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A19311	Mnemosynum or Memoriall to the afflicted Catholickes in Irelande Comprehended in 2. boockes. in the one ther is a consolation for the sorovvfull, in the other a resolution for the doubtfull. composed by Iohn Copinger priest, bacheler of diuinitie, vvith an epistle of S. Cyprian vvritten vnto the Thibaritans, faythfullie translated by the said authour.	Copinger, John, b. 1571 or 2.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage. Epistle unto the Thibaritans. aut	1606 (1606)	STC 5725; ESTC S118020	76,240	344

supremus pastor ad imptorum detruncationem gladio petri dexteras omnium armauit ●ntisti●um the pastour did arme the right hād of all bishops vvith Peters svvord to the cutting of vvicked mē Aug lib i● conir ep p●lag Aug cōtra dona pag 4 and therfore he said that he had the preeminēce in the bishoplie care aboue all others against vvhom the proud gates of hell should neuer preuaile this is the church saieth he in qua semper viguit principalitas Etist i6 i.c. 4 con●ra c. the principalitie of apostolicke chaire euer florished Epist fund this is the church saieth he that in all the vvorld may chalenge vnto her self this vvorde catholicke Cyp. lib. i ep 6 ad magnad Math ●8 Cyp lio 4 ep ● vvithout vvhose auctoritie he vvould not haue beleue the gospell this is the church according to S. Cypr. that vvhosoeuer vvould not obey should be holden as an ethnicke this church of Rome he called catholicae fidei radicem matricem the root mother of the catholicke faith Aug de Fidead Petre this is the church according to S. Hierom that vvhosoeuer vvould eat the lambe out of it should be prophane this is the church saieth S. August vvithout vvhich neyther baptisme norvvorkes of mercie can do vs good this is the church of vvhich the generall councel of Chalcedō hauing receaued letters frō Rome saied these vvordes haec est patrum fides haec apostolorum fides Chal act 2 ita omnes credimus anathema sit qut ita nō cre dit this is the faith of our fathers c. this is the faith of the councel of Florēce vvherin the Greciās Armeniās did forgoe their old erroures submitted them selues vnto the church of Rome did decree speaking after this maner definimus sanctam apostolicā sedē c. Conc●lium Flo Roffen sis 〈◊〉 25 Bl●ndus vve do define decree that the holie apostolicke sea and the bishop of Rōedo hold the primacie of the vvhole vvorld that he is the successor of S. Peter prince of the apostles and the true vicar of Chriest and the head of the vvhole church the father the doctor of all christiās vnto vvhō vvas giuen full povver by S. Peter his auctoritie to feed direct go uerne the vniuersall church as it is cōtained in the actes of the holie councels Math. 16.18 Eph. I●● ●0 and sacred cānost his farre the saied councel this is the church that vvas founded by Chriest builded vppon a firme rocke as he promised so vvee ought to beleeue that hell gates shall neuer preuaile against it the certitude of vvhich trueth vve knovve by experiēce by the vvoūderfull cōtinuāce succession therof these 1606. not vvith standing all Pagans Sarasins Goathes Vādals Longobards Turkes Ievves heretickes do labour to destroy it this is the church not vvithout gods vvounderfull mercie speciall prouidence to your immortall glorie you obey and vvhen all these Northen natiōs haue reuolted frō the obedience therof vvhich like the generation of vipers or the brood of Pāther do endeauour to kill and destroy their mother that did ingēder thē of vvhome the prophet faieth filios enutr●ui c. Isai ● I haue brought vp children yea and I haue exalted thē to high vocations but they haue despised me and being compassed vvith these rebellious vn naturall children yet you professe your catholicke faith ac-Knovvledge your mother in your greatest troubles and miseries of vvhich you are a spectacle to all natiōs as certaine riuers in the midst of great seas do retaine their fresh vvaters vvhich they haue brought from the mother spring so you in the midst of thiese tēpestuous vvaues of bitter heresies do obserue Keepe the milke of your catholick religiō Beda in vi ta ● Patric vvhich you haue suck● from your mother by the preaching of S. Patrick vvho obtained of god by his feruēt praiers in vvhich he spent many nightes that the inhabitātes of Irelād should neuer forsak their faith S Vintent sermo de antechrisso that the povver of antechriest should neuer cō thither so as it is an infallible consequēce an Irish man ergo a Papist that any noble man or gentleman to be a protestāt or an heretick to be rara auis astrāge bird vvherfore as S. Rom. 1 Paule gaue god thanckes for the faith of the Romaines and that the same should be declared preached in the vniuersall vvorld so I ought to giue thanckes vnto god that this Romaine faith is not extinguished in poore Ireland let your neighbour cuntries aboūd in vvealth pleasures of this vvorld do you hold your faith in your pouertie calamitie better it is to be rich in faith poore as Lazarus and to be in the bosome of Abraham then to be tormēted in hell as the rich glutton vvas Moyses did chuse to be poore in the desarte rather then to be rich in Pharaos pallace better be in prison vvith Baptista thē to be daunsing in the courte vvith cruell Herod his concubine better it is to vveepe vvith Chriest in the gard en of Gethsemani that vvas put to death by the mightie princes of this vvorld then to be aduanced vnto the office of a promoter vvith Iudas he that came to be borne of a poore simple virgin that vvas deliuered in a crib his purpose vvas not to giue vs vaine corruptible riches but rather to dissuade vs frō them vvhich he despiseth vvhē they be great impedimentes to our saluation therfore hold embrace the riches of your catholick faith for as S. Aug. and S. Chrysost do saye Rom 15 acto 5. Moth. 13 ther is no greater riches of this vvorld nor no greater felicitie then the catholick religion Chrysost hona 50 ad popuium Antioch Aug. ser de verlasapost ●ern●de ●●p 181. c. 12 in ancoran Vict lib 3 de per●ecu vandalica Hist Eccles lib. 7 c. ● in mar R● m●●● an uar● Su●tom 1 therfore the aapostle saieth Deus replet vos omni gaudeo in credendo you haue a diu●ne heuenlie consolatiō by your faith hovv glad vvas the Eunuch for receauing his fayth it is the treasure that vvas foūd in the gospell and for ioy therof and to buy it the man that found it sold all that he had neyther can there be greater plague pestilence or miserie then heretickes the same to be vvourse then pharisees publica●s or any other sinners vvhat o euer S. Aug. proues it lib. 2. de ciuitate Det cap c. 25. and Chrys as Victor a voucheth Euagrius Surius do cōfirme god tēpteth you saieth Moyses vnto the people of Israell by false prophetes that it may be knovven vvhether you loue him vvith all your heartes Deut. 13. and as the apostle saith 1. Cor. 11. that heretickes must be that such as be good may be tried in this occasiō shevv your selues

vvhich vvas not meāt of the sacrifice of the old lavve for by many places of scripture that sacrifice could not be offered but at Hierusalē therfore it must be verified of the sacrifice of the masse vvhich is the sacrifice of all sacrifices for vvhich Chriest hath ordained priestes vvhen he said do this in remembrance of me vnto vvhom S. Paul said they could not drinck the chalice of Chriest and the deuill and consequentlie this sacrifice must be offered by priestes in Ireland vvhich according to the said alachias are Angells of god that must offer sacrifice and shall applie the vniuersall sacrifice of Chriest vnto our particulier miseries and calamities for as vniuersall causes neuer vvorke vnles they be applied by particuler causes by vvhich they be determined so the oblatiō of the sacrifice of Chriest though it vvas a sufficient expiation for all our offences yet being an vniuersall cause must be applied by particuler causes to vvorke his effect THAT THE PRIMAcie of this church by vvhich the apostolike succession and continuance therof is established vvas founded by Chriest reason and auctoritie confirming the same CAP. III. IN all thinges vvee see a subordination of an inferiour to a superiour in the celestiall and angelicall Hierarchie the inferiour order concerning their intellectu call operation or supernaturall reuelation do depēd of the superiour vvhich are called Archangels euerie corpulent substance in his corporall motion dependeth of a supreme bodie vvhich is called primum mobile amongest lightsome bodies the sunne hath the preeminence vvithout vvhose influence no such thing hath any light so as there is nothing in this vvorld according to the philosopher and as experiēce teacheth that is not reduced vnto his Kinde by vvhich the perfection therof is measured amongest sensible creatures the reasonable creature vvhich is man is the chiefest by vvhich euerie such liuing thing is measured amongest Christians Chriest according his humane nature 〈…〉 hath a supreame iurisdiction de cuius plenitudine nos omnes accepimus of vvhom vve depend in our supernaturall being vvhy should not in the church of god this order be obserued that there should be one church by vvhose direction all churches should be gouerned by vvhich all churches should be tried and ordered so among the apostles there vvas S. Peter vvhich made the first profession of our fayth on vvhō the superioritie vvas instituted and the churche founded Math 16 as vppon a firme rocke Chriest speaking vnto him Math 〈◊〉 Iuc 12 thou arst a rock and vppon this rocke vvill I build my churck the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it c. Tu es as S. Hieron Mart 〈◊〉 expounded vpon thee vnto thee I vvill giue the Keies of the Kingdome of heauen this authoritie is confirmed by many prerogatiues Math ●7 Luci● Io 20 and priuileges that he hath in the gospell that christ did pay the tribute for him self and S. Peter vvhere he praied that S. Peters fayth should neuer faile in the vvorld vvhere he saied vnto S. Peter thou being once confirmed strengthen thy brethren of the successors of S. 〈◊〉 p. 190 Peter this is demanded saith S. Bernard that Chriest commended vnto him thrice the feeding of his flocke Actorum 1.2.3.4.5.6.8 9. 〈◊〉 5 also the aucthoritie he hath in the actes this primacie of S. Peter is auouched and approued by S. Cyp. lib. 4 epist ad Pa pianid lib. 1. ad Coruel Orig Sup. Mat. ●ier lib 1. Pelag in ser●d Petro ad Am● in ser 47 Chrys super ●o 8 ●omi sup Math. Cyprian by S. Hieron by S. Amb. by S. Chrys by S. Aug. contra Ep. Donati by S. Hilarie vppon S. Math. by S. Leo in the anniuersarie sermon by S. Greg. in moralib in registro ad Mauritium Aug. by S. Cyp. de simplicitate praelatorū by S. Aug. in his quest of the nevve and old testamēt by S. Leo ser asce Dominic Bed in homi Ath. ●n Ep. ad Marcū Liber Foelt Eus Caes lact Paul Ansel First the faith vvas taught in Iudea Actor ● 8 Heb. 26 and so came vnto Samaria and to other places omitting the east and the south it is certaine that S. Peter did send vnto Germany to teach the faith Crescētes Eucharius and Valerius vnto France he sent Sixtus Sinitius Amansius Mennius and Martialis and S. Clement did send Dionysius Areopagita vvith Rusticus Eleutherus Sāctinus Exuperius and Eutropius vnto Paris and Guyen the rest of S. Pe. successors did send in all ages pastors vnto other partes of the vvorld to conuert them vnto the faith vnto Eng. Eleuth the Pope did send S. Getmanus in the time of Lucius King of Kent aftervvard by S. Greg. vvere sent vnto England holie monckes S. Aug. and his brethren to reclaime England for that it fell from the first faith as S. Patrick and Paladius by Scelest vnto Ireland Scotlād as these days many are sent vnto the east and vveast South and North by S. Peters successors so as no nation vvas euer Io. conuerted but by the lavvfull mission of S. Peter his successors vnto vvhō Chriest committed the charge and feeding of his Flocke vve neuer red that any natiō vvas brought vnto Chriest by heretickes sauing the Goathes vvhich vveare conuerted or rather subuerted by the Arrians did not continue therin this care and charge of feeding of Chriest his flocke vvas not onlie committed vnto S. Peter but also vnto his successors othervvise Chriest had no care of his flocke nor of his church but during S. Peter his time and he being dead this charge and gouernmēt of his church vvas ended vvith him vvhich should be absurd to thincke vvhen his church must continue to the vvorldes end for if the church should not haue a head vnder Chriest by vvhose order directiō the same shoulde be prudētlie gouuerned it shoulde be a bodie vvithout a head a flocke vvithout apastour a church vvithout a vicar a multitude vvithout vnitie vvhich being vvithout any subordinatiō of an inferiour to a lavvfull superiour is nothing els then a chaos vvithout order and a certaine confusion of a popular tumulte vvithout orderlie direction or discretion and if the church of god be one as it is said in the canticles vna est colūba mea perfecta mea C●● ● vna est matri suae my doue is one the mother hath but one daughter perfectiō of loue consisteth in vnitie all this vnitie is spoken of the church of Chriest vvithout vvhich vnitie it could not be called castrorum acies ordinata an armye vvell trayned Ibin ● a battaile vvell ordered and if chriest praied vnto his father that his flocke should be one and S. Paul saieth that his church should be one bodie misticall Ioh i● Eph. ●● so there should be saieth he one spirit to quicken it one lord to direct it one faith to vvalke therin one baptisme to