The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…

The Papist in plain terms dares not deny Christ and his Gospel, yet can he not see all sufficiency therein, but complaining of some defect, he looketh to unwritten verities, and leaneth to old traditions to be given to the Church, & therefore he will have the Pope to be Christ his vicar, ⟨p. 219⟩and look whatsoever their Synods do conclude, that must be established as a catholic trueth, measuring the scriptures by their traditions, and not their traditions by the scriptures. The damnable Family of love make the word (which is a thing fearful to be thought, much more to be spoken of) but a nose of wax, or a shipman's hose, and yet they will have their H. N. who is the eight person and the last man, who must be joined with the Gospel, and so far forth as he with other grey-headed, and illuminate elders do interpret the Scriptures, they will agree. We now against these and all other heretics confessing the scriptures of God to be perfect and absolute to salvation, join none other thing with them, but say, that we live in the last days, wherein Christ left the fullness of doctrine, of prayer, of Sacraments, and discipline to the Church by his Apostles; and therefore we mind no revelation, Mahometicall interpretation, nor traditions of men, but though an Angel come from heaven, & bring an unwritten verity varying from the trueth of God his word, we utterly reject him. Neither as running too far on the other hand do we utterly and simply refuse all orders of the Church, although sometime there be no express word, but if by consequence, if by cause or effect we can find it agreeable or not repugnant to the word after trial had with the holy scriptures, we will receive it: thus to make the word the touchstone the heretics will not agree. Besides, as in all other arts it is requisite, that whosoever will attain sound knowledge of them he must credit their principles, for otherwise as the very heathen saw, there is no farther dealing in the learning of them; so we have certain general truths and rudiments, whereby we train up new comers to Christ, and try both old and young by them: which thing our heretics will not admit.

The Papist in plaine tearmes dares not denie Christ and his Gospell, yet can he not see all sufficiencie therein, but complaining of some defect, he looketh to vnwritten verities, and leaneth to old traditions to be giuen to the Church, & therefore he will haue the Pope to be Christ his vicar, ⟨p. 219⟩