blasphemed hath plages 75. a 98. a Gods prouydence of Zuinglius 50. a Ghostyle gydes for the deuyll 39. b 44. b 50. b 68 b. Ghostyle fathers chast vowers 69. b Good deseruynge what yt ys 38. a Good workes allowed of heretyques 64. a Good workes of the papystes 65. a Godsalue and Pelles for Bylneye 69. a Gospell preachynge condempned 24. b 32. a 89. b Gospell iudged heresye 27. b 45. a 89. b Grace of the holye ghost geuen 80. b Gospell dyuerslye receyued 96. b Gracianus monachus doubteth of confession 66. b Gracianê° monachê° begote of a noÌ„ne 68. a Grekes neuer bouÌ„de to confessyon 66. b H HAre of ther prynce in cruelte 45. a Helchesytes with ther opynyoÌ„ 3. b Heythen customes becoÌ„mynge cristen ceremonyes 78. a. 88. a Henrye the fift kynge of Englande 45. a HeÌ„rye pepwell stokyslais prouyder 55. a HeÌ„ricê° agrippa a lerned maÌ„ne 69. b. 72. a Heresyes are the scripturs here called 18. b 20. b 27. b 32. b. 89 Heresyes after my lordes meanynge 32. b Heresyes in a bagge not vttered 44. b Heresye maye not confessyon dyscharge 30. a Heresve becometh treasoÌ„ also 45. a 89. b Heresye to brige vpp youthe i vertu 57 b Heresye to rebuke a prest 79. b Heretyques haue God amonge theÌ„ 51. a Heretyques sor fre wyll with papystes 62. a Heretyques are the papystes 60. a. 85. b Heretyques for marryage with papystes 71. a Heretyques are Christyanes called 9. b 18. b 45. a Heretyque ys Boner in dede 32. b Herrnannus a Germane lerned 48. b Herode brent dyuerse bokes 58. a Herode onlye kept hys vowe 73. b Herostratus brent dyanaes temple 87. a Hieremyes prophecye brent 57. b Hieronimus de praga IoaÌ„nes huss 85 b Hyldebrande a pope 72. a 75. a 82. b Hyldebrande inhybyted prestes maryage 75. a Hyldebrande kept the duchesse of lotharye 75. b Hyldebrande suspect with the emprours mother 75. b Hypolitus mynystred the sacrameÌ„t 84. b Holye water makynge 22. a. 27. a Holie churche with her childreÌ„ 33. b. 36. b Holye churche seeth no trayters 36. b Honor of inuocacyon geuen onlye of Boner 86. a Honors geuen to sayntes by popes 86. b Hontyngton and standyshe .ij. papystes 12. b 98. b Hontyngton ys answered at large 99. a Hontyngton can fynde no papystes amoÌ„ge heretykes 98. b Howres canonycall in latyne 24. b Howsell at easter what yt ys 84. b Howsell by whom instytute 85. a Huldricns zuinglius a lerned maÌ„ne 50. a I IAcobytanes heretyques for fre wyll 62. a Iames the lessewolde i no case recâ—it 4. a Iames the bisshop of nycose married 73. a Iannes and Iambres sorcerers 18. b Iason was accused of sedycyon 17. b Iesus christ borne vndre marryage 70. a IgnorauÌ„t pÌ„stes mynistrige marryage 79. a Image of both churches 8. a 40. a Inhybycyon of marryage â— Inyquyte alwayes regneth 2. a 3â— Inyquyte ys become spuÌ„all 9â— Instytucyon of Christ for the sacrameâ— 9. a 60. b Instytucyons of dyuerse popes 21. a 2â— 64. b 82. a Inuocacyon of sayntes newlye 8â— Ioachim kynge of luda 57 Ioannes andreas a prestes sonne 7â— Ioannes de cremona inhybyted concuâ— nes 76 IoaÌ„nes huss hieronimus de praga 8â— IoaÌ„nes Eckius with hys bokes 54. b 5â— 57. a 64. b Ioannes Eckius a papyst 70. b 71. b 73 85. b 86. a IoaÌ„nes Eckius had .iij. bastardes 70 Iohan measureth the temple 7â— Iohan describeth the .ij. horned beast 12 Iohan writteth sealeth and openeth 9â— Iohan puruaye recanted â— IohaÌ„ wicleue a maÌ„ne of god 2 b 37 b â— Iohan kynge of Englande 2â— Iohan bysshopp of portuense 2â— IohaÌ„ oldecastel lorde of cobhaÌ„ 48. a 8â— Iohan frith with hvs bokes 47. a 5â— Iohan porter famyshed in new gate 4â— 66. a Iohan porter wolde not recant 4â— Iohan stoky slaye a tyrannouse papyst 57. b 87. b IohaÌ„ stokysle with hys chast vowe 68. b Iohan the .x. pope begoteÌ„ of an whore 68. a Iohan the .xij. and the .xiij. popes 68. a Iohan a cysteane monke marryed 72. b Iohan of gaunt duke of lancastre 72. b Iohan .xxiij. pope deposed for poysenynge 85. b Iohan Chrisostome ageynst swearers 90. b. Iohan browne esquyre brent 89. b Iohan beuerlaye prest brent 90. a Iohan standyshe a blasphemouse Idyote 12. b 87. b 98. b Iohan hontyngtoÌ„ an vpholder of papystrye 12. b 98. b Iouynyanystes for fre wyll and marryage 62. a 71. a Iudas receyued a soppe onlye 84. a Iudgeda a charytable prelate 39. b Iudges are bysshoppes become 90. a Iulius a pope with hys chastyte 68. b Iustyces to ther myndes 5. b K Kynges schall not onerthrowe antichrist 7. b 97. a kynges ought to be godlye and lerned 10. b 29. b. 94. b kynges auctoryte abused of papistes 19. a 34. b 95. a 98. a kiÌ„ges .ij. hoÌ„dreth shorne iÌ„to moÌ„kerye 22. b kynges coÌ„mauÌ„de one bysshoppes aÌ„ other 5. a 34. b kynges coÌ„pared to .iij. lyght thynges 60. a kiÌ„ges that were pÌ„stes marryed 72. a 73. a kynges alwayes deceyued by hypocrites 75. a kynges destroyenge Idolatrye 94. b kynge HeÌ„rye coÌ„pared to Iosaphat 11. a kynge Iohan of Englande 22. b kynge Edwarde the thirde 89. b kynge Rycharde the seconde 89. b kynge HeÌ„rye the fift of Englande 45. a kynge condempned of Boner for heresye 48. a 50. b 53. b kyngedome of Italye the popes 22. b kyngedome of god what yt ys 65. a kyte brygett and vnderwode 69. a knowlege of godlynesse increaseth 96. b L LAdde mynistrynge the sacrameÌ„t 84. b ladye aÌ„d whore moche dyfferiÌ„ge 31 a Labours to vpholde Babylon 40. b Laye meÌ„ne toucheth the sacrament 84. b lambes wyll folowe ther shepeherde 44. a 61. b 83. b Lancelot rydleye a lerned manne 49. a LateraneÌ„se coÌ„siliuÌ„ with hys actes 23. a Latyne masse whan yt first beganne 24. â— Latyne houres and seruyce 24. b. â–ª 88. b Lawdable the ceremonyes are called 21. a 28. a. 77. a Lawe master of turnaye 76. a Lawes of the lorde restored 11. a Lawes of menne whan allowed 80. b Lawes spirituall suffycyentlye made of Christ 82. a Letters from the Turke or Soldane 39. b Leuiathan schall be destroyed 7. b London abused of Antichristes membre 10. a. 15. b. 34. a. 46. a. 92. b. Lordeshyp froÌ„ wheÌ„s yt ryseth 37. a. 46. a Lorde spirituall what yt ys 37. b M MAgystrates what lawes they schuld make 81. a Mahomete more easye thaÌ„ papystes 65. a Malchus a bysshoppes seruaunt 35. b Mamertus bysshopp of vyenne 82. b MaÌ„ne of synne what yt meaneth 8. a. 12. b Marcyaâ—ystes heretyques ageynst marryage 71. a Marcellinus renounceth Christ 3. a Manychees allowynge fre wyll 62. a Marye a nonne of RaÌ„saye marryed 72. b Marozia the popes whore 68. a Marryage forbydden of the spiritualte 24. a. 75. a. Marryage of prestes decyded 70. â— Marryage dyuerslye commended 70. a Marryage ys a chastyte 74. b Marryage mynystred of ignoraunt prestes 79. a Marryage how yt ought to beâ—sed 79. b Marsilius de parma poysened a pope 85. b
owr spirituall Mahometes euer sens ther begynnynge And I thynke they lerned yt fyrst of the romanes as they haue done all other deuylyshnesse els Vvhose custome was whan so euer the flood of Tiber raged to throwe in a man ne or a woman therwith to pacyfye hys furye And in dede waters in dyuerse places of the scripture betokeneth the peple Those hastye voyces ageynst ther proude kyngedome they vse oft to apeyse with soche a fraye bugge as was Tolwyn at Paules crosse whom my lorde sett vp the re for a sygne of contradyccyon If Iohan Porter that geÌ„tyll and godlye yonge man ne and true dyscyple of Christ whom my lorde latelye quelled in preson for readynge the byble had submytted hymselfe to thys symple office and professyon of papystrye forswerynge Christ and hys veryte he had bene maÌ„ne alyue and so had other more where as now he ys dead aÌ„d gone But be thu certayne and sure of yt thu terryble and cruell Cerberus that God hath not lost hym Full dere ys he vnto hys mercyfull redemer though thu hast wretchedly cast hym awaye Yea full precyouse in hys syght ys hys deathe though he dyed in the stynkynge doÌ„gyon of new gate with the wydowes almes of no smal wayght vpon hym besydes the most sharpe hoÌ„ger and greuouse famyshmeÌ„t whych dryed vpp hys bowels Or strangelynge vpp in the nyght as your commoÌ„ feate ys for ye haue yowr hyred slaughter menne in soche hydden corners for soche busye byble readers Remember what ye sayd whan he came before yow that ye were glad he was come to your handes Ye thought than to dyspatche hym for anye more readynge in Paules as ye haue now done in dede though he were a manne of ryght stronge nature and stomake But blessed be our lorde God though ye haue slayne hys bodye ye can do no harme to hys sowle He that loseth hys lyfe for Christ schall fynde yt ageyn to auauntage The corne that dyeth in the grounde bryngeth forth moche frute He that loseth hys sowle here schall fynde yt in the lyfe euerlastynge whan tyrauntes schall haue rewarde with the deuyll and hys angels 4 Tolwyn hath not done all amys therfor in admonyshynge hys fryndes afore hande to take example by hym for the auoydaunce of lyke daunger or els worse For yf they lyst not to beware by hym they maye take warnynge by that hath be done vnto Rycharde mekyns Robert warde and now last of all Iohan porter whose blood axeth daylye vengeaunce ouer thys cruell tyraunt as ded the innocent blood of Abel ouer that spyghtfull murtherer Cain By thys and soche other as by most enydent tokens maye christen meÌ„ne se that yt ys christes doctrine whych hath bene taught now of late by gods appoyntment and the kynges permyssyon For yf yt were of the worlde the fleshe or the deuyll yt schuld haue the clergye to frynde lyke as hath Idolatrye whoredome and all other fylthynesse with the stynkynge stewes whom they neuer persecute Our eternall God aÌ„d mercyfull father delyuer ones hys peple froÌ„ these cruell enemyes whom he hath redemed with the precyouse blood of hys sonne Iesus Christ Amen ⧠THE SECONDE FYTT OR BOKE of my lorde of Londons declaracyoÌ„ coÌ„cernynge the popes olde faythe wyth the dysclosynge of the same The manne of synne ¶ 1 Here after folovveth the names of 2 the bokes 3 vvhych the seyd person of saynt Antonynes 4 vvaâ— detected and presented vvith Hys dysclosynge 1 IN case lyke was Tolwyâ— whaÌ„ my lorde of Londoâ— examyned hym as waâ— Christ whan he came bâ—fore Annas the hygh preâ— of the Iewes as yt ys here manyfest Oâ— hys dyscyples and doctrine ded Annas eâ—amyne hym so ded my good lorde of Lâ—â—don poore Tolwyn for the ordre of hyâ— cure and what lernynge he taught them â–ª For the fyrst was the afore seyd declaracâ—on and for the other ys thys processe 〈…〉 folowynge of the names of serten bokeâ— perteynynge also to the same Dyuerse are ther tytles partlye for the dyuersyte of the matters and partlye for the more soleÌ„pne settynge forthe of thys notable worke to the vpholdynge of holye churche ageynst heretyques The first matters respecteth hys dyscyples or parryshners vnder the tyttle of declaracyon whom he hath not fedde with the pharysees leuen nor yet pampred vp with the popes swylle and dregges accordynge to hys first professyoÌ„ but now of late with the pure worde of god as he coude conuenyentlye procure yt Thys present processe concerneth hys doctryne vnder the tyttle of the names of bokes wher wyth he was both detected and presented of them that neyther vnderstode them nor knewe them the coÌ„â—entes therof not declared att all 2 Vvhat haynouse heresyes and daungerouse doctryne the seyd bokes contayneth wyll here after apere as ther names come to hande in ther course But I maruele moche that the bagge ys not so wele expressed in thys tytle as are the bokes consyderynge they came to Paules crosse togyther So wele ys he worthye to be condemned of heresye by the popes lawe as 〈…〉 y for hys couerynge carryenge and conueyenge of them as he ded And as manye heresyes hath he whan he ys emptye as they haue for ought wese here yet sauynge oÌ„lye the names Vvhat we schall se here after I can not tell 3 Vvolde Tolwyn haue bene a good Idoll mayntener with holye water and sensynge latyne Iabberynge and wawlynge accordynge to the offyce of saynt Antonynes personage he had not bene thus brought forth for aÌ„ heretyque Vvolde he haue shewed hymself the popes good swyneherde and haue fedde hys porkelynges apace with sosse and syllybubbes coddes and swaddes with other lyke purueaunce the great swyne had not so gredelye deuoured hym 4 Neyther had they detected hym for a loller nor yet presented hym for an heretyque In no wyse can they awaye with the clenlye prouysyon of Christ nor yet broke the seruyce of hys apostles The swete brede of the gospell hath in ther mouthes no sauer nor yet the dulcett gust of the other scripturs The wholsom delycates that the holye ghost hath prepared caÌ„ they not awaye wyth Geue them the draâ—fe they were wont to haue with the swyllynges of the popes olde vessels for they are soche worne bottels as wyll rather burst than holde newe wyne Better ys a fylthye puddell vnto them to wallowe in than a fayre clere ryuer to make them cleane Ye can haue a swyne no better thaÌ„ he ys of hys owne vngentyll nature Therfor Iete swyne be fylthye swyne and vyle gootes be gootes styll As the meke lambes of Christ folowe yow hys voyce whych ys the hygh shepeherde of yowr sowles and late swyne be swyne styll Now foloweth the seconde processe of thys declaracyon The manne of synne ¶ 1 Good peple 2 these bokes contayned here in thys baggez or sachell are 4 erronrouse heretycall and noughtye bokes and vvere
Yet a course at the Romyshe foxe ☞ A dysclosynge ☞ or openynge of the Manne of synne CoÌ„tayned in the late Declaratyon of the Popes olde faythe made by Edmonde Boner bysshopp of London wherby wyllyam Tolwyn was than newlye professed at paules crosse openlye into Antichristes Romyshe relygyon agayne by a newe solempne othe of obedyence notwythstaÌ„dynge the othe made to hys prynce afore to the contrarye ¶ An alphabetycall dyrectorye or Table also in the ende therof to the spedye fyndynge out of the pryncypall matters therin contayned Compyled by Iohan Harryson 2. Thes 2. Before the lordes commynge schall the manne of synne be opened Esa 11. wyth the breathe of hys mouthe schall the lorde slee that wycked one ¶ A preface to the Christen Reader SEns the worldes begynnynge dere frynde in the lorde hath inyquyte had hys frowarde course and schall so haue styll to the latter ende therof In the verye angels or spretes of heaueÌ„ ded god fynde an vntowarde stubbernesse and an obstynate crokednesse what he hath had in the vngodlye chyldren of meÌ„ne sens the dayes of Cain tyll thys present age it were moche to wryte Of that was sumtyme the churche of Christ hath yt made the Synagoge of sathan euer sens that aduersarye was sett at large after the thousande years and sumwhat afore whose malygnaunt meÌ„bers vndre tytle of a spirytualte are alwayes fylthye who remongers murtherers theues raueners Idolatours lyars dogges swyne wolues abhomynable workers aduersaryes to god and verye deuyls incarnate Of whose cursed cruell noÌ„bre one ys Edmonde Boner now bysshopp of London a verye fearce furyouse angell of the bottoÌ„lesse pytt as his dayly frutes declareth him Specyally this declaration of hys here folowynge whoÌ„ he malycyouslye enforced wyllyam Tolwyn the person of saynt antonynes openlye to proclame before the audieÌ„ce at paules crosse the yeare afore thys to the terrour of ther tymerouse conscyences and confusyon of ther sowles Marke the doctryne therin coÌ„tayned and proue the sprete aÌ„d veyne therof by the scripturs and ye schall fyn de it no lesse than the fylthye fomynge smoke of the insacyable chaos or pytt without bottom Neyther ys god therin sought nor yet anye godlynesse For in the whole processe ys not he ones named but to condempnacion I thynke sens cristes ascencyon was not soche a monstruouse thynge seane as yt ys thus offred to the peple for a necessarye doctryne of faythe No not vndre the most wycked tyrauntes In the most pestyleÌ„t tyme of papystrye was not soche a peruerse professyon made vnto Antichristes ragged rewles as thys ys here yf yt be throughly wayed I haue redde dyuerse recantacyons made in Iohan wycleues tyme of phylyp repyngdon IohaÌ„ puruaye Rycharde with Nycolas herforde harrye crompe wyllyam swynderbye Robert rigge walter dashe Iohan huÌ„teman Thomas britwell and other but noÌ„ soche as thys ys neyther so folyshe nor yet so deuylyshe Saynt Paule holdeth hym accursed of god that techeth any other doctâ—â—ne thaÌ„ the gospell or the sacred scripturs of the Byble though he were an angell froÌ„ heauen Moche more must he be accursed thaÌ„ which mynystreth nothynge but wickednesse Nothynge ys here taught but the doctrynes of menne the beggerlye tradycyons and dyrtye dregges of the pope as holye water makynge processyon goynge sensynge of Images and latyne wawlynge in the temple wyth other lyke fylthye fantasyes which are soche vayne worshyppynges as God doth abhorre And with tyrannye are they here extorted by open rebukes and shames of the worlde Of so many traytours as the bysshoppes and prestes haue knowne of the ues manquellers Idolatours whoremoÌ„ gers swearers and sodomytes neuer brought they one yet to Paules crosse there to do open penaunce But for sekyn ge to haue the verite syncerelye preached accordynge to the wholsom commaundemeÌ„t of Christ and the kynge was thys poore maÌ„ne poÌ„nisshed before all the cyte and enforced for the same to proclame him selfe an heretyque EueÌ„ soche an other part hath my lorde of LondoÌ„ played here with Tolwin as Dioclecianus played wyth Marcellinus the bysshopp For lyke as he compelled hym openlye to renounce Christ and to do sacrifyce to the Idols after the heytheÌ„ maner So doth my lorde here constrayne Tolwyn to forsake hys verite aÌ„d swe are to the obseruatioÌ„ of papistrye which ys of the same stynkynge leuen To denye Christ which ys all one with hys worde before menne hath he most cruel lye enforced thys poore innocent manne so puttinge him in daunger of his denyal againe before his eternal father which is euerlastinge daÌ„pnacioÌ„ be he not the more mercyfull vnto hym For If he beleueth that denyeÌ„ge the verite with mouthe on lye he ys out of that parell of sowle so loÌ„ ge as he styll retayneth yt in hys hart he is sore deceyued as were the helchesaytes Ageynst whom wrote both origene and Epiphanius the bysshopp of salamyne in cypres confutinge that opynyon oft hers as a most detestable heresye Ther couenauÌ„t with God sayth saynt Austyn do not they obserue but be cometh therin vnfaythfull which for auoy dynge persecution goeth backe from hys true testymonyes Moche after thys sort recanted Theodocyon the ephesiane con fessynge with the hebyonites and Iewes christ alone to be maÌ„ne after that he had â–ª godlye interpreted the scripturs And in thus doynge he thought himselfe also discharged in conscyence for that he ded it of feare and bycause he therin named not god Manye are now in englande which walke vndre these subtile shaddowes but yf they thynke so to auoyde the dauÌ„ger of gods indygnacioÌ„ they sore deceyue themselues Sebastianus the holy martyr perseuinge Marcellus aÌ„d Marcus two bretherne at that parelouse poynt of ther sowles destruction offred himselfe vnto the deathe to holde them still stede fast in the true christen beleue least they schuld so haue peryshed for euer WhaÌ„ Iames the lesse was settvp at hieru salem in the coÌ„mon preachynge place by the Pharysees and scribes to reuoke agayne that doctrine of saluacyon which he had taught he ded not onlye afferme yt a freshe but also with a moche larger circumstauÌ„ce more yt without feare of deathe And therfor hath yt bene an honour vnto him euer sens besydes hys euerlastynge rewarde with God where as it is to them that renounce yt perpetuall shame and confusion In the primatiue churche were they putt to penaunce amonge the vnbaptysed beleuers that had in persecutioÌ„ forsaken the truthe and were not receyued agayne vnto the christen communion but after great repentaunce and prayer Nolesse plage limyteth the scripture vnto theÌ„ that so cowardlye recaÌ„teth thaÌ„ the racinge of ther names out of the boke of life He that is ashamed of me sayth Christ and of my worde in this aduouterouse generacion before meÌ„ne of him wyll I be ashamed before the mageste seate of my eternall father what schuld ye feare them that
slee the bodye whā they cā do no harme to the sowle Wo be to yow shrynkynge chyldren sayth the lorde whych seketh helpe at the power of Pharao and confort in the shaddowe of the Egypcyanes Both schal Pharaos helpe be yowr confusyon and the shaddow of Egypt yowr vtter shame Hieremie was a strōge wall of stele yet was he stoned vnto deathe Iohan Baptyst was great before the lorde and full of the holyeghost from hys mothers wō be yet was he beheded of Herode Christ gaue hys owne lyfe for the truthe of hys worde and promysed hys dyscyples nō other rewarde of the worlde but deathe for the same An honour ys yt to suffre for ryghtousnesse ād a glorye of immortalite Non schall be crowned sayth saynt Paule but he that lawfullye stryueth The nature ys sayth saynt Hierome of these wretched tyrauntes to constrayne the poore innocent sowles to denye Christes veryte before menne that they myght lose that crowne and be dampned Neuer manne harde anye of them yet recante wyth Paule though ther generacyon hath for the more part bene murtherers so hath the lorde geuē them vp into most depe errours of the sprete Vvhan iudgemēt in causes of relygion ys commytted to soche monstruouse mahoūdes what godlynesse can folowe Vvhat a mendement of euyls can be loked for They saye ther ceremonyes maye stande the superstitions taken away And yet haue those ther ceremonies bene the onlye grounde and cause of the superstitions For had there bene no ceremonyes neuer had there bene anye superstitions But ful false are they and subtyle in ther generacyon They knowe yt wyll be easye ynough to bringe in them ageyne yf the other remayne Master person podypoke ād ser saūder slye hys parryshe prest schal haue a commaūdement at the seane to do ther feates in that behalfe vnder the tytle of deuocyon or els of commendable rytes of holye churche and the kynge schall neuer knowe of yt Lete hym commaunde ▪ what he lyst yet schall yt be as they wyll haue yt spyght of hys hait And I trowe they schall fynde iustyces a brode fytt for ther handes in case the heretyques speake anye thynge ageynst them I trowe master Vvharton of bongaye in soth folke will not be behynde wyth hys part now nomore than he hath bene a fore tyme wyth hys colege of calkers that calked so lōge for Cromwell and for other more yf the worlde had not changed to ther myndes The holy ghost thus deluded and the prynces godlye cōmaundement sett all at nought the lorde wyll not fayle to rayse out from amōge the troden stones in the strete or contēned multitude some ernest Helias or faythfull chylde of Abraham to touche ther abomynacyons I am I knowe wele most symple and weake lerned of a great sort Yet wyll in the quarell of thys poore Israelyte thys naturall cuntre manne of myne and fellawe seruaunt of Iesus Christ with Moyses invade thys proude straūger and cruell Egypcyane Non other weapō wyll I take here but the swerde of the sprete whych ys the worde of the eternall lyuynge God with the most auctorysed hystoryes and cronycles and with thē wyll I stryke hym to the groun de so leauynge hym there in the sande An whole yeare haue I tarryed and more to se yf anye amendement wolde come for thys outragyouse blasphemie age ynst God he goynge so oft to cōfession and I perseyue yt wyl not be For sens hath he bene moche worse than a fore I se wele now that do bysshoppes neuerso manye myscheues in ther Benedicite rekenynges they haue no place to repentaūce Neuer haue they conscyence of ther most wycked doynges and therfore must the worlde knowe them to ther vtter shame Most deuylyshe wyll hys pontificall actrs apere come they ones to the true touche stone whych ys Christes doctrine I doubt not but to please Christ in doynge thys office and intouchynge thys aduersary of God with hys whoryshe holy churche or blasphemouse spouse of the deuyll I haue for that purpose geuen myselfe ouer vnto pouerte and vnto a peynefull exyle with my wyfe and chyldren and schall not I trust refuse the deathe also yf yt come that waye For so necessarye ys yt now to suffre for Christes doctryne as in the aposteles tyme. For why alone veryte ys yt that was than persecuted and now Manye hath alredye in the stedfast beleue of Dauid spoken lyberallye and hath bene greuouslie troubled for yt Vvyth stomake haue they rebuked the worlde and shewed menne of ther fylthye errours They haue remembred God for hys benefytes and haue bene heauy to se them abused Vvherfor they haue receyued the cuppe of saluacyon callynge vpon the name of the lorde Perfourmed haue they ther promes vnto God in the presence of hys peple Precyouse in the syght of the lorde was the deathe of those hys holye wytnesses whych they suffred there for hys sake And I trust there be yet manye more behynde of the same godlye zele and stomake that neuer wyll cease tyll that wycked one be vttred whych styll exalteth herselfe in the conscyences of menne aboue all that ys called God Manye nowe a dayes whych hath bene touched sumwhat with the sprete af Christ hath begōne to smell out the fylthie sauer of that iakes of the deuyll but they haue not yet brought the verye thynge to lyght No some there be abrode in the worlde walkynge vndre the pretence of the gospell whych do all they cā to hyde the fylthye partes of that monstrouse madame that rose couloured whore of Babylon where as God hath decreed to putt her to shame and cōfusyō The bokes whych hath bene putt forth by menne of lernynge to discouer her myscheues do they now gelde myngle hacke cutte take fro and putt to Some to gett lucre in the sale of them some to auaunce ther owne names and some to please the bysshoppes therwyth How shamefullye are the bybles hādled whych now hath neyther annotacyons nor table How the godlye confessyon of the germanes the common places of Sarcerius and now of late certen notable treatyses els compyled by sondry lerned menne with dyuerse other workes more To se how dyuerslye menne do seke them selues now yt ys a wondre not carynge what wyckednesse they mynystre Easye it is to perseyue what hath brought these mēne to the gospell and what frutes they seke therof Nothinge do they els in soche presumptuouse entripryses but withstande the pleasure of God for ther owne fylthie lucre and dāpnable deuyly she pleasure The tyme is now come wherin God wyll dysclose the stronge delusyō of antichrist though all they saye naye to yt Some menne doth loke that the selfe seyd antichrist or bodye of sathan with all his supersticiouse kindes of Idolatrye schuld be destroyed by the powr of prynces and therfor wolde they haue men to tarrye ther doinges
greatt myserye Throwgh the same was the empyre of constantynople translated froÌ„ the grekes to the frenchemenne your olde fryndes bycause they wold not for your profyght to haue ymages worshypped Kynge Iohan of englande a manne of no small valeauntnesse and vertue through the hydden mysteryes of the same was brought into hate of hys nobyly â—â— and commons and compelled to geue vpp hys crowne and tyttle for hym and â—ys heyres to the apostolyck seate Raymundus also the last erle of tholose and most valeaunt warryour of all christendome abowght the same tyme onlye byâ—ause he wold not burn the albigesyanes within hys dominyon whoÌ„ your holye â—athers iudged for heretykes for that they â—esysted ther seyd eare confessioÌ„ ther prymacye ther purgatorye ther praynge to â—ead sayntes with other soche pylde ped â—arye which they had establyshed in the â—fore seyd counsell of laterane for newe artycles of the Christen faythe and as matters necessarye vnto saluacyoÌ„ he was â—ruellye compelled to staÌ„de forth naked in hys shyrt in the face of the worlde bareâ—oted and bareheaded and to axe merâ—ye vpon hys knees before the legate cardynall of saynâ— angell hys naturall peple standynge abowt hym waylynge wepynge and cryenge out for verye pyte For he was not onlye enforced there by penaunce as they call it to geue to ther clergye 27. thousande marke but also to dysheryte hys whole stocke for euer and to warre vpon the turkes without powre the sonnar to brynge hym to hys ende with other most cruell ininuccyons as are to be seane more at large in the hystorye of tholose compyled by Nicolas Bertrande doctour of both lawes It schall stande tolwyn in hande therfor from henceforth to take better hede and not to dallye with your confession as he hath done seynge yt ys so dauÌ„gerous a matter 6 No maruele ys yt thowgh ye call â—â—ere consequeÌ„tlye vpon your latyne masse saynge for that farre passeth a lawdable ceremonie beynge the instytucyon of so manye holye popes beynge also a sacrifice necessarye for the quycke and the dead and so profytable also to the vpholdynge of yowr gloryous glytterynge kyngedome That hath made your purses wayghtye aÌ„d your kychynes war me your chekes fatte and your fleshe ple sa uÌ„t Therfor Iudge the speakiÌ„ge ageynst yt no lesse than heresye and treason make cruell lawes of deathe prouyde fagottes yuowgh and borne the losels apace For yf that ones fall your precious robes myters crosers fyne rochettes scarlett frockes sandals and typettes with the monstruouse marke of madyan wyll folowe sone after And than farwel the Romyshe relygyon Adewe than all spiritual vayneglory Consyder what years yt cost eâ—e yt cowde be fynyshed and how manye holye popes wer abowt yt ere yt cowde be browgt to passe It was more than vi hondreth and lxx years after Christes incarnacyon ere the fyrst latyne masse was sayd For as wytnesseth platina in the lyues of romyshe bysshoppes Iohan bysshoppe of portuense was the fyrst that euer sayd masse openlye pope AgathoÌ„ approuynge yt than in the .vi. generall synode at ConstaÌ„tinople in the yeare of ower lorde 677 where as marryage was fyrst forbiddeÌ„ to prestes aÌ„d whordome admytted by thys rewle Si non caste tamen caute RemeÌ„ber also that yt was the worke of more than 20. holy fathers of Rome euerye one of theÌ„ clowtynge in a patche vnto yt And lett not the labour of so maâ—ye peryshe amonge these Luthe ranes for a lyttle lokynge to Ye haue more auctoryte than euer had Cayphas and Annas For ye maye call sessyons where and whan ye wyll Ye may syt vpoÌ„ lyfe and deathe and be both accuser aÌ„d iudge If the warmode quest wyll not coÌ„deÌ„pne your accused brynge out a false of your owne of Rome roÌ„ners pardoners parrysh clarkes and bellryngers as ye ded now of late for Rycharde mekyns a poore simple ladde of 17. years of age And geue hym a bylle of wroÌ„ge articles in hys hande to reade whaÌ„ he cometh to the fyre to shaddowe with your myscheff 7 Though Christ calleth yowr latyne howres Idelnesse hypocresye moche bablynge and lyppe laboure yea and though saynt Paule doth esteme it a poâ—t of vayne folishnes and moche more madnesse to vtter a processe in an vnknowne language amonge the peple yet sett your romyshe wysdome ageinst them both and stande fast in your olde popyshe opynyon makynge Gods coÌ„maundemeÌ„ts of non effecte for your owne dyrtye tradycyoÌ„s Vvhere as christ hath coÌ„maÌ„ded yow syncerelye to preache hys gospell do as thowgh ye owght him no seruice nor were non of hys Obeye it not but saye that ye knowe a moche better waye Ye haue a master whose lyuerye and marke ye weare whych geueth better wages for the darkenynge of the gospell thaÌ„ christ geueth for the preachiÌ„ge of yt The pope geueth forth gloryous tytles fatte bysshopryckes greatt benefices princely howses delycyous meates and drynkes with other mennys wyues to lye bye whaÌ„ they be yonge and faire where as Christ ys all to the contrarie And ther for ye wyll rather folow hym thaÌ„ Christ Thys maketh yow so straytlye to loke vpon yt that matteÌ„s pryme howres masse euen songe and complyne be done as they owght to be That ys to saye accordynge to the holye instytucyon of pope Pelagius whych fyrst ordayned them to blemyshe the gospell preachynge and to fyll the tyme with Idell vanytees Yea ye wuld putt menne to deathe rather than fayle for not obseruiÌ„ge them yf they ded not thus with pore Tolwyn shamefullye recante So good faythfull obedient and louynge are ye to your holie fathers of Rome though your wylye pretence be an other The manne of synne ¶ 1 Vvhych denuncyacyon deteccion and presentacyon 2 hath bene partlye by myne ovvne confession 3 and partlye by suffycyent vvitnesse and recorde in that behalff 4 sufficyentlye proued ¶ Hys dysclosynge 1 THys ys an olde practyse of owr holye prelates euermore to leaue one craftye clause or other as a startynge hole to Rone to yf daunger happen to them of ther dedes here after Thynke yow that my lorde of London wyll be founde fawtye in thys acte in case yt be proued in processe of tyme blasphemouse trayterouse cruell and deuylyshe by the sacred scripturs and by the kynges statutes and lawes Naye I warande yow He ys of a more craftye generacyon than so I trowe my lorde wyl washe hys handes here with Pylate Not one spotte shall apere in hys rochett of all that ys done in thys matter 2 Rather schall Tolwyn confesse hymselfe here to be hys owne accuser to my lorde not all vnlyke to hym that haÌ„geth hymself or drowneth hymself So workmanlye wyll thys matter be handled Partlye hath Tolwyn by hys owne confession denounced hym self for a sedycyouse doer detected hymself for an heretyque and presented hymself for a greuouse offender for not obseruynge the popes
holye tradycyons And thys ys ynough to clere my lorde yf anye lykelyhode of olde fryndeshypp towarde hys holye fatherhede do here after apere But who extorted thys confessyon more semynge a deuyll than a manne with thret tenynges of fagottes and fyre That wyll be easye to knowe to hym that marketh the termes Neuer coude tolwyn throughlye knowe what these rhetoryckes ment as are denuncyacyon deteccyon and presentacyon so longe as he was in cambryge neyther by hys art stodye nor yet by hys scole dyuynyte tyll he came to my lorde of Londons howse There was he sone made perfyght in them by some well stodyed manne of the popes lawe For from thens they came fyrst in dede Neuer ys a manne to olde to be taught and be brought in farder practyse 3 The wytnesses also receyued the same doctrine to the same selfe ende and purpose And here they are called suffycyent Vvhether yt be for that they were manye in nombre whych than accused hym or be cause they are accounted honest menne for ther goodes falselye gotten or in that yt pleased hys Good lorde shypp so to accept them for ther olde faythes sake lett the dylygent reader iudge Soche allowaunce of catholyck wytnesses and recordes ageynst heretyques for the vpholdynge of holye churche ys no newe thynge yf ye serche the scripturs aÌ„d hystoryes For they that accused Christ for a malefactor a supporter of synners a deuyly she persone a subuerter of the peple a blasphemouse heretyque a breaker of ther Sabboth a defyler of ther lawes a sower of sedycyon and destroyer of holye churche a traytour ageynst cesar and soche lyke were accepted and abeled of Annas aÌ„d Cayphas for honest credible wyse and suffycient menne though all the worlde knoweth them for false periures and knaues So sone as the Apostles beganne ones to preache after Christes ascencyon by soche ghostlye chyldreÌ„ of holye churche were they accused and coÌ„ pelled to make answer in the spuÌ„al court of the Iewes And sens that tyme hath the bysshopps bene seldome without soche prodygyouse pykethankes and glaueringe glosers to brynge menne coram nobis Vvhich thynke they do God great good scruyce whan they brynge one of hys pore lambes vnto deathe as they do in dede though ther seruyce be nothinge to ther owne sowles profyght as it wyll apere in the last rekenynge Vvell these suffycyent wytnesses and recordes of my lorde or true vpholders of the popes olde faythe hath suffycyentlye proued Tol wyn an heretyque in that behalfe besydes hys owne confession That is to saye in that he hath not gone processyon vpoÌ„ saturdayes at euensonge nor workeman lye made hys holye water and holy breade nor confessed hymselfe as the vse of Rome is and so forth And vpoÌ„ these suffycyent accusacyoÌ„s wolde my lorde haue condeÌ„pned hym to the fyre without mercye had he not recanted at Paules crosse Sone maye ye knowe wher of yowr holye prelates smelleth yf ye way thys matter a ryght Now resort we ageine to the text ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 And al be it for my offence in so doynge 2. I knovvlege to haue de serued no small poÌ„nyshment 3. yet I haue fouÌ„de soche charitable good nesse aÌ„d mercie in my lorde bisshopp of London 4. upon my submyssyon and sute vnto hym Hys dysclosynge 1 PReposterouse alwayes are the iudgementes of thys vyperouse generacyon Euermore esteme they that is euyll to be good and that is good to be euyll as wytnesseth Esaye Ambycyon pryde and vayne glory take they for spi rituall holynesse clerelye reiectynge the ryghtousnesse of God for ther owne beastlye tradycyons whom hys hart abhorreth Thus putt they darkenesse for lyght and lyght for darkenesse Mennys wysdome whych ys but errour dottage and blyndenesse of the sprete preferre they to the eternall wysdome of God Verye folysnnesse heresye and madnesse do they iudge the gospell whych ys the stronge power of the lorde vnto saluacyon to all them that beleueth yt That make they sower whych â—s more swete than honye and that vyle whych ys most precyouse as to putt in the lorde owr whole confydence and trust lyke as hys holye worde leadeth vs. For hys vndefyled lawes my nystre they the doctryne of deuyls with lyes in hypocresye Thus doth the chyldren of thys worlde peruert all godlynesse As the very antychrystes turne they the tre rotes vpwarde Into a wycked mynde therfor hath the lorde geuen them ouer strongelye to delude the vnbeleuers for ther vnbeleues sake Sâ— how thys subtyle charmer thys coniurer of Egypt thys vnbonere bysshopp Boner a very blodye bocher of BabyloÌ„ doth haÌ„d le thys poore innocent Chrystyane 2 So hath he bywytched hym with hys craftye legerdemayne So hath he feared hym for chynges of no wayght Yea so hath he compassed hym with threttenynges of terryble deathe that nedes he must grauÌ„t synne where no synne ys and opeÌ„lye coÌ„fesse a greuouse offence where as noÌ„ ys at al. He must acknowlege to the peple to haue deserued no small ponnysh meÌ„t at my lordes haÌ„de though hys coÌ„scyence standeth clere to the coÌ„trarie Vvhat haynouse treasoÌ„ hast thu done good symple manne that thu standest thus forth for a wonder of the worlde Vvhat ys thy offence that yt requyreth soche open shame Is yt these or murther whoredome or Idolatrye superstycyon or sacrylege Than were yt more mete that my lorde stode there than thu For of these frutes and soche other he hath moche more store than thyselfe hath as yt ys easye to perseyue by thys processe If yt be for not obseruynge the commendable rytes ceremonyes and customes of holye churche as ys seyd afore Than ought my lorde also to suffre the same selfe ponnyshment for not goynge abought with saynt Nycolas clarkes for not hallowynge pelgrimes to Hierusalem aÌ„nd Rome for not sensinge the plowghes vpoÌ„ plowgh mondaye for not rostynge egges in the palme ashes fyre and for not syngynge Gaudeamus in the worshypp of holye Thomas Becket with soche other lyke which were sumtyme more lawdable ceremonyes than eyther saturdaye processyon or yet holye water makynge vpon the sondaye But my lorde doth here moche after the practyse of his olde predecessours which heaped vpon mennys sholders intollerable burdens of tradycyons They layed vpoÌ„ theÌ„ heuy yokes ynough therselues not ones mouynge ther fingars therunto for soylynge 3 He that doth couete to knowe the naturall compassyon gentylnesse and sauoure whyche regneth in a bysshopp of antichristes kyngedome lett him here as in a glasse behold it For Tolwyn hath founde my lorde verye fauorable and good vnto hi as he here ê“testeth Vvhat though he hath staÌ„de forth at Paules crosse to hys rudyculouse reê“che for not obseruynge the lowsye lawes and Idele ceremonyes of the pope yet is my lorde verye charitable vnto hym Vvhat though thys vncomelye prospect hath made of hys fryndes hys vtter enemyes and brought hym out of al
penaunce nor yet shamefullye to slaunder them selues a fore the multytude Magdalene Zacheus the aduowteroose womā and the thefe on hys ryght hande had fauorable wordes of hym with manye swete commendacyons blesssynges and promyses The spyghtfull traytour whych betrayed hys bodye vnto deathe refused not he to kysse The dyscyples whych forsoke both hym ād hys doctrine to the great slaunder therof ded not he cōstrayne to recant openlye Lerne of me sayth he for I am gentyll and meke harted My yoke ys easye and my burthē lyght But perchaūce my lorde wyll saye here in hys owne behalf as he ys a man of great lernynge and lesse godlye wytte that he hath done in thys as ded Peter whā he strake of Malchus ryght eare Thā must my lorde cōsydre what thāke Peter had of hys master for so doynge ād how lyttle pleasure that enterpryse ded hym He was by and by commaunded lyke a braynelesse fole to put vpp hys weapon ageyne with soche an ernest checke that he neuer durst drawe yt sens Vve must remembre also that Malchus was a bysshops seruaunt whych dyschargeth my lorde of Peters felyshypp For non agrement can Christ haue wyth Belial nor yet lyght with darkenesse A true christiane ought by hys Christen professyon in the sprete of lenyte and gentylnesse to examyne all doctrines and to proue all spretes whether they be of God or nay ād not rashelye to condempne hys poore Christen brother whom Christ hath so derelye redemed 2 But thys newe professyon of my lorde in Tolwyn ys of an other veyne and af a farre dyuerse sort from that For yt must vtterlye detest abhorre and auoyde all But what all I can not tell yow vnlesse yt be all godlynesse and veryte or all that Englande hath done ageynst the pope for yt ys not here expressed It ys soche an all as standeth here in mysterye cōprehendynge my lordes whole mynde in holye churches behalfe with out vtteraunce 3 Seynge therfor that thys all beynge vnder a secrete trope or fygure maye not be dysclosed tyll my lorde seeth a better tyme we wyl lett hym alone and passe forth to the all that foloweth whych car ryeth hys contentes with hym That ys to say all maner of heresyes errours and noughtye opynyons vnnamed least they schuld shewe my lorde in hys ryght colours Not vnlyke ys my lordes honorable lordshypp here in thys condempnacy on to the great bellyed braggers or sorbonycall masters in Parys whych commynge with rede faces from the cherefull bankett of Bacchus called prandium theologicum condempned Martyne Luther in the reare of owr lorde M. D. ād XXIIII hys artycles not examyned It must nedes be an heresye an erroure and a noughtye opynyō yf my lorde so iudgeth yt though yt be Christes owne worde It ys ynough for my lorde but to speake yt for a Christen mā nys beleue For hys reuerende lordeshypp ys a great pyllar of the popes holye churche whych maye condempne the gospell by quodcunque ligaueris 4 Yea he that schall professe thys newe rewle of olde papystrye must vtterlye deteste and abhorre all these I wote not what with the fauorers of them the maynteyners defēders or obiecters what so euer they be kynge or coūsell for both they haue depelye entred soche matters 5 For whye yt foloweth in the text here or anye of them Vvhych ys an anagogycall trope or hygh speakynge of my lorde aboue hys compasse I had almost haue seyd beyonde hys wytte And thys must be for euer and euer durynge hys lyfe For so hath Tolwyn promysed for example Thys vowe of relygyon maye neuer be broken though godes commaundementes and Christes aduertysementes schuld go all to the deuyll of hell For the breakynge therof myght brynge in both fagottes and fyre And all thys must be do ne for the auauncement of holye churche as ys a fore spoken Butt tell me thys Vvhat godlye wyse manne can thynke that churche holye or good whych seeth not in so manye years a traytoure from a saynt but auaunceth hym with so manye false myracles as ther churche hath done beckett and styll doth more of the same generacyon She schall be of a moche better syght and of a more godlye iudgemēt ere I crust eyther her or yet her anoynted chyldren as spirituall as they be Vvele I wote that the churche whych ys the immaculate spouse of the lambe Iesus christ had neuer soche a spotte in her garment The eternall father be ones mercyfull to hys peple and delyuer them from thys dampnable plage of darkenesse yf yt be hys pleasure ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Hys fordeshypp ys content to respyte the rest of my penaunce 3 and vpon my good deseruynge 4 and doynge accordynge to my seyd promyse 5 to forgeue all togyther Hys dysclosynge I 1 Vvyst yt wolde at the last apere frō whens all thys Pharaonycall tyrannye spryngeth thys cruell persecutynge thys murtherynge of innocentes It cometh frō a lordshypp by ther owne confessyon For hys honorable lordshypp ys contented here vpon couenauntes made betwixt them to respyte the resydue of Tol wyns penaunce But from whens aryseth thys spyrituall lordshyp or worldye monarchye rather Not from Christes doctrine for they taught euermore the cōtrarye My kyngedome sayth he ys not of thys worlde The rewlers of nacyons haue the vnyuersall domynyon and are called gra cyouse lordes but yow schall not so Peter Iohā lames and Paule with the other apostles and dyscyples were onlye preachers of the gospell mynysters dysposers and geuers Forth of the secretes of god They neuer became anye lordes but perse cuted abiectes as manye are uow adayes Thys gloriouse lordshypp came in wham phocas the false emproure made Rome the head churche of the worlde for moneye And yt was spred abrode after a thousan de years from Christes natyuyte whan Sa than was losed out of hys preson and per mytted to go at large to deceyue the vngodlye multytude for ther vnbeleues sake So that thys lordshypp ys non other but the power auctoryte and seate of the dragon geuen vnto the great antichrist which ys the beastlye bodye of Sathan of whom my good lorde here ys a member and so are all they that worke lyke feates in the same generacyon 2 Vvhat my lorde schuld meane here byr espytynge of the rest of Tolwyns penaunce I can not well tell vnlesse he tarryeth a tyme or wayeht a layser to haue hym in relapse and so to burne hym vp for an heretyque all together lyke as hys holye predecessours hath done euer sens Iohan wycleues tyme and sumwhat a fore As I purpose shortlye the lorde lēdyn ge me lyfe to declare in a farre more larger treatyse Yet plucketh my lorde backe thys respyte ageyne full lyke a mercyfull father of holye churche to apere charytable yf yt maye be 3 Tolwyn vpon hys good deseruynge maye chaunce to haue a full
yt was made by Martyn Luther the capytall enemye of antichristes bysshoppes and partlye for that my lorde ys therin so lyuelye sett out in hys pontyfycall colours Yet wondre I ageyne that he schuld condempne that pycture whych he beareth out so lyuelye in the syght of the worlde Parauenture he ys well contented to playe the proude pagent but he wolde not haue the scripturs to busye to tell hym therof Nothynge taketh thys treatyse from a ryght christen bysshopp though yt toucheth the tyrauntes of Sodome and the gloryouse glottons of Babylon Therfor lett theÌ„ wexe furyouse fraÌ„tyk and madde at ther spirytuall pleasure full lyttle careth Martyn for that thonderynge or earthquake of thers 3 The godlye confessyon of faythe whych the noble princes of germanye mekelye offred to the emproure for the churches reformacyon whom my lorde calleth here the confessyon in Englyshe full wyselye with the lerned Apologye of Phylypp MelaÌ„chton hath he also blotted with the blacke tyttle of heresye Ryghtlye compareth Christ soche shamelesle hypocrytes to rauenynge dogges and swyne cruellye tearynge hys truthe and treadynge vnder ther fylthye fete the precyouse pearle therof Full lyttle knoweth thys blynde bysye busharde what he doth condempne in these godlye bokes here rehersed He daÌ„pneth dyuerse verytees of God as our iustyfycacyoÌ„ i Christ the puttynge downe of the pope the confutynge of the anabaptystes the true obedyence to princes the abolyshynge of superstycyoÌ„s with manye godlye thynges that our kynge hath done ageynst the false kyngedome of antychrist Vvhat godlye wyse manne caÌ„ iudge otherwyse of hym whan he condeÌ„pneth all that ys in them contayned with out respect Certayne I aÌ„ that these are the pryncypall poyntes therin decysed 4 Vvhat the postylles are vpoÌ„ the epysteles and gospels whych foloweth coÌ„sequentlye vnder the same condempnacyoÌ„ I can not tell vnlesse they be Rychard tauerners Vvhom he compyled together of a good godlye mynde that yowr asseheaded prestes whych can do no soche thynges schuld not be all Idell but shewe some godlye instruccyons to the peple By thys furyouse acte therfor maye all meÌ„ne se that ye mynde no maner of godlynesse to the dere flocke of Christ but all destruccyon and myschefe In the chamber of thys poore manne whom ye thus proclame for an heretyque founde ye dyuerse bokes of papystrye and treason to your price were they so narrowlye loked vpoÌ„ as these are But them left ye there behynde vntouched as matters necessarye to the vpholdynge of your holye churche Lett Tol wyn haue so manye of them as he wyll and he schall neuer be blamed but be your owne whyght soÌ„ne Ye passe not a whytt how moche treasoÌ„ be a brode for by that alwayes hath your ruffelynge relygyon had mayntenaunce Onlye ys yt heresye as ye call yt that moueth your spretes For by that ys decayed yowr vayne glorye Ye force not though a hondred thousande of those bokes were abrode that myght teache menne to be dysobedyent to God in the matters of faythe and vnto your prynce in the causes of ther true allegeaunce The enchyridion of Eckius that impudent proctour of antichrist offendeth yow nothynge at all Yet coÌ„tayneth yt all doctryne of deuylyshnesse as the popes auctoryte power and prymacye hys couÌ„sels coÌ„stytucyons and customes hys confirmacyons orders and vnccyons hys worshyppynge of Images rodes and rellyques hys excommunycacyons interdyccyons and cursynges hys purgatorye pardons and pylgrimages hys immunytees pluralitees and tot quoâ—â—es with the deuyll aÌ„d all of soche fylthynesse Euerye where ys thys boke sought and enquyred for iÌ„ cyte markett and feyer Euerye ser Iohan must haue yt that can rede to make hym therwith a Christen curate a good ghostlye father and a catholyck member of holye churche Verye fewe popyshe prestes with in my lordes dyocese are at thyssame houre with out yt eyther in ther chambers sleues or bosoms For yt ys a most precyouse treasure to hym that wyll heare confessyons and kepe a cure well to antychristes behoue That embrase the gentyll menne of the popes lyuerye and marke that culle they that kysse they that drawe they to them as a worke of most holye wholsom catholyck doctryne No lesse myght harrye pep well in Paules churche yearde haue out of Michael Hillenius howse in Anwerpe at one tyme than aÌ„ whole complete prynte at the holye request of stokyslaye In a short space were they dyspached and a newe prynte in haÌ„de soche tyme as he also commaunded Barlowes dyaloges to be preached of the curates through out all hys dyocese I knowe yt the better for that he at the same tyme suspended me from preachynge in estsexe bycause I wold not leaue the gospell and be sworne to the obseruacyon of hys iniunccyons I haue knowne in my tyme more than vi dyuerse pryntes of thys erronyouse and deuylyshe boke whych ys a manyfest token that the vtteraunce therof hath not bene small Dyuerse of them hath besydes thys hys dronken dysputacyons ageynst heretyques hys apostolyck crede hys crysopassus of dyuyne predestynacyon hys aurycular confessyoÌ„ hys boke offre wyll hys primacye of Peter to pope Leo the tent and hys postylles of papystrye Manye other dyrtye dyuynes haue they els of the same pharyseycall leuen to maynteyne the same selfe doctrine As Thomas of Aquyne Bonauenture Vvalden Prierias Catharinns Clychtoueus Radinus Empser Cocleus Lathomus Scatzger Herbron Hochstrate Natalis Beda Tregarius Pelargus Hofmester Alphonsus de Castro Iohan Fysher and Thomas More with canonystes and Romystes the deuyll and all But at these can my lorde wynke in hope of I saye no more Vvhether these wayes be ryght or naye lete menne of godlye and rype dyscressyon iudge The manne of synne ¶ 1 A boke of prayer made by Luther 2 The dore of holye scripture 3 The postylles of Coruinus 4 Tvvo olde vvritten bokes the one for scolers 5 and the other taken out of frythes bokes Hys dysclosynge NOt yet haue we done with these bokes but styll are they a foule blott in my lordes eyes Now cometh a boke of prayer made by Martyn Luther yet nothynge ys seane but the bagge Anon my lorde wyll saye that heretyques despyse good workes and write ageynst fastynge aÌ„d prayer But lete hym be ware least thys boke ê“ue hym a lowde lyar in the face of all the worlde In that small treatyse yf yt be hys ys nothynge els contayned but the lordes prayer the commaundementes and crede It ys moche maruele to me yf they are now become heresye and legenda aurea with sancta Maria ora pro nobis out of your ordynarye pye and portas becometh ageyne so wholsom lernynge But parauenture yt ys for Luthers names sake If the whole doctrine of the trynyte came in that name yt schuld sure into the sachell without lokynge on and be condempned for heresye Ye yf God came hymfelfe vnder hys tyttle he
schuld surelye staÌ„de forth for an heretyque in my lordes great mode He hath alredye coÌ„dempned hys coÌ„maundementes hys prayer and the artycles of hys faythe for Martyns sake oÌ„lye And no maruele For he ys the father heretyque aÌ„d enemye of all holye churche If God wold ones take hym out of the waye doubtlesse he schuld hane great thankes of my lorde and of the ranke rable of Romyshe ruffelers 2 Next cometh forewarde in course the dore of holye scripture Vvhether thys be Christ or no I am in moche doubt For in dede he sayth vnto hys dyscyples in the x. chapter of Iohan. I am the dore into the shepe folde He that entreth in by me schal go in and out and fynde good fedynge But I fere me that my lorde ys one of those theues and robbers that Christ speaketh of there for stoppynge vp of thys dore For he in so doynge depryueth the peple of that lyfe whych ys in hym and so sleeth ther soules holdynge them styll captyue in synne Alwayes hath my lordes generacyon bene thus rebellyouse ageynst the lorde and hys worde As we haue for example iÌ„ the olde lawe the false prestes whych compassed Hieremye the prophete and in the newe lawe the spirituall prelates that sought Christes deathe If thys dore of holye scripture be a treatyse than had yt bene more wysdome for my lorde to haue christenlye reproued the errours therof in case ther be anye and not to condempne soche a clere perfyght tyttle as offreth nothynge but godlynesse I thynke eyther hys wyttes are not hys owne or els he ys dronke with excesse of the Babylonyshe cuppe of hys holye mother 3 The compendyouse postyls of Antonius Coruinus vpoÌ„ the sondayes ond sayntes are iudged of menne that be syncerelye lerned to be faythfull and godlye And so moche the more necessarye to a preacher that ys but meanelye lerned that within a small compasse they contayne moche christen erudycyon But my lorde admitteth nothige that perteieth to that office He careth for nothynge but for holye water aÌ„d sensynge ê“cessyoÌ„ and massynge He thynketh that .iiij. tymes in the yeare or ones in a quarter ys ynough for preachynge and therin onlye to declare the kynges actes coÌ„cernynge ceremonyes and tythes in stede of the popes sentence of cursynges whych now is worne out If they Iyst to preache anye other thynge els they haue yet ther olde festyuall mammotractus Gesta roma norum Sermones discipuli Sermones dormi secure Rationale diuinorum Manipulus curatorum postilla guilhermi aÌ„d dyuerse other more whych are auncyent workes allowed of holye churche They haue also a famouse newe worke called Ioh EckaÌ„ius postyll which battelleth for the holye fathers primacye harde These and soche other are bokes of catholyk lernynge and schall neuer be condempned for they make all togyther for holye churche 4. In the bottom of the bagge lyeth .ij. olde written bokes and they haue no names here to fulfyll my lordes promes wyth But thus moche hath my lorde gathered of them that the one of them is for scolers aÌ„d the other ys takeÌ„ out of Io. frythes bokes But wonder yt ys to me what that boke schuld offende whych ys onlye for scolers and hath non other tyttle Vvyl my lorde styll destroye all godlynesse without excepcyon Non other ys yt to condempne a boke for scolers hauynge non other addycyon but to condempne for heretyques doctryne ther vertuouse bryngynge vpp in good letters and maners In thys doth my lorde declare hymselfe an enemye vnto nature whych delyteth in necessaryes besydes that he hath done vnto faythe That the other treatyse taken out of Iohan frythes bokes schuld be an olde boke yt ys a fowle lye though yt be newlye practysed of my lorde For he was not 27 years olde in the 8. yeare afore thys declaracyon whan my lordes generacyon Stokyslaye Gardyner and soche other whoÌ„ Esaye calleth the tyrauntes of Sodoma putt hym to most cruell deathe in the yeare of owr lorde God M. D .xxxiij. for Christes congregacyon sleeth no manne for hys faythe And therfor it caÌ„ not now be olde and collected of hys bokes Not all vnlyke ys my lorde here vnto the olde tyrauntes in the condempnacyon of these bokes Ioachim the kynge of Iuda tare Hie remyes prophecye and consumed yt in the fyre for vtterynge the truthe Antiochus coÌ„maunded the bokes of the scripturs to be brent also and the readers of them to be putt vnto deathe Herodes the Ascalonyte or Idumyte destroyed the monymentes of the Iewes and cruellye slewe ther notaryes Besydes that hath be done by the consecrate prelates of Constantynople and Rome whych also destroyed manye workes of Chrysostome and Gregorye as the cronycles mencyoneth And ToÌ„stall in owr tyme whych ys now bysshop of DurhaÌ„ whan the testamentes came first into Englyshe bought vpp a greatt nombre of them and brent them in Paules churche yearde for the great deuocyon he had vnto them and bycause he wolde shewe hys kynde But what became of the asore named tyrauntes for workynge soche wyckednesse Trulye Ioachim was ledde captyue into Egypt and at the last dyed there myserablye hys name secluded froÌ„ Christes genealogye Antiochus departed in a straunge lande ouerwhelmed with dyspayre aÌ„d innumerable sorowes els Herode was vexed with manye sore disseases as ytche scall mange gowte feuers collyke and at the last consumed of wormes most wretchydlye ended hys lyfe what schall become here after of my lorde bonner and Tohstall for doynge lyke feates I wyll not nor can not dyffyne for yt ys in the handes of God But sure I am that yt wyll be remembred whan blasphemers schall receyue rewardes accordinge to ther dedes My lorde parauenture thynketh the menne be yll and therfor he maye iustlye condempne ther workes My lorde must consydre ageyne that though Balaam Saul and Cayphas were wycked persones yet doth not the scripturs condempne ther true prophecyes Vvhat these meÌ„ne are ther frutes schall declare For no manne can saye that Iesus ys the lorde whych my lorde hath not yet vttred in all hys processe but in the holye ghost And as for my lordes thynkynge we remembre in Esaye that they whych holde darkenesse lyght and lyght darkenesse haue thoughtes and iudgementes full vnlyke to the thoughtes and iudgementes of God They saye they do well sayth Micheas the prophete whan they labour to shede blood and hunte ther bretherne to deathe They slee the shepe sayth Zacharye and yet they take yt for no synne No they suppose they do God good seruyce in so doynge But lete them take hede of yt and they lyst for Esaye geueth them warnynge that hell gapeth full wyde and openeth her mouthe at large to rewarde that good seruyce of thers The manne of synne ¶ 1 In vvhiche bokes are coÌ„tayned manye sundrie errours 2 and blasphe mouse detestable aÌ„d abhoÌ„ynable he resyes 3 not onlye ageynst the
yet is it no honest state of lyuynge for yow for your office ye saye is aboue all thers Though saynt Paule doth saye that wedlock is honorable amonge all peple and the chambre therof vndefyled Though he sayth also that God wyll condempne aduouterers and whore kepers and that the forbyddynge therof is the verye doctryne of deuyls all that can not moue yow Though the primatyue churche had it in great pryce and so styll ded vse it tyll Syluester the 2. ded fatche the deuyll fron hell by his nicromancye where as he was a fore tyed vp for a thousande years to seale the obligacyon of his papacye yet do yow take it for carnall be astlinesse bycause master Eckius doth so report it which neuer the lesse had 3. bastardes the same selfe yeare that he disputed that matter at lipsia Oh verye sede of the serpent and cytezens of sodome Not without cause was it that Christ called yow a false and an aduouterouse generaciō Full wele knewe he what we schuld haue of yow the heauenlye father be mercyfull vnto vs. Vvith all abhominacions haue you fylled the worlde and yet to thys daye Imagyne ye non other thynge Is your doctrine in thys anye other than the dyrt of the pope and the fylthye shytynges of olde heretyques The Tacyanes taught that matrymonye was in no case lawfull The Marcianistes wolde admytt nō to baptim vnlesse they renoūced wed locke The Eustachyanes helde opynyon that non coude be saued in marryage Mōtanus with hys sect leadynge women abought with hym noted yt a lyght thynge and sayd it myght be broke wele ynough The priscyllyanystes separated the menne from ther wyues and the womē from ther husbandes ageynst ther willes The Abelynes allowed maryage but no carnall copulacyon therin The Adamytes improued it as an vncleane thynge for that Adam knewe not hys wyfe before he synned The Nicolaytaynes were of thys opynyon that wyues ought to be cōmon The Cataphrygeanes Catharystes and Tartulyanystes condempned for aduoutrye the marryage of widowes The Esseanes Nouacyanes Carpocracianes Apostolyckes Iouynyanistes and other more hath opinion of matrimonye in dyuerse other respectes Last of all commeth your holye father of Rome with hys rable of rutters myters hattes hoodes cappes crownes conyes skynnes cattes tayles in all maner of colours and proporcyons and he hath an ore with them all as an vpholder of al heretiques ageynst this holy estate Yea holy I say ageyn though it be vnreuerentlye vsed of manye For it maketh neyther whore keper not sodomyte as yowr chastyte doth daylye innumerable Vyhan now in thys latter age thys buyldinge of yowrs through the gospell preachynge suffred a great earthquake and was lyke to fall to the grounde without recouer commeth forth master Eckius a verye connynge artifycer in the se workes of yours and he vnderproppeth it with an olde broken sparre Marryage maye be graūted to no prest sayth he by no maner of dispensacion for the vowe that is ānexed to ther chastite And for the establyshment of thys doctrine he bryngeth in the inhibicion made by pope Calixtus bycause no scripturs wyl serue hym But where as he sayth with no small cyrcumstaūce to make hys matter good that the pope neuer yet dispensed with that vowe He lyeth of hys holye father Raphael volateranus sayth that a serten monke called Nicolas marryed Anne the duke of venys dowter by the popes consent Burghardus the prouost of tryere or vttereth in Germanye had to wyfe the prince of the ruzeanes syster by the dispēsacyon of pope Gregorye the. 7. otherwise called hyldebrande the same selfe yeare he inhybited the maryage of prestr̄es Pope pelagius ded create a bisshopp at syracusa in the lande of sycill and he had both wyfe and chyldren Henricus agrippa maketh mencion of a Cardinall in Rome whom the Pope permytted to take a wyfe in maryage and at hys pleasure to returne ageyn to hys cardinalshypp after he had chyldren without anye maner of irregularyte Colomannus the bysshopp of uaradyne left that spiritual office and was made kynge of hungarye by the Popes dyspensacyon of purpose to haue yssue about the yeare of owr lorde M. lxxvi and regned there .xix. years Daniel a prest was lyke wyse constytute kynge of fraunce by a lyke dyspensacion and was called after warde Chylpericus gouernynge that regyon the space of .iij. years Petrus Elsacius a prest and elect Byshopp of Cameryk was dubbed a knyght and marryed leonor the countesse of nyuerne which had bene called Sybyll Reme lius a monke beynge aged was taken out of hys monasterie by the popes lycēs and made kynge of Aragone after the disseace of hys father Sanccius about the yeare of owr lorde a thousande a C. and lx ād had by hys wife Mawde a dowter which was afterwarde marryed to Raymondus the erle of Barchinona Pope Ce lestyne the thirde lycensed Henrye the. 6 emprour to haue to wyfe Cōstaunce kynge Rogers dowter of sycyll for a yearlye pensyon whych was a professed nonne at panorme Fredericus dongianus was releaced of hys vowe to the Carmelytes order ād constytute kynge of Sycyll ▪ Sardo nye and Calabre for the syngular cōmodyte of those landes Mathew the erle of bulleyne marryed Marye kynge Steuens dowter of englande and had her out of ramsaye abbeye where as than she was ab basse ād had 2. dowters by her called Ida and Matilda Bochardus aueniensis a man ne of great byrthe and lernynge forsoke hys presthode and benefyces whych than he had manye ād Ioyned hymselfe in we diock to Margarete the emprour Baldewyne of constantynoples dowter and had manye fayr chydren by her pope Gre gorye the. 9. after moche sute and expēses iudgynge yt godlye Iohan the bastarde sonne of Fardynandus beynge a cysteane monke was constytute kynge of portyngale Iohan of gaunte thā beynge duke of lācastre ād kynge of castele geuynge hym hys dowter Phylypp to marrye after that he had in the yeare of owr lorde 1388. optayned a dyspensacyon of pope vrbanus the. 6. Iames the last kynge of cypres beynge bysshopp of Nycose not longe afore was permytted of pope paule the seconde to haue a Venecyane to wyfe to that intent that hys lande schuld become the Venecyanes as yt now ys in dede In lyke case Canutus whych had bene a professed monke 6. years at clunyake was dyspensed wyth for moneye to haue a wyfe Sowas a sertē abbott of Redynge here in Englande So was vrsynus a prest of nursia and a great nombre els as we fynde in dyuerse cronycles ād wrytynges Vvhye schuld soche a furyouse beast than so shamefullye lye to establyshe an errour of de uyllyshenesse But that he ys ignoraunt in the hystoryes and also that soche dyrtye doctrine standeth onlye by lyes Ioannes andreas whom they call the fountayne of
and arche bysshopp of Canturburye brought yt in by a synode holden at london in the yeare after christes natyuyte M. C .ix. whych Anselme bad longe contended afore with kynge wyllyaÌ„ rufus and kynge Henrye the first for the commodytees of antichrystes gloryouse kyngedome and had than gote the vyctorye of them in dede Yet washe at that tyme so accombred with so domytes that he was euerye sondaye compelled openlye to excommunycate them After thys kept the prestes concubynes otherwyse called whores for that was more holye than marryage the space of more than .xv. years tyll loannes de Cremona an holye legate froÌ„ the popes ryght syde came in a great heate from Rome and toke that from them also hy an other couÌ„sell holden at Paules hys selfe taken wyth an whore the nyght folowynge to begynne the relygyon wyth Se how busye thei are yet with al deuylyshe deuyses possyble to holde vp thys wyckednesse styll whych was begonne with soche myschefes and hath contynued with fylthynesse vnspekeable The multytude of prestes sayth Oseas the prophete is lyke an heape of theues murtherers bloudthurstye rauenours for they haue wrought ab homynacyon In the desyre of vnclenlye lustes sayth Heremye they are become altogyther lyke ranke stoned horse neyenge euerye where after ther neybers wyfe They go about sayth the lorde with ther owne inuâ—Ì„â—yoÌ„s but I se theÌ„ well ynough They make the kynge and princes to haue delyght in ther wyckednesse and lyes All these burne in aduouterye as yt were an ouen that the baker heateth whan he hath left knedynge I wyll vysyte all those sayth the lorde also by Sophonias the prophete whych weareth straunge clothynge and treadeth ouer the thresholde so proudelye whych fyllther lordes house with roborye and falshede But now they haue plowed wyckednesse they schall surelye reape synne and eate the frute of lyes wherin the mother schall peryshe wyth her chyldren and the braunches with ther stocke bycause they are not the lordes ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Ageynst the rytes and ceremonyes of the churche 2 comparinge the maner of vveddynge 3 and maryenge of vyrgyns vnto the beastlye fashyon of a savvte bytche 4 Ageynst mennys lavves 5 and tradycyons ¶ Hys dysclosynge STyll is my lorde reparynge hys broken pyttes to holde in the fylthye waters yf it maye be In no wyse can he awaye with the wholsom watter that refresheth to lyfe euerlastynge All hys neybers wolde he haue of the same dyet that he ys of so charytable ys he makynge thys good prouysyon for theÌ„ He thynketh god to lacke wytte and hys sonne dyscressyon and therfor he wyll non of ther rewles There ys an other waye whiche pleaseth hym moche better and that he wyll haue obserued in hys dyocese so longe as he ys lorde ordynarye of londoÌ„ The law dable rytes and ceremonyes of hys mother the holye churche of Rome whych brought hym vp of a whelpe aÌ„d gaue hym the swete sucke froÌ„ her pappes schall not droppe awaye so longe as he maye vpholde them A sort of noughtye heretyques hath writteÌ„ ageynst theÌ„ now of late but yt maketh no matter sayth owr ser IohaÌ„ for my lorde hath condeÌ„pned all ther bokes in a sachell I maruele what my lorde meaneth by all thys ruffelynge abought matters of no wayght nor yet godlynesse In all the newe testament ys no mencyon made of these .ij. wordes Ceremonyes and Rytes in the latyne neyther i the Gospels nor yet in the Epystles neyther in the Actes nor yet i the Apocalyps I wolde fayne knowe thaÌ„ what we haue to do wyth them lyke wyse in the Psalmes aÌ„d Prophetes we rede not of theÌ„ by those .ij. termes sauynge ones in Ezechiel aÌ„d that ys but a rehersall of thynges done in fygure In Moyses .v. bokes and in other hystoryall treatyses are they oft spoken of in dede and there are they to vs but shaddowes of good thynges to come whych we are at a poynt with hauynge Christ pÌ„seÌ„t yet rytes are there more reprehended than praysed as the verye superstycyouse customes of the paganes But what doth my lorde meane yf he schuld go to the best of them wyll he make vs Iewes ageyne wyll he make vs bonde seruauntes and christ hath made vs fre chyldren Saynt paule sayth If we clogge owr selues ageyne with that yoke we fall from grace we go quyte from christ and hys deathe schall profyght vs nothynge Therfor there ye offre vs wronge Your owne lawes and doctrynes besydes the scpiture grauÌ„teth abrogacyon of the lawes ceremonyall If ye brynge vs in anye rytes therfor taken of the heythen customes as are your sayntes holydayes your processyons your letanyes your dyryges your sensynge of aulters your knelynge to Images your callynge vpon dead menne your kyssynge of reliques your coniurynge of spretes your consecracyons vowes and sacrifyces for synne with soche other ye do vs great iniurye also Non that setteth hande to the plough sayth christ and loketh ageyn backe ysfytt for the kingedome of god ye knowe lothes wyfe for doynge soche a feate was turned into a salt stone Christ hath sayd also in IohaÌ„ that the true worshyppers schuld worshypp god onlye in sprete and in veryte Than are they the false woshyppers whych worshypp in outwarde thynges specyallye the outwarde thynge selfe As for baptym and the supper of the lorde are christes holye instytucyons and non of your popyshe ceremonyes Happye yt ys that ye caÌ„ not accuse these beretyque bokes for speakynge ageynst the ryght vse of them Bycause of the trust that the Iewes had in the coÌ„mauÌ„ded ceremonyes god detested them Here. 7. Esa 1. psal 50. Amos. 5. zach 7. aÌ„d Mychee 6. moch more the waÌ„toÌ„ rytes of your pÌ„scripcyon The Ceremonyes of cristeÌ„ meÌ„ yf ye wyl haue theÌ„ so called are now spuÌ„all offerynges of the hart 1. cor 10. Eph. 5. Col. 3. for the true christeÌ„ churche ys all froÌ„ within ps 44. The outwarde are all for the benyuolence ayde confort and other nedes coÌ„cernynge owr neyber Tobi. 4. Malach. 2. Rom. 13. Eph. 4. Eccle â–ª â— Esa 28. Math. 7. 1. IoaÌ„ 3. And though we graunt vnto those that be honest and semelye for an outwarde comelynesse in thynges necessarye yet ought they nat to bynde owr conscyence or be anye part of owr iustyfycacyoÌ„ Neyther maye they be superstycyouse or in anye poynt ageynst christes doctryne But so ys owr christen relygyon as you call yt and as I wolde yt were clogged with your heythnysh rytes that neyther Iewe nor Saracene Arabyane nor Turke wylcome vnto owr faythe thynkynge ther owne rytes moch better as they maye wele ynough To whom'ye wyl hame vs referre the clause that here foloweth that ys to saye Comparynge the maner of weddynge to the beastlye fashyon of a sawte bytche we caÌ„ not wele tell ye haue putt yt here so dyffuselye As wele maye yt extende to
hys master with Iudas ād the other byeth the holyeghost with Symon magus And to maynteyne thys rewle must tythes and offerynges with other deuocyōs and dewtyes be payed the whole accōptes therof than made in confessyon I coude wryte manye thynges cōcernynge ther craftye cloyninge and pyllage of the poore labourynge menne and womenne seruaūtes and prenteses to be catchynge yet of sūwhat but for thys tyme I lete yt passe Thys your Easter how sell was first instytute by pope Zepherinus and after confermed by a popyshe decretall called Omnis vtriusque sexus The communyon of Christ ys fre to hys peple and bounde to no daye but all dayes at ther pleasure boūde vnto yt for they are now no seruauntes to the daye but the daye vnto them For the lorde created not manne to serue the daye but the daye to serue manne How hapneth yt sayth saynt Paule that ye turne ageyn to the weake and beggerlye tradycyons de syerynge a freshe to be in bondage Ye obserue dayes ād monethes tymes and years I am in feare of yow least my labours be in vayne amonge yow 3 In the ende of thys artycle ye condempne these bokes for admyttynge both kyndes ī the Eucharystye vnto the laye peple as yow name them though they be vnto Christ more holye thā yow whych hath the popes vnccyons Vvhether yow be the heretyques or they that made the bokes lete Christ be iudge He ernestlye commaunded hys dyscyples to drynke of yt all And they dranke of yt all sayth Marke Yow saye hande of in peyne of burnynge or els hangynge bycause Eckius dronkē dyuynyte hath so taught yow Parauēture ye wyll saye with hym that the bodye ys not without the blood Christ knewe that also so well as yow Yet mynystred he the chalyce as ye call yt Saynt Paule in lyke case writynge a lawe of christen lyuynge vnto the Corintheanes whych were laye menne and no prestes commended both kyndes vnto them lyke as he had of the lorde receyued and yow make lawes of deathe for yt In the wycked counsell of Constaunce was yt first inhybytt in the .xiij. syttynge by pope Iohan the .xxiij. whych was there deposed for poysenynge hys predecessour Alexāder by the false workynge of Mar silius de parma a phesycyane Vvhere as the holye menne of God Ioannes huss and Hieronimus de praga for withstandynge yt were done to most cruell deathe in the yeare of ower lorde M cccc xv yet was yt .xxiij. years after graunted ageyne vnto the Bohemes in the generall counsell of Basyll after manye great dysputacyons And therfor yt ys a sore matter to putt menne to deathe for but that ye must folowe the steppes of yowr fathers to be partyners with them in that plage Both must ye be theues and murtherers depryuynge the peple as wele of helthe as of lyfe 4 And where as ye seke to maynteyne the inuocacyon of sayntes condempnynge these bokes for speakynge ageynst yt Ye she we yowr selfe a more folyshe heretyque Idolatour and papyst than anye that I can heare of els Though master Eckius be a verye obstynate aduersarye to Christ and hys worde and an vnshamefast captayne of antichristes warres yet ys he not so folyshe ā Idolatour as to allow inuocacyon to the sayntes though he allowe them both veneracyon and prayer Therfor ye are lyke in thys to stande fole alone without the helpe of hys doctrine or yet of anye other vnlesse ye seke to the olde queresters of Baal or the chapleynes of Bell the olde God of Babylon that ded eate vpp all the sacryfyces as yower generacyon doth styll Vvhat I schuld write of thys I can not tell yt ys so folyshe Sauynge that I remembre .viij. years ago I was afore Edwarde lee the archebysshopp of yorke Vvhereas I was examyned vpon the artycle of honourynge and prayenge to sayntes deuyded into .xvij. artycles In the tyme of that examynacyon was there an olde doctour whych greatlye lamented as my lorde doth here that he myght no longar make inuocacyon to sayntes and thought hym selfe halfe lost for yt good doctour Downes standynge by and smylynge at hys folyshnesse Vnto whom the archebysshop sayd these wordes Speake not sayth he of inuocacyon concernynge sayntes For that respecteth a peculyar worshypp onlye due vnto God And with that the mā was pacyfyed and argued no farder So that I can se non agre with my lorde here in thys opynyon vnlesse they be blynde dastardes and asseheades as thys olde dottynge fole was Thys ys yet sūwhat worse than ys the popes doctrine For though pope Sergius gaue them shrynes Theodatus churches Felix holye dayes Gregorye veneracyon Honorius prayenge to Leo hympnes and psalmodye Iohan .vij. pycturs Constantyne Images and tabernacles puttynge them in the masse Theodorus waxe Stephanus sensynge and Alexander holye water yet wa there non of them all that euer gaue them honour vnder the tyttle of invocacyon That ys the onlye newe years gyft of my lorde of londō here borowed altogyther of the olde Idolatours And as moche worshyppys he worthy to haue for yt as had Herostratus whych burned the great temple of Diana at Ephesus onlye be spokē of Neyther graunteth the scriptur sayntes honorynge nor yet ther prayenge to Neyther are they allowed there for intercessours medyatours nor aduocates In the primatyne churche were they had in memorye onlye for imytacyon of ther godlye workes but yet of non other than Christ had cōmaūded For saynt Paule hys selfe wolde non otherwyse be folowed of other than he had folowed Christ afore 5 Yet ys not the ragynge furye of my lorde pacyfyed for these bokes but nedes they must be condempned for hauynge mater ageynst masse mattens and euensōge though they be onlye offyces of antichristes relygyon yea rather superstycyō Vvhat yowr masse is we haue partlye declared afore as occasyon hath bene offred vs. If euerye pope schuld haue home ageyne the fedder he hath putt vnto yt yt schuld be a verye naked monstre not all vnlyke vnto Isopes choughe whom we commonlye call Iacke dawe Yet must yt be a sacrifyce satisfactorye for the quycke and the dead to the great derogacyon ād blasphemye of that onlye sacrifice of ow◠redemption which Christ ones made for all These beastlye bellygoddes hath not bene ashamed in ther scolastycall lernynge or deuylishe diuynite ' to saye that the masse of the worke selfe delyuereth from actuall synne optayneth remyssion graunteth deseruīge geueth meryte minystreth grace and dischargeth both the gyltynesse and peyne due thervnto where as Christes deathe is nomore but a dyscharge for oryginall synne onlye Yea it is not longe a go sens Stokyslaye and other besydes mynistred the same for a Christen doctrine at paules crosse Standyshe that blasphe mouse Idyote maynteyninge the same selfe lowsye lewde lernynge was not abashed to compare the precyouse blood of Christ
to the fylthye blood of a swyne in hys deuylyshe preachinge Vvhich I haue touched more at large in an other boke ageynst hys slaunderose reproche of Barnes Neuer are soche matters condempned nor yet recanted No they are to swete to ther purses panches and pratye pygeons of paules to be throwne awaye so sone It were better a hondreth thousande sowles went to the deuyll than they schuld lose an ynche of those wanton pleasurs Oh wretchednesse of menne If there were in yow but one sparke of godlynesse it wolde abhorre yow thus to delude slee daÌ„pne and destroye your poore symple bretherne with this wycked masse of yowrs Of whom ye boast christ aÌ„d hys apostles to be the authors not beynge able throughlye to brynge one godlye maÌ„ne for the author therof as yt ys now I speake onlye of yowr patched masse and not of cristes wordes in the ryght kynde 6 And as touchynge your matteÌ„s and euensonge they are also fylthye drynkes of the same whores cuppe of BabyloÌ„ verye execrable and noyfull to them that schall receyue them in faythe without vnderstandynge as a fulfyllynge of ther dutye to god Onlye are they instytucyons of popes As of Damasus Gelasiê° Pelagius Gregorius Vitelianus Vrbanus And soche lyke And of monkes agreynge to the same As of Ioannes cassianus Paulus Diaconus Isuardus Alcuinus Rabanus Osmiidus aÌ„d soche other more takeÌ„ out first of the supsticiose vse of the geÌ„tiles aÌ„d the hypocritishe customes of the pharysees Vvhan ye praye sayth Christ speake not moche as doth the heythen nor stande not vp in the synagoges as doth the hypocrytes For the one thynketh to be harde by moche bablynge and the other seketh to be seane of menne They both are without rewarde of God Vvhan Christ went from the worlde he sent forth non other but preachers onlye to instruct the multitude to lyue after the rewles whych he had afore taught by his gospell Now commeth the pope which is of a contrarie relygion from hym and he sendeth forth mattens mongers masse momblers holye water swyngers and euensonge clatterers with other hypocrites els to fulfyll the tyme with ther Idell supersticyons and clerelye to exyle the gospell And thys is the religyoÌ„ that my lorde laboreth here with tothe and nayle to maynteyne But God I doubt it not wyll shortlye delyuer his and the wayes of the wvcked schall come to nought ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Ageynst the gyuynge of an othe 2 before a iudge 3 and fynassye to haue all thynges commen amoÌ„gest the peple 4 Ita est 5 Vvilhelmus Tol vvyn manu propria Hys dysclosynge RYghtlye hath the apostle Iude otherwyse called Thadeus described thys false generacyon in hys epystle callynge them blasphemers mockers murmurers quarellers and proude speakers walkynge in vngodlynesse accordynge to ther owne lustes These are they whych separate them selues from the multytude and are not as other meÌ„ne be Beast lye are they in ther doctrine and lyuynge hauynge neyther sprete nor grace Marke well the frutes of my lorde in thys processe aÌ„d ye schal saye they are the same Styll coÌ„playneth he of these poore bokes without eyther wytt or lernynge and wyll in no wyse be pacyfyed Next ys he in haÌ„de here with that he obserueth least whych ys to sweare to be true and perfourme yt These bokes sayth he are ageynst the geuynge of an othe before a iudge I wote he meaneth here the vniust examynacyoÌ„s of the verye martyrs of God ser IohaÌ„ oldecastell the lorde cobham and of master wyllyam thorpe prest whych vtterlye refused to be sworne to antichristes abhomynacyons before that uerye mynystre of sathaÌ„ Thomas arundell thaÌ„ archebysshopp of caunterberye and chancellour of Englande I schall first infourme the good christen reader of the cruelte of thys tyraunt â— I fynde in dyuerse cronycles and thaÌ„ coÌ„sydre thu the newe practyses of my lorde here As Thomas arundell perseyued the veryte of God to sprynge aÌ„d floryshe by the contynuall lecturs determynacyons and preachynges of master IohaÌ„ wycleff and hys clyentes whych was in those dayes of most wonderfull lyfe and lernynge and that kynge Edwarde the thirde in hys latter age sumwhat fauored the same aÌ„d also that kynge Rycharde the seconde succedynge hym wolde not persecute yt to hys mynde He first conspyred ageynst the seyd kynge Rycharde wyth the erle of Darbye whych was also duke of harforde Than procured he the Iryshe menne to ryse hys owne commons to rebell hys lordes to depose hym of hys regne aÌ„d fynallye to settvp in hys rome the seyd erle of Darbye famysshynge hym vnto deathe at the last in the castell of pomfrett Than caused he the gospell readynge to become both heresye and treason and procured for yt both hangynge and burnynge where as afore yt was but exylynge onlye or els headynge at the most So that there were in one daye at hys procurement both hanged and brent in saynt Gyles feldo .xxxvi. besydes ser Roger acton knyght master Iohan browne esquyre and ser Iohan beuerlaye prest in the yeare of owr lorde M cccc xiij And all was for that they wolde not obeye the popes relygyon Greuouslye ys my lorde of london offended here with these bokes bycause thys great prelate was not obeyed there in these wholsom workes of holye churche Trulye thys ys the othe he coÌ„playneth of here that ys there denyed afore a iudge It wyll not awaye they saye that ys bredde by the bone In dede yt so apereth yf ye waye thys gere well 2 Vvho hath coÌ„stytute bysshoppes for iudges in lyfe and deathe ouer meÌ„ne Not the eternall God whych onlye gaue that authoryte to kynges but the infernall serpent that hath geuen power to the beast to make battayle with the sayntes aÌ„d to ouer come theÌ„ Vvere ye of Christes institucyoÌ„ as ye are of anticristes your offyce were to preache lyke poore dyscyples and not to sytt in iudgemeÌ„t of them whose beleue ys now moche better than yowrs But yt fareth by yow as by the first bretherne of saynt FraÌ„ces as the tale goeth amonge the peple he left them penytentes and founde them theues at hys returne So christ left yow preachers and now fyndeth yow murtherers vp of hys peple Ye ought rather to counsell from swearynge beynge in yt so great parell as there ys than to enforce menne cruellye vnto yt A dampnable vse haue ye brought into the worlde amonge manye other to swcare vpoÌ„ a boke whych ys but a creature where as mennys othes ought to be vpon God onlye For thys abhomynable custome of pleyne Idolatrie are ye sore rebuked of saynt Iohan Chrisostome in hys .xliiij. homelye vpon Mathew as ye schall fynde yt more at large declared in the christen exhortacyon vnto customable swearers How bosshop peshath bestowed ther othes to ther prynces sens the conquest and sumwhat afore they that are expert
he shryned Is he Martyr or a CoÌ„fessour a Virgine or a Matrone I wolde fayne knowe the certenâ—e He ys non of all those ser It ys the graue that Christes bodye was layed in after yt was taken from the crosse Naye that ys a false tale for that was beaten out of the harde rocke and coude neuer be remoued from the place yt ys in as all the writers and Luke also doth wytuesse And what yf yt were the same Yet coude yt be made no saynt The pope vseth to canonyse no soche thynges for sayntes though he suffreth them to be worshypped But now I perseyue yt ys made by some caruer and garnyshed with colours by some paynter And than ys yt sum what worse â–ª than an Idoll for yt ys but his sâ—addowe or simylitude and paraueÌ„ture nothynge like yt The scripture sayth that vnhappye are they whych haue a â–ª vayne stone to ther patronâ— And they that sense Images are gone quyte froÌ„ god But be there neuer so moche abhominacion in soche thynges neuer schall ye se them at Paules crosse condemned by the bysshopp Manye testamentes of crist hath there bene brent but neuer Idolls openlye rebuked sauynge the gapynge rode of Boxlaye aÌ„d the duckes blood of Hayles My lorde can suffre both saynt Sepulchre and saynt Antonyne and allowe them here â— hys boke for sayntes notwithstandinge all the myschefe they haue done in castinge awaye so mayne thousaÌ„de sowles through Idolatrye aÌ„d yet neuer ceÌ„pell theÌ„ to recant at Paules nor yet his selfe for the sufferaunce of them No this ys non heresye thys It ys euen the holye father of Romes relligyon and therfor yt maye not be hyndred Oh most abhomynable workers whan wyll ye forsake yowr vngodlinesse whaÌ„ wyll ye be ashamed of synne No where caÌ„ne ther dwell anye peple but they make them captyue slaues vnto soche Idols Eyther must they be vnder the tittle of saint Thomas of acres sait Doâ—stone saynt Botolpâ—e saynt Bryde saint Magnê° saint Foster saint Gyles sait Benett saint Crowche saint Sprite or of soche other like And all thei are made but of paynters â—â—d caruers More godlynesse were in it to sett vp ther makers than theÌ„ for they are yet the creaturs of god A godlye acte was yt to seclude the bysshopp of Rome But a moche more godlie acte were yt to putt a syde hys fylthinesse For that remaineth yet still vnder the tyttle of lawdable rytes and ceremonyes and â—ewe menne are greued therwith A farre other waye went Asa Iosaphat Iehu aÌ„d Iosias the godlye kinges of Iuda and Israel to worke in destroynge the wyckednesse of Idolatrye Speciallie good Ezechi as whych brake the brasen serpent in peces that Moyses had made at the lordes coÌ„mauÌ„dement whan he se yt ones becomeÌ„ an abhominacyoÌ„ He wolde in no case at the counsell of false prestes suffre the thynge to remayne the onlye supersticyons taken awaye But he toke awaye the occasioÌ„ with the supersticyoÌ„s least they schuld ryse ageine Neuer come thinges ryghtlye to passe be owr pretenses neuer so godlye so longe as we myngle with the eternall wysdome of god ower owne carnall wysdom 3 Vvhat ys ment here by the olde baylye I can not wele tell vnlesse yt be a strete where as they suÌ„tyme dwelt whych sawe the best rewle obserued If a newe or dre were takeÌ„ in thys matter God wolde be moche better pleased 4 Now coÌ„sequentlye cometh Rycharde Lant and he also setteth hys name to thys notable worke not as the maker but as the putter forth of yt by hys prynt He ys wele contented to be vnder that venge auÌ„ce whych hangeth ouer BabyloÌ„ to gett a lyttle moneye My lorde ys hys diocesane ordinarye and bysshopp and therfor he dare be the bolder to sett hys fote where my lorde setteth hys though yt be in a fylthie soyle A sayenge there ys that as yll ys the thefe as he which setteth him a worke If Rychard lant had bene a true tenauÌ„t of the eternall lyuige god as he ys to saynt Sepulchre hys fore syght wolde haue bene moche better If he had dwelt in the newe baylie as he dwelleth in the olde he wolde haue done no soche thynge But yf both the hande and the tole of bym that maketh an Image be accursed as the lorde saith they are I thynke Richarde Lant ys not farre froÌ„ the same 5 And wher as he hath Ioyued hys prynces auctoryte vnto yt Ad imprimendum solum to bringe hym also vnder the same curse of God for I knowe God ys true of hys worde he hath played no honest maÌ„nys part nomore than hath some other more of his â—ellawes â–ª Besydes that he hath done here ageynst the glorye of god he hath dyshonoured hys kinge and dyshonested his cuntre in offerynge vnto the peple vnder his tyttle of preuylege to drynke ageine ther owne fylthie vomete of abhominable papistrye to the vtter destruccyon of ther sowles more thaÌ„ afore Lete menne of godlie knowlege iudge but accordynge to coÌ„scyeÌ„ce what lernynge this ys aÌ„d lament with heuynesse the seduccyon of Christes dere herytage Herin are they coÌ„pelled bi cruell eÌ„forcemeÌ„tes to sine the synne vnto deathe to the blasphemye of Gods name for whoÌ„ remayneth neither sacrifyce nor yet prayer but a fearfull expectacyon of iudgement without mercye The eternall father with hys sonne Iesus Christ and the holye ghost thre persones in one euerlastinge godhede redresse ones thys matter with soche other more â–ª to hys owne glorye aÌ„d the peples helthe ¶ AmeÌ„ ¶ The conclusion or Epyloge AL thys haue I done Good ChristeÌ„ reader brotherlie to admonishe the to be ware of thys cruell enemye and soche other which seketh by ther dailye craftes to robbe the of that life which thu hast in Christ Iesu Parauenture thu wilt be moued not bycause the maÌ„ne of synne ys thus sett forth in hys right colours but for that yt ys done here with soch extremyte Consydre for that the ernest veyne in the scripturs ageynst thys wycked generacyoÌ„ froÌ„ the begynnynge Both ded the holye prophetes and Apostles euermore fercely repreheÌ„de the blasphemie of the lordes name aÌ„d veryte Full are all ther prophecyes aÌ„d writynges of terryble rebukes aÌ„d thret tenynges Yea Christ owr most geÌ„tyll aÌ„d pacyeÌ„t redemer spared not to call theÌ„ straungers hyrelynges theues wolues murtherers dogges swyne adders lyars deuyls hypocrytes serpeÌ„tes oppressers destroyers tirauÌ„tes abhominacioÌ„ aÌ„ whores brode aÌ„d manye other names of great indignacioÌ„ Moche better ys yt to the ChristeÌ„ beleuer that SathaÌ„ apere Sathan aÌ„d the deuill be knowne for the deuil thaÌ„ still to lurke vnder a faire similitude of the aÌ„gell of lyght For whaÌ„ he ys ones knowne he maye sone be auoyded where as vnder a glitterynge couert he maye leade to destruccioÌ„ yea the verye elect vessels were not the lorde to theÌ„ more
merciful Thow Iesê° Christ mekelie suffred the aduersarie to remayne vnrebuked iÌ„ hys owne cause yet with fercenesse ded he reuyle hiÌ„ iÌ„ the â—Ì„rell of hys euerlastynge father and badde hym wyth no small dyspleasure auoyde Sathan All that thys Boner doth here and other lyke lecherouse locustes of Egipt yâ— to obscure the glorye of God â–ª and to demynyshe that peple whych daylye seketh yt to ther power But ther cruell enterpryse ys now all in vayne The more Pharao commaundeth the mydwyues to flee the menne chyldren of the hebrues the more they increase aÌ„d multyplye The more the peple of the lorde are oppressed the more they prospere and floryshe The more the poore blynde maÌ„ne by the waye syde froÌ„ Hierico ys forbydden to speake the more he cryeth vpon Iesus the sonne of Dauid for mercye The small grayne of mustarde sede whych ys cast into the garden wyll growe into a great tree though all the deuyls of hell saye naye to yt The lorde whych commaunded Iohan in the begynnynge of hys reuelacyon to wryte that he sawe aÌ„d in the myddes therof to seale vp the voyces of the .vii. thonderynges charged hym ageyne in the ende to suffre them to passe at large In the prymatyue churche was the gospell gredylye receyued of the vnyuersall worlde In the myddes therof whan Sathan was at lyberte was yt in a maner contempned of all menne and hypocresye takeÌ„ vp in the stede therof Now in the latter ende are menne ageyne verye desyerouse of yt and doubtlesse yt schall be receyued both of the Iewes and paganes withstande yt the aduersaryes neuer so sore If the Iewes tare ther outwarde vesturs whan they harde ther God blasphemed moche more ought we owr inwarde hartes aÌ„d to suffre owr fleshe to be torne of those terryble termagauntes of Babylon Rather ought we to dye than to leaue those Antichristes vnto wched that so depelye blasphemeth hys wholsome wayes and withstandeth hys godlye testymonyes Not by the power of prynces nor yet by the workynge of meÌ„ne but by the onlye breathe of hys mouthe whych ys hys worde by Christ alredye taught hath he ernestlye promysed to ouerthrowe in thys latter age that fylthye and false generacyon Sonner schall heauen and earthe passe than that promes passe by vnfulfylled trust vpon yt surelye The inyqytees of the Amorreanes are almost fulfylled ther vtter destruccyon at hande In non other mynde am I concernynge the reproche of thys enemye than was Helias whan he brought Baals prestes to the broke of Cyson sauynge onlye that I wolde not cutt of ther headeâ— nor yet anye other bodylye harme vnto them the lorde ys my iudge but as hys pleasure ys But in dede I wolde as manye menne more wolde rather Gods honour to regne than ther fylthye Idolatrye Hys glorye rather than ther spyrytuall vayne glorye Onlye couete I in thys ther amendement yf yt myght be â–ª referrynge all vengeaunce vnto God I wolde they ded ones cease from ouerloadynge the peples conscyences with ther wretched beggerye For doubtlesse as yet they haue done nothynge in all ther spirituall syttynges but renewed ageyne the decayed mysterye of inyquyte Loke yf thys written worke of thys holye bysshop sheweth anye other here The lerned menne of Germanye demaundeth manye tymes of ther merchauÌ„tes as they be returned home ageyne from Englande the frutes of ther newe christyanyte or newlye preached gospell there And they delyuer vnto them with no small laughter the folyshe treatyse of Iohan Standyshe ageynst Barnes the fraÌ„tyk Genealogye of heresye made by Iohan Hontyngton and the. ij â–ª draffyshe DeclaracyoÌ„s of my lorde Boner with soche other dyrtye dryselynges of Antichrist By that meanes came I by theÌ„ first of all For fewe other haue they elsthe re noâ— vndre the kynges preuylege Aâ— imprimenduÌ„ soluÌ„ but soche fylthye dregges of the deuyl the eternall father be mercy full to that peple and holde from them the promysed plage for soche vnthankefulnesse For neuer was the worde of the lorde yet sent to anye nacion aÌ„d so blasphemouslie ordred but woÌ„derfull destruccyoÌ„s hath solowed thervpon Consydre for an example the great cyte of Niniue preached vnto by Ionas NahuÌ„ aÌ„d other holye prophetes HierusaleÌ„ also whoÌ„ owr sauer Iesus Christ in his owne persone called vnto repentauÌ„ce And ye schall fynde ther afflyccions most terryble aÌ„d fearfull If soche warnynges had be geueÌ„ to Tyrus aÌ„d SidoÌ„ or to Sodom aÌ„d Gomor as hath of late dayes bene geueÌ„ vnto Englande they had receyued theÌ„ to the ameÌ„demeÌ„t of lyfe and not bene so destroyed Praye ther for vnto God ferueÌ„tlye that yt wyll ones please hym to putt yowr prince in minde as the hart of a kynge ys in the handes of God to take froÌ„ yow these dyrtie donge Hylles which neuer will geue other sauer than yssueth froÌ„ the bottomlesse pytte Alredye hath he takeÌ„ from yow by the auctoryte of Gods worde MoÌ„kes Chanons NoÌ„nes aÌ„d Fryres but styll yet remayneth all ther doctrine of deuylishnesse iÌ„ aÌ„ other blospherâ—â—use use brode Babilon ys there yet an habita 〈…〉 on of deuyls and a lodgynge of vncleane spretes Yet styll contynueth there a fylthye cage of hatefull and vene mouse byrdes with all superstycyoÌ„s lurkynge and waytynge ther tyme to hoppe ageyne at large wolde the worlde ones applye to ther myndes Do but marke the craftye cloynynge of wynchester whan he eyther preacheth or dysputeth how he clowteth the olde brokeÌ„ hooles with patches of olde papystrye sowynge them to gyther with newe subtiltees and wyles Hys chatterynge charmers a brode doth folowe the same selfe trade also sauynge that they want moche of hys craftye conueyauÌ„ce as all meÌ„ne maye beholde in the aforeseyd boke of Standyshe a wyse lerned chaplaine of hys HontyngtoÌ„ an other of hys retynewe can not amonge all hys heretyques fynde one Pope of Rome nor one false Bysshopp nor one scysmatyk Prest fryre monke nor chanoÌ„ of so manye as be in the cronycles He can not fynde out one traytour nor one sturdye Papyst as manye as hath bene of them aÌ„d are yet to thys daye Though he behelde Barnes that was brent in Smythfelde for beynge the popes enemye yet coude he se neyther Powell Abel nor Fetherston which were Gods enemyes and the kynges though they were at the next dore by No hys eye syght wolde not serue hym vpon that syde for hys holye fathers sake But I thynke hys popyshe poesyes aÌ„d scripturs most deuylyshlye peruerted are metelye wele tryed where as yt ys to the manyfestacyon of soche a shamelesse Antichrist and presumptuose Idyote The lorde gyde all faythfull hartes in the loue of hys he auenlye worde aÌ„d pacyeÌ„ce of Iesus Christ amonge those deceytfull workemenne and shortlye remoue the cloudes of darkenesse with the clere lyght of hys commynge Amen ¶ Thus endeth the Manne of synne wyth hys Dysclosynge collected
marre before they marrye 80. a Prestes geuynge the holye ghost and grace 80. b Prynce what he schall herafter do 11. a Prices what lawes they schuld make 81. a Prynces power deryued out of the pope 59. b Priscylly anystes fot fre wyll and marryage 62a 71. a Processyon vpon saturdayes 21. a. 27. a Proclamacyons abused of papystes 19. a Professyon made newlye to Antichrist 2. b. 12. a. 13. b. 30. b. 34. a. 35. b. 92. a Prouyssyons for the vowe of chastyte 69. a. 75. b Q QVarell taken for Tolwyn ryghtouslye 5. b Quarell of bysshoppes become the kynges 45. a Quarell of God fercelye defeÌ„ded of Christ 96. a Queresters of Baal are the papystes 86. a Quodcunque ligaueris condempneth the gospell 36. a R RAhab dysobeyed a wycked commaundement 81. a Raymundus the earle of Tholose 23. a Reasons ageynst the pellagyanes and gentyles 62. a Recantacyons in wycleues tyme. 2. b Recantynge what parell ys therin 3. b RecaÌ„tynge of wyllyaÌ„ Tolwyn 25. a. 29. b RelygyoÌ„ of the eÌ„glyshe churche 9. b. 34. a Rent of the stewes at Rome 68. b ReÌ„tes spirituall for whore kepynge 69. b Remelius a monke marryed 72. a Report of lerned menne concernynge Boner 50. b Resydue of the text here 45. b Respytynge of Tolwyns penaunce 37. b Reuelacyon of Antichrist traÌ„slated 47. a Rewarde of holye churche ys fyre 38. b Rewardes for the gospell preachige 17. b Rewle of scolastycall theologye 63. b Rhetorykes of the popes lawe 26. a Rycharde the .ij. kynge of Englande 89. b Rycharde nixe with his chastvowe 68. b Rycharde mekyns a ladde breÌ„t 24. a. 41. b Rycharde Tauerners postyls 54. a Rycharde lant impreÌ„ted thys worke 95. a Rytes of the churche what they are â–ª 77. b Rytes taken of the heytheÌ„ customes 78. a Robert archebysshop of canÌ„terburye 90. b Robert warde empresoned to deathe for Christ 41. b Roger acton a knyght brent 89. b S SAchell with bokes coÌ„dempned 43. a. 44. b Sacrament of the aulter 60. b Saynt antonynes psonage 15. b. 43. a. 94. â— Saynt sepulchres parryshe 93. b Sayntes inuocacyon what yt ys 86. b Sayntes what they haue graunted of popes 86. b Sathan losed after a thousande years 37. b SathaÌ„ sheweth hiselfe in Boner 93. b. 96. a Saturnus the olde God 21. b Sacryfyce of the masse 87. b Sawte bitche of my lorde Boner 79 b 80 a Scrypturs must trye all thynges 13. b Scrypturs destroyed of tyrauntes 57. b Scrypture alloweth good saynges of yll menne 58. b Scrypturs apparent that God causeth synne 63. a Scrypturs alloweth no saites honorynge 87. a Sebastianus forbode recantynge 4. a Sedycyouse are godlye meÌ„ne noted 16. a Sedycyon layd to Christ and hys apostles 26. b. 91. b SenteÌ„ces of god ageynst ceremonyes 82. b Serapion receyued the sacrament of a ladde 84. b Seruyce in Latyne made of monkes 88. a Seuen machabees and ther mother 81. a Shamelesse Antichrist ys Boner 10. a. 14. b. 34. a. Synne make they where no synne ys 28. a Synne ageynst the holye ghost 95. b Syluester the seconde pope 70. b Sixtus a pope buylded stewes 68. b Smoke alredye felt of manye 40. b Sodome and Gomor vpholden of prestes 80. a Sodomytes folowed inhybycyon of marryage 76. a Sorbonycall masters of parys 36. a Srandyshe and hontyngton papystes 12. b 87. b. 98. b Steuen stoned for the veryte 17. b Stewes of London neuer persecuted 42. a 69. a Stewes buylded of an holye pope 68. b Submyssyon and humble sure 29. a SufficieÌ„t witnesses what thei are 15 b 26 a SuperstycyoÌ„s brought in ageyne 5. a. 34. a Supper of the lorde abused 60. b Swearynge before a iudge 89. a Swearynge vpoÌ„ a boke what yt ys 90. b Swyneherde to the pope what yt ys 43 b Swyne ad beastes are the papystes 44. a 83. b T TAcyanes heretyques ageynst marryage 71. a Tartulyanystesagelst marryage 71. a Terryble mocyons and tokens 75. b Testamentes brent at Paules 58. a. 94. a Thankes wyth cappe and knee 39. b Theodocyon the Ephesyane recanted 3. b Theodosiê° toke the sacra â— his haÌ„de 84. b Thomas venatorius a lerned maÌ„ne 49. b Thomas aruÌ„dell a tyrauÌ„t 48. b 89. a Thomas beket a trayterouse bisshop 28 b 48. b 90. b Thomas of aquyne a popysshe doctor 55. a 59. b Thomas Norman a prestes sonne 73. a Thomas bilâ—â—ie the matter of christ 69. a Thomas wolseye a cardynall 86. b. 20. b Thorpe and oldecastell examyned 47. b 48. a 89. a Thousande years from Christ 37. b. 70. b Thre frutes of one aduouterye 68. a Thre partes playeih Boner 45. a 86. a Tyrannye of bysshoppes for tradycyons 3. a 57. b 74. a TyraÌ„nye of Boner for papystrye 3. a 24. a 27. b 31. a 39. b 41. a 57. b TyraÌ„nye froÌ„ wheÌ„s yt sprigeth 37. a 56. b TyrauÌ„tes plaged for destroyenge the scripturs 58. a Tythes deuocyoÌ„s aÌ„d offeringes 85. a 91. b Tokens of the true churche 16. a Tolwyn constrayned to deuye christ 3. b Tolwi declared aÌ„ heretik 21 a 44. b 46 b Tolwyn sett neuwlye to scole 26. b Tolwyn sett vpp for a sygne of coÌ„tradyccyon 41. b Tolwyn examyned as was christ 42. b Tolwi deuowred of gredye swyne 43. b Tolwin shoke forth a sachell at paules 44. b Tolwyn subscribeth for feare of burnynge 92. a Tonstall brent testamentes of christ 58. a Tradycyons made by dyuerse popes 82. a 88. a Tradycyons not allowed of christ 18. a 65. b 81. b 88. a TradicioÌ„s maie not be towched 49 79 b Tradycyons what they are 60. a 81. b Trayterye professed newlye 30. b 54. b Trayterye maynteyned preuylye 54. a Trayters make they sayntes 36. b Treason becometh the gospell 45. a 89. b TreasoÌ„ not regarded of papistes 29. b 30. a 54 a Treaty ses made of the author 8. a 37. b 40. a 87. b 90. b 99. a Two olde bokes i the bagges bottoÌ„ 57 a V VDo archebysshopp of magdeburge 75. b. Vengeaunce axeth the blood of innocentes 41. b Vertues of the holy spuÌ„alte 20. b 27. a 23 a Vyces hath the clergye to frynde 42. b Vyrgynes not marryed of prestes 80. a Voyce of Tolwi wordes of boner 44. b Vowes papystycall with the fylthye frutes 33. b. 36. b. 66. b. Vowe of chastyre brokeÌ„ 66. b. 68. a. 69 a Vowes with ther chast frutes 67. b 68. a 70. b. Vowes besydes the scrip wycked 74. b Vowes broken of manye 73. b Vowes in the old lawe what they were 74. b Vouete reddite answered 74. a. Vpholders of the popes churche 26. a Vrbanus regius a lerned maÌ„ne 51. b Vrsinus a prest marryed 73. a Vvages of the pope better thaÌ„ christ 24. b Vvalkers vndre shaddowe of the gospell 6. b Vvares of antichristes synagoge 8. b Vveddynge clerkelye coÌ„pared of Boner 79. a Vvharton of bongaye a false iustice 5. b Vvhoredome not forsworne but marriage 69. b Vvhore aÌ„d ladye with ther differeÌ„ce 31 a Vvhores abhorred of the Israelytes 69. a Vvhores for a coÌ„mon
new gate for Christ Precyouse ys the deathe of the faythfull before God The commen charyte of mytred prelates Psal 113. Math. 10. Lucae 9. Ioan. 12. Marci 8. Math. 25. The blood of these and other axeth vengeauÌ„ce An euydeÌ„t sygne of Chrystes doctrine Idols and the stewes neuer persecuted Mark the examynacyon of Annas Ioan. 18. Dyuersyte of matters herin specyfyed The fyrst coÌ„cerueth hys paryshe or peple Thys ys all of the doctryne whych he taught The bagge schuld be coÌ„deÌ„pned with the bokes Nothynge ys here seane but names The office of saynt antonynes personage Luc. 5. Matth. 7. Esa 66. Math. 15. Act. 17. Ioan. 8. Marci 2. Luc. 5. 2. Pet. 2. Apoc. 22. Ioan. 10. 1. Pet. 2. Ezech. 13. Prou. 11. Psal 36. The wordes of Tolwis voyce are my lordes Hys pontyfycall rhetoryck coÌ„ceruynge a sachell Heresyes not knoweÌ„ but to the bagge Difference of heretyques now and than My lorde playeth here 3. partes The kynges true subiectes abused Thomas waldeÌ„ in prologo primi li â–ª coÌ„tra wic leuistas Equiuocacyon of thys mystycall â–ª terme bagge A tokeÌ„ of remeÌ„brauÌ„ce ageynst an other tyme. The bagge knoweth more thaÌ„ we The feruent zele of my lorde for holye churche In custodye and out of custodye The popes sworne benefactours London as fortunate as rome A mystesterye left here vndysoussed Names of bokes but nothynge els The olde faythe aÌ„d beleue of holy churche Gal. 4. Lucae 13. Math. 15. Ioan. 8. Ioan. 14. Ioan. 1. Esa 55. My lorde halteth at the fyrst My lorde breaketh couenauÌ„t The bokes that IohaÌ„ frith coÌ„pyled The reuelacyon of antichryst translated by Iohan Frith The examynacyoÌ„ of master VvyllyaÌ„ Thorpe The chefe artycles theryn coÌ„preheÌ„ded Ser Iohan oldecastel the lorde cobham Artycles coÌ„tayned cheflye in hys examynacyoÌ„ Sore matters to be condeÌ„ned My lorde coÌ„deÌ„neth the kynge Lyke ys my lorde to the olde brutes of Babylon Euermore persecute our bysshops with Cai phas An easye part hath my lorde played he re The olde God and the newe God ys he re named onlye to hys condempnacyon Rydleyes commentaryes vpon Paule to the Ephesyanes Tradycyons maye not be touched Nothynge coÌ„meth from my lorde but condemp nacyon More bokes spott'd with heresye Thomas Venatorius i Pau lum ad Ti motheum The principall con tentes of that godlye worke The ryght office of a christeÌ„bys hoppe Huldricus Zuinglius de prouidentia Dei The conteÌ„tes of that famouse and excol lent worke Marke what my lordehath here condemned All condemneth he with outrespect The report of dyuerse lerned meÌ„n â— God fouÌ„de amonge heretyques ys coÌ„deÌ„pned God beareth no rewle amoÌ„ge byshops Psal 118. Mat. 28. 4. cathechysmes of faythe Philippus Melanchton compyled the fyrst Vrbanus Regiê° made the seconde Balthasar Pacimontanus made the iij. Erasmus Sarcerins coÌ„pyled the forth Rebukes geueth the bysshops for godlynesse Hier. 10. Math. 23 The wolfe chaseth the poor laÌ„be 〈◊〉 styll Bartholomeus west hemerus a lerned maÌ„ne Conciliatio sacrae scripturae Christ ys condempned of my lorde Vvhat ys to be seane in that godlye volume Ioan. 5. Esa 50. Math. 15. Luc. 6. Martyn Lutherma de the couÌ„terfett bysshoppe 1. Tim. 3. Esa 1. Apoc. 18. The coÌ„fessyoÌ„ of the Germanes Math. 7. Esaye 50. Phil. 3. Math. 33. All godlynesse condempneth Bonner Vvith all that ower kynge hath done The postilles of Richarde taverner Nothynge seck the bysshops but destruccyon of sowle Bokes of pystryeaÌ„ 〈…〉 treasoÌ„ no 〈…〉 coÌ„deÌ„pned 〈…〉 Treaso 〈…〉 ys non h 〈…〉 resye bu 〈…〉 onlye th 〈…〉 scripturs Iohan Eckius with hys Enchirydion The ghostlye treasure ther in coÌ„tayned To lerne therwith to make trayters a pace Necessarye doctrine for holye churche harry pep well stokyslayes prouider The auctor suspended for prechynge the gospell Other bokes els of the seyd papyst Eckius More lousye doctors of the same leuen At these canthe bysshops wike A boke of prayer made by Martin luther Bonner wyl proue hymself a fowle lyer Legenda aurea â–ª with ora pro nobis God and all hys coÌ„maundementes coÌ„dempned here God myght haue thankes to take luther awaye The dore of holye scriptur ys Christ Ioan. 10. Ioan. 10. Treno 3. Col. 3. 2. Tim. 3. Exod. 7. Psal 2. Act. 4. Hier. 26. Math. 26. A tyttle offerynge moche godlynesse condeÌ„pned Postille Antonij â–ª Coruini vtiles necessarie No ryght preachynge but sensynge of Images the newe maÌ„ner of preachynge now a dayes The auncyeÌ„t workes of holy church the newe postyl of IohaÌ„ Eckius Two olde written bokes without name Vertuouse educacion is become heresye Arist 2. de aia 1. coeli The age of Iohan fryth Esa 1. Gen. 9. Iohan. 10. 4. reg 23. Hiere 36 1. math 1. Ioan bachonis .3 senteÌ„ dist 20. Tonstall burned the testamentes in englyshe Hiere 22. 4. reg 24 3. para 36 Math. 1. 1. math 6 petrus coÌ„mestor li. 19. cap. 16 Boner aÌ„d Tonstall vnder the lordes veÌ„geaunce Num. 24 â–ª 1. reg 26. Ioan. 11. Lucae 6. 1. cor 12. Esay 5 55. Mich. 7. Zach. 11. Ioan. 16. Esa 5. Psal 54. A blynde reÌ„naunt must styll holde vp Babylon Psal 52. Ezech. 10 Esa 44. Hiere 18. Ioan. 12. Math. 10. Ioan. 12. Ioan. 16. Not one of the doctours are without errours Thomas of aquine with hys affinite AdaÌ„ cardinalis in dialogo regis episcopi Thomas waldenê° coÌ„tra wic leuistas .l. 2. IdeÌ„ waldenuscontra wicle uistas lib. 2. cap. 78 The canoÌ„ lawe and ceremonies tryed bi the scripturs Math. 16. Esa 59. Hiere 23. Sopho. 1. Ezech. 4. 1. Tim. 4. Matt. 24. A preteÌ„ce of godlynesse to coloure ther myschefe They coÌ„trarye christes instytucioÌ„ The papystes blaspheme the sacrament Hebr. 13. Psal 50. Rom. 12. Deut. 12. Esa 65. Apoc. 18. Collo 2. Osee 4. Osee 10. Esa 2. Apoc. 6. Math. 26. 1. Cor. 11. â—stes preche vnto walles aÌ„d wyndowes 1. Cor. 11 Hebr. 6. Math. 20. Luc. 18. Hebr. 7. 9. 13. 1. Pet. 3. Ephes 5 The other sacramentes Apoc. 2. Ioan. 10. Hiere 13. The artycle of maÌ„nys fre wyll they seke to depresse the ryghtousnesse of god Augustinê° de ver bis apostoli Augustinus in soliloquijs Cap. 15. Fre onlye in bodily thynges 2. cor 3. Rom. 14. Ioan. 1. 1. Cor. 4. Here. 10. Rom. 7. Prou. 25. Phil. 2. The papystes boro of the pelagyanes and Manychees All one are they in opynyon with the anabaptistes Esay 44 Ephc. 1. Iacob 2. Math. 10. Ioan. 14. Rom. 9. Hypocrytes geue al to theÌ„selues An olde argumeÌ„t of pelagius Augustinusi hypo gnostioc versus finem God is not the causer of synne Iaco. â— Chrisostomus Hom. 4. super Ioannem 2. reg 16. Prou. 16. Esa 54. 3 reg 22. Rom. 1. Eccl. 11. Amos. 3. Nune. 23. 2. para 19 Michaell bononien in 2. sent Hie. 18. Rom. 9. Prou. 15. Eccl. 3. Esa 38. My lorde bonerproueth hymselfe a fowle lyar Alwayes hath antichrist a shamelesse face Daniel 8 All these are good workes and requiaed in those bokes Ther monye