Heresies and errors collected by the bishops from the Book of Tyndale, called “The Wicked Mammon”. Other heresies and errors from “The Obedience of a Christian Man” · Others also from “The Revelation of Antichrist”.
ACTS AND MONUMENTS VOL. 5
CONTINUATION OF BOOK 8
PERTAINING TO THE LAST THREE HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE LOOSING OUT OF SATAN
THE STORY, EXAMINATION, DEATH, AND MARTYRDOM OF JOHN FRITH
First, That the matter of the sacrament is no necessary article of faith under pain of damnation
Secondly, That forasmuch as Christ’s natural body in like condition hath all properties of our body, sin only except, it cannot be, neither is
Moreover, thirdly, it shall not seem meet or necessary, that we should in this place understand Christ’s words according to the literal
Last of all, how that it ought to be received according to the true and right institution of Christ, albeit that the order which at this time is
They remove the sacrifice of private measure; the other do the same. Secondly, they examined me by touching the sacrament of the altar, whether it was the body of Christ himself or not.
ANDREW HEWET BURNED WITH MASTER FRITH
On the 20th day of the month of April, Andrew Hewet was brought before the chancellor of the bishop of London, where objection was made. Then certain of the bishops smiled at him; and Stokesley, the bishop of London, said, “Well, Frith is a heretic, and already condemned to be burned;.
THE HISTORY OF THE PERSECUTION AND DEATH OF THOMAS BENET, BURNED IN EXETER
COLLECTED AND TESTIFIED BY JOHN DOWEL, ALIAS HOKER
But not to; and said, He will appeal to the king as the supreme head of the church, and so he did. A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THOMAS PHILIP ON BEHALF OF THE BROTHERS, AND GIVEN TO HIM BY THE WAY THAT LEADED TO THE TOWER.
WILLIAM TRACY 19
ESQUIRE, OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Item, That he made Henry Thomson learn to read the New Testament, and called it The Blood of Christ. His articles: - That he cared not to go to church to hear mass, because he could say mass as well as the priest: That he would not pray to Our Lady, because she could do us no good. Point, That the sacrament of the altar is not the body of Christ; it is merely bread, which the priest there shows as a sign or.
Point, That he had not considered the place whether he was consecrated or not, where he should be buried after he was dead. His articles: That he often dwelt in his house Richard Bayfield and other good people: that he took his books into his house, and used much reading in the New Testament: he had also the Will of William Tracy: he believed that there was no purgatory. Point, He thought then that those books were good and that he had been wrong in the past.
Its articles were these:—That the sacrament of the altar was not the body of Christ, but only a loaf of bread. The reason given to this man was that he had Wycliffe's Wicket book in his possession. Point, That he believed that the sacrament of the altar, after the words of consecration, was not really the body of Christ, &c.
THE ABJURED AT BUMSTEAD
The troubles of that time were so great that it would cost any story too much to enumerate the names of all who were either driven out of the realm or expelled from their estates during those bitter days, before the arrival of Queen Anne . and houses, or publicly disgraced by abjuration. Such decrees and commandments were then issued by the bishops, such laws and proclamations were made, such close watch and search were made, such manners were taken under oath, to make one seek out the other so subtly, that hardly any good man could or could do. escaped from their hands, but either his name was known or his person was taken. These all came from the town of Bumstead, which, discovered by Sir Richard Foxe, their minister, and partly by Tibauld, was brought to the Bishop of London, and all gathered into one house, to the number of thirty-five. to be examined and renounced by the said bishop.
Moreover, in other towns around Suffolk and Essex, others were also discovered, such as in the town of Byrbrook, the following:
MEN AND WOMEN OF ESSEX
Besides these there were several others in London, Colchester, and other places also, partaking of the same cross and trial for the like cause of the gospel, in which number come in these which follow.
MARTYRS AT COLCHESTER
He also had a young daughter, ten years old, who knew how to translate by heart the greater part of the twenty-fourth chapter of St. against his will, to make the chancellor and many others perfect Christian men; for still many were Pharisees and did not know the full statement. He also said, "Ah, good Sir Edmund! You are far from knowing and understanding the Holy Scriptures, for you are still a Pharisee, together with many others of your company: but I trust in God, I will make you, and many others, good and perfect Christian men before I go out of town, for I intend to deliver a common lecture.
He also said that every priest might preach the gospel without license from the pope, my lord cardinal, my lord of London, or any other man; and so he confirmed it, as it is written, Mark 16: "Euntes in mundum universum, praedicate Evangelium omni creaturae." Christ commanded every priest to go out into the whole world and preach the word of God through the. Edmund's in Lombard Street, where he found me, Sir Edmund Peerson, Sir James Smith, and Sir Miles Garnet, at the extreme gate of the parsonage; and Sir Edmund said to Sir Richard Bayfield: 'How many Christians have you made since you came to the. Wherein we must observe again, that from this present year of our Lord 1533, during the time of the said Queen Anne, we read of no great persecution, or any disapproval that was in the church of England, except that the registers of London mentions certain Dutchmen who were counted Anabaptists,13 of whom ten were killed in different places of the empire, A.D.
Now to proceed further in our case: After that the bishops and heads of the clergy had thus for a long time delighted in exercising their cruel authority against the Lord's poor desolate flock, and began,. To this request of the commons yielded, though the king at that time made no present grant, but suspended them with a delay, but notwithstanding this, this sufficiently declared the averse mind of temporal men to spirituality, which lacked nothing but the helping hand of God to work in the king's heart for the reformation of such things as all they saw were out of frame. He saw the pride and cruelty of the spiritual priesthood grow to such a height as it was.
A COMPENDIOUS DISCOURSE,
When the king's ears were informed of this, he immediately sent to Sir Thomas Audley, then Speaker of Parliament, telling him, among other things, that he. Therefore, the king had the regulations of the universities collected and condensed into a book, with. 1532, in which Parliament the congregation raised a petition in which they complained about the close treatment of the clergy in theirs.
720, which Ina, king of the West Saxons, in all his power, caused one penny to be collected in every house that had a chimney, and paid to the bishop of Rome in the name of St. During this time of the parliament, a bishop preached every Sunday at Paul's cross, declaring that the pope was not the head of the church. Act65 of the King's Majesty, that he is the supreme head of the Church of England, and that he has power to reform and correct all errors, heresies, and abuses.
A LETTER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AGAINST THE USED POWER OF THE BISHOP OF ROME.43. And there he speaks, by the way, of the king's said highness's marriage, as according to the mature judgement, authority and. After that, touching the title of the king's majesty, as to the supreme head of the English church.
Therefore to open the true meaning of the Scripture in the aforesaid places, and first to begin with Matthew 16, here shall be. NOW THE SAID TONE COMES TO ADVICE AND EXAMPLES OF THIS SENTENCE.
BISHOPS AND DOCTORS
And if you are moved by your conscience, you cannot take the king, your master, as supreme head of the church of England. Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, their founder, as Bishop of Rome, by St. This matter is still more clearly shown by the acts of the Councils of Africa in St.
The truth is that the bishops of the Orient, for discussions on matters of faith among themselves, submitted to the bishop of Rome;. And King Jehoshaphat appointed Levites and priests and the ancient families of Israel to the Lord's court and cause against all the inhabitants. And lest it should be thought that this process was run by the church in London to make one.
This great procession was appointed for a triumph or a thanksgiving for the late recovery of the French king's health, as before stated. Edward Foxe, who was also sent to the princes of Germany; to the Scottish king was sent Sir Ralph Sadler, lord of the king's privy chamber. The other was for rejecting the person of the king's trusted subject and chaplain, Master Kerne, his ambassador, to make such allegations as to the king in that matter.
In the opening and tearing of these injuries, and first in the said noxious summons of the king to Rome. Further, because the pope, at the request of the king of France, in open consistory, postponed the execution of his censures and excommunications against the king until the first day of November,.