BEfore we take on [...]o vew or suruei y^• horible abhominacion, Danil. i [...], of y^e most fyl [...] thi I dolatti aga­inste i, Ihon, ii, God, of the mooste cursed Canon which the sluggishe pa­pystes call the masse in whyche they wyth cruell mouth daylye beslauer the hygh Maiestye of God. we thynke it best, that we [Page] laye the fundacyon of the truth and in fewe wordes to compre­hēd what the entraunce, & state of oure faythe is & of the Gos­pel also That is it condēpneth [...] vs and promysyth saluacion by none other thyng but by Chryst no though all the workes in the worlde were got into one heape for he is out saluacyon whyche [...]c. [...]. also gaue him selfe for y^e synnes of the world and so reconsylyd vs to hys father whome is wel Math [...]. pleased in this Chryste alone, & forgeueth y^• synnes of thē y^t are grafted in y^• body of Chryst & y^• by fayth alone to suche only I saye the father īputeth no synne for Chrystes sake. Now he that wil obteine forgiuenes of sīnes committed by any other meane as by hoo [...]es, shauen crownes [Page] pylgrymages, bulles praers, Iohn. [...] fastynges, foundacyons &c. he is a theefe and a robber yea he putteth Chryst to epproby & shame as though he weare an vn­mete and vnsufficiēt redemer & of none effect. & was in vayne. hāged on y^• crosse, & slayne w^t so shamefull punyshmēt, But yet whatsoeuer he be, y^e trusteth to his owne worckes be it neuer so lytle he tredeth the precyous bloude of our redemer Iesus Chryst vnder foote, & opēly denyeth God as though Chryste were nothyng in fauour w^t the father It must be knowen therfore y^e no sacryfyce is nowe ac­ceptable in y^• sight of the father but Chryst onely whiche offred hym self to him for vs ones for all and euer, & by that dede, he [Page] swalowed vp the synnes of the holye worlde and made vs safe frome death hell and y^• deuell so that after that there neded no sacryfyce at all to be offred too hym. For lyke as he was sence that tyme no more bonde to de­ath so lyke wyse is it impos­sy­ble for hym to be offred annye more For not [...]ing can be made a sacryfyce excepte it be slayne. Thē whē the myserable papys­tes make them selues readye to offer Chryste they begynne too strangle Chryst and hang hym agayne as farre as in them ly, eth Howe foule an abhomina,+cyon it is we shal shew by theyr Canon. True it is in dede that y^• Appostles and Prophetes exhorte vs too offer sacryfyce too God but not to offer chryste [Page] but y^e mortifing of thold Adā i, Petri, [...] and cōmit our selues wholy to god This is y^• sacrifice whyche Ose. iiii god requyreth of vs and also y^t we prayse & cōfesse hī w^tout feare Seyng thē it is thus it must nedes follow y^t what sacryfyce soeuer be found out other then this, it is false & blasphemous We shal therfore try out theyr canon which wyll make you to be amased at y^• abhominacions that light hidden in it wi [...]h, yet they make to be of more, value then the Gospell. Thus begynneth the canon.

See ye what blasphemy here is euen in the beginning of it Here standeth a wretched brayn lease man at an Aulter, & (lyke a fole) prayeth y^• he maye make an acceptable a holy and vntouched sacryfyce, where he hathe nothyng but a morsell of bread and a syp of wyne. Try yt wel for gods sake how thes words stynke of a lye euen at the fyrst If it be holye) marke well the wordes (with whatte mouthe, then prayeth he, that he maye now obteyne to make yt holye? Darest thou, O manne synfull and worms meat stand fourth in the syght of Goddes Maies,+tye, and before hym playe the [Page] foole thus w^t a pece of bread / a litle wyne it followeth agayn

Oh thou varlette worse thenne noughte: Dareste / thou take vppon the, yea wyth what face dareste thou so moche as ones thynke to offer that Lytell mor sell of breade, and a Cuppe wy:+th al lytle wyne for y^• catholyke [Page] Churche Oh good god howe thou arte defyed here. It we­re no Wonder to see a mannes harte ryue a sonder too see the Deuell Alas the tyme howe he reigneth in the worlde. In thys place trewlye chryste is vtterlye denyed when one shall say here is ready breade and wynne, and wythe thys we shall help all the whole worlde as he myght saye Thush father thou arte a foole and thy sonne also we papystes shall nowe make a laufull sacrifyce whyche thou canst not be agaynste And as for thy sone, he maye goo playe hym as one of noe force nor effecte Alas it woulde make a man too wepe that y^e bloud shoulde braste out at his eyes

I thyncke verelye that the very [Page] ry Deuell hym selfe made th­ys Canone. For howe coulde, there elles bee made any greter thynge to dyshonour God. agayne, thys goodlye why pster b [...]ingeth people wyth hym to make an oblacyon too God. yea and hys bread beynge yet vnblessed prayeth for theme

He sayth also that they be fayth full howe then be they in daun­ger? If Chryste haue redemed them, what nedest thou thenne nowe to praye for theyr redempcyon / Nowe after thys he be, gynneth to call vppon a great companye of. Saynctes. bea­rynge hyme selfe in hande, that his morsell of breade is as mo­che too bee estemede, as the pre­cious bloud of chryst where yet he speaketh nothynge at all of [Page] the Churche, lyuynge on earth, specyally seynge there is not so moche as one lytle of the scryp­tur y^t hath shewed vs any thing of the Saynts departed thys life Nowe it followeth.

Here at y^• fourth tyme the foles head maketh ablacyon and vseth such worde as can not do hyt Consyder ye here the contrary [...] [Page] Chryst prayeth for me to the fa­ther, that. I wretched synner. may be acceptable to hym And this, shameles butcher, labou­reth now to reconsyle the [...]onne to the father whych loueth him moost specially and aboue all. Alas (I say) is not this I pray you extreme abhomynacyon, blasphemy and denying of God yes truly is it. euen as though the bloude of Chryste were vn­cleane also, and muste nowe be purified by them and commited to the father. Alas this is to moche mockage I can in no wyse suffer yt ony longer the hower is come that touchethe my con­scyence Let all men therfore apply them herto that this abho­mynacion may be taken away [...] Nowe, here follow the woordes [Page] of all thynges moost noble and excellent, whiche also they haue all bespotted wythe theyr owne fylthynes. See ye, here, howe these tryflers haue dryuen in thys woorde / FOR, and lefte oute the pryncypall part, that is, WHYCH IS, GEVEN FOR YOWE. Agayne, they nede not the body of Chryste y^e was delyuered ones tor all wh­en they make theyr sacryfyce. They patch to yet also, of theyre owne, the mysterye of faythe. where it is nothynge lesse then the mysterye of fayth that they go aboute, Nowe, when they haue blessed the breade and the wyne. &c. yet they offer Chryste vp agayne and saye

What abhominacion is thys, is not this to tred the bloud of Chryst vnder fete when we wyll de­syre God to haue this as accep­table as Abels sacryfice was is the bloude of Chryst of no more value than to be compared with Abels oblation what offred A­bels then a young lamb yf Abel by the oblacion was made ryghtuous, then Chryst dyed not for hym at all. And after thys manner, shal a vyle and natural shepe, be of more estimacyon, pryce and worthyenes then the moost precious bloude, of our onelie redemer Chryste. O good Lorde what a horryble blasphemy ys thys what Chrystyen herte is. able to abyd thes thīges so my­serable and all to gyther full of deceyte and dampnatyon. [Page] Now I appeale you lordes and Rulers I beseche you at the last yet turne hyther your eyes. The fathers of the olde Testament. weare as well saued by the pas­syon of Chryst, as we be as wyt nesset Paule. Therfore they be false lyes whych these men bear in theyr Checkes. For in the oth­er place here before they saye it is a pure oblation and vnspot­ted and here nowe they praye to God to take it as accepta­ble as he dyd Abels sacryfyce. euen as thought Chryste were iuferyour to Abell, where as he ought to beleue that, Chryste re consiled to the father, both Abel and all Gods elect.

Wyth what face then O fylthy wormsacke wilt y^u purify Christ [Page] to the father, I thynke that yf God shuld raine doune aboun­daunce of fyre, all shoulde be to litle too punysh and purge this abhominable blasphēy of these wredched Papystes, by whome Chryst is crucifyed in these da­yes. M. sodry & dyuers wayes and is put to death againe Oh this moost detestable Idolatry of thease wycked Popysh masses, cāne be purged by no kynd of purgacyon. but by y^e eternall fyre of Hell. Oh let hym sape y^t may. For sence the worlde was fyrst cerated were there neuer greater blasshemies among all Heathen, then is in this Canon, For both ī breadth & lēgth they exced Hieroboās Calnes, which though the king had thē ī honor [Page] yet put they away all other I­dolatrye, But the Calues, re­presented an outewarde shewe of Godly seruyce, as do in oure daies Idolaters and the cursed ꝓapystes. It followeth

☞ Se here for Goddes sake howe the Asse playeth the fole here. Nowe he goeth about to offer Chryste to the father bi an Aungell whyche is vtterlye a­gaynst the woorde of God, as y^t Psamograph sayth. For the [...]ather hath made, hym manye hondreth years a gone, to syt [Page] at hys ryght hand. But thys braynles fellowe. I magyneth that God hath soche an Aulter in heauen, as he sayth masse vpon and so breketh vppon Chris­ [...]es office, which is the only true Preest yea, he beareth him selfe so importunely, & goeth about too offer Chryste, as though he hadde not offred hym self al re­dy. If the heathen shuld thus of rashnes. Vse theyr sacryfyce too Hilarius, or Anchus y^e abhomi­natione of it woulde seme abhomynable ynough, too bee puny­shed with the euerlastynge fyre. Oute vpon this blyndenes out vppō it, And now he goeth doune to them that be dead and like a hare brayne entreth to the Iugement of God and taketh charge ouer the dead whych thynge [Page] the holy goost hath forbidden bi the holye scripture, and woulde that we shulde inquite nothyng of them And yet here the Asse is more frantike then euer he was Here he saith that they rest with God. and yet he desireth God, to giue them parte of the seat of reste and peace. It followeth.

☞ Now behold howe he is he­re rauyeshed with blynde deuo­cyon, and knocketh hys Popish hart and calleth vppon a great nombre of Sayntes, and in the mean wyle he turneth both god and Christ to pasture in the feld [Page] of forgetfulnes / and hath no nede at al of Chryst neyther yet beleueth that Chryst hath alreadye purchased heauen for hym. And in this he vetterlye deneith despiseth & forsaketh Chryste / as thoughe he had not geuen heauen frely And because those dulheaded and madbrayned papystes be nothynge mouede at this therfore they often tymes lay furthe the woorkes, merites & desetes of Sayntes, as thou­gh they wer of more value then the precyous death of our one­ly Sauyoure Iesus Chryste. And here may ye se and beholde the madnes of these Masmon­gers. The Grayfrers gaue a great some of money, to the pisshop of Rome y^• they might put [Page] in their Idol saynte Fraunces amōge these that be here nom­bred, O the ambycious couet­tyng of honour desirous to ma­nye. For here should soner De­uelles be regrested, then any Sayntes, Furthermore, when the bread is consecrated / then eateth he vp all hym self alone and geueth no man parte of yt. but putteth a pece of it into the Chalyce as hought the bloude of Chryste must then be puryfyed by y^t pece or elles the bloude must puryfy the bread / by min­glyng them to gether, All thys is but tryfflynge, and hath no­grund of the scripture. It fo­loweth in the Canon

Of thys the blynde masse moungers toke theyr blodenes to insure them selues, & wallow at thaulter as doo the swyne at the trough▪ and goo about to desyre a priuate fayth to them sel­ues in theyr hartes, and at y^e last thus he concludeth.

Se I pray you how madde thys sacryfyce monger is beco­me He goeth on styll to commēd Chryste to the father. Now I besyche you al and charge youe in goddes behalfe to try thys abbominaciō, and looke narou­lye on ii, and sprede it abroade, [Page] yf it be possyble through all the woorld, that the shame of that fylthy whore of Babylon, may be all vncouered. And praye ye to God, that he vouchsafe too sett hys almyghty worde at ly­bertie, whiche / Alas the whyle / is wholy and all togyther hyd­den and kepte backe from vs & hath also been hyddred frome our forefathers, these mannye hondreth yeres and al by y^e most detestable abhominacyō of these sacryfyce mongers and christ murtheres whyche thus cruelly murther & crucify Christ. Fur­thermore I saye, that al houses of Stewes whyche God hath most earnestly forbydde w^t rob­beroes, murthers thefts. &c. are not so hurtfull. as is this abho­minacyon of Popysh masses. To conclude, I besech al Prynces, [Page] Rulers, Offycers and Iudges, depely to trye w^t themselues, and examin this horrible blasphemy agaynst God. and if God suffre you to punyshe any sediciouse rybauld. that openlye taketh a waye the honor of the Maygestye of God why sholde ye not as well, and moche soner roote out and purge this so ab­homynable and Antichrystian blasphemye agaynste God frō among you. Lest the horryble wrath of GOD. as of a fitye kyl shuldo be prouoked against your neglygence. and be aduenged as well vpon you as vpon these Idolatrious Prestes loue your god and sett you forth his glory for to y^e purpose ye beare the sword, and haue authoritye [Page] If ye this doo, he shall be your Prynce and Captayne and shal defend you thought al y^e deuels in hel were agaynste you yea he shalbe your myghtye Champiō agaynst death it selfe. And shal delyuer you from the Pharao, & shal at last bryng you in to y^• eternall conntrey whiche hath promysed you The grace of God euer strengthen you in fayth Amen.