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A07038	Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges, for it is worthy worke: or an epitome of the fyrste booke, of that right worshipfull volume, written against the puritanes, in the defence of the noble cleargie, by as worshipfull a prieste, Iohn Bridges, presbyter, priest or elder, doctor of Diuillitie, and Deane of Sarum Wherein the arguments of the puritans are wisely prevented, that when they come to answere M. Doctor, they must needes say some thing that hath bene spoken. Compiled for the behoofe and overthrow of the vnpreaching parsons, fyckers, and currats, that haue lernt their catechismes, and are past grace: by the reverend and worthie Martin Marprelat gentleman, and dedicated by a second epistle to the terrible priests. In this epitome, the foresaide fickers, [et]c. are very insufficiently furnished, with notable inabilitie of most vincible reasons, to answere the cauill of the puritanes. ...; Oh read over D. John Bridges. Epitome	Marprelate, Martin, pseud.; Throckmorton, Job, 1545-1601, attributed name.; Penry, John, 1559-1593, attributed name.	1588 (1588)	STC 17454; ESTC S112311	32,960	52

500. green heads more that are on their side within 2. Syllogismes would set the deane of Sarum at a flat non plus and answere his whole worke in a threepenie booke● Are they so good at disputing and writing in deed I hope his Canterburinesse will looke to this geare and suffer them to haue liberty neither to write nor to dispute the black Oxe hath troden on his foote he hath had some trial by woful experience what small credite and lesse-gaine there is to be had either in writing or disputing with these fellows To the matter The state of the whole controuersie betweene my brethren bishops and my brethren the puritans and so betweene this worthie doctor and these discoursers is whether the externall gouernement of the Church of Christ be a thing so prescribed by the Lorde in the new testament as it is not lawfull for any man to alter the same any more then it was lawfull to alter y e form of regiment prescribed vnder the law in the old testamēt And see whether if there be any gouernment in y e Church as necessarily there must be or els all confusion will ensue the same must be by those offices and officers alone and by no other which the Lord hath set downe and limited in his word Or els whether man may alter these offices and officers at his will and pleasure and make newe offices and officers as he may in the ciuill gouernments The puritans saye that these offices and officers whiche our sauior Christe and his Apostles did ordaine ●re unchangeable and that it is not lawfull for any pri●ce to alter them no not though the circumstances of times places and persons should seeme in regarde of conuenience to enforce him thereunto The doctor with all the Lordly priests in the land hold the contrarie And sweare it to be lawfull for the magistrate to ordaine what gouernement he will in the Church yea that the Church gouernors contrary to the flat commandement of our sauior Christ Luke 22.25.26 may be Lordes And that the Church gouernment prescribed by our Sauiour Christe and enioyned by the Apostle was not immutable as the regiment vnder the lawe was In so much as in the opinion of M. Bridges and the rest of the cleargie Paul was deceiued Ephesians the 4.13 in saying that pastors and doctors were to cōtinue in the Church vntil we al meet together that is vnto the ende of the worlde Here then is the puritans●● for the permanencie of this gouernment and M doctors no. ● Our brethren for so of his meere curtesie it pleaseth M. deane to call them whome men commonly call puritans and precisians to make their partie good propound the cause by a like example after this sort The sacrifices of y e olde lawe after the building of the temple were to be offered onely at Ierusalem by a Leuite of the li●e of Alia●on onely vnlesse a prophet extraordina●ily ordained it otherwise as Eliah did And the said sacrifices were to be consumed and burned onely by a fire proceeding from the Lord. Briefly none were to m●ddle with the tabernacle or any thing belonging to the seruice of God but the sonnes of Leui whome the Lord appointed for his owne seruice So that if anye sacrifice were offered out of Ierusalem by any other then a sonne of Aaron consumed by any strange fire or any seruice about the Tabernacle performed by a stranger not appointed by y e Lord then an horrible breath of gods ordinance was committed and punished very memorable by the Lord in 〈◊〉 Corah Dathan Abi●am the two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the Congregation who not being of the sonnes of Aaron would needs offer incense before the Lord. In like sort Christe Iesus ordained that when there should be any ministers in his Church they should be able to gather together the saints and that those in their proper and limited places should be either pastors or doctors In like sort he ordained that som should bear rule and ouersee the flocke with the minister and they should be Elders that the ouersight of the Church treasurie the care for the maintenance of the poore should be committed vnto Deacons vnder which also the widowes Church seruants are contained He farther ordained that before these officers shoulde be instituted and as it were inuested into their offices there should be had one examination of their fitnes to exemte the same and their vnreprooueable life And that their ordination shoulde be by imposition of hands with fasting and prayer And by these 4. officers say our brethren Pastors Doctors Elders and Deacons God hath appointed that all matters of the Church should be decided determined For these officers onely and none else must haue to do with the preaching of the ●ord● administring the sacraments making of mu●sters excommunicating and administring of all other Churche censures and punishmentes But as for ciuill gouernment punishment and censures they must not meddle with them Because these thinges onely belongeth to the ciuill magistrate whose off●●e is not to be vsurped by any of the ●●●mer Thus our brethrē set downe the whol state of the controuersie and thus by Scripture they confirme their I and ouerthrow M. doctors no. Parlous fellowes I assure yo● For beleeue me it would put a man to his trumps to answer these things soundly by scripture againe Well M. Deane on the other side verye stoutly proosteth his no● page 54. of his by a conner axiome to beginne withall on this maner If this Church gouernement by pastors doctors elders and deacons be necessarie then the Church in some age place eyther had this gouernment or hath labored for it A most true and tried trueth what then brother Sa●●●● do you assume from this true gouerment ●ay sof● there ●a masse deane I trow the puritans will not driue me to make syllogismes in this booke That is no part of mine intent for if I had thought they would driue me to suche pinches I would not haue medled with them Naye by their leaue if the assumption or proposition bee eyther more then I can prooue or be against my selfe I will omit them Pardon me I praye ye my masters I will set downe nothing against my self I haue brought in a true proposition and that is inough for one man I thinke Let me see what you can saye to that Mine assumption shalbe brought forth at leysure Is the winde at that dore with you brother deane I perceiue you will be of the surer side howsoeuer it goeth But brethren what then say you to M. deanes reason Your answere I know may be of 3. sorts First you may say that the reason is popish Secondly you may demand whether it be mid sommer Moone with him or no because he bringeth in a couex proposition and assumeth nothing Can you blame him in so doing For the

Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges for it is worthy worke Oranepitome of the fyrste Booke of that right worshipfull volume written against the Puritanes in the defence of the noble cleargie by as worshipfull a prieste Iohn Bridges Presbyter Priest or elder doctor of Diuillitie and Deane of Sarum Wherein the arguments of the puritans are wisely prevented that when they come to answere M. Doctor they must needes say some thing that hath bene spoken Compiled for the behoofe and overthrow of the vnpreaching Parsons Fyckers and Currats that haue lernt their Catechismes and are past grace By the reverend and worthie Martin Marprelat gentleman and dedicated by a second Epistle to the Terrible Priests In this Epitome the foresaide Fickers c. are very insufficiently furnished with notable inabilitie of most vincible reasons to answere the cauill of the puritanes And lest M. Doctor should thinke that no man can write without sence but his selfe the senceles titles of the seueral pages and the handling of the matter throughout the Epitome shewe plainely that beetleheaded ignoraunce must not liue and die with him alone Printed on the other hand of some of the Priests Martin Marprelate gentleman primate and Metropolitane of al the Martins in England To all the Cleargie masters wheresoeuer sayth as followeth WHy my cleargie masters is it euen so with your terriblenes May not a pore gentleman signifie his good will vnto you by a Letter but presently you must put your selues to the paines and charges of calling foure Bishops together Iohn Canterburie Iohn London Thomas Winchester William of Lincolne and posting ouer citie countrie for poore Martin Why his meaning in writing vnto you was not that you should take the paines to seeke for him Did you thinke that he did not know where he was himselfe Or did you thinke him to haue bene cleane lost that you sought so diligently for him I thanke you brethren I can be well though you do not send to knowe how I do My mind towards you you shal from time to time vnderstand by my pistles As now where you must know that I thinke not wel of your dealing with my worship and those that haue had of my bookes in their custodie Ile make you rue that dealing of your● vnlesse you leaue it I may do it for you haue broken the conditions of peace betweene vs. I can do it for you see how I am fauored of all estates the puritans onely excepted I haue bene entertayned at the Court Euerye man talkes of my worship Manye would gladly receiue my bookes if they coulde tell where to finde them I hope these Courtier● will one day see the cause tryed betweene mee and you I haue manie sonnes abroad that will sollicit my suite My desire is to haue the matter tryed whether your places ought to be tollerated in any Christian commonwealth I saye they ought not And I say Iohn Canterburie and all ought to be out of his place Euery Archbishop is a petty Pope so is euery Lord bishop You are all the pack of you eyther hirelings or wolues If you dare aunswere my reasons let me see it done Otherwise I trow my friends and sonnes will see you one day deposed The Puritans are angrie with me I meane the puritane preachers And why Because I am to open Because I iest I iested because I delt against a worshipful iester D. Bridges whose writings and sermons tend to no other ende then to make men laugh I did thinke that Martin shoulde not haue beene blamed of the puritans for telling the trueth openly For may I not say that Iohn of Canterbury is a pettie pope seing he is so You must then beare with my ingramnesse I am plaine I must neede call a Spade a Spade a Pope a Pope I speake not against him as he is a Councellor but as he is an Archbishop and so Pope of Lambeth What will the Puritane seeke to keepe out the Pope of Rome and maintaine the Pope at Lambeth Because you will do this I will tell the Bishope how they shall deale with you Let them say that the hottest of you hath made Martin and that the rest of you were consenting there vnto● and so go to our magistrates and say lo such and such of our puritane haue vnder the name of Martin written against your lawes and so call you in and put you to your othes whether yon made Martin or no. By this meanes M. Wiggington or such as will refuse to take an othe against the lawe of the land will presently be founde to haue made Martin by the bishops because he cannot be gotten to sweare that he made him not And here is a deuice to fynde a hole in the coat of some of you puritanes In life sort to fynde the Printer put euery man to his othe and fynd meanes that Schilders of Middleborough shalbe sworne to so that if any refuse to sweare then he may be thought to be the pri●●ter But bishops let your fatherhoods tel me one thing May you put men to their oth● against law Is there any law to force men to accuse themselues No. Therefore looke what this dealing wil procure at the length Euen a plain premunire vpon your backe for vrging an oth contrary to statute which is a piece of the forraine power bannished by statute For the rest that will needs haue my bookes and cannot keepe them close I care not how the bishops deale with such open fellowes And bishops I woulde I could make this year 1388. to be the woonderful year by remoouing you all out of England Martin hath tolde the trueth you cannot denie it that some of you do iniuriously detayne true mens goods as Iohn of London And some haue accounted the preaching of the word to be heresie as Iohn of Canterburie c. All of you are in an vnlawfull callng no better then a broode of pettie Popes It will be but Follie for you to persecute the Courtier Martin vntill you haue cleared your selues which you can neuer do of the crimes he hath layd to your charge Alas poore bishops you would faine be hidden in a net I perceiue I will grow to a point with you Haue but a free disputation with the puritans for the vnlawfulnes of your place and if you be not ouerthrowen● I wil come in and do vnto you what you thinke good for then I will say that you are no Popes There was the Demonstration of Discipline published together with mine Epistles which is a booke wherein you are challenged by the puritane to aduenture your Bishopprick● against their liues in disputation You haue gotten a good excuse to be deaff at that challenge vnder couler of seeking for Martin Your dealing therein is but to holde my dishe whilo I spill my pottage you defend your legges against Martine strokes while the puritans by their Demonstration crushe the very braine of your Bishopdomes Answere that booke and giue the puritan●