An evident display of Popish practises, or patched Pelagianism Wherein is mightily cleared the…An euident display of Popish practises, or patched Pelagianisme Wherein is mightelie cleared the…

Truly thou art much deceived if thou supposest thou canst go unknown, thy trifling scurrility, thy foolish ambition, thy babbling subtleties, thy great folly, thy endeavour void of all godliness, finally thine intolerable vanity in every parts of this writing, bewrayeth it self. All which as thou hast them common with many, yet so they do apparently show forth in thee, that whether thou termest thy self Bellius, or Theophilus, or [Greek or Hebrew] no body, finally whatsoever Physiognomy thou dost pretend, yet those thine entries bewray thee to be a Cumane Ass. Whom therefore thinkest thou to be so sad that would not deride thee, or so pleasant that would not be in fume with thee, if he should hear thee giving out that thou wishest nothing more than one doctrine? Thou (I say) who first presumedst to bring into these parts where the divine light hath shined, a fresh Academical [Greek or Hebrew], great doubt, or impossibility to conceive. But in deed is this the way and mean to establish one doctrine, to report the word of God to be so doubtful and uncertain, that which way soever thou takest it, it sufficeth not to decide the controversies of Religion, and we must look for some other new revelation from heaven: For thou mayst easily recount all these, sith thou haste so often written them. Away with this hypocrisy: why comest thou not out of thy lurking corners? why dost thou hide thy name? why dost thou not bid open war to the trueth? For truly thou canst not now be unknown: and though it be against our wills, thine obstinacy will bring to pass that we shall name thee.

Truely thou art muche deceyued if thou supposest thou canst go vnknowne, thy trifling scurilitie, thy foolish ambition, thy babbling subtilties, thy great follie, thy indeuour voyde of all godlynesse, finally thine intollerable vanitie in euery parts of this writing, bewrayeth it selfe. All which as thou hast them common with manye, yet so they doe apparantly shewe forth in thée, that whether thou termest thy selfe Bellius, or Theophilus, or 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 no body, finally whatsoeuer Physnomie thou dost pretende, yet those thine entries bewray thée to be a Cumane Asse. Whom therfore thinkest thou to be so sadde that would not deride thée, or so pleasaunt that would not be in fume with thée, if he should heare thée giuing out that thou wishest nothing more than one doctrine? Thou (I say) who first presumedst to bring into these partes where the diuine light hath shined, a freshe Academicall 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, great doubt, or impossibilitie to conceyue. But in déede is this the way and meane to establishe one doctrine, to reporte the worde of God to be so doubtfull and vncertayne, that which way soeuer thou takest it, it suffiseth not to decide the controuersies of Religion, and we must looke for some other newe reuelation from heauen: For thou mayst easily recount all these, sith thou haste so often written them. Away with this hypocrisie: why commest thou not out of thy lurking corners? why doste thou hyde thy name? why doste thou not bidde open warre to the trueth? For truely thou canst not now be vnknowen: and though it be agaynst our willes, thine obstinacie will bring to passe that we shall name thée.