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A19566	A confutatio[n] of vnwritte[n] verities both bi the holye scriptures and moste auncient autors, and also probable arguments, and pithy reasons, with plaine aunswers to al (or at the least) to the moste part and strongest argumentes, which the aduersaries of gods truth, either haue, or can bryng forth for the profe and defence of the same vnwritten vanities, verities as they would haue them called: made up by Thomas Cranmer ... translated and set forth, by E.P. The contentes whereof, thou shalte find in the next side folowinge.	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; E. P., fl. 1556.	1556 (1556)	STC 5996; ESTC S109030	77,248	224

he maye punyshe them in the fulnesse of their sinnes If we synne he correcteth vs but he neuer wythdraweth hys mercye from vs and thoughe he punishe vs wyth aduersitye yet doeth he neuer forsake his people For whoÌ„ as Paul sayth the Lorde loueth him he chasteneth yea and he scourgeth euery soÌ„ne whom he receaueth But to leue this digressyon and come to oure purpose agayne I wyll brefelye shewe you what the outward face of the church and religion hath bene in al ages euen such as hath pleased the mightie kiÌ„gs Emperours and rulers of the world When Ieroboam set vp golden Calues at Bethel and Daâ— the Pryestes and Leuites consented thereto and all Israel worshipped them contrary to gods commaundemente When Iesabel had perswaded with her husband about murther he fulfilled her minde and slewe all the Prophetes of God that he could come by only Elyas remained that was knowen to bee the true Churche whereas the Pryestes of Baal were .iiii. M â–ª and fiâ—tie in â—oÌ„ber Ezechias destroyed the â—rasen serpente and restored the true religion worshippe of ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Manasses hys sonne sette vp Idolatrie maintayned wicked religion and slewe them that were good Iosias restored ryghte religion but Iehoas and Iehoathim hys sonnes forsoke it and al their Priestes and subiectes with them commytted Idolatry And generally what relygyon so euer the kinge woulde haue that was stablyshed for his time so that as Salomon saith of the Iudges so maiÌ„ we saye of the Cleargyâ— whatsoeuer saith the prince that sayeth the priest But lette vs once agayne come to the new testament Did not the head rulers of the churche with the aucthoritie of Herode and Pilate condemne Chryst and his doctrine as erronious and sedicious al the people folowed and cried Crucifige Did not all the Emperours before Constantine beeing seduced by their Byshoppes and priestes condemne Chrystian religion as hereticall sedicious trayterous for the same murthered many thou sandes of martirs When Constantyne was christened the was the true religion first set forth and openly preached by publique aucthoritie and yet in the space betwene Chryste and this Godlye Emperoure God was not wythoute hys churche though it wer not knoweÌ„ sene and so accepted of the worlde In thys Prynces tyme and by his aucthorite was kept the firste and best general couÌ„sel of Nice where was set forth our common Crede containing shortly the chefe and most necessary articles of our belief Thys coÌ„stantinus sonne Constantius fauoryng the errour of the ArriaÌ„s in the counsell of Arimine decreed that Chryste was not GOD but man onely And then to call Chryste the sonne of God was by the vtwarde knoweÌ„ churche and by a general counsel condemned for an haynous heresie From that tyme forth wheÌ„ Panim prynces reygned Idolatrye and worshippynge of false gods was the publike doctriÌ„ When heretiques reigned and bare the rule heresye was openly preached for gods trueth When the Emperoures were Catholike then was the true doctrin of the gospel opeÌ„li preached And generally suche as was the faith of the Emperoures kynges or other rulers such did the priests preach And if anibi the autorite of gods word preched theÌ„ contrary or withstode their corrupt teachynges straight way he was either deposed from his offyce condeÌ„ned for an heretique baniâ—â—ed brent or put to some other cruel death After all these spronge vp the Pope that triple crowned monster greate Antichrist whiche toke vpon hym authoritie not onely ouer the Cleargy but also clymed aboue kinges and Emperours deposing theÌ„ at his pleasure and setled him selfe in the teÌ„ple of god that is in the conseyences of men exrolling himselfe aboue God dispensiÌ„g wyth godes lawes and geuynge men leaue to breake them and to regarde more his decrees theÌ„ the euerlastynge commaundementes of god And so it came to passe in tyme that to eat flesh on the frydaye or fasting dai was couÌ„ted greater sinne theÌ„ broÌ„kenes adultery or periurie And whi because his lawes were diligentlyer and more strayghtly loked to and the offenders thereof sorer punished then Goddes lawes Sence this Antichrist of Rome I saye was stablished in his full power what soeuer pleased hym that was takeÌ„ for gods law and that was decreed vpon by generall counsel confirmed and ratified by whole heapes of clearkes To speake agaynste that was and also now is detestable heresy and so heinous a cryme against the holy gost if it wer true that they say that it can not be forgeuen eyther in thys worlde or in the world to come He that speaketh agaynste any of hys decrees must vtterly be coÌ„demned for an heritike accursed of god and damned into hell for euer without redeÌ„ption except he recant abiure and de ny the trueth and set forth error and false doctrine and promise wyth a solemne Oth that he shal neuer preach teache nor defende the trueth hereafter Nowe let vs come to oure dayes When king Henry the .viii. was as he oughte to bee by gods lawe made supreme head as wel of the Cleargye as of the Laite he by the consent of the parliament and coÌ„uocacion set forth in printe a godly boke of religion not much varieng from that which was enacted in his sonnes tyme Edwarde the sixt But when he toke displeasure with certayne Bishoppes as they terme them of the newe learnynge beecause they would not geue their consente in the parliament that the king shoulde haue al Abbye landes to his own vse but onely suche landes as were geuen by his Aunceters kinges of England and that the residue of those landes shoulde haue beene bestowed to Augmente the nomber of learned men in the vniuersites to the foundinge also of Grammer scholes in euerye shire of Englande where children moste apt to learninge shoulde haue beene broughte vp frely and without great rooste to their frendes and kyns folkeâ— to the foundyng of hospitales where pore and impotent people shold haue beene sufficientlye prouided for with phisicions and surgeons which shold haue ministred both phisik and surgeÌ„rye frely not onely to them but also to all other poore folke wythin this Realme and also in euery shyre town other market townes where should be thought most mete and fitte to set vp diuers occupacions most profitable for the common wealth wher al valiant and sturdy beggers shoulde haue been set to worke and if they refused to labor then to force them ther to by whipping stocking and huÌ„ger and the residue of the Abbye landes aboue these should haue bene reserued in the Common treasuries to ayde the kynge in his warres or other affaires of his Realme and thereby to haue fauored and eased the more hys subiectes intares subsidies fiftenes lones such other lyke thiÌ„gs king HeÌ„ry as I sayd before vpon the displeasure takeÌ„ by the incitacioÌ„ of the old popish bishops shortli after by conseÌ„t of the same or the most part of theÌ„ that were

that Images are necessarie because they be laie mens bokes teaching them instructing them and leading them to the trewe worshippe of god Oh great blasphemie Oh sacrilege Oh spitfull robbery What is blasphemie what is sacrilege what is robberi if this be none god geueth his worde written to bee euery mans booke and his pure euerlastinge and vnderfiled commaundementes as sufficient instructions for all men to the trewe worshippe of him But these earthly wroters the Pope I meane and his prelates as though they wer wiser then God will teache men to worship him with Images althoughe the same be vtterli forbidden by god through out the whole course of his holy scriptures These and suche other false and fained doctrines coÌ„trarie to the scriptures of God contayned in his holye Bible are now blowen out biustered and yelled forth in euery pulpit Euery streate soundeth of these yea eueri prynters house is filled with such vngodly baggage yea and the same are commaunded by publique aucthority which is much to be lamented to bee sette forth and the sincere doctrine of Christes holy worde cleane put to silence and vtterlye condemned Neyther maye any man reason or once doubte of their doctrine vnder paine of excommunicacion naye rather vnder paine of burning And when theâ— be able as they are not able at any time in dede to proue any of these doctrines by the worde of god written then they flye to their vnwritten verites that is to certain things deliuered as they saie from the Apostles by worde of mouth without writing Whiche thynges ar to all men vncertaine for no maÌ„ knoweth certainly what they are But whatsoeuer pleaseth them and maketh for theire purpose profite and Lordly ambicion that is an vnwrytten verite not to be gaine saide or denied This is their shote anker bulwarke and extreme refuge wherunto to they flie whensoeuer they are forced and constrained by gods worde These they make their foundacion wherevpon they builde and mayntaine all their supersticioÌ„s Idolatries and heresies Whiche foundacions I truste by gods grace and helpe so to shake both by the open scriptures by the full consent of all the moste auncient writers and by probable reasons that the building therevpon shal haue a fall For this is most true that no vnwritten verite is or can be necessarie for our saluacion For then sholde the sacred and holy scriptures written by the Apostles in the spirite of god and sealed with their bloodes seme to bee insufficient and not able to bring vâ— vnto saluacion But what a greate blasphemye that shoulde bee to God and his most holy spirite all men I trust that list to reade the same scryptures easely shall perceaue But wheÌ„ these vnshame fast robbers are put to their shiftes vrged and forced herein by the open and manyfeste word written then haue they another startiÌ„ge hole to crepe out at cryinge and yelling templum domini templum domini templuÌ„ domini c. the church the churche the churche affirmynge in plaine wordes that the church can in no wise erre or be disceaued And heare they disceaue theÌ„selues because they make no distinctyon or differeÌ„ce of the churche For there are two maner of churches one true perfect and holy in the sighte of god and another false imperfect and vngodly Trueth it is that the true churche of God beeing grounded and sette vpon hys holy worde I meane the gospell of grace can not erre vnto damnacion But the other how shining and glorious so euer it appeare if it wander abroade and be not contained within the compasse and lymets of the worde written is no true but a fained and forged churche That Church as it is without the compasse of Gods promises made in trueth not onelye maye but also doth commonli yea continuallyerâ—e and goe astraâ—e for they are not câ—uppeled to the head Chryste which is the life the way the truth Paul the Apostle of god and elect vessell of saluacion writing to the Galathians hath these wordes if we saith he or an Aungell from heauen preach any other gospell vnto you then that we haue preached hold him a curseâ— and yet the papistes not fearing the curse of God â—are bee bolde to teache thinges which Paul neuer knewe yea thinges cleane contrarye to hys euident and manifest teaching Such grosse Ignoraunce I would to God it were but Ignoraunce in dede â—s entered into their heades and such arrogaunt boldnes possesseth their harts that they are bolde to affirme no churche to be the true churche of god but that which standeth by ordinary succession of Bishoppes in such pompeous and glorious sort as nowe is seen For if there be say they no such outwarde and visible churche howe shal any man know whether he be of the churche of Chryst and in the right belefe or noâ— To this I aunswer that if our faith should be stayed vpon the outwarde glisteringe and pompeous churche not ruled nor gouerned by the determinate counsell of God in his worde written we shoulde neuer be certaine therof but euer wauering and doubting which is the gate and readye path way to desperacion from whiche god defende his chosen flocke Cursed is he sayth the scripture that putteth his trust in man And why for all men as the kinglye Prophete Dauid saith ar lyers in their words and sinners in their workes By whiche wordes it appeareth plaine that there was neuer man so vertuous so holy nor so wel learned onely the writers of the holi scripturs excepted but either of Ignoraunce or of neglygence there escaped some faultes in his writinges and doinges Yea the generall counsels themselues also that they make so much of haue notably erred as hereafter shalbe declared Yea suche hath been the trueth of those seen churches that one generall counsell hath coÌ„demned another of heresie Moreouer the outwarde seen churche wherof they bragge not a litel hath neuer since the beginninge any space continued in the true doctrine of god Let vs beginne at Moses who was the first law geuer and we shal see the state of this outwarde churche which consisteth in the ordinarie succession of Bishoppes whether it be so as I haue said or no. WheÌ„ Moses was gone vp to the mounte Sinai to talke with God and to receaue the lawe at his handes did not Aaron the hiegh Priest and Bishop with al the people in the mene space worship the golden Calfe reade the boke of Iudges and you shal see how the whole outwarde visible church fell to Idolatrie and worshippinge of straunge goddes as Baal Astaroth goddes of the Edomites Moabites Philistines and the Sirians After the reigne of king Dauid howe many kynges were there I praye you in whose tyme false gods were not openly worshipped All the kynges of Israel serued straunge gods wyth the consent of the Byshoppes priestes the hole people And in Iuda there passed not .iii or foure kinges after

succession of Bishops then shal we make Christ whiche is an innocent lambe without spot and in whom is founde no gile to bee the head of vngodly and disobedieÌ„t members Which thing is as impossyble as to make god which is onli good and nothynge but goodnesse it selfe to bee the aucthor originall and cause of al euill For Chryste as he is pure holy and perfyte euen so must his churche and members be to whom he as the head is adioyned and coupled But if we alow the Pope hys Cardinales Bishops Priestes MoÌ„kes ChanoÌ„â— Friers and the whole rable of the clergye to be thys perfect church of god whose doinges are cleane contrarye for the most parte to the wyll and commaundement of Chryst lefte and expressed in his woorde wrytten then make we him a synner and his word of none effecte For as swete agreeth wyth sower blacke with white darknes with light and euil with good euen so this outward seene and vysyble churche consisting of the ordinari succession of Bishops agreeth wyth Christe But there they wyll aske me how shal a man know whether he be in the right faith but by this church To this Christe shal make aunswere himselfe sayeng in the gospel of Iohn my shepe heare my voice and shal not heare a straunger And where I pray you hath Christe left any voyce to be heard or folowed but in hys woorde writteÌ„ Search the scriptures saith he for they beare witnes of me Wher he biddeth you not search vnwritten verities such as the outward sene and pompeous church shall of theyr own heades showe you but the written verities contained in the holye scriptures whiche are profytable to teache to improue to amende and to instructe in righteousnesse that the man of god may be perfet and prepared vnto all good workes If thou therefore bee desyerous to knowe whether thou be in the righte fayth or no seke it not at maÌ„s mouth for all men bee lyers Seke it not I saye at a proude gloryous and waue ringe sorte of Bishoppes priestes but at gods owne mouth whyche is his holy worde written whiche can neither lye disceaue nor be disceaued As ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ I say seke and knocke by dylygent study earnest prayer vnto god who hath promised to geue to al theÌ„ that aske faithfulli of him the certaiÌ„ti of good faith in their coÌ„scieÌ„ce taught confirmed by the holye scryptures of the olde and newe testament And here I forbid no man as though they shold not aske and learne of the learned for that is good and necessarye yea and alowed by gods trueth but thys would I haue all men to dooe to vse discretion and wysdome in this matter and to knowe whether they be lerned godli minded and able to instruct by the scriptures or no. And yet if thei be beleue them no further then they can shewe their doctryne and exhortacion to bee agreable wyth the true worde of god written For that is the very touche stone whiche must yea and also wyl trye all doctryne or learnyng whatsoeuer it be whether it be good or euill true or false And let not men of small learninge be to curious in askyng or mouing darke and doubtful questions whiche brede contencioÌ„ rather then godly edyfieng but lette them be contente with the plaine and open places of the scriptures Let theÌ„ rather be earnest to obserue the commaundementes of faythe and loue whiche are plainly set forth in Gods boke then to trouble themselues and busy their heades wyth darke places for that is a thyng that hath done and also doth displease god very greatly Yea I thinke surely that these heauy plagues where wyth god most iustly punisheth now this realme of Englande whyche I beseche hym of hys infinite mercy eyther to take cleane awaye or els to mitigate them for his electe sake commeth not so much for the simple innocente and vnlearned sorte whych beeyng begiled throughe theyr simplicite by the craft and subtyltie of the wilie papystes doe stil coÌ„tinue in supersticion and Idolatrye but rather for the curious sort which preache straunge farre fetched doctrynes nothyng so muche to edyfieng as to contencyous brawlynge Yea I would to god there were not a greate nomber of them that were and are counted learned whiche preache and defende doctrines whiche themselues know to be vntrue coÌ„trary to the euideÌ„t scriptures Wolde god ther wer not many huÌ„dreds of great gospellers sometimes that had not subscribed with their own haÌ„ds confirmed by their opeÌ„ publique sermoÌ„s the coÌ„trary of that which they once builded in Chryst. And some of such I know in perswading priuatlye with their olde freÌ„ds acquaiÌ„tauÌ„ce haue coÌ„fessed no lesse but that they haue done coÌ„trary to the truth the good perswatioÌ„ of their own coÌ„scieÌ„ce yet the same meÌ„ couÌ„sell their freÌ„des for vnitie peace sake as thei terme it but rather ther maisai for feare of losse of goods life to obey wicked supersticioÌ„s naughtie rites and daÌ„nable lawes But what peace or what vnitie is that that is a gaynst god his Christ And what profiteth it a maÌ„ to winne al the world lose his own soule For he that loueth his own life more theÌ„ me saith christ is not worthy of me For these meÌ„s sakes therfore that is to saye the stubburne papistes that leade the worlde in blindnes coÌ„trary to their own coÌ„scieÌ„ces specialli for delicat gospelers sakes whose wit vertue is in their touÌ„gs hot disputers busi talkers tauÌ„ters fault fiÌ„ders with others rather theÌ„ meÌ„ders of theÌ„selfes for these two sorts sakes chefly I say god heapeth these great plages that is persecucioÌ„ of his word dearth dauÌ„ger of war people of strauÌ„ge nacioÌ„s likely to subdue vtterli distroy that our realme except thei repeÌ„t ameÌ„d their liues in time becoÌ„e not oÌ„li forgetful of their former euils but also diligeÌ„t workers true folowers of the word that thei haue so lightlye coÌ„deÌ„ned and refused Which if thei do not let theÌ„ be suer that al the plages which ar written in the boke of god al the blood of hys sainctes which hath been shed froÌ„ iust Abel vnto this preseÌ„t time shalbe poured vpoÌ„ theÌ„ But howsoeuer these meÌ„ do let vs deare brethreÌ„ whose harts god of his goodnes hath more mercyfulli touched repeÌ„t ameÌ„d our former liues ceasse froÌ„ al deade workes lest we be partakers of the same plagues with them But thankes be vnto our god that hath so gentlye ordered vs for thys we know that god suffereth not hys people longe to folowe theyr owne mynder but shortly punisheth them whiche is a token of his greate louinge kindnesse towarde them For this grace haue we of God more theÌ„ other people as it is wrytten that he suffereth not vs longe to synne vnpunished like other nacions that wheÌ„ the daye of iudgemente commeth

makers of the first boke of religion set forth by opeÌ„ parliameÌ„t coÌ„uocacion the .vi. articles â–ª as well agreinge with the former parlyamentâ— and the worde of god as blacke wyth white light with darkenes Chryste wyth Belial or with Antichrist But after when he was pacified wyth these foresayd Byshoppes coÌ„sydering that they spake agaynste the kynges profit not of malice but of good conscience and zeale to gods glory and the common welth he mitigated the .vi. articles and from that tyme foorth more and more restored true religion and I doubt not but if he had liued he would haue brought all thinges to a better state then he lefte it But Edwarde the â—irte his sonne succedynge in his saâ—d fathers place by the aduice of his vncle the duke of Somersette the lordes of his counsell Byshoppes and the Cleargy â—et furth such a boke of religion as withoute boast or dysprayse of other be it spokeÌ„ was neuer a better sette forth since the Apostles tyme. Now after that god had plaged this realme wyth the most greuous plage that euer came to it in takyng awaye from it so godly a king as he was yea such an one as hath not beeÌ„ read of of his age in any realme both for witte learning sobernes and godlynesse in his steade he hath set vp Quene Marye who in worte tyme hath pulled down that was not builded in manye yeares and brought in the bishoppe of Rome before iustly and by law of parliament abolyshed with opeÌ„ periurie of so many as gaue their voyces and consent to the same For they had all made a solemne oth beefore neuer to receaue his vniust vsurped power into the realme agayne Hath he not beyng seduced by the periured prelates reuoked and made of none effecte so many godly lawes enacted by parlyament that is by the consent of the lordes both spirituall temporal the Cleargy and common house yea and by them that wer the thefe of king Henry her fathers priuye counsel and setters one of him in the abolishing of the Bishoppe of Rome â—uen opâ—n preachers and wryters against the Popes tiranny with so pithy reasons and strong argumentes as neither they themselues nor any other after them shall bee able at any tyme rightly to assoyle and answere Yet these men were chefe of counsell and procurers of the Quene and first workers in the parliamente to aluer the lordes and commons to receaue the Bishoppe of Rome againe for the supreme head of thys realme contrari to Goddes lawe the lawes of thys realme and their own solemne othes And not only thys but they haue taken away the acts of mortmaine and premunire and diuerse other statutes that did bridle the vnsatiable coueteousnes and licencious libertye of the Popishe Priestes and restored the Alle ex officio Which thing if it shold long coÌ„tinew in this state that it is in the great tresure of this realme shold come into the Cleargies hands and a great part therof should fly to Rome for Bishopeâ—ickes Benefites Appellacyons pardons dispensacions and such other baggage But say the Papystes when scriptures be harde and doutful and seme to be contrarye one to another by mistaking and wroÌ„g vnderstanding wherof diuerse heresies doe arise how shal a man knowe the trueth in such diuersitie of opinions both partyes grounding theÌ„selues vpon the scriptures but onelye by the churche which as they saye cannot erâ—e Sainct Augustine shal make answere herein for me sayinge on thys wise darke places are to be expounded by more playne places for that is the surest way of declaring the scriptures to expound one scripture by another And agayne he sayth that in things openly contained in the scriptures are founde all thinges that concerne faith good stuing charite And if any thig cannot be tried by the certaine cieÌ„care places of the Scriptures let maÌ„s presuÌ„ptioÌ„ saith he stay it self not leaning to either part for this I am suere of that if it were requisite to be knowen vpon paine of damnacion their shold not lacke most playne and cleare aucthorites of the same in the scriptures But in seking of the scriptures let vs seke no farther then is left in writiÌ„g by god our sauiour lest in desyerynge to much we â—ese al. Sainct ChrisostoÌ„e also sayeth it is not possible that he which with earnest studye and ferueÌ„t desier applyeth him to the scriptures of god shold euer be neglected of god but althoughe we lacke a master to teache vs yet the Lorde hymselfe enteryng oure hartes from aboue shall geue lyght into our minds and poure his bright beames into our reasoÌ„ and vnderstandyng and open the thynges that be hidde and teache vs those thinges wherof we be ignoraunt Therefore sayth the same Chrysostome if thou wilt enter into the trueth of the scriptures now aske by prayers now knocke by good workes and searche the olde auncient wryters and aske diuerse priestes to knowe whiche bee the true keye kepers and whiche are the false For al thinges sayeth he are plaine and manifeste in the diuyne scriptures what soeuer thynges are nedeful therto be opened But if these aucthors will not satisfye them then let them vse sainct Iames couÌ„sell saying he that lacketh wysedome let him aske it of god which geueth to al men indifferentlye and casteth no man in the teth and it shalbe geuen hym For God is not parciall nor regardeth anye more a Pope then a Potter a Cardinal then a Carter a Byshoppe theÌ„ a Boucher a Priest then a Pedler except his faith and life be agreable to gods wil. Whether shoulde a man desieryng to know the trueth and righte vnder standing and worshippinge of God haue resorted in Elias his tyme wheÌ„ there was no more of the true outewarde churche but he alone To whoÌ„ should a man haue resorted for counsel of the trueth in the tyme of Ieremy Of whom shoulde a man haue learned the trueth in Christes tyme wheÌ„ there was no ordinarye succession of Bishoppes in the trueth Shoulde they haue learned thinke you the trueth of God of the head Pryestes Scribes and Pharisees Then you knowe what a learning they shoulde haue had and howe muche Chryste should haue profyted theÌ„ How should a man haue been satisfied of his saluacion at Annas Cayphas and the test of the Pharises handes Euen so no doute would they haue taught and enstructed him that if he had beleued folowed their sayinges Christ and he shoulde neuer haue mette And yet those men bare the Image and name of the knowen churche at that time yea and the same men condemned him of whom our fayth and saluacyon depeÌ„deth as a sedicious felow as a traitor to Cesar as an heretike and a blasphemer of god Christ therfore to teache vs what we should doe in matters pertaining to his glory and oure own commodite sendeth his hearers to the scriptures not to the church he saiÌ„edal so to the Saduces ye erre

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