maketh foreÌ„ peple to report moche shame which is not here to be spoken to the great heuynesse of trewe faythfull hartes 5 If the decrees and inhybycyons of my lorde ordynarye of London and of other soche holye ordynaryes of englande as they be here named were dilygentlye sowght out and well wayed I feare me they schuld apere verye scant honest men well the lorde seeth all and schall surelye iudge it at a daye ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 And more ouer that I haue not accustomed to obserue and kepe the. 2. laudable ceremonyes rytes and customes of thys catholyck churche of englande coÌ„monlye obserued and kepte by other that is to saye 3. neyther in goynge procession vpon satudayeâ— at euensonge 4. nor in the vsage and maner of makynge of holye vvater and holye brede 5. nor in makynge my confessyon 6. or saynge of masse 7. mattens or euensonge as I schuld or ought to haue Hys dysclosynge GIR euous burdens and intollerable yokes laye they styll vpon the shoulders of menne syttynge in Moyses chaire Nothynge esteme they the coÌ„mauÌ„dements of God in comparyson of ther owne tradiâ—yons No fawte ys the brekynge of them here noted Idolatrye sy monye sacrilege whoredome hatred se dycyon glottonye couetousnesse cruelte rape and mourther ys neyther here blamed nor yet spoken yll of Onlye ys Gods verite here condeÌ„pned vnder the blacke tyttle of heresye the poore member of Christ made a lawghige stocke to all the worlde for yt blasphemed dysdayned and abhorred Soch is yet the ab homynacyon of thys sixt age of the churche Vvhan sathan tempted Christ in the desart in hys fyrst .ij. suggestions he named the sonne of God But in thys declaracyon yea rather temptacyon of hys peple schalt thu not fynde one syllabe meÌ„cyoned neyther of hym nor yet of hys he auenlye father Reade yt ouer hardelye with iudgement and marke yt with we pynge eyes lameÌ„tynge that the dere flocke of the lorde ys thus myserablye ledde For there is no plage vnder heauen to it If thys be not the defecâ—yon from Christ mencyoned by Paule to the Thessalonianes I thynke ther ys non I feare yt that my lorde of london hath taken vpp the third suggestyon of sathan with hys couetours and ambycyous kyngedome and as a fearefull tempter seduceth the peple to ther dampnacyon For what a doctrine is thysâ— wherin neyther God nor hys sonne is mencyoned Vvele may it be called errour in hypocresye and doctrine of deuyls yea aÌ„d worse yf worse maye be Se how the deuyll resembleth here the angell of lyght Sens Christes ascencioÌ„ hath not soche a declaracyon bene after thys sort spredde amonge the peple by Christyane nor Antichristiane Iewe nor pagane angell nor deuyll a poore manne compelled so openlye to professe the same and no mencyon made of god nor of christ If this be not a misterie of iniquire and a workynge of Sathan vnder a de ceytfull powre neuer was there anye 2 A grett matter is made here of a thiÌ„ge of nowght and it must be proclamed at Paules crosse Tolwin must staÌ„de forth ther for an heretyke And whye For he hath not obserued the laudable ceremonies rytes aÌ„d custoÌ„es of this catholyck churche of englande Vvherin I praye yow 3 He hath not gone processyon vpon saturdayes at euensonge A verye haynous offence and worthye to be iudged no lesse thaÌ„n hygh treason ageynst yowr holye father agapitus popett of Rome whych fyrst dreamed it out and enacted it for a lawdable ceremonye of yowr whoryshe churche for christ knoweth it not But I maruele sore that ye obserue yt vpon saturdayes at nyght at euensonge he coÌ„maundynge yt to be obserued vpon the sondayes in the mornynge betwixt holie water makynge and hygh masse ParaueÌ„ture ye wyll saye ye do both and so doble yt as we perseyue ye do in dede least the holie obseruacyon of your father schuld droppe awaye and yow be founde neglygent in your obedyeÌ„ce For soth ye shewe yourself a verye naturall childe to your holye mother in so holdinge her vpp for fallynge now in her latter age aÌ„d wurthye ye are to haue her blessynge If ye wolde wytsaue to putâ— the. 7. stacioÌ„s of Rome unto it in the worshyp of the â–ª vii deadlye synnes after the olde wonte your ceremonye myght ape â—e more solempne Moch is Saâ—urnus beholden vnto yow whych ys one of the olde goddes to garnyshe the goynge out of hys daye with so holye an obseruacyon Ioye yt ys of your lyfe so to remeÌ„ber your olde fryndes Doubtlesse yt ys a fyne myrye pagent and yow worthye to be called a Saturnyane for yt Vvher of thys and other proper pageÌ„tes of yours be called lawdable we can not tell for we can neyther fynde worde nor commaundement of god for them and therfor we referre it vnto yow 4 An other lawdable ceremonye of yowrs Tolw in hath not well handled nor as a workemaÌ„ne of that occupacyon schuld do He hath not made hys holye water aÌ„d his holy brede after the olde vsage and maner nor as it is customablye yet vsed of other conynge artyfycers of your lyuerie aÌ„d marke Though he hath made theÌ„ aÌ„d well seasoned theÌ„ with salte after the rew les of pope alexander yet hath he left out the holy exorcysmes and coÌ„iuracyoÌ„s supposynge the good creaturs of Gods creacyon to haue no deuyls within theÌ„ remeÌ„bringe also hys prynces pleasure which hath wylled all supersty cyousnesse to be taken awaye froÌ„ the ceremonyes NotwithstaÌ„dinge yow se an other thynge in it The lawdable institucyon of your holy fathers popes of rome schuld perishe if it were not so vsed Yea we schuld haue nothiÌ„ge to dryue away spretes with nor yet to take away veÌ„ge able synnes For neyther hath christ nor yet a Christen mannys faythe the powre that holy water hath Therfor set haÌ„de to it harde lye and regarde neyther god nor yowr kynge but lett the heretyke knaue do opeÌ„ penauÌ„ce in spight of theÌ„ bothe to putt other in feare least the feate of holy water makynge be forgotteÌ„ amonge theÌ„ 5 Confessyon is also a laudable ceremonye of yowrs and was fyrst admitted by pope innocent in the most pestyleÌ„t counsell of laterane for a mayntenaunce of yowr markett Se now that it decaye not for wante of lokynge to Consyder fyrst of all that for yowr commodite it hath deposed and dysherited more thâ— ij hondreth lawfull kynges and shorne them into monasteryes of monkerye some of ther eyes putt out It made fredericus barbarossa the Popes fote stole at venys and subdewed manye other noble emprowrs For soche a treasure it is as euer helpeth whan yowr matters are in daunger By the vertu of confessyon was the plesaunt kyngdome of Italye destroyed and became saynt peters patrimonye the kynge therof called desyderius with hys wyfe and children exyled into lyons and endynge hys lyfe in
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
years and more as all the cronycles wytnesseth That made captayne cobler and master aske full notable captaynes aÌ„d raysed them vp a valeaunt armye in ther late pylgrymage of grace 6 More ouer these bokes sayth my lorde are ageynst the vowe of chastyte yea so ys my lorde also wyth hys whole generacyon yf we speke of that chastyte that saynt Paule commendeth in the coryntheanes besydes ther fornycacyon whoredome sodometrye sacrylege and all other fylthynesse els I wolde fayne but knowe how they coude be chast hauynge an execrable whore to ther mother aÌ„d they brought vp in whory shnesse all the dayes of ther lyfe Canne hys clothes be vnbrent that hath fyre in hys bosome Is yt possyble that he hath whole fete whych euermore goeth vpoÌ„ hote cooles Naye who so toucheth pytche wyth the same schall be defyled what haue yow els to kepe your chastyte wyth but Idle vanitees All the worlde knoweth ye abhorre the scrypturs and all godlye verytees els whych schulde make ye chast If menne want probacyons of thys lete them come hyther and proue thys doctryne of yours and they schall fynde yt so true as ys possyble Fewe exaÌ„ples haue we of your honest lyuynge but innumerable of your fylthynesse Iohan the. 10. pope of that name was begote in aduouterye by pope Sergius of an whore called Marozia in the tyme of hys holye papacye Pope Iohan the. 13. by IohaÌ„ the. 12. also after soche an other contyneÌ„t sort Betwixt an holye noÌ„ne and a prest were borne at one tyme Petrus loÌ„bardus the master of yowr sentences or scole dyuynyte Petrus commestor the master of your hystoryes and Gratianus monachus the compyler of yowr canon Iawes And wyth the doctrine of these 3. frutes of one fornycacyon hath both the churche and the scripturs bene corrupted these 4. hondreth years yet are they not brought to yowr satchel Phylypp the holye abbott of vallisolett and archebysshopp of hispalis in spayne kept hys owne brother Alphonsus wyfe called Christyane the kynge of denmarkes dowter he beynge a lyue Petrus mendosa the cardynall of valence in the same regyon occupied helysabeth the wyfe of kynge Ferdinandns and had by her 2. bastardes he beynge also alyue besydes other woÌ„ders whych are not to be named Ower last cardynall Thomas wolsaye was not all behynde wyth hys part as apereth by master wynter and other more abrode what busynesse popeIulius made wyth the cardynall of NaÌ„tes to haue had the occupyeÌ„ge of 2. yonge laddes whych the frenche quene Anne had commytted unto hym to be brought vp in vertu yt wolde abhorre anye maÌ„ne to heare and therfor I wryte yt not Soche noble stewes ded pope Sixtus buylde at Rome in hys tyme as yet bryngeth in yearlye more than 20. thousande duckates to the augmentacyon of saynt peters patrimonye IohaÌ„ stokyslaye yowr predecessour a myghtye mayntener of that vowe dyed not wythout yssue as hys frutes declareth not farre out of london Neyther yet wyllyam warham the olde archebysshopp of caunterburye whose increase ys wele knowne in keÌ„t besydes hys dallyaunce wyth the holye mayde there Manye prodygyouse wonders are yet tolde in sothfolke by serten worshypfull gentylwomen of Rychard nyxe the blynde bysshopp of norwych whych putt master bylneye the true martyr of god to most cruell death by the couÌ„sell of Pâ—lles and Godsalue besydes hys contynuall occupyenge wyth the balyes wyfe of hoxton Dyuerse fyne tryckes of good relygyouse bawdrye wrought by bysshopp Brygett kyte and vnderwode all thre holye pÌ„lates are not yet all forgote amonge the peple Not manye years ago a bysshopp remoued a nonne from ycklyngton in cambryge shere vnto dat forth in kent whych hath had in her tyme a good honest increase I coude name them both yf I lyst wylye wynchester also hath not wrought so warelyein the wanton workes of venus sens hys 21. years but he hath bene smelled out of some partyes besydes the store that he is steward of for the common welthe of the cyte The peple of Israel were longe without whores lyke as God had commaunded them But owr Nycolaytanes condempnynge the scripturs and all godlye ordre wyll haue no common welthe without them hycause they wyll haue afore God ther porcion with theues and aduouterers There is yet alyue an other bysshop in Englande which schall be namelesse at thys tyme that kept a mannys wyfe and my cosyne 20. years ago before he was bysshopp whom I chaunsed to fynde syttynge at hys table within these .iiij. years If I schuld recyte all the wholsom frutes of your chast vowe which I haue redde in cronycles and hystoryes aÌ„d knowne by your exaÌ„ples besydes forth manye menne wolde maruele that ye synke not to hell with yowr prodygiouse chastyte For innumerable knaueries hath your holye abbottes priors doctors prestes persons curates and relygiouse as ye cal theÌ„ done Some one ghostlye father of yowrs hath for hys lyfe tyme corrupted an hondreth nonnes and maydes some 2. hondreth that we rede of some more some lesse and yet haue they bene chast geldynges and good wyuellesse virgyns So longe as they haue not marryed all hath bene wele For some of ther doctours hath not bene ashamed to write yt that monkes and prestes hath not vtterlye for sworne whoredome but marriage only It is no small soÌ„e of moneye that some of yow in the worlde and yowr notaries taketh of prestes for whore kepinge and al is I knowe well for the abatemeÌ„t of that vowe which ye call your seconde baptym Henricus agrippa doth testyfye that a serteÌ„ bysshopp boasted at hys table that he had in hys dyocese a .xi. thousande prestes which paeyd yearlye a frenche crowne a pece for whore kepynge besydes the pryce of occupyenge with other mennys wyues And therfor it is no maruele though it styll be maynteyned and matri monye put backe for the profyghtes ther of are swete ☞ 7 Now commeth in the sorest matter of all and that doth most ernestlye moue yow And that is the marryage of prestes Afore were these bokes ageynst frewyll fastinge prayer aÌ„d so forth which in the kynde ye vse them are your owne propre wares Now are they with marriage which is noÌ„ of yours Ye vtterlye for sake it as a thynge hurtfull to your holye orders whych whoredoÌ„ aÌ„d buggerye caÌ„not defyle Though God the father hath instytute yt God the sonne consecrate it and God the holye ghost moche commended it in the scripturs yet is it not wholsoÌ„ for yow Though it were in Abraham Isaac aÌ„d Iacob i Moyses Aaron and Samuel in GedeoÌ„ Iob aÌ„d Tobias a waye of rightousnesse in the lordes sight Though it were in Zacharye the prest and Helysabeth hys wyfe a walkynge before hym without rebuke Yea though Iesus christ were borne vnder it and his blessed mother lyued longe in it and the apostles embraced it
Martyne Luther condempned of papystes 36. a. 53. a. 56. a. 91. a Massage from the deuyll by Boner 13. a Masse first sayd in Latyne 24. Masse made of .xx. dyuerse popes 23. b 87. a Masse what it ys of it selfe 23. b 84. a 87 a Masse ā offyce of anticristes relygiō 87. a Master of art what yt ys 15. a Mathathias dysobeyed Antiochus 81. a Matrymonye what a godlye estate yt ys 70. a. Matrymonyes cōtēpt iustlye plaged 75. a Mattens ād euēsonge descrybed 25. a. 88. a Mawde duches of Lotharye the popes harlott 75. b Meliton bysshopp of Sardis 93. a Mēne sekynge thēselues in these dayes 7. a Mercye in bysshoppes what yt ys 28. b 38. a. 39. b. 66. a. 74. a Meryte we can not of owrselues 62. a Merchandyce in the temple 84. b Mydwyues dysobeyed Pharao 81. a. 96. b Myracles of Antichrist ▪ 12. b. 38. b. 66. a 74. b Myracles for sauynge ther vowe 74. b Misterie vndyscussed of Boner 35. b. 46. a Mysterie dysclosed of the apocalyps 96. b Mysterye of inyquyte renewed 97. b Moloch what yt meaneth ▪ 65. b Mōkes ād popes made latyne seruice 88. a Montanus made lawes for fastynge 64. b Montanus opynyon for marryage 71. a Mother holye churche what yt ys 33. b 36. b. 38. b. 68. a. 77. b N NAmed ys God to condēpnacyō 49. a Named ones ys not Christ here 2. b 20. b. 32. b. 39. b Names vsurped of the clargye 18. b Names geuen ryghtlye to Boner 50. b. 83. a. 86. a Names of dyuerse bokes 46. b Names of popishe tradyciōs 60 a 65. a. 81. b. 82. a Names of dyuerse popes 21. a. 64. b. 68. a 82. a. 86. b. 88. a Names of sondrye heretyques 62. a. 71. a Names of monkes that made Latyne seruyce 88. a Names of rebellyouse bysshoppes 90. b Names of lerned menne 91. a Names of papystycall doctors 55. a Names of serten Idols in London 94. a Names geuen of the scripture to prelates 96. a Necessarye doctrine of newe Christen fayihe 46. a. 54. b. 57. a Necessarye to dye for Christes doctryne 6. a. 9. b. 97. a Nectarius put downe confessyon 66. b Newe practyses whan olde wyll not serue 25. b. 31. a Newe Christen relygyon of Englande 9. b. 92. a Newe years gyft of Boner to sayntes 87. a Newe professyon to Antichrist 92. a Necessarye in these dayes to suffre 6. a Necessarye offyces in the sacryfyce 61. a Nycolas bertrande of Tholose 23. b Nycolas a monke marryed 71. b Nycolaytanes of Englande 69. a. 71. a Nonne had iij. chyldren at ones 68. a Nonne conueyed by a bysshopp to datforde 69. a Nonneryes buylded of bysshoppes and prestes 75. b Notaryes for prestes whores 69. b Nothynge cometh from Boner to edyfycacyon 49. b Nouacyanes ageynst matrimonye 71. a O OBedyence to the romyshe pope 24. b. 34. a. 92. a Obedyence of mennys lawes 81. ◠Oblacyon to belphegor in vowes 74. b Obseruacyons of papystrye 15. b. 19. b Offences who remytteth ād who not 31. a Offyces of synne whych be they 15. b 40. a Offyce of a ryght bysshopp 31. b. 50. a Offyce of a true Christyane 35. b Offyces dewe in the sacryfyce 61. a Of dyscyples and doctryne 42. b Olde bottels wyll holde no newe wyue 43. b Olde God and the newe 48. b Olde bokes twayne in the sachell 57. a Olde doctor dodypoll at yorke 86. b Olde auncyēt rytes of holye churche 28. a Olde baylye what yt meaneth 94. b One spirituall lawe maker 82. a Openynge of the manne of synne 8. a Opynyon of the helchesytes 3. b Opynyons of the papystes for ther masse 87. b Orders not hyndred by whoredome 70. a Ordynarye of London to what ende 19. b. 77. a Ornamentes of the popes churche 23. b Othe or swearynge before a iudge 89. a Othes how they ought to be 90. b Othes of bysshoppessens the cōquest 90. b Othe newlye made to Antichrist 92. a P PAye nomore for thiges of nought 83. b Papystescūpassynge ther prynces 10. b Papystes can awaye with no godlynesse 43. b Papystes hath clerlye lost God 51. a Papystes are proued heretyques 60. b Papystes abuse the lordes supper 61. a Papystes agre with heretyques for fre wyll 62. a Papystes ageynst ther owne doctors 63. b Papystes change Christes instytucyon 84. a Papystes agre with all heretykes ageynst marryage 71. a Papystes can se no trayters 36. b. 98. b 99. a Papystes wold haue all in commen 91. b Papystes neuer confute but burne 91. b Papystrye solempnelye maynteyned 59. b. 77. a. 95. a Paule wolde be folowed howe 87. a Pelagyanes heretyques for fre wyll 62. a Peple abused of the Antichrystes 34. b 4. 5. a. 95. b Peple increaseth in Godlye knowledge 96. b Peter stryketh of Malchus care 35. a Peter ys called Sathan of Christ 40. a Peter brake hys solempne vowe 73. b Peters patrymonye what yt ys 22. b. 68. b Petrus lōbardus begote of ā whore 68. a Petrus mendosa a cardynall 68. a Petrus elsacius a prest marryed 72. a Petrus cōmestor begote of ā whore 68. a Phassur and semeias false prestes 18. b Philippus melanchton a lerned manne 51. a. 53. b. 91. a Philippus archbysshopp of hyspalis 68. a Phocas made rome the head churche 37. b Pyllar of the popes churche 36. a Pyllage of the pore by the papystes 65. b Plage to be vndre Antichrist 93. a 84. b Plages for vnthankefulnesse 98. a Pope cōmynge ageyne to Englande 10. a Pope father of all heretyques 71. a Pope hildebrāde kept gozilōs wyfe 75. b Pope hyldebrāde suspected with the empresse 75. b Pope sendeth Dyscyples contrarye to Christ 88. b Popes instytucyōs dyuerse 21. a. 64. b 82. a Popes .xiij. had prestes to ther fathers 73. a Popes whych made ceremonyes 82. a Popes what they graunt to sayntes 86. b Popes fylthynesse styl remayneth 94. b 97. b Polycarpus bysshopp of Smyrna 93. a Polyeye of papystes ageynst Christynes 89. b Polycrates bysshopp of Ephesus 93. a Porkelynges fedde with the popes swylle 43. b Postyls vpō the epystles and gospels 53. b Postyls of Antonius coruinus 56. b Postyll of Iohan eckius 57. a Powell Abell and Fetherston 98. a Practyses of bysshoppes dyuerse 25. b. 31. a. 40. b. 89. b. 91. b Prayer becometh heresye 56. a Prayer abused of papystes 65. a. 88. a Prandium Theologicum at Parys 36. a Preachynge and baptym onlye commaunded 32. a. 82a 88. b. 90. a Preachynge of papystes what yt ys 57. a Predestynates heretyques in fre wyll 62. a Prelates of holye churche 48. b Prelates descrybed dyuerslye 16. b. 19. a 31. a. 32. a. 48. b. 53. b Prestes practysynge deuylyshnesse 54. b 76. b Prestes alwayes rebellyouse to the worde 56. b. 76. b. 77. a Prestes of bothe sortes 67. a Prestes and Prelates marryed 71. b. 72. a 73. a Prestes buylded nonneryes 75. b Prestes of Englande kept cōcubynes 76. a Prestes what they are by the scripturs 7◠b. 82. a Prestes
ther canon lawe was a prestes sonne so was Franciscus phylelphus that famouse oratour and poete so was my lorde Boner of london by report of hys next neybers wyth dyuerse other more I reade of more than 13. popes that had prestes to ther fathers I moche maruele where ther vowe of chastyte dwelte in those dayes Soche tyme as contencyon was betwyn Lanfrancus and Thomas norman the arche bysshopp of yorke for the prehemynence of Caunterburye he proued hym a prestes sonne before pope Alexandre the seconde Eckius wolde fayne haue sum what to proue a thynge of nought but yt coÌ„meth scant wyselye to passe Than worketh wynchester on the other syde wyth hys one and twentye years to holde vpp thys broken byldynge of vnadduysed vowes and as vnaduysedlye made If these 2. stoles holde not we are lyke to fall to the grounde wyth owr vnchast vowe for these are the last stayes in that matter Therfor stande fast now or els neuer Vvhan Dauid made a solem pne vowe to destroye Nabal and all that Belonged vnto hym Peter to stande by hys master to the deathe Herode to graunte what so euer Herodias dowter axed And the xl menne at Hierusalem neyther to eate nor drynke tyll they had slayne Paule were aboue .xxi. years of age Yet was there non of them that perfourmed hys vowe but Herode whan yt had bene better for hym to haue brokeÌ„ yt for all the standynge of a kynges worde wynchester also was beyonde that age whan he made hys soleÌ„pne vowe in CaÌ„bryge to be the popes true seruaunte yet hath he sens made a vowe to the contrarye and broken that also in maynteynynge a freshe the same dyrtye doctrine of his If ye wyll nedes haue soche vowes obserued sett vp your monasteryes and cloysters ageyne Lete them haue ageyne the howses ye toke from them yf ye wyll haue the same relygyon kept Geue them not abrode more occasyons to fall and than ponnyshe them worse than afore Oh tyrannye tyrannye God gaue ye to knowe the abhomynable frutes of that stynkynge vowe in the generall vysytacyon of abbeyes and pryoryes yet wyll ye styll yoke the poore wretches wyth yt So vnmercyfull are ye to that peple whom ye ought to gyde and not to deuoure to norryshe and not thus shamefullye to destroye Vvolde ye consydre yowr owne lyues in that behalfe ye schuld fynde them bad ynough Ye snare ther conscyences wyth that ye ought to take from them whych ys synne were ye as ye schuld be All that ys besydes the wyll of the sprete and the sacred scripturs as ys that popyshe vowynge ys playne Idolarrie and wyckednesse ParaueÌ„ture ye wyll now lashe at me wyth Eckiê° first argumeÌ„t vpoÌ„ Vouete et reddite saynge wyth dauid Vowe aÌ„d perfourme promyse and paye But than ye must take with yow the clause that foloweth whych is Onnes qui in circuitu eius affertis munera All you rounde about that brynge offerynges with yow Here are no monkyshe vowes mencyoned for there were no soch shorne sodomytes in those dayes Here is no chastyte called vpon for yt was spoken to them that had wyues Not withstandynge marryage is a chastyte or a gyft of God to auoyde fornycacyon But herin was than requyred a faythfull obedyence vnto god in the fulfyllynge of hys commaundementes aÌ„d no so domytycall sacrifice to Belphegor as ye wolde haue yt yet styll In folyshe vowes sayth the wyse manne hath the lorde no pleasure I coude tell ye wonders of chyldren that hath bene buryed in the lakes for sauynge the honour of that vowe wyth other maruels els but I lete yt alone for thys tyme. The vtteraunce of yowr vertuouse examples in that holye obseruacyoÌ„ myght teach more myschefe thaÌ„ goodnesse To confute thys obieccyon of yours Saynt Paul sayd he had no commaundement for vyrgynyte Moche lesse than for a popyshe promes or a snare of the deuyl If we schuld sayth he obserue the vowes thaÌ„ vsed we schuld haue no maner of porcyon with Christ Soche vyllenouse contempt of matrimonye spryngynge now of late out of Eckius olde dyuynyte and wynchesters newe canon lawe hath brought vpon Dauid for all hys wonderfull vyctorye ouer the lyon beare and phylystyne the plage promysed of the lorde for soche vngodlynesse the sunne lokynge brode vpoÌ„ yt in the myd daye to no small dyshonour I canne not iustlye tell whether yow perseyue yt or no but wele I wote all the whole worlde els beholdeth yt And that maye chaunce herafter to apere whan meÌ„ne schall be occasyoned to seke examples in soche purpose I wryte thys with heuyneste as a premonyshment afore lamentynge the thynge and fearynge worse to folowe yf repentaunce come not in tyme. Vvhere as other meÌ„ne maye chaunce after thys with Moyses and Samuel to describe yt at large to the warnynge of other in that behalfe and to owr perpetuall reproche Vvyth soche holye prophetes and couÌ„sellers as yow are now a dayes were Ioram Achab Ochosias Ioachim Sedechias and other kynges more of Israel and Iuda deceyued and brought into the great indygnacyon of God Thys tyrannouse coaccyon to fylthynesse came in first of all by pope HyldebraÌ„de a superstycyouse monke a nycromanser a murtherer and a cruell suppresser of Christen princes in the yeare from Christes in carnacyon M .lxxiiij. as all the cronycles mencyoneth Vvhych Hyldebrande neuer the lesse that pharaonycall constytucyon kept Mawde the duchesse of lotharye both by the lyfe dayes of her husbande Gozilon and also after hys deathe leadynge her abought with hym and she maynteynynge hym ageyne in myschefe wyth the great possessyons that she had there aÌ„d in Italye He toke like wyse Agnes the emprours mother clerelye from hym not without a blacke report also vpon her syde At the same selfe tyme begaÌ„ne the bysshoppes and great benefised prestes to buylde nonncryes for remedye of that sore dyssease He that schall reade the hystorye of V do the archebysshop of magdeburgh and prymate of almayne how he ordred hys noÌ„nes in hys holye vysytacyoÌ„s schall fynde yt no badde matter Vvhat coÌ„mocyons scysmes lyghtenynges teÌ„pestes earth quakes aÌ„d other terryble mouiÌ„ges apered at that tyme yt were a wondre to reherce Amonge all other a Comete was seane at that season of whom Elmerus a monke of malmesburye in Englande gaue thyssenteÌ„ce Art thu come sayth he art thu come Vnto manye mothers hast thu brought wo aÌ„d sorowe I sawe the longe afore but now in dede I beholde the more terryble Euen the verye destruccyon of thyslande Soche an other warnynge brought the lawe master of Turnay in massage vnto Coleyne to the emprour at the same verye tyme of a woman prophecyenge that antichrist was thaÌ„ in hys full course Vvhych woman so vanyshed awaye and was neuer more seane Yet coude not thys cruell enforcemeÌ„t be receyued in Englande tyll Anselmus a frenche monke also
and arche bysshopp of Canturburye brought yt in by a synode holden at london in the yeare after christes natyuyte M. C .ix. whych Anselme bad longe contended afore with kynge wyllyaÌ„ rufus and kynge Henrye the first for the commodytees of antichrystes gloryouse kyngedome and had than gote the vyctorye of them in dede Yet washe at that tyme so accombred with so domytes that he was euerye sondaye compelled openlye to excommunycate them After thys kept the prestes concubynes otherwyse called whores for that was more holye than marryage the space of more than .xv. years tyll loannes de Cremona an holye legate froÌ„ the popes ryght syde came in a great heate from Rome and toke that from them also hy an other couÌ„sell holden at Paules hys selfe taken wyth an whore the nyght folowynge to begynne the relygyon wyth Se how busye thei are yet with al deuylyshe deuyses possyble to holde vp thys wyckednesse styll whych was begonne with soche myschefes and hath contynued with fylthynesse vnspekeable The multytude of prestes sayth Oseas the prophete is lyke an heape of theues murtherers bloudthurstye rauenours for they haue wrought ab homynacyon In the desyre of vnclenlye lustes sayth Heremye they are become altogyther lyke ranke stoned horse neyenge euerye where after ther neybers wyfe They go about sayth the lorde with ther owne inuâ—Ì„â—yoÌ„s but I se theÌ„ well ynough They make the kynge and princes to haue delyght in ther wyckednesse and lyes All these burne in aduouterye as yt were an ouen that the baker heateth whan he hath left knedynge I wyll vysyte all those sayth the lorde also by Sophonias the prophete whych weareth straunge clothynge and treadeth ouer the thresholde so proudelye whych fyllther lordes house with roborye and falshede But now they haue plowed wyckednesse they schall surelye reape synne and eate the frute of lyes wherin the mother schall peryshe wyth her chyldren and the braunches with ther stocke bycause they are not the lordes ¶ The manne of synne ¶ 1 Ageynst the rytes and ceremonyes of the churche 2 comparinge the maner of vveddynge 3 and maryenge of vyrgyns vnto the beastlye fashyon of a savvte bytche 4 Ageynst mennys lavves 5 and tradycyons ¶ Hys dysclosynge STyll is my lorde reparynge hys broken pyttes to holde in the fylthye waters yf it maye be In no wyse can he awaye with the wholsom watter that refresheth to lyfe euerlastynge All hys neybers wolde he haue of the same dyet that he ys of so charytable ys he makynge thys good prouysyon for theÌ„ He thynketh god to lacke wytte and hys sonne dyscressyon and therfor he wyll non of ther rewles There ys an other waye whiche pleaseth hym moche better and that he wyll haue obserued in hys dyocese so longe as he ys lorde ordynarye of londoÌ„ The law dable rytes and ceremonyes of hys mother the holye churche of Rome whych brought hym vp of a whelpe aÌ„d gaue hym the swete sucke froÌ„ her pappes schall not droppe awaye so longe as he maye vpholde them A sort of noughtye heretyques hath writteÌ„ ageynst theÌ„ now of late but yt maketh no matter sayth owr ser IohaÌ„ for my lorde hath condeÌ„pned all ther bokes in a sachell I maruele what my lorde meaneth by all thys ruffelynge abought matters of no wayght nor yet godlynesse In all the newe testament ys no mencyon made of these .ij. wordes Ceremonyes and Rytes in the latyne neyther i the Gospels nor yet in the Epystles neyther in the Actes nor yet i the Apocalyps I wolde fayne knowe thaÌ„ what we haue to do wyth them lyke wyse in the Psalmes aÌ„d Prophetes we rede not of theÌ„ by those .ij. termes sauynge ones in Ezechiel aÌ„d that ys but a rehersall of thynges done in fygure In Moyses .v. bokes and in other hystoryall treatyses are they oft spoken of in dede and there are they to vs but shaddowes of good thynges to come whych we are at a poynt with hauynge Christ pÌ„seÌ„t yet rytes are there more reprehended than praysed as the verye superstycyouse customes of the paganes But what doth my lorde meane yf he schuld go to the best of them wyll he make vs Iewes ageyne wyll he make vs bonde seruauntes and christ hath made vs fre chyldren Saynt paule sayth If we clogge owr selues ageyne with that yoke we fall from grace we go quyte from christ and hys deathe schall profyght vs nothynge Therfor there ye offre vs wronge Your owne lawes and doctrynes besydes the scpiture grauÌ„teth abrogacyon of the lawes ceremonyall If ye brynge vs in anye rytes therfor taken of the heythen customes as are your sayntes holydayes your processyons your letanyes your dyryges your sensynge of aulters your knelynge to Images your callynge vpon dead menne your kyssynge of reliques your coniurynge of spretes your consecracyons vowes and sacrifyces for synne with soche other ye do vs great iniurye also Non that setteth hande to the plough sayth christ and loketh ageyn backe ysfytt for the kingedome of god ye knowe lothes wyfe for doynge soche a feate was turned into a salt stone Christ hath sayd also in IohaÌ„ that the true worshyppers schuld worshypp god onlye in sprete and in veryte Than are they the false woshyppers whych worshypp in outwarde thynges specyallye the outwarde thynge selfe As for baptym and the supper of the lorde are christes holye instytucyons and non of your popyshe ceremonyes Happye yt ys that ye caÌ„ not accuse these beretyque bokes for speakynge ageynst the ryght vse of them Bycause of the trust that the Iewes had in the coÌ„mauÌ„ded ceremonyes god detested them Here. 7. Esa 1. psal 50. Amos. 5. zach 7. aÌ„d Mychee 6. moch more the waÌ„toÌ„ rytes of your pÌ„scripcyon The Ceremonyes of cristeÌ„ meÌ„ yf ye wyl haue theÌ„ so called are now spuÌ„all offerynges of the hart 1. cor 10. Eph. 5. Col. 3. for the true christeÌ„ churche ys all froÌ„ within ps 44. The outwarde are all for the benyuolence ayde confort and other nedes coÌ„cernynge owr neyber Tobi. 4. Malach. 2. Rom. 13. Eph. 4. Eccle â–ª â— Esa 28. Math. 7. 1. IoaÌ„ 3. And though we graunt vnto those that be honest and semelye for an outwarde comelynesse in thynges necessarye yet ought they nat to bynde owr conscyence or be anye part of owr iustyfycacyoÌ„ Neyther maye they be superstycyouse or in anye poynt ageynst christes doctryne But so ys owr christen relygyon as you call yt and as I wolde yt were clogged with your heythnysh rytes that neyther Iewe nor Saracene Arabyane nor Turke wylcome vnto owr faythe thynkynge ther owne rytes moch better as they maye wele ynough To whom'ye wyl hame vs referre the clause that here foloweth that ys to saye Comparynge the maner of weddynge to the beastlye fashyon of a sawte bytche we caÌ„ not wele tell ye haue putt yt here so dyffuselye As wele maye yt extende to