1 IN caſe lyke was Tolwy • whā my lorde of Londo • examyned hym, as wa • Chriſt whan he came b • foreMark the examynacyon of Annas. Ioan. 18. Annas the hygh pre • of the Iewes, as yt ys here manyfeſt. O • hys dyſcyples and doctrine ded Annas e • amyne hym, ſo ded my good lorde of L •• don poore Tolwyn for the ordre of hy • cure, and what lernynge he taught them▪ For the fyrſt was the afore ſeyd declarac • on, and for the other ys thys proceſſe 〈…〉 Dyuerſyte of matters herin ſpecyfyed folowynge of the names of ſerten boke • perteynynge alſo to the ſame. Dyuerſe are ther tytles partlye for the dyuerſyte of the matters, and partlye for the more ſolēpne ſettynge forthe of thys notable worke to the vpholdynge of holye churche ageynſt heretyques. The firſt matters reſpectethThe fyrſt cōcerueth hys paryſhe or peple. hys dyſcyples or parryſhners vnder the tyttle of declaracyon, whom he hath not fedde with the pharyſees leuen, nor yet pampred vp with the popes ſwylle and dregges accordynge to hys firſt profeſſyō, but now of late with the pure worde of god as he coude conuenyentlye procure yt. Thys preſent proceſſe concerneth hys doctryne vnder the tyttle of the namesThys ys all of the doctryne whych he taught. of bokes, wher wyth he was both detected and preſented of them that neyther vnderſtode them nor knewe them, the cō • entes therof not declared att all.

2 Vvhat haynouſe hereſyes and daungerouſe doctryne the ſeyd bokes contayneth, wyll here after apere as ther names come to hande in ther courſe. But I marueleThe bagge ſchuld be cōdēpned with the bokes moche that the bagge ys not ſo wele expreſſed in thys tytle as are the bokes, conſyderynge they came to Paules croſſe togyther. So wele ys he worthye to be condemned of hereſye by the popes lawe as 〈…〉 y, for hys couerynge, carryenge, and conueyenge of them, as he ded. And asNothynge ys here ſeane but names. manye hereſyes hath he whan he ys emptye as they haue, for ought weſe here yet ſauynge ōlye the names. Vvhat we ſchall ſe here after I can not tell.

3 Vvolde Tolwyn haue bene a good Idoll mayntener with holye water and ſenſynge, latyne Iabberynge and wawlynge, accordynge to the offyce of ſayntThe office of ſaynt antonynes perſonage. Antonynes perſonage, he had not bene thus brought forth for ā heretyque. Vvolde he haue ſhewed hymſelf the popes good ſwyneherde, and haue fedde hys porkelynges apace with ſoſſe and ſyllybubbes, coddes and ſwaddes with other lyke purueaunce, the great ſwyne had not ſo gredelye deuoured hym.

4 Neyther had they detected hym forLuc. 5. Matth. 7. Eſa. 66. a loller, nor yet preſented hym for an heretyque. In no wyſe can they awaye with the clenlye prouyſyon of Chriſt, nor yet broke the ſeruyce of hys apoſtles. The ſwete brede of the goſpell hath in ther mouthes no ſauer, nor yet the dulcett guſt of the other ſcripturs. The wholſom delycatesMath. 15. Act. 17. Ioan. 8. that the holye ghoſt hath prepared, cā they not awaye wyth. Geue them the dra • fe they were wont to haue, with the ſwyllynges of the popes olde veſſels, for they are ſoche worne bottels as wyll ratherMarci. 2. Luc. 5. burſt than holde newe wyne. Better ys a fylthye puddell vnto them to wallowe in, than a fayre clere ryuer to make them2. Pet. 2. cleane. Ye can haue a ſwyne no better thā he ys of hys owne vngentyll nature. Therfor Iete ſwyne be fylthye ſwyne, and vyle gootes be gootes ſtyll. As the meke lambesApoc. 22. Ioan. 10. 1. Pet. 2. of Chriſt, folowe yow hys voyce, whych ys the hygh ſhepeherde of yowr ſowles, and late ſwyne be ſwyne ſtyll. Now foloweth the ſeconde proceſſe of thys declaracyon.

1 Vvhan the wylye foxe fawneth,Ezech. 13. Prou. 11. Pſal. 36. beware your chyckens, as the common adage admonyſheth yow. For nought ys yt not, that he calleth yow here good peple, ye maye be ſure of yt. Vvych he, I praye yow? Euen my lorde bonner of London. For though the voyce be Tolwyns, the wordes of the voyce are my lordes.The wordes of Tolwis voyce are my lordes. Full heuye was he in hys hart good ſowle, to geue hym the vtteraunce of thē, yf he myght otherwyſe haue choſen. But he muſt nedes forth (they ſaye) that the deuyll dryueth, be he neuer ſo vnwyllynge. My lorde hath rhetorycallye begonne hys propoſycy on to wynne hys audytorye, and to make them attentyue and dylygēt, in callynge them good peple.

2 But whatys hys narracyon or proceſſesHys pontyfycall rhetoryck cōceruynge a ſachell. Ofſerten ſmall bokes contayned in a bagge or ſachell, whych Tolwyn ſhoke forth at Paules croſſe, with a feble countenaunce and a more feble ſtomake. And what ment my lorde in thys matter? That the peple ſchuld iudge Tolwyn an horryble heretyque, and that they ſchuld therbye be ware of ſoche noughtye hereſyes ageynſt holye churche. But what were theHereſyes not knowē but to the bagge hereſyes? Naye, that we can not tell. For they were faſt ſhutt vpp in a bagge, and myght in no wyſe be ſeane. The fathers in the prymatyue churche confoūded alwayes ther heretyques with the open teſtymonye of the moſt euydent ſcripturs, and not with the ſhakynge of bokes in a bagge. Yea, than was thā, and now is now. Thā were they called herety ques that ſpake ageynſt God. But now ys there non heretyquesDifference of heretyques now and than. except they ſpeake ageīſt holye churche. Than were ſerten philoſophers reaſons blaſphemouſe, but now they are good dyuynyte, and the verye ſcripturs are fou • e hereſyes. Therfor my lorde ys now moche wyſer than ſo. For yf the bokes were ſeane and the artycles throughlyeMy lorde playeth here 3. partes. knowne, hys ſelfe myght perchaunce be iudged both an herety que and a traytour, and alſo a cruell perſecuter of Chriſt in hys faythfull mēbers, whych were a great blemyſhe to hys lordhypp. And that cauſeth hym ſo ſecretlye to worke. It ys Inough for my lorde to ſaye, there be erroursThe kynges true ſubiectes abuſed. in the bagge, though he neuer brynge them forth. And yt ſchall become all the kynges true ſubiectes to beleue yt, vnder the peyne of hangynge or els burnynge. For whye my lordes quarell in thys, ys the kynges quarell. There ys now non hereſye but ys alſo treaſon (as yt was inThomas waldē in prologo primi li▪ cōtra wic leuiſtas. kynge harrye the fiftes tyme) that they maye be both partyners in one plage of the lordes vengeaūce, yf innocent blood be ſhedde. So naturallye good and louyn ge ys he to hys prynce.

3 But what meaneth my lorde to ſaye here, thys bagge or ſachell? Me thynketh the tone of thē had bene ſuffycyēt • nough in ſo lyght a matter. No ſer, not ſo. Ye knoweEquiuocacyon of thys myſtycall▪ terme, bagge. thys worde bagge ys ā equyuocall terme, and hath manye dyuerſe ſygnyfycacyons. Sumtyme yt betokeneth a ſafron bagge, ſumtyme an alame bagge. Sumtyme a moneye bagge, and ſumtyme an olde nayle bagge. Yea, ſumtyme a wallett, and ſumtyme the ende of a worne ſacke, with ſoche otherlyke. My lorde hath therfor declared rhetorycallye by a cyrcūlocucyonA tokē of remēbraū ce ageynſt an other tyme. what maner of bagge yt ys, euen a verye ſachel, that menne myght throughlye knowe yt ageynſt an other tyme. That yf Tolwyn ſchuld chaunce here after to be burned vpon relapſe, they myght yet teſtyfye that hys hereſyes were ſchewed at Paules croſſe in ſoche a bagge as ys called a ſachel and that therfor be was wele worthye to dye.

4 But what meaneth my lorde to call theſe bokes erronyouſe, heretycall andThe bagge knoweth more thā we noughtye bokes▪ That can the bagge tell whych cōtayneth them, for we are not ſo farre taught as yet. Thys large circūſtaunce of ſpeakynge (I ſuppoſe) cometh of the angrye zele that my lorde hath in holye churches quarell, wherin he wolde all her yll wyllers wer clerelye conſumed.

5 The reſydue of thys text ys eaſye toThe feruent zele of my lorde for holye churche. In cuſtodye and out of cuſtodye. The popes ſworne benefactours. vnderſtande, as where theſe heretyque bokes remayned, where they where founde, and what tyme they were founde, as ys here ſett forth for a neceſſarye doctrine of thys newe Chriſten faythe. They were remaynynge in Tolwyns howſe, and they were founde in hys cuſtodye, ſoche tyme as he was in my lordes cuſtodye, and wolde fayne haue bene farder of.

6 And ſoche tyme alſo as he was denounced of the popes ſworne fryndes for not goynge proceſſyon, and detected of hys pr • uye ſpyes for not werkemālye makynge hys holye water,

7 Vnto the reuerende lorde late ryſen out of the donge hyll and now conſecrate byſſhop of London to vpholde rhe regne of antichryſt, tyll the lorde turne yt ouer with the breathe of hys mouthe. No leſſeLondon as fortunate as rome fortunate ys London than ys Rome yt ſelfe, to haue ſoche a gracyouſe gyde and ſpirituall paſtour as mynyſtreth ſoche godlye doctryne as here ys, to the edyfycacyon of ſowle. But who yt was that ſoughtA myſteſterye left here vndyſouſſed out theſe bokes to the clerer ſettynge out of thys wortlye pagent, that ſchall remayne ſtyll as a ſecrete myſterye vndyſcuſſed (whether they were hys accuſers or my lordes owne ſeruauntes, or els both together) becauſe yt ys not here expreſſed.

MOche a do haue we ſtyll with theſe bokes. Not yet ys my lordes myndeMore bokes ſpott'd with hereſye. Thomas Venatorius i Pau lum ad Ti motheum ſatyſfyed with them, but more of ther names muſt be blowen abrode to proue Tolwyn a ranke heretyque. Now cometh forth Thomas venatorius, whych with great grace, lernynge, and eloquence hath wrytten an excellent worke vpon the .ii. epyſtles of ſaynt Paule to Timothe. Thys boke maye not come a brode to be tryed by the ſcrypturs and moſt auctentyue doctours, but yt muſt in a bagge be cōdempned at Paules croſſe for hereſye, non artycles named. And what ys the cauſe thynke yow? For yt ſheweth the ryght offyce of a Chriſten byſſhopp, how he ſchuld teathe and gouerne, whych my lorde cā notThe principall con tentes of that godlye worke. awaye with. It commaūdeth to reſyſt falſe preachers, whom my lorde doth daylye maiteyne. It deſcribeth ſoche wycked pre lates as teacheth the doctryne of deuyls with lyes • hypocreſye forbyddynge mar ryage and meates, of whoſe nombre hys lordſhypp ys one. It exhorteth all ſpirituall gydes of the peple to be vertuouſe andThe ryght office of a chriſtēbyſ hoppe charytable, to cleaue to Chryſtes goſpell, and to ſhurne ſuperfluouſe argumentes, and not to deceyue the worlde with hypo creſye, ſufferynge all abhomynacyons vn der the ſhaddowe of outwarde holyneſſe to haue ther fre courſe, but my lorde wyll non of that.

2 The compendyouſe treatyſe of Gods prouydēce, whych that moſt notable clar ke Huldricus Zuinglius wrote at the inſtan̄tHuldricus Zuinglius de prouidentia Dei. requeſt of the ryght worſhypfull lor de Phylypp the Lādgraue of Heſſe, onlye comprehendeth the matters here folowyn ge. That God neceſſarylye dyſpoſeth all creaturs accordynge to hys inſcrutable wyſdome. That the prouydence of GodThe contē tes of that famouſe and excol lent worke. ys hys perpetuall and vnchangeable admynyſtracyō of all thiges. That the ryght conſyder acyon of the creaturs byneth yt a playne waye to deduce vs into knowle • ge therof. That manne ys not onlye a terreſtryall but a celeſtyall creatur alſo. Vvhat the lawe of God ys, and vnto what ende yt was geuen vnto manne. That the eternall wyſdome of God knowynge mannysMarke what my lordehath here condemned. dyuerſe fall afore hande, coude in no caſe erre, ouerſhote her compaſſe, nor yet be deceyued, neyther in creatynge nor yet in geuynge the lawe. That Gods eleccyon or predeſtynacyon (as the doctours doth call yt) taketh grounde of hys goodneſſe and wyſdome, and ys immutable. And that hys eternall decrees or ſett purpoſes are alwayes as he ys, vnchangeable, ſtronge, and ſure, with ſoche other lyke. AndAll condemneth he with outreſpect all theſe hath my lorde of hys pontyfycall dyſcreſſyon cōdempned here for hereſye, with all that was ſpoken of afore. Vvherin I ſtāde i moche doubt whether he hath condempned hys prynce for an heretyque or no. I wyll not ſaye that my lorde ys an aſſehead without true knowlege, nor yetThe report of dyuerſe lerned mēn • a beaſt without godlye iudgement, yet here I dyuerſe lerned menne ſo daylye report hym, for condempnynge thys boke, and ſoche other, One thynge I wolde deſyre the dylygent reader to marke here, whych I haue oft reherſed a fore. In the fyrſt of my lordes declaracyon was neyther God nor Chriſt ones named, neytherGod foū de amonge heretyques ys cōdēpned. yet in thys latter fytt tyll we come to the reherſall of heretyques bokes, ād that doth • he all of ſpyght. But bleſſed be that lorde that he wyll be foūde there yet. I thought ſo moche all thys tyme, that came we ones amonge them, we coude not be lōge with out hym. In the verye tyttles of ther bokes doth he apere, moch more in the proceſſeGod beareth no rewle amō ge byſhops. within. Vvhere as in the whole matter of an holye ſpirituall, gloryouſe, glytterynge prelate he can not ones be ſeane. True ys that lorde of hys worde and iuſt of hys promyſe, that he wyll be with the pore contemned dyſcyples to the ende of the worlde.

3 Next foloweth. 4. dyuerſe bokes ofPſal. 118. Mat. 28. 4. cathechyſmes of faythe. one tyttle, called all catechyſmes, or inſtytucyons of the true Chriſten relygyon. Vvhom my lordes holye fatherhode in the zele of a contrarye or popyſhe relygy on, condēpneth here for hereſye. The fyrſt ys the catechyſme of Phylypp Melanchtō,Philippus Melanchton compyled the fyrſt. whoſe manyfolde erudycyon the beſt lerned of chryſtendome greatlye cōmendeth. Thys treatyſe of hys, ys an onlye chryſten inſtytucyō for the bryngynge vp of yow the, teachynge thē the cōmaūdementes of God, the artycles of the Chryſten faythe, the lordes prayer, and the ryght vſe of the ſacramentes. I wonder what my lorde me aneth to condempne theſe for hereſyes.

4 The ſeconde ys the catechyſme ofVrbanus Regiꝰ made the ſeconde. Vrbanus Regius, a manne alſo Chryſtenlye lerned and of a ſyncere lyuynge? Thys worke contayneth the neceſſarye pryncyples of the chryſten relygyon afore reherſed, whoſe knowlege ys lyfe, and whoſe ignoraunce ys dampnacyon. Thys coude not my lorde reprehēde had he not an eye geuen to wyckedneſſe.

5 Of Balthaſar Hiebmeir PacimontanusBalthaſar Pacimontanus made the iij. ys the thyrde catechyſme, whom in dede I knowe not but by name, as I haue redde yt in other mennys writynges. But I cō ceyue here the better o pynyon of hym, for that my lorde hath condempned hym amō ge theſe menne, whoſe doctryne I knowe to be pure and perfyght.

6 Eraſmus Sarcerius AnemontanusEraſmus Sarcerins cōpyled the forth. (whoſe name ys alſo notable and hys lernynge famouſe) made the fort catechyſme, whom he elegantlye dyffyneth to be an in ſtytncyon or teachynge by mouthe, comprehendynge the neceſſarye poyntes of the Chriſten faythe and relygyon. Nothynge ys more bewtyfull in a Chriſten manne, than purelye to worſhypp God, ād ryghtRebukes geueth the byſſhops for godlyneſſe. lye to exercyſe the wurkes of faythe, whych theſe bokes throughlye teacheth. Rather were ſoch menne worthye thākes than rebukes, for ſo regardynge the Chriſten common welthe, yf byſſhoppes not doynge ſoche thynges were as they ſchuld be, regardynge the peples helthe. But ſoche are euermore the vnworthye wayes of thys worlde, malygnelye to blame men ne for ther wele doynge, ād flatterynglye to holde the other ſort vp in all kyndes of wyckydneſſe. As my lorde doth here fullHier. 10. Math. 23 fatherlye, whych wyll neyther enter into the kyngedome of God hys ſelfe nor yet ſuffre anye other that wolde gladlye do yt

STyll ys my lorde buſye with thys bagge or ſachell, declarynge the contentes therof to the great confuſyon of Tolwyn,The wolfe chaſeth the poor lābe 〈◊〉 ſtyll. I had almoſt ſayd of hymſelfe but that I ſtopped yt in tyme. For byſſhoppes can ta 〈…〉 no ſcathe here, bnt what ys towardes thē in the next worlde, that ys in the ryghtfull iudges handes. More of theſe erronyouſe bokes muſt be condēpned yet, no remedye. Specyallye one weſtmore vpon the concylyacyon of fathers. My lorde byBartholomeus weſt hemerus a lerned mā ne. all lykelyhode was here i ſome great agonye or whote paſſyon of prelacye, forgettynge the ryght tyttle of thys boke. In dede he that made yt ys called Bartholomeus Vveſthemerus, whych ys yet a māne of great lytterature and iudgement. The tyttleConciliatio ſacrae ſcripturae. of hys boke ys, The cōcylyacyon of the holye ſcrypturs and moſt aūcyent fathers, And not weſtmore vpon the concylyacyon of fathers. He compyled the ſelfe treaty ſe, and not wrote vpon yt as mēne do that gloſe a text. My lorde therfor beynge IgnorauntChriſt ys condempned of my lorde. of the true tyttle, ſchuld ſeme to be ignoraunt alſo in the contentes of that boke, and ſo to condempne he woteth not what. But by hys abſolute power he maye do ſoche actes, and condempne Chryſt to yf he come in hys waye, in ſo haſtye an ouer ſyght. In thys boke as in a clere myrrour, maye mēne beholde wherī the holyeVvhat ys to be ſeane in that godlye volume. doctours, coūſels, canōs, Rome byſſhops, conſtytucyons, cuſtomes, and cronycles dyffereth as concernynge Chriſten relygyon, from the ſacred ſcripturs of both teſtamentes. And thys ys a matter neceſſarye to be knowne of all menne that coueteth to walke ryghtlye, rather than to be condēpned without lokynge on, yf we haue eyther conſcyence, wytt, or grace. But allIoan. 5. Eſa. 50. Math. 15. Luc. 6. my lordes labour ys to make hys ghoſtlye chyldren to grope ſtyll in the darke, tyll they droppe into the dytche for all.

2 I moche blame not my lorde for beynge offended with the boke of the counterfett byſſhopp, partlye for that yt was made by Martyn Luther the capytall enemyeMartyn Lutherma de the coū terfett byſſhoppe. of antichriſtes byſſhoppes, and partlye for that my lorde ys therin ſo lyuelye ſett out in hys pontyfycall colours. Yet wondre I ageyne that he ſchuld condempne that pycture whych he beareth out ſo lyuelye in the ſyght of the worlde. Parauenture he ys well contented to playe the proude pagent, but he wolde not haue the ſcripturs to buſye to tell hym therof. Nothynge taketh thys treatyſe from a ryght1. Tim. 3. Eſa. 1. Apoc. 18. chriſten byſſhopp, though yt toucheth the tyrauntes of Sodome, and the gloryouſe, glottons of Babylon. Therfor lett thē wexe furyouſe, frātyk, and madde at ther ſpirytuall pleaſure, full lyttle careth Martyn for that thonderynge or earthquake of thers.

3 The godlye confeſſyon of faythe, whych the noble princes of germanye mekelyeThe cōfeſſyō of the Germanes offred to the emproure for the churches reformacyon (whom my lorde calleth here the confeſſyon in Englyſhe full wyſelye) with the lerned Apologye of Phylypp Melāchton, hath he alſo blotted with the blacke tyttle of hereſye. RyghtlyeMath. 7. Eſaye. 50. Phil. 3. Math. 33. compareth Chriſt ſoche ſhameleſle hypocrytes to rauenynge dogges and ſwyne cruellye tearynge hys truthe and treadynge vnder ther fylthye fete the precyouſe pearle therof. Full lyttle knoweth thys blynde byſye buſharde what he doth condempne in theſe godlye bokes here reherſed. He dāpneth dyuerſe verytees of GodAll godlyneſſe condempneth Bonner. as our iuſtyfycacyō i Chriſt, the puttynge downe of the pope, the confutynge of the anabaptyſtes, the true obedyence to princes, the abolyſhynge of ſuperſtycyōs, with manye godlye thynges that our kynge hath done ageynſt the falſe kyngedome of antychriſt. Vvhat godlye wyſe manne cā Vvith all that ower kynge hath done iudge otherwyſe of hym, whan he condē pneth all that ys in them contayned with out reſpect. Certayne I ā that theſe are the pryncypall poyntes therin decyſed.

4 Vvhat the poſtylles are vpō the epyſteles and goſpels, (whych foloweth cōſequentlye vnder the ſame condempnacyō)The poſtilles of Richarde taverner. I can not tell, vnleſſe they be Rychard tauerners. Vvhom he compyled together of a good godlye mynde, that yowr aſſeheaded preſtes whych can do no ſoche thynges) ſchuld not be all Idell, but ſhewe ſome godlye inſtruccyons to the peple. By thys furyouſe acte therfor maye all mē neNothynge ſeck the byſſhops but deſtruccyon of ſowle. ſe, that ye mynde no maner of godlyneſſe to the dere flocke of Chriſt, but all deſtruccyon and myſchefe. In the chamber of thys poore manne (whom ye thus proclame for an heretyque) founde ye dyuerſe bokes of papyſtrye and treaſon to your price were they ſo narrowlye loked vpō as theſe are. But them left ye there behynde vntouched, as matters neceſſarye to the vpholdyngeBokes of pyſtryeā 〈…〉 treaſō no 〈…〉 cōdēpned 〈…〉 of your holye churche. Lett Tol wyn haue ſo manye of them as he wyll, and he ſchall neuer be blamed, but be your owne whyght ſōne. Ye paſſe not a whytt how moche treaſō be a brode, for by that alwayes hath your ruffelynge relygyon had mayntenaunce. Onlye ys yt hereſyeTreaſo 〈…〉 ys non h 〈…〉 reſye, bu 〈…〉 onlye th 〈…〉 ſcripturs (as ye call yt) that moueth your ſpretes. For by that ys decayed yowr vayne glorye. Ye force not though a hondred thouſande of thoſe bokes were abrode that myght teache menne to be dyſobedyent to God in the matters of faythe, and vnto your prynce in the cauſes of ther true allegeaunce. The enchyridion of Eckius thatIohan Eckius with hys Enchirydion. impudent proctour of antichriſt offendeth yow nothynge at all. Yet cōtayneth yt all doctryne of deuylyſhneſſe, as the popes auctoryte, power and prymacye, hys coū ſels cōſtytucyons and cuſtomes, hys confirmacyons orders and vnccyons, hys worſhyppynge of Images rodes and rellyques,The ghoſtlye treaſure ther in cōtayned. hys excommunycacyons interdyccyons and curſynges, hys purgatorye pardons and pylgrimages, hys immunytees pluralitees and tot quo •• es with the deuyll ād all of ſoche fylthyneſſe. Euerye where ys thys boke ſought and enquyred for ī cyte, markett, and feyer. Euerye ſer Iohan muſt haueTo lerne therwith to make trayters a pace. yt that can rede, to make hym therwith a Chriſten curate, a good ghoſtlye father, and a catholyck member of holye churche Verye fewe popyſhe preſtes with in my lordes dyoceſe are at thysſame houre with out yt, eyther in ther chambers, ſleues, or boſoms. For yt ys a moſt precyouſe treaſure to hym that wyll heare confeſſyonsNeceſſarye doctrine for holye churche. and kepe a cure well to antychriſtes behoue. That embraſe the gentyll menne of the popes lyuerye and marke, that culle they, that kyſſe they, that drawe they to them as a worke of moſt holye wholſom catholyck doctryne. No leſſe myght harrye pep well in Paules churche yearde, haue out ofharry pep well ſtokyſlayes prouider. Michael Hillenius howſe, in Anwerpe at one tyme than ā whole complete prynte at the holye requeſt of ſtokyſlaye. In a ſhort ſpace were they dyſpached and a newe prynte in hāde, ſoche tyme as he alſo commaunded Barlowes dyaloges to be preached of the curates through out all hys dyoceſe.The auctor ſuſpended for prechynge the goſpell. I knowe yt the better for that he at the ſame tyme ſuſpended me from preachynge in eſtſexe bycauſe I wold not leaue the goſpell and be ſworne to the obſeruacyon of hys iniunccyons. I haue knowne in my tyme more than vi. dyuerſe pryntes of thys erronyouſe and deuylyſhe boke whych ys a manyfeſt token that the vtteraunce therof hath not bene ſmall. DyuerſeOther bokes els of the ſeyd papyſt Eckius. of them hath beſydes thys, hys dronken dyſputacyons ageynſt heretyques, hys apoſtolyck crede, hys cryſopaſſus of dyuyne predeſtynacyon, hys aurycular confeſſyō, hys boke offre wyll, hys primacye of Peter to pope Leo the tent, and hys poſtylles of papyſtrye. Manye other dyrtye dyuynes haue they els of the ſame pharyſeycall leuen, to maynteyne the ſame ſelfe doctrine. As Thomas of Aquyne, Bonauenture,More louſye doctors of the ſame leuen. Vvalden, Prierias, Catharinns, Clychtoueus, Radinus, Empſer, Cocleus, Lathomus, Scatzger, Herbron, Hochſtrate, Natalis Beda. Tregarius, Pelargus, Hofmeſter, Alphonſus de Caſtro, Iohan Fyſher, and Thomas More, with canonyſtes and Romyſtes the deuyll and all. But at theſe can my lorde wynke, in hope of, I ſaye noAt theſe canthe byſſhops wike. more. Vvhether theſe wayes be ryght or naye, lete menne of godlye and rype dyſcreſſyon iudge.

NOt yet haue we done with theſe bokes,A boke of prayer made by Martin luther. but ſtyll are they a foule blott in my lordes eyes. Now cometh a boke of prayer made by Martyn Luther, yet nothynge ys ſeane but the bagge. Anon my lorde wyll ſaye that heretyques deſpyſe good workes, and write ageynſt faſtyngeBonner wyl proue hymſelf a fowle lyer. ād prayer. But lete hym be ware leaſt thys boke ꝓue hym a lowde lyar in the face of all the worlde. In that ſmall treatyſe (yf yt be hys) ys nothynge els contayned but the lordes prayer, the commaundementes, and crede. It ys moche maruele to me, yf they are now become hereſye, and legenda aurea, with ſancta Maria ora pro nobis outLegenda aurea, ▪ with ora pro nobis. of your ordynarye pye and portas becometh ageyne ſo wholſom lernynge. But parauenture yt ys for Luthers names ſake. If the whole doctrine of the trynyte came in that name, yt ſchuld ſure into the ſachell without lokynge on, and be condempned for hereſye. Ye, yf God came hymfelfe vnder hys tyttle, he ſchuld ſurelye ſtāde forthGod and all hys cō maundementes cō dempned here for an heretyque in my lordes great mode He hath alredye cōdempned hys cōmaundementes, hys prayer, and the artycles of hys faythe, for Martyns ſake ōlye. And no maruele. For he ys the father heretyque ād enemye of all holye churche. If God woldGod myght haue thankes to take luther awaye. The dore of holye ſcriptur ys Chriſt. Ioan. 10. ones take hym out of the waye, doubtleſſe he ſchuld hane great thankes of my lorde and of the ranke rable of Romyſhe ruffelers.

2 Next cometh forewarde in courſe the dore of holye ſcripture. Vvhether thys be Chriſt or no, I am in moche doubt. For in dede he ſayth vnto hys dyſcyples in the x. chapter of Iohan. I am the dore into the ſhepe folde. He that entreth in by me ſchal go in and out, and fynde good fedynge. But I fere me that my lorde ys one of thoſeIoan. 10. Treno. 3. Col. 3. 2. Tim. 3. Exod. 7. Pſal. 2. Act. 4. Hier. 26. Math. 26. theues and robbers that Chriſt ſpeaketh of there, for ſtoppynge vp of thys dore. For he in ſo doynge depryueth the peple of that lyfe whych ys in hym, and ſo ſleeth ther ſoules, holdynge them ſtyll captyue in ſynne. Alwayes hath my lordes generacyon bene thus rebellyouſe ageynſt the lorde and hys worde. As we haue for example ī the olde lawe, the falſe preſtes whych compaſſed Hieremye the prophete, and in the newe lawe the ſpirituall prelates that ſought Chriſtes deathe. If thys dore of holye ſcripture be a treatyſe, than had yt bene more wyſdome for my lorde to haue chriſtenlye reproued the errours therof (in caſeA tyttle offerynge moche godlyneſſe condēpned. ther be anye) and not to condempne ſoche a clere perfyght tyttle as offreth nothynge but godlyneſſe. I thynke eyther hys wyttes are not hys owne or els he ys dronke with exceſſe of the Babylonyſhe cuppe of hys holye mother.

3 The compendyouſe poſtyls of AntoniusPoſtille Antonij▪ Coruini, vtiles & neceſſarie Coruinus vpō the ſondayes ond ſayntes, are iudged of menne that be ſyncerelye lerned, to be faythfull and godlye. And ſo moche the more neceſſarye to a preacher that ys but meanelye lerned, that within a ſmall compaſſe they contayne moche chriſten erudycyon. But my lorde admitteth nothige that perteieth to that office. He carethNo ryght preachynge but ſenſynge of Images. the newe māner of preachynge now a dayes. The auncyēt workes of holy church for nothynge but for holye water ād ſenſynge ꝓceſſyō and maſſynge. He thynketh that .iiij. tymes in the yeare or ones in a quarter ys ynough for preachynge, and therin onlye to declare the kynges actes cō cernynge ceremonyes and tythes in ſtede of the popes ſentence of curſynges whych now is worne out. If they Iyſt to preache anye other thynge els, they haue yet ther olde feſtyuall, mammotractus, Geſta roma norum, Sermones diſcipuli, Sermones dormi ſecure, Rationale diuinorum, Manipulus curatorum, poſtilla guilhermi, ād dyuerſe other more, whych are auncyent workes allowed of holye churche. They haue alſo a famouſe newe worke called Ioh Eckāius poſtyll, which battelleth forthe newe poſtyl of Iohā. Eckius. the holye fathers primacye harde. Theſe and ſoche other are bokes of catholyk lernynge, and ſchall neuer be condempned, for they make all togyther for holye churche.

4. In the bottom of the bagge lyeth .ij. olde written bokes, and they haue no namesTwo olde written bokes without name. here to fulfyll my lordes promes wyth, But thus moche hath my lorde gathered of them, that the one of them is for ſcolers, ād the other ys takē out of Io. frythes bokes. But wonder yt ys to me what that boke ſchuld offende whych ys onlye for ſcolers, and hath non other tyttle. VvylVertuouſe educacion is become hereſye. my lorde ſtyll deſtroye all godlyneſſe without excepcyon? Non other ys yt to condempne a boke for ſcolers, (hauynge non other addycyon) but to condempne for heretyques doctryne ther vertuouſe bryngynge vpp in good letters and maners, In thys doth my lorde declare hymſelfe an enemye vnto nature, whych delytethAriſt. 2. de aia. & 1. coeli. in neceſſaryes, beſydes that he hath done vnto faythe.

That the other treatyſe taken out of Iohan frythes bokes ſchuld be an olde boke, yt ys a fowle lye, though yt be newlyeThe age of Iohan fryth. practyſed of my lorde. For he was not. 27 years olde in the 8. yeare afore thys declaracyon, whan my lordes generacyon Stokyſlaye, Gardyner, and ſoche other, (whō Eſaye calleth the tyrauntes of Sodoma)Eſa. 1. Gen. 9. Iohan. 10. putt hym to moſt cruell deathe in the yeare of owr lorde God. M. D .xxxiij. for Chriſtes congregacyon ſleeth no manne for hys faythe. And therfor it cā not now be olde, and collected of hys bokes. Not all vnlyke ys my lorde here, vnto the olde4. reg. 23. Hiere. 36 1. math. 1. tyrauntes in the condempnacyon of theſe bokes. Ioachim the kynge of Iuda tare Hie remyes prophecye and conſumed yt in the fyre for vtterynge the truthe. Antiochus cō maunded the bokes of the ſcripturs to be brent alſo, and the readers of them to be putt vnto deathe. Herodes the Aſcalonyte or Idumyte deſtroyed the monymentes ofIoan bachonis .3. ſentē diſt. 20. the Iewes, and cruellye ſlewe ther notaryes. Beſydes that hath be done by the conſecrate prelates of Conſtantynople and Rome, whych alſo deſtroyed manye workes of Chryſoſtome and Gregorye, as the cronycles mencyoneth. And Tōſtall in owr tyme (whych ys now byſſhop of Durhā)Tonſtall burned the teſtamentes in. englyſhe. whan the teſtamentes came firſt into Englyſhe, bought vpp a greatt nombre of them and brent them in Paules churche yearde, for the great deuocyon he had vnto them, and bycauſe he wolde ſhewe hys kynde. But what became of the aſore named tyrauntes, for workynge ſoche wyckedneſſe? Trulye Ioachim was ledde captyueHiere. 22. 4. reg. 24 3. para. 36 Math. 1. 1. math. 6 petrus cō meſtor li. 19. cap. 16 into Egypt, and at the laſt dyed there myſerablye, hys name ſecluded frō Chriſtes genealogye. Antiochus departed in a ſtraunge lande, ouerwhelmed with dyſpayre, ād innumerable ſorowes els. Herode was vexed with manye ſore diſſeaſes, as ytche, ſcall, mange, gowte, feuers, collyke, and at the laſt conſumed of wormes, moſt wretchydlye ended hys lyfe. what ſchall become here after of my lorde bonner and Tohſtall for doynge lyke feates IBoner ād Tonſtall vnder the lordes vē geaunce. wyll not nor can not dyffyne, for yt ys in the handes of God. But ſure I am that yt wyll be remembred whan blaſphemers ſchall receyue rewardes accordinge to ther dedes. My lorde parauenture thynketh the menne be yll, and therfor he maye iuſtlye condempne ther workes. My lorde muſt conſydre ageyne, that though Balaam, Saul,Num. 24▪ 1. reg. 26. Ioan. 11. Lucae. 6. 1. cor. 12. and Cayphas were wycked perſones, yet doth not the ſcripturs condempne ther true prophecyes. Vvhat theſe mēne are ther frutes ſchall declare. For no manne can ſaye that Ieſus ys the lorde (whych my lorde hath not yet vttred in all hys proceſſe) but in the holye ghoſt. And as for my lordes thynkynge, we remembre in Eſaye thatEſay. 5 & 55. they whych holde darkeneſſe lyght and lyght darkeneſſe, haue thoughtes and iudgementes full vnlyke to the thoughtes and iudgementes of God. They ſaye they do well (ſayth Micheas the prophete) whan they labour to ſhede blood and hunte therMich. 7. Zach. 11. Ioan. 16. bretherne to deathe. They ſlee the ſhepe (ſayth Zacharye) and yet they take yt for no ſynne. No, they ſuppoſe they do God good ſeruyce in ſo doynge. But lete them take hede of yt and they lyſt, for Eſaye geuethEſa. 5. Pſal. 54. them warnynge that hell gapeth full wyde and openeth her mouthe at large to rewarde that good ſeruyce of thers.

NOw face out your matter with a carde of tenne. Sumwhat muſt be ſayd here to make foles beleue, ye haue doneA blynde rēnaunt muſt ſtyll holde vp Babylon Pſal. 52. Ezech. 10 Eſa. 44. Hiere. 18. a good acte though it turne all to allye. A blinde rēnaunt of peple muſt ye alwayes deceyue to vpholde ye ſtill in your miſchefes. And they be thoſe duſtye dreamers that Eſaye ſpeaketh of, whych can haue no fre conſcyence to reaſon with themſelues, or ones to thynke in ther mides. Maye not I erre? Soche dawyſhe dodypolles were the parentes of hym that was borneblide, which wolde not confeſſe Chriſt to haueIoan. 12. Math. 10. Ioan. 12. Ioan. 16. healed ther ſōne, for feare of dyſpleaſynge the preſtes, and leaſt the byſſhoppes ſchuld them excommunycate, or curſe them out of churche. In theſe bokes (ye ſaye) are contayned manye ſondrye errours and hereſyes. It maye wele be your ſaynge, for we ſe neyther them nor the bokes as yet. Ye haue buryed thē both in a bagge. If ye ſchuldNot one of the doctours are without errours. reieētet all bokes that hath errours, ye ſchuld retayne verye fewe workes of ſaīt Auguſtin, ſaynt Hierom, Orygene, Tartu lyane, Baſile, Chriſoſtome, Cyrill, Damaſcene, Iſodre, Bede, haymo, or anye of your other doctours. If errours offende you, I maruele ye ſuffre Thomas of Aquyne toThomas of aquine with hys affinite. remayne, whoſe dyrtye dyuynite hath made the pope Chriſtes vycar in earthe, and all Chriſten kynges hys ſworne ſubiectes all your ſcole doctours, canonyſtes, ſenten cyonyſtes, and ſummyſtes agreynge to the ſame.

2 Bokes ye haue ād that manye, whychAdā cardinalis in dialogo regis & epiſcopi. deryueth all princes powers out of the popes auctoryte, as braunches out of the vyne, and ſmall ronnynge ryuers out of the head ſprynge, ſecundum eſſe & exercitium (ſoche are your Ynkehorne termes) onlye to execute in polytyque ordynaūces at hys holye mynde and pleaſure, but them bryngeThomas waldenꝰ cōtra wic leuiſtas .l. 2. ye not forthe. In them fynde ye neyther blaſphemouſe lyes, deteſtable errours, nor yet abhomynable hereſyes (as ye call them here) though they expreſlye ſaye, that there ys no lawfull Chriſten kynge, vnleſſe he receyue hys vnccyon, other, promes, faythe, iuryſdyccyon, auctorite, ſeate, power, ſwerde, ſcepter, and crowne of hī orIdē waldenuscontra wicle uiſtas lib. 2. cap. 78 of hys deputes. Yea, ād to make thys good ye cōpare your preſtes vnto the ſunne, the ſowle, ād vnto fyne golde, ād the kynges with ther peple vnto the mone, the wret ched bodye, and courſe leade, As though your prynces were a farre more vnworthye peple thā you by reaſon of your greſynge and ſhauynge, for fewe other vertues haue ye. If yowr canon lawe (wherofThe canō lawe and ceremonies tryed bi the ſcripturs. ye are a commenſed doctour) and all the ceremonyes whych ye haue of the pope were brought to the tryall of gods worde they ſchuld not onlye apere ſondrye errours, but alſo blaſphemouſe beggerye, deteſtable lernynge, and abhomynable wytcherye, the pharyſees leuen, lyes of hypocrites,Math. 16. Eſa. 59. Hiere. 23. Sopho. 1. Ezech. 4. 1. Tim. 4. Matt. 24. adders egges, ſpyders webbes, bryres, tares, cockle, chaffe, menſtrue, ruſt, duſt dregges, dreames, dottage, dronkēneſſe, dogges dyrt, ſwylle, ſwynes draffe, fylthyneſſe, ſtubble, ſnares of enemyes, execrable doctrine of deuyls, Gods curſe, and abhomynacyon ſyttynge in the holye place.

3 Theſe bokes (ye ſaye) are ageynſt the bleſſed ſacramēt of the aultre, and ageynſt other ſacramentes of chriſtes churche. AudA pretēce of godlyneſſe to coloure ther myſchefe. all thys ys not els but to colour your cautels of myſchefe vnder ſome pretence of godlyneſſe. Vnder thys colour name ye chriſt, aud yt ys the firſt tyme of axynge, though it be not greatlye to hys honour▪ who are more ageynſt that godlye myny ſtracyon than yow? whych hath in eueryeThey cō trarye chriſtes inſtytuciō poynt corrected, yea, rather contraryed chriſtes clere inſtytution? Ye geue it a newe lyuer ye beſydes the goſpell▪ yow call it the ſacramēt of an aulter, whych ys as moche to ſaye, as the holye ſygne of an heape of bryckes. They call yt the holyeThe papyſtes blaſpheme the ſacrament. ſupper of the lorde, or a mutuall pertycy pacyon of chriſtes bodye aud blood, accordynge to hys godlye inſtytuciō. Therfor yow blaſpheme yt aud not they, yow erre aud are the heretyques, aud not they. Moche better yt was wyth vs whā chriſtHebr. 13. Pſal. 50. Rom. 12. Deut. 12. Eſa. 65. Apoc. 18. Collo. 2. Oſee. 4. Oſee. 10. Eſa. 2. was owr onlye aulter, aud we the lyuynge ſacrifyce offred thervpon in a ſyncere faythe vnto god the father, than now hauynge yowr brycke aulters amōge dead mennys graues (as Eſaye telleth your tale) aud yow to ſtande vpp there as newe redemers and ſauers for moneye, with touche me not for I am holyar than thu. Oſeas the prophete ſayth, that ye eate vpp the ſynnes of the peple, and corage them in your wyckedneſſe. And therfor vpō yourApoc. 6. Math. 26. 1. Cor. 11. aulters ſchall growe both thyſtles ād thornes whan yow ſchall hyde your heades. The mutuall ſupper of the lorde, whō he made cōmon to all hys true beleuers, haue yow turned into a brekefaſt of your owne deuyſynge, bycauſe ye are moche wyſer • ſtes preche vnto walles ād wyndowes. thā he. wherin ye turne yowr arſes to the peple, ye tell a longe ꝓceſſe to the walles, wyndowes, aulter clothes, aud Y dols in a forē lāguage whych the more part of yow vnderſtādeth not. And whan ye haue eate aud drōke vp all, ye bleſſe all your neybers with the emptye cuppes bottom and god bewith them, neuer p̄achynge the lordes deathe tyll he come. If ye crucyfye1. Cor. 11 Hebr. 6. Math. 20. Luc. 18. chriſt a freſhe (as yow ſaye ye offre a ſacrifyce for the quycke and the dead) ye muſt ageyn betraye hī, accuſe hym, ſcorne him, ſcorge hym, iudge hym, nayle hī to the croſſe ād perce hym to the hartwyth a ſpeare. For all theſe were neceſſarye offyces in the firſt ſacrifyce. One oblacyon madeHebr. 7. 9. & 13. 1. Pet. 3. Epheſ. 5 he ones for all to ſanctyfye vs vnto god, and that can not ryghtly be renued ageyne, vnleſſe all theſe partes be played. And that ye leaue vndone in thys poynt, ye perfourme full manerlye in the members of hys myſtycall bodye, whō ye neuer ceaſe to perſue vnto deathe.

4 Vvith your other ſacramentes weThe other ſacramentes. Apoc. 2. Ioan. 10. Hiere. 13. wyll not here medle, bycauſe ye do not expreſſe them. But of thys we aſſure yow, that churche ys not Chriſtes whych foloweth your voyce ād not hys. Not hys flocke are they that goeth a whore hontynge to manye ſtraūge Goddes, after your rradicyons and cuſtomes.

5 Ye ſaye conſequentlye that the aforeThe artycle of mā nys fre wyll. named bokes are a gaynſt the fre wyll of manne, and in ſo doynge they make God the auctor of ſynne. Vvhat yow make of God I can not tell. But wele I wote, thys doctrine of yours ys ſtraunge. Sumwhat ye wolde fayne haue to auaunce your owne ryghtouſneſſe, and depreſſe the ryghtouſneſſethey ſeke to depreſſe the ryghtouſneſſe of god. of God, and that muſt vp for a newe artycle of ower faythe. For nō other purpoſe wolde ye haue a fre wyll, but to proue therbye that your whole iuſtyfycacyon cometh not by Ieſus Chriſt, but moche by your good merytes and workes.Auguſtinꝰ de ver bis apoſtoli. Auguſtinus in ſoliloquijs Cap. 15. what fredome can we haue of that whych hath brought vs into all bondage of deathe, ſynne, helle, and the deuyll? we are of ower ſelues nothinge (ſaith ſaynt Auſtyn) but all togyther vanyte, a ſhaddowe of deathe, a darke bottomleſſe pyt and a voyde barren grounde, nothynge bryngynge forthe but confuſyon, ſynne, and deathe. Truthe yt ys that before the fall of Adam, mannys wyll was fre. Sens hath yt not beneFre onlye in bodily thynges. fre but in bodylye thynges, as to eate, drynke, and ſlepe, or to do all maner of wyckedneſſe. Now are we not able of that wyll ones to thynke a good thought. All ys now ſynne in vs that ys not of faythe.2. cor. 3. Rom. 14. Ioan. 1. 1. Cor. 4. Neyther of the wyll of the fleſhe nor yet of mannys wyll, become we now Gods chyldren, but of an onlye beleue in hys name, and that ys hys gyft alſo. Stoyckes and epycures maye that fre wyll make vs, but no true chyldren of God. It farethHere. 10. Rom. 7. Prou. 25. Phil. 2. by the braggers of thys fre wyll as by hym which boaſteth that ſumtyme he had a fayre howſe, where as now ys neyther roſe nor wall. A tyttle yt hath that ſoche a thynge ther was, but yt ys nothynge leſſe in effect. Fayne wolde yowr ſcole doctours with ther vnſauerye ſophyſtrye make ſumThe papyſtes boro of the pelagyanes and Manychees. what of yt, yf they coudebrynge yt ſo to paſſe. Somtyme with the pelagyanes ye garnyſhe yt with the excellent gyftes of nature. And whan that wyll not ſerue, with the ſubtyle manychees ye preuent yt with a grace, leaſt the firſt entraunce of ſynne ſchuld be imputed vnto yt, beſydes that ye borowe of the Iouynyanyſtes, Iacobytanes,All one are they in opynyon with the anabaptiſtes. priſcyllyanyſtes, predeſtynates and other heretyques more. Fynallye with the anabaptyſtes ye graūt it in owr powr to fulfyll the cōmaundementes of god. Thus are ye all one in opinion with heretyques olde and newe, and yet ye pretende to be cōdempners of thē. If God be the worker of all good thinges, as he reporteth himſelfeEſay. 44 Ephc. 1. Iacob. 2. Math. 10. Ioan. 14. Rom. 9. in Eſaye. If he worketh all in all, accordynge to hys owne pleaſure. If all goodneſſe cometh frō the father of lyght. If we can not ſpeake a ryght, but in hys ſprete. If non can come to the father but by chriſt. If we be ſaued onlye by the eleccyon of hys grace, what can owr fre wyll do? Canne we meryte grace with ſynne? or deſerue to be ryghtouſed by folye? O blynde beaſtesHypocrytes geue al to thēſelues, block heades, ād hypocrites, lerne ones to be wyſe and godlye, and to referre more vnto god and leſſe to your ſelues.

6 Ye ſaye yf we allowe not thys fredome in mannys wyll, we make god the auctour of ſynne. Yowr argument is asAn olde argumēt of pelagius. yow are, vnlerned, fantaſtycall, and doltyſhe. Thys wyſe reaſon of yowrs came firſt frō Pelagius the firſt fynder out and mayntener of your fre wyll, as wytneſſeth ſaynt Auſtin i hypognoſtico. Loo (ſaythAuguſtinusi hypo gnoſtioc verſus finem. he to the pelagyanes) bycauſe your beſt be loue or fre wyll, whō ye haue ſo moche commended, hath conceyued lewdeneſſe, engendred ſynne, ād brought forth deathe ye conſtytute god the author of ſynne. Ye call both hym and hys apoſtle a tēpter ofGod is not the cauſer of ſynne. Iaco. • . yll menne, bycauſe (after your opynion) he hath created the thinges that prouoketh them to euyll, and ſo cauſeth them to peryſhe. But ſaynt Iames cleareth thys, ſaynge. That manne is tempted, drawne, and allured of hys owne concupiſcence, which is now hādefaſt to your fre will. The gentyles (ſayth chriſoſtome) vndyſcretelye notethChriſoſtomus Hom. 4. ſuper Ioannem. chriſt a deſtroyer of the peple, for that he called them with ſo moche gentylneſſe and not brought them in by compulſyon. Vvhat are theſe els, but the frutes of mennys wyſdome and blaſphemouſe fantaſyes? The ſcriptur ſayth that God commaunded Semei to curſe Dauid. He reſerueth2. reg. 16. Prou. 16. Eſa. 54. 3, reg. 22. Rom. 1. Eccl. 11. Amos. 3. the wycked vnto an euyll daye. He maketh the waſter to deſtroye. He promiſeth to be a lyenge ſprete in the mouthe of all falſe prophetes. He hath geuen menne vp to ther hartes deſyre to worke vncomlye thynges. Good and yll, lyfe and deathe cō meth all of the lorde. Is there anye plage (ſayth Amos) or my ſhappe in a cyte, that is not of the lordesdoynge? with ſoche other more. And ſchall we ſaye for theſe, that he is the author of ſynne? No, GodNune. 23. 2. para. 19 is not in caſe as is manne, that he can lye, or do anye other wyckedneſſe. That is ſin ne in manne, is eternall ryghtouſneſſe inMichaell bononien in. 2. ſent. hym, as wytneſſeth, all the ſentencyoners in amaner. I maruele therfor what my lorde wyll ſtande to, whā neyther the ſcripturs nor yet hys owne doctours can ſerue hym. Lete neuer the pott earthe in the handes of the potter reaſō what veſſel he willHie. 18. Rom. 9. Prou. 15. Eccl. 3. Eſa. 38. make hym, leaſt he be brokē in hys anger for ſerchynge ſo hygh thinges. He that mekeneth hymſelfe ſchall fynde grace. Sure we are that non can peryſhe, which fayth fullye obeyeth hys callynge. For he is of infinite mercye. If any be loſt for not obey enge it, the faute is thers and not hys.

DEd not I tel ye afore, we ſchuld notMy lorde bonerproueth hymſelfe a fowle lyar. nede to ſeke farre to proue yow a lyar, for your owne confeſſyō wolde do it? ye ſaye theſe bokes are ageynſt good workes, and ye declare here what good workes ye meane. Specyally faſtynge (ye ſaye) prayer, and almes dede. I maruelé ye are not aſhamed, to be ſo double of your wordes. A fore ye ſayd, there was in theAlwayes hath antichriſt a ſhameleſſe face. Daniel. 8 ſachell a boke of prayer made by Luther and here now ye ſaye, they are ageynſt prayer. Of prayer ād ageinſt prayer is not all one, by anye godlye mannys iudgement. But fyrſt lete vs go to good workes. If it be a good worke to abhorre vnfaythfulneſſe, to deteſt Idols, toAll theſe are good workes and requiaed in thoſe bokes. ſhurne hypocreſye to repent wyckedneſſe, to reſort to chriſt, to ſeke hys glorye alone, to obeye chriſten rewlers of lone, to lyue after Gods cōmaundemētes, to praye without ſuperſticion, to brynge vp yow the in vertu, with ſoche other like, thā are yow a moſt wycked blaſphemer. For allTher monye ſacricesare not in thē cō mended. they are in theſe bokes moſt erneſtlye deſyred. Marrye in dede the good workes that myght make to the fyllynge of your ſpirituall purſes, are not there greatlye cared for and that is the cauſe of yowr great anger.

2 As moche care yow for true faſtyngeEccle. 34. Za. h. 7. Eſayc. 58 Luce. 6. Baruch. 2 (whych is to ceaſe from ſynne, and to do the workes of mercye) as doth the deuyll of hell. Vvhan delyuer yow the oppreſſed? Vvhan dyſolue yow vngolye promiſes? whan hūger yow for the ryght ouſneſſe of God? Abſtynēce from meates maketh vs not Gods ſeruauntes. For than were the deuyll moſt holye, which neuer eateth nor drynketh. The faſtynge that yeMath. 6. 1. Tim. 4. Euſebius in hiſtor. Eccl. 11. 5. ca. 16. 17. • . 18. call vpon doth Chriſt name hypocreſye, and ſaint paule the doctrine of deuyls. Mō tanus a peruerſe heretyque was the fyrſt that made the lawes of compulſyon in faſtynge, whom yow ſtyll occupye to thys preſent daye. Ageynſt whom at the ſame tyme wrote Melciades, Appolonius, and Serapion with other notable fathers, and therfor, ye had nede to condēpne ther bokes alſo, The cauſe now whye ye take ſoche peynes in thys matter, ys to holde vp (yf it may be) your lēt made by pope TheBlondus & platina in vitis pontificū Roma. oleſpherꝰ, your ēbrynge dayes ordayned of pope Calixtusthe firſt, your fryday faſt cōfermed by pope leo the fort, as wytneſſeth maſter Eckius, your ſatturdaye vygyle cōſtytute by pope Innocent the firſt and pope Gregorye the ſeuenth, wyth yowr rogacyons and ſayntes vygyls. Se yow to yt that ſoche ware fall not to the groū de for breakynge, A wonderfull thynge is it that yow (whoſe god ysyour bellye)Phil. 3. Baptiſta man ••• nus aeglo ga. 1. doth call ſo moche vpon abſtynence. No menne doth leſſe occupye yt than yow, whych daylye ſtuffe your panches to the verye vomete. No manne can make vs beleue, ye wolde euer take ſoch peynes, were there not more profyght to be had vpon the callynge on than vpon the obſeruacyon therof. Saint Paule ſayth, thatRom. 14. 1. Cor. 8. Hebr. 13. Act. 11. the kyngedome of god ys not meare and drynke, but peace and Ioye in the holye ghoſt. Good is it (ſayth he) not to ſtablyſhe the hart with meates, but with grace.

3 And as concernynge prayer, who is more ageynſt it thā yow? whych hath clerelye changed the ryght vſe of yt into a brawlynge in the temple and a bletynge in the ſtretes, in a foren ſpeche and in the3. reg. 18. Eſa. 29. Mat. 6. Act. 10. ſyght of menne, where as Chriſt hath required yt to be ſecretlye done and frō the hart with out moche bablynge, Theſe manye clogges alſo haue ye layed vpon yt to confoūde yt altogether, your canonicall houres, mattens, maſſe, proceſſyon, ſenſynge,The hypocrites burdens and yokes confoundynge prayer ſayntes honorynge, holydayes, euenſonge, complyne, letanyes, inuocacyons, knelynge to Images, dyryges for the dead owr ladyes pſalters, with baptyſed belles bedes, organes, ſonge, waxe, lyght, pycturs, rellyques, banners, croſſes, aultres. holye water, and the deuyll and all of ſoche Idolatro uſe beggerye. Ye bynde it fynallyeMore ſuperſtycyouſe than mahomete. to the cyrcumſtaūce of place and tyme more ſuperſtycyouſlye than euer ded Mahomete with all hysfalſe prophetes, enforcynge the poore cōſcyences of the ſymple to the cōfydēce of creaturs. Ye haue (ſayth the prophete Amos) ſett vp tabernacles toAmos. 5. Leuit. 20 yowr God Moloch (whych ys all that ye worſhypp beſydes God, after rabi Moyſes) and the fygurs of yowr Idols, to haue them worſhhpped. All theſe do the lordeEſa. 1. Hier. 6. zach. 7. Doctours tell yow by hys prophetes that he doth abhorre, ād yet ye beleue yt not. Ageynſt yow alſo in theſe pointes, are ſaint Iohan chriſoſtome, Cipryane, Cyrill, Auſtyn, Hierome, Ambroſe, Clement, fulgencius and other, I maruele therfor ye condempne them not.

4 No menne maye with leſſe honeſteThe artycle of almes. complayne of them whych are ageynſt almes than yow. For nō hath bene ſo great ennemyes vnto yt as yow, whych hathcuer ſens your begynnynge conſumed the patrymony of the poore. Remember whatThe clergye hath robbed the poore emprours, kynges, dukes, and other menne of power hath leſt in yowr handes to the behoue of the ſycke, nedye, impotent, halt, lame, and blynde, and what they haueHiere. 23. luce. 6. zach. 11. Daniel. 14. now of it at your handes, and hardelye leaue ſekynge of motes in other mennys eyes, iudgynge yowr ſelues verye yll ſtewardes. Cōſydre alſo your daylye pollage in offerynges, confeſſyons, deuocyōs tythes, courtes of bawdrye, and ſoch other, wherin with out iuſt tyttle of Chriſtes goſpell, ye ſucke vp the ſweate, and eate vp the labour of the poore māne that ysmore vertuoſe than you, deuourynge aEccl. 34. Ezech. 16 Math. 23. great camel for ſtrayninge out a g • at, or doynge a thynge of nought. Vvhat your almes ys to the poore, ſpecyallye yf they be of god, ye haue largelye inſtruct vs by Iohan porter whom ye latelye famyſhedBonners almes vpon Iohā porter. or els ſtrangled vpp in newgate, and by other more that hath ſelt your benyuolēt charite. Soche a benefactour are ye to faſtynge, prayer, and almes dedes, that ye cā do ſoche myracles yet. Ye can murther the lyuynge ſayntes, and make ye aduocates of them that are dead, though ther endesAmbroſi us in epis tolam ad Roma. 1. were doubtful. Ye can dāpne them for heretyques, and ſett vp the other for ſayntes. Ye canne burne the bodyes of the lyuynge, and decke the graues of the dead for auauntage. For ſoth great ys your charyte I dare ſaye ſo moche for yow, that there was no martir thys fyue hondreth yeare, ſens ſathan was throughlye at large, that hath not bene putt to deathe by your holyeByſſhoppes almes ys to makemartirs generacyō, ſo Good almes menne are ye, Lete other menne iudge therfor whether ye be ageynſt yt or naye. Neuer are Good workes ſpoken ageynſt but whan yowr abhomynacyons are touched. Soche myſtes ye haue ſtyll, to blynde the eye ſyght of the worlde wyth.

5 Now come ye in with confeſſyō inThe artycle of confeſſyon. the eare, that theſe heretyque bokes ſchuld be ageynſt that alſo. But ye ſpeake nothynge of confeſſyon to god ād owr neyber whan we offende them, (whych onlyePſal. 32. Apoc. 18. Hirem. 6 are allowed in the ſcirpturs for they brynge in no ſwete profyghtes with thē. Some of the frutes of thys your eare confeſſyon, haue I tolde yow afore. Notwithſtandynge whan newe occaſyōs be offred newe matters cometh oft to remembraunce. Gracianus monachus the firſt ſowerGracianꝰ diſt. 1. de penitēcia et Gloſſator. togyther of your popyſhe lawes, in the firſt dyſtynccyon of penaunce, leaueth it all in doubt whether a manne be bounde to confeſſe hymſelfe to a preſt or no, beynge onlye but an ordynaunce of manne. The grekes (he ſayth) were neuer bounde bycauſe they receyued not the ſame conſtytucyon. Begonne yt was in dede at conſtantynoplezozomenus in hiſtoria tripert li. 9. ca. 35. by Nectarius the byſſhopp, and by hym ageyne putt downe vpon thys occaſyon. A gentyll woman confeſſed there to a preſt, and enioyned to faſt and praye in the churche, was in the tyme of her penaunce conſtuprate by an holye deakon, whych toke great peynes there in the ſaynt warye, to obſerue the vowe of chaſtyte. And therfor vpon the peplesCiprianꝰ Epiſto. 11. exclamacyon, yt was vtterlye there dyſſolued ageyne. Chriſoſtome ſayth ypon the. 12. chapter to the hebrues. I ſay not vntochriſoſtomus hom 31. in epiſtolam ad hebr. Ambroſius ſuper lucam. the that thu ſchuldeſt bewraye thyſelfe abrode neyther yet accuſe thyſelfe before other. But I wyll that thu obeye the prophete whych ſayth, Shewe vnto the lorde thy waye. Peter mourned ād wept (ſayth ſaynt ambroſe) bycauſe he erred as a manne, but I fynde not what he ſayd. I knowe that he wept, and I reade of hys teares, but I reade not of hys ſatiſfaccyon. Vvhat haue I to do with menne (ſayth ſaynt Auſtyn)Auguſtinus li. 10 confeſſio. num ca. 3. that they ſchuld heare my conſcyence, as though they coude heale all my dyſeaſes? here ys a curyouſe and a byſye kynde of menne, to knowe an other mannys lyfe, and a ſlowe ſort to amende ther owne. Vvherfor ſeke they to heare of me what a manne I am, whych wyll not heare of the (o lorde) what ther ſelues be? SocheThe olde doctours are ageīſt eare confeſſyon. ſentences are there innumerable amonge the olde doctours both grekes and latynes, I maruele therfor that my lorde doth not bagge them vp and condempne them at paules croſſe. All thys yet denyeth not owr cōmynge to the preſt for counſell, in caſe he be a ſober wyſe māne ād lerned in the ſcripturs. For the lorde ſayth, we ſchal1. Eſdre. 7 Aggei. 2. Oſee. 5. Malach. 2 Hier. 23. Mat. 7. Act. 20. Ezech. 13. ſeke the lawe at the mouthe of the preſt, but not nombre our ſynnes in a bōdage▪ we ſchall requyre to be taught, but not coacted to accuſe owr ſelues. But yf he be a blaſphemouſe and vnlerned papyſt (as the moſt of them are) we ought to ſhurne hym as the moſt noyful poiſon. For in thē hath confeſſyon bene a ſure holde of conſpyrycye and treaſon thys fyue hondreth years and more, as all the cronycles wytneſſeth.Captayne cobler ād maſter Aſke. That made captayne cobler and maſter aſke full notable captaynes, ād rayſed them vp a valeaunt armye in ther late pylgrymage of grace.

6 More ouer, theſe bokes (ſayth my lorde) are ageynſt the vowe of chaſtyte. yea, ſo ys my lorde alſo wyth hys wholeMath. 12. 2. Cor. 11 Iude. 1. 2. Pet. 3. generacyon, yf we ſpeke of that chaſtyte that ſaynt Paule commendeth in the coryntheanes, beſydes ther fornycacyon, whoredome, ſodometrye, ſacrylege, and all other fylthyneſſe els. I wolde fayneEzech. 16 Apoc. 17. &. 19. Prou. 6. Pſal. 17. Hebr. 12. Eccl. 13. but knowe how they coude be chaſt, hauynge an execrable whore to ther mother, ād they brought vp in whory ſhneſſe all the dayes of ther lyfe. Canne hys clothes be vnbrent that hath fyre in hys boſome? Is yt poſſyble that he hath whole fete whych euermore goeth vpō hote cooles? Naye, who ſo toucheth pytche, wyth the ſame ſchall be defyled. what haue yow els to kepe your chaſtyte wyth but Idle vanitees? All the worlde knoweth, ye abhorrePapyſtes abhorre holye ſcripturs. the ſcrypturs, and all godlye verytees els, whych ſchulde make ye chaſt. If menne want probacyons of thys, lete them come hyther and proue thys doctryne of yours and they ſchall fynde yt ſo true as ys poſſyble. Fewe exāples haue we of your honeſt lyuynge, but innumerable of your fylthyneſſe.linthprandus ticinē ſis li. 2. ca. 13. Iohan the. 10. pope of that name was begote in aduouterye by pope Sergius of an whore called Marozia in the tyme of hys holye papacye. Pope Iohan the. 13. by Iohā the. 12. alſo, after ſoche an other contynēt ſort. Betwixt an holye nōne andIoannes textor, & a preſt were borne at one tyme Petrus lō bardus the maſter of yowr ſentences or ſcole dyuynyte, Petrus commeſtor the maſterhenricus agrippa de anne monogamia. of your hyſtoryes, and Gratianus monachus the compyler of yowr canon Iawes. And wyth the doctrine of theſe. 3. frutes of one fornycacyon, hath both the churche and the ſcripturs bene corrupted theſe. 4. hondreth years, yet are they not brought to yowr ſatchel. Phylypp the holyevolateranus, & loannes textor, in officinis. abbott of valliſolett and archebyſſhopp of hiſpalis in ſpayne, kept hys owne brother Alphonſus wyfe called Chriſtyane the kynge of denmarkes dowter, he beynge a lyue. Petrus mendoſa the cardynall of valence in the ſame regyon occupiedGermanus quidam. helyſabeth the wyfe of kynge Ferdinandns, and had by her. 2. baſtardes he beynge alſo alyue, beſydes other wōders whych are not to be named. Ower laſt cardynall Thomas wolſaye was not all behyndeThe cardynall of englande wolſaye Pope Iulius. wyth hys part, as apereth by maſter wynter, and other more abrode. what buſyneſſe popeIulius made wyth the cardynall of Nātes to haue had the occupyē ge of. 2. yonge laddes whych the frenche quene Anne had commytted unto hym to be brought vp in vertu, yt wolde abhorre anye māne to heare, and therfor I wryte yt not. Soche noble ſtewes ded pope SixtusHenricus agrippa, de incerti tudine ſci enciarum. buylde at Rome in hys tyme, as yet bryngeth in yearlye more than. 20. thouſande duckates to the augmentacyon of ſaynt peters patrimonye. Iohā ſtokyſlaye yowr predeceſſour, a myghtye mayntener of that vowe, dyed not wythout yſſue, as hys frutes declareth not farre out of london. Neyther yet wyllyam warhamThe chaſt examples of owr tyme in the byſſhops. the olde archebyſſhopp of caunterburye, whoſe increaſe ys wele knowne in kēt, beſydes hys dallyaunce wyth the holye mayde there. Manye prodygyouſe wonders are yet tolde in ſothfolke by ſerten worſhypfull gentylwomen of Rychard nyxe the blynde byſſhopp of norwych (whych putt maſter bylneye the true martyr of god to moſt cruell death by the coū ſellThomas bylneye the verye martyr of god. of P • lles and Godſalue) beſydes hys contynuall occupyenge wyth the balyes wyfe of hoxton. Dyuerſe fyne tryckes of good relygyouſe bawdrye wrought by byſſhopp Brygett, kyte, and vnderwode, all thre holye p̄lates, are not yet all forgote amonge the peple. Not manye yearsSpirituall prouyſyō for the holye vowe of chaſtyte ago a byſſhopp remoued a nonne from ycklyngton in cambryge ſhere, vnto dat forth in kent whych hath had in her tyme a good honeſt increaſe, I coude name them both yf I lyſt. wylye wyncheſter alſo hath not wrought ſo warelyein the wanton workes of venus ſens hys 21. years, but he hath bene ſmelled out of ſome partyes, beſydes the ſtore that heThe ſtewes of lō don. Deut. 23. Apoc. 2. is ſteward of for the common welthe of the cyte. The peple of Iſrael were longe without whores, lyke as God had commaunded them. But owr Nycolaytanes condempnynge the ſcripturs and all godlye ordre, wyll haue no common welthe without them, hycauſe they wyll haue aforeBaruch. 6 Pſal. 49. God ther porcion with theues and aduouterers. There is yet alyue an other byſſhop in Englande which ſchall be nameleſſe at thys tyme, that kept a mannys wyfe and my coſyne. 20. years ago, before he was byſſhopp, whom I chaunſed toAduowtery of. 20 years hurteth no ſpirituall vowe. Manye wonderfull examples are in the cronycles. fynde ſyttynge at hys table within theſe .iiij. years. If I ſchuld recyte all the wholſom frutes of your chaſt vowe, which I haue redde in cronycles and hyſtoryes, ād knowne by your exāples beſydes forth, manye menne wolde maruele that ye ſynke not to hell with yowr prodygiouſe chaſtyte. For innumerable knaueries hath your holye abbottes, priors, doctors, preſtes, perſons, curates, and relygiouſe (as ye cal thē) done. Some one ghoſtlye father of yowrs hath for hys lyfe tyme corrupted an hondreth nonnes and maydes, ſome. 2. hondreth that we rede of, ſome more ſomeIoan boccacius &, Pogius. leſſe, and yet haue they bene chaſt geldynges and good wyuelleſſe virgyns. So longe as they haue not marryed, all hath bene wele. For ſome of ther doctoursHenricus Agrippa aduerſus louanienſes. Spirituall rentes. Hericus a grippa de incertitudine ſcien ciarum. hath not bene aſhamed to write yt, that monkes and preſtes hath not vtterlye for ſworne whoredome, but marriage only. It is no ſmall ſōe of moneye that ſome of yow in the worlde and yowr notaries taketh of preſtes for whore kepinge, and al is (I knowe well) for the abatemēt of that vowe, which ye call your ſeconde baptym. Henricus agrippa doth teſtyfye that a ſertē byſſhopp boaſted at hys table, that he had in hys dyoceſe a .xi. thouſande preſtes, which paeyd yearlye a frenche crowne a pece for whore kepynge, beſydes thecap. 64. pryce of occupyenge with other mennys wyues. And therfor it is no maruele though it ſtyll be maynteyned, and matri monye put backe, for the profyghtes ther of are ſwete,

☞ 7 Now commeth in the ſoreſt matterMarryage of Byſſhops deteſted moſt of all. of all, and that doth moſt erneſtlye moue yow. And that is the marryage of preſtes. Afore were theſe bokes ageynſt frewyll, faſtinge, prayer, ād ſo forth, which in the kynde ye vſe them, are your owne propre wares. Now are they with marriage, which is nō of yours. Ye vtterlye for1. Tim. 4. ſake it as a thynge hurtfull to your holye orders, whych whoredō ād buggerye cā not defyle. Though God the father hath inſtytute yt, God the ſonne conſecrate it,Gene. 2. Ioan. 2. Prou. 8. and God the holye ghoſt moche commended it in the ſcripturs, yet is it not wholſō for yow. Though it were in Abraham, Iſaac, ād Iacob, i Moyſes, Aaron, and Samuel, in Gedeō, Iob, ād Tobias, a waye of rightouſneſſe in the lordes ſight. ThoughGala. 3. Luce. 1. Math. 1. Luce. 2. 1. cor. 9. it were in Zacharye the preſt and Helyſabeth hys wyfe a walkynge before hym without rebuke. Yea, though Ieſus chriſt were borne vnder it, and his bleſſed mother lyued longe in it, and the apoſtles embraced it, yet is it no honeſt ſtate of lyuynge for yow, for your office (ye ſaye) is aboue all thers. Though ſaynt Paule doth ſaye that wedlock is honorable amongeHebr. 13. 1. theſ. 4. Ephe. 5. 1. tim. 4. all peple, and the chambre therof vndefyled. Though he ſayth alſo that God wyll condempne aduouterers and whore kepers, and that the forbyddynge therof is the verye doctryne of deuyls, all that can not moue yow. Though the primatyueEuſebius. Platina. Nauclerꝰ Apo. 20. churche had it in great pryce, and ſo ſtyll ded vſe it tyll Sylueſter the 2. ded fatche the deuyll fron hell by his nicromancye (where as he was a fore tyed vp for a thouſande years) to ſeale the obligacyon of his papacye. yet do yow take it for carnall be aſtlineſſe, bycauſe maſter Eckius doth ſoIoan. Eckius. report it, which neuer the leſſe had. 3. baſtardes the ſame ſelfe yeare that he diſputed that matter at lipſia. Oh, verye ſede ofGeneſis. 3. Eſay. 1. Math. 12. Marci. 8. the ſerpent, and cytezens of ſodome. Not without cauſe was it that Chriſt called yow a falſe and an aduouterouſe generaciō. Full wele knewe he what we ſchuld haue of yow, the heauenlye father be mercyfull vnto vs. Vvith all abhominacionsStyll ymagyne they fylthyneſſe. haue you fylled the worlde, and yet to thys daye Imagyne ye non other thynge. Is your doctrine in thys anye other than the dyrt of the pope, and the fylthye ſhytynges of olde heretyques? The Tacyanes taught that matrymonye was in no caſeIuſtinus. Hirencus. Euſebius. Epiphan. lawfull. The Marcianiſtes wolde admytt nō to baptim, vnleſſe they renoūced wed locke. The Euſtachyanes helde opynyon that non coude be ſaued in marryage. Mō tanus with hys ſect, leadynge women abought, with hym, noted yt a lyght thynge,Alphōſus de caſtro. and ſayd it myght be broke wele ynough. The priſcyllyanyſtes ſeparated the menne from ther wyues, and the womē from ther huſbandes ageynſt ther willes. The Abelynes allowed maryage, butguido per pinianus • lib. de heſibus. no carnall copulacyon therin. The Adamytes improued it as an vncleane thynge for that Adam knewe not hys wyfe before he ſynned. The Nicolaytaynes were of thys opynyon, that wyues ought to be cō mon.Clemēs alexādrinꝰ 3. lib. ſtromatum. Bernardꝰ lutzenburgus. The pope agreth with al heretyques a ageynſt marriage. The Cataphrygeanes, Catharyſtes, and Tartulyanyſtes, condempned for aduoutrye the marryage of widowes. The Eſſeanes, Nouacyanes, Carpocracianes, Apoſtolyckes, Iouynyaniſtes, and other more, hath opinion of matrimonye in dyuerſe other reſpectes. Laſt of all commeth your holye father of Rome with hys rable of rutters, myters, hattes, hoodes, cappes, crownes, conyes ſkynnes, cattes tayles, in all maner of colours and proporcyons, and he hath an ore with them all, as an vpholder of al heretiques ageynſt this holy eſtate. Yea, holy I ſay ageyn, though it be vnreuerentlye vſed of manye. For itTher vowes maketh innumerable ſodomites maketh neyther whore keper not ſodomyte as yowr chaſtyte doth daylye innumerable. Vyhan now in thys latter age, thys buyldinge of yowrs through the goſpell preachynge ſuffred a great earthquake, and was lyke to fall to the grounde without recouer, commeth forth maſterIoā Ecki. Eckius a verye connynge artifycer in the ſe workes of yours, and he vnderproppeth it with an olde broken ſparre. MarryageDe celiba tu clericorum decre tū Calixti. maye be graūted to no preſt (ſayth he) by no maner of diſpenſacion, for the vowe that is ānexed to ther chaſtite. And for the eſtablyſhment of thys doctrine, he bryngeth in the inhibicion made by pope Calixtus, bycauſe no ſcripturs wyl ſerue hym. But where as he ſayth with noHenricus Agrippa. ſmall cyrcumſtaūce, to make hys matter good, that the pope neuer yet diſpenſed with that vowe, He lyeth of hys holye father. Raphael volateranus ſayth that a ſertenVoleteranus & Sabellicus. Lambertus ſhafna burgenſis monachus monke called Nicolas marryed Anne the duke of venys dowter by the popes conſent. Burghardus the prouoſt of tryere or vttereth in Germanye had to wyfe the prince of the ruzeanes ſyſter by the diſpē ſacyon of pope Gregorye the. 7. otherwiſe called hyldebrande, the ſame ſelfe yeare he inhybited the maryage of preſtr̄es. Pope pelagius ded create a biſſhopp at ſyracuſaDiſt. 28. canonū. in the lande of ſycill, and he had both wyfe and chyldren. Henricus agrippa maketh mencion of a Cardinall in Rome, whom the Pope permytted to take a wyfe in maryage, and at hys pleaſure to returne ageyn to hys cardinalſhypp afterAgrippa aduerſꝰlouanienſes Achilles & paulus phrigio. he had chyldren, without anye maner of irregularyte. Colomannus the byſſhopp of uaradyne, left that ſpiritual office and was made kynge of hungarye by the Popes dyſpenſacyon of purpoſe to haue yſſue, about the yeare of owr lorde. M. lxxvi. and regned there .xix. years. Daniel aGaguinus & paulus Phrigio. preſt was lyke wyſe conſtytute kynge of fraunce by a lyke dyſpenſacion, and was called after warde Chylpericus, gouernynge that regyon the ſpace of .iij. years. Petrus Elſacius a preſt and elect ByſhoppIacobus meyer in Cronicis flandrie. of Cameryk, was dubbed a knyght and marryed leonor the counteſſe of nyuerne, which had bene called Sybyll. Reme lius a monke beynge aged, was taken out of hys monaſterie by the popes lycēs,Robertus abbas mō tenſis. and made kynge of Aragone after the diſſeace of hys father Sanccius about the yeare of owr lorde, a thouſande a C. and lx. ād had by hys wife Mawde a dowter which was afterwarde marryed to Raymondus the erle of Barchinona. Pope CePlatina & nauclerus leſtyne the thirde lycenſed Henrye the. 6 emprour, to haue to wyfe Cōſtaunce kynge Rogers dowter of ſycyll for a yearlye penſyon, whych was a profeſſed nonne at panorme. Fredericus dongianus was releacedIn vita diui alber ti drepanenſis. of hys vowe to the Carmelytes order, ād conſtytute kynge of Sycyll▪ Sardo nye, and Calabre, for the ſyngular cōmodyte of thoſe landes. Mathew the erle of bulleyne marryed Marye kynge Steuens dowter of englande, and had her out ofFlores hiſtoriarum anglie. Iacobus guiſianus in ānalibus hānonie. ramſaye abbeye where as than ſhe was ab baſſe, ād had. 2. dowters by her called Ida and Matilda. Bochardus auenienſis a man ne of great byrthe and lernynge forſoke hys preſthode and benefyces (whych than he had manye) ād Ioyned hymſelfe in we diock to Margarete, the emprour Baldewyne of conſtantynoples dowter, and had manye fayr chydren by her, pope Gre gorye the. 9. after moche ſute and expēſes iudgynge yt godlye. Iohan the baſtardePolydorus in cro nicis āglo rum li. 10 ſonne of Fardynandus beynge a cyſteane monke was conſtytute kynge of portyngale, Iohan of gaunte thā beynge duke of lācaſtre ād kynge of caſtele geuynge hym hys dowter Phylypp to marrye after that he had in the yeare of owr lorde. 1388. optayned a dyſpenſacyon of pope vrbanus the. 6. Iames the laſt kynge of cypres beynge byſſhopp of Nycoſe not longe aforeAchilles et paulus phrigio. was permytted of pope paule the ſeconde to haue a Venecyane to wyfe, to that intent that hys lande ſchuld become the Venecyanes, as yt now ys in dede. In lyke caſe Canutus, whych had bene a profeſſedAlbertus crantz. monke. 6. years at clunyake, was dyſpenſed wyth for moneye to haue a wyfe. Sowas a ſertē abbott of Redynge here in Englande. So was vrſynus a preſt of nurſiaIoannes rauiſius textor. vo lateranus et nauclerus. and a great nombre els, as we fynde in dyuerſe cronycles ād wrytynges. Vvhye ſchuld ſoche a furyouſe beaſt than ſo ſhamefullye lye, to eſtablyſhe an errour of de uyllyſheneſſe? But that he ys ignoraunt in the hyſtoryes, and alſo that ſoche dyrtye doctrine ſtandeth onlye by lyes. IoannesIoannes tex tor & pogius Damaſus platina & nauclerus Ranulphus ceſtrenſis in policroni co .li. 7. Ca. 2. andreas (whom they call the fountayne of ther canon lawe) was a preſtes ſonne, ſo was Franciſcus phylelphus that famouſe oratour and poete, ſo was my lorde Boner of london by report of hys next neybers, wyth dyuerſe other more. I reade of more than. 13. popes that had preſtes to ther fathers. I moche maruele where ther vowe of chaſtyte dwelte in thoſe dayes. Soche tyme as contencyon was betwyn Lanfrancus and Thomas norman the arche byſſhopp of yorke for the prehemynence of Caunterburye, he proued hym a preſtes ſonne before pope Alexandre the ſeconde. Eckius wolde fayne haue ſum • yncheſter helpeth Eckiꝰ with hys xxi. yeares. what to proue a thynge of nought, but yt cōmeth ſcant wyſelye to paſſe. Than worketh wyncheſter on the other ſyde wyth hys one and twentye years, to holde vpp thys broken byldynge of vnadduyſed vowes and as vnaduyſedlye made. If theſe 2. ſtoles holde not, we are lyke to fall to the grounde wyth owr vnchaſt vowe, for theſe are the laſt ſtayes1. Reg. 25. Marci. 14. Math. 14. Act. 23. in that matter. Therfor ſtande faſt now or els neuer. Vvhan Dauid made a ſolem pne vowe to deſtroye Nabal and all that Belonged vnto hym, Peter to ſtande by hys maſter to the deathe, Herode to graunte what ſo euer Herodias dowter axed, And the xl. menne at Hieruſalem neyther to eate nor drynke tyll they had ſlayneHerode onlye perfourmed hys vowe. Paule, were aboue .xxi. years of age. Yet was there non of them that perfourmed hys vowe but Herode, whan yt had bene better for hym to haue brokē yt, for all the ſtandynge of a kynges worde. wyncheſter alſo was beyonde that age whan he made hys ſolēpne vowe in Cā bryge to be the popes true ſeruaunte, yet hath he ſens made a vowe to the contrarye, and broken that alſo in maynteynynge a freſhe the ſame dyrtye doctrine of his. If ye wyll nedes haue ſoche voweswyncheſter hath broken hysvow • on both ſydes. obſerued, ſett vp your monaſteryes and cloyſters ageyne. Lete them haue ageyne the howſes ye toke from them, yf ye wyll haue the ſame relygyon kept. Geue them not abrode more occaſyons to fall, and than ponnyſhe them worſe than afore. Oh tyrannye tyrannye, God gaue ye to knowe the abhomynable frutes of thatvnmercyfull tyranny deſtroynge bodye and ſowle. ſtynkynge vowe in the generall vyſytacyon of abbeyes and pryoryes, yet wyll ye ſtyll yoke the poore wretches wyth yt. So vnmercyfull are ye to that peple, whom ye ought to gyde and not to deuoure, to norryſhe and not thus ſhamefullye to deſtroye. Vvolde ye conſydre yowr owne lyues in that behalfe, yezach. 11. Ezech. 13. 1. Petri. 5. Iude. 1. Luce. 11. 2. Tim. 4. Rom. 14. Ioan. 8. ſchuld fynde them bad ynough. Ye ſnare ther conſcyences wyth that ye ought to take from them (whych ys ſynne) were ye as ye ſchuld be. All that ys beſydes the wyll of the ſprete and the ſacred ſcripturs. (as ys that popyſhe vowynge) ys playne Idolarrie and wyckedneſſe. Parauēture ye wyll now laſhe at me wyth Eckiꝰ firſt argumēt vpō, Vouete et reddite,Pſal. 75. Deut. 23. ſaynge wyth dauid. Vowe ād perfourme, promyſe and paye. But than ye muſt take with yow the clauſe that foloweth,Ione. 2. whych is. Onnes qui in circuitu eius affertis munera. All you rounde about that brynge offerynges with yow. Here are no monkyſhe vowes mencyoned, for thereNo monkyſhe vowe but obedyence vnto God. were no ſoch ſhorne ſodomytes in thoſe dayes. Here is no chaſtyte called vpon, for yt was ſpoken to them that had wyues Not withſtandynge marryage is a chaſtyte, or a gyft of God to auoyde fornycacyon. But herin was than requyred a faythfull obedyence vnto god in the fulfyllynge of hys commaundementes, ād no ſo8. reg. 15. 1. pet. 2. Nume. 25 Eccl. 5. Baruch. 6 domytycall ſacrifice to Belphegor as ye wolde haue yt yet ſtyll. In folyſhe vowes (ſayth the wyſe manne) hath the lorde no pleaſure. I coude tell ye wonders of chyldren that hath bene buryed in the lakes, for ſauynge the honour of that vowe,Myracles done for that holy vowe. wyth other maruels els, but I lete yt alone for thys tyme. The vtteraunce of yowr vertuouſe examples in that holye obſeruacyō, myght teach more myſchefe thā goodneſſe. To confute thys obieccyon of yours Saynt Paul ſayd he had no commaundement1. Cor. 7. 1. Tim. 3. Gal. 3. for vyrgynyte. Moche leſſe than for a popyſhe promes, or a ſnare of the deuyl If we ſchuld (ſayth he) obſerue the vowes thā vſed, we ſchuld haue no maner of porcyon with Chriſt. Soche vyllenouſe contempt of matrimonye, ſpryngynge now of late out of Eckius olde dyuynyte and wyncheſters newe canon lawe, hath broughtEckius and wyncheſter. 1. reg. 17. Deut. 28. 2. reg. 12. 2. reg. 16. vpon Dauid for all hys wonderfull vyctorye ouer the lyon, beare, and phylyſtyne, the plage promyſed of the lorde for ſoche vngodlyneſſe, the ſunne lokynge brode vpō yt in the myd daye to no ſmall dyſhonour. I canne not iuſtlye tell whether yow perſeyue yt or no, but wele I wote all the whole worlde els beholdeth yt. And that maye chaunce herafter to apere,Dyſhonoure foloweth of vngodlyneſſe euermore. Thus are they plaged that foloweyll counſell. whan mēne ſchall be occaſyoned to ſeke examples in ſoche purpoſe. I wryte thys with heuyneſte as a premonyſhment afore, lamentynge the thynge and fearynge worſe to folowe yf repentaunce come not in tyme. Vvhere as other mēne maye chaunce after thys with Moyſes and Samuel to deſcribe yt at large, to the warnynge of other in that behalfe, and to owr perpetuall reproche. Vvyth ſoche holye prophetes and coūſellers (as yow are) now a dayes were Ioram, Achab, Ochoſias, Ioachim, Sedechias, and other kynges more of Iſrael and Iuda deceyued, and brought into the great indygnacyon of God.Ioannes nauclerus gen. 36. & Benno cardinalis Thys tyrannouſe coaccyon to fylthyneſſe came in firſt of all by pope Hyldebrāde a ſuperſtycyouſe monke, a nycromanſer, a murtherer and a cruell ſuppreſſer of Chriſten princes, in the yeare from Chriſtes in carnacyon. M .lxxiiij. as all the cronycles mencyoneth. Vvhych Hyldebrande neuer the leſſe that pharaonycall conſtytucyon,Lambertus ſhafna burgenſis mona chus in cronicis. kept Mawde the ducheſſe of lotharye both by the lyfe dayes of her huſbande Gozilon, and alſo after hys deathe, leadynge her abought with hym, and ſhe maynteynynge hym ageyne in myſchefe wyth the great poſſeſſyons that ſhe had there ād in Italye. He toke like wyſe Agnes theSigebertus & Benno cardinalis. emprours mother clerelye from hym, not without a blacke report alſo vpon her ſyde. At the ſame ſelfe tyme begāne the byſſhoppes and great benefiſed preſtes to buylde nonncryes for remedye of that ſore dyſſeaſe. He that ſchall reade the hyſtoryeHermannus ſchedel & wernerus carthuſianus. of V do the archebyſſhop of magdeburgh and prymate of almayne, how he ordred hys nōnes in hys holye vyſytacyōs, ſchall fynde yt no badde matter. Vvhat cōmocyons, ſcyſmes, lyghtenynges, tēpeſtes, earth quakes, ād other terryble mouīges apered at that tyme, yt were a wondre to reherce.Ioannes nauclerus genera. 36 Ex Ioanne capgraue anglo. Amonge all other a Comete was ſeane at that ſeaſon, of whom Elmerus a monke of malmeſburye in Englande gaue thysſentē ce. Art thu come (ſayth he) art thu come? Vnto manye mothers haſt thu brought wo ād ſorowe. I ſawe the longe afore, but now in dede I beholde the more terryble, Euen the verye deſtruccyon of thyslande. Soche an other warnynge brought the laweIacobus mayer in cronicis flandrie. maſter of Turnay in maſſage vnto Coleyne to the emprour at the ſame verye tyme, of a woman prophecyenge that antichriſt was thā in hys full courſe. Vvhych woman ſo vanyſhed awaye and was neuer more ſeane. Yet coude not thys cruell enforcemēt be receyued in Englande, tyllRanulphus ce ſtrenſis & Robertus fabianus in ſuis cronicis. Anſelmus a frenche monke alſo, and arche byſſhopp of Canturburye brought yt in by a ſynode holden at london, in the yeare after chriſtes natyuyte, M. C .ix. whych Anſelme bad longe contended afore with kynge wyllyā rufus and kynge Henrye the firſt for the commodytees of antichryſtes gloryouſe kyngedome, and had than gote the vyctorye of them in dede. YetRanulphus in polycronica li. 7. Ca. 13. Guilhelmus malmeſbury • washe at that tyme ſo accombred with ſo domytes, that he was euerye ſondaye compelled openlye to excommunycate them. After thys kept the preſtes concubynes otherwyſe called whores (for that was more holye than marryage) the ſpace of more than .xv. years, tyll loannes de Cremona an holye legate frō the popes ryght ſyde, came in a great heate from Rome, and toke that from them alſo hy an other coū ſell holden at Paules, hys ſelfe taken wyth an whore the nyght folowynge to begynne the relygyon wyth. Se how buſyeflores hiſtoriarum & henritꝰ huntyngdon .li. 7. thei are yet with al deuylyſhe deuyſes poſſyble to holde vp thys wyckedneſſe ſtyll, whych was begonne with ſoche myſchefes, and hath contynued with fylthyneſſe vnſpekeable. The multytude of preſtes (ſayth Oſeas the prophete) is lykeThe dayly ſtodye of byſſhoppes. an heape of theues, murtherers, bloudthurſtye rauenours, for they haue wrought ab homynacyon. In the deſyre of vnclenlye luſtes (ſayth Heremye) they are become altogyther lyke ranke ſtoned horſe neyengeOſee. 6. Marci. 11. Apoc. 18. hiere. 5. euerye where after ther neybers wyfe. They go about (ſayth the lorde) with ther owne inu • ̄ • yōs, but I ſe thē well ynough. They make the kynge and princes to haue delyght in ther wyckedneſſe and lyes.Oſee. 7. Michee. 3 Hiere. 20 proue. 29 All theſe burne in aduouterye as yt were an ouen that the baker heateth, whan he hath left knedynge. I wyll vyſyte all thoſe (ſayth the lorde alſo by Sophonias the prophete) whych weareth ſtraunge clothynge,Sopho. 1. Math. 23. zacha. 12. Oſee. 10. Gal. 6. Apoc. 18. Hiere. 5. and treadeth ouer the threſholde ſo proudelye, whych fyllther lordes houſe with roborye and falſhede. But now they haue plowed wyckedneſſe they ſchall ſurelye reape ſynne, and eate the frute of lyes wherin the mother ſchall peryſhe wyth her chyldren and the braunches with ther ſtocke, bycauſe they are not the lordes.

STyll is my lorde reparynge hys brokenHiere. 2. Ioſue. 13. Eſaie. 12. Cant. 4. Ioan. 4. pyttes, to holde in the fylthye waters yf it maye be. In no wyſe can he awaye with the wholſom watter, that refreſheth to lyfe euerlaſtynge. All hys neybers wolde he haue of the ſame dyet that he ys of, ſo charytable ys he, makynge thys good prouyſyon for thē. He thynkethByſſhoppes ſeke onlye the ſowles deſtruccyō. god to lacke wytte and hys ſonne dyſcreſſyon, and therfor he wyll non of ther rewles. There ys an other waye whiche pleaſeth hym moche better, and that he wyll haue obſerued in hys dyoceſe, ſo longe as he ys lorde ordynarye of londō.1. Cor. 1 Deut. 12. Eſaie. 5. The law dable rytes and ceremonyes of hys mother the holye churche of Rome whych brought hym vp of a whelpe ād gaue hym the ſwete ſucke frō her pappes,It wyll not away that ys bredde by the bone. The bragges of ſer Iohan. Thynges of no profyht. ſchall not droppe awaye, ſo longe as he maye vpholde them. A ſort of noughtye heretyques hath writtē ageynſt thē now of late, but yt maketh no matter (ſayth owr ſer Iohā) for my lorde hath condēpned all ther bokes in a ſachell. I maruele what my lorde meaneth by all thys ruffelynge abought matters of no wayght nor yet godlyneſſe. In all the newe teſtament ys no mencyon made of theſe .ij. wordes Ceremonyes and Rytes in the latyne, neyther i the Goſpels nor yet in the Epyſtles, neyther in the Actes nor yet i the Apocalyps. I wolde fayne knowe thā what we haue to do wyth them? lyke wyſe in theNo mēcy on of thē in all the ſcripturs. Pſalmes ād Prophetes we rede not of thē by thoſe .ij. termes, ſauynge ones in Ezechiel, ād that ys but a reherſall of thynges done in fygure. In Moyſes .v. bokes and in other hyſtoryall treatyſes are they oft ſpoken of in dede, and there are they toEze. 44. Exod. 18. 3. Reg. 2. Hebre. 9. vs but ſhaddowes of good thynges to come, whych we are at a poynt with, hauynge Chriſt p̄ſēt. yet rytes are there more reprehended than prayſed, as the verye ſuperſtycyouſe cuſtomes of the paganes.2. Para. 28 3. reg. 18 Math. 10. But what doth my lorde meane, yf he ſchuld go to the beſt of them? wyll he make vs Iewes ageyne? wyll he make vs bonde ſeruauntes, and chriſt hathGal. 3. 4. &. 5. Rom. 6. Amos. 5. made vs fre chyldren? Saynt paule ſayth. If we clogge owr ſelues ageyne with that yoke, we fall from grace, we go quyte from chriſt, and hys deathe ſchall profyght vs nothynge. Therfor there ye offreZach. 7. bebr. 7. Thomas aquinas prinia. 2. vs wronge. Your owne lawes and doctrynes beſydes the ſcpiture, graūteth abrogacyon of the lawes ceremonyall. If ye brynge vs in anye rytes therfor taken of the heythen cuſtomes, as are your ſayntes holydayes, your proceſſyons, your letanyes, your dyryges, your ſenſynge of aulters,Heithē cuſtomes are become criſten ceremonyes your knelynge to Images, your callynge vpon dead menne, your kyſſynge of reliques, your coniurynge of ſpretes your conſecracyons, vowes, and ſacrifyces for ſynne, with ſoche other, ye do vs great iniurye alſo. Non that ſetteth hande to the plough (ſayth chriſt) and loketh ageyn backe, ysfytt for the kingedome ofLuce. 9. Gene. 19. Luce. 17. Ioan. 4. god. ye knowe, lothes wyfe for doynge ſoche a feate, was turned into a ſalt ſtone, Chriſt hath ſayd alſo in Iohā, that the true worſhyppers ſchuld worſhypp god onlye in ſprete and in veryte. Than are they the falſe woſhyppers whych worſhyppThe falſe worſhyppers. in outwarde thynges, ſpecyallye the outwarde thynge ſelfe. As for baptym and the ſupper of the lorde are chriſtes holyeBaptim and the ſupper inſtytucyons, and non of your popyſhe ceremonyes. Happye yt ys that ye cā not accuſe theſe beretyque bokes for ſpeakynge ageynſt the ryght vſe of them. Bycauſe of the truſt that the Iewes had in the cō maūdedCeremonyes deteſted of the lorde. ceremonyes, god deteſted them. Here. 7. Eſa. 1. pſal. 50. Amos. 5. zach. 7. ād Mychee. 6. moch more the wātō rytes of your p̄ſcripcyon. The Ceremonyes of criſtē mē (yf ye wyl haue thē ſo called) are now ſpūall offerynges of the hart. 1.The churche ys now all in ſprete. cor. 10. Eph. 5. Col. 3. for the true chriſtē churche ys all frō within. pſ. 44. The outwarde are all for the benyuolence, ayde, confort, and other nedes cōcernynge owr neyber. Tobi. 4. Malach. 2. Rom. 13. Eph. 4. Eccle▪ • . Eſa. 28. Math. 7. 1. Ioā. 3. AndNo ceremonye maye bid the conſcience. though we graunt vnto thoſe that be honeſt and ſemelye for an outwarde comelyneſſe in thynges neceſſarye, yet ought they nat to bynde owr conſcyence or be anye part of owr iuſtyfycacyō. Neyther maye they be ſuperſtycyouſe, or in anye poynt ageynſt chriſtes doctryne. But ſoThe criſtē rytes moſt ſupſtycyouſe of all other. ys owr chriſten relygyon (as you call yt, and as I wolde yt were) clogged with your heythnyſh rytes, that neyther Iewe nor Saracene, Arabyane nor Turke wylcome vnto owr faythe, thynkynge ther owne rytes moch better, as they maye wele ynough. To whom'ye wyl hame vs referre the clauſe that here foloweth, that ysA comparyſō falſelye gathered of Bō ner. to ſaye, Comparynge the maner of weddynge to the beaſtlye faſhyon of a ſawte bytche, we cā not wele tell, ye haue putt yt here ſo dyffuſelye. As wele maye yt extende to yowr ceremonyes as to the bokes, ſtandynge in place here as yt doth. Vvell, we wyll take yt that ye meane theA doubt vndyſcuſſed of my lorde bokes. But than there ys a doubt ageyne, whether ye meane all the bokes or part of thē, bycauſe ye haue not here declared yt. If ye meane all, than haue ye marred your markett in prouynge your ſelfe a lyar, for in dede the moſt of them ſpeaketh lyttleA lyar ys hys lorde ſhypp proued both wayes. or nothynge of marryage. If ye meane ſome one pertycular boke, yet are ye a lyar alſo for falſelye reportynge yt, and ſo ſchall ye be a lyar both wayes. Para uēture yt ſayth (as yt maye fullwell) that your neglygēt preſtes or ignorāt hob lurches doth Ioyne thē togyther, with whoThe popyſhe maner • marryages. ſchall haue thys womā and a fewe other bablynges more, geuynge them no maner of godlye iſtruccyōs how they ſchuld in the feare of god behaue themſelues the one to the other in that comelye eſtate of1. Theſ. 4. Hebr. 13. Gene. 2. lyuynge. Neyther do they tell them what marryage ys, nor yet to what ende yt was inſtyſtute of god. They declare1. Cor. 7. 1. Theſ. 4. Tobie. 3. not vnto them that yt ys an onlye remedye ageynſt fornycacyon, and ought to be vſed with moche honeſte, clenneſſe, and ſoberneſſe, after the Godlye example of Tobias and Sara. But turne them forth togyther with tyrlerye tregobett, neyther barell better hearynge. Hoppe whore, and ronne thefe. I am as good asMy lorde hath here a ſawte bytche of hys owne thu, and I beſure we thy whoreſons hart, tyll they fall to the tryall of the matter for the beſt game to catche thē an heate. And what ys thys els, but dogge and bytche? Is yt ſo haynouſe a matter to tell you of thys? The examples therof are to euydēt a brode. Vvho ſo euer be rebuked for therHereſye ys yt to rebuke the anoynted charmers. vycyouſe lyuynge, your anoynted muſtre maye not be ones touched. Your ſer Nycolas nydypolles maye not ones be blowne vpon, but ſtraytwayes yt muſt be proclamed hereſye. O father of heauen, whan wyll ye be aſhamed of yowr lewdeneſſe? Neyther ſpeake ye here of theTher owne honour here ſought, and not Gods. thynge ſelfe, but of the maner of vſage of the Ceremonye therof callynge yt weddynge and marryage, as though yt were ij. dyuerſe thynges. I thought this blaſt was for ſome matter of yowrs. I wolde haue marueled, yf ye had ſought ſo moche honour to marryage. But I wondreIt ys latelye fallen from a Sacrament to a Ceremonye. ſore how yt now becommeth but onlye a ceremonye, and was ſumtyme one of your ſacramentes? Surelye ye haue conceyued ſome dyſpleaſure ageynſt yt now of late. And I thynke yt ys for that ye haue knowne preſtes gone ſo faſt vnto yt within fewe years, contrarye to your holye decrees and canons, to the deſtruccyon of your Sodome and Gomor, whych yeSodome and Gomor deſtroyed by marryage. haue gloryouſlye maynteyned euer ſens the dayes of Anſelme .iiij. hondreth years and more.

3 But where as ye wryte that ye marrye vyrgyns, yt ys not true, ſpecyallye in ſoche marryages as yow promote. I haue harde of, and knowne dyuerſe of yourAn other ſawte bytche of my lordes owne fedynge. generacyon that hath marred virgyns before they haue marryed them, yea, ſumtyme in the ſelfe mornynge afore, whyls the pyes were in bakynge, ſo ſpūallye haue they vſed that godlye ordynaunce. I thynke thvs be yet worſe than dogge and bytche. Neyther ys yt true in other marryagesPreſtre • rather marre thā make in marryage where as yow are no medlers, yf ye make a dyfference betwyne wyues and vyrgyns. For wyues they are before they come there, els are they made nou by yow. The lorde hath knytt them togyther afore in one mutuall knotte of loue, Vvhych yow haue nomore power to knytt ageyne than ye haue to dyſſolue yt. As for grace and the holye ghoſt whomPreſtes wyll geue that they haue leaſt ſtore of. ye pretende therin to dyſpenſe, lyttle nede haue yow to geue them from yow, hauynge ſo ſmall ſtore at home. Neuer ſawe I menne ſo full of thoſe gyftes and ſo rydye to geue them, hauynge ſo fewe of thē in ther owne lyuynge. He that made the bande a fore hath plentye of them wythMath. Gene. 2. Eccl. 18. Pſal. 83 Prou. 12. Eccle. 3. out yow. At hys hande muſt they nedes be had, and not at yowrs. The couplynge of thē in the face of the congregacyon deſpyſe we not, but greatlye allowe vpon manye conſyderacyons neceſſarye, were yt godlye done, as there ys nothynge cleane in your handes. Notwithſtandynge all thys, in marryage and out of marryage we wolde call them a chaſt virgyne, as2. Cor. 11. Eſa. 57. Ezech. 23 Paule doth the corryntheanes, were they clere from the aduoutrye of your Romyſhe lawes and cuſtomes. But that wyll not be in your dayes.

4 For here ye holde your ſelfe alſo greued with theſe bokes (ye ſaye) for beynge ageynſt mennys lawes and tradycyons. IfThe artycle of mē nys lawes. ye coude ſo well haue ſeyd, ageynſt gods lawes, we had had yt of you ere thys. But bleſſed be owr lorde ye can not ſo ſpeake yt wout a great lye. The lawes of menne •• e to be allowed, ſo longe as they ag • ello the lawes of God. For els are they no lawes, but vyolence and tyrannye. PryncesLawes of menne ought to agre with Gods lawe. Act. 5. 1. Mac. 2. Leuit. 10. 2. Reg. 17▪ and magyſtrates beynge the mynyſters of god, ought to make no lawes for ther priuate cōmodite, but for the publyque welthe of ther commōs. Neyther ought they to decre anye thynge ageynſt Gods honour. If they do, than thys rewle of the lorde muſt be obſerued. Neceſſarye yt ys rather to obeye God than manne. And ſo ye ought to tell thē. But whoo chylde there. Rather ſett ye them a worke thā ſtaye them, whan ſoche thynges are in doynge lyke olde temptynge ſerpentes. Mathathias1. Mac. 2. Exod. 1. Ioſue. 2. Math. 1. 2. Mac. 6. Act. 4. wolde in no caſe obeye the cruell decrees of Antiochus. Nomore wolde the mydwyues of egypt the vngodlye commaundement of Pharao. For dyſobeyenge a wycked precept, was Rahab bleſſed of God, ſo was Eleazarꝰ with the .vij. machabees ād ther mother. The apoſtles preached not whithſtandynge the inhybycyō of Annas, Cayphas, Ioannes, and Alexander with other of the hygh counſell ofAuguſt. de libero arbitrio. Iſidorus diſt. 4. & li. 2. ethimol. the Iewes. That conſtytucyon (ſayth ſaynt Auſtyn) ys no lawe at all, whych ys not ryghtoſe. A lawe (ſayth Iſidorus) ought to be iuſt, honeſt, eaſye to be borne, commodyouſe to the cōtre, reſpectynge tyme and place, neceſſary, profytable playne without cautels, for no pryuate welthe onlye, but for the cōmon profyght of the whole multytude made.

5 But as touchynge yowr lowſye tradycyons,Tradycyons of papvſtes. Hiere. 2. Ezech. 4. Eſa. 64. Amos. 6. 1. Tim. 4. Hiere. 25. Apoc. 1 • . Marci. 7. wherwith ye loke to be lordes ouer the ſaythe and conſcyence of menne, the ſcripture ſayth they can mynyſtre to vs no goodneſſe. For they are but chaffe, ſwylle, mennys dyrte, menſtrue, dreames, dronkenneſſe, Gall, wormwode, venomed dartes, fylthye waters, whoredome, abhomynacyons, errours, lyes, deuylyſhneſſe, the curſe and cuppe of the lordes indygnacyon, as I haue tolde yow afore. Ye can nō otherwyſe ſaye, but theſe your tradycyōs are mēnys cōmaundemētes, vnleſſe ye wyll be holden all together for Goddes. And Chriſt telleth yow playne, thatMath. 15. Marci. 7. Math. 23. • . Tim. 4. Act. 20. 2. Ioan. 1. 2. Petri. 2. Iude. 1. all they worſhypp hym in vayne whych worſhypp hym after them. Yea, he ſayth more to yow, that they make menne double the chyldrē of hell. Saȳt Paule ſayth alſo they are lyes ī hypocreſye, ād the verye doctrine of deuyls. Than what wolde ye haue vs to make of them, whan they make ſo lyttle of them? Vvolde ye that we ſchuld beleue yow ād not them? Vvolde ye haue vs counte them falſe lyers, and yow true ſpirituall menne? Be that farre from vs. Though Chriſt ſent ye forth atMarc. 16. Luce. 21. Ioan. 15. Iacob. 4. Math. 15. the firſt to preache hys goſpell (whom ye now perſecute) he bad ye make no newe lawes, for he had made lawes ſuffycyent. Saynt Iames ſayth, there ys but one lawe geuer that cā ſaue and deſtroye. But yow put hys lawes a part, to haue yowr owne obſerued for auauntage. And nothynge do ye els after Sophonias, but fyll the lordesSoph. 1. Oſee. 12. Mat. 23. Oſee. 11. Eſa. 1. howſe with roborye and falſhede. Euermore are ye increaſynge lyes to deſtruccyon. All hypocrites yokes brynge ye vpon the peple, to clogge them downe to hell, for nothynge make they towardes heauen. Paule the firſt pope of that name made your lēt ſeruyce, Vitellianus yowr ſyngynge with organes, Gregorye the firſt yowr ceremonyes, Theodorus yowrMartinus carſulanꝰ Hugo floriacenſis. paſchall, Honorius yowr letanye, Fabianus yowr oyle and creme, Felix yowr dedycacyons and aulters, Agapitus yowr proceſſyons, Caius your holye orders, Calixtus yowr embrynge dayes, Bonifacius .iiij. all hallowne daye, Felix .iiij. yowrPtolomaeus lucēſis. Godfridus viter bienſis. extreme vnccyons, Euticianus the bleſſynge of benes vpon the aulter, Alexander yowr holye water, Paſchalis yowr relly ques, Gregorius .iij. yowr worſhyppynge of Images, Stephanus .iij. yowr ſenſynge of them, Virgilius candelmaſſe daye, Anicetus yowr ſhauynge, Sergius yowr ſhrynes, Zepherinus yowr chalyces, Le • Antoninus florē tinus. Ioā nes rufus dominicanus. ij. yowr paxe at maſſe, Vrbanus .ij. yowr ladye mattens, loānes .xix. all ſowle daye Sylueſter yowr confirmacyons of chyldren, Sauinianus yowr bell ryngynge, Hyldebrandus yowr vowe of chaſtyte, Bonifacius .v. yowr ſaynt waryes for theues, Mamertus the byſſhopp of vyenneGui Ihelmus durā di in racionali diuinorū (whych was no pope) yowr rogacyon daves, and the deuyll and all els. Vvith all theſe and with manye more beſydes ouer charge ye the peple. In all theſe kyndes of Idelneſſe do ye brynge thē vpp, ther chriſten dewtye commaunded clerelye layed a part. That wyll the iudge onlye demaū deMarci. 7. Math. 25. Iude. 1. 1. Ioan. 4. I. Theſ. 5. at the latter daye, whan all theſe ſchall go with yow to the deuyll. If I ſchuld cō ferre them with the ſyncere ſcripturs of the prophetes and apoſtles, they wolde apere the verye frutes of hell. Conſydre what the lorde ſayth by hys prophete Eſaye. Vvhye offre yow (ſayth he) ſo manyeEſa. 1. Zacha. 7. Hiere. 6. Amos. 5. Oſee. 3. Amos. 8. Oſec. 2. Math. 6. ſacrifyces vnto me? I haue no pleaſure in them. Vvho hath requyred ſoche thynges at yowr hādes? Offre me nomore oblacyons, for yt ys but loſt labour. I abhorre yowr incenſe. I maye not awaye wyth yowr ſolempne feaſtes. Yowr aſſemblyes are all in vayne. I hate yowr faſtynges ād newe holye dayes, euen at my verye hart. They make me werye, I can not abyde th • Though ye holde out yowr handes, yet turne I myne eyes from yow. And though ye make many prayers, yet heare I nothynge at all. For yowr hādes are full of bloodHolye churche ſtandeth by that the ſcripturs condēpneth. Eſa. 29. Luce. 6. Full are all the ꝓphecyes of ſoche terryble chrettenynges ageynſt ſoche wretched beg gerye and beaſtlyneſſe. Yet thys do yow make the peples God. To thys holde they vpp ther handes. To thys ronne they by heapes. And vpon thys wondre they, as though there were non other heauē. Thus yow blynde aſſes leade thē blynde with yow into the dytche of dampnacyon.

Thys folower of Balaam ſeketh yetNum. 23▪ 2. Ioan. 1. Heb. 2. 2. Pet. 2. more colours of deceyt, to optayne the rewarde of inyquyte. The drye foūtayne ys he without water, and the cloude carryed forth, of a tempeſt, to whom ys reſerued the myſt of darkeneſſe for euer. He vttereth proude wordes toIude. 1. Pſalm. 16 Ioan. 8. 2. Pet. 2. Luce. 11. Prou. 26. Eccle. 34. Act. 13. entyce vnto wantonneſſe ageynſt god. Hys labour ys to brynge mēne into bondage of ſynne, ād to make the laſt errour worſe than the firſt. He enforceth the dogge to turne ageyne to hys vomete, and the ſowe that was waſhed to wallowe her a geyne in the myre. Se what a cūpaſſe thys ſubtyle charmer fatcheth, to call the peple backe, leaſt they ſchuld clerely fall frō ther olde errours. But ſett yowr hart at reſt yeZach. 3. Math. 7. Ioan. 10. Cant. 5. Math. 17. Hiere. 23. Eſa. 55. Ezech. 7. Eccle. 51. Oſee. 11. Luce. 11. craſtye Sathā, for non wyll folowe yow but dogges and ſwyne, ſoch as neuer regardeth the graces of the lorde. The lambes knoweth ther ſhepeherd. Hys voyce wyll they heare, as ther heauenly father hath cōmaūded. They wyll nomore be acquaynted with the voyces of ſtraungers. Eſaye hath ſent ye worde, they wyll geue nomore moneye for the thinge that fedeth not. They wyll ſpende nomore laboure about that ſatyſfyeth not. Ye laye yokes verye faſt vpon mēne (ſayth oſeas) but ye eaſe thē not of ther burthen. Theſe bokes (ſayth my lorde) are ageynſt the communyon and howſelynge at eaſter, and ſpecyallye1. Pet. 4. Act. 2. Ioan. 13. vnder one kynde. Vvhat the cō munyō ys we are throughlye aſſertayned by the ſcripturs.

• But of your eaſter howſell we can not ſkyll. And therfor ye haue done wele here to make them dyuerſe. Surelye yt ys the moſt lerned poynt we ſe in yow yet, for they are dyuerſe in dede. So dyuerſe,Luce. 11 Math. 12. 2. Ioan. 1. 2. Cor. 6. Luce. 22. Math. 26 Marci. 14▪ Col. 2. that the one ys with Chriſt, the other ys ageynſt hym. The one allureth vnto hym, the other ſcattereth frō hym. And no maruele, ſeynge the one ys of Chriſt, the other of Anticriſt. Chriſt ſayd vnto hys dyſcyples, Take yt and deuyde yt amonge yowr ſelues, And ſo cōſtytuted therin a mutuall perticipacyō of hys bodye ād blood. Yow wyll ſuffre nō to touche yt, be they neuer ſo cleane that daye, bycauſe they1. Cor. 11. haue not yowr oyles. But ye geue euerye manne hys brekefaſt alone, bycauſe yt ſchuld be no communyon. After thys ſortIoan. 13. receyued Iudas a ſoppe alone, as non of that communyon. Ye thynke ye haue done wele in changynge Chriſtes ordynaū ce.Ioannes cuſpinianus de ſaracenis. Alas wretched creaturs, ye haue done moſt wyckedly. No ſaracene nor Turke dare change one Iote of Mahometes lawe (whych ys but a wretched thynge) ād yow ſpare not to alter the ſett purpoſe of the eternall god. And where as yewyll ſuffre no laye mēne to takeyt in ther hādesColo. 2. Treno. 3▪ yt ys but a ſuperſtycyoſe nyceneſſe of ye. For chriſtes dyſcyples were neuer ſmered with yowr popyſhe greaſe and yet they layd handes vpon yt. Yea, Euſebius ceſarienſis and Dyoniſius Alexandrinus alſoHiſto, tri pertit. Lib. 9 ca. 30. writeth that a yonge ladde ded mynyſtre yt vnto one Serapion at Alexādria, as he laye a dyenge, and yt was than wele allowed. Theodoſius the emprour had yt geuen hym into hys owne handes by the aſſygnaciō of ſaynt Ambroſe the byſſhoppIacobus de voragine. of millayne. Hypolitus a laye manne ded mynyſtre yt vnto hys how ſholde ſeruaū tes, and is yet to thys daye commended of manye auncyent wryters for ſo doynge. The communyon ys a mutuall ſocyeteEpheſ. 4. Rom. 12 1. cor. 10 Gala. 2. of menne in one Chriſten faythe, knytt together in one brotherlye loue, as members in one bodye to ther head, in the true partycypacyon of that heauēlye myſterye Vnto thys communyon was Paulus and Barnabas receyued, whan Peter, IohanandActo. 6 Ioan. 2. Apo. 18 Iames gaue them ther ryght handes of felyſhypp.

2 Vvherof your how ſell ryſeth, or wher vpon yt hath cawte that name, we cā not wele tell. Vnleſſe yt be vpon thysEx. 6. ſynodo. queſt. Ca Nullus epiſco. How ſell ye? that ys to ſaye, thoſe wares for there ys nothynge els but merchandyce in yt. The one ſelleth hys maſter with Iudas, ād the other byeth the holyeghoſt with Symon magus. And to maynteyne thys rewle, muſt tythes and offerynges with other deuocyōs and dewtyes be payed, the whole accōptes therof than made in confeſſyon. I coude wryte manyeEſa. 3. Hie. 23. Dani. 14. thynges cōcernynge ther craftye cloyninge and pyllage of the poore labourynge menne and womenne, ſeruaūtes and prenteſes, to be catchynge yet of ſūwhat, but for thys tyme I lete yt paſſe. Thys your Eaſter how ſell was firſt inſtytute by popeplatina in vitis pōt. Innocencius. 3. de pen. & re Zepherinus and after confermed by a popyſhe decretall called, Omnis vtriuſ que ſexus. The communyon of Chriſt ys fre to hys peple, and bounde to no daye, but all dayes at ther pleaſure boūde vnto yt, for they are now no ſeruauntes to the daye, but the daye vnto them. For the lorde created not manne to ſerue the daye, but theMarci. 2. Math. 12. Luce. 6. Gala. 4. Col. 2. daye to ſerue manne. How hapneth yt (ſayth ſaynt Paule) that ye turne ageyn to the weake and beggerlye tradycyons, de ſyerynge a freſhe to be in bondage? Ye obſerue dayes ād monethes, tymes and years I am in feare of yow, leaſt my labours be in vayne amonge yow.The artycle of the Eucharyſtye in both kyndes.

3 In the ende of thys artycle, ye condempne theſe bokes for admyttynge both kyndes ī the Eucharyſtye vnto the laye peple (as yow name them) though they be vnto Chriſt more holye thā yow whych hath the popes vnccyons. Vvhether yow be the heretyques or they that made the bokes, lete Chriſt be iudge. He erneſtlye commaundedMat. 26. Marc. 14. Luce. 22. hys dyſcyples to drynke of yt all. And they dranke of yt all, ſayth Marke. Yow ſaye, hande of in peyne of burnynge or els hangynge, bycauſe Eckius dronkē dyuynyte hath ſo taught yow. Parauēture ye wyll ſaye with hym, that theAn argument out of Eckius dyuynyte 1. Cor. 11. Ambroſius et Hieronimus. bodye ys not without the blood? Chriſt knewe that alſo ſo well as yow. Yet mynyſtred he the chalyce, as ye call yt. Saynt Paule in lyke caſe writynge a lawe of chriſten lyuynge vnto the Corintheanes (whych were laye menne and no preſtes) commended both kyndes vnto them, lyke as he had of the lorde receyued, and yow make lawes of deathe for yt. In the wycked counſell of Conſtaunce was ytBaptiſta panecius ſermone 56. atque alij. firſt inhybytt in the .xiij. ſyttynge, by pope Iohan the .xxiij. whych was there depoſed for poyſenynge hys predeceſſour Alexāder, by the falſe workynge of Mar ſilius de parma a pheſycyane. Vvhere as the holye menne of God Ioannes huſs and Hieronimus de praga for withſtandyngePanormitanus. Acta conſilij Baſilienſis. yt, were done to moſt cruell deathe, in the yeare of ower lorde. M .cccc. xv. yet was yt .xxiij. years after graunted ageyne vnto the Bohemes in the generall counſell of Baſyll after manye great dyſputacyons. And therfor yt ys a ſore matter to putt menne to deathe for, but that ye muſt folowe the ſteppes of yowr fathersGeneſ. 4. Math. 23. Ioan. 10. Zach. 11. to be partyners with them in that plage. Both muſt ye be theues and murtherers depryuynge the peple as wele of helthe as of lyfe.

4 And where as ye ſeke to maynteyne the inuocacyon of ſayntes, condempnynge theſe bokes for ſpeakynge ageynſt yt. Ye ſhe we yowr ſelfe a more folyſhe heretyque,Bōner folyſhe. Eckius obſtynate. Idolatour, and papyſt than anye that I can heare of els. Though maſter Eckius be a verye obſtynate aduerſarye to Chriſt and hys worde, and an vnſhamefaſt captayne of antichriſtes warres, yet ys he not ſo folyſhe ā Idolatour, as to allowwhat Eckius alloweth, the ſayntes. inuocacyon to the ſayntes, though he allowe them both veneracyon and prayer. Therfor ye are lyke in thys to ſtande fole alone without the helpe of hys doctrine or yet of anye other, vnleſſe ye ſeke to the olde quereſters of Baal, or the chapleynes3. Reg. 18. Dani. 14. Hiere. 51. Oſee. 4. of Bell the olde God of Babylon that ded eate vpp all the ſacryfyces as yower generacyon doth ſtyll. Vvhat I ſchuld write of thys I can not tell, yt ys ſo folyſhe. Sauynge that I remembre .viij. years ago I was afore Edwarde lee the archebyſſhopp of yorke. Vvhereas IThe author examyned vpō ſayntes worſhyppynge. An olde dottynge doctor dodypoll The anſwer of my lorde archebyſſhopp of yorke. was examyned vpon the artycle of honourynge and prayenge to ſayntes, deuyded into .xvij. artycles. In the tyme of that examynacyon was there an olde doctour whych greatlye lamented (as my lorde doth here) that he myght no longar make inuocacyon to ſayntes, and thought hym ſelfe halfe loſt for yt, good doctour Downes ſtandynge by and ſmylynge at hys folyſhneſſe. Vnto whom the archebyſſhop ſayd theſe wordes. Speake not (ſayth he) of inuocacyon concernynge ſayntes. For that reſpecteth a peculyar worſhypp onlye due vnto God. And with that the mā was pacyfyed, and argued no farder. So that I can ſe non agre with my lorde here in thys opynyon, vnleſſe they be blynde daſtardes and aſſeheades, as thys olde dottynge fole was. Thys ys yet ſūwhat worſeVvhat the popes hath graū ted vnto ſayntes. than ys the popes doctrine. For though pope Sergius gaue them ſhrynes, Theodatus churches, Felix holye dayes, Gregorye veneracyon, Honorius prayenge to, Leo hympnes and pſalmodye, Iohan .vij. pycturs, Conſtantyne Images and tabernaclesIacobus bergomē ſis, Platina, et nauclerus. puttynge them in the maſſe. Theodorus waxe, Stephanus ſenſynge, and Alexander holye water, yet wa there non of them all that euer gaue them honour vnder the tyttle of invocacyon. That ys the onlye newe years gyft of my lorde of londō here, borowed altogyther of the olde Idolatours. And as moche worſhyppysPerottus & hermā nus torrē tinus ī elucidarīo. he worthy to haue for yt as had Heroſtratus, whych burned the great temple of Diana at Epheſus onlye be ſpokē of. Neyther graunteth the ſcriptur ſayntes honorynge, nor yet ther prayenge to. Neyther are they allowed there for interceſſours, medyatours, nor aduocates. In the primatyneThe ſayntes are no medyatours. churche were they had in memorye, onlye for imytacyon of ther godlye workes, but yet of non other than Chriſt had cōmaūded. For ſaynt Paule hys ſelfe wolde non otherwyſe be folowed of other, than he had folowed Chriſt afore.1. cor. 4. Phil. 3.

5 Yet ys not the ragynge furye of my lorde pacyfyed for theſe bokes, but nedes they muſt be condempned for hauyngeMaſſe, mattens euenſōge offyces of anticriſt. mater ageynſt maſſe, mattens, and euenſō ge, though they be onlye offyces of antichriſtes relygyon, yea, rather ſuperſtycyō Vvhat yowr maſſe is we haue partlye declared afore as occaſyon hath bene offred vs. If euerye pope ſchuld haue home ageyne the fedder he hath putt vnto yt, ytA creature of the popes creacyon. ſchuld be a verye naked monſtre, not all vnlyke vnto Iſopes choughe, whom we commonlye call Iacke dawe. Yet muſt yt be a ſacrifyce ſatiſfactorye for the quycke and the dead, to the great derogacyon ād blaſphemye of that onlye ſacrifice of ow • Hebre. 10 1. Pet. 1. Phil. 3. redemption, which Chriſt ones made for all. Theſe beaſtlye bellygoddes hath not bene aſhamed in ther ſcolaſtycall lernynge or deuyliſhe diuynite', to ſaye that the maſſe of the worke ſelfe delyuereth fromThe dirty dyuinite of papyſtes for ther maſſe. actuall ſynne, optayneth remyſſion, graunteth deſeruīge, geueth meryte, minyſtreth grace, and diſchargeth both the gyltyneſſe and peyne due thervnto, where as Chriſtes deathe is nomore but a dyſcharge for oryginall ſynne onlye, Yea, it is not longe a go ſens Stokyſlaye and other beſydes, myniſtred the ſame for a Chriſten doctrineStokyſlaye and Standyſhe, both blaſphemers. at paules croſſe. Standyſhe that blaſphe mouſe Idyote, maynteyninge the ſame ſelfe lowſye lewde lernynge, was not abaſhed to compare the precyouſe blood of Chriſt to the fylthye blood of a ſwyne in hys deuylyſhe preachinge. Vvhich I haue touched more at large in an other boke ageynſt hys ſlaunderoſe reproche of Barnes, Neuer are ſoche matters condempnedThe author ageynſt ſtandyſhe for Barnes. nor yet recanted. No, they are to ſwete to ther purſes, panches, and pratye pygeons of paules, to be throwne awaye ſo ſone. It were better a hondreth thouſande ſowles went to the deuyll, than they ſchuld loſe an ynche of thoſe wanton pleaſurs. Oh, wretchedneſſe, of menne. If there were inNo compaſſyon nor pyte in papyſtesbut deſtruccyō. yow but one ſparke of godlyneſſe, it wolde abhorre yow thus to delude, ſlee, dāpne, and deſtroye your poore ſymple bretherne with this wycked maſſe of yowrs Of whom ye boaſt chriſt ād hys apoſtles to be the authors, not beynge able throughlye to brynge one godlye māne for theNot criſt but antichriſt foū ded the Maſſe. Fylthye drynkes of ſynne. Apoc. 17 Prou. 15. Polydorus de rerum inuē toribus. Lib. 6. author therof as yt ys now. I ſpeake onlye of yowr patched maſſe, and not of criſtes wordes in the ryght kynde.

6 And as touchynge your mattēs and euenſonge, they are alſo fylthye drynkes of the ſame whores cuppe of Babylō, verye execrable and noyfull to them that ſchall receyue them in faythe without vnderſtandynge, as a fulfyllynge of ther dutye to god. Onlye are they inſtytucyons of popes, As of Damaſus, Gelaſiꝰ, Pelagius, Gregorius, Vitelianus, Vrbanus. And ſoche lyke. And of monkes agreynge to the ſame, As of Ioannes caſſianus, Paulus Diaconus, Iſuardus, Alcuinus, Rabanus, Oſmiidus, ād ſoche other more, takē outIoānes tritemius, & Ceſtrēſis. Math. 6. Eſa. 29. Lucae. 11. 3. Reg. 18. firſt of the ſupſticioſe vſe of the gētiles ād the hypocritiſhe cuſtomes of the pharyſees. Vvhan ye praye (ſayth Chriſt) ſpeake not moche as doth the heythen, nor ſtande not vp in the ſynagoges as doth the hypocrytes. For the one thynketh to be harde by moche bablynge, and the other ſeketh to be ſeane of menne. They both areMarc. 16. Ioan. 20. Math. 28. without rewarde of God. Vvhan Chriſt went from the worlde, he ſent forth non other but preachers onlye to inſtruct the multitude to lyue after the rewles whych he had afore taught by his goſpell. NowThe popes dylcyples are mattēſers and maſſers. commeth the pope which is of a contrarie relygion from hym, and he ſendeth forth mattens mongers, maſſe momblers, holye water ſwyngers, and euenſonge clatterers with other hypocrites els, to fulfyll the tyme with ther Idell ſuperſticyons, and clerelye to exyle the goſpell. And thys is the religyō that my lorde laboreth here with tothe and nayle to maynteyne. But GodHiere. 15. Pſal. 1. (I doubt it not) wyll ſhortlye delyuer his, and the wayes of the wvcked ſchall come to nought.

RYghtlye hath the apoſtle Iude, otherwyſe called Thadeus deſcribedMath. 10. Ioan. 14. Iude. 1. Act. 20. Pſal. 13. 2. Tim. 3. 2. Petri. 3. Luce. 18. thys falſe generacyon in hys epyſtle, callynge them blaſphemers, mockers, murmurers, quarellers, and proude ſpeakers, walkynge in vngodlyneſſe accordynge to ther owne luſtes. Theſe are they whych ſeparate them ſelues from the multytude, and are not as other mēne be. Beaſt lye are they in ther doctrine and lyuynge, hauynge neyther ſprete nor grace. MarkeBōner ys here by hys frutes a verye ā tichriſt. well the frutes of my lorde in thys proceſſe, ād ye ſchal ſaye they are the ſame. Styll cōplayneth he of theſe poore bokes without eyther wytt or lernynge, and wyll in no wyſe be pacyfyed. Next ys he in hāde here with that he obſerueth leaſt, whychAn othe before a iudge. ys to ſweare to be true and perfourme yt. Theſe bokes (ſayth he) are ageynſt the geuynge of an othe before a iudge. I wote he meaneth here the vniuſt examynacyōs of the verye martyrs of God, ſer Iohā oldecaſtellVvaldenus in faſciculo hereſum, & cōtra wic leuiſtas. the lorde cobham, and of maſter wyllyam thorpe preſt, whych vtterlye refuſed to be ſworne to antichriſtes abhomynacyons before that uerye mynyſtre of ſathā Thomas arundell thā archebyſſhopp of caunterberye and chancellour of Englande. I ſchall firſt infourme the (good chriſten reader) of the cruelte of thys tyraunt, • I fynde in dyuerſe cronycles, andPolydorus, Ioan. maior, Fabianus & Caxtonꝰ thā cōſydre thu the newe practyſes of my lorde here. As Thomas arundell perſeyued the veryte of God to ſprynge ād floryſhe by the contynuall lecturs, determynacyons, and preachynges of maſter Iohā wycleff and hys clyentes (whych was in thoſe dayes of moſt wonderfull lyfe and lernynge) and that kynge Edwarde theVuolphā gus Kiriander in perſecutionibus eccleſiae. thirde in hys latter age ſumwhat fauored the ſame, ād alſo that kynge Rycharde the ſeconde ſuccedynge hym, wolde not perſecute yt to hys mynde. He firſt conſpyred ageynſt the ſeyd kynge Rycharde wyth the erle of Darbye whych was alſo duke of harforde. Than procured he the IryſhePolydorus & Ioannes maior, ī chronicis. menne to ryſe, hys owne commons to rebell, hys lordes to depoſe hym of hys regne, ād fynallye to ſettvp in hys rome the ſeyd erle of Darbye, famyſſhynge hym vnto deathe at the laſt in the caſtell of pomfrett. Than cauſed he the goſpell readyngeVvaldenus cōtra Vvicleuiſtas, & Fabianus: to become both hereſye and treaſon, and procured for yt both hangynge and burnynge, where as afore yt was but exylynge onlye, or els headynge at the moſt. So that there were in one daye at hys procurement both hanged and brent in ſayntRobertus fabianus ī chronicis Gyles feldo .xxxvi. beſydes ſer Roger acton knyght, maſter Iohan browne eſquyre, and ſer Iohan beuerlaye preſt, in the yeare of owr lorde. M .cccc. xiij. And all was for that they wolde not obeye the popes relygyon. Greuouſlye ys my lordeAnticriſt wolde yet be obeyed in hys myſchefes. of london offended here with theſe bokes bycauſe thys great prelate was not obeyed there in theſe wholſom workes of holye churche. Trulye thys ys the othe he cōplayneth of here, that ys there denyed afore a iudge. It wyll not awaye they ſaye, that ys bredde by the bone. In dede yt ſo apereth, yf ye waye thys gere well.

2 Vvho hath cōſtytute byſſhoppes forSapi. 12. Ioan. 18. Luce. 22. Prou. 8. Apoc. 13. Danie. 7. iudges in lyfe and deathe ouer mēne? Not the eternall God whych onlye gaue that authoryte to kynges, but the infernall ſerpent that hath geuen power to the beaſt to make battayle with the ſayntes ād to ouer come thē. Vvere ye of Chriſtes inſtitucyō as ye are of anticriſtes, your offyce wereOf preachers are preſtes be comemur therers. Saynt frā ces firſt bretherne Chriſtes falſe bretherne. to preache lyke poore dyſcyples, and not to ſytt in iudgemēt of them whoſe beleue ys now moche better than yowrs. But yt fareth by yow as by the firſt bretherne of ſaynt Frāces (as the tale goeth amonge the peple) he left them penytentes, and founde them theues at hys returne. So chriſt left yow preachers, and now fyndeth yow murtherers vp of hys peple. Ye ought rather to counſell from ſwearynge (beynge in yt ſo great parell as there ys) than to enforce menne cruellye vnto yt. A dampnableHiere. 5. Math. 5. Deut. 6. vſe haue ye brought into the worlde amonge manye other, to ſwcare vpō a boke whych ys but a creature, where as mennys othes ought to be vpon God onlye. For thys abhomynable cuſtome of pleyne Idolatrie, are ye ſore rebuked of ſaynt Iohan Chriſoſtome in hys .xliiij. homelye vponChriſoſt. hom. 44. ſuper Matheum. Mathew, as ye ſchall fynde yt more at large declared in the chriſten exhortacyon vnto cuſtomable ſwearers. How boſſhop peshath beſtowed ther othes to ther prynces ſens the conqueſt and ſumwhat afore,Guilhelmus malmeſburiē ſis, lib. 2. Ceſtrēſis, lib. 6. ca. 29. Robertus fabianus. Ceſtrēſis, Caxtonꝰ flores & alij. they that are expert in the cronycles knoweth full wele. Robert the arche byſſhopp of caunterburye within a whyle after hys othe of allegeaunce to kynge Herolde, brought into thys realme duke wyllyam of normādye a baſtarde, with a bāner frō pope Alexander the ſeconde, and cleane remyſſyon of ſynne to ſubdue both hym and yt. Vvhat prankes hath bene played ſens by Egelwinus, Odo, Anſelme, Randolf of durham, Rafe of chycheſter, Alexāder of lyncolne, Nigelliꝰ of helye, Roger of ſaleſburye, Thomas becket, Steuen lāgton, Edmonde of pountnaye, Thomas of herforde, Rychard ſcrope, Hērye ſpenſer, Thomas arundell, Thomas the late cardynallThomas wolſeye cardynall. of Englande, and a great nombre of thē more, yt wolde axe great tyme to declare: And therfor yt ys no maruele thow my lorde loketh here ſo ſtrayghtlye vpon the matter, yt ys ſo faythfullye obſeruedBonner hath bene ſworne thryſe to antichriſt amonge thē. It were mete for hym to reckē with hym ſelfe how he hath beſtowed hys owne. He hath bene thryſe ſworne to the Pope at the leaſt before a iudge for hys ſpirituall degrees, and yet hath he of late years bene ageynſt all thoſe promyſes out wardlye. Sens hath he ſworne to hys prince,A periure becometh he now to hys prynce. and now becometh he a periure to the ſame, ſo depelye maynteynynge the kyngedome of Anticriſt as he doth here.

3 In the ende of thys matter to proue hym ſelf altogyther a lyar, he accuſeth theſe bokes of a verye peruerſe ād ſedycyouſe opynyō, whych in dede they haue not,A ſedycyouſe opynyon of the anabaptyſtes, and of monkes. Authors confutynge thys opynyon but are vtterlye ageynſt yt. As to haue all thynges cōmen amongeſt the peple. Onlye ys thys opynyon holden and maynteyned of the Anabaptyſtes, whych had yt firſt of ther mōkyſhe ſectes, whoſe cuſtome was ſumtyme for themſelues to haue all in cō men, but for no manne els. In thys vncriſten artycle hath Martyn luther, Melanchton, Zuinglius, Venatorius, Vrbanus regius, Vveſtmerus, Sarcerius, Coruinus, and dyuerſe other confuted the ſeyd Anabaptyſtes, not onlye with invyncybl • argumentes but alſo with bokes written, as all the worlde knoweth. Vvhere asHenricus Agrippa contral▪ ouanienſes & alibi. my lordes oyled generacyon was not able to do yt, or at the leaſt wolde take no ſoche labours vpon them. And therfor my lorde ſchall in thys poynt be a lyar by daye lyght. But in dede in thys he vſeth the practyſe of hys olde ſcolemaſters the holye pharyſees and ſcrybes, whych layedLuce. 23. Act. 24. Ioan. 16. 1. Petri. 2. Eſa. 28. firſt vnto Chriſt, than vnto Paule, and conſequentlye vnto the other dyſcyples, that they were ſturrers vp of ſedycyon, whan they ſe non other thynge wolde helpe them out of the waye. And thys hath contynued euer ſens in Antichriſtes churche as a neceſſarye polycye ageynſt heretyques. To ſaye they are ſubuertersGeneſ. 16. Act. 6. Galat. 4. of the peple, and deſtroyers of good lawes, whan they playe the partes ther ſelues. Though my lordes ſpiritualte are not of thys opynyon towardes other monne, yet are they of yt towardes themſelues, ſekyngeThe preſtes worketh yt in effect. to make all mennys goodes commen vnto them by tyttle of tythes, offerynges, deuocyons, pylgrimages, abſolucyons, indulgences, bequeſtes, mortuaryes, montheſmyndes, yearmyndes, and the deuyll and all beſydes, deuouryngeMath. 23. Eſa. 10. Pſal. 13. vpp poore wydowes howſes with the patrimonye of the deſolate and fatherleſſe

4 Now laſt of all whan thys matter of my lordes ys fynyſhed, cometh poore Tolwyn as a manne halfe hartleſſe withTolwyn ſubſcrybeth to thys doctrine. penne and ynke in hys hande, and ſubſcribeth vnto yt for feare of burnynge. Ita eſt (ſayth he good ſymple ſowle) yt ys euen as my honorable good lorde of london hath ſayd here. Theſe bokes are all hereſye, and I haue bene an heretyque for retaynynge of them. But now from henceHe ꝓmyſeth obedyence to the ſame. forth I wyll become (I truſt) an obedyent chylde to the popes holye churche. And than he played Iacke a napes, ſwearynge by hys tēne bones, with Vvilhelmus Tolwyn, manu propria.

5 I Vvyllyam Tolwyn make my newe profeſſyon to my lordes grace here inA newe profeſſyō vnto Romyſhe papyſtrye. the Popes ſtede, and promyſe to obſerue theſe in iunccyōs of myne ordinarye with out the grace of god ād my kynges true obediēce, vnto my lyues ende. Myne owne hande wrytynge to wytneſſe leaſt anye thȳge be layed to my lordes charge for yt ā other daye. I dare ſaye yfhys good lordeA verye prodygy ouſe kynde o • tyrannye ys thys here. of london ſchuld haue ſayd vnto hym at that houre that Criſt was a theſe ād hys father an hangemanne, he wolde haue ſubſcribed vnto yt for the ſauegarde of hys lyfe. And wyth as good a conſcyence myght he haue done that as thys, the ver • tees conſydered whych are herin cōdempned. Thꝰ drawe they poore innocentes toActo. 20. 2. Ioan. 1. Math. 23. 2. Tim. 3. Apoc. 13. the deuill by compulſion. Ye hypocrites (ſayth chriſt) ye compaſſe ſee and lande to make a preſelyte, or a nouice as mōkes call thē, and ſo to brynge hym into yowr beleue. And whā he ys ones brought • ye make hym two folde more the chylde of hell thā ye your ſelues are.

SO notable ys thys new worke of my lorde here that yt maye want no cyrcōſtaūceThey are not aſhamed of ther deuilyſhneſſe. to ꝓmote yt for warde, ād to brige yt to a worſhypfull ſale. The gret workes of ſaint Auſtyn ād Chriſoſtome hath not a more ſolēpne ſealynge vp, thā hath thys pylde patche of papyſtrye, nor yet Chriſtes holye teſtament neyther. It ys hereThe blaſphemoſe frutes are Boners. ſayd to be imprynted at Lōdō, though it be not greatlye to the honour of ſo worſhypfull a cyte, to ſende forth ſoche blaſphemouſe frutes. Not with ſtādynge there ys no fawte in the cite in that, for whye the frutes be not thers but ther byſſhoppesA plage to be vnder Antichriſt. A ſorowfull plage ys yt ſurelye vnto thē to be in captyuyte of conſcyence vnder ſo che ā apoſtle of Antichriſt as mynyſtreth no better lernynge. Great confort wolde yt be vnto them, yf yt wolde pleaſe the lorde te ſēde them ſoche a paſtoure as PolycratesPolycrates. Polycarpus. And Meliton. was vnto Epheſus, Polycarpus vnto Smyrna, and Meliton vnto Sardis, delyuerynge them from thys tyraunt. He firſt ſett vp Bybles in Paules not purpoſynge anye chriſten erudicyon to the peple, but as ſnares to catche them by. For inHys bybles are ſnares to knowe and to catche. mediatlye after he ſett vp a cōmaūdement that God ſhuld geue place to the Pope, ād Chriſt vnto Antichriſt. There ſhall be no readynge (ſayth he) for the tyme of gods ſeruyce. As though ther wayne, Idell, and blaſphemouſe ſuperſticyons were onlye gods ſeruice and the byble readynge noGod muſt geue place to ther vanytees. part therof, but a verye prophane thynge Vpon thys polycie ded he ſett them vpp there, to knowe whych were the buſy byble menne of Londō, that he myght ſpeake with thē at layſer. For he had hysſpyes euermore and hys Iudaſes there at hande.Cōſydre the cruell. Some hath al redye proued yt ād alſo payed the harde pryce therof. So that they whych at ther firſt commynge helde vphandelynge of • o • ā ▪ porter ther handes vnto god for ther good byſſhopp, doth now holde downe ther heades and can ſaye, that Sathan hath ſhewed hymſelfe for all hys angelyk face.

2 In ſaynt Sepulchres paryſhe was thysVvhat ſaynt Sepulchre ys ād where he was borne. famouſe worke imprinted in the olde bailye. But what maner of ſaynt ys thys ſame ſaint Sepulcre? where was he borne, or where ys he ſhryned? Is he Martyr or a Cōfeſſour, a Virgine or a Matrone? I wolde fayne knowe the certen • e. He ys non of all thoſe ſer. It ys the graue that Chriſtes bodye was layed in after yt wasBartholomeus a ſaligniaco. Brocardꝰ Iudolphꝰ Nicolaus Huen. taken from the croſſe. Naye, that ys a falſe tale. for that was beaten out of the harde rocke, and coude neuer be remoued from the place yt ys in, as all the writers and Luke alſo doth wytueſſe. And what yf yt were the ſame? Yet coude yt be made no ſaynt. The pope vſeth to canonyſe no ſoche thynges for ſayntes, though heOnlye ys ſaynt Sepulcre the ſhaddowe of an Idoll. ſuffreth them to be worſhypped. But now I perſeyue yt ys made by ſome caruer, and garnyſhed with colours by ſome paynter. And than ys yt ſum what worſe▪ than an Idoll, for yt ys but his ſ • addowe or ſimylitude, and parauēture nothynge like yt. The ſcripture ſayth,Pſal. 96. Sap. 13. Oſe. 11. Gala. 3. that vnhappye are they, whych haue a▪ vayne ſtone to ther patron • . And they that ſenſe Images are gone quyte frō god. But be there neuer ſo moche abhominacion in ſoche thynges, neuer ſchall ye ſe them at Paules croſſe condemned by the byſſhopp. Manye teſtamentes of criſt hathTeſtamē tes brēt at paules but no Idols. there bene brent, but neuer Idolls openlye rebuked, ſauynge the gapynge rode of Boxlaye ād the duckes blood of Hayles. My lorde can ſuffre both ſaynt Sepulchre and ſaynt Antonyne, and allowe them here • hys boke for ſayntes, notwithſtandingeNon re • ā teth for Idolatre nor yet for ther buggerye all the myſchefe they haue done in caſtinge awaye ſo mayne thouſāde ſowles through Idolatrye, ād yet neuer cēpell thē to recant at Paules, nor yet his ſelfe for the ſufferaunce of them. No, this ys non hereſye thys. It ys euen the holye father of Romes relligyon, and therfor yt maye not be hyndred. Oh moſt abhomynable workers, whan wyll ye forſake yowrNeuer aſhamed of ſinne. vngodlineſſe? whā wyll ye be aſhamed of ſynne? No where cāne ther dwell anye peple, but they make them captyue ſlaues vnto ſoche Idols. Eyther muſt they be vnder the tittle of ſaint Thomas of acres, ſaitAll are captyun to Idols. Do • ſtone, ſaynt Botolp • e, ſaynt Bryde, ſaint Magnꝰ, ſaint Foſter, ſaint Gyles, ſait Benett, ſaint Crowche, ſaint Sprite, or of ſoche other like. And all thei are made but of paynters •• d caruers. More godlyneſſe were in it to ſett vp ther makers than thē Rather worſhyp the caruer than thē. for they are yet the creaturs of god. A godlye acte was yt to ſeclude the byſſhopp of Rome, But a moche more godlie acte were yt, to putt a ſyde hys fylthineſſe. For that remaineth yet ſtill vnder the tyttle of lawdable rytes and ceremonyes, and • eweThe popes fylthyneſſe remayneth. menne are greued therwith. A farre other waye went Aſa, Ioſaphat. Iehu, ād Ioſias the godlye kinges of Iuda and Iſrael to worke in deſtroynge the wyckedneſſe2. Pa. 14. 4. reg. 10. 2. Pa. 34. 4. Reg. 18 Nume. 21 Eccle. 48 of Idolatrye, Speciallie good Ezechi as whych brake the braſen ſerpent in peces that Moyſes had made at the lordes cō maūdement, whan he ſe yt ones becomē an abhominacyō. He wolde in no caſe at the counſell of falſe preſtes, ſuffre the thynge to remayne the onlye ſuperſticyons taken awaye. But he toke awaye the occaſiō Moche worſe ys the occaſion than the ſuperſtycion. with the ſuperſticyōs, leaſt they ſchuld ryſe ageine. Neuer come thinges ryghtlye to paſſe, be owr pretenſes neuer ſo godlye ſo longe as we myngle with the eternall wyſdome of god ower owne carnall wyſdom.

3 Vvhat ys ment here by the olde baylye,The olde baylye, what yt meaneth. I can not wele tell, vnleſſe yt be a ſtrete, where as they ſūtyme dwelt whych ſawe the beſt rewle obſerued. If a newe or dre were takē in thys matter, God wolde be moche better pleaſed.Richarde laut ꝓmoteth thys. worke.

4 Now cōſequentlye cometh Rycharde Lant, and he alſo ſetteth hys name to thys notable worke, not as the maker but as the putter forth of yt by hys prynt. He ys wele contented to be vnder that vengeApoc. 18. Sap. 15. Math. 15. aūce whych hangeth ouer Babylō, to gett a lyttle moneye. My lorde ys hys dioceſane, ordinarye, and byſſhopp, and therfor he dare be the bolder to ſett hys fote whereA thefe to god and his verite my lorde ſetteth hys, though yt be in a fylthie ſoyle. A ſayenge there ys that as yll ys the thefe as he which ſetteth him a worke. If Rychard lant had bene a true tenaūtSaynt ſepulchres tenaūt ageynſt God. of the eternall lyuige god as he ys to ſaynt Sepulchre, hys fore ſyght wolde haue bene moche better. If he had dwelt in the newe baylie as he dwelleth in the olde, he wolde haue done no ſoche thynge. But yf both the hande and the tole of bym thatProue. 8. Sap. 14. Exod. 20 Deut. 27. maketh an Image be accurſed (as the lorde ſaith they are) I thynke Richarde Lant ys not farre frō the ſame.

5 And wher as he hath Ioyued hys prynces auctoryte vnto yt, Ad imprimendumAd iprimēdū ſolum, not golye vſed here. ſolum, to bringe hym alſo vnder the ſame curſe of God (for I knowe God ys true of hys worde) he hath played no honeſt mā nys part, nomore than hath ſome other more of his • ellawes▪ Beſydes that he hath done here ageynſt the glorye of god, heGod, kynge, and cū tre ys herin dyſhonoured. hath dyſhonoured hys kinge and dyſhoneſted his cuntre, in offerynge vnto the peple vnder his tyttle of preuylege to drynke ageine ther owne fylthie vomete of abhominable papiſtrye to the vtter deſtruccyon of ther ſowles more thā afore. Lete menne of godlie knowlege iudge but accordynge to cōſcyēce what lernynge thisNehē. 1. 1. Ioan. 5. Hiere. 7. Hebre. 10 ys, ād lament with heuyneſſe the ſeduccyon of Chriſtes dere herytage. Herin are they cōpelled bi cruell ēforcemētes, to ſine the ſynne vnto deathe to the blaſphemye of Gods name for whō remayneth neither ſacrifyce nor yet prayer, but a fearfull expectacyon of iudgement without mercye The eternall father with hys ſonne Ieſus2. Theſ. 3. • . Ioan. 5. Chriſt and the holye ghoſt, thre perſones in one euerlaſtinge godhede redreſſe ones thys matter with ſoche other more▪ to hys owne glorye ād the peples helthe. ¶ Amē

AL thys haue I done (Good Chriſtē reader) brotherlie to admoniſhe theMarc. 12. Philip. 3. Ioan. 1. 2. Theſ. 2. to be ware of thys cruell enemye and ſoche other, which ſeketh by ther dailye craftes to robbe the of that life which thu haſt in Chriſt Ieſu. Parauenture thu wilt be moued, not bycauſe the māne of ſynne ys thus ſett forth in hys right colours, but for that yt ys done here with ſoch extremyte Conſydre for that the erneſt veyne in the1. Ioan. 3. Eſaie. 1. 2. Pet. 2 Iude. 1. ſcripturs ageynſt thys wycked generacyō frō the begynnynge. Both ded the holye prophetes and Apoſtles euermore fercely reprehēde the blaſphemie of the lordes name ād veryte. Full are all ther prophecyes ād writynges of terryble rebukes ād thret tenynges. Yea, Chriſt owr moſt gētyll ād pacyēt redemer, ſpared not to call thē ſtraungers,Ioan. 10. Matt. 23. Luce. 16. Apoc. 17 hyrelynges, theues, wolues, murtherers, dogges, ſwyne, adders, lyars, deuyls, hypocrytes, ſerpētes, oppreſſers, deſtroyers, tiraūtes, abhominaciō, ā whores brode, ād manye other names of great indignaciō. Moche better ys yt to the Chriſtē beleuer that Sathā apere Sathan, ād the deuill be knowne for the deuil, thā ſtill toApoc. 2. 2. cor. 11. Act. 26. Proue. 14 Math. 24 lurke vnder a faire ſimilitude of the āgell of lyght, For whā he ys ones knowne, he maye ſone be auoyded, where as vnder a glitterynge couert he maye leade to deſtrucciō, yea, the verye elect veſſels, were not the lorde to thē more merciful. Thow Ieſꝰ Chriſt mekelie ſuffred the aduerſarie to remayne vnrebuked ī hys owne cauſe, yet with ferceneſſe ded he reuyle hī ī the • ̄ rell of hys euerlaſtynge father, and baddeMath. 4. Marci. 1. Luce. 4. Apoc. 9. hym wyth no ſmall dyſpleaſure, auoyde Sathan. All that thys Boner doth here, and other lyke lecherouſe locuſtes of Egipt, y • to obſcure the glorye of God▪ and to demynyſhe that peple whych daylye ſeketh yt to ther power. But ther cruell enterpryſeEccl. 34. Exod. 1. Sap. 18. Deut. 10. Act. 7. ys now all in vayne. The more Pharao commaundeth the mydwyues to flee the menne chyldren of the hebrues, the more they increaſe ād multyplye. The more the peple of the lorde are oppreſſed, the more they proſpere and floryſhe. The more theLuce. 18. Marci. 10. Math. 13. poore blynde māne by the waye ſyde frō Hierico ys forbydden to ſpeake, the more he cryeth vpon Ieſus the ſonne of Dauid for mercye. The ſmall grayne of muſtarde ſede whych ys caſt into the garden, wyll growe into a great tree, though all the deuyls of hell ſaye naye to yt. The lorde whych commaunded Iohan in the begynnynge☞ Nota. Apoc. 1. Apoc. 10. Apoc. 22. of hys reuelacyon to wryte that he ſawe, ād in the myddes therof to ſeale vp the voyces of the .vii. thonderynges, charged hym ageyne in the ende to ſuffre them to paſſe at large. In the prymatyue churche was the goſpell gredylye receyued of theMarc. 16. Apoc. 20 1. Tim. 4. Act. 20. vnyuerſall worlde. In the myddes therof whan Sathan was at lyberte, was yt in a maner contempned of all menne, and hypocreſye takē vp in the ſtede therof. Now in the latter ende are menne ageyne verye deſyerouſe of yt, and doubtleſſe yt ſchall be receyued both of the Iewes and paganes,Roma. 11. Eſa. 59. Math. 2 • ▪ Iohel. 2. withſtande yt the aduerſaryes neuer ſo ſore. If the Iewes tare ther outwarde veſturs whan they harde ther God blaſphemed, moche more ought we owr inwarde hartes, ād to ſuffre owr fleſhe to be torne of thoſe terryble termagauntes of Babylon. Rather ought we to dye, than toTobie. 3. Sapien. 5. Pſal. 118. Eſa. 11. 2. Theſ. 2. leaue thoſe Antichriſtes vnto wched, that ſo depelye blaſphemeth hys wholſome wayes and withſtandeth hys godlye teſtymonyes. Not by the power of prynces nor yet by the workynge of mēne, but by the onlye breathe of hys mouthe (whych ys hys worde by Chriſt alredye taught) hath he erneſtlye promyſed to ouerthrowe in thys latter age that fylthye and falſe generacyon. Sonner ſchall heauen andApoc. 18. Luce. 21. Geneſ. 15. Amos. 2. earthe paſſe, than that promes paſſe by vnfulfylled, truſt vpon yt ſurelye. The inyqytees of the Amorreanes are almoſt fulfylled, ther vtter deſtruccyon at hande. In non other mynde am I concernynge the reproche of thys enemye, than was Helias whan he brought Baals preſtes to the broke of Cyſon, ſauynge3. Reg. 18. Deut. 32. Ezech. 9. Roma. 12. onlye that I wolde not cutt of ther heade • , nor yet anye other bodylye harme vnto them, the lorde ys my iudge, but as hys pleaſure ys. But in dede I wolde as manye menne more wolde, rather Gods honour to regne, than ther fylthye Idolatrye. Hys glorye rather than ther ſpyrytuall vayne glorye. Onlye couete ILeuit. 19. Iudith. 8. Oſee. 11. Luce. 11. in thys ther amendement yf yt myght be▪ referrynge all vengeaunce vnto God. I wolde they ded ones ceaſe from ouerloadynge the peples conſcyences with ther wretched beggerye. For doubtleſſe as yet they haue done nothynge in all ther ſpirituall ſyttynges, but renewed ageyne thePſal. 2. 2. Theſ. 2. Zach. 11. decayed myſterye of inyquyte. Loke yf thys written worke of thys holye byſſhop ſheweth anye other here. The lerned menne of Germanye demaundeth manye tymes of ther merchaūtes as they be returned home ageyne from Englande, the frutesThe frutes of ther newlye broched chriſtyanyte. of ther newe chriſtyanyte or newlye preached goſpell there. And they delyuer vnto them with no ſmall laughter the folyſhe treatyſe of Iohan Standyſhe ageynſt Barnes, the frātyk Genealogye of hereſye made by Iohan Hontyngton, and the. ij▪ draffyſhe Declaracyōs of my lorde Boner,The dyrtye dryſelynges of ther olde with ſoche other dyrtye dryſelynges of Antichriſt. By that meanes came I by thē firſt of all. For fewe other haue they elsthe re no • vndre the kynges preuylege, A • imprimendū ſolū, but ſoche fylthye dreggesAntichirſt. Abac. 3. Deut. 23▪ Eſa. 28. Hie. 11. of the deuyl, the eternall father be mercy full to that peple, and holde from them the promyſed plage for ſoche vnthankefulneſſe. For neuer was the worde of the lorde yet ſent to anye nacion. ād ſo blaſphemouſlie ordred, but wōderfull deſtruccyōs hath ſolowed thervpon. ConſydreIone. 3. Nahū. 1. Mich. 10. Math. 23. for an example the great cyte of Niniue preached vnto by Ionas, Nahū, ād other holye prophetes. Hieruſalē alſo whō owr ſauer Ieſus Chriſt in his owne perſone called vnto repentaūce, And ye ſchall fynde ther afflyccions moſt terryble ād fearfull. If ſoche warnynges had be geuē to TyrusLuce. 10. Math. 11. Ezec. 26. ād Sidō, or to Sodom ād Gomor as hath of late dayes bene geuē vnto Englande, they had receyued thē to the amēdemēt of lyfe and not bene ſo deſtroyed. Praye ther for vnto God feruētlye, that yt wyll ones pleaſe hym to putt yowr prince in minde (as the hart of a kynge ys in the handes ofProue. 21 Eccle. 11. Apoc. 9. God) to take frō yow theſe dyrtie donge Hylles which neuer will geue other ſauer than yſſueth frō the bottomleſſe pytte. Alredye hath he takē from yow by the auctoryte of Gods worde, Mōkes, ChanonsTher deuyliſhne • ſtyll re mayneth. Nōnes, ād Fryres, but ſtyll yet remayneth all ther doctrine of deuyliſhneſſe ī ā other bloſpher •• uſe uſe brode, Babilon ys there yet an habita 〈…〉 on of deuyls, and a lodgynge of vncleane ſpretes. Yet ſtyll contynuethApoc. 18. there a fylthye cage of hatefull and vene mouſe byrdes, with all ſuperſtycyōs lurkynge, and waytynge ther tyme to hoppeThey loke toregnea geyn ageyne at large, wolde the worlde ones applye to ther myndes. Do but marke the craftye cloynynge of wyncheſter whan he eyther preacheth or dyſputeth, how he clowteth the olde brokē hooles with patcheswyncheſter clowteth olde holes wit new ſubtyltees. of olde papyſtrye, ſowynge them to gyther with newe ſubtiltees and wyles. Hys chatterynge charmers a brode doth folowe the ſame ſelfe trade alſo, ſauynge that they want moche of hys craftye conueyaūce, as all mēne maye beholde in the aforeſeyd boke of Standyſhe a wyſe lerned chaplaine of hys. Hontyngtō an otherHontyngton can fynde no heretyke a monge papyſtes. of hys retynewe, can not amonge all hys heretyques fynde one Pope of Rome, nor one falſe Byſſhopp, nor one ſcyſmatyk Preſt, fryre, monke, nor chanō, of ſo manye as be in the cronycles. He can not fynde out one traytour nor one ſturdye Papyſt, as manye as hath bene of them ād areHis ſyght ſerueth hym but vpon the one ſyde yet to thys daye. Though he behelde Barnes that was brent in Smythfelde for beynge the popes enemye, yet coude he ſe neyther Powell, Abel, nor Fetherſton which were Gods enemyes and the kynges, though they were at the next dore by. No hys eye ſyght wolde not ſerue hym vpon that ſyde, for hys holye fathers ſake. But IHe ys proued a promoter of moloch. thynke hys popyſhe poeſyes ād ſcripturs moſt deuylyſhlye peruerted, are metelye wele tryed where as yt ys, to the manyfeſtacyon of ſoche a ſhameleſſe Antichriſt and preſumptuoſe Idyote. The lorde gyde all faythfull hartes in the loue of hys he2. Theſ. 3. Dani. 2. auenlye worde ād pacyēce of Ieſus Chriſt amonge thoſe deceytfull workemenne, and ſhortlye remoue the cloudes of darkeneſſe with the clere lyght of hys commynge. Amen.