MarginaliaAnno. 1556. Ianuary.order of confession. Whiche beyng afterwardes redde vnto Grene, was also subscribed by hym, as a confirmation of his former assertions: The tenour whereof here ensueth.

MarginaliaA draught of M. Greenes confession, gathered by the Byshops Register.BArtlet Grene borne in the citie of London, in the Parishe of Bassyngshall of the Dioces of London, and of the age of xxv. yeres, beyng examined in the Bishoppes palace there, the xxvij. daie of Nouember, anno. 1555. vpon certaine articles aunswered as followeth. Videlicet, that neither in the tyme of Kyng Edward, after that the Masse by hym was put doune, neither in the tyme of Quene Mary, after that the Masse was restored againe, he hath heard any Masse at all: but he saieth that in the raigne of the said Queenes Maiestie, he the saied Bartlet twoo tymes, to witte, at twoo Easter tides or daies, in the chamber of Iohn Polline, one of the Preachers in Kyng Edwardes tyme, within the Parishe of saincte Michaels in Cornhill,  

of the Dioces of London, did receiue the Communion with the saied Pulline, and Christopher Goodman, sometyme reader of the Diuinitie Lecture in Oxford, now gone beyonde the Sea, and the second tyme with the saied Pulline with one Ranneger, maister of Arte of Magdalene Colledge in Oxforde: and this Examinate also saieth, that at bothe the saied Cōmunions he, and the other before named did take, and receiue bread and wine, whiche bread and wine he called Sacramentall breade, and Sacramentall wine, whiche he saieth were vsed there by them, Pullen onely readyng the woordes of the institution, expressed in the booke of Communion. MarginaliaEx Regist.

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In whiche receiuyng and vsyng, this Examinate saieth, that the other afore named, did receiue the Sacrament of the Lordes Supper, and that thei receiued materiall breade, and materiall wine, MarginaliaTransubstantiation denied.no substaunce thereof chaunged, and so no reall presence of the bodie and bloud of Christe there beyng, but onely grace added thereto. And further this Examinate saieth, that he hath heretofore, duryng the raigne of the Queenes Maiestie aforesaid, MarginaliaM. Greene refusing to heare Masse.refused, and so now doeth refuse to come and heare Masse, and to receiue the Sacrament of the Aultar, as they are nowe vsed and ministred in this Churche of Englande, because he saieth that concernyng the Masse, he can not be perswaded in his cōscience, that the sacrifice pretended to be in the same, is agreable to Gods worde, or mainteinable by the same:MarginaliaSacrifice of the Masse not mainteinable by Gods word. or that without deadly offence, he can worship the bodie and bloud of Christ, that is pretēded to be there. And as concernyng the Sacramente of the Aultar, MarginaliaM. Greene against the sacrament of the altar.this Examinate saieth, that he heretofore duryng the saied raigne, hath refused, and now doeth refuse to receiue the same, as it is nowe vsed in this Churche of Englande, because it is not vsed, accordyng to the institution of Christe, but bothe in a straunge tonge, and also not ministred in bothe kindes, and besides that, contrary to Goddes woorde it is there taught, that the thyng there ministred is to bee adored, as the reall and true body of Christ. And furthermore this Examinate saieth, that duryng the saied raigne, he hath not been confessed to the Prieste, nor receiued absolution at his handes, MarginaliaAuricular confession refused.because he is not bounde by Gods woorde, to make auricular confession.

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Bartlet Grene.

Many other sondrie cōferences, and publicke examinations they brought hym vnto. But in the ende (seyng his stedfastnesse of faith to be suche, as against the which, neither their threatnynges, nor yet their flatteryng promises could preuaile, the xv. daie of Ianuary, the Bishop caused hym with the rest aboue named, to bee brought into the Consistorie in Paules:MarginaliaMaster Grene with the other six Martyrs brought to the Consistory. where, beyng set in his Iudgemente seate, accompanied with Fecknam, then Deane of the same Churche, and other his Chaplaines, after he had condemned the other sixe he then called for Bartlet Grene, began with these or the like woordes.

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MarginaliaB. Boners wordes to the audience.Honourable audience, I thinke it best to open vnto you, the conuersation of this manne, called Bartlet Grene. And because you shall not charge me, that I goe about to seeke any mannes bloude, here you shall heare the Counselles letters, whiche they sente with hym vnto me. The effecte whereof is: that where he had been of long tyme in the Tower of Lōdon for heresie, thei haue now sent hym vnto me to bee ordered, accor-

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ding to the lawes therefore prouided. And now to thee Bartlet Grene I propose these ix. Articles. Marginalia9. Articles put to M. Grene.Then he read the Articles aboue mentioned,. whiche were generally obiected to all these seuen prisoners, to wit, Thomas Whittel, Iohn Tudson, Iohn Went, Thomas Broune, Isabell Foster, Ioane Lashforde, Bartlet Grene.

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But when M. Grene would haue aunswered them particularly, MarginaliaM. Grene not suffered to aunswere to the Articles.he was putte to silence, with promise that he should haue tyme to aunswere sufficiently: and therfore the Bishoppe procedyng, saied that when Grene came firste to his house, he desired to haue the bookes of the auncient Doctors of the churche to read, whiche he saied he graunted hym.

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Whereunto Grene aunswered and said, MarginaliaDoctors red with indifferēt iudgement, make more against the Papistes, then with them.that if the Doctours were with indifferent iudgement weighed, they made more a greate deale with hym, then they did with them.

Feck. Vpon whiche woordes Fecknam Deane of Paules stoode vp, and marueilyng why he saied so, asked hym if he would be content, to stande to the iudgement of the Doctours.

Grene. Grene then saied, that he was contente, to stande to their Doctours iudgement.

Feck. I will then propounde vnto you (quod Fecknā) the Doctours, and interpretate them your self. So he alledged a place of MarginaliaChrysost. ad popul. Antioch.Chrysostome, ad popul. Antioche. whiche was this: *Marginalia* i. Elias going vp left his cloke behind him, but Christ ascending vp toke his fleshe, and also left it behind him.Elias ascendens melotem suum post se reliquit: Christus vero ascendens carnem suam assumpsit, & eandem post se reliquit: and he demaunded Grene, how he vnderstoode the place.

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Grene. Then Grene praied hym that he would cōfer the Doctours saiynges together, and therefore alledged the same DoctourMarginaliaChrysost. in 1. Cor. 10. againe, writyng vppon the 1. Cor. 10. Marginaliai. Is not the bread whiche wee blesse the communicatiō of the Lordes body.An non est panis, quem nos benedicimus, communicatio corporis Domini? Nō ne est Calix. &c.  

Wherby he proued that this Doctour called this Sacrament but a signe of the Lordes bodie. Many other woordes of probation and deniall were betwixt them.

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Feck. At laste Fecknam demaunded of hym, howe long he had been of this opinion? For M. Grene (saied he) you confessed once to me, that when you wer at Oxford at schoole, MarginaliaM. Grene first a ranke Papist.you were called the rankest Papist in that house, and beyng compelled to goe to the Lecture of Peter Martyr, you were conuerted from your olde doctrine.

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Grene. And Grene confessed the same.

Feck. Then againe he saied, that Grene tolde hym that the saied Peter Martyr was a PapistMarginaliaVntrue report of Peter Martyr. at his first commyng to Oxford. Whereupō he made an exclamation, and praied the people to consider, how vaine his doctrine that he professed was, whiche was grounded vpon one man, and that vpon so vnconstant a man as Peter Martyr, whiche perceiuing the wicked intent of the Counsell, was content to please them, and forsake the true and Catholicke faithe.

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Grene. Grene saied that he grounded not his faith vpon Martyr, nor any other, nor did beleue so because Martyr beleued þ^e same, but because that he had heard the Scriptures, and the Doctours of the churche truly and wholsomely expounded by hym: neither had he any regard of the man, but of the woorde whiche he spake. And further he saied, that he heard the saied M. Peter saie often, that he had not as yet, while he was a Papiste, read Chrysostome vpon the x. to the Corinthes, nor many other places of the Doctours: MarginaliaPeter Martyr first turned frō popery to the truth, by prayer and reading the Doctors.but when he had read them, and well considered them, he was contente to yelde to the Doctours, hauyng firste humbled hym self in praier, desiryng GOD to illuminate hym, and bryng hym to the true vnderstandyng of the scripture. Whiche thyng (saied Grene) if you my Lorde would do, I do not doubt, but God would open your eyes, and shewe you his truthe, no more then I doe doubt his wordes to bee true, that saieth: Aske, and it shall bee giuen to you, knocke, and it shall bee opened vnto you. &c.

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Feck, Then Fecknam asked hym, what he thought of this article: Sanctam ecclesiam catholicam?

Grene. And Grene aunswered, that he did beleue MarginaliaOne holy Catholicke church.one holie and vniuersall Churche throughout all the worlde.

Feck. Then Fecknam saied, that he would faine haue a sure marke and token, wherby he might knowe this Churche, and therefore he praied Grene to define vnto hym this Churche.

Grene. Grene aunswered, that MarginaliaTrue markes of the church.his Churche did a-