we kylled al the day lōg and are counted as shepe appointed to be slayne As I may among many touche one Ecclesiastical history What shall I speake of the vnhappye time of that most vnhappy and wicked heritike Arrius Although the Fathers of the councell Nicene did iudge truly rightly according to the doctrine of the holy Scripture of the true euerlasting diuinitie or Godhead of Christ the Sonne of God Yet not long after that wicked heresie of Arrius dyd so preuaile and take roote in the heartes of men that it was not receaued only in one realme or two but also Pope Liberius Bishop of Rome with the Emperoure and all the East parte of the world admitted that most damnable heresie to be most sounde and wholesome doctrine persecuting most cruelly al such as defended the cōtrary whereof was a very little number as Athanasius Paulinus and verye fewe other Byshops whiche by no meanes would geue place to so great furour and madnesse although most miserably entreated In a Councell also holden at Nice a great nūber of Byshops with other gathered there together consented to disanull and put away the mariage of Priestes or spirituall ministers contrary to the practise of gods Churche from the begynning and contrary to the doctrine of the holy ghost which saith Wedlocke is honourable among all men and the bed vndefiled for what purpose I knowe not nor with what reasōs persuaded am I able to say Notwithstanding the holy and blessed Confessour Pahnutius although vnmaried withstood them all and by no meanes would consent vnto theyr entreprise and deuise but franckely and freely confessed that the mariage of Ministers is honourable and that it is chastitie for a man to lye with his owne wyfe By thys meanes he persuaded the councel that they proceded no further in this matter but sette euerye man at hys lyberty to marrye or not to marrye Whoe seeth not nowe howe foolyshe a thynge it is and muche vnworthye a Christen man to leane to the multitude whiche for the moste parte is nothynge elles than a beaste of manye heades Seyng we haue euidentlye shewed that the greater parte in matters that appertayne to Christes Religion is alwayes the worsest parte and the lesser parte dothe more earnestlye embrace the truthe of Gods worde so that not withoute a cause Christ calleth his people a litle flocke ▪ Feare not ye lyttle flocke sayeth Christe for it hath pleased my father to geue you a kyngdome Thys therefore is a vayne obiection of the aduersaries to saye We haue the greater number on our syde therefore haue we the truth on our syde For the deuill the worlde and the fleshe haue a greater company attendyng vpon them than Christe hath vpon hym seyng that the greatest parte of this worlde rather embraceth thinges present than with ioye looketh for thinges to come Finallye some can by no meanes fynde in their hearte to approue and allowe that present state of Religion whiche is nowe receaued among vs bicause it greatlye differeth saye they from the old◠and accustomed order It is demaunded in what points It is answered In these Fyrste The Byshop of Rome is not knowledged and receaued anye more to be Supreme head of the vniuersall Churche of Christe I aunswere We knowe no Supreme head of the Churche by the worde of God but Christ alone and vnder Christe euery Prince in hys owne Realme Secondly The Sacrament is receaued vnder both kyndes I aunswere So hath Christe commaunded saying Drinke of this all ye Also the Apostle so oft as ye shall eate of this bread and drinke of the cup c. Thyrdly The seruice and publique prayer is done in the tēples no more in the latin tong as heretofore but in the common and Englishe speache I answere So hath the custome bene from the beginning in the Church of Christ in al places and is so vsed at this present generally wheresoeuer the Byshop of Rome hath no authoritie And God by his holy Apostle commaundeth vs that in our congregations all thinges should be done to edifie approuing and allowing rather fiue wordes so spokē that they may be vnderstanded than ten thousand otherwise Fourthly All the laudable ceremonies are neglected and set a side as the halowing of salt water bread candles palmes fire ashes c. I aunswere All these are the triflyng traditions of men and haue bene the cause of much Idolatrye and superstition And it is written They worship me in vaine teaching doctrines which are the commaundementes of men Item God is a spirite they that worship hym must worship him in spirite and truth Fiftly Purgatory is denied I answere we know none other purgatorye for the soule but the precious bloud of our Lorde and Sauiour Christe Iesu as it is writtē The bloud of Iesus Christ gods sonne maketh vs cleane frō all sinne Sixtly The Sacrifice of the Masse is vtterly reiected and caste awaye as a pestilence moste hurtfull blasphemous and iniurious to the passion and death of Christ ▪ I answere The word of God teacheth vs in all places that there is no sacrifice for sinne but the death of Christ alone But Christ dreth no more Therfore is there no more sacrifice offered vp for sinne With one only oblation sayth the Apostle hath Christ that euerlasting Byshop made perfecte for euer them that are sanctified Agayn we are sanctified made holye by the offeryng vp of the bodye of Iesu Christ done once for al. Seuenthly The inuocation and intercessiō of Saintes is cleane omitted and left I answere God alone is to be called vpon as he himselfe ▪ commaundeth saying Call on me in the tyme of trouble and I will deliuer thee We knowe by the worde of God no Mediatour no Intercessour but Christ alone as it is written There is one God one Mediatour he sayth not many Mediatoures betwene God and man euen the man Iesus Christ whiche gaue himselfe a raunsome for all men Againe if any man sinne we haue an Aduocate with the father he sayth not Aduocates Iesus Christe the righteous one And he it is that obtayneth mercy for our sinnes not for our sinnes onely but also for all the worlde Item Christ is on the right hād of God and maketh intercession for vs. He saith not Saintes make intercession for vs. And our sauiour Christ him self sayth Whatsoeuer ye aske the father in my name he sayth not in the names of the saītes he will geue it you Eyghtly The article of trāssubstantiation is reiected and cast awaye as an errour or heresie I answere The holy Scripture knoweth no suche article neither haue the holy old fathers euer taught or left writtē such doctrine behinde them It is a new and late inuention brought in by the Pope and his adherentes Saint Paule calleth the Sacramentall bread ▪ not onely bread before the consecration but also after the consecration And our Sauiour Christ calleth
will number them amonge suche as are borne onelye to consume the good frutes of the earth Partelye that other seyng thys my trauaile dedicate to youre Lordeshippe maye be the more allured and prouoked vnto the readyng of this treatise and so at the laste learne to discerne good from euill sweete from soure light from darkenesse truth from falshode Religion from superstition Christe from Antichrist God from Baal c. and from hence forth serue the Lorde oure GOD not as blynde reason fantasieth and filthy fleshe imagineth but as Goddes worde preâ—cribeth that is to saye in holynesse and ryghteousnesse all the dayes of oure lyfe that after the shorte pilgrimage of this oure frayle lyfe we maye attayne and come vnto that blessed immortall life where he reygneth whiche is the true and perfecte lyfe namelye Christe Iesus the Sonne of the lyuing GOD as concernyng hys Godhead and the Sonne of the blessed Uirgine Marye as touchyng hys manhoode our alone Sauioure and Redemer oure alone Mediatoure and Aduocate oure alone Lawful filleâ— and peace maker our alone health and eternall felicitye in whome and from whome I wishe vnto your honourable Lordeshippe all good thynges both of body and mynde Amen From Cauntorbury the sixte of Iune In the yeare of oure Lorde 1563. Septemb. 30. The Reliques of Rome Of the Pope and of his vsurped power and fayned authoritie POpe Boniface the third thorowe great and earnest sute although many good and Godly learned men resisted hym in thys behalfe vtterly condemning this his ambition and Luciferlike pride in exalting and lifting vp himselfe aboue his fellowe Byshops and chalenging vnto hym y t Supremacie and authoritie which the holy Scripture in no place geueth him neither had any of his predecessours y e Byshops of Rome tofore enioyed the same nor once desyred it but rather both written and spoken against such vsurped power as we may see in the writings of Pope Gregorye the fyrste against Iohn Patriarch of Constantinople whiche attempted the lyke wicked enterprise but was resisted to Phocas the Emperour at the last obtayned of hym that he and his successours for euer after should be taken for y e chiefe byshop and supreme head of the vniuersall Church of Christ throughoute the worlde and y t the Church of Rome from that daye foreward should be called and so admitted and receaued the chiefe and principall head Church of y e whole world Againe that the Church of Rome should be in subiectioÌ„ to none other Church but that al Churches vniuersall shuld be obedient and in subiection vnto it For vntil that time the Church of Constantinople was counted the highest and of greatest authoritie bicause of the imperial see in that city This thing was brought to passe about the yeare of our Lord .vi. C.vii. Flatina Christianus Massaeus Henricus Pantaleon Paulus Diaâ—onus Anselmus Rid. Polichronicon Albertus Krantz Abbas vrspergeÌ„sis Hermannus Contractus c This Phocas as histories make meÌ„tion was a great and cruell tyraunt by force violence obtayned the Empyre And that he myght the more quietlye enioye it he wrought not onely treason against his Lord and Maister that was Emperour before him called Mauritius a maÌ„ both noble vertuous but he also most shamefully and traytorously slewe hym not onely him but al his children also y t none of his flocke might lyue to make any clayme to the Emperiall Crowne after him A Tyraunt mete to set vp the tiranny of the Byshop of Rome contrary to y e worde of God and the determination of the auncient Cannons But thys trayterous murtherer receaued a iuste reward of thys his tirannye For as he vniustlye slewe so was he most iustly slayne As he deposed his Lord and Master so was he deposed put down As he against al right toke away the Empire froÌ„ his Lord so was it againe taken a way from him As he suffered none of his masters children to liue so dyed he without childreÌ„ one doughter only excepted Loke with what measure he mette vnto his lorde and master with the same was he paid home again sauing that his death was more vilanous and shameful than the death of his master For thys tyraunte after he had reygned certayne yeares had fyrst of all his handes and his feete cut of afterward bicause he had bene a famous and notable adulterer his priuy membres with his heade were cut of also As for the residue of his bodye was burnt to ashes An ende worthye such a tirant Zonaras Paulus Vuarnefridus Ioannes Monachus Paulus Diaconus Ioannes Cuspinianus Sebastianus Frank. Pope Benet the seconde obtayned of the Emperour Constantine that the Bishop of Rome for euer after should be taken of all men for Christes true vicar in earth and saint Peters lawful successor This Pope also broughte it to passe that the bishop of Rome only should be called Pope that is to say the father of fathers For before that time all Bishoppes generallye were called Popes it maye be gathered of diuerse writers In the yere of oure Lorde siâ—e hundred .lxvii. Anselmus Ryd Achilles Perminius Sebastianus Franck. c. Pope Vigilius as they fayne made a decree with the consente of his adherents that the Sea of Rome shoulde be taken for the head and maistresse of al churches thorowout the worlde In the yere c. v. C. xxxv according to the doctrine of these two verses Dogmate papali datur simul ac imperiali vt sim cunctarum mater caput ecclesiaruÌ„ That same decree also made Pope Simplicius as they write in the yere of our Lorde 471. Moreouer the papistes go forth and say that when Pope Siluester was Bishop of Rome Constantine the Emperour did exalte and aduance the Sea of Rome that he gaue vnto it not only an ecclesiasticall but also an Imperiall power appoynting the church of Rome to be the chief church through out y e world to haue autority rule preeminence no lesse ouer those foure principall Churches Antioch Alexandria CoÌ„stantinople and HierusaleÌ„ than ouer al other churches coÌ„tayned vnder the heauens Agayn y t the bishop of Rome should be higher of greter autority than al the bishops and priests of the whole worlde and y t whatsoeuer should be determined concerning matters of religion shuld depend only vpon the popes iugement eyther to be receiued or to be reiected He appointed also as the papistes go forth to lye that the pope should haue fre liberty to weare the apparel either of an emperoure or of a byshop at his pleasure and that he shoulde haue all manner of officers to attend vpon as the Emperours maiesty hath Moreouer the aforesaid Emperor Constantine gaue to Pope Siluester and to his such cessors the city of Rome and al Italye withe the prouinces places and cities of all the weast parts to be S. Peters patrimony for euer addeth furthermore these words
If any mā do infringe break transgresse contemne and condemne this our ordinance euerlasting damnation hang ouer his head and the holy and chiefe apostles of God Peter and Paule be his enemies and immortal foes both in this world and in the world to come yea perish mought he in the lowest part of hell and so be damned for euer and euer withe the deuill and all the wicked Furthermore this Emperoure as the Romanists fayne when he hadde made this donation to the Churche of Rome plucked of the imperial crown made of moste fine golde garnished w t all kind of precious stones pearles and iewels from his own heade and set it vpon pope Siluesters pate for the reuerence y t he bare to s. Peter caused y e Romish bishop to be set vpon a costlye richely appareled palfrey to be solemnely caried aboute thorow the citie of Rome in the presence of al y e citizēs y e Emperour himself running on foote like a lacky by the Popes side holding his horses bridle in his hāde as a most vile page These thinges done y e Emperour Constantine departed from the West parts of the world which he had now giuē ouer to Pope Siluester and to his successors for euer to be s. Peters patrimony with all the priuileges emoluments commodities profites of the same and wēt himselfe into y e East partes euen vnto the citie Bizantium which being in great ruine he repared and amplified beautifying it with many noble and sumptuous buildings called it Constantinople according to his name He caried also with him almost al the noble men of the Romanes and the whole order of y e Senatours with their wiues children bicause the pope and his complices as it maye appere shuld haue elboughroume inough as few to trouble his holines as might be In the yere c. 315. Bartolomaeus Picerius de monte arduo Ioānes Laziardus Edic Constant Policronicon c. But how vayne false forged lying and counterfayte this bragging of the papistes is concerning the donation of the emperoure Constantine to the Sea of Rome and the supremacye of that Romishe bishop aboue all other bishops yea aboue Emperors Kings Princes c. diuers faythful learned expert writers do aboundantly testify Nicolaus de causa Laurentius Valla Antoninus Archiep. Florent Volateranus Hieronimus Paulus Cathalanus Albertus Crantzius Huldrichus Huttenus c. But this is the properti of the papists alwaies to father theyr lies theyr idle inuentions theyre drowsye dreames theyr croked constitutions theyr diuelish decrees c. Upon such as liued manye yeares before and vpon suche as were mē in theyr dayes of great learning and vertue that by this meanes theyr trifeling traditions might seme to be of the greter autority in the eies of the simple and vnlearned people so althoughe plaine erroures yet at y e last thorow the colour of antiquity be receiued for moste manifest verities vndoubted truthes Notwithstāding this must we nedes cōfesse which thīg the histories doe also testify that after y e church of Rome was endowed with temporal possessiōs it was euer after more studiouse of y e world thā of god of secular businesse thā of spiritual excercises of outward pomp pride ▪ thā of inward deuotiō christen holines of making their owne traditions and degrees than of setting forth gods holy commaundements lawes of enriching themselues than of edifyinge the flock of Christ so that not without a cause it is written y t what time the Church receaued temporal possessions y e olde enemy cried with a loude voice in y e ayer This daye is poison shed forth into the Church of Christ. Therfore saint Ierome in vitas patrum saith Sithens that holye Church encreased in possessiōs it hath decreased in vertues according to this cōmon saying Religio peperit diuitias Filia deuorauit matrē y t is to say Religion brought forth richesse the daughter hath deuoured the Mother Polichron Moreouer the Papistes fayne that the aforesaid Siluester being Byshop of Rome the councell of Nice gaue thys priuilege to the Byshop of Rome that he should be aboue all other Byshops as y e emperour is aboue al other kings and that he should be called Pope that is to say the chiefe father or the father of fathers But this is so false that nothing can be more contrary to y e truth For in the councel of Nice which was celebrate by the commaundemente of Constantine the Emperour in y e yeare of oure Lorde .iii. C.xxiiii where also wer present and gathered together .iii. C. xviii Bishops and holy fathers it was determined that the Byshops of Alexandria Antiochia and vniuersally all other primates should haue al the gouernance preheminence of al y e countryes that were nere vnto them as y e byshop of Rome had in Italy c. We will say they y t the old custome and manner shal continue in Egipte Libie and Pentapali which is that y e Bishop of Alexandria shal haue gouernaunce and rule ouer all these for tha◠there is a lyke custome for y e Byshop of Rome In like manner we wil that at Antioche other prouinces euery one shal haue their due honour Moreouer when Faustinus Legate to the byshop of Rome alleaged in y e sixte councell Cartaginense that the bishop of Rome ought to haue the ordering of al great matters in al places by his supreme authoritie he alleaged no scripture for him for at that tyme no scripture was thought to make for it but he alleaged vntruely the fyrst general councell Nicene in whiche Arrius the heretyke was condemned to make for that purpose Which after y e boke was brought forth no suche article found in it but the contrary yet the councel at that tyme sent to Constantinople Alexandria and Antioche where y e Patriarchall Sees were to haue the true copy of y e Councell Nicene which was sent vnto them also frō Rome whether thei sent also for that purpose And after they found no suche article in it but in the fyrst chapter therof the contrary that al causes ecclesiastical shuld eyther be determined within y e diocesse or els if any wer greued thē to appeale to the Councell prouinciall and there the matter to take full end so that for no such causes men shoulde goe out of there prouince y e whole councell Cartaginense wrote to Celestine at y e tyme being Byshop of Rome that since the councell Nicene had no such article in it as was vntruely alleaged by Faustinus but the contrary they desired hym to abstayne after to make any more such demaunde denouncing vnto him that they woulde not suffer any cause great or smal to be brought by appeale out of their countrey therupon made a lawe that no man shuld appeale out of the countrey of Aphricke vpō paine to be denounced accursed Wherewith the
Byshop of Rome euer after helde him content made no more businesse with them seing he had nought to say to the contrarye In the syxte article of the said coūcel it was also determined that in the Orient or Easte partes the Byshop of Antioche should be chiefe in Egipt the Bishop of Alexandria about Rome the Bishop of Rome and likewyse in other countreyes the Metropolitanes shoulde haue theire preeminence so that the byshop of Rome neuer had medling in those countries And in the nexte article following the byshop of Hierusalem which citie before had bene destroyed and almost desolate is restored to his olde prerogatiue to be chiefe in Palestine and in y e countrey of Iewrye which Church of Hierusalem if places should be regarded shuld be the chiefe For there was accomplished y e mystery of our redemption and Christ himselfe the eternall worde Sonne of God there preached in his own person and after his ascencion all the Apostles and Disciples c. Furthermore in y e councel Constantinople it was ordayned that byshops should not be troubled out from theyr diocesse nor one shuld meddle with an others iurisdiction but the bishops of Alexandria shuld haue the gouernance of the orientall parties the honoure of primacie reserued to the church of Antioche as it was ordayned in the Nicene councell And euen so that the byshops of Asia shoulde ouersee Asia and order all thinges pertayning to Asia Likewise that y e bishop of Pont shuld gouerne the diocesse of Pont. And the byshops of Thracia their diocesse so y t thys councell also denyeth Prelacie or Supremacie to Rome to the bishop thereof reseruyng euery diocesse to his own bishop Likewise in the Councell Mileuitane it was prouided that all causes concerning one prouince shulde be determined in the same Of these councells aforesayd it manifestlye appeareth that the byshop of Rome hath no such preheminence authority supremacie iurisdiction ouer al other bishops and ouer their prouinces and diocesse as he vniustly chalengeth and wickedly vsurpeth but that his power is only in Italy al other bishops being in al other pointes of like authoritie with him euery one hauing the same authoritie and power in hys owne diocesse that the Byshoppe of Rome hath in Italye Sainte Ciprian calleth the Byshop of Rome in his Epystles whiche he wrote vnto hym Brother to declare that they were of lyke authoritie and Fellow ministers in the laboure of the Gospell He maintaineth also with S. Austen that there is none which is Bishop of other bishops and that it is a great tyranny to desire to be Lorde ouer other bishops S. Gregory writeth expressely that he which would be bishop of al other bishops shal not haue the place of Christ in earth but of Lucifer shalbe very Antichrist himself He saith moreouer that to bee called the vniuersall bishop or head of all other bishops is contrary to the ordinaunce of y e gospel contrary to the decrees of the Canons yea saith hee it is a newe name and a name of blasphemie whereby y e honour of all priests is greatly diminished and abased He addeth moreouer that the name of the vniuersall bishop for y e gouernour of blessed Peter Prince of the Apostles was offred to the bishop of Rome at the counsel Chalcedonense yet notw tstāding none of all his predecessors woulde euer take vnto thē that name of singularitie neither wold thei cōsent to vse it lest while such priuate prerogatiue should be giuē to one mā all other priests should be defrauded of their due honor c. Greg. li. 4. epi. 76.78 And the aforesaid S. Gregorye willing to shew how greatly he abhorred the name of the vniuersall Byshop or Supreme head of the whole Church of Christ dispersed throughout y e world in all his letters Epistles called himself the seruaunt of Gods seruauntes which stile and māner of writing his successours do also at thys present vse but most falsely and vniustly being in dede in pride Lucifer in ambitiō Alexander in tyranny Nero and in al kind of wickednesse Antiochus Of these things aforesaid it is plain and euident y t thys supremacye vniuersall power whiche the Byshop of Rome chalengeth ouer all other Byshops is both forged fained and hath no ground in the worde of God nor in the auncient councels but with much labour corruption was at the last obtayned of that tyraunt Phocas y e Emperour through the suttletie of Pope Boniface the thyrd as we haue to fore heard not only to the great dishonour of Christ the alone head of his church but also to the vnworthy abasemente of the Ecclesiasticall ministerye as I may speake nothing of the losse of many thousand soules whiche being perswaded that the Popes authoritie is no lesse than he and hys trumpetters blow and boste haue put the affiaunce of theyr saluation in his pardons and ceremonyes But let vs beholde moe of theyr decrees whereby they haue stablyshed their tirannical power Pope Innocent the fyrst made a law that the Sea of Rome shuld be of greater authoritie than y e Sea of any other byshop throughout the world and that it shuld be lawfull for the sea of Rome to iudge of al other Seas but that one and alone Sea of Rome to be subiecte to the iudgement of none other In the yeare of our Lord. 408. Caus. 9. Quaest. 3. Nemo iudicabit Pantaleon Pope Iulius the fyrst in like manner made a decree y t if any man did suspecte his iudge he should appeale vnto y e sea of Rome as a place to iudge al mē but to be iudged of none In y e yere c. 338. Chron. Ioan. Tit. 2.9.6 cap. placuit Pope Stephan the fyrst decreed that whatsoeuer statutes y e church of Rome maketh they ought of al men necessarily to be obserued In the yere c. 361. Gratianus Dist. 19. Enimuero Pope Nicolas the fyrst decreed that the Popes lawes and letters shuld bee of equall authoritie w t the holy Scriptures In the yere of our Lord. 871. Anselmus Rid ▪ That same decree is also attributed but falsely to Pope Anacletus which liued c. 101. Chron. germ Pope Calicte the seconde made a decree that it is not lawfull for any man to dissent frō the church of Rome For sayth he as the Sonne came to do y e will of the father so must Christen men do the will of their mother whiche is the church of Rome In the yeare c. 1120. Dist. 12. Non decet Pope Marcellus ordayned that from that time forward a generall councell shuld be of no authoritie except the bishop of Rome do affyrme and allowe the same In the yere of our Lord. 304. Lib ▪ Concil Polyd. Vergil Dist. 17 Synodū This decree also is ascribed to pope Iulius the fyrst Ioan ▪ Laziardus Pope Clement ordained that no man should be frendly vnto
Iginius made a decree that no Archbishop shuld condemne his suffragane but in the syghte and hearing of other suffraganes and bishops of the same prouince In the yeare c. 14. Ranulphus Cestrensis Polichron Pope Theodorus ordained that no bishop should meddle in the diocesse of any other Byshops but diligently loke to his owne cure In the yeare c. 673. Lib. Concil Christian. Massaeus Pope Siluester instituted y t byshops only should halowe oyle and creame confyrme children In the yere c. 315. Chron. Platina Pope Felix the third appointed that bishops only should halow Churches In the yere c. 486. Volat. Poli. Pantal. Pope Liberius ordayned that no bishop or beneficed mā shuld forsake hys flocke for any persecution or trouble though death should ensue accordyng to thys saying of Christ A good shepeheard geueth hys life for his shepe In the yeare c. 354. Anselmus Ryd Pope Antherus made a decree that a bishop might be remoued frō one bishoprike to another if the necessitye or profite of the congregation so require but yet not without the authority and licence of the Byshop of Rome In the yeare of our Lorde 239. Platina Volat. Lib. concil Pope Pius the first decreed that the commō people should not accuse their bishop nor the shepe their shepeheard For saieth he neither is the disciple aboue his maister nor the seruaunte aboue his lord In the yere of our lorde 147. lib. Con. Pope Nicolas the first ordained that bishops should not entangle themselues with worldlye businesses nor apply their minds to feates of warre but geue their whole mind to the study of holy Scriptures to preaching and to prayer In the yeare of our Lorde 871. Quest. 23 ▪ cap Reprehensibile Pope Iohn the xxiii decreed that bishops should not geue their mindes to hunting In the yere c. 1409. Dist. 34. Cau. Quorundam Pope Eugenius the first ordained that bishops should haue persons to punish such priestes as offend In the yeare of our Lorde 650. Volat. Chron. Grat. Doc. Barnes Pope Eugenius also commaunded that bishops in their Diocesse shoulde diligently prouide that there might be learned scholemaisters to trade vp the Christen youthe in good letters and liberall artes Ex sinodo Eugenii Lib. Concil Pope Anacletus made a lawe that Bishops should perseuer and continue styll stedfaste and diligente in settyng forth the truth of Gods word thoughe neuer so great trouble folow of it For saith he blessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousnesse In the yeare of our Lorde 101. Dist. 43. Scimus Ioannes Hus whome the bloudy papistes notwithstandyng the Emperours safe conduct most cruelly brente vnto ashes at the councell of Constāce where as some write were gathered together iii. M.ix C. and xl prelates and their Uicares affirmed opēly and constantlye that it is not lawfull for ecclesiastical persons to haue any temporall iurisdiction In the yere of oure Lorde 1415. Aeneas Siluius Plat. Christ. Massaeus Pope Paschalis beyng Bishoppe of Rome there was a Councell holden at Aquisgranum in the which it was ordayned that no Ecclesiasticall persōs shuld weare any sumptuous garmēts nor rings or ouches vpō their fingers but byshops only yea and that at suche times only as they say masse and be in their Pontificalibus In the yeare c. 827 Christ. Massae Lib. Concil The Councel Aureliane decreed that euery byshop in hys diocesse shoulde to the vttermost of hys power make prouisiō for such poore of y e same as haue not wherof to fynde thēselues Again as are sycke and so weake that they ar not able to labour for their liuing Dist 82. Cau. Episcopus In the Councell Toletane the thirde it was enacted that at all bishops and priestes tables there should be no idle talke nor telling of wanton tales but reading hearing and talking of the holy Scriptures Lib. Concil The forme of the Othe which the Popyshe Byshoppes vse at the tyme of their consecration as it is specifyed in the Popes decretalles De iuramento C. Ego I. N. Byshop frō this houre foreward shall be faythfull to s. Peter and to the holy Apostolique Church of Rome and to my Lord. N. the pope and to his successours that enter in according to the rule of the Canons I shall not bee neither in councel nor in dede that he shuld lose his life or membre or otherwyse be euil entreated The councell which eyther by himself or by letters or by any messanger he shal open vnto me I shall declare it to no mā vnto his hindraunce The papacie of the Churche of Rome and the rules of the holy Fathers I shall be an helper to defende and to mayntaine my order being safe against al mē Being called vnto any Sinode or coūcell I shall come except I haue a lawful let The legate of the Apostolique sea whom I shal knowe to be certain I shal honourablye entertayne both at his comming and at hys departure or going away The churches of the Apostles at Rome I shal visite euery yere eyther by my self or by some sure messanger except I obtayne licence of the holy Father to the contrarye So God helpe me these holy Gospels of God After thys there was inuented and receaued a newer forme and māner of an othe whiche the Byshops at theyr consecration sware to the pope both larger and more to the purpose to stablyshe and defende the tirannye of the Romish Bishop In thys newer and later othe are these wordes contayned The papacie of Rome and the Regal or prince like honoure and dominions of S. Peter I shalbe an helper to retayne and to defende agaynste all men The lawes the honoures the priuileges and the authoritye of the Churche of Rome and of our Lorde the Pope and of hys successoures I shall to the vttermoste of my power laboure to conserue to defende to encrease and to aduaunce Neyther shall I bee in councell in deede or in affayres wherein any sinister or preiudiciall thynges of persons lawe honoure state and power shall be imagined and deuysed agaynst that our Lorde Pope or against that Churche of Rome and if so bee I know suche thynges to bee handled deuysed or procured of any person or persons I shall hynder and lette it to the vttermoste of my power and so soone as is possible with all conueniente speede I shall sygnifye it and make it knowen to the same oure Lorde the Pope or to some other by whome it maye come to hys knowledge The rules of the holy Fathers the decrees the ordinaunces the sentences or iudgementes the dispositions the preseruations the prouisions and the Apostolique commaundements I shall obserue with all my power and cause them also to be obserued of other heretikes Schismatikes and all suche as rebell and stryue agaynste our Lord the Pope or hys successoures I shal to the vttermoste of my power
neuer meddle with the election of y e pope as tofore thei had done nor y t their authoritye or consent shoulde be thought necessary in this behalfe but y t the clergie y e people of Rome alone might frankly freely choose the most holy Father In the yere of our Lord. 885. Grat. dâ—st 62. Pope Martine the third made y e like decree that the Clergy and the people of Rome onely shuld choose the bishop of Rome not regarding the consent of the Emperour In the yeare c. 944. Christ. Massae Pope Gregory the tenth ordained y t when the Pope is dead the Cardinals with all expedition should asseÌ„ble theÌ„selues togither for the electioÌ„ of a new Pope and that they should be shut vp together in a closet nether eating nor drinking nor yet departing froÌ„ theÌ„ce till they had chosen the most holy Father Christes vicar Peters successor In the yere c. 1272. Christ. Mass. Pope Boniface the second ordained that the Pope being deade an other Pope shoulde be chosen within three daies least the faith of holy Church for lack of an head should decay and waxe faint In the yeare c. 529. Dist. 69. cap. Nullus Ioan. Laziard When Pope Alexander the seconde was chosen Bishop of Rome certaine other willing to place a straunger in y e See all the Cardinals cryed out with a loude voyce and said No man ought to be chosen pope except he be borne in the paradise of Italye In the yeare c. 1063. Ranulphus Cest. Pope Sergius the second being before called Os porci that is to saye Swines snoute or Hogges mouth after that he was choseÌ„ Byshop of Rome chaunged his name and called himselfe Sergius Since that time al Popes haue vsed to chaunge their names yea and that as they reporte for three causes One is bicause that Christ when he did chose his Apostles chaunged theyr names The second is y t as they chaunge their names so shuld thei chaunge their maÌ„ners The thyrde is that he whiche is chosen to an excellent estate shuld not be obscured and disgraced with a vyle and foule name In the yeare c. 848. Chron. Polichron c. Of the alteration of y e popes names Polidorus Vergilius writeth on this maÌ„ner The bishop of Rome hath one special prerogatiue and priuiledge which is that when he is once created bishop he maye alter chaunge his name at his pleasure if the name which he hath already do displease hym As for an example If perchaunce he hath bene before a Malefactor he may call his name Bonifacius that is to say a wel doer If he haue bene a coward or feareful person he may call himself Leo y t is a Lyon In steade of this name Rusticall he may take vnto him the name Vrbanus y t is to say Ciuile gentle or wel mannered For leude or wicked he may cal himself innocent If he haue bene a diffamed person he maye take vnto hym thys name Benedictus that is to saye A man of good name and fame that the byshop at the least in name may be an ornament beautie to the dignitie of papacie Sergius the second is reported to haue ben the author of this matter to whom it was graunted forasmuch as he was called Os porci that is to say Swines snoute or Hogges mouthe to take vnto hym another name for to auoyde and eschewe hys other vyle and fylthye name c. Lib. 4. Cap. 10. de inuentor rerum Pope Hilarius the fyrst made a decre that no pope should chose or appoynt his successor but leaue it to the free election of the clergye of Rome In the yeare c. 465. Quaest. 8. Cap. 1. Plerique Ioan. Laziardus Pope Iohn the seuenth being an woman fayned her selfe to be a man and for the excellencie of her learning was chosen pope This woman pope was afterward begotten with childe of her seruaunt in the time of solemne procession accoÌ„panied w t a great number of cardinals patriarches archbishops bishops priests deacoÌ„s monks fryers chanons Nonnes c shee fell on trauayle and was deliuered of childe and so sodenly as they say died Afterward there was a decree made among y e cardinalls that for the auoyding of suche of so great inconuenience froÌ„ thenceforth whosoeuer shuld be chosen to be Christes vicar Peters successour he shuld first of al be set brechlesse bare arsed in a certaine botomlesse chayre y e one of y e basest cardinals w t al humilitie reuerence worthy such so noble a prelate shuld grope w t his hande whether y e most holy father had all his that appertayne vnto the court of Uenus or not If he had them that theÌ„ the Cardinal should crye with a mery and a loude voyce Testiculos habet And the whole college of the Cardinalls reioysyng at the tydings shoulde aunswere Deo gratias And so immediatly y e Cardinals should set the newe chosen and approued pope in S. Peters chayre as a man found worthy such a most excellent dignitie In the yere c. 860. Nauclerus Sabel Platina Pantal. Chron. Sebast Franc. Paul Verg. Pope Iohn the fyft ordained that after the Bishop of Rome is elected and chosen he should be consecrated of the Bishop Hostuense Portuense Velitern In the yeare c. 679. Chron. Volateran Pantaleon Some ascribe this ordinance to Pope Marke Of Cardinalls POpe Marcellus ordayned in the citie of Rome .xv. Cardinalls for to baptise such as wer conuerted froÌ„ Paganisme vnto Christianisme to burye the martirs whiche suffred death for Gods truth In the yere c. Christ. Massae Polichron Pope Siluester the fyrst appoynted y e College of Cardinals to beautifie and to set forth the honour and dignitie of the church vnto the which Cardinalls as the papistes fayne the Emperour Constantine gaue that same authoritye and preeminence that the honourable order of the sage prudente Senatours of Rome tofore had And Martine in hys Chronicle sayth that there are fiftye Cardinalls of that holy College that is to say seuen Byshop Cardinals .xxviii. Priests Cardinals .xv. Deacon Cardinals albeit the most holy father may at all times encrease the number of those his spirituall children as he thinketh moste meete for the aduauncement of the Apostilique see In the yere c. 315. Mart. in Chroni Ioannes Laziardus The aforesayd pope also made a decree that a Bishop Cardinal shuld not be condemned vnder .lxxii. witnesses a prieste Cardinall not vnder .lxiii. witnesses A Deacon Carnall not vnder xxvii witnesses C. Praesul 2. Qu. 4. Laziardus Celest. Pope Innocent the thyrde in a certaine councel holden at Lions made a decree that Cardinalls should for euer after weare red hats vpoÌ„ their heads to put theÌ„ in remembraunce that they ought to be redye at al times to shedde their bloud for y e
liberty of holy church for the Catholyke fayth for the safegarde of the people In the yere c. 1193 Ioan. Laziard Ioannes Stella Christianus Massaeus c. Of Byshops POpe Clement the fyrste ordayned that no Byshop ought to be appoynted by the clergye but with the consente of the common people He commaunded also that the byshops seate shoulde be set in an hygher and more honourable place than the seates and places of other In the yere c. 92. Ioan. Laziard Chron. Pope Boniface the thyrd commaunded that the clergye and the people of the diocesse shoulde chose theyr owne Byshop In the yeare of our Lord. 605 Platina Sabell Pope Gregory the seuenth ordayned that no priest should take a bishoprike of any lay man If he did that he shuld be excommunicate and lose his bishoprike In the yeare of oure Lorde 1073. Lib. Concil Pope Boniface the fourth made a decree that so long as the bishop liued no man should entreate of the new election of his successour but differ the matter vnto the thyrd day after his death In the yere of our Lord. 106. Ranulph Cestrensis Pope Sixtus the fyrst made a decree that if any Byshopryke wer voyde no man shuld presume to be bishop therof except he were fyrste admitted vnto it by the popes letters In the yere c. 129. Chron. Angl. Lib. Concil Pope Anacletus made a decree that a byshop shoulde be consecrated of no lesse than of three byshops yea those of the same prouince For sayth he an example of ordring bishops was shewed vnto the Christianes in Iames the lesser byshop of Ierusalem which was ordayned appoynted Byshop of these three Peter Iames and Iohn But if the Metropolitane shall be coÌ„secrated theÌ„ must al the bishops of the prouince be presente at his consecration In the yere of our Lord 101. Dist. 66 Cap. Archiepiscopus Ioan. Laziard Iacob Phil. Lib. Concil The aforesayd pope also ordayned that bishops shuld not be consecrated but on the sonday 75. Dist. Cap. Ordinationes episcoporum Pope Anicetus ordayned y t no Archbyshops should be called primates but such as had special priuilege graunted them of the most holy father the pope and that al suche so priuileged mighte also be lawfully called patriarches In the yere c. 169. Dist. 98. ca. Nulli Isuar Pope Lucius made an order that a Byshop should haue at al times and in al places attending vpoÌ„ him .ii. priests and .iii. deacons to testifye both of hys lyfe and of his doctrine In the yere c. 258. De consec Dist. 1. Cap. Iubemus Volat. Plat. Massaeus D. Barns Pope Euaristus ordayned that seuen Deacons should attende vpon the Bishop and kepe him while he preached least the enemyes of Gods truth wuld accuse him wrongfully and say that he erred agayne that he should be hearde with the more reuerence had in the greater honoure In the yeare c. 110. Ioan. Stella Ranulphus Cestrensis Pope Calixte the seconde made a decree that the church may neither chose an other Bishop nor put hym awaye nor yet be obedient to the ordinaunce of any other bishop so long as her proper byshop is a liue seyng that the Apostle sayth The wyfe is bound to the law of her husband so long as her husbande liueth But wheÌ„ he is once dead she is losoned from the law of her husband so that she may marry with whoÌ„ she will so it be in the Lorde that is to say sayeth he the church may chose an other Byshop so that it be done Regulariter that is after y e order appointment of our mother holy Churche In y e yere c. 1120. Quaest. 7.5 Sicut alterius This decree also is ascribed to Pope Euaristus Lib. Concil Pope Euaristus made a law y t without exceding great necessitye a Bishop might no more forsake hys church thaÌ„ the husband his wife For it is writteÌ„ saith hee he that seeth a woman lusteth after in his hart he hath commitadultery In the yeare of our Lord. 110. Lib. Concil Pope Innocent the sixt made a decree that bishops and all other ecclesiastical persons should repair home vnto their owne houses and cures maintain hospitalitie for the relief of the poore and suffer no idle nor loytering lubbers to remayne in their houses but only norishe suche as are vertuously occupied and apply themselues diligently to the study of the holy Scripture and to the readyng of the auncient wryters that they mighte afterwarde serue in the church of Christe In the yeare c. 1343 Chron. Ioannes Stella Pope Gregory the eleuenth said to a certayne bishop being absent from his bishopricke Thou bishoppe why goest thou not home to thy bishoprick The bishop aunswered againe with a stout courage And thou Pope which callest thy selfe father of fathers and the chief of all bishoppes whiche oughtest also to geue exaumple of dooing well to other Bishoppes prelates and priests why art thou so farre from Rome and art not resident vpon thy bishoprick at Rome In the yeare c. 1362. Albertus Crant Ioan. Stella Chron. Pope Leo the second ordayned that the Archbishops shuld pay nothing for theyr paul to the bishop of Rome but haue it freely geuen the. In the yere c 607. Albertus Crant Chron. Pope Anacletus made a decree that no bishop should presume to admit any persons vnto holy orders that dwel in an other bishoppes diocesse In the yere c. 101. Quest. 7. Cap. 1. Epis. in diocesi aliena Pope Anicetus made a law that wheÌ„ an Archbishop which is the Metropolitane should be consecrated all the bishoppes of that prouince ought to bee present euen as they all are bounde to obey hym In the yeare of our lord 159. Distinc. 66. Cap. ab omnibus phil Berg. Pope Zepherinus decreed that a bishop called into iudgemeÌ„t either of the patriarch or of the Primate or of the Metropolitane shoulde not bee condemned without the authority licence and consent of the Apostolique sea In the yeare c. 208. Iac. Phil. Bergom Pope Eusebius ordained that no prophane persons whom we cal lay men should presume to accuse or to cal into iudgement their Byshop In the yere c 309. Lib. Concil Iacob Philip. Bergom D. Barns Pope Innocent y e fyrst made a decree y t those byshops which sell prebendes benefices deanryes Abbotships priorships or any other ecclesiasticall dignityes eyther Sacraments or sacramentals as holy oyle chrisme halowing of altares c shoulde be adiudged Simoniakes and be punished as persons giltie of Simonye In the yere c. 408. Qu 1. Cap. 3. Si quis praebendas Philip. Bergom â—oan Stella Pope Hormisda decreed that no secular person shuld be chosen to be bishop but one of the number of priestes In the yeare of our Lord. 514. Dist. 61. Cap. 18. In sacerdotibus Pope
tenour of theyr rule The brethren of thys order heare confessions and preache at hye feastes This order also admitteth Lay brethrē as in many places moe to do their businesse abroade They fayne that thys order was confyrmed of Pope Vrban y e fyft at the commaundement of Christ. In the yeare c. 1353. Volat. Plati Polichron Pol Libro Germ. c. Of the Nunnes of S. Katerines order of Sene. POpe Gregorye the .xi. bearyng rule Katerine of Sene a Dyers daughter refusyng the state of matrimonye tooke vpon her the thyrd order of S. Dominicke or of the Fryer Preachers They say that Christ shuld haue maryed her with a ryng wherein were foure pearles one diamonde taken her harte from her and geuen her hys in steade therof The Nunnes of thys order weare garmentes lyke to the black Fryers Theyr cloke vayle are blacke theyr cote is white In the yeare of oure Lorde .1455 Volat. Lib. Germ. Chron. I passe ouer the Nunnes that be of the Iustinians order of Marye Magdalenes orders of Austens order c which all are wrapped full of superstition and hipocrisye seking their saluation not in Christ thorow fayth but in mens inuentions by folishe and popish workes But let vs heare the Popes pleasure more at large concerning the poore Nunnes Rules concerning all orders of Nunnes POpe Pius the fyrst made a decree that no mayde shoulde be admitted to bee a Nunne or a religious person before she were .xxv. yeres of age and that shee shoulde be professed and consecrated only vpon the feastful day of the Epiphanye commonly called Twelfday In the yeare of our Lorde 147. Ranulphus Cestrensis Ioannes Stella Phil. Bergom Pope Sother ordained that a Nunne shoulde not handle the towels of the altare nor the Chalice patenne or corporasse clothe nor yet put incense into the senser but that shee shoulde alwayes weare a vayle vppon her head and a wymple vnder her chynne In the yeare of oure Lorde 168. Polichron Chron. Ang. c.. Pope Gregorye the fyrst ordayned that no man shoulde frequent the monasteries of Nunnes again he forbad that Nunnes shoulde be Godmothers to children In the yeare c. 590 Chron. Ioan. Stella Pope Leo the fyrste made a decree that none shuld be made a Nunne except shee were founde to haue lyued afore continentlye and honestly by the space of .xl. yeres In the yere c. 444. Phil. Bergom Pope Gregorye the eyght made a decree y t no man should once be so hardye as to take a Nunne out of her cloyster In the yeare of our Lorde 1186. Tom. 1. Concil Of the Monasticall apparell IN times paste whē with most earneste diligence I searched for the originall beginning of the monasticall or monkish apparel and could by no meanes finde any thing thereof in writing at the laste I repaired vnto the paynters in y e entries porches of y e friers wher for y e most part a mā may se y e historyes of both testamentes paynted liuely setforth in colours I sought for the matter diligently And when in al the olde testament I could not fynde any of the Patriarches or of the priests or of the Prophetes or of the Leuites no nor yet Helias hymselfe whom notwithstandyng the Carmelites or white friers make their Patrone fyrste founder of their Religion to weare a coule and to be clad with Monkysh apparel◠I went streyghtwayes vnto the newe testament There I founde Zacharye Simeō Iohn Baptist Iosephe Christ the Apostles the Disciples y e Scribes the Pharesees the Byshops Annas Cayphas Herode Pilate and manye other but no where coulde I fynde or perceaue the coule or monkysh habite Examining once again more diligently euen from the beginnyng al singular things out of hande euen at the very beginning of the historye in a manner the deuill appeared shewed himself clad in a coule euē y e very same deuil y t tēpted Christ in y e deserte or wildernesse I was excedīg glad reioyced beyond al measure y t I had found y t in picture which I could neuer find afore in scripture I meane that the deuill was the first author inuentor and finder out of the coule and Monkishe habite of whom afterward I thinke verely the other Monkes and Fryers borowed their coules and disgysed apparell set forth in diuerse colours some white some blacke some graye some russet some blewe some blouncket c. or elles paraduenture they receaued and tooke the same as lefte vnto them for inheritaunce from the deuill their father Cornelius Agrippa de incertitudine vanitate scientiarum Of Temples or Churches POpe Siluester bearing rule Constantine the Emperour built diuerse Churches for the Christians gaue other libertie so to do to the end that so many as professe Christ might openly and without any feare come together to praye prayse God to heare the readyng and Preachyng of the holy Scriptures to receaue the blessed Sacramentes and to occupye themselues in suche Godly and vertuous exercises as God requyreth of them in hys Sacred worde For vnto that tyme the Christians were so extremelye persecuted of tyrauntes that they had no certayne publyque place to repare vnto but so many as professed Christ assembled themselues together priuatelye and praysed God in hollowe caues and dennes for the feare of the vnfaythfull as Laurentius Valla sayeth in hys booke de donatione Constantini In tymes paste sayeth he before the dayes of Constantyne the greate the Christians had no Temples but secrete and close places holye lyttle houses but no greate and gorgious buyldynges Chappelles no Temples Oratoryes within priuate walles no publyque and open Churches In the yeare of our Lord. 315. Ranulphus Cestrensis ▪ Valla. Westmerus Pope Iginius ordayned that the Temples or Churches shoulde be halowed withall solemnitye and that no Churche shoulde be halowed without a Masse agayne that Churches should be made neyther greater nor smaller without the consent of the Metropolitane In the yeare of our Lord. 143. De Consecr Dist. 1. Cap. Omnes Basiliae Eusebius Sabell Phil. Bergom c. An admonition to the Reader HEre must I warne thee moste gentle Reader of the craftye iuglynges of the Papistes which whē they haue once inuented of theyr idle brayne with out the authoritye of Goddes worde a balde and lousye ceremonie or a wicked and a superstitious lawe streyghtwayes father the same vppon some Godly auncient and learned Byshop that by thys meanes it maye be of the more force and of the greater authoritye with men and the more easlye disceane the people Of thys their practyse here haste thou an euident example They set forthe in their deuilyshe decrees wicked writinges that this holy Byshop Iginius commaunded the halowyng of Churches when many yeares after as thou hast tofore ▪ heard the Christiās had no Churches but secretly assembled themselues together in corners in priuate houses in
of Aungels Martyrs virgins saints yea and of Christ and burnt them in the opeÌ„ market made a law that whosoeuer resisted his procedinges in this behalfe he should suffer death In the yeare of our Lord. 784 Blondus Eutropius Platin. Matth. Palmeâ—us c. Constantine the Emperour kept a couÌ„cell at Constantinople in the which were present a greate number of godly Bishops and other learned men where it was lykewyse decreed that Images should be cast out of Churches and by no meanes be suffred in such places as christen men resorte vnto for to praye vnto their Lorde God In the yere c. 739 Sigesb P. Aemilus Pantal. The noble and Godly Emperours Valens and Theodosius made a law that no man shoulde make or cause to bee made any Image of oure Sauioure Christ neyther by paynting nor by grauyng nor yet by any other waye but that wheresoeuer any such Image shoulde bee found it shoulde vtterlye bee taken awaye and destroyed And whosoeuer woulde attempte to doe contrarye to thys theyr acte they appoynted certayne greuous punyshementes to be executed vpon the transgressoures and breakers thereof as a lawe grounded both vpon the worde of God and vppon the decrees and constitutions of the most worthy aunciente Emperours and reuerende byshops Petrus Crinitus Lib. 9. de honestae disciplina Sabanus King of y e Bulgarians made also the lyke lawe in hys Realme for y e abolyshmente of Images oute of the Churches In the yeare of our Lorde 765. Sabell Mass. Pantal. Philip y e Emperour likewise made a straight lawe for the abolishyng of Images In the yeare of our Lorde 730. Sabel Paulus Diaconus The noble Emperoure Adrian commaunded y t there shuld be no Images set vp in temples or Churches Ioan. Laziardus Calcobertus King of England destroyed in hys Realme when he receaued the faith of Christ all the Idolls poppettes Maumettes and Images that he founde or coulde come by In the yeare of oure Lord. 640. Ioan. Laziard â–ª Vincentius Pope Gregory the fyrst after that he was appoynted Byshop of Rome coÌ„maunded that all the Idolles and Images of the Heathen should vtterlye be defaced theyr heades cutte of and theyr other members in all poyntes mangled and disgraced and so in fine destroyed that no occasion of Idolatry mighte afterwarde be geuen In the yeare of our Lorde 590. Ioan. Laziard Chronica Pope Constantine the second whom the seditious tirannicall and superstitious papistes did afterward violently depose cruelly thrust into a monastery as into a vyle and stincking prison and most vnmercifully put oute hys eyes commaunded that no Christian shuld worship any Image eyther of God or of any Saint or inuocate or call vpon the Uirgine Marye or any other saint in heauen with their prayers but worship God in spirite and truth and call vpoÌ„ his glorious name thorow Iesus Christ our alone Mediatour Aduocate and Intercessoure In the yere c. 769. Ioan. Laziard The Councel Agathense made a decree that there shoulde be no pictures in Churches and that no thyng should be painted on the walles of Churches that is honoured and worshipped In the yeare of oure Lorde 440. Libro Concil Durand The Councell Toletane the twelfth holden in Spayne made constitutions both agaynst Images and agaynst the worshippers of images In the yere c. 712. Chron. Concil The Councell Elibertine likewise holden in Spayne decreed that all pictures should be had out of churches and that nothyng that is honoured or worshipped shoulde be paynted on the church walles In the yeare c. 345. Isidorus Tom. 1. Concil The holy Byshop Epiphanius commyng into a churche to praye sawe a vayle there haÌ„ging wherin was paynted y e image of Christ or of some saint So sone as he saw it he cutte y e Image away and sayd that it is contrarye to the authoritye of the holy scriptures to haue the Image of any man in the Churche of Christ. In the yere of oure Lord. 565. S. Hieronymus Chron. Thys Epystle which the aforesaid holy and godly learned Byshop Epiphanius wrote of thys matter vnto Iohn Byshop of Ierusalem in the Greke toung and Sainte Hierome translated into Latyn and the words are these in Englishe WHen we went forth together vnto the holye place whiche is called Bethel y t we shuld make there a collectioÌ„ for the poore accordyng to the custome of Christs Church came vnto a village which is called Anablatha and as I passed by sawe there a candle burning I demaunded what place it was And when I had learned that it was a Churche I entred into it for to praye where I found a vayle hanging on the dore of the same church dyed paynted and hauing an Image as it were of Christ or of some saint For I do not well remember whose Image it was Therefore when I sawe thys in the church of Christ contrary to the authority of the scriptures that the Image of a man did hang there I cutte it away and gaue rather couÌ„cell to the kepers of y e same place that thei shuld lappe and burye some poore dead man in it But they murmured at the matter and said If he wuld cutte it it wer conuenient that he shoulde geue an other vayle in the steade of the other Which thing wheÌ„ I heard I promised y t I would geue theÌ„ one send it vnto them out of hand But while I sought to send a good vaile for y e other I haue made some delay in the matter For I thought I shuld haue had one sent vnto me froÌ„ Cyprus But now haue I sent such as I could gette and I pray thee y t thou wilt commaunde the priests of the same place to receaue the vayle of the bringer y t we haue sente to geue commaundement y t froÌ„ henceforth no such vayles be hanged vp in y e church of Christ as be contrary to our religion Here thys most Godly byshop with manyfest playne and euident wordes pronounceth and declareth that it is agaynst the holy scripture our religioÌ„ that the Image of Christ shuld be had in the temples of the Christians so far is it of that the Images of any saints ought to be placed in theÌ„ Hereof maye we easely gather that S Hierome also and all the other godly Byshoppes whiche were both before and in hys tyme dyd agree in thys poynte with Epiphanius that the Images of Christe and of the Saintes are by no meanes to bee suffered in the Churches of the Christians For in the tyme of Saint Hierome and certayn yeres after him we do not reade that any Byshop beeing of a sounde and perfect iudgement coulde euer abyde that images should be placed in the temples of such as professe Christ. The Godlye learned Byshop S. Athanasius proueth euidentlye agaynste all Imagemongers that men maye learne to knowe God better by liuyng creatures whether they be
For they are sayth he holy and precious tinhges yea and reliques Guil. Durand Pope Pius the firste commaunded that if any of the Sacramentall wyne should chaunce to fall vpon the grouÌ„d or vpon any other place the priestes should licke it vp with their tonges In the yeare c. 147. Durand Lib. Concil Pope Stephen the first ordained that a priest in his diuine seruice should vse none other but halowed garmentes In the yeare of our Lord. 261. Sabel The same pope also appointed that the priestes should not weare their halowed garmeÌ„tes but only in y e tyme of their diuine seruice Faâ— Temp. DuraÌ„dus Pope Innocent the thyrde bearynge rule it was decreed in the Councel Laterane that men must beleue that although the wordes whiche are recited in the Canon of the Masse be not rehearsed of the Euangelistes in theyr Gospels yet were they spokeÌ„ of Christ deliuered to his Apostles their successoures and be of equall authoritie with the holy scriptures In the yeare c. â—â—95 Dec. 3. tit 41. Cap. 6. Chron. Pope Adrian the first in a Councell holden at Rome made a decree that the OccideÌ„tall or weast Churches thorow out all Europe al other fashions of Matteâ—syng and Massyng set a parte and vtterly put away should onely vse that kinde of seruice which Pope Gregory the firste had tofore ordayned In the yeare of our Lord. 796. Nauclerus Sigesbert Durandus Achiles Carolus Magnus the Emperoure dyd not a little helpe to bryng this matter to passe For he dyd not only coÌ„mauÌ„de by publique edicts y t the decree of y e romish bishop amoÌ„g the which Gregoryes seruice hath not the least nor the lasts place should be obserued and kept thorowe out al the Empyre of Rome but he himself also was a most diligent setter forth of the same For he ran about from place to place thorow out all the prouinces of the Empyre compelled all the priests whether they would or not to receaue the seruice which Pope Gregory appointed yea and y t not only with threatning manacyng wordes but also with emprisonment Ioan. Nauclerus Guilielmus Durandus Iacobus de voragine in the life of Pope Gregory the firste telleth a tale concerning this matter In tymes past saieth he when the seruice whiche Ambrose made was more frequented and vsed in Churches than was the seruice whiche Gregory had appoynted the Bishop of Rome called Adrianus gathered a Councell together in the whiche it was ordayned that Gregoryes seruice shoulde be obserued and kept vniuersallye whiche determination of the Councell Charles the Emperoure did diligentlye put in execution whyle he raÌ„n about by diuerse prouinces and enforced all the Clergye partlye with threatnyngs and partly with punishementes to receaue that order And as touchynge the bookes of Ambrose seruice he brent them to ashes in all places and threwe into prison many priests that would not consent and agree to the matter Blessed Eugenius the Bishop commyng vnto the Councell founde that it was dissolued three dayes before his commyng Notwithstandyng thorowe his wisedome he so persuaded the Lord Pope that he called agayne all the Prelates y t had bene present at the Councel and were now departed by the space of three dayes Therfore when the Councell was gathered agayne together in this all the fathers did conseÌ„t and agree that both the maâ—â—ebokes of Ambrose and Gregory shuld be laid vpon the altar of blessed Peter the Anâ—â—le and the Church doores diâ—igenâ—ly shut and most warely sealed vp with the signets of many and diuerâ— Bishops Againe that they should all the whole night geue themselues to prayer that the Lorde myght reuele declare open and shewe vnto them by some euident signe or token whiche of these ii seruices he woulde haue vsed in the temples Thus they doyng in all points as they had determined in the morning opened y e church doores and founde both the Missals or massebookes open vpon the altare or rather as some saye they found Gregoryes massebooke vtterly plucked a sunder one pece from an other and scattered abroad into thys and that place As touchynge Ambrose booke they onely found it open vpon the altare in the very same place where they had toforâ— layd it By this signe they thought theÌ„selues sufficiently instructed taught of God that the seruice which Gregory had made ought to be set abroade and vsed thorowout all the world and that Ambroses seruice should only be obserued kept in hys owne Church which is at Mediolanum where he sometymâ— was Byshop Hereof came it to passe that Gregoryes seruice hath onely place nowe a dayes in the greatest parte of Europe Iacobus de voragine in vita Gregorij primi Guil. Durand Thus hast thou most geÌ„tle Reader howe the masse was begotten conceaued borne euen anone after the Apostles tyme if all be true that the Historiographes write Thou hast also how the masse grewe vp in continuance of time and was encreased by diuerse popes euerye one puttyng vnto it theyr owne fantasye tyll at the laste it was full finished by Pope Gregory the first about the yeare of our Lord. 600 euen aboute the very tyme when Mohommetes secte began in the East parte of the worlde and papacye in the weste Notwithstandyng from Pope Gregoryes dayes vnto the tyme of Carolus Magnus the forme of Gregoryes Masse was vsed onely in the Citie of Rome and in the diocesse of the same aboute two hundred yeares FroÌ„ Charles the great vnto y e tyme of Charles the fift the Masse rained ruled ruffled triuÌ„phed as a moste puissant and myghty Queene not onely in Italye and Germany in Fraunce and Englande but also in all the Churches of the weste part of the worlde about 700. yeares But in y e daies of the Emperour Charles the fifth and in the most florishyng reygne of the most blessed and Godlye Prince Kynge Edward the sixte Kynge of Englande Fraunce and Irelande c the Masse beynge an olde worne hagge full of sickenesses and disseases died was buryed and went down into Purgatory for the maintenauÌ„ce wherof she was moste chieflye deuysed and defended so that now neyther Germamanye nor Denmarke nor England nor Scotlande with many other countreyes and kyngdomes is anye more troubled w t her sorceries witchcrafts neyther are those her Chapplens the Massemongers and Purgatory rakers any more set a worke or had in price And although the Masse seeme yet to pant and to breathe in some places as though she woulde be glad to recouer lyfe and to lyue yet a lyttle longer in thys worlde yet forasmuche as she is no God but an Idoll of all moste vayne she shall neuer so ryse agayne that she shall recouer her olde strengths dignities but rather shall decay dayly more and more and suffer those worthye and deserued plagues which God threatneth her in the reuelations of blessed S. Iohn For this
penauÌ„ce And Pope Innocent the fourth hath graunted to all the brethreÌ„ of the same Faternitie pardon of all sinnes forgotten of all vowes brokeÌ„ except the vowe vnto the holy land at their latter â—nd remission forgeuenesse of all their sinnes A paena culpa so that to euery brother sister of that Fraternitie being coÌ„fessed absolued their coÌ„fessour may well say on thys manner as it is specified in the printed pardon â–ª Iohn or Ioan â–ª as free I make thee As heart may thinke or eye may see Of this pardon it is also thus written Omnibus in annis qui turbaÌ„t iura Ioannis Ter execrantur damnati iure probantur THe pardoÌ„ grauÌ„ted to the Fraternity of s. Cornelis at Westminster for such as geue any thynge vnto it coÌ„meth in y e yere to MM vii C. ix dayes for euer to endure grauÌ„ted by the holy father in god Thomas of the title of S Cecily Cardinall priest of Rome and Legate Archebyshop of Yorke and Chauncelour of England c. and of diuerse other Cardinalles and Bishops Certayne Popes of Rome haue committed and geuen authoritie power to Priestes hauyng cure and charge of soules to absolue their ghostly childreÌ„ and parishioners the whiche be brethreÌ„ or sistern to y e holy Fraternitie of the sepulchre of our Lord Iesu Christ of all sinnes and crimes either confessed or forgotten of penance not well done Also of vsurye rapine pollynge and pyllyng extortion or other good euell gotten excepte they knowe to whom they ought to make restitution they are absolued And of all manner of offences done to father and mother if they were not done w e laying handes on theÌ„ with violence Also the sentence of cursyng done vnknowingly also of of vowes broken the vowe of Ierusalem signed with the crosse in the body and the vow of Religion with solemnitye professed onely excepted Also priestes and Clarkes that haue made any offence in saying their seruice Also the aforesayd holy Fathers haue graunted to the brethren and sistern of the sayd place the Stations of Rome and the indulgences of the pilgrimages of the holy lande whiche suÌ„me of indulgence is lxxx M. yeres of pardoÌ„ Also our holy father Vrban the fourth of that name hath giuen graunted to all brethern and sisterne of the sayd Fraternitie at the traÌ„slation of Saint Swithein and at the Octaues of the same and at the Natiuitye of our Lorde the Octaues of the same and vpon good Fryday vpon Easter day with the Octaues of the same to be released of the seuenth part of their penaunce foure yeares and foure Lentes of pardon Our sayd holy father willeth also that they that be brethern and sisterne of the said Fraternitie haue ecclesiasticall sepulture without deniall of whatsoeuer death they chauÌ„ce to die except they be opeÌ„ly and by name excommunicate To the Fraternitie or brothehoode of S. Erasmus beside y e deliueraunce of many soules out of y e bitter paynes of purgatorye with innumerable indulgences pardons for them y t be alyue are graunted fiue special gifts singulare benefites Fyrst he shal haue reasonable goodes to his liues ende Secondly his enemies shal haue no power on him Thirdly what lawfull peticion he asketh of God shal be graunted him Fourthly he shall be vnbounde of his tribulation and disease Fyftly at his laste end he shal receaue the blessed body of oure Sauioure Christ Iesu in fourme of bread to his saluation by the gracious prayer peticion of this blessed Martyr S. Erasmus Al these pardoÌ„s indulgences priuileges giftes benefites shal al they haue y t geue any part or porcion of their goodes to y e vpholding and maintaining of the holy place of S. Erasmus Many other raggemans roules could I here haue placed which contayne also innumerable pardons infinite indulgences great giftes singulare priuileges wonderfull liberties maruelous deliuerances spedy remedies of soules out of purgatorye c but these may seme to suffice at thys preseÌ„t For hereof mayest y u euidentlye perceaue what reliques we haue receaued from Rome what good stuffe the popyshe pardoners haue broughte vs in tymes paste froÌ„ y e moste holy father or rather froÌ„ y e romish Antichrist al for money Do what thou wilte liue as y u wilte if money come y u art out of hande made cleane and absolued froÌ„ all thy synnes A paena culpa toties quoties art made as pure faultlesse as y u were in time of thy baptisme so y t now by the vertue of these pardons thou mayest boldelye stand before y â— iudging place of Christ and be free from y e sentence of damnation and in fine be made fellow heyre with Christ of euerlasting saluation But if thou wilte haue the true pardon and remission of thy synnes and be deliuered A paena culpa toties quoties take thys order Fyrst repent thee of thy former lyfe Secondly flee vnto God the Father in the name of hys derely beloued Sonne Christ Iesu our alone Sauioure and Redemer crauyng at his handes with stronge faith mercy and forgeuenesse of thy synnes Thyrdelye take a newe life vnto thee euer desyring strengthe from aboue to walke dayly more and more in the holy wayes of Goddes moste holy lawe If thou do thys doubt thou not but y t thou shalt haue abundauntly vnto the great consolation and comforte of thy soule remission of all thy synnes quietnesse of conscience the gift of the holy Ghost Goddes fauoure grace and mercye and after thys transitorye life euerlastyng lyfe with al heauenly ioye and vnoutspeakeable felicitie yea and that without these Antichristians pardons whiche are nothyng ells than nets for mony deceauings of y e people defacyng of Christes death obscuryngs of Gods free grace very spurres vnto all leudnesse of lyfe and a ryght patheway vnto euerlasting daÌ„nation Heare what god sayth by y e prophet Come to the waters al ye y t be thirstye and ye y t haue no money Come bye y t ye maye haue to eate Come bye wine milke without any money or money worth Wherfore do you lay out your money for the thing y e fedeth you not spende your labour about the thyng y e satisfyeth you not But harken harkeÌ„ rather vnto me and ye shal eate of the beste your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse Enclyne your eares come vnto me take hede I say your soules shal liue c. Are not these the wordes of our Sauiour Christ Come vnto me al ye that laboure and are laden and I shall ease you Agayne Let him that is a thyrst come And let who soeuer will take of the water of lyfe freely and without any money Of theÌ„ that wil seke remission of their synnes and pardon of their wicked life or any other spirituall and heauenly gift but only at hys hande
242. Lib. Concil Carrantza Pope Lucius the fyrst decreed y t all such as spoyle robbe take away the churche goodes or in any case vexe or trouble the churches or any appertaynyng vnto them shoulde be excommunicate and accursed In the yere c. 258 In epist. 1. Ad episcopos Galliae et Hispaniae Lib. Concil Pope Gregorye the fyrst coÌ„maunded y t no byshop should excommunicate any man for priuate iniuries wronges and displeasures done agaynst himself which sayth he ought eyther patiently to be suffred or els vtterly to be dissembled but only for such sinnes as ar coÌ„mitted agaynst God or agaynst our neighbour to the slaunder of the fayth and doctrine whiche we professe In the yeare of our Lorde 590. Caus. 2. Qu. 4. Cap. Inter querelas Pope Honorius the fyrste made a decree y t the names of suche as were excommunicate shoulde be published to al Byshops Curates and Churches y t be nighe again that their names with the excommunication shoulde be set in places where most resort of people is y t by this meanes al men may eschewe them and forbyd them to come into their companyes In the yeare of oure Lorde 622. Lib. Concil Caus. 11. Quaest. 3. Cap. Curae sit Pope Alexander the second ordayned y t he which is already excommunicate should not presume to excommunicate an other In the yeare c. 1063. Caus. 14. Quaest. 1. Cap. Audiuimus Pope Calixt the fyrst decreed that all suche as either hinder let or trouble those persons y t go to Rome on pilgrimage to visite the holy Apostles Peter and Paule or ells any other where to seeke and visite y e Oratoryes of other Saintes eyther spoyle or take away any of their thinges y t they carye with them shalbe excoÌ„municate and so remayne til they haue made ful and perfecte satisfaction In the yeare of oure Lorde 217. Caus. 24. Quaest. 3. Cap. Si quis Romipetas Pope Gregory the fyrst made a decree y t whosoeuer striketh Bishop or prieste or spoyleth or setteth on fyre churches the same shal be excommunicate hys goodes confiscate and he hymselfe enclosed in a monasterye and there do penaunce al the daies of his life For sayeth he suche a person hath committed most greuous sacriledge In the yeare of oure Lorde 590. Lib. Concil Caus. 24. Qu. 3. Cap. Quisquis Pope Nicolas the fyrst pronounced al them accursed that spoyle pilgrimes or Oratours of any Saint or Clerks or Monkes or women or poore people y t beare no weapon or elles take awaye theyre goodes or do them anye other kinde of harme In the yeare c. 871 Caus. 24. Qu. 3. Cap. Illi qui. Pope Vrban the fyrst proclaymed also al theÌ„ excommunicate y t trouble the Curates of any churches or Clerkes or Monks or the Conuerses Nouices that appertayne vnto theÌ„ In the yere c. 222. Lib. Concil Pope Vrban the seconde made a decree y t no man ought to kepe company nor to eate and drinke with suche as y e Byshop hath excommunicated In the yeare of our lord 1086. Caus. 11. Quaest. 3. Cap. Quibus Pope Clement the fyrst made a law y t if the priestes and other of the Clergye yea and all Princes and Rulers whether they be of hye or lowe degree with al y e coÌ„mon people doe refuse to obey the byshops al such shuld not only loose their good name but also bee banyshed out of the kingdome of God put out of the company of the faythful yea and vtterly estraunged from al doings with the holy churche of God In the yeare c. 92. Caus. 11. Qu. 3. Cap. Si aeutem vobis Episcopis Pope Gregory the seuenth decreed y t although hys predecessours the popes according to the rigoure of the ecclesiasticall censure dyd forbyd generallye al men to keepe companye to praye to eate drinke bye sell c with suche as be excommunicate and accursed yet from henceforth it shall be lawfull for wiues to keepe companye to eate and drinke c with their husbandes children with their parentes seruauntes and hande maydes with their maisters and mastresses c although they be excommunicate He also exempteth theÌ„ by the Apostolyke authoritie from the bonde of excommunication which ignorantlye communicate with them y t are excommunicate In the yere of our lorde 1073. Caus. 11. Quaest. 3. Cap. Quoniam multos Pope Zacharye the fyrst determined y t although men kepe companye eate and drinke with them that are excommunicate yet if they doe it not of an euill purpose nor inwardly consente to their iniquitie thei receaue no domage thereby neither are they excommunicate In the yeare c. 752. Caus. 11. Qu. 3. Cap. Quod precessor Pope Vrban the second made a law y e subiectes are not bounde to kepe theyr othes made vnto their princes if they be excommunicate eyther of the pope or of any Byshop In the yere c. 1086. 15. Quaest. 6. Cap. Iuratos Pope Gregorye y e eyght likewise by his Apostolique authoritie absolued al theÌ„ from their fidelitye othe and promise which they haue made owe to their heades rulers and gouernours being now excommunicate streyghtly charging to shew theÌ„ no obedience or loyaltye till they haue made satisfaction In the yeare c. 1186. Ibidem Cap. Nos sanctorum Pope Zacharias as Pope Gelasius writeth to Anastasius the Emperoure dyd depose from hys kyngdome the Kyng of Fraunce not so greatly for hys euil behauiour as y t he was vnprofitable to so greate a power and placed in hys roume Pipine father of Charles y e Emperour and absolued and made free all the Frenchmen from the othe of theyr fidelitie vnto the king which thing holy Church many tymes doth of her authoritye as in deliueryng the Souldioures from the bonde of their othe whiche they haue made to their Emperoure and Captayne Thys thyng also holy Church practiseth of those bishops which by the Apostolyke authoritye are deposed and put downe from their pontifical degree IbideÌ„ cap. Alius In the Councel â—halcedonense it was decreed y t whosoeuer attempteth to spoyle to robbe to destroye to dissolue c any monasterye or Abbay the same should be excommunicate and vtterly banyshed from y e Kingdome of God so y t no goodnesse eyther of Fayth or of workes shall profyt hym vnto saluation forasmuch as he hath destroyed the way of so noble and wholesome a lyfe Lib. Concil Carrantza In the councell Laterane it was determined y t al they which being either forbidden or not sente presume take vpoÌ„ theÌ„ eyther publiquely or priuately y e office of preaching w tout y e authority of y e pope or of some Catholike bishop shoulde be excommunicate and if notwithstandyng they goe forth and will not cease that then some other punishmente agreable to theyr disobedience shalbe exercised vpon them Lib. Concil In the councel Toletane it was
haste pacientlye suffered all thys I geue vnto thee for the satisfaction of thys penaunce that I haue enioyned thee and vnto the furtheraunce and helpe of the remission and forgeuenesse of al thy synnes and vnto the deliueraunce from the paines of hell and purgatorye whiche thou haste deserued for thy synnes and vnto y e obtayning of grace in this present world and euerlasting life in the world to come Amen An other fourme of Absolution OUr Lorde Iesus Christ whiche created redemed thee mought absolue thee And I by the authoritie which I haue of hym as muche as lyeth in my power accordyng to my dutye I doe absolue thee from all bondes of the lesser excommunication if thou bee bounde and I restore thee to the holy Sacramentes of the church if thou haue nede Agayn I absolue thee from all thy synnes confessed and forgotten mortall and veniall with al theyr circumstaunces The passion of oure Lorde Iesu Christ and all the good dedes that thou hast done or shalte doe and all the aduersityes and troubles whiche thou haste suffered or shalt suffer myght be vnto thee for penaunce and remission of thy sinnes and for the encrease of Goddes grace In the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen Ex Speculo confessorum Fratris Bartholomaei de Chaimis An other fourme of Absolution BY the authoritye of God and of y e blessed Apostles Peter Paule and by y e authoritye of the Churche of Rome cōmitted vnto me and graunted vnto thee I absolue thee from all sentence either of the greater or lesser curse and from all suspension and interdiction if thou be bounde with any of them And I restore thee to the vnitie of the faythful and to y e holy Sacraments of y e church and by the same authoritye committed vnto me I absolue the from all thy synnes confessed contrite and forgotten Item by the authority of God and of y e blessed Apostles Peter and Paule and of y e Churche of Rome yea and also by the authoritie of oure Lorde the Popethe high Byshop committed vnto me in thys behalfe and so muche as I am bounde and able to doe if thou dye at thys tyme I absolue thee from all the paynes due vnto thee in purgatorye for y e faultes and offences which y u haste committed agaynst God and by all y e authoritye y t I haue I restore thee to the innocencie wherein thou were when thou were baptised But if y u doe not dye at thys tyme I reserue the full pardon graunted to thee of oure Lorde the Pope tyll thou dye In the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost AMEN Ibidem An other fourme of Absolution ALmightye God haue mercye on thee forgeue thee al thy sinnes bring thee vnto euerlasting life AMEN The almighty merciful Lorde geue vnto thee indulgence and absolution of al thy sinnes AMEN The almightye father y e Godly and merciful Lord mought geue vnto thee indulgence absolution and remission of al thys synnes AMEN Most dere brother The greatest and hyghest penaunce is to be sorye for the sinnes committed and to repent and to beware and to take heede that thou sinne no more For the wholesome penaunce at thys present thou shalt say iii. Pater nosters .iii. Aues a Crede or thou shalt say the Psalme of mercy called Miserere meideus knelyng vppon thy knees before y e blessed sacramente of the altare or y u shalte cause y e Masse of the fiue woundes of our Lorde Iesus Christ to be song or sayde for thee or thou shalt go thys or y t pilgrimage gyld thys or y e Image c. This penaunce and the merite of the passion of Iesu Christ and al the good dedes y t thou hast done or here after shalte doe might profyte thee and stande thee instead for the remission of al thy synnes And our Lord Iesus Christ by his holy moste pitiefull mercy might absolue thee And I absolue thee frō y e sentence of the lesser excommunication or curse if thou be fallen into it and also from all thy sinnes In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holye ghost Amen Ex instructione seu Alphabeto sacerdotum A speciall note of the Papistes concerning Absolution ABout Absolution is to be cōsidered the due or proper perfect forme In that note y t as euery Sacrament hath his proper forme so in like manner hath the Sacrament of penance which is this Ego te absoluo That is to say I geue thee and bestowe vpon thee the Sacrament or ministery of Absolutiō It doth not importe as some falsely reporte Ego te absoluo id est absolutum te ostēdo I absolue thee that is I declare vnto thee that thou art absolued For so should it followe that in the Sacramentes of the newe lawe there should be nothing but a shewyng or signification whiche is false bicause y t the Sacramentes of the new law do not only figure and signifie as the Sacraments of the the law but they also conferre geue truly and effectually the thynge whiche they figure and represente Ex speculo confes Bartholo de Caimis The forme or manner of byddyng the beades on the Sonday in the Popish parishe Churches taken out of the English Festiuall YE shal knele downe on your knees lift vp your hartes makyng your prayers vnto almightie god for the good state and peace of al holy church y t god maintayne saue and kepe it For our holy father the Pope with all his true college of Cardinals that God for his mercy them maintaine and kepe in the right beleue it holde and encrease al misbeleue and heresy he lesse and destroy Also ye shal pray for the holy lād for the holy crosse y t Iesu died on for the redemption of mās soule y t it come into the power of Christen men the more to be honored for our prayers Also ye shall pray for all Archbishops and Bishops in especiall for the Archebishop of Cauntorburye our Metropolitane for the Bishop of N. our Diocesan that God of his mercye giue thē grace so to gouerne and rule holye Church y t it may be to the honour and worship of him saluation of our soules Ye shall also praye for Abbotes Priors Monckes Chanons Friers for al men women of religiō in what order estate or degree y t they stand in from the highest estat vnto the lowest degree Ye shall also pray for all them that haue charge cure of Christē mēs soules as curates persons vicares priests clerkes and in especial for the person the Curate of this Churche for al y e Priests Ministers that seruen therein or haue serued therin And for all them that haue taken anye order that GOD gyue them grace well to keepe and
bonde of sinne that thei being resuscitate or raised vp in y e glorie of the resurrection maye liue among y e saintes and chosen people Thorowe Christ our Lord. So be it A shorter forme or manner of bidding the beades MAsters and frendes as for holy dayes and fasting dayes ye shal haue none thys weke but y t ye maye doe all manner of good workes y t shall bee to the honoure of God and y e profyt of your own soules And therefore after a laudable consuetude and a lawfull custome of our mother holy Churche ye shal knele down mouyng your heartes vnto almightye God and makyng your speciall prayers for the .iii. estates concernyng all Christen people that is to saye for the Spiritualtye the Temporaltie and y e soules being in the paynes of purgatorye Fyrst for our holy father the Pope with all hys Cardinalls for all Archebyshops and Byshops and in especiall for my Lorde Archbishop of Cantorburye your Metropolitane and also my Lorde Bishop of this diocesse N. and in generall for all persons vicares parishe priests hauing cure of mannes soule with the ministers of Christes church as wel religious as not religious Secondly ye shal pray for y e vnitie and peace of al Christen Realmes and specially for the noble Realme of England for our soueraigne Lord y e King for the Prince for my Ladye y e Kinges Mother with all their progenye and for al y e Lords of y e councel and al other of the nobilitie whiche dwell in the countreyes hauing protection and gouernaunce of y e same y t almightie God may sende them grace so to gouerne rule the lande y t it maye bee pleasing vnto almightye God wealth and profyte to the lande and saluation to their soules Also ye shall praye for all those that haue honoured the church wyth light Lampe Uestmente or Bell or with any ornamentes by the whiche the seruice of almightye God is the better maintayned and kepte Furthermore ye shall praye for all true trauailers tillers of the earth y t trulye and duelye done their dutye to God holye church as they be bounde to do Also ye shal pray for al manner of frutes y t be done vppon the grounde or shal be y t almightye God of hys greate pitye and mercye maye sende suche wederynges y t they maye come to the sustenaunce of man Ye shall praye also for al those y t be in debt or deadly sinne y t almightye GOD maye geue them grace to come oute thereof and the soner by our prayer Also ye shall praye for all those y t bee sicke or diseased eyther in bodye or in soule y ◠almyghtye God maye sende them y e thing whiche is moste profitable aswel bodilye as ghostly Also ye shall praye for all pilgrimes and Palmers y t haue taken the waye to Rome to S. Iames or Ierusalem or to any other place y t almightye God maye geue them grace to go safe and come safe and geue vs grace to haue parte of their prayers and they parte of oures Also ye shal praye for y e holy Crosse y t is in the possession and hands of vnryghtful people y e almightye God may sende it into y e possession of Christen people when it pleaseth hym Furthermore I commit vnto your deuoute prayers all women y t be in our ladyes bondes y t almighty God may sende thē grace y e childe to receaue y e sacrament of baptisme and y e mother purification Also ye shall praye for the good man or woman y t thys daye geueth bread to make the holy lofe and for all those y t fyrste began it and them y e longest continue For these and for al true Christen people euery man and womā say a Pater noster an Aue. Deu◠misereatur nostri c cum Gloria patri c. Thirdly ye shal pray for your frends soules as your fathers soule your mothers soule your brethrens soule your sisters soule your Godfathers soule your Godmothers soule for all those soules whose bones rest in this church or Churchyarde or in any other holye place for al y e soules being in paines of purgatorye but specially and aboue al for those soules whose names be accustomed to be rehearsed in y e beadrolle as I shall rehearse them vnto you by y e grace of God c. For these in speciall and for all other in generall that it is needefull to praye for for euery man and woman saie a Pater Noster and an Aue. De profūdis c cum Oremus Absolue quesumus c. The general sentence taken out of the Englyshe Festiuall GOod men and women I doe you to vnderstande y t we that haue cure of your soules bee commaunded of oure ordinaryes and by the constitutions lawes of holy church to shewe to you foure tymes in the yeare in eche quarter of y e yeare once when the people is moste plenarye in the church the articles of the sentence So y t not for our default no man nor woman fal therein And if any be therin fallen he may through the helpe of God almightye and al holy church with shrifte and penaunce makyng good for his sinne vprise and hym amende ▪ Wherefore I doe you to vnderstande y t cursing is such a vengeaunce takyng that it departeth a man from the blysse of heauen from housel shrifte and all the Sacramentes of holye Churche and betaketh hym to the deuill and to the paynes of hell wythoute ende but if he haue grace of hym to amende But therefore see y t no man nor woman saye that I curse them For it longeth not to me but to shewe the pointes and y e articles of the sentence of cursyng For I doe you wel to wite who so doth agaynste any of y e pointes y t I shall shewe you he is accursed in the deede doing of the Pope Archebyshop Byshop and of al holy Church And y t god almighty geue you grace to kepe you out of cursing listen and heare and I shal thorowe y e helpe of God the father almighty to you thē tell and shewe By the authoritye of God y e Sonne and the holy Ghost and hys glorious Mother and mayden oure Lady Saint Marye and the blessed Apostles Peter and Paule and all Apostles Martyrs Confessours and virgines and the halowes of God I denounce and shewe for accursed all thoe that fraūches of holye Churche breake or distrouble or beene agaynst the state of holy church or thereto assente wyth deede or councell And also all thoe that depriue holy Churche of any ryghte or make of holy churche any Laye fee y t is halowed or sanctified And all thoe y t withholde the rites of holy church y t is for to say offringes tithes rents or fredome of holye Churche let or distrouble or breake that is to saye if any man flee to the Churche or Churchyarde Who so
sinnes or ells y t their damnation may be the more tollerable Ibidem The dead which are in purgatorye knowe the suffrages that are done for them .iiii. manner of wayes Fyrst by diuine reuelations that is to say wheÌ„ God doth shewe it vnto them Secondly by the manifestation or shewing of the good Aungells For the Aungells which are here alway with vs consider all our actes and deedes maye as a man would say in a trise go downe vnto them tel them out of hand Thirdly by y e declaration of the soules which depart hence Fourthly by experience as when thei seale y t they are deliuered from their paynes Moreouer we must knowe that the dead whiche are maruelously euill know not what is done of them y t liue but euen so much as is permitted and suffred vnto them for to know Likewise they that are meanely good remaining yet in the fyre of purgatorye which haue not yet the fruition and sight of God knowe not but euen so much as is permitted vnto them to know by any of the aforesaid wayes But the deade that are maruelouslye good which already enioy the sight of Goddes Maiestye knowe cetaynely what is here done according to this saying of S. Gregory Quid est quod nesciant qui videntem omnia vident â–ª That is to say What is it y t thei know not which set him that seeth al thinges Ibidem Geue the glorye to God alone ¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Daye dwelling ouer Aldersgate beneath saint Martins September 30. ¶ Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis per septennium 1. Cor. 1. Ioan. 7. Iac. 2. Iere. 44. Nume 21. Numer 11. Exod. 16. 3. Reg. 17 Iac. 5. 3. Re. 18 â–ª ☜ Luc. 23. Ioan. 18. Ioan. 11. Ioan. 12. Mathe. 10. Act. 16. Act. 21. Psal. 1â—4 The holye Scripture Ioan. 10. Ioan. 8. Ioan. 18. Ephe. 2. ☜ Rom. 10. Custome Ioan. 14. ☜ Ioan. 15. Mathe. 17. Esay 29. Math. 25. Leuit. 18. Exod. 23. Leuit. 18 ☞ Doctors of the church Psal. 115 Rom. 13. Tract dâ— viâ—gini Homil. i. in Ierem. In com ad Titum In Epist. ad Rom. Note Fathers Rom. 14. ☜ 1. Timo. 1. Ioan. 9. Ioan. 3. Math. 13. Math. 16. Mathe. 7 â–ª Math. 21. ☜ Math. 17 Ioan. 10. zachar 1 â–ª Ezech. 20 Note ☞ Ad caecil Lib. 2. Epist. 3. Councels Math. 18. Math. 28. ☜ Psal. 26. Esay 30. Esay 10. In serm de lapsis Psal. 119. In cap. ad Gal. cap. 5. ☞ Dâ— elect cap. Significasti In Gal. cap. 5. The multitude Math. 7. Math. 20 Rom. 10 Exod. 12. 3. Reg. 18 3. Re. 22. Math. 2. Luc. 2. â— Cor. 1. Ioan. 7. Math. 13. Leuit. 14 Math. 2â— Act. 4. Congregatio regentium nâ— Act. 7. Psal. 44 Ex tripart Hist. Lib. 2. cap. 13. Dist. 13. cap Nicena Heb. 13. ☞ Luc. 12. The difference of orders and doctrines Christ alone is head of hys Churche Mathe. 26. 1. Cor. 11. Publique prayer in the motheâ— tounge 1. Cor. â—4 Ceremonies Math. 25. Ioan. 4. Purgatory â— â–ª Ioan. 1 â–ª The sacrifice of the Masse no sacrifice for sinne but the death of Christe alone Rom. 6. Heb. 9. InuocatioÌ„ and Intercession of Sainctes Psal. 50. 1. Timo. 2. 1. Ioan. 1. Rom. 8. Ioan. 16 â–ª Transsubstantiation 1. Cor. â— â–ª Mathe. 26. The sacrament ☞ Ephe. 5. Leuit. 21. Ezech. 44 â—The mariage of Priestes ☞ â— Timo. 4. 1. Cor. 7. Heb. 13. Uowes Eccle. 5. Rom. 14 The vowe of pouertie Gene. 3. The vowe of obedieÌ„ce Rom. 13 The vowe of chastitie Math. 19. Sap. 8. Fastynge dayes ☞ â— Timo. 4. Titus 1 Act. 10. ☞ Luc. 21. Iustification â—bac 2. Rom. 3. Gala. 2. ☜ Rom. 8. Fayth Gala. 5. Loue. 1. Timo. 1 â–ª Psal. 1. ☜ Psal. 52. Gala. 2. Math. 12 â–ª Auriculare confession Malach. 2 Satisfaction 1. Ioan. 2. 2. Cor. 5 â–ª ☜ Act. 13. Satisfacâ—â—on to our neyghbour Luc. 19. Free will Rom. 4 Ephe. 2. Gene. 6. Gene. 8. Iere. 17. 2. Cor. 3 Ioan. 15. Note 1. Cor. 4 Iac. 1. ☜ Phil. 3. Ioan. 8. 1. Cor. 2. Ioan. â— 2. Cor. 3. Prayer Math. 1â— Ioan. 14. Note Psal. 34. 1. Cor. 14 ☞ Holy days Mark 2. ☞ Colos. 2. Gala. 14. Colos. 2 Math. 7. Act. 3. Math. 15. Esay 29. Math. 17. Mark 7. Deut. 12 Deut. 4. The causes of the dedicatioÌ„ of this booke knowledge Zeale Math. 5. Titus 1 Doctrine Math. 25. Life Iac. 1. 1. Pet. 5. Titus 1 1. Timo. 3. Hospitality Esay 58. 1. Timo. 4. Titus 1 Malach. 3 Gala. 6. Ioan. 21. Benefites Luc. 1. Ioan. 14 The beginning of the Popes primacie Epist. lib. 4. Epist. 32.33.34 capi 76.77.78 Pope 〈◊〉 head of the Emperors making Phocas the Emperor The tiraÌ„ny of Phocas The death of Phocas Pope Christes vicare and Peters successour The bishop of Rome only Pope The church of Rome heade of all churches A famous notable lye The Pope is become a playne Lucifer S. Peters patrimony O terrificuÌ„ fulmen The Papistes are impudent liars ☜ Note wel y e propertie of the papists Richesse poysoned y e church of Rome ☜ An other lie of the Papistes concerning the councâ—â—l of Nice Note In the couÌ„cell of Carthage no Scripture coulde bee founde to proue the Popes primacie The falsehoode of the Papistes The Godly auncient councells attribute no more authoritie to the bishop of Rome than to any other Byshop Traâ—â— de simplicitate Prelat Epi. lib. 4. cap. 76.78 â–ª What wil the papists saye here to S. Gregorye Note well The primacye of the Bishop of Rome is but a newe inueÌ„tion The see of Rome iudge of all but may be iudged of none Appellations to Rome The popes statutes ar of necessitie to be obserued The Popes lawes equal with the word of God No man may dissent from the church of Rome A substantiall reaâ—on and a wise Generall councels obedient to the Pope No man may loue whome the Pope hateth Note this reason All temporall rulers subiect to the Pope AppellatioÌ„ to Rome All mens iudgemeÌ„ts muste geue place to the decrees of the Pope Note well â–ª Note thys aunswere The Lucifer like prid of Pope Boniface Scripture wel applied Popes fete kâ—ssed and honoured O Lucifer The Pope may set vp and pâ—ucke downe princes at hys pleasure A charitable act of so holy a father Kings lackies slaues to the Pope An holy father charitable acts A pointe of knauerye No othe may be required of the Pope The Pope a sower of sedition The Luciferlik pride of the pope Rom. xiii Pope Lord of y e world Pope caried on mens shoulders ☞ Austen the Monk corruptoure of the ChristeÌ„ fayth in England Note thys This decre was not euil Austen a bloudy Monke ☜ This decre agreeth not with the order of the auncient Churche of Christ. Here â—aâ—â—men are admitted to the election of the pope No Pope 〈◊〉 â— full without the admission of the Emperour The Emperour barred froÌ„ the election or admissioÌ„ of the
Corpus Christi The beginning of the feast of Corpus Christi The doctrine of the festiual concerning the feaste of Corpus Christi Pardon be longyng to the feast of Corpus Christi Midsommer day The InueÌ„tion of the Crosse. The exaltacion of the Crosse. The transfiguration of oure Lorde The doctrine of the festiuall Thassmuâ—ion of our Lady Michelmasse day DedicatioÌ„ daye or Churche holy day The feaste of al saintâ— The feaste of al soules The beginnyng of the feast of all Soules The coÌ„ceptioÌ„ and presentatioÌ„ of mary with the feastes of Aunâ— Ioseph Fraunces The visitacion of Marye Candelmasseday The feasts of the foure Euangelistes and of the foure Doctours Sonday A godlye lawe and worthy to be obserued This godly decree is sâ—lenderly obserued in Englande A generall rule for holy dayes The coÌ„ceptioÌ„ of mary The Annunciation of Mary The visitatioÌ„ of mary The beginning of saintes making Dominikâ— Fraunces Anthonye de padua Fryers Elizabeth â–ª Saintes Clara Peter Marter Stanislaus Saintes Lewes byshop of Colossa Tâ—of Aquine Thomas byshop of Hereforde Saintes Bernardine the Grayfrier sainted Uincent Edmundeâ— Osmunde saintes Katerine sainted Iuo a saint Bonauenture a saint Bernarde a saint Heliopolde a saint Hughe of Lincolne a saint Hedwigis a saint Brigit a saint Vuolfgang a saint Iohn Gaulbert a saint Hughe the Monke a saint Lewes King of Fraunce a saint Edmund Peter de verona sainted Nicolas de Toleto a saint Pope Celestine a saint Charles y e great sainted Fraunces a sainte Thomas Becket sainted Of Beckettes translation Note A new idol set vp Becket the popes martyr saint A lousye saint an vnclenly Beckets penaunce very homely None saintes but such as the pope admi Swarmes of saintes The popes Sainctes ☜ Reliques set out to sale Reliques honoured Sainctes bones honored with Masses Hands of Shrines A good and godly acte but not profitable for the Popes market The anauÌ„ceâ— of Pilgrimages Pilgrimages maâ—e not be hindred Pilgrimes may not be euill entreated Gregorye the firste a greate promoter of pardons Popes pardons nets for money and allurements vnto vice The yeâ—â—â— of Iubile A prophecye The yeare of Iubile altered ☞ Stations Christes natles worshipped Greate giftes for so litle labour Pardon beades Stringing of beades Note these scholepoiÌ„ts The fyue Pardons beades The pardoÌ„ that beloÌ„g to y e â—eads BostoÌ„ pardon Ghostly father Uowes chaunged Seruice neglected pardoned An ante diâ— The chappel of Scalâ— caeli Purgatoâ—â— White meates Fleshe Buriall Large promises They al at â—ow by the word of god brought to nought according to 〈◊〉 prophecy of christ Euery plaÌ„t that my heauenly â—ather hath not planted shal be plucked vp by the rootes The price of y e pardon The pardoÌ„ of s Trinitye of houÌ„deslowe PardoÌ„s innumerable and good cheape â–ª Graciously considered Pardon of the Austen Friers Burton Lazare â–ª The pardoÌ„ of Sainet Mary of â—unciuall ☞ Giue and it shall be giuen to you Giue money and the smoke of Rome shall be giueÌ„ to you The pardoÌ„ of Saint Iohn of Beuerlay ☞ The pardâ—â— of Saint Cornelis at Weâ—â—minster The sepulchre pardonÌ„ S. Erasmus pardon Fiue special giftes Money is the Marchant in all the popes affayres What is to be done that wee may haue true pardoÌ„ What the popes pardons are Esay lv Math. xi Apoc. xxii Iere. ii Psal. xi The inuetour of the popes purgatory is not knoweÌ„ The studie of Sathan The true purgatorye is y e bloud of Christ. The popes purgatorye diuersely maintained Where purgatorye is Luke xv The varietye of papists in placing of purgatorye The tormentes of Purgatory 1. Cor. iii. Psal. 66. Dist. 7. cap. Nullus ☞ Serm. 41. de animabus What most greuous paynes there are in Purgatory Example Howe is this proued The infinite multitude of soules in Purgatorye ☜ Iob. xix Remedies deuised by the papists agaynst the tormeÌ„â—s of Purgatory The churches Church militant Church trinuâ—phant Church expectant Prayer for soules in Purgatory ☞ Prayer almosse Fasting pilgrimage pardons and Masses deliuer soules out of Purgatorye The profit of euerye Masse The doctrine of the festiuall coÌ„cerning soules in Porgatory Of prayer for soules A narratioÌ„ A straunge sight Well proued substauncially of Almosse deedes for soules A narratioÌ„ Of Masses for soules â–ª ☜ A narratioÌ„ An other narration prodicious woÌ„derful The great vertue of the masse Ten remedies to deliuer soules out of purgatorye Candles Sensing of the altare Sprinckeling of holy water Prayer for the dead Oblations for y e soules departed Fastinges â–ª watchings c. Q. xiii c. ii Animae Paying the dets of the dead Offering vp of bread and wine Fulfilling of y e deades penaunce The celebration of masses A narratioÌ„ Monstri simili Missa wherof it is deriued The vertues of the masse ☞ A fond fansye of the papistes Spedy deliueraunce of soules out of purgatorye Note this tale All is not golde that glistereth A trentall of Masses and what they are Trinities of Masses The .xii. vertues of the masse Psal. 9â— Luke xxiii Luke vii ☞ ☜ Math. vii The vertues of the masse out of y â— Festiual The vertue of the masse out of Stella Clericorum No couÌ„cell of force without y e consent of the Pope Al bishops must be at a general councell A good anâ— necessary deuice Sene twice in the yere ☜ No couÌ„cell lauful with out the consent of the Pope What is to be done if matters caÌ„not be quietly coÌ„posed in y e lesser Sinodes Appeare or elsaccursed The authoritie of the popes decrees Popes decrees equal w t the word of God All thinges ar subiect to the pope Popeiudge of al â–ª iudged of none ☜ A lawful general couÌ„cel is abouâ— the pope The preeminence of the pope Heretikes banished Heretikes put to death by the secular power The temporall offices the â—opyshe Byshops butchers Ioan. viii ☜ Fraunces Martyrs Of the state of the faithful after this life Heretikes expelled out of the Churche A good law Note well The coÌ„panie of Heretikes is to be eschued auoyded The great councell Laterane Heretikes condemned to be committed to the seculer powers so put to death Priests degraded Priesteâ— goodes Laye menâ— goodes Suspect of heresie The temporall rulers sworn to roote out heretikes Note O tyranny A newe kinde of Heresie Heresiarch â–ª Dead men excommunicate The company of heretiques is to be eschued UnderstaÌ„d by heretikes all suche as in anye point resiste the pope or his decrees No coÌ„pany with excoÌ„municate persons Ioan. Ep. ii Spoylers of y e church excommunicate A good a godly law ☞ The names of excoÌ„municate persons published One excoÌ„municate person may not excommunicate an other Hinderers of pilgrimages or spoylers of pilgrimes accursed Smiters of byshops or priestes â–ª spoylers or burners of churches accursed Spoylers of pilgrimes Chaplens â–ª Clarkes monks c â–ª accursed DisobedieÌ„t to bishops accursed This pope mitigateth y â— rigor of y e ecclesiastical censure A frendly decree Thys is wicked Neither baâ—â—el better her ring The pope deposeth Princes Practise â–ª Destroyers of Abbeies excommunicate Preachers not authorised by the Pope or some bishop accursed No man ought to be excoÌ„municate before his matter be knoweÌ„ Paiment of tythes ☞ The penaunce of him that hath slayne his mother What opinion of mariage had this Pope thinke ye A Pope more reasonable Note how loth the Popes are to go from their olde Mumsimê° A foolishe diuine of so wise a head 1. Cor. vii The penaunce of them that are negligent about the Sacrament of the Altare Beholde hys curiositye ☜ The penaÌ„ce of the Clergy coÌ„uicte of great fauts Penaunce dispensed with Penaunce enioyned of the ghostly Father A rule for penaunce A greate priuilege A reasonable order Note thys well Ioan. xi Sed perquaÌ„â—egulam A decree not to be despised Absolution must be receaued knelyng Pope The colledge of Cardinals Holy lande Holy crosse Bishops Abbotâ— prâ—ours moÌ„ks Chanons Friers nuÌ„nes c. Curates â–ª Persons Uicares Priestes Clarks c. The king Quene c. Duke Earles BaroÌ„s c Parisheners True tithers Tillers Shipmen MarchaÌ„ts Benefactors of the Churche Pilgrimes and Palmers Sicke persons Women in our Ladies bondes The holye bread giuer Prayeng for soules departed The three estates of holy church The generall seÌ„tence red foure tymes in the yeare What cursing is Enemies to holy church are fyrst accursed as most greuous offendours â–ª ☜ ☞ In Popish Churches all thynges are in Latib besydes surfyng ☞ A Caueat What this word cursâ— signifyeth Two manner of curses The lesser curse ☜ The more curse Note ☜ Wakings Reasons why the sacramental wine is not reserued in churches as y e sacramentall bread is Buriall The order of halowing churches The vertue of holy water The order of halowing altares The popes power The pope is Melchizedech Ioan i Psa cxlviii â–ª Gene xix Exod. vii Ioan ii â–ª Miracles This man for lacke of scripture to proue hys popysh traÌ„substantiation fleeth to carnall reasons fleshly similitudes as al other papistes doe A wise reason and a cupstantial 4 Reg. iiii The â—biquâ—â—ty of christs bodye The monstrous and vnreasonable doctrine of transubstantiation Fabula sinâ— capite An homely shifte and a soule Corin. xii Why y e host is lifted vp aboue the priests head Phil ii Rom x AmoÌ„strous kinde of doctrine Chebbiquity of christâ—â— bodye The signe of the crosse helpeth forward transubstaÌ„tiatioÌ„ ☜ What is to be done if gods bloud be frosen in the chalice An hâ—e point in a lowe house i. Corin. ii Titus i. Sacramentes iustifye after the doctrine of the papists Howe the sacrament is to be eaten The masse excelleth al prayses done to god Mary ledeth to heauen Prayer vnto Marye the Uirgin Suffrages of saintes Fasting Crosse. Confirmation or smering of the infantes forehead The greate vertue of coÌ„firmation Note Mary oure intercessour Three degrees of soules Soules maruelouslye good Soules maruelously euill Soules meanely euill Soules in purgatorye knowe what is done for theÌ„ in thys worlde Soules in heauen know what is done here