proueth that al the other apostles were conteyned in saynt Peter Simon Simon ecce sathanas expetiuit vos vt cribraret sicut triticuÌ„ Ego auÌ„t oraui pro te vt non deficiat fides tua et tu aliquaÌ„do coÌ„uersus coÌ„firmafratres tuos that is to saye Symon Symon loo sathanas hath coueted to syft you as a man syfteth whete but I haue prayed for the that thy faythe shall not fayle thou ones conuerted to the stable waye do coÌ„ferme thy brethren Upon the whiche wordes saynt Austyn saythe Christ dyd not praye for James and John for the other but he prayed for saynt Peter in whome the resydue was conteyned ¶ CoÌ„sydre now how eche of these testimonyes conferme strenghte one an other Fyrst the fygure shadow of the olde lawe Secondly the testymony of the gospels answeryng vnto the same Thyrdly the declaracyoÌ„ tyoÌ„ of saynt Austyn vpoÌ„ the same And here I bryng but one doctour whose testimony in the balaunce of any trewe christen mans herte me thynketh shold wey downe Martyn Luther But saynt Ambrose spekynge de didrachmate calleth it also capituÌ„ solutionem that is to say heed money And of saynt Peter he saythe Petra eniÌ„ dicitur eo ê™ primê° in nationibus fidei fundamentuÌ„ posuerit tanquam saxum immobile totius operis christiani coÌ„pagem molemque contineat that is to saye Peter is called petra bycause that he fyrste amonge the gentyles dyd establisshe the grouÌ„d of our fayth as a stone not easy to be remoued he coÌ„teyneth in hym stayeth all the frame gretnes of the worke of christ And saynt Gregory saythe Certe Petrus apostolus primuÌ„ membruÌ„ sancte vniuersalis ecclesie est Paulus Andreas Joannes quid aliud quam singularium plebiuÌ„ sunt capita that is to saye Peter is the chefe membre of the vniuersall chirche Paule Andrew John what els be they but heedes of certayne syngler people wherby it appereth that as they were chefe euery man of that people the they had cure of So saynt Peter was chefe of the vnyuersall chirche Saynt Hierome also sayth spekyng of Peter Propterea inter duodecim vnus eligitur vt capite coÌ„stituto schismatis tolleretur occasio that is to say the Peter was one chosen out amongest twelfe to th entent that he beynge theyr heed al occasyoÌ„s of schysmatyke diuysyon shold be take awaye Saynt Cypriane forthermore sayth spekyng of Peter whaÌ„ he dyd confesse cryst Jesu to be the sone of god Loquitur illic Petrus super queÌ„ edificaÌ„da fuerat ecclesia that is to saye there speketh Peter vpon whome the chirche was for to be buylded But how shold the chirche be buylded vpon hym yf he were not the heed and chefe membre of the chirche ¶ All these be of the latyn chirche holy fathers all men of grete lernynge all men of synguler holynes whose vertuous lyuynges be coÌ„formed by miracles bothe done in theyr lyfes after theyr deeth Of grekes lykewyse Chrisostome after that he hath praysed saynt Paule speketh of saynt Peter sayeng ê™ ipse quifuit apostolorum caput talis fuit that is to saye that saynt Peter whiche was the heed of the apostles was suche an other and often he called saynt Peter eximium apostolorum et os discipulorum ac verticem collegii that is to saye the chefe of the apostles and mouthe of the dyscyples the top and heed of all the college And Oxygene saythe Magno illi ecclesie fundameÌ„to petreque solidissime super quaÌ„ christus fundauit ecclesiam suam vide quid dicatur a domino Modice fidei quare dubitasti that is to say Se what was sayd of our lorde to that grete fouÌ„dament of the chirche and moost stable stone o man of lytle faythe why dydest thou doute ¶ yf all these so many testymonyes bothe of grekes and latyns shall not couÌ„terpease agaynst one frere What reason is this I truste there is no true chrysten man but that he wyll be moued with the testimonye of all these specyally whan they be grouÌ„ded of so playne euydent a fygure of the olde lawe and of so clere a lyght of the holy gospels ¶ But here Luther wyll saye that he can not coÌ„ceyue duos summos Of the whiche I merueyle gretly Sithen it is manyfest that Aaron was called summus in scrypture yf he were summus sacerdos Moyses was no whit benethe hym than must they two eyther of them be summus one of them vnder an other in comparyson of the other people So as saynt Paule maketh many hedes sayeng Caput mulieris vir caput viri christê° christi vero deus Se here be thre heedes vnto a woman god chryst hyr housband yet besyde al these she hath an heed of hyr owne It were a monstruous syght to se a woman withouten an heed what coÌ„forte sholde hyr housbande haue vpon hyr yf than one woman notwithstandynge she hathe an heed of hyr owne to gouerne hyr accordynge to the wyl pleasure of hyr housband yet she hath hyr housband to be hyr heed chryst to be hyr heed and god to be hyr heed How moche rather our mother holy chirche which is the spowse of christ hath an heed of her owne that is to say the pope yet neuerthelesse chryst Jesu hyr housbande is her heed almyghty god is hyr heed also ¶ But now let vs retourne to our instruccyoÌ„ Thus than ye vnderstaÌ„de how that in the vnyuersal chirche of chryste remayneth the spyryte of trouthe for euer and that the heed of this chirch the pope is vnder chryst Bi this breuely it maye appeere that the spiryte of christ is not in Martyn luther The spyryte of euery naturall body gyueth lyfe noo forther but to the members partes of the same body whiche be naturally ioyned vnto the heed And so lykewyse it must be in the mystycall body of our mother holy chirche ¶ For asmoche than as this wretched man hath deuyded hymselfe from the heed of this body whiche is the vycare of chryst how can he haue in hym the spyryte of this body whiche is the spyryte of trouthe specyally whan he hath dyuyded hymselfe with suche pryde arrogancye presumpcyon whiche is moost odyous vnto this holy spyryte and so dispytyously so presumptuously so malicyously contemneth setteth at nought all to raggeth the heed of chrystes chirche to whome as to his chefe spyrytuall father by the reason of his religyon he hath vowed and promest obedyence How can this man haue in hym the spyryte of god this holy spyryte of trouthe And here I make an ende of the fyrst instruccyon ¶ Here foloweth the seconde instruccyon agaynst the pernycyous doctryne of Martyn luther FOr the second instruccyon the next wordes enseweth Ille testimonium perhibebit de me that is to saye And he shall bere wytnesse or gyue euydence of me What merueylous vertue what wonderfull operacyon is in the bemes
dothe remayne shall remayne with vs vnto the worldes ende but by whome I pray you speketh he vnto vs by whome techeth he vs any trouthe by whome elles but by the fathers doctours of the chirche by theyr mouthes this holy spyryte techeth vs euery trouthe Non eniÌ„ vos estis qui loquimini sed spiritus patris vestri qui loquitur in vobis that is to saye It is not ye that speke but the holy spyryte of your father whiche dothe speke wtin you Saynt Basyll whan he was baptised a wonderful lyght was sene aboute hym which is not to be douted but that it was a sensyble token of the holy goost And lykewyse saynt Ambrose whyles he was endytynge of that .xliij. psalme a lyght was sene aboue his heed in maner of a shelde which by lytle lytle entrediÌ„ at his mouthe in veray token of the spiryte of god And so lykewyse it was of the other Wherfore it is not to be douted but in suche holy bisshoppes and doctours of the chirche the holy goost dothe speke but moche rather iÌ„ couÌ„celles whan many of them were assembled togyder For euer as the stormes and tempestes of heresyes dyd aryse so they were at length oppressed coÌ„uynced by this holy spyryte spekynge in the mouthes of the fathers doctours of the chirche Somtyme by generall couÌ„celles and assembles of many bysshoppes togyder ¶ In the couÌ„sel of Nicene was cccix bisshoppes in whome the holy goost spake to the confutacyon of an heresye that than sore vexed the chirche After that in the couÌ„sell of constanstynoble was assembled .c.l. bisshoppes in them the holy goost spake to the destruccyon of an other heresye that than rose in the chirche In the counsell kept in Epheso in a grete cyte of Asye so named were assembled CCC bisshoppes in whome than the holy spyryte spake to the confoundynge of an other heresye that was alofte so coÌ„tynually frome tyme to tyme euer as these clowdes arose and made any grete tempestes began to lighten and shewe a fals lyght of misconstruyng of scryptures this holy spiryte was redy by these fathers to enforme the vniuersal chirche of the certayn trouthe ¶ Se than I saye what we haue to conferme those thynges that be taught vs by the chirche Fyrst the prophetes that were instructed by the father almighty god and also theyr Cabala that is to saye theyr secrete erudycyons not wrytten in the byble Secondly the apostles whiche were instructed by oure fauyour chryst Jesu and also theyr tradycyons not wrytten in the byble Thyrdly the holy fathers and doctours of the chirche that were enformed by the holy spyryte of trouthe as well in theyr exposycyons of scrypture as also by theyr general assembles and councelles had here to fore ¶ Yf there were a fourth persone in the trynyte or an other spyryte to be sent vnto vs froÌ„ almighty god we myght yet be in some doute wheder Martyn luther had met with this spiryte by the waye and coÌ„ueyed hym from vs. But sythen we be assured that there is no moo but .iij. persones in the godhede of whome this gospel maketh mencyon and that euery one of them hath done his dylygence to instructe vs of the trouthe And ferthermore that there is none other holy spyryt preter spiritum veritatis but this spyryte of trouhe and he also shall abyde with vs for euer acertayne vs of euery trouthe we may be sure that Martyn luther hath not this spyryte whaÌ„ he dothe teche vs agaynst the trouthe that hathe be taught vs by this spyryte For he cutteth away the tradycyons of the apostles and refuseth the generall councelles and contemneth the doctryne of the holy fathers and doctours of the chirche and laboureth to subuerte all the ordynaunce of the chirche namely the .vij. sacramentes and taketh awaye the fredome of mans wyll and affermeth that al thyng falleth by necessyte contrary to al the doctryne of christes chirch we may be sure therfore that he hathe some other wretched spyryte some spyryte of errour not the spiryt of trouthe saynt Paule sayth In nouissimis tê‘ibê° discedeÌ„t quidaÌ„ a fide attendeÌ„tes spiritibus erroris et doctrinis demonioruÌ„ that is to say In the latter dayes of the chirche some shall go from the true faythe of christes chirche gyue hede to the spirytes of errour to the techynge of the deuyl And here note this worde discedeÌ„t For saynt Paule saythe in another place Erit discessio primum that is to saye Before the comynge of antichryst there shall be a notable discessyon departyng fro the faythe of the chirche And it is not vnlyke to be at this same tyme by the occasyon of this moost perylous heretyke ¶ Here Martin luther for his shrewed brayne wyll some thyng wrastell agaynst vs. He wyl say that the councelles somtyme erre that the doctours full often disagre And as they erre disagre at one tyme or in one place so maye they do in an other and therfore he sayth he is bouÌ„deÌ„ to byleue none of them all To this maye be answered that this reason strayneth not as it shall well appeere in lyke The ê“phetes somtyme left vnto themselfe dyd square from the trouthe Nam prophetie spiritus noÌ„ semper prophetarum mentes irradiat That is to say the spiryte of prophecye dothe not alway shyne bright vpon the myndes of the prophetes As in example kynge Dauyd purposynge to buylde the temple to almyghty god councelled with the prophete Nathan wheder he sholde perfourme his purpose ye or naye And the prophete Nathan bad hym goo in hande with it and do all that he intended in his herte for to do Omnia que in corde tuo sunt fac dominus tecum est That is to saye do all that thou inteÌ„dest in thy herte for oure lorde god is with the. yet he was deceyued it was not soo as he sayd Shall we nowe for this disceyte truste none other thynge that this prophete Nathan sayd besyde this god forbede Lykewyse of the apostles saynt Peter whan he sayd to christ Tu es xpÌ„s filiê° dei viui that is to say Thou art chryst the sone of the lyuely god he spake this by reuclacyon and here our sauyour praysed hyÌ„ sayd Beatus es petrus bariona that is to saye Thou art blessed Peter the sone of John wtin a lytle after he dyssuaded our sauiour from his passyon and sayd Abut a te domine that is to saye Not so good lorde And in this he sayd wrong Shal we nowe bycause he sayd wronge this seconde tyme not byleue his fyrst sayenge that were not reasonable Almighty god suffred the prophetes and the apostles also somtyme to erre to th entent that we myght knowe they were but men and whan they sayd trouthe that that they had of god whan they sayd otherwyse thaÌ„ trouth that that came of themself And so lykewyse I saye of the
¶ The sermon of JohnÌ„ the bysshop of Rochester made agayn the ê‘nicious doctryn of Martin luther wtin the octaues of the asceÌ„syon by the assingnemeÌ„t of the most reuerend fader iÌ„ god the lord Thomas Cardinal of Yorke Legate ex late re from our holy father the pope ¶ QuuÌ„ venerit paracletus quem ego mittam vobis spirituÌ„ veritatis qui a patre procedit ille testimonium perhibebit de me These wordes be the wordes of our sauiour christ Jesu in the gospell of John and red in the seruyce of this present sonday thus moche to say in englysshe whaÌ„ the coÌ„forter shall come whom I shall sende vnto you the spyryte of trouthe that yssueth from my father he shall bere wytnesse of me FUll often whan the daye is clere and the sonne shineth bryght ryseth in some quarter of the heuen a thyk blak clowde that darketh all the face of the heuen shadowyth from vs the clere lyght of the sonne and stereth an hydeous teÌ„pest maketh a greate lightnyng and thonderyth terribly so that the weyke soules and feble hertes be put in a great fere made almost desperate for lak of comforte ¶ In lyke maner it is in the chirche of christ whan the lyght of fayth that shyneth from the spuÌ„all sonne almyghty god hathe ben clere bryght a good season hath rysen many a tyme som blak clowde of heresy stered suche a tempest made suche a lyghtnynge and so terribly thonderyd that many a weyke soule hath myscaryed therby ¶ Suche a clowde loo was Arrius whiche stered so great a tempest that many yeres after is vexyd the chirche of christ And after hyÌ„ came many other lyke clowdes as Macedonius Nestorius Eutices Cliuidius Donatus Jouinianus Pellagius Joannes wiccliff with other moo whiche sore tempested the chirche euery of them for his tyme. Suche heretykes saynt Jude in his epistole calleth nubes sine aqua que a vento circuÌ„feruntur that is to saye clowdes wtouten the moysture of grace whiche be moued with the blast of wycked spyrytes And now suche an other clowde is raysed a loft oon Martyn luther a frere the whiche hath stered a mighty storme and tempest in the chirche and hath shadowed the clere lyght of many scryptures of god he maketh yssue from hym a perylous lyghtnynge that is to say a false lyght of wrong vnderstaÌ„dynge of scriptures which passeth not from the spiryt of trouth but from the spiryt of errour and from the spiryt of this tempest of his moost perilous heresye Ferthermore he terribly thonderyth agaynst the poopes authorite agaynst the generall coÌ„celles agaynst the tradicions and ordinauÌ„ces left vnto vs by the apostles agaynst the doctryne of the fathers doctours of the chirche ¶ Our sauiour christ therfore by his diuyne prouidence forseynge that suche pestylent clowdes tempestes many shold aryse to the greate trouble vexacyon of his chirch for the tender loue infinyt charite whiche he bereth vnto oure mother holy chirche dyd promesse that after he had asceÌ„ded vnto his father he wold send to hyr the holy spiryt of god the spiryt of trouthe that shold abyde with hyr for euer to acertayne hyr fro tyme to tyme of euery trouth wherunto bothe she euery chyld of hyrs that is to say euery true christen man shold gyfassured faithe finally to be vnto hyriÌ„ all suche stormes a veray coÌ„forter accordyng to the beginnyng of this gospel aboue rehersed Quum venerit paracletus quem ego mittam vobis spiritum veritatis qui a patre ê“cedit ille testimonium perhibebit de me This hooly gospel gracyously offereth vnto vs foure goodly instruccyoÌ„s agaynst these dauÌ„gerous tempestes of heresyes whan so euer they fortune to aryse but specyally agaynst this moost pernicyous tempest that Martyn luther hath now stered ¶ The fyrst .iij. instruccyons by the leue of god and helpe of this holy spiryt shall vndermyne .iij. great groundes wher vpon Martyn dothe stable in maner all his articles the fourth shall answere to the defence that is made for hyÌ„ by his adhereÌ„tes wherby many a weyke soule is in peryll ¶ But byfore that we shall entre the declaracion of them we shall make our prayer vnto this holy spyryte of trouthe that in this dauÌ„gerous storme perylous teÌ„pest he wyl staye our hertes with the testimony of his trouthe that we floghter not in the catholike doctryne of our mother holy chirch but fastly byleue suche erudicyons as hath ben deriuyed vnto vs. from our sauyour christ Jesu by his apostylles theyr successors the holy bysshoppes fathers doctours of the chyrche For the whiche for grace necessary for you for me euery person saye theyr deuocyon THe fyrst Instruccyon is offerd vnto vs of these fyrst wordes of the gospell Quum venerit paracletus quem ego mittaÌ„ vobis spirituÌ„ veritatis q i a patre procedit In the whiche wordes is promest vnto vs the spiryt of trouthe to be our comforte in all doutefull opinions that may ryse in christes chirche ¶ Towching this instruccion thre thynges I wold do First I wold shewe that the instruccyons of this holy gospell ê‘teyneth to the vniuersal chirche of christ Secondly that the heed of the vniuersall chirche iure diuino is the pope Thyrdly that Martyn luther whiche deuideth hyÌ„selfe from this heed hath not in hym the spiryt of trouthe ¶ For the fyrst Martyn luther can not denye but this promesse is made vnto the vniuersall chirche ther vnto we shall bynde hyÌ„ by his owne reason he saith in the booke de captiuitate babilonica Qd si demus vnam aliquaÌ„ epistolaÌ„ Pauli aut vnuÌ„ alicuius epistole locuÌ„ non ad vniuersalem ecclesiam pertinere iam eueacuata est tota Pauli authoritas that is to say yf we wyl afferme that any one epistle of saynt Paule or any one place of his epistoles perteyneth not vnto the vniuersall chirche of christ we take away all saynt Paules authorite ¶ Now yf it be thus of the wordes of saynt Paule moche rather this is a trouthe of the gospels of christ of euery place wrytten in the same gospels In the vnyuersall chirche than this holy spiryte of trouthe resteth shal coÌ„tynue vnto the worldes ende vt maneat vobiscum ineternuÌ„ he shall abyde in the vniuersall chirche for euer et docebit vos omnem veritatem And he shall in euery doute teche vs the trouthe Thus moche for the fyrst ¶ Now for the seconde where I sayd that the pope iure diuino is the heed of the vnyuersall chirche of christ Whan ye se a tre stand vpright vpon the grouÌ„d his braunches spred abrode full of lefes fruyte yf the sonne shyne clere this tree maketh a shadowe in the whiche shadowe ye may perceyue a fygure of the brauÌ„ches of the lefes of the fruyte Euery thynge that is in the tree hathe somwhat answeringe vnto it in
of the sonÌ„e whiche as we se this tyme of the yere spred vpon the grouÌ„de dothe quycken make lyfely many creatures the which before appeered as deed who that vewed and beheld in the wynter season the trees whan they be wydred and theyr lefes shaken from them and all the moystour shronke into the roote no lust of grenenes nor of lyf appeereth outwardly yf he had had none experyence of this mater before he wold thynke it an vnlyke thyng that the same trees shold reuyue agayne be so lustely clad with lefes floures as we now se them And yet this is done by the subtyll operacyon and secrete workynge of the sonne bemes spred vpon the grounde Neuerthelesse not euery beme of the sonne hathe this vertue It is a trouthe the bemes of the sonÌ„e in wynter be lyght as they be now this tyme of the yere but that lyght is so faynt and feble that it gyueth no lyfe for than we sholde haue herbes and trees to growe as wel in wynter as they now do this tyme of the yere The cause of this weykenes is for the sonne shooreth so lowe by the grounde that his bemes than sklaunteth vpon the grounde and dothe not rebouÌ„de nor double in themselfe agayne towardes the sonne and this is the cause of this weykenes they wyll set tynder or clothe on fyre And lykewyse it is of the bemes of the faythe hope whan they be ioyntly compacte and vnyte togyder yf a man had suche a faythe and confydence than he myght commauÌ„de a gret mouÌ„tayne to remoue for his pleasure and this were a myghty faythe Neuerthelesse yf a man had suche a faythe yet yf he wanted the hete of charyte he were but as a deed tree For saynt Paule sayth Si habuero omnem fidem ita vt moÌ„tes transferram charitatem auÌ„t non habuero nihil sum yf I haue all faythe he that speketh of all leueth none vnspoken of yf I haue all faythe he saythe so myghty faythe that by my faythe I maye remoue at my commauÌ„dement gret mouÌ„taynes yet yf I want the hete of charyte I am nothyng but as a deed stok a tree withouten lyf And therfore saynt James saythe Fides sine operibê° mortua est Faythe withouten the fruyte of good workes is deed To this purpose our instruccyon saythe Ille testimoniuÌ„ ê“hibebit de me that is to saye he shall bere wytnesse of me Of whom of christ What is christ Luxvera que illuminat omnem hominem venientem in hunc mundum that is to saye the true lyght the whiche enlyghtneth euery creature coÌ„mynge into this world who shall bere wytnesse or gyue euydence of this lyght the spyryte of god Quia charitas dei diffusa est in cordibê° nostris per spirituÌ„ sanctuÌ„ qui datus est nobis That is to saye the hete of the charyte of god is spred in our hertes by the holy spyryte the whiche is gyuen vnto vs. hete of charyte gyueth euydence that that lyght is lyfely Haue a man neuer so moche lyght of faythe onlesse he haue also this hete of charyte sterynge his soule and bryngyng forthe lyfely workes he is but a deed stock as a tree withouten lyfe For as I sayd though the naturall sonne shyne neuer so bryght vpon a tree yf this tree haue in it no grenenes nor puttyng forthe of buddes and lefes this tree is not alyue So whan the bemes of the spirytuall sonÌ„e be spred vpon our soules yf we fele not the sterynge hete to fruytfull workes our soules be but deed ¶ But now to what purpose serueth this instruccyon To this it subuerteth one grete grouÌ„de of Martyn luther whiche is this that faythe alone withouten workes dothe Justifye a synÌ„er vpoÌ„ the whiche grouÌ„d he byldeth many other erroneous artycles specyally that the sacramentes of christes chirche dothe not Justyfye but onely faythe A perylous artycle able to subuerte all the order of the chirche but touchynge these sacramentes the kynges grace our souerayne lorde in his owne persone hath with his pen so substauÌ„cyally foghten agaynst Martyn luther that I doute not but euery true christen man that shal rede his boke shall se those blessed sacramentes clered delyuered from the skalauÌ„derous mouthe cruel tethe that Martyn luther hath set vpon them wherin al englond maye take grete comforte specially al those that loue lernynge Plato saythe TuÌ„ beatas fore respublicas quando aut philosophi regnent aut reges philosophentur That is to saye than shall Ye se whan a bowle is throwen sklantlynge vpon a wall it slydeth forward and rebouÌ„deth not bakward dyrectly agayne to hym that was the thrower but whan it is dyrectly cast agaynst a wall with a grete vyolence than it dothe dyrectly rebounde agayne In this maner it is of the sonne bemes the more nye that the sonne draweth vnto vs now this tyme of the yere the more dyrectly his bemes bete vpon the grouÌ„de the more dyrectly they rebouÌ„de retourne agayne towardes the sonÌ„e And by the reason of the nyenesse of beme to beme ryseth a greter strengthe in the beme and a more full lyght quia omÌ„is virtus vnita fortior est that is to say For euery vertue that is gadred togyder is more stronger ¶ Asengell threde is nothynge so stronge as is a double nor a syngle beme of the sonne is nothyng so myghty as whaÌ„ it is doubled and bowghted in it selfe by rebouÌ„dyng and reflexyon Forthermore of these two ryseth an hete a warmenes the whiche is the pryncypall worker of lyfe in euery creature But for all this we be not yet sure that any tree is alyue to than we se some puttynge forthe of buddes or lefes out of the same tree ¶ This example yf ye perceyue it maye enduce vs to conceyue how wonderfully the spyrytuall sonne almyghty god worketh by his spyrytuall and inuysyble bemes of his lyght spred vpoÌ„ the soule of man or vpon the chirche bothe whiche is called in scrypture a spyrytuall erthe Dominus dabit benignitatem et terra nostra dabit fructuÌ„ suuÌ„ That is to saye our lorde shall gyue his gracyous influence and our erthe shall yelde fruytful workes The bemes of almyghty god spred vpon our soules quyckeneth them causeth this lyfe in vs and the fruyte of good workes Fyrst they cause the lyghte of faythe but this is a veray sklender lyght wtouten the reboundynge of hope the hete of charyte faythe wtouten hope is a sklender beme of a lytle power But Joyne vnto hym hope whiche reboundeth vp to god agayne adâ—â— que non videntur thaÌ„ is he moche stronger than he whas byfore For nowe this is doubled and bowghted in it selfe and gadred more nye vnto hymselfe made more valyaunt and mighty than it was before Before it was lyke vnto the faythe that saynt Peter had whan christ bad hym come to hym vpon the see he beleued his
iustificabuntur that is to saye Suche as onely be herers of the lawe of god shal not be iustifyed but the workers therafter And saynt James saythe Estote factores verbi et non auditores tantum fallentes vosmetipsos that is to saye be ye workers of the worde of god and not onely the herers for than ye disceyue yourself saynt Paule agayne sayth Si secundum carnem vixeritis morie mini Si spiritu facta carnis mortificaueritis viuetis that is to say yf ye lyue after the workes of your flesshe ye shall dye but yf ye mortifye in you by spyryte the workes of your flesshe ye shall lyue And fynally saynt Paule sayth resoluyng his owne sentence fides que per dilectionem operatur that is to saye Fay the whiche is wrought by loue accordynge to the whiche saynt James saythe Uides quoniam fides cooperabatur operibus illius ex operibus fides consummata est That is to saye Thou seest how that faythe helped his workes and how of the worker his faythe was made perfyt By all the whiche testimonyes ye may playnely se that not onely faythe suffyseth but also loue and workes be requyred to the iustyfyenge of our soules And thus moche for the seconde instrucyon ¶ Here foloweth the thyrde instruccyon agaynst Martyn luther TOwching the third instruccyoÌ„ it foloweth in the gospel Et vos testimoniuÌ„ ê“hibebitis quia ab initio mecuÌ„ estis That is to saye ye shall bere wytnesse bycause ye be conuersaunt with me fro the begynnyng To whome shall they bere wytnesse but vnto the vniuersall chirche of chryst Theyr wytnesse thaÌ„ must be allowed of euery true christen man ¶ Of these wordes of the other aboue rehersed it shal appeere that more testimony must be admytted for sufficyent authoryte than only yt. that is wrytten in the byble Whiche one thynge yf we may establysshe it wyl cast downe a grete nobre of Martyn luthers artycles But for this we must coÌ„sydre that these .iij. persones of whome this gospel hathe made mencyon though al theyr workes be vndiuyded vndeseuered one from an other but ioyntly go togyders yet scripture assygneth thre seuerall tymes vnto these .iij. ê‘sones in the which they haue instructeth man of the trouth necessary to be byleued First almighty god the fader istructed our elders by his ê“phetes as saint Paule sayth MultiphariaÌ„ multisque modis olim deê° loqueÌ„s patribê° iÌ„ ê“phetis that is to saye Almighty god the fyrst ê‘sone iÌ„ the godhed many diuers wayes instructed our fathers by his ê“phetes saynt Paule meaneth here by our fathers the Jewes of whom we spuÌ„ally desceÌ„ded for AbrahaÌ„ that was theyr carnal fader is oures also spuÌ„al Now almighty god the father taught them by his ê“phetes whose ê“phecyes all be it they be wrytten in scrypture yet was there many moo thinges which they spook vnwrytten that was of as gret authoryte as that that was wrytten which the mayster of Jewes calleth cabala which is deriuyed fro man to man by mouthe onely not by wrytyng After this the second ê‘son the sone of god our sauiour christ Jesu was send by his father into this world to instructe man bothe by hymselfe by his apostles the which were coÌ„uersauÌ„t with hym as the gospel here sayth fro the begining These blessyd apostles left vnto vs also many thinges by mouthe which is not written in the byble This thyng may appeere by saynt paule whiche cam after them was not pÌ„sent whaÌ„ christ saye these wordes vnto them iÌ„ .ij. epistole ad thessaloniceÌ„ses state tenete traditioÌ„es qÌ„s didicistis siue ê‘ sermoneÌ„ siue ê‘ eplam nrÌ„am that is to say be ye ê¯stauÌ„t kepe those iÌ„struccioÌ„s erudicyoÌ„s that ye haue lerned of vs. ather by mouth or els by wryting yf saynt paule that was latter thaÌ„ the other apostles to whom these wordes were sayd of christ wyl haue his tradicyoÌ„s obserued kept aswel those that he tolde them by mouth as those that he wrote with his peÌ„ne why shal not lyke wyse the tradicioÌ„s of al the other apostles be of lyke strengthe to make fayth to bere wytnesse of the trouthe Here ye may se by expÌ„sse scrypture of saynt paule that we be bounde to byleue many mo thynges thaÌ„ be wrytten put iÌ„ the byble We shall coÌ„ferme this by Origene which is an auÌ„cyent doctor to whome in this poynt grete faythe is to be gyueÌ„ He in the boke of noÌ„bres omelia .v. sayth Sêª iÌ„ ecclÌ„iasticis obseruationibê° sunt noÌ„nulla que omnibê° facere necesse est nec tnÌ„ ratio eoruÌ„ oiÌ„bê° patet NaÌ„ ê™ verbi gratia genua flectimus orantes et ê™ ex omnibê° celi plagis ad solaÌ„ orientis partem conuersi fundimê° orationem noÌ„ facile puto cuiquam ratione compertuÌ„ Sed eucharistie seu percipiende seu quo ritu geritur explicande vel eoruÌ„ que geruÌ„tur in baptismo verboruÌ„ gestoruÌ„que et ordinum atque interrogationuÌ„ et responsionuÌ„ quis facile explicet ratione Et tamen hec omnia operta licet et velata portamê° super humeros quuÌ„ implemus ea et exequimur vt a magno pontifice christo et a filiis eius tradita et coÌ„mendata suscepimus That is to saye But in the obseruancyes of the chirche be many thynges whiche is necessary for vs to do and yet the reason why that we so do is not open to al men As in example whan that we make our prayers knelynge and whan amonges all the other plages of heuen we chose the eest parte towarde the whiche we make our prayer I thynke not that the reason of this is lyghtly knowen to any man Of the obseruaÌ„cyes also and rytes that we vse aboute the sacrament of the alter to be consecrate or elles of the sacrament of baptyme to be minystred whoo can expresse the reason of al those wordes gestures orders questyoÌ„s answers that there be accustomed And yet neuerthelesse al these we bere couerd hyd vpon our sholders whaÌ„ that we do perfourme and execute them accordynge to the tradicyoÌ„s erudycyons whiche we haue receyued coÌ„mended vntyll vs by the grete bysshop christ by his children the holy apostles Of the whiche wordes of Oxigene it clerly dothe appeere that many suche tradycyoÌ„s were left vnto the christen people by christ his apostles the whiche we must folowe notwithstaÌ„dyng they be not wrytten in scripture To the whiche purpose I myght also brynge the testimonyes of Damascene Demose Augustine Hierome other moo ¶ Thyrdly the thyrd persone in the trynyte that is to saye the holy spiryt of trouth was sent fro the other twayne to abyde with vs for euer and to be as a coÌ„forter contynuell in christes chirche whan the stormes teÌ„pestes of heresyes do aryse agaynst al floghteryng doutfulnes to teche vs the veray certayne trouthe where vnto we shold rest After that the apostles were departed from vs the holy spyryte dyd
behold the thick black clowdes aloft that shal darken al the face of the heueÌ„ shadow froÌ„ you the clere light of the sonne shewe a false glysteryng light that yssueth out of the clowde from the spiryte of that tempest ye shal here terryble coÌ„minacyon of theyr thonderyng Be ye thaÌ„ coÌ„stant in your faythe byleue as dothe your mother holy chirche lyfely put your trust in the spiryte of trouthe whiche shall be your comforter vnto the worldes ende ¶ Ferthermore whan thou herest christen man that Martyn luther hath a fast mynde in god the letteth for no mans authoryte to speke the trouthe reputeth all them that folowe not his doctryne to be deuyded from the chirch catolyke in so moche that he hathe excomunycate the pope O woÌ„derful presumpcion O madnes intollerable knowe this for certayne that all the other heretykes thus dyd they dyd repute themselfe theyr adhereÌ„tes only to be of the chirche catholyke and rekeneth all other that folowe not theyr opinyons to be deuyded from the chirche So dyd the Nonacyanes in Rome exclude the catholyke preestes bysshoppes from theyr chriches So dyd the Arrianes in grece lykewyse So dyd the Donatystes in Affrycke Neuerthelesse the chirche of christ is but one vna sancta catholica et apostolica this chirche is one hauynge one heed the pope whiche is the vicare of christ of whome it is called vna And though there be in this chriche many synners yet for the holy sacramentes that reneweth repareth synners dayly for the holy spyryte that coÌ„tynually remayneth in it it is called sancta that is to say holy And for bycause it is not lymyt to any certayn nacyon but it is comen to all nacyons therfore it is called catholica the is to saye vniuersall And fynally bycause it is deryuyed from the apostles specyally froÌ„ the prynce of the apostles saynt Peter therfore it is called apostolica that is to saye apostolyke This onely chirche is the spouse of christ all other sembles that be not of this chirche be synagoges of sathanas coÌ„cylyables of the deuyll And therfore christen man be not astonyed thoughe they do excomunicate and deuyde the true christianes from theyr synagoges For our sauyour hath gyueÌ„ vs warnynge here of before sayenge as it foloweth in the gospell absque synagogis facient vos that is to saye they shal excomunicate you and deuyde you from theyr synagoges Thyrdly christen man whan thou herest that Martyn luther hathe so grete a zeale to god thynketh in his conscyence that he is bouÌ„den to do this that he doth weneth that in so doyng he pleaseth god dothe a specyall seruyce vnto god all the soules that by his false doctryne he sleeth and murdereth he recommytteth them vnto almyghty god yet neuerthelesse be stronge in thy faythe and se that in this poynt our sauiour hath also warned the chirche sayenge Sed venit hora qnÌ„ omÌ„is q i interficit vos arbitretÌ„ obsequiuÌ„ se prestare deo That is to saye the tyme cometh whan euery man that shall murder you shall wene that he dothe acceptable seruyce vnto god But yf thus the other heretykes dyd not before thaÌ„ thynke that Martyn luther is somwhat Dyd not thus the Arrianes dyd not they furyously rage agaynst the catholyke bisshoppes and preestes whiche dyd resyste them and not only by theyr pestilent errours they infected the soules of men but also caused grete murders of bodyes Dyd not thus the Donatystes of whome saynt Austyn saythe ad Bonifacium QuicuÌ„que dura illoruÌ„ verba coÌ„tempseraÌ„t durioribê° verberibê° qd iubebaÌ„t facere cogebaÌ„tur innocentiuÌ„ qui eos offenderant derant dontus aut deponebaÌ„tur ad soluâ—â— aut ignibus cremabantur that is to saye Whose euer set at nought theyr hard wordes they were coÌ„strayned with harder strokes to folowe theyr pleasures the houses of the good christianes eyther were throwe downe to the grounde or elles were brent with fyre And after foloweth ê™ plurimi cedibus eorum extincti sunt that is to say many was slayne by theyr murders Dyd not thus the discyples of wycclyffe all be it that for fere of the temporall lawes they durst slee no man yet put they vp a byll of artycles vnto the teÌ„porall lordes in the parliament season mouyng them to slee theyr aduersaryes that resysted agaynst them And what suppose ye Martyn luther his adhereÌ„tes wold do yf he had the popes holynes his fauourers whome he calleth so often in derisyon papistas papastors papanos papenses in his daunger I fere me that he wold vse no more curtesy with them than he hath done with theyr bookes that is to say with the decretalles which he hath brent And so lykewyse I fere me that he wold bren them or any other christen man that he thought might let his opinyons to go forwarde And yet in so doyng he wold thynke that he dyd grete seruyce vnto god Thus ye may se that these heretykes all be it they had grete redynes in scriptures were fell wytted men depely resoned and had also pretens of vertuous lyfe had a grete zeele thynkyng in theyr coÌ„scyence that they were bounden to do asmoche as they dyd yet were they disceyued by the holy couÌ„celles fathers of the chirche conuynced of theyr erronious opinyons And why maye not lykewyse Martyn luther be deceyued as all they were before hym and specyally sythen he wanteth the spyryte of trouth the whiche all they wanted For yf they had had the spyryte of trouthe they sholde not haue erred in myscoÌ„ceyuynge the scryptures I saye not but that they were redy in scryptures coude brynge the scryptures meruaylously to theyr purpose and frame them cursedly to theyr opynyons but for lacke of the spyryte of trouthe they mysconstrued these scryptures and as saynt peter sayth Deprauabant or as saynt Paule saythe Inuertebant they tourned the wronge syde of the scryptures outwarde folowynge theyr owne brayne and phantasye led by the spyryte of erroure and ignoraunce as it foloweth Hec omnia facient vobis quia non nouerunt patrem neque me that is to saye All this they shall do vnto you bycause they knowe not my father nor me yf they had hadde the spyryte of trouthe this spyryte sholde haue ledde them to the true knowlege of the father and of the sone that is to say to the true knowlege of the prophetes by almighty god the father spake and to the true knowledge also of the apostles by whome the sone our sauyour chryst Jesu spake but bycause they had not this spyrite of trouth whiche was sente from the father frome the sone therfore they were ignoraunt of them bothe and by that ignorauÌ„ce they fell to these in conuenyentes And so lykewyse hath now done Martyn luther ¶ Now than here I make an ende I haue remembred vnto you accordynge to my promesse foure instruccyons
that be offred vnto vs of this gospell gracyously Fyrst that the holy spyryte whiche is the thyrd persone in the dyuynyte was sente frome the father almyghty god frome his sone our sauyour chryst Jesu to he the spiryte of trouthe resyaunt for euer in the chirch the chryst to be as a coÌ„forter fro tyme to tyme agaynst all stormes tempestes of heresyes acertaynynge vs in the tyme of euery doutulnes the veray trouthe where vnto we shall holde kepe vs. By the occasyon of this instruccyon I shewed .iij. thynges Fyrst that this instruccyon all the hole gospell ê‘teyneth to the vnyuersal chirche of chryst whiche thynge I proued by Luthers owne wordes Second that the heed of this vnyuersall chirche was the pope vnder chryst whiche one poynt taketh away one grete grounde of MartyÌ„ luther shaketh sore many of his erronyous artycles Thyrde that Martyn luther dyuydyng hymself from that heed of this body can not haue in hyÌ„ this spiryte of trouth For the second instruccyon I shewed you that the hete of charyte spred in our hertes by the holy spryte of god gyueth euydence of the lyfely lyght of faythe shynynge vpon oure soules froÌ„ our sauyour chryst by the whiche instruccyon was vndermyned an other grete grouÌ„d of MartyÌ„ luthers whiche is that onely faythe dothe iustyfye a synÌ„er wtouten workes For the thyrde instruccyon I shewed that the erudycyons left vnto the chirch by the holy apostles bereth vnto vs testymony of the fayth of chryste and what thynge we shall beleue in his chyrche where also was losed an other grounde of Martyn luther which wyll not admyt any other testymony but onely that that is wrytten in scrypture Agaynst whome I proued that he must besydes the scryptures wrytten receyue also the tradycyons of the apostles not wrytten ouer this the couÌ„celles generall in whom the holy goost dyd speke and the interpretacyons of scryptures made by the holy bysshoppes doctours of the chyrche by whose monthes the thyrde persone in the godhede the spiryte of trouthe spake and speketh enformynge the chirche for this tyme lyke as dyd the father almyghty god by his prophetes before as dyd his sone the seconde persone by hys apostles For the fourthe instruccyon I shewed you that the defence whiche is made for Martyn luther by his adherentes wherby manye weyke soules be ouerthroweÌ„ is clerely take away by the moost louynge moost gracyous forwarnynge of our sauiour christ as ye haue herde in the ende of the gospelle And yet eftsones for his moost excellente charyte he warneth all his chrysten people saynge and repetynge Hec locutus sum vobis vt quum venerit hora eorum reminiseamini quia hec dixi vobis That is to saye These thynges I haue tolde you to th entent that whaÌ„ the dauÌ„gers shall be fall yet ye may remeÌ„bre that I byfore dyd warne you of theym Who that thus often warned wyll yet gyue faythe to Martyn luther or to any other suche heretyke rather than to christ Jesu vnto the spyryte of trouthe whiche is left in the chirche of chryst vnto the worldes ende specyally to enforme vs of the trouth this man goethe fer wyde from that streygth way is neuer lyke to entre into the port of euerlastynge rest whiche al we desyre couet to come vnto to the which he brynge vs qui cuÌ„ patre et spiritu sancto viuit et regnat deus peroiÌ„a secula seseculorum Amen ¶ Imprynted by Wynkyn de Worde wynkyn worde