MarginaliaAn. 1549. haunt forreyne rites of Masses and other orders, then in this Realme were appoynted, and he also hym selfe contrarye to his wonted maner vpon principall Feastes refused in his owne person to execute. Whereuppon he beyng suspected and complained of, and conuented before the kynges Counsaile (as ye heard before) after sharpe admonitions and reproofes, had certayn priuate Iniunctions to hym inioyned.

MarginaliaMatters put to Boner to redresse.
Boner inioyned to preach at Paules Crosse. 1 Firste, that he shoulde personally preach within three weekes after at Paules Crosse.

2 That according as his predecessors were wont to celebrate Masse, he at such woonted tymes should execute and administer the Communion.

3 That he shoulde call before hym and correcte more diligently such trāsgressours as absented them selues from the order of seruice and ministration of the Lordes boorde, appoynted then in Churches by the kynges ordinaunce.

4 That he should see more carefully and vigilantly to the punishment of adulterers and fornicators.

5 That he in the meane while should be resident within his owne house, duryng the tyme while he should make his sermō at Paules aboue mentioned, which was an. 1549. In the which Sermon certayne special poyntes were prefixed vnto hym wherupon he should entreate, which here in order follow, and are these.

Marginalia Speciall pointes inioyned to Boner to preach vpon. 1 THat all such as rebell against their Prince, get vnto them damnation, and those that resist the higher power, resist the ordinaunces of God, and he that dyeth therfore in rebellion, by the woorde of God is vtterly damned, and so looseth both bodye and soule. And therefore those Rebelle in Deuonshire and Cornewall, in Northfolke, or els where, who take vppon them to assemble a power and force against their king and Prince, against the lawes and statutes of the Realme, and goe about to subuert the state and order of the common wealth, not onely do deserue therfore death as traytors and rebels, but do accumulate to thē selues eternall damnation, euen to be in the burnyng fyre of hell, with Lucifer the father and first author of pride, disobedience, and rebellion, what pretence soeuer they haue, and what Masses or holy water so euer they pretende, or goe about to make among them selues, as Chore, Dathan, and Abiron, for rebellion against Moses, were swalowed downe aliue into hell, although they pretended to sacrifice vnto God.

Marginalia What thinges be necessary to be ioyned in all Gods seruice. 2 Likewise in the order of the Church and externe rites and ceremonies of diuine seruice, for so muche as God requireth humilitie of harte, innocencie of liuyng, knowledge of hym, charitie and loue to our neighbours, and obedience to his woorde, and to his Ministers and superiour powers these we must bring to all our prayers, to all our seruice, and this is the sacrifice that Christ requireth, & these be those that make al thinges pleasaunt vnto God.MarginaliaExterne rites and ceremonies how farre they serue. The externe rites and ceremonies be but exercises of our religion, and appoyntable by superiour powers, in choosing wherof we must obey the magistrates: the which thinges also we do see euer hath bene and shalbe (as the tyme and place is) diuers, and yet al hath pleased God, so long as these before spoken inward thinges be there.Marginalia[illegible text] If any man shall vse the olde rites, and thereby disobey the superiour power, the deuotion of his ceremonies is made nought by his disobedience: so that, which els (so long as the law dyd so stand) might be good, by pride and disobediēce nowe is made nought: as Saules sacrifice, Chore, Dathan and Abiron, and Aarons two children were. But who that ioyneth to deuotion obedience, he wynneth the garland.MarginaliaFolish deuotion. For els it is a zeale, sed non secundum scientiam , a wyl, desire, zeale, and deuotiō, but not after wisdome, that is a foolishe deuotion whiche can require no thankes or prayse.MarginaliaThe hart maketh true deuotion. And yet agayne, where ye obey, ye must haue deuotion for God requireth the harte more then the outwarde doynges, and therfore who that taketh the Communion, or saith or heareth the seruice appoynted by the kinges Maiestie, must bryng deuotion and inward prayer with hym, or els his prayers are but vaine, lacking that which God requireth, that is, the hart & mind to pray to hym.

3 Further, ye shal for example on sonday come seuenth nyght after the aforesaid date, celebrate the Communion at Paules Church.

4 Ye shall also set forth in your sermon that our authoritie of royal power, is (as of truth it is) of no lesse authoritye & force in this our yong age, then is, or was of any of our predecessors, though the same were much elder, as may appeare by example of Iosias, and other young kinges in scri- pture: and therfore all our subiectes to be no lesse bounde to the obedience of our preceptes, lawes, and statutes, then if we were of. xxx. or. xl. yeares of age.

The deliuery of these Iniunctions & articles vnto the Bishop (with the tyme of his appoynted preaching) was soone after knowen abroad amongest the Citizens and other the Cōmons within the citie of London,MarginaliaBoners preaching much looked for of the people. so that euery man expecteth the time therof, wishing to heare the same. Which beyng once come, the bish. according to the tenor of the Iniunctions, publikely preached at the Crosse of Paules, the first day of Septemb. Howbeit as hypocrisie neuer lurketh so secretly in the hartes of the wicked, but that at one tyme or other God in his most righteous iudgement maketh it open vnto the world: so at this present was the long coloured peruerse obstinacie, and infestred hatred of this double faced dissembler, against the kynges godly proceedynges, most plainly manifested by his disobedient demeanor in this his sermon.

For where as he was onely commaunded to entreate vpon suche speciall poyntes as were mentioned in his articles:MarginaliaThe disobedient stubbernes of Boner in his sermon at Paules Crosse. he yet, both besides the Counsayles commaundemēt to the withdrawyng of the myndes of the common people, in as much as in him lay, from the right and true vnderstanding of the holye Sacramente ministred in the holy Communion then set forth by the authoritie of the kynges maiestie, (accordyng to the true sence of the holy scripture) did spend most part of his sermon about the grosse, carnal, and papisticall presence of Christes bodye and blood in the sacrament of the aulter, and also contrary therunto, did not onely slenderly touch the rest of his articles, but of a rebellious and wylful carelesnesse, dyd vtterly leaue out vnspokē the whole last article, cōcernyng the as effectual & as lawful authoritie of the kynges highnes duryng his young age, as if he were. xxx. or. xl. yeares olde: notwithstandyng the same (because it was the trayterous opinion of the popishe rebels) was by speciall commaundement chiefly appoynted hym to entreate vpon.

This contempteous & disobedient dealing, as it greatly offended most of the kinges faythful and louyng subiectes there present, so did it much mislike the myndes, & was far from the good expectation,MarginaliaW. Latimer and Iohn Hooper against Boner. as wel of that faythfull & godly preacher mister Iohn Hooper,afterwardes bishop of Worcester & Glocester, and lastly a most constant martyr for the Gospel of Christ: as also of M. William Latimer, Bacheler of Diuinitie, & therefore they well weying the fulnes of the fact, and their bounden allegeaunces vnto their Prince, dyd therupon exhibite vnto the kinges highnes vnder both their names, a byl of complaynt or denounciatiō against the sayd bishop in forme following.

MarginaliaThe denūciation of W. Latimer and Iohn. Hoper denouncers agaynst Boner. IN most humble wise sheweth vnto your Maiestie, William Latimer and Iohn Hooper, that where of late as we be certainely informed frō your maiestie, by the hand of the right high and noble Prince Edwarde Somerset, Gouernour of your Royall person, and Protectour of al your highnes Realmes, dominiōs and subiects, and the rest of your priuie Counsayle, there was certayne Iniunctions geuen to the Bishop of London that nowe is, with Articles to be insinuated and preached vnto your subiectes at a certayne daye limited, the whiche Iniunctions and articles dyd onely tende to the honour of GOD, and the better instruction of your highnes people to obedience and hatred of rebellion and mutinye, wherewith of late this your Maiesties Realme hath bene marueylously vexed, to the daunger of your highnes person, and the state of the whole Realme, and therfore a thyng at this tyme most necessary to be taught vnto þ^e people, that they might know their duetie vnto your maiestie, and vnto almightye God, and especially to acknowledge your Maiestie in these yeares and age to be a perfect, high and soueraigne Lord & kyng, and supreme head, whose lawes, proclamations and commaundementes we are bounde to obey, as well as any princes subiectes are bounde to obey the lawes, proclamations, and commaundementes of their naturall and soueraigne Lord, notwithstandyng that nature hath not yet geuen vnto your person suche age as we trust he shall, nor so many yeares, which we wishe to be so many as any Prince euer had,MarginaliaYeares and age doe not make a king but the right of succession the whiche yeares doo not make you Kyng or Prince, but the right of your byrth and lawfull succession what soeuer it be, so that we all must as well acknowledge your maiestie to be our King and Prince, at these yeares, as if you were of the age of thirty or fourty yeares, and your