partly because they have profaned and defiled their churches with heathenish and Jewish abuses, with images and idols, with numbers of altars, too too superstitiously, & intolerably abused, with gross abusing, and filthy corrupting of the Lords holy supper, the blessed sacrament of his body and blood, with an infinite number of toys and trifles of their own devices, to make a godly outward show, and to deface the homely, simple, and sincere religion of Christ Jesus, partly they resort to the Church like hypocrites, full of all iniquity and ⟨p. 271⟩sinful life, having a vain & dangerous fancy and persuasion, that if they come to the church, besprinkle them with holy water, hear a mass, and be blessed with the chalice, though they understand not one word of the whole service, nor feel one motion of repentance in their hearts, all is well, all is sure. Fie upon such mocking & blaspheming of gods holy ordinance. Churches were made for an other purpose, that is, to resort thither, and to serve God truly, there to learn his blessed will, there to call upon his mighty name, there to use the holy sacraments, there to travail how to be in charity with thy neighbour, there to have thy poor and needy neighbour in remembrance, from thence to depart better and more godly then thou camest thither. Finally, Gods vengeance hath ben, & is daily provoked, because much wicked people pass nothing to resort to the Church, either for that they are so sore blinded that they understand nothing of God and godliness, and care not with devilish example to offend their neighbours, or else for that they see the Church altogether scoured of such gay gassing sights as their gross fantasy was greatly delighted with, because they see the false religion abandoned, & the true restored, which seemeth an unsavoury thing to their unsavoury taste, as may appear by this that a woman said to her neighbour: Alas gossip, what shall we now do at Church since all the saints are taken away, since all the goodly sights we were wont to have are gone, since we cannot hear the like piping, singing, chanting, & playing upon the organs ⟨p. 272⟩that we could before.
partly because they haue prophaned and defyled their churches with heathenishe and Jewish abuses, with images and idols, with numbers of aulters, too too superstitiously, & intollerablye abused, with grosse abusing, and fylthye corrupting of the Lordes holye supper, the blessed sacrament of his body and blood, with an infinite number of toyes and tryfles of theyr owne deuyces, to make a godly outwarde shewe, and to deface the homely, simple, and sincere religion of Christ Jesus, partlye they resort to the Churche lyke hypocrites, full of all iniquitie and ⟨p. 271⟩sinfull lyfe, hauing a vayne & daungerous fansie and perswasion, that if they come to the church, besprinkle them with holy water, heare a masse, and be blessed with the challice, though they vnderstand not one worde of the whole seruice, nor feele one motion of repentaunce in their hearts, all is well, all is sure. Fye vpon suche mocking & blaspheming of gods holy ordinaunce. Churches were made for an other purpose, that is, to resort thyther, and to serue God truelye, there to learne his blessed will, there to call vpon his myghtye name, there to vse the holy sacraments, there to trauayle howe to be in charitie with thy neyghbour, there to haue thy poore and needy neyghbour in remembraunce, from thence to departe better and more godly then thou camest thyther. Finallye, Gods vengeaunce hath ben, & is dayly prouoked, because much wicked people passe nothing to resort to the Church, either for that they are so sore blinded that they vnderstand nothing of God and godlines, and care not with deuilishe example to offende their neighbours, or els for that they see the Churche altogether scoured of such gay gasing sightes as their grosse phantasie was greatly delyghted with, because they see the false religiō abandoned, & the true restored, whiche seemeth an vnsauery thing to their vnsauery taste, as may appeare by this that a woman said to her neighbour: Alas gossip, what shal we now do at Church since al the saints are taken away, since al the goodly sightes we were wont to haue are gone, since we cannot heare the like pyping, singing, chaunting, & playing vppon the organs ⟨p. 272⟩that we could before.
