The chief and principal articles of the Christen faith to hold against the Pope,…The chiefe and pryncypall articles of the Christen faythe to holde againste the Pope,…

¹Tenthly, who hath commanded you to set up this new Idolatryer? That ye do institute worshipping of saints, Canonise saints, ordain fastings and holy days, to honour them, even as though they were gods themselves, that men do put their trust and confidence in their merits, more then in Christ himself, and in his blood and merits, whom you have set forth and declared unto us, as a judge, whom we must pacify & obtain grace of him, by his mother, and by the intercession and merits of all saints, with our holy service.

¹Tenthly, who hathe commaunded you to sette vp thys newe Idolatryer? That ye do institute worshippyng of saynctes, Canonyse saynctes, ordeyne fastynges and holy dayes, to honoure them, euen as though they were goddes themselues, that men do put theyr trust and confidence in their merites, more then in Christ hymselfe, and in hys bloude and merites, whome you haue set forth and declared vnto vs, as a iudge, whome we must pacifye & obteyne grace of hym, by hys mother, and by the intercession and merites of all saynctes, with our holy seruice.

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¹In so much that your church in this article is become nothing else, then the churches of the heathen, which worshipped, Jupiter, Juno, Venus, Diatra, and other dead persons, ⟨image 65⟩And like as the Romans in their city of Rome did edificate a Pantheon, Even so have ye also builded a Pantheon, that is a church of all the devils. This shall ye not find in the writings of the Apostles, nor in the young Churches after them, which in times past also would not suffer the Images of fancies, so that much blood was shed for it, I omit that they should worship & pray to the saints, which only is dew to god,