Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny, Book 11 · Part 35 – Part 37
Iohn Denley Gentleman, Iohn Newman, Patricke Pachington.
AS Edmund Tyrell, a Iustice of Peace in Essex, came from the burning of certaine godly Martyrs, he me… with Iohn Denley and Iohn Newman, both of Maidstone in Kent, and vponupon the sight of them (as he bragged) he suspected and searched them, and finding the confessions of their faith written about them, hee sent them to the Quéens Commissioners, who sent them to Bonner: the effect of the writing followeth;
In the Sacrament Christs bodie is figuratiuely in the Bread and Wine, spiritually he is in them that worthily eate and drinke the Bread and Wine, but really, carnally, and corporally he is in heauen, from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead.
Then Bonner ministred articles vntounto them and vntounto Patrick Pachington, who all answered alike, to this effect following.
The Catholike Church is built vponupon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles, Christ being the head corner stone: it is the Congregation of the faithfull dispersed through the whole world; and two or three gathered together in Christs name are the members thereof. This Church doeth preach GODS holy word and minister the blessed Sacraments truely: the Church of England vsing the Faith and Religion which now is vsed is no member thereof, but is the Church of A…tichrist, the Bishop of Rome being the head thereof; for they hauehave altered the Testament of GOD, and set vp a Testament of their own deuising, ful of blasphemy and lies, Christs Testament being that we should hauehave all things done for the edifying of the Church.
The Masse now vsed is most abominable idolatrie and intollerable blasphemie: Christ ordained his Sacraments to be eaten together in remembrance of his death vntill he… come, and not to bee worshipped and to make an Idoll of them; for GOD will not be worshipped in his creatures, but we must remember to praise him for his creatures: what is kneeling, holding vp your handes, knocking of the breast, putting off the cap, and making curtsie, with other superstition to the bread, but Idolatrie?
You obiect you worship not the Bread and Wine, but the body of Christ, borne of the Uirgin vnderunder the forme of Bread and Wine: but that is a very lye, for Christs body that was borne of the Uirgin is in heauen.
Auricular confession is not good: if I hauehave offended God I must séeke to him for remission of sinnes by Christ: if I hauehave offended my neighbour, I must reconcile my selfe to him againe: if I were a notorious sinner, after the first and second adm…nition it ought to be declared to the Congregation, and the Minister hath power by the word to excommunicate me, and I am to be taken as a heathen, not for a day or for fortie dayes, but vntill I openly in the Congregation acknowledge my fault, and then the Minister hath power by the word to preach to me remission of sinnes by Christ.
Touching Baptisme, Iohn Baptist vsed nothing but preaching the word and water, as appeareth by Christs baptisme and others: the Chamberlaine said to Philip▪ Here is water, what letteth me to be baptized? hee asked not for Creame, nor Oyle, nor Spittle, nor coniured Water, nor coniured Waxe, nor Crysome, nor Salt; the like is to be said of the rest of the ceremonies of the Church.
And he said there were but two sacraments, except they would make the Rainbow a Sacrament, for there is no sacrament but such as hath the promise annexed vntounto it.
Bonner séeing their vnmoueable constancie, after all meanes they could were vsed, they were condemned, and Denley was burned at Uxbridge: he sang a psalm in the fire; then cruell Doctor Storie commaunded one to hurle a Faggot at him, which made him bléed on the face, whereat he left his singing and clapped his hand on his face: Doctor Storie said to him that flung the Faggot, truly thou hast marred a good old song; then Denley put his hands abroad and sung againe.
Not long after him Patrick Pachingham was burned at Uxbridge, and Iohn Newman was burned at Saffron Walden in Essex.
RICHARD HOOKE.
HEe neere about the same time and for the same matter that those formerly spoken of died for…gaue his life at Chichester.
William Coker, William Hopper, Henry Lawrence, Richard Colliar, Richard Wright, William Steer….
THese being examined before the Bishop of Douer, and Harpsfield the Archdeacon of Canterbury and others, Henry Lawrence denied auricular confession, and would not receiue the sacraments because the order of the Scripture is changed in the order of the Sacrament; and when the Suffragan made mention of the Sacrament, and put off his cap, he said, you néed not reuerence the same, and he said the Sacrament of the Altar is an Idoll, and being required to subscribe his hand, he wrote, Ye all are of Antichrist, and him ye follow. William Steere of Ashford being commanded of the Iudge to answere, bade him command his dogges, and not him, and said Dicke of Douer, meaning the Bishop, had no authoritie to set in iudgement against him, alledging that the Bishop of Canteburie that was in prison was his Dioccesan, and hee said he found not the Sacrament of the Altar in the Scripture, therefore he would not make any answer thereto.
The Iudge speaking of the Sacrament put off his cap; he said he needed not reuerence that so highly, saying withall that the Sacrament of the Altar was the most blasphemous Idoll that euer was.
The other also denied the Sacrament, wherefore they were all condemned, and burned all in one fi…e at Canterburie.