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A14436	The waie home to Christ and truth leadinge from Antichrist and errour, made and set furth in the Latine tongue, by that famous and great clearke Vincent, French man borne, aboue .xi. hundred yeres paste, for the comforte of all true Christian men, against the most pernitious and detestable crafte of heretikes, which in his tyme by all subtell wayes, deuised to obscure and deface the doctrine and religion of the vniuersall churche. And now the same worke is englished, and by the Quenes highnes authorised to be sette furthe for the reliefe fo diuers Englishe menne, which yet stande in doubte, whether they may goe to heauen in the peace and vnitie of Christes vniuersall churche, or to hell in the dissention and confusion of heretikes; Pro catholicae fidei antiquitate libellus. English	Vincent, of Lérins, Saint, d. ca. 450.; Proctor, John, 1521?-1584.	1554 (1554)	STC 24754; ESTC S104650	58,039	228

handes of other that then they carpe not or rashelye disproue any thing therein conteined whereof is promised a reformation and amendement Nowe therefore to come to the matter it selfe I haue with greate studie and earnest diligence manye times sought and that of verie many godlye and learned men howe and by what certaine and generall rule I mighte trye and throughly discerne the veritie of the catholike faithe from the falshood of wicked heresye the true preacher of Christe from the false minister of Antichriste And I haue receiued of them all at all tymes thys one onlye aunswere that whether I A rule or anye other man woulde perfitely knowe and perceiue the trecherie falshood 〈…〉 Wherfore it is verie necessarie for the auoydinge so greate daungers of diuers errours doubtes that the lyne of the Propheticall and Apostolicall scripture be drawen and directed along according to the rule and exposition of the catholike churche Lykewise in the catholyke churche we oughte seriously to regard and take hede that we faythfully hold that whiche is euery where alwaies and of algenerally receiued obserued and beliued for that is properly catholike Catholike as by the Etimologie of the terme catholike doth appeare whiche comprehendethe all vniuersally And this shall we doo Vniuersalitie Auncientie Consent if we ensue and folowe the vniuersalitie the auncientie the consent of the churche These thre pointes he must firmely holde that wil be counted catholike and desireth to continue in the faieth of the catholike churche with out whiche there is no saluation Of these three pointes I shall teache as I haue learned And touchinge the firste we shall not misse to folowe the vniuersalitie if we hartely confesse acknowledge that faieth to be the true christian faieth whiche the vniuersall Churche throughoute the whole world dothe confesse and acknowledge Touchinge the seconde we shall assuredlye folowe the auncientie if we stray not from the censures and iudgementes of the auncient holy and catholike fathers Touching the third we shal rightlye folowe the consent and vnitie if in that antiquitie we admit imbrace and allowe the difinitions iudgementes and censures of all or the moost parte of the saied holie fathers Nowe what shall the catholike Christian man doo if any one particle of the churche hathe deuidid if selfe from the communion of the vniuersall faith What els shoulde he doo but preferre the helth safetie of the whole body before the corrupte and pestiferous membre What if some new contagion inuade the churche and laboureth to cōmaculate and corrupte not a parcell onely but a whole congregation Then let him cleue to antiquitie whiche cannot be seduced by anye crafte of noueltie What if in the selfe same antiquitie we shall trye that twoo or thre yea whole cities and pro uinces haue erred Then in any wise he ought to prefer before the rashenes temeritie ignoraūce of a few that decrees determinations of an vniuersal coūsell What if no suche decrees of any vniuersall counsell can bee founde in some case as some suche may befall Then shall he diligently conferre searche and considre the bookes and monumentes of the auncient fathers of the churche and receiue their iudgementes Whiche although they were neither of one place neither of one tyme yet are one in the communion and faieth of one catholike church And what soeuer these sages wyth one consent manifestlie haue defended written and taughte the same ought he beleue without all doubt For the better vnderstanding of that whiche I haue said I wyll set furthe the same one after an other by examples and declare thē more at large least whiles I study to be short I slēderly passe ouer the weight of the matter In the tyme of Donate that heretike Donate of whom suche as maintaine his heresies be called Donatistes what time a great part of Affricke had tombled them selues headlong into the goulfe of the pernitious errors of the said Donate and forgettinge their religion and profession preferred the cursed and blasphemous temeritie of one vayne man before the vnitie of the churche then throughe Affricke suche as detested that prophane scisme adhered fast to the vniforme consente of Christes vniuersal church they only of them all mought be said vnto their posteritie leauinge a speciall fourme howe hereafter the wisedome of al vniuersally ought more to be estemed then the madnes of a fewe singular persons in anye weightie matter concerning our faieth Likewise what time the pestilent poyson of the Arrians Arrians had infected not one portion but almost the whole worlde in somuche that in maner all the byshoppes of the Latine churche partlye by force partly by craft circumuented were wōderouslie perplexed and amased what were best to be done folowed in so great confusiō of matters Then whosoeuer was the true worshipper and louer of God the same was not infected with the skorfe of that fylthye contagion but preferred the auncient faith and vnitie of Christes vniuersall church before the new forged trecherie and falshood of certaine singular newe fangled harebraines And what calamitie howe great miserie dothe ensue innouation of religion the bringing in of suche newefanglenes contrarie to the vnitie of the catholike churche it is moost cleare and verie euident by that whiche folowed in the time of these Arrians For then all kinde of thinges both great and small went to wracke affinities cognations amities houses and families were deuided yea whole cities peoples prouinces nations And finally the whole Empire of Rome was merueilouslye distourbed For when that prophane noueltie of the Arrians as it were some Bellona or infernall furie the Emperour himselfe being firste bewitched withall had ones brought all the heades and nobles of the courte in subiection vnto that newe lawe sessed not after to disturbe vexe and confounde all maner of thinges bothe priuate and publique holye and prophane without discrepaunce of good and badde to disquiet and hurte whome she listed and howe she liked Then were wiues violated widowes desolated virgins defloured monasteries suppressed clearks persecuted deacons buffeted priestes hated thē were gayles prisons dongeons stuffed full of good and godly men of whō some were banished from cities and townes and compelled among wilde beastes caues and rockes in desertes in greate neede famine and thirst to end their miserable lyfe Suche miserie dothe certainely ensue and folowe whensoeuer for the heauenlye doctryne humaine superstitions are broughte in when well gounded antiquitie is vndermined throughe wicked noueltie when the orders and institutions of our elders are violated the decrees of the fathers broken the definitions of our auncetours neglected whē the pernitious desire of newefangled curiositie kepeth not it selfe within the commendable limites of the sacred and incorrupte antiquitie Some perchaūce wil thinke that I speake this of affectiō and hatred that I beare to innouations Whosoeuer thinketh soo let him at lest wise geue credite to s Ambrose in this behalf S. Ambrose

otherwise can not be perfect without dayly emendation yea rather reprehēsion of the same the diuine Oracles criyng to the contrarye Ne transferas terminos quos posuerunt patres tui that is to sai beware thou go not beyonde the bondes whiche thy auncetours haue set Agayne Super iudicātem ne iudices That is to say Iudge not thou of or vpō him that hath iudged Likwise Scindentēsepem mordebít eū serpēs Whiche is in our tonge The serpent wil stinge him that breaketh or cutteth the hedge Whereby is ment that the deuyl which is figured by the serpent in the scripture wil poison stinge him to deathe that presumeth to breake the hedge of the catholike faythe and contemneth the vnitie of Christ his vniuersall churche Hereto belongeth the worthye counsail of S. Paul wherwith as with a certayne spirituall sworde all detestable nouelties of cursed heresies are and at all times haue been cut of and shal be to the worldes ende O Timothe sayeth he kepe that doctrine whiche was lefte vnto thee and auoyde all prophane nouelties of wordes and termes Beware of oppositions and obiectiōs of false named science whiche certayne promisyng haue erred cōcerning the faith What can be more vehemētly spoken against new innouations contrary to the auncient order of the vniuersall church thē this yet behold the indurate hartes the shamelesse impudēcie the stiffe outragious pertinacie of diuers whom neyther the great weight of so manifest scriptures can moue to yelde nor the weyghtie importaunce of so highe authorities canne force to retyre ne yet so terrible threatenynges of high vengeaunce can persuade to repent O Timothe sayeth S. Paule auoyde prophane nouelties of wordes and voyces He sayth not antiquities and auncienties But therby sheweth what on the other syde he shoulde folowe For he sayeth not Auoide the olde auncient receiued termes phrases and sentences but newfangled gere and prophane nouelties Then if noueltie is to be auoyded antiquitie oughte to be admitted if noueltie be prophane then is auncientie holye and diuine Auoide also sayeth he and resist oppositions and obiections of knowledge falselye so called That is obiections made by heretikes agaynst the receyued order of the catholike churche vpon knowledge as they wold lyghtlye perswade But it is not so sayeth S. Paule It is falsely called knowledge The knowledge of Heretikes is grosse ignoraunce their brightnesse is mere dymnesse Theyr light is hellishe darkenesse Yet woulde they so disgyse and colour them that in apparaunce they might seeme the selfe same thinges whiche promisyng sayeth S. Paule they haue fallen from the faithe What haue they promised Surelye I wote not what newe and vnknowen doctrine For ye shall here some say vnto you The verie fourme of wordesth heretikes vse O ye fooles and selye poore soules whiche commonly are called catholike come ye vnto vs saye they and learne of vs the true faythe which none knoweth besides vs whiche hath ben hidden from you this many hundred yeres and is nowe of late reueled and shewen vnto a fewe of vs. But learne it of vs priuelye and secretlye and you shall finde great pleasure therin And whē ye haue learned it at our handes teache it other also but priuelye in corners that the worlde heare it not and that the Churche knowe it not For thei can not beare it because it is geuen but to a fewe to vnderstande and receiue the secrete of so great mysterie I praye you be not theise the very wordes of that abhominable and deceytefull harlot spoken of in the pronerbes of Salomon Which doth allure to come vnto her suche as passe by the waye goynge in theyr iourneye sayinge He that is vnwisest of you al let him come to me And the simple she intiseth also saying Panes occultos libenter attingite et aquam dulcemfurtim bibite That is to saye Come and eate gladlye the loues whiche are hidden and drinke priuely a swete pleasaunt water These are the flattering and deceyuable wordes of that false wicked harlot the churche of Antichrist But it is worthe the labour to trauerse more at large the wordes of S. Paule O Timothe saith he kepe that which is left vnto the auoyding prophane nouelties of wordes O is an exclamation aswell of prescience as also of charitie For he aforesawe the errours to come and afore hande was careful howe to auoyde them He speaketh vnto Timothe Who is now Timothe But eyther the vniuersal churche generally or the whole bodye of the rulers speciallye For bothe them selues oughte to haue the sounde and perfect knowledge of Gods religion and also to teache the same to other What is meaned by that Deposita custodi Kepe that whiche is lefte vnto the. Kepe sayeth saynct Paule because of fylchynge theues and enuyous aduersaries Least thei when men be at rest shoulde sowe theyr zizan and Cocle vpon that good seede of Wheate whiche the sonne of man hadde sowen before in his feelde Kepe that whiche was lefte vnto thee sayeth the Apostle What was that Forsothe that whiche was credited and committed vnto thee and not that whyche was deuised by thee The religion whiche thou haste receyued and not whiche thou of thy selfe haste imagined a matter not of wyt but of doctrine not of priuate vsurpation but of publike traditiō brought vnto the from thyne auncetours not brought fnrthe by the for thy successors Wherof thou oughtest not to be an authour but keper not an institutour but folower Hold assuredly saieth S. Paule saue kepe the inuiolate and pure talent of the catholike faieth committed vnto the. Exchaunge not but what thou hast receiued holde that still and delyuer that same vnto other Thou hast receiued golde yeld golde againe I will not that thou rendre either impudentlye leade or craftely coper for good golde restore in value and substaunce gold in deed and not that whiche glistereth and hath a showe lyke to golde and yet is none O Timothe O thou priest thou doctour preacher or expoūder of scriptures if the gift of God hath made the a fitte instrument thereunto in witte doctrine and exercise bee thou Beselehel the workeman of the spirituall tabernacle Cut and graue workemanly the pretious Gemmes of the heauenly doctrine Coapt set and applye them faithfully Adorne decke set thē furth wisely Adde with the vttermost of thy power shyning grace bewtie Through the and thyne expositions let it be perceiued more clearelye whiche before was darke and yet beleued faithfully Through the and thy frauel let the posteritie reioyce in the vnderstandinge of that whiche tofore the antiquitie did worship and not vnderstande But yet teach the same thinges whiche thou hast learned and none other that when thou speakest newely yet thou speake not newe matters Here some wil saye What shal there be no increase had of religion in the churche of Christe-Yes what els Who is so iniurious bothe to God and man that would not so But increase I would should be not

Gospell Prophetes and Apostles yet none of them can saye as Paule the Apostle saied Our exhortacion was not to bringe you to error nor to vncieanes neither was it with gyle our conuersation was not at any time with flatteringe wordes neither in cloked couetousnes neither sought we praise of mē Ye are witnes and so is God howe holy and iustly and vnblameable we haue behaued our selues emouge you This said S. Paule What can our new Apostles say Out of all doubte the verie contrarie as truly as euer S. Paule said the other But for feare of Hypocrisie they dyd all their good workes in corners that mē might not se them Yet Christ said Let your lyght shine before men that they may se your good workes But thoughe they were not men of manye good workes yet had they many pretie Aualities though I saie it For I may lykē them well to the beast called Camelopacdus chiche being but one resembleth yet many beastes as by hys necke the horse by his feete the oxe by his head the Camell by his spottes in his skinne the Tygre So these late preachers in their stoute countenaūce they seemed warriers in their lighte apparell courtiers in their familiar talke rybawdes in their gesture wantons in their liuinge ryotous in the pulpyt lying preachers in their bokes spiteful railers If they haue not been suche as I report them then showe me what they were and howe muche ye that haue been their disciples and schoters haue profited vnder them and by their example in godlynes of lyfe in honestie of behauiour in charitie towardes your neighbours sins ye first wēt frō your mother the church left the auncient orders and customes of religion and became gaye Gospellers after the gyse of your newe teachers Beholde your selues in the glasse of your owne cōsciences tel me trueth Ye say that they were godly teachers and that through them ye haue attayned to a great knowledge of Goddes word The more knowledge ye haue the more godly ye ware of lyfe For wher the true knowledge of Gods worde is ther is the true spirite of God which euermore sterreth moueth mā to liue wel according to his knowledge the pleasure of God whose knowledge he doth professe But in Englande I am perfecte none of you cā sai nay saie truth but that ye haue growen in al wickednes as ye haue growē in this newe religion in somuche that there was neuer suche vnthriftines in seruaūtes suche vnnaturalnes in children suche vnrulines in subiectes suche feircenes in enemies suche vnfaithfulnes in frendes againe suche beastlynes of myndes such disdainfulnes in hartes finally such falshood in promises such deceitfulnes in bargaines suche gredy extortiō such insatiable couetousnes such itollerable pride as therfore ye are becōe a fable amōgest al natiōs How saye ye is not this true whiche of you can denaie it And be these the fruites of true knowledge yea do not these behauiours and vngodlye maners of you declare manifestlie that ye haue of late yeres geuen your selues rather to errors then to trueth rather to haue forsaken the catholike and pure faieth of our mother the true churche and folowed the fonde fansies of a fewe vngodly and false teachers to the highe displeasure of God Will God thinke ye reforme his churche if they were in error or call his people to knowledge if they had been in ignoraunce by the ministers of the deuil by the preachers of Antichrist Or can ye sai that thei be the ministers of God that liue so vngodlye that they be the preachers of righteousnes whose dedes are so full of vnrighteousnes that in comparison of them other whom ye called papistes might be saintes for the honestie of their liuinge and sobre behauiours as ye your selues haue saied many times euen in my hearing Be not these worthie Prelates to be folowed haue ye done a noble fete trowe ye to forsake the vniuersall vnitie of all christianitie to be at defiaunce with your louing mother the catholike churche whiche hath fostred you from your infancie and without whose help furtheraūce and succour ye cannot be saued for to folow suche blinde guides suche grosse maisters as whose doctrine hathe brought you in errors to the high displeasure of God whose example of vnclene lyuinge hathe ledde you into all wickednes to your great ignominie shame and rebuke with all godly people what good haue they done in this realme either by their preachinge in wordes or with their teaching by example Haue thei not brokē many good and godlye ordinaunces and set vppe none Haue they not caused for greate concorde and vnitie great tumult and rebellious sedition for godly fastinge ryotous feasting for deuout praiyng peuishe prating for due obedience vnlawfull libertie for peace Gods plentie and inough warre dearth famine more then inough I write and wepe in my harte to considre what maye be writen of the wretched condition and state that our countrie hath been in of late yeres Which of you al yea which of your preachers whose light should shine that the worlde shoulde see it which of them I saie hath not been as redye as the worst disposed of you all to eate vpon good friday or any other vigill daye as soone the Pigge as the Pikerel the Capon as the Carpe the Chykin as the Cheuen Notwithstanding the Magistrates of this realme cōmaunded the wisedome of the whole worlde thought necessarie the vniuersall consent of Christ his churche prescribed the contrary What seruaunt for the most parte hath any of you all that loketh not to haue his brekefast his dyner and his supper as well vpō Christmas eue as any other daye or els ye must prouide a newe seruaunt Who can blame them Are thei not as they haue been vsed Rather then ye would obserue the ordre of fasting prescribed by the churche ye woulde not stick at the beginning to giue your seruauntes one meale more on the fasting daye then ye woulde on any other day And where ye would other dayes feede them with milke butter cheese only on the fasting daie they should be sure to haue fleshe Yea and thought it a glorie whē ye had so done that ye had so well reformed your householde frō that popishe fast calling all thinges popishe that was godly But what haue ye gotten hereby Surely ye had neuer so lytle good seruice and yet ye neuer paide more for it then nowe Ye had neuer such disobedient seruantes and yet ye neuer cherished them better then nowe Why so Before they were better taught then fedde and of late they haue been full fed and ill taught Then were they obedient trustie and diligent as thei were taught and now be they disobedient slouthful and vntrustie as thei be fedde then were thei well taught workers and nowe ill fed porkers then had ye diligent laborers and now ye haue negligent loyterers I speake as I heare your selues saye that haue them Well will ye haue