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THE 
 
 CHURCH 
 R OM E 
 
 Evidently proved 
 
 H E R ETIC-K. 
 
 y 
 
 Peter iBerault, D. 
 
 Who abjured all the Errors of 
 
 the laid Church in London at 
 
 the Savoy upon the 2d. day 
 
 of Jprily 167 1. 
 
 Heretici farit , qui fnpra Seripuram fa~ 
 
 punt. Ivacneus lib. 5. c. 17. 
 
 __ 
 
 LONDON, 
 
 tinted by Tbo. Hodgkjn for the ■ Author 
 MDCLXXXIi. 
 
 I 
 
Au tres Reverend Seigneur, 
 
 H E N R Y, 
 
 Evefque de LOJS(p(l{ES, 
 
 Doyen de la Chapelle de la 
 
 Majefte, &• Pun de fbn 
 
 Confeil Prive. 
 
 Ulomon dit quil riy a rien 
 M nouVeau fous le foleil j 
 I^JfQs paroles , Mon Seig- 
 neur, ejlant veritables, tout ce 
 quon a efcrit cy Levant pour 
 decoW\>rir les erreurs de I' Eg* 
 life ^omaine , <tr tout ce que 
 j'en pourray dire , ne femblera 
 que des redites. Cette cojijidera- 
 A z tion 
 
Epiftre Dedicatoire. 
 
 tlon a long temps arrejle ma 
 plume, & je croy que je nau- 
 rois jamais efcnt fur cette ma- 
 tter e , fi ma confcience ne my 
 eujl oblige & ft mes amis ne 
 my etijjent incite. 
 
 Ce que je yow prefente , 
 Mon Seigneur , c'efl TEglife 
 Romaine clairement proves 
 Heretique, <&- cefl la raifon 
 pour la quelle je I' ay abandon- 
 nee ; & quand je yom prefente 
 cedifcours, Mon Seigneur, c'e ft- 
 A une perfonne autant illufre 
 par fon profond fcayoir, que 
 par J a probite. Je ne m'arrefle 
 pas icy a prouVer Van & I' an* 
 ire, mon Jnfuffifance m'enem- 
 
 pefche, 
 
Epiftre Dedicatoire. 
 
 pefcbe, $$ yo/lre zModefite me le 
 defend, & cela jeroit fort Inu- 
 tile , put/ que tout ce ^(oyaume 
 en eft pla'mement conVicmcu ; 
 les eminences charges que yorn 
 poffede^j <6^ dont Vow Vow 
 acquite^ ft dignement; <&* les 
 pieufes & fcayantes InjlruBi* 
 ons que yous donne^ 2 yoHre 
 peuple t , & de bouche <&* par 
 efcr'it ; I'Bftime particnliere 
 que le ti(py & tons le Grands, 
 <£?* Scayants de ce ^oyanme 
 font de Voflre perfonne , <6t« 
 V amour &•* le refpeH que tow 
 tes yos brebis yous portent, 
 comme k un yentable <<r Ion 
 (pafteur, font des marques of- 
 A 3 furies 
 
 r. 
 
Epiftre Dedicatoire. 
 
 furies que tout ce que je d'u 
 eft Writable. Je fuis ennemy 
 de la flatterie ; J'aime lafince- 
 rul\ je fcay que yous nai* 
 me^pas les louanges, ceSi pour* 
 quoy Je finiray eette lettre en 
 tlifant que, puis quun chacun 
 yous eftime, honor e, & cherit, 
 ceft un ftgne eyident qtt'on eft 
 cony amen de yous merit es. 
 
 Je ne park pas du zele que 
 yous aye% fait paroislre ces 
 jours pajfe^ en yous oppofant 
 yigoreujement aux pemickux 
 fentiments des Tapifles, & en 
 faifant yos efforts pour decou* 
 yrir les autheurs d'une Confpira* 
 tion ft crueUe & fi horrible. 
 
Epiftre Dedicatoire. 
 
 je dtray feukment que vow 
 pouVe^ dire comme St. *Paul, 
 J'ay combatu le bon 
 Combat , J 'ay paracheve 
 ma courfe , J'ay garde la 
 foy , quant au refte la 
 Couronne de Juftice m'eil 
 refervee, la quelle me ren- 
 dra le Jufte Juge. Otiy 
 fans doubte, Mon Seigneur, 
 ce Jufle Juge yotts donnera 
 cette Couronne, quit promet a 
 tout fes bons & fide ties feryi* 
 tears , tys'il differe a Vous en 
 honorer, c*eft que vous eftes 
 encore neceffaire en ce monde 
 pour instru'tre & convertir les 
 antes. Puis done que ce font 
 A 4 Us 
 
Epiftre Dedicatoire. 
 
 Us [euls perfeVerants qui en 
 jouiffent. Je prie T>ieu quil 
 yous donne cette Vertu, & Vous 
 fupplie tres humblement de me 
 croire avec refpeB, 
 
 JMonfetgneur 9 
 
 Voftre tres humble & 
 Obeijfant Serviteur 
 
 
 
 Pierre Berault. 
 
 TO 
 
T O 
 
 The Right Reverend Lord 
 
 HENRY, 
 
 Bifliop of LONDON, 
 
 Dean of his Majefties • Ghappel, 
 and one of his moft honou- 
 rable Privy Council. 
 
 ■ 
 
 \Qlomon faith , there it no- 
 thing new under the Sun.. 
 This, My Lord, being true, 
 whatfbever hath been 
 written before, to difcover the 
 Errors of the Roman Church, 
 and whatfbever, I may fay, will 
 appear but a Repetition. This. 
 Confederation hath a long time 
 A i , put 
 
Tiie Eplftle "Dedicatory. 
 
 put a flop to my Pen, and I be- 
 lieve that I fhould never have 
 written upon this Subject, if my 
 Confcience had not obliged me, 
 and my friends incited me to do 
 it. 
 
 That which here I prefent to 
 you, My Lord, is the Church of 
 Rome clearly proved Heretick, 
 which is the reafbn why I have 
 lorfaken it; and when I pre- 
 lent this Difcourfe to your 
 Lordfhip, I offer it to a peribn 
 as much famous by his deep 
 Knowledge , as by his Vertue. 
 I do not defrgn here to prove 
 the one and the other, my In- 
 efficiency hindreth me , and 
 your Modefty forbiddeth it me : 
 And it fhould be very unprofi- 
 table, fince this whole King- 
 dom is fully convinced of it ; 
 your Eminent Dignities, where- 
 in 
 
The Epijile Dedicatory! 
 
 in you acquit your felf fb 
 worthily , and the Godly and 
 learned inftru£tions that you 
 give to your People both by 
 mouth and writing; the par- 
 ticular eflreem that the KingL 
 and all the great and learneci 
 of this Kingdom have for yous 
 Perfbn, and the love and re- 
 fpeft that all your Sheep have fos 
 you, as for a true and good She^ 
 pherd, are fure marks that what I 
 fay is truth. 
 
 I hate flattery , I love fince- 
 rity, I know you do not defire 
 to be praifed ; therefore I will 
 finiflh this Epiftle -, faying, that 
 fince every body efteems, honours, 
 and loves you, it is an evident figrr 
 that they are convinced of your 
 Merits. 
 
 I do not fpeak of the zeal 
 that you fhewed thefe laft days, 
 
 in. 
 
TJ?e EpiBle Dedicatory. 
 
 in oppofing vigoroufly the per- 
 nitious Sentiments of the Pa- 
 pifts, and the endeavouring to 
 difcover the Authors of fo cru- 
 el and horrible a Confpiration. 
 I will only write here , that it 
 may be faid of you, that which 
 St. Paul faith, / have fought a 
 good fight 7 I have fix i (bed my 
 courfe , 1 have kept the faith ; 
 henceforth there is laid up for me 
 a Crown of righteoufnefs, which 
 the Lord the righteous Judge 
 fhall give me : Yes certainly , 
 My Lord , this juft Judge will 
 give you this Crown , that he 
 promifeth unto all his good and 
 faithful Servants ; and if he de- 
 fers to give it you, it is becaufe 
 you are ftill ufeful in this world 
 to inftruft: and convert fouls. 
 Since then thofe only which 
 continue to the end do enjoy it, 
 
*The Bp'iHle Dedicatory. 
 
 I pray to God to give you per- 
 feverance , and moft humbly beg 
 this favour of you to believe me 
 with refpe£b 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 Your nrioft humble and 
 Obedient Servant, 
 
 Peter Berault. 
 
 A u 
 
AU LECTEUR. 
 
 CHer LeBeury av ant que tu 
 life ce petit traite, il faut 
 mtttre bas le prejuge la & 
 pafjion \ car Pun & P autre empe- 
 cbent de jttger fainement. C'efl 
 le prejuge ou la pafjion qui fait 
 czoire veritable, ce qui de foy efi 
 fanx. Si tu fuu Padvis charitable 
 que je te donne, je m* ajfure que 
 tu advoueras , aprez, que tu auras 
 leu c£ petit difcours , que ce que 
 fay efcrit touch ant I rglije Ro- 
 mdine efi fans aucun dout>$«. Je 
 croy pourtant quil y aura quel- 
 quun parmy les Francois refor- 
 mer qui condamnera ce trait e , 
 avantque a avoir commence a le 
 lirey caraabord quil verra qtiil 
 
 efi 
 
eft compofe par un Profelyte^ c r eft 
 
 affezpour luy fair e dire ^ qtiilriefl 
 
 pat bien fait, comme s r il efloit itto* 
 
 poffible de bien efcrire r & d?eftre 
 
 Profelyte ; d r avoir du fens com- 
 
 mun, & d?eftre Profelyte \ & de 
 
 faire ce que fait un autre homme 
 
 & d r efire Profelyte. Voila ]uf 
 
 quou <va fon pre]uge ou fa paffion : 
 
 mats s r il met bas Van & Pantre^ il 
 
 fera contraint Jfavouer que les 
 
 plus beaux livres que nous ayons r 
 
 ont efie faits par des Profelytes ; 
 
 & fans parle des efcrits de Cal~ 
 
 vin, de Luther, £ Auguflin^ & de 
 
 la pi a f part des Peres, qui eftoient 
 
 Profelytes y ce que nous lifons des 
 
 Evangeltftes & des Apoflres , Li- 
 
 vre tant eflime de tons les Chre- 
 
 fiienSj ne Pavons nous pas par des 
 
 Profelytes ? 
 
 THE 
 
 r % 
 
THE 
 
 Roman Church 
 
 Evidently proved 
 
 HER.ETICK. 
 
 "Any, if .they write 
 but a Pamphlet 
 are wont to make 
 a great Preamble ; they 
 -build r as the Proverblaith, 
 : the Door bigger than the 
 T fej they promife 
 l „a y and perform but 
 ji.:ele. That I may not be 
 guilty of fuch a fault , 
 and intending to be brief, 
 Ifhall immediately enter 
 into my Subjed 7 and 
 
 prove 
 
 • 
 
The ti(omdn Church 
 
 prove thus, that the 
 Church of Rome is Here- 
 tick. 
 
 That Church which is 
 obftinate in her errors, is 
 Heretick ; the Roman 
 Church is obftinate in her 
 errors, Ergo. 
 
 The Major Proportion 
 is true, and granted by all 
 Divines ; as for the Minor, 
 which is in queftion, I 
 prove it thus. 
 
 That Church which re- 
 fufeth to obey the holy 
 Scripture in feveral points 
 both of faith and pra&ice, 
 is obftinate in her errors: 
 the Roman Church refuf- 
 eth to obey the holy 
 Scripture in feveral points 
 both of faith and pra&ice, 
 Ergo. 
 
 The 
 
proved Heretick. 3 
 
 The Major Proportion 
 is alfb true, and granted 
 by all Divines ; as for the 
 Minor which is in quefti- 
 on, I prove it thus. 
 
 That Church which 
 addeth fbmething to the 
 holy Scripture and dimL 
 nifheth from it in feveral 
 points both of faith and 
 pra&ice, and thinketha- 
 bove that which is writ- 
 ten, refufeth to obey the 
 holy Scripture; for we 
 are commanded not to add 
 to the word of God nor to 
 diminifb from it; and * ^M- tf » 
 PWfbrbids to think above 
 that which is written. But 
 the Roman Church addeth 
 to the holy Scripture, and 
 diminifheth from it, and 
 thinketh above that which 
 
4 "The ^pman Church 
 
 is written,in feveral points 
 both of faith and practice. 
 Ergo. She refufeth to o- 
 bey the holy Scripture, in 
 feveral points both of faith 
 and practice ; ergo She is 
 obftinate in her errors; 
 ergo She is Keretick. 
 
 That the Roman Church 
 addeth to the holy Scrip- 
 ture.and diminifheth from 
 it in feveral points both of 
 faith and pra&ice, and 
 thinketh above that which 
 is written, I fhall endea- 
 vour to prove it evident- 
 
 In the firft place it is 
 
 written in the Law,which 
 
 God did pronounce and 
 
 Exod. 20. write ; thou {halt not make 
 
 4 * unto thee any graven I- 
 
 ma g e i nor an y Likenefs of 
 
 any 
 
proyed Herettck. 5 
 
 any thing that is in Heaven 
 above, or that is in the earth 
 beneath, or that is in the 
 waters under the earth y thou 
 ^alt not bow down thy [elf 
 to them, nor ferve them. 
 And in Deut. take ye good 010.41$. 
 heed unto yonr [elves, for 
 ye faw no manner of Simi- 
 litude on the day that the 
 Lord fpake unto you in Ho- 
 reb, out of the mid(l of the 
 fire , left ye corrupt your 
 (elves, and make you a gra- 
 ven Image the fimilitude of 
 any Figure, the likenefs of 
 Male or Female; and in 
 Jfaiah, it is faid, to whom tf*' ah 4°» 
 wJll ye liken God, or what l 
 likenefs will ye compare unto 
 him ? 
 
 The Roman Church 
 maketh graven Images 
 
 and 
 
6 1 be <\oman Ihttrcb 
 
 and boweth down her- 
 ielf, and prayeth to them, 
 worfhipeth, kiffe^h, and 
 ferveth them, aijd offereth 
 incenfe to them: She 
 maketh alio Images of 
 God the Father in the 
 fhape of an old Man, hold- 
 ing theGlobe of theWorld 
 in his hand ; and of the 
 Holy Ghoft, in the form 
 of a Dove. And though 
 the Council of Confianti- 
 mple condemned the wor- 
 shiping of Images, and did 
 forbid the placing them 
 in Oratories and Church- 
 es, where the Divine Ma- 
 jefty is worfhipped^never- 
 thelefs theChurch ofRome 
 fets them up, and ordains 
 that they fliall not on- 
 ly be received into places 
 
 of 
 
proved tierencK 
 
 of adoration, but alfb fhali 
 be adored and worfhip- 
 ped : and the Bull of Pope 
 Pius the fourth, contain- 
 ing the form of the Oath 
 fox profefling of faith, 
 dated at Rome in the year 
 1564. makes Image-wor- 
 fhip abfblutely neceflary 
 to be believed by all men, 
 as an Article of Faith. And 
 mofi firmly I avouch (faith 
 he ) that the Images of 
 Chrijl, and the Mother of 
 God always virgin y and the 
 other Saints are to be 
 had and retained, and that 
 to them honour and vene- 
 ration is to be given. 
 Then it is manifeft fhe 
 addeth to the holy Scrip- 
 ture, and thinketh above 
 that which is written. 
 
 And 
 
The ^oman Church 
 
 And fhe muft not fay to 
 excufe herfelf, that this 
 forbidding is only againft 
 Idols, and not againft I- 
 mages ,. becaufe thefe 
 words following (nor any 
 Likemfs of any thing) do 
 contain and fignifie the 
 one and the other, I mean 
 both Idols and Images. 
 
 Likewife fhe muft not 
 fay that file worfhippeth 
 and ferveth them with a 
 fervice of </W*, and not 
 with a worfhip of A**?*'*, 
 for befides this diftin&ion 
 is new, and unufed in the 
 Primitive Church, and not 
 found in the holy Scrip- 
 ture ; it isalways true, the 
 the Roman Church add- 
 eth to the word of God, 
 and thinketh above that 
 which 
 
proved Here tick. 9 
 
 which is written. It is cer- 
 tain, according to her own 
 confeflion, fhe worihipeth 
 with a worfhip of ***?«'* 
 the Images of God the Fa- 
 ther, the Son, and of the 
 Holy Ghoft , and of the 
 Crofs. And thefe words of 
 Samuel, Prepare your hearts 1 Sam. 3* 
 unto the Lord, , and ferve 
 him only , do deftroy : all 
 thefe diftin£tions of the 
 Roman Church concern- 
 ing the fervice of </w* 
 and worfhip of km?i%*.* and 
 that it is a flat Idolatry to 
 worfhip God in any Image 
 is exprefled and manite- 
 fted by the Children of 
 Ifraelfxhzn they made the 
 golden Calf to be a repre- 
 sentation of God i for the 
 B Text 
 
io The (Roman Church 
 
 Zxed. 32. Text fheweth that it was 
 Idolatry, for which many 
 of them were plagued and 
 punifhed ; and yet their 
 meaning was to worfhip 
 the true God in the Calf; 
 for they were not fb Am- 
 ple as to think or believe 
 that that dead Idol or I- 
 mage was God; and there- 
 fore the Idolatry of the 
 Church of Rome is as grofs 
 and wicked as theirs was. 
 
 Pray let us reprefent to 
 our lelves two Souls , one 
 .Proteftant and the other 
 Papift, and both before Je- 
 fus Chrift at the fearful 
 day of his Judgment. If 
 Chrift ask the Proteftant 
 Soul , why fhe did not 
 make Images, nor bow 
 down 
 
 y < 
 
proved Heretick. . 1 1 
 
 down her felf to them, 
 nor worfhip them, nor 
 ferve them ; fhe will an- 
 fwer him, it is becaule 
 thou didft fay unto me , 
 thou fha.lt not make unto thee 
 any graven Image , or any 
 likenefs of any thing ; thou 
 /halt not bow down thy felf to 
 them, nor ferve them. And 
 if Jefus Chrift, as I flip- 
 pole fhould fay unto her, 
 thou ought to underftand 
 thereby Idols, and diftin- 
 guifh between the wor- 
 ship of Kdu7fHA and Aas««, 
 and harken unto the Ro- 
 man Church ; fhe will re- 
 ply boldly ,Lord thou didft 
 tell me in thy Goipel, In Mar&.j. 
 vain do they worfhip thee, 
 teaching for DocJrines the 
 B 2 Com- 
 
1 i The Ionian Cmrch 
 
 Copimandment s of ■ men. 
 Thou didit tell me by St. 
 
 GaU i. 8. Paul, Though an Angel from 
 heaven preacheth any other 
 Gcfpel unto me , 'than that 
 which I have received, let 
 him be ac cur fed. Thou didfl: 
 * tell me by the fame Apo- 
 
 i c$r. 4><$ ftle, not to think of men a- 
 hove that which is written \ 
 Thou didft tell men in thy 
 
 Mat. 40. Gofpel, Thott firalt rvorfhip 
 the Lord thy God, and him 
 only (halt thouferve. This 
 is the realbn why I have 
 not made Images , nor 
 worfhipped them, nor fer- 
 ved them. But what (hall 
 a Papift Soul anfwer, 
 when Jefus Chrifl: will 
 fpeak with her thus. I 
 told thee , thov {halt not 
 make 
 
 10, 
 
proved Here tick . * 3 
 
 make unto thee any graven 
 Image, or the likenefs of any 
 thing that is in heaven a- 
 hove^ &c. I told thee, thou 
 jhalt not bow down thy ft If 
 to them , nor ferve them. 
 Likewife I told thee thefe 
 words of Ifaiahy To whom ^^ 40# 
 will ye liken God) or what 18. 
 likenefs will ye compare unto 
 him ? and thou haft not 
 kept my words. What 
 fhall this poor Papift an- 
 fwer ? I believe nothing 
 but that the Pope and the 
 Roman Church taught 
 him the contrary , and 
 Jefus Chrift will undoubt- 
 edly reply , feeing thou 
 haft preferred the Com- 
 mandments of the Pope 
 before mine ; Go away 
 B 3 with 
 
14 The tifyman Church 
 
 with the Pope, and fee 
 whether he is able to de- 
 liver thee from everlaftmg 
 fire, and perpetual prifon. 
 
 Secondly, It is written 
 in feveral places of the 
 holy Scripture, that Jefus 
 Chrift is our Saviour and 
 Redeemer, and neither is 
 
 Act* 4. 12. there any Salvation in any 
 other, for there is none other 
 name under heaven given 
 among men, whereby we mu(i 
 beftved, as it is faid in the 
 Acts : It is alio declared 
 
 1 John i. in the firft of John, We 
 
 l * have an Advocate with the 
 
 Father, Jejws Chrift the 
 righteous y and he is the pro- 
 pitiation for our fins. And 
 
 1 77/3,2.$. in the firft to Timothy, 
 There is one Me di at our be- 
 tween- 
 
proved Hwetkk. 1 5 
 
 tween God and men , the 
 man Chrift Jtfus. And not- 
 withstanding all that, the 
 Papifts call the Bkffed 
 Virgin the She-Redeemer 
 of the World , they lay 
 the Saints are in fbme way seliam. c. 
 our Redeemers, they put ^gL?" 
 their truft and confidence 
 in them, as we. may fee in 
 feveral Prayers wherein 
 they (peak thus. O great 
 Saint, in whom I put my 
 truft: and confidence, &c. 
 and they take them for 
 their Advocates and Me- 
 diators : and though Chrift 
 teaching his Difciples to 
 pray, commands them to 
 dire£fc their prayers to his 
 Father,and fay, Our Father 
 which art in heaven, &c. 
 B 4 And 
 
And though the i 
 l.'iirh hy //■/'./ i •;. In m 
 
 tin hIs the Pop* to iPattt ti 
 
 his (hecks j and i 1 11 his 
 
 'l'i links w nil nu>iiL\ , u 111 
 haw us to ha uric 
 
 unto Saints, and taketl 
 fbf our Advocates and Me- 
 diators^ n may he leen in 
 the Council of 
 '25. It is then evident the 
 
 Roman Church addcth to 
 tlie holy Sbripture , and 
 
 ihinketh aIhWC that 
 which is written ; and (he 
 mufl not lav die pia\ etli 
 
 and bdggith tlie fcavQwi of 
 the saints , as we pray a 
 Friend at ( !ourt to requcft 
 a Kiiidnels from Jus Maic 
 
 ftyj 
 
ilv ; lor in [\w lull pkca 
 ir is wmuii, // 
 ;. mtb 
 i Chi (I /'' 
 and u Is not \\ ritten that 
 any other isour Advocate* 
 Secondly , If the Kings 
 
 n Uioukl l.'iv, wlirn j 
 
 will ask my Fat her an j ft 
 your come ye tthto mej 
 
 and nor unto .uiothci . a 
 afterwards [Qme body 
 
 iliouKl go unto .mother, 
 
 Ik- Should be very Impru- 
 dent, Jctus C hull tpe.ilv- 
 ctli ihllS. < / Mkt. in 
 
 / iVili r. i S I 
 
 Therefore wje mud 
 
 not h.ivc .mother /Vivo 
 
 cace. ( [peakiqg <<•••>/*/?. 
 
 of the woman of i 2 - d * 
 
 n i Can MM. 
 
 # 5 who 
 
 . 
 
 
18 The <]{pmdn Church 
 
 who though fhe were a 
 firmer was bold to come 
 unto Chrift , faith thus, 
 Enprudentiam hujus mulie- 
 ris^ non precatur Jacobumy 
 non fupplicat Joanni 5 non 
 adit ad Petrum^ nee Apo- 
 ftolorum ccetum rejpicit, aut. 
 ullum eorum ree^mrit^fedpro 
 his omnibu* pcenitentiam fibi 
 comitem adjungit, & id ip- 
 fum fontem progreditur. Be- 
 hold the wifdom of this wo- 
 man y /he doth not pray to 
 James, fhe doth not befeech 
 John.fhegoeth not to Peter, 
 fhe looketh not to the compa- 
 ny of the Apoftles 9 neither 
 doth re que ft of any ofthem° 7 ~ 
 but for all this fhe taketh 
 repentance for her compani- 
 on^ and goeth to the 'very 
 foun- 
 
proved Hertiick* Jp 
 
 fountain it ftlf. -Ambrofe Amhrof. in 
 likewife anfwereth the Rm * 
 carnal reafbn of the Pa- 
 pifts. Solent, faith he, mi- 
 fera uti excufatione 7 dicentes 
 per iftos pojfe ire ad Deum, 
 ficut per comites itur ad Re- 
 ges. Idea ad Regem per tri- 
 turns & comites itur ? quia 
 homo utique eft Rex; adDe- 
 um autem, quern utique ni- 
 hil laiet ^fuffragat ore non eft 
 opus y fed mentc devota, ubi- 
 cunqueenim talis locutus fu* 
 erit y rejpondebit illi : That 
 is^ They are wont to ufe a 
 pitiful excufe , faying , by 
 thefe ( 'Saints) they may have 
 aacefs jtnto God, as by Earls 
 thevk is aczefs tjs> 'KJngs* 
 Therefore it is that by Offi* 
 Mrs mi Earls accefsis mads 
 
 to 
 
20 Tl)e <l{pman Church 
 
 to the Kjng^becmfe theKJng 
 himfelf is. a mdn ; but to 
 come to God*, from whom no* 
 thing is bid, there is no need 
 ofafpokefman, but of a de- 
 vout mind ; for wherefoever 
 fuch one fpeaketh to him he 
 will anfver him. Hereunto 
 I may add that which is 
 EuUf. 9 . wr i tten m Eccleftaftes, The 
 dead know not any thing, 
 neither have any more a por- 
 tion for ever in any thing 
 that is done under the Sun* 
 And therefore. I may fay 
 the Roman G&urch in- 
 treateth in vain the help 
 of the Saints/ And the 
 moft u learned Do&ors 
 thereof cannot fay how 
 they may hear the pray- 
 ers of men * for they con- 
 
 fefc 
 
• proved Heretick* 1 1 
 
 fefs it is not a property of 
 their happinefs ; and fbme 
 lay they fee in the face of 
 God, as in a looking-glafs^ 
 all things here below. 
 Some fay they fee only the 
 things which belong to 
 them. Some fay God dif- 
 covereth to them the 
 Prayers of men ; fbme fay 
 the faithful which are up- 
 on the earth give notice 
 of their defires and minds 
 to the Saints, as the An- 
 gels do communicate their 
 thoughts one with ano- 
 ther. To make it fhort, 
 the Roman Church is fb 
 uncertain, concerning the 
 Saints v tharoftentimes, as 
 I think, Ihe worfhippeth 
 andprayeth to them that 
 
 are 
 
2 2 The G(pman Church 
 
 are now burning in ever- 
 lafting fire. 
 
 Thirdly, it is written in 
 
 the'firft Chapter to the 
 
 *• 3* Hebrews j. that Jefus Chrift 
 
 purged himfelfour fins \ and 
 
 John i. in St. John j His blood clean- 
 feth us from all fins y and 
 
 Rom. 1. 1. jn St. Paul to the Romans, 
 There is now no condemna- 
 tion to them which are in 
 Chrift Jefus. And in the 
 
 Revel. 14. Revelation, Bkjfed are the 
 
 * 3 ' dead which die in the Lord, 
 
 from henceforth , yea faith 
 the Sprit , that thev may 
 rtft from their labour s y and 
 their works do follow thorn. 
 
 wi{d. 3. 1. And in the-book of Wif 
 dom canonized by the ge- 
 neral Council of Trent, 
 The fouls of the Righteous 
 
 are 
 
proved Heretick. 23 
 
 are in the hand of Go d y and 
 there {hall no torment touch 
 them. Nevertheless the 
 Roman Church believeth 
 and teacheth that there is 
 a place called Purgatory, 
 wherein the Souls of the 
 Juft are tormented andaf- 
 fli&ed, fbme for a fhort 
 time, fomefor a hundred 
 years, Ibme for a thoufand 
 and upwards, and others 
 to the end of this world. 
 / do con (I ant ly hold^ faith 
 Pope Pirn the fourth, find- 
 ing Purgatory to be very 
 lerviceable for his Kitchin, 
 there is a Purgatory , and 
 that the Souls there detained 
 are hoi fen by the ftffr ages of 
 the faithful. Mandat fantta conc.Tri- 
 
 Synods, faith the Council denU Se f 
 
 of 2 *' 
 
24 The ^{oman Church 
 
 of Trent, omnibus Epifcopis^ 
 ut [mam de Purgatorio do- 
 Elrinxm a fmftis P at rib us y 
 drfacris Conciliis traditam^ 
 a Chrifti fidelibus credi r te- 
 neri^doceri, & ubique pra- 
 dicari diligenter Jiudeant: 
 And though the Roman 
 Church cannot tell whe^ 
 ther this Purgatory is in 
 the air, or in the earth, or 
 in the place wherein fins 
 were committed, yet fhe 
 faith the Pope with a little 
 Indulgence layed unto a 
 Bead, or Crofs, or Medalj 
 or with a Mafs laid upon 
 certain days of the week* 
 gives power to deliver 
 from thisPurgatory whom 
 he pleafeth, and when he 
 pleafeth. Ifaythejiin the 
 
 firft 
 
proved Heretick. 1 5 
 
 firft place , fince this Do- 
 ctrine is not found in the 
 holy Scripture , the Ro- 
 man Church addeth to the 
 Word of God, and think- 
 eth above that which is 
 written. Secondly, I fhew 
 file doth deftroy her felf, 
 when fhe will have us to 
 believe under the pain of 
 damnation, that there is a 
 Purgatory. For if there be 
 a Purgatory, either it is 
 to purge fins, or to purge 
 the pain due unto them : 
 it is not for the firft , be- 
 caufe the Roman Church 
 believeth Jefus Chrift did 
 by himfelf purge ail our 
 fins ; and becaule they are 
 to be purged afore we be 
 feparated from this world. 
 
 It x 
 
2 6 The ^oman Church 
 
 It is then for the purgati- 
 on of the pain ; but the 
 pain is puniftied and not 
 purged; for a Gallows is 
 not for the purgation of a 
 murther, but for the pu- 
 nifhmcat of it. There- 
 fore feeing Purgatory, ac- 
 cording to the Papifts, is 
 only for the pain due to 
 fins, they deftroy them- 
 feives, when they call it 
 Purgatory. For it hath no 
 warrant in the holy Scrip- 
 ture ; Chrift Iheweth but 
 two places, Heaven and 
 Hell, faying that the rich 
 mans foul, which was un- 
 merciful to Lazarus , went 
 after his death to Hell, 
 a«d there was tormented, 
 and that Lazarus foul (he 
 being 
 
proved Heretick. 1 7 
 
 being dead) was carried 
 into Abrahams bofbm , a 
 place of joy and comfort. 
 To the Thief which was 
 executed with Chrift at 
 his paflion, and believed 
 in him, Chrift anfwered, 
 This day jhalt thou be with Luty 25, 
 me in Paradife : Which 4?* 
 fheweth that the fouls of 
 the faithful never come 
 into Purgatory fire, to be 
 burnt and punifhed; for 
 all their fins are forgiven, 
 and confequently the pu- 
 nifhment incident to the 
 fame is forgiven alfb, and 
 their fouls pafs from death 
 to life , namely Heaven. 
 Bkjfed are the dead which Reve'. 14. 
 die in the Lord, from hence- l 3* 
 forth they refi from their la- 
 bours^ 
 
 .^ 
 
2 8 *lbe tf^pinan Church 
 
 bours, and their works foU 
 low them. If from the time 
 of their death they have 
 bleffednefs and reft, fchen 
 they are not in any Pur- 
 gatory fire to be burnt and 
 Jfyp. /. 5. tormented. And Aufiin 
 fpeaketh thus ; The fir ft 
 place the faith of the Cath^- 
 licks doth by divine Autho- 
 rity believe to be the Kjng- 
 dom of Heaven, the fecond 
 Hell ; a third place rve are 
 utterly ignorant of neither 
 can we find any fuch in 
 the holy Scriptures. And 
 in another place he faith, 
 
 Encbirid. j^ Jat t ^ )t y w fc c J, ( ?e H eve a 
 ad Laurent* ^ y r , , 
 
 c.67. Purgatory pre, are much de- 
 ceived, and that through a 
 humane conceit.. Kjiov this, 
 faith he, that when the foul 
 
 is 
 
proved He re tick. 29 
 
 is feparated from the Body* dm ?' ro 
 J A , . . J . / , ,< 7 van* fecuu 
 pre jent ly it is either placed in ca « u 
 
 Paradife for its good works 
 or cafi headlong into the 
 bottom of Hell for its (ins. 
 And Jufim Martyr faith, 
 Pofi mortem ji at im (it bono- 
 rum & impicrum diftinttio^ 
 & boni dicuntur in Paradi- 
 fum\ That immediately af- 
 ter death there is made a J e- 
 paration between good and 
 bad men, and that the good 
 are carried unto Paradife. 
 
 Fourthly , the Papifts 
 hold their General Coun- 
 cils and their Pope cannot 
 err ; but they are deceiv- 
 ed, for Saint Aufiin plain- 
 ly teacheth, that only the 
 Scriptures cannot err ; 
 General Councils , faith he, 
 which 
 
 ^j*-' 
 
30 The tffyman Church 
 Aug.^ urn. which are gathered of all the 
 
 6 clnnaD^ Chri ft ian mrld > are °f tm 
 
 natift. corrected, the former by the 
 latter , when by any trial of 
 things that is opened which 
 Tvasjhuty and that is known 
 which was hidden. If a Ge- 
 neral Council may be cor- 
 refted ? as faith Auflin> ergo 
 it may err ; and therefore 
 he Ipeaketh thus to Maxi- 
 miand the Bifhop of the 
 Augxontra. Arians ; Neither ought I to 
 *£ im - u alledge the Council of 'Nice, 
 nor thou the Council ofAii- 
 mene , to take advantage 
 thereby \ for neither am I 
 bound nor held by the autho- 
 rity ofthis^nor thou of that J 
 forfet Matter with Matter ; 
 Caufe with Caufe , Reafon 
 with Reajon j try the mat- 
 ter 
 
proved Heretkk. 3 1 
 
 ter by the authority of the 
 Scriptures. The Council of 
 Constantinople condemned 
 the letting up Images in 
 the Church,and the Coun- 
 cil of Nice afterwards al- 
 lowed them. One of them 
 being contrary, muft needs 
 be erroneous. And that is 
 granted by it felf, when 
 in a fet form of prayer, 
 which is appointed to be 
 laid after every Council, 
 they pray, That God would & ordt.ce- 
 /pare their ignorance , and ^ at ' Con " 
 pardon their errors. 
 
 The Pope himfelf may Ub. ad bo- 
 - err. Pope Innocent im doth *f£ co ™ x 
 teach, 1 hat young children gin c.^ 
 cannot befaved except t^ey 
 receive th^Baptifm ojXhrift y 
 and alfo theCommtmion of the 
 
 Body 
 
3 1 The <%oman Church 
 
 Body and Blood of Chriji* 
 
 comperimus Pope Ga/atius decreed that 
 
 conftcra.de a /j theyfhouldbe Excommu- 
 
 mcated which would receive 
 
 the Sacrament of the Lords 
 
 Supper but in one kind. But 
 
 this Dofrrine is taxed for 
 
 an error by all Papifts, and 
 
 the Council of Trent made 
 
 a Decree contrary to the 
 
 Do&rine of the Pope Ge- 
 
 conc.Trid.Jafius. Si quis dixerit ex 
 
 fif 2I * £) e/ * precept *utl neceffitate 
 can. 1. r / ■ 7 
 
 Jalutu ornnes (jr Jingulos 
 
 Chrijlifideles, utramquefpe- 
 
 ciern fanciifjimi Euchariftix 
 
 Sacramenti fumere debere, 
 
 anathetna fit. Ergo the 
 
 Pope of Rome may erre ; 
 
 and we may fee it in their 
 
 Decrees, wherein it is 
 
 written, that he it to be 
 
 judged 
 
proved Heretick- 35 
 
 judged of none except he be Far *'J.\ 
 found erring from the faith^ 40 .^. /? 
 whereby it appeareth that papa. 
 they thought he might err 
 in matters of faith,orelfe 
 that exception was put 
 in vain. All men are fub- 
 je<3: to error ; all men are 
 lyers in their own words, 
 and finners in their works, 
 therefore by their own 
 confeffion, General Coun- 
 cils and Popes are not in- 
 fallible; therefore when 
 they lay they cannot err, 
 they both contradict 
 themfelves and add to the 
 word of God, and think 
 above that which is writ- 
 ten. 
 
 They boaft alfb the 
 ! Popes Supremacy; they 
 C fay 
 
34 Tbe^oman Church 
 
 fay that the Pope hath 
 preheminence or authori- 
 ty over all the other Bi- 
 fhops ; but upon what 
 ground, I know not. They 
 lay it is becaufe he is Suc- 
 ceffor to Peter, and be- 
 caufe Peter had fiich a pre- 
 heminence and authority 
 over the reft of the Apo- 
 ftles, therefore the Pope 
 being his Succeffor, muft 
 be fb over all Bifhops. But 
 it is falfe that Peter had 
 fiich preheminence over 
 the reft of the Apoftles. 
 
 ?rant that Chrift faid to 
 *eter, after he had con- 
 fefTed him to be that 
 Chrift, and the Son of the 
 living God, Thou art Pe- 
 ter 5 and upon this Rock 1 
 
 mil 
 
pro Ved Heretick. 3 5 
 
 will build my Church ; but 
 thefe words give no fupe- 
 riority to Peter, above the 
 reft, only they fhew that 
 the Church is builded, 
 not upon the Perfbn of Pe- 
 ter, but upon the Rock, 
 namely upon Chrift , 
 whom Peter confeffeth to 
 be the Son of the living 
 God, for as faith St. Pau/ f 
 That Rock was Chrift, ando- x CoyaQ mi 
 ther foundation can no man 
 lay, but that which is laid lCor + 11 ' 
 already, namely Jefus Chrift. 
 And in the fecondChapter 
 to the Ephefians, he faith 
 that the Church is builded 
 upon the foundation of the 
 Prophets , and Apo files , 
 Chrift Jefus himlelf being 
 the head ftone in the cor- 
 C 2 ner. 
 
3 6 T1?e <!{c}nan Church 
 
 ner. Where then can 
 they find that Peter was 
 made Prince of the Apo- 
 ftles ? and had prehemi- 
 nence or authority over 
 them? they anfwer it is 
 when Chrift gave unto 
 Peter the Keys of binding 
 and loofing ; but hereun- 
 to I fay that Chrift there- 
 in gave no authority more 
 to Peter than to the reft; 
 for he doth not fay I give 
 unto thee, but I will give 
 unto thee, which pro- 
 mife was afterwards per- 
 formed, and when it was 
 performed, the Keys or 
 the power of binding and 
 loofing was given not on- 
 ly to Peter, but alfb un- 
 to all the reft together. 
 
 Go 
 
proved Heretkk. 37 
 
 Go ye faith Chrift, unto all Ma. 28. 
 Nations, baptizing them in - 
 the name of the Father, and 
 of the Son, and of the Ho- 
 ly Ghofl, teaching them to 
 obferve all things what foever 
 I have commanded yon. And 
 in the twentieth of John 
 he fpeaketh thus, Receive 
 ye the Holy Ghoft ; whatjo- John 20, 
 ever (ins ye remit, they are 21 * 2 
 remitted unto them, and 
 what foever fins ye retain, 
 they are retained. By thefe 
 words we may lee that 
 Chrift fpeaketh unto all 
 the Apoftles, and not to 
 Peter only, and fo it is e- 
 vident that Peter receiv- 
 eth no power more than 
 the reft of the Apoftles j 
 Pray, let them tell me, 
 C 3 where 
 
3 8 The ^oman Church 
 
 where was Peters Supre- 
 macy, when /^#/reprov- 
 
 Gal. 2. ii. ed him to his face? J 
 rvithftood him to his face, 
 faith Paul, becaufe he was 
 to be blamed. Where was 
 Peters Supremacy, when 
 at the Council held at Je- 
 rufdem where the Apo- 
 ftles were, yet not Peter, 
 but James ruled thea£H- 
 on, and acording to his 
 fentence was the Decree 
 made? and when there 
 was a contention amongft 
 the Apoftles, who fhould 
 be the greateft amongft 
 them, Chrift told them 
 
 iJ^ 22. plainly thefe words. The 
 Kjngs of the Gentiles exer- 
 cije Lordjhip over them y 
 md they thatexercife autho- 
 rity 
 
proved Heretkk. Jp 
 
 rity upon them are called be- 
 nefailors ; but ye [hall not be mu 20 > 
 fo y but he that is greatest 5 " 
 among you , let him be as the 
 younger y and he that is chief 
 as he that doth jerve. If - 
 the greateft muft be as 
 the leaft, what authority 
 hath he above the reft ? 
 therefore fince the Popes 
 Supremacy over all the 
 other Bifliops, is ground- 
 ed by the Papifts upon Pe- 
 ters Supremacy over the 
 reft of the Apoftles; and 
 fince Peter hath not fuch a 
 preheminence or authori- 
 ty over them, it follow- 
 eth that the Pope hath 
 none over the other Bi~ 
 fhops. 
 
 G 4 This 
 
4P The dUpman Church 
 
 This is confirmed by St. 
 
 Mirof. ad Hkrofm ad Eva?ram r he 
 
 Evagrm. fakh ^ hat ^ £^ of 
 
 Eugubium , or any other 
 the ieafl See, is equal to the 
 Bifhop fl/Rome ; for tliey 
 all joyned in the lame 
 Commiflion , they mult 
 ferve in the Church, be 
 diligent to difcharge that 
 great charge in the 
 Church, which their Ma- 
 tter Jefus Chrift hath e- 
 qually laid upon them. 
 And Pope Gregory himfelf 
 affirmeth that whofoever 
 taketh the title of Vniver- 
 fal Bifhop to his See, he 
 cannot be lefs than Anti- 
 Qhrifl. 
 
 Therefore the Roman 
 
 Church addeth to the 
 
 Word 
 
proved Heretickl 4 1 
 Word of God, and think- 
 eth above that which is 
 written, when fhe boaft- 
 ' eth of the Supremacy, or 
 Superiority of their Popes 
 over all other Bifhops, 
 fince this do£trine hath no 
 ground in the holy Scrip- 
 tures. 
 
 Fifthly, the Church of 
 Rome believeth that their 
 Pope hath authority to 
 depofe Kings and Princes, 
 and to kill thofe that they 
 call Heretick. But upon 
 what ground, I know 
 not ; It is certain that in 
 fb doing or attempting to 
 do, he is both a nota- 
 ble Traitor unto God, 
 whole authority he doth 
 claim and arrogate; and 
 C 5 un- 
 
4r The tf{oman Church 
 
 unto Princes, to whom 
 he is to be fiibje£t: for 
 the pulling down of Prin- 
 cefs God hath referved to 
 himfelf alone that power : 
 for it is he that putteth 
 down the mighty from their 
 feats, and exalteth them of 
 low degree. By me y faith 
 he. Kings reign r andPrin* 
 ces bear Dominion. He re- 
 moveth Kings, andfetteth 
 up Kings; feeing there- 
 fore it is God, that hath 
 this authority proper to 
 himfelf, which way can 
 the Pope claim it, with* 
 Mat. 16. out injury to the Power of 
 F* ■ God? they anfwer, it is, 
 byreafbnofhisKeys; but 
 they muft remember that 
 the Keys given, were the 
 Keys 
 
proved Heretick. 43 
 
 Keys of the Kingdom of 
 Heaven, and confequent- 
 ly by authority of the Keys 
 he cannot meddle with 
 terreftrial Kingdoms to 
 fhut out thofe that are in 
 them. And he hath no 
 more authority by the 
 power of the Keys, or of 
 binding and loofing, than 
 any other Bifhop ; for the 
 Keys were given to all the 
 reft of the Apoftles as 
 well as to Peter; for 
 Chrift fpoke thus; Re- 
 ceive ye the holyGbofi, tvhofe John 20. 
 foever fins ye remit, they 2 ?- 
 are remitted unto them , 
 and whofefo ever (ins ye re- 
 tain , they are retained. 
 And therefore for any Mi- 
 nifter of the Gofpel,there- 
 
 by 
 
44 ■ Tfo ^pman Church 
 
 by to claim authority a- 
 bove another, is contrary 
 to the will of Chrift, for 
 they are all indifferently 
 joyned in one commiflion,. 
 and confequently have all 
 equal authority. And 
 therefore the Pope hath' 
 no more authority by the 
 vertue of his Keys, than 
 any other Bifhop, that is. 
 to fay, none at all to de- 
 pofe Kings and Princes i 
 his duty is rather to obey 
 them, and to teach the 
 fame obediehce to others, 
 as the Apoftles of Chrift 
 iFet.2.13. did. Submit your felves y 
 faith Peter y to every ordi- 
 nance ofmenfbr the Lords 
 J^aike y whether it be to the 
 , KJng as Supream. And 
 
 St. 
 
proyed Heretich 4? 
 
 St. Paul faith, Let every Rm%l ~ u 
 foulbe fub]ett unto the high- 
 er powers, &e. and Chrift 
 himfelf faid, His KJngdom j h n 10, 
 w/?<s not of this world \ he 3^ 
 refufed to be made a 
 King. Himfelf payed tri- 
 bute to C<zfar , and com- 
 manded others to do the 
 fame. If Chrift were fub- 
 je£t to C<efar, is it not a 
 fhame to the Pope to ex- 
 alt himfelf above C<efar, 1 
 I mean above a King ? 
 The Papifts anfwer that 
 he got this fbvereign au- 
 thority by donation from 
 Conftantine r but I will- 
 grant fbme Chriftian Em- 
 * peror was fb foolifh as to 
 give his Empire, (which 
 is neither likely, nor cre- 
 dible; 
 
46 The ti^pman Qhurch 
 
 dible^ yet I fay it was not 
 lawful to take it , if he 
 will be a Minifter of the 
 Gofpel, or Succeflbr of the 
 Apoftles : for Chrift hath 
 exprefly forbidden his A- 
 poftles , and in them all 
 the Minifters of the GoP 
 pel, all fuch Dominions, 
 laying thus unto them. 
 M&L20.26 The KJngs of the Nations 
 reign over them^ and they 
 that be great amongft them y 
 bear Rule or Dominion > but 
 it foall not be Jo with you \ 
 which words being prohi- 
 bitory, fhew that they 
 muft not reign like Kings 
 of Nations, but they muft 
 ferve in the Church, and 
 be diligent in the great 
 Charge, that Jefus Chrift 
 
 hath 
 
proved Heretkk. 47; 
 
 hath laid upon them ; and 
 therefore the Pope hath 
 no Authority over Kings 
 and Princes, that may be 
 leen by thefe words of 
 Tertullian., Colimm Im-TmuLin 
 peratoremut hominemu Deo A t olo & 
 fecundum r & Jolo Deo mi~ 
 nor em ; We honour the Em- 
 peror as the next man to 
 God, and inferior to God 
 only. And again he faith, 
 that Princes are a Deo fe- 
 cundi^pojl eum primi, ante 
 omnes & fuper omnes ; The 
 fecond to God r the fir (I next 
 after God f and before and 
 over all ?nen\ Optatus , optat. fm 
 faith , Super Jmperatorem tra * p , ar ~ 
 non ejt nip Jolm Dew, qui f- 
 fecit Imperatorem; There 
 is none above the Emperor 
 
 but 
 
48 Tiie Q{pman Church 
 
 but God only which made the 
 cbryf. ad ^ Emperor ; and Chryfoftome 
 Horn. I. U feitli, partm nullum fuper 
 t err am habet, He hath no 
 equal on Earth. And Gre- 
 gory Bifhop of Rome him- 
 felf affirmeth, that Power 
 is given to Princes from 
 Heaven r not only over 
 Souldiersj but Priefis alfo ; 
 and therefore it is evident 
 that the Pope hath no Au- 
 thority over Kings and 
 Princes : nor to kill thofe 
 they callHeretick; for that 
 Do&rine which they 
 teach is contrary to 
 Ghrifts Do£trine, as we 
 may read in St. Luke. 
 lu kf'9*3^- Becaufethe Samaritans 
 3 5 * would not receive Jefus 
 
 Chrifthis Difciples j^\r 
 
 and. 
 
proved Heretic k. 4p 
 
 and John feeing this, faid, 
 Lord wilt thou that we com- 
 mand fire to come down 
 from Heaven, and confume 
 them ; but Chrifi turned and 
 rebuked them^ and faid, ye 
 know not what manner of 
 Spirit ye are of for the Sow 
 of man is not come to de- 
 fir oy mens Lives , but to five 
 them. It is certain that 
 all Papifts are not in that 
 Opinion ; fbrne of them 
 are very good, and I know 
 fbme who would ftart, if 
 they fliould hear fuch a 
 Do&rine; but yet it is 
 clear that this Doctrine is 
 taught and pra&ifed a- 
 mongft them. Their fe- 
 veral Plots here in En- 
 gland , their Mafacres in 
 
 Zreu 
 
5 o The Ionian Church 
 
 Inland,, France and other 
 Countries , as we may 
 read in Hiftory, and their 
 proper words as they are 
 written here, prove it evi- 
 dently. 
 Decnt. con. Si verb Dominus tempo- 
 
 uw an. ra n s requiCitiw & monitus 
 fab.Inn.pap. f ^ , r r 
 
 ctub.c/p.i. a&hcclejta, ten am Juam pur- 
 gar e neglexerit ab hac Here- 
 tics fceditate } per Metro- 
 politanum Excommuncatio- 
 nis vinculo Innodetur, & (i 
 fat is f ac ere contempferit, ex 
 tunc vafaUos ab ejus fideli- 
 tate denuntiet abfolutosj & 
 'lerram exponat Catholicis 
 occttpandAm ; That is> if a 
 I* rime being admonished and 
 required by the Church, {ball 
 refufe to purge his Country of 
 that foul Herefie, let him be 
 
 Ex- 
 
pro Ved Heretick. 5 1 
 
 Excommunicated by the Bi- 
 /hop j and if he refujeth to 
 give fatisfaffion, from that 
 time let him pronounce his 
 Subjects difcharged of their 
 Allegiance, and expofe his 
 Country to be pojfejfed by the 
 Catholicks.* 
 
 And in the following 
 words great Indulgences 
 and Privileges are granted 
 to them which fhall en- 
 deavour to deftroy thofe 
 they call Hereticks. Ca- 
 tholic /, qui cruris affumpta 
 Characiere^ ad Hereticorum 
 exttrminium ft accinxerint f 
 ilia gandeant indulgentia , 
 illoque Privilegiojint muni- 
 ti y quod accedtnttbm inTer- 
 r& Sanff* fubfidiam conce- 
 ditur. Let the Catholickfy 
 
 who 
 
5 2 The ^pman Church 
 
 who taking the ftgn of the 
 Crofs, fbaS attempt to root 
 out the Hereticks, re Joyce 
 in that Indulgence ', and be 
 defended, with that Privi- 
 ledgej which is granted to 
 them who go to the Aid of 
 the Holy Land. 
 
 Therefore I conclude 
 . that the Pope hath no 
 power to depofe Kings 
 and Princes, nor to kill 
 thofe that he calls here- 
 tick, and that the Roman 
 Church addeth to the 
 Word of God, and think- 
 eth above that which is 
 written, and therefore fhe 
 is heretick. And if accord- 
 ing to their Do8:rine , 
 thofe which are heretick 
 may be killed lawfully, 
 
 and 
 
proved Heretick. 53 
 
 and their Land poffefled 
 by the Catholicks, they 
 being themfelves heretick, 
 as it is proved clearly, I 
 let to the Reader to draw 
 the Conclufion*. 
 
 6ly 9 JefusChrift being 
 .about to leave the World, 
 and his Difciples afflict- 
 ing themfelves, he doth 
 not comfort them, by lay- 
 ing I leave you my Body, 
 under the Species of 
 Bread and Wine, but he 
 tells, them, The poor always lohn 12. 8. 
 ye have with you, but me ye 
 have not always ; I came i5. 28. 
 forth from the Father, and, , 
 am come into the World ; 
 again I leave the World, 
 and go to the Father. He' 
 tells them tjhat his Fa- 
 ther 
 
54 The G(prnan Church 
 
 ther will prote£t them, 
 and fend them his Holy 
 Spirit, and that he is go- 
 ing to prepare them a 
 place in Heaven, He tells 
 them of his Inter ceflion, 
 * and of his Second coming, 
 and that the Heaven muft 
 r Aft. 3. 2i. receive him, until the time 
 of the refiitution of all 
 things. By thefe words it 
 appeareth clearly that it 
 is contrary to the holy 
 Scripture, to fay, that the 
 Body of Jefus Chrift is 
 yet upon Earth ; yet the 
 Roman Church believes 
 that Chrifts Body isftill 
 upon Earth in feveral pla- 
 ces, therefore fheaddeth 
 to the word of God, and 
 -thjnketh above that 
 which 
 
proved Here tick. 5 5 
 
 which is written, there- 
 fore fhe is Heretick. 
 
 I know what the 
 Church of Rome faith for 
 the Proof of her Belief; 
 her principal Argument is 
 this ; Chrift took Bread and MAt.26.26 
 gave thanks, and f aid, Take 
 ye and eat y this is my Bo- 
 dy, which is broken for you. 
 Jefus Chrift faith the Ro- 
 man Church, is true : He 
 hath faid in giving the 
 Bread , this is my Body, 
 therefore this Bread ought 
 to be changed into the 
 true Body ©fj efiis Chrift ; 
 and tof^lhew (fhe faithj 
 that it is not the Figure of 
 Jefus Chrift, and thefe 
 words, this is my Body , 
 are not Metaphorical (as 
 
 the 
 
5 6 The d{oman Church 
 
 the Protectant Church be- 
 lieveth) becaufe he faid, 
 which is broken for yow ; 
 now it is not the Figure 
 of Jefus Chrift, which 
 was broken for us, but the 
 true Body. 
 
 To which I anfwer, it 
 is certain that Jefus 
 Chrift is true, and though 
 he faid , This is my Body 
 which is broken for yon, and 
 that it was the true Body 
 of Jefus Chrift which was 
 broken for us, and not 
 the Figure ; that doth not 
 hinder thefe words from 
 being Metaphorical : And 
 to let you fee clearly, ob- 
 lervemy Reafbn. This is 
 my Body which is broken for 
 youy (\s) that is to fay , 
 
 k- 
 
proved Here tick. 57 
 
 fignijieth or reprejenteth, as 
 you may fee in feveral o- 
 therpafTages of the Scrip- 
 ture, as for example in 
 this ; the Rock ma<s Chrift, 
 where this word (was) 
 means did fignifie or repre- 
 sent. Which is broken for 
 you^ the Relative (which) 
 doth not ferve to ihew 
 the Tranfabftantiation, or 
 that the Bread is changed 
 into the true Body of Je- 
 fus Chrift, becaufe it is 
 related to the word (Body) 
 and not to the proportion 
 This is my Body ; it hath 
 relation to the Attribute, 
 and not to the Subje£t ; 
 || that which, according to 
 Cardinal Cajetav, hinder- 
 eth not this Proposition to 
 D be 
 
5*8 The. doornail Church 
 
 be Metaphorical, no more 
 than this 9 the Rock was 
 Chrij} ; for if the Evan- 
 gelifl: had added, which 
 was crucified, or which 
 was raifed again; as the 
 Relative, ( which ) would 
 not hinder this Propofition 
 from being Metaphorical ; 
 likewife thefe words , 
 which is broken for you 7 
 hinder not the other Pro- 
 pofition, to be Improper 
 or Metaphorical. 
 
 Mark that his Body 
 was not broken before he 
 Suffered. How did he 
 lay then, which is broken? 
 before it was broken?there 
 is no fenfe of it but this 
 the Bread w r as broken, and 
 iignihed that his Body 
 fhould 
 
proved Heretich 59 
 
 fhould.be broken ; now 
 as the breaking of the 
 Bread, did fignifie the 
 breaking of his Body, lb 
 the Bread muft fignifie his 
 Body : But as his Bo- 
 dy was not broken indeed, 
 when the Bread was bro- 
 ken, fb the Bread could 
 not be his Body indeed, 
 for then his Body fhould 
 have been broken, when 
 the Bread was* broken. 
 If, becaufe Cfarift faith, 
 This is my Body, this is 
 my Bloody they will have 
 thefe words to be ex- 
 pounded Literally ; why 
 then do they not expound 
 the other words of Chrift 
 Literally alio, as concern- 
 ing the Cup ?. for the 
 D 2 Text 
 
6o The tf^onun Church 
 
 Text faith that he took 
 the Cup, and faid, This is 
 my Blood. I am fure they 
 will not fay that the Cup 
 was the Blood of Chrift, 
 (as the words be) but they 
 will grant a Figure in 
 thole words, namely Con- 
 tinens pro Conttnto, that 
 by the Cup is meant the 
 Wine in it ; if then they 
 will admit a Figure in 
 this, why may not there 
 be a Figure in the other? 
 namely, Signatum pro Sig- 
 W} that thefe words, this 
 is my Body fhould be un- 
 derftood thus, the Bread i 
 is a Sign of my Body. 
 
 I may prove as well 1 
 
 that Chrift is a Door, be- 
 
 caufe he faith, / am a 
 
 Door 
 
proved Heretick* 6 1 
 
 Door ; or a Vine, becaufe 
 he faith, I am a Vine ; for 
 his fayings are alike ; Fi- 
 gurative fpeeches muft 
 not be conftrued Lite- 
 rally : Now that they 
 may fee, that not we on- 
 ly fay it is Bread and Wine nye. 27. 
 after Confecration, Chrifl: M ' r k ** 
 himfelf doth call it Bread 2 * 
 and Wine after he had 
 given it as he did before ; 
 and in Mark he fays , / 
 will Drink no more of the 
 Fruit of the Vim : Here 
 Chrift faith, that it was 
 the Fruit of the Vine, 
 which he drank, but his 
 Blood is not the Fruit of 
 the Vine, therefore Wine 
 was his Drink, and not 
 Blood ; Therefore after 
 D 3 Con- 
 
6z The ^oman Church 
 
 Confederation, Wine was 
 ftill Wine. And St. Vanl 
 faith plainly and exprefly, 
 that the Communicant doth 
 */r **> eat Bread, ergo, it remain- 
 # eth Bread after the words 
 ofConfecration: For if it 
 were Tranfubftantiated 
 into the Body of Chrift, 
 then were there no Bread 
 to eat, but the Body of 
 Chrift is the thing that 
 fhould be eaten, and fb it 
 fhould not be called Bread. 
 What I fay ; may be 
 feen again by thefe words 
 of Jefus Chrift, when he 
 
 of Life , and that all which 
 would live, mujl eat him ; 
 his Difciples murmured 
 untill he expounded his 
 words 
 
pro Ved Here tick . 6 £ 
 
 words, and how did he 
 expound them ? . thus* He 
 that cometh unto fflh hath 
 eaten, and he that believ-. 
 eth in me hath\drank. A£ 
 ter, when he instituted 
 this Sacrament in like 
 words y they murmured 
 not, which they would 
 as* before, if he had not 
 refolved them before, that 
 to eat his Body and to 
 drink his Blood, was no- 
 thing but to come to him, 
 and believe in him : Af- 
 ter he had laid fb, they 
 murmured not , becaufe 
 they did fee fbme rea- 
 fbn in it. And as it is 
 plainly laid, this is my Bo- John 6.6-$. 
 dy, fb it is plainly faid, 
 thefe words are Spirit, that 
 D 4 is 
 
64 The G(pman Church 
 
 is they muft be under- 
 ftood Spiritually, and not 
 Literaly ; fb faith Auftin, 
 Augaft. Believe and thou haft eaten. 
 It was Chrifts manner 
 to teach by Similitudes, 
 and Figures, fhewing one 
 thing by another. For 
 example , Chrift calleth 
 the Lamb the PafTover, 
 in place whereof this Sa- 
 crament fucceeded , and 
 therefore prefently after 
 they had eaten the PafTo- 
 ver, Chrift Inftituted this 
 Sacrament to be ufed for 
 it ; Chrift, I fay, called 
 the Lamb the PafTover, 
 and yet the PafTover was 
 this, an Angel pafTed over 
 the houfes of thelfraelites, 
 and ftruck the ALyfgtUns ; 
 
 this 
 
proved Here tick. 6 5 
 
 this was not a Lamb, and 
 yet becaule a Lamb was a 
 Sign of this PaiTover, as 
 the Bread and Wine is of 
 Chrifts Body, therefore 
 Chrift called the Lamb the 
 PafTover r as he called the 
 Bread and Wine his Bo- 
 dy. That may be fctn 
 again in Circumcifion, 
 Baptifine, and the Cup. 
 For Circumcifion is called 
 the Covenant , and yet 
 Circumcifion was nothing 
 but the cutting away of a 
 skin j and the Covenant is 
 this, In Abrahams feed all 
 Nations [hall be bleffed^ I 
 will be their God, and they 
 fijall be my people r I mil 
 defend and jave them, and 
 they /hall ferve and worjhip 
 D 5 mc 
 
66 Tlie <Hpman Church 
 
 me. This is not Circum*- 
 cifion, and yet as though 
 Circumcifion were the 
 Covenant it felf, it is 
 called the Covenant, be- 
 caufe it fignifieth the Co- 
 venant ; lb Bread and 
 Wine are called Chrifts 
 Body, becaufethey fignifie 
 Chrifts Body. 
 
 Baptif me is called Rege- 
 neration , and yet Bap- 
 tifin is a dipping our 'Bodies 
 in water ^ and Regeneration 
 is the renewing of the 
 mind to the Image where- 
 in it was created. This 
 is not Baptifm, and yet as 
 though Baptifm were Re- 
 generation it felf, it is 
 called Regeneration ; be- 
 caufe it fignifieth Rege- 
 nera- 
 
proved Heretick. 67 
 
 neration \ fb the Bread and 
 Wine are called Chrifts 
 Body and. Blood, becaufe 
 they fignifie them. 
 
 And the Cup is called 
 the New Teftament, and 
 yet the Cup is but a piece 
 of Metal, filled with 
 Wine, and the New Te- 
 ftament is , he which Be- 
 lieves in the Son< of God 
 Jha/I bt faved. This is not 
 a Cup, and yet as though j 
 the Cup were the New 
 Teftament it felf, it is 
 called the New Tefta- 
 ment ; fo the Bread and 
 Wine are called Chrifts 
 Body and Blood, becaufe 
 they fignifie Chrifts Body 
 and Blood. 
 
 And this Doctrine of 
 ours> 
 
68 The %oman Church 
 
 ours may be confirmed, 
 becaufe every Sacrament 
 was called by the thing 
 which it fignified, and yet 
 never any Sacrament was 
 taken for the thing it felf ; 
 what reafbn have they 
 then to take this Sacra- 
 ment for the thing it felf, 
 more than all the reft? 
 It is the confent of all 
 Writers,that a Sacrament 
 is a Sign, therefore not 
 the thing fignified no more 
 than the Bufh at theDoor, 
 is the Wine in the Cellar. 
 But what then, will 
 the Papifts fay, is there 
 nothing in the Sacrament 
 but Bread and Wine? 
 Nay, we fay not that 
 the Sacrament is nothing 
 
 but 
 
proyed Heretick. 6<? 
 
 but $ bare Sign, or that 
 we receive no more than 
 that you fee ; for Chriffc 
 faith that itis bis Bodv, and 
 Paul faith, that it is the 
 Communion of Chrifls Body 
 and Blood : Therefore 
 there is more in Sacra- 
 mental Bread than in com- 
 mon ^read ; though the 
 nature be not changed, 
 yet the ufe is changed ; 
 it doth not only ferve the 
 Body as it did before, but 
 alio it bringeth a Bread 
 with it which nourifheth 
 the fbii I ; for as fiire we 
 receive Bread, (b fare we 
 receive Chrift. And you 
 may fee this by this Simi- 
 litude ;Thou haft an Obli- 
 gation in. thy hand, and I 
 
 ask 
 
7Q j. uc ±\u/fiun ^rsntLU 
 
 ask thee what haft thou 
 there ? and thou fayft, 
 I have here an hundred 
 Pounds; why, fay I, there 
 is nothing but Paper, Ink 
 and Wax* Oh, but by 
 this, fayft thou, Iwillre- 
 cover an hundred Pounds, . 
 and that is as good. So 
 this is as good, that un- 
 der thefe Signs you re- 
 ceive the vertue of Chrifts- 
 Body and Blood by Faith, 
 as if you did eat his Body, \ 
 and drink hisBlood indeed. 
 
 yth. This Do£trine of 
 Tranfubftantion is alio 
 contrary to the Senfes, to 
 Reafon and to the Holy 
 Fathers. 
 
 When the Church of 
 Rome would oblige me to 
 
 be^ 
 
proved Heretkk* 7* 
 
 believe that what my Sen- 
 fes behold, is not Bread 
 nor Wine, but the true 
 Body and Blood of Jefus 
 Chrift, it is clear that it is 
 contrary to them, fince 
 they are fenfible of the 
 contrary ; for my eyes fee 
 them to be Bread and 
 Wine; Ifmell Bread and 
 Wine ; I tafte Bread and 
 Wine ; and my hands feel 
 Bread and Wine. 
 
 They confefs with us 
 that it is contrary to the 
 Senfes, but that thisMy : - 
 ftery ought not to be mea- 
 fured by the Senfes, and 
 that Jefus Chrift being 
 true, and having taken 
 Bread and Wine, faying, 
 this is my Body, and this 
 
 is. 
 
72 Ihe i{oman Lhurcb 
 
 is my Blood; this Bread 
 and 'Wine muft be chan- 
 ged into his Body and 
 Blood : that indeed it is 
 contrary to the Senfes,but 
 they ought not to be 
 Judges in the Myfteries of 
 Faith. 
 
 I anfwer that Jefus 
 Chrift made ufe of the 
 Senfes to prove to his A- 
 poftles, that he was not 
 a Spirit; but a Body , when 
 he faith to them, handle 
 lu k- 2 4« me and fee, for a Spirit hxth 
 not fl-fb and boms is ye fee 
 ?ne h.iv? ; and if the Fa- 
 thers difputing againft the 
 Marctonttts and Eutichi- 
 ms, the former of which 
 believed that Jefus Chrift 
 had not a true body, 
 
 but 
 
 J2 
 
proved Heretick. 7 3 
 
 but only the appearance ; 
 and the latter, that the 
 fubftance of his body was 
 changed into the Cod- 
 head, after his Refurrefti- 
 on : they made life of the 
 fame words of Jefus 
 Chrift, handle me and fee y 
 for a Spirit bath no flefo 
 and bones as ye fee me have. 
 To prove the falfity of 
 their belief, I may, after 
 their example, make ufe 
 of my Senfes in the Sacra- 
 ment of the Eucharift, and 
 fay, to let the Church of 
 Rome- know, that what 
 they believe to be the true 
 Body and Blood of Jefus 
 Chrift, is truly Bread and 
 Wine, handle and fee. 
 They fay befides that, 
 the 
 
y 6 The tftyman Church 
 
 ther , as the Church of 
 Rome would have which 
 faith and obligeth to be- 
 lieve, that the Body of Je- 
 ius CI -lift is fubftaatially 
 in Heaven, and Earth, 
 and in every pLce, where 
 the Pneft pleafeth to 
 Confecrate, or pronounce 
 thefe words , This is my 
 Body j this is my Blood ; and 
 in every part of the Con- 
 fecrated Bread ; fb that if 
 you divide it into a thou- 
 land parts, it is there in 
 every part wholly : it is 
 that which is contrary to 
 reafbn, becaufe according 
 to reafbn, a body of fix 
 foot in dimenfion, cannot 
 occupy no more place, 
 than the circumference of 
 
 fix 
 
proved Heretick. yy 
 
 fix foot; and though it may 
 be fiicceflively in feveral 
 places, yet it cannot at the 
 lame time. 
 
 And thefe words of 
 Peter, whom the Heaveil A % % 3 , 22. 
 muft receive until the 
 times of reftitution of all 
 things prove my fayings 
 evidently. For if his Bo.- 
 dy be in Heaven, and that 
 he hath a true Body fas all 
 men know he hath) how 
 can it be that it fhould be 
 both in Heaven and in 
 Earth, as touching his Bo- 
 dy, at one time? for 
 though he have a glorifi- 
 ed Body, yet he retaineth 
 the nature and property of 
 a true Body ftill, which 
 can be but in one place at 
 once 
 
78 The Ionian Church 
 
 once, and fo faith Aufiin^ 
 Aug. in Corpus Domini in quo re- 
 tft 2 fafexit > uno t Ant um loco 
 ejfe pot eft ; The Body of the 
 Lord wherein he rofe again , 
 can be but in one place only. 
 Secondly, It isagainit 
 reafon, becaufe it maketh 
 Accidents exift without 
 any Subject \ it is the na- 
 ture of Accidents to be 
 joyned to their Subject : as 
 for example, it is the na- 
 ture of the whitenels of 
 a ftone to be joyned to the 
 ftone ; lb that if you de- 
 ftroy the nature or fiib- 
 ftance of the ftone, you 
 muft of neceflity deftroy 
 its whitenefs, and other 
 its Accidents, and accord- 
 ing to the opinion of 
 
 mo- 
 
proved Here tick. 79 
 
 modern Philofbphers, who 
 lay that Accidents are no- 
 thing elie than matter 
 modified, that is to fay, as 
 it is difpofed to this or 
 that fafhion, it folio weth 
 that Matter cannot be de- 
 ftroyed without its Acci- 
 dents being dettroyed 
 likewife with it. It is the 
 opinion of Irxneus, who 1 ***'** 
 faith, that we cannot confi- 
 der water j without its hu- 
 midity^ nor fre without 
 heat, nor a (lone without 
 hardnefs ; theft things be- 
 ing fo united \ that the one 
 cannot be without the other y 
 but that they muft exifi to- 
 gether. And the Church 
 of Rome teacheth the con- 
 trary, for in their myftery 
 
 of 
 
8 o The Ionian Church 
 
 ofTranfubftantiation,they 
 put the Accidents with- 
 out any SubjeQ: ; they put 
 colour and quantity with- 
 out matter, fmell and tafte 
 without fubftance; hard- 
 nefs and humidity with- 
 out there being any thing 
 that is hard and moift, 
 which I may very well fay 
 or affirm is contrary to 
 reafbri. 
 
 Ninthly, Likewife it is 
 contrary to the holy Fa- 
 thers ; they fay that the 
 Eucharift Confederated is 
 Bread, fiich as we eat 
 and which fatisfieth the 
 Belly. 
 ThzodJiatr Theodore t faith, Neque 
 2t enim figna myftica poft. Jan- 
 
 Eiifictfiontm recedunt a na~ 
 
 tura 
 
proved Here tick- 8 i 
 
 tura fua, manent enim in 
 
 friore fubftantia y figura dr 
 
 forma, & videri & tangi 
 
 poffmt ficut friths, that is, 
 
 The myjlical figns after con- 
 
 fecration do not depart from 
 
 fheir nature, for they abide 
 
 (till in their former fub- 
 
 ft am, figure and form y and 
 
 may be both feen and felt as 
 
 before. 
 
 The fame Theodoret ToeodJiai. 
 faith , that Jtfa Chrifi u 
 hath honoured the vifible 
 Symbols with the name of his 
 Body and Blood, not in 
 changing their nature, but in 
 adding grace to it. 
 
 Chryofiome faith thatdw/iO- 
 the myftical Simbols do? l ft: adc * m 
 not lofe their proper ria- * 
 ture, but remain in their 
 E firft 
 
Eutich. 
 
 8:2 The (lyoman Church 
 
 firft fubftance, as the Bo- 
 dy of Chrift hath pre- 
 ferved the true iubftance 
 of a Body, when it was 
 glorified. 
 Topi GiU And Pope Gelafim faith, 
 
 l &. nit. tllat the Confecrated 
 aivirfus. * Bread is honored with the 
 ^hrt name °f the Body of the 
 Lord, and yet the nature 
 of Bread remaineth in it ; 
 non defwit, inquit^ftbftan- 
 tia vel natura Panis & Vi- 
 ni : & certe, Imago & ft- 
 militudo Corporis & San- 
 guinis Chrift h in aclione 
 mifteriorum Corporis Chri- 
 fti Celtbratur. The fib- 
 ftance, faith he, or nature of 
 Bread and Wine doth not 
 ceafej and verily there is the 
 Image And Similitude of the 
 
 Body 
 
proved Fleretick* 8 3 
 
 Body and Blood ofChrifi 
 celebrated in the aft ion of 
 the my ft tries of the Body of 
 Chrifi. 
 
 Qrigines faith thus, the origins in 
 Bread that is fan&ified ^• I 5- 
 with the word of God, as 
 touching the material 
 fubftance thereof, goeth 
 into the belly, and forth a- 
 gain like other meats. 
 
 Chryfofiome writing to chrifoft. to 
 the people of Antioch, *' jjf^ 
 falthyGodgiveth m things Hom . 6. 
 fpiritaal under things vifi- 
 ble and natural; and again. 
 Being fanctified, it is deli- 
 vered from the name of 
 Bread, and is exalted to the 
 name of the Lords Body, al- 
 though the nature of the 
 Bread ft ill remaineth. 
 
 E 2 Jufiin 
 
84 The ^oman Church 
 juffm Bi- Jpfiin Martyr Bifhop of 
 
 Sand I*** faith , that OUT fijb IS 
 Martyr, nourijhed with the Cup , 
 which is the Blood ofChrift, 
 and is increafed with the 
 Bread which is the Body of 
 thrift. This paffage cte- 
 firoyeth thofe of the Ro- 
 man Church , who be- 
 caufe they believe that the 
 Bread and Wine are 
 changed into the Body 
 and Blood of Chrift, are 
 compelled to fay that our 
 Body is not nourished with 
 the Bread and Wine but 
 with their Accidents, or 
 by fome Subftance tha|L 
 God createth. 
 Ten. lib. 4. Tertullian faith, Jefus 
 * dv - M ' rc ' Cbrift took the Bread, and 
 giving tt to his Dijciples 
 
 made 
 
proved Hcretkk. 8 5 
 
 made it his Body, faying this 
 is my Body > that is to fay, 
 ffaith Tert.) the figure of 
 my Body. 
 
 And Auftin faith, Non Aug. con, 
 dubitavit dominws dicere y Aiiam * 
 hoc eft Corpus meum r cum 
 daret fignum Corporis fiii. 
 The Lord doubted not to fay , 
 this is my Bodyjvhen he gave 
 but thefign of his body. 
 
 Chrifti miranda patient ia l ^ m l * 
 adhibuit Jflldam ad convi- Ja 
 vium y in quo Corporis & 
 Sanguinis fui figuram difci- 
 pulis tradidit. The admira- 
 ble patience of Chrift, (faith 
 Jtftuftin) admitted Judas to 
 'the banquet^ wherein he de- 
 livered to his Dijciples the 
 figure of his Body and Blood. l ^ m E P*$< 
 m He faith that the Sacra- ***** 
 E 3 ment 
 
8 d The Ofyman Church 
 
 ments are called by the 
 name of the things they 
 reprefent. 
 
 The Sacrament then 
 of the Lords Supper may 
 be taken either conjun- 
 ctively with what it re- 
 prefents, and in this fenfe 
 it is (aid to be the Body 
 and Blood of Chrift - or 
 (eparately from the things 
 which it fignifieth, and in 
 this fenfe, it is the type, 
 the fymbole, or figure of 
 the Body and Blood of Je- 
 fus Chrift : and that is to 
 be feen in the affairs of the 
 World, where we fay, 
 the letters which are 
 brought, wherein is con- 
 tained the pardon, which 
 the King giveth to a Cri- 
 
 mi- 
 
proved Heretkk* 17 
 
 minal, are the Kings par- 
 don. 
 
 Baronim faith>thatT/;e^ Baron, an. 
 dore Bifhop of Rome, forJfgJs.Sl 
 the Condemnation of Py- $. 
 r^r, and the Council held 
 at Conftamwople for the 
 Condemnation of Rhotius, 
 took the ConfecratedCup, 
 and poured ink into it, and 
 having dipped their Pens 
 into thefe two mixt li- 
 quors, they fubfcribed the 
 Depofitions of thefe men. 
 If they had believed that 
 the confecrated Wine was 
 the blood of Jefus Chrift, 
 ^as now the Church of 
 Rome believeth, is it cre- 
 dible that they would 
 have mixt ink with it, and 
 dipped their Pens with it ? 
 E 4 no, 
 
1 8 The QUpman Church 
 
 no, it is not to be believed, 
 for the Church of Rome 
 would not do fo now, but 
 would believe they fhould 
 commit an horrible Sacri- 
 ledge. 
 
 That which confirms 
 all that I am about to al- 
 ledge from the Fathers a- 
 
 §ainft the pretended my- 
 ;ery of Tranfubftanti- 
 ation, is, that when they 
 difputed againft Idolaters, 
 they confuted them with 
 thefe words ; Why do ye 
 adore what your hands have 
 made^ and which hath nei- 
 ther fpeech, nor motion^ and 
 which is fubjeff to fire, and 
 to corruption^ and to bejtul- 
 len aivay by Thieves? If 
 at that time, they had be- 
 lieved 
 
proved Here tick. 8 ^ 
 
 lieved that Jefus Chrift 
 had been under the Acci- 
 dents of Bread and Wine, 
 and if the fathers had 
 taught that Do£trine, it 
 is moft certain the Idola- 
 ters would have retorted 
 their argument, and have 
 laid, that the God which 
 they adored in the Bread 
 was a work of their own 
 hands, which hath nei- 
 ther fpeech, nor motion, 
 but was fubjeQ: to cor- 
 ruption, to fire, and to be 
 ftolen away ; but we do 
 not find they made liich 
 an Anfvver. Therefore it 
 is a fign that this Do- 
 ftrine was not taught by 
 the Fathers but was con- 
 trary to them. Moreover 
 E 5 if 
 
if they had believed Tran- 
 fubftantiation, that is to 
 fay, the changing of the 
 Bread and Wine into the 
 true Body and Blood of 
 JefusChrift, they would 
 not have failed to inftrufl 
 us that a body is under a 
 point, that it hath Acci- 
 dents without any fubjeft ; 
 that it is after the manner 
 of a Spirit ; they would 
 have taught us what nou- 
 rishes our bodies in the 
 receiving oftheSacrament r 
 and from whence come 
 the worms which are in- 
 gendred in the Bread ; 
 they would have told us 
 what kind of a£tion it is 
 w hich maker h Chrift ex- 
 ift under the Species of 
 Bread 
 
proved Here tick . p I 
 
 Bread and Wine ; whe- 
 ther it was a Reproduction, 
 or Adduction fix Vbification? 
 I fay they would have 
 taught us all thefe things, 
 fince the Church oHlomcy 
 giveth now a particular 
 Jnftru&ion in it : now 
 fince they were as wife 
 and learned, as the preient 
 Dofrors of the Church oi 
 Rome now , and fince t'Ifey, 
 faid nothing; of it, it is a 
 mark that this Doctrine 
 was contrary to their opi- 
 nion. 
 
 And when they dis- 
 puted again ft the Marci- 
 onites and Eutichhns the 
 former of which believ- 
 ed that Jefus Chrift had 
 not a true Body, but only 
 
 an 
 
9* The <I{oman Church 
 
 an appearance ; and the 
 latter that the fubftance 
 of his body was changed 
 into the Godhead after 
 his Refurre£tion ; they al- 
 ledged thefe words of our 
 Lz\+ 24. Lord, Handle me and fee, 
 &• for a Spirit hzth no fie/b and 
 
 bones as ye fee me have. If 
 they had believed that in 
 ti.^Lords Supper the Ac- 
 cidents had continued 
 witnout the fubftance of 
 Bread and Wine (as the. 
 prefent Church of Rome 
 believ 7 es) the Mar donates 
 would not have failed to 
 afledge this example to 
 prove that the fenfes per- 
 ceived in Jefus Ghrift an 
 appearance of a body 
 without reallitv, as they 
 
 did' 
 
proved Heretick. 9$ 
 
 did fee in the Lords Sup- 
 per an appearance of 
 Bread and Wirie when 
 they were not really there. 
 But fo it is that they did 
 never al ledge fuch an ex- 
 ample ; therefore I may 
 ttuly fay that this was not 
 the belief of thofe times, 
 and that it was contrary 
 to the opinion of the anti- 
 en t Fathers. 
 
 And to fhew you the 
 right Father of Tranfub- 
 ttantiation, it was one of 
 the dreams of Innocentim 
 the third in the year of 
 our Lord 121^. So many 
 years palled before Tran- 
 fiibftamiation was named^ 
 and then a Pope fet it firft 
 on foot ; fo it came out of 
 Rome, 
 
c>4 H?e ^omin Church 
 
 Rome y and for want of 
 Scriptures hath been de- 
 fended with Fire and 
 Sword. 
 
 You fee then that the 
 Do&rine of Tranfubftan- 
 tiation is contrary to the 
 holy Scriptures ; andfince 
 notwithiianding the Ro- 
 man Church doth believe 
 it, it is evident they add 
 to the word of God, and 
 think above that which is 
 written , and therefore 
 they are Heretick. 
 
 The Roman Church 
 doth not only think above 
 that - which is written, 
 and add to the word of 
 God; but alio diminifli- 
 
 c^c. you evidently. 
 
 Firft, 
 
proved Heretich 6 5 
 
 Frft the Apoftle of the 
 Gentiles will not only have 
 us to fpeak in the Church 
 with a known tongue; 
 but alfb he fheweth the 
 confufion of them which 
 fpeak in an unknown. Ex- 
 cept Pipe or Harp, faith he, 
 give diflinciion in the founds 
 how (hall it be known what 
 is piped or harped ? if the 
 Trumpet giveth an uncer- 
 tain found, who (hall prepare 
 himfelf to the Battle ? So 
 likewife you, except ye utter 
 by the tongue words eafte to 
 be under floods how fhall it 
 be known what is fpoken ? 
 for ye (hall fpeak into the 
 air. 1 thank my God, faith 
 he, I fpeak with tongues 
 more than you all, yet in 
 
 the 
 
9 6 The ^orhan Church 
 
 the Church 1 had rather 
 fpeak Jivt words with my un- 
 der ft \wding y that by my 
 voice I rmoht teach others 
 alp), then ten thouf and words 
 in an unknown tongue. And 
 the Roman Church muft 
 not fay St. Paul thereby 
 fpeaketh concerning Ser- 
 mons , and confequently 
 doth not fpeak againft her, 
 becaufe fhe preacheth in 
 known tongue,for St. Paul 
 Ipeaketh concerning Pra- 
 yers, Rfalms, andThankf- 
 givings. // Iprajj faith,he 
 r. 14. 15. ^ an unknown tongue ^ my 
 1 6 ' fp trit prayeth, hut my under- 
 
 ftanding is unfruitful. H hat 
 is it then ? / will pray with 
 thefyirityind I will pray with 
 the under Jlanding alfo \ I will 
 
pro Ved Heretick . 9 7 
 
 (ing rvitb the Spirit^ and I 
 will ftng with the under - 
 flanding alfo ; elfe whtn 
 thou jhalt bltfs with the Spi- 
 rit r how (hall he that occupi- 
 eth the room of the unlearn- 
 ed fay Amen at thy giving of 
 thanks , feeing he under- 
 fiandeth not what thou fay- 
 eft ? And notwithftand- 
 ing this ordinance of Paul 
 and the confufion of them 
 which go againil it, as it 
 is declared by the com- 
 parifons of the Pipe, Harp, 
 and Trumpet, the Roman 
 Church prayeth, fingeth^ 
 and giveth thanks in an 
 unknown tongue : and 
 though in the Primi- 
 tive Church the Bleflings 
 and other common Pray- 
 ers 
 
9 8 The (fio man Church 
 
 ers were performed in the 
 Gnt^r. vulgar tongue, & lingua 
 i!f ca ?' l6i auditor thus non tgnota omnia 
 peragebantiir^ & confuttudo 
 itaferebat ut tot a Ecciefa (i- 
 ?<:i;d pfalitret^ all things were 
 difpatcht in a Ungnage not 
 unknown to the people y and 
 the cuftom^was that the whole 
 Church did fmg together. 
 And a multitude of their: 
 Authors acknowledge , 
 that the publick prayers 
 in the firft age were in a 
 tongue, that the people 
 underftood. And though 
 An ft in faith, Deus vult ut 
 quod canamusy intelligamus, 
 dr human* ratione, non qua- 
 ft avium 'voce canamus \ 
 God requires thxt we under- 
 (land what wt ftng, like men 
 
 en^ 
 
proved Here tick. 99 
 
 endued with reafon y and not 
 chatter like birds. 
 
 Neverthelefs, when the 
 BiOiops of Rome had 
 mounted themfeives to an 
 eminent degree of gran- 
 deur in the world, then 
 nothing would ferve their 
 turns, but they muft be 
 giving Laws , and pre- 
 bribing Rules, though ne- 
 ver fb irregular and unrea- 
 fcnable j and asConquerors 
 ufually bring in, and oft 
 tentimes impofe their own 
 language, on thofe they 
 have fubdued, and intied 
 for their Slaves ; fo the 
 Popes made it their bufi- 
 nefs to plant their Roman 
 Rites , Ceremonies and 
 Language in what other 
 Church* 
 
I o o The %omm Church 
 
 Churches they could, that 
 the fame might afterwards 
 ferve as an argument of 
 their JurifdiQiion, and the 
 others dependence. 
 
 It is then manifett the 
 
 Rpman Church diminifh- 
 
 ethfrom the Word of God, 
 
 and thinketh above that 
 
 which is written. 
 
 Secondly, St. PW writes 
 
 al of 2. to the QolofJiansJLet no man 
 
 judge you in meat or drink ; 
 
 i cor. to. and to the Corinthians, 
 
 2 4- 2 5'2 7- Whatsoever is fold in the 
 
 Shambles j that eat ^asking no 
 
 quefiionfor confciencefake.if 
 
 any of them that believe not \ 
 
 bid you to a feafl^ and ye be 
 
 difpofedtogOj whatfoever is 
 
 ftt before you y eat, asking no 
 
 qnejtion for confcience fake ; 
 
 and 
 
frovcd Heretic k. i o i 
 
 and writing to Timothy y he l Timo H- 
 faith , every creature of God 4 ' 
 is good , and nothing to he 
 refufedj if it he received with 
 thank [giving. And con- 
 cerning Marriage,he faith, 
 Have tve not power to lead a- 
 bout a Sifter ', a Wife, as well 
 as other Apoftles^ and as the 
 Brethren of the Lord and 
 Cephas. And a Bifhop can i Timot.$. 
 be the husband of one wife y 
 and in the thirteenth to 
 the Hebrews, Marriage is 
 honourable in all, and the bed 
 undt fled ; but Whoremon- Hebr. 1 3 4. 
 gers y and Adulterers God 
 will judge ; and writting to 
 Timothy , he faith, forbid- 1 r/mot. 4. 
 ding to marry y and com- 3 ,<5 * 
 manding to abfiain from 
 meats y is a Doctrine of De- 
 vils 
 
102 The ^oman Qmrch 
 
 vils ; if thou puttefi bre- 
 thren in remembrance of 
 theft things, thou (halt be a 
 good Mini fier ofJefusChrif 
 nourifbed up in the words 
 of faith, and of good Do- 
 cirine, whereunto thou hafi 
 attained. And Jefus Chrift 
 himfelf honoureth fb 
 much the marriage of the 
 Priefts, that he chooiesthe 
 Son of the high Prieft,^- 
 charias y to be his forerun- 
 i cor. 1-2. ner. Becaufe of fornication ', 
 JaithPzul let everyman have 
 his own wife ; that is, who- 
 ever hath not the gift of 
 continency,\vhether Cler- 
 gy or Lay-man ; fb faith 
 Chrjfj/l.hom.ig.upon thefe 
 words. And the Roman 
 Church commandeth to 
 abftain 
 
proved Pier e tick. 103 
 
 ftain from meat in certain 
 time and days, and all 
 Bifhops and Priefts to mar- 
 ry ; and in the Council of 
 Nice, of which the Eccle- 
 fiaftical Hiftorian Socrates 
 lib. i.e. 11. writes thus. 
 It pleafed fome of the Bi- 
 fhops to bring in a New 
 Law into the Church,that 
 thofe that were dedicated 
 to the holy Miniftry, isix,. 
 Bifliops, Priefts, or Eiders, 
 and Deacons fhould not 
 fleep any longer with their 
 wives : ButPaphmtius an 
 EgyptianBiihop, who had 
 one of his eyes pluckt out 
 formerly for the Teftimo- 
 ny of Jefus, ftood up in 
 oppofition thereunto, cry- 
 ing out aloud, that they 
 fliould 
 
1 04 The ^onuin Church 
 
 fhould not impofe fo hea- 
 vy a yoak, for the Marri- 
 age Bed was honourable, 
 and Matrimony unpollu- 
 ted, left with too much 
 precifenels they fhould ra- 
 ther hurt the Church ; for 
 all men could not bear the 
 exercife ofContinency,and 
 that accompanying with 
 mans lawful wife, was not 
 breach of chaftity. Which 
 prevailed fo far, that the 
 Council acquiefcing in his 
 opinion, only decreed that 
 Clerks fhould not accom- 
 pany with other women, 
 befides their wives. 
 
 But Gregory the leventh 
 by cruel decrees of Ex- 
 communication, deprived 
 Iviinifters of their lawful 
 wives, 
 
proved Here tick. 105 
 
 Wives, and compelled the 
 
 Clergy to the Vow of Con- 
 
 tinency ; and the Council 
 
 of Trent forbids Marriage 
 
 unto all thole that are in 
 
 Orders, andcurfeth thofe 
 
 that fay that they may 
 
 marry. Si qim dixerit Cle- cone. trid. 
 
 ricos in facris Ordmibus con- f^ 2 ^ 
 
 jtitutoS) i/el ReguUres cajti- 
 
 tatem folemniter "profeffos 
 
 pojfe Matrimonium contra,- 
 
 \ herejcontraffumqu.e validum 
 
 ejfe^non obftante Lege Eccle- 
 
 fi.tftica vdVotojfr oppofitum 
 
 nihil aliwd ejfe qtiam damna- 
 
 re Matrimonium , pojfeque 
 
 omnes contrahtre Matrimo- 
 
 nlum^qiunonfentiunt fe ca- 
 
 ftitatis j etiamfi voverint, 
 
 habere dommi^ Anathema fit. 
 
 It is then manifeft the Ro- 
 
 F man 
 
to6 The (t{o7?ian Church 
 
 man Church diminifheth 
 from the Word of God, 
 and thinketh above that 
 which is written. 
 
 She forbiddeth alfb the 
 reading of the holy Scrip- 
 tures to the common Peo- 
 ple ; and in the Council of 
 
 ccns.rrid-Trevt, it is written, if the 
 reading of the holy Scrip- 
 ture, is permitted indiffe- 
 rently in a known Tongue 
 amongft all People, it will 
 be more hurtful than pro- 
 fitable. And fb the Roman 
 Church is wifer than St. 
 
 John$^9--J°^i which faith, Search 
 the Scriptures , for in them 
 ye think yehaije eternal life ; 
 and wifer than St. Paul, 
 who writing both to the 
 Bifhops, and all his Bre- 
 thren. 
 
proved Heretick. 107 
 
 thren, either Men or Wo- 
 men, either young or old, 
 ipeaketh thus : I charge you \ Thtfo. 
 by the Lordfhat this Epiftk 2?# 
 be read unto all holy Bre- 
 thren ; and writing to the 
 Coloffians, he faith, When coiojf. 4. 
 this Epiftle is read among ft l5# 
 you, caufe that it be read alfo 
 in the Church of the Laodi- 
 ceans, and that ye likewife 
 read the Epiftle from Lao- 
 dicea. 
 
 The People of Berta 
 were highly commended 
 that they learched the 
 Scriptures, to fee whether 
 thofe things were true or Aft. 17. 
 no, which Paul himfelf 
 teacheth. For whofbever 
 he be, though he were an 
 ; Angel from Heaven, if he 
 F 2 teach 
 
1 06 The ^{oman Church 
 
 man Church diminifheth 
 from the Word of God, 
 and thinketh above that 
 which is written. 
 
 She forbiddeth alfb the 
 reading of the holy Scrip- 
 tures to the common Peo- 
 ple ; and in the Council of 
 
 mc.Trid.Trevt, it is written, if the 
 "reading of the holy Scrip- 
 ture, is permitted indiffe- 
 rently in a known Tongue 
 amongft all People, it will 
 be, more hurtful than pro- 
 fitable. And fb the Roman 
 Church is wifer than St. 
 
 'JohnM9:J°hvj which faith, Search 
 the Scriptures, for in them 
 ye think yehalje eternal life ; 
 and wifer than St. Paul, 
 who writing both to the 
 Bifhops, and all his Bre- 
 thren, 
 
proved Heretick* 107 
 
 thren, either Men or Wo- 
 men, either young or old, 
 fpeaketh thus : I charge you 1 Mtfo. 
 by the Lor df hat this Epiftle 2 ? # 
 he read unto all holy Bre- 
 thren ; and writing to the 
 Coloffians, he faith, When coioff. 4. 
 this Epiftle is read among ft l6% 
 yott) caufe that it be read alfo 
 in the Church, of the Laodi- 
 ceans, and that ye likewife 
 read the Epiftle from Lao- 
 dicea. 
 
 The People of Ber.ea 
 were highly commended 
 that they fearched the 
 Scriptures, to fee whether 
 thofe things were true or Act. 17. 
 no, which Paul himfelf 
 teacheth. For whofbever 
 he be, though he were an 
 I Angel from Heaven, if he 
 F 2 teach 
 
io 3 The %pman Church 
 
 teach Matters contrary to 
 the DoQrine of the holy 
 and Canonical Scriptures, 
 we are to hold him accur- 
 
 Gai. lt 8. fed ; as the Apoftle of Jefiis 
 Chrift commandeth} and 
 the Church of Rome for- 
 biddeth them to thecom- 
 rnon People, faying, it is 
 perilous,it caufeth fchifms, 
 Se£ts,and Herefies.as if file 
 were wifer than Chrift, 
 St. Jofm and St. Paul. 
 
 Mau 26. Thirdly, We read in St. 
 
 2 7* M'ttthewfihrifl took the Cup 
 
 and gave it to them, faying, 
 drink ye all of it ; and the 
 Ro?nav Church will have 
 no body to drink of the 
 Cup but the Priefh; think- 
 ing Jefus Chrilt fpake to 
 the Priefts only, when he 
 
 faidg 
 
proved Heretic k. * 09 
 
 folder ink ye a/iofit,B\lt St. 
 Paul writing to the Covin- 1 cm* 2.8. 
 thians y amongft whom 
 were more Laicks thag 
 Priefts, fheweth the con- 
 trary, faying, Let a;man 
 examine hiwfelf a -id Jo let 
 him eat of that Bread? arid 
 .drink of thai Cyp And 
 though in the general 
 Council of Confiance^ the cone. tmf. 
 Roman Church doth con- */is* 
 fefs this holy Sacrament 
 , was received in the primi- 
 tive ; Church with the 
 Bread and the Cup, yet 
 in the general Council of 
 Trent fhe fpeaketh thus : cone. TtU. 
 If any man faith, that the s *»' 2u 
 Catholick Church had nojuft 
 Reafons to give the Commu- 
 nion to the Laicks,and Clerks 
 F l who 
 
ill *lhe tf^pman Church 
 
 above that which is writ" 
 ten ; the Church of Rome 
 taking away the Cup from 
 the common People , and 
 from the Clerks which are 
 not Priefrs, it is clear that 
 fhe diminifheth from the 
 holy Script ure,fince we are 
 commanded to drink of the 
 Cup ; for, as it is faid here 
 above, Chrift faith, Drink 
 ye all of it ; and St\ Paul 
 fpeaking indifferently unto 
 all, fays thus ; Let a man 
 examine himfelf and fo let 
 him eat of that Bread, and 
 drink of that Cup ; and con- 
 fequently it is manifeft, 
 that flie is Heretick. 
 
 They fay , the true 
 Church of God here upon 
 Earth is vifible to the out- 
 ward 
 
proved Lleretick.. 
 
 ward eye^ and was fo al T 
 ways ; and fo they tell us, 
 that our Church is not the 
 true Church of God, be- 
 caufe it was not always y£ 
 fible to the outward eye ; 
 for where was your 
 Church (iky they) before 
 Cdvjn^ Luther, and thofe 
 that you call Reformators ? 
 To which Ianfwer, That 
 though the true Church 
 of God here Militant upon 
 Earth were always ? yet Hie 
 was not always vifible to 
 the outward eye ; pray fpt 
 them tell me, where the 
 Church was vifible, when 
 being gathered at Jerxfa- 
 /emxhtYQ aroie a great: Per- 
 .fecution againfi her, in fo 
 much as they were ail fcat- 
 F 5 ter'd;; 
 
 II 
 
1 1 4 The %pman Church 
 
 ter'd : for as it is faid in the 
 r A8s2.i. Acts y At that time there 
 was ferfecution againfi the 
 Church that was at Jerufa- 
 lern y and they were all fcatte- 
 red abroad throughout the 
 regions of Judea and Sama- * 
 ria. Where was the 
 Church of God vifible 
 when Jefus Chrift was 
 fmitten, and all the reft 
 were fcattered and hid, as 
 it is written in Mark ? 
 Where was the Church 
 vifible in the time of Eli as 
 theProphet,when he com- 
 plained that he was left 
 i Kings alone ? Lord fzid he,they 
 have for fake n thy Covenant ; 
 they have dejlrvyed thine 
 • Altar s^and flaw thy Prophets 
 with the frord } and lam left 
 
 io.ir. 
 
 alone. 
 
proved Here tick * I if 
 
 alone. By thefe words,/ am 
 It ft done, every body may 
 fee that Eli as knew not 
 where was the trueChurch 
 of God \ though as it is ma- 
 nifeft by the Anfwer 
 whichGod gave him,there 
 were, befides him, leven 
 thoufand true worfhippers 
 of God yet remaining , 
 which had not bowed their 
 knee to Baal. The true 
 Church of God then may 
 be,though fhe is not vifible 
 to the outward eye, So was 
 the Primitive "Church, in 
 the time of the Heathen 
 Emperors ; fo fhe was in 
 the days of Queen Mary 
 here in England \ io file 
 was in the other Times, 
 when fhe was perlecuted 
 
 by 
 
1 1 6 The tftyman Church 
 
 by the Romifb Popes ; and 
 ib (he was before the days 
 of Calvin, Luther, and all 
 the other Reformators; (he 
 had her fecret Meetings 
 andAfTemblies,th€ugh un- 
 known to her PerfecutorSy 
 there were in thofe days 
 many true worfhippers of 
 God, which were not par- 
 takers of the Errors and 
 Corruptions of theChuah 
 ofjR^e,and who had their 
 fecret Meetings amongft 
 themfelves , though they 
 were unknown, though 
 they were not vifible to. 
 the Papifts. And therefore 
 they do not conclude well, 
 when they hold ftifly that 
 the Church of England, is 
 aot the true Church of 
 God, 
 
proved Heretick. i * 7 
 
 God y becaufe before the 
 days of ^ Cdv in ^Luther ^ and 
 other Reformators,fhe was 
 not vifible to their eyes ; 
 feeing I have proved clear- 
 ly that a Church may be 
 a true Church of God, 
 though not vifible to the 
 outward eye. 
 
 They hold befides^their 
 unwritten Traditions to be 
 received with equal and 
 like Authority ,as the holy 
 Scripture ;and confequent- 
 ly, they hold the, facred 
 Scripture to be imperfect, 
 and not contain all things 
 neceflary to Salvation, 
 That this is theirDcclrine, . 
 maybefeen in xhz Council Co ^ n - 
 of Trent Joy thefe following J^ # r# 
 words i Nee non traditione* 4. Stfi 
 
1 8 The Oxonian Church 
 
 ipfts, turn ad fidem turn ad 
 mores pertinentes, tanquam 
 vel ore tenusfi Chrifto y vela 
 Spiritu Santlo dictitas, & 
 continue fuccefjione in Rcck- 
 fta Catholica Confervatas, 
 -pari pet at is affect u ac reve- 
 rent iafufcipit ac veneratur. 
 That is y This general Council 
 receiveth and honour eth with 
 an equal piety and reverence 
 the Traditions as well be- 
 longing to faith as manner s 7 
 as they were dictated by the 
 Holy Ghoft y or by the very 
 mouth ofChri/ly and kept in 
 the 'Catholick Church by a* 
 continual S'tcct/Jijn. And a- 
 gain in this fame Seflion, 
 Qui traditiones prddittas 
 fciens & prude ns contempfe- 
 r it, Anathema jit. Whofoever 
 know- 
 
proved Heretick. i 1 9 
 
 knowing the faid Traditions, 
 and {ball furpofely contemn 
 them, let him be Anathema. 
 And Pope Leo the fourth, 
 faith thus, He that receiv- 
 eth not without difference the 
 Popifh Canons ,as well as the 
 four Gojpehybelieveth not a- 
 right, nor holdeth the Catho- 
 lic/? Church effectually ; and 
 fb they do not hold the ho- 
 ly Scriptures to be perfeft, 
 and to contain all things 
 neceffary to Salvation , 
 which is againft thefe 
 words of John^ Thefe things 
 are written that ye may be- 
 lieve, and that in believing 
 you may have life eternal. 
 Contrary to St, Paul, who 2 Tim. 3. 
 faith, Thou haft known the 1 5 ' 
 holy Scriptures , which are 
 
 able 
 
i 20 The Q^pman Church 
 
 able to make thee wife unto 
 
 Salvation through Faith 
 
 which is in Chrifi *Jefu4. 
 
 chifof. h And contrary to::hryf)fio?n, 
 
 Mat. 24. w j faith mMt f oever n 
 Horn. 4. > J . 
 
 requijite for our Salvation is 
 contained in the Scriptures : 
 idem in 2. And in another place he 
 Tbefii. fp ea keth thus ; All things 
 are clear and mrmftfl in the 
 Scriptures ;, and what foever 
 things are needful, are mani- 
 fcfl th*re. 
 
 Therefore I conclude 
 thus, fince.as faith Ir.eneus, 
 1 . 5 . C . 1 7 . FL re tici font qiu 
 fupra Script/tram fapinnt ; 
 and fince that Church is 
 Heretick which is obfti- 
 nate in her Errors ; j and : 
 fince that Church is obfti- 
 nate in her Errors, which 
 refu- 
 
proved Heretic h 121 
 
 refufeth to obey the holy 
 Seripture in feveral points 
 both of faith and practice ; 
 and iince that Church re- 
 fufeth to obey the holy 
 Scripture which addeth to 
 the Word of God, and di- 
 minifheth from it , and 
 thinketh above that which 
 is written ; for God faith, 
 Te fba/I not add unto the But. 4.2* 
 word which I command you, 
 neither (hall you diminiffr 
 from /V.The RommQhxkx&i 
 adding to the Word of 
 God.and diminifhing from 
 it,and thinking above that 
 w r hich is written, (as I have 
 provM clearly)it follo\veth 
 that fhe refufeth to obey 
 the divine and facred Scri- 
 ptures ; and ccnfequently, 
 
 that 
 
12 2 The <3i(pman Church 
 
 that fhe is obftinate in her 
 Errors ; and therefore that 
 file is Heretick. I could lay 
 more,but I think this Effi- 
 cient to prove what I did 
 undertake in this fmall 
 Treatife. 
 
 Ifc is then with good rea- 
 fbn I am gone out of that 
 Communion ; when I was 
 amongftthem, I dare fay, 
 both my Ignorance and 
 Zeal were fuch thefe laft 
 few years, that the fpecial 
 Motives which induced 
 me to enter into a Covent, 
 being about 1 7 years old, 
 was to Preach the Holy 
 Gofpel unto them that I 
 did believe deceived, and 
 to give the light of the 
 Truth 
 
proved Heretick* 123 
 
 Truth to the Protefiants, 
 which I thought to live 
 amidft the darfcnefs of Ig- 
 norance. I continued in 
 that relblution about 11 
 years, and being ready to 
 perform it , that which 
 happened toSt.PW,a!moft 
 happened unto me ; for as 
 he went unto the High- 
 Prieft, and defired Letters 
 from him to Damafcus to 
 the Synagogues, that if he 
 found any of this way, 
 whether they were Men 
 or Women,he might bring 
 them bound unto Jerufa- 
 km ; and as he came near 
 Damafcus, fuddenly fhined 
 round about him a light 
 from Heaven;he fell to the 
 earth, and heard a voice 
 
 lay- 
 
124 T^- e ^{pman Church 
 
 faying unto him,*SW,vSW, 
 why perfecute& thou me ? 
 it is hard for thee to kick 
 againft the pricks ; and he 
 trembling faid, what wilt 
 thou have me to do, O 
 Lord ? the Lord faid unto 
 him, Arife and go into the 
 City, and it fliall be told 
 thee what thou muft do : 
 The men which were in 
 journey with him ? brought 
 him mtoDamafcusJaz there 
 received his fight by Ana- 
 nias, and was filled with 
 theHoly Ghoft,and having 
 lived certain days with the 
 Difciples which were at 
 Damafcus , he Preached 
 Chrift,whom he did perfe- 
 cute, that he was the Son 
 of God. And when I was 
 
 rea- 
 
proved Here tick* 115 
 
 ready to ask and receive 
 Letters to lurky or Eng- 
 landy that I might bring 
 unto the Roman Church 
 thole that I could find le- 
 parated from her,whether 
 they were Men orWomen, 
 and being ready to per- 
 form my relblution ,1 heard 
 an inward voice faying un- 
 to me,Thy zeal is not juft, 
 thole which thou wilt 
 perfecute , are the true 
 Children of God ; aftonifh- 
 ed by that voice which 
 (poke to my heart, Ian- 
 fwered, Lord Jet me know 
 the truth ; and after I had 
 leveral times inftantly 
 begged that favour from 
 the Lord, his Divine Pro- 
 vidence prefented me two 
 Books, 
 
i z 6 The fyman Church 
 
 Books, The Perpetuity of Faith % 
 written by one Claude Minifter 
 living at Park i and Calvin's 
 Institutions ', and after I had ex- 
 amined , and compared thefe 
 two Books with the holy Scrip- 
 ture, and difcours'd fome few 
 days with the faid Claude^ Mi- 
 nifter, I found that this inward 
 voice which fpoke to my Heart 
 was truei therefore leaving my 
 firft refolution 1 came into Eng- 
 hnd^not that I might bring un- 
 to the Roman Church thofe that 
 I fhould rind feparatedt from 
 her, but that I might feparate 
 them, thatl (hould find of that 
 Communion. 
 
 I thank God , becaufe he 
 made me know the truth, and I 
 will give him thanks as long as 
 I live i it is certain I am out of 
 my Countrey , and fcparated 
 from my Friends and Kindred j 
 it is 5 becaufe they would not 
 
 give 
 
proyed Here tick. 117 
 
 give me leave to ferve God and 
 worihip Him according to his 
 Will, and Commandments. I 
 know they curfe me, and call 
 me Heretick and Excommuni- 
 cated > but 1 had rather bear the 
 Curfe of men , than of God. 
 Wbofoever, faith Chrift, lovetb Mat. 10. 
 Father or Mother, or Brethren, or 3 1, 
 Sifter more than me, he U not wor- 
 thy of me h fuch love better their 
 Brethren than Chrift, who, to 
 pleafe and humour them, keep 
 not his Commandments. Chrift 
 taught me not to be aftiamed, 
 nor to blufh for the Gofpel, and 
 wbvfoever (ball deny him before Mat, io> 
 men, be will deny him before bis 3 3* 
 Father which U in Heaven : I will 
 confefs him before all men, and 
 obey him, and fuffer what he 
 pleafeth for his fake i. therefore I 
 fay, who (hall feparate me from 
 the truth of the holy Scriptures ? 
 (hall tribulation, or difticfs. per- 
 
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 fecution or famine, or nakednefs 
 or peril, or fword ? I hope that 
 neither death nor life, nor An- 
 gels 5 nor Principalities,nor Pow- 
 ers , nor things prcfent nor 
 things to come, nor any other 
 Creature, (hall be able to fepa- 
 . .rate me from the truth of the 
 Holy Scriptures. I pray to my 
 . God to keep me in that mind as 
 long as Ilive^ Amen. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 IF any Gentleman, or Gentlewo- 
 man , have a mind to learn 
 French or Latin, the Author of 
 this 'Treatife will wait upon them > 
 he hath a very good Method. He 
 liveth in Thames-ilreet , over 
 againfi Bernards-Caftle, Pauls- 
 Wharf. 
 


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