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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73302	The recantation made at Paules Crosse, by William Tedder seminarie priest the first of December, anno. 1588. VVherunto is adioyned: The recantation or abiuration of Anthonie Tyrell, (sometime prieste of the English Colledge in Rome,) pronounced by himselfe at Paules Crosse the next Sunday following, in the same yeere. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.; Coppie of a recantation made at Paules Crosse	Tedder, William.; Tyrrell, Anthony, 1552-1610? aut	1588 (1588)	STC 23859.7; ESTC S124616	11,506	27

the liuing but by the sight of God why so obstinatly they defende this point And nowe whereas before I counted it necessarie conuenient I count it vaine and superfluous and take it for an errour Againe prayer for the deade 6 Prayer for the dead is a point of great Religion amongst them which Article they ground vpon an other no lesse absurde then it selfe and that is Purgatorie which Purgatorie I sée not howe they can defende by Scripture though they séeme contentiously to wrest certaine places of the Scripture from the true meaning of the same vnto theyr owne meaning and all to defende this grosse errour of theirs For they say that those soules that depart out of this life with anie veniall sinne or els with the Reliques of mortall sinne must néedes bee purged after this life before they can come to Heauen This is a grosse error and is taken out of the Poet Virgil for in that place where hee bringeth Anchises to enstruct his Sonne Aeneas of theyr state in hell he speaketh on this sort Quin et supremo cum lumine vita reliquit Non tamen omne malum miseris Aeneid 6. nec funditus omnes Corporea excedunt pestes penitusque necesse est Multa diu concreta modis violescere miris Ergo excutentur paenis veterumque malorum Supplina expendunt aliae pautuntur inanes Suspensae ad uentos aliis sab gurgite vasto Infectum eluitur scelks aut exuritur igni Quisque suos patimur manes exinde per amplum Mittimur Elysium et pauci laeta arua tenemus In English thus And also when the plesant life is gone with gladsome light Yet euery mischiefe from those soules is not departed quite Nor plague of body yet is gone and so it needfull is That many things should them desteine which once haue been amis Therfore they suffer punishment for offences past They haue their meed of blustring winds some feele the bitter blast And some in bottō of a gulfe do wash their faults away And some with flames of scorching fire for passed sins do pay Each one of vs his paine doth feele and then exempt frō paine We walk about these pleasant fields a very little trayne This Article therfore with the rest is superstitious vaine and ridiculous 7. Workes of Supererogation Workes of supererogation as they call them are so vaine and foolish that I meruaile that wysemen at anie time will confesse any such to bee For the holie Scripture sayth that when we haue doone all that we can we must call our selues vnprofitable seruaunts Truelie for my part I knowe not why they should so bind God vnto our works that if wée doo them he cannot choose but saue vs. For all that we can doo commeth from God and we are bound to followe and accept of the good inspirations of him But this worde Supererogation dooth signifie that the worke which we doo is more then we are bound to doo which taketh awaie the grace of God as the Pelagean dooth and fortifieth our fréewill so much as though it had neuer béen lost But truely I think and beléeue our Fréewill to be so wounded that not onely it is not able to doo more thē we ought but also it can not performe that which we ought to doo Let them of the aduersary part contend and wrangle neuer so much to the contrarie The grounde of thys their vngrounded doctrine Luk. 10. is taken out of the Parable of the Samaritane which tooke compassion vpon him who discending from Ierusalem to Iericho was wounded by Théeues For paying the Hoste of the house for his charges he told him that whatsoeuer he laid out more thē he had giuen him at his return he would pay him againe Yet consider they not that in that Parable our Sauiour exhorteth vs to mutuall loue neighbourly charitie and that euery man is bounde to doo good vnto his neighbour in time of néede They denie that faith is sufficient to iustifie vs in Gods sight without our owne merits 8 Good woorkes contrary to the doctrine of the Apostle in his Epistles to the Romaines and Galathians For good works are indeede required at our handes not as the cause but as the effect of our iustification And for this cause workes are required at our hands to be a testimonie of our Faith and a cause that other men may giue the glorie vnto God for our Sauiour saith Math. 5. Sic luceat lux vestra coram hominibus vt videant opera vestra bona et glorificent Patrem vestrum qui est in caelis So let your light shyne before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heauen Then is it consequent that our iustificatiō commeth no waies of our selues but onely by faith in Christ Iesus After this followeth a most ridiculous doctrine 9 Indulgences and pardons of the Popes Indulgences and pardons wherein he dooth most insolently arrogate to himself the dispensations of Christ his passion applying that to the forgiuenes of sins the forme of which hath an arrogant kind of spéech as thus If a man fast one Friday with bread and water he shal haue plenarie indulgence and if he fast so on another day his pardon shal be limitted for certaine yéeres as 10000. c. or some such like or els a pena et culpa I alwaies thought these trifles vaine but now I sée the blasphemie of them For it is scant possible to get these great Indulgences but by wearing a paire of Beades or a Graine Medall Crucifixe Picture Agnus Dei or such like tromperie It would be too tedious to set downe the manifold kinds of these Indulgences which al tend to one ende that is to the lessening of the vertue of Christ his passion 10 Images Exo. 20. The seconde commaundement plainly forbiddeth vs to make or to haue any grauen Image or the likenes of any thing to worship it But the aduersarie excommunicateth them that denie the necessitie of Images in Churches as it is to be séene in dyuers of their Counsels For say they it is lawfull not onlie to retaine them but also to worship thē The which if it be not against the seconde commaundement let them looke vnto it I for mine owne part doo sée it and am ashamed that euer I was so blockish as to thinke a block or a stone to bee necessarie or godlie I thought it so once but nowe I cannot be so perswaded For he that hath any reason in him to discourse or sence to perceiue cannot be so void of reason or so sencelesse as to exhibit honor or reuerence to a senclesse Image when the same Image if it had sence would not onely refuse that worship but also would willingly fall downe to worship or adore the workman that made it 11 Communion in both kinds They hold and defend that the Laye people may not receiue the Communion vnder both