the Popes Delegate The aunsweres 〈◊〉 the Archb. not indifferently reported The Popes priâ—e and tyrranny Markes of Antichrist The Pope dispenseth agaynst the new and old Testament If any can go before the Pope in pride let him be called Antichrist His aunsweres to their articles How Cranmer was made Archb. agaynst his will D. Cranmer denyed that he tooke the Archbishopricke at the Popes handes Cranmers aunswere to K. HeÌ„ry refusing to be Archbishop First breaking of the matter of the Popes supremacye to K. Henry Cranmer sworne to the Pope vnder Protestation Cranmer in in swearing to the Pope did nothing without aduise of the best learned in this Realme The Archb. aunswereth for his wyfe and children Because there was offence takeÌ„ at this word Supreame head it was declared in the Queenes style to be Supreame gouernour The Archb. cited to appeare at Rome A poynt to be noted in the crafty practise of Romish hipocrites Of this 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Pope 〈◊〉 in the first booke pag. 1490. A new CoÌ„mission sent downe 〈◊〉 Rome agaynst the Archbish. D. Thurlby D. Boner Commissioners The olde benefites familiaritye betweene the Archb. and Doct. Thurlby A new sitting of the Popes delegates in Christes Church agaynst the Archb. of Cant. The Popes CommissioÌ„ groundeth vpon lyâ—â— The order of Archbishops degradation The inferiour cannot forbid to appeale to the superiour Generall CouÌ„sell is superiour to the Pope The causes why he doth appeale The .1 cause The Archb. cyted to appeare at Rome when he was â—ast in prison that he could not come Note with what iustice and sinceritye this Catholicke Church doth proceede The 2. cause The Archb. denyed to haue counsell of the law The 3. cause The Papistes proceede contrary to law The Papistes contrary to their owne promise The 4. cause Causes mouing the Archb. why he could not admit the Popes authoritye The Popes authoritye cannot be admitted in this Realme without periury The 5. cause Inconuenience to this Realme in receiuing the popes authority The 6. cause The primatiue state of the church of Rome sincere pure The Church of Rome how and where it began to alter Deformityes of the Church of Rome infecting all other Churches The B. of Rome no equall iudge in his owne cause Appellation froÌ„ the Pope to a generall Counsell * i. Letters of protection and defence Defence of his doctrine He proâ—â—â—steth himselfe to be Catholike New termes of the Sacrament brought in by the pope vnknowen to the scripture and old Doctours Talke betweene D. Thurlby the Archb. about the appeale Thurlby weepeth for the Archb. Of this forme of degradatioÌ„ read in the fâ—rst booke of Actes pag. 1493. Lord Boner vnlordeth the Archbishop It is happy this Bishop had so much maner yet to call him gentleman The Archb. contented to recant Causes mouing the Archb. to geue with time The coppy of Cranmers recantation sâ—ars ed abroad by the Papistes The Queeneâ— hart set agaynst Cranmer Cranmer in a miserable case The Queenâ— conferreth with D. Cole about Cranmers burning L. Williams of Tame L. Shandoys Syr Tho. Briâ—eâ— Syr Iohn Browne appoynted to be at Cranmers execution Cranmer writeth and subscribeth the articles with his owne hand D. Cranmer brought to D. Coles Sermon Cranâ—â—â— set 〈◊〉 a stagâ— D. Coles Sermon diuided into 3. partes The summe and effect of D. Coles Sermon at Oxford If Cole gaue this iudgement vpon Cranmer when he had repented what iudgment is theÌ„ to be geuen of Cole which alwayes peâ—â—dured in error and neuer yet repented If all herâ—tickes in England should be burned where should D. Cole haue bene ere now Lex non aequalitatis sed iniquitatis â— Cor. 10. The prayer of Archb. CraÌ„mer The last wordes of Exhortation of the Archb. to the people Exhortation to contempt of the