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The sermon of Ioh[a]n the bysshop of Rochester made agayn the p[er]nicious doctryn of Martin luther w[i]t[h]in the octaues of the asce[n]syon by the assigneme[n]t of the most reuerend fader i[n] god the lord Thomas Cardinal of Yorke [and] legate ex latere from our holy father the pope.
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Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535.
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STC 10894; ESTC S105616
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dyd 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
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