The practise of prelates. CompiledThe practyse of prelates. Compyled

When the old scribes and pharisees had darkened the scripture with their traditions, false interpretations & wicked persuasions of […], and shut up the kingdom of heaven (which is Gods word that the people could not enter in, into the knowledge of the true way, as Christ complaineth in the Gospel. Math xxiii then they sate in the hearts of men, with their false doctrine in the stead of God & his word, and slew the souls of the People, to devour their bodies, and to rebuke them of their worldly substance. But when christ and John the baptist had restored the scripture again unto the true understandings and had uttered their falsehood and improved their traditions, and confounded their false interpretations with the clear and evident Texts, and with power of the holy ghost and had brought all their juggling and hypocrisy to lyghtpunc; there they g•tte them unto the elders of the People, and persuaded them, saying: this man is surely of the Devil, and his miracles be of the Devil no doubt. And these good works which he doth in healing the people, yea and his preaching against our covetousness / are but ⟨image 2⟩cloak to bring him unto his purpose / that when he hath gotten him Disciples enough he may rise against the emperor & make him self King, and then shall the romans come and take our Land from •s and carry away our people and put other nations in our realm, and so shall we lose all that we have / and the most part of us / our lives thereto. Take head therefore betimes while there is remedy, yet he go so far that ye be not able to resist him.

WHen the old scrybes and pharisees had darkenid the scripture wt their tradi•ions, false interpretations & wicked persuasions of 〈…〉, and shutte vp the kingdome of heauen (wc is Gods word that the peeple coulde not entre in, into the knowledge of ye true waye, as Chryst complayneth in the Gospell. Math xxiii then they sate in the hartes of men, wt their false doctryne in the steade of God & his worde, and slewe the soules of the People, to deuour theyr bodyes, ād to rebuke thē of theyr worldly substaūce. But whē chr•st and Iohn the baptyst had restored the scripture agayne vnto the true vnderstandinge• and had vttered their falsshead and improued their tradicions, and confounded their false interpretacions wyth the cleare and euident Textes, and wyth power of the holy ghoost and had brought all their iugglinge and hipocrisye to lyghtpunc; ther they gtte thē vnto the elders of the People, and persuaded them, saying: this man is surely of the Deuell, and his myracles be of the Deuell no doubte. And these good workes whych he dothe in healyng the people, yea and hys preaching against our couetousnes / are but