THE  faith  and  determination  of2  holy  church  touching  the  EX  magno
blissful  sacrament  of  the  altar  is  this :  That  after  the  sacra-  m™  Anmdei
mental  words  be  once  spoken  by  a  priest  in  his  mass,  the
material  bread,  that  was  before  bread,  is  turned  into  Christ's
very  body  ;  and  the  material  wine,  that  was  afore  wine,  is
turned  into  Christ's  very  blood :  and  so  there  remaineth  in  The  first
the  sacrament  of  the  altar  from  thenceforth  no  material  bread  a
nor  material  wine,  which  were  there  before  the  sacramental
words  were  spoken. How  believe  ye  this  article  ?

Holy  church  hath  determined,  that  every  Christian  man  The  second
living  here  bodily  upon  earth  ought  to  be  shriven  to  a  priest arl
ordained  by  the  church,  if  he  may  come  to  him. How  feel  ye
this  article  ?

Christ  ordained  St  Peter  the  apostle  to  be  his  vicar  here  The  third
in  earth  :   whose  see  is  the  holy  church  of  Rome. And  he
granted  that  the  same  power,  which   he   gave  unto  Peter,
should  succeed  to  all  Peter's  successors,  which  we  call  now
popes  of  Rome  :  by  whose  special  power  in  churches  particu-  f^g^f*
lar   be   ordained  prelates,    as  archbishops,  bishops,   parsons,
curates,  and  other  degrees  more  ;  unto  whom  Christian  men
ought  to  obey  after  the  laws  of  the  church  of  Rome. This  is
the  determination  of  holy  church. How  feel  ye  this  article  ?

Holy  church  hath  determined  that  it  is  meritorious  to  a  The  fourth
Christian  man  to  go  on  pilgrimage  to  holy  places  ;  and  there
specially  to  worship  holy  relics  and  images  of  saints,  apostles,
martyrs,  confessors,  and  all  other  saints  besides  approved  by
the  church  of  Rome. How  feel  ye  this  article?
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28  THE  GREAT  PROCESS  AGAINST

He  tea  their         And   as    the  good   Lord   Cobliam   had    read    over    this

IcnnnuMO

ana  maiic*. wretched  writing,  he  marvelled  greatly  of  their  mad  igno-
rance ;  but  that  he  considered  again  that  God  had  given
them  over,  for  their  unbelief's  sake,  into  most  deep  errors
and  blindness  of  soul. Again  he  perceived  thereby  that  their
uttermost  malice  was  purposed  against  him,  howsoever  he

Heputhii     should  answer. And  therefore  he  put  his  life  into  the  hands

hand"  °  *  of  God,  desiring  his  only  Spirit  to  assist  him  in  his  next
answer. 