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A69775	The history of popery, or, Pacquet of advice from Rome the fourth volume containing the lives of eighteen popes and the most remarkable occurrences in the church, for near one hundred and fifty years, viz. from the beginning of Wickliff's preaching, to the first appearance of Martin Luther, intermixt with several large polemical discourses, as whether the present Church of Rome be to be accounted a Church of Christ, whether any Protestant may be present at Mass and other important subjects : together with continued courants, or innocent reflections weekly on the distempers of the times.	Care, Henry, 1646-1688.	1682 (1682)	Wing C521; ESTC P479002	208,882	288

some of the Inferiour Clergy may take him for Guide the Inns of Court scorn to be his Pupils for all he stiles himself Observ Numb 84. Roger L'Estrange of Grays-Inn Labourer The Man is as much out in his Law as he uses to be in his Divinity For tho God forbid any should be so wicked to imagin the Death of a collateral presumptive Heir to the Crown is not Treason by this Statute Coke 3 Instit fol. 8 9. speaking of the same words Before this Statute some did hold that to compass the Death of any of the King's Children was Treason but by this Act it is restrained to the Prince the King's Son being Heir apparent If the Heir apparent to the Crown be a collateral Heir apparent he is not within this Statute Roger Mortimer Earl of March was Anno Dom. 1487. 11 Rich. 2. proclaimed Heir apparent Anno 39 H. 6. Richard Duke of York was likewise proclaimed Heir apparent and so was John de la Poole Earl of Lincoln by R. 3. and Henry Marquess of Exeter by King H. 8. But none of these or the like are within the purvieu of of this Statute But since Roger will be dabbling with Statutes prethee read to him the following Clause of the Act of the 3d of King James c. 4. And further be it enacted That if any person or persons at any time after the tenth of June c. shall either upon the Seas or beyond the Seas or in any other place within the Dominions of the King's Majesty his Heirs or Successors put in practice to absolve persuade or withdraw any of the King's Subjects or to reconcile them to the Pope or See of Rome or if any person shall be wilfully absolv'd or withdrawn as aforesaid or willingly reconciled or promise obedience to any such pretended Authority every such person and persons their procurers and counsellors aiders and maintainers shall be to all intents adjudged Traitors and shall have judgment suffer and forfeit as in Cases of High Treason From whence 't is plain that every English Subject that has bin brought up in the Protestant Religion and afterwards revolts and turns Papist and so is reconcil'd to the See of Rome is ipso facto guilty of High Treason Printed for Langley Curtis 1682 The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome OR The History of POPERY The Fourth Volume FRIDAY May 12. 1682. Nunquam satis dicitur quod nunquam satis discitur Popery is a kind of Atheism proved in many particulars OUr Two last have contain'd some Arguments proving the Church of Rome not to be a true visible Church of Christ which will further appear if we can Demonstrate the same to be Guilty of the horrid sin of Atheism To know whether she be or no we must distinguish the several kinds of Atheism Atheisme is Two-fold Open and Colour'd Open-Atheisme is when men both in Word and Deed deny God and his Word Colour'd Atheisme is not so manifest and hath two Degrees 1. When men acknowledge a God a First Cause of Causes or Infinite Being that made and Governs the World but yet deny or are Ignorant of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Thus the Ephesians before they Believed the Gospel are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eph. 2. 12. and said to be without God when yet no doubt in their natural Judgment they acknowledged because they deny'd Christ And in like manner though the Samaritans Worshipped the God of Abraham yet our Blessed Saviour saith They Worshipped they knew not what John 5. 46. And the Psalmist saith of all the Gentiles that their Gods are Idols The second Degree of this Colour'd Atheism is when men do rightly acknowledge the Unity of the Godhead in the Trinity of Persons yet so as by necessary Consequences partly of their Doctrine and partly of the Service of God they overturn that which they well maintained And in this Respect I say That the very Religion of the Church of Rome is a kind of Atheism 'T is true every Papist is not so shameless as one of their Popes who shewing some of his Confidents his Vast Treasures Hellishly said Quantas divitias nobis peperit haec Fabula Christi What a world of Riches has this Fable of Christ brought us in Yet the very Doctrines of their Church if understood and believed directly tends to lead all those of her Communion to the like or as desperate Impiety For 1. Whereas the Church of Rome maketh the Merit of the works of men to Concur with the Grace of God it overthrows the Grace of God If it be of works it is no more Grace Rom. 11. 6. whereas in words they own those glorious Attributes the Justice and Mercy of God to be Infinite do they not by Consequents deny both For how can that be Infinite Justice which may any way be appeased by humane satisfaction And how is God's Mercy Infinite when we by our own satisfactions must add a supply to the satisfaction of Christ 2. He that hath not the Son hath not the Father John 21. 23. and consequently is an Atheist Now the present Roman Religion hath not the Son that is Jesus Christ God and Man the Mediator of Mankind but hath transformed him into a feigned Christ For instead of one Jesus Christ in all things like unto us in his Humanity Sin only excepted They have framed a Christ to whom they Ascribe two kinds of Existing one Natural whereby he is visible touchable and Circumscribed in Heaven The other not only above but also against Nature by which he is substantially according to his Flesh in the hands of every Priest in every Host and in the mouth of every Communicant invisible untouchable and uncircumscribed and thus in effect they abolish his Man-hood 3. They Degrade our blessed Lord of his Offices and have Committed High Treason against the King of Glory and will you contend that such Arch Traitours are still true Subjects For one Jesus Christ the only King Lawgiver and Head of the Church They joyn unto him the Pope not only as a Vicar but also as a Companion or Equal in Government In that they give unto him power to make Laws binding Conscience To resolve and determine infallibly the sense of Holy Scripture c. For one Jesus Christ the only real Priest of the New Testament they joyn many Secondary Priests who pretend to offer Christ daily in the Mass for the Sins of the Quick and the Dead For one Jesus Christ the All sufficient Mediator of Intercession They have added many other Companions to Intercede for us And for the only Merits of Christ in whom alone the Father is well pleased they have devised a Treasury of the Church containing besides the merits of Christ the Over plus of the merits of Saints to be dispensed to men at the Popes discretion By all which we see That Christ and consequently God himself to be worshipped in Christ is changed for a Fantasie or Idol of mans

Intelligence O most Swinging Astonishing Confounding Incredible Blessed News I promise you Jesuit Is 't possible For Old Acquaintance sake let 's have 't Tory. I beg your Diversion Sir You that they say tell Lies so Dear must not expect to hear Truth Gratis But yet to save your longing I 'le give you a Tast Poor old Odiscalchi his Holiness is Dead as a Door-nail The Cardinals are shut up in the Conclave and now they are Canvasing Bribing Intriguing Tugging like mad for a new Infallible Noddle Jesuit That 's News indeed but preethee who 's like to carry 't Tory. Ay! that that I cannot forbear laughing to think how 't will vex thee and I 'le tell thee 't for no other Reason but because 't will make thee Hang thy self They 're going to chuse a Protestant Prince to be their Pope Jesuit Then I le be Hang'd ' Tory. Ay! ay! So thou hadst been long ago if th'adst had thy Deserts and so thou wilt at last whether that be so or no! but this is certain a Protestant Pope they 'l have The Flying Squadron are resolv'd on 't And Spain Germany and France for all the Interest you boast of there strike in with them What a blessed Reformation shall we have Jesuit Why then say I farewel Catholick Cause shaw shaw He 'le worm out the Catholick Faith and sapp the Church by degrees and in a while we shall have damn'd Conventicles held in the very Lateran Tory. No! no! There 's no fear of that neither for the Pope Presumptive though he is known to be a Protestant has promis'd a thousand times and vowed and sworn he 'le maintain the Roman Catholick Church as 't is Establisht by the Canons Jesuit Ay! there 's the Knavery on 't The Fallacy dost thou not smell the Raguery Tory. Not I I protest Father but to say truth I never had a very subtle Nose and yet I can at any time scent a Presbyterian Plot as far off as Vtopia Jesuit Why man by the Church as 't is Establisht by the Canons he means no doubt the Church as it ought to be Reform'd by the Canons of Scripture For can any Man be so Mad so Bewitcht as to think a Protestant will be true to the Catholick Interest Tory. Why not Sir As true I 'le warrant you as a Popish Successor will be to a Protestant Interest Jesuit Well! O my Conscience the Cardinals are a Pack of Knaves they betray the Catholick Cause I am confident most of them are Hereticks in their Hearts Tory. Why so why so good Sir They have Subscrib'd the Council of Trent They have taken all the Holy Tests and Canonical Oaths and given all the Security of their Catholicism that 's requir'd by Law of Holy Mother Church and why should we be so uncharitable as to Censure them for Hypocrites Jesuit Hang ' em hang ' em They 'r rotten at Core let 'em Swear their Guts out they that are so Zealous for a Protestant Pope may well be suspected to have an Hugonot in their Bellies Tory. Why now I 'me vext to hear one of your Order Father whose Society esteem themselves not only the most Learned and Politick but Men of the best Intelligence too talk so like a Ninny 'T is the mode all over the World since the last Comet and the Conjunction of Satura and Jupiter Have you not seen the News brought by a Post pidgeon to Scanderoon The Grand-Seignior is lately Dead too All Flesh is Grass Turk and Pope must come to 't and the Divan being Assembled because he left no Heirs of his Body Lawfully begotten nothing will satisfie them but they 'l Elect a Christian Prince to the Ottoman Empire Jesuit The Devil they will Tory. Nay never question the Truth on 't you shall see it shortly in Muddimans Letter and Infallible Natts Intelligence Jesuit Then hey go mad say I The World is going out of its Wits and the Vniverse becoming an Intire Bedlam What false to their own Religion the most Sacred of Ties betray their own Interest I 'le be Flead if there be one true Mussulman in the Divan if this you told me last be true Tory. Come come Fiat Justitia ruat Coelum Dost think all the World understands their true Interest Mankind are oft led by the Shadows and Fancies and Humours and Whims and a Thousand Capricio's I could tell thee of another as great a Wonder as all this comes to Jesuit Nay nay le ts have the bottom o' th Bag honest Tory Tory. What would you eat Sweet-meats with Shovels come come enough's as good as a Feast either at Souters or Pedlars-Hall what I have will keep cold and I 'le reserve it for another Collation Father Adieu Printed for Langley Curtis 1682 The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome OR The History of POPERY The Fourth Volume FRIDAY May 5. 1682. Omnia amisit qui veritatem amisit An Objection Answered touching Baptism The Church of Rome hath no true Ministry c. IN our last we urged That the Church of Rome does not practise the true Baptism of Christ whence an Objection may arise thus If the Church of Rome have not the true Baptism of Christ why then are not Papists when Converted to the true Faith of Christ Rebaptized How stands their former Baptism good To which I Reply in the words of the great Saint Augustine Contra Cresconium Lib. 1. C. 30. speaking of the External Form of Baptism used amongst Hereticks such Baptism is not to be Repeated but the Errour thereof Corrected And in his Seventh Book against the Donatists Chap. 40. He hath these Words The Divine Scriptures in many places do shew all these to be strangers from the Church who are not in the Rock and appertain not to the Members of the Dove and yet they Baptize and are Baptized and have Sine salute Sacramentum salutis without Salvation the Sacrament of Salvation And L. 5. chap. 17. Hereticks saith he have Lawful Baptism that is for the External Form but not Lawfully And so Bellarmine himself determines the Case Cum veniunt ad Ecclesiam Baptizati ab Haereticis agnoscendum est quod est Ecclesiae id est Baptisma corrigendus verò Error When those that are Baptized by Hereticks come to the Church the Church acknowledges what is her own that is the Baptism but the Errour is to be corrected The Sacraments operate effectually Non quia dicitur sed quia Creditur Not because the Words are uttered but because there is the Word of Faith purifying the heart as the Apostle speaks Act 15. And therefore the Church of Rome having deny'd the Faith of Righteousness and the Righteousness of Faith and the saving Doctrine of Baptism She hath consequently rendred Baptism to be of none Effect to her unto Salvation But yet still when any Papist is by the Grace of God and the Preaching of the Word and of saving Faith Converted to the true Church of God the Seal of Baptism

only with the Domestick friends of the Faith but also with the Enemies thereof Pope Eugenius went the way of all flesh Anno 1446. To whom succeded one Thomas de Sarzana by the name of Nicholas the fifth who had been Imploy'd by Eugenius in Germany to compose the differences and take the Emperour from siding with Felix formerly Duke of Savoy who was Created Pope as we told you lately by the Council of Basil and was still living during this negotiation he Contracted a friendship with the before mentioned Aeneas Sylvius and such ●avo●r●n the Imperal Court that soon after he came to the Chair Foelix the Anti-Pope finding himself abandon'd voluntarily resign●d his Pope-ship Anno 1449. and accepted of a Legates place under Nicholas and so the Schism as they call it that is having two or more Popes at once and this was just the Thirtieth of that kind which had lasted almost Ten years was soder'd up and Cured The year 1450. was the great Jubilee held at Rome an excellent Fair for the Popes Merchandize and which brought him in abundance of Money Tanta multitudo Roman venit quanta nunquam antea There came ●saith Platina such a power of People the world was always full of fools to Rome as never the like was seen and one day there were 200 men and 3 horses and a Mule Kill'd upon Hadrians Bridg by reason of the Crowd The next year the Emperour Frederick takes a Journy into Italy as well to be Crown'd as to Marry Lon●ra the King of Portugals Daughter Pope Nick being naturally a Coward was very apprehensive lest Frederick calling to mind the antient Right and Authority of his predecessors should take upon him the Rule and Government of the City and thereof Fortified the Capital and Castle of St. Angels and all the Gates c. But he was more afraid than hurt for Frederick had no such design against him but being Crown'd and Married and magnificently treated for sometime at Rome peaceably returned into Germany When Constantinople was beseiged by the Turks the Greeks saith Antonius part 3. Tit. 22. C. 13 sent Ambassadours to Pope Nicholas Imploring his assistance of men and money but Nicholas would not hear them yet Platina would make us beleive he was so much afflicted for the loss of the City that it was one of the causes of his Death which happen'd Anno 1455. 'T is a remarkable odd story which Bodin in his Daemonomania and Jacob Sprenger the Inquisitor of Witches in his Book Intituled Malleus Maleficarum tells of this Pope viz. That a certain German Bishop being sick for whom Nicholas had a great kindness he understood by a Witch the Divel it seems was these Holy Fathers Oracle that his indisposition proceeded from Witchcraft and that there was no way in the World to Recover him but by a contrary Charm by which the Witch her self that had bejuggled him must die He therefore sends Post to Rome and begs Pope Nicholas leave to be Cured by this White Witch and accordingly his Holiness grants him a Dispensation both as to Imploying the Witch and the Murther that was to follow the Bull alleadging that he allow'd that same because of two evils we are to avoid the Greater the Popes worship had forgot that we are not to do evil that good may come on 't indeed that maxime has no place in the Roman divinity for by Blood and Murder force and fraud perjury and all kind of villany they pretend to advance the Glory of God true Religion and Holy Church well this License being arrived the Witch under the Popes Blessing and Authority at the Bishops Intreaty undertakes the Job and ply'd her business so much I cannot say so well that about Midnight the Bishop was perfectly restored to health and at the very same Instant the disease passed into her that had bewitched him whereof she dyed We come now to Calixtus the third named before Alphonsus Borgia who was no sooner Elected but he denounc'd War against the Turks saying that he had long since vow'd the same and in testimony thereof shew'd a note formerly subscribed with his own hand in a certain book containing the words following Ego Calixtus Pontifex Deus omnipotenti voveo Sarct●● Individu● Trinitate me Bello maledictis Interdictis execra●ionibus d●mum quibuscunque rebus potero Turcos Christiani nominis hostis saevissimos persecuturum I Pope Calixtus do vow to Almighty God and to the holy undivisible Trinity that I will persecute the Turks Enemies of the Christian name by Wars Curses Interdictions Execrations and by all other means that I can 'T was a riddle to all present how he should qualify himself with the Title of Pope so long before he was Elected but it seems the mans head ran much upon it nor were the Threatnings of such an old decripi●e fellow for he was about Fourscore very terrible However in pretence at least of Carrying on this sacred War he laid a Tenth on all the Clergy of Christendome and publisht a Croysado according to Custome granting thereby full Remission of sins to all that should Contribute to that expedition provided that once in their lives and once at their death they were Confessed and also gave Authority to whomsoever would give Five Ducats to Absolve and dispence in many cases Alponsus King of Naples and Philip Duke of Burg●udy were admonished to Cross themselves that is to serve in person for in such cases all both Soldiers and Commanders wore Crosses on their outward Garments but as the business was suddenly started and for a spurt carried on with wonderfull vigour so in little time the zeal abated and the preparations declin'd Some few Gallies the Pope did equipp and put out to Sea that did the Turks some damage and sent a Friar with great presents to the King of Persia and the Cham of Tartary perswading them likewise to fall upon the Turk For a blessing on these Enterprises he ordain'd that a Bell should every day between Noon and Evening be T●ll'd at the sound whereof whoever did on their knees mutter over 3 Ave Maria's and Pater Nosters should have three years and three fortieth parts of Indulgences that is to say for three years a man might live as he list and defie both God and the Divel and for the rest of all his sins being divided into Forty equal parts every time he mubled over three Ave's and Pater's at the tinkling of that Bell three of those parts should be wip'd off the score so that Foureteen bouts would Ballance the whole Account He likewise appointed a General pr●c●ssion or Letany the first Sunday of every Month in which whosoever assisted should obtain seven years and a seven fortieth part of Indulgences besides a Prayer in the Mass for Victory over the ●●●●dels and he that said That had three years Indulgen●e If all these Baits of d●votion would make men Saints he yet had another trick would do the fe●● and