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A15298	Tvvo short treatises, against the orders of the begging friars, compiled by that famous doctour of the Church, and preacher of Gods word John Wickliffe, sometime fellow of Merton, and master of Ballioll Coll. in Oxford, and afterwards parson of Lutterworth in Lecestershire. Faithfully printed according to two ancient manuscript copies, extant, the one in Benet Colledge in Cambridge, the other remaining in the publike librarie at Oxford	Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.; James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.	1608 (1608)	STC 25589; ESTC S121923	41,431	74

predecessours han done so many times by lawful cause as pertaining to there regalie and of common Law by counsaile of Peeres of the Realme it sueth that not only our king now present hath erred but also his predecessours generally al his Counsellers as Lords and Prelats and al men of the Parliament counsailing therto Also if this bee errour touching the health of mans soule than it is against holy writ and than if a man sustaine or maintaine this errour he is an heretick but ful manie Kings Lords and Prelats and other wise mē han sustained this and maintained and yet done as per taining to the Kings Regalie and of common law thā bene these Friers al Kings Lords and Prelats al wise men of our Realme bene hereticks Also sith this is an old custome the which our King Lords and Prelats bene sworn to sustaine and maintaine if this be errour as Friers sayen openly it sueth by Friers that al these bene forsworne hereticks Also if this bee errour as Friers faynē that thowgh an Abbot and al his Couent ben open traytours conspiring into death of the King and Queene and of other Lords and enforce them to destroy al the Realme the King may not take fro them an half-peny ne farthing worth sith al these bene temporal goods Also thowgh other Clarks senden vnto our enimies al the rents that they han in our Land what euer they may robbe or steal of the Kings Liege men yet may not our King punish by o farthinge ne farthing worth Also by this ground of Friers thowgh Monks or Friers or other Clarks what euer they bene slayne Lords tenants the Kings Liege men defoulē Lords wyues yea the Queene that God forbede or the Empiresse yet the King maie not punish them by o farthing Also it sueth plainly that men cleped mē of holy Church may dwel in this land at ther liking doe what kinne sinne what kinne treason liketh them and natheles the King may not punish ne in temporal goods ne in their body sith if he may not punish them in the lesse he maie not●…in the more and also they maken one of them selfe King and so no secular Lord maie let him to conquer al Secular Lordship in this earth and so they maie slea al Lord Ladies there blowd and affinitie with anie paine in this life or in bodie or in cattel Yee Lords seeth and vnderstondeth with what punishing they deserue to be chastised that thus vnwarly wrongfully han damned you for hereticks for as much as you don execution rightwilnesses by Gods law and mans and namelie of the Kings regalie For the chief Lordshippe in this lond of al Temporalties both of secular men Religious pertaine to the King of his general gouerning for els hee were not King of al England but of a littel part therof Therfore the men that bysien them to take awaie this Lordship fro the King as don Friers there fautours in this point bene sharper enemies and traitours than French men and al other nations Also it pertaineth to the King the while a Bishop or ani Abbots see is void to haue in his hand al Temporalties and at his owne wil to yeue them to Prelats therfore the King maie take a waie these Temporalties from Prelats whan law ful cause excitith Also the king owght graunt no man freedome to doo sinne or trespasse but to take awaie the fredome but men of the Church had free licence to trespasse if the king might not bereue ther Temporalties when they sinneden greevously And so Saint Paul teacheth that eche man be subiect to their Potestates for there is noe power but of God and tho things that bene of God bene ordained so they that withstondeth power withstondeth Gods ordinance For whie Princes bene not a dredd of good works but of euil But wilt thow not dread a power d●…e good thow shalt haue preysing therof that is of him that is ordained in the high estate for he is Gods minister or seruant to the in good but if thou haue done euil than dread for he beareth the sword not without cause for he is Gods seruant vengere in wrath to him that doth euil and therefore by need or of need be yee subiect or vnderlout not onlie for wrath but also of cōscience Al this saith St. Paul of which auctoritie it is to knowē to al men that Clarks owen to be subiect of nede to the kings power For St. Paul that putteth al men in subiection to kings out taketh neuer ene and so Secular power oweth and is bound to punish by iust paine of his sword that is wordly power tyrants rebelling against God and trespassing against man by what kind trespasse and that is more to chastise his subiectes by paine and torment of there body and no drede much more he maie punish thē by taking awaie of ther temporalties that is lasse than bodily paine therfor Secular Lords done this rightfully sith this is done by commandement of the Apostle and by ordinance of God and therfore it is plaine of these reasons auctorities and Secular Lords maie leuefullie and medefully in manie cases taken awaie Temporall goods youen to men of the Church The third Article The third Article is this that both Tythes and Offring bene youen and paied and receiued by that entent to which entent both Gods law the Popes law ordained them to be paied and receiued and that the betake away by the same entent and reson that both Gods law the Popes law ordainen that they shoulden be with drawen This axing is reasonable for many skils for the entēt of the maker in euerie law should be kept and most the entent of God that may not erre Sothely thus saith Gods law in the 1. booke of Kings that the sin of Helies childrē was ful great before God for they withdrawen men fro sacrifice of God taking by strength or violence that part of the sacrifice that pertained to the Priest God saith afterwarde I speaking haue spoken that thine house thy Faders house should minister and serue in my sight euermore but now God saith be that thing far fro me but who euer shal worship me I shal glorifie them but they that despisen me saith God shal ben vnnable or without honor of which authoritie it is plaine and open that the things that be due to Priests should not bee axed by strength by violence or cursing but be youen freelie withouten exaction or constraining and if the Priest be reproued of God for his sinnes hee should be put out of his office and the sacrifices shoulden not be yoven to him but taken fro him as God commandeth frō the high Priest Hely and an other trew man walking in Gods waies as did Samuel shoulden be ordained to receiue such sacrifices Also in beginning of Tobie men finden thus whan Priests of the Temple wenten to calveren of gold

sharplie pursueden Priests that stoden by charitie and profite of the Realme And so they weren then aboue the King Lords and trew Priests and robbeden the Kings liege men by false leasings of manie thowsand pounds that thowgh the King showld now be taken and our land now conquered or destroied the King might not raise so much to help himselfe his land And certes there was treason to God and the King and false deceit of al men both of cattaile and of foule and letting and destroying of peace and of charitie Cap. 25 Iudas children seling Christ al for money FRiars also beene Scariots children betraying true men of the Gospel and so Christ for monie for monie they senden souls to Sathanas by example of there evil liuing by counsel to warres nourishing and comforting men in sin for lusts of there flesh For in pleasing of Bishops and other men they preachen against pouertie of Christ and sain that Preachers of the Gospel and Christs life beene Hereticks worthie to be brend And so for gifts of Bishops and other men and worldly fauour they sellen truth of the Gospell so Christ as Iudas did For S. Bede S. Ambrose saien sith Christ is truth he that for monie saies falsenes and leaues the sooth does such sinne as Iudas did and so they counsailen to wars for they winnen much thereby and for defaut of charitie they senden soules to Hel when men by there counsaile taken false warres enden in them weening that they done wel and therefore dien withouten sorrow of them And for to harte men in this cursed warring they gone with them into warre and beene there Confessours and sometime slaien men in there owne person and thus they been Antichrists Martyrs and fleene to Hel to draw other menthither after them Cap. 26. They sclaunder ●…rue Priests flatter wicked men ALso Friars distroien this worlde most of al cursed men for they backbitē good Clarks saien that they distourblen the worlde and flateren euill Clarks in there sin so they praisen Lords that beene tyrants extortioners and evil liuers and Ladies also And they despisen Lords and Ladies that bee giuen to leaue pride and vanitie of the world and saien it was not merrie sithen Lords and Ladies tooken reward to the Gospel leften there ancestors māners that weren worshipful to the world And so of rich men and other they praisen them that bring them much monie with wrong and many deceits saien that they been holie but other men that giuen not Friars much more then enough they lacken at the full though they done there almes much better to there poore neighbours And sith God saies that euill teachers beene cause of destruction of the people and Grosted declares it well and Friars beene principal euil teachers they beene principal cause of destroying of this world For they beene Confessours Preachers and Rulers commonlie of al men and they teachen thē not there foule sinnes and perils of them but suffren them in there sinnes for winning of stinking mucke and lusts of there own bellie that is foule wormes meat and a sacke of dirt Cap. 27. Friars most impatiēt of al men liuing in bearing reprooff ALso Friars beene most rebel against the teaching of Christs Gospel and most out of patience and pittie For they beene most vnpatient against reproving of sinne and destroying thereof For a Lorde wil meekelier suffer sharpe despising of his little sinne then they wil suffer meeke and soft reprouing of there great heresies For they beene wood that mens almes should be rightly departed among poore needie men feeble crooked and blind for then they saien they been vndone but they been of vaine religiō as S. Iame saies For this is a cleane religion withouten spot anentis God the Father to visite the fatherles modirles children widdowes in there tribulation and to keepe aman vnfouled fro this world that is fro pride covetise vanities But Friars done al the contrarie for they visiten rich men and by hipocrisie getten falslie there almes and withdrawen it fro poore mē but they visiten rich widdowes for there mucke and maken them to be buried at the Friars but poore men comen in not there And wilful povertie they forsaken and most covetous of al men and boasten more of there holines and been most dislanie of there vaine speech and worldlie as true men tellen Friars saien apertlie if the King and Lords and other men stonden thus against there false begging and wil not suffer Friars to rob there Tenāts but giue there Almes to there poore neighbours Friars wil go out of the Land come againe with bright heads And looke whether this bee treason or none Cap. 28. The Holy scripture accused by these vnholy men of falshood ALso Friars teachen and maintainen that Holie writ is false and so they putten falsenes vpon our Lord Jesu Christ and on the Holie Ghost and on all the Blessed Trinitie For sith God Almightie taught confermes and maintaines Holie writ if this writing be false then God is false and maintainour of errour and falsenes but certes then he is no God yet knowen we neuer that anie sect would saie that lawes of there God were false and there with beleeue on the same God but this despite done these blasphemers to the Holie Trinitie Alas who maie suffer this blasphemie that Christ in whom is al treasour of wit wisdom truth couthe not or would not saie true words and sentence but sinful fools haue true māner of speaking contrarie to the speech of our Lord Jesu Christ. For if this be sinneful fooles yea in case Devils of Hel been wiser truer then is Jesu Christ. And whē this cursed ground is sought it stands in this error For I am Maister of vanitie and of Heresie misvnderstond the words of God therefore they beene false But these Hereticks shouldē know that it sues of there cursed ground that God is the falsest thing in earth or heauen or in Hell Why for men falslie vnderstonden most falsenes of him And thus might ech Panime or Sarracene make our God false as him liked But why saien they that Holie writ is false for they been wont so much to leasings and falsenes that they taken falsenes for truth As men saien a man maie so long be nourished little little by venime that he weanes it be wholsome meet good Also Holie writ damnes there foule Hipocrisie begging couetise and other sinnes therfore they saien that it is false to colour by there falsenes Also Holie writ praises much Christs religion and tels how newe Sects ful of Hipocrisie covetise shullen come deceaue Christian men and bids them know them by there couetise and Hipocrisie And therfore they saien as Sathanas Clerks that Holy writ is false Cap. 29. How strongly wedded to there rotten habit FRiars also beene stronglier wedded with there rotten habit against the

Hel for vertue thereof and certes this is an open heresie damning all that trusten thus into there liues end But a man maie haue the Sacrament of the Auter that is verie Gods bodie in his mouth and straight flee to Hel withouten end the more be damned for the evil taking of this Sacrament Such Heretickes beene vnable to be amongst Christian men Cap. 21. Friars begge without need whē the poore want without remorse See Chap. 6. Also Friars beggen withouten need for there own rich Sect not for there poore bedradden men that maie not goe and haue no man to sende for there liuelode but rather drawen rich mens almes fro such poore men And therefore charitie is outlawed among them and so is God leasings covetise and Fiends beene enhabited among them for they decea ven men in there almes to make costlie houses not to harbour poore men but Lords and mightie men and teachen men to suffer Gods Temple that beene poore men to perish for default thus they beene traitours to God and his rich people whom they deceaven in there almes and manquellers of poore men whose liuelode they taken awaie fro them by false leasings therefore they beene irregular before God despisen him and harmen the people when they saien Masse or Matines in this cursed life as Holy writ teaches and Austin and Gregorie declaren fullie Cap 22. Friars reproue not there Brethrē as the Gospell willeth but as thēselues wil. FRiars also keepen not correption of the Gospel against there brethren that trespassen but cruellie done them to paineful prison but this is not the meeke suing of Iesu Christ for he his Apostles prisoneden not sinful men in this life but sharplie reproved there sinne and at the last when they would not amend them taughten good men not to cōmune with them But these Friars shewen there tyrantrie at the ful who so knew wel there paines and torments and it seemes no wisedome ne profit to giue Friars power to prison men For when the King by his officers prisōs a man that is commonly done for great open trespasse and that is good warning to other misdoe●…s and some profit comes of the Kings Ministers But vvhen Friars prisonen their brethren the paine is not knowē to mē thowgh the sinne were neuer so open slaunderous and that does harme to other liege men and profit of Kings Ministers is away And when the potestatis of Friars beene proud couetous and sinfull and haten the truth they will soone prison trewe men that reprouen there sinnes and spare other shrewes that they maie flatter them and mainetaine them in there sinne and so beside the Kinges leaue tormenten trewe men for they wolden doe Gods heasts sith the king graunts occasion thereto the King is holdē to reuoke and let Friars prisoning lest he bee guilty of the sinne that comes therby sith he may destroy it does not thus did beggers Friars leapen vp to Kings power and manie times more then the Kinges dare doe and maken the King the Fiends torment or to prison trew men for they saien the troth And so the King stoppes Gods law to be knowen in his land and nourishes euill men and prisons good For this dread and manie moe showld the King revoke this prisoning make Clarks be ruled after the Gospel by simplenesse and holy liuinge Cap. 23. Friars lawlesse egging the King and the mightie ones of the land to maintaine there sect begging there almes beggering the whole land ALso Friars maken our Lond lawles for they leaden Clarks and namely rulen Prelas and Lords and Ladies and Commons also and they beene not ruled by Godes lawe ne lawes of the Church ●…e lawes of the King For they glosen Gods lawes as them likes and been exempt fro Byshops and other ordinaries leaden the Byshops of Rome as them likes And men saien they beene not liege men to the King ne subiect to his lawes For thowgh they stealen mens children it is said there goes no lawe vppon thē and that seemes wel for they robben the Kings liege men by false begginge of sixtie thowsande marke by yeare as men dowbten reasonablie yet they be not punished therefore And the lawlesse Friars by there false ruling maken our lande lawlesse For they letten Clarkes Lords and Commons to knowe the truth of holy writ and maken them to pursue trew men to the death for they teachen the commandements of God and crien to the people the foule sinnes of false Friars And thus falsnesse is maintained and false men beene raised to great estats and truth is put on back trewe men been pursued yea to prisoning to losse of al there goods and to sharp iudgement for as much as they wowlden destroy sinne that was openly and cursedly done and in point for to fordoe our land And of this ruling beene Friars most guiltie for they leaden Prelats Lords and Ladies Justices and other men by confession and tellen them not speedely there sinnes For if they tellen them there sinnes and they wowld not amend them the Friars that beene there confessours showlden leaue them vp as Christ and Paul teachen but they done not thus for then they showlden leese winning and fauour of the wordle And thus for loue of money and welfare of there body they leaden our land out of the lawe of God and alrighteousnes Cap 24. Friars no peace-make is but makebates striuers themselues stirrers vp of others to warrs dissentions ALso Friars beene irregular Procuratours of the fiend to make and maintaine warres on christiā men and ennemies of peace charitie For Friars counsellen and openly preachen that men shoulē flee to heauen withouten paine if they woulden goe and slea in there owne person or maintaine and finde one at there cost to slea christian men And the ende was to make Christs Vikar most rich to the wordle the which Vikar showld be most poore ●…suing in this most highlie Christ his Apostles But Christ died to make peace charitie if men mighten thus freely graunt pardon they showlden yea to leese there owne life graunt pardon to make peace Yet they preachen noe pardon ne meede to make peace and charitie And yet they been bounden of God to make men siker to haue the blisse of heauen if they wil truly procure for peace and charitie But of the pardon that men vsen to daie fro the Court of Rome they haue no sikernes by holy writ ne reason ne ensample of Christ of his Apostles And so of other warrs and debats that Friars mighten let if they wolden and sith they done not but rather counsel thereto and comforten men therin and tellen not the peril of them they been cause and Procuratours of al war●…s specially of this warre in Flaunders for they preacheden that haden it forth against the King the Duke and other Lords and Clarks

freedome of the Gospel thē the husband is with his wife by ordinance of God For the husband maie lawfully be absent from his wife by a month an halfe yeare sometime seauen yeare by cōmō consent of them both by al there life But if a Friar be out of his rotten habit yea an houre he is Apostata though he loue more God serue him better and profit more to christian men And they puttē more holynes in there rottē habit thē euer did Christ or his Apostles in there clothes For Christ was thrise on a day out of his clothes and yet hee was not Apostata But they chargen so much this rotten habit for therby the people weanes that they beene holy and giuen them more dirt then is needful or profitable therefore ech partie drawes an other to hel So Friars for there false taking of almes whē no need is ne haue they leaue of Gods law thereto blind the people for they drawen there almes fro there poore and needie neighbours where they showlden doe it by the heast of God and maintainen Friars in there false begginge hypocrisie and other sinnes manie Cap. 30. The Popes dispensation or commandement of the superior more regarded then Christs commandement ALso Friars teachen that it is not lawefull to a Priest or anie other man to keepe the Gospell in his bounds and cleannes withouten errour of sinnful men but if he haue leaue therto of Antichrist And thus they sayen it is not lawful to a Christian mā to doe Gods commandement but if a fiend giue them leaue therto as if the leaue commandement of God be not enowgh thereto For they saien that a Priest that has bounden himselfe to errours of sinful men by new profession maie not goe to the freedome of the Gospel and liue thereafter as Christ tawght Priestes but if they haue dispensation of the Pope And J suppose that he be Judas and shal be damned then he is a diuel as Christ saies then it is plaine sith this Priest maie not keepe the Gospel in his freedome withoutē his leaue and he is in this case a diuel then a Priest may not keepe the commandementes of God withouten leaue of a fiend But for to get this leaue is our golde giuen to Aliens and sometime our enemies yet the Priest shal be bounden commonlie to the rotten habit and be exempt fro goodnes and bolded in sinne Cap. 31 There vsery Symony Couetousnes extortion sapine theft ALso Friars beene receit and a swallow of Symonie of vsurie of extortions of rauines of theft and a neast or hoord of Mammons treasure For thowgh men liuen in Symonie they wil not counsaile them and charge them in shrift to resigne there benefice but comfort them to hold it stil and bringe them much dirt thereof and they will vndertake for there sinn And so of vsurers they chargen them not speedelie to make restitution but rather colouren this sinne to be partner of this winning and so of other robberie they receauen it priuelie and so maintainen colouren thefts in there theft where other liege men should be punished therefore and so they beene more couetous then the wicked Jewes that bowghten Christ for they wowld not take the money of Judas and doe it to there money ne treasour for it was the price of Christs bloud for Christ was sold and traied to death for that money But Friars wil receaue money gotten by as great sinnes or more to make great houses and great feasts to Lordes and not buie a field to burie in pilgrimes as the Iewes didden but rather laien it vp in there treasure to maintaine wrongs against there Curates and other poore men by false plea at Roome and marchandise in England Cap. 32. Friars cannot indure to heare of Christs pouertie preached FRiars also crien lowd that poore Priests beene hereticks for they teachē by Gods law how Clarks showlden keepe wilful pouertie and Christs Gospel and the King and Lordes owen to compell them thereto And thus they damnen holy writ the kings regalree For sith poore Priestes haue tawght both in English and in latin how many open laws both in the old Testament and in the new forfend al Priestes Deacons to haue secular Lordshipp and these lawes beene confirmed by Christs life and his Apostles and Friars saien that this is heresie they damnen openlie holie writ and sith the Kinges regalie askes by old stat●…te that the King maie in manie in case take Temporalties fro Clarkes and Friars saien that this takeing is errour against Gods law they damnen this rightful regalie of our King and also our Kings and Lords as heretickes if they maintaine this rightful lawe to stable peace of our Realme And sith by Gods law the office of the King and Lords is to praise reward maintaine good and rightful men and to chastise sharply wicked mē constraine Clarks to hold the state that Christ put them in and algates wilfull pouertie Friars saie if the King and Lords done there office of Godes lawe that they beene foule hereticks But whie showlde the king maintaine in his land such traitours both to God and him and cruel ennemies of al Christian men Cap. 33. Friars like theeues co●…g into the Church by the window not by the dore ALso Friars beene theeues both night theeues and daie theeues entring into the Church not by the dore that is Christ. For withouten auctoritie of God they maken new religions of errours of sinful men and yet they maken worse rules ever the longer that they lasten they seeken not meeklie the worship of God and profit of Christian mens soules this thing they musten do if they comen in by Christ but they chosen finden a new order lesse perfit and profitable then is that that Christ made himselfe and so they maken division in Priesthed against the cōmandement of God and sith they beene not grounded on Christ his law they moten needs be drawen vp and the ordinance of Christ mot stond in his cleannes and perfection Cap. 34. Bindē there novices to impossible things ALso Friars by hipocrisie binden them to impossible thing that they maie not do for they binden them over the commandements of God as they saien themselues but they maie doe no more then the commandement of God For God bids in his most commandement that thou shalt loue the Lord thy God of al thy hart of al thy life of al thy mind of al thy strengthes mights but who maie doe more then this No man Then they binden them to more then they maie do sith it si not counsaile of Christ to make singular profession to a sinful Jdeot and in case a Diuel and they bidden thē to such one that they done ouer the coūsaile of Christ but al that is over the coūsaile of Christ is algats euil sith Christs counsailes to ech good thing And thus manie blind