Many other notable works also compiled by thy faithful servants for the advancement of thy glory and for bringing of the simple people unto the ⟨image 157⟩knowledge of thy truth, they cruelly burnt and destroyed after the examples of the wicked kings, Joachim and Antiochus.1 And as for the authors of them, some those bloody Edomites burnt,2 some they murdered privily some they imprisoned, flocked, chained & put to shame, all, even so many as they could get, they cruelly and most tirantlike entreated after the exam ple of their predecessors the high priests of Jewry,3 which sought all means possible both with tyranny and bribes, to keep down thy son Christ and his glorious gospel, that they alone might reign: O most gentle god, when these bellied hypocrites & chaplains of Baal, had burnt thy holy Bible, so that we the simple people might not read the word of our soul health, in our own mother tongue, again when these false anointed shavelings ⟨p. cxlii⟩had killed & put to flight thy true ministers and godly preachers,4 then made they us to believe as they would, to walk, to do, to speak as they lusted, to honour & worship thee,5 not after thy holy law, but after the traditions and doctrines of men, to do works not commanded of thee, but such as their idle brains fancied without authority of thy word. O Lord thou long suffering God, with how great blindness were we overwhelmed of these antichristian monsters when they taught to run a Pilgrimage to this and that Idol, to paint this tabernacle, and to gild that Mamet, to pray to this he Saint and to that she Saint, to buy other mens merits, and to seek salvation in them, to put our trust in water, salt, bread, palms, ashes, wax, oil, cream, bells, pardons, rotten ⟨image 158⟩relics & such other pelting pedlary, to believe that our souls after this present life should be boiled & parboiled in antichrists furnace, there to lie piteously yelling, puling & crying till they were redeemed with Diriges, Masses, trentals, ladies Psalters▪ &c. to believe that our sins could not be forgiven till we had whispered our since into the Priests ear, and to receive absolution at his hand:
Many other notable workes also cōpiled by thy faythfull seruauntes for the auauncement of thy glorye and for bryngyng of the simple people vnto the ⟨image 157⟩knowledge of thy truth, they cru•llye burnte and destroyed after the exāples of the wycked kyngs, Ioachim and Antiochus.1 And as for the authors of thē, some those bloudy Edomits brent,2 some thei murthered preuely some thei emprisoned, flocked, cheyned & putte to shame, al, euen so mani as thei could get, they cruelly and moost tirantlike entreated after the exā ple of their predecessors the high priests of Iewry,3 which sought al meanes possible both wyth tyrany and brybes, to kepe downe thy sonne Christe and hys gloryous gospel, yt thei alone might reygn: O most gētle god, whē these belly•d hipocrites & chaplens of Baal, had brent thy holye Bible, so yt we the simple people might not read the word of oure soule healthe, in our owne mother tonge, agayne whē these false annointed shauelinges ⟨p. cxlii⟩had killed & put to flyghte thy true ministers and godly prechers,4 thē made they vs to beleue as they woulde, to walke, to do, to speke as they lusted, to honoure & worshippe the,5 not after thy holye law, but after the tradycions and doctrins of men, to do works not commaunded of the, but suche as their idle braines fāsied wythout authority of thy worde. O Lorde thou longe sufferynge God, with how greate blyndenesse were we ouerwhelmed of these antichristian monstures when they taught to run a Pilgrimage to thys and that Idol, to paynt thys tabernacle, and to gyld that Maumet, to pray to this he Saint and to that she Sainte, to bie other mennes merites, and to seke saluacion in them, to put our truste in water, salte, breade, palmes, ashes, wax, oile, creme, bels, pardons, rotten ⟨image 158⟩reliques & such other peltīg pedlarye, to beleue that our souls after this present life shuld be boiled & perboiled in antichristes fornace, ther to lie piteously yellīg, puling & crying til they were redemed wt Diriges, Masses, trētals, ladyes Psalters &c. to beleue yt our sins could not be forgeuen tyl we had whyspered oure synnes into the Priests eare, and to receiue absolucion at his hand:
- 1[…]. xxxvi.〈…〉. xxxvi.
- 2i. •ath. i.
- 3[…]. •xvii.〈…〉. •xvii.
- 4mat. xxiiii.
- 5Math. xv.
