Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…

Cobh. Yea truly can I. Then a Prior said, it is doubt to you who is thereof: for Christ said noli judicare; if you must not judge your neighbours, much less your superiors. He answered, Christ saith in the same Chapter, As the ill tree is known by his ill fruits, so a false Prophet by his works. And he saith in John, Believe the outward doings. And again in John, Justum Judicium judicate: When we know the thing is true we may judge. And David saith, Recte judicate filii hominum. As for your superiority; were you of Christ you would be meek Ministers, and not proud superiors. Then Doctor Walden said, You make no differences of judgements: so swift Judges always are the learned Scholars of Wycliffe. He answered, your judgements are preposterous, as the Prophet Isaiah saith, ye judge ill good, and good ill: therefore your ways are not Gods ways, nor Gods ways your ways. Afore that virtuous man Wycliffe, whom you disdain, I will say before God and man; before I knew the despised doctrine of his, I never abstained from sin, but since I trust I have done otherwise: so much grace could I never find in all your glorious instructions. Doctor Walden answered, It were not well with me if so many learned and virtuous men, teaching the Scriptures, and the examples of the Fathers so plenteous, if I had no grace to amend until I heard the Devil preach. Hierome, saith, he which seeketh such suspected masters, shall not find the mid-day, but the mid-day Devil. He answered, the Pharisees your fathers ascribed Christs miracles to Beelzebub, and his doctrine to the Devil; and you, their natural children, have still the same judgement of his faithful followers: they that reprove your vicious living must needs be heretics, and when you cannot prove it by Scriptures, then your Doctors must prove it. Then said he to them all, to judge you we need go no further then your acts: Where find you in Gods law that you should thus sit in judgement, and sentence every man to death as you do here daily? You have no ground in Scripture but in Annas and Caiaphas, which sat thus upon Christ, and upon his Apostles after his ascension: you learned it not of Peter and John. A Lawyer said, yes sir, Christ judged Judas. He answered, no; Christ judged him not, he judged himself:

Cobh. Yea truely can I. Then a Prior said, it is doubt to you who is thereof: for Christ said noli iudicare; if you must not iudge your neighbors, much lesse your superiors. He answered, Christ saith in the same Chapter, As the ill tree is knowne by his ill fruits, so a false Prophet by his workes. And he saith in Iohn, Beleeue the outward doings. And againe in Iohn, Iustum Iudicium iudicate: When wee know the thing is true we may iudge. And Dauid saith, Recte iudicate filii hominum. As for your superioritie; were you of Christ you would be meeke Ministers, and not proud superiours. Then Doctor Walden said, You make no differences of iudgements: so swift Iudges alwaies are the learned Schollars of Wickliffe. He answered, your iudgements are preposterous, as the Prophet Esay saith, yee iudge ill good, and good ill: therefore your wayes are not Gods wayes, nor Gods wayes your wayes. Afore that vertuous man Wickliffe, whom you disdaine, I will say before God and man; before I knew the despised doctrine of his, I neuer abstained fom sinne, but since I trust I haue done otherwise: so much grace could I neuer finde in all your glorious instructions. Doctor Walden answered, It were not well with mee if so many learned and vertuous men, teaching the Scriptures, and the examples of the Fathers so plenteous, if I had no grace to amend vntill I heard the Diuell preach. Hierome, saith, hee which séeketh such suspected masters, shall not finde the mid-day, but the mid-day Diuell. He answered, the Pharises your fathers ascribed Christs miracles to Belzebub, and his doctrine to the Diuell; and you, their naturall children, haue still the same iudgement of his faithfull followers: they that reproue your vicious liuing must needs be hereticks, and when you cannot proue it by Scriptures, then your Doctors must proue it. Then said he to them all, to iudge you we néede goe no further then your acts: Where finde you in Gods law that you should thus sit in iudgement, and sentence euery man to death as you doe here daily? You haue no ground in Scripture but in Annas and Cayphas, which sat thus vpon Christ, and vppon his Apostles after his ascention: you learned it not of Peter and Iohn. A Lawyer said, yes sir, Christ iudged Iudas. Hee answered, no; Christ iudged him not, hee iudged himselfe: