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A brief and neceſſary Table, of all particular matters and wordes to bee noted in theſe workes of Maiſter Doctour Barnes.

A.

ALexander the thyrd condemned a Decree made by king Henry the ij. 192

Antechriſt a ſubtile crafty marchaunt 186

Antichriſt, who hee is. 301

Antechriſt declareth hym ſelfe to bee agaynſt Chriſt. 303

Antechriſt his doctrine. ibid em

Apoſtles forſake not their wyues. 318

Articles agaynſt Fridericke the Emperour. 191

Articles ſet forth by the authoritie of the kyng, made hereſie by the pope. 201

Articles for which Barnes was cō demned. 205

Authorities to proue that the Scriptures ought to bee in the mother toung. 287

B.

BArnes was not greeued with the Clergy. but with the deuill that reigned in them. 190

Barnes earneſt zeale in the trueth. 201

Barnes and Cardinall Wolſey reaſon togither. 210

Barnes diſputation with the Byſhops. 217

Barnes areſted by a Sergeant of armes. 221

Barnes threatened to bee burned. 222

Barnes examined at Weſtminſter. ibidem

Barnes forbydden to preach. 223

Barnes cruelly perſecuted by the papiſtes. 225

Barnes lyued ſole and vnmaryed. 330

Baruck the Prophet againſt Idols and Images. 343

Barnes maketh a bold chalenge. 356

Bilney a vertuous and godly man. 193

Bilney a counſaylour to Barnes. 221

Blaſphemy agaynſt Chriſt and hys Apoſtles. 317

Blynde reaſons of Papiſtes. 308

Byndyng and loſing what it is. 259 260. 261

Byſhoppes Court, no man can bee founde innocent. 183

Byſhops gouerne tyrannouſly. 183

Biſhops worſe then yt great Turke. 284

Byſhops Captaines of rebelles agaynſt the Prince. 188

Byſhoppes holy workes what they are. 196

Byſhops hauehave lofty myndes. 191

Byſhops commit periury. 198

Byſhoppes aſſoyled of their othe to their Prince, but neuer of their oth to the Pope. ibidem

Byſhops ſweare to viſite the Pope yearely. 203

Byſhoppes myters come from the Iewes. 213

Byſhoppes vſe vayne ceremonyes. 214

Byſhops Croſier ſtaffe what it meaneth. ibidem

Byſhops pryde and lewde lyuyng is to bee cryed out vponupon. 217

Byſhops compared to popettes and ſtage players. 266

Biſhops burners & murtherers of yt lyuely images of God, but of their worme eaten Images, they burne none. 346

C.

CArdinall Wolſey and Doctour Barnes reaſon togither. 210

Cardinall Wolſey well pleaſed with his pillers and pollaxes. 215

Charitie may bee deceaued, but fayth cannot. 250

Charitie is Gods gift. 313

Chaſtitie compelled is agaynſt the in ſtitution of the Goſpell. 328

Chaſtitie of Papiſtes moſt abhominable. 328. 329. 330

Children of God, who they are. 270

Clement Pope excōmunicated kyng Henry the viij. 198

Clemēt the pope the ſonne of a Curtiſan. 199

Clement Pope agaynſte Ʋrbane Pope. 193

Clergy may not bee reproued. 183. 184

Clergy may not bee hindered by power or potentate. ibidem

Clergy the enemyes of trueth. 189

Chriſte ſubmitted hym ſelfe to the higher powers. 185

Chriſt and his Apoſtles ouerthrowe the Popes doctrine. 187

Chriſtiā man may not extremely and vncharitably ſue and vexe their brethren. 207

Chriſtiē man may lawfully demaund their debt by the law. ibidem

Chriſt onelyonly hath wrought our redemption. 227

Chriſt is all in all. 226. 230

Chriſt is our example to ſuffer perſecution paciently. 296

Chriſtes inſtitution of the Sacrament. 303

Chriſtes bloud is to bee receaued aſwell of the layetie as of the ſpiritualtie. 304

Chriſt is the onelyonly mediatour betweene God and man. 347. 351

Chriſt onelyonly bringeth vsus into the fauour of almightie God. 348

Church, why it is called holy. 246

Churche of God is the treaſures of God without ſpot or wrinkle. 246

Church, how it is knowen. 249

Church that is true is a ſufferer and not a perſecutour. 250

Church truely declared. 253. 254. 256

Counſailes hauehave erred and may erre. 255

Councell of Conſtance forbad the Sacrament in both hyndes. 302

Coūcell of Nice thought it meete for a Byſhop to hauehave a wife. 320

D.

DAyes are no one better nor higher then an other. 206

Doctours of the law geue euill counſayle. 208

E.

ENemy to a true mā is a theef. 189

Extreme law is extreme miuſtice. 208

F.

FAyth onelyonly iuſtifieth. 226. 235

Fayth without workes iuſtifieth. 228

Fayth is accompted for righteouſnes. 231

Fayth in Chriſt attayneth ſaluation. 231

Fayth bryngeth forth good workes. 236

Fayth that bryngeth forth frute is the fayth that iuſtifieth. 238

Fayth iuſtifieth before God, & good workes declare our iuſtification to the world. 239

Faythes are of two ſortes. 241

Fayth that iuſtifieth is geuen vsus frely of God. 241

Faythfull beleeuers in Chriſtes merites are the right holy Churche of God. 244

Faythfull congregation cannot erre. 247

Fayth is the mere gift of God. 277

Fiſher Biſhop of Rocheſter ſworne to the Pope. 197

Flocke of Chriſt is litle. 247

Fleſhly reaſon, refoned frowardly. 270

Fridericke the Emper our depoſed. 191

Freewill of man without Gods grace can doe no good. 266. 267. 268

Freewill without grace is ſinne. 269. 270

Freewill wherein it conſiſteth. 276

Frutes of fayth. 235

G.

GErmayne a Popes Sainte, a ſtraunge hyſtory. 190

George Stafford a learned man. 221

God onelyonly is omnipotent and almightie. 351

God is to bee obeyed before men. 295

God doth wōderfully worke to ſaue his flocke. ibidem

Gods commaundements are impoſſible to our nature to bee kept. 272

Gods mercy is the onelyonly cauſe of our ſaluation. 179

Good counſaile geuē to the Biſhops 215

Good workes, what goodnes is in them. 229

Good workes cannot deſerue remiſſion of ſinnes. 235

Good workes are to be done though they iuſtifie not. 237

Good workes are the frutes of good fayth. 249

God diſpoſeth his mercy to whom it pleaſeth him. 278

Goſpell preachyng is no cauſe of inſurrection. 184

Goſpell profitable to England. 194

Grace without deſeruyng. 224

Grace findeth our hartes ſtony. 273

H.

HErode kept his brothers wiſe. 188

Hipocriſie abhominable. 189

Holy dayes, why they were ordeyned. 205

Holy Church truely defined. 243

Holy church, that is the true church of God is to the worlde inuiſible. 244

Holy Church is the grounde and piller of trueth. 245

Holy Church is built vponupon the Apoſtles and Prophetes. 250

I.

IAcob is elected and Eſau reiected. 178

Idols and Images deſcribed. 344

Idols & Images are all one. ibidem.

Ignoraunce made vsus worſhyppe ſtockes and ſtones. 341

Images are neither to bee honored nor worſhypped. 340

Image of God is thy poore Chriſtian brother. 345

Images or Idols are not the workers of any miracles, 345

Inſurrections whereof they came. 192

Indifferent thynges are to bee obeyed. 298

Iohn kyng of Englād cruelly handled by the Clergy of England. 189

Iuſtification is not by the lawe of of workes but by the law of fayth. 234

Iuſtification, how it commeth. 236

Iuſtified perſonnes cannot abſtayne from doyng of good workes. 240

K.

Kynges ought not to bee depoſed though they bee wicked. 187

Kyng Iohn was cruelly handled of the Clergy of England. 189

Kyng Iohn poyſoned. 189

Kynges brought by violence vnderunder the Popes foote. 195

Kynges of the kyngdome of heauen what they are. 257. 258

Keyes of Chriſt abuſed by the Byſhops. 262. 263

L.

LAw, why it was geuen. 275

Liberties of holy Churche may not bee impugned. 217

Loſing and byndyng, what it is. 259

M.

MAn is Lord ouer all creatures. 274

Mans dominion reſtreyned. 275

Man is the lyuely and true Image of God. 346

Mariage of Prieſtes is allowed of God. 317

Mariage hath a greater croſſe then virginitie. 313

Mariage of Prieſtes is neither agaynſt Gods law nor mans law. 328

Mariage is all one beefore Prieſthode and after Prieſthode. 336

Maſſe made of many patches. 357

Maſſe welbeloued of the Papiſtes for gaynes ſake. ibidem

Miniſters of the Churche ought to bee no Lordes. 262

Money is the popes beſt marchaūt. 265

Monkes of the Charterhouſe and their ſuperſtition. 299

Mores holy Church, are the Pope Cardinals and Byſhops. 252

Moſes chayre what it is. 297

N.

NAturall reaſon is a blynde iudge of the Scriptures. 307

Naturally all men deſire Mariage. 323

O.

OBedience to the higher powers taught by Chriſt and his Apoles. 185

Obedience to the Prince wee owe with our bodyes, and to God with our ſoules. 300

Officers are Byſhops hangmē. 211

Offendours of the common weale may not breake priſon, but paciently ſuffer that the law doth determine. 293

Orders in the Clergy hath two ſignifications. 202

Othe the Byſhoppes made to the Pope. 195

Othe to the Pope laſt made by the Byſhops. 200

P.

PApiſtes and Schoolemen peruert the Scriptures. 180▪

Papiſtes charge the Preachers of Gods word with hereſie. 185

Papiſtes teach diſobedience to Princes. 185. 186

Papiſtes ſhameleſſe doynges. 186

Papiſtes and Proteſtantes wherin they differre. 191

Papiſte is an vnnaturall ſubiect agaynſt hys ſoueraigne Lord and Lady. 202

Papiſtes are arrogant and proude. 209

Papiſtes are craftie iugglers. 223

Papiſtes crueltie. 225

Papiſtes are trappers of innocents. 223

Papiſtes are tyrantes. 224

Papiſtes are blaſphemers of Gods holy word. 286

Papiſtes preach lyes. 287

Papiſtes and S. Paule are contrary. 285

Papiſtes are the noriſhers of ignoraunce and darknes. 290

Papiſtes finde faulte with gnattes and ſwalow Camelles. 308

Papiſtes make blynd reaſons. 308. 309

Papiſtes carnall reaſons. 351

Papiſtes, worſhyppers of ſtockes and ſtones. 352

Papiſtes, blynd and malicious. 353

Papiſtes fooliſh arguments ſoluted. 354

Paule diſpenſeth with vnlawfull vowes. 314

Peter the Apoſtle had a wife. 325

Petition of Doct. Barnes to kyng Henry the viij. 205

Philip the Euangeliſt was maryed. 325

Popes depoſe kynges. 186

Popes ſhameleſſe arrogancy and tyranny. ibidem

Popes diſpenſe with othes that ſubiectes make of obedience to theyr Princes. 188

Popes procurers of warre and deſtruction of people. 193

Pope agaynſt Pope one curſing an other. ibidem

Popes alter the Byſhops othes as ſemeth beſt for their purpoſe. 195

Popes and their lewdenes truely deſcribed. 197

Pope, how hee cōmeth by the name of Lord. ibidem

Pope Clement excōmunicated kyng Henry the viij. 198

Popes what maner of men they are that are choſē to that dignitie. 199

Pope Clement the ſonne of a Curtiſan. ibidem

Pope a monſtruous hypocrite. 198

Pope and hys lawes agree not. 199

Popes are not choſen after Sainte Paules rule. ibidem

Power of kynges is immediatly of God. 202

Popes Saintes worke ſtraūge miracles. 190

Pope abſolueth all rebellion agaynſt Princes, but pardoneth none that hath beene agaynſt hym ſelfe. 201

Popes regalles. ibidem

Pope calleth Councelles as it pleaſeth hym. 202

Pope hath libertie to ſay & do… what hee liſt. 204

Popes pardōs hauehave beene good marchaundiſe in England. 212

Pope may not bee controlled of any man. 213

Popiſh law is tyrannous. 218. 219. 220

Pope and the true holy church, how farre they differre. 242

Pope and his maners agreeth nothyng with the holy Church. ibidē

Pope ſhamefully abuſeth the holy Church. 243

Popes Church glory in traſh. 251

Popes Clergy is condemned by S. Auguſtine as heretickes. 264

Pope and Chriſt are contrary. 284

Pope and his Clergye are the very Antechriſtes. 288

Pope a perſecutour of holy church. 242

Pope ſelleth God and all hys ordidinaunces. 265

Popes condēned for heretickes. 247

Popes own lawes both agaynſt him ſelfe and his Clergy. 305

Pope defameth Prieſthode. 324

Pope and his Clergye feare not to breake Chriſtes inſtitution. 306

Pope forbyddeth mariage. 315

Pope accompteth whoredome & matrimony to bee all one. 321

Popes doctrine condēned by a Coū cell. 322

Popes lawes agaynſte mariage of Prieſtes. 316

Pope alloweth yt kepyng of whores. 317

Pope wil not ſuffer any perſōs maryed to bee Byſhops. 320

Pope is a renter and tearer of the Scriptures. 334

Pope maketh a hotchpot of mariage. ibidem

Pope accompteth whoredome better then Matrimony. 335

Pope a blaſphemer of God. ibidem

Practiſe of Prelates. 203

Practiſes of Papiſtes to cauſe Images to worke miracles. 343

Preachers of true doctrine teach obedience. 185

Preachers of true doctrine are ſufferers. 184

Preachers of falſe doctrine are perſecuters. 184

Preachers agaynſt the Pope are accompted heretickes. 205

Prelates cānot vſe obedience to their Prince. 202

Prelates are blynd guides. ibidem

Prelates will obey the pope, but not the Prince. 203

Prieſtes rore and mumble out their Diriges and Maſſes. 216

Prieſtes may marry wyues by the law of God lawfully. 309

Prieſtes muſt marry for auoydyng of fornication. 310

Prophetes neuer ſtyrred the people agaynſt the Prince. 184

Proteſtātes and Papiſtes how they differre. 191

Power temporall deſcribed. 292

R.

REaſon & deuotion that is agaynſt the will of God is mere blyndnes. 307

Righteous man lyueth by fayth. 233

Rocheſter agaynſt Wincheſter. 206

Rocheſters great iudgement. ibidem

Rocheſters vayne diſtinction. 237

Rocheſters rule to know the difference betweene the Pope and the Councell. 247

Rocheſters wordes vppon Chriſtes wordes. 303

S.

SAcrament forbydden to bee receaued in both kyndes. 301

Sacrament vnderunder both kyndes. 305

Saintes can obteine nothyng for vsus. 347

Saintes, how they ought to bee honored. 349

Saintes are boly, but they are no Gods. 351.

Scriptures are to be read of all men 182

Scriptures in the common tounge teach all obedience. 184

Scriptures iudge the true Church. 250

Scroupe Richard Archbyſhoppe of yorke a rebell. 188

Scriptures are the iudges of Councels. 248

Scriptures not ſuffered by the Popes Clergye to bee in the mother toung. 283

Scriptures teache the commaundementes of God. 288

Scripture is profitable to bee read. 289

Scriptures is to bee made knowen to all men. 291

Solutions and argumentes to the Scriptures. 236

Spiritualtie ready to helpe the pope. 194

Spirituall power. 297

Stafford George a learned mā. 22…

Stokeſly Byſhop of London a fooliſh and malicious Papiſt. 291

Stockes and ſtones the Papiſtes honor as Goddes. 342

Subiectes muſt obey, and in what maner. 294. 295

Supplication made by D. Barnes to kyng Henry the viij. 183

Superſ…tion of the Monkes of the Charterhouſe. 299

T.

TRaditions agaynſt God are to be rooted vp by the rootes. 298

Tunſtall Byſhop of London. 215

V.

VIrginitie is a ſtate indifferēt. 313

Vncharitable ſutes are to bee reproued. 209

Vniuerſall Church is not a generall Councell. 248

Vowes that hauehave vnlawfull conditions are not to bee obſerued. 319

Vrbane Pope agaynſte Clement Pope. 193

W.

WOrkes, which bee of greateſt value and are accompted for the beſt. 228

Workes are good and helpe to iuſtification. 231

Workes without fayth are but ſinne. 233

Workes of the new law. 234

Whoredome is lawfull in no caſe. 311

¶ FINIS.

AT LONDON Printed by Iohn Daye, and are to bee ſold at hys ſhop vnderunder Alderſgate. An. 1572.

Cum gratia & Priuilegio Regiae Maieſtatis.

A liuely picture deſcribyng the authoritie and ſubſtaunce of Gods moſt bleſſed word, weyghing agaynſt Popiſh traditions.

☞ Iudgement indifferent.

How light is chaffe of Popiſh toyes, if thou deſire to trye,

Loe Iuſtice holdes true beame without reſpect of partiall eye:

One ballance holdes Gods holy word, and on the other parte,

Is layde the dregs of Antichriſt, deuiſde by Popiſh arte:

Let Friers and Nunnes and baldpate Prieſtes, with triple crowne of Pope,

The Cardinals hatt, and deuill him ſelfe, by force plucke downe the rope:

Bryng bell, booke, candle, croſſe, & beades, and mitred Baſan bull,

Bryng buls of leade and Popes Decrees, the ballance downe to pull:

Yet ſhall theſe tares and filthy dregs, inuented by mans brayne,

Through force of Gods moſt mighty word, be foūd both light and vayne.

Magna est veritas & preualet, Great is the trueth and preuayleth.

3. Eſdra. 4.

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