¶
The
declaration
of
Alexander
Seyton
.
GOOD
people
/
so
it
is
/
that
vpon
sonday
/
the
.xiiii.
day
of
Nouember
last
past
/
I
Alexander
Seyton
a
Scottysshe
man
borne
hauynge
ben
here
to fore
greatly
suspected
/
noted
and
infamed
of
heresy
/
and
erronious
opinions
/
and
for
the
same
/
conuentyd
before
diuerse
Ecclesiasticall
iudges
of
this
Realme
/
made
within
the
parysshe
churche
of
saynt
Anthonynes
(
within
the
cytye
and
diocese
of
London
)
a
sermon
in
the
mornynge
of
the
sayd
sondaye
/
before
a
great
multitude
/
without
any
lycence
of
my
Lorde
byshop
of
London
/
or
any
his
offycers
and
contrary
to
theyr
myndes
&
commaundement
/
takyng
for
the
ground
of
my
sermon
the
epystle
of
that
day
/
extracted
out
of
the
fyrst
chapiter
wrytten
to
the
Philippians
I
nothing
spekyng
in
that
mornynge
sermon
/
eyther
of
Fre
wyll
/
or
choyse
of
man
with
his
reconciliacyon
/
or
iustificacyon
/
nether
yet
els
of
good
workes
or
meryt
/
or
value
there
of
/
Albeit
I
had
good
and
iust
occasyon
so
to
do
/
by
reason
of
the
sayde
Epystle
.
And
moreouer
that
sermon
done
/
I
came
immediatly
hyther
to
the
sermon
made
in
this
place
/
by
a
well
lerned
man
and
doctour
of
diuinite
/
in
the
vniuersyte
of
Oxforth
)
and
herd
all
the
same
/
well
notyng
&
markyng
his
proces
made
vpon
the
seyd
epistle
/
especially
touching
Fre
wyll
or
choyce
of
man
/
with
his
reconsylyaciō
or
iustification
/
&
also
the
prayse
of
good
workes
/
&
the
meryttes
&
value
therof
/
than
&
there
openly
declared
/
&
I
was
in
dede
in
my
mynde
not
right
well
contented
with
the
seyd
sermon
&
gretly
offended
with
the
same
.
For
as
much
as
touchyng
Fre
wyll
or
Choyse
&
iustifycation
/
or
reconsylyation
of
man
to
god
me
thought
as
than
the
seyd
precher
gaue
to
moch
vnto
man
/
&
dyd
withdraw
to
moch
from
gods
grace
and
touchyng
good
workes
&
the
meryt
&
value
therof
As
than
me
thought
he
dyd
ouer
moche
value
&
esteme
the
same
/
&
beyng
so
offended
/
I
the
same
day
at
after
none
within
the
sayd
church
of
saynt
Antonyues
be
fore
a
gret
multytude
then
&
there
assembled
(
without
any
lycens
of
my
seid
lord
of
London
or
any
his
offycers
/
&
contrary
to
their
myndes
&
commaundementes
/
yea
&
without
any
shewing
of
any
other
lycens
at
all
/
of
a
set
purpose
&
to
the
intent
the
people
ther
assembled
shuld
not
agree
to
the
mynde
&
declaracyon
of
the
seyd
precher
/
but
vtterly
dissent
/
vary
/
&
clerely
dysagree
from
all
the
same
)
dyd
make
an
other
sermon
directed
contrary
in
poyntes
and
artycles
afore
sayd
/
vnto
the
sermon
of
the
seyd
precher
/
the
peple
takyng
occasion
there
by
to
be
in
discord
varyete
&
diuersite
of
opinions
amongest
them selues
/
and
there
by
not
vnlyke
to
fall
into
further
in
conuenyens
and
busynes
.
Wherfore
now
I
am
right
heuy
/
sory
/
and
greatly
repentaunt
/
trustynge
in
the
mercy
of
God
/
to
vse
here
after
a
more
modesty
discretion
and
temperans
in
my
prechyng
/
and
to
auoyd
such
rash
and
hasty
passyons
and
sodayne
affections
and
iudgement
/
and
only
to
cleue
vnto
the
trouth
and
Catholyke
determynacyons
of
our
holy
mother
the
Church
.
☞
And
more
ouer
ye
shall
vnderstand
good
people
/
that
as
I
was
denounced
detected
and
presented
/
so
also
I
confesse
it
is
euidently
proued
agaynst
me
by
suffycient
wytnesse
brought
in
there
vpon
/
that
in
my
sayd
second
sermon
than
and
there
made
at
after
none
/
I
dyd
contrary
to
good
doctryne
&
lernyng
/
vtter
/
prech
/
and
declare
amongest
diuerse
other
thynges
.ii.
thynges
chefely
/
that
were
very
erronyouse
/
that
is
to
wyt
/
that
a
man
hath
no
lybertye
or
Frewyll
at
all
to
do
my
thynge
that
is
vertuous
and
good
and
also
that
good
workes
dyd
nothing
at
all
helpe
or
were
merytorious
towardes
our
saluacyon
or
iustificacion
.
And
all
be
it
my
lord
byshop
of
London
/
iustly
might
for
the
same
myne
offences
so
committed
within
his
iurisdiction
/
haue
compelled
me
/
accordyng
to
the
Ecclesiastical
lawes
of
this
Realme
to
abiure
&
also
might
haue
extremly
punyshed
me
for
the
same
offences
/
as
in
such
cases
here
to fore
hath
ben
a
customed
/
yet
such
is
his
charyte
/
gentylnes
/
&
goodnes
towardes
me
/
desyryng
only
my
reformacyon
and
amendement
with
your
satisfaccion
/
that
he
for
certayne
causes
and
honest
consideracions
hym
mouynge
/
haue
ben
and
is
contented
with
this
onely
penaunce
/
(
that
is
to
say
)
That
I
make
here
this
open
declaracyon
vnto
you
of
my
sayde
offences
/
&
that
I
do
not
here
after
prech
or
teach
any
such
thyng
agayne
/
or
any
other
thynge
that
shal
be
agaynst
the
catholyke
fayth
of
our
holy
mother
the
church
/
but
as
moch
as
can
lye
in
my
power
/
to
mayntayne
/
defend
and
auaunce
the
sayde
fayth
and
vtterly
to
detest
and
forsake
all
and
all
maner
of
heresyes
/
errours
&
noughty
opynions
with
the
fauourers
/
mayntayners
/
defenders
/
or
abbeters
of
them
/
or
any
of
them
/
durynge
my
lyfe
/
which
now
I
so
promyse
and
declare
also
vnto
you
/
that
I
wyll
do
effectually
.
And
for
both
your
better
vnderstandyng
/
and
also
for
myne
owne
declaracyon
here
in
/
and
to
the
entent
ye
may
knowe
/
that
myne
opinion
is
euen
as
the
opinion
is
of
the
catholyke
church
and
no
otherwyse
.
He
shall
vnderstand
that
I
do
verely
beleue
and
playnly
confesse
/
that
a
Christen
man
not
destytute
of
gods
grace
hath
lyberte
/
Frewyl
and
choyse
to
do
good
/
and
also
of
hym selfe
without
Gods
grace
/
hath
lybertye
to
consent
to
euyll
/
&
to
do
it
in
dede
.
Item
that
all
thynges
good
and
bad
/
are
not
to
be
ascribed
vnto
a
fynall
destynye
/
predestinacyon
/
or
foreknowledge
of
God
/
as
the
very
cause
thereof
/
ne
yet
to
an
absolute
or
prestyse
necessyte
or
compulcyon
that
can
not
be
auoyded
/
which
in
tymes
past
hath
ben
a
lewd
opynion
/
&
a
damnable
heresy
holden
of
many
.
Item
that
thynges
which
be
euyll
/
are
to
be
ascribed
to
our selfes
/
who
wyllyngly
&
wyttynglye
do
consent
and
agre
vnto
them
.
where
assysted
with
gods
grace
/
beynge
euer
redy
at
hand
we
myght
sufficiently
haue
auoyded
and
made
resystence
vnto
them
/
yf
we
had
wolde
.
Item
that
such
good
workes
as
we
do
with
the
helpe
of
gods
grace
are
by
scripture
truely
called
our
good
workes
/
as
wrought
by
vs
by
the
strength
of
Gods
grace
and
concurrence
of
our
frewyll
.
And
al
be
it
we
not
only
of
humylyte
/
but
also
for
confession
of
the
trouth
/
do
ascrybe
them
to
god
as
by
ryches
of
whose
mercy
we
haue
both
grace
&
frewyll
/
wherewith
to
worke
yet
neuerthelesse
god
to
set
forth
the
trouth
of
excellence
of
the
lyberty
of
our
frewyl
wroughte
by
hym
in
Christ
/
by
whom
we
are
deliuered
calleth
in
his
scripture
.
also
truly
those
good
works
done
by
good
men
/
theyr
workes
as
truely
done
by
them
made
able
and
strengthned
by
god
so
to
do
&
therfore
such
fantasys
as
hath
ben
spred
abrode
/
&
entred
into
rude
mens
eares
as
though
god
shuld
worke
in
man
and
the
workes
to
be
only
Goddes
/
and
man
only
an
instrument
to
worke
by
/
or
a
vessell
to
worke
in
/
is
pernycyous
detestable
&
to
be
abhorred
/
for
suche
places
of
scripture
as
speke
of
gods
workynge
in
vs
are
to
be
vnderstanded
as
they
may
agre
with
the
rest
of
scrypture
/
wherein
be
innumerable
places
to
declare
/
that
god
maketh
his
seruauntes
in
Christ
so
rych
as
they
may
by
the
plenty
&
strength
there
of
/
be
good
trees
and
brynge
forth
frute
&
worke
.
And
as
Christ
sayd
/
Qui
credit
in
me
/
opera
que
ego
facio
/
faciet
et
maiora
horum
faciet
.
which
saynt
Austyn
wrytynge
on
the
same
place
veryfieth
to
be
spoken
of
a
synner
in
his
iustificacyon
.
And
moreouer
I
do
lykewyse
beleue
and
confesse
/
that
the
good
workes
of
a
Chrysten
man
be
by
gods
wyll
/
orderynge
them
to
be
done
/
and
his
acceptyon
merytorious
/
&
a
meane
or
helping
towards
remission
of
our
synnes
&
vnto
our
saluacynu
.
yea
further
I
say
and
beleue
that
all
though
our
sauyour
and
redemer
Iesus
Christ
sent
by
God
the
father
to
fulfyll
his
wyll
/
hath
accordyng
vnto
the
same
by
his
lyfe
and
passyon
in
erth
appesed
the
wroth
of
god
towardes
man
sufficientlye
and
purchased
for
man
great
fauor
and
fredom
/
wherby
he
may
be
able
to
please
God
obtayne
remyssion
of
synnes
/
and
do
such
workes
as
God
of
his
goodnesse
wyll
rewarde
with
eternal
lyfe
▪
yet
we
must
know
and
vnderstande
that
accordynge
to
the
teachynge
of
Christ
declaryng
the
word
of
God
vnto
vs
/
all
those
shal
by
the
mene
of
Christ
only
be
deliuered
from
goddes
anger
that
come
to
Christ
and
in
fayth
both
professe
his
trouthe
/
receyuynge
the
Sacrament
of
Baptyme
/
and
also
worketh
suche
good
workes
to
fulfyll
gods
wyll
as
tyme
&
occasyon
doth
permyt
them
to
worke
/
for
in
these
only
/
god
is
pleased
/
for
Christ
as
scripture
sayth
/
&
to
these
only
is
promysed
euerlastyng
lyfe
/
and
therfore
such
vayne
opynions
as
hath
entred
percase
into
the
hedes
of
some
ignorant
people
in
the
estymacion
of
mens
good
workes
that
the
same
may
be
accompted
no
maner
of
helpe
to
saluacyon
/
or
remyssion
of
synnes
/
lest
therby
we
shuld
make
.ii.
menes
or
.ii.
sauyours
where
as
in
dede
scriptur
speketh
but
of
one
meane
and
sauyour
.
This
fonde
feare
I
saye
is
to
be
remoued
and
taken
away
by
knowledge
of
trouth
/
which
testifieth
/
that
by
workes
of
penaunce
we
come
to
Christ
/
when
we
beyng
preuented
by
god
and
called
are
by
the
fyre
of
charyte
which
god
kyndleth
in
vs
/
such
as
come
at
his
callynge
/
&
beleue
in
him
ioyned
in
Christes
mystycall
body
/
and
made
one
with
hym
/
and
so
by
hys
mene
he
beynge
the
only
hed
/
we
begyn
here
a
heuenly
lyfe
/
and
shall
fynally
enioye
it
in
him
our
only
sauyour
Iesu
Christ
/
in
whom
we
here
worke
the
wyll
of
god
/
&
therfore
our
workes
be
not
another
mene
/
or
another
sanyour
/
but
wrought
in
Christ
by
the
grace
purchased
of
god
by
Christ
and
by
him
requyred
of
vs
/
not
as
any
other
straunge
thyng
or
seed
to
supply
any
imperfection
in
him
which
were
blasphemye
and
madnes
to
be
thoughte
or
sayd
/
but
because
it
is
the
wyll
of
god
who
hath
for
our
profyte
ordeyned
the
regeneracion
of
man
/
in
this
wyse
/
which
can
not
be
but
the
best
without
discussion
and
because
it
is
/
his
wyll
is
the
best
&
so
to
be
folowed
and
obserued
of
all
that
haue
hope
in
their
calling
/
to
enioye
goddes
promysses
made
only
to
those
that
fulfyll
his
wyll
/
which
my
saynges
and
opinyons
in
these
poyntes
especyall
I
do
proteste
euen
from
the
botom
of
my
hert
/
that
I
do
beleue
they
are
true
.
Euen
as
now
I
haue
declared
them
vnto
you
and
that
also
in
all
my
sermons
and
teachynges
here
after
I
wyll
and
entend
after
the
same
sort
to
declare
&
vtter
them
vnto
the
people
and
none
otherwyse
.
¶
Ita
est
Alexander
Seyton
manu
propria
.
¶
Here
begynneth
the
declaracyon
made
the
fourth
sonday
in
Aduent
/
the
yere
of
our
lorde
god
a
thousand
v.
hundreth
.
xli
by
master
Wyllyam
Tolwyn
/
person
of
saynt
Anthonines
in
the
cytye
of
London
.
GOOD
people
/
so
it
is
/
that
I
Wyllyam
Tolwyn
/
maister
of
Arte
/
and
person
of
saint
Anthonynes
within
this
Tyte
and
Dyocese
of
London
/
haue
ben
laufully
denounced
/
detected
&
presented
to
my
Lorde
bysshop
of
London
/
that
I
haue
ben
and
am
a
man
vehemently
suspected
/
noted
and
enfamed
of
heresy
and
erronyous
/
heretycall
&
sedicyouse
opynyons
agaynst
the
Catholyke
fayth
of
our
holy
mother
the
churche
/
and
also
a
gret
fauourer
/
defender
/
maynteynour
&
receptour
of
heretykes
/
accustomed
also
to
haue
in
my
custody
/
bokes
of
heresy
/
&
other
vnlauful
workes
forbydden
by
the
kynges
maiesties
proclamations
&
ordinaunces
/
and
also
contrary
to
the
decree
and
inhthytion
of
myne
Ordynary
.
And
moreouer
that
I
haue
not
a
customed
to
obserue
&
kepe
the
laudable
ceremonyes
/
rytes
&
customes
of
this
catholyke
churche
of
Englande
/
comenly
obserued
and
kepte
by
other
.
that
is
to
say
/
neither
in
goyng
of
Processyon
vpon
saturdays
at
Euynsonge
/
nor
in
the
vsage
and
maner
of
makyng
of
holy
water
and
holy
bred
/
nor
in
makyng
my
confessyon
or
sayeng
of
Masse
/
Matens
or
Euynsonge
/
as
I
shuld
and
ought
to
haue
done
.
:
Whiche
denunciation
/
detectyon
&
presentation
hath
ben
partly
by
my
nowne
confession
and
partly
by
sufficient
wytnes
&
record
in
that
behalfe
suffyciently
proued
.
And
albeit
for
myne
offence
in
so
doyng
I
knowledge
to
haue
deserued
no
small
punyshment
.
yet
I
haue
found
such
charytable
goodnes
and
mercy
in
my
Lorde
bysshop
of
London
/
vpon
my
submission
and
sute
vnto
him
/
that
vpon
only
this
declaration
here
made
of
my
offeus
vnto
you
/
with
promyse
that
I
wyll
endeuer
my selfe
to
the
best
of
my
power
to
lyue
as
a
Catholyke
man
ought
and
shuld
do
hereafter
:
And
that
I
doo
not
hereafter
preach
or
teach
any
Heresyes
/
Errours
or
noughtye
opinyons
/
contrary
and
agaynst
the
Catholyke
fayth
of
our
holy
mother
the
Church
/
but
as
moch
as
can
lye
in
my
power
to
mayntayne
/
defende
and
auaunce
the
sayde
Catholyke
fayth
and
vtterly
to
detest
/
abhorre
and
auoyd
all
and
all
maner
of
Heresyes
/
Errours
and
noughty
opinyons
/
with
the
fauourers
/
mayntaynours
/
defendours
or
abbeters
of
them
or
any
of
them
durynge
my
lyfe
/
his
lorshyp
is
content
to
respyt
the
rest
of
my
penaunce
/
and
vpon
my
good
deseruynge
and
doyng
accordyng
to
my
seyd
promyse
to
forgyue
all
togyther
/
besechyng
therfore
you
that
be
my
fryndes
to
gyue
hym
most
herty
thankes
for
the
same
/
&
to
take
example
by
me
to
auoyd
the
lyke
daunger
.
¶
Here
after
foloweth
the
names
of
the
bokes
/
whiche
the
sayd
person
of
s
.
Anthonines
was
detected
and
presented
with
.
GOod
people
/
these
bokes
contayned
here
in
this
bagge
or
sachel
are
erronyous
/
hereticall
and
noughty
bokes
and
were
remaynyng
and
founde
in
my
house
and
custody
what
tyme
I
was
denounced
/
and
detected
to
my
Lorde
bysshop
of
London
/
&
the
names
of
the
sayd
bokes
are
these
/
A
boke
of
Frythes
/
a
boke
called
Thorpe
and
Olde
castell
/
the
Olde
god
and
the
New
/
Rydleys
comentaryes
vpon
saynt
Poule
to
the
Ephesians
/
Venatorious
vpon
Timothe
/
Swynglyus
of
gods
prouydence
/
Cathecysme
of
Melancton
/
the
Cathecysme
of
Vrbanus
/
the
cathecysme
of
Pacymontanus
/
the
cathecysme
of
Sarcerius
/
West
more
vpon
the
concylyacion
of
fathers
/
the
boke
of
the
counterfayt
bysshop
/
the
confessyon
in
Englysh
with
the
Apology
Postylles
vpon
the
Epistels
&
gospels
/
a
boke
of
prayer
made
by
Luther
/
the
Dore
of
holy
scrypture
/
the
Postelles
of
Coruynus
/
two
old
wrytten
bokes
/
the
one
for
scolers
/
and
thother
taken
out
of
Frythes
bokes
.
In
which
bokes
are
contayned
many
sundry
errours
and
blasphemous
/
detestable
/
and
abhominable
heresyes
/
not
onely
agaynst
the
blessed
sacrament
of
th
aulter
with
other
sacramentes
of
Chrystes
church
/
but
also
agaynst
the
fre
wyll
of
man
/
makyng
god
th
autor
of
syn
/
And
moreouer
agaynst
good
workes
/
specially
fastyng
/
prayer
/
almys
dede
/
agaynst
auriculer
confession
agaynst
the
vow
of
chastyte
/
and
for
the
maryage
of
preestes
/
agaynst
the
rytes
&
ceremonyes
of
the
churche
/
comparyng
the
maner
of
weddyng
/
and
maryeng
of
Vyrgens
/
vnto
the
bestyall
facyon
of
a
sawte
bytch
.
Agaynst
mens
lawes
&
tradicyons
/
agaynst
Communyon
or
housellyng
at
Ester
&
vnder
one
kynd
/
agaynst
inuocations
of
sayntes
/
agaynst
Masse
Matens
&
Euynsonge
/
agaynst
the
geuyng
of
an
Oth
before
a
iudge
/
&
fynally
to
haue
althing
comen
among
the
people
¶
It
a
est
Wilhelmus
Tolwyn
manu
propria
.