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A14436	The waie home to Christ and truth leadinge from Antichrist and errour, made and set furth in the Latine tongue, by that famous and great clearke Vincent, French man borne, aboue .xi. hundred yeres paste, for the comforte of all true Christian men, against the most pernitious and detestable crafte of heretikes, which in his tyme by all subtell wayes, deuised to obscure and deface the doctrine and religion of the vniuersall churche. And now the same worke is englished, and by the Quenes highnes authorised to be sette furthe for the reliefe fo diuers Englishe menne, which yet stande in doubte, whether they may goe to heauen in the peace and vnitie of Christes vniuersall churche, or to hell in the dissention and confusion of heretikes; Pro catholicae fidei antiquitate libellus. English	Vincent, of Lérins, Saint, d. ca. 450.; Proctor, John, 1521?-1584.	1554 (1554)	STC 24754; ESTC S104650	58,039	228

a remedy Thē begin where ye left teach them better and feede them lesse And for praying how it hath decaied which of you cannot beare witnesse Finallye what kinde of wickednes is there that ye haue not aboue other and what one vertue is there that ye haue not lesse then other that professe the contrarie religion to you One demaunded of kinge Agesilans what fruit and benefite the lawes that Lycurgus made had brought vnto the Citie of Spart marie quod he Contemptum vitiorum that is the contempte of vices But whoo shoulde require of me what fruit the innouatiō of religion hath brought into this realme of Englande I muste nedes saye as I knowe Contemptum virtutum the contempte of vertues and al godly liuing If it be true knowledge that ye bragge your selues to haue of Gods worde came ye not to it by the spirite of God And doth the spirite of God increase knowledge in you and decrease godlines that shoulde be in you according to your knowledge Is godlie zeale is the feare of God is holynes of life is charitee towardes your neighbours wrought in your hartes without the knowledge of Christe his true religion or els with the knowledge therof If it be in the right knowledge of worshippinge God then of necessitie must ye cōfesse that before this innouation you were in better state of knowledge because your liues were then more agreable to knowledge and that sins ye haue been erroniouslye taught and deuillishelye seduced because your dedes doinges haue euer sins been more and more vngodly and deuillishe For God did neuer begin to plante a doctrine vnknowen tofore or renewe a doctrine afore neglected and forgotten but by suche as were godly and vnspotted as in dede expressed the strength and vertue of their doctrine in their life and behauiours For as S. Ambrose saith the wordes of teaching do vehementlie moue the hartes of the hearers when the life of the teacher is not dissonant Thē is the authoritie of the preacher firme sure alewable when he clencheth his sayinges in the mindes of the hearers with the efficatie of godly workes For the iuste man in his worde and dede is alowed in his sayinges this is required in all preachers and teachers commonlie howe much more is it requisite in them that will preache and teache a newe vnknowen doctrine and woulde repell and olde knowen and well grounded religion to plant some newe fangled inuētion If thei were moued by God then no doubte God woulde also inspire them to doo it orderlie that is accordinge as him selfe did and required other to doe He him selfe as is reported of him Caepit faeere docere Began first to doe and then to teach And he instructing his preachers said who soeuer breaketh one of these least cōmaundementes and so teacheth other he shal be called the least in the kingdome of heauen but whosoeuer obserueth teacheth the same shal be called great in the kingdome of God And S. Paule the worthie preacher of Christe his trueth dothe testifie of him selfe I doe chasten my bodie saith he and bringe it into subiection least peraduenture while I preache to other I my selfe be made a reprobate Surely if God woulde innouate or alter the religion so longe receiued by reprobate men then is he not the same that he was nor one with his promise For when he first began to plant the doctrine of his sonne Christ he chose such ministers and preachers therof as for integritie of life and also for diuers miracles effectuall persuasions of anye thinge that they shoulde teache were notable through all the worlde But our holy preachers beginning to plant a newe religion or as they saye renewe an olde doctrine this .xv. C. yeres neglected lacke both Thei haue neither good conditions to authorise ne miracles to cōfirme their sayinges O you will say vnto me though they liued not accordinglye yet was their teachinge good I saie they taughte naughtie false doctrine How proue I that because it is contrarie to the faith receiued and taught by our mother the vniuersall churche But they brought the scriptures for them ye wil fai. Yea so did the deuil so did Arreus Donate Sabellius and as many heretikes as euer were to maintaine their doctrine yet was their doctrine hereticall and blasphemous and the scripture true and moost true But thei alleged the Doctours and Fathers vppon the scriptures They did in dede but in like sort and maner as diuers were noted to allege Homers verses 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hedles endles for whatsoeuer they founde in any of the fathers workes that mighte in any respecte seeme in apparaunce to mainteine their errors the same wolde thei continuallie chat and charme on allthoughe in dede it made either against them and their errouious doctrine or at least nothinge with them if they had well waied their workes throughlye as they did not But they were snatchers and patchers only and only snatched here and there a piece to patche vp a botching mater I mighte well liken them to Apes for diuers qualities that were in them for as the Ape being neither apt to kepe that house as doth the mastie cur nor fitte to bere burthen as can the hors nor meete to turne and till the grounde as can the Oxe she only flattereth she only moueth vs to laughter and pleasure and with her folishe mockes and mowes maketh vs pleasaunt and merie So these newe fangled preachers for as much as thei had not the grace neither to kepe home with their mother the vniuersall churche and with her to watch and kepe the wardes that her enemies assaulte her not neither to turne till the groūde of mans soule that it might be apt to receiue that good feéde of whete whiche their mother woulde haue sowen neither yet paciontlie to bere the burthen and loode of her motherlie correction by fastinge and praiyng and to suffre the crosse of her spouse Christe which she would haue leide vpon their showlders being vnfitte I saye and vnprofitable membres to these good purposes and vses they became ministers of pleasure libertie lyeence and ease and they thēselues knowrle dope in them all Whos 's onlie purpose was as Trasmus well noteth in his epistle to Bylibaldus Census vxor thryuing and wyuing ergo in this point they be apishe Againe when so euer they toke vpon them the handlinge of any good and weightie matter their handling of it was apishelie for either thei woulde rent and teare it into peices and make it nought worth orels by wrasting and wrething of it they woulde force the same to mainteine their principall intente wyuinge and thriuynge and this is apishe Further as of euill commeth good many times so of thē came some good also For we reade that the wantonnes plaie and pastime that the Ape maketh driueth away the Agew from the Lyon In like sort the foly the lyceutious libertie of these new fangled preachers haue driuen

Gospell Prophetes and Apostles yet none of them can saye as Paule the Apostle saied Our exhortacion was not to bringe you to error nor to vncieanes neither was it with gyle our conuersation was not at any time with flatteringe wordes neither in cloked couetousnes neither sought we praise of mē Ye are witnes and so is God howe holy and iustly and vnblameable we haue behaued our selues emouge you This said S. Paule What can our new Apostles say Out of all doubte the verie contrarie as truly as euer S. Paule said the other But for feare of Hypocrisie they dyd all their good workes in corners that mē might not se them Yet Christ said Let your lyght shine before men that they may se your good workes But thoughe they were not men of manye good workes yet had they many pretie Aualities though I saie it For I may lykē them well to the beast called Camelopacdus chiche being but one resembleth yet many beastes as by hys necke the horse by his feete the oxe by his head the Camell by his spottes in his skinne the Tygre So these late preachers in their stoute countenaūce they seemed warriers in their lighte apparell courtiers in their familiar talke rybawdes in their gesture wantons in their liuinge ryotous in the pulpyt lying preachers in their bokes spiteful railers If they haue not been suche as I report them then showe me what they were and howe muche ye that haue been their disciples and schoters haue profited vnder them and by their example in godlynes of lyfe in honestie of behauiour in charitie towardes your neighbours sins ye first wēt frō your mother the church left the auncient orders and customes of religion and became gaye Gospellers after the gyse of your newe teachers Beholde your selues in the glasse of your owne cōsciences tel me trueth Ye say that they were godly teachers and that through them ye haue attayned to a great knowledge of Goddes word The more knowledge ye haue the more godly ye ware of lyfe For wher the true knowledge of Gods worde is ther is the true spirite of God which euermore sterreth moueth mā to liue wel according to his knowledge the pleasure of God whose knowledge he doth professe But in Englande I am perfecte none of you cā sai nay saie truth but that ye haue growen in al wickednes as ye haue growē in this newe religion in somuche that there was neuer suche vnthriftines in seruaūtes suche vnnaturalnes in children suche vnrulines in subiectes suche feircenes in enemies suche vnfaithfulnes in frendes againe suche beastlynes of myndes such disdainfulnes in hartes finally such falshood in promises such deceitfulnes in bargaines suche gredy extortiō such insatiable couetousnes such itollerable pride as therfore ye are becōe a fable amōgest al natiōs How saye ye is not this true whiche of you can denaie it And be these the fruites of true knowledge yea do not these behauiours and vngodlye maners of you declare manifestlie that ye haue of late yeres geuen your selues rather to errors then to trueth rather to haue forsaken the catholike and pure faieth of our mother the true churche and folowed the fonde fansies of a fewe vngodly and false teachers to the highe displeasure of God Will God thinke ye reforme his churche if they were in error or call his people to knowledge if they had been in ignoraunce by the ministers of the deuil by the preachers of Antichrist Or can ye sai that thei be the ministers of God that liue so vngodlye that they be the preachers of righteousnes whose dedes are so full of vnrighteousnes that in comparison of them other whom ye called papistes might be saintes for the honestie of their liuinge and sobre behauiours as ye your selues haue saied many times euen in my hearing Be not these worthie Prelates to be folowed haue ye done a noble fete trowe ye to forsake the vniuersall vnitie of all christianitie to be at defiaunce with your louing mother the catholike churche whiche hath fostred you from your infancie and without whose help furtheraūce and succour ye cannot be saued for to folow suche blinde guides suche grosse maisters as whose doctrine hathe brought you in errors to the high displeasure of God whose example of vnclene lyuinge hathe ledde you into all wickednes to your great ignominie shame and rebuke with all godly people what good haue they done in this realme either by their preachinge in wordes or with their teaching by example Haue thei not brokē many good and godlye ordinaunces and set vppe none Haue they not caused for greate concorde and vnitie great tumult and rebellious sedition for godly fastinge ryotous feasting for deuout praiyng peuishe prating for due obedience vnlawfull libertie for peace Gods plentie and inough warre dearth famine more then inough I write and wepe in my harte to considre what maye be writen of the wretched condition and state that our countrie hath been in of late yeres Which of you al yea which of your preachers whose light should shine that the worlde shoulde see it which of them I saie hath not been as redye as the worst disposed of you all to eate vpon good friday or any other vigill daye as soone the Pigge as the Pikerel the Capon as the Carpe the Chykin as the Cheuen Notwithstanding the Magistrates of this realme cōmaunded the wisedome of the whole worlde thought necessarie the vniuersall consent of Christ his churche prescribed the contrary What seruaunt for the most parte hath any of you all that loketh not to haue his brekefast his dyner and his supper as well vpō Christmas eue as any other daye or els ye must prouide a newe seruaunt Who can blame them Are thei not as they haue been vsed Rather then ye would obserue the ordre of fasting prescribed by the churche ye woulde not stick at the beginning to giue your seruauntes one meale more on the fasting daye then ye woulde on any other day And where ye would other dayes feede them with milke butter cheese only on the fasting daie they should be sure to haue fleshe Yea and thought it a glorie whē ye had so done that ye had so well reformed your householde frō that popishe fast calling all thinges popishe that was godly But what haue ye gotten hereby Surely ye had neuer so lytle good seruice and yet ye neuer paide more for it then nowe Ye had neuer such disobedient seruantes and yet ye neuer cherished them better then nowe Why so Before they were better taught then fedde and of late they haue been full fed and ill taught Then were they obedient trustie and diligent as thei were taught and now be they disobedient slouthful and vntrustie as thei be fedde then were thei well taught workers and nowe ill fed porkers then had ye diligent laborers and now ye haue negligent loyterers I speake as I heare your selues saye that haue them Well will ye haue

awaie the carelesse securitie from the catholike sort and haue been occasion that they haue giuen them selues more earnestlie to watche and warde for their mothers right whiche tofore liued as careles without feare of enemies and here in thei were as profitable to the catholike as Apes to the Lyon Thus thoughe they woulde not abide to be papishe yet were thei stil apishe Thei haue lost but one letter of the name but they lacke an hundreth good conditions of them that be so named They will say here vnto me now ye talke at pleasure of vs but all this while why haue not you amongest you confuted by argument and learning our doctrine if it were so euill I saie vnto them what nede any of vs to cōfute your doctrine by argument whiche the vniuersall church of Christ by consent hath long ago cōdempued for heresie Tushe they will say againe you could say nothing against it How know ye that that when we speake you will not vnderstand vs or els your selues haue so many wordes that ye will neither vouchesafe vs time to speake nor your selues leisure to here Ye are so ful of wordes that ye cannot abide vs to speake and soo full of malice that ye will not sauer of it if it sounde contrarie to your opinion Ye are made like Porticus ī Olympia which was called Septiuoca hauing seuen voyces or seuen soundes because for one voice it woulde giue many Soo you were made Septiuoci for one worde you will haue the tellinge of seuen score or els the sprite woulde fume and be in a greate heate howe be it manye times and often we haue confuted your doctrine although you hetherto were not coufuted which coulde not be for two causes the one was because you were become heretikes which will neuer be perswaded against their conceiued opinion as Lucifer the heretike confessed of his disciples to S. Hierom. Vnum ribi confiteor quia mores meorum apprime nom facilius cos vinci posso quàm persuaderi I cōfesse this one thing to the for asmuche as I do so well knowe the nature of my disciples that to dye for they will not be perswaded rather will they by violent cōpulsion be vāquished Next because ye are apishe as I say For as the Ape whippeth here and there and neuer staiethe in one place lykewise pour custome and maner is so to sterte and whippe from place to place from matter to matter from texte to texte that it is not possible to preuaile against you in resoninge It is an olde saying some what to true Frensie Heresie Gelosie after that they haue ones crepte into man they will neuer lightlie out of him againe Blame me not if I be some what quicke You re quicke spede heretofore requireth no lesse hast Yet am I not so quicke to touch you for your euil doinges which deserue no fauor as ye haue been ouer hastie here afore to depraue vs for such matters as were worthye praise and commendation If ye haue taken pleasure in deprauing vs that offended not take not nowe displeasure to be reproued for that ye haue offended ye haue many times spoke what ye ought not and nowe nomaruell if ye heare what ye woulde not Who hath not bothe sene and hard in booke balet and plaie your spurning and kycking your croing and cryinge your barkinge and bitinge against the faiethfull beliuers and catholike preachers and why forsothe for two causes Let Diogenes tell the first and I will not sticke to tel the nexte One asked Diogenes what was the cause that some men woulde rather giue their almes to the creplte and lazar then to a Philosopher marye quod he because they hope soner to be a creple or lazar then to be a Philosopher that is a louer of wisedome truethe Nowe why haue ye so vehemētly inueighed against the true preachers of Christ and the trueth of hys spousesse our mother the churche and haue extolled the false ministers of Antichrist and the ministrie of his harlot the malignant churche Speake Diogenes speake It is because they soner hoope to be still the false ministers of Antichriste then at any time the faithfull preachers of Christ soner to go to dwell in hell with the deuill for heresye then to raigne in heauen with god for true religion Wel saide Diogenes and by promise I must tell the nexte cause I haue readde of an vnskilfull Painter who hauinge painted on a time in a table home lie and verie euill fauoredly a companie of croinge cockes and beinge preuie of his owne ignoraunce he commaunded his hoye to driue out al the pultry out of the house and that in no wise any liuelye Cocke shoulde come night the place where the table with his painted cockes stode least the beholder or byer by comparison and collation of them together might esely deprehende the grosse and rude ignoraunce of the Painter and so hinder the vttraunce of his ware So beware saide our preachers beware of these papistes beware of their Sophistrie harken not to them Kepe not companie with them Trie fye on thē and let them go Wherfore The painter hath told the cause They were priuie of their owne wicked ignoraunce For they feared I am out of doubte that if ye had truely conferred their doctrine and liues with the doctrine and liues of the other good and godlye teachers whiche they called papistes if ye had quietly and diligently with indifferencie of minde wayed well what they haue either saied in pulpit or writen in bookes ye had longe agone perceiued the blinde and grosse ignorance of your guydes Ye had eslie found out their treacherie crafte and falshood ye had soone tried that al their gaie painted wart was but bumling and fumbling peltrie and not as they made you beleue faithfull religion but deceitful delusion not wittie writing but wyly wresting of well written trueth not truethfull preching but rutheful brekinge of all christian ordres not right reformacion of thinges amisse but denellishe deformation of thinges that were well to be short not repairing but impairing of the catholike fayth Alas most deere countremen that euer ye should be somuch bewitched by that deuelishe harlot that for her whigge whay ye should thus leaue the nourishinge milke of your louinge mothers brestes for the durtie poudle of her vncleane pittes whiche bringeth death ye shoulde forsake the cleane fountaine and well of your mother where he●s springeth the water of lyfe O alas dere frendes ye haue greatly hasarded the wealth of your soules ye haue heaped the burninge coles of vengeaunce vpon your owne headdes ye haue vtterly cast your selues awaye for euer to be tormented body soule amongest the foule deuelles of hell in fire euerlasting if vpon this callinge ye repent not and make hast homewarde into the bosome of your louinge mother Ye haue ben often called and fewe of you haue regarded What pituous plages what meruelous miseries haue not you sene and