Certain sermons preached before the Queens Majesty, and at Pauls crossCertaine sermons preached before the Queenes Maiestie, and at Paules crosse

As Moses in his time was counted a sorcerer: ⟨image 100⟩as the Jews were called despisers of all religion, seditious, and heady against their Princes: as the Apostles were counted drunken, and full of new wine: as all Christians were called idolaters, worshippers of Bacchus & Ceres, murderers, incestuous, & adulterers: as S. Paul for his preaching, was judged a Rebel: and all Christians were taken for enemies of all common estates: even so in these latter days, all these or other y• like crimes, have been laid to y• preachers & professors of Christs Gospel: y• they have been godless, seditious, rebels, despisers of good orders, incestuous, adulterers, masters of all sin and wickedness.

As Moses in his time was counted a sorcerrer: ⟨image 100⟩as the Jewes were called despisers of al religion, seditious, and heady agaynst their Princes: as the Apostles were counted dronken, and full of new wine: as al Christians were called idolaters, worshippers of Bacchus & Ceres, murtherers, incestious, & adulterers: as S. Paul for his preaching, was iudged a Rebel: and al Christians were taken for enemies of all common estates: euen so in these latter daies, all these or other y• like crimes, haue bene laid to y• preachers & professors of Christes Gospel: y• thei haue bene godlesse, seditious, rebelles, despisers of good orders, incestious, adulterers, masters of al sinne and wickednesse.

But this is our comfort, that nothing can be devised to be spoken against us, but y• same aforetime hath been devised & spoken against Christ himself. For he himself was called a Samaritan, a companion of publicans & harlots, a glutton, a liar, a blasphemer, a subverter, of y whole nation, a seducer of the people, a rebel against Caesar, a sorcerer, a worker by the devil, and a breaker of the Sabbath day,