AFtir that it had plesed our most mercifull father in heuen of his inestimable goodnes to restore vs his gospel and to brynge agene his holy worde into this realme of englonde by a fewe pore persecuted and banesshed men for the trwthe of goddis worde translatinge the scripture and makinge certayn other englysshe bokis in the nether & over partyes of Germanye : whiche bokis / inagry Mous tethe / all his papisticall Synagoge resistinge / yet were thei brought yn & distributed in this londe . Then begane the Sinagoge of Satan to rore & resiste with fyer & water / with presonment & persecucion / so grevousely / so cruely / as neuer before was sene in the londe / al maner cruel kynde of tormentinge obtayned of the secular powr cōtiniving now this . x. yere : but most mercylesly & subtyly those two yere & more / whyle More was More was chaunceler quon dam chaunceler : whiche god for his mercy ceasse when his wyl is . Then ( I saye ) in the dayes of that gloriouse Cardinal Thomas wolsaye begane these wyked pharisays to suborne & set thez for the M. More their pro●-toure & patrone to wryte & wrestle for thez agenst the trouthe agenst the lorde & his anoynted to defende their anticristen sinagoge : More then beinge a ful fer kouer for fiche a cuppe to furnessh it with lyes to clook & kouer their wyked mischeif with subtyle falsehed / & to mayntayn their gloriouse ●n godlynes with his autorite / for the Cardinal deed he succeded him in the chaunceler ship . Whiche foxisshe ypocryte when he sa we the almyghty worde of god so openly layd forth in englysshe that euery laye man might se the verite & the waye to his saluacion tho row Cristis blode \ wolde he haue suffred thez to haue red it : And agen / when this cruel pharisaye consydered that this vehement myghty breathe of the mouthe of god was lyke to blowe downe anticristis kyngdome now in reeling & redy to fall : whiche he had ether for money or for the honour of his lorde the Cardinal / then taken vpon himselfe properly to vnderproppe : begane firste lyke one of those blynde bylders his prediscessours remembred in the psalme ( whiche reproued reiected that hed kornerd stone Criste whic●e Psal. c. x viij closed vp & made perfit al the hole worke of the lawe & prophetis euen the perfayt ende and fulnes of all / in whom our sufficit̄ saluacipn ●om. x Eph. 1. Col. 1. ij consisteth ) Where he sawe that the scripture wolde not frame withe his deuelysshe deuyce / he began ( I saye ) to shove vnder this his shamelesse shore . That the apostels left many thingis vnwryten whiche ar of necessite to be beleued . Whiche vnwriten verites ( as he calleth thez ) th apostles delyuered by mouthe to their successours / and these so from hande to hande vntil thei came to Moris chirche / that is to saye / vnto More himself / the popes / cardinallis / bishopes / preistis / monkis & fiyers &c. and euen at laste vnto the holy mayde of kent Moris miracle maker / which now hauinge the ho ly goste ( as More saith ) assistent / cannot erre . For criste so promysed it thez vnto the worldis ende / saith he . Now is Moris chirche bylded & thus vnderpropped lo that it cannot erre re●le / nor neuer fall . If More therfore teche vs ( as he dothe in dede ) that our sufficient saviour Criste one alone for vsall ynoughe / is but a quarter saviour or a saviour to halues : for that we muste bringe with vs the popis faith / some of our merits satisfaccions / sayntismeritis / popis pardons pilgrimagis / burying in an obseruantis lowly gra●e cote withe syche infinite pollinge pyl●t●e to deserue vs heuen : yet must we be leue it . And why ? because More & his chirche so teche vs / and Moris chirche cannot erre . If he teche vs : That to praye to / & to cal vpon god onely in al our affliccion & tri vulatiō for helth & saluacion is not sufficient : but that we must runto / & calvpon deed & toten postis / or rather as thei colour this idolatrye / praye thorow thez to the sayutis in heuen represented by fiche idolls as their selues euer aborted / which saintis also now nether know vs nor here vs ▪ but if thei knewe vnder what ungodly maner we abuse Isaie . lxiij . thez into the iniury of Crystis glorye / thei wolde aborte vs : if ( I saye ) More teche vs this idolatry / yet must we beleue it : for Moris chirche cannot erre . If he teche vs : That god onely thorow the merits of crystisdeth by his holy gost is not the geuer of all grace saluacion & goodnes : but that we must receyue theis giftis and grace of other creatu res of their owne charminge : yet must we beleue thez : for Moris chirche cannot erre . If More teche vs that the testament wryten incrystis blode & confirmed with his deth & miracles / is not yet so perfit & ratifyed as sufficient for our saluacion : but that it wanteth certayn vnwriten verites of More his owne fayning with out which we cannot be saued yet must we beleue him : for Moris chirche cannot erre . &c. O myserable religion and wretched churche that cannot be defended but with fiche lyes false miracles fayned reuelacions & so pestelent doctryne . O Satanical synagoge whiche cannest not be mayn tayned & supported but by tyrannye / persecucion / impresonment / murther / cruel burning & sheding of innocent bloode . O wiked wryter / whiche canst not confirme & fortifye thy false faith & falser doctryne / onlesse ( the wryten worde of god forsaken / orels perniciously peruerted ) thou beist constrayned to fle vnto they nowne unwrytē deed dremes / haithen rytes / iewisshe ceremonyes euen anticristis owne tradicions .

¶ But crysten reder be y● assuered & certifyed by the ferme & euerlasting wryten worde of god / ᵗ by thy faith onely in crystis blode & thorow his deth onely thou art saued . And that there is no saluacion nor parte of saluacion in any other thinge than in him onely . For Act. iiij there is no nother name or power vnder the cope of heuen geuen emonge men wheryn we might be saued . This thinge do all the prophetis bere wytnes / that who so beleve in C●yste ▪ / he hath forgeuenes of his synnes Act. x thorow his name . Where in ( I praye the ) was Adam lyke cryste aftir Paulis comparison Ro. v. ? verely in no nother thinge then lyke as Adam onely did brynge yn synne / deth / & hell : euen so did cryste alone bryng vs grace / lyfe / & heuen . Paule thus setting forthe these similttudes saynge . That lyke Rom. v as by the synne of onely one man / al men became mortall : euen so & miche more plentu ously by onely one man Iesus cryste / the fauour of god & remission of synnes is graunted vs . And lyke as by the synne of one alone / deth raigned thorow one man Adam : euen so & much more shal thei which receiue tha boundant fauou● with the g●ft which is rightwy●nes / raigne in lyfe by onely one man which is Iesus Cryste .

¶ Agayne / lykewyse as by the synne of one man onely / condemnacion came ouer al men / euen so by the iustifynge of onely one man / that rightwysnes which bringeth lyse is brought forthe vpon al men . For as by onely one mannis disobedience / many became syn ners : euen so by that obedience of one man onely many be made ryghtwyse . So the hitherto tendethe Paulis similitude . That as Adam was that one alone by whom synne & deth entred into almen : cuen so was Cryste that one alone by whom fauour / forgeuenes / ● lyfe came vnto al men . For the wyne presse ( saith cryste ) I tell you haue I troden al alone / & of al the peple was ther not one with Isayr . lxiij . me . It was I that trode downe my enymes in my feruent wrathe . That is to say / It was I that ouercame syn deth & the deuel by my nown strength . This was he al alone that came frome Edom with his blody clothes \ as one alone for all\ which had so labored & troden the wyne presse . Let vs therfore geue him al the glory & prayse alone / let vs not ascrybe any parte of our saluacion to our dedis / ofwhiche euen the best be Isayr . xlv . xl●ij to bad ether to satisfye for our synnes or to de●ue heuen . It is I / saith he / that am the rightwyse god & sauiour besydis whom there is no nother . He pourged our synnesin his owne persone or by himselfe alone . Hebr. i. Paule beginneth in the ▪ vii . cap. to the Ebrews to proue the dethe of cryste to be one ly a sufficient perfait & full oblacion for our synnes . whiche once done neuer more it neded not to be iterated nor repeted : for by onely that one oblacion of his bodye he brought to passe & fynesshed for euer his electe : And proue the that the priesthed of Aaron Heb. x. with al theire ●ytis & sacrifyces for syn / were insufficient & vnperfit / for because it behoued them euery daye to be repeted & done agene . But Cryste / because he abydethe for euer : his priesthede cannot be translated Heb. vij into any successour / for he alone is sufficient : because he alone is able perfitly withe oute breache or lak to saue who so come to God the father by him .

¶ And if the highe bishop alone ( saith Heb. ix Paul ) did once in the yere enter into the holy place of the tabernacle made with mannis hande / with the blode of bestis for his owne synnes & for the synnes of the people miche more sufficient must Cryste alone be for our synnes / he beyng him self fautelesse entering that heuenly tabernacle with his owne bloude / offeringvp his owne blessyd body vpon the altare of the crosse for our redempcion . The bisshop offred euery yere once / which argued imperfeccion and insuffici en●y : but Crystis offeraunce was onely once for all & euer : which argueth perfeccion & sufficiency . For thorow that onely one Heb. x. offerance of him self / he obtayned before God the father a perpetual purgacion euermore to endure / and remission for the sinnes of as many as beleue in him ▪ wherfor at the oblacion of his body / all other sacrifices & offeram ces for syn thorowt all the worlde ceassed : for his oblacion alone was sufficient . ●ede the scriptures / & iuge ( good reder ) whether he be an heretyke that saith Cryste is an hole / ful & sufficient saviour / & so geueth him al the glory & prayse of our saluacion / or rather More & his chirche which make hym but half a saviour / deuiding his glory / some to sayntis merits / some to our satisfaccions / some to our dedis / some to popis pardons pylgrimagis : and I canot tell how miche to his owne vnwryten verites . But had this arrogant pharisay vnderstode that breif couenant / & gloriouse name of god wherby he reueled him selfe to Abram & his posterite in the. xvij . ca. of Genesis where he calleth him self God almighty one alone for al sufficient / commanding vs to be pure & walke before him : that is to saye / to be faithfull & directe our lyuing according to his plesure & preceptis geuen to Moses : then wolde he neuer haue thus blasphemed his almyghty & for al so sufficient holy name / nether haue Psal. c. lij put sich lak in him & his writen wyll which he declared sufficiently to Moses & to the peple of Israel . But who is more bolde then blynde bayerd to embusye and smatter himself in that thinge which he vnderstonde not ? who is more fyerce & braggisshe to sheweforth a litel vayn coning then those puftup papistis with pryde and vaynglory which ar without al godly knowlege destitute i. Tim. vi . An answer to moris obiecci on Titum . i. al good lerninge ?

¶ Then obiecteth More / raging & rayling vpon vs for attributing so myche to god & so lytel to our selues : sayng / lo these heretikis destroye and dampne all good workis . But we answere siche godlesse barkers agenst god / which ar become abominable & cruel enimes of his worde / disobedient and reprobated of god neuer to do good workis that we preche and exhorte almen to as many good workis as euer be contayned in holy scripture . And yet tel we More agayn / that good workis / thoughe thei iustifie vs not ( for crystis bloude is sufficient for this poynte / our faith reching the mercy of God for crystis sake ) yet ought we not / payne of damnacion to leue them vndone . Nomore than thoughe our leggis & handis serue vs not to se with all : yet ought we not therfore to kut them of & cast them awaye but to noresshe & holde them in their propyr placis and vse . we tell him to / that we be iustified by faith onely / not for because we shulde not do no good workis : but because we shulde neuer ceasse doing good workis . And we set faith in the first place betwene vs & god / & good workis betwene vs and our neighbours / to punesshe our rebell flesshe / to profit oother / & to be testimonies of our faith into the lyght & ensample of all men . Unto thissame obieccion answerth Paule in the begining of the .vi. cap. Rom. shewing by those two interrogacions & th effecte of baptisme / that a Crysten man by faith hath his carnall af fectis so mortified & deed that it is impossibile for him to lyue & dwell in synne / sayng / we that ardeed as towching synne / howe shal we lyue theryn ? &c. where it is playne that sich a faithful crysten / thoughe he fal & syn ne / yet shal he not continue theryn : so that synne shal not raigne nor haue dominion ouer him . Rede forthe the chapiter . And we affirme with Paule . That Cryste by Heb. ix his blode pourged our consciences from dedely workis / to th entent we shulde serue the lyuing God & not ceasse from his seruice . Awake therfore ye aduersaryes of the faith / & repenteye in tyme : leste the greuouse Isaye xxviij hayle storme thretened you of Isaye & Iere mye with so heuy heap●s of myscheif & bur dens / bere yow down sodenly taken away Beconuerted to Cryste your sufficient & hole sauioure ( if ye can so beleue him ) . Sweat no lenger for the vnderproppinge of your false chirche vnder the pretence of the catholik chirche of Cryste : which was cal led in th olde testament the stone or rocke wherupon euen there god bylded his chirch in the faith of him to come : as in the new called the hed kornerd stone vpon whom the same bylding yet continueth euermore vpon one spiritual fowndacion / & neuer vpon prophane popes & carnal cardinallis / blynde bisshops & prowde priestis monkis & fryers Mat. xvi &c. It was grownded vpon faith in cryst & his wo●de & not vpon the popis faith and his tradicions vnworthy to be wryten / It was planted in the blode of martyrs orned with loue & peace & not vpon tyrannouse blodesheders swyft vnto al myschefe . It was layed lo wein mekenes / ignominy / pouertye / &c. & not exalted with pryde vayn glory / ryches di gnites worldly honour with al maner of viciouse welthynes . It was set vpon the fowndacion Eph. ij i. cor. iij Ephe. iiij . of th apostles & prophetis / saith Paule / euen vpon the same ouermost hed kornerd stone Iesus Cryst ( no nother then this foū dacion no man maye laye ) in him to be reared vp to be the holy temple of God / framed togither with loue / whose vtwarde badges & markis to be known by / is the pure preching & faithful layngforth of goddis wryten worde / the dewe administracion of the holy sacraments as baptisme & the lordis souper / the worthy frutis of repentance / innocencye of lyuing / constancy & pacience in persecucion / glad beringe of Crystis crosse & folowinge him . These with other markis set in the .x. ca. of Mat. are the tokens of crystis chirche / and not glitering glory / tyrany & power / delusions of the devil / euen Moris holy maydens miracles of ypswych & kent . whiche nowe thanked be God / be come to lyght / markis worthy siche a chirche as he bildeth ad defendeth so falsely / tymber correspondent sich a worke / instruments apte for sich a keruer / conuenient kou●rs for sich a cuppe .

Kynge Salomon / the two women stryuinge iij. Reg. iij before him for the lyuinge chylde / as nowe hath done longe the trwe & false chyrche for the lyuing worde & for this name / owre holy mocher the chirche / that one oppressinge hir chylde & preuely in the night / fetching awaye the tother womans quyk chylde / hir own deed left in the place vnder her syde / to trye out the very motherly affectis & natural p●●ye / called for his swerde pretendinge to haue deuyded the quyk chylde in two / and to geue ether of them eche the halfe . but here begane the very mothers very harte to blede / here he drewforth the very mothers very affectis / the false mother kryinge / let nether of vs haue it / but deuyde it &c. And hath not More & his chirch oppressed quem ched & labored to burne & banisshe the worde of God & stolne it from the trwe mother ? sa ynge we be the mother the holy chirche / we cannot erre / the worde & the trw vnderstanding & interpretacion therof all perteyn to vs . what shift and importune labours haue thei made falsely to condempne / presone persecute & burne the innocent lambes and very chylderne of the very mother the chirche ? Agayne consyder when this mayde of Courtamsirete was espied of the trw chirche to be a seducer wthir perniciouse coum sellers & supporters auerting the people from goddis worship vnto delusions / lyes / & ido latrye worthy all dethe by goddis lawes / yet hath not the very mother thirsted their blode as haue done hither to the wother bloudsoupers / but onely she desyereth thez to acknowlege theirsynnes / repentance / & laboure to restore them into the very folde and flok off cryste . ●o / crysten reder / of the present Frutes off these .ij. chirches maist y● clerelyer decernothe trwe chirche from the false then in reding al Moris longe bablynge deuilisshe bokis wheryn he sweteth so sore to proue himselfe & his blody blynd bisshops with their draffe to be the catholik chirch that cannot erre . But let vs now go shoue a waye . Moris shores wherwith he hath so properly vnderpropped his chirch

¶ M. More / to d●yue vs from the scripture / as thoughe it were for our saluacion / in sufficient / to minisshe and to depresse th authorite therof to a●aunce & lyftvp the vngodly glorye of his Anticristen Synagoge : is not ashamed to affirme and wryte : That th apostles left oute certayn vnwryten verites necessary for our saluacion . whiche necessary trowthes if ye lyst to haue a taste of : thei be these lo / recyted in the. ccc . ix . & . ccc . x. faces of his thirde boke called . The confutacion . First our ladys perpetual virgini Moris vnwryten verites te . hir assumpcion / prayhge to sayntis / the knowlege that the● praye for vs / holy lenton faste / the changing of Saterdaye into sondaye / halowing of chalice● ves●ments / pascall / taper / holy water : with diuerse : other thinges : By these tradicions of the ho ly spirit / saith more / hath the chirche also knowlege howe to consecrate / how to say masse / and what thinge to praye for / and to desyer theryn . by this we haue knowlege to do reuerence to the images of holy saintis / & of our sauiour / & to ctepe to his crosse &c. ●o / these necessary for owr saluacion vnwryten verites we must feche at more & his chirche that cannot erre . Into the whiche vnwryten trouthes to proue that the holy gost did lede th apostles & that the apostles delyuered them by mouth to more & his chirche : More tereth out this text of Ioan / sayng that the holygost shulde lede them into euery Iohan. xvi More is in perel of the synne a genst the holy gost . i. Ioh. v trouthe . Note here crysten reder / the peste lent purpose & false peruerting of the scripture / which this man here vseth in alleging this text : & as thou seist him peruerte this text so doth he al other . And suerly I cannot tell whether this man thus abuse these wordis of Cryst / of ignorance or of a set malyciouse purpose wetingly to impugne the trwth and so conmit that greuouse irremissible synne agenst the holygost / for which saynt Iohan byddeth vs not to pray . If More be so sene in scripture as he maketh him self / and did rede but one lyue before next this same text & vnderstode it : them is it playne that he doth willingly & wetingly synne agenst the spirit of trouth . For there is it manyfest / that these trowthes into which he promysed his spirit to lede them were siche as then thei were to harde for them to vnderstande and bere : himself saynge / when he came to that harde poyn● as towchinge the worlde to be comnneed and reproued of their false iugement : & to the casting forth & condempninge of the prynce therof at the prechinge of the gospel among the gentyles / Anon he added saynge / As touching these thinges / yet haue I many thingis to tell you which as now ye can not bere : but when that same spirit of trouth come / he shall lede you into al trowth . By this former text whervpon that at More allegeth dependeth ( which for what entent he leueth it out / god knowth ) : it is playne that those trowthes were sich as then th postles for their weakenes might not bere As if Cryste shulde haue tolde them then in their faynt faith & heuynes that thei shulde haue left prechinge to the iwes whom they rekened onely for goddis owne beloued peple / & haue turned to the gentyles whom they rekened for haithen / his enymes / and non of his : they coulde not haue borne this trowthe . For euen aftir they had receyned the holy goste / the beste of them stayed and douted at this poynte as their actis declare But as for Moris vnwryten verites / as lē ton faste / halowinge of bowes / chalices / ve stments / & crepinge to the crosse &c. I thinke if Cryst had then tolde them / thei coulde haue borne them wel ynough / for thei had borne harder saynges of him & were acquaynted with harder ceremones prescribed them in Moses lawe nothinge offended at them . Cryste in the same sermone a lytel be fore tolde them in general / into what trouthe that spirit of trouth shulde lede them saynge . He shal teche you and lede you into Ioan. xiiij the knowlege of al thingis what so euer I haue tolde you . & if More yet wyl prease vpon me with his vnwryten verites affirminge that those were the thinges whiche he had tolde them & thei could not yet bere them : then do I desyer him to turne ouer the leaf into the. xv . cap. And there shal these that cryste descended more specially vnto these trowthes saynge : When that counforter / techer / and defender shal come whom I shal sende you fro my father / euen the spirit of trouthe which procedeth of my father / he shal testifye of me . Now ( M. More ) loke what difference is betwene this worde Me / & Him that sayde before in the .xiiij . cap. It is I that am the trowthe : ye / what & if cryst him selfe be called omnis illa veritas / that is to wit al that same trouth into whome he promysed his spirit to lede them ? ( verily the circunstance of the hole sermon so declareth it ) : and so do Iohan expowne it .i. Iohan .ij. Let this terme vniuersal / Omnis therfore stande still collectiue in his place as myche to saye as shal lede you into al trouthe comprehended & gathered togither in scripture of cryste which is that most absolute & perfayt trouth in whom al trowthe is contayned : & playe not the sophister therwith to distribute it so confusely to lappe yn your lyes vnder y● wyd● skirtis of omnis englyshng it as ye do saynge . Euery trouth For so euery man maye se euidently your deuellisshe dryft . There is difference betwene All / and euery / which both be signyfyed Exo. ix by this worde Omnis . For theoghe the pestelent plage in Exo. slew all their bestis / so that it is there wryten . And Al the bestis of Theg●pcions were deed / yet was it false that euery one of their bestis were deed / for the next plage folowing was / that bothe man & beste yet lyuing were fylled full of bot●hes & sores . And when the priestis & Leuits tolde kynge Ezechie saynge . Mundauimus om ● . Par. xxix nem d●mum domini / the● ment not euery howse of the lorde : but all the wholl temple which was the only howse of the lorde . Ne ther is Omne malum verbum / taken for euery yuel worde / but for the worst that men Mat. ● coude saye by them / as you call vs now he retikes sedyciouse &c. And so is Omnis ve ritas taken for that moste excellent & parfait trowthe euen cryste / ful of grace & verite of whose fullnes we all receyue the fauour of Ioan. i. colo . i. ij our heuenly father &c. whom it haue pleased that all parfait fulnes shulde verely & fermely inhabit cryste & nomore in figures and shadwes . He is called therfore altrowthe / because that al men that euer wer or shal be saued must be saued onely thorowe the knowlege i. Ti. ij . of him / as Paule testifieth saynge : he wyll al men to be saued whether he be Iewe or gentyle / that is to saye he wyll of them all bothe many to be brought vnto the knowlege of this same so perfit trouth Cryste / as Paule expowneth him self in that place / For all men Ioan . viij xvij . to be saued / is not els but to be brought into the knowlege of Cryste .

¶ Cryste therfore sayde / the holygoste shal testifye of me : of me and not of my mothers assumpcion &c. of me & not of lenton faste / of me & not of halowinge of chalices vestments & creping to crosses . And as towchinge the perpetual virginite of our lady to be an vnwryten verite / I meruel More forgote this comen Prouerbe / It behoueth a lyer to haue a good memory / for anon as he had affirmed it to be an vnwryten trouthe he forgote himself and goith aboute to proue it a wryten trouthe to \ expowninge non cognosco id est non cognoscam / which is playne contradiccion in his owne wordis the same to be both wryten & vnwryten as he take them . Be lyke more mystruste hys brytle vnwrytein shore / & wolde yet vnderproppe it with scripture / prouing his vnwryten verites to be wryten to . Saynt Ierome was as conynge a clerke & as wel sene in scripture as more / and wolde haue done as myche for our ladye as he sith noman now denye hir perpetual virginite / especially when Heluidius layd so sore agenst him for the contrary : and yet could not he proue it by scripture . And Mores chirche / this . xv . c. yere so stoutly spryted / led into euery trowthe and trewe vnderstanding of scripture yet could not espye this one scripture to for hir : but M. doctour More that olde holy vpholder & protectour of the papistical Synagoge now at last endwed with hygher lerning / and spryted with a deper spryte / euen now comen forth out of purgatory ( blessyd be god ) hathe founde vs oute this vnwryten wryten verite / lo. But let More beware lest he be not licked vp with the flame Leui. x. of his owne coles with Nadab & Abiu / for fetchinge them els where then at the auter of god as he commanded . whiche because thei filled theyr sencers with strange coles / were sodenly smytendowne dede / brente with their owne fyer . So nighe is the vengeaunce of god to fal vpon al men that ( goddis holy scripture neglecte ) be not afrayde to brynge in strange doctryne / mennis dremes / vnwryten trouthes / into crystischirch as now hath more taken in hande bothe to sence mennis soulis with his deuelissh doctryne / & to burne as many as will not beleue his lyes . But returne we into the waye . The holy goste is called the spirit of trouthe in dede / but of what trouth ? verely not of euery trouthe to lede vs therynto as more mynseth it : but he is the spirit onely of that trouthe which sayd I am the trouth : he is the spirit of this trouth & of all trowthes that concerne him & his doctrine / religion / and faith contayned in the lawe prophetis and testaments . And into this trouth contayninge al trowthes concerning his glory and our saluacion the spirit is promysed to lede the electe : ye & that by no nother waye then by the same waye that sayd I am the waye . Into this waye to be led / & so forthe into this trowth / prayd Psalm. lxvi the prophete saynge . The lorde be merciful and graciouse vnto vs : he mo●ghe shewe vs his face / that his waye ( & not Mores wyked wayes ) might be knowne thorow out the worlde & his saluacion amonge al folke . Also he prayed in a nother place Psalm. lxxxv saynge . Lorde lede me into thy waye that I might walke in thy trowthe / & not in Moris vnwryten verites : for al the wayes of the lorde ar mercy & verite : but All the wayes of More ar cruel tyrany & subtyl false hed .

All the wayes of the lorde ar mercy & verite Psalm. xxv ( saith the prophete ) vnto thez that seke his testaments & testimonies / for the two testaments testisy● of him / & not Mores vnwry ten vanites . It is a trowth that thames ebbethe & floweth : & trwe y● the sonne ryseth in the east \ and that euery hole body is greter then eche of the singler partes ther of : into the whiche verites euen the vngodly be led by theyr eyes & not by the holy goste / nomore than he neded to haue led th apostles into th assumpcion of our lady / they than beinge present & lokinge vpon hir taken vp ( if she were as sumpte as I shal shew you here after ) It is trewe that one had made the boke of the Suppli cacion of beggers . And y● M. Mok playd the proctour of purgatory creping forth groaning out his Supplicacion of soules . But yet into these trouthes did not the holy goste lede any man / for into the trouth that the Suppli cacion of beggers was wryten & who wrote In the second lef it / More saith himselfe in his supplicacion of soules / that the deuyl led him . wherfore it is not the spirit of trouth that leadeth into euery trouth / for ther be some trouthes / as they be vnworthy the holy gostis ledinge / so be ther some agayne so aperte vnto our eyes & eares that thei nede not his ledinge : of the which kinde of trouthes ( & reken not his lyes ) be all Mores vnwryten trouthes which he sayeth be of necessite to be beleued . whan cryste therfore repeted so ofte the spirite of trouth / & had sayd before I am the waye / the trouthe & the lyfe / & that the spirit shulde testifie of him selfe : he dothe declare into what trouthes he shulde lede them / euen into him selfe & siche as concerne him / the fontayne / beginninge & ende of al trowthes and not into siche trowthes into whiche our eyes & senses lede vs / but into siche as he is the spirite of / the sercher / & very techer of . And therfor Paul speking of the ꝑfant wysedome of god concerning the red empcion of man by the deth of cryste / which wysdom lay yet hyd from the gentiles & fro many of the Iwes ● i. cor. ij . to : so y● nother eye sawe it / nor eare harde it nor harte coude think it / & was to one foles hnes & to the tother sclawnderous / yet god at laste reueled it by his spirit of trowthe & led the apostles in to it : which els wolde neuer haue beleued that the Gospel shulde haue ben preched to the gentyls . And euen this is one of those harde poyntis wherfore cryst sayd / yet haue I many thinges to tell you which ye cannot now bere . but whan that spirit of trouth come / he shal lede you into al trouth . of which ( I saye ) euen this that the kyngdome of cryste shulde be enlarged & his gospel preched thorowt among al the gentils was the chefiste as the pistles of Paule beinge the doctour & precher sente vnto thez playnly declare & especially his pistle to the Ephesens where this place of Iohn is expowned at large . Fo● it is the spirit that sercheth all siche depe mysteris as Paule there cal this trouth both in his pistle to the Ephesens & also to the Corinthes sa ynge . God hath reueled it vs by his spirit / for the spirit ensetcheth al thingis euen the depe misterys of God / ● is to wyt as concerning the matter that ther Paul entreteth of / as the creacion / the fal / & redempcion of man whither he be Iwe or gentyle / by crystis deth very god & man . For as noman knowth the mynde & plesures of god but the spirit of god / so euery man sercheth them but in vayne / saue onely the spirit i. cor. ij . of god . The spirit of trouth therfore sercheth vs oute the mysteris & secretes of god / which we by our owne senses & corrupt nature cannot attayne to / nor comprehende in our hartis by natural reason / nether yet any natural wytte can vnderstande . We haue not receyued the spirit of the world / but the spirit which is of god ( saith Paule ) that we myght know what thinges ar geuen vs of cryst . that i. Cor. i is to weit : euen crist hiself the most absolut verite saluacion & lyfe ▪ petual thorow hi which is made of god our wysedome rightwysnes holynes & redempcion . vnto this euangelik verite & secret wysdom of god / loked Dauid in the . vi . vers . of the . li. Psal. & these giftis we preche saith paul / not with wordis which man nis wysdom & paynted eloquens teche / but with sich wordis as the holy gost recheth layngfor th & expowning spiritual thingis vnto the spiritual child●rn . Now I praye you what spiritual poynt is there in Mores vnwryten verites / as to halow vestmentis chalices &c. what nedeth here any spiritual exposici on or laynge forth of so carnal & sensible ceremones ? euery natural witt●d with his comen sensis maye perceue moris vnwryten verites / & se them to / to be starke vayne vanites ▪ But the natural wyse man perceyueth not those thinges that are of the spirit of God &c.

¶ But nowe let vs se one or two of Mores vnwryten verites . Firste as for the perpetual virginite of our lady : I neuer douted therof / before ether I knewe or harde of Mores chirche or harde Mores probacion expowninge non cognosco for non cog noscam / no I neuer yet harde any man do ute therof / but yet is it not a trewthe neces sary for our saluacion / no more than it was necessary for Abrahams Isaakis & others elect● of the olde testamentis saluacion which neuer harde therof : And as for our ladys assumpcion / it is an vnwryten trowthe in Our ladys as sumpcion dede not contayned ( as more saith ) in holy scripture / nether a trwthe concerning cryst nor pertayninge to our saluacion . For wh ither she was assumpte or not : yet be we ne thelesse redemed by crystis dethe . besydis this : if she had ben assumpte to heuen body & soule / the apostles lokynge on / she letinge fall amonge them hir girdle & b●dis as Mores chirche fableth / so had they not neded the spirites serchinge nor ledinge into thys truth for their owne eyes shulde haue certi ●●ed thez . And to tel you the very trowth of this vnwryten verite . Saynt Ierome / who me More & his chirch take for their autour of this truthe / saith playnly in his sermon of hir assumpcion ( if it be his ) which is deuided into hirlegende on the day . That she was buryed in the vayle of Iosaphat he seynge hir graue / but nothing in it : but how / what ●yme / or of whome ( saithe he ) hir bodye was taken thence / or whother it be trans●osed / or wether she be rysen / we cannot tell And before he saithe / Many of vs doute whither she was assumpte togither with hir body or whither she went hir waye / hir body here left behynde hir . of this vnwryten legende Lo / wheryn in it is dowted both of the autor & verite / sith th author him selfe do●teth / More & his chirch fetched their vnwryten trouth / & wold thrust it in to vs am ong our articles of our faith : & with his newe vnwryten articles as he goth about to byld vs a new chirch / so wold he prech vs a new gospel / wryte vs a new crede / & set vs vp a ●ew & a nother sauiour besydes cryst . Forthermore as for praynge to sayntes & worshi Deute . vi x Mat. iiii . ping of stockis & stones / as it is vngodlynes ● playne Idolatry / so is it no testimony of Cryst / nor necessary trwthe / but playne agenst goddis ●orde saynge . Thy lorde God shalt thou worship & him onely shalt thow honour & cleue to . And agene . Ther is no man that p●ayeth & calleth to a saynte but he sheweth himself to beleue & truste in the same Rom. x saynt . Paule saynge . How shal they cal vpon any in whom they beleue not ? Cryst is oure meane & intercessour onely betwene God Ro. viij 1. T 1. ij . 1. Ioan . ij our father & vs / a sufficient aduocate continually with the holy gost making intercession with sighes vnspekable before the father for vs . To forbere flesshe & ●te fysshe / to faste lentō were not so harde poyntes to the apostles but thei coude haue borne them at crystis mouth as wel as that other Iwes did beare siche & harder ceremones at Moses mouthe that was but man onely . To faste lent as it testifieth me not criste / so is it no article necessary of my faith . for if I / or any man wold so fast it / as to beleue to be saued for the dede doing / thāwer cryst deed for vs in vayne . by Gal. ij . thes / iug thou his ●other vnwryten vanites

¶ Yet for a more clere vnderstandinge of this text . The holy gost shal lede you into al trouth : let vs tōlider what goth before & what foloweth / that we may se perfitly what truthes these were \ to decerue them from Moris lyes . and to beginne : ye shal vnderstande ( crysten reders ) that this is Mores pestelent pro perte in alleging scriptures to furnessh his heresyes . First slegth holy to snatchout ate xt of the hole sentence / the wordis befor & folo wing wherof the trew understanding depende th / preuely of a poyson purpose lefte clene out ▪ T ham seweth he to a false glose of his o wn shaping / & so a false supposicion once layde \ he procedeth to frame & fynesshe his deuillissh drift / here & ther in his deduccion strewing his processe with lordly checks tauntis / mockes & lyes / colours of his owne wonte retryk . But thou shalt first note / for the A rule to vnde rstande the scripture espying out of this vngodly deceyte & serpentine fraude / & for the very truth of the text so torne & mangled : what thing the autor entendeth cheifely in that processe / cha ▪ holepistle / or gospel wheryn thou percase redest & then loke how he referreth euery argument & sayng to his purpose . & because the autor diuerteth & mak eth a digression from his principal entent : some thing incidently offred to his mynde : marke werhe gothforth & wer he returneth to his purpose : & neuer lat the principal entent of him prefixed to which al the processe tendeth go fro thy mynd . obserue also diligently the vse of his wordis / maner of spech / & what his wordis signifye . Than al the processe so scatred gather thou togither / confer & frame euery parte to the ende & entent that the Autor purposed : And th● shalt thouse se both thissame conferring & framing togither of these sentencis / not onely to be the light in derknes / the exposicion of all ij . Pet. i & th infallible rule of the truthe / but also the very tryed tryacle agenst the vyrulent venome of al heritiques / that in so tering & rending out scripture / falsely glose / violently wrest & blasphemously abuse the holygostis wordis to stablessh their heresyes . As More wold by this texte of Cryste . whan the spirit of trouth shal come &c. proue & stablesshe that the apostles left aught vnwryten &c. Here therfore first shalte thow restore this text into his owne place agene . Iohan. xvi . And then loke wher that processe began / and what cryste entended in it . And to helpe thy labours . Begyn at the . xiij . cha. Wher thou shalt se that cryst consydering the olde passouer remembred the newe / wheryn also he shulde bodely passe out of this worlde to his father / for by his godhed he was euer present with him / there shalt thou se what loue he did bere to his derebeloued disciples / & the sowper ended / what homble seruice he dyd thez in ●●asshing their fete / & agayne what an vnlouing towche one of them shulde shew him so that at laste / he prepared vnto his purpose / begane his sermone vnto them almoste in the ende of the cha. saynge / My sweet sonnes / yet a lytel whyle am I with you . ye shal also seke me / as I tolde the Iwes / but whother I go / ye may not come &c. Here they perceyuing that he wolde departe fro them / were ful heuy , which heuynes came by the reason of their ignorance and vnbeleife / for al●eit they had confessed him some tyme before to be both God and man / yet now whan the bronte oftentacion was at hande / thei were with out both knowlege & faith in him / so litell did it profit them his bodely presence / Than did Criste to delyuer them from their heuynes and to set them in a perfe it beleife go forth with his sermone / saynge in the. xiiij . cap. let not yowr hartes be thus trowbled with heuynes . If ye beleue in god / ye beleue in me &c. For all his entent was to lede them into the beleif of him bothe god and man euen that moste absolute trouth . And whan thei harde him mynde agayne his goynge awaye / baringe them in hande that they knewe whother he wente and the waye to . Thomas to declare their ignorance answerd that they kenew nether / whother he wente nor yet the waye . And than cryste sayd he was the waye / the trowthe and the lyfe . & at laste cold them that he wold sende them the holy goste / his spirit / the spirit of trouthe a counforter a defender and techer to them in his bodyly absence / and that this spirit of trouth shulde testifie of him whiche called him selfe that trowth / the tyme wil not suffer to expende and to compare euery parte of this sermone continuing vnto th ende of the xvij . cha. wherfore I leue this labour vnto the c●ysten reder whom I beseche that spirit of trowth to lede by the same waye that ther is prefixed / into that trouth that cryst ther did set before their eyes \ into whome whan thei are led / thei are led into all trowthe . But breifly / the entente of cryst was to setle and to confirme them in the beleife of himself ere he wente his waye / and for their counforte to sende them that counf●r ter techer and defender / eu●n his spirit of trowthe : whiche whan h● shulde come / he shulde reason rebuk● and conuince the worlde of synne / of rightwisnes and of iugment And b●cause More saith y●●●indal wresteth th●se word is as falsely agenst him self & his chirche / as the deuyl did the scripture agenste Ciys●e / saynge that the worlde here is taken for the Iwes and paynems : I shal declare th is worde Worlde for Moris confusion as The w orlde cryst taketh it in the cap. before / for siche vngodly whom the worlde fauoreth and laugheth vpon / which hate his members and persecute him and his worde in them / euen for More and his chirche / the bisshops & their faccion / whom there is none more vayn glorious worldly and wyked . The worlde is here they that beleue not that Iesus Criste is our sufficient satisfaccion / red empcion / rightwysnes / and that faith in him onely saueth not / that there is no nother name by whome we maye be saued than Iesus Crist / but beleue to be iustifyed by workis / and i●ge falsely of god and his worde whose glyteringe rightwysnes and false iugement the holy gost here this daye rebuketh / of this secte pharisa●●cal is More and his chirch / and ar and shal be rekened / resoned with / rebuked and conuineed of the Holygoste were thei cry stened an . C. tymes . For this Gospel was wryten as well to rebuke vs as ether Iwe or paynem . He shal rebuke the worlde of iuge ment / for the prince of this world is euen now ( sayd Cryste ) discerned . And euen here is the principal wherof cryst was mou●d to set to these wordis . Adhec multa hab●o que vobis dicam &c. as concerninge these forsayde iij. poyntis and especially the last / I haue yet many thinges sayd cryste to tel you / but ye cannot now bere them . But whan that spirit euen the spirit of trouth shal come / he shal lede you into al trowth : for the vnderstanding therfore of this laste poynt whervpon dependeth Mores texte whiche he so falsely wresteth ▪ ye shal know that it was prophecyed and figur●d v●ry ofte that the gentyles shuld be called into Crystis chirche : and his gospell preched to al nacions / his kingdome shuld be dilated and enlarged vnto the vttermoste costes of th erthe : which vnto that tyme was contayned but in Iuda and Israel a litel Cap. ij . & . xlij . Psal. ij . angle of the worlde / of this prophecye rede Isaye and the Psalmes . Aske of me ( sayd the father to cryste ) and I shal geue the / the gentyles for thy heretag● . ye shal also consyder the corrupt iugement of the Iwes in this cause / beleuinge that thei onely were goddis peple / that god onely was their god & not the god of the gentylis to / thei re●ened and iuged the gentyles / & do yet as we do them / godlesse swyne and heithen how ●dis : In so miche that they iuged his gospel neuer to be preched amonge vs / and of this opinion wer euen the beste of the apostles / and that aftir the holygost was comen / & some of them stoke so sore to their ceremones of the lawe / as circuncision &c. that thei thought after that the gentyles were called to the gospel / yet coude thei not be saued vnlesse thei had ben circuncysed to . Also after Act. x the Peter was monesshed by a vision that he shulde not doute to preche the gospel to the gentyles and receiue Cornelius with his famylye that were gentilis / and baptize them / yet to se what both he and Paule sufferd of the Iwes Act. xi . & . xxij for preching the gospel to the gentyles / ye may knowe howe corrupt their iugement was As concerninge this mater therfore Cryst sayd I haue many thinges to tell you whiche ye cannot now beare &c. It was nowe I ensuer yow an harde poynte for them to haue beleued that thei their self shulde preche the gospel to the gentils and forsake their own nacion the Iwes : vnto whom Cryste had sayd Mat. x warninge them before / whan he sent th em to preche / that thei shulde not come amonge the gentylis &c. For to receyue this trouthe and to preche the gospel into among the gentylis / it requyred a grete gyfte and an highe spirit / euen the conuersion of Paule & his feruent spirit and laboures aboue all that other apostles . And then compare theis hercules labours of Paule / and of the other apostles in this cause / vnto Moris vnwryten vanytes / as halowinge of vestmentis / chalices and crepinge to the crosse : and rede Paulis pistles and especially ad Ephesios ( as light as More maketh it ) and consyder how sore he sweteth and laboreth this harde trowthe . Now for the declaracion of the wordis of the texte / wher standeth this wo●de I● dicium which comenly signifieth Iugement Iugement and discrecion / howe be it because one thinge foloweth of a nother as at the contrary iugement of diuerse rulers there foloweth mutacions and changes in arcalme / it is a comen saynge . New lordis new lawes and so new iugementis / therfor iugement may Ioan . ix be englesshed some tyme mutacion and change / as Cryste sayd . Into iugement am I come into this worlde / that thei that se not shuld s● / and thei that se shulde be blynde . That is / I am come to make a change . It was a mer〈…〉ouse change / ● the blynde borne shulde se and the quyke eyed pharisayes so wel lerned Ioan . xij shulde be made starke blynde . Also . Nowe sayd C●yste is the iugement of this worlde / that is to wytte this worlde shal be now changed . Why so ? for the prince therof shal be cast forthe / that is the deuil shal be caste forth and Cr yste shal come yn . I sawe ( sayd Cryste ) Satan ●uc . x fallinge downe frome heuen lyke a lyghteninge / at whose fall Cryst was exalted unto the kyngdome ouer al this worlde : for a stronger armed hath met with him and ouercome him &c. Nowe ye se the change of these princes / wherof foloweth the change of this worlde . Vnder Satan the gentyles worshiped stockis and stones / and the Iwes stode vpon their workis : vnder cryste we worshipe god the father in spirit that is to saye in verite : and hope for saluacion for our faith in Cryste that same verite . But wherby came this alteracion and so graciouse a change ? verely thorow the prechinge of the gospel of the kyngdome / that is thorowe the prechinge of Cryst . Isaye thus prophecyinge . cap. xlij I shal enryche him with my spirit and he shal preche iugemente vnto the gentylis / that is to saye my gospel of the kingdome of heuen : at whose prechinge the worlde shal be altered and changed into a better state : and thei shal discerne and iuge this change to be godly : for the prince of this worlde shal be casteforthe and discerned to be a contrary prince vnto Cryste / and that by the worde that tryeth all thinges . And now because More will saye that this matter and iugemente pertayn●d to the Iwes onely and not to vs althoughe we be gentylis / but of a nother worlde than it was than . He shal knowe / that with yn this . xij . yere ther hath ben a grete alteracion and yet continue the and shal be yet at greter mutacion than we loke fore : which mutacion be ga●e and continueth at the preching of the pure gospel and translating of it into al lan guegis . by this worde of god now reuyu●d and spred so brode / we iuge and disce●ne the pope the prince of this world● ( for he is more carnal and worldely than the worlde it selfe ) to be the very Anticryste / and we se him nowe with More and their faccion in castinge forth / and that by the mighty worde of god : and thei shal be slayne with the breath of goddis mouthe . But the worlde whose prince the pope and his secte are / of whom More is yet one / iuge that the gospel that thus altereth this worlde is heresye / and the cause of s●dicion : and Anticrist and his faccion / to be the chirch of god / and the very poore chirche of the electe whom thei burne to be herityques : But awake ye Anticristis oute of your wykednes . For the holygoste is now comen with his worde wr yten to dispute to reason to reken with you to rebuke and conuince you for this peruerse iugement . For it is Anticryst I tell ▪ you and not the hed of Crystis chirch / euen the pope the prince of this worlde now espyed decerned by goddis worde and shal be cast forth of his kingdome shortely .