The ansvvere of Master Isaac Casaubon to the epistle of the most reuerend Cardinall Peron. Translated out of Latin into English. May 18. 1612
         Ad epistolam illustr. et reverendiss. Cardinalis Perronii, responsio. English
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             The ansvvere of Master Isaac Casaubon to the epistle of the most reuerend Cardinall Peron. Translated out of Latin into English. May 18. 1612
             Ad epistolam illustr. et reverendiss. Cardinalis Perronii, responsio. English
             Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614.
          
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             1612.
          
           
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           THE
           ANSVVERE
           OF
           MASTER
           ISAAC
           CASAVBON
           to
           the
           Epistle
           OF
           THE
           MOST
           ILLVSTRIOVS
           ,
           and
           most
           reuerend
           Cardinall
           PERON
           .
        
         
           
             Translated
             out
             of
             Latin
             into
             English
             .
          
           May
           18.
           1612.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
          
           Printed
           by
           FELIX
           KYNGSTON
           ,
           for
           
             VVilliam
             Aspley
             .
          
           1612.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             TO
             SIR
             THOMAS
             EDMONDS
             HIS
             MAIESTIES
             Legier
             in
          
           France
           .
           
             ISAAC
             CASAVBON
             wisheth
             Health
             .
          
        
         
           HOnourable
           Sir
           ,
           the
           importunate
           curiositie
           of
           men
           hath
           at
           length
           ouercome
           my
           purpose
           ,
           which
           would
           not
           suffer
           neither
           this
           answere
           ,
           nor
           the
           Epistle
           that
           gaue
           the
           occasion
           of
           it
           to
           keepe
           priuate
           with
           other
           scroles
           in
           the
           desks
           of
           the
           owners
           .
           As
           for
           me
           ,
           how
           vnwilling
           I
           haue
           been
           from
           the
           beginning
           and
           euer
           since
           to
           haue
           it
           published
           ,
           both
           you
           well
           know
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           worth
           can
           witnesse
           ,
           who
           haue
           earnestly
           requested
           that
           of
           me
           ,
           yet
           did
           not
           preuaile
           .
           But
           now
           seeing
           so
           great
           a
           man
           forced
           to
           yeeld
           vnto
           other
           mens
           desire
           ,
           let
           none
           marueile
           that
           I
           also
           haue
           done
           the
           same
           .
           And
           although
           this
           Answere
           was
           not
           written
           to
           the
           end
           that
           it
           should
           be
           published
           ;
           yet
           if
           they
           into
           whose
           hands
           it
           shall
           come
           ,
           be
           equall
           and
           moderatly
           minded
           ,
           not
           seruile
           to
           affections
           ,
           there
           will
           proue
           no
           cause
           (
           I
           trust
           )
           that
           I
           should
           repent
           of
           publishing
           it
           ,
           or
           they
           of
           reading
           it
           .
           It
           shall
           be
           knowne
           to
           honest
           men
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           be
           
           desirous
           of
           publike
           agreement
           amongst
           Christian
           people
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           haue
           obserued
           the
           most
           to
           be
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           that
           are
           good
           men
           ,
           and
           intelligent
           in
           matters
           Diuine
           )
           that
           they
           haue
           his
           excellent
           Maiestie
           of
           
             GREAT
             BRITAINE
             ,
          
           ioyning
           with
           them
           in
           their
           most
           holie
           wish
           ,
           yea
           ,
           with
           most
           earnest
           desire
           .
           Who
           although
           he
           haue
           iust
           cause
           to
           be
           perswaded
           that
           his
           words
           ,
           his
           writings
           ,
           &
           his
           actions
           heretofore
           haue
           made
           manifest
           to
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           the
           excellencie
           of
           his
           minde
           in
           this
           behalfe
           ;
           yet
           he
           thought
           good
           not
           to
           despise
           this
           occasion
           happened
           also
           of
           declaring
           the
           same
           .
           Who
           is
           there
           so
           void
           of
           al
           sense
           of
           piety
           ,
           which
           doth
           not
           embrace
           ,
           and
           admire
           this
           affection
           in
           so
           mightie
           a
           Prince
           ?
           Who
           so
           sauage
           and
           barbarous
           as
           otherwaies
           to
           interpret
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           doubt
           whether
           this
           answere
           of
           the
           King
           did
           proceed
           from
           a
           vehement
           desire
           of
           concord
           ?
           Religious
           and
           wise
           men
           shall
           further
           vnderstand
           what
           manner
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           concord
           in
           the
           Church
           this
           most
           pious
           Prince
           wisheth
           :
           and
           vpon
           what
           termes
           and
           conditions
           his
           Maiestie
           is
           readie
           to
           make
           couenant
           .
           For
           this
           answere
           is
           tempered
           with
           such
           moderation
           ,
           that
           the
           zealous
           endeuour
           by
           all
           good
           meanes
           to
           make
           vp
           peace
           ,
           appeareth
           not
           to
           be
           inferiour
           to
           the
           Zealous
           endeuour
           of
           defending
           the
           truth
           .
           And
           this
           surely
           is
           the
           Kings
           opinion
           ,
           this
           his
           firme
           sentence
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           but
           vaine
           for
           such
           men
           to
           thinke
           ,
           or
           talke
           of
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           afraid
           to
           separate
           and
           disioyne
           this
           celestiall
           chariot
           ,
           which
           ought
           in
           no
           wise
           to
           be
           discoupled
           .
           That
           in
           vaine
           therefore
           doe
           they
           vaunt
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           their
           opinion
           ,
           who
           maliciously
           interpreting
           all
           the
           sayings
           of
           other
           men
           ,
           and
           deducting
           thence
           such
           absurd
           consequences
           as
           they
           list
           ,
           giuing
           bad
           example
           of
           such
           peruerse
           
           industrie
           ,
           doe
           proue
           themselues
           destitute
           of
           charitie
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           mother
           of
           vnitie
           .
           That
           in
           vaine
           also
           doe
           they
           vsurpe
           
           the
           golden
           names
           of
           Charitie
           ,
           and
           Vnitie
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           admit
           of
           Truth
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           foundation
           of
           pietie
           that
           is
           sincere
           .
           It
           was
           of
           old
           excellently
           spoken
           by
           S.
           Hilarie
           :
           
             Beautifull
             is
             the
             name
             of
             peace
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             and
             faire
             is
             the
             opinion
             of
             vnitie
             ;
             but
             who
             may
             doubt
             ,
             that
             that
             only
             is
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             peace
             of
             Christ
             ?
          
           The
           peace
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           alone
           is
           taught
           by
           this
           most
           holy
           father
           to
           bee
           approued
           off
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           he
           taught
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           taught
           the
           primitiue
           Church
           ,
           doth
           remaine
           safe
           defenced
           ,
           and
           vnshaken
           .
           Let
           those
           to
           whom
           it
           belongeth
           ,
           who
           challenge
           the
           principall
           places
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           offer
           vnto
           his
           Maiestie
           such
           a
           peace
           ,
           and
           straightway
           the
           discord
           is
           ended
           .
           Let
           them
           ingeniously
           and
           faithfully
           separate
           humane
           matters
           from
           diuine
           ,
           things
           superstitious
           from
           things
           religious
           ,
           nouelties
           ,
           and
           late-borne
           deuices
           from
           such
           matters
           as
           be
           truly
           ancient
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           the
           nothing
           or
           lesse
           necessarie
           ,
           from
           the
           necessary
           :
           and
           I
           say
           againe
           ,
           and
           I
           crie
           aloud
           ,
           that
           all
           may
           heare
           ,
           on
           his
           Maiesties
           part
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           discord
           is
           at
           an
           end
           Now
           ,
           to
           come
           vnto
           so
           great
           a
           benefit
           ,
           there
           lieth
           but
           one
           Kings
           streete
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           which
           from
           the
           entrance
           of
           the
           Church
           hath
           been
           beaten
           by
           our
           ancestors
           ,
           namely
           the
           free
           celebration
           of
           a
           Generall
           Councell
           :
           wherein
           the
           complaints
           of
           all
           Nations
           may
           be
           heard
           ,
           wherein
           controuersies
           may
           be
           determined
           ,
           and
           peace
           for
           the
           time
           ensuing
           ,
           by
           Gods
           mercie
           bee
           established
           .
           For
           the
           rooting
           of
           bad
           opinions
           out
           of
           mens
           mindes
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           reconciliation
           of
           nations
           diuided
           by
           dissention
           ,
           the
           Church
           in
           all
           ages
           knew
           no
           other
           course
           but
           this
           ,
           nor
           vsed
           other
           but
           this
           ;
           they
           vsed
           not
           violence
           nor
           armes
           .
           But
           seeing
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           generall
           sinnes
           of
           vs
           all
           ,
           
           there
           appeares
           no
           hope
           of
           a
           Generall
           Councell
           ,
           yet
           it
           would
           be
           some
           ease
           of
           this
           euill
           ,
           if
           the
           great
           libertie
           ,
           or
           rather
           vnbridled
           licence
           of
           daily
           writing
           and
           publishing
           bookes
           of
           Diuinitie
           ,
           were
           by
           seuere
           lawes
           on
           both
           sides
           restrained
           .
           For
           now
           what
           hope
           can
           remaine
           ,
           when
           throughout
           all
           Europe
           euery
           where
           ,
           euer
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           new
           writers
           come
           abroad
           ,
           such
           as
           be
           readie
           to
           powre
           oyle
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           rather
           then
           by
           casting
           on
           water
           to
           extinguish
           the
           flame
           .
           
             Gregorie
             Nazianzen
             ,
          
           that
           admirable
           Diuine
           ,
           could
           not
           endure
           in
           the
           men
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           the
           curiositie
           in
           disputing
           of
           diuine
           matters
           :
           and
           in
           diuers
           places
           of
           his
           writings
           hee
           affirmes
           that
           the
           only
           cause
           almost
           of
           the
           euils
           which
           that
           age
           suffered
           ,
           not
           vnlike
           to
           ours
           now
           adaies
           ,
           was
           this
           :
           because
           men
           ,
           void
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           commonly
           and
           promiscuously
           did
           dispute
           of
           spirituall
           things
           ,
           and
           conuert
           Theologie
           into
           technology
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           make
           no
           other
           vse
           of
           Diuinity
           but
           as
           a
           matter
           
           of
           learned
           ,
           or
           artificiall
           discourse
           ,
           as
           they
           talke
           of
           other
           arts
           and
           sciences
           out
           of
           humane
           reason
           .
           From
           this
           licence
           ,
           which
           now
           almost
           euery
           where
           beareth
           sway
           rise
           so
           many
           new
           tearmes
           ,
           and
           such
           diuersitie
           of
           formes
           of
           speech
           ,
           and
           
           sentences
           which
           daily
           more
           and
           more
           breed
           dissention
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           Away
           then
           with
           this
           libertie
           of
           prophecying
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           pleasing
           vnto
           some
           of
           these
           times
           ,
           if
           they
           vnderstand
           thereby
           a
           licence
           of
           broaching
           new
           deuices
           ,
           and
           departing
           from
           the
           doctrine
           which
           hath
           been
           receiued
           by
           consent
           of
           all
           men
           in
           the
           ages
           of
           the
           primitiue
           Church
           .
           What
           should
           I
           tell
           here
           of
           those
           vnsauourie
           ,
           and
           vnlettered
           writers
           ,
           which
           are
           scarcely
           perfit
           in
           the
           first
           elements
           of
           Christian
           religion
           ,
           which
           daily
           come
           foorth
           of
           those
           places
           especially
           ,
           where
           ,
           without
           any
           difference
           made
           of
           good
           or
           euill
           demeanours
           ,
           without
           respect
           of
           knowledge
           or
           ignorance
           ,
           to
           the
           hurt
           of
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           rewards
           are
           
           propounded
           ,
           vnto
           any
           one
           that
           being
           growne
           impudent
           can
           set
           out
           a
           booke
           against
           the
           aduerse
           part
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           full
           of
           rage
           ,
           and
           emptie
           of
           all
           learning
           .
           But
           what
           good
           can
           be
           hoped
           for
           from
           such
           ,
           as
           make
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Diuinitie
           a
           trade
           of
           liuing
           ,
           a
           helpe
           or
           way
           to
           get
           money
           ?
           whom
           neither
           the
           glorie
           of
           God
           doth
           moue
           to
           write
           ,
           nor
           the
           loue
           of
           truth
           ,
           nor
           the
           edification
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           much
           lesse
           the
           desire
           of
           godly
           and
           holie
           peace
           :
           but
           reward
           only
           ,
           and
           base
           hire
           ,
           or
           the
           tickling
           of
           vaine
           glorie
           ?
           Here
           it
           will
           be
           good
           to
           blaze
           the
           impudencie
           of
           one
           amongst
           many
           of
           the
           scriblers
           
           of
           this
           garbe
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           will
           let
           you
           know
           what
           is
           his
           Maiesties
           iudgement
           .
           He
           whom
           I
           meane
           ,
           whom
           I
           am
           ashamed
           to
           name
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           basenesse
           of
           this
           new
           Doctor
           ,
           is
           a
           common
           vagrant
           
             Peltmonger
             ,
          
           an
           idiot
           ,
           an
           illiterate
           fellow
           ,
           that
           neither
           hath
           Greeke
           ,
           nor
           Latin
           ,
           without
           science
           and
           without
           conscience
           ,
           borne
           to
           trouble
           honest
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           spend
           sustenance
           ,
           and
           nought
           else
           good
           for
           .
           He
           ,
           because
           amongst
           women
           he
           is
           held
           a
           petie
           Master
           ,
           and
           well
           tongu'd
           in
           his
           mother
           language
           ,
           hath
           taken
           vpon
           him
           of
           late
           to
           censure
           all
           the
           writers
           of
           both
           sides
           .
           Which
           he
           hath
           vndergone
           more
           willingly
           ,
           because
           two
           yeeres
           agoe
           being
           deeply
           indebted
           ,
           hauing
           got
           a
           pension
           of
           seuen
           hundred
           Crownes
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           wipe
           off
           the
           old
           debt
           ,
           and
           haue
           annuall
           pay
           (
           I
           speake
           nothing
           but
           truth
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           himselfe
           told
           me
           )
           changde
           sides
           ,
           and
           fled
           vnto
           the
           aduerse
           part
           .
           So
           he
           ,
           which
           amongst
           those
           whom
           he
           forsooke
           ,
           liued
           in
           famous
           for
           suspition
           of
           being
           an
           Atheist
           ,
           hatefull
           to
           all
           honest
           men
           that
           knew
           him
           neerely
           ,
           now
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           must
           needs
           approoue
           the
           feruour
           of
           his
           new
           Zeale
           to
           those
           to
           whom
           hee
           hath
           fled
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           whom
           hee
           hath
           deceiued
           .
           Wherefore
           
             Pelt
             :
          
           being
           now
           a
           Doctor
           of
           his
           owne
           or
           eating
           ,
           daily
           writes
           ,
           or
           rather
           vomites
           out
           new
           bookes
           .
           First
           ,
           two
           
           yeeres
           since
           hee
           laid
           the
           rudiments
           of
           his
           new
           profession
           ,
           when
           hee
           put
           foorth
           a
           booke
           against
           the
           Preface
           of
           his
           excellent
           Maiestie
           ,
           that
           most
           learned
           Prince
           ,
           himselfe
           being
           the
           basest
           of
           petifoggers
           ,
           an
           vnlettered
           book-maker
           ,
           the
           very
           
           dregges
           of
           ignorance
           :
           in
           which
           booke
           (
           if
           you
           except
           a
           very
           few
           things
           )
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           triuiall
           stuffe
           ,
           vttered
           a
           thousand
           times
           before
           ,
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           drawne
           out
           of
           the
           lees
           .
           And
           as
           for
           those
           few
           things
           excepted
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           learned
           man
           in
           Paris
           but
           knowes
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           certaine
           from
           whom
           hee
           stole
           them
           .
           For
           we
           are
           not
           ignorant
           vnder
           whose
           table
           he
           gathers
           those
           crummes
           which
           furnish
           out
           his
           dishes
           .
           This
           
             Pelt
             :
          
           hauing
           some
           few
           moneths
           since
           assaulted
           a
           man
           of
           great
           fame
           ,
           and
           nobilitie
           ,
           vouchsafed
           me
           also
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           thought
           worthie
           of
           the
           censure
           of
           this
           new
           Aristarch
           ,
           this
           pillar
           of
           wisedome
           :
           but
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           passing
           by
           ,
           lest
           if
           hee
           should
           haue
           done
           otherwaies
           ,
           some
           honour
           (
           beleeue
           it
           )
           had
           accrewed
           vnto
           my
           name
           from
           the
           worthinesse
           of
           so
           great
           an
           aduersarie
           .
           I
           published
           not
           long
           before
           an
           Epistle
           written
           to
           
             Fronto
             Ducaeus
             ,
          
           a
           Diuine
           of
           the
           societie
           of
           Iesus
           ,
           wherein
           was
           contained
           a
           true
           historicall
           declaration
           of
           some
           things
           done
           in
           this
           kingdome
           by
           certaine
           of
           that
           Societie
           .
           This
           Epistle
           
             Pelt
             :
          
           in
           his
           booke
           aboue
           mentioned
           refuteth
           not
           ,
           (
           how
           could
           he
           ?
           )
           but
           stabs
           it
           with
           one
           sharp
           censure
           :
           after
           that
           conuerting
           his
           speech
           vnto
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           requests
           him
           not
           to
           beleeue
           any
           of
           those
           things
           which
           he
           beheld
           with
           his
           owne
           eyes
           ,
           which
           the
           whole
           kingdome
           saw
           ,
           which
           are
           laid
           vp
           in
           the
           publike
           records
           ,
           which
           the
           vniuersall
           world
           now
           knoweth
           to
           be
           most
           true
           .
           All
           these
           things
           my
           
             Pelt
             :
          
           dare
           call
           false
           ,
           and
           fained
           through
           flatterie
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           saies
           it
           to
           the
           King
           :
           as
           if
           the
           most
           gracious
           and
           clement
           Prince
           were
           one
           ,
           whose
           eares
           lie
           open
           for
           such
           information
           as
           may
           destroy
           
           the
           innocent
           .
           What
           halter
           ,
           or
           what
           gallowes
           are
           condigne
           punishment
           for
           this
           crime
           ?
           When
           his
           excellent
           Maiestie
           read
           those
           things
           ,
           and
           shewed
           me
           them
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           seene
           them
           before
           :
           I
           saw
           him
           heerein
           detest
           the
           strange
           boldnes
           and
           impudence
           of
           this
           
             Pelt
             .
          
           And
           whereas
           hee
           would
           haue
           me
           thought
           a
           cunning
           flatterer
           ,
           herein
           he
           wrongs
           egregiously
           the
           King
           ,
           rather
           then
           me
           .
        
         
           
             —
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             —
             for
             sooner
             downe
          
           
             Shall
             the
             starres
             fall
             ,
             and
             the
             earth
             clime
             vp
             to
             the
             skie
             ,
          
           
             Then
             I
             meete
             any
             man
             with
             tearmes
             of
             flatterie
             .
          
        
         
           Further
           ,
           
             Pelt
          
           saith
           that
           when
           I
           wrote
           that
           Epistle
           I
           was
           led
           with
           a
           spirit
           of
           giddinesse
           .
           I
           wondred
           then
           what
           hee
           called
           the
           spirit
           of
           giddinesse
           :
           for
           he
           which
           makes
           a
           true
           relation
           of
           things
           done
           ,
           or
           rather
           transcribes
           them
           out
           of
           publike
           records
           ,
           who
           will
           say
           that
           hee
           is
           carried
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           giddinesse
           ,
           but
           such
           a
           fellow
           as
           himselfe
           ,
           which
           is
           possessed
           with
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             errour
             .
          
           But
           afterwards
           ,
           some
           
           three
           daies
           agoe
           I
           light
           vpon
           another
           booke
           of
           
             Pelts
             ,
          
           written
           against
           a
           very
           learned
           man
           ,
           in
           the
           end
           whereof
           hee
           hath
           another
           blow
           at
           me
           ,
           and
           saies
           that
           I
           am
           led
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           reformation
           .
           So
           the
           spirit
           of
           reformation
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           of
           giddinesse
           are
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           this
           mischiefe
           would
           make
           them
           .
           Then
           all
           those
           men
           of
           diuers
           ages
           past
           ,
           which
           haue
           earnestlie
           desired
           the
           reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           haue
           left
           vs
           many
           bookes
           for
           witnesses
           of
           their
           desire
           ,
           all
           were
           giddie
           .
           What
           ?
           were
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Tridentine
           Councell
           led
           with
           giddinesse
           ,
           which
           make
           so
           often
           mention
           of
           reformation
           ?
           In
           the
           same
           booke
           
             Pelt
             :
          
           warnes
           me
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           writing
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           displease
           
           him
           :
           otherwaies
           I
           shall
           smart
           for
           it
           ,
           he
           will
           runne
           me
           thorow
           .
           O
           zealous
           man
           for
           the
           house
           of
           God!
           which
           shootes
           foorth
           his
           zeale
           as
           farre
           as
           things
           that
           are
           not
           .
           Happie
           I
           ;
           if
           I
           may
           fall
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           this
           great
           Aeneas
           .
           Only
           this
           scruple
           troubles
           me
           sore
           :
           how
           will
           he
           doe
           to
           confute
           my
           writings
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           able
           to
           vnderstand
           them
           ?
           for
           I
           write
           not
           bookes
           for
           the
           women
           of
           France
           to
           reade
           .
           Well
           ,
           I
           will
           giue
           
             Pelt
             :
          
           one
           aduice
           ,
           which
           will
           free
           both
           me
           and
           him
           from
           this
           scruple
           .
           Let
           him
           remember
           the
           old
           precept
           ;
           
             Quam
             quisque
             norit
             artem
             in
             hac
             se
             exerceat
             :
          
           Let
           euery
           man
           practise
           that
           art
           ,
           wherein
           he
           is
           skilfull
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           which
           thing
           only
           he
           hath
           learned
           ,
           wherein
           only
           he
           is
           able
           ,
           
             curet
             cuticulam
             ,
          
           let
           him
           care
           for
           his
           pelt
           ,
           and
           leaue
           these
           learned
           conflicts
           vnto
           those
           that
           haue
           learning
           .
           Neither
           let
           him
           be
           so
           high
           minded
           ,
           as
           to
           thinke
           that
           I
           will
           euer
           make
           any
           other
           account
           of
           him
           then
           of
           a
           barking
           dogge
           ,
           or
           a
           wincing
           asse
           .
           I
           am
           not
           wont
           to
           be
           so
           prodigall
           of
           good
           houres
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           hope
           I
           will
           euer
           turne
           the
           point
           of
           my
           stile
           vpon
           him
           .
           You
           see
           (
           honourable
           Sir
           )
           what
           kinde
           of
           Diuines
           spring
           of
           late
           ,
           which
           like
           to
           Mushroms
           grow
           great
           in
           one
           night
           ,
           whom
           therefore
           the
           Greek
           Diuine
           wittily
           tearmeth
           
             sowne
             Diuines
             ,
          
           and
           worthilie
           
           debarreth
           from
           the
           handling
           of
           sacred
           things
           .
           But
           I
           returne
           to
           this
           Answere
           ,
           which
           hauing
           found
           published
           corruptly
           in
           the
           parts
           beyond
           sea
           ,
           I
           reutewed
           it
           ,
           and
           corrected
           it
           .
           And
           this
           I
           send
           to
           you
           for
           a
           testimonie
           of
           my
           loue
           ,
           and
           seruice
           ,
           which
           I
           know
           will
           be
           welcome
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
             
               Aprill
               
                 10.
                 
              
               MDCXII
               .
            
          
        
         
           Farewell
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           ANSWERE
           OF
           Mr.
           ISAAC
           CASAVBON
           TO
           THE
           Epistle
           of
           the
           most
           illustrious
           ,
           and
           most
           
             reuerend
             Cardinall
          
           PERON
           .
        
         
           MOst
           illustrious
           ,
           and
           most
           reuerend
           Lord
           ,
           I
           haue
           learned
           (
           as
           I
           thinke
           )
           by
           vse
           ,
           and
           experience
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           euill
           so
           great
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           ,
           or
           by
           occasion
           whereof
           some
           good
           may
           not
           arise
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           an
           vsuall
           speech
           that
           honey
           breedeth
           gall
           ;
           so
           it
           may
           bee
           said
           not
           vnfitly
           ,
           that
           somtimes
           out
           of
           pure
           gall
           commeth
           pure
           honey
           .
           Not
           to
           seeke
           any
           further
           proofe
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           lewd
           book
           of
           that
           debosht
           cauiller
           ,
           which
           gaue
           me
           first
           occasion
           by
           his
           excellent
           Maiesties
           commaund
           ,
           of
           writing
           to
           your
           illustrious
           Honour
           ,
           it
           was
           pure
           gall
           ,
           and
           that
           most
           virulent
           .
           But
           both
           your
           letters
           ,
           which
           vpon
           that
           occasion
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           seasoned
           with
           singular
           courtesie
           ,
           humanitie
           ,
           and
           prudence
           ,
           witnessing
           the
           faire
           ingenuitie
           of
           the
           author
           ,
           were
           sweeter
           to
           me
           then
           any
           honey
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           was
           not
           afraid
           to
           shew
           them
           vnto
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           and
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           although
           he
           approued
           not
           of
           all
           that
           was
           in
           them
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           could
           not
           be
           )
           yet
           hee
           refused
           not
           ,
           but
           was
           willing
           to
           reade
           them
           both
           .
           It
           delighted
           him
           very
           much
           ,
           that
           yet
           he
           knew
           one
           Diuine
           of
           your
           side
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           chiefe
           place
           ,
           of
           honorable
           estimation
           ,
           and
           excellent
           learning
           ,
           which
           handling
           the
           controuersies
           of
           these
           times
           ,
           appeared
           to
           be
           of
           a
           moderate
           ,
           and
           quiet
           disposition
           .
           For
           ,
           with
           what
           spirit
           the
           
           most
           are
           led
           ,
           which
           now
           adaies
           set
           out
           bookes
           of
           this
           argument
           ,
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           sufficient
           declaration
           then
           out
           of
           those
           writers
           which
           hitherto
           haue
           oppugned
           his
           Maiesties
           Apologie
           .
           All
           of
           them
           (
           if
           you
           except
           one
           or
           two
           )
           filling
           their
           vnhappie
           leaues
           with
           lies
           ,
           reproches
           ,
           and
           foule
           language
           .
           But
           especially
           the
           words
           in
           your
           last
           letters
           did
           delight
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           whose
           minde
           is
           enflamed
           with
           the
           zeale
           of
           sincere
           pietie
           ,
           whereby
           you
           seemed
           to
           put
           him
           in
           hope
           that
           this
           friendly
           communication
           concerning
           matters
           of
           religion
           was
           like
           not
           to
           prooue
           fruitlesse
           .
           Which
           thing
           as
           it
           pleased
           the
           King
           marueilously
           ,
           who
           is
           readie
           vpon
           this
           condition
           to
           vndergoe
           any
           paines
           ,
           so
           ,
           if
           there
           remaine
           no
           hope
           hereof
           ;
           neither
           is
           there
           any
           iust
           cause
           why
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           or
           your
           Honour
           should
           trouble
           your selues
           .
           Surely
           I
           hope
           ,
           if
           your
           Worthinesse
           will
           take
           serious
           care
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           with
           the
           helpeof
           almightie
           God
           ,
           you
           may
           effect
           ,
           by
           the
           authoritie
           which
           you
           haue
           amongst
           your
           owne
           ,
           and
           the
           report
           of
           learning
           ,
           and
           wit
           amongst
           all
           ,
           that
           by
           these
           mutual
           writings
           ,
           some
           good
           profit
           may
           redownd
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           .
           As
           for
           his
           most
           excellent
           Maiestie
           of
           
             Great
             Britaine
             ,
          
           in
           whose
           Court
           I
           haue
           now
           liued
           a
           whole
           veere
           and
           more
           ,
           I
           dare
           promise
           you
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           asseueration
           confirme
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           so
           affected
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           course
           of
           his
           whole
           life
           hath
           bin
           so
           ordered
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           may
           easily
           vnderstand
           there
           is
           nothing
           dearer
           to
           him
           then
           the
           carefull
           endeuour
           for
           religion
           .
           Neither
           priuate
           businesse
           ,
           nor
           the
           publike
           cares
           of
           his
           kingdome
           doe
           vsually
           so
           affect
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           as
           a
           kinde
           of
           vnmeasurable
           desire
           by
           all
           meanes
           to
           promote
           religion
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           consideration
           most
           beseemes
           so
           great
           a
           King
           )
           an
           exceeding
           affection
           by
           all
           right
           and
           honest
           meanes
           to
           procure
           peace
           amongst
           the
           dissenting
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           this
           care
           so
           fitting
           a
           Christian
           Prince
           ,
           the
           most
           pious
           King
           hath
           not
           confined
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           his
           owne
           kingdome
           ,
           though
           very
           large
           ,
           but
           remembring
           that
           he
           is
           stiled
           the
           
             Defendour
             of
             the
             faith
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           thought
           good
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           any
           curiositie
           ,
           but
           a
           vehemencie
           of
           zeale
           to
           extend
           it
           beyond
           the
           limites
           of
           his
           owne
           
           little
           world
           :
           that
           his
           Maiesties
           wisedome
           and
           authoritie
           might
           be
           beneficiall
           also
           to
           the
           Churches
           of
           other
           Countries
           ,
           if
           occasion
           were
           offered
           :
           and
           that
           daily
           it
           might
           be
           more
           apparant
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           men
           ,
           that
           his
           chiefe
           care
           is
           the
           preseruation
           of
           Christian
           religion
           .
           Of
           late
           therefore
           ,
           and
           about
           the
           time
           when
           I
           shewed
           you
           his
           last
           letters
           ,
           his
           Maiestie
           gaue
           this
           great
           experiment
           of
           this
           his
           deuout
           minde
           :
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           most
           worthilie
           approued
           ,
           and
           commended
           
           here
           of
           all
           good
           and
           godly
           men
           ,
           so
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           most
           illustrious
           Cardinall
           ,
           that
           the
           knowledge
           of
           it
           will
           be
           delightfull
           to
           you
           .
           When
           the
           right
           Honourable
           and
           most
           reuerend
           Prelate
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterburie
           his
           Grace
           ,
           by
           letters
           certified
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           that
           there
           came
           vnto
           his
           hands
           a
           booke
           brought
           out
           of
           some
           part
           of
           Germanie
           ,
           or
           the
           Low
           Countries
           ,
           containing
           doctrine
           concerning
           the
           nature
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           was
           new
           ,
           peruerse
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           points
           repugnant
           to
           the
           faith
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           ;
           and
           withall
           desired
           his
           Maiestie
           that
           for
           the
           repressing
           of
           this
           mischiefe
           ,
           which
           was
           lately
           sprung
           vp
           ,
           hee
           would
           shew
           foorth
           the
           zeale
           of
           the
           Defendour
           of
           the
           faith
           ,
           and
           intercede
           with
           the
           Magistrates
           of
           that
           place
           where
           the
           author
           liued
           ,
           desiring
           of
           them
           not
           to
           suffer
           so
           prodigious
           doctrine
           to
           bee
           
           brought
           into
           their
           Churches
           ,
           and
           Vniuersities
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           inuentor
           of
           this
           prophane
           noueltie
           might
           not
           passe
           vnpunished
           :
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           he
           came
           out
           of
           coach
           ,
           after
           a
           tedious
           hunting
           ,
           as
           soone
           as
           hee
           had
           receiued
           the
           letters
           ,
           and
           the
           booke
           ,
           noted
           ,
           and
           markt
           in
           sundrie
           places
           by
           that
           most
           vigilant
           Prelate
           ,
           without
           any
           delay
           thought
           it
           a
           businesse
           worthie
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           .
           And
           although
           at
           that
           time
           his
           bodie
           was
           faint
           with
           exercise
           ,
           and
           fasting
           ,
           yet
           what
           he
           had
           begun
           ,
           he
           went
           through
           at
           once
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           with
           one
           continuance
           and
           heate
           of
           endeuour
           :
           neither
           could
           hee
           bee
           entreated
           by
           the
           Nobilitie
           which
           stood
           about
           him
           to
           haue
           any
           respect
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           vntill
           after
           a
           good
           long
           consideration
           of
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           with
           the
           right
           reuerend
           Bishop
           of
           Lichfield
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Clergie
           ,
           and
           a
           perfect
           vnderstanding
           thereof
           ,
           hee
           most
           accuratly
           discharged
           ,
           as
           
           much
           as
           appertained
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           as
           piety
           commanded
           .
           The
           booke
           was
           condemned
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           determined
           that
           all
           the
           copies
           of
           it
           should
           be
           burnt
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           in
           both
           the
           Vniuersities
           .
           Which
           afterwards
           was
           performed
           .
           Letters
           were
           immediatly
           dispatched
           (
           the
           King
           himself
           dictating
           )
           vnto
           his
           Maiesties
           Legier
           there
           lying
           ,
           to
           testifie
           what
           was
           the
           iudgement
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           concerning
           this
           new
           doctrine
           .
           Withall
           ,
           order
           was
           giuen
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Magistrates
           with
           the
           matter
           .
           Let
           them
           looke
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           care
           of
           remouing
           that
           euill
           doth
           belong
           ,
           what
           account
           of
           their
           delay
           they
           can
           make
           vnto
           the
           immortall
           God
           ,
           if
           (
           which
           wee
           hope
           cannot
           come
           to
           passe
           )
           neither
           of
           their
           owne
           accord
           ,
           nor
           after
           so
           notable
           example
           ,
           they
           vndergoe
           the
           patronage
           of
           the
           truth
           with
           lesse
           zeale
           and
           endeuour
           then
           they
           ought
           .
           His
           Maiestie
           at
           the
           first
           receiuing
           of
           the
           newes
           was
           so
           mooued
           ,
           that
           hee
           thought
           hee
           should
           commit
           a
           grieuous
           offence
           ,
           if
           hee
           gaue
           any
           indulgence
           to
           his
           bodie
           ,
           before
           he
           had
           fully
           performed
           this
           office
           of
           pietie
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           (
           most
           illustrious
           Cardinall
           )
           but
           you
           will
           greatly
           approue
           of
           ,
           and
           praise
           this
           deed
           .
           I
           haue
           made
           relation
           to
           you
           of
           what
           was
           done
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           intent
           I
           might
           commend
           his
           Maiestie
           vnto
           you
           ,
           but
           to
           let
           you
           vnderstand
           how
           fast
           he
           holdeth
           the
           ancient
           faith
           ,
           and
           how
           stout
           and
           earnest
           a
           Defendour
           he
           is
           of
           the
           opinions
           of
           the
           true
           Catholike
           Church
           ,
           whom
           notwithstanding
           most
           of
           your
           Catholikes
           will
           not
           haue
           to
           bee
           accounted
           and
           called
           a
           Catholike
           ,
           yea
           many
           ,
           not
           a
           Christian
           .
           His
           Maiestie
           at
           the
           first
           thought
           the
           strife
           about
           those
           names
           not
           to
           be
           materiall
           ,
           whilest
           he
           held
           that
           which
           was
           meant
           by
           them
           ,
           which
           his
           Maiestie
           desires
           to
           doe
           ,
           and
           fullie
           trusts
           in
           the
           mercie
           of
           God
           that
           he
           doth
           .
           But
           because
           the
           common
           sort
           of
           men
           doe
           thus
           interpret
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           depriued
           of
           such
           names
           ,
           is
           all
           one
           as
           to
           bee
           depriued
           of
           the
           things
           vnderstood
           by
           those
           names
           :
           therefore
           hee
           doth
           not
           thinke
           it
           wisedome
           to
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           this
           wrong
           .
           As
           concerning
           the
           name
           of
           Christian
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           strife
           ,
           no
           controuersie
           betwixt
           you
           and
           him
           .
           For
           neither
           of
           your
           Epistles
           doth
           deny
           
           this
           title
           to
           be
           due
           vnto
           him
           .
           The
           question
           is
           then
           concerning
           the
           title
           of
           Catholike
           .
           For
           after
           that
           ,
           according
           vnto
           your
           excellent
           eloquence
           ,
           in
           your
           first
           Epistle
           you
           had
           signified
           that
           you
           acknowledged
           in
           the
           King
           of
           Great
           Britaine
           the
           perfect
           and
           absolute
           Idea
           of
           the
           greatest
           Prince
           ;
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           you
           put
           this
           exception
           ,
           if
           vnto
           the
           other
           gifts
           of
           his
           minde
           the
           glorious
           name
           of
           Catholike
           might
           bee
           added
           :
           and
           when
           ,
           by
           his
           Maiesties
           commandement
           ,
           it
           was
           answered
           ,
           that
           that
           title
           could
           not
           be
           denied
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           acknowledged
           the
           three
           Creeds
           of
           the
           Church
           Catholike
           ,
           and
           the
           foure
           first
           generall
           Councels
           :
           and
           which
           beleeued
           all
           things
           that
           were
           beleeued
           as
           necessarie
           to
           saluation
           in
           the
           foure
           first
           ages
           :
           with
           this
           answere
           in
           your
           last
           accurate
           and
           subtile
           letters
           you
           appeared
           not
           to
           be
           so
           well
           satisfied
           .
           Those
           letters
           perswade
           your selfe
           that
           they
           were
           not
           read
           hastily
           ,
           and
           cursorily
           ,
           for
           he
           read
           them
           through
           ,
           and
           examined
           the
           waight
           of
           your
           reasons
           with
           wonderfull
           equitie
           ,
           and
           gentlenes
           of
           minde
           .
           But
           ,
           whereas
           ,
           after
           the
           reading
           of
           your
           answere
           ,
           hee
           departeth
           not
           from
           his
           former
           opinion
           ,
           and
           yet
           neuerthelesse
           ,
           by
           the
           helpe
           of
           Gods
           grace
           ,
           trusteth
           he
           is
           a
           true
           Catholike
           ,
           his
           Maiestie
           would
           haue
           you
           know
           what
           reasons
           he
           hath
           for
           this
           resolution
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           most
           illustrious
           Cardinall
           ,
           receiue
           this
           short
           answere
           to
           your
           last
           letters
           ,
           which
           receiuing
           from
           his
           Maiesties
           owne
           mouth
           ,
           I
           was
           commanded
           to
           comprise
           in
           words
           ,
           and
           to
           send
           vnto
           you
           .
           I
           will
           not
           now
           request
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           reading
           of
           these
           you
           would
           vse
           such
           equitie
           ,
           as
           hee
           did
           in
           the
           reading
           of
           yours
           .
           I
           know
           full
           well
           your
           excellent
           wisedome
           and
           moderation
           worthie
           of
           all
           praise
           .
           The
           whole
           disputation
           in
           your
           last
           letters
           consisteth
           of
           two
           parts
           .
           In
           the
           former
           part
           are
           brought
           fiue
           reasons
           ,
           which
           do
           illustrate
           and
           shew
           the
           acception
           of
           this
           thesis
           ,
           in
           what
           sense
           you
           would
           haue
           it
           taken
           .
           This
           thesis
           ;
           
             Catholici
             appellatio
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             name
             of
             Catholike
             can
             be
             denied
             to
             none
             which
             admits
             of
             the
             three
             ,
             namely
             ,
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             the
             Nicene
             ,
             and
             the
             Athanasian
             Creeds
             :
             and
             of
             the
             foure
             first
             generall
             Councels
             ,
             the
             Nicene
             ,
             the
             Constantinopolitane
             ,
             the
             Ephesine
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             Chalcedon
             :
             lastly
             ,
             which
             beleeues
          
           
           
             all
             those
             things
             that
             were
             thought
             necessarie
             to
             be
             beleeued
             to
             saluation
             in
             the
             first
             foure
             ages
             .
          
           This
           thesis
           ,
           in
           the
           Kings
           answere
           ,
           hath
           the
           place
           of
           the
           maior
           proposition
           .
           The
           second
           part
           of
           your
           disputation
           bringeth
           in
           foure
           instances
           against
           the
           hypothesis
           ,
           or
           assumption
           .
        
         
           
             THE
             FIRST
             OBSERVATION
             .
          
           
             THe
             name
             of
             Catholike
             doth
             not
             simply
             signifie
             faith
             ,
             but
             also
             a
             communion
             with
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             .
             Therefore
             the
             ancients
             would
             not
             haue
             them
             called
             Catholikes
             which
             departed
             from
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             albeit
             they
             retained
             the
             same
             faith
             .
             For
             they
             said
             ,
             there
             was
             but
             one
             Church
             Catholike
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             a
             man
             might
             haue
             the
             faith
             and
             Sacraments
             ;
             but
             saluation
             hee
             could
             not
             haue
             .
             
               To
               this
               purpose
               you
               bring
               many
               things
               out
               of
               S.
            
             Augustine
             .
          
        
         
           
             HIS
             MAIESTIES
             ANSVVERE
             .
          
           
             TO
             beleeue
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             beleeue
             the
             communion
             of
             Saints
             ,
             are
             set
             downe
             in
             the
             Apostles
             Creed
             distinctly
             ,
             as
             two
             diuers
             things
             .
             And
             the
             former
             of
             these
             two
             articles
             seemes
             to
             be
             inserted
             especially
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             a
             difference
             might
             bee
             made
             betwixt
             the
             Iewish
             Synagogue
             ,
             and
             the
             Christian
             Church
             .
             Which
             was
             not
             to
             bee
             confined
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             one
             nation
             ,
             as
             that
             was
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             scattered
             farre
             and
             wide
             thorow
             all
             the
             regions
             of
             the
             world
             .
             Wherefore
             there
             is
             no
             manifest
             reason
             ,
             why
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             obseruation
             the
             name
             of
             Catholike
             should
             be
             said
             to
             signifie
             communion
             .
             Indeed
             these
             two
             are
             very
             neere
             ioyned
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             two
             diuers
             things
             ,
             as
             I
             haue
             shewed
             .
             Now
             his
             Maiestie
             beleeues
             vnfainedlie
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             but
             one
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             truly
             ,
             and
             in
             name
             Catholike
             ,
             or
             vniuersall
             ,
             diffused
             ouer
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             he
             affirmeth
             also
             that
             no
             saluation
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             for
             .
             Hee
             condemneth
             ,
             and
             detesteth
             those
             which
             either
             long
             since
             ,
             or
             more
             lately
             haue
             either
             departed
             from
             the
             faith
             of
             
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             and
             so
             become
             heretikes
             ,
             as
             the
             Manichies
             ,
             or
             from
             communion
             ,
             and
             so
             haue
             become
             schismatikes
             ,
             as
             the
             Donatists
             :
             against
             which
             two
             sorts
             of
             men
             chiefly
             al
             those
             things
             were
             written
             by
             S.
             
               Augustine
               ,
            
             which
             are
             brought
             in
             this
             obseruation
             .
             Likewise
             his
             Maiestie
             commends
             the
             wisedome
             of
             those
             godly
             Bishops
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             fourth
             Councell
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             as
             is
             here
             well
             obserued
             ,
             did
             adde
             vnto
             the
             forme
             of
             examination
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             an
             interrogation
             concerning
             this
             point
             .
             Neither
             is
             the
             King
             ignorant
             ,
             that
             the
             fathers
             of
             the
             ancient
             Church
             did
             oftentimes
             many
             things
             
               by
               way
               of
               condescent
               ,
               pro
               bono
               pacis
               ,
            
             as
             they
             ysed
             
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             for
             desire
             of
             maintaining
             vnitie
             ,
             and
             for
             feare
             of
             breaking
             mutuall
             communion
             .
             Whose
             example
             he
             professeth
             himselfe
             readie
             also
             studiously
             to
             imitate
             ,
             and
             to
             follow
             in
             the
             steps
             of
             those
             that
             follow
             after
             peace
             ,
             
               ad
               aras
               vsque
            
             to
             the
             altars
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             farre
             as
             he
             may
             (
             considering
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             these
             daies
             )
             with
             the
             safetie
             of
             a
             good
             conscience
             .
             For
             hee
             is
             as
             much
             grieued
             as
             any
             man
             ,
             for
             the
             distraction
             of
             the
             members
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             so
             much
             abhorred
             by
             the
             holy
             Fathers
             :
             and
             as
             earnestly
             desireth
             to
             communicate
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             ,
             with
             all
             that
             are
             members
             of
             the
             mysticall
             bodie
             of
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             .
             Neuerthelesse
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             thinketh
             that
             he
             hath
             most
             iust
             cause
             to
             dissent
             from
             those
             ,
             which
             simply
             ,
             without
             any
             distinction
             ,
             or
             exception
             ,
             doe
             perpetually
             vrge
             this
             communion
             .
             He
             acknowledgeth
             it
             to
             be
             very
             necessarie
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             proper
             notes
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             yet
             doth
             not
             account
             it
             for
             the
             true
             forme
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             the
             Philosopher
             calls
             the
             essentiall
             being
             .
             His
             Maiestie
             hath
             learned
             by
             his
             reading
             
             of
             the
             holie
             Scriptures
             (
             according
             to
             the
             minde
             of
             all
             ancient
             fathers
             )
             that
             the
             true
             and
             essentiall
             forme
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             sheepe
             of
             Christ
             heare
             the
             voyce
             of
             
             their
             shepheard
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Sacraments
             be
             rightly
             and
             lawfully
             administred
             ,
             namely
             as
             the
             Apostles
             haue
             giuen
             example
             ,
             and
             those
             which
             followed
             neere
             to
             the
             Apostles
             times
             .
             Those
             Churches
             which
             are
             thus
             instituted
             ,
             they
             must
             needes
             be
             linked
             together
             by
             a
             manifold
             communion
             .
             
             They
             are
             vnited
             in
             Christ
             their
             head
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             fountaine
             of
             life
             ,
             whereby
             all
             live
             ,
             whom
             the
             Father
             hath
             chosen
             to
             be
             redeemed
             by
             his
             precious
             blood
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             rewarded
             with
             eternall
             life
             .
             They
             are
             vnited
             in
             the
             vnion
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             doctrine
             ,
             in
             such
             chiefe
             points
             as
             are
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             .
             For
             there
             is
             but
             one
             sauing
             doctrine
             ,
             there
             is
             but
             one
             way
             to
             heauen
             .
             They
             are
             vnited
             in
             coniunction
             of
             mindes
             in
             true
             charitie
             ,
             and
             the
             duties
             of
             charitie
             ,
             especially
             of
             mutuall
             prayers
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             they
             are
             vnited
             in
             the
             communion
             of
             one
             hope
             ,
             and
             expectation
             of
             promised
             inheritance
             ;
             knowing
             ,
             that
             before
             the
             foundations
             of
             the
             world
             they
             were
             predestinate
             (
             I
             speake
             of
             the
             elect
             )
             to
             be
             fellow
             heires
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             same
             bodie
             ,
             and
             partakers
             of
             the
             promise
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             through
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             as
             saith
             the
             diuine
             Apostle
             .
             Yet
             
             his
             Maiestie
             addes
             further
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             Church
             ,
             notwithstanding
             if
             any
             member
             thereof
             depart
             from
             the
             rule
             of
             faith
             ,
             will
             more
             esteeme
             of
             the
             loue
             of
             truth
             ,
             then
             the
             loue
             of
             vnitie
             .
             He
             knowes
             that
             the
             supreme
             lawe
             in
             the
             house
             of
             God
             is
             the
             sinceritie
             of
             celestiall
             doctrine
             :
             which
             if
             any
             man
             forsake
             ,
             he
             forsakes
             Christ
             which
             is
             Truth
             it selfe
             :
             hee
             
             forsakes
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             pillar
             and
             establishment
             of
             truth
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             meanes
             ceaseth
             to
             appertaine
             vnto
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             .
             With
             such
             Apostates
             ,
             a
             true
             Catholike
             neither
             will
             nor
             can
             communicate
             :
             for
             what
             concent
             betwixt
             Christ
             and
             Belial
             ?
             Wherefore
             the
             Church
             will
             flie
             from
             communion
             with
             these
             ,
             and
             wil
             say
             with
             Greg
             Nazianzen
             ,
             
             
               that
               disagreement
               for
               godlinesse
               is
               better
               then
               ill
               affected
               concord
               .
            
             Neither
             will
             he
             doubt
             ,
             if
             need
             be
             ,
             to
             say
             with
             the
             same
             blessed
             father
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             holy
             contention
             .
             Now
             that
             such
             a
             necessarie
             separation
             should
             sometimes
             be
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             both
             wee
             are
             taught
             in
             other
             places
             of
             holie
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             that
             admonition
             also
             of
             the
             holie
             Ghost
             ,
             not
             without
             cause
             giuen
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             doth
             openly
             declare
             :
             saying
             ,
             Goe
             out
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             my
             people
             ,
             lest
             you
             communicate
             
             with
             her
             sinnes
             .
             What
             that
             Babylon
             is
             ,
             whereout
             the
             people
             of
             God
             are
             commanded
             to
             depart
             ,
             the
             King
             disputes
             not
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             nor
             affirmes
             hee
             any
             thing
             concerning
             it
             :
             yet
             
             thus
             much
             the
             matter
             it selfe
             doth
             plainly
             shew
             ,
             that
             whether
             some
             priuate
             Church
             be
             vnderstood
             in
             that
             place
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             or
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             it
             was
             before
             this
             a
             true
             Church
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             religious
             might
             religiously
             communicate
             :
             but
             after
             it
             was
             more
             depraued
             ,
             the
             religious
             are
             commanded
             to
             goe
             out
             ,
             and
             to
             breake
             off
             communion
             .
             Whereby
             it
             may
             be
             easilie
             vnderstood
             ,
             that
             not
             all
             communion
             with
             those
             that
             be
             called
             Christians
             is
             to
             bee
             desired
             of
             the
             faithfull
             ,
             but
             that
             only
             which
             may
             stand
             with
             the
             integritie
             of
             doctrine
             reuealed
             from
             heauen
             .
             Now
             ,
             to
             come
             neerer
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             denies
             those
             places
             of
             S.
             Augustine
             to
             belong
             at
             all
             to
             him
             .
             For
             he
             affirmes
             that
             all
             those
             testimonies
             doe
             euince
             this
             only
             ;
             that
             there
             remaines
             no
             token
             of
             saluation
             for
             them
             which
             depart
             from
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             or
             from
             communion
             with
             the
             same
             Church
             .
             Which
             thing
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             the
             King
             willingly
             grants
             .
             But
             here
             his
             Maiestie
             desires
             of
             you
             (
             most
             illustrious
             Cardinall
             )
             that
             you
             would
             call
             to
             minde
             ,
             and
             perpend
             ,
             what
             great
             difference
             there
             is
             betwixt
             the
             times
             of
             S.
             Augustine
             ,
             and
             these
             of
             ours
             .
             How
             much
             the
             Church
             now
             called
             Catholike
             differs
             from
             the
             ancient
             ;
             how
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             changed
             ,
             and
             the
             outward
             forme
             ,
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             the
             inward
             .
             For
             then
             the
             Church
             Catholike
             was
             like
             a
             citie
             seated
             vpon
             an
             hill
             ,
             which
             ,
             as
             Christ
             saith
             ,
             cannot
             be
             hid
             ,
             knowne
             to
             all
             ,
             conspicuous
             
             and
             certaine
             ,
             whereof
             no
             sound
             minde
             could
             make
             question
             .
             Which
             was
             not
             (
             as
             the
             foolish
             Donatists
             prated
             )
             lying
             I
             know
             not
             where
             ,
             in
             the
             South
             ,
             driuen
             into
             some
             corner
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             diffused
             farre
             and
             wide
             thorow
             the
             whole
             earth
             flourishing
             vnder
             the
             Emperours
             ,
             whose
             dominion
             extended
             from
             the
             East
             to
             the
             West
             ,
             and
             from
             North
             to
             South
             .
             You
             might
             see
             the
             Bishops
             of
             the
             East
             and
             West
             daily
             communicating
             ,
             and
             when
             need
             required
             assisting
             one
             another
             .
             For
             that
             which
             is
             written
             in
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             
               Clement
               ,
            
             that
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             is
             the
             
             charge
             of
             all
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             meanes
             that
             euery
             one
             is
             an
             Oecumenicall
             Bishop
             ,
             we
             wonder
             now
             when
             we
             
             reade
             it
             ,
             neither
             can
             wee
             beleeue
             it
             ,
             which
             then
             daily
             practise
             did
             shew
             to
             be
             most
             true
             ,
             and
             may
             easily
             be
             demonstrated
             out
             of
             historie
             ,
             by
             infinit
             examples
             .
             There
             were
             then
             also
             in
             frequent
             vse
             
               literae
               formate
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             demissatie
             or
             testimoniall
             letters
             ;
             by
             commerce
             whereof
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             by
             tokens
             ,
             communion
             was
             held
             amongst
             the
             members
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             although
             farre
             remoued
             by
             distance
             of
             place
             .
             Furthermore
             ,
             when
             it
             stood
             in
             neede
             ,
             they
             had
             Councels
             truly
             Occumenicall
             ,
             not
             ,
             as
             since
             we
             haue
             seene
             ;
             Occumenicall
             in
             name
             only
             ,
             but
             indeed
             assembled
             out
             of
             some
             Prouinces
             of
             Europe
             .
             And
             in
             those
             ancient
             times
             this
             was
             the
             fastest
             bond
             ,
             whereby
             all
             the
             members
             of
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             were
             knit
             together
             in
             the
             ioynture
             of
             one
             bodie
             ;
             which
             bodie
             was
             for
             that
             cause
             very
             eminent
             ,
             conspicuous
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             faire
             view
             of
             all
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             could
             chuse
             but
             know
             .
             There
             was
             one
             faith
             ,
             one
             state
             ,
             one
             body
             Catholike
             ,
             frequent
             mutuall
             visitation
             ,
             wonderfull
             consent
             of
             all
             the
             members
             ,
             a
             wonderfull
             sympathie
             .
             Was
             any
             man
             lapsed
             by
             heresie
             ,
             or
             schisme
             from
             the
             communion
             of
             any
             one
             Church
             :
             I
             speake
             not
             of
             any
             one
             of
             the
             chiefe
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             seates
             of
             the
             foure
             Patriarchs
             :
             but
             of
             any
             one
             much
             smaller
             ?
             that
             man
             as
             soone
             as
             it
             was
             knowne
             ,
             was
             held
             to
             be
             excluded
             from
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             whole
             Catholike
             Church
             .
             For
             whereas
             wee
             meete
             with
             some
             examples
             obserued
             to
             the
             contrarie
             ,
             that
             was
             not
             right
             ,
             but
             vsurpation
             .
             Was
             any
             man
             bold
             to
             corrupt
             the
             truth
             a
             little
             ,
             by
             being
             of
             another
             opinion
             ?
             it
             was
             easie
             euen
             for
             a
             child
             to
             deprehend
             
             him
             .
             Wherefore
             such
             a
             steale-truth
             being
             once
             discouered
             ,
             all
             the
             shepheards
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             if
             need
             was
             ,
             were
             raised
             ,
             and
             were
             neuer
             quiet
             vntill
             they
             had
             rooted
             out
             this
             euill
             ,
             and
             prouided
             for
             the
             securitie
             of
             Christs
             sheepe
             .
             By
             these
             signes
             and
             markes
             the
             Church
             at
             that
             time
             was
             conspicuous
             :
             but
             this
             happinesse
             continued
             not
             many
             ages
             .
             For
             ,
             after
             that
             the
             Empire
             was
             ouerturned
             ,
             and
             the
             forme
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             altered
             ,
             there
             sprung
             vp
             many
             new
             states
             ,
             differing
             as
             well
             in
             manners
             and
             language
             ,
             as
             in
             ordinances
             ,
             and
             lawes
             .
             Then
             vpon
             the
             distraction
             of
             the
             Empire
             
             followed
             the
             distraction
             of
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             :
             and
             by
             little
             and
             little
             all
             those
             things
             ceased
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             before
             of
             singular
             vse
             for
             the
             preseruation
             of
             vnion
             and
             communion
             in
             the
             outward
             Catholike
             bodie
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             From
             that
             time
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             hath
             not
             ceased
             to
             be
             ,
             for
             it
             shall
             continue
             euer
             ,
             neither
             shall
             the
             gates
             of
             hell
             at
             any
             time
             preuaile
             against
             it
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             founded
             vpon
             Christ
             the
             true
             rock
             ,
             and
             vpon
             the
             faith
             of
             
               Peter
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ;
             but
             it
             began
             to
             be
             lesse
             manifest
             ,
             being
             diuided
             into
             many
             parts
             ,
             which
             ,
             as
             touching
             externall
             communion
             ,
             were
             quite
             separated
             from
             one
             another
             .
             Then
             (
             which
             is
             chiefly
             to
             be
             lamented
             )
             it
             came
             to
             passe
             by
             this
             dissipation
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             lesse
             strength
             in
             the
             parts
             ,
             then
             before
             in
             the
             whole
             bodie
             to
             resist
             the
             enemie
             of
             mankind
             ,
             who
             is
             readie
             at
             al
             times
             ,
             as
             our
             Sauiour
             teacheth
             ,
             to
             scatter
             tares
             amongst
             the
             good
             seede
             .
             And
             considering
             ,
             in
             these
             times
             wee
             see
             with
             our
             eyes
             that
             this
             is
             come
             to
             passe
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             so
             grosse
             that
             wee
             may
             almost
             grope
             it
             with
             our
             hands
             ,
             it
             is
             ridiculous
             ,
             and
             most
             absurd
             to
             dispute
             whether
             this
             thing
             could
             heretofore
             happen
             ,
             or
             hath
             now
             happened
             .
             Therefore
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Greek
             Church
             ,
             the
             Church
             of
             Antioch
             ,
             and
             of
             Aegypt
             ,
             the
             Abyssine
             ,
             the
             Moschouite
             and
             many
             others
             ,
             are
             members
             much
             excelling
             each
             other
             in
             sinceritie
             of
             doctrine
             ,
             and
             faith
             :
             yet
             all
             members
             of
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             whose
             ioynture
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             outward
             forme
             was
             long
             since
             broken
             .
             For
             which
             cause
             his
             Maiestie
             doth
             much
             wonder
             ,
             when
             hee
             considers
             how
             some
             Churches
             ,
             which
             heretofore
             were
             but
             members
             of
             the
             bodie
             once
             entire
             ,
             doe
             now
             ingrosse
             all
             the
             right
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             appropriate
             to
             themselues
             the
             name
             of
             Catholike
             :
             excluding
             from
             their
             communion
             ,
             and
             affirming
             boldly
             ,
             that
             they
             belong
             not
             to
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             whosoeuer
             doe
             dissent
             from
             them
             in
             anything
             ,
             or
             refuse
             the
             yoke
             of
             their
             bondage
             .
             Neither
             do
             you
             only
             challenge
             to
             your selues
             this
             right
             :
             there
             are
             others
             that
             do
             the
             same
             .
             For
             ,
             (
             his
             Maiestie
             speakes
             it
             with
             griefe
             )
             there
             are
             at
             this
             day
             many
             priuate
             Churches
             ,
             which
             beleeue
             that
             they
             onely
             
             are
             the
             people
             peculiar
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             the
             Church
             .
             Giue
             
             them
             that
             strength
             which
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             hath
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             doe
             the
             same
             with
             her
             ,
             and
             pronounce
             of
             all
             others
             as
             hardly
             as
             she
             doth
             .
             What
             shall
             wee
             say
             ?
             are
             there
             not
             sundrie
             sects
             now
             adaies
             ,
             which
             are
             certainly
             perswaded
             that
             they
             only
             haue
             insight
             into
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Poet
             saith
             )
             that
             they
             only
             are
             wise
             ,
             that
             all
             others
             walke
             
             like
             shadowes
             ?
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             that
             in
             euery
             age
             there
             were
             conuenticles
             of
             sectaries
             ,
             and
             
               dissemblies
               ,
            
             which
             did
             boast
             themselues
             of
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             prouocation
             did
             allure
             many
             vnto
             them
             :
             but
             it
             is
             the
             peculiar
             and
             famous
             calamitie
             of
             these
             latter
             times
             ,
             that
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             vnto
             which
             of
             necessitie
             a
             man
             must
             adhere
             ,
             either
             really
             ,
             and
             actually
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             least
             in
             will
             ,
             and
             vow
             ,
             is
             become
             lesse
             manifest
             then
             it
             was
             of
             old
             ,
             lesse
             exposed
             to
             the
             eyes
             of
             men
             ,
             more
             questionable
             and
             doubtfull
             .
             For
             
             which
             cause
             his
             excellent
             Maiestie
             thinketh
             that
             he
             ought
             more
             carefully
             in
             such
             a
             deluge
             of
             variable
             opinions
             to
             betake
             himselfe
             to
             the
             mountaines
             of
             the
             sacred
             Scripture
             :
             and
             as
             S.
             
               Augustine
            
             gaue
             counsell
             to
             the
             Donatists
             to
             seeke
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             words
             of
             Christ
             .
             And
             so
             S.
             
               Chrysostome
               ,
            
             both
             elsewhere
             ,
             and
             of
             purpose
             in
             his
             33.
             
             Homilie
             vpon
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             handling
             the
             question
             ,
             
               How
               the
               true
               Church
               might
               be
               discerned
               amongst
               many
               Societies
               which
               challenge
               to
               themselues
               that
               name
               :
            
             teacheth
             that
             there
             be
             two
             meanes
             of
             deciding
             that
             question
             :
             first
             ,
             
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             secondly
             ,
             
               antiquitie
               of
               doctrine
               ,
            
             not
             inuented
             by
             any
             new
             author
             ,
             but
             alwaies
             knowne
             from
             the
             birth
             ,
             and
             beginning
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             These
             two
             trials
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             
             Church
             of
             England
             embracing
             ,
             doe
             auouch
             that
             they
             acknowledge
             that
             doctrine
             onely
             for
             true
             ,
             and
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ,
             which
             flowing
             from
             the
             fountaine
             of
             sacred
             Scripture
             ,
             through
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             ancient
             Church
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             a
             conduit
             hath
             been
             deriued
             vnto
             these
             times
             .
             Wherefore
             to
             make
             an
             end
             of
             this
             
               obseruation
               ,
            
             his
             Maiestie
             answeres
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             faultie
             many
             waies
             ,
             and
             cannot
             stand
             with
             the
             hypothesis
             propounded
             .
             Because
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             the
             Church
             
             of
             England
             is
             so
             farre
             from
             forsaking
             the
             ancient
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             which
             she
             doth
             reuerence
             ,
             and
             admire
             :
             that
             she
             departeth
             not
             from
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             in
             any
             point
             wherein
             that
             Church
             agreeth
             with
             the
             ancient
             Catholike
             .
             If
             you
             question
             the
             succession
             of
             persons
             ,
             behold
             the
             names
             of
             our
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             their
             continuance
             from
             the
             first
             without
             any
             interruption
             :
             if
             the
             succession
             of
             doctrine
             ,
             come
             ,
             make
             triall
             :
             let
             vs
             haue
             a
             free
             Councell
             which
             may
             not
             depend
             vpon
             the
             will
             of
             one
             .
             The
             Church
             of
             England
             is
             readie
             to
             render
             an
             account
             of
             her
             faith
             ,
             and
             by
             demonstration
             to
             euince
             ,
             that
             the
             authors
             of
             the
             reformation
             here
             ,
             had
             no
             purpose
             to
             erect
             any
             new
             Church
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             ignorant
             and
             malicious
             doe
             cauill
             )
             but
             to
             repaire
             the
             ruines
             of
             the
             old
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             best
             forme
             :
             and
             in
             their
             iudgement
             that
             is
             best
             which
             was
             deliuered
             by
             the
             Apostles
             to
             the
             Primitiue
             Church
             ,
             and
             hath
             continued
             in
             the
             ages
             next
             ensuing
             .
             His
             Maiestie
             grants
             ,
             that
             his
             Church
             hath
             departed
             from
             many
             points
             of
             that
             doctrine
             ,
             and
             discipline
             which
             the
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             now
             stifly
             defendeth
             :
             but
             they
             doe
             not
             thinke
             this
             to
             be
             a
             reuolting
             from
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             but
             rather
             a
             returning
             to
             the
             ancient
             Catholike
             faith
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             Romane
             Church
             by
             new
             deuices
             hath
             been
             manifoldly
             ,
             and
             strangely
             deformed
             ;
             and
             so
             a
             conuersion
             to
             Christ
             the
             sole
             Master
             of
             his
             Church
             .
             Wherefore
             if
             any
             man
             grounding
             vpon
             the
             doctrine
             of
             this
             
               obseruation
               ,
            
             will
             inferre
             from
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             because
             it
             reiects
             some
             ordinances
             of
             the
             Romane
             ,
             hath
             therefore
             departed
             from
             the
             ancient
             Catholike
             Church
             :
             his
             Maiestie
             will
             not
             grant
             him
             this
             ,
             vntill
             he
             prooue
             by
             sound
             reasons
             ,
             that
             all
             things
             taught
             by
             them
             of
             Rome
             ,
             especially
             those
             which
             they
             will
             haue
             to
             be
             beleeued
             as
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ,
             were
             allowed
             of
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             and
             established
             by
             the
             ancient
             Catholike
             Church
             .
             Now
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             can
             euer
             doe
             this
             ,
             at
             least
             neuer
             yet
             hath
             done
             it
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             ,
             and
             the
             reuerend
             Bishops
             of
             the
             English
             Church
             ,
             doe
             hold
             it
             to
             be
             as
             cleere
             as
             when
             the
             Sunne
             shineth
             at
             mid-day
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             thinketh
             it
             a
             great
             offence
             to
             forsake
             
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             hee
             vtterly
             denieth
             that
             hee
             ,
             or
             his
             Church
             are
             guiltie
             of
             this
             crime
             .
             For
             ,
             saith
             his
             Maiestie
             ,
             we
             depart
             not
             voluntarily
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             driuen
             away
             .
             And
             your
             
             Honour
             well
             knoweth
             how
             many
             ,
             and
             how
             excellently
             learned
             and
             godly
             men
             ,
             for
             these
             fiue
             hundred
             yeeres
             at
             the
             least
             ,
             haue
             wished
             the
             reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             members
             .
             What
             grieuous
             complaints
             haue
             been
             often
             heard
             of
             worthie
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             lamenting
             the
             estate
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             their
             times
             ?
             But
             what
             auailed
             it
             ?
             for
             vnto
             this
             day
             we
             see
             not
             any
             one
             thing
             amended
             of
             all
             those
             which
             were
             thought
             most
             needfull
             of
             reformation
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             in
             this
             separation
             feareth
             not
             any
             fellowship
             with
             the
             Donatists
             ,
             if
             the
             matter
             be
             debated
             by
             ingenuous
             men
             .
             They
             willingly
             and
             without
             cause
             left
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             which
             at
             that
             time
             the
             consent
             of
             all
             nations
             did
             approue
             ,
             whose
             doctrine
             or
             discipline
             they
             could
             not
             blame
             :
             but
             England
             being
             enforced
             by
             great
             necessitie
             ,
             separated
             her selfe
             from
             that
             Church
             ,
             which
             innumerable
             Christian
             people
             did
             not
             grant
             to
             be
             the
             true
             Catholike
             ,
             and
             vniuersall
             Church
             :
             nay
             more
             ,
             which
             many
             of
             your
             owne
             writers
             haue
             heretofore
             ingenuously
             confessed
             to
             haue
             varied
             much
             from
             the
             ancient
             Church
             in
             matters
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             discipline
             ;
             to
             haue
             patched
             many
             new
             things
             to
             the
             old
             ,
             and
             euill
             to
             the
             good
             :
             which
             indeed
             ,
             is
             now
             better
             knowne
             to
             the
             vniuersall
             world
             ,
             then
             that
             any
             man
             can
             denie
             ,
             or
             be
             ignorant
             of
             it
             .
             Furthermore
             ,
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             for
             some
             ages
             past
             had
             felt
             the
             yoke
             of
             the
             Romane
             seruitude
             so
             cruell
             ,
             being
             afflicted
             with
             their
             often
             new
             vexations
             ,
             and
             incredible
             exactions
             ,
             that
             if
             there
             were
             no
             other
             cause
             ,
             yet
             that
             alone
             might
             suffice
             before
             equall
             iudges
             to
             free
             them
             from
             the
             suspition
             of
             schisme
             ,
             and
             as
             S.
             
               Augustine
            
             speakes
             of
             the
             Donatists
             ,
             
               iniquae
               discissionis
               ,
            
             of
             an
             vniust
             rent
             ,
             or
             distraction
             from
             the
             Church
             .
             For
             the
             English
             did
             not
             depart
             from
             brotherly
             charitie
             vpon
             a
             humour
             ,
             as
             the
             Donatists
             did
             ,
             nor
             ,
             as
             the
             tenne
             tribes
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             imminent
             euill
             :
             but
             after
             the
             patience
             of
             many
             ages
             ,
             after
             vnspeakable
             miseries
             ,
             
             at
             length
             they
             withdrew
             their
             necks
             ,
             and
             shaked
             off
             the
             intollerable
             burthen
             ,
             which
             neither
             were
             they
             able
             longer
             ,
             nor
             would
             their
             conscience
             suffer
             them
             to
             beare
             .
             Besides
             this
             ,
             the
             ancient
             Church
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             she
             might
             draw
             the
             refractarie
             Donatists
             to
             communion
             ,
             was
             wont
             with
             admirable
             charitie
             to
             prouide
             for
             the
             temporall
             commodities
             of
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             others
             that
             were
             reconciled
             :
             but
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             (
             being
             desirous
             of
             amitie
             with
             England
             )
             what
             doth
             she
             ?
             first
             ,
             thunders
             out
             her
             Buls
             ,
             then
             vseth
             violence
             ,
             open
             ,
             and
             secret
             :
             then
             receiueth
             into
             her
             bosome
             ,
             and
             still
             cherisheth
             detestable
             traytors
             ,
             euidently
             condemned
             of
             plotting
             the
             desolation
             of
             their
             Countrie
             :
             lastly
             ,
             numbreth
             amongst
             Martyrs
             those
             which
             suffered
             for
             the
             same
             crimes
             ,
             and
             daily
             defendeth
             their
             innocencie
             against
             all
             lawes
             both
             diuine
             and
             humane
             .
             Cardinall
             
               Bellarmine
            
             
             himselfe
             (
             I
             am
             loth
             to
             speake
             ,
             but
             I
             speake
             the
             truth
             )
             is
             become
             a
             principall
             patrone
             of
             these
             parricides
             :
             who
             of
             late
             also
             (
             that
             he
             might
             draw
             on
             his
             Maiestie
             )
             hath
             vsed
             this
             argument
             of
             wondrous
             efficacie
             to
             perswade
             ;
             that
             the
             kingdome
             of
             England
             belongeth
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Maiestie
             of
             England
             euen
             in
             temporalties
             is
             his
             subiect
             ,
             and
             holdeth
             his
             kingdome
             of
             him
             .
             I
             omit
             other
             grieuances
             of
             the
             King
             and
             Church
             of
             England
             both
             ancient
             and
             moderne
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             to
             be
             rehearsed
             in
             this
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             THE
             SECOND
             OBSERVATION
             .
          
           
             BEsides
             those
             that
             are
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ,
             there
             are
             two
             kind
             of
             things
             ,
             which
             the
             ancient
             Church
             beleeued
             :
             whereof
             one
             is
             ,
             things
             profitable
             to
             saluation
             ,
             the
             other
             ,
             things
             lawfull
             ,
             and
             not
             repugnant
             to
             the
             same
             .
             Therefore
             if
             a
             man
             will
             embrace
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             ancients
             ,
             he
             must
             also
             embrace
             those
             things
             ,
             and
             esteeme
             them
             as
             the
             ancient
             Church
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             HIS
             MAIESTIES
             ANSVVERE
             .
          
           
             THose
             things
             which
             were
             held
             by
             the
             holy
             Fathers
             ,
             as
             not
             absolutely
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ;
             but
             only
             profitable
             ,
             
             or
             lawfull
             ,
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             esteemed
             little
             more
             then
             indifferent
             .
             For
             the
             vse
             of
             them
             being
             as
             things
             not
             simplie
             necessarie
             ,
             in
             the
             beginning
             was
             free
             .
             In
             such
             things
             therefore
             to
             deuise
             any
             necessitie
             at
             all
             ,
             it
             seemes
             vniust
             :
             for
             by
             and
             by
             there
             will
             follow
             a
             necessitie
             of
             vsing
             them
             :
             as
             wee
             fee
             it
             is
             come
             to
             passe
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             :
             which
             obserues
             at
             this
             day
             many
             things
             as
             simplie
             necessarie
             to
             the
             integritie
             of
             faith
             ,
             which
             the
             ancient
             Church
             scarce
             knew
             ,
             much
             lesse
             vsed
             as
             matters
             of
             necessitie
             .
             I
             will
             alleage
             foure
             examples
             of
             many
             .
             It
             is
             manifest
             that
             in
             the
             primitiue
             Church
             confession
             of
             sinnes
             was
             vsed
             ,
             but
             farre
             otherwaies
             then
             now
             .
             For
             ,
             that
             auricular
             confession
             in
             that
             manner
             which
             you
             haue
             it
             was
             in
             vse
             in
             the
             primitiue
             ages
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             no
             man
             will
             affirme
             .
             His
             Maiestie
             grants
             that
             the
             Fathers
             which
             did
             first
             ordaine
             it
             ,
             had
             their
             reasons
             why
             they
             thought
             that
             such
             manner
             of
             confession
             would
             further
             the
             easier
             attaining
             vnto
             saluation
             :
             but
             they
             held
             it
             not
             for
             a
             thing
             necessarie
             absolutely
             ,
             much
             lesse
             for
             a
             Sacrament
             :
             or
             at
             least
             not
             all
             the
             Fathers
             thought
             so
             .
             For
             as
             touching
             S.
             
               Chrysostome
               ,
            
             it
             is
             plaine
             that
             hee
             required
             not
             of
             his
             people
             auricular
             confession
             .
             But
             the
             matter
             is
             now
             come
             to
             that
             passe
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             little
             lesse
             attributed
             to
             this
             confession
             ,
             then
             to
             the
             precious
             blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
             whereby
             wee
             are
             redeemed
             :
             the
             absolute
             necessitie
             thereof
             is
             so
             precisely
             vrged
             .
             Whence
             by
             little
             grew
             vp
             that
             doctrine
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             of
             not
             disclosing
             the
             secret
             of
             confession
             vpon
             any
             occasion
             soeuer
             .
             For
             ,
             because
             they
             beleeued
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             without
             this
             confession
             to
             attaine
             vnto
             the
             hauen
             of
             saluation
             ,
             therefore
             they
             thought
             it
             necessarie
             to
             remoue
             all
             impediments
             that
             might
             hinder
             it
             .
             Wherefore
             in
             time
             this
             doctrine
             hath
             proceeded
             so
             farre
             ,
             that
             now
             to
             murther
             Kings
             ,
             or
             suffer
             them
             to
             be
             murthered
             ,
             seemes
             to
             be
             no
             sinne
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             breaking
             the
             seale
             of
             confession
             :
             which
             many
             of
             your
             Diuines
             ,
             especially
             the
             expounders
             of
             the
             Canon
             Law
             haue
             in
             their
             bookes
             published
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             
               Binetus
            
             a
             Iesuite
             ,
             did
             auouch
             as
             much
             to
             me
             at
             Paris
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             tearmes
             ,
             which
             I
             remember
             that
             I
             told
             you
             afterwards
             .
             
             We
             know
             also
             ,
             neither
             perhaps
             is
             your
             Honor
             ignorant
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             another
             Iesuit
             in
             France
             ,
             which
             of
             late
             was
             bold
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             if
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             were
             liuing
             vpon
             the
             earth
             ,
             subiect
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             some
             man
             had
             told
             him
             in
             confession
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             kill
             him
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
             rather
             then
             he
             would
             reueale
             that
             confession
             ,
             he
             would
             suffer
             (
             I
             tremble
             to
             speake
             it
             )
             Christ
             Iesus
             himselfe
             to
             be
             murthered
             .
             Which
             horrible
             blasphemie
             you
             see
             whence
             it
             tooke
             the
             originall
             .
             In
             like
             manner
             ,
             abstinence
             from
             wine
             ,
             and
             daintie
             cheare
             ,
             set
             times
             of
             fasting
             ,
             xerophagiae
             ,
             or
             ,
             eating
             drie
             meates
             ,
             the
             ancient
             Church
             reckoned
             amongst
             such
             things
             as
             were
             profitable
             to
             the
             easier
             obtaining
             of
             saluation
             :
             neither
             doth
             his
             Maiestie
             denie
             it
             ,
             giuing
             a
             conuenient
             interpretation
             according
             to
             the
             intention
             of
             the
             primitiue
             Church
             :
             but
             ,
             by
             your
             leaue
             ,
             he
             liketh
             not
             that
             the
             obseruation
             of
             these
             things
             should
             be
             more
             strictly
             required
             ,
             then
             of
             such
             as
             are
             expressely
             contained
             in
             holy
             Writ
             .
             Againe
             ,
             single
             life
             in
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             was
             in
             old
             time
             commended
             ,
             but
             now
             it
             is
             commanded
             ,
             and
             exacted
             as
             a
             matter
             of
             absolute
             necessitie
             :
             whereof
             you
             shall
             heare
             more
             hereafter
             .
             So
             ,
             whereas
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             saith
             ,
             that
             hee
             doth
             afflict
             his
             bodie
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             seruiceable
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             
             honours
             ,
             and
             calles
             them
             blessed
             that
             follow
             this
             example
             of
             the
             diuine
             Apostle
             :
             but
             he
             detesteth
             those
             which
             reckon
             sackcloth
             ,
             and
             Lacedemonian
             whippings
             ,
             and
             such
             vexations
             
             of
             bodie
             ,
             or
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             ,
             satisfactions
             ,
             amongst
             the
             causes
             of
             saluation
             :
             or
             at
             least
             so
             highly
             prize
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             make
             account
             of
             slouenrie
             ,
             and
             whatsoeuer
             nastines
             ,
             as
             of
             sanctimonial
             perfection
             .
             But
             of
             al
             such
             his
             Maiestie
             doth
             especially
             abhorre
             them
             ,
             which
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             the
             priests
             of
             
               Baal
               ,
            
             rending
             their
             bodies
             with
             scourges
             ,
             would
             make
             vs
             imagine
             God
             to
             be
             desirous
             ,
             and
             thirstie
             for
             mans
             blood
             ,
             like
             
               Bollona
            
             the
             Pagan
             Goddesse
             .
             Only
             ,
             he
             commends
             their
             wisedom
             ,
             which
             hiring
             others
             to
             be
             whipped
             for
             them
             ,
             doe
             purchase
             the
             merit
             of
             those
             punishments
             which
             they
             haue
             suffered
             .
             So
             ,
             it
             commeth
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             the
             rich
             offend
             ,
             and
             the
             poore
             are
             punished
             :
             that
             penaltie
             pursueth
             
             not
             the
             guiloie
             ,
             but
             him
             that
             is
             in
             pouertie
             and
             want
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             ,
             as
             hee
             thinketh
             it
             vnlawfull
             to
             condemne
             those
             things
             which
             the
             Fathers
             of
             the
             first
             age
             by
             vnanimitie
             of
             consent
             did
             hold
             for
             things
             expedient
             ,
             or
             lawfull
             :
             so
             he
             cannot
             endure
             to
             be
             bound
             with
             any
             peremptorie
             necessitie
             of
             vsing
             the
             same
             .
             For
             he
             holdeth
             
               Necessarie
            
             and
             
               Indifferent
            
             to
             be
             of
             a
             contrarie
             nature
             .
             But
             of
             these
             more
             largely
             in
             the
             
               Obseruation
            
             following
             .
          
        
         
           
             THE
             THIRD
             OBSERVATION
             .
          
           
             SEeing
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             religion
             there
             is
             more
             then
             one
             kinde
             of
             necessitie
             ,
             we
             must
             take
             heed
             when
             we
             speake
             of
             things
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ,
             that
             we
             be
             not
             deceined
             with
             the
             ambiguitie
             of
             the
             tearme
             .
             For
             there
             is
             necessitie
             absolute
             ,
             and
             vpon
             condition
             :
             a
             necessitie
             of
             the
             meane
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             precept
             .
             There
             is
             also
             a
             necessitie
             of
             beleeuing
             ,
             which
             bindeth
             all
             Christians
             without
             exception
             and
             another
             which
             doth
             not
             generally
             binde
             all
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             necessitie
             of
             action
             ,
             and
             a
             necessitie
             of
             approbation
             .
          
        
         
           
             HIS
             MAIESTIES
             ANSVVERE
             .
          
           
             THe
             doctrine
             in
             this
             
               Obseruation
               ,
            
             wherein
             the
             diuers
             kinds
             of
             necessitie
             are
             learnedly
             ,
             and
             very
             accurately
             declared
             ,
             his
             excellent
             Maiestie
             is
             so
             farre
             from
             disliking
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             contrarie
             ,
             he
             thinketh
             ,
             if
             these
             distinctions
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             a
             manifold
             confusion
             would
             follow
             in
             matters
             of
             religion
             .
             For
             what
             can
             be
             thought
             more
             dangerous
             then
             that
             things
             absolutely
             necessarie
             should
             be
             held
             as
             necessarie
             only
             vpon
             condition
             ,
             or
             contrariwise
             ?
             and
             that
             other
             distinction
             which
             serueth
             for
             the
             right
             ,
             and
             orderly
             disposition
             of
             all
             things
             in
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             no
             lesse
             profitable
             .
             Likewise
             ,
             in
             your
             examples
             ,
             his
             Maiesty
             obserueth
             nothing
             greatly
             to
             be
             disallowed
             .
             But
             in
             your
             explication
             of
             things
             absolutely
             necessarie
             ,
             hee
             commendeth
             the
             truth
             of
             that
             speech
             :
             that
             there
             is
             no
             great
             number
             of
             those
             things
             which
             
             be
             absolutely
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             .
             Wherefore
             his
             Maiestie
             thinketh
             that
             there
             is
             no
             more
             compendious
             way
             to
             the
             making
             of
             peace
             ,
             then
             that
             things
             necessarie
             should
             be
             diligently
             separated
             from
             things
             not
             necessarie
             :
             that
             all
             endeuours
             might
             be
             spent
             about
             the
             agreement
             in
             the
             necessarie
             ,
             and
             as
             touching
             the
             not
             necessarie
             ,
             that
             a
             Christian
             libertie
             might
             bee
             granted
             .
             Simply
             necessarie
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             calleth
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             the
             word
             of
             God
             expressely
             chargeth
             to
             bee
             beleeued
             ,
             or
             practised
             :
             or
             which
             the
             ancient
             Church
             by
             necessarie
             consequence
             ,
             hath
             drawne
             out
             of
             the
             word
             of
             God.
             But
             such
             things
             ,
             which
             out
             of
             the
             institution
             of
             men
             ,
             although
             with
             a
             religious
             ,
             &
             wise
             intent
             ,
             yet
             besides
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             were
             receiued
             ,
             and
             vsed
             of
             the
             Church
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             those
             he
             thinketh
             may
             be
             chāged
             ;
             or
             relaxed
             ,
             or
             abolished
             .
             And
             as
             Pope
             
               Pius
            
             the
             second
             said
             of
             the
             single
             life
             of
             the
             Clergie
             ,
             
               that
               there
               was
               good
               right
               in
               times
               past
               to
               ordaine
               it
               ,
               but
               now
               there
               is
               better
               to
               disanull
               it
               :
            
             his
             Maiestie
             thinkes
             that
             the
             same
             speech
             may
             be
             vsed
             in
             generall
             of
             the
             most
             Ecclesiasticall
             obseruations
             ,
             which
             are
             brought
             into
             the
             Church
             without
             any
             precept
             of
             Gods
             word
             .
             If
             this
             distinction
             were
             vsed
             for
             the
             deciding
             of
             the
             controuersies
             of
             these
             times
             ,
             and
             if
             men
             would
             ingenuously
             make
             a
             difference
             betwixt
             diuine
             ,
             and
             positiue
             law
             ,
             it
             seemes
             that
             amongst
             godly
             and
             moderate
             men
             ,
             touching
             things
             absolutely
             necessarie
             ,
             there
             would
             bee
             no
             long
             ,
             or
             bitter
             cōtention
             .
             For
             both
             (
             as
             I
             said
             euen
             now
             )
             they
             are
             not
             many
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             almost
             equally
             allowed
             of
             by
             all
             which
             challenge
             the
             name
             of
             Christian
             .
             And
             his
             excellent
             Maiestie
             doth
             hold
             this
             distinction
             to
             be
             of
             such
             moment
             for
             the
             diminishing
             of
             controuersies
             ,
             which
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             doe
             so
             vexe
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             iudgeth
             it
             the
             dutie
             of
             all
             such
             as
             bee
             studious
             of
             peace
             ,
             diligently
             to
             explane
             it
             ,
             to
             teach
             it
             ,
             to
             vrge
             it
             .
             Now
             will
             we
             addresse
             our selues
             to
             speak
             of
             some
             examples
             which
             are
             proposed
             in
             this
             Obseruation
             .
             Amongst
             the
             things
             absolutely
             necessarie
             ,
             yet
             not
             simply
             ,
             but
             in
             respect
             of
             diuine
             institution
             ,
             you
             reckon
             the
             baptisme
             of
             infants
             ,
             which
             
               wee
            
             (
             say
             you
             )
             
               doe
               referre
               vnto
               this
            
             
             
               kinde
               of
               necessitie
               .
            
             Afterwards
             you
             bring
             a
             place
             out
             of
             S.
             
               Augustine
               ,
            
             wherein
             the
             possibilitie
             of
             saluation
             of
             children
             not
             baptised
             is
             precisely
             denied
             .
             Here
             ,
             first
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             professeth
             that
             himself
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             doe
             allow
             the
             necessitie
             of
             baptisme
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             diuine
             institution
             ,
             as
             wel
             as
             you
             .
             The
             Church
             of
             England
             doth
             not
             binde
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             to
             the
             meanes
             ,
             which
             is
             contrarie
             euen
             to
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             better
             sort
             of
             schoolemen
             :
             yet
             because
             God
             hath
             appointed
             this
             for
             the
             ordinarie
             way
             to
             obtaine
             remission
             of
             sins
             in
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             Christ
             himselfe
             denieth
             the
             entrance
             into
             the
             kingdom
             of
             heauen
             to
             those
             which
             are
             
             not
             borne
             againe
             of
             water
             and
             the
             Spirit
             :
             therefore
             it
             is
             carefully
             prouided
             heere
             by
             the
             Ecclesiasticall
             lawes
             ,
             that
             parents
             may
             haue
             baptisme
             for
             their
             children
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             or
             place
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             that
             which
             
               Tertullian
            
             saith
             of
             the
             primitiue
             Church
             ,
             that
             Bishops
             ,
             Priests
             ,
             and
             Deacons
             did
             baptise
             :
             and
             lastly
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             was
             lawfull
             for
             lay
             men
             also
             in
             case
             of
             extreame
             necessitie
             ;
             the
             same
             ,
             as
             concerning
             Bishops
             ,
             Priests
             ,
             and
             Deacons
             ,
             is
             at
             this
             day
             practised
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             without
             any
             rigid
             or
             inuiolable
             obseruation
             of
             whatsoeuer
             time
             or
             place
             .
             But
             for
             the
             baptisme
             of
             lay
             men
             or
             women
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             lawes
             of
             the
             Church
             it
             is
             forbidden
             to
             be
             done
             ;
             so
             being
             done
             according
             to
             the
             lawfull
             forme
             ,
             in
             a
             manner
             it
             is
             not
             disallowed
             ,
             the
             Church
             pronouncing
             it
             to
             be
             baptisme
             ,
             although
             not
             lawfully
             administred
             .
             But
             his
             excellent
             Maiesty
             doth
             so
             highly
             esteeme
             of
             this
             Sacrament
             ,
             that
             when
             some
             Ministers
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             pretending
             I
             know
             not
             what
             ordinances
             of
             new
             discipline
             ,
             refused
             ,
             vpon
             the
             desire
             of
             the
             parents
             ,
             to
             baptise
             infants
             readie
             to
             die
             ,
             he
             compelled
             them
             to
             this
             dutie
             with
             feare
             of
             punishment
             ,
             threatning
             no
             lesse
             then
             death
             if
             they
             disobeyed
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             words
             of
             S.
             
               Augustine
               ,
            
             which
             doe
             precisely
             exclude
             the
             not
             baptised
             from
             eternall
             life
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             vnderstood
             of
             the
             ordinary
             way
             thither
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             way
             that
             Christ
             hath
             taught
             vs
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             hath
             nothing
             to
             obiect
             against
             that
             opinion
             :
             but
             if
             it
             be
             simply
             denied
             that
             almightie
             God
             can
             saue
             those
             which
             die
             
               vnbaptised
               ,
            
             
             
             his
             Maiestie
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             abhorring
             the
             crueltie
             of
             that
             opinion
             ,
             doe
             affirme
             that
             S.
             
               Augustine
            
             was
             an
             vnnaturall
             and
             hard
             father
             vnto
             infants
             .
             Vndoubtedly
             
             his
             Maiestie
             thinketh
             ,
             that
             both
             these
             extreames
             are
             with
             the
             like
             care
             to
             be
             eschewed
             :
             lest
             if
             wee
             embrace
             this
             rigid
             sentence
             ,
             we
             abbreuiate
             the
             power
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             offer
             wrong
             to
             his
             infinit
             goodnesse
             :
             or
             ,
             whilest
             ,
             as
             some
             doe
             ,
             we
             reckon
             baptisme
             amongst
             such
             things
             ,
             the
             hauing
             ,
             or
             forgoing
             whereof
             is
             not
             much
             materiall
             ,
             wee
             should
             seeme
             to
             make
             light
             of
             so
             precious
             a
             Sacrament
             and
             holy
             ordinance
             of
             God.
             S.
             
               Augustine
            
             was
             a
             worthie
             man
             ,
             of
             admirable
             pietie
             ,
             and
             learning
             ,
             yet
             his
             priuate
             opinions
             his
             Maiestie
             alloweth
             not
             as
             articles
             of
             faith
             ,
             neither
             doe
             you
             allowe
             them
             ;
             for
             example
             ,
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             beleeued
             ,
             as
             did
             
               Innocentius
            
             the
             first
             before
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             receiuing
             of
             the
             blessed
             Eucharist
             by
             infants
             was
             no
             lesse
             necessarie
             to
             their
             saluation
             then
             baptisme
             ,
             and
             this
             he
             auoucheth
             in
             many
             places
             of
             his
             writings
             :
             yet
             you
             beleeue
             it
             not
             ,
             neither
             hath
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             changed
             this
             point
             of
             doctrine
             which
             she
             receiued
             from
             you
             .
             Amongst
             those
             things
             which
             impose
             
               necessitie
               of
               action
            
             vpon
             some
             persons
             ,
             you
             number
             mariage
             .
             
               Siquis
               sobolem
               tollere
               voluerit
               :
            
             If
             any
             man
             say
             you
             desire
             to
             haue
             issue
             .
             Againe
             ,
             soone
             after
             ,
             when
             you
             declare
             the
             
               necessitie
               of
               approbation
               ,
            
             you
             reckon
             the
             choice
             of
             liuing
             in
             virginitie
             or
             single
             life
             :
             which
             things
             when
             his
             Maiestie
             read
             ,
             he
             disallowed
             them
             not
             ,
             yet
             he
             thought
             that
             vnto
             both
             examples
             ,
             something
             might
             conueniently
             be
             added
             :
             for
             vpon
             the
             former
             it
             seemes
             to
             follow
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             other
             necessarie
             cause
             of
             mariage
             ,
             saue
             hope
             of
             issue
             .
             But
             the
             Apostle
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             doth
             teach
             vs
             in
             expresse
             tearmes
             ,
             that
             they
             also
             are
             bound
             to
             prouide
             for
             mariage
             which
             want
             the
             gift
             of
             continence
             .
             If
             they
             containe
             not
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             let
             them
             marrie
             .
             This
             
             addition
             is
             of
             no
             small
             moment
             .
             For
             who
             knoweth
             not
             what
             occasion
             is
             daily
             ministred
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             of
             many
             and
             horrible
             crimes
             ,
             through
             the
             contempt
             of
             this
             Apostolike
             rule
             ,
             through
             the
             neglect
             of
             this
             necessarie
             remedie
             ?
             Wherefore
             in
             continent
             persons
             his
             Maiestie
             exceedingly
             
             commenceth
             the
             liuing
             in
             the
             estate
             of
             virginitie
             ,
             or
             single
             life
             :
             and
             being
             by
             the
             singular
             mercie
             of
             God
             more
             familiarly
             acquainted
             with
             the
             sacred
             Scripture
             ,
             then
             most
             Princes
             are
             ,
             bee
             knoweth
             S.
             
               Pauls
            
             sentence
             of
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
             and
             the
             examples
             extant
             in
             both
             Testaments
             ,
             and
             the
             rewards
             proposed
             to
             them
             that
             containe
             .
             But
             wheras
             your
             Diuices
             doe
             commonly
             teach
             ,
             especially
             the
             Doctors
             of
             the
             Canon
             Law
             ,
             that
             fornication
             ,
             whoredome
             ,
             
             and
             other
             foule
             sinnes
             not
             to
             be
             named
             ,
             are
             more
             tollerable
             in
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             then
             lawfull
             mariage
             ,
             and
             the
             bed
             vndefiled
             :
             that
             his
             Maiestie
             accounteth
             a
             most
             detestable
             crime
             ,
             and
             most
             worthie
             of
             the
             hatred
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             men
             .
             His
             Maiestie
             opposeth
             against
             all
             the
             cauils
             of
             Sophisters
             ,
             yea
             against
             all
             humane
             authoritie
             whatsoeuer
             ,
             that
             oracle
             ,
             of
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             pronounced
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ;
             
               It
               is
               better
               to
               marrie
               then
               to
               burne
               .
            
             For
             as
             a
             wise
             Captaine
             ought
             to
             be
             more
             afraid
             of
             receiuing
             ouerthrow
             ,
             or
             losse
             to
             himself
             ,
             then
             of
             weakning
             his
             enemie
             :
             so
             in
             the
             election
             of
             a
             mans
             life
             ,
             whether
             he
             would
             lead
             it
             maried
             ,
             or
             single
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             thinks
             that
             godly
             men
             ought
             in
             the
             first
             place
             to
             decline
             the
             transgression
             of
             Gods
             law
             ,
             and
             then
             on
             Gods
             name
             ,
             if
             any
             man
             haue
             the
             power
             ,
             let
             him
             vse
             that
             benefit
             of
             nature
             .
             It
             is
             a
             thredbare
             cauill
             ,
             that
             England
             is
             not
             a
             lawfull
             Church
             ,
             because
             here
             wanteth
             the
             practise
             of
             such
             vowes
             .
             But
             what
             can
             the
             want
             of
             vow
             hinder
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             wee
             are
             not
             destitute
             of
             that
             which
             is
             vowed
             ?
             For
             here
             are
             many
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             other
             Pastors
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             without
             ostentation
             of
             vow
             do
             abstaine
             from
             mariage
             ,
             and
             yet
             leade
             their
             liues
             chastly
             ,
             and
             saintly
             ,
             without
             any
             taint
             of
             common
             sinister
             report
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             for
             the
             Monasteries
             themselues
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             (
             as
             he
             is
             most
             earnestly
             affected
             vnto
             pietie
             and
             goodnesse
             )
             would
             not
             haue
             dissolued
             them
             ,
             or
             not
             all
             of
             them
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             haue
             heard
             him
             often
             protest
             )
             if
             he
             had
             found
             them
             vncorrupted
             ,
             and
             obseruing
             the
             Canons
             of
             their
             first
             institution
             .
             But
             his
             excellent
             Maiestie
             often
             wisheth
             that
             the
             Tridentine
             Fathers
             ,
             which
             could
             not
             bee
             drawne
             by
             the
             entreaties
             of
             great
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             to
             
             prouide
             for
             publike
             honestie
             on
             this
             behalfe
             ,
             would
             consider
             with
             themselues
             ,
             from
             what
             fountaine
             this
             doctrine
             did
             flow
             .
             For
             whereas
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             single
             life
             was
             placed
             amongst
             profitable
             orders
             ,
             and
             counsels
             :
             afterwards
             vowes
             were
             annexed
             ,
             at
             length
             men
             came
             to
             this
             absolute
             necessitie
             ,
             which
             now
             raigneth
             amongst
             you
             ,
             the
             law
             of
             God
             being
             abandoned
             ,
             and
             most
             vilely
             disgraced
             .
             Now
             whereas
             in
             the
             end
             of
             this
             obseruation
             it
             is
             added
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             allow
             of
             some
             ,
             and
             reiect
             other
             of
             those
             things
             which
             the
             ancient
             Church
             beleeued
             as
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ,
             although
             vnder
             diuers
             kindes
             of
             necessitie
             ,
             haue
             no
             reason
             to
             affirme
             that
             they
             retaine
             the
             same
             faith
             and
             discipline
             with
             the
             ancient
             Catholike
             Church
             ;
             his
             Maiestie
             well
             enough
             perceiueth
             the
             drift
             of
             that
             speech
             .
             He
             answereth
             therefore
             ,
             that
             he
             wil
             not
             extol
             his
             own
             Church
             ,
             by
             comparing
             it
             to
             a
             glasse
             without
             spot
             ,
             or
             to
             a
             face
             perfectly
             faire
             without
             wrinkle
             ,
             or
             blemish
             :
             he
             leaueth
             such
             Pharasaisme
             to
             others
             .
             Yet
             that
             this
             he
             knoweth
             euidently
             ,
             that
             if
             question
             be
             made
             concerning
             the
             essentiall
             markes
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             if
             you
             looke
             at
             those
             things
             which
             are
             plainly
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ,
             or
             respect
             order
             ,
             and
             decencie
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             you
             shall
             not
             finde
             a
             Church
             in
             the
             whole
             world
             (
             God
             be
             praised
             for
             it
             )
             more
             approching
             to
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             fashion
             of
             the
             ancient
             Catholike
             .
             His
             Maiestie
             excepts
             none
             ,
             no
             not
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             :
             which
             by
             new
             inuentions
             deuised
             for
             increase
             of
             superstition
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             establishing
             of
             her
             dominion
             ouer
             Princes
             ,
             and
             people
             ,
             hath
             manifestly
             turned
             ,
             and
             changed
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             discipline
             of
             the
             ancient
             Catholike
             ,
             and
             swarued
             infinitly
             in
             many
             things
             from
             the
             puritie
             and
             simplicitie
             of
             the
             primitiue
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             THE
             FOVRTH
             OBSERVATION
             .
          
           
             WHen
             question
             is
             made
             touching
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             ancient
             Church
             ,
             there
             be
             same
             ,
             which
             doe
             limit
             antiquitie
             within
             one
             ,
             or
             two
             ages
             after
             the
             Church
             was
             founded
             :
             but
             it
             standeth
             with
             equitie
             for
             examination
             of
             the
             controuersies
             of
             
             these
             daies
             to
             insist
             vpon
             that
             time
             ,
             wherein
             al
             parties
             grant
             that
             the
             Church
             was
             not
             only
             a
             true
             Church
             ,
             but
             then
             also
             most
             florishing
             ,
             and
             possessed
             of
             that
             glory
             &
             brightnes
             ,
             which
             the
             oracles
             of
             so
             many
             Prophets
             had
             promised
             .
             And
             that
             is
             the
             time
             wherein
             the
             foure
             first
             generall
             Councels
             are
             included
             ,
             from
             
               Constantine
            
             the
             Emperour
             vnto
             
               Marcion
               .
            
             And
             there
             is
             the
             more
             equitie
             in
             this
             ,
             because
             there
             be
             so
             few
             monuments
             extant
             of
             the
             former
             ages
             ,
             but
             very
             many
             of
             this
             time
             wherein
             the
             Church
             florished
             .
             So
             that
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             discipline
             of
             the
             ancient
             Catholike
             may
             easily
             be
             knowne
             out
             of
             the
             writings
             of
             the
             Fathers
             of
             that
             age
             .
          
        
         
           
             HIS
             MAIESTIES
             ANSVVERE
             .
          
           
             THis
             condition
             will
             seeme
             vnreasonable
             to
             them
             which
             would
             haue
             the
             vniuersall
             historie
             of
             the
             primitiue
             Church
             ,
             concluded
             within
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             one
             little
             ,
             though
             most
             sacred
             and
             diuine
             book
             .
             The
             most
             equall
             and
             prudent
             King
             is
             farre
             from
             this
             opinion
             :
             who
             in
             his
             Monitorie
             Epistle
             hath
             ingenuously
             declared
             how
             highly
             he
             esteemeth
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             which
             liued
             in
             the
             fourth
             ,
             and
             fifth
             age
             .
             Neither
             doth
             his
             Maiestie
             doubt
             to
             pronounce
             with
             S.
             
               August
               ▪
            
             that
             look
             what
             the
             Church
             hath
             duly
             obserued
             from
             her
             first
             originall
             vnto
             those
             times
             ,
             and
             for
             any
             man
             to
             offer
             to
             reiect
             that
             as
             impious
             ,
             
               it
               is
               a
               point
               of
               most
               insolent
               madnes
               .
            
             For
             his
             Maiestie
             heretofore
             hath
             vnfainedly
             protested
             ,
             that
             hee
             approoueth
             of
             those
             markes
             of
             truth
             giuen
             by
             
               Vincentius
               Lirinensis
               :
               à
               principio
               ,
               vbique
               &
               semper
               :
            
             that
             is
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             euery
             where
             ,
             and
             euer
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             admit
             of
             the
             foure
             first
             generall
             Councels
             ,
             therein
             they
             sufficiently
             declare
             that
             they
             conclude
             not
             the
             time
             of
             the
             true
             ,
             and
             lawfull
             Church
             within
             the
             compasse
             of
             one
             ,
             or
             two
             ages
             :
             but
             that
             they
             extend
             it
             much
             further
             ,
             comprising
             the
             time
             of
             
               Marcion
            
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             vnder
             whom
             the
             Councell
             of
             Chalcedon
             was
             kept
             .
             But
             whereas
             in
             this
             obseruatiō
             you
             more
             esteeme
             the
             times
             after
             
               Constantine
               ,
            
             then
             the
             
             times
             going
             before
             ,
             that
             his
             Maiestie
             thinketh
             somewhat
             strange
             ,
             and
             indeed
             doth
             not
             allow
             it
             .
             He
             granteth
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             fourth
             age
             florished
             aboue
             the
             former
             in
             externall
             glorie
             ,
             and
             splendure
             ,
             in
             wealth
             ,
             and
             plentie
             of
             learned
             men
             :
             but
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             former
             ages
             was
             equal
             with
             it
             ,
             or
             excelled
             as
             touching
             the
             orthodoxall
             rightnesse
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             sinceritie
             of
             incorrupt
             discipline
             ,
             he
             is
             perswaded
             that
             none
             can
             make
             any
             doubt
             .
             We
             finde
             euery
             where
             in
             the
             holy
             Fathers
             of
             the
             fourth
             age
             ,
             
               Basil
               ,
               Nazianzen
               ,
               Ierome
               ,
               Chrysostome
               ,
               Augustine
               ,
            
             and
             others
             ,
             most
             grieuous
             complaints
             of
             the
             faults
             and
             sundrie
             deprauations
             of
             their
             Churches
             .
             Neither
             can
             it
             be
             doubted
             ,
             that
             the
             further
             men
             liued
             from
             the
             first
             originall
             ,
             the
             further
             also
             they
             departed
             from
             the
             originall
             puritie
             ,
             and
             sinceritie
             .
             Wherefore
             when
             there
             is
             a
             serious
             purpose
             to
             clense
             ,
             and
             to
             sweepe
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             why
             should
             not
             an
             especiall
             regard
             bee
             had
             to
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             or
             the
             times
             neere
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ?
             It
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             that
             time
             the
             godly
             Christians
             did
             liue
             in
             obscuritie
             ,
             in
             pouertie
             ,
             and
             miserie
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             perpetuall
             persecution
             :
             yet
             consider
             well
             ,
             if
             in
             this
             sense
             also
             it
             be
             not
             better
             to
             goe
             into
             the
             house
             of
             mourning
             ,
             then
             into
             the
             house
             of
             mirth
             .
             Pouertie
             and
             miserie
             are
             called
             the
             sisters
             of
             good
             minde
             :
             riches
             ,
             and
             
             glorie
             haue
             not
             that
             honourable
             report
             .
             And
             although
             many
             of
             the
             writers
             of
             those
             times
             be
             lost
             ,
             yet
             some
             are
             extant
             ,
             and
             those
             worthie
             of
             regard
             .
             S.
             
               Cyprian
               ,
            
             that
             holy
             Martyr
             of
             Christ
             ,
             he
             alone
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             none
             else
             ,
             can
             better
             informe
             vs
             in
             the
             gouernment
             and
             discipline
             of
             the
             primitiue
             Church
             ,
             then
             many
             others
             which
             liued
             in
             the
             fourth
             age
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             summe
             of
             his
             Maiesties
             answere
             vnto
             this
             
               obseruation
               ,
            
             is
             :
             that
             he
             is
             well
             content
             there
             should
             be
             arguments
             brought
             out
             of
             the
             writings
             of
             the
             Fathers
             of
             the
             fourth
             ,
             and
             fifth
             ages
             ;
             but
             with
             this
             caution
             ,
             and
             condition
             ,
             that
             those
             things
             be
             allowed
             for
             ancient
             and
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ,
             which
             had
             not
             their
             beginning
             then
             ,
             but
             which
             may
             be
             cleerely
             proued
             to
             haue
             been
             continually
             obserued
             from
             the
             first
             originall
             of
             the
             Church
             vntill
             those
             times
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             FIFTH
             OBSERVATION
             .
          
           
             WHen
             there
             is
             question
             made
             about
             the
             vnanimitie
             ,
             and
             consent
             of
             Fathers
             ,
             some
             will
             haue
             it
             then
             to
             bee
             manifest
             ,
             when
             the
             matter
             controuerted
             is
             found
             in
             all
             the
             Fathers
             in
             expresse
             tearmes
             :
             whose
             opinion
             being
             manifestly
             vniust
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             equitie
             for
             knowledge
             of
             consent
             of
             Fathers
             ,
             that
             these
             two
             rules
             be
             vsed
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             the
             consent
             of
             Fathers
             should
             then
             be
             thought
             to
             be
             sufficiently
             proued
             ,
             when
             the
             worthiest
             of
             euery
             nation
             do
             consent
             in
             the
             auerring
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             man
             accounted
             orthodoxall
             doth
             oppose
             them
             .
             So
             S.
             
               Augustine
            
             when
             he
             had
             praised
             eleuen
             of
             the
             principall
             writers
             of
             former
             times
             ;
             and
             the
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Ephesine
             Councell
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             brought
             out
             ten
             against
             
               Nestorius
               ,
            
             they
             all
             thought
             that
             they
             had
             giuen
             sufficient
             testimonie
             concerning
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             ancient
             Church
             .
             The
             second
             rule
             is
             this
             :
             When
             the
             Fathers
             do
             not
             speake
             as
             Doctors
             ,
             nor
             say
             that
             this
             ,
             or
             that
             is
             thus
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             or
             thus
             to
             bee
             beleeued
             :
             but
             when
             as
             witnesses
             of
             those
             things
             which
             the
             vniuersall
             Church
             of
             their
             times
             beleeued
             or
             practised
             ,
             they
             affirme
             this
             to
             be
             the
             faith
             or
             practise
             of
             that
             Catholike
             Church
             through
             the
             whole
             world
             :
             then
             they
             are
             so
             much
             to
             be
             honoured
             ,
             that
             such
             an
             affirmation
             must
             be
             held
             sufficient
             to
             proue
             the
             vnanimitie
             ,
             and
             consent
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             HIS
             MAIESTIES
             ANSVVERE
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             an
             equall
             demaund
             ,
             that
             the
             parties
             which
             contend
             in
             these
             times
             should
             consent
             and
             agree
             ,
             how
             they
             may
             vse
             profitably
             the
             authoritie
             of
             the
             ancient
             Fathers
             .
             For
             if
             the
             testimonie
             and
             authoritie
             of
             the
             primitiue
             Church
             bee
             taken
             away
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             freely
             confesseth
             ,
             that
             on
             mans
             
             part
             ,
             the
             controuersies
             of
             these
             times
             can
             neuer
             haue
             an
             end
             ,
             nor
             by
             any
             disputation
             be
             determined
             .
             Wherefore
             that
             it
             may
             be
             agreed
             vpon
             what
             and
             how
             much
             is
             to
             bee
             attributed
             to
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             how
             farre
             their
             authoritie
             is
             to
             take
             place
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             be
             amisse
             that
             certaine
             rules
             be
             composed
             
             by
             the
             mutuall
             consent
             of
             the
             parties
             ,
             prescribing
             the
             manner
             hereof
             .
             Amongst
             many
             other
             profitable
             and
             necessarie
             rules
             for
             this
             purpose
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             thinketh
             that
             these
             two
             which
             you
             haue
             noted
             ,
             may
             haue
             their
             place
             .
             But
             because
             the
             controuersies
             of
             these
             daies
             are
             not
             about
             ceremonies
             ,
             and
             other
             matters
             of
             lighter
             moment
             ,
             but
             about
             some
             articles
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             opinions
             appertaining
             to
             saluation
             :
             therefore
             his
             iudgement
             is
             that
             aboue
             all
             there
             be
             a
             generall
             agreement
             vpon
             this
             rule
             ,
             that
             opinions
             concerning
             matters
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             whatsoeuer
             should
             be
             beleeued
             as
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ,
             ought
             to
             bee
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             sacred
             Scripture
             alone
             ,
             neither
             must
             they
             depend
             vpon
             the
             authoritie
             of
             any
             mortall
             man
             ,
             but
             vpon
             the
             word
             of
             God
             only
             ,
             wherein
             hee
             hath
             declared
             his
             will
             vnto
             vs
             by
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             .
             Because
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             the
             ancient
             Church
             had
             authoritie
             of
             deducting
             articles
             out
             of
             the
             sacred
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             explaning
             ,
             but
             of
             coyning
             new
             articles
             of
             their
             owne
             they
             had
             no
             authoritie
             .
             This
             foundation
             being
             laid
             ,
             both
             ,
             the
             maiestie
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             inspired
             by
             God
             shal
             remaine
             
             inuiolated
             ,
             and
             that
             reuerence
             shall
             be
             giuen
             to
             the
             holie
             Fathers
             which
             is
             due
             .
             That
             this
             was
             the
             minde
             of
             all
             the
             Doctors
             of
             the
             ancient
             Church
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             easily
             demonstrated
             out
             of
             their
             owne
             writings
             .
             For
             what
             words
             more
             frequent
             in
             their
             workes
             then
             these
             ?
             
               That
               the
               doctrine
               which
               is
               taught
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               ought
               to
               bee
               taken
               out
               of
               the
            
             
             
               word
               of
               God.
            
             And
             these
             :
             
               For
               controuersies
               in
               matters
               of
               religion
               let
               the
               Scripture
               be
               iudge
               .
            
             Or
             who
             knoweth
             not
             the
             golden
             words
             of
             S.
             
               Basil
            
             the
             Great
             ,
             in
             his
             booke
             
               De
               Fide
               ?
               It
               is
               a
               manifest
               fall
               from
               faith
               ,
               and
               argument
               of
               presumption
               to
               reiect
               any
               thing
               of
               the
               written
               word
               ,
               or
               to
               bring
               in
               any
               thing
               which
               is
               not
               written
               ,
               seeing
               it
               is
               the
               speech
               of
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               My
               sheepe
               heare
               my
               voyce
               .
            
             And
             thus
             much
             be
             spoken
             concerning
             the
             obseruations
             proposed
             .
          
           
             Now
             follow
             the
             foure
             
               instances
               .
            
             For
             your
             illustrious
             honour
             
             being
             come
             to
             the
             hypothesis
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             you
             might
             euince
             that
             his
             excellent
             Maiestie
             doth
             not
             beleeue
             those
             things
             which
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             did
             anciently
             
             beleeue
             ,
             you
             goe
             about
             to
             demonstrate
             it
             by
             foure
             arguments
             ,
             drawne
             from
             such
             things
             as
             concerne
             the
             outward
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             the
             liturgie
             and
             matters
             of
             daily
             practise
             in
             religion
             :
             and
             afterwards
             you
             giue
             this
             reason
             ,
             why
             especially
             you
             bring
             these
             instances
             ,
             because
             if
             there
             were
             agreement
             concerning
             these
             ,
             the
             rest
             would
             bee
             easily
             agreed
             vpon
             .
             His
             excellent
             Maiestie
             (
             most
             illustrious
             Cardinall
             )
             could
             wish
             that
             this
             might
             be
             hoped
             for
             :
             but
             considering
             with
             himselfe
             what
             it
             is
             which
             at
             this
             day
             is
             vrged
             by
             your
             writers
             with
             chiefe
             care
             ,
             and
             eager
             contention
             :
             there
             appeares
             no
             great
             hope
             of
             peace
             ,
             no
             not
             if
             there
             were
             agreement
             about
             these
             foure
             heads
             which
             you
             haue
             proposed
             .
             For
             now
             adaies
             ,
             there
             is
             as
             eager
             contention
             about
             the
             Empire
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             for
             these
             or
             any
             other
             points
             of
             Christian
             religion
             .
             This
             alone
             is
             now
             made
             the
             article
             of
             faith
             whereon
             all
             the
             rest
             doe
             depend
             .
             Wherefore
             what
             hope
             remaines
             but
             in
             the
             goodnesse
             ,
             and
             mercie
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             whom
             onely
             it
             belongeth
             of
             right
             to
             cure
             the
             maladies
             of
             his
             Church
             ?
             in
             him
             let
             vs
             hope
             ,
             though
             against
             hope
             ,
             
               he
               will
               effect
               it
               .
            
             To
             returne
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             the
             
               Instances
            
             
             which
             you
             bring
             against
             the
             Liturgie
             of
             the
             English
             Church
             ,
             they
             be
             these
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               
                 They
                 beleeue
                 not
                 the
                 reall
                 presence
                 of
                 Christ
                 in
                 the
                 sacred
                 Eucharist
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 They
                 reiect
                 the
                 doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 sacrifice
                 of
                 the
                 Christian
                 Church
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 They
                 pray
                 not
                 for
                 the
                 dead
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 They
                 condemne
                 the
                 inuocation
                 of
                 Saints
                 which
                 are
                 in
                 heauen
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Vnto
             these
             foure
             his
             Maiestie
             answereth
             in
             few
             words
             .
          
           
             
               To
               the
               first
               Instance
               concerning
               reall
               presence
               .
            
             
               IF
               in
               the
               sacred
               mysteries
               of
               Christian
               religion
               ,
               the
               faithfull
               should
               bee
               thought
               to
               beleeue
               nothing
               but
               that
               ,
               which
               they
               perfitly
               vnderstand
               according
               to
               the
               manner
               ,
               
               then
               surely
               they
               would
               be
               found
               to
               be
               vnbeleeuing
               in
               many
               things
               ,
               which
               now
               they
               doubt
               not
               but
               that
               they
               do
               most
               firmely
               beleeue
               .
               That
               Christ
               our
               Lord
               is
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               begotten
               of
               the
               Father
               before
               all
               worlds
               :
               that
               the
               same
               Christ
               being
               very
               God
               ,
               did
               assume
               humane
               flesh
               in
               the
               wombe
               of
               the
               blessed
               Virgin
               :
               that
               hee
               was
               borne
               of
               her
               without
               any
               violation
               of
               the
               virginitie
               of
               this
               mother
               :
               that
               the
               diuine
               nature
               is
               vnited
               in
               the
               same
               person
               with
               the
               humane
               :
               these
               things
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               all
               Christians
               doe
               make
               profession
               to
               beleeue
               :
               of
               whom
               notwithstanding
               if
               you
               demaund
               the
               manner
               how
               they
               are
               done
               ,
               they
               will
               answere
               that
               faith
               in
               matters
               of
               Theologie
               is
               one
               thing
               ,
               and
               humane
               science
               is
               another
               :
               and
               they
               will
               religiouslie
               alleage
               
                 Galen
                 ,
              
               who
               otherwaies
               is
               no
               good
               Master
               of
               religion
               :
               whose
               excellent
               words
               in
               his
               15.
               booke
               
                 De
                 vsu
                 partium
                 ,
              
               are
               these
               :
               
                 How
                 this
                 was
                 done
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 enquire
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 be
                 taken
                 for
                 one
                 that
                 hath
                 no
                 vnderstanding
                 neither
                 of
                 your
                 owne
                 infirmitie
                 ,
                 nor
                 of
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 the
                 Creator
                 .
              
               And
               as
               for
               the
               Fathers
               ,
               
               how
               often
               they
               dehort
               vs
               from
               this
               question
               of
               the
               
                 manner
                 ,
              
               and
               from
               curiositie
               of
               explaning
               the
               manner
               in
               diuine
               
               mysteries
               ,
               I
               should
               be
               too
               long
               if
               I
               should
               goe
               about
               to
               rehearse
               .
               You
               know
               the
               words
               of
               
                 Gregorie
                 Nazianzene
              
               in
               his
               first
               oration
               ,
               
                 De
                 Theologia
                 :
                 You
                 heare
                 the
                 generation
                 of
                 the
                 Sonne
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 curious
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 manner
                 .
                 You
                 heare
                 that
              
               
               
                 the
                 holy
                 Ghost
                 proceedeth
                 from
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 busie
                 to
                 enquire
                 how
                 :
              
               and
               the
               same
               author
               in
               another
               place
               :
               
                 Let
                 the
                 generation
                 of
                 God
                 be
                 honored
                 with
                 silence
                 :
                 it
                 is
                 much
                 for
                 thee
                 to
                 haue
                 learned
                 that
                 hee
                 was
                 begotten
                 ,
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 manner
                 how
                 ,
                 wee
                 grant
                 it
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 vnderstood
                 by
                 the
                 Angels
                 ,
                 much
                 lesse
                 by
                 thee
                 .
                 Gregorie
              
               had
               to
               deale
               with
               the
               Arrians
               ,
               those
               peruerse
               heretikes
               ,
               whose
               impious
               curiositie
               he
               goeth
               not
               about
               to
               satisfie
               with
               subtiltie
               of
               disputation
               ,
               but
               forbiddeth
               them
               to
               search
               into
               the
               manner
               of
               so
               great
               a
               mysterie
               ,
               and
               enioyneth
               them
               silence
               .
               Now
               if
               his
               Maiestie
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               doe
               vse
               this
               godly
               moderation
               about
               the
               mysterie
               of
               the
               sacred
               Eucharist
               ,
               I
               pray
               you
               who
               ought
               to
               enuie
               it
               ?
               We
               reade
               in
               the
               Gospels
               that
               our
               Lord
               instituting
               this
               Sacrament
               ,
               
               tooke
               the
               bread
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               
                 This
                 is
                 my
                 body
                 :
              
               but
               that
               our
               Lord
               did
               so
               much
               as
               by
               one
               word
               explane
               how
               it
               was
               his
               bodie
               ,
               we
               doe
               not
               reade
               .
               The
               Church
               of
               England
               doth
               religiously
               beleeue
               that
               which
               she
               reades
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               same
               religion
               she
               is
               not
               inquisitiue
               into
               that
               which
               she
               reades
               not
               .
               They
               acknowledge
               ,
               and
               teach
               that
               this
               is
               a
               great
               mysterie
               which
               cannot
               be
               comprehended
               ,
               much
               lesse
               declared
               by
               the
               facultie
               of
               mans
               wit
               :
               but
               concerning
               the
               power
               and
               efficacie
               of
               it
               ,
               their
               opinion
               is
               with
               all
               sacred
               reuerence
               .
               They
               command
               those
               which
               come
               vnto
               this
               holie
               table
               diligently
               to
               search
               all
               the
               secret
               corners
               of
               their
               consciences
               :
               to
               make
               confession
               of
               their
               sinnes
               vnto
               God
               ,
               and
               if
               need
               be
               to
               the
               Priest
               also
               .
               They
               carefully
               warne
               the
               commers
               that
               they
               compose
               their
               mindes
               vnto
               all
               humilitie
               ,
               and
               deuotion
               :
               they
               receiue
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               bodie
               of
               Christ
               vpon
               their
               knees
               :
               and
               they
               doe
               not
               onely
               diuide
               the
               mysticall
               bread
               amongst
               the
               faithfull
               in
               their
               publike
               assemblies
               ,
               but
               they
               giue
               it
               also
               to
               those
               which
               be
               towards
               death
               ,
               
                 pro
                 viatico
                 ;
              
               that
               is
               ,
               for
               victuals
               in
               their
               iourney
               ,
               as
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Nicene
               Councell
               ,
               and
               all
               antiquitie
               doe
               call
               it
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               his
               Maiestie
               ,
               although
               he
               would
               haue
               his
               to
               abstaine
               from
               all
               manner
               of
               curiositie
               ,
               yet
               alloweth
               also
               of
               whatsoeuer
               the
               holie
               Fathers
               of
               the
               first
               ages
               haue
               spoken
               in
               the
               honour
               of
               that
               vnspeakable
               mysterie
               .
               Neither
               doth
               he
               reiect
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Fathers
               ,
               as
               
                 transmutation
                 ,
                 alteration
                 ,
                 transelementation
                 ,
              
               and
               such
               like
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               vnderstood
               
               and
               expounded
               agreeably
               to
               their
               intention
               .
               If
               this
               doctrine
               of
               his
               Maiestie
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               doe
               not
               giue
               you
               satisfaction
               ,
               then
               what
               remaines
               but
               that
               hee
               yeeld
               vnto
               the
               opinion
               of
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               if
               he
               will
               be
               friends
               with
               you
               ?
               But
               that
               is
               not
               piously
               to
               beleeue
               the
               veritie
               of
               the
               thing
               ,
               but
               with
               importunate
               curiositie
               to
               decree
               the
               manner
               thereof
               :
               which
               the
               King
               and
               his
               Church
               will
               neuer
               doe
               ,
               will
               neuer
               allow
               .
               But
               his
               excellent
               Maiestie
               wondreth
               ,
               that
               whereas
               your
               Honour
               granteth
               that
               you
               require
               not
               
                 primarily
              
               the
               beleeuing
               of
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               but
               that
               there
               be
               no
               doubt
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               the
               presence
               ,
               
               
               yet
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               hath
               not
               satisfied
               you
               in
               this
               point
               ,
               which
               in
               publike
               writings
               hath
               so
               often
               auouched
               her
               beleefe
               hereof
               .
               Wherefore
               that
               you
               may
               certainly
               know
               what
               is
               beleeued
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               taught
               in
               this
               Church
               concerning
               that
               matter
               ,
               I
               haue
               heere
               set
               downe
               a
               whole
               place
               out
               of
               the
               right
               reuerend
               the
               Lord
               Bishop
               of
               Ely
               his
               booke
               against
               Cardinall
               
                 Bellarmine
                 ,
              
               which
               some
               few
               moneths
               agoe
               he
               published
               .
               Thus
               he
               saith
               in
               the
               first
               chapter
               :
               
                 Our
                 Sauiour
                 Christ
                 said
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 my
                 bodie
                 ,
                 not
                 ,
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 is
                 my
                 bodie
                 :
                 whereof
                 the
                 Cardinall
                 is
                 not
                 ignorant
                 vnlesse
                 willingly
                 ,
                 and
                 wittingly
                 .
                 We
                 agree
                 with
                 you
                 concerning
                 the
                 obiect
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 strife
                 is
                 about
                 the
                 manner
                 .
                 Concerning
                 this
                 is
                 ,
                 wee
                 beleeue
                 firmely
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 :
                 concerning
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 to
                 wit
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 bread
                 is
                 transubstantiate
                 into
                 his
                 bodie
                 ,
                 after
                 what
                 manner
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 ,
                 whether
                 by
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 ,
                 or
                 vnder
                 ,
                 or
                 beyond
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 word
                 in
                 the
                 Gospell
                 :
                 and
                 because
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 word
                 ;
                 therefore
                 we
                 haue
                 reason
                 to
                 banish
                 it
                 from
                 beleefe
                 .
                 We
                 number
                 it
                 per
                 aduenture
                 amongst
                 the
                 decrees
                 of
                 the
                 schoole
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 amongst
                 the
                 articles
                 of
                 faith
                 .
                 That
                 which
              
               Durandus
               
                 is
                 reported
                 to
                 haue
                 said
                 ,
                 doth
                 not
                 dislike
                 vs
                 :
                 we
                 heare
                 the
                 word
                 ,
                 we
                 perceiue
                 the
                 sound
                 ,
                 we
                 know
                 not
                 the
                 manner
                 :
                 we
                 beleeue
                 the
                 presence
                 ,
                 we
                 beleeue
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 the
                 true
                 presence
                 aswell
                 as
                 you
                 :
                 concerning
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 the
                 presence
                 we
                 doe
                 not
                 vnaduisedly
                 define
                 .
                 Nay
                 more
                 ,
                 we
                 doe
                 not
                 scrupulouslie
                 enquire
                 :
                 No
                 more
                 then
                 we
                 doe
                 in
                 Baptisme
                 how
                 the
                 blood
                 of
                 Christ
                 clenseth
                 vs
                 :
                 no
                 more
                 then
                 we
                 doe
                 in
                 the
                 incarnation
                 of
                 Christ
                 how
                 the
                 diuine
                 nature
                 is
                 vnited
                 in
                 one
                 person
                 with
                 the
                 humane
                 .
                 We
                 reckon
                 it
                 amongst
                 the
                 mysteries
                 (
                 and
                 indeed
                 the
                 Eucharist
                 is
                 a
                 mysterie
                 )
                 the
                 remainders
                 whereof
                 should
                 be
                 consumed
                 with
                 fire
                 :
                 That
                 is
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 fathers
                 doe
                 elegantly
                 vnderstand
                 it
                 )
                 which
                 should
                 be
                 adored
                 by
                 faith
                 ,
                 not
                 debated
                 by
                 reason
                 .
              
               This
               is
               the
               saith
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               faith
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               .
               Who
               (
               that
               I
               may
               summarily
               comprise
               the
               whole
               matter
               )
               doe
               beleeue
               that
               in
               the
               Supper
               of
               the
               Lord
               they
               are
               made
               really
               partakers
               of
               the
               bodie
               and
               blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               (
               as
               the
               Greeke
               Fathers
               speake
               ,
               and
               as
               
                 Bellarmine
              
               himselfe
               confesseth
               )
               spiritually
               .
               For
               by
               faith
               they
               apprehend
               ,
               and
               eate
               Christ
               :
               and
               they
               belecue
               
               that
               there
               is
               no
               other
               kind
               of
               eating
               profitable
               to
               saluation
               ,
               which
               all
               your
               men
               also
               haue
               confessed
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               the
               second
               Instance
               concerning
               the
               sacrifice
               in
               the
               Christian
               Church
               .
            
             
               HIs
               Maiestie
               is
               not
               ignorant
               ,
               neither
               doth
               he
               denie
               ,
               that
               in
               place
               of
               the
               manifold
               sacrifices
               of
               the
               Mosaicall
               law
               ,
               the
               ancient
               Fathers
               did
               acknowledge
               one
               sacrifice
               in
               the
               Christian
               religion
               .
               But
               this
               he
               auoucheth
               to
               be
               nothing
               else
               but
               the
               commemoration
               of
               that
               sacrifice
               which
               Christ
               did
               once
               offer
               to
               his
               Father
               vpon
               the
               crosse
               .
               Therefore
               S.
               
                 Chrysostome
                 ,
              
               which
               maketh
               mention
               of
               this
               sacrifice
               as
               oft
               as
               any
               ,
               vpon
               the
               ninth
               chapter
               of
               the
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Hebrewes
               ,
               after
               he
               hath
               called
               it
               a
               sacrifice
               ,
               straightwaies
               adioyneth
               by
               way
               of
               explication
               ,
               or
               correction
               ,
               
                 or
                 rather
                 commemoration
                 of
                 that
                 sacrifice
                 .
              
               That
               tearme
               ,
               
                 or
                 rather
                 ,
              
               what
               
               force
               it
               hath
               you
               know
               very
               well
               .
               And
               often
               hath
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               protested
               ,
               that
               they
               would
               not
               contend
               about
               the
               word
               ,
               so
               they
               might
               obtaine
               of
               you
               to
               haue
               the
               ancient
               saith
               restored
               .
               And
               that
               these
               things
               which
               you
               practise
               contrarie
               to
               the
               custome
               of
               the
               ancient
               Church
               ,
               might
               be
               abolished
               .
               For
               it
               is
               certaine
               that
               the
               celebration
               of
               the
               Eucharist
               without
               any
               communicants
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               merchandise
               of
               priuate
               Masses
               ,
               condemned
               by
               many
               of
               your
               owne
               Diuines
               ,
               tooke
               their
               originall
               from
               the
               peruerse
               doctrine
               concerning
               this
               sacrifice
               .
               And
               whereas
               for
               the
               deliuering
               of
               the
               soules
               of
               the
               deceased
               from
               the
               flames
               of
               Purgatorie
               ,
               the
               necessitie
               of
               many
               Masses
               is
               vrged
               ,
               his
               Maiestie
               doubteth
               not
               ,
               but
               that
               this
               is
               a
               dotage
               of
               idle
               braines
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               for
               their
               owne
               gaine
               doe
               wickedly
               abuse
               the
               simplicitie
               of
               the
               people
               .
               Remoue
               those
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               grosse
               and
               soule
               abuses
               which
               raigne
               amongst
               you
               ,
               &
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               which
               in
               her
               Liturgie
               maketh
               expresse
               mention
               of
               a
               sacrifice
               ,
               can
               be
               well
               content
               to
               rest
               in
               the
               custome
               of
               the
               ancient
               Church
               .
               Wherefore
               his
               excellent
               Maiestie
               being
               lately
               informed
               that
               not
               long
               agoe
               ,
               at
               a
               famous
               assemblie
               
               of
               Dominican
               Friers
               ,
               you
               disputed
               learnedly
               concerning
               a
               double
               sacrifice
               ,
               of
               
                 Expiation
              
               and
               of
               
                 Commemoration
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 religion
                 ,
              
               hath
               affirmed
               ,
               in
               the
               hearing
               of
               many
               ,
               that
               he
               approued
               that
               distinction
               ,
               and
               commandeth
               me
               now
               to
               signifie
               so
               much
               vnto
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               the
               third
               Instance
               of
               prayer
               for
               the
               dead
               .
            
             
               THat
               it
               was
               a
               very
               ancient
               custome
               in
               the
               publike
               prayers
               of
               the
               Church
               to
               make
               commemoration
               of
               the
               deceased
               ,
               and
               to
               desire
               of
               God
               rest
               for
               their
               soules
               ,
               which
               died
               in
               the
               peace
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               few
               are
               ignorant
               ,
               much
               lesse
               is
               it
               vnknowne
               vnto
               his
               Maiestie
               .
               Neither
               is
               there
               any
               doubt
               but
               that
               this
               custome
               sprung
               from
               a
               vehement
               affection
               of
               charitie
               .
               Likewise
               the
               ancient
               Church
               hereby
               gaue
               testimonie
               of
               the
               resurrection
               to
               come
               .
               This
               custome
               ,
               although
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               condemneth
               not
               in
               the
               first
               ages
               ,
               yet
               she
               thinketh
               not
               good
               to
               retaine
               it
               now
               for
               diuers
               and
               weightie
               causes
               ,
               some
               whereof
               I
               will
               touch
               heere
               .
               First
               ,
               because
               she
               is
               verely
               perswaded
               that
               without
               any
               precept
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               supreme
               Lawgiuer
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
               this
               custome
               was
               introducted
               ,
               neither
               could
               the
               contrarie
               hitherto
               bee
               demonstrated
               by
               any
               of
               your
               Doctors
               .
               Wherfore
               ,
               although
               his
               Maiesty
               doth
               not
               take
               vpon
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               hath
               protested
               in
               his
               Monitorie
               epistle
               ,
               to
               condemne
               an
               ordinance
               which
               is
               approued
               by
               the
               practise
               of
               the
               ancient
               Church
               ,
               yet
               he
               is
               vndoubtedly
               perswaded
               that
               his
               Church
               is
               not
               bound
               by
               any
               necessitie
               to
               obserue
               it
               .
               For
               whatsoeuer
               the
               ancient
               Christian
               Fathers
               haue
               done
               on
               this
               part
               ,
               all
               that
               his
               Maiestie
               reserreth
               vnto
               the
               head
               of
               things
               profitable
               ,
               or
               lawfull
               :
               of
               which
               wee
               haue
               spoken
               in
               the
               second
               
                 obseruation
                 :
              
               neither
               can
               it
               be
               prooued
               that
               this
               custome
               is
               to
               be
               referred
               vnto
               those
               things
               which
               are
               of
               absolute
               necessitie
               .
               For
               whence
               should
               this
               necessitie
               spring
               ?
               not
               from
               the
               law
               of
               God
               ,
               for
               he
               neuer
               commanded
               it
               :
               and
               if
               it
               flow
               not
               from
               that
               fountaine
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               necessitie
               .
               For
               wee
               haue
               alreadie
               laid
               this
               ground
               ,
               that
               nothing
               ought
               to
               be
               accounted
               necessarie
               to
               saluation
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               either
               expressely
               contained
               in
               Gods
               
               word
               ,
               or
               thence
               by
               necessarie
               consequence
               deducted
               .
               And
               wee
               haue
               declared
               ,
               that
               such
               things
               as
               the
               ancient
               Church
               beleeued
               ,
               or
               practised
               without
               necessitie
               ,
               the
               same
               ought
               now
               also
               to
               be
               left
               with
               libertie
               vnto
               vs.
               A
               second
               reason
               is
               ,
               that
               although
               his
               Maiestie
               acknowledgeth
               the
               authors
               of
               this
               custome
               to
               haue
               been
               very
               ancient
               ,
               yet
               no
               man
               hitherto
               could
               proue
               ,
               that
               such
               was
               the
               vse
               in
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Apostolike
               times
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               fountaine
               of
               all
               antiquitie
               in
               the
               Church
               .
               Besides
               that
               ,
               the
               prayers
               then
               vsed
               doe
               much
               differ
               both
               in
               their
               end
               ,
               and
               manner
               ,
               from
               these
               which
               are
               now
               practised
               ,
               and
               taught
               .
               A
               third
               reason
               is
               added
               by
               his
               Maiestie
               ,
               that
               when
               once
               prayer
               for
               the
               dead
               tooke
               place
               amongst
               Church
               rites
               ,
               not
               long
               after
               a
               rout
               of
               shamefull
               errours
               ,
               and
               doting
               superstitions
               did
               band
               together
               ,
               and
               breake
               into
               the
               Church
               .
               Now
               let
               indifferent
               arbitratours
               iudge
               to
               whom
               the
               name
               of
               Catholike
               should
               be
               denied
               :
               whether
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               his
               subiects
               ,
               which
               by
               reason
               of
               errours
               ensuing
               haue
               left
               off
               ,
               or
               thinke
               it
               not
               lawfull
               to
               vse
               a
               custome
               grounded
               vpon
               no
               necessitie
               :
               or
               to
               your
               men
               ,
               which
               by
               sophisticall
               cauillations
               ,
               and
               incredible
               obstinacie
               had
               rather
               maintaine
               ,
               then
               reforme
               all
               the
               errors
               of
               former
               ages
               ,
               though
               neuer
               so
               grosse
               ,
               and
               pernicious
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               the
               fourth
               Instance
               concerning
               the
               inuocation
               of
               Saints
               .
            
             
               COncerning
               the
               inuocation
               of
               Saints
               ,
               his
               Maiesties
               answere
               is
               the
               same
               with
               his
               former
               touching
               prayers
               for
               the
               dead
               .
               From
               a
               small
               beginning
               (
               as
               all
               men
               know
               )
               it
               grew
               to
               such
               greatnesse
               ,
               that
               in
               former
               ages
               (
               and
               I
               wish
               it
               were
               not
               so
               now
               in
               many
               places
               )
               Christian
               people
               haue
               put
               more
               confidence
               ,
               and
               hope
               of
               present
               aide
               in
               Saints
               ,
               then
               (
               ô
               horrible
               impietie
               )
               in
               our
               Sauiour
               himselfe
               :
               who
               being
               in
               the
               
               forme
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               bring
               saluation
               vnto
               vs
               which
               were
               his
               enemies
               ,
               did
               emptie
               himselfe
               by
               taking
               the
               forme
               of
               a
               seruant
               ,
               and
               humbled
               himselfe
               being
               obedient
               vnto
               
               death
               ,
               euen
               the
               death
               of
               the
               crosse
               .
               And
               when
               this
               blessed
               
               Sauiour
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               neuer
               enough
               admired
               goodnesse
               and
               clemencie
               ,
               doth
               inuite
               miserable
               sinners
               with
               these
               sweete
               words
               of
               his
               Gospell
               ,
               
                 Come
                 vnto
                 me
                 all
                 you
                 that
                 are
              
               
               
                 wearie
                 and
                 heauie
                 laden
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 will
                 refresh
                 you
                 :
              
               yet
               some
               haue
               endeuoured
               by
               the
               peruersnes
               of
               their
               wit
               to
               frustrate
               this
               gracious
               inuitation
               :
               and
               painting
               Christ
               ,
               who
               is
               our
               onely
               Aduocate
               to
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               alwaies
               terrible
               ,
               and
               vnmercifull
               ,
               they
               would
               perswade
               poore
               soules
               that
               there
               is
               no
               way
               to
               Christ
               but
               through
               the
               mediation
               of
               many
               Saints
               .
               Moreouer
               ,
               some
               others
               haue
               openly
               taught
               ,
               that
               our
               Sauiour
               Christ
               hath
               reserued
               the
               
                 seueritie
                 of
                 iustice
              
               vnto
               himselfe
               ,
               but
               
                 indulgence
              
               and
               
                 mercie
              
               he
               hath
               granted
               to
               the
               blessed
               Virgin.
               Againe
               ,
               how
               haue
               they
               distributed
               offices
               ,
               and
               powers
               of
               healing
               amongst
               the
               Saints
               with
               wonderfull
               curiositie
               ,
               or
               rather
               detestable
               superstition
               ?
               And
               heretofore
               their
               suffrages
               only
               were
               desired
               ,
               that
               being
               gracious
               with
               God
               almightie
               they
               would
               make
               intercession
               for
               men
               :
               but
               afterwards
               ,
               the
               world
               was
               filled
               with
               bookes
               concerning
               the
               proper
               seruice
               of
               this
               ,
               or
               that
               Saint
               ,
               and
               peculiar
               formes
               of
               prayer
               to
               be
               made
               vnto
               them
               .
               Wherefore
               in
               place
               of
               that
               diuine
               booke
               of
               the
               Psalter
               ,
               which
               the
               ancient
               Christians
               neuer
               laid
               out
               of
               their
               hands
               ;
               which
               was
               the
               solace
               of
               men
               and
               women
               ,
               yong
               and
               old
               ,
               rich
               and
               poore
               ,
               learned
               and
               vnlearned
               ,
               there
               haue
               succeeded
               the
               Houres
               of
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               and
               Legends
               ;
               or
               rather
               impious
               ,
               and
               doting
               fables
               (
               I
               speake
               not
               of
               the
               true
               histories
               of
               Martyrs
               )
               and
               such
               vile
               stuffe
               .
               And
               yet
               further
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               not
               iniurie
               enough
               to
               robbe
               Christians
               of
               so
               necessarie
               and
               diuine
               a
               booke
               ,
               one
               of
               your
               men
               hath
               turned
               all
               the
               Psalmes
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               the
               blessed
               Virgin
               ,
               attributing
               vnto
               her
               (
               as
               if
               there
               were
               no
               difference
               betwixt
               the
               creature
               and
               the
               Creator
               )
               whatsoeuer
               was
               prophecied
               concerning
               the
               onely
               Sonne
               of
               God.
               His
               excellent
               Maiestie
               doth
               extoll
               the
               happinesse
               of
               the
               most
               glorious
               virgin
               mother
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               affirming
               that
               she
               is
               eleuated
               vnto
               the
               highest
               degree
               of
               honour
               ,
               which
               God
               the
               Creator
               could
               impart
               to
               any
               humane
               creature
               :
               he
               reioyceth
               also
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               vpon
               set
               daies
               in
               
               the
               yeere
               doth
               solemnize
               the
               honoured
               memorie
               of
               that
               most
               blessed
               Virgin
               :
               but
               the
               Sophisters
               of
               these
               times
               can
               by
               no
               cunning
               euer
               perswade
               him
               to
               allow
               ,
               or
               endure
               that
               Psalter
               of
               our
               Ladie
               .
               For
               as
               touching
               Cardinall
               
                 Bellarmine
                 ,
              
               which
               hath
               lately
               defended
               it
               ,
               his
               Maiestie
               is
               perswaded
               that
               he
               is
               distasted
               of
               your
               owne
               ,
               as
               many
               as
               haue
               but
               any
               small
               sense
               of
               pietie
               .
               Considering
               then
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               is
               almost
               deadly
               sicke
               of
               such
               inward
               diseases
               ,
               his
               Maiestie
               wondred
               (
               most
               illustrious
               Cardinall
               )
               when
               hee
               read
               in
               your
               epistle
               that
               the
               inuocation
               of
               Saints
               ,
               as
               your
               men
               doe
               now
               practise
               it
               ,
               is
               the
               same
               which
               was
               in
               vse
               in
               the
               primitiue
               Church
               .
               Wherefore
               his
               Maiestie
               answereth
               in
               few
               words
               :
               First
               ,
               it
               cannot
               be
               proued
               that
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               primitiue
               Church
               ,
               any
               other
               but
               the
               almightie
               God
               was
               inuoked
               :
               secondly
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               precept
               in
               the
               word
               of
               God
               for
               it
               ,
               no
               one
               footstep
               of
               any
               example
               :
               God
               onely
               was
               adored
               ,
               God
               onely
               was
               implored
               through
               the
               intercession
               of
               his
               onely
               begotten
               Sonne
               ,
               the
               one
               and
               only
               Mediatour
               betwixt
               God
               and
               man.
               Afterwards
               was
               brought
               in
               the
               vse
               of
               praying
               at
               the
               sepulchres
               of
               Martyrs
               :
               then
               began
               the
               making
               of
               apostrophees
               vnto
               Saints
               ,
               besides
               the
               worship
               of
               God
               :
               then
               the
               making
               of
               vowes
               ,
               and
               prayers
               ,
               not
               primarily
               to
               pray
               them
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               should
               pray
               God.
               Yet
               if
               these
               new
               examples
               had
               gone
               no
               further
               ,
               his
               Maiestie
               would
               not
               greatly
               haue
               reprooued
               the
               custome
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               at
               the
               least
               not
               so
               much
               condemned
               it
               as
               the
               abuses
               which
               hereupon
               ensued
               .
               For
               his
               Maiestie
               doth
               honour
               the
               blessed
               Martyrs
               ,
               and
               other
               Saints
               which
               now
               raigne
               with
               Christ
               the
               head
               of
               both
               Churches
               ,
               triumphant
               and
               militant
               :
               neither
               doubteth
               he
               of
               their
               continuall
               prayers
               for
               the
               necessities
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               beleeuing
               stedfastly
               the
               benefit
               thereof
               :
               but
               hee
               confesseth
               ingenuously
               that
               hee
               knoweth
               no
               reason
               whereby
               any
               man
               can
               promise
               or
               warrant
               vs
               that
               they
               heare
               our
               prayers
               ,
               and
               that
               wee
               should
               account
               them
               as
               our
               household
               gods
               ;
               and
               protectors
               .
               Wherefore
               hee
               exceedingly
               disliketh
               that
               which
               followed
               in
               after-ages
               .
               For
               by
               degrees
               it
               came
               to
               that
               
               which
               I
               haue
               shewed
               ,
               which
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               affirmeth
               to
               be
               impious
               in
               the
               extreame
               .
               And
               if
               there
               bee
               examples
               extant
               in
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               fourth
               age
               for
               this
               inuocation
               (
               as
               no
               doubt
               there
               are
               ,
               neither
               doth
               the
               King
               denie
               it
               )
               yet
               this
               is
               a
               testimonie
               of
               the
               decay
               of
               ancient
               simplicitie
               ,
               and
               of
               an
               euill
               then
               growing
               ;
               but
               in
               no
               respect
               comparable
               with
               that
               which
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               at
               this
               day
               is
               openly
               practised
               ,
               tolerated
               ,
               and
               defended
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               although
               the
               holy
               Fathers
               did
               allow
               the
               custom
               of
               that
               time
               amongst
               things
               profitable
               ,
               or
               lawfull
               ,
               yet
               they
               neuer
               accounted
               of
               it
               as
               a
               thing
               necessarie
               to
               saluation
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               present
               argument
               of
               our
               speech
               .
               And
               thus
               much
               concerning
               the
               foure
               obiections
               against
               the
               English
               Liturgie
               .
            
             
               Now
               his
               Maiestie
               commendeth
               your
               iudgement
               ,
               that
               amongst
               all
               the
               things
               which
               you
               dislike
               in
               his
               religion
               ,
               you
               haue
               made
               choice
               especially
               of
               those
               which
               concerne
               matters
               of
               Church
               assemblies
               ,
               and
               diuine
               seruice
               .
               For
               the
               communion
               of
               the
               faithfull
               consisteth
               much
               in
               the
               publike
               exercises
               of
               pietie
               :
               and
               this
               is
               the
               chiefe
               bond
               of
               vnion
               so
               much
               desired
               by
               good
               men
               .
               Wherefore
               if
               Christians
               could
               but
               agree
               about
               this
               ,
               why
               might
               not
               all
               Europe
               communicate
               together
               ?
               only
               ,
               granting
               a
               libertie
               to
               schoole-Diuines
               with
               moderation
               to
               debate
               other
               opinions
               .
               Which
               were
               a
               thing
               much
               to
               be
               wished
               ,
               and
               that
               foundation
               once
               laid
               ,
               by
               the
               helpe
               of
               God
               ,
               much
               hope
               might
               be
               conceiued
               of
               the
               rest
               .
               For
               this
               cause
               his
               excellent
               Maiestie
               greatly
               commending
               your
               iudgement
               herein
               ,
               hath
               himselfe
               likewise
               heere
               deliuered
               ,
               what
               things
               in
               your
               Liturgie
               he
               thinketh
               worthie
               to
               bee
               reprooued
               .
               But
               if
               ,
               for
               the
               want
               of
               these
               foure
               things
               in
               the
               English
               Liturgie
               ,
               you
               think
               there
               is
               iust
               cause
               ,
               that
               they
               which
               vse
               it
               should
               neither
               be
               accounted
               ,
               nor
               called
               Catholikes
               :
               then
               consider
               ,
               I
               pray
               you
               ,
               what
               his
               Maiestie
               may
               pronounce
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               in
               whose
               Liturgie
               (
               for
               hee
               passeth
               other
               points
               of
               your
               religion
               )
               godly
               men
               haue
               obserued
               so
               many
               things
               manifestly
               repugnant
               to
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               ancient
               Catholike
               faith
               .
               Which
               things
               neuerthelesse
               the
               Pope
               had
               rather
               maintaine
               ,
               
               then
               reforme
               ,
               when
               the
               truth
               now
               shineth
               so
               cleerely
               .
               And
               here
               although
               his
               Maiesty
               could
               easily
               rehearse
               many
               grieuous
               abuses
               in
               the
               Romane
               Liturgie
               ;
               yet
               it
               pleaseth
               him
               to
               name
               only
               foure
               ,
               which
               he
               opposeth
               to
               the
               other
               foure
               named
               by
               you
               .
               The
               first
               is
               the
               vse
               of
               an
               vnknowne
               tongue
               ,
               contrarie
               to
               the
               precept
               of
               S.
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               practise
               of
               the
               primitiue
               Church
               ,
               to
               whom
               in
               their
               assemblies
               nothing
               was
               dearer
               then
               the
               good
               ,
               and
               edification
               of
               the
               hearers
               .
               Wherefore
               the
               Fathers
               prouided
               the
               translation
               of
               Scripture
               into
               all
               languages
               :
               and
               ,
               as
               
                 Epiphanius
              
               noteth
               in
               the
               end
               of
               his
               third
               booke
               ,
               they
               had
               
                 their
                 Interpreters
                 ,
              
               who
               ,
               if
               need
               were
               ,
               did
               translate
               one
               language
               into
               another
               ,
               
                 in
                 their
              
               
               
                 readings
                 ,
              
               as
               hee
               speaketh
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               when
               the
               Scriptures
               were
               read
               vnto
               the
               people
               .
               Surely
               ,
               that
               the
               things
               read
               were
               generally
               vnderstood
               ,
               this
               alone
               is
               sufficient
               proofe
               ,
               that
               in
               most
               of
               the
               Homilies
               of
               the
               Greeke
               and
               Latin
               Fathers
               ,
               wee
               meete
               with
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 vt
                 audistis
                 legi
                 ,
              
               or
               ,
               
                 vt
                 hodie
                 lectum
                 est
                 :
              
               as
               you
               heard
               it
               read
               ,
               or
               as
               it
               was
               read
               to
               day
               .
               Which
               if
               your
               preachers
               should
               say
               ,
               were
               it
               not
               ridiculous
               ?
               when
               the
               poore
               people
               vnderstand
               nothing
               that
               is
               read
               out
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               notwithstanding
               they
               haue
               more
               need
               then
               the
               people
               of
               old
               time
               .
               For
               the
               ancient
               Doctors
               vrged
               euery
               one
               to
               reade
               the
               Bible
               diligently
               in
               their
               houses
               ,
               which
               now
               vnder
               paine
               of
               excommunication
               they
               are
               forbidden
               to
               touch
               ;
               vnlesse
               they
               obtaine
               a
               dispensation
               .
               So
               that
               the
               sacred
               word
               of
               God
               (
               I
               tremble
               to
               speake
               it
               )
               hath
               now
               the
               first
               place
               in
               the
               catalogue
               of
               bookes
               prohibited
               .
               His
               Maiestie
               knoweth
               that
               amongst
               you
               there
               may
               be
               found
               some
               Bibles
               translated
               into
               vulgar
               languages
               :
               but
               the
               English
               Priests
               at
               Do
               way
               ,
               which
               turned
               the
               Scripture
               into
               English
               ,
               haue
               taught
               him
               thus
               much
               ,
               that
               you
               were
               constrained
               against
               your
               willes
               to
               make
               those
               translations
               ,
               
                 importunitate
                 haereticorum
                 ,
              
               by
               the
               importunitie
               of
               the
               heretikes
               ,
               as
               they
               of
               Do
               way
               speake
               .
               For
               it
               is
               heresie
               with
               these
               men
               to
               be
               desirous
               to
               reade
               the
               word
               of
               God
               with
               sobrietie
               ,
               and
               reuerence
               .
               Neither
               is
               his
               Maiestie
               ignorant
               ,
               when
               
                 Renatus
                 Benedictus
              
               Priest
               translated
               the
               Bible
               into
               French
               ,
               how
               the
               
               Popes
               of
               Rome
               troubled
               him
               for
               that
               fact
               ,
               and
               how
               by
               their
               letters
               they
               commanded
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Paris
               to
               endeuour
               that
               all
               the
               French
               translations
               might
               be
               extorted
               from
               the
               people
               .
               Which
               without
               faile
               they
               had
               effected
               ,
               if
               there
               had
               been
               no
               Protestants
               in
               France
               .
               His
               Maiestie
               hath
               read
               of
               late
               also
               in
               a
               booke
               of
               a
               certaine
               English
               Pontifician
               Priest
               ,
               that
               prayers
               vttered
               in
               an
               vnknowne
               tongue
               haue
               a
               kinde
               of
               greater
               efficacie
               in
               them
               ,
               then
               if
               they
               were
               vnderstood
               .
               Which
               senselesse
               dotage
               was
               an
               old
               heathnish
               conceit
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               the
               singular
               follie
               of
               this
               Priest
               alone
               .
               So
               the
               Valentinian
               heretikes
               did
               vse
               Hebrew
               names
               in
               their
               superstitious
               mysteries
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               amaze
               the
               ignorant
               multitude
               :
               and
               ,
               as
               
                 Eusebius
              
               speaketh
               in
               the
               fourth
               part
               of
               his
               Historie
               ,
               
                 the
                 more
                 to
                 astonish
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 initiated
                 in
                 their
              
               
               
                 superstitions
                 .
              
               The
               second
               abuse
               is
               ,
               the
               diminishing
               of
               the
               holie
               Sacrament
               ,
               contrarie
               to
               the
               institution
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               example
               of
               S.
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               practise
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               for
               the
               space
               of
               one
               thousand
               yeeres
               at
               least
               ,
               as
               
                 Cassander
              
               a
               learned
               man
               confesseth
               .
               In
               the
               third
               place
               are
               priuate
               Masses
               ,
               where
               are
               no
               communicants
               .
               I
               haue
               said
               before
               that
               these
               things
               had
               their
               beginning
               from
               that
               peruerse
               doctrine
               concerning
               the
               sacrifice
               in
               the
               Christian
               Church
               .
               Restore
               vs
               the
               ancient
               faith
               ,
               and
               the
               ancient
               practise
               .
               In
               the
               fourth
               place
               his
               Maiestie
               obiecteth
               the
               present
               vse
               and
               adoration
               of
               Images
               .
               The
               Councell
               of
               Trent
               confesseth
               an
               abuse
               ,
               and
               the
               Romane
               Catechisme
               giueth
               some
               profitable
               admonition
               on
               this
               behalfe
               .
               But
               what
               are
               we
               the
               better
               ?
               the
               abuse
               remaineth
               ,
               it
               is
               approued
               ,
               maintained
               ,
               and
               encreaseth
               daily
               .
               His
               Maiestie
               omitteth
               the
               adoration
               ,
               and
               inuocation
               of
               Saints
               :
               which
               as
               it
               is
               now
               practised
               ,
               neither
               can
               ,
               nor
               ought
               to
               be
               excused
               .
               He
               omitteth
               also
               the
               religious
               adoration
               of
               reliques
               ,
               which
               at
               this
               day
               is
               taught
               and
               commanded
               as
               a
               thing
               necessarie
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               very
               profitable
               to
               saluation
               .
               Beside
               the
               intollerable
               absurditie
               :
               as
               when
               false
               or
               ridiculous
               reliques
               are
               obtruded
               ,
               as
               the
               teares
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               milke
               of
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               .
               Hee
               omitteth
               the
               licentious
               boldnes
               of
               your
               preachers
               ,
               when
               they
               stray
               from
               the
               word
               
               of
               God
               ;
               who
               ought
               to
               bee
               restrained
               from
               propounding
               any
               doctrine
               to
               the
               people
               as
               necessarie
               to
               saluation
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               drawne
               out
               of
               the
               diuine
               oracles
               ,
               and
               agreeable
               to
               the
               ancient
               faith
               .
               For
               that
               is
               the
               wholesome
               doctrine
               which
               the
               Apostle
               so
               often
               commendeth
               .
               If
               there
               were
               such
               a
               restraint
               ,
               many
               things
               now
               practised
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               would
               fall
               downe
               of
               their
               owne
               accord
               .
               As
               the
               doctrine
               of
               Indulgences
               :
               as
               that
               foppish
               deuice
               of
               the
               intensiue
               paines
               in
               Purgatorie
               :
               by
               vertue
               of
               which
               intension
               many
               thousand
               yeeres
               are
               contained
               in
               one
               minute
               :
               as
               those
               
                 battologiae
                 ,
              
               or
               idle
               repetition
               of
               heedlesse
               prayers
               ,
               vnpleasing
               to
               our
               Sauiour
               ,
               as
               he
               himselfe
               witnesseth
               .
               Then
               it
               would
               no
               longer
               be
               accounted
               great
               merit
               to
               repeate
               the
               Rosarie
               ,
               or
               other
               prayers
               ,
               and
               Psalmes
               twentie
               ,
               or
               fiftie
               ,
               or
               an
               hundred
               times
               .
               If
               these
               and
               such
               like
               impediments
               were
               remoued
               ,
               religious
               men
               should
               peraduenture
               finde
               no
               iust
               cause
               to
               abstaine
               from
               your
               communion
               .
               There
               is
               another
               thing
               which
               his
               Maiestie
               thought
               good
               not
               to
               omit
               ,
               which
               is
               written
               in
               the
               end
               of
               your
               Epistle
               :
               that
               you
               will
               be
               silent
               concerning
               the
               Pope
               of
               Rome
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               manifest
               ,
               to
               those
               which
               haue
               but
               meane
               skill
               in
               Ecclesiasticall
               historie
               ,
               that
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               first
               ages
               ,
               the
               Councels
               ,
               and
               Christian
               Emperours
               in
               all
               businesse
               appertaining
               to
               religion
               and
               the
               Church
               ,
               gaue
               him
               the
               preheminence
               ,
               and
               acknowledged
               him
               the
               chiefe
               .
               That
               this
               is
               all
               for
               this
               point
               ,
               which
               your
               Church
               requireth
               to
               be
               beleeued
               as
               an
               article
               of
               faith
               ,
               by
               those
               whom
               you
               receiue
               into
               communion
               .
               To
               this
               his
               Maiestie
               maketh
               answere
               :
               and
               ,
               appealing
               to
               your
               owne
               vnpartiall
               minde
               ,
               he
               desireth
               you
               to
               consider
               the
               actions
               of
               Romane
               Bishops
               for
               almost
               seuen
               hundred
               yeeres
               past
               .
               He
               is
               loth
               to
               stirre
               the
               remembrance
               of
               things
               noisome
               ,
               yet
               gladly
               would
               hee
               haue
               you
               know
               ,
               that
               hee
               is
               most
               certaine
               of
               this
               :
               that
               the
               late
               Bishops
               of
               that
               sea
               are
               so
               vnlike
               vnto
               the
               ancient
               Popes
               in
               sinceritie
               of
               faith
               ,
               in
               manner
               of
               life
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               whole
               course
               and
               end
               of
               their
               gouernment
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               altogether
               vniust
               ,
               things
               being
               in
               this
               state
               ,
               to
               draw
               arguments
               from
               the
               former
               ages
               ,
               and
               applic
               them
               to
               this
               
               present
               time
               .
               Let
               the
               forme
               of
               the
               ancient
               Church
               be
               restored
               ,
               and
               many
               new
               lawes
               heretofore
               not
               heard
               of
               be
               abolished
               .
               In
               briefe
               ,
               let
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               declare
               euidently
               by
               his
               actions
               that
               he
               seeketh
               Gods
               glorie
               ,
               not
               his
               owne
               ;
               that
               he
               hath
               a
               care
               of
               the
               peace
               ,
               and
               saluation
               of
               his
               people
               :
               then
               his
               Maiestie
               ,
               as
               he
               hath
               protested
               before
               in
               his
               Monitorie
               Epistle
               ,
               will
               acknowledge
               his
               primacie
               ,
               and
               be
               willing
               to
               say
               with
               Gregorie
               Nazianzen
               ,
               
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 the
                 care
                 of
                 the
              
               
               
                 whole
                 Church
                 .
              
               But
               at
               this
               time
               what
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               especially
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               ,
               ought
               to
               thinke
               concerning
               that
               sea
               ,
               his
               Maiestie
               dare
               referre
               it
               to
               your
               owne
               iudgement
               to
               determine
               .
               For
               you
               know
               what
               a
               number
               of
               books
               come
               abroad
               daily
               from
               Rome
               ,
               and
               almost
               all
               the
               corners
               of
               Europe
               ,
               in
               defence
               of
               the
               Popes
               temporall
               power
               ,
               or
               rather
               omnipotencie
               ,
               his
               dominion
               ,
               and
               monarchie
               ouer
               all
               the
               Kings
               ,
               and
               people
               of
               the
               whole
               earth
               .
               You
               know
               that
               Cardinall
               
                 Bellarmine
              
               hath
               of
               late
               written
               concerning
               that
               argument
               ,
               and
               soone
               after
               the
               death
               of
               
                 Henry
              
               the
               Great
               ,
               hath
               been
               bold
               to
               publish
               that
               ,
               which
               all
               honest
               men
               of
               your
               owne
               side
               doe
               detest
               .
               I
               say
               ,
               all
               honest
               men
               :
               for
               the
               complices
               of
               that
               conspiracie
               doe
               heartily
               embrace
               ,
               and
               to
               their
               power
               defend
               it
               as
               an
               oracle
               from
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               Pope
               ,
               which
               cannot
               erre
               .
               Wherefore
               the
               Iesuits
               of
               Ingolstade
               in
               a
               booke
               lately
               published
               against
               Master
               
                 Iohn
                 Gordon
                 ,
              
               the
               Deane
               of
               Salisburie
               ,
               a
               man
               nobly
               borne
               ,
               and
               very
               learned
               ,
               doe
               cite
               testimonies
               out
               of
               this
               booke
               of
               the
               Cardinals
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               the
               constant
               opinion
               ,
               and
               consent
               of
               all
               Catholikes
               .
               But
               I
               desire
               your
               Honour
               to
               consider
               whether
               the
               ancient
               Church
               euer
               did
               the
               like
               to
               this
               ,
               and
               what
               will
               be
               the
               issue
               of
               this
               madnesse
               .
               Consider
               into
               what
               danger
               of
               vtter
               ruine
               they
               bring
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               which
               doe
               approue
               ,
               or
               suffer
               such
               things
               as
               are
               now
               practised
               ,
               and
               taught
               .
               For
               ,
               to
               conclude
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               matters
               stand
               thus
               with
               you
               ,
               and
               yet
               you
               denie
               that
               you
               haue
               been
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               diuision
               ,
               it
               were
               meere
               doltishnes
               ,
               and
               follie
               to
               imagine
               any
               reconciliation
               amongst
               the
               diuided
               mēbers
               of
               the
               Church
               .
               The
               last
               point
               in
               your
               letters
               was
               this
               :
               that
               you
               are
               able
               to
               
               demonstrate
               cleerely
               what
               good
               consent
               there
               is
               betwixt
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
               the
               seas
               of
               the
               other
               Patriarches
               in
               these
               points
               which
               are
               now
               in
               controuersie
               .
               But
               his
               Maiestie
               thinketh
               that
               you
               may
               spare
               that
               labour
               .
               For
               hee
               knoweth
               ,
               and
               so
               doe
               others
               that
               are
               desirous
               to
               prie
               into
               such
               matters
               ,
               that
               not
               the
               West
               Church
               alone
               ,
               but
               the
               East
               also
               ,
               the
               Churches
               in
               the
               South
               and
               North
               parts
               of
               the
               world
               haue
               degenerated
               farre
               from
               the
               golden
               sinceritie
               of
               former
               ages
               ,
               and
               peraduenture
               further
               then
               might
               seeme
               possible
               :
               but
               that
               the
               reuolting
               from
               the
               ancient
               faith
               must
               come
               to
               passe
               of
               necessitie
               ,
               being
               foretold
               by
               the
               oracles
               of
               God.
               He
               knoweth
               also
               how
               those
               nations
               haue
               daily
               heaped
               ceremonies
               vpon
               ceremonies
               ,
               and
               how
               for
               more
               then
               these
               thousand
               yeeres
               superstitious
               men
               haue
               been
               too
               presumptuous
               in
               that
               kinde
               .
               But
               when
               wee
               treat
               of
               reforming
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               question
               is
               not
               what
               the
               East
               Church
               ,
               or
               the
               Moscouites
               Church
               doe
               practise
               ,
               or
               beleeue
               :
               but
               this
               is
               the
               question
               ,
               what
               the
               Apostles
               haue
               taught
               from
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               what
               the
               Catholike
               Church
               hath
               practised
               in
               her
               times
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               ages
               next
               following
               .
               That
               ,
               that
               ,
               is
               the
               paterne
               which
               the
               King
               doth
               ingenuously
               ,
               and
               from
               his
               heart
               confesse
               that
               he
               would
               imitate
               without
               all
               exception
               .
               Neuerthelesse
               ,
               such
               as
               are
               skilfull
               in
               Ecclesiasticall
               matters
               ,
               they
               will
               not
               grant
               you
               this
               neither
               :
               that
               the
               doctrine
               of
               the
               Romane
               Church
               doth
               agree
               in
               all
               points
               with
               that
               which
               is
               taught
               in
               the
               Churches
               of
               other
               Patriarches
               .
               For
               to
               omit
               your
               worshipping
               of
               Images
               ,
               your
               fire
               of
               Purgatorie
               ,
               your
               precise
               obseruation
               of
               single
               life
               ,
               and
               the
               infinite
               power
               of
               the
               Pope
               ,
               euen
               aboue
               Councels
               :
               to
               say
               nothing
               of
               these
               ,
               and
               other
               articles
               :
               yet
               it
               is
               manifest
               that
               in
               the
               celebration
               of
               the
               sacred
               Eucharist
               ,
               the
               Grecians
               doe
               much
               differ
               from
               you
               Romanes
               .
               In
               so
               much
               that
               
                 Marcus
              
               the
               Archbishop
               of
               Ephesus
               speaking
               of
               the
               Romane
               Masse
               ,
               doth
               affirme
               that
               in
               matters
               of
               greatest
               moment
               it
               is
               contrarie
               to
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               ancient
               Liturgies
               .
               
                 It
                 is
                 manifestly
                 repugnant
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 to
                 the
                 axpositions
                 and
                 interpretations
                 which
                 wee
                 haue
                 receiued
                 by
              
               
               
                 tradition
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 meaning
                 of
                 those
                 words
                 .
              
               And
               of
               those
               which
               defend
               the
               Romane
               rites
               concerning
               this
               matter
               ,
               the
               same
               
                 Marcus
              
               pronounceth
               ,
               
                 that
                 they
                 deserue
                 to
                 be
                 pitied
                 both
                 in
                 regard
                 of
                 their
                 double
                 ignorance
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 profound
                 sottishnesse
                 .
              
               But
               thus
               much
               is
               enough
               for
               this
               present
               .
               Now
               you
               haue
               heard
               (
               most
               Illustrious
               Cardinall
               )
               the
               reasons
               wherefore
               his
               excellent
               Maiestie
               of
               great
               Britaine
               ;
               after
               the
               reading
               of
               your
               letters
               ,
               doth
               ,
               neuerthelesse
               trusting
               in
               the
               mercie
               of
               God
               ,
               beleeue
               ,
               and
               maintaine
               that
               he
               ,
               and
               his
               Church
               are
               Catholike
               .
               Who
               if
               he
               were
               not
               inflamed
               with
               an
               infinit
               desire
               of
               furthering
               the
               publique
               peace
               ,
               or
               if
               he
               supposed
               that
               you
               were
               otherwaies
               affected
               ,
               he
               would
               haue
               spared
               the
               labour
               of
               this
               answere
               .
               Especially
               ,
               because
               his
               Maiestie
               calling
               to
               minde
               the
               daily
               writings
               and
               practises
               of
               your
               men
               ,
               is
               now
               (
               as
               I
               said
               before
               )
               stedfastly
               perswaded
               that
               through
               their
               dealings
               there
               remaine
               no
               meanes
               or
               hope
               of
               reconciliation
               .
               For
               they
               are
               resolued
               to
               defend
               all
               ;
               and
               not
               to
               grow
               better
               ,
               or
               by
               the
               serious
               reformation
               of
               things
               depraued
               to
               winne
               the
               mindes
               of
               the
               godly
               .
               In
               which
               resolution
               as
               long
               as
               they
               persist
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               yeeld
               one
               iot
               to
               antiquitie
               ,
               and
               truth
               ,
               his
               Maiestie
               professeth
               once
               for
               all
               that
               he
               regardeth
               them
               not
               ,
               neither
               will
               hee
               euer
               haue
               any
               communion
               with
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
               So
               his
               Maiestie
               humbly
               prayeth
               to
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               vouchsafe
               to
               direct
               those
               excellent
               gifts
               of
               minde
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               plentifully
               bestowed
               vpon
               you
               ,
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               his
               name
               ,
               and
               the
               benefit
               of
               his
               Church
               .
               And
               I
               humbly
               take
               my
               leaue
               of
               your
               Honour
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               London
            
             
               9.
               of
               Nouember
               .
               MDCXI
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Faults
           escaped
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           4.
           lin
           .
           14.
           reade
           .
           
             with
             no
             lesse
             .
          
           pag.
           9.
           lin
           .
           14.
           for
           token
           ,
           reade
           
             hope
             .
          
        
      
       
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