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A19428	Father Cotton a Iesuite, the Kings confessour, his two and thirtie demands, to the ministers of France with the answeres added at the end of euerie demand. Also threescore and foure demands proposed to Father Cotton, by way of counter-change. By Peter Moulin, minister of the word of God in the church of Paris. Printed according to the French copie, printed in Paris. Also a new late chalenge, by a learned diuine, to all Papists, in 24. other Popish articles.; Trente-deux demandes proposées par le P. Cotton. English	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Coton, Pierre, 1564-1626.; Barnes, John, fl. 1600-1621.	1614 (1614)	STC 5857; ESTC S116356	39,158	65

that he hath all power in heauen and in earth as also doth the Booke of sacred Ceremonies lib. 1. Sect. 7. cap. 6. 41 Whether the Pope and Church of Rome can at this day make any Articles of faith If they can where is the authoritie that God hath giuen them If they cannot wherefore did Leo the tenth in the Bull Exurge Domine ioyned to the last Councell of Lateran insert this among the Heresies of Luther That he said that the Pope and Church of Rome can make no Articles of faith 42 Whether the second Councell of Nice spake well in saying that Images were equiualent with the Gospell and that we must worship them Also that we may paint Angels because they be corporall that a Temple without Images is nought worth and that of all Heresies it is the greatest to be an enemie to Images 43 Whether the sixe and seauen Councels condemning Pope Honorius of Heresie and the Councell of Constance condemning Pope Iohn the 23. for denying heauen and Hel and teaching that the soules are mortall did beleeue that the Pope cannot erre in faith It skilleth not whether these Councels were well or ill enformed onely wee demaund whether they did beleeue that the Pope cannot erre in faith as they teach at this day 44 1. When the Pope began to weare three Crownes 2. To preach no more 3. To be called God vpon earth and the Diuine Maiestie 4. And King and Prince of all the earth 5. To dispence with oathes and vowes made vnto God 6. To permit marriages within the degrees prohibited by the word of God as of the first with the second degree 7. Not to drinke the Wine out of the Challice but to sucke it out with a Reed 8. To be adored 9. To put whom hee list into the ranke of Saints appointing them their feasts c. 45 Whether the Popes Excommunications cast out against a whole estate for pecuniary matters and ciuill pretensions are of any force and whether they that die in such estate during their Excommunication be for euer damned Also what is the meaning of those words spoken to Saint Peter kill and eate and whether the same be also spoken to the Pope 46 For how much were the voyces of the Cardinals bought in the election of a new Pope in the first age after Iesus Christ Also whether a Prince that hath spent three or foure hundred thousand Crownes to procure a fauourable Pope may presume that all this corruption and these mercenary suffrages were guided by the Spirit of God or whether a Pope thus purchased cannot erre in faith 47 To what a rate are the taxes of absolutions and dispensations of the Chancerie and Penitentiarie of Rome now raised For we haue the Taxe printed at Paris by authority of the Court in the yeere 1520. when all this Marchandise was farre better cheape for hee that had laine with his Mother or with his Gossip paid for his Letters of Absolution fiue grosses He that had slaine his Father or Mother seauen grosses and he that had falsified the Apostolical Letters eighteene grosses And a Priest that had cut off his owne priuities seauenteene grosses But now they pay all in Duccats of the Chamber And the dispensations for the neerest degrees in marriage are not granted but to people of calling and such as are of abilitie as the same Taxe doth set it downe fol. 23. 48 Whether is it greater offence in a Priest to be married or to commit whoredome secretly and which of the two should we most mislike 49 Vpon what sinnes doth the Priest impose greatest penance vpon the blaspheamer of God or vpon him that miscalleth the Pope vpon the Adulterer or vpon him that eateth flesh vpon Good-Friday And what is the reason that euery Bishop may absolue sinnes committed against the Law of God but trespasses committed against the Papall Sea as hindering such as goe to Rome for Pardons or intrusion into a benefice are matters past the Bishops reach and reserued to his Holinesse Hath the Popes authoritie now gotten the vpper hand of the Law of God 50 VVhereof grew the Custome practised euen to this time vpon the day of the Popes Coronation to make him sit on a hollow Chayre called the Chayre of Easement and vvhen ceased the custome of handling his Holinesse priuities vpon that day 51 Whether the Pope did well in establishing the publicke Stewes at Rome whereinto the Prelates repayre openly and with all liberty 52 Where remayned the soules of the Fathers of the old Testament from Christs Resurrection vntill his Ascension 53 And sith the Church of Rome placeth the Infants Limbe vnder the earth where shall it be when the earth shall haue no more being 54 VVhether wee must keepe faith giuen to Heretikes 55 Whether it be well done to say Our Father which art in Heauen before the Image of a Saint as now adayes they doe and the Catechisme of the Tridentine Councell doth allow it 56 Againe in that there were diuers Popes at one time and that the strongest bare it away how can they proue that the strongest was the most lawfull for if he were not so then their succession must haue beene often interrupted and those that followed were the Successors of vsurping Popes being chosen by Cardinals created by the Pope that went before vvho being no lawfull Pope had no iust authoritie to create Cardinals 57 Sith Iesus Christ speaking of the time that shall goe before the Iudgements saith that then there shall be no Faith vpon earth we demand whether then the Church of Rome shall be pure in the Faith and shall not erre in any point but shall yeeld a visible lustre 57 Againe sith the Pope may whether by Iurisdiction as some doe hold or in manner of suffrage fetch soules out of Purgatorie why doth he not fetch them all out wherefore doth hee permit Infants to linger many hundred yeeres in a burning fire though hee be able to pull them out 58 Whether it be to be found in the Word of God that the Bishop may absolue some certaine sinnes which the Priest cannot absolue and whether there be any sinnes which the Pope onely may absolue and are tearmed Cases reserued also when this custome began 59 Wee also demaund vpon what authoritie the Church of Rome is founded and how we may be assured that there is one Church in the world and that the Church of Rome is this true Church For the proofe hereof the Doctors of the Romish Church cannot produce any testimonie out of the holy Scripture For in as much as they say that it is the Church that giueth authoritie to the Scripture it appeareth that this Church cannot be founded vpon the Scripture and that the Scripture cannot conferre any authoritie vnto it The foundation and support of a house cannot be founded vpon the house 60 Whether it standeth with the Holinesse of him that tearmeth himselfe the Vicar