Yea if bishop Caiaphas were here in his own person he would for joy burst out & say as Demea said by his son Ctesipho: Oh oh lachrumo gaudio, laudo, patrissat, saluos sit: spero, est similis maiorū suorū. For what was in the pharisees of old time / wherein ours now do not excel them? What pride / what vainglory / hypocrisy / trust in their own righteousness / glory in their works of devotion / covetousness / traditions / ⟨image 7⟩misconstruing of gods law / superstition / hatred of the true religion / persecuting of the prophets of Christ and of his apostles / slandering of Christ: to be short / what wickedness ether in manners or in religion can be found in them but that the like and much more doth plainly appear in ours? yea ours have found out for us an infinite rabblement of idolatries which they never herd of and would have abhorred / as masses invocation of saints / worshipping of images & such like. But they could never away with Christ nor his apostles but always spake evil of them / & of the gospel by cause it rebuked their vices: & what is the cause that our bishops & priests may not now abide the self same doctrine nor the preachers thereof but for that they disclose their hypocrisy and proud dissembling with god & the world? What will they now say by the doctrine and the preachers thereof? What shall now be the talk in alehouses / taverns / & bank quetes / what shall now a sort of lewd priests jangle in their assembles at markets when they have all their cups in / what shall now antichrists champions bluster and blow out at Pauls cross and else where / but that such preachers as had used that place now of late years were carnal and fleshly gospellers / such as ⟨image 7⟩would not live chaste / set naught by fasting and prayer / and preached carnally carnal liberty / such as spake to please men for profit & promotion sake / last of all such as were rank seditious heretics / their doctrine was new / against the teaching of the catholic church / and at the last they began to suspect it themselves / and therefore durst not abide by it but ran their way out of the realm. Shall not this be the sum of their brawling divinity? But how much are we bound to our heavenly master Jesus Christ that both gave us warning that they should thus en treat us / and also for our comfort / that he should taste of this kindness before us.
Yea yf bushop Caiphas were here in his owne ꝑson he wold for joye burst out & saye as Demea said by his sōne Ctesipho: Oh oh lachrumo gaudio, laudo, patrissat, saluos sit: spero, est similis maiorū suorū. For what was in ye pharises of old time / wherī ours now do not excell thē? What pride / what vaīglorie / hypocrisy / trust in their own righteousnes / glorie in their workes of devotiō / covetousnes / traditiones / ⟨image 7⟩miscōstruing of gods law / suꝑstitiō / hatred of the true religion / ꝑsequutinge of the prophetes of Christe and of his apostles / sclandering of Christe: to be short / what wickednes ether in māners or in religiō can be foūd in thē but that the like and moche more doth plaīly appear in ours? yea ours have found out for vs an infinite rablement of jdolatries which they never herd of and wold have abhorred / as masses invocation of sainctes / worshipping of images & soche like. But they coulde never away wt Christe nor his apostles but alwaies spak evel of thē / & of the gospel by cause it rebuked their vices: & what is the cause that our bushopes & prestes may not now abide the self same doctrine nor the preachers therof but for yt they disclose their hypocrisie and proude dissembling wt god & the world? What will they now say by ye doctrine and the preachers therof? What shall now be the talke in alhouses / tabernes / & bank quetes / what shall now a sort of lewd prestes jāgle in their assembles at merketes when they have all their cuppes in / what shall now antichristes championes blouster and blow out at Paules cross and els where / but that soche preachers as had vsed that place now of late years were carnall and fleshly gospellours / soche as ⟨image 7⟩wold not lyve chast / set naught by fasting and praier / and preached carnally carnall libertie / soche as spak to please men for profet & promotion sake / last of all soche as were rāk seditious heretiks / their doctrine was new / against the teaching of the catholik church / and at the last they begāne to suspect it themselves / and therfor durst not abide by it but ranne their waye out of the realme. Shall not this be the sum of their brawlinge divinitie? But how moche ar we bound to our hevenly master Iesus Christ that both gave vs warning yt they shold thꝰ en treat vs / and also for our confort / that he shold tast of this kindnes before vs.
