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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04491	A dialoge describing the originall ground of these Lutheran faccions, and many of their abuses, compyled by syr William Barlow chanon, late byshop of Bathe; Dyaloge descrybyng the orygynall ground of these Lutheran faccyons, and many of theyr abusys	Barlow, William, d. 1568.	1553 (1553)	STC 1462; ESTC S101046	40,661	178

A dialoge describing the originall ground of these Lutheran faccions and many of their abuses Compyled by syr William Barlowe chanon late byshop of Bathe Anno. 1553. ¶ A preface of this booke to the reader IN this presente Treatyce folowyng gentle reder is not onlye vttered and disclosed the beastlye begynnynge of Luthers furious faction in Saxony with the sedicious Scismes of the sacramentaries Swynglius Oecolampadius and other of Swycerlande but also verye playnlye here is shewed theyr monstruous maners and mutabilitie theyr cankered contencions and horrible ipocrisy their deuely she deuyses and bytter blasphemye with infinite lyke reliques of that raylynge relygion wherby the christian reader shall ryghte well perceaue what fylthy frute buddeth out of this frantike fraternitie and synfull Synagoge of Sathan infernallye inuented to seduce symple soules Neyther canne there be a more open marke to publyshe the pestiferous practises of these peruerse preachers and wycked generation than here is most lyuely and truelye set fourth to the worlde by the auctor hereof who had euident experience of theyr maners fashion and order of all states of them beynge longe time by his owne confession in theyr companye and conuersaunte with them euen with those whiche were of the hyghest reputation both for sobrenes of lyfe fame of literature whose doynges doctryne to muche myslyked him that for no hatred to them nor yet fauour to other but euē for the discharge of his owne cōscience instruction and information of suche as be catholike he thoughte it necessary playnelye to shewe the veritie thereof to the ende that suche as nowe be addict to their horrible and hay nous heresies when they shall perceaue and se in theyr life and learnynge theyr crafty and colourable iugglynge lewde lyuynge and deuelyshe disagreynge of a muster of monstruous maried monkes and false fleshlye freers shal by goddes grace both forsake theyr fashions deteste theyr doctryne and leaue theyr learnynge whiche boke dyalogue beyng for this intent and godlye purpose longe agoo set forth and printed it hath ben thought good for diuerse consideracions the prynte beynge nowe worne out yet eftesones at this present to be reuiued communicate to the catholyke readers wherfore good reader callynge to remembraunce the olde wyttie sayinge Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum Happy is he whom other mens perylles or daungers do make circumspect or ware Folow thou the counsell of S. John who in the. iiii chapter of his canonicall epistle sayth as foloweth Nolite credere omni spiritui sed probate spiritus siex deo sint That is to saye Geue not credyt to euery spirite but do you proue yf they be of God Farewell in God ¶ A preface of the auctoure to the readers ¶ Grace from God the father and from oure lorde Jesu Chryst with the assystence of the holy gooste WHere as I consyder O Chrysten readers the daūger of wrytynge in the peryllous season of these latter dayes largelye depaynted by Saint Paule euen as it proueth now in dede that certayn persons depart from the fayth and geue hede to desceatefull spyrytes and deuelysh doctrine through simulation of false wordes bi whose meanes it is come so to passe that a lyttle faulte is not onelye taken to the worste but what so euer is well done spoken or wrytten is oftymes interpreted amysse no marueyl though I so vnlearned greatly abashe to put my selfe in ieopardy of these rauyshing wolues pytyles soule murtherers whiche byte with theyr teeth and preache peace with theyr tongues seynge that famous clerkes of pregnaunte wyttes of excellente erudition and singuler vertue haue so litle auayled in wrytynge agaynst them not that these new teachers of auncyente heresyes late auctors of olde inueterate scysmes are so profounde in knoweledge of Scriptures eyther so inuycte of reasonable argumentes that they haue not ben many tymes ouercome as they be dayly van quyshed but because of theyr shameles pertinacite where as they be prostrate and lye grouelynge vpon the grounde destitute of reason voyde of good argumentes and wythoute any sence of trueth then strogle they to woorey men with wordes of conuycyous maledictions and sedicyous slaunders not afrayd to despyce theyr souerayns withowte regarde of theyr power contemnynge all auctoritie contrarye to the doctryne of Saint Peter saying Be ye subiecte to euery manne for our lordes sake vnto the king as cheife and vnto the gouernours as to those that are sent by hym for the ponyshmente of the euyll rewarde of the well doers for so is the wyl of God that doyng wel ye maye stoppe the mouthes of folyshe and ignoraunt people as free and not as a colour hauynge the lybertye of malyce but as the seruauntes of God Notwithstandyng in theyr solempne prefacyes and paynted tytles of theyr errours they begynne wyth dulcet salutations of glosinge perswasyons vnder the pretence of a godly zeale oftymes repetynge the word of God the gospell of Chryste hys promyses hys charyte c. whereby they wold perswade to rude people that whatsoeuer theye wryte or teache are the same thynges be they neuer so contrary euen as the comen sorte of vngracyous wretches do whych in tellyng lyes reporte of slaūders will call into theyr recorde the trouth of God the holy enange lystes the blessed sacramentes and all the misteries of oure beleef not for any faythfull reuerence towarde them but to the entent that they myght be better beleued in theyr falsehod Many thynges whyche are put forth vnder the tytle of the worde of God is not his true worde in effecte no more thā all those whiche beare the name of Christen men be not al chrysten men in trouth dede Man lyueth not onely by breade sayth scripture but in euery worde that commeth oute of the mouth of god Mark here christē reders the worde that procedeth oute of the mouth of God to y● which we oughte nother to adde nor to take any thynge awaye from it Arrius Pelagius Maniche us wyth suche other whome the moore parte of these sectes confesse to be heretykes dylygently layde the worde of God for theym but not owte of hys mouth for they applyed it by wronge interpretations to the settyng for the of theyr heresyes and not to the glory of God Saynt Pauie heled syck folke and draue the wycked spyryts from them that were possessed through goddes worde in the name of Jesu whose doyng the chyldren of Sceue assayde to counterfete with lyke wordes to whom the spyrit aunswered I knowe Jesu and Paule but what are ye and so greuously assawtynge them he preuayled agaynst theyr presumpsion The aged Prophet of Bethell by whose desceate the manne of God sent out of Juda to Jeroboham was slayne alleged the worde of God The false Prophete Sedechias with his cōpany .iiii. C. in nomber falselye promysed kynge Achab vyctorye to his destruction layenge for theyr auctorytye the worde of God Ananias resysted the true Prophete Jeremye prophesyenge to the captyne