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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 ⟨image 3⟩them purged with the word of God while they be here. who will think but as they have uttered their hearts concerning purgatory with their tongues / even so they say in their stomachs / that their holy father the pope (whom we may as justly call the bishop of Rome / seeing:¹ he is there the heed of S. Peters church as we may call the heed of S.

IT neadeth not Chrysten reader (I thynke) now that thou haste ouer red and diligētly pondered in thyne inward senses that the treatyse of Ihon Frith wher in he confuteth all the reasons whiche Rastel / More / and Rochester made for the maynte naunce & vpholdinge of the bytter paynes of purgatory: to cōmend vnto the this brefe worke folowinge named a subsidy defence or bulwarke to the same. And moch lesse nedeth it to dehorte the from the vayne & chyldyshe feare whiche oure fore fathers haue hadde of that place of purgatorye / as their goodworkes which at this day remaine vppon the yerth founded for theyr thens delyueraunce do testifye. And for as moche as thou arte a christen man & reioysest in christ I dare boldely affyrme for the / that thou takest nother pleasure nor ioye of that place / lyke as some persons do / which triumphed of late & with moch ioye and clappynge of hādes / sende tydinges in to all pertyes that purgatorye was founde agayne. Because they read in a boke named the institutiō of a chrysten man this worde purgatory. And yet haue I not heard hetherto that the selfe ꝑsons haue shewed anye tokēs of gladnes: for goddes worde translated in to englyshe so that to me they seame to reioyse more to haue the sely soules purged with puynyshmētes when they be departed then to haue