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A13565	The recantations as they were seuerallie pronounced by VVylliam Tedder and Anthony Tyrrell (sometime two seminarie priests of the English Colledge in Rome and nowe by the great mercie of almightie God conuerted, vnto the profession of the Gospell of Iesus Christ) at Paules Crosse, the day and yeere as is mentioned in their seuerall tytles of theyr recantations vvith an epistle dedicatorie vnto Her Maiestie and their seuerall præfaces vnto the reader, contayning the causes that mooued them to the same.	Tedder, William.; Tyrrell, Anthony, 1552-1610? Recantation or abjuration of Anthonie Tyrrell.	1588 (1588)	STC 23859.3; ESTC S4937	25,091	50

to lette you vnderstand that the chéefest cause as néere as I can coniecture was the wonderfull prouidence of almighty GOD who suffered mee to fall into the profound depth of all iniquitie that the bottomles depth of my extreame miserie might call and cry for succor and helpe vnto the bottomlesse depth of Gods infinit mercie and that out of that huge heape and masse of sinne shame and confusion wherein most miserablie I had enwrapped my selfe he might pick out matter for to set foorth the honor and glory of his holy name For such is the goodnes of almightie God that he suffereth no euill so great to be committed but that hee worketh out some great goodnes of the same eyther in shewing his iust iudgment and iustice in the punishing of sinne or his excéeding mercie and clemencie in the pardoning of sinne or his omnipotent power that he alone out of such euill causes is able to produce these notable and good effects Perhaps also he would that I should be an example vnto other men of his iustice and of his mercie of his iustice that no man presume of his owne power and strength least that he fal as miserably as I haue doone of his mercie that no man dispayre bee hys offences neuer so gréeuous and manie for were hee drowned and dead in sinne GOD is able to reuiue him againe as hee hath doone me whose name bee praysed for euermore Let me yet if you please adde another cause which more properlie concerneth my selfe which was mine owne peruerse and corrupt affection For béeing by the great mercie of almightie God safely brought out of Sodome and that mine eyes were opened that I did behold sée the manie deformities of the Church of Rome yet corrupt affection brought mee to gyue eare vnto false perswasiō and false perswasion made me most miserablie with Lots wife to looke backe againe For hauing béene brought vp all the dayes of my life in Papistrie and trained in the Schooles of the Papists whereby my knowledge was greatlie peruerted with the groundes of their Religion it could not be but that I must néedes bee infected with a great contagion and according vnto the saying of the Poet Quo semel est imbuta recens Horat. seruabit odorem testa diu With what liquor a new vessell first is seasoned of the same it will haue a taste a long time after So my vessell hauing in mine infancie euen to these late yéeres béene filled with no other liquor then that I had drunke out of the Church of Rome I was the more easily corrupted when I did fall into the companie of Papists againe And not beeing so thankfull vnto almighty GOD for the benefite of his grace as I should nor so carefull to conserue my selfe from the danger of sinne out of one sin GOD suffered me to fall into another insomuch as peccatum for the most part est causa et paena alterius peccati one sin is the cause and punishment of another and beeing fallen into an extreame obstinacie with what furious madnes I came hether vnto the Crosse it is not vnknowne howe héere I behaued my selfe there were many eye witnesses from hence I was carried vnto Newgate where I gloried in that I had doone from thence vnto the Counter in Woodstréet where I remained twentie foure wéekes close prysoner in that obstinacie that no perswasion or good entreatie could conuert me in so much as if in all that time I had béene called vnto my tryall as many of my qualitie and condition haue béene I thinke verilie that I had ended my life as obstinatlie as any of them Sed nouit Dominus qui sunt eius GOD knoweth who are his chosen and whome God hath determined to saue no man can take from him Behold I was during the time of mine imprysonment visited by the hand of God with an extreame sicknes I languished of the infirmitie vnto the verie death for so manie as did beholde me in my greate maladie thought that I shoulde neuer haue escaped with life at that time I hadde all the consolations and comforts that Papists could yéeld mee and some that shal be nameles comforted me with the Popes pardons Indulgences saying that I was a happy man and that my name should be memorable among the Papists when I were dead and gone But all these consolations at that time coulde nothing at all comfort mee I remembred what was written Maledictus homo qui confidit in homine Cursed is hee that putteth his trust in man and hath not his confidence in God alone It pleased the Lorde to touch me with remorse I lifted vp my soule vnto Iesus Christ the Sauiour of mankind I cried with the Prophet Dauid Peccaui and behold Transtulit Dominus peccatum meum God hath pardoned forgiuen me my sinne and therefore I may verie well conclude with the Prophet and say A Domino factum est istud et est mirabile in oculis nostris Thys is the Lords dooing and it is meruailous in our eyes Thus haue you hearde a breefe confession of my fault the causes of my fall and the wonderfull mercy of almightie God in raysing me vp againe May it please you with the like patience to fauoure mee in hearing of the rest and I shall dispatch it with al the breuitie that I can And first of all as touching mine errours that I haue to renownce I must confesse that I did neuer holde any in perticuler but those generall groundes of false doctrine which all Papists for the most parte doo holde which for that they are many and almoste innumerable I knowe not better where I may begin then by setting the Axe vnto the roote of the Trée that euery Tree that bringeth not foorth good fruite together with the body and braunches may bee hewen downe The Trée of all iniquitie is the Pope the roote from whence springeth all false doctrine heresie and sedition is his vsurped Primacie For whilst hee may gouerne like a God vppon earth hee forgetteth ●hat there is any God in heauen Hys pryde in thys ●oint is too intollerable for he clymeth with Lucifer aboue the Heauens insomuch as the saying of the Prophet Esay may very well bee applyed vnto hym which although it be meant of Nabuchodonozor yet is it not vnproperly applyed vnto this his Cosen Germaine the wordes are these Ascendam super altitudinem nubium et similis ero altissimo I will ascende aboue the height of the Clowdes and I will bee like vnto the most highest Who ascendeth aboue the Clowdes if not the Pope who extendeth his authoritie aboue the Heauens Dooth not hee alone canonize Saints Doth not he alone make Martyrs bee they neuer so rancke and wicked Traytors He maketh himselfe coequall with GOD in forgiuing and pardoning of sinne hee alone hath power and authority to censure the holy Scriptures for they are not Canonicall without his making they may haue no other interpretation but of

compared with the cause of my returning againe are of no force at all because they were foolish and of men the other was onelie of God whose thoughts are not as the thoughts of men The first of these causes which turned me so farre from the waie was the great delight that I had in the studie of Naturall Philosophie And in this point I was perswaded that I shoulde more profit in the partes beyond the Seas then here at home in mine owne natiue Countrey and therefore partlie by the instigation of my Father and partlie for the desyre that I had to sée forraine Countries and most of all for the loue that I bare vnto the studie of Philosophie I repaired vnto the Countries beyond the Seas little considering the daungers that might ensue thereof as the displeasure of God the displeasure of my gracious Prince and the offence of all my Countreymen The second cause was the feare of worldly shame and tēporall discredite for I feared that then which I finde nowe to bee true which is that they which were once my fréendes would become my mortall enemies which by experience I know I did not consider then Luk. 12. or els I cared not for that sentence of our Sauiour Euery one that confesseth me before men the sonne of man shall confesse him before the Angels of God And hee that denyeth mee before men hee also shal be denied before the Angels of GOD. This was the cause that made mee to take a preposterous waie turning all things to mine own credit when I should haue turned them to the glorie of almightie God Matt. 6 for our Sauiour saith First seeke the kingdome of God and the righteousnes of the same and all other things shal be giuen vnto you Thus thinking to get credit by mine obstinacie I did loose the fauour of God the loue of my Soueraigne the Quéenes most excellent Maiestie and the good will of all true subiects which I hope to recouer againe by this my frée Recantation and my further conuersation from henceforth in my Countrey The third cause was the tickling of vaine glorie and this cause I am sure doth detaine most of the contrarie side in their peruerse obstinacie howsoeuer they bragge that they séeke nothing by their dealings but the glorie of God For I was not mooued a little to submitt my selfe to her Maiesties mercie and to embrace the knowledge of the true fayth seeing the wicked counsell and deuillish deuises of the Pope and his Children against the Quéenes most excellent Maiestie and our most déere Countrey Which counsels I thought they woulde neuer haue put in execution But when I saw that great practise come to passe I meane the inuasion of this Land God so moouing me as héereafter I will manifest I thought vtterlie to forsake them although couertlye for vaine gloryes sake I continued a while amongst them I thought it then a goodly thing and woorthy of commendation for mee to defend an euill cause by probable reasons Yet I knew it was an hard thing for Anaxagoras to prooue that Snowe was blacke or yncke white 1. Cor. 1. and for me to prooue light to be darknes or darknes to be light For it is written I wyll destroy the wisedome of the wise and cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent But now séeing it hath pleased almighty God to call me to the knowledge of his trueth 2. Cor. 1● in detestation of this vaine glorie I will saie with the Apostle Si gloriari oportet quae infirmitatis meae sunt gloriabo● that is If I must needes boast I will boast in mine infyrmitie 2. Cor. 12 And againe Libenter gloriabor in infirmitatibus meis vt inhabitet in me virtus Christi that is I wyll gladlie boast in mine infirmities that the power of Christ may dwell within me Thus haue I bréefely declared the causes which draue me out of the waie and caused me to delight in vanities and follow lyes so long Psal 4. that if Gods grace had not béene I had béen cléene cast awaie But now I saie againe Impulsus euersus sum vt caderem et dominus suscepit me Psal 118 I was sore shaken that I was like to fall but the Lorde hath vpholden mee But héere you will aske mee the cause of so suddaine a change I aunswere that I knowe no other but the grace of almightie GOD the which worketh when and as it pleaseth him This grace haue I often refused for the causes before alledged me thought I heard him saie vnto me dailie Ecce sto ad ostium et pulso Apo. 3. Behold I stand knocking at thy dores Yet was I not ashamed to thrust him out and to let in his aduersarie the deuill I hearde him cry within mée Cant. 5. Aperi mihi soror mea amica mea Columba mea immaculata mea caput meum plenum est rore et cincinni mei guttis noctium Opē vnto me my sister my friend my Doue my vnspotted my head is full of dew and my locks with the droppes of the night I heard him giue me these louing titles but I refused him gaue him this aunswer Ibidem Expoliani me tunica mea quomodo induar illa Laui pedes meos quomodo coinquinabo illos I haue put off my coate howe shall I put it on again I haue washed my feete howe shall I defile them againe Thus continued I vntill hee by his grace so swéetly and forcibly preuented me that whether I would or not at length hee compelled my revellious wyll to obey So that I which once did so little account of the true and auncient faith that I counted it for an heresie now I sée euidentlie that without the same there is no waie to saluation Therefore if euer you pittied anie mans case I beséeth you haue compassyon vpon mine considering that it is a thing incident to mās nature to erre and to sin but to continue and persist in it is the parte of the deuill I freelie doo confesse acknowledge that I haue sinned against God my Prince Gen. 6. and my Countrey as a man whose nature is prone the thoughts of whose hart is alwaies bent to mischiefe I persisted in mine errours a long time as one that followed the suggestions of the Serpent rather then the inspirations of the spirit of God But by his motion I am returned againe to the shéepfold of Christ Wherfore I request you all for the tender mercies of God that you would receiue mee that returne againe following the steps of our Sauiour Luk. 15 who disdained not to receiue Publicans and sinners who left 99. shéepe in the wildernes and went to séeke one that was lost I haue béen like the prodigall Son which loosely and want onlie spent his portion in ryot luste and was compelled to eate such meate as the Hogges did All this haue I doone I haue spent that Talent which God gaue me