that are dead, and reigneth in Purgatory, to the great profite of his Priestes, which haue all their liuyng, riches, & pompe out of Purgatory: Howbeit they shoulde haue lesse, if they dyd so well teache the fayth of them that lyue, as they do ridles of thē that are dead. Neither was there syth the begynnyng of the worlde, any woorke founde of so little labour and great aduauntage. For truely to this purpose were gathered almost the possessions of al Princes and rich men. And through these ryches sprang vp al pleasures and idlenes, and of idlenes came very Babilon and Sodoma, &c.

Neyther are these signes to the encrease of the fayth and Gospell (for they are rather agaynst the fayth and Gospell) but they are done to stablishe the Tyrannye of theseMarginalia* This booke of the reuelation of Antichrist treating vpon the [illegible text] chapt of Daniell, which there speaketh of the kyng of faces & ridles, alludeth here to the same. * facers and rydles, and to set vp and confirme the trust in workes. Among these illusions are those miracles to bee reputed, which are shewed in visions, pilgrimages, & worshippinges of Saintes as thir are plenty now a dayes, which the pope confirmeth by his Bulles, yea and some tyme doth canonize Saintes that he knoweth not. Now behold what is the operation of Satan in lying signes. &c.

Marginalia27. Article. 27 The people of Christe doth nothyng because it is commaunded but because it is pleasaunte and acceptable vnto them. fol. 63.

MarginaliaThe place geueth an other meaning then the article pretendeth. The woordes out of the which this Article is gathered, are these. They are the people of Christ, whiche willyngly do heare and folow hym not for any feare of the law, but onely intysed and lead with a gracious libertie and faythfull loue: not doyng any thing because it is commaunded, but because it is pleasant & acceptable vnto them thoughe it were not commaunded: for they that would do otherwise shoulde be counted the people of the lawe and Synagoge. &c,

Marginalia28. Article. 28 In the whole new law is no vrgent precept nor greuous, but onely exhortations to obserue thynges necessarye for soule health. fol. 63.

MarginaliaThe place is sound and standeth well with Scripture. The place of this article gathered out of the Reuelat. is this: A christian should worke nothing by compulsion of þ^e law, but all through the spirite of liberty, as Paule sayth in the 2. of the first epistle to Tim. The law is not geuen to a righteous man.Marginalia1. Tim. 2. For whatsoeuer is done by compulsion of the law, is sinne: for it is not done with a glad and willyng spirite, but with a contrary will, and rebelling againste the law, and this truly is sinne. Therfore in the 4. of the second Epistle to the Cor. he calleth the preachers of the new Testament, the Ministers of the spirite, and not of the letter, because they teach grace and not the law.Marginalia2. Cor. 4. Wherefore in the whole new testament are there no vrgent or greuous precepts, but onely exhortations to obserue those things which are necessary to our health. Neyther did Christ and his Apostles at any tyme compell any man. And the holy Ghost was for that cause called Paracletus, that is to say, an exhorter and comforter, &c.

Marginalia29. Article. 29 All things necessary are declared in the new Testament but no man is compelled, but to do according to theyr owne will. Therfore Christ teacheth. Math. 28. that a rebel should not be killed but auoyded. fol. 63. 66.

MarginaliaThe place annexed. The wordes in the Reuelat. are these. In the new Testament are all things declared, which we ought to doe and leaue vndone: what reward is ordeined for them that do and leaue vndone: and of whom to seke, finde, and obteine helpe to do and leaue vndone: But no man is compelled, but suffered to do according to their owne will. Therfore in the 18 of Math. he teacheth that a rebell should not be killed, but auoyded and put out of company like a Gentile. &c

Marginalia30. Article. 30 Chirst forbad that one place should be taken as holy & an other prophane: but would that all places should be indifferent. fol. 65.

MarginaliaThe place annexed. The place is this. Chirst taking away the difference of all places, will be worshipped in euery place. Neither is there inMarginaliaThe Pope maketh difference of places: but the Gospel maketh none. his kyngdome one place holy and an other prophane: but all places are indifferent, neither canst thou more hartily and better beleue, trust, and loue God in the temple at the altar, in the churchyard, then in thy barne, vineyarde, kitchine, or bed. And to be short, the martyrs of Christ haue honoured hym in darke dungeons and prisons. &c.

Marginalia31. Article. 31 He rayleth against all the rites and ceremonies of the Masse, as he were mad. fol. 68.

MarginaliaThis place noteth onelye the preposterous iudgement of them, which set more by the preceptes of men, then by the commaundements of God: and yet herein he vseth no tailing terme. The place out of the which this Article is collected, is as followeth. If a Nunne touch the superaltare or the Corpores (as they call it) it is a sinne. To touch the Chalyce, is a great transgression. To say Masse with an vnhalowed Chalice, is a greuous offence. To doe sacrifice in vestimentes which are not consecrated, is a hainous crime. It is reputed for a sinne if in ministryng any Sacrament, the Priest doe lacke any ornament that pertayneth thereunto. If he call a childe, or speake in the wordes of the Canon. He sinneth that toucheth the holy Reliques of Saintes. He that toucheth the Sacrament of the aulter eyther with hand or finger, though it be for necessitie to plucke it from the roufe of his mouth, committeth such vilanous iniquity, that they will scrape and shaue of the quicke flesh from the parte which did touch it. I thinke at length they will fley the toung, the roufe of the mouth, the throte, and the bely, because they touch the sacrament. But to hurt thy neighbour, or priuely to conuey away any of hys goodes, or nor to helpe hym in his neede, is in a maner neuer counted for sinne, nor yet regarded. &c.

Marginalia32 Article. 32 No labour is now a dayes more tedious then saying of Masse and Mattens. &c. Which before God are nothing but greuous synnes. Fol. 70.

Marginalia33. Article. 33 The sinnes of Manasses and other wicked kinges sacrificing their owne children, are but light and childish offēces to these. The cursed sacrifices of the Gentils may not be compared to ours: we are vij. tymes worse Gentiles thē we were before we knewe Christ. Fol. 70.

MarginaliaThis place may seme to speake somewhat vehemented peraduenture, but yet I see no heresie in it. The wordes out of the which these two Articles are gathered are these. They are so oppressed (those hee meaneth which are vnder the seruitude of the Popes lawes & decrees) that they fulfill them onely with the outwarde worke: for their willes are cleane contrary, as we see by experience in the troublesome busines of Vigilles, Masses, & Houres, which both must be sayd and song. In the which they labour with such wearines, that now a dayes no labour is more tedious. Yet neuerthelesse þ^e cruell exactours of these most hard workes, compell men to worke suche thinges without ceasing, which before God are nothing but greeuous sinnes: although before men they bee good workes and counted for the seruice of God. Here are inuēted the intysementes of the senses through organes, musicke and diuersitie of songes: but these are nothing to the spirite, which rather is extinct through these wantō trifles. Ah Christ, with what violence, with what power are they driuen headlong to sinne, & perish through this abomination?

It is horrible to looke in to these cruell wherlepoles of consciences, which perish with so great paynes and labour what light offences to these are the sinnes wherin Manasses and other wicked kings sinned by doyng sacrifice with their owne children and progenye?Marginalia3. Reg. 21. Truely the cursed sacrifices of the most rude gentles, no not of the LestrigonesMarginaliaLestrigones were a people or giants about the borders of Italy, who as Homere saith, vsed to eate mens flesh. may be compared vnto ours. The saying of Christ may be verified in vs: seuen more wicked spirites make the ende worse then the beginning. For I say that we Gentiles are worse vij. times then we were before we knew Christ. &c.

Marginalia34. Article. 34 It were better to receiue neither of the partes of the sacrament of the aultar, then the one alone. fol. 73.

MarginaliaThe truth of this place may well be aduouched by good reason. The wordes be these. Plainly I thinke that the whole is taken away, sith I see manifestly the one part gone (for þ^e bread and þ^e wyne is but one sacramēt) the other is left only for a laughing stocke. For he that in one parte offendeth against God, is gilty in all. Therfore it were better to receiue neither of the partes, then the one alone: for so we might the more surely eschue the transgression of that which Christe did institute. &c.

Marginalia35. Article. 35 The law of the Pope that commaundeth euery man to communicate together vpon one day, is a most cruell law constrayning men to their owne destruction. fol. 73.

MarginaliaThe place annexed. The place is this. He (the pope he meaneth) settyng a most cruell and deadly snare to tangle the consciences, suffereth not the vse of this Sacrament to be fre, but compelleth all together on one certein day once in the yeare to communicate.MarginaliaMen ought not to be driuen to the communion against their willes, but to be exhorted, and left to their own disposition. Here I pray the good Christen brother, how manye doest thou thinke do communicate onely by the compulsion of this precepte, whiche truely in their hart had leuer not to communicate? And al these sinne (for they do not communicate in spirite, that is to say, neither in fayth nor will, but by the compulsion of this letter and lawe( sith that this bread requireth a hungery and not a full hart, & much lesse a disdayning and hatefull mynde. And of all these sinnes, the Pope is authour, constraynyng all men by his most cruell law to their owne destruction, where as hee ought to leaue this communion free to euery man, and onely call and exhorte them, and not compell and driue them vnto it. &c.

Marginalia36. Article. 36 The spirite would that nothyng should be done, but that which is expreslye rehearsed in Scripture. fol. 81.

MarginaliaIn thinges perteining to gods worship, it is true. In thinges appertaynyng to Gods worshippe and seruice, true it is that he is not to be worshypped, but only according to that which he hath reueled and expressed vnto vs in hys owne word. And this is the meanyng of the author, as by hys wordes doth playnely appeare.

Marginalia37. Article. 27 Saint Thomas de Aquino sauoreth nothyng of the spirite of God. fol. 83.

MarginaliaThomas Aquine The doctrine of Th. Aquine referreth þ^e greatest or a very great parte of our righteousnes to opus operatū, & vnto merites. The spirite of God referreth all our righteousnes before God, onely to our fayth in Christ. Nowe howe these sa-