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Certe[n] godly, learned, and comfortable conferences, between the two reverend fathers, and holy martyrs…Certe[n] godly, learned, and comfortable conferences, betwene the two reuerende fathers, and holye martyrs…
Certe[n] godly, learned, and comfortable conferences, between the two reverend fathers, and holy martyrs of Christ, D. Nicolas Ridley late Bishop of London, and M. Hugh Latimer sometime Bishop of Worcester, during the time of their imprisonments. Whereunto is added. A treatise against the error of transubstantiation, made by the said reverend father D. Nicolas Ridley. M.D.LVI.Certe[n] godly, learned, and comfortable conferences, betwene the two reuerende fathers, and holye martyrs of Christe, D. Nicolas Rydley late Bysshoppe of London, and M. Hughe Latymer sometyme Bysshoppe of Worcester, during the tyme of their emprysonmentes. Whereunto is added. A treatise agaynst the errour of transubstantiation, made by the sayd reuerende father D. Nicolas Rydley. M.D.LVI.
Strasbourg: printed by the heirs of W. Rihel, 1556
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Forasmuch as I perceive you are so stiffly / 1I will not say obstinately bent / and so wedded to your own opinion / that no gentle exhortations / no wholesome counsels / no other kind of means can call you home to a better mind: there remaineth / that which in like cases was wont to be the only remedy against stiff necked / and stubborn persons / that is / you must be hampered by the laws / and compelled either to obey whether ye will or no / or else to suffer that / which a rebel to the laws ought to suffer. Do you not know that whosoever refuseth to obey the laws of the realm / he bewrayeth himself to be an enemy to his country? Do you not know that this is the readiest way / to stir up sedition / and civil war? It is better that you should bear your own sin / then that through the example of your breach of the common laws / the common quiet should be disturbed. How can you say / you will be the Queen's true subject / when as you do openly profess / that you will not keep her laws?
Forasmoche as I perceiue you are so stifflie / 1I will not saye obstinately bente / and so wedded to your owne opinion / that no gentle exhortations / no holsome cownsayles / no other kynde of meanes can call you home to a better mynde: ther remayneth / that which in lyke cases was wonte to be the only remedye agaynst stiffe necked / and stubburne persones / that is / you muste be hampered by the lawes / and compelled either to obey whether ye will or no / or elles to suffer that / which a rebelle to the lawes oughte to suffer. Doo you not knowe that whosoeuer refuseth to obeye the lawes of the realme / he bewrayeth himselfe to be an enemye to his cowntrey? Doo you not knowe that this is the redyest waye / to stirre vp sedition / and ciuille warre? Yt is better that you shulde beare your owne synne / then that throughe thexample of your breache of the commē lawes / the cōmen qwiette shulde be disturbed. How can you saye / you will be the qwenes true subiecte / when as you doo openly professe / that you will not kepe her lawes?
- 1Anton. object. 14Anton. obiect. 14