Thus this valiant and couragious captaine fighting for the gospell and sincere doctryne of gods truth and religion, against falsehead and errour, was committed with hys fellowes to the secular power.

And so these thre godly men, Iohn Hallyngdale, William Sparrow, and maister Gibson, being thus appointed to the slaughter, wer the xii. day after theyr condemnation (whiche was the. xviii. day of the said moneth of Nouember) burnt in Smithfield in London. And beyng brought thether to the stake, after theyr prayer made, they were bound therunto with chains, and wood set vnto them, and after wood, fyre, in the which being compassed about, & the fiery flames cōsuming their flesh, at the last they yelded gloriously & ioyfully theyr soules & liues in to the holy hāds of the lorde, to whose tuition & gouernement, I cōmend the good reader. Amē.

☞ It is a litle aboue declared in this story of Richard Gibson, howe Boner ministred vnto the said Gibson certain articles, to the number of. ix. Now let vs see likewise tharticles which the said Gibson ministred again to Boner, according to the same number of. ix. for him to answere vnto, as by the same herevnder written may appeare. Emanuel.

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The elimination in later editions of a 1563 introduction to the articles shows that many of the cuts of material made in this edition were made to save paper (even small amounts of paper) and not for purposes of censorship.

Marginalia1WHether þ^e holy scriptures of god, written by Moses & other holy Prophetes of god, through faith þ^t is in christ Iesus, is auailable doctrine to make al mē in all things vnto saluation learned w^toute the help of any other doctryne or no.

Marginalia2What is autority & from whence it cōmeth, to whō it apperteineth, & to what end it tēdeth

Marginalia3Whether the holy word of god, as it is writtē doth sufficiētly teach al mē, of what dignity, estate or calling by office soeuer he or they bee, their ful, true, & lawful duty in their office. and whether euery mā of what dignitye, estate, or calling by office soeuer he, or they be, are boūd vpō the pain of eternal dānatiō, in al thinges to do as they are hereby taught and commanded, & in no wise to leaue vndone anye thing that is to doe, beyng taught & cōmaūded by þ^e same.

Marginalia4Whether any mā, the lord Iesu Christ god & mā only except, by the holy ordināce of god euer was, is, or shalbe lord ouer faith, & by what lawful autority any mā, of what dignity, estate, or calling by office soeuer he or they be, maye vse

lordship, or power ouer any man for faith sake, or for the secrety of his conscience.

Marginalia5By what lawful autority or power any mā of what dignitye, estate, or calling soeuer he or they be, may be so bolde as to alter or chaunge the holy ordinaunces of god, or any of them, or any part of them.

Marginalia6By what euident tokens Antichrist in his ministers may be knowne, seing it is writtē þ^t Sathā can chaūge himself into the similitude of an angell of light, & his ministers fashiō thēselues as though they wer the ministers of righteousnes, and how it may be knowen to hym that is desirous therof, when he is one of that number or in the daūger therof, of whē he is otherwise.

Marginalia7What þ^e beast is, the which maketh war w^t þ^e saåts of god, & doth not only kil thē, but also wil suffer none to bye nor sel, but suche as worship his image, or receyue his mark in their right hāds, or in their foreheads, his name or þ^e nūber of his name, or do worship his image: which by the iust & terrible sētēce of god already decreed shalbe punished in fire & brimstone before þ^e holy angels & before the lamb. And they shal haue no rest day nor night, but the smoke of their tormēt shal ascēd vp for euermore. And what þ^e gorgeous & glittring whore is, the which sitteth vpō þ^e beast w^t a cup of gold in her hād, ful of abhominatiōs, w^t whō the kinges of thearth haue cōmitted fornicatiō, & thinhabitors of the earth & she her self also is dronkē with the bloude of saints, which is þ^e wine of her fornicatiō, whose flesh the hornes of the beast shal teare in pieces, and burne her with fier. for God hath putte in their hearts to do his will.

Marginalia8whether a king ouer al those people which are born & inhabit w^tin his own dominiōs, regiōs, & coūtreys, or any part of thē, of what dignity, estate, or callynge by offyce, so euer they bee, here vpō this earth immediately vnder Christ, by the holy ordinance of god, is lawful, supreme & chief gouernor or no. And whether a kyng ouer al these people w^tin his dominiōs, regiōs, & coūtreys, & euery part of thē, by þ^e holy ordināce of god, lawfully may, & ought not otherwise to do, nor suffer otherwise to be done, then in his own name, power, & autority, the name of god only except as lawful, supreme, & chief head in al things þ^t belongeth to rule (w^tout exception) to gouerne & rule. And whether al those people of what dignity, estate or callinge soeuer they be, ar boūd by the holy ordinance of god, to owe their whole obediēce & seruice in al thinges w^tout exception (their duty to god only excepted) to their king onely, as to their supreme & chiefe gouernor, vpon this earthe immediately vnder christ. And whether a king w^tout offēse against god & his people may geue away, & not himself vse that his authoritye & power geuen him of god, or lawfully may without offense to God & his people (after knowledge therof had) suf-