described them besides the large witnesse of his enemies as of Iohan kyuyngham Thomas Walden and soche other yea soche tyme as WyllyaÌ„ Thorpe in his examinacion reported him to be a manne of most christen sobryete conforminge his lyfe and lerninge to the doctrine of Christ and the lyuinge of his Apostles Thomas Arondell than Archebysshop of Canterberye beinge both an aduersarye to him and to the verite that he had taught affermed him with his owne mouthe to be a great clarke and a perfight lyuer The stomake that he bare ageiÌ„st him was for his doctrine For that he sayd was â–ª not agreable to the lawes of holye churche And yet he graunteth afore that it was agreable to Christ and to his Apostles He coude not awaye in dede with their popishe tradicions but called them the fylthye frutes of Anticrist He sayd he wolde no longar aparell the Asse that Christ shuld ryde vpoÌ„ with their vayne rytes and ceremonies but folowe the clere doctrine of his Sauer Iesus which glorified in heaueÌ„ hath nede of no soche Idell offices to be done to him kynge Edwarde the thirde sumwhat fauored him for his godlye giftis as I haue sufficientlye to proue it So ded kinge Rycharde the seconde as he durst preuylye w t afterwarde cost him his lyfe In this beleue Iohan Wyclef contynued and was person of Lutterworth in lyncolne shere And in the year of owr lorde a M.CCC.lxxxvii this true Apostle of Christ most constantlye and cristenlye departed from this worlde commeÌ„dinge his sowle into the handes of God His workes were wonderful and manye as I intende to declare God lendinge me lyfe in an other worke Of whom Subinco lepus than Bysshop of Prage brent more than .ii. hondreth great volumes fayre written as witnesseth Eneas Siluius in his boke de origine Bohemorum The .xli. yeare after his deathe which was the year from Christes incarnacioÌ„ a M. CCCC and .xxviii. by a cruell decree from the generall counsell of CoÌ„stance were his bones taken vp ageyne and brent by the clergye of Englande as testifieth Walden in lib. de sacramentalibê° Cap. 89. et fo 199. to make foles afrayed NoÌ„ hath condempned this wyclef for an heretyque but the Pope and his sworne soudiours whose cause matter and quarell Pantolabê° hath here taken vpoÌ„ him to defende though it be with a small faythe to God his Prince and moche lesse honeste to his owne preciouse persone 4 As touchinge his allegacion out of Iohans first Epistle Qui facit peccatum exdiabolo est to proue that mischefe begate Wyclef The deuyll his master of whom it is there spoken might haue vttered 〈◊〉 as godlye and to as moche edificacion of y ◠〈◊〉 the as he hath done here He that doth synne sayth the text is of the deuill For the deuill styll synneth after his olde woÌ„â—e and can do non other I maruele of Pantolabus that he coude thus with this clause blaspheme his dead brother in the handes of God without all godlye feare thinke not therin to synne If he had marked the argumeÌ„t of that chapter wele he shuld haue founde in it Gods singular loue towardes vs to that ende that we shuld loue here one an other And not to condempne by name or to make raylinge rymes of him bycause the Pope hath condempned him afore For by non other auctorite is Wyclef condeÌ„pned Who securses God doth blesse and ageyne doth curse his blessinges Lete Pantolabus therfor be ware For though he hath nowe both his good lorde of Wynchesters blessynge and the Popes he maye chaunce yet to dwell vndre Gods curse I Wondre that the Bysshppes so narrowlye serchinge for heretiqÌ„s caÌ„ not here smell out both an heretique and a traytour Happlye thei are so vsed to that sauer out of their owne bosomes that thei knowe not the one from the other But maye saye Thu and I are both one mannis children Saye wele by me and I shall do as moche forthe By this text folowinge is Wyclef discharged of that Pantolabus layeth to him Qui natus est ex deo peccatum non facit quoniaÌ„semen ipsius in Deo manet He that is borne of God as Iohan Wyclef was receyuynge Christes doctrine in faythe synneth not he folowing that doctrine in his lyfe though he doth despyse all the Popes tradicions as he ded also For the sede of God which is his eternall worde remayninge styll in him wyll not permyt hiÌ„ to synne by no soche blasphemouse popetrye Thys strayght waye hauinge the sure promises of God perseyueth not Pantolabque but strayeth wyldelye a brode with the renegate Cain desperatlye trustinge to the promises of menne syckle and vncertayne as their tradicions hath non other A mysterye 1 After this brother Came forth an other 2 His name to discusse Menne called him husse 3 He and his cumpanye Began in Germanye 4. Heâ— est gens que non audiuit vocerâ— domini sui Hiere 2. The openinge 1. EVermore doth pantolabê° pranke forth with his pylde Popyshe Poesyes not vnlyke Iacke of Bedlem with his net full of wolle From that bryer hath he gathered that lock all tarrye and from that thorne that patche all dryseled Lete him that hath eyther lerninge or witt marke what dyrtye gete this is and from what good authors borrowed The grounde therof was first taken out of Pope Benedyct the .xiii. pope Gregorye the .xii. and Pope Iohan the .xxiii. all thre deposed at ones in the generall counsell of CoÌ„stance out of the cowyshe actes and proclamacyons of Pope Martyne the fift which after supplied their rome there vpon the seate of the beast in the darke kyngedom of Anticrist or the chayre of pestylence whether ye wyll Here is the name of a brother most scornefullye vsed whiche is in the scripturs both holye and preciouse And no maruele For crist sayd there shuld come soche swyne as wolde treade the fayre pearles vndre their fete and soche dogges also as wolde turne ageyne teare his true disciples The chefe cause of it is that his hipocrites eyes can abyde no light But lete him not thinke so to auoyde the great indignacion of God nor yet anye other soche scorner as he is 2 Iohan Husse that holye Apostle and true Martyr of Iesus Christ moche pyteynge to se y â— churche so wretchedlye deformed with hypocresye pryde Idolatrye other abhominacioÌ„s of Anticrist after he had sum what perseyued therof by the doctrine of Iohan Wyclef put forth his owne bodye to y â— crosse for it to suffre the death yf nede shuld require it The pure lawe of the Gospell waâ— the scripturs of both testameÌ„tes ded he most constantlye preache to the pople of Boheme ageynst that kyngdom of wyckednesse detestinge all errours heresyes scysmes His conuersacion was accordinge to his instruccyons perfight and holye Not onlye by the report of .liiii. noble menne of the lande of Morania but also by the testimonye of his enemyes Pope Pius otherwyse called
workes shall saye yf he be lerned that he is equall with the best that euer sett penne to paper Mâ—che labour he toke to extyrpe soche vyces as the pâ—ple of custome were geuen vnto For â—he which at the last he suffred most cruell death in the .xlviii. yeare of his age a M.D. and .xxxi. from Christes incarnacyon the .xi daye of Octobre Of them was he slayne cutt in peces and brent in defendynge the common welthe of his cyte for whom he had afore taken wonderfull peynes to brynge them into the waye of ryghtuousnesse â—o these are the two bretherne that Pantolabus here rayleth vpon in his rustycall â—ymes without lernynge wytt and all godlynesse Myght we not thynke you saye to him with Apelles Come downe ser sowter and holde ye styll to youre last Be contented with youre homblye occupacyon and meddle not with that which is beyonde youre compas A mysterye 1 These praters of dyuynite vvith their affynyte hath sought about 2 The vvorlde through out 3 For vngracyouâ—e teachers to be their preachers 4 Conuenerunt in vnum aduersus dominum aduersus Christum eius psal 2. The openinge 1. LIke himselfe is Pantolabus alwayes as the common sayinge is A fole in the mornynge and all daye after not wyse He calleth these greate lerned menne praters of diuynyte yet was he neuer able to vnderstande one leafe of their workes I thynke yf he were narrowlye examyned he shulde a pere not to knowe what true diuyâ—ite is Of late yeares now at Oxforde their principall diuynes as doctor Roper doctor kyngton doctor Molle soche other made their open complayntes that in .xxviii. yeares stodye they coude not vnderstande Dons And as for Christes diuynite I will beare them recorde they knewe yt nothynge at all I thynke these for that tyme in their disputacyons and lecturs were Iolye pratlers of diuynite And their frutes wolde declare a great sort of them to be lyttle better now Is not here thynke you in this worke of Pantolabus a plesauÌ„t patche of diuynite It is no maruele though so noble a clarke as he complayneth of pratynge whan his selfe pratleth here so folyshlye youre draffyshe diuynes as Dons Thomas Guido Gyles Ockam Baconthorpe Durande Gabriel Dorbel and a thousande more hath done lyttle other these .iii. hondreth yeares but establyshe lyes in hypocresye to falsyfye the scripturs yet were they no praters of diuynite but good doctors of holye churche O beastlye Baalamytes lerne ones to be godlye wyse 2 What you youre affynite haue sought the worlde ouer and what ye seke yet sâ—yll yt is knowne in this age to manye yet are ye not ashamed of yt ye haue sought out all the sorceryes of the Gentiles to fyll the peple with their supersticyons ye haue robbed y â— Sophisters of their subtyle conueyaunces to begyle y â— poore innocent sowles The wylye inuencyons of â—ogycke the craftye colours of Rhetoryke the preuye practyses of philosophie haue ye gathered togyther to deceyue all y â— worlde that knoweth not your craftes Not one slayght is there nor cast of good legerdemayne that anye iugler hath but ye haue sought yt oute for auauntage Soche subtyle sekers ye are yet to this daye What ye haue sought in other mennis howses hawles stabyls barnes butteryes kychyâ—s chambers parlours and sumtyme in the good mannys bedde I thynke there be fewe alyue but knoweth There is not a poore wenche that taketh wages but ye must haue y â— tent part for preuye tythes There is not a labourer which lyueth by the sweate of his browes but ye must haue a patche therof though his chyldren shulde famyshe at home youre sekynge about y â— worlde through oute is an other maner of matter than the trauayle of those godlye menne hath bene whom ye here accuse in youre ydelnesse 3 If euer there were in the worlde teachers more vngracyouse than you I maâ—uele or yf there euer were more peruerse preachers I wondre What other hath bene youre doctryne afore tyme but that the peple shul'd beleue as holye churche doth teache them That is to saye that the Pope was Gods vycar in earthe the head of that holye churche That he coude not erre that his curse was most to be feared That purgatorye was peynefull pylgrimages wholsom masses merytoryouse diryges medicynable holye water good for spretes soche other wretched wytcherye All the â—â—odye of youre bysshoppes practyse of youre prestes dilygence of youre relygiouse and labour of youre vnyuersytees was about non other thynge but to maynteyne soche beggerlye baggage And yt apereth by Wynchestre Bonner Tonstall soche other that ye seke yet non other thynge els The solempne declaraâ—yoÌ„s of Seyton Tolwyn shall yet stande forth for wytnesses yf nede be besydes the workes of Standysshe Pantolabê° O most shamelesse hypocrites how dare ye be so bolde to report other menne for vngracyouse teachers your selues offerynge so vngracyouse documeÌ„tes to y â— worldeâ— Remoue first of all y â— great beame of your owne ere ye take y â— small mote from your neyber He that shall conferre your teachynges w t y â— worde of God shall fynde them vngracyouse ynough 4 The scripture here alleged for your vngracyouse purpose ConueneruÌ„â—t in 〈◊〉 aduâ—rsus dominâ— aduersus Chrisium eius maye saye that he is full vngracyouslye handled Dauid spake it in prophecye agaynst y â— heytheÌ„ tyrauÌ„tes that shuld withstande both y â— lord his worde These sayth he come togyther agaynst God his Christ. Into this myschefe fell at y â— last y â— cruell counsell also of y â— Iewes y â— bishopes pharisees lawers scribes doctours w t the vndiscrete rewlers peruerted by theÌ„ And euer sens yt hath benâ— your bloodthurstye generacyon styll persecutyng Christ in his faythfull members They are y â— false peple that ymagyne vayne thynges They are the tyrauÌ„tes that withstande gods veryte burnyng haÌ„gyng drownyng y â— poore innocentes for yt Who are y â— kynges of y â— earth but they The other beare onlye y â— name are but their bochers slaues But this shuld Pantolabê° haue also consydered Qui habitat in celis irridebiteos tanquâ—Ì„vas figuli confringet eos He that sitteth in heuen shall scorne their practyses in y â— dredefull daye dashe them in peces lyke an earthen vessell that is throwne agaynst an harde wall Let not those termagauntes thynke so to escape y â— great vengeauÌ„ce of his indignaâ—cyon For there yt doth abyde theÌ„ in dede Though they take here their vayne pleasurs for y â— tyme yet is not y â— iudgemeÌ„t farre of neyther slepeth their daÌ„nacyon but is redye to lyght vpon theÌ„ w t vengeauÌ„ce ¶ A mysterye 1 And here in this londe Certayne they fonde 2 Vvhich by and bye Dyd them applye 3 For to sett forth Thynges nothynge vvorth 4 And preached openlye Both treason and heresye ¶ The openinge 1. MAâ—uele yt is to me yf these men soughte
A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall Genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus is here both dysclosed confuted By Iohan Bale An. M.D.xlii ¶ Marke in the capytall letters of this boke the. A. B. C. with the name of the Author I wyll shewe the sayth y e Angell to Iohan the mysterye of the greate whore of y e Beast that beareth her Apoca. 17. ☜ Emprynted at Geneua By Mychael Woode 1545. The Preface EVydent is yt dere frynde in the Lorde vnto them which are in the scripturs exercysed that our eternall God for his owne â—â—lye honoure created man at the first and all other creaturs for mannys behoue This ones conceyued by fayth in Abell and Enos at the preachynges of Adam Seth for the first age prouoked the one to offre vp sacrifice vnto hi the other to call vpon his most gloryouse name In this godlye offyce was Noe founde ryghtouse Abraham sayth full Moses myghtye Dauid holye Helias feruent and manye other more in their sortes zelouse for all the other ages Farre to longe were yt and tedyouse vnto the readers to recyte the examples of all the fathers in that behalfe Iesus Christ the onlye fulfyller of all ryghtousnesse in all his sore trauay le here sought the onlye glorye of his heaueÌ„lye father and taught the same lesson aboue all other to be obserued of his In the manyfolde temptacions of sathan in the wildernesse he pacieÌ„tlye answered to that was suggested but the presumed dishonour of God in no case coulde he suffre The holye Apostles and manye other Godlye mynysters haue euermore daungered their syues in the lust quarell of the same If we than wetyngly shuld suffre him in this age to be blasphemed all these godlye exaÌ„ples reiected we myght thereby rather apere his enemyes than seruauntes his haters than louers This consyderacion first moued my mynde after that I had seane a thre years ago an abhomynable Iest made vndre the tyttle of a Genealogye of heresye by two diuerse prentes spred abrode amonge the people to dysclose the great mysterye of iniquyte thervndre contayned and to restore agayne the peruerted scripturs with the names of those Godlye menne which are oblocuted therin In this will no man that is godlye be offended but thynke that I haue herin done my bounde dewtye Though the compylet therof by the mercyfull Goodnesse of God be conuerted to repentaunce as I am credyblye infourmed that he is yet remayneth his blasphemouse doctryne amonge the coÌ„mon people in a wonderfull nombre of coppyes I thought yt therfore mete not vtterlye to destroye my labours but for the abolyshment of those wycked blasphemyes to suffre them passe at large yet I instauntlye desyre the readers of my boke not to thynke anye thynge therin spoken agaynst him which is now becommen Gods seruaunte but agaynst that olde pestysent Papyst Pantolabus which styll yet blasphemeth Christ and his most faythfull wytnesses Him wolde I not haue them to space so longe as he dwesseth on the earthe and that is that prodygyouse Iest or Generacyon of heresye Vnsemelye were yt so manye swete scripturs to remayne so depraued and so manye Godlye menne so slaunderouslye reported the veryte in them both so spyghtfullye abused for his names sake which hath wrought wyckedlye Though Adam recanted his errour and Dauid his wycked workinges Peter his denyall of Christ and Paule his tyrannouse turmoylynges yet are they not hydden in the scripturs but made fiyll open to all the worlde in reâ—uke and warninge vnto vs of soche execrable euyls Neuer y â— lesse yet those vyces so rebuked are now vnto them no rebuke but a syngular prayse rather where as they are rehersed beige wholle remitted in Christ. The great synne of Adam which is the onlye grounde of deathe in all meÌ„ is yet euerye yeare proclamed happye amoÌ„ge the Paschall ceremonyes WhaÌ„ Christ leaneth his churche vnrebuked and vntrobled forsynne than rouneth she a straye by manye sâ—râ—unge and vncommaunded worshyppinges Than reygneth she commoÌ„lye in a wycked peace and abhominablye playeth the whore abusynge her selfe in the cowche of Iesabel Apoca. 2. as of longe tyme hath done the Romyshe Synagoge And so becommeth she no longer his chosen spouse but a reproued congregacion Moche more honoure is ours whan our synnes are rebuked by the scripturs than whan the scripturs remayne by vs reproued and slaundered Amonge the prophane Phylosophers Poetes was euer the verite had in honoure and preferred farre aboue all fleshlye amyte Moche more than ought it so to be vsed amonge vs which are of the ChristeÌ„ scole The rebukes of this boke wayeth vpon the matter and not the man the spyghtfull blasphemer not the godlye recanter That his fylthye vomete is proued here abhomynacion by the scripturs to the intent that people shuld detest it and not therwith be poysened can be vnto his name no derogacion but rather a lawde amonge them that are godlye wyse Verye vncomlye were it that fylthynesse shuld haue fauer and so be cowcheâ— vp as a precyouse treasure amonge menne of Christen honeste Rather is it mete that it were throwne fourth so manifesilye knowne for that it is euen verye fylthynesse in dede I haue no doubt therof but. I. â— becomminge the seruaunt of God vtterlye nowe detesteth that fowle Papyst Pantolabê° that Romyshe rybalde that ryotouse rayser with all his prodigiouse Poesyes and wolde haue him rather bayted awaye withe botchers dogges than anye longar to wayte vpon him Full glad are we to heare it that froÌ„ Sodome he is lately departed leauige that beast there behinde him to receyue the lordes double plage and that his selfe nowe trauayleth I trust towardes the mounte of sauegarde That he is becomen of a wolfe a lambe of a Saule a Paule and of a spyghtfull persecuter a godlye Christen preacher it is vnto vs no smal reioyce We lawde that heauenlye lorde which thus of mere pytie and mercye hath founde out his almost peryshed shepe layed him vpon his shulders and brought him ageyne to his folde If he styll perseuer accordinge to his callinge Heshall become of a forener a cytezen with the Sayntes and a glouryouse partyner with Christ in his eternall heritage He shall also haue for his lust labours in the lordes vyneyarde here besydes his penye wages his peculyar prayse in the sanctyfyed congregacyon of the ryghtouse The eternall father lorde Iesê° Christ indue so w t his sprete both him vs that we maye vnto the ende perseuer faithfull to the counfort of his electes Amen Finis ¶ The mysterye of iniquite doth styll worke and is disclosed by the lyght of the lordes comminge 2. Thes. 2. The Table ABbotes hanged for treason 31 Antibaptystes Papistes all one 53 Antichrist what he is 54 Apostatâ— falselye applyed 62. 63 Benedictus xii a lecherouse Pope 21 Bysshoppes and prestes marryed 18 Bonifacius what yt meaneth 20. 27 Captaynes for holye churche 30. 42. 65 Clemenâ—the vii Pope 22
Popes obedience Therfor it is a newe maner of heresye that is here set out for menne to be ware of than was in those dayes 3 God hath at a tyme permitted the false Prophete to speake that was true As we haue for exaÌ„ple Balaam the sorcerer Saul the disobedient kynge Cayphas the cruell Bysshoppe and Pylate the vnryghtfull iudge But he gaue them not with it to vnderstande that they vttered Pantolabus hath here mencioned Martyne Luther to be of the same kynde that Wyclef and Husse were of yet hath he done yt of a wycked sprete and knoweth not what he hath written But the Prophecye of the seyd Iohan Husse whiche he vttred at the houre of his deathe shall make that saynge good Centum reuolutis annis Deo respondebitis eâ— mihi An hondreth years ones past sayth he to the papystes to God shall ye answer and to me By this he ment that after an hondreth years they shuld beginne to coÌ„sent to his doctrine whoÌ„ at y â— tyme they condempned and in proces of tyme graunt it to be agreable to the scriptures of God This Prophecye ded the Bohemes inprint vpon the one syde of their coynes and so reserued it from the yeare of owr Lorde a. M. CCCC and .xv. tyll vnto the yeare of owr Lorde ageyne a. M. CCCCC and .xvii. In the w c Martyne Luther impugned the Popes pardons power and auctorite by the open worde of God And therfor Pantolabê° hath spoken it trulye that Luther is of the same kynde But where as he hath done it of spyght and malyce he sheweth himselfe to be of a contrarye part As where that Luther is the popes great enemye he is his trustye frinde and louer A mysterye 1 He by his meane Hath baÌ„nyshed cleane 2 Out of that coste The holye ghoste 3 And hath brought inne Lyberte and synne 4 Posuerunt templuÌ„ sanctum Psal. 78. The openinge 1. GReat busynesse maketh Pantolabus herewith Martyne Luther for bannishynge that sprete of theirs which hath so longe vpholden their popishe churche of proude porkelynges the synagoge of Sathan the rose coloured whore and the spowse of the deuyll This sprete is not the holye ghost as he is here reported but the sprete which went out from the manne and returned ageyne with .vii. spretes worse thaÌ„ himselfe As with the sprete of errour the sprete of falshede the sprete of sorcerye the sprete of lyes the sprete of fornicacion the sprete of hypocresye and the sprete of the vtter conteÌ„pt of God with all other abhominacyons of vayneglorye malyce muther and Idolatrye In these spretes haue they gouerned their gloriouse churche of Antichrist euer sens they sprange vp vndre Phocas w t Mahomete Specyallye sens Syluester the sorcerer fat the deuyll from hell to graunt to his confirmacion and to geue him the iurisdiccyon of both swerdes In these fylthye spretes also haue their horned whoremongers euer sens by the same auctoryte bannished all godlye veritees and knowlege exâ—rcysynge all tyrannye cruelte and vyolence possible to holde the peple in darkenesse and ignoraunt blyndenesse And this in dede hath Martyne Luther lyke christes true disciple with all dilygence sought to redresse which moueth not a lyttle here the sycke stomake of Pantolabus he beinge the Popes Apostle 2 But that holye ghost which is the spre of wysdome knowlege counsell force science pyte and the true feare of God hath not Martyne Luther exyled as he is here of this lymme of the deuyll most falselye reported His workes shall in this poynt stande with him as wytnesses ageynst Wynchestre Bonner Standishe Wattes Quarrye the pardoner Pantolabus and all their affinite though they haue all the deuyls of hell vpon their syde He that shal reade his boke ageynst y â— Iewes quod Christus Iudeâ—s sit natus his commentaries vpon the scripturs with his other treatyses conferrynge them with the Popes olde diuinite Decrees and Decretals Extrauagantes Clementynes and Synodals shall fynde them so moche to dyffer from them as lyght doth dyffer from darkenesse or Christ froÌ„ Belial yf he be Christenlye lerned It fareth here by Pantolabus as it doth by him that daunseth naked in a nâ—t thinkynge that no manne seyth him whan all the world beholdeth him a presumptuouse Idyote fole No maÌ„ne there is which seyth anye truthe but perseyueth that the sprete which prouoketh Martyne Luther to destroye the Popes kyngedoÌ„ is a cleane contrarye sprete to that w c hath regned in the Pope and his clergye And therfor yf the Popes sprete be of y â— deuyll as the scripture sayth it is his sprete must nedeâ— bâ— of God And therfor Pantolabus holye ghost whom Luther hath bannisshed is not of God but of the deuyll 3 What lyberte this is that Pantalabê° here coupleth with synne makinge them all one 〈◊〉 caÌ„ not wele tell vnlesse it be fre will And ther vnto geueth Martyne Luther no lyberte that is godlye as testifyeth his boke de Seruo arbitrio And therfor is Pantolaê° moche to be blamed so to slaundre him But in dede his Lorde of Wynchestre hath brought in that lyberte now of late by y â— good helpe of Eckiâ—s the dowtye doctor of the papystes and taketh great paynes vpon him to make it a newe article of the fayth of Englande I thinke not the contrarye but his great hot stodye is also to sett vp purgatorye ageyne reparinge the broken chest of y â— churches olde suffrages deseruinges and merites to redeme the brent sowles and sende them to haueÌ„ by the vertu of Scala celâ— And therfor yf Pantolabus fynde fawte in the bringinge in of that lyberte lete him blame his good lorde for it not Luther The synne that he here speaketh of shuld seme to be Prestes marryage For that in dede they put out as an horryble synne whan they toke their oyled orders and were marryed to Sodome Gomor If Luther hath brought that in ageyne and dryuen out their souerayne ladye and swete sacred Sodomye he is worthye to be condempned of them for an heretyqye For holye Pope HyldebraÌ„de which was a Necromanser made this constitucion that non shuld be admitted to holye orders vnlesse he forsware marriage for terme of his lyfe Which constitucion hurt him nothinge at all he hauinge at his pleasur Mawde y â— Duchesse of Lotharyne with manye other more out of marryage 4 Farre out of frame is the scripture which he hath here alleged to conferme w t his folyshe purpose Polluerunt templum tuum O lorde God sayth Asaph the prophete a peple is broken into thyne herytage which hath defyled thy holye temple If the Popes churche were ment by that temple this text is falselye applyed to Luther and his companye For they haue not broken into that churche but gone out of it as all the worlde knoweth And in the verses folowinge are they mencyoned that destroyed the faythfull seruauÌ„tes of God by sheding their blood and geuynge their fleshe to the fowles of the
than suffred at London Colchestre Hadleye Ippeswyck Norwyche Lynne and in other more places of Englande Good WyllyaÌ„ Tyndale was done to death also at Vylforde in Braban within the same years by the procurement of youre craftye Cayphases in the yeare of oure Lorde a M. V. and .xxxv. in the moneth of Septembre And therfore I wondre they escaped youre hande This maketh vs to thynke that ye entended of these onlye with those that here foloweth to iest at youre pleasure vpon soche malyce as ye had agaynst them conceyued Sure are you to be of soche a secte as will worke lyttle goodnesse Lete menne suspect of you what they will but these popyshe poesyes of yours smell knauyshlye whan ye can fynde out non other heretyques but these alone of so manye Popes poyseners trayters sorcerers Sodomites scysmatyques and pestylent papistes as hath bene and are yet styll to this daye 2 Because ye are here in hande with Lambert I will saye sumwhat for him for I knewe his coÌ„uersacyon The truthe of it is he was sumtyme a prest of youre generacyon called syr Iohan Nycols and was borne in the cyte of Norwyche After that he had in Cambryge geuen himselfe to good letters and became sumwhat expert both in the Latyne and the Greke at the preachynges of the good menne Arthure and Bylneye he toke repentaunce of his former lyfe And after that the kynge by his lawfull offycers had taken of him an othe to renounce the Pope as a false vsurper he threwe from him that Antichristes yoke with his lyuerye and marke to shewe himselfe throughlye obedieÌ„t Than leauyng papistycall customes he enbraced the Gospell for his lyfes direccyon lyued otherafter a vertuouse Christen lyfe which you iudge here a lyfe peruert soche is youre owne Englyshe terme This wolde I not wryte so manyfestlye yf I knewe it not for a certente Where as he was before an ydell Massemonger and an hater of the scripturs he became than a fauorer and folower of them yea he taught them vnto other and lyued his selfe accordynge to the same Manye Christen instruccyons wrote he to his bretherne brought vp their chyldren in all vertu Dyuerse workes of Erasmâ—s and of other good authors more translated he into the vulgar Englyshe tonge to the Christen commodyte of other 3 And whereas Pantolabus wryteth him here to be a manne almost woode for that he was not in fayth and opinyon to his folyshe mynde agreable He declareth himselfe to be of lyke iudgement with those relygyouse curates of the Iewes Synagoge which reported Iohan Baptist to be a madde manne for his abstinence and Christ to be a dronckarde for his good felyship kepyng But lete him not thynke easlye to auoyde this slaunderouse report before the eternall iudge vnlesse he repent in tyme. What so euer thu art sayth saynt Paule that iudgest an other this shalt thu be sure of forthyne owne part to condemne thyselfe perfourmynge the same selfe thynges that thu condemnest him of Moche more than yf it be left in wrytynge as this outragyouse slaundre is that he was a manne peruert and almost wood Though I and soche other which haue redde ouer Pantolabus iest here ded not iudge him a fellawe of a peruerse opinyon and doctryne and a Bedlem beast more than madde the seyd iest it selfe wolde do it for vs. Therfore lete him not saye that we iudge him agayne here for his owne fylthye frutes declareth him How abhomynably the scripturs are here peruerted for a trayterouse popyshe purpose to vpholde the fylthye kyngedome of Antichrist it will be euydent to him that shall serche the places 4 Now cometh here one in borowed of y â— first chapter of saynt Paule to the Romanes Marke the good workemanlye handelynge I praye ye therof Sicut non probauerunt sayth he hab ere Deum in notitia tradidit â—llos Deus in reprobrum sensum As they haue not regarded to knowe their lord god so hath he geuen them ouer into a lewde mynde And what is this text to the purpose to proue that Iohan Lambert was a manne peruert and almost wood This is there a conclusyon of an olde stynkynge matter of yours goynge but a lyttle afore and therfore lete it not be left so cowardlye behynde you Relicto naturali vsu femine exarserunt in desyderiis suis in inuicem masculi in masculos turpitudinem operaÌ„tes They which haue vnrightouslye with holden the truthe of the lorde in vnrightousnesse leauinge y â— naturall vse of women haue burned in lustes amonge themselues workinge menne with menne vnspekable fylthynesse Be ashamed wretches be ashamed and bestowe ones the scripturs whereas they shuld be bestowed Lerne to amende yowr abhominable lyuinge and leaue to blaspheme the poore innoceÌ„tes by them For yf ye can no rightlyar bestowe them trulye yf yowr wrytinges come to owr handes we shall teache yow the right waye bycause yowr own shepeherdes are slacke A mysterye 1 Vvhich vvolde make good Vvith tonge and penne Before all menne 2 That in the Masse Nothinge els vvas 3 But a signifycacion Of Christes passion 4 Ne sis sapiens a pud te ipsum Prou. 1. ¶ The openinge 1. THough this verse agreeth with his other fellawe in sownde yet doth he not agre with him in matter therfor I haue disseuered them It is not all one to be wood or madde and to do good therfor I haue put the good doer from the madde Pantolabê° saith here that Lambert wolde make Than is he moche better by his owne report than is his holye generacyon for they haue euer marred â–ª yea farthermor he saith that he wolde make good He caÌ„not so report of his owne monstruouse mustre for they haue made all thinges euyll Noâ— one thinge is there vndre the heauens that they haue not defyled with one kynde of Idolatrye or other Besydes their hypocresye whoredome Idelnesse buggerye and the deuill and all of soche vyces their shameful abhorringe of marryage their supersticâ—ouse forbyddynge of meates and their abhominable peruerting of the scripturs with their sophistrye sorcerye wyles wytchecraftes decrees decretals actes clementynes extrauagantes pryuileges bulles prouinciall synodals makynge playne merchandyce both of the bodyes and sowles of menne This have they done before all menne both with tunge and penne lyke as Pantolabus here reporteth of Lambert 2 I wyst wele this goodnesse had a tayle which at the latter ende wolde not seme verye good Lambert both with tunge and penne was a contynuall aduersarye to their holye Masse which is their princypall market and that is the cause that he is here regestred for an heretyqÌ„â— yea marrye set now vnderstande the matter moche better than I coude afore Now can I tell yow what heresye is as ye take it and who be the heretyques that yow meane Not they that speake ageynst the father of heauen with Sabellius and Arrius Nor they that blaspheme y â— sonne with Porphirius and Photinus Nor yet
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