A short treatise of certayne thinges abused in the Popysh Church long vsed: but now abolyshed to our consolation and Gods word auaunced the light of our saluation.

Preserue me , O god , for in the do I truste . Psalm .xv. GRace whiche is the mercy fauor and acceptation . Apoc . i . Of God our heauenly father , be geuen to this audience Peace , from Iesu Christ , our helth and satisfaction Whiche is the true tranquilite , of a quiet conscience Be ministred vnto you with a more relyced sentence Than all tonges be able to make declaration My intente is to declare , yf a whyle ye well kepe scilence How goddes worde is florisshed , the light of our saluation We haue bene drowned with dreames , Ps. Cvi . as out forefathers haue bene Lyuing in wilful Ignorance , not searching for the verite Beleuing to haue syght , Eccl. xxi . whan we haue not sene But heapinge synne vpon synne , committing iniquite For lacke of godly knowledge , brought into captiuite So that the blind leade the blind as Christ maketh demonstration And both fell in the lake , Mat xv of vtter darkenes of tenebre But now gods word is florisshed , the light of our saluation . The shepeheardes that should fede the flocke , Eze . xxxiiii as Ezechiell doth say And hath famysshed them for fode , wo vnto them all That thus suffereth the shepe to perisshe going astray From the handes of suche blind guydes the lord doth vs call The sicke haue they not healed the weake haue they let fall But churlishly and cruellye , be they had in estimation viii . Come away good people from their doctrine o●a●oucan For now goddes word is florisshed the light of our saluation A gret colour of holines in the Popes church hath ben vsed The which is playne wickednes , as goddes word proueth ryghte iiii . xc.xvii . To mainteyn the old customes , of most men now refused The verite cleane banisshed , and truth put to flight Yf god had not ben mercyfull , all men had lost the lyght Blynde was the cerymony , for all the sainctification But now it is euydent , to euery chrysten wyght How goddes word is florysshed , the light of our saluation In the stede of goddes word we had holy bread and water Holy palmes holy asshes , holy candles holy fyer Holy bones holy stones , holy crewittes at the aulter Holy censars holy bannars , holy crosses holy atyet Holy wax holy pax , holy smoke holy smyer Holy oyle holy creame , holy wyne for veneration Holy coope holy canepy holy reliques in the quiet Thus gods word could not florissh the light of our saluation We haue had belles christened vestiments consecrated Chalices anointed high altates wasshed and halowed Images tabernacled , dead mens bones shryned Coniured Crosses censed , spittled and spattled With turne and halfeturne the people was deceyued Seist we or seist me not , and moche more abhominacion Feattes of legerdemayne , by these ingglers inuented That goddes worde shulde not florysshe , the lyght of oure saluacion . Vpon the high holy euennes as they do them cal They range al the belles a solempne noys to heare There had we euensong complyne , & salue with all Of that was song or sayd , i . co● iiii . themselues were neuer the nere For it was in a foren tongeras it doth wel apere Nother to thym nor vs , Esa . xxix . was there edification For it was all lippe iabo , song they neuer so cleare Syldome preache they christ , to be the light of our saluation The nexte day folowyng we had masynes , with prime and howres holy Many a deus in adiutorium , al in the latten tonge Coniuring of holy water folowed then immediatly Procession after ydolles , al the church yarde long Hygh masse with deuout sensinges , ruffling it in priksong Then ranne we to take holy bread without signification These plantes be pluct vp , Mat . xv . be they neuer so stronge They were not graffed on goddes worde , the light of our saluation . With these old customes & such lyke god is displeased sore As in the first of Esay ther is demaunded playne Who required these of you suche thinges I do abhor Your Sabothes and your solempne days your fastinges are in vayne Newe holydayes & fastinges from my hart I do disdayne God saith he is wery both of you and your oblacion He byddeth you labour in his vyne yarde , Esai . i . and therin take payne To teach the people Gods word the light of our saluacion Sone it is sene what paynes in this veneyarde they dyd take For euery quicke sprynge that brought forthe the frute of Gods verite They cryed out on him heretike burne him at a stake He speaketh againste oure Ceremosyes and therfore shall he dye Throwe such wretches in prison / and let the caytyles lye And yf they be not willinge , to make their recantation Papistes make tradicions the lyght of their saluacion Famysh them for ●… e , or murther them pryuely They speake agaynste tradycions the lyght of our saluacion . Than scourged they the simple soules , with their whyp of correction And there on hanged .vi. strynges , surely fastened with a lawe This whyp was very mere , for ther pestilent complection For thorow such tyranny , the peoples hartes wer rawe Thus many faythful membres frome the truth dyd drawe Psa . Cxxiii Vntyl , our noble kynge of his mercy and compassion Brake this cruell whyp that kept the people in awe And hath aduaunced Goddes worde the lyght of our saluacion . Bewayle doth our Balamytes , disclosynge their owne nature Euen as vnshamefaste shauelynges thret●ninge Christes pore shepe Saynge yf the sworde were on our sydes , be ye sure As it hath bene before than wolde ye not ones pepe But now that ye thinke al good ordre is layde downe to slepe Ye make a braggynge and a boasting of your exaltation Now who but ye gospellers that Christes flocke dothe keape Ye teache the people gods worde the lyght of our saluation Thus was their handes defyled with bloud / their fingers with vnrightuousenes Deuouringe vp the gospellers in euery towne and city From their lippes proceded lyes , their tongues aduaunced wyckednesse Without respecte to the trewth they iudge nothing treulye They hatched Coccatrice egges / as we haue sene it plainli And weaued spyders webbes by their cruel consultation . Esa . lviii Now he that eateth of their egges shal not escape but dye Or be an ennemy to the truthe the light of our saluacion . The chiefest thinge they set by is almost fallen awaye I meane their masking Masse by so mani Popes deuysed For thorow it the Lordes supper hath bene in great decay And the ryght institution blasphemously blemysshed Thus in the Popysh church it hath bene long abused But now verite wil haue the matter , in examinacion He sayth playnly suche abusion shal no more be vsed It shal be tryed by Gods worde , the light of our saluacion This Masse as they supposed was alone sufficient To pacify Goddes wrath , for our wretched mysery Fre forgyuenes of synnes , beinge neuer so vnpenitent Myght be receyued at the Masse this was their doctrine dayely No ●… nale tyme were we blynded , with suche Popysshe peltry Making vs to paye , fore the holy consecration Lyke theues that were vnsacrat , they robbed so 〈…〉 Without the feare of Goddes wor 〈…〉uacion Christ held not the bread ouer his head , it is not in the Scripture . Mat . x●… . But brake it and deuyded it , to his Apocstls al Christ bad them not knele to it of this ye may be sure yf ye do searche the Scriptures fynde it so ye shal Christ willed them to reserue it in the memorial That his body for our synnes , i . Cor . xi . suffred payne and passyon To pacify the fathers wrath , when we in synne do fall He . vii . x . Thus was he offred ones for al the light of our saluacion Marke how blyndly we were fed , with out popysh gentylmen 〈…〉 vi Marke how with false doctrine , they haue bleared our eyes . Marke how craftely we were fedde with Phariseys leauen Marke also how they repyne , the goddes worde sholde aryse Marke what deuylish doctrine these dreamers dyd deuise ii . Ti . iiii . Marke how cruel they haue bene , to Christes comgregation Marke how moch they haue maynteyned , phantasyes and lyes Nothing regarding gods word , the lyght of our saluation Of longe tyme haue they caused vs , commyt abhomination Ac vii . xvii Robbyng god of the honor , which to hym is dewe , By muenting false gods of their Imagination Makyng therof a sacrifice , and yf they proue this trewe They must confesse thei crucify gods sonne againe a newe For yf their bread be Christe , by transubstanciation Than offre they in sacrifice , this must nedes insewe God and man fleshe and bloude , the lyght of our saluacion Mar. xvi . Actes . vii . Heb . x . Doth not scripture say , into heauen Christ ascended And dwellyng not in temples made with mannes hande But sat him downe for euer / vntyl the worlde be ended Makinge intercession , both for fre and ●onde That vnto his godly promyse faythfully do stonde This shoulde be to the Idolatres an honest reformation To driue them from Idolatry for feare they be fonde Enemy●s vnto gods worde the lyght of our saluacion Iohn .vi. Christ is the bread of lyfe which descended from the deite Ihon viii . Yf any eate of that bread he shal lyue euermore Matt . i . Christ alone the sonne of God maketh vs free And from al our synnes clearely doth vs restore Chryst for al penytent hartes , hath sayd vp mercy in ●ore Christe dyed for our synnes , Rom. iiii . and rose for our iustification We bele to fynde hym a mercyful fauiour For god hath chosen hym to be the lyght of our saluation Now seing we haue Christe , to be our onely aduocate In whome God the father , Mat . iii . hath a speciall delight Let vs heare him , for he alone doth inuocate And of our synnes cleane forgyuenes , ii . Pet . i we haue in Goddes syght What nede we than to seke helpe , at any other wyght But euen onely in the merites , Eph. i . of Iesu Christes passion Bewayling our great mysery desyring daye and night To fynde hym a mercyfull God , Heb . i the light of our saluacion All we haue offended and haue nede of Goddes glory No man is founde righteous and pure in his presence Yet thorow his sonne Christ , Rom. iii . we be forgyuen frely For he hath made a sacrifice for our synnes and offence He is our reconciler , peace maker , Heb . vii . and defence He it is that shed his bloud , onely for our redemption And wold haue al men saued this is his pretence Thus are we cleansed by Christ , the light of our saluacion No smal cause haue we to reioyce , yf we do consyder How our mercyfull God , hath for his flocke prouyded Replenyshinge vs with meat , that endureth for euer I meane his eternall word , Iohn . v● frome which we were deuided By waye of persecution , abhorred and deryded But thankes be to the lyuinge God , whiche for our consolacion Hath ouer throwen the ennemyes that thus enterprysed To persecute the Gospell , the light of our saluacion . Act. i● And where we lyued in feare , Ma. xx● to confesse the virite Psa . c.xxiii . 〈…〉 es vnpro●y●a● Now is that yoocke broken , and we set at libertie Plenteously to publyshe the truth without fable Let vs therfore beware , we be not founde variable Lucke . ix . But laye a sure holde to the ploughe , with harte and cogitation i . Cor . xv . Continuinge vnto the ende , stronge stedfaste and stable In no wyse to renounce the truthe the lyghte of our saluacion . Apo. xvii . Forsake the whore of Babylon and the marke of the beast Apo. xviii . Forsake her marchantes all , for they be most pestelent Forsake the wares that she solde , frome the most to the least Forsake her holynes , that she estemed excellent Apo. xvii Forsake the deuelysh doctrine , that she dyd inuent Forsake and fle vtterly , from her abhominacion Apo. xviii . For Kynges and Princes were disceyued , that to her dyd consent Persecuting Gods worde , the light of our saluacion . Let vs forsake all ceremonies , that to Scripture be not consonaunt Tradicions of forefathers wherin we haue ben lead Psal . cv . And with the lyuely worde of God , let vs now be conuersaunt For therin shall we se with what baggage we were fead Wandering in the Popes lawes forsakinge Christe oure head ii . Pe . ii . Heapinge vpon our selues the more greatter damnacion Thus were Tradicions and Ceremonies , maintayned in the stede Of Gods true and syncere worde , the light of our saluacion Let vs earnestly therfore desire with an harte vnfayned That in all thinge we do , Ti● . God may haue the glory Yea / and imbrace this heauenly worde , which we haue receyued Not in talke , nor to receyue it as a carnall liberty But to bringe forth the frute of the spirit , so that therby It maye apeare manifest , in our Godly conuersacion To be a light vnto the worlde , forsaking al iniquite And to perseuer in the truth the light of our saluacion . And doubte not al that the heauenly father hathe not planted He will plucke vp by the rotes , Mat . xv . they shall no more endure This in his eternall worde he hath it promysed Therfore be not vnfaythfull for his couenaunt is ful sure Heauen and earth shall perysh , Luk . xvi . this is without recure But his worde shal neuer passe , by no determination Vntyl al thinge be ended therfore I you allure To trust wholy in his worde , the light of our saluacion Honger and thurst for righteousnesse , Mat . v than shal ye be satisfyed Mortify the flesh , with the dedes therof also Let no fylthye communicaon oute of your mouthes procede But as it becometh sayntes , Ephe . iiii . euen so loke ye do Blessed be he to whom synne is not imputed to Neither in his spirite is there founde dissimulacion Suche shall inioye the heauenly ioyes , Psal . xxx● knowinge no kynd of woo But haue the fruicion of Goddes sight , the lyghte of oure saluacion And aboue all thinge to imbrace / Gods eternall viritie which vnto a Christen man , there as nothing so acceptable For as moche as in it , is contayned syncerely The dewtie of al persons , a doctrine most profytable And in especiall to this we must be agreable To loue God aboue al thinge this is the chief foundacion And oure neyghbours as our selfe , thus shal we withoute fable Receyue at the hande of God , the lyght of our saluacion . Let vs be thankeful to our God for his etern verite With which he hath most plenteously endewed our noble Kynge So that amonge al his affaires , he maye setforthe goddes glorye With no lesse zeale than he hath done sence his firste beginninge I meane , Edward the sixt , ouer vs now rayninge Right Inheritour by dissent of this reame or dominion That oute of his Princely harte / there maye dystyll and springe Gods power and lyuely worde the lyght of our saluacion . Also for those good ladyes , of the same stock and linage Mary and Elyzabeth , systers vnto his grace The heauenly Lorde endewe them / vnto their last age Euen as their noble father dyd all Popery to deface And Gods eternall Testament / alway to embrace For there in shal they learne , by the heauenly instigation To folow the frute of the spirite , and thereby to purchace The Celestiall kyndome , the lyght of our saluacion . For the moste honorable Councell , with my Lorde Protector Which stryueth strongely with the enemyes of God night and daye In his procedynges and doynges / the Lorde be his director With his holy spirite also / to rule their hartes alwaye That thorowe their spirituall laboure al Poperye maye decaye And vtterly banysshed the lande , with Godly reformacion Suppressing all false doctrine and to set suche a staye That Goddes worde maye increace / the lyght of our saluacion . And that it may please the ( O God ) to illumine the spiritualtie As Bysshoppes and al ministers , with knowledge and vnderstandinge Of they most blessed worde to set it forth with synceritie And vnfaynedly folowe ; both in doctrine and lyuing Fedinge Christes flocke with the worde euerlastinge Not compelled ther vnto nor for hope of promocion But for fauor whiche they beare to it aboue al thinge And thus shall Goddes worde florysshe the lyght of oure saluacion . i . Pet . v. Let Christ be preached the sauyour , where in we maye trust Rebuke euery synne , i . Ti . iiii beware of Deuelysh Doctrine Double tongued men / in no wyse be they must Not gyuen to fylthy lucre / nor ●o moche wy●e But hauynge the mysterye of Faythe / in conscyence pure and cleane And or they presume to minister in the congregacion They ought to be well proued this doth saynte Paule determyne And then to fede vs with the truthe the lyghte of our saluauacion . .i. Tim . iii . And euen as it is ther dewtie to rebuke synne So is it our partes also to seace frome synne alwaye Eze . xxxiii . Consyderinge Sathan was the fyrste that dyd it begyne Therfore he they our watche men as Ezechiel doth saye Now yf we haue a warning and will fully decaye Oure owne bloude vpon oure headdes this is withoute negacion Rede the texte and more playnly se it there ye maye Thus God wolde haue al men saued the light of our saluacion . And for vs pore communs also the Lorde be our ouer fear That aboue al we may desyre peace and quiet rest Both of soule and body for that do we require So shal we prosper in al goodnes and god pleased best And at the last to be with Christ this is our request Which is the head of the faithful and Christian congregation Receyuing there a kyngdome euer to haue rest In ioye and blysse without ende there to haue our saluacion AMEN .