A second admonition to the parliament

Nowels Catechism by rote / rather then by reason / or if they have some exercises of prophesying any where / it is so raw / and without order / except perhaps an order not to speak against any of their proceedings / that as good never a whit / as never the better. This showeth a ⟨p. 34⟩ready and a right way / to resolve all doubts and questions in religion / and to pacify all controversies of the churches / to pass from one or few to moe / & from moe / to moe godly and learned / to be decided by them / according to the truth and word of God. Theirs raiseth many doubts and questions in religion / breedeth many troubles and contentions / and will have nothing examined that they do / but many must able for the §10pleasure of some one of them / and all must abide the determination of one / such Lordship they claim over the faith of their christian brethren.¹ The Apostle renouncing it / and acknowledging himself to be a helper. If they say Lordship of bishops is agreeable to the word of God / who may say against them / without much trouble? yea / dare say against them? yea / what prevaileth it to say against them / if they hold together? to whom it is to sweet to say say against it / or if my Lords grace / Metropolitan of all England §20hold / & stick fast in the matter? for so it goeth / many must to one / & so from one to one / till it come to the Pope of Lambeth / as it was wont in the Po•ishe church / clean contrary to the course of the scriptures / for there is no more ones / but only one one / to whom all the church must obey / and from him / the whole church hath authority over the members of the same / for so goeth the scriptures / you have but one master / all you are §30²brethren / hear him / and tell the church / this is the scripture. Now / except they will follow the Popes rule / and bring the universal church to be but a particular place / and a particular man in that place / as Rome is the place / and the pope is y• man / or as Canterbury or Lambeth might be the place / and my Lord his grace the man / the scriptures and their doings will not agree. And his Lordship shall be a Pope / and his confederates