For as concerning the corporal benefits, it is so far of they show themselves thankful, that in all their communication almost both public and private, they do nothing else than find fault with the present state of this world, yielding and crying, barking and grunting, that never such and the like penury, scarceness, poverty and beggary reigned on earth, as doth in these our days, and specially since we gave over the holy father of Rome, & his Catholic religion, but specially the blessed mass, & praying for the souls departed: being in this behalf not altogether unlike the Idolatrous and backsliding Jews, which together with open mouth like band dogs, barked against Jeremy and his Sermons, saying: As for the words,1 that thou haste spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will in no wise hear them: but whatsoever goeth out of our own ⟨image 8⟩mouth, that we will do. We will do sacrifice & offer oblations unto the Queen of heaven, like as we and our forefathers, our kings and our heads have done in the cities •f Judah, and in the streets and fields of Jerusalem. For then had we plenteousness of victuals: then were we in prosperity, and no misfortune came upon us. But since we left to burn incense, and to do sacrifice to the Queen of heaven, we have had scarceness of all things and perished with the sword and hunger. Last of all, when we women did sacrifice and offered to the Queen of heaven: Did we make her cakes, & pour unto her drink offerings without our husbands wills? And as the unfaithful▪ Israelites in wilderness grudged against God & his ministers, saying:2 Wherefore hast thou brought us out of Egypt, for to die in the wilderness. For here is neither bread nor water: & our soul loatheth this light bread. Oh, who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the flesh, that we did eat in Egypt for nought▪ 3and the Cucumbers, and Melons, Leeks, Onions, and Garlic. But now our soul is dried away: For we can see nothing else▪ 4save Manna. Would to god, we had dyed by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread our bellies full. &c. These adversaries of gods word, yea Heathenish Epicures and beastly bellygods, consider not, how in the time of Antichrist, that is to say, of the Devil and the Pope, when all dark ignorance, and ignorant darkness reigned:
For as concerning the corporall benefites, it is so farre of they shewe themselues thākful, that in all their communicatiō almost both publique and priuate, they do nothing els than find fault with the presente state of this world, yelding and crying, barckyng and gruntyng, that neuer such and the like penury, scarcenesse, pouertie and beggarye reigned on earth, as doth in these our dayes, and specially since we gaue ouer the holy father of Rome, & his Catholike religion, but specially the blessed masse, & praying for the soules departed: beyng in thys behalfe not altogether vnlike the Idolatrous and backeslidyng Iewes, whiche together with open mouth like bande dogges, barcked against Ieremye and his Sermons, saying: As for the wordes,1 that thou haste spoken to vs in the name of the Lorde, we wyll in no wyse heare them: but whatsoeuer goeth out of our owne ⟨image 8⟩mouth, that we will do. We will do sacrifice & offer oblations vnto the Queene of heauē, like as we and our forefathers, our kinges and our heades haue done in the cities •f Iuda, and in the stretes and fieldes of Ierusalem. For then had we plēteousnesse of vitailes: then were we in prosperitie, and no misfortune came vpō vs. But since we left to burne incense, and to do sacrifice to the Queene of heauen, we haue had scarcenesse of all thinges and perished with the sweard and hunger. Last of all, when we womē did sacrifice and offered to the Queene of heauen: Did we make her cakes, & poure vnto her drinke offerings without our husbandes willes? And as the vnfaithfull▪ Israelites in wildernesse grudged against God & his ministers, saying:2 Wherfore hast thou brought vs out of Egypte, for to die in the wildernesse. For here is neither bread nor water: & our soule lotheth this light bread. Oh, who shall geue vs flesh to eate? We remember the flesh, that we did eate in Egipt for nought▪ 3and the Cuccumbers, and Melons, Leekes, Onions, and Garleeke. But now our soule is dryed away: For we cā see nothing els▪ 4saue Manna. Would to god, we had dyed by the hād of the Lord in the lād of Egipt when we sat by the fleshe pottes, and when we did eate bread our bellies full. &c. These aduersaries of gods word, yea Eathnishe Epicures and beastly bellygods, consider not, how in the tyme of Antichrist, that is to say, of the Deuill and the Pope, when all darke ignorancie, and ignoraunt darknesse reigned:
- 1Jere. 44.Iere. 44.
- 2Nume. 21.
- 3Numer. 11.
- 4Exod. 16.
