ye knowe what ye do wele ynough though ye be not all with the godlye wysest yowr quarell in this iest is onlye ageynst heretyques speciallye ageynst soche as hath deminisshed your lyuiÌ„ges As this Lambert was one whom here ye repart to be burned for heresye not yll apayed therof To them that are brent for Christes veritees sake remayneth the same crowne of rightousnesse that remayned vnto Polycarpus the Bisshop of Smyrna which was also brent for the same for whan the ryghtfull iudge shall come at the latter daye that now semeth ryght in youre eyes will than apere otherwyse Nothynge shall there be decysed after youre popishe lawes but all accordynge to that worde whom ye now condemne for heresye 4 For a custome in a maner ye take it falselye to allege youre scripturs And to amende the matter ye haue made it false Latine wherby I iudge you but a sengle syr Iohan. ye occupye here the feminyne gendre for the masculyne I suppose it is for some good loue ye beare to that gendre out of the ryght rewle If these fawtes had bene but in one of youre coppyes we myght haue thought it the printers neglygence But now we are coÌ„pelled to iudge it youre ignoraunce Confusi sunt sapientes is not in the .iii. chapter of Hieremie but in the .viii. And it is there spoken of those prestes and preachers which ministreth vnto the people lyenge lernynge for lucre For it foloweth immediatly after Verbum enim Domini proiecerunt sapieÌ„tia nulla est in eis The worde of the Lorde haue they throwne at their tayles and haue now no maner of wysdome Their rebuke sayth the prophete is open for they do abhominable thynges yet are they not ashamed No they will knowe of no maner of shame If this be not spoken of youre fylthye generacion I report me to you ye wolde fayne haue it serue for Frith Lambert As who shuld saye They were confounded of youre bisshoppes for all their wysdome No no youre bisshoppes are confounded by them though the worldlye eyes seyth it not And they are departed hence with victorye in the veryte A mysterye 1 Next after him Came in a lymme 2 Of Antichrist An Anabaptyst 3 One Peter Franke. 4 Hi sunt fontes sine aqua quibus caligo tenebrarum reseruatur 2. Pet. 2. ¶ The openinge 1. YMagyne yow neuer so manye craftye colours yet can ye not hyde a wolfe Now couple ye these good menne with the Anabaptistes y â— more to blemishe their names though they neuer agreed to that supersticyouse secte Rather shuld the Anabaptistes seme to be of youre sorte than of theirs For they haue in a maner the same opinion of fre will of iustificacion by workes that you haue They will obeye no temporall magistrates and nomore will you but by compulsyon They force not to breake their othe of allegeaunce nomore do you They wolde haue all mennes goodes in common so wolde you also youre owne alwayes excepted And this foredele of them ye haue in that article ye are sure in euery maÌ„nes goodes to haue a porcion by tyttle of tythes offerynges confessions testaments masses so forth doynge lyttle or nothynge for it and so are not they And therfore I can not se but ye are a membre of theirs as daungerouse coyeshe and diuerse as ye make it Marrye in dede a zele they haue vnto the Gospell thoughe nothynge to knowlege which yow neuer had yet but a most bytter hate in the stede therof And therfore ye seme rather to be lymmes of the denyll which hath bene a murtherer in youre spyghtfull generacion euer sens the beginnynge than of anye congregacion that is godlye 2 If ye knewe so wele what an Antichrist were as ye can name him ye shuld here plucke youre selfe by the nose harde But I perseyue wele now ye are but a wytlesse fole It is not y â— â—ebaptisynge or retynctynge agayne in water that maketh an Antichrist but the obstinate resistaunce of that heauenlye veryte which Christ ones taught He is a verye Antichrist which vndre Christes tyttle playeth a part cleane contrarye to Christ. As where as Christ was meke gentyll sowlye mercyfull peceable poore pytefull iust and true He is cruell ferce frowarde frantyck tyrannouse proude vaynegloriouse spyghtfull wycked and false and yet is all done in Christes stede what blasphemye so euer he worketh Antichrist after y â— scripturs is he which calleth himselfe holye changeth y â— lawes obserueth dayes and tymes doth manye false miracles denyeth Christ destroyeth peoples woundeth vnto death assoyleth for monye iudgeth euyll good and good euyll is worshypped of Princes burneth in concupiscence and shall be destroyed with the onlye breath of Gods mouthe Now blowe in both youre fystes tell me whom they meane ye knowe I am sure 〈◊〉 they are which worketh all these feates els are ye a manne of verye small experience But here perauenture ye playe Tom Nytygo ye knowe it but ye will not be acknowne of it 3 To assertayne yowe fullye of the matter the great Antichrist is youre whole clergye with the layte of the same false faythe Of the which youre holye father the Pope with his college of cardinals is the head All Patriarkes Archebishoppes metropolytanes bisshoppes lawers doctors prestes presones curates monkes chanons and nonnes are the bodye the .iiii. orders of fryers which came last of all are the tayle that couereth his arse which is now cutt of in Englande and therfore he is there become a curtall This is the great bodye of sathan which ministreth to the worlde all fylthynesse of ydolatrie and necrolatrie What Peter Franke was by his lyfe whom ye call here a lymme of Antichrist I can not iustlye report for he was of an other nacyon But yf that mannes lyfe maye be called good whose ende is godlye and perfyght I dare boldelye saye that his lyfe was good For in his death confessed he the Lorde Iesus Christ to be his onlye sauer and redemer which is the true seale marke of the seruaunt of God In the myddes of the fyre also he stode withoute feare sorowe tremblynge changynge of countenauÌ„ce or dissolute mouyng which were playne tokens of a conscience not trobled but assertayned throughlye of a moche better lyfe after this lyfe This lerned I in Colchestre of them which were by his onlye deathe or pacient sufferauÌ„ce coÌ„uerted from youre papisme vnto true repentaunce where as nothynge afore coude conuert them 4 A verye theues part haue ye played here with the text which ye haue taken out of saint Peters seconde epistle Hi sunt fontes sine aqua quibus caligo tenebraruÌ„ reseruatur For ye haue left oute of it no lesse than these .iiii. wordes nebule turbinibus exagitate These saith saint Peter are y â— welles without water clowdes carryed forth with tempestes to whom is reserued the myste of darkenesse This was neuer spoken for anye that euer yet dyed for the
ye haue no power Blessed is that maÌ„ne that euer he was borne which perseuereth faythfull to the ende as Iohan Frith hath done That he penned by his lyfe concernynge the sacrament and their popyshe purgatorye is not greatlye hyndred here as yet oÌ„y Pantolabus dyrtye dartes The greatest acte he hath done is that he hath here paynted vs out a fole of himselfe 2 Here is it layed vnto Iohan Frithes charge that he shulde denye Christes wordes because he wolde not in his boke admyt Aristotles realyte in their sacrameÌ„t In dede he neuer denyed Christes worde for than he shulde haue done as you do alwayes so haue denyed Christ himselfe which is all one with his worde He euermore affermed that Christes fleshe was verye meate his blood verye dryncke but not for the bodye yet denyed he not the corporall eatynge He graunted also that he was verye bread and that he which eateth that breade shall lyue for euer yet wolde he not haue that bread which came from the waffer backers to be all one with that breade which came from heuen For saynt Augustine sayth that their eatynges be diuerse The one is eaten with the mouthe the other with y â— fayth The one with the lyppes the other with the harte The one with the bodye the other with the sowle He wolde in no case haue them to come in both at one dore youre â—ordes wolde not Frith afferme because they are not Christes but Aristotles youre wayes are all after the Master of your senteÌ„ces which was in an whoryshe nonne a fylthye frute of your vowed chastyte ye folowe in youre fayth the fore steppes of Bonauenture Thomas Dons Osbert Albert Baconthorpe Gerarde Gyles Gandauus Guido Ockham Helyoth Holcoth Brulifer Dorbel other dyrtye diuynes forth yssuynge from him in whom sathaÌ„ hath wrought euer sens he was sett at large refusynge the Apostles doctryne And that caused Iohan Frith neuer to agre vnto you 3 His reasons are neuer the worse that youre pylde popyshe brayne do not allowe them Peuysh ynough are your poesyes and more peuyshe a great deale youre pylde wyttes What youre reasons are it is playne to all them which hath eyther wytt or lernynge The value of them is sone rekened now that they are come to y â— towche stone I thynke verelye they are neyther worth two peasons nor yet worth two nyttes or antes egges The reasons and auctorytees of Iohan Frith concernynge Christes bodye blood standeth yet vntowched for all you Moche more vndischarged It is ynough for you to rayle and to prate to bragge to lye though ye do nothynge els ye fare lyke a gargull in a wall with a spowte in his mouthe which doth nothynge els but spewe oute water ye sett a greate face here vpon the matter as though the Popes churche were holden vp by you and nothynge do ye at all but vomete fylthye swyllynges More lyke are you and a sort of youre fellawes more to pull downe youre holye mother than to kepe her vp longe yf ye haue no better lernynge than ye shewe here Iohan Wyclef prophecyed that your churche shuld haue an ende had veryte ones the victorye Which is in short space lyke to be founde true yf ye plye not youre matters apace 4 Disdaynefullye cast ye it in Iohan Frithes teathe here that he dyed in the fyre at â— procuremeÌ„t of your prelates As though it were a greate ignominye to dye for the Lordes veryte But precyouse in y â— syght of that lorde was the death of that faythfull yonge manne though it were verye wretched in your syghtes regardynge nothynge but that which is pleasaunt to the fleshe What your ende shall be the Lorde of heauen knoweth ye haue yet layser ynough to playe the felde bysshop and to blesse with youre heles in an hempen corde as a great sort of youre fellawes haue done which were as true menne as you are here Therfore ye are not wyse to disdayne anye mannys ende nor yet to iudge him yll that departeth in Christes fayth ye maye wele knowe that Christes deathe was not verye precyouse to your proude predecessors the bysshoppes pharysees lawers whan they went vp and downe there mockynge and mowynge as you do now here with youre meters No better is the seruauÌ„t than his master nor yet the disciple than he that sent him Full vnlyke is y â— syght of god to youre syght and his insâ—rutable iudgementes to youre carnall iudgemeÌ„tes Blessed is Iohan Frith that he suffreth styll at your handes these obprobryes for his holye names sake for sure is he of the kyngedome of heauen 5 The clause that ye haue here insâ—pientlye raught out of the last chapter of Sâ—pience to make good with it your malicyouse meters agaynst Iohan Frith will not Sapience allowe now for his ye haue so disuygured yt If ye had gentyllye borowed it not so theuishlye stolne it he wolde gladlye haue receyued it of you agayne But now it is youre owne ragged stuffe not his He hath there Iuste patiebaÌ„tur secundum suas nequitias and not patiebatur The Egypcyanes sayth he which cruellye persecuted the chosen people of God vndre Pharao hath worthelye sufferd accordynge to their many folde wyckednesses He is not contented w t you nor yet with soche other false Prophetes as will so preposterouslye bestowe his scripturs as to geue that to gods fryndes which belongeth to his enemyes In the ende of that chapter is this text folowynge wherin Iohan Frith hath now his porcyon but that coude not Pantalabê° perseyue In omnibus enim magnificasti populum tuum Domine honorasti In all thynges lorde hast thu done the best for thy people so brought them to honoure Thu hast not despysed theÌ„ but alwaye and in all places hast thu gracyouslye stande by them The Egypcyanes now are you as wytnesseth saynt Iohan in the Apocalyps 11. youre greate cyte sayth he hath a spirituall name youre churche is called Sodoma and Egyptus For there ye daylye crucifye the Lorde in his members besydes that ye do in youre daylye Masses or newe founde sacrifices for the quycke and the dead A mysterye 1 Next of this secte That vvas suspecte 2 Vvas one Lamberte A manne peruerte 3 And almost vvood 4 Probauerunt habere Deum in notitia tradidit illos Deus in reprobum sensum Rom. 1. ¶ The openinge 1. SEryouslye hath Pantolabus sought his wyttes here to clowte vp his Genealogie with sumwhat But I maruele moche that for .v. years space betwixt the burnynges of Iohan Frith and Iohan Lambert he coude fynde out non els for his purpose His bloodye generacyon of mytred mahoundes and their shauen sergeauÌ„tes were not wonte to be so longe vnoccupyed His holye mother whom saynt Iohan reporteth to be droncke in the blood of martyrs was not wonte to fast so longe from that drynke but wolde coole her hote thirst ere that tyme hauynge so fyerye a stomake wele I wote that manye
one scripture trulye applyed nor yet after anye honest sort declared But as a blinde sorgeon or dogge leche he hath turned it all into one blynde eyesalue to blynde menne all togither True is it in him that Saint Iohan ded saye Though the lyght doth shyne in the darkenesse yet wyll not the darkenesse receyue it Moche water cometh by the myl 〈◊〉 they saye that the myller taketh not in 3 Now coÌ„cludeth Pantolabus his lonâ—â— lowsye circumstaunce conceruinge Doctor Barnes and his companye shewinge vs hete that all they thre are burned And not a lyttle glad is he and his generation therof for so moche as they thre ded them so deadlye noyaunce by their preachinges It cost them no small stodye to bringe it to passe nor yet small diligence and labour to haue it so to their mynde But yet had they w t it a sowle displeasure for so moche as there were the same selfe daye houre .iii. mightye captaynes of their holy assemblye hanged and quartered for treason before the same selfe people Lyke as the deathes of these ii companyes were diuerse so were their opinions and causes The one sort dyed for Christ the other for the Pope For vphold â—ge of Antichrist was powell Abell and fetherston hanged For helpinge downe his kingedom was Barnes Garade and Hierome burned Fortunate are they which suffred for Christ for their rewarde is sayed forth in the scripturs and promises of the lorde For the other is there neyther scripture nor promise Though they were most greuouslye tormented before menne yet was their hope full of immortalyte which now they fele ineffect Their sowles are now in the haÌ„des of God and sure to suffre nomore tormeÌ„tes Though they semed before the vnwyse to dye yet are they nâ—w in a lyfe moche better As sunne beames shall they shyne in y â— daye appointed and iudge y â— nacions which are now vnfaithfull 4 Wele maye that spyghtfull spiritual tâ— be called the kyngedom of Antichrist or beasiâ—ye bodye of Sathan as the Apocasyps doth name it for their beastlye workinge I thinke the deuyll of hell coude not more vnreuerently and mockingly handle the sacred scripturs than this wreched fellawe doth For here he bringeth in a text Ipsi sibi grauiores tenebre which he hath both spoyled of wordes astered in senteÌ„ce and distroyed for the true vnderstandinge puttinge the nominatiue case for the ablatiue And bycause he wolde be behinde with vs in no point of falshede he hath sent vs to seke it in the .xvii. Chapter of Ecclesiastes and there is no Chapter so called in the whole Byble In dede in the .xvii. Chapter of Sapience I fynde this clause Ipsi ergo sibi erant grauiores tenebris yea they were worse vnto them selues sayth Sapience than anye other darkenesse possible This was at that tyme spoken for the Egipcianes and now it extendeth to yow Papystes folowinge them in the same selfe steppes of Idolatrye The cause whye ye do so daÌ„pnablye erre is that ye will not be reformed by the wysdoÌ„ of God as the beginninge of that Chapter specifyâ—th but ye take your owne wayes in all thinges Frequenter enim sayth he preoccupaÌ„t pessiniâ— redarguente consciencia Oft tymes do they those wicked thiÌ„ges that their conscience rebuketh them of Whan ye haue practised deceyt spoken lyes exercysed fylthynesse done the innocent to deathe with soche other feates your myndes are not alwayes in quiet In token wherof ye go oft to confession yet are your lyues seldon the better A mysterye 1 I feare me sore There vvyll come more 2 Vnto that ende Except they amende 3 Vix corriguntur impij Eccle. 1. ¶ The openinge 1. OVt of no small charite aryseth this feare of Pantolabus least anye more shuld come to the ende of Barnes or be brent in the fyre as he was yea so brotherlye he tendereth that matter and with so moche Christen loue that he wolde not greatlye care to be the first that shuld accuse a true Christen beleuer yf he knewe his faythe throughlye As moche pyâ—â— hath he in those matters as hath eyther the foxe vpoÌ„ the chyckens or the wolfe vpon the lambe I wolde that Pantolabus shuld take care for his olde showes yf he hath them and not for Christes dere members For they must entre heaueÌ„ by the strayght gote as he ded not by the brode waye which leadeth 〈◊〉 to destruccioÌ„ They must suffre hatred wroÌ„ge spyght vengeaunce yll reportes persecucions exyle curses lyes blasphemies enprisonmeÌ„tes â—hyrst hongre and deathe of their bodies for ryghtousnesse sake elâ— shall they not be lyke meÌ„bers to their head For his spouse is a churche that suffreth not the prâ—â—de gentyll womaÌ„ that mustreth with myters canapees copes crysmatoryes crosses cruettes and candelstyckes A compâ—nye of bretherne there are vnderneth the aulter as Saint IohaÌ„ reporteth which daylye calleth to y â— lorde to haue their blood reuenged of that gorgiouse apareled gentyl woman which is dronken with the excesse therof and their nombre must be fulfylled with soche poor sowles And tyll that be fynished there must daylye folowe more nâ— remedy 2 Moche doubt hath Pantolabê° for this ende But he had more nede to take care for himselfe least an halter be bewixt him and his ende For he hath so plentuouslye deserued it as hath anye other ranke Papist of that affinite yf this Iest of his be but indifferentlye wayed As for those good menne whom he heeâ— moste cruellye blasphemeth without lerninge though their deathes were not verye preciouse in his folyshe iudgemeÌ„t bycause he is ledde of a contrarye sprete yet were they right pleasaunt to their lorde God in whose kyngedom nowe they rest with Abraham Isaac and Iacob If they had dyed for fellonye murther whoredom or treason I wolde with Pantolabus haue iudged their deathes verye yll Se that non of you suffre sayth Saint Peter as an homicide thefe or yll doeâ— If anye manne suffre as a cristiane lete him not be ashamed therof but glofyâ—â—e God in that behalfe For w tstandinge the false kingedom of Antichrist in the beiytees quarell dyed they as it is euident to all ryght iudgementes and therfor their deathes are gloriouse The amendement which Pantolabus requireth here concerneth the obedience of that malygnaunt mustre of those mitred mahouÌ„des whoÌ„ he wolde in no wyse to decaye But lete him set his hart at rest for the lorde is almost at a point with that wretched wytcherye 3 VnplesauÌ„t euermore are the scripturs to Pantolabê° and that apereth wele by his monstruouse handelynge of them Here bringeth he in to coÌ„ferme his purpose a ragged patche out of the first chapter of Ecclesiastes otherwyse called the preacher but not as it is there spokeÌ„ For here it is Vix corriguntur impiâ— And there it is thus peruersâ— difficiâ—e corriguntur A verye harde thinge is it sayth he to make the croked strayght or the frowarde wele disposed Parauenture he hath made this
of synne But vvhat ded he vvynne 3 He vvas tyed at a poste And there ded roste 4 Onnis anima potestatibus subdita sit Rom. 8. ¶ The openinge .1 MAlice hath so blinded this imprudeÌ„t pratler that he seyth not the waye he goeth in And though he doth se it playne ynough yet doubteth he not the daungers therof And parauenture he nedeth nor neyther For the wynker of wyles and y â— seker out of subtyltees hath put him and his companye in assuraunce that though they slyde a lytle in the darke yet shall they catche no scathe For nought is it not that they daunse attendaunce plainge placebo with Reynarde the foxe At all tymes shall they be redye to geue warninge yf anye parell be towardes their whelpes Lete them do nothinge els in the meane season but se alwayes that the people obeye the commaundement of the high powers meaninge by theÌ„ the spiritual prelates And that they beleue as holye churche doth teache theÌ„ after the olde customes of their auÌ„cieÌ„t elders for these newe falshyoned wayes are nothinge worthe If any be busye with these newe bokes ageynst those hygh powers lete them cause their sworne satellites to indite them of heresye Come they ones that wayes vndretheir spirituall handes they shall fynde lesse ease of it than eyther thefe or murtherer Therfor it shall be mete at all houres seasons for him that will lyue in rest to be obedieÌ„t to these hygh powers though he shuld for their obedience vtterlye forsake God and obeye the deuyll For their obedience is non other 2 A farre diuerse obedience is this froÌ„ al other For it bideth vnto sinne as witnesseth also the great wyse clarke Iohan Standishe in his treatise of reporche ageiÌ„st Barnes And I beleue it wele for their lawes commaundementes and customes to whoÌ„ they wolde binde vs are nothinge els but fylthye Idolatrye sinne Agreinge with y â— sainge of Saint Paule That is not of the faithe which Christ hath taught is wickednesse and sinne I wote that of a craft they wyll saye here they meane the kiÌ„ge though they mynde nothinge lesse but vndre that coloure to establishe ageyne the decayed aâ—ctorite of their whorishe churche Whye shuld Pantolabus els call Barnes here craftelye an Apostata That clause was not all brought in for nought The manne ment sumwhat more thaÌ„ he durst wele vtter But where as he doth scornefullye axe this question what Barnes ded winne by so disobeinge the holye fathers I will answere it for him bycause he is now dead He hath wonne so moche as Christ promised him which set him a worke That is persecucion enprisonment and deathe And trulye that was a swete winninge for therwith hath he wonne also the lyfe euerlastinge Who so euer will saue his lyfe saith Christ shall lose it And he that shall lose his lyfe for my sake shall fynde it ageyne in the lyfe euerlasting Saint Paule sayed boldelye vnto the Philippyanes that deathe was vnto him a winninge And I knowe that the lyberall hande of the lorde is not yet abreuiated 3 Now steppeth forth Pantolabê° as bragge a bodye lowse and as one depelye lerned in y â— scole of scornefulnesse he soluteth his owne wyse questioÌ„ He declareth to the worlde what Barnes dâ—dâ— wynne for not obeienge holye churche as though menne were ignoraunt therof He telleth them with so moche spight as he can wele Imagine that Barnes was tyed to a poste in Smytfelde at London with .ii. companions more and that he there ded roste But he sayeth nothinge I trowe of the Popes .iii. sworne chaplaynes Powell Abell and fetherston his owne swete companions which were the some daye houre in the same selfe smithfelde both hanged and quartered for treason No that disobedience toucheth not Pantolabus I tolde yow afore that he wolde at the last declare vnto yow for all his craftye colours what obedieÌ„ce he ment O holy Rome holy Rome thu spirituall Sodome and Egipt moche beholden art thu to thy secrete louers in Englande so workemaÌ„ly to cloyne in thy cause As concerninge good Robert Barnes whose ende is thought without honour of y â— daintye babes of this worlde He is counted amonge the dere children of God and hath his porcion with the saintes Though he semeth lost to y â— vngodlye wise yet resteth he swetelye in the peace of the lorde As golde in the hote fyerye fornace tryeth he his electes and as a brent offeringe receyueth theÌ„ For soche matters passeth not after y e blinde iudgement of menne lyuinge here in waÌ„tonnesse 4 Alwayes is Pantolabus lyke him w c tempted Christ in the desart whose Apostleship he hath here deuoutlye taken vpoÌ„ him Styll vseth he his olde roberyes and legerdemaynes with the scripture Here geueth he vs a mangled texte of Saint Paule to the Romanes appointing vs the .viii. chapter instede of the. xiii If it be not honest playe and cleane conueyaunce I report me to yow Omnis anima potestatibus subditâ—sit sayth he in both his coppyes but sublimioribus is out there for seruinge his spirituall purpose Lete euerye sowle sayth he submit it selfe to the powrs but the hyghar powers he nameth not least he shuld haue mencioned the kynge myndinge nothingelesse For he is the hygher power and God is y â— hyghest of all Powers without hygher or hyghest are alwayes indifferent maye be iudgled with therfor he putteth them here for the Prelates of his churche But Saint Iohan sayth in the Apocalyps that their powers are of the Serpent which gaue his auctorite and seate to that beastlye Antichrist of theirs Whan Christ spake of worldlye powers he ernestlye charged his Apostles to obeye them but in no case to take them vpon them I wondre of the blyndenesse of Pantolabus that he perseyueth not what foloweth in the same Chapter Nemini debeatis quicquam nisi vt inuicem diligaâ—is Lete nothinge be donne amonge yow but in mutuall loue sayth Saint Paule Lete charite be the power that yow shall occupye for that fulfylleth the lawe If this power regned in Prelates and were so well taught of them as it is commaunded neyther shuld the hygh powers haue so moche a do in ponnyshinge theft whoredome and murther nor yet so many of their spirituall swarme be whoremongers murtherers robbers of the common people as they are A mysterye 1 On his ryght syde Vvas also tyed 2 A brother of his One garretyvvys 3 Vna enim cachena tenebrarum colligati erant Eccle. 17. ¶ The openinge 1. Excedinge hote and modye is this maÌ„ne styll in his matters and wyll not haue done with Barnes yet for a lyttle He now describeth his standinge in the fyre betwixt Garade and Hierom. But he telleth not which of his own generacion hinge that daye in the myddes of powell Abell fetherstoÌ„ No that pleased him not so wele as this For these were fryndes to his holy father of Rome where as they were enemies His
scysmatyques and obstynate Papistes yf they shuld not reade soche pratye Poesyes amonge Lete no manne thinke other wyse but that Pantolabus and soche other inteÌ„deth sumwhat by soche subtyle workemanshippe The Bisshopes winketh at it as though there were in it non heresye whan it is all stinkinge heresye by their owne confession They are wele contented whaÌ„ they playe soch bussye partes and wyll not be acknowe of it but leteth them alone If anye of them leape so farre that he is hanged vp for treason they care lyttle for it for they thinke thy haue so lost but a knaue 3 After a farre fett style and curyouslye compassed processe cometh Pantolabus at the last to his full desyre Exhortynge all menne to praye here for the kynge with as lyttle true deuocion as he that myndeth nothynge lesse And yt maketh no matter neyther For moche better yt is to be vnprayed for than to be prayed for out of stynkynge heresye as all their Papistrye is non other The prayer which ought to be made for kynges for them that are in auctoryte ought to aryse of the sacred scripturs whereof they haue their auctorytees and not out of sâ—ynkynge heresye as yt is here requyred Saynt Paule exhorted Timothe which was no papistycall masse sayer but a preacher of the Gospell sufferynge daylye persecucions for the same before all other thynges to praye for kynges and for all other which were in hyghe power that Christes disciples and true beleuers myght lyue vndre them a peaceable lyfe in all godlynesse And this is our prayer also with contynuall teares Wherin we desyre the lorde for his eternall mercyes sake alwayes to preserue him But oute of stynkynge heresyes we praye not for him neyther out of Mattenses nor Masses eueÌ„songes nor complynes which are the verye frutes of the Beast of Rome least we shulde by those blasphemouse prayers brynge vpon him the great indignacion of God The frutes are euermore all one with their tree in goodnesse as those fylthye obseruacions with their first fylthye begynner haue they neuer so fayre colours of gods seruice gods owne worde Christes Gospell the vtteraâ—â—ce of his name with soche other yet are they abhomynacions vnspekeable after that ydo latrouse handelyâ—ge 4 So farre are these blynde Papistes from the true sprete of Christ that nothynge they ryghtlye vnderstande of the scripturs This text of Dauid Domine in virtute tuâ—â—letâ—bitur rex super salutare tuum exulâ—abit vehementer Perteyneth alone vnto Christ and not to anye earthlye kynge For in that whole Psalme is described his triuÌ„phaunt glorye with his reuengement ouer them w t hath him persecuted of cruell hate spyght Christes humanyte is it that is so ioyfull of the strengthe that yt hath gotten which is the Godhede That is yt which reioyseth so ernestlye is so excedynge glady for the sauynge helthe of mankynde which yt hath by y â— gyft of God obtayned He hath his hartes desyre with the ful request of his lyppes which is the eternall mercye of the Lorde That manhode was preuented with lyberall blessynges now yt hath a crowne of immortalyte He axed lyfe for him and for his lyfe was geuen him for euer and euer Magna est gloria eius in salutari tuo c. His glorye is great Lorde sayth Dauid in that sauynge helthe and compassed he is now of the w t eternall felycite Soche mockers as is Pantolabus shall ones fele his hande ones will he fynde out all them that so spyghtfullye hateth him As an hote kyndeled ouen shall they at that daye apere the fyre euerlastynge will deuoure them for euer â—ot ashamed is this dissemblynge mocker and pestylent hypocrite in his glosynge flat teryes ydolatrouslye to abuse his Prince For what is ydolatrye els but a worshyppe geuen to a creature which peculyarlye belongeth vnto God And full therof is all the seruyce homages and doynges of the Papistes the Lorde ones delyuer all Christen princes from them A mysterye 1 And the quene also Vvhere so euer she go 2 And for the sauegarde Of oure prince Edvvarde 3 Vvhom I praye Iesu Longe to contyne vve Amen The openinge 1. ERnest is Pantolabus yet styll in requestes sprynggynge out of his gentyll Genealogye of stynkynge heresye For therin he homblye requyreth all these thynges by his owne confessyon afore Herin he desyereth the dilygent readers of his worke to praye for the quene also which was sumtyme called the ladye kateryne howarde He shulde seme to be some blynde chaplayne of hers by the blynde zele he sheweth here For he wolde haue her remembred where so euer she go in the waye or out of the waye Trulye that prayer were of a straunge kynde yf yt shuld so be made as yt is here requyred Who hath harde prayers made for menne to go where they will or whan they are out of the ryght waye to contynue so styll I thynke fewe menne lyuynge I wolde haue no soche querestre of Baals quere nor yet soche a chaplayne of Bels college to praye forme as poore a man as I am Moche better grace parauenture had bene hers yf she had chaunced of no soche ghostlye fathers For where as the scripturs are contempned their verytees sett at nought what els can folowe but vyce which alwayes requyreth an yll ende The true loue of Gods worde is neuer without his feare Neuer can that creature outragyouslye offende which foloweth the true lyne therof A â—anterne to oure fete is that worde of the Lorde and a lyght vnto oure pathe wayes in this shadowe of deathe the eternall father geue vs his grace to folowe yt 2 Fynallye Pantolabus exhorteth all his readers to praye for the sauegards of our most worthye prince Edwarde If this were out of the Genealogye of stynkynge heresye as yt is also therin yt were moche more pleasynge vnto God He abhorreth all that is straunge and not lyke fashyoned to the exemplar that he hath left in the scripturs He turneth awaye his face dysdaynouslye from all mockynge sacrifyces inuented by menne and not commaunded of him As is the Papistycall Masse with all other blasphâ—mouse obseruacions of that monâ—truouse madame the â—athanycall Synagoge of Antichrist Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron the hyghe Prest were consumed in the Lordes wrathe for offerynge sâ—raunge fyre vncommaunded Accursed is he which addeth his owne inuencyon vnto the Lordes seruyce or anye thynge els that the scripture commaundeth not I counsell therfore all faythfull beleuers syncerelye to praye in sprete and in veryte after Christes holye doctryne for their most worthye kynge and the prince his naturall sonne that the one maye succede the other as Salomon ded Dauid as Iosaphat ded Asa in the faythfull wayes of the Lorde And this haue they good cause to do yf they remembre all thynges As their delyueraunce from the greate Golye of Rome with sufferaunce to reade the scripturs which is their syngular sowleâ— helthe What though some of
Christ reproue the Capernaytes or carnall hearers of his worde requirynge a beleue of them that will be saued For at that tyme nor yet of a yeare after was not that holye supper of his instituted Christ there admonished both his owne disciples and y â— Capernaytes not to labour for the meate that perisheth with the bellye but for that which endureth into the lyfe euerlastynge which is his eternall worde And whan they grodged at his heaueulye aduertysementes he declared vnto them what he ment by that eatynge fayeng Qui credit in me habet vitam eternam He that beleueth on me hath the lyfe euerlastynge As who shulde saye that there to eate is to beleue accordynge to his worde Whan Christe after that he had declared hymselfe to be the breade of lyfe and that his fleshe was meate and his blood verye drincke and that they which ded eate him shuld lyue for euer He gaue them this for a full coÌ„clusyon of the vnderstandynge of that eatynge and drinckynge Spiritus est qui viâ—ificat caro non prodest quicquaÌ„ It is onlye the sprete that quyckeneth the carnall eatynge profyteth nothynge at all For the bisshoppes behelde him Iudas ded kysse him and the cruell Iewes towched his bodye yet were they for that neuer the better Nomore than the prestes are yet to this houre which as they saye do daylye receyue him with their mouthe eate him with their lyppes and teare him with their teathe A mysterye 1 O braynelesse nodye Christ sayd my bodye 2 Is verelye meate For manne to eate 3 Caro mea vere est cibus c. Ioan. 6. The openinge 1. QVycke is Pantolabus in his matters now quauereth in his quybybles at large He cutteth his crotchettes as short as chyldes dyrt that they shulde tonne rounde on his tonge Now is Iohan Frith a braynelesse nodye because he hath not written to his mynde But what a wytlesse wrangeler is he and a dodypoll dawe patâ— that thus will talke with a dead manner A coÌ„mon custom is it amonge the vnlerned papistes onlye to inueye agaynst them that are gone Neuer will they meddle with them which are alyue vnlesse they be sure to burne them or to hange them Truthe it is that Christ hath sayd that his bodye is meate and that he which doth not receyue that meate caÌ„ haue no lyfe in him But what that eatynge is can not Pantolabê° tell or at y â— last he hath not yet taught it Christ sayth that to eate his flesshe and to dryncke his blood is to dwell in him by fayth and loue and he agayne to dwell in vs by his sprete of veryte and not to heare youre popishe masse or to receyue youre sacrament An infynite nombre of people haue thus eaten him and droncke him which neuer knewe what your massynge or how sellynge ment shall lyue perpetuallye in that refeccyon Not one euer perished that so hath receyued him where as thousandes hath bene lost that hath bene fedde at youre aulters 2 Whereas his fleshe is eaten and surelye dygested there is seane nomore whoremongynge theft fornicacyon ydelnesse wytchecraft cruelte spyght couetousnesse ydolatrye hatred glotonye and other fylthye vyces of the fleshe But loue ioye peace pacience longe sufferynge gentylnesse goodnesse faythfulnesse mekenesse clennesse temperaunce with other frutes of the sprete It is not youre oyled generacyon therfore nor yet they that are howseled at their masses that eateth Christes fleshe drynketh his blood which for the more part styll remayne whoremongers buggerers robbers cloyners catchers false teachers hypocrites ydolaters trayters deceyuers bellye goddes extorcyâ—ners murtherers of sowles and burnets of innocentes for their true Christen beleue Where as Christ is eaten he dwelleth And whereas he dwelleth he will suffre no soche workes to be done That persone can be no blasphemouse babler no instructour of lyes no dysdayner of Gods worde no peruetter of y â— scripturs as Pantolabus is here through oute all his iest He shall not iudge that to be whyghte that is blacke nor yet that is blacke to be whyght But his syght shall be soche by the gyft of his sprete that the thynge which is nought he shall so discerne it hath it neuer so manye gloryouse glytterynge colours to the contrarye 3 As Pantolabus is in his poesyes so is he in his allegacyons of the scripture a verye vnlerned ydyote applyenge them both to his folyshe fleshlye purpose He thynketh with Caromea vere est cibus to proue that Christes fleshe is reallye present in their popyshe sacrament And Christ meaneth nothyngelesse in that whole chapter He sayth not there my fleshe shall be naturallye present in youre sacrament whan ye haue ones prouyded youre oyled offycers and consecrate coniurers for that purpose But my fleshe is meate and my blood is vnfaynedlye drynke afore there were anye soche â—wlyshe orders He promysed nor to dwell in that but to dwell in vs euermore The kyngedome of God sayth he cometh not with outwarde obseruacyon of lo here and se there For beholde the kyngdome of God is within yow youre members sayth saynt Paule are the temple of God and youre sowles the habitacles of the holy ghost It foloweth in that Gospell hic est panis qui de celo descendit He is the breade which came from heauen not that breade which came from the wafer backers or from the breathyng of syr Laurence Loyterer at the aulter The worke of God is onlye to beleue not to fatche that bread at youre ydell handes They dye that eate youre breade and ronne headlynges to the deuyll a greate sort of them as ded manye of the Iewes that eate Manna in the desart But they that eate this breade shall neuer perishe A mysterye 1 Vvhye vvist thu then Sett to thy penne 2 And so playnelye Christes vvordes denye 3 Thy peuyshe pyld reasons Vvere not vvorthe .ii. peasons 4Vvherfore in a â—yre Thu haddest thy hyre 5 Iuste patiebantur secundum suas nequitias Sapien. 19. ¶ The openinge 1. RIallye styll ruffleth this rutter in his ragged rymes of rustycall rudenesse He reasoneth here his matter full clarkelye with this dead manne whye he sett his penne to bâ—oke aganyst the profytable wares of their markett But so longe as he was alyue he wolde not meddle with him Lyke a valeauÌ„t warryour of the Popes armye he thynketh the victorye sone gotten of him that is gone awaye The manne alredye ouerthrowne is sone beatten But lete him not thynke so to wynne anye greate worshyp at Iohan Frithes hande For thoughe his corps be dead his sprete is alyue Whan his fleshe was in burnyng his fayth was most quycke the veryte in him remaynynge inuincyble The power of hell with the whole swarme of Antichrist shall neuer preâ—ayle agaynst that stronge buysdynge Non other victorye haue ye than had Cayphas ouer Christ and the deuyll ouer Iob tryumphe ye neuer so fast ye maye ponnyshe the bodye and geue it to death but ouer the sowle