Two little workes defensiue of our redemption that our Lord went through the veile of his flesh into heaven, to appeare before God for vs. Which iourney a Talmudist, as the Gospell, would terme, a going vp to Paradise: but heathen Greeke, a going downe to Hades, and Latin, descendere ad inferos. Wherein the vnlearned barbarous, anger God and man, saying, that Iesus descended to Hell: and yeelde vnto the blasphemous Iewes by sure consequence vpon their words, that he should not be the Holy one of God. By Hugh Broughton.

To the aged Sir, IOHN of Canterb. Arch∣bishop, grace and truth.

MAISTER Francis Hall told that your G. de∣priued M. Pickaerd and him of their benefices, and gaue both to Bar Lo (whom he described after his name, a babe most bad) for defending your Gehenna: which haeresie of yours was vsed for a barr, that you were not fit to confirme o∣thers, who so erred your selfe: against all the Bible, all Greekes and Hebrewes. That the children whiche you would haue confirmed and you together may be truly firmed here∣in, behold your owne graunt in D. Bilson: to whom in Bar Lo his booke, your grace & wisedome referreth the vnlearned for a lear∣ned defence of your minde: which held that the Creed telleth whe∣ther our Lordes soule went hence. And this is your Proposition & myne too: and you will aduenture your eternall state vpon it, and I myne. This it is: The Place into which our Lordes soule went hence, is Hades or Hell of the Creede. This position is built vpon a rocke: that no storme, windes, nor waues can shake it. And if we agree to what place our Lord his soule went hence, we agree what Hades or your Hell is in the Creede. Nowe to your Proposition, this assumption D. Bilson layeth downe, fol••o 219. Paradise is the place to which our Lord went hence. Therefore by your owne graūt Hades or Hell in the Creede is Paradise. Seeing then the whole tenour of Moses and the Gospell, cannot mooue you: seeing the vniversall iudgement of the Hebrewes for their owne tongue, can not mooue you: seeing 3000. yeares heathen Greeke cannot mooue you: and Eulogines Patriarcha 1200. yeres old, with all other Chri∣stian Greekes which doe place Abraham in Hades, can not mooue you, and seeing the Zurick confession, which sayth, per Inferos in∣telligimus non locum supplicij designatum impijs, sed defunctos fide∣les, & sinum Abrahae can not mooue you, let your owne confession mooue you: and publish it in print, that the simple deceaued by you, may know how you led them to deny that our Lorde went through the vaile of his flesh into the most holy. Which they that will denie, may as well denie all religion and trueth of God. You haue most highly iniuried the Maiestie of God: pretendinge that

Sheol Psal. 16. was the Devils lodge, which no Ebrew euer thought, neither suffreth Moses to thinke: contemning the Gospell for the hand of God receaving the holy soule of our Lord: pervertinge so∣rowes of death into the second death, Act. 2. to befooll all Christi∣anitie, turning Saint Paul to Gehennean darknes: where he purpose∣lie speaketh of the Gospells brightnes: in these three iniuries you staine all the Bible, while you make some iarr from all the rest, and befoole the most holy Writers. This your sinne is haynous. So your despising of Ebrew DD. For their owne tongue, wilbe holden of the Scottish mist and Brettish nation, and all nations a brutish parte. and no lesse the reiecting of Heathen Greeke, for the Creede penned for heathen: and your restrayning of Greeke only to Poets: and your teaching as generall that Hades in them is vgly, this your learning wil be holden babish. Also where D. Bilson reiecteth the world of soules, as checking all Iewes in their owne tongue, his wrangling was senseles: that he knew no place where soules were togeather. Hath he euer seene in this world all bodyes togeather; other saw them not, yet the speach, this world is currant with all men. And for Hades Macedones call it Heaven. Portus Dictio∣narie would haue taught you so much, though you sought no dee∣per Graetians. And in Clemens Alexandrinus, Hades is Iuppiter. To your blame for denying the lxx. in Psal. 110. a warrant for the New Test. Greeke, you say nothing, as damned. And D. Bilson saith: the Greeke Fathers vnderstood not Josephs Haden. Such owles you bring to Athens: and make your Witgifte a scoph to all learned. Also you answer nothing to your blame for saying, that it were better the trueth of Daniel were hid, then antiquitie should be disgraced for missing. Others thought it a gracelesse speach. So when you condemne Saint Paul for cursing Ananias, which thing he was bound to doe, by expresse lawes, for stryking treacherouslie, and misleading the blind, you check Christ that promised a mouth that no adversarie could resist, and befoole Moses for making a de∣fence for an open impudent iudge. The blind, the deafe, the officers may not lightly be cursed: but in open wilfulnes they be cursed, as Saul of Dauid, and Sedechias of Ezechiel, and the Pharises. Mat. 23. Herein you stand at the mercy of God. Moreover touching. Abra∣ham Ruben the Iew, you haue iniuried Christ our Lord, & all Chri∣stians most wickedly. If he had not bene answered, all Christians

had bene worse thought of. Now he & all the Iewes in the Empire speak better of Christianity. And some by that haue bene baptized: and one D. told that he would be baptized and come to Englande: he is the man that prefaced to Aruc. So a rare learned Iew, to whō at Basil one gaue Rubens epistle, and shewed the apostles Thalmu∣dicall rare skil, he made request to the Professours, when the party was gone, to desire him to returne to instruct him more fully: (but the party could not) and afore requested his teacher to translate in∣to Ebrew, as he spake to him, the new Testament. This deserued bet∣ter then your language. You say the party feigned that whiche is written of his praise: and scoph his skil in Ebrew and Greeke: and terme him an asse, and offre all disgrace. For all, Christians & Iewes should thinke you vnworthy to haue the benefit of Christian poli∣cie. And as you know you haue the Anathema maran Atha giuen you. It returneth to the giuer if you deserue it not. If your desert be doubtles, you are surely miserable: as in your perpetual vntruthes and misvsing of the Realmes authoritie to Satans slavery. So when you scophed the hope in the Scottish mist, and the Brittish nation, what meant you but to endeuor to set millions to kill one another. Six yeres Beza noised a Testament bent badly, and Geneua meant to kill one for leaning on the Scottish mist: as three Scottes there then tolde the party: and Beza wrote much alike to your old head. Yet the party boldly printed the Scottish mist then to be his King. And now with what face can you looke for any good subiect, who knowes the blessing of the Scottish mist turned to a shyning sunne ever to wish you well: after your so great endevour to overthrow your owne nation; The Brettish nation would, as Davids 37. wor∣thies, haue layde their life in their hands for their lefull Prince, then and now most deare King. And wisheth you, after pardon, to be an harty subiect. Great cause you haue.