and other more of hys fellawes to haue hym regne a freshe in the waueringe csoÌ„cyeÌ„ces of meÌ„ne By layser will they also fynde the meanes to purchase hym hys olde prymacye ageyne and to haue hym the head of ther churche For what other is it to be sworne to hys pilde lawes but to acknowlege him inwardlye for ther master and lorde Non caÌ„ne ryghtlye allowe hys wares vnlesse they allowe hym also He and hys creaturs must nedes go togyther as the worke manne with his worke toles If holynesse be supposed to be in his vnc cyons and blessynges orders and ceremonyes moche more in hys gloriouse persone which is the creator of them Fyll the hart ones with Idle vanytees and yegett of yt but Idle frutes Examples nede not farre of to be sought yf all thynges be wele consydered Vvarnynges haue we had yf we wolde receyue them that al shrewes are not a slepe Be lerned ones ye rewlers in the lawes of the lorde and decerne accordynge to theÌ„ Vvynke not alwaies ye noble kynges of the earthe to whom God hath commytted the gouernaunce of hys peple Playe not the wantons tyll deathe stele vpon ye least ye be to seke in your accountes makynge CoÌ„sydre that yowr charge is great aÌ„d that euerve maÌ„ne schall haue rewardes accordynge to hys dedes be they in faythe or out of faythe Ye be otherwyse cumpassed by these â—latterynge phylystynes thaÌ„ ye beware of and that maye ye by thys acte perseyue God hath geuen yow wonderfull vyctories se now that ye be not vnthankefull Not withstandynge yet is it to be consydered that though Dauid slewe great Golye and ded many other notable thinges yet ded he not buylde the temple for that was reserued to Salomon Considre the tyme of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda which regned immediatlye after thethre thousande years from the creacyon of A daÌ„ after the hebrues coÌ„putacion And conferre it with owr age now which hath after a lyke maner ouershote the thre halfe thousandes from christes natiuyte the worlde decresynge and ye schal se them wonderfullye agre A clause a fore hande is thys parauenture not all to be neglected Prayse be vnto the eternall lorde for that he hath wrought alredye by your most victoriouse Iosaphat I doubt not but here after he will sende soche a Iehu as schal take away all the Idolaters Soche a full Iosias schall ye haue yf ye be thankefull as will perfyghtlye restore the lawes as yet corrupted and breake downe the buggerye places that are yet in the howse of the lorde The grace of owr lorde Iesus Christ and of hys heauenlye sprete be wyth the good gentle Reader and with all theÌ„ which loue the veryte of God vnfaynedlye Amen ¶ Thus endeth the preface ☞ Marke thys rewle folowynge ¶ Certen fygurs haue I here added both to the texte and glose appoyntynge therbye the Manne of synne vnto hys iust openynge fygure compared to fygure that he maye the better apere vnto the dylygent reader in hys ryght colours â–ª A dysclosynge or openynge of the Manne of synne CoÌ„taynynge a iust reproche of the deuylyshe declaration of Boner or the newe professyon of Tolwyn to the antichrist of Rome And thys is therof the fyrst fytte ¶ The dysclosynge HAd thys bysshopp bene sent vnto vs in massage from God the euerlastynge father as was IohaÌ„ Baptist we had had of hym the preachiÌ„ge of repentauÌ„ce for synne Had he bene dyrected from hys eternall sonne Iesus christ as were the meke spreted apostoles we schuld haue receyued af hym the Ioyfull tydynges of saluacyon in hys blessed deathe and passion Had he bene a true mynystre of that vndefyled churche whych is alone gouerned by Christes onlye worde he had brought to Paules crosse the wholsom doctrine of faythe accordynge to that Christen offyce But as one shaken out of antichristesnest he hath mynystred here frutes lyke hymselfe Euen lyke the verie manne of synne or like him which hath no maner of godlye sprete neyther of wisdome vnderstandynge couÌ„sell streÌ„gthe knowlege pyte nor yet of the true feare of God as Esaye doth reherse theÌ„ I thynke verylye he is that two horned beast which Christ shewed vnto Iohan boanerges hys dearlye beloued Apostle in mysterye that schuld ryse out of the earthe For here he speaketh peruerse thynges and blasphemies as it is seyd that beast schuld do He hath ij hornes like the laÌ„bes at a blushe as that beast schuld haue for they are also couÌ„terfett The .ij. prycketes of hys myter his chaplaynes sayth betokeneth the .ij. testamentes which manyfestlye proueth him to be the same He compelleth here the worldlye multytude to worship the first beast lyke as that beast schuld do He semeth to fatche fyre from heauen in meÌ„nys syght he seduceth the dwellers vpon earthe he incorageth aseheades that of late years were dumme dodypols as are Standyshe huntyngtoÌ„ and soche other more and he sleeth them that wyll not do homage to the fyrst beastes Image as that beast schuld do aÌ„d ther for he semeth to be the same Though he be not that whole beast for that it vniuersallye extendeth to all the spuÌ„all promoters of Idolatrye in the popes kyngedome yet hath he a great porcyon therin The massage that he here bryngeth and the lyerninge that he here vttereth might come froÌ„ the deuyll wele ynough for any goodnesse is in it And therfor lete hi stande forth here hardelye and tell hys owne tale I thynke by that time ye haue throughlye harde it hauynge alwayes recourse to the scripturs ye will saie in this matter as I do ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Here begynneth the declaracyoÌ„ made 2. the forth sondâ—ye in aduent 3. the yeare of owr lorde God a thou sande fyue houdreth and .xli. 4. by master Vvyllyam Tolwyn persone of saynt Antonynes 5. in the cyte of London Hys dysclosynge NOn other is thys declaratioÌ„ good Christen Reader yf thu dyligentlye marke it and waye it a ryght but a newe professyon to the Antichrist of Rome and his olde rustye rewles â–ª hys onlye name suppressed Necessarye it is for the ChristeÌ„ traueler whych walketh here betwixt fyre and water lyght and darkenesse good and yll life and deathe to trye all spretes aÌ„d to proue all beleues by the rewles of faythe whether they be godlye or naye And to that ende were the holy scripturs first geueÌ„ vs of owr eternall God and are made now open vnto vs by the sprete of hys onlye sonne Iesus Christ whych are herin and in all soche deuylyshe dottages nedefull to be folowed yf we couete with theÌ„ saluacyon For with the false Prophetes schall the seduced multitude perishe as the chyldren with ther mother aÌ„d the frute with ther tre yf they take not the lordes aduertysementes 2. Vve will not greatlye stryue with my lorde Boner here of LondoÌ„ for the name of the daye â–ª whervpon
greatt myserye Throwgh the same was the empyre of constantynople translated froÌ„ the grekes to the frenchemenne your olde fryndes bycause they wold not for your profyght to haue ymages worshypped Kynge Iohan of englande a manne of no small valeauntnesse and vertue through the hydden mysteryes of the same was brought into hate of hys nobyly â—â— and commons and compelled to geue vpp hys crowne and tyttle for hym and â—ys heyres to the apostolyck seate Raymundus also the last erle of tholose and most valeaunt warryour of all christendome abowght the same tyme onlye byâ—ause he wold not burn the albigesyanes within hys dominyon whoÌ„ your holye â—athers iudged for heretykes for that they â—esysted ther seyd eare confessioÌ„ ther prymacye ther purgatorye ther praynge to â—ead sayntes with other soche pylde ped â—arye which they had establyshed in the â—fore seyd counsell of laterane for newe artycles of the Christen faythe and as matters necessarye vnto saluacyoÌ„ he was â—ruellye compelled to staÌ„de forth naked in hys shyrt in the face of the worlde bareâ—oted and bareheaded and to axe merâ—ye vpon hys knees before the legate cardynall of saynâ— angell hys naturall peple standynge abowt hym waylynge wepynge and cryenge out for verye pyte For he was not onlye enforced there by penaunce as they call it to geue to ther clergye 27. thousande marke but also to dysheryte hys whole stocke for euer and to warre vpon the turkes without powre the sonnar to brynge hym to hys ende with other most cruell ininuccyons as are to be seane more at large in the hystorye of tholose compyled by Nicolas Bertrande doctour of both lawes It schall stande tolwyn in hande therfor from henceforth to take better hede and not to dallye with your confession as he hath done seynge yt ys so dauÌ„gerous a matter 6 No maruele ys yt thowgh ye call â—â—ere consequeÌ„tlye vpon your latyne masse saynge for that farre passeth a lawdable ceremonie beynge the instytucyon of so manye holye popes beynge also a sacrifice necessarye for the quycke and the dead and so profytable also to the vpholdynge of yowr gloryous glytterynge kyngedome That hath made your purses wayghtye aÌ„d your kychynes war me your chekes fatte and your fleshe ple sa uÌ„t Therfor Iudge the speakiÌ„ge ageynst yt no lesse than heresye and treason make cruell lawes of deathe prouyde fagottes yuowgh and borne the losels apace For yf that ones fall your precious robes myters crosers fyne rochettes scarlett frockes sandals and typettes with the monstruouse marke of madyan wyll folowe sone after And than farwel the Romyshe relygyon Adewe than all spiritual vayneglory Consyder what years yt cost eâ—e yt cowde be fynyshed and how manye holye popes wer abowt yt ere yt cowde be browgt to passe It was more than vi hondreth and lxx years after Christes incarnacyon ere the fyrst latyne masse was sayd For as wytnesseth platina in the lyues of romyshe bysshoppes Iohan bysshoppe of portuense was the fyrst that euer sayd masse openlye pope AgathoÌ„ approuynge yt than in the .vi. generall synode at ConstaÌ„tinople in the yeare of ower lorde 677 where as marryage was fyrst forbiddeÌ„ to prestes aÌ„d whordome admytted by thys rewle Si non caste tamen caute RemeÌ„ber also that yt was the worke of more than 20. holy fathers of Rome euerye one of theÌ„ clowtynge in a patche vnto yt And lett not the labour of so maâ—ye peryshe amonge these Luthe ranes for a lyttle lokynge to Ye haue more auctoryte than euer had Cayphas and Annas For ye maye call sessyons where and whan ye wyll Ye may syt vpoÌ„ lyfe and deathe and be both accuser aÌ„d iudge If the warmode quest wyll not coÌ„deÌ„pne your accused brynge out a false of your owne of Rome roÌ„ners pardoners parrysh clarkes and bellryngers as ye ded now of late for Rycharde mekyns a poore simple ladde of 17. years of age And geue hym a bylle of wroÌ„ge articles in hys hande to reade whaÌ„ he cometh to the fyre to shaddowe with your myscheff 7 Though Christ calleth yowr latyne howres Idelnesse hypocresye moche bablynge and lyppe laboure yea and though saynt Paule doth esteme it a poâ—t of vayne folishnes and moche more madnesse to vtter a processe in an vnknowne language amonge the peple yet sett your romyshe wysdome ageinst them both and stande fast in your olde popyshe opynyon makynge Gods coÌ„maundemeÌ„ts of non effecte for your owne dyrtye tradycyoÌ„s Vvhere as christ hath coÌ„maÌ„ded yow syncerelye to preache hys gospell do as thowgh ye owght him no seruice nor were non of hys Obeye it not but saye that ye knowe a moche better waye Ye haue a master whose lyuerye and marke ye weare whych geueth better wages for the darkenynge of the gospell thaÌ„ christ geueth for the preachiÌ„ge of yt The pope geueth forth gloryous tytles fatte bysshopryckes greatt benefices princely howses delycyous meates and drynkes with other mennys wyues to lye bye whaÌ„ they be yonge and faire where as Christ ys all to the contrarie And ther for ye wyll rather folow hym thaÌ„ Christ Thys maketh yow so straytlye to loke vpon yt that matteÌ„s pryme howres masse euen songe and complyne be done as they owght to be That ys to saye accordynge to the holye instytucyon of pope Pelagius whych fyrst ordayned them to blemyshe the gospell preachynge and to fyll the tyme with Idell vanytees Yea ye wuld putt menne to deathe rather than fayle for not obseruiÌ„ge them yf they ded not thus with pore Tolwyn shamefullye recante So good faythfull obedient and louynge are ye to your holie fathers of Rome though your wylye pretence be an other The manne of synne ¶ 1 Vvhych denuncyacyon deteccion and presentacyon 2 hath bene partlye by myne ovvne confession 3 and partlye by suffycyent vvitnesse and recorde in that behalff 4 sufficyentlye proued ¶ Hys dysclosynge 1 THys ys an olde practyse of owr holye prelates euermore to leaue one craftye clause or other as a startynge hole to Rone to yf daunger happen to them of ther dedes here after Thynke yow that my lorde of London wyll be founde fawtye in thys acte in case yt be proued in processe of tyme blasphemouse trayterouse cruell and deuylyshe by the sacred scripturs and by the kynges statutes and lawes Naye I warande yow He ys of a more craftye generacyon than so I trowe my lorde wyl washe hys handes here with Pylate Not one spotte shall apere in hys rochett of all that ys done in thys matter 2 Rather schall Tolwyn confesse hymselfe here to be hys owne accuser to my lorde not all vnlyke to hym that haÌ„geth hymself or drowneth hymself So workmanlye wyll thys matter be handled Partlye hath Tolwyn by hys owne confession denounced hym self for a sedycyouse doer detected hymself for an heretyque and presented hymself for a greuouse offender for not obseruynge the popes
holye tradycyons And thys ys ynough to clere my lorde yf anye lykelyhode of olde fryndeshypp towarde hys holye fatherhede do here after apere But who extorted thys confessyon more semynge a deuyll than a manne with thret tenynges of fagottes and fyre That wyll be easye to knowe to hym that marketh the termes Neuer coude tolwyn throughlye knowe what these rhetoryckes ment as are denuncyacyon deteccyon and presentacyon so longe as he was in cambryge neyther by hys art stodye nor yet by hys scole dyuynyte tyll he came to my lorde of Londons howse There was he sone made perfyght in them by some well stodyed manne of the popes lawe For from thens they came fyrst in dede Neuer ys a manne to olde to be taught and be brought in farder practyse 3 The wytnesses also receyued the same doctrine to the same selfe ende and purpose And here they are called suffycyent Vvhether yt be for that they were manye in nombre whych than accused hym or be cause they are accounted honest menne for ther goodes falselye gotten or in that yt pleased hys Good lorde shypp so to accept them for ther olde faythes sake lett the dylygent reader iudge Soche allowaunce of catholyck wytnesses and recordes ageynst heretyques for the vpholdynge of holye churche ys no newe thynge yf ye serche the scripturs aÌ„d hystoryes For they that accused Christ for a malefactor a supporter of synners a deuyly she persone a subuerter of the peple a blasphemouse heretyque a breaker of ther Sabboth a defyler of ther lawes a sower of sedycyon and destroyer of holye churche a traytour ageynst cesar and soche lyke were accepted and abeled of Annas aÌ„d Cayphas for honest credible wyse and suffycient menne though all the worlde knoweth them for false periures and knaues So sone as the Apostles beganne ones to preache after Christes ascencyon by soche ghostlye chyldreÌ„ of holye churche were they accused and coÌ„ pelled to make answer in the spuÌ„al court of the Iewes And sens that tyme hath the bysshopps bene seldome without soche prodygyouse pykethankes and glaueringe glosers to brynge menne coram nobis Vvhich thynke they do God great good scruyce whan they brynge one of hys pore lambes vnto deathe as they do in dede though ther seruyce be nothinge to ther owne sowles profyght as it wyll apere in the last rekenynge Vvell these suffycyent wytnesses and recordes of my lorde or true vpholders of the popes olde faythe hath suffycyentlye proued Tol wyn an heretyque in that behalfe besydes hys owne confession That is to saye in that he hath not gone processyon vpoÌ„ saturdayes at euensonge nor workeman lye made hys holye water and holy breade nor confessed hymselfe as the vse of Rome is and so forth And vpoÌ„ these suffycyent accusacyoÌ„s wolde my lorde haue condeÌ„pned hym to the fyre without mercye had he not recanted at Paules crosse Sone maye ye knowe wher of yowr holye prelates smelleth yf ye way thys matter a ryght Now resort we ageine to the text ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 And al be it for my offence in so doynge 2. I knovvlege to haue de serued no small poÌ„nyshment 3. yet I haue fouÌ„de soche charitable good nesse aÌ„d mercie in my lorde bisshopp of London 4. upon my submyssyon and sute vnto hym Hys dysclosynge 1 PReposterouse alwayes are the iudgementes of thys vyperouse generacyon Euermore esteme they that is euyll to be good and that is good to be euyll as wytnesseth Esaye Ambycyon pryde and vayne glory take they for spi rituall holynesse clerelye reiectynge the ryghtousnesse of God for ther owne beastlye tradycyons whom hys hart abhorreth Thus putt they darkenesse for lyght and lyght for darkenesse Mennys wysdome whych ys but errour dottage and blyndenesse of the sprete preferre they to the eternall wysdome of God Verye folysnnesse heresye and madnesse do they iudge the gospell whych ys the stronge power of the lorde vnto saluacyon to all them that beleueth yt That make they sower whych â—s more swete than honye and that vyle whych ys most precyouse as to putt in the lorde owr whole confydence and trust lyke as hys holye worde leadeth vs. For hys vndefyled lawes my nystre they the doctryne of deuyls with lyes in hypocresye Thus doth the chyldren of thys worlde peruert all godlynesse As the very antychrystes turne they the tre rotes vpwarde Into a wycked mynde therfor hath the lorde geuen them ouer strongelye to delude the vnbeleuers for ther vnbeleues sake Sâ— how thys subtyle charmer thys coniurer of Egypt thys vnbonere bysshopp Boner a very blodye bocher of BabyloÌ„ doth haÌ„d le thys poore innocent Chrystyane 2 So hath he bywytched hym with hys craftye legerdemayne So hath he feared hym for chynges of no wayght Yea so hath he compassed hym with threttenynges of terryble deathe that nedes he must grauÌ„t synne where no synne ys and opeÌ„lye coÌ„fesse a greuouse offence where as noÌ„ ys at al. He must acknowlege to the peple to haue deserued no small ponnysh meÌ„t at my lordes haÌ„de though hys coÌ„scyence standeth clere to the coÌ„trarie Vvhat haynouse treasoÌ„ hast thu done good symple manne that thu standest thus forth for a wonder of the worlde Vvhat ys thy offence that yt requyreth soche open shame Is yt these or murther whoredome or Idolatrye superstycyon or sacrylege Than were yt more mete that my lorde stode there than thu For of these frutes and soche other he hath moche more store than thyselfe hath as yt ys easye to perseyue by thys processe If yt be for not obseruynge the commendable rytes ceremonyes and customes of holye churche as ys seyd afore Than ought my lorde also to suffre the same selfe ponnyshment for not goynge abought with saynt Nycolas clarkes for not hallowynge pelgrimes to Hierusalem aÌ„nd Rome for not sensinge the plowghes vpoÌ„ plowgh mondaye for not rostynge egges in the palme ashes fyre and for not syngynge Gaudeamus in the worshypp of holye Thomas Becket with soche other lyke which were sumtyme more lawdable ceremonyes than eyther saturdaye processyon or yet holye water makynge vpon the sondaye But my lorde doth here moche after the practyse of his olde predecessours which heaped vpon mennys sholders intollerable burdens of tradycyons They layed vpoÌ„ theÌ„ heuy yokes ynough therselues not ones mouynge ther fingars therunto for soylynge 3 He that doth couete to knowe the naturall compassyon gentylnesse and sauoure whyche regneth in a bysshopp of antichristes kyngedome lett him here as in a glasse behold it For Tolwyn hath founde my lorde verye fauorable and good vnto hi as he here ê“testeth Vvhat though he hath staÌ„de forth at Paules crosse to hys rudyculouse reê“che for not obseruynge the lowsye lawes and Idele ceremonyes of the pope yet is my lorde verye charitable vnto hym Vvhat though thys vncomelye prospect hath made of hys fryndes hys vtter enemyes and brought hym out of al
schuld surelye staÌ„de forth for an heretyque in my lordes great mode He hath alredye coÌ„dempned hys coÌ„maundementes hys prayer and the artycles of hys faythe for Martyns sake oÌ„lye And no maruele For he ys the father heretyque aÌ„d enemye of all holye churche If God wold ones take hym out of the waye doubtlesse he schuld hane great thankes of my lorde and of the ranke rable of Romyshe ruffelers 2 Next cometh forewarde in course the dore of holye scripture Vvhether thys be Christ or no I am in moche doubt For in dede he sayth vnto hys dyscyples in the x. chapter of Iohan. I am the dore into the shepe folde He that entreth in by me schal go in and out and fynde good fedynge But I fere me that my lorde ys one of those theues and robbers that Christ speaketh of there for stoppynge vp of thys dore For he in so doynge depryueth the peple of that lyfe whych ys in hym and so sleeth ther soules holdynge them styll captyue in synne Alwayes hath my lordes generacyon bene thus rebellyouse ageynst the lorde and hys worde As we haue for example iÌ„ the olde lawe the false prestes whych compassed Hieremye the prophete and in the newe lawe the spirituall prelates that sought Christes deathe If thys dore of holye scripture be a treatyse than had yt bene more wysdome for my lorde to haue christenlye reproued the errours therof in case ther be anye and not to condempne soche a clere perfyght tyttle as offreth nothynge but godlynesse I thynke eyther hys wyttes are not hys owne or els he ys dronke with excesse of the Babylonyshe cuppe of hys holye mother 3 The compendyouse postyls of Antonius Coruinus vpoÌ„ the sondayes ond sayntes are iudged of menne that be syncerelye lerned to be faythfull and godlye And so moche the more necessarye to a preacher that ys but meanelye lerned that within a small compasse they contayne moche christen erudycyon But my lorde admitteth nothige that perteieth to that office He careth for nothynge but for holye water aÌ„d sensynge ê“cessyoÌ„ and massynge He thynketh that .iiij. tymes in the yeare or ones in a quarter ys ynough for preachynge and therin onlye to declare the kynges actes coÌ„cernynge ceremonyes and tythes in stede of the popes sentence of cursynges whych now is worne out If they Iyst to preache anye other thynge els they haue yet ther olde festyuall mammotractus Gesta roma norum Sermones discipuli Sermones dormi secure Rationale diuinorum Manipulus curatorum postilla guilhermi aÌ„d dyuerse other more whych are auncyent workes allowed of holye churche They haue also a famouse newe worke called Ioh EckaÌ„ius postyll which battelleth for the holye fathers primacye harde These and soche other are bokes of catholyk lernynge and schall neuer be condempned for they make all togyther for holye churche 4. In the bottom of the bagge lyeth .ij. olde written bokes and they haue no names here to fulfyll my lordes promes wyth But thus moche hath my lorde gathered of them that the one of them is for scolers aÌ„d the other ys takeÌ„ out of Io. frythes bokes But wonder yt ys to me what that boke schuld offende whych ys onlye for scolers and hath non other tyttle Vvyl my lorde styll destroye all godlynesse without excepcyon Non other ys yt to condempne a boke for scolers hauynge non other addycyon but to condempne for heretyques doctryne ther vertuouse bryngynge vpp in good letters and maners In thys doth my lorde declare hymselfe an enemye vnto nature whych delyteth in necessaryes besydes that he hath done vnto faythe That the other treatyse taken out of Iohan frythes bokes schuld be an olde boke yt ys a fowle lye though yt be newlye practysed of my lorde For he was not 27 years olde in the 8. yeare afore thys declaracyon whan my lordes generacyon Stokyslaye Gardyner and soche other whoÌ„ Esaye calleth the tyrauntes of Sodoma putt hym to most cruell deathe in the yeare of owr lorde God M. D .xxxiij. for Christes congregacyon sleeth no manne for hys faythe And therfor it caÌ„ not now be olde and collected of hys bokes Not all vnlyke ys my lorde here vnto the olde tyrauntes in the condempnacyon of these bokes Ioachim the kynge of Iuda tare Hie remyes prophecye and consumed yt in the fyre for vtterynge the truthe Antiochus coÌ„maunded the bokes of the scripturs to be brent also and the readers of them to be putt vnto deathe Herodes the Ascalonyte or Idumyte destroyed the monymentes of the Iewes and cruellye slewe ther notaryes Besydes that hath be done by the consecrate prelates of Constantynople and Rome whych also destroyed manye workes of Chrysostome and Gregorye as the cronycles mencyoneth And ToÌ„stall in owr tyme whych ys now bysshop of DurhaÌ„ whan the testamentes came first into Englyshe bought vpp a greatt nombre of them and brent them in Paules churche yearde for the great deuocyon he had vnto them and bycause he wolde shewe hys kynde But what became of the asore named tyrauntes for workynge soche wyckednesse Trulye Ioachim was ledde captyue into Egypt and at the last dyed there myserablye hys name secluded froÌ„ Christes genealogye Antiochus departed in a straunge lande ouerwhelmed with dyspayre aÌ„d innumerable sorowes els Herode was vexed with manye sore disseases as ytche scall mange gowte feuers collyke and at the last consumed of wormes most wretchydlye ended hys lyfe what schall become here after of my lorde bonner and Tohstall for doynge lyke feates I wyll not nor can not dyffyne for yt ys in the handes of God But sure I am that yt wyll be remembred whan blasphemers schall receyue rewardes accordinge to ther dedes My lorde parauenture thynketh the menne be yll and therfor he maye iustlye condempne ther workes My lorde must consydre ageyne that though Balaam Saul and Cayphas were wycked persones yet doth not the scripturs condempne ther true prophecyes Vvhat these meÌ„ne are ther frutes schall declare For no manne can saye that Iesus ys the lorde whych my lorde hath not yet vttred in all hys processe but in the holye ghost And as for my lordes thynkynge we remembre in Esaye that they whych holde darkenesse lyght and lyght darkenesse haue thoughtes and iudgementes full vnlyke to the thoughtes and iudgementes of God They saye they do well sayth Micheas the prophete whan they labour to shede blood and hunte ther bretherne to deathe They slee the shepe sayth Zacharye and yet they take yt for no synne No they suppose they do God good seruyce in so doynge But lete them take hede of yt and they lyst for Esaye geueth them warnynge that hell gapeth full wyde and openeth her mouthe at large to rewarde that good seruyce of thers The manne of synne ¶ 1 In vvhiche bokes are coÌ„tayned manye sundrie errours 2 and blasphe mouse detestable aÌ„d abhoÌ„ynable he resyes 3 not onlye ageynst the
blessed sacrament of the aulter 4 vvyth other sacramentes of Christes churche 5 but also ageynst the sre vvyll of maÌ„ne 6 makynge God the auctor of synne Hys dysclosynge NOw face out your matter with a carde of tenne Sumwhat must be sayd here to make foles beleue ye haue done a good acte though it turne all to allye A blinde reÌ„naunt of peple must ye alwayes deceyue to vpholde ye still in your mischefes And they be those dustye dreamers that Esaye speaketh of whych can haue no fre conscyence to reason with themselues or ones to thynke in ther mides Maye not I erre Soche dawyshe dodypolles were the parentes of hym that was borneblide which wolde not confesse Christ to haue healed ther soÌ„ne for feare of dyspleasynge the prestes and least the bysshoppes schuld them excommunycate or curse them out of churche In these bokes ye saye are contayned manye sondrye errours and heresyes It maye wele be your saynge for we se neyther them nor the bokes as yet Ye haue buryed theÌ„ both in a bagge If ye schuld reieeÌ„tet all bokes that hath errours ye schuld retayne verye fewe workes of saiÌ„t Augustin saynt Hierom Orygene Tartu lyane Basile Chrisostome Cyrill Damascene Isodre Bede haymo or anye of your other doctours If errours offende you I maruele ye suffre Thomas of Aquyne to remayne whose dyrtye dyuynite hath made the pope Christes vycar in earthe and all Christen kynges hys sworne subiectes all your scole doctours canonystes senten cyonystes and summystes agreynge to the same 2 Bokes ye haue aÌ„d that manye whych deryueth all princes powers out of the popes auctoryte as braunches out of the vyne and small ronnynge ryuers out of the head sprynge secundum esse exercitium soche are your Ynkehorne termes onlye to execute in polytyque ordynauÌ„ces at hys holye mynde and pleasure but them brynge ye not forthe In them fynde ye neyther blasphemouse lyes detestable errours nor yet abhomynable heresyes as ye call them here though they expreslye saye that there ys no lawfull Christen kynge vnlesse he receyue hys vnccyon other promes faythe iurysdyccyon auctorite seate power swerde scepter and crowne of hiÌ„ or of hys deputes Yea aÌ„d to make thys good ye coÌ„pare your prestes vnto the sunne the sowle aÌ„d vnto fyne golde aÌ„d the kynges with ther peple vnto the mone the wret ched bodye and course leade As though your prynces were a farre more vnworthye peple thaÌ„ you by reason of your gresynge and shauynge for fewe other vertues haue ye If yowr canon lawe wherof ye are a commensed doctour and all the ceremonyes whych ye haue of the pope were brought to the tryall of gods worde they schuld not onlye apere sondrye errours but also blasphemouse beggerye detestable lernynge and abhomynable wytcherye the pharysees leuen lyes of hypocrites adders egges spyders webbes bryres tares cockle chaffe menstrue rust dust dregges dreames dottage dronkeÌ„nesse dogges dyrt swylle swynes draffe fylthynesse stubble snares of enemyes execrable doctrine of deuyls Gods curse and abhomynacyon syttynge in the holye place 3 These bokes ye saye are ageynst the blessed sacrameÌ„t of the aultre and ageynst other sacramentes of christes churche Aud all thys ys not els but to colour your cautels of myschefe vnder some pretence of godlynesse Vnder thys colour name ye christ aud yt ys the first tyme of axynge though it be not greatlye to hys honour â–ª who are more ageynst that godlye myny stracyon than yow whych hath in euerye poynt corrected yea rather contraryed christes clere instytution Ye geue it a newe lyuer ye besydes the gospell â–ª yow call it the sacrameÌ„t of an aulter whych ys as moche to saye as the holye sygne of an heape of bryckes They call yt the holye supper of the lorde or a mutuall pertycy pacyon of christes bodye aud blood accordynge to hys godlye instytucioÌ„ Therfor yow blaspheme yt aud not they yow erre aud are the heretyques aud not they Moche better yt was wyth vs whaÌ„ christ was owr onlye aulter aud we the lyuynge sacrifyce offred thervpon in a syncere faythe vnto god the father than now hauynge yowr brycke aulters amoÌ„ge dead mennys graues as Esaye telleth your tale aud yow to stande vpp there as newe redemers and sauers for moneye with touche me not for I am holyar than thu Oseas the prophete sayth that ye eate vpp the synnes of the peple and corage them in your wyckednesse And therfor vpoÌ„ your aulters schall growe both thystles aÌ„d thornes whan yow schall hyde your heades The mutuall supper of the lorde whoÌ„ he made coÌ„mon to all hys true beleuers haue yow turned into a brekefast of your owne deuysynge bycause ye are moche wyser thaÌ„ he wherin ye turne yowr arses to the peple ye tell a longe ê“cesse to the walles wyndowes aulter clothes aud Y dols in a foreÌ„ laÌ„guage whych the more part of yow vnderstaÌ„deth not And whan ye haue eate aud droÌ„ke vp all ye blesse all your neybers with the emptye cuppes bottom and god bewith them neuer pÌ„achynge the lordes deathe tyll he come If ye crucyfye christ a freshe as yow saye ye offre a sacrifyce for the quycke and the dead ye must ageyn betraye hiÌ„ accuse hym scorne him scorge hym iudge hym nayle hiÌ„ to the crosse aÌ„d perce hym to the hartwyth a speare For all these were necessarye offyces in the first sacrifyce One oblacyon made he ones for all to sanctyfye vs vnto god and that can not ryghtly be renued ageyne vnlesse all these partes be played And that ye leaue vndone in thys poynt ye perfourme full manerlye in the members of hys mystycall bodye whoÌ„ ye neuer cease to persue vnto deathe 4 Vvith your other sacramentes we wyll not here medle bycause ye do not expresse them But of thys we assure yow that churche ys not Christes whych foloweth your voyce aÌ„d not hys Not hys flocke are they that goeth a whore hontynge to manye strauÌ„ge Goddes after your rradicyons and customes 5 Ye saye consequentlye that the afore named bokes are a gaynst the fre wyll of manne and in so doynge they make God the auctor of synne Vvhat yow make of God I can not tell But wele I wote thys doctrine of yours ys straunge Sumwhat ye wolde fayne haue to auaunce your owne ryghtousnesse and depresse the ryghtousnesse of God and that must vp for a newe artycle of ower faythe For noÌ„ other purpose wolde ye haue a fre wyll but to proue therbye that your whole iustyfycacyon cometh not by Iesus Christ but moche by your good merytes and workes what fredome can we haue of that whych hath brought vs into all bondage of deathe synne helle and the deuyll we are of ower selues nothinge saith saynt Austyn but all togyther vanyte a shaddowe of deathe a darke bottomlesse pyt and a voyde barren grounde nothynge bryngynge forthe but confusyon synne and
deathe Truthe yt ys that before the fall of Adam mannys wyll was fre Sens hath yt not bene fre but in bodylye thynges as to eate drynke and slepe or to do all maner of wyckednesse Now are we not able of that wyll ones to thynke a good thought All ys now synne in vs that ys not of faythe Neyther of the wyll of the fleshe nor yet of mannys wyll become we now Gods chyldren but of an onlye beleue in hys name and that ys hys gyft also Stoyckes and epycures maye that fre wyll make vs but no true chyldren of God It fareth by the braggers of thys fre wyll as by hym which boasteth that sumtyme he had a fayre howse where as now ys neyther rose nor wall A tyttle yt hath that soche a thynge ther was but yt ys nothynge lesse in effect Fayne wolde yowr scole doctours with ther vnsauerye sophystrye make sum what of yt yf they coudebrynge yt so to passe Somtyme with the pelagyanes ye garnyshe yt with the excellent gyftes of nature And whan that wyll not serue with the subtyle manychees ye preuent yt with a grace least the first entraunce of synne schuld be imputed vnto yt besydes that ye borowe of the Iouynyanystes Iacobytanes priscyllyanystes predestynates and other heretyques more Fynallye with the anabaptystes ye grauÌ„t it in owr powr to fulfyll the coÌ„maundementes of god Thus are ye all one in opinion with heretyques olde and newe and yet ye pretende to be coÌ„dempners of theÌ„ If God be the worker of all good thinges as he reporteth himselfe in Esaye If he worketh all in all accordynge to hys owne pleasure If all goodnesse cometh froÌ„ the father of lyght If we can not speake a ryght but in hys sprete If non can come to the father but by christ If we be saued onlye by the eleccyon of hys grace what can owr fre wyll do Canne we meryte grace with synne or deserue to be ryghtoused by folye O blynde beastes block heades aÌ„d hypocrites lerne ones to be wyse and godlye and to referre more vnto god and lesse to your selues 6 Ye saye yf we allowe not thys fredome in mannys wyll we make god the auctour of synne Yowr argument is as yow are vnlerned fantastycall and doltyshe Thys wyse reason of yowrs came first froÌ„ Pelagius the first fynder out and mayntener of your fre wyll as wytnesseth saynt Austin i hypognostico Loo sayth he to the pelagyanes bycause your best be loue or fre wyll whoÌ„ ye haue so moche commended hath conceyued lewdenesse engendred synne aÌ„d brought forth deathe ye constytute god the author of synne Ye call both hym and hys apostle a teÌ„pter of yll menne bycause after your opynion he hath created the thinges that prouoketh them to euyll and so causeth them to peryshe But saynt Iames cleareth thys saynge That manne is tempted drawne and allured of hys owne concupiscence which is now haÌ„defast to your fre will The gentyles sayth chrisostome vndyscretelye noteth christ a destroyer of the peple for that he called them with so moche gentylnesse and not brought them in by compulsyon Vvhat are these els but the frutes of mennys wysdome and blasphemouse fantasyes The scriptur sayth that God commaunded Semei to curse Dauid He reserueth the wycked vnto an euyll daye He maketh the waster to destroye He promiseth to be a lyenge sprete in the mouthe of all false prophetes He hath geuen menne vp to ther hartes desyre to worke vncomlye thynges Good and yll lyfe and deathe coÌ„meth all of the lorde Is there anye plage sayth Amos or my shappe in a cyte that is not of the lordesdoynge with soche other more And schall we saye for these that he is the author of synne No God is not in case as is manne that he can lye or do anye other wyckednesse That is sin ne in manne is eternall ryghtousnesse in hym as wytnesseth all the sentencyoners in amaner I maruele therfor what my lorde wyll stande to whaÌ„ neyther the scripturs nor yet hys owne doctours can serue hym Lete neuer the pott earthe in the handes of the potter reasoÌ„ what vessel he will make hym least he be brokeÌ„ in hys anger for serchynge so hygh thinges He that mekeneth hymselfe schall fynde grace Sure we are that non can peryshe which fayth fullye obeyeth hys callynge For he is of infinite mercye If any be lost for not obey enge it the faute is thers and not hys The manne of synne ¶ 1 And more ouer ageynst good vvorkes 2 specyallye 3 fastiÌ„ge prayer almes dede 4 ageynst auriculer coÌ„fessyon 5 ageynst the vovve of chastyte 6 aÌ„d for the mariage ofprestes Hys dysclosynge DEd not I tel ye afore we schuld not nede to seke farre to proue yow a lyar for your owne confessyoÌ„ wolde do it ye saye these bokes are ageynst good workes and ye declare here what good workes ye meane Specyally fastynge ye saye prayer and almes dede I maruelé ye are not ashamed to be so double of your wordes A fore ye sayd there was in the sachell a boke of prayer made by Luther and here now ye saye they are ageynst prayer Of prayer aÌ„d ageinst prayer is not all one by anye godlye mannys iudgement But fyrst lete vs go to good workes If it be a good worke to abhorre vnfaythfulnesse to detest Idols to shurne hypocresye to repent wyckednesse to resort to christ to seke hys glorye alone to obeye christen rewlers of lone to lyue after Gods coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes to praye without supersticion to brynge vp yow the in vertu with soche other like thaÌ„ are yow a most wycked blasphemer For all they are in these bokes most ernestlye desyred Marrye in dede the good workes that myght make to the fyllynge of your spirituall purses are not there greatlye cared for and that is the cause of yowr great anger 2 As moche care yow for true fastynge whych is to cease from synne and to do the workes of mercye as doth the deuyll of hell Vvhan delyuer yow the oppressed Vvhan dysolue yow vngolye promises whan huÌ„ger yow for the ryght ousnesse of God AbstyneÌ„ce from meates maketh vs not Gods seruauntes For than were the deuyll most holye which neuer eateth nor drynketh The fastynge that ye call vpon doth Christ name hypocresye and saint paule the doctrine of deuyls MoÌ„tanus a peruerse heretyque was the fyrst that made the lawes of compulsyon in fastynge whom yow styll occupye to thys present daye Ageynst whom at the same tyme wrote Melciades Appolonius and Serapion with other notable fathers and therfor ye had nede to condeÌ„pne ther bokes also The cause now whye ye take soche peynes in thys matter ys to holde vp yf it may be your leÌ„t made by pope The olespherê° your eÌ„brynge dayes ordayned of pope Calixtusthe first your fryday fast coÌ„fermed by pope leo the fort as wytnesseth master Eckius
hys master with Iudas ād the other byeth the holyeghost with Symon magus And to maynteyne thys rewle must tythes and offerynges with other deuocyōs and dewtyes be payed the whole accōptes therof than made in confessyon I coude wryte manye thynges cōcernynge ther craftye cloyninge and pyllage of the poore labourynge menne and womenne seruaūtes and prenteses to be catchynge yet of sūwhat but for thys tyme I lete yt passe Thys your Easter how sell was first instytute by pope Zepherinus and after confermed by a popyshe decretall called Omnis vtriusque sexus The communyon of Christ ys fre to hys peple and bounde to no daye but all dayes at ther pleasure boūde vnto yt for they are now no seruauntes to the daye but the daye vnto them For the lorde created not manne to serue the daye but the daye to serue manne How hapneth yt sayth saynt Paule that ye turne ageyn to the weake and beggerlye tradycyons de syerynge a freshe to be in bondage Ye obserue dayes ād monethes tymes and years I am in feare of yow least my labours be in vayne amonge yow 3 In the ende of thys artycle ye condempne these bokes for admyttynge both kyndes ī the Eucharystye vnto the laye peple as yow name them though they be vnto Christ more holye thā yow whych hath the popes vnccyons Vvhether yow be the heretyques or they that made the bokes lete Christ be iudge He ernestlye commaunded hys dyscyples to drynke of yt all And they dranke of yt all sayth Marke Yow saye hande of in peyne of burnynge or els hangynge bycause Eckius dronkē dyuynyte hath so taught yow Parauēture ye wyll saye with hym that the bodye ys not without the blood Christ knewe that also so well as yow Yet mynystred he the chalyce as ye call yt Saynt Paule in lyke case writynge a lawe of christen lyuynge vnto the Corintheanes whych were laye menne and no prestes commended both kyndes vnto them lyke as he had of the lorde receyued and yow make lawes of deathe for yt In the wycked counsell of Constaunce was yt first inhybytt in the .xiij. syttynge by pope Iohan the .xxiij. whych was there deposed for poysenynge hys predecessour Alexāder by the false workynge of Mar silius de parma a phesycyane Vvhere as the holye menne of God Ioannes huss and Hieronimus de praga for withstandynge yt were done to most cruell deathe in the yeare of ower lorde M cccc xv yet was yt .xxiij. years after graunted ageyne vnto the Bohemes in the generall counsell of Basyll after manye great dysputacyons And therfor yt ys a sore matter to putt menne to deathe for but that ye must folowe the steppes of yowr fathers to be partyners with them in that plage Both must ye be theues and murtherers depryuynge the peple as wele of helthe as of lyfe 4 And where as ye seke to maynteyne the inuocacyon of sayntes condempnynge these bokes for speakynge ageynst yt Ye she we yowr selfe a more folyshe heretyque Idolatour and papyst than anye that I can heare of els Though master Eckius be a verye obstynate aduersarye to Christ and hys worde and an vnshamefast captayne of antichristes warres yet ys he not so folyshe ā Idolatour as to allow inuocacyon to the sayntes though he allowe them both veneracyon and prayer Therfor ye are lyke in thys to stande fole alone without the helpe of hys doctrine or yet of anye other vnlesse ye seke to the olde queresters of Baal or the chapleynes of Bell the olde God of Babylon that ded eate vpp all the sacryfyces as yower generacyon doth styll Vvhat I schuld write of thys I can not tell yt ys so folyshe Sauynge that I remembre .viij. years ago I was afore Edwarde lee the archebysshopp of yorke Vvhereas I was examyned vpon the artycle of honourynge and prayenge to sayntes deuyded into .xvij. artycles In the tyme of that examynacyon was there an olde doctour whych greatlye lamented as my lorde doth here that he myght no longar make inuocacyon to sayntes and thought hym selfe halfe lost for yt good doctour Downes standynge by and smylynge at hys folyshnesse Vnto whom the archebysshop sayd these wordes Speake not sayth he of inuocacyon concernynge sayntes For that respecteth a peculyar worshypp onlye due vnto God And with that the mā was pacyfyed and argued no farder So that I can se non agre with my lorde here in thys opynyon vnlesse they be blynde dastardes and asseheades as thys olde dottynge fole was Thys ys yet sūwhat worse than ys the popes doctrine For though pope Sergius gaue them shrynes Theodatus churches Felix holye dayes Gregorye veneracyon Honorius prayenge to Leo hympnes and psalmodye Iohan .vij. pycturs Constantyne Images and tabernacles puttynge them in the masse Theodorus waxe Stephanus sensynge and Alexander holye water yet wa there non of them all that euer gaue them honour vnder the tyttle of invocacyon That ys the onlye newe years gyft of my lorde of londō here borowed altogyther of the olde Idolatours And as moche worshyppys he worthy to haue for yt as had Herostratus whych burned the great temple of Diana at Ephesus onlye be spokē of Neyther graunteth the scriptur sayntes honorynge nor yet ther prayenge to Neyther are they allowed there for intercessours medyatours nor aduocates In the primatyne churche were they had in memorye onlye for imytacyon of ther godlye workes but yet of non other than Christ had cōmaūded For saynt Paule hys selfe wolde non otherwyse be folowed of other than he had folowed Christ afore 5 Yet ys not the ragynge furye of my lorde pacyfyed for these bokes but nedes they must be condempned for hauynge mater ageynst masse mattens and euensōge though they be onlye offyces of antichristes relygyon yea rather superstycyō Vvhat yowr masse is we haue partlye declared afore as occasyon hath bene offred vs. If euerye pope schuld haue home ageyne the fedder he hath putt vnto yt yt schuld be a verye naked monstre not all vnlyke vnto Isopes choughe whom we commonlye call Iacke dawe Yet must yt be a sacrifyce satisfactorye for the quycke and the dead to the great derogacyon ād blasphemye of that onlye sacrifice of ow◠redemption which Christ ones made for all These beastlye bellygoddes hath not bene ashamed in ther scolastycall lernynge or deuylishe diuynite ' to saye that the masse of the worke selfe delyuereth from actuall synne optayneth remyssion graunteth deseruīge geueth meryte minystreth grace and dischargeth both the gyltynesse and peyne due thervnto where as Christes deathe is nomore but a dyscharge for oryginall synne onlye Yea it is not longe a go sens Stokyslaye and other besydes mynistred the same for a Christen doctrine at paules crosse Standyshe that blasphe mouse Idyote maynteyninge the same selfe lowsye lewde lernynge was not abashed to compare the precyouse blood of Christ