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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04328	An apologie for Iohn Wickliffe shewing his conformitie with the now Church of England; with answere to such slaunderous obiections, as haue beene lately vrged against him by Father Parsons, the apologists, and others. Collected chiefly out of diuerse works of his in written hand, by Gods especiall providence remaining in the publike library at Oxford, of the honorable foundation of Sr. Thomas Bodley Knight: by Thomas James keeper of the same.	James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.; Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.	1608 (1608)	STC 14445; ESTC S108215	68,345	90

truly to see his Lawes executed and iustice d Kings are bound to see their Subiects haue right De fundam LeguÌ„ Anglioe l. c. 36 sincerely administred and if he happen to be defectiue in his duty by suffering the sword of iustice to rust in the scabbard and his people to perish for want of gouernment then he telleth him that he is not properly and truly a king that is e Perdens nomen officij ordinis in effectu lb. pag. 513. in effect and operation which words are spokeÌ„ by way of exhortation but so farre was he from f This crime of rebellion and treason was obiected vnto him in his life time De Ver. Scrip pag. 179. p. 570. which he answereth very fully lb. mutinie himselfe or perswading others to rebellion that I dare bee bolde to speake it that neuer any man of his ranke for the times wherein he liued did more stoutly and valiantly g His maine argument is out of the common Law of this land quia a liter non haberent Reges in Regnis suis plenae pacis custodiam maintaine the kings Supremacie in all causes as wel as ouer al parsons Ecclesiastical and ciuil against al vsurped Primacie and forraine Iurisdictions and his maine reason was this to omit al others else h The King should â—ot be able to doe right to his subiects De fundam legum Angliae l. c. 36. He writes directly and plainly against those th at saie Rex Angliae non est Rex totius Angliae sed Regulus paruae partis super residuum vero mortificatum est Papa Dominus veruntamen non disputandum inquiunt de ista materia quousqueâ—uerit in effectu potentius stabilita sed toleâ—â—ndae sunt iniuriae Dominorum Secularium quovsque arisent opportunitas temporis â—b pag. 424. This he takes to be treason and against this he writes he should not be King ouer al England but regulus parua partis a pettie gouernour of some small parts of the Realme And as touching his i He noted theÌ„ of Treason in many points for giuing our gold to Alâ—eÌ„s and â—omtimes our enimies for enabling the Pope to fight with the King with his owneâ— money diâ—abling the King by â—eseruations prouisions dispensations Collations preseÌ„tations of so many barbarous â—ud e' vnlettered straingers who neuer saw ne came to see their parishioners finally by threatning the King that if they might not haue what they would they would goe out of the land come againe with bright heads And as he'saies looke whether this be treason or no Contra Frat. mend Cap. 27. pag. 45. pag 358. rebellious followers mutinous k He that set the writing vpon the dâ—re at Paules was one walter Disse a Friar Carmelite therin he shewed the abhominable liues of Sodomittie treason aâ—d murders of the Friars he had preached the same before in London and was readie to iustiâ—ie his accusation and therfore I see little reason whie it should be caled a Libel Waâ—sg pag. 358. Libellers if euer there were any such as the Apologists recite out of Stowes Walsingham I trust it is not imagined or looked for that he should be better attended on theÌ„ Christ was which had followers of al sorts soÌ„e which followed him for bread some to see the miracles that he did some to take him in his words and so it might fare with VVickliffe and his schollers But if I be not deceiued the matter of rebellion sedition is wholly mistaken and wrongfully imputed to l Walsingham recitans opiniones haereâ—icas lo. Ball doâ— uit inquit peruerâ—a dâ—gmata peâ—fidi lo. Wicklâ—ffe pag 292. See the Catholike diuâ—ne in his pretended answere to S Ed. Cook pag. 308. Iohn VVickliffe out of whose works I speake of as many as haue yet come vnto my hands though you rack them to the worst there is not so much as the least suspition to be drawne of words tending to disloialty but I read in m Froissard vol. 2 pag. 80 Y estoit vngfol prestre de la Conte de kent quâ—â— appelloit tehan â—alle pour les folles parolles â—l auoâ—â— este mys en pâ—â—'on devers l' larceuâ—â—que de Cantorbie pâ—r â—rois fois lb. estoient bien soixante mâ—lle avoientvng Souuerain Capitaine quiâ— appelloit Watre Tâ—llier auecques luy estoient de sa compaignie Iaques Straw Iehan Balle lb. p. 80. Fraissard of one Iohn Ball one of Bals Priests for ought that I know who drew multitudes of people after him was the chiefe cause of that great rebellion of the Commons vnder the coÌ„duct of VVat Tyler and Iacke Straw which n Il-preschoit leur disoit Bonnes gens les choses ne peuuent pas bien aler â— n Angleterre ne yront iusques a tant que biens yront tout dâ— commun quil ne sera ne villains ne gentilâ— hommes que nous soioâ—s tous vniz que les Seigneurs ne soient plus grans maistres que nous c. lb. Lan â—il trois cens quatre xx sept lb. taught this doctrine to condemne al Laws despise the Cleargie and to rebell against there Soveraigne because there was an equalitie of al men and communion of al things which is pure Anabaptisme or Diabolisme rather and because he liued about the time of VVickliffe therefore this foule and monstrous heresie is by a malitious kinde of o Vide Tho. Walsingham pag 29â— mistaking laid to VVickliffes charge which was as p lo Ball seditionem excitat ad wickliffianorum inuidiam ex illa secta proditione prodijsse quidam fingunt falso equidem ignoranter-Tunc sparsa Wicklefi doctrina-sed vt in omni nouitate ac mutatione fierisolet atque hoâ—iernis temporibus factitatum est nuÌ„ciata luce Euangelij libertate Christiana insana plebs scelerum impunitatem omnium in Ecclesia atque Rep ordinum perâ—urbationem sperat Auctor Antiq Britannicarum pag. 2â—9 far from preaching anie such doctrine as they â— are froÌ„ any truth sincerity or ingenuity that affirme it as hath beene obserued by one very iudicious in collecting the Antiquities of our Land The 7. Obiection Apol. Tract 2. Cap. 2. p. 108. He was more giuen to scoffing and prating then became a sober Diuine The Answere This fault was obiected vnto him in his life time whervnto heshapeth this modest most ChristiaÌ„ answere q Testis sit mihi Deus ego principaliter intendo honorem Dei vtilitatem Ecclesiae ex veneratione Scripturae ex obseruantia Legis Christi quod si surrepserit cum ista intentione sinistra intentiovanâ—e gloriae questus seculi et zeli vindictâ—e ego de hâ—c dâ—leo per dei gratiaÌ„ praecauebo De Ver. Scr. p. 145. God is my witnesse that I principally intende his glory and the weale of the Church by seeking to honor the Scripture and obserue Christs

free-hold to the great confusion of Parsons and al that wrangling Sect I doubt not but to demonstrate this point very cleerely vnto you that VVickliffe was as earnest for the maintenance of the Cleargie and as bitter an inveigher against al c Scribit contra auferentes predia Ecclesijssiue Reges siue alios excipiuÌ„tur tamen pie auferentes a malis De Ver Scrip p. 445. Simoniacal Lay-Patrons or Temporall Lords detaining the right of the Church as anie of them d Ad Parochianos pertinet in saluâ—em animae Decimas ac oblationes idoneo ministrare De Vet. Scrip. pag 435. that hee tels theÌ„ in expresse wordes that it is in Salutem animâ— it is as much as their soule is worth to paye their Tithes duly and truely vnto the Parson and that in case the people standing as they doe to this day in many places too ill affected vnto the Ministery should either at their pleasure or vpon displeasureâ— with dâ—aw there e Oportet Sacerdotâ—s Chri sti subtrahere verbum Dei ab indispositis 2. si populus fuerit sic obstinatus inobediens S. matriEccle siae quod prohibeat vel noÌ„ ministret vitae necessaria suo Euangelistae De. Ver. Scr. pag. 435. temporal almes he may with draw his spiritual alms from them But perhaps you will replie say Tythes are indeede to be paide vnto good Ministers and preachers but what shal we pay them vnto one that wee know to be a lewd companion a verie varlet an open drunkard adulterer or Fornicator or a murderer of mens soules aswel as of their bodies Yes verily in VVicklâ—ffes iudgement f Proposito qnod sit fornicator vel alio notoâ—io crimine irretitus De Ver. Scrip. p. 413. vnlesse the fact be very notorious indeed such g lb. pag. 420. as the people know per iudicâ—um operationis by their liues and manners h Laici non debent iudicare de vita vel opere praelatorum hoc praelatorum est lb. pag. 420. for it is not for them otherwise to iudge their Minister they haue not iudicium Iurisdictionis and although they may iudge their liues yet they maâ—e not in any sort take away the Tythes quite and cleaâ—e from the Church but i It is lawful to parishioners to withhold their Tithes for open for nication of their Curate and turne theÌ„ into better vse In suppl ad parl p. 14. His meaning is this as hee interpreteâ—h him self in the same place that if the Priest be reproued of God for his sinnes that is for great and open sinnes he should be put out of his office the Sacrifices shoulden not be youen to him but taken fro him as God commandeth fro the high Priests Hely a nother true man walking in Gods waies as did Samuel should be ordained to receaueâ—such Sacrifices lb p. 12. sequester theÌ„ as it were for the next Incumbent in this wise The partie delinquent is either so vitious a man of life or doctrine as that there is no hope of his amendmeÌ„t or els hee hath coÌ„mitted some such fact as wilful murder or Treason whereby he is ip so facto depriuable in Law or finallie he is one that seemes to bee corrigible the two former are to be remoued or degraded the ministerie the later sort of offenders are thus to bee proceeded against k Laici tenentur Praelaâ—o prodere Clericum taliter criminosum De Verit. Scrip. pag. 428. coÌ„plaint must be made vnto the Ordinarie after he hath been l Rectâ—tes Ecclesiae non sunt statim iudicandi lb. pag. 430. three times charitably informed and admonished of his fault by the Parishioners and m Deficiente correctione Praelati â—b pag. 430. there followes no amendment if the Ordinarie refuse to punish or winke at his offences so scandalous vnto the Church of God the n Mandentuâ— Episcopo castig andi lb. pag. 453. Bishoppe of the Diocesse must be informed thereof or if he refuse to giue satisfactioÌ„ vnto the Parishioners the Archbishop must be interested in the cause and if o Nusquam foret necesse Laicos Clerum corripere si praelati plenÃ¨ corriperent se suos secuÌ„dum regulam Scripturae De Verit. Scrip. pag. 456. neither Ordinarie Bishop nor Archbishop will right them then maie the p Ad sustinendum istam legem Ecclefiae ordinantur Reges potentes in Saâ—culo vt deficiente Clero ab eius completione suppleatur per-brachium saeculare lb. p. 4â—9 king by his royall auctoritie either in person or by his Temporal Officers and Ministers heare q ExaminatioÌ„ of abilitie and not abilitie being not taken from the ordinarie -It shal be iudged by the Kings Lawe when a benefice shal be said void and when not The King is Patron ParamoÌ„t of al the benefices within the Realme he is bound to see his subiects haue right in that behalfe within the Realme and that in that case from him lieth no appeale De fundam Legum Angliae 1. c. 36. determine the offence though the offence be of that nature that it properly belong vnto their conusance by r Reges nedum habcnt capitale dominium super bona Pseudocler sed super corpus quia aliter non foret talis eius homo ligeus lb. pag. 453. Debent punire tales notorios tanquam laicos vel amplius-aliter non haberent Reges in Regnis suis plenae pacis custodiaÌ„ lb. pag. 453. els the King should not be able to doe right to his subiects De fundam leg pag 125. punishing the offender either in bodie or goods But as VVickliffe saith the s Auâ—erre a Clerico bo na fortunae est paena mitissima punire per charitatem per ablationem temporalium vel dignitatis officij est puniâ—e misericor diter citra dignum De Ver. Scr. pag. 430. mildest course is by taking awaie the tithes from him not froÌ„ the Church for that were against his owne rule because t â—b pag. 415. Decimae praedâ—ales non debent subtrahi cum ad Ecclesiam pertineant in cuius damnum factum praepositi noÌ„ redundat lest many good Ministers should be punished for one lewd Clergie mans fault And this the u The Kings Regaltie askes by old statute that the King may in many in case take Temporalties fro Clarkscontra Frat mend pag. 49. King may doe ashe proueth very stronglie out of all the uu Patet in Sciptura quomodo Domini Temporales habent potestatem ad rectifican dum Sacerdotium-quia sapiens Salomon cum Sacerdote a Deo constituâ—o ad regni sui stabilimentum laudabiliâ—er ita fecit multo magis in Nouo Testamento de Sacerdotibus Caesareis Quoâ— Reges Principes ad cause Regnorum gubernacula ditaueruÌ„t quia principum est curare vâ— omnes Sacerdotes sua â—fficia exequantur-secundum Leges Regni Iuris Ciuilis Canonici alias rei De Ver Scrip. pag.

469. lawes that are and by the example of the wisest king that euer rained Now because there caÌ„ be no smoke without some fire I wil in a word or two informe you of the grouÌ„d of this their accusation how they were misled or VVickliffe mistaken in this point and so dismisse our aged Father Parsons with his threefolde or rather manifold peruersions VVickliffe in all his bookes and treatises doth euerie where commend a kind of x Ad hoc vadit tota mea â—enteÌ„tia quaÌ„ impugnant vt viz. Cleâ—ici sint pauperes in facto vâ—lin animo vel vtrinqueâ— omnino quod caueaâ— ab auaritia fastu seculi cum alijs malitijs quae sequuÌ„tur De Ver. Scrip pag. 570. Qui perfecte linquunt omnia iudicabunt mundum lb. pag. 512. De. mundi conteÌ„ptu pauper tate Euangelica lb. p 196. Evangelicall pouertie perswading Cleargie men to renounce the vaine pompe and glorie of the world and to lead if it were possible an Apostolical or Evangelical life to be coÌ„tent or y CoÌ„tra frat mend pag. paide if we han lif elode to be hiled with that is with food and raiment this estate to Priest in those daies vnmarried he z Status pauperiei â—st status perfectissimus viatori InExpos Decal pagâ— 50. Creuit Eccle sia magis secundum pauperem statum De Verit. Script pag. 465. commeÌ„deth as the better yet he approued wel enough of vsing the things of this world and he himselfe enioied Tythes went a De Verit. Scrip. p 192. Inter alia peccata de quibus timeâ— hoc est vnum praeâ—puum quod consumendo in excessiuo victu vestitu bona pauperum deficio dandum exemplum alijs lb. Quod aut coÌ„ munem vitam viuendo frequenter auide lauâ—e manduco dolenter profiteor cum si illud hypocâ—itice simulate volueâ—e testarentur contra me socij commensales lb. well apparelled and kept a good table of that which was his owne For I read not of anie great gifts that he had giuen him of anie man Temporal Lord State or Potentate Perhaps being so wel acquainted with the Common Lawyers he was the likelier to keepe his own So that to conclude this point he did not b Amor temporalium remouendus De Ver Scr. p. 462. Omnia mala introductâ— in Ecclesiam per affectionem inordinatam temporalium â—n Expos. Decal pag. 150. Omnes homines debent praecise secundum mensuram illam vti bonis temporalibus secundum quam promouent ad aeterna De Ver Scrip. pag. 450. actually debar Ministers from hauing but from ouer much affecting the things of this world which were to be renounced per cogitationem affectum in minde and affection and so forsooth for vrging this doctrine and taxing there abuses he was c Accusantes pseudo Sacerdotes statim censenâ—ur hostes EcclesiaeDe Verit. Scrip. pag. 460. thought to bee a sore enemie to all the Cleargie and a sharpe inuaier against Tithes And thus much shall suffice for an answere vnto all indifferent Parsons concerning Father Parsons lewd and frivolous obiections it remaineth that we proceede to discusse and examine our Apologists reasons vvhich may seeme to some men more forcible because there proofes are fetched from our own writers for the most part for that which is alleadged as out of VVickliffes works I do shrewdly suspect to be verbatim taken out of VValdeÌ„ d See both their Prefaces and Protestations you shal finde theÌ„ alike true which is as true in his reports of VVickliffe as Nicephâ—rus Callistus is in his Ecclesiasticall stories both of them professe great sinceritie in words yet in deed haue neither truth nor honestie in their words The 1. Obiection of the Apologists Apol. Tr. 2. Cap. 2. p. 106. HE seemed to contemne all Temporal goods for the loue of eternal riches adioined himselfe to the Begging Fryars approuing their pouertie and extolling their perfection The Answere HE did not only seeme but in effect as farre forth aâ— became a sanctified and regenerate man did e Certus suÌ„ si vixero in confessione â—oruÌ„ vsque ad morteÌ„ habeam coÌ„ summataÌ„ con uersationem correspondeÌ„tem quod relinquam mun dum vel temporalia per carnis muÌ„ di crucifixionem De Ver. Scrip. p. 188. coÌ„temne all Temporall goods and that for the only loue of eternal riches This is a grieuous imputation or rather commendation if you consider the duty of f Nemo excusatur ab hac paupertate De Ver. Scrip. pag. 516. everie good Christian and the holy profession which he makes in Baptisme For saie VVickliffe perswaded al other men to be as himselfe was that did neither g He is most to praise that least setteth by this worlde and perfectliest loueth heauen De. Ver. Scrip. pag. 346. set nor settle his affections vpoÌ„ ' the world which preached against Couetousnes because he had heard S. Paul call it Idolatrie against an inordinate and preposterous affection of the temporal things of this life because the Fathers and Scripture are against it what of al this How many Sermons Epistles ' and Postels of Jesuites and Friars are extant which doe commend the same doctrine vnto vsâ— with exquisite and emphaticall perswasions allusions and amplifications So that hitherto we see there is no harme done That which follows out of Stow the old that he adioined himselfe to the Begging Fryars is taken out of WalsinghaÌ„ which was Stowes Auctour and VVickliffes too great enemie to be beleeued Master Stow not to defraud him of his iust praise was a paineful Citizen by trade a Taylour by his industrie a Chronicler so well minded to the publike good that for fault of better writers he tooke vpoÌ„ him at the first to record such things as happened in that Metropolis and chiefe Cittie and being somewhat encouraged in his labour hee tooke vpon him to deduce the Historie of the whole Island from the first beginning and to contract al our stories into one smal volume But here his learning failed him for being not able h M. Io. Stow a paineful writer but not so iudicious for want of the knowledge of the Latine tong wherof he was vtterly ignorant as himselfe ingenuously professed vntome and therfore was compeled to haue his latine bookes translated for him to his exceeding great cost and charges the greater was his coÌ„mendations to vnderstand his Auctors how should he iudge them And not iudging them how could he write or cite anie thing out of them iudicioussie pertinentlie and as became an Historian I spare to speake what I know concerning his books his reuerend old age and incredible zeale to the common good shal be to me insteed of so many garments to couer his historicall imperfections But to come to the point thus our Apologists do reason Master Stow out of his traÌ„slated WalsinghaÌ„ saies that VVickliffe was of the order of the Begging Friars

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