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An other book against Rastel named the subsidy or bulwark to his first book,…An other boke against Rastel named the subsedye or bulwark to his fyrst boke,…
An other book against Rastel named the subsidy or bulwark to his first book, made by John Frith preso[n]ner in the TowerAn other boke against Rastel named the subsedye or bulwark to his fyrst boke, made by Ihon Frithe preso[n]ner in the Tower
London? : S.n., 1537?
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An other book against Rastel named the subsidy or bulwark to his first book / made by John Frith prisoner in the Tower. )(⸫)( ⸪
An other boke against Rastel named the subsedye or bulwark to his fyrst boke / made by Ihon Frithe presōner in the Tower. )(⸫)( ⸪
¶Awake thou that sleepest and stand up from death / and Christ shall give the light. Ephesians. v. ¶(.)¶ ✚
¶Awake thou that slepeste and stonde vppe from deeth / and Chryste shall geue the lyght. Ephesiās. v. ¶(.)¶ ✚
The prologue.
The prologe.
IT needeth not Christen reader (I think) now that thou haste over red and diligently pondered in thine inward senses that the treatise of John Frith where in he confuteth all the reasons which Rastel / More / and Rochester made for the maintenance & upholding of the bitter pains of purgatory: to commend unto the this brief work following named a subsidy defence or bulwark to the same. And much less needeth it to dehort the from the vain & childish fear which our fore fathers have had of that place of purgatory / as their good works which at this day remain upon the earth founded for their thence deliverance do testify. And for as much as thou art a christen man & rejoicest in christ I dare boldly affirm for the / that thou takest neither pleasure nor joy of that place / like as some persons do / which triumphed of late & with moch joy and clapping of hands / send tidings in to all parties that purgatory was found again. Because they read in a book named the institution of a christen man this word purgatory. And yet have I not heard hitherto that the self persons have showed any tokens of gladness: for God's word translated in to english so that to me they seam to rejoice more to have the silly souls purged with punishments when they be departed then to have