A short instruction for to arm all good Christian people against the pestiferous errors…A short instruction for to arme all good Christian people agaynst the pestiferous errours…

☞ Last of all, like as a drunkard, after he hath well belched, doeth disgorge the villain broth which charged his stomach: even so these wicked men, after they have detracted this holy estate which the Lord hath so much honoured, finally with full throat, they do spew out exceeding deformed blasphemies. The governance, say they, of the Magistrates, is after the flesh: and that of Christen men, is after the spirit. Me thinketh now, that I do here the painted pope, blaspheming against holy marriage. For he useth these terms. But this is nothing, compared to that which followeth. The habitation of Magistrates, say they, is permanent in this world: but the habitation of the Christians is in heaven. And such like. I beseech you, by the name of God, all faith full men, and I admonish you, well to consider those things, which Saint Peter and Saint Jude, have written of certain corrupters, which in their time perverted the faith of the simple: and by there words I pray you make comparison with those things which I will recite of the Anabaptists. In this thing I will say nothing, but that, which every man shall perceive to be true: that is that the one sect, differeth nothing from the other in this thing. But because every man hath not the books at hand I will here set the places together. The first sayeth ⟨image 38⟩thus: they shall be presumptuous and stubborn dispraising them that are in authority, and they have no sham to blaspheme against all dignity, like unto brute beasts, dispraising those things which they know not. And Saint Jude sayeth: they shall reject the seigniories, and blaspheme against the dignities Now Michel the archangel, pleading against the devil for the body of Moses, durst not give railing sentence against him but said: the Lord rebuke the Satan. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: and those things which they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they do corrupt them selves: These be the words of Apostles: which be so truly verified upon our Anabaptists, that it might well appear, that they were expressly spoken of them.

☞ Last of al, lyke as a dronkerde, after he hath wel belched, doeth degorge the vyllaine broth whiche charged hys stomake: euen so these wycked men, after they haue detracted thys holye estate whiche the Lorde hath so muche honored, finallye wyth full throte, they do spewe out excedynge deformed blasphemies. The gouernaunce, saye they, of the Magistrates, is after the fleshe: and that of Christen men, is after the spirite. Me thinketh nowe, that I do here the paynted pope, blasphemynge agaynste holye mariage. For he vseth these tearmes. But thys is nothyng, cōpared to that whiche foloweth. The habitacion of Magistrates, saye they, is permanent in this world: but the habitacion of the Christians is in heauen. And such like. I beseche you, by the name of God, all fayeth ful men, and I admonishe you, wel to consider those thynges, whyche Sayncte Peter and Sayncte Iude, haue wrytten of certayn corrupters, whyche in their tyme peruerted the fayeth of the simple: and by ther wordes I praye you make comparison wyth those thynges whiche I wyl recite of the Anabapstes. In thys thinge I wyl say nothinge, but that, whiche euerye man shall perceiue to be true: that is yt the one secte, differeth nothing from the other in this thynge. But because euery man hath not the bokes at hand I wyll here set the places together. The fyrst sayeth