A supplication exhibited to the most mightie Prince Philip king of Spain &c. VVherin is contained the summe of our Christian religion, for theprofession whereof the Protestants in the lowe Countries of Flaunders, &c. doe suffer persecution, vvyth the meanes to acquiet and appease the troubles in those partes. There is annexed An epistle written to the ministers of Antwerpe, which are called of the confession of Auspurge, concerning the Supper of our sauiour Iesus Christ. VVritten in French and Latine, by Anthonie Corronus of Siuill, professor of Diuinitie.

Of the Popishe Baptisme.

BVt if we shulde demaunde of ou•• aduersaries this question: Wh•• ways a man should take to become p••••¦taker of this singular benefite of Chr•••• that he might be clothed and armed w•• his righteousnesse and innocencie, to b•• able to stande before the throne of t•••• Maiestye of God, the moste righteou•• iudge: they will answere hervnto I sup¦pose, that men must be washed with t•••• Sacrament of Baptisme, and haue a f••¦lishe sir Iohn to breath vppon them, an•• crosse them in their foreheade wyth h•••• moste filthie spittell, that the Deuils b•• these means might be cast out of the bo¦dies of the babes: they muste haue sal•••• cast into their mouths, that so they migh•• he made partakers of the heauenly wise¦dome:

they must haue a waxe taper putte 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their hands, that the lighte of fayth ••ght shine vpō thē, the which is increa∣•• in them, & made more forcible, as the ••••dell excéedeth in greatnes & quantitie. ••r in this the Popes paradise, faith, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 grace of God is solde by weight and ••easure as wax is. Their head is also, I ••ot nere why, knit rounde about with a ••ece of a white linnen rag, as who saye, ••ey did by that meanes put on the since∣tie and innocencie of Christe, and are ••oreouer greased with oile, & become as ••uldiors, & captains, & standerdbearers, ••••at shuld giue vp their names, and take ••ages, & fight for Christ: for the cōsecra∣••ion wherof, a sort of bishops must méete ••nce a yeare, and assemble togyther to make that holy oyle, and close it in a box, ••nd commit Idolatrie vnto it, by doing it ••uche reuerence, as if God himselfe were within it. Laste of all, their eyes are an∣••ointed with y^e filthy and stincking spit∣••ell of the priest, belike to blind y^e séely in∣••āts, or so to dim their sights, y^t they shal not be able to behold the heauenly light.

O what prety toying and iugling 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is? what coniurations, what wiche 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and inchauntmentes? and yet notw••••¦standing, when they haue done all th•• their fond ceremonies, they say plainl•• those infants which be baptised on th•• sorte, do foorthwith receiue faith, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 come Christe Iesus brethren, Gods ch••¦dren, newe creatures, Christes stand•••• bearers, shine with the light of heau•••• be indued with heauenly wisedome. ••••¦nally what are they not become, so th•• paye liberally: for this is the proclama••¦on they make, giue and it shall bée giu•• vnto you.