anye true christian to poure out a foūtaine of teares to bewayle the calamitie thereof Whose ruyne is exceded so farre that it withdraweth mannes expectaciō to loke for amendement vnles God of his great mercy supernaturally do worke the restitucion aswell of the common wealth politike as also of the true and catholike fayth charitie and good liuyng Agamemnon might now double his exclamaciō in these dayes as Seneca reporteth which is Good life lawe good ordre godlines fayth are nowe decayed Therfore calling to my remembraūce this our carefull case I mused with my selfe what might be the cause thereof and sodaynly occurred to my remembraunce the comfortable promyses of God the father made to the obseruers of his lawes and commaundementes And likewyse I considered hys intollerable threateninges to y ◠breakers of the same Then comparing the wretchednes of our lyues to the sinceritie of his holy preceptes I fynde a marueylous difference Good life was neuer in such cōtempte malice at no tyme bare suche rule the godly neuer more dispysed finally God neuer more dishonoured nor his catholike fayth at any tyme had in so lytle regarde especially of such as moste arrogantly chalenge to thēselfes the name of true christians who in very deede are of all christianitie moste barren To whome the wordes of Christ may be wel applyed where he sayeth If I had not come vnto thē they shuld haue had no synne in them but nowe their synne doth remayne Whiche woordes are verely verified in those false christians which not onely in faith do erre but also moste obstinatly seme to defende the same In whome errour is turned to heresye and of weake and fraile mē are become obstinate heretikes It is by nature geuen to menne in somme thynges to erre but to persiste therein it is againste nature For sayth Tully we be al drawē and ledde to aspire vnto knowledge wherin to passe other we thinke it a goodly matter but to slyde to erre to be ignorant to be deceiued wee counte it euil dishonest Therfore sayth he one thyng is to bee auoyded therein which is that we take not thynges wee knowe not as thoughe wee knewe them and rashely assent to them Wherfore deliberation and aduisement is to bee required in suche causes Nowe then it is the office and duetie of mā to apply his will to the grace of God by whō truth is reueled in tyme wherevnto he ought to consent but to resist his synne doth remaine which is the sinne of Infidelitie a synne doubtles whiche most displeaseth God as appeareth by his plagues executed by his wrath vpon all sortes of infideles But nowe to drawe neare vnto the purpose whiche chiefly is to displaye the factious opinions of suche which not only do erre but also cōtinue in errour and seke with to the and nayle to defendethe same For whose infidelitie God at this daye doeth so sore plague the worlde chiefly this realme whiche for vertue good liuing sake hath bene worthely nominated Decus mundi y ◠floure of the worlde Nowe forasmuche as I know that thei which cōmonly do erre beyng reproued therefore wyll immediately make as thoughe they were ignorant what heresie is sometyme wyll demaunde what heresye is or who is an heretyke To whome if answere be made according to the diffinition of lerned men It is any false or wrong opinion whiche any man choseth to him selfe to defende against the catholike fayth of the vniuersall church Truth in dede say they But what meaneth the catholike church Then answere is made It is that congregacion whiche wholy dothe agre in one vnitie of fayth and ministracion of sacramentes Whiche answer when they likwise affirme Then procede they to know whether it be knowen or vnknowen and so furth Doubtlesse the catholike church is so knowen to y ◠worlde that neither heretike nor other miscreant can pleate ignoraunce to learne that truth whiche leadeth to saluation For the Churche is like vnto a castle stāding vpō an hyll whiche cannot be hyd Whiche hyll is cut out of the harde rocke and exalted so high that is replenisheth y ◠yerth as the prophete Daniel sayth It is resēbled also by the psalmist to a tabernacle placed in the sonne so shyning throughout the world that it can by no cloude or tēpest be obscured It is also as Paule sayth the foundation and pyller of truth and can not be deceyued thoughe her aduersaries allege the contrary Full well doth the late moste famous mā Lodouicus Viues say I doo and wyll stande sayth he to the true iudgement of the churche although I sawe to the contrary a moste manifest reason I may be deceyued as I am diuers times but the church in those thynges whiche tende to religion can not bee deceyued Therfore the churche beyng soo manifestly knowen as it cannot be hidden so replenished and garnished with truth as it is the very foundation and piller of truth with what face or countenaunce can the aduersaries therof stande in contencion therewith Unlesse they be infected w t Circes cuppes or els by her enchantmētes transformed into the shape of swyne But nowe these swinishe aduersaries will obiecte saiyng Syr those which you name heretikes we will proue to bee the true congregaciō And this is their profe We allege preache vtter ▪ or talke of nothing but scripture whiche can not deceiue vs whereby we are the true churche and not you which cal your selfes catholikes Whiche reason semeth to them so infallible that it cannot be auoyded But forasmuch as the knowledge of all truth ouerthrow◠of heresie dependeth vpon the thaucthoritie of the church both for the knowledge of the scriptures and also for the exposition of the same I purpose breifly to say somewhat therin The head of the churche is Christ who by the Apostles was preached to all nations of whō also his doctrine was receiued at least of so many as were conuerted to the fayth The conuerters of whom were the Apostles which in the beginnyng were the mysticall bodye of Christ their head who then beyng the Churche exalted their voyces in suche sorte as it penetrated the whole yearth their wordes extended to the endes of the worlde The succession of whiche Apostles haue continued from tyme to tyme in vnitie of the same fayth Whiche fayth is left vnto the Churche as permanent for euer therby to strēgthen the weake and to confounde the proude to establishe the electe to ouerthrowe all misbeleuers sectes hereticall whiche sectes not onely abuse the open places of that liuely worde but also do falsly expounde the darke mistical places therof as S. Peter wytnesseth of s Paules Epistles But if these ▪ good felowes wyll nedes be of Christes churche as arrogantly thei presume by their owne cōfession They must haue one vnitie of doctrine as y ◠churche hath whiche
corrupt nature But vsing themselues cleane contrary that is to saie neyther vsinge gods truth as it ought to be but rather abusyng the same neither in their attemptes established an vniforme religion nor yet perswaded correction of lyfe They haue brought this publike state of Englande into great detriment and mysery as lamentable experience to our great smarte declareth And because moste frendly reader thou maiest perceiue partely with what vile doctrine a great parte of this realme hath been allured and with what pestilent perswasions men haue bene ledde and partely with what detestable vices and horrible abuses the scholemaisters theÌ„selues haue bene infected This presente volume entituled The displaying of the protestantes is compiled not for any malice or enuie meÌ„t to any of y â— parties but for good will to the Reader for a naturall pietie to this our countrey the naturall nourice and mother of vs all Whiche protestantes may aâ—tely be coÌ„pared to Plato his Gyges y e tale of whom Tidly reciâ—eth in his third boke of his offices At the falling downe from aboue of certen stormes of wether the earthe opened in diuers places by reason of the drought before Gyges being a Kynges Shepeherde entred in to the earthe at a great hoole and founde a brasen horse as the fables declare in whose sydes wer dores which being opened he espied the corse of a dead man of a wonderfull hugenes and a golde ringe vpon his finger which as sone as he pulled of he put it vpon his own The nature of the ring was this that when he had turned the head towardes the palme of his hande he was inuisible and sene of nobody yet sawe euery thynge and turnyng the rynge from him agayne he was sene of euery body And so vsing this aduauntage of the rynge he laye with the quene wife to Candaules kyng of Lydia So the protestaÌ„tes wheÌ„ it pleased god to plague this our countrey for the synne of the people with the vnquiet stormes of heresie got them out of the company of other shepehardes dispersed themselfes into the earth and at length entred into brasen horses the houses of the cheif gouernours then abusyng the same with false interpretacion of Gods worde makyng theÌ„ beleue by their craftie suggestions that all thinges which had coÌ„tinued in the churche of God to that tyme was of no veritie but deuised by man calling the same toyes and ceremonies of Rome who hauing a zeale to Gods truth and credityng the merye conceiptes of these yonglinges trusting their talk had been the vndoubted veritie pelded to their practises Then these shepeherdes perceiuing y e cheif magistrates prone to sondrie alteracions nouelties beganne by litle and litle also to corrupt the consciences of the vulgare people infecting the same with the poyson of heretical doctrin that at length they became altogethers dead corpses of woÌ„derfull hugenes Then framed they rynges to seme inuisible to the worlde then played they Gyges part then ruled they the rooste then began they to swarme in routes then clustered they like humble bees to deuoure the honye combes from the hiues of the poore bees then like coÌ„mon souldiors after the battell began they to fall to spoyle then defaced thei Churches then made they hauoke of the ornamentes of the same And in this sorte with heresie and spoile feding the common peoples simplicitee with a counterfait zeale they murdred mens consciences distroied the realme and the common welth thereof After whiche their practises yet gaue they not ouer like fainte hearted souldiors but with stiffe standing stomakes continued to th ende And as Gyges by vertue of his ringe coÌ„mitted adulterie with Candaules wyfe who was then kinge of Lydia and within shorte time after by her vngracious counsaile dispatched him of his life euen soo these adulterate protestantes thought it not sufficient to effeminat the mindes of the simple with their false doctrine and to contaminate the same with the venime of their viperous tongues but alsoo therewith haue so slaine the consciences of many that like desperate men they make haste to their owne destruction Whoo beinge puffed vp with presumption seeke to clime vppe to the chariote of the sonne But as Phaeton was serued for goyng about to aspire to his fathers secretes with a flashe of lightening was set al on fyer So are these presumptuous and ignorauÌ„t people plagued with the lyke as a due rewarde of presumption This it is to followe the hyssinges of the viperouse broode who neuer departe their haunt til they haue infected whole couÌ„treis For this cause welbeloued reader this present treatise is publyshed to set before mennes eyes the edible practises of these protestantes who in their owne conceiptes presume they haue the vndoubted truth Whome if you marke intus et in cute you shall well vnderstande the contrary But peraduenture some man will muse of this woorde Protestante because it is no vsuall terme But because it is a worde greatly pleasyng theÌ„selues a woorde inuented after they hartes desyre a worde deuysed of themselues a woorde wherein they greatly triumphe such a worde which serueth moste aptlye for the purpose therefore it is here most frequented And it is the participle of the verbe Protestor which is to declare what should be eschewed A very apt worde and mete for suche who in very dede were al togethers Protestantes That is to saye disswaders of holsome lawes whiche touched the reformacion of mannes nature and reformers of suche good orders as were constituted for the bridlinge thereof Therfore to conclude this proeine I moste hartely beseche the to reache hether thy diligent and indiffereÌ„t eares and iudge well of myne entente and do not imploye thy iudgement lyke vnto hym who alredy is maried to his owne fancie Letting the to wyt that of mans malicious iudgement I force not for I knowe the passions of maliciouse stomakes In this doyng I do not doubte â–ª but thou for thy parte shalt haue a iust cause to praye vnto God for vnitie the sure bande of all common welthes and to graunte vnto all men grace to withstande heresies assaultes And I finally for my parte shall haue the like to thynke my paynes well implayed And thus I commytte the to God ⸫ Mense Iuniâ— 1556. ¶ The displaying of the protestantes THE remembrance of the present state of this oure myserable tyme and the reuolution of the happy tyme past dothe inculcate a merueilous sorowe and greife to him whiche diligently dothe compare them both together For as Herodiane sayth It is the common parte of a maÌ„ to be wayle and lament the cases humaine especially suche as are in present experience For considering the pitifull plight of these our wretched dayes wherevnto not onely the staye of oure coÌ„mon wealthe politike but also the chiefest state of the ecclesiasticall and heauenly publique welth religion is fallen besides the decaye of vertue breache of charitie It must nedes cause
at Paules for their opinioÌ„s against the Sacrament of the altar .iiii. Sussex men the one of thâ— was a duche man dwelled besydes Lewes who being demaunded amonge others what baptisme was the one aunswered it was a Sacrament then he was demaunded whether a man myght be a christian without it yea doutles qv he For it is but an externe signe and worketh litle grace For said he lyke as a man doeth washe his handes in a basen of water signifying that the handes are cleane so the chylde is wasshed at baptisme to accomplyshe the exterior figure Then was obiected vnto him the saying of christ vnles a maÌ„ be borne agayn with water the holy ghoste he could not be saued Tushe sayth he the water profiteth nothyng it is the holy ghoste that woorketh Who with the rest moste worthely were condempned and burned in Sussex Fynally there be many other opinions not worthy the rehersall deuysed by the protestantes and for the mayntenance therof how many do we se for lacke of grace wylfully without anye feare of God or man precipitate themselfes into the temporall fyer without any respecte or due consideracion of the life to come And God wâ—te some of them demaunded questions of their beliefe they cannot tel what to say Suche is the iniquitie of oute tyme. It is before declared the sondry opinioÌ„s of many who altogether boaste themselues too be of the true Churche Whose opinions partely I haue noted to set before mennes eies the exâ— crable factions of their malignaunt churche to thintent they may consider that the catholique churche is of one faith of one spirite of one iudgemeÌ„t not lacerated deuided or torne but whole and intier From the whiche who soeuer departeth procureth vnto himselfe dampnacion For without the churche is no saluacion Nowe touchyng the vnitie and concorde of the churche it contynueth in the very same state as it dyd in the primatiue churche as we rede howe the Apostles were all of one coÌ„sent and one mynde Which vnitie as they theÌ„ did imbrace placing the same as a sure tokeÌ„ or badge to know y â— church so loke what churche let it haue neuer so glorious titles beyng without that it is euident that it is no churche but rather a denne of theues Christ leuing y â— world and asceÌ„ding vp to his father be sides his seuerall admonicioÌ„s to his Apostles during the tyme of his coÌ„uersacion vpon earth preached peace saying haue peace among you c. Paule in all his epistles perswadeth vnitie Which may perswade any good harte to acknowlege the catholike church to be that churche where all men may learne the truthe of the gospel religioÌ„ fayth SacrameÌ„tes al other kindes of rites or ceremonies Whiche churche coÌ„tempneth all sortes of Heretikes and other miscreantes and standeth vnremouable notwithstanding theyr wycked dartes fethered with mischiefe dayly throwen against her But it behoueth saith s Paule that there shuld be heresies amoÌ„ges you to trye make manifest those that be constante Therfore no maruayll thoughe now thei beare such swinge For in the latter daies saith he there shal be perilous tymes wherein some shal departe from the faith and shall geue hede to spirites of error and deuelyshe doctrine of them which speake false through hypocrisie hauynge their consciences marked with an hote yron forbidding menne to marry and commaunding to absteyne from meates whiche God hathe created to bee receiued with thankes geuyng c. But the Protestantes tournynge thys place from theimselfes they woulde proue the Papisticall Churche for so thei terme it to be those heretikes whiche sainte Paule here gyueth warning of Doe not the papistes saye they euen as saint Paule saieth forbid matrimony which he saith is holy in al mene And yet they prohibite priestes nuÌ„nes other religious to marry prouing themselfes therby to be those of whom Paule did propherye And doo they not lykewyse forbid meates to be eaten whiche God hath created too be receyued with thaÌ„kesgeuyng c. In this sorte these credible gentelmen handled this place to discredite the catholyke church and to allure all men with their pleasante outcries to cast of libertie to offende God to offeÌ„de the magistrates to breake all lawes to vndoe commen welthes to make dearthe and scarcitie finallye â–ª to doe what they lyste But what ment they hereby Euen to handle the matter as the Sirenes dyd whereof Homere speaketh whose voyces were so pleasant that with their songes they allured all passengers whiche sayled by the seas where they haunted to approche vnto theim and beyng within their thraldome their custome was to drowne both them and their shyppes Euen so oure late pleasant Sirenes in all pulpetes vsed such pleasant songes and alluremeÌ„tes enteÌ„ding therby not onely to nosell the bodye with al kyndes of bellychere but also to make them to forget both God and man so procure Hell mouth to opeÌ„ swallow vp both bodie and soule Nowe I would gladly learne of theim whether the heretikes of whome s Paule prophecied did vtterly forbidde marriage to all men women or not If they answere yea as thei cannot chose then they cannot proue that the catholyke churche forbideth marriage to al meÌ„ For who is it priest religious man or womaÌ„ but that once in their life tyme they were at libertie either to marrie or lyue chast So that the choice of either state is free to doe as the grace of GOD shall worke in them Nowe agayne if they affirme the papistes to forbid marriage to some as to prietes nonnes and other votaries therin shewing themselfes to be those wherof sainte Paule affirmeth truthe it is the Churche forbiddeth all such to marrie not discommending matrimonÌ„ie tóo suche as maye laufullye take it But forasmuche as they haue bounde themselfes by vowe and promesse to the contrarie therfore because they mighte not incurre into the lapse of daÌ„pnation as Paule reporteth it is the charitee of the churche to forbid theÌ„ marrye as S. Paules rule prescribeth who knew howe straitly the scripture chargeth suche as haue made vowes to kepe them And for that cause he saieth the wydowe hath dampnation if she marrye after she is receiued into the Churche to bee founde of the goodes therof bycause she vnloseth chastite and therfore he calleth it her fyrst faieth in respecte of the seconde made too man by marriage Whereby it is playne that S. Paule cannot meane by his prophecie that the churche is hereticall in forbiddyng the professed and vowed to marrye as they teache For then they muste nedes proue Paule to bee an heretike O cancred stomakes festred througheoute with malice But wyll you see theyr shyftes Paule saith receiue no widowes into the churche vnder .lx. yeare olde c. and after he sayeth the yonger widowes refuse c. Here saye they takynge anye into the church vnder .lx. yere old Paules precepte is broken Wherby they
vayne thynges muche lyke the Atheniens For when Demosthenes was tellyng them a soleÌ„pne tale of an asses shadowe and vpon the soubden brake of leauing the tale halfe tolde they instantly intreated him to make an ende O ye foles quod Demosthenes ye loue to heare suche trifling tales but if I went about to declare vnto you any serious matter you would skarse geue me the hearyng Thus fare oure countremeÌ„ if there be any vayne syghtes to be seen or any folishe matters to be heard lorde howe they runne and sweate in their busines But if there be a sermoÌ„ at Paules crosse after they haue â—aried there a while to here some newes and the preacher at the prayers lorde howe they vanishe away in clusters repairing into Paules and either by sell some bargaine in the body of the churche or els telle some tale of an Asses shadowes But to the purpose if oure men wyll needes be martyrs as they pretende to be where is their modestie their pacience their tharitie their loue that is required in a martyr I am sure they dare be bolde to coÌ„pare them selues to the martyrs of the primatiue Churche To whom they be nothing lyke For the sure token then of a martyr was to haue a sure profession of Gods truth whiche token they can not chalenge For in it selfe their profession is deuided vnles they would make Gods truthe whiche is one to be diuers If they wyll chalenge their modestie they be farre deceiued thei vse no suche glorious titles For if any man hadde named them martyrs in their coÌ„munications or letters they would reproue him therefore saying that that title was worthy for Christ only who alone was the faithful witnes of his truth If they will chalenge to themselues charitie pacience and suche lyke they be as wyde For Paule Stephen and the rest vsed no tauÌ„ting wordes or reprochefull checkes againste the Byshoppes and magistrates in their time but with mylde couÌ„tenaunce they answered their obiections But our martyrs wil not sticke to call them slaughter-men butchers blodsuckers and suche lyke blasphemous names more lyke helhoundes then holy ones such is their pacieÌ„ce Paule beyng brought before Ananias the hye preist and beyng beaten of the standers by saying Doest thou strike me thou paynted wall doest thou sitte vpon me here in iudgement according to the lawe and doest then commaunde that I should be striken contrarie to the lawe Then the standers by tolde him that it was the hye preist I knewe not ê™ he that it was the hye preist for it is written Thou shalt not reuile the head of the people Paule herein was sory that he had reuiled the magistrate But our martyrs forgetting S. Paules rule cease not froÌ„ tyme to tyme contumeliously to rayle vpon the byshop other learned and godly menne with the most vylest termes they can deuise yet sheweno cause of sorowe but like Orestes Tantalê° Theseus and Proserpina and suche other infernal furies they exclame in a tragical maner vpon God and his churche the heauens the yerth and all that is But yet one thing there is wherein they greately triumphe that is the constancie of these men oh their constancie is wonderful which is no cause as partly is touched before to proue them martyrs For if their constancie were vsed in a good cause then were it worthy fame What follye is so great sayeth Tully or so vnworthy a wysemans constancie as is false opinion The constancie wherof our men so bragge of is not for any opinion that is good or commendable it is but onely for worldly prayse or disprayse the zeale of whether beyng taken awaye it would coÌ„uert into inconstancie The cause as is aforesayd doth make a martyr and not the valiant death A notable historie occurreth nowe to my remembraunce of a true martyr and it is rehersed in a booke made by that moste excellent well learned gentleman called sir Thomas Elyot knyght Valeriane beyng Emperour of Rome perfecuting the churche in Egypte was a christen man presented vnto him whom he beholding to be yong and lustye thynking therfore to remoue him froÌ„ the faith rather by venereall mocions thaÌ„ by sharpnes of tormentes caused him to be layde in a bedde within a faire gardin hauing about him all floures of swete odour most delectable sauours perfumes And than caused a fayre tender yonge woman to be layde by him al naked who ceased not swetely and louyngly to embrace kysse him shewing to him all pleasant deuises to the intent to prouoke him to fornication There lacked litle that the yong man was not vanquished and that the fleshe yelded not to the seruice of Venê° Whiche thing the yong man perceiuing whiche was armed with grace seing none other refuge with his tethe did gnawe of his own toÌ„gue wherwith he suffred suche incredible paine that therwith the breÌ„ning of voluptuous appetites was vtterly extincte In this notable acte I wote not whiche is to be coÌ„mended either his inuincible corage in resisting so muche against nature or his wysedome in subduyng the lesse paine with the more byting off that wherby he might be coÌ„strained to blaspheme god or renouÌ„ce his religion Sure I am that he therfore receiued immortall life and perpetual glory This yong man was a true martyr this maÌ„ folowed his maister Christ in bearyng his crosse to crucifie the affections This maÌ„ shewed a notable example of coÌ„stancie in not denying his creator the author founder of his fayth Ignatius of whom we reade in Eusebius was a constant and vndoubted martyr whoo cared for no punishment persecution or other torment So was also Policarpus and Iustinus martir These and suche like are true martyrs whiche against the infideles and Gods enemies yelded their bodies to the seruice of death not caring either for wordes fame or praise of men These men wer with tormentes inspeakable constrayned to denye the name of Christ These men were allured by faire promises to forsweare their maister But oure men are with tormentes terror of death compelled to embrace Christes fayth and to relinquishe their Iewishe opinions Thauncient martyrs were tormented to the intent they might fall to Idolatrie Oure men are intreated by all faire meanes possible to worship the liuyug God O what madnes is this to seme to dye for the name of Christ when the sentence geuers do exhorte them to embrace Christ Who can call this persecution If the Turke be persecuted when he is by a christiaÌ„ gently perswaded to be baptized and to put vpoÌ„ him Christ and to forsake Mahomet then maye the heretike saye that he is iustly persecuted But if oure menne doo loue wylfull death and bee wery of their life in this worlde I would haue them either arme them selues in battell to fight against the great Turke or other enemies of the fayth or els to offre them selues in Turkey to
such other holy and blessed sainctes are not nowe ashamed to reserue to theim selues the vyle bones of these blasphemous martyrs who neyther in puritie of lyfe or constancie in death were worthye the names of Christians Thus these protestantes contrarie to their owne doctrine striue with their owne shadowes They in their bookes and talke contempne reliques yet vsynge the same after thyr owne fancies they are contented to allowe theÌ„ Who cannot playe Democritus part continually too laughe at their folly or who can forbeare to saye Ocaecas hominum meÌ„tes o pectora caeca For what is blyndnes if this be none Moreouer when Rogers their pseudmartyr protomartyr I woulde saye was burnt in Smythfield were there not diuers marchaunt men and others which seing certayne pigions flying ouer the fire that haunted to a house harde adioyninge beyng amased with the smoke forsooke their nestes and flew ouer the fixe were not ashamed boldely to affirme that the same was the holy ghoste in the lykenes of a doue This thynge is sufficiently knowen by experience to them which were there present Then by the lyke argument they might haue sayde the crowes which the same time houered ouer the fyre were deuels But what blasphemy is this such opinionatiue fooles to beleue or credite suche fansies The Heathen poetes neuer deuysed more toyes vpon Iupiter Iuno Diana Actaeon Io or suche other counterfaites then the madbraynes of the protestantes haue inuented tales vpon these Ethnikes Whose lying lippes are so sugred with false reportes that y â— brethe therof is marueylous delectable to a great many of the same generation yea it is supposed that a great numbre be founde as hyrelinges to maintayne that arte which amonges the simple wander as pylgrymes too publyshe their hidde misteries much lyke Sinon who with his disguised habite and proporcion of body togethers with his vnhappy oracion begyled the poore Troianes But al wyse men whiche can beware of other mennes harmes no doubte wyll take heede of the loytering adders which hide theÌ„selues in the grasse And as for other whiche passe for no admonicion I feare me without God of his mercy spare them will verefie the prouerbe Sero sâ—â—iuâ—t â—br â—â—â—es and so will repent with hadde I wist as the vnhappy Troianes did But yet these ouerthwart neighbours thynkyng too caste another bone for the catholikes to gnawe vpon hyt them home as they thynke with this obiection Oh say thei what a beggerly religioÌ„ is theirs which hath no man valiauntly to sticke to the death in the defence therof For a good shepehearde wyll geue his owne lyfe for his shepe Therefore it appereth our religion is founde whiche hath had soo manye shepeheardes that hath bestowed their lyues in the defence of the verite But here they begynne too tryumphe like vnto a pestileÌ„t heretike in the primatiue churche called Montanus who affirmed that he was the holy ghoste And when he and his adherentes were conuicted of heresie thei boasted as our men do nowe that they had many men whiche spent their liues in theyr opinioÌ„ and that that was an infallible argument that they had the spirite of God Unto whome it was aunswered that that case was not alwayes true For certen other heretikes there were which boasted of their false martyrs as the Marcionites which denied Christe and other a great numbre And because they saye that in this Realme there were none which were coÌ„tent to geue their liues for the defeÌ„ce of their faith the matter is so apparantly knoweÌ„ to be false as the yong infante can by report of his own parentes saye the contrary But what shall I nede to reherse the moste godly and no lesse learned whiche haue bene contented too haue not only ben depryued their nobilite and great possessioÌ„s but also to yelde their neckes too the stroke of the axe and sworde for the defence of the libertie of christes churche Whose fames are so registred in the volume of immortalite that no coÌ„tinuance of time nor inconstancie of fortune can wipe them out of memory What shall I nede to remembre Albanê° the fyrst martyr in this realme which with moste vile tormentes was persecuted of Dioclesian theÌ„peroure in the yeare of our lorde 286. for the faieth of the Gospell and the verite of the church that one Fortunatus wrytynge of the prayse of virgins saythe AlbanuÌ„ egregium foecuÌ„d a Britannia profert Britane of abundance and pleÌ„ty moste able Procreated Albane that martyr honorable Whiche worthy man was buried at a place then called VVarlingacester now called of his own name sainct Albons Where was exerted a notable monument or abbey for perpetuall memory of this worthy man Many other at that time likewise suffred for the cause of the churche What shal I stande here vpoÌ„ the prayse of that godly man sainct Thomas sometimes archebysshop of Cantorbury vnto whome I wil attribute none other praise then Polydorê° Virgilius other chrono graphers do Who called hym vir summa integritate atque prudentia a man of muche holynes and wysdome Who after he hadde bene in exile more then .vii. yeares banysshed by Henry the secoÌ„d into FrauÌ„ce not for ambicion as the malicious headdes of the protestantes conceiue but onely for admonyshing the kyng for misusing the liberties of the churche for peruerting godly orders for il wicked liuing for exterminating the spirituall promocions vpon noughty vses These were the causes why this man was banyshed not here rehersed for zeale but spoken for truthe not gathered without authoritie but reported vpon the wordes of chronicles the faythfull arbiters of thynges alredy past This maÌ„ I say to thintent the thinges aforesayde should not decaye had rather to haue geuen his life not of malice to withstand the king vnto whom he bare moste obedieÌ„ce but for the zeale he had to gods churche the chambre of the pore But as now there wanteth none if tyme serued whiche would not stycke too doo mischiefe euen so then their wanted not vnhappie harebraynes to rydde this godly man of his lyfe Who within a whyle after as a iuste rewarde for their cruell facte in a moste miserable maner as the history declareth ended their lyfes The deathe of whiche godly manne was not onely a cause of greate repentaunce to the king himself but the people vniuersally moste deuoutly be wailed his death saying VVe the people and flocke of Christ haue lost our good and godly shepeharde Thus this godlye man of the godly people theÌ„ was had in gret admiratioÌ„ although it pleaseth the gallantes of our time to saye otherwyse What shall I stande here vpoÌ„ the death of Iohn Fyssher semetyme Byshop of Rochester a man of notable learning innocencie of lyfe or the death of the second Cicero syr Thomas More a man endewed with heauenlye eloquence Qui demum ambo maluerunt de Vita quam de Ro pâ—ntificis autoritatis
his litle ones But if you so be you are an ill fauoured churche a deformed churche a cornered churche a dispersed coÌ„gregacion altogethers deuided as partely is proued before You ought rather as I sayd before to spende your life for the sauegarde of your husbandes the defence of your chastitie the bande of matrimonye as many good wemen haue done in tyme past Michol like a faythfull woman preserued her husband Dauid when he was sought for of her owne father kyng Saul We rede of a noble womaÌ„ called Turia who to saue her husbande named Q. Lucretius froÌ„ the crueltie of the Romaines offered her selfe into many daungers Also the wyues of certaine notable menne called Mimi haue lefte behinde them their worthye praise For their husbandes beyng committed to prison by the Lacedemoniens condempned to dye their wyues to the intent they might speake with their husbandes before their death had leue to entre into prison who chaunging their apparel with their husbandes they beyng in their wyues garmeÌ„tes counterfaiting also their sorowes escaped prison leauyng their wyues behinde them who were contented for their husbandes sakes to yelde them selues to death These were wyues worthy of immortall fame vouchsafed to haue their images to be erected of golde for their perpetual fame Lucrece the Romaine matrone for the losse of her chastitie kylled her selfe saying what can be safe to a womaÌ„ when she hath lost her chastitie The fyftie virgyns of the citie of Sparta beyng sent by their fathers to Micenae a cicie of Achaia to do sacrifice the citezens beyng enflamed with their beauties required that they might accoÌ„plishe their lustes Who not graunting to their desires they were in maner constrained But rather then they would loose their maydenheades they were contented to lease their lyues whiche afterward was reuenged by the Lacedemoniens These were valiant wemen whiche rather then they would yelde to the seruice of Venus and violate their innocente myndes were contente to suffre death I would that our wemen martyrs if they would nedes be martyrs as I caÌ„ se no cause therof but onely arrogancie thus should imploye their lyues not for a fantasticall opinion newely crept out of the shell It should be wished of all godly men that it would please God of his surpassing goodness to poure grace into the heartes of these graceles persones most huÌ„bly to falle downe prostrate before the magistrates of his Churche to aske mercye and at length to acknowledge the vanitie of their errors But yet there were other in y â— late malicious tyme as the effeminate bishops other whiche were euer lerning neuer able to come to the truth as it appeared by their oftè alteracions of their procedinges And touching their CoÌ„munion they were euer learning and in th ende so well learned that thei fell to the denial of Christes own wordes not attaining to the knowlege of y â— truth but to the knowlege of errours Howe long were they learnyng to set their table to minister the sayd coÌ„munion vpon Fyrst they placed it a lofte where the hygh altare stode Then must it be set from the walle that one might goo betwene the ministers beynge in contention on whether parte to turne their faces either towardes the Weste the Northe or South Some would stande Southward some Northward and some Westwarde Thus turning euery waye they myste the right waye but yet they coulde not hytte it Then downe it must come from Sursum to Deorsum In some places benethe the steppes in the quier couering it round about with Curtens for feare of bugges Within a whyle after it skipped out of the quier into the body of the churche And in some places neyther in the quier nor yet in the body of the churche but betwene bothe And some because they would hitte it ryght pulled downe the Rodeloftes making suche a confusion that neyther was there quyer nor bodye of the churche but makyng if lyke Westminster hail They stailed it aboute â—n maner of a Cocke pytte where all the people myght see them and their coÌ„munion In many places the table stoode very nere the churche porch that it myght the soner go out into the churcheyarde Thus they proceded not vpwardes but outwardes downe wardes Ab equis ad aâ—inos that the churche belles and all was redy to leepe out of the wyndowes Then touchyng the ministration whether it should be leuened or vnleuened bread oh what a doe there was First it must be vnleuened but brooder and thicker then the olde maner was and in anywyse the prynte of the name of Iesus left out whiche was as odious a sight to theÌ„ as y e signe of y â— crosse was to Iulianus Apostata who in anye wyse coulde not abyde the sayde sygne neyther in churche wyndowe or other place Then these Iulianistes to bryng the Sacrament to a more prophane vse they deuised that the bread shuld be leuened lyke to other common bread from the whiche though many crommes did fall they forced not so lytle they estemed the matter For suche Sacramente suche minister suche carpenters suche toles And too colour the matter for the better deceyuinge of the vnlearned people they folowed the ensample of a Mason wheÌ„ he worketh stones to build a house For firste he doeth rough hewe them somewhat to proportion theÌ„ he polysheth theÌ„ to make them pleasant to the eye In like maner sayde the Protestantes and authors of our late religion do we The first and second Communion booke were but rough hewen wherein they sayd truth for god knoweth thei were but homely stuffe But this boke quod they meaning their laste boke of CommunioÌ„ which was the worste of all is wrought too the perfectioÌ„ Wherin they seined muche lyke vnto a poore blynde Mason that should come to stones that were purely wrought to a perfite forme by the finest workeman that could be founde who poring on them with his dymme spectacles of ignoraunce doeth thinke with his blunt rusty croked toles to amende the workemanshyp of the stones and bunglyng longe about them made them euer worse and worse tyll at length they serued for no purpose touching th enteÌ„t of the first workeman Euen so did thei For the holy ghost hath wrought in the catholike churche the perfit faith and righte vse of the sacrament of the altar to be offred to the father as a moste swete sacrifice in remeÌ„braunce of the death of his sonne and to be receiued of al faithfull people in remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of the same death of christ Which is both the offerer the sacrifice offred in the holy masse till these bunglers toke in hande the same meaniÌ„g as thei thought to ameÌ„d it But as their presumptioÌ„ was vayne so in th ende it proued For God seing their inconstant vanities in misusing his sacrameÌ„tes brought all their attemptes to a vaine effect And touching the ordre in receiuing
their coÌ„munion it was marueylous confuse For some of the coÌ„municantes wold stande some sit some knele some wold holde the cup himself some would receiue it at the ministers hande some of his nexte fellowe some would haue a short pece of bread some a thine some a thicke and thinne Some wold vse the ministration themselues some were contented too take it in the churche and some at their owne tables after souper according to the institucion Some would haue the wine to be droÌ„ke in pewter some in siluer and some in a glasse or trene dishe Some wold haue a table cloth to couer y â— bord some a towel and some neither of them both Thus in some they vsed the matter in suche sondry somes that the Total was nought Thus were they euer learning neuer able to come to the truthe But God seyng this their Babilonicall Tower of coÌ„fusion builded against his diuine maiestie and his churche did sodeinly and miraculouslye ouerthrowe all their confused deuises restoring truthe to her former state by the sprete of trueth whiche hath led and conducted his churche oute of manye daungerous and stormy seas into the hauen of tranquillytie in vnitie of truthe the true tryal of Gods sprete Which truthe the church learning of the sprite of trueth hath euer kepte and wylll kepe too the worldes ende where these truce breakers shal be euer learnynge and neuer able to come to the truthe COuetous they were as it were to be wished none wer nowe but whether they were so let al meÌ„ examine with theÌ„selfes If they wer not couetous what mente they to go about to make their bastard children legitimate by acte of parliamente and that their purchases of lande myghte be in as good effecte in the lawe as the landes of anye temporall lordes or other laye men meaning in th ende to adioyne lande to lande and to accumulate one possession vpon another Where learned they this trade Of the primatiue churche whereof they boste so much Learned they this in the scriptures wherof they do so muche glorye All thinges amonges the Apostles and other disciples were commen And dyd our ioly Apostles imitate them so well that of that which was coÌ„men to make it priuate to serue their own bellies A prety imitation They were wont to cry out vpon the liuinges of the late abbees monasteries saying they were the theues and spoylers of the realme But who shuld haue cryed out vpon them when they had so enriched themselfes with sondry patrimonies that their brattes and beggers chyldren shoulde haue proued gentlemen Truely if this case be well weyghed of graue sobre men they maye gesse at their marke They ought to haue bene by s Paules rule kepers of hospitalitie But what poore craftesman or other laborer vsed lesse A man myght aswell haue brooke his necke as his faste at their houses They kept such diete in their fare that none coulde gette anye reliefe at their doores but Venus and her sonne Cupide And to thintent others should be no kepers of hospitalitie also they vsed to call the same y â— pompouse practise of the prelates and suche like Yea but more couetous thei were yet For to fynde ryches they would neyther spare church nor steple dead mennes graues or other place What goodly monumentes haue these sacrilegers subuerted too hunte after pence the corrupter of mannes life What graues of honorable meÌ„ and byshops haue these men left vnouerthrowen to fynd that was none of theirs Surely I may compare them to Darius that couetous Monarche who too seeke money serched the â—ombe of Semiramis the quene of Assyria whiche buylded Babylon where he founde this poesie engrauen vpon the same VVhat kynge soeuer he be that lacketh money let him open this Monumente and take what he wyll Nowe Darius creditynge the wordes of the poesie caused the stoone of the graue to be remoued where hee founde no money but another saying wrytten vpon the inner part of the said stone conteyning these woordes Vnlesse thou haddest been an euell man vnsaciable of money thou wouldest neuer haue serched the graues of the dead O noble woman whiche not onely in her lyfe tyme hated thys filthie vice of auarice but also after her death hadde conuenient tauntes to reproue thesame I would she had seene the robery of dead men in our time committed by a sorte of huÌ„gry whelpes gredy after their pray The protestaÌ„tes were accustomed too saye the papistes were massemongers couetous in sellynge masses for grotes but thei themselfes were Gospelmongers in making royall and noble Sermons fyue or sixe in a day yea God knoweth suche stuffe that they prouoked more laughter then anye vice could vse feates in playing of his interlude Philippe Sannio wherof we reade in Xenophon could not deuise more toyes to make Calias guestes to laughe at then these merie panions deuised for their audieÌ„ce nor yet in the Serycusans dauncing wenche was more cuÌ„ning in deliting Critobulus Socrates and the rest with her sundrye harmonies then in these plesant ghospelmen was too exhilarate their fellowe disciples and brethren in Christe BOasters also they were and replenished with all kyndes of arrogant speche reuilinge all kinde of doctrine repugnant too theirs belying the auncient writers and generall counsayles rauing vpon the doctours of the church comparing themselfes to the Apostles saying where went Peter or Paule to schole why maye not we haue the spirite as well as they With suche other woordes presuming too affirme themselues hauing certayne textes of the newe or olde tesâ—amentes that they were as well learned as they that had studied diuinitie .xl. yeares Thus they semed to be doctors of the lawe not knowyng what they did say nor whereof they dyd affirme A marueyle it was too see the foolishe arrogance of some symple men whiche would not sticke out of the shomakers shoppe toe skippe into the pulpet yea some from treading of morter into the top of a tree to make a collation as they termed it but it myght haue ben called a collusioÌ„ for prophaning of gods holy worde and deceiuing the simple people Besides whatsoeuer in their owne conceiptes they hadde taken for a veritie the same wold thei proudly vtter and saye this is the ueritiâ— and that is the veritie crediting nothyng but their owne vaine expositions Vpon whom the wordes of the commâ—â—all poete maye be verifyed Nothing more wicked then a mâ—â— vndiscrete Onlesse it come of hymselfe he thynkes it vnmete PRoude also whose myndes were so exalted with arrogancie that no maÌ„ was thought worthy their company except he were of their sectes and opinioÌ„s They woulde heare no man except he would incline to fauoure their procedinges No doctours interpretacion could be admitted vpoÌ„ the places of scriptures but suche as were of their owne deuises The auncient fathers would not so proudely speake of their most godly workes as our
and Abiron who for grudging against the authoritie of Moyses were swallowed into the yearth And let all suche as will seke for none amendment loke for no lesse if not the like yet as terrible TRuce breakers also bee they And concernyng this breaking of truce vnitie concorde rehersal is made before For they counted that the continuance in vnitie of religioÌ„ was to stale for theÌ„ to obserue but thei wold seke some other truth contrary to the truth vsed in all countreis to purchase vnto theÌ„selues a perpetual name like vnto Herostratus who to winne a name caring not whether it were good or bad attempted many vile enterprises and amoÌ„ges all he set on fier the temple of Diana in Ephesus whiche was the notablest teÌ„ple in all the worlde Euen so these truce breakers to get them a name peruerted al godly orders many huÌ„dred yeres vsed in the church of christ and al other holsome institucioÌ„s frequeÌ„ted in the same And thus in breaking of vnitie the knot of mannes life they became altogethers truce breakers and subuerters of Gods truth FAlse accusars riotous and despisers of them that be good in slauÌ„dering of good vertuous men with il names callyng them Sodomites whoremongers ill liuers And while they were thus accusing of others theiÌ„ theÌ„selues lyued moste abhominably couering their owne offences in belying others muche lyke Pharaos wyfe who to couer her owne vnshamefastnes accused Ioseph to her husbande and like vnto the Phariseis whiche to slaunder Christ ceased not daily w t impudent wordes to belie him saying He is a Samaritane he hath a deuil within him he is a blasphemer a glutton a seducer of the people he denieth to pay tribute and suche other wordes to bring him out of credite with y â— people The like wordes haue the Protestantes vpon religious godly men whose holynes and austeritie of lyfe because they haue no willes to followe they be not coÌ„tented to suffre theÌ„ to go or passe quietly without their tauntes reproches Yea some to vtter furth the holsome frutes of their spirites care not to put many in daunger of their lyues Was it not a gooly fruite thinke you for these men whiche crie vpon the lorde like the lordes lambes do suffre persecution as they terme it in the beginning of the quenes maiesties raigne contrary to the obedience whiche ought to be in subiectes resisting the Maior the Sheriffes the Aldermen to make such a tumult at Paules crosse seking meanes to kyll the preacher yea one of theÌ„ so bold to throwe his Dagger at him Was not this thinke you a charitable work of their pacieÌ„t sprites whiche they so boasted of proceding from the entrailes of their thristing stomakes whiche with thursting voyces cried styll vpon the worde of the lord Was there not also another fyne piece of worke of these charitable meke lambes vttered when a gunne was shot at another preacher makyng a godly sermon at Paules crosse Was not this also thinke you a mete practise of this persecuted shepe What I pray you was the abhominable facte done at Westminster in saint Margaretes churche by the like charitable champion vpon Easterdaye Who all the people beyng in a godly quietnes at our Lordes table aboute to receiue the blessed body bloud of Christ suddenly rose a desperate ladde strake at the preist hauing almost slaine him and diuers other honest persones there present Was not this also suppose ye a godly acte mete for suche a professour who professing the deuils religion became altogether a minister and limâ—â—e of the deuil Was there not also a great learned man and a Freer of Grenewich called Peyto almost slain with a stone passing in a wherye by the wharfes of a lighterman that a long tyme after the poore man lay sicke scarce yet recouered And yet for this facte the sayd godly man sought none other reuengemente but when he was demaunded why he caused not the partie to be punished sayd God forbid For nowe I vnderstandyng his malice haue a good cause to praye for him that he may amende O good man and worthy to bee had in estimation who folowing his maister Christ sought no reueÌ„gement but praied for his enemies He did not as that malicious heretical Freer Bale dyd who beyng reproued for a detestable sermon he made in Hampshire of a worshipful man did not onely seke reuengement in causing the partie to stande vpoÌ„ the Pyllory but also made a shamefull booke against him entitled An expostulation againste a ranke papiste in Hampshyre most shamefully reuilyng the sayd man of worshyp more lyke a fylthye ruffian then lyke a manne that semed to the worlde to haue the spirit of God Many other ryotous ruflynges practised by these rakehels there bee whiche for breuitie I nowe omitte I maye compare them to Silla the cruel Romaine or to Catiline that vngracious varlet whiche disturbed the common wealth of Rome sought meanes to brynge the same to vtter confusion TRAITOVRS headdie and hyghmynded are these protestantes prouokyng the good to conspiracies alluryng the euil to put the same in practise sondrye wayes vtteryng their trayterous stomakes What newe deuises do somme of them imagine to make hurly burlyes within this realme But God the betrayer of all trayterous heartes eueÌ„ in tyme discloseth what they bee And the deuil the authour of treason bryngeth his darelinges infected with treason the handmaide of heresie to a shamefull and vile ende What brought Northumberlande to his deserued ende in going about to displace y e Quenes maiestie of her iust tytle but treason and heresie the instrumentes of his deuilishe attemptes What brought Wyat to his shamefull ende but rebellion begonne for heresyes sake and treason continued tyll he was ouerthrowen What was the cause of Crumwelles falle but heresie begonne with spoyle of Abbeis treason against the kyng himselfe What was the cause of the deathes of oure late traytours but heresie the foundresse of their coÌ„spiracie and treason intended against the Kyng and Quenes maiesties the subuersion of oure common wealth What manne or woman was there euer beyng heretikes but that heresy ioyned with treason hath brought to confusion Was not Olde castell wherof we spake before brought to a miserable ende for fauouring Wycklefe his opinion Was not Acton of his conspiracie and came to the lyke ende for fauouring the same opinions I praye you to what end came CraÌ„mer the late bishop of Cantorburye who in his fyrst ruffe soughte the diuorce of the most vertuous quene Katherine lawfull wyfe to kyng Henry the eight mother to our most gracious soueraigne ladye and afterwardes continued in promotyng of heresye and diuorsinge this realme from a godlye wyfe called vnitie preferryng Heresy that strumppette to matche with this noble coÌ„mon wealth Immittens falsem in alienam messem Finally
â–ª 118 True reliques contempned fol. 6â— A Tyler and his opinion fol. 18 V. VNthankefull fol. 95 Virgins of the cytie of Separta fo 79 The vnitie of the churche fo 20. 21. 126 Vnitie the badge of the churche fol. â—0 VV. WEakenes of women fol. 76 Women euer learnyng and neuer able to attayne vnto the truthe fol 74 Women promoters of heresie fol. 75 Whether it be the cause or the death that maketh a martyr fol. 44 What tyme the temporall â—worde begin to serue the ghospell fol. 60 Wyues of certen men called Miâ—i fo 79 Wyat and his practise fol. 7â— Wyat and his treason â–ª fol. 102 Wordes of the ignoraunt people vpon the heretikes passing to death fol. 43 Wordes of father Peyloe a freer of Grene wiche touchyng the partie that dyd hurte hym fol. 101 Y. YAcob and â—ance of Straâ—â—orough folâ—o 116 Z. Zwynglins and his opinion fol. 16 FINIS Imprâ—nted at London by Robert Caly within the precinâ—t of the late dessolued house of the graye Freers nowe conuerted to an Hospitall called Christes Hospitall MENSE IV LII Annâ— 1556. Plato lib. 2. De Re Pub. Herodotus in Cliâ— Libro primâ— â–ª Seneca in Agamemnone Act. 2. The â—â—â— causes of our miseriâ— Ioan. 9. et 15. Obstinacie of opinions is the cause of errour Officiorum lib primo Infidelitie The definicion of heresie The catholike churche what it is Howe to knowe the catholike churche Matth. v. Daniel ii Psal xviii â— Tim. iii. Lib. i. de veritate fidei Homeri odyss libro decimo The heretikes obiections The answere of the catholikes Psal xviii ii Peter iii. Aeneido 6. Virgi anâ—id 8. Lucianus in deoruÌ„ dialog Cicero officiorum lib. 2. This monster was a iust token manifested by God to geue meÌ„ aduertisement to take hede ofsuch false prophetes whiche vnder the godly habites of religious men should seke the subuersion of his churche â—ib 13. histor sui temporis A rebersall of sundryâ— sectes deuised by dyuers heretikes As this good minister loued good ale so he had .iii. ale knights to stande in defence of his opinion called Good alâ— Newe ale â— Rastale Iohn .iii. Vnitie the badge or coâ—â—izance of Christes churche Marc. ix Lu. x. xxiiii Iohn 14. â—1 â— Cor. xii i. Tim. iiii The words of the protestantes In all thinges the protestaÌ„tes sekemeanes to discredit the church Odyss 12. Libertie a pleasaÌ„t harmony to theÌ„ that are coÌ„teÌ„ted to embrace it as the protestantes are This place of s Paule was wonte to be paynted vpoÌ„ the walles of churches to begyle the simple But when thou readest this place waye it wel in the minde theÌ„ giue seÌ„tâ—ce Mariage is not discommendid of y e church but it is magnefied for out of the .vii. Iewels thereof â— Tim. v. Nu. 6. 30. Eccle. v. Iohn ii Poinettes doctrine No doctrin can be ill if it serue for the practise of the hotte protestaÌ„ces who rather then they would lyue chaste wold say theâ—cold not chose but burne i. Cor. vii A question A place of Chrisostom to proue that yong wydowes did vowe The church forbiddeth no meates as the folly of the protestantes doth imagine Act. iiii Sundrye sectes of heretikes that verefied S. Paules prophecie â—ere â—osen gerâ—aines to the protestantes â—uido de hâ— resibus 〈…〉 e profitable abstinence is Leui â–ª lx Numeri vi Matth. xv Roma xiii Gala. v. â— Reg. vii Macha iii. Daniel â— iii. Reg. xiâ— â–ª Iudith .ix. Hester â–ª â—â—iâ— Epist 18. Iosephus â—â—lli Iudâ—â—ci lib. 2. cap. 7. Tâ—â—pertiâ—â— historia Cicero Tusculan quest lib. â— Abstinence of the Persians â—obi iiii The churche in all thinges kepeth an ordre Officiorum Libro i. In definitionibus ecclesiast dâ—gmatum Cap. 66. Gene. ix i. Timo. iiii Roma xiiii Maâ—c xv Gene. iii. Pleasaunt sermons Eras Apotheg libro 8. Plutarch in Sylla Aeneid Virgi Ephe. v. Remedies to auoyde synne Math. iii. Math. ix Math. vi Prayer and almesdedes The catholike church perswadeth austerite of lyfe Math. vii The shepish apparell of the protestaÌ„tes The protestantes consciences A stuÌ„bling stocke very muche vsed in y e mouth of Gospellers The protestaÌ„tes with one trueth do seme to confounde another Heb. xâ— â–ª â—â—â—ot in his booke called the Gouernor A pretie example A discoure touchynge the burning of heretikes and of the fonde imaginatioÌ„s of many coÌ„cernynge the same The HetheÌ„ coulde not abide the despisers of their religion Iustinus librâ— quinto De factis dictis Socratis Deu. xiiii Deu. xviii â–ª ii Thes iii Roma â—vii The maner of our heretikes Gala. iiii ii Cor. x. Gala. v. The fonde woordes of the simple rude people exclamed to the heretikes passing to death Augustinus super Ioannem â–ª Act. xix Whether it be the cause or the death that maketh a martyr Latimers coÌ„bâ—t with syr Thomas Seamers spirit In his .iiii. sermon Polidorus Libro 2 2. Olde castel in a booke that Bale maketh of his death is canoâ—â—zed for a martir A FleÌ„ming of the heresie of y e ArriaÌ„s burnt in Smythfielde Toys vsed of our martyrs Ioane Butcher otherwyse called Ioane of Kent Anne Askewe Officiorum Libro primo Blynde Bayarde Laertins in â—us vita Specialâ— poynces to be required in a martyr Eusebius lib. â— â–ª Cap. â— Act. xxiii Exod xxiâ— Philip. iii. Matth. xxii Paule wasory for hiâ— taunt but the protestaÌ„tes reioyse in theire The constaÌ„cie wher in our martyrs triuÌ„ph De natura deo â—um lib. i. The gouernor y e third boke A true martyr A merueilous resistaÌ„ce of the spirite against the fleshe and a good lesson for our maried votaries Ignatius Policarpus Iustinus In what causes men ought cheifly to spende their lyues A notable death to die for the causes of the kyng and Quenes maiesties Inslinus lib .ii. Actes v. Math. â—v â— Tim. â— Tit. iii. Contra Crescomum gram libro 4. cap. 4. The cauâ—â— why heretikes wernot punyshed in the 〈…〉 tiâ—e â—hu 〈…〉 At what tyme the sword begaÌ„ to serue the Gospell â—◠〈…〉 aâ—◠〈…〉 〈…〉 Epistola ad Galath cap. 1. The bones of our martirs of some preserued for reliques De â—octibus attiâ—is lib. x. cap. xviii True reliques contempned Rogers burnt in Smithfield the fond imaginations of diuers in the tyme of his death Virgil aeneiâ— Sâ—â—urâ—do Loyteryng Adders Another obiection of y e protestaÌ„tes Eusâ—â—ius â—â— â— â–ª â—edaecclesiast historiae gentis AngloriÌ„s lib. 1. Capit. seprâ—mo Saint Thomas of CaÌ„torbury Polydori Virg. Angl. hist li. 13 Charion cromcor lib. 3. quart monar terâ—iae aetatis Georg. Liuius Anno do â–ª â—â—â—â— The lamentatioÌ„ of the people vpoÌ„ the death of s Thomas Iohn Fiswer the bisshop of Rochester Sir Thomas More Polidor lib. 27. The poore monkes of the Charterhouse The abbottes of Rending Colchester and others Wyâ—t the Kentish rebell ii Tim. iii. Math. â— Selfe loue and yelding â—o the flesh Q. Curtius librâ— â— A notable example of Alexander touchinge the brydelinge of his own lustes Titus