The fore-runner of Bels dovvnefall wherin, is breifely answered his braggnig [sic] offer of disputation, and insolent late challenge: the particularties [sic] of the confutation of his bookes, shortly by goddes grace to be published, are mentioned: with à breife answere, to his crakinge and calumnious confutinge of papistes by papistes them selues: and lastly à taste. Giuen of his rare pretended sinceritye, with som few examples.
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             The fore-runner of Bels dovvnefall wherin, is breifely answered his braggnig [sic] offer of disputation, and insolent late challenge: the particularties [sic] of the confutation of his bookes, shortly by goddes grace to be published, are mentioned: with à breife answere, to his crakinge and calumnious confutinge of papistes by papistes them selues: and lastly à taste. Giuen of his rare pretended sinceritye, with som few examples.
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             THE
             Fore-runner
             of
             Bels
             Dovvnefall
             ,
          
        
         
           Wherin
           ,
           is
           breisely
           answered
           his
           braggnig
           offer
           of
           disputation
           ,
           and
           insolent
           late
           challenge
           :
           the
           particularties
           of
           the
           confutation
           of
           his
           bookes
           ,
           shortly
           by
           goddes
           grace
           to
           be
           published
           ,
           are
           mentioned
           :
           with
           à
           breife
           answere
           ,
           to
           his
           crakinge
           and
           calumnious
           confutinge
           of
           Papistes
           by
           Papistes
           them selues
           :
           and
           lastly
           à
           taste
           .
        
         
           Giuen
           of
           his
           rare
           pretended
           sinceritye
           ,
           with
           som
           few
           examples
           .
        
         
           
             
               Ierem.
               51.
               v.
               44.
               
            
          
           
             I
             wil
             visit
             Bel
             vpon
             Babilon
             ,
             and
             cast
             forth
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             that
             which
             he
             hath
             swallowed
             vp
             :
             and
             the
             gentils
             shal
             no
             more
             flocke
             vnto
             him
             and
             that
             because
             the
             wall
             of
             Babilon
             shall
             fall
             downe
             ,
          
        
         
         
           
             ANNO
             M.
             D
             C.
             V.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           FORE-RVNNER
           OF
           BELS
           DOVVNEFAL
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 The
                 vaine
                 and
                 foolishe
                 title
                 of
                 his
                 booke
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 note
                 of
                 a
                 quadruple
                 deuise
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 vseth
                 to
                 winne
                 him self
                 credit
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 endomage
                 the
                 Catholike
                 cause
                 .
              
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             THERE
             came
             lately
             to
             my
             handes
             ,
             a
             certaine
             booke
             presented
             the
             last
             Easter
             tea●me
             to
             the
             viewe
             of
             the
             worlde
             ,
             by
             one
             Thomas
             Bell
             ,
             long
             since
             à
             Minister
             ,
             after
             that
             a
             Preist
             ,
             and
             for
             some
             yeares
             past
             ,
             and
             at
             this
             present
             ,
             
               Sicut
               erat
               in
               principio
               :
               as
               it
               was
               in
               the
               begininge
               :
            
             a
             Minister
             againe
             :
             in
             which
             state
             he
             meaneth
             constantly
             to
             continue
             ,
             vntil
             the
             Lord
             by
             new
             reuelation
             shal
             otherwise
             dispose
             of
             his
             person
             .
             The
             title
             of
             his
             booke
             looketh
             bigge
             as
             
             though
             it
             had
             eaten
             buls-beife
             ,
             and
             accordinge
             to
             the
             comon
             sayinge
             ,
             as
             the
             Deuile
             lockt
             ouer
             Lincolne
             ,
             and
             is
             readie
             to
             quarrel
             with
             any
             Papist
             whatsoeuer
             :
             this
             it
             is
             .
             
               The
               Downefal
               of
               Poperie
               proposed
               by
               way
               of
               a
               new
               challenge
               ,
               to
               al
               Englishe
               Iesuites
               ,
               and
               Iesuited
               ,
               or
               Italianized
               Papistes
               :
               daringe
               them
               al
               ioyntlie
               ,
               and
               euery
               one
               of
               them
               seuerally
               ,
               to
               make
               answere
               thereunto
               ,
               if
               they
               can
               ,
               or
               haue
               any
               truth
               on
               their
               side
               :
               knowinge
               for
               truth
               ,
               that
               otherwise
               al
               the
               worlde
               wil
               crye
               with
               open
               mouthes
               ,
               Fye
               vpon
               them
               ,
               and
               their
               patched
               hotch-potch
               religion
               .
            
             
             This
             name
             of
             his
             booke
             by
             al
             probabilitie
             ,
             was
             giuen
             by
             the
             godfather
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             in
             the
             ruffe
             of
             his
             roperye
             ,
             and
             came
             hastely
             into
             the
             kitchin
             ,
             from
             some
             homely
             place
             ,
             where
             a
             bad
             sent
             had
             intertained
             his
             smellinge
             instrumēt
             (
             daungerous
             in
             these
             times
             of
             infection
             for
             an
             emptie
             stomake
             )
             and
             not
             findinge
             there
             any
             meate
             meete
             for
             his
             ministerships
             mouth
             ,
             but
             only
             an
             odd
             hotch-potch
             ,
             fel
             into
             some
             cholerike
             pange
             ,
             in
             which
             distemperature
             returninge
             to
             his
             studye
             ,
             the
             title
             was
             begotten
             ;
             for
             otherwise
             why
             him self
             ,
             being
             à
             patched
             minister
             ,
             created
             of
             two
             recantations
             ,
             should
             cal
             our
             religion
             à
             patched
             hotch-potch
             I
             
             cannot
             see
             ,
             nor
             I
             thynke
             him self
             ,
             hauing
             yet
             the
             eies
             of
             two
             ministres
             ,
             and
             one
             Preist
             .
             Our
             church
             hath
             not
             stoode
             simperinge
             in
             a
             close
             pot
             ,
             or
             poore
             pipkin
             ,
             no
             man
             can
             tel
             where
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             not
             for
             how
             many
             hundred
             yeares
             together
             ,
             as
             their
             cōgregation
             hath
             (
             which
             though
             falsely
             pretended
             ,
             is
             the
             best
             cloake
             they
             can
             finde
             to
             couer
             the
             shame
             oft
             hir
             naked
             continuance
             )
             but
             hath
             alwayes
             borne
             saile
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             worlde
             ,
             maugre
             the
             malice
             of
             the
             deuile
             ,
             and
             al
             the
             tempestes
             of
             persecution
             ,
             that
             the
             furies
             of
             hell
             could
             raise
             :
             Neither
             is
             our
             religion
             patched
             together
             
             of
             many
             mamockes
             of
             olde
             stinkinge
             heretical
             assertions
             ,
             as
             their
             faith
             is
             ,
             where
             denienge
             of
             prayers
             for
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             the
             appointed
             fastes
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             borowed
             from
             
               Aerius
               :
            
             scorninge
             of
             reliques
             ,
             scoffinge
             at
             inuocations
             of
             Saintes
             ,
             reiectinge
             voluntary
             pouertie
             ,
             and
             allowance
             of
             Preistes
             ,
             taken
             from
             
               Vigilantius
               ,
            
             raylinge
             at
             the
             holy
             Crosse
             ,
             and
             sacred
             Images
             :
             receiued
             from
             
               Iulian
               the
               Apostata
               ,
            
             and
             miscreant
             Mahumetanes
             :
             and
             diuers
             other
             such
             like
             fragments
             ,
             scraped
             together
             ,
             be
             in
             their
             congregatione
             entertained
             for
             heauenlye
             
             articles
             :
             and
             so
             whether
             it
             may
             not
             truly
             be
             tearmed
             ,
             à
             patched
             hotch-poch
             religion
             ,
             and
             godles
             galimamphorye
             of
             a
             new
             gospel
             ,
             I
             leaue
             to
             indifferent
             iudgment
             .
             Diuers
             other
             bookes
             in
             former
             times
             ,
             hath
             he
             also
             diuulged
             ,
             (
             for
             he
             had
             rather
             be
             ill
             occupied
             then
             idle
             )
             each
             of
             them
             ,
             one
             so
             like
             another
             ,
             that
             any
             man
             may
             easely
             knowe
             them
             to
             be
             puppies
             of
             one
             litter
             ,
             &
             sundrie
             puddles
             stewinge
             from
             one
             sincke
             .
             In
             al
             which
             the
             principal
             scope
             he
             outwardly
             aymeth
             at
             ,
             is
             the
             ouerthrowe
             of
             Poperie
             ,
             as
             he
             speaketh
             ,
             and
             the
             aduancement
             of
             the
             truth
             :
             but
             whether
             any
             Pharaisaicall
             
               makinge
               broade
               his
               phylacteries
               ,
               and
               enlarging
            
             
             
               his
               fringes
               ,
               the
               loue
               of
               the
               first
               places
               at
               suppers
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               chayres
               in
               the
               Sinagoges
               ,
               and
               salutations
               in
               the
               market
               place
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               called
               of
               men
               Rabbi
               ,
            
             hath
             also
             his
             share
             ,
             and
             diuide
             stakes
             ,
             that
             is
             councel
             to
             any
             ,
             and
             a
             mysterie
             so
             secretlye
             carried
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             without
             the
             compasse
             of
             al
             humane
             diuination
             :
             for
             the
             happie
             effecting
             of
             these
             his
             designements
             ,
             and
             to
             procure
             credit
             with
             his
             readers
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             thinke
             he
             hath
             litle
             with
             his
             hearers
             )
             like
             an
             olde
             soldiear
             and
             beaten
             Captaine
             he
             vseth
             many
             stratagems
             ,
             but
             especially
             fower
             .
             
             The
             first
             is
             ,
             to
             prouoke
             ,
             to
             challenge
             ,
             to
             dare
             al
             learned
             men
             ,
             to
             the
             combat
             .
             for
             would
             any
             man
             in
             his
             wittes
             ,
             make
             such
             an
             offer
             ,
             were
             he
             not
             moste
             assured
             of
             victory
             ,
             and
             to
             triumphe
             ouer
             the
             Romans
             ,
             that
             haue
             so
             often
             triumphed
             ouer
             others
             ?
             The
             second
             is
             ,
             with
             great
             sorrowe
             of
             sowle
             to
             lament
             ,
             that
             he
             can
             get
             no
             answere
             to
             his
             bookes
             ,
             and
             vtterly
             to
             dispaire
             euer
             to
             see
             any
             such
             thinge
             effectually
             attempted
             :
             an
             euident
             demonstration
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             of
             rare
             erudition
             ,
             and
             truth
             in
             his
             side
             .
             The
             third
             is
             an
             inuection
             (
             if
             we
             liste
             to
             beleue
             him
             of
             his
             owne
             ,
             as
             Thraso
             said
             in
             Terence
             )
             
             and
             that
             is
             to
             ouerthrowe
             papistry
             ,
             by
             papistry
             it self
             ,
             and
             to
             ruine
             our
             saith
             ,
             by
             the
             principal
             professors
             and
             patrons
             of
             our
             religion
             .
             Mary
             god
             blesse
             vs
             from
             this
             Bell
             ,
             for
             neuer
             was
             there
             such
             à
             peale
             runge
             in
             our
             dayes
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             our
             forefathers
             .
             The
             fourth
             and
             laste
             is
             ,
             his
             saint-like
             protestation
             of
             sincerity
             ,
             vpright
             dealinge
             ,
             and
             hādlinge
             al
             thinges
             accordinge
             to
             equitie
             and
             conscience
             .
             These
             be
             the
             mayne
             bulwarkes
             of
             his
             bookes
             ,
             framed
             by
             this
             excellēt
             engenite
             ,
             both
             to
             defend
             them selues
             ,
             and
             to
             batter
             vs
             :
             Al
             which
             not
             withstandinge
             ,
             are
             
             nothinge
             els
             but
             skearcrowes
             ,
             &
             painted
             paper
             walles
             ,
             seeme
             they
             neuer
             so
             terrible
             to
             simple
             soules
             :
             Spiders
             webbes
             are
             strong
             ynoughe
             to
             make
             bootye
             of
             flyes
             and
             gnattes
             ,
             weake
             nettes
             to
             catch
             swalowes
             and
             greater
             birdes
             .
             And
             I
             wil
             not
             deny
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             with
             some
             pretie
             credit
             ,
             haue
             tampered
             amonge
             litle
             ones
             ,
             who
             are
             soone
             scandalized
             ,
             but
             when
             wich
             phantastical
             conceit
             he
             supposeth
             ,
             that
             he
             can
             contriue
             the
             ruine
             of
             gods
             Church
             ,
             or
             confounde
             al
             learned
             Catholikes
             whatsoeuer
             .
             
               Sutor
               vltra
               crepidam
            
             the
             Cobler
             is
             beyond
             his
             shoe
             ,
             and
             he
             doth
             walke
             (
             as
             the
             Prophet
             saith
             )
             
               in
               great
               and
               wonderful
               thinges
               aboue
               him self
               .
            
             His
             malice
             is
             great
             ,
             but
             his
             power
             nothing
             
             corespondent
             .
             He
             is
             a
             curst
             cowe
             ,
             but
             with
             short
             hornes
             :
             wherfore
             let
             him
             striue
             againste
             Catholike
             veritie
             ,
             struggle
             with
             God
             and
             Church
             ,
             war
             against
             heauen
             :
             repentance
             (
             god
             graunt
             that
             not
             fruitles
             )
             wil
             be
             the
             end
             of
             his
             labours
             :
             and
             perpetual
             disgrace
             ,
             (
             without
             diuine
             amendinge
             grace
             )
             the
             iust
             rewarde
             of
             his
             vvorkes
             .
             If
             any
             ouerswaied
             with
             a
             false
             weeninge
             ,
             thinke
             otherwise
             ,
             let
             him
             haue
             a
             litle
             patience
             ,
             voutsafe
             the
             reading
             of
             this
             smale
             treatise
             ,
             
             and
             he
             shal
             see
             his
             fower
             forts
             (
             by
             one
             that
             acknowledgeth
             him self
             inferior
             to
             thousands
             in
             Gods
             church
             )
             fiered
             about
             his
             eares
             :
             let
             vs
             breifly
             runne
             them
             al
             ouer
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Bel
                 seemeth
                 wonderful
                 desirous
                 of
                 disputation
                 in
                 wordes
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 in
                 deedes
                 refuseth
                 the
                 same
                 .
                 With
                 an
                 indifferend
                 offer
                 of
                 trial
                 .
              
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             MVch
             ianglinge
             hath
             the
             minister
             kept
             since
             his
             laste
             reformation
             ,
             &
             like
             a
             Ffleet-streete
             hackster
             iustileth
             at
             Iesuits
             ,
             showldreth
             Seminaries
             ,
             braueth
             al
             the
             learned
             men
             of
             christendome
             ;
             so
             desirous
             is
             he
             to
             manifest
             his
             manhoode
             ,
             to
             exercise
             his
             talent
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             the
             worlde
             some
             tricke
             of
             his
             
             cuninge
             .
             This
             humor
             of
             his
             he
             discouereth
             in
             his
             motiues
             :
             The
             same
             vauntinge
             vaine
             hunteth
             him
             in
             his
             Surueye
             :
             In
             his
             huntinge
             of
             the
             Romishe
             fox
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             but
             a
             petty
             pamphlet
             ,
             yet
             is
             he
             once
             or
             twice
             harpinge
             on
             the
             same
             stringe
             :
             And
             in
             his
             Counterblast
             ,
             with
             in
             solēt
             wordes
             &
             opprobrious
             tearmes
             ,
             he
             dareth
             Iesuites
             ,
             and
             Seminaries
             ,
             to
             answere
             his
             bookes
             .
             And
             lastly
             in
             his
             
             late
             Downefalle
             ,
             he
             proclaymeth
             à
             new
             challenge
             ,
             couragiously
             castinge
             out
             his
             daringe
             dartes
             :
             and
             in
             the
             end
             of
             his
             preface
             ;
             and
             euery
             seueral
             chapter
             ,
             as
             though
             he
             had
             bene
             apprentice
             to
             some
             ballad
             maker
             ,
             the
             foote
             of
             the
             songe
             runneth
             after
             this
             manner
             :
             
               Answere
               o
               Papistes
               if
               you
               can
               ,
               if
               ye
               cannot
               so
               doe
               ,
               then
               repent
               for
               shame
               ,
               and
               yeelde
               vnto
               the
               truth
               :
            
             And
             at
             the
             heeles
             of
             one
             of
             them
             followeth
             this
             fearful
             ,
             and
             formidable
             adiuration
             .
             
               I
               challenge
               you
               ,
               I
               prouoke
               you
               to
            
             
             
               the
               combatte
               ,
               I
               adiure
               you
               al
               ioyntlie
               ,
               and
               euery
               one
               of
               you
               seuerally
               ,
               for
               the
               creditt
               of
               your
               cause
               ,
               for
               the
               honor
               of
               your
               Pope
               ,
               and
               the
               life
               of
               Popish
               doctrine
               ,
               which
               now
               lieth
               bleedinge
               ,
               and
               wil
               shortly
               yeelde
               vp
               the
               ghost
               ,
               if
               some
               soueraigne
               remedie
               be
               not
               speedely
               prouided
               for
               the
               same
               .
            
             The
             minister
             may
             take
             care
             for
             his
             winding
             sheete
             ,
             gods
             church
             is
             in
             no
             daunger
             ,
             the
             more
             she
             bleedeth
             out
             such
             corrupt
             ,
             and
             pestilent
             humors
             as
             he
             is
             ,
             the
             better
             is
             hir
             estate
             .
             He
             muste
             pardonvs
             ,
             we
             relie
             more
             vpon
             Christes
             promise
             for
             hir
             perpetual
             continuance
             ,
             then
             vpon
             his
             lyinge
             lippe
             ,
             for
             hir
             shorte
             yeeldinge
             vp
             the
             ghost
             .
             we
             make
             no
             dout
             but
             that
             he
             mightely
             enuieth
             her
             felicitie
             ,
             and
             greedely
             thirsteth
             after
             hir
             
             destruction
             .
             But
             as
             litle
             doe
             we
             doubt
             ,
             but
             that
             she
             shal
             stil
             liue
             and
             endure
             ,
             
               rumpantur
               vt
               ilia
               Codro
               ,
            
             although
             he
             frett
             out
             his
             bowelles
             with
             greife
             and
             enuie
             .
             
               Desiderium
               peccatorum
               peribit
               ,
            
             the
             desier
             of
             
             sinners
             (
             such
             as
             he
             is
             )
             shal
             perishe
             .
             Thus
             the
             minister
             braggeth
             &
             braueth
             others
             to
             disputation
             ,
             either
             by
             worde
             or
             writinge
             ,
             and
             like
             à
             desperate
             cowarde
             ,
             feareth
             not
             to
             fight
             with
             any
             ,
             prouided
             alwayes
             that
             they
             be
             far
             ynough
             of
             ,
             and
             him self
             out
             of
             al
             daunger
             :
             and
             so
             he
             sheweth
             him self
             of
             as
             resolute
             a
             courage
             ,
             as
             the
             coliar
             of
             Croidon
             ,
             who
             litle
             fearinge
             the
             Maior
             of
             Londons
             authoritie
             ,
             out
             with
             his
             purse
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             liberall
             gentlman
             ,
             gaue
             him
             that
             liuerie
             which
             would
             better
             haue
             beseemed
             some
             body
             els
             :
             but
             yet
             not
             before
             he
             was
             six
             miles
             out
             of
             towne
             .
             Yf
             he
             take
             him self
             for
             such
             à
             silogistical
             swashbuckler
             ,
             that
             nothinge
             but
             present
             death
             ,
             to
             approache
             the
             sphere
             of
             his
             disputant
             actiuitie
             ,
             why
             did
             he
             neuer
             vouchsafe
             to
             visit
             Wisbiche
             ,
             where
             he
             might
             haue
             wonne
             him self
             imortal
             fame
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             by
             his
             learninge
             and
             force
             of
             arguments
             ,
             either
             haue
             transformed
             them
             from
             Papistes
             to
             ministers
             (
             as
             by
             special
             reuelation
             he
             
             hath
             chaunged
             him self
             )
             or
             els
             by
             his
             potent
             proofes
             ,
             so
             set
             them
             agrounde
             ,
             that
             their
             fauorable
             auditors
             should
             haue
             condoled
             their
             dismolle
             misfortune
             ,
             seing
             them
             so
             battered
             with
             Bell
             bullets
             ,
             and
             put
             to
             so
             disgratious
             confusion
             :
             was
             he
             doubtful
             of
             findinge
             them
             at
             home
             ?
             it
             cannot
             be
             ,
             their
             busines
             lay
             alwayes
             within
             doores
             ,
             and
             he
             might
             haue
             bene
             as
             sure
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             had
             bene
             fast
             shut
             vp
             in
             a
             Castle
             .
             was
             he
             vnwillinge
             to
             take
             so
             longe
             à
             iorney
             ?
             no
             iuste
             cause
             of
             any
             such
             suspition
             ,
             when
             he
             offereth
             about
             the
             like
             busines
             ,
             with
             a
             safe
             conduct
             to
             repare
             into
             any
             parte
             
             of
             Christendome
             .
             why
             did
             he
             not
             also
             whett
             his
             wittes
             vpon
             Master
             Wrighte
             his
             countryman
             ,
             who
             was
             longe
             time
             prisoner
             in
             the
             Clinke
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             learninge
             wel
             knowen
             to
             the
             whole
             realme
             ,
             hauinge
             bin
             assaulted
             by
             the
             flower
             of
             our
             Cleargie
             chiualrie
             :
             but
             as
             for
             this
             challenger
             ,
             neuer
             could
             I
             heare
             that
             euer
             he
             durst
             come
             nere
             him
             :
             by
             which
             the
             gentle
             reader
             may
             gather
             ,
             that
             the
             heauenly
             influēce
             of
             his
             coniuringe
             ,
             worketh
             not
             any
             rare
             effect
             ,
             but
             where
             none
             is
             present
             to
             entertaine
             him
             (
             for
             there
             he
             shameth
             ,
             disgraceth
             ,
             and
             confoundeth
             al
             ,
             
             be
             they
             neuer
             so
             learned
             ,
             and
             none
             can
             be
             founde
             that
             dare
             take
             vp
             the
             bucklers
             againste
             him
             )
             and
             that
             vpon
             the
             dunghille
             of
             his
             owne
             parishe
             ,
             he
             ietteth
             vp
             and
             downe
             like
             à
             cocke
             of
             courage
             ,
             vvith
             his
             bigge
             barbles
             ,
             and
             threatninge
             cox-come
             ,
             crowinge
             moste
             fearefully
             :
             marry
             where
             any
             occation
             is
             offered
             of
             blowes
             ,
             or
             knockinge
             cheere
             ,
             there
             he
             creepeth
             pittifully
             ,
             like
             à
             poore
             par'd
             capon
             ,
             with
             a
             thinne
             paier
             of
             gylles
             ,
             that
             came
             lately
             from
             Katherin
             cutter
             ,
             or
             like
             a
             mungrille
             curr
             of
             the
             countrie
             ,
             that
             with
             his
             tayle
             clapt
             betwixt
             his
             legges
             ,
             and
             cringled
             backe
             ,
             sneaketh
             away
             as
             faste
             as
             he
             can
             trudge
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             such
             a
             breakfaste
             as
             he
             list
             not
             to
             come
             at
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             magnanimous
             spiritt
             of
             worthie
             Sir
             Thomas
             ,
             or
             els
             why
             hath
             he
             not
             repaired
             to
             these
             places
             ,
             where
             his
             longinge
             might
             haue
             bin
             satisfied
             :
             or
             if
             he
             desiered
             to
             manifest
             him self
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             to
             seeke
             for
             the
             common
             good
             of
             many
             ,
             why
             did
             he
             not
             procure
             by
             that
             great
             grace
             &
             fauour
             which
             his
             desartes
             hath
             purchased
             him
             in
             court
             ,
             wherof
             
             him self
             to
             his
             comfort
             ,
             maketh
             mention
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             in
             publike
             audience
             ,
             haue
             scufled
             with
             these
             ignorant
             Iesuits
             ,
             
             and
             curried
             ouer
             the
             coates
             of
             these
             sillie
             Seminaries
             .
             And
             be
             it
             spoken
             in
             a
             good
             hovver
             ,
             if
             his
             longinge
             be
             not
             gone
             ,
             nor
             his
             disputinge
             heate
             cooled
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             time
             yet
             past
             :
             for
             not
             long
             since
             ,
             an
             humble
             supplication
             vvas
             exhibited
             to
             his
             Maiestie
             ,
             vvherin
             vvith
             dutifull
             respect
             ,
             the
             fauour
             of
             an
             indifferent
             disputation
             vvas
             sued
             for
             .
             Mistris
             Suctliffe
             as
             the
             bruite
             goeth
             ,
             beinge
             quicker
             of
             hir
             fingers
             ,
             and
             more
             nimble
             of
             conceiptes
             ,
             got
             the
             start
             of
             hir
             husband
             ,
             and
             so
             hath
             had
             the
             glorie
             of
             the
             first
             ansvvere
             ,
             Sir
             Mathevv
             hir
             mate
             ,
             like
             a
             kinde
             com●ade
             ,
             hath
             seconded
             hir
             ,
             and
             set
             forth
             an
             other
             :
             and
             so
             bootelesse
             to
             vvrite
             any
             more
             :
             The
             only
             course
             that
             Bell
             for
             his
             creditt
             can
             take
             ,
             is
             to
             make
             earnest
             suite
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             haue
             the
             honor
             of
             the
             disputation
             ;
             novv
             let
             him
             speake
             ,
             or
             for
             euer
             hould
             his
             peace
             .
             Is
             disputation
             vvith
             him
             novv
             out
             of
             request
             ,
             and
             his
             minde
             chaunged
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             vvell
             be
             ,
             seinge
             he
             hath
             made
             greater
             mutations
             then
             that
             ,
             and
             had
             he
             rather
             shevv
             his
             valor
             in
             an
             indifferent
             conference
             :
             if
             so
             :
             then
             vvill
             I
             offer
             him
             faire
             playe
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             if
             he
             please
             to
             be
             the
             defendand
             of
             his
             ovvne
             bookes
             ,
             vvith
             
             vvhich
             he
             should
             be
             best
             acquainted
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             reason
             ought
             to
             defend
             ,
             I
             vvil
             be
             the
             opponent
             ,
             and
             take
             vpon
             me
             notvvithstandinge
             all
             his
             protestation
             of
             sinceritie
             ,
             to
             conuince
             him
             of
             many
             coseninge
             trickes
             ,
             sundrie
             notable
             lies
             ,
             and
             diuers
             grosse
             corruptions
             ,
             Let
             him
             therefore
             proue
             his
             frendes
             ,
             and
             procure
             that
             it
             may
             be
             obtained
             ,
             vvith
             those
             equall
             cōdicions
             vvhich
             vvere
             graunted
             to
             the
             Protestants
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             French
             kinge
             .
             And
             if
             any
             intreaty
             vvil
             farther
             so
             honest
             a
             suite
             ,
             vvhich
             to
             him
             ,
             if
             his
             harte
             and
             pen
             agree
             together
             ,
             can
             not
             but
             be
             grateful
             ,
             and
             imbraced
             vvith
             all
             the
             povvers
             of
             his
             soule
             ,
             then
             I
             request
             him
             of
             all
             curtesie
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             comon
             good
             vvhich
             may
             redound
             to
             many
             ,
             earnestly
             desire
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             vvil
             straine
             his
             creditt
             (
             if
             it
             be
             not
             at
             the
             highest
             and
             in
             danger
             of
             breaking
             )
             that
             vve
             may
             meete
             in
             the
             listes
             and
             make
             experience
             
               quid
               possit
               vterque
               ,
            
             vvhat
             either
             of
             vs
             offensiuely
             and
             defensiuely
             can
             performe
             .
             If
             he
             stande
             vpon
             his
             punctoes
             ,
             and
             disdaigne
             all
             humble
             kinde
             of
             proceedinge
             ,
             as
             nothing
             fittinge
             his
             braue
             braggarie
             ,
             nor
             
             his
             mountinge
             and
             ouerlookinge
             humor
             ,
             thinkinge
             it
             smale
             reputation
             to
             combatt
             with
             abase
             peticioner
             :
             then
             to
             keepe
             proportion
             to
             answere
             his
             vaine
             ,
             and
             also
             not
             to
             giue
             one
             inche
             of
             ground
             in
             the
             quarrel
             of
             gods
             truth
             ,
             
               for
               who
               is
               this
               vncircumcised
               Philistian
               ,
               that
               hath
               dared
            
             
             
               to
               rayle
               vpon
               the
               armye
               of
               the
               liuinge
               god
               ?
            
             I
             challenge
             this
             challenginge
             cowarde
             ,
             dare
             and
             redare
             ,
             this
             daringe
             dastard
             ,
             that
             he
             wilfor
             the
             honor
             of
             his
             cause
             ,
             the
             creditt
             of
             his
             learninge
             ,
             and
             defence
             of
             his
             braginge
             and
             insolent
             bookes
             ,
             labour
             effectually
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             in
             manner
             aforesaid
             grapple
             together
             .
          
           
             Yf
             he
             refuse
             this
             condicion
             ,
             so
             reasonable
             ,
             so
             iuste
             ,
             so
             indifferent
             ,
             no
             remedy
             but
             I
             muste
             come
             vpon
             him
             ,
             with
             à
             lawe
             case
             of
             
               nouerint
               vniuersi
               .
            
             Be
             it
             knowen
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             the
             date
             of
             his
             learninge
             is
             out
             ,
             his
             great
             and
             flowinge
             courage
             daunted
             ,
             and
             drawen
             drie
             :
             proclaime
             him
             cōtemptible
             ,
             and
             banckrout
             ,
             hauinge
             broken
             with
             his
             owne
             dependants
             and
             creditors
             ,
             and
             expose
             him
             for
             a
             iestinge
             stocke
             to
             all
             Christian
             people
             ,
             from
             generation
             to
             generation
             world
             without
             end
             .
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 That
                 Bels
                 bookes
                 haue
                 longe
                 since
                 receiued
                 their
                 answere
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 particuler
                 contents
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 vpon
                 iust
                 occasion
                 it
                 hath
                 hitherto
                 bin
                 suppressed
                 ,
                 yet
                 shortly
                 by
                 gods
                 grace
                 to
                 be
                 set
                 forth
                 .
              
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             VVHeras
             Bel
             hath
             passed
             hitherto
             vncontrolled
             ,
             and
             vvithout
             ansvvere
             ,
             partly
             for
             that
             by
             some
             of
             iudgmēt
             not
             any
             vvas
             thought
             necessary
             (
             of
             such
             course
             stuffe
             be
             they
             made
             )
             partly
             for
             other
             iuste
             reasons
             ,
             hereafter
             more
             at
             lardge
             to
             be
             handled
             ;
             the
             minister
             maketh
             his
             comoditie
             thereof
             ,
             and
             vvould
             haue
             the
             vvorlde
             to
             thinke
             ,
             that
             not
             lack
             of
             good
             vvil
             ,
             but
             vvant
             of
             skill
             ,
             hath
             made
             Catholikes
             so
             longe
             silent
             :
             and
             all
             this
             to
             alienate
             mens
             mindes
             from
             the
             faith
             of
             their
             forefathers
             ,
             as
             a
             religion
             that
             cannot
             stande
             in
             feilde
             againste
             him
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             cause
             hath
             bin
             vtterly
             left
             destitue
             of
             all
             defence
             .
             And
             albeit
             he
             had
             intelligence
             by
             a
             Catholike
             booke
             (
             as
             him self
             confesseth
             )
             sett
             out
             in
             then'de
             of
             the
             yeare
             1602
             ,
             that
             the
             confutation
             of
             his
             vvorkes
             vvas
             vndertaken
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             published
             if
             it
             should
             be
             
             thought
             conuenient
             (
             and
             one
             parricular
             point
             in
             the
             same
             touched
             ,
             vvhich
             did
             not
             alitle
             vvringe
             his
             mastership
             on
             the
             vvalles
             ,
             though
             he
             set
             agood
             face
             on
             the
             matter
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             ease
             of
             his
             stomake
             ,
             entertained
             the
             said
             booke
             vvith
             the
             eloquent
             flovvers
             of
             
               Shameles
               pamphlet
               ,
            
             
             
               Sourrilous
               libel
               ,
               and
               a
               rude
               lyinge
               hotch-pot
               of
               omnigitherum
               :
            
             reuelleth
             also
             at
             the
             author
             ,
             him self
             ,
             tearminge
             him
             in
             the
             lenity
             of
             his
             spiritt
             ,
             
               Swaggeringe
               diuine
               ,
               Shameles
               calumniator
               ,
               sowle-mouthed
               swaggeringe
               diuine
               ,
               impudent
               lyer
               ,
               and
               brasen
               face
               )
            
             yet
             by
             no
             
             meanes
             vvill
             he
             beleeue
             ,
             that
             there
             vvas
             euer
             any
             such
             thinge
             intended
             indeede
             :
             Iust
             as
             the
             false
             Prophetts
             persvvaded
             
             the
             Ievvs
             ,
             that
             the
             kinge
             of
             Babilon
             vvould
             not
             come
             vpon
             them
             ,
             nor
             their
             countrye
             :
             and
             therfor
             to
             haue
             it
             giuen
             out
             that
             there
             is
             any
             such
             confutation
             ,
             he
             reputeth
             it
             but
             for
             adeuise
             ,
             to
             dazell
             (
             as
             he
             saieth
             )
             
               the
               eies
               of
               the
               simple
               readers
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               of
               others
               ,
               that
               shal
               heare
               thereof
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               stil
               be
               scduced
               with
               popish
               legierdemaine
               ,
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ,
               and
               not
               behould
               the
               sun
               shininge
               at
               noonetide
               ,
               who
               all
               in
               the
               end
               must
               receiue
               the
               iust
               rewarde
               of
               their
               follie
               ,
               euen
               the
               slapp
               of
               a
               fox
               tayle
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             the
             minister
             is
             pleasant
             ,
             
             recreateth
             him self
             and
             his
             readers
             with
             his
             merry
             conceites
             ,
             but
             if
             in
             conclusion
             the
             confutation
             doe
             come
             forth
             ,
             as
             by
             gods
             grace
             it
             shall
             ,
             with
             that
             conuenient
             speed
             ,
             which
             the
             time
             ,
             and
             other
             occurrents
             will
             permitt
             ,
             is
             he
             not
             then
             like
             those
             that
             leremie
             speaketh
             of
             ,
             proued
             a
             false
             Prophett
             ,
             and
             doe
             not
             they
             that
             beleeue
             him
             (
             as
             I
             thinke
             there
             be
             very
             few
             ,
             let
             him
             prattle
             what
             he
             liste
             )
             shew
             them selues
             very
             sillie
             sheepe
             ,
             to
             follow
             such
             a
             bel-weather
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             must
             in
             the
             end
             receiue
             the
             iust
             rewarde
             of
             their
             folly
             ,
             euen
             the
             blessinge
             of
             an
             Asse
             tayle
             .
             Agayne
             in
             the
             very
             same
             place
             ,
             
             dispairinge
             euer
             to
             see
             the
             effect
             of
             any
             such
             attempt
             ,
             he
             lamenteth
             ,
             his
             distressed
             case
             ,
             in
             this
             dolefll
             manner
             .
             
               No
               no
               my
               dearest
               they
               meane
               nothinge
               lesse
               .
               They
               wil
               neuer
               while
               I
               liue
               ,
               publish
               any
               such
               confutation
               :
               their
               owne
               consciences
               condemne
               them
               ,
               they
               knowe
               they
               are
               not
               able
               to
               performe
               it
               ,
               I
               would
               most
               gladly
               (
               I
               protest
               before
               god
               and
               the
               worlde
               )
               once
               see
               any
               such
               confutation
               duringe
               my
               life
               .
            
             Surelie
             he
             is
             much
             to
             blame
             to
             discomfort
             him self
             without
             all
             cause
             .
             He
             may
             very
             wel
             liue
             to
             see
             it
             ,
             and
             yet
             die
             sooner
             much
             then
             he
             would
             .
             Let
             him
             not
             be
             dismayed
             ,
             for
             I
             can
             assure
             him
             
             of
             myne
             owne
             knowledge
             that
             our
             consciences
             doe
             not
             condemne
             vs
             ,
             neither
             doe
             wee
             knowe
             that
             we
             are
             not
             able
             to
             performe
             as
             great
             a
             matter
             as
             that
             .
             To
             giue
             the
             more
             creditt
             to
             my
             wordes
             ,
             and
             somwhat
             to
             reuiue
             his
             dead
             spiritts
             ,
             I
             will
             here
             giue
             him
             a
             note
             of
             the
             nomber
             of
             the
             bookes
             ,
             and
             their
             particular
             contents
             .
             They
             be
             in
             all
             Fiue
             ,
             written
             againste
             his
             motiues
             ,
             and
             Surueye
             fiue
             yeares
             agoe
             .
             The
             first
             booke
             contayneth
             many
             of
             his
             notable
             vntruthes
             ,
             corruptions
             ,
             and
             falsifications
             .
             The
             second
             presenteth
             a
             gallant
             and
             desperate
             fraye
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             reformed
             minister
             of
             Bascall
             ,
             and
             Thomas
             Bel
             preacher
             of
             the
             worde
             :
             all
             the
             clubbes
             in
             London
             being
             not
             able
             to
             part
             them
             .
             For
             such
             a
             grace
             he
             hath
             in
             writinge
             ,
             that
             he
             falleth
             into
             grosse
             contradictions
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             saieth
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             not
             feldome
             he
             vnsaieth
             in
             another
             .
             The
             third
             handleth
             a
             couple
             more
             of
             extra
             .
             ordinary
             ,
             and
             choice
             contradictions
             ,
             worthie
             for
             their
             dignitie
             ,
             to
             haue
             a
             speciall
             place
             by
             them selues
             .
             In
             the
             first
             (
             which
             hath
             diuers
             proofes
             )
             he
             condemneth
             him self
             ,
             and
             his
             owne
             congregation
             (
             the
             defence
             whereof
             he
             hath
             
             vndertaken
             )
             for
             the
             maintayners
             of
             false
             ,
             hereticall
             ,
             and
             blasphemous
             doctrine
             .
             A
             pointe
             worthie
             to
             be
             considered
             of
             by
             his
             bretheren
             ,
             for
             he
             giueth
             them
             moste
             iuste
             cause
             ,
             to
             suspect
             him
             of
             playinge
             bootye
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             hart
             is
             still
             an
             harbourer
             of
             Poperie
             ,
             or
             at
             leaste
             not
             replenished
             with
             the
             liuely
             liquour
             of
             the
             new
             gospell
             :
             And
             though
             he
             laboureth
             to
             purge
             him self
             of
             that
             suspition
             ,
             
             and
             sweareth
             deuoutly
             ,
             yet
             may
             they
             come
             vpon
             him
             as
             those
             caterpillers
             did
             vpon
             S.
             Peter
             vvith
             a
             
               loquela
               tua
               te
               manifestum
               facit
               ,
               thy
               speech
               doth
               bewraye
               thee
               .
            
             In
             the
             second
             (
             fortified
             also
             with
             diuers
             reasons
             )
             he
             acknowledgeth
             our
             faith
             (
             which
             with
             might
             and
             maine
             he
             would
             seeme
             to
             oppugne
             )
             to
             be
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             that
             very
             religion
             which
             Iesus
             Christ
             god
             &
             man
             ,
             brought
             from
             the
             bosome
             of
             his
             father
             ,
             and
             planted
             in
             the
             worlde
             :
             so
             that
             the
             Protestants
             haue
             againe
             iuste
             cause
             to
             complaine
             of
             him
             (
             as
             
               Balec
            
             did
             
             of
             
               Balaam
               )
            
             for
             blessinge
             those
             whom
             they
             expected
             he
             should
             haue
             cursed
             :
             and
             worthelie
             to
             haue
             him
             in
             iealousie
             as
             being
             fled
             to
             them
             with
             the
             same
             
             minde
             ,
             that
             Chusai
             Arachites
             did
             from
             Dauid
             ,
             to
             the
             campe
             &
             seruice
             of
             Absalō
             .
          
           
           
             The
             fourth
             entreateth
             of
             the
             weake
             groundes
             of
             his
             vvorkes
             ,
             to
             vvitt
             ,
             vvhat
             deceites
             he
             vseth
             in
             reasoninge
             ,
             with
             exsamples
             ,
             for
             more
             perspicuitie
             and
             light
             :
             what
             treacherous
             trickes
             also
             he
             practiseth
             ,
             concerninge
             Doctors
             and
             Fathers
             ,
             Councells
             and
             Scripture
             :
             so
             that
             the
             reader
             shal
             haue
             a
             perfect
             Anatomy
             of
             the
             corrupt
             body
             of
             his
             bookes
             ,
             with
             their
             manifolde
             maladies
             and
             diseases
             :
             and
             with
             all
             behould
             all
             his
             foundations
             and
             ground
             workes
             vndermined
             ,
             and
             his
             fortifications
             blowen
             vp
             .
          
           
             The
             fifth
             and
             last
             ,
             shall
             answere
             the
             recapitulation
             of
             his
             Suruey
             or
             as
             he
             partlie
             speaketh
             ,
             the
             
               Perioch
               :
            
             in
             which
             he
             would
             shew
             at
             what
             time
             ,
             diuers
             points
             of
             our
             religion
             came
             in
             .
             And
             although
             what
             hitherto
             hath
             bin
             written
             ,
             concerneth
             only
             his
             first
             two
             bookes
             ,
             yet
             will
             I
             now
             take
             the
             paynes
             ,
             to
             veiw
             ouer
             those
             also
             ,
             which
             came
             out
             after
             :
             as
             that
             terrible
             tooth-lesse
             bitinge
             beagell
             ,
             called
             the
             huntinge
             of
             the
             
               Romishe
               Fox
               :
            
             the
             naturall
             ympe
             of
             his
             motiues
             and
             Suruey
             ,
             begotten
             by
             them
             in
             sinne
             and
             iniquitie
             :
             it
             resembleth
             the
             parentes
             so
             liuelie
             ,
             as
             though
             it
             had
             crept
             out
             of
             their
             mouthes
             :
             his
             
             
               Goulden
               Ballance
            
             also
             ,
             with
             the
             yoake-fellowe
             .
             
               The
               Counterblast
               :
            
             and
             lastely
             his
             late
             
               Downefal
               ,
            
             and
             what
             in
             them
             I
             shall
             thinke
             meete
             accordinge
             to
             the
             order
             propounded
             ,
             by
             rancke
             in
             his
             due
             place
             .
             Yf
             ought
             els
             be
             added
             ,
             for
             exsample
             a
             more
             particular
             reply
             to
             the
             challenge
             of
             his
             
               Downfall
               ,
            
             that
             must
             be
             counted
             for
             a
             worke
             of
             superarogation
             :
             what
             reason
             hath
             he
             now
             to
             feare
             that
             he
             shall
             die
             before
             he
             see
             his
             confusion
             .
             Tender
             boughes
             and
             younge
             leaues
             as
             scripture
             saith
             ,
             and
             experience
             teach
             ,
             
             are
             a
             token
             that
             sommer
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
             the
             particularities
             likewise
             before
             mētioned
             ,
             as
             buddes
             shootinge
             forth
             ,
             are
             a
             signe
             of
             more
             plentifull
             blosomes
             shortlie
             to
             followe
             ,
             if
             the
             colde
             easterne
             winde
             of
             pouertie
             ,
             doth
             not
             hinder
             the
             growinge
             ,
             and
             keepe
             back
             the
             springe
             .
             My
             principall
             hope
             is
             in
             our
             good
             Lord
             ,
             that
             as
             he
             hath
             giuen
             me
             a
             minde
             to
             write
             ,
             polishe
             ,
             and
             set
             forth
             the
             worke
             ,
             so
             he
             wil
             asiste
             me
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             health
             and
             libertie
             ,
             but
             also
             furnishe
             me
             with
             all
             those
             thinges
             ,
             which
             for
             such
             an
             exploit
             be
             necessarie
             .
             Yf
             his
             diuine
             wisedome
             ,
             
               which
               reacheth
               from
               end
            
             
             
               euen
               to
               end
               mightely
               ,
               and
               disposeth
               all
               thinges
            
             
             
               sweetlie
            
             shal
             othervvise
             ordanie
             ,
             his
             name
             be
             blessed
             :
             humaine
             councels
             ,
             must
             with
             al
             obedience
             yeald
             to
             heauenly
             prouidēce
             :
             only
             I
             would
             haue
             the
             curteous
             reader
             to
             vnderstande
             ,
             and
             Bell
             to
             knowe
             ,
             that
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             fault
             in
             me
             ,
             for
             performinge
             of
             what
             soeuer
             is
             promised
             ,
             more
             then
             which
             ,
             neither
             can
             I
             in
             reason
             assure
             ,
             nor
             any
             with
             equitie
             euer
             expect
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 That
                 Papistes
                 doe
                 not
                 oppugue
                 papistes
                 as
                 Bel
                 vainely
                 vaunteth
                 :
                 with
                 the
                 discouery
                 of
                 a
                 double
                 slight
                 ,
                 which
                 concerninge
                 this
                 point
                 he
                 practiseth
                 .
              
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             IIII.
             
          
           
             THe
             principall
             thinge
             wherein
             Bel
             would
             be
             thought
             to
             out
             runne
             his
             fellowe
             ministers
             (
             if
             any
             he
             hath
             )
             and
             to
             vvin
             the
             bel
             from
             them
             al
             ,
             is
             a
             certaine
             singular
             gift
             ,
             and
             superexcellent
             dexteritie
             ,
             of
             confoundinge
             our
             religion
             ,
             by
             the
             professors
             of
             our
             faith
             ,
             and
             setting
             one
             Papist
             together
             by
             the
             eares
             with
             an
             other
             .
             This
             new
             inuention
             of
             his
             in
             the
             epistle
             dedicatorie
             of
             his
             
               motiues
               ,
            
             dedicated
             to
             the
             right
             Honorable
             lords
             of
             the
             Councell
             ,
             him self
             calleth
             
               A
               rare
            
             
             
               methodical
               discourse
               ,
            
             such
             is
             the
             rare
             humilitie
             of
             the
             reformed
             order
             ,
             and
             the
             memorie
             therof
             is
             so
             gratefull
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             often
             twanglinge
             vpon
             this
             stringe
             .
             to
             omitt
             other
             places
             in
             his
             late
             
               Downfal
            
             (
             though
             long
             since
             a
             fowle
             downefall
             brake
             the
             neck
             of
             his
             soule
             )
             he
             obserueth
             ,
             
               That
               popish
               religion
               hath
               alwayes
               beene
               condemned
               of
               great
               learned
               papistes
               ,
               that
               liued
            
             
             
               in
               the
               popes
               church
               .
            
             and
             in
             another
             place
             his
             margent
             telleth
             vs
             ,
             that
             
               The
               Papistes
               graunt
               as
               much
               as
               they
               desier
               :
            
             which
             I
             would
             
             willingly
             confesse
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             were
             not
             he
             in
             sayinge
             so
             a
             notable
             liar
             .
             How
             then
             cometh
             it
             to
             passe
             ,
             will
             some
             say
             ,
             that
             vsually
             he
             alleadgeth
             Catholike
             authors
             againste
             chatholicke
             doctrine
             ?
             The
             question
             is
             quicklie
             answered
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             their
             default
             ,
             but
             his
             fraude
             ,
             not
             his
             great
             learning
             ,
             but
             litle
             conscience
             that
             is
             the
             cause
             thereof
             .
             The
             scriptures
             are
             daylie
             for
             diuers
             mad
             purposes
             vvrested
             and
             wroung
             ,
             cleane
             a
             gainst
             the
             heate
             ,
             and
             cōtrarie
             to
             their
             true
             sence
             &
             meaninge
             ,
             as
             all
             knowe
             ,
             and
             yet
             no
             blame
             to
             be
             laid
             vpon
             the
             sacred
             text
             ,
             but
             vpon
             those
             crooked
             Apostles
             that
             depraue
             them
             ,
             to
             their
             owne
             and
             others
             perdition
             .
             Yf
             the
             word
             of
             god
             may
             be
             
             peruerted
             ,
             mens
             writinge
             haue
             no
             such
             priueledge
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             may
             meete
             with
             false
             fingers
             ,
             such
             as
             Bels
             bee
             ;
             and
             therfore
             I
             giue
             him
             to
             vnderstand
             that
             he
             abuseth
             gods
             church
             ,
             deceiueth
             his
             ignorant
             reader
             ,
             and
             iniureth
             Catholike
             authors
             ,
             whē
             he
             would
             make
             the
             vvorld
             beleeue
             ,
             that
             our
             owne
             Docters
             doe
             wounde
             our
             religion
             :
             They
             are
             cleere
             from
             the
             crime
             obiected
             :
             al
             the
             suspition
             which
             is
             grovven
             ,
             taketh
             roote
             from
             his
             malice
             ,
             and
             not
             from
             any
             desert
             of
             theirs
             ,
             they
             carry
             not
             tvvo
             faces
             vnder
             one
             hoode
             ,
             nor
             blovve
             hoate
             and
             colde
             out
             of
             one
             mouth
             (
             as
             some
             doe
             euery
             way
             as
             honest
             as
             Thomas
             Bel
             ,
             and
             yet
             bad
             inoughe
             )
             as
             I
             intende
             more
             breiflie
             to
             let
             the
             reader
             to
             vnderstand
             .
             Tvvo
             slightes
             he
             vseth
             to
             dazell
             the
             eies
             of
             vnlearned
             men
             ,
             persvvading
             them
             that
             the
             spirituall
             souldiars
             of
             the
             Catholike
             church
             ,
             haue
             turned
             their
             vveapons
             to
             their
             mutual
             destruction
             .
             The
             first
             &
             that
             moste
             grosse
             ,
             shamefull
             ,
             and
             common
             ,
             is
             ,
             to
             falsifie
             ,
             or
             by
             one
             vvay
             or
             other
             to
             depraue
             such
             sentences
             as
             he
             produceth
             :
             for
             proofe
             vvhereof
             ,
             I
             referr
             the
             reader
             for
             a
             litle
             triall
             to
             the
             next
             chapter
             ,
             vvhere
             he
             shall
             finde
             some
             fevv
             
             exsamples
             :
             more
             choise
             of
             such
             vvares
             ,
             he
             shall
             finde
             at
             the
             next
             mart
             ,
             vvhere
             his
             foule
             fardle
             shal
             be
             laid
             open
             to
             the
             veivv
             of
             all
             .
             The
             second
             is
             ,
             Whereas
             Catholike
             vvriters
             haue
             diuersitie
             of
             opinions
             ,
             vvith
             vnitie
             of
             religion
             ,
             dissenting
             in
             smale
             matters
             ,
             as
             namely
             those
             ,
             vvhich
             vvee
             cal
             schoole-questiōs
             ,
             but
             neuer
             disagreeing
             in
             any
             artickle
             of
             faith
             ,
             no
             one
             euer
             formally
             opposinge
             him self
             ,
             against
             any
             thinge
             defined
             in
             generall
             councell
             ,
             for
             no
             such
             president
             can
             he
             bringe
             forth
             ,
             yet
             he
             maketh
             his
             tounge
             to
             vvalke
             ,
             and
             vvould
             haue
             the
             vvorld
             to
             thinke
             ,
             that
             one
             Papist
             doth
             massacre
             another
             ,
             and
             that
             vve
             had
             varietie
             in
             artickles
             of
             faith
             (
             as
             though
             the
             lunasie
             of
             the
             Protestants
             had
             infected
             vs
             :
             )
             Plentifull
             exsamples
             hereof
             vve
             haue
             in
             his
             booke
             of
             
               motiues
               ,
            
             I
             vvill
             breifly
             cite
             one
             :
             
               Many
               papistes
            
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             
             
               as
               Aquinas
               Richardus
               &c.
               doe
               hould
               ,
               that
               a
               simple
               Preist
               ,
               by
               vertu
               of
               the
               Popes
               dispensation
               ,
               may
               lawfully
               and
               effectualy
               ,
               minister
               their
               Sacrament
               of
               Confirmation
               .
            
             We
             vvillingly
             graunt
             it
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             moste
             receiued
             and
             common
             opinion
             :
             vvhat
             of
             all
             this
             ?
             
               But
               this
               opinion
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               is
               stoutly
               impugned
               by
               other
               great
               papistes
               ,
               to
               witt
               ,
               Bonauentura
               ,
            
             
             
               Alphonsus
               ,
               Durandus
               ,
               Scotus
               Maior
               ,
               &c.
            
             Be
             it
             so
             ,
             what
             then
             ?
             such
             dissention
             as
             this
             ,
             is
             without
             any
             violation
             of
             faith
             at
             all
             .
             
               O
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               what
               gteater
               and
               more
               important
               dissention
               can
               be
               then
               this
               ?
               for
               Confirmation
               is
               a
            
             
             
               Sacrament
               with
               the
               Papists
               .
            
             If
             he
             knewe
             not
             ,
             and
             be
             content
             to
             learne
             I
             wil
             teach
             him
             .
             A
             far
             greater
             dissention
             it
             were
             ,
             euen
             in
             this
             verie
             point
             of
             Confirmation
             ,
             if
             some
             hould
             it
             to
             be
             à
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             others
             did
             denie
             it
             :
             the
             disagreemēt
             was
             of
             the
             extraordinary
             minister
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             (
             which
             is
             no
             such
             important
             matter
             as
             he
             would
             inforce
             )
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             it self
             they
             made
             no
             question
             .
             doe
             not
             we
             knowe
             that
             the
             Protestants
             them selues
             allowe
             ,
             and
             prescribe
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             crosse
             in
             Baptisme
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Puritanes
             detest
             it
             :
             that
             they
             in
             necessitie
             permitt
             lay
             people
             to
             baptise
             ,
             and
             these
             thinke
             it
             such
             a
             prophanation
             of
             that
             sacred
             misterie
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             rather
             suffer
             infants
             to
             die
             without
             baptisme
             (
             so
             great
             a
             zeale
             they
             haue
             to
             pack
             them
             to
             hell
             warde
             )
             Should
             I
             come
             vpon
             him
             for
             this
             varitie
             ,
             and
             crie
             out
             after
             this
             manner
             :
             what
             greater
             and
             more
             important
             dissention
             can
             be
             then
             this
             ,
             for
             Baptisme
             is
             a
             Sacrament
             with
             them
             :
             
             would
             he
             not
             condemne
             me
             for
             a
             notable
             wrangler
             ,
             seinge
             they
             contend
             not
             whether
             Baptisme
             be
             a
             Sacrament
             or
             no
             ,
             but
             obout
             other
             questions
             ,
             to
             vvitt
             of
             a
             certaine
             ceremonie
             ,
             and
             the
             extraordinary
             minister
             ,
             which
             they
             make
             no
             great
             account
             of
             .
             Let
             him
             then
             queitly
             take
             him self
             by
             the
             sleeue
             ,
             and
             see
             whether
             the
             measure
             will
             not
             serue
             (
             and
             much
             better
             )
             to
             make
             for
             his
             ministershipp
             a
             liuery
             of
             the
             same
             cloath
             .
             Were
             the
             dissentions
             in
             the
             Protestants
             congregation
             ,
             of
             no
             more
             fundamentall
             points
             then
             ours
             bee
             ,
             it
             should
             not
             daily
             be
             shaken
             with
             such
             terrible
             earthquakes
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             great
             disgrace
             of
             a
             new
             timbered
             gospell
             ,
             for
             lack
             of
             good
             worke
             manshipp
             ,
             be
             in
             daunger
             of
             fallinge
             :
             but
             alas
             they
             are
             continually
             brawling
             like
             beggars
             ,
             and
             lie
             lugginge
             together
             by
             the
             eares
             ,
             about
             the
             verie
             sinnowes
             and
             soule
             of
             their
             religion
             ,
             in
             endles
             quarrells
             and
             contentions
             .
             Luther
             and
             Zwinglins
             are
             proclaimed
             by
             M.
             Iewell
             ,
             that
             Patriarchal
             
             challenger
             ,
             for
             
               moste
               excellent
               men
               sent
               of
               god
               to
               giue
               light
               to
               the
               world
               .
            
             and
             yet
             did
             Luther
             defend
             till
             death
             ,
             the
             true
             ,
             reall
             ,
             and
             substātiall
             presence
             of
             Christes
             bodie
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             giueinge
             his
             black
             
             blessinge
             to
             all
             those
             that
             taught
             otherwise
             .
             Zwinglius
             for
             all
             that
             ,
             hauinge
             the
             spiritt
             no
             lesse
             then
             Luther
             ,
             vtterly
             denied
             the
             reall
             presence
             ,
             contemninge
             his
             curse
             ,
             and
             disdayninge
             to
             followe
             the
             light
             of
             his
             lanterne
             :
             such
             svveete
             agreement
             there
             vvas
             betvvixt
             these
             tvvo
             
               moste
               excellent
               men
               sent
               of
               god
               .
            
             Can
             Bell
             deny
             this
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             or
             that
             this
             point
             of
             religion
             is
             materiall
             ,
             as
             vpon
             vvhich
             dependeth
             saluation
             or
             damnation
             :
             I
             knovve
             him
             to
             be
             a
             braue
             minded
             man
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             dare
             venture
             as
             far
             for
             the
             credit
             of
             the
             gospell
             as
             an
             other
             :
             Yet
             I
             suppose
             he
             vvill
             neuer
             stand
             vpon
             any
             tearmes
             ,
             but
             queitly
             admitt
             both
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             for
             knovven
             truthes
             :
             and
             then
             must
             I
             be
             so
             boulde
             as
             to
             demaunde
             ,
             hovv
             he
             can
             defend
             one
             of
             these
             heauenly
             prophetes
             ,
             from
             being
             an
             heretike
             and
             damnable
             doctor
             ;
             and
             so
             vvith
             the
             candle
             of
             false
             doctrine
             ,
             to
             haue
             shevven
             his
             follovvers
             the
             vvay
             to
             euerlastinge
             darknes
             .
             The
             minister
             is
             quick
             sighted
             to
             behould
             a
             mote
             in
             our
             eie
             ,
             but
             he
             cannot
             see
             a
             beame
             in
             his
             ovvne
             .
             May
             vve
             not
             iustly
             say
             to
             him
             vvith
             our
             Sauiour
             ,
             
               Hipocrite
               cast
               out
            
             
             
               first
               the
               beame
               out
               of
               thine
               owne
               eie
               ,
               and
               then
            
             
             
               shalt
               thou
               see
               to
               cast
               out
               the
               mote
               of
               thy
               brothers
               eie
               .
            
             To
             leaue
             Germanie
             and
             speake
             of
             the
             professors
             of
             our
             owne
             contrie
             :
             Doe
             not
             the
             Protestants
             thinke
             the
             dignitie
             ,
             &
             superiority
             of
             Bishopps
             and
             Archbishopps
             agreable
             to
             gods
             vvord
             :
             and
             yet
             doe
             the
             Puritanes
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             lorde
             (
             by
             their
             champion
             Martin
             Mar-prelat
             and
             his
             mutinous
             make
             bates
             ,
             that
             band
             vnder
             his
             colors
             )
             crie
             out
             (
             as
             Thomas
             Rogers
             saith
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             no
             councell
             to
             any
             )
             that
             
               their
               callinge
               is
               vnlawfull
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               ministers
               of
               Antechrist
               ,
            
             
             
               worse
               then
               friars
               and
               monkes
               ,
               deuiles
               bishoppes
               ,
               and
               diuelles
               incarnate
               .
            
             netheir
             as
             I
             suppose
             will
             he
             say
             that
             this
             is
             a
             triflinge
             question
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             scandalizinge
             litle
             ones
             .
             Aerius
             of
             vvhom
             vve
             spake
             before
             ,
             vvas
             condemned
             of
             heresie
             for
             equallinge
             Preistes
             vvith
             Bishopps
             .
             Could
             Bell
             haue
             the
             luck
             to
             finger
             an
             Ouerseer
             ship
             (
             to
             vse
             his
             ovvne
             phrase
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             the
             better
             knovve
             my
             
             meaninge
             )
             then
             vvere
             the
             matter
             cock
             sure
             ,
             and
             a
             flatt
             heresie
             indeede
             to
             mainteine
             any
             such
             assertion
             :
             mary
             till
             then
             great
             vvisdome
             to
             proceede
             vvith
             deliberation
             ,
             to
             runne
             vvith
             the
             hare
             ,
             &
             hould
             vvith
             the
             hounde
             :
             flatter
             on
             the
             
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             faune
             on
             the
             other
             .
             Can
             he
             not
             reade
             ridles
             ,
             
               Dauns
               est
               non
               Oedipus
               .
            
             By
             the
             next
             post
             he
             shall
             knowe
             more
             of
             my
             meaninge
             ,
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             let
             him
             feede
             in
             his
             hart
             vpon
             this
             by
             faith
             and
             be
             thankfull
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Bel
                 pretendeth
                 great
                 sinceritye
                 like
                 à
                 true
                 Apostle
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 like
                 à
                 false
                 Apostata
                 vseth
                 it
                 not
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 few
                 exsamples
                 of
                 his
                 malitious
                 and
                 corrupt
                 manner
                 of
                 proceedinge
                 ,
              
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             VVHere
             deceipt
             is
             intēded
             ,
             there
             the
             Protestacion
             of
             sincerity
             ,
             vpright
             dealinge
             ,
             and
             a
             tender
             conscience
             ,
             as
             a
             necessary
             preparation
             must
             be
             pretended
             .
             for
             this
             is
             the
             goulden
             baite
             to
             angle
             ignorant
             soules
             ,
             and
             the
             cōmon
             cloake
             of
             coseninge
             companions
             .
             Iuglers
             tuck
             vp
             their
             sleeues
             ,
             open
             their
             handes
             ,
             and
             make
             shew
             of
             the
             plainest
             dealinge
             in
             the
             worlde
             :
             False
             
             Prophetts
             put
             on
             sheepes
             cloathinge
             ,
             and
             the
             deuill
             transformeth
             him self
             into
             an
             Angell
             of
             light
             .
             Iesabell
             proclaimed
             afast
             ,
             when
             she
             sought
             the
             blood
             of
             innocent
             Naboth
             ,
             and
             the
             Aposte
             assureth
             vs
             ,
             that
             certaine
             false
             teachers
             
             and
             belly
             gods
             did
             by
             
               Sweete
               speeches
            
             and
             
               benedictions
               ,
               seduce
               the
               hartes
               of
               innocents
               .
            
             Bell
             as
             though
             he
             were
             made
             of
             no
             other
             elements
             then
             sincere
             dealinge
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             skill
             to
             foist
             in
             a
             lie
             ,
             or
             to
             mangle
             and
             mayme
             a
             sentence
             ,
             speaketh
             often
             of
             conscience
             ,
             and
             honest
             proceedinge
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             owne
             free
             motion
             and
             liberality
             ,
             entereth
             into
             a
             bande
             of
             subscribinge
             ,
             and
             forfaiture
             of
             his
             creditt
             ,
             if
             he
             can
             be
             conuinced
             of
             the
             conrrarie
             .
             In
             the
             epistle
             of
             his
             Downefall
             
               To
               all
               englishe
               Iesuites
               ,
            
             
             
               seminary
               preistes
               ,
               &c.
            
             thus
             he
             writeth
             .
             
               In
               my
               firste
               booke
               published
               in
               the
               yeare
               .
            
             1593.
             
             
               I
               premised
               to
               yeelde
               if
               you
               could
               conuince
               me
               ,
               either
               to
               haue
               alleadged
               any
               writer
               corruptly
               ,
               or
               to
               haue
               quoted
               any
               place
               guylefullie
               ,
               or
               to
               haue
               charged
               any
               author
               falesly
               .
            
             Yea
             and
             in
             the
             same
             place
             he
             addeth
             ,
             thath
             he
             will
             neuer
             require
             creditt
             at
             the
             readers
             hand
             ,
             ether
             in
             that
             booke
             or
             any
             other
             to
             be
             published
             hereafter
             ,
             if
             any
             such
             thinge
             can
             be
             proued
             against
             him
             .
             Vpon
             this
             foundation
             dependeth
             all
             the
             reputation
             of
             his
             workes
             ,
             and
             that
             litle
             creditt
             which
             he
             hath
             gotten
             with
             his
             simple
             followers
             :
             for
             if
             he
             be
             such
             a
             sincere
             writer
             ,
             as
             he
             protesteth
             ,
             and
             
             so
             consideratiue
             and
             respectiue
             in
             the
             peninge
             of
             his
             bookes
             ,
             that
             no
             suspicion
             of
             misreportinge
             ,
             or
             corruption
             ,
             can
             be
             iustlie
             fastned
             vpon
             him
             ,
             then
             doth
             it
             euidently
             followe
             ,
             that
             we
             haue
             greate
             dissentions
             ,
             in
             matters
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             Doctors
             ,
             be
             the
             bane
             of
             Catholicke
             doctrine
             ,
             and
             then
             no
             marueil
             if
             he
             make
             challenge
             vpon
             challenge
             ,
             and
             remayne
             vnanswered
             ,
             when
             as
             not
             only
             our
             enimies
             ,
             but
             also
             those
             that
             we
             take
             for
             our
             frendes
             ,
             and
             relye
             vpon
             ,
             stande
             in
             open
             feilde
             againste
             vs
             ,
             and
             haue
             as
             it
             were
             sworne
             our
             destruction
             .
             But
             if
             on
             the
             contrary
             plaine
             euidence
             shall
             conuince
             ,
             that
             he
             maketh
             no
             scruple
             of
             lyinge
             ,
             no
             conscience
             of
             falsification
             ,
             is
             not
             his
             hopocritical
             sanctitie
             double
             iniquitie
             ,
             and
             Bel
             proued
             the
             sonne
             of
             Belial
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             the
             maine
             piller
             that
             beareth
             vp
             al
             his
             braue
             buildinge
             ,
             and
             glorious
             turretts
             ouerthrowen
             ,
             and
             him self
             with
             his
             applaudinge
             mates
             ,
             in
             the
             midest
             of
             their
             pastime
             ,
             crushed
             ,
             and
             stroken
             dead
             as
             the
             insultinge
             Philistians
             were
             by
             the
             seruant
             of
             god
             Sampson
             ?
             
             whether
             this
             be
             so
             or
             no
             remayneth
             now
             breifly
             to
             be
             handled
             :
             to
             iustifie
             mine
             accusation
             ,
             I
             will
             runn
             ouer
             afew
             
             passages
             of
             his
             late
             challenge
             ,
             because
             that
             is
             of
             latest
             date
             ,
             and
             therfore
             of
             al
             likelyhoode
             moste
             grateful
             to
             the
             reader
             :
             of
             whom
             I
             desier
             not
             any
             extraordinarie
             fauour
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             none
             can
             denie
             to
             be
             indifferent
             and
             reasonable
             :
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             vpon
             my
             bare
             wordes
             I
             would
             not
             haue
             him
             to
             discredit
             Bel
             ,
             and
             beleeue
             me
             ,
             for
             that
             sauoured
             ,
             either
             of
             partialitie
             ,
             or
             of
             indiscreet
             kinde
             of
             proceedinge
             :
             so
             nether
             vpon
             his
             affirmation
             ,
             to
             condemne
             vs
             ,
             and
             to
             commend
             him
             ,
             for
             that
             were
             also
             opposite
             to
             all
             equitie
             :
             but
             as
             they
             haue
             longe
             lent
             the
             plantife
             one
             eare
             ,
             so
             now
             a
             litle
             to
             afforde
             the
             defendant
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             seriouslie
             to
             to
             examine
             our
             depositions
             ,
             and
             take
             some
             panies
             to
             trie
             the
             truth
             of
             our
             relations
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             gods
             name
             let
             them
             thinke
             as
             the
             very
             force
             of
             proofes
             and
             allegations
             shal
             induce
             them
             ,
             and
             freely
             speake
             what
             they
             thinke
             :
             and
             so
             haue
             a
             crashe
             at
             his
             challenginge
             Downefall
             .
          
           
             
               I.
               
            
             
               
                 PAg.
              
               40.
               
               Thus
               he
               cometh
               ouer
               the
               
               Pope
               .
               
                 Antonius
              
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 no
              
               
               
                 smale
                 creditt
                 (
                 for
                 he
                 was
                 an
                 Archbishop
                 of
                 the
                 Popish
                 stampe
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Pope
                 reported
                 for
                 a
                 Saint
                 )
                 hath
                 these
                 wordes
                 .
                 Reperiturtamen
                 Martinus
                 quintus
                 dispensasse
                 cum
                 quodam
                 qui
                 contraxerat
                 &
                 consummauerit
                 matrimonium
                 cum
                 quadam
                 eius
                 germana
                 .
                 Neuerthelet
                 it
                 is
                 knowen
                 that
                 Pope
                 Martin
                 the
                 fift
                 ,
                 did
                 dispence
                 with
                 one
                 who
                 had
                 contracted
                 ,
                 and
                 consummated
                 matrimonie
                 ,
                 with
                 his
                 owne
                 natural
                 and
                 fulsister
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 father
                 ,
                 and
                 same
                 mother
                 ,
                 fot
                 so
                 much
                 the
                 word
                 (
                 Germana
                 ,
                 doth
                 import
                 .
                 Behould
                 here
                 gentle
                 reader
                 ,
                 the
                 excellency
                 of
                 holy
                 Poperie
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 thou
                 desierest
                 more
                 of
                 such
                 melodie
                 ,
                 thou
                 maiest
                 finde
                 it
                 in
                 my
                 booke
                 of
                 Motiues
                 ,
                 but
                 this
                 is
                 here
                 a
                 sufficient
                 antepast
                 for
                 all
                 our
                 English
                 Iesuites
                 ,
                 and
                 Iesuited
                 popelinges
                 .
                 none
                 are
                 so
                 ignorant
                 but
                 they
                 knowe
                 that
                 only
                 god
                 can
                 giue
                 licence
                 ,
                 to
                 marrie
                 a
                 mans
                 owne
                 natural
                 sister
                 .
              
               This
               place
               he
               bringeth
               to
               proue
               (
               as
               his
               wordes
               goinge
               before
               import
               ,
               and
               these
               now
               cited
               insinuate
               as
               much
               )
               that
               te
               Pope
               taketh
               vpon
               him
               that
               power
               ,
               which
               is
               proper
               to
               god
               alone
               :
               and
               the
               matter
               as
               he
               handleth
               it
               seemeth
               so
               odious
               ,
               that
               some
               no
               question
               condemne
               vs
               highlie
               vpon
               his
               reporte
               ,
               and
               my self
               was
               since
               the
               cominge
               forth
               of
               his
               booke
               ,
               assaulted
               with
               this
               very
               question
               ,
               so
               markeable
               it
               is
               in
               eueri
               mans
               
               eie
               .
               But
               as
               it
               is
               nothinge
               preiudicial
               to
               the
               Catholike
               faith
               ,
               were
               it
               true
               ,
               so
               beinge
               moste
               false
               ,
               it
               cannot
               but
               launce
               the
               ministers
               reputation
               ,
               and
               goare
               the
               very
               intralles
               of
               his
               best
               creditt
               .
               First
               therfor
               I
               say
               that
               it
               is
               nothinge
               preiudicial
               to
               the
               catholike
               faith
               were
               it
               true
               :
               For
               we
               defend
               not
               al
               the
               particular
               factes
               of
               any
               ,
               though
               Popes
               :
               we
               knowe
               that
               they
               may
               erre
               ,
               either
               by
               wronge
               informacion
               ,
               yea
               or
               of
               wilful
               malice
               .
               Their
               vniust
               actions
               (
               for
               which
               they
               must
               render
               account
               to
               god
               )
               hurte
               them selues
               ,
               and
               their
               owne
               soules
               ,
               catholike
               religion
               no
               reason
               it
               is
               they
               should
               hurt
               though
               weaklinges
               may
               be
               scandalized
               .
               Glorious
               S.
               Augustin
               hauing
               reckned
               vp
               al
               the
               bishopps
               of
               Rome
               ,
               from
               S.
               Peter
               to
               Anastatius
               ,
               thereby
               to
               cōfounde
               
               the
               Donatist
               heretikes
               ,
               because
               as
               he
               saith
               .
               
                 In
                 this
                 order
                 of
                 succession
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 none
                 founde
                 a
                 Donatist
                 bishop
                 ,
              
               straight
               wayes
               to
               stop
               the
               mouthes
               of
               any
               ,
               that
               leapinge
               from
               faith
               to
               manners
               ,
               might
               truly
               or
               falselie
               haue
               obiected
               the
               bad
               life
               or
               fact
               of
               some
               Pope
               ,
               he
               addeth
               these
               wordes
               for
               a
               salue
               :
               
                 If
                 in
                 these
                 times
                 any
                 traitor
                 should
                 haue
                 crept
                 into
                 that
                 order
                 of
                 Bishopps
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 deriued
                 from
                 Peter
                 him selfe
                 euen
                 to
                 Anastasius
                 ,
              
               
               
                 who
                 now
                 sitteth
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 chaire
                 ,
                 it
                 should
                 haue
                 bin
                 no
                 preiudice
                 to
                 the
                 church
                 ,
                 and
                 innocent
                 christians
                 ,
                 for
                 whom
                 our
                 lord
                 prouiding
                 said
                 whatsoeuer
                 they
                 shal
                 say
                 doe
                 yee
                 ,
                 but
                 doe
                 not
              
               
               
                 those
                 thinges
                 which
                 theye
                 doe
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 say
                 ,
                 and
                 doe
                 not
                 .
              
               A
               certaine
               Prelats
               daughter
               in
               this
               realme
               ,
               and
               wel
               affected
               to
               the
               worde
               ,
               by
               the
               countenance
               and
               assistance
               of
               hir
               father
               ,
               turnd
               of
               hir
               olde
               husbād
               a
               grasing
               ,
               and
               betooke
               hir selfe
               to
               à
               new
               ,
               Is
               Bel
               content
               that
               this
               detestable
               fact
               should
               disgrace
               their
               religion
               ,
               or
               that
               vpon
               this
               we
               infer
               ,
               that
               Superintendent
               to
               haue
               taken
               vpon
               him
               the
               power
               proper
               to
               god
               alone
               ,
               or
               rather
               more
               (
               seing
               god
               cannot
               geue
               leaue
               to
               a
               woman
               to
               haue
               two
               husbandes
               ,
               neither
               can
               any
               such
               president
               be
               showen
               ,
               but
               of
               brothers
               that
               married
               their
               sisters
               we
               haue
               in
               Adams
               children
               )
               Yf
               not
               :
               because
               he
               may
               truly
               say
               ,
               that
               such
               exorbitant
               actions
               proceede
               not
               infallibly
               or
               vsually
               ,
               from
               any
               such
               luciferian
               conceit
               ,
               but
               rather
               from
               passion
               or
               malice
               ,
               which
               ,
               doe
               not
               seldome
               ,
               peruert
               the
               iudgment
               of
               men
               in
               authoritie
               ,
               and
               make
               them
               runn
               headlonge
               in
               to
               grosse
               errors
               :
               then
               might
               he
               very
               wel
               haue
               spared
               his
               winde
               ,
               and
               odious
               declamation
               against
               Martin
               the
               fifth
               .
               I
               
               would
               not
               here
               wishe
               him
               to
               come
               to
               fiercely
               vpon
               me
               ,
               for
               that
               I
               touch
               the
               matter
               so
               lightlie
               ,
               and
               threaten
               me
               the
               bastinado
               ,
               for
               standeringe
               an
               Ouerseear
               of
               the
               gospel
               ,
               for
               if
               he
               be
               so
               liuely
               and
               pert
               ,
               let
               him
               not
               thinke
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               wil
               stand
               vpon
               my
               lawful
               defence
               ,
               and
               be
               readie
               to
               entertaine
               him
               ,
               with
               Stafford
               law
               ,
               and
               by
               S.
               Chad
               ,
               that
               good
               Bishopp
               of
               Lincolne
               ,
               I
               hope
               to
               make
               my
               partie
               good
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               I
               tell
               him
               ,
               that
               his
               lippes
               haue
               lashed
               out
               to
               lustilie
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               hath
               wickedly
               slaundred
               Pope
               Martin
               ,
               and
               moste
               perfidiously
               corrupted
               Antonius
               .
               The
               very
               title
               of
               the
               chapter
               might
               haue
               taught
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               in
               error
               :
               or
               at
               least
               haue
               giuen
               him
               a
               greater
               caueat
               better
               to
               consider
               the
               matter
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               
                 De
                 affinitate
                 :
                 of
                 affinitie
                 :
              
               and
               therfore
               had
               the
               Pope
               giuen
               one
               licence
               to
               marry
               his
               owne
               natural
               sister
               ;
               he
               had
               dispensed
               in
               consanguinitie
               ,
               and
               so
               nothinge
               fittinge
               the
               matter
               intreated
               of
               in
               that
               chapter
               .
               But
               what
               doe
               I
               speake
               of
               error
               :
               when
               as
               monstrons
               malice
               ,
               and
               extremitie
               of
               hatred
               againste
               the
               church
               ,
               and
               Sea
               Apostolicke
               ,
               made
               him
               set
               a
               broach
               this
               shameles
               vntruth
               ,
               for
               
               otherwise
               he
               would
               neuer
               haue
               smothered
               the
               wordes
               followinge
               ,
               the
               witnesses
               of
               his
               false
               doctrine
               ;
               nor
               euer
               haue
               giuen
               a
               false
               glose
               and
               translation
               ,
               to
               those
               which
               he
               doth
               cite
               .
               The
               truth
               is
               this
               :
               Martin
               the
               fifth
               dispensed
               not
               with
               one
               ,
               to
               marry
               his
               owne
               naturall
               and
               full
               sister
               ,
               of
               the
               same
               father
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               mother
               (
               as
               Belle
               ambleth
               in
               amplification
               ,
               and
               troteth
               alyinge
               pace
               with
               out
               all
               moderation
               )
               but
               only
               to
               continue
               still
               with
               hir
               with
               whome
               he
               had
               married
               ,
               and
               with
               whom
               he
               had
               consummat
               matrimony
               ,
               notwithstandinge
               he
               had
               before
               his
               mariage
               committed
               fornication
               with
               hir
               naturall
               sister
               :
               So
               that
               S.
               Anthonius
               speaketh
               not
               any
               one
               worde
               of
               the
               mans
               owne
               naturall
               sister
               ,
               but
               of
               his
               wife
               ,
               and
               hir
               naturall
               sister
               .
               For
               proofe
               and
               perspicuitiee
               of
               this
               point
               ,
               let
               vs
               alleadge
               the
               Docters
               whole
               sentence
               .
               
                 It
                 is
                 founde
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 that
                 Pope
                 Martin
                 the
                 fifth
                 did
              
               
               
                 dispense
                 with
                 à
                 certaine
                 man
                 who
                 had
                 contracted
                 and
                 consummated
                 matrimony
                 with
                 a
                 certaine
                 naturall
                 ssster
                 of
                 hir
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 comitted
                 fornication
                 ;
                 yet
                 with
                 great
                 difficulty
                 ,
                 and
                 because
                 the
                 matter
                 was
                 secret
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 man
                 not
                 fit
                 for
                 Religion
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 remoue
                 into
                 any
                 other
                 contrie
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 scandal
                 would
                 haue
                 followed
                 of
                 the
                 diuorce
              
               
               
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 beene
                 made
                 .
              
               Let
               any
               that
               is
               desierous
               of
               truth
               ,
               by
               this
               one
               place
               ,
               take
               a
               scantlinge
               of
               Bells
               holie
               sinceritie
               .
               Because
               he
               found
               S.
               Antonius
               to
               speake
               of
               a
               dispensation
               granted
               to
               one
               after
               he
               had
               married
               ,
               and
               consummate
               matrimony
               with
               hir
               ,
               whose
               sister
               before
               his
               marriage
               he
               had
               knowen
               carnallie
               :
               and
               so
               a
               dispensation
               only
               in
               affinitie
               ,
               contracted
               by
               vnlawfull
               copulation
               :
               (
               for
               which
               the
               Minister
               had
               he
               bin
               consulted
               would
               rather
               haue
               laughed
               at
               him
               for
               his
               simple
               scrupulositie
               ,
               then
               thought
               it
               needfull
               to
               sue
               for
               any
               such
               fauour
               or
               grace
               )
               which
               did
               nothinge
               fitt
               his
               purpose
               ;
               and
               therfore
               meaninge
               to
               make
               it
               in
               spight
               of
               all
               honestie
               to
               serue
               his
               turne
               ,
               he
               hath
               firste
               corrupted
               the
               sentence
               by
               false
               translation
               ,
               sainge
               
                 with
                 his
                 natural
                 sister
                 ,
              
               in
               steede
               of
               these
               wordes
               
                 with
                 hir
                 naturall
                 sister
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 naturall
                 sister
                 of
                 hir
                 :
              
               and
               although
               euery
               one
               can
               not
               espie
               his
               cunninge
               conuayance
               ,
               because
               he
               suppressed
               the
               other
               parte
               of
               the
               sentente
               followinge
               ,
               yet
               is
               it
               apparant
               ynoughe
               to
               any
               Gramarian
               :
               for
               were
               the
               latin
               as
               he
               turneth
               it
               ,
               then
               should
               it
               not
               be
               ,
               
                 cum
                 quadam
                 eius
                 germana
                 ,
              
               but
               ,
               
                 cum
                 quadam
                 sua
                 germana
                 :
              
               But
               not
               only
               such
               as
               knowe
               latin
               ,
               but
               euen
               
               those
               also
               that
               haue
               any
               skill
               in
               pewter
               ,
               might
               haue
               espied
               the
               grosse
               vntruth
               ,
               had
               he
               cited
               the
               whole
               sentence
               as
               it
               is
               in
               Antonius
               before
               alloadged
               :
               and
               therefore
               to
               healpe
               out
               a
               lye
               ,
               he
               ventured
               vpon
               corruption
               ,
               and
               chopt
               away
               all
               those
               wordes
               which
               might
               haue
               marred
               the
               market
               of
               this
               Geneua
               marchant
               .
               For
               had
               one
               married
               his
               owne
               naturall
               sister
               ,
               as
               Bell
               not
               so
               confidently
               as
               impudently
               affirmeth
               :
               then
               should
               it
               not
               haue
               bin
               truly
               said
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               committed
               fornication
               ,
               but
               incest
               ,
               a
               sinne
               distinct
               in
               nature
               ,
               and
               far
               more
               odious
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               god
               :
               nether
               could
               the
               matter
               haue
               bin
               secret
               as
               Antonius
               saith
               it
               was
               ,
               nor
               yet
               the
               seperation
               scandalous
               ,
               but
               rather
               offensiue
               to
               haue
               suffered
               them
               to
               continue
               together
               in
               filthie
               pretensed
               matrimony
               .
               To
               conclude
               therfore
               he
               had
               not
               dispensation
               in
               respect
               of
               his
               owne
               naturall
               sister
               ,
               but
               to
               remaine
               still
               in
               matrimony
               with
               that
               woman
               ,
               whose
               naturall
               sister
               he
               had
               before
               mariage
               carnally
               knowen
               .
               Hauinge
               tolde
               so
               notorious
               a
               lie
               ,
               and
               holpen
               it
               out
               with
               foule
               falsification
               ,
               he
               could
               not
               containe
               him selfe
               but
               crie
               out
               in
               the
               seale
               of
               his
               soule
               
                 Behoulde
                 here
                 gentle
                 reader
                 the
              
               
               
                 excellencie
                 of
                 holie
                 Poperie
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 thou
                 desierest
                 more
                 of
                 such
                 melodie
                 ,
                 thou
                 mayest
                 finde
                 it
                 in
                 my
                 booke
                 of
                 Mottues
                 .
              
               But
               may
               not
               I
               with
               far
               more
               reason
               desier
               him
               to
               note
               the
               basenes
               of
               his
               ministerial
               iniquitie
               ,
               that
               after
               such
               à
               shamefull
               prancke
               of
               lyinge
               and
               falsification
               ,
               setteth
               such
               a
               braue
               face
               on
               the
               matter
               as
               though
               he
               were
               innocent
               and
               no
               way
               to
               be
               touched
               :
               And
               as
               for
               the
               melodie
               he
               speaketh
               of
               ,
               to
               giue
               him
               his
               iust
               deserts
               I
               cannot
               deny
               but
               that
               not
               only
               his
               Motiues
               ,
               but
               also
               his
               other
               bookes
               ,
               be
               full
               of
               such
               harmonie
               ,
               lyinge
               ,
               and
               corruption
               ,
               being
               the
               ordinary
               musick
               which
               this
               fidling
               minister
               scrapeth
               to
               those
               that
               daunce
               after
               his
               pipe
               .
               And
               wheras
               he
               calleth
               this
               
                 a
                 sufficient
                 antipast
                 for
                 all
                 english
                 Iesuites
                 and
                 Iesuited
                 popelinges
              
               (
               such
               is
               the
               modestie
               of
               this
               refined
               ropelinge
               )
               we
               willinglie
               graunt
               it
               ,
               to
               be
               verie
               sufficient
               for
               all
               Catholikes
               ,
               and
               his
               deuoted
               dependants
               :
               for
               vs
               ,
               to
               take
               him
               for
               a
               whetstoue
               docter
               ,
               and
               pollinge
               preacher
               :
               for
               them
               to
               discarde
               him
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               shame
               ,
               disgrace
               ,
               and
               confusion
               of
               the
               new
               gospell
               ,
               and
               a
               corrupt
               member
               of
               their
               congregation
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               II.
               
            
             
               
                 PAg.
              
               50.
               
               
                 S.
                 Austen
              
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               
                 proueth
                 at
                 lardge
                 in
                 sundrie
                 places
                 of
                 his
                 workes
                 that
                 voluntarie
                 motions
                 of
                 concupiscence
                 are
                 sinne
                 indeede
                 ,
                 and
                 trulie
                 so
                 called
                 :
                 In
                 his
                 first
                 booke
                 of
                 Retractations
                 he
                 hath
                 these
                 wordes
                 .
                 That
              
               
               
                 which
                 in
                 infantes
                 is
                 called
                 originall
                 sinne
                 ,
                 when
                 as
                 yet
                 they
                 vse
                 not
                 free
                 arbitrement
                 of
                 wil
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 absurdly
                 called
                 voluntarie
                 ,
                 because
                 beings
                 contracted
                 of
                 the
                 euil
                 wil
                 of
                 the
                 firste
                 man
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 become
                 in
                 sorte
                 hereditarie
                 :
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 therefore
              
               
               
                 false
                 which
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 sinne
                 is
                 an
                 euil
                 so
                 voluntarie
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 no
                 way
                 sinne
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 voluntary
                 .
              
               Whether
               Bell
               fathereth
               not
               a
               notable
               vntruth
               vpon
               S.
               Austen
               ,
               when
               he
               citeth
               these
               wordes
               of
               his
               to
               proue
               that
               voluntarie
               motions
               of
               concupiscence
               be
               sinne
               indeede
               ,
               and
               truly
               so
               called
               ,
               I
               reporte
               me
               to
               the
               wordes
               by
               him
               alleadged
               :
               for
               no
               such
               thinge
               is
               in
               them
               to
               be
               found
               ,
               nay
               either
               my
               braines
               are
               not
               in
               good
               tune
               ,
               or
               els
               S.
               Austen
               proueth
               the
               cleane
               contrarie
               .
               It
               is
               a
               constant
               doctrine
               with
               that
               holie
               father
               ;
               that
               sinne
               is
               voluntarie
               otherwise
               no
               sinne
               ,
               and
               for
               as
               much
               as
               some
               dout
               might
               be
               made
               of
               originall
               sinne
               ,
               because
               it
               seemeth
               wholy
               inuoluntarie
               ;
               
               he
               affirmeth
               also
               that
               sinne
               to
               be
               voluntarie
               and
               so
               concludeth
               generally
               all
               sinne
               to
               be
               so
               :
               Marry
               a
               man
               of
               the
               ministers
               learninge
               ,
               may
               quicklie
               ouerthrowe
               vs
               with
               our
               owne
               Doctors
               ,
               if
               by
               that
               rare
               skill
               which
               he
               hath
               in
               lyinge
               ,
               when
               they
               say
               one
               thinge
               ,
               he
               can
               without
               all
               blushinge
               maintayne
               them
               to
               say
               the
               contrarie
               .
               Let
               the
               reader
               peruse
               the
               sentence
               and
               speake
               his
               minde
               freelie
               .
            
          
           
             
               III.
               
            
             
               
                 PAg.
              
               69.
               
               Disputinge
               againste
               the
               condigne
               meritts
               of
               workes
               he
               citeth
               this
               sentence
               of
               a
               Catholicke
               writer
               
                 Iosephus
                 Angles
                 .
                 Eodem
                 etiam
                 modo
                 ,
                 &c.
                 As
              
               
               
                 other
                 holie
                 Doctors
                 also
                 consideringe
                 after
                 the
                 same
                 maner
                 the
                 natural
                 valew
                 only
                 of
                 good
                 woorkes
                 ,
                 and
                 perceiuinge
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 exceedinge
                 far
                 distant
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 valew
                 and
                 iust
                 estimation
              
               
               
                 of
                 eternal
                 life
                 ,
                 said
                 wisely
                 :
                 That
                 our
                 workes
                 are
                 not
                 meritorious
                 nor
                 worthie
                 of
                 eternall
                 life
                 ,
                 yet
                 for
                 the
                 couenant
                 and
                 promise
                 made
                 vnto
                 vs
                 ,
                 the
                 good
                 workes
                 of
                 man
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 helpe
                 of
                 grace
                 ,
                 are
                 worthy
                 of
                 eternal
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 equall
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 for
                 all
                 that
                 ,
                 that
                 promise
                 of
                 god
                 which
                 is
                 frequent
                 in
                 scripture
                 ,
                 set
                 aside
                 ,
                 were
                 altogether
              
               
               
                 vnworthie
                 of
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 rewarde
                 .
              
               In
               theese
               wordes
               although
               nothinge
               be
               contained
               hurtfull
               to
               Catholike
               doctrine
               :
               Yet
               Bell
               by
               his
               Achymistical
               arte
               of
               chaunginge
               truth
               in
               to
               falsehoode
               ,
               can
               gather
               out
               matter
               sufficient
               against
               vs.
               But
               before
               I
               passe
               any
               farther
               ,
               I
               muste
               note
               one
               thinge
               breiflie
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               ,
               whereas
               Ioseph
               is
               dedicatinge
               his
               bookes
               to
               the
               Pope
               ,
               speaketh
               of
               kissinge
               his
               holines
               feete
               ,
               this
               minister
               not
               only
               out
               of
               all
               season
               mencioneth
               it
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               but
               is
               at
               it
               againe
               and
               againe
               ,
               as
               some
               wise
               folke
               there
               be
               ,
               which
               if
               they
               get
               a
               worde
               by
               the
               end
               ,
               will
               hardlie
               let
               it
               goe
               ,
               but
               like
               a
               bell
               still
               iangle
               the
               same
               tune
               .
               Doth
               not
               him selfe
               confesse
               that
               
               Iustinian
               the
               Emperour
               nine
               hundred
               yeeres
               agoe
               kissed
               the
               Pope
               
                 Constantiue
              
               feete
               :
               and
               is
               it
               not
               well
               knowen
               ,
               that
               Alexander
               the
               great
               ,
               fell
               downe
               at
               the
               feete
               of
               laddas
               high
               Preiste
               of
               the
               Iewes
               :
               and
               S.
               Austen
               reporteth
               how
               the
               people
               in
               his
               time
               did
               the
               like
               before
               the
               feete
               of
               bishopps
               .
               all
               which
               considered
               (
               to
               omitt
               what
               adoration
               is
               giuen
               to
               temporall
               princes
               )
               I
               maruell
               that
               it
               should
               seeme
               so
               straung
               a
               thinge
               to
               one
               of
               Bells
               readinge
               and
               learninge
               ,
               that
               a
               religious
               
               bishop
               should
               submit
               him selfe
               to
               kisse
               the
               Popes
               feete
               :
               Ynoughe
               of
               this
               :
               Let
               vs
               now
               see
               what
               he
               gathereth
               out
               of
               Iosephus
               wordes
               against
               vs.
               In
               the
               margent
               of
               his
               booke
               this
               wholesome
               note
               is
               painted
               .
               
                 Loe
                 this
                 Frier
                 graunteth
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 holie
                 fathers
                 are
                 against
                 the
                 Papistes
                 .
              
               It
               should
               haue
               bene
               long
               ynoughe
               before
               a
               man
               of
               ordinarie
               capacitie
               ,
               could
               euer
               haue
               obserued
               any
               such
               point
               in
               Iosephus
               discourse
               .
               But
               take
               heede
               whilst
               yee
               liue
               ,
               when
               such
               a
               turn-coate
               as
               he
               is
               cometh
               to
               tosse
               and
               turne
               ouer
               a
               sentence
               :
               for
               he
               can
               not
               only
               inferr
               ,
               that
               which
               is
               true
               ,
               but
               with
               as
               great
               facilitie
               gather
               that
               also
               which
               is
               false
               :
               Be
               it
               knowen
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               belieth
               Iosephus
               ,
               for
               no
               such
               thinge
               as
               he
               noteth
               can
               be
               wroung
               ,
               racked
               ,
               or
               coniured
               out
               of
               his
               wordes
               :
               Let
               them
               be
               viewed
               and
               pondered
               by
               the
               discreete
               reader
               ,
               and
               I
               leaue
               it
               to
               his
               iudgment
               whether
               he
               graunteth
               any
               such
               thinge
               ,
               or
               no.
               The
               fathers
               saith
               Bell
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               testimonie
               of
               Iosephus
               confesse
               that
               good
               workes
               accordinge
               to
               their
               naturall
               valew
               ,
               be
               not
               meritorious
               of
               eternall
               life
               .
               What
               is
               this
               against
               vs
               ?
               Doe
               not
               all
               Catholikes
               graunt
               as
               much
               ,
               when
               they
               acknowledge
               
               that
               they
               receiue
               all
               their
               efficacie
               of
               workinge
               from
               gods
               grace
               :
               which
               doctrine
               of
               ours
               he
               may
               learne
               out
               of
               the
               councell
               of
               Trent
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               handled
               at
               lardge
               :
               False
               therfore
               it
               is
               that
               ether
               the
               fathers
               be
               against
               vs
               ,
               or
               that
               Angles
               granteth
               any
               such
               thinge
               .
            
          
           
             
               IIII.
               
            
             
               
                 PAg.
              
               115.
               
               Our
               petye
               Pygmie
               will
               needes
               be
               wrastlinge
               with
               Hercules
               club
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               Bell
               bicker
               with
               Bellarmine
               ,
               
                 impar
                 congressus
                 Achilli
                 ;
              
               The
               poore
               man
               might
               doe
               far
               better
               and
               vviser
               ,
               to
               keepe
               his
               teeth
               to
               be
               agents
               for
               his
               bellie
               vvhich
               he
               loueth
               vvell
               ,
               then
               to
               endanger
               them
               vpon
               so
               roughe
               a
               file
               .
               And
               vvhat
               a
               gods
               name
               is
               his
               quarell
               againste
               that
               learned
               prelate
               .
               Marry
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               
                 These
                 are
                 his
                 expresse
                 wordes
                 :
                 But
                 in
                 the
                 new
                 Testament
              
               
               
                 because
                 Christ
                 had
                 fulfilled
                 the
                 figures
                 and
                 the
                 prophecies
                 ,
                 althoug
                 he
                 many
                 doe
                 not
                 vnder
                 stād
                 the
                 sentences
                 of
                 the
                 scriptures
                 ,
                 yet
                 doe
                 they
                 vnderstand
                 the
                 mysteries
                 of
                 our
                 redemption
                 ,
                 euen
                 the
                 common
                 countrie
                 fellowes
                 and
                 the
                 verie
                 women
                 .
                 Thus
                 writeth
                 our
                 Iesuit
                 ,
                 affirming
                 that
                 euen
                 women
                 and
                 the
                 verie
                 rustickes
                 of
                 the
                 countrie
                 ,
                 doe
                 vnderstand
                 the
                 scriptures
                 ,
                 so
                 far
                 forth
                 as
              
               
               
                 pertaineth
                 to
                 the
                 misteries
                 of
                 their
                 redemption
                 .
              
               Yf
               the
               minister
               doe
               no
               better
               keepe
               his
               handes
               from
               pickinge
               and
               stealinge
               ,
               then
               he
               doth
               his
               tounge
               from
               euill
               speakinge
               ,
               lyinge
               ,
               and
               slaundringe
               ,
               to
               vse
               the
               phrase
               of
               their
               cathechisme
               ,
               he
               might
               far
               more
               justly
               be
               called
               in
               question
               ,
               for
               the
               vnlavvfull
               vse
               of
               his
               fingers
               ,
               then
               he
               did
               the
               seruinge
               man
               at
               Thirske
               about
               suspition
               of
               Seminary
               affaires
               :
               For
               I
               giue
               him
               to
               vnderstand
               (
               though
               no
               great
               nevves
               )
               that
               he
               belieth
               Bellarmin
               :
               He
               saith
               not
               that
               vvoemen
               and
               rustickes
               
                 doe
                 vnderstand
                 the
                 scriptures
                 so
                 far
                 forth
                 as
                 pertaineth
                 to
                 the
                 misteries
                 of
                 their
                 redemption
                 .
              
               Nay
               he
               saith
               the
               contrarie
               in
               the
               vvordes
               by
               him
               alleadged
               ,
               
                 Although
                 many
              
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               
                 vnderstand
                 not
                 the
                 sentences
                 of
                 the
                 scriptures
                 .
              
               In
               vvhich
               number
               ,
               I
               thinke
               rustickes
               and
               vvomen
               must
               be
               contayned
               .
               Yf
               then
               they
               vnderstand
               not
               the
               sentences
               of
               the
               scriptures
               as
               Bellarmin
               affirmeth
               hovv
               doe
               they
               vnderstand
               the
               scriptures
               so
               far
               forth
               as
               pertaineth
               to
               the
               misteries
               of
               their
               redemption
               .
               Was
               there
               euer
               knovven
               a
               more
               gallant
               gospeller
               ,
               that
               dareth
               thus
               to
               practise
               his
               godles
               occupation
               though
               all
               the
               tovvne
               looke
               on
               .
               Yea
               but
               Bellarmin
               saith
               that
               contrie
               fellovves
               
               and
               vvomen
               vnderstand
               ,
               the
               misteries
               of
               our
               redemption
               :
               vvhat
               then
               ?
               is
               there
               no
               meanes
               to
               attaine
               that
               knovvledg
               ,
               but
               but
               by
               readinge
               and
               vnderstandinge
               of
               the
               scriptures
               ?
               yf
               so
               ,
               vvoe
               be
               to
               them
               that
               can
               not
               reade
               at
               all
               ,
               no
               smale
               part
               of
               the
               christian
               vvorld
               .
               vvho
               knovveth
               not
               that
               ignorant
               people
               learne
               better
               the
               misteries
               of
               their
               redemption
               ,
               by
               the
               instruction
               of
               their
               Pastors
               ,
               dilligence
               of
               parents
               ,
               and
               helpe
               of
               good
               cathechismes
               ,
               then
               by
               fishinge
               for
               it
               by
               their
               ovvne
               labour
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               profound
               sea
               of
               sacred
               scripture
               ,
               vvhere
               they
               may
               sooner
               for
               lack
               of
               skill
               be
               drovvned
               in
               the
               depth
               of
               errors
               ,
               then
               by
               them selues
               finde
               out
               the
               liuely
               vvaters
               of
               true
               doctrine
               ;
               vvould
               to
               god
               to
               much
               experience
               in
               these
               vnrulie
               times
               ,
               taught
               vs
               not
               this
               to
               be
               too
               true
               a
               lesson
               ,
               The
               lamentable
               storie
               of
               Hacket
               that
               quintissentiall
               Puritan
               and
               a
               great
               bible
               beater
               ,
               may
               vvarne
               all
               
                 to
                 be
                 wise
                 vnto
                 sobrietie
              
               as
               .
               
                 S.
              
               Paul
               
               vvisheth
               ;
               and
               also
               vvhat
               ruine
               of
               soules
               ,
               and
               daunger
               to
               common
               vveales
               ,
               doth
               arise
               ,
               by
               generally
               sufferinge
               ,
               yea
               and
               animatinge
               all
               sortes
               of
               people
               ,
               tag
               and
               rag
               to
               learne
               the
               misteries
               of
               their
               redemption
               out
               of
               the
               scripture
               ,
               and
               to
               
               examin
               the
               doctrin
               forsooth
               of
               Fathers
               ,
               &
               councells
               ,
               by
               that
               rule
               &
               touchstone
               ,
               as
               Iohn
               Caluin
               prescribeth
               .
            
          
           
             
               V.
               
            
             
               
                 PAg.
              
               130.
               
               
                 Many
                 Papistes
              
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               
                 are
                 so
                 blinded
                 and
                 besotted
                 with
                 vnsauorie
                 traditions
                 ,
                 and
                 superstitious
                 illusions
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 deeme
                 it
                 a
                 greater
                 sinne
                 to
                 eate
                 fleash
                 in
                 Lent
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 commit
                 adulterie
                 ,
                 murder
                 ,
                 or
                 periurie
                 .
              
               Seinge
               moste
               certaine
               it
               is
               that
               these
               fowle
               sinnes
               of
               adulterie
               ,
               murder
               ,
               and
               periurie
               ,
               be
               forbidden
               by
               the
               law
               of
               god
               ,
               no
               necessitie
               occurringe
               or
               circumstance
               what
               soeuer
               ,
               giueinge
               any
               leaue
               to
               commit
               any
               one
               of
               these
               sinnes
               :
               and
               that
               the
               fast
               of
               Lent
               ordained
               only
               by
               a
               positiue
               law
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               from
               which
               many
               for
               age
               ,
               sicknes
               ,
               and
               other
               causes
               ,
               may
               be
               iustly
               excused
               ;
               and
               this
               so
               well
               knowen
               ,
               that
               no
               dout
               can
               be
               made
               thereof
               ,
               what
               a
               creature
               is
               Bell
               ,
               that
               vttereth
               so
               notable
               an
               vntruth
               ,
               bringinge
               not
               so
               much
               as
               any
               colourable
               ground
               to
               support
               it
               ,
               but
               his
               bare
               word
               ,
               and
               the
               emptie
               blast
               of
               his
               owne
               mouth
               .
               Should
               I
               tell
               him
               that
               certaine
               reformed
               Protestants
               ,
               otherwise
               called
               
               willet
               )
               vnder
               the
               letters
               of
               E.
               O.
               gaue
               him
               but
               a
               litle
               item
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               notinge
               a
               certaine
               palpable
               contradiction
               in
               his
               Surueye
               :
               to
               wit
               that
               he
               saith
               in
               one
               place
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 bishops
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
                 vntil
                 the
              
               
               
                 dayes
                 of
                 S.
                 Austen
                 ,
                 and
                 long
                 after
                 ,
                 were
                 very
                 godlie
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 taught
                 the
                 same
                 doctrine
                 that
                 S.
                 Peter
                 had
                 done
                 before
                 them
                 ,
              
               and
               yet
               in
               an
               other
               place
               mainteineth
               ,
               
                 that
                 Pope
                 Siricius
              
               
               
                 was
                 seduced
                 by
                 Sathan
                 ,
                 published
                 wicked
                 doctrine
                 ,
                 and
                 taught
                 the
                 flat
                 doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 diuells
                 :
                 and
                 Pope
                 Sozimus
                 falsified
                 the
                 decrees
                 of
                 the
                 Nicen
                 councel
                 :
                 so
                 to
                 mainteine
                 the
                 vsurped
                 primacie
                 of
                 the
                 church
                 of
                 Rome
                 .
              
               seing
               both
               these
               Popes
               liued
               in
               S.
               Augustins
               time
               .
               To
               deliuer
               him selfe
               from
               this
               disgracious
               shakell
               which
               much
               hindereth
               his
               goinge
               ,
               he
               fetcheth
               many
               crosse
               capers
               ,
               tumbleth
               like
               a
               pig
               in
               a
               poke
               ,
               but
               he
               is
               so
               hampered
               ,
               that
               the
               more
               he
               strugleth
               the
               more
               fast
               is
               he
               caught
               ,
               the
               holes
               are
               so
               straight
               and
               him selfe
               so
               big
               that
               there
               is
               is
               no
               creepinge
               out
               ,
               well
               may
               he
               thruste
               his
               head
               forth
               ,
               as
               his
               brother
               Eaton
               the
               minister
               by
               Hounslowe
               ,
               did
               vpon
               the
               pillerie
               in
               London
               ,
               for
               teachinge
               his
               daughter
               a
               wrong
               lesson
               ,
               but
               no
               possibility
               of
               escapinge
               appeereth
               .
               Many
               soueraigne
               
               solucions
               forsooth
               ,
               and
               diuers
               plaisters
               of
               I-sayes
               ,
               are
               applied
               to
               cure
               the
               wounde
               ,
               but
               all
               in
               vaine
               ,
               for
               it
               festereth
               more
               and
               more
               ,
               without
               all
               hope
               of
               amendment
               .
               Bad
               tinkers
               stop
               one
               heale
               ,
               ad
               make
               an
               other
               .
               Bell
               is
               so
               cuninge
               a
               worke
               man
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               both
               left
               the
               olde
               leakinge
               stil
               ,
               and
               made
               diuers
               new
               .
               I
               touch
               this
               point
               now
               breiflie
               ,
               better
               oportunitie
               hereafter
               will
               be
               offered
               further
               to
               examin
               this
               matter
               ,
               when
               god
               willinge
               all
               his
               bucklers
               of
               defence
               ,
               shall
               be
               beaten
               vpon
               his
               owne
               face
               .
               At
               this
               present
               I
               will
               giue
               the
               reader
               a
               short
               viewe
               ,
               of
               the
               great
               dexteritie
               he
               hath
               in
               answeringe
               ;
               and
               the
               wonderfull
               facilitie
               in
               lyinge
               and
               the
               great
               pleasure
               he
               seemeth
               to
               take
               in
               that
               occupation
               ,
               insistinge
               so
               much
               vpon
               that
               ,
               and
               amplifienge
               it
               at
               lardg
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               had
               either
               conscience
               in
               his
               soule
               or
               blood
               in
               his
               cheekes
               ,
               he
               would
               neuer
               for
               shame
               once
               haue
               mentioned
               .
               I
               will
               cite
               all
               his
               wordes
               at
               full
               ,
               that
               no
               iust
               cause
               of
               complaint
               be
               giuen
               :
               In
               his
               third
               chapter
               the
               title
               wherof
               is
               .
               
                 Of
                 the
                 notorious
                 lies
                 of
                 E.
                 O.
              
               thus
               he
               declaimeth
               .
               
                 Pope
                 Siricius
              
               (
               as
               Thomas
               Bell
               affirmeth
               )
               
                 was
                 seduced
                 by
                 Sathan
                 ,
                 published
                 wicked
                 doctrine
                 ,
                 and
              
               
               Precisians
               ,
               came
               daylie
               to
               a
               winter
               morning
               lecture
               ,
               where
               after
               other
               preparatiue
               discourses
               ,
               when
               the
               mot
               was
               giuen
               by
               the
               preacher
               ,
               and
               the
               text
               of
               
                 Multiplicamini
              
               proclaimed
               ,
               candles
               were
               put
               out
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               frequented
               this
               exercise
               ,
               fare
               more
               dilligently
               then
               they
               obserued
               the
               Lenten
               fast
               :
               and
               brought
               nothinge
               to
               iustifie
               my
               relation
               ,
               how
               would
               he
               take
               me
               vp
               for
               halting
               .
               Yea
               I
               am
               verily
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               albeit
               ,
               I
               should
               say
               that
               such
               a
               thinge
               hapned
               in
               a
               principall
               towne
               in
               Barkshire
               ,
               addinge
               also
               that
               the
               minister
               vpon
               the
               breakinge
               forth
               of
               the
               matter
               fearinge
               persecution
               for
               the
               testimonie
               of
               a
               good
               conscience
               ,
               fled
               a
               way
               towardes
               Oxford
               ,
               and
               venturinge
               with
               his
               horse
               to
               take
               the
               water
               ,
               because
               he
               had
               haste
               in
               his
               way
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               expect
               a
               boate
               ,
               was
               there
               drowned
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               not
               make
               any
               great
               scruple
               notwithstandinge
               these
               particularities
               to
               giue
               me
               the
               lie
               .
               Let
               him
               then
               with
               far
               more
               reason
               quietly
               disgest
               it
               him selfe
               .
               His
               odious
               tearmes
               of
               
                 blinded
                 ,
                 and
                 besotted
                 ,
                 vnsauorie
                 traditions
                 ,
                 and
                 superstitious
                 illusions
                 ,
              
               must
               be
               pardoned
               :
               Some
               haue
               such
               a
               defect
               of
               nature
               ,
               that
               they
               can
               not
               speake
               vnles
               thy
               stammer
               :
               
               and
               Sir
               Thomas
               such
               an
               imperfection
               of
               grace
               ,
               that
               except
               he
               rayle
               and
               lie
               he
               can
               write
               nothinge
               .
               S.
               Hierom
               calleth
               the
               Lenton
               fast
               a
               
                 tradition
                 of
                 the
                 Apostles
                 .
              
               
               though
               it
               pleaseth
               him
               to
               call
               it
               an
               
                 vnsauorie
                 tradition
              
               so
               litle
               doth
               it
               like
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               say
               truth
               ,
               the
               old
               tradition
               commandinge
               so
               longe
               abstinence
               from
               fleashe
               ,
               can
               not
               but
               be
               to
               the
               ministers
               mouth
               sower
               and
               vnsauorie
               :
               and
               the
               new
               Geneua
               fashion
               that
               geueth
               leaue
               by
               the
               libertie
               of
               the
               gospell
               to
               eate
               fleash
               at
               all
               times
               ,
               is
               far
               more
               sauorie
               ,
               tothsome
               ,
               and
               pleasant
               .
            
          
           
             
               VI.
               
            
             
               THus
               much
               out
               of
               the
               Downe
               fall
               :
               now
               for
               a
               packinge
               blowe
               one
               bout
               more
               and
               so
               an
               end
               .
               In
               this
               booke
               of
               his
               which
               he
               published
               the
               last
               yeare
               1603
               (
               and
               coupled
               it
               together
               with
               his
               Goulden
               ballance
               )
               the
               good
               man
               seemeth
               to
               be
               much
               netled
               ,
               and
               the
               waters
               of
               his
               patience
               so
               troubled
               ,
               and
               shaken
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               not
               yet
               queit
               and
               cleere
               :
               for
               a
               certaine
               Catholike
               author
               (
               in
               a
               booke
               intituled
               
                 A
                 Detection
                 &c.
              
               written
               against
               Master
               Sutcliff
               ,
               and
               Master
               
               
                 taught
                 the
                 flat
                 doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 diuel
                 :
                 These
                 are
                 the
                 expresse
                 wordes
                 of
                 E.
                 O.
                 whom
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 seemeth
                 )
                 the
                 diuel
                 did
                 euen
                 then
                 posesse
                 when
                 he
                 vitered
                 them
                 .
                 For
                 not
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 wordes
                 (
                 TAVGT
                 THE
                 FLAT
                 DOCTRINE
                 OF
                 THE
              
               
               
                 DIVEL
                 )
                 can
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 my
                 Suruey
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 which
                 E.
                 O.
                 hath
                 quoted
                 ,
                 but
                 these
                 wordes
                 which
                 of
                 purpose
                 he
                 did
                 omitt
                 (
                 prohibited
                 mariage
                 as
                 an
                 vnlawful
                 thinge
                 )
                 This
                 therefor
                 is
                 a
                 notorius
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 most
                 malicious
                 lie
                 ,
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 lye
                 in
                 grame
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 a
                 knocker
                 (
                 to
                 vse
                 his
                 owne
                 wordes
                 else
                 where
                 )
                 adorned
                 with
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 diuell
                 ,
                 to
                 giue
                 the
                 more
                 grace
                 vnto
                 it
                 ;
                 And
                 that
                 worthelie
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 diuel
                 is
                 the
                 Architect
                 and
                 thiefe
                 worckman
                 in
                 that
                 art
                 and
                 occupation
                 .
              
               Here
               is
               a
               greueous
               complaint
               put
               vp
               against
               E.
               O.
               for
               that
               he
               hath
               slaundred
               the
               minister
               ,
               and
               vttered
               
                 a
                 notorious
                 and
                 moste
                 malicious
                 lie
                 ,
                 a
                 lie
                 in
                 graine
                 and
                 a
                 knocker
                 ,
                 adorned
                 with
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 diuell
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               and
               the
               lye
               consisteth
               in
               this
               point
               ,
               because
               E.
               O.
               chardgeth
               Bell
               as
               though
               he
               should
               say
               that
               Siricius
               
                 taught
                 the
                 flatt
                 doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 diuele
                 ,
              
               none
               of
               which
               wordes
               as
               he
               affirmeth
               can
               be
               found
               in
               his
               Surueye
               in
               the
               place
               which
               E.
               O.
               hath
               quoted
               :
               and
               this
               inturie
               he
               reputeth
               for
               a
               fault
               of
               no
               smale
               qualitie
               when
               he
               writeth
               
                 that
                 the
              
               
               
                 deuile
                 as
                 it
                 seemeth
                 did
                 euen
                 then
                 posesse
                 him
                 when
                 he
                 vttered
                 them
                 .
              
               A
               greuous
               crime
               doutles
               ,
               that
               in
               his
               seeminge
               opinion
               deserued
               so
               suddaine
               and
               seuere
               a
               punishment
               ,
               or
               els
               he
               presumeth
               much
               vpon
               the
               diueles
               friendship
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               readie
               to
               conceiue
               that
               for
               a
               trifelinge
               iniurie
               offered
               to
               his
               ministership
               he
               tooke
               the
               matter
               so
               hotely
               ,
               as
               to
               prosecute
               it
               in
               such
               terrible
               reuenging
               maner
               .
               But
               now
               nothwithstandinge
               all
               this
               bitter
               and
               fearfull
               exclamation
               ,
               what
               if
               these
               wordes
               be
               found
               in
               his
               Surueye
               and
               in
               that
               verie
               place
               which
               E.
               O.
               hath
               noted
               vpon
               whom
               them
               doth
               the
               notorious
               and
               malicious
               lye
               fall
               ,
               whose
               coate
               is
               died
               and
               marked
               with
               the
               lye
               in
               graine
               ,
               whose
               credit
               doth
               the
               knockinge
               lye
               batter
               and
               beate
               ,
               and
               whose
               tenement
               moste
               like
               to
               giue
               the
               diuele
               intertainment
               ?
               That
               the
               said
               Siricius
               
                 was
                 seduced
                 by
                 Sathan
                 ,
                 and
                 published
                 wicked
                 doctrine
              
               he
               denieth
               not
               :
               why
               I
               beseech
               him
               is
               there
               any
               such
               great
               difference
               betwixt
               these
               wordes
               which
               he
               graunteth
               and
               those
               other
               which
               he
               doth
               not
               graunt
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               mount
               vp
               into
               such
               extrauagant
               tearmes
               ,
               let
               them
               be
               indifferently
               pondered
               ,
               and
               
               they
               expresse
               the
               verie
               same
               meaninge●
               for
               is
               it
               not
               trulie
               verified
               of
               him
               that
               he
               doth
               
                 teach
                 the
                 flatt
                 doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 diuele
                 ,
              
               of
               whom
               it
               is
               confessed
               that
               ,
               
                 he
                 was
                 seduced
                 by
                 Sathan
                 and
                 published
                 wicked
                 doctrine
                 .
              
               Put
               them
               into
               an
               equall
               ballance
               ,
               and
               a
               dram
               of
               difference
               in
               sence
               and
               true
               construction
               ,
               wil
               not
               be
               found
               ,
               for
               Bell
               is
               no
               nere
               allied
               to
               the
               rineged
               minister
               of
               Baschall
               then
               Sathan
               is
               to
               the
               diuile
               .
               These
               are
               vaine
               shiftes
               ,
               idle
               vagaries
               ,
               &
               a
               cuninge
               wheelinge
               from
               the
               matter
               ,
               cries
               out
               Sir
               Thomas
               :
               To
               the
               point
               ,
               shew
               the
               foresaid
               wordes
               ,
               or
               els
               E.
               O.
               remaineth
               cōuicted
               of
               notorious
               lyinge
               ,
               and
               I
               in
               the
               back
               house
               ditch
               for
               takinge
               his
               parte
               :
               seeing
               he
               is
               so
               short
               and
               so
               cutted
               ,
               to
               take
               away
               all
               cauilles
               ,
               and
               to
               chamber
               the
               clapper
               of
               his
               runinge
               red
               rag
               .
               I
               tell
               him
               that
               for
               the
               wordes
               wherewith
               Bell
               is
               chardged
               ,
               two
               places
               of
               his
               Surueye
               are
               quoted
               :
               to
               witt
               pag.
               228.
               and
               230.
               and
               in
               the
               first
               quotation
               of
               228.
               be
               those
               wordes
               found
               which
               he
               admitteth
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               next
               of
               230.
               is
               that
               sentence
               registred
               which
               he
               denieth
               vtterlie
               euer
               to
               haue
               spoken
               .
               for
               reuellinge
               at
               Siricius
               for
               callinge
               ,
               not
               holie
               wedlocke
               as
               he
               saith
               (
               he
               must
               
               take
               an
               heare
               from
               his
               beard
               which
               had
               he
               done
               so
               often
               as
               he
               hath
               ouerreached
               ,
               he
               had
               bin
               a
               balde
               minister
               longe
               since
               )
               but
               the
               filthie
               yoakinge
               and
               pretensed
               mariage
               of
               Preistes
               
                 the
                 pollution
                 of
                 carnall
                 concupiscence
                 :
              
               he
               exclameth
               against
               him
               in
               this
               manner
               .
               
                 I
                 add
                 hereunto
                 that
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 flatt
                 doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 diuele
                 ,
                 and
                 S.
                 Paul
                 is
                 my
                 verie
                 witnes
                 herein
                 .
              
               I
               report
               me
               now
               to
               his
               deuoted
               dependants
               whether
               his
               witts
               were
               at
               home
               ,
               when
               he
               medled
               ,
               with
               such
               hot
               and
               dangerous
               edge
               tooles
               ,
               as
               haue
               pitifully
               hurt
               and
               scaled
               his
               owne
               fingers
               ,
               or
               what
               discretion
               ,
               shame
               ,
               or
               modestie
               he
               had
               ,
               to
               pursue
               his
               aduersarie
               with
               so
               full
               mouth
               and
               strong
               a
               crie
               of
               wordes
               in
               vvhich
               the
               diuele
               also
               had
               his
               part
               :
               so
               vainlie
               to
               vaunt
               of
               his
               sincere
               proceedinge
               ,
               so
               desperatly
               to
               deny
               any
               of
               these
               vvordes
               
                 taught
                 the
                 flatt
                 doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 diuele
                 ,
              
               to
               be
               in
               the
               place
               quoted
               :
               and
               confidently
               to
               chardge
               his
               aduerfarie
               vvith
               a
               notorious
               lye
               :
               vvhen
               he
               had
               more
               reason
               to
               haue
               commanded
               his
               tounge
               silence
               seeing
               it
               hath
               found
               out
               his
               ovvne
               confusion
               ,
               neuer
               to
               haue
               preached
               of
               sinceritie
               ,
               vvhen
               he
               plaide
               the
               cunny
               catchinge
               companion
               :
               nor
               
               euer
               to
               haue
               called
               an
               other
               in
               question
               for
               lyinge
               ,
               him selfe
               in
               that
               very
               place
               not
               only
               venturinge
               vpon
               an
               vntruth
               ,
               but
               also
               in
               that
               verie
               same
               thinge
               ,
               which
               as
               a
               notorious
               lye
               he
               obiecteth
               to
               an
               other
               .
               As
               for
               S.
               Paul
               where
               he
               vvould
               haue
               his
               vvitnes
               ,
               he
               may
               talke
               is
               pleasure
               and
               say
               vvhat
               he
               list
               ,
               but
               he
               may
               sooner
               spend
               all
               his
               pensions
               in
               
                 Sub-penas
                 ,
              
               then
               euer
               bringe
               that
               blessed
               Apostle
               to
               depose
               in
               his
               side
               for
               the
               lawfull
               mariage
               of
               vowed
               Preistes
               and
               religious
               persons
               .
               The
               testimonie
               of
               their
               owne
               corrupt
               conscience
               yea
               and
               of
               their
               cōcupiscence
               they
               may
               haue
               :
               the
               authoritie
               of
               any
               Apostle
               ,
               or
               authenticall
               auncient
               writer
               ,
               they
               are
               neuer
               able
               to
               produce
               .
            
             
               And
               thus
               much
               breiflie
               for
               a
               sample
               cutt
               of
               as
               it
               were
               from
               the
               mayne
               webbe
               intended
               .
               No
               difficultie
               had
               it
               beene
               to
               haue
               ranged
               more
               plentifully
               ,
               after
               the
               same
               maner
               both
               in
               these
               and
               other
               his
               bookes
               .
               But
               my
               purpose
               was
               only
               at
               this
               time
               to
               giue
               a
               tast
               not
               to
               furnishe
               a
               formall
               bankett
               :
               these
               few
               passages
               ,
               shall
               I
               hope
               for
               this
               present
               giue
               the
               gentle
               reader
               desierous
               of
               truth
               ,
               sufficient
               content
               :
               being
               as
               it
               were
               the
               two
               messengers
               
                 Chusy
              
               and
               
                 Achimaas
              
               to
               bring
               
               
               newes
               of
               the
               ouerthrowe
               of
               this
               glorious
               Absalon
               ,
               who
               hath
               as
               shamefully
               apostared
               from
               his
               vocation
               ,
               and
               waged
               war
               against
               his
               mother
               the
               church
               ,
               as
               euer
               did
               that
               graceles
               impe
               reuolte
               from
               his
               naturall
               alleigaunce
               ,
               and
               tooke
               armes
               against
               his
               father
               the
               kinge
               :
               the
               mayne
               battayle
               heauenlie
               grace
               asistinge
               me
               shall
               with
               conuenient
               speede
               followe
               after
               .
               God
               that
               willeth
               not
               the
               death
               of
               a
               sinner
               ,
               put
               into
               the
               hartes
               of
               all
               such
               Protestaunts
               as
               loue
               truth
               and
               detest
               falshoode
               :
               desier
               saluation
               with
               Christ
               and
               his
               Sanites
               ,
               and
               tremble
               at
               eternall
               damnation
               with
               .
               the
               diuele
               and
               his
               angelles
               ,
               carefully
               to
               seeke
               for
               the
               knowledg
               of
               the
               pure
               ,
               auncient
               ,
               and
               Aposto
               like
               faith
               ,
               Zealously
               when
               it
               is
               found
               to
               keepe
               and
               imbrace
               it
               ,
               and
               constantly
               to
               liue
               and
               dye
               in
               the
               profession
               of
               the
               same
               .
               B.
               C.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A15697-e140
           
             Faire
             and
             soft
             for
             dashing
             :
             what
             will
             this
             man
             be
             in
             the
             fight
             ,
             that
             is
             so
             hot
             and
             eager
             before
             he
             is
             yet
             entred
             the
             f●elde
             .
          
           
             S.
             Epiphanius
             haeres
             .
             75.
             and
             S.
             Austen
             haeres
             .
             53.
             
             Se
             S
             Hierō
             .
             contra
             Vigilantium
             .
             Ciril
             .
             6.
             cōtra
             Iulian
             .
             Cedrenus
             in
             Heraclio
             .
             S.
             Alcoranus
             Mahumet
             .
             cap.
             15.
             
             &
             16.
             
          
           
             
               Matt.
            
             ●3
             .
             
               v.
               s
            
          
           
             Enuche
             .
          
           
             
               Psalm
               .
            
             130.
             
               v.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             
               In
               the
               preface
               speciall
               ,
               and
               pag.
            
             35.
             
               and
            
             36.
             
             
               To
               the
               Seminary
               .
               Preists
               in
               vvisbich
               castle
               ,
               &c.
               
               Pag.
            
             57.
             
               and
            
             65.
             
          
           
             
               pag.
            
             80.
             
          
           
             
               Psalm
               .
            
             111.
             
               v.
            
             9.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             speciall
             preface
             of
             his
             Motiues
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             epistles
             dedicatory
             of
             his
             Motiues
             and
             Suruey
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Reg.
            
             15.
             
               v.
            
             16.
             
          
           
             
               In
               his
               Counterblast
               pag.
            
             45.
             
          
           
             
               pag
            
             44.
             
               pag.
            
             49.
             
          
           
             
               Ierem.
            
             37.
             
               v.
            
             18.
             
          
           
             
               pag.
            
             45.
             
          
           
             
               Pag.
            
             45.
             
          
           
             
               In
               his
               suruey
               to
               the
               christiā
               reader
               .
               Mat.
            
             26
             
               v.
            
             73.
             
          
           
             
               Num.
            
             25.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Reg.
            
             15.
             
               v.
            
             34.
             
               e●
               cap
            
             17.
             
               v.
            
             15.
             
          
           
             
               Mat.
            
             24
             
               v.
            
             32.
             
          
           
             
               Sap.
            
             8.
             
               v.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               pag.
            
             18.
             
          
           
             
               pag.
            
             7
             ●
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
            
             8
             
               artic
               .
            
             12.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             former
             place
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             Apologie
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Englands
             .
          
           
             
               Mat.
            
             7.
             
               v.
               s.
               
            
          
           
             
               In
               his
               sermon
               printed
               by
               Iohn
               Windet
            
             1590.
             
               pag.
            
             13.
             
          
           
             
               Suruey
               Pag.
            
             516.
             
             
               Goulden
               Ballance
               pag.
            
             31.
             
          
           
             
               Mat.
            
             7.
             
               v
            
             15.
             2.
             
             
               Cor.
            
             11.
             
               v.
            
             14.
             3.
             
             
               Reg.
            
             ●1
             .
             
               v.
            
             9.
             
             
               Rō
               .
            
             16.
             
               v.
            
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Motiues
               .
            
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Iudg.
            
             16.
             
               v.
            
             30.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Part.
               tit
               .
            
             1.
             
               cap.
            
             11
             
               prop●
               finem
               .
            
          
           
             
               Epist.
            
             165.
             
               ad
               generosum
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mat.
            
             23.
             
               v.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             3.
             
               part
               .
               tit
               .
            
             1.
             
               cap.
            
             11.
             
               ss
               .
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Aug.
               lib.
            
             1.
             
             
               Retract
               .
               cap.
            
             13.
             
               pag.
            
             13.
             
          
           
             
               Aug.
               Retract
               .
               lib.
            
             1.
             
               cap.
            
             15.
             
               pag.
            
             16.
             
          
           
             
               In
            
             2
             
               lib.
               Sent.
               pag.
            
             130.
             
          
           
             Loe
             the
             Frier
             granteth
             that
             al
             the
             holi●
             fathers
             are
             a
             gainst
             the
             Papists
             .
          
           
             
               Suruey
               pag.
            
             487.
             
             
               Genebrardus
               in
               Chrō
               .
               Anni
               Christi
            
             32.
             
             
               De
               verbis
               Apostoli
               Sermo
            
             18.
             
          
           
             
               De
               verbo
               Dei
               lib.
            
             3.
             
               cap.
            
             2.
             
               tom
               .
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Rom.
            
             12.
             
               v.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Suruey
               pag.
            
             193.
             
          
           
             
               Suruey
               pag.
            
             228.
             
             
               &
            
             230.
             
             
               Suruey
               pag.
            
             488.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             ad
             Marcellum
             adversus
             Mont●num
             .
          
           
             But
             they
             are
             found
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Reg.
            
             ●8
             .