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A68098	A pleasant dialogue, betweene a souldior of Barwicke, and an English chaplaine Wherein are largely handled & laide open, such reasons as are brought in for maintenaunce of popishe traditions in our Eng. church. Also is collected, as in a short table, 120. particular corruptions yet remaining in our saide church, with sundrie other matters, necessary to be knowen of all persons. Togither with a letter of the same author, placed before this booke, in vvay of a preface.	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.	1581 (1581)	STC 11888; ESTC S109674	76,666	200

partakers with the Deuilles and counteth them partakers of the altar and y e same religion whereof they are partakers in the Idolothites Nowe these garmentes which in poperie haue belonged to Idolles are filthie Idolothites that serued vnto Diuelles Therfore are they agaynst Christian libertie Againe to binde men to eate Idolothites were against Christian libertie therefore to binde men to weare the Idolothites is agaynste Christian libertie To commaunde them to weare Garlandes Palmes Hattes or eareringes like the Idolatrers were againste Christian libertie Therefore to binde them to couer all their bodyes with Idolatrous garmentes is agaynst Christian libertie To binde men to obserue Iewishe Ceremonies were agaynst christian libertie Therfore are such commaundements in the ceremonies of Antichrist agaynst Christian libertie Poperie is bondage and slauerie And the binding of the Ministerie and the sacramentes to such prescript apparel was parte of the thinges whereby menne were chayned in poperie therefore are they agaynst Christian libertie Wherefore wee must stande faste in the libertie wherewith Christe hath made vs free and flie from the yoke of bondage of that Romane Antichrist We must goe out from that whore of Babylon that wee be not partakers of hir sinnes lest we be partakers of hir plagues and giue hir double for that she hath giuen vs. Loe this becommeth christian libertie Ber. Why Thinkest thou Miles y t euery one that weareth these garmentes shal haue a portion of the plagues with Antichriste Mil. Yea surelie Euerie one shall haue his portiō much or litle that hold any thing of him And though I doubte not but that many of the Bishoppes and sundrie of them that weare this geare holde Christ the foūdation yet must needes this chaffe drosse as they them selues cal it be burned from them by the fire of Gods iudgement And so by faith and repentaunce they may be saued howbeit not without some smell of the fire as God by his wisdome shal measure it Bern. But I am loth to come into that fire of Gods iudgement Mil. Prepare for it then betimes renounce al superstitious geare and learne by the word of God what it is to be a true Minister of Christ Ber. I pray thee tell me that for I would fayne learne if I wiste howe Mil. O Bernarde thou spakest a worde in the beginning scoffinglie whiche is thy whole charge Pasce Pasce Pasce feede my sheepe feede my flocke feede my Lambes if thou loue me saith Christe to Peter and to all that take charge of any congregation Therefore doeth Peter deliuer the same charge ouer vnto others whome he calleth fellow Elders admouisheth them to feede the flocke of Christe as much as lieth in them And Paule counteth all that are called to this state the Ministers of God and the Stewardes and Disposers of his treasures and sayeth in his owne person that which he will haue to bee vnderstande of others Woe vnto me if I do not preache the Gospell For a stewardshipp is committed vnto me Therefore saieth he to Titus that a Bishoppe or a Minister of Christe for these two are confounded in the scriptures must be Gods stewarde holdinge faste the worde of faith according to doctrine that he also may be able to exhorte with wholesome doctrine and improue them that saye against it Lo Bernard this is Christes first marke of his Ministers that they feede his flocke with the wholesome doctrine of his worde Secondlie it is required that they whiche must reproue others muste be vnreproueable them selues that they be watch full modest herborous apte to teache c. as Paule writeth to Timothie These be Christes liuerie garmentes And what pitious case is this in Christiā churches to see men thrust out of the dores and robbed of liuing and libertie that haue all these markes and liueries And to haue such men called in and chearished that haue none of these but onlie can reade a little in the Churches and iett vp and downe idellie in the enemies liueries as thou maist perceiue deare friēd by thyne owne selfe Bern. Why my friende must euerie Minister or Prieste be a Preacher Must I be a preacher also Mil. The scriptures of God admitte none other as thou hast partly hearde and more euidentlie may be proued howe the lippes of the Prieste as Malachi saieth must keepe knowledge and they shal seeke the Lawe at his mouth For he is the messenger of the Lorde of Hostes Loe thou and euerie one that taketh this office in hande are appoynted messengers of the Lorde of Hostes If thou eyther know not this message or canste not speake it or wilt not do it what a messenger art thou Doest thou not on Gods parte whose glorie power iustice and mercie thou shouldest preache deserue sharpe punishmente And of the parte of men ouer whome thou haste charge and to whom thou art sent as messenger thou deseruest that their bloud should be required at thy handes Bern. This is sore geare Thou makest me to tremble at it Mil. O would to God that thou and all thy fellowes would turne whollie to Gods worde and leaue your triflinge hipocriticall shewes So shoulde GOD be glorified and Christes Congregation edified which nowe by the displacing of the godlie learned Ministers is pitiefullie molested and daungered What a Decree is this That no man shalbe admitted a Minister of Christe vnlesse he will admitte also and Subscribe to some yea and manie of the misorders of Antichriste And as I heard a Bishoppe saye If it were Paule himselfe hee shoulde not here bee suffered vnlesse hee woulde bee conformable to this geare Bern. Durst anie man speake that blasphemie Mil. Doe they not fulfill the same in their deedes What was Paule What was Apollo But the Ministers of Christ and the fellowe labourers with others that trulie and purelie preache Christ although his spirit were more excellent Paule spake most francklie against all superstitious ceremonies So do these Paule was coūted a foole in y e world so are these Paule counted al the pharisaical shewes of garments al other traditions of his fathers dunge and drosse so do these So that thei haue one cōmon cause Paul was persecuted of his brethren fained christians so are these Take heede nowe Bernarde whether thou wilt ioyne with the proude persecuting or the poore persecuted Ministers of Christe Ber. I would fayne take Paules parte Mil. Then must thou leaue thy pharisaisme thy shewes of garments as he did Bern. Ah then muste I leaue my Benefice Mil. God will send thee some other seruice Thou were better to become a souldier again at Barwick for defence of thy coūtrey for it is a state allowed by Christe by Iohn Baptist by Peter than to continewe in this state wherein thou heapest so much bloud vpon thy head thorow thine ignoraunce and deceauest thy selfe others thorowe thyne hypocrisie Bern. I wil take more aduisemēt before I forgo my good riche liuings Mil. O howe harde a thing is

cause corruption to burste and to lose the liquoure that is receyued or else separation to make the renting of the old from the newe more euident Bern. Maister Examinator sayth that you haue none learned of your side but such as haue bin brought vp in prophane occupations Mil. He is to impudent that is not ashamed so to reporte seeing it is so wel known that there be of our side which are notablie well learned some hauing fewe fellowes or none in Englande which may stoppe the mouthes of such slaunderers Yea there is a great number that will not feare to defende this cause against him if he will set aparte his popishe arguments sworde and power Besides that we haue the example of al the reformed churches and of all the great learned there And there is none of our side God be praysed but that he hath some cōpetent knowledge of the scriptures and in life verie honest in comparison of your number who for the most parte can not reade a true sentence and are eyther popish priests or Monkes or Friars or Alehouse haunters or boyes and laddes and drunkardes and dolces that will weare a fooles hood for liuings sake As for ours they doo knowe Christe and labour to do so more and more Ours do hate the Romane Antichrist and labour to pluck out all those wicked weeds which yours in corners do chearishe al that they can seeking nothing but like greedie dogges howe to fil their idle paunches And where the wicked number take parte wholy together in anie controuersie the matter is much to be suspected Let vs haue seuen godlie as his name be praysed we haue seuen hundred that ioyne with vs. And therfore are not afrayde to enter into the Arcke at Gods appointement and to forsake the wicked multitude that do but halte in Gods businesse Bern. O Miles thou maist not talke thus against my Lorde of Canturburies good grace nor vs his ministers Though manie be vnlearned boyes and such as thou haste sayde yet come they into their benefices orderlie eyther by the Bishopp of the Diocesse or by my Lorde of Canturburies good grace his dispensation and licence Mil. I will not nowe treate what is the true order of the making of Christes Ministers of their vocation probation and election by the rule of Gods worde and the order of the primitiue Church but with that olde Bishoppe of Lincolne called Robertus Lincolniēsis Robert of Lincolne that wrote more than three hundred and twentie yeres ago before any Lord Bishop or Bishoppes grace was named and reasoned against the Pope and proued him an hereticke for doing the like I will reason thus with thee Bernarde against thy glorious Bishoppes grace And I demaunde firste what callest thou heresie Bern. Heresie is an opinion inuented by mans fantasie being contrarie to the holie scripture openly taught and stoutelie mainteyned Mil. Thou sayest well Nowe consider what followeth To committe the cure of soules to a Boye or to a wicked or vnlearned dolte is the opinion and the pronoūced sentence of thy Bishoppe of Canturburies grace It is inuented by mans fantasie for moneye and it is agaynst the Scriptures and it is openly taught and published For it is with a solemne seale caried abroade in writing and confirmed and it is stoutelie maynteyned For no man may withstande it but hee shall be suspended and excōmunicate Therfore to whō this definition of Heresie pertayneth he is an Heretique whether hee be Pope or Archbishop This good Bishop Robert of Lincolne saith furthermore That those Priestes or Pastours which come as it were in y e place of christ and doe not preache the worde of God although they had no further wickednes yet are they Antichrists and Sathan transfigured into the Angell of lighte theeues and robbers the killers and the destroyers of the Sheepe making the house of God a den of theeues Bern. Indeede I cannot wel denie this that thou sayest that many of vs are worse learned and that is blame worthie in vs. But I haue reade that obedience is better then Sacrifice and wee are more obedient and this is your great faulte that you will not be obedient to the higher powers in these policies and such like Mil. That Texte of Samuell is wrong wrested and maketh sore agaynst your side for it is the precise obedience to Gods worde that is there commaunded and to adde nothing therevnto by our foolishe intents as king Saule did are we there charged Nowe for obedience to policie I doe aunswere that the popish priesthoode and the Euangelicall Ministerie and the making and appointing of them and the forme of the Sacramentes are not belonging to policie but ad cultum Diuinum only wholy In y t which he that passeth Gods worde deserueth Gods wrath as Saule did not only by the leauing of the remnauntes of the Amalechites but also because hee was to bolde in Gods businesse touching the Sacrifice Bern. Yet seeing some men whiche bee now counted amongest these Ministers did in King Edwardes dayes vse this apparel hauing then a feruente zeale and good conscience and nowe refuse it it seemeth not that they are mooued with zeale and conscience but with contention desire of nouelties and singularitie Mil. Paule serued GOD with feruent zeale and a pure conscience from his progenitors yet comming to more knowledge did finde and confesse those thinges to bee hurtfull and vile which he had esteemed and vsed as profitable And albeit that hee had circumcised Timothie yet woulde hee not suffer Titus to be circumcised Euē so some such as proceede in knowledge and experience doe finde this apparaile hurtfull and vile which afore they thought profitable or at the least not hurtful at all And albeit charitie did moue thē to beare with the weake as it did Paule to circumcise Timothie yet faithfulnesse to keepe the truth of the Gospell where it hath bin longer preached causeth the same Preachers not to yelde to any force or importunitie after the example of Paule that would not circumcise Titus not of anie singularitie and desire of nouelties but of faythefulnesse zeale and good conscience Bern. Yet the Bishops being tried men of great zeale knowledge thinke it meete that your Ministers should followe them or else be put to silence Mil. The Apostles of Christe seeing a man casting forth Diuelles in the name of Christe would haue forbidden him because hee followed not them But our Sauiour Christe saieth Forbid him not Nowe these our Ministers followe Christe and his Apostles Who then dare forbidde them The Apostle Paul saith That some preach Christe thorowe enuie and strife to increase my bandes and some of good will What thē saith he Yet Christ is preached all manner of wayes whether it bee vnder a pretence or sincerelie and I therein reioyce yea and will reioyce Thou mayst see therefore O Bernarde that they are lead with a contrarie spirite that put them to silence who preache Christe as

lie abroade without checke and do no duetie to the parish But hee that doeth the duetie shall be bounde to the Popish attire and what soeuer it pleaseth the ordinarie 9 Ministers made neither in electiō vocation nor approbation agreeable to Gods worde 10 Boyes papistes drunckardes idiots Idolles as Zachariah calleth them Zachar 11. 11 Eleuenthlie learned Ministers maye not preache without newe licenses although in the ordeyning of them they are commaunded to preache the gospell 12 Some may preache and not minister the Sacramentes 13 Deacons made to other purposes than Scripture appoynteth 14 They may minister Baptisme but not the Communion they may minister the Cuppe not the bread 15 The Images of the Trinitie many other monuments of superstition generally in al church windowes 16 The holie Sacramentes mixed with mens traditions 17 The wante of examination before the receiuing of the Lords Supper 18 In manie places it is vsed like a Masse 19 The wante of true Discipline for the whole congregation 20 The popishe apparaile of the Archebishop and Bishop the blacke Chimere or sleeueles coate put vppon the fine white rotchet 21 The great wide sleeued gowne commaūded to the Ministers the charge to weare those sleeues vpō the armes be the weather neuer so hote 22 The horned cappe 23 The Tippet 24 The Surplesse in litle churches 25 The Cope in great churches 26 The Lordlie power of the Bishoppes and their Princelie Parkes and Palaces 27 Their riches gathered togeather by popishe meanes Procurations Synodalles c. 28 Their pompous trayne of proud idle swingebreeches in the steede of Preachers Schollers 29 Their temporall offices 30 Their wante of exercise in learning 31 The wante of Discipline in the ministerie 32 Furred hoodes in Sommer of their great Doctors 33 Silken hoodes in their quiers vpon a Surplesse 34 The gray amise with cattes tayles 35 The Organes playing away halfe of the psalmes 36 To sweare by a booke in their cōmon courtes 37 To saue a theefe if he can reade latin because he is one of them Legit vt Clericus 38 The commō swearing by our Ladie not reproued 39 And the obseruing of the Ladies daies Ladies feastes which are cōfirmations to such othes and swearers 40 Faires markets vpon the Sabaoth dayes Lewd playes on the same daies 41 Putting of the caps at the name Iesus 42 Crossing the corps with linnen cloathes and such like 43 Ringing of handbels in many places 44 Crossing of thēselues in their prayers 45 Ringing of Bells in the place of preaching when the Priestes take possession of their benefices 46 Ringing of Curfewe vppon hallowe euens 47 Ringing three peales at the burialls 48 The visitacions of the Bishoppes and others onely for money 49 Dispensations with the rich men for all things but not with poore menne that haue no money 50 Offerings at burialles the offering of the woman at hir churching The church seruice and chiefe shewe of holines 1 FIrst the only reading in the place of feding by the applying of the word to the conscience is rather an Englishe poperie than a true christiā ministerie Christ commaundeth his to feede So doeth Peter exhorte his fellowe ministers Paule cōmaundeth to chuse such none other 2 The whole forme of the church seruice is borowed from the Papistes peeced and patched without reason or order of edification 3 In the cōmon prayers the priest prayeth for the Queene the people answeare of another matter 4 They pray also that all men may be saued without exception and that al trauailing by sea and by land may be preserued Turkes and traytors not excepted c. 5 They praye to be deliuered frō lightening tempest when there is no daūger of it c. 6 All these church prayers Sacramēts are tyed to a popishe Surplesse 7 Their Saints dayes and their prescript seruice 8 Their wakes and idolatrous bankettes 9 Their Lent still obserued in the same time and manner 10 The Imbring dayes 11 The hallowe Euens 12 The Fridrayes and Saterdayes 13 All their fishe fastes 14 The crossing in Baptisme 15 That the godfathers godmothers shall promise that the childe doeth beleeue and doth forsake the Deuill 16 The necessitie of Baptisme 17 The Lords Supper in time of necessitie to be ministred to one alone 18 The priuate Baptisme 19 The Ring in mariage 20 The Churching of women with this Psalme that the Sunne nor Moone shal not burne them 12 The confirmation of childrē by laying on of the handes of the Bishop to certifie them of Gods fauour by this signe of mans inuention 22 The making of the Ministers by laying on of the handes and saying Take the holy Ghost 23 The ministration in a Wafer cake 24 The kneeling before the Cake Ber. Peace here be to many But mee thincke Miles that there be some pointes here reckoned that are smallie to be accoūted of and are but verie trifles Mil. That is true for all poperie is but trifles But what hath Christes Church to do w t the poysonfull leauē of popish trifles Christ w t Antichrist A litle leauen corrupteth y e whole lūpe A litle poyson y e whole pottage And manie small make a great heape And how can we accounte it a good reformation where so many pointes of poperie do remaine Or why shoulde men in payne of prisonment or losse of liuing bee bounde to subscribe and allowe all these pointes of poperie But because thou and thy fellowes should not quarell aboute the smalest trifles I do giue thee seuen score to the hundred And wherfore is the glorious glasse of the Gospell by Gods mercie set before our eyes but that we shoulde wipe away all these popish blemishes from the face of our English Churche in the which we do boast of a reformation God for his mercie graūt that we may once see a right reformation in this church to the glorie of his name here in Englād AMEN 1. Corinth 4. The fire shal trie euerie mans work of what sorte it is whether it be golde or siluer tymber strawe or stubble ¶ Note that the Annotations and Cotations in this booke were not put too of the Authour nor the Table following Here followeth a Table of the bringing in of diuers of the popishe and superstitious toyes yet remayninge as before saide The Authours names The yeeres of the Lorde The Popes names and the stuffe it selfe as appeareth with the holines attributed therevnto ❧ Also a short Prayer of the Authour himselfe that wrote this Dialogue The Table PLatina and Sabellicus write that in the yere 147 Pius primus brought into the Romane church The coniured Founte Sabellicus Polidorus D. Barnes these doo write that in the yeere 143 Pope Higinus brought in Godfathers and Godmothers Gratianus Fasciculus tēp Polidorus D. Barnes these write that in the yeere 198 Victor primus ordained Women to baptise children This mainteyneth the heresie that children dying without baptisme are condemned Distinct