1576 Edition | Book 7 | Page 902 
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The causes. |
For somuch as there is no place of mercy after this lyfe therfore no nede there is of any purgation, but necessarye it is, that we be purged before wee passe hence.
Of the Pope what thincke you?
I say, he is a byshop, as other byshops are, if he be a true folower of S. Peter.
What say you of vowes?
No man can vowe to God so much, but the lawe requireth much more then he can vowe.
Are not Saintes to be Inuocated?
They can not pray without fayth, and therfore it is in vayne to call vnto them, And agayne, God hath appoynted his Aungels about vs, to minister in our necessities.
Is it not good to salute the blessed virgine with Aue Maria?
When she was on this earth, she had then nede of the Aungels gretyng, for then she had nede of saluation, as well as other: but nowe she is so blessed, that no more blessing can be wyshed vnto her.
Are not Images to be had?
For that the nature of man is so prone to Idolatrie, euer occupyed and fixed in those thynges, which lye before hys eyes, rather then vppon those which are not sene, Images therfore are not to bee set before Christians. You know, nothyng is to bee adored, but that which is not seene with eyes, that is God alone, whiche is a spirite, and him we must worshyp onely in spirite and truth.
[Back to Top]What say you by the Canonicall or ordinary houres for prayer?
To houres and tymes, prayer ought not to bee tyed. But whē soeuer Gods spirit doth moue vs, or whē any necessitie driueth vs, thē ought we to pray.
Then the Officiall asked what he thought of holy oyle, salte, with such other lyke. To whome the Martyr aunswered,Marginalia* Maranatha is an Hebrue worde, mentioned 1. Cor. 16. and signifieth curse or malediction, to the losse of all that a man hath: and therof commeth Maranismus. vid. Nic. Lyr. that all these thinges were a mere * Maranismus, that is, sauored of the lawe of Maranorum, and of the superstition of the Iewes.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaRenate Poyet, Martyr. | Renate Poyet. At Salmure in Fraunce. An. 1552. | Renate Poyet, the sonne of Williā Poy- et, which was Cha- cellour of Fraunce, for the true and sincere professing of the word of God, constauntly suffered Martyrdome, and was burned in þe city of Salmure, an. 1552. Ex Crisp. |
| MarginaliaIohn Ioyer, wyth hys seruaunt, Martyrs. | Iohn Ioyer, and his ser- uant a yong man. | These two com- ming from Geneua to their countrey, wyth certaine bookes were apprehēded by þe way, and at length had to Tholouse. Where the maister was first cō- demned. The seruant beyng yong, was not so prompt to aunswer them, but sent them to his maister saying, that he should answer them. When they wer brought to the stake, the yong man first go- yng vp, begā to wepe. The maister fearyng lest he would geue o- uer, ran to hym, and he was comforted, & they beganne to sing. |
| Persecutors. | Martyrs. | The causes. |
| At Tho- lous. An. 1552. | As they were in the fire, the maister stan- dyng vpright to the stake, shifted the fire from hym to his ser- uant, beyng more care full for hym then for himself: and when he saw hym dead, he bow ed down into þe flame, and so expired. Ex Crisp. & alijs. |
| MarginaliaHugh Grauier, Martyr. | Hugonius Grauier, a scholemai- ster and mi- nister after of Cortil- lon, in the Countie of Newcastle. At Burge. An. 1552. | At Burge in Bresse, a dayes iourney from Lions, this Grauier was burned. He com- ming from Geneua to Newcastle, there was elected to be minister. But first, he going to see his wyues frendes at Mascon, there as he was commyng a- way out of the town, was taken vpon the bridge, with all hys company: and in the ende, he willyng the women and rest of the companye to laye the fault in hym for brin- ging them out, was sentenced to be burnt, notwithstandyng the Lordes of Berne sent their Heralds to saue his lyfe, and also that the Officiall declared hym to bee an honest man, and to holde no- thing, but agreing to the scriptures. Ex Io- an. Crisp. lib. 3. |
| Marginalia V. studentes Martyrs. Martiall Alba. Petrus Scriba. Bernard Seguine. Charles Faber. Peter Nauihere. Tignacius the gouer- nour or de- putie of Li- ons. Buatherius, Officiall to the Archbi- shop of Li- ons. Clepierius Chamber- lane. Thre orders of Friers. Iudge Me- lierus. Doct. Cu- nubanus, a gray frier. Iudge Vi- lard. Primatius, Officiall. Cortrerius Iudge. | Martiall Alba. Petrus Scri- ba. Bernard Seguine. Charles Faber. Peter Na- uihere. At Lyons. An. 2553. | These v. Studēts, after they had remay- ned in the Vniuersity of Lausāna a certayn tyme, consulted amōg themselues, beyng all Frenche men, to re- turne home euery one to his countrey, to the intent they myght in- struct their parentes & other their friendes in such knowledge as þe lord had geuen to thē. So taking their iour- ney from Lausanna, first they came to Ge- neua, where they re- mained a while. Frō thence they went to Lions. Where they sit ting at the table of one that met them by the way, and desired them home to hys house, were apprehended and led to prison: where they cōtinued a whole yeare, that is, from the first day of May, to þe 16. of the said moneth |
againe. As they were learned and well exercised in the scriptures: so euery one of thē exhibited seuerally a learned confession of hys faith, and with great dexteritie, through the power of the Lordes spirit, they confounded the Friers, with whō they disputed: especially Peter Scribe or Scriuener, & Seguyne.
[Back to Top]They were examined sonderly of the Sacramēt of the Lordes body, of Purgatory, of confession, and Inuocation, of freewill, and and of the supremacy. &c. Although they approued their cause by good scripture, and refuted their aduersaries in reasonyng, yet right beyng ouercome by might, sentence was geuen, and
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