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A13964	The trial of trueth or a treatise vvherein is declared vvho should be iudge betvvene the Reformed Churches, and the Romish in which is shewed, that neither Pope, nor Councels, nor Fathers, nor traditions, nor succession, nor consent, nor antiquitie of custome: but the onely written worde of God, ought to determine the controuersies of religio[n]: wherin also is declared which is the true religion, and Catholick church. Written for the pleasure of the Popes, Cardinalles, prelates, abbots, monkes: and speciallie the Iesuites, which of late were driuen out of Transyluania, by the states there. Published in Latine by a certaine Hungarian, a fauourer of the trueth: and translated into English by Richard Smith.; Oratio de constituendo iudice controversiorum religionis. English.	Smith, Richard, tr.	1591 (1591)	STC 24274; ESTC S100745	49,352	68

shall vnderstand these thinges with conscience and without partialitie I will not be against it but that you may imbrace and follow that which is better of these two As for the first point then of our discourse the contro●ersies of each side concerning the chéefe articles of ●aith doe stand thus 1. Of the Scripture The reformed Church professeth that there is nothing necessarie to saluation which is not contained in the canonicall Scriptures But the Church of Rome saith that the scripture is maimed vncertaine like to a nose of war to a leaden rule that without the authoritie of the Church it hath no more strength then Aesops fables that it is the cause of heresies applyable to time and that therefore the common people are to be restrained from it 2. Of Traditions The reformed Church beléeueth that neither a councel nor any of the Fathers no nor a company of Angels must be credited if they teach any thing contrary to the written doctrine of Christ The Church of Rome professeth that Traditions not written are to be receiued with the same reuerence that the holy scriptures be as the ground of faith without the which the authoritie of the scriptures would vanishe into smoake and were not woorth a straw 3. Of the Lawe The reformed Church affirmeth that men cannot performe the law of God but by the imputation of the righteousnes of Christ and that all things are sinnes which are committed against the said Law But the Church of Rome teacheth that the law may be so fulfilled that men may also doe superfluous and vndue works and that all which is against this law is not sinne as concupiscence 4. Of Sinne. The reformed Church beleeueth that both the want of originall righteousnes and concupiscence and whatsoeuer is contrarie to the lawe of God is sinne and maketh men guiltie of the wrath of God The church of Rome saith that concupiscence and originall sinne is not properly sinne neither deserueth the hatred of God or any smarting punishment and penance 5 Of free will The reformed church beleeueth that men haue no frée will left them in those things which belong to obteine saluation except God by his holy spirite doe againe stirre and quicken it The church of Rome saith that a man may by the pure powers of nature loue God aboue all and that also being in mortall sinne hee may by proportion deserue to haue grace powred into him 6 Of Iustification The reformed Church beleeueth that the elect are iusti●●ed by faith onely in Christ without the works of the law yet so that that faith be not naked and dead but liuely and effectuall by the workes of charitie The church of Rome denieth that men are iustified by grace alone and by the imputation of Christes righteousnes but that there is required thereunto as a necessarie meanes to obteine saluation the keeping of the law 7 Of the Mediator Iesus Christ The reformed church beleueth that there is one mediatour betweene God and man euen Iesus Christ God and man who by his death blotteth out the sins of the faithful by his resurrection purchaseth for them euerlasting life The Church of Rome affirmeth that Christ died onlie for originall sinne and that Christ alone is not the mediator but other he-saints and she-saints also 8 Of the sacrifice of Christ The reformed Church beleeueth that the faithfull ar● reconciled to GOD the Father by the onely Sacrifice of Christ The Church of Rome saith that the death of Christ is not the alone propitiatorie Sacrifice but the masse also is one which blotteth out the sinnes and taketh away the punishments both of quick and dead and is profitable to procure all spirituall and temporall blessings 9 Of Penance and repentance The reformed Church beleueth that such repentance is accepted of God wherein there is the mortifying of the old man and the quickning of the newe man proceeding from a liuelie faith The church of Rome teacheth that for the obteining of saluation there is such a repentance or penance requisite wherein there is a sufficient contrition of heart confession of mouth and satisfaction of worke by the which saluation may be gotten 10 Of the Church The Gospellers say that there is the true church where the word is purely taught the sacraments rightly administred and obedience yeelded to the outward Discipline The Romanists teach that the certaine markes of the Church are First agréement in publike doctrine and outward seruice secondlie the personal succession of Bishops Thirdly the acknowledging of the Pope 11 Of Councels The reformed Church denieth that shée is bound vnto Counsels but vnto the written word of God from which if Counsels and Fathers doe swarue they may be deceiued But the Church of Rome tieth her selfe to general counsels as to those which can neuer erre 12. Of the Sacraments The ref●●med Church acknowledgeth but two Sacraments ordained by Christ namely Baptism and the Lords Supper But the Church of Rome teacheth that there are seuen Sacraments which minister saluation by the bare performance of the outward action without any good affection in the receiuer and also patcheth vnto them Ceremonies vnknowen to the scriptures 13 Of Martirdome The reformed church teacheth that the afflictions of the Godlie are either corrections for certaine sins or troubles of triall or testimonies for confirmation of the truth But the Church of Rome teacheth that the martirdoms of the Saints are a sacrifice for sinne and that they deserue an easing of eternall paines and life euerlasting 14 Of the Magistrates The reformed Church techeth that the ciuil magistrate ought to procure not onelie outward benefites but also the saluation of his Subiects by true religion But the church of Rome teacheth that Ciuill Magistrates are to be with held from the care of religion as Laie men and that they are vnderlings to the Pope and Prelates 15. Of Mariage The reformed Church teacheth that marriage is honourable amongst all men the forbidding whereof is a doctrine of deuils But the church of Rome teacheth that maried persons liue in the flesh and that mariage is not lawfull for Ministers but that it is more to be borne with if that a Prieste as they speake keepe whores then for to enter into lawfull mariage 16. Of mens constitutions The reformed Church denieth that confirmation extreame vnction and such other constitutions of men are agréeable to the word of God The Church of Rome saith that more grace is conueied to the faithfull by confirmation then by baptisme that extreame vnction doeth minister spirituall grace 17. Of vowes The reformed religion affirmeth that a man is iustified by no other meanes but by faith in Christ The Romish religion saith that the vowes of chastitie pouertie and obedience doe deserue euerlasting life 18. Of holie dayes The reformed church teacheth that

from thence to Florence whereas although Iohn Palaeologus the Emperour of the Grecians vpon hope of succour against the Turkes and the Russians also did promise obedience to y e Sée of Rome yet notwithstanding afterwards when they were returned whome the rest for good causes would not agrée to them there could be no peace concluded with the Pope At length also Iulius the second called a councel at Laterane and Paule the third at Trent in the which because they procéeded not according to the rules prescribed in the worde of God therefore the Gospellers affirme that they are not bound to their decrées By all which it appeareth what manner of councels haue béene kept in these later hundred yeares For as for the contrarietie of councels it is the easiest matter of a thousand to shew it For the councel of Chalcedon condemned Eutiches the councel of Ephesus alowed him the counsel of Nice condemned Arrius the councel of Sardice Smirna and Millan defended him The Councel of Africa whereof Cyprian was moderator decréed that those which had béene baptized by Heretikes should be baptized anew the Councell of Carthage forbade it The Councell of Ephesus celebrated when Celestinus was Pope allowed men to communicate both kindes in the Sacrament the Councell of Constance vnder Iohn the thrée and twentie and of Laterane vnder Innocentius the thirde did forbid it The Councel of Chalons confirmeth sacrifice for the dead the Councell of Carthage forbiddeth it The Councel of Anchira Nice Grangren Toledo and Illiberis allowe the mariage of Ministers the Councell of Neocesaria Chalcedon Agatha and sundrie others forbidde it The Councell of Toledoe permitteth Concubines the thirde Councell of Carthage and the Councell of Basill vnder Eugenius the fourth condemne them The Councell held by Alexander forbiddeth men to heare the masse of a priest that kéepeth a concubine but the Councell kept vnder Lucius the third tollerateth it The Councell of Gangrene condemneth those that thrust● newe ordinances vppon the people the sixth Councell of Constantinople alloweth it The Councell of Toledoe in the eleuenth Cannon forbiddeth Images the sixth Councell of Constantinople and many others confirme and approue them What needes more wordes The Councell of Africa disalloweth the Popes supremacie the sixth Councell of Chalcedon and diuers moe allowe it The Councell vnder Gelasius made a decree against Transubstantiation the Councell of Florence vnder Victor the seconde and of Laterane vnder Innocentius the thirde establish it Beholde the authoritie of Councels behold their agréement And these are the reasons why the Gospellers will not simply admitte the Councels for Iudges in the controuersies of Religion but as sworne witnesses and that too so farre foorth onelie as their depositions shall agrée with the déede of the will and the meaning of the will maker whiche is the Lord God Wherefore Augustine doth verie well aduise that in controuersies of the Churche wee followe not the authoritie of the Councell either of Nice or of Ariminum as a guide sith wee are not bounde thereunto but that rather matter may bee compared with matter cause with cause and reason with reason by the authoritie of the Scriptures For more credite is to bee giuen to a man of the common sorte that speaketh the trueth accordyng to the Scriptures then to a generall Councell that bringeth a lye against the Scriptures There remaineth the third kynde of Iudges namelie the auncient Fathers But the Gospellers say they can not absolutelie admitte these neither for Iudges For first they say that there are verie fewe that are verie auncient which notwithstanding haue also most plainlie declared that they may erre And againe they alledge that the age after ensuing was so generally ouertaken and stronglie possest with a false persuasion and opinion concerning prayer to the dead building of Churches superstitious celebrating the memoriall of martyrs allegoricall and misticall exposition of the Scriptures single life moncherie and a multitude of ceremonies that many Bishops partlie of ignoraunce partlie of couetousnesse partlie of vayne glorie and finallie partlie of méere wickednesse were so farre from stopping and repressing that they rather countenaunced and supported all these errours This might be proued by many examples but a fewe will serue for the clearing of the matter The godly imbrace Tertulliā so farre forth as out of the written word of God he confuted Marcion and Praxeas who denied both the Godhead and manhoode of Christ But in that hee maintaineth the errours of the Millenaries and condemneth second mariages therein they iudge that he erreth Cyprian was of sound iudgement in the doctrine of the holie Trinitie of the Baptisme of infants and vse of the Lordes Supper but he erreth in this that he decréed that those which had bene Baptised by heretickes should bee Baptiséd agayne and did too ouerlashinglie extoll virgiuitie and sette-penaunce Basill iudged aright of the Trinitie of repentaunce and iustification but herein hee is not without fault that hee first set vp societies of Monckes which are now thought to haue growen too farre out of kinde from their first institution Gregorie Nazianzene writ many thinges well but hee was ouershotte in this that hee seemeth to hold prayer to Saintes Chrisostome handled manie matters excéeding well but when hee stretcheth his eloquencie to extoll vowed Pilgrimages and prayer for the dead hee is iudged to erre Ambrose writ not a fewe things verie religiouslie of the Trinitie and of the doctrine of iustification but the reformed Church doth reiect those counterfeit and forged bookes which go abroad vnder his name Ierome did very good seruice to the Church when he disputeth that our regenation is not wrought by the strēgth of our frée will but not withstāding in the meane while he erreth most grossely shamefully in this that he so disprayseth mariage that hee calleth her a whore which marieth the second time Augustine the most sincere of all the old fathers deserueth very wel of the Church while he confuteth the Arriās Manicheis Donatists Pelagiās by the word of God but whereas he staggereth about Purgatory vowes therein he is thought not to haue takē counsell with y e word of God Gregory iudgeth rightly whē he said he was Antichrist that sought to be called Vniuersal Bishop but he erreth very fearefully while he pulleth asunder the lawfull mariages of the Ministers of Gods word when he saith it is vnlawfull to renounce a solitarie life and while hee is induced by night apparitious and visions to allowe of doctrines contrarie to thé word of God And now howe should the Gospellers absolutelie admitte the fathers for iudges when as the playntiefes them selues doe not allowe and obserue all their sayinges Ambrose saith that when we haue performed the duetie of common ciuilitie towardes the dead in burying them we should then let them alone Gelasius saith that the substaunce of

the eight had cursed with bell booke and candle as a Schismatick and an heretick yet the King ceased not from his enterprise but when he had by manifest proofes prooued him guiltie of horrible villanies he caused him to be apprehended at Rome and cast into Prison who when he had entred as a Fox and raigned as a Lyon he died as a Dogge The same Boniface in the yeere of our Lord one thousand thrée hundred when there was great floking of people out of diuers Countries to Rome because of the yéere of Iubily the first festiuall daye shewed himselfe to the people attired in his Bishoplike ornaments and the next day flaunting it in his Princelike robes commaunded a naked swoord to be borne before him crying with a lowd voice I am both Pope and Emperour I haue both temporall and spirituall iurisdiction and dominion And when as a fewe daies after Albert being made Emperour by the Germain electours required his confirmation of him at first he refused it denying that an election made without his authoritie ought to be of force but yet a little while after he agreede to the emperour vpon this condition that he should with all spéed by force set vpon the Kingdome of Fraunce Innocentius the third did so boyle in rancour against Phillippe the Emperour because hee had beene chosen against his will that he often times saide Either the Pope shall take from Phillipe his crowne Kingdome or else he the Apostolical ornament and dignitie from the pope Clemens the sixt tould the Ambassa●●rs that hee wo●ld nener pardon Lewis unlesse hee first ●●rrendred his Empire and yelded both him selfe his sonnes and all that he had into his hands and would promise that he would take none of them againe without the Popes leaue and fauour Besides this they further charge them that where as Constantine the first was the first that held soorth his feete for the Emperour to kisse Martine the first compelled the Emperour Sigismund Iohn the two and twentieth Crescentius the Consul of Rome and Bennet the third the Emperour to doe like wise Neither doe they say that this is to bee passed ouer in silence that Innocentius the third excommunicated Otho the fourth Gregorie the seuenth did the same to Henrie the fourth Pascalis the second to Henrie the first Hadrian the fourth and Alexander the third to Fridericke the first Innocentius the third to Phillippe the sonne of Fridericke Gregorie the ninth to Fridericke the second three time● Innocentius the fourth to Conradus the fourth and that specially for this cause that they did not in al points satisfie the Popes lustes And now moreouer there is no King no Kingdome no Prince whom the Romish papacie hath no● challenged to bee her vassal and tenant Sixtly the Gospellers accuse the Popes of treacherie and conspiracie and proue both by most auncient and also most weightie Histories that the Popes in all ages haue wholly bent their might to this that when they knewe that there was any debate growen betwene Princes they might by certaine bréed-bates of theirs helpe forwards and increase the quarrel and might also bargaine with one of the s●des that if they gotthe kingdome of y t contrarie faction by their furtherance they should then acknowledge the See of Rome for the author of so great a benefit and paye her an yearly rent This legéerdemaine being once contriued presently the Prince of the contrarie side was proclaymed an Hereticke by the Pope and his kingdome graunted to him that could first inuade it This matter will be more euident by examples For although Lewis the twelfth king of Fraunce had giuen certaine Cities to Pope Iulius the secōd yet not withstanding he not satisfied with the gift vexed him with the terrible thunderbolts of excommunications as a schismaticke and an Hereticke and laide open his kingdom to the spoyle But when he for sundry kinde of abominable vices which anon shall bee handled by a counsell called at Pisum but interrupted by him and translated to Lions was suspended from his Popelike function he so raged with furie that spedily leuying an Armie he hastned into Fraunce and as he ledde his hoaste out of the Citie by the bridge of Tibris in his harnesse he spake these wordes in the hearing of many thousand men Sith Peters keyes stand vs in no stede goe to let vs drawe fourth Paules rustie sword And therewithall casting Peters Keyes into the riuer of Tybris and drawing his sworde out of his sheath threatned all crueltie to the French men with a mighty hacking and gnashing of his teeth together Neither is the example of Phillip the french King much vnlike hereunto who when he had recouered no smal part of his possessions out of the English mens handes Innocentius the third first sent two ambassadours into France which might there rayse Rebellion and afterwards so incensed the Emperour Otho the fourth and Ferdinand Earle of flaunders against the Frenchmen that except with great stomacke and valure they had withstoode the Popes practizes they had euen then lost their kingdome But what néede we olde examples when fresh matters are in the mouthes of all men For in the yeare one thousand fiue hundred four score and fiue Sixtus the sifte bishop of Rome sent out his brutish thunderbolts against Henrie Bourbon king of Fraunce and Nauarre and Henry Bourbon Prince of Condie their heires and successors whom he banneth as heretikes and committeth their kingdomes to the spoile Neither is that matter close or vnknowen which fell out very lately For the same Sixtus the fifth in the yeare of our Lord one thousand fiue hundred fourscore and nine did solemnlie geue vnto Philip king of Spain the realm of England hauing condemned it for heresie The Spaniard had furnished such a Fléete as might terrifie the Emperor of the Turkes himselfe and the sauage Princes of Africa For they had besides vessels of cariage one hundred and thirtie ships whereof thréescore were of such ●●genes that there scarce passe any in the Ocean to match them and whereof foure are thought to haue gotten the victory at the Gulfe of Arta. There were in them of most choise Souldiers of Italians Spaniards and Germanes to the number of thrée and twentie thousand at the least euen by the testimonie of the Spaniardes themselues sixe thousande brasse péeces Besides this so great an armie the King of Spaine had in Flaunders fourtie thousand choise footmen and twelue thousand horsemen the monthly charges of which armie came to fiftéen hundred thousande crownes But what did this so well stored a Fléete preuaile what did this so great an hoast boote Of these hundred and thirtie ships of warre scarce thirtie went home againe and those of the lesser sort and of men of all sorts scarce thrée thousand and those scarce hauing life or soule Now if we please to alledge

dialogo quodam See Socrat. The E●ag Ruffin Or●s Bedam Zozin hist par 2 Vol. li. Geor. 3. Alber. Kran in Sax. li. 2. ca. 1. Marcil in defe p●c cap. 1● Mant. li. 1. de p 1. cap. 30. Eus de vit Con. Ruf. l. 1. c. 11. Socr. l. 1. ca. 39. Vincen. l 24. hist The exposition of Christes words Barnard l. 2. de Cons Ni● l. 8. c. 4 Aug. in Io. tract 10. 124 de ver Dei ser 20. Cy●il in di●l de Trin. l. 4. ●mb in epist ad Ephe. c. 2. Chrisost hō 5● in Mat. Bar. Epist. 230. ●●si quis decre de petit Hared L. 1. c. de furt L. Titus D. 99. The third reas●n of insu●ficiencie Di●● 96. satis euidenter Can. 9. Quast 3. Dist 34. Can. Lec in Dist 82. Can. Presbyter Lib. 1 Decret Greg. tit 7. Can. 5. Io. 14. 2. Tim 3. Mat. 15. Ier. 7. Ir●n Epist 4. Athon in prin Lib. 2. Cō Grec Con. Trid. ses 4. c. 1. Li. 1. Cor. Pon. suc 7. See the complaints of Maximiliā of the cuppe of the Lords Supper Lib. 3. Decret Greg. tit 41. Cā sa● ●ū Dist 2. de consec can presb When and by whom the Popish ceremonies were ordained Of the reseruation of the Sacrament Of the Mass● in Latin Of the Masse of such as kept concubines Dist 32. praeter hoc itē Nullus Of the life of Ministers Of Images Of Monckes Caus 16. Quaest 1. adijcimus Dist 92. can in sancto Of Canonicall houres Of the yeare of Iubilie Can. 11. Quaest 3. qui omnipotem Decret Sym cap 8. Quaest 4. Of the electiō of the Pope Whores chose the Popes Tici●ensis Lib. 2. cap 13. Vnlearned laym●n Popes Of auriculat confession Lib. 5. decret tit 38. can omnibus vtriusque Of the eleuation of the Sacrament De consec Dist 1 cau vasa Dist 95. canubinam Of the hatred between pope and pope Platina de vitis pontificum The heresies of the popes Flauius Blōd. li. 3. Rom. inst Eu. 6. Breuiarij postulat Iud. 12. art 72. Abba● vrsper in vit Philip. nuper pag. 321. Theod. Nihem tract 6. c. 37. Alberic lib. bene a Zeno. 18. quad praes●●pt Alphon cōt her Lib. 11. cap. 4. Hiere Mar. Ecc. Iohn Gerson The fourth cause of insufficiencie The complaint of the French King The complaint of Princes The wonderfull treasure of Iohn 22. Pardons the occasion of reformation The first cause of insufficiencie namely the sinne of treason C. Vn. san● extrauag de maiorib obed Ca. 1. extrauata consuit C. solit extr dema ob Helmold Chron. 5. Cla. 8. Naucler Lib. 1. Geu 79. Barnus in vi●is Pontificum The Emperour the Popes horseman Nauclerus Ger. 39. Barnus de vit Rom. pont Funceus in Chronol The wonderfull pride of the Pope Platina The cronicles of Fr●un●e The Pope vsurpeth both Swoords Cuspinianus in vita Alberti Abba● vrsper gensis in parali●omenis Annales Gallie● Marius in eusebio cap. Abbas vrsperge●sis See for these thinges Platina Marius the Cronicles of Fraunce and of the Empire Emperours excommunicated All kings the Popes seruants Augstench lib. 2. dedonat Const pag. 138. The sixte cause of insufficiencie The cuning practies of popes Arnobius Ferro Guilie●nus Budaeus de Asse lib. 5. The Pope ●lingeth away Peters keyes and draweth out Paules sworde The br●●tish thunderbolt of Six●●s the fi●th against Henrie king of Fraunce and Nauarre The storie of the Spaniards viage into England 10. Morellius in lide eccles ab Ab. Antichristo per eius excidiū liberand The preparation of the Spanish flecte Bernardinus ●endoza Ambassador of Spain with the French king The successe of the Spanish viage The Popes chuse themselues Stella Venetus Plat. Lintpran dus Massaeus Vspergensis Three Popes togither Two heades at once in Rome The seuētenth cause of insufficiēcie namely Antichristianitie 2. Thes 2. The whole Chapter Iohan. Apoc. 17. 1. Cor. 1. 6. 2. Cor. 6. Eph. 2. Thes 4. The Pope proued Antichrist The criers proclaim before the Pope Bow downe bow down fall on your knees Dist 19. 22. 96. Bald. l. vlt. c. rescin sent Deciu c. 1. de Constit Felinus c. ego r. de iure Eberhardus Saelisb Arch. lib. 7. Ann. Io Auenti The eight cause of insufficiencie a heap of eight de testable viccs Popes haue been whoremongers and Buggerers Luitprandus Ticinencis li. 3. cap. 12 de gest Imperat. Petrus Premonstraten Platina Ticinens lib. 2. cap. 13. Luitprandus l. 6. Mantuau Valer volaterr Hier Marius in Eusebio cap● Joan Iouianus Pon. Actius Sanazarius In Alphons li. 3. Platina Functius Ianus Pannontus Episcopus quinqus Ecilesiensis tēpore D. Matthiae Regis nostri Vide Cemment Magist Barisiensi Grebellium Georgium Lilium Vergerius Episcopus Lustinop●litan 〈◊〉 The book was Printed at Venice by Trea nus Zanius Iohannes Riuius Johānes Rasis Baptist Māt l. b. 4. Alphonsi Volater in declarat ad Lou. Valer. Anselmus Vergerius Agripa Marius Eusebius capit Paulus Verger The admirable crueltie of the Popes Luitprandus in his whole sixt booke P●at Val. Ansel Stella Granzius Vicelius V●le Ansel Vo 〈…〉 Marul Luitprand lib. 3. cap. 12. The popes Magicians Hier. Mar. in Euseb Val. Pan. ●●ing Benno Card. The Popes Atheists Vitae Pontificum Exempla Huldrici August Pet. Pre Ben. Card. Benno Cardinalis Pant. Paul Verger Vergerius The Popes murtherers Mat. Patis Huld Hutten Grebel Gil. Duchinius Eras Colet See the Acts of the ma 〈…〉 s of England Fraunce Germanie c. The Popes traitors or betrayers See in the stories how the Emperour was taken and let goe againe by the Souldan Nauclerus Bernus 7. The Popes poysoners Vergerius Agrippa Contarenus Vergerius and such others Petrus de vineis li. 6. Epist The popes bastardes and whores children Sigebertus Vincentius Monsters sent of God for the abominations of the Popes Petrus Praemonstrat Benno Card. Abbas Vsper Mattheus Parisius 1260 135 Joannes Nouiomagus in illust Batauiae 1517 The miraculous punishments whereby God hath shewed his detestatiō of the Popes villanies See for these thinges the liues of the Popes in the authours aboue mentioned The definitiue and summarie causes of reiecting the Popes Distinct 40. Canon li. Papa L. Item si v 〈…〉 17. §. vlt. Why the counsels are reiected as iudges in religion and how farre foorth they are not refused The first cause The second cause The third cause The fourth cause The tradition of the house of Elias Three circles or diuisions of time in the new Testament The Church like to the Moone Apoc. 12. The circle of the first two hundred yeres Acts. 1. 6. 15. The foure seuerall counsels The councel of Nice 328. Of Constantinople 385. Of Ephesus 435. Of Chalcedon 455. The second circle of fiue hundred yeeres 788 869 The third circle of fiue hundred yeares 1049 1080 1160 1243 1311 1414 The death of Iohn Hus and Ierom of Prage 1431 1511 1552 Many contrarietes of councels Dist 32. Can.