A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus, is here both dysclosed & confuted by Iohan Bale. An, M.D.xlii. Marke in the capytall letters of this boke, the .A.B.C. with the name of the author
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A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus, is here both dysclosed & confuted by Iohan Bale. An, M.D.xlii. Marke in the capytall letters of this boke, the .A.B.C. with the name of the author
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Bale, John, 1495-1563.
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Emprynted at Geneua [i.e. Antwerp] :: By Mycheal Woode [i.e. A. Goinus],
1545.
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Huntington, John, -- preacher. -- Genealogye of heresye.
Church of England -- Controversial literature.
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"A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus, is here both dysclosed & confuted by Iohan Bale. An, M.D.xlii. Marke in the capytall letters of this boke, the .A.B.C. with the name of the author." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a02886.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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A mysterye.
1 After this brother.
Came forth an other.
2 His name to discusse.
Menne called him husse.
3 He and his cumpanye.
Began in Germanye.
4. He•• est gens que non audiuit vocer••
domini sui. Hiere. 2.
The openinge. 1.
EVermore doth pantolab{us} pranke forth
with his pylde Popyshe Poesyes not
vnlyke Iacke of Bedlem with his net
full of wolle. From that bryer hath he gathe¦red
that lock all tarrye / and from that thor∣ne
that patche all dryseled. Lete him that
hath eyther lerninge or witt / marke what
dyrtye gete this is / and from what good au∣thors
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borrowed. The grounde therof was
first taken out of Pope Benedyct the .xiii. po¦pe
Gregorye the .xii. and Pope Iohan the
.xxiii. all thre deposed at ones in the gene∣rall
counsell of Cōstance / & out of the cowy∣she
actes and proclamacyons of Pope Mar∣tyne
the fift which after supplied their rome
there vpon the seate of the beast in the dar∣ke
kyngedom of Anticrist or the chayre of pe¦stylence
whether ye wyll. Here is the name
of a brother most scornefullye vsed / whiche
is in the scripturs both holye and preciouse
And no maruele. For crist sayd there shuld
come soche swyne as wolde treade the fayre
pearles vndre their fete / and soche dogges
also as wolde turne ageyne & teare his true
disciples. The chefe cause of it is / that his
hipocrites eyes can abyde no light. But lete
him not thinke so to auoyde the great indig∣nacion
of God / nor yet anye other soche scor¦ner
as he is.
2 Iohan Husse that holye Apostle and
true Martyr of Iesus Christ / moche pyteyn¦ge
to se y• churche so wretchedlye deformed
with hypocresye / pryde / Idolatrye / & other
abhominaciōs of Anticrist / after he had sum
what perseyued therof by the doctrine of Io∣han
Wyclef / put forth his owne bodye to y•
crosse for it / to suffre the death yf nede shuld
require it. The pure lawe of the Gospell wa••
the scripturs of both testamētes ded he most
constantlye preache to the pople of Boheme
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ageynst that kyngdom of wyckednesse / dete∣stinge
all errours / heresyes / & scysmes. His
conuersacion was accordinge to his instruc¦cyons /
perfight and holye. Not onlye by the
report of .liiii. noble menne of the lande of
Morania / but also by the testimonye of his
enemyes / Pope Pius otherwyse called E••e
as Siluius / Pogius the Florentyne / Plati∣na /
Sabellicus / and soche other. In the opē
counsell of Constance spared not he to con∣fesse
y• true fayth of his Lorde Iesus Christ
to the deathe / and was at the last condemp∣ned
thervnto at the suggestions of the Do∣minick
fryres & other vnlerned sophisters.
He sayd that it behoued the Bysshoppes &
clergie to be poore after the exāple of christ
and not so to fyue in pryde an•• voluptuous∣nesse.
And this was the onlye artycle wher¦for
he was brent there to ashes / though the
papistes hath practised other.
3 What Pantolab{us} meaneth by that cū¦panye
of his which begāne in Germanye / I
can not tell / vnlesse they be the Hussytes as
the wytlesse Papistes doth call them. I kno∣we
wele that both the Apostles and Prophe¦tes
were of that opinion / yet were they no
Germanes borne. Nomore dishonour is it to
the most worihye lande of Germanye to be∣scornefullie
dispraysed of pantolabus / than
it is vnto golde to be bespryncled with swy∣nes
dyrt. Consideringe that after the myn∣de
of Seneca it is so fylthye a thinge to be
cōmēded of him that is vyle / as to be cōmen∣ded
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for fylthynesse. But this maketh me gre¦atlye
to wondre. That so manye heretiques
beynge afore this tyme / as were Hebion / Ce¦rinthus /
Carpocras / Marcion / Basilides /
Arrius / Cerdo / Pelagius / Eunomius / Ne∣stori{us} /
Dioscor{us} / E••tices / Sabin{us} / Faust{us} /
Donat{us} / Heluidi{us} / Manes / Montan{us} / No∣uat{us} /
Porphiri{us} / Petulian{us} / Sabelli{us} / Sergi¦us /
Simach{us} / Vigilanci{us} / Valens / Macedo¦ni{us} /
Artemon / Symon Mag{us} / & a great nā∣bre
besydes / which were heretyques indede
blasphemige the godhede & diuinite of crist
besydes his humanite & deathe / yet is there
not one of them in all this Genealogie.
The cause parauēture whye he towcheth
them not is this. They were for y• more part
Bysshoppes & great Prelates / whose quarel
he hath here takē vpon him to defende & not
so to blemishe. There were in the olde lawe
yll sectes / as Pharisees / Saducees / Herody¦anes /
& Samaritanes. And in the new law
also Saracenes / Turkes / Iewes / & Iacoby¦nes.
There hath bene Popes which hath be¦ne
poyseners / Byshoppes that hath bē baw¦des /
Prests that hath ben trayters / fryres /
monkes / & chanōs which hath bene hypocri¦tes /
so••cerers / & sodomites / & that in a won∣derful
nōbre / yet is there not one regestred
in all this generacion of heresye. Not one
heretyque is yet here named / but poore Io∣han
Wyclef & Iohan Husse / of all the hereti¦ques
that hath bene sens christes ascensiō.
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And they are here regestred because they we¦re
the Popes vtter enemies. If anye other
heresyes than that had moued the stomake
of Pantolabus / all the other coude not thus
haue bene left out. But a manne maye smell
the tree by the frute. He that seyth not some
light at this hoole / is wurthye to be blynde
alwayes. It wyll not awaye (they saye) that
is bred by the bone. Full swete vnto them is
that holye father of theirs.
4 The clause of Hieremye that he hath
here vnto annexed / Hee est gēs que non au∣diuit
vocem dominisui / is not there writen
in the seconde Chapter. And yf it were / yet
wolde it not serue to proue that Husse and
his cumpanye beganne in Germanye / nor
yet that the Germanes neglected the voice
of God whan they forsoke the Pope. For the
Pope is not their Lorde. But in dede this
text is in that Chapter. Tenentes legem /
nescierunt me. They which haue the lawe
in their handes knoweth me not. They ha∣ue
walked after their owne fantasies / & are
now become all vayne. They haue defyled
my pleasaunt lande (sayth the Lorde) & tur∣ned
myne heretage into abhominaciō. The
prestes haue dishonoured me / and the prea∣chers
haue done their homage vnto Baall.
They haue forsaken me the well of lyuinge
water / and dygged them broken pyttes that
wyll holde no moystre. They haue called y•
stocke their father / and the stone their crea∣tor.
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They haue stayned my wayes with blas¦phemie /
thei haue taught their owne maly∣cyouse
mischefe / and vpon their winges is
founde the blood of innocēt sowles. All this
with moche more is in that seconde chapter
of Hieremie / yet coude it not serue the purpo¦se
of Pantolabus / but he must brynge forth
a text of his own makinge ageynst the Ger¦manes /
bycause they haue not obeyed the
Pope.
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