REmember (dearely beloued) that ye were not baptised in the name of men, of Images, nor yet of Idols that be dombe, to be their seruauntes, to honoure them contrary to the commaundements of God, but in the name of Iesus Christ, because you shold worship and serue him, as he doeth commaunde, but for all that since the tyme we were indewed with knowledge, and the reason thereof, we haue bene blynded, and led astraye, farre from our duties, yet God hauing pitty vpon vs, and willing to saue vs, did so by his deuyne prouydence, although by hys ryghteous iudgement he mighte worthely condemne vs, wherefore let vs make no small accoumpt of this benefite of Pardone and Indulgence now offered vnto vs, by that most Holy & reuerend Father, most worthy of prayse and glory, for that we see, he asketh no mony of vs for it, as Antichrist doeth for his trash, he demaundeth of vs nothing but that only we shoulde haue a [Page 2] sure fayth, hope, and confydence, in the same, for that he himselfe doth graunt it, and geue it vs, in his sonne Iesus Christ, and therefore, let vs not for the vayne feare of men, leaue nor let slip, the inioying of such pardons, and graces, with the benefite therof, but accept thē gladly, for as the Lord our god saieth, we cannot be saued without them.
¶A short sum of all the Indulgences, Graces & Pardons, graunted of god our most holy father, by his sonne Iesus Christ, to al faithful Christians in this Iubily mentioned, and commanded to bee publyshed, because that all those that doe repente them of their sinnes, and tourn vnto him, may inioy the benefites, contayned in the same, in this world, the fauour of god, and in the world to come, life euerlasting.
Gala. 4. Esay. 6. Ro. 2.16. WHen the fulnesse of time was come, and the acceptable daye of our sauyng health, according to the determinate wyll [Page 3] of god, ordeined in his deuine coūsaile, before the begynning and creation of the worlde,Ephe. 3. Ephe. 3. Esay. 6. Coloss. 1. Rom. 8. 2. Cor. 5. Gala. 4. 2. Tim. 1. Ephes. 2. Genes. 3. Ephe. 2. our most holy and eternall father, hauing pitty vppon vs, of his mighty free will, and bounteous lyberality did send his only begottē son, to be borne of a woman and made subiect to the lawe, because that by him shoulde be preached vnto vs the great and gracious reconsiliation made by him selfe betweene god the father, and vs, beeing as we were rebels, and the children of rebels, for that all by one, had incurred the payne of a rebell, to his deuyne maiesty, by the which the Deuil & Death, had gotten empery,Hebr. 2. Rom. 5. Iohn. 8. 1. Pet. 2. psalm. 13. Rom. 6. Ephes. 2. Deut 17. Leuit. 26 psalm. 13 rule, and the vpper hand, ouer vs absolutely, and we made the slaues of sinne, and did obey sinne, and were made abhomynable and corrupted, abhorrors of all righteousenes and louers of all kynde of wickednesse, deade in sinne, and buried in errors, children of wrath by nature, and subiect to the curses and malediction preached vnto vs, as agaynst the ennemyes of gods truth, so, that as out castes, and desperate people,Zach. 9. we were without remedy, [Page 4] and ready to be cast into the prison of darcknesse,2. Pet. 2. Mat. 5.25 and fyre of hell, in the company of the deuill & his Aungels, of whom we did giue so wilful obedyēce.1. Cor. 1. ephes. 2. &. 3. Rom. 5. Col. 1. apoc. 1. ebre. 2.
But our blessed God, and most holy Father, as he is rich in mercy, so is he willing to shew vnto vs his immēsible charity, with the which, although wee were his ennemies, yet he loued vs, to the end to deliuer vs from the power of darcknesse, and clense vs from our sinnes,2. Cor. 5. ephe. 5. Thes. 5. Col. 1. to make vs partakers of his righteousenesse, to destroy the Empery of the Deuyll, by the potency & mighte, of the redeemer of the world, and so to preserue vs from his iust wrath, and indignation, and or wicked condemned children of darcknesse, to make vs children of lighte,iere. 16. and so to bring vs to the kingdome of his beloued sonne Jesus Christ, he did ordeyne, that this his good wyll,Mat. 10. should be publyquely preached and declared vnto vs, to this end, after that Christe had accomplyshed,col 1. Math. 8.15.28.11. Mar. 16. and fulfilled the worcke of our redemtion, and gloriousely tryumphed ouer all the ennemies of his glory, to our [Page 5] saluation,esay. 53. he made to sounde throughout the whole world, that trumpette of the predycation of his grace and mercy towardes vs,iere. 31. iohn. 8. sending his legattes, and Apostles, to preach his pardon generall by his gospell, to all those, and vs that had bene traitors, and rebels, vnto him and his glory, for that beleeuyng the grace, and doctryne that on his behalfe was pronounced vnto them and vs, they with vs, and we with them, should be absolued, & made free from all maner of Synnes, bothe veniall, and mortall, and the punishments for the same, the which they had broughte themselues and vs into.
This mercy,acts. 10.15 Rom. 16. although it were generall to all, yet it did take effect, but only in those, which did truely beleeue, with fayth, and that did leaue of the seruice of sinne, and did submit them selues, with all their hartes, to truth, righteousenes, and holynesse of lyfe: for it hath bene séene in our age,Gen. 6. Psal. 16. ier. 2. esay. 45 that men haue bene deceaued, forgetting of him, who is the fountayne of lyfe, and wysdome, in whome doeth consiste, all [Page 6] trewe health,56. ihon. 34 Gen. 3. Rom. 5. Psal. 88.89. exod. 15 Heb. 9. and trusting in vayne thinges, we haue lyued like vnbrideled horses, in vnrighteousenesse, and abhomynable Idolatryes, by the cause whereof, be and haue bene, wars, honger, pestelence, and many other ordynary chastisementes, common and perticuler in and through al Christendom, the which are testimonies, that the wrath of god, is iustly inflamed against vs, and that the last day, of his deuyne iudgement, is at hand, our moste holy and sempiternall high prieste, with desire of our health, and saluation, and for that by trwe repentaunce, we should, conuert vnto hym, to be made partakers, of the lyfe euerlasting, moued by his mercy, doth charge, and commaund now anew, yt this Iubily, in the which is declared the fruit of his death which is the full pardon, of all our sinnes, and offences,iere. 18. Sap. 11. be preached to all christians, throughout the whole world, because that those, which by true repentaunce, and amendment of lyfe,Math. 3. do receaue it, be and are reconfiled, and put in peace with God, and so by consequente, sette [Page 7] frée from all euils, presente, and to come, the tenor whereof doth followe.
¶ This is the Iubily and full pardon of sins (a Culpa et Pena) most graciously granted, to the church of god, dispersed throughoute the whole world.
BY the auctority of our most holy Father,Gene. 1. Psal. 104 God almighty, supreme hed and prouyder for all creatures, and in the name of Iesus Christ his sonne,1. pet. 2. the great pastoure and Bishop of our soules, and by the vertue of the holy ghost,iohn. 14.16. maister and conseruer, of the true church, it is enioyned and expresly commaunded, by the vertue of holy obedience, to vs al, and to as many of vs, as haue receaued the Sacrament of holy baptisme, that we reade and vnderstad,Rom. 12. pet. .2. and that we giue to vnderstand, from one to another, euery one, according to the Talent or gifte yt wee shall receaue, hereby to preache the nature and propertie of him, who doth call vs from darcknes, to his admirable light, and these immēsible graces, [Page 8] & the great priuiledges graunted therin (perpetually) to all the faithfull seruaūtes of Christ,ihon. 1.5.10. Gala. 3. Rom. 6▪ & to as many, as wilbe, and do receiue him, and doe beleeue and truste firmely in the lyfe euerlasting gotten only by the sheading of his most pretious blood, for that it is he that is that christ, that from the beginning was promysed by god the father,Gen. 1. apoc. 13 17. iohn. 3. Mat. 1. Luke. 1. acts 4. Gen. 3. esay. 43. & 53. Mat. 3.8. 2. pet. 1. colo. 1. Psal. 12.9 Heb 9. ephe. 1. Luke. 1. Rom. 5. ezech. 18. to our forefathers, to be their sauiour, and a sauioure of their séede and descendents, by whose vertue, strength and power, should be destroied that old serpent, by whom, they, their seede and discendēts, were brought into the state of perdition, the which he did conclude by his death, and did appeasethe wrath of god, and satisfie to his iudgemente, for our sinnes and offences, and by hys righteousenesse, did obteyn for vs, most copious, plentious, and eternal redemtion, and pardon generall for our sins, (a Culpa et Pena) as his most holy Father had decreed and ordeined, from before the beginning, and creation of the world, and afterward to the ende to conuide or inuite vs, to the receite of [Page 9] our health,heb. 9.10 Rom. 6. and discouering of his ryches and mercy, (though we be vnworthy) yet he notwithstanding, did loue vs by his sonne Iesus Christ, and dyd promyse vs, by his saints, and seruants the prophets, that in whatsoeuer tyme and place (although our sinnes wer neuer so great, and in number to the sandes of the sea, yet, if) we did cal vpon him,ier 31. Miche. 7 with a penitent heart, & truste in his mercy, and desire pardon and forgeuenesse, at his handes, yea euen then, of his great loue, we should be so truely pardoned, and restored to hys grace and frendshyppe, as if we had neuer offended,ezech. 18. heb. 4.10 Rom. 8. phi. 2. nor sinned againste him, with promyse, neuer to remem- them agayne, notwithstanding, they were neuer so greate nor greuous, because that Iesus Christe being become man, in the parson of our flesh, and in all thinges lyke vnto vs, did take vpon him our sinnes, and so by vs, was brought vnder curses and malediction,Gala. 3. 1. pet. 2. for that he tooke vppon his shoulders, our sinnes, and did suffer moste cruell death for them, vpon a tree, and by the [Page 10] infinite power, and vertue of the Sacrafice, that he tooke vpon him selfe, to offer vpon the crosse he did blot out and destroy all our offences and sinnes,esay. 59. wholy, and did obteyne by his merites onely, so riche, and plentyfull a liberty, for vs.
esay. 55. Heb. 10 gala. 2. iohn. 11. Titu 3.Low the father of all mercy, and god of all comfort and consolation, to certifie vs of his good will, with yt which, he will saue and take vs from the captiuity and bondage of the devill, hauing established, in his holy church, this inestimable treasure of redemption, of reconciliation,1. pet. 1. 1. cor. 6, Heb. 9. 1. iohns. 1 and grace gayned onely, by hys onely begotten sonne, hee dothe now most liberally, open it, vnto vs, for that as many as will, may enioy the same, and receue the benefit thereof, euery one,apoc. 1 with hauing of a sure fayth, and affiance, that the bloud of the lambe without spott, was shed, and once offered for the sinnes of all mankynde,2. pet. 2. heb. 8.9.10. 2. cor. 5. to be a true oblation, for the same, and that there nedeth no other satisfaction, nor absolution, before god, but onely it.
And therfore, for as much as this is onely [Page 11] pardon for sinn,esay. 43. iohn. 1. Mat. 26. it is now publyshed, by the infinite mercy of god, which doth pardon vs, by one, onely, Iesus Christ, whose bloud was shed, to the same end, and ther is no health in none other but in him, because there is none other name vnder heauen giuen vnto men by the which they should be saued,acts. 4. but onely his,esay. 9. Gal. 2. 1. cor. 1. 2. cor. 2. he will, that all beleuers haue and houlde, the same, by, and for, his proper wisdome, righteousnes, santification, and redemption, because, as he is god, and redemer of all generally, so is he, of euery one particularly, and therfore, he will that euery one of hys, in particular, shall take, haue, hould and enioy, the gracious redemption and pardon obtayned and bowght wyth christes bloude, for all mankynde, the which shal be sealed in their hartes,2. Timo. 1 ephe. 1. phi. 2. by the holy ghoste, the spirit of promyse, for that quickned by it, they should shew the fruites of holines and righteousnes with the which they do shew thēselues obedient to god, and true and liuely members of Iesus Christ, who doth say vnto all and to euery one in generall & [Page 12] particuler,esay. 43. I am, I my self am he, that doth race and blot out the wickednes and offences of my people, for myne owne sake, and I will neuer more remember their sinnes,ezech. 18. and by Ezechiell as truly as I liue, (saith the lorde) I will not the death of a sinner, but rather that he tourne from his wickednes and liue:iohn. 11.7.8. and by Saint Iohn, I am the resurection and the lyfe, he that beleueth in me, although he be deade, yt shall hee liue, and whosoeuer that doth liue and beleue in me shall neuer dye, and hee that thirsteth let him come to me, and I will geue hym drincke, and I am the lighte of the worlde, and hee that foloweth me shall not goe in darckenes, but shall haue the light of lyfe, and therfore be doth graunt as followeth.
esay. 61.To all those that be of contrite hart that doe trust in his mercy, in his bloud, death and passion,Luke. 4. that they shalbe partakers of the fruite of his redemption,Rom. 3. which is a full remissiō of all their sinns and offences, for euer.
[Page 13]ITem, to those which are meke, pacient '& full of long suffering, which suffer rather to be iniured and depriued of their goods and substaunce,Mat. 5. Luke. 6. then to consent vnto sinne, Idolatry & abhomynable wickednes, he doth pronounce and graunt vnto them, that they shall inherite the earth, and be in the numbre of his own children and seruauntes.
Item, to those that hould Sathan and his seruauntes, for blynd, captyue, and bonde, to hell, death, and damnation, and do giue fayth to all that is graunted,esay. 6. ephe. 1. colo. 2. in this Iubily, he doth graunt vnto them a trew sight in his gospell, and also doth set them cleare, and at a francke and free liberty, from that bondage.
Item, to those which haue obeyed sin, and were therefore banyshed, and depryued of the ioyes of Paradice, if now they beleeue in the, gospel and be ruled by the same,Gene. 3. iohn. 3.11. he doth graunt vnto them that they be restored wholy into a sure and firm hope, to haue & possesse them agayne, and neuer more to bee depryued.
[Page 14]Item, to those that for the hate they haue vnto wickednesse, do mortify, and kyll, wyth the spirite, the euill inclynations, affections, and concupiscences of the flesh, conforme and accordyng to the profession,Rom. 8. gala. 3. colo. 3. that euery one, by the holy ghost, did make in his baptisme, hee doth graunt vnto them a glorious victory in the end.
Item, to those which alwayes are in warre and stryfe with them selues, and do byde payne,Mat. 5. Luke. 6. iohn. 1.2.16. to resiste the sinne, that is in them, and in the world, and to those that goe with griefe of mynde heauy, and mornyng, for the same, hee doth graunte vnto all such, all trwe celestiall and heauenly comforte, wyth promyse, that in the ende, he him selfe will wype away the teares from thyir eyes, and their heauinesse, shalbe tourned into ioye, and their weepyng into laughter.
Mat. 5. Luke. 6 Esay. 65. psal. 30Item, to those that do honger and thyrst for ryghteousenesse sake, and that in all thynges do procure with all theyr hartes, that which god doth commaund, by his deuine worde, hee doeth [Page 15] graunt vnto them, plenty of ioy, and heauenly delightes, that neuer shall haue end.
Item,Mat. 5. Luke. 6. iames. 1. to all those that be & haue ben mercyfull, and that haue pittied the afflicted with a christian affect, burning with charity, to succour them in theyr necessities, he doth graunte vnto them (Plenissima indulgentia) a moste ful, francke, and free pardon, and doth geue vnto them for euer, his mercy to bée their patrone, and defendour in iudgement, with a ioy pardurable, in the cō pany of his sayntes and chosen.
Item, to those that are persecuted as christians,Mat. 5. pet. 4. iohn. 16. Gala. 5. for faith, loue, and righteousnesse, he doth graunt vnto them, the blessednesse of hys heauenly kingdome, and that the sprite of his glory, and grace, shall rest vpon them, and that they haue ioy and christian delightes, in conscience, while they shalbe in this world, and for euer.
Item, to those that by Christ do beleue and trust in God, and doe purify theyr soules with loue without fayning,1. pet. 1. Mat. 7. hee doth graunt vnto them, a perseuerance [Page 16] by fayth in his gospell, with a blessed ende.
Deut. 15. Tob. 4. Gala. 5. 1. cor. 7. iohn. 14.Item, to those that with the bowels of charitie, will gyue their almes, for the building and repayring of the lyuyng temples, that Iesus Christ did redéeme, with his moste pretious bloud, which are the true pouerty, faythfull, & afflicted, he doth graunt vnto them full pardon, and that they be sanctified, by the holy ghost, to be a temple for euer, for hym to inhabite and dwell in.
Item, to al those which are faythful, and that doe know the truth, hee doeth graunt liberty,1. timo. 4 that with temperaunce and respect of charity, had to all them, that are weake in faith, that they may indifferently,1. cor. 8. Mat. 15. acts. 10. all the dayes of the yeare, with action of grace, that is, gyuyng of thankes, vse and eate, of all kynde of meates, created of God therefore, notwithstanding, the vayne and foolish decrees and diffēces, made, had, and mainteyned, by and vnder false tytles, of men without pitty, the feare of God and his righteous deuine iudgment.
[Page 17]Item,Psal. 9. Mar. 11. iohn. 14 15. iere. 29. ioel 2. to all those which in theyr heauinesse of mynde, and all their troubles, do ronne and apply them selues, onely to God, & call vpō him in the name, and by the merites of Iesus Christ his onely sonne, he doth graunt vnto them, a spirituall health and comfort, wyth an vnloading and setting at liberty, of their burthened, and troubled conscyences.
Item,ihon. 10. Mat. 6.16 to all those that hould and accoumpt, Iesus Christ for their onely sauiour, high Priest, Kyng, and Prophet, he doth graunt vnto them a full pardon and that no euyll shall preuaile against them, but that they shal be partakers of hys euerlasting kingdome, and glory.
Item, for as much, as it is necessary for the health and saluation of all christians, and of euery one that is a chrystian, to fulfill the first and moste holy sacred vow, made in baptisme, whyche is to loue alwaies righteousenes,Mar. 16. Rom. 6. Gala. 3. iames 4. 1. timo. 5. truth and godlynesse, and to abhorre the contrary. The onely law geuer, which only can saue and spill, bynde, and loose, [Page 18] for that they should be able to fulfill the same,1. Thes. 4 1. cor. 6.7. doth graunt to all men and wemen, of what estate or condition soeuer they be, (being christians) that they néede not haue, nor kéepe the bond of continency, for notwithstanding what soeuer vow or promyse of chastity, or virginitie, that they haue made, yet they may freely take vpon them (and enter in) to the holy estate of matrimony, to auoyde fornycation, and to the ende that the holy temple of the Lord,2 cor 6. 1. cor. 3. (which is theyr bodyes) be not prophaned, contayminated, and fall into perdition, and so be destroyed, by his deuine potency and myght.
Item, to all those which for the loue, and obedyence they do owe vnto god, wyll visitt them that are imprysoned,Mat. 2.5. 1. Iames. 2 the sicke, the desolate, widdowes, and poore orfanes, and according to theyr power and habilitie with pittie, do relieue, and helpe them he doth graunt, vnto them, a confirmation of that hope which they haue to inioy his holy, and blessed kingdome, which is prepared for them, from the beginning of the [Page 19] world.
Item,esay. 58. Mat. 25. Rom. 1.2 Heb. 15. 1. Pet. 4. to those that with charity doe prouide for, mainteine, helpe, succoure and comfort the needefull, hungry, and naked, and that doth lodge the poore straunger, he doth graunt, a confirmation vnto them of the same hope, that is, help vnto them, in their like necessities.
Item, to all those that with a chrystian effect, do teach the ignoraunte,Thes. 5. 1. Pet. 3. Pro. 17. and comfort them that be heauy in mynde, for good and righteous thinges, he doth graunt Indulgentia plenaria.
Item, to all those that are superiours and masters,ephe. 6. 1. cor. 7. if they do make a christian profession, in gouernment, and that they with theyr inferriours and seruantes, doe with equality in their degréese, kéepe a christian lyfe, lyke seruauntes of our lord almighty, as redeemed a like, by the blood of Christe, he doth graūt vnto them, Indulgentia plenaria.
Item, to al those that accoumpt them selues dispensers or stewardes,1. cor. 4. mat. 13.25 of spirituall and temporall goods, and riches, [Page 20] which they haue receaued of God, if they distribute them to gloryfie hym, and to helpe their neighboures, he doth graunt vnto them a multiplication, of the same goods and ryches, so distributed, and therewyth Indulgentia plenaria.
Item, to all those that haue not firmly stoode to,2. Thes. 2 and loued the truth, but haue beene beguyled and deceaued by the blynde doctryne of Antichrist and his mynysters, and induced to followe the doctryne of Deuils, whych are tradicions of men,1. timo. 4 ieremi 2. in place of the gospell, and that now, with a true, feruent, and harty desire, are willingly reduced to trowe and deuyne obedyence, and do know by the light of godly scriptures, the errors, superstitions, guyles, deceites, idolatrise,exo. 20. Deut. 6. iohn. 4. and other abhominations, in the which they haue béene and doo renounce them, withall their harts, and hould the trwe god, for theyr god, & do worship him in spirite and truth, and let their whole trust depend and be vpon him, his goodnesse and promise, his high holynesse, doeth graunte vnto [Page 21] thē & such like, pardon general, because they may freely performe the same, without feare of foule Antechristes excommunications, of his inquysitors, or other his mynisters, because that for all them, or any other sensor of theyr church, (whatsoeuer) that is thondred out and doth flame agaynste them, hys hollynes doth also graunt them absolution, and doeth freely restore them to his fatherly grace, that they in his Church, maye haue a place for name and being of his faythfull children, and that they liue in hope to possesse & inioy,1. Pet. 1. the immortall inheritaunce, not contaminated, but incorruptible which is conserued and kept, for them in the heauens.
Item, to as many as be, and desire to be, faythfull seruauntes and disciples of Iesus Christ, his deuyne maiesty, and most reuerent holynes, doeth graunt, that with a stoute harte, wythout feare of the aforesayd excōmunications, or other decree whatsoeuer, made by the said antichrist or his ministers, that they may & do reade in the Spanish, [Page 22] French, Italien, English, or other mother tongue or language, the bookes of the olde, and new testament, and all other bookes, of trwe and sound doctrine, for that they may knowe, howe to gouern themselues,iohn. 5.17 Deut. 12. Luke. 11. Gala. 5 esay. 8. 1. cor. 14 to liue hollily, to know him, and so to haue life euerlasting, and herewith he doeth expressely commaund, that they suffer not them selues to be depryued of this liberty, vnder the paine of death, perdition, and damnation, together with the enemies of his grace, that do rebell agaynste his holy will and commaundements, and that haue made the sayd excōmunication and decreese.
Item, the same Lord Iesus Christ, trwe interpreter,iohn. 1. Mat 5.6 7. of no wil of our most holy Father, doth declare by these presents, that all excōmunications, and such lyke, as be proceede from the sayd Antichrist, chiefe and high priest, of the man of same, the sonne of perdition, or from his inquisitor and false butcherly Bushops,2. Thes. 2 are trystes and of no validity nor effect, because the offyce nor power to excōmunicate, is not geuen to one [Page 23] that is blynd,apoc. 17. nor to a blynd and apotestaticall church, embrewed with the blend of faithfull martirs, and the sainctes of god our Lord, and gouerned by the doctryne of desperation,Tit. 1 1 timo. 4. such as are the traditions of men, but that office doth belong to such a one, and to such a Church,Mat. 18. iohn. 2. whose head is Iesus Christ, to the apostles in his name, and to all such, as be their trew successors, guided by the spirite of truth, and that doe teach and liue by the trew doctrine of the gospell, so pure as possible, the rule, lock, and key, to open, and cōmunicate, the kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers, and to shut it agayne to all that do not beleeue, and to the vnfaithfull rebels, proceeding from (and lyke vnto) the Deuill and his members, for whatsoeuer excōmunications they bee, if they come not from the trwe courte or offyce, (which is Christes church) if they be thondred out with booke, bell, and candell, neuer so fiersly, if they bee forged and formed by the free will and forsight of them that haue the name of pastors, (and yet in truth are very Idols [Page 24] and rauening wolues) neuer so firmely,zacha 11 esay. 56. Mat. 7. yet, it is not ratified nor allowed in the kingdom (nor by the faithful) of Christ, but condemned and that with iust reason,Mat 23 & good right. The Scribes and Pharisies, were set in Moyses chayre, and did set at naught the excomunications,Iohn. 9.11.17. that Christ and his Apostles did preach, and pronounce vnto and agaynst them, yet we are taughte by the holy Ghost, to abhorre them, their examples, and the like examples, by whom soeuer they be shewed, much more, the examples of those Antechristes which are now the mockers of God, and euen now do sit, not in the chayre of Moyses, but in the chayre of pestylence,Psal. 1 Iere. 23. 2. Cor. 2. Phil. 3. Luke. 19. Ier. 2. Iames. 1. to entrap, blinde, and be the perdition of the people of Christ, if they could, and to be the trwe members & mynisters of Sathan, and enemies to the glory of Christ, and of the bloud of the new testament. To all those that do renounce these (and such lyke) false religions, of perdition, inuented by mē, and with all their hartes doe imbrace the true, healthfull, saludable, and celestiall [Page 25] religion, that our Lord and holy Father Iesus Christ doth teache, and by his spirite, the Patriarcks, apostles, and Prophetes, he doth graunte vnto them, plenaria indulgentia, and that they do inioy all the benefites moste blessed, that are herein contayned.
Item,apoc. 1.7 22. Heb. 1. 1. Pet. 2. all those that according to the church of God, that he taught by the fathers, of our faith, the holy apostles and Prophetes, doe beleeue that for all our sinnes, veniall, and others, that the bloud of Iesus Christ is the onely maker cleane, the clenser, and purgatory purger of them, and that there is not, cannot,1. Iohn. 1 nor may not be any other, and that we haue no neede of any other but he,1. Pet. 1. Apoc. 7.22. vnto them and such lyke is graunted, by our almighty most holy Father, indulgentia plenaria, and that they receyue the benefite of his passion, and so made cleane, of all theire sinnes.
Item, to all those that are studious, and desirous to heare, (and so worcke according to) the word of God whych is the onely rule for to please him by,Esay. 8. & to knowe the trwe Church, to bee enioyned [Page 26] & incorporated with Chryst,Luke. 11. his moste mighty holynes dothe graunte vnto them, that they shalbe blessed for euermore.
Item, to all those that notwithstanding, the excōmunications,1. Iohn. 2.4 Rom. 13. Gala. 15. Mat. 10. Mar. 9. Ihon. 14.15. 1. Cor. 10. 1. Pet. 4. Actes. 9. Barbarian, and Turkish defenses, and decreese, and other tyrannicall, and Pagan cruelties of antechrist, and his ministers, do and will loue, receiue, incurre, cōmunicate, defend, helpe with counsell, sustenance, and charitable intreatise, the faythfull members of Iesus Christ, and whiche by the mercy that they haue receaued at his handes, doe acknowledge him to be their onely health and saluation, and be immitators, and followers of him, in lyfe and doctrine, & doe ronne away from the errors and other abhomynable abuses, in the which they haue lyued contrary to the gospell, and for the same be, and haue bene, abhorred and persecuted, by the children of darcknes and of the world: his almighty holines and deuyne magnificence,Psal. 40. Mat. 10.25. doeth promyse and graunt vnto them, that they shalbe beloued, receiued, gwarded, kept, [Page 27] comforted, prospered, deliuered from their ennemies, holpen in all their troubles and necessities, and at the last day, alowed and accepted before the father and his holy Aungels, for faithfull confessoures of his truth and righteousnes, and in the end of al, enriched with the eternall riches, of his celestiall blessednesse.
Item,Iohn 1.3, 11. Gal. 5. to all those that doe, and wyll beleeue in Iesus Christ, with all theyr hartes, and all their powers, and wyll lyue with doing worckes of fayth, with a firme hope and trust in Christes merites, and righteousenesse, as is commaunded by the gospel,Apoc. 14. he doth graunt vnto them (millions of millions yeres of) pardon for all their sinnes, A pena et culpa, and also peace and rest in conscience with promyse, that after their departure out of this world, they shal presently enter into a full possession of the eternall kingdome of Christ Iesus.
Item, to all and euery one, and to whatsoeuer parson or parsons,Esay. 53. Ier. 32. that wil imbrace Christ and his righteousenes with a trwe fayth and hope therein (if [Page 28] they be in the article of death) whether it be by signes,Ezech. 18 tokens, or wordes, so it be from the bottome of their hartes, and doe faythfully beleeue that Christ Iesus made a full satisfaction to God the Father,Rom. 3. 1. Cor. 1. for the sinnes of all mankynde, his most high holinesse doeth grant vnto them, Plenissima indulgentia, a most free pardon, remission, and absolution, from all their sinnes, and are set at libertie fully for all paynes and punishmentes due for the same.
Item, because the sainctifier of al men is of nature mercifull, and doth loue, and wil the saluation of all these which he did redeeme with his moste precious blood.ezech. 10. Ihon. 17. 1. Pet. 1. Psal. 144 Rom 11. He doth graunt and it is his almightines moste holy wyll, that if it chaunce that any such parson or parsons, so in tharticle of death, do not dye at that instant time wherein they so called them selues to their duties, that for their so pure hartes and mindes towardes him, they shall not onely inioy, thabsolution aforesayd, but also for euer after during life, be continued in the same with health of body and soule, [Page 29] in this world, and in ye world to come life euerlasting, for God our holy Father is not onely so redy to pardone, at the hower or article of death, but also at euery hower whensoeuer his seruants will call vpon him with a penitent and pure hart.
Item, to all those which by vsurping vsury, by vnsaciable gayne, in buying and selling, by fraudulent deuises, or any other vnlawful meanes, haue obteined and gotten into their handes, the goods and riches of this world, if those vsurping vsurors, insaciable gayners, fraudulent deuisors, and vnlawfull doers, (being abhomynable sinners) doe from the bottom of their hartes repent for the same, and professe in their lyues and doctryne amendment of life, and doe seeke to make some restitution, eyther by rendring back againe, or reconsiliation, to them which they haue so hindred, he doth graunt vnto them that they shall rest in his tabernacle, and dwel in his holy hill, for S. Augustine sayth (Non dimittitur peccatum nisi restituatur oblatum) sinz are not to be forgeuen [Page 30] without restitucion.
¶ The witnesses of the old and new Testamente to testify the truth and strength of this Iubily.
[...] in 18. [...].25. In the booke of Genesis and in many other places of the Law, and testamente of scriptures, Moyses and others, doe restify, that al nations of the earth shold be blessed & saued by Iesus Christe (the sonn of Dauid of the seede of Abraham) and that they shoulde receyue by hym an eternal and celestial, benediction or blessing.
Actes. 10Item, saynt Peter doth testify, that al the Prophetes beare testimony of Iesus Christ, and that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shal receue remission of sinnes in his name.
Mat. 20.Item S. Mathewe doth testify, that Iesus Christ did say of himselfe, my comming into the world was not to be serued or ministred vnto, but to serue and minister vnto others, and to gyue [Page 31] my lyfe for the redemption of many.
Item, Ecce, hae aqui, behold this is my blood which is shed for the remission of sinnes,Mat. 26. 1. Cor. 11. Mat. 8.9 and vnto one that was sicke of the Palsy, he sayd thy sinnes are forgeuen thee, for that I see there is faith in thee.
Item,Luke. 7. to a woman that was a sinner, goe thy wayes in peace, thy sinnes are pardoned, also to a woman that was sick, to a leper, & to many other he saide the same.
Item, vnto the father which had a chylde possessed with a dombe spirite, if thou couldeste beleeue,Mar. 9. all thinges were possyble vnto thee, for vnto him that beleeueth all thinges are possible.
Item, saincte Luke in many places doth testefy the like in effect, and in the firste chapter he sayth,Luke. 1.2 24. Blessed be the Lord God of Israell for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raysed a mighty saluation for vs in the house of his seruant Dauid, as he spake by the mouth. &c.
Item,Luke. 1.2 24. the Aungels doe witnesse the [Page 32] same, saying, feare not, (to the Shéepheards) Ecce, hae aqui, behould I bring and preach vnto you glad tidinges, and great ioy which shalbe to all people, for this daye is borne vnto you, a sauyour, whiche is Iesus Chryste the Lorde
1 ioh. 1.4.Item, S. Iohn sayth, in this is the loue and charity of God shewed vnto vs, in that he doth send his only begotten sonne into the world, because hee might liue in and by him, and herein consisteth the charity and loue, not that we haue loued God, but that he hath loued vs, and sente his sonne to make an attonement for our sinnes.
Item he doth commaund that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preched in his name throughout the whole world.Actes. 10 Luke 2.
Item, S. Iohn Baptist doth point vnto hym wyth hys finger,1. Iohn. 1 and sayth, Ecce illi [...], hae illi, behold ther the lambe of god which taketh awaye the sinnes of the world.
Iohn. 3.Item, he that beléeueth in Iesus Christ the sonne of God, shal haue life euerlastyng.
[Page 33]Item,Iohn. 5. verily, verily, I say vnto you, he that doth heare my word and beleue in him that sent me, shal haue life euerlasting, and shal not come into damnacion, but is escaped from Death vnto lyfe.
Item as Moyses lifted vp the Serpent in the wildernesse,Iohn 3. iohn. 3. Euen so shall the sonne of man be lifted vp, because that all that beleeue in him should not perish, but haue life euerlasting, for god so loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne,1. iohn. 4 that al which beleued in him should not perish, but haue life euerlasting, for God sent not hys sonne to condemne the world, but that the world through him shoulde bee saued.
Item,1. iohn. 2. if any man sinne, we haue an aduocate wyth our Father, euen Iesus Christ the iust and righteous, and hee it is that obtained grace for our sinns, and not onely for ours, but for the sins of all the world
Item Sainct Iohn in his reuelation sayth,Apoc. 1.11.16. that he did loue vs and dyd [Page 34] washe vs from our sinnes, in hys bloud.
Heb. 1.Item, sainct Paule doth witnesse, that Iesus Christ did make purgation for our sinnes, and for the sinnes of all the world.
acts. 4.15.Item, Sainct Peter sayth, that it is Christ Iesus by whome wee haue remission of our sinnes, and that by faith in him, our hartes are purified & made cleane from all kinde of wickednes,
Item, the Augell Gabriell did pronounce vnto the holy virgin Mary,Mat. 7. Zacha. 9. Esay. 53. that she shoulde conceaue and beare a sonne, whose name shee shoulde call Iesus, for that he shold saue his people from their sinnes, and deliuer them from the condempnation the which they were in.
Item, forasmuche as our eternall highe Priest is the onely wisdome of god,Heb. 24. 1. Cor. 1. and doth knowe the infinit vallew of these pardons, and that we our selues cannot buye their, for any thinge wee haue or can doe, (for that a thinge of such vallew infinit,1. cor. 6.7 1. Pet. 1. Rom. 5. may not be bought) the will of his Sacred Maiestie is, to cōmunicate them most graciously and [Page 35] louingly vnto al sinners,1. Iohn. 2. that féele their necessities, and call to him for mercy, without leuinge or takinge any mony for them, for if that euerie one of vs, were Lord of or ouer the whole world, or such like, if one would graunt his seigniory or Lordship, for ye least benefite contained in the same, yet it could not be boughte, for the valewe of the world may be known, and the valewe thereof is vnspeakcable, but for that he dothe knowe the greate pouertie and miserie, in which wee liue, yet by the greate and vnualuable riches,Ephe. 2. Psal. 15. of his mercy, and for that he doth knowe our necessities, better then we our selues, and of his aboundant leue, dothe commande, for the health of our soules,Iere. 1. all his cōmissaries and officials, the Prophetes, Euangelistes,Ezech. 2. and mynisters of peace,Mat. 28. Mar. 16. Esay. 51. Esay. 52. & 55. that with great Instancie, and earnesty, they doe call to all people, and cōmaund, that they receyue this Iubily, of grace wtout geuing for it any pēny of mony, or other thing that perisheth.
By the Prophet Esay he doth publiquely cōmaūded in this maner, all those [Page 36] that thirst let them come vnto the waters, and those which haue no siluer let them make hast and come, let thē buy, and [...] come and buy without siluer, or any thinge this, chaunge wyne for milke, you spend and wast your mony, but not in breade, you spende your trauaile and receue no hire, nor rewarde.
And because hee will that the immutabilitie of his truthe, and the loue that hee hath towardes vs should be notorious, he doth desire and cōmaunde that all the graces graunted in this Iubilie, esay. 54. Rom. 11. be for euer, irreuecable, with a priuilege sempiternall, to as many as receiue the same, and that it be not derogated by any other priuiledge, or decree, what so euer, neither in death nor lyfe, but that it haue alwayse, full force, effect, and vertue, to deliuer al them which receue the same, from all euils presently, and in the ende, to deliuer them, into the possessiō of the eternall and euerlasting riches of his heauenly kingdome.
But forasmuch as you, Nom. my officials, haue receued the grace of me by the gyfte of my holy Ghoste, and [Page 37] haue geuen credit to my promisses and worde,Iohn. 6. Rom. 3. 1. Cor. 1. and haue receued my sonne Iesus Christ for your reconcilyatoure by the fayth that you haue in hym and his blondshedding, which is the priuie signet and seale of my church, the which I doe put to these presentes, whereby I doe graunte vnto you, all the graces, pardons, dispensations, Indulgences, & priuiledges in this Iubily, contayned: In wittnesse whereof,Iames. 2. 1. Iohn. 3. Leuit. 19. Mat. 22. I haue cōmaunded these presentes to bee firmed with myne owne name, and sealed with my seale as aforsayde, and therefore for a signe that you haue receued the same, you shall beare in your hartes,Iohn. 13. the loue that you doe owe, and that is due vnto your neighbours, and shewe the same by your worckes. Iehouah.
Item, our most holy Father doth condempne all,Gala. 1. and as many as doe rebell and gainsaye any thing herein contained, or that doeth the contrary, and more ouer doth excommunicate them for euer from and out of his moste holy heauenly kingdome.
Here followeth the tenor of the excōmunication [Page 38] and cursse, that the sprite of god, which into say, the holy Ghost, doth pronounce against them their familliers, fautors, somnors, and doers.
The holy ghost by the Prophet Dauid to all the enemies of the grace & glorie of Christ, that by any maner of meane, or way what sooner, doe defende, stoppe, and let, the publicatiō of these pardons, or the priuiledges therein contayned, which are the onely fruites of the Gospell, he doth cursse, excōmmunicate, and perpetually enclude the out of his kingdome, in this maner, O Lorde, shed thy wrath vpon them,Psal. 68.109. Psal. 69. and let the fury of thine Ire comprehende them, there habitations be brought lowe and let no man dwell in theire tabernuckles, let theire tables bee made a mare vnto themselues, and let those thinges which shoulde haue bene for theire welth bee vnto them an occasion of fallynge, let theire eyes be blinded that they see not, and euer bowe thou downe theire backes, let them fall from one wickednes to another, and let them not enter into thy righteousnes, let them be wipped [Page 39] out of the booke of the lyuinge, and let them not be writtē in the booke of the righteoues, constitute and set thou an euell Prince ouer them,Psal. 109. and let Sathan be still at theire righte hande, let them be as duste before the winde,Psal. 35. and the Aungell of the Lorde scattering them, let theire wayes be darcke and slippery,Psal. 109. and let the Aungell of the lord persecute them, when they go to receue Iudgement, let them come forth condempned, and let theire praiers bee tourned into sinne,Psal 109. let their dayes bee shortened, and let another take theire charge, let the extorcioner consume all that they haue, and let ye stranger make spoyle of their trauailes, let them cloth themselues with curssynges, and let it come into their bowels like water, and into theire bones like oyle, let curssing be vnto them as a cloake, and like a girdle wherwith they girde theire loynes, and let them perishe for euer in thy presence, like as did Coran, Bathan and Abiram, Nume. 16 Psal. 104 enemies of thy truth and righteousenes, & also to thy saintes and holy ministers, Amen.
[Page 40] The fourme of the absolution graunted to al those that receue this holy Iubily, and rather fear god then men.
Mat. 16. Iohn. 10.20. 1. Pet. 1 Acts. 20 Rom. 1. 2. cor. 5.11 Psal. 51.Misereatur tui omnipotens Deus. &c.
I The minister of God the Father, by his auctority in that behalfe to me committed, and to all graunted, also by Iesus Christ, the onely good and trwe pastor, or sheepehearde of the shape, that he did redeeme with his moste pretious bloud on his behalf, & by the vertue, efficacy, & strength of the gospel of eternal & most gracious recōsiliatiō ▪ Col. 11. ye which wt your harts, you haue beleeued, I absolue you from all your sinnes, vemall and others, which you haue committed agaynst his most greate holynesses deuyne maiestie, so that you be penitente for the same, & can finde in your harts to amend your liues: I doe restore you to the Church constituted for the liuing members of Iesus Christ, the head and espouse therof,Rom. 11. and to the participation of the two true sacraments, which are the sacrament of baptisme, and the sacrament of the true supper of our lord, [Page 41] and doe assure you of all the aforesayde graces, pardons, and priuileges, and do pronounce that it is his fatherly wyll and pleasure, that you do enioy them with an assuraunce of life euerlasting. In the name of the father, of the son, & of the holy ghost. Amen, go in peace & sin no more. Iohn. [...].
I am the good shapheard,Iohn. 10. that doth geue my lyfe for my sheepe, I doo know my sheepe, and they heare my voyce and followe me, and I doo geue them lyfe eternal, sayth Iesus Christ our sauiour.
¶The .x. Commaundements of Almightie God, published by Moyses, vvith a short explanation of the effect thereof.
The first Table.
HArken,exod. 20. Deut. 5. O Israell, I am the lord thy God, which haue brought thée out of the lande of Egipt and out of the house of bondage.
The first Commaundement.
THere is no more gods but one, in whome it is very hard for vs to put our trust onely in, not for that he is vntrusty, but bicause we are so corruptible in our fleshe, that of our selues we cannot but geue credit vnto vanity, for whosoeuer putrech his trust many thīg maketh, a strange god of the same that he putteth his truste in, so that a man [...] many strange gods as are the thinges wherein he trusteth, and herevppon it did rise at the [...], the worshipping of dombe Idolls & Images, so condempned of God, by the Prophets, but to accomplish and fulfill this com [...] [...], it is necessary to haue a constant faith, and confidence in God, that is, a perfect loue, feare, reuerence, and hope, and to let all our trust depend onely vppon him, the which is, to worship him in spirit and truth, & this commaundemēt [Page 43] is a fountaine from whēce doeth spring the whole Lawe, and the obseruance thereof.
The second Commaundement.
BEcause God is a spirite, he doth forbid vs heare to represent him in the likenes of any corporal or bodily thing, as though he were in it, or like it, wherfore those that will worshippe visible thinges, and maintaine the same, contrary [Page 44] to the worde of God, are threatned here as Idolatoures and breakers of the lawe, because the honoure which they doe owe vnto God, they doe vse it vnto his creatures.
The third commaundement.
HE doth commaunde that with our tongue we should testefy that wee haue a God almighty, whome wee ought to feare, to reuerence, and to loue, and not to sweare by his name in any light thing, nor by his creatures to couer a lie, but if we doe sweare, we must doe it to his glory, our saluation, and the helpe of our neighebors in good thinges, and then must we sweare onelie by the name of the liuinge god.
The fourth commaundement
The ceremony of keping of the saboth day, did finishe and ende with the cerymonies and shaddowe of the lawe, by the death of Iesus Christ, but the substaunce therof doth remain to this day, and perpetually, that is, to kepe the saboth spiritually, to cease from labour & worldly worke, that god may worke in vs, and that in al thinges that wee do, we geue him ye glory, god graunt we may seeke the same for euer. Amē. Amē.
The Commaundements of the second table and so the first and fyfte in order.
[Page 46]It is commaunded vnto vs by this commaundement, that wee reuerence and honoure our carnall fathers, euery one in his place, that is to say, our superiors in eache estate and degree, from the lowest to the highest, and so backe againe, to helpe them in necessitie according to our habilities, to honour, reuerence, and obey them, for that they are called to theyr places by god, & to draw vs vnto it, to doe it according to hys word, he doth incite and incourage vs, by a chearfull and comfortable promise, and that is, our dayes shalbe enlarged, and we haue long lyfe, the which is fulfilled, in them that please god.
The Sixt commaundement
We are not by this precept or commaundement onely forbidden to kill or doe any murther, and ye interior causes of the same, but also he doth commaund a vertue cleane to the contrary▪ and that is, to loue our neighbors as our selues, and so to doe them good, as we woulde be done vnto, yea euen to the sauegarde of their lyues, if neede bee, by all the [Page 47] meanes that we possibly can deuise.
The Seuenth commaundement
Herein is forbidden all kinde of carnall concupicence, betwéene men and women, oneles it be by lawfull matrymony, and there withall is demaunded, a chaste harte wyth cleane and pure thoughtes.
The eighte commaundement.
THis precept or commaundemente, doth commaund vs not to steal, and therein establisheth the possession of any thing that is righteousely gotten, and doth also put vs in minde of the brotherly loue which we ought to haue towardes our neighboures, and so one to an other with all humility.
The ninth commaundement.
IN this commaundement we are forbidden to beare any false witnesse agaynst our neighboures in iudgement, and doth forbid vs to lye, backbits, and [Page 48] sclaunder, but doth commaund vs to speake alwayes a truth before men, as if we did speake before our heauenly Father, the searcher of the secretes of all hartes.
The tenth commaundement.
IN this last commaundement, he doth bid vs to be void from euell and hatefull couetousnes, and that in place therof be placed godly vertues, according to the good will and doctrine of god, to the profet of our neighbours, proceeding of loue to them as to our selues
Rom. 10.The ende and fulfilling of the lawe is Iesus Christ, to Iustify al beleeuers. I will shew thee O man (saith the holy ghost) that which is good,Miche. 6 that which the Lord doth require of thee, and that is, (trwely) that thou doe Iustice, loue mercy, and alwayes call vppon god.