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A06490	A boke made by a certayne great clerke, agaynst the newe idole, and olde deuyll whiche of late tyme, in Misnia shulde haue ben canonysed for a saynt.; Wider den neuen Abgott un alten Teufel, der zu Meissen soll erhoben werden English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.	1534 (1534)	STC 16962; ESTC S106355	20,742	82

honour and worshyppynge of sayntes mēcyoned in the scripture agayne on the other syde howe easye and howe redy a thyng that true worshippyng of sayntes is / which is spirytuall that is to wytte suche as Paule doth wryte to the Romanes in the .xv. Chapytre whan he saythe Gyue parte of your goodes to the necessyte of sayntes / agayne preuente eche one of you another with honoure / agayne lette euery man esteme another man at more than he dothe esteme his owne selfe THis onely is to worshyppe sayntes duely to the glorye honoure of god For in asmoche as we are the tēples of god euery mā ought to submytte hym selfe to his neyghboure and to worshyppe god in that tēple / to gyue place vnto hym / to loue hym / to deale kyndly and louyngly with hym / and yf he may at any tyme to prouoke hym vnto better thin ges Nowe these thyngꝭ are not done I suppose with shouelles or spades couered with syluer nor yet with gylte rakes And wold god those men whiche do consecrate and canonyse Benno with the other sayntꝭ wold here gyue eare vnto me wold suffre them selfes to be monisshed with these wordes Tell me who knoweth whether these thynges be true or not Doubtles this thynge can not be denyed that al that costly ordenaūce and all that expence and all that labour with the honoure and veneracyon brefely what soeuer such maner thynge shall be bestowed in Misnia is neyther so wel bestowed nor is so acceptable vnto god as it shuld be yf any man dyd gyue vnto a poore chrysten man a dyner or a garmēt Ye that thynge is rather vn pleasaunte vnto almyghty god is honourynge of the deuyll and this thynge is spirytuallye acceptable to god and hatefull to the deuyll For god hath commaunded this thinge and the other thynge he dothe not knowe at all Howe many thousandes of ducates dost thou suppose or thynke that Benno hathe cosre besydes that he shal cost in tyme to come with whiche beynge cast awaye euery one of them before god not without his great indy gnacyon angre so many very sayntes myghte haue ben holpen and fedde / doste thou not suppose that god with his aungels wyll tourne them selfes vnto that place where some good man the same day had pytie and compassyon of some chrysten mā beynge in necessytie or afflyccyō and wyll leaue Misnia behynde theyr backe where Bēno is tour mented and afflycted I wolde haue sayd is made a saynt whā shall we ones begyn to be wyse Howe often tymes shall we nede to repete one thynge why doste thou not euen by comen reason lerne whether it is better to do almes vpon poore sayntes that are a lyue or els vpon this that some man that deed is myght be made a saynte whiche hathe no nede at all of suche humanytie kyndnes And yf it be better and more profytable to bestowe it vpon poore lyuynge creatures why are we suche nygardes so scase in layeng forth of our money here in this thynge A folysshe and dysordred liberalytie and so prodygal lauysshe in the other thynge But certaynely the iudgementes of god are vpryght ryghtuous / that is to wytte that where it dothe greue vs to bestowe tenne florence frelye for nought vpon the very sayntes which thynge shulde be most acceptable and pleasaunte to god that there the deuyll shuld make vs so madde with the spiryte of Gedynes and shulde so handell vs that we do not doubte wastefullye to bestowe golden spades and rakes yea and otherwhyles a thousande florēnes vpon deed mennes bones and besydes this to seche and purchase vnto our selfes al kynde and maner of calamytie and indygnacyon But wretches haue neyther delyte to here these thynges neyther to be leue thē But be it so / yet doubtles it can not be auoyded but the we must nedes ones here haue experyence of it thoughe we do neuer so moche put of from morowe to morowe / We do seche shame and therfore we shal also fynde shame and rebuke whiche verylye is euen nowe at hande Besydes this to adde this also though those thynges also were true whiche are reported of the sygnes and myracles of Benno and that the sayd myracles were of effecte wrought of god hym selfe by Bēno though these myracles I saye were wroughte euen for the gospell sake so as Chryst dothe promyse in the last chapitre of Marke which thīge in very dede can neuer be ꝓued yet for all that we oughte not so folysshely so rasshely nor with so madde a begynnyng to leape forthe so hastelye to consecrate canonyse sayntes For such maner sygnes myracles thoughe they do neuer so moche declare the holynesse of a mannes lyfe / before the workynge of them yet can they not assure vs put vs out of doubt whether the same man dyd cōtynewe stedfast and holye also in his deth or els not The iudgementes of god For asmoche as the iudgementes of god are hydde vtterlye meruaylous and dredefull / For he hym selfe sayth in the .vii. chapytre of Mathewe Many men shall saye to me lorde haue we not in thy name caste forthe deuylles wrought many myraclas And than I shall answere vnto theym Go from me you workers of iniquitie THese forsoth are farre greater more sure vndoubted myracles than are those whiche Benno hathe wrought / and Chryste also dothe acknowlege them yet for all that he doth cōdempne the persones by whome they were wrought To the same effecte and purpose Moyses also dothe wryte in the .xiii. chapypytre of Deuteronomium that god dothe permytte and suffre myracles to be wrought by false prophetes to th entent to tempte and proue his people False prophetes Wherfore it maketh nothynge to the purpose though any saynt do worke myracles after his deathe at his graue / For who knoweth whether god doth proue vs and trye our faythe by those myracles the holy man ī the meane season beynge condempned at the tyme of his dethe Lykewyse as were thē false ꝓphetes in theyr lyfe tyme. But in especyall this is a suspecte thynge whan those myracles are wroughte to th ende that throughe theym holye lyfe in dede may be cōmended but not that the faythe and worde of god maye be confyrmed And suche for the moost parte are all the myracles of this Benno of which there is nothynge that dothe appertayne to the confyrmacy on of the word of god but onelye to his ceremonyes his prayours / to the gloryes bostes of the churche of the Misnianes / and fynally to the pompes and auctoryte power of the church of Rome / Do you not thynke it to be an excellente myracle that Balaam as it is wryten in the. Balaam xxiiii chapytre of Numeri whether he wolde or not was cōpelled to preache the worde of god and to blysse the chyldren of Israell Was it not also a meruayle that

sayntes / as that Misnicall Episcopall wrytte dothe teache vs by this place of the scrypture Laudate dūm in sanctis suis For I lyste not here to reherse leste I myghte seme to tedyous howe those men for the most parte are not wonte to prayse god in his sayntes which do honour sayntes and do praye vnto them but contrarye wyse do farre dyshonoure and blaspheme god / For they do put theyr hope and theyr truste in the sayntes / which thyng what is it els than to forsake the faythe / to denye god / and to set vp the sayntes for an Idole of whiche mater we haue suffycyentlye treated in another place They allege also that place in the xv chapitre of Iob. Voca et ad aliquem sanctorum conuertere / that that is to saye Call The place of Iob is evpouned and declared and tourne the to some of the sayntes FOr those papistes are so blyn de and so folysshe hardy that yf it happen them to fynde this worde sancti in any place therof they wyll forthwith confyrme and establysshe the veneracyons and merytes of sayntes euen as ryghtfully as they go aboute to proue purgatorye yf in any place they do fynde this worde fyre or this worde purgatorye / or els to proue holye water yf they may fynde this worde water in the scrypture But as for this place of Iob vnderstande it thus that Elyphas dothe reproue the good mā Iob of synne euen for this cause that god had punysshed hym / for he saythe Call I beseche the euen one and loke about vnto some of the sayntes AS who shulde saye / God neuer punysshed any holy mā / neyther cannest thou shewe that euer any of the sayntes hathe ben afflycted whiche waye soeuer thou do tourne the. But seynge that god dothe punysshe the so sore it is vndoubted that thou arte no holy mā but a wycked and a synfull man Here I beseche the consydre howe gayly they haue wrested these wordes to the veneracyon of sayntes They haue no cōsyderacyon nor no regarde in the worlde vnto any maner thynge but what soeuer they haue thought and put posed ī theyr owne mynde there is no remedye but that the thynge muste nedes strayte wayes for theyr pleasure be contayned in the scrypture The thyrde place is the .xx. chapytre of the prouerbes It is ruyne and destruccion to a man for to deuoure a saynt and afterwarde to seche vowes / the wordes in laten are these Ruina est homini deuorare sanctum et postea querere vota HEre in the stede of this worde deuorare they do rede deuotare to th entent that so yf god be pleased the auctoryte of sayntes shulde be establysshed But the true texte as the Authour left it is this Laqueus est homini exprobrare rem sacrā et post ea vota q̄rere That is to saye it is a stumbelynge stocke sure vndoubted destruccy on to a mā to corrupte pollute holye thynges and holye wordes and than afterwardꝭ to desyre to be accōpted holye because of his ceremonyes sacryfyces workꝭ As for exāple the Papistes whiche whan they do psecute the worde of god what soeuer thynge els is holy ī very dede yet neuertheles they do in the meane season say masses do many good dedꝭ thynkyng nothyng at all to chaunge theyr wycked state of lyuynge ones to make an ende to destroye and deuoure holy thyngꝭ But nowe whan they are broughte to that poynte that they can not by the auctoryte of scripture ī any wyse proue the sayntes are to be prayed vnto or to be accompted for medyatours but cleane cōtrary the scrypture dothe proue fortyfye that there is none other medyatour or intercessoure than that onely medyatour intercessoure Chryst Iesu Chryste as Paule doth teache ī many other places but spirytually in the .iii. .v. chapi to the Romanes in the .ii. chap. of the fyrst epystell to Timothe they yet as becōmeth valyaūte men do not gyue ouer theyr hold but do sech some way by which they may escape out put by the scriptures frō thē self ꝭ For this word mediator say they is taken two maner wayes / one waye it is taken for a satysfactory mediator / or a satisfactor Another waye it is taken for an intercessorye medyatour or an intercessor Nowe to speake of a satysfactory mediator or meane there is but onely one / that is to wytte Chryste whiche hathe satisfyed for vs / but the sayntes after theyr myndes shall be accompted intercessorye mediatours Nowe yf any man do aske of them where these thynges are had in the scryptures than forthwith they lay agaynst vs the auctoryte of holye churche The churche that is to wytte of theyr owne selfꝭ whome the holy ghoste doth not suffre to erre any thyng at all These men saye they are of this opynyon and do thynke thus ergo it is thus howe be it yf they shulde playe the fooles thus in theyr scoles it shulde be called petitio principii whā they ought to proue that sayntes are mediatours whiche the scrypture dothe in no place teache But yet neuerthelesse they procede forthe on / euen as thoughe the mater were nowe proued and knowen for vndoubted they do of theyr owne brayne ymagyne two kyndes or sortes of medyatours Therfore whan thou hearest any such maner thyng thou mayste well knowe the wolfe by his voyce The holy ghoste For the holy ghoste teacheth nothyng which is not prescrybed in the scrypture / as Chryst saythe He shall teache you al thynges and he shall brynge into your remembraunce all thynges what soeuer I haue sayd vnto you ANd so at lengthe it shall be made open and manyfest that this tragedy whiche is played concernynge Benno in Misnia is played onelye by mere lyes deceytes of the deuyll bothe in wordes and also in dedes / wherfore loke thou that thou do take hede to thy selfe and thinke thus in thy mynde / thoughe we do graunte also these thynges to be true and vndoubted yet that not withstandyng syth it is a thynge not greatly profytable and whiche thou mayste be without full well se that thou do kepe thy money to the releuyng and helpyng of thy chyldren and of poore folkes whiche haue pryncypallye nede therof / and vpon whome it shal be best bestowed But nowe moche more thou oughtest to do this sythe it is euydent and vndoubted that this thynge is not onely vnprofytable but also falsely fayned deceyteful playnly deuelysshe / yea cōsydre and loke well vpon the fasshyon of them thyne owne selfe yf thou wylte whiche yf they dyd any thyng at all vnfaynedly and hartelye entende and seche the hououre and glorye of god of sayntes without doubt they shulde fynde mo than two thousande occasyons by whiche they myghte succoure and releue theyr neyghboure / of whiche euery one shulde be syxe hundred tymes more cōmendable thā all that pompe royalte wherwith Benno was trāslated and made a saynt But nowe seynge that they dyspysynge theyr neyghbour and nothyng regardynge his necessyte are all togyther set vpon this thynge euery man may easely perceyue that they are blynde madde and by the canonisacyon of Benno do seche theyr owne profyte and glorye thy money How be it I do hope that they are come after that tyme Prouerbes as it is cōmenly said in the prouerbe and that they haue all in vayne spredde a nette before the byrdes iyes as Salamon sayth in the fyrste chapytre of the prouerbes But yf thou wyll worshyppe sayntes duelye prayse them worthelye thou shall do thynge as farre forthe as the ensamples of scryptures shall teache prescrybe vnto the The forme maner of worshyppyng of sayntꝭ of whiche scriptures thou mayste se after what maner the grace the benefytes whiche haue ben gyuen of god vnto the sayntes are propowned and layed forthe before god whether it be in peticyon or in thankes gyuynge or els in complaynte / as for example Moyses prayeth in the .xxxiii. chapitre of Exodi whā he sayth Remembre Abraham Isaac and Iacob to whom thou haste sworne c. And Salomon in the .xxxi. psalme / lorde remembre Dauid and all his calamytie And Chryst vpon the crosse sayd that verse of the .xxi. psalme Our fathers haue hoped in the and haue ben delyuered But I am a worme c. And in the .xlv. psalme O god we haue harde with our eares and our fathers haue tolde vs the worke that thou haste wrought vpon them ANd in many other places of the scrypture / here thou seyste that no saynte is prayed vnto / but that god is praysed in them whiche dyd promyse vnto them such maner benefytes and hathe fulfylled his promyse to th entent that he wolde monisshe and teache vs that suche maner grace ought with all confydence to be asked and hoped of hym alone / vnto thobtaynyng wherof that faythfull and onely mediator is suffycyent yea more than suffycyent / that is to wytte Iesus Chryste of all sayntes moost holy To whome onely with the father the holy ghoste be prayse glorye for euermore Amen Thus endeth the worke made agaynst the false canonysacyon of Benno the bysshoppe ☞ Translated and prynted in Englysshe in the yere of our lorde god a thousande CCCCC xxxiiii ☞ ❧ ☜ ☞ ☜ ❧ ❧ Imprynted by me Robert Wyer dwellynge in saynt Martyns parysshe besydes charynge Crosse ¶ Cum priuilegio ❧ ❧ ☞ ☜