penaunce and maketh nought but an ypocryte wherfore we call it false ♣ This diffynityoÌ„ of penauÌ„ce is most colde penaunce is to lamente synnes paste and in mornynge not to commyt them agayne ☞ ♣ ☜ ⧠¶ True penaunce is to amende dayly from syn with fayth in Christe by the whiche he stedfastly beleuyth all synnes to be remyttyd to hym by chryste and hollye to be gyuen hym to walke in newenes of lyfe ♣ This dayly amendynge is a curcyfyenge of the fleshe and mortyfyeng of it necessarye to all faythefull whiche christe coÌ„maundeth to be borne about in name of the crosse that with frut in veryte we may folowe him .i. to beleue most purely to him folowe him ¶ All the lyfe of a chrystyan is to be penytent and beleue in Christ that is to mortyfye dayly and ryse by chryst ¶ For a maÌ„ altho he be holy as longe as he is in this lyfe hathe vnstedfaste fleshe resystynge the spirite and therfore he ought to crucyfye it dayly that it may be subiect to the spirite ¶ All affectyons and all worke without the spirite of god is fleshe and is then crucyfyed when it is hatyd and suppressyd ☞ ☞ ⧠⧠⧠¶ who so euer is so truly penytent hath chryst lyuynge and reynynge in hym and therfore is of the kyngdome of chryst verely the fleshe that is concupysceÌ„ce and al worke that is not of the spirite of god is dayly more crucyfyed subiecte and mortyfyed ♣ And who so euer is not so penytent is an ypocryte and crucyfyeth chryst in hym not wyllynge that he reygne vpon hiÌ„ wherby he is not of the kyngdome of chryst but of the fleshe and the worlde that lyue reygne in hê hart ¶ Chryst reygneth in our hart plesythe when we trust to him verelye he is crucifyed and doth not please wheÌ„ we trust in other and not in hym ♣ The worlde and the fleshe reygne iÌ„ vs wheÌ„ they please we trust to them they be crucyfyed and mortifyed wheÌ„ we represse them and truste nothynge to them but rather hate them and do not to theyr desyres Of true good workes A Trewe penitent is neuer without trewe goodworkes for he dothe all thyng in faythe whiche shulde els be wycked for al thynge that is nat of faythe is synne Roma 14. ♣ They that be of the coniuryng and kingdome of antichrist be neuer truly penitent or do true good workes for they do nat lyue and worke of faythe ☞ The prophetes of antichriste that they may more lyghtly turne the symple people froÌ„ Chiste say that we prohybyte fastynge prayers and all good dedes when we do preache nothynge more then that they shulde haue true good workes that is of faythe for we preache thus that we be iustified alonly by faythe and say that we muste do god workes nat to be iustified but to brynge forthe frutes of true fayth for they be frutes of faythe that be done in that faythe ⧠we saye that there muste be good workes nat as the kyngedome of the poâ—e but as Christe teachythe wherfore â—e can nat erre bycause Christ is truthe and true doctour of the faythfull verely the pope and euery man is alyer Psalm 115. ☞ ⧠☞ They say there muste be good workes after the doctryne of the pope other men wherfore it is nat inpossyble that they shulde erre and therof it folowyth that they be full of heresies and made antychristes scysmatykes and apostata frome the kyngedome of our lorde Iesus Christe ⧠♣ From whoÌ„ leste we be made strauÌ„ge therof to peryshe we be made Christes seruauntes and be apostata frome the kyngdome of that anty christe the pope ☞ ⧠♣ ♣ And who so euer is nat made strauÌ„g from that same kyngdome is a scismatyke from Christe apostata and antychriste and at the laste shall peryshe for euer ☞ ⧠♣ ⧠☞ ⧠Of lybertye and subiectyon of the faythefull THe faythful dothe alway worke well for he dothe all thynge in faythe and lybertie of the holy ghoste If he eate or drynke or do any other thynge he dothe all in the glory of Christe or els in faythe or in hys name whiche be all one ⧠♣ This lybertie is nat that they may thynke it free to do any thynge but that they may knowe that it is moste fre to them to do those thynges that they be commaundyd by the worde of god ye and all the men of the worlde wolde commauÌ„de otherwyse for they be free from all doctrynes and tradycyons of men that do nat agree with the worde of god as be the decrees of the kyngedome of the pope and doctryne of sophisters ¶ The lybertye of the spirite is nat carnall but spirituall and moste holy makynge a man free frome all lawe of men that he is bounde to none except it agre with the scriptures of god ✚ Also as you may se of Paule to the RomÌ„ Galath it makyth a man free from the lawe of god euyn that spirite nat that we ought nat to kepe the preceptes of god nat that we shulde kepe them nowe by compulsyon as before the spirite be there but with the moste redy wyll ☞ ♣ ✚ ⧠☞ Thys lybertie makyth a man syncere without hypocrysy the louer of of truthe plentyful ful of charity and moste full of all good workes ⧠⧠For then a man is so made free in Christe that he wyl be subiecte to euery humane creature for Christe ☞ He is cursyd and execrable to the lorde who so euer vnder the name of christen lybertie dothe gyue hym selfe to chaÌ„burynges drunknes and suche other for verely they walke nat after the spirite but after the fleshe but this holy lybertie admytteth no carnall thynge ☞ ♣ ⧠☞ Of contrycyon ☜ COntrycyon is nat a sorowe voluntaryly taken of vs for our sinnes but that whiche the spirite dothe worke in vs. that is to say trewe hate of syn for zele of the glory of god without hypocrysie or lyenge for it is a worke alonly of the power of god ☞ ♣ ⧠¶ For the wyll of man can nat without lyeng and hypocrysy hate synne nor to take for it sorowe sadnes for the pure wyl of man which is without the spirite of god is a synner alway ♣ God commaundeth that we shulde take the mournyng of his only sonne that is that we shulde be sorowful and mourne truly for our synnes bycause the wyll of a synner can nat fulfyll it of it selfe ☞ ♣ ⧠⧠For euery precepte of god is inpossyble to the wyll beynge a synner whiche god with hys spirite makythe possyble to vs. for that whiche he commaundythe in vs he wyll fulfyl in vs that he alone may haue glorye for all and that euery fleshe may nat presume to be gloryed in hys syght ¶ But it is by the hyghe goodnes of god that he gyueth to his seruandes those thyngê that he mercyfully doth in them callyng them contryte iuste penitent conuertyd
of in the boke of the causes of the blyndnes cÌ„ tracta 5. capi 12. ¶ The pope and other with hym that canonyse vsurpe that whiche is ê“pre to the alonly god that is to adscrybe and numbre his electe ¶ To adfyrme that the pope or any other men may canonyse the electe of god it is herysye bycause it dothe dissent from holy scrypture ♣ Alonly the electe whom god hathe adscrybed in the eternitie and numbre of his sayntes be of his churche But vnto they beleue they abyde without the churche ¶ For any man to be of the churche of god kynde condycyon age nacyon coloure of clothyng or deynteousnes or any other outwarde thynge nothiÌ„g profyteth As is playne Galath 3. Coloss 3. but syncere faythfull do admyt no outwarde thynge that dothe nat agre in all thynge with the worde of god ☞ wherof it foloweth that it is heresye to adfyrme that the pope cardynalles byshopes with all his kyngedome be of the churche of god which is meke all pure and holy Forthermore as I haue sayde it is iÌ„uisible .i. it maye nat be knowen surely by outwarde thynges althoughe it haue alway the externe workes of faythe for it dothe althyng of faythe whether it eate / drynke or any other thyng But that it dothe thys of faythe there is none but god and he beynge worker that seeth ¶ They that be of the coÌ„gregacyon / of the wycked / haue ofte workes aperyngly good / very ofte apere to the electe to be more holye for it / verely god knoweth that all theyr workes be euyll bycause they be nat of faythe ¶ Therfore of faythe / and infidelyte / good workes and euyll iuste / and iniuste / do come ¶ who so euer lyueth nat and worketh of this forsayde faythe / is of the company / and synagoge that is spoken of Psalmo 23. I haue hatyd the churche malygnant / and. Apocalip 2. I knowe theyr blasphemyes that saye they be Iues / and be nat / but be the synagoge of satane and agayne capitulo 3. beholde I shall gyue of the synagoge of satane that say they be Iues be nat ¶ Of this kynde / is the hole churche of the pope / it is so muche lesse that it shulde be / of the ympollutyd churche of god ¶ All that be of the synagoge / of the pope wyl be callyd ecclesiastycall / and there is no lye more open theÌ„ this If thou do referre this name to the churche of god / in a respecte they may be alonly callyd ecclesiasty call or spirituall to the churche of the deuyll ¶ Therfore bycause / the kyngedome of the pope / hathe nothyng comen / with the churche of god / as many as perteyne to hym / be the very chyldren of his worlde / veryly all other / if they be noble men or marchaÌ„tes artificers / or husbandemen / so that there be syncere faythe / in whiche they lyue / and worke / and dysseÌ„t from the kyngdome of the pope / be ecclesiastycall / and of the churche of god / to whoÌ„ these scismatikes haue done the most poysened iniury and wronge bycause they haue callyd them seculer and carnal or temporal / and they haue coÌ„maundyd with a hatefull pryde them selues to be callyd ecclesiasticall and spirituall ¶ Verely who so euer is of the churche of god is ecclesiastycall and spirituall / and dothe all thynges of fayth / whiche be spirituall ¶ The sinagoge / of the pope is more aduersary to Christe / then the turke / for the emperoure of trukes sofferyth faythfull that be in his landes / to lyue after the pure worde of god / whom these blynde enemyes of mekenes / dothe nat cease to reclame agaynst in the myddes of theyr blyndnes ¶ wherfore it were better for vs to lyue vnder the empyre of the turke / then the pope truely it is lawfull for faythfull to lyue vnder any prynce / so that Christ his worde be frely sufferid as it was lawful for the Isralites to lyue vnder Nabugodonosor Cyro Daryo Assuero the Romanes the AsseryeÌ„s cÌ„ ♣ From this forsayde synagoge there may none passe to the churche of god excepte he fyrste forsake the pope and his decrees for the pope and Christ be more contrary then fyre and water ☞ He is the very greate and true antechriste and all the tyrannes of hys kyngdome .i. cardinalles and byshopes cÌ„ they that do nat dyssent froÌ„ hym be also antichristes ⧠Euen as it was necessarye to the blessyd angelles to theyr eternal helthe to dyssent from that fyrste angell apostata so to all that couit to be sauid it is necessary to be alyenat from the pope and his kiÌ„gdome orels they shall neuer truely knowe Christe and cleaue to his verytye with full herte wherfore they muste nedes peryshe at the laste ☞ ⧠♣ ⧠☜ ¶ Of the comunyon of sayntes of excomunicacion bulles of the son of perdycyon Capi. 3. The thyrde Chapitre ALl that be of the churche of god haue theyr comunion to gyther of one faythe one spirite one grace truthe iustice pease baptym and of al gyftes of the spirite ☞ Alonly by faythe they that beleue be partakers of all these For all the workes of god be in faythe ⧠♣ Bycause the kyngdome of the pope lyuys nat of faythe it can haue none of these it is so muche lesse that it can gyue them to other ☞ ⧠⧠It is heresye to afyrme that by the cursyd indulgences of the kyngedome of the pope the grace of god or remyssyon of al sines or of the thyrde or forthe or halfe parte or of one only synne is grauntyd ☞ ⧠♣ ☞ And the grace of god whiche is of faythe alonly be pÌ„seÌ„t al synnes be for gyuen nat ymputyd But if it be absent none is forgiuen but al ymputid ⧠Therfore nat one or some parte of syn is remytted but all to gether other remytted or holden For that maÌ„ is blessyd alonly whose iniquityes be forgyuen and coueryd and are nat ymputyd Psalm 31. so that if one syn be retayned yet dothe other remayne hatred and cursydnes ☞ ⧠♣ ♣ Bulles Iubylyes and all pardons of the kyngedome of the pope be no other thynge but dysceytfulnes dyuelysshe iuglyng sure nettes to drawe all the substance of the worlde cursyd marchandyse fedynge of the enemyes of god an abomynable inuencyon turnyng froÌ„ the syncere faythe of Christ alonly profytable to dystroye soules and noryshe satannes synagoge ⧠⧠who so euer dothe truste to these false bulles dothe nat perceyue that they be dystructyon he is blynde and shall neuer obtayne the grace of god by them or remissyon of one syn what so euer he dothe or gyuethe therfore ♣ Alonly god receyueth the electe of faythe to the aforsayde glory and comunyon of sayntes frome the whiche he alone makyth infideles straunge ☞ wherfore no man lyuyng neyther popes nor theyr byshopes nor all angelles and men togyther can
and gospellers they be made of Belzebub Sathan that is of nought worse and moste hatefull to god ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ⧠Aboue all the cloystures of the Mynorytes ought to be scolles of the professyon of the gospell for Chryste commaunded to saynt Frauncys that they shulde lyue after the forme of the holy gospel whiche I haue prouyd in the coÌ„mentaries of theyr rule Cap. 1. ✚ Princes and rulers of theyr offyce ought dylygently to watche that the goynge forthe of all cloysters myght be free and by al meanes so to do that they whiche yet tary in cloysters lyue subiecte and be dylygently instructyd with the alonlye worde of god or els what shal these cloysters be but chafe ringe houses and bonde houses of the deuyl these laste 18. posytyons and other belongyng to monastycal secte I haue declaryd in my coÌ„mentarye into the rule of the minorytes more largely whose deutye is to iudge of the voyce of the lernyd / yf he be of god / and by what we be assuryd / also of wekyd vnyuersytes Capi. 12. IT dothe belonge to the church of god / to iudge of the voyce of all that teache / yf it be of god / whiche we haue proued openly in other bokes chefly in the cantykles of Solomon / the voyce of my well beloued cÌ„ Capitu. 2. and. 5. to what the churche of god is is declaryd within ♣ For of the worde of god / they aloÌ„ly can iudge that haue the spirite of christ whose deuty is to iudge of hye thingê 1. Corinthi 2. ☞ ✚ ♣ ⧠☜ ¶ It is heresye to affyrme / that the spirite of Chryste is not in the faythfull for he is in them / and they walke and vnderstande after hym by whome they mortifye the deades of the fleshe and lyue and crye in hym abba Pater and he gyuethe a testymonye to theyr spirite that they be children heyres of god hayres annexyd with chryste he axethe for vs with teres vnable to be spoken of and makyth intercessyoÌ„ for sayntes after god whiche Paule speketh of moste ceposlye Roma 8. ♣ Furthermore it is theÌ„ knowen that any man iudgethe of the spirite when he goeth aboute hys iudgement with open testimonyes of scrypture for the scryptures of god be the moste sureste testimonyes of the iudgementes of hê spirite as I haue sayde verye ofte ✚ whiche scryptures who so euer denyeth to be necessarye can no otherwayes affyrme the surenes of hê saynges bycause those alone be the sure testymonyes of god ☞ ♣ ⧠¶ Therfore they that be of the church of god that is to say symple and meke yee plowe men and artyfycers that syncerely beleue in god and be the shepe of chryst may iudge of the voyce of theyr pastor yf it be in those doctoures or not ☞ ☜ ☞ ♣ ♣ ♣ ✚ Verelye they that be not of that church can not iudge of it but rather abhore and hate it bycause it is aduersarye to theyr sense that is to say the fleshe by whiche they be ruled ♣ For any man to iudge of the worde it helpeth not to haue be many yeres at Parryse or other vnyuersityes or to haue stodyed the tongues excepte the holye gooste be presente ♣ Vnyuersyties that haue be of many yeres stryue clene agaynst the worde of God ☞ ✚ ☜ ⧠♣ ⧠☞ Promotyons of deuynes whiche they hunt for doth engeÌ„dre nothinge but pryde and be full of couetousnes and vanyte and is a certen gentyles maner for what so euer is of goddes worde yf monye be brought quyckely there is a tytle grauntyd and doctoures neuer teachynge and ofte tymes the most foles be promotyd wherfore they be abhomynable to god ⧠¶ And the lorde forbade hê apostles / that they shulde be made maysters Math. 23. no doute but he wolde haue them maysters and teachers of the people .i. that they myght teache hys scriptures but he wolde not that they shulde hunt for the vayne and proude tytles nor wolde not that they shuld teach any thyng but vnder hê seruyce ✚ There is no man almoste that teachethe more vnhappely the scryptures of god then these pompos bugges and ydolles of the worlde ☞ ♣ ⧠♣ Yf any man be worthye the mynysterye of god I wolde counsel that he shulde fyrste be chosen of other deuynes mete that he may be sende to any place and that the companye of the faythefull shulde pray for hym and yf he haue it let hiÌ„ gyue to the nedy and pore people and make them a feast accordynge to the gospell not as they do nowe a dayes to gyue cappes gloues or make greate coste of feastes to ryche men and full belyes that the same day they begyn to professe the gospell they do openlye agaynste the gospell for in truthe all these be abhomynatyon byfore the lorde ¶ Yf al cloystures of the worlde that withiÌ„ or nye to cetyes were as I sayd a lytle before the scoles of the worde of god so that the superstecioÌ„ of clothing were not obseruyd mans tradicions for we caÌ„ not serue both God Baal the worde of god the worde of men ✚ Prynces and rulers yf they wyll iustlye rule let them take hede aboue al thynge that Chryste maye rule his people also let them make scoles in euery place for chyldren and maydes in whoÌ„ they may be wel instructe iÌ„ the worde of god and honeste laboures lerne to dreade loue our lorde Iesu Chryst to whom with the father and the holy goste be honour worshyppe and empyre for euer more .. So be it Of the partes as they cal it of penaunce Cap. 13. THe partes of holy true penaunce is not confessyon coÌ„trytyon satysfaccyon but the actes of a true penytente of faythe without satysfaccyon ¶ whiche be necessarye to helthe but not as sophysters saye ☞ ♣ ⧠True satysfaccyoÌ„ iÌ„ so much as it is iÌ„ the merites of Christe alonly can be no perte of penauÌ„ce nor act of the penyteÌ„t ✚ But it is the hyest rewarde which we that beleue syncerely in chryste haue by hys meryte ⧠♣ ⧠♣ The inseperable seruaunte of true and necessarye penauÌ„ce is pure fayth for these the sauyour ioyned to gether saynge be penytent beleue the gospel ♣ This necessarye fayth is not to beleue this or that promise but so to beleue them all that we doute in no promyse of god no not in the leaste as is that he stedefastlye cleaue to goddes promyse iÌ„ which he hath promysyd to al faithful grace remissioÌ„ of siÌ„nes by christ as ofte as they axe it iÌ„ faythe thê is the gospel to whoÌ„ we must beleue ¶ True penaunce can neuer be wtout true fayth nor sayth is neuer without grace and the spirite of truthe also affectyons and true good workes what true penaunce is PEnaunce that the kyngdome of the pope preacheth teacheth is wykyd cursyd and lyenge to the lorde for it is nothinge lesse then
do none of these aforesayde for we be coÌ„straynyd to it by the word of god for all that be of this secte are to be publyshed to the people of god / that they maye beware of them leste they be deceyuyd Thys blynde doctoure callythe vs Phylystianes wearyng vayne and folyshe armoure and of this maner this blasphemer railith and wonderythe I wolde to god that he were nat a blasphemar agaynst the spirite of god and wolde nat speake wittingly agaynst his coÌ„science with what armoure do we resyste these enemyes of Christe and hys worde Is it nat the eternal scriptures of god and this iugeler callythe them vayne and folyshe But what is the cause that he was nat present at this laste conflycte or disputation at Argentine where he myght haue be sure to haue dysputyd with the Byshopes of the same Cytie we wyl gladly giue our selues to deth if we be ouercome and conuicte where as if he were coÌ„uicte he shulde sustein no dauÌ„ger at al. but he wolde nat that the people shulde knowe hys lyes the whiche had be dysclosyd in dede if he had dysputyd ye or to speake near the marke if he had be preseÌ„t at the sayde conflicte or dysputacyon the symple people haue the iudgement of the spirite aboue al suche proude bugges the whiche we call Magistrinostri bycause they loue the worde of god the which the other be about to suppresse tread downe For is it nat wrytten Thou hast made me wyse ouer myne enemies thorowe thy coÌ„mauÌ„dmentes for it is to me euerlastiÌ„g I do perceiue aboue all that teache me bycause thy testymonies be my studye I vnderstande aboue olde men bycause I haue searchyd thy commaundmentes the hundrethe .xviij. Psalme Forthermore froÌ„ these sage and wyse men god doth hyde his mysteries the which he doth vouchesafe to reuele and open to the yonge lytle ones they knowe and perceyue thys lyterature and attrybute very muche to it therfore they do nat entre in to the lordes power verely these other be admytted into the sayd powers and feareful iudgemeÌ„t of god For verely there is none although he be lernyd that is admytted to the inteligence of the scriptures of god but euyn he that dothe attrybute or gyue nothynge at all to the scyence or wyt of man towarde the vnderstandyng of theÌ„ but al only to the spirite of truthe These meÌ„ wyl nat that the lytle flocke of Christe shulde iudge of his voyce and it perteyneth most chefely to theÌ„ For be nat they the shepe of Christâ— he theyr shepeherde but there is one voyce alone of this shepherde or pastor which doth hyely please his shepe without any other And they knowe heare his saide voyce Iohan .x. It is also sayde to them proue you the spirites if they be of god or nat whiche they do ê“ue knowe by the scripturê of god the which is the only most sure testimony to proue if the voycê of theÌ„ the teache be of god or nat also Psal 18 .118 Esa 8. they he callyd testimonies or witnes let thê Tregariê° with all his secte outrage as much as they wil and denye the worde of the lorde that is to saye that the companye of the faythful to be apte iudgê of the worde for wtout doubte he shal shortly slyde downe fale bycause he goyth aboute it with stafe made of rede of the shadowe of Aegypte of the dreames of men If god be with vs who is agaiÌ„ste vs Let nat thys hartles knyght ouer boldely promyse to him selfe the vyctorie I saye yet agayne he shall fale be confoundyd we be nat aboute this thorowe our selues but thorowe the stone that is our faythe by Christ couyteth to subuerte this lyeng and wyckednes He hath his hedde antichrist to whom he dothe attrybute and gyue more then to Christe and to whom he dothe cleaue with all his harte the veritie and truthe of Christe setaparte wherfore we of necessitie muste nedes hate him accordyng to the sayenge of Dauyd Psalme 118. I haue hatyd the wycked and Psalme 138. Dyd nat I hate lorde them that hatyd the was mouyd ouer thy enemyes I dyd hate them with a parfecte hatred and they were made enemyes to me wherfore nowe in the meane seasoÌ„ let him couÌ„te vs for mockers bycause we be apostata from Antychryst cursse him lest that we shulde be apostata from chryst and let hym opprobryoully speake agaynst vs what he wyl for we glorye for them al byfore the lorde of whoÌ„ his destructyon is at hande bycause that baren tre is not abasshed to couÌ„te the sayers of truth for mockers for no other thiÌ„g but bycause they speake the truth / as who saye / the truthe it selfe were a mockage Thys wyked man wyll not be ouercome of the truth of the which we glorye in the lorde to be conuycte for we our selues in tymes paste dyd walke iÌ„ the spirite of errour but nowe the veryte of god hathe ouercome vs by the which god hath delyueryd vs ye and dayly doth delyuer vs froÌ„ the most greuous darckenes of ignorance and erroures whome we do instantly pray that he wyl make perfyte the thynges whiche he hath begonne in vs we wyl not be conuycte of the decrees of men by whom he is coÌ„uycte and most shamfully straungelyd as I very well knowe so that in the thynges of god he maye be confutyd of innumerable chyldren and husbande men for it is to wyt that the most vyctorous word of god which they loue is able to preueyle agaynste a hundreth thousande suche as Lregaryus is if our armour be nat inuyctoryous as he denyethe them to be lette hym condescende or come forth and proue howe inuyctoryous they be but he doth warre iÌ„ horses and charyotes that is to say with the sotletyes of men verelye we warre in the name and worde of our lorde god in the whiche we despyse hym and all that warre agaynste vs he dothe also say that the Churche is not so destytute namely in thys golden tyme that she shulde not haue her warryours truely thê myght be a sainge of blynde Byarde oh howe nobly doth he know what the churche is and who be her warryours he supposethe the church to be that whiche countethe the wyse men of the worlde to be her sodyours as who shulde say it were not wrytteÌ„ I wyl destroy the wysdome of that wyse and wyl cast away the vnderstandinge of the prudent where is the wyse where is the scrybe where is the searcher of thys worlde hathe not god made the wysdome of thys worlde folyshenes 1. Corinthy 1. these be not the soudyours of the churche of god but the symple pure meke that with all theyr hartê cleaue to the worde of god most hyest of suche that be of thys kynde the frunte of the greate warre of our churche which is peasyble is ordyned the whiche is called by the Hebrewe terme Schulamitis and not Sunamitis as be
supposethe for the Hebrewe bokes haue it wrytten of thys maner in the syxt Chapiter of the Cantikles Reuertere Reuertere Schulamis the which wordes in englyshe be returne returne or turne agayne my peasyble churche and in the .7 chapiter what shall ye fynde in my peasyble churche but companyes of warryours spoken by thys terme Schulamis let hym haue hys churche the whiche he callethe Sunamis that is to say the synagoge of Antychryste myserable captyuate stony indurate we wel haue â—ures the whiche we cal Schulamis that is to saye the churche of god the spouse of true Scholomon which is by interprytacyon of Chryst that pesable kynge all whose souayours stronge ye most strongest be alwaye gyrded with the most persynge sworde of the worde of god for nyghtlye dreades Lantik 3. these souayours be made moste ware and wyse to the battelles into the coniuringe of Antychryst whom god him selfe hathe made truely wyse Ioh. 6. of whom the reprouable Aegipte Sodome Babylon be not able to suffer the leaste scyrmyge or lettynge lose nor neuer coulde Thys Trygaryus dothe saye that we threaten greate thynges but to whom or do we threteÌ„ our selues do not we rather open and declare the thretenynges of the dreadful power of god the which we be certyfyed of shall fall most greuous into the kyngedome of the sonne of perdycyon he dothe also saye that in bryngynge vp rumoures and sclanders we so perpetually be of one mynd that no man doutethe of it but we haue al one spirite I make answere that when we cal them wolues beastes antychristes we do not sclaÌ„der theÌ„ but shewe forth what the spirite doth iudge of theÌ„ by the testymonye of scryptures but it is not alonly in this one thinge that we be al of one mynde for we do dyssente almost in nothyng that the same spirite of god doth teach vs in the sayd word he dyd prophesy as Cayphas dyd ye euen agaynste his wyl nat dylygently markyng that we hade al one spirite although he wolde that his sainge shuldbe otherwayes vnderstaÌ„ded But nether be nor yet al his sinagoge iÌ„ any thing be of one mynde sauynge in thys that they haue all coniured agaynste god Chryst and his verite for what do we se in them perpetual stryfe of Thomystes Scotystes Occanistes of Nomynalles Realles Summeles and suche other of thys kynde stryuynge euen contrarye one to an other whereby is wel knowen that they haue nothynge comen with the doctryne of chryst the whiche is the doctryne of mekenes vnyte they be also strauÌ„ge from hys spirite he doth furthermore saye that we with a vayne glose of wordes do wrast and wrythe the holy scryptures into our owne seÌ„ce wher as we do subdewe our sence by all meanes into the seruyce of the scrypture of god and glory to be ouer comeÌ„ of the truth as any man may openly perceyue that shal loke vpon our commeÌ„taryes and also we do affyrme nothynge that is not proued by the open testymonye of the scripture what is the cause therfore that he dothe counte our exposycyons for vayne but that he is aboute with hys craftines to mocke haue in derysion all the scryptures of god wo be to the thou blynde iogeler for thy iudgment is at haÌ„de bycause thou arte not affrayed to count the testymonyes of god most hyest for vayne and folyshnes peraueÌ„ture thou doeste thynke the spirite of god to be coÌ„pared to thy doble craftynes ye warsse then a foxe but that shalt shortlye be destroyed with the power of the same spirite we wyll not cleaue to the counsel or phantyse of any man excepte it haue the testymonye of the scryptures of god in what thynge do we erre theÌ„ or what haue we reprouyd at any tyme that dothe agre with the scryptures of god or what other thinges shulde we receyue we do receyue the wryttinges of men that agre with the sayde scryptures not for the men but for the truth sake the word of truth ought to iudge who shulde haue wrytten ryghtfully / if they deny that we haue the truth let them improue our probatyons by the worde of god Tregaryus wyll do it he makethe argumente Pro and Contra Primo secundo et tertio c. we wyl heare this sainge the lorde speketh it to whose least iote of speaking ryghtly taken we gyue place but we openly accurse the sotletyes of Tregaryus and hys secte not bycause we be ignorant iÌ„ theÌ„ for we haue labored our selues in such sophestycal knottê but bycause it is wyked and agaynste the worde of god to entreate apoÌ„ the scryptures of faythe with suche contencyous argumentes nor we do not denye as he dothe impute to vs that the worde of god may not be expounded but we wolde not that this exposycyon shuldbe of the proper sence of any man althoughe he be learned and holy but of the sence of Chryst which is than so when we expounde scryptures by scryptures for as I haue spoken in many bokes it is impossyble that any man shuld ryghtuously expounde scryptures of hê owne sence or brayne And yet besydes thê Tregaryus hath added to a blasphemye agaynste the lorde that he supposythe there to be many goddes that can be no maner wayes erre the whiche doth perteyne alonly to god hym selfe the hyest and greatest besydes whom ther is no mo goddes for who but he is immutable so that he can not erre for all sayntes haue synne .i. concupiscence as longe as they lyue and say as is wrytten in the fyrste canonycall epistle of Iohan the fyrst Chapitre yf we shulde say that we haue no syn in vs we deceaue our selues and truthe is not in vs but for all that they do not worke iniquite or wekydnes for syn dothe not reygne in theÌ„ as is playnly declared Ro. 5. 6. he is afrayde also lest that he be iniuryous to the electe in the meanese soÌ„ blasphemyes the lorde god hathe no nede of our lyes no nor yet hê sayntes verely when god hath mercy of the synners or the iniuste and maketh of theÌ„ sayntes theyr vnrytousnes doth commende and laude the rytousnes of god Ro. 3. for verely from thensforthe hys iustyce apperythe more gloryous and he is manyfestly declaryd to be iuste true in hê sermones when he is cruell ouer the wekyd and the rebellyon not obseruyng his promyses is iudged he dothe fayne hym selfe to wryte for the church of god and yet dothe nothyng els but aledge the decrees of men / for that thinge that this crafty false prophete doth of the councelles he doth it so that he is about to subuert al the pryncyples of fayth I do confesse that he speaketh many thinges true chefly in the begynnynge but at the laste he doublethe his voyce of the churche her councelles wherby he maye more lyghtly surely powre out his poysoÌ„ but as I sayde in the begynnynge he is answeryd enoughe at al to his questyons of them afore
depryue any man the comunioÌ„ of the faythfull or lawefully denounce hym for suche one excepte fyrst it be ê‘feytly knoweÌ„ by testymonye of scrypture that he be depryuyd it of the lorde ⧠⧠♣ Euery churche of the faythfull and who so euer berythe rule as kynges prynces and offycers where as cause is may ye they ought do depÌ„ue theyr subiectes the outwarde company of the faythful that is they shall nat dwell with them or otherwyse kepe coÌ„pany ☞ The cause for the whiche many be depriued this outwarde comunyon is by adultery horehuÌ„tyng thefte vsure cursyng couytousenes cruelnes excesse and druÌ„kenes to be reproche to the churche of god 1. Corin. 5. and to be apostata from Christe is to speke agaynste the doctryne of mekenes and nat to sufre it As is euydent the seconde canonicall epystle of Iohan. ¶ No congregacyon of the faythful may lawfully other dreade or receyue the abhomynable costomes interditementes or decrees of the kyngedome of the pope for truely they can hurte them that beleue no maner wayes ☞ In case any man for thynges that agre with the worde of god or bicause he is rulyd by the worde be excomunicate cursyd or enterdyted of the pope or his it is turned to him iÌ„to the most precyouse and amyable blessynge for when they curse god blessythe Psal 108. and to those that loue god all thinges be wroght in goodnes Ro. 8. ¶ Of true goodworkes and the lawe of grace and the gospell and vertues of the faythfull Capi. 4. ALl though we be iustyfied alonly by fayth yet workes be necessarye ♣ Faythe is neuer with out true goodworkes for he hathe his effycacytie by loue ⧠⧠Trewe good workes be whatsoeuer is of faythe ye to eate to drynke to slepe so there be no excesse ⧠♣ what thynges that be nat prohibite by goddê worde may be done in fayth other may nat ☞ ♣ ☜ ☞ what so euer is nat of faithe is wicked though it apere outwardly good / iuste and holy Roma 4. ☞ Faythfull to do well haue no nede of decrees and tradycyons of men ⧠These be doctryne lawes and tradycyons of men that do nat consent with the scriptures of god or els they parteyne to them for the doctryne of man is lyeng bycause man is alyer Psalm 115. trewely the worde of the lorde is verytye Psalme 118. ♣ The lawe of god is suffycyent for faythfull whiche is the lawe of the spirite wrytten in theyr hertes Eisai 51. and Hiere 31. whose scriptures be the most suryst wytnes of the lorde Psal 18. 118. and the spirite dothe wryte in them the gospell of pease and euerlastynge healthe whiche is no other thynge but a surenes of the grace of god and remyssyon of syn by fayth in Christe and his truthe whiche whosoeuer preachythe purely is an euangelyst For the gospell is a gladde and good tydynges ☞ ⧠♣ ¶ For that same spirite dothe teache them all truthe Iohan. 16. and is gouerner of them in euery thynge ⧠♣ It is heresye to say that scriptures of god be superfluous for they be necessarye that hyely that we maye be sure if those thyngê that be in our hertes be of god or no for by what reasoÌ„ as I haue sayde shulde we be more sure theÌ„ of the scriptures of god whiche be his testymonyes ⧠⧠☞ And althoughe we had nede of the same scriptures for witnese of truthe yet for all that euery sermon of the worde of god and all scripture is vnprofytable and in vayne excepte it be wryten in our hertes of the holy spirite whiche scripture of the spirite is the quicke voyce of god ☞ ♣ ☜ ⧠wherfore it is heresye to affyrme that there is any other quycke voyce of god necessary besydes thys and to suppresse his meruelouse testimonies Psalm 118. as many false prophetes do nowe adayes ⧠⧠⧠⧠⧠Therfore the testymonyes of god muste be preached and it is necessarye to be conuersant in them with all dylygence which who so euer dothe truly is verely blessid Psalm 1. and .118 but the fruyte of that preachyng and conuersacyon muste be lokyd for of the holy ghoste ☞ ⧠♣ ⧠☜ ☞ The pryncypall vse of those scriptures of god is that we maye serche in them the testymonyes of his godly wyll ☞ ⧠⧠☜ ☞ ⧠Verely the frute of them is that we beleuyng may be iustyfyed that is we may gette the grace of god and remyssyon of synnes ☞ ⧠♣ ♣ The grace of god is nat that qualyty that Sophesters call Habitus but the fauour and beneuolence of god hauynge vs free when we beleue hym and he hathe his grace that is kynde to hym ☞ ⧠♣ ⧠☜ ☞ Alonly by the merit of Christe we beleuyng in him and nothyng doutiÌ„g of his wordes we gette this grace for then we do receyue hys plentifulnes Iohan the fyrste chapitre ⧠Faythful receiued in to the grace of god by Christe haue togither by hiÌ„ that iustyce whiche hathe in it all parfytnes Of the whiche is spokeÌ„ Psal 71. Iustyce and aboundance of pease shal spryng in his dayes And Psalm 84. mercy and veritie haue mette him pease iustyce haue kyssed hym and also of this is spokeÌ„ Eisaie 53. in his science he beyng iuste shall iustify my seruantes very many ☞ ⧠⧠☜ ♣ Bycause therfore that faythefull haue all thynges in Christe it is superfluous curious and also dampnable to scarche so many partes kyndes and offyces of vertues as false Deuynes do for they that intende suche thyng be but curyouse for they put so many pertykeles that it is vnpossyble to remembre all as you may perceyue manyfestly iÌ„ the SuÌ„leles of Thomas ⧠Rede what god dothe coÌ„maunde and be ofte couersant in his scriptures and thou shalte be full of vertues all thoughe thou neuer knowe soo many names partê and offices as they putte ¶ Of the presthode of the faythefull and trewe mynysters of the churche that is byshopes and deacoÌ„s The fyfte Chapitre The fyfte Chapter BY the presthode of christ and mynysters of hys churche the preesthode of Aaron ministeryes of hys deacons be abrogat and put downe ♣ Chryste alone is the bye byshope and preste of the church Psalmo 109. Hebre. 5. and. 9. full of grace and truthe ♣ As many as beleue in hym be made pertakers of hys plentyfulnes Io. 1. and of hys oyntment that is of the holy goost Psalmo 44. O god the sone thy god the father hath oynted the with oyle of gladnes the spyryte makynge glade aboue thy felowes that is other faythful whiche be pertakers of thy plentyfulnes ♣ All faythful of both kyndes be consecrate into prestes by hym as Peter wryteth to all faythful 1. Pet. 2. you are a chosen generacyon a ryall presthode Apocalip 5. thou haste made vs kynges and prestes to our god and we shal reygne apon the erthe ♣ I do not call them seny ours by the greke worde Presbitri but
then hys chaplens whiche be all heresye because they repugne to the most opeÌ„ textes of scripture for if you loke apon those that be spoken of it Mat. 26. Marke 14. Luke 22. and. 1. Cor. 11. you shall pleynly perceyue thys to be the table of god whiche you maye not sacrefice but eate and drynke and to be the newe Testament of whom the scryptures be instrumentes in whome the grace of god and remission of synnes is promysyd of whome they that beleue be pertakers and bothe kindes to be gyuen to all that haue proued them selues whether they beleue in the promesse of god and at the laste by thê takynge to shewe the lordes deathe vntyll he come to iudegement .i. to remember be a memoryal of his death to them that beleue for so ofte doth he dye to them with the most surest signe that is to saye the frute of his deathe is geuen to them as ofte as they eate thys breade and drynke thys bloude in faythe ☞ ⧠♣ ♣ whosoeuer is pertaker of this table in fayth is made a member of Chryst and eateth his fleshe and drynketh hê bloude Iohan. 6. to the which he that goethe without faythe eateth drynketh his iudgement makynge no difference of the lordes bodye ♣ ♣ ♣ To serche here more cureouslye theÌ„ the symplenes of the texte wyllyth is abomynable before the lorde ♣ The superstecyousnes is not to be suffred to kepe the breade of the lord in the tabernacles of the faythfull it was not ordayned of the lorde to be kepyd so or borne aboute so poÌ„poslye but that it myght be eaten ⧠✚ ♣ And for that cause lette syncere euaungelystes prouyde that it be not kepyd for that kepynge is besyde the order of god for truly then the breade is to be santyfyed with the worde of god whoÌ„ it is to be taken what houre soeuer it be and what soeuer the heresye of Antychryste hathe otherwyse dyffyned and we saye the same of the cuppe that both must be gyuen to gyther ♣ we do not saye that this table is to be mynystred to chyldren or they that beleue not but vtterlye to all that can beleue in the promyse of god ♣ It is the deuty of byshoppes to order them dylygentlye that they maye knowe what this holy feast is and not to receyue to it all that puttes him selfe to it but theÌ„ whoÌ„ they haue instructe or do not doute to be well instructe ⧠The hye preparacyon is that any man beynge thrystye or hongry go to it .i. that he confesse with al his harte that he hath nede of the grace of god and remissyon of synnes and beleue to goddes promyse that beinge pertaker of this table he shall obteyne hys desyer by the meryte of the passyon of Christ of whoÌ„ this feast is a memorye ⧠Althoughe thys holye feast and also baptysme be moste sure sygnes to the faythful of the grace of god to be hade yet without these sygnes euery faythefull beleuynge the truthe perceyueth the same as apereth in many places of scrypture ☞ ⧠¶ And for that cause it perteyneth to the aboundance of goddes worshype that he hathe put these sygnes to the more copyous coÌ„forte of the faythful of whom I haue spoken more cheflye in the boke of the causes of the blindnes cÌ„ Tracta 5. Capitulo 7. and. 8 ¶ Augustyne and other sayntes and the Mayster of sentences 12. Dystyn 4. do not affyrme thys table to be properly a sacrifyce but so to be called so of some bycause it is a memorye of a sacryfyce ones offeryd on the crosse ¶ But as the memorye of a thinge is not the thynge nor the memorye of golde or a person is not golde or the person soo nor the memorye of the sacryfyce is the sacryfyce ☞ ♣ ⧠♣ It was an execrable faynynge of the deuell to make of thys swetest testament of euerlasting helthe a sacryfyce of the kingdome of Antychryste wherof is spronge vsurye marchandyse fayres and innumerable errores aboute the masse by the whiche innumerable haue peryshed slowe belyes be fatted and sette out ⧠¶ It is laweful no more to the faythfull to sacrefyce Chryste then to kyll hiÌ„ but alonly to worshyppe the memorye of hys deathe in faythe in pertakynge of hys table ☞ ☞ All that nowe the truthe openyd agayne sacryfyce Chryste do alwaye synne moste greuouslye ✚ Therfore yf any man in any place to auoyd the offeÌ„ce of many be coÌ„straynyd to say masse let him leaue out al that that maketh mencyon of a sacryfyce priÌ„cipally the CanoÌ„ except the wordê of buÌ„dictioÌ„ froÌ„ thê place Qui pridie cÌ„ ♣ And let him take hede that neyther for that nor if he haue lefte out any other thynge as the manyple stole c. that he be prykyd in hys conscyence as for one offence knowynge that the faythful is not bounde to the tradycyoÌ„s of men but is free yet because of the weake these outwarde thynges are not in euery place to be lefte out ⧠whiche yf it make agaynste thy conscyence it edefyethe to hell fyer and yf it folowe a wauerynge conscyence synneth lette hym therfore put away thy wauerynge conscyence and for that axe lyghtenynge of the lorde ♣ Neyther for quyke nor for deade it is laweful to offer Chryste neyther in the sacrament nor otherwyse for he hathe offered hym selfe ones for all ☞ All foundacyons of masses yeres myndes cryenge of the quere and all suche that be done in the kyngedome of the pope be hylye abhomynable to god besydes that they be for the more part vsury what so euer the son of perdycyon in a certen wauerynge hathe otherwyse dyffyned a thynge vtterly aduersarye to the worde of god grantyng to hys synagoge Chryst prohybytythe vsury Luke .6 lende one to another trustynge for no auauntage whiche thys man of synne hath made lawefull / and what is it that he dare not dyffyne agaynste the immaculate scriptures of god so that any thyng may come to the tresorye of hê kyngdome ♣ In a dysceytfull spyryte / and doctryne of deuyls / was purgatorye feynyd as many mo were ☞ ⧠⧠✚ Therof hathe the deceyuynge of the worlde cheflye come / and the cursyd fayres of the kingdome of the pope ✚ I praye you let the kyngedome of the pope answere / from what thynges shulde a maÌ„ be purged to be sauyd / not alonlye from synnes ☞ ⧠☜ ✚ But alonly by fayth in Chryst we be purged from them / and iustyfyed / not with fyre / water / sworde / laboure / or any other externe thynge / nor with the prayers of any saynte as I haue proued Luke .1 and Cantico .1 ✚ Althoughe he that is iustyfyed of faythe / workethe many good workes / for faythe hathe her strength by loue Galat. 5. and is neuer seperate from good workes / yf it be true ✚ If by fyer / the prayers of other / any laboure or worke / we be purâ—yd / and iustyfyed /