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A02947	Yet a course at the Romyshe foxe A dysclosynge or openynge of the Manne of synne, co[n]tayned in the late declaratyon of the Popes olde faythe made by Edmonde Boner bysshopp of London. wherby wyllyam Tolwyn was than newlye professed at paules crosse openlye into Antichristes Romyshe relygyon agayne by a newe solempne othe of obedyence, notwythsta[n]dynge the othe made to hys prynce afore to the contrarye. An alphabetycall dyrectorye or table also in the ende thereof ... Compyled by Iohan Harryson.	Bale, John, 1495-1563.; Seton, Alexander, d. 1542. Declaracion made at Poules Crosse in the cytye of London.	1543 (1543)	STC 1309; ESTC S100631	110,140	234

holye tradycyons And thys ys ynough to clere my lorde yf anye lykelyhode of olde fryndeshypp towarde hys holye fatherhede do here after apere But who extorted thys confessyon more semynge a deuyll than a manne with thret tenynges of fagottes and fyre That wyll be easye to knowe to hym that marketh the termes Neuer coude tolwyn throughlye knowe what these rhetoryckes ment as are denuncyacyon deteccyon and presentacyon so longe as he was in cambryge neyther by hys art stodye nor yet by hys scole dyuynyte tyll he came to my lorde of Londons howse There was he sone made perfyght in them by some well stodyed manne of the popes lawe For from thens they came fyrst in dede Neuer ys a manne to olde to be taught and be brought in farder practyse 3 The wytnesses also receyued the same doctrine to the same selfe ende and purpose And here they are called suffycyent Vvhether yt be for that they were manye in nombre whych than accused hym or be cause they are accounted honest menne for ther goodes falselye gotten or in that yt pleased hys Good lorde shypp so to accept them for ther olde faythes sake lett the dylygent reader iudge Soche allowaunce of catholyck wytnesses and recordes ageynst heretyques for the vpholdynge of holye churche ys no newe thynge yf ye serche the scripturs ād hystoryes For they that accused Christ for a malefactor a supporter of synners a deuyly she persone a subuerter of the peple a blasphemouse heretyque a breaker of ther Sabboth a defyler of ther lawes a sower of sedycyon and destroyer of holye churche a traytour ageynst cesar and soche lyke were accepted and abeled of Annas ād Cayphas for honest credible wyse and suffycient menne though all the worlde knoweth them for false periures and knaues So sone as the Apostles beganne ones to preache after Christes ascencyon by soche ghostlye chyldrē of holye churche were they accused and cō pelled to make answer in the spūal court of the Iewes And sens that tyme hath the bysshopps bene seldome without soche prodygyouse pykethankes and glaueringe glosers to brynge menne coram nobis Vvhich thynke they do God great good scruyce whan they brynge one of hys pore lambes vnto deathe as they do in dede though ther seruyce be nothinge to ther owne sowles profyght as it wyll apere in the last rekenynge Vvell these suffycyent wytnesses and recordes of my lorde or true vpholders of the popes olde faythe hath suffycyentlye proued Tol wyn an heretyque in that behalfe besydes hys owne confession That is to saye in that he hath not gone processyon vpō saturdayes at euensonge nor workeman lye made hys holye water and holy breade nor confessed hymselfe as the vse of Rome is and so forth And vpō these suffycyent accusacyōs wolde my lorde haue condēpned hym to the fyre without mercye had he not recanted at Paules crosse Sone maye ye knowe wher of yowr holye prelates smelleth yf ye way thys matter a ryght Now resort we ageine to the text ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 And al be it for my offence in so doynge 2. I knovvlege to haue de serued no small pōnyshment 3. yet I haue foūde soche charitable good nesse ād mercie in my lorde bisshopp of London 4. upon my submyssyon and sute vnto hym Hys dysclosynge 1 PReposterouse alwayes are the iudgementes of thys vyperouse generacyon Euermore esteme they that is euyll to be good and that is good to be euyll as wytnesseth Esaye Ambycyon pryde and vayne glory take they for spi rituall holynesse clerelye reiectynge the ryghtousnesse of God for ther owne beastlye tradycyons whom hys hart abhorreth Thus putt they darkenesse for lyght and lyght for darkenesse Mennys wysdome whych ys but errour dottage and blyndenesse of the sprete preferre they to the eternall wysdome of God Verye folysnnesse heresye and madnesse do they iudge the gospell whych ys the stronge power of the lorde vnto saluacyon to all them that beleueth yt That make they sower whych ●s more swete than honye and that vyle whych ys most precyouse as to putt in the lorde owr whole confydence and trust lyke as hys holye worde leadeth vs. For hys vndefyled lawes my nystre they the doctryne of deuyls with lyes in hypocresye Thus doth the chyldren of thys worlde peruert all godlynesse As the very antychrystes turne they the tre rotes vpwarde Into a wycked mynde therfor hath the lorde geuen them ouer strongelye to delude the vnbeleuers for ther vnbeleues sake S● how thys subtyle charmer thys coniurer of Egypt thys vnbonere bysshopp Boner a very blodye bocher of Babylō doth hād le thys poore innocent Chrystyane 2 So hath he bywytched hym with hys craftye legerdemayne So hath he feared hym for chynges of no wayght Yea so hath he compassed hym with threttenynges of terryble deathe that nedes he must graūt synne where no synne ys and opēlye cōfesse a greuouse offence where as nō ys at al. He must acknowlege to the peple to haue deserued no small ponnysh mēt at my lordes hāde though hys cōscyence standeth clere to the cōtrarie Vvhat haynouse treasō hast thu done good symple manne that thu standest thus forth for a wonder of the worlde Vvhat ys thy offence that yt requyreth soche open shame Is yt these or murther whoredome or Idolatrye superstycyon or sacrylege Than were yt more mete that my lorde stode there than thu For of these frutes and soche other he hath moche more store than thyselfe hath as yt ys easye to perseyue by thys processe If yt be for not obseruynge the commendable rytes ceremonyes and customes of holye churche as ys seyd afore Than ought my lorde also to suffre the same selfe ponnyshment for not goynge abought with saynt Nycolas clarkes for not hallowynge pelgrimes to Hierusalem ānd Rome for not sensinge the plowghes vpō plowgh mondaye for not rostynge egges in the palme ashes fyre and for not syngynge Gaudeamus in the worshypp of holye Thomas Becket with soche other lyke which were sumtyme more lawdable ceremonyes than eyther saturdaye processyon or yet holye water makynge vpon the sondaye But my lorde doth here moche after the practyse of his olde predecessours which heaped vpon mennys sholders intollerable burdens of tradycyons They layed vpō thē heuy yokes ynough therselues not ones mouynge ther fingars therunto for soylynge 3 He that doth couete to knowe the naturall compassyon gentylnesse and sauoure whyche regneth in a bysshopp of antichristes kyngedome lett him here as in a glasse behold it For Tolwyn hath founde my lorde verye fauorable and good vnto hi as he here ꝓtesteth Vvhat though he hath stāde forth at Paules crosse to hys rudyculouse reꝓche for not obseruynge the lowsye lawes and Idele ceremonyes of the pope yet is my lorde verye charitable vnto hym Vvhat though thys vncomelye prospect hath made of hys fryndes hys vtter enemyes and brought hym out of al

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

selfe bokes Sure I am that Iohan fryth made no boke without a name Eyther yt had the tyttle of a dyspu●acyon ageynst purgatorye or of an answere vnto mores epystle or of the examynacyon of hys artycles or of an exhortacyō 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 reuelacyō 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 cōceyt 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 beo●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 mē 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 Iohā oldecastell the lorde Cobhā 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 mānys saluacyon came in by Christ ād 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 ignorāt prest lyuynge wyckedly ought to heare no mānys 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 glytterīge 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 thē 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 dylygēt lye serche those ● treatyses ād 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 secō 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 cōdempned 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 ād 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 frō hym to ther edysyége neyther ● preachyn ges nor yet in wrytynges but all in condempnacyons of both to ther destruccyō Here ys thys latter boke called rydlyes cō 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 vyna●iu● of Gods prouydence 3 The cathecysme of Melanchton 4 The cathecysme of Dr●anus 5 The cathecisme of pacimontanus 6 The cathecysme of Sarce●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 cōdempned 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 cā not awaye with It commaūdeth to resyst false preachers whom my lorde doth daylye maiteyne It describeth soche wycked pre lates as teacheth the doctryne of deuyls with lyes ● 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