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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68520	The original [and] sprynge of all sectes [and] orders by whome, wha or were they beganne. Translated out of hye Dutch in Englysh.	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568, attributed name.	1537 (1537)	STC 18849; ESTC S107067	46,945	128

and rashnesse of the sycaries or swearders shewynge what myschefe and inconuenience shulde come yf they folowed theyr mynde and declared also what vnhappynesse had euer ben bred by theyr conspiracyons Upon this they fell vpon them toke vi c. of them prisoners Thus were these takē also which were martyred and put to execucion with diuerse tormentes only was it required of them to graunte obedience to y e Emperour and call hyin theyr Lorde the which none of them dyd nor wolve graunte but abode styfly by theyr mynde and opinion suffred death rather lyke brute beastes than reasonable men yee euen chyldren also of whose hardneckednesse and constaunce many one dyd wonder and maruayle xiiii Menelaysh Iasonysh secte IN the tyme of Antiochus Epiphanis y e tyraunte turned many Iewes to thys secte perchaunce for feare yet wold be called good Iewes These had two byshops vntyll the tyme of the Machabees xv The Amonites and Moabitessecte THe Amonites and Moabites be suche as besydes God worshypped the Idoll Moloch y t is mans wysoome after the ensample of Abraham offced theyr chyldren vnto God prouynge it featly with argumentes and wrasted scriptures sayenge on thys wyse All that God createth doth please hym Now it that pleaseth hym done of the one pleaseth him also done of another seynge he accepteth no persones wherfore that we offer vp oure chylderen as Abrahā dyd is hys wyll and pleasure also ¶ The conclusion of the Iewysh sectes and orders with all the other BEholde good reader thys Babel or confusion and compare with thys the Heythenysh and Turkysh secte and I doute not but thou wylt saye it is the Deuell which goeth aboute mommynge wyth so many visores Thou must confesse also that all sectes faythes and orders excepte only the true and fre Christendome and Newe testament whiche is earnest fayth lyfe holy goost and no lawe or dead letter are noughte els saue a fonde Iewyshnesse But it goeth thus to worke in the worlde that they which be tryed shulde be manifest i. Cor. xi nother was y e church euer in a better case or more floryshyng then myddes amonge hyr fyndes sectes and wolues For Christ is not come to geue an outwarde or worldly peace but his peace that is of the conscience The church must growe tryed exercysed amonge hyr fyndes Wherfore let it go that wyl not abyde for chaffe must be sundered frō corne This I saye because that so many sectes be not only no hurte to Christendome but also profytable an exercitacyon of theyr knyghthode and a cōquest of heauen Sūma summarum it is called Salutē ex inimicis nostris and not dānum or desolacionem Upon this sayeth Christe Mat. xxiiii that it is not possible the electe shulde be deceaued but for theyr sake shall y e peryllous dayes be shortened He that hath once assayed the trueth shall neuer fall frō it without he be not of the trueth and such are letten go for Christ muste so clense and purge his floore trye his separte y e corne from chaffe i. Corin. xi But suche shepe of Christe that belonge to God the father heare no voyce but theyr heerdmans and can not ahyde the voyce of the straunger Ioh. x. God knoweth hys and them cā nomā take out of hys handes Ioh. x. Thus is Christes prayer herde namely y t Peters fayth fayle not in them that be Peters Luce. xxii But that God rebuketh false prophetes sayeng that they haue deceaued hys people he sheweth how the matter was with them For that haue they done so much as lyethin them though God haue letted and not suffered it to be done to hys electe chosen Yet are they iustly blamed therfore For theyr wyll purpose was good Now seynge that God iudgeth the harte and wyll therfore haue they no wronge done to them but ryght whan they are iudged to be deceauers of the people FINIS ¶ The fayth of the Indians euen as one Mathew the embassadoure of Presteriās dyd vtter it before Emanuel kynge of Portingale Anno. M. D. xiii 1 Fyrst do they beleue with vs the trinite of persons and one God 2 And y e same maruaylously to haue created heauen earth and all that is conteyned in both of nothynge 3 That Iesus Christe the anoynted kyng the saueoure and the Messias so oft promysed by the Prophetes the very sonne of the true God was borne of Mary the virgine both before and after the byrth in Bethleem the cytie of Dauid 4 And that the same beynge iudged of Pilate the wycked debite or lewtenaunt of the Romanes in Iewry dyed at Ierusalem for oure synnes and was buryed 5 And continently to haue gone downe to hell whose gates he brake and on y e thyrde daye he rose agayne alyue wyth great victory of hys enemyes and death and finally to haue ascended vp to heauen by a wonder full ascencion from whence he came 6 They beleue also an vniuersall and immortall resurrecciō of the bodyes after thys mortall lyfe 7 They beleue also in the same fayth that Christ shall iudge both the good and euell that euery man shall receaue rewarde accordynge to hys dedes done in thys lyfe 8 After thys iudgmēt shall the godly haue euerlastynge ioye but the wycked euerlastynge payne 9 They as we kepe the. x. commaundementes 10 They graunte vii deadly synnes also 11 They haue all the bokes of scrypture as we 12 They haue the. iiii gospels also 13 And of Paules Epistles do they want none 14 They approue all y e artikles of y e crede 15 They prefer the pater noster before all other prayers 16 They make much also of y e Aue Mary 17 Theyr chyldren do they baptyse wyth holy water on the. vii daye and also circumcise them after Moses law after y e costume and vse of longe tyme. 18 On twolftyde also doth all the people yearly professe opēly theyr fayth with great ioye and so are they baptysed agayne 19 They saye masse also nerehande after our vse that nother for lucre or auaūtage 20 The sacramente of altare do they esteme the chefe and principall confessynge syncerely there to be the body and bloude of Christ and cōmunicate vnder both kyndes 21 They confesse the holy oyle anoyntyng to be sacramētes 22 As soone as they haue synned do they to shreue themselues to a prest 23 The penaunce do they diligētly fulfyl 24 Fastynge do they accomplysh wythout eatynge of flesh or fysh 25. Lent do they begynne on Septuagesima 26 The Sondaye and other holy dayes institute of theyr byshops do they kepe reuerently 27 They haue the remembraunce of Christes passion on the last weke of lent as we 28 Palmesōdaye do they vse with vs also and Candelmasse 29 Procession goynge do they vse also 30 They kepe Alhalowtyde and alsoule daye also 31 Ashwednysoaye accordeth with vs both in ceremonyes and tyme. 32 They haue also monasteryes not only of men but also of wemen lyuynge in great abstinence 33 Wherof some cloysters haue vii or viii C. or a. M. persons 34 One hyll is there wheron dwell xii M. religious persons whiche maye in no wyse begge but laboure for theyr lyuynges neuerthelesse yf ony almesse be geuē them that maye they take welynough so that it be not craued 35 They haue preachers to teach Christes fayth and that of y e best learned amōge the prestes and religious 36 There are many hospitals for the poore only to be lodged and tended 37 The churches are a centuary for mysdoers but so that he that is manslayer be so slenderly fed that at the laste he must dye of hungre 38 Theyr dead do they bury wyth no lesse ceremonyes than we also in churches 39 Holy men and of heauenly conuersaciō do they canonizat after they haue searched theyr lyfe diligently 40 Men mary but one wyfe at once and that at the church dore 41 And after olde costumes lawes they mary none wythin y e. vii degre nother may theyr Patriarke dispense here wyth 42 They haue images of all sayntes in theyr churches 43 Holy water do they kepe and thynke y e it chaseth awaye wycked spretes 44 They haue many churches belles and holy vestimentes for spirituall seruices 45 They kepe mydsomer moost solemly 46 They begynne the yeare at Septēbre 47 They knowe ther is an head byshop of Rome but the cause that they obey hym not is the great distaunce from hym 48 Saynte Bartholomew the Apostle taught them fyrst the fayth and gospell 49 Theyr prestes are maryed but after the wyues deceasse they mary not agayne neuerthelesse theyr patriarke lyueth chaste ¶ Thys dyd y e aforesayde Mathew confesse in the presēce of the nobles clargy of Portyngale ¶ Here endeth the treatyse of all sectes orders and religions both of Christendom and the Iewes Translated out of hye Dutch in Englyshe ¶ Printed in Southwarke by me Iames Nicolson for Ihon Gough Cum Priuilegio