The tragedies of tyrants Exercised upon the church of God, from the birth of…The tragedies of tyrantes Exercised vpon the church of God, from the birth of…

For unto them all are Heretics:¹ whosoever do not submit themselves to the Sea of Rome, and the Pope in all things, and believe in allthings which that Sea believeth and commandeth to be believed, according to the above named conspiracy: and so Lucius the pope defineth Heretics in his Decretal, whereof we have made mention before, in the Chapter Ad aboliendum, to abolish. Wherefore with them it is not sufficient that a godly man confess all the articles of the ancient, true, undoubted, and Apostolic faith, saying: that he believeth in one God, the father &c. that he also allow, and confess the four orders of our belief set forth by the ancient counsels, and S. Athanasius, and whatsoever are taught and confirmed out of the holy scriptures of both Testaments: & moreover do condemn y• heresies which were convicted & condemned in y• ancient counsels. In old time this kind of confession was sufficient enough for christians in y• ancient church but amongst these men all these things avail nothing, neither suffice to the ⟨image 93⟩confession of the faith, but a man must needs confess and believe in the church of Rome as it is now under the Pope, and follow the consent thereof: or else he shall leese honour, goods, body, life and all.

For vnto them all are Heretickes:¹ whosoeuer do not submit themselues to the Sea of Rome, and the Pope in all thinges, and beléeue in althinges which that Sea beléeueth and commandeth to bée beléeued, accordyng to the aboue named conspiracie: and so Lucius the pope defineth Heretickes in his Decretall, wherof we haue made mention before, in the Chapter Ad aboliendum, to abolyshe. Wherefore with them it is not sufficient that a godlye man confesse all the articles of the antient, true, vndoubted, and Apostolick faith, saying: that hée beléeueth in one God, the father &c. that hée also alowe, and confesse the foure orders of our beléefe set foorth by the auntient counselles, and S. Athanasius, and whatsoeuer are taught and confirmed out of the holy scriptures of both Testaments: & moreouer doo condemne y• heresies which were conuicted & condemned in y antient counsels. In ould time this kinde of confession was sufficient enough for christiās in y auntient church but amongst these men all these things aveile nothinge, neither suffice to the