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See daPlff his book of the seyffery of iniquity. An Expofition upon men wrote to the Cuuncell in behalte of M. John Hufe,to juflifiehis opinions and teaching to be Orthodox; there were innumerable in the mid ft of Pope- ry, which were of Luthers mind, both in France, England, Scotland, Calabria, Pie - mount,&rr. (See the French ftory ) who were by nick -name called of the Popilh rout, Waldenjes, Wickelevians, Lollards, Pauperes De Lugduno, Leoni fie , Picar- di ; and this was three hundred years a- fire Lather. There was two hundred years between Wiikli ffe and Luther, and very veer fo much between Huffe and Luther. Allo Hicrem of Prague was a profeffor an hundred yeares before him. One Sir John Oldcaille Knight, and Lord Cob- ham, fuffered Martyrdome for the truth about an hundred years afore Luther preached:So did Sir Robert Aflon knight, and Savanarala. Joannes Plena Earl of Mirandufa, publifhed in Rome the do- arine of the Gofpell, certaine yeares ere ever Luther appeared. What Mould I fpeake and tell you of members of the Popes owne deareft friends and follow- ers, which long before Luther, began to diftafte Romifh fuperffition , and to foretell by a fpirit of prophefie, the re- formation which Luther by preaching the Gofpell of Chrift, (tic aid bring in- to the world ? as in England one Groflhead iifhop of Lincolne, and one Wef alas to a certaine yong man which came to vial him, Paid: Thou (halt live to fee the day when all Divines in a manner, (hall abhorre and Wire at the Romifh- doarine. One Tilemannue Speudebarge fpake thus on a time to his fonnes, Paying, Shortly this Re- ligion which now flourifheth, (ball come into extreame contempt. Alto Joannes Ke i ferbergi us a Preacher at Argentine. There (fall (faith he) come a certaine man ftirred up of God, which (hall reffore Religion. Joannes Hiltenbeing.eaftinto prifon, for freely rebuking the abufes of Monkes, did thus fay to one who repaired to him, That he had done nothing againfì Mo- nafti¢alllife,butthere would one arife (in the year one houfand five hundred Chap. it. and fixteen, ) who fhould overthrow the Monkes,and they fbould in no wife be able to withftand him; and that very fame yeare Luther began to preach. A certaine ancient Divine named Andreas Proles fpake thus to fome about him: O brethren , the efface of Chriftianity hath need of ftrong and great reforma- tion, which (me thinkes ) I fee now to approach apace. And to one who demanded of him, why he did not be- ginne to dileover and refute corrupti- ons in doarine and life 2 he anlwered, 1 am ftricken in yeares, weake in ftrength of body and mind; : but G O D (hall raife up one of an heroicall fpirit, full of courage and ftrengtb, in- duflrous and eloquent;, which (hall mightily oppofe himfelf unto errours, and beginne the .reformation of the Church ; to whom `God (bali give fuck an heart, as he (ball be bold to re- f& even the Potentates of the earth; which thing was afterward fulfilled in Matter Luther. Finally, thofe two fore named men , Huffe and Hierome of Prague, uttered thefe Prophcticall words oí Luther. Hinrom Paid to the Gouncell of Confiance. 1 cite you all within one hundred yeares, to anfwer to me be- fore the juft Judge, thus in Latine ( Centum revolutis annis mthi, es° Des refpondebitis, ) and at the end of an hun- dred yeares, was Luther borne. John Hufe Paid at his Martyrdome: This day you doe roil and broil; a Goofe, (Hufïe in the Bohemian tongue lignifies a Goofe) out of whole allies (hall arife an Egge, which you (hall not be able to breake, but it fhall break you alt in perces. This was verifi- ed in Luther. Alto he laid, Spero quo 4ixit Tub tello predicabuntur Taper tel}a. And againe he added, That the Church muff be reformed, and all things made new :alfo,that God would fend one after him, that fhou.Id be more valiant, and that the power of Antichrift fhonld be fhortned. Now, whereas Papifs doe fay, that none were in all points of Lu- thers beleefe, that is a weer cavill : for it was enough that they did agree in the chiefe 1

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