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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.
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thyng. By the whiche similitude is signified vnto vs, a certeine midle place, whiche is left for satisfaction to bee made after this life, for sinnes. The Martyr. MarginaliaSatisfaction for sinnes. Math. 11. Ioh. 10. Iohn. 13. Apoc. 13. Luke. 23.First, the satisfactiō of our sinnes by þe death of Christ, is playne and euident in the Scriptures: as in these pla- ces: Come to me all you that labour, and be burdened, and I will refresh you. Math. 11. I am the dore, hee that entreth by me, shalbe saued. Ioh. 10. I am the way, veritie & life. Ioh. 13. Blessed bee they that dye in the Lorde, for they rest from their labours. Apocal. 13. Also to the theife whiche hanged with the Lord, it was sayd: This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. &c. Secondly as touchyng this similitude, it hath no other demonstratiō, but to admonishe vs of our duety in shewyng charitie, and forgeuyng one an other: Whiche vnlesse we do, there is no mercy to be looked for at the handes of God. The Frier. If this be true that you say, then it should folow, that MarginaliaLimbus.there is neither Purgatory, nor any Limbus, which were agaynst our Christian fayth, and our Crede, which saith: He descended into hell, &c. The Debitie. Doest not thou beleue, there is a Limbus? The martyr. Neither do I beleue to be any such place, neither doth the Scripture therof make any mention. The Frier. Where were the olde fathers then, before the death of Christ? The martyr. In life (I say) eternall, whiche they looked for, beyng promised before to Adam, Abrahā, and the Patriarkes, in the seede to come. The Debitie. Then the Debitie, what (sayth hee) doest thou beleue that the Pope hath any power? The martyr. Yea verely. The Debitie. MarginaliaThe power of the pope.Doest thou beleue that the Pope, as the vicare of Iesu Christ, can here bynd and loose? The martyr. That I do not beleue. The Debitie. How then doest thou vnderstād the power of þe pope? The Martyr. I vnderstand the power of the Pope so, as S. Paul declared. 2. Thess. saying: That because the world refused to receaue the loue of the truth, vnto saluatiō, therfore God hath geuen to Sathan, and to his Ministers, power of illusi- ons and errours, that men should beleue lyes, and set vp to them selues, Pastours and teachers, such as they deserue. The Frier. MarginaliaChristes vicar in earth.Christ gaue to S. Peter power to bynde and loose, whose successour, and vicare of Christ is the Pope, for the gouernment of the churche, that it myght haue one head in the world, as it hath in heauen. And though the Pastors do not lyue accordyng to the word which they preach, yet their doctrine is not therfore to be refused, as Christ teacheth, Math. 23.MarginaliaMath. 23. The Martyr. If the Pope and his adherentes would preache the worde purely and sincerly, admixing no other inuenti- ons of their own, nor obtrudyng lawes of their own di- uising, I would then embrace their doctrine, how soeuer their lyfe were to the contrary: according as christ doth tell vs of the scribes and pharasies, admonishyng vs to folow their doctrine, and not their liues. Math. 23. butMarginaliaMath. 23. there is great difference, whether they that take the go- uernaunce of the church, do sit in Moyses chayre, which is the seate of trueth, or els doo sit in the chayre of abo- mination, spoken of by Daniell, and also by S. Paul, where hee sayeth: That the man of perdition, shall sit in the Temple of God, vauntyng him self insolently aboue all that is called God. 2. Thess. 2.Marginalia2. Theß. 2. MarginaliaThe keyes of binding & loosing.And as touchyng the keyes of byndyng and loosing, geuē to Peter: Christ therin assigned to Peter, and other Apostles, the office of preachyng the worde of the Gos- pell, which they did also well obserue, in preaching no- thyng els, but onely the worde: in the whiche worde |
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is all the power conteined of bindyng and loosyng. Neither is it to be graunted, the churche to haue two heades, one in heauen, an other in earth. The head wher of is but one, whiche is Iesus Christ, whom the father hath appointed to be head alone, both in heauen & earth: as S. Paul in many places of his Epistles doth teache. Ephe. 1. Coloss. 1. &c.MarginaliaEphe. 1. Coloß. 1. The Frier. You haue no vnderstandyng, how to expounde the Scriptures. But the old Doctours haue expounded the Scriptures and holy Councels, whose iudgementes are MarginaliaAuricular confession.to be folowed. But what say you to auricular cōfession? The martyr. I know no other confession, but that whiche is to be made to God, and reconciliatiō toward our neighbour, whiche Christ and his Apostles haue commended to vs. The Frier. Haue you not read in the Gospell, howe Christ doth byd vs to confesse to the Priest, where he cōmaunded the leper beyng made whole, to shew him selfe to the Priest? The martyr. The true churche of the Lord Iesus Christ neuer ob- serued this straūge kynd of confession, to cary our sinnes to the priestes eare. And though the churche of Rome haue intruded this maner of confessing, it foloweth not therby, that it is to be receaued. And as touchyng the le- per, whom the Lord sent to the Priest, hee was not sent therfore to whisper his sinnes in the Priestes eare, but onely for a testimonie of his health receaued, accordyng to the law. Of the other confession, whiche is to be made to God, we haue both the examples and testimonies of the Pro- MarginaliaPsal. 32. 51. 106.phet Dauid full in the Psalmes, 32. 51. 106. Where hee sayth: That he confessed his sinnes vnto the Lord, and recea- ued forgeuenes of the same. The Frier. MarginaliaThe church of Rome and of Geneua, compared.After this, the Frier procedyng further to make com- parison betwene the churche of Rome, and the churche of Geneua, would proue that the Pope hath power to set lawes in the churche, without any expresse word of God. For so it is written (sayd he) that there were many other thynges besides, which are not written in thys booke. Ioan. 21. Also where Christ promiseth to his Disciples to send vnto them the holy Ghost, whiche should induce them into all truth. Moreouer such decrees and ordinaū- ces, whiche are in the Church, were decided (sayd he) and appoynted by the Doctours of the church, and by all the Councels directed (no doubt) by þe holy Ghost. Further- more hee inferred, that the churche also of Geneua, had their ordinaunces and constitutions made without any word of God. And for example, he brought forth þe order of the Psalmes and seruice publickely obserued and ap- pointed vppon Wedensday in the churche of Geneua, as though that day were holyer then an other. The martyr. To this the Martyr aūswered agayne, declaryng that the ordinaunce of those publicke prayers and Psalmes vpon Wedensday, in the church of Geneua, was not to bynd conscience, or for any superstitious obseruation, or for any necessitie, which either should bynd conscience, or could not be altered at their arbitremēt: but onely for an order, or cōmoditie for publicke resorte to heare the word of God: accordyng as auncient kynges, and temporall Magistrates haue vsed in old tyme to do, in congrega- tyng the people together, not to put any holynes in the day, or to bind conscience to any obseruation (as the pope maketh his lawes) but onely for order sake, seruyng vn- to commoditie. And as touchyng that any thyng should be left for Do ctours and Councels to be decided, without the expresse worde of God, that is not so, for that all thynges be ex- pressed and prescribed by the worde, what soeuer is neces sarie either for gouernment of the church, or for the salua- tion of men, so that there is no nede for Doctours of the churche or Councels, to decide any thyng more then is decided already. Paul sayth, that he durst vtter nothyng, but that the MarginaliaRom. 15.Lord had wrought by him. Rom. 15. S. Iohn speakyng of the doctrine of Christ Iesu, willeth vs to receaue no man Marginalia2. Iohn.vnles he bryng with him the same doctrine. 2. Ioan. S. Paul warneth the Galatians, not to beleue an Angell from hea- uen, bringyng an other doctrine then that whiche they had |
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