BRother knowledge cā ­ste thou tel me what newes ys now abrode a­monge the people concernīg godes word. knovvledg brother veryte I here no newes but y^t it shal florysh according to godes wil for eany thing that I cāneperceyue. Verite. But as I vnderstā ­de brother knowledge there is manye people offended wythe it that it shold be so. knovledg. Al though they he offēded brother veryte yet it is but a foly to spurne against y^e prycke. Verite. Verylye that ys tru for that that the heauenlye father hathe not plantyd, shalbe plucket [Page] vp by the rotes & caste into hel fire yet they haue no grace but repyne at that thynge y^t wyl not be. knovv What remedy brother verite seīg they wilbe obstackle agaynst the truthe. Verite. Yes brother know­lege ther is remedy it is your part to preache vnto them the veryte with a meke spryte & yf eany man be ouer takin of afaute, as saynte paul saith ī y^e .vi. to y^e galatheans you which are spryttuall informe hym with a meke spryt, & consyder thyne owne selfe. That thou be not tempted so well as he. knovv. brother verite I haue p̄ched vnto them the true word of god, as the lorde hath taught yt me, & I haue traueled from contre to contre w^t moch paīes & persecuciō for christes name sake & I haue also declared ther abhomynaciō & filthy doctrīe vnto them desyring them gentlye [Page] to leue yt, & cleaue vnto the verite and I hath also prayd vnto y^e lord to open ther blynd hartes, that the tru knowleg of thrist might enter in, vppon the which brother verite I thanke my lord god, whome I hathe seruyd frome my youthe there hath ben some that hath forsakyn ther abhomynacion & hath receyued the veryte of Chryste cō ­trary wysse ther hathe bene other that hath ben styphenecked wythestonding the verite w^t persecuciō & murder, oh brother v [...]rite the lord is mi Iuge, I hathe p̄ached on to thē y^e swet ꝓmise & liuely doctrine of Iesu christ w^t as gentyl a spryt as hart may think declaring vnto them, ther abhominacion & fylthy doctryne, yet will they be styfenec­ked pharyses styll, but nowe I thank my lord god the sercher of al secretis, that it hath pleased hym [Page] to Inflame our noble king w^t his h [...]ly sprite by the whiche he hathe contrary to ther myndes plucked downe the greatest parte of there abhominable Idolatri intending no lesse by godes grace, then for to cote it vp al by the harde rotes how be yt brother veryte I wyll show you y^t ther is one abhominacio y^t sittith sore in mens concience that we muste see a remedye for for the Gospels sake, which ys the mother of al myschef▪ & the abhominaciō of desolatiō. Verite, why brother knowleg what is hir name cā you tell. knovledg. yes truely hir name [...]s as I vnderstande mother messe a woman that hath brought the people in to a deuely she trade. Verite. wher ī & ī what trade hath she brought thē, I prai you tel me knov. truly she hath brought thē ī [Page] such a trade that she hath set her selfe in the seare wher the lyuing god of heauē should sit, morouer brother verite she vaunce her selfe to be a god of godes ye an more then a god, for where as God is the omnipotent father of heauen and the euerlasting God without beginning and without endynge the creatour of heauin and earthe & al other thinges wherby he can not create hym selfe, yet wyll this blasphemous mounster make the people beleaue that she can creat & make god, wher as god can not make him selfe for he hath nether beginnyng nor endinge. Also brother veritie she sayth she can delyuer the sely soules that hath bene long pitously punished in the paines of purgatori frō ther paines & tormentes, moreouer she saithe she can make fayre wether & rai­ne [Page] & heale all sicknes, & bring dāpned soles out of hel, also she saith she can purchase remission of sin­nes by the offering vp againe of Christes bodi and bloud & cā w^t fiue woordes make both god and man wherby she wold make God parciall a lyer & no god which is plain heresy treasō & trayterly spokē for by her saying god cā be no god without her help wherby she wold take the crowne and honour from god and set it vpon her selfe and furthermore she teacheth the people with her filthy doctrine & subtil conueyaunce making them beleue, y^e exccepte they do heare & se her play in her iuglyng garmē tes and that in the morning eueridai thei should not prosper nor go forwarde in their busines wher a­bout they go, also wher as I with the doctrine of Iesus Chryst had brought [Page] a fewe to the true knowledge. she hath w^t hyr fylthy tradicions and wicked laws compellid them with persecucion and cruelte, to falle from the verite, & to cleaue vnto hir fylthy doctrine, & yf ther were ea­ny that wold not denye Iesu chryste but stycke to hys houlsom doc­tryne they shold strayt ways with cruell persecucion suffre deathe, wherfor yt ys tyme she where rot­ted out from the christyance and & rested of treason, thefte and mur­der, as she hath deseruid no leasse Verite, wel brother knowlege seīg yt is as you haue spoken I wold desyer you to go to my brother wisdome the Sargēt des [...]ring him ernestly to make a narowe serch for hir, & tach hyr of treason theft and murder. knov brother verite it shal not nede for he comith yender my think. veryte. truly he doth indede [Page] knouv. what brother wisdome a­worde with you I pray. vvisd. sir what is your plesur y^t you wil ha­ue w^t me knovv brother wisdome my brother veryte & I doth straytly cōmaūde you, to tach mother messe of treasō theft & murder, & lay hir fast ī newgat y^t she mai be forth cōmīg at al times. vuisd.. sir it shalbe don by y^e grace of god w^t al mi hart w^t as moch spede as I may. Verit. I praye you brother wisdom let it be so. Vuisd. brother knowleg I pray you where is hir most abydīg & comē trade where I maye lay wayte for hir. Knovu brother wisdō hir most abidīg is at pouls or ī seīt feithe [...] ꝑish vnder pouls church or at ludgate in saīt martens, ꝑish & if you chance not of hir there walke vnto saint pulckers church and if you loke well you shall Fynde hyr In one of those plasys wytheoute fayle [Page] vvisd. Well brother knowledge seing it is your mynd & my bro­ther verytis to gether I will do my dyligens as moch as I may veryt. I & we desyre you hartely to do so. vvisd. Sir it shalbe don. Knov. Brother veryte I haue no dought but that he shal take hyr tyght wel al though it belōg first Wherfore I besech y^e lord be his spede. very. I men I pray y^u lord. vvisd. Mother messe I charg you ī the kinges name to delyuer frō you your honor & I tach you herein y^e king of heauens name, of treason theft & murther. Messe. whi thou lurden, who made y^e so bold to tuch me, thy fingers shal rot of vuisd. No no Mother messe y^e world is not now as it hath ben, it is not your Cākerd doctrine y^e shal make me leue of houlde therfore be cōtent, & make nomore ado but [Page] cōe your wais w^t me, Messe Whi I pray you sir what be you, and what is your name, y^t you haue ā octorite to tach me, for y^t thīg y^e I am not gilty ī. wisdo, truly my name is wisdōe, I am an officer a­poīted to y^e heauēly king to serch out al wikednes. M [...]sse. Na thē I haue seruid a good seincte ī dede am I at this poynt now, I praye you master wisdōe, who is my accusers. vuysd. Truly your accu­sers be thes veryte and knowleg mē of a godli vnderstāding Messe Verite & knowleg. vuis. Yea truli Messe. Na thē mary I am like to suppe my porege ī newgate, wel master wysdome seing it is so as you haue spokē what remedi but I wold desier you this I knowe wel sergantes be good felowes & for monei wil do aplesur at a nede wherfore if you wil let me scape [Page] now at this time I wil geue you for your gētlenes y^u choyse of thre thinges, Vuisdo. what thinges be those I pray you hartly Mess. mary that be these, a bisshopryk a benefit or a C, [...]i. to drīk, whether of these thre thīgs ye wyl & you shal haue for my suertes y^t shal se you paid M, stifnec & M. couetus y^e ­se be substācial ye kno very wel & I dar say they wyl not se me cast awai for a lytle for they be my very frīdes & ye may be sur of this y^e if these twayne cobbes stick vnto me ther is a greate sorte moore in corners that wyll put to their portion y^t love me full well I thanke thē wherfore master wisdō seinge you haue such sufficiēt surties I trust you wyll let me go, vuis, naye truly we depart not so as for these two parties I know thē veri well they be not the men y^t I wyll trust [Page] vnto nor non such as they be but now I know who is your vpholders let thē take hede or els they are lyke to knit the knot y^t you shal knit. Mes. by the masse I haue fysshed well now in dede why cā not these two honest mē befor named bale me oute yf nede be. vuysd no v [...]r [...]ly no such as they be but if ye brīg honest men to me y^e loue god & his word & wilbe boūd for your forth coming at al times I ā contēt to let you go. els not, Mes. nay then I am lyke to go in dede, wel M, sergeaūt I wold desyr you of charytie to let me go for Goddes sake yf you wyll not let me go for none other mans sake, vuisdo. no no mother messe I know it is not Goddes wylle that I shoulde do eanye suche charitie. Messe. no is. wisdome no vere­lye., Messe. Then doo wyth me [Page] what ye will. vuisd. come on youre wais you shall go with me, Messe. I am not very wel content. vuisd what sayste thou. Messe. marye I say I am very wel content, vvis antipus I do cōmand you in the kīgs nāe to lay this womā fast in newgate that she maye be forthe commīg to morow at y^e Sescione house. Antipus. sir it shall be done with al my harte Vuisd. loke that you do so & make hir sure. Antip. mother messe I am sori of your troble. Messe. what remedi. Antip. su­erly I can not tell, but yf I could I would but such fare as I haue you be welcome to it so longe as you be here. Messe. sir I thankyou hartely. vuisd. Brother knowlege & veryte you must be at the sessciō howsse at .viii. of the clocke to morow to put your inditment agaīst mother messe. knouv. and I praye [Page] you brother wysdome haue you gotten hir. Vuisd. I verely that I haue. Knouv, now the liuīg god be praised, we wil not fayl by the grace of god, but we wil be there. gods Vuord the. luge. Inquere daniel if ther be eanye man that hath eanye matter to be intreated of this dai ī this Sesscione house let him brīge it in. & enter it & he shalbe hearde. Dany yf there be any that hath ani matter in this sescions house, let hym enter his accione for my lord iuge is ready to heare yt Iuge. da­nyell call forthe that woman ther Danye, mother messe stande forthe at the bare here. Messe here my lord Dany. hould vp your hande, Iuge. cal forth the quest danyell. Dany: 0000 yes all them that be charged of the queaste of mother messe my lorde commaunde you straytly to apeare at youreical īge in payne [Page] of hys hey dyspleasure 0000 yes, Simon Peter & andrew come forth & apere at your calling. Ans, heare my lord, Dany. Iames zebede and Iohn his brother com forth & apere at your calling. Ans. heare my lord Dani. philip & bartlemew cō forth & apeare at your callīg. Ans. heare my lord Dani. thomas & mathew cō forth & apeare at your callīg, Ans▪ heare mi lorde Dany: Iames and thadeus com forth & apere at your calling. Ans heare my lord Danye, simō of cane & mathias come forth & apere at your callīg Ans heare mi lord. Dany. stand forth heare all xii and harkenne what shalbe layde to this womans charge. Peter whe wil my lorde. Iuge. Danyell make a crye to knowe whether heare be eany that haue eanye thing to lay to this womans charg ye or no Daniel. yf ther be eany mā y^t hathe [Page] eany thing to lay to this womans charge, let hym entir his matter for my lord Iuge is readito heare yt. know. my lord heare is a womā that hath committed open treason theft and murder Iuge: howe sayst thou woman why answeres not y^u to thy complaint: Messe. my lord I do denye it, they are not able to proue it, nor no such thīgs as they laye vnto my charge. Veryte: & it please you my lord that thing that my brother knowlege hath layde to hyr charge ys true and we are able to proue yt. Messe. Where in haue I cōmytted this opē treason theft and murder that you lai vnto my charge. I am she that hath ben of a long continuaūce, instituted & made by christ and his apostles & aprouid by diuers, holy doctors & for the space af this, vi C. yeares I haue ben takē & halowed amōg [Page] the cheafest as a woman mooste necessarie for the peoples saluatyon and seing that I am sprituall and Allowed by so many holy fa­thers ordeyned by the holy scryp­tures and aproued by diuers ho­ly doctors, my think my lord you should not alow y^e accusations of these two men but punish them y^e other meughte take an ensample therby. know. my lord if it please you to heare my brother veritie & I we wyl proue y^t thing true that we haue laid vnto her charge for wher as I sayd that she is a traytour it is tru my lord by her owne wordes, for where as paule sayth in the .x. to the Hebrewes that we are sanctified by the offering vp of the bodye of Iesu Christ ones for al, yet this blasphemous monster is readi dayly w^t her priestes ministring and oft times offreth [Page] one maner of offerings which cā neuer take away sinnes but thys mā Iesu Christ the sonne of god when he had offered for sinnes. one sacrifice which is of valew for euer sate him downe on the right hand of God and from hensforth tarteth tyll his foes be made hys fotestole for w^t one offering hath he made parfect for euer thē that are sātified, & thus we he taught in saīt Paules doctrine therfore it is not for vs nor no other crea­tur to beleue this wicked womās doctrine for she saith that she can offer vp the body of Christ euery day to take away sinne which is blaspheme and treason for saint-Paule saith in the .vii. to the Hebrewes that he dyd that ones for all when he offerred vp hym selfe wherbi bi hir doctrīe she doth crucify Christ euery day anew which [Page] is to be knowne & thought y^t she is a vtter enime to god & his word ye & amore worse traitor then whas Iudas which betraied christe, for Iudas whē he had once betraied hī & delyuered hym in to the handes of his enymis, strait way he knew he had done wyckedly & through dispaier he whente & hanged hym selfe, but this traiterly woman ys not contēt w^t crucifieng him once or twyse a day, or one day, but she wil crucifi him v C. times eueridai in the yeare & thinke yt al to litell & not onely that but she causeth y^e people to beleue w^t cruel persecuciō y^t it is necessary for mās saluatiō & thus I proue hir no leasse then a tretor, w^t doth crucifi christ a new also athef which robith god of his honor, & as for murderīg she doth not onely sle thē w^t hir damnable doctrine to go from y^e truth of our [Page] saluation vnto her false doctrine to oure condempnacion but also all them that woulde not beleue it to be trewe and stycke to theyre opinion wyth cruell persecutyon suffered deathe, As Rychard Hunne, Roberte Kyng, Iohan Debinham, Nycolas Marshe, Thomas Sax [...]e: Thomas Hittō Thomas Bylney Richard Bifelde w^t Teukesbery & colyns. Willyā Leton george bainham Ihon frith Ihō Lābert Wuliā Tindale, Robert Barnes w^t Gerard & Hierō. & v C more y^t she hath shed of innocent bloud & by this I proue hir a traitor: a thefe & a murderer & I ā sure your lordshyp wyll not say nay vnto it. Iug no truly y^t I will not if it be so: how saist thou womā is it so speade, Messe. my lord if it plese your lordship in dede I offer a sacrifice for the sīnes of y^e people [Page] & for al syknes diseses & euil chaunses and for faier wether & rain which is christes bodi & blod but they can not ꝓue by y^e, that I am neither traitor, thefe nor murde­rer for the scriptures beare me in that that I do. Knou, Why Esai the prophet in his fyrste chapter saith y^t the lord doth abore youre Sacrifice euen at his very harte and wyl you compel hym to take it whether he wyl ye or no, and if he had delighted in sacrifices as Dauid sayeth in hys myserere I woulde haue gyuen it the Lorde but thou delighteste not in none sacrifice lorde here Dauid declareth howe he hath no pleasure in them which is sufficiēt inough to proue you false in that poīt, and wher as you say that the scriptures beare you in it. I prai you in what place of scryptures do yow [Page] bear your self I could neuer rede that ther was any messe in Christ nor his Apostles time. Messe No what though the nam be not mē tioned in the Scriptures yet the thing it selfe is mentioned there for in me is Christ hym selfe in y^e form of bread and wine made by such wordes as is taken out of y^e scripturs which christ lefte for vs, as in Mat .xxvi. Mar, xiiii. & Lu .xxii. & also as paul declareth in the .i. epistell to y^e Cor .xi. chap wherin he saith y^t the lord Iesus the sam night in which he was betrayed toke bred and thāked and brake & said take ye & eat ye thys is mi bodi which is brokē for you now then if Christ doth saye, this is my body will you sai it is not his body. Veritie. no verely that I wyll not: but yet my lord shall rightly know both thou and thy [Page] doctrine to be false supersticion, for where as y^u saist y^t christ is in y^e In y^e forme of bread & wyne after the wordes spoken taken out of, scripture which is as moch to sai hoc est corpus meum this is my body truth it is y^e christ said this is my body but first you shal knowe y^e when christe sat among the twelue Apostles hauing y^e bodi y^t y^e virgin marye bare & that same body y^t y^e virgin mary bare, toke y^e bread ī his hand gaue thankes brake it & gaue it to his disciples nowe you shal know that y^e scrip­ture saith that Iesu christ becam in all poyntes lyke vnto man sa­uinge synne, nowe I ricken that one mans body can be but in one place at one tyme, howe thynke you mother messe Mess. I mary y^t is true a mans bodye can be but In one place at one time in dede [Page] verytie. Well then when the Descyples had receyued the breade of the bodye that the Vyrgynne marye bare, where was that bo­dye then, had they Eate it vp, or was it styl presente before them, Messe No theye had not eate it vp but it was still present before them. Veriti. Well then That same bodye after it had Suffred death and rose agayne yt assen­ded vp to heauen and let hym downe on the ryght hande of his father & there tarieth tyll his foes, be made hys fote stole, nowe that bodye is in heauen you wyll graunt me thys. Messe. I verelye y^t is true. veryt. Howe chanse it thē that you wyll make the People beleue that y^e Substaūce of bred and wyne is turned frome hys kynde vnto the verye Bodye of Chryste that the Vyrgyn marye [Page] hate after these woordes spoken, this ys my bodye, not that onelye but you make thereof a sacryfyce for the remyssyon of synne bothe for qwick & dead which is great blaspheme to the blode of chryste & they that woulde not so beleue sholde suffer moste cruell payne & death, wher by ye haue crucified christ anew in his membres being no leasse thē amourderer & a there y^t robbeth god of his honor. Messe. why sir god is omnipotent. Veryte I verely that is truth, Messe why then he may do all thinges & seing he is almighty speakīg these wordes hoc est cor pusmeum, thys ys my body why shuld you then be repugnant againste the truthe, and saye that yt ys not hys Bodye, where as he saythe hym selfe that yt is hys bodye, and thys I am sure of my Lorde that all them [Page] that louithe me and he that ys in me, whiche ys god hym selfe, as I knowe there ys a greate meanye dothe, they wyll saye no lease but that I am ordeyned of God and that in seyng me, they se god hym selfe which mad them & died vpō the crosse for them all, and if they receue me, they receiue their maker the body of christ fleashe blod and bone as yt hanged on the crosse, and thus all them that fauerithe & louithe me wilbeleue no leasse, Iug why I perceiue now thou hast spoken againste god & hys worde heresy and blaspheme. Knouvlege. I truly my lorde she word make y^e word of god of non effecte for by hir saying god dwelleth in tēples made w^tston. yea & she techeth the peple to beleue no lesse thē lo Messe why my lord seīg y^t I am made by god & his apostles ordeined to be [Page] mās saluatyon I thinke there is no mā y^t loueth me but wyll say y^t where as I am there is god for y^e scripturs prophesied that messyas should come which should saue y^e people & I am she, & my abidyng is in Temples of stone whiche is gods tēple so well as mine, for loke wher as I am ther is he. knou Why the womā of samaria ꝓphesied messias to be a he & not a shewher as she said, I wotwell messias shal com which is called christ whē he is com, he shal tel vs altogether here she callyth hym a he & not a she messias & where as you say y^t god dwellith in tēples made of stone you shal know y^e. s. steuen saith that god dwelleth not in tē ples made w^t handes also, s. paule saith no lesse to the xvii. af the actes y^e god which made the worlde and all that are in it dwelleth not [Page] in temples made with hande neyther is worshiped with mens hā des as salomon saith in the thirde boke of the kings the vi, Chaptre that he builded him a house. howbeit he that is hygheste dwelleth not in the tēples made w^t hādes as saith the Prophet Esaye. Hea­uen is my seate and the yearth is my fotestoole what house wyll ye buylde for me sayth the Lorde or what place is it that I should reste in hath not my handes made al these thinges? now this blasphe­mous woman doth cause the people to beleaue that he dwelleth in temples made wyth handes cau­sing y^e peple to take hir fals gods for the lyning god wher as these honest mē doth witnes y^e cōtrary which is suffitient inogh I trust my lord to proue her false ī y^t poīt & whereas she saith my lord y^t he [Page] that receyueth her after the consecration meaning the breade and wine two false goddes receaueth the body of Christ flesh bloude & bone, but after such a fashion to­ke the Iewes the woorde of God in the. vi, of Iohan when he said the breade that I wyll geue is my fleshe whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the world now the Iewes toke it grossly and stroue among them selues saying how can this fellowe gyue his fleash to eat, as doth thys woman these wordes of christe, this ys my bodye, takin the bare leter nothing considerīg the closing vp ther of wher as he saith so oftē as you shal eat this breo & drink of this cuppe it shal shew the lords death tyl he com & if he be ther as this woman saith as I know he is not, let this nam sacramente be cleane abolisshed [Page] for he maketh yt but asynification of the deathe of christ & not christe hym selfe but rather you must proue the Scripturs false which callithe yt a sacramente or ells proue your selfe to be the Antechrist that Christe byd vs beware of whiche sholde exalt hym selfe in the seate wher the lyuīg god shold syt, whi­che is in mannes consience & these to be two false gods which you sai ys the lyuing god, & if the Scrypturs be true you be atraitor a these & a murderer, & if they be not true a proue them your selfe. Messe. syr I can not denye but that the scripturs be true. Iuge. then thou con­demnyst thy selfe a knowledgynge by thyn owne wordes to be giltye in that these two honeste men do­lay to thy charg. Peter. my Lord yf yt please you the accussacions of thes two men ys true, & she ys [Page] gyltye in the thinge that they lay vnto hyr charge, wherfore my lor­de yt shall not neade to panyell a queaste of hir, for she hathe condē ned hir selfe, by hyr owne wordes, & all we twelue breathern will graunt ther vnto no leasse. Iuge. Why what thynke ye ys she gyltye or vngyltye. Peter. gyltye my lorde, & if yt please youre lordship or anye other man, to loke in the .vi. of baruc the prophete you sholde kno­we wether she or that, that ys ī [...]rbe a god ye or no, Iuge. wel woman by the worde of god thou art con­demned vnto deathe for treason theft and murder, and seyng thou arte so thou shalte dye the deathe Stifnec my lord my brother coue­tus. and I wold desyre your lor­deshyp that you wolde be so good as to let her go vnto the place frō wence she came fyrste. Iuge. no [Page] that she shall not for yt way chāce that she maye do moche harme in the weye as she gotthe, Stifnec my lorde yf yt please you to set two honest men to ouer se hyr my brother couetes and I wylbe glad to bea­re there costs what so euer yt be. Iuge. Well at your desyer she shal go, but ye shalbe bownde vnto me that you shall se hir convied ouer Stifnec. my Lorde that we wyll with all oure hartes, but we wold desier your lordship that you wold be so good lorde as to leat hyr contynu tyll the parlemente be paste, and then wyll we se thie youre cō ­maundemente fullfylled. Iug, well I am contente that she shall a­byde wythe you till the perlement bedone, then vendicta dei and fy­nall dessperation shall haue the ouer seing of hyr to se hir convied to hir father the pope againe, and [Page] for thy part vendicta dei, se thou that she trauelith with moch paine and persecucion & let not my wrath neuer depart from hir but hang thou still ouer hir heade for euer & let hir neuer haue no prosperyte but all ways in sorowe & care, and se that she crepith not ī to no mans house in eany wise as I knowe she will, if thou take not good heade therefore wayte nar­owlye vppon hyr and specially a bowghte Powlles a monge hyr fryndes there, and Ludgate and sayncte pulckers, and se that she carieth w^t hyr, hir two brother supersticyon and Idolatry, and for thy parte fynall desperacyon, so that she be broughte to hyr Ior­neys end wyth owght Soker or comfort and that she neuer returne agayne wiles the world indureth but alwayes to abide In vn [Page] comfortable paine as a thing desperate of all comfort neuer to obtayne mercy. final, My lorde vendicta dei and I shal se this youre commaundement fulfylled vnto the vttermoste. Iuge. I pray yow hartely do so & take hir w^t you.

NOw gentle audience where as I haue wyth iuste cause condempned this mounster by gods word perceyuing no les­se then that she is the abhōmina­cion of desolacion and the greate babilon the mother of whoordo­me, and hath set her selfe in the sete where god should syt as saint Iohn saith in his reuelacyon the xvii. Chaptre the waters saith y^e Angell vnto saynt Iohn which y^u saweste, where the whore sytteth are people and folke & nacions & though and in that seat shoulde the lyuynge god sit, whych ys in [Page] mens conscience and I perseiue y^t she hath taken the honor vnto hir selfe, whyche sholde be due onelye vnto the lorde I can do no leasse of conscience but: Iuge hir a thefe whyche robithe god of hys honor not onely this coulde satisfye hyr wycked desier, but she hath caussed the people wythe hyr doctryne to beleaue that she was the lyuynge god, and a mediator betwixte the rather of heauen and them to pacifye his wrathe, where as sayncte paule saithe in the ix, to the hebru­es that yt is chryste that pacifieth hys fathers wrathe and not that he ys entred in to holy places that are made wythe handes which ar but similituds of tru things but he is entred into very heauē for to a­pere now ī y^e sight of god for vs not so offere hym selfe often as thys woman dothe, making the people to beleue that she offerith him vp [Page] euery day a sacrifis for the quick and the dead to take awaie sinne wher as sainct paule saith in the vii. To the hebrues that he ded y^t once for al whē he offerid vp him selfe, and in the .ix. Chaptre folo­winge saith saincte Paule wyth ought shedīg of blode ther is no remissiō of sinn by the whiche by hir doctrine, she crucifyeth chryst euery day a new, and not onely in hir doctrin but also she ꝑsecuteth him a fresh in hys faithful mem­bers if they wold not beleaue hir false doctrin, & tak hir to be their god by the whiche she is a tray­tor & murderer & y^t thing y^t is left vnto vs for a memorial of the death of christe and a worthy sacramente of the bodye and blode of Iesu Christ she sayth it is god hī self the bread and wyne I meane two false goodes causynge the [Page] people to do homage & worship vnto them, wher as christ bad them eate it and drink yt, and not to worship yt to make ther of a god. I coulde bryng In dyuers pointes of Scripture to proue thē false gods and playne Idolatrye to worship them, but I differre yt vnto the neaxt tyme, desyringe all christen men to beware of thys wycked sprite for she is the rosse coloread whore that sainct Iohn spake of In hys reuylaciōs the xvii. chap which is ful of blaspheme, that the kings & ī habiters of y^e earth haue dronke of y^e wine of hir fornicaciō but feare not saythe sayncte Iohn in his ii, Chapter for ye shall haue tribulacion and thys wycked sprit the deuyll shall caste you in to presone but be faithfull saith chryste vnto the deathe and I wyll gyue you a crowne of euerlastinge lyfe [Page] whiche lyfe shall endure for euer be feruent therfore my Bretheren and repent saythe saint Iohan in the third of his reuelacion be holde sayth Christ I stond at the dore and knocked if anye man heare my voyce and open the doore. I wyll come in vnto hym and wyll suppe wyth hym and he wyth me and seinge he hathe lyke a mercy­full father promised vs this mer­cifull promyse, let vs therfore re­pente and be feruente to open the dore oure hartes I meane which is locked vp in vnbeleue that he may enter in and there is no dout then but that he wyll suppe wyth vs and we with him vnto the which supper I beseche the lord brin­ge vs all vnto, Amen.