DEare Brethren, because we are creatid for gods glory the edification one of another in Christ, and are bounde to serue thervnto by wealthe or woo, lyfe or death, and cheifly, they to whom God haue geuen the greter gyftes, and whom he hath callyd to higher romes, are moste bounde to be zelous for gods glory with godly zelousie to profyt the churche and sponse of Christe vnder their charge, and that by no subteltye as the Apostel warnithe, they shulde be corrupted from the symplicitie of Christ: therfore there is no doubt of your good zealle and diligence. My good fathers & deare brethren, who ar first callid to the battel, to striue for gods glory and the edification of his people, against the Romish reliques and rages of Antichrist, I doubt not but that you wyl coragiouslye and constantlye in Christ, rape at these rages of Gods enemyes, and that you will by this occasion race vp many as grete enormites that we all know, & labore to race out all the dregges & remnants of transformid popery, that are crept into England, by to much lenite of them that wylbe namid the Lordes of the cleargie: what is he that hath the zeale of gods glory before his face, that wyl not ioyne both in prayer, and in sufferinge with you, in so good a cause, that is so much for gods glory, and the edification of gods church, in the pure simplicite of Christes word & sacramentes, wherin our enemies and persecutours are strangely bewitchid. I wote not by what Circes cupe, that they do make suche a diuersite betwixt Christes worde & his sacramentes, that they can not thinke the worde of God safelye ynoughe preachid, & honorably inough handlyd, without cap, cope, surplis. But that the sacraments the maryinge, the buryinge, the churching of wemen, & other church seruice, as they call it, muste nedes be decored with crossinge, with capping, wt surplessing, with knelinge, with preti wafer cakes, and other knackes of poperi. O Paule that thou were a lyue, thou durst tell those politike gentelmen, that ther hath bin to much laboure bestoued vpon them in vaine, thou durste say vnto them, as thou didest to ye Corinthians, that they eat not the Lordes supper, but pley a pagent of their owne to blynde the people, and kepe them still in supersticion, fare from the symplicite of Christes supper: but howe many sely sowles is ther that dothe beleue veryly, that they haue an English masse, and so put no difference betwene truth & falshod, betwene Christ and antichrist, betwene God and the deuell, they are strangely bewitched. I say that thus wyll bynde theyr Englyshe presthode & sacraments, but muche more enchauntid that can fynd no garments to please them. But such as haue ben polutid openly with popishe supersticion & Idolatry, but most of all in this point shall theyr madnes apere to all posterites, that they make these Antichristian rages Causam sine qua non, that is, a cause without which ther is no holy ministery in Christ, so that this shall make an Englyshe preste, be he neuer suche a dolt or vnlearnid in the knouledge of the scripture as we haue very manye, and without these romisshe reliques not Paule hym selfe shalbe admittid (as one of them dyd blaspheme & the rest of them in effecte do affirme) well agaynste suche popishe chaffer and popery, hathe byne longe agone foughten witheall, when the gret captaines of that religion lyuyd, and yet God gaue the victory. Therfor let vs not fear now, although it doth begine to sture agayn, for ther is no craft, conninge, counsell, wysdom, or policy against the Lord. We haue Christ & hys Apostells & the Prophetes euer stryuing agaynst the Ipocrites of their time o • our • yde. a strau for popishe polici we haue the worde of God to warant vs, to rote out al monuments of supersticion and Idolatry, & are charged to abhor them, to accompt them, accursed, and to defy them, and to detest them as menstreous clowtes, they haue not the worde of God for them. And what wysdom is in them, sayth god by his Prophet Jeremi, they talke of obedience & concorde, but ther is no obedience against the Lorde, no nor concorde to be desired, but wher gods glory and verite is preserued, Els better to haue al the worlde in hurly burleis, and heauen & earth to shake, then one ioyte of gods glory shulde decaie. So far forth as in vs leithe, we haue theyr owne lawes and proclamacions, to rote out all monuments of supersticion and Idolatrye, & theyr oune wordes are contrarye to theyr doinges. Yt shulde apere that they repent their reformacion proclamid, as did ye Isralites, they buylde agayn that which ons they haue distroied and this is doue openlye that all the worlde may wonder, and behold: but what is done secretlye, god wyll one daye haue it declarid openly, ye they make the name of god & this doctrine that we professe to be euell spoken of alredy. By many of theyr doinges, theyr iudgement hasteth that for such causes persecute Gods true preachers. Wherfore let vs • ot feare theyr threteninges, ther can none • ersecute the godly for this cause & trasshe. • ut ether such as are nether hote nor colde, • nd then they shalbe vomyted out vnlesse • heir zeale encrease, or such as haue no God before their eies, whose god is their bellie, or • ls open papists, whom god hathe geuen vp • o a reprobate sense, wherfore we must thus take it, that they ar gods rodds for oure sinnes, because we haue not ben more zelous in Gods cause, nether carefull to seke his glorye, that wolfe Wynchester & blodie bucher Bonar fought once against many godli men for the grounde of this gere, and thei had all the power of the Realme seruinge theyr lustes, but beholde how the Lorde in short time ouerthrew them al, to giue vs coradge to go forwarde, the Lord forgeue vs, we ar to slacke and neglygent in heauenly thynges, this monster Bonar remainithe and is fed as papists say, for their sakes, & it must be grauntyd, it is for some purpos, althoughe he be a traytor and an enemi to the crowne and realme, and bothe to God and man, whiche brunnid godes holy testament, murderid his saintes and his servātes. But what the Lord requyrith to be done wythe false Prophetes it is manyfest: we haue bothe the lawe of god & man for vs, But we ar answerid nay, you your sealues shalbe compellid to turne your coates and cappes, and get you into his leueris, and to be lyke him in your garments. O Elyas that thou lyuedste, or tha • thy spyrit weare amongst vs, thou woldes • say with the Prophet Sophoni, that God will vysit the werears of this Idolatours garmentes or strange aparell, thou woldest say, that thinges dedicatid once to idolatry, is not indifferent, thou woldest say reuerence to the sacramēt is wrought by doctrine and discipline, and not by popisshe & Idolatours garments, thou woldest saye, what decency can ther be gaynyd to the sacramēts, by that which hath byn deuisyd & vsyd to deface it, if the golde ordeinyd by god for the reuerence and decenci of the Jewes temple, is not to be admittyd to beutify the churche of Christe, much lesse copes brought in by papistes the enemyes of god, and alwayes continwyd in their seruice as ornamētes of their religion in no wyse ought of vs Christians to be retaynid. But the papistes triumphe and glori in their assembles, that the hote gospelars shalbe driuen to their doltishe attires, for the Lords sake let vs neuer giue them any cause of Joye, thoughe we shoulde dye for yt: Moyses wold not yelde on hoofe of a beste in gods busines, he wolde not leue the loupe vnmade, nor make a button or a claspe more or lesse. Eleasar will not decemble by eatynge of vnlawfull meates, the faythfull Isralites wolde not receyue so muche as an yuibushe. Contrariwyse Orygen caryinge a braunche and professynge, that he bare it for Christ at the first. But was afterwarde compellid to open Idolatry, so cursid a thing it is to geue any place to the wicked: all the papistes that saye, they worship Christ in the crosse, and God in the sacrament, do still vnder these wordes continew still in their Idolatri, beware of deceitfull wordes, that couer wickid purposes, to drawe vs from Christiā symplicite. Let vs stand constantly agaynste all abuses, and repent for our former coldnes in religion, and our synnes, and call for healpe from aboue, for the hand of the Lorde is not shortenid: we ar assured that we seke Gods glory, and our aduersaries may see, yf they can se any thinge, that this thinge that they seke is not for gods glory, seing the papistes the enemyes of God, doe so desyre yt and glory in yt. And reioyse, that we, whom they most hate, cannot be safe but vnder their garments: we ar assurid that we seke godes glory in folowinge Christ his Aposteles and Prophets. who euer dispised these pharisaicall outward faces and visures, Christe fyndethe fault withe the garmentes of the phariseis. Paule counteth all his pharisaicall, shew to be donge. Zachari saithe, that the false Prophet shalbe ashamed of his prophecye, and forsake his garments wherin he dereyuid. & shal the true Prophetes be fayne to crepe into their coules? for by the same autorite may be comaundid any peace of popery, so that it be namyd policie. Ezechias and Josias knew no suche aucthoritie, but they say: It is for policie, For it plainly apearithe that ther is lesse care for religion, then for policie. But beware that the example of Jeroboham be not folowed, that made such like prestes for policie as wolde do as he commaundid them. Achaz of policie brought the fashion of an alter into Jerusalem, as he sawe at Damascus, where he had ouercome the Idolatours and their Idolls, but cursed was his policie, and so ar all they that wil retaine any thinge of their Idolatrie. Nabuchodonosors Idoll was for vnitye and policie, but without the warraunt of gods worde, ther is neyther good vnitye nor police. The godlie father Bucer callithe the tenthes and the first fruites sacriledge and roberie, they be kept stil for policie. Crosse and candelstickes ar supersticious, though they be kepte. I wot not for what policie the adoration of the Sacrament in the countres, where they knocke and knele to a wafer take is a popishe policie. That wemen baptise, that pluralites, tot quots impropriacions, non residence, despensacions, suspensions, excomunications, & absolucions, for money at grauntyd, yt is evell, like as are many other inormites borowed from Rome, which remayne in the name of policie. All these thinges were abhorryd as popishe supersticious, and Idolatries, amonge our gospellers both bishops & others, when they were vnder gods roddes in pouerte. But how thei now haue learnid courtely deuinite, to grounde all apon policie? Humble them agayne o Lorde, that they do not forget the, and thy great kindnes and mercie shewid apon them, and sture vp their hartes and myndes, that they may be carefull ouer thy pore flocke. O Christe, whom thou hast dearly bought, by this theyr policy at blindid, & carithe for no more, but that thei may haue this supersticious shew which is so stifely maintained. Let him mumble as he liste, yf he be thus apparelid, al his seruice is well ynough, otherwyse yt is nothing worthe, Thus cause you them to perishe by your polices, for whome Christ hathe dyed. further more, yf poperi be superstitious and idolatrous, evel and wicked, as yet ther was neuer a worse thinge in the worlde, then ar we commaunded to absteine from all participatio • thero • , and from all the shewe therof ab omni specie mali, that is, from all shewe of wickidnes. These garments were the shewe of their blasphemous preisthod, herein they dyd singe and saye their supersticious idolatrous seruice, they dyd sence their Idolls and healpe forwarde theyr Idolatrous masses, what policie can it be then to weare this gere. But a supersticious wickid and popishe policie, they doe it for policie, they saye, that their priestes may be knowen and magnified of men. Dyd not the Pharisies vse the same policie, to doe all their workes and make all their garmentes bothe Philacteris vpon their headdes, and their wide and syde robes and borders, that they might be more expectable, and notorious to the people: but their woo is thretenid aboue al other sinners. To suche ypocrites, as beinge voyde of all true holynes, delite in all outward shewes, theyr curse is most inculcate, their polyci is that ye preistes shall weare white in the churches to signify their vertue▪ their purenes, and holines. and when they go fourth of the church they must weare blacke gownes and blacke hornes, for cōtrary polycies, and for dyuers significations, Our master Christes polycie was expressyd in one worde, fede, fede, fede. and the Prophetes before, and the Apostelles afterwarde, yf Christe be the wysdome of the father, the true ministers shalbe well inough knowen, by that one marke which he geueth: and yf that he haue not that marke better vnknowen then knowen, both for him selfe and others, therfore lett them not saye for shame, that they seeke gods glorie, Christes wil, or the edification of his church, by their polycie. Whyles they thretē & stope the spredinge of gods worde and fedinge of Christes flocke, cōmandyd by writing to excōmunicate the most faithful laborers in the planting of the gospell, because thei will not weare the rages of popery, to expulse ye most valiant soldiars agaynst the Romishe Antichrist, the most earnest ouerthrowars of the kyngdom of satan, which standith in sin and blindnes. O beware you, that wilbe Lordes ouer the flockes, that you be not sore punyshed for your pryde, towardes your brethren, and your cowardlines in gods cause, that for Princes pleasures and pompose liuinges, do turne poperi into policie, and to become our persecutors vnder the cloke of policie: it were better to lose your liuings, then to displease god in persecutinge of youre brethren, & hinder the course of the worde. But as oure deutie is, we wyll praye for you, and for all our brethren in the ministeri, that god of his grace would graunte vs more zeale for his glorie, than any of vs hathe had heretofore, more desire to edifie, Christes people in pure simplicite, to present them a chast virgin vnto Christ, then hitherto hathe apeared, that when the hedeshepherde shall cal to accounte, we be not ashamyd. But beinge founde perfecte in all good workes, may receiue the crowne prepared, as for you deare brethren whome God hath callyd into the brunte of the batell, The Lorde kepe ye constant, that ye yelde nether to tolleracion, nether to anye other subtelte persuasions of dispensacions, or lycences which were to fortifie their Romishe practises. but as you fyght the Lords fyght, be valiant. God will not leue you, nether forsake you, as you seke gods glorye, god wyll glorifye you, and as by you Christes church is edifyed, comfortid and confirmid in Christian simplycite, so shall you receyue comfort by Christe your heede captaine, when you shalbe callyd to geue acomptes of your stewardshippes, and to be rewardyd for your fidelite, the matter is not so smalle as the worlde do take yt, yt wyll appeare before all be endyd, what an harde thinge it is, to cut of the rages of the Hidra of Rome, it is beutifull, but poysonful, ther is no daling with such a mounster, beware of lokyng backe to Sodome or delyght anye witte in the garments of Babilone, neyther once touche the poysonid cupe, though yt be of golde or gliteringe. Let vs repent of our former synnes vnfaynidlye, and then shall we abhor and stamp vnder our fette these rages, that were apoyntid to supersticion and idolatry, Let vs hate the blasphemous preasthode, so iniurious to Christes preisthode, that euery pache and token of it be in execration, detestation, and accursed, and take no parte of yt vpon our heddes nor backes, least we be accursed as it is. Let vs not make the heritage of god as a byrde of many colours, holdinge of diners religions, Let vs not mixte the Jewes with the gentills, let vs not in no wise mixt this our religion with any thinge of Antichrist, let vs not confyrme the blinde in their blindnes, neyther the weacke in their supersticion. But rather let vs take awaye, if we can, the names, memories, and all monumēts of poperye and that Antichristes priesthod. Let vs open our wyndous with Daniel, and professe what we at: their cruelte shalbe our glorie. Let vs followe Paull, that knew that the truthe gospel cold not be retainyd, if any Jewishe cerimonies were mayntainyd. Lett vs rather neuer weare anye garment, then we should weare those, wherby our brethren shulde be weakened, offendyd or boldenyd to take parte with the idolatours, & so through our hautines in knouledge, oure weake brethren perishe, for whom Christ died. Behold and marke well, how they falle backwarde that yelde in anye iote, and se how they are edifyed, and increase in godlines, which holde that ryght waye that you goe in, the which the Lorde increase you, & vs all, and strenthen vs with his holy spyrit, that we may continewe to oure lyues ende, al wayes both by our thoughtes, wordes, and workes, to avaunce his glorye and honor dayly more and more, now and for euer.

TO my faythfull Brethren, we geue thankes to God for your constancie and vpryght delynge in this gret controuersie now raysyd by packynge of enemys about the wearinge of popish apparell, and as ye haue well begonne, ther is no doubt, but the Lorde in mercy shall kepe ye pure and blameles to the ende. It hathe byne no small ioye and comfort to many godlye and good Churches, which dayly and howerly prayeth for your perseuerāce, and that it wolde please God to ease it, whē his good will and pleasure is. So on the other syde muche lamentynge the blyndnes of those that goeth about to defende it: but especiallye those that are become persecutors of their godly & faithfull brethren: but as charite requireth, we desyre God neuer laye it to theyr charge, but geue them grace to ryse agayne vnto whom we le • e them wether they stande or falle. Let Lottes wyfe be a warnynge in tyme to take hede. Moses that blessyd seruant of God wolde not alter the valew of a curten, or a lytill pyne in the Arcke, so zelous was he in the Lordes worke: nor neuer brought any thynge out of his owne heade to the people: But had always the warrant of the worde for hym, to cōclude, what so euer may be obiected agaynst the refusars of those ydolators garmētes, for what so euer they brynge, may be redused into this poyntes, that Godly men ether nede not or ought not to be scrupulous in so small a matter, which answer ye shall vnderstand as folowith with an answere to a question at the end hereof. The Lord for his Christ sake make Ephrahim and Manassis agre, that we maye all with on hart and mynde vnfaynydly seke Godes glorye, the edificacion of his people, that we may lyue in all godly peace, vnyte, and concord. This grant, o Lorde, for Christ Jesus sake, to whom, with the, and the Holy goste, be all prayse, glory, and honor for euer and euer. Fare ye well deare Brethren.

Dearly • elouy • , you that haue wytte, vnderstanding, and wyll to be instructyd in this controuersi. now raysyd in the Churche about apparell, at thys tyme thys shall suffyce. Yt is true that the teachers of handye craftes affyrme, that no man can attayne to suche excellente perfeccyon in worke, as maye be disputed of by reasone, muche lesse when the rule of religion muste be framyd accordynge to the rule of Godes wyll, which is ye rule of all perfeccyon, may we loke that any thyng can so perfectly be performyd of vnperfect mā, that in all poynts yt may answere to the perfeccion that God requirith: neuertheles God requirith his seruice to be suche as hym sealfe is, deuyne, pure, syncere, vnmingled, and in no parte corruptyd, and as lacke of strenthe shal not excuse vs, in that we can not, so ne • lygence makythe vs more wickyd, yf that we may performe, and we will not. Fyrste we are requiryd to loue God with all our hartes, all our myndes, and all our strength, that precisenes is comendable, which withholdith not a lytill,Deut. 18. whē all is requiryd. Thou shalt be perfect with thy Lorde thy god. Thou shalt not bende ether to thy ryght-hande, or to the leafte. Thou shalt nether 〈1 line〉 ma •• dyd. Thou shalt not inquier for th • gods of the Gentyls, sayinge: Howe dyd those Gentyles serue theyr godes. Thou shalt not do so to the Lorde thy god. For whatsoeuer the Lorde abhorreth, that dyd they to theyr godes. God wyll haue his children so to abhorre these supersticion, yt they shuld fle euen from that infecciō that comythe by hearynge.The zeall that God requirith. Furthermore, so many thinges as ar cōmandyd of leprous, mēstreous, dead bodys, were many, which myght not be touchyd without defyling, what other thinges were they in that rude people,God kepe vs frō all outwarde shew of Popery. but exercises of precyse purenes and cleanes, the obseruance of suche shadowes, althoughe it hath byn longe synce abolyshyd, yet the euerlastinge truthe remaynyth: muche more in presence of the bodye, that no prophane or defylyd thinge may be minglyd with gods seruice. Moreouer god forbydyth all strange corruptions mixtures, whē he forbyddyth them to sowe land with diuers seedes, to plowghe with an oxe and an asse, to weare lynyne and wollen to gether. For lyberte & costome euen in ye leaste matters bredythe boldnes, & in hys cōmandement god hath also respecte to the hynde of apparell. Fynallie when this cleanes is 〈◊〉 euen to brute beastes,marke well. who wold not beleue that God requirith an vtter detestacion of all vncleanes, especially in religion. Seing all these lawes perteyne to the fyrst cōmandement, accordinge to the same precise rule dyd the holy fathers exercise them selues vnto puryte, therfore it is neuer rede that the godly Patriarches dyd sacrifyce vpon the Idolators alters, but whythersoeuer they remouid, always they buyldid newe alters.Example of holy men. Furthermore Abraham wolde not take a thryde of the Kynge of Sodoma. Jacob buryed the eatinges that weare ornamentes of supersticion, with the Idoles them selues. Moyses to blemishe the seruice of God wolde accepte no condicions at all, there shall not remayne on house, saythe he very precislye. Dauith wold not take the names of the Idoles in his lypes. Ezechias brake the brasen serpēt, not only chāgyd the vse of it.what greter herytykes cā ther be, then the Papistes? The Holyghost praysithe those godly Kinges, which destroyed the highe places, as Ezechias and Josias, in whiche places somtyme the people dyd worship god. Elyazer wold not fayne that he dyd eate swynes fleshe. S. Pawle byddythe, Refrayne from all shew of euyll. S. John forbyddyth vs to salute an herytyke 〈1 line〉 wytnessith, when he mett an herityke, wolde not gyue hym other answere, but that he knewe hym to be the Deuells eldeste sonne. for suche feare had the Apostels & theyr disciples, that they wolde not comunicate withe on worde with any that had corruptyd the faith. Fynallie S. Pawle in playne wordes cōmandyth precisnes,Ephe. 5. sayinge, Take hede that ye walke precislye or exactlye, for so the greke worde signifieth. Last of all, let vs not forget what our Sauiour Christ saythe: He that is faythfull in the leaste, wyl be faythfull in the moste. Who also teachith vs, howe faythfully and precislye we shulde walke, what colde be more precisly spoken of, the law shall passe vntyll all be fullfyllyd, and he that breakyth one of the leaste cōmandements, and teachith other so to do, ether by worde, or by example, shalbe least in the Kyngdome of heauen. Yt is euident by these reasons and examples, that no precisenes or scrupulosite in godes religion, can be to muche or blame worthie. Towchinge ye substance, ther is no controuersy, but yt is lawfull as the good creature of god, and to this purpose pertayne those sayinges: The kyngdome of heauen is nether meate nor drynke. Meate cōmendith vs not to god. Whatsoeuer enterithe in to the mouth, defylyth not the man. All thinges ar cleane to them that ar cleane. & other lyke places of scripture, all which they pertayne to the matter or creature & substance only, not to euery vse, fassion, or maner of vsynge. It is to muche doltyshenes, not to vnderstand all thynge a ryght, excepte we wyll also conclude of the same places, that by glotony, dronkenes, whordome, disquisyd aparell, and suche lyke, the lawe of god is not brokē. garments therfore that ar vrgyd in respecte of the forme and vse, they are not indifferent, and fyrst of the ende, which they labor so muche to proue that it is chaungyd, that those thinges which before were vsyd to supersticiō, now are cōmandyd for order & comlynes. No godly man doubtyth, but the Quenes Maieste intendinge an other end in commanding of those thinges, then the Papistes vsyd them for. But who so well considerith ye nature of those thinges, shall playnely se, that the end which the commander propoundyth, dothe not folowe, but accordinge to the diuersite of them yt vse them, and them that iudge of them, a cleane cō trary end ensuythe, for many popishe prestes vse them to the same supersticious end that they dyd in Popery, and greatest of all is ye multitude of ignorant people, that iudgith none otherwyse of them.Cor. 8. All men haue not knowledge, for some with conscience of the Idole, euen yet do eate meate offred to Idoles. So Gedeon made an Ephode, not that ye people shulde go a whorynge after it,Jud. 8. yet was it the destruction of hym and his howse for euer. Secondly it can not serue for order and comlynes,Cor. 14. which hath in it no necessary cause of edifying. Let all thinges be donne for edifying. Nether can it be conuertyd to ye comlynes of the Christian Churche, which is the chaste spowse of Christ, which is takē from Antichrist, and the fylthye whore of Babylon. What cōsent hath Christ with Belyall: what porcion hath the faythfull with the infydell: or what agrement hath the temple of God with Images? Yf the reason of S. Paule be examynyd,2. Cor. 6. by the which he dissuadith the Corynthians frō eating of meate offeryd to Idoles, the same may be also extendyd to garmēts consecratyd to Idolatry. The nature of cerymonies and rytes is to make the vser to haue felowship with the principall of that religion, as the Jewes of the alter, Christians with Christ, and Gentils with Deuells. As manye as are partakers of the breade which we breake, are partakers of the bodye of Christe. They therfore that eate meate offeryd to Idoles, are partakers of deuells. And as many as are baptized haue put on Christ: it is not to be fearyd, leaste as many as weare antychristes robes, wil take more yf auctorite comand it, neyther dothe the auctoryte of the Christian Magistrat excuse vs, except we thinke, that Sergius Paulus myght permyte that S. Paule had forbydden the sentence of Jamys,Act. 15. Deut. 12. which is, that the gentyls shulde abstayne from the polucion of Idoles, God will borowe nothynge of Idoles to garnysh or become his religion. thou shalt not do so to the Lorde thy god, but rather he commandyth vtterly to destroye theyr alters, woddes, pyllers, and theyr very names. He forbyddyth them also to brynge any thinge in to theyr howses that belongythe to Idoles. Esaye chap. 30. byddyth those that are earnestly turnyd to the worshippe of god, to cast awaye the reliques of Idolatrie, You shall, sayth he, put out the couerynge of the Imagis of syluer,that is all thing belonging to Idolatry. & the precious vestymēts of the goldē Imagis, and thou shalt caste them awaye lyke a menstrous clowte, and saye vnto yt: Auawnte, or get the hence. Fynallye when all godly men abhorre the monstrous apparell of Fryers, Monkes, Chanons, I can not se, by what order they shulde exteme the ornaments of Popishe Preastes, whose order is as wyckyd as Freyers, Monkes, or any other, which thyng may be sayd of the reste of the Popishe ceremonies, which may all with lyke precepte and coloure, & by as good reason be receuid in the Churches as those. But admyttinge that these thynges were neuer so indifferent, yet it can not be that we shulde thynke them lawfull, for vs to vse them: For euē those thinges, which by them sealues are lawfull, whē an other circumstance is ioynyd to them, then become they vnlawfull for a Christian to vse them, as in these cases. First we can not cast of all doubtfulnes, hauing so many reasons on our syde, and so manye examples bothe of learnyd men, and best reformyd Churches, but in all thinges most indifferent. Saint Paule chargith euery mā to be certanly persuadyd in his owne mynde, which some men vntruly translate, Let euery man abownde in his owne sence, for he that with doubt of conscience eatyth, which of it sealfe is lawfull, is condemnyd, because he doth it not of fayth. Now the assurance of fayth muste be sought no where, but in Gods worde. Secondlye, thowghe we shulde satisfye our consciences, yet this man is defylid, which is not persuadid by Gods worde, but encreased by our examples, that he dare do that, whereof before he doubted, and this is to geue an offence, as they cō monly call it to anger them, for they that are best pleasyd with these matters, are most offendyd that they stomble and falle, we must not do what so euer is lawfull, but what so euer also is profytable to edifying: nether must we only regarde what lyberte permyttyth, but rather what our brothers proffyt requiryth. Thyrdlye, we maye not altogether neclecte what infydells iudge of vs in the vsynge of thinges lawfull by them sealfes, and therefore S. Paule byddeth them that are callyd to the feastes of the gentyls, so sone as mencyon is made of meate offeryd to Idoles, to abstayne from eatinge of it, because of hym that tolde of it, and his conscience, not of hym sealfe, but of an other. What the Papistes iudge of vs, maye casely be seene by this, ye Harding for the retayning of those Popishe cerymonies, cōteynith hope that popery shalbe restoryd: what the ignorant people iudge of the reamnants of papistri retaynyd, wyse men may well consyder. Herunto might haue byne ioynid the sentences of olde Doctors, Justinus, Ireneus, Tertullianus, Agustyne, Ambros, Chrysostums, Celestinus, & almost all the rest, for abhorrynge the customes and ryghtes of the Jewes and gentyles and heritykes, but Gods truthe nedyth not mans auctoryte, except they that be against vs, in this cause wyll appeale to the fathers, thē shall they perceyue, that in nomber both of Doctors, and sentences, we shall be nothinge inferior to them. In the meane tyme this maye suffyce, to shew fyrst that the precysians is blameles, secondly the garmētes ar not indifferent, & thyrdly that thowghe they were indifferent yet ther is sufficient reason at this tyme, why we shoulde not weare them. Come Lord Jesus, and make an ende of thys wyckyd wordle, that thy sainctes may come to gether, that we may synge with the in thy holy hyll for euer. He that ouercomith, shalbe crownyd. Pray, pray, as the Apostell Peter sayth: the end of all thinges is at hand.