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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73302	The recantation made at Paules Crosse, by William Tedder seminarie priest the first of December, anno. 1588. VVherunto is adioyned: The recantation or abiuration of Anthonie Tyrell, (sometime prieste of the English Colledge in Rome,) pronounced by himselfe at Paules Crosse the next Sunday following, in the same yeere. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.; Coppie of a recantation made at Paules Crosse	Tedder, William.; Tyrrell, Anthony, 1552-1610? aut	1588 (1588)	STC 23859.7; ESTC S124616	11,506	27

wise and cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent But now séeing it hath pleased almighty God to call me to the knowledge of his trueth 2. Cor. 11 in detestation of this vaine glorie I will saie with the Apostle Si gloriari oportet quae infirmitatis meae sunt gloriabor that is If I must needes boast I will boast in mine infyrmitie 2. Cor. 12 And againe Libenter gloriabor in infirmitatibus meis vt inhabitet in me virtus Christi that is I wyll gladlie boast in mine infirmities that the power of Christ may dwell within me Thus haue I bréefely declared the causes which draue me out of the waie and caused me to delight in vanities and follow lyes so long Psal 4. that if Gods grace had not béene I had béen cléene cast awaie But now I saie againe Impulsus euersus sum vt caderem et dominus suscepit me Psal 118 I was sore shaken that I was like to fall but the Lorde hath vpholden mee But héere you will aske mee the cause of so suddaine a change I aunswere that I knowe no other but the grace of almightie GOD the which worketh when and as it pleaseth him This grace haue I often refused for the causes before alledged me thought I heard him saie vnto me dailie Ecce sto ad ostium et pulso Apo. 3. Behold I stand knocking at thy dores Yet was I not ashamed to thrust him out and to let in his aduersarie the deuill I hearde him cry within mée Cant. 5. Aperi mihi soror mea amica mea Columba mea immaculata mea caput meam plenum est rore et cincinni mei guttis noctium Opē vnto me my sister my friend my Doue my vnspotted my head is full of dew and my locks with the droppes of the night I heard him giue me these louing titles but I refused him gaue him this aunswer Ibidem Expoliaui me tunica mea quomodo induar illa Laui pedes meos quomodo coinquinabo illos I haue put off my coate howe shall I put it on again I haue washed my feete howe shall I defile them againe Thus continued I vntill hee by his grace so swéetly and forcibly preuented me that whether I would or not at length hee compelled my rebellious wyll to obey So that I which once did so little account of the true and auncient faith that I counted it for an heresie now I sée euidentlie that without the same there is no waie to saluation Therefore if euer you pittied anie mans case I beséech you haue compassyon vpon mine considering that it is a thing incident to mās nature to erre and to sin but to continue and persist in it is the parte of the deuill I freelie doo confesse acknowledge that I haue sinned against God my Prince Gen. 6. and my Countrey as a man whose nature is prone the thoughts of whose hart is alwaies bent to mischiefe I persisted in mine errours a long time as one that followed the suggestions of the Serpent rather then the inspirations of the spirit of God But by his motion I am returned againe to the shéepfold of Christ Wherfore I request you all for the tender mercies of God that you would receiue mee that returne againe following the steps of our Sauiour Luk. 15 who disdained not to receiue Publicans and sinners who left 99. shéepe in the wildernes and went to séeke one that was lost I haue béen like the prodigall Son which loosely and wantonlie spent his portion in ryot luste and was compelled to eate such meate as the Hogges did All this haue I doone I haue spent that Talent which God gaue me in maintaining the harlot of Babylon in vpholding the chaire of pestilence I meane the Church of Rome I haue fed my selfe with the swill and dregs of mens inuentions and traditions forsaking the fountaine and foode of Gods worde All this I haue doone but at the last béeing by hunger compelled I cryed out with that prodigall child saying Pater peccaui in caelum et coram te Luk. 15 iam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus Father I haue sinned against heauen and before thee I am not woorthy to bee called anie more thy Son This confession mooued his Father to compassion who louingly embraced him receiued him willinglie and cherished him tenderlie So I desire you not to refuse me though I come late home receiue me againe and haue cōpassion For our Sauiour Christ saith Matt. 5. Beati misericordes quoniam ipsi misericordiam consequentur Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercie And truely to haue compassion is a thing wherein a man dooth followe the example of almightie GOD for Christe himselfe doth say Luke 6 Estote misericordes sicut pater vester misericors est Be you mercifull as your Father is mercifull Receiue me I beséech you which was a fugitiue as one that repenteth as one that desireth rather to bee an abiect in Gods house Psal 84. then to dwell in the Tabernacles of sinners His name therefore who hath so mercifully called me be blessed for euermore But nowe I will come to the purpose that is to recant and renounce such errours as heeretofore I haue maintained desiring God that as it hath pleased his heauenly goodnes to giue me the grace to forsake them so it would also please him to giue me the gift of perseuerance to continue that I may no more fall into them againe You knowe it is the nature of the Serpent to kéepe his head whole though he put his body in danger for the defence of the same but if a man once bruse his head he can no longer endure against him but he must of necessitie die And I can no better cōpare the huge and weldie masse of Papistrie to anie thing then vnto a Serpent therefore in renouncing of it I will begin with the head The first Article of the Pope The Papists doo think and I did thinke the same that the Pope was Christ his Vicar and supreame head of the vniuersall Church héere vppon the earth militant This Article béeing mightily vpholden and stoutly defended they thinke none other of their Bulwarks can be shaken They thinke also that hee hath such a prerogatiue that he cannot erre whereof ryseth this presumption in deposing of Princes degradation of Bishops excomunication of all sortes of people without respect and of most light occasion Héereof hee presumeth to prescribe Lawes to the whole Church the which forsooth without his dyspensation must be inuiolable Sub pena excommunicationis And whosoeuer dooth breake them if it be Emperor King Quéene or what Prince soeuer he must be deposed such wickednes hath he practized against the Quéenes most excellent Maiestie to his vtter shame and confusion that the Prouerbe may bee fulfilled God sendeth a shrewde Cowe shorte hornes But his holines if it please you is not cōtented