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1. Henry VIII's reign2. Dissension among mendicant orders3. Persecution of Lollards4. Richard Hun5. Lollard martyrs6. Persecution in diocese of Lincoln7. Colet, Chaucer and Gower8. Prophecies preceeding Luther9. Martin Luther10. Adrian VI11. Final years of Luther12. Swiss Reformation13. German martyrs14. French martyrs15. Spanish martyrs16. Italian martyrs17. Merindol and Cabriers18. Angrogne
K. Henry. 8. A Table of the Frenche Martyrs.
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
stamēt did eate the same spirituall meate, and did drinke of the same spirituall drinke, with vs. | ||
| The Frier. | ||
Iesus Christ sayth, Iohn. 6. Your fathers dyd eate Manna in the desert, and are dead. Ergo, they were not partakers of the same grace with vs, in the new Testament. | ||
| The Martyr. | ||
MarginaliaThe true eating of Manna.Christ here speaketh of them, whiche did not eate that Manna with fayth, whiche was a type and figure of that bread of life, that came from heauen: and not of them, whiche did eate the same with fayth, as Mo- ses, Aaron, Iosue, Caleb, and such other, who vnder the shadowes of the old Testament, did looke for Christ to come. For so it is written of Abraham, that he sawe the day of Christ, and reioyced, not seyng it with his bodily eyes, but with the eyes of his faith. Here the doltishe Doctor was at a stay, hauyng no- thyng to say, but, heare frende, be not so hoate nor so ha- sty, tary a while, tary a while. At length after hys tary- ing, this came out. | ||
| The Frier. | ||
MarginaliaThe fathers of the olde Testamēt, how they were vnder the law, & how they were vnder grace.I will proue, that they of the old Testament were not partakers of the same grace, with vs. The lawe (sayth S. Paule) worketh anger: And they that are vnder the law, are vnder malediction. Ergo, they of the old law and Testament, were not parta kers of the same grace, with vs. | ||
| The martyr. | ||
S. Paul here proueth, þt no mā by the law, cā be iusti- fied, but that all men are vnder the anger & curse of God therby, for so much as no man performeth that whiche in the law is comprehended, and therfore we haue neede euery man to runne to Christ, to bee saued by fayth, seyng no mā cā be saued by the law. For who so euer tru steth to the law, hopyng to finde iustification therby, and not by Christ onely, the same remaineth still vnder male diction: not because the law is cursed, or the tymes therof vnder curse: but because of the weakenes of our nature, whiche are not able to performe the law. | ||
| The Frier. | ||
S. Paul Rom. 7. declareth in the old Testament to be nothyng but anger, and threatnynges: and in the newe Testament, to bee grace and mercy, in these wordes where he sayth: Wretched mā that I am, who shall deliuer me frō the body of this death? The grace of God by Iesus Christ. | ||
| The martyr. | ||
S. Paul in this place, neither meaneth nor speaketh of the difference of tymes betwene the old and the new Te stament: but of the conflict betwene þe fleshe and þe spirite: so that, where as the fleshe is euer rebellyng agaynst the spirite: yet the spirituall man notwithstandyng through he faith of Christ, hath þe victorye. Furthermore the true translation of that place, hath not, Gratia Dei: but, Gratias ago Deo, per Iesum Christum. &c. | ||
| Primacius th'Officiall. | ||
MarginaliaThe sacrament.The Officiall seyng the Frier almost here at a poynt, set in, and sayd: Thou lewde hereticke, doest thou denie the blessed Sacrament? | ||
| The martyr. | ||
No Syr, but I embrace and reuerence the Sacramēt, so as it was instituted of the Lord, & left by his Apostles. | ||
| The Officiall. | ||
Thou denyest the body of Christ to be in the Sacra- ment, and thou callest the Sacrament bread. | ||
| The martyr. | ||
The Scripture teacheth vs to seke the body of Christ in heauen, and not in earth: where we read Colos. 3. If ye be risen with Christ, seke not for the thinges which are vpon the earth: but for the thinges which are in heauen, where Christ is sitting at the ryght hand of God. &c. And where as I affirme the Sacrament, not to be þe body, but bread, speakyng of bread remayning in his owne substaunce, herein I do no other, but as S. Paule doth, which, Cor. xi. doth call it bread likewise 4. or 5. tymes together. | ||
| The Frier. | ||
| Iesus Christ sayd, that he was the bread of lyfe. | ||
| The Officiall. | ||
Thou naughty hereticke, Iesus Christ sayd, that hee was a vyne, and a doore, &c. Where he is to be expoūded |
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
to speake figuratiuely. But the woordes of the Sacra- ment are not so to bee expounded. | ||
| The martyr. | ||
Those testimonies whiche you allege, make more for me, then for you. | ||
| The Officiall. | ||
What sayest thou leaude hereticke? is the bread of the Lordes Supper, and the bread that we eate at home, all one, and is there no difference betwene them? | ||
| The martyr. | ||
In nature and in substaunce there is no difference in qualitie & in vse there is much differēce. For þe bread of þe Lordes table, though it be of þe same nature & substaūce, with þe bread which we eate at home, yet whē it is appli- ed to be a sacramēt, it taketh an other qualitie, & is set be- fore vs to seale þe promise of our spirituall & eternall life. And this was þe effect of their examinations. Ex Crisp. |
MarginaliaPetrus Bergerius, Martyr.The name of his perse- cutour appea- reth not in his sto- ry. | Petrus Bergeri9. At Lyons. an. 1553. | About the same tyme, when these v. studentes aboue specified, were apprehended, this Berge- rius also was taken at Lyons, and with them examined, and made also the like confession with them together, and shortly after them, suffered the same martyr- dome. He had bene before an oc- cupier or marchaūt of wynes. He had wife and childrē at Geneua, to whom he wrote swete and com fortable letters. In the doungeon with him was a certeine theife and malefactor, whiche had lyen there the space of seuen or eight monethes. This thiefe, for payne and torment, cryed out of God, |
and cursed his parentes, that begat him, beyng almost eaten vp with lise, miserably handled, and fedde with such bread, as dogges, and horses, had refused to eate. So it pleased the goodnes of almighty God, that through the teachyng and MarginaliaThe notable conuersion of a theefe in prison.prayers of this Bergerius, hee was brought to repentaunce, of him self, and knowledge of God, learnyng much comfort and pacience by the woorde of the Gospell preached vnto him. Touching his conuersiō, he wrote a swete letter to those v. studentes aboue mentioned, wherin he prayseth God for hē, and especially for this Bergerius, declaryng also in the same letter, that the next day after, that he had taken hold of the Gospell, & framed him self to paciēce accordyng to the same, his lyse (which he could plucke out before no lesse thē xij. at once betwixt his fingers) nowe were so gone frō him, that he had not one. Furthermore, so the almes of good mē was extē- ded towards him, that he was fed with white bread, & that whiche was very good. Such is the goodnes of the Lord to- ward them that loue and seke his truth. The name of this conuert was Iohn Chambone. Ex Epist. Ioan. Chambon. Ex Crisp. Pantal. &c. |
| MarginaliaSteuen and Dionyse Peloquine, brethren and Martyrs. | Stepha- nus Pelo quinus. Dionisi9 Peloqui- nus. At Ville Franche a- bout Liōs. an. 1553. | Steuē Peloquine, brother to this Dionysius, was takē about ij. or iij. yeres before, with Anne Au- debert aboue mentioned, and al- so martyred for the testimonie of the Gospell, at the same time, with a small fire. After whom fol lowed Dionyse Peloquine, in the same steppes of Martyrdome, whiche was his brother. This Dionyse had bene some tyme, a Monke, and chaunging his weede, tooke a wife, with whom he lyued a certaine space at Ge- neua, in godly order and modesty of life. Commyng afterwarde to Ville Franche six myles from Lyons, from thence he was had |
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