A faithful admonition of a certain true pastor and prophet sent unto the Germans…A faithful admonition of a certeyne true pastor and prophete sent vnto the Germanes…

If this discipline (which hath long been earnestly called for) might have been obtained, a number of unpreaching prelates, of idle belly bishops, should not have been suffered, to loiter as they ⟨image 13⟩did, and to spend the patrimony of the Church unprofitably. But now we may see, that they played the dissembling lurkers, gaping, working and practising for a Day, wherein they might show them selves, as they were, and as they now appear, where as the right order of discipline would have brought them to the true profession of sincere Religion, and also to the practise thereof, in their vocation. And so would it have done also my Lords, and gentlemen, scrap•alls, which used the Gospel for a cloak of their covetousness. In summa, we lacked nothing but discipline, to have reformed all the enormities with, whatsoever they have been that our adversaries have found fau• with, in the profession of our true Religion. But let them lay all the faults, infirmities, and offences, which they have marked, & espied in the professors of the gospel upon one heap, they all together (if there were a thousand mo of them) are far inferior, and incomparably less, then the manifold errors, impiety, and Idolatry of the Mass, ⟨image 14⟩of the latin service, of the invocation of saints, of the filthy and abominable pretensed chastity, that is of the Sodomitical single life of priests, and of such other hypocrisy and superstition▪ as our adversaries go about with fire and fagot, with tooth & nail, to maintain, & to set up for the service of god.

If this discipline (which hath long bene earnestly called for) mighte haue bene optained, a nombre of vnpreachyng prelates, of idle belly byshops, should not haue bene suffred, to loiter as thei ⟨image 13⟩did, and to spēd the patrimony of the Church vnprofitably. But nowe we may se, that thei plaied the dissēbling lurkers, gapyng, workyng and practisyng for a Day, wherin thei myght shew them selues, as thei wer, and as thei now appeare, wher as the ryght order of discipline wold haue brought them to the true profession of sincere Religion, and also to the practise therof, in theyr vocation. And so would it haue done also my Lordes, and gētlemen, scrapalls, which vsed the Gospel for a cloke of theyr couetuousnes. In summa, we lacked nothing but discipline, to haue refourmed al the enormities wt, whatsoeuer they haue bene that our aduersaries haue found fau with, in the profession of our true Religion. But let them lay al the faults, infirmities, and offenses, which they haue marked, & espied in ye professors of the gospel vpon one heape, they al together (if ther wer a thousād mo of them) are farre inferior, and incomparabli lesse, then the manifold errours, impietie, and Idolatry of the Masse,