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A02621	The apology of Iohan Bale agaynste a ranke papyst anuswering both hym and hys doctours, that neyther their vowes nor yet their priesthode areof the Gospell, but of Antichrist. Anno Do. M.CCCCC.L. A brefe exposycyon also upo[n] the .xxx chaptre of Numerii, which was the first occasion of thys present varyaunce. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.	Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1550 (1550)	STC 1275; ESTC S100596	145,229	320

and foloweth it in his lyfe shall drynke of the cuppe of Gods heauye wrathe Apocai xiiii A noysome wounde and sore botche falleth vpon all thē that beareth the marke of that hortible mōstre Apo. xvi for so haue they their consciēces defyled wyth filthines vnspea kable ar geuē vp into their own lustes They whych beare that character in the beastes obedyence are stayne by y e swerd that procedeth from the mouthe of hym which sytteth on the horse Apo. xix that is they be cōdēpned vtterly by the wurd of God writtē Iohan. iii. by that whiche shall be pronounced at the lattre day by Christ sytting on the iudgement seate in our humanyte Math. xxv Lo this is the rewarde of ydell vowers that neglectyng Gods wayes wyl folow their own inuencyons Nothyng ought of a christē man to be attēpted that is not expreslye taught in the testament of Christe For that whych is not in the scryptures contayned is fryuolouse vayn and wycked Here perauenture it wyl be reasoned How can I be Gods vnlesse I do vowe my selfe vnto hym Thus I answere thy vnlearned and foly she question In the olde law the first borne were the lordes Leuit. xxvii yet they neuer vowed them selues vnto hym In the newe lawe are we the firste borne so manye as beleue in Christe and are regenerate Iohan. i. thā are we his by fayth and baptysme not by vowes Gods creaturs we are by creacion his seruaunts by redempcion his children heyres by adopcion by vowes are we in no poynte hys but our owne Uowes beynge wurkes of our synneful wyll may adde vnto hys wurkes greate imperfeccion and weakenesse but no per feccyon and strength can they adde We may do as deo the sonnes of Aarō ministre a straunge fyre in the sacryfyce be consumed of the same Leuitic x. We maye putte to hys wurde and be founde reprouable lyars Prouerbio xxx We maye adde to hys boke of prophecy and haue added vnto vs the plages therin wrytten Apoca. xxii Oh tempte not the lord to moch least in his high displeasure for thy wylfull rebellion be destroye the for euer with Core Dathau and Abiron Nume xvi None of vs lyueth hys owne seruaunte sayth S. Paule neither doth anye of vs dye his owne seruaunte But whether we lyue or dye we are y e Lords Roma xiiii A promise or vowe is alwayes of this nature it dyspossesseth the first owner maketh the thynge promysed to be his whose it was not afore See than what thou doest whan thou bryngest thy selfe vudre a vowe Where as thu werte the Lordes afore thu becomest thyne owne by a newe creacion as the tree that is ●ewen downe and made an ymage becometh of Gods the caruers A myserable mutacion is this if thu marke it For by thy vowe thu thus becomeste of Gods creature an ydol of thyne own But this thu wylt offre to God This sacrifyce is vnsauery Thu cannist not herein please hym but most wyckedly blaspheme him Whan thu arte hys creature it standeth wele wyth y e to be saued by Christes merytes But whan thu art thine owne thu wylte make clayme to thyne owne deseruynges whiche can not further the to saluacyon Thu wylte paraduēture say that thou art styll Gods notwythstandynge thy vowe though thou in that pel trye be nothynge lesse For thus is a vow dyffyned of Lyra. Uotum est cum aliquid de nostris offerimus deo We calit a vow whan we offer anye thynge of our owne to God But standynge the case that thu werte hys in dede thu doeste but mocke hym yf thu offre hym hys owne for thu cannyst not do it wythoute a thefte Remembre howe dysdaynouslye and lothesomly they are pleased wyth gyftes that haue thys homelye adage in their mouthes he geuethe me a pygge of myne owne sowe and thu shalte wele perceiue howe muche God is pleased wyth thy fo lyshe and ydell vowes O bruty she fole and beastlye ydyote thu sekest and procurest by thyne own de uyses to make Gods commaundements of none affecte for Antichristes wycked tradycyons Mathe. xv Thy laboure in this worke is none other but as the enemyes was whyche sowed the vnhappye tares amonge the good wheate whyls y ● tyllers were a slepe Mathe. xiii In the ydell slouthfulnesse of the churche whan the profytable tylthe of Christe was not regarded the wylye olde serpente sent fourth hys wycked massengers to plant in the ignoraunt hartes that moste execrable superstycyon of vowynge Thu blyude and wytlesse asse doest take it for an hyghe relygyon but in the laste iudgement daye it shall be reckened to the amonge ydell wordes in parell equall wyth the blasphemynge of Gods holye name Repent it therfor as thu woldeste repent synne and forsake it vtterlye as thu wylte forsake thy dampnacyon Con uert thyselfe agayne into the fredome of Gods chyldren be not a captyue slaue in the lothesome kyngdom of Antichrist Tarry not vpon the vnlearned and wytlesse persuasyons of suche bablynge papystes as is he that is here confuted for their wayes and doctrynes leadeth clerelye to perdicion They vnprofytablye crye doctours doctours as the Iewes sumtyme cryed the temple the temple Hier. vii but trust not thou in their false lyeng wurdes We can neuer haue a better doctour than was Christe whome God the father commaunded vs to hear Mathe. iii. for other doctours we haue no commaundement He y ● voweth to lyue wythout a wyfe or any other kynd of papystry is nomore boūd to performe y ● vngodly vowe thā he that hath professed the faythe of a Iewe or the religiō of a Turke is bounde to ob serue it to hys lyues ende If an English vower in the time of peace shuld promise by othe to serue the Frenche kynge of a thousande vowes at a certayne day and warre betwyxt Englande and Fraunce were proclamed in the meane tyme he shulde better please God to breake hys othe than to kepe it Lyke consyderacion is to be hadde of the vnaduysed vowe of prestes chastite If a man professing that lyfe shulde afterwarde fele hymselfe not able to perfourme it but were lyke to fal into greater mischeues than is the breakynge therof he may breake it wythout daunger as a thinge begon of rashenes For no man ought to preferre his owne acte to y e ordinaūce of God And againe the chaunge of thynges by hys secrete prouidence dyschargeth the necessitye of the othe or promyse How folyshe vnaduysed and presumptuouse is the vowe whan promyse is made to lyue all the yeare of an other mannys purse wythout hys graunte or consent Howe frantycke and parelouse whan that is behested wherein standeth the daunger of lyfe as to geue a sharpe knyfe to a chyld How doubtfull and wycked whan that thynge is professed whiche is impossible as that the heare and nayles shall not growe Sucht are