Popes obedience Therfor it is a newe maner of heresye that is here set out for menne to be ware of than was in those dayes 3 God hath at a tyme permitted the false Prophete to speake that was true As we haue for exaÌ„ple Balaam the sorcerer Saul the disobedient kynge Cayphas the cruell Bysshoppe and Pylate the vnryghtfull iudge But he gaue them not with it to vnderstande that they vttered Pantolabus hath here mencioned Martyne Luther to be of the same kynde that Wyclef and Husse were of yet hath he done yt of a wycked sprete and knoweth not what he hath written But the Prophecye of the seyd Iohan Husse whiche he vttred at the houre of his deathe shall make that saynge good Centum reuolutis annis Deo respondebitis eâ— mihi An hondreth years ones past sayth he to the papystes to God shall ye answer and to me By this he ment that after an hondreth years they shuld beginne to coÌ„sent to his doctrine whoÌ„ at y â— tyme they condempned and in proces of tyme graunt it to be agreable to the scriptures of God This Prophecye ded the Bohemes inprint vpon the one syde of their coynes and so reserued it from the yeare of owr Lorde a. M. CCCC and .xv. tyll vnto the yeare of owr Lorde ageyne a. M. CCCCC and .xvii. In the w c Martyne Luther impugned the Popes pardons power and auctorite by the open worde of God And therfor Pantolabê° hath spoken it trulye that Luther is of the same kynde But where as he hath done it of spyght and malyce he sheweth himselfe to be of a contrarye part As where that Luther is the popes great enemye he is his trustye frinde and louer A mysterye 1 He by his meane Hath baÌ„nyshed cleane 2 Out of that coste The holye ghoste 3 And hath brought inne Lyberte and synne 4 Posuerunt templuÌ„ sanctum Psal. 78. The openinge 1. GReat busynesse maketh Pantolabus herewith Martyne Luther for bannishynge that sprete of theirs which hath so longe vpholden their popishe churche of proude porkelynges the synagoge of Sathan the rose coloured whore and the spowse of the deuyll This sprete is not the holye ghost as he is here reported but the sprete which went out from the manne and returned ageyne with .vii. spretes worse thaÌ„ himselfe As with the sprete of errour the sprete of falshede the sprete of sorcerye the sprete of lyes the sprete of fornicacion the sprete of hypocresye and the sprete of the vtter conteÌ„pt of God with all other abhominacyons of vayneglorye malyce muther and Idolatrye In these spretes haue they gouerned their gloriouse churche of Antichrist euer sens they sprange vp vndre Phocas w t Mahomete Specyallye sens Syluester the sorcerer fat the deuyll from hell to graunt to his confirmacion and to geue him the iurisdiccyon of both swerdes In these fylthye spretes also haue their horned whoremongers euer sens by the same auctoryte bannished all godlye veritees and knowlege exâ—rcysynge all tyrannye cruelte and vyolence possible to holde the peple in darkenesse and ignoraunt blyndenesse And this in dede hath Martyne Luther lyke christes true disciple with all dilygence sought to redresse which moueth not a lyttle here the sycke stomake of Pantolabus he beinge the Popes Apostle 2 But that holye ghost which is the spre of wysdome knowlege counsell force science pyte and the true feare of God hath not Martyne Luther exyled as he is here of this lymme of the deuyll most falselye reported His workes shall in this poynt stande with him as wytnesses ageynst Wynchestre Bonner Standishe Wattes Quarrye the pardoner Pantolabus and all their affinite though they haue all the deuyls of hell vpon their syde He that shal reade his boke ageynst y â— Iewes quod Christus Iudeâ—s sit natus his commentaries vpon the scripturs with his other treatyses conferrynge them with the Popes olde diuinite Decrees and Decretals Extrauagantes Clementynes and Synodals shall fynde them so moche to dyffer from them as lyght doth dyffer from darkenesse or Christ froÌ„ Belial yf he be Christenlye lerned It fareth here by Pantolabus as it doth by him that daunseth naked in a nâ—t thinkynge that no manne seyth him whan all the world beholdeth him a presumptuouse Idyote fole No maÌ„ne there is which seyth anye truthe but perseyueth that the sprete which prouoketh Martyne Luther to destroye the Popes kyngedoÌ„ is a cleane contrarye sprete to that w c hath regned in the Pope and his clergye And therfor yf the Popes sprete be of y â— deuyll as the scripture sayth it is his sprete must nedeâ— bâ— of God And therfor Pantolabus holye ghost whom Luther hath bannisshed is not of God but of the deuyll 3 What lyberte this is that Pantalabê° here coupleth with synne makinge them all one 〈◊〉 caÌ„ not wele tell vnlesse it be fre will And ther vnto geueth Martyne Luther no lyberte that is godlye as testifyeth his boke de Seruo arbitrio And therfor is Pantolaê° moche to be blamed so to slaundre him But in dede his Lorde of Wynchestre hath brought in that lyberte now of late by y â— good helpe of Eckiâ—s the dowtye doctor of the papystes and taketh great paynes vpon him to make it a newe article of the fayth of Englande I thinke not the contrarye but his great hot stodye is also to sett vp purgatorye ageyne reparinge the broken chest of y â— churches olde suffrages deseruinges and merites to redeme the brent sowles and sende them to haueÌ„ by the vertu of Scala celâ— And therfor yf Pantolabus fynde fawte in the bringinge in of that lyberte lete him blame his good lorde for it not Luther The synne that he here speaketh of shuld seme to be Prestes marryage For that in dede they put out as an horryble synne whan they toke their oyled orders and were marryed to Sodome Gomor If Luther hath brought that in ageyne and dryuen out their souerayne ladye and swete sacred Sodomye he is worthye to be condempned of them for an heretyqye For holye Pope HyldebraÌ„de which was a Necromanser made this constitucion that non shuld be admitted to holye orders vnlesse he forsware marriage for terme of his lyfe Which constitucion hurt him nothinge at all he hauinge at his pleasur Mawde y â— Duchesse of Lotharyne with manye other more out of marryage 4 Farre out of frame is the scripture which he hath here alleged to conferme w t his folyshe purpose Polluerunt templum tuum O lorde God sayth Asaph the prophete a peple is broken into thyne herytage which hath defyled thy holye temple If the Popes churche were ment by that temple this text is falselye applyed to Luther and his companye For they haue not broken into that churche but gone out of it as all the worlde knoweth And in the verses folowinge are they mencyoned that destroyed the faythfull seruauÌ„tes of God by sheding their blood and geuynge their fleshe to the fowles of the
Christ reproue the Capernaytes or carnall hearers of his worde requirynge a beleue of them that will be saued For at that tyme nor yet of a yeare after was not that holye supper of his instituted Christ there admonished both his owne disciples and y â— Capernaytes not to labour for the meate that perisheth with the bellye but for that which endureth into the lyfe euerlastynge which is his eternall worde And whan they grodged at his heaueulye aduertysementes he declared vnto them what he ment by that eatynge fayeng Qui credit in me habet vitam eternam He that beleueth on me hath the lyfe euerlastynge As who shulde saye that there to eate is to beleue accordynge to his worde Whan Christe after that he had declared hymselfe to be the breade of lyfe and that his fleshe was meate and his blood verye drincke and that they which ded eate him shuld lyue for euer He gaue them this for a full coÌ„clusyon of the vnderstandynge of that eatynge and drinckynge Spiritus est qui viâ—ificat caro non prodest quicquaÌ„ It is onlye the sprete that quyckeneth the carnall eatynge profyteth nothynge at all For the bisshoppes behelde him Iudas ded kysse him and the cruell Iewes towched his bodye yet were they for that neuer the better Nomore than the prestes are yet to this houre which as they saye do daylye receyue him with their mouthe eate him with their lyppes and teare him with their teathe A mysterye 1 O braynelesse nodye Christ sayd my bodye 2 Is verelye meate For manne to eate 3 Caro mea vere est cibus c. Ioan. 6. The openinge 1. QVycke is Pantolabus in his matters now quauereth in his quybybles at large He cutteth his crotchettes as short as chyldes dyrt that they shulde tonne rounde on his tonge Now is Iohan Frith a braynelesse nodye because he hath not written to his mynde But what a wytlesse wrangeler is he and a dodypoll dawe patâ— that thus will talke with a dead manner A coÌ„mon custom is it amonge the vnlerned papistes onlye to inueye agaynst them that are gone Neuer will they meddle with them which are alyue vnlesse they be sure to burne them or to hange them Truthe it is that Christ hath sayd that his bodye is meate and that he which doth not receyue that meate caÌ„ haue no lyfe in him But what that eatynge is can not Pantolabê° tell or at y â— last he hath not yet taught it Christ sayth that to eate his flesshe and to dryncke his blood is to dwell in him by fayth and loue and he agayne to dwell in vs by his sprete of veryte and not to heare youre popishe masse or to receyue youre sacrament An infynite nombre of people haue thus eaten him and droncke him which neuer knewe what your massynge or how sellynge ment shall lyue perpetuallye in that refeccyon Not one euer perished that so hath receyued him where as thousandes hath bene lost that hath bene fedde at youre aulters 2 Whereas his fleshe is eaten and surelye dygested there is seane nomore whoremongynge theft fornicacyon ydelnesse wytchecraft cruelte spyght couetousnesse ydolatrye hatred glotonye and other fylthye vyces of the fleshe But loue ioye peace pacience longe sufferynge gentylnesse goodnesse faythfulnesse mekenesse clennesse temperaunce with other frutes of the sprete It is not youre oyled generacyon therfore nor yet they that are howseled at their masses that eateth Christes fleshe drynketh his blood which for the more part styll remayne whoremongers buggerers robbers cloyners catchers false teachers hypocrites ydolaters trayters deceyuers bellye goddes extorcyâ—ners murtherers of sowles and burnets of innocentes for their true Christen beleue Where as Christ is eaten he dwelleth And whereas he dwelleth he will suffre no soche workes to be done That persone can be no blasphemouse babler no instructour of lyes no dysdayner of Gods worde no peruetter of y â— scripturs as Pantolabus is here through oute all his iest He shall not iudge that to be whyghte that is blacke nor yet that is blacke to be whyght But his syght shall be soche by the gyft of his sprete that the thynge which is nought he shall so discerne it hath it neuer so manye gloryouse glytterynge colours to the contrarye 3 As Pantolabus is in his poesyes so is he in his allegacyons of the scripture a verye vnlerned ydyote applyenge them both to his folyshe fleshlye purpose He thynketh with Caromea vere est cibus to proue that Christes fleshe is reallye present in their popyshe sacrament And Christ meaneth nothyngelesse in that whole chapter He sayth not there my fleshe shall be naturallye present in youre sacrament whan ye haue ones prouyded youre oyled offycers and consecrate coniurers for that purpose But my fleshe is meate and my blood is vnfaynedlye drynke afore there were anye soche â—wlyshe orders He promysed nor to dwell in that but to dwell in vs euermore The kyngedome of God sayth he cometh not with outwarde obseruacyon of lo here and se there For beholde the kyngdome of God is within yow youre members sayth saynt Paule are the temple of God and youre sowles the habitacles of the holy ghost It foloweth in that Gospell hic est panis qui de celo descendit He is the breade which came from heauen not that breade which came from the wafer backers or from the breathyng of syr Laurence Loyterer at the aulter The worke of God is onlye to beleue not to fatche that bread at youre ydell handes They dye that eate youre breade and ronne headlynges to the deuyll a greate sort of them as ded manye of the Iewes that eate Manna in the desart But they that eate this breade shall neuer perishe A mysterye 1 Vvhye vvist thu then Sett to thy penne 2 And so playnelye Christes vvordes denye 3 Thy peuyshe pyld reasons Vvere not vvorthe .ii. peasons 4Vvherfore in a â—yre Thu haddest thy hyre 5 Iuste patiebantur secundum suas nequitias Sapien. 19. ¶ The openinge 1. RIallye styll ruffleth this rutter in his ragged rymes of rustycall rudenesse He reasoneth here his matter full clarkelye with this dead manne whye he sett his penne to bâ—oke aganyst the profytable wares of their markett But so longe as he was alyue he wolde not meddle with him Lyke a valeauÌ„t warryour of the Popes armye he thynketh the victorye sone gotten of him that is gone awaye The manne alredye ouerthrowne is sone beatten But lete him not thynke so to wynne anye greate worshyp at Iohan Frithes hande For thoughe his corps be dead his sprete is alyue Whan his fleshe was in burnyng his fayth was most quycke the veryte in him remaynynge inuincyble The power of hell with the whole swarme of Antichrist shall neuer preâ—ayle agaynst that stronge buysdynge Non other victorye haue ye than had Cayphas ouer Christ and the deuyll ouer Iob tryumphe ye neuer so fast ye maye ponnyshe the bodye and geue it to death but ouer the sowle
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