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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.
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
The Doctor. Whiche thinke you to be the true Churche, the churche of the Protestantes, or the Churche of Paris? The Martyr. I recognise that to be the true Church, where the Gos pell is truly preached, & the Sacramētes rightly admi nistred, so as they be left by Iesus Christ, & his Apostles. The Doctor. And is the Church (thinke you) of Geneua such a one as you speake of? The Martyr. I so iudge it to be. The Doctor. And what if I do proue the contrary, will you be- leue me? The Martyr. Yea, if you shall proue it by the Scripture. The Doctor. Or will you beleue S. Austin, and other holy Doc- tors innumerable? The Martyr. Yea, so they dissent not frō the Scripture and the word of God. The Doctor. MarginaliaThe church.By the authoritie of S. Austin, the Church is there, where is the succession of Byshops: whereupou I frame this argument. There is the Church, where is the perpetuall succes- sion of Byshops. In the Church of Paris, is such succession of Bishops. Ergo, the Churche of Paris is the true Churche. The Martyr. To your Maior I aunswere, that if S. Austin meane the succession of such as are true Byshops in dede, which truely preache the Gospell, and rightly administer the Sacramentes, such Byshops I suppose to be at Geneua, where the Gospell is truelye preached, and Sacra mentes duely ministred, and not in the Churche of Paris. But otherwise, if S. Austin meane the succession of false Byshops, such as neither preache nor minister ac- cordyng to Gods worde, so is the same in no wise to be graunted. The Doctor. Caluin is there by his own thrustyng in, and onely by the chusing of the people. The Martyr. And that soundeth more for him to be of Gods diuine election, for somuch as by him the Gospell of God is preached truely: and from this no man shall bryng me. After this disceptation, the ix. of the same moneth, came agaynst him, an other Doctor with two Sorbonistes, who bringing forth a scrole out of his besome, pretended, that a certaine scholer comming from Geneua, made his confeßion, wherin was contained, that in receauing of the bread and wine, the body and bloud of Christ is receaued reallye. Wher- upon they demaunded of him, whether he would receaue the same confeßion. The Martyr. Whatsoeuer I haue sayd vnto you, that will I holde. MarginaliaReally.And as touchyng this word really, I know right well þt they of Geneua do not take it for any carnall presence, as you do: but their meaning is, to exclude thereby onely a vayne imagination. The Doctor. I meruaile much, that you so refuse the worde really, and vse onely spiritually, seyng that Caluin him selfe doth vse the same worde really. The Martyr. Caluin meaneth therby no other thyng, but as we do. The Doctor. MarginaliaConfession auricular.What say you by confession auricular? The Martyr. The same that I said before, to Monsieur Lieutenant, that is, that I take it for a plantation not planted by God in his worde. The Doctor. The Almanes in their confession, whiche they sent to our kyng to be approued, haue these wordes: Confessio- nē auriculare non improbamus, est enim Euangeliū secretū: That is, we do not reiect auricular cōfessiō, for it is a gos- |
| Persecuters. | Martyrs. | The Causes. |
pell secrete and priuye. And also Melancthon in his booke of common places, doth call it Euangelium secretum.MarginaliaMelancthon in his common places, speaking of the popishe confession, which cōsisteth in the enumeratiō of sinnes, sayth that it is a snare of conscience, & agaynst the Gospell, and otherwise maketh there no mention of Euangelium secretum: no more doth the cōfession of the Almaines. An other tyme, the sayd Fridericke was called agayne before the Lordes, the xx. of the said moneth, where they did nothyng, but demaund of him certaine questions, where hee was borne, and whether he had heard in his countrey at Ole ron, that M. Gerard the Byshop there, did sing Masse. Yea sayd he. And why do not you also (sayd they) receaue the same? He aunswered, because he did it to reteine and kepe his Bishopricke. The Martyr, for lacke of paper, could pro- cede therein no farther. |
¶ The examination of Fraunces Rebezies. |
MarginaliaThe examination of Rebezies.Rebezies had three sundry examinations: The first with the Lieutenant ciuill: the second with the Presidents & the Counsaillers: the third with the Friers. First the Lieute- naunt inquiryng of his name, countrey, and parentes, asked whether he was at the communion, whether he receaued with them the bread and wyne, and whether he was serui- ture to M. Nicolas Cene, Seniour of the Cōgregation. Wher- unto he sayd, yea. Also whether hee was a distributer of the tokens, wherby they were let in, that came. That he denyed. MarginaliaThe second examination.Then was he brought into the Counsaile chamber, before ij. Presidentes, and xxv. Counsaillers, who after other questiōs about his countrey, and parentes, demaunded whether hee was taken with them in the house. He aūswered: Yea. What he had to do there? To heare the worde of God, and to re- ceaue with them. Who brought him thether? Him self. Who there he knew? No man. How he durst or would enter, know- yng no person there? Truth it was (sayd he) that he knew there ij. or iij. Who were they? M. Grauelle, Cinet, and Iohn Sansot, feyning that name of him selfe. Whether he knewe the preacher? That he denyed. Whether he allowed the acte there done to be good? Yea. VVhether he did not better like to resorte vnto their beautified temples, to heare Masse: or whether he did not take the Masse to be an holy thyng, MarginaliaMasse.and ordained of God? He aunswered agayn contrary, be- leauing that it was a great blasphemie agaynst God, and a seruice set vp of the deuill. Whether he did not acknowledge MarginaliaPurgatorye.Purgatorye? Yes, that Purgatorye, which is the death and Paßion of Christ, which taketh away the sinnes of the whole worlde. The death of Christ is the principall (said they) but thou must also beleue another. Alas (said he) can we ne- uer content our selues with the simplicitie of the Gospell, but man alwayes will be puttyng to, somthing of his own brayne? In so many places of the Scripture we see the bloude of MarginaliaIohn. 1. Apoc. 5. Heb. 9. Esa. 43.Iesus Christ to bee sufficient, as Iohn. 1. Apocal. 5. Heb. 9. Esa. 43. Where the Lord him selfe sayth. That it is he, who for his own sake, putteth awaye our iniquities. &c. And S. Paule also sayth, that God was in Christ, reconcilyng the world vnto him selfe. &c.Marginalia2. Cor. 5.And contrary, when they obiected the wordes of the para- ble. Mat. 5. Thou shalte not come out till thou hast MarginaliaMath. 5.payed the last farthyng: To this he aunswered that the wordes of that parable had no such relation, but to matters ciuile: and this worde (vntill) meaneth there, as much as neuer. After that, he was charged there by one, for rea- ding the bookes of Caluin, Bucer, and Bullinger. The Pre- sident asked, if he were not afrayde to be burned, as were the other before, and to bring his parentes into such dishonour. He aunswered, that he knewe well, that all whiche would lyue godly in Christ Iesus, should suffer persecutiō:Marginalia2. Tim. 3.and that to him either to lyue or to dye, were aduauntage in the Lorde. And as touchyng his parentes, Christ (sayd he) doth premonishe him selfe, That whosoeuer lo- ueth father or mother more then him, is not wor- MarginaliaMath. 10.thye to be his. &c. Iesus Maria, sayd the President, what youth is this now a dayes, whiche caste them selues so hedlong into the fire? and so was he commaunded away. MarginaliaThe thyrd examination.Thirdly he was brought before Benet, Maister of the Doctors of Sorbone, and an other called Iacobin, the 14. of October, where as he chauncyng tro speake of the Lorde, the Doctor began thus to obiecte, as foloweth. |
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