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

Rome and al true Christian men and to find this heresie that this Sacred host is accident withouten subiect or nought sith this is not taught openlie in holie writ and reason and wit is against this and Austin in 3. or 4. great books saies expresly that none accident maie be withouten subiect and al wise Philosophers accorden here with Austin Lord what should moue Christ Almightie al wittie wel willing to hide this beleefe of Friars by a thousand yeare neuer to teach his Apostles and so manie Saints the right beleefe but to teach first these Hypocrits that comen never into the Church til the soule F●…end Sathanas was vnbounden Hereby shoulden al Christiā men know the Friars he resie and not receiue them into there houses before that they confesseden vnder there general Seale the right beleefe of Christian men and had forsaken there old heresie Cap. 17. There excesse in buil ding of great Churches and costly houses Cloisters ALso Friars builden many great Churches costly waste houses and Cloisters as it were Castles and that without need where thorough Parish Churches and common waies beene paired and in manie places vndone And so they teachen in deed that men shoulden haue heritage and dwelling Citie in earth forget Heaven against S. Paul For by this new housing of Friars though it raine on the Auter of the Parish Church the blind people is so deceiued that they will rather giue to waste houses of Friars then to Parish Churches or to common waies though men cattle and beasts beene perished therein Before that Friars comen in there was more people and the earth more plenteous and then were Churches enowgh What skil is it now to make so much cost in new building and let old parish Churches fal downe And if mē sayen that in these great Churches God is fayre served certes great houses make not men holie and onlie by holinesse is God wel serued For in heauen that was so faire Lucifer serued God vntruely and so did Adam in Paradise And Iesu saies that tho great Temple of Hierusalem that was a house of prayer and sometimes Gods house was made a den of thiefes for couetous preachers dwelliden therein But Iob serued Gode full wel on the Dunghil and so did Adam out of Paradise and Christ before when he prayed in hills and desarts and baptisteke And therfore Christ and his Apostles made no great Churches ne Cloisters but wenten fro countrie to countrie preaching the Gospel and teaching men to doe there almes to poore men and not to wast houses For Christ tawght men to praie in spirit and truth that is in good wil and deuotion and holie liuing And to destroie this hypocrisy he ordained the Temple of Hierusalem showld be destroied for sinne done therein Cap. 18. Friars teaching the vow of obedience contrary to Gods law FRiars also destroien obedience of Gods Lawe and magnifien singular obedience made to sinful men and in case to divels which obedience Christ ensampled neuer nether in himselfe ne in his Apostles For by teaching of S. Paul each man owght to be subiect to other in the dread of Christ that is in as much as he teaches them Gods wil no man showld obey more to anie man And euer the more that a mā were the more showld he thus meeke himself as Christ did to al his Apostles But Friars tellen nowght by this obedience but if they maken singular profession to sinful fooles that manie times teachen and commanden them against Gods wil and sayen that in such thinges as ben not expresly commanded ne forfended in Gods law they should algats doe after there Soueraines yea thowgh it be vnwi●…tinglie against Gods wil And sith it is appropred to the holy Ghost to giue ful counsel in such points they maken there sinful Priours euen with the holy Ghost And where they showld bee gouerned in such doutie points by the holy Ghost they leauen his counsel and ruling many times and taken them to the ruling of a sinful foole and in case a damned fiend in hel And thus they leauen obedience that Christ tawght and ensampled as vnperfit not sufficient praysen more fained obedience to sinnfull fooles that they taken of there owne presumption as if such fools had founden perfiter obedience then euer did Christ God and mam Cap. 19. How they forsake the perfection of ther order for wordly respects ALso Friars forsaken perfection of there order for worship of the wordle and couetise and beene not suffren to take the freedome of the Gospell for to preach Gods word to the people For Friars ben made Byshops yea many times by Simonie sworē strongly to goe and preach and conuert heathen men and leauen this Ghostlie office and beene Suffragans in England and robben men by extortions as in punishing of sinne for money suffren men to lie in sinne fro yeare to yeare for an annuel rent and so in hollowing of Churches and Church-yards and Auters and commonly al other Sacraments for money And thus these Friars Byshopps liuen commonly euer after in Simonie pride and robberie and thus they beene exempt by Caiphas Byshoppricke fro all good obseruances of Godes lawe and of there owne order and bee free to liue in sinne and to robbe our land and envenime it by manie cursings And so they bearen out first the golde of our lande to Aliens and sometimes to our enemies to get of Antichrist this false exemption euer after liue in robbing of poore men maintainen much sin cursing simonie that is passing heresie And other Bishops of thē that haue Dioceses in this land forsaken povertie and penance and obedience for they looken to be Masters of al Friars of that order in this land and to liue in pride lusts of there flesh idlenes and spoiling of the people more subtilly thē other And thus a Friar shal dwel in Courts of Lords and Ladies to be there Confessour and not displease them for nothing though they liuen in never so cursed sins for to liue in his lusts and to get falselie mucke to Antichrists covent let poore men of there almes and thereto he shal haue leaue commaundement vpon vertue of obedience but he shal no leaue haue to go generallie about in the world and preach truelie the Gospel without begging and liue an open poore and iust life as Christ and his Apostles didden For this were destroying of there fained order And therefore they louen more pride covetise lustes of there owne flesh then the worship of God and heale of mans soule And thus they maken sacrifice to Lucifer to Mammon and to there owne stinking bellie Cap. 20. There rotten habit esteemed aboue Christs bodie ALso Friars praisen more there rotten habit then the worshipful body of our Lord Iesu Christ. For they teachen Lordes and namelie Ladies that if they dien in Fraunces habit they shall never come in