14. They likewiſe took another courſe which was both tyrannical over the Conſciences of men, and diſhonourable to God, that becauſe they ſee they could neither convince nor conyert any one by the word of God: therefore they reſolved with themſelves, to make no uſe of any argument from Scripture; eſpecially to the vulgar multitude, but by Authority of their Church, and by force compell’d them to obedience; wherefore if any man did appeal unto the Scriptures, they were anſwered with ſcoffes and jeeres, and taunts, they accuſed the Scripture of imperfection, of obſcurity, of ambiguity, that it was the fountain of hereſie, the ſanctuary of Hereticks, and that Laymen had norhing to do with it: this was nothing with them, nay, theſe blaſphemous wretches were not afraid with their ſoule mouthes to nick-name he Bible Wiblia, that is in our Language vomit, and ſo they ſpit in the very face of God himſelf, wherefore they took away all religious bookes, from the people, that ſo the blind leading the blind, they might over-ſpread the Kingdom with darknes; & alſo they perceived that the people by this meanes being deprived of all light from the word of God, might more eaſily be overſpread with the darkneſſe of error.
15. Some of the Nobles after they had forced their Tenants into their Church, and ſhut the
doores,
