The co[n]futacyon of Tyndales answere made by syr Thomas More knyght lorde chau[n]cellour of Englonde

More.

If the deuyll sholde hym self syt & deuise to speke spyght¦fully / what coulde he say more lyke hym selfe agaynste this parte of the holy sacramēt of penaūs, thē he now speketh by the mouth of thys hys holy spyrytuall man.

[ C] Here hathe ben a shrew•• sort of crysten folke thys .xv. hundred yere / yf euery mā haue serued Sathan all y^e whyle they were a shryuynge.

ye maye se now to what perfeccyon thys gere groweth wyth Tyndale.

Luther yet that was Tyndales mayster, as lewde as he is played neuer the blasphemouse fole agaynst confessyon so farre yet as Tyndale doth. For Luther all be it he wolde make euery man and euery woman to, suffycyēt and meate∣ly to serue for a confessour: yet confesseth he that shryfte is very necessary and dothe mych good, and wolde in no wyse haue it le••••e. But Tyndale amendeth the mater, and sayth it is the very worke of Sathā / & they therfore serue Sathā and worke hys worke yf they shryue them selfe secretly and

speke softely at y^e preestes ere. But by lykelyhed he meaneth [ A] that yf they speke owt lustely that euery man may here thē, all is well inough. For wyll waw forbade rownyng.

Of satysfaccyon.

He wyll that we shall for oure synnes nomore but onely repente. For as for goynge about to punysshe our selfe any thynge for oure owne synnys, by penauns doynge, wyth fa¦stynge, prayour, almeyse dede, or any bodyly afflyccyō that god maye haue the more mercye vppon vs, whyche thynge all good chrysten people haue euer vsed to do, and whyche the chyrche calleth satysfaccyon: thys thynge Tyndale cal∣leth as ye shall here.