AFter your boke hath ben well worne in the handes of your fauourers , it is comme at the last to myne , If I had soner had it , I wolde soner haue entered th openinge of that matter , not to contende with you ( whose raylyng I esteme no more then I do the ioylye hunters of the foxe , and other of that rable ) but to declare the truthe , in the matters ye improue : th erroure wherin , is very daungerous , and the true vnderstanding very profitable . Ye take vpon you to confute Wynchesters false articles , as ye terme them : the truth wherof , I shall examyne hereafter , In the meane tyme I meruayle , how such matter as I spake by mouth , in the instructynge and teachinge of Barnes , at suche tyme , as by his owne sute , to the kynges maiestie he submitted him selfe to be my scoler , shoulde come to youre handes written or vnwritten , and who toulde tales out of the scoole ▪ For Barnes had but one scoole felowe with hym , and betwene vs was no wrytynge , but taking vpon me the place of a teacher at Barnes desyre : I vttered some suche matters as ye wryte of , but more at large , to Barnes and his scoole felowe , by waye of doctrine , with some other explication , then ye do set fourthe . And it shall not be out of purpose , to speake somwhat of Barnes , of mine acquaintaunce with hym , and what hathe chaunced betwene hym and me , whereby may appeare , howe truely & charitably you maister Ioye and suche as ye be reporte of me concerning Barnes , whom I knew fyrst , at Cambridge , a trimme minion frere Augustine , one of a mery skoffynge witte frerelike , and as a good felowe in companye was beloued of many , a doctoure of diuinitie he was , but neuer like to haue proued to be eyther martire or confessor in christes religion , ●uther exceeth in the eate of ray●nge and Ioye dothe netely for a coler , the ●yly hunter naye compare ●ith eyther . and yet he beganne there to exercise raylynge ( whiche among suche , as newely professe christe , is a great pece of connyng , and a great forwardnes to reputacion speciallye if he rayle of Bisshops , as Barnes began , and to ▪ please such of the lower sorte , as enuieth euer auctoritie ) chiefly against my lorde Cardinall , then vnder the kinges maiesty , hauing the high administracion of the realme . It chaunced at the same time , a frend of Barnes , in Cambrydge , to be sued for iuste debte , by his neighboure , which creditour , for no intreatie that Barnes coulde make , wolde leaue his sute , but haue his debt payed him , as the lawe wold , whereat Barnes waxed angry , & began to preache of it , Barnes beganne at th● lewdest opynion of the Anabaptistes wherby to extinct th● order of iustyce . & as he warmed in the matter , spake so muche the more violently , & to shew hym selfe stoute , playnlye affirmed in the pulpet , that it was not lawful for one chrysten man , to sue an other , and that he wolde stande by , and proue by saynt Paule . Of this preachynge complaynt was made to the vicechaunceloure , and after the matter hard among the doctoures , and somewhat spoken sharpelye by one doctour Preston ( whome Barnes coulde not beare ) it was ordered , that Barnes should recante that false assertion , whyche is an artycle of the Anabaptistes , vpon refusal wherof by Barnes , the matter was brought to my lorde Cardinalles knowledge , ● wantonne ●yghtnes so ●o ieeste at ●hose dayes ●f one in so ●igh aucto●itie and without all ●ute of edi●ication . with accumulacion of suche raylynges and iestinges as Barnes had made , against miters and crosses , and all my lorde Cardinalles hauoure , so farre as in his sermons in place of carnall affections , he termed them cardinall affections , wherein he pleased some , at those dayes . At the tyme of this accusacion of Barnes : I was in seruyce with my lorde Cardinall , of acquayntaunce with Barnes : Almost all ●at haue ●n notable ●aue ben of ●y speciall ●cquayn●aūce . I haue ●ued the ●n , and ●er hated ●e noughtie ●pinion frō●e begynnyng . and not accompted his enemy , and yet I thanke god , neuer fauoured such straunge opinions , as he and some other wantonlye began to set furth , but bycause there was not then in them malice , and they maynteined communication , hauyng some sauour of lernynge , I was familiar with suche sorte of men , and was then sory for Barnes , and glad to help him , so farre as might stande with my dutie , to my lorde my mayster agaynst whome he rayled . And yet that raylynge , in a frere had ben easely pardonned , if Barnes had not fondly persisted in the Anabaptistes opinion , denieng sutes to be lawfull amonge christen men . And I laboured with Barnes secretely to brynge that oute of his heade , wherein he yelded to me , vpon the shewynge to hym , of a sayeng of saint Austen , expoundynge the scripture , where Barnes toke his error . So as afterwarde Barnes was content to abiure that opinion , with crosses staues and miters , My lord Cardinall wold not s●f●r Barnes raylinge w● be at libert● and al his iesting matter , and all this tyme toke me for his frende , as I was in deede , his foly set aparte , & had shewed him as I thought , a frendly turne . When Barnes afterwarde hadde broken out of the kepynge of the freres besides Stanforde , & escaped out of the realme , Barnes ●oke remay●eth in print ●hereby the ●uth hereof ●ay appere . the fyrst tydynges I harde of hym , was in a booke made by hym and prynted , wherein he wrote , how doctor Steuens ( by which name I was then called ) hadde deceyued hym , by shewynge him a place of saint Austen and thereby hadde inueygled hym , to leaue his opynyon for I shewed hym not ( he sayde ) the hole saieng of saint Austen but a pece of the beginning , & if I had redde it him throughly , the latter parte had made , for confirmacion of his opinion . And this rewarde had I , for the fyrst frendly dede I dyd him , Sins which tyme , at his repaire into England vnder saufe conduyte , not to be touched , for such sute he made vpon pretence , that he had matter to shewe worthye to be knowen , I chaunced to meete with him at Hampton court , where in the presence of my lorde of Caunturbury , that nowe is , I layed that mysreport of me , to his charge , and there shewed him the boke , to se saynt Austins wordes , whiche in the fyrst part & also last part , condemned his Anabaptisticall opinion . Wherevpon Barnes fyll downe on his knees , and asked me instantly forgeuenes , with promisse to wryte a booke to the world , wherein to declare , that he had belyed me . Vpon which reconciliation , I had Barnes home to my house that nyght and made hym the best chere I coulde . And hytherto I truste no man can iudge , I shoulde persecute Barnes , but Barnes me , bycause I suffred hym not to be worthelye burnte . But after he was reconciled I forgate that , & Barnes forgate also to purge me , and blame him selfe to the worlde of his lye against me . After this Barnes returned frelie into England , and liued here triumphantlye , tyll by his owne pride and arrogancy , he sought his owne confusion and persecuted hym selfe , The materiall poyntes of this story , ●e eyther publique within memory or haue suche witnesse as all men wyl , ( I thinke ) beleue , for they be indifferent / and the truth of the matter shulde much declare me , and disproue such as rayle to the contrarye . wherein I was onely an occasion as a stumblyng stone , but otherwise no doer but a sufferer , as in the trueth of the storye shall appeare . In declaracion wherof , thinke not amysse of me ( reader ) for I meane onely the reformacion of such as seduced by false prophetes , be wronge borne in hande , and haue fayned lyes tolde them , of suche as they take for maisters in lerninge , and other , noted to be their aduersaries . Among which aduersaries , I haue ben noted , as I haue not ben , ne am angry at it : but as I haue not merited , and therefore haue taken it for a lesson , what I shuld haue done , and ought to do , for elles I haue ben wonderful negligent to deserue any such brute amonges men , Those helpe I neuer yet searched to vpholde the truth , I deserue no prayse herein but only bycause I tell truth . nether by frendshyp ne secret communication I haue not kepte one scoler at Cambrydge or Oxford syns I was bisshop to be brought vp in the catholique opinion , whiche is also myne , I haue not gone about to allure by any worldlye entisement any man to it : but haue folowed therin th admonition of the worde of scrypture I wryte Vana salus hominis . As I haue ben called , in place , I haue vsed th opportunitie , and as I haue ben prouoked , I haue written and spoken as I haue done to Bucer : and as I do nowe to you maister Ioye , but elles I am persuaded , that beynge the trueth , a matter which god hath to hart , and vnder hym the kinges maiestie , The sonday before in the court at dyner vpon complaynt of the Deane that he was vnprouided , the orde great ●hamberlain ●amed me whiche I ●ould● not ●efuse . I may with vntymely busynes in it , and oute of my place , rather hynder then further . Accordyng to which determination , when I had preached the fyrst fryday in the beginnyng of Lent . Anno. M.D.xxxix . before the kinges maiesty vpon the wordes of the prophet , Clama ne cesses , & had cryed out somwhat , that Barnes and some other lyked not , I take here●ies in the ●hurche to be ●ke byles in ● mans body ●hiche ouer●one launced ●are sorer : ●nd in tyme ●trifie their ●atier , and ●ele of their ●elfe with a ●yttell clen●ng playster ●f the cheife ●urgeon . where I was desyred by a learned frende , to procure that I might preach , that day all the Lent , to hym I aunswered , that I was called sodenlye to make the sermon I hadde made , and spake therein that I thought to be spoken , but I wold not medle so farre as to auaunce my selfe further in the matter to make my selfe a capitayne againste them , for myne opinion was , that they shoulde not dissolue by pollycye agaynste them , but by excesse of their owne malyce worke their owne confusion , some confirmacion , whereof incontinentlye folowed , as I shal trulye tell , wherof I haue witnes lyuyng , I minded some sonday of that lent , to preache at Paules crosse , as I had ben yeres before accustomed , and vpon the fyrste saturday in lent , going to Lambehith there to be occupied all that daye , I deuised with my chaplein that he should go that daye , and know who shuld occupy the crosse that lent , and to speake for a place for me on one of the sondayes , not meanynge the sondaye , that shuld be on the morowe , for I hadde in my mynde more reuerence to that audyence , then wythoute some conuenient premeditacion , to shew my selfe there . Neuerthelesse my chapleine , repayrynge to knowe , howe the sondayes were appoynted , and vnderstandyng that Barnes shulde preache the fyrste sondaye ( whiche was the morowe ) thought in his mynde , rather to take that daye for me then any other , specyally because he thought I wolde speake that was good , and Barnes shulde be disapoynted to vtter that was noughte . And so when I had doone my busines at Lambehith ( which ended not afore fyue of the clocke that saturday ) my chaplein then waiting for me tolde me he had ben so bold ouer me , to appoynt me to preache the next day at Poules crosse , adding howe he thoughte better to disapoynt Barnes on the morowe then some other catholyque man , appointed on other sondayes . Whervpon I gathered my wittes to me , called for grace , and determined to declare the gospell of that sondaye , conteynynge the deuyls thre temptacions , the matter wherof semed to be very apte , Apart of m● sermon at Pouls cross● the fyrst sonday of lent An. M.D.xxxix . to be applyed to the tyme , and good occasion , to note the abuse of scripture amonge some , as the deuyll abused it to christ , which matter in dede , I touched somwhat plainlye , and in my iudgement truelye . And alludinge to the temptation of the deuyll to christ , to cast him selfe downeward , allegyng scripture that he shoulde take no hurt . I saide nowe a dayes , the deuyll tempteth the worlde , and byddeth them cast them selfe backewarde . There is no forward in the newe teachinge , but al backward . Now the deuyll teacheth , come ba●ke from fastinge , come backe frome prayeng , come backe from confession , come backe from weping for thy synnes , and all is backwarde , in so muche as he must learne to saye his Pater noster backwarde and where we sayde , forgyue vs our debtes , as we forgyue oure debters , now it is , as thou forgiuest our debtes , so I wyll forgyue my debters , and so God must forgeue fyrst , and all I sayde is turned backewarde . And amonges other thynges noted the deuylles craft , what shifte he vseth to deceyue man whose felicitie he enuieth , and therfore coueteth to haue man idle , and voyde of good workes , & to be ledde in that idelnes , with a wanne hope , to liue merely and at his pleasure here , and yet haue heuen at the last : And for that purpose , procured oure pardons from Rome , wherein heauen was sold for a litle money , & for to retayle that marchaundise , the deuyll vsed freres for his ministers : nowe they be gone with all theyr tromperye , but the deuyll is not yet gonne . And now he perceaueth it can no lenger be borne to bye & sell heauen ( both the marchaundise is abhorred , and the ministers also , we can not away with freres , ne canne abyde the name ) The deuyll hath excogitate , to offre heuen without workes for it , so frelye that men shal not nede for heauen to worke at all , what so euer opportunite they haue to worke , mary if they wyll haue an higher place in heauen , god wyl leaue no worke vnrewarded , but as to be in heauen , nedes no workes at all , but onelye belefe , onelye , onelye , nothynge els . And to set forth this the deuylles craft , there were ( I sayde ) mynysters , but no mo fryers , fye on the name and the garment , but nowe they be called , by an Englysshe name , bretherne , and go apparelled lyke other men , amonges whyche be some of those that were freres , and serued the deuyll in retaylynge of heauen in pardons , for they can skyll of the deuyls seruyce . But yf the kynges maiestie as he hath banyshed freres by the Frenche name , wold also banyshe these that cal them selfe brethren in Englyshe , the deuyll shulde be greatly discomforted in his enterprise , and idelnes therby banyshed , whiche the deuyll wyll elles perswade by mysunderstandinge of scriptures , as he dyd in th aduauncemente of pardons . This my sermon was thought to some very plaine , and Barnes ( as he confessed after , and as appeared by that he dyd ) coulde not digeste it , but was perswaded and comforted to handle me somwhat rudely , which he dyd the sondaye fourtnyght after , in the same place , where he toke to intreat the same text of the gospell , that I had declared , and left the scripture of the sonday he preached on , which had not ben sene in that place before . Barnes preachinge at Pauls crosse the thyrde sonday in lent An. M.D.xxxix . There he began to call for me , to comme forth to aunswer him , he termed me to be a fyghtynge cocke , and he was an other , and one of the game , he said I had no spoores , and that he wold shewe . This glorye endured but tyl the friday after , by whiche tyme he hadde for gotten al : on the saturday chose his scolemaister : and the monday came to scoole like a good chylde . And after he had pleased him selfe in th allegory of a cockefight , then vpon a foolysh conclusion , he cast me openly his gloue , and not content therwith , he called me forth by my name gardener , and opposed me in my grammer rules , and sayde : If I had aunswered him in the scoole , as I had there preached at the crosse , he wold haue gyuen me syxe stripes , and raged after suche a sorte , as the lyke hath not ben herde doone in a pulpete ( ordered to declare the word of god in , and not to touche any particuler man ) as he rayled of me , by name alludynge to my name Gardener , what euyll herbes I sette , in the garden of scripture , so farre beyonde the termes of honestye , as all men wondered at it , to heare a Bylshop of the realme as I was , so reuyled , and by suche one openlye . So as my frendes enforced me to complaine vnto the kinges maiestie and for maintenaunce of common order , not to passe ▪ it ouer vnspoken of . Wherevpon I complayned carynge more for the peruerse doctryne he wente aboute to establyshe in deprauing of me , then for anye displeasure , coulde come vnto me by his raylynge . Howe graciouselye the kynges maiestie herde the complaynte , and howe indifferentlye his maiestie after his accustomed goodnes , ordered th examynation of it , all good men might haue cause to reioyse , and Barnes no cause of greefe but cause of comforte , in the kinges maiesties mercye , yf he wolde haue ernestly enbraced it . For what so euer folowed worthely by iustice , If Barne● had not extremely abused the kynges maiesties goodnes for a little vaine glory among suche as magnified hym for their owne purpose , he had escaped all punishment . the kynges maiestye offred Barnes as muche mercye , as euer dyd prince any offendour , declarynge howe his highnes , was desyrouse of concorde in the truth , rather then the punysshemente of any man that wolde from erroure be reduced to the truth : And one notable thyng was done , in the hearynge of that matter , by the kynges maiestie , when Barnes offred to yelde to his hyghnesse in hys opynyon : the kynges grace syttinge secretly in his closet , and hauinge with hym the late Erle of Southampton ( whose soule God pardon ) the mayster of the horse that nowe is , Me , Barnes , mayster doctoure Cockes , and doctoure Robinson . The kinges highnes , A behauour and speache of the kinges maiestie , secretly done , & worthye , an open knowledge and eternall memory . at that offre of Barnes , sayd , I am ( ꝙ his maiestie ) a mortall man , and therwith rysyng , & turning to the sacrament , and puttinge of his bonet sayde : Yonder is the maister of vs all , author of truth , yelde in truth to hym , and I shall ( saith the kinges maiestie ) defende that truth . And otherwyse Barnes ( ꝙ the kynges maiestie ) yelde not to me . Muche more there was notably spoken by the kinges highnes , to refourme Barnes foly , in his maner & also lernynge , which I touch not because I shuld rather empayre and diminishe that was in deed sayde , then tell it fullye . But to the purpose I tell this story for , I desyred the kinges maiesty , that Barnes and I myght commen togither of the matter , out of his highnes presence , in the hearing of certayne , to be appointed by his highnes as indifferent to make report of our dispitious , and then Barnes shoulde haue no cause to excuse hym selfe yf he could not conuince me , as he dydde in the pulpete , onely touchinge the truth of hys doctrine disprouynge myne . For as for his rebukes , I clearly remytted and forgaue them , and wolde common as quyetlye with hym as yf he had vsed no suche language of me , which my peticion , the kinges maiestie graunted , and appoynted mayster doctoure Cockes , and mayster doctoure Robynson with two other to be indifferent hearers bytwene Barnes and me , and onely to heare vs talke togyther , and make report to his highnes . Wherevpon that nyghte ( whiche was the frydaye . after Barnes hadde preached so outragiouslye of me ) Barnes , I , and the hearers , were aparte , where none other myghte heare vs . And for entry of disputation , betwene Barnes and me , I tolde hym I beganne with forgyuynge all was past , that myght touche me , I beganne in frendshyp with hym , onelye intendynge to trye the truthe of the doctrine in controuersye betwene hym and me , and therein I offered hym choyse , whether he wolde haue me aunswere hym , or he to aunswere me . He chase to aunswere me , wherevpon I prepared my selfe to fashyon certayne argumentes to hym of the scryptures , ●eherse this ●t for my ●ise , but to ●are Bar●s v●l●rned ●ogancie . and to my fyrste argument he coulde make no aunswere , I made hym an other , and thervnto he coulde saye nothyng , but then desired me that I wolde spare him for aunswere to them , that night , and we shuld comme togyther agayne erelye the nexte morninge , and so goo through , I tolde hym I was content , and yet if I shoulde striue with him for glorye , after a childysshe fasshion and lyke a grammariane , suche one as he fasshioned me in the pulpete , al the time he studied for his aunswere I shuld decline , Nton conuictus , May● doctor co● and may● doctor R●bynson w● present ▪ ● knowe ● to be true gton conuicti . &c. but that were boyeshnes in dede . And therefore he should haue all the night to study on , to make aunswere with all my harte , and I wolde also do so muche for hym , as to tell hym a thyrde of myne argumentes , and badde hym thynke vppon that agaynste the mornynge also , and so departed for that night . In the mornynge , we assembled be tymes accordynge to the appoyntemente . At whyche tyme Barnes wente aboute to assoyle myne argumentes , I replyed to hys solutyons , and so spente two houres very quyetly and pacyentlye . And sodaynelye , beyonde all oure expectations when it was Barnes parte to haue spoken , he fel on bothe his knees , and desyred me to haue pytye vpon hym good Bysshop and spake so many wordes to my glory and in prayse of my lerning , ● durste ne● write ●th this , ●d I had ●t the fore●de witnes ● liuinge as I was ashamed to heare them , and dare not for vaine-glory reherse nowe . And I dydde no more acknowledge his prayse there , to gyue to me that I had not , then his disprayse in the pulpet to take from me that I hadde , for I had neyther more or lesse for either of both , but such was Barnes hauour then , so farre discrepant from that in the pulpet , and therefore I tell this matter . In that submission Barnes graunted hym self ouercome , & desyred he might be my scoler , to be instructed of me , and requyred all them present to be meanes to the kynges highnes that I myght so take hym , & desyred me to forgette all , and he trusted if he were with me , his wit shoulde not myslyke me . This chaunge in Barnes was so farre from that I loked for , that I vsed it in an other extremitie , I toke hym vp from knelinge , I remembred olde familiar knowledge , assured hym of me , I refused to be his scoolemayster , It is har● medelynge with suche maner of 〈◊〉 yf a man pr●cure theyr p●nishmente 〈◊〉 they deseru● there foloweth diffamacion of crueltie . yf man wold d● them good it is sclau●dered as coruption or flattery . but beynge as I perceaued , he was mynded to fall from errour , I wold communicate vnto hym some honest portion of my lyuynge , and named xl . li. a yeare , and he to lyue felowlyke with me in my house . And this I reherse because it was tolde abrode afterwarde , howe I offred hym .xl ▪ li. a yeare to leaue his opinion , but he wold not . But to Barnes agayne , he wold nedes be my scoler for ought I could do , and sayde God had gyuen a gyfte to me , wherwith to do much good , and then goynge a parte with me from the rest , began familiarlye to deuyse whiche scolefelowes it were expedient to haue to scoole with hym , and there deuised me a great meany of scolers besydes him selfe , ● wryte not ●ll be ●olde 〈◊〉 , for I wil ●blysshe no ●ore th●n I ●n proue . who refourmed , al shuld be well ( he sayd ) and in speaking of scolers , tolde me many thinges that I knewe not before , but I concluded with hym , that he might brynge one to scoole with hym and he wolde , but I wolde no moo at ones . Whervpon the kinges hyghnesse aduertised of the conclusion of the matter betwene Barnes and me , was content that Barnes shoulde repayre to my house at London the mondaye folowynge , whiche he dyd with a scole felowe with hym , neither Ierarde nor Iherome , but an other yet aliue . And at that tyme , in teachynge Barnes , Suche me● as mayster Ioye is corrupt all they meddel with . I vttred such articles as ye maister Ioye haue putte forth in printe , but not all togyther so as ye reherse them , for they haue a marke that they haue passed your handes , that is to saye , be a lyttle corrupte and falsified , as I shew afterwardes . When mayster Barnes had gone to scoole two dayes , he waxed werye of that humilitie , and came the thirde daye , and signified to me that yf I wolde take hym as one that came to conferre , he wold come styl , but els he wold no more come , I perceyued from whense the chaunge came , & tolde hym , Such is th● constancy of men of that sorte . seinge he had ones yelded him selfe to me as a scoler , I wolde so vse him , tyll I sawe hym better lerned able to be my felow , which he had not yet attayned sins satterday , at which tyme he made the submission . Herevpon they began to spreade abrode an enuious rumour of me that I wolde be scoole mayster to all the realme , and many good morowes , and so was I rydde of my waywarde scoler , and neuer medled with hym after . At the solemne easter sermon . An , M.D.xl Barnes in dede troubled me yet ones againe at my beynge at saynt Mary spittell by commaundement , After Barnes had gyuen vp my scoole he renounced his opinion to the kynges maiestie and promised to recant , not at my sute , persecution , or prosecution . and syttinge there by the Mayre to heare hym preache , and recant in wrytynge , to the conceyuynge wherof I was not pryuie . But when Barnes right solemplye and formally had made his recantacion in the formour part of his sermon , at th ende of that : he cryed out to me , & asked me forgeuenes with a maruaylous circumstaunce , as though the worlde shulde thinke I had hadde nede of suche a publyque obtestacion , and nedes I must holde vp my hande in token of a graunt , and where I , encombred with shamefastnes , Barnes w● not appoy●ted thus t● do , nor it was not nedefull , I was in auctoritie , wherefore f●re me , no medled no further w● him , and h● forgiuen h● before . dyd not by and by as he required , he called for it agayne , and bad me holde vp my hande . So it lyked him with a courage to playe with me , and to blynde the other submission done secretly , as though it had ben of none other sorte , and therwith to boste his owne charitie , and brynge myne in doubte . And when he had in the pulpete plaied these two partes , to recant his opinion as he was appoynted : and aske me forgiuenesse which he did of wantonnes , them after the prayer he beginneth a proces of a matter , There is thinge m● true them th●ne more de●stable in a subiect , so ●penlye to ●lude his p● & soueray● lorde , bes●● the iniury the truth . and playnlye and directlye preacheth the contrarye , of that he had recanted , so euidently , as the Mayer of him self , asked whether he shuld from the pulpete sende him to warde , to be fourth commyng to aunswere for his contemptuouse behauiour , to preache in the same place , to the same people , the contrary to his recantacion . But Barnes was not stayed , ne spoken to , whiles Iherome and Iherarde had bothe preached and folowed the same trade . ●his ne●ly●n●e was ●tabl● in ●e late lorde ●mwel●●ho not ●arkynge noughlye ●hat was ●ritten in ●em , caused ●m self those ●ers to be ●dde to o●er , and so ●lled Bar●es and his ●owes ●naues . The kinges maiestie had appoynted certayne to make reporte of the sermons , before whiche report , one that fauored them , had written to his frend at the court , howe gayly they had all handled the matter , both to satisfie the recantacion and also in the same sermons to vtter out the trueth , that it myght sprede without lette of the worlde , and this letter by negligence came to light whervpon , and report of the sermons , they were al apprehended , and by the secrete counsayle ( to whiche companye I hadde then none accesse , ne hadde not almost a yeare before , ne hadde not after so longe as Crumwels tyme lasted ) sent to the towre , when Ba●nes was s● to the tow● I was 〈◊〉 of the priu● counsayle . and therevpon ensued further proces , by the hole realme , whervnto I was priuie , but amonge the reste . And otherwise then I haue rehersed , I haue not persecuted Barnes , and as I haue toulde the storye , so it was doone . And thynke me not ( good reader ) so moche a beaste , that all suche beynge yet alyue , in whose presence and knoweledge these matters haue passed betwene Barnes and me . I wolde vaynly faine in such a tale , wherein I accompte not myne estimation to haue ouercome Barnes , for he was not learned , and shulde muche hyndre mine estimation , if any man coulde in the I haue tolde , reproue me of a lye . For so moch the tale may be profitable to the ( reader ) to considre how thinges be blowed and blustered abrode with lyes , & how Barnes death is laide to my charge , ●he numbre thre signi●th infinit , ●●d so often 〈◊〉 I forgiue 〈◊〉 : and ●●erefore am 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 and ●as as Da●●d dyd per●●●ute Saul . that haue onely suffred at Barnes hand , and neuer dyd any thynge to him , but euer forgaue him , and he euer vsed forgeuenes , neuer to amende , but to delude & tryfle . And if any wolde note my blindnes in vayneglorye , that because Barnes yelded to be my scoler of policie ( as Dauid fayned hym selfe madde before Achis ) I coulde not espie it , Thus the 〈◊〉 examples 〈◊〉 scripture 〈◊〉 applied to ●uer lewde ●ens fautes , ●hen they ly 〈◊〉 examinaci●n , that is as ●braham de●●d Sara . 〈◊〉 they coun●●f●t , that is 〈◊〉 Dauyd 〈…〉 fore this . Exem●lum placet . but take it in earnest . I wolde to suche say , that if Barnes counterfaited in that submission , he deceaued moo aswel as me , and in dede , a man in his owne prayse maye soone be made a foole . And one of that company tolde me ( whom I take for my frend ) that he had not thought to heare so muche diuinitie of me , ne se so moche charitie in a Bysshoppe . Howe this matter shal be taken , I remitte to the indifferencye of the reader , I mente good fayth with Barnes and symplye , and further medled not with hym then I haue rehersed , wherein appeareth on my behalfe no malyce , and there appeareth also vppon what occasion I haue vttered such articles as Ioye wyl now confute for false , whiche howe substauncially he doth , by comparynge his and myne together , I shall entreate hereafter .

He begynneth his booke thus .

Ioy . I Chaunsed vpon certayne articles , entituled to the Byshop of Winchester , called Steuen Gardener , In this rek●nynge Ioy hath ouershot him sel● which were written agaynst doctour Barnes & his two felowes , brent M.D.xxxix . for preachyng onely fayth to iustifie .

Winton̄ YOur entry to the matter , is fyt for your processe . For neither dyd I euer write suche articles : ne Barnes was burnt for preaching onely faith iustifieth . I was by Barnes choyce ( as is aforesaide ) his scolemayster , at which time we entreated th article of onely faith iustifieth , as shal hereafter appere

Ioye . By these his articles , Winchester wold proue that workes must iustifie , that is to say , with our workes we must merite the remission of our synnes , which doctrine , as it is contrary to gods worde : so is it infuriouse to Christes bloude , whose godly name is one alone , for all sufficient , euen that same precyous hyd treasour in the gospel : in whome ( sayth Paule ) are all the treasours of wysdome and knowledge hidden , for in hym dwelleth the moost perfitte fulnesse , of god verely , and in hym are we complete euen perfitly iustified without any inweyuinge of Winchesters workes . This thyng do I tell you ( sayth Paule ) least any man ( as nowe wolde Winchester ) deceyue you with his apparaunt popysshe persuasyons . This full iustification by onely fayth Paule expresseth clerely in these wordes also . This our euerlastyng lyuynge priest , and intercessour Christe abydeth for euer vnto this ende , euen absolutly , fully and perfytly without any lacke or breth to saue all them , that through hym by fayth come to god the father . Here are we taught Christe to haue an euerlastynge preesthode to saue perfytlye , and sufficientlye through our faith onely , and that he euer lyueth vnto the same ende , wherfore for the defence of our so plentuouse and perfyt redemption , and for the ryche fauoure & mercy of our heuenly father , and free forgyuenes , in Christes passion through our fayth onely , and that the glorye of his grace , whereby he hath made vs his dearely beloued chosen chyldren , throughe his beloued sonne , shoulde be praysed , by whome we haue redemption through his blood , euen the remyssyon of synnes , accordynge to the ryches of his so plentuouse grace , vnable to be mynisshed . To defende this my lorde gods glorye ( I saye ) and to warne the symple vnlerned that they be not deceyued by such blasphemouse Byshoppes articles , I shal by gods helpe , iustlye by his worde , clerely confute them , although he yet teache & preache them , into his owne dampnation , and deceyuyng of as many as beleue hym .