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B12171	The voluntarie conuersion and seuerall recantations, of foure great learned men, professed fryers in sundry monasteries of Fraunce, from the errours of idolatrie and poperie, to the true religion established in the Reformed Church. 1. Master Iohn Le Vager, a priest in the Romane Church, conuerted at Mauns, Ianuary 6. 2. Master Iohn Forent, a fryer Carmelite, in the Court of Morthemard, conuerted in the Reformed Church of Poictiers, Iune, 9. 3. Master Denis Boucher, a Franciscane fryer, in the couent of Noisy, neere Paris, conuerted in the Reformed Church of Paris, Iuly. 6. 4. Master Daniell Dusert, Franciscan fryer at Mello, conuerted in the Church of Mello, December, 22. All conuerted this last yeare, 1603. as their seuerall discourses following at large doe testifie, vnder their owne hands. Truely translated, out of the French printed copies.		1604 (1604)	STC 5650; ESTC S114587	31,204	52

teacheth vs the will and league hee hath made with his people which wee shoulde alwaies haue before our eyes on our foreheades and in our handes to meditate thereon both day and night to accomplish the same on our behalfe As concerning my selfe I acknowledge and confesse that I haue beene trained vp in the Romane Church and haue followed the errours and superstitions therein vsed being caried His protestation concerning himself and the errors wherein he hath liued long only by custome regarde of antiquitie and the goodly outward shew deliuered For looking and contemplating it with the eye of flesh it appeared to me to be to be the true Church erected for perpetuall continuance defended on all sides as being rich potent cloathed with golde purple and scarlet tryumphing ouer all her enemies aduersaries adored by the Kings and Princes of the earth commaunding Emperours holding dominion ouer many nations and prospering euen against the children of God thrusting the true Church into the desert wildernesse But all this was according to the Prophecie of S. Iohn in his Apocalipse where he at large describeth Antichrist Apoc. Chap. 11. 12. and his Babilon Now in this perplexitie in this conflict of opinions which we daily see about the matter of Religion according to the commandement of God I consulted with the diuine Oracle and withdrewe my selfe to the mountaines of holy Scripture By whose testimonie Iesus Christ repulsed the Tempter and confirmed his Apostles after his resurrection By them our Fathers stoned all heretiques and besides them whatsoeuer is spoken is heresie and execration although it be an Angell that Galat. 1. 8. deliuers it or an Apostle according as Saint Paule teacheth vs. God will haue obedience by them and not sacrifice Hee will not Deut 12. 4. 2 Sam. 15. 22. Math. 15. 6. Iohn 10. 4. 5. be serued according to the commandement and traditions of men He acknowledgeth them to be his that abide in his worde He tels vs also that such as are of his flocke doe heare his voice and knowe it and will not listen to a strangers See heere the infallible markes of the true Church indeed But the Church of Rome in steede of listening to this word and obeying it in Of the church of Rome steede of following the kings high way which is taught vs by the aforesaid mountaines reuolts turnes after her owne waies following her owne fantasies and not the commandements of the Lord. And so hath quitted her alliance that wee may iustly say of her that which the Prophet spake of the holy citie of Ierusalem How is the faithfull citie become an harlot She was full of equitie and iustice lodged in her her gold is turned into drosse and her wine is mingled with water And first of all for example she will needes haue Idols and Idols and Images Images contrarie to the commandement of God and to shift off this sinne with an excuse she glosseth a difference between an Idoll and an Image And yet the prohibition extendeth Not to make any resemblance of any thing which is in heauen aboue Exod. 20. 4. 5. neither in the earth beneath nor in the waters below to serue or worship them And so themselues doe cut their owne throats for they say that the Image which they place in their Temple is the similitude of that same partie in heauen aboue And if there be any difference betweene Idoll and Image an Image is for ornament represented in an history an Idoll that which is proposed in the Temple to bee worshipped euen as their pretended Images are THOMAS AQVINAS one of their Thomas Aquin. greatest Doctors testifieth the same in 3. Sentent dist 2. That in 3. sentent Dist 2. the Image ought to be honoured with the selfe same adoration as the partie that it representeth And in the booke tearmed Decisiones Decisio Rotae Rotae where the question is demanded to wit whether the Image in the Image-makers shoppe be to be worshipped or no He answers plainely no for it is exposed there to publick sale but in the Temple it is placed to be worshipped and the selfe same instruction is giuen by the C. venerabiles de Cons dist 3. C. Venerabiles de Cons dist 3. Vpon the aforesaid holy mountaines we finde but one God onely to call vpon in our afflictions and necessities And Iesus Christ himselfe saith vnto vs Come vnto me all yee that are wearie and heauie laden and I will ease you The Church of Math. 11. 28. Rome sends vs to so many hee-Saints and shee-Saints as there be daies in their Calender and though it be written I wil not impart my glorie to any other yet dare they communicate to all such Saints as themselues haue canonized the office of an intercessour or mediatour betweene God and vs which office is onely proper to Christ and dependeth vpon his eternall sacrifice made For as Saint Paule saith He is entred into very heauen Heb. 9. 24. to appeare now in the sight of God for vs. If any sinne saith 1. Iohn 2. 1. saint Iohn we haue an Aduocate with the Father euen Iesus Christ the Iust In like manner Iesus Christ by one onely sacrifice made once vpon the Crosse hath abolished the sinnes of all Heb. 10 14. beleeuers for euer so that there is no further neede of sacrificing being once made thus perfectly But the Church of Rome as if the sacrifice of Christ were imperfect and insufficient hath ordained another for remission of sinnes both to the dead and Masses for the liuing and the dead liuing which they cal the Masse and hath substituted so many successours for the sacrificing againe of Iesus Christ as there be Priests that vse to say Masse Contrarie to that which is written Thou art a Priest eternally for euer after the order of Heb. 7. 21. MELCHISEDEC not hauing any successour at all in his sacrifice as the same blessed Apostle Paule teacheth vs. And so in other points of our Religion the Church of Rome hath wholly peruerted thē namely in Christs institution of his Peruerting of the Sacraments Of Baptisme Sacraments As in Baptisme they make an addition thereto of Oyle of Salt and of Spettle transferre by meere mockery this holy mystery to bels Baptizing them as if they were of Gods elect and to be ranked among the faithful Likewise the holy Supper which Iesus Christ instituted to make a serious Of the Lords Supper commemoration of his death and passion whereby he purchased eternall life for vs bearing the curse of our sins vpon himselfe and in that respect after his benediction made he brake the bread saying This is my bodie to the end we might thereby Luk. 22. 19. be instructed that as bread nourisheth our bodies euen so his wounded bodie deliuered vp vnto death for vs doth nourish our soules vnto eternall life receiuing the same by Faith and as

a Sacrament The Church of Rome of this foode for the soule would make foode for the bodie teaching that this was not spoken of the bread which Christ held in his hands when he pronounced those words This is my body for the bread was then no more bread but fantastically forge certaine accidents without substance of indiuidua vaga and say that that is the true bodie of Christ which descended into the bowels of the C. tribus gradibus de consec Dist 2. earth et per aqualiculos in secessū And that Rats Mice dogs may eate the bodie of Christ as they teach in their Cautelae Missae and S. Thomas and other Scholasticks beside a thousand other blasphemies They say also that this proposition that the bread is the bodie of Christ is hereticall and S. Augustine Part. 3. de Eucharist Quaest 79. Art 3. Gerson contra floretis 4. Iohn 651. by consequent an hereticke who saith That the bread is the bodie of Iesus Christ in the sacrament And by consequent also Christ himselfe should be an heretique too who saith in Saint Iohn The bread that I will giue you is my flesh Thus make they God imperfect in power because it is impossible that two bodies shoulde bee in one selfe same place as they say I will rehearse vnto yee how the saide Church of Rome hath gotten together all the auncient heresies as that of Montanus Euseb Hist Eccl. 8. Ca. 18. who forbad mariage and made lawe for fasting That of Pelagius who taught that we may doe diuerse meritorious works The heresie of the Euchites or Messalians who vnder the colour of praying to God and liuing in contemplation liued in idle slothfulnesse without doing any thing deuouring widowes Luk. 20. 47. houses vnder pretext of long praying according as Christ reproued the hypocriticall Scribes Of whome S. Augustine writeth August de opere Monach. that they pray so long as it is incredible to them that heare them recount them And they say that it is not lawfull for Monks to labour for their owne sustenance but commend their idlenesse and repute them thereby to be preseruers and keepers of the Gospell And Theodoret speaking of them saith that Failing Theod. heretic Fabul at prayers they sleepe the greater part of the day and so are allowed to doe the Authour whereof was one Simeon Abbeus The said Church of Rome doth teach vs a purgatorie with the Paganes And giue vs Aqua lustralis which they tearme Purgatory Holy water which was the inuention of Numa Pompilius the Holy water Idolater They bring in the Pagan and Iewishe pompes in magnificent habits as Stones Luminaries and Processions I conceale the rest for breuitie sake onely I say that as the Church of Rome hath willingly changed the ordinances of God and of his Sacraments euen so as willingly hath she gotten an other head and husband then Iesus Christ to wit the Pope who calleth the said Church of Rome his Spouse and Cap. quoniam de immuni in 60. C sunt quidem dicentes caus 2. 5. quaest 1. et ibi glossa guides her according to his owne fantasie giuing her new Lawes and saith hee hath power so to doe in C. Sunt quidam dicentes And the glosse approued and allowed by the saide Church saith That he may dispense against God and against his holy Gospell In the doing of which hee declares himselfe to bee hee of whome saint Paule speakes to the Thessalonians That hee exalteth himselfe against all that is called God 2. Thes 2. 4 For is not this to exalt himselfe against all that is called God boldly to dare to change his Lawes and his Gospell to adde thereto or diminish thence as hee saith hee hath power to doe In C. Ideo ss erat Also hee saith that hee is C. ideo ss erat God C. satis euidenter Dist 96. And so hee makes himselfe to bee by the adoration done vnto him and kissing of his Pantofle Wee may likewise beholde his Monkes Capuchines and Iesuites to bee daily sent abroade from him as his Apostles and Prophets to preach his newe Gospelles and that newe Article of Faith the extrauagant deuise of BONIFACE the eight Vnam sanctam Ecclesiam Vnam sanctam Ecclesiam And that it followes on necessitie of saluation to submit and Vnam sanctam Ecclesiam obey the Pope in all things holding and obseruing his ordinances as heauenly C. sic omnes Dist 19. And say that his discipline C. Sic omnes Dist 19. C. Sors non est caus 26. Quaest 3. C. Honoratus Dist 74. is more perfect then the Gospell practised and preached by the Apostles C. sors non est caus 26. Q. 3. Also to compell his vnderlings to the obseruation of his lawes which hee prizeth more then the word of God as it is to bee seene in C. honoratus Dist 74. And for the transgression of his lawes and commandements to be burned aliue as we haue seene many for eating flesh on a day by him forbidden but for blaspheming the name of God or whordome there needs no more but a little holy water one Pater noster and one Aue Maria to wash away the guilt of that offence Now by the cariage of himselfe in this manner hee cannot be Apostolique as he vaunts of himselfe nor yet the successour of Saint Peter for doubtlesse he sits not in Saint Peters chaire that neither holdeth nor confesseth the doctrine preached by Saint Peter and the other Apostles who neuer were Law-makers in the Church of God For there is but one Law-giuer which is God But there haue beene Ambassadors and interpreters Iames. 4. 12. as Saint Paule instructeth vs saying That we may be esteemed as the ministers of Christ dispensers of the secrets of God 1. Cor. 4. 1. 2. And Iesus Christ himselfe sending his Apostles forthe to preach said vnto them Goe and teach all nations baptizing Mat. 28. 19. 30 them in the name of the Father and the Sonne and the holie Ghost teaching them to obserue all things whatsoeuer I commaunded you He gaue them then no power to make newe lawes as the Pope licenseth his men to doe I am not willing to extend this discourse any further because I knowe it hath alreadie beene amply entreated on by verie learned men of these times but will conclude that since he is not obedient to the Gospell but puts in place thereof other doctrines and Gospels that he can bee no other but euen hee of whome saint Paule foretolde in his Epistle to the Thessalonians and as hee is described by saint Iohn in his Apocalipse And so consequently his Church wherof he tearms himselfe to be the spouse and head is not that Church out of which there is no saluation and whereto are made such gratious promises but rather it is the true Babylon out of which we are commanded to depart if wee will not partake in her

other great kings Princes and Infidel Potentates against God his Church and sacred trueth wherein neuerthelesse hee hath in the end showne himselfe most magnificently victorious euen ouer all his enemies protecting and defending all those that put their trust in him Which also was the blessed aduertisment and assured consolation that sometimes our Lord Iesus Christ gaue to his Apostles when hee sent them forth to preach his word saying I send yee forth as sheepe and lambes among Wolues Yee Luk. 10. shall haue manie enemies that shall put yee to much paine and trauaile in the world But bee yee of good courage for I haue ouercome the world And further assurance of victorie hee gaue Luk. 21. them by meanes of a mouth filled with wisdome which none should be able to resist or speake against Vndoubtedly then it is a most extreame folly for men to thrust themselues forward or to enterprise any thing whatsoeuer against his wisdom because he is euermore too strong for them and he will maintaine his right against all power whatsoeuer In this respect my worthy iudicious Masters because now daies it seemes that the Church of Rome is mightily aduanced by the multitude of her supposts and false Pastors who in stead of the true heauenly foode present nothing else but venemous hearbes and false doctrines therewith to feede the soules of men Although I say it appears that this Synagogue of Sathan do daily beare vp saile God sparing and delaying his iudgements against her Yet notwithstanding at length hee will let loose the arrowes of his indignation and fierce anger against her blasphemies so that shee shall no way be able to endure the weight of his displeasure but shall altogither remaine confounded and ruined Whereas on the contrary part hee will defend preserue and encrease day by day his little flock as we may perceiue that many being guided and conducted by his holy spirit haue forsaken the accursed foulde of Popery to ranck themselues amongst the members of his true Church And heere my masters I present my selfe before you as one of them who although I was one of the least members of that great Popish bodie yet did I not desist from persecuting to my vttermost the true Church of our Sauiour and the verity of his Gospell which I impugned by diuerse heresies which I learned in the infectious Cloysters of sundry Monasteries publickly preaching and pronouncing them vnderstanding and corrupting most vilely the holy Scriptures arming and seruing mine owne turne with infinite other subornations only to contradict the trueth withall I did intirely oppose my selfe against that goodly and bright splendour shining most gloriously in the word of God And to speake truely I made a spare of nothing which I imagined might serue for mine owne conseruation in the estate of lying But yet at length when God made me to know that it was ouer-hard for me to kick against the prick and that I had wilfully shut vp mine eyes before only because I would not looke on the bright Sunne of iustice which vouchsafeth to illuminate all the world God then I say in mercie looking vpon mee did let mee plainely perceiue that I deserued no lesse chastisement then the veriest wretch in the whole worlde And to the end I may make a more particular declaration of his grace bestowed vpon mee receiuing Heb. 8. and likewise deliuering to you a sound subiect of him to render all praise and thankes with mee to him therefore as also on the other side that mine example of entring now amongst you may the more resoluedly confirmeyee in the trueth I wil speak and deliuer vnto yee in very fewe words the grounds of those causes which moued and incited mee to forsake Antichristes Gal. 3. part of Rome to followe the trueth of God and ioyne my selfe to the bodie of his Church First of all the word of God teacheth vs that Iesus Christ is our soueraigne Prophet King and Priest and that at one time onely he offered vp himselfe a sacrifice to God for vs who were vtterly lost the children of wrath sinne and death That by one oblation onely hee hath sanctified vs bought vs from the curse of the Lawe euen when hee made himselfe a curse for vs. Now the Church of Rome confesseth that albeit Iesus Christ did die for vs yet his death is not profitable to vs except wee doe some good workes to apply vnto our selues matter of merit thereby As if hee had not offered vp himselfe to his Father but rather is to be offered vp by the Sacrifices and Doctours of the Lawe And that his oblation is not meritorious only except the same be daily reiterated in the Masse which they say is propitiatorie to God both for the liuing and the dead That Christ hath not throughly deliuered vs from the curse of the Lawe but that to bee saued we ought in our selues to accomplish the Lawe Wherein they contradict manifestly the sacred Scriptures and namely that place taught by saint Paule in the second Chapter of his Epistle to Ephes 2. and other places the Ephesians The holy Scriptures also doe enstruct vs that Iesus Christ is the alone Mediatour betweene God and man as also the only 1. Tim. 2. 1. Iohn 2. Iohn 10. Phil. 2. Colos 1. Aduocate and intercessour That hee is the good Sheepheard that God hath subiected all things vnto him and made him the head of his Church The Pope opposing himselfe against all these commaunds that prayers must be made to he Saints and shee Saints as mediatours betweene God and men and in regard that they haue beene men they haue the more communication with our nature and are more enclined to compassion of our miseries then Iesus Christ And yet notwithstanding it is hee that saith Come vnto mee all yee that are heauie laden and I will ease you Beside Whatsoeuer you demaunde Math. 11. Iohn 14. of the Father in my name you shall obtaine it The Pope auoucheth that although Iesus Christ bee the heade of the Church yet saith hee that he himselfe is the ministeriall head thereof in earth and that all things are as wel subiected to him as vnto Christ That all whatsoeuer hee doth or saith ought to be helde and reputed as comming euen from God himselfe That in things which concerne Religion he cannot erre yet notwithstanding many Popes haue bin found to be heretikes witnesse Liberius Marcellinus and others Hee saith also that his commaundements ought to bee executed equally with them belonging to God In breefe hee would make the world beleeue that the Church of GOD is a monster with two heades before which equally all knees ought to bowe and bend God did likewise expresly forbid his people and so consequently to all men to make any grauen Image of any thing Exod. 20. whatsoeuer to vse any seruice thereto or fal downe before it The Pope on the contrarie part hee will haue Churches to