O most dere brethern for Christes sake geue credence vnto the Prophete , ande not to the Prophete onely , but also vnto the Holy Ghoste whych spake in the Prophete , and then loke vpon your selues , how Iointly ye agre wyth the sayde people of Iuda . They called the mone the quene of Heauen , and ye call the virgin Marie the quene of heauen , euen as the one is quene of heauen , so is the other . Yet be ye worsse then the people of Iuda . For their fautes weare written for your example . And where as they called vpon one quene of heauen , ye call vpon many . Howe manye quenes of heauen haue ye in the letany ? Oh deare brethern be no longer deceyued wyth the false prophetes youre Bysshops , ande theyr membres , Oh ye Cytezens be ye so blynde that ye se not , that this is and blasphemy to God , & a minishinge of the honor dew to Christes bloude , to call vpon the creatures of God created ? To patche and peace them with hym , as to patche the potte with the potter ? And as though he ware a mercilesse God , & wold not heare but for theyr sakes ? Yea & yet knowe not you whether thei hear you or not , as the likelihode is thei do not . For ye haue no promes of them , but of Christe ye haue : As apereth Iohan. xiiii . Mat. xvii . where he saith . Aske and ye shall haue , seke and ye shall fynde , knock and yt shall be opened vnto yow &c. Thus leaue ye the waye certayn , for the vncertayne , ye patche him with hys creatures because ye beleue not in hym , nor haue that faith in hym , which is of valoure before God . Yea ye thinke he seeth not the secretes of your hertes . Oh vnwise peple , shall not he that made the hert , knowe the secretes thereof . Psal. xciiii ? Well , I exhorte yowe in the name of the Lyuynge God to repent betime , fall fro your accustomed Ydolatry , and leaue cryenge to your quenes of Heauen , ande call onely vpon the name of the Lorde whych made all , the God of Abraham Isaac , & Iacob , and serche the scripture , & ye shall se how often he hath plaged the chyldren of Israell for their ydolatrye and whoredome , and all for our ensample . Repent I saye , ones againe , leste the Lorde geue you wholy vp to your owne lustes , as he ded the heythen . Rom. i. & visyte you wyth the plages of Egipte , which ye haue already ryghtfully deserued . He is a mercyfull God & suffreth longe , but when he stryketh felleth to the grounde .

Nowe to lament your blinde prouysyon for the deade . Alas it is more than blyndnes it self , for manifestly ye cast Christes merites asyde , in seking health for the soules of youre frendes departed , by prouiding Turrian ydle lyfe for an vnlearned prest or two , of Baall , trustinge in theyr praier , as though these prestes had ouerplus of rightuousnesse more then serued them selues . Ye wyll saye no , we trust to be saued by Christes passion . I vtterly denye your truste , it is vaine and false , and without hope , or elles ye wold not seke so many superstycious waies . For Chryst is the onelye waye to the Father , and is alone suffycyent for all . Heb. ix . yea although Chryste be suffycyent , yet ye wyll haue a prest to sige for you also , as it weare for a waretack .

Oh ye dispisers of the bottomlesse mercy of God , yea whorehounters and robbers of Goddes glorye . Is Chryst a peced God , or a patched Redeamer ? doth not the scripture saie , ther is none other name vnder heauen , wher in we maye be saued Act. iiii . xiii ? Howe mad be ye then , to seke or call vppon any other ? The great substance which ye bestowe vpon chauntryes , obbites , ande such other lyke dregges of that abhominable whore of Rome , whyche most commenly ye geue for .iii. causes ( as ye saye ) is all loste .

First , that ye will haue the seruice of god maintained in the churche to goddes honour , & yet by the same seruice is god dishonored , for the supper of lorde is peruerted , & not vsed after christes īstitucion Mat. xxvi . Marc .xiiii. Luke . xxii.i. Corint . xi . and so is that holy instytucyon turned into a vayne superstycious Cerymoniall Masse ( as they call it ) which Masse is become an abominable Idoll , and of all Idoles the moste greatest , & neuer shal ydolatrye be quentched , where that ydol is vsed after Anticristes institucyon . Daniel .ix. Mat. xxiiii . Whiche no doubt , shal be reformed , when the tyme is come that God hath apointed , euen as it is vsed already in diuerse cityes of Germanie . Yea although all the Antichristes in the whole worlde wolde saye the contrarye , & all their disciples wyth them : yea although they studie to set all the Princes of the earth together by the eares , to let that and soche like godly redresse , as it is their olde cast , yet he sytteth in Heauen that laugheth them to scorne , and he shall make theyr wysdome folyshnes .i. Cor. i.

The seconde cause is for redeamīge your soules and your frendes . whych is also abhomynable . For who soeuer will seke redempcyon , iustifycacyon , saluacyon , or to be made righteouse by the lawe : he is gone quyte from Christ , and hys merytis profyte hym not . Reade the thyrde chaptre to the Romaynes and the .iiii. to the Hebreus the .iii. to the Galath . and also Esaye . liii.i. Cor. i. and ther ye shall see . Perchaunce ye will saie , ye seke no soche thing thereby . Oh ye vnwise and open dyssemblers , wherfore then do ye it ? ye saye like as the Idolatoure nowe adaies doth yf he set a candle before an Image ande Idolle , he sayth , he doth not worshippe the Image , but God whome it representeth . For ( saye they ) who is so folysh as to worshyppe an Image ? As who shuld saye , none . I answere , wherfore doth God in so manie places of the Scripture , forbidde vs to worshippe Idolles or Images , as Exo. xx . Deut. v. Sapi. xiii . xiiii . and throughout all the Prophetes , but that he knewe that ye wolde worshyppe them wyth youre forefathers ? Euen so ye , bycause ye haue not full trust in Chrystes merites , ye grope after vayne waretackes . If thou wylt set a Candle before the Image of God , thou must be diligent dayly to helpe thyne neighbour , acording to thyne estate , whych thing I haue towched before .

The .iii. cause of youre good intent is , that the profites of your goodes maie come to the prestes as though they ware the peculyar people of God and onely beloued , as indede to those whiche preache the Gospell be the people bounde to geue a sufficient lyuyng . For the workman is whorthye of hys rewarde . Mat. x.i. Tim. v. But not that their prayer can helpe the dead , no more than a mans breth blowynge in the sayle , can cause a great shippe for to saile . So is this also become abhominacion , for those be not Chrystes mynysters , but the minysters of a rable of vncommaunded tradicions & popishe ceremonies . Ande thus ye be the mainteyners of a sort of lusty lubbars , which be well able to laboure for their lyuynge , and stronge ynoughe to gett it with the swet of theyr faces , as the Scrypture teacheth them . Genesis . iii.i . Thesalo . iiii Ande thus be ye mayntayners of their ydlenes and leaue the blynde , the lame , & the presoner vnholpen , whiche the scripture commaundeth you to helpe , except it be on the sondayes with afewe halfpens , or by pēnymeale , whych helpeth lytle or no thynge .

But vnto those blynde guides . ye wil geue . vi.vii.viii . yea xii pounds yearly to one of them , to synge in a chauntrie to robbe the lyuynge God of hys honnoure .

Ye wyll saye vnto me , what arte thou , that callest these thinges vncommaunded tradycyons and popyshe ceremonyes , seynge the Kynges Grace forbyddeth them not , & vseth parte of them hym selfe ? I answere that ye vse manye thynges contrary to the kyngs iniunccyons . And yf it be that God through the kynge hath caste out the deuell out of this realme , and yet both he and we suppe of the broth in which the deuell was soden , and that God hath yet not opened the eyes of the kynge to set all thynges in right frame , & vtterly to breake downe the serpent , as Ezechias the kinge dyd .iiii. Reg. ix . & as kynge Asa dyd .ii. Chro. xiiii take it thus , that euen your īiquytye wyth callynge vpon vayne Goddes , & sekynge saluacion by a wronge waye , is the veri cause that God closeth vp the eies of the kynge , as of one that heareth and vnderstandeth not , and seeth & perceyueth not .

But for the reuerence of Christes merites , where as ye haue walked some in verye simple ignorance , and some in obstynate or wylfull ignorance , & groped in tymes paste after a wronge waye , darke , croked , harde and endles : now seke the ryght trew ande onely waye which is light , streyght , and easy to fynde , that is to say , Christ the onely Messias : and redresse these thinges , easy to be done . Turne your Chauntries & your Obbites from the profite of these bearewolues whelpes , whiche can neyther helpe the soules of your frendes departed , nor yet yours , after God hath taken you from this life , & scripture ye haue none to encorage you , but only your owne inuentions : & against you are places innumerable , & specially . Rom. xiiii . Where the Apostle sayth , what soeuer is not of fayth is synne , your chauntries & ceremonies are without Godes worde , and so must thei be without fayth , ergo they be sinne . Bestowe them therfore from hence forwarde vppon the trew Image of Christe whych is vppon the poore , the sycke , the blinde , the lame , the presoner , etce . Oh ye Cytezens yf ye wolde turne but euen the profytes of your chauntries and your obbittes to the fyndynge of the poore , with a pollitique & godly prouysion , where as now London beyng one of the flowers of the worlde , as touchige worldlye ryches , hath so manye , yea innumerable of poore people forced to go from dore to dore , and to syt openly in the stretes a beggynge , and many not able to do for other , but lye in their howses in most greuous paynes , ande dye for lacke of ayde of the riche , to the greate shame of the , Oh london , I saye , yf ye wolde redresse these thynges as ye be bounde , ande sorowe for the poore , so shulde ye be wythout the clamor of them , which also crieth vnto God agaynst you , ande whych he well heareth , and then where as now ye haue Turrian houndreth extreme poore people , shall not be one , & in so doing your owne goodes shal not ▪ be a witnesse against you at the greate day of the Lorde , as yt wil be against your forefathers for not prouiding for the poore ? Besydes that , what a Ioye shall it be , to se your bretherne well prouided for ?

ye abuse your riches , specially you that come to th office of the Cytie , for ye spende vnmeasurably . Uppon whome ? euen vppon them that haue no neade , as vppon the Nobles and Ientlemen of the courte , vppon the aldermen and other riche commoners which haue as greate nead of your feastes , as hath the see at the hyghest of the springe tyde , of the pissynge of the wrenne , the pore forgotten , except it be with a few scrappes and bones sent to newgate for a face . Alasse alasse , how litle it is the Lord knoweth , I thinke in my Iudgement vnder heauen is not so lytle prouisyon made for the pore as is in London of so riche a Cytie , Well , the poore well feleth the bournynge of Doctor Barnes and hys fellowes , which laboured in the Lorde . For accordynge to there office they barked vppon you to loke vppon the poore , so that then some relefe they had , but now alasse they be colde , yea euen those which saye they be the fauorrers of the gospell . It is a token that youre foundacion was buylded vpon the sande , for that GOD hath suffred youre Prophetes to bee brente . Though they be gone considre it was not theyr commandement , but goddes , whose Testament ye haue euen nowe in youre very Mother tonge , thankes be to the Lorde therfore . In the same ye may perceyue that their absence shulde not quenche nor mollifye your loue towardes your brethern . And doubt not but God shall rayse other , that shall speake with the same sprete that they ded , & with no lesse loue & vehemency : if inyquytie be not cause to the contrarie . There is a custome in the Cytye , ones a yeare to haue a quest called the warnmall queste , to redresse vices , but alasse , to what purpose cometh it , as it is vsed ? If a pore man kepe a whore besides hys wife , & a pore mans wyfe play the harlot , they are punisshed , as well worthie . But let an alderman , a Ientleman , or a riche man kepe whore or whores , what punishment is there ? Alasse this matter is to bad . I saye some of your aldermen kepe whores to the greate shame of all the rest . Yt weare no shame to name them . Wherfore repent & amende , or sureli I will yf God lende me lyfe , in an other worke name you , and other of your affynyte which be openly knowen to be common aduouterers : which is no lytle shame to the heades and other rulers of the Cytie to suffre such abhominacion . But no maruell though ye suffre bodely aduoutrers , seinge ye your selfes are spyrituall auoutrers , calling vpon vaine godes . Ye will say I sclaundre you & brynge vp false lies vpon you . Some of you knowe whether I sclaunder you or not I wold it ware a sclaunder . But I sclandre you so , that except ye repent & amend your liuing , as well ye that be sufferers of such vices as the committers , except ye amende I saie & seke redresse of thys and such lyke , the vengeaunce of God wyll lyght vppon the Cytye for youre synnes . For howe can ye do Iustice vpon a nother and ye offende in the same yourselfe ? yea & how parciall be ye that punish the pore , ande leaue vnpunished those heades that shulde geue goode example to the rest ? A wake awake for the Lorde slepeth not , althoughe ye thinke that he wincketh at thys geare . I exhorte you in godes name , loke better in chosinge of your heade officers . Let not ryches only cause men to rule , and specially irke better to the chosing of your officers of the lawe . How can Dronkandes , whoremongers ande couetouse Parsons geue ryght Iugement ? do bryers bringe forth figges & thornes grapes ? Ande I saye vnto you the parcialyte of Iudges suppressynge the pore , and aydynge the riche for lucre , and in codēpning the innocentes & lettinge the wycked go fre : bryngeth the vengeaunce of GOD vpon all places , as appereth in Esay . iii. Here I coulde saie sumwhat more then I nowe wyll , I meane in condempninge the Innocentes .

Thynke ye that God hath not as moche to laye to the charges of London for killinge hys seruantes , as he had agaynst Ierusalem for killinge hys Prophetes ? Yes yes : For Goddes sake ye that be elders repent & geue your selfes to readinge the lawe of the lord , that ye maye be an example to the commons in Godlye conuersacion : And in the Scriptur ye shall lerne what to do , ande what to leaue vndone , & howe to knowe false Prophetes , and how to cast them out of your conscyens , where they haue sytten a longe time , euen in the stede of God : I meane not the Bysshoppe of Rome alone , but he & all hys marke wyth hym , and specialy his owne generacion , which are all in forked Cappes .

What a plage is this , that in no mans tyme aliue , was euer any Christen Bisshoppe raininge ouer the Citye of London , but euery one worsse then other ? I thynke theyr can now come no worsse , except the same Lucyfer that fell from heauen , come himselfe , whyche is the very father of all Popyshe Bysshops . Consyore thys is for your inyquitie . Yet let the lytle flocke reioice & geue God onely thankes that he hath raised other meaner membres In the sight of the worlde then Bisshops , to preach the gospell , ande to set it forth in wrytynge .

Now to all you though ye be fewe in nombre whych fauoure Gods holy worde vnfainedly and not in worde onely , but in workes also , shewyng the frutes of your faith , say I thus : exortynge you for Christes bloude sake , to be dylygent in prayer , onely to the euerlyuinge God , that he of hys owne mere mercy , geue grace to the rulers of thys Citye , that from henceforth they maye seke Gods glory onely , the commonwelth and prouysion for the poore : and then doubt ye not but God shall geue our noble Kynge such Turrian harte that he shall knowe , and soche eyes that he shall playnly see , and soche eares that he shall vnderstonde in deade . For why ? it is the Lorde that hath the hert of all prynces in hys hande Pro. xxi . So that I saye , where as he hath now bannisshed out of hys realme but the veri beare wolfe the whore of Babylon only : shall now also bannysh with her all her folyshe tradycyons and beggerly ceremonyes , against which S. Pau. wrote ad Gal. iiii . & in many other places mo . Now shall your papistical sorte dispise thys my lamentacyon , & laugh me to scorne . Althogh I knowe there is no Chrysten herte in thys realme , no nor in the whole worlde , whiche knoweth the vyces vsed in the citie , and how lytle Gods glorye is sought , how lytle the cōmonewelth is sett by , howe barelye the poore are prouided for , but he wyl lament wyth me . And as for the contrary parte : I wysh with all my hert repentaunce , & will continuallie my life during praie vnto the euerlining God , to drawe them to the Gospell of hys sonne Iesus Chryste , and that they maie come to the father by the onely waye and dore Chryste , and that they may also forsake theyr bydores & clyming in at the windowes wherbi they shall neuer atayne to any sauynge helth . O Lorde God I beseche the , call them from that nombre whome the almighty sytting in Heauen laugheth to scorne Psal. xxi . The onlye cause that I wryte thys , is to exhorte all men as well readers as hearers , to repent betymes , ande to fall diligently to prayer , askyng mercy , that we may auoyde the plages whyche we rightfully haue deserued , & no doubt we shall not escape them all , onles we repent the soner , Remember how he warned the city of Ierusalem .xl. years long : & because they repented not , but slew the Prophetes by who God warned them , he kept promes with them , & scourged them acording to their deseruinges . And he that spake the same to Ierusalem speaketh it to yow , and to all Cityes , that committe like iniquite as ye do . And whether ye haue serued the Disciples of the Lorde , like as ded the Cytezens of Ierusalem their Prophetes , Iudge your seifes , ande ye shall se that ye haue shed more bloud , than euer ded that moste synfull Ierusalem , euen of them that taught you Gods truth . Well , I can no more , but beseche the Lord God , that he wyll geue suche grace to some , that in the time of hys wrath , he maye finde .x. ryghteous persons in this Cytie , whereby the wrath and vengeaunce of God may be turned from it , which is lyke to come shortly vppon vs or vppon our childeren , for our sinnes & oure forfathers . For we haue deserued a . M. tymes more plages , than euer ded Tire & Sidon , or Sodoma & Gomora , ware it not for the great mercy of God I thinke , we had founde it so or this tyme . For we haue an example of these Cities & they be written for oure learninge to auoid such vices . Yea no doubt the vices committed in the , oh London , are as euell as euer ware in any of the foure Cyties afore named . And surely I thinke , yf they had herd the preching that hath bene in London this .xiiii. or .xvi. yeares past , that they had repented and ●orsaken their Iniquitye . For I saye vnto youe that the gospell was neuer more sincerelye preached in the tyme of the Apostles , then it hath bene of late in London : Nor neuer more Godly exposicions vppon the scripture and that a greate nombre whereby to drawe vs to Christ Iesus . For why ? the same sprete euen the very holye Ghoste whych spake in the Apostles , hath spoken in men now to vs .

But alas , as the Prophete sayth . Esay . xxix . we haue eares & heare not , eyes & see not .

See ye not nor yet perceiue ye how the blynde Prophetes haue led you , euen now in our tyme ? Haue ye not slayne the seruauntes of the Lorde , onely for speakynge agaynst the autoritye of the false Bysshoppes of Rome that monstruouse beast , whom now ye your selues do or shuld abhorre ? I meane all his lawes beynge contrary to Christ , & not his body , & yet ye se that a fewe yeares past ye brent them for heretiques abhominable which preatched or wrote against his vsurped power , & now it is treason to vphoulde or maintayne any parte of his vsurped power , and he shal dye as a traytoure that so doth , & well worthy . So saye I vnto you there shal be yet thinges preched vnto you , and ye shall be instructed by wryters of thinges which ye be not yet able to beare , and whosoeuer preacheth or writeth it ( if the Lorde defend him not out of your handes ) he shall dye for it : and yet out it will at the length , though all the deuelles in hell saye naye to it , and so shal be reformed . Ande euen this followyng is one of the chefest things .

Oh ye Cytezens , wyll ye neuer geue your selfes to the readynge pf the scripture whereby ye maye knowe the lawe of the Lorde , to avoyde the euerlastynge damnacion , which is ordayned for the deuell and his angels ? Wyll ye euer be ignorant of Godes commaundement ? Exodi . xx . saynge .

I will haue none other Gods in my syght , and that ye neyther bowe your selfe , nor serue any thing as God , that is in earth benethe or in heauen aboue , or in the water vnder the earth . And do ye not yet se how thys whore of Babylon hath altered the supper of the Lorde , which was instituted to haue the blessed passion in continuall remembraunce , & for a perpetuall memorye of thankes geuinge : which we shuld receiue with all reuerence and meaknes of hert geuinge thankes vnto God onely for that benefyte which we haue receyued & obtayned through Christes dethe , which this supper sygnifyeth , and that we beleue as verely as we eate the breade & drink the wine , which norissheth the body & is seane with our corporall eye , & spiritualli representeth the very body of Christ , euen so verely as we haue tasted , eaten & seen this holy supper or Sacrament of thanks geuinge : euen so verelye to beleue that Christ dyed for our sinnes , and that his bloud onely hath pacyfied the fathers wrathe , and so hath sett vs at peace with , God For he hath payed that which laye not in me nor in no man , but onely in hym that was bothe God & man , and by none other meanes myght man be redemed , and so to aknoweledge that he is dead & hath shed his bloude for our synnes , & is rysen for our rightwysnesse .

Thus I seynge my synnes buryed in Christes woundes , must euer more be thankfull to the euerliuing God onely . And thus to eate his blessed body and to drinke his bloude spiritually in fayth , is Gods institucyon . Math. xxvi . Marc. xiiii . Luc. xxii.i. Corinth . xi . Where he sayth , as ofte as ye shall eate of this breade & drinke of this cuppe ye shall shew the Lordes death till he come .

And saynte Austyn sayth , what preparest thow thy teth & thy belly ? beleue & thow hast eaten . Which agreeth with the words of our sauiour Christ saing . The fleshe profiteth nothynge , it is the spryte that quyckeneth . Iohan in the .vi. chapter . But the institucion of Antichriste is cleane contrary to thys . For by his institucion thow muste fall downe vppon thy knees , holdinge vp thy handes as to God , In dede it is the Bysshoppe of Romes God which they must see with theyr corporall eye , because they haue no hope in the lyuynge God through the spyrituall eye .

And thus hath he chaunged the holy memory of Christes death , in to the worshippynge of his God made of fyne flower , and all to bringe him selfe and his membres alofte , and in the reputacion of the world aboue all degrees of men , yea aboue Kinge and Emperour , and therby to sitt in the consciences of men , aboue God and his worde , euen in the very temple of God , where God alone shulde fitt . And by his institucion of this his God , is he crept vp in to this vsurped power .

Oh Antichrist the begynner of this Idoll which is heade of all Idolles after thyne institucyon . Doth not God say , as afore is sayde Exo. xx ? Thou shalt not worshyppe any symilitude that his in heauen , erth or in the waters vnder the earth . And thou contrari to the euerlyuing Goddes commandement , hast seduced the people to honore thy God . I tel the gentle reader ones againe , it is the greatest Idoll vnder heauen as it is vsed in his masse , and a God of the makynge of Antichrist as is sayde , whiche masse is after his institucyon an heape of folishe ceremonies without significacions , to avaunce ande set out his God , to the blearynge of the eyes of the symple . Ande thu shalt see if thou wilt reade the .xviii. chapter : of the Apocal. callinge to God onely to open thyn eyes , all the trishtrashe that Antychrist hath solde vs whiche be the onlye implementes of the masse of Antichrist , I meane not the Antichrist of Rome onely , but also of all other popysshe Byshoppes , with all theyr brethern in Antichrist . And in the sayde .xviii. chaptre thou shalt see the fall not onely of the whore alone , but also of her merchaundyse the same tryshtrash with her . For euen as the whore is fallen in England already , thankes onely be geuen to God therfore , and yet her trish-trash remayning for our iniquities sake , euen so I saie in the saide xviii . chaptre thou shalt see that her marchaundyse muste followe , when the tyme is come that God hath appoynted . No doubt our vnthankfulnesse sake , ande the geuinge of glorye vnto men whych shulde be geuen onely vnto God , is the cause of the longe remainynge of the premisses . The wordes of the xviii . chaptre be these . Alas alas the greate Citie Babilon that myghty Cytie , for at one hour is her Iudgement come , ande the Merchantes of the Earth shall wepe ande wayle in them selues , for no man wil bye their ware any more , the ware of gold and siluer , and precious stones , nether of pearles , and raynes , and purple , and skarlet , and all thynne woddes , and brasse , ande yron , and sinamom , & odours , and oyntmentes , ande frankencense , and wyne , and oyle , ande fyne flower , and sowles of men . This fine flower haue they made the chefeste of all theyr tryshtrashe , and a cloke or a cloude to shadow all the reste . Rede the chapter and thow shalt perceiue more .

I praie the Ientle reder iudge , weare not the pardoners Merchantes to them ? Yee it is well knowen that theyr pardons & other of theyr tromperye , hath bene bought and sold in Lombardstrete , and in other places as thow wylt bye ande sell an horsse in smithfelde . Yea ande at easter when thow shuldest come to the supper of the lord to receyue the Sacrament of thankes geuynge , there muste thow receiue the God of Antichryst without significacion or Godly instruction , yea and thou must bye it ande paye for it , as men somtime bought Pyes in Soper Lane . yea ande thou must paye for his God or thou haue it : yea I haue harde of pore men for lack of two pens been put from receyuynge of theyr God , and for lack of paying the parson or vicare his dewtie many haue been put from it .

Ande more I tell the reader that the bodye of our sauiour Iesus Chryst can not be eaten wyth teth , it must be eten with faythe as is a foresayde .

Ande further marke thys well , that thynge that hath beginninge or endinge can not be God , nor ought to be worshypped as God . So can thys sacrament no more be God then was the pascall lambe . For God ys wythout begynnynge and endynge , and so is not the God of Antichriste , for he is made manye tymes be a synnefull Ipocryte .

Well , then it hathe a begynnynge ande maye peryshe ande moulde a waie , ande the lytle mouse wyll eate it , if he maye come by it . And the wyne wyll waxe sower and stinke as doth theyr holy water in the founte by longe kepinge , whiche hath bene the destruction and deth of iunumerable childerne : where as two or thre droppes of water taken out of it by the prestes handes and cast vppon the childe weare sufficyent , and the childe neuer neade to be taken out of hys clowtes . Now to my purpose agayne .

OH thou blynde man , can the body of Chryst peryshe by any maner of meanes ? As to waxe sower , or that any maner of beastes maye eate the bodye of Chryste ? No surely , God forbydde . For he ( as concernynge hys Godheade ) was from the begynnynge , and shall be without endynge . As manyfestlye it appeareth in Iohan the fyrste chapter . The worde was in the begynnynge wyth GOD &ce . But thys marke well , that euen as the passeouer lambe was a Sygne , a Token ande a remembraunce to put the Chyldern of ISRAEL in memory of their corporalye or bodely delyueraunce , and also that Messias shulde come to be slayne for theyr sinnes , paying theyr raunsome , and delyueryng them from euerlastyng dethe : which moued the faithfull of them to be thankefull to God , for that they beleued as verely as they dede eate of the lambe whych they had slayne , euen so verely had God delyuered their forefathers from the plages whyche fell vpon the wicked vnbeleuers : And also that a Redemer shuld come whyche God the Father had promised , by the mouth of his Prophetes . And thus dede they bothe eate Chrystes body and drynke Chrystes bloud in faith spiritually many yeares afore Chryste was borne : Euen so the Sacrament of thankes geuinge , is to vs a signe , a token , a spyrituall memorye of our spirituall deliueraunce . For the faythfull beleued euen as verelye as they see and eate it , so do they acknowledge the benefytt whych they receaue in ande through the immortall God , & whych the same holy Sacrament representeth , ande no doubte the very bodye of Iesus Chryst is spyritually in ande wyth vs in the receiuinge of the sacrament , if it be resayued with the fayth aforesayde . Euen lyke as he is amonge two or thre whych be gathered together in hys name , as it is his godly promes Ma. xviii . Thus ye maie se that the same faith which saueth vs , saued the olde fathers : for they beleued throughe that outwarde sygne that a redeamer shulde come , and we through the memory of thys holy Sacrament of thanckes geuynge beleue that he is come , and hath fullfylled all that was of him prophecied . And thus both thei & we eate the holy body of Christ spiritualie in one fayth .