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Let us therefore look upon the injunctions of Popery, that we may be able to reprehend the Church of Rome, but let us call home their general Councils, with the rabble of their decretals to the same Prophets and Apostles, And woe shall anon perceive that we have no cause to fear (their times out of mind) knowing that an evil custom is no better then a common pestilence, which by how much the more is old and ancient, by so much the more it is rotten & stinking: nor yet their common consents, seeing the state of gods children is oftentimes to be desolate. And because there is no heresy but will challenge some maintenance out of Gods ⟨p. 111⟩word, saying that their Church is the Church Apostolical, which the Papist as boldly sweareth & taketh upon him, as if nothing were good but his Mass, let them show us the Prophets and Apostles for their Masses, Dirges, Trentals, praying to Saints, praying with brads, praying to help souls out of purgatory, worshipping of Idols, Bishopping of baptized children, kissing of Pares, Creeping to Crosses, baptizing of bells, conjuring of water, conjuring of balm, conjuring of herbs, buying of bulls and pardons, and auricular confession; & the rest of their sacraments, paying of vain vows, going on pilgrimage, pace-eggs, maniples, licking of rotten bones, Auc-Maryes blessing with two fingers, anointing, anointing, absolving, kneeling knocking, whipping, crouching, kissing, crossing, shaving, greasing, and ten thousand such trickets moe. I appeal to the judgement of the wise-hearted, whether God abrogating the ceremonies of his own law, did purpose, that the Pope should institute and erect a new, of such traditions as these.

Let vs therfore looke vpon the iniunctions of Popery, that we may be able to reprehend the Church of Rome, but let vs call home theyr generall Councels, with the rabble of theyr decretals to the same Prophets and Apostles, And woe shal anon perceiue that we haue no cause to feare (theyr times out of mind) knowing that an euil custom is no better then a commō pestilence, which by how much the more is old and ancient, by so much the more it is rotten & stinking: nor yet their commō consents, séeing the state of gods childrē is oftētimes to be desolate. And because there is no heresie but will challenge som maintenance out of Gods ⟨p. 111⟩word, saying that theyr Church is the Church Apostolicall, which the Papist as boldly sweareth & taketh vpon him, as if nothing were good but his Masse, let them shew vs the Prophets and Apostles for their Masses, Dirges, Trentals, praying to Saints, praying with brads, praying to help soules out of purgatory, worshipping of Idols, Bishopping of baptized children, kissing of Pares, Créeping to Crosses, baptizing of bells, coniuring of water, coniuring of balme, coniuring of hearbes, buying of bulles and pardons, and auricular confession; & the rest of their sacraments, paying of vaine vowes, going on pilgrimage, pace-eggs, manyples, licking of rotten bones, Auc-Maryes blessing with two fingers, annoynting, annoyling, absoluing, knéeling knocking, whipping, crouching, kissing, crossing, shauing, greasing, and ten thousand such trickets moe. I appeale to the iudgement of the wise-harted, whether God abrogating the ceremonies of his own law, did purpose, that the Pope should institute and erect a new, of such traditions as these.