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A17309	A tryall of priuate deuotions. Or, A diall for the houres of prayer. By H.B. rector of St. Mathevves Friday-street	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1628 (1628)	STC 4157; ESTC S121011	62,963	99

and exact enumeration of all a mans sins in the eare of the Priest like the streame of a puddle or kennell emptying it selfe into a common sinke or Sewer Hereupon he receiues his Absolution which is a broome to sweepe the kennell to make it fit for more puddle water though sweet I wis to the Priests palate For Dulcis odor luchri ex re qualibet as the Emperour said of his Doung Gaine smels sweet though is come from a Dunghill The second of his misnamed Sacraments is for extreame vnction visitation of the sicke all is one with him Visitation of the sicke or Extreame vnction which yee will So that if our Author doe at any time goe to visit the Sicke as I feare he doth seldome at leastwise hio sicke flocke it happly someone desire his Ghostly father-hood in cafe when the Priest or Iesuite is not in the way I hope he carries his annointing or annealling bottle at his girdle like a carefull Shepheard with his tarre Bot●le In the meane time it would diligently here bee weighed what a mistery of iniquity is wouen and wrapt vp in these Sacraments of the Church mentioned by the Author The summe whereof is to reduce vs all euen the C●urch of England to one Church the Church of Rome the onely Church which maintaineth 〈…〉 which Church he calleth the Catholic●e Church of Christ. Which summe doth 〈◊〉 and naturally ●●●olue it selfe into these particular 〈…〉 conclusion● First that the Church of 〈…〉 reformation and repurga●●●● 〈…〉 chismaticall Church as 〈…〉 Church of Rome to be the 〈…〉 nor her selfe a member of the Romish Church Secondly that these being but one Church and that the Church of Rome and this Church of Rome hauing but one supreame Byshop the Pope and this Pope challenging a supremacie of headship ouer all other Churches as the Head ouer the Members and the Church of England being no otherwise distinct from the Church of Rome but as a member is distinguished not diuided from the Head or as a branch from the Tree or as a daughter from the Mother therefore it followeth that the Pope must be supreame Head of the Church of England Thirdly Jf the Pope be supreame Head ouer the Church of England he comes ouer our gracious Soueraignes Head and with his foote striketh off his crowne Fourthly hereupon it followeth that the Author and his Abbetors and Approuers doe impinge vpon and most impiously infringe and violate that sacred and solemne Oath which euery Deacon Minister and Bishop doe take at their ordination and consecration in which they sweare to renounce refuse relinquish and forsake the Bishop of Rome and his authoritie power and jurisdiction neuer to consent or agree that the Bishop of Rome shall practise exercise or haue any manner of authoritie jurisdiction or power within this Realme or any other within the Kings Dominions but shall resist the same at all times to the vttermost of his power to accept and repute and take the Kings Maiestie to be the onely supreame Head in earth of the Church of England yea to his cunning wit and vttermost of his power without guile fraud or other vndue meane to obserue keepe maintaine and defend the whole effects and singular Acts and statutes made and to be made within this Realme in derogation extirpation and extinguishment of the Bishop of Rome and his au●horit●e ●nd all other Acts and 〈◊〉 made or to be made 〈…〉 and corr●boration of the King● pow●r 〈…〉 this to doe against all manner of persons of what estat● dignity or degree or condition they be and in no w●se to doe nor attempt nor to his power suffer to be done or attempted directly or indirectly any thing or things priuily or apertly to the let hinderance damage or derogation thereof or any part thereof by any manner of meanes or for any manner of pretence c. So helpe him God But our Author who set him a worke or subornd and animated him therein let them looke to it and let them be well lookt vnto contrary to the contents and tenure of this sacred and solemne Oath which how many times he hath taken I know not hath published a booke bearing Authority in the front wherein this whole Oath is crackt from the top to the bottome for all along speaking of the Church one Church the Catholicke Church of Christ which hee markes out in all points for the Church of Rome making and taking it for the Catholicke Church wherevpon the Pope makes himselfe the sole supreame Head ouer all particular Churches which acknowledge themselues members of that his Catholicke see he necessarily not only not renounceth refuseth relinquisheth and forsaketh the Bishop of Rome with his authority power and jurisdiction nor only consenteth and agreeth that the Bishop of Rome shall practise exercise or haue authoritie jurisdiction or power within this Realme and other the Kings dominions without resisting the same to the vttermost of his power nor doth accept repute and take the Kings Maiestie to be the only supreame Head on earth of the Church of England if this Church be a member of the Church of Rome as his whole booke mainely driues at and so the Pope will come in for the best share in the Headship nor only to his cunning wit and vttermost of his power doth obserue keepe maintaine and defend the whole effects and contents of all and singular Acts and statutes made within this Realme in derogation extirpation and extinguishment of the Bishop of Rome and his authority and all other Acts and Statute made in reformation and corroboration of the Kings power of the supreame Head in earth of the Church of England but with guile fraud cosening and vndue meane goeth about to defeat and frustrate the same and to bring in the Popes authoritie againe by the Head and shoulders yea and led no doubt with personall respects to some great ones of some high estate dignitie degree and condition he and his abbettors partly attempt to his and their power by such meanes and pretences as this his booke of priuate Deuotions a faire pretence to couer a whole packe of villany and partly suffer to be done and attempted directly and indirectly not onely priuily but apertly if not most malapartly past all shame or feare in their audacious daring the let hinderance damage and derogation of all the said singular Acts and statutes for the corroborating of the Kings Maiesties sole supremacie of the Church of England and for the perpetuall extirpating and extinguishing of all Papall pretence or interest in this Church and State and therefore the author with his Abbettors how will they not be found most notorious violators of this most sacred Oath and so guilty at least of periury in a high degree In the fift and last place it is lest to the wisedome and judgement of his Maiesties learned Councell and Iudges of the Land whether thus to go about to bring in Popery and the papacy againe

A TRYALL OF PRIVATE DEVOTIONS OR A DIALL FOR THE Houres of Prayer By H. B. Rector of St. MATHEVV●S Friday-street MATH 6.7 When yee pray vse not vaine repetitions as the ●●athen or hypocrites doe for they thinke that they shall bee heard for theyr much Babbeling Gloss. Ordinar in Math. 6. vers 6. In fide interiori dilectione oratur Deus non strepitu verborum sed deuotione virtutum LONDON Printed for M. S. 1628. TO THE MOST BLESSED AND BELOVED SPOVSE of IESVS CHRIST the Church of England my deare Mother DEare Mother SOPHOCLES the Tragedian when being intent vpon his Studies in his Old age hee was of his Sonnes called before the Iudges and accused by them as one vnfit to gouerne his Family and so worthy to bee remoued and dismissed from that charge then the good old man in defence of himselfe produced and recited before the Iudges the Tragedie of Oedipus Col●neus which he then had in his hands newly written asking of the Iudges whether that verse seemed to be written by a foole which when hee had recited hee was by the sentence of the Iudges ●reed The like plea seemeth to bee commenced against you deare Mother and that by some who call themselues your Sonnes Your reuerend old Age joyned with a too motherly indulgence as is too vsuall towards your younger Sonnes they requite no better then to sue out such a Writ For proofe hereof may it please you but with your maturest judgement to 〈…〉 so called lately published 〈…〉 ●ou may see how one of your sonnes at 〈…〉 about to reduce you to an vnion with the Church of Rome as your only Mother to entertaine againe a conformitie and communion with her in her superstitious Rites and Ceremonies Wherein ●ow nearely it concerneth you to vindicate and acquit your honour reputation your selfe can best judge Nor need you as Sophocles to produce some new proofes of your old and venerable wisedome in the gouernment of your so noble a Family it being not onely established vpon the pure doctrines of ●he word of God but sealed with the bloud of so m●ny Martyrs and witnessed by the ●estimonies and writings of so many of your ancient learned and reuerend sonnes both Bishops Doctors and others Nor onely so but the same Religion anciently and for so many yeares continuance avowed and maintained by such a cloud of Witnesses hath beene withall backed hitherto from the first Reformation and your just separation from Babylon by so many Parliaments all along So that neyther doth your Mot●erhood need to solicite Gods Vicegerent your royall Gouernour and Protector next vnder Christ to call a n●w Synod for the discussing and determining of those Tenents which for so many yeares you haue holden and maintained It was the serpentine Craft of the Arrians to procure a Councell at Ariminum wherein they might if not by number of voyces wherein they exceeded the Orthodox there present cry downe the Conclusions of that famous Councel of Nice touching 〈…〉 with the Father in pugned by 〈◊〉 yet at least so shake waue them by calling them into question as thereby to disable their validity and authority Which fraud the Orthodox part smelling out did openly protest against them avouching that they there assembled not now to dispute or discusse the Decrees of Nice but altogether to ratifie subscribe vnto them by common assent May it please you therfore in your wisedome to resolue whether it were not expedient to petition his gracious and excellent Matie●ogether with the Hon Court of Parliament now assembled that an Act of ratification may be decreed for the Religion hitherto maintained and an Act of Prohibition for the suppressing of all Popish Arminian bookes henceforth sith the Arminian section ●ath abused the Kings Proclamation so dishonoured the King as if it gaue liberty to Popish Arminian bookes to be published and restraint to their opposites which maintaine your Orthodox doctrines quite contrary to the intent of the Proclamation and an Act of qualification that in case any Orthodox booke such as tendeth to found edification in piety as in Eltons booke of the Commandements if it be in some one particular or other found faultie may not presently all at a clap be cōmitted to the mercil●sse fire as his was but purged rather wheras on the contrary such books as here is answered the whole frame body whereof is Popish and worthy the fire yet vpon the p●iring onely of a naile as if now thoroughly purged is suffered to passe without controule to be prin●ed and reprinted As if the Truth now were brought to such nice termes so weake an estate as the least straw is enough to stumble it and cause it to fall and wholly to suppresse and bury it in the ashes and contrarily Popery and Heresi● so highly aduanced as it can easily leape ouer all blocks Bulwarks of opposition Againe be pleased to take notice of one great inconuenience if not rather mischiefe which is like speedily to incroch vpō your indulgence if not preuented Some of your sonnes haue already dared to add to the Cōmunion booke as the whole forme of the consecration of Archbishops Bishops Priests Deacons being now inserted in the said book I wot not by what authority Yea and if such may be suffered to goe on they will correct Magnificat For if it please you but to make search you shall find in the great printing house at London a Communion Booke wherin the Author of the booke of private Deuotions and I saw it with mine eyes hath in sundry places noted with his owne hand as they say how he would haue the Cōmunion booke altered as in the Rubrick or Calendar he tels where and how he would haue such a Saints day called and where he would haue red letters put for the blacke and so to canonize more Holidayes for you to obserue Also throughout the Book where he finds the word Minister he would haue Priest put in stead thereof such an enemy is he to the very name of Minister as if he would haue the world belieue he had rather be a popish Priest then a Minister of the better Testament as Christ himselfe is called or a Minister of Christ as the Apostles were called I haue ordayned thee a Minister saith Christ to Paul And in Conclusion for those private godly prayers in the end of the reading Psalmes he thinkes them fitter to be omitted then added I doe but briefly touch them leauing them to your fuller inquirie more particular examination But if such liberty may be indulged to such like Sonnes it will shortly come to passe that as neither you can owne them for your sonnes so nor they you for their Mother such a new face of Religion are they like to induce if they bee not the better looked vnto Yea what a Metamorphosis haue wee seene already in these our da●es How vnlike is the present time to the