THESIS' MARTINIANAE: That is, CERTAIN DEMONSTRATIVE Conclusions, set down and collected (as it should seem) by that famous and renowned Clerk, the reverend Martin Marprelate the great: serving as a manifest and sufficient confutation of all that ever the College of Cater-caps with their whole band of Clergie-priests, have, or can bring for the defence of their ambitious and Antichristian Prelacy.  
PUBLISHED AND SET forth as an afterbirth of the noble Gentleman himself, by a pretty stripling of his, MARTIN JUNIOR, and dedicated by him to his good neame and nuncka, Master john Kankerbury: How the young man came by them, the Reader shall understand sufficiently in the Epilogue, In the mean time, whosoever can bring me acquainted with my father, I'll be bound he shall not lose his labour.  
Printed by the assigns of Martin junior, without any privilege of the Cater-caps.   

Martin junior son unto the renowned and worthy Martin Marprelate the Great, to the Reader.  
THou shalt receive (good Reader) before I set down unto thee any thing of mine own, certain of those things of my father's doings which I found among his unperfect papers: I have not changed any thing in them, detracted any thing from them, nor added unto them aught of mine own, but as I found them, so I have delivered them unto thee. Mine own meaning thou shalt understand at the latter end in my Epilogue, to my nuncle Canturburie. This small thing that followeth before his Theses, is also his own. I have set down the speech as I found it, though unperfect. One thing I am sorry for, that the speech pretendeth the old man to be something discouraged in his courses.   

THESES MARTINIANAE.  
I See my doings and my course misliked of many both the good and the bad, though also I have favourers of both sorts. The Bishops, and their train, though they stumble at the cause, yet especially, mislike my manner of writing. Those whom foolishly men call Puritans, like of the matter I have handled, but the form they cannot brook. So that herein I have them both for mine adversaries. But now what if I should take the course in certain Theses or conclusions, without inveighing against either person or cause? might I not then hope my doings would be altogether approved of the one, and not so greatly scorned at by the other? Surely, otherwise they should do me great injury, and show, that they are those who delight neither in heat nor cold, and so make me as weary in seeking how to fit them as the Bishops are in labouring how to find me. The Bishops I fear are past my cure, and it may be I was unwise, in taking that charge upon me: if that which I have already done can do them any good, or any wise further the cause which I love, I shall be glad, if not, what hope is there of amending them this way? The best is I know how to mend myself. For good leave have I to give over my desperate cure, and with this my farewell unto them, I wish them a better Surgeon. Yet ere I leave them, I do here offer unto the view of the world, some part of their monstrous corruptions; in defence whereof, for their lives dare not they in any learned meeting or assembly dispute with with me, or attempt to overthrow mine assertions by modest writings handled any thing scholarlike, that is, by good and sound syllogisms, which have both their Mayor and Minor, confirmed by the word. I would once see them enter into either of these courses, for as yet they have been far from both. Fire, and faggot, bands, and blows, railing, and reviling, are, and have been hitherto their common weapons, as for slandering & lying, it is the greatest piece of their holy profession. And these with their bare assertions, & their wretched cleving to popish absurdities, are in a manner the only proofs and tried maxims they offer unto the Church in this age. And so if a man would be confuted, I must needs say, my Lord of Winchester hath long ago sufficiently and dexterely performed it. I am not of opinion, (saith he) that, una semper debet esse oeconomia Ecclesiae, That the government of the Church should always, and in all places, be one and the same, especially by a company of Elders. Lo sir, what say you to this? here is enough, I trow, for any man's satisfaction, that bishop Couper is not of opinion. Yea but our Saviour Christ his Apostles & holy Martyrs are of opinion, that the government of the church should always, and in all places, be one, especially by a company of Elders. As for my Lord of Winchester's opinion, we have little or nothing to do with that: nor no great matter which side it lean to, whether with or against the truth. For if his bishopric and unruly jurisdiction were no more noisome and hurtful to the Church of God, than his learning and opinion is hurtful to the cause of Discipline, he might sit long enough undistempered in his chair for us: the good old man might cough his fill, and be quiet, having his faithful promise and booke-oth (as we have also john a Bridges and bancroft's) that by arguments he will never hurt us. For they must think, that it is not such dry blows as this, I am not of opinion, etc. that will satisfy the learned, and answer the demonstrations that are brought on the contrary side. If then they have indeed any purpose at all, to quiet the contentions of our Church, let them bring unto us, not these babbles of their own, We are not of opinion, etc. but some sound warrant from the word, that Christ and his Apostles were not of opinion with us in the points wherein we truly charge them to have erred, otherwise their 812. their 1401.   

THESES MARTINIANAE: That is, The unanswerable Conclusions of MARTIN, wherein are plainly set down many strange and unknown things (if hereafter they may be proved) against the Bishops.  Compiled by Martin the Great: found and published by Martin junior, for the benefit of posterity, if his fathers should be slain. 
1 THat all the officers of a true & lawful church government in regard of their offices, are members of the visible body of Christ, which is the Church. Rom. 12.4,5. etc. 1. Cor. 12.8,28.  
2 That none but Christ alone is to ordain the members of his body, to wit, of the Church: Because  
3 That the Lord in his word hath left the church perfect in all her members, which he should nor have done, if he had not ordained all the officers, namely, the members thereof, and so he should leave the building of his church unperfect, and so it must continue, for who will presume to finish that which he hath left undone in the building of his Church.  
4 That to ordain a perfect and an unchangeable government of the Church, is, a part of Christ's prerogative royal, and therefore cannot, without the great derogation of the Son of God; be claimed by any Church or man.  
5 That if Christ did not ordain a church-government, which at the pleasure of man can not be changed, than he is inferior unto Moses, for the government placed by him might no man to alter, and thereto might no man add any thing. Heb. 3.2,3.  
6 That the Lord in the New Testament did appoint as perfit and unchangeable a form of church-government in the offices and officets thereof, as Moses did in the old.  
7 That the Lord never placed any offices in the New Testament, but the offices of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Doctors, Elders, and Deacons.  
8 That unto the end of the world there were no other offices to be placed in the Church, but only these.  
9 That none of these were, and so no offices of a lawful church-government are to be removed out of the Church, by any but by the Lord Christ himself, who placed them, because they are the members of his body, in the placing or displacing whereof, man hath no skill, nor yet commission to deal.  
10 That the Lord for the causes seeming good to his own wisdom (whereof any further than he hath set down in his word man is not to inquire) hath removed out of the church the offices of Apostles, Prophets, and Evangelists.  
11 That the want of these can be no maim unto the church, seeing the Lord by removing them thence, showeth, that the body can have no use of them.  
12 That the church is now unto the worlds end, to have none other offices in it, but of pastors, doctors, elders, and deacons.  
13 That the displacing, or the want of these, is a maim unto the church: And therefore.  
14 That the churches of God in Denmark, Saxony, Tygurium, etc. wanting this government by these offices, are to be accounted maimed and unperfect.  
15 That it is as good a reason, yea, and a far better, to say, that learned men, and valiant captains, must have their eyes put out, because Homer and Zisca were blind, as to avouch that the church of England may not be governed by Pastors, Doctors, Elders, and deacons, because other good churches want this regiment.  
16 That to place others in the stead of these, is both a maiming and a deforming of the church.  
17 That no magistrate may lawfully maim or deform the body of Christ, which is the Church: And therefore.  
18 That no lawful church-government is changeable at the pleasure of the magistrate.  
19 That the platform of government by Pastors, Doctors, Elders, and Deacons, was not devised by man, but by our Saviour Christ himself, the only head, and alone universal Bishop of his church, as it is set down Rom. 12.4,5. Ephes. 4.12. and 1. Cor. 12.8,28. God hath ordained, saith the Apostle.  
20 That no inconvenience can possibly come unto any state, by receiving this government.  
21 That the true stability of all christian states and commonwealths consisteth in the sound execution of this church-government, by Pastors, Doctors, Elders, and Deacons.  
22 That of necessity all christian Magistrates are bound to receive this government by Pastors, Doctors, Elders, and Deacons, and to abolish all other church-governements.  
23 That a church government, being the ordinance of the magistrate, or of the church, is an unlawful church-government.  
24 That it is merely and utterly unlawful for any man, church, or state, to ordain any church-government, or any church officer, save that government, and those officers before named: Because.  
25 That a church-government consisting of any other officers, but Pastors, Doctors, Elders, & Deacons, is a government of maimed and misshapen members: Therefore  
26 That our church-government in England by lord archbishops, and bishops, is a government of maimed, unnatural, and deformed members, serving for no use in the church of God: Therefore also  
27 That no lord bishop is to be maintained in any christian common wealth.  
28 That those kingdoms and states, who defend any church-government, save this of Pastors, Doctors, Elders, and Deacons, are in danger of utter destruction, in as much as they defend the maim and deformity of the church: And therefore  
29 That our lord archbishops and bishops, in defending this their ungodly government, are, not only traitors to God and his church, but utter enemies unto her Majesty, and the State, in as much as they enforce the Lord by these their sins, to draw the sword against us to our utter ruin.  
30 That our lord archbishops & bishops hold it lawful for our magistrates to maim or deform the church.  
31 That they hold jesus Christ to have left behind him, an unperfit and a maimed church, wanting some of her members.  
32 That they hold it lawful for the magistrate to abolish the true and natural members of the body, and to attempt the making of new by his own invention.  
33 That they, to wit, archbishops and bishops, are the maim of our church, and like to be the destruction of our commonwealth.  
34 That the warrant that the archbishops and bishops have for their places, can be no better than the warrant which the maintenance of the open and most monstrous whoredom in the Stews had in times passed amongst us. For by the word they are condemned to be the maim or deformity of the church, or both. And as for the laws that maintain them, being the wound and sore of the church, they are no more to be accounted of, than the laws maintaining the Stews.  
35 That the places of lord bishops are neither warranted by the word of God, nor by any lawful human constitutions.  
36 That the government of the church of England, by lord archbishops and bishops, is not a church government set down in the word, or which can be defended to be God's ordinance.  
37 That the government of lord archbishops and bishops is unlawful, notwithstanding it be maintained, and in force by human laws and ordinances.  
38 That the human laws maintaining them, are wicked, and ungodly, and to be abrogated of all christian magistrates.  
39 That to be a lord bishop than is simply unlawful in itself, that is, in respect of the office, though the man sustaining the same should not abuse it as our prelate's do.  
40 To be a lord bishop in itself simply, besides the abuse, consisteth of two monstrous parts, whereof, neither aught to be in him that professeth himself a minister.  
41 The first is, to bear an inequal and a lordly superiority over his brethren in the ministry, and the rest of the church of God under his jurisdiction.  
42 The second is, the joining of the civil Magistracy unto the ministery.  
That both these parts are condemned by the written word of God. Luke 22.25. 1. Pet. 5.1,2. Mat. 20.25. Mark 10.42. 1. Cor. 8.10. Luke 12.14. 2. Tim. 2.4. and john 18.36. compared with, Matth. 10.25. Luke 16.13.  
43 That the hierarchy of bishops, in their superiority over their brethren, and their civil offices hath been gainsaid and withstood by the visible church of God successively, and without intermission for these almost 500 years last passed.  
44 That this cause of overthrowing the state of lord bishops, and bringing in the equality of Ministers, is no new cause, but that which hath been many years ago held and maintained, even in the fire, by the holy martyrs of Christ jesus.  
45 That this wicked government of bishops was an especial point, gainsaid by the servants of God, in the time of King Henry the eight, and Q. Marry; and in the withstanding whereof they died, the holy martyrs of Christ jesus.  
46 That none ever defended this hierarchy of bishops to be lawful, but Papists, or such as were infected with popish errors.  
47 That we have not expelled and banished every part of popery, as long as we maintain L. bishops and their seats.  
48 That the offices of lord archbishops and bishops, together with other their corruptions, are condemned by the doctrine of the church of England.  
49 That the doctrine of the church of England condemning the places of lord bishops, is approved by the statutes of this kingdom, and her majesties royal prerogative.  
50 That to be a lord bishop, is directly against the statute 13. Elizab. rightly understood, and flatly condemned by her majesties royal privilege.  
51 That all her majesties loving subjects, Ministers especially, are bound by statute (and have the allowance of the doctrine of the church of England published with her majesties prerogative) not to acknowledge, yea, to disavow, and withstand the places and callings of lord bishops.  
52 That the doctrine of the church of England in the days of King Henry the eight was the doctrine which the blessed martyrs of Christ jesus M. tindal M. D. Barnes, and M. Fryth taught them and delivered unto us.  
53 That this doctrine of theirs is now to be accounted the doctrine of the church of England, in as much as (being the doctrine of Christ & his Apostles) it is published in print by Master Fox, and that by her Maiestiies' privilege.  
54 That this their doctrine is maintained by statute, under the name of the doctrine of the faith and sacraments.  
55 That the doctrine which according to the word is published by Master Fox in the book of Martyrs, seeing it is, cum privilegio, is also to be accounted the doctrine of faith and sacraments in the church of England, and so is approved by statute.  
56 That upon these former grounds we may safely hold these conclusions following, and are thereby allowed by statute, and her majesties prerogative.  
57 That by the doctrine of the church of England, it is not possible, that naturally there can be any good lord bishop, Master tindall's practice for prelate's. pag. 374.  
58 That by the doctrine of the church of England, a bishopric is a superfluous honour, and a lewd liberty, ibid.  
59 That by the doctrine of the church of England, our bishops are none of the Lords anointing, but servants of the beast.  
60 That by the doctrine of the church of England, our lord bishops are none of Christ's bishops, but the Ministers of Antichrist.  
61 That by the doctrine of the church of England, our bishops and their government are no part of Christ's kingdom, but are of the kingdom of this world.  
62 That by the doctrine of the church of England, lord bishops are a part of that body whereof Antichrist is the head.  
63 That by the doctrine of the church of England, the places of archbishops and bishops are the seats of Antichrist.  
64 That by the doctrine of the church of England, a bishop can have no other lawful authority, but only to preach the word.  
65 That by the doctrine of the church of England, the desire of a bishopric, or any other honour in a minister, is a note of a false Prophet.  
66 That according to the doctrine of the church of England, all our bishops and their chaplains are false prophets.  
67 That the doctrine of the church of England concerning the civil offices of our Prelates, is, That all civil rule and dominion is by the word of God flatly forbidden unto the Clergy.  
68 That according to the doctrine of the church of England, the ministery and the magistracy cannot by the ordinance of God be both in one person.  
69 That by the doctrine of the church of England, the joining together of the ministery in one person, doth put every kingdom out of order.  
70 That for a lord bishop to be of the privy counsel in a kingdom, according to the doctrine of the church of England, is as profitable unto the Realm, as the wolf is to the lambs.  
71 That bishops ought to have no prisons wherein to punish transgressors.  

Mark this (good Reader)  72 That according to the church of England, all Ministers be of equal authority.  
73 That according to the doctrine of the church of England, those Doctors (who are daily alleged by our bishops in the defence of their superiority over their brethren) to wit, Cyprian, jerom, Augustine, Chrysostom knew of no authority that one bishop should have above another, neither thought, or once dreamt, that ever any such thing should be.  
74 That according to the doctrine of the church of England, a bishop and an elder, or a minister, note out in the word of God the one and the self same person and church-officer, the contrary whereof is popery.  
75 That by the doctrine of the church of England, it is popery to translate the word Presbyteros into Priest, and so to call the ministers of the gospel Priests.  
76 That according to the doctrine of the church of England, D. Bancroft in his Sermon at Paul's the 28. of january 1588. maintained a popish error, in avouching, that in the days of Cyprian there was a difference between a bishop and a priest or minister.  
77 That according to the doctrine of the church of England, john Cant. is a maintainer of a popish error, in terming the ministers of the Gospel by the name of priests.  
78 That according to the doctrine of the church of England, our prelate's have no authority to make ministers, or to proceed to any ecclesiastical censure.  
79 That by the doctrine of the church of England, to have a bishop's licence to preach, is the very mark of the beast Antichrist.  
80 That by the doctrine of the church of England, the godly ministers ought to ordain those that would enter into that function, without any leave of the Prelates, & not so much as once to suffer them to take any approbation of the Prelates.  
81 That according to the doctrine of the church of England, there ought to be no other manner of ecclesiastical censure, but that which is noted, Matth. 18.15,17. which is, to proceed from a private admonition to one or two witnesses, & thence to the church, that is, not to one, but unto the governors of the church, together with the whole congregation.  
82 That according to the doctrine of our church, the citations, processes, excommunications, etc. of the Prelates, are neither to be obeyed nor regarded.  
83 That according unto the doctrine of the church of England, men ought not to appear in their courts, seeing their proceed are so directly against the truth, as now they are manifested to be, seeing the doctrine of the church warranteth them no such calling.  
84 That according to the doctrine of the church of England, that a man being excommunicated by them, ought not to seek any absolution at their hands.  
85 That according unto the doctrine of the church of England, every minister is bound to preach the Gospel, notwithstanding the inhibition of the bishops.  
86 That according unto the doctrine of the church of England, a man being once made a minister, is not to be kept back from preaching, by the inhibition of any creature.  
87 That according unto the doctrine of our church, our prelate's notably profane the censure of the church, by sending them out against those, who are not offenders against God, for money matters, and other trifles, etc.  
88 That according unto the doctrine of the church of England, it is great tyranny in them, to summon and cite poor men, as they do, to come before them, for hearing the word, or speaking against their hierarchy.  
89 That it is tyranny by the doctrine of the church of England, and the badge of antichrist's disciples, for our prelate's to break up into men's consciences, to compel them by oaths, to testify against themselves.  
90 That by the doctrine of the church of England, our prelate's learned this abomination of Pilate Matth. 26.93.  
91 That according unto the doctrine of the church of England, none ought to be in the ministery, but such as are able to preach.  
92 That according unto the doctrine of the church of England, non-residents, and pluralities of benefices, are most intolerable in the sight of God and man.  
93 That all true subjects have better warrant to deny the superiority of bishops, than the bishops have to impose themselves upon the church.  
94 That her majesties true subjects in oppugning the state of L. bishops have the warrant of the word of God, the warrant of our laws and statutes, the doctrine of the church of England, the consent of the church of God for the space of above 400. years, and her majesties privilege.  
95 That the bishops have nothing for their defence, but the corruption received into our church contrary unto the word, contrary unto our statutes, contrary unto her majesties privilege, contrary unto the doctrine of our church.  
96 That our bishops in this controversy for their hierarchy, have not me, poor man, for their only adversary, but our saviour Christ, his Apostles, and holy Martyrs, our laws and statutes, her majesties privileges, and the doctrine of our church hath long ago condemned them for traitors unto God, unto his word, his church, and unto our laws and privileges.  
97 That Master Thomas Cartwright, together with all those learned men, and myself also that have written against the state of the Clergy, could do no less than we have done, except we would betray the truth of God, the laws of this land, and the doctrine of our church.  
98 That our magistrates in maintaining both the doctrine of our church, and also the hierarchy of our bishops, maintain two contrary factions under their government, which their wisdoms know to be dangerous.  
99 That this faction is likely to continue until either of the parties give over.  
100 That those who defend the doctrine of our church in oppugning of our bishops, neither can nor will give over the cause, in as much as it is confirmed by the word professed in our church allowed by our statutes, and maintained by her majesties privilege.  
101 That the bishops will not give over, in any likelihood to die for it, as long as the state will maintain them.  
102 That the continuance of these contrary factions, is likely in a while to become very dangerous unto our state, as their wisdoms, who are magistrates do well know and perceive.  
103 That their wisdoms then are bound, even for the quieting of our outward state, to put down either the doctrine of our Church, or the corruption, viz. our bishops, and their proceed.  
104 That they cannot, without the endangering of themselves, under the wrath of God, and the odious and most monstrous sin of inevitable Apostasy from the truth, put down, and abolish the doctrine of our church.  
105 That they can not any longer maintain the corruptions of our church, namely, archbishops and bishops, without the shameful contradiction of our doctrine, and the discontentedness of their subjects.  
106 That all Ministers are bound by subscription, by virtue of the statute that requireth their subscription unto the doctrine of faith and sacraments in the church of England, to disavow the hierarchy of bishops.  
107 That it were well, that all these ministers who are urged to subscribe would require a resolution in this point, before they yield their subscription.  
108 That Doctor Bancroft in affirming her Majesty to be a petty pope in his Sermon preached at Paul's the ninth of February 1588. preached treason against her majesties royal crown and dignity. 
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109 That the said Bancroft is a traitor, in affirming, her Majesty to usurp that authority within her dominions, in causes ecclesiastical which the pope usurped in times past.  
110 That our bishops in suffering the said Sermon to be published in print, containing the former points of treason, are accessary unto bancroft's treason.  
That our prelate's. Hear the father left his writings unperfit, and thus perfitly begins the son.   

Martin juniors Epilogue. To the worshipful his very good neame, Master john Canturburie.  
AFter my hearty commendations unto your Worship, (good nuncle Canturbury) trusting, that you, with the rest of the Cater-caps are as near your overthrow, as Jyour poor nephew am from wishing the prosperity of your Antichristian callings. The cause of my writing unto you at this instant, is, to let you understand, first, that I was somewhat merry at the making hereof, being indeed sorry, together with others of my brethren, that we cannot hear from our good father, Master Martin Marprelate, that good & learned discoursing brother of yours, but especially grieved, that we see not the utter subversion of that unhappy and pestilent government of L. Bishops, at the helm whereof ye sit like a , or a Caiphas rather. Moreover, I do you to weet, that you shall receive by this bearer, certain unperfect writings of my fathers, praying your prelacy, if you can send me, or any of my brethren any word of him, that you would return us an answer with speed.  
MAny flim-flam tales go abroad of him, but of certainty nothing can be heard, in as much as he keepeth himself secret from all his sons. Some think, that he is even now employed in your business; and I think so too, my reason is, quoth Robert Some, because it was for your sakes and good, that he first fell a studying the Art of Pistol making: Others give out, that in the service of his country, and her Majesties, he died, or was in great danger at the Groin. And the others (ka mine uncka Bridges) have seen motives inducing them to be of this mind: Some there are also, who fear that you have him in your hands. Howsoever it be somewhat is not well, that he is silent all this while. We his sons must needs be disquieted, seeing we can neither know where our father is, nor yet hear from him. If we could but here by some Pistol, though it were but of 20. sheets of paper, that he is well, we would not then be so inquisitive of him. But now that he hath been so long time tonguetied these four or five months, we must needs inquire of the matter. Speak then, good nuncles, have you closely murdered the gentleman in some of your prisons? have you strangled him? have you given him an Italian fig? or, what have you done unto him? have you choked him with a fat prebend or two? What? I trow my father will swallow down no such pills. And he do, I can tell he will soon purge away all the conscience he hath, and prove a mad hind ere he die. But tell me, I pray you, what you mean to do unto him if you have him in hold? Do you mean to have the keeping of him, lest he should not be otherwise well looked unto? why what need that? I am sure he hath 500 sons in the land, of good credit and ability, with whom he might have other gates welcome, then with any Catercap o them all. And I pray you, nunckles, never trouble yourselves with the keeping of him, I trust he shall do well, though he never come near any of you all. And I think in reason it were more meet his sons, than his brethren should be charged with him; if it so came to pass, that he were forced to lean unto others. This I know full well, that my father would be sorry from his heart, to put you to any such cost, as you intent to be at with him. A meaner house, and of less strength than the Tower, the Fleet, Newgate, or the Gatehouse is, would serve him well enough: he is not of that ambitious vain, that many of his brethren the bishops are, in seeking for more costly houses then ever his father built for him. And therefore, good sweet neames now, if you have him, let him be dispatched out of your hands, with honesty and credit. My father is of a kingly nature I perceive by him, he would do good unto you, but he would not be recompensed for it again. He will none of your courtesies unless it be for your own sakes, that you will give over your bishopdomes, that is the greatest benefit he accounts of from you, other recompense he seeks none.  
If you demand of me, where I found this, the truth is, it was taken up (together with certain other papers) besides a bush, where it had dropped from some body passing by that way. I hope my father's worship will not be offended with me, for publishing of it, being not so perfect as questionless he would have had it. He, and you, can not but commend my good dealing, in setting it out; for I chose rather to leave the sentences unperfit then to add any thing more than I found legible. The Arithmetical numbers in the end of his preamble show, that when he had written so far, he had something more in his head then all men do conceive, which made him leave in the midst of a period. I myself do perceive some tantologies in the conclusions as being the first draft, but I would not presume to mend them, that I refer to himself, if he be yet living, if dead, yet posterities may have his afterbirth to be altogether his own. And let them take this as his cygncam cantionem, viz. his farewell to booke-making. But that would I be sorry of. For who can be able to prove the points which he hath set down here, concerning the doctrine of our church, mainterned by statur, & her majesties privilege, so sound, and so worthily, as he himself would perform it. A thirty or forty of the first Conclusions are already showed in, Hai any work for the Cooper, and therefore they need no further proof than the reading over that worthy Treatise, whence they seem to have been collected. The rest I hope shall be showed in More work for the Cooper.  
And father, if you can prove these things out of the doctrine of our church, then certainly you deserve to be chronicled for ever. Then john Canturbury, come down with thy popery, ka M. Martin junior: for now art thou set out in thy colours, to be an adversary, not only of Christ and his Apostles, which all men might know, but even also an utter enemy unto the doctrine of the church of England sowed here by the holy Martyrs, and sealed with their blood, yea, allowed by statute, and published with her majesties royal privilege, which is a point that the most have not considered of. And who is he now that dares persuade Martin to give over his course, unless the same also will show himself an enemy to the doctrine of the church of England. For Martin in his writings, is not so much an enemy unto the bishops, as a defender of the doctrine of our Church. And therefore you Puritans, that mislike of him, take heed that you be not found amongst posterities, to be the betrayers of this doctrine (for your ease and quietness sake) which you are bound to deliver unto your children, without corruption or mangling, though it cost you your lives a thousand times▪ For to tell you the truth, if you do but read over the writings of M. tindal, M. Frith, M. Barnes, M. Hooper, M. Knox, M. Lambert, etc. which were the first planters of the Gospel amongst us, you shall find yourselves in faithfulness, courage and zeal, yea, even the best of you far behind them; which I speak not but to your great shame, with a desire of your amendment. And therefore I tell you true, I think it a great blessing of God that hath raised up this Martin, whom you can hardly brook, to hold tackling with the bishops, that you may have some time of breathing, or rather a time to gather courage and zeal, joined with knowledge, to set upon these enemies of the doctrine of our church, even the doctrine of God, I mean maintained in our church. For that as hitherto ye have done, you be so loath (for the disturbing of our state forsooth, and the offending of her Majesty) not only to speak against, but even utterly to reject this hierarchy of our bishops, even to have no more to do with it, then with the seat of the beast, you shall declare unto our children, that God raised up but a company of whitelivered soldiers, to teach the Gospel in sincerity under her Majesty, and take heed lest our forenamed fathers rise up in judgement against you. As for her Majesty, or the state, I think she hath little cause to thank you for your wisdom, in seeking the quietness of this commonwealth, by-winking at the sin of the pompous ministery. And me thinks you are bound unto her, and her people, to make so much at the least known, as she maintaineth publicly in books, by her statutes and privileges, to be the doctrine of this our church under her government. Therefore, look unto these things, for certainly, if ever the Lord shall make the proceed of our wicked bishops known unto her Majesty, to be so contrary to word of God, the profession of holy Martyrs, and the doctrine of our church maintained, both by our statutes, and privileges, as in these Theses they are set down, assure yourself, that she will then inquire, whether she had not any faithful preachers in her kingdom, that would stand to the defence of the truth, until she saw further into it.  
As for the bishops, they may herein see, to their woe, what wicked caitiffs they are, in maintaining themselves & their thrice cursed popedom, against such clear light. But the beasts, I fear, were borne to no other end, then to be the Lords scourge, to chastise his church, and then to be burnt in hell. And out upon them, they are as unlike Christ, his Apostles, and holy Martyrs, which were the planters of our Church, as the wretches are like unto themselves. A man would have thought, if they had not been desperate in their wickedness, that by the warning which Martin gave them, they would have been restrained from their villainy in some sort. But, as though their very reason had been clean gone, the more they are threatened to have their proceed displayed, the more wicked do they manifest themselves. As if they would declare unto the world, that they will not be made known unto posterity, but upon the condition, that they may be the most wicked, that ever were in the church of God. They will be so many Judases, so many Diotrepheses, so many Simon Maguses, as now they are wicked bishops of England, or else they think not themselves well dealt with. Wherefore, reverend father, if you be as yet on your feet, and have escaped out of the danger of gun shot, begin again to play the man. Fear none of these beasts, these pursuvants, these Mar-Martins, these stage-players, these prelate's, these pope's, these devils, and all they can do. Quit yourself but as like a man as you have done in Hai any work, and I doubt not but you will make these roguish priests lie in the kennel. The report abroad goeth, that you are drawn dry, and can say no more. They are fools that so think, I say, Let these Conclusions be judge, whereby I tell you true, I hope you shall be able to emprie every bishopric in England, if weight of tructh can do it. There be that affirm, the rhymers and stage-players, to have clean put you out of countenance, that you dare not again show your face. Alas poor haggler's, their fathers are too young to outface the least of your sons. And I do think, that, lay aside their tyranny, all the bishops of England are too weak to deal with a scarecrow, that hath but the name of reverend Martin written upon it. And therefore, I persuade myself, that they their selves are thoroughly so persuaded, ka my nuncka Bridges, that you contemn such kennel rakers, and scullions, as to their shame, in the time of your silence have sold themselves for pence a piece, to be derided of come who so will, to see a company of disguised asses.  
Concerning Mar-martin, if he be a Londoner, or an university man, ten to one but you shall see him, one of these odd days, carted out of the town for his honesty of life. Why that time of his showeth, that he had no other bringing up, then in a brothelhouse. And herein I would crave pardon of the universities, and the famous city of London, if I should be thought to give out, that such a ribaulder as this is, were there maintained. To speak what I do think of the youth, I can not be induced to think, that he hath had his bringing up at any other trade, then in carrying long Meg of Westminster's hand-basket, and in attending upon some other of his aunts, at her appointment while she lived. After her death, it may be he hath been promoted unto the service of some laundress in a bishops house, where, in hope to be preferred by his good lords, he hath undertaken to mar-rimes, in publishing bawdry, and filthiness, for the defence of these honest bishops.  
The stage-players, poor seely hunger-starved wretches, they have not so much as an honest calling to live in the commonwealth: And they, poor varlets, are so base minded, as at the pleasure of the veriest rogue in England, for one poor penny, they will be glad on open stage to play the ignominious fools, for an hour or two together. And therefore, poor rogues, they are not so much to be blamed, if being stage-players, that is, plain rogues (save only for their liveries) they in the action of dealing against Master Martin, have gotten them many thousand eye-witnesses, of their witless and pitiful conceits. And in deed they are marvelous fit upholders of Lambehith palace, and the crown of Canturburie. And therefore, men should not think of all other things, that they should any ways make Master Martin, or his sons to alter their course. And hereof, good Master Canturburie, assure yourself. Well, to grow to a point with you, if you have any of your side, either in the Universities, or in your cathedral Churches, or any where within the compass of all the bishopdomes you have, that dare write, or dispute against any of these points set down by my father, here I do by these my writings, cast you down the Glove, in my father's name, and the names of the rest of his sons. If my father be gone, and none else of my brethren will uphold the controversy against you, I myself will do it. And take my challenge if you dare. By writing you may do it, qand be sure to be answered. By disputations, if you will appoint the place, with promise, that you will not deal vi & armis, you shall be taken also by me, if I think I may trust you. Otherwise, the Puritans will, I doubt not, maintain the challenge against you.  
But here by the way, john Canturbury, take an odd advice of your poor nephew, and that is this. First, in regard of yourself, play not the tyrant as you do, in God's Church; if you go on forward in this course, the end will be a woeful reckoning. Thou hast been raised up out of the dust, and even from the very dunghill, to be precedent of her majesties counsel, being of thyself, a man altogether unmeet for any such pre-eminence, as neither endued with any excellent natural wit, nor yet with any great portion of learning. The Lord hath passed by many thousands in this land far meeter for the place than is poor john Whitgift. Well then, what if thou, having received so great blessings at the lords hand (being of all others in no comparison any thing near the fittest for it, or the likeliest to obraine it) shalt now show thyself ungrateful unto thy merciful Lord God, or become a cruel persecutor, and a tyrant in his church, a cruel oppressor of his children, shall not all that thou hast received, be turned unto a curse unto thee, even into thine own bosom? Yea verily. For the Lord in one day is able to bring more shame upon thee, and that in this life, than he hath heaped blessings upon thee now for the space of thirty years and upward. But when I do consider thy pre-eminence and promotion, I do sensibly acknowledge it to be joined with a rare curse of God, even such a curse as very few (I will not say none) in God's Church do sustain. And that is thy wicked and Antichristian Prelacy. The consideration of which popedom of thine maketh me think, that thy other place in the civil magistracy, being in itself a godly and a lawful calling, is so become infectious, that it will be thy bane, both in this life, and in the life to come. And I am almost fully persuaded, that, that archbishopric of thine, together with thy practices therein, show verily, that the Lord hath no part nor portion in that miserabble, and desperate caitiff wicked john Whitgift, the Pope of Lambehith. Leave therefore both thy popedom, and thy ungodly proceed, or look for a fearful end.  
My second and last advise is this in a word. Suffer no more of these haggling and profane pamphlets to be published against Martin, and in defence of thy hierarchy. Otherwise thou shalt but commend thy folly and ignorance unto the world to be notorious. Mar-martin, Leonard Wright, Fregnevile, Dick Bancroft, Tom Blan. o Bedford, Kemp, Vnderhil, serve thee for no other use, but to work thy ruin, and to bewray their own shame, & miserable ignorance. Thus far of these matters.  
And me thinks you see, nuncle Canturburie, that though I be but young, yet I begin prettily well to follow my father's steps; for I promise you, I am deceived, unless I have a pretty smattering gift in this Pistlemaking, and I fear in a while I shall take a pride in it. I pray you, if you can, now I have showed you my mind, that you would be a means, that my vather, or my brethren be not offended with me for my presuming this of mine own head. I did all of a good meaning, to save my father's papers: and it would have pitied your heart to see, how the poor papers were rain and weatherbeaten, even truly in such a sort, as they could scant be read to be printed. There was never a dry thread in them. These sea-iourneys' are pitiful I perceive. One thing me thinks my father should like in me, and that is, my modesty, for I have not presumed, to publish mine in as large a print or volume as my father doth his. Nay, I think it well, if I can drible out a Pistol in octavo now and then. Farewell, good nuncle, and pay this bearer for the carriage. july 22. 1589. With as great speed as I might.  
Your worship's nephew MARTIN JUNIOR.