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Luther, as he excels in rare vertues, so is he infected with many vices &c. I would he had been more careful in correcting his vices. Caluin alleaged by Schluss. Theol. Calu. l. 2. fol. 126.

Luther cal's himself a more excellent Doctour, then al those that are in the Papacy: with many more such like Thrasonical brags, in a certaine epistle which he writ ad Anonymum. Tom. 5. Ien. & 9. See tom. 3. Ien. p. 330. See before XI. 47. 48. & next hereafter at 3.

God for the sinne of Pride, wherewith Luther exalted himself, tooke away his true Spirit. Conr. Rhege l. germ. cont. 10. Hess. de cæna Domin. See him further accused of pride & arrogancy by his owne learned Brethren Oecolamp. resp. ad confess. Luth. by Sym. Lyth[illeg.] resp. ad alt. I. Gretz. Apol. p. 333. by Zuingl. resp. ad confess Luth. by Naogeorg. in Schluss. Theol. Calu. l. 2. fol. 131. by Conr. Gesn. in vniuers. Biblioth. de Luth. by the Tigur. Diuines resp. ad lib. Luth. cont. Zuinglium &c. in so much that the same is acknowledged by himself to be the worlds opinion of him, in his loc. com. class. 4. fol. 35.

See hereafter ad 13.

We haue found in the faith and confession of Luth. 12. articles, whereof some are move vaine then is fitting, some lesse faithfully and ouer-guilefully expounded, others againe are false and reprobate, but some there are which plainly dissent from the word of God, and the articles of Christian faith. Oecolamp[illeg.]resp. ad Luth. confess. See Zninck. feld præf. Super præcip. fi[illeg.]dei artic. & Hospin. hist. sacr. pare. 2. f. 5. and see heretofore at XI. throughout.

Thou, ô Luther, art seen by al men to be a manifest, and publike corrupter and adulterer of holy Scripture, which thou canst neuer denie before any creature. Zuing. Tom. 2. fol. 413. See morc fol. 374, 475. 377. 412.

Thou (ô Luther) corrupt'st & adulterat'st the word of God &c. imitating therin the Marcionites & Arianes Zuingl. ib. f. 412. See also f. 400. 401. 407. 411.

In translating and expounding of Scripture his errours are manifest and many. Buterus dial. com. Melancthon.

Whereas Luther affirmes now this, now that, of one and the same thing, nor is euer at one with himself, doubtlesse he supposeth that it is lawful to vse that inconstancy and lightnes in the word of God, which impudent Scoffers are accustomed to vse in playing at dice. Zuing. Tom. 2. f. 458.

Hospinian in the Alphabetical table of the 2. part of his Sacramentary history vnder the word Lutherus, chargeth Luther with great inconstancy in Doctrine saying: Luther his inconstancy in doctrine 4. 6. the causes of his errours and inconstancy in doctrine, 5. his first opinion of the Supper. 5. 6. his second 7. 6. his third. 8. his fourth. 12. his fift ibidem, with much more to the same purpose in that table, which for breuity I omit.

Luther, when he hath once conceaued an opinion endeauours obstinately and eagerly to pursue and susteine it: neither doth he vse much to care what he say of any matter, though he be found to contradict either himself, or the oracles of Gods word. Zuingl. Tom. 2. resp. ad confess. Luth. See this Schlusselb. Theol. Calu. l. 2. fol. 122.

I did know the eleuation of the Sacrament to be Idolatrical, yet neuerthelesse I did retaine it in the Church at Wittemberg, to the end I might despight the diuel Carolostadius. Luther parua Confess. See him also tom. 3. Germ. fol. 55. & col. mens. Germ. f. 210. See this condemned in him by his owne brother Amand. Polonus. in syllogeth. Theol. p. 464 and the like examples alleadged by Hosp. hist. Sacr. part. 2. f. 8. 13 & 14.

Luther presently sends al to the Diuel that wil not forthwith subscribe to his opinion. Tigur. conf. Orthod. 122. 123. Luther cannot endure any but such as agree with him in al things, (saith Gesnerus) and Bucer saith that he wil not suffer himself to be contradicted by any Gasa in vniuers. Biblioth. de Luth. and Mart. Bucer dial. cont. Melancthon.

As sure as God is God, so sure and Diu'lish alyer is Luther. Io. Campanus colloq. latin. Luth. Tom. 2. c. de aduers. fol. 354.

See before. v. 5. 6. 4.

Luther at the very first powreth forth al his curses. See Tigur. confess. Orthod. f. 122. 123. See himself also, Tom. 7. Witt. fol. 382. and here before at 13.

Many of Luthers writings containe nothing but rayling and reproaches, in so much (say they a little before) as it maketh the Protestant religion suspected and hated. Tigur. vbi supra. See also Theol. Casimir. adm. de lib. Concord Berg. c. 6.

Of his immoderate railing against priuate men see a! his writings against the Sacramentaries: and in particular here before at XXIX. 7.

He calleth Henry the Eight more furious then madnes it-self, more doltish then folly it-self, indued with an impudent & whorish face; without any one veyne of princely bloud in his body, a lying Sophist, a damnable rotten worme, a basilisk, and progeny of an Adder, and lying Scarril, couered with the title of a King; a clownish wit, a doltish head, most wicked, foolish, & impudent Harry. And further he saith that he doth not only lye like a most vaine Scurre, but passeth a most wicked knaue. Thon lyest in thy throat foolish and Sacrilegious King. Lut. tom. 2. f. 333. 334. 335. 338. 340. and of his like insolent railing no lesse against other Princes, and namely against the Duke of Brunswick see his booke called Wider hanse woorst writtē in particular against him: and of his railing against the Arch-Bishop of Mentz, Prince Electour see him tom. 3. Germ. fol. 533. 339. 360. in colloq. mens. fol. 342. 343. and against the Princes of Germany see him tom. 2. Gem. f. 190. 200, & tom. 3. f. 195.

How merueilously doth Luther bewray himself with his Diuels? What filthy wordes doth he vse, & such as are replenished with al the Diuels in hel. Tigur. tract. 3. cont. supra Luther. Confessio.

I haue eaten (saith Luther) a heap or two of salt with the Diuel: I know the Diuel wel and he againe knowes me. Lut. conc. de turb. Sedand.

He confesseth of himself that the Diuel sometimes passeth through his braine so that he can neither write nor read. tom. 3. Ien. Germ. f. 485.

The Diuel doth more frequently sleep with me and more neer me then my Catharine. Luth. colloq. mens. Germ. f. 281.

He confesseth that in his bed-chamber he many times walketh with the Diuel; and further, that he hath one or two wonderful Diuels, by which he is diligently and carefully serued: and them he esteemes to be not vulgar Diues, but great ones; yea Doctours of diuinity (saith he) among the Diuels. Luth. 16. fol. 275.

See before XI. 44. & 42. and see himself tom. 4. Ien. p. 381. and the Tigur. præfat. Orthod. Confessio & Casimir. vbi supra at 17.

See before XIX. 21.

It is most cleare, and can not be denyed, but, that neuer any man writ more filthily, more vnciuilly, more lewdly, and that beyond al bounds of Christian modesty and temperance &c. then did Luther. Tigur. Theol. Orthod. Gonfess. f. 10. and then immediatly after some of his obscene bookes, as his Heintzius Anglicus against our King of England, his Hans Wurst, and another no lesse beastly against the Iewes: besides these there is extant (say they on the same place) his Schem Hamphorus, a prodigious booke, filthy and stinking through his frequent mentioning of hogs, and his often and loathsome repetition of turd and dunghils. But would'st thou heare (Gentle Reader) the swine himself grunt? If I were in hope thou would'st not condemne me for wronging our English tongue so much as to pollute it with so beastly phrase, thou should'st. Yet this, vpon better consideration, concernes only my-self. Thou shalt heare him whatsoeuer censure thou afford me, in hope thou may'st reap benefit by it, and iudge whether it be probable, nay possible for the Spirit of God to dwel in so loathsome a place, yea and blush to haue been so long seduced (if thou be a Protestant) by such a hog. Of what mouth (saith he) O Pope dost thou speak? is it of that from whence thy fartes doe burst? That which comes thence keep thou to thy self: or is it of that mouth into which wine of Corsica is powred? let the dog fil that with his excrementes &c. Is it lawful to contemne the 4. first Councels &c. for your farts and decretales? &c. If they be angry let them fil a hose with durt and hang it about their necks, it wil serue them insteed of a perfume or kisse &c. But proceed ô litte Paul (the beast meanes Paul the 3.) good Asse doe not Kick: ô Kick not my little Pope: ô my deare Asse doe not so: the yce this yeare by reasō there haue been no winds is very smooth & slippery, & thou might'st come so to haue a fal and breake thy thigh: and if in falling thou shouldst let a fart, euery one would deride thee and say, Fye how this little Pope hath berayd himself. Lut. cont. Pontif. Rom. a diab. fund. in tom. 8. Ien. p. 207. 208. In another place he affirmes the Canon law to be a turd of the Popes, which togeather with the Canonists stickes al on a heap in ipsius posterioribus. Col. Germ. fol. 419. He calles the Arch-Bishop of Mentz Cacando maculatum Sacerdotem, a berayd Priest. See Col. mens, fol. 84. 83. tom. 1. & f. 231. Let this be my general answer (sayth he to Henry the 8.) to al the sinkes of this foolish Hobgoblin &c. these are our forces, against which the Henries, the Thomistes, the Papistes, and al such dregs, sinks, priuies &c. tom. 21. Witt. f. 333. 336. 337. &c. May not we heer iustly say of him with the Tigurine Diuines, did euer man heare such speaches passe from a furious diuel himself? Tigur. tract. 3. cont. Suprem. Luc. Confess. p. 61. But we haue ouer-much stirred in this puddle, and yet not produced the hundred part of that which may from thence be raked. Wherefore no longer to offend the modest and Christian eare for this time (that I may say with Sr. Thomas More) furiosum hunc fraterculum & latrinarium nebulonem, & cum suis furijs & furoribus, cum suis merdis & stercoribus, cacantem cacatumq; relinquam.