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The apology of Iohan Bale agaynste a ranke papyst anuswering both hym and hys doctours, that neyther their vowes nor yet their priesthode areof the Gospell, but of Antichrist. Anno Do. M.CCCCC.L. A brefe exposycyon also upo[n] the .xxx chaptre of Numerii, which was the first occasion of thys present varyaunce. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.
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Bale, John, 1495-1563.
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grounde To kepe a vowe that is lawfullye made is a commaundemeÌ„t of Gods law natural and so commauÌ„ded in hys moral lawe and also in his Euangelical law And is not a ceremony or a shaddowe as yow saye And is conteyned vnder the seconde commaundement Non assumes nomen Dei tui in vanuÌ„ Thus dyd I alwayes conceyue of the doctours befor If nature abhorre that one man should breake promyse wyth an other muche more it abhorreth that a man shoulde breake promyse wyth hys Lorde God Ecclesiastes saith Ca. l. Si quid vouisti Deo noÌ„ moreris reddere Displicet enim ei infidelis et slulâ—â— promissio Sed quodcumque voueris redde Multoque melius est non vouere quam post votum promiss a non reddere Responsio My grounde is so sure so stedy and so stronge that neyther yow your dreaming doctours your dyrty dawbers nor yet all the deuyls of darkenes which hath mainteyned your cursed generacion in all kyndes of deceyte sens the dayes of Cain shal be able ones to remoue it As IohaÌ„ Baptist in the wyldernesse declared the comminge and offyce of Christ he begaÌ„ne by and by to buylde vpon thys fouÌ„dacion By Moyses sayth he was the lawe fyrst gyueÌ„ but grace and veryte commeth only by Iesus Christe Iohan. i. In stede of the lawe he hath giuen vs a Gospel of fre forgiuenes and a sauyng veryte in stede of vnprofitable shadowes Christ hath gyuen it also to vs as a grounde to buylde vpon that the lawe prophetes were no longar in force thaÌ„ vnto the tyme of Iohan Baptist Mat. xi Ther they ceased ther were they fully discharged and went no further S. Paule saith that the lawe wurketh pre Rom. iiii The lawe is a power of synne i. Cori. xv The law bryngeth no man to perfeccyon Heb. vii By the lawe is no man iustyfyed Roma iii. We are not vndre the law saith he but vnder grace Roma vi If we be ledde by the sprete thaâ— are we no subiectes to the lawe Gala. v. Christ is the ende of the lawe and a ful ryghteousnesse to theÌ„ that beleue Roma x. Thys foundacion of myne wyll not be puffed awaye wyth all your sophystycal blastes for it is not builded vpon the sande but vpon the harde rocke Math. vii The power of hell shall not preuayle agaynst it Math. x. Now come I to your specialtees as burdens mystes and shadowes of the lawe Christ earnestly promised not only to take from vs the heauye burthens of the lawe and of synne if we resort vnto hym but also to refreshe vs wyth hys Gospel which is a law of lyberte S. Iames sayth and to gyue vnto our consyences a perfyght quietnesse in hym Math. xi S. Paule wylleth al Christes seruauntes to stande fast in the lyberte wherwyth Christ hath made them fre and not to wrappe themselues agayne in the yoke of bondage as are ceremonyal vowes for so many ar gone froÌ„ Christ as think to be instified by any point of y e law Gal. v. The false teachers S. Peter saith which bryugeth in daÌ„pnable sectes by vowes lyuynge at pleasure in all deceyuable waies by vowes ar clouds carried about of a teÌ„pest by those vowes to whoÌ„ is reser ued y â— mist of darkenesse for euer ii Per. ii The law saith s. Paule had but a shadow of good thinges to come not the thinges themselues in theyr owne proporcion for it rather sygnified sumwhat than braught thynges to effecte Hebre. x. Christ hath brokeÌ„ downe y â— walle which was a stoppe betwene vs and the Iewes and hath also put away through hys flesh the cause of hatred that is to say the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in y e law written Ephe. ii He hath abolyshed vtterly the hande writing of obligacioÌ„ that was agaynst vs conteyned in the law written and clerely taken it out of y e way fastening it to hys crosse Collo ii What ground wyl ye nowe haue to proue your ceremonyall vowes no heauy burdens no cloudy mystes no darke shadowes and so not abrogated by Christ whan thys grounde wyll not holde them but vtterly reiecte them Heauen and earth shal passe but thys doctryne wyl neuer be founde vntrue dispute what ye can to the contrary for your beggerly vowes Take that grounde awaye ye say and than wyl al the rest fal which is knylded therupoÌ„ And it is truth in dede I am glad we haue broughte yow to that conclusyon But your heade is so madde that ye wyl not there staye but folowe on styl fourth in your frenesy Ye can fynde it now that to kepe avowe that is lawful ly made whych can not of your vowes he veryfyed is a commaundement of god Afore ye coulde not fynde it in Anna and the Nazarees I see it wel now that ye can at your pleasure both fynde and not fynde But ye haue stretched your gâ—atte so farre that he must nedes burste no remedy Ye saye the obseruacyon of vowes is commaunded of God in the lawes natural moral and Euangelicall It is sonner sayde than proued Of lykelyhode ye are some prothonotary of Rome that ye wold your wurdes to be beleued without reasonable proues It is like here to remaiue for a fabulouse lye tyll ye hane proued it by the scriptures a lawe of commaundemeÌ„t in the lawe of nature And also tyl ye haue made it good that the ceremonials and iudicials of Moyses lawe are all one wyth with the morral preceptes and the Gospel Ye saye that obseruacion of vowes is neither ceremony nor shadowe It was both whan vowes were in strengthe that is to saye for the tyme of Moyses lawe If ye thynke them now chaunged bryng fourth your honest probacyons and ye shall be heard If ye haue none other thyng to stay it by but the seconde commaundement ye are farre wyde For thys is y e seconde coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of god Non facies tibi sculptile Thu shalt make the no grauen image Exodi xx Thys helpeth not your matter but vtterly confoundeth it For vowes are lyke as ymages are wurkes onely of maÌ„s ymaginacion wythout commaundement of God For ye haue grauÌ„ted al this time that they are wurkes voluntarye and so haue ye dyffyned them If ye ment the thyrd commaundement Non assumes nomen Domini Dei tui in vanum Thu shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vame than were ye fowly deceyued to take the thyrd for the secoÌ„d It is a playne token that ye are much better exercysed in the Iewyshe ceremonies than in Gods holye commaundementes whan ye knowe not the one froÌ„ the other In dede I wolde wyshe ye were suÌ„what wyser Thys thyrd commaundement wyl not serue your turne for it pertayneth to swearing not to vowyng as Christ hath expownded it If ye take vowynge for a kynde of swearing than hath Christ vtterly dyscharged yow by this