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A02886	A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus, is here both dysclosed & confuted by Iohan Bale. An, M.D.xlii. Marke in the capytall letters of this boke, the .A.B.C. with the name of the author	Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1545 (1545)	STC 1303; ESTC S100627	82,542	190

Aq●yne supportynge that doctryne by his doltyshe diuynite Iohan Parys and other wolde haue added vnto yt Impanacyon of y ● worde but that was reiected anon for daungers therevpon ensewynge After that came in ydemptyte realyte formalyte materyalyte propryete veracyte absolute beynge multiplicacyon vnyon diffynitacyon essenciacyon vbiquite fyguralite symbolycalite naturalyte potencialite personalyte presencialyte proporcionalite perticipalite habitualite virtualite dymencionalite substancialite deificalite carnalite corporalite modalite supposytalite ypostaticalite and a great sort more amonge their Sentencioners and Scolistes Than was y● boxed pyxed and tabernacled so borne forth in processyon with torche lyght banner crosse candels●yck cope canape with knelynge and crowchynge manye wonderfull myracles folowynge as was seane at Lynos Parys Calys Brucels Schiedam and in manye other places els And so was yt clerelye altred from Christes institucyon and became throughlye the abominacyon of desolacyon as wytnesseth Iohan Wyclef in his .iii. chapter de Eucharistia Than had the bisshoppes at their handes their Sophisters and Summystes their Sentēcyoners and Canonistes with all supers●iciouse subtyltees to defende yt for a blessed sacramēt And whan that lowsye lernynge wolde not serue them than had they vpon their sydes to dispute with agaynst y ● heretyques both sweedes and halters fyre and faggottes as they haue yet styll to this houre 3 I wolde that the text which Pantolabꝰ bringeth in here out of Salomons Prouerbes to proue that Christes bodye is reallye present in the blessed sacrament were dilygentlye marked of the reader It is not these De stusti pascitur imperitia as Pantol●bus hath here layed it forth But it is in that xv chapter De stultorum pascetur imper●tia yf ye take their olde text The mouthe of fooles shall befedde with all folyshnesse Of a lykelyhode Pantolabꝰ hath some priuylege of the Pope that he maye at his pleasur peruert the scripturs in the defence of holye churche yet proueth not this peruerted text that Christ is reallye present in the sacrament But in dede it declareth what Pantolabus is both reallye naturallye formallye and substanciallye and so doth in a maner all the whole chapter besydes Sone after the begynnynge therof is soche an other lyke clause De fatuorum ebullit stultitiam The mouth of lewde fooles boyleth out folyshe bablynges as are the Poeticall verses of Pantolabus boke here and all the ynke horne termes also of their doctors afore rehersed here for their blessed sacramēt More fytlye had this clause of the same chapter bene applyed to that sacrament as it is now vsed Victime impiorum abominabiles Domino Abhominable to y ● Lorde are the sacrifyces of the wycked where as the prayer of the ryghtouse is acceptable Fylthye is the waye of the vngodlye but he that foloweth ryghtousnesse is in Gods fauer For whye y ● ceremonyes therof are the Popes not his The brekefast is the prestes alone and no communyon of Christes peple to knytt them vp togyther as members into his mysticall bodye A mysterye 1 The flesshe and blood And lyuelye food 2 And onlye vvelthe Of oure soule helthe 3 Qul manducat hunc panem viuet in aeternum Ioan. 6. ¶ The openinge 1. PRoudelye styll pratleth this popishe Poete accusynge Iohan Frith for not graūtynge Christes reall presence in their sacrament And here he cōuerteth his fantasyed realyte into Christes fleshe and blood callynge it the lyuelye fode of y ● sowle Godlye wyse was Iohan Frith and so shall he fynde it in the latter daye in that he wolde not attribute vnto Christ that thynge w t is not founde in y ● scripturs A popishe lyuerye is that realite of theirs sophisticallye borrowed of Aristotles logyck He wolde in no case be accursed of the mouthe of God for addynge soche beggerye to his worde Rather ded he good creature offre his bodye to the fyre I thynke not the contrarye of I●han Frith but yf their sacrament had bene Christes as it is the Popes in the colours it is in now he had graunted vnto it moche more than he ded Christes fleshe is no soche pouetrye nor his blood soche māmetrye as their mangye myracles hath made it For yf their corruptyble breade were that lyuelye fode of sowle than had all they peryshed which hath not so outwardlye receyued it afore tyme. As Adam Noe Abraham Moyses Dauid Helias with all the other fathers which dyed afore Christ. They receyued both his bodye and blood els had they not bene saued For saynt Paule doth saye that all they and we haue eaten of one spirituall meate and drōcke of one spirituall drincke one harde rocke ministrynge it vnto ve both In sprete veryte sayth Christ shall the true worshippers worshippe him and not in outwarde thynges that are seane with the eye for they remayne onlye to the false worshippers or ydolaters 2 Neyther haue youre Realyte power to make youre blessed sacrament Christes flesshe nor yet his blood Neyther can ye therby proue it oure lyuelye food nor yet oure ●owles helthe though ye a thousande tymes put it thervnto For so moche as it cometh not from y ● expresse worde of God but from the fylthye doctryne of youre Philosophers which were non other but fylthye ydolaters Rathe● shulde it seme therfore to conuert it into an ydoll to oure sowles destruccyon than into Christes fleshe to oure sowles cōsolacyon A lyuelye fode it maye wele be vnto you which are fedde therwith daylye at youre austers but wele I wote in that kynde it is non vnto vs in y ● churches bodye which haue no part therof An onlye welthe it maye be vnto youre generacyon which take the swete profytes therof lyueth therby in all boluptuouse pleasurs of ydelnesse But how it shulde be the helthe of youre sowles in that kynde of clowtynge that can I not wele tell you Wele I wote it is neyther welthe nor helthe vnto vs. For a great vndoynge hath it bene to the comonwelthe and is yet a most ruynouse decaye of the peples sowle helthe the eternall father redressel it ye will saye parauenture ye make it Christes fleshe by the speakynge of his worde vnto it Christ neuer taughte yow to preache his worde in a foren language to a thynge that is dumme but to the lyuynge peple in their natyue language that they myght beleue and be saued He bad you distribute that brede vnto other and not to slaffe it vp youre selues He commaunded also the peple to eate it but in no case to worship it Neuer was it worshipped in the churche tyll it had youre Realyte which Christ neuer graunted to youre breathynge 3 The scripture that is here alleged oute of the sixt of Iohan. Qui manducat hunc panem viuet in eternum condempneth the whole doctrine of Pantolabꝰ madde meters here both by the sequele of the same chap. and also by the opynion of all the olde doctors which nameth it a spirituall eatynge In all that processe doth

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 intēdeth 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 whā 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 s●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 euēsonges 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 vttera●●ce of his name with soche other yet are they abhomynacions vnspekeable after that ydo latrouse handely●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 tu●●let●bitur rex super salutare tuum exul●abit vehementer Perteyneth alone vnto Christ and not to anye earthlye kynge For in that whole Psalme is described his triūphaunt 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 ● 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 ●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 ●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 blasph●mouse obseruacions of that mon●truouse madame the ●athanycall Synagoge of Antichrist Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron the hyghe Prest were consumed in the Lordes wrathe for offerynge s●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 sowle● helthe What though some of