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The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times…The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times…
The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times past been brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherents: faithfully gathered out of the most faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and now newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singular profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times past bene brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherentes: faithfully gathered out of the moste faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and nowe newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singuler profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.
London: printed by John Day, 1563London: printed by Iohn Day, 1563
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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▪ 4