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The declaration made at Paul's Cross in the city of London/ the fourth sunday of Aduent/ by Alexander Seyton/ and master William Tolwyn/ person of S. Anthonynes in the said city of London. the year of our lord god M.D.XLI Newly corrected & amended    

¶ The declaration of Alexander Seyton.  
GOOD people/  
so it is/ that upon sunday/ the xiiii day of November last passed/ I Alexander Seyton a scottish man borne having been here tofore greatly suspected/ noted and infamed of heresy/ and erroneous opinions/ and for the same/ convented before diverse Ecclesiastical judges of this Realm/ made within the parish church of saint Anthonynes (within the city and diocese of London) a sermon in the morning of the said sunday/ before a great multitude/ without any licence of my Lord bishop of London/ or any his officers and contrary to their minds & commandment/ taking for the ground of my sermon the epistle of that day/ extracted out of the first chapter written to the Philippians I nothing speaking in that morning sermon/ either of Fre will/ or choice of man with his reconciliation/ or justification/ neither yet else of good works or merit/ or value there of/ Albeit I had good and just occasion so to do/ by reason of the said epistle. And moreover that sermon done/ I came immediately hither to the sermon made in this place/ by a well learned man and doctor of divinity/ in the university of Oxforth) and herd all the same/ well noting & marking his process made upon the said epistle/ especially touching Fre will or choice of man/ with his reconsylyation or justification/ & also the praise of good works/ & the meryttes & value thereof/ than & there openly declared/ & I was in deed in my mind not right well contented with the said sermon & greatly offended with the same. For as much as touching Fre will or Choice & justification/ or reconsylyation of man to god me thought as than the said preacher gave to much unto man/ & did withdraw to much from god's grace and touching good works & the merit & value thereof As than me thought he did over moche value & esteem the same/ & being so offended/ I the same day at after none within the said church of saint Antonyues be fore a great multitude then & there assembled (without any lycens of my said lord of London or any his officers/ & contrary to their minds & commandments/ yea & without any showing of any other lycens at all/ of a set purpose & to the intent the people there assembled should not agree to the mind & declaration of the said preacher/ but utterly dissent/ vary/ & clearly disagree from all the same) did make an other sermon directed contrary in points and articles afore said/ unto the sermon of the said preacher/ the people taking occasion there by to be in discord varyete & diversity of opinions amongst themselves/ and there by not unlike to fall into further in convenyens and business. Wherefore now I am right heavy/ sorry/ and greatly repentant/ trusting in the mercy of God/ to use here after a more modesty discretion and temperans in my preaching/ and to avoid such rash and hasty passions and sudden affections and judgement/ and only to cleave unto the troth and catholic determinations of our holy mother the Church.  
☞ And more over ye shall understand good people/ that as I was denounced detected and presented/ so also I confess it is evidently proved against me by sufficient witness brought in there upon/ that in my said second sermon then and there made at after none/ I did contrary to good doctrine & learning/ utter/ preach/ and declare amongst diverse other things ii things chiefly/ that were very erroneous/ that is to wit/ that a man hath no liberty or free will at all to do my thing that is virtuous and good and also that good works did nothing at all help or were meritorious towards our salvation or justification. And all be it my lord bishop of London/ justly might for the same mine offences so committed within his jurisdiction/ have compelled me/ according to the Ecclesiastical laws of this Realm to abjure & also might have extremely punished me for the same offences/ as in such cases here tofore hath been a customed/ yet such is his charity/ gentleness/ & goodness towards me/ desiring only my reformation and amendment with your satisfaction/ that he for certain causes and honest considerations him moving/ have been and is contented with this only penance/ (that is to say) That I make here this open declaration unto you of my said offences/ & that I do not here after preach or teach any such thing again/ or any other thing that shallbe against the catholic faith of our holy mother the church/ but as much as can lie in my power/ to maintain/ defend and advance the said faith and utterly to detest and forsake all and all manner of heresies/ errors & naughty opinions with the favourers/ maintainers/ defenders/ or abbeters of them/ or any of them/ during my life/ which now I so promise and declare also unto you/ that I will do effectually. And for both your better understanding/ and also for mine own declaration here in/ and to the intent ye may know/ that mine opinion is even as the opinion is of the catholic church and no otherwise. He shall understand that I do verily believe and plainly confess/ that a Christian man not destitute of god's grace hath liberty/ Frewyl and choice to do good/ and also of himself without God's grace/ hath liberty to consent to evil/ & to do it in deed. Item that all things good and bad/ are not to be ascribed unto a final destynye/ predestination/ or foreknowledge of God/ as the very cause thereof/ ne yet to an absolute or prestyse necessity or compulsion that can not be avoided/ which in times past hath been a lewd opinion/ & a damnable heresy holden of many. Item that things which be evil/ are to be ascribed to ourselves/ who willingly & wittingly do consent and agree unto them. where assisted with gods grace/ being ever ready at hand we might sufficiently have avoided and made resistance unto them/ if we had would. Item that such good works as we do with the help of god's grace are by scripture truly called our good works/ as wrought by us by the strength of God's grace and concurrence of our free-will. And all be it we not only of humility/ but also for confession of the troth/ do ascribe them to god as by riches of whose mercy we have both grace & free-will/ wherewith to work yet nevertheless god to set forth the troth of excellence of the liberty of our free-will wrought by him in Christ/ by whom we are delivered calleth in his scripture. also truly those good works done by good men/ their works as truly done by them made able and strengthened by god so to do & therefore such fantasies as hath been spread abroad/ & entered into rude men's ears as though god should work in man and the works to be only Gods/ and man only an instrument to work by/ or a vessel to work in/ is pernicious detestable & to be abhorred/ for such places of scripture as speak of gods working in us are to be understanded as they may agree with the rest of scripture/ wherein be innumerable places to declare/ that god maketh his servants in Christ so rich as they may by the plenty & strength there of/ be good trees and bring forth fruit & work. And as Christ said/ Qui credit in me/ opera que ego facio/ faciet et maiora horum faciet. which saint Austyn writing on the same place verifieth to be spoken of a sinner in his justification. And moreover I do likewise believe and confess/ that the good works of a christian man be by gods will/ ordering them to be done/ and his acception meritorious/ & a mean or helping towards remission of our sins & unto our saluacynu. yea further I say and believe that all though our saviour and redeemer jesus Christ sent by God the father to fulfil his will/ hath according unto the same by his life and passion in earth appeased the wroth of god towards man sufficiently and purchased for man great favour and freedom/ whereby he may be able to please God obtain remission of sins/ and do such works as God of his goodness will reward with eternal life▪ yet we must know and understand that according to the teaching of Christ declaring the word of God unto us/ all those shall by the mean of Christ only be delivered from god's anger that come to Christ and in faith both profess his truth/ receiving the Sacrament of baptism/ and also worketh such good works to fulfil gods will as time & occasion doth permit them to work/ for in these only/ god is pleased/ for Christ as scripture saith/ & to these only is promised everlasting life/ and therefore such vain opinions as hath entered percase into the heads of some ignorant people in the estimation of men's good works that the same may be accounted no manner of help to salvation/ or remission of sins/ lest thereby we should make ii means or ii saviours where as in deed scripture speaketh but of one mean and saviour. This fond fear I say is to be removed and taken away by knowledge of troth/ which testifieth/ that by works of penance we come to Christ/ when we being prevented by god and called are by the fire of charity which god kindleth in us/ such as come at his calling/ & believe in him joined in Christ's mystical body/ and made one with him/ and so by his mean he being the only head/ we begin here a heavenly life/ and shall finally enjoy it in him our only saviour jesus Christ/ in whom we here work the will of god/ & therefore our works be not another mean/ or another sanyour/ but wrought in Christ by the grace purchased of god by Christ and by him required of us/ not as any other strange thing or seed to supply any imperfection in him which were blasphemy and madness to be thought or said/ but because it is the will of god who hath for our profit ordained the regeneration of man/ in this wise/ which can not be but the best without discussion and because it is/ his will is the best & so to be followed and observed of all that have hope in their calling/ to enjoy gods promises made only to those that fulfil his will/ which my sayings and opinions in these points especial I do protest even from the bottom of my heart/ that I do believe they are true. Even as now I have declared them unto you and that also in all my sermons and teachings here after I will and intend after the same sort to declare & utter them unto the people and none otherwise.  
¶ Ita est Alexander Seyton manu propria.   

¶ Here beginneth the declaration made the fourth sunday in Aduent/ the year of our lord god a thousand v. hundredth. xli by master William Tolwyn/ person of saint Anthonines in the city of London.  
GOOD people/  
so it is/ that I William Tolwyn/ master of Art/ and person of saint Anthonynes within this Tyte and diocese of London/ have been lawfully denounced/ detected & presented to my Lord bishop of London/ that I have been and am a man vehemently suspected/ noted and enfamed of heresy and erroneous/ heretical & seditious opinions against the catholic faith of our holy mother the church/ and also a great favourer/ defender/ maynteynour & receptour of heretics/ accustomed also to have in my custody/ books of heresy/ & other unlawful works forbidden by the kings majesties proclamations & ordinances/ and also contrary to the decree and inhthytion of mine ordinary. And moreover that I have not a customed to observe & keep the laudable ceremonies/ rites & customs of this catholic church of England/ commonly observed and kept by other. that is to say/ neither in going of procession upon saturdays at Euynsonge/ nor in the usage and manner of making of holy water and holy bred/ nor in making my confession or saying of Mass/ matins or evensong/ as I should and ought to have done.: Which denunciation/ detection & presentation hath been partly by my noun confession and partly by sufficient witness & record in that behalf sufficiently proved.  
And albeit for mine offence in so doing I knowledge to have deserved no small punishment. yet I have found such chartable goodness and mercy in my Lord bishop of London/ upon my submission and suit unto him/ that upon only this declaration here made of my offeus unto you/ with promise that I will endeavour myself to the best of my power to live as a catholic man ought and should do hereafter: And that I do not hereafter preach or teach any heresies/ Errors or naughty opinions/ contrary and against the catholic faith of our holy mother the Church/ but as much as can lie in my power to maintain/ defend and advance the said catholic faith and utterly to detest/ abhor and avoid all and all manner of heresies/ Errors and naughty opinions/ with the favourers/ mayntaynours'/ defenders or abbeters of them or any of them during my life/ his lordship is content to respite the rest of my penance/ and upon my good deserving and doing according to my said promise to forgive all together/ beseeching therefore you that be my friends to give him most hearty thanks for the same/ & to take example by me to avoid the like danger.  

¶ Here after followeth the names of the books/ which the said person of s. Anthonines was detected and presented with.  
GOod people/  
these books contained here in this bag or sachel are erroneous/ heretical and naughty books and were remaining and found in my house and custody what time I was denounced/ and detected to my Lord bishop of London/ & the names of the said books are these/ A book of Frith's/ a book called Thorpe and Old castle/ the Old god and the New/ Rydleys commentaries upon saint Poule to the Ephesians/ Venatorious upon Timothe/ Swynglyus of god's providence/ catechism of Melancton/ the catechism of Vrbanus/ the catechism of Pacymontanus/ the catechism of Sarcerius/ West more upon the conciliation of father's/ the book of the counterfeit bishop/ the confession in English with the Apology Postylles upon the epistles & gospels/ a book of prayer made by Luther/ the Door of holy scripture/ the Postelles of Coruynus/ two old written books/ the one for scholars/ and tother taken out of Frith's books. In which books are contained many sundry errors and blasphemous/ detestable/ and abominable heresies/ not only against the blessed sacrament of th'altar with other sacraments of Christ'S church/ but also against the free will of man/ making god th'author of sin/ And moreover against good works/ specially fasting/ prayer/ alms deed/ against auricular confession against the vow of chastity/ and for the marriage of priests/ against the rites & ceremonies of the church/ comparing the manner of wedding/ and marrying of Vyrgens/ unto the bestial fashion of a assault bitch. Against men's laws & traditions/ against communion or houselling at Ester & under one kind/ against invocations of saints/ against Mass matins & Euynsonge/ against the giving of an Oath before a judge/ & finally to have allthing comen among the people   
¶ It a est Wilhelmus Tolwyn manu propria.   

¶ Imprinted at London in saint Sepulchres parish/ in the Old Bayly/ by Richard Lant.   

Ad imprimendum solum.