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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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receaued of the multitude I haue dedicated this symple worke into you re noble grace vnto whome God hath not onely coÌ„mytted the gard and defence of thys polytyke and ciuile realme But also the setting furth and ratifycacion of Goddes moste infalable word whych hath many yeres sustayued open manyfest wronge in thys holy mysterye And bycause I cannot so exactly prefer this vrgent matter to so prudent and myhhty a Prynce as youre grace is yet I truste my good wyll and dyligence is accep ted of God and thoughe it be but very litle that I can do yet I hope lykewyse that for the declarati on of thys symple and manifest ve ritie â–ª your grace woll pardon my bolde euterpryse and accept thys powre worke of my sâ—are houres in good parte whych shall encora ge youre prayerman to the more continuaunce of study here after Thus god the eternall father for the death and bloud sheddynge of hys onely sonne Iesus Christ our sauiour preserue the Kinges Ma iestie your most noble grace with all hys mooste honourable counsayle and the hole realme to gods glorye Amen ¶ Your most humble oratour Ihon Mardeley Clerc of the Kynges Maiesties mynte called suffolke house The power of gods worde COnsyderynge thee wonderfull mutacion of mannes iudgementes and also what greate hurtâ— and daungyer of soule ensâ—yth by the educatyon and teachynge of foch corrupt doctryne to the congregacious as rather is to be feared supersty cyousse than Godlye for manye theyr bee that thynkethe the Gospell of Chryste In these dayes to be wrested more after the fantasses of men than accordinge vnto the cenâ—yre truthe of the same as sundrye persons whyche of malycyouse myndes be not ashamed both so to saye speake also boldlye dothe affyrme wythoute all shame that the rytes and ceremonyes vsed in the Churche whyche cannot bee proued by the Scryptures oughte to be taken for the worde of God vnwrytten and that we ought to beleue them as thee holye woorde of God con tayned in thee sacred Byble and thee Testamente of Chryste full well consydered the Prophete Esaye These kynde of men where he sayth Your lyppes speake leasynges and youre tounge setteth oute wyckednesse No man regardethe truthe nor ryghteousnesse and no manne Iudgethe truelye euerye man hopeâ—h in vayne thin ges and ymâ—gineth dysceate And therfore to peynte oute soche lygiâ—tmate chyldren of Sathan the father of all lyers whose sonnes naturall theâ—e sh yâ—ckynge Chyldren be whyche seke councell but not at me sayeth thee LORDE â–ª whych take a webbe in hande but not after my wyll That they may heape one synne vpon another These halltynge generacyon whi che of frowarde hartes wyll not walke in the testymonye of Ihesu But treade fourthe styll in thee dampnable Doctryne of lyes and mennes doctryne of lyes and mennes tra dyâ—yons vnto whom it is sayde iii. Regum xviii Chapter How longe wyll ye halte on both partes Yf the Lorde be God folowe him Yf Baal be God folowe him Oh howe dothe these wycked Edomites defende the kyngdom of Antichrist the eldeste sonne of the deuyll By whose lyenge and most dampnable doctryne they haue seduced the people into blindnes and errour agaynst the veritie of the manifest truth of the scriptures and most godly proceadinges of the Kinges Maiesties The ho ly Prophet Dauid in the. lii psal Maketh greate exclamatyon of these Uyperous lyers sayinge wherfore enforcheth y â— thy tonge to myschief forging disceate lyke a newe set raser wherfore loueste thou malice rather than honestye rather to lye then to saye truthe for thou delyghtest in peruiciouse speche Oh fraudulent tonge these blynde teachers God shall vtterly rote vp by the rotes and destroye them he shal throwe them downe out of theyr tabernacles and consume theym vtterlye for so many as make or loue leasynges shalbe caste amonge murtherers and Idolaters in the lake of hell burning wyth fyre and â—râ—m stone What els be al those which goeth about to teache the doctry ne of men and soche sacramentes and lowsy ceremonyes as be not ones mencioned or taught vs by the woorde of God What els I saye be these But lyers viperous whelpes and the chyldren of Sathan whych broughte fourth the fyrstlye for it is sayd Set lyeng a syde let euerye man speake the truth vnto hys neyghbour for as moch as we be members together and lye not one to another Esay lix Chap. Hier. These dreamers aleageth for the stablysshynge of thys theyr dampnable doctryne the woordes of S. Ihon whyche saythe that Iesus dyd many thyn ges whyche be not wrytten and also S. Paule commaunded certayne vnwrytten tradicions and ceremonies to be obserued of the ThessaloniaÌ„s and kept And that Paule hym selfe preached not the scriptures onely But also the tra dicions of the elders these I say soch lyke doctryne many of the se bely beastes goeth about to tea che instruct the people to be the gospell of Christ and by the same wolde stablishe not onely certayn sacramentes and ceremonies vsed in the churche but also theyr God of the aulter to be very fleshe and bloode ryally yea the verye same body that was borne of the Uyrgyn Mary and suffered vpon thee crosse which is blasphemious doc tryne and mooste necessarye to be confuted amongeste all matters Now beynge in reformacion these maner of teachers sayth S. paul are allwayes false lyers wycked beastes and slow belys These hypocrytes do affyrme that y â— church as they say the byshopes as they vnderstande hath power to iudge ouer the Scripture and to examy ne it and auctorytye to allowe or to râ—fuse the Gospell To dyspence wythe the tene CommaundemeÌ„tes to alter the forme of Baptyme and to make newe artycles of oure faythe besydes those whyche are conteyned in the Scryptures Thys detestable erroure and blyndnesse of soche teachers Whose malycyouse obstenacye wher thorowe they blaspheme God and hys woorde is to be lamented the thynge beynge so manyfeste frome the whych to stablysshe the hartes and myndes of the godlye whyche beleueth the woorde wrytten to bee suffycient for theyr saluacyon and to contempe and abhorre these doutyng dreamers of these malygnauâ—â—t minysters I wyll resyte certayne testymonyes whyche euydentelye shall approue the wrytten worde of God â–ª to be the onelye and vnremoueable foundacyoÌ„ of our fayth and that all the Artycles of oure saluaâ—yon oughte to bee proued by the holye Scryptures and not by thee Gloses of men Byshopes lawes or mans tradicions rytes or ceremonies which ar receiued in the church and not conteyned in the scriptures whych they say is the worde of God vnwrytten The fyrste proue is the fourth of Deuterâ— Wher it is sayd ye shal not adde vnto the worde whyche I speake vnto you Neyther mynishe from it note these wordes yf they were euer expounded to be vnderstande of the vnwrytten worde whych these lyeng disceauers affyrme but ought to be vnderstande of the wrytten
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 pâ—â—â—y â—enâ—yrly symply caught as thaÌ„kes 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 thâ—ne 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 maskiÌ„g 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 veryâ—ye 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 confydeÌ„ce 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 â—aileth 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 secoÌ„d 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 inheritauÌ„ce 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 faÌ„tasses witles wilful nes of one other y t at truth haue disdayn They say soch parables they caÌ„not expres some saith thei be realers at riâ—te recheles and som say but litle thiÌ„ke moch in thought wel this ê“cesse I speake of is not for nought Oh wooful chaunce moste infortunate So sodeÌ„ly 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„ pÌ„sence To wouÌ„d 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 pÌ„suÌ„ptioÌ„ which proudly pÌ„uayle poore keketh syleÌ„ce seeth not soch geare Blindnes is braging â—eking 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 violeÌ„ce Agaynst the prycke to spurne vnseamely To drowne the truth alas full pytiously Hatered hateth honesty a whoringe to go Mâ—â—yce maketh men masyng in madnes Penurye pincheth pryueâ—y w t payn woo Prelletes praâ—e papisticallye w t boldnes Lewde lowsy lyeng luâ—keth in darknes false fayniÌ„g flatery freÌ„dship doth ampliffy To drowne the truth alas full pytiously Who blameth blasâ—hemeâ—s boldly to brag Of theyr dotyng doctrine drowned in lies Tearig truth a souÌ„der lyke a torne â—agge Blinding meÌ„s hartes blering their eyes Lyke lurking lowtes lecherouse spyes As subtyl â—erpentes working peâ—niciously To drowne the truth alas full pytiously The witles wllfully walke their ownway not folowing salomoÌ„s sapieÌ„ce but Baales posterite In faÌ„tastical phaÌ„tasses let truth say what he may yet slouthfully wil they slepe infecte wyth inpuritie SupposiÌ„g theÌ„ selues sure to sâ—aÌ„d iÌ„ securitie Stablyshed in sâ—yffenes puâ—t vp arogantly To drowne the truth alas ful pytiously These stoule sturdy stomackes staÌ„d styffely As bytyng wolues craftely closteryng Lyke meÌ„bres malâ—gnaunt styck stubburnly to vphold proud hamone y â— shaueliÌ„g yet powre pincheth not for al theyr â—uâ—muâ—ing And gredy gasping by sleyght pÌ„suÌ„ptuously To drowne