A Çeyelatíonofthe Apocalypfe. C A P.11. though not in any folemn fepulchre,but only under fomepoor Turfin their Cottages; the Fathers, whofe fcarlet Robes aré futable to the Scarlet whore, did very precifely deny them fo much. The Church likewife was handled after the like fafihion. For 'after that the Duke ofSaxony andLantgrave were taken captive, the Citieswere fined and punithed by the purfe,and many Noblemen were call; altogether outof favour,Cxfar proclaimeth the men ofMagdeburg for Outlaws, and that by Writings made and publifhed to that purpofe, the ufual! Tenor of which profcription was this : That no manfhouldaid them by any manner ofmeans,nor plead their caufe, nor take theirpart ; and Whofoever fhould dootherwife, he fhould indure the danger both of lifeand goods. What other thingwas this, but to forbid anyman to dare to keep the funerals ofthe Church that had bin (lain fo miferably ? The town of Magdeburg was only left of thole wofull remainders of the Church, where any meetings of the faithful! were kept. But might it not indeed be lawful! to lend anyhelp to this brand that was refer- ved out of the fire,.but with hazard of a mans life ? Certainly, it is very manifefi,when as neither the Carcafes that were !lain, might be fo much as buried. io. And the Inhabitants of theearth rejoyced; That is,the Citizens kloncing to thefall Church,as before,Chap,7. i .This bäfiardly gene- ration was very gladand jocund, andfent prefents one to another, as is ufuall tobe done in a common rejóycing. And that not without caufe, feeing they were now delivered from a great molefiation, wherwith the Scriptures,whil e they wereahve,and thepurer Churches together with them, did vex them, as it were, tormenting them like a hangman and executioner of cruel! rackings and tortdrings. There is nothing fo intolerable to the world, as to have their impure and lewd luíis bridled, tohave their beafily and (hamefull courfes repra- ved,and all their aftions to befquared according to the rule ofGods holyTruth. But the interpretations of the Scriptures are now bound unto the Church,that is,unto the Pope ofRome.Why might not thePa- pifis hope,that the Pope their Lord, for his indulgence fake, which he ufeth to thofe that be his Vaffals,will not fuffer them from henceforth to receive any more griefand vexation from the Scriptures.Out ofall doubt, that molt Holy Father would (mite their teeth outto keep them from biting his dainty darlings. Jul! caufe then had they of molt great rejoycing and triumphing at this. Ia. But after three dayes and a half In the veer 155o. in the Calends
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