schuld surelye staÌ„de forth for an heretyque in my lordes great mode He hath alredye coÌ„dempned hys coÌ„maundementes hys prayer and the artycles of hys faythe for Martyns sake oÌ„lye And no maruele For he ys the father heretyque aÌ„d enemye of all holye churche If God wold ones take hym out of the waye doubtlesse he schuld hane great thankes of my lorde and of the ranke rable of Romyshe ruffelers 2 Next cometh forewarde in course the dore of holye scripture Vvhether thys be Christ or no I am in moche doubt For in dede he sayth vnto hys dyscyples in the x. chapter of Iohan. I am the dore into the shepe folde He that entreth in by me schal go in and out and fynde good fedynge But I fere me that my lorde ys one of those theues and robbers that Christ speaketh of there for stoppynge vp of thys dore For he in so doynge depryueth the peple of that lyfe whych ys in hym and so sleeth ther soules holdynge them styll captyue in synne Alwayes hath my lordes generacyon bene thus rebellyouse ageynst the lorde and hys worde As we haue for example iÌ„ the olde lawe the false prestes whych compassed Hieremye the prophete and in the newe lawe the spirituall prelates that sought Christes deathe If thys dore of holye scripture be a treatyse than had yt bene more wysdome for my lorde to haue christenlye reproued the errours therof in case ther be anye and not to condempne soche a clere perfyght tyttle as offreth nothynge but godlynesse I thynke eyther hys wyttes are not hys owne or els he ys dronke with excesse of the Babylonyshe cuppe of hys holye mother 3 The compendyouse postyls of Antonius Coruinus vpoÌ„ the sondayes ond sayntes are iudged of menne that be syncerelye lerned to be faythfull and godlye And so moche the more necessarye to a preacher that ys but meanelye lerned that within a small compasse they contayne moche christen erudycyon But my lorde admitteth nothige that perteieth to that office He careth for nothynge but for holye water aÌ„d sensynge ê“cessyoÌ„ and massynge He thynketh that .iiij. tymes in the yeare or ones in a quarter ys ynough for preachynge and therin onlye to declare the kynges actes coÌ„cernynge ceremonyes and tythes in stede of the popes sentence of cursynges whych now is worne out If they Iyst to preache anye other thynge els they haue yet ther olde festyuall mammotractus Gesta roma norum Sermones discipuli Sermones dormi secure Rationale diuinorum Manipulus curatorum postilla guilhermi aÌ„d dyuerse other more whych are auncyent workes allowed of holye churche They haue also a famouse newe worke called Ioh EckaÌ„ius postyll which battelleth for the holye fathers primacye harde These and soche other are bokes of catholyk lernynge and schall neuer be condempned for they make all togyther for holye churche 4. In the bottom of the bagge lyeth .ij. olde written bokes and they haue no names here to fulfyll my lordes promes wyth But thus moche hath my lorde gathered of them that the one of them is for scolers aÌ„d the other ys takeÌ„ out of Io. frythes bokes But wonder yt ys to me what that boke schuld offende whych ys onlye for scolers and hath non other tyttle Vvyl my lorde styll destroye all godlynesse without excepcyon Non other ys yt to condempne a boke for scolers hauynge non other addycyon but to condempne for heretyques doctryne ther vertuouse bryngynge vpp in good letters and maners In thys doth my lorde declare hymselfe an enemye vnto nature whych delyteth in necessaryes besydes that he hath done vnto faythe That the other treatyse taken out of Iohan frythes bokes schuld be an olde boke yt ys a fowle lye though yt be newlye practysed of my lorde For he was not 27 years olde in the 8. yeare afore thys declaracyon whan my lordes generacyon Stokyslaye Gardyner and soche other whoÌ„ Esaye calleth the tyrauntes of Sodoma putt hym to most cruell deathe in the yeare of owr lorde God M. D .xxxiij. for Christes congregacyon sleeth no manne for hys faythe And therfor it caÌ„ not now be olde and collected of hys bokes Not all vnlyke ys my lorde here vnto the olde tyrauntes in the condempnacyon of these bokes Ioachim the kynge of Iuda tare Hie remyes prophecye and consumed yt in the fyre for vtterynge the truthe Antiochus coÌ„maunded the bokes of the scripturs to be brent also and the readers of them to be putt vnto deathe Herodes the Ascalonyte or Idumyte destroyed the monymentes of the Iewes and cruellye slewe ther notaryes Besydes that hath be done by the consecrate prelates of Constantynople and Rome whych also destroyed manye workes of Chrysostome and Gregorye as the cronycles mencyoneth And ToÌ„stall in owr tyme whych ys now bysshop of DurhaÌ„ whan the testamentes came first into Englyshe bought vpp a greatt nombre of them and brent them in Paules churche yearde for the great deuocyon he had vnto them and bycause he wolde shewe hys kynde But what became of the asore named tyrauntes for workynge soche wyckednesse Trulye Ioachim was ledde captyue into Egypt and at the last dyed there myserablye hys name secluded froÌ„ Christes genealogye Antiochus departed in a straunge lande ouerwhelmed with dyspayre aÌ„d innumerable sorowes els Herode was vexed with manye sore disseases as ytche scall mange gowte feuers collyke and at the last consumed of wormes most wretchydlye ended hys lyfe what schall become here after of my lorde bonner and Tohstall for doynge lyke feates I wyll not nor can not dyffyne for yt ys in the handes of God But sure I am that yt wyll be remembred whan blasphemers schall receyue rewardes accordinge to ther dedes My lorde parauenture thynketh the menne be yll and therfor he maye iustlye condempne ther workes My lorde must consydre ageyne that though Balaam Saul and Cayphas were wycked persones yet doth not the scripturs condempne ther true prophecyes Vvhat these meÌ„ne are ther frutes schall declare For no manne can saye that Iesus ys the lorde whych my lorde hath not yet vttred in all hys processe but in the holye ghost And as for my lordes thynkynge we remembre in Esaye that they whych holde darkenesse lyght and lyght darkenesse haue thoughtes and iudgementes full vnlyke to the thoughtes and iudgementes of God They saye they do well sayth Micheas the prophete whan they labour to shede blood and hunte ther bretherne to deathe They slee the shepe sayth Zacharye and yet they take yt for no synne No they suppose they do God good seruyce in so doynge But lete them take hede of yt and they lyst for Esaye geueth them warnynge that hell gapeth full wyde and openeth her mouthe at large to rewarde that good seruyce of thers The manne of synne ¶ 1 In vvhiche bokes are coÌ„tayned manye sundrie errours 2 and blasphe mouse detestable aÌ„d abhoÌ„ynable he resyes 3 not onlye ageynst the
remaynynge and founde in my hovvse and custodye 5 vvhat tyme I vvas denounced and detected 6 to my lorde bysshopp of London Hys dysclosynge 1 Vvhan the wylye foxe fawneth beware your chyckens as the common adage admonysheth yow For nought ys yt not that he calleth yow here good peple ye maye be sure of yt Vvych he I praye yow Euen my lorde bonner of London For though the voyce be Tolwyns the wordes of the voyce are my lordes Full heuye was he in hys hart good sowle to geue hym the vtteraunce of theÌ„ yf he myght otherwyse haue chosen But he must nedes forth they saye that the deuyll dryueth be he neuer so vnwyllynge My lorde hath rhetorycallye begonne hys proposycy on to wynne hys audytorye and to make them attentyue and dylygeÌ„t in callynge them good peple 2 But whatys hys narracyon or processes Ofserten small bokes contayned in a bagge or sachell whych Tolwyn shoke forth at Paules crosse with a feble countenaunce and a more feble stomake And what ment my lorde in thys matter That the peple schuld iudge Tolwyn an horryble heretyque and that they schuld therbye be ware of soche noughtye heresyes ageynst holye churche But what were the heresyes Naye that we can not tell For they were fast shutt vpp in a bagge and myght in no wyse be seane The fathers in the prymatyue churche confouÌ„ded alwayes ther heretyques with the open testymonye of the most euydent scripturs and not with the shakynge of bokes in a bagge Yea than was thaÌ„ and now is now ThaÌ„ were they called herety ques that spake ageynst God But now ys there non heretyques except they speake ageiÌ„st holye churche Than were serten philosophers reasons blasphemouse but now they are good dyuynyte and the verye scripturs are fouâ—e heresyes Therfor my lorde ys now moche wyser than so For yf the bokes were seane and the artycles throughlye knowne hys selfe myght perchaunce be iudged both an herety que and a traytour and also a cruell persecuter of Christ in hys faythfull meÌ„bers whych were a great blemyshe to hys lordhypp And that causeth hym so secretlye to worke It ys Inough for my lorde to saye there be errours in the bagge though he neuer brynge them forth And yt schall become all the kynges true subiectes to beleue yt vnder the peyne of hangynge or els burnynge For whye my lordes quarell in thys ys the kynges quarell There ys now non heresye but ys also treason as yt was in kynge harrye the fiftes tyme that they maye be both partyners in one plage of the lordes vengeauÌ„ce yf innocent blood be shedde So naturallye good and louyn ge ys he to hys prynce 3 But what meaneth my lorde to saye here thys bagge or sachell Me thynketh the tone of theÌ„ had bene suffycyeÌ„t â—nough in so lyght a matter No ser not so Ye knowe thys worde bagge ys aÌ„ equyuocall terme and hath manye dyuerse sygnyfycacyons Sumtyme yt betokeneth a safron bagge sumtyme an alame bagge Sumtyme a moneye bagge and sumtyme an olde nayle bagge Yea sumtyme a wallett and sumtyme the ende of a worne sacke with soche otherlyke My lorde hath therfor declared rhetorycallye by a cyrcuÌ„locucyon what maner of bagge yt ys euen a verye sachel that menne myght throughlye knowe yt ageynst an other tyme. That yf Tolwyn schuld chaunce here after to be burned vpon relapse they myght yet testyfye that hys heresyes were schewed at Paules crosse in soche a bagge as ys called a sachel and that therfor be was wele worthye to dye 4 But what meaneth my lorde to call these bokes erronyouse heretycall and noughtye bokes â–ª That can the bagge tell whych coÌ„tayneth them for we are not so farre taught as yet Thys large circuÌ„staunce of speakynge I suppose cometh of the angrye zele that my lorde hath in holye churches quarell wherin he wolde all her yll wyllers wer clerelye consumed 5 The resydue of thys text ys easye to vnderstande as where these heretyque bokes remayned where they where founde and what tyme they were founde as ys here sett forth for a necessarye doctrine of thys newe Christen faythe They were remaynynge in Tolwyns howse and they were founde in hys custodye soche tyme as he was in my lordes custodye and wolde fayne haue bene farder of 6 And soche tyme also as he was denounced of the popes sworne fryndes for not goynge processyon and detected of hys prâ—uye spyes for not werkemaÌ„lye makynge hys holye water 7 Vnto the reuerende lorde late rysen out of the donge hyll and now consecrate bysshop of London to vpholde rhe regne of antichryst tyll the lorde turne yt ouer with the breathe of hys mouthe No lesse fortunate ys London than ys Rome yt selfe to haue soche a gracyouse gyde and spirituall pastour as mynystreth soche godlye doctryne as here ys to the edyfycacyon of sowle But who yt was that sought out these bokes to the clerer settynge out of thys wortlye pagent that schall remayne styll as a secrete mysterye vndyscussed whether they were hys accusers or my lordes owne seruauntes or els both together because yt ys not here expressed The manne of synne ¶ 1 And the names of the seyd bokes are these 2 A boke of frythes â—3 A boke called Thorpe 4 and olde castell 5 The olde God and the nevve 6 Rydleyes commeÌ„taryes vpoÌ„ saynt Paule to the Ephesyanes Hys dysclosynge 1 SVmwhat we are lyke to haue out of thys sachell to proue Tolwyn an heretyque by Vve schall haue the names of the bokes therin coÌ„tayned though we haue nothiÌ„ge els And that ys Inough to make foles beleue the mone ys made of a grene chese If my lorde schuld saye that saynt Paules epystles in Englyshe we re heresye as hys predecessours hath done they must geue credence to yt For whye they must nedes beleue as holye churche doth teache them though they schuld go to the deuyll for yt as they are lyke to do yea both that holye churche and her chyldren vnlesse they repent in tyme. For whan the blynde doth leade the blynde they must both fall into the dytche The onlye lyght of saluacyon ys Christ and alone the waye to eternall lyfe He that walketh not in that light schall neuer atteyne vnto that lyfe haue he neuer so manye counterfeâ—t lyghtes of my lordes holye churche of antichristes foundacyon Names of bokes hath my lorde here promysed vs whych schuld declare Tolwyn an heretyque 2 But he halteth verye sore at the first geuyng vs a boke of frythes without a na me Of a lykelyhode hys lordshypp neuer opened that boke or els he lyked not ther of the tyttle iudgynge frythes name Ynough to coÌ„dempne yt without anye farder syght of yt Yet hath he broken couenaunt no derogacyoÌ„ be yt to hys honour in that he hath promysed here not the names of the meÌ„ne which made the bokes but the names of the
selfe bokes Sure I am that Iohan fryth made no boke without a name Eyther yt had the tyttle of a dyspuâ—acyon ageynst purgatorye or of an answere vnto mores epystle or of the examynacyon of hys artycles or of an exhortacyoÌ„ to the folowers of Christes gospell or of a myrrour to knowe owr selues by or of a bulwarke ageynst rastell or els concernynge the sacrament of the bodye and blood of Christ yfyt were hys And as touchynge the reuelacyoÌ„ of antichrist though he ded translate yt out of a foren tonge into Englyshe with an antithesis annexed vnto yt yet was yt not of hys makynge But trulye yf I myght vtter my coÌ„ceyt I wold saye that thys boke of frythes were hys disputacyon of purgatorye by cause yt ys here vnnamed In dede by the goynge downe therof my lordes kychyn ys not the warmer nor yet hys purse the wayghtyer and therfor yt must nedes be heresye 3 Thorpe and oldecastell are the names of .ij. dyuerse menne and not of one seuerall boke and therfor though my lorde hath pervsed the bagge yet hath he not dyscretelye pervsed the bokes For a monstruouse thynge yt were .ij. menne to beoâ—e boke vnlesse he coude brynge yt in by some straunge fygure of the canon lawe whych now adayes worketh manye newe myracles The boke of master Vvyllyam thorpes examynacyon comprehendeth onlye these artycles That Images schuld in no case be worshyped That meÌ„ schuld not go to them on pylgrymage That prestes haue no iust tytle to tythes by the gospell That yt ys not law full to swe are by anye creature And that the sacrament of Christes bodye ys no accydent without a materyall substaunce as fryre Thomas hath fantasyed 4. The other small treatyse called the examynacyon of ser IohaÌ„ oldecastell the lorde CobhaÌ„ and worthye warryour of Iesus Christ contayneth onlye these artycles That bysshopes hath made lawes for ther couetousnesse whom no Christen menne ought to folowe That no prest ought by goddes lawe to sytt vpon anye mannys deathe That sens venym was shedde into the churche they neuer folowed Christ That the pope in hys lawes and lyuynge ys vnto Christ an aduersarye That the churche of Rome ys the nest of antichrist whose tayle are monkes and fryres That the sacrament of the aulter ys Chrystes bodye and bread after Christes and Paules doctryne That maÌ„nys saluacyon came in by Christ aÌ„d not by the crosse he dyed on nor yet by anye other dead thynge That God oft tymes curseth where as bysshoppes doth blesse And that an ignoraÌ„t prest lyuynge wyckedly ought to heare no maÌ„nys confessyon In the condempnacyon of these artycles ye also condempne manye godly thynges that owr gracyouse prince hath done by the auctoryte of gods worde so forgetfull are ye of yourselfe in your dronken generacyon Nothynge ys lyke to be allowed at your handes I se well that maketh ageist your glytteriÌ„ge regne of blasphemye Styll are ye of the same selfe burnynge zele and stomake that Tho mas Beckett Vvyllyam Cortenaye Tho mas Arundell Harrye Spenser and soche other terryble termagauntes of yowr spy rytualte were in the quarell os yowr holye churche A wonderfull thynge ys yt that ye neuer repent yowr myschefes nor yet recant yowr errours superstycyons and blasphemyes But euermore persecute and murther for the vpholdynge of theÌ„ playenge styll the same partes that other cayphases hath done before yow Not on lye are ye contented to beholde the cruell actes of yowr popyshe predecessours but also ye must conferme them a freshe by a newe conclempnacy on of the popes enemyes to the great slaunder of yowr prynce least ye schuld lose yowr part in the vengeaunce promysed for the shedynge of innocentes blood Lett menne dylygeÌ„t lye serche those â— treatyses aÌ„d they schall easelye perseyue what a faythfull part ye haue played here in condempnynge in a maner all thynges that he hath made lawfull by the scripturs 5 The boke of the olde God and the newe was compyled so farre as I can re membre by one Hermannus a germane more than xx years a go And onlye yt toucheth the pryde couetousnesse and tyrannye of the bysshopp of Rome the Idotrye of hys churche and the hypocrysye of hys sectes Moche do I maruele wheri that boke schuld offende yow but that I knowe your hart by your frutes Thys ys the fyrst tyme that god ys named in thys secoÌ„ de processe of my lordes declaracyon and yt ys in the tyttle of thys heresye boke els had yt gone by at thys tyme and therfor thanke the boke for yt and not hym 6 The commentarye whych the vertu ouse lerned manne master Lancelot Rydleye made vpon saynt Paules epystle to the Ephesyanes for the true erudycyon of hys Christen bretherne hath my lorde he re also coÌ„dempned for heresye But what the cause ys I can not tell Vnlesse yt be for auauncynge the gospell as the thynge wherby we are made ryghtouse without eyther decre or ceremonye Or els for admony shynge vs to be ware of mennys tradycyons and doctrines least we schuld by them trust in anye other thynge than in Christ aÌ„d least we schuld for ther glytterynge gawdes refuse the spyrituall armou re ageynst the deuyll and hys members whom Paule hath there prescrybed vnto vs. So charytable ys my lorde to Chrystes congregacyon that nothynge cometh froÌ„ hym to ther edysyége neyther â— preachyn ges nor yet in wrytynges but all in condempnacyons of both to ther destruccyoÌ„ Here ys thys latter boke called rydlyes coÌ„ mentaryes as though they were manye vpon thys one epystle beynge but one by cause he wyll be true in nothynge ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Denatorius vpon Timothe 2 v vynaâ—iuâ— of Gods prouydence 3 The cathecysme of Melanchton 4 The cathecysme of Drâ—anus 5 The cathecisme of pacimontanus 6 The cathecysme of Sarceâ—us Hys dysclosynge MOche a do haue we styll with these bokes Not yet ys my lordes mynde satysfyed with them but more of ther names must be blowen abrode to proue Tolwyn a ranke heretyque Now cometh forth Thomas venatorius whych with great grace lernynge and eloquence hath wrytten an excellent worke vpon the .ii. epystles of saynt Paule to Timothe Thys boke maye not come a brode to be tryed by the scrypturs and most auctentyue doctours but yt must in a bagge be coÌ„dempned at Paules crosse for heresye non artycles named And what ys the cause thynke yow For yt sheweth the ryght offyce of a Christen bysshopp how he schuld teathe and gouerne whych my lorde caÌ„ not awaye with It commauÌ„deth to resyst false preachers whom my lorde doth daylye maiteyne It describeth soche wycked pre lates as teacheth the doctryne of deuyls with lyes â— hypocresye forbyddynge mar ryage and meates of whose nombre hys lordshypp ys one It exhorteth all spirituall gydes of the peple to be vertuouse and
charytable to cleaue to Chrystes gospell and to shurne superfluouse argumentes and not to deceyue the worlde with hypo cresye sufferynge all abhomynacyons vn der the shaddowe of outwarde holynesse to haue ther fre course but my lorde wyll non of that 2 The compendyouse treatyse of Gods prouydeÌ„ce whych that most notable clar ke Huldricus Zuinglius wrote at the instanÌ„t request of the ryght worshypfull lor de Phylypp the LaÌ„dgraue of Hesse onlye comprehendeth the matters here folowyn ge That God necessarylye dysposeth all creaturs accordynge to hys inscrutable wysdome That the prouydence of God ys hys perpetuall and vnchangeable admynystracyoÌ„ of all thiges That the ryght consyder acyon of the creaturs byneth yt a playne waye to deduce vs into knowleâ—ge therof That manne ys not onlye a terrestryall but a celestyall creatur also Vvhat the lawe of God ys and vnto what ende yt was geuen vnto manne That the eternall wysdome of God knowynge mannys dyuerse fall afore hande coude in no case erre ouershote her compasse nor yet be deceyued neyther in creatynge nor yet in geuynge the lawe That Gods eleccyon or predestynacyon as the doctours doth call yt taketh grounde of hys goodnesse and wysdome and ys immutable And that hys eternall decrees or sett purposes are alwayes as he ys vnchangeable stronge and sure with soche other lyke And all these hath my lorde of hys pontyfycall dyscressyon coÌ„dempned here for heresye with all that was spoken of afore Vvherin I staÌ„de i moche doubt whether he hath condempned hys prynce for an heretyque or no. I wyll not saye that my lorde ys an assehead without true knowlege nor yet a beast without godlye iudgement yet here I dyuerse lerned menne so daylye report hym for condempnynge thys boke and soche other One thynge I wolde desyre the dylygent reader to marke here whych I haue oft rehersed a fore In the fyrst of my lordes declaracyon was neyther God nor Christ ones named neyther yet in thys latter fytt tyll we come to the rehersall of heretyques bokes aÌ„d that doth â—he all of spyght But blessed be that lorde that he wyll be fouÌ„de there yet I thought so moche all thys tyme that came we ones amonge them we coude not be loÌ„ge with out hym In the verye tyttles of ther bokes doth he apere moch more in the processe within Vvhere as in the whole matter of an holye spirituall gloryouse glytterynge prelate he can not ones be seane True ys that lorde of hys worde and iust of hys promyse that he wyll be with the pore contemned dyscyples to the ende of the worlde 3 Next foloweth 4. dyuerse bokes of one tyttle called all catechysmes or instytucyons of the true Christen relygyon Vvhom my lordes holye fatherhode in the zele of a contrarye or popyshe relygy on condeÌ„pneth here for heresye The fyrst ys the catechysme of Phylypp MelanchtoÌ„ whose manyfolde erudycyon the best lerned of chrystendome greatlye coÌ„mendeth Thys treatyse of hys ys an onlye chrysten instytucyoÌ„ for the bryngynge vp of yow the teachynge theÌ„ the coÌ„mauÌ„dementes of God the artycles of the Chrysten faythe the lordes prayer and the ryght vse of the sacramentes I wonder what my lorde me aneth to condempne these for heresyes 4 The seconde ys the catechysme of Vrbanus Regius a manne also Chrystenlye lerned and of a syncere lyuynge Thys worke contayneth the necessarye pryncyples of the chrysten relygyon afore rehersed whose knowlege ys lyfe and whose ignoraunce ys dampnacyon Thys coude not my lorde repreheÌ„de had he not an eye geuen to wyckednesse 5 Of Balthasar Hiebmeir Pacimontanus ys the thyrde catechysme whom in dede I knowe not but by name as I haue redde yt in other mennys writynges But I coÌ„ceyue here the better o pynyon of hym for that my lorde hath condempned hym amoÌ„ge these menne whose doctryne I knowe to be pure and perfyght 6 Erasmus Sarcerius Anemontanus whose name ys also notable and hys lernynge famouse made the fort catechysme whom he elegantlye dyffyneth to be an in stytncyon or teachynge by mouthe comprehendynge the necessarye poyntes of the Christen faythe and relygyon Nothynge ys more bewtyfull in a Christen manne than purelye to worshypp God aÌ„d ryght lye to exercyse the wurkes of faythe whych these bokes throughlye teacheth Rather were soch menne worthye thaÌ„kes than rebukes for so regardynge the Christen common welthe yf bysshoppes not doynge soche thynges were as they schuld be regardynge the peples helthe But soche are euermore the vnworthye wayes of thys worlde malygnelye to blame men ne for ther wele doynge aÌ„d flatterynglye to holde the other sort vp in all kyndes of wyckydnesse As my lorde doth here full fatherlye whych wyll neyther enter into the kyngedome of God hys selfe nor yet suffre anye other that wolde gladlye do yt The manne of synne 1 D vestmore vpon the concylyacyon of fathers 2 The boke of the counterfayt bysshopp 3 The confessyon in Englyshe vvith the Apologye Postylles vpon the epystles aÌ„d gospels Hys dysclosynge STyll ys my lorde busye with thys bagge or sachell declarynge the contentes therof to the great confusyon of Tolwyn I had almost sayd of hymselfe but that I stopped yt in tyme. For bysshoppes can ta 〈…〉 no scathe here bnt what ys towardes theÌ„ in the next worlde that ys in the ryghtfull iudges handes More of these erronyouse bokes must be condeÌ„pned yet no remedye Specyallye one westmore vpon the concylyacyon of fathers My lorde by all lykelyhode was here i some great agonye or whote passyon of prelacye forgettynge the ryght tyttle of thys boke In dede he that made yt ys called Bartholomeus Vvesthemerus whych ys yet a maÌ„ne of great lytterature and iudgement The tyttle of hys boke ys The coÌ„cylyacyon of the holye scrypturs and most auÌ„cyent fathers And not westmore vpon the concylyacyon of fathers He compyled the selfe treaty se and not wrote vpon yt as meÌ„ne do that glose a text My lorde therfor beynge Ignoraunt of the true tyttle schuld seme to be ignoraunt also in the contentes of that boke and so to condempne he woteth not what But by hys absolute power he maye do soche actes and condempne Chryst to yf he come in hys waye in so hastye an ouer syght In thys boke as in a clere myrrour maye meÌ„ne beholde wheriÌ„ the holye doctours couÌ„sels canoÌ„s Rome bysshops constytucyons customes and cronycles dyffereth as concernynge Christen relygyon from the sacred scripturs of both testamentes And thys ys a matter necessarye to be knowne of all menne that coueteth to walke ryghtlye rather than to be condeÌ„pned without lokynge on yf we haue eyther conscyence wytt or grace But all my lordes labour ys to make hys ghostlye chyldren to grope styll in the darke tyll they droppe into the dytche for all 2 I moche blame not my lorde for beynge offended with the boke of the counterfett bysshopp partlye for that
he shryned Is he Martyr or a CoÌ„fessour a Virgine or a Matrone I wolde fayne knowe the certenâ—e He ys non of all those ser It ys the graue that Christes bodye was layed in after yt was taken from the crosse Naye that ys a false tale for that was beaten out of the harde rocke and coude neuer be remoued from the place yt ys in as all the writers and Luke also doth wytuesse And what yf yt were the same Yet coude yt be made no saynt The pope vseth to canonyse no soche thynges for sayntes though he suffreth them to be worshypped But now I perseyue yt ys made by some caruer and garnyshed with colours by some paynter And than ys yt sum what worse â–ª than an Idoll for yt ys but his sâ—addowe or simylitude and paraueÌ„ture nothynge like yt The scripture sayth that vnhappye are they whych haue a â–ª vayne stone to ther patronâ— And they that sense Images are gone quyte froÌ„ god But be there neuer so moche abhominacion in soche thynges neuer schall ye se them at Paules crosse condemned by the bysshopp Manye testamentes of crist hath there bene brent but neuer Idolls openlye rebuked sauynge the gapynge rode of Boxlaye aÌ„d the duckes blood of Hayles My lorde can suffre both saynt Sepulchre and saynt Antonyne and allowe them here â— hys boke for sayntes notwithstandinge all the myschefe they haue done in castinge awaye so mayne thousaÌ„de sowles through Idolatrye aÌ„d yet neuer ceÌ„pell theÌ„ to recant at Paules nor yet his selfe for the sufferaunce of them No this ys non heresye thys It ys euen the holye father of Romes relligyon and therfor yt maye not be hyndred Oh most abhomynable workers whan wyll ye forsake yowr vngodlinesse whaÌ„ wyll ye be ashamed of synne No where caÌ„ne ther dwell anye peple but they make them captyue slaues vnto soche Idols Eyther must they be vnder the tittle of saint Thomas of acres sait Doâ—stone saynt Botolpâ—e saynt Bryde saint Magnê° saint Foster saint Gyles sait Benett saint Crowche saint Sprite or of soche other like And all thei are made but of paynters â—â—d caruers More godlynesse were in it to sett vp ther makers than theÌ„ for they are yet the creaturs of god A godlye acte was yt to seclude the bysshopp of Rome But a moche more godlie acte were yt to putt a syde hys fylthinesse For that remaineth yet still vnder the tyttle of lawdable rytes and ceremonyes and â—ewe menne are greued therwith A farre other waye went Asa Iosaphat Iehu aÌ„d Iosias the godlye kinges of Iuda and Israel to worke in destroynge the wyckednesse of Idolatrye Speciallie good Ezechi as whych brake the brasen serpent in peces that Moyses had made at the lordes coÌ„mauÌ„dement whan he se yt ones becomeÌ„ an abhominacyoÌ„ He wolde in no case at the counsell of false prestes suffre the thynge to remayne the onlye supersticyons taken awaye But he toke awaye the occasioÌ„ with the supersticyoÌ„s least they schuld ryse ageine Neuer come thinges ryghtlye to passe be owr pretenses neuer so godlye so longe as we myngle with the eternall wysdome of god ower owne carnall wysdom 3 Vvhat ys ment here by the olde baylye I can not wele tell vnlesse yt be a strete where as they suÌ„tyme dwelt whych sawe the best rewle obserued If a newe or dre were takeÌ„ in thys matter God wolde be moche better pleased 4 Now coÌ„sequentlye cometh Rycharde Lant and he also setteth hys name to thys notable worke not as the maker but as the putter forth of yt by hys prynt He ys wele contented to be vnder that venge auÌ„ce whych hangeth ouer BabyloÌ„ to gett a lyttle moneye My lorde ys hys diocesane ordinarye and bysshopp and therfor he dare be the bolder to sett hys fote where my lorde setteth hys though yt be in a fylthie soyle A sayenge there ys that as yll ys the thefe as he which setteth him a worke If Rychard lant had bene a true tenauÌ„t of the eternall lyuige god as he ys to saynt Sepulchre hys fore syght wolde haue bene moche better If he had dwelt in the newe baylie as he dwelleth in the olde he wolde haue done no soche thynge But yf both the hande and the tole of bym that maketh an Image be accursed as the lorde saith they are I thynke Richarde Lant ys not farre froÌ„ the same 5 And wher as he hath Ioyued hys prynces auctoryte vnto yt Ad imprimendum solum to bringe hym also vnder the same curse of God for I knowe God ys true of hys worde he hath played no honest maÌ„nys part nomore than hath some other more of his â—ellawes â–ª Besydes that he hath done here ageynst the glorye of god he hath dyshonoured hys kinge and dyshonested his cuntre in offerynge vnto the peple vnder his tyttle of preuylege to drynke ageine ther owne fylthie vomete of abhominable papistrye to the vtter destruccyon of ther sowles more thaÌ„ afore Lete menne of godlie knowlege iudge but accordynge to coÌ„scyeÌ„ce what lernynge this ys aÌ„d lament with heuynesse the seduccyon of Christes dere herytage Herin are they coÌ„pelled bi cruell eÌ„forcemeÌ„tes to sine the synne vnto deathe to the blasphemye of Gods name for whoÌ„ remayneth neither sacrifyce nor yet prayer but a fearfull expectacyon of iudgement without mercye The eternall father with hys sonne Iesus Christ and the holye ghost thre persones in one euerlastinge godhede redresse ones thys matter with soche other more â–ª to hys owne glorye aÌ„d the peples helthe ¶ AmeÌ„ ¶ The conclusion or Epyloge AL thys haue I done Good ChristeÌ„ reader brotherlie to admonishe the to be ware of thys cruell enemye and soche other which seketh by ther dailye craftes to robbe the of that life which thu hast in Christ Iesu Parauenture thu wilt be moued not bycause the maÌ„ne of synne ys thus sett forth in hys right colours but for that yt ys done here with soch extremyte Consydre for that the ernest veyne in the scripturs ageynst thys wycked generacyoÌ„ froÌ„ the begynnynge Both ded the holye prophetes and Apostles euermore fercely repreheÌ„de the blasphemie of the lordes name aÌ„d veryte Full are all ther prophecyes aÌ„d writynges of terryble rebukes aÌ„d thret tenynges Yea Christ owr most geÌ„tyll aÌ„d pacyeÌ„t redemer spared not to call theÌ„ straungers hyrelynges theues wolues murtherers dogges swyne adders lyars deuyls hypocrytes serpeÌ„tes oppressers destroyers tirauÌ„tes abhominacioÌ„ aÌ„ whores brode aÌ„d manye other names of great indignacioÌ„ Moche better ys yt to the ChristeÌ„ beleuer that SathaÌ„ apere Sathan aÌ„d the deuill be knowne for the deuil thaÌ„ still to lurke vnder a faire similitude of the aÌ„gell of lyght For whaÌ„ he ys ones knowne he maye sone be auoyded where as vnder a glitterynge couert he maye leade to destruccioÌ„ yea the verye elect vessels were not the lorde to theÌ„ more
new gate for Christ Precyouse ys the deathe of the faythfull before God The commen charyte of mytred prelates Psal 113. Math. 10. Lucae 9. Ioan. 12. Marci 8. Math. 25. The blood of these and other axeth vengeauÌ„ce An euydeÌ„t sygne of Chrystes doctrine Idols and the stewes neuer persecuted Mark the examynacyon of Annas Ioan. 18. Dyuersyte of matters herin specyfyed The fyrst coÌ„cerueth hys paryshe or peple Thys ys all of the doctryne whych he taught The bagge schuld be coÌ„deÌ„pned with the bokes Nothynge ys here seane but names The office of saynt antonynes personage Luc. 5. Matth. 7. Esa 66. Math. 15. Act. 17. Ioan. 8. Marci 2. Luc. 5. 2. Pet. 2. Apoc. 22. Ioan. 10. 1. Pet. 2. Ezech. 13. Prou. 11. Psal 36. The wordes of Tolwis voyce are my lordes Hys pontyfycall rhetoryck coÌ„ceruynge a sachell Heresyes not knoweÌ„ but to the bagge Difference of heretyques now and than My lorde playeth here 3. partes The kynges true subiectes abused Thomas waldeÌ„ in prologo primi li â–ª coÌ„tra wic leuistas Equiuocacyon of thys mystycall â–ª terme bagge A tokeÌ„ of remeÌ„brauÌ„ce ageynst an other tyme. The bagge knoweth more thaÌ„ we The feruent zele of my lorde for holye churche In custodye and out of custodye The popes sworne benefactours London as fortunate as rome A mystesterye left here vndysoussed Names of bokes but nothynge els The olde faythe aÌ„d beleue of holy churche Gal. 4. Lucae 13. Math. 15. Ioan. 8. Ioan. 14. Ioan. 1. Esa 55. My lorde halteth at the fyrst My lorde breaketh couenauÌ„t The bokes that IohaÌ„ frith coÌ„pyled The reuelacyon of antichryst translated by Iohan Frith The examynacyoÌ„ of master VvyllyaÌ„ Thorpe The chefe artycles theryn coÌ„preheÌ„ded Ser Iohan oldecastel the lorde cobham Artycles coÌ„tayned cheflye in hys examynacyoÌ„ Sore matters to be condeÌ„ned My lorde coÌ„deÌ„neth the kynge Lyke ys my lorde to the olde brutes of Babylon Euermore persecute our bysshops with Cai phas An easye part hath my lorde played he re The olde God and the newe God ys he re named onlye to hys condempnacyon Rydleyes commentaryes vpon Paule to the Ephesyanes Tradycyons maye not be touched Nothynge coÌ„meth from my lorde but condemp nacyon More bokes spott'd with heresye Thomas Venatorius i Pau lum ad Ti motheum The principall con tentes of that godlye worke The ryght office of a christeÌ„bys hoppe Huldricus Zuinglius de prouidentia Dei The conteÌ„tes of that famouse and excol lent worke Marke what my lordehath here condemned All condemneth he with outrespect The report of dyuerse lerned meÌ„n â— God fouÌ„de amonge heretyques ys coÌ„deÌ„pned God beareth no rewle amoÌ„ge byshops Psal 118. Mat. 28. 4. cathechysmes of faythe Philippus Melanchton compyled the fyrst Vrbanus Regiê° made the seconde Balthasar Pacimontanus made the iij. Erasmus Sarcerins coÌ„pyled the forth Rebukes geueth the bysshops for godlynesse Hier. 10. Math. 23 The wolfe chaseth the poor laÌ„be 〈◊〉 styll Bartholomeus west hemerus a lerned maÌ„ne Conciliatio sacrae scripturae Christ ys condempned of my lorde Vvhat ys to be seane in that godlye volume Ioan. 5. Esa 50. Math. 15. Luc. 6. Martyn Lutherma de the couÌ„terfett bysshoppe 1. Tim. 3. Esa 1. Apoc. 18. The coÌ„fessyoÌ„ of the Germanes Math. 7. Esaye 50. Phil. 3. Math. 33. All godlynesse condempneth Bonner Vvith all that ower kynge hath done The postilles of Richarde taverner Nothynge seck the bysshops but destruccyon of sowle Bokes of pystryeaÌ„ 〈…〉 treasoÌ„ no 〈…〉 coÌ„deÌ„pned 〈…〉 Treaso 〈…〉 ys non h 〈…〉 resye bu 〈…〉 onlye th 〈…〉 scripturs Iohan Eckius with hys Enchirydion The ghostlye treasure ther in coÌ„tayned To lerne therwith to make trayters a pace Necessarye doctrine for holye churche harry pep well stokyslayes prouider The auctor suspended for prechynge the gospell Other bokes els of the seyd papyst Eckius More lousye doctors of the same leuen At these canthe bysshops wike A boke of prayer made by Martin luther Bonner wyl proue hymself a fowle lyer Legenda aurea â–ª with ora pro nobis God and all hys coÌ„maundementes coÌ„dempned here God myght haue thankes to take luther awaye The dore of holye scriptur ys Christ Ioan. 10. Ioan. 10. Treno 3. Col. 3. 2. Tim. 3. Exod. 7. Psal 2. Act. 4. Hier. 26. Math. 26. A tyttle offerynge moche godlynesse condeÌ„pned Postille Antonij â–ª Coruini vtiles necessarie No ryght preachynge but sensynge of Images the newe maÌ„ner of preachynge now a dayes The auncyeÌ„t workes of holy church the newe postyl of IohaÌ„ Eckius Two olde written bokes without name Vertuouse educacion is become heresye Arist 2. de aia 1. coeli The age of Iohan fryth Esa 1. Gen. 9. Iohan. 10. 4. reg 23. Hiere 36 1. math 1. Ioan bachonis .3 senteÌ„ dist 20. Tonstall burned the testamentes in englyshe Hiere 22. 4. reg 24 3. para 36 Math. 1. 1. math 6 petrus coÌ„mestor li. 19. cap. 16 Boner aÌ„d Tonstall vnder the lordes veÌ„geaunce Num. 24 â–ª 1. reg 26. Ioan. 11. Lucae 6. 1. cor 12. Esay 5 55. Mich. 7. Zach. 11. Ioan. 16. Esa 5. Psal 54. A blynde reÌ„naunt must styll holde vp Babylon Psal 52. Ezech. 10 Esa 44. Hiere 18. Ioan. 12. Math. 10. Ioan. 12. Ioan. 16. Not one of the doctours are without errours Thomas of aquine with hys affinite AdaÌ„ cardinalis in dialogo regis episcopi Thomas waldenê° coÌ„tra wic leuistas .l. 2. IdeÌ„ waldenuscontra wicle uistas lib. 2. cap. 78 The canoÌ„ lawe and ceremonies tryed bi the scripturs Math. 16. Esa 59. Hiere 23. Sopho. 1. Ezech. 4. 1. Tim. 4. Matt. 24. A preteÌ„ce of godlynesse to coloure ther myschefe They coÌ„trarye christes instytucioÌ„ The papystes blaspheme the sacrament Hebr. 13. Psal 50. Rom. 12. Deut. 12. Esa 65. Apoc. 18. Collo 2. Osee 4. Osee 10. Esa 2. Apoc. 6. Math. 26. 1. Cor. 11. â—stes preche vnto walles aÌ„d wyndowes 1. Cor. 11 Hebr. 6. Math. 20. Luc. 18. Hebr. 7. 9. 13. 1. Pet. 3. Ephes 5 The other sacramentes Apoc. 2. Ioan. 10. Hiere 13. The artycle of maÌ„nys fre wyll they seke to depresse the ryghtousnesse of god Augustinê° de ver bis apostoli Augustinus in soliloquijs Cap. 15. Fre onlye in bodily thynges 2. cor 3. Rom. 14. Ioan. 1. 1. Cor. 4. Here. 10. Rom. 7. Prou. 25. Phil. 2. The papystes boro of the pelagyanes and Manychees All one are they in opynyon with the anabaptistes Esay 44 Ephc. 1. Iacob 2. Math. 10. Ioan. 14. Rom. 9. Hypocrytes geue al to theÌ„selues An olde argumeÌ„t of pelagius Augustinusi hypo gnostioc versus finem God is not the causer of synne Iaco. â— Chrisostomus Hom. 4. super Ioannem 2. reg 16. Prou. 16. Esa 54. 3 reg 22. Rom. 1. Eccl. 11. Amos. 3. Nune. 23. 2. para 19 Michaell bononien in 2. sent Hie. 18. Rom. 9. Prou. 15. Eccl. 3. Esa 38. My lorde bonerproueth hymselfe a fowle lyar Alwayes hath antichrist a shamelesse face Daniel 8 All these are good workes and requiaed in those bokes Ther monye
But those menne shote at a verie wronge marke Full barelye haue they serched the scripturs therof that loke for yt that waye Cursed ys he sayth the Prophete which trusteth in māne and appoynteh hys strēgth vnto fleshe Onlye schall the lorde with the breathe of hys mouthe or sprete of 〈…〉 destroye that myghtye leuia than as he by hys aposteles and prophetes hath specyfyed a fore Lyke dust in the wynde schall he scattre from the earthe that deceytfull generacyon of hypocrites I denye yt not but those godlye gouuernours of the earthe whych schall in these dayes brynge ther glorye and honour ryghtlye to the newe cyte of God as some hath done all redie shall shewe themselues faythfull mynysters and seke hys glorie in that behalfe But they schall not performe thys For yt maye be non acte of manne by hys promes Onlye ys that wonderfull conquest ouer the enemyes of God reserued to hys worde and so ougth yt only therat to be loked for The lorde commaunded Iohan hys elect apostle in measurynge the temple to seclude from yt as no porcyon therof the chast cell of charmers Vvych ys by the iudgemēt of hys worde to separate from hys true congregacyon those spirituall sorcerers of Sodome and Egypt Vvythout sayth he are dogges and inchaunters fylthye wurkers and manquellers Idolatours and lyars Than was thys in mystery spoken now schall yt be actuallye fulfylled as I haue in more ample wyse vpon the Apocalyps declared yt whom I haue called the Image of both churches For non other cause haue I named thys boke here of Boner The māne of synne and the glose ther vpon made hys dysclosynge or openynge but for that yt contayneth nothynge els but a spirituall wyckednesse ād ys therfor so called also of saynt Paule and for that the other by manye clere manyfestatyons declareth the same In manye places of the scripture ys manne a name of contumelye and reprofe of vanyte and falshede All menne sayth Dauid are lyars The chyldren of menne are deceytfull All ys but vanyte sayth Salomon all ys but a fyckle vanyte A vnyuersall vanyte ys euery lyuynge manne Are ye not carnall sayth Paule are ye not beastlye walkynge after mānys wayes Nothynge was māne but a myserye tyll the lorde loked mercyfullye downe vpō him frō heauen and made hym hys chylde of adopcyon through faythe A fore was he nothynge but a fleshlye generacyon all of the fylthye earthe By cause that I therfor tryenge thys boke by the scripturs haue founde therin nō other frutes thā hath rysen of the corrupt fantasyes of mēne I haue here with Paule intytled yt the man of synne as a thynge offeryng not els of it selfe but synne ▪ who se abhomynacyōs I haue here partlye opened to the intent that peple shuld be ware of thē And that they whych haue receyued thē in faythe schuld vomete thē out ageyne least in the lordes cōmynge they peryshe with them Non other fashyoned churche loketh Christ to receyue ageine of the worlde for hys eternall spouse than that he left here in persecucyon for hys worde No thāke are they lyke to haue of hym whych hath brought into hys clere buyldynge stubble haye or tymber or yet anye other corruptible thynges These myters typpetes furred amyses and shauen crownes These crosses copes sensers and candel styckes These mattenses masses ceremonyes and sorceryes schall not he knowe for hys For he cōmaunded no soche thynges to be done He tolde them he wolde requyre mercye at ther handes and no sacrifice and therof haue they now nothynge at all I moche rather desyre mercye sayth the lorde thā offerynge the knowlege of God than burnt sacrifyce Thys text of Oseas and Mathew was very farre of from my lorde Boner whan he sett vp a commaundement in Paules a geynst Byble readinge for the tyme of ther Romyshe rablementes Marke the last rekenynge of the indge in the. 25 of Mathew and ye schall se no soche thynges demaūded as they loke to haue obserued Herin ys not Chrystes instytucyon denyed in anie case but the popes fylthye tradycyons and customes So farre is hys holye ordynaunce aboue the popes rustye rewles as is the pure golde aboue the vyle dyrt of the dongehyll or the imperiall heauē aboue earthe I knowe certenlye I schall for thys be called a thousande tymes heretique but I waye it nothynge at all for it is the olde name of true christianes I thinke some of owr feble faynt bretherne which are now neyther whote nor colde wil dyuerslye saye ther mindes ād haue sentēces moche lyke thēselues I knowe I schal be burned yf I maye be caught but I care no thynge for it For I doubt not my porciō to be with Christ which wyll not suffre one heare to peryshe but will restore it me ageyne at the latter daye Yea yf I lose for hym here I knowe I schall be a winner ageyne there Rather I had to die manye deathes thā to obeye soche myscheues to my sowles condempnatiō Neuer schall the lyfe of my synnefull carkas be so dere vnto me I hope as is the glorye of my eternall father and redemer Iesus Christ Vvhat is the religion of yowr churche in englande at thys daye but the popes dyrtye leauynges the fylthye dregges of hys rotten vessels and the cancred rust of hys olde worne pytchers Surelye he that schall cōpare yowr churche to the churche that Christ left schall fynde them so vnlyke as chaffe to wheate and claye to syluer As in a myrrour is that to be seane in thys most deuylyshe declaration of Boner to the wonderynge of all christen dome Is not englāde thynke you most dolorouslye to be lamented thys beynge an open spectacle of ther christen lernynge profession and faythe and the wyndynge vp of ther newe gospell after ther churches reformatiō I trowe mēne maye saye abrode they haue frutefullye sytten vpon the causes of christen relygion so many years bringinge it to soche a good ende If it be thus in London the head cyte of the realme and so nygh the kynges presence it must nedes be moche worse farder of Oh most vnshamefast boldenesse of a verye shamelesse Antichrist Ryghtlye hath Daniel descrybed the great master of hys geuynge hym an vnshamefast face Thys is a matter not done in sylence but openlye at Paules crosse the more menne doth wōdre of it and thynke that an other thynge hath bene sought there by the gospell preachynge thā Christes kyngdome Vvell I cā not tell the lorde amende all but I knowe thys is abhominable If it schuld cost me a score of lyues had I so manye I wolde not spare to vtter it to hys dyshonour seynge the lorde thus blasphemed and hys redemed heritage so abused In thys pestylent professy on is the great Idoll of Rome admytted ageyne vnto hys olde seate By all crastie meanes seketh Boner here
which car rye hys lyuerye 7. Catholyck they call the faythe of ther churche which terme the scripture hath not and it maye well be For catholyck is as moche to saye as vnyuersall or admyttynge all For in dede they allowe all maner of faythes that faythe only excepted which they owght to allowe most of all No Iewyshe ceremonye refuse they nor yet heythen super stycyon So longe as the gospell is not trewlye preached ther faythe is good ynowgh For it is catholyck Vniuersally all false beleues and wycked worshyppynges contrarye to Gods prescripcyon it alloweth no kynde of Idolatrye and supersticyon reiected Neyther haue thys generacion sens the begynnynge reproued pylgrymages nor pardons rellyckes nor false reuerences sensynges nor caÌ„del sacrifices laâ—â—yn bussynge nor lyppe seruyce dead shaddowes nor Idel obseruacyons with soche lyke pylde pedlarye and romyshe ware For it is ther owne proper good And that wyl plentuouslie apere here after in thys present declaratyon wherin thys poore man is more depelye compelled to accuse hymself The manne of synne ¶ 1 And also that I haue bene a great fauourer defender maiÌ„tener and receptour of heretyques 2. acustomed also to haue in my custodye 3. bokes of heresye and other vnlaw full workes 4. forbyddeÌ„ by the kynges magestees proclamacyon and ordinauÌ„ces 5. and also contrarye to the decre and inhybycyon of myn ordynarye ¶ Hys dysclosynge FOr fauourynge mainteyninge and defendynge Christes godlye verite was steuen as a blasphemer stoned vnto deathe at Hierusalem Antipas the faythfull wytnesse of the lorde was slayne at pergamos And Christes Apostles were dyuerselye afflycted the worlde ouer by thys viperous generacyon Iason for receyuynge Paule and Sylas with other dysciples and teachers of the gospel was brought before the cownsell at thessalonica and accused for a sedycious traytour ageynst Caesar No maruele therfor thowgh thys pore maÌ„ be vexed of the same sort mainteininge the same doctrine and fauorynge the teachers therof Is there anye other rewarde folowynge the trewe seruauntes of God now then hath bene afore No surely vnlesse christ hath now of late changed hys former promyse and is now become a speaker ageynst himself which is so vnpossible as he not to be God If they haue persecuted hym nedes must they persecute hys members If they haue called the master of the howse belzebub so wyll they do hys how sholde ye schall be hated of al meÌ„ne sayth Christ for my names sake It is no newe thynge to se poor menne thus haÌ„dled blasphemed and openlye schamed without reasonable cause 2 For heretykes must they be taken which folowe not ther tradycyons nor regarde ther sacred sorcerye Thus maye they cal christ an heretyke also for he neuer allowed ther ceremonyes He neuer went processyon with cope crosse and candelstyck He neuer sensed ymage nor sange latâ—yn seruyce He neuer gaue orders nor sate in confession He neuer preached of purgatorye nor pardons He neuer honoured sayntes nor prayed for the dead He neuer sayd masse mattens nor euensonge He neuer fasted frydaye nor vygyll lent nor aduent He neuer hallowed churche nor chalyce ashes nor palmes caÌ„dels nor belles He neuer made holye water nor holye brede with soche lyke But soche domme ceremonyes not hauynge the expresse coÌ„maundement of God he called the leuen of the Pharysees and dampnable hypocresie admonyshinge hys dyscyples to be ware of them He curseth all theÌ„ that addeth vnto hys worde soche beggerlye shaddowes wypynge ther names cleane out of the boke of lyfe Saynt paule testyfyeth them to haue no porcyon in Christ which wrappe themselues ageyne with soche yokes of bondage 3 Bokes of heresie must all those workes be whych rebuketh anye of ther abusvons be they neuer so godlye That caused them so longe tyme to locke vpp the scripturs in a straunge language and vnder an vnknowne speche least the peple by readinge of them schuld perseyue ther workes to be nowght and so rebuke them Yea they haue not bene ashamed of late years to call the prophecyes of the olde lawe the .iiij. gospels paules epystles and the holye apocalyps with other treatyses of the sacred Byble most detestable bokes of heresye and to burne manye good godlye and innocent creaturs for hauynge theÌ„ in ther howses and for readynge of them vnto other and all vnder the tyttle and auctoryte of princes lawes In the meane season also haue they boasted themselues for the peculyar peple of God for the holye churche the coÌ„secrate nombre the spirytuall sort the catholyck doctors the chosen persones the godlye companye the relygious brether hede the wyuelesse vyrgyns the good gostlye fathers and that they haue done nothynge but in the zelous quarell of the lorde But nomore are they of hys kyngedome than was phassur and semeias which persecuted Hieremye Iannes and Iambres which resysted Moyses Cayphas and Annas which putt Christ vnto deathe and vexed hys apostles with soche lyke bludthurstye prelates and malycyous mourtherers For hys churche or kyngedome is a congregacioÌ„ of symple meke spreted lowlye pytefull and gentyll teachers and not of prowde glottoÌ„s glorious lechours cruell byteshepes and rauenouse robbers as they are Neuer schall ye se them trewlye grounde ther doynges vpon Gods holye worde but eyther vpon ther owne fylthye tradycyons or vpon the croked customes of the cuntre brought in fyrst of all by ther cursed counsell or vpoÌ„ the auncyentnesse of ther fathers or holinesse of ther doctours or els most chefelye vpon the myghtye auctoryte of princes 4 Marke how the byssoppe of London layeeh forth here the kynges proclamacyons and ordynaunces ageynst thys poore maÌ„nne for hauynge in hys custodye bokes ageynst the bysshoppe of Rome and how he doth couple them with hys owne Antichristiane decre and inhybycyon Yea consider how blasphemouslye and trayterouslye he doth here abuse them to the abhorrynge of all ChristeÌ„â—ares and the great dolour of all faythful hartes Here is not the trewe preachynge of the gospell called vpon by the kynges proclamacyons to the glorye of God Neyther is here sowght the adolishment of the bysshoppe of romes vsurped poure nor yet the layeÌ„ge asyde of deuylyshe supersticyons which are all effectuallye required in hys godlye ordinaunces For they are not the thynges that mi lorde seketh to vpholde But here is sore coÌ„playned of the slacknesse in goynge of processioÌ„ at eueÌ„songe in the saynge of romy she howres in the makynge of holy water aÌ„d holy brede And what make these to the Christen erudycyon or to anye other godly purpose What are these â—oyes eyther to the mayntenaunce of faythe or of anye common welthe Must so many ydle Bysshoppes and prestes be masted vpp so fatte to the great hyndraunce of the publique welthe for the vpholdynge of thynges of so small profyght Alac that euer the prices auctorite schuld thus be vsed to the blasphemye of God and to hys greâ—t dyshonour Thys
blessed sacrament of the aulter 4 vvyth other sacramentes of Christes churche 5 but also ageynst the sre vvyll of maÌ„ne 6 makynge God the auctor of synne Hys dysclosynge NOw face out your matter with a carde of tenne Sumwhat must be sayd here to make foles beleue ye haue done a good acte though it turne all to allye A blinde reÌ„naunt of peple must ye alwayes deceyue to vpholde ye still in your mischefes And they be those dustye dreamers that Esaye speaketh of whych can haue no fre conscyence to reason with themselues or ones to thynke in ther mides Maye not I erre Soche dawyshe dodypolles were the parentes of hym that was borneblide which wolde not confesse Christ to haue healed ther soÌ„ne for feare of dyspleasynge the prestes and least the bysshoppes schuld them excommunycate or curse them out of churche In these bokes ye saye are contayned manye sondrye errours and heresyes It maye wele be your saynge for we se neyther them nor the bokes as yet Ye haue buryed theÌ„ both in a bagge If ye schuld reieeÌ„tet all bokes that hath errours ye schuld retayne verye fewe workes of saiÌ„t Augustin saynt Hierom Orygene Tartu lyane Basile Chrisostome Cyrill Damascene Isodre Bede haymo or anye of your other doctours If errours offende you I maruele ye suffre Thomas of Aquyne to remayne whose dyrtye dyuynite hath made the pope Christes vycar in earthe and all Christen kynges hys sworne subiectes all your scole doctours canonystes senten cyonystes and summystes agreynge to the same 2 Bokes ye haue aÌ„d that manye whych deryueth all princes powers out of the popes auctoryte as braunches out of the vyne and small ronnynge ryuers out of the head sprynge secundum esse exercitium soche are your Ynkehorne termes onlye to execute in polytyque ordynauÌ„ces at hys holye mynde and pleasure but them brynge ye not forthe In them fynde ye neyther blasphemouse lyes detestable errours nor yet abhomynable heresyes as ye call them here though they expreslye saye that there ys no lawfull Christen kynge vnlesse he receyue hys vnccyon other promes faythe iurysdyccyon auctorite seate power swerde scepter and crowne of hiÌ„ or of hys deputes Yea aÌ„d to make thys good ye coÌ„pare your prestes vnto the sunne the sowle aÌ„d vnto fyne golde aÌ„d the kynges with ther peple vnto the mone the wret ched bodye and course leade As though your prynces were a farre more vnworthye peple thaÌ„ you by reason of your gresynge and shauynge for fewe other vertues haue ye If yowr canon lawe wherof ye are a commensed doctour and all the ceremonyes whych ye haue of the pope were brought to the tryall of gods worde they schuld not onlye apere sondrye errours but also blasphemouse beggerye detestable lernynge and abhomynable wytcherye the pharysees leuen lyes of hypocrites adders egges spyders webbes bryres tares cockle chaffe menstrue rust dust dregges dreames dottage dronkeÌ„nesse dogges dyrt swylle swynes draffe fylthynesse stubble snares of enemyes execrable doctrine of deuyls Gods curse and abhomynacyon syttynge in the holye place 3 These bokes ye saye are ageynst the blessed sacrameÌ„t of the aultre and ageynst other sacramentes of christes churche Aud all thys ys not els but to colour your cautels of myschefe vnder some pretence of godlynesse Vnder thys colour name ye christ aud yt ys the first tyme of axynge though it be not greatlye to hys honour â–ª who are more ageynst that godlye myny stracyon than yow whych hath in euerye poynt corrected yea rather contraryed christes clere instytution Ye geue it a newe lyuer ye besydes the gospell â–ª yow call it the sacrameÌ„t of an aulter whych ys as moche to saye as the holye sygne of an heape of bryckes They call yt the holye supper of the lorde or a mutuall pertycy pacyon of christes bodye aud blood accordynge to hys godlye instytucioÌ„ Therfor yow blaspheme yt aud not they yow erre aud are the heretyques aud not they Moche better yt was wyth vs whaÌ„ christ was owr onlye aulter aud we the lyuynge sacrifyce offred thervpon in a syncere faythe vnto god the father than now hauynge yowr brycke aulters amoÌ„ge dead mennys graues as Esaye telleth your tale aud yow to stande vpp there as newe redemers and sauers for moneye with touche me not for I am holyar than thu Oseas the prophete sayth that ye eate vpp the synnes of the peple and corage them in your wyckednesse And therfor vpoÌ„ your aulters schall growe both thystles aÌ„d thornes whan yow schall hyde your heades The mutuall supper of the lorde whoÌ„ he made coÌ„mon to all hys true beleuers haue yow turned into a brekefast of your owne deuysynge bycause ye are moche wyser thaÌ„ he wherin ye turne yowr arses to the peple ye tell a longe ê“cesse to the walles wyndowes aulter clothes aud Y dols in a foreÌ„ laÌ„guage whych the more part of yow vnderstaÌ„deth not And whan ye haue eate aud droÌ„ke vp all ye blesse all your neybers with the emptye cuppes bottom and god bewith them neuer pÌ„achynge the lordes deathe tyll he come If ye crucyfye christ a freshe as yow saye ye offre a sacrifyce for the quycke and the dead ye must ageyn betraye hiÌ„ accuse hym scorne him scorge hym iudge hym nayle hiÌ„ to the crosse aÌ„d perce hym to the hartwyth a speare For all these were necessarye offyces in the first sacrifyce One oblacyon made he ones for all to sanctyfye vs vnto god and that can not ryghtly be renued ageyne vnlesse all these partes be played And that ye leaue vndone in thys poynt ye perfourme full manerlye in the members of hys mystycall bodye whoÌ„ ye neuer cease to persue vnto deathe 4 Vvith your other sacramentes we wyll not here medle bycause ye do not expresse them But of thys we assure yow that churche ys not Christes whych foloweth your voyce aÌ„d not hys Not hys flocke are they that goeth a whore hontynge to manye strauÌ„ge Goddes after your rradicyons and customes 5 Ye saye consequentlye that the afore named bokes are a gaynst the fre wyll of manne and in so doynge they make God the auctor of synne Vvhat yow make of God I can not tell But wele I wote thys doctrine of yours ys straunge Sumwhat ye wolde fayne haue to auaunce your owne ryghtousnesse and depresse the ryghtousnesse of God and that must vp for a newe artycle of ower faythe For noÌ„ other purpose wolde ye haue a fre wyll but to proue therbye that your whole iustyfycacyon cometh not by Iesus Christ but moche by your good merytes and workes what fredome can we haue of that whych hath brought vs into all bondage of deathe synne helle and the deuyll we are of ower selues nothinge saith saynt Austyn but all togyther vanyte a shaddowe of deathe a darke bottomlesse pyt and a voyde barren grounde nothynge bryngynge forthe but confusyon synne and
merciful Thow Iesê° Christ mekelie suffred the aduersarie to remayne vnrebuked iÌ„ hys owne cause yet with fercenesse ded he reuyle hiÌ„ iÌ„ the â—Ì„rell of hys euerlastynge father and badde hym wyth no small dyspleasure auoyde Sathan All that thys Boner doth here and other lyke lecherouse locustes of Egipt yâ— to obscure the glorye of God â–ª and to demynyshe that peple whych daylye seketh yt to ther power But ther cruell enterpryse ys now all in vayne The more Pharao commaundeth the mydwyues to flee the menne chyldren of the hebrues the more they increase aÌ„d multyplye The more the peple of the lorde are oppressed the more they prospere and floryshe The more the poore blynde maÌ„ne by the waye syde froÌ„ Hierico ys forbydden to speake the more he cryeth vpon Iesus the sonne of Dauid for mercye The small grayne of mustarde sede whych ys cast into the garden wyll growe into a great tree though all the deuyls of hell saye naye to yt The lorde whych commaunded Iohan in the begynnynge of hys reuelacyon to wryte that he sawe aÌ„d in the myddes therof to seale vp the voyces of the .vii. thonderynges charged hym ageyne in the ende to suffre them to passe at large In the prymatyue churche was the gospell gredylye receyued of the vnyuersall worlde In the myddes therof whan Sathan was at lyberte was yt in a maner contempned of all menne and hypocresye takeÌ„ vp in the stede therof Now in the latter ende are menne ageyne verye desyerouse of yt and doubtlesse yt schall be receyued both of the Iewes and paganes withstande yt the aduersaryes neuer so sore If the Iewes tare ther outwarde vesturs whan they harde ther God blasphemed moche more ought we owr inwarde hartes aÌ„d to suffre owr fleshe to be torne of those terryble termagauntes of Babylon Rather ought we to dye than to leaue those Antichristes vnto wched that so depelye blasphemeth hys wholsome wayes and withstandeth hys godlye testymonyes Not by the power of prynces nor yet by the workynge of meÌ„ne but by the onlye breathe of hys mouthe whych ys hys worde by Christ alredye taught hath he ernestlye promysed to ouerthrowe in thys latter age that fylthye and false generacyon Sonner schall heauen and earthe passe than that promes passe by vnfulfylled trust vpon yt surelye The inyqytees of the Amorreanes are almost fulfylled ther vtter destruccyon at hande In non other mynde am I concernynge the reproche of thys enemye than was Helias whan he brought Baals prestes to the broke of Cyson sauynge onlye that I wolde not cutt of ther headeâ— nor yet anye other bodylye harme vnto them the lorde ys my iudge but as hys pleasure ys But in dede I wolde as manye menne more wolde rather Gods honour to regne than ther fylthye Idolatrye Hys glorye rather than ther spyrytuall vayne glorye Onlye couete I in thys ther amendement yf yt myght be â–ª referrynge all vengeaunce vnto God I wolde they ded ones cease from ouerloadynge the peples conscyences with ther wretched beggerye For doubtlesse as yet they haue done nothynge in all ther spirituall syttynges but renewed ageyne the decayed mysterye of inyquyte Loke yf thys written worke of thys holye bysshop sheweth anye other here The lerned menne of Germanye demaundeth manye tymes of ther merchauÌ„tes as they be returned home ageyne from Englande the frutes of ther newe christyanyte or newlye preached gospell there And they delyuer vnto them with no small laughter the folyshe treatyse of Iohan Standyshe ageynst Barnes the fraÌ„tyk Genealogye of heresye made by Iohan Hontyngton and the. ij â–ª draffyshe DeclaracyoÌ„s of my lorde Boner with soche other dyrtye dryselynges of Antichrist By that meanes came I by theÌ„ first of all For fewe other haue they elsthe re noâ— vndre the kynges preuylege Aâ— imprimenduÌ„ soluÌ„ but soche fylthye dregges of the deuyl the eternall father be mercy full to that peple and holde from them the promysed plage for soche vnthankefulnesse For neuer was the worde of the lorde yet sent to anye nacion aÌ„d so blasphemouslie ordred but woÌ„derfull destruccyoÌ„s hath solowed thervpon Consydre for an example the great cyte of Niniue preached vnto by Ionas NahuÌ„ aÌ„d other holye prophetes HierusaleÌ„ also whoÌ„ owr sauer Iesus Christ in his owne persone called vnto repentauÌ„ce And ye schall fynde ther afflyccions most terryble aÌ„d fearfull If soche warnynges had be geueÌ„ to Tyrus aÌ„d SidoÌ„ or to Sodom aÌ„d Gomor as hath of late dayes bene geueÌ„ vnto Englande they had receyued theÌ„ to the ameÌ„demeÌ„t of lyfe and not bene so destroyed Praye ther for vnto God ferueÌ„tlye that yt wyll ones please hym to putt yowr prince in minde as the hart of a kynge ys in the handes of God to take froÌ„ yow these dyrtie donge Hylles which neuer will geue other sauer than yssueth froÌ„ the bottomlesse pytte Alredye hath he takeÌ„ from yow by the auctoryte of Gods worde MoÌ„kes Chanons NoÌ„nes aÌ„d Fryres but styll yet remayneth all ther doctrine of deuylishnesse iÌ„ aÌ„ other blospherâ—â—use use brode Babilon ys there yet an habita 〈…〉 on of deuyls and a lodgynge of vncleane spretes Yet styll contynueth there a fylthye cage of hatefull and vene mouse byrdes with all superstycyoÌ„s lurkynge and waytynge ther tyme to hoppe ageyne at large wolde the worlde ones applye to ther myndes Do but marke the craftye cloynynge of wynchester whan he eyther preacheth or dysputeth how he clowteth the olde brokeÌ„ hooles with patches of olde papystrye sowynge them to gyther with newe subtiltees and wyles Hys chatterynge charmers a brode doth folowe the same selfe trade also sauynge that they want moche of hys craftye conueyauÌ„ce as all meÌ„ne maye beholde in the aforeseyd boke of Standyshe a wyse lerned chaplaine of hys HontyngtoÌ„ an other of hys retynewe can not amonge all hys heretyques fynde one Pope of Rome nor one false Bysshopp nor one scysmatyk Prest fryre monke nor chanoÌ„ of so manye as be in the cronycles He can not fynde out one traytour nor one sturdye Papyst as manye as hath bene of them aÌ„d are yet to thys daye Though he behelde Barnes that was brent in Smythfelde for beynge the popes enemye yet coude he se neyther Powell Abel nor Fetherston which were Gods enemyes and the kynges though they were at the next dore by No hys eye syght wolde not serue hym vpon that syde for hys holye fathers sake But I thynke hys popyshe poesyes aÌ„d scripturs most deuylyshlye peruerted are metelye wele tryed where as yt ys to the manyfestacyon of soche a shamelesse Antichrist and presumptuose Idyote The lorde gyde all faythfull hartes in the loue of hys he auenlye worde aÌ„d pacyeÌ„ce of Iesus Christ amonge those deceytfull workemenne and shortlye remoue the cloudes of darkenesse with the clere lyght of hys commynge Amen ¶ Thus endeth the Manne of synne wyth hys Dysclosynge collected
marre before they marrye 80. a Prestes geuynge the holye ghost and grace 80. b Prynce what he schall herafter do 11. a Prices what lawes they schuld make 81. a Prynces power deryued out of the pope 59. b Priscylly anystes fot fre wyll and marryage 62a 71. a Processyon vpon saturdayes 21. a. 27. a Proclamacyons abused of papystes 19. a Professyon made newlye to Antichrist 2. b. 12. a. 13. b. 30. b. 34. a. 35. b. 92. a Prouyssyons for the vowe of chastyte 69. a. 75. b Q QVarell taken for Tolwyn ryghtouslye 5. b Quarell of bysshoppes become the kynges 45. a Quarell of God fercelye defeÌ„ded of Christ 96. a Queresters of Baal are the papystes 86. a Quodcunque ligaueris condempneth the gospell 36. a R RAhab dysobeyed a wycked commaundement 81. a Raymundus the earle of Tholose 23. a Reasons ageynst the pellagyanes and gentyles 62. a Recantacyons in wycleues tyme. 2. b Recantynge what parell ys therin 3. b RecaÌ„tynge of wyllyaÌ„ Tolwyn 25. a. 29. b RelygyoÌ„ of the eÌ„glyshe churche 9. b. 34. a Rent of the stewes at Rome 68. b ReÌ„tes spirituall for whore kepynge 69. b Remelius a monke marryed 72. a Report of lerned menne concernynge Boner 50. b Resydue of the text here 45. b Respytynge of Tolwyns penaunce 37. b Reuelacyon of Antichrist traÌ„slated 47. a Rewarde of holye churche ys fyre 38. b Rewardes for the gospell preachige 17. b Rewle of scolastycall theologye 63. b Rhetorykes of the popes lawe 26. a Rycharde the .ij. kynge of Englande 89. b Rycharde nixe with his chastvowe 68. b Rycharde mekyns a ladde breÌ„t 24. a. 41. b Rycharde Tauerners postyls 54. a Rycharde lant impreÌ„ted thys worke 95. a Rytes of the churche what they are â–ª 77. b Rytes taken of the heytheÌ„ customes 78. a Robert archebysshop of canÌ„terburye 90. b Robert warde empresoned to deathe for Christ 41. b Roger acton a knyght brent 89. b S SAchell with bokes coÌ„dempned 43. a. 44. b Sacrament of the aulter 60. b Saynt antonynes psonage 15. b. 43. a. 94. â— Saynt sepulchres parryshe 93. b Sayntes inuocacyon what yt ys 86. b Sayntes what they haue graunted of popes 86. b Sathan losed after a thousande years 37. b SathaÌ„ sheweth hiselfe in Boner 93. b. 96. a Saturnus the olde God 21. b Sacryfyce of the masse 87. b Sawte bitche of my lorde Boner 79 b 80 a Scrypturs must trye all thynges 13. b Scrypturs destroyed of tyrauntes 57. b Scrypture alloweth good saynges of yll menne 58. b Scrypturs apparent that God causeth synne 63. a Scrypturs alloweth no saites honorynge 87. a Sebastianus forbode recantynge 4. a Sedycyouse are godlye meÌ„ne noted 16. a Sedycyon layd to Christ and hys apostles 26. b. 91. b SenteÌ„ces of god ageynst ceremonyes 82. b Serapion receyued the sacrament of a ladde 84. b Seruyce in Latyne made of monkes 88. a Seuen machabees and ther mother 81. a Shamelesse Antichrist ys Boner 10. a. 14. b. 34. a. Synne make they where no synne ys 28. a Synne ageynst the holye ghost 95. b Syluester the seconde pope 70. b Sixtus a pope buylded stewes 68. b Smoke alredye felt of manye 40. b Sodome and Gomor vpholden of prestes 80. a Sodomytes folowed inhybycyon of marryage 76. a Sorbonycall masters of parys 36. a Srandyshe and hontyngton papystes 12. b 87. b. 98. b Steuen stoned for the veryte 17. b Stewes of London neuer persecuted 42. a 69. a Stewes buylded of an holye pope 68. b Submyssyon and humble sure 29. a SufficieÌ„t witnesses what thei are 15 b 26 a SuperstycyoÌ„s brought in ageyne 5. a. 34. a Supper of the lorde abused 60. b Swearynge before a iudge 89. a Swearynge vpoÌ„ a boke what yt ys 90. b Swyneherde to the pope what yt ys 43 b Swyne ad beastes are the papystes 44. a 83. b T TAcyanes heretyques ageynst marryage 71. a Tartulyanystesagelst marryage 71. a Terryble mocyons and tokens 75. b Testamentes brent at Paules 58. a. 94. a Thankes wyth cappe and knee 39. b Theodocyon the Ephesyane recanted 3. b Theodosiê° toke the sacra â— his haÌ„de 84. b Thomas venatorius a lerned maÌ„ne 49. b Thomas aruÌ„dell a tyrauÌ„t 48. b 89. a Thomas beket a trayterouse bisshop 28 b 48. b 90. b Thomas of aquyne a popysshe doctor 55. a 59. b Thomas Norman a prestes sonne 73. a Thomas bilâ—â—ie the matter of christ 69. a Thomas wolseye a cardynall 86. b. 20. b Thorpe and oldecastell examyned 47. b 48. a 89. a Thousande years from Christ 37. b. 70. b Thre frutes of one aduouterye 68. a Thre partes playeih Boner 45. a 86. a Tyrannye of bysshoppes for tradycyons 3. a 57. b 74. a TyraÌ„nye of Boner for papystrye 3. a 24. a 27. b 31. a 39. b 41. a 57. b TyraÌ„nye froÌ„ wheÌ„s yt sprigeth 37. a 56. b TyrauÌ„tes plaged for destroyenge the scripturs 58. a Tythes deuocyoÌ„s aÌ„d offeringes 85. a 91. b Tokens of the true churche 16. a Tolwyn constrayned to deuye christ 3. b Tolwi declared aÌ„ heretik 21 a 44. b 46 b Tolwyn sett neuwlye to scole 26. b Tolwyn sett vpp for a sygne of coÌ„tradyccyon 41. b Tolwyn examyned as was christ 42. b Tolwi deuowred of gredye swyne 43. b Tolwin shoke forth a sachell at paules 44. b Tolwyn subscribeth for feare of burnynge 92. a Tonstall brent testamentes of christ 58. a Tradycyons made by dyuerse popes 82. a 88. a Tradycyons not allowed of christ 18. a 65. b 81. b 88. a TradicioÌ„s maie not be towched 49 79 b Tradycyons what they are 60. a 81. b Trayterye professed newlye 30. b 54. b Trayterye maynteyned preuylye 54. a Trayters make they sayntes 36. b Treason becometh the gospell 45. a 89. b TreasoÌ„ not regarded of papistes 29. b 30. a 54 a Treaty ses made of the author 8. a 37. b 40. a 87. b 90. b 99. a Two olde bokes i the bagges bottoÌ„ 57 a V VDo archebysshopp of magdeburge 75. b. Vengeaunce axeth the blood of innocentes 41. b Vertues of the holy spuÌ„alte 20. b 27. a 23 a Vyces hath the clergye to frynde 42. b Vyrgynes not marryed of prestes 80. a Voyce of Tolwi wordes of boner 44. b Vowes papystycall with the fylthye frutes 33. b. 36. b. 66. b. Vowe of chastyre brokeÌ„ 66. b. 68. a. 69 a Vowes with ther chast frutes 67. b 68. a 70. b. Vowes besydes the scrip wycked 74. b Vowes broken of manye 73. b Vowes in the old lawe what they were 74. b Vouete reddite answered 74. a. Vpholders of the popes churche 26. a Vrbanus regius a lerned maÌ„ne 51. b Vrsinus a prest marryed 73. a Vvages of the pope better thaÌ„ christ 24. b Vvalkers vndre shaddowe of the gospell 6. b Vvares of antichristes synagoge 8. b Vveddynge clerkelye coÌ„pared of Boner 79. a Vvharton of bongaye a false iustice 5. b Vvhoredome not forsworne but marriage 69. b Vvhore aÌ„d ladye with ther differeÌ„ce 31 a Vvhores abhorred of the Israelytes 69. a Vvhores for a coÌ„mon
welthe 69. a Vvydowes almes in newgate 41. a Vvylye practyses of bysshoppes 24. a. 30 b. 31. a 40. b Vvycleue a maÌ„ne of moche godlynesse 2. b. 37. b 89. b Vvyllyam Tolwyn cruellye handeled 3 a. 39. b 44. b Vvyllyam thorpes vninst examinacyon 47. b. 89. a Vvyllyam warhaÌ„ with his chastyte 68 b Vvynchester a tyrannouse papyst 57. b 69. a 73. b Vvinchester kepeth his chast vowe 69 a Vvynchester with hys .xxi. years 36. b. in marg a 69. a 73. b Vvynchestre hath brokeÌ„ his vowe 73. a 74. a Vvynchestre clowteth brokeÌ„ holes 98. b. Vynchestres canoÌ„ lawe Vith eckius dyuynyte 75. a Vvytnesses or false accusers 15. b 26. a Vvomam prophecyenge of anti 76. a Vvorshyp how yt ought to be vsed 14. a Vvorshyppers true aÌ„d false 78. a 81. b Y YEare of regnynge vnder anti 14. a Years .xxi. of wynchestre 36. b in marg 69. a 73. b Ydell ceremonyes of the pope 18. a 21. a 30. a 82. a 93. â— Ydell stoclye of popyshe pÌ„stes 54. b 82. b ydolatrie neuer rebuked of bisshops 94. a Ydoll worshyppynge maynteyned 43. b 94. a Ydols are become captaynes ouer all 94. a Ymage worshyppinge coÌ„mauÌ„ded of bysshoppes 15. b Ymage of both churches a boke 8. a 40 a Ymage of the beast worshiped 12. b 40 a Yokes layed vpon prayer 65. a 88. a Yokes intollerable of the aÌ„tichristes 74 a Yokes of popyshe ceremonyes 78. a 81. b 82. a 97. b Z Zele of the author ageist papistes 5. b 9. a 97 a Zuinglins wrote of gods prouydence 50. a Finis Iob. 4. 2. Pet. 2. Iudae 1. Genes 6. Apoc. 2. Iob. 2. Apoc. 20. Iudae 1. Math. 7. 2. Pet. 2. Apoc. 9. Math. 7. Proue 26 Psal 143. Sap. 17. 1. Thes 5. 1. Ioan. 4. Apoca. 9. God is not herin named ones but to condemp nation antichrist is not all out of en glande Thomas waldenus i fasciculo heresium Gala. 1. 1. Cor. 16. Acto 15. Math. 15. Gala. 4. Esa 1. Dani. 14. Amos. 5. No synne ponishe the papystes with soche extremyte Enemyes to the glorie of god sabellicus Platina et Ioan nauclerus Act. 4. Marc. 8. Ioan. 1. Luce. 12. Math. 10. Apoc. 3. 1. Tim. 5. Eusebius cesariensis et Epiphanius Augustinus super psal 118. Antonius auerarius sermo 34 Lyke conneyaunce nowin englande Antonius auerarius sermo 42 IdeÌ„ in lib. de virtutibus sermo ne 18. Eusebius cesariensis Canones coÌ„cilâ— niceni platina Apoc. 3. Luce. 12. Mat. 10. Marc. 8. Luce. 9. Mat. 25. Ioan. 12. Esa 30. Osâ—e 7. Abdye 1. Here. 1. Luce. 1. Marc. 6. Math. 14. Ioan. 8. Ioan. 15. Eccle. 4. Sap. 3. 2. Tim. 2. Hierom. in quadaÌ„ homelia 1. Cor. 15. Gala. 1. Ioan. 8. Ephe. 4. Ceremonyes are the cause aÌ„d grounde of superstycioÌ„s Neuer is the deuyll with out his craftes They do but dally and mocke with the kynge Wharton a greatvp holder of trayterose prestes 1. Thes 4. Mat. 3. Hiere 50. 3. Reg. 18. Hebr. 11. Apoc. 19. Exod. 2. Ephc. 6. Hebr. 4. Apoca. 1. Moche coÌ„fessioÌ„ but no true ameÌ„demeÌ„t of lyfe No repentaunce in ther Benedicite rekenynges 1. Ioan. 4. Math. 7. Iude. 1. Apoc. 18. Suffre must he that will lyue in Christ Psal 115. Credidi propter quam locutus sum cÌ„ CaliceÌ„ sa lutaris et cÌ„ Preciosa in conspectu 3. Reg. 19. 2. The. 2. Daniel 11 Apoc. 13. The Popes churche is the deuyls Iakes NahuÌ„ 3. Esa 47. Apoc. 17. Ezech. 16 Aduersaryes to Gods heaueÌ„lye purpose Soche enemies fyndeth the verite alwayes Them selues doth meÌ„ne seke and not Iesus christ the worldlye iudge mente off diuerse menne Daniel 8. Hiere 17. Psal 145. 2. Thes 2. Esa 11. Esa 27. Psal 1. Apoc. 21. Psal 71. Esa 61. Hiere 50 Psal 117. Apoc. 6. 2. Ioan. 5. Apoc. 11. Gal. 4. Lucae 3. Apoc. 11. Apoc. 22. Ephe. 5. 1. Cor. 6. The man of synne Ephe. 6. 2. Thes 2. Dani. 12. Psal 115. Psal 61. Eccle. 12. Psalm 38 1. Cor. 3. Psal 13. Ioan. 1. Gal. 4. Psal 3. Ioan. 1. Gala. 4. The cause whye this boke is thus intyteled All schall to hell that is not of Gods worde what churche christ loketh to receyue Mat. 16. 1. Cor. 3. Not off christ but of antichrist are these Esa 1. Math. 9. Marci 12. Osee 6. zach 7. Herem 2. Math. 25. Esa 58. Ezech. 18. 1. Cor. 11. God and the deuyll are not lyke The olde name of true christianes The olde rewarde of Gods true seruaunts Luce. 21. Mat. 16. Ioan. 12. Actu 5. Math. 10. The churche of englaÌ„de holdeth fast the popes leauynges Iudge what that churche is bi this spuÌ„ all frute what meÌ„ maye report of ther newe reformacyon Esa 56. Daniel 8. 3. Ioan. 1. not christ haue they sought but themselues They â—atche home agyeyn ther pope They seke to restore hiÌ„ ageyne All one is the deuyll with hys deuylyshnesse Of soche Idell vanitees coÌ„eth verie Idel frutes Psal 1. Sapi. 6. Roma 13. 3. reg 10. 2. Pet. 3. Hiere 22. Apoc. 20. 1. Cor. 3. Iudic. 16. Psal 143. Eccle. 47. 1. Para. 22 3. Reg. 6. 3. reg 22. 2. Para. 18 kynge heÌ„rye the. 8. coÌ„pared vnto Iosaphat 3. reg 19. 4. reg 10. Eccl. 49. 4. reg 23. 2. Par. 34. Eccle. 49. 2. cor 13. Ioan. 1. Lucae 3. Math. 28. Marci 6. Roma 1. 1. Pet. 4. Prouer. 9. â— Cor. 2. Apoc. 9. Math. 12. 2. Thes 2. 2. Thes 2. Esa 11. Gala. 5. Apoc. 13. Marci 3. Ioan. 19. A ryght descripcy on of Boner out of the apoc The workes of a ryght antichrist dyrt dawbers of â—rokeÌ„ Babylon The promoters of Idolatrie Boners declaracyon is a massage froÌ„ Sathan A newe professyoÌ„ to Antichrist Eccle. 15. Herem 2. 1. Ioan. 4. 1. Thes 5. Ioan. 5. Pro. 30. Esa 52. Osee 10. Math. 7. Iewyshe rytes not yet abolyshed Colo. 2. Lucae 17. Gala. 4. The papystes loke for christ with the iewes aÌ„d hipocrites 1. Cor. 6. Ioan. â— Ioan. 15. 1. Cor. 3. Hebr. 5. antichrist loketh stil to regne i the conscience All this is styl to ma ynteyne ther vayne glorye The captyuyte of coÌ„sciâ—ce passeth all other Ezech. 13. Lucae 16. Sopho. 3. Proue 11. Psal 37. Math. 19. Lucae 18. Colo. 2. Prouer. 1. Esa 3. Sap 13. Eccle. 29. Rom. 8. 1. Tim. 4. Pro. 16. 2. Tim. 4. 2. Pet. 2. Subiectes are meÌ„nebecoÌ„e vnto Idols Dani. 14 Zacha. 11. Ezech. 34 Osee 11. Sopho. 1. Math. 23. Apoc. 13. 1. Cor. 6. Ephe. 5. Apo. 21. Lucae 23. Ioan. 7. Act. 24. Here. 3. Apo. 17. Math. 10. Ioan. 15. Marci 13. Mathr 5. Ioan. 13. Lucae 6. 1. Cor. 6. Ioan. 15. Math. 5. Lucae 6. Esa 61. 1. Pet. 3. Luce. 13. Math. 19. Gal. 6. Calepin â–ª 9 Perottus et â—reâ—to nus All super stycyouse beleues ad mytt the papystes Neuer repent they theâ— myschefes Act. 7. Apoc. 2. Math. 23. 1. Thes 2. Rom. 16. Act. 17. Ioan. 16. Act. 9. Phil. 2. Lucae 21. Ioan. 15. 1.