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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18948	The recantation of Thomas Clarke (sometime a Seminarie Priest of the English Colledge in Rhemes; and nowe by the great mercy of God conuerted vnto the profession of the gospell of Iesus Christ) made at Paules Crosse, after the sermon made by Master Buckeridge preacher, the first of Iuly, 1593. Whereunto is annexed a former recantation made also by him in a publique assembly on Easter day, being the 15. of April, 1593	Clarke, Thomas, seminarie priest of the English college at Rheims.	1594 (1594)	STC 5366; ESTC S118981	19,358	48

the Father and the Sonne be all honour prayse power and dominion nowe and for euer Amen God saue the Queene THE RECANTATION of THOMAS CLARKE made in an other publike assemblie and congregation after the hearing of Diuine seruice and a Sermon made by M. MVNSEY Preacher and before the holy Communion which together with others I there and then receiued on Easter day being the 15. of Aprill 1593. I There standing before the dreadfull throne of almightie God and the face of the present congregation humblie confessed my selfe to haue bene for the space of these fiue yeres last past a traitour to God an enemie to his holy Church and Gospel a professor of the errors and deuilish opinions of papistrie and consequently a rebellious tratour to my Soueraigne prince and deare countrie Howe that about fiue yeres past I departed my natiue countrey and went into forraigne landes beyonde the seas without the leaue or authoritie of any Magistrate wherby I incurred the danger of the lawes prouided and instituted for the same cause How that being beyond the seas I suffred my selfe to be perswaded by the counsaile of lewd and seditious men to take vpon me the gawling yoke and ouerswaying burthen of popish priest hoode and for that cause I went into the kingdome of France to the Vniuersitie of Rhemes where I studied certaine yeres was then made priest shortly after was by the President of the English Seminarie Colledge at Rhemes sent into England to the ende and intent to withdrawe the peoples heartes from the true seruice of God and their dutifull obedience towardes their prince vnto the pernicious and damnable errors of papistrie and the tyranical subiection and slauerie of the Pope Whom together with diuers of his antecessors successors I acknowledged to be that cōtinuate whore of Babilon and that antichrist whom Saint Iohn hath most liuely painted foorth and described in his Reuelations In this danable businesse aforesaid I confessed y t I had laboured for the space of two yeeres cōmitting dayly more and more high treason against God my Souerainge and most gratious Queene affirming that w tout all doubte I had obstinatly died in that wicked damnable estate as many of my coate and profession had done before if by Gods will I had bene apprehended in any search or by any other meanes before the grace of God had lightened the blindnes of my vnderstanding which by his holy prouidence and tender mercy was in due time powred and that aboundantly into the festered woundes of my gasping soule For being forcibly touched with the diuine finger of Gods holy spirite I began to reuiue and manifestly to see my desperate estate and deuilish madnesse Then was I taught by Gods holy spirite and the reading of holy Scriptures that I ought to be subiect and obedient to my soueraigne prince That mans iustification and righteousnesse commeth not of himselfe by his owne merits but that it is the free gift of God through faith in Iesu Christ That praying to Images is flat Idolatrie That praying to Saintes Purgatorie mens traditions and such like are damnable errors and derogatorie to the honor of God That in Christs holy supper we doe eate his flesh and drinke his blood spiritually through faith not grosly and carnally as before I helde That the dayly offering vp of Christ in the masse is damnable and derogatorie to the death and passion of Christ Lastly I confessed my selfe to be heartily sory for hauing herein so highly offended God my Soueraigne and the world humbly crauing pardon for the same And there I did from the bottome of my heart soule abiure and renounce the Pope and al his tyrannicall power iurisdiction abhorre and detest the masse and al the heape of his wicked errors and damnable opinions whatsoeuer as wel those which I haue not here mentioned as those which I haue here touched by testimonies of holy scriptures briefly confuted And with all reuerence of soule and sinceritie of conscience I then did now doe and for euer by Gods grace will embrace the true faith and wholsome doctrine of Iesus Christ This done I desired the people to say for me the Lords prayer which they did to the ende I might easely obtaine of God truely to bee inserted into his mysticall body and made a liuely member of his holy Church that I might bee a woorthy partaker of his heauenly table and that I might hereafter faithfully walke all the dayes of my life in the true light of his holy Gospel Moreouer I then certified the assembly do now by these presents verifie y ● I vndertooke not this present matter either constrayned or for feare of torture the Magistrates well knowing y t mans faith is not to be wrested by violence or for the auoiding of any displeasure or for hope of fauour or for any sinister cause whatsoeuer but simply and sincerly for y ● honor of God who hath wroght in me this wonderfull worke for the edifying of his Church satisfying of the world This clause I openly protested to y e people after my speech being demanded by the preacher aforesaid in the pulpit thereof as also of this viz. that I had receiued neither frō y e pope nor frō any of his agents nor any mā no dispensatiō licence bull or facultie to dissemble my conuersion neither that I euer as yet heard of any such thing to haue bin granted if there were I acknowledged my simplicitie to be such that I was not accompted a man sufficient to haue so prodigious a matter committed to my trust and charge This is the sūme effect of my speaches to the people And whatsoeuer I then said I do presently confirme in and vnder myne owne hand writing And if this my present acte and that which I haue already performed seeme not sufficient to the eies and iudgments of the wise to testifie the sinceritie and true meaning of my inward repentant soule I am further readie dutifully to perfourme whatsoeuer within my power shall be demaunded at my handes and am willing to spende my life for my Soueraignes safety and my countries good against whome I haue so vnduetifully and vnnaturally rebelled Imprinted at London by the Deputies of CHRISTOPHER BARKER Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie Mat. 7. Rom. 14. 1. Pet. 3. Iohn 5. Mal. 2. Iohn 3. Psalme 116. Mat. 11. Rom. 11. Psal 118. Psal 21. Psal 123. Exod. 20. Numb 34. Deut. 27. Wisd 13. Tert. de Idol Psal 118. Reuel 14. Eccle. 9. Matth. 11. Ioh. 14. 1. Tim. 2. Heb. 8. Heb. 10. 1. Pet. 3. Rom. 3. Iosh 3. Mat. 7. Dan. 9. Mat. 24.