An answer in action to a portugal pearl, called a pearl for a Prince: given by a lay man in a legacy, which legacy he desireth to se executed before his death. 1570.  Hierom. ad Paulam &c.¶ Let men first read, least they seem not through iudgment, but through the presumpsion of hatred, to blame that which they know not. 
¶ Imprinted at London in Fleetstreete; by William How: for Dionis Emilie.   

An answer in action to a portugal pearl, called a pearl for a Prince.  
IN PRIMIS, I bequeath to a Preacher, and Minister of the word of God, to preach .xii. Sermons in the parish Church of S. Giles without Cryplegate in London, six pounds in lawful Money of england. In which Sermons I require, the lords prayer, the Créede or Articles of the Faith, and the x. commandments of almighty God to be entreated of: And the first Sermon to begin the first sunday in April, next coming, and so every first sunday in every month for the year following.  
Also I will that the Preacher. xiiv. daies before his first Sermon, shal seek out of the poor being godly, or that will promise hereafter to obey almighty God, twenty men of the age of. xviv. yeres& upward, and .xx. women of the age of .xiiii. yeres and upward. And .x. children of the age of vi. yeres& upward All the which persons shal be able to say the lords Prayer, their belief,& the .x. commandments of almighty God in their mother tongue. And if any of the said persons cannot say them, they shall promise to learn them within one month, and also to their power to obey and keep them. And the same persons shall also promise to be at the Church, at eight of the clock in the morning, at the beginning of every one of the .xii. Sermons, and at the end of every Sermon they shal haue. ii. d. a piece given unto them by the Preacher, that is v. l'j. And so many of them, and so often as the Preacher shall think good, they shall prepare themselves to Communicate and receive the holy Supper of the lord Iesus. And at the same time and times, the money and other things is given them, they shall haue this red unto them, to th'entent they may know to direct themselves in that form that they loose not the benefit of that which is after to be given. And at the second Sermon, the Preacher shall enquier of those which can say the commandments of almighty God, whether they haue in their conversation laboured to keep them. And if any be found wilfully to break the same, the same person or persons shal be put out and others taken in their place, and this to be done at every one of the .xii. Sermons. And at the sixth Sermon, every one which can say the lords Prayer, their belief& commandments of almighty God, and is not found wilfully to to break the same, of the which I desire diligent inquiry to be made of their neighbours, shall being men, haue Shertes of two shillings a piece. And the women smocks of two shillings a piece. Sum. v. l'j.  
provided that if any cannot say them or wilfuly break them, the Sherts& and smocks shal be reserved in the Preachers hands until the twelfth and last Sermon be finished.  
always provided, and to be understand, that it is not possible for an idle person to keep them. For idleness being one of the sins of Sodom, wherefore those which can& may labour and will not, I do will utterly to be exempted from this benefit. And at the last and twelfth Sermon, so many of those appointed persons, aforesaid, as can say the lords Prayer, the belief and .x. commandments of almighty God,& hath not ben found wilfully to break the same, shall haue .vi. shillings& eight pence a piece in money. And if at the twelfth and last Sermon, any of the said appoynted persons be found unmeet& unworthy to receive the same: to weete, that cannot say the lords Prayer, the belief, and commandments of almighty God, or wilfully hath broken the same. Then the same money, Shertes and smocks, I will to come to those persons of the fifty, which haue best observed the conditions afore remembered. Sum of this Legacy is .vj. pounds, v. pounds,& .v. pounds and .xvi. pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence. Sum in all is, thirty two pounds thirteen shillings and. iiii. d.  
And such a Church of so many souls, thus to be built, I affirm to be better accepted of almighty God,& better for the Common wealth, and more agreeable to those Churches, built by saint paul, at Rome, at Corinth &c. Then costly buildings be they never so sumptuously done amongst the papists and Iewes, which prefer the Stony Temple of God before the living Temple of god which be the bodies of men. And the same being vndecked both within& without, yet cease not with great cost and charge with the Iewes, daily to build their stony Temples with ston, timber, Belles, Vestments, music, with a huge number of Torches and candles, burnt in the day light, when the burning and light is neither profitable to God nor man. Also setting up deade Images,& putting on them gowns and coats, which neither do feel cold nor heat: Also furnishing them with many costly jewels: And the Temples of God, and living Images of God, which are the bodies of men unfurnished of things to serve necessity.  
These be the signs and Images which D. Osorius of portugal, in his book entitled the pearl for a Prince, the leaf .43. doth affirm nothing to be more better to quicken our memory, to think one God, and to remember his benefits. But the holy Ghost in the fourth Chapter of deuteronomy, affirmith, them to mar and corrupt vs. And the actions of the papists in preferring the dead and counterfeit Images to candles and coats, and to the higher place: And the true and living Images of God which are the bodies of men being unfurnished of things necessary& apopinted to the lower place, proveth the holy Ghost to speak truly, And Osorius of portugal with all his learning and eloquence, to affirm an untruth. Also their Stony Temple is furnished with a number of Idle persons, which do pray after the maner of the heathen, which think to be hard for their many words& much babeling, the which thing Christ our saviour forbiddeth in the .vj. chapter of the gospel of S. matthew that Christians should belike unto them, for that our heavenly Father knoweth what things we haue need of before we ask of him.  
Which persons also prefer Sodometrye and whoredom before honourable marriage. For honourable marriage is utterly expelled out of their cloisters.  
The holy ghost by S. paul saith, It is better to mary then to burn: But the actions of the papists do show them to be of an other mind, for their actions affirm it to be better to burn then to be married. And the actions of the Priests, Friers, monks,& Nunnes, &c. Do affirm not onely burning in lust, but also fornication better thē marriage, for none may remain in their cloisters that be married: But they may remain still in their cloisters that haue committed fornication, and think their vow not broken, having had the popes absolution, with Si non castè tamen cautè. Thus you do see, though Osorius hath holiness in his words, yet in this you may see filthiness and hypocrisy in the papists actions, But be not deceived with their words but look to their actions. Osorius saieth in his accusations .41. leaf. For we will rush into those houses in which holy virgins being enclosed day and night, do sing Himmes to the glory of God and pray to christ for the good estate of kings and Princes and for safeguard of the whole commonalty. &c. The proverb is: Faire works make fools fain or glad. But be not deceived with words, but consider and mark their actions, and you shall see the King henry of france, vpon whom the mighty God shewed a wonderful Iudgement, after he had threatened that his eyes should se all the professoures of Christes gospel, of his nobilitye, burned, which denied antichrist the Pope: but before he could se it, his own eyes in believing when he thought himself most safe were first thrust out. And the same King Henry of france bearing as much good will to Abbeys& cloisters as Osorius of portugal: yet he found some so filthy and unsufferable, that for ravishing of women and after murdering of them, the cloister with the Freeres were both burned together. And if the eyes of men were as clear to behold all things, as the eyes of the mighty god, many such cloisters, Nunneries and Sels, might be found among the papists of like goodness. wherefore be not deceived with Osorius words, but look to their Actions.  
S. paul speaking by the holy Ghosie, forbade none, young nor old, to live in single and chased life, but praised& commended the same to all estates and all ages, one and other, without exception: But he expressly commandeth that the church should receive no widow under three score yeares: But Osorius with the papists would be wiser then the holy ghost speaking in S. paul: but their actions on the contrary shall prove them fools. again how much those Cloisters& Sels are to be feared to live one with another as the Sodomites, the easiness and idleness of their life, with the fat feedinge of many of them, having monstrous fat bodies, yieldeth reason to make the matter susspitious. But the confession of M. D. Harding in his book against the bishop of Sarisbury, entitled A Confutacion &c of the book made by john Casa. for the which he was kept back from being cardinal, as M. Harding affirmemeth, in which book the said John Casa. with eloquent words, and with a rhetorical style commendeth the life of Sodomites: Also Andrias Alciatus and Paulus divinus, with other writers in a maner maketh the matter very apparent, what those those Cardinales, Bishops, Abbots, Freers, monks, and the rest be, and how holly they live: Wherefore take heed for all is not Gold that Osorius of portugal with is rhetorical style, maketh to glister as appeareth by that afore noted.  
again the same persons prefer also the precepts and commandments of men before the precepts& commandments of Almighty God. even as the Iewes did, which took themselves to be the church of God and were so taken in the time of Esay the Prophet. For in his .29. chapter, after he had threatened that their altar should be brought into distress in the .13. and .14. verse he hath these words Therfore the Lord said because this people come nere unto me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but haue removed their hartes far from me,& their fear toward me was taught by the precept of men: Therfore behold I will do a marvelous work in this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish: and the understanding of their prudent men shalbe hide.  
The same church of God, so taken amongst the Iewes in the time of christ our saviour, fell away also by the same means, as appeareth in the .15. chapter of S. Mathews gospel. even as the papists also this day be fallen away, in vain serving God, and teaching for Doctrines, mens precepts. And as the Scribes and pharisees demanded of christ our saviour, Why do thy Disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? even in like maner do the Papists with Osorius demand of the Protestants, Why do ye transgress the traditions of the elders? And even as Christ our saviour answered the Scribes and Pharasies, with this question, Why do ye break the commandments of God for your traditions? even in like maner do the Protestants answer the papists, with Osorius with the very same question, Why do ye break the commandments of God for your own traditions, erecting cloisters, nunneries Friers,& Mounkes, with such a huge monstrous number of traditions, Ceremonies and other mens inventions,& observations, that if they should be declared, a great volume were not able to contain them. And the most mischief of all, to break one of those, you make greater conscience then to break the commandments of almighty God. And these be the churches, nunneries,& cloisters,& cells, for the which Osorius of portugal, hath published many fair names, Elegantly and Rhetorically, as one which by the arte of words, can make a fly, seem to be greater then an Elephante, and copper to be better then gold or God. And after he hath made great boast of them, he requireth with all to know what is set up in place of them: 
The stony Temple with the traditions of the high priests▪ Scribes and Pharasies, put down by Christ Iesus our saviour at Ierusalen.  As if he might say now with the Scribes and pharisees, christ Iesus hath broken down the goodly ston Temple at jerusalem, and put away the traditions of the church of God: what hath he set up now in the place thereof. For it is not reason saith Osorius that he should bewail that is taken away, before he se what is set up in the place of that is pulled down: read the Gospel of christ Iesus( Osorius) and with the same examine that doctrine they preach, and se how the same agreeth with the doctrine of christ Iesus, and you may see, if you call for grace, what is set up in place of that is plucked down. But Osorius answereth, if their doctrine be according to the word of God: yet their lives are not reformed to the word of God. But amongst the Papists where be Freers, monks, Images, Nonnes, the mass, the stews, and those mad Bishops as John Casa. and other mad Cardinals which practise the work of sodom, there the Priestes and people be better reformed to the obedience of the word of God. Very notably said Osorius. Let this be examined and being found true, it is to be agreed, that you haue praised that, that was praise worthy, and dispraised that, that was dispraise worthy. But proceed you forward, shrink not back when you come to trial,& let the lives of the Protestants be examined and compared with the lives of the papists,& also with the atheists This bargain thus agreed, mark well the sequel: 
Oye Idolatrous atheists, take parte with the Idolatrous Papists that like as they put confidence in clothing and lighting Images, blocks, and stocks &c. so you may put confidence in your wits strength, friends, riches, lands, &c. But O ye true Christians, worship that invysible power by Iesus christ according to his word, whose invisible power is seen by the creation of the world being considered in his works. Rom. 1. ca.  In the word of God it is commanded, that no filthy communication proceed out of our mouths, in this, make comparison, and ye shall find the Protestants speak with new tongues, to weete, that which tendeth to civility, humanity and christianity, and the Papests with the atheists keep their old bawdy tongues still, and they take the same ceasing from bawdy talking, a mark to know heretics which will not receive the Popes ceremonies. again, the word of God comaundeth, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain &c. Make comparison and se who taketh the name of that mighty God with most fear and reverence, and ye shall find that amongst the papists and atheists, he that will not swear and blaspheme the Glorious name of the mighty God, they take it a sure mark to know those heretics which will not receive the Popes ceremonies.  
again, the word of God saith: There shal be no whoare of the daughters of Israell, 
The folishnesse and filthiness of Papists who prefer before the holy scriptures the mind of the holy ghost their counsel as as this council toledan where was thus de creed. One having no wife and that hath a Concubine may not be put from the Communion so that he be contented with one woman be she wife or harlot.  nor whoare keeper of the sons of Israell, And in the new testament it is written, that no fornicatoure shall enter into the Kingdom of God,  
In this make comparison, and ye shal finde the stews plucked down amongst the Protestantes, and fornicators punished: and contrary among the papists& atheists the stews set up and the fornicators so far exempted from punishment, that D. Hardyng is so vnshamefaste in his book against Bishop jewel, to call it a necessary evil. And in queen Maries time, a Freere at Paules cross name Peto, was not ashamed to make a piece of his sermon, to set up fornicators the stews again, yea to speak against the stews is a plain mark to know the heretics( say the papists) which will not receive the Popes ceremonies. again, The word of God commandeth, when you will be merry, Sing psalms, in this make comparison, and you shall find the protestantes sing psalms,& the papists with the atheists sing bawdy songs with such like abomination,& if one be taken amongst them singing of psalms, he is taken for an heretic, and emprysoned. And so this also, they take to be a mark to know heretics, which will not receive the Popes Ceremonies. again where christ our saviour commandeth in these words, When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, lame, blind &c. Consider whether amongst the papists, &c. or protestantes, this is best observed: 
The atheists ioygne themselves commonly with the papists, against the Christians.  But although amongst the protestantes, this be best observed, yet the papists with the atheists take it, but a mark to know heretics which will not receive the Popes Ceremonies. again, where the word of God asketh, Howe the love of god dwelleth among them that shut up their compassion from the poor. And in another place, He that shutteth us his ears at the cry of the poor, shall cry himself and not be heard.  
Now, compare the common wealth of the Protestantes, and the common wealth of the papists together, and se where is best orders appointed for the poor. But this also( say the papists) is but a mark to know heretics which will not receive the Popes ceremonies. again, the word of God in the .20. cha. of Esay the prophet, threateneth Plagues vpon them that come near unto God with their mouths, and honour him with their lips, when their hartes are far from God: Now compare the Protestantes with their Churches, and the papists with their Nunneries and cloisters together. The Protestants pray in their mother tongue, or in such a tongue as they understand, but the most parte of the papists, pray in such a tongue as they understand not: Consider therefore vpon which of these two the plague is most like to fall, whether vpon the Protestantes or papists.  
Yea further consider vpon whom the plague is fallen. For the Papists affirm that saying over the lords prayer in Latin five times over, although the unlearned understand not a word thereof, yet he pleaseth God. But the professors of the glorious gospel of christ Iesus, affirm that saying over the same lords prayer once, or else many times over without understanding profiteth not. yea to say it once either else many times over without obedience profiteth not. The huge number of Papists say, Et demitte nobis debita nostra sicut& nos &c. But because they understand it not, they therfore cannot obey it: and therfore desire the Plagues of God to fall vpon their sins which is come to pass, for you shall se amongst the Papists, the which is against nature. The father present the son to death, 
behold how the Papists Images do teach and instruct them.  and the son the father, as one stow presented his own Father in the time of queen Mary to be burned. Also the mother put the son to death, as Herene the Empresse who with the Images, called lay mens books was instructed to put down her own son Constantine the sixth being Emperour and thrust out his eyes of the which he died: For that he cast down men made of wood, which she esteemed more then her own son, yea her own flesh and blood, and the living Image of God. She took up also the bones of her husband Constantine the fift, and burned them. And at the same time she thrust out her sons eyes, as Etropias writeth. The sun did not give light in .17. dayes, so that Mariners with their ships lost their ways in the Seas. The want of which light, the people affirmed to come, because the'mperours eyes were put out. Also the brother staying the brother, as Alphonsus Diazius a Spaniard, which cam from Rome into germany to slea his own brother,& there slue him, not for that he disobeyed the word of God, but for that he denied& disobeyed mens Traditions, the Popes ceremonies.  
And thus the papists obtain their prayer even as the children of Israel lusted in the wilderness obtained their prayer, both water out of the rock, Manna from heaven, and Flesh and feathered fowles as the sand of the sea.  
But the meate was yet in their mouths when the wrath of God came vpon thē. The revels obtained their prayers to go into the Heard of Swine. The level obtained his prayer to try job. And thus the prayer of papists speaking the word of God, the same word doth not return void, for their prayer is turned into sin. But this( say the papists) is but the saying of heretics, which will not receive the Popes ceremonies and Traditions. Here again in the same chapter& in the same place, Esay the prophet threateneth that because the church of God amongst the Iewes, taught the fear of God with the precepts of men, almighty God would take away the wisdom of their wise men,& the understanding of their prudent men should be hide. Consider what a number of ceremonies the church of Rome hath put forth to teach the fear of God, which Osorius maintaineth in the book called A pearl for a Prince. and se notwithstanding, the learning& eloquence of Osorius and the papists, whether this plague is not threatened to be fulfilled on the papists, as it was threatened to be fulfilled on the Iewes. And se, and consider again, whether the same was not fulfilled vpon the church of God at jerusalem, and whether the same be not also fulfilling daily on the papists, by the great fall the Church of Rome hath had in this last hundred yeres and more. Consider further whether their wisdom be not taken from them that would give gowns and coats, 
How the Papists be taught and instructed With their Images  and candles to blocks and stocks, and the living Temples of God mens bodies being unfurnished. And consider further, whether their wisdom be not taken from them, that amongst them do light so many thousand of Torches, and candles in the broad day light, when neither God nor man hath any need of them. And consider again, what S. paul writeth in the first to the Rom. of Osorius and the papists, who haue turned the glory of the incorruptible God, to the similitude of the Image of a corruptible man, making him like an old man, with a graye beard, and a body with three heads. The holy ghost speaking in S. paul, affirmeth that they that did thus, wrought many things against nature, and thinking themselves wise, became fools. 
mark the truth of the worde of God, O ye papists with your friends the atheists.  But Osorius with the papists hath done this above remembered, and the sequel of this, hath brought forth this in experience, that the papists do many things against nature, as afore is noted, whereby they prove the Scriptures true and the holy ghost to speak truly, that thinking themselves wise and learned, they are become fools.  
And here somewhat more to speak of the authority of the Pope& his doctrine.  
If the Pope, Cardinalles, Bishops, Abbots, D. Osorius with D. Harding. &c Durst suffer such a church as this aforesaid in the legacy to be built amongst them, the same would show which church wear more able to abide the light, or the touchestone, but they dare not do it for fear the princes and people might manifestly see the confutacion of all their new Religion, and young and new Ceremonies, which hath no antiquity with or comparable to the word of God. again they dare not suffer such a church to be built amongst them, for fear the gain and glory they received of the Princes and people, by their new Religion, and new and young Ceremonies should be decreased or diminished. So that I may city truly to the Pope, Cardinals &c. this place of Scripture written in the .12. chapter of the Gospel of S. John. 43. verse For they love the praise of men more, then the praise of God. yea if the Pope, Cardinalles, Priestes. &c. would suffer such Churches to be built amongst them, they would also cease to give pardon to those their papists, which promise to the Protestantes and break it. Which swear to the protestantes, and forswear themselves. Yea they would cease to give pardon to those papists, which poison the protestantes, murder the protestants &c. Yea they would cease to give pardon to those subiectes which rebel against their most gracious sovereign Lady and Prince: the which Rebels or Subiectes here in England, before her majesty drew any sword against them, hath first begun to draw out their sword against her majesty. But these be the fruits of the Popes new Religion and new Ceremonies, wherefore I may say unto the Pope, Cardinalles &c. out of the old religion the word of God, and the words be written in the first chapter of the Prophet Esay. 21. verse. Howe is the faithful city become an harlot, it was full of Iudgement and Iustice lodged therein, but now they are murtherers. That the nature of papists is to murder, before any seek to murder them: consider of this last rebellion of Northumberland& Westmerlande, and that the nature of the Pope and Cardinalles, &c. is to honour, aid, help, and pardon such parsons. Consider what they receive from the Popes dear children to further this wicked Rebellion against their most gracious Prince, who never took the blood of any one of their fingers. This mark spectacle, or glass, being well marked, looked in, and considered, may be sufficient matter to put away all the murdering doctrine of papistry. That Rome was a faithful city, consider the words of S. paul written in the first chapter to the Romaines, the which Epistle S. paul writ to Rome,& that Rome hath his departing from the same Doctrine, written by S. paul, according to the prophecy of S. paul, in his .2. Epistle to the Thessalonians .2. chapter, in which chapter he writethe of these two things, both the which is proved true that the day of Christ was not at hand, and that there should come a departing first, and the day of Christ was not at hand for it is .14. C. yeares and odd since the writing therof. again, many departinges hath come since that time, but none comparable to the Pope, within the Temple of God, or within the church of christ, that is of them that profess Iesus christ. For the Pope hath unity, antiquity, and universality, afore all antichrists, so that he is now superior to Mauhomet amongst the Turkes, in persecuting and murtheringe them that haue in their lives and actions, the doctrine which S. paul in his Epistle writ to Rome, the which old Religion Rome once received before this their departing S. 
The old Romanists be the Protestants the new and young Romanests be the Pope and papists.  paul in his Epistle to the Romaines writ, To all you that be at Rome beloved of God called saints, &c. But now since the departing all those that will now writ to the church of Rome, must writ to the Pope. And thus according to the prophesy of saint paul to the Thessalonians .2. chapter a fore noted. This man of sin is now start up& sitteth in the Temple of God, that is in the stony Temple with his Image in mens consiences, with his ceremonies, and vpon the necks of Emperours with his feet, and vpon their mouths with his shows, and lift up above the Earth, rydinge and sitting on the peoples shoulders: Also, he is affirmed to be neither God nor man, but a middle creature between both. Also that he can not err. Also affirming that he putteth forth for Religion to be as the light, and that christ our saviour his gospel and doctrine in comparison of that he putteth forth, is as the night or darkness. Also that the gospel of christ our saviour, is like to the shell of a nut, and the Pope his gospel to be like the curnell of a Nut. And thus his coming hath been with all power according to the same prophesy in these words following, even him whose coming is by the working of Satan, with all power, &c. Also the prophecy declareth him to come with signs and lying wonders, which also proveth true in him& his Religion, by the Holy maid of Kent, by sweeting Images, by laughing Images, by wry necked Images, by speaking within Images, 
Take this mark to know the Papists are confuted. for the learned Protestants having answered their books suffer them generally to go abroad amongst the people. but the learned Papists having answered their books dare not so generally suffer them to go amongst the people for sore eyes cannot abid the light, &c  as the rotten stock called the Holy rood of Grace, in the which Image a man was used to stand,& with in the rood was a number of wires, to make the Image turn his eyes, to nodde with his head, to hang the lip, to move and shake his jaws, so as if the gift were small he would hang a frownyng lip, but if the gift were great, then should the jaws go merrily &c. by their holy blood of Hales which was the blood of a duck, and by the priests& Friers was preached to be the blood of Iesus christ &c. Also by their breaden God, and yet call it the Sacrament, as they call baptism a Sacrament.  
Also they affirm in the sacrament of the Lords supper, the accidence of bread to remain,& the substance of bread to begun, whereas in natural philosophy every accydence hath his being by his substance, and contrary without substance, impossible to haue any accydence by natural philosophy. again by the Scriptures, which truly teacheth the power of God to be above natural philosophy, ther is no more mension made of taking away the substance, then there is mension made of taking away the accydence,& ther is no more mension made of the abiding of the accidence then ther is made mension of abiding of the substance: and yet we see, and the papists confess, the accidence of bread to remain, the which accidence the Pope teacheth to worship as Christ our saviour. But beside this accidence confessed by the papists to remain. When the same accidence is put in the mouth, the same tasteth as the substance of bread, and when the same is let down into the stomach, the same nourisheth as the substance of bread, so that we se all things remain naturally to our eye, to our taste, and to the nourishment of our bodies, and so are forcesed to come to our faith, to receive Christ spiritually, for his words are spirit and life, as he himself affirmeth. And S. paul agreeing with the doctrine of christ our saviour, calleth it A spiritual meat and a spiritual drink, all this not withstanding, the pope the man of sin teacheth it to be flesh, blood, and bone, within, and the accydence of bread without. Thus with these and many other reckoning wonders, the Pope according to the prophecy of S. paul sheweth himself to become &c. Also that the princes and people should receive these strong delusions and believe lies the prophecy sheweth the cause in these words, Because they received not the love of the truth, &c. That the word of God is called truth, so daniel the prophet calleth it in the old Testament, the .10. chap. 21. verse, in these words: But I will show thee that which is decreed in the Scriptures of truth, &c. 
The Pope would sanctify the Princis and people with giuing thē his seremonies. But Christ Iesus sanctifieth the people with giving them the rreuth that is his holy word.  And the words of Christ our saviour in the new Testament accordeth and confirmeth the same in the .17. chapter of S. John .17. verse. sanctify them with thy truth: thy word is truth, &c. That the Pope took this sanctification& truth from the princes and people, and gave them in place therof, Legenda aurea, &c In their mother tongue the same is manifest, that the princes and people were content so to be deceived and so had no love to the truth,& because they loved not the truth, therefore saith the prophesy, God shall sand them strong delusion that they should believe lies, &c. And what lies they haue believed, look in Legenda Aurea, as they call it. Also in the festival. Also in sermons Dyscipuli Where every sir John or morrow mass priest, took to himself this blasphemous, rebellious, and abominable title and the same is in the. C.xi. Sermonde, Sacerdos est altior regibus, felicior angels, creator sui creatoris, That is, a priest is higher then kings, more happy then Angels, creator of his creator: had not they need to haue Torches and candles to light them at noon dayes, that would believe this? Yet this was some of their catholic Doctrine which the princes and people received according to the prophesy. 
S. paul in 1. Thess. 1. ca. doth not commend thē because they turned from Idols to Images, as the papists do: but he doth commend thē, because they turned from Idols or Images to serve the living& true god. Do you the like, o ye papists, that you may cease from the unnatural murdering of your own children, friends, and neighbours &c. That the protestants may say to you with S. paul,& quomodo conuersi fueritis ad Deum à simulacris, vt seruiretis Deo viuenti, &c. and do not say hereafter, that it is a mark to know heretics by, who in their words with S. paul, do say the living god, least ye call S. paul heretic also.  again princes would go to jerusalem, &c. to visit the Image of christ or of his cross,& leave christ himself at home in his own land and country unfurnished of things necessary, I mean poor men, women, and children, and will you papists say they did not believe lies? again the Pope the man of sin,  told the Princes when they held the stirop of the Popes horse, and held his horse by the bridle, they gave unto God great honour. But the Pope the man of sin, teceaued not the same respecting his own honour, for his own person did not regard the same.  
And will you papists say they did not believe lies? again, the Pope with his shavelings,  told Emperours and Princes that the professors of the Glorious gospel of christ, called Protestants, that they were Rebels and traitors,& would pluck the Princes out of their seats. And the Pope the man of sin, reacheth the people to obey Gods commandments, before the Princes commandments, which is right, for the same doth the learned Protestantes teach also,& so ought to be: but mark this further which followeth. The Pope the man of sin, teacheth the people to obey his commandments before the commandment of their Prince▪ Yea, to take up the sword in his quarrel against their own natural Prince. Yea to obey every hedge priest that cometh in the Popes name, before their own natural prince. The which Doctrine hath caused the subiects to poison their own natural prince: 
It is written in the .18. of S matthew. Necessary it is that offences come. But it is also written wo to D. Hardyng and to the Pope &c through whom the offences in Rebellion and the offences in the Stewse cometh.  the which doctrine hath caused the subiects to rebel against their own natural Prince, as of late here in england: The which doctrine hath caused, the subiects to deny their obedience to their own natural Prince. The which doctrine hath caused the subiectes, to pluck their own natural Prince out of his seat, as King pippin of france &c. The like whereof was never sene to be don amongst the Christians called Protestants. For next unto the commandment of God, they obey the commandment of their natural prince, and when the commandment of their prince is against the commandment of God, the common people or any other private person or persons, be taught to flee to suffer, and not to rebel. But yet the Pope taught the Christians called Protestants to be rebels. But O ye papists, did not the princes& people believe lies? much more might be added but for tediousness, I pass them over& come to another verse of the prophesy, which telleth how he shalbe reueyled as in these words, S verse. And then shall the wicked man be reueyled. That he is reueyled to our sovereign Lady the queens majesty. That he was reueyled to king Edwarde the sixth, her majesties brother. That he was reueyled to king Henry the eight, hir majesties father, and to diuers other mighty Princes of this realm of england, the same is manifest and apparent.  
That he is reueyled to many mighty princes in christendom, and to many notable learned men in Christendom, and to numbers of all states in christendom, the same is manifest by the hard shift of disputinge he is driven unto, which is to promiss, to break promiss To swearing and to forswearyng: To poison, to murder, to Insurrection, to Rebellion, setting the princes against their Subiectes, and the subiects against their Prince, and all to keep himself up that he may ride on four mens shoulders, as S. paul and S. Peter never did. And thus tearyng Christendom in pieces, making the same a pray to the great turk, rather then he would preach, labour, and suffer as S. Peter and S. paul aforetime hath done, as is manifest by the Scriptures as also by other Ecclesiastiall Histories. And it followeth also in the same prophesy in the same 8. verse in these words, Whom the lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, 
Antichrist is promised to consume with the spirit of god his mouth: but the pope doth consume by the doctrine in the word of God. Ergo the Pope is one antichrist.  and shall abbolish with the brightness of his coming, The spirit of his mouth is the Scriptures his holy word, as witnesseth Esay the prophet in his .11. Chapter 4. verse, where is these words: And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. That this spirit of his mouth, this breath of his lips the holy Scriptures which slayeth the wicked, was kept from the princes and people, that they might not haue the same in their mother tongue, to study and meditate vpon the same to this year .1569. amongst the papists is yet manifest. That the Pope with his shauelynges feared the princes and people from the reading & studyng of the holy Scriptures, which slayeth the wicked: preaching unto them that it was to hard for them to understand, and would not admonish them with S. Peter, to beware of the dark and hard places which the wicked take to live in voluptousnesse and so pervert all the Scriptures to their destruction and damnation. And again, did not comfort the humble and godly to the reading of the Scriptures, as saint Peter in his second Epistle and first chap. 21. verse, where he preacheth thus to his congregation. 
The Pope cardinals, &c dare not put the bible in the mother tongue and give it to the princes and people and admonish them with S. Peter that they haue a most sure word of the prophets to the which they should do well, to take heed although they may translate it and coat it for themselves, favourably: for their doctrine can no more abide the Princes and people to know the worde of god, then sore eyes can abide the light of the sun.  Wee haue also a most sure word of the Prophets▪ to the which ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place. And he telleth them how long they should study and read, in these words, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hartes. The .119. psalm of david also agreeth with this doctrine, approving the same to be old and true doctrine. But the Pope the man of sin utterly forbiddeth them to haue it in their mother tongue, as yet amongst the papists is manifest to this day. Yea those which haue it in their mother tongue amongst them being known, be taken as heretics, and burned without any question being moved concerning the godliness and righteousness of their life But by and by a plain argument taken they be heretics to say against the Pope& his ceremonies, even as hun which was hanged in the Lolards tower, in the year of our lord God .1514. R. Fitziames, being then Bishop of London, who at the instigacion of his chancellor D. Horsey, who murdered the said R. hun, before his death caused him to be brought from the Lolardes tower to his manner of Fulham, the .21 of December in the year aforsaide, and this was one article the Bishop objected against him.  

Oye Papists look in the 12. c. of S. John, and you shall find that the Pope shall not be judge but sermo quem loquutus sum, ille judicabit eum in extremo die. whether it be Emperour, Bishop or pope, &c. And look in the sixth chap. of the revelation. And hast you to slay up the number which shalbe killed for the testimony of the word of God. &c.  Item that the said R. hun hath in his keeping English books prohibeted and dampned by the law. As the apocalypse in English, epistles and Gospels in English &c. But blessed be God which hath sent his word, the spirit of his mouth, the breath of his lips, which slayeth the wicked, unto many mighty Princes and other noble personages, and of all states and kinds of people in Christendom, both noble and unnoble, in their known mother tongue since the which time, the Pope the man of sin, hath had his consuming and abolishyng according to the prophesy, and so shall consume and abbolish with the brightness of christ our saviour his coming: And this consuming and abbolishing shalbe generally in the conscience of men. But not so generally in the manners of men. And this one mark take for a conclusion, that where so ever the word of God is in the mother tongue, and is studied, followed,& obeied, there the Pope with his ceremonies cannot stand: no more then darkness can abide the light, or truth falsehood. The lord Iesus open the eyes of the Pope, Cardinals, &c. That both Protestantes and papists may agree to build the living Temples of God mens bodies, with doctrine within them, and with those necessaries according to the word of God, without and vpon them,& after this full furnished, to erect and furnish the stony Temples with things necessary. And this is reasonable according to the law of God, and the law of nature. And otherwise, it is preposterous and out of order, and against the law of God, and against the law of nature. Wherefore the lord our God grant all men to obey the same mighty God who created Nature,& hath most wisdom to give the most prudent rules and laws for the use of the same. wherefore toward the building of the living Temples of God, mens bodies, which the papists neglected, and built and furnished stony Temples afore them, I haue for my parte begon to erect and edefie this one little Church, and with prayer again I beseech almighty God to grant that others of greater abilytie may build greater Churches, to the conversion or confutacion of Osorius, and all other papists and heretics, and to the peace, benefit, and wealth of the whole state and common wealth of christendom, and to the furderaunce of the glorious gospel of christ Iesus, Amen.  

acts. 7. Chap. verse. 47. and 48. But Salomon built him an house, how be it, The most high dwelleth not in Temples made with hands as saith the Prophet Esay, the 66. chap. And the 17. chap. Act. 24. verse. God that made the world and al things that are therein, seing that he is lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in Temples made with hands &c. And thus much for the stony Temple. But for the Temple of mens bodies is thus written. 1. Corinth. 3. chap. 16. and 17. verse. Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you, if any man destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy, for the Temple of God is holy which are ye &c. And 16. chap. 19. verse. Know ye not that your bodies is the Temple of the holy ghost which is in you whom you haue of God and you are not your own. And .2. Corinth. 6. chap. 16. verse. And what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols, for ye are the Temple of the living God, as God hath said I will dwell among them& walk there and I willbe their God and they shalbe my people. And Ephes. 2. chap. 20. 21. 22. verse. And are built vpon the foundations of the Apostles& Prophets, Iesus Christ himself being the chief corner ston, in whom all the building coupled together groweth unto an holy Temple in the lord, In whom ye also are built together to be the habitation of God by the spirit.   
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