remembred nor yet they that styll occupye their landes And that are all puffed vp prelates with persones vicars and curates And hardelye lete not syr hugh holye water swynger be forgotten amonge theÌ„ The throwinge a syde of the sacred scripturs and the false deceyuinge of the poore laboringe manne shuld seme also to be twygges of the same braunche and sprayes of the same sprygge yea and to be sumwhat afore wylfulnesse in this generacion And therfore Pantolabê° is but a â—ole and foloweth to moche the counsell of dame ignorauÌ„ce in the descripcioÌ„ of this Genealogie or els he is a parciall frinde to wylfulnesse And I thinke that be the verie cause in dede This sure holde also he hath vpon his syde that painters poetes and Rome toÌ„ners maye lye by auciorite 4 The text whiche he hathe torne out of Salomons prouerbes vult et non vult piger proueth nothinge to the purpose that sluggishnesse and slouthe begate wylfulnesse More honeste were it for him that dame ignoraunce were farder of from his elbowe whan he shall sett his handes to the scripturs Sathan in y â— desert neuer bestowed Angelis suis Deus maÌ„ dauit dete more vnclarkelye than this text is here bestowed Salomons mynde is that y â— sluggarde wold fayne haue but it cometh not so vnto him where as the diligent labourer is habundauntlye suffysed For thus standeth y â— text after the truer translacion Concupiscit anima pigri et non est ei quod optat But as the sainge is the full fedde sowe seketh myre the vyle vermine corrupcion as Pantolabus hath done here the corrupt translacion for his purpose And yet will it not serue for slouthe to beget wilfulnesse though he turne it .xxiiii. wayes as fryre martyn ded his desardes hart Wonderfullye now a dayes are the scripturs handeled in Englande yet are there non heretyques on that syde of the waye For how can a papist be an heretyque to his hinderaunce whan papistes weare styll myters and robes It foloweth in the same chapter Astutus omnia agir cum consilio qui autem factuê° est aperit stulticiam A wyse manne doth all with discressioÌ„ but a foole declareth his folye But this coude not Pantolabus fynde out w t other godlye couÌ„sels there meÌ„cioned Wherfore his part here after is lyke to be sumwhat y â— worse A mysterye 1 Vvylfulnesse verelye Nygh cosyne to heresye 2 Begate myschefe Father of vvyclefe 3 Vvhich ded bringe inne His grand father synne 4 Qui facit peccatum ex diabolo est quoniam ab inicio diabolus peccat Ioan. 3. The openinge 1. DIuerslye doth this popishe poete resemble himselfe alwayes as blynde as a byttle and wotteth not wele which waye to wandre yet will he styll forewarde with his pedlarie wares Wilfulnesse he saith whoÌ„ he hath preferred here in his Genealogye to his other brethern I am sure for some olde familyar acquayntaunce beynge nigh cosyne to heresye begate mischefe It shuld seme here vnto me that Pantolabê° is not verie wele seane in genealogyes or els he daunseth withe Iacke of Bedlem a voluntarye rounde or a galearde at his pleasure For here he calleth heresye cosyne to wylfulnesse and yet he is .vi. degrees afore him yea and to make his owne asynishe rudenesse more manifest therin he calleth him here his nigh cosyne Trulye this is to folyshe to haue y t scripturs coupled withe it yf Boner and Wynchestre with other holye fathers wynke not vpon it whaÌ„ they honte for heretyques But parauenture he doth it here that wylfulnesse shuld be known to be all one with heresye or els to make good his purpose folowinge as to proue Ioan Wyclef an heretyque But as the Prophete sayth he that prepareth a snare for an other most coÌ„monlye falleth into it his selfe as Pantolabê° hath done here yf the abhominable peruertige of Gods worde be a kinde therof 2 He saith that wylfulnesse begate mischefe and I beleue it wele For Pope Hyldâ—brandus which inhibited prestes mariage poysoned vi of his predecessours to optaine the papacye Pope victor the thirde was poysoned at his masse by a spirituall chaplayne of his So was henrye the .vii. Emprour by one Bernardinus de monte policiano a dominick fryre in receyuinge the sacrament Pope Clement the seconde vigilius Sisinnius Ioannes septimus Alexander and aboue .xl. of them more were sent out of the worlde by the same spirituall polecye How manye poore cristen innocentes the .ii. horned termagauntes of Englande hath put vnto deathe for the onlye truthe of God it were moche to write Wynchestre yet aliue is fouÌ„de no sluggarde in thaâ— tormeÌ„ting office of Anticrist though he neyther sâ—yth Standyshe nor Pantolabê° fryre wattes nor quarry y â— pardoner w t soche other abhominable blasphemers of Gods worde Therfor tyrannye also might haue 〈◊〉 in for a childe of wyckednesse and a brother of myschefe yf it had pleased master Pantolabus So might cruell murther the slaughter of saintes and the vtter contempt of God haue bene called the fylthye of springe therof and not poore Iohan wycclef the verie manne of God for withstandinge Anticrist and his false kingedome yf the true quarell of Christ had here bene so ernestlye sought as is the Popes quarell though it be not so spoken 3 That anye manne shuld be father to his grande father as Pantolabus here noteth Iohan Wyclef it is a matter impossible in the right course of generacion But as he hath a monstruouse wytt so sendeth he forth moÌ„struouse frutes to deceyue y â— simple Of a spyghtfull malice is it not of Wyclef but of the verite that he taught that he thê° nameth him the sonne of mischefe For Wycleues father as coÌ„cerninge the fleshe was a christen beleuer and a manne geuen to noÌ„ yll â—haâ— we rede of I can not tell what euill sprete hath taught Pantolabus to be a slauÌ„derouse accuser of his brother vnlesse it were he that accused Iob. And as concerninge the inwarde manne he was a sonne of God lyke as all they are by his heauenlye gyft that beleue in his name For non can protest that Iesus is the Lorde God as he ded most constauntlye ageynst the whole regne of Anticrist but in the holye ghost For so moche as raylinge Pantolabê° falselye reporteth of Iohan Wyclef without auctorite that he brought in his grandefather synne I am enforced to answer in his behalfe by y â— auctorite of soche notable writers as I haue seane and redde Iohan Wyclef beynge an Englyshe maÌ„ne borne and a doctor of diuinite aboute y â— year of owr Lorde a M.CCC and .lx. redde the common lecture at oxforde and so coÌ„tynued many yeares after And as coÌ„cerninge his eloquence witt manyfolde lerninge and most innocent lyfe Philippus repingedon Bysshop of Lyncolne Nicolaus herforde a Doctor Ioannes Treuisa Galfridus Chawcer Ioannes Husse Eneas Siluius Hermannus Shedel and now in owr tyme O tho Brunfelsius hath in most ample forme
A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall Genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus is here both dysclosed confuted By Iohan Bale An. M.D.xlii ¶ Marke in the capytall letters of this boke the. A. B. C. with the name of the Author I wyll shewe the sayth y e Angell to Iohan the mysterye of the greate whore of y e Beast that beareth her Apoca. 17. ☜ Emprynted at Geneua By Mychael Woode 1545. The Preface EVydent is yt dere frynde in the Lorde vnto them which are in the scripturs exercysed that our eternall God for his owne â—â—lye honoure created man at the first and all other creaturs for mannys behoue This ones conceyued by fayth in Abell and Enos at the preachynges of Adam Seth for the first age prouoked the one to offre vp sacrifice vnto hi the other to call vpon his most gloryouse name In this godlye offyce was Noe founde ryghtouse Abraham sayth full Moses myghtye Dauid holye Helias feruent and manye other more in their sortes zelouse for all the other ages Farre to longe were yt and tedyouse vnto the readers to recyte the examples of all the fathers in that behalfe Iesus Christ the onlye fulfyller of all ryghtousnesse in all his sore trauay le here sought the onlye glorye of his heaueÌ„lye father and taught the same lesson aboue all other to be obserued of his In the manyfolde temptacions of sathan in the wildernesse he pacieÌ„tlye answered to that was suggested but the presumed dishonour of God in no case coulde he suffre The holye Apostles and manye other Godlye mynysters haue euermore daungered their syues in the lust quarell of the same If we than wetyngly shuld suffre him in this age to be blasphemed all these godlye exaÌ„ples reiected we myght thereby rather apere his enemyes than seruauntes his haters than louers This consyderacion first moued my mynde after that I had seane a thre years ago an abhomynable Iest made vndre the tyttle of a Genealogye of heresye by two diuerse prentes spred abrode amonge the people to dysclose the great mysterye of iniquyte thervndre contayned and to restore agayne the peruerted scripturs with the names of those Godlye menne which are oblocuted therin In this will no man that is godlye be offended but thynke that I haue herin done my bounde dewtye Though the compylet therof by the mercyfull Goodnesse of God be conuerted to repentaunce as I am credyblye infourmed that he is yet remayneth his blasphemouse doctryne amonge the coÌ„mon people in a wonderfull nombre of coppyes I thought yt therfore mete not vtterlye to destroye my labours but for the abolyshment of those wycked blasphemyes to suffre them passe at large yet I instauntlye desyre the readers of my boke not to thynke anye thynge therin spoken agaynst him which is now becommen Gods seruaunte but agaynst that olde pestysent Papyst Pantolabus which styll yet blasphemeth Christ and his most faythfull wytnesses Him wolde I not haue them to space so longe as he dwesseth on the earthe and that is that prodygyouse Iest or Generacyon of heresye Vnsemelye were yt so manye swete scripturs to remayne so depraued and so manye Godlye menne so slaunderouslye reported the veryte in them both so spyghtfullye abused for his names sake which hath wrought wyckedlye Though Adam recanted his errour and Dauid his wycked workinges Peter his denyall of Christ and Paule his tyrannouse turmoylynges yet are they not hydden in the scripturs but made fiyll open to all the worlde in reâ—uke and warninge vnto vs of soche execrable euyls Neuer y â— lesse yet those vyces so rebuked are now vnto them no rebuke but a syngular prayse rather where as they are rehersed beige wholle remitted in Christ. The great synne of Adam which is the onlye grounde of deathe in all meÌ„ is yet euerye yeare proclamed happye amoÌ„ge the Paschall ceremonyes WhaÌ„ Christ leaneth his churche vnrebuked and vntrobled forsynne than rouneth she a straye by manye sâ—râ—unge and vncommaunded worshyppinges Than reygneth she commoÌ„lye in a wycked peace and abhominablye playeth the whore abusynge her selfe in the cowche of Iesabel Apoca. 2. as of longe tyme hath done the Romyshe Synagoge And so becommeth she no longer his chosen spouse but a reproued congregacion Moche more honoure is ours whan our synnes are rebuked by the scripturs than whan the scripturs remayne by vs reproued and slaundered Amonge the prophane Phylosophers Poetes was euer the verite had in honoure and preferred farre aboue all fleshlye amyte Moche more than ought it so to be vsed amonge vs which are of the ChristeÌ„ scole The rebukes of this boke wayeth vpon the matter and not the man the spyghtfull blasphemer not the godlye recanter That his fylthye vomete is proued here abhomynacion by the scripturs to the intent that people shuld detest it and not therwith be poysened can be vnto his name no derogacion but rather a lawde amonge them that are godlye wyse Verye vncomlye were it that fylthynesse shuld haue fauer and so be cowcheâ— vp as a precyouse treasure amonge menne of Christen honeste Rather is it mete that it were throwne fourth so manifesilye knowne for that it is euen verye fylthynesse in dede I haue no doubt therof but. I. â— becomminge the seruaunt of God vtterlye nowe detesteth that fowle Papyst Pantolabê° that Romyshe rybalde that ryotouse rayser with all his prodigiouse Poesyes and wolde haue him rather bayted awaye withe botchers dogges than anye longar to wayte vpon him Full glad are we to heare it that froÌ„ Sodome he is lately departed leauige that beast there behinde him to receyue the lordes double plage and that his selfe nowe trauayleth I trust towardes the mounte of sauegarde That he is becomen of a wolfe a lambe of a Saule a Paule and of a spyghtfull persecuter a godlye Christen preacher it is vnto vs no smal reioyce We lawde that heauenlye lorde which thus of mere pytie and mercye hath founde out his almost peryshed shepe layed him vpon his shulders and brought him ageyne to his folde If he styll perseuer accordinge to his callinge Heshall become of a forener a cytezen with the Sayntes and a glouryouse partyner with Christ in his eternall heritage He shall also haue for his lust labours in the lordes vyneyarde here besydes his penye wages his peculyar prayse in the sanctyfyed congregacyon of the ryghtouse The eternall father lorde Iesê° Christ indue so w t his sprete both him vs that we maye vnto the ende perseuer faithfull to the counfort of his electes Amen Finis ¶ The mysterye of iniquite doth styll worke and is disclosed by the lyght of the lordes comminge 2. Thes. 2. The Table ABbotes hanged for treason 31 Antibaptystes Papistes all one 53 Antichrist what he is 54 Apostatâ— falselye applyed 62. 63 Benedictus xii a lecherouse Pope 21 Bysshoppes and prestes marryed 18 Bonifacius what yt meaneth 20. 27 Captaynes for holye churche 30. 42. 65 Clemenâ—the vii Pope 22
Aqâ—yne supportynge that doctryne by his doltyshe diuynite Iohan Parys and other wolde haue added vnto yt Impanacyon of y â— worde but that was reiected anon for daungers therevpon ensewynge After that came in ydemptyte realyte formalyte materyalyte propryete veracyte absolute beynge multiplicacyon vnyon diffynitacyon essenciacyon vbiquite fyguralite symbolycalite naturalyte potencialite personalyte presencialyte proporcionalite perticipalite habitualite virtualite dymencionalite substancialite deificalite carnalite corporalite modalite supposytalite ypostaticalite and a great sort more amonge their Sentencioners and Scolistes Than was yâ— boxed pyxed and tabernacled so borne forth in processyon with torche lyght banner crosse candelsâ—yck cope canape with knelynge and crowchynge manye wonderfull myracles folowynge as was seane at Lynos Parys Calys Brucels Schiedam and in manye other places els And so was yt clerelye altred from Christes institucyon and became throughlye the abominacyon of desolacyon as wytnesseth Iohan Wyclef in his .iii. chapter de Eucharistia Than had the bisshoppes at their handes their Sophisters and Summystes their SenteÌ„cyoners and Canonistes with all supersâ—iciouse subtyltees to defende yt for a blessed sacrameÌ„t And whan that lowsye lernynge wolde not serue them than had they vpon their sydes to dispute with agaynst y â— heretyques both sweedes and halters fyre and faggottes as they haue yet styll to this houre 3 I wolde that the text which Pantolabê° bringeth in here out of Salomons Prouerbes to proue that Christes bodye is reallye present in the blessed sacrament were dilygentlye marked of the reader It is not these De stusti pascitur imperitia as Pantolâ—bus hath here layed it forth But it is in that xv chapter De stultorum pascetur imperâ—tia yf ye take their olde text The mouthe of fooles shall befedde with all folyshnesse Of a lykelyhode Pantolabê° hath some priuylege of the Pope that he maye at his pleasur peruert the scripturs in the defence of holye churche yet proueth not this peruerted text that Christ is reallye present in the sacrament But in dede it declareth what Pantolabus is both reallye naturallye formallye and substanciallye and so doth in a maner all the whole chapter besydes Sone after the begynnynge therof is soche an other lyke clause De fatuorum ebullit stultitiam The mouth of lewde fooles boyleth out folyshe bablynges as are the Poeticall verses of Pantolabus boke here and all the ynke horne termes also of their doctors afore rehersed here for their blessed sacrameÌ„t More fytlye had this clause of the same chapter bene applyed to that sacrament as it is now vsed Victime impiorum abominabiles Domino Abhominable to y â— Lorde are the sacrifyces of the wycked where as the prayer of the ryghtouse is acceptable Fylthye is the waye of the vngodlye but he that foloweth ryghtousnesse is in Gods fauer For whye y â— ceremonyes therof are the Popes not his The brekefast is the prestes alone and no communyon of Christes peple to knytt them vp togyther as members into his mysticall bodye A mysterye 1 The flesshe and blood And lyuelye food 2 And onlye vvelthe Of oure soule helthe 3 Qul manducat hunc panem viuet in aeternum Ioan. 6. ¶ The openinge 1. PRoudelye styll pratleth this popishe Poete accusynge Iohan Frith for not grauÌ„tynge Christes reall presence in their sacrament And here he coÌ„uerteth his fantasyed realyte into Christes fleshe and blood callynge it the lyuelye fode of y â— sowle Godlye wyse was Iohan Frith and so shall he fynde it in the latter daye in that he wolde not attribute vnto Christ that thynge w t is not founde in y â— scripturs A popishe lyuerye is that realite of theirs sophisticallye borrowed of Aristotles logyck He wolde in no case be accursed of the mouthe of God for addynge soche beggerye to his worde Rather ded he good creature offre his bodye to the fyre I thynke not the contrarye of Iâ—han Frith but yf their sacrament had bene Christes as it is the Popes in the colours it is in now he had graunted vnto it moche more than he ded Christes fleshe is no soche pouetrye nor his blood soche maÌ„metrye as their mangye myracles hath made it For yf their corruptyble breade were that lyuelye fode of sowle than had all they peryshed which hath not so outwardlye receyued it afore tyme. As Adam Noe Abraham Moyses Dauid Helias with all the other fathers which dyed afore Christ. They receyued both his bodye and blood els had they not bene saued For saynt Paule doth saye that all they and we haue eaten of one spirituall meate and droÌ„cke of one spirituall drincke one harde rocke ministrynge it vnto ve both In sprete veryte sayth Christ shall the true worshippers worshippe him and not in outwarde thynges that are seane with the eye for they remayne onlye to the false worshippers or ydolaters 2 Neyther haue youre Realyte power to make youre blessed sacrament Christes flesshe nor yet his blood Neyther can ye therby proue it oure lyuelye food nor yet oure â—owles helthe though ye a thousande tymes put it thervnto For so moche as it cometh not from y â— expresse worde of God but from the fylthye doctryne of youre Philosophers which were non other but fylthye ydolaters Ratheâ— shulde it seme therfore to conuert it into an ydoll to oure sowles destruccyon than into Christes fleshe to oure sowles coÌ„solacyon A lyuelye fode it maye wele be vnto you which are fedde therwith daylye at youre austers but wele I wote in that kynde it is non vnto vs in y â— churches bodye which haue no part therof An onlye welthe it maye be vnto youre generacyon which take the swete profytes therof lyueth therby in all boluptuouse pleasurs of ydelnesse But how it shulde be the helthe of youre sowles in that kynde of clowtynge that can I not wele tell you Wele I wote it is neyther welthe nor helthe vnto vs. For a great vndoynge hath it bene to the comonwelthe and is yet a most ruynouse decaye of the peples sowle helthe the eternall father redressel it ye will saye parauenture ye make it Christes fleshe by the speakynge of his worde vnto it Christ neuer taughte yow to preache his worde in a foren language to a thynge that is dumme but to the lyuynge peple in their natyue language that they myght beleue and be saued He bad you distribute that brede vnto other and not to slaffe it vp youre selues He commaunded also the peple to eate it but in no case to worship it Neuer was it worshipped in the churche tyll it had youre Realyte which Christ neuer graunted to youre breathynge 3 The scripture that is here alleged oute of the sixt of Iohan. Qui manducat hunc panem viuet in eternum condempneth the whole doctrine of Pantolabê° madde meters here both by the sequele of the same chap. and also by the opynion of all the olde doctors which nameth it a spirituall eatynge In all that processe doth
preciouse stone pearle But inwardlye decked with faythe hope charite and the rightousnesse of Christ. And outwardlye she is adourned with calamitees veâ—acions most slaunderouse rebukes and deathe 3 Glad are we to heare it that the ernest sprete of Christ is not yet extinguished in them for all yowr most cruell assaultes of penaltees inprisonmentes famishemeÌ„tes halters swerdes faggottes fryre and all other tormentes els A remnauÌ„t is there yet lest of them which hath not bowed their knees to yowr false God Baal To them hath the lorde promised a crowne of lyfe yf they perseuer stedefast to the ende For these do we praye dayly with teares w t are a brode in exylâ— that they do not swetue from that stedefast rocke at the venemouse suggestions of your fylthye generacion as some fleshly wantons hath done now of late to their sowles detriment Better had it bene for them that they neuer had geuen that is holye to dogges and swyne after Christes premonishementes than thus shamefullye to become swyne with them and so to treade his preciouse pearles vndre their fete For in so denienge the lordes verite before menne they haue shewed themselues what they are eueÌ„ the flesshlye louers of themselues and vnworthye of Christ. More harme haue they done than they which hyd the lordes treasure neuer openinge their mouthes to declare it Those are they which are neyther hote nor colde whom the lorde hath promised to spewe out of his mouthe or vtterlye to reiect them from the eternall herâ—tage of his clerlye racinge their names out of the boke of lyfe yf they repent it not sore 4 If those good creaturs whom PaÌ„tolabê° here spyghtfullye reporteth cleaneth fast vnto their bone we are greatlye ioyfull therof For a more manifest token caÌ„ not be that they are Christes members than that By that inseperable saythe apere they to be his naturall spouse in dede a bone of his bones and a rybbe of his rybbes Now are they by that meanes become his own dere meÌ„bers his misticall fleshe and bodye He that shall now persecute them shall persecute the apple of his eye so dere and preciouse are they vnto him For their faithfull perseuerauÌ„ce make we daylye intercessions with teares from our hartes which are now dispersed or scattred abrode in the regions of Samaria and Iudea for the persecucioÌ„ that is at HierusaleÌ„ With the wiges that the lorde hath graciouslye geueÌ„ vs which are his wordes and examples ded we flye into the wyldernesse so sone as we perseyued that the rode Dragon vometed waters to destroye the saythe which we gatâ— by his worde â–ª ye shall be persecuted saith Christ from cyte to cyte For yf they haue persecuted me they shall also persecute you But as they shall pursue yow in one cyte flee yow alwayes into an other Not onlye was this Christes counsell but he ded it also in effect He fledde into Egypt in his yowthe he declyned from the malice of his enemies and he absented himselfe from the Iewes In that wyldernesse hath he prepared for vs as he ded for Helias to fede vs there for the space of a thousande ii hondred and thre score dayes A mysterye 1 For though they be gone yet is there behinde That are as blynde 2 As the other before Vvhich kepe in store 3 Full close and pryuelye Their cankered heresye 4 Stultorum infinitus est numerus Ecclesâ— 1. ¶ The openinge 1. NArrowlye doth Pantâ—labus loke to his matters now least all wolde away froÌ„ his holye mother to the great detryment of his popishe lyuinge Though frith Lambert Barnes and soche other be gone yet are there he sayeth of the same sort styll remayninge as yll to his generacioÌ„ as they Whose blood he wolde haue his holye mother to drinke so bloodthurstye is the spirituall hart of the manne and zelouse in her quarell He is verye glad that his good graciouse lorde of wynchestre doth sturre so wele aboute him as he doth He turmoyleth in their kynde these newe Gospell readers to cause all Englyshe menne to abhorre Christes testament but vnto the Stewes of LoÌ„don he is a full gentyll benefactor and founder Not onlye doth he leaue them vnrebuked of verye tendre sauer and loue but also full fatherlye he mainteyneth them with y â— lordelye wages of his seruauntes and sumtyme with the delycates of his owne table by the lyberalite of them I thinke this fatherlye beniuâ—lence of his is for some respect that he hath to the common welthe or els to qualyfye the great heates of his hote howsholde which euerye where tosseth lyke termagauntes with the blood of oure lorde the sowle the hart the fleshe the bodye the bones This is the holye Gospell that he maynteyneth Blynde are they called here of Pantolabus which will not folowe these vertuouse rewles to the vpholdynge of their markett in confessyons at lent But the eternall father delyuer his flocke from the abhominable blyndenesse of them 2 Non can ryghtlye se after the blynde opinion of Pantolabus vnlesse they be ledde blyndefelde in the darke by the sprete of his holye mother She must sett vpon their noses y â— spotted specularyes of her olde tradicions and customes or els is yt nothynge worth If they shulde be now without their Latine houres wherwith neuer manne yet was Christenlye edifyed their Christen relygyon were clerelye lost If they shuld not haue their accustomed wainlynges in the temple their processionynges their sensynges their holye water swyngynges with soche other ioyes of olde Troye they wolde thynke that heauen were out of the worlde and hell comen home to their dores This is the syght that Pantolabus requyreth non other wolde he the people to haue least they shulde in a whyle be moche godlyar wyse than he This houglye syght despysed Iohan Wyclef and Iohan Husse This fylthye syght contempned Mariyne Luther Melanchton It was nothynge for the appetyte of Oecolampadius and zwinglius with soche other more And that is the verye cause whye they are regestred here of Pantolabus for heretyques These are they that were blynde afore because they had not that syght of his holye mother And they which cometh after kepeth now yet styl in store the same selfe blyndenesse in his folyshe opinion and therfore he is not contented with them but wolde verye fayne haue them burned for heretyques yf yt myght be 3 Afore grefe is yt to the stomake of Pantolabus that anye shulde be alyue which fauoreth not the Pope This parauenture will be rekened a slaundre but the denyll of lye yt is What other is yt but to preferre a manne whan we magnifye his workes Are anye other thynges called vpon here than matters of Papistrye No verelye Not one poynt is sought here of Christes clere institucion Neyther his holye Supper nor Baptym compassion of y â— poore nor mutuall charyte nor yet the true preachynge of repentaunce by the Gospell of saluacion But here seketh Pantolabus with all
scysmatyques and obstynate Papistes yf they shuld not reade soche pratye Poesyes amonge Lete no manne thinke other wyse but that Pantolabus and soche other inteÌ„deth sumwhat by soche subtyle workemanshippe The Bisshopes winketh at it as though there were in it non heresye whan it is all stinkinge heresye by their owne confession They are wele contented whaÌ„ they playe soch bussye partes and wyll not be acknowe of it but leteth them alone If anye of them leape so farre that he is hanged vp for treason they care lyttle for it for they thinke thy haue so lost but a knaue 3 After a farre fett style and curyouslye compassed processe cometh Pantolabus at the last to his full desyre Exhortynge all menne to praye here for the kynge with as lyttle true deuocion as he that myndeth nothynge lesse And yt maketh no matter neyther For moche better yt is to be vnprayed for than to be prayed for out of stynkynge heresye as all their Papistrye is non other The prayer which ought to be made for kynges for them that are in auctoryte ought to aryse of the sacred scripturs whereof they haue their auctorytees and not out of sâ—ynkynge heresye as yt is here requyred Saynt Paule exhorted Timothe which was no papistycall masse sayer but a preacher of the Gospell sufferynge daylye persecucions for the same before all other thynges to praye for kynges and for all other which were in hyghe power that Christes disciples and true beleuers myght lyue vndre them a peaceable lyfe in all godlynesse And this is our prayer also with contynuall teares Wherin we desyre the lorde for his eternall mercyes sake alwayes to preserue him But oute of stynkynge heresyes we praye not for him neyther out of Mattenses nor Masses eueÌ„songes nor complynes which are the verye frutes of the Beast of Rome least we shulde by those blasphemouse prayers brynge vpon him the great indignacion of God The frutes are euermore all one with their tree in goodnesse as those fylthye obseruacions with their first fylthye begynner haue they neuer so fayre colours of gods seruice gods owne worde Christes Gospell the vtteraâ—â—ce of his name with soche other yet are they abhomynacions vnspekeable after that ydo latrouse handelyâ—ge 4 So farre are these blynde Papistes from the true sprete of Christ that nothynge they ryghtlye vnderstande of the scripturs This text of Dauid Domine in virtute tuâ—â—letâ—bitur rex super salutare tuum exulâ—abit vehementer Perteyneth alone vnto Christ and not to anye earthlye kynge For in that whole Psalme is described his triuÌ„phaunt glorye with his reuengement ouer them w t hath him persecuted of cruell hate spyght Christes humanyte is it that is so ioyfull of the strengthe that yt hath gotten which is the Godhede That is yt which reioyseth so ernestlye is so excedynge glady for the sauynge helthe of mankynde which yt hath by y â— gyft of God obtayned He hath his hartes desyre with the ful request of his lyppes which is the eternall mercye of the Lorde That manhode was preuented with lyberall blessynges now yt hath a crowne of immortalyte He axed lyfe for him and for his lyfe was geuen him for euer and euer Magna est gloria eius in salutari tuo c. His glorye is great Lorde sayth Dauid in that sauynge helthe and compassed he is now of the w t eternall felycite Soche mockers as is Pantolabus shall ones fele his hande ones will he fynde out all them that so spyghtfullye hateth him As an hote kyndeled ouen shall they at that daye apere the fyre euerlastynge will deuoure them for euer â—ot ashamed is this dissemblynge mocker and pestylent hypocrite in his glosynge flat teryes ydolatrouslye to abuse his Prince For what is ydolatrye els but a worshyppe geuen to a creature which peculyarlye belongeth vnto God And full therof is all the seruyce homages and doynges of the Papistes the Lorde ones delyuer all Christen princes from them A mysterye 1 And the quene also Vvhere so euer she go 2 And for the sauegarde Of oure prince Edvvarde 3 Vvhom I praye Iesu Longe to contyne vve Amen The openinge 1. ERnest is Pantolabus yet styll in requestes sprynggynge out of his gentyll Genealogye of stynkynge heresye For therin he homblye requyreth all these thynges by his owne confessyon afore Herin he desyereth the dilygent readers of his worke to praye for the quene also which was sumtyme called the ladye kateryne howarde He shulde seme to be some blynde chaplayne of hers by the blynde zele he sheweth here For he wolde haue her remembred where so euer she go in the waye or out of the waye Trulye that prayer were of a straunge kynde yf yt shuld so be made as yt is here requyred Who hath harde prayers made for menne to go where they will or whan they are out of the ryght waye to contynue so styll I thynke fewe menne lyuynge I wolde haue no soche querestre of Baals quere nor yet soche a chaplayne of Bels college to praye forme as poore a man as I am Moche better grace parauenture had bene hers yf she had chaunced of no soche ghostlye fathers For where as the scripturs are contempned their verytees sett at nought what els can folowe but vyce which alwayes requyreth an yll ende The true loue of Gods worde is neuer without his feare Neuer can that creature outragyouslye offende which foloweth the true lyne therof A â—anterne to oure fete is that worde of the Lorde and a lyght vnto oure pathe wayes in this shadowe of deathe the eternall father geue vs his grace to folowe yt 2 Fynallye Pantolabus exhorteth all his readers to praye for the sauegards of our most worthye prince Edwarde If this were out of the Genealogye of stynkynge heresye as yt is also therin yt were moche more pleasynge vnto God He abhorreth all that is straunge and not lyke fashyoned to the exemplar that he hath left in the scripturs He turneth awaye his face dysdaynouslye from all mockynge sacrifyces inuented by menne and not commaunded of him As is the Papistycall Masse with all other blasphâ—mouse obseruacions of that monâ—truouse madame the â—athanycall Synagoge of Antichrist Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron the hyghe Prest were consumed in the Lordes wrathe for offerynge sâ—raunge fyre vncommaunded Accursed is he which addeth his owne inuencyon vnto the Lordes seruyce or anye thynge els that the scripture commaundeth not I counsell therfore all faythfull beleuers syncerelye to praye in sprete and in veryte after Christes holye doctryne for their most worthye kynge and the prince his naturall sonne that the one maye succede the other as Salomon ded Dauid as Iosaphat ded Asa in the faythfull wayes of the Lorde And this haue they good cause to do yf they remembre all thynges As their delyueraunce from the greate Golye of Rome with sufferaunce to reade the scripturs which is their syngular sowleâ— helthe What though some of