of perdicyon do depryue the people of god theyr ryght / and iuste tytle that is to chose them a pastor / for he shulde be chosen of them / that is ordeyned for them to rule with the worde ¶ Of the cōgregacyon of the faythful he is to be taken for a true byshop and messenger of god / whome so euer he dothe sende / altho thys sendynge be by lot of faythe openly done / as of Mathy Actes 1. as I haue declared in my sayde boke of callynge ¶ The counsell of euery place ought to gyue hede and watche if those that be chosen into byshopprykes be mete to the same ministery of euery peryshe of the faythfull / whiche belonge chefely to prynces ¶ And yf there chaunce any to be electe vnprofytable vnlernyd or strāge from the worde or that dothe offende the cōgregacyon of god by horemongynge or any other cryme or not wylto admytte holye matrymonye or hauynge a vnchast wyfe or childrē dyssētynge from mekenes c̄ the electyon must be reuoked of them and lette the electyon turne to the congregacyon that they may cal a byshoppe to them myghtye in workes of mekenes and the worde ♣ ⧠♣ ⧠Yf the churche dyssent in electyō of a byshoppe or rulers and prynces with the churche nor they do not searche the counsell of the lorde of true byshoppes nor fynde one open place of scrypture what is necessary for thē to do then by example of the apostles faythful prayer had before lette them cast loottes and what so euer chaunsythe by lootte they be bounde to receyue for the sure wyll of god for it is written loottes be put into the bosome and tempered of the lorde Prouer. 16 and Capitulo 18. lootte putes awaye contradyccyon and doth iudge great men more of this matter in my boke of callynge ☞ ⧠♣ ☜ ♣ All canones of the worlde can not lawefullye chose one byshoppe of the churche of Iesu Chryste ☞ ⧠⧠Kynges and prynces and other great nobles ought to chose very many lerned men in the worde of god whiche shulde be byshoppes in theyr courtes and shulde teache theyr courtyers oft the most pure worde of god ☞ Yf one or two or mo houses of the faythfull perceyue that they haue not faythful byshoppes suffred to them or the people of the peryshe wyl not chose euaungelycall men they maye pryuatlye take them selues aproper byshope or pastor ☞ ⧠♣ ☜ ⧠Those shulde alonely be chosen byshoppes that be suche as Paule descrybethe 1. Tymothe 3. and Tyte. 1. that is to be irreprehynsyble with out faute kepynge hospetalyte gentyl sober iuste meke holy husbandes of one wyfe in feare and care of the lorde gouernynge theyr owne house hauynge childrē lerned with al chastyte which be not proude couetous drunkerdes angrye contencyous but honest able in worde and māners wel to order the churche of god and theyr wyues must be chaste honest sober and faythful in all thynges ⧠⧠⧠♣ Yf any of the cetizēs or of the nobles be such one he may be chosen byshope of the congregacyon notwithstādyng all the decrees of the apostate kyngedome ☞ ☞ ☞ ☜ ☞ It is herysye and folyshnes to affyrme that the aforesayde texte of the apostle of the wyfe and chyldren is otherwayes vnderstande as the ennemyes of mekenes do saye them of a lawefull wyfe and chyldren naturally begotten in matrymonye ☞ ♣ ⧠Therfore maryed men maye be made byshoppes and preache openly the worde of god and after the pure texte of the apostle there ought none to be chosen byshoppe of the congregacyon excepte he be maryed or haue bene or wyll be ☞ ⧠♣ ☜ ⧠And for that cause god wolde that all except a fewe prophetes apostles and byshopes shulde haue be maryed and shulde be to this daye that there be no suspeccyon of whormongynge or vnclenlynes and that they myght more safly be conuersante with other ☞ ⧠♣ ☜ ♣ Also by an other reason that they myght be partakers of holy matrymonye that ought to preach the hye mysteryes of it the which be in Chryste the churche for what be all the scryptures of god but sermones of hys mysteryes and hys churche ⧠☞ They that haue chosen byshopes where as cause is maye lawefully depose them ⧠⧠⧠⧠A iust cause of deposycyon of the same is vnsyncere preachynge of the worde of god .i. yf they myxte lawes decrees and tradycyons of men with goddes ordynaunce ⧠♣ ♣ ♣ Deacons of the churche be those that the faythful chose for to gather dystribute to the pore the almes of the faythful whiche nowe many cetyes of Germanye do makynge comen boxes for it such were the .7 deacons electe and instytute of the apostles at hierusalem of whom Stephen the Marter was one ⧠☞ ♣ ⧠♣ Men of good wytnes faythful and maryed muste be chosen deacons .1 Tymothe 3. whiche if they be pore let them be susteyned with the comen almes by the decree of the churche ⧠The churche of god hath no mynysters besydes these byshoppes and deacons for byshoppes prestes deacons subdeacōs c̄ of the kyngdome of the pope be deacons of men ordyned without tystymonyes of the word of god ☞ ⧠⧠☜ ♣ ☞ Of punyshment and puttynge out false byshoppes and false apostles from the cōgregacion of the faytheful Capit. 6. AL prophisye and scripture of god is profytable when it is synce rely teached handeled Tymothe 3. for it is a openynge of the spirite of truthe to the helthe of the faythfull 1. Corinth 12. ♣ For it is the worde of the wysdome of god more precyous then golde and syluer and to whom all that can be desyred maye not be cōpared Pro. 3. nor precyous stone maye not be assymulat to it and all tresure is counted but as cley in the syght of it Sapien. 1. ⧠¶ Prophane doctryne and straunge from god doth not profyte but alway to the greater wykydnes and dothe waste crepe and consume euen as the dysease of canker 2. Tymoth 2. for it it Leuen sone corrupting al the dowe 1. Corin. 5. and Galat. 5. and euell comunycacyon deceyueth and corruptythe 1. Corinthy 5. ⧠⧠♣ Suche maner of wyked sermones contrary to truthe be teached and loued alonlye of them that be corrupted in mynde 1. Tymo 6. and .2 Tymo 3. ♣ Yf he ought to be taken from the myddes of the faythfull neyther it be not lawfull to accompanye with hym that is called brother .i. faythfull that with his synne offendythe the congregacyon of god moche more he that with hys wyked teachynge turnythe the people from Chryste ⧠♣ An heretyke after the thyrde monyshyon repugnynge to the truthe is to be flede as a banyshed man Tyte. 3. and not bryngynge the pure worde of god he is not to be receyued into your house nor you ought not to salute him for he that salutyth him consentys to hys euell deades 2. Iohā canonycal
glory of god and helthe of soules I shall brefly intreate vpon with your hyghnes of those thynges that I copiously wrytte vpon to the moste noble lorde IOHAN Cardinal as they call it of Lotherynge what the Pope with hys Cardynalles Archebyshopes Byshopes Abbottes Chanones all other benefised men shall do leste they peryshe but may be sauyd For of truthe / all theyr hyghnes is of the dyuell Let them beware therfore / that they be nat euerlastiÌ„gly confoundyd / and peryshe For byshopes be alonly ê“phetes of truthe / and there shulde be so many byshopes as the multytude of people requyreth Ye and to confesse the truthe I can nat call your hyghnes a byshope excepte I shulde flatre and do agaynst my conscyence whiche is to be auoydyd of the faythfull euyn as the venyme of the serpent Aspis I coÌ„fesse you to be a prynce I knowe nat you to be a bysshoppe bycause you preache nat the gospell But it is nat in euery man to preache the gospel but of theÌ„ to whoÌ„ it is gyuen of the lorde for they muste be sende to it of him And these be the true byshopes of the churche of god Therfore dylygently endeuour your selfe that treâ—e byshopes may be encreasyd within your lordshyp Bysshopes may nat be lordes but alonlye doctours or teachers and seruauntes of the people of god It is iniury to a prynce to be callyd byshope ye and vtterly the moste greuous mockage if the thynge spoken be delygently examynyd wolde nat be thynke hym selfe deludyd that were callyd by a name nothyng 〈◊〉 for him whan any man is callyd â—â—shoâ—e what other thyng is it than to say beholde a preacher of the worde of god contynually preachyng the gospell hauyng knowledge of holy scripture teachiÌ„g the people with the alonly pure worde of god attrybutynge to god hys due honour and prayse herberous or kepyng hospitalytie geuyng example of him selfe to other to folowe the gospell in lyuyng moste dylygent in redynge and expounding the scriptures and yet he hathe none of all these I wyll suffre euery man to call you a byshop which I wyll nat do my selfe leste I be iniuryous to you I well knowe that you be prynce of Lausane ye and I wolde that you shulde so playe the prynce that you wolde dylygently laboure to haue many true byshopes vnder you For verely euery paryshe ought to haue hys propre byshope the whiche shulde be chosen of the people and coÌ„fyrmed by the cominaltie of the churche of euery place and to do this thiÌ„g they haue no nede of letters rynges sealles tokeÌ„s and suche other of this kynde very muche vsyd clene coÌ„trary to the worde of god So longe they shulde be accountyd for byshopes as they preache moste purely the gospell of the kyngdome of god FroÌ„ the whiche if they swarue one iote and teache straunge doctryne they ought to be deposyd and put out of them by whoÌ„ they were electe and chosen that is to say of the comynaltie of the churche afore namyd and other more apte to be electe But of thys matter I haue spoken more at the large in an other place Therfore I wyll returne to our purpose of Tregarius He dyd wryte to your hyghnes supposyng you to be Fabiane where as you be Sebastiane as the letters beare wytnes gyuen to me by your owne handes wherin he goyth aboute to supprese and treade vnder fote the eternall veritie of god vnder the name as he hathe wrytten of Lutherane secte and vnder colour of zele towarde the church he rayleth the moste lyceÌ„tiously in to the truthe and that same churche â—ho is he at the leaste that ê‘ceiueth the thyngê of god that folowith Luther or sayeth I am of Luthers secte Luther is a man and therfore of hym selfe a lyer but if Luther or any other speake the veritie and truthe of god what is the cause that we do nat gyue place to the truthe whiche the holy ghoste dothe make open to vs by Luther For I praye you is it nat wrytten of suche men you be nat they that speake but the spirite of your father that spekith in you it is nothyng sauery nor pleasythe nat at all that some men do say and talke of the wysdome of god whiche is founde in Paules epistles they call it Paules philophie I do gyue place and beleue the wrytynges of Paule Petre IohaÌ„ Esaie Hieremie and other prophetes of god nat for them but for the spirite of god which dyd speake in them Luther hathe nat teachyd me nother hys wrytynges those thingê the which I haue knoweÌ„ by the gyfte of god in holy scriptures Yet for all that I coÌ„fesse me to knowe Luther ye and nat a lytle to haue profytyd thorugh hys company I know him to be the apostle and aungell of god that is to say sent of hym For it is inpossible that he shulde be sent but of him to haue wrytten those thynges that he hathe wrytteÌ„ that is the scriptures of truthe and euyn as it is nat to be condempnyd that Paule hathe wrytten bycause he was a man in lyke case nother Luthers wrytynges are to be coÌ„dempnid bycause he is a man For it is nat Luther but god that hathe wrytten and spoken in Luther But thê Tregarius to obtayne the fauour of Antichriste vnder the name of Luther dothe openly speake agaynste Christe and his viritie He dothe also vnder that name resyste the impollutyd scriptures of god all the prophetes and his louers and callythe them defenders of sectes causing great rumores repletynge the worlde with all vnquietnes Philistianes hauiÌ„g vaine and folyshe armoure mockers / and deceyuers / of this maner dothe rayle agaynste them with the moste opprobrious crimes Forthermore he dothe reproue them of vehemente and wycked zele / and saithe that they haue forgote the saieng of our sauyour Lerne of me for I am meke and humble in harte and agayne blesse them that say euyll of you / and praye for them that persecute you But nowe loke vpon the craftynes of this foxe ê‘auenture he is afrayde / leaste that he shulde be put out and exilyd of antychrist / from the tyraÌ„nycall prouincialshype of his secte / for that cause / he so feruently defeÌ„dyth his parte / settyng at nought the worde of the lorde Nowe if he take this for a secte / to loue and teach the moste pure worde of god the whiche we doubte nat of we do couit and halfe this holy / necessary eternal and inuincible secte / and byfore hym and suche lyke / we wyll be of this secte / cleaue to it must surely / orels without remedy we shulde peryshe ê‘petually we be adhereÌ„tes and defeÌ„ders of thys eternall / heuenly / and deuyne secte / it is necessary / that we be tumultuous or bryngers vp of rumoures for it / agaynst the execrable / cursid / and abhomynable secte of antichriste For the worde of the lorde dothe burst vp carnal pease
/ dothe rayse vp the sworde very ofte in hym selfe / accordynge to the sayiÌ„g of the lorde I dyd nat come to sende pease / but a sworde Math .x. and it is wrytten Luke .2 that Christ is put in to the falle of the vnfaythefull in to resurrection of the faythfull and in to a sygne that shal be resysted and spoken agaynste of those vnfaythful if we shulde teache worldly thynges / beyng carnall and hypocrytes / they wolde nat resyst and ryse agaynst vs as they do but bycause we preache thingê coÌ„trary to the worlde the worlde hatyth vs / and callyth vs tumultuous / and sedecyous felowes Ye and byfore it Christe him selfe was a sower of euell sedes / a sclaunderer with wordes / a sedycyous felowe / an herityke a deceiuer a subuerter of the people / and an euyll doer Forthermore all that lyue mekely in Christe Iesu / and couyt so to do / suffre persecucyon of it 2. Timoth. 3. God dothe coÌ„maunde vs also / of Tregarius / and suche other men of that secte / whiche no doubte pertayne to the abhomynable courte of that purple whore of Babylon / mother of all fornicatyon / in the eyghtenthe Chapitre of the reuelacions of saynt IohaÌ„ sayeng Go from her my people / and be nat parttakers of her synnes / and receyue nat of her plages / for her dampnable synnes haue come to heaueÌ„ / and the lord hathe remembryd her iniquities / rewarde her euyn as she rewardyd you / and gyue her double according to her workes and powre in double in the same cuppe / which she filled vnto you asmuche as she glorified in her selfe / and lyued wantonly / so muche powre you in for her of punyshement / and sorowe This wycked whore iÌ„ tyme past hathe fylled to vs her abhominacioÌ„s / in the golden cuppe / of the worde of god For she hathe confyrmyd her tyrannyes / by placys of scripture / falsly vnderstaÌ„dyd / and vnder the most holy name of Christe / she hathe outragyd / aboue that at man can speake / euyn agaynste Christe him selfe Verely god wyll that we giue doble to her in that cuppe .i. better thyngê then that druÌ„ke whore that is to saye / that we do nat fyll to other nowe after the trutâ—e receyuyd / the abhominable / and â—ynkiÌ„g dunge of the wysdome of the fleshe / inuencyons of men But muche more prâ—cyous thingê / the whiche do aâ—â—â—e with the golden cuppe of the wâ—â—â—e of god that is to say the spirite truthe of the lettre by whoÌ„ is openly knoweÌ„ that these iugelers be antichristes scismatykes heretykes chyldren of perdicion and men of syn To whose preceptes bycause we do obey / and gyue place they name vs to be sclanderers repleting al the worlde ful of rumours and horyble crymes But I myght moue thys questyon to them in what thynge do we erre I pray you do nat they with an indurat harte resyst / and speake agaynst the truthe Ye and that same truthe it selfe doth name his enemyes in euery place / wolues / Foxes Beares / Lyones / Dogges / Leoperdes / wylde beastes / false prophettes / pseudo apostles roten sedes vnfaythfull hypocrites folishe cowerdes nat hearing the voyce of theyr lorde god a baren howse the churche malignant the synagoge of Satan the generacioÌ„ of the lordes furye apostaticall gentyles hauynge the fronte of the greate whore the fruyte and generatyon of Vipers the counsell of the wycked Dragones the kynde of the serpente Aspis deafe and stopyng theyr eares the ennemyes of the lorde a wycked couent the tabernacles of synnes the sede of Chaname Egypte Sodome euyl trees and vnfruitful mokers that say to men sayeng wyll nat you to see / speake pleasauÌ„t thynges to our eares take hede of our errours let holy Israell cease from our syght the blacke tayles of smokye bronddes ydolles blynde studientes the generacyon of Cain wycked and adulterous deceyuable workemen felowes of theuys effemynate deserte chyldren false doctoures whose god is theyr belye and glorie in theyr confusyon the tasters of earthly thynges theues of innocentes and wydoes and dothe name theÌ„ that resyste and speake agaynste the doctryne of mekenes with suche names of this kynde which of vs coulde euer attayne to suche a vehemence of speakyng that in confoundyng the reprouable we might obtayne one parte of the pythye rebukyng that is fouÌ„de agaynste them in holy scrypture And peraduenture Tregarius wyll reprehende the holy ghoste and say that he dothe fyl the worlde ful of hatred and malyce / bycause that suche names / shulde be putte in holy scripture or at the leaste saye that these be contrarye to Christe when he saythe Lerne of me c And agayne saye well by them that saye euyll by you c the whiche as we haue sayde he dyd aledge agaynst vs. But what is the cause that he dyd nat take hede also of the word that folowythe you of men that saye euyll by vs we muste speake well but nat of them that speake euyll by the lorde Iesus Christe and his verytye No nor yet we maye nat make lyes to say well by any man For and a man myght be bolde with you is this well sayde to saye that Magister noster the noble doctour Tregarius a good seruande of Christ and dothe well in suppressynge the churche and worde of god for the synagoge of Antychriste and lyes of men Or is it lawfull for me to wryte the reuerende father in god Prouyncial of the Augustyne freers by the hyer Germanye is a good oratour and can wryte very well for the counselles of the Pope hys Cardynalles and Byshopes and with a noble profe openly declarith that the Synagoge of the Pope is the trewe church of god am nat I rather bouÌ„de to speake playnly after the worde of god saye thys foxe thys wolfe this falsse prophete is aboute to turne the people frome the sermones of truthe to the lyes of antychrist and couytith to bryng the prynce of Lausane the noble gentyles of Heluetia from god and hys Christe and wolde that they shulde alway perseuer and continewe in darkenes of errours in the whiche we haue be drownyd so longe season and hathe nat one iota of scripture to confyrme those thynges that he adfyrmythe in hys lyeng wherof he muste nedes fal For he can neuer withstaÌ„de the myghty worde of the Lorde the whiche he so sore reclamyth agaynst of whom he shal be confoundyd trodeÌ„ downe and consumyd Ye and if there were innumerable thousandes of the prophettes of Baalle with this Tregarius they shal be dystroyed and fall from the syde of theÌ„ that loue teach the pure worde One Helias one prophete of the lorde shall ouercome and dystroye theÌ„ all although they wolde resyste with playne batayle and crye howle in theyr deÌ„nes but in case that he thynke hym selfe nat worthye thys name as to be callyd a foxe or a wolfe let hym
antychrystes nat sekyng the glorie of god but theyr owne glorie they dyd all stryue for the pope and the minorites for theyr Francys Bonauenture Scote and Occam c agaynst Dominike Thomas and Capriolus cÌ„ and so of other slobelyes deuouriÌ„g vp wydoes iÌ„noceÌ„tê howses ye all the substance of the worlde ⧠Another sure and euident token that this blyndnes hathe ben is disceÌ„cyon neuer ceasyng that hathe bene amongest preachers for what do we se in them but coÌ„tencyon / debate / and chydynge agaynste the nature of the holy ghoste whiche is spirite of vnyoÌ„ and peace and of the sermons of god whiche neuer sofferith nature of contrary osnes in theÌ„ and aganst the custome of the churche of god whiche loueth true peace / and is enemy of contencyon ☞ ⧠♣ ⧠☜ ¶ The thyrde manyfest sygne is abhomynable peace of the fleshe for the worde of god bryngethe the sworde seperates chyldren from theyr parentes / and frendes from frendes whose louers muste nedes sufre persecucyon for it is vnpossyble that the worde of the crosse shulde be without a crosse that it shulde nat be spoken agaynst for Christe those that longe to him be put in sygne of coÌ„tradictyon Luc. 2. bycause therfore that the doctryne that hath contynued so longe the decrees of Antechriste the pryde and al the apostasy of his kyngedome hathe be obserued so longe tyme in an execrable pease so that frely this man of synne with the tyrannes of his kyngedome what so euer they wolde scarsly any man withstandynge dyd ordayne chaunge and dystroy contrary to the playne textes of scripture by what meanes it is well knowen this peryllouse blyndenes to haue reygnyd by suche contynuance ☞ ⧠⧠☜ ♣ The .iiij. and moste euydent sygne is that lawes lycencyous lyuyng deuylyshe pompe moste proude ornameÌ„tes crownes burletes hattes myters hypocrysy hauynge no lyke deceyuable chastitie dyuersite and supersticyoÌ„ of sectes settynge vp of ydolles chapelles colleges phaanes .i. of hye and monstrouse places lyeng bulles steliÌ„g of tythes fyrst frutes and offerynges vsurping of kyngdomes and lordshyppes sacryfyce of masses and all other atteynyng to the kyngdome of Antechriste clene contrary to the immaculat worde of god ☞ ♣ ☜ ☞ It was predestynat that the sonne of perdycyon the manne of synne the pope and his kyngdome whom the apostle 2. Thessa 2. dyd prophesye to be reuelat and byfore that he shulde be knowen to be hydde that by tyme and tymes that is to say longe tyme halfe tyme for the laste tyme where as he thought to reygne perpetually is cutte of the halfe when he falleth by lytle and lytle as he is knowen by the worde of god he had neuer reigned so longe if we had knowen whom he had ben all that tyme therfore that he hathe reygned vntyl he was knowen by and by where as he is reuelyd by the mercye of god in the tyme pÌ„fynyte of god that is in our blessyd tyme he begynneth to falle and is peryshed with the sworde of the mouthe of the lorde and dayly he is tossed plucked without handes ⧠And for that cause the lorde hath opened with his worde fyrste that the pope and as many as do pertayne to his kyngdome be the chyldren of perdycyon for no doubte who so euer is nat apostata and alyenat frome that kingdome is apostata and alienat and a scysmatyke froÌ„ Christe wherof they may be bothe callyd chyldren of perdycyon and deceyuynge other with theyr lyes ⧠♣ ♣ Secondly he hathe shewed that they be men of synne bycause al theyr affectyons and cogytacyons and workes be synne Also with theyr tradycyons and synnes they haue encreasyd synne aboue al estymacyon there was neuer man from the begynnyng of the worlde that hathe so bounde mennes conscyence as the pope and his tyrannes that is cardynales and byshopes with theyr reprouable counselles ¶ Thyrdly god hathe made manyfest to vs that who so euer hathe the prymacye of the churche of Satane and is takeÌ„ for the pope is aboue al other the sonne of perdicion the man of syn and antychriste whiche dothe exalte hymselfe aboue all that is called god or worshypped suppressing the lawes and true worshyppe of god so that he dothe sitte in the teÌ„ple of god as god and is taken of the faythefull whiche be the quycke temples of god for the vycker of the hye god ☞ Nowe afterwarde that god hathe manifestly shewed to vs that the papacye that is the kyngedome of Antychriste is the kyngedome of synne to be abhorryd and damnable it is necessary for all that do attayne to it to be alyenat from it and to couÌ„te them for nothynge but as dregges or castynge out of dyuelles to attribute nothyng to them to truste in nothing that they do as in decrees excominycacyons pardons pryuyleges bulles with suche other bagage And the same of the pope cardynalles patriarkes legates archebyshopes falsebyshopes chanones and monkes and so of all other ⧠we haue a sure knowledge specyally in .iiij. thynges that the doctryne whiche nowe is reuelyd to vs of the lorde is the very and mere truthe fyrst that the pure textes of the byble the deceyuable inueÌ„cions of men abiecte be dylygently receyued wryten and preachyd The seconde is that al syncere preachers although they be personally seperate nor one of them hearyth nat another or rede his wrytingê yet do they for the moste parte agree but in case they dyssent for a tyme in any thyng then the scriptures of god delygently serchyd they be appesyd contentyd The thyrde is althoughe many do abuse the lybertye of the gospell yet as many as do receyue thys doctryne gently and mekely be meke mercyfull faythefull reioysyng in spirite pacyent very gentyll full of charytie procuriÌ„g the glorye of god with out any superstycyousnes or hypocrysye copyouse in frutes of trewe good workes The fourthe is that this doctryne is neuer resysted nor spoken agaynste but of the chyldren of perdycyon carnall men antechristes and men of synne euyn as Symeon dyd prophisy of Christe in the .2 chapitre of Luke sayng in that signe that shall be resisted and spoken agaynst c. yet for al that they do nat specially name innocentes and true preachers it can neuer be but they shal be resysted and spoken agaynste for it is wrytten if they haue persecuted me they shal persecute you IohnÌ„ in the .15 cha agayne all that wyll mekely lyue in Christ Iesu shal suffre ê‘secucyoÌ„ .2 Tymo 3. ♣ The electe that haue gone byfore vs in the miserable time of errour and derkenes althoughe they dyd aberre from the hydde iudgement of god yet for theyr electioÌ„ that is bycause they were chosen of god frome the begynnyng they were acceptable to him for though he dyd abhorre theyr synnes he dyd immutably loue theyr ê‘sones For he by the purenes of theyr faythe hathe taken all theyr synnes hathe nat ymputed them for pure faythe is imputed to iustyce
depryue any man the comunioÌ„ of the faythfull or lawefully denounce hym for suche one excepte fyrst it be ê‘feytly knoweÌ„ by testymonye of scrypture that he be depryuyd it of the lorde ⧠⧠♣ Euery churche of the faythfull and who so euer berythe rule as kynges prynces and offycers where as cause is may ye they ought do depÌ„ue theyr subiectes the outwarde company of the faythful that is they shall nat dwell with them or otherwyse kepe coÌ„pany ☞ The cause for the whiche many be depriued this outwarde comunyon is by adultery horehuÌ„tyng thefte vsure cursyng couytousenes cruelnes excesse and druÌ„kenes to be reproche to the churche of god 1. Corin. 5. and to be apostata from Christe is to speke agaynste the doctryne of mekenes and nat to sufre it As is euydent the seconde canonicall epystle of Iohan. ¶ No congregacyon of the faythful may lawfully other dreade or receyue the abhomynable costomes interditementes or decrees of the kyngedome of the pope for truely they can hurte them that beleue no maner wayes ☞ In case any man for thynges that agre with the worde of god or bicause he is rulyd by the worde be excomunicate cursyd or enterdyted of the pope or his it is turned to him iÌ„to the most precyouse and amyable blessynge for when they curse god blessythe Psal 108. and to those that loue god all thinges be wroght in goodnes Ro. 8. ¶ Of true goodworkes and the lawe of grace and the gospell and vertues of the faythfull Capi. 4. ALl though we be iustyfied alonly by fayth yet workes be necessarye ♣ Faythe is neuer with out true goodworkes for he hathe his effycacytie by loue ⧠⧠Trewe good workes be whatsoeuer is of faythe ye to eate to drynke to slepe so there be no excesse ⧠♣ what thynges that be nat prohibite by goddê worde may be done in fayth other may nat ☞ ♣ ☜ ☞ what so euer is nat of faithe is wicked though it apere outwardly good / iuste and holy Roma 4. ☞ Faythfull to do well haue no nede of decrees and tradycyons of men ⧠These be doctryne lawes and tradycyons of men that do nat consent with the scriptures of god or els they parteyne to them for the doctryne of man is lyeng bycause man is alyer Psalm 115. trewely the worde of the lorde is verytye Psalme 118. ♣ The lawe of god is suffycyent for faythfull whiche is the lawe of the spirite wrytten in theyr hertes Eisai 51. and Hiere 31. whose scriptures be the most suryst wytnes of the lorde Psal 18. 118. and the spirite dothe wryte in them the gospell of pease and euerlastynge healthe whiche is no other thynge but a surenes of the grace of god and remyssyon of syn by fayth in Christe and his truthe whiche whosoeuer preachythe purely is an euangelyst For the gospell is a gladde and good tydynges ☞ ⧠♣ ¶ For that same spirite dothe teache them all truthe Iohan. 16. and is gouerner of them in euery thynge ⧠♣ It is heresye to say that scriptures of god be superfluous for they be necessarye that hyely that we maye be sure if those thyngê that be in our hertes be of god or no for by what reasoÌ„ as I haue sayde shulde we be more sure theÌ„ of the scriptures of god whiche be his testymonyes ⧠⧠☞ And althoughe we had nede of the same scriptures for witnese of truthe yet for all that euery sermon of the worde of god and all scripture is vnprofytable and in vayne excepte it be wryten in our hertes of the holy spirite whiche scripture of the spirite is the quicke voyce of god ☞ ♣ ☜ ⧠wherfore it is heresye to affyrme that there is any other quycke voyce of god necessary besydes thys and to suppresse his meruelouse testimonies Psalm 118. as many false prophetes do nowe adayes ⧠⧠⧠⧠⧠Therfore the testymonyes of god muste be preached and it is necessarye to be conuersant in them with all dylygence which who so euer dothe truly is verely blessid Psalm 1. and .118 but the fruyte of that preachyng and conuersacyon muste be lokyd for of the holy ghoste ☞ ⧠♣ ⧠☜ ☞ The pryncypall vse of those scriptures of god is that we maye serche in them the testymonyes of his godly wyll ☞ ⧠⧠☜ ☞ ⧠Verely the frute of them is that we beleuyng may be iustyfyed that is we may gette the grace of god and remyssyon of synnes ☞ ⧠♣ ♣ The grace of god is nat that qualyty that Sophesters call Habitus but the fauour and beneuolence of god hauynge vs free when we beleue hym and he hathe his grace that is kynde to hym ☞ ⧠♣ ⧠☜ ☞ Alonly by the merit of Christe we beleuyng in him and nothyng doutiÌ„g of his wordes we gette this grace for then we do receyue hys plentifulnes Iohan the fyrste chapitre ⧠Faythful receiued in to the grace of god by Christe haue togither by hiÌ„ that iustyce whiche hathe in it all parfytnes Of the whiche is spokeÌ„ Psal 71. Iustyce and aboundance of pease shal spryng in his dayes And Psalm 84. mercy and veritie haue mette him pease iustyce haue kyssed hym and also of this is spokeÌ„ Eisaie 53. in his science he beyng iuste shall iustify my seruantes very many ☞ ⧠⧠☜ ♣ Bycause therfore that faythefull haue all thynges in Christe it is superfluous curious and also dampnable to scarche so many partes kyndes and offyces of vertues as false Deuynes do for they that intende suche thyng be but curyouse for they put so many pertykeles that it is vnpossyble to remembre all as you may perceyue manyfestly iÌ„ the SuÌ„leles of Thomas ⧠Rede what god dothe coÌ„maunde and be ofte couersant in his scriptures and thou shalte be full of vertues all thoughe thou neuer knowe soo many names partê and offices as they putte ¶ Of the presthode of the faythefull and trewe mynysters of the churche that is byshopes and deacoÌ„s The fyfte Chapitre The fyfte Chapter BY the presthode of christ and mynysters of hys churche the preesthode of Aaron ministeryes of hys deacons be abrogat and put downe ♣ Chryste alone is the bye byshope and preste of the church Psalmo 109. Hebre. 5. and. 9. full of grace and truthe ♣ As many as beleue in hym be made pertakers of hys plentyfulnes Io. 1. and of hys oyntment that is of the holy goost Psalmo 44. O god the sone thy god the father hath oynted the with oyle of gladnes the spyryte makynge glade aboue thy felowes that is other faythful whiche be pertakers of thy plentyfulnes ♣ All faythful of both kyndes be consecrate into prestes by hym as Peter wryteth to all faythful 1. Pet. 2. you are a chosen generacyon a ryall presthode Apocalip 5. thou haste made vs kynges and prestes to our god and we shal reygne apon the erthe ♣ I do not call them seny ours by the greke worde Presbitri but
then hys chaplens whiche be all heresye because they repugne to the most opeÌ„ textes of scripture for if you loke apon those that be spoken of it Mat. 26. Marke 14. Luke 22. and. 1. Cor. 11. you shall pleynly perceyue thys to be the table of god whiche you maye not sacrefice but eate and drynke and to be the newe Testament of whom the scryptures be instrumentes in whome the grace of god and remission of synnes is promysyd of whome they that beleue be pertakers and bothe kindes to be gyuen to all that haue proued them selues whether they beleue in the promesse of god and at the laste by thê takynge to shewe the lordes deathe vntyll he come to iudegement .i. to remember be a memoryal of his death to them that beleue for so ofte doth he dye to them with the most surest signe that is to saye the frute of his deathe is geuen to them as ofte as they eate thys breade and drynke thys bloude in faythe ☞ ⧠♣ ♣ whosoeuer is pertaker of this table in fayth is made a member of Chryst and eateth his fleshe and drynketh hê bloude Iohan. 6. to the which he that goethe without faythe eateth drynketh his iudgement makynge no difference of the lordes bodye ♣ ♣ ♣ To serche here more cureouslye theÌ„ the symplenes of the texte wyllyth is abomynable before the lorde ♣ The superstecyousnes is not to be suffred to kepe the breade of the lord in the tabernacles of the faythfull it was not ordayned of the lorde to be kepyd so or borne aboute so poÌ„poslye but that it myght be eaten ⧠✚ ♣ And for that cause lette syncere euaungelystes prouyde that it be not kepyd for that kepynge is besyde the order of god for truly then the breade is to be santyfyed with the worde of god whoÌ„ it is to be taken what houre soeuer it be and what soeuer the heresye of Antychryste hathe otherwyse dyffyned and we saye the same of the cuppe that both must be gyuen to gyther ♣ we do not saye that this table is to be mynystred to chyldren or they that beleue not but vtterlye to all that can beleue in the promyse of god ♣ It is the deuty of byshoppes to order them dylygentlye that they maye knowe what this holy feast is and not to receyue to it all that puttes him selfe to it but theÌ„ whoÌ„ they haue instructe or do not doute to be well instructe ⧠The hye preparacyon is that any man beynge thrystye or hongry go to it .i. that he confesse with al his harte that he hath nede of the grace of god and remissyon of synnes and beleue to goddes promyse that beinge pertaker of this table he shall obteyne hys desyer by the meryte of the passyon of Christ of whoÌ„ this feast is a memorye ⧠Althoughe thys holye feast and also baptysme be moste sure sygnes to the faythful of the grace of god to be hade yet without these sygnes euery faythefull beleuynge the truthe perceyueth the same as apereth in many places of scrypture ☞ ⧠¶ And for that cause it perteyneth to the aboundance of goddes worshype that he hathe put these sygnes to the more copyous coÌ„forte of the faythful of whom I haue spoken more cheflye in the boke of the causes of the blindnes cÌ„ Tracta 5. Capitulo 7. and. 8 ¶ Augustyne and other sayntes and the Mayster of sentences 12. Dystyn 4. do not affyrme thys table to be properly a sacrifyce but so to be called so of some bycause it is a memorye of a sacryfyce ones offeryd on the crosse ¶ But as the memorye of a thinge is not the thynge nor the memorye of golde or a person is not golde or the person soo nor the memorye of the sacryfyce is the sacryfyce ☞ ♣ ⧠♣ It was an execrable faynynge of the deuell to make of thys swetest testament of euerlasting helthe a sacryfyce of the kingdome of Antychryste wherof is spronge vsurye marchandyse fayres and innumerable errores aboute the masse by the whiche innumerable haue peryshed slowe belyes be fatted and sette out ⧠¶ It is laweful no more to the faythfull to sacrefyce Chryste then to kyll hiÌ„ but alonly to worshyppe the memorye of hys deathe in faythe in pertakynge of hys table ☞ ☞ All that nowe the truthe openyd agayne sacryfyce Chryste do alwaye synne moste greuouslye ✚ Therfore yf any man in any place to auoyd the offeÌ„ce of many be coÌ„straynyd to say masse let him leaue out al that that maketh mencyon of a sacryfyce priÌ„cipally the CanoÌ„ except the wordê of buÌ„dictioÌ„ froÌ„ thê place Qui pridie cÌ„ ♣ And let him take hede that neyther for that nor if he haue lefte out any other thynge as the manyple stole c. that he be prykyd in hys conscyence as for one offence knowynge that the faythful is not bounde to the tradycyoÌ„s of men but is free yet because of the weake these outwarde thynges are not in euery place to be lefte out ⧠whiche yf it make agaynste thy conscyence it edefyethe to hell fyer and yf it folowe a wauerynge conscyence synneth lette hym therfore put away thy wauerynge conscyence and for that axe lyghtenynge of the lorde ♣ Neyther for quyke nor for deade it is laweful to offer Chryste neyther in the sacrament nor otherwyse for he hathe offered hym selfe ones for all ☞ All foundacyons of masses yeres myndes cryenge of the quere and all suche that be done in the kyngedome of the pope be hylye abhomynable to god besydes that they be for the more part vsury what so euer the son of perdycyon in a certen wauerynge hathe otherwyse dyffyned a thynge vtterly aduersarye to the worde of god grantyng to hys synagoge Chryst prohybytythe vsury Luke .6 lende one to another trustynge for no auauntage whiche thys man of synne hath made lawefull / and what is it that he dare not dyffyne agaynste the immaculate scriptures of god so that any thyng may come to the tresorye of hê kyngdome ♣ In a dysceytfull spyryte / and doctryne of deuyls / was purgatorye feynyd as many mo were ☞ ⧠⧠✚ Therof hathe the deceyuynge of the worlde cheflye come / and the cursyd fayres of the kingdome of the pope ✚ I praye you let the kyngedome of the pope answere / from what thynges shulde a maÌ„ be purged to be sauyd / not alonlye from synnes ☞ ⧠☜ ✚ But alonly by fayth in Chryst we be purged from them / and iustyfyed / not with fyre / water / sworde / laboure / or any other externe thynge / nor with the prayers of any saynte as I haue proued Luke .1 and Cantico .1 ✚ Althoughe he that is iustyfyed of faythe / workethe many good workes / for faythe hathe her strength by loue Galat. 5. and is neuer seperate from good workes / yf it be true ✚ If by fyer / the prayers of other / any laboure or worke / we be purâ—yd / and iustyfyed /
cÌ„ ⧠☞ That the preceptes of god be inpossible to man this fruyte comyth of it that man knowing it is constreynid to professe that he can do nothyng of hym selfe and to meruell at the depnes of the iudgementes of god ✚ ☞ Of confessyon ☜ THe maner gyuen of scolers for auryculer confessyon is vnprofytable moste vayne inpossyble curyouse and moste dampnable and aduersary to the lawe of god it is so muche lesse that it is of goddê lawe as sophesters lye it is vnprofytable and moste vayne bycause it is without the frute of the spirite lettyng froÌ„ the purenes of faythe inpossible also for innumerable bowes leaues mothers doughters and cyrcumstances which no man althoughe he be lernyd can dilygently obserue muche lesse the vnlernyd It is curiouse also serchynge with a friuolouse care those thynges that be nothyng to the purpose wherby the mynde of him that is confessyd is lette that it can nat ryse with pure faythe in Christe and the same confession is to him moste dampnable for so impure and fylthy thynges be ofte rehersyd in suche confessyons that they corrupte good maners and infecte as well the speker as the herer For what be they but euyll comunicacyon and moste hurtefull iangelyng so muche more horryble that they be admyttyd vnder the colour of mekenes ⧠♣ It is the most coÌ„fussyd maase what so euer the synagoge of the pope hath gyuen of confessyon vnto this daye without the worde of god and of hys owne inuencyon ☞ ♣ ☜ ♣ For by what aucthorite be these iugelars bolde to prescribe to the moste free seruauntes of Christ newe lawes strauÌ„ge froÌ„ the doctryne of mekenes ¶ Trewe and profytable confessyon of siÌ„nes is made foure maner of ways fyrste inwardly to god alone seconde openly when cause requyreth thyrde to him whom thou haste offendyd lest thou defende synne but be reconsylyd to hym in loue of god fourthe to him of whom thou lokyst for the mery worde of the gospell that is the sermon of goddes grace and remyssyon of synnes by Christe and of this laste we speke ⧠✚ ⧠¶ To this thou muste chose a propre confessour whom thou seest able that he can comforte thy spirite with the worde who so euer he be ☞ It is execrable and abhomynable byfore the lorde that a faythfull christyane is bounde to admytte for a confessoure and his pastor marchauntes and rauenynge wolues of the kyngedome of the sonne of perdycyon ☞ Therfore thou comynge to a man myghty in the wysdome and worde of Christe the specyal that same moste hurtfull supputacyon of synnes layde aparte confesse moste purely the to be subiecte to many synnes and therfore to haue nede of the marcye of god ⧠In the begynnyng therfore lette him be the moste meke accuser of hym selfe the seconde let hym beleue stedfastly in the promyse of god that he shall gette the grace of god and remissyon of synnes the thyrde let him beleue that he can haue it nat by hys owne merytê or by the merytes of any saynte ye of the virgyn mary but alonlye by the goodnes and meryttes of Christ for he alone is that lambe that takythe away the siÌ„nes of the worlde the fourthe that by thys fayth he may be made parttaker of this heuenly iusstyce let him ascrybe nothyng to the iustyce of the fleshe but confesse with a pure harte alonly the iustyce of god to be louid serchid for amplectio and hym selfe to haue of hym selfe no iustyce at all and knowledge thys without feyninge the fyfthe lette him seâ—e some faythfull and conynge man that knowythe to gyue counsell of helthe and with the scriptures of god and can make stronge the mynde of the penytent in faythe and if there be nat a man hauyng faythe to do this thynge or he dreadyng him to be vnlawfull or nat hauyng the worde wherby he may comforthe hym in the lorde If there be a faythfull woman in whoÌ„ he knowyth these aforsayde to be to that same faythfull woman ye all though she be ioynyd carnally to hym I saye very nye It is lawfull for him to be coÌ„fessyd generally I say generally that he by no reason count hys synnes lest he infecte the herer for as we haue sayde euyll comunicacyon corruptyth good maners and of a truth that same foule and lycencyouse spekyng of the confessyons of antychristes factyon haue infecte innumerable and haue drawen them to the moste enormouse crymes ♣ Therfore let nothyng be openyd of any man leste that for mannes feynynges doctryne he beseme to dyspyse the thynges of god for god neuer coÌ„mauÌ„dith that what so euer many haue iudgyd in the spirite of errour wonders and many punyshementes be gyuen of certeyne lyers agaynste them that wyll nat nombre all pertyculerly but I haue made open that al these be of the deuyll in the boke of the causes of the blyndenes cÌ„ ⧠The confessyon of synnes that be longeth to outwarde thynges may be on thys maner Brother or syster in Christe I perceyue me ouer throwen with infidelite and innumerable sines the which I coÌ„fesse with all my herte I am very iniuste and full of ifidelite I haue done no good thynge and am an vnprofitable seruande wherof my synnes greatly greue me and I truely knowe that if I couyt to be sauyd I had nede of the mercye of god grace and iustyce therfore I aske of you the worde of the gospell of pease that is to saye remssyyon of my synnes ☞ And let euery faythfull take hede that he say this thyng without any in fidelyte and at the laste lete hym stedfastly beleue that the worde of absolucyon what so euer it be is a sure signe of the grace of god and remyssyon of synnes as he hathe beleued to be giueÌ„ him of the lorde for all the workes of god be in faythe Psalm 32. and euery man taketh so muche as he beleuythe and if he beleue nothyng he receyuith nothynge ☞ ⧠⧠☜ ♣ The forme of absolucyon is free so that it do sygnyfie all synnes to be remyttyd by Christe for this is good I absolue the froÌ„ thy sinnes in the name of the father cÌ„ or alonly in the name of Christ or this I pronounce to the absolucyoÌ„ of all thy siÌ„nes in the name cÌ„ or thus thy synnes are forgyueÌ„ the by Christe or in the name cÌ„ or thus By the name of Christe al thy synnes be forgyuen the. ☞ ⧠♣ ¶ All suche absolucyon is good and to the faythful a sure sygne of grace if he leue out this worde I. It forsyth nat what so euer sophesters dreame ⧠The more pure and symple the absolucyon is the better ☞ All absolucyons of the kyngdome of the pope be wycked patching many thyngê to gyther without frute of the keys of the holy mother the churche of the apostles Peter and Paule of excomunycacyon more and lesse frome pena and culpa ☞ ♣ ⧠⧠An absolucyon ought no
wyse to be made in a tonge vnknowen to the penitente ⧠✚ ♣ ⧠☞ For it is necessary that he vnderstande the worde wherby hys soule is to be comfortyd in the lorde to whom he muste nedes beleue ¶ Of sygnes of grace and remyssoyn of synnes ⧠BAptysme is to the faythefull as loÌ„ge as he lyueth the most surist sygne of grace and remyssyon of siÌ„nes for in al his lyfe he asking that is moste assurid by that signe all though it be receiuyd but ones ⧠For what so euer the faythful takyth as mortyfyeng crusyfyeng quotidiane spoylyng of the olde man be fyguryd in the plongynge out and in the water with the iudgement of the newe man Roma 6. ♣ Another sygne there is the table of the lorde which is to euery maÌ„ receyuyng it in fayth the moste suryst signe of grace and remyssyon of synnes ♣ Thys table is a memory of a sacryfyse ones offerid in the crosse and nat the sacryfyse ¶ For to affyrme that it is a sacryfise and that it shulde be sacryfyed of any man it is execrable wicked and abhomynable byfore the lorde and more of this in another place ♣ The thyrde sygne is the worde spoken of the churche or of any faythful sygnifieng grace and remyssyon of sinnes to be gyuen by him that amendith and asketh it in faythe ⧠These sygnes be the vesselles of grace as manye haue defynyd in the spirite of errour ☞ But sygnes do not brynge grace but the lorde Psalmo 83. It is not gyueÌ„ by signes but by fayth ¶ By fayth we be pertakers of al the gyftes of the holye goste ♣ Also these sygnes without faythe / be nothynge / whiche scolers saye of fayned thynges ☞ ⧠☞ ⧠¶ Paule saythe Ephe. 5. Chryst hath santyfyed his churche made it clene with the lauer of water by his worde verelye it is clensyd with the worde when it beleueth it of the which clensynge the lauer of water is a sygne he sayd not symply it is made clene with the lauer of water but put to by the worde that you maye knowe the makyng clene to be sygnifyed by the lauer ¶ whiche thou haste openly 1. Pe. 3. baptyme hath made vs safe not by the which fylth of the fleshe is put away / but it maketh that a good conscyence answeryth well to god by the resurrectyon of Iesus Chryste ♣ Althoughe that we get by the same alonlye faythe in Chryste grace full remyssyon of all our synnes yet god the hyest and greateste of the aboundance of hys goodnes hathe put to these sygnes to the greatter comforte of the faythefull whether any cases may be reseruyd WHat so euer the man of syn the son of perdycyon the pope with all his kyngdome haue reseruyd and kepte cases hath ben a faynynge of the deuyl so moch more hateful dampnable cursyd as it repugnethe euen contrarye to the eternall scryptures of god ♣ Nothynge at all may be reserued to the faythful that hathe all most plentyfully remytted to hym so that there can be no greater ♣ The church caÌ„ nether lose or bynde but after the worde of god by whoÌ„ she muste be gouerned in all thynge Of satysfaccyon and as they call it inioynynge of penaunce BYcause satysfaccyon for synnes dothe shewe a suffycyencye of deades by whoÌ„ euelles be restored which haue chauÌ„syd iÌ„ those synnes there is no maÌ„ that can outher gyue or do suffycient for theÌ„ it is wekyd that sophysters thynke that we can satysfye for them ¶ For nether with fastynge prayer nor almes or any other worke we be able to satysfye bycause these be not satisfaccions but frutes of true fayth for there is another satysfaccyoÌ„ with out all these ♣ There is one alone ful and true satysfaccyon for the synnes of all the world in whom we must nedes beleue made of the lorde Iesus Chryste ¶ Sines be sayde to be redemed with almes yf it be of fayth for they be redemyd of faythe of the gyuer and not for the almes it selfe ♣ The same iudgement is of fastynge and prayer and of al workes of fayth which be good bycause of true fayth ¶ whiche fayth beynge absent be but mere wekydnes and syn for all that is not of fayth is synne Roma 14. ♣ Of iogelyng spirites and doctryne of deuyls dyd it sprynge that many haue affyrmyd penaunce to be inioynyd ☞ For it can not be inioyned of man but gyueÌ„ of god to the siÌ„ner that he may truly be penytent for his synnes ♣ They call it folyshlye penaunce that these chapleyns haue costomyd to inioyne to him that telleth his synnes ☞ For theyr ought nothynge to be inioyned by cause Chryste is full satysfaccyon for all faythfull ⧠The penytent is to be comfortyd with the worde of god and to be monyshyd to true faythe and the workes of it for as it is sayde what so euer is not of faythe is hypocresye and syn ♣ Not that people shulde be losyd or that he cleuynge to this maner of confessyon shulde styke to vs as the prophetes of antychryste inioyne vs but we haue wrytten so of penaunce that al dreames and lyes of men put away and all crafty conueyance and greate burdens of the kyngedome of antychryste reiecte Chryste and the worde of truthe may reygne in euery place ♣ we haue spoken of penauÌ„ce those that perteyne to the scryptures of god in fewe wordes hauynge no regarde what the wyked synagoge of the kyngdome of antychryste in the spirite of errour hath otherwyse dyffyned for it is necessary for vs to flye his poyson for it can not be that we shal gyue place both to Chryst and Antychrist ♣ The conclusyon THe sum of christyanyte we haue breflye wrytten that is in .385 peradoxes or posycyons that thys boke myght be to bere in the handes of theÌ„ that desyreth it there was .ij. thiÌ„ges that mouyd me cheflye to do it fyrste there be very many that put forthe reprouable peradoxes as there was one Tregaryus by whome they be about to make the symple people straunge from the truth the other is that before the .ix. monethe at the noble cetye of Wetens the companye of antychryste was gatheryd agaynst me which mouyd me to styke vp many posytyons verely I put to them a huÌ„dreth and .xxvi. whoÌ„ I haue nowe increasyd to .385 let theÌ„ answere therfore yf they haue any thynge let not these blynde pharesyes stande iÌ„ theyr owne conceyte and legates and tyrantes of the sonne of perdicyon that for hê decre and lyke preachynge dyd make the noble wytnes of Chryste S Iohan castellane somtyme my welbelouyd brother the laste of all that is the 12. daye of the monethe of Ianuarye Anno. 1525. at Vuy a towne of lotherynge with fyer they made hym a martyr of Chryste but for hiÌ„ god shall fyght agaynste them and for one well rayse a thousande and yf they hade slayne me to Chryst hade vouchsafe thys glorye of martyrdome to me for me ten thousaÌ„de shulde ryse for surely antychryste with all hys kyngedome apostata shall falle to the glorye of the lorde Iesus Chryst and that with spirite of hys mouthe which with the father and the holye goste lyueth one god gloryous for euer more So be it WOo woo be to the thou purple whore / whore of Babylon that loueth the sygne of the rose coloryd beaste and to it empyre thou arte made drunke with the blode of prophetes sayntê and dothe call to the shedynge of the blode of the electe as it were to a feast of deÌ„tyes promysinge to thy assystentes grace and remyssyon of synnes with thy false iogelynge woo I saye to the for thou shalte be dystroyd for with the vyolence of a mylstone throwen into the see thou shalte be sende into the botome of hel and thou shalt be founde no more Apoca. 18. bycause the lorde hathe remembred the blode of hys electe whom thou haste slayne and whom thou hast deceyuyd to establyshe thy lyes and abhomynatyons and hathe alwaye trode vnder fode the veryte of our lorde Iesus Chryste for the which thou shalt be troden downe of it for euermore and the beaste that thou haste worshypped shall peryshe with the. So be it ¶ Let thys be done lorde Iesu come quyckly thy enemyes ouercome and reygne in vs. So be it The ende of thys collectyon of places of scrypture ☞ ⧠☜ ⧠⧠♣ ⧠♣ ☞ ☜