Marginalia1555. Decemb.Harps. Haue not we succession of Bishops in the Sea and church of Rome? Wherefore then do you denye our church to be the catholicke church?

Phil. S. Austine doth not put succession of Bishops onely to be sufficient, but he addeth the vse of the Sacramentes, accordyng to antiquitie and doctrine vniuersally taught and receiued of most nations from the beginning of the primatiue Church, the which your church is farre from. But my Church can auouch all these better then yours: therefore by S. Austins iudgement which you here bryng, myne is the catholicke church, and not yours.

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MarginaliaIt is best for you to say so, whē ye haue no other way to shift of his argumentes.Harps. Chad. It is but folly (my Lord) for you to reason with him, for he is irrecuperable.

Phil. That is a good shyft for you to runne vnto, when you be confounded in your own sayinges, and haue nothing els to say: you are euidently deceuyed, and yet wyll not see it when it is layd to your face.

THus haue I at large set forth, as many of the sayde Iohn Philpot hys examinations and priuate conferences, as are yet come to light, being faithfully written wyth hys own hand. And although he was diuers other times, after this, examined, both openly in the Consistory at Paules, and also secretly in the Bishops house: yet, what was there sayd is not yet sufficiently knowen, either because master Philpot was not hymselfe suffered to write, or els for that hys writinges are by some kept close, and not brought forth, otherwyse then as the bishops Register hath noted, whose handelyng of such matters, because it is (eyther for feare or for fauour of his Lord and master) verye slender, litle light of any true and right meaning can be gathered, especially on the behalfe of the aunswerer.  

How be it such as it is, such thought I good to put forth, requiring the Reader to iudge hereof according to hys answeres in hys former examinations.

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MarginaliaThe last examinations of Master Philpot in open Iudgemēt, with his finall condemnation by Bishop Boner in the consistory at Paules. December. 14.THe bishop hauyng sufficiently taken hys pleasure wyth master Philpot in hys priuate talkes, and seing hys zealous, learned, and immutable constancie, thought it now hygh tyme to ryd hys handes of hym, and therefore on the. xiij. and xiiij. dayes of December, sitting iudicially in the Consistory at Paules, he caused hym to be brought thither before hym and others, as it seemeth, more for order sake, then for any good affection to iustice and right iudgement. The effect aswell of which two sundry their proceedinges, as also of one other had the. xj. day of the same moneth in hys chappel, appeare in a maner to be all one.  

The bishop therfore first speaking to Master Philpot, said:

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Master Philpot called into opē iudgement.
3. Speciall Articles layd to Master Philpot.Lond. M. Philpot, amongest other thinges that were layd and obiected vnto you, these three thinges ye were especially charged and burdened withall.

The first is, that you beyng fallen from the vnitie of CHRISTES catholicke church, do refuse and will not come and be reconciled thereunto.

The second is, that you haue blasphemously spoken against the sacrifice of the Masse, calling it idolatry.

And the third is, that you haue spoken against the sacrament of the aultar, denying the real presence of CHRISTES body and bloud to be in the same.

And according to the will and pleasure of the Synode legatiue, ye haue bene oft and many times by me inuited and required to go from your said errours and heresies, and to returne to the vnitie of the catholicke church, which if you will now willingly do, ye shall be mercifully and gladly receiued, charitably vsed, and haue all the fauour I can shew you. And now to tell you true, it is assigned and appointed to geue sentence against you, if you stand herein, and wyll not returne. Wherefore if ye so refuse, I doe aske of you whether you haue any cause that you can shew, why I should not now geue sentence agaynst you?

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Phil. Vnder protestatiō, not to go from my appeale that I haue made, and also not to consent to you as my

competent iudge, I say, touchyng your first objection concerning the Catholicke Church, I neither was nor am out of the same. And as touching the sacrifice of the Masse, & the Sacramēt of the *Marginalia* Here either the Register belieth Master Philpot, or els he ment as not offending the law, thereby to be accused, for otherwise all his former examinations doe declare that he spake agaynst the Sacramēt of the altar. altar, I neuer spake agaynst the same. And as concerning the pleasure of the Sinode, I say: that these xx. yeares I haue bene brought vp in the faith of the true Catholicke Church, which is cōtary to your Church, wherunto ye would haue me to come: and in that time I haue bene many times sworne (as well in the reigne of kyng Henry the viij. as in the reigne of good Kyng Edward his sonne) agaynst the vsurped power of the Byshop of Rome, which othe I thinke that I am bound in my conscience to keepe, quia teneor reddere domino iuramentum.  

But if you or any of þ^e Synode can by Gods word persuade me that my sayd oth was vnlaufull, and that I am bound by Gods law to come to your Church, faith, and Religion, wherof you be now, I wil gladly yeld, agree, and be conformable vnto you: otherwise not.

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MarginaliaB. Boner with all hys Doctors, not able to satisfie M. Philpots offer.Boner then not able with all his learned Doctours to accomplish this his offered condition, fell to persuading of him, as well by his accustomed vaine promises, as also by bloudy threatnynges to returne to their Church:  

to the which he aunswered.

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Phil. You and all other of your sorte are Hypocrites, and I would all the world did know your hypocrisie, your tyranny, ignoraunce and idolatrie.

Vpon these wordes, the Bishop did for that tyme dismisse him, commaunding that on MarginaliaDecēb. 16.Monday the. xvj. day of the same moneth, betwen the houres of one and three in the after noone, he should again be brought thether, there to haue the definitiue sentence of condemnation pronounced agaynst him, if he remained then in his former constancie.

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MarginaliaThe last examination of Iohn Philpot.AT which day and time, M. Philpot being there presented, before the Byshops of Lōdon, Bath, Worcester, and Lichfield, Boner Byshop of London began his talke in this maner.

Lond. My Lord Stokesley, my predecessour, when hee went about to geue sentence agaynst an hereticke, vsed to make this prayer.

MarginaliaB. Stokesleyes prayer when he gaue sentence vpō any.Deus qui errantibus vt in viam possint redire iustitiæ, veritatis tuæ lumen ostendis, da cunctis qui Christiana professione censentur, & illa respuere quæ huic inimica sint nomini, & ea quæ sint apta sectari per Christum dominum nostrum, Amen.  

Which I will folow. And so he red it with a loude voyce in Latin. To the which M. Philpot sayd:

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Phil. I would ye would speake in English, that all men might heare and vnderstand you: for Paul willeth that all thinges spoken in the congregation to edifie, should be spoken in a tongue that all mē might vnderstand. Wherupon the Byshop did read it in English: and when he came to these wordes: to refuse those thynges which are foes to this name, Philpot sayd:

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Phil. Then they all must turne away from you: MarginaliaB. Boner prayeth against him selfe.for you are enemies to that name (meanyng CHRISTES name) and God saue vs from such hypocrites as would haue thinges in a tounge that men cannot vnderstand.

Lond. Whom do you meane?

Phil. You and all other that be of your generation and sect. And I am sory to see you sit in the place that you now sit in, pretending to execute iustice, and do nothing lesse but deceiue all men in this Realme. And thē turning him selfe vnto the people, he farther sayd: oh all you Gentlemen, beware of these men (meaning the Bishops) all and their doynges, which be contrary vnto the primatiue Church. And I woulde know of you my Lord by what authoritie you doe procede against me?

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Lond. Because I am Bishoy of London.

Phil. Well, then ye are not my Bishop nor I haue not offended in your Dioces:MarginaliaB. Boner hath no authoritie by right to proceede agaynst M. Philpot. and moreouer I haue appealed from you, and therfore by your owne law you ought not to procede agaynst me, expecially beyng