The Lord Cobhams (onj/arzq i1l the_tmrh, a"d /,is Admorzirion to the People. 643 {~!:~} 'f~!;b;~~:t;~;tif'"j/t;:,": ::/:/:f:/:p~1k;Ye~; ~e~~~h~~:i~:a~~ti~~~~~~~ r~:~:~~1ili'e ~~u~~ ToAopJy; ~;!;,~::;;~~ 1;:b:{f!/: ";J £'ff:o:~ ~;:r::!. t~"t:~~~gas:~~~r:~n:h~,f~1~~~nd:~~7:~!~~t ~~~~~~ ~~~~;at ...... ~r:;~?jf.:?:t;~~~!;;, r7 E!rt.i:?:'L~i ~~;~~~:r~:.~;:!~i~~i; .. f~~~m~:~;~,~:r:~: l~i~~~E. =~~::, 'i!r~Z:u~?/~'urIVI;~ie bjf,:i;;;~ /f:r o:t:; :i#fo7;! crc~~Tl!n~~ittetl?:~fiili~;da~d~::Ot~; g~~!1y~~; [i~~rf ~:~a ..ul :~,;~:;~:;~~to~t;u;:~":!,;~':ta':k:~h~;:~~J~b~ ~~~~dt ~~~:~~~a~~.~~r~i;~'~pi~!~~~~ ~~;~;;~!h;:~ tht ptoplt. ~~~~:' fj~{!,gsaf:~;e ::~,t~s!:':::fiu/{a1ne1'c~!:!!/. i~ Juo;,; ~:Ia~~ncd-a~: th~~~g~~~~er;~nfur~~~r~~:~~~:~~c;: A pnG!U ~~it\- point ptrfcrmtd i the_ Jay whmon '/t rewvrJ thu PriJ-' wards them both ways, when:fore they drew their heads~~~~ w~o~tcare eeji, the timt wbtn 11 was of us E:.:w~uJ, tmd apa ~ether, and at the lafi confeuted tO ufe another pr:1Cbcc ~!fr~~- '/:~k ~;o:1b::'eif, ;;:: j; :;1::/~~io;'o b, ;:;,;'~"!, ~~;;:~~Y:dtb;~o~~;~~~~~~r!J~~~~~~:j-er~~~~~ f"'• {amr. friends,andOObhngStrJohn's,thattht:faidLordCobh.<~m was .become. a gcxxl. man, and had lowly fubmict~ hi~~ ~tff;~· Ar~~,tc~;crb:;:;u:~-t!:!rdn=s :,r;j:/,t ;~: ~!i~~~:l~!1;;~n~~~~h~0gCl~~~~· A~~7!~~~:~h~; Wklm. tmth day of OEiobrr, withitl che lam..: year of our Lord, counterfettcd an AbJltr.l.tion llt hiS name, that the people 1413• unto Richtr('J C/iff(}rJ the Bilhop of J..:m· !bouldtake.noholdofhisOpinionbyanythill!?theyhad Jm, which chus bcgumcth, Thomas permijfiont Jivma, hwd of htm before-, md fo to fiand the more m awe of Tbtli:a( &cine faid RitharJ Cliff(}rJ fent another Copy thereof d~~.' confidcring him (o great a man, and by them (ub- ~=.o11. c:tOfi rJ. inclofcd wit~n his own letters, U~ltO Robm M.<~ftal. a This is the Abjuration, fay they, of Sir John Oldc•ftlt, Canntlite Fner, which WlS chenB1fhop of Haif(}rJm Knight, fomctime thel..ordCobh11m. Wales, writtenfromHadkm, the23.ofOfloberinthe fame r_car. t~ begitming whmof is as followcth: Rtvtl- An Abjuration CONnttrfiiuJ of tht BiflxtJ. rmJe m Cbrifto Paur, &c. ~;:.,, fro!'ts~~rrt~fc~:;1a,~~:!ti~:~ ~~~~= ~~~~;;i':e~~dcd o} ?.~~:~:dfv~ t;~~~c1a~ i;;: in the fame year, inclofrd in h~ own Commiffion alfo, vour~ng both of Herefi..: and Error, before the reverend Fa- Wid"' ' ' umo hiS Archda.con and Deans m HmforJ andSbrnvef ther 1~1 Chrifiand my g~ lord, Thomas by the permiffi- ;~fer~:dv~1::, ~~~~er~f 1:~; :~:U1Jid~he~~~;;;~ ~ ~~~i~:fu[}~~r~~~:~t~l~t0L~~it~x~:~na;1~~~~~1 ~~d fhops w1thll1 their Diocr&. . ccnfeiS, that :lS concmnng the dbce and pcwer of ~he ~~~~~ !••'"9•• After tha~ the Archbifhop had thusreJ.d the Bill of his mofi ~oly Father rh~ Pope of Romt, of his Archbilhops,ar.tct ••,.!Jorl. Condemnation, with moO: ext~mity. befure the whole his Bdl10ps, and hiS other Prelates, the degrees of the I;Clmrlh. multirude ; the Lord Cob~am fa1d Wlth a moll cheerful Church,and the holy Sacraments of the famef~iallyof the Mat. 10. countenance, Though ye judge my Body, which is but a Sacraments of the Altar, of Penance, and other obferv:mc.rs Job. I. wretched thing, yet am I certain and fun-, that ye can do hrfldcs of our Mothtt holy Church, as Pilgrimages and no harm to my Soul, oo mort' than coul~ Satan unto the P:udo~lS ; 1aflirm ( I fay) before the fai~ reverend Father Soul of 'Job. He that Created that, will of his ll1finite Archbt~~P and dftwhere,that I ~ing evilly fcduccd by di~ Mercy and Promife faveit. I have thcrtinnomannttof \'ers fedmousprcachers, ha.vegrrevouflyerrcd,andheretit~f·aru~n~asth=tt~ev~id:th,bcf~ili:h~: ~ll~~,t~~~~yb;~~;7j'r~:a~~~:~~ ~~~f" of my Eternal God. before the rtvcrend Fathers llt Chrifl: alfo, the Bill10ps of And thatwich he t\it1Kd h~m unto thcprople, cafl:ing LtmJon, Winchlfter, and Bangur, lawfully condemned fur his lunds abroad, and laying wtth a very loud voice, Good an Herctick. Chrifiian people , for Gods Love be ~"Cll ware of. thefe . Ncven:.hdclS, yet l i'K!w J(membring my ~If and covet~ ~~~ fh':J mg by this mean tO avoid thlt Temporal pam which I am art nan· Mat. to. · worthy to fuffer as an .Hereti~k, at the a~ign.1tion of my d({cd, moll excellent Chrilhan Prmce md Ltege Lord, King to aiJ into ~he Jiuh. Henry the fifth, now by the Grace of God m?fi worthy t£·::.:·• befc!~~~~~ ~~ :~~·~'f~~ ~:E~~~s~~~~~hrl~~ ~~~r':~1w0~o~;£~er~~tl~~:;,sn;,~t~~~~~1t~~i~~ hands and hiS eyes towards Heaven, and faymg, lord God of the h.ol.Y umvtrfal Church of Rome, before the unwhol~ Etemal, I lxftteJ:l thee of thy great. mercy fake to forgive foro OpmlO~lS.of my ftlf, my r~chers, and my followm, mx purfuers, If it be thy bldfed WilL And then.he was I freely, wJ!lmgly, deh!xrate!y, and throughly confefs, d.c!ivertd to Sir Robm M(}r/q, and fo lrd forth agam unto grant, and affirm, l11at th~ moO: holy F ~thcrs in Chrifl:, • fl ~~;~:~.of Undm; and thl5 there was an end of that ~t- ~~~; :1~~:rrn~h'Ls~~~c~l~~~~~rs b~:Jf~lirlP~~ ••..,;;;!/ While the Lord Cobham was thus in the Tower, he J:hn, by the permitlion of God, the thr~ and twentieth ~·~ ~~:~ii~fe~nJf~~t~:vt~ ~~~~~ii:~ohtr~:~ ~ ;;r (~~~ ~~~~~i;~~~~;\~o~;tt~ ru~~a:~~:h(~ in divers quarters of Lml.lon, thattheprople fhould not powertobcChrifisVtcarinEarth, and the Head of the bclie\'e the Randersand lies that h~Enernicsthe Bifhop's Church Militant, And that by theilrength of hLsoffice fervants and.Pridls hadmadeonhimabroad. And thus (what though h..: be a great fumer, and afore-known of was the Letter: God to be damned~) he hath full Authority and power ro · rule and govern, bindandloofr,fave and defiroy,ao:wfc: ~~:r;: F~h!: ~ :J;~~:~~~;l~~=.~ a~~o~~~:;rfi~t~t1~.cohfe£S, grant, and affirm lrlmd• rrpomd .and ilandered among the common. prople% his all other ~rd1bilhops, Bifhops, and Prclarcs llt their Proo ~~~~~~e2~~~=~t~~~~d~~ ~~~~eD~~~~ :~!~~h~csd~ll~p~;1 b:~r~£St~eb~~:{t blelfcd Sacrarnmt of the Altar, than was written in the crees,Canons, or vertue of his of~. to have had in rimes Confcffion of his bdicf ~ w~ich was intended and ukm pafi, to 1.1ave now at this time, and that they ought to to. the Clergy, and fo fct up ~n divers open places of the have in tt!ne to come, Authority and po~·er to rule,and City of UnJon: Known be u hm: to all tM World, that govern, bmd and Jooft1 accwfe and aifoil th fub)~~
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