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The apology of Iohan Bale agaynste a ranke papyst anuswering both hym and hys doctours, that neyther their vowes nor yet their priesthode areof the Gospell, but of Antichrist. Anno Do. M.CCCCC.L. A brefe exposycyon also upo[n] the .xxx chaptre of Numerii, which was the first occasion of thys present varyaunce. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.
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Bale, John, 1495-1563.
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scriptures of the newe testamente The Apostles were no prestes but preachers no masmoÌ„gers but ministers of the Lordes communioÌ„ They made no newe sacrifyces but put the people in a perfyght remembraunce of one perfight sacrifice ones made for all They stode not at aulters wyth theyr backes to the multitude but out of the pulpet they turned theyr faces vnto them and syncerly taught them the doctrine of the Lord. The record which he taketh of Ignatius epistle to y â— Philadelphianes is a most shamefull lye as he doth handle it As that Timotheus Titus Clemens and such other Euodius is lefte out had neuer wyues bicause they were made prestes in virginite Ignatius speaketh not one wurd ther of a presthode but after the rehearsall of theyr names thys is his conclusion qui in castitate de vita exierunt which departed this life in chastite Wher is than y e cause why they had no wyues O beastly babler and prodigiouse lyar The clause whych foloweth next consoundeth hys whole practyse in thys matter and taketh clerely awaye the abatemeÌ„t of hys case Non detraho autem ceteris beatis qui nuptiis copulati fuerunt quorum nunc memini I hyndre not herein sayth he the other blessed meÌ„ whych were marryed and had wyues of whom I now â—ade mencion These were the Apostles elders deacoÌ„s alitle afore specified Opto enim Deo dignus ad vestigia eorum in regno ipsius inueniri sicut Abraham Isaac et Iacob sicut Ioseph et Esaias et ceteri prophete sicut Petrus et Paulus et reliqui Apostoli qui nuptiis fueruÌ„t sociati Qui non libidinis causa sed posteritatis subrogande gratia coninges habuerunt My despre is sayth good Ignatius that I also as the feruaunt of God may be fouÌ„de in hys kyngdome worthely to folow their fotesteppes as ded Abraham Isaac and Iacob as ded Iosephe Esaias and the other prophets as ded also Peter Paule and the residue of y â— Apostles which were vndre yoke of marryage Whych all had wyues not for fleshly pleasure but for the continuaunce of succession Loo here doth thys holy martyr Ignatius beynge y t bysshop of Antioche nombre himselfe amoÌ„ge them that had wyues as a marryed man and reporteth the blessed prophetes and Apostles to be marryed men This might not be touched of this proctour of Sodome and chaplayne of the deuyll For though it were a true christeÌ„ doctryne and grounded vpon both the testameÌ„tes of God yet was it not for his gostly purpose Though holy Hierusalem ded alwayes allowe it for her godly citiezens yet coulde bawdy Babylon that cage of vncleÌ„nesse synke of all synnefulnesse for her wycked shorlynges sorcerouse souldyours neuer abide it The craftes are not small nor the conueiaâ—nces fewe that this enemy on euery side seketh out to driue his generacion from it and to make them abhorre it for the fylthy feates of Gomorra Now resteth he all vpon thys whan nothynge els wyll serue hys crafty inggelinnes That though the Apostles had wiues and though the byshops and ministers after them had wyues also yet married they not sayth he after they had receiued presthode Thys is a buyldynge wythoute a grounde and a very quarellynge of the temptyng serpent Wherunto I answere that thys is no good argument They ded not marry ergo they might not marri For why marryage was than fret for all kyndes of men by S. Paules doctryne Pro vitanda inquit scortatione suam quisque vxorem habeat Et qui se non continent nubant Melius est autem nubere quam vri For auoydynge fornicacioÌ„ sayeth he lete euery man haue hys wyfe And they that can not refrayne lete theÌ„ marry For better it is to marry than to burne i. Corin. vii Thys freedome is generall no kynde of men secluded Oportet episcopuÌ„ irreprehensibilem esse vnius vxoris maritum A byshop muste be vnrebukable the husbande of one wyfe i. Timo. iii. Honorabile est inter oÌ„nes conâ—â—giuÌ„ ac torus immaculatus Wedlocke is honorable amoÌ„g all sortes of men and the chambre vndefyled Hebre. xiii The worde of God hath sequestred noman from this lyberte neither yet mannys ordynaunce tyll the yeare of our Lorde a. M. lxxiiii Wherin Gregory the. vii otherwise called pope hyldebrand a fylthy sodometrouse moÌ„ke of â—lunyake made a wycked constitucioÌ„ in the generall synode at Rome that none shuld froÌ„ theÌ„ce fourth be admytted to presthode vnlesse he were sworue neuer after to marrye And thus entred that execrable poysoÌ„ and most dampnable mischefe by layser into all the christen nacions to make of our christianite a very Sodome This witlesse chaplaine dwelleth not alone in this most folish opinioÌ„ but he hath more fellowes For the last tyme I was at Oxforde it was tolde me of dyuerse learned men that one doctour Cole warden of the newe college ther shuld openly speake it that he neuer yet could read that ani maÌ„ after presthode married In thys he sheweth a great ignorauÌ„ce or els y t he hath bene vnwyllynge to fynde it For he that seketh shall easely finde I haue by my finall readynge found of that matter a great heape of examples and of them that begate children after theyr presthode an innumerable swarme but y t is not wayed of these gnatstraynynge and spyder weauing papistes Onely is it marryage that troubleth theyr whorysh orders for that maketh y â— blinde people not to recken them so holy as they haue done Lambertus Shafuaburgensis wryteth in his chronicle that Burchardus the prouoste of Tryere in Germany was marryed to the prince of the Russianes sister after hys presthode by dyspensacyon of pope helhounde Hildebrande I shulde say anon after prestes marriages were for bydden Loo se what moneye was able to do whan Gods lawes were ones put a backe Uolateranus in iiii libro Geographie reporteth y t Nicolaus Iustinianus a monke married Anne the daughter of Uitalis Duke of Uenys after his presthode by dispensacioÌ„ of Adrian the. iiii An Englyshe man The byshoppe of Siracusa had also a wyfe Huttenus sayth Gaguinus in libro iii. de gestis francorum sayth that one Daniel a prest was constitute kynge of fraunce and marryed by dyspensacion lyke as one Constans a monke of Wynchestre ded here in Englande amonge the Brytaynes and Ethelnolphus amonge the Englyshe kynges whych had bene byshoppe of Winchestre Roger Houeden sayth and had iiii sonnes by hys wyfe Osburga whych all were kynges after hym Iacobus Mayer in Chronicis flaÌ„drie sheweth that Petrus Elsatius the byshop of Cameryck marryed Leonor the countesse of Niuerne by dispensacion Robertus de monte Michaelis in opere chronicorum sayth that Remelius a monke was made kynge of Arogone and marryed a wyfe called Mawde after hys presthode by difpensacion Achilles Gossarus wytnesseth in hys Epitome of Chronicles that ColomaÌ„nus the
Ethelwulfus Offa Ethelredus and dyuerse other besydes them that were poysoned deposed and made monkes to geue place to theyâ— vnknowne bastardes Who can recâ—en them fyt to be trusted of christen prynces which haue for theyr carnal commodities so ofte changed the great monarchie of the Romyshe emppre from the Romanes to the Grekes from the Grekes to the freÌ„th men froÌ„ the frenche meÌ„ to the Germanes and now wolde they translate it from the Germans to y â— Spannyerdes They haue in a maner made all the christen prynces their captiue slaues â–ª til now of late yeares They haue at theyr pleasures disposed diuerse of theyr kynge domes yea they haue enforced them to anthoryse theyr lyes to fauer theyr hypocrisyes to vpholde theyr â—iraÌ„nies to support their sorceryes to main teine theyr ydolatryes to magtâ—â—â—ye theyr whordomes to worship they â—â—wdries Not one kynge hath bene in Englande sens the conquest but they haue twygged hym one way or other and had theyr false flynges at him I could shewe it by course It were great pitie therfor but these vowers were trusted of christen prynces they haue bene so faythfull specyally in keping the vowes of theyr Romysh fathers obedience What caused them of late yeares to stnrre vp commocioÌ„s in the North and now the last yeare in Deuenshire Lorâ—wale for theyr Romysh remnauntes but the relygyous fulfyllynge of theyr vowes to holy churche the mother of theyr olde maÌ„metryes Afore God I iudge yow to be one of that lewde assembly eyther by your acte or councell by thys your fyue workemaÌ„ship for theyr defence Ye wolde neuer els so earnestli haue called theÌ„ faithfull vowers in kepynge theyr vowes so well to your mynde But truly ye haue done Christ moche wrong to call hym an exhorter therunto For he neuer exhorted a ny maÌ„ to such vowes neither yet to any other kinde of vowes For his gospell is no doctrine of vowes but of faith These prodigiouse vowers ar y â— locustes y â— came out of the bottomles pyt to stinge meÌ„s cenfeieÌ„ces as doth scorpioÌ„s Apo. ix And they for fulfiling theyr nowes in y â— seruice of y â— rose coloured whore shall go into perdycyon If ye condeÌ„pne all them for vnfaithfull meÌ„ in theyr promises y â— haue brokeÌ„ vowes made to y â— ydolouse moÌ„ster of Rome ThaÌ„ must ye condeÌ„pne all those kynges of thys realme whych folowed after kynge IohaÌ„ and so contynued tyll the. xxvi yeare of kynge Henry the. viii bycause they fulfylled not that profession whych he made for hymselfe hys successours The vowe y â— he made by theyr coÌ„pulsioÌ„ is this word by worde as I fynde it regestred in coÌ„pendio noui chronici de gestis reguÌ„ Anglicorum collected by a monke of Cantirbury Ego IoaÌ„nes rex Anglie Wallie et Hiberme in ro fidelitateÌ„ Deo et sancte ecclesie Romane ac domino Innocentio tertio pape ad manus Nicolai Cardinalis eiâ—sdem pape peniteÌ„tiarn ad tenendum regnuÌ„ Anglie de eo sine detractatione aliqua imperpetuâ— reddeÌ„d o domino pape Innocentio tertio aÌ„nâ—atiâ—i nulle marcas argenti et suis successoribus canonice intrantibus I Iohan kynge of Englande Wales and Ireland promyse by othe to be faythfull to God to my lorde pope InnoceÌ„t the thyrde at the handes of Nicolas a Cardinall penitencer of the sayd pope to hold the kingdome of England of hym hys successours for euermore wythout any contradyccioÌ„ â—â—ienge to them a thousand markes by yeare And the bishops and Barons of England coÌ„straiued him for his owne part to fulfyl this vngodly professioÌ„ After this sort were all y â— moÌ„kes vowes the friers professioÌ„s y â— prestes promises for degres in y â— vniuersi tees which this wicked chaplaine calleth faithful vowes wold haue theÌ„ stil kept He accounteth them vnfaithfull in their promyses y t hath broken these vowes but of breaking gods coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„ts disobeiing of his holy worde he maketh no reckening It is not lykely he sayth y t he wil be faithful to god y â— thus breaketh promise â—â— man Yes wythout doubt it is most lykely that they be faithfull to God that in their good doynges dysobeyeth that sort of noughty men and so Christ ment it whan he sayed Feare not them that kyll the body and be not able to kill y e sowle Mat. x. Ye knowe maystre chaplaine that God is able to destroye both body and sowle and to throw them into hell and yet ye feare not to blaspheme both hym and hys holy word Care not yow for the fydelite of them towardes christen prynces whych abhorreth your monstruouse sorceries For theyr faithfull hartes are knowne good and godly wher as yours be false and deuylyshe To conclude Your vowes were neuer other thaÌ„ myghte alwayes be dyspensed wyth for money For Iohan Skuish a Cornish maÌ„ hath in hys Englyshe chronicle taken out of Mathew Paris and other old wryters that in the yeare of our Lord a. M. cc. lviii a Graye fryer called Mansuetus came in post haste from Rome as a great commissyoner from pope Alexander the forth to dyspeÌ„se with all periures forgers of falsehede and vowe breakers And many wyse men the storye sayth deryded that wicked folyshnes I maruell therfor that ye make so moche a do for those vowes Censura ¶ The vowe in christen marryage is godly euery waye and serueth in auoydynge fornycacioÌ„ and other most detestable frutes of fylthynesse in the fleshe Obiectio ☞ Thys is true in them that maye lawfully marry But in them that haue vowed the coÌ„trarye tales nuptie sunt peiores adulteriis as S. Augustine saith de bono viduitatis ca â–ª xi And as Chrisostome sayth epistola vi ad Theodorum monachuÌ„ Angelorum enim societate semel iunetum illud relinquere et vxoris laquâ—is implicari adulterii crimen â—â—currâ—re est Quamuis frequeÌ„ter hoc ipsuÌ„ nuptias voces ego tamen et adulterio tanto perus illud affirmo quanto maior ac melior mortalis Angelus Responsio God shall not be true in your opinyon as apeareth here by your wrytyng nor yet hys instytucion lawfull but whan it shall lyke the stoute rabyes of your vaynegloriouse Synagoge so to allowe them Ye affyrme it nowe to be true that marryage is a thynge godly and that it is a prouysion ordinaunce helpe remedy and waye prouided of God for man to auoyde fornicacion and other vncomely vyces All thys yâ— admyt at thys tyme w tout contradyccion but it hath a tayle For ye saye it is only true in them that maye lawfully marry Than is there a kynde of people whych maye not lawfully marry And those are your vowers ye saye God ordayned marryage for hys people to kepe them in good ordre Pope Helhound ordained vowes agaynst marryage for hys professed cattell to brynge them out of ordre Thus is