The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…

partly because they have profaned and defiled their churches with heathenish and Jewish abuses, with images and idols, with numbers of altars, too too superstitiously, & intolerably abused, with gross abusing, and filthy corrupting of the Lords holy supper, the blessed sacrament of his body and blood, with an infinite number of toys and trifles of their own devices, to make a godly outward show, and to deface the homely, simple, and sincere religion of Christ Jesus, partly they resort to the Church like hypocrites, full of all iniquity and ⟨p. 271⟩sinful life, having a vain & dangerous fancy and persuasion, that if they come to the church, besprinkle them with holy water, hear a mass, and be blessed with the chalice, though they understand not one word of the whole service, nor feel one motion of repentance in their hearts, all is well, all is sure. Fie upon such mocking & blaspheming of gods holy ordinance. Churches were made for an other purpose, that is, to resort thither, and to serve God truly, there to learn his blessed will, there to call upon his mighty name, there to use the holy sacraments, there to travail how to be in charity with thy neighbour, there to have thy poor and needy neighbour in remembrance, from thence to depart better and more godly then thou camest thither. Finally, Gods vengeance hath ben, & is daily provoked, because much wicked people pass nothing to resort to the Church, either for that they are so sore blinded that they understand nothing of God and godliness, and care not with devilish example to offend their neighbours, or else for that they see the Church altogether scoured of such gay gassing sights as their gross fantasy was greatly delighted with, because they see the false religion abandoned, & the true restored, which seemeth an unsavoury thing to their unsavoury taste, as may appear by this that a woman said to her neighbour: Alas gossip, what shall we now do at Church since all the saints are taken away, since all the goodly sights we were wont to have are gone, since we cannot hear the like piping, singing, chanting, & playing upon the organs ⟨p. 272⟩that we could before.

partly because they haue prophaned and defyled their churches with heathenishe and Jewish abuses, with images and idols, with numbers of aulters, too too superstitiously, & intollerablye abused, with grosse abusing, and fylthye corrupting of the Lordes holye supper, the blessed sacrament of his body and blood, with an infinite number of toyes and tryfles of theyr owne deuyces, to make a godly outwarde shewe, and to deface the homely, simple, and sincere religion of Christ Jesus, partlye they resort to the Churche lyke hypocrites, full of all iniquitie and