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A19566	A confutatio[n] of vnwritte[n] verities both bi the holye scriptures and moste auncient autors, and also probable arguments, and pithy reasons, with plaine aunswers to al (or at the least) to the moste part and strongest argumentes, which the aduersaries of gods truth, either haue, or can bryng forth for the profe and defence of the same vnwritten vanities, verities as they would haue them called: made up by Thomas Cranmer ... translated and set forth, by E.P. The contentes whereof, thou shalte find in the next side folowinge.	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; E. P., fl. 1556.	1556 (1556)	STC 5996; ESTC S109030	77,248	224

Prophetes are gone out into the world Herby is the spirite of god knowen sayeth he euerye spirite whiche confesseth that Iesus Chryst is come in the fleshe is of god c. Whoso euer therfore sayeth that there is anye thyng that pacifieth the wrath of god or obtaineth his fauour and forgeuenes of synnes but onelye Christes death and passiō he denieth Christ to be cōe a sauiour in the flesh Wherfore these Angels saincts souls of the dead and miracles tha● alowe worshipping of sainctes by inuocaciō and prayinge to them the sacrifice of the masse for the quicke and the dead worshipping of images pilgrimages offeryngs to holy reliques to forgeue synnes or to delyuer the deade oute of purgatory denye Christe to be come an only sauiour by hys fleshe For theī make all these to be sauiours frō purgatory or at the least coadiutores to helpe him in that office of saluacyon and deliuering those soules frō sinne and the paynes due for the same and so they cannot be of God but of Antichrist Thus I haue plainly fully and truly without fraud of cloking or coloure of rhetorike and darke speache to blind the eies of the sīple people answered to al that I remember which the Papistes doe or can alledge either by writing preaching or reasoning for the defence of their vnwrittē verites wherevpon they builde so many detestable idolatries and heresies and the same answers if they be aptly applied and placed by a discret and witty reader wil suff●ce for the answere to all that euer they haue or can bryng furth for the maintaining of their vnwrytten and vncertayne verites And yet I wyll not be so much wedded to myne owne witte or will but that if they be able to answer so plainly and trulye to the Scriptures authors and reasons rehersed by me as I haue done to theirs and to proue their doctrine of vnwrytten very●es by as playne cōsēt both of scriptures aunciente doctours and as pithy argumentes as I haue done myne and sette it forth in prynte to the iudgemente of the whole worlde as myne i● I shal not onely acknowledge mine ignoraunce and erroure but I shall gladlye returne into Englande recāt myne heresyes openlye submyttynge myselfe to such discipline correctiō as they shall thynke mete fo myne offences But if thei refuse to answer my boke by writing v●ing their olde trade burne both my boke and the readers therof let them knowe thei shal doe nothyng but cut of the head of hibra For for euery heretike as you cal them which you shal burn wil arise many faythful and cōstāt Christiās For except the grayn or corne of wheat dye it remaineth alone but if it dye it bringeth forth much fruite Wherefore I most hartely beseche the father of heauē of his infinite mercye if you be not indurat in your heartes wyth that synne which is irremissible and shal neuer be forgeuen in this worlde nor in the worlde to come and resyste the holy gost impugning the trueth of god of you knowen and defendynge maintaining wicked doctrines which your consciences beare recorde to be idolatries and heresies that he wyll mollifie your stony heartes and geue you fleshy heartes yea rather spirituall and godly hartes to worshyp him truly in spirite accordyng to his godly wil expressed in his holy word written And I exhort al you which feare god be desierous to saue your owne soules to flee from this whore of Babilon and from al her detestable idolatries and heresies not builded vpon the sure rocke of gods infallible word written but vpon the qualin●re of vnwrittē verites whervpon whatsoeuer is builded furthwith eyther sinketh or quite ouerthroweth And stāde thou fast and stay thy fayth whervpō thou shalt builde al thy workes vpon the strong rocke of gods word writtē and conteined within the old testamēt and the newe which is able sufficiētly to instruct thee in al thinges nedeful to thy saluacion and to the attaīmēt of the kyngdome of heauen To the whiche I beseche the almightie father of heauen of his infinite mercy and goodnesse and by the merytes of his only sonne oure sauiour redemer Iesꝰ Christ throgh his holy sprite in vs bring vs all Amen ¶ Faultes escaped in the pryntynge A. 2. pag. 1. line 19. That apparicions of the dead A. 2. pa. 2. li. 6. ca. 11. the papistes C. 1. pa. 1. li. 15. were cccc C. 1. pa. 2. li. 18. martyrs and al the people sayd amen C. 7. pag. 1. li. 4. are there opened D. 4. pa. 2. li. 6. I haue shewed you D. 5. pa. 2. li. 14. ruinus house F 1. pa. i. li. 18. scriptures only F. 1. pa. 2. li. 15. Donatystes G. 4. pa. 2. li. laste The coūsel woulde be a capitall T. G. 5. pa. 1. li. 22. before note put a ¶ which noteth my saying and not the doctors G. 8. pa. 2. li. 1. but now wold folowe the. 6. canon of ●ice H. 1. pa. 2. li. 15. be those bokes H. 2. pa. 1. li. 11. midges li. 18. terme I. 1. pa. 1. li. 16. soule I. 5. pa. 1. li. 7. put a ¶ before By this ● 1. pa. 1. li. 24. blot out of K. 3. pa. 1. li. 1. wherby you may K. 3. pa. 2. li. 11. Christ● saith The deuil K. 5. pa. 2. li. 2. Pōpey N. 2. p. 2. li. 2. spiritual N. 3. pag. 2. li. 8. Dcc. or Dccc. yeares N. 5 pa. 1. li. 17. ouer li. l●st of late N. 6. pa 〈…〉 10. be gods elect churche Esaie v. ● Kīges rulers oughte to be aiders and not inuaders helpers and not hurters defences and not offēces to gods people Psal lxxx Gods vvord is a svvete pleasaunt grape and comforteth the harte of man to euerlasting saluacion psa ciiii b 〈◊〉 ●●tes of the most parte vvere naked bare emptie as the profe novv alas to vvell declareth Sinne is the cause vvh● god taketh his vvorde from ani people Esai xxix Math. vii a. Psalm xxii The Pope geueth lies for trueth poison for norishinge sustenaūce and ministreth death for life Iohn vi c Iohn iiii b. psal cxv Hierm. x. Exo. xx a. Gods vvord is sufficiēte to instructe al men in the true vvorship of god vvithout images priestes th●● them selue● vviser the god The Pepe maintaineth his doctrine by fyer and fagot and not by the holie scriptures A vveake refuge if thei vvere not obstinate and shamelesse If vnvvritten verites vver necessarie to saluacion then gods vvord vvere not sufficiente therevnto ●her● vii a. yea this is their strong tovvre and bulvvarke of defence and ieat vveake inough not being vvalled about vvith gods vvord gods true churche because it is grounded vpon the vvorde of grace can not erre in maters of saluacion The church that vvandereth from gods vvord vvritten mai doth erre in matters of faith and saluacion galathi i. b. The papists feare not gods curse Ierem. xvii ▪ Psal. cxvi ▪ ● The general coūsels haue erred

because ye know not the scriptures not because ye beleue not the churche He also promyseth his elect that they shal heare his voice and not a straungers voice If ye be doubtful therfore in any poynte resorte to the Scryptures geuen from GOD and oute of them searche for the thing wherof thou arte ignoraunte and aboue all thinges be not to rashe in iudgement neyther truste to muche in thine own witte Aske also counsell of suche menne whom thou knoweste to bee wel learned and exercised in the same Scryptures and whose conuersacion thou seeste to bee agreable to their wordes and yet beleue them no farther then they canne proue theyr doctrines and exhortacyons to aunswere and agree wyth GODDES mosre holye woorde Seke aske crye cal knock faste and praye wyth a constaunte fayth ioynynge therto a Chrystyan sober and a charitable ●iuing and th● he that hath the keye of Dauid who openeth and no man shutteth shal accordyng to his promyse geue vnto you al that you aske of his father in hys name and shall sende his holy spirite into your hartes who shall leade you into al trueth and put you in remembraunce of all those thynges whyche Christ hath commaunded nedeful necessarie for your saluacion What so euer therefore the churche teacheth you out of the canonical bokes of the Bible beleue that but if they teache any thing beside that I meane which is not agreinge with the same beleue neyther that nor them For then they ar not the Church of Chryst but the Synagog of Satan and Antichriste For the Churche of God as Saincte Paul witnesseth ●s builded vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prephetes not vpon the Apostles but vpō the same foundacion which they laid that is Christe Iesus and his holy● worde And all such vnwritten veryties as the Papistes haue in theyr mouthes though they seme neuer so glorious a churche to the face of the world if they be not agreinge as they are not in dede to the verye worde of god suspect them yea rather I bidde you vtterly to abhorre and reiecte thē For their vtwarde and sene churche may and doth as is before proued cōmonly erre in great and waighty matters Stande fast therfore to sounde good doctrine and wauer not And if any man come vnto you and brynge not this doctrine with him receyue hym not into your house bid him not god spede nor haue aught to do with him but counte hym as an abiecte from god and Christ. But cleaue ye fast to the soūde certaine doctrine of gods infallible word writtē in the canonical bokes of the new olde testament which is able sufficiently to instructe you to eternal saluaciō throgh Iesus Christ our lord To whom with the father and the holy goste be al honor and praise for euer euer Amen The boke to the Reader IVdge not before Thou knowe mine intent But reade me throughout And then say thy fyll As thou in opinion Art minded and bent Vhether it be either good orill I care not for prayse Nor slaunder vntrue Of man nor of childe What euer he be Trueth nede not to feare Who doth it pursue With prayse or disprayse In any degree For trueth is not bettered By prayses at al Nor harmed by disprayse Of any wyght But goodnes or hurt Most surely come shal To him that doth iudge Either wrong or right Reade me then iudge me Therfore I thee praye Nothyng for my cause But only thyne own For I shall indure Who soeuer say naye When vnwritten truethes Shalbe ouer throwne ❧ A Confutaciō of vnwrittē verities by diuerse auctorities diligently and truly gathered together out of the holy scryptures and auncient fathers ¶ That the worde of god wrytten contained within the Canon of the Bible is a true sounde perfecte and whole doctrine contayning in it selfe fully all thynges nedeful for oure saluacion ¶ The .i. Chapter YE shal put nothyng to the word which I commaunde you neyther take aughte therefrō that ye maye kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde your god whiche I commaunde you You shall not doe any thynge that we do here this daye euery mā what semeth him good in his own eyes What soeuer I commaunde you that take ●eade you doe onelye to the Lorde and put nothynge thereto nor take aughte therefrom The Prophet which shall presume to speake a worde in my name which I haue not cōmaūded him to speake or that speakth in the name of straūge gods that prophete shall dye Al the wordes of god are pure and cleane for he is a 〈◊〉 vnto all them that putte these truste in him Putte thou nothyng vnto hys wordes leaste he reproue the and thou bee found a lyar Heare not the wordes of the Proph●tes that preache vnto you and beleaue you for they speake the me●nyng of their own hartes and not oute of the mouth of the lorde Whosoeuer teacheth and kepeth the same speaking of his commaun dementes shall be called greate in the kyngdom of heauen Whosoeuer heareth these my wordes and doth the same shalbee likened vnto a wise man that buildeth hys house vpon a rocke and aboundaūce of raine fel the fluddes came the wīde blew and bet vpon the same house and it fel not because it was groūded an the suer rocke This people draweth nye vnto me with their mouth and honoureth me with lyppes howbeit their harts be farre from me but in vayne do thei serue me teachyng the doctrynes and preceptes of men Goe ye and teachē all 〈◊〉 baptysing them in the name of 〈…〉 c teachyng them to 〈…〉 what so euer I haue 〈…〉 Goe ye into all the 〈◊〉 and preache my gospell to all creatures He that heareth mi word beleueth in him that sent me hath euerlasting lyfe and shal not come into damnacion but is escaped from death to life Searche the scriptures for in them ye thinke ye haue eternal life and thei art they which testifie of me These are written that you might beleue that Iesus is Christ the sonne of god and that in beleuing ye might haue life thorow hys name I haue spared no labor but I haue shewed al the counsell of god I haue obtained helpe of God and continew vnto this day witnessynge both to the small and to the great sayinge none other thynges then those which the prophetes and Moses did say should come Fayth commeth by hearynge hearynge commeth by the worde of god What soeuer is not of fayth the same is sinne We be not lordes ouer your fayth but helpers of your ioye Though we our selues or an aungell from heauen preache any other gospell vnto you then that whyche we haue preached let him be accursed Continewe thou in the thynges whyche thou hast learned whiche also were committed vnto the knowīg of whō thou hast learned them and for as muche

birth declarynge both her ●inred and place where she was borne Vpon whiche confession she was cōmitted to a nōnery called Sopwel there to ta●y vntil messengers which they streight way sente furth myght returne and testifie the trueth And so she dayly and holyly visited saynct Albans shrine But the night before the returne of the messengers she was conueyed awaye and neuer hearde of nor seen after And the messengers declared to be lies al that euer she had said for there was neuer none borne lame nor of her name where she sayed she was borne A straunge thinge it is to heare of the wonderful traunces visions of mistres A●ne Wētworth of Suffolk whiche tolde many men the secretes of their hertes which they thoughte no man could haue tolde but god only she cut stomagers in peces made them whole againe caused diuerse men that spake agaynst her delusiōs to goe star●e mad Al which thynges were proued and openly by her confessed to be done by necromancy the desceit of the deuill But yet Elizabeth Barton telled the holy mayde of Cou●top streat in kēt passed al other in deuelish deuises For she could when she life faine her selfe to be in atraunce disfigure her face draw her mouth awrye toward the one eare faynynge that she was thus tormented of Sathan for the synnes of the people deliuered from his power by our blessed lady of Courtop streat and by her led into heauen hell and purgatory and there saw all the ioyes and paynes of those places and toke vpō her to prophesy of thīgs to come and of the kyngs death This instrumente of the deuill drewe into her confederacie both of heresy and treason holy monkes of the Charter house obstinate they woulde be called obseruaunt Friers of Grenwich nice Nōnes of Sion blacke monkes bothe of coules and condicions of Christes churche and sainct Austyns of Canterbury Knightes Squiers learned men Priestes and many other of which sort whether they wer blīded by her or els of their own mere malice and ypocrisie dissembled the matter some by d●e profe made against them were iustlye condemned both of heresy and treason and suffered wyth the saict Elizabeth Bartō accordyng to their demerites some acknowledginge their own offence wer delyuered by the kynges pardon This wicked woman caused a letter to be made by a monke of Sainct Austins of Canterbury in golden letters feining the same to be deliuered to her by an Angel frō heauen This mōster was conuented both beefore William Warhā Archebishop of Cāterbury and Thomas Wolsey Cardinall and Archebishop of Yorke Who eyther because that generacion of the cleargy hath alway defended idolatrye and supersticion or beecause she knewe to much of their incontinency and other wickednes of liuing for she threatned them with eternall dānacyon except thei repented and amēded their liues they clearly discharged her wythout finding of any fault in her at al. But when the matter came to be examined by Thomas Craumer Archebishop of Canterbury and Thomas Cromwel then master of the rolles they so handeled the matter that they foūde out the whole nest of that conspiracy wherin was disclosed the whole nomber of those confederates their bokes of heresye and treason the authors wryters of the same and of the letter feyned to be sent frō heauē Al whose detestable factes as well of idolatry heresy and also of treason wer so wittely and learnedly by Goddes worde conuinced at canterburye by Doctor Hethe now chaunceler of Englande she being present and openly confessing the same and also by another lerned mā at Pauls crosse that the most part of them whiche were beefore by her seduced did then vtterlye abhorre her shameles and abominable factes what a crafty poynt of legerdemaine was plaid about the beginning of king Edwardes reigne by a Pryest which being at masse pricked his own finger and caused it to drop vpon the ost perswading the people that the oste bled of it selfe by the miraculoꝰ workyng of god for to make the worlde beleue the body of Chryst to be as really and naturally in the sacramēt as he was born of the virgin Mari his mother For the which hein●us fact proued against him and also by him confessed he did open penaūce at Pauls crosse I wyll rehearce one sermon made in Quene Maryes beginning by a momysh Mōke so leaue of their vayn wicked lyes A new vpstert precher being sōe time a mōke of Chrysts church in Cātorbury stept into the pulpit in saynct Paules church saying that the very body of christ is realli naturally in the sacramente of the aulter yea by gods body is it quoth he because that nether oth nor periury can proue a good argumēt he proued the same by three notable miracles The first of an horse refusing to eat wafers so lōg as their cakye god was amōg thē the. 2. by the deuil speaking in the likenes of an horse being cōiured of a Prieste by gods body to tel what he was and the 3. a maide of Northgate parish in Cāterburi who he said in pretēce to wipe her mouth kept the ost in her hādkercher And whē she cāe hōe she put the sāe īto a pot close couerd spitted ī an other pot and after a few dayes she loking in the one pot founde a lytle young prety babe about a shaftmond long and the other potte was full of gored bloud Here is goodly pulpit matters to proue new articles of our fayth For if the Priestes that tolde the stories of the 2. horses or the maid that sayd that the bread was turned into a litle childe or the monke that preached these shameful blasphemys or the deuill himselfe who is father of lies could lye speakyng in the horse or in any of them then doe all these foresaid miracles proue nothinge his purpose But O mercyfull God in what a miserable state were we thine afflicted mēbers if it wer true which they say being both enemyes to thee and to vs also for thy truethes sake For we shold not onli suffer extreme miseries as losse of our goods good names the cōpany of our dere frēds in our natiue country but also burne as heretikes in this world if we came in their cruell handlyng also burne eternally in the vnquencheable fire of hell if their cruell curses myght take effect Wherefore we yelde thee most harty thākes O father of al mercies and to thy sonne Iesus Chryst our sauiour whiche haste promysed for hys sake and in his name thy kyngdome of heauen to al them which suffer persecucion for thy righteousnesse sake How shal we then knowe true visiōs of Angels from false true apparitiōs and miracles from counterfayte but by the scripture of god which is the rule and true measure where wyth we must try all thynges as S. Iohn sayeth beeleue not euerye spirite but proue them whether they be of God For manye false