A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis

Christ taking away the difference of all places will be worshipped in every place. Nether is there in his kingdom one place holy / & an other profane & with out holiness But in every place all things are indifferent. ⟨image 67⟩Nether canst thou more heartily & better / believe trust / and love god in the temple qwire / altar / and church yard / then in thy barn / vineyard / kitchen / and bed. And to be short the martyrs of Christ have honoured him in dark dungeons and prisons. And sancte agnes. In the s•ues for gat not her redeemer. But the Pope doth consecrate Churches giving great pardon and privileges unto the hallowing. Making strait laws to condemn their consciences / ye other in sport or else in earnest do violate the house that they have hallowed / which should nothing offend if they had hurt their own houses or any other mans. Be sides that if thou obey the Popes commandments / thou art made a religious man / and an obedient and faithful son of the church / thou hast found a conscience of a good and righteous weak Now compare Christ and the Pope to gather. Christ sayeth. There is no sin committed through the using of any place except it be to the hurt of thy neighbour. The Pope sayeth. It is sin if thou do any bodily work in the church. Or else if thou count it not to be more holy then a common house. Doth not the Pope here make sin in using of those places / in the which christ maketh none but dimitteth us free? Doth not the Pope make a scrupulous conscience / where as Christ setteth us at liberty? Doth not the pope ordain through his doctrine / ⟨p. lxvj⟩bondage / fear / captivity / snares & jeopardies where as christ setteth sure confidence & freedom. Is not then the Pope Antichrist / the author of sin and consciences / by his trifling / foolish / unprofitable / and wicked laws? what needeth any christen these laws & observances unto justice? O this deceiving & childish illusion which is worthy to be laughed […] & yet is it of such strength & might that it causeth great sin and perdition.

Christ takinge away the difference of all places will be worshupped in every place. Nether is ther in his kingdō one place holye / & an other prophane & with out holines But in everye place all thinges are indifferent. ⟨image 67⟩