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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02831	The confutation of the abbote of Crosraguels masse, set furth by Maister George Hay ...	Hay, George, d. 1588.	1563 (1563)	STC 12968; ESTC S112574	167,121	196

aige What apperteyneth to general counciles duely conueyned without tyrannie hath bene exponed to wit that they euer erre when as they take any thing vpon them more nor they are able to manteyne by the Scripture When soeuer they exeade or taketh vpon them to bynd the cōsciēce of man to that which is left fre by the spirit of God or to determine any thīg agaīst the Scripture then not only the whole multytude but any priuate man ought and should oppone them oght and should intercede oght and should resist and withstand as Paphuntius to the whole concile of Nice sindry others at other tymes It hath bene sēblably declared that the conciles ●y●ed by yow serueth yow no thing but rather maketh against yow and thus I as one appoynted by the rest of the brenthren and of the smallest sheweth and declareth al godly to be offended with you all places of Scripture cyted by yow to be impertinentlie applyed to your wicked purpose trusteth to haue ꝓuen manifestlie by the Scriptures the masse to be the most wicked abhominable and deuyllishe inuention that euer proceded of the forge of Sathan yea and all defenders ād may n●teinars of i● to be membres of the Antichrist since it is prouen to be a thing of suche nature that it vtterlie spoylleth the Sonne of God of the dignitie of his eternall preisthead defaceth the glorie of the Croce of Iesus Christ and feyghteth directlie against the heauenlie benefite an● threasour of the holy Communion And in this action I regard not who be in my contrare what soeuer Iames is broght in he● speaking at the plesoure of th●s Authour againste his conscience of the Disciples of the Apostles and the ancien fathers who maketh no thing against me nether yet ment any thing of the masse but albeit so were we haue to say with Aristotle that it is a thing most holy to preferre the veritie to freindes and with Paule that if one Angell of heauen should 〈◊〉 any other thing nor we are teached by Iesꝰ Christ ●ee muste prenunce it Anathema accurse Now wyll I leap ouer a question casten in by Iames of the cause of varietie or opiniōs in these dayes which is no mater to be astonied with all since this is the continuall battell and exercise of the Churche of God frome the begynning yea and is not without a great proffite to the holy Churche and a singulare comforte to euery mem●re thereof albeit that God most iustlie auengeth and 〈◊〉 hereby the cōtempt of his word the prophanatiō of his ordinances and the polluting of his Sanctuarie in dede we be hereby teached and admonished of our horrible apostasie and declyning frome God we are led as it were to the hie waye and broght againe to the originall whiche is the first Institution and ordinance of Iesus Christe whose voice onely should be herd and against the whiche no man oght to repyne This being done that is the inuentions of men separated and eiected the ordinances of our Scoole Maister erected and set vp euerie where in their owen naturall cleanes and simplicitie t●●n shall we haue concorde and aggrement til that be Let no man think that it is able to a treane or haue any quietnes how so euer we shall procead sufficient witnes of This is the aggrement of all reformed Churches Now let vs with this Author returne to our purpose and examine the thre heades of his persuasion out of the old and new Testaments and the doctrine of Vincentius Lyrmenses which seameth so notable so weighty and of such consequence to this Author that it can not be refelled The argument is drawen out of Tomstallus Bishop of Durame howsoeuer this glorius diuine decketh it vp in an other and new apperell The first head of your persuasion is That we sall neuer read the people of Israell quha leuid vnder the seruitude and boundage of circumcision in expectation of Christes cuming till haue bene abused with Idolatrie the space of 40. zeires or at the maist the space of a māis liftime but anes in y ● time thai war broght to the knawledge of thair Lorde god and it is thay war neuer vniuersally geuin to Idolatrie how than is it possible that all Christiane men beand Baptised in the name of Iesus Christe beleuang surely that he is already cumin Sauiour and Redemer of the warlde hes leuid vniuersally in perpetuall Idolatrie thir 1550 ▪ zeires and mair without repugnance or gainstanding be the prouision of God and sa furth Ye conclude that ether the Lorde hath more s●lenderly entreated vs nor the Iowes or then the masse is not Idolatrie this Author doeth verie wisely to tearme this argument and call it a persuation for albeit it may appeare to haue some colloure to persuade yet hath it no pith nor strenth to conuince geuing it were trew which shal be declared and prouen moste ●als and vntrew Consider how aplty this is inferred the Iowes wes neuer by the space of a mans lyfetyme suffered to be in Idolatrie how can it then be that all Christianes hath continewed in Idolatrie these 1550. yeares the conclusion is gathered hereof ergo the masse is not Idolatrie for this howsoeuer ye procead by a disiunctiue ye wold conclude and affirme Consider and examine the argument your self and pronounce if ye find any weight with it but I pray you sin●e ye thus take vpō you the knowledge of Scriptures how take ye this vpon you to affirme that the Iowes wes neuer in Idolatrie by the space of a mans lifetyme the text and historie being so plaine that the children of Israell perseuered and remaned still Idolaters from the tyme of Ieroboā who set vp the golded Calues and made Israel to sinne til the tyme of their eiection vtter exterminion Trew it is that from tyme to tyme God starred vp Prophets to admonishe and rebuke the people of their defection from him yet do we neuer read no vniuersall reformation nor harty repentance where do ye read that euer the statutes of Amrie as the prophet doeth speak and before him the Actes of Ieroboam yea euen of parliamēt erecting and serting vp Idolatrie which did stil multiply and encrease during the dayes and reigne of 19. Kinges in Israel beginning at Ieroboam and ending at Hoseas vnder whom come their distruction the cause being assigned in these wordes the Sōnes of Israel imagyned wicked thinges against the Lorde their God to buyld themselues heigh places in their times c. The Prophets rebuketh euen the verie Trybe of Iudath for the same cryme notwithstanding the Temple the Religion and preisthead placed and remaning still with them and the promes of God made to Dauid and Salomon yet did they continually decline follow their sister Israel going aw●oring after strange and vncouth Gods It can not be denyed but some faithfull Kinges they had yet wes neuer the people reduced to the full and persite obedience of God from