An Answer to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations

On the other side let us consider the condition of our enemies, I confess they are called Princes, but in deed they be tyrants, nether have they any care of you at all, but devour all mens goods, and spend them most wickedly. In that people which sometime God chose peculiarly unto him self, he ordained that kings should not spend any time in waste, yea he commanded that they should look diligently in the book of the laws, which he had given them. But what do our tyrants? or how are they occupied? They think the common wealth is no part of their charge: they know nothing of poor mens causes, they care not for justice, they suffer the ways to be beset with thieves, they punish not robbers, nether any other vice, they help not the widow, nether yet the fatherless. They look not to the good education of youth. As for the honouring of gods Name, they do not only them selves neglect it, but also they hinder it Thus only they apply to draw all mens goods to them selves: and therefore do they every day devise new ways to get money by extortion. Nether set they their minds ⟨p. 414⟩upon defending or maintaining of peace, but that (being enriched above measure) they may abound in all kind of riot, and pride. It is to manifest how great tumults, and wars they raise for very light, and foolish causes: whereby all that remaineth to the poor people is lost, and destroyed. Behold these are the excellent virtues, and policies of your noble princes, wherein they exercise them selves. Therefore let none think, that God will suffer those things any longer, but rather persuade him self assuredly, that as God did once destroy the Canaanites, so will he now also these. For though all these things, which I have recited before, were tolerable, think you that they shall escape unpunished for defending, and maintaining that most execrable impiety of the popish preachers? Who is ignorant how great iniquity is in the buying, & selling of Masses? I will say nothing of the rest. Surely as Christ drave out the buyers, & sellers, out of the church, so shall he now also root out the priests, with their patrons, and companions: be strong therefore, and to gratify God, slay all this unprofitable multitude. To make peace with them I can see no way honest, safe or sure enough:

On the other side lette vs consider the condition of our ennemies, I cō fesse they are called Prīces, but in dede they be tyrānes, nether haue they any care of you at all, but deuoure all mēs goodes, and spend them most wickedly. In that people which sometime God chose peculiarly vnto him self, he ordeined that kinges should not spend any time in waste, yea he commāded that they should loke diligently in the boke of the lawes, which he had giuen them. But what do our tyrannes? or how are they occupied? They think the common welth is no part of their charge: they know nothing of poore mens causes, they care not for iustice, they suffer the wayes to be besette with theues, they punish not robbers, nether any other vice, they helpe not the widdow, nether yet the fatherles. They loke not to the good education of youth. As for the honoring of gods Name, they do not onely thē selues neglect it, but also they hinder it Thus onely they applie to draw all mens goodes to them selues: and therfore do they euery day deuise new wayes to gette money by extortiō. Nether sette they their mindes