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whiche haue been bred in moſte 
mennes handeg, are ſo full vt 
faultes , that to coꝛtecte and a- 
mend them were euen as a mã 
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euery hole in a nette to make it 
a whole elothe. Pea and pet be⸗ 
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p2ofe of ſuche hereſies as 
90 went about fo ſowe?Whtz- 
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tranſlations, but alſo in certen 
Pꝛologues and gloſes added 
therevnto, And theſe thynges 
they haue ſo handledeas in dede 
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apparent to the ſymple and vn 
learned, that an infinite num 
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lpe check: as Godknowety ex⸗ 


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ches, common fo-all men that 
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ä defaced then ener was his fem - \ | 
ple at Hietuſalem , epther by al Nerv. 
the Chaldies, 02 by Antiochus. it Mach «ix, 
Marye therefoꝛe dure noble 
| — 33 pang t — ec 
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us to vs info the ryghte 
waye 1 ine towarde the lande 
of pzomyle Co we were faͤrte 
ſtrayed amille thꝛoughe ſynne , 
auarice and lecherye and to 
reedifye his temple though her 
wiledome, he beynge —— 
mirtout and pearleof all Chats 
ſtian queenes and pzinces. Yea, 
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= it is molt true in dede) whi⸗ 
the layeth, euery pꝛinte is to his 
tealme a ſubiectes.erther a ber 
pzericus Juell, 02 elsadeadiye_..... 
poplon;, ; becauſe ſuche as 
1: Bel. — 3 


2 
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pzince is, ſuchewyll the people 
laboure to be, whether it be in 
vertue oz vice. What a pzecious 
Jewell then haue wereceaued 


daf God, in receauynge her noble 


eſtate to be our ladye a queene, 
an example of all vertue, deuo⸗ 
tion, and pꝛayer, a ſpectacle to 
all realmeg e and ſurely the com 
mon vopce is that her grace is 
not onelye moſte noble, mooſte 
verfuous, mooſte wyttye, and 
moſte ſtudious, but alſo mooſte 


excellent in learnyng, farre paſ⸗ 


ſunge eyther the noble Romat⸗ 
nes Cornelia t Hortenſia, 02 the 
odly learned women of whom 
Hierome voꝛiteth Euſtochi⸗ 
um Paula and Bleſilla. Therefoze 


til queene Saba iuſtlye ſaped, it 


was a ſygne that GOD loued 


* hys people, foz ſendynge them 


Salomon 


5 


Salomon to raigne ouer them, 
mape not we as iuſtly nowe ſay 
the ſame to Englande e And it 
the wiſdome, pietie, and vertue, 
of Dnias was ſaped to be the ti. Mach. ti. 
cauſe of the pꝛoſperous eſtate 
of their cytie, hall not we lyke⸗ 
Wile ſape to thys out realme: 
mal ides thys it nen be Rom. il. 
hlye pzayſed in ſcripture, 
—— rule with greate ſolici⸗ 
tude and carefulnel e, what chal 
we then laye to her, whiche foz 
allour 775 es both bodyly 
molte vigilant æ 
Weta (oy And kalle, nowe to 
conclude ,ifamong the heathen 
people the noble Painces euer 
haue ben greatly pzaiſed foz ber 
tue, how bl then is che woz 
thy to be extolled aboue N 5 
og foo: plentyfi land ſoo, 
| 1: B. ii. nifold 


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ok grace; Whiche doth not onely 


ge or no mall fudie in godl) 


nifold kindes of bertue #giftes 


excel tn godlyneſſe, in deuofion;, 
in pꝛaiet, in faſting, in adſtinꝭce, 
in humilitte, in charitie, in mer⸗ 
tie, pitte, and compaſſion, in diſ⸗ 
cretion, in knowledge, in wyſe⸗ 
dome, in excellentie of witte, be⸗ 


literature, but beinge ok exqu 
ſiky keatnynge of pꝛofounde 
knowledge, and ok exact fudge» 
mente, beſide notable diligence 
and great painfulneſſe euen frõ 
her childhode(as fox her polli⸗ 
tie andaffayzersof the realine, 
mkettinge furthe the wealthe 
and commoditie thereof, and in 
defendinge bs from outwarde 
and in warde enemies J ſpeake 
nok ok) but alſo whiche doeth 
karte paſſe all other ( as it᷑ tc e⸗ 


utdently ſeen) in her moſt godly 
innated zeale, chat ſhee beareth 
ſtyll moſte earneſt to warde the 
_ x fayeth of Chzpſtes true 
religion, and towarde the cheike 
head therof vnder Chꝛyſt, whi- 
che by ß ſpace of theſe.rx.yeres, 
tuen tyll chee came, — 
hed thys realm, thzough ſrilme 
and hereſpe, thzoughe coue- 
touſnes and letcherye.Lozde be 
mercyfull vnto vs, 
Wherfozeif in the Goſpel of S 
Luke many holy wome foz gods 
lineg,deuotio,and zeale toward 
Chꝛiſtes church be highly pꝛay⸗ 
fed by name, and lykewiſe in 
thactes of the Apoſtles, ⁊ in the 
laſte Chapter to the Romains: 
pea and if . Hierom vozote a 
Whole booke of ſuche holye and 
vertuous women , what leſſe 
D li. pꝛaple 


pꝛapfe is her highnes wozthye 
now ta haue, being inferiour to 
none ot th? all: beyng euin nowe 
amonge al pzincely wome in the 
wozldea verye Phenix. But I 
wyl let thys paſſe: J wyl ſay no 
moze but only this,. d the dough 


ter mape wel be knowen by the 
Mother, and that as we feil 


from all goodnes at the mooſte 
vniuſte fall of her Mother. that 
moſte noble Lady Queene Ka- 
therm: So doe we now ryſe a⸗ 
gane at the moſte iuſte riſinge 
agayne of her noble eſtate to 


the Crotone of Englande: So 


that in her moſte godlye perſon 


is hut vp all our woꝛldly iope, 


1 we 
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comfozt, and hope, whom with 
her moſt noble & vertuous huſs 


bande; Philip our loꝛd a Kynge 


(not much in keriour to her high 


nes in grace, bettu, x ack 
as many godlye mennerepozte) 
Jeſu longe pꝛoſper in hononre, 


== bertue dayly increa- - 

ge 

a: Thefylichapere. 240 

be vuderCande . 

Js nothing eis Guldmoue 
;furthe of the irreuerente 

and le wde handling of the mul⸗ 

ficient, to conſider the great dil 

ficulty, the great obſcurity and 

waiters with one conſente af- 

firme to be in Scripture: yea 


HUE: nowe to the nen 
Scripture l is very harde to 
the Scripture tobe take 
titude, this one thing were ſuf⸗ 
hardnes, that all theaunriente 
B. ili. ſcripture 


| ſcripture it ſelfe g —— 

MA; 

crip 4 

but if thei haue nede of a ſcrute⸗ 

ney;then they be not ealp: Chztlt 

wold not ſo haue bid if they had 

t.. pet. li. been lyght. Noz Peter woulde 

haue ſaped, manpe thynges ber 

il harde to be vnderſtand in Pau · 

les Epitfies , whiche then the 

people did peruerteclayth he) as 

they did other Scriptures to 

their condemnation. Ind what 

dyd Paule meane of the myſte⸗ 

We. ries of ſcripture when he cryed, 
Nom. xi. O altitudo diuitiarum . &. D 


the s,Df of the 
— 


Joan. bil. 


Hlerken nowe the teſtimonies 
5 of anncient writers concer 

ninge this matter. 
F< Gre- 


CI 


(rms: .Nazian.lapethsNow_ „ 
cuiuſuis chriſtiani eſt de dei E. x. li. 
myſterijs diſferere; nom ades res Pinot 
hæc eſt vilis; 8&c It is not to e⸗ ſue. 
nery chꝛiſttan t diſpute oi ts 
myſteries of god, the matter is 
not lo vile. ac. Agayne he ſaieth: | 
Non oim librorũ ſacræ Sauk. Il Ren, 
tractatio omnibus zrarihiis ner in «fpollogie 
mittitur apud Hebrgos, The Je: et Hiero , in 
wes did not admitte al men tg emo in 
2 reading of ſcripture conſide ch. 
myſteries the diffeeulnepdtgh 

ries therin. 


'T he ceſtimonieof S Ambroſe, 


Scripturs divina nk 0e 
eſt habens in ſe abiſſũ ſenſuũ pro⸗ amp» i 
fundorum & c. The holye ſerip⸗ * 2 
furecſayeth he is a great Sea 1 ” 
2 depnes — 1 
B. b. of 


— —— 
| | 
eau Wofaumde ſenſes.” 3 | 
res teſtimonierof cuil aus, n 
Nihil xſt in ſeripterra quod non 
Chriſt lor. enulias fenſuit habet diuitias: neq; 
*in Gent, enim vel ſyllabagvel N eſt in 
ſacrixlitteris in cuſus profũdo non 
ſlunohis quiſpiam magnus theſaus 
eh = rus. There is nothynge in ſcrip⸗ 
tutec ſapeth he) but it cõteyneth 
55 — -treſure thzough 
the manifolde-ſenſcs there 48 
neither ſyllable noꝛ letter, wher 
in ſome great pyches is not nd. 
O what difficultie is then in itz 
Can it then be turmoyled of al, 
as it muſt nedes be, being ſtil in 
thengliche tranſlation? 
PMoꝛeouer he ſaveth. In facris 
n — "licerisndhil elt quod non ingẽtem 
duni in Gene theſaurum continear modo ſeruta⸗ 
torem habear. At no Sn. contin · 


git 


nothynge in ſcripture,but& c6- 
teineth greate treaſure ;ſothat 
there d. a diliget ſearcher. How 
beit, it is not foꝛ euerpe one to 


git adire Corynthum: here is 
ſearche furthe the be ey" # 
| 
| 


2221. "Divers weſtimoniecof sito. 1. _ : 2: * 4 1 3c'S 
Scriptura tãtis obſcuritatibus WIE) 19 Ye 210 


turorũ typis obuoluta eſt, vt qs in⸗ e 


terpretatione egeat Eſt porta ori 
talis de qua verũ lumen exoritur, 
gugę clauſa eſt comunt populp® 
(oli illi patet, qui habet clauæmm 
uid & c. Stripture oy 
pedeſapeth he)m ſo great: 
nes, and figures of thynges to 


tome, that it hath all nede of in⸗ 
terpꝛetation. It is the eaſt gate 
(that Ezechiell ſpeaketh of ) 
whereout the true lyghte dothe 
(pil, Which is euer ut tothe 
. comen 


tommon people;and is only ops 
-to Hym that hachethe ———_— 
2Dauld,Fc, ' 


| Anocherteltimonis of "E Hier 


4 _.. Jacobus Ioannes Petrus, et "OR 
4 ir, YijEpiſtolas ſęripſerunt ſuecinctas 
cr epiſto et breues in verbis. ſed longas in ſe 
tentijs: ut rarus ſit qui in earum lec 
tione nõ cæcutiat.Apoca. Ioannis 
tot habet ſacramenta quot verba. 
James, John, Peter, & Jude, 


:(ſapeth he) wꝛote vii. Epiſtles, 
quicke a bziefe in woꝛzdes, but 


longe in ſenſe, that few there be 
whiche doe not erre in readinge 
of them. Chapocalyps of lainct 
lohn te as ku of mydterdes as 
bf wozdes, 1 


Another ub of S.Hiera, | 
Fateor 


 Fateor me nus q; a diuini vtlu: 
ininibus- proptije vinbus credi⸗ Her, inproſe 
diſfe. & — ann ne ne 80 in Parali 8 
that durſt neuer rredit mine 
owne wirkte, in ttiyng the lenſe 
ebene at get 
fete dur ſte not dur men in 
khele dates kae in hãd , and all 
thꝛough thenglich trãſtat tons: 
Can th hey then well be ulfered 
any longer: b 
Vet another teſtimonie of d. Hiet. 


Totum quod legimus in ſcriptys vos 
ra niet —— & fulget in ef anon 3 
tice ſed dulcius in medulla efttqui TT 

edere vult nueleum frangat nucẽ. 

Reuelaſ inquit Dauid)oculos me s 

os, & conſiderabo mirabilia de lege 


tua. Al that we rede in ſcriptur⸗ 
VOY he) doeth flozith _ 


— 


in theletfer:bufit is muche ſwe 
dun ter in the ſpirituall ſenſe. e the 
„tdhat wyl eate the curnel let hun 
bacake the helle. And Dauid 
ſayed;Open thou mine eyes (O 
Eh thou me knowledge 
| vnderſtande the won- 
— myſteries of thy lawe, 


— pg then e bade 


7 ihn 22 15 open” , 
The 78 n. 401 14477 


coil lb o. EN beſte que offeruritur & con- 
n, eeduntur ſacerdotibus, pars igni 
N traditur et (ic deo offertur, ut ſcia⸗ 
mut q; nobis aliqua ex ſcriptura ap 
prehendere et cognoſcere concedi 


tur:aliqua tamen lunt quæ deo re⸗ 
ſeruantur. & ce. Olf the lactifices 
ol tholde la wel ſayeth he) parte 


was nden to the pꝛieſteg, but 
part 


part was; committed to t . 
and ſo reſerued to God. 
by we mape 'vnderſtande, that 


parte of Scrmture is geuen to 
vs: to. appachende and Wo 


ſtande,« parte is reſeru 
ko — wledge.of EEO] Das 
lainlye in the 
— 238 ſec onde cha⸗ 


— 
-Thexetimoni of. Demaſpene * 


Quædam in ſacris literis, quæ de 2 5 


deo traduntur ſunt effabilia, quæ 
dam ineffabilia: quædam cognoſei 
bila& quædam incognoſcibilia. 
Some thynges in (cripturs 
clapth he) concerning God may 
be ſpoken , as that God did .cre- 
ate the wozlde ; ſome. maye not 
be ſpoken, as, thumtie of ſubs 


dau vor trinitie..of. ers 
ons 


Capi. ii. 


Kſa.litt. 


Nom ci. 


mas ;that — avs ter 

ot een ann 
gementes of GOD. O what 
great depenes without bokome 


The ceſtimonie of Bades 


ref, i in eccle Surit qui fortiter negant in cano - 
ſu laſt Ab. iii. 


nicis libris vllam ineſſe obſcurita · 
rem, modo aſſit peritia ſermonis, et 
nf iudiciũ. Quorũ opinioni has 


ctenus certe faueo ut optarim eſſe 


veriſſimam: ſed vna voce recla- 

mant omnes eccleſix doctores: & 
in his ij quoq; qui nec linguarum 
peritia nec ſano iudicio caruerũt. 


Chere be whiche denye ( ſayeth 
Eraſmus) 


—— — — — 


wa 

————— 
— Aud — hitherto J 
haue ſo euer fauoured thys opi⸗ 
nion ſayth he) that J haue wy⸗ 
ched it to be moſte true: but all 
the doctours of the churche trie 
Satan it: with one vote: yea, 
euen they whith neyther — 
good mogement 7 not conning 
inthe tongues 


waiters affirme that nothynge 
is nowe:comaunded in the new 
teſtamente, but the ſame cif ye 
loke thzoughly,asyeoughte to 
doe) wasc in tholde. 
Nee quiequatu eſſe geſtum quod 
non ſit vel a Prephetis praciſtum, 
vel typis adurabratumg: And chat 
nen nothenge done nowe in 


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Collol. i. learue d a As theſe ut Paule: 1 
do fulfyll that 
Chꝛiſtes paſſiõ ec. p youre. 
| Phillip ti. ſalua tion cc. Doenot ithele to 
the: fimple ſerme very 'blaſphe 
mie: With many: undzedoentes 
as harde as thele7 s 3397 
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red(concernyngethe contentes 
of thys firſte chapiter)and with 
tndifferente eates hearde, and 
euern thong that is here ſpoken 
1 n bottome doxyou 
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ys802tollerable foꝛ all lemde ac 
nicked without reſtraynte ta 
he iudges and arbitrers vpon 
ſerip ture, as they wyll neden be 
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ded it) chou thalte not muſſel 
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the cene , t alles 
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mes the erſon f pe . ethig . imperſecti 
not euer mel marked: As. t — 

9 pur — — — 
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Tuner but theenpli whiche Alen. 
would nat, that de Jet Non eſt fs. pſa.logus 
bonum ſumere pane m filiorum tur ſub perſme 
ec mitteretanihus, It is not mete i: ſui n- 
to tate the childzens bꝛead and e 

tocaſt it to naggrg. Longe das Math. 
lure mea verha delictorum meori i Hlal xxl. 
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learned by them ſelues can ne⸗ 


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- . Fymeſpokien the 
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as in perſon ot 


5 perſon of God, ſometyme ot the 
— — — 
ſomtyme of man, ſometyme o 


Cue ag God, ſametpme of 


Chztſte as man, ſometyme as 
head of the church militãt, ſome 
ktyme as head of the church tri⸗ 
umphant, ſomtime as in the per 
ſon ot his ſenſual parties of his 
owne body,and ſomtyme in the 

perſon 


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perſonof ſome particular parte 
of hys bodyemyſticall; ec: : 

- The xii; cauſe, that lerip· uiii 
ture ofte vſeth thys terme all, 
where as ſome oz parte be but 
menf.Cumexalcatus fuero a terra 
'omnixerabami&c,.:X0henJam 0. Til, 
— —— 
dam al men vnto me. Omnes gitl. ul. 
quæ ſimſumt᷑ quærũr. All men ſeke 
— — thinges 

Z 

Nes aayeruntetc; ne:ve 

-"Thertccauſe;tha#vne texte rv. 
ts the letter oft ſpeaketh ol one 
and pet meaneth another :as m . 
— u 
_boke of Þ Aynges to the letter 
S. pourts e ee 9 
'yzlt, turnetty it to Chiſt. 0 
Dit. .The 


- Thexbi.caule,thafmylrries 
ofte behydde i the letter, as in 
the: ſtone, in the ſerpent, in Jo⸗ 
nas mata and Agar in the 
flood m Nſaac, c. | 
The xbit. cauſe, that ofte yt 
ve ye markt hut onely the letter, it 
lemeth but verꝝ friſies: as to 
fobydde a veſinrs:of:lynnen 
and wollen, og to foꝛbid to plow 
Want rt. u. anethannrevanallawgether, 
Jeder 1 Job: Deo Fins reſiſtet 
ub qua cutruãtur qui portãt orbẽ: 
W ts able to reſiſt god, vnder 
whome they do bend which vp⸗ 
holdthe wozld:Andm Deuter. 
Deut . xxii. Non ſeres diuerſo ſemine. & ce. 

Thou ſhalt not ſowe thy byne- 
— ot. 
——ů — 
— rethbut flclhip.as:L:w: eius ſub 


capite 


| cipite meo.redextadiliidetiplecs 
bitur me. Nys left hand inet vn 


der my head, and his right hãde 
embꝛaſeth me. In lectulo meo ant. iii. 


. — fig: anime rhea. 
n my bed J ſought whom J 
doe loue. Quàm pu 1 let. 
mea, &. abſq; eo — intrinſecus R 
TIES 
hydde withine oh 
The xix.cauſe, that thei marke 
not (and in deede it is not fox 
euery — 0 
ges were geuen but koz a tyme 
to contine do, and what koz euer: 
As the — of myꝛacles ſwar.xvi. 
was geuen but foꝛ a tyme (as 
S. Auſten in hys dayes did wit . de vere 
pine nou. he that then wold » 
myzacie, wagia m 28 1 = | 
cle to the wozld hym ſelke. )Ind* I 
D. nt. that | 


Actes,rv, that ot the Acfes , to abſteyne 
fromthat whiche was offered 
to Idois, to abſteyne frõ bloud, 


and from ſtraungled. 
Che rx. cauſe, that cecipture 

is full of dtuerſe and ſundzye 

ſenſes. It is the booke wꝛitten 


Apocalyp.v (as it is in the Apocalyps) both 


within and without, in the ſpi⸗ 

ret 2 2: THE teter: Within V7 
the ſpirituaſ meanung. without 
by the ſenſe of the letter: within 
bycauſe it pꝛomyſeth inuiſible 
thynges, without, foz that it dil 
palerb the viſible thiges: with⸗ 
in, becauſe it moueth todeſyze 
heauenly thynges, without, foz 
that it teacheth wozldlye thyn⸗ 
ges to be contemned. SI 


The thirde FLASKS | 


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The 


The letter docth kylle and 
that ſundzie ene, 


3 e letter doth byl 
Paule ſaith) and 
that diuerſe wayes,the 


ignozannt people oughte to bee 
ſozeaferde to couete after that 
whiche cauſeth pzeſent deathe. 
How be if mas nature is ſucheNnitimer in Ute: 
euer to deſire tha which is foz- rium ſemper 
dyv. Facucttlele ſoꝝ as ade ot nl * 
as the letter doth uit and that? 
ſũdzy wapes, and that the rude 
ſimple, and vnlearnedeyea oft- 
tymes the pꝛoud, arrogant, and 
captious) be euer redye to take 
rather that whiche Gall 1 
then that which chal helpe, chal 
the Scripture then be ſoleft tte, 
that the leuyng of it mayebeac © 
caſion of ſptrituall death to the 

D. ttt. multitude 


i. 


Deut. rxii 


multitude God foꝛbyde: It 
ought.in no wyſe to be ſuffered. 
The letter euer doeth kylle 
when a myſterie is to be vnder⸗ 
ſtande ( and pet not of the rude 
to be pyked furthe and therkoꝛe 
not to be had in Englich) where 
the reders wyll ſticke ſtyl to the 
bare woꝛdes, as the Jewes did 
e ale reg to plow with 

d aſſe together C whyche 


was ment, that Judailme and 


Tuc. xxii. 


 Chziftraniſme could not be ioy⸗ 


ned in one „ noꝛ that a chꝛiſtian 
coulde cerue bothe God & the 
wozld):And as ſome haue done 
in the ghoſpelcſaith S. Augu.) 
with theſe textes: Selle youre 


i toate and bye a ſwozde, a c. J 
Galath. i. ney 


neyther receyued noz lerned the 
gholpel of man(dentyng therby 
Chꝛiſt to be man). And as the 
Anabaptiſtes 


Anabaptiges play with that ol 

Mathewethonchalt not ſweare Math. v. 

at all, with many textes in lyke 

maner wzalted.: - 1 
The letter doeth kylle-in all it, 

places, wheroas the holy ghoit 

dyd meane a myſtery ałtet any 

facton , and pet the reader voyll 

not take it. Pea oft he tan not 

take it, and therefoꝛe not mete 

to bee 3 udge in the mattet ha 

uyng it in Englych) after the er 

ample ofthe Jewes, which ſtyl 

leke at the letter in theſe tertes: | 

the Adder and D2agon- thon eum c. 

alt freade vnder thy fete . #c. 

The wolfe and the lamde hall gcap. xt. 

feede together. ac. Eleuabitur Eſap.u, 

mons domus domini ſuper omnes 

colles &c, et ſedebit ſuper ſolium Elap i. 

Dauid. &c. Et ponet ſuper caput lalm. xt 

eius coronã de lapide precioſo, & c. 


D. v. The 


The hylle where the houfe of 
God ſhalbe buylded halbe exal 
ted aboue al hilles. dc. He (hall 
ſyt vpon the ſeate of Dauld. ac. 
He (hall ſef a crowne ot golde 
and pꝛecious ſtoues vppon hys 
head ac , where as theſe textes 
and many moe were only to be 
vnderſtande of Chꝛiſte and ol 
his comming, though they dyd 
not ſo appeare then, noꝛ pet do 
to the carnall. 
ul The letter doeth Bpll, as off 
ag the ſcripture meaneth any 
other thynge then the wozdes 
Cant. v. doe lounde ag. Comedite amici 
Bier æxv. mei et inebriamini. & ce, inebria- 
mini & vomite. & ce, Cate my 
frendes and bee dzonken.#c. 
Dꝛinke and be dzoken , ſpewe 
and fal,xc. And that ofthe ghol 
Math, v. pel, when thou haſt a blowe e 
the 


the one cheke, tourne the other: 
which neither Chꝛiſt noz Paule Jed bt 
dyd fulfyli, as appeareth in the Actes rel, 
ghoſpel c in the Actes. There- 
— ts —— diſſuading 
romreuengement. 

The letter doeth kyll pf time lil. W 
bee not obſerued as appeareth 
in — lacrifices, figures , and 

"The letfer doeth kylle the. 5 
Jewe, which yet doeth affirme. * 
the obſeruation ot the lawe. + 

The letter doeeh kylle the 
Jewe which doeth ſticke onely bi. 
to the letter of the law, and wil 
not know that al was witten 
foz vs, that al hath chaunced to 5 ru. 
them in figure, but wyll ſtyeze 
ſtyll to thepꝛ ſacrifice ,circum - 
ciſion, chopſegf meates, cleane 
and vncleane, cc. And wei nt 

ynde 


3 fynde furthe Chꝛiſt there. 
pi. | Thelefteroltedoethikplls, =» 
| _.. . .., - wherementakeeramplestofo 
low. that be not tobefolowed;' 
| pre omanty to —— aood 
umrrb, 35 Phinees apaatepertonne 
er pꝛupled in Stripture foꝛ man⸗ 
Dan xiii. flaughter: Daniel a pꝛiuat per 
ſon repzeheded the iudges: and 
„Meg. rv Samuel dyd kyl Agag. Wozey 
Jud. xi. ouer theecaple ot holy Sãpſon 
(nfibzed in caralogo ſãctorũ ) fox 
kyllyng hym ſelfe:@ſolikewyſe 
of the which wold go kyt them 
ſelues willingly, becauſe Chiſt 
fapd:he that loſeth his lyfechal 
ſaue it. Theſe exãples J ſape, dc 
many mo atenot to be folowed. 
Mob be it, be al our englich rea 
ders ſo diſcrete that none of the 
playe as mad partes as theſe, 

taking eccaſion at their englich 
5 Byble? 


Haue not we as euyil 


Byble 2 
ow not wholly in the 
7 — J as euer were 


from the beginning:eyther St 
mou magus, Maxtion, Malcti⸗ 
nus, Cherinthus. Cherdõ, Her⸗ 
mogenes, Montan us, Tatia* 
mnus\Poxwhyzuus.Nouatus,Ar 
ring, Aetnis, Eunonnus ho- 
tivus, Bonatus; Wanicheus 
Polagius Wpelpffe „Hulle 
Swynglins;@ecolapadius,o2 
at al times god hath ſent catho 
litze fathers to ouerthꝛowe the, 
fo Doeth he nowe in oure dayes, 
Pꝛaiſed therfoze,+glozified be 
his name foꝛ euer c euer, which 
after he hadgreuouſly ſcourged 
vs with erroꝛs t hereſies a ĩõg 
ſeaſon & manpe peres, ſyʒſt ſent 
Warpe our bleſſed Queene ioy⸗ 


uyng with her our moſt godlpe 
Kynge Phtlipcvohoſe reygnes 
together, in ioye, vertue, and ho 


nour,Jeſuslonge pꝛelerue and 
pꝛolpet and ſence then by their 


meanes beynge inſpired by the 
holy ghoſt. hath ſent oure hygh 
Þzelate ot noble bloud my loꝛd 
Cardinals grace, Legate from 
the Popes holynes (as foz mp 
Loꝛde Chauncelour. mp loꝛd ot 
London, with many other inke⸗ 
(Peter, iti. riours, which ſtyl watch i trã⸗ 
Al furthe or nel moſt godly. I ſpeake not ol) 
did chen pe to reduce vs into thevnitte;#to 
rich 2 lo doe bꝛynge vs agayne into 'Noes 
now al fur- chyp, whiche haue lyen a greate 
ty of peters tyme in the mayne ſea lyke to be 
chepne toe pꝛovoned and almoſt in diſpatre 
church. ok recouerie into the chip agam. 
Hac. Cypriact The letter doeth kylle all 
Anga. kheym that flee from the letter 


to 


A RTE eee Ce AB RS ah 


— ly eng 


8 ] . : Fi | P2.0t0ne; 
where the letter muſt nedes be 


taken as it lyeth. And thus the 


of the letter doeth kylle all oute 
ſacramentaries, whiche dene 
Chaftes naturali and reall bo⸗ 
du in the ſatrament of the altar 
| — it is the ſame bodye 
that honge vpon the C roſſe. but 
they wyll ſet Chꝛiſte to ſchole, 
and ſay he would haue ſayde, it 
gad bene but a fngure #c. Hath 
not the engliche Byble bꝛought 
many ts this hereſye:both mas 
ny that haue been burnt,. and ma 
ny mo yet aliue in theyꝛ bodpes 
but dead they? ſoules:-X0as 
not Jone of Kent thus kyiled: 
with the letter, phantaſticallye 
kleyng krom it, and not fakynge 
Verbum caro factum 2 
Gan Bu 


teſtimonie ot the true meanyng 


0 


John t. 


John x. 


ix. 


But denying thereby Chꝛiſtes 
trewehumanitiet Alſo: dydnot 
the letter thus kylithe late Ar⸗ 
riau( cõuinced by letued yong 
man named matſter Pꝛoctour) 
which fondly fled fro the trewe 
letter: Egoet patervaumſumus 4 
nnd my fatherare bothe one? 
d that betwene hym and 
Jone bf Rent Ciiſt choulde be 
nothynge murder derte God; 
nor dere man. 

The letter doeth wu the 
tiechlp ubertines, h gather 
that the ghoſpell is ſo free that 
they mape dor what they wyll: 
Where as in deede nowe in the 
new lawe leſſe libertie is geuen 
—— and the moꝛe perfite 

the ghoſpell is the moꝛe hard it 


isꝛand it is not light to the car 


nall man, buftohym whyche 
thzough 


/ 


thzoughe charitie and a lyuelye 
kayeth wylipngly doeth all that 
the lawecommanded,aſcribing 
all goodnes euer to God. 
The letter doeth kyll al ſuch 
as only doe ſtycke to the gram⸗ 
maticall ſenſe( which Paule cal 
leth the letter) wher they ought 


not ſo to do. And thus the let? 


ter dothkyll the Anabapttſtes, 
which readyng in Peter: Subs 
mitte pour ſelues euery one, one 

to an otherct. Peter b.) and in 
 Romains, ii. in geuynge ho⸗ 


nour,; and reuerenee let 1 


one pꝛeuent᷑ other. ac. did ſaye 


that there ought amõg chulliã 


men to be no lecular powers: 

but all choulde be equall.Which 

two plates of Peter and Paule 

are onely ment of humility, and 

not of rule 02 — 
i. 


. 


Cc. 
Alſo 


Allo thus the letter doeth byll 

a ſecte of heretikes called An- 

thropomorphitæ, whiche rea⸗ 

Gene. i. dinge in the Geneſis, that God 

ſayed, let vs make man to dure 

owne image: readynge alſo in 

ſundzye places bodily membzes 

attribute to God, doe boldelye 

(aye that the Godhead is coz» 

pozall : Readynge alſo, that he 

Gene,v, ſayed: Pœnitet me feciſſe homi⸗ 

nem: It repenteth me that J 

made manne, aſcribed to hym 

mans affections : and readyng 

Gene t viii. thatheſayd e: Deſceadam & viz 

diebo. &. J wylli go dovone and 

lee. tc. Did impute ignoꝛaunce 

vnto him. Lpke wyſe it kplleth 

the ſecte of Euchitas, whiche con 

tinuallpe vſe to pꝛaye wyth 

uc. rilit. mouthe, becauſe: Chꝛyſte and 

i. Thet. v. Paule bad pꝛape ſtpll. —.— 5 
8 kpllet 


dylleth thus another ſozt 
tutte and them ſel _> 
readynge in the gholpel, plucke mat. rvalt. 
out thine eye, cut of thyne hand. 
moꝛztifye pour membꝛes vpon Con al. 
the earth ſic. 71 is Fas Matth: xix. 
11 0 hym elfe nd an 

er 1 e 2 rherepoet 


$ TE: Kue. rüül. 


cl in iche ee A 


of theym euenynge and moz 

nynge tt. They dyd not 

that God ment nothyng pro 
E. u that 


| pe a vehement udie 
15 obferue the lawe! Haue not 
oute Englyche men (namely in 
the tytie of London) had nowe 
of late lyke Jewich affeccion in 
ſettynge mer engen, on the 
5 s and pyllers; 
1 entefaiſely' wrt the 1055 


op thet 
en pen theyꝛ walles 112 5 
_onelye doe ſerue 8 
Jevoythe faſtes to blynde 225 
deceyue the ſymple loꝛte there⸗ 
with.as thoughe theyhad been 
ſpoken againſt our holy Uigils 

faſtinges. Thele textes J 


Math. cv. mene tc ſuchelike: That which 


entreth into the mouthe doeth 
not defile acc. Bie al that cometh 
into 


c. Allthunges Tit.. 
= vntt®%; — 
#c,Pe that do let eate miſiudge om ri. 
not them whiche eate: with ma- 
nye mo. And lykewiſe they ſette 
vp their textes wickedipe ap⸗ 
plyed bothe againſte the bleſſed 
Sacrament of the Altar and o⸗ 
ther holy lacramentes, and allo 
againſte onre holye father the 
Pope. Ok ſuche damnable ap⸗ 
plications ot ſcriptures. manpe 
churches were ful. But J wald 
haue wiſhed that in ſtede of 
theſe they woulde haue let vp 
that of l. Pete re which 4 recited pet. tui. 
kuen nowe) my derely beioued 
bzother Paule, wzote manye 
thinges harde, which the people 
did w2afſt as they did other ſcri⸗ 
ptures to their condemnation. 
Che letter doeth kyll beynge rt 


. e DO CL I ———_R — 
——— — = — 
— - - — —— 


\ 


read and not tr 
oꝛ truelpe under, 
obſerued 
Tbe letter A counted to bil 
foz; that it fozbyddeth ſynne, 
and by occaſion therof augmem 
teth the deſyze; oꝛ els foz that it 
1 witnes againſt vs. 
The letter doeth kylle, foz 


bnderſtad, 
ande and not 


that it dyſcloſeth oure ſynne: 


Concupiſcentiam neſcirem eſſe 
peccatum & c. I had not knowen 
that concupiſcence oꝛ luſt hadde 
been ſynne, ik the lawe had not 
faped, thou chalte not couet o 
Lluſte cc. 

The letter doeth kyll, as ofte 
as ve take oꝛ applye anye texte 
contrary tothe true meanynge 
of the holye ghoſt. 

Funallye the leffer doeth: kyll 
* ** that ſearche aboue 


they: 


their-reache in Gods myſterigs = 
(as I feare many haue de ut. ir. 
theſe yeres paſt:) one deſyzed id 

kolowe Chꝛyſte, and was not 

permitted: Another commaun⸗ Matth. vilt 
ded to folo we and yet not deſy- 

rynge : Pea and Paule greatiye Actes . ix. 
reſilting was dꝛawen in maner 
by compulſion. Conſilia dei oc⸗ 

culta: Gods tcoũſels are vnſearr 
chable. But in theſe miſerable 

yeres nowe paſt what myſterye 

is ſo harde that the ignozaunte 

with the Byble in engluche durſt 

not ſet vpon, yea and ſape they 
vnderſtode it, al was but lyght⸗ 

Thei deſyꝛed no declaratiõ, but 

their owne, euyn in the hygheſt 
myſteries:where as the pzophet Prelaretioſer- 


teacheth that the declarynge oz 72% 19mm 

expoundpnge of Gods Wide — 

doeth gyue lyghte and vnder⸗ paruulis. Pſal. 
E. iii, ſtan Cm, 


nandyng to they onglinges and 
L unt: And God thꝛetneth 
Prou.xx Y). Scrutator maieſta 
tis opprimetur a gloria: The ſear 
cher ko hyghe in hys myſteries 
8 uſte your ＋ to 
ecauſeth the 420 
eme bet fo 1 Neg ambtilaui in 
— gnis,neci in mirabilibus ſuper 
haue not walked to highe | 
1 5 myſteries noꝛ woders | 
aboue my reache. But alas ex 
perience doeth chowe that oure 
men through hauyng the Bible 
in Engliche haue walked farre 
aboue theyz reache, beynge ſon- 
dzy wayes kylde and vtterlye - 
popfoned with the letter of the 
engliche Byble. Therefoꝛe foꝛ 
30M eſus fake let it byll no moo. 


The. v. Chapitre . 


— — - 


The | 


Thebiſt Murr jet pare 7h _ 
os | 2 
1 i . Rive agile acragticora hec Aug 
K Gdiſcamus, idq; certo per il. eeacs 
O ſuaſum babe ammus la fllt nil 
eſſe neq; falſum nec; leue. aut lu 
mama mente ſcriptum:ſed omi 
penacceleſtisPhiloſophite digmaq; 
ſacto ſpiritt, quacũq; ſpecie ſeſe 
de vt oportet 5 5 
ycauſe there is ſuche great 
cultie and hardnes in lerip⸗ 
rk „and becaufe the leffer 5 
doch kyll manye- wares * 
thine 1705 g can be ome moe 
nedeu n to chewe p . 
howiwe maye beſt come the 
true ;nowledge of the Serip⸗ 
ture. and EI here note wel 
that ſindꝛy and diuers thinges - 
be requred to obteyne the true 
E. b. vn⸗ . 


I 


vnderſtaudyngand meaning of 
Scripture by. 
.. One is, by ditcrete and godly 
_ conferrynge place to place and 
Aug. lib. ni. Dcripture to Scripture. n 
de 2a, chis affirmeth SD. Aug. ſa 4 
the beſte e is to ex 
pounde one place ot Scriptur⸗ 
wb other mozemanifeſt,.. . 
ii. An other is, by conliderynge 
the e ee 
tumſtances ere 
when they 1 en 4 
An other is, by ſearching (dis 


os ligently the pzocelſe both denn 


geber ia be dayly execiſt 
tif, ; An other is, bx ay pex e 
ſearchyng,and. aſking the;oun- 
ell and iudgement of othelear 

| ned men. 
vb. Another ig, byferue1 pzaps 
er n pure 1 devotion with an 17 
e 


— — —— ͤ üUǘaƷᷓ— 


humble hart and ſimpleſpirite, 

knowyng that GOD withſfan 3aco.cis. 
deth the pꝛoude, and alſo that 
conninge maketh to f weil in i. Coꝛ. viii. 
arrogancy,if grace be wanting. 

Wherel 2e Ozigen ſayeth that Homil. xii. in 


bothe great ſtudpe and feruente . E, 


pꝛapoũr be requyꝛed to ohtayn 

the true intellection of Derip Q. ou & 
ture by. And f. Aug. witneſfeth f 
that the holy ſpirite openeth the 
meaning of Scripture onely to 
the ſtudious, diligent, æ devout, 
and to ſuche as haue a firme be⸗ 
leif in the articles of the Catho 
like fayefh receyued. 


the oldeandaunciente wꝛyters 

Judgementes-vpon ſcripture , 

—— 1 expoſitios 
ogether 4ndiozlacke hereof;;; r 

Heſtoꝛius did erre, e N 
| Hereby 


4 


4 


| 


Fl 
And an other is, by ouerſeing bt. Al 
ll 


3 
* 


: 
6 


| 


| 


. 
: 


| 


Hereby plainly appereth that 
with the 
(though it were truelpe tranſla 


ted man coulde not be bzought 


fully mto the true meanyngẽ of 


Gods wozde, But we ſe a well 


perceaue, that thoulandes haue 
den hꝛought from the true mea 


ning at Gods woozde thzoughe 


the Engliſhe Byble:therefoze it 
ought no lẽger to be permitted. 
It hathe kylde to many ſoulcs 
Alredye, GOD beeſt know- 
eth: whome J beſeche lende a 
ſpedye redzelle, | 


The vi. Chapter 6 


Scrtpture ought not to be in the 
pplgare tonge, that al men with ⸗ 
enen rede it. 


Fife 


Engliſhe-Byble alone 


em wY IEMA Ms ama cc TS 


© Bifiye von ofe? Sy £2: 
x . this alfertion- 42 


The fle b lobetion, 


— ge de noztod nat 
Mes woüld hys people 
to aye ihe bot 9 


ane 
—— 1341 


e 


3 ares SD 
teremy OD gore, Hier xrtbt 
rede to the people that whieh he 
had witten. GOD bad Efape lar vill 


fake the booke to hym ko the 
ſame pour pole: Pea and it was 
not without great myſterie that 
God bad Ezechiel fyꝛſt eate the £3ech.(it; 
boke, and =, bear dfgs the au- 
dience of all the people. Agapne 
Moyles gaue the booke to the Wow vice 
Leuites to kepe and rede to the den it. 
5 3 in kynge Joſaphat⸗ i Rt. -64, 
es tyme the pꝛieſteg c „ ; 

5 


— reade | 05 2 and _ 
e people:like as did alſo after- 
tele errut. warde Clehias the pzielt # Das 
f. Std. vili. Pha the Scribe. Eſdzas did ſun 
and. ti. dzy times tabe the boke ac reade 
ut. Eld. x. it to the people, they diligentlye 
Bari. hearynge him. And Batüch the 
Hit. xxxvi. Pzophct xedde the booke to the 
ut. it. ming care vnto him;Pea g cht 
gur maiſter take the boke of the 
-- -» Pzophet fox this caule, and red 
Fexpounded to the people. But 
his doing herein was foꝛ our ec- 
ample. Wherby we mape eaſely 
learne, that al people chould not 
DINE A op Ip 
Nr din es at t (i | 2 a ure, as 
thep havehad theſe dolen,oz xvi 
yeres t 
tuall destruction. 
The Cleconde Pꝛobation. 
God 


paſte to their vtter ſpiri⸗ 


God ante Jonas to pzeache 
toNantue: — booke 3o%t# LY 
5 —— — 4 | 


the dony bar the Jewes) 
ts nos to de re ped: at hut ra⸗ 
ther to be iamated i to bescha⸗ 
med of Senn nen i bun 
ture mas onl {fxune 
els neuer had ben dozitten, but 
only in the heart ol mã. It was 
thꝛee thouſande peres after the 
creation of the woꝛid befoze the 
olde lawe was wzitten:and yet 


then only wzittẽ foz wickednes 


and 1 At was alſo a longe 
ſpace 


GS ——— —  — — — 


ſome at an other and yet euery 


 ſparrurterthe-Ccenſion befoze 
© thenew'Teftament was weits 
ten, ſome parte at one tyme and 


part oneip woziten foꝛ bmeand 
8 : lo 2 
this wellcon! 


Scripture 

abel Chaift,Foz 
one ura led in ſenſu: 
non an hoperficie , ſed in medulla: 
non in ſermonum folijs, ſed in ras 
dice rationis. The ghoſpel is not 
in the wzityng, but in the ſenſe: 

it is not in the dutwarde appe- 
raunee,but in the n warde mea 
nynge it is not in the leaues — 
the 


che bokeg but in the ghoſtly bn- 
derſtandyng, Ind furtherhere- 
in yet to ſpeake ; Chzilte neuer 
bad go wꝛite his ghoſpel oz ho⸗ 
lye woꝛde, but bad pꝛeache it. 
Then if thou haſte an humble 
heart, and canſt but reade the 
englyſhe Byble, thinke thou 
muſt haue it taught thee, and 
not to take it thy ſelfe. 
Dape as the Eunuche dyd ta 
Philip:howecan Jvnderſtand ac Actes vill. 
if except Jbetaaght: Remeber | 
| well that ChuEdidpzeacheoft Matth. til. 
to the people, but he wzote no⸗ | 
thyng vnto them: : And he ent 
hys diſciples # bad them pꝛeach Markl. 
hys ghoſpell, but he bad them gene, 
not waite at all. That wiuche ud. rut. 
pe — — 4 — Mat. vt. i. 
ctete place pꝛ 1 | 
the toppes of _ honles;he ſatd Luctcrratt || 


not it ſhalbe wzytfen in poure 
churches (as it hathe been Je- 

wiſhly vſed on late here in Eng 

lande) noz wzitten in Bybles 

to be reade of euerye one in hys 

mother tongue, and ſet vp foz 

that purpoſe in euety Churche, 

u pet. l. Peterſayeth the holye fathers 
did ſpeake Gods wozde by the 

holye ghoſte:he telleth nothinge 

Mat. xxvi. of waitynge it. Chzyſt where he 
ſpake ot the memoziall of Ma⸗ 

ry Magdalene, ſated: wherſoe- 

yer thys Gholpell chalbe pzeas 

ched.#c, He fayednot;whereſo- 
| euer thys Ghoſpell halbe wzit- 
| Markt, ten. Johan Baptiſt pꝛeached 
| Zuciil, muche, but where did he either 
weyte, oꝛ commaunde to be wit 

Mat. xxiii. ten e Chyſte ofte pꝛompled 
arb. that hys Gholpell choulde bee 
Luc r. Pꝛeached in all the * A 

| n 


And therefoze ſent furthe both 

the Apoſtles, and the lxxit.diſ- 
ciples, and all godly pzeachers 

euer ſince (ſo that none canne 
pꝛeache excepte he be ſent.) But Nom. 
in no place we reade that he bad 

go wꝛite his ghoſpel, J tan not 

then but meruayle that men to 

their owne conkuſion are ſo de- 
ſierous to haue the ſcripture in 

their mother tongue. Dhowe 

oft ſpeaketh Paule, and S. Pe⸗ 

ter alſo of pꝛeachinge the Ghol⸗ | 
pell ? In the Epiſtle to the Ro⸗ Nom. x. . 
mapnes, ineither Epiſtle to the. Tork 
Cozinthians , to the Galathi- zal 4a. v 
ans, to the Epheſians, to the Sphel. u. 
Phillippiang, to the Coloſſigs, Col . 
to the Theſſalonians, to Tp- . ret \ 
mothe , and in Thactes. And gt. 
S. Peter allo bothe in ys fix® Tn. 
Epiſtle & alſo thziſe in thactes | 
RI F. ii Belides | 


Act.tr-rv rx Belides thys;Wartha is pas- 
{.Pct.ct.t«led inthe Ghoſpell fozhearpng 
Act. vx. xv, Chziltes wozde taughte: and 


Auc. r. 
N Matth. vit. 


| Lucart. 
j Actes. x. 


| H Actes xix. 


vou) haue you of wzitynge it foꝛ 
2 el memnes rave Fu 
..  -ofall ſuche as obſtmatly tycke 


to haue the ſcripture in waityng 
m the vulgar tongue, is r 


Chꝛiſt in his ſerms in the moũt 
ſaieth , he that heareth my wozd 
and doeth it (not he that rea- 
deth it oz wꝛiteth it halbe like⸗ 
ned to the wyſe man buyldynge 


vpon the rocke cc. And agapne 


bleſſed be they that heare Gods 
woꝛde and kepe it: ONS 


in the Actes when Peter pꝛe 


ched; the holy ghoſt fell — Nall 
that harde him :yea and they ol 
Aſia were pꝛaiſed foꝛ hearynge 
Gods woꝛzd. But wher( J pzay 


the onelye dzifte (as Ithynke 


fo be Judges of the ſenſe of 
ſcripture thepm ſelues; contra⸗ 
vpe to the vniuerſall churche of 
Chꝛiſt. But therfoze it may not 
be ſuffered, 


Thethirde probation, 
v :0ug 


1ghe the damnable 
libertie of hauynge it in 
the vulgar tongue haue 
not all holye' myſteries been des 
ſpilede Haue they not therby vt 
kerly condemned all that hathe 
not been erpzeſſed in the letter 
of their Englyſhe Byble: Baue 
they not made vs wozle here⸗ 
by then the Jewes: To take all 
myſteries from vs excepte they 
be expꝛeſſed in theyꝛ Englyche: 
The Jewes dur not erpzeſſe .. 
the hyghe name of God lehoua, 
F. ii. But 


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But what myſterie durſte not 
our men medle withall: Yea rea 
ſon, turne and toſſe at their plea: 


cala iu ſure : The Jewes had Cabala 


vece phe, 


Haft zl . 


ee, adus vel theit tradition left among them 


by Woyles without wzytinge, 
receyued as it were by hande 
from generation to generation, 
concernynge the myſticall ſenle 
included in the woꝛdes of ſcrip⸗ 
ture: But thꝛough this damna⸗ 
ble hereſye our men haue whol⸗ 
Iye condemned all that is not 
expꝛeſſed in the letter of theyꝛ 
Englilhe. And yet ſaint Johan 
ſayed , Jhad manye thynges to 
wzite vnto pou, neuertheleſſe, 
J would nof wzite with paper 
and ynke, but J truſte to come 
and ſpeabe with vou mouthe to 


Au al las mouthe. yea and S. Augultine 
1 


ſayeth: Que non ſunt ſcripta ſeq 
XIE a - 949 tradica 


tradita cuſtodimus, quæ toto rere 

rarum orbe obſeruantur: we kepe 

and obſerue not onelye ſuche 
thynges as be wꝛitten, but alſo 
traditions not wzitten, whiche 

bee obſerued in all places of 
chꝛiſtendome. Agayne, it ye wyl 
nothing to be Gods wozde , but 

that whiche is expꝛeſſed in the 

letter waitten, what ſay ye then 

to Moyſes i Were not the woꝛ⸗ 

des of God ſpoken fo him gods 

woꝛd fill they were wꝛittẽ e Yea 

what ſay ye to Chiſt him ſelfe? 

Pere not the woꝛdes of GOD 
poken by hym tothe Apoſtels | 
Gods wozd tyl they were waif- | 
ten: He in ſaying to Peter;bieſ- Mattb.rve. 

ſed art thou Spmon, foꝛ 5ᷣ fleſh 

# the bloud did not reuele oz op 

this vnto the , but the ſpirite of 

my father, declareth d that high 

71 F uli,  mylterype 


Nom. x. 


myſterie came into S. Meters 
heartcas to the pzince of Thap⸗ 
poſtles) onely by ſecrete mipi 


ration, and not by the — 
written. And ſo doeth lyk 


thys that neyther Euange 4 


no2 Apoſtle did euer by wzrfing* 


ſende the fateth to anye nation, 
buf where they were kyꝛſte in 
fozmed by pꝛeachyng. Foz faith- 


commeth by hearynge ( layeth 
Paule)andnotby wzitynge. 
Furthermoze, Paule bad the 


d. Tbeſ. ad. Thelfalonians kepe the tradt- 


tions whiche he had geuen them 
by mouthe : becauſe the wozdes 
that he ſpake fo the people by 


mouthe, oure Lozde had tolde 


t. Coꝛ xi. 


them him foʒ them and their tn» 
ſtruetion. And fo this he ſayeth 
to the Cozinthes, that concer- 
nynge the ſacramente — 

Itar 


* 
. 


6 


Altar, he hadGewed them the 
mouth, ag our loꝛd had him ſelf 
taught it to hym. But nowe yt 
S,Paule which came after the 
other apoſtles comaundeth his 
traditions geuen by mouthe, to 
be obſerued and kept: hal we 
not iudge the fame of all the o⸗ 
ther Apoſtles: Be all thynges 
the wzitten in the Bible, which 
we ought to beleue oz obſerue⸗ 
I thynke nay. Let vs ſeewhat 
Oꝛigene ſayetij: In eccleſtiſticis og. hani. v. 
(inquit) obſeruationibus funt nonsae Num. 
nulla, quæ omnibus facere neeeſſe 
eſt nec ta men ratio eorũ omnibus 
patet. Nam quod (verbi gratia)ge⸗ 
nua flectimus orantes \ et quod ad 
orientem conuerſi orationem fun 
dimus, non facile puto cuiquam ra 
tione compertum. Sed et Euchari 


d F. b. ſtiæ, 


ſtiæ, ſeu percipiendæ, ſeu quo ritu 
geritur, explicandæ: vel eorũ quam 


geruntur in Bapriſmo, verborum, 


geſtorum, ordintt, interrogationũ, 


et reſponſionum, quis facile ratio- 
nem explicabitꝭ Et tamen hæc om 
nia à Chriſto et filijs eius apoſtolis 
tradita et obſeruata ſuſcepimus etc. 
There be many thynges in the 
obſeruaunces of the Churche, 


which of neceſſitie we muſt do. 


and pet al men ſee not the caule 
why we do them. Ag by exam- 
ple) when we da pꝛay knelyng, 
. oz that we pꝛay turuyng to the 
Eaſt; I thinke the reaſon here · 

ok all men do not perceyue, Df 

the rites alſo which be obſerued 

and vſed aboute the ſacrament 

of the altar, ozaboute the ſacra 

met of baptiſme, who can ſhew 

thereaſon fully of al þ wozdes, 

geſtures, 


geſtures, oꝛders, queſtions, and 
aunſweres there bled: And pet 
all theſe wee haue receyued of 
Chulſt and hys apoſtles, Thus 
muche lapeth Ozigene. ; 
And here marke J beſech you cf 
Oꝛigenes woꝛdes c which was 
liuyng within. lxxcx.peres after 
ſainf John the Euãgeltſt) that 
many ſuch traditions were left 
by Chꝛiſt e his Apoſtles, which 
bee not in the Byble expzeſſed, A 
and pet to bee obſerued. of all 
faythful Catholpke people. 
Here alſoa bztefe-extracte of 
holye Baſyl concernynge thys vd. ſpirics 
matter, Conſecramus aquam bapſ cio cap xxvii. 
tiſmatis et oleumunctionis ex quiz 
bus ſcriptis? Nonne à tacita ſecre⸗ 
taq; traditione? Ipſam quoq; olei 
inunctionẽ, & ter immergi homi⸗ 
nẽ & renunciare dat hanæ ac ange 
lis 


lie eiut ex qua fcriptyra habemus? 
Et paulò poſt, Nam que nec intu⸗ 
eri fas eſt non initiatis, qui conue⸗ 
niebat horum doctrinam publici⸗ 
tus circumferri (cripto? Aut quid 
tandem ſibi voluit magnus ille 
Moſes, qui non omnia quæ erant 
in templo paſſus ſit omnibus eſſe 
peruia. ſed prophanos extra ſacros 
cancellos ſtatuit? Arq unum ex 
omnibus ſelectum in adyta rece⸗ 
pit, ac nę id quidem ſemper, ſed 
vno tantum die quotannis: et hu⸗ 
ius diei certam horam qua fas eſſet 
ingredi, pręſtiruit, quo propter 
nouitatem & inſuetudinem; cum 
ſtupore intuerentur ſancta ſando⸗ 
rum: probe ſciens res vſu tritas & 
vndecunq; parabiles, expoſitas 
elſe contemptui & c. Ad eumdem 
profecto modum & qui in pri: 
Fortis eccleſtæ certos ritus prę⸗ 
ſeripſerunt, 


a . 1 1 , 


$3. ein. aa. 


I at apoſtoli & pattesin oc 
cs deute myſterijs ſuã ſer⸗ 
uuũere dignitatẽ & c. Hæc eſt tatio 
cur quædam citra ſeriptum tradita 
Tenc, ne dogmatũ cognitio props 
ter affuetudinem vulgo veniret in 
-contemptum, By what ſcriptu- 
res ( ſapeth S. Baſyll) doe we 
halow the Fonte oz conſecrate 
the holye ople? Js it not obſer- 
ued foꝛ a ſtyll and ſecrete tradi⸗ 
tion : The annoyntynge with 
the holye ople, the dyppynge ol 
the chylde thꝛyſe in the water, 
and the renouncynge of the de⸗ 
uyl # his angels; by what ſerip 
ture do we thys: Howe coulde 
thoſe myſteries be publiſhed by 
ſcripture oz wziting, which the 

lymple, rude a pꝛophane, ought 
not to medle wythe What dyd 

Moyſes —_ when he =_ 

no 


not ſuffer all menne to medle 
with theTlecretes in the femple, 
but tauted the leude and bn- 
learned to ſtande wythout : 

And dyd permitte onelpe one 
to entre into the ſecrete and ho⸗ 
le plate yerelye, and that but 
one daye in the yeare, yea and 
but onelpe at one tyme in the 
daye? Thys he dyd, that wyth 


reuerence they ſhuld behold the 


holpe thxnges, well knowynge 
that the common vblyng of thin 

ges ofte cauſeth them to be had 
in contempte. And. after the 
ſame maner the Apoſtles and 
fathers whiche dyd appoynte 

certayne rytes in the pzimatine 
churche, dyd euer in great ſecre⸗ 
fie and lilence kepe the holy my 

ſteries, hyghlye reuerencynge 

the dignitie therol. And this 5 
y | _ the 


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ak conn aw as oa T_T... .. 4 


the cauſecſayeth hits many 
thynges were leaft fo vs: with 
out ſcripture , leaft els perhaps 
theknowledgeand the vſpnge 
of them amonge the common 
people myght bzynge them info 
contempte. This in effect ſaieth 
Balyll in the wozdes befoze 
recited. 
Belide this what they wyl ſap 
to manye thynges moe not ex⸗ 
pꝛzeſſed in Scripture, and pet 
vnder the payne of damnation 
to be beleued J cannot tel:as to 
the baptym of infanfes : the lit. 
perſons in Trinitie ta be of e⸗ 
qual power and of one eſſence; 
that God thefather is ingenitus 
not begot, the pꝛocedyng ol the 
holy ghoſt from the father @ the 
lonne: the deitie cc equalitie of 
= holye ghoſt with the _ | 
and 


andthe Sonne: the obſeruyng 
ofthe Sondap:the oꝛder ol our 
Ctede: the continuaunce the 
'virginitie of our Lady: that ſhe 
is I heotocos mater dei, the mo⸗ 
cher of god:the receputng of the 
Sacrament of thalter faſtyng: 
the mixtyng water wyth wyne 
in the chalice: the ſonne to bee 
conſubltanftal with the father: 
that Chꝛiſtes ſoule deſceded in⸗ 
to hel:the makinge ok the ligne 
of p Croſſe: Thenumbze of the 
Datramentes: that there be i. 
naturts in Chꝛiſt knitte toge⸗ 
ther in vnitate diuine ſuppoſite: dt 
that ſoules departynge hence 
ſtreyght wayes haue the fruitid 
ok thẽ deitie: and that men and 
women haue power to miniſter 
the lacrament᷑ ot Baptilme. It 
is not expꝛeſſed in — 


ther by commaundement,coun- 
ſell,lucence,02 example, 

And here now to peake ſom 
thynge further of two. of theſe 
23 

abothe, and o 
water with wyne in the chalice: 
and fire concernynge the Sa⸗ 
both. Albeit: the GR of the 
22 mozall — 1 daxe 


ozUnaunce b So being made 
nige in the cauſe. And lie wiſe 
it is to be ſayde of mirtinge wa 
ter with wyne in the chalice. 
The Gholpel ſneaketh of 
onelye taurned into Chai 
pzecions bloude, who durſt then 
mixte water therwith; But the 
nc eee es 
G. pleaſure 


pleaface therein without ane 
lcripture, that they dare not on⸗ 
lye put in water, but alſo dare 
not leaue it out. And whereby 
knewe the church thele thinges. 
but by Chꝛiſte and hys holy A⸗ 
- poltles; whiche taught in — 
tine: Ind ſo in theſe thynges 
and tape othet moe wente it 
kurtke from age to age conti⸗ 
ave — die he 
5 
beqtntitnge- withoute mention 
_ in ſcripture — 
What our newe men ye 
to thys gere, I wofe-not:but 
thys one thynge Jam well ac⸗ 
ſured of. that hauynge the ſtrips 
ture in Engiyche hath b:ought 
eholye-myſteties of G6 DD 
jato contempte and hatred. 
Whreyas the wiſedome of God 


(as 


cas S. Balill teſtifieth) neuer /! h 

would all the myſteties of dure 4 . 

fateth to be put in wziting ther⸗ 

by to be a laughyng ſtocke both 

to the Jewes and Gentils.Fox 

if Chꝛpſte himlelfe were coũted 

a ſclaunder to the Jewes, and 

folyſhnes to the Heathens how 

muche rather Chal the hyghmp- 

ſteries of our fayeth ſo by couns 

ted beyng moſt harde to be pere 

teyuede My ſterium non eſt quod 

ad populares aures effertur. Patres 

ergo in occult ac ſilentio ta 

rijs ſuam ſeraauꝛre dignitatẽ Bali; 

xxVij. dẽ ſpiritu ſancto. Its not 

arten e. — ts of 

ta euer man, o 

ito euery mix eace-Theholyſn 

thers euer kept the holy mne 

ries in moſt ſerrecꝝ teuereci 

dignttte — — 
G. ii. keueus 


Diani. capai. in 
cœleſ hurarch. 


rnb c. xeneus Epiphanius. Tertulid, 
Fpipban. c#r« Ogigen; Cipzian, and Hylarp, 


die Lo edu. 


Fa vd. with one confent do firmelye e- 
ö ng bamil. v ſtabliſſhe this againſte the ap⸗ 
in num 228 pꝛouers of gliche franſla - 
a tions ea and S. Balyl dothe 
Hullin pſdai. aſiirme that there be ſo manye 
0 myſteries withoute Scripture 
| whiche mult be credited, that he 
1 tan in no (mall time recite them 
Baſilius lil. Al: Deficiet me dies ( inquit)ſi eccle⸗ 
pins (ix myſteria citra ſcriptũ tradita per 
elt ahn. gumrecenſere. Howe can it then 
j be that the Englyche Byble can 
continue , many ſuch me taking 
occaſion thereby to condemne 
atholp, myſteries receaued by 


eng that ſo many moe thynges 
wer done. that the whole woꝛld 

A een not n to conte ine 1 ik 
ep 


dding the k. 1. 
ye haue harde) obſerue all hys 
traditions, rechaued by mouthe 
dt not by watpng(laweth Theo- 
philacte)and pet aſwel to be be⸗ 
leuedas the other? Pea a in the 
time of l. Peter, Linus. Cletus, 
Anacletus, Clement, a Euariſ- 
tus cc. S. Johns Gholpel was 
not wꝛitten:but theſe men wyll 
nothing to be beleued but oniye 
that whiche is in their Engliſhe 
7 ble: ſo that ali that tym̃e the 
ans by this their iudge⸗ 
e( lo eee and ſclender it 
not haue ben bound 


gyoipe! 
it was not wzitten . Howe bet 
al faiethfull people bulcue that 
the Churche of Chꝛiſte taughte 
G. un. aboue 


üben ir, yeres | iter Chiiltes 
altenſton al . nowe in S. 
Johns ho „beyng 5 
Lac l kh 


ecele. hut. can 


| meane not cozrupte 02 
ate with ſfidzy herelies 

there were almoſt no kcriptutes 
of the new tellament in i. ++ 
and ynke , | 

All the montftons „worde; 

and wozkes of Chziſte were 
then wꝛiten in the hartes ol the 
fatethfull: but ſone after when 


thzough [ynne it begãne to wax | 
colde, then was wꝛitin fer the b 
[imples ſake to 


yet 
ing the authouteof the church 
the fundation of all trueth) of 
Hans befoze the newe teſtament * | 
8 


all wiyfeti. Foz were there not 


heretikes (J pꝛave you) whiche 
dented diuers bodkes of ſetip⸗ 
ture, as Martion and other: 
\Wherewith were they fubduede 
euyn with berities not witten. 
Werne welthat Poples(laith 
Daigen )greatlp paſſed not foꝛ 
the letter wꝛpten when hevyd 
bꝛeake the tables: noꝛ Ehzyſte 


when he ſayd to the Jewes the ſmattd xi. 


'ſpake of the letter ( whiche they 
kepe ſtyl) but of the ſenle. Wher⸗ 
foze — frõ them the engliche 
damnablefranſlation,aud lette 
tht learne the myſteries of god 
reuerentip by hart: and lerne to 
geue as muche credit to that 
whiche is not expꝛeſſed , as to 
that which is expzeſſed in fcrip» 
ture: Rnowyng that in. ui.poin⸗ 

G. iu. tes 


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— has tes thautozityè of the churche 
aeum pa ig ahoue the auetogitie of ſcriy- 

2 alla ture. One is in fa Ing very- 
to ſaluation (as plainlyappens 
os theſe verities nowe lef 
furth here in this pꝛobation) a⸗ 
nother is foʒ that churche re⸗ 

ceaued the golpelg of Luke and 
Marke ( wWhiche Marke neuer 
ſaw Chꝛiſt)᷑ did reiecte the guo 
ſpels, made hy hys hyghe Apo⸗ 
ſtels, Thomas c Barttiimewe: 
as fo2 the ghoſpeil of Micodeme 
(whiche pet was familiar with 
chꝛiſt) I ſpeke not of. The third 
ts,bycauſe 8̊ church in al doubt⸗ 
full cauſes aud matters of con- 
ttouerſie muſt euer be iudge ol 
the true ſenſe of ſcripture. Foꝛ 
ſhe alone Hathe euer the true 
ſenſe of gods woꝛd. So _ 

| er 


—— 


her authoꝛitye onelye Freaeus 
dyd conuinee Ualenfin:Tecta- 
lian, Mertion: Oꝛigen, Celſũ: 
Cipꝛian, Nouatum: Qiten raũ⸗ 
Fell:; the Arrians: Hierome , 
Jouinian: and Auguſtine; the 
Donatiſtes: wyth many other. 
And no meruell, foꝛ ſo muche 
Chziſt him ſelfe made bys chur- 
che ß iudge ouer ſcripture: whe 
he ſent the Apoſtels #diſci 
to pꝛeache ſaying: He that h 
reth you, heareth me. Indaiſo 
wheheſayd: Who ſo would not 
heare the churche ; chaulz he re- 
puted a taken ag an Ethnycke, 
02 Nublican. Sepng thentyac 
God thus appointed, who wyll 
refuſe to ſee the true 'bnder- 
ſtandynge of ſcripture at that 
iudge, whom Chuite appomted 
hymſelfe? Surelp none but ſelfe 
G. b. Willie 


" willpeheretykes.Deyngalfo$ 
Ipodeels put but fewethpnges 
in ſcripturecas Guſebtus ſaptij 
Lib. tii. Capi. xxiiit.) but lett the 
reeſt to the authozitye ot the 
e eee 


The. iiij.probat ion. 


Some deſire to haue it inthe 
engliche tongue only foz knows 
Jedgo;and this is but curtoſitie; 
om only foz vainpzaiſe,#this 
is but vain glozy to be ſerie lear 
ned: Some only: to taunt pooze 
paeftes d other ſimple me ther- 
with;s thys is but deuelichnes: 
ſo that fo2 none vftheſe it ought 
to be in englyche. Rowe where 
ſome would deſyꝛe it in engliſhe 
only to be edifted thereby ( fox 
this deſyze only is to be mm 


fed)trieth is they may be ſulfi- 
ctently ebifyed-by ſermons and 
ſon dotttine of the ſcripfu 

res expounded vnto theym by 
futh as haue the key of knowe⸗ 
ledge, as ofte as they Hall well 
— upze and foz a godlye ours 
e Deſpite: 4t:and herevi ty e- 
leer quiet mynde Wyll de kon 
tent, knowing that the tõtrary 
isagamft the lyke church. 
Do that euen the good and cas 
tholyke people W iche woulde 
doe good and noo hurt with the 
Byble in englich yet may Got be 
permitted lo to kepe it: parfiye 
leaſt the inkfyzme and weake 
thereby chould be offended, ep- 
ther in mifiudging,o2 in takyng 
example (yt occaſion ſerue) to 
get the ſame libertye to theyꝛ 
deſtruction, and partlye that no 
occaſion 


occaſton be geuen therby foobs 


ſtinate heretikes to murmur 


that they haue it not in Engliſh 
them ſelues as well as thother. 
And this anſwere Jgeue vato 
them whiche ſeme ofa Godlye 
zeale to ſaye,ſcripture ought to 
be in englyſh foz the vſe d com⸗ 
moditie of ſuch people, as with 
an earneſt zeal 12 5 deuoute 
ſtudy dooe hu er and thurſte 
the ſimple and plapne knowlege 
of Gods „ koꝛ conten⸗ 
tious bablyng, but foꝛ innocent 
Iyuyng, not to be curious ſear⸗ 
chers of the hygh myſteries, but 
to be fatethłull doers of Gods 
byddyngs: not to be troublous 
talkers of the byble, but ſincere 
folowers of Goddes pꝛeceptes 
therin conteyned: not to be vn⸗ 
reuęrent realoners in holy ſcrip 
| ture 


a am. 0 V 1 


ture foz vain ſettig out of theit 
pamted ſheathe, but to behable 
and louly wozkers of Gods gio 
tye: not to be turious diſputers 
in the Gholpell foz the maynte⸗ 
naũce of they moꝛdinate luſtes 
and carnall libertye, but to be 
vpryghte walkers in holye con 
uerſation of ipfe in the rule of 


The fyſte probation. 


 Paupngethe fcripfure in ens: 
glych the leude # ignoꝛaũte pꝛe⸗ 
ſume to know al the ſcriptures 
perfitly( a that to their condena 
tion) cõtrary to l. Hieroms rule- 
which is this. Si non ſuccedat ido 
neus interpres, potius neſcire opor 
tet q; cum periculo diſcere & c. 
there be not one pꝛeſent that is 

mete 


mete to expounde the ſcriptu- 
res, itis better not tu know the 
myſttries, then wyth ieoperdie 
and peryll to ſearche them cc. 


1 | The ſixte probation, 


The moſt parte ot the people 
bee euyll: but Chzyſte woulde 
none ſuch chould hane the hand⸗ 
Iyng of hys ſecrettes: as appe- | 
reth by that he willeth pzectous | 
ſtones not to be caſte amongeſt 
ſwyne, noꝛ holpe bzeade to dogs 
ges. Therefoze ſcripture ought 
not ſo to be lefte, thatallbvouth- | 
out anye diſcretion oz difference 
map hadle it at their pleaſures: 
whiche muſte nedes be, if it be 
ſette at libertie in the vulgar: 
tongue in euery churche, oꝛ in 
_ The 


— ——————— —w— 


The ſeuenth probation. — 
bv -moſte part of the people 


177 — c not hable to dil⸗ 
bo og The 


gt 5.and tropes? © halitthel 
ai e — 
wdge therok s TEEN ! 
The ninch probation. | 
The vniuerlal chutch ol Chꝛiſt 
_ neuer allowe no appzoue 
ſcripture 


ncanue nome 
' nu thn £ 
me amonge othe Wan 


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great pech 
was done by 1925 him elke. 
T be tenth probation. 
Gre lib i. Stripture is coũted to be ſom 
moral. times meate, ſomtimes dꝛinke: 
Dkeinke inligut places, meate in 
ory t obſcure places, whiche in 
expoundyng 


odor tn-tat— . £ 
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5 


dainke, By theſe it maye well 
appeare that the common peo 
ple Qoulde not pꝛeſume to ex⸗ 

poũd . ſcriptures the ſelues, 
es therof: whiche 


i 


nok, 80 tud 
ep oy doel as experience 


it in the 
ongue ue, Dhall it "op 
any lenge ocontinewe?- - 
: The eleventh probation, - 
| | . 


lunilae Dꝛigen and ne doe de 
ms Conte, clare ) whiche be not fo2 eueryt 


de — ſimple bꝛayne to ſind out. The 
al bon. ca.. mpſterie- ofte-i6 hid. the wel ol 
ſcripture is depe, puteus altus eſt 
euerp ones ſtrẽgth is not hable 
to dzawe vp the water of lyfe 
furth of the botome of it. Ther 
foze the welle muſte be couered, 
le elt the yonglynges fall into it 
an 


and ſo be dꝛown ed. 
The xij.ptobation. 
Paule thoughte not the Co⸗ . £94, 
rinthians hable to haue the my⸗ 
ſteries opened vnto them, ſay · 
inge: J feede you wyth myike: a 
pet oure molt ignoꝛaunt people 
wyll murmur, pf they map not 
fede the ſelues with the higheſt 
3 all, euen in theyꝛ 
owne nattue language, Paule 
b he fedde the Cozinthians 
as vonge chyldꝛen, whyche yr 
they fede the ſelues vpyl detile 
flober they clothes. And do not 
theſe nowe in oure dayes defile 
theyꝛ 1 garment wyth 
pzcſumpng- 7 fede them ſelues 
with ſpiritual fo de of the louler 
And marke here J pꝛai you, that 
Haut not without cauſe, that 
aul vled here this lumilitube, 
fangs child zen not ſuffered fo 
H. ii, kede 


fede them ſelues,offe ſtrike the 
meate (thzoughe frowardnes) 


kurth of the nourtes hande, oft 


fozſake it, and tourne awaye: 
euen as do ſtil the wicked, which 
woulde feede theym lelues ſpi⸗ 
rituallye with the Engiyche 

tranſlation of ſcripture to theit 
vttet poyfonynge after the ma⸗ 
net of chyldzen, dohich being per 
mitted to fede them lelues, may 
gather vppoyſonne oz venym, 

and feede thereon : not that J 


meane that in ſcripture Goulde 


be any poyſon: but that a medi 
tine miniſtred by the Phiſifian 
oft healeth, which rnb til 
1 not een we, where 
noꝛz when to take it, poyſoneth 
an Kkylleth. The Bee and the 

Spider gather on one floure, 
18 honye the other bor 
? on: 


fon:the flours miniſtryng no oc 
caſion ther vnto, but onely their 
owe natures. her vpon S. ; ug vin pſal. 
Auguſtine ſapeth:Omniadiyina xy, 
eloquia ſalubria ſũt bene intelligẽ⸗ 
tibus: periculoſa ijs qui eam uolũt 
ad ſui cordis peruerſtatem detor⸗ 
quere: all holye ſcriptureg bee 
holſome and moſt pꝛofitable to 
them that vnderſtande them a 
right:but they be perilous to al 
fuche, whiche woll wzaſt them 
after the frowardneſle of theyꝛ 
one heartes. O lozde howe 
manye haue wꝛaſted the ſcrip⸗ 
ture ampile thꝛoughe the wyc 
ked libertie ol hauynge it in En 
glych theſe manye peures⸗ 
I be aii. probation. 
| Chꝛiſt laid to ; Saduces, ve do Matth. xxii. 
krre not vnderſtãding the ſcrip⸗ Loſepb. lih. x. ac 
tures:d̃ the caule was that thei! Y. lud er lis 


D.tit, receyued® g. 


e{.Þec.tif, 


receyued no interpꝛeters bpon 
ſcripture,not'muche vnlike vn⸗ 
to dur men.which only with the 


englich tranſlation(thonghe it 


be neuer ſo falſe ſo coʒrupt, and 
damnable) woulde take vpon 
them the full budexſtandyngol 
ſcriptures „ £0 
The xiii,p abe 110 

Sapncte Peter teltifiedt 8 as 
it is in my fyꝛſte chapter) that 
manpe thynges in S. Paules 
epiſtles were hard to be vnder⸗ 
ſtand, whiche the vnlearned did 
then peruert to theyꝛ deſtructi⸗ 
on, as they dyd other places of 


lcriptures. And pet foꝛ ali thys 


dare out vnlearned men be ſtyl 
deſyꝛous to haue the ſame ſcrip 
tures in they owne ſpeache to 
peruerte to theyz owne con: 
demnation ? 


The w. probationn 
Did not Chilt oft teſtifie;fhat 
it was not-foz-euerye-one:to 
koowe the high myſteries, and 
pet dare the blynde ſo pꝛeſume 
Noll onely with theyz Engliche 
tranſlatto'if was not without 
great cauſe that Chꝛiſt would 
not his myſteries to bee publi⸗ 
ched to al people. Foz the comon 
ſozfe neuer vſed them wel. And 
therfoze many hyghe myſteries 
there be(lapth S. Balyl) which 
neuer were witten, but in the 
heart of the elect; And S Hier⸗ 
rom vpon.Labia ſacerdotis cuſto⸗ n 
diunt ſcientiam. ſayeththatthe 
miniſters ot Chꝛiſtes Church, | 
whole dutie is to teach the ſcrip 
ture, muſte not ſtyll vtter, dut 
kepe, that in tyme and place it 
mare be publiched: Their office 
| PD -1uu, is 


V ertul in lib. is this to do, not foz euery ma. 
--<ſ-77:*<t0ſearche the lectetes. Chzite 
55 vibe on Wold not euery one to be a med 
nibus apoſtolis ler, when he ſayed to hys difci 
arcana cognoſceples: itall be youre officeito 
rc, que kh the myſteries: and to Nt 
valgo nd leuit. todeme: arte thou a mayſter in 
Ane  Flraell; andknoweſt not thys 
Zobn uit. gere cas woho choulde ſape it be. 
| to teachors to beerype 

in ſcriptures ,i and foz other to 
oy be hearers. God laid to Eſdzas 
tft, Eld. xi. ſpeakyng and Declaryng hyghe 
myſteries: put theſe ſecretes ſu 

rely bp and teache them to the 
wyle mẽ that be hable to vnder 
il. itit.ſtànde theym: as fo the lewde 
he rebuketh theym as vnmete 

to knowe ſuche hyghe ſecretes 

and myſteries. Euerye J diote 

tã beare ſtones to the buyldyng 

of an houſe, and lay a hepe — 


. I EE et. on Eats ot Ee — 


ther, bnt none can couche them 
— mus they ought to be in their pla⸗ 
ceg, but the maſon : euer foole 
can reade and bable of the lerip 
ture. but only the godly learned 
teachers can play the ſpirituall 
maſons parte in couchynge the 
lyuelpe tones in the ſpirituall 
The ſixtenth — 5 
- God ſapeth by Malache the | 
prophet(Jrecited the tert enen 
now) that the people muſte te⸗ 
ꝗqupꝛe the law and the meaning 
therof at the mouth of the pꝛiſt: 
but then it is not fo euere one 
to take it him leite, to controlle 
# deſcant at hig owne pleaſure. 
he ſeuententh probation, 
Can the vnlearned only wyth 
thenglich Byble and wyth rea⸗ 
ding only the englich tranſlatid 
6 H. b diſcerne 


Math. v. 


Rom. x. 


Vetus lex oc⸗ 


diſcerne oz know how Chziſtes 
woꝛdes be trewe that he came 
to fultylle the lawe, and not to 
bꝛeake it. and how many maner 
of wayeg that is trewe, and yet 
bowe:he ts: the ende of the law. 
Agaꝝne can he perceyue therby 
how the olde teſtament and the 
new are bothe one in ſubſtaũce, 
and yet diuers in petfectto and 


cultatis mu, in imperfection, c what nede th 
«4 reuelauo the vide ſtyll to remapne.vea o 


FACTS 0 Aug. 


come to heauen: 


Luer. 


MWath. ri. 


what neded the newe to bee ge⸗ 
uen, ſepnge Chꝛiſt anſwered to 
the Lawyers aſkyngehowe fo 
n the lawe 
what readeſt thou 4 Lone thy 
102d Gdd tte. Moꝛeouer can he 
lee in his engliſhe boke how the 
gholpel is eaſie #lyghte*(fo2 ſo 
Chʒiſt calleth it) a that the olde 
was ouer hard and impoztabie 

| 98 


as if is in thactes the xb ſeing 
chat in the olde ( yt ye take buf 
the letter) onely manſlaughter 
was fozbyd; here to be angrye 
is condemned: there loue thy 
krende, here loue thyne enemye: 
there, eye foz eve, here, pf thou 
haſt a boffeton thone ſide, turne 
thother:there, committe na ad⸗ 
ultery, here yt thou beholdeſt a 
woman unchaſtly thou arte an 
adulterer:there, thou ſhalte not 
bee foꝛſwoꝛne, here thou ſhalte 
not ſweare at al:there, foꝛ ſtea⸗ 
lyng other mens goodes ß muſt 
reſtoꝛe fourekolde, here, foꝛ not 
geuing thyne owone thou mayſt 
be damnede Can pt with then⸗ 
glich Bible tel theſe andmanye 
moo as harde thynges as theſe 
be: I am lure pe can not. And 
therkoꝛe if ye myght be ſuffered 

(whych 


(whiche God fozbydde)\fyll to 
wade in thengliche tranſlation, 
ye mult nedes ſtyl walke from 
blindnes fo blinones. nt, 
The eyghtenth probation, 
In the law and the Pꝛophe⸗ 
tes ob howe manye harde thyn 
ges becdteined?yea what parte 
of ſcripture is ſo iyghte,that a 
godiylearnedman dare take in 
hand fully to dicuſſe, expounde, 
aud declare by hys ovone wopt, 
yl he doe not ſee noꝛ neuer haue 
feene any doctour oꝛ expolitour 
theron e And pet chall fcripture 
be ſuffered to confinewe in the 
engliche tongue koꝛ all men to 
— at their pleaſure? 
The ninetenth probation, -. 
What thinges haue we got 
ken by the ſcriptures beynge in 
bar ina thele yeres paſte?Der- 
uauntes 


{ntirites ſtubbourne, frowarde 
and ens ——— 


11 441 5 2 
bee euen in their befte 
f Aae de u 
geben [they be 
red ſtyll tocontinewe « Shall 
they ſtyll poyſon moe? Lyke as 
doe a thoulande damnabie En⸗ 
glych bokes lette kurthe v = : 
| cle 


I. 8 


theſe xxii.peares.Loꝛd delyuer 


ther that with 
(pede. fi 2 800 deen 


. ſpeake onely ol one 
1 the tranſlation. and 
tauche no moo) my heatte dyd 
ann ede mol comonly 
c | bande ee ebe! tran 
the Lozde „where ag it 

t to be traſlated. ourlozde, 
the berye latenphzaſe ſo 7 
— appearethl ſufficiently 
pour Free of; the comike 


wheran a le -hathe 


a üdgement in the lap tonge 
can denie thys woꝛde pater here 
in this place to include tuus, ft lo 
to be tranſlated into Englyche 
thy father is not the ſame iud⸗ 
Wen to be geuen of S. 15 on 
an 


hans fayinge to Peter, Johan 
the xxi. Dominus eſt, It is oure 
Loꝛde, our Mayſter: whereas 
they wa tranſlatedit, 
— ber places, calling 
And like wiſe in 
t Wala a oux Lady. alle 
ful ofigrace dominus te⸗ 
cum: © bon here this wozde 
dominus include noſter : And ſo 
to bee tranllated oure Loꝛde is 
wifh thee: Woldeſt thou make 
tharchangelie lpbe a deuyll to 
cal himthe lord: He is theloꝛd to 
very Sathã, but to bs he is our 
moſtmercifullozd,# ſo to be cal 
led. Our father which art in hea 
uen halo wed be thy name. ac. 
And S. Thomas cried my lozd 
& my God. Agayn, ſeing god is 
Lozde of Ibzaham Loꝛde of 
Iſaac, 


Fſaac., and Loꝛde of — 
woulde then Abzaham, Ilaac, 
a e 
velpe ; but my Loꝛde, oꝛ oure 
Lobe, Mozeouer pf perchatics 
ve demaund of a huſband man, 
whole grounde that is:He wyl 
aunſwere the loꝛdes, meaning 
the lande lozdes,whicheis per- 
Wel ys Alpes esst rows f 
ps Y no 140 
much foz the tranſlation, ſeing 
itſwarmeth as full of faultes 
as leauescJ wyl not ſap lynes) 
as J do fo2 that I would wiſſh 
that the comon ſpeache among 

people ſpꝛõgot᷑ tuſtom thzou 
the fonde tranſlatiom J thanke 
the Loꝛd, the Loꝛd be pzayſed, 
the Lozde knoweth, with all 
ſuch phzaſes myght be left, and 
that the people „ 
0 


thatike 
tte Fr 
our lozde, ec 50. ee 
due eee ion. 


artyxand chiefeby⸗ 


— * 


8 — S ee 


2 den na put w 92a 
wean ur lene e 
he)we — 

— — 


| trurthvereP- 
hath „ to 


ued 


ned il ol the elders... Qporcenab 
ed; intalli gentiam diſcere ſcripru⸗ 
rarum, qui eam Maiorihus fecums 
dum veritatã ſibitraditam feruat , 
Hæc diuus Clemens lib. x. recog. 

Idem quoq; docent Iren. Tertult, 
 Arhani&Epiphane;Dereby we 
mayepercepuethas we muſte e⸗ 
uertake the meanynge — 


vnmerſalchurche. Bnt bow ca 
it then be in the englych tongue, 
faz:all men to read and take As 
thethaue done at their pleaſure? 
hey haue made ſeripture no 
ſeripture, by falſe recitynge; by 
mating turning. Foz as 
tial ſaieth: Quem recitas 
mes eſt o hiſentine lihallus: At 
mile cum recitagingipireſſecuus. 
mp frende Obenemue We 


oke 


Ace. vul 18 eee 


Hier ad 
| Pau num, 


(ſayeh he) commung to Chziltes 
flocke did obey,haning their be- 
letke waiten-bythe (piriturgod 
in theyꝛ hartes, and not wꝛiten 
with ynkee in velome oꝛ perche⸗ 
ment. Oportet ordinatiomẽ ſequi Iren. li.. ca. 4. 
traditionis quam tradiderũt pattes 
is quibus committebant eccleſias: 
cui ordinationi aſſentiunt multæ 
gentes barbarorum eorum qui in 
Chriſtum credumt, ſine charactere 

vel atramẽto ſeriptã habentes per 

ſpiritum ia cordibus ſuis ſalutem 

What ſchal we ſay then to them 
whiche pet bewaple their Je 
uych ſcriptures plucked beſyde 
J. iii. the 


* 
0 * 
14 IE 2 
2 


ants and walles ;and:on- 

— theyꝛ — 

ka ſatuatton only mꝛiten in the 

hart hy the belt pirit, it Gould 
eee not of. 111 
Tpe.xxiiij. probation 

1 ; The heathen -Phiioſopher 

ele, yoqnldnot youth ta be the med 

ce, ters with moꝛal philoſophy; by- 

cauſe they wert vnapte therun- 

to, eyther to be Judges therof;, 

-02 to take anye pzofyt thereby: 

and he ment not only pouthe in 

peres, but alſo in maners za 

Eta. rv. Chyldecſayeth Eſaye)of an hun- 

d2eth yeres olde (all dye. What 

then ſhal we ſay:Ghall we admit 

vnto ß handling of our heanely 

philoſophy whome the heathen 

thought vnmete, a vnwoꝛthye 

to handle ther ** with 


was -buf:.pzophane : Igarne, 
would not the Jewes permitts 
all ages.tothe.readyngofal the 
bokes in the olde teſtament and 


chziſten men doe it xea 
all we ſuffer heym to forme 


and toſſe the olde and newe toe 
Wyli we be wozſe then the Je- 


Ethnickes a moze out of ozder? 
O Loꝛd be mercytull vnto vs. 
Ihe. xav, probation 
It was neuer admitted 
(though ſomtymes permitted) 
in anpe place of hziſtenedome 
ſcripture to continue in the vul⸗ 
gar tongue. but only in tyme of 
ſeilme oꝛ hexeſve, hall it nowe 
then be ſutlexed to continue any 


longer inthys xealme,ſo manye 
miſchetes iſuynge thereout as 
haue done d 


Aly increaſing theſe 
un. many 


wes: Yea-wozle then f pzophan 


mnyries; and would do rl 


21:7 Dyes if — 
When it is in 
tongue the come 

—— Woꝛde; . 

7928 12 f 
can ds wozde; 

Matth. ui — — 
not only by bꝛeade, but by euery 
woꝛd ß pꝛotederh fucth of gods 
mouth. The deuil the auſwered 
 #Tpake Gods word, but it was 
not furthe ol Gods —— 

ut. Reg. xiii ——j.— 


bid. Reg. xxii 


worde, but nor dukte of Gods 
mouthe:lo 1 
| imeg 


moe: ; nete 


tymes pat, and do at this day, 
But when is it Goddes wozde 

furtheof Gods mou then 
Howe chali we knowe oz pꝛoue 
thate Euer when it is ſpoken ac 
cozding to the conſent @ fayths 
of the catholyne churche. 
Fox verye ſcripture doth ſhewe 
that the trewe vnderſtandynge 
ot Gods worde, and that it is 
furth ol gods mouth ſpoken, is 
euer to be foughte in the catho⸗ 
like churche, koz the catholpke 
church alone hath euer the true 
ſenſeof ſcripture, whiche is foꝛ 


that cauſe called of S. Paule t. Zim. itt. 


the pyller and foundation ot al 
truety': wherem' alſo fog thys 
cauſe God djdopned ſome apo- 


iles, ſome'Gtangeliſtes, ſome Ephec.tit, 


Pzopheteg and teachers, ſtyl to 
ctinne, iet doe ould ve ouer⸗ 


thꝛowẽ with blaſtes of erraur. 
leu li. 3j. cap. j. And therfoze Jreneus witnel⸗ 

ſeth , and longe after hym S. 
Aug in- ftſu Auguſtine that the teme mea 
Aamt ii. cap. 4. ning of ſcripture is to be hadde 
by the tryall of the ſucceſſion of 
the holy byſhoppes and fathers 
ſince Peters tyme in the ſee of 
Rome, which thyng cauſed . 
Auguſtine to ſay, I would not 
beleue the ghoſpel yl thauthoꝛi 
tie of the church cauled me not 
ſo to do. So that me muſte be⸗ 
leue that which hath been recey 
ued of all me, at al times, a in al 


As. in epiſ. 
IJunds. cap... 


places of chꝛiſtendome, and we 


muſte leane to the antiquitie, to 

the generalitte,and-conſente of 

the fathers:andthe trewe ſenſe 
VVvnd meaning of ſcripture muſt 
euer bee pꝛoued and tried oute 
herby. How be it to none of this 

22067 55 our 


pur new men wol agre, becauſe 
it whollpe maketh agayuſt the: 
but they euer do ſtudiz ta 

Al into queſtion to denyat 
neralcouncels, aloꝛzdmaunces, 
decrees, canong, ann rxpofi⸗ 
tours vp6 ſeripture. And mut 
ol. this diſozder thenglich Bible 
dath cauſe: wherfozeme thenke 
it mape not well bee 1 þnns 
to continue. ion 85 


Can iebechoſen: but: 15 long 
ds all people haue the Byble in 
Engliſh at their nleacure, ther 
chal euer be fame among theym 
readte miniſters of the deuyi to 
dilpute, reaſon ; and teathe the 
relidue, to the vtter deſtruction 


ol al deuotion audi good odere 


And pet amonge thepm:felues 


they hall lape, the cauſe:ts they 
can 


ran nat be taught trueiy of the 


bene abꝛode : And herebp 
Galbe ſowed plentitul⸗ 
le and Gods worde pitifullye 
abuſed bnder a cdlourahle de⸗ 
-fenſetherof..Therall ſapꝛohyß 
Shoſpel oughe noc to bee kepte 
From chꝛiſttau men, and that is 
verys truetj : it oughte to bee 
taught them and pꝛeached vnto 
them. but not they to teache the 
(mes fox wzaltpng it amille. 
The xxvin;prabation. - 

I tis the occaſion. of many: 
here ſtes tahaue the ſcripture in 
the bulgar tongue. Ho we be it 
herelte dud neuer ſpꝛyng furthe 
af — of the per 
uerſe vnderſtandynge of ſcrip- 


— — furecſapeth Hilarius). Ind pet 


then leing the rude ignoꝛãt ſozt 
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people beynge abſent, but euer 
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the Coꝛiuthians, where Pa 
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manpe thpng Inn A 
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Englad Englich teachers 
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deaudges thanſaluen > where 
———— 


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1. Col. xitit. then he wauld not haue layed, it 
. what J'o ate by: 


God 


God tapd in Deut. he that woyll Deut. xott. 5 
ndt odept in ties to the pzteſte , | 
chall lulter death. But. what 0+ 
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L 18 i3 i, 


Lg 02.517 1:4 TheporkdiiGRatiatiorr | 02 
h howe manye fcrupuleg 
and doubtes haue ſpꝛonge in 
manpe mens heades ( whiche 
nrythetr they noꝛ their fathers 


nuit imagined befoge)thꝛoughe 


the ſcripture Engtyche⸗ Daw 


_ many alkercations;ſcifmes,and 


Nutſions among 5 ſimpichaue 


— awyfe, marfiers ſeruant: 
Howy:mavy, women herotykes 
chate:takenvpan them:the-office 
:9fiteachtng hereby in theſemiſe 

eable peres erer 

1. Cor (ic, ue to auleg doctryne. 
012 Terra probatian. 40 
2 Amoange other zone of the 
— inconuentenceg that 


by hang the Wybte men englich, 
1 ür char en yea becp nnn 


ny, 


man mat; 


Tame wien pere ſpeũg 


meg 


he was not cated. Chet din not 
marke howe Chzilt being verve matt. 
man dyd chole the.xit, Apolties Zuc. x. 
and. Ixxti.diſtiples, and ſent the 
furthe , where ye lee bothe the 
outwarde cholynge and ditt 
Woäͤrde lendinge. Mathias was Actes. . 
outwardlye by menne cholen to 
luccede Judas: and ſo were theactes. vt. 
5 K. ili. ſeuen 


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Nom. x. pie 


Sphe: llt. e i 


| deacons: outipardlye cal⸗ 


Joutwe end e. Ind the 
ye haſte ape eperate bp 
Aule and Barnabas, and they 
fro 1959 handes on them and 
arde — bh cnc th Pea, and 
4 f raveth : howe hall they 
he excepte they be ſent + 
pf we choulde take onely 


11 2s A de ſendynge without the 


Wärde „ then the Churche 


: "| ben We nener bee certayne who 


ent and who! were not. 
0 5 Chꝛyſt appoynted cer⸗ 
oſtles, doctours, and 
5 1 #c.Whiche ozder, ſarth 
Wen continue in the chur 
he koi euer. But then it muſte 
nedes 


81 the ctes em | 
| hoſt a vs t. 
1215 aa heentnar 


furthe, Here pe ſee 


| 
* 
| 
| 


be chat Gail 
called fo the office ofa aolt 02, Tan a; 
vychop mult haue a goc 1 


of them whiche are wytho 
og 400 S. Juguliine faith 
n 
1 — the Zpoltels were . 


taught of. god, none now ought 
to bee out᷑wardelpe called oz 
taughte, then ( ſayeth he) lette 
none reade the ghoſpel,noz none 
heare ſermons . Paule had the 
holy ghoſt x yet he wente not to 
pꝛeache tyll Ananias had lapde Actes ir. 
hys handes vpon hym. Do as 
ſentclaythhe)toman to receiue 
the ſacramentes and to be ioy⸗ 
ned to the churche. Heuertheles 
all myght be done and wzought 
onely inwardly by the an ell 02 
B. ilii. Ipirite 


a 
is 
1 


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— — 9 _ 
4 > — — — 


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44 
11 
uy 4 
þ a 
f 


SR * 2 2 BD 
— — —— — —— eee Roger Le, — — 
—— ALL 28 r  EOTen 2 — — <> 2 
: — 2—— — - , 


—— beten and * 
dy api 05 in the ſpirituall 
futicfiones . Wherkoꝛe nowe to 


++... confiude; ſcing the only remedy 


to redꝛeſle thys damnable er 
rour of them whyche teache ſe⸗ 
cretly and doe mach hurt in coz 
ners though the engliſh trau 
lation is to take it awaye(foz 


by othet meanes it wyll nat be 
ſtopped it can not be permitted 


that the Byble chould continue 
in euglich. Here in this J might 
haue had iuſt occaſion to ſpeake 
agaynfte pꝛeachers whiche had 
aufhozitte( wickedlye geuen ) to 
| Pzeache, t did comeniye pꝛeache 
e vnderſtan 


vnderſtandynge not the Latine 
tongue (as it was ſayed) but 
were called ſome from one octu 
pation, and ſome from another, 
and ſome frome playeng the di⸗ 
ſartes oz- byces parte in enters 
ludes: but J wyll not medle 
with thys matter. 

I be, xl. probation. 

S. Hierom ſapth. Alta & pro · Hieran 
funda dei myſteria non ſunt mons Ech. xlaii 
ſtranda vulgo, nec proferenda 

ad populum, ne {i maiora ſe audics 
rint, maieſtatem ſcientię ferre non 
poſſint.& quaſi ſolido ſuffocentur 
cibo, qui adhuc lacte inf antiæ nu: 
triendi ſunt. The depe and p29- 
founde myſterpes ot God are 
not to be chewed to be commen 
people, noz to be vttred to the: 
leſt they hearynge greater thyn; 
ges then they can beare, be not 
K. v. hable 


hable fo atfeyne to the knowe⸗ 
ledge thereof: and be as it were 
choked with hard meate, which 
pet oughte to haue been fed but 
with mylke ol infancie. Dpeth: 
not S. Hierom here quyte take 
awap the vnreuerent handling 
of the ſcripture from the vnlear 
ned, ſeynge he woulde not the 
myſterpes fo bee opened to any 
ſuche e 3 5 


The. xli.probation. 


It helpeth well and is a 
good pꝛobation agaynſt the en- 
glyche Bybles that Chꝛyſt euer 
vſed parables to the rude vn⸗ 
learned ſozfe ;yea and that the 
wooꝛdes of the Gholpell do te- 
Nifye that offe when hr 


they bnderſtode hym not: Nihil 

{ iaquir ). horum intellexerunt: uc. xviit. 

but pet he ſayed to hys dylti⸗ 

ples and e ſucceſſours: Vo⸗ Zut. vitt. 
is datum gſt; noſse myſteria: It 

belongeth fta pou to no we the 

mplteryss': Vea and whan he 

woulde teache theym hyghe ſe- 

cretes, hegaſcended into te 

mount from the comen people, 

whereof Eſaye hadde ſpoken , Elar. vi. 

Pe ſhall heare wyth your eares 

and not vnderſtande #c. In 

ecpoundynge whiche place D. 

Hierome doeth viterlye dzyue 

awapye the comen people from 

medlynge oꝛ handlynge the my⸗ 

ſteries of ſeripture. Agayn doth 

not Chʒiſt howe in the Goſpel, Luc. cil 

that he is a good ſtewarde, 

- whiche geueth in meaſure too 

the ſeruauntes theyze * 


Matth. v. 


f 


C zn. 1 . 
ie [acer 


a 


. 5 l. 
— 


in due ſeaſon; What a wicked 
ſtewarde were he then, whtthe 
wythout all meaſure oz dyſcre- 
tion, obſeruyge no oꝛder, regar 
dyngno mans perſon oz bloud, 
would let on the table befoze all 
men indifferently, were he loꝛd 
02 tozell, maiſter oz ſeruaunt, all 
kyndes of diſches at ones bothe 
groſle and fyne? | 
The. xlij probation, 

Chziſoftome bpon , Intende 
lectioni.i. Ti i. che weth the of: 
fice of bychops to be to ſtudp the 
ſcripture, the office of þlaytye 
to knowe the ſcripture by theyꝛ 
teachyng and pꝛeachyng ſuffict- 
ent foz they: ſaluation. 

The: xliij. probation. 

S. Auguſtin cheweth cerfen 
places of ſcripture to be foz 4. 
* wyttes, and certen foz 

rude 


rude # \dolardes:Buf how then 
can þ ſcripture be in the englyſh 


tongue foz all indifferentipe ta 


an . 
The alipwbatians 1c 


3 — 2 te of thePzo 


— #eantides not knowing 
tbemyſte rte, nos when it is a 


twopet ot hnowyng when it is 


abe taben tothe letter, ł when 
theletter doeth ayllee 
ft 215 The xlv.probation 
+1Gtegozins ianzen ſaith. 
| Jitoowenk de: rebus diuinis diſſe⸗ 
e, qui contemplandi acumine 
Vtetis antecelhmt. &c. It is 


Mete fon theym too intrete of 
Gods myſteries, whiche doe ex- 
cede and paſſe other in excellen⸗ 
Fpeof gykte. ac. But then it hal 
es foz euery one to 

haue 


Englyche vea 


bib i. ſuæ thiol, 


——— — * — — > 


haue it inthe valgare tongue. 

. The. xlvi.probatiom. 

In procemio Ex -S:Hierome ſaith that the Je: 
cnc lis. wes dydde not per mitte any to 
reade the begynmg of Genelis, 
wn Canticles, —— the 
beginnyng nos the ende of E56- | 
Farſfella ibi chiell befoze xxx. pereg. And 
chi , the Romapns ſuſlered none 18 
reade the bokes of. Sibylla but 

oniye*the tenne commuſſioners 

named decemuiri and defoze 

th:ym the. ij. commiſſioners nas 

med duumuiri. So muche re⸗ 

uerece thep gaue to they boke, 

And ſhall we Ehziſttans ſuſfer 

the hyghe myſteries of our fal 

Auation to be miſerabiy toʒmop⸗ 

led of al handes? But pe wil ſap: 

S. Hierom # Chꝛiſoſtome alſo 

in certein places ſeme to allowe 

the laitie vnto readyng * ſcrip- | 

ures: 


, 


tures: Ind S. Hierom dyd fra 
late certein bookeg of ſcripture 
vnto the Dalmatians. Trueth 
ts, many thiges foꝛ a time haue 
ben permitted of deuotion, but 
after ſeyng the ſuccelle nought, 
they haue been taken awapye, 

After the begyuntnge, maydes, 
wyues, bopes, and men kept vi⸗ 
gils together aboute Martyꝛs 
tumdes: and N. 
repzouing it was ſharply taun- 
ted uf ſatit Nerome: yet afters 
ward ko incõueniences it was 


Hiero. contra. 


tabewaway. And at the begyn⸗ cl. Il. . 


— 
geuen to the laytie in their han⸗ 
des to carpe home #c- But 
thozough witehecraftes other 
abuſes cõmitted, that cuſtome 
was tatzen awaye + Lykewvſe 
18. laytie receyued once Under 
othe 


bodye of Chaiſt was cu, 


bothe kyndes, whiche cuſfome 
thzoughe offcnſes and peryls: 
that chaunced, and that mygyt 
chaunce ſtyl.is tultly pꝛohibited 
und taken awaye vtterlpe. And 
like wile anlwere is to be geuen 
to all them that make thele foꝛ⸗ 
ſaid obiections to haue GD 
tures in englyche. 

The xlvij.probatio , - - 

If that which Euſebius doth 
teſtifre tn hys fyme-to be true 
had been nowe verified in theſt 
our dates.we neded not then to 
be ſo fer d of hauynge ſcripture 


in euery mans hande.Yys woꝛ⸗ 
des be theſe. Imperiti-cbſeruant 


ae any —_ 1 ripe audeant de iſs quæ ig 

et de illis teſtimonium pers | 

hibere quæ neſciunt. The bnlear- | 

ned euer obſerue thys, that they | 

darenot onte diſpute oꝛ * 
0 


Tibrogiii eccl. 


df tholethinges that they de ig 
eee 
knowenor:;Butalagnowe the 
beck — —— 
thirig 1 — 
enodaubt)chiefety . — 
Wherfoꝛe it map not we beruf 
derer da dontnue. in 
* — xlwiij . am 


7 — ere IS Sregs. Xa 
chꝛiſtian a ſuſſteient ruſie to fo 
low, dohich ide do we wyl ſay 
the Engiyſhe: tranſtatdons of 
S$haByditstaniiot be abyden. 
EL tdtheredfpaſſevf 


thepxrowne 

hg of — 
outet and as they pleaſe: 
| L.t. where 


r I 


where as thele if.holy dortgurs 
ſtudied ſcripfure together, not 
—— — their 
uthopitte of 

the elders, whom they knew to 
haue ceceived the vnderſtãding 
of ſtrinture euen dy ſurceſlion 
from the apoſtles. Scripturarum 
intelligentiam nõ ex propria præ 
ſumptione, ſed ex maiorum ſcrip⸗ 
tis et auxoritate ſe » Quos 
| — —— — — 
e con⸗ 

ſtabat ac Euſe. lib. xi. Eccl. ca ix. 
The xlixspro ation. 

A ber Sanne bad — 


fapedto ouremen bete yeares 
| paſt: 


woulde he haue 


P 


| paſtrTuwmeft(inquit)de pulmen 
tarijs coLitare, nõ dogmata diuina 


decoquere. lib vii. trip. xxxvi. Ifab . vi N 'Y 


holy Baſilius woulde not ſuf pony 
fer one ſpllable:of ſcripture to 
be — 0: altered, but ta⸗ 


we then 
— — ty da. NN 
xuption and alteratian, That 5 . 
hath deen amenge aut mene 
 Ifthat godiyman ene, Ian 
en luſtiy rapzeheded Cximtulli⸗ . 
St 
; xe. 
fo ledum) what remote are e 
men wo#thpe.to haue, w | 
thaunged ma 


haue nye hundzed 
wozdes; pea ſentences and all 
- They cdulde not ſape vnto the 

_'Atholykes:lndomp dtambula- 
An eme s haut 
4 L. ii. walked 


walked 
oe Wi 
zofal. 1 ec Ba 
if thing 
1 855 == 
cam jnmanye —— 
1 = 7 
2 
1 moge tu be feared. At 


e 
e — 
, "oi ſum 
a ſk ponc 
— L 


Lib iq. cap. 4. 


== 
"Figel 
E == — 
rag geen 5 EE 
ge water 
| E 
with 


2 de 

es ofte 

155 45 0 theyz 
eien doe 


What wat we 176k aye to them 
whiche dilagre with vg in ma⸗ 


nye thouſande wozdes. £,, 95 5 


iy mixte therwithal a e 
ot rattes bayne foz the [euenth; 
There is no poyſon ſo perilou⸗ 
as that whiche nt the fyꝛſt taff 
lemeth moſte plealaunt. Nep» 
ther the deuyll noz hys aungels 
ener appeareth to derepue, but 
vnder ß colour of vertue,trueth 
and goodnes: and enen ſo haue 
all heretikes done hitherto, and 
pet doe ſtyll, yea and wyll do to 
the ende. Loꝛde ſuffer vs neuer 
IF to bee ouercome with the, 

The l. probation. 
auing the ſcripture in En⸗ 
. eth manye bzayneles 
dyes to diſpute and reaſon 
ones know not wherevpon,and 
euer to lay ſcripture fo2 tht wit 
kedly, as al heretikes euer dyd, 
where as in dede in reaſonynge 
way ſuche, ſcripture * not 
ere. 


* » 


ſerue ,Foz as Terfulfan ſapth: 7:47 e. 
In diſpurando'cum hzreticis, tion /orp.bercticrs 
neg in ijs conſtituendũ certamẽ, enen. 
quibus aut nulla, aut incerta victo⸗ 

ria eſt. In diſputing with here t.<pprobere al 
fikes We muſt not flee to ſerip⸗ eccleſua ni op 


fures,noz pitch our battelther: '* pores _ 


et c. Nam que: 


inſlitutis eft e- 
qua authoritas 


2 
| ipſe 
— 2 


A ye ghoſt dyd ſpeake: and 
mae, tyterpzetations vppon 
FE fe 
c 
Soap tir 


_ CY erde 


D which be eutdenf againſt the | 
' ich feing alla | 


5 ipfure in Englich: ſejng 

e.greathardnes that is in 102 | 
Ire wi the cauſes thereof, 
many ways the lettet f 


Rn 8 llzand ſeyng agayn that 
= == 52 
ain 5 cripture 
_ 1 rap 4 5 yy | 


thele, oure newe koũde religion 


obedtence ,andcontempt.of po⸗ 
wers, with flechelpe libertie @c,. 


And finally, ſeynge that by no 


meanes ſo ſoone as by the ſerip 
ue in engliſh, hereſies do both, 
cn daylp, and be alſo mayn⸗ 

1 poaes 22 men 


wat g 
est 


| e Ae all the mil J o 
chetes we hauehadde;jn-'thys., 


realme of latedayes.. 


hath euer ſtrongly been mayn: - 
wane and vphoids. Our new 
L. v founde 


found religion ( J lay) which pe 
muſt — confeſſe to haue ben 
ſtarke noughte and damnable, 
betaule the e begining was ad: 
uoutry,the continuaunce exkoꝛ⸗ 
tion, #the ende playne treaſon, 
Pea, euen from the beginning 
theyz pꝛocedynges (foꝛ ſo they 
fermed them, being rather woꝛ 
pete qu thy the name of retrocedinges) 
ger pemiinã nõ were EE from ſynne to lynne. 
Te a fozſubing) the head of the 
— eh fallyng from the vnitie 
Frede he therof; then delpilpng all gener 
ſupplcia don kali counſelles, all ozdinatnces 
plage ni Fx the beginning kept thzough 
e out chꝛiſtendomẽ : Akter thys 
fa ; per alu pe opling, pollyng, pillyrg.robs 
pie, and ſtealing al landes, oz- 
— Jean nam̃entes & goodes of the chur 
nadie che( being moze fearſe then euer 
er ei was Julian, 1 
ou 


out mereye oz pitie: And finally 
ſpitfallye contemnynge all the 
holy ſacramentes, with all cen⸗ 
ſures and iudgementes of the 
churche and fathers vpon ſcrip 
ture, only ſtickig to their owne, 
what pleaſed them to phanſie. 
O lozde , was not thys a tyme 
moſt miſerable: Jeſu be mercy- 
ful vnto vs, and graunt vs ne⸗ 
uer to fall agayne into the lyke 
palpable darkenes. 
¶ Of Maſſe & all other diuine 
ſeruice in the churche to bee in 
Latme and not in the 
vulgare tongue. 
Nd here note further (J 
A beſech vou) that like as it 
is now ſpoke of ſcripture not to 
be in englich, euen lo is it ment 
that as vnlawful it is (ea and 
moꝛe to, vf moze mape be) _ 
6 


the high myſteries: in the ſacri⸗ 
fice of Maſſe oz other x ped 
uice ould be in englych: w 
as the pꝛieſt is a cõmon per 
and offreth vp foꝛ al the —— 
beyng the meane betwene god 
and them, ſo that hys pzayer; 

hys ſpeache and communica ts 
on, is to GOD 2 to the 
people. What cauſe is ther then 
why diuine ſeruice choulde be in 
Engliſhe, except ye thynke that 
God vnderſtandeth na Latyn?/ 
Neither the Jtalians noꝛ Gre- 
ciãs haue diuine ſeruice in their 
vulgar tongue. Moꝛeouer, at 
that tyme of dune ſeruyceall 
the comon people then pzeſent, 
ſhuld ouly put their wholle aff 
aũce in fide matris eccleſiæ in the 
fayth of our mother thecatho- 
ire churche:lyke as our . 


is in the ime of infantes. 
— 
ery: 
watyugotClyides title at his 
ane Grekezaud 
L8t1ve: Aiſatt wagnot withs 
\Quf:great mySery2: that 


bar 
Sealed un ee dence 2 
alonethehend fmithe whabbo- ;, exuraiis ſacri 
Syzid ſignifte vnta hs > ficij miſiæ, & 
that the: pudftes office is lyba⸗ ets pn 
topletadvthe.ſame; the comb 4 2 


—.— fol the p 2 onem, debet di- 
TD fo 7 


cc et non 103 


Ya aut nobis 
c. quia 3 


3 TLIPEngy — — 
— 


N 1 ! 
3 

i { 
{LU 


184 — 
10! $$. 


algen ſpoken foz them whi- 
eta . $ church: 
— — 4 — ** ler 


| Andiyogrkoow wellbothe 


hon ering: 8 {s 6nd euerhathben bled. Ind 
„  therefozehere nowe further. A 
man might demande a queſtion 
oy ©” -wherfoze pe come to the church 
ry J ſuppoſe ye wyll ſape ( as pe 
n r — 
00 ttueth) 

10 


ie h — de 
cauſes 


taules alſo) f 
e ben 3 


: ar ons 
—— Sand eg e Ecap,lvis 
we haue in ſeripture ſo-manye 

notable examples eonceruynge 

the ſame purpoſe. Anna the pꝛo Zue. tl. 
phetiſfe coͤtinned day and nigt 
kithe: temple in faſtynge and 

pzayer : the : Apoſties after uc. xxiiii. 
Chziſteg aſcenfion remayned | 

Sant the: temple in laudynge 

God: Peter and Aetes.iu. 

wente up into the temple 

A the nynthe-houre of: pꝛaver: 

Salomon belought 1 tout. Neg. bin 


Maunte the petition of 

Aden the temple: and — 

niet bepnge a nʒiſoner in Babi⸗ an. vt. 
inn euer loked toward the — " 
ple; when he pꝛayed, vpon hys 

ate rente. ns 


and bleſlinge 
2 


— — — 2x — 


that 


eee to —— 
_ thygtimewhtchno 


ve to God) is patt;haupnge the 
'Dittne ferutce in Enguche, was 
an extreme ene mie to al godlye 
pzayer and deuotion. Foz then 
men phantied ſo to heate what 
1 
in ſlymple iudgemente) 
dane . — 
o be pit 
: Pea; and the common vb: 
week thynges then, iuſtrlxe 
All to the tyme ini 
antept . andthere ne 


ip —— ts my labour: 
l Pp ae” 


the cheil 


5 
a... ERIN Wu 


ken but that whiche hath been 
taughte foz trueth, and beleued 
ok al men in al places, and at al 
tymes ſente thepamatiuechurs 
che: ſepnge alſo that herein we 


leane oulpe to the generalitie of 


al chziſtendom, to the antiquitie 
of the elders whych haue recey- 
ued it as it were by hande euen 
tyl thys day, and to the conſent 
and agrement of al the holy ſa⸗ 


'thers ; Whoſe; wittes were ag 
muche as our new mens, theyz 
 diligfce as great, theyꝛ lerning 
greater, theyꝛ ſtudye moꝛe fer- 
nent, theyz deuotion Hotter, 


theyz numbze moꝛe, theyꝛ conti 
nuance longer, they alwaye ta⸗ 
ken foz catholy kes (but thother 


euer foz hetetikes) atwapye- la⸗ 


bozyng e ſtudiyng that mighte 


be whollpe to the pꝛofyt of the 


M. i. churche 


churche of Jeſus Chꝛiſte: To 

whome , with the father, and 

the holye Ghoſt , be all honoure | 

and glozpe, foʒ euer and euer. 
A MEN. 


ccle. vii. Memorare nouiſsima:et in xter«. 
num non peccabis. 


He authoure in the firſte 

2 ,edifio did not plainly put 

S his name vnto this boke: 

partiy foz that in time befoze,he 

had greuouſſpe offended, been | 
aſclaunder to Chziſtes true re- 
ligion:And therfoze in his own 
iudgement (not onlpe in others) 
karre vnwoꝛthpe to haue hys 
name ſet furth ; and partipe fozx 


ee comenly in moſt 
parte 


parte of all their danable bokes 
haue vſed ſtul( euer ſince he wzot 
agatnſt freere Barnes, which is 
almoſt rv.yeres agoe)toſclaun 
der and reuile him:addinge ofte 
vnto hym bynames: ſo to cauſe 
hys name euen among the god⸗ 
lye( it it myght be) to be odious. 
Howe be it concerning the firſt. 
he hath nowe obteynedethãkes 
be to Jeſus Chꝛiſt whiche ioy⸗ 
fuliye receaueth the penitente 
ſynner)cleane remiſſion, beynge 
receyued agayne into Peters 
Gyppe the catholyke churche, all 
hys fozmer wyckednes quyte 
fozgeuen & neuer moꝛe of good 
men fo be obiected againſt him, 
but vtterly to be fozgotte. And 
as fo: the ſeconde, he nowe pal. 
ſeth not of their bynames, no 
moze then dyd Cipꝛian to bee 


Lk. lib. v. ca V called Capztan : Cicero, Cicer: 
ire/.i» cpr. ulli, Colli: Tiberius, Biberi⸗ 


lib. un. 


Lb, vidrips . us: 


ca. xlin. 


Kireus, Therſites:Pythas, 
gozas , Phalaris: Socrates, 
Crittas:0z the chziſtians, Gali⸗ 
leans. Men foz their goodnes 
ol the wycked haue ofte ben by⸗ 


named. Howe be it he is nowe 


perſuaded, that good men wyll 
ſmally regarde the euei togues 
ofthenoughtye fozte , but wyll 
gladly receyue hym nowe being 
penitent foz all that is paſt : re- 
membꝛynge well that his offcle 
was neyther commitfed ina ca 
tholyke realme, noz pet wyth⸗ 
out lawes,thoughe they were 
wicked: And therfoze of Þ good 
and godlye ſoꝛte, moe eaſpe to 
be remitted and fozgeue: which 
now moſt humblye he beſecheth 
$ he _ obtain foz Jeſus ſake. 
Graun- 


* 


Grauntyng that he did offende 
nohof ignozaunte.oʒ malice:buf 
of fratlty,and fo2 feare of death. 
Fox vnder the payne of damna⸗ 
tion, c as he truſteth to bee la- 


ued by Chꝛyſtes bloude, he was 


neuer of other fapeth oz beliefe 
theu that which he now bothe 
pzeacheth and wzytteth : and 
whtche is alſo nowe pꝛeached 

thzoughe out thys realme con 
ternyng all matters ot Chꝛiſtes 
true religion # catholike church 
militante herein carth,whereof 
the Hopes holpnes is the head. 
And therfoze he confeſſeth hys 

offenſes to haue ben much moze 
greuous thenif he had offended 
toz lacke of knowledge, beſe- 

chynge ourlozde Jeſus Chꝛiſt 

that thys hys humble confeſſts 
(ſuynge furthe of a penitent 

M. iu. heart 


hearf,and let furthehere in the 
lyght of all the woꝛlde, whychs 
ail eyther reade oz here thys 
boke)map be ſo accepted befoza 
the tuſtice ſeate of god, that hys 
fozmer wyckednes be neuet im 
puted vats hym to his condena 
tion. Ind as foz the tyme to 
tome, he d oubteth not thꝛoughe 
Feſus helpe, to fyghte manful- 
lye,and fo folowe the examples 


Bb, g.tripar, 


54d, 3, of Uſtazides à Marcellinus, 


hereſye( which out loꝛd defend) 
choulde in hys dayes haue as 

gayne the vpper hande wythin 

thys realme of Englande. He 

ſeeth that the deuyl is ſo (frog, 

that he cauſeth oft fymes here- 

\ tykes wyllynglye to ſtand euen 
to the fyꝛe:which thynge yet is 

no meruel fo beholde, ſepng — 

deup! 


14 ui. pluine pt nede ſhould ſo require, ⁊ that 


r 


Ive to hang, dzovone,oz kyLhim car, i * | 
ſeife : ſeyng aiſo that amonge f 


the verye Heathen people (as 
bothe S,Auguſtine and Titus 
Lauius doe wytneſſe) manye 
foz vayne glozye haue willyng⸗ 
Ive ſuffered deathe: Yea, and 
they ſape amonge the Turkes 

concubines it is coũted a gteat 
gloꝛp to offer to dye wyth hym. 
And chall not we thynke 


that God wyll ſtrengthen hys 


elect as manſulipe to ſtande in 
the defele of his trneth: Wher⸗ 
foze pf euer hereafter he eyther 
turne one woꝛde from thys his 
beleife, oz elles holde hys peace 
foz feare of perſecution, what 
chaunge oꝛ chaunce ſo euer doe 
happe, he deſyzcth God that he 

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