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A13178	The unmasking of a masse-monger Who in the counterfeit habit of S. Augustine hath cunningly crept into the closets of many English ladies. Or, the vindication of Saint Augustines confessions, from the false and malicious calumniations of a late noted apostate. By M.S. D. of Exeter.	Sutcliffe, Matthew, 1550?-1629.	1626 (1626)	STC 23473; ESTC S100147	60,978	98

Catholike visible Church but of one blinde Pope that is the Enemie of the Church Fiftly how can the Vniuersall Church conuene to iudge all Controuersies And what reason hath any to follow the Church before Christ or to heare the Church iudging in her owne Cause Sixtly the Traditions of the Romish Church concerning the Popes power the Masse and siue new Sacraments and their formes and matter were neuer knowne eyther to the ancient Church or to Saint Austine Seuenthly hee neuer knew the Moderne Church of Rome or beleeued that the Catholike Church was visible or supreme and finall Iudge Hee declareth what a pestilent thing Heresie and Schisme is as the Apostate confesseth But what is that to vs that are true Catholikes and maintaine the Vnitie of the Apostolike Church It toucheth rather the pestilencie of this Apostate and his Companions who hauing abandoned Christ adhere to Antichrist and beeing diuided from the Apostolike Church embrace the Heresies of Trent and Schooles in part condemned or else not knowne to the ancient Catholike Church or to S. Austine S. Augustine held that which in his time was taught by the Fathers and was beleeued by the vniuersall Church But this Rinegate and his adherents embrace the nouelties of Schooles and errors of the Pope and the Conuenticle of Trent albeit they were neuer beleeued by the Church nor taught by the Fathers And of these erroneous Doctrines I haue touched many particulars heretofore That holy Father Lib. de vnit Eccles declareth how the Church was knowne by Scriptures and not by those false Markes which the Pope and his Supporters thrust vpon it By Scripture also wee plainely discerne that the Apostate and his fellowes are a packe of wicked Heretikes and Schismatikes and no Communion of Saints or Catholike Christians The Donatists denyed the vniuersalitie of the Church and sayd it was perished in all places saue in Afrike and in the Communion of the Donatists S. Austine therefore disputing against them confoundeth this Rinegate and his Apostaticall fellowes who confine the Church within the Limits of the Popes Diocesse and Territories of the Roman Obedience holding it to be fallen and vanished away in all other places As for vs we neyther denie the Church to be vniuersall nor hold that Christs Catholike Church can perish or faile although this shamelesse Companion doth impose this Error vpon vs whom he maliciously calleth Caluinists and Lutherans foming out his rage against his Parents Friends and Countreymen That the true visible Church is Judge of Controuersies and cannot possibly erre is not any Doctrine of S. Augustines but an absurd Error of this Rinegate For first eyther the Church iudgeth her owne Controuersies and so sitteth Iudge in her owne Cause or the Causes of Strangers and Infidels who will not heare her Sentence Secondly S. Austine neuer appealed to the Pope but to Christ and his Apostles Thirdly neuer doth the Church meet to iudge any mans Cause nor ought Bishops to iudge otherwise then according to holy Scriptures iuxta Legem●eius as Moses sayth Deut. 17. Fourthly the Church of Afrike of which S. Austine speaketh contr Epist Fundam c. 5. is not now visible nor extant in the World Fiftly it followeth not because the Church moued him to beleeue the Gospel that therefore the same is supreme Iudge for any man or woman may induce a man to beleeue the Gospel yet euery one is not a supreme and infallible Iudge Sixtly the Church of Ephesus Corinth and Galatia was sometime a true visible Church and yet it is now fayled and subiect to grosse Errors and neuer was the supreme Iudge of matters of Faith Neyther is it materiall that the Truth remaineth in the Belly of the Church as S. Austine sayth in Psal 57. for the Truth remained in the Church of the Colossians Thessalonians and Philippians yet neyther were these Churches supreme Iudges nor did they alwayes abide in Truth and whatsoeuer wee thinke of them yet the Truth abideth not alwayes in the Head Belly Legges or Chayre of the Pope If any feare to be deceiued sayth S. Austine Lib. 1. con Cresc c. 33. let him consult the Church which without doubtfulnesse the holy Scripture doth demonstrate And therein we willingly follow his aduice consulting the Church of England But the Aduersaries doe contrarie consult the Synagogue of Rome composed of Popes Cardinals Inquisitors Woluish Prelates Masse-Priests Monkes Fryars Nunnes and ignorant people knowing nothing of the Faith which neyther Scriptures nor Fathers demonstrate vnlesse it be in Babylon Apocalypse 17. He sayth further that no man can be saued but in the Catholike Church and so say wee But wee denie the Synagogue of Rome despising holy Scriptures and adulterating the Doctrine of Sacraments giuen vs by Christ to be that Church They may pretend to be Catholikes as other Heretikes doe and sing Alleluia De Profundis Aue Sancta Crux and Salue Regina but out of the Catholike and Apostolike Church as they hold the new Creed of Trent and Doctrine of Schooles they cannot be saued Greased and salued they may bee but saued they cannot be And hereof he bringeth another reason De vnit Eccles c. 16. because they haue not Christ for their head and this is proued because they haue the Pope for their head nay they haue Antichrist for their head They also hold the heresies of the Simonians and Carpocratians Angelikes Collyridians Nudipedales Manichees and Pelagians The bookes of Tobia Judith Wisdome Ecclesiasticus and the Machabees S. Austine neuer made equall to the Law and Prophets Nay he denyeth them to haue beene reputed Canonicall by the Church before Christ albeit in regard they contayned Precepts of manners they were read in the Church and in a generall signification might be called Canonicall Of S. Peters primacie this prime Disciple of Antichrist hath little reason to prate For first S. Augustine giueth him no command or superioritie ouer the Apostles but onely a prime Place in order in respect of his feruor Age and Vertue Secondly hee had no power to depose Princes or to make Lawes This belonged to the Councell that neyther to any Apostle nor any Councell Thirdly the Pope neyther feedeth Christs sheepe nor loueth Christ nay he is more like to Nero then to Peter Fourthly the Bishops of Rome had no Apostolicall Prerogatiue nor had they power ouer Scriptures mens Consciences Princes or all other Bishops Lastly the Bishops of Afrike and among others S. Austine thought themselues in no degree inferiour to the Bishops of Rome S. Austine contr part Donat. where hee speaketh of the Rock against which the proud gates of Hell cannot preuaile vnderstandeth S. Peters Confession and Doctrine and not the succession of Popes as this Popelin would haue it For against Marcellinus the gates of Hell preuayled and no strength is there in the Succession of the rest Secondly neither doth hee call S. Peters feat an Episcopall feat of Peter as this false Translator hath turned it but onely an

doe well In his first Booke of Retract c. 21. S. Austine doth vtterly ouerthrow the Popish Doctrine concerning the power of Free-will in doing good For if man cannot change his will vnlesse it be giuen him nor doe good but by grace as hee teacheth then doth it not lye in the power of Free-will to doe well more then it lyeth in the power of the Apostate to be made a Cardinall which is a grace bestowed by the Pope on his fauourites and not obtained by euery loose companions free-will S. Austine doth also confound the Heresie of the Apostate holding iustification by Faith and Workes for if Workes follow him that is iustified and goe not before then doe not Workes iustifie vs. Yet hold we not that Faith deuoid of Workes doth iustifie but that Faith liuely by good Workes doth onely apprehend Christs Mercy and lustice and not our Workes effect Iustice That S. Austine with other Fathers of the Church teach that our Workes are meritorious of Eternall life as this Apostate auoweth is an impudent assertion disauowed by them and meritorious of a sharp censure S. Austine neither in his 105. Epist nor in his 46. Epist ad Valent. doth in one word signifie that Workes are meritorious of Eternal life Nay contrary albeit he doth mention Merits yet he saith men are justified by Grace without merits Which ouerthroweth the Doctrine of Merites de congruo and the Decrees of Trent concerning mens preparations to Iustice Jn Epist 46. ad Valent. he saith Man is conuerted by mercy grace In Conc. 2. in Psal 36. he denieth our Workes to be meritorious of that we shall receiue And in Psal 83. That what soeuer he hath promised he promised to such as are vnworthy And Ser. 16. de verb. Apost He is made our debtor saith he not receiuing anything from vs but promising what pleased him And thus it appeareth that S. Austine is little propitious to Papists euen in those points in which they thinke him to be most fauourable But their maine grounds hee eyther knew not or contradicted them as hath been formerly demonstrated Most idle therefore is his whole Discourse ensuing First he wondreth that any should be so silly or impudent as to auouch S. Austine as a Patron of the Faith which wee professe whom he like a Calfe of the Popes Buls calleth Caluinists But I haue alledged against him so many particulars that I hope he will cease his wonderment I haue also deriued our Faith from Christ his Apostles and not from Caluin or any late teacher S. Austine argued against the Manichies that held Fate and the Pelagians that magnified Free-will and made an Idoll of it But what doth that concerne vs who detest all the Heresies both of the one and the other It rather toucheth the Apostate and his consorts who according to the Doctrine of Thomas 1. P. q. 116. Art 1. 2. allow Fate and with the Manichies condemne Mariage in Priests and giue to CHRIST a phantasticall body that is in many places at one time and refuse Flesh and other meates They also magnifie Free-will as being the Cause of mans conuersion and hauing power to prepare vs to Iustification and hold that the Virgin Mary and some others were borne without Originall sinne and that Iust men may liue without sinne for some time and the vniust doe any good by their Free-will all which are Heresies of the Pelagians He addeth that S. Austine beleeued the inuocation of Saints and Angels to bee a Catholike Doctrine and that hee did not onely approue Prayers made to Saints but also recounteth many Miracles wrought by them Lyes idly repeated and formerly refured See S. Austines Confes lib. 10. c. 42. 43. lib. 22 de ciuit Dei c. 10. and you shall finde hee teacheth contrary The miracles reported Lib. 22. de ciuit c. 8. are thrust in there by some falsary and yet is it not there sayd they were wrought by Saints He supposeth that wee inferre that Scriptures containe all things necessary to saluation because as S. Austine saith lib. Confes c. 5. they are excellent meanes whereby God may hee both beleeued and serued But his supposall is ridiculous and false for neyther hath S. Austine in that place any such words nor doe we ground our selues vpon any thing therein contained but vpon diuers other place Lib. 3. de doctr Christ. c. ● Tract 49. in Joan. Lib. 1. de cousens Euangel c. 35. lib. 3. centr lib. Petil. c. 6. and lib. 3. cantr d●●s epist Pelag. c. 4. Farre hee was saith the Apostate from holding Scripture to hee the supriame Iudge of Controuersies Yes lib 3. de Nu●● Co●o●p●●… c. 33. hee appealeth to Christ and his Apostle He doth also try all questione in all place by Scriptures and no where by the Pope or his 〈◊〉 That the Gospell with h●n had beene no Gospell if the authority of the Church had not obliged him is a wicked speech of this blasphemous Apustate and no saying of S. Austine Hee said onely the Authority of the Church moued him which hee might haue affirmed of any godly Preacher yea of his Mother If S. Austines or other Fathers words seeme to fauour vs the Rinegate pretendeth That so many other places are plaine and expresse for his Romish Religion insomuch that some confesse they contradict themselues Both grosse and impudent leasings For the first we haue refuted by many vnanswerable arguments the second hee cannot chuse but confesse vnlesse he can produce such as charge the Fathers with contradictions But saith he The Roman Church hath preserued S. Austines Workes vntouched secondly shee preserued two Orders of Religious men instituted by him thirdly shee permitted his Images and Reliques to bee kept and honoured his Festiuall to bee solemnized and Churches and Altars to bee erected to God in his name I answer that the first is most vntrue for the Popes factors haue not onely added to his Workes many suppositious Bookes but also haue falsified his true works and if any sinceritie haue beene vsed in the edition of his writings it is much against the Popes minde But suppose the Romanists should haue vsed diligence in preseruing his Writings yet is not the same comparable to the diligence of the Jewes in preseruing the Old Testament by which notwithstanding they are plainly conuinced 2. It is false that eyther Hermites or Chanons regular were instituted by S. Austine they hauing receiued their Originall and Lawes from the Pope 3. The Jewes honored the Prophets albeit they regarded not their admonitions and counsailes 4. It is guibrish to say that Churches and Altars were built to God in S. Austines name for S. Austines Church is built to Saint Austine as Baals Church to Baal 5. Not Gods Church but the Sinagogue of Sathan maintaineth the Idotrous worship of Saints of their Reliques and Images He saith wee disclaime S. Austine and call him superstitious and scornefully trample vpon the head and heart of this