¶Of penance¶Of penavnce
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¶Of penance
¶Of penavnce
Penance is a word of their own forging to deceive us with all / as many other are. In the scripture we find penitentia repentance. Agite penitentiam / do tepente / Peniteat vos / let it repent you. Metanoyte in greek / forthinke ye / or let it forthinke you. 1Of repentance they / have made penance / to blind the people and to make them think that they must take pain and do some holy deeds to make satisfaction for their since / namely such as they enjoin them.2 As thou mayest see in the chronicles / when great kings and Tyrants (which with violence of sword conquered other kings lands and slew all that came to hand) came to them selves & had conscience of their wicked deeds / then the Bishops coupled them / not to Christ: but unto the Pope and preached the Pope unto them / and made them to submit them selves and also their realms unto the holy father the Pope and to take penance / as they call it / that is to say / such iniuncions as the Pope and Bishops would command them to do / to build abbeys / to endow them with livelihood / to be prayed fort for ever: and to give them exemptions and privilege and licence to do what the lust unpunished.
PEnaunce is a worde of their awne forginge to disceave vs with all / as many other are. In the scripture we fynde penitentia repentaunce. Agite penitentiam / do tepente / Peniteat vos / let it repente you. Metanoyte in greke / forthinke ye / or let it forthinke you. 1Of repentaunce they / have made penaunce / to blynde the people ād to make thē thinke that they must take payne ād doo some holy deades to make satisfactiō for their synnes / namely soch as they enioyne them.2 As thou maist se in the cronycles / when greate kynges and Tyrantes (which with violence of swerde conquered other kynges lōdes and slew all that came to honde) came to them selves & had conscience of their weked deades / then the Bisshopes coupled them / not to Christe: but vnto the Pope and preached the Pope vnto them / and made them to submitte them selves and also their realmes vnto the holy father the Pope and to take penaunce / as they call it / that is to saye / soch iniuncions as the Pope and Bisshopes wolde commaunde them to doo / to byld abbays / to endote them with lyvelode / to be prayd fort for ever: and to geve them exemptions and prevelege and licens to doo what the luste vnpunished.