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A69346	The letters whyche Iohan Ashwell priour of Newnham Abbey besydes Bedforde, sente secretely to the Byshope of Lyncolne in the yeare of our Lord M.D.xxvii. Where in the sayde pryour accuseth George Ioye that tyme beyng felow of Peter college in Cambrydge, of fower opinyons: wyth the answere of the sayde George vn to the same opynyons.	Joye, George, d. 1553.; Ashwell, John, d. 1541?	1548 (1548)	STC 846; ESTC S100275	35,534	56

ge them the law and the prophetes â—osing their â—oit tes openyng theyr eyes And euen so do the preachers of goddes worde dayly that ar sent inspyred wyth his spiryt all thoughe they be but symple preistes in your eyes nether pope nor by shope occupie theyr myndes in hys law daye â–ª nyght exer cise these keyes besely turnyng theÌ„ in mennes hartes whetting the worde of god vpon them and as Paule exhorteth his Timothe preaching hys worde are ferueÌ„t in a ceason or out of ceason improue rebuke exhorte with aâ— longe sufferige 2. Timo. 4 These men I saye that thus preache and teach â—â—â—â—inually goddes worde and declare it purelye haue â—hrâ—keyes of the kyngdome of heueÌ„ these lose wheÌ„ they oâ—eÌ„ synners hartes into repeÌ„taunce and faith they bynde when they preache the lawe hold stylâ— such as beleue not theyr wordes but resyst persecute them And you M priour and as many as ne ther can nor wyll preache but persecute theym that God â—endeth with these keyes you I saye whetheâ— ye be Pope Cardinall byshop abbot pryouâ— or preâ—sâ—e neyther loose nor binde nor yet haue you Chrystes keyes but onely those rustye traditioÌ„s lawes of men to shut vp the kingdome of heuen â— to take awaye the knowledge of Chryst with vngodly inibicions lightenynges thunderynge of excoÌ„manicacions threateninges persecucions impresonynges scourgynges and burnynges nothin ge fering that terryble thonder â—clappe of Chrystes owne mouthe daily thondrynge ouer your heades cryeng Mat. xxiii Wo be to you scrybes Phari â—eâ—s hipocrites for you shyt vp the kigdome of heuen before men and neyther your selfe enteriÌ„ nor yet suffer you suche as wolde come therto to enteriÌ„ And yet feare you not this terrible threatenige of euer lastynge daÌ„nacion hanging ouer your heades These are your counterfetted keiâ—s and false peste lent persuasions to driue the peple frome the knowlege of Goddes worde and their saluacioÌ„ which worde is the key and hygh waye to the kyngdome of heauen ye saye it is harde and derke â–ª for the laye peple but wo be to you saith I say ca. v. that tel theÌ„ the lyght to be darkenes â–ª you saye that the scripture in Englishe wold make sedition brede errours heresies amonge the laye men so to be euell for theÌ„ but wo be to you saith I say that say that thâ—â—e which is good to be euell ye saye the letter slayeth the is vnsauerie and bytter for them but wo be to you sayth I saye agayne that say y â— which is swete to be bytter Thus is the holye â—learâ— good and swete gospell of Christe belyed shamefully blasphemed of you If it be bytter vnsauery it is an euyll sauour it is koucred and darke to you that pe ry she sayth Paule 2. Corin. 2. 4. It had ben beter for you to haue obeyed the counsell of Gamaliel Act. 5. then thus so manyfestly repugned faughte against god but you ar so blinded with your own malice that you â—e not how syth you inhibyted the preachers and the worde of God to be â—aught and redde of the laye men and persecuâ—ed it the more it encâ—eseth it groweth it spreadeth it thrusteth you downe declarhâ—h you openly to be the very Pha risaes scribes hipocrites and eueâ— the very Antichristes that Christ and his apostles prophecied to come in the laste dayes Repente repente you therfore and â—e conuerted to God aske grace and mercye that he wyll illumyne youre hartes â— lose you wyth the keyes of the knowlege of his holy word and vnlocke your wyttes out of this blynde ignoraunce and vnbelyefe Amen Â¶ But yet syr yf your learniÌ„g be so encreased sith the time that you chased me away wiâ—h these your letters that you can make me thys obiectyon taken of Mark in the secoÌ„de chapter and Luk in the 5. that â—t is only god that forgeueth synnes and so the Apostles forgeue theÌ„ not TheÌ„ I answere you that ther ar many thinges pertayning only to god whych be of hys infinite goodnes geueth vnto vs and calleth theÌ„ ours The keyes which ar the worde â—â— his yet he calleth the worde ours and many thinges that were wrought with the same wor de as in mat 10. where he sayd to the apostles He haâ—â—e y â— sik make clene the leprose raise y â— dede castout deuels which al were his workes yet he gaue then power to do hys workes The word where with they dyd these miracles was hys worde and yet he called it theyrs sayng Who so euer receyue not you nother wyll heare your wordes c ye and euen our owne good workes as we beleue it is he that worketh them in vs as testifieth Isaiâ— the. 26 and yet is he conteÌ„te of hys liberalitie that we bare the name of them and be called our workes but he rewardeth hys deades in vs saith Augustin Yâ— this solutioÌ„ satisfieth you not then remitte I you vnto lyke maner of speache a â—eremye 15. Where God bad Ieremie caste oute the Iewes from hys presens saing Eiice illos a facie mea And yet god â—asted them out hys owne selfe and euen so in lyke autorite he said to the Apostles Whose synnes so euer you forgeue they are forgeueÌ„ c. For after the familiare phrase and vâ—hemence of the Hebrewe speach as the professours of that toÌ„ge affirme When god â—ad Ieremie â—aste them forth he wold nothyng els but that he shulde tell and preache theÌ„ to be caste forthe and ledde in captyuite yf they amended not theyr lyuynge so when he sayd to thapostles Whose synnes so euer you forgeue c. He ment that to whom so euer you preach and tel theÌ„ theyr synnes to be forgeuen yf they beleue in me â— chaunge theyr lyfe theyr sinnes are fongeuen For â—s at Ieremies preachinge the vngodly were castoute so at Thapostles preachynge the penytent beleuers haue theyr synnes forgeuen And the vnbeleuers are holden captyue in theyr synnes Â¶ M. Priour of Newâ—hams seconde opinion NOw as touchynge your seconde opynion which you say that I held That faith with out workes is sufficieÌ„t verely I neuer sayd so but I myght say that by fayth wythout workes a man is iustified whyche is Paules sayinge in the third cap. to the RomaÌ„s this sentence I beleue as â—â— we with Paule hold it for noÌ„ opynion And for a declaratioÌ„ of this Paules sentence I wyll first tell you what is faith what it is to be iustified before god what is the ryghwysenes of faith First ye shall know that the apostle defineth faith in the â–ª 11 â–ª ca. to the Hebrews saing that fayth is the very sure substanciall beliefe of him whych is the same thynge that we hope for that is to say faith is an infalâ—ible vndouted certaintye in our hartes wherby we beleue and truste in the inuysible God and to open thys definitioÌ„ yet more playnely Fayth is that same

nowe perceaue al was to hoÌ„te out somwhat of me wherby you myghte thus Ind â—ily betraye me and so do your spiritual father and other such a secrete sacrifice Surely I had ne uer beleued although it was tolde me of many that you had thê° accused me had I not sene your own hand whych letters I wold haue wynited at as I do yet at other mennâ—s false reportes on me yf I had ben but gyltye al thinges as I am not which you do impute vnto me then I wold haue let your letters lye styll in darkenes after your desyer Or if they had ben but only harmfull vnto my boby name which I am bounde to defende yet I wold haue suffred sâ—fâ—e sileÌ„ce â— pacyeno to haue ben my patrones defeÌ„ders before god neuer to haue answerd you coÌ„fortig my selfe in my god the God of al coÌ„fort now expulset my natiue laÌ„de thorow your letters lesing my poore liuing forsakiÌ„g al my kiÌ„ne and freÌ„des being in great pouertye and kare in the which al you haue sette me for that I wold auoyd the cruel tyraÌ„ny of your spiritual father of other incenste by your letters I wold I saye haue conforted my selfe and do daily as god geueth me grace wyth this one coÌ„fortable saying of my sauyour Mat. 5. Blessed are you when meÌ„ cast rebukes and sclaunderouse reuilinges vpoÌ„ you persecuting you and reporte al maner of euell agaynst you belying you for my sake Reioyse and be glade for great is your reward in heaueÌ„ This one senteÌ„ce is ynough to answer for me â— to coÌ„forte me against al slaunders and false reportes and euen against your letters as touchyng my persone fame But in that your letters opinioÌ„s are sclaunderouse blasphe mouse against god and his truth I may not suffer them to be hedde in darkenes as you desyred your moost reuerend father to kepe them Wherefore I shall by goddes grace auenge delyuer hys truthe from your false opinions that by hys true word that yet if thus it wold please god to open your eyes shew you hys truthe call you to repeÌ„taunce Â¶ Fyrst you say that one opinion was that I helde that as great as large power to bynd to lose was geuen of god to a symple preyst as to a byshop or to the byshope of Rome whyche is more Whych enteÌ„t opinion you say I proued by these wordes of Chryst saing Go your ways in to the world and preach the Gospel c. For as my father hath sente me so sende I you c. Syr fyrst ye shall knowe that what so euer the scrypture affyrmeth I holde it for no opinion but I beleue it to be true for there ie great dyfference betwene faith opinioÌ„ And as for these textes whych you saye that I alledged to proue my entent loke you whether they make for your opinion of byndinge and losing in secrete confession after your vnderstanding or rather to pertayne to the open preaching of the â— orde of God And turne to Mark in the. 19 chap. and loke whether this your texte Quia sicut misit me pater c. foloweth as you alleg it â—te in mundum vniuersum wyth a coniunction causale as you falsely bryng it in to shewe the cause of the senteÌ„â—e be fore But turne to Iohan cap. 20. there shall you se it stande wythoute a Quia as a propositioÌ„ fyrst propounded of Christ in a coÌ„parison or similitude and afterward there disposed the coÌ„parison declared both in the geuinge of the holy gost power to forgyue to holde synnes Nether dyd â— allege these textes as you do at rouers so confusely confoun dynge one Euangelyste wyth another to confute your false opinyon not yet added I any scâ—liret in plurali numero for Salomon warneth Prouerbi orum 30. that we adde nothynge to goddes worde lest we be reproued founde lyers And Christ spake his vordes in the plural noÌ„ber at the geuyng of hys keyes to all his apostles as ye may se Ioh. 20 withoute any scilâ—cet yf you knowe a verbe of the plural noumber from the singulare But I passe ouer your ignoraÌ„ce and shall prepare me to confirme the truthe into the coÌ„futation of your false opinions of the which The fyrste is that a bishope or the byshope of Rome by whoÌ„ you vnderstande the Pope hath a greater larger powr to binde to lose geuen them of god then a simple preiste That the truthe of goddes worde might be deliuered froÌ„ your false opinions and losed frome your vyolente wrestynge of holy scripture and that it appereth verily by your opinion that you knowe not what Christe ment by the keyes of the kingdome of heauen nether yet what is vnderstaÌ„de by binning and losyng ye shall knowe that when Christ asked hys disciples Mat. 16. WhoÌ„ say you that I am peter as the mouth of theÌ„ al answered that thing whiche they all beleued eueÌ„ thus Thou arte Christ the sonne of the liuyng god That they al beleued thus as Peter openly confessed the terte folowinge declareth For euâ— incontenently he warned not only Peter but all them whoÌ„ he asked the question that they shuld not tell any maÌ„ that he was Iesus christ Thys Iohan declareth in the. 6. chapter Where Christe asked hys disciples And wyl you go away to Peter answered as the mouthe for them all Lorde to whom shall we go thou haste the wordis of euerlastige life we beleue he sayd not I beleue alone knowe that thou arte Christe the sonne of the liuynge god Here Peter answerd for theÌ„ al the same thing that he coÌ„fessed Mat. 16. vpoÌ„ this therfore so faythfull a knowlege beliefe senâ— in theÌ„ al he promised theÌ„ Mat. 16. the keyes of the kigdom of heuen for wher he sawe like a fayth there wold he geue lyke office And as Bede saith in the Homelte of the same texte WheÌ„ all were asked in ge nerall Peter alone for all answerd so that the same thynge that Christe answerd Peter answered to them all in Peter sayng Blessed arte thou Simon bariona c And to the shal I geue the keyes of the king doÌ„e of heaueÌ„ that what so euer thou shalt lose in the erth it shalbe losed in heauen And what so euer thou shalt bynde in earth iâ— shalbe bounde in heuen That he promised theÌ„ all these keyes it is manifeste in the performinge of them Iohn 20. â—a Where it is tolde when these keyes here promysed were geuen to whoÌ„ they were geuen and what he ment by them mark in the. 16. Luk in the 24 â–ª both to telling the same storie They were geuen the same day that Chryste rose from death at the eauenyng the discyples gathered togyther in an house for feare the dores shyt to theÌ„ vnto whom Chryste entred in salutyng them sayng Peace be wyth you But fyrst let vs se what Christ meÌ„t by these keyes your

to trust in God only to loue hym wyth all our hartes soule mâ—de aboue al thinges Here the law shewed vs our synnes of what sinful nature we are that caÌ„ not fulfyl these coÌ„mauÌ„dementes here it worketh wrathe it feareth so vexeth our coÌ„scieÌ„ces at the knowleg of our sinnes that we begin nâ— to be angry wyth gods iugemeÌ„t wrykyng in vs such is the weakenes of our sinful nature ye and we in a maner despeyer thus the law working hyr power and office in vs synne is encreased and we are led captyue and bounde vnder the law of synne whych is in our members â–ª Roma vii For the law is the power of synne i. Corin. xv At these offyces and vse of the law preached or redde a synfull conscieÌ„ces felith her selfe bounden and holdeÌ„ vnder the power of synne and karyed towarde dampnation as Paule declareth in his pistle to y â— Romans there he expressynge the nature streÌ„ght of the law as euery synner touched of God maye feale verely in his own hart at his conuersion But wâ—eÌ„ the gospell cometh which is that ioyful tidiÌ„ges that christ came to call and to saue synners that grace forgeueâ—es of synnes is geueÌ„ thorow hys death to as many as beleue this coÌ„fortable ê“mise theÌ„ the synner heariÌ„g these tidiÌ„ges beleuing theÌ„ perfitly fealeth his hart eased conforted losed But yf he beleueth it not theÌ„ is he yet holdeÌ„ stil bouÌ„deÌ„ in to daÌ„p natioÌ„ this is the byndyng losyng of the keyes of gods word This expressed he bretely in Mark say inge He that beleueth is baptysed shalbe saued he that beleueth not shalbe daÌ„â—ned â–ª IohaÌ„ on thys maner said whose sinnes you shal forgeue they ar forgeueÌ„ theÌ„ whose you shal holde they are holdeÌ„ â–ª Also another maner of bindig and losyng by these keyes the scripture remâ—breth in the. 18. ca. of Mat whych place sheweth vs how the vertue of excoÌ„mu nication or seperating of obstinate impenâ—tent and open synners out of the coÌ„gregaâ—yon shuld be vsed Fyrste the synner ought to be rebuked of hys brother whâ— he had offeÌ„ded then if he wil not heare him to â—e monished before one or two witnesses yet yf he hear them not to be coÌ„plained of vnto the holy congregatiâ— WhoÌ„ yf he yet wyl not hear thâ— to be separated fromâ— the feloshyp of the faythfull This coÌ„municatioÌ„ oâ— putting out of the coÌ„gregation Christ called in the sayde place of Mathew a bynding and the reconsiling of the same person if â—â— be penitent after thys is there called a â—osynge Wâ—er â—ppâ— he sayd vnto his disciples on this ma â—â—â— Yf this obstinat man wyl not hear the congre gation ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ be to you as an heithen and publica â—â— that â—â— to saye as an infydele excluded oute of ã€ˆâ€¦ã€‰ s company For verely I saye vnto you ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ so euer ye bynd vpon the erth they shalbe ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ â—â— heauen and what so euer you lose on the â—râ—â— they shalbe losed in heauen that ie to say whom so euer you put out of the congregatyon he re aftâ—r thys forme prescrybed you the â—ame thynge is confyrmed in heauen and whom you receyue agaâ—â—g as penytent sorye for his offences the same is recâ—â—ued in heuen Thys maner of byndyng and losyng Paul put in executioÌ„ once vpoÌ„ the opeÌ„ sinners as â—e may reade in the. v. â—ap of the fyrst to the Corin. there bynding and holding in him in his synne as an obstynat opâ—n vnshametaced synner now put out of the holy coÌ„panye after his great heuynes and repentaunce losed him againe recoÌ„cyled and restored vnto the coÌ„gregation as it is writen in the. ii Corin â–ª cap. ii Now coÌ„pare the forme cause of Paules execuâ—yng of thys maner of excoÌ„municatioÌ„ absoluyng agayne vnto oure bishops lighteninges thondringes of their excoÌ„municatyons hursynges lokâ— how they agre wyth Christes word Paules forme in all circumstances Â¶ But as for the keyes whych are the law Gospell preached or reade for that the one bindeth and the other losethe the beleuers from synne and condempnatioÌ„ it nedeth not to dispute whether the po pe hath more power to lose wyth prechyng therof then a byshop or a bishoppe greater then a symple preist For the Popes hygh holines may not desceÌ„de to so vyle a law an office although he were learned and theÌ„ byshoppes busynes maye not attende to excute thoffyce power of edyfyyng they are so ful occupied in destroing the simple sir IahaÌ„ is not now lerned and yet yf he were lerned he muste haue theyr autorite which is harde to be obtained yf he wyll preache the truth Peter Paule were but pore simple prestes in coÌ„parison to our holy father the Pope to the moste reuerende Cardinales graces and to our lordes the byshoppes yeâ— I thynke they had as great as large as you say power to lose to bind with prechinge the worde of God as hathe Pope cardinal bishope abbote or pâ—â—our And as for the scripture it putteth no such differeÌ„ce of lordely poâ—â—rs nether knoweth â—â— such lordely and â—â—ought names but sayth to theÌ„ though the heathen play the Lordes yet shall not you be so it â—ayth not you shall be so but vos autâ— non siâ— But set men to loke whether it be truly translated into Englyshe that while they are in coÌ„fâ—â—â—yng on texte wyth another lokyng na ã€ˆâ€¦ã€‰ e for faâ—tes in the translatyoÌ„ where noÌ„ was ã€ˆâ€¦ã€‰ aâ—tes and abhominatioÌ„ might be balked or y â— lesse espyed but had they lefte hontynge for errours in the translatyon and conferryng texte to texte and compared your lyuynge â—o the gospell they had sene them agree to gyther as darkenes wyth lyght and the deuel with wyth Christ. More ouer the scrypture knoweth no suche dyfference as you suppose betwene Pope bishop and preist but calleth a preâ—h a bishop and a â—yshop a prest yf ye englishe these two wordes pres byter Episcopus after the comen Englishe as ye may â—ede Act. 20. and. i. ad Titum And as for thys name Pope or the ouermost byshop I fynde them not but that there were certayne called the chefe or principall of the preistes vnto whom Iudas weÌ„te saing what wyl you geue me I shall betraye him and deliuer him into your haÌ„des as you had weÌ„te to haue deliuered me by your secret false lettters of the which chefe prestes it is written also Math. 27 that they called a counsell erly wyth the elders of the people agaynst Iesus to delyuer to put hi to deth Now I trust â— priour you se how y â— law preached bindeth the gospell loseth howe christ put the keyes of hys gospell in to the hates of hys dysciples ouce locked vp in vnbeliefe and ignorauÌ„ce and howe happely he turned them opennynge theyr hartes into the knowlege of hym now rysen by the power of his spirit preachynge interpretin

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