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A68098	A pleasant dialogue, betweene a souldior of Barwicke, and an English chaplaine Wherein are largely handled & laide open, such reasons as are brought in for maintenaunce of popishe traditions in our Eng. church. Also is collected, as in a short table, 120. particular corruptions yet remaining in our saide church, with sundrie other matters, necessary to be knowen of all persons. Togither with a letter of the same author, placed before this booke, in vvay of a preface.	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.	1581 (1581)	STC 11888; ESTC S109674	76,666	200

to bring Christian men into bondage that they may not refuse such thinges as are against their conscience Fourthlie if they giue any offence In the which foure things against these garmentes we may take exceptions And for these and such like causes the Apostles forbadde both Iewes and Gentiles euen all the Christians things offered vnto Idolles in their firste Decrees to teach by theyr factes and deedes the same that they had spoken in wordes that the Idolles and al that to them belonged ought to be abhorred of all true Christians And therefore in the same place it is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the filthines of Idolles Bern. Paule giueth leaue to eate y e meate offered vnto Idolles afterwarde Mil. Yea after this there arose a doubte amongest the brethren whether they might eate such fleshe as was solde in the market and so eaten at the tables amongest other meates vnknowne to haue come from anie Idole Which was a farre other thing than the vsing of these thinges about the Sacramentes To this the Apostle aunswereth that as the earth and all that therein is belongeth to the Lord so may man vse al meates creatures receiuing them w t thankes giuing at the Lordes hande to his glorie without anie further care whēce they come so that none be thereby offended But if any man do tell thee that it is a thing once dedicate to the Idolles thou mayest not vse it And hereby it appeareth that the creatures though they haue bin abused that beare no name nor forme of any abuse neither giue offence by the vsing of thē may be reteined But if they haue the forme shewe or name of things Idolatrous they are to be abhorred for two causes The one least we should seeme to haue any part or communion with the Idolaters which were against the glorie of our God The other least the weake brother be boldened to vse the thinges sacrificed to Idolles And so thy weake Brother perishe thorowe thy knowledge for whome Christ died Thus may we note two sortes of Idolothites or things belōging to Idolls Some haue their names and formes chaunged frō common vsage and so by forme name do retaine the memoriall of the idolles whose names and memorie God will haue to be abolished Such are properlie called the monumēts of Idolatrie These ought by Gods lawe and mans lawe here in Englande to be done awaye or with dishonor at te least to be defaced The seconde are such as neither are altered in forme nor name the whiche may still be vsed as the flesh solde in the market and eaten at the table these maye be called indifferent so that in the vse of thē no brother be offended nor against his conscience vrged But the creatures that are called gods are accursed and maye not be vsed All the Idolles were creatures yet by Moyses Paule they are called Diuels Therefore the partaking with them is the partaking with Deuilles and the verie places where the Idolles were worshipped were detestable and are called hell afterwarde Their great Idoll wherevnto King Ahaziah sent in honor called Baalzebub by his worshippers was by the godlie Iewes that hated Idolatrie called the chiefe of the Deuilles and so his name continued Such hatred did they beare to all thinges apperteyning to the Idolles Therefore biddeth Moses to destroye all those Idolatrous monumentes And Isaiah biddeth vs to counte their idolatrous Ephod which was y e chief garment of their Priest as a menstruous cloute and vtterlie defie it Therefore this geare that beareth the names formes still of their Idolothites can not bee named amongest the things indifferent though we graunt the substaunce and matter of them of it selfe indifferent neyther can they bee commaunded to be vsed in the ministerie or Sacramentes which are matters of Religion in any wise Bern. Yes If the Prince commaund it Mil. Gideon was a Prince who made and commaunded an Ephod a riche robe or garment for a Prieste and appoynted it for his citie Ophra But this was the cause of the destruction of him and his house For as we reade Abimelech the sonne of his Concubine did vsurpe the Kingdome and did slaye seuentie and niene of his brethren the sonnes of his Father Gideon vpon one stone Then this Abimelech after hee had thus cruellie slayne his brethren his Mothers kinred that had set him vppe and destroyed the Citie Shechem that had made him King he had his deathes wounde by a Woman yet woulde hee haue his Page to runne him thorowe with his sworde moste desperately so the whole familie perished moste miserablie And no man can alledge any other cause against Gideon but onelie that which the holy Ghoste giueth that hee made this Priestes garment and appoynted it for his Citie without any warraunte of Gods worde of a good intent onely So sore and perillous a thing it is to deale in Gods matters by mans fantasie Nadab and Abihu for the taking of fire which God had not commaunded were sodenlie burned with fire from heauen Vzza was sodainlie slaine because he would helpe forwarde Gods worke by his good intent without Gods warraunte King Saul dealeth in sacrifice a matter of religion without Gods commaundement but by y e same wise policie that is alleadged for the garmentes to reteyne the people together yet for this cause loseth he his kingdome Also King Vzziah is striken with Leprosie and cast out with shame because he dealeth in sacrifices matters of Religion without gods worde by his Princelie authoritie Thus God will haue the Princes to knowe that they are but men therefore that they may not medle in his matters without his word and commaundement For as Samuel said to Saul so saieth he still vnto all Hath the Lorde as great pleasure in Sacrifices as when his voyce is harkened vnto and obeyed Beholde to obeye is better than sacrifice and to hearken is better than the fatte of Rammes For transgression and rebellion against Gods worde is as witchcrafte and idolatrie Wherefore thus saieth God by his seruaunt Moses to Kings to al others That whiche I do commaunde thee that onelie shalt thou do thou shalt put nothing too it nor take nothing from it Loe this is the grounde of true Religion And in matters of policie also ther must be some discretion For the Prince commaunded the two Captaines and their hundred souldiours to fetch Eliiah vnto him a thinge that may seeme indifferent but the fire of God deuoured them So Kings haue their law howe farre they shall commaund And the subiectes by the same may knowe howe to obey For God when he setteth vp Princes hath not giuē ouer his owne right and authoritie They are but his stewardes and Bayliues to see his will executed in al things not their owne lustes and pleasures In euill commaundements therefore to disobey them is none iniurie vnto them Bern. Me thinke I smell a ratte in

I do come to the church sometime in the morning and reade a little whiles dinner bee made readie Mil. This is an easie order that thou talkest on if it be as good as it is easie and I pray thee howe might I come into the same order and state with thee Bern. I will tell thee all for old fellowships sake and I will helpe thee to auowe some for money and that is the surest way But if thou haue no money then must thou fawne vppon some Gentleman that either hath some impropriations or other Benefices in his hande or else by other meanes to seeke some little gaine by it or hath some in his gifte Get his letters to the Bishop and thou needest not to doubt of orders Mil. Yes peraduenture the losse of my legge will be a hinderaunce yet I thinke there be thousandes in Englande of whom beuefices are worse bestowed for I will fight for the realme and the holy church as lame as I am Bern. I tell thee thy fighting will not serue thee so much as the want of the comely wearing of thy gowne thy coape and thy surples will hinder thee Mil. Why sayest thou so Such swouping cloathes will hide my stumpe foote Bern. Nay I tell thee my Lordes the Bishops will haue all thinges comlie and thou canst not go in them but thou wilte swinge them on the lame side euill fauouredlie Mil. Why foole all the grace is in swinging and swingeing of them and I can doe that decentlie But I maruaile howe thou wanting thy finger one of thy eyes waste admitted for by the Popes law thou shouldest not haue bin receaued Bern. Yes by dispensation for money and now is lesse daunger for there is no lifting and therefore lesse money will serue Mil. But what is that I yray thee wherof thou saydst thou wouldest admonish me concerning my selfe for I see that thou art come into an high estate aboue me and hast gotten some other spirite and therefore knowest much more now then when thou wast a poore souldier Bern. Thou doest vse to muche to scoffe at our priestly apparell and our Churche geare This must thou leaue or else canst thou neither haue benifice thy selfe nor bee welcome to any man of worship that taketh profite by benifices No thou canst come to no company to be quiet for there are verie few that can agree to the Geneuians fashion to haue nothing in the church but naked walles and a poore fellow in a bare gowne telling a long tale and brauling and chiding with all his auditorie Nay my Lorde my M. will none of that As for my Lorde I hearde him say that he could neuer go to any of these Geneuians Sermons that hée came quiet home but that there was euer somewhat that pricked his conscience hee thought alway that they made their whole Sermon against him But in the hearing of Mattins euensong pricksong at Paules or in my reading of my seruice in his chappell he sayth he feeleth no such thing for he is neuer touched but goeth merilie to his dinner Mil. Thus sayd wicked Ahab by the good Prophet Michaiah but as for mee I vse to say nothing but that I haue hearde good Preachers teache openly in the Pulpet that all popish Priestes apparell are supersticious and such church ware as they did weare is iufected with idolatrie Wherfore as the idolles themselues were detestable and the Pope to all christian men and to all true English hartes execrable So al the monumentes of idolatrie and all the vsuall liueries and garmentes of the idolatrous Priestes and Popes Chaplaines ought to be reiected of the Seruauntes of Christ as abhominable And al that you say agaynst the Geneuians might be broughte against Christ and his disciples in the same wordes and sentences Bern. I know that you haue learned this lesson of the London Ministers But I haue read a Booke of late written by a Proctor for our english Priesthoode which calleth them starke fooles and aunswereth them I warrant you in all pointes I warrant you Miles he is a man of great authoritie that dare so boldly reuile them and handle them like abiectes and my Lordes the Bishops doe take our partes against those busie fellowes and keepe some of them in prison and put other from their liuinges And I may tell thee in secrete if we had not found such a maister to maintain our ceremonies and also vnlesse the Bishops had playde the Lordes in deede these prating Preachers would haue made some of vs to haue turned our tippets and for very shame to haue forsaken our Benifices yea if they had had libertie but a little longer they woulde haue disgraced my Lordes Grace the Archebishop of Caunturburie and haue made all England to beleeue that our gracious Metropolitane whose glorious Grace long might it last for we poore ignoraunt priests shall neuer faile vnlesse he fall had bin but an idoll sheaphearde and an English Pope and which greeued the other Bishops at y e harts thei began shrewdly to shake y e lordly state of all the Cleargie They woulde not haue a Bishop nor a Minister knowne by his apparaile but by his preaching A shamefull heresie They crie Pasce Pasce Pasce I cannot tel what they meane They would haue men such fooles to turne to that poore beggerly estate that was amongst the Apostles and alwayes toyle and trauayle with the people and braule and chide when any thing is amisse But I tell thee playne they had then lost the greatest part of their number a iolie sort of gentlemen swouping in their sarcenets and many other good fellowes too Therefore I doe accounte with maister Examinator all these poore beggerly London Ministers starke doltes and chrise fooles for their preachinges their writings and their beggerly liuing in their offices I tell thee my Lordes the Bishops that were their fellowes beyonde the Seas in Queene Maries daies are now ashamed of them and care not for their companies they are so beggerlie so busie bodies and will allow nothing but Gods worde in the churches Mil. As for the Bishops they are not all so farre gon I trust in God but I pray thee sir Bernards in what part of his Booke doth your M. Examinator cal them fooles Bern. Marie at the first worde and applieth Salomon very eloquētly as I heard Mayster Doctor say to serue his purpose Mil. Is this M. Doctors eloquence hee had neede to haue great corners in his cappe to hide his asses eares Let him not begin his Oration thus among souldiors But what is the cause I pray you that you and your mayster of Ceremonies dare so proudly at the first choppe call Gods Ministers faythful teachers of his holy word in London fooles Let me talke with you a little for olde fellowships sake Is it because they haue laboured so faithfully to feede the flock of Christ which you mock with Pasce Pasce that few can be named comparable to them in

partakers with the Deuilles and counteth them partakers of the altar and y e same religion whereof they are partakers in the Idolothites Nowe these garmentes which in poperie haue belonged to Idolles are filthie Idolothites that serued vnto Diuelles Therfore are they agaynst Christian libertie Againe to binde men to eate Idolothites were against Christian libertie therefore to binde men to weare the Idolothites is agaynste Christian libertie To commaunde them to weare Garlandes Palmes Hattes or eareringes like the Idolatrers were againste Christian libertie Therefore to binde them to couer all their bodyes with Idolatrous garmentes is agaynst Christian libertie To binde men to obserue Iewishe Ceremonies were agaynst christian libertie Therfore are such commaundements in the ceremonies of Antichrist agaynst Christian libertie Poperie is bondage and slauerie And the binding of the Ministerie and the sacramentes to such prescript apparel was parte of the thinges whereby menne were chayned in poperie therefore are they agaynst Christian libertie Wherefore wee must stande faste in the libertie wherewith Christe hath made vs free and flie from the yoke of bondage of that Romane Antichrist We must goe out from that whore of Babylon that wee be not partakers of hir sinnes lest we be partakers of hir plagues and giue hir double for that she hath giuen vs. Loe this becommeth christian libertie Ber. Why Thinkest thou Miles y t euery one that weareth these garmentes shal haue a portion of the plagues with Antichriste Mil. Yea surelie Euerie one shall haue his portiō much or litle that hold any thing of him And though I doubte not but that many of the Bishoppes and sundrie of them that weare this geare holde Christ the foūdation yet must needes this chaffe drosse as they them selues cal it be burned from them by the fire of Gods iudgement And so by faith and repentaunce they may be saued howbeit not without some smell of the fire as God by his wisdome shal measure it Bern. But I am loth to come into that fire of Gods iudgement Mil. Prepare for it then betimes renounce al superstitious geare and learne by the word of God what it is to be a true Minister of Christ Ber. I pray thee tell me that for I would fayne learne if I wiste howe Mil. O Bernarde thou spakest a worde in the beginning scoffinglie whiche is thy whole charge Pasce Pasce Pasce feede my sheepe feede my flocke feede my Lambes if thou loue me saith Christe to Peter and to all that take charge of any congregation Therefore doeth Peter deliuer the same charge ouer vnto others whome he calleth fellow Elders admouisheth them to feede the flocke of Christe as much as lieth in them And Paule counteth all that are called to this state the Ministers of God and the Stewardes and Disposers of his treasures and sayeth in his owne person that which he will haue to bee vnderstande of others Woe vnto me if I do not preache the Gospell For a stewardshipp is committed vnto me Therefore saieth he to Titus that a Bishoppe or a Minister of Christe for these two are confounded in the scriptures must be Gods stewarde holdinge faste the worde of faith according to doctrine that he also may be able to exhorte with wholesome doctrine and improue them that saye against it Lo Bernard this is Christes first marke of his Ministers that they feede his flocke with the wholesome doctrine of his worde Secondlie it is required that they whiche must reproue others muste be vnreproueable them selues that they be watch full modest herborous apte to teache c. as Paule writeth to Timothie These be Christes liuerie garmentes And what pitious case is this in Christiā churches to see men thrust out of the dores and robbed of liuing and libertie that haue all these markes and liueries And to haue such men called in and chearished that haue none of these but onlie can reade a little in the Churches and iett vp and downe idellie in the enemies liueries as thou maist perceiue deare friēd by thyne owne selfe Bern. Why my friende must euerie Minister or Prieste be a Preacher Must I be a preacher also Mil. The scriptures of God admitte none other as thou hast partly hearde and more euidentlie may be proued howe the lippes of the Prieste as Malachi saieth must keepe knowledge and they shal seeke the Lawe at his mouth For he is the messenger of the Lorde of Hostes Loe thou and euerie one that taketh this office in hande are appoynted messengers of the Lorde of Hostes If thou eyther know not this message or canste not speake it or wilt not do it what a messenger art thou Doest thou not on Gods parte whose glorie power iustice and mercie thou shouldest preache deserue sharpe punishmente And of the parte of men ouer whome thou haste charge and to whom thou art sent as messenger thou deseruest that their bloud should be required at thy handes Bern. This is sore geare Thou makest me to tremble at it Mil. O would to God that thou and all thy fellowes would turne whollie to Gods worde and leaue your triflinge hipocriticall shewes So shoulde GOD be glorified and Christes Congregation edified which nowe by the displacing of the godlie learned Ministers is pitiefullie molested and daungered What a Decree is this That no man shalbe admitted a Minister of Christe vnlesse he will admitte also and Subscribe to some yea and manie of the misorders of Antichriste And as I heard a Bishoppe saye If it were Paule himselfe hee shoulde not here bee suffered vnlesse hee woulde bee conformable to this geare Bern. Durst anie man speake that blasphemie Mil. Doe they not fulfill the same in their deedes What was Paule What was Apollo But the Ministers of Christ and the fellowe labourers with others that trulie and purelie preache Christ although his spirit were more excellent Paule spake most francklie against all superstitious ceremonies So do these Paule was coūted a foole in y e world so are these Paule counted al the pharisaical shewes of garments al other traditions of his fathers dunge and drosse so do these So that thei haue one cōmon cause Paul was persecuted of his brethren fained christians so are these Take heede nowe Bernarde whether thou wilt ioyne with the proude persecuting or the poore persecuted Ministers of Christe Ber. I would fayne take Paules parte Mil. Then must thou leaue thy pharisaisme thy shewes of garments as he did Bern. Ah then muste I leaue my Benefice Mil. God will send thee some other seruice Thou were better to become a souldier again at Barwick for defence of thy coūtrey for it is a state allowed by Christe by Iohn Baptist by Peter than to continewe in this state wherein thou heapest so much bloud vpon thy head thorow thine ignoraunce and deceauest thy selfe others thorowe thyne hypocrisie Bern. I wil take more aduisemēt before I forgo my good riche liuings Mil. O howe harde a thing is

5. de consecra cap. De his verò is writtē that in the yere 310 Clemens primus brought in Confirmation or Bishopping of children This Pope Clement affirmed that he was no christian that wilfullie left this vndone Pope Melciades came after affirmed it to be a more worthie sacrament than the sacrament of Baptisme Volateranus Platina Sabellicus Polidorus these do write that in the yeere 404 Pope Anastasius brought in Standinge at the Gospell Platina D. Barnes H. Pantateon these doo write that in the yere 530 Pope Bonifacius ordained To deuide the Chauncel from the body of the church Platina Durand D. Barnes H. Pātateon these do write that in the yere 603 pope Sabinian brought in Belles Vertue attributed to Belles First they stirre men to deuotion Secondlie they preserue the fruites Thirdly they keepe both the mindes and bodies of the faithfull from al daungers Fourthly they put to flight the hoastes of our enemies and dispatche all the subtilties of their euill willers Fifthlie they cause the boysterous windes hayle and all sharpe stormes the violent tēpestes the terrible thūdrings to cease Sixtly they driue away all wicked spirits and Deuilles Chronica Chro. Volateranus Platin. these do write that in the yere 653 Pope Vitalianus broght into y e church Orgānes Christianus Massaeus Chro. mundi these do write that in the yere 796 pope Adriā ordeyned the Surplesses Durandus Platina Volateranus Polidorus these do write that in the yeere 653 pope Gelasius brought in Prickesong pope Gregorie Playnesong pope Vitalianus Descant Platina Sabellicus Polidorus Gratianus these do write that in the yere 119. pope Alexander ordeyned vnleauened breade or rounde Cakes small saying this oblation the lesse it is the better is it Also why it is rounde like a penie Antonius saieth Because Christe was solde for thirtie pen. Durandus saith that it is made rounde because the earth is rounde And another sayth that the outwarde signe may signifie him that wanteth both beginninge ending Durandus Polidorus Pantateon these do write that in the yeere 375 pope Damasus brought in the church The firste prescript order for the seruice in the Quier Durandus Chroni Chron. these do write that in the yeere 1073 pope Gregorie the seuēth brought in The prescript nūber of psalmes and lessons Platina Massaeus Polidorus Pantateon these do write that in the yere 444 pope Leo or as some write pope Hillarius ordeyned the Gange dayes or Rogation weeke Durandus sayeth that pope Gregorie or Gelasius ordeyned the Collectes ordinarie Chroni Achil. Fasciculus temp these say that in the yeere 737 pope Zacharias ordeyned priestes Gownes Tippettes and Foure horned Cappes Haue at our Englishe prelates of pride Sabellicus writeth that in the yeere 251 pope Stephanus ordeyned Coapes and Vestimentes This man appointed no garmentes to be vsed in the church but hallowed garmentes In Chroni Graftoni is written that in the yeere 871 Pope Nicholas Conciliū did forbid Mariage in Lent and at all other times Paule calleth it the doctrine of Deuils Decreta lib. 3. titul 1. cap. 10. Pātateon they saye that in the yeere 1214 Pope Honorius ordeyned Kneeling to the sacrament Here the sacrament was made an Idoll as Iewell saith in his first booke against Harding Sabellicus Polidorus Lib. Conciliorum Eusebius these do write that in the yere 139 Pope Telesphorus ordeyned Lent to be fasted before Easter Distinct 76. cap. Tenui Platina Sabellicus Polidorus D. Barnes these do say that in the yeere 206 pope Calixtin ordeined Imber fastes Platina and Volateranus do write that in the yeere 315 Pope Bonifacius ordeyned Wednesdayes Frydayes and Saterdayes fastes Polidorus and Pantateon these do write that in the yeere 425 Pope Bonifacius ordeyned Saintes eues fasted Mat. 26. 63. saith that Caiaphas the high Priest would haue Othes ex officio to wit to make men sweare to accuse them selues When Caiaphas could not get that which would suffise him at the false witnesses mouthes to put Christ to death then hee adiured him by the liuing God to tell if he were Christ Thomas Rudb and Iohan. Capg these do write that in the yeere 1098 Pope Vrbanus ordeyned Caunturburie to be the chiefe patriarchal Seate All popishe holy dayes had the like beginning as by Thomas Beacons booke of Reliques is to be seene All these Popes were Antichristes one after another and there are none of these Ceremonies and Monumentes of Idolatrie but came all from these Antichristes besides the Lordlie gouernement of Bishoppes Popishe Excommunications and Absolutions Pluralities Trialities Tot quots with such other Dispensations and Licenses Institutions Inductions Proxies and Senages c. These all fill the purse and were deuised of Antichriste to holde vp his kingdom All these do the Tradicioners still mainteyne directlie agaynste the commaundementes whiche Samuell as before is saide doeth affirme to bee wickednesse and Idolatrie The true Discipline by Gods word without the whiche no true Religion can be and which true reformed Churches doe holde and mainteyne haue the Traditioners vtterly excluded And therefore they can not truelie affirme and saye That they doe deteste all Antichristian Idolatrie neyther yet that they consent in all pointes of true doctrine with all godlie reformed churches whē these mischiefes are mainteined true discipline banished which of necessitie must be ioyned ¶ A Prayer for the Faythefull O Lord God most mercifull Father we beseeche thee for the honour of thy holy Name to defende vs from that Antichrist of Rome and frō al his detestable enormities manners lawes garments ceremonies Destroye the counsel of al Papistes and Atheistes enemies of thy Gospell of this realme of Englād Disclose their mischiefes and subtill practises confounde their deuices let them be takē in their own wylinesses and strēgthen all those that maintayne the cause and quarell of thy Gospell with inuincible force and power of thi holie Spirite so that though they bee destitute at anie tyme of worldlie ayde and comforte that yet they fayle not to proceede and goe forward towardes that true godlinesse commaunded in thy holie worde with all simplicitie and sinceritie to thy honor and glorie the comforte of thine electe and the cōfusion of thine enemies through Christ our Lorde and Sauiour Amen Amen And say from the harte AMEN FINIS A good desire Too true Our B. are Foxes Mat. 15. Phil. 3. Zacha. 13. 1. Reg. 12. 2. Reg 16. Daniel 3. Note this A perilous heresie 2. Tim. 4● 2. A lamentable defectiō The request of the godly ministers 1 Cor. 1. 19. 25. 26. 27. Esa 55. 8. 9. Pro. 1. 22. Pro. 1 29. 30. 31. ● Cor. 11. 19 23. 11. Psal 19. 7. Psal 119 9. Fevv such Souldiers Marke this O ye Conformatistes Marke this 2. Pet. 2. Note this ye Magistrates Looke to this O yee Magistrates in time 2. Cor. 6. 17. Esa 52. 11. 1. Pet. 5. 2. Good stuffe for the Popes church 1. Pet. 5. 2. 3. Luk. 22. 26. Marke this good Reader praye for the same vvith vs. As Dios Grauet and such like Such as Parson Taylor Parson Buffin suche like Marke this prety stuffe Marke well Spirituall theeues the vvorste theeues Be vvarned O England Good coūsell and the best policy The name of D. Turners Booke Note The more is the pitie Marke this O ye christian Magistrates and frame your policie to christianitie Note this Looke in the ende of this Booke Act. 4. 19. Marke vvell this and beare it avvaye Those that knovve not God his vvill bee blinde and see nor knovve no-nothing Vnlesse mē vvill bee blinde they must confesse this Psalm 16. Gen. 3. 14. Marke this ye Vniuersitie men Outvvarde notes to knovve Papistes The Surples may be vsed for a Porters vveede or such like necessarie garment Remember Qu. Maries daies O England and repent in time Looke to this O ye L. Bishops Marke this O yee Gentlemen Mark these similitudes Looke into all other reformed churches VVhat is this but hypocrisie 2. Cor. 6 14 15. 16. Examples of holy mē vvhiche detested Idolaters and their fashions and rites Iohn 2. 15. One principal question Reade the Tables in the ende of this booke Reue. 18. 4. 1. Cor. 10. 21. No Idolator or his Garmentes to be suffefered To many of this opinion God graūt vve may do this frō our hartes These Popish Garmentes refused in K. Edvvardes time Those that haue eies to see let them see Old Robert Bishop of Lincolne They svvarme throughout the lād God redres it vvhen his vvill is All vpright men cōfesse this to be true Of indifferent things note A Christian aunsvvere and ought to be practised of al true Preachers The Apostles neuer sought to bring any estimation to theword by apparell The defenders of thes ceremonies haue their ovvn cōsciences to vvitnes these things to be true None cā be to earnest in a good cause for God his Church Papists and the veriest asses moste redie to the ragges of Rome Christes church can not avvaye vvith names of Idolatries muche lesse vvith their ceremonies Indifferent thinges made intollerable four vvayes 1 2 3 4 Note this 1 2 Tvvo sorte of Idolothites 1 2 Nota. Good intenrs vvithout vvarrāt displease God These traditions more vrged then God his cōmaūdementes Patcheries of popishe remnaunts a●…to be cast off vvith the Pope him selfe