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A40122	The arraignment of popery being a short collection, taken out of the chronicles, and other books, of the state of the church in the primitive times : also, the state of the Papists, and how long it was before the universal pope and mass was set up, and the time of bringing in all their rudiments and traditions, beads and images, purgatory, tythes and inquisitions : also, a relation of their cruelties they acted after the Pope got up, being worse then the heathen and Turk, New Rome having proved like Old : also, what the people of England worshipped before they were Christians : with several other things, which may be profitable for people to read over, where all that fear God may see, read, try, and give judgment by the spirit of truth : to which is added, The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church / by G.F. and E.H.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Hookes, Ellis, d. 1681.	1667 (1667)	Wing F1750A; ESTC R15884	93,976	138

called and ask him by what Name he is called Then the Senior of the Cardinal-Deacons opening a little Window by which the people there waiting may see and be seen faith with a loud voice holding out the cross I show you glad tydings we have a Pope and he chuses his Name to be Innocent the Eighth c. or what Name he liketh Then the Cardinal-Deacons do put off the Popes common Apparel and put him in a white Woolen Gown and in red Hose and red Shooes embroidered with a Golden ●●oss in a red Girdle with Golden Bucklers in a red cowle also upon his head and above all in a fair white Rochet then they put upon him his upper Garments viz. A long Albe a Girdle and a Stool set full of Pearls hanging down from about his Neck but if he were but a Deacon before he was elected then the Stool must lye on his lest shoulder only and come down with both ends fas●ned under his right arm Then after they put upon the Pope a red Cope called a Pluvial and Mitre set and deck● with precious stones and they make him sit upon the Altar and then they kiss his feet and then he is consecrated and the Consecrator blesseth a precious Ring to be put on his singer saying O Lord God Creator and Conservator of Mankind giver of spiritual Gifts and Graces and greater of 〈◊〉 health and 〈◊〉 thou O Lord send down thy blessing upon this Ring c. and while this Prayer is said the Pope stands up and in the mean time one of the Colliters holdeth the Ring in his right hand kneeling down at the beginning of the blessing thereof and the Consecrator the Prayer being ended sprinkleth it over with holy Water and then puts it on the Popes singer saying Take this Ring as a sign and token of Faith c. and Oyle being poured upon his Head by the Consecrator the Cardinal-Deacon dryeth it up again with crumbs of Bread and then setteth on the Mitre and then he gives the Cardinals his feet and hands to Rite and so the Consecrator saith forth the Mass and before he is crowned the Cardinals Deacons Sub deacons and Colliters apparel him in a white Amise and long Girdle a Stool and a red Pluvial and a Mitre and being thus decked he goeth down to the place called St. Peters the Cross being carried before him the Cardinals and Deacons on either side bearing up the skirts of his Pluvial and the noblest of the Laity being present though it be the Emperor or a King must bear up the train of the same and next before the Pope goeth the Minister of the Ceremonies with Reeds in his hand upon the one tow and upon the other a burning candle and when the Pope is past the Ch●ppel of St. Gregory so called the aforesaid Minister turning him to the Pope setteth fire on the tow kneeling down and saying with a loud Voice Holy Father so passeth away the glory of the world which he doth three times and then the Gospel-book is laid upon the Popes shoulders and afterwards he goeth up the Altar and the Prior of the Cardinal-Deacons taketh the Robe called Pollium from the Altar and putteth it upon the Pope saying Receive the Pall which is the sacred Plenitude and holy perfection of the Pontificial Office to the honour of Almighty God of the blessed Virgin Mary his Mother of the holy Apostle Peter and Paul and of the holy Church of Rome and then maketh it fast about the Pope with Buckles and Pins And when the Pope first receiveth this Robe he goeth to the Altar and kisseth it and then kisseth the gospel-Gospel-Book and then putteth Incense into the Censers Then they proceed to crown him after this sort The Pope receiving the Gloves and Rings with the other Implements goeth upon a high Stage made for the purpose and when all the La● people are gone out of the Church so called and the Pr●●●● are c●me together the Deacon on the left hand taketh off the Popes Mi●●● 〈◊〉 Deacon on the right hand taketh the Tiare or Cro●● called a Triple Crown and setteth 〈◊〉 on the Popes bead and th●n going to the Church of Latte an so called he goeth up into the Gallery or Cloister of the same where the Prior of the Cannons holdeth him the cross to kiss and the triple Crown is taken off and the Mitre put on and then he is had to a place or seat without the Gate on the left hand called Stercoraria which signifies a Dunghil and setting down on the said seat and leanning down so low that he seemeth rather lying then sitting the Cardinals come to him and lift him up saying He lifteth up the needy from the dust and from the dunghil exalteth the poor that he may sit among the Princes and possesss the Throne of Glory Then the Pope rising up taketh so much money in his hand out of the bosome of his Chamberlain as he can gri●e and casteth among the people saying Arge●●um Aurum non est mihi quod autem habeo hoc tibi do I have neither Gold nor Silver but that that I have that I give thee and at the Popes Feast after he is crowned when he drinketh all the Assistants and Servitors kneel down So great is the pride of this Prelate These things are truly extracted out of the First and Second Sections of the First Book of Ceremonies aforesaid written by a Papist CHAP. XIII The time when the Tythes were first given in England by whom and by whose Authority a Law for payment of Tythes was first established First Whereas it is alledged that Abraham paid the tenth of the spoil that he got by the Sword to Melchisedeck and Melchisedeck made him and his Soldiers a Feast this was not by the command of God nor an example that all Kings and Princes should pay tythes of all their spoil nor the tenth of their Estates For you never read that Abra●am paid it afterwards as you may read in Josephus and Genests the twenty third and Jacob saying to the Lord when he went from Esau at his return he would surely give him the tenth of all that he gave unto him when he vowed a vow This is no example for Christians to pay Tythes no more then it is to offer Sacrifice for he ffored Sacrifices And again Wh●reas it is alledged that Levi took ●ythes and Aaron which was called a Heave-offering or a Shake-offering which tythes was for the Priest Levi and the Widow and the Fatherless and the Stranger that there might not be a Beggar in Is●●ael So you that hold up tythes must hold up the first Priesthood which ord●ined to offer Sacrifices and hold up the Shake-offering and the Heave-offering and so deny Christ come in the flesh and to be offered up one Offering once for all For if the Levitical Priesthood be standing which came after the Order of Aaron then your tythes and Offerings is standing for Levi

Prince of the Priests or Highest Priest but only the Bishop of the chief See that is Seat A Council held at Hippo Decreed That Bishops and Priests should look well to their Children That the Head-Bishop of the Head See should not be called the chief Priest and that no Scripture should be read in the Church but Canonical that is such as they approved by exact Rule The Council held at Taurinum was for the Reformation of the Clergy which then was corrupted but now much more The Council of Malta condemned the Pelagians and D●●●● and concluded that Infants were to be baptized The Council of Agatha decreed that none should be made Prie●● before they were thirty years old and that the Clergy should 〈…〉 such attire as became their Profession with many other Con●●●tions The first and second Council held at Vasio decreed that in such Churches where Preachers were not the Deacons should read ●●milies A Council held at Carpentoracte decreed that the Bishop sh●●●● not poll the Parishes A Council held at Venice decreed that no Clergy-man should 〈◊〉 at Wedding-Dinners Dancing and hearing of wanton Sonnets 〈◊〉 vain Songs All the Bishops of Africk came together by the commandment of Hororicus the Arrian where his Heresie was confirmed and Four hundred forty four Bishops exiled or banished Anno 490 A Synod of Seventy Bishops were called together at Rome where the Canonical Scriptures were severed from such as rhey counted Apocrypha A Synod met at Epaunis decreed that no Clergy-man should either Hunt or Hawk and that throughout the Province such Divine Service at the Metropolitan or chief City liked of should be retained Euseb Note the Apostles decreed no such things as this that we read of 〈◊〉 Scripture A Council held at Aurelia decreed that Lent should be solemnly kept before Easter the Rogation with the Ember-Dayes about the Ascention A Council held in Gerundia in Spain decreed that every Province should observe one Order of Divine Service that Baptism should be Ministred only at Easter and Whitsuntide and at other times is necessity so required and that the Lords Prayer should be said at Evening and Morning-Prayer Euseb A Council held at Caesar Augusta accursed such as received the Sacrament and eat it not in the Church A General Council was held at Constantinople which decreed that Mary should be called the Mother of God The First and Second Synods were called at Lyons for the removing of Schism raised in the Church Six Synods were held at Rome touching the Election of a Bishop and the Preservation of Church-Goods CHAP. V. Concerning the state and condition of the Church as it was before there was a Vniversal Pope Also what Decrees and Institutions were made by Bishops for the first six hundred years after Christ and how the Apostacy begun to overspread the Church NOvatius a Priest of Rome two hundred fifty four years after Christ abhorred second Marriage he was condemned as an Heretick at a Synod held at Rome the same year Eus●b lib. 6. cap. 48. Apostalici were Hereticks in Pisidia who two hundred and fifty five years after Christ condemned Marriage and said the Apostles were unmarried men Which is a lye for several of the Apostles were married men Aug. lib. de Haeres Ephip Haer. 61. Originiani were Hereticks Anno 273 they prohibited Marriage but committed Fornications and all uncleanness and filthiness and rejected some Books of the Old and new-New-testament which made against them Ephip Haeres 63. About three hundred and ten years after Christ one Lucina a holy Maid of Rome dying made Ma●cellus Bishop of Rome her heir and gave him all her great Substance From that time forth saith Pollidore Lib. 6. the Bishops of Rome were greatly enr●ched and then came to be pust up in pride Which riches the Apostles denyed Pol. lib. de Invent. cap. ult In the year three hundred and ten Macarius was Bishop of Jerusalem he was the means with Helena that the Cross of Christ was found So there was no Cross before among the Apostles Socrat. lib. 1. cap. 6.9 In the year 308 Dioclesian the Empetor of Rome was so puffed up with pride that he would needs be worshipped as God saying 〈◊〉 brother to the Sun and Moon and adorned his shoes with 〈◊〉 and precious stones he commanded the people to kiss his 〈◊〉 which practice the Popes afterwards followed And this E●●●●●● caused the Christians to be persecuted in the Tenth Persecution Euseb lib. 7. c. 29. lib. 8. c. 2 3 14 19. Soc. lib. 1. c. 2. In Three hundred and eighty years after Christ the Name Catholick beginneth being instituted by Damacius a Bishop of Rome In the year 391 Set-hours to Prayers instituted by St. Jerome In the year 394 in Bishop Ciricius time the word Mass●● was brought first into the Church In the year 398 Anastatius Bishop of Rome decreed That men should stand up at hearing the Gospel read In the year 412 Cirilius succeeded Theophilus in the See of Alexd●ia and withall he challenged to himself more Authority than ever any other Bishop before him From that time forth he took to himself also the Government of Temporal Matters and banished all the Jews And this Bishop went contrary to Christs command which saith You are Brethren Foelix Bishop of Rome appointed the Feast of Michael the Arch-Angel called Michaelmas In the year 528 Justinian instituted swearing by the Gospel Hore swearing came in In the year 533 Agapetus Bishop of Rome first commanded the people to go a Procellioning and to follow the Cross Plat. Polid. Deborus c. This is contrary to Christ and the Apostles Philosophy was not taught in Christian Schools before nor in the time of Justinian the Emperor who began to reign in the year of Christ 527. Part. 2. Chap. 26. Pag. 89 90. In the year 560 Gregory Bishop of Rome commanded That neither flesh nor any thing that hath affinity with flesh as Cheese Butter Milk Eggs c. should be eaten on such dayes as are appointed to be fasted on In the year 569 King Conwall had alwayes a silver Cross carried before him and caused Crosses to be first set upon every Steeple in England In the year 578 Pelag●us Bishop of Rome decreed That Sub. Deacons should either leave their Wives or else their Offices All this is contrary to the Apostles In the year 590 Gregory Bishop of Rome approved and allowed the Feast of Trin●ty Gulielm Durand In the same year he set up Prayers for Saints Sacrifices for the Dead and Purgatory in the Church In the year 595 a certain wicked woman an Emperess requested of Theodore Bishop of Rome that Images might be set up in their Churches and it was agreed that it should be by the said Theodore and his ●ouncil This is contrary to the Primitive Church In the year 600 Benedictus was the first Founder of the Order commonly called St. Benedicts He presumed to invent new wayes which all the godly Fathers

on Earth and Saint Peter's lawful Successor Anselmus Rid. Achilles Rerminius Sebastianus Franc. c. Bec. fol. 295. This Pope also brought it to pass that the Bishop of Rome only should be called Pope that is to say the Father of Fathers for before that time all Bishops generally were called Popes In the year 684 Pope Sergius the first invented the Agnies Dei and commanded that it should be sung of the Clergy and People together at the Communion Flat Durand de Barns Bec. fol 341. The same Pope in the same year dev●sed first the Clothes of the Saints to be kept for Rel●ques and confirmed the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary Segeb. Pant. Bec. fol. 356. In the year 714 a Council of Pope Gregory the second was against Marriages of Priests and was for the worshipping of Images in England In the year 729 the same Pope confirmed the having of Images in Churches and excommunicated the Emperor for abolishing them and stirred up his Subjects to rebel against him Blondus Chron Bec. fol. 324. In the year 752 Pope Zachary devised Oyl for the Lamps and invented the Priests Apparel Chron. Achil Bee fol. 304. In the year 768 Pope Paul the first devised the Service for Lent The same Pope also commanded that in the time of L●nt the Divine Service should be done before the sixth hour in the Morning Pope Constantine the second decreed That no Lay-man should be Pope Also he condemned the seventh Council of Constantinople as Heretical for condemning the worshipping of Images and wrote a Book of worshipping Images calling them Lay-mens Calendars In the year 769 Pope Constantine he condemned the Emperor for destroying Images and made a Decree to establish them in their Churches Plat. Pol. Bec. fol. 324. In the year 740 Gregory the third commanded Oblations and Sacrifices to be offered by the Priests at their Mass for the dead and made a Law that Images should not only be had in Churches as Lay-mens Books but that they should be worshipped and had in greater Reverence then ever they were and whoever was of the contrary Opinion should be condemned for a Heretick Seg. Bland Plat. Sabel Becon fol. 324. In the year 772 Pope Stephen the third decreed That Images should not only be had in Churches but that they also should be senced Seg. Plat. volat Bee fol. 324. In the year 796 Pope Adrian the first in his time there was a Council held at Frankford in the which it was decreed That whosoever did any Service in the Church he should wear a Surplice upon his back in Service time and no man to go in his common Apparel without a Surplice no not so much as the Sexton Christ Massaeus Becon fol. 323. These things are all contrary to Christ and the Apostles The same Pope about the same time ordained the Impropriation of Benefices and granted Priviledges to Monks Nunns Canons and the Gloisters In the year 817 Pope Leo the third ordained Sencing and a Council held at Rothemage commanded that the Altar should be Senced after the Gospel Lib. Conc. Durand Beo. fol. 338. The same Pope in the same year decreed That all Sundays should be kept holy Volat. Pantal. Sabel Pope Leo the third appointed That when the child is either Christned or Bishopped he should have but one Godfather be it a Man-child or a Woman-child De Consect dist cap. 4. Guil Durand Joan. Stell c. These things are all contrary to the Scriptures In the year 827 there was a Council held in the time of Pope Paschalis at Aquisgranum who ordained that no Ecclesiastical persons should wear any sumptuous Garments or Rings nor Ouches on their fingers but Bishops only when they were saying Mass in their High-Priests Robes Christian Massaeus lib. Concil Becon fol. 303. In the year 834 the Feast of Holy Trinity instituted by Gregory In the year 848 Pope Sergius the second his Name being Osporci that is Swines-snout or Hogs-mouth he changed his Name to Sergius And after that the Popes of Rome took it fo●● special priviledg to change their Names So that if he had been a Malefactor before he was a Pope he called himself Boniface which signifies Goodness And if he had been a Coward then he termed himself Leo a Lyon And if he had been a defamed person then he called himself Benedictus which signifies good Name and Fame Chron. Polichron c. Lib. 4. cap. 10. de Inventor Cerum In the year 850 Pope Leo the fourth he ordained that no Lay-man should come near to the Priest in the time of the Mass nor Into the Quire Seg. Plat. Becon fol. 343. This Pope was the first that had the Golden Cross carried before him Which is contrary to the Apostles In the same year in the same Popes time the Monkish Religion of the Camaldinenses was devised their Cowle and Cloak and all that ever they wear from top to toe was white They were to go bare-footed and lye on the ground He also instituted the Heart of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary that it should be kept holy eight dayes Pol. Chron. Lib Germ. Bec. fol. 313. Lib. Concil Seg. ● ●oan Functius In the year 858. this Pope Leo was the first that offered his ●eet to kiss to Princes Volat. Plat. rant Becon fol. 298. In the year 870 Pope Nichelas about this time was the first that decreed That the Popes Laws and Letters should be of equal Authority with the Scriptures He a so decreed that the Service should he in Latin and that Priests should not marry He also decreed that Gloria in Excelsis that is Glory in the Highest should be sung on Maurday Thursday in Lent De Consist dist 1. glor Becon fol. 343. In the year 863 Pope Bennet the third commanded that Priests should wear Apparel meet for their degree He also ordained that the Priests should be present at the Burial of the Bishops and sing prayers for their souls and that Bishops should do the like for them Fascit temp Chron. Becon fol. 304. Chron. Rlat In the year 871 Pope Nicholas made a Law That no Wife should be held lawful except she was first blest with a Priest The same year the same Pope first decreed That no Marriage ought to be in the time of Lent Gret Chron. Bec. fol 331. Which is now observed and is contrary to the Apostles There was also a Decree made in the Council at Illerdonse That from Septuagessima unto the Octaves of Easter and three weeks before John Baptist and again that from Advent to Twelftide after Christmas Marriages was forbidden to be solemnized and if any did marry in those forbidden times they should be separated Quest 23. Chap. 4. non oporte In the year 891 was the University of Oxford sounded by King Alf●ed which was before a place Dedicated to the Muses Isaackson Chron. In the year 913 In Pope Sergius the thirds time the Order of Clunasences Monks came up and their clothing

and grow and was 〈◊〉 in thy love and be multiplied into the length of dayes and 〈…〉 sprinkles holy Water on the Ring The Papists pray for Souls departed The Priest while he sayes his Prayer stands with his face Eastward and looks unto the high Altar and then turns him to the people and sayes Ye shall pray for all Christian souls for all Bishops Clerks Curates and for the souls of all Christian Kings and Queens and especially for the Kings of England and for all souls that to this Church have given Book Bell Chalice or Vestment or any other thing by which the Service of God is the better done Did you ever hear such Trumpery CHAP. X. Concenning Hallowing the Church VVHen any Church is to be hallowed first all the people must depart out of the Church and the Deacon must remain there only having all the Doors shut fast to him the Bishop with the Clergy stand at the door and make holy Water mingled with Salt In the mean season twelve Candles must be set up within the Church burning before twelve Crosses that are appointed upon the Church 〈◊〉 After the Bishop accompanied with the Clergy and people go 〈◊〉 times about the Church without the Bishop having in his hand a 〈◊〉 with a bunch of Hysop on the end with which he casts Holy Water upon the Church-Walls and as the Bishop goes round every time he comes at the door he strikes the Threshold with his Staff and sayes in Latin Lift up your Gates O ye Princes and be ye lift up O ye ●●●lusting Gates and the King of Glory shall enter in Then the Deacon rayes who is this King of Glory Then the Bishop answers 〈…〉 Lord 〈◊〉 and Mighty even the Lord Mighty in Battel 〈…〉 the Bishop and the Everlasting Gates 〈…〉 The third time the Deacon opens the door to him and he and the Clergy enters but the people stand without still and then the Bishop sayes the Letany and then a Cross of Ashes and Sand is made on the Pavement whereon the Alphabet or Christ-cros ●ow is written in Greek and Latin and then the Bishop with Salt Ashes and Wine consecrates the Altar and then annoints the aforesaid twelve Crosses on the Wall with Cream and then the people may come in and ring the Bells for joy This is to be noted That if the Wine be frozen in the Chalice th● Priest must so long breathe upon it till it be molten and the Ice disso●●ed and if it cannot be dane so he m●y put fine to it CHAP. XI Concerning Hallowing of Beads IN their Prayer to their God they say We beseech thee that thou wilt vouchsafe from the Seat of thy Majesty with thy blessing to sanctifie replenish and fulfil these Bead 〈◊〉 pray on which are apt and meet for devotion of thy Servants to honour that most glorious Virgin Mary Mother of God You read none of this in Scripture Concerning Christining and Hallowing of Bells The Bishop puts upon him a Surplice and having a Cross born before him and accompanied with the Clergy and people they go to the place where the Metal shall be shed which the Bell is made of and while the Bell is casting that it may have right shape The Bishop begins to sing and all the Clergy sings forth aloud and so continue till the Bell is cast and then they sing six Psalms and in the mean time the Bishop washes the. Bell with holy Water and then he goes to prayer and then he wipes it with a Towel People did you ever hear such deceit which is contrary to Scriptures and then sayes a Psalm and then annoints the Bell seven times without and four times within with Oyl and Cream then the Bishop prayes again saying to his God Vouchsafe to replenish this Bell with thy Heavenly 〈…〉 before the m●●● and sound thereof the fiery darts of the 〈◊〉 the Lightnin's and Tempests may be chased away And then he sprinkles the Bell with Holy Water then the God-fathers and God-mothers draw nigh and lay their hands on the Bell to whom the Bishop sayes Name the Bell who gave the Bell what name they thought good and then the Bishop and the God-fathers and God-mothers put upon the Bell a Linnen Vesture white and large These be the works of the Pope and the Papists who are gotten up since Christ and the Apostles and are not the w●rks of Christ as you may read in the Scriptures That the Primitive Christians had no Bells is proved by Vosius in his Commentary upon the two Epistles of Pliny and Trajan and Bernardinus de ri●u concionandi Guido P●ncirolus saith they were invented by one Paulinus Bishop of Nola and that they were called Nolae in Latin from Nola the place where they were first made and Campanie because invented in Campaniae Hospinian de Orig. temp saith they were not used for certain in the first five Centuries almost of Christianity And who were the first that caused them to be set up in Churches as things appertaining to the Worship of God is before related CHAP. XII A short Relation of some of the Ceremonies of the Pope and his Followers taken out of the Works of Christopher Marcellus Bishop of Corcira Dedicated to Pope Le● the Tenth AND first as to the Popes Election All people are shut out of the Election-house saving the Fathers and the Ministers the Senior of the Cardinals exhorteth the other Fathers that they 〈◊〉 mind and consider the highness of the matter whereof the● must p●●sen●ly 〈…〉 then which matter and business nothing 〈…〉 or more excellent for he saith They are about to provide 〈…〉 the 〈◊〉 of Christ the Successor of Peter the Pastor 〈…〉 Leader of Christ Flock the Key bearer Pottet and 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 the Prince of the Apostolick 〈…〉 and the chief Pre●●● 〈…〉 Christendom There is four kinds of Election but to make the Work short I will only relate one of them though they are all Wayes which Christ never instituted neither did his Apostles ever practice such things viz. First all the Colledg of the Cardinals agree upon Three Upon one of the Cardinal-Bishops on one of the Cardinal-Priests and upon one of the Cardinal-Deacons Mark people we never read in the Scriptures of Cardinal-Bishops and Cardinal Priests and Deacons to which three they give Pover and Authority to chuse the High Bishop after this sort They let up and light a candle of a certain appointed quantity that it may burn a certain space and their power to chuse lasteth no longer then the piece of candle lasteth for they must chuse him before it be burnt out and the same being so chosen is right Pope Then the Senior of the Cardinals and Colledg do shew their joy and do their duty of reverence to him and putting off his Senate-Robe called Caprea and his little Hood called Capu●ium they cause him to set down in his Rochet where the Seniors do put upon his singer the Fisher's Ring so

the Church but that the same so remain and that there be a modest and distinct Song so used in all parts of the Common-Prayers in the Church that the same may be as plainly understood as if it were read without singing And yet nevertheless for the comforting of such as delight in Musick it may be permitted that in the beginning or end of Common-prayers either at Morning or Evening there may be sung an Humn of such like Song to the praise of Almighty God in the best sort of Melody or Musick that may be conveniently devised CHAP. XVI Concerning Swearing THE Form of words which Christ hath laid down in Mat. 5 and the Apostle James taught in his general Epistle Chap. 5 is as followeth Christ said Ye have heard that it hath been said ●f old time Thou shalt not forswear thy self which was the false Oath but perform thy Oaths to the Lord which was the true Oath which were to be taken before the Judges Officers and Magistrates to end Controversies and be performed to the Lord. Put Christ said Now I say unto you Swear not at all but let your yea be yea and nay nay for whatso ver is more then this cometh of evil Therefore this yea yea and nay nay wherein Christ doubles his words to make them of force sets them over and above an Oath And also in James 5.12 the Apostle taught and said Above all things my brethren swear not at all neither by Heaven nor by Earth mark nor by any other Oath but he also sets up that which is above an Oath which is Christs words Let your yea be yea and nay nay which form of sound words the Apostle doubles as Christ did when he said in his repeating over Christs words Ye shall swear no Oath lost ye fall into condemnation These are the Commands of Christ and the Apostle which we are to stand by to wit yea yea and nay nay Some Ex ●●ples of the Primitiv Christians and Holy Martyrs that k●pt the Commands of Christ and the Apostles which spoke the truth an both denied and gave their Testimony against S●earing Folycarpus a Martyr who was as it is said John's Disciple and Bishop of Smyr●a being Eighty nine years of Age when he was required by the Proconsul to swear he denied it and said he was a Christian So it appears a that t●me Christians did not swear Acts and Mon. fol. 55. Vol. 2. And also Basillides Martyr who was an Officer among the Soldiers being required to swear before a Judg said plainly That it was not lawful to swear Lib. 6. Chap. 6. tage 98. So it appears plainly That it was the mark of a Christian no to swear And the Waldenses whose Names are so famous amongst the Reformed Churches and who are said immediately to succeed the Apostles and were the most ancient and true Protestants professed it to be no wayes lawful for a Christian to swear And Bishop Vsher late of Armagh Primate of Ireland pleaded their Cause against the Jesuits in his Book De Successione chap. 6. The Ploughman in his Complaint saith Lord thou gavest us a Command of truth in bidding us to say yea yea and nay nay and swear nothing but Lord he that calls himself thy Vicar on Earih hath broken thy Commandment for he maketh a Law and compelleth men to swear Book of Martyrs Vol. 1. p. 527 528. And John Wickliff whose Works are so much esteemed by the Protestants his judgment was That all Oaths which be made for any Contract or Civil Bargain betwixt man and man be unlawful and John Hus and Jerom of Prague were burnt for holding his Opinion by the Papists Fol. 653. And Walter Brute who was a Teacher of Gods people saith concerning Swearing I believe and obey the Doctrine of Almighty God and my Master Christ Jesus which teacheth that Christian men in affirming the truth should pass the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees of the Old Testament or else he excludes them from the Kingdom of Heaven for he saith Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharises you cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven and as concerning Oaths he saith It hath been said by them of old time thou shalt of forswear thy self but pe●form thy Oaths to the Lord but I say to you now Swear not at all b●t let your yea be yea and nay nay for whatsoever is mo●e then thes● cometh of avl. And merefore as the perfection of the ancient men in the Old Testament was not to forswear themselves so the perfection of Christian men is not to swear at all because they are so commanded of Christ whose command in no case must be broken Origen saith It behoves a man who lives according to the Gospel not to swear at all And Jerome an ancient Father and Teacher of the Church which the Protestants own saith That the great Evangelical sincerity and truth admits not of an Oath since every true saying is equivolent thereunto Theophilact an ancient Father of the Church whom the Protestants own saith Mat. 5. concerning Oaths Learn hence that under the Law it was no evil for one to swear but since the coming of Christ it is evil as is Circumcision And was it not the principal solution given by Ambrose That a Christian should not swear at all And Bishop Gauden saith A true Christians Oath is needless and an evil mans Oath is worthy of no more credit then a lyar p. 17 41. of his Book concerning Swearing Otho Bishop of Banbergenses in Germany and Basilius of Calcedon refused to swear and afterwards there was an Act granted to tender Christians that their yea and nay might be taken to testifie the truth instead of an Oath and the Essaeans amongst the Jews refused to swear as Josephus witnesseth Likewise Basil commends Chinas a famous Greek who suffered a Fine of three talents rather then he would save it by swearing to the loss of his honour And also in Queen Maries dayes many that suffered Martyrdom refused to swear And in Mat. 18.17 Christ saith in the Gospel-times to the Church that by the mouth of two or three Witnesses every word may be established and not in the mouth of two or three Swearers and this Christ spoke in matter of differences that might happen among Christians but said nothing of an Oath for Oaths he forbad before The Examination of William Thorpe Martyr in the days of King Henry the Fourth Anno Dom. 1407 concerning Swearing The Arch-Bishop said Lo it is certified against thee that thou preachedst openly at Shrewsberry that it is not lawful to Swear in any case Book of Martyrs p. 701. Vol. 11. Thorpe said I preached openly that it is not lawful in any case to swear by any Creature and that by the Authority of the Epistle of St. James Then the Clerk asked me if it were not lawful to a Subject at the bidding of his Prelate to kneel down and touch the Holy

Gospel-Book and kiss it saying So help me God and this Holy Doom And I said to them Sirs ye speak here full generally and largely What if a Prelate commandeth his Subject to do an unlawful thing should he obey thereto The Arch-Bishop said That a Subject ought not to suppose that a Prelate will bid him do an unlawful thing Thorpe said But to our Purpose And I related that a Master of Divinity had said That it was not lawful either to give or take any charge upon a Book for every Book is nothing else but divers Creatures of which it is made Therefore to swear upon a Book is to swear by Creatures and this swearing is ever unlawful This sentence witnesseth Chrysostome plainly blaming them greatly that bring forth a Book to swear upon charging Clerks that in no wise they constrain any body to swear whether they think a man swear true or false And the Arch-Bishop and his Clerks scorned me and blamed me greatly for this saying and threatned me with great punishment except I left this opinion of not swearing And then I said this is not my opinion only but it is the opinion of Christ and St. James and of Chrysostome and of other Saints And the Clerk said to me Wilt thou submit thee here meekly to the Ordinance of holy Church and lay thy hand upon the Book touching the Holy Gospel of God And I said have I not told you here how that I heard a Master of Divinity fay that in such a Case it is all one to touch a Book and to swear by a Book And the Arch-Bishop said There is no Master of Divinity in England so great but if he hold this opinion before me I shall punish him as I shall do thee except thou swear And I said Was not Chrysostome an E●●e●tive Doctor The A●ca-bishop ●a●d Yea. And I said If Chrysostome proveth him ●orthy of great blame that bringeth forth a Book to swear upon it must needs sollow that he is more too blame that sweareth upon that Book The Clesk said Lay thine hand upon the Book touching the Holy Gospel of God Here the ignorance of the Papists may be cen who be ieved the Le●ter was the Gospel And these ●lind Protestants and Frofessors in our age still hold the ame I said I understand that the Holy Gospel of God may not be touched with mans hand The Clerk said I said not truth c. I said By Authority of Saint Hierome the reading of the Letter is not the Gospel but the belief that men have in the Word of God that is the Gospel that we believe and that is the virtue of Gods Word and David saith Through the Word of God the Heavens were formed In the year 4●7 King Hunder●ck in the time of the ten Persecutions put an Oath to the Christians and they refused it but some amongst them being simple men was willing to take it and the King said unto them which would have taken the Oath Because that you contrary to the Rule of the Gospel which saith Snear not at all would have sworn the Kings will is that you shall never see your Churches more but shall be banished into the Wilderness and never perform any Ministerial Office more and there you shall till the ground and the King sa●d to them that refused the Oath You shall be immediately sent away to the Isle of Cross to hew timber for Ships E seb p. 80. The Christians that were put to cruel tortures by the Papists in the Valley of Piedmont about the year 1655 of which a particular Relation is herein following one of the Articles against these Christians was that they could not swear at all Pontius of the age of fifteen years was cruelly tormented and martyred by the Heathen in the primitive times because he could not swear And many now in these dayes suffer much for the like cause The false Christians would have people swear like the He●then CHAP. XVII Concerning the Title of Doctors and concerning their Habits A Bout three hundred years ago then the Name and Title of Doctor began to be conferred solemnly It was an Article of John Wickliffs condemned at Constance that Graduations and Doctorships in Universities and Colledges as they were in use then did conduce nothing to the Church The Genevians in their Annotations upon Rev. 9. ver 3. where the Locusts came out of the smoak say they were and are false Teachers Hereticks and worldly-subtile Prelates with Monks Fryars Cardinals Patriarchs Arch-Bishops Doctors Batchellors and Masters Didoclavius in his Book called Altare Damascenum p. 891 saith that Hoods Tippets and square Caps were introduced by Antichrist to promote his splendor Philpot chose rather to be secluded the Convocation of the Clergy then to wear a Hood and Tippet Stat. Arad Oxon. Tit. 14. Parag. 1. The words of the Statutes are in English thus It is ordered that all Heads of Colledges all Fellows and Scholars wear black or sad-coloured Clothes and all that are initiated into holy Orders as it becomes those of the Clergy to do There were of old a certain sort of people among the Jews called Chemarims or Black-coats as it may be read in Hosea the 5th But our Translators have rendred them Priests instead of Chemarims which Priests were smutted by the Heathens black Sacrifices CHAP. XVIII Concerning the Heathen Idolaters naming their Dayes and Months THE old Pagan Saxons in their Idolatry were the first that brought in the Names of the Dayes which those called Christians have retained to this day for they adored Idols and unto them offered Sacrisices and worshipped the Planets See Vestigans Antiquities and Cambdens Brit. As touching the Idols which these Saxons adored they were divers and though they had many yet seven among the rest they especially appropriated unto the seven dayes of the week That day which is the first day of the week they worshipped the Idol of the Sun which was placed in a Temple and there acrificed unto and to the special adoration of which Idol they gave the Name of Sunday The second day of the week they dedicated to the Idol of the Moon and from whence these called Christians retain the Name of Monday instead of Moonday The next was the the Idol of the Planets was the Idol of Tuisco who was the first and chiefest man of Name among the Germans unto whom the Name of Tuesday was especially Dedicated The next was the Idol Woden whom the Saxons honoured for their God of Battel And after this Idol these called Christians do yet call the fourth day of the week Wednesday instead of Woddensday The next was the Idol Thor from whence the Name Thursday is retained instead of the fifth day of the week The next Idol was the Goddess Friga to which Idol they dedicated the sixth day of the Week and called it Friday which is retained to this day The last day was the Idol Seater from whence is called the seventh day Saturday

ERasmus testified that for above Four hundred years after C●●●● the Bishops did not seek the help of the Emperors again●● 〈◊〉 Hereticks and when they did seek it against the insufferable wickedness of the Donatists it did not please the good people that they should then seek the help of the Civil Powers for they then judged that it became not the Bishops to use any other Weapons or to have any other help then the Sword of the Spirit the Word of God although the evil was incurable yet would they have excluded it by Excommunication which is said to be the greatest Judgment or Punishment that then the Church had The Histories also sheweth how that some of the Clergy have said That the Princes ought to kiss the Son and to use their power for to preserve and defend Religion against all their Enemies though their Lands should therefore be spoiled In the year 553 Pelagius Bishop of Rome instituted first of all That Hereticks and Apostates should be forced by external compulsion And Clement the fifr made Laws that Hereticks should be burned Gerandus Naviomagns sheweth how that the Laws for putting Hereticks to death came not by the free-will of the Emperors but through the earnest importuning of blood-thirsty Bishops whose constant recourse was a burden to the Emperors so that finally they obtained what they desired but when the Clergy could not preva●l with one Emperor they excluded him out of Italy and excommunicated him and brought him in suspension and freed the Subjects from the Oath and stirred them up against the Power And thus have the Clergy handled when they could not have their wills And it might be plentifully manifested how that it hath been blood-thirsty Bishops with others of the Clergy that have provoked Kings and Potentates of the Earth to cruelty and who have counselled them to make bloody Laws like the Bishop Nestorius who in his Sermon spake unto the Emperor and said Oh Emperor give me a Land cleansed of Herticks and I will give thee Heaven help me against ●he Hereticks and I will help thee O subdue the Persians thy Enemies In the years 1538 and 1546 In like manner the Inquisitors and Clergy stirred up the Emperor the Kings of Spain and France to terrible persecution laying it upon their consciences to quit themselves severely against Hereticks if they would escape the Lords rep●o●● In the year 1545 Pope Paul the third counselled and entreated the Emperor Charles and King Ferdinandus to compel the Protestants to forsake their error CHAP. XXIV How since the Apostacy from the Truth the Pope Kings and Rulers makes Ministers and none must preach except they have a Licence from them IN the days of King Henry the Fourth it was agreed upon by the King and the Bishops with other Lords that no man within this Realm or other of the Kings Majesties Dominions presume to take upon him to preach privily or otherwise without special Licence of the Ordinary of the same place Statute Ex Officio R●g Hen. 4. And in the dayes of the same King Henry the Fourth Constitutions were made by Tho Arundel Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and others That no person being authorized to preach shall take upon him to preach in English to the Clergy and Laity except he first present himself and be examined of the Ordinary of the place For first the King he nominated who should be Bishop of such a Diocess and then being presented to the Pope he was to approve of him and being approved he was consecrated by the Arch-Bishop in England But when King Henry the Eighth cast off the Pope then it was enacted by King and Parliament that no Bishop should be commended to the Pope but that the King should both nominate them and approve of them to be sufficient Ministers In the year 1547 in Edward the Sixth's time Injunctions were set forth That none should preach except sufficiently Licensed In the Reign of King James Injunctions were made That none should preach except they were lawfully Licensed thereunto by the King or the Bishop Fox Acts and Mon. Vol 2. And likewise in the dayes of Queen Mary none was to preach but such as should be licensed or allowed by her Authority or by the Arch Bishop c. or by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridg● Anno 1. Mary 1 Pat C. 1. In the year 1559 Injunctions were likewise made in the first year of Queen Elizabeth that none should appear to preach not be admitted thereto but such as should be Licensed thereto by the Queen or the Arch Bishops or Bishops And thus she followed the Papists who were the first that set up this O●der In the year 1644 the Parliament made an Ordinance to give power to the Presbyter-Assembly of Divines for the Ordination of Ministers according to the Directory for Ordination and they gave the Ass●mbly of Divines Rules for Examination of them they ordained He that was to be ordained was to bring a testimony that he had sworn and taken the Covenant of the three Kingdoms and how long he had been in the University and what Degrees he had taken and whether he was twenty f●ur years old c. Note This was up●olding Popery still notwithstanding there was a pretence of Reformation And an Ordinance was made by Oliver Cromwel and his Council for Approbation of publick Preachers and for this end Commisioners were appointed and were authorized to judg of the Ability and Fitness of any man before he was admitted to any publick place to preach O. C. 1653 Can. 39. and Can. 57. CHAP. XXV Concerning the Priests turning as the Rulers turned to every Power that came up rather then they would lose their Benefices and how they petitioned several Parliaments and Rulers That they might have their Tythes paid them and that they would suppress the People called QVAKERS IN the year 1531 Pope Julius being angry with the King of France sent King Henry the Eighth the Cap of Maintenance and the Sword and gave him the title of Christianssimo that is The most Christian King And because King Henry wrote a Book against Luther the Pope ●ave him the title of Defender of the Faith In the year 1531 being the twenty second year of Henry the Eighth Tyndal did translate the new-New-Testament into English for reading of which many were sharply punished and the reading of it was forbidden by the Chancellor of England and the Papist-Bishops then in power caused all the Books to be brought into Pauls-yeard and there to be burned and the said Tyndal was shortly after burned beyond Sea for translating the same In the same year one Camphjus being sent Legate from the Pope in to England was at first in great request with King Henry the Eighth and had many honours conferred on him and great Benefices but the King taking dislike of the Popes proceedings with him concerning a Divorce the said Legate brought from the Pope to Divorce the King from his Wife who was the

Relict of his Brother made an Act that no more Annal should be paid for Bulls or Pardons to the Pope nor no Appeals be made to him but that all should appeal to the King for pardon Ab●ut this time the whole Clergy of Engla●d was charged by the Kings Council to be in a Praemunire for supporting and maintaining the Popes power and were called to answer in the Kings Bench but before their day of appearance came they in their Convocation concluded an Humble Submission in Writing and offered the King One hundred thousand pounds to pardon them which after some labour the King promised them pardon in which Submission the Clergy called the King Supream Head of the Church Bakers Chron. This Pardon was signed by the Kings hand Mark The King turning and denying the Popes Supremacy the Priests turn and deny their old Head of the Church called Peter's Successor And in the year 1535 the Popes Authority in England was abolished by Parliament and about two years after an Act was made which gave the King all Religious Houses and all their Lands and Goods And then an Oath was ministred to the Clergy which they took That they should renounce the Popes Authority and swear to be true and faithful to the King his Heirs and Successors of life and limb and to live and dye with him against all people and to acknowledg their holding their Bishopricks of the King only beseeching him to make restitution of the temporalities of the said Bishoprick So God me help and aell Saints said they About this time the Bible was first permitted to be read in English and Injunctions were set forth by the Lord Cromwel That the Creed Lords Prayer ten Commandments and Articles of the Christian Faith should be read in English which caused twenty thousand people to rise in arms in Lincolnshire being headed by a Monk and others and they were scarcely appeased but there arose forty thousand in the North where on one side of th●ir Ensigns they had Christ hanging on the Cross and on the other side the Cup and Bread of the Sacrament but they were suppressed In September 1537 by the special motion of the aforesaid Cromw●l all the Images unto which were made any special Pilgrimages and Offerings were taken down and burnt and forthwith by the means of the said Cromwell all the Orders of Fryars and Nunns with their Cloisters and Houses were suppressed and put down After all this and notwithstanding this Reformation Popery had so much power in the hearts both of King and people that one Nicholson alias Lambert being accused for denying the presence in the Sacrament he appealed to the King and the King heard him openly but all would not do neither would the King pardon him and shortly after he was drawn to Smithfi●ld and there burnt and this was done about the thirteenth year of his Reign And in the thirty seventh year of his Reign the Parliament gave him all the Colledges and Chantries And one John Smith was burnt in Smithfield and one Andrew Howet a Taylor for denying the Real presence in the Sacrament And further in the thirteenth year of his Reign was set forth by the Bishops the Book of the six Articles condemning all for Hereticks and to be burnt that should hold 1. That the Body of Christ was not really present in the Sacrament after Consecration 2. That the Sacrament might not truly be administred under one kind 3. That priests entred into holy Orders might ma●ry 4. That vows of Ch●stity entred into upon mature deliberation were not to be kept 5. That private Masses were not to be used 6. That Auricular Confession was not necessary in the Church These Articles and the Penalty annexed to them were called a whip with six strings which penalty was they were to be burned to death and forfeit their Estates real and personal to the King After King Henry the Eighth succeeded Edward the Sixth Son to King Henry the Eighth in whose time new injunctions were set forth for pulling down and removing all Images out of Churches also Homilies wee appointed to be read for peoples instruction and that the Sacrament should be ministred to lay-people in both kinds Also Marriage was allowed to the Clergy Auricular Confession was forbidden and prayer for the dead and in his fifth year the Book of Common prayer was established After King Edward succeeded Queen Mary about whose coming to the Crown there was some combustion to whom first the Suffolk men resorted who being always forward in promoting the proceedings of the Gospel and promised her their aid and to help her so that she would not attempt the alteration of the Religion which her brother King Edward had before established To make the matter short unto this condition she agreed and made promise to them that no alteration should be of Religion being a Papist and setting Popery up the people and priests generally turned that way and all Bishops that had been deprived in the time of Edward the sixth were restored to their Bishopricks and all Beneficed men that were married and would not forsake their opinion and turn were turned out of their Livings and in her time the Mass was again sung in Latin and the Popes authority was by Act of Parliament restored in England and the Mass commanded in all Churches to be used In her second year the Realm was absolved and reconciled to the Church of Rome by Cardinal Pool and the first Fruits and tenths were restored to the Clergy but this was soon revoked the Council finding the necessity of it for the Queens support In her fourth year Monastaries were begun to be re-edified the number of those that dyed for Religion in her time which was but six years was two hundred fourscore and thirteen men and women Now see the Oath which the Clergy took to the Pope They swore to be true to Saint Peter the holy Church of Rome and to the Pope the holy Father and to defend it against all men and to acknowledg the Rules of the holy Fathers Decrees which to my power say they I shall keep and cause to be kept and all Here●icks and Schismaticks to our Holy Father I will persecute to my power So help me God and the holy Evangelists In the year 1559 Queen Mary being dead Queen Elizabeth began to reign and she with the advice of the Parliament soon made an Act for Uniformity of prayer and administration of the S●craments And the title of Supream Head of the Church was confirmed to Queen Elizab●th by the Parliament and they gave first fruits and tenths to her The Supremacy thus confirmed to the Queen the Oath was tendred to the Bishops and others who had been Papists in Queen Maries dayes and as many as refused to take it were deprived of their Livings and of the number of above Nine thousand Priests Bishops Deans Prebends Masters of Colledges Arch-Deacons Abbots who had then been in place in Queen Maries