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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15298	Tvvo short treatises, against the orders of the begging friars, compiled by that famous doctour of the Church, and preacher of Gods word John Wickliffe, sometime fellow of Merton, and master of Ballioll Coll. in Oxford, and afterwards parson of Lutterworth in Lecestershire. Faithfully printed according to two ancient manuscript copies, extant, the one in Benet Colledge in Cambridge, the other remaining in the publike librarie at Oxford	Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.; James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.	1608 (1608)	STC 25589; ESTC S121923	41,431	74

sharplie pursueden Priests that stoden by charitie and profite of the Realme And so they weren then aboue the King Lords and trew Priests and robbeden the Kings liege men by false leasings of manie thowsand pounds that thowgh the King showld now be taken and our land now conquered or destroied the King might not raise so much to help himselfe his land And certes there was treason to God and the King and false deceit of al men both of cattaile and of foule and letting and destroying of peace and of charitie Cap. 25 Iudas children seling Christ al for money FRiars also beene Scariots children betraying true men of the Gospel and so Christ for monie for monie they senden souls to Sathanas by example of there evil liuing by counsel to warres nourishing and comforting men in sin for lusts of there flesh For in pleasing of Bishops and other men they preachen against pouertie of Christ and sain that Preachers of the Gospel and Christs life beene Hereticks worthie to be brend And so for gifts of Bishops and other men and worldly fauour they sellen truth of the Gospell so Christ as Iudas did For S. Bede S. Ambrose saien sith Christ is truth he that for monie saies falsenes and leaues the sooth does such sinne as Iudas did and so they counsailen to wars for they winnen much thereby and for defaut of charitie they senden soules to Hel when men by there counsaile taken false warres enden in them weening that they done wel and therefore dien withouten sorrow of them And for to harte men in this cursed warring they gone with them into warre and beene there Confessours and sometime slaien men in there owne person and thus they been Antichrists Martyrs and fleene to Hel to draw other menthither after them Cap. 26. They sclaunder ●…rue Priests flatter wicked men ALso Friars distroien this worlde most of al cursed men for they backbitē good Clarks saien that they distourblen the worlde and flateren euill Clarks in there sin so they praisen Lords that beene tyrants extortioners and evil liuers and Ladies also And they despisen Lords and Ladies that bee giuen to leaue pride and vanitie of the world and saien it was not merrie sithen Lords and Ladies tooken reward to the Gospel leften there ancestors māners that weren worshipful to the world And so of rich men and other they praisen them that bring them much monie with wrong and many deceits saien that they been holie but other men that giuen not Friars much more then enough they lacken at the full though they done there almes much better to there poore neighbours And sith God saies that euill teachers beene cause of destruction of the people and Grosted declares it well and Friars beene principal euil teachers they beene principal cause of destroying of this world For they beene Confessours Preachers and Rulers commonlie of al men and they teachen thē not there foule sinnes and perils of them but suffren them in there sinnes for winning of stinking mucke and lusts of there own bellie that is foule wormes meat and a sacke of dirt Cap. 27. Friars most impatiēt of al men liuing in bearing reprooff ALso Friars beene most rebel against the teaching of Christs Gospel and most out of patience and pittie For they beene most vnpatient against reproving of sinne and destroying thereof For a Lorde wil meekelier suffer sharpe despising of his little sinne then they wil suffer meeke and soft reprouing of there great heresies For they beene wood that mens almes should be rightly departed among poore needie men feeble crooked and blind for then they saien they been vndone but they been of vaine religiō as S. Iame saies For this is a cleane religion withouten spot anentis God the Father to visite the fatherles modirles children widdowes in there tribulation and to keepe aman vnfouled fro this world that is fro pride covetise vanities But Friars done al the contrarie for they visiten rich men and by hipocrisie getten falslie there almes and withdrawen it fro poore mē but they visiten rich widdowes for there mucke and maken them to be buried at the Friars but poore men comen in not there And wilful povertie they forsaken and most covetous of al men and boasten more of there holines and been most dislanie of there vaine speech and worldlie as true men tellen Friars saien apertlie if the King and Lords and other men stonden thus against there false begging and wil not suffer Friars to rob there Tenāts but giue there Almes to there poore neighbours Friars wil go out of the Land come againe with bright heads And looke whether this bee treason or none Cap. 28. The Holy scripture accused by these vnholy men of falshood ALso Friars teachen and maintainen that Holie writ is false and so they putten falsenes vpon our Lord Jesu Christ and on the Holie Ghost and on all the Blessed Trinitie For sith God Almightie taught confermes and maintaines Holie writ if this writing be false then God is false and maintainour of errour and falsenes but certes then he is no God yet knowen we neuer that anie sect would saie that lawes of there God were false and there with beleeue on the same God but this despite done these blasphemers to the Holie Trinitie Alas who maie suffer this blasphemie that Christ in whom is al treasour of wit wisdom truth couthe not or would not saie true words and sentence but sinful fools haue true māner of speaking contrarie to the speech of our Lord Jesu Christ. For if this be sinneful fooles yea in case Devils of Hel been wiser truer then is Jesu Christ. And whē this cursed ground is sought it stands in this error For I am Maister of vanitie and of Heresie misvnderstond the words of God therefore they beene false But these Hereticks shouldē know that it sues of there cursed ground that God is the falsest thing in earth or heauen or in Hell Why for men falslie vnderstonden most falsenes of him And thus might ech Panime or Sarracene make our God false as him liked But why saien they that Holie writ is false for they been wont so much to leasings and falsenes that they taken falsenes for truth As men saien a man maie so long be nourished little little by venime that he weanes it be wholsome meet good Also Holie writ damnes there foule Hipocrisie begging couetise and other sinnes therfore they saien that it is false to colour by there falsenes Also Holie writ praises much Christs religion and tels how newe Sects ful of Hipocrisie covetise shullen come deceaue Christian men and bids them know them by there couetise and Hipocrisie And therfore they saien as Sathanas Clerks that Holy writ is false Cap. 29. How strongly wedded to there rotten habit FRiars also beene stronglier wedded with there rotten habit against the