A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin, Title page – Note

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Title page – Note

Yet a courſe at the Romyſhe foxe.

☞ A dyſcloſynge ☞ or openynge of the Manne of ſynne, Cō 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, notwythſtādynge the othe made to hys prynce afore to the contrarye.

¶ An alphabetycall dyrectorye or Table alſo in the ende therof, to the ſpedye fyndynge out of the pryncypall matters therin contayned. Compyled by Iohan Harryſon.

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Before the lordes commynge ſchall the manne of ſynne be opened.

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wyth the breathe of hys mouthe ſchall the lorde ſlee that wycked one.

p. 2¶ A preface to the Chriſten Reader.

SEns the worldes begynnynge (dere frynde in the lorde) hath inyquyte had hys frowarde courſe, and ſchall ſo hauehave ſtyll to the latter ende therof. InIob. 4. 2. Pet. 2. Iudae. 1. Geneſ. 6.Job 42 Pet 2Gen 6 the verye angels or ſpretes of heauē ded god fynde an vntowarde ſtubberneſſe and an obſtynate crokedneſſe. what he hath had in the vngodlye chyldren of mēne ſens the dayes of Cain tyll thys preſent age, it were moche to wryte. Of that was ſumtyme the churche of Chriſt, hath yt made the Synagoge of ſathan euer ſens that aduerſarye was ſett at large afterApoc. 2. Iob. 2. Apoc. 20. Iudae 1. Math. 7. 2. Pet. 2.Rev 2Job 2Rev 20Matt 72 Pet 2 the thouſande years, and ſumwhat afore whoſe malygnaunt mēbers vndre tytle of a ſpirytualte are alwayes fylthye who remongers, murtherers, theues, raueners, Idolatours, lyars, dogges, ſwyne, wolues, abhomynable workers, aduerſaryes to god, and verye deuyls incarnate.

Of whoſe curſed cruell nōbre one, ysApoc. 9. Math. 7. Proue. 26 Pſal. 143.Rev 9Matt 7Ps 143 Edmonde Boner now byſſhopp of London, a verye fearce furyouſe angell of the bottōleſſe pytt, as his dayly frutes declareth him. Specyally this declaration of hys here folowynge, whō he malycyouſlye enforced wyllyam Tolwyn the perſon of ſaynt antonynes openlye to proclame before the audiēce at paules croſſe the yeare afore thys to the terrour of ther tymerouſe conſcyences and confuſyon ofSap. 17. 1. Theſ. 5. 1. Ioan. 4. Apoca. 9.1 Thess 51 John 4 ther ſowles. Marke the doctryne therin cōtayned, and proue the ſprete ād veyne therof by the ſcripturs, and ye ſchall fyn de it no leſſe than the fylthye fomynge ſmoke of the inſacyable chaos or pytt without bottom. Neyther ys god therin ſought, nor yet anye godlyneſſe. For inGod is not herin named ones, but to condemp nation. the whole proceſſe ys not he ones named but to condempnacion. I thynke ſens criſtes aſcencyon was not ſoche a monſtruouſe thynge ſeane as yt ys, thus offred to the peple for a neceſſarye doctryne of faythe. No, not vndre the moſt wycked tyrauntes.antichriſt is not all out of en glande.

In the moſt peſtylēt tyme of papyſtrye was not ſoche a peruerſe profeſſyon made vntounto Antichriſtes ragged rewles, as thys ys here, yf yt be throughly wayed. I hauehave redde dyuerſe recantacyons made in Iohan wycleues tyme of phylyp repyngdon,Thomas waldenus i faſciculo hereſium. Iohā puruaye, Rycharde with Nycolas herforde, harrye crompe, wyllyam ſwynderbye, Robert rigge, walter daſhe, Iohan hūteman, Thomas britwell and other, but nō ſoche as thys ys, neyther ſo folyſhe nor yet ſo deuylyſhe.Gala. 1. 1. Cor. 16. Acto. 15.Gal 11 Cor 16 Saynt Paule holdeth hym accurſed of god, that techeth any other doct…ne thā p. 3the goſpell, or the ſacred ſcripturs of the Byble, though he were an angell frō heauen. Moche more muſt he be accurſed thā which mynyſtreth nothynge but wickedneſſe.Math. 15. Gala. 4. Eſa. 1. Dani. 14. Amos. 5.Matt 15Gal 4Isa 1Amos 5

Nothynge ys here taught but the doctrynes of menne, the beggerlye tradycyons and dyrtye dregges of the pope, as holye water makynge, proceſſyon goynge, ſenſynge of Images, and latyne wawlynge in the temple, wyth other lyke fylthye fantaſyes, which are ſoche vayne worſhyppynges as God doth abhorre.No ſynne poniſhe the papyſtes with ſoche extremyte. And with tyrannye are they here extorted, by open rebukes and ſhames of the worlde. Of ſo many traytours as the byſſhoppes and preſtes hauehave knowne, of the ues, manquellers, Idolatours, whoremō gers, ſwearers, and ſodomytes, neuer brought they one yet to Paules croſſe there to do open penaunce. But for ſekyn ge to hauehave the verite ſyncerelye preachedEnemyes to the glorie of god accordynge to the wholſom commaundemēt of Chriſt and the kynge, was thys poore māne pōniſſhed before all the cyte and enforced for the ſame to proclame him ſelfe an heretyque.ſabellicus Platina et Ioan nauclerus.

Euē ſoche an other part hath my lorde of Londō played here with Tolwin, as Dioclecianus played wyth Marcellinus the byſſhopp. For lyke as he compelled hym openlye to renounce Chriſt, and to do ſacrifyce to the Idols after the heythē maner. So doth my lorde here conſtrayne Tolwyn to forſake hys verite ād ſwe are to the obſeruatiō of papiſtrye, whichAct. 4. Marc. 8. Ioan. 1. Luce. 12. Math. 10. Apoc. 3. 1. Tim. 5.Acts 4Mark 8John 1Matt 10Rev 31 Tim 5 ys of the ſame ſtynkynge leuen. To denye Chriſt (which ys all one with hys worde) before menne, hath he moſt cruel lye enforced thys poore innocent manne ſo puttinge him in daunger of his denyal againe before his eternal father, which is euerlaſtinge dāpnaciō, be he not the more mercyfull vntounto hym. For If he beleueth that denyēge the verite with mouthe on lye, he ys out of that parell of ſowle ſo lō ge as he ſtyll retayneth yt in hys hart, heEuſebius ceſarienſis et Epiphanius. is ſore deceyued as were the helcheſaytes Ageynſt whom wrote both origene and Epiphanius the byſſhopp of ſalamyne in cypres, confutinge that opynyon oft hers as a moſt deteſtable hereſye.

Ther couenaūt with God (ſayth ſayntAuguſtinus ſuper pſal. 118. Auſtyn) do not they obſerue, but be cometh therin vnfaythfull, which for auoy dynge perſecution goeth backe from hys true teſtymonyes. Moche after thys ſortAntonius auerarius ſermo. 34 recanted Theodocyon the epheſiane, con feſſynge with the hebyonites and Iewes chriſt alone to be māne, after that he had▪ p. 4godlye interpreted the ſcripturs. And in thus doynge he thought himſelfe alſo diſcharged in conſcyence, for that he ded it of feare, and bycauſe he therin named not god. Manye are now in englande which walke vndre theſe ſubtile ſhaddowes,Lyke conneyaunce nowin englande. but yf they thynke ſo to auoyde the daūger of gods indygnaciō, they ſore deceyue themſelues. Sebaſtianus the holy martyr perſeuinge Marcellus ād Marcus two bretherne at that parelouſe poynt ofAntonius auerarius ſermo. 42 ther ſowles deſtruction, offred himſelfe vntounto the deathe to holde them ſtill ſtede faſt in the true chriſten beleue, leaſt they ſchuld ſo hauehave peryſhed for euer.

Whā Iames the leſſe was ſettvp at hieruIdē in lib. de virtutibus ſermo ne. 18. ſalem in the cōmon preachynge place by the Pharyſees and ſcribes to reuoke agayne that doctrine of ſaluacyon which he had taught, he ded not onlye afferme yt a freſhe, but alſo with a moche larger circumſtaūce more yt, without feare of deathe. And therfor hath yt bene an honourEuſebius ceſarienſis vntounto him euer ſens, beſydes hys euerlaſtynge rewarde with God. where as it is to them that renounce yt, perpetuall ſhame and confuſion. In the primatiue churcheCanones cōcil… niceni & platina. were they putt to penaunce amonge the vnbaptyſed beleuers, that had in perſecutiō forſaken the truthe, and were not receyued agayne vntounto the chriſten communion, but after great repentaunce and prayer. Noleſſe plage limyteth the ſcripture vntounto thē that ſo cowardlye recātethApoc. 3. Luce. 12. Mat. 10. Marc. 8. Luce. 9. Mat. 25. Ioan. 12.Rev 3Matt 10Mark 8Matt 25John 12 thā the racinge of ther names out of the boke of life. He that is aſhamed of me (ſayth Chriſt) and of my worde in this aduouterouſe generacion before mēne, of him wyll I be aſhamed before the mageſte ſeate of my eternall father, what ſchuld ye feare them that ſlee the bodye, whā they cā do no harme to the ſowle?

Wo be to yow ſhrynkynge chyldrenEſa. 30. Oſ…e. 7. Abdye. 1.Isa 30 (ſayth the lorde) whych ſeketh helpe at the power of Pharao, and confort in the ſhaddowe of the Egypcyanes. Both ſchal Pharaos helpe be yowr confuſyon, and the ſhaddow of Egypt yowr vtter ſhame Hieremie was a ſtrōge wall of ſtele, yet was he ſtoned vntounto deathe. Iohan BaptyſtHere. 1. Luce. 1. Marc. 6. Math. 14. Ioan. 8. Ioan. 15.Mark 6Matt 14John 8John 15 was great before the lorde, and full of the holyeghoſt from hys mothers wō be, yet was he beheded of Herode. Chriſt gaue hys owne lyfe for the truthe of hys worde, and promyſed hys dyſcyples nō other rewarde of the worlde but deathe for the ſame. An honour ys yt to ſuffre for ryghtouſneſſe, ād a glorye of immortalite.Eccle. 4. Sap. 3. 2. Tim. 2.Eccl 42 Tim 2 Non ſchall be crowned (ſayth ſaynt Paule) but he that lawfullye ſtryueth. p. 5The nature ys (ſayth ſaynt Hierome) of theſe wretched tyrauntes, to conſtrayneHierom. in quadā homelia. the poore innocent ſowles to denye Chriſtes veryte before menne, that they myght loſe that crowne and be dampned.

Neuer manne harde anye of them yet1. Cor. 15. Gala. 1. Ioan. 8. Ephe. 4.1 Cor 15Eph 4 recante wyth Paule, though ther generacyon hath for the more part bene murtherers, ſo hath the lorde geuē them vp into moſt depe errours of the ſprete. Vvhan iudgemēt in cauſes of relygion ys commytted to ſoche monſtruouſe mahoūdes what godlyneſſe can folowe? Vvhat aCeremonyes are the cauſe ād grounde of ſuperſtyciōs mendement of euyls can be loked for? They ſaye ther ceremonyes maye ſtande, the ſuperſtitions taken away. And yet hauehave thoſe ther ceremonies bene the onlye grounde and cauſe of the ſuperſtitions. For had there bene no ceremonyes, neuer had there bene anye ſuperſtitions. But fulNeuer is the deuyll with out his craftes falſe are they and ſubtyle in ther generacyon. They knowe yt wyll be eaſye ynough to bringe in them ageyne, yf the other remayne. Maſter perſon podypoke ād ſer ſaūder ſlye hys parryſhe preſt ſchal hauehave a commaūdement at the ſeane to doThey do but dally and mocke with the kynge ther feates in that behalfe vnderunder the tytle of deuocyon or els of commendable rytes of holye churche, and the kynge ſchall neuer knowe of yt. Lete hym commaunde▪ what he lyſt, yet ſchall yt be as they wyll hauehave yt, ſpyght of hys hait. And I trowe they ſchall fynde iuſtyces a brode fytt for ther handes, in caſe the heretyques ſpeake anye thynge ageynſt them.

I trowe maſter Vvharton of bongayeWharton a greatvp holder of trayteroſe preſtes in ſoth folke will not be behynde wyth hys part now, nomore than he hath bene a fore tyme, wyth hys colege of calkers that calked ſo lōge for Cromwell, and for other more yf the worlde had not changed to ther myndes. The holy ghoſt thus deluded and the prynces godlye cō maundement1. Theſ. 4. Mat. 3. Hiere. 50. 3. Reg. 18.1 Thess 4Matt 31 Kgs 18 ſett all at nought, the lorde wyll not fayle to rayſe out from amōge the troden ſtones in the ſtrete or contēned multitude ſome erneſt Helias or faythfull chylde of Abraham to touche ther abomynacyons. I am (I knowe wele) moſt ſymple and weake lerned of a great ſort. Yet wyll in the quarell of thys poore Iſraelyte,Hebr. 11. Apoc. 19. Exod. 2. Ephc. 6. Hebr. 4. Apoca. 1.Heb 11Rev 19Exod 2Heb 4 thys naturall cuntre manne of myne, and fellawe ſeruaunt of Ieſus Chriſt, with Moyſes invade thys proude ſtraū ger and cruell Egypcyane. Non other weapō wyll I take here, but the ſwerde of the ſprete (whych ys the worde of the eternall lyuynge God) with the moſt auctoryſed hyſtoryes and cronycles, and with thē wyll I ſtryke hym to the groun p. 6de, ſo leauynge hym there in the ſande.

An whole yeare hauehave I tarryed and more,Moche cō feſſiō, but no true amēdemēt of lyfe. to ſe yf anye amendement wolde come for thys outragyouſe blaſphemie age ynſt God, he goynge ſo oft to cōfeſſion, and I perſeyue yt wyl not be. For ſens hath he bene moche worſe than a fore. I ſe wele now, that do byſſhoppes neuerſo manye myſcheues, in ther Benedicite rekenyngesNo repentaunce in ther Benedicite rekenynges they hauehave no place to repentaū ce. Neuer hauehave they conſcyence of ther moſt wycked doynges, and therfore muſt the worlde knowe them to ther vtter ſhame. Moſt deuylyſhe wyll hys pontificall actrs apere, come they ones to the true touche1. Ioan. 4. Math. 7. Iude. 1. Apoc. 18.1 John 4Matt 7Jude 1Rev 18 ſtone, whych ys Chriſtes doctrine. I doubt not but to pleaſe Chriſt in doynge thys office, and intouchynge thys aduerſary of God with hys whoryſhe holy churche or blaſphemouſe ſpouſe of the deuyll

I hauehave for that purpoſe geuen myſelfeSuffre muſt he that will lyue in Chriſt. Pſal. 115. Credidi, propter quam locutus ſum &c̄.Ps 115 ouer vntounto pouerte, and vntounto a peynefull exyle with my wyfe and chyldren, and ſchall not (I truſt) refuſe the deathe alſo, yf yt come that waye. For ſo neceſſarye ys yt now to ſuffre for Chriſtes doctryne as in the apoſteles tyme. For why, alone veryte ys yt that was than perſecuted and now. Manye hath alredye in the ſtedfaſt beleue of Dauid, ſpoken lyberallye and hath bene greuouſlie troubled for yt. Vvyth ſtomake hauehave they rebuked the worlde, and ſhewed menne of ther fylthye errours. They hauehave remembred God for hys benefytes and hauehave bene heauy to ſe them abuſed. Vvherfor they hauehave receyued the cuppe of ſaluacyon, callyngeCalicē ſa lutaris et c̄. Precioſa in conſpectu. vponupon the name of the lorde. Perfourmed hauehave they ther promes vntounto God, in the preſence of hys peple. Precyouſe in the ſyght of the lorde was the deathe of thoſe hys holye wytneſſes, whych they ſuffred there for hys ſake.

And I truſt there be yet manye more3. Reg. 19. 2. The. 2. Daniel. 11 Apoc. 13.1 Kgs 19:2Dan 11Rev 13 behynde of the ſame godlye zele and ſtomake, that neuer wyll ceaſe tyll that wycked one be vttred, whych ſtyll exalteth herſelfe in the conſcyences of menne aboue all that ys called God. Manye nowe a dayes whych hath bene touched ſumwhat with the ſprete af Chriſt, hath begō neThe Popes churche is the deuyls Iakes. to ſmell out the fylthie ſauer of that iakes of the deuyll, but they hauehave not yet brought the verye thynge to lyght. No, ſome there be abrode in the worlde, walkynge vndre the pretence of the goſpell, whych do all they cā to hyde the fylthyeNahū. 3. Eſa. 47. Apoc. 17. Ezech. 16Isa 47Rev 17Ezek 16 partes of that monſtrouſe madame, that roſe couloured whore of Babylon, where as God hath decreed to putt her to p. 7ſhame and cōfuſyō. The bokes whych hath bene putt forth by menne of lernyngeAduerſaryes to Gods heauēlye purpoſe. to diſcouer her myſcheues, do they now gelde, myngle, hacke, cutte, take fro and putt to. Some to gett lucre in the ſale of them, ſome to auaunce ther owne names, and ſome to pleaſe the byſſhoppes therwyth.

How ſhamefullye are the bybles hādled, whych now hath neyther annotacyonsSoche enemies fyndeth the verite alwayes. nor table? How the godlye confeſſyon of the germanes, the common places of Sarcerius, and now of late certen notable treatyſes els compyled by ſondry lerned menne, with dyuerſe other workes more. To ſe how dyuerſlye menne do ſeke them ſelues now, yt ys a wondre, not carynge what wyckedneſſe they mynyſtreThem ſelues doth mēne ſeke and not Ieſus chriſt. Eaſye it is to perſeyue, what hath brought theſe mēne to the goſpell, and what frutes they ſeke therof. Nothinge do they els in ſoche preſumptuouſe entripryſes, but withſtande the pleaſure of God for ther owne fylthie lucre and dā pnable deuyly ſhe pleaſure. The tyme is now come, wherin God wyll dyſcloſe the ſtronge deluſyō of antichriſt, though all they ſaye naye to yt,

Some menne doth loke that the ſelfethe worldlye iudge mente off diuerſe menne. ſeyd antichriſt or bodye of ſathan, with all his ſuperſticiouſe kindes of Idolatrye ſchuld be deſtroyed by the powr of prynces, and therfor wolde they hauehave men to tarrye ther doinges. But thoſe menne ſhote at a verie wronge marke. Full barelye hauehave they ſerched the ſcripturs therof, that loke for yt that waye. CurſedDaniel 8. Hiere. 17. Pſal. 145. 2. Theſ. 2. Eſa. 11. Eſa. 27. Pſal. 1.Dan 8Ps 1452 Thess 2Isa 11Isa 27Ps 1 ys he (ſayth the Prophete) which truſteth in māne, and appoynteh hys ſtrēgth vntounto 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 gouuernoursApoc. 21. Pſal. 71. Eſa. 61. Hiere. 50 Pſal. 117. Apoc. 6. 2. Ioan. 5.Rev 21Ps 71Isa 61Ps 117Rev 62 John 1:5 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 apoſtleApoc. 11. Gal. 4.Rev 11Gal 4 in meaſurynge the temple, to ſeclude p. 8from yt as no porcyon therof, the chaſt cell of charmers. Vvych ys by the iudgemētLucae. 3. Apoc. 11. Apoc. 22. Ephe. 5. 1. Cor. 6.Rev 11Rev 22Eph 51 Cor 6 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 hauehave in more ample wyſe vponupon the Apocalyps declared yt, whom I hauehave called the Image of both churches.

For non other cauſe hauehave I named thysThe man of ſynne. boke here of Boner, The māne of ſynne, and the gloſe ther vponupon made, hys dyſcloſynge or openynge, but for that yt contayneth nothynge els but a ſpirituall wyckedneſſe,Ephe. 6. 2. Theſ. 2. Dani. 12.Eph 62 Thess 2 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 vanytePſal. 115. Pſal. 61. Eccle. 12. Pſalm. 38 1. Cor. 3.Ps 115Ps 61Eccl 12Ps 381 Cor 3 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 eueryevery lyuynge manne. Are ye not carnall (ſayth Paule) are ye notPſal. 13. Ioan. 1. Gal. 4.Ps 13John 1Gal 4 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 chyldePſal. 3. Ioan. 1. Gala. 4.3 John 1Gal 4 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 bokeThe cauſe whye this boke is thus intyteled. by the ſcripturs, hauehave founde therin nō other frutes thā hath ryſen of the corrupt fantaſyes of mēne. I hauehave here with Paule intytled yt the man of ſynne, as a thynge offeryng not els of it ſelfe but ſynne▪ who ſe abhomynacyōs I hauehave here partlye opened to the intent that peple ſhuld be wareAll ſchall to hell that is not of Gods worde. what churche chriſt loketh to receyue. of thē. And that they whych hauehave 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 hauehave of hym, whych hath brought into hys clere buyldynge, ſtubble, haye, or tymber,Mat. 16. 1. Cor. 3.Matt 161 Cor 3 or yet anye other corruptible thynges.

Theſe myters, typpetes, furred amyſes,Not off chriſt but of antichriſt are theſe. and ſhauen crownes. Theſe croſſes, copes ſenſers, and candel ſtyckes. Theſe mattenſes, maſſes, ceremonyes, and ſorceryes, ſchall not he knowe for hys. For he cō maunded p. 9no ſoche thynges to be done. He tolde them he wolde requyre mercyeEſa. 1. Math. 9. Marci. 12. Oſee. 6. zach. 7.Isa 1Matt 9Hos 6 at ther handes and no ſacrifice, and therof hauehave 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 indgeHerem. 2. Math. 25. Eſa. 58. Ezech. 18. 1. Cor. 11.Matt 25Isa 58Ezek 181 Cor 11 in the. 25, of Mathew, and ye ſchall ſe no ſoche thynges demaūded, as they loke to hauehave obſerued. Herin ys not Chryſtes inſtytucyon denyed in anie caſe, but the popes fylthye tradycyons and cuſtomes. So farre is hys holye ordynaunce aboueGod and the deuyll are not lyke. 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 oldeThe olde name of true chriſtianes. 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 hauehave ſentēces moche lyke thēſelues. I knowe I ſchal beThe olde rewarde of Gods true ſeruaunts. 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 aLuce. 21. Mat. 16. Ioan. 12. Actu. 5. Math. 10.Matt 16John 12Matt 10 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 vntounto me (I hope) as is the glorye of my eternall father and redemer Ieſus Chriſt.

Vvhat is the religion of yowr churcheThe churche of englāde holdeth faſt the popes leauynges 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 chriſtenIudge what that churche is bi this spū all frute. 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 mayewhat mē maye report of ther newe reformacyon. ſaye abrode, they hauehave frutefullye ſytten p. 10vponupon 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 aEſa. 56. Daniel. 8. 3. Ioan. 1.Isa 56Dan 83 John 1 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 thatnot chriſt hauehave they ſought but themſelues. 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 heritageThey …atche home agyeyn ther pope. ſo abuſed. In thys peſtylent profeſſy on, is the great Idoll of Rome admytted ageyne vntounto hys olde ſeate. By all craſtie meanes ſeketh Boner here and other more of hys fellawes, to hauehave hym regne a freſhe in the waueringe cſōcyēces of mē ne. By layſer will they alſo fynde the meanesThey ſeke to reſtore hī ageyne to purchaſe hym hys olde prymacye ageyne, and to hauehave hym the head of ther churche.

For what other is it to be ſworne to hys pilde lawes, but to acknowlege himAll one is the deuyll with hys deuylyſhneſſe. inwardlye for ther maſter and lorde? Non cāne ryghtlye allowe hys wares, vnleſſe they allowe hym alſo. He and hys creaturs muſt nedes go togyther, as the worke manne with his worke toles. If holyneſſe be ſuppoſed to be in his vnc cyons and bleſſynges, orders and ceremonyes, moche more in hys gloriouſe perſone which is the creator of them. FyllOf ſoche Idell vanitees cōeth verie Idel frutes. the hart ones with Idle vanytees, and yegett of yt but Idle frutes. Examples nede not farre of to be ſought, yf all thynges be wele conſydered. Vvarnynges hauehave we had yf we wolde receyue them, that al ſhrewes are not a ſlepe. Be lerned onesPſal. 1. Sapi. 6. Roma. 13. 3. reg. 10. 2. Pet. 3. Hiere. 22. Apoc. 20. 1. Cor. 3. Iudic. 16. Pſal. 143.Ps 12 Pet 3Rev 201 Cor 3Judg 16Ps 143 ye rewlers in the lawes of the lorde, and decerne accordynge to thē. Vvynke not alwaies ye noble kynges of the earthe, to whom God hath commytted the gouernaunce of hys peple. Playe not the wantons tyll deathe ſtele vponupon ye, leaſt ye be to ſeke in your accountes makynge. Cō ſydre that yowr charge is great, ād that euerve māne ſchall hauehave rewardes accordynge to hys dedes, be they in faythe or out of faythe. Ye be otherwyſe cumpaſſed by theſe …latterynge phylyſtynes thā p. 11ye beware of and that maye ye by thys acte perſeyue. God hath geuen yow wonderfull vyctories ſe now that ye be not vnthankefull.

Not withſtandynge, yet is it to be conſyderedEccle. 47. 1. Para. 22 3. Reg. 6. 3. reg. 22. 2. Para. 18Sir 47:11 Kgs 6:3 that though Dauid ſlewe great Golye, and ded many other notable thinges, yet ded he not buylde the temple, for that was reſerued to Salomon. Conſidre the tyme of Ioſaphat kynge of Iuda, which regned immediatlye after thethre thouſande years from the creacyon of A dā after the hebrues cōputacion. And conferre it with owr age now, which hath after a lyke maner ouerſhote the thre halfe thouſandes from chriſtes natiuyte, thekynge hē rye the. 8. cōpared vntounto Ioſaphat. worlde decreſynge, and ye ſchal ſe them wonderfullye agre. A clauſe a fore hande is thys, parauenture not all to be neglected. Prayſe be vntounto the eternall lorde, for that he hath wrought alredye by your moſt victoriouſe Ioſaphat. I doubt3. reg. 19. 4. reg. 10. Eccl. 49. 4. reg. 23. 2. Par. 34. Eccle. 49. 2. cor. 13.Sir 49:42 Chr 34Sir 49:2 not but here after he will ſende ſoche a Iehu as ſchal take away all the Idolaters. Soche a full Ioſias ſchall ye hauehave yf ye be thankefull, as will perfyghtlye reſtore the lawes as yet corrupted, and breake downe the buggerye places that are yet in the howſe of the lorde. The grace of owr lorde Ieſus Chriſt, and of hys heauenlye ſprete, be wyth the (good gentle Reader) and with all thē which louelove the veryte of God vnfaynedlye. Amen.

¶ Thus endeth the preface.

☞ Marke thys rewle folowynge.

¶ Certen fygurs hauehave I here added both to the texte and gloſe, appoyntynge therbye the Manne of ſynne vntounto hys iuſt openynge, (fygure compared to fygure) that he maye the better apere vntounto the dylygent reader in hys ryght colours