Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2, Book 12 · Account 19
¶Other articles obiected by Boner Bi. of London agaynst Tho. Loseby, Henry Ramsey, Thomas Thyrtell, Margaret Hide, and Agnes Stanley, the vi. day of March, being the second tyme of theyr examination.
Other new articles propounded to them by B. Boner.1. FIrst, that thou hast thought, beleued, and spoken, wt in some part of the citie and Dioces of London, that the fayth, Religion, and Ecclesiasticall seruice here obserued and kept, as it is in the Realme of England, is not a true and a laudable fayth, Religion, and seruice, especially concerning the Masse,Masse and 7. Sacramentes. and the 7. sacramentes, nor is agreable to Gods worde & testament, & that thou canst not finde in thy heart without murmuring, grudging, or scruple to receaue and vse it, & to conforme thy selfe vntounto it, as other subiectes of this realme customably hauehave done and doe.English seruice.
2. Item, that thou hast thought. &c. that the english seruice set forth in the time of kinge Edwarde the vi. here in thys Realme of England, was and is good and godly, & Catholicke in all poynts, and that it alone ought here in this realme to be receiued, vsed, and practised, & none other.
Comming to Church.3. Item, likewise thou hast thought. &c. that thou art not bound to come to thy Parishe Churche, & there to be present, and heare Mattins, Masse, Euensong and other Diuine seruice, song or sayd there.
4. Item, thou hast thought. &c. that thou art not bound to come to procession to the Church vppon dayes and tymes appointed, and to go in the same with others of the parish singing or saying then the accustomed prayers vsed in the Church,Ashes, Palmes, Creeping to the Crosse, Holy bread, Holy water. &c. nor to beare a taper or candel on Candelmas day nor take Ashes vppon Ashwednesday, nor beare Palmes vponupon Palme sonday, not to creep to the crosse vponupon daies accustomed, nor to receiue and kisse the paxe at Masse time nor to receiue holy water or holy bread, or to accept and allowe the ceremonies and vsages of the Churche, after the maner and fashion as they are vsed in this realme.
5. Item, thou hast thought. &c. that thou art not bound at any time to confesse thy sinnes to any priest,Confession. and to receiue absolution at his hands, as Gods Minister, not to receiue at any time the blessed sacrament of the aultar, especiallye as it is vsed in this Church of England.
6. Item, thou hast thought &c. that in matters of religion and fayth, thou must follow and beleue thine own conscience onelyonly, and not to geue credite to the determination & common order of ye Catholicke Church, & the sea of Rome nor to any member therof.
Absolute necessitye.7. Item, thou hast thought. &c. that all thinges do chance of an absolute and precise meere necessitie, so that whether man do wel or euil, he could not chuse but do so, and yt therfore no man hath any free will at all.
Christening of infantes.8. Item, thou hast thought &c. that the fashiō and maner of Christening of infantes, is not agreable to Gods word and that none can be effectually Baptised, and thereby saued except he hauehave yeares of discretion to beleue himself, & so willingly accept or refuse Baptisme at his pleasure.
9. Item, thou hast thought &c. That Prayers to Saints or Prayers for the dead,Praying for the dead. are not auaylable and not allowable by Gods word, or profitable in any wise, and that the soules departed do straightwayes go to heauen or to hell, or els do sleep till the day of dome, so that there is no place of purgation at all.
10. Itē, thou hast thought &c. that all such as in the tyme of king Hen. the viii. or in time of Queene Mary of England, hauehave bene burned as heretickes, were no heretickes at all: but faythfull and good Christian people, especially Barnes, Garret, Ierome, Frith, Rogers, Hooper, Cardmaker, Latimer, Taylor, Bradford, Philpot, Cranmer,M…tyrs that suffered. Fasting dayes. Ridley, and such like, and that thou diddest and doest allowe, like, and approue all their opinions, & doest mislike their condemnations and burninges.
11. Item, thou hast thought &c. that fasting and prayers vsed in this Churche of England, and the appoynting of dayes for fasting, and the abstayning from flesh vponupon fasting dayes, and especially in the tyme of Lent, is not laudable or allowable by Gods word, but is hipocrisie & foolishnes: and that men ought to hauehave libertie to eate at all tymes all kindes of meate.
12. Item,Sacramēt of the Aultar▪ thou hast thought &c. that the sacrament of the aultar is an idoll, and to reserue and keepe it, or to honor it, is playne idolatry and superstition: and likewise of the masse and the eleuation of the sacrament.
13. Item, thou hast thought. &c. that thou or any els, conuented before an Ecclesiasticall iudge concerning matters of beliefe and fayth, art not,Taking of an oth. nor is bound to make answer at all, especially vnderunder an othe vponupon a booke.