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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06652	The actes of Christe and of Antichriste concernyng bothe their life and doctrine: diligently gathered and now taken out of his workes, by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1577 (1577)	STC 1711; ESTC S116649	51,783	140

Christe will all menne to searche the Scriptures and to leane vnto them in all matters of controuersie as faithfull witnesses of the Lordes truthe Antichriste commaundeth that when any question arise aboute matters of Religion menne should haue recourse vnto the Canons and generall Councels but spicially vnto the See of Roome where all doubtfull matters are to bee decided As for the Scripture it hath no more aucthoritie then it pleaseth the Churche that is to faie the Pope and his adherentes to giue vnto it 4 Christe teacheth that all mennes traditions oughte to giue place vnto the woorde of God and that whatsoeuer is decreed of menne although of neuer so greate ancthoritie and wisedome contrary to the woorde of God is vtterly to bee neglected reiected and caste awaie Antichriste teacheth plainely that all suche constitutions and ordinaunces of men as bee decreed and set forthe by the aucthoritie of Counselles and holie Fathers whiche are alwaies gathered together by the instincte and consent of the holy ghost although thei are not nor can not bee grounded on Goddes worde are notwithstādyng good and profitable and menne are bounde vnder paine of deadly synne to obtaine and keepe them For the Churche can not erre 5 Christe teacheth that there is but one onely true liuyng and euerlastyng God whiche alone is to be honoured worship ped and called vpon by whose name also alone we ought to sweare Antichriste also after a certaine sorte confessed also one God with vs and that he is to be honoured and called vpon but not alone For he teacheth that the sainctes in heauen bothe maie and ought to be honoured and called vpō yea and that we maie also sweare by their names 6 Christe in his holie Lawe bothe by Moses the Prophetes and Apostles forbiddeth to make sette forthe or kepe any Image to bee worshipped But aboue all thinges he forbiddeth vs to make any Image of God. Antichrist saieth it is lawfull not onely to haue images and to sette them vp in Temples Chapels Oratories c. but also to worshippe theim to kneele before theim to kisse them to praie before them yea to them to knele before them to set candels before them to decke and trimme them to offer vnto them to sense them to put of our cappes vnto them and at the laste what not Antichriste also diggeth out of the ground the olde rotten bones or reliques of sainctes translateth them encloseth them in Golde keepeth them in precious shrynes and costly Clausures and setteth them forth to the people to be kissed and worshipped Moreouer he is not ashamed contrarie too the manifeste woorde of God to make the Image of the blessed Trinitie He formeth and frameth God the father like an old broken backed man with a white head winckled forehed holow eied slender cheeked sharpe nosed tothlesse wide mouthed hangyng doune lipped crooke chinned graye bearded small necked leane handed and in fine altogether monstrous GOD the Sonne Antichrist setteth forth as a lusty younge younker with his yelow lockes and God the holy Ghost he maketh like a yong lustie White flickeryng Doue But this blasphemous image causeth hee to be set in Churches and in all other places not onely to be considered but also to be worshipped vnto the greate dishonour of god the slaunder of the Christen religion the offence of all good men and vnto the glorie of all Gods ennemies But what dareth not Antichrist doe 7 Christ teacheth that the true worshippers muste worshippe God in spirite and trueth againe that they worship God in vaine whiche honour hym after the traditions of men Antichrist affirmeth that it is lawfull to worship God any maner of waie so it commeth of a good entent good mynde good zeale good deuotion c. For God casteth awaie the good intent of no man Antichrist therefore teacheth vs to worship God with Golde Siluer precious stones sumpteous vestures candels palmes Ashes bread water Salt c. With long patteryng curious singyng pleasaunt pipyng loude ringyng c. With Surplesses Copes Uestimentes Caps Coules c. with Massyng with Pilgrimage goyng with Pardons biyng with Beades saiyng c. And all these thinges he taught to be more precious and acceptable in the sight of GOD than to helpe the poore or to doe any worke of mercie For that is done but to manne the other vnto God. 8 Christ in his sweete Sermon that hee made in the mount saieth that he came to fulfill the Lawe that is to saie to accomplishe whatsoeuer was prefigured of him in the ceremonies of the olde Testament so that by his comming he hath put away and vtterlie abolished all Ceremonies euen as the shadow is remoued by the entrance of the light For as the Apostle saieth The lawe he meaneth the ceremoniall law was nothyng els than a shadow of good thinges to come The good thinges are come and geuen therfore the shadow ceaseth wherby we euidently learne that the Christians are nowe free from suche cloudy lawes darke ceremonies Antichrist teacheth that although the Ceremonies of the olde law be abolished by the commyng of Christ yet that hindreth nothing but that the Church which is the spouse of Christ may appoint what Ceremonies she wil without any offence of her husband Christ whiche delighteth in her and in her doynges as in himselfe yea and that so muche the more bicause among the christians there are many rude grosse and thei must be rudely and grossely handled and brought by little and little vnto perfection thorowe suche Ceremonies and outward obseruaunces whiche Ceremonies and Ordinaunces of Christes spouse the Churche are with no lesse reuerences to bee obserued than if they had beene commaunded of Christe her husbande 9 Christ Iesus in his doctrine teacheth that he alone is our Sauiour our Redeemer our Bishop or Pastour our head our reconciliatour our peacemaker and in fine all our hope and comfort in so muche that whosoeuer beleueth in hym shall not perishe but haue euerlastyng life Antichriste in his doctrine teacheth that saluation and remission of synnes is to bee obtained also at his handes at his Pardons Indulgences yeres of Iubile Masses Coules Pilgrimages c. Againe that he is heade of the vniuersall Churche of Christendome Christes Uicare Peters Successour the higheste Bishop the greatest Priest the moste holie and moste blessed Father to whom aboue all other the keyes of the kyngdom of heauē are committed fo that whatsoeuer he bindeth in yearth is also bounde in heauen and whatsoeuer he looseth in yearth is in like maner loosed in heauen so that whosoeuer cleaueth vnto hym can not perishe but haue life euerlastyng 10 Christe taught vs that whensoeuer wee will desire any thyng of God the Father wee should aske it in his name For no manne commeth to the Father but by hym And in the writynges of the Apostles wee reade that Christe alone is our

and haue their consciences marked with an hotte yron forbiddyng to Marrie c. And as he forbiddeth certaine degrees of menne to Marrie so doeth he forbidde at certaine tymes of the yere to celebrate Matrimonie in somuche that whosoeuer presumeth in those forbidden tymes to Marrie is not onely accursed but his Marriage also is not lawfull Notwithstandyng if any man will bryng money and purchase a licence to Marrie he shall easely obtaine it though it were on good Fridaie so deare and tenderly beloued is that greate God Mammon in Antichristes courtes But if it bee lawfull at these tymes to Marrie for money Is it not lawfull to marrie without money Doth money make a thyng either lawfull or vnlawfull God destroye thy kyngdome O Antichriste Thy money perishe with thee For thy harte is not right in the sight of God. 72 Christe in his holie Gospell commaundeth vs to praie but he prescribeth no certaine tyme of Praier Antichriste appoincteth certaine tymes to Praie whiche tymes whosoeuer doeth not obserue he is coumpted grecuosly to offende 73 Christe by his blessed Apostle sainct Paule giueth vs libertie to praie in euerie place liftyng vp pure handes without wrathe or doubtyng And he hym self in the Gospel saied to the woman of Samaria Woman beleue me the hower cōmeth and now is when the true worshippers shall worshippe the Father in Spirite and in the truthe For suche also the Father requireth to worshippe him God is a Spirite and thei that worship hym must worshippe hym in spirite and in the truthe Antichrist teacheth that though wee maie praie to GOD in all places yet ought wee moste chiefly to praie in suche places as his Bishoppes and Prelates haue consecrated and hallowed for money as Oratories worthie for their vertue and holinesse wherein our Praiers maie the soner bee hearde and the better accepted And yet in these places appointed of hym for Praier one is counted more holie then an other and more meritorious to praie in as the Churche is holier then the Chappell the Chancell holier then theim bothe and yet the Chauncell holier then them both and yet the Cathedrall Church otherwise called the mother Church more holy than them all three But to praie at the Shrynes of his canoniced Sainctes or in places of Pilgrimage where the Deuill worketh stiracles I would saie miracles but namely at Rome at Compostella at Ierusalem c. this passeth all Praiers made in those places with this confidence that they be the sooner hearde and the better accepted by the reason of the places flye to heauen as it were a polde henne 74 Christ appointed a certaine forme of praier after the whiche we should directe our Praiers vnto our Heauenly Father wherein also he declareth what thinges wee shoulde specially aske of GOD the Father Antichrist appointeth diuers and many formes of praiyng not to God but to this he Sainct and to that she Sainct yea and that for manie and sundry causes to euery sainct for a contrary thing And thus are men taught to worship the creature in steede of the creator robbing God of his glory and committyng moste wicked and damnable idolatrie 75 Christ saieth when thou praiest thou shalte not bee as the Hipocrites are For they vse to stande praiyng in the Sinagoges and in the corners of the stretes that they may be seene of men Antichrist saieth I will that my Chaplaines and my quire men shall pray sing and saie in none other places then in the Sinagoges that is to saie in Churches and Chappelles and suche other Oratories yea and specially when the people are moste of all gathered together although they vnderstande not one worde what is either song or said or on the Organs plaid And bicause they may be seen of men and haue the greater assembly of people at their praiers he commaundeth that now one Bell shal be rong now two now three now all the belles in the steple by the which diuersitie of ringing menne maye the better knowe not onely when Antichristes Chaplaines and their complices may be sene to praie but also when it is Festum simplex or Festum duplex or Festum principale that is to saie single feast or double feast or principall feast 76 Christ saith when ye praie bable not much as the heathen doe For thei thinke it will come to passe that they shall bee hearde for their much babling Be ye not therefore like vnto them Antichrist doth so lade and burden hys captiues with innumerable multitudes of praiers that they haue almost no tyme to breath They haue Mattens of the day and Mattens of oure Ladie with Prime and howres They haue long Nocturns They haue long Letanies long Seuen Psalmes long fiftene Psalmes with many and diuers Orisons They haue long Masses and long commemoration They haue long Diriges and long commendations They haue Euensong of the daie with Euensong of our Lady and Complin to them both And all these thinges must be saied or song vnder paine of deadly synne But how thei be mumbled and iumbled vp all the world may see Uerely without all godly affection of the minde The hearte goeth one waie and the voice an other way so that they agree together as Harpe and Harow and come one to an other as iuste as Iermyns lippes Of such kinde of beadmen speaketh our Sauiour Christ on this maner This people draweth nighe and honoureth mee with their lippes but their heart is farre from mee Uerely they worship mee in vaine teachyng doctrines euen the commaundementes of men 77 Christ would haue suche loue among vs that bee his Disciples that we should gladly willingly and freely without money pray one for an other Antichrist willeth his Chaplaines to praye for none excepte they haue money accordyng to the common prouerbe No peny no Pater noster If money come they will be ready at all times to sing and say If there bee no money then here is the doore and there is the waye Farewell gentle Geffray and as the Porters crye in Sturbridge Fayre a newe Maister a newe and hang vp the olde They will no longer sing or saye than ye haue Money for to paie Bring money and ye shal haue Masse of Scala celi Masse of Requiem Masse of Recordare Masse of Si iniquitates with an hundred kind of Masses besides for whatsoeuer purpose ye will. For our Massemongers haue Masses in store for all kynde of thinges good or badde Onely bryng Money and ye shall wante nothyng so desirous are Antichristes men of money O Mammonistes 78 Christ by his Apostles commaundeth that euery congregation should haue his pastour or preacher to feede the Christen flock with the most holsome fode of Gods worde so that euery spirituall Minister should attende vppon his owne cure and not bee distracte with the care of diuers congregations Antichrist can not away with this that one man should haue but one benefice and