A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin, Book 2 · Part 1
The manne of ſynne.
¶ 1 Here after folovveth the names of 2 the bokes 3 vvhych the ſeyd perſon of ſaynt Antonynes 4 vva… detected / and preſented vvith.
Hys dyſcloſynge.
1 IN caſe lyke was Tolwy… whā my lorde of Londo… examyned hym, as wa… Chriſt whan he came b… foreMark the examynacyon of Annas. Ioan. 18. Annas the hygh pre… of the Iewes, as yt ys here manyfeſt. O… hys dyſcyples and doctrine ded Annas e… amyne hym, ſo ded my good lorde of L… don poore Tolwyn for the ordre of hy… cure, and what lernynge he taught them▪ For the fyrſt was the afore ſeyd declarac… on, and for the other ys thys proceſſe … Dyuerſyte of matters herin ſpecyfyedfolowynge of the names of ſerten boke… perteynynge alſo to the ſame. Dyuerſe are ther tytles partlye for the dyuerſyte of the matters, and partlye for the more ſolēpne ſettynge forthe of thys notable worke to the vpholdynge of holye churche ageynſt heretyques. The firſt matters reſpectethThe fyrſt cōcerueth hys paryſhe or peple. hys dyſcyples or parryſhners vnderunder the tyttle of declaracyon, whom he hath not fedde with the pharyſees leuen, nor yet pampred vp with the popes ſwylle and dregges accordynge to hys firſt profeſſyō, but now of late with the pure worde of god as he coude conuenyentlye procure yt. Thys preſent proceſſe concerneth hys doctryne vnderunder the tyttle of the namesThys ys all of the doctryne whych he taught. of bokes, wher wyth he was both detected and preſented of them that neyther vnderſtode them nor knewe them, the cō …entes therof not declared att all.
2 Vvhat haynouſe hereſyes and daungerouſe doctryne the ſeyd bokes contayneth, wyll here after apere as ther names come to hande in ther courſe. But I marueleThe bagge ſchuld be cōdēpned with the bokes moche that the bagge ys not ſo wele expreſſed in thys tytle as are the bokes, conſyderynge they came to Paules croſſe togyther. So wele ys he worthye to be condemned of hereſye by the popes lawe as …y, for hys couerynge, carryenge, and conueyenge of them, as he ded. And asNothynge ys here ſeane but names. manye hereſyes hath he whan he ys emptye as they hauehave, for ought weſe here yet ſauynge ōlye the names. Vvhat we ſchall ſe here after I can not tell.
3 Vvolde Tolwyn hauehave bene a good Idoll mayntener with holye water and ſenſynge, latyne Iabberynge and wawlynge, accordynge to the offyce of ſayntThe office of ſaynt antonynes perſonage. Antonynes perſonage, he had not bene thus brought forth for ā heretyque. Vvolde he hauehave ſhewed hymſelf the popes good ſwyneherde, and hauehave fedde hys porkelynges apace with ſoſſe and ſyllybubbes, coddes and ſwaddes with other lyke purueaunce, the great ſwyne had not ſo gredelye deuoured hym.
4 Neyther had they detected hym forLuc. 5. Matth. 7. Eſa. 66. a loller, nor yet preſented hym for an heretyque. In no wyſe can they awaye with the clenlye prouyſyon of Chriſt, nor yet broke the ſeruyce of hys apoſtles. The ſwete brede of the goſpell hath in ther mouthes no ſauer, nor yet the dulcett guſt of the other ſcripturs. The wholſom delycatesMath. 15. Act. 17. Ioan. 8. that the holye ghoſt hath prepared, cā they not awaye wyth. Geue them the dra… fe they were wont to hauehave, with the ſwyllynges of the popes olde veſſels, for they are ſoche worne bottels as wyll ratherMarci. 2. Luc. 5. burſt than holde newe wyne. Better ys a fylthye puddell vntounto them to wallowe in, than a fayre clere ryuer to make them2. Pet. 2. cleane. Ye can hauehave a ſwyne no better thā he ys of hys owne vngentyll nature. Therfor Iete ſwyne be fylthye ſwyne, and vyle gootes be gootes ſtyll. As the meke lambesApoc. 22. Ioan. 10. 1. Pet. 2. of Chriſt, folowe yow hys voyce, whych ys the hygh ſhepeherde of yowr ſowles, and late ſwyne be ſwyne ſtyll. Now foloweth the ſeconde proceſſe of thys declaracyon.