ENGLANDS OLD RELIGION Faithfully gathered out of the HISTORY OF THE CHVRCH of ENGLAND As it was written by Venerable BEDE almost a Thousand years agoe that is in the year 698. after the Passion of our SAVIOUR BEDE saith he ended this History in the year 731. after the Incarnation We have not altered any part of this Fathers own words in any Point concerning Faith only here and there is omitted what belongeth not to that purpose By H. B. It was needful for me to exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the Faith which was once delivered Jude v. 5. At Antwerp With Permission 1658. THE PREFACE TO HIS Dear COUNTREYMEN THat the faith first delivered was the true faith no man can deny but he that will accuse Christ and his Apostles of falshood All the difficulty is how assuredly to know this faith To come to know it by force of argument and disputation surpasseth the capacity of most wearieth many brings many to despair lulling them at last into a total neglect of that whereof they ought to be most diligent It would doubtlesse be a very ready and easie way even to the most unlearned to find this faith out most assuredly if it were possible with small expences and little labour by travelling into some countrey where all men confess this true faith to be still uncorruptedly practised For there without any noise of disputation we shal stand veiwing with our own eies what is practised in that happy country so that though a thousand crafty sophysters and subtile disputants should go about by words to perswade me who am unlearned that the practises of that country were not the same that my own eyes most attâ—ntively and frequently see again and again it wil not be possible for me prudently to give the least credit to these captious disputants but I would ever credit more my own eyes then their arguments Now then all the difficulty is how to make us witnesses of what is practised in such a country as undoubtedly holdeth and practised the true faith and to doe this with smal expence amd little labour I hope dearest country man thou canst not say that the price of this little hook can either put thee to any considerable expence or the labour of some three or at the most four howers required for the reading thereof put thee to much labour Yet if this be done by thee thou wilt be as good as an eye witnesse of the faith practised in our countrey in that age wherein it is very easie to prove the true faith to have undoubtedly flourisht in this our countrey First because this faith was confirmed by the Preachers thereof with a number of miracles related in this short book written by as worthy a man as ever was known to have handled Pen in England in a book which no man ever judgd corrupted or written by any other pen then Venerable Bedes a person not to be paralel'd by any other of our nation Secondly This faith here described as practised in England immediately upon her conversion under Pope Gregory was not found one jot differring from that faith which the Scotts before us had received by Palladius their Apostle sent by Pope Celestine Anno. 423. as we shew here out of Bede li 1. c. 13. Only the Scotts fell to celebrate Easter at a wrong time not using likewise the same manner of shaving their crowns in their clergy either Religious or Secular They differed not about any one of these points in which Protestants differ from Roman Catholicks as we note l. 4. c. 4. whence being at last brought viz. to keep Easter and to use the same manner of shaving the crowns of their Priests and Monks which the English did they disagreed from them in nothing at all as is cleer out of the three last chapters of Bede The Faith therefore which thou here seest practised in England is the very same which was held forth and practised in Scotland from the first conversion thereof which was not four hundred years after Christs passion it being but four hundred and twenty three years after his Incarnation as hath been said yea this Faith thus practised in England is the very self same which was taught the old Britans a little more then a hundred years after Christs Passion For it was in the hundred fifty sixth year after his Incarnation that holy pope Eluetherius sent those Apostolick preachers who baptized King Lucius and his people as you shall see l. 1. c. 4. The old Britans being by the English who subdued this land being as yet heathens driven into Wales still kept the faith they received and at the time that the English were converted they were not found to differ from what S. Austin taught the English in any one point in which the Protestants or any of our other Religions differ from Roman Catholicks in so much that as Bede relateth l. 2. c. 2. they were ready to joyn with Austine if he had but risen up unto them when their seven Bishops entred the synod where he was and in this synod all their controversie then was about keeping Easter at a several time and about some difference in Baptisme neither was there any point hindring Austine to hold communion with them but these two They remaining obstinate in defending these against the Roman and universal Church became Schismaticks were confuted by miracle and their ruine miraculously foretold to be at hand for this their division and schism God presently fulfilling the prophesâ—e The faith then which thou in this History behouldest practised in our English Church in all points now in contrâ—versie is the very same with that saith which the old Britans received a very little more then a hundred years after Christs passion in which Age all agree the true faith of Christ to have been uncorruptedly delivered it being not a full hundred yeares after the finishing of the Scripture Behold then according to the reach of thy capacity without carrying thee out of thy own countrey or parish I have brought thee into one in which all men must needs confesse the true faith to â—e most uncorruptedly practised as well at that time in which this History was written as at the foâ—rth Age when this faith was practised in Scotland as also at the entrance of the second Age in which this faith was practised by our old Britans Begin then to travel through this countrey as it was in that Age by the benefit of this book which is no new one but written in the very words in which I give it thee For as much as concerns all points of faith therein delivered almost a thousand years agoe and when these things were but just done and even upon the place in which they were done that so thou mightst 〈◊〉 be assured that neither distance of time or place hindred our most learned and holy Historian from telling the very truth spend but a few hours I pray thee in travelling
speak in this most Ancient Authors own Words tmost faithfuly translated as often as we come to touch upon any Point of Faith Secondly Thou canst not say that the Words of this Author deserve not all credit For this were both to discredit our whole Nation which never yet from the beginning of the World is knoâ—n to have brought forth an Historian of greater credit For I beseech thee tell me if thou canst who that Historian was And this also were to gainsay all Antiquitie which even when Bede lived did read his Works in the Church by the Title of Venerable For they could not call him Saint â—e being yet living And hence this Title still remaines though Antiquity after death ever held him for a Saint Whence Polidore Virgil alledging Bede saith Bede an Englishman then whom none more chaste none more true And your own Cambden treating of the Bishoprick of Durham saith Here our Bede was boâ—n the singular Glory and Ornament of England who for his Piety and Learning got the sirname of Venerable He bestowed all his diligence as himselfe saith in Meditation of the Scripture and amidst the surging waves of Barbarisme wrote many most Learned Volumes So He. And indeed Bede was the St. Austin of our Nation The time he lived in made him a most near borderer unto the very things which he wrote and he lived upon the very place where they were done In which place at that time no man of any Conscience or Credit woâ—ld so much as venture to write things then notoriously known to be contrary to truth by all intelligent persons especially very often citing eye-witnesses still living as he doth There was then no Jesuit at his elbow to prompt him how to set forth his Historie to the advantage of such Papists as should be in their daies that is some eight or nine hundred yeares after Thirdly Thou canâ—t not say that the Faith of this Age was corrupted in any point in which Roman Catholicks differ from Protestants or from any of our many Religions in England For I have already shewed N. i. that the Faith of this Age in all those points agreed with the Faith not onely of the Fourth Age in which the Scots receiv'd this very Faith but also with the Faith which was not a hundred yeares after the finishing of the Scripture at which time our old Britans receiv'd this very self-same Faith That Faith was not corrupted This was that very Faith this therefore was not corrupted Fourthly That all we have taken out of Bede his Latine or English Copies is wholly conformable to the Saxon Translation of Bede made so long agoe by King Alfride and lately set forth by Abraham Welock a prime Protestant Doctor For it was in all these places diligently conferred with that Translation Lastly If thou sayest this Historie is incredible because it relates so many to thee incredible Histories I must tell thee that either all ancient Historians and Fathers who wrote any part of Ecclesiastical History did notoriously lye or else the like things happened also in all other Countreys at the times and near to the times of their first conversion St. Gregory did write a great while after the conversion of Italy and yet his Dialogues speak of great wonders Read also St. Austins most undoubted and most â—minent Work of the City of God in which l. 22. c. 28. he recounts above twenty Miracles done by the intercession of Saints and addeth that many Books would not contain their number Read St. Hierome St. Ambrose St. Greg. Nazian. St. Athanasius Read Eusebius or the Tripartite History of Socrates Sozomen and Theodoret Read Euagrius Palladius or Nicephorus and they all both in East and West tell as incredbile Histories and Miracles as any be in Bede And though possibly some of these things should be false for to many he adds such proofes as make them undeniable yet we are hence assured what kind of Stories were then held forth as probable and never rejected by any as containing a confirmation of any doctrine different from the present Faith of that Age And I would have my Reader know that I relate them so plentifully for this end and that it may appear what kind of Stories such men as Bede that is such as England cannot match believed to be true in that pure Age and related to have them believed by Posterity which Bede and the chiefest of the Fathers would not have done were they not conformable to the Faith of that Age And against this Argument thus taken from these Histories no Protestant can give so much as any thing like an Answer for it strikes them dumb I will no further detain thee Dear Countreymâ—n from making that short Journey through this book which may be of so great benefit unto thee a Journey of a very few hours which may bring thee to the knowledge of or â—ering thy waies so that by Gods grace which I desire thee in the beginning most earnestly to implore thou may'st be conducted safely to the never ending Joâ—es of the Heavenly Countrey Dear Reader the benefit of this Preface will chiefly be found if thou readest it again after thou hast read the Book it self Book 1. Chap. 1 2 3 4. ENGLANDS old Religion FAITHFULLY Set forth by Venerable Bede in his History of the Church of England Omitting onely such things as make not to this purpose The first Book Chap. 1 2 3. In these Chapters there is nothing to our present purpose They onely contain the State of Civill affairs in Britany Chap. 4. IN the year of our Lords Incarnation 156. Lucius King of the Britans wrote to Eleutherius a holy man then Pope of the Church of Rome desiring that by his appointment he might be made a Christian Which request being granted him the Britains received the Faith and kept it sound and undefiled untill Dioclesians time In the 5. Chapter nothing to our purpose It describes onely the Wall made between England and Scotland Chap. 6. Dioclesian and Maximian raising the Tenth Persecution against the Christians caus'd the Churches to be spoil'd the Christians to be tormented and kill'd For ten years it continued burning of Churches banishing Innocents murdering of Martyrs Among other places Britany was at this time honoured with the glory of many holy Martyrs who constantly dyed in Confession of their Faith Chap. 7. Among others suffered St. Alban of whom Fortunatus Priest in his Book of the Praise of Virgins reckoning up the Martyrs which from all coasts came unto God saith The fertill Land of Britany brings forth Her Proto-Martyr Alban of great worth This Alban being yet a Pagan when the cruell Edicts of the wicked Princes were set forth against the Christians receiv'd into his house one of the Clergy who had fled from the Persecutours and observing him night and day to continue in Prayer and Watching suddenly touch'd with the grace of God he began to follow the example of his Faith
either to build new or repair old Churches And it was not long before the King himself much delighted with their purity of life and example of godly conversation and by their sweet promises which they prov'd to be true by working many Miracles believ'd and were baptiz'd Then the People daily more and more resorted to their Sermons and renouncing Heathenish Rites joyn'd themselves to the unity of the Holy Church The King also appointed them a place and Seat befitting their Calling in his head City of Canterbury giving them necessary possessions for thier maintenance Chap. 27. After this the man of God Augustine came to Arles where by Etherius Archbishop of that City he was ordain'd Archbishop of the English according as St. Gregory had commanded and returning into Britany he sent Laurence Priest and Peter Monk to Rome to make relation to St. Gregory that the English had receiv'd the Faith and he made their Bishop he also requir'd his Answer to certain Queries Pope Gregories answer to Augustines first demand For as much as you being brought up under Monasticall rule must not live apart from your Clergy in the Church of the English which is but newly entred upon the Faith of Christ you must follow the prescript and form of life which was us'd in the Primitive Church among the Fathers for there was none among them that said that to be his own which he possessed but all was in common And if there be any of the Clergy who having not yet receiv'd holy Orders cannot live chaste they may take Wives and have their stipend allowed them apart from the rest Augustines second Demand Whereas there is but one Faith why be there so many sundry customs of the Churches and one custome of Masses observ'd in the holy Roman Church and another in France Gregories Answer You knew the custome of the Church of Rome wherein you were brought up but if you have found any thing be it in the Church of Rome France or elswhere that may please God more I am content that you choose it planting in the English Church which is but lately come to the Faith the best orders you can gather from them all Augustines nineth question concerns illusions in Dreams whither such things hapning a Lay-man may receive the body of Christ or a Priest say Mass Another of his questions is whether and when Children are to be Baptiz'd Gregories Answer is that in necessity they are presently to be Baptized Chapter 28. nothing but a Letter from the Pope to the Archbishop of Arles to assist Augustine Chap. 29. The same Pope for as much as Augustine had advertized him that there was a great harvest and but few labourers sent him more Preachers of which the chiefest were Mellitus Rufinianus Justus Paulinus By these he sent such things as were necessary for the Purniture and Ministry of the Church as holy Vessels Altar-Cloths Church stuffe apparrell for Priests and Clergie with Reliques of the holy Apostles and Martyrs and Books He sent him a Pall and by letters instructed him what order to hold in making Bishops throughout Britany Gregories Letter To his most Reverend and holy Brother Augustine the servant of the servants of God Since by the goodnesse of God and your industry the new Church of the English is brought unto the Faith of Christ we grant unto you the use of the Pall to wear when you say Mass and we give way that you ordain Twelve Bishops under your jurisdiction but so that the Bishop of London be henceforth consecrated by his own Synod and receive his Palâ— from this holy and Apostolike See wherein I by the Authority of God do now serve Also our will is that you send a Bishop to York to whom we intend to give a Pall To you shall be subject not onely the Bishops you make or he of Yorke but all the Priests of Britany to the end that by your manner of life they may receive a pattern both to believe and live well Note that the Pall wherewith the Pope invests Metropolitans is a shoulder-piece imbroidred with Crosses made not of fine linnen aâ— the High-Priests was Exod. 28. but of fine sheeps wool to minde them of Christs carrying the lost sheep on his Shoulders It was first laid on St. Peters shrine and given to them thence Chap. 30. The holy Father Gregory sent letters to Mellitus shewing how earnestly he thirsted the good of our Countrey Vnto his dearly beloved Son Mellitus Abbot Gregory the servant of the servants of God When God shall bring you to our Brother Augustine tell him with serious deliberation I thought fit that not the Temples but the Idols in them be broken that holy Water be made and sprinkled about the said Temples Altars erected Reliques plac'd It may be allow'd that in Dedications or Birth-dayes of Martyrs whose Reliques are there reserv'd the people make them bowers Feasting together after a good religious sort Chap. 31. About this time Gregory wrote to Augustine concerning such Miracles as he knew done by him wishing him not to run hazard of vain glory by the great number of them I know saith he dear brother it hath pleased God to shew by thee great Miracles among the people whom by thee he hath called to the Faith Thou hast cause to joy that by the means thereof the English mens souls are won to the Faith but thou oughtest to fear least by the said Miracles thou by outward praise be puffed up c. Chap. 32. Contains the Letter of Pope Gregory to King Ethelbert with Presents and the blessing of St. Peter Chap. 33. Augustine being now Bishop obtain'd an old Church antiently of the Romans and Dedicated it to the Name of our Saviour making it a perpetual Seat for him and his Successors Not far Eastward of the City he built a Monastery to the which King Ethelbert through his advice new built a Church to the honour of the Sts. Peter and Paul enriching it with sundry gifts Laurence his Successor consecrated it The first Abbot thereof was one Peter a Priest who being cast away at Sea and by the Inhabitants buried after a homely manner Our Lord intending to have it known how worthy a man he was caus'd to appear every night a light from Heaven over the place where he was buried The Inhabitants gathering hereby that he was some holy man remov'd his body thence burying it honourably in the town of Bullen in France In the 34. Chapter nothing but civil affairs The Second Book Chap. 1. IN the year 605. holy Pope Gregory having govern'd most gloriously the See of the Roman Apostolike Church departed this life to an everlasting seat in Heaven He converted our English Nation from the power of Sathan to the Faith of Christ whom we may well also must call our Apostle For as soon as
See for Paulin at whose request he built a large Cathedral enclosing that of Wood where he had been Baptiz'd Paulin henceforth preacht the word of God continually and they believ'd him and were Christ'ned And the fervour of Faith and desire of holy Baptism was so great that he was staid at Court 36. dayes busied in catechizing and instructing the people in the Faith of Christ In the Countrey of the Deiri he baptiz'd in the floud Swale for as yet there could not be built Oratories Fonts or Baptisteries Yet was there built a great Church in the planes called Downs which the Pagans that slew King Edwin burnt but the Altar escaped the fire being of stone and is kept in the Monastery of the reverend Abbot Trumvulse Chap. 15. King Edwins zeal and devotion was so great towards the Christian Faith that he perswaded Carpwell King of the East English to leave the vain superstition of Idols and with his whole Realm to embrace the true Faith and receive the Sacrament of Christs Church King Redwalls Carpwels Father was Christned before in Kent but he was quickly seduced again by his Wife He seem'd to serve both Christ and his false Gods for in one Temple he erected an Altar for the Sacrifice of Christ and another for his Idols Felix Bishop and a holy Preacher being sent by Honorius Archbishop to preach the Word of God to the East-English found plenty of fruit and encrease of Believers for he brought the whole Province unto the Faith Chap. 16. Relates How Paulin the Bishop preaching the word of God in the Province of Lindesi bulit a Church in the chief City where every year some miraculous Cures were wrought Chap. 17. Relates How Honorius Bonifacius his Successor was Bishop of Rome and sate in the See Apostolick who understanding that the King of Northumberland and all his Subjects were converted to the Faith by Paulinus his preaching sent him a Pall and Letters also to King Edwin exhorting him to go forward in the true Faith To the most Puissant and his most vertuous Son in our Lord Edwin King Honorius servant of the servants of God What are we better able to offer to God than by persisting in good works to worship and render him deserved praises We exhort you dearly beloved Son with Fatherly affection c. A little after he writeth Read St. Gregorie's your Apostles works and set his doctrine ever before your eyes that his prayers may advance your kingdome and people and represent you irreprehensible unto the Almighty We have provided those things which you wisht might be ordained for your Priests We have two Palls for the Primats Honorius and Paulinus commanding that when one of them is called out of this life the surviver substitute by this our Authority another in his place Chap. 18. About this time died Justus Archbishop and Honorius succeeding was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury by Pauline He was the Fifth after St. Augustine to whom Pope Honorius sent a Pall ordaining that when either the Bishop of Canterbury or Yorke died the surviver should have power to Consecrate another in the place of the deceased that so they should not need to travell and toile by Sea and Land to Rome as often as an Archbishop was to be ordained The Copy of the Popes letter to Honorius Labour in preaching the Gospel and follow the rule and steps of your Head and Master blessed Gregory c. As for the priviledges of your Churches we have not delay'd to grant you such things as We thought fit And now We in the place of St. Peter Prince of the Apostles grant unto you Authority c. Here followeth the grant specified in the beginning of this Chapter Dated An. 633. Chap. 19. Pope Honorius sent letters to the Scots whom he understood to erre in the observation of Easter exhorting them that they would not esteem their small number wiser than the Churches of Christ either antient or newly converted in celebrating any other Easter than after the common account and according to the Uniform Decrees of all the Bishops of the world assembled in Councel Chap. 20. Relates How King Edwin was slain his Army defeated his Kingdomes over-run by Penda the Idolater and Carduëlla so that there was no safety but in flight Then Bishop Paulin return'd to Kent bringing with him a fair golden Cross and Chalice consecrated to the use of the Altar which are to be seen in the Cathedral of Canterbury There he govern'd the See of Rochester and left his Pall which he had receiv'd from the Pope of Rome James the Deacon left by Paulin at York set up a School for Church Musick according to the fashion of Rome and Diocess of Canterbury The Third Book Chap. 1. RElates how the Kings Osrich and Eandfrid fell to Idolatry whereupon they deserved not to be accounted to our Kings but their years are numbred to holy King Oswald next following Chap. 2. The place is shew'd untill this day and had in great veneration where Oswald who slew Carduëlla before the battell set up the signe of the holy Cross beseeching God humbly on his knees to succour them in their distress Having with his own hands set up the Crosse he said to the Army Let us all kneâ—l down and pray the Almighty to help us In the place where he made his prayer many miraculous Cures are known to be done in token of his Faith Untill this day many doe usually cut chips from the wood of that holy Cross which casting into water and giving the sick thereof both men and beasts to drink or sprinkling them therewith they are restored to health The place is called Heavenfield signifying that in that place a heavenly memorial should be set up and heavenly miracles be wrought even till our daies The Religious of Hagulsden Church for a long time have us'd to come every year upon the Eve and Day that King Oswald was slain to keep Dirges for his soul and in the morning after Psalms solemnly to offer for him the Sacrifice of the holy Oblation By continuance of this custome the place is become more holy and is now honored by all for the Church dedicated in the same place We shal relate one of many miracles wrought at this Crosse One of the Religious of Hagulsden by name Bothelmus who liveth yet when by chance going on the Ice by a fall broke his Arm in so much that he could not lift it to his mouth prayed one of the brethren to bring him a piece of that blessed wood saying that by Gods grace he might finde help thereby He did so giving the party some of the Moss wherewith the wood was covered which putting into his bosome in the night he found himself soon after whole and sound Chap. 3. Relates how Aidan the Bishop being sent from the Scots to King Oswald the King himself became
the Apostles Peter committed to his protection and patronage Chap 23. Relates How the rest of the Scots admitted the Apostolike manner of keeping Faster and shaving their Crownes by the means of Egbert a worthy Priest Onely the Britanes saith Bede remain still hardned in blindness whereas all English-men are in all points throughly instructed in the Rule of the Catholick Faith Egbert on Easter day after he had said solemne Masse in remembrance of our Lords Resurrection departed this life The Brethern rejoycing to see their Master passe to God to be their Patron and Intercessor Chap. 24. Relates Who were the Bishops at this time through all England and how all things now being brought to unity many as well Noble as Private laying aside their Armes earnestly strove to get both themselves and their Children to be shaven and tied with Monasticall Vowes rather than to exercise themselves in warlike affaires This is at the present the state of Britany this year of our Lord 731. The end of the History of the Church of England The words of venerable Bede in the 3 Tome of his works THus much touching the Ecclesiastical History of the Britans especially of the English nation as I could learn by the writings of my Ancestors by tradition of my elders or my own knowledge I Bede the servant of God and Priest of the Monastery of the BB. Apostles Peter and Paul at Wyre-mouth have brought to an end When I was seven years old I was delivered by the hands of my friends to be brought up of the Rd. Abbot Benedicâ— and afterward to Câ—â—lfrid In which Monastery spending all the dayes of my life I applyed my whole study to the meditation of holy Scripture observeing regular discipline and dayly singing service in the Church In the 19 year of my age I was made Deacon and at 30 Priest which orders I received by the hands of the Rd. Bishop John of Beverley DEar Reader I doubt not but in perusing of this book many thoughts will arise in thy mind touching the author thereof the authority of the copy and the sincerity of our true dealing therin now then is the proper time to read again the preface where I am confident thou wilt find full satisfaction in all FINIS Faults escaped IN the Preface page 1. line ult. dele s in disputants Leaf 3 l. 1. dele it 1 Page 26. line 13. for legs read leg. page 36. l. 15. for were r. was p. 5â— l. 3. for Angels r. Angles p. 53. l. 13. for them r. him p. 58. l. 17. in the margent for 904 r. 604. p. 81. l. 2 for redwals r. redwal p. 81. l. 20. for buli r. built p 116. l. 10. for plat r. plot p. 132. in the margent superogation r. supererogation p 135. l. 2. for pecaple r. peaceable p 136. read Reliques gift for Kings p. 150. l. 12. for berring r. Berking p. 151. in the margent r. habitation seperate from men p. 153. in the margent r. consecrated p. 154 l. 5. for ediburge r. edilburge p. 155. l. 5. for sister r. sisters P. 161. l. 3 for salvation r. splendor p. 167. l. 12. for celestial r. clerical p. 167. l. 18. for by the boy r. of the Boy Entichus r. Eutichus p. 137. l. r. hitherto p 192. l. 9. dele punctum at prophetick p. 193. l. 1 for flock r. flockt p. p. 197. l. 20. for rejoyce r. rejoyced p. 123. l. 12. r. lyeth for dyeth the marginal note p. 240. saints our patrons and intercessours must be placed at the end of the cap. 23. p. 239. The old Britans receive their Faith from the Pope 156. Englands first Martyr for entertaining a Priest in his house Amphâ—bal this holy Priests Name Christian Priest-hood treason under Dioclesian A Miracle A Miracle A Miracle Daily Miracles at St. Albans about the middle of the third Age untill the seventh Age Churches erected to Martyrs about the year 400. Holy-dayes in their Honour England prone to novelties This Heretick had the great St. Augustine his adversary whilest he lived The Apostle of Scotland sent by the Pope of Rome an. 423. Altars an. 429 Germanus Bishop of Auxerre Lupus was first a Monk in the Abbey os Lirine and thence made Bishop of Troyes The miraculous use of Holy water about 430. Devills cast out at the command of Priests about 430. Custome of wearing holy Relicks These Relicks work miracles Pilgrimages to Saints bodies Ann. 430. In shrining of Rolicks Veneration of Relicks A Miracle Multitude of Miracles Lent religiously observed at the begining of the fourth Age A miraeulous Victory Intercession of Saints A Miracle Bishops and Priests give their blessing Bishops punish Hereticks Catholike Faith confirmed by miracle Miracles at St. Germans body see this holy Bishops life in Surius July 30. The English receive the Faith from Monks sent from the Pope An. 582. Good works for hope of reward Abbots Crosses images enter with our Faith and destroy Idolatry The manner of Processions The ancient custome of Allelujah in the Church Our Apostles addicted to watching fasting voluntary poverty A Church dedicated to St. Martin where they say Mass Our Apostles workers of many Miracles in proof of their doctrine S. Gregory in a letter to the Bishop of Alexandria writes how above ten thousand were there Christned on Christmass-day Our Apostle a Monk First Christian Clergy Regular Chastity of them that took orders Mass in chief parts of Christendome Mass Baptizing Infants 〈…〉 The use of the Pall. Saying of Mass How our Bishops depended on Rome in their investiture The Primacie of Canterbury in England instituted by the Pope and not by the King Ann. 600. Abbots Holy Water Altars Relicks Birth-dayes of Martyrs Our Apostle endowed with the grace of Miracles The Pope imparts the blessing of S. Peter Christ-church in Canterbury Monasteries and Churches in honour of Saints Churches consecrated The first Abbot shines with Miracles An. 605. The Pope stiled Bishop of the whole world This Popâ— ouâ— Apostle 2 Cor. v. 2. First a Monk of Eminent Sanctity Then made Priest and the Popes Legat at Constantinople Masses at the bodies of Saints The least addition of the Mass observed by Antiquity but the first use of the Mass it self is too ancient to be observed as begun by the Apostles S. Gregory his zeal for our conversion This Synod was held in Worcestershire at a place called Augustines Oke The Roman Tradition confirmed by miracle Abbots Division from the Church of Rome The ruin of the Authors thereof prophesied The prophesie made good from heaven Multitude of Monks among the Britans though converted 156. After Schism their Faith and Prayers availed not An. 904 The Antiquity of St. Pauls in London Also of St. Andrews at Rochester Dedication of Altars to Saints Commemoration of the dead at the Altar Our Apostles gift of miracles witnessed in his very Epitaph St. Peter first Pastor of the Church and Prince of the Apostles