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A declaration of thee power of Gods worde concerning the holy supper of the Lord, confutynge all lyers and fals teachers, whych mayntayne theyr maskynge mass inuented agaynst the woorde of God, and the Kynges Maiesties most godly proceadynge compyled anno d[omi]ni M.D.XLVIII
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Mardeley, John.
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wyth hys owne marke I cannot terme them as they oughte to be do you consyded that yeâ notwith standing the word of god is now so pââây âenâyrly symply caught as thaÌkes be vnto the lyuyng god and our yong Dauid your grace it now is And that it hath pleased the Kynges Maiestye and his ho norable councel to set it fourth ac cordynglye and specially in thys hyghe mystery of the supper of the Lorde wherof we symple soules haue longe bene robbed of thâne part of that holy sacramente that nowe it shulde be restored vnto vs hole and not thee priestes to eate by the hole theÌ selues as they yet dayly do contrary vnto the word of god and the Kynges godly pro ceadinges in as moche as in theÌ lyeth dothe not onelye seduce the people styll to folow ther maskiÌg masse whych was not knowen in the church of the faythfull as Be da sayth whych was four scoore x. yeares after y e death of Gregory theÌ such masking was not knoweÌ tyll monckerye of benedictes rule came in and than began pryuate masses a scripture of the popes in uentyon an vnwrytten veryâye whych they wold make vs to bele ue as an article of our fayth But heare what christ sayth Serche y e scriptures for they beare wytnes of me and S. Peter saythe also al the Prophetes do wytnesse wythe hym that God forgeueth all thee synnes of them which beleue and put theyr confydeÌce in christ And now to make an ende I wyll resy te two faythful witnesses against thys deuelysshe cauillatyon that these fals prophetes teache y â people concerninge thys mystery afo re spoken of as vpoÌ all other ther dampnable doctryne whych they grounde vpon mane tradycions whych S. Peter and S. Paule coÌ futeth Peter in hys fyrste Epystle âaileth soche blasphemers as do ymagyne a newe worde of god besydes that whyche is wrytten and he calleth them lying prophetes whych teache any thyng contrarye to thys propheticall and Apostolicall prophecy and a rule wherby we shuld auoyd all maner of lyes and to haue a special eye vnto the candel whych is y e word of the propheticall scripture whiche dryueth oute and banesheth awaye al darkenes and lyes of the deuell and hys Doctours these be hys woordes I wryte vnto you thys secoÌd pystle to pryck you vp to quyckene youre hartes that ye myght remember the woordes whych haue bene tolde you before by the holy prophetes and also y â wordes of our message and commaundemente whyche be the apostles of the lorde our sauyour for ye muste knowe that in the latter dayes ther shal com mockers thei shal bryng in sayth he perniciouse and dampnable sectes And now S. paul saith they shal speake lyes in hypocrysy vnder the colloure and pretence of holynes forbyddyng to mary to absteyne from meates whych god hathe created to be receyued of the faithful with thankes geuing and they shal deny the lorde sayth he whych hath bought and redemed theÌ and thee way of the truth shal they sclaunder reuyle do not oure papistes euen so now a dayes Let all men that knowe God iudge and they shall fynde both theyr doctryne lyuing lyke as these two holy Apostles hath paynted theÌ vnto the worlde I could haue declared ma ny thynges more of the sayeng of these Apostles to haue bene more circumspecte of these dampnable bypers whych were superfluus but the whole world hathe thanked be God receaued knowledge by the word of God to know theÌ and to beware of theyr leuen and here wyth S. Paule I commytte you vnto the word of grace whych is able to edyfye you to geue you an inheritauÌce wyth all theÌ that be sanctyfyed SO BE IT Ioel. it ¶ Turne to the Lorde your God for he is gentyl and mercyful pacient and of moche kyndnesse and readye at all tymes to forge ue wyckednesse Math. xx ¶ The labourers in the Lordes vyneyar de that came last of all receaued theyr peny so well as they that came in the mornynge Nether had one more then another A complaynt agaynst the styffenecked made by the aucthour of thys boke ALas I lament the dull abused brayne the insatrike faÌtasses witles wilful nes of one other y t at truth haue disdayn They say soch parables they caÌnot expres some saith thei be realers at riâte recheles and som say but litle thiÌke moch in thought wel this êcesse I speake of is not for nought Oh wooful chaunce moste infortunate So sodeÌly makyng thys great alteracion For sythe the world was fyrst create Was neuer sene any soch deuysyon How moch is truthe hadde in dirision For falshode faineth fables ful maliciously The truth to drowne alas so pytiously Moch malice is ministred vnder holy precence Most meÌ be moued lying signes to vphold False Iammes Iambres be placed iÌ pÌsence To wouÌd Mycheas as in reguÌ is told pashur ponisheth hieremy demetriê° is bold Baal Belles ministers rage furiously To drowne the truth alas ful pytiously Helyas Daniel be in woofull case By false Alchimus that wycked counseleâ Christ cruelly crucified by Pilat cayphas Paul enuyed by hermogenes doth appere Peter by symond Magus Menaunder The apostles proued w t payues spytefully To drowne the truth alas ful pytiously Custome craftely cloked truth beareth no feale Doyng is doubtful dare not for feare Pluck bake pÌsuÌptioÌ which proudly pÌuayle poore keketh syleÌce seeth not soch geare Blindnes is braging âeking here there To spew spytful poysone blasphemously To drown the truth alas ful pytiously The rude rudely learned blind as an asse Dotyng in dreames dispysyng obedience wylful w tout wysdoÌ of nothing doth passe As rebel rybauldes w tout intelligence defending theyr god mazyne w t moch violeÌce Agaynst the prycke to spurne vnseamely To drowne the truth alas full pytiously Hatered hateth honesty a whoringe to go Mââyce maketh men masyng in madnes Penurye pincheth pryueây w t payn woo Prelletes praâe papisticallye w t boldnes Lewde lowsy lyeng luâketh in darknes false fayniÌg flatery freÌdship doth ampliffy To drowne the truth alas full pytiously Who blameth blasâhemeâs boldly to brag Of theyr dotyng doctrine drowned in lies Tearig truth a souÌder lyke a torne âagge Blinding meÌs hartes blering their eyes Lyke lurking lowtes lecherouse spyes As subtyl âerpentes working peâniciously To drowne the truth alas full pytiously The witles wllfully walke their ownway not folowing salomoÌs sapieÌce but Baales posterite In faÌtastical phaÌtasses let truth say what he may yet slouthfully wil they slepe infecte wyth inpuritie SupposiÌg theÌ selues sure to sâaÌd iÌ securitie Stablyshed in sâyffenes puât vp arogantly To drowne the truth alas ful pytiously These stoule sturdy stomackes staÌd styffely As bytyng wolues craftely closteryng Lyke meÌbres malâgnaunt styck stubburnly to vphold proud hamone y â shaueliÌg yet powre pincheth not for al theyr âuâmuâing And gredy gasping by sleyght pÌsuÌptuously To drowne
¶ A declaration of thee power of Gods worde concerning the holy supper of the Lord confutynge all lyers and fals teachers whych mayntayne theyr maskynge masse inuented agaynst the woorde of God and the Kynges Maiesties most godly proceadynge compyled Anno dnÌi M. D. XLVIII Ezechi ii ¶ Theyr fathers haue broken my couenaunte euen to thys day and they to whom I send they ar chyldren wythout all shame of such an hart as cannot be reclamed SAinct ThoÌ saith y â worlâ malignaune Is sore infected in great âeoperdyt through vaynglory which is repungnauÌt To gods preceptes hys lawe and veritie For people they be of soch malignitie and corrupt mindes seducig what theâ may Al godly proceadinges vtterly to delay Maruel not you bishops prelates of dig nitie Though in y e zeel of Phynes also Helias I stomock your sturdines so ful of impietie thus stubburnly to staÌd against our Iosias which to reforme hys church brig it as it was To her primer state yet seduce ye what ye maye Hys godly reformacion vtterly to delaye This practyse you that sââtful generacioÌ Under cloked ypocrisy your grauÌtshire to mayntayne much after your brother Iudas is yourâ coÌ uersacion w t your lowsy âurkig to play legerdemayn your craft is êceiued because ye coÌuay not cleane Yet are ye not ashamed seducing what ye maye His godly reformacioÌ vtterly to delay What câscience had your forefathers to put in theyr treasurye the. xxx siluer plates which was for blood the pryce But no coÌscience at al had those beastes so bloody To murther the son of god accordiÌg theyr practyse such lyke ar our spiritual leaders â their de uyse Whych be not ashamed seduce what they may his godli reformacioÌ ââterli to delay Sought they not by al meanes vtterly to quenche The fayth of christes moost glorious resurrectioÌ and as y â damosel y â inquisitiue weÌche to haue trapped peter she asked him a questioÌ do not these biting beares so ful of coÌâeÌâioÌ wythout al shame inuent what they maye His godly reformacioÌ vtterly to delay These waged souldiours they shuld surmyse a lye That christ was stolne they being a slepe this exercise our ministers doth vse ocâpâ by their hyrede sophisters to blemish kepe this heaueÌlâ veritie froÌ vs hongrie shepe And as shameles lyers seduce what they may His godly êcediÌges vtterly to deley Great is y â diligeÌâe labour study of these whorish apostals apostels I shuld say which vnder y â similitude of vertue âo holi lyke popish ypocrites craftely do thei play yet of their duble deliÌg ashamed are not thei by al subtil meaÌes to seduce what thei may His godly procedinges vtterly to deley But truly they labour trauel in vayn Lyke besheles of gods wrath to kyck spew and spurne yet shal the truth haue his passourth playn though they wold kyl head hange burne for the word of god shal not in vayn turne but shal worke gods wil seducet what they maye ⪠His godly precedinges vtterly to deley Christ sayth the tree is knoweÌ by y e fruyte TheÌ must ye be iudged at the eye ymyneÌte By youre subtyll sleyghtes though ye seame mute Yet worke ye heythny she lawes and rytes pestelente mayntayniÌg mysteris of madnes bitormeÌt And tyrable terrours seduciÌg what ye may His godly reformacion vtterly to delay A plant set was in the corrupte councell Of your alicâeÌt grauÌt syre of soch laudatioÌ That yf al your âugling shuld you yet fayl That shuld bring you to your estemacion this captyue you meÌs coÌscieÌces by collusioÌ Wyth your venemous vanities seducyng what ye maye Thys most godly reformacioÌ vtterly to de laye Go lytle boke god send the good successe In their harres mindes which wil y â puse and not to be blamed bicause y u doest expres theypocrisi of soch as gods word doth abu se Thy name manifest here y u doest refuse Yet in this myter who that applyeth hys mynde Thy holy name wrytteÌ therin shal he fynd To the hyghe excellent and most gracious Prynce Edward Duke of Somerset Erle of Hertforthe viscounte Beane Campe. Lorde Semer Gouerner of the Kynges Maiesteis person and Protector of al hys realmes hys leauetenauÌ te general of al hys armyes boht by lande by sea treasoroure and Erle marshall of England Gouernour of the Ylles of Gernsey Iersey and knight of the most noble order of y â garter ¶ Ihon Mardeley wysheth grace peace abundaunce of knowledge in gods truthe securitie of body wyth long lyfe in the lyuinge God Thorowe Christe Iesus oure onely sauioure COnsyderynge redupted and moost noble prynce howe prone and ready the malig ners of gods veritie âe w t all theyr exacte diligence to depraue and say yll aswel of the true doctrine of that infallable and syncier truth as al so of thee teachers preachers of the same it hath in manner coÌpelled me âoundering the great dysceatfulnesse and sturdynesse of the se wycked wordlinges whych bee so pernyscyously bent to blynde y e people of god wyth lyes old wy fe ââables to depresse holde dow ne the gospel of christe and styl to vpholde and mayntayne mannes inuencyons dreames tradicioÌs Thus moste gracious lord hath in maner coharted me to set fourthe thâs symple worke touchyng the most holy body and bloud of christ whyche is the food of oure soules and confortable pledge of our saluacion sertyfyenge the true beleuers to be made heyres of eternal lyfe and the partakers of all christes merytes Death and resurrection the whych moste sacred mysterie hathe bene bothe learnedly and pythely by soundrye notable clerckes and learned menne devulgated vnto the congregacyon as well in theyr Sermoones as in wrytynges therein confutyng all errours and false opynyons whyche the vngodlye malygners haue seduced thee people in and yet doo bothe by wrytânge and preachynge contrarye vnto the instytution of Christe the symple meanynges of the Scriptures and the Kynges Maiesties mooste godlye proceadynges where of youre gra ce is a fortherer of the same I haue most redoupted lord as one moste vnworthy and indynge wythout profound knowledge of learning confes me far vnhable to enter in the discussing of so hygh a matter yet albeyt I haue according vnto the talente whych I haue receaued not hydyng it in the grounde as dyd that euel seruaunte but to y â measure and vnderstaÌding which I haue receaued of god by y e gyfte of hys spyryte I wyll lyke vnto ruthe the mohabite grayne some parte aswell vpoÌ the land of scrip ture as vpon auncient Doctours approued and theÌ so gathered as it were in a bundell together the true vnderstanding of this mystical meate of christes body bloud Declaring the right vse therof as by the worde of God shalbe playn lye approue and for bycause as yet this holy misterie hangeth as it were in a ballaunce and not the true weyghe therof as yet