An wholesome antidotus or counter-poison, against the pestilent heresy and sect of the Anabaptists…An holsome antidotus or counter-poysen, agaynst the pestylent heresye and secte of the Anabaptistes…

Joiada. But I will ⟨image 14⟩make it, manifest unto thee. This sect did utterly subvert the whole city of Waltzhountum, and did cause many of the citizens, which were both good and rightful men, to be exiled, and to be put from their possessions. Wherefore the gospel (which did flourish godly there) was also outrageously extinguished. The which thing did almost chance, in a city, called Vormantia. There were Anabaptists in August, in Basil, and in Morania, which did affirm, that Christ was but a prophet, saying that the ungodly persons, which for their ungodliness were damned, and the devils also, should enjoy, the heavenly bless. In a town called Sanctogallus, one of them, did smite ⟨image 14⟩of his own brothers head, the father of heaven (as he said) bidding him thus to do. What abomination they do commit, under the pretence, and colour of spiritual matrimony, the towns and cities, that did oftentimes, grievously punish them, for such wicked and abominable facts, do manifestly show and testify. And this no man can denay, but that many of them, do leave and forsake their own wives and children, yea all office and honesty being casted a side, do live, feed, and fat them selves, with other mens labours, snorting both day and night, most sluggardly. And where as, they be wholly given to so foul and detestable sensuality, they do interpret ⟨image 15⟩it, to be, the commandment, of the heavenly father, persuading to women and honest matrons, that it is impossible for them, to be partakers of the kingdom of heaven except they do abominably prostitute, and make common their own bodies to all men, sith that it is, written, that we must forsake and renounce, to all things, y• we love best, and that we ought to suffer all kinds of infamy, or reproach, for Christ's sake, beside that, that the publicans, and harlots shall be preferred, to the righteous, in the kingdom of heaven, There is no end, nor measure of there infidelity, and falsehood, of their lying and sedition, with the which vices these disobedient persons are on every side infected. Are these, my ⟨image 15⟩Simon, and other much grevoser, which I do pass over here, for the nonce, to be called virtues? Do they seem unto thee yet, to have done no unhonest act? Or canst thou deny, but that they have done these things