Capitall hereticks, or, The evill angels embattel'd against St. Michael being a collection according to the order of time ... of the chief of the antient hereticks, with their tenets, such as were condemned by general councels / by R.B. Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A29224 of text R30240 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B4257). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A29224) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 47236) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1456:6) Capitall hereticks, or, The evill angels embattel'd against St. Michael being a collection according to the order of time ... of the chief of the antient hereticks, with their tenets, such as were condemned by general councels / by R.B. Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673. 94 p. Printed for William Shears ..., London : 1659. Reissue with new t.p. of author's A mustur roll of the evill angels, 1655. Added t.p. for 1655 ed. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Heresy. A29224 R30240 (Wing B4257). civilwar no Capitall hereticks, or, The evill angels embattel'd against St. Michael being a collection according to the order of time ... of the chief o Brathwait, Richard 1659 10292 314 5 0 0 0 0 310 F The rate of 310 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2003-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-03 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-04 Olivia Bottum Sampled and proofread 2003-04 Olivia Bottum Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-06 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Capitall Hereticks , OR , The Evill Angels embattel'd against St. MICHAEL . Being a Collection , according to the order of Time , ( through out all the Centuries ) of the chief of the Antient Hereticks ; with their Tenets , such as were condemned by General Councels . Faithfully Collected out of the most Authentike Authors . By R. B. Gent. Heu prime scelerum causae Mortalibus aegris , Naturam rescire Deum — London , Printed for William Shears , at the Bible in Bedford street , and in the New Exchange , 1659. A MUSTUR ROLL of the evill Angels embatteld against S , Michael . Being a Collection , according to the order of time , ( throughout all the Centuries ) of the chiefe of the Ancient Heretikes , , with their Tenets , such as were condemned by Generall Councels . Faithfully collected out of the most Authentike Authors . By R. B. Gent. Heu primae scelerum causa Mortalibus aegris , Naturam rescire Deum London , Printed for WILLIAM SHEERS , and are to be sold at his shop in S. Pauls Churchyard at the sign of the Bible 1655. To Sir I. P. Baronet . SIR , I Send you heere an Assize Booke , or rather a Treatise of Poysons ; to peruse which , I had not given you the trouble , had not your own commands obliged mee to it : for what my memory faild me of in our last discourse upon this subject of Heretikes , I have , to comply with your desires , turn'd over those few Treasuries of Common places wherewith my reading hath furnished mee . And now you may behold 〈…〉 creeping out of the 〈◊〉 pit in their o●ders , and heare all their severall tones ; for I have according to the o●der of time 〈…〉 the names of all the chiefe 〈◊〉 with their positions th●oughout all the Centuries . Here are none but ●uch as were condemned 〈◊〉 Gene●all or Oe●onomicall Cou●cels : No● is there any Au●hor quoted 〈◊〉 is not of a venerable name . I might have inserted more of 〈…〉 , but when one 〈◊〉 another allready condemned , and lick't but up his vomit , I have ●mitt●d him , for ●the●e is a 〈◊〉 of tra●●●●gration of Her●sie , which needs no proofe to such as live in this Age , wherein her womb is more fruitfull of monsters then Affrick . This Bedroll I submit to your judgement , which is abundantly able to supply any defect you may finde therin . Capitall Heretikes in the severall Centuries . Heretikes in the first Century . I. SIMON M●OUs An. Dom. 55. or thereabouts . HE was a Samaritan borne . Of him and his Sorcery and the great opinion the Samaritans had of him , we read Act. cap. 8. verse 9. &c. He was the Head 〈◊〉 beginner of Heresie . Euseb. lib. 2. cap. 13. H● affirmed , 1. That he himselfe was the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , and that he was worshipped of all people by divers names . 2. That Christ did suffer no hurt of the Iewes , for hee was Christ . S. Ieronym . contrae Lucifer . 3. That any man might lie with any woman ; for this was no sin . 4. That the world was made by Angels , and that an Angel ●edeemed Mankind . 5. Hee denied the R●s●rrection . 6. He thought that the gifts of the Holy Ghost might bee bought with money . Act. ch ▪ 8. vers . 18. And therefore that sinne of him is called Simony . II. CORINTHUs about the yeere 69. He is said to be a Iew by birth : he lived at the same time with Saint I●hn the Ev●ngelist , Irenaeus lib. 3. cap. 3. He taught , 1. That Iesus our Saviour had for his P●rents Ioseph and Mary , and that at his Baptisme Christ descended on him , who ( saith he ) is called the holy Ghost , by who● hee did all his Miracles ; when I●sus was to bee crucified of the Ieues , then Christ left him , and went up againe into H●av●n . Ep●pha●tus Heres● . 28. H●st. Magdeburge●s . Cent. 1 lib. 2. cap. 5. 2 That Christs Kingdom after the Resurrection should be an earthly Kingdome , and that men then should live in all fleshly lusts and pleasures together for a thousand yeares . Euseb. hist. Eccles. lib. 3 , Eccl. H●st. cap. 14. 3 He denyed the divine nature of Christ , and said , that he had onely a humane Nature , and that he was not yet risen from the dead , but he should rise hereafter . Irenaeus ut Supra . 4 He affirmed that the old Law , and all the old comma●dements and precepts belonging unto it were to be kept together with the new Law or Gospell , and that therfore Circumcision was necessary for every one that would be saved . P●ilastrius lib. de haeresibus . III. EBION An. 80. or thereabouts . He taught with Cerinthus , 1. That Christ was but a me●re Man . Hilarius . lib. 1. de Trinitate . And th●rfore the Gospell of Saint Iohn was written to confute him . Hieronymus . lib. de Eccles. Scriptoribus . 2. That when I●sus was thirtie yeares old , there d●scended on him and dwelt in him another Person , who was called Christ : and thus Iesus and Chris● dwelt and were 〈◊〉 together . 〈◊〉 lib. 1. Cap. 25. and 26. Epiph. heres. 30. & Niceph. hist. Eccl. lib. 3. cap. 13. 3 He agreed with Cerinthus in the rest of the Heresies touching Circumcision , and keeping all the Law of Moses . Epiph. Ireneus . & Niceph. ut supra . IV. MENANDER Anno 81. or therabou●s . He was the schollar of Simon Magus , and lived about the same time with E●ion and Cerin●hus . He held 1 Tha● the world was made o● Angells , and that these Angells , co●ld be overcom by no 〈◊〉 but by 〈◊〉 . 2. He denyed Ch●ist to be a true Man . and 3 Affirmed himselfe to be the saviour of the world , and that he came from Heave● to save mankind , and that all who would be saved must be baptized in his Name . Euseb. lib. 3. cap 26. August . lib. de haeresibus . Niceph. lib. 3. cap 12. V NICHOLAS of Antiochia . He was one of the seaven first Deacons . Act. cap. 6. Ver. 5. He having a fa●r wi●e , and being accused of being jealous of her gave leave to any that would 〈◊〉 with h●r . ●lemens Alex●●dr . lib. 3. 〈◊〉 Others taking occasion of this fact of his , thought it Lawfull for any man to have the company of any woman , w●●m they themselves w●u●d like . A●ainst these men Saint Iohn doth write in the Apocalips cap. 2 , ver. 6 , 〈◊〉 saith that they taught Venery to be so necessary that those men who used it not every we●k , o● Fridaye could not bee saved . Epiph. lib. 2 , Tom. 2. her●s . 25. Of these N 〈◊〉 S. August . 〈◊〉 doe speake , lib. de H●e●esibus . S. from in epist. de Fabion●●ipso . Ni●●p● . lib. 3. Eccles. hist. cap. 15. The E●glish notes upon the prementio●ed 2. cap. of the Ap●c . in the Remish Testament , saith , that this N●chol●s was not onely thought to have taught community of wives , but also that it was lawfu●l to eat of meates offered to Idols . Id●lothita . Heretikes in the second Century . VI . S●TURNINU circ . An. Dom. 118. He was borne at Antioch . He held many opinions of Menander and S●mon M●gus . 1. That the World was made of seven Angells , without the knowledge of God the father . Tert●l . de Heresibus . 2. That Christ was but the shaddow of a man ; for he had neither the true body n●r soule of a man , and thus he fulfilled the mystery of our Redemption . Philaster Brixiensis . VII . BASILIDES Ann. 124. He taught , 1. That Christ did not suff●r , or was crucified , but Simon of Cyrene . Euseb. Caesariensis lib. 4. Hist. Eccl. Cap. 8. and Aug. lib. de hae es●hus . 2. He turnd away men from suff●ring Mar●yrdom , affirming that it was no sin to deny Christ in the time of 〈◊〉 . 3. That the Angells made 365 H●avens , and ●hat these Heavens made the world . Aug. and philast. . de Hae●esibu● . Niceph. lib. 4. cap. 2. VIII . GNOSTICI . circ . Ann. 129. These w●re the most vile Hereticks in filthinesse of all others . Epiph. l 2. Tom. 2. hae●es . 2● . their tenets were . 1. That the soule was made of the substance of God , and that bruit beasts had reason as man hath . 2. That there were two Gods , a good God , and an evill God , and that this evill God was the Creator of all things Phila●● . lib. de haeresibus . N●ceph . lib. 4. cap. 2. & lib. 2. c●p . 24. IX . CARPOCRATES . Hee lived at the s●me time with the 〈◊〉 , and is sai● to bee the Author of their Heresies . Irenaeus lib. 1. cap. 24. He taught . 1. That Christ was a meere man , born of the seed of Ioseph and not of the B. Virgin Mary . That hee was a good man , and that therfore ( after he was crucified ) his soule went up into Heaven , but his body is still in the Grave . Euseb. Lib. 4 , cap. 7. 2. He taught that the world was made by Angells . 3. That there was no Resurrection . Glossa . in cap. 15. Leviti . 4. He rejected the Old Testament , as ●ot Canoni●all Scripture . Aug. de heres. Niceph. lib. 4. cap. 2. Philastrius , and Tertul. X. CEDRON . circ . An. 144 , taught . 1. That there were two beginnings of al things : a good God from whom came all good , and an evill God , from whom came all evill . Hilarius . li . 6 , de Trinitate . 2. That Christ was neither born of a woman nor had flesh , neither did hee truely die and suffer , but hee did seeme to die and suffer . Aug. lib. de heres. cap. 21. 3. That the Law of Moses was evill , and came from an evill beginning ; and this opinion was ●mbraced by his scholar Marcion , as also by Manichaeus . Tertul. ut supra . Ire●aeus . lib. 1. cap 28. XI VALENTINIUS circ . An. 150. Affirmed , 1. That Christ brought his flesh with him from Heaven , and took no flesh of the B. Virgin , but passed through her as water doth through a Conduit pipe Tertul. lib. contra V●lentinianos . 2. That ther are two beginnings of all things , P●o●undum . i. e. the deep : and Silent●um i. e. Silence : these being married together had issue Unae●standing and Truth , which brought forth three hundred Ae●nas . vIZ. thi●ty Ag●s 〈◊〉 A●gells ; and of the 130 Aeon were the Devill and 〈◊〉 born , who made the world Ph●l●st . lib. de Haeresibus . XII . MARCION . Ann. Dom. 155. or thereabouts . Was first a Stoick , then a Christian , he ●●●lowed Basilides , Cedron , and 〈◊〉 in their err●rs . 〈◊〉 called him P●imo genitum Satanae , i. e. The D●vills eld●st son . 1. Hee B●p●ised them who died without Bap●●sme , saying that S. Paul did will him so to doe . 1 , Cor. cap. 5 , V. 2● . Theophylact . 〈…〉 . super locum . 2. He tau●ht that marriage was unlawfull , and that it was a great sin to marry . Hier. lib. 1. contra Iovinianum . 1. That Cain , the Sodomites and all wicked men were saved , because they did meet Christ when hee descended into Hell , but the Patriarches and Prophers are still in Hell for not meeting of Christ , for they thought ( saith hee ) that Christ came to tempt them . Iren. lib. 3 , cap. 4. Ter. and alii . XIII . TATIANUS . circ . Ann. 173. Hee was of Syria , and the Schollars of Iustin Martyr , and continued a good Christian as long as his master lived , but after his death hee ran into many Heresies . His Scholars were called Encratitae because of their continency . 1. Hee held that Adam was damned . 2. That it was not lawfull to eat the flesh of any creature , for it came from the divell . 3. He forbad marriage , and drinking of Wine , and said that the Divell was the Author of these also . Irenaeus lib. 1 , cap. 31. Clemens . lib. 3. Strom. Epipha . lib. 2. at the end of the third Tome . XIV . APPELLES about the yeare 178. 1. That Christ tooke not his flesh of his mother , but of the elements , the which hee r●stored to them again 〈◊〉 his Resurr●ct●●n , and so hee went into Heaven 〈◊〉 any ●ody , or 〈…〉 lib. 5. cap. 1 , Aug. and philast. . 2. He taught with other Heretikes that there were two Gods , a good and a bad God . But he did not ●each that these two Gods were two b●ginings , bu● one beginning ; for the good God made the bad God , and hee being bad made the world bad like himsel●e . A●g. de Hae 〈◊〉 cap. ● . 3. He said that the Prophets did contradict one another in their Prophesies , because some of them had the spirit of the good God , and some of the bad , Euseb. lib. 5. hist. Eccl. cap 12. 4 He put out these words . ie Iohn . cap. 4. ver. 2 and 3. Quicunque spiritus ●r●fitetu● I●sum Christum in carne venisse ex d●o est . &c. i. e. Every spirit that Confesseth Iesus Christ to have come in flesh is of God . &c. For these words doe prove the incarnation of Christ , and con●u●● his first Heresie , Niceph , hist , Eccl , lib 4 , cap 28. XV MONTANUS about the year . 181. Affirmed , 1. That he had the Holy Ghost and that the Apostles had not . 2. He did bap●●se the dead . 3. He did allow the first marriages , but not the second , and permitted them who were married to be seperated when they themselves would . 4. He did take away Repentance , affirming that sinners could never have their sins pardoned by Repentance . 5. That the Apostles and Prophets understood not any thing that they had written , but were Areptitii . Euseb. lib. 5. cap. 15. & 18. Epipha . Theodoretus . Socrates . Heretikes in the third Century . XVI ELCHESITAE , Anno Dom. 239 or therabouts . They had their name from El●hesae an Arabian , they defended the same heresies with the Ebionites , and said that it was no sin to deny Christ in the time of Persecution , if then they did resolve in their Hearts that they would be constant in the faith of Christ , for God say they , doth regard more the Heart then the tongue . Euseb. Hist. Eccl. lib. 6. cap. 18. XVII MELCHISEDECHIANI Ann. 240. They thought that Melchisedech was not a meer man , but a Power of God greater then Christ ; because that Christ was of the order of Melchisedech , Psa , 110 , ver , 4 : Aug , lib , de haeresi●us et Epiph , Haeres , 55. XVIII NOVATUS and Novatiani , circ . Ann , 250 , They were also called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , i. e , Puritanes . for they thought themselves purer then others . 1. They would not receive any into the Church after they had denyed Christ , albeit they did repent . Cyprian . in Epist. contra Novatianum . 2. They taught that Repentance will not profit them who sin after Baptisme . philast. . lib. de haeresibus . 3 , They did rebaptize them who had beene baptised of the Catholikes . And 4. They would not receive them into their Congregation who were married to a second wife after their Baptisme . Euseb. lib. 6 , cap. 43 , Aug. de haeresibus . XIX . SABELIUS An. 260. vel . circ . Hee was the schollar of Nce●us , these two and Peraxeas , and Hermogenes with them , did confound both the number and difference of the Persons in the blessed Trinity : for they defended that the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , were but one Person , who had three names , and who was sometimes called the Father , sometimes the Son , and sometimes the Holy Ghost . Hee in the Old Testament as God the Father did give the Law . He in the new Testament as God the Son was made man , and died . He in the time of Pen●ecost as God the Holy Ghost came downe on the Apostles . Nic●ph . lib. 6 , cap. 26 , These Hereticks were also called Patropassiani , because they say that God the Father died for us . Aug. Serm. 2 , Dominicae post festam Trinitatis . XX . SAMOSATENUS , Ann. 273. Hee was borne in Syria and followed the Hersies of Cerinthus and Ebion . 1. He taught that the Son of God came not down from Heaven , but had his beginning in the Womb of the Virgin . Aug. in Catalogo Hereticorum . 2. That the Son of God is not a Person , neither is hee eternall as his father is , nor the substantiall word of his father . But is as a word that is uttered by the mouth , and so passeth away with the breath thereof , philast. . de haeresibus . Yet this Son of God ( saith he ) was a just man , and by reason of his good life might bee thought rather to have deserved the name of God then any other man . Niceph. lib. 6 , cap. 27. XXI . MANES from whom came the Manichies . He was borne in Persia , hee lived at the same time with S●mosatenus . Hee said that himselfe was borne of a Virgin , and that hee was both Christ and the Holy Ghost . The which that he might the better perswade others , he made choice of 12 of his Disciples and sent them to preach the opinion he maintained . Euseb. seb . l. 7 , c. 28. The Doctrine of the Manichies was compounded of many old haeresies . As 1. That the soule of man is either the substance of God , or of the substance of God . 2. That warre is altogether unlawfull , and this their opinion made them to blame Moses for waging warre . Aug. lib. 22. contra Faustum . cap. 74. 3. That beasts have not only sence , but reason and understanding as well as men . 4. That there were two beginnings which are eternall , viz God and Mat●er . the one ( ●ay they ) is good , the other bad , the one is light the other darknesse , and the Prince of darknesse the Devill they call Materiae Principem , i. e. the Prince of matter . 5. That the body is evill by nature , for it came from the evill beginning , and so did flesh , and therefore flesh must not be eaten . 6. That the Devill is evill by nature , and so are all other creatures , for they were made of the bad God , and so bread is the Devills creature , wherefore it can bee no sacrament of the Body of Christ . 7. That Christ was not a true man , nor came out of the Virgins womb , but he had a phantasticall body ; for ( say they ) it is not fit that so great a Majesty , should passe through the filth that is in a womans body . Vincentius Lirinensis . 8. That there is no day of Judgement to come . 9. That the old Law is evill . 10. That marriages are unlawfull . 11● That sins come from an evill minde , and therefore cannot bee avoided , for there are two minds in every man , a good and a bad mind . The good mind they call a reasonable soule , and this they would have to come from the good God ; the bad minde they called the concupisence of the flesh , & this ( say they ) cam from the bad God , because when sins come from the bad mind wee have not free wil to hinder thē . 12. They did not admit of the Old Testament , nor receive the Apostles writings in the new Testament , but did call their owne opinions the Gospell of Christ . They did also boast of their owne particular illuminations from heaven , and that they could give the Holy Ghost . Lastly they rejected all civill jurisdiction , affirming that marriage and the governments of Kingdomes , and of Common wealths were ordained by the evill God . Eus●b . lib. 7. cap. 31. Suidas . Epiph. Socrates . Aug. Niceph. Eccles. Hist. lib. 6. cap. 31. Heretikes in the fourth Century . XXII ARIUS , and the Arians , Anno Dom. 315. or there abouts . He was a Priest of Alexandria , he taught , 1. That the Son of God was like unto God in name only , but not in substance . philast. . de h●●resibus . 2. That the Father , Son , and holy Ghost , are not of the same nature , power , and Majesty . For the father alone is the invisible God , and he alone is to be worshiped . The Son may be called God , but he is a created God . He may be called the Son of God , but he is the Son of God by adoption , and not by nature , for ther was a time when he had no being at all . 2 , That the Son of God was the first creature that ever God made , and was made of those things which have no existence , and is the most excellent , of all creatures . 3 , That the Son of God is the Instrument of God his father , by whom he made all other creatures , but yet he doth not know his fathers Secrets , nor comprehend his nature and essence . 4 , That the Son is not infinite as his father is , for when he conversed in the world with men he was not then in Heaven with his Father , and that the Kingdome of the Son of God shall end with the world . 5 , That the Holy Ghost is a creature created of the Son of God , and doth know neither the nature or secrets either of the Father or of the Son , but is much inferior in nature and dignitie unto them both , and is their Servant and subject . August . Amb. Athanasius ▪ Basil , Hilar. Hierom . Socrates . Theod. Niceph. lib. 8 , c , 5 , 6. Cassiodorus , Tripartit● hist. lib , 1 c , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15. XXIII AERIVS , and the Aerians , anno 342. or near it . 1. They would have no set dayes of fasting , but they thought it fit that every one should be left to his owne liberty to fast when he himselfe would , left they might bee said to be under the law and not under grace . 2. They affirmed that Bishops and Priests were not distinguished the one from the other , but were equall both in degree and authority . 3. That none were to be received unto the holy Communion but they who were continent and had renounced the world . Epiph. Aug. and philast. . de haeresibus . XXIII DONATUS , and the Donatists , about the year 358. 1. T●ey beleeved that the true Church of Christ was no where but in Affrick , and that there and no where else Baptism was rightly administred . 2. That the Sacraments were holy and Effectuall when they were received at the hands of holy men , and not otherwise . 3. That their Sect was without Sin . And. 4● That they were not to have any Societie with them who had fallen into any Sin . Aug & Optatus Mil●vitanu● . XXV MACEDONIUS , and the Macedonians , Anno. 359 , or therabout . They said that the Son of G●d was like the Father in Substance and in all things , but that the Holy Ghost was unlike unto the father and Son , and a meer Creature , yet they preferrd him before the Angells . Russinus lib. 1 hist , Eccl , cap , 25 , Aug , lib , de Haeresibus . cap , 5 , 2 , XXVI . APOLLINARIUS and his followers Anno. 377. or there abouts . 1. That Christ in his Incarnation did a●●ume a body without a Soule , or if he had a soule , yet it was no reasonable soule , but that God the word was instead of it . 2. Hee brought that body wit● him from Heav●n , and made it of the same substance with his divine nature , and that this body when it came on the earth was passible , visible and mortall . 3. That sin is a part of mans essence , and that therefore if Christ had beene a perfect man hee must needs have 〈◊〉 a sinner ▪ Gregor. Nazianz in Epist. ad . Nectarium . Basil. Epist. 7● . Hi●ron . in Catalogo . Socrates ▪ So●omenus . Ruffinus . XXVII PRISCILLIANUS and his followers , Anno 388. or ther abouts . Was a Spaniard , he gathered many Heresies out of the writings of those Heretikes who were before his time . 1. He and they were of opinion ( with O●igen ) that the soules sin'd before their infusion into the bodies . 2. They thought ( with Tatianus and the Encratitae ) that the eating of flesh was an uncleane thing . 3. With the Gnosticks and the Manichies they made two Gods , one good and another bad . ut supra . 4. They confounded the Persons of the B. Trinity , with Sabellinus . 5. They were of opinion ( with Bardesanes ) that every man had his fatall Star , and that our bodies were compounded according to the operation of the twelve signes in the Z●diack . 6. They thought it no sinne to swear and forswear rather then to reveale the things they taught . Aug. de Hae●esibus . & Hieron ▪ in Chronico . XXVIII . JOVINIUs & the Iovinians , An. 395. or neere about . He was a Monke at Rome contemporary with S. Ierom , hee and his tribe defended . 1. That it was lawfull for all men to eate all meates at all times , albeit they were forbidden by the ecclesiasticall Lawes . Aug. lib. de Haeresibus ad quod vul● deum , cap. 82 ▪ 2. That in this life there is no disparity of merit , nor any disparity of glory in the life to come , but that all should bee rewarded alike in Heaven . 3. That they who have a full and perfect faith when they are regenerate by Baptisme cannot sin any more after Baptis●e . 4. That the B. Virgin was carnally known of her husband Ioseph , af●er the birth of Christ , Hieron. libris duobus contra Iovinianum . Aug ▪ ut supra ▪ Aquinas in tractatu contra detrahent . Religion ▪ cap. 6. Sabellicus lib. 9. Septim ▪ Eneadis . XXIX ANTHROPOMORPHITAE . They lived & set abroach their Heresies at the same time with Iovinian . 1. They thought that Go● had the forme and members of a man , because that God is said to have made man after his own image & likeness , Gen ▪ 1. 26. 2. They seperated themsel●es from the Church because Userers and wicked men were su●fered therein , ●●eodoretus . lib. 4. Cap 10 , Aug. ad quod valt deum Epiph. Niceph. HELVIDIUS , and the Helvidians , Anno. 395. or near abouts . These were at the same time with the Anthropomcrphites , and were called Antid●comari●ae , because they opposed the perpetuall Virginity of the B. Virgin . Mary the Mother of God ; for they affirmed that shee had children by Ioseph her Husband after the birth of Christ : and this they would prove Mat , ● , ver , vSlt wher Ch●ist is called the first born Son of the B. Virgin . and Iohn 2 , ●2 , and cap , 7 , 3 , Epiph , lib , 3 , Tom , 2 , Hieron cont , H●lv , Aug , Her , 84. Heretikes in the fift Century . PELAGIUS , and the Pelagians . Anno. Dom. 405. He was borne in Great Britany . He with his Scholars hel● these Assertions . 1. That the nature of Man after the fall of our first Parents was Good , and not corrupted , Especially the soule of Man , and therfore Infants were born without Si● , and needed no Baptisme , but yet it was fit that they should be baptized , that they might be honored with the Sacrament of Adoption . 2. That the lust of the flesh was no Sin , but a Natural good , and that sin was not propagated unto mankind by generation , but by innitiation only ; neither could Infants Sin , for all Sin , is voluntary . 3. That Sin , is not the Death , but the condition of Nature ; Adam then should have died if he had never sinned . 4. That all men have free will by nature , not onely in all naturall and morall , but in all spirituall things . 5. That the beginning of our salvation is in our selves , and we may attaine grace of regeneration in Christ by our naturall faculties , if we aske , seeke , and knock for the same . 6. That Faith is a Generall worke of nature , and no speciall work of Grace , and perseverance in Faith is in our selves . 7. That the love of God and of our neighbour , and all our Christian Virtues are of our selves , and not of God . 8. That the prayers of the Church are not necessary , seeing whatsoever we pray for , we may obtain without Prayer ; for God doth give his grace unto every one according to his own 〈◊〉 . Lastly , that men neede ●ot commit any sin except they will themselves . Aug. lib. de 〈…〉 Prosp. de Ingratis . Hilarius Arelatensis . Maxentius cont. Hormisdam . XXII . PREDESTINATI , Ann. 414. or thereabouts . They had this name given them because in their disputations upon predestination this was their assertion , viz. good works will doe men no good at all , if by God they be predestinated unto death and damnation ; neither will bad workes hurt wicked men if by God they bee predestinated unto eternall life and Salvation . By which this their assertion they did hinder many men from doing good works , and did stir up wicked men to heap sin upon sin . Sigibertus in his Chronicles . Vincentius lib. 19 , cap. 5 , & Luceburgensis . XXXIII . NESTORIUS , and 〈◊〉 Disciples , about the yeare 427. NESTORIUs , Archbishop of Constantinople , and Anastatius his Priest , Theodorus Mopsuetanus and the rest of that most wicked sect did teach ( with Cerinthus ) that the B. V●rgin bare in her womb a meere man , who had onely the nature of a man , and was a man in his person , and that therefore the said Virgin was not the mother of God , but the Mother of Christ . Neither was the Nativity , Passion , Resurrection , or Assension of Christ , more then humane , yet ( say they ) the Son of God was united unto the Son of man , not substantially , by communicating unto him his hypostasis or substance , but accidentally , by Habitation , Vnion , Operation and Participation . By Habitation , for the Eternall word or Son of God dwelt in the man Christ as in his Temple , we find himselfe saying , Dissolve this Temple , and in three dayes I will rayse it . Ioh. 2 , ●9 , we have it p●ophesied of him Esa. 7 , 14 , They shall call his name Emmanuel . i. e. God with us , or God dwelling in us . And his best beloved Historiographer records of him . The word was made flesh and dwelt in us . Ioh. 1. 14. By Vnion not onely of his will but of his love also ; for the Son of Man was united both in his will and in his love unto the Son of God , they did will and love alwayes the same things , even as man and wife doe , who do love one another . By Operation , for the Man Christ was alwayes the instrument which the Word or Son of God did use in the doing of all his great Miracles . By Participation , because the Son of God did give unto the Son of Man both his name and dignity , for he would have him to be called both God and the Son of God , and to bee adored of all his creatures , not for his owne sake , as he was the Son of Man , but for his sake who was the Son of God , and who did communicate unto him both his name and dignity . Socrates . lib. 7 , cap. 32. Evagrius lib. 1 , cap. 2 , &c. Theodoretus lib. 4 , de haereticis fabul●● . XXIV . EUTICHES , and the Eutychiani , An. 443. He was Abbot of Constantinopl●● he with his ass●ciates maintained these Heresies . 1. That in Christ after his incarnation , there was and is but one Nature , and this one Nature was made of his Divinity and his flesh , by the turning of the Divinity into the flesh , and this Divinity of Christ was borne , suffered , and was dead and buried . 2. That the flesh of Christ is not of the same nature with our flesh , neither was the word or Son of God turned into true flesh , but into flesh in shew and appearance only , so that the word did rather faigne himselfe a Man , who was borne and died , then that he was borne and died indeed . For ( say they ) it stood not with the Majesty and excellency of God to become true flesh , or to bee borne , to suffer , and to die ind●ed and truth . Flavianus in Epist. ad Leo . Leo Papain Epist. ad Leo Imper. Theod. lib. 4 , de Haereticis fabulis . Evagrius lib. 1 , cap. 9. & lib. 2 , cap. 4 , & 16. & alibi . XXXV THEOPASCHITE , An. 476. Petrus Gnaphaeus Bishop of Antioch was the author of this heresy . Hee and his sect taught that God was crucified , and by God they understood the whole Trinity . Evagrius lib. 3 , cap. 8 , and 16 , & Theodoret in Collecta●eis . XX . MONOPHISITAE . There were another sect of the Theopaschites , called Monophisitae , because they affirmed that there was but one Nature of the Word and his flesh , after the ineffable V●ion therof , which made them also say ( with the first sort ) that God suffered and was crucified . Niceph. lib. 18. cap. 52. and 53. Heretikes in the sixt Century . XXXVII APTHORDOCITAE , Ann Do. 5●6 or thereabouts . They were of opinion that the flesh of Christ tooke of the Blessed Virgin was incorruptible before his passion ; Wee ( say they ) carry about us by necessity of nature the affections of nature , as Hunger , Thirst , Wearinesse , Anguish , and the like , but Christ who suffered of his owne acord was not subject to the same Lawes of Nature with us . Niceph. lib. 17. cap. 29. Greg. lib. 10 , Epist. 55. Heretikes in the seventh Century . XXXVIII . SERGIUS , the Author of the Monothelites . Anno 604. vel circ . The author of the Monothelites , he was Patriarch of Constantinople , and taught that there were two wills in Christ , a divine and an humane will before the Vnion of his natures , but after the Vnion hee had but one will and one nature , whence it came to passe that the Divinity suffered those things which did belong unto the humanity , and the humanity did appropriate unto it those things which did belong unto the Divinity . Niceph. Lib. 18 , cap. 54. XXXIX . SERGIUS , the Master of Mahomet . An. 630. vel circ . Some contend that hee was the same with the former , but whether hee were or not hee was author of two Heresies , the Minothelites and the Mahumetans , wherefore let him ( a● least his name ) shall stand i● the front of them both . He was a monk , he embraced , the Heresie of Arius and Nestorius , for which he was banished . Hee comming into Arabia fell acquainted with Mahomet the false Prophet , him hee taught to misinterpret many places both in the old and new Testament , out of which false interpretations of theirs , they did coine a new Religion , which was neither wholly Christian , nor wholly Jewish , but was compounded of them both , rejecting in both Religions those things which they disliked : and this newest Religion is called Mahumetisme . Pomponius Laetus . Iohan. Baptista Egnatius . Hee in Arabia among the Hagarenes and Saracens was both a King and a Prophet . Hee denied the Trinity with Sabellinus : he said it was ridiculous to thinke that Christ was God , and therefore with Arrius and Eunomius hee taught him to be a creature , and with Carpocrates to bee an holy Prophet . Hee maintained with Cedron that it was impossible that God should have a son becaus he had no wife . Hee denyed with the Manichies that Christ was crucified , but saith hee , one was cified in his place who was very like him . With the Originists he wil have the Divels to be saved at the end of the world , & with the Anthropomorphites hee will have God to have the form and members of a man , with Cerinthus hee places the chiefest felicity of man in bodily pleasures , and with Ebion hee doth admit of Circumcision , and with the Encratitae hee forbids the use of wine . First hee saith that the Alcoran was made of the Holy Ghost , and their sins shall never be forgiven who believe it not , as also that Christians and Jewes who contradict it , cannot be saved . 2 , In his Alcoran he maketh Friday his Sabboth day , permitteth a man to have 2. 3. or 4. wives , forbiddeth the eating of swines flesh ; teacheth that beasts shall rise againe at the last day as well as men , and that Baptisme is not necessary . Circumciseth none before they be seven or eight yeers old . 3. He denieth that the Eucharist is to be kept in remembrance of the death of Christ , for Christ ( saith He ) was not put to Death , but he affirmeth that this Eucharist is of God , and that it hath great force to confirme those who receive it reverently in ●aith and good workes , as also that they are damned who commit any great sin after the receiving of it . Hee hath his religious men , who preach , and expound the Alcoran , who are called Muphtii , Cadii , and Telemeani . Mahomets Heaven . The blessed Mahumetanes he saith ) shal live under the shadow of the best trees : they shall bee cloathed in silke apparrell , and adorned with goodly Rings , Chaines , and Bracelets of Gold and precious stones . They shall eat the sweetest fruits , and the daintiest foules , and their drinke shall bee the best wine , the which shall neither cause drunkenn●sse nor headach , they shall lie on soft bedds and pillowes , and their bedds shall be covered with the fairest Tapestry . They shall have to their wives most beautifull Virgins , which shall cast their eyes on none but their husbands , whom they shal love alone . In these pleasures shall they live for ever . Mahomets Hell . They who believe not the Alcoran shall be punished in Hell , and be there tormented for ever with Pitch , fire , and Brimstone : they shall eat such meates as shall put them to great pain , and the drinke that they shall drink shall bee made of divers kindes of fire . Ricoldus in his computation of the Lawes of Mahomet . Bartholomeus Hungarius . Iohannes de Turrecremata . and Gulielmus Postels in their bookes against the Mahumetans , Saracens , &c. And in the Alcoran Translated out of the Arabick into the Latine tongue by Thoeaor . Bibliander . Heretikes in the eight Centurie . XL . ALBANENSES , An. 796. He taught , 1. That the old Testament came from an evill God , and the new Testament from a good God . 2. That God did not create new soules , nor infuse them into mens bodies , but they went from body to body , viz. so soon as a man dieth , his soule goeth into another body , and giveth life , sense , and motion unto it . 3. That there is no Resurrection of the Body , and that the generall Judgement is already past . 4. That before the Incarnation of Christ , there was no good man , no not Adam , Moses , or any of the Prophets . 5. That ther are no Hell Torments , but only those that wee suffer in this world . 6. That the world ever was and ever shall be in the same estate that now it is . 7. That God hath no prescience of any evill , but cometh to the knowledge of it by the Devill . Antonius 4 , Parte Summae Tit : 11. cap. 7. In the 9 , 10 , and 11 , Centuries , there is mention made of few or none Heretikes but Berengarius , and even him the reformed Churches affirme to have taught the truth . Heretikes in the twelfth Centurie . XLI P●TRUS de Bruis & HENRICUS , An. 1124. or thereabouts . Their Schollers were called Petrobusians and Henricia●s . They taught , 1. That infants can have no good by Baptisme because they want reason and faith to believe the word of God , which is preached unto them . 2. That those infants which are baptised must bee baptised againe , when they come to yeares of discretion . 3. Thirdly that the supper of the Lord is not to bee given to men in these dayes , for it was once given by Christ himselfe unto the Apostles only Bernard . Epist. 148. & Petrus Abbas Cluniacensis . XLII . PETRUS ABELARDUS , Ann. 1143. or thereabouts . Hee was a French man , in a French Synode convicted of these Heresies . 1. That the whole nature and essence of God may be comprehended by the Reas●n of man , and whatsoever God doth , he doth it by a Naturall Necessity . 2. God is not the Author of all Good , neither can the Saints in Heaven see his Essence . 3. There is som●hing else besides the Creator and the Creature , and that is eternall . 4. The holy Ghost is not of the same Substance with the father , but he is the Soule of the world . Platina : Bernardus ●larevallensis , Frisingensis , & P●trus Pergamenus , his Table annexed to the workes of Aquinas . Heretikes in the thirteenth Century ALBIGENSIs , Anno 1200. Their heresies began to spred first in the City of T●louse , in N●rbon , in France . 1. That ther are two beginnings , God and the Devill : God cr●ated the Soules of Men , and the Divell the bodies . 2. To go to Church and to pray there , will doe us no good . 3. The soules of the dead doe g●e into the bodies of beasts and Serpents , if men doe Live ill ; but if they live well , then they goe to the ●odies of Princes and great men . 4. That the Church ought not to possesse any thing in proper but in common only : Lucclburgius : Antoninus : Vincentius , & Caesarius Cis● . in dial . ALMARICUS , XLVI . He was a French Man , & commenced Doctor at Paris , he held . 1. That God spake as well in Ovid , as in Austen . 2. Ther is no Resurrection of the body , no heaven , no hell , but he who hath the knowledge of God within him , he hath Heaven within him , & he who hath great sins within him , hath hell within him . 3. Adam & Eve should ne●er have been married , If they h●d continued in the state of 〈◊〉 , neither should there have been any difference of Sex betweene them , but mankind should have increased as Angells doe . 4. God cannot be seen in himselfe , but in his Creaturs , as light is seen in the aire . Caesarius Cisteriensis lib. dial . distinct . 5. Lucelburgius Ganguinus , Vincentius . Heretikes in the fourteenth Century . XLV . BEGARDI and Beguinae , Anno. 1314. Begardi , were Monks which kept in Low Germany , and Beguinae were women that lived here in a Nunnery , as long as they themselves would , for they made no expr●sse vow to forsake the world . 1. They held , that men may in this life bee as happy as they may bee in Heaven , i. e. they may come to such perfection , that they may be in this world without sinne , and attaine that measure of Grace , that they cannot increase in grace . 2. That the soule of man is blessed in its selfe by nature , without the grace of God ; and therefore it needeth no light of glory to enlighten it to see God , that in the sight and fruition of him it may be blessed . 3. ●o kisse a woman when nature doth not incline unto it , is a great sin ; but to lie with a woman when nature and the lust of the flesh provokes , is no sin . 4. A man having attained unto the State of perfection , is not subject to any law of man , neither is hee tied any more to fast , and pray to God . Alphar●● lib. 2 , de plancta Eccl. Bernar. B●rtho●omeus Caranza in summa Concili●● . Heretikes in the fifteenth Cen●●ry . XLVI . ADAMITAE . There were two sorts of Ad●mitae ; one had their name given them of one Adam , who lived in the second Century . Whensoever ( saith Epiphanius ) these met together at prayers , or on any other publike occasion , they were naked . Their Churches were hot houses , under the ground : before they went into their Churches , every one of them did put off their cloathes in a roome by the Church doore . If any had committed any sin , they would not admit him any more into their congregations ; ●or they said , that he was Adam , who had eaten of the forbidden fruit ; and therefore deserved to bee thrust out of Paradise , i. e. to be put out of their Church ; for they thought their Church to be Paradise , and themselves to bee Adam , and Eve . Epiph. Haeres . 52. ADAMITAE , An. 1414. The second sort of Adimites had their name of one Picka●d , who going out of Gallobelgia into Bohemia , became an Adamite , and renewed the form●r Heresie of the Adamites ; hee at his first comming into Bohemia , did draw great multitudes of men and women after him , whom hee commanded to goe naked , and these hee called Adamites , th●se hee perswaded that hee was the son of God , and willed to call him Adam . This Adam was content that his Adamites should have the company of what men and women they would , so that first his consent was obtained . If a man were in love with any woman , he came with her hand in hand unto Adam , and said I am in love with this woman ; then said Adam , take her unto thee , goe together , increase , and multiply . And because Adam and Eve were naked before they sinned , therfore they goe naked ; and for that Adam did not know Eve untill he had sinned ; th●rfore they account it a sin to marry , and are perswaded that Marriage had never been , if Adam had never sinned . They celebrate their Sacraments naked , and man and Woman accompany together naked , and they think as the old Adamites did , that their Church is Paradise . Aeneas Silvius in lib. 4. de ori●gine Bohemorum . cap. 41. Heretiks in the sixteenth Century . XLVII ANABAPTISTS , An. 1522. About this time ( saith Sleiden speaking of these Anabaptists ) there was a sect of certain men , who said that they had talked with God , and that hee had commanded them to kill all wicked men , that only good and godly men might live and governe the world . Of these Anabaptists there were many kinds , and all of th●m pr●f●sse such D●ctrine , as is neither to be endur●d in the Church , or Common-wealth , or in the government of the household . First Anabaptisticall Articles not to bee suffer●d in the Church , are , ● . That Christ did not assume the flesh of the Virgin Mary , but brought it with him from Heaven . ● . That Christ is not true God ; but that hee is the b●st of all Saints , because hee received more gift of the Holy Ghost then they . 4. That 〈◊〉 unbaptis●d , are no sinners in the sight of God , but are just and innocent , and by this their innocency , th●y are saved without Baptisme . 5. That infants are not to be ●aptis●d untill they have reason and di●creti●n , for the childr●n of Chr●stians are holy wit●out B●ptisme , and the children of God . 6. That that is no true Chr●stian C●urch , in which any sinners are to be found . Lastly , that no s●rmons are to b●e heard in those Churches , wherein Pop●sh Masse hath beene . Secondly , Anabaptisticall Articles ●ot to bee 〈◊〉 in the Commo● w●alth , are . 1. That the Office of the Magistrate pleaseth not God , neither can any Christian with a safe conscience be a Mag●strate , neither ought any subj●ct to implore the aid of the Magistrate for his defence . 2. That a Christian may not safely use any oath at all , neither ought any subject to ta●e any oath of all●ag●a●ce unto his Prince , nor sweare or promise any ●ealty or obedience . 3. That the Magistrates living in the time of the New Testament , may not with a safe conscience put to death or punish any Malefactors ▪ Lastly , Anabaptisticall articles not to bee suffered in the Oeconomy o● houshold government . 1. That a God●y man may not with a saf● Conscience have any goods of his owne but whatsoev●r goods he hath , he must make them common . 2. That a Chr●stian man may not be a victualler , nor a M●rchant , n●r make any w●apons . 3. That it is lawfull to divorce the hus●and and the wi●e if they be not of the same Religion , and to mary them unto any other Persons that doe not discent from them in Religion . Lib : concordiae . Sleidan . Schluss●lburgius To● . 2. XLVIII . GASPER 〈◊〉 , & his disciples . Anno. 1527 Hee came of a Noble family in 〈◊〉 , and was a man of good 〈◊〉 before hee fe●l i●t● these H●resies . 1. That the outward Ministry of the word is not nec●ssary , neither doth outward Baptisme further regeneration ; neither in the Lords Supp●r are the body and bloud of Christ exhibited in the bread and wine . 2. That the human nature of Chr●st is no cr●ature , but after his resurrection was every way 〈◊〉 unto his divine nature . 3 That the Ministry of a vicious Pri●st or Minist●r is not ●ff●ctuall unto the salvation of his Auditory , all●●it h●e preacheth n●ver so w●ll , ●r administreth the Sacraments according to the institution of Christ . Lib. Concordiae , Bucolcerus , a●d Schluss●l●urgus , Tom. 10. XLIX . The new SAMOSATENIANS . An. 1532. The Author of this sect was Michael 〈◊〉 , his followers were Georgius Bla●drata , Fransiscus David , and many others in Transilvania ; their opinion is compounded of many ancient 〈…〉 1. In God there is no distinction of persons . Serve● . lib. 5 , Trin. p●g . 189 , & ministri Transilvani . lib. 2. cap. 4. and this was the 〈…〉 Sabellius , Samosatenus , a●d many others , ut supra . 2. Christ before his incarnation , was nothing but an idea in the mind of God . Serve● . lib. 3 , 〈◊〉 . pag. 92 , and this was likewise taught by Cerinthus and E●ion , Irenaeus . lib. 1 , cap. 2● . and 26 , as also by Samosa●enus . 〈◊〉 . Heres. 44 , and 45. 3. The Divinity that Christ hath , was communicated unto him by God , not by eternall generation , but by the u●ction of Grace , and by inhabitation : and thus Christ may bee called God , but he is a made God , and hee is a temporall , but no eternall God . Blandrata disput. 6. Alba . & ministri Hungarici . lib. 2. cap. 7 , and this was part of the Heresie of Nestorius as wee may see in Theodoret. lib. 4 , here . fabula●um , and in other Heretikes , ut supra . L. The new ARRIANS , Ann. 1534. or thereabouts . These came from Valentius Gentilis , who was one of the schollars of Servetus , they taught . 1. That there are three eternall spirits , the Father , Son and Holy Ghost , which differ in number and essence , Val G●ntilis P●othesi , 20 , and 23 , and this is also recorded by Aretius in his history of the punishment of Val. Gentilis . This was the opinion of the Hereticks called Peratae , in Theodoret. lib. 1 , cap. 18. haereticarum fabularum , and of Iohan●s Philoponus the Heretike Niceph , lib. 18. cap. 48. 2. They taught that these three Persons were not equall , but that the father was far above the other two , so that he might be called Essentiator , and the other two Essentiati . i. e. he that had his essence of hims●lfe alone , and the other their ●ssence from him . Gen●ilis lib. Antido●o 3. f●l . 26. wher he saith , that it is the property of the Father to be called the one & only God ; And so the new Triheites went from 〈…〉 A●rius , for Arrius was the first that Taught that the fath●r was l●sse then the sonne . Epip● . haeres . 69. 3. They say that the Son of God was not of nothing , neither that he was begotten in time , but from all eternitie of the substance of his father , Gent. Prothes 11 12. And this was the opinion of the New Arians in Austins time . The later Arrians granted that the Son was eternall with the father , albeit Arius was of another mind . Aug● lib. 6. Trin. cap. 1. & lib. 1. T●init . Maximus doth conf●sse as Aug : there saith , that the son was not of nothing , but was begotten of the substance of his fath●r . And this was the judgement of the Councell held at Ariminum● &c. Post-Script . AND now , Sir , I could wish that these Heretikes survived only in Paper , but alas they are all lived over againe , though they seeme not at this res●ssitation to have so bright ●scendants as ●t their birth , for then many approved Wits , and persons of r●verend name ●ere given over to believe these lies , now few besides narr●ow indigested souls ●un after them : a providence that promises they will the sooner find their graves , for the vulgar are still as covetous of novelty , as of your com●●ands is . Sir , Your most humble Servant R. B. FINIS .