A friendly farewell which Master Doctor Ridley, late Bishop of London did write being…A frendly farewel which Master Doctor Ridley, late Bishop of London did write beinge…

That is of the innumerable multitude of them to rehearse, some for example sake, her dispensations, her Pardons, and Pilgrimages, her invocation of Saints, her worshipping of Images, her false counterfeit religion, in her monkery and frerage, in her traditions, where by Gods laws are defiled, as in her Massing, and false ministering of Gods word, and the sacraments of Christ amiss, contrary clean to Christs word and the Apostles doctrine, whereof in particularity I have touched something before in my talk, had with the Sea of London, and in other treatises more at large, wherein if it shall please God to bring the same to light, shall appear I trust by gods grace plain lye to the man of God, and to him whose rule in judgement of religion is Gods word. That that religion ⟨image 37⟩that rule, and order, that doctrine and faith, which this whore of Babylon, and the beast whereupon she doth sit, maintaineth at this day withal violence of fire and sword, with spoil and banishment (according to Daniels Prophecy) and finally with all falsehood, deceit, Hypocrisy, and all kind of ungodliness, are as clean contrary to gods word, as darkness is unto light, or light to darkness, white to black, or black to white, or as Belial unto Christ, or Christ unto Antichrist him self. I know my Lords & for saw when I wrote this, that to so many of you, as should see this my writing, and not being before endued with the spirit of grace and & light of gods word, so many would at these my words Lordlike stamp & spurn at, spit at it. But sober your selves with patience and be still, & ⟨image 37⟩know ye that in mi writing of this mi mind was none other but in God, (as the living God doth bear me witness) both to do you profit & pleasure. And otherwise as for your displeasure by that time that this shall come to your knowledge, I trust by gods grace to be in the hands & protection of the Almighty mi heavenly father, and the living Lord, which is (as S John saith) the greatest of all. And thed then I shall not need I trow, what any lord: no nor what any king or prince can do unto me.

That is of the innumerable multitude of thē to reherse, some for example sake, her dispensacions, her Pardons, and Pilgremages, her inuocation of Sainctes, her worshipping of Images, her false coū terfaicte religion, in her monkery and frerage, in her traditiōs, wher by Gods lawes are defiled, as in her Massing, and false ministring of Gods word, and the sacraments of Christ amisse, contrarye clene to Christes woorde and the Apostles doctrine, whereof in perticularitie I haue touched somethinge before in my talcke, had with the Sea of Londō, and in other treatises more at large, wherein if it shall please God to bring the same to light, shal appere I trust by gods grace plain lye to the man of God, and to hym whose rule in iudgement of religiō is Gods word. That that religion