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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77473	A parallel or briefe comparison of the liturgie with the masse-book, the breviarie, the ceremoniall, and other romish ritualls. VVherein is clearly and shortly demonstrated, not onely that the liturgie is taken for the most part word by word out of these antichristian writts; but also that not one of the most abominable passages of the masse can in reason be refused by any who cordially imbrace the liturgie as now it stands, and is commented by the prime of our clergie. All made good from the testimonies of the most famous and learned liturgick writers both romish and English. By R.B.K. Seene and allowed.	Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662.	1641 (1641)	Wing B465; Thomason E156_9; ESTC R4347	78,388	109

A PARALLEL OR BRIEFE COMPARISON OF THE LJTVRGJE WITH THE MASSE-BOOK The Breviarie the Ceremoniall and other Romish Ritualls VVherein is clearly and shortly demonstrated not onely that the LITURGIE is taken for the most part word by word out of these Antichristian Writts but also that not one of the most abominable passages of the Masse can in reason be refused by any who cordially imbrace the Liturgie as now it stands and is commented by tbe Prime of our Clergie All made good from the Testimonies of the most famous and learned Liturgick Writers both Romish and English By R. B. K. Seene and Allowed LONDON Printed by Thomas Paine and are to be sold at the Castle in Cornehill 1641. THE PREFACE The reformed Religion is a great Enemy to Sathans Kingdome THe Kingdome of Sathan these last thousand yeares hath not been so much indamaged by any work of God as by that glorious reformation of Religion which in the dayes of our Fathers the LORD stirred up many Protestant Potentates and Divines to undertake and to this day with an undaunted courage and marvellous successe to maintaine it is nothing strange to see or heare of plots singularly craftie of practises eminently cruell employed by the vassalls of the God of this world for the crushing of that reformation which hath preved so divine an engine to profligate errour prophanenesse and all other wickednesse whereby the soules of men were wont to be led away to their destruction without controlment Sathans new devise to overthrow the reformed Religion by his mediators of peace The old devices of the Devill against the Protestant Churches by their long use are a little blunted and become nothing either so terrible or effectuall as once we felt them the learning vivacitie indefatigable industry of the Jesuits other Romish orders in their Voluminous Writings the spight and rage of Antichristian Princes in their warres massacres banishments and persecutions of all kinds have done their worst upon us and yet by the mercies of our Protector we stand firme against all these efforts Our restles enemy finding himselfe in these his former indeavours disappointed hath lately run about to a new poynt of his circle and thought meet to assay another quarter of our walls which to him appeared more weake and lesse attended than those upon which he had spent his strength and skill so long in vaine When the most subtile disputations and sharpest swords were not likely with haste enough to bring forth our ruine behold that mischievous Generall sends forth the reserved squadron of Knights of his new order of refined Reconcilers by whose pretences of friendship and peaceable mediations he is confident to overthrow the Protestant cause more quickly than by the heads and hands of all his former Souldiers The experience he hath had of the efficacious operation of this engine when at the first framing it was managed by the weak hands of Cassander his remembrance how many thousand soules by the unhappy conceits of this mans moderation were kept in the bosome of the great whore when upon the cleare sight of her abominations they were on their wing to have forsaken with speed her communion fills him now with hopes of drawing over to Rome whole Nations and kingdomes of Protestants when he perceives this his noble instrument to be fallen into the hands of far greater spirits and men armed with much greater authoritie Holland by this engine was well neare catched in the net of the Pope and Spaniard The Churches and States of Holland having outridden all their former tempests by the blast of this last spirit were well neere dashed on the rocks of a totall ruine Arminius and Utenbogard breathing nothing but charitie and moderation of the rigours of Calvin and Beza after they had gotten the shoulders of Barnevelt and Grotius to support them in a short time did bring these famous Provinces in a more evident hazard to fall into the mouth of the Spanish Lyon for their bodies and estates and of the Romish shee Wolf for their soules and Religion than fortie or fiftie yeares of cruell and continuall warre had ever been able to reduce them By this instrument Cardinal Richelieu is labouring to destroy the Churches of France How ever the Cardinall of France by the sword of the King his Master hath weakened the Protestant Churches of that Kingdome in all their outward securities much more than all the enemi●s that ever professed to oppose them yet his peaceable weapons are far more terrible than all his instruments of warre Whither his finger did stirre in that late smoke of Amirant and Testard I doe not know but the world doth now see him ready to strike if he can to the very heart these gracious Churches with Cassanders sword This is all the labour of his hypocritish emissary Milletier once amongst the most zealous and learned Gentlemen of the Religion there but lately having tasted of the Cardinalls favour by all the meanes he can endeavouring avowedly to perswade the Churches of France not to become at the first full Papists but onely to passe from their first reformation as rash to enter into a new capitulation of peace with the Pope to keep so much and leave so much of the reformed Religion that if his importunate advise were hearkened unto the most both of Pastours and people of their owne accord without any violence from the Kings force or perswasion from the Jesuits craft behoved incontinent to fall in such a mist of confusion that they could not eschew to betake themselves either to open Atheisme or plaine Popery No engine against our Churches pleased that too too wise man so well as this of a pretended reconciliation Wherfore if it should faile in the hands of his servant Milletier as indeed his too palpable siding with the Pope hath made him to the most of Protestants contemptible and ridiculous yet hath his Master projected other means for the prosecution of this designe his familiar and frequent conferences with the prime Ministers of the Religion his contentment to heare of a Patriarchate in France of translating the Popish Bible and Liturgie in the vulgar Language and some other such fables hath no other end but to amuse the Protestants with pleasant and foolish dreames that the Papists at last are inclining to meet them in the mid-way that by this means they may be drawne from their old station defended so long with rivers of the best blood of France that they may desert a great part of their cause on vaine hopes of an equitable condiscending and when they are brought to the mid terme they imagine they may either by perswasion be drawn quite over to the Romish side or els quickly by force be chased out of France The greatest operation of this engine was in the Isle of Britaine But of all the Regions of the world this evill Cassandrian spirit did choose the Isle of Britaine for his principall