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A15396	A catholicon, that is, A generall preservative or remedie against the pseudocatholike religion gathered out of the catholike epistle of S. Jude, briefly expounded, and aptly, according to the time, applied to more then halfe an hundreth of popish errours, and as many corruptions of manners. With a preface seruing as a preparatiue to the catholicon, and a dyet prescribed after.; A catholicon.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1602 (1602)	STC 25673; ESTC S114006	113,250	270

poperie are by many degrees to be preferred and I doubt not but are better liked of the state 2. Those preachers and ministers of the Gospell neuer yet attempted any thing against the life of their prince as priests and Iesuits haue done neither doe I trust shall it euer be seene They neuer conspired the death of Queene Marie as these haue done of Queene Elizabeth Wherefore it is a great slāder of thē to say they seeke to pull downe kings princes 3. These admitte of no forraine potentate to haue power in matters ecclesiastical as the popish priests doe wherein they curbe the authoritie of princes 4. They perswade to obedience to their prince and thankefulnesse to God for the puritie of religion professed among them The other creepe in corners to seduce and peruert the subiects from the faith and so cōsequently from due obedience to their prince 5. They communicate with the assemblies of the Church in the worde praiers and Sacraments the Romanists refuse so to doe and disswade whome they may from our Church assemblies 6. They both in their publike and priuate praiers doe lift vp their hands for the life of our Soueraigne and the continuance of her state of popish priests it is to be doubted For whome the pope their head curseth how dare they blesse whome he would haue cutte off is it like they desire to continue 7. They haue beene meanes to detect the conspiracie of the common aduersarie and are readie with all their power to do it popish priests vse not to reueale but to conceale them 8. They are bound by oath to acknoweledge the princes supreame authoritie in all causes and to renounce all forraine iurisdiction popish priests will take no such oath 9. They acknowledge a Church here in England and themselues to be members of it the popes priestes count vs no Church but Gifford praefa 2 impudently traiterously saith that in England haerefis est regio diademat● ornat● hold all protestants heretickes and consequently her Maiestie vnder whose authoritie we professe the Gospell which they call heresie in that number and out of the Church 10. Those whome they call puritan ministers haue both by preaching and writing impugned the common aduersarie as much as any and therin haue done God good seruice in his Church And this is the cause if the trueth were knowne why popish priests haue such a spite at them because they stand so much in their waie staying the spreading of their infection by the contrarie exposition of sound doctrine And as for grossum caput and his fellowe let them seeke him among themselues I doubt not but they whome they most scorne of the protestants are able to set foorth from them those which either by writing or conference shall encounter the proudest priest or Iebusite But in truth we disdaine this comparison that the best popish priest should match with the worst protestant preacher either for doctrine or obedience to his prince Let them the priestes and the Iebusites measure themselues with themselues and compare themselues with themselues as the Apostle saith of the false teachers of Corinth 2. Cor. 10. 12. We dare not make our selues of the number nor compare our selues with them But as Ierome saith of the dialogue of Origen and Valentinian so we of this contention betweene these Apolog 2. ad vers Ruffin popelings In quo duos Andabatas inter se digladiātes spectasse mihi videor Me thought I see two blinde sword-plaiers play togither The fourth last consideration is the scope end of these popish books which is to insinuate themselues to the State and to perswade a toleration of religion which A toleration of popery dangerous I trust they shall neuer obtaine neither is it conuenient they should vpon these reasons 1. It were not for her maiesties safetie for if they haue practised so against her Highnesse person in the time of their restraint what will they doe hauing further libertie 2. It were not for her Maiesties honour that hauing held a constant course in religion these 44. yeares should in her sacred old age listen to any such motion 3. It would be an offence to all other protestant princes that the famous church and common wealth of England should giue such an example 4. It would breed a confusion and disquietnes in the land and tend to the ouerthrowe and abrogation of diuers profitable lawes alreadie made against popish practises and the masse 5. It would be an offence to God that a Christian prince should suffer idolaters such as Romanists are to exercise their idolatrous worship freely Iaacob would not suffer it to be done in his house but buried all the images vnder an oake Gen. 35. 5. much lesse is it to be permitted in a kingdome And Eliah well said 1. Kings 18. 21. How long will ye hàlt betweene two opinions if the Lord be God follow him but if Baal be then goe after him So to admit two contrarie religions were to halt betweene two opinions 6. The pope in none of his territories nor where he hath absolute iurisdiction doeth graunt any libertie to protestants but tolerateth rather Iewes and Turkes neither is it reason that his popelings should receiue any such toleration 7. It would be a meanes to obdurate and harden papists in their superstition whereas I trust there may be hope of thē so many as God shall call to returne to the Gospell 8. Her Maiestie hath the example of the good kings of Iudah for her warrant they are commended which did expell all contrarie worshipps as Asa because he brake downe the altars and images of strange Gods 2. Chro. 14. 3. Iehosaphat for remoouing the high places and groues 2. Chro. 17. 6. Iosias for putting downe the Chemarims that were idolatrous priests 2. King 23. 5. Whereas the scripture noteth such kings as did not take away the high places as Iehoash 2. King 12. 3. and Azariah 2. Kings 15. 4. 9. Her Highnes hath a president from vertuous and blessed prince Edward 6. her Maiesties brother who notwithstanding the request of Charles the Emperour and the instance of Bishop Cranmer and B. Ridley would not consent to graunt to his sister the ladie Marie to haue masse in her house Fox p. 1295. edition 1583. 10. Lastly I will propound the most worthie example of the Emperour Valentinian that when the citie of Rome sent Ambros. in obi●●● Valentin vnto him to restore the rytes of the temples of the idolls and all the consistorie being Christians perswaded therunto the Emperour alone being a yong man gainsaid them alleadging the example of his brother Gratian Quod pius frater eripuit quo modo à me putatis esse reddendum cum in co relligio laedatur frater à quo se nollet pietate superari How can I restore that which my brother tooke away for both religion should receiue hurt and my brother of whome he would not be ouercome

which haue taken vpon them the profession of faith not to liue thereafter as to followe adulterie idolatrie drunkennesse 1. Cor. 10. 7. 11. Uers. 6. The angels which kept not their first estate or principalitie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Doctrine Here we see that there are some good Doctr. 3. We must be certaine of our ●aith some euil angels 1. Tim. 5. 21. Elect angels so are there reprobate angels but these were also created good in the beginning but fell for their pride Testim Ioh. 8. 44. He stoode not in the truth 2. Pet. 2. 6. The angels that sinned Exemp Iob 1. 6. The good angels are called the sonnes of God but the euill spirit is called Sathan an enemie And a false spirit 1. king 22. 22. Aitiolog His follie and pride was the cause Iob 4. 18. The word tahalah signifieth madnes foolishnes praise and Iude insinuateth as much that they were not content with their owne state or habitation Exorn. And therefore Nebuchadnezzar is resembled for his pride to Lucifer who is called heelill of the same roote that signifieth light Isa. 14. 16. wherefore God cast him downe and he fell like lightening luk 10. 18. that is violently and speedily Applicat 1. The Manichees are condemned who did hold two equall beginnings and two kingdomes of light and darkenes for we see that the deuill in the beginning was created good but continued not therein 2. Because the Apostle maketh mention onely of the fal of the angels not shewing the time when or the place from whence or who and how many fell we are taught to stay our curiositie and not to mooue needlesse questions Yet so farre as Of the fall of Angels the Scripture doth lead vs we may safely wade 1. For the time it was in the beginning as soone as they were created or not long after their creatiō as it is said in Iob he found no steadfastnes in the angels Iob 4. 18. and Ioh. 8. 44. He was a lyar from the beginning that is from the beginning not of his owne creation but of the world and mans beeing they fell before the starrs were made Iob 38. 7. For the children of God that is the angels reioyced gaue praise vnto God so did the deuill neuer not his angels that fell 2. They fell from their estate that is that perfection of glorie holines innocencie wherein they were created their fall was of two sorts the first was voluntarie and sinnefull in their wilfull apostasie the other necessarie and penall in beeing cast downe from heauen as the fall of man was first in his transgression then in his expulsion out of paradise and so the Apostle here saith that the angels first kept not their estate and then lost their habitation beeing depriued of their glorie The state wherein they were created according to Gods image did consist either in holines and innocencie or in their knowledge and power for these are the two parts of Gods image knowledge Col. 3. 10. holines righteousnes Eph. 4. 25. Then like as man hath wholly lost his innocencie which was a supernaturall gift and his naturalls as knowledge wisdome are empaired though not altogether lost so Sathan is cleane fallen from the truth Ioh. 8. 44. his power and knowledge remaineth though not like to the elect angels yet very great and vncomparable in respect of mans weaknesse and therefore the Apostle Eph. 6. 12. giueth the name of powers principalities gouernours euen vnto wicked angels 3. For the third though directly in Whether more good or bad angels Scripture it be not expressed which is the greater number of Elect or reprobate spirits yet I hold it most probable that the number of good angels is greater as may appeare first by these places of Scripture Psal. 55. 18. Many were with me 2. king 6. 16. 2. chron 32. 7. They are more that are with vs then they that be with them which is to be vnderstood of the angels and inuisible spirits Againe the greatest number of euill spirits that I remember mentioned in Scripture is a legion which contained 6000. but we read of 12. legions of angels Math. 26. 43. and of not legions onely but of whole hoasts Gen. 32. 2. of thousand thousands c. ten thousand thousands Dan. 7. 10. yea twentie thousand thousand Psal. 68. 17. Applicat 3. Further by this doctrine we are taught to take heed vnto our selues that we fall not away from the first grace receiued seeing the angels stood not let him that standeth take heede least he fall 1. Cor. 10. 12. Neither is there any strength in mans freewill to hold him as the Papists Error 15. affirme seeing the Angels freewill could not keepe them from falling Againe we see what a dangerous thing it is to despise gouernment and to speake euill of those that are set ouer vs in the Lord either in Ciuill or spirituall matters to the which ende all these examples are produced by the Apostle as the Israelites murmured against Moses the Angels rebelled against God the Sodomites skorned the admonition of Lot Men for feare of the law refraine to speake euill of the Magistrate but the tongues and stomackes of many are whetted against the Ministers and they iudge it no fault whereas their murmurings are not against them but against God Exod. 16. 8. The fifth lecture vers 6. He hath reserued in euerlasting Whether the deuils be in the locall place of hell chaines to the iudgement of the great day Doct. That the deuill his angels though not yet in their full torment are reserued and prepared to euerlasting damnation Testim Math. 25. 41. Euerlasting fire prepared for the deuill and his angels Reu. 20. 10. The deuill shall be cast out So that by these places it appeareth he hath not yet receiued his full punishment nor yet is chained in the locall place of hell because he ruleth in the aire Eph. 2. 2. and he goeth vp and downe like a roaring lyon c. 1. Pet. 5. 8. But out of hell there is no returning Luk. 16. yet he is truly said to be in hell chained because he carrieth about a fearefull and desperate conscience fettered and chained with the liuely sense of Gods wrath and decree of condemnation Exempl Math. 8. 29. The deuils desire not to be tormented before their time that is not to be sent downe into the deepe luk 8. 31. This sheweth that they looke for vnspeakable torment but yet feele not the ful measure of it Exorn. As Pharaohs baker lay in fetters comfortlesse especially after the interpretation of his dreame and was afterward hanged and executed Gen. 40. so the deuil is now kept in chaines till the day of execution Confirmat Reuel 12. 9. The deuill is cast out because to God he is Sathan an enemie to his Church diabolus an accuser to the world a serpent that is a deceiuer Applicat 1. Against the heresie of the Origenists that in

The certentie then of Gods iudgements dependeth both vpon the iustnesse of them and the strength of the oath of God which is immutable First then we are here put in great comfort Error 30. Babylonish Rome beginneth to fall Rome Babylon if all the woes of Gods booke shal be fulfilled that the destruction of Antichrist his false Church shall certainly come to passe and that it cannot be farre off as it is euident in the prophesie of the Reuelation c. 16. 19. Babylon is come in remembrance before God to giue vnto her the cup of the wine of the fiercenesse of his wrath and 17. 16. The tenne hornes which are tenne kings shall hate the whore and make her desolate and naked for God hath put it into their hearts to fulfill his will this we see in part fulfilled alreadie that God hath turned the hearts of some Christian princes that before were slaues to the whore of Rome now to hate her and other princes must followe and had plaied their parts ere this but that our diffident faint and distrustfull hearts are an hinderance Againe let all couetous persons oppressours all that are mightie to drinke wine and to poure in strong drinke all that are wise in their owne conceipt that is which doe despise instruction take heed vnto themselues and all other against whome the scripture declareth any word as it doth against these Isay 5. 8. against oppressours against drunkards Isay 5. 11. 22. against the proud and wise in their owne ●ies v. 22. for certainely howe secure soeuer they are these wordes shall come to passe For they haue followed the way of Caine Caines way was to hate his brother because Doct. 2. his workes were good and his owne euill 1. Ioh. 3. 12. so then it is a grieuous sinne to hate or enuie any man for his goodnesse This the preacher well obserued that the perfectiō of a worke is the cause of the enuie of a man against his neighbour Eccles. 4. 4. As Ioseph was enuied of his brethren because of that excellent gift of diuination and expounding of dreames Gen. 37. 8. and Iosua enuied E●dad and Medad because they prophesied whome Moses therefore reprooued Numb 11. 29. Esau hated Iacob because of the blessing Gen. 27. 41. Therefore the Patriarkes that hated Ioseph are cōpared to archers that shoote Gen. 49. ●● at a marke or white so the wicked doe aime at the vertue and innocencie of the righteous The cause of enuie in some is the corruption of nature because as Saint Peter saith the spirit and the flesh doe one lust against another and are contrarie each to other Gal. 5. 17. In some vaine glorie breedeth enuie because it grieueth them to be exceeded and excelled of others as the Apostle saith let vs not be desirous of vaine glorie prouoking one another enuying one another First then we see why the Church of God is persecuted of the Antichristian synagogue Error 31. Why Antichrist persecuteth the gospell because they enuie the profession of the true faith they are persecuted for their righteousnesse Math. 5. 10. Againe let all wordly and carnall men take heede that they hate not any for their righteous and honest life as he that sweareth stealeth committeth adulterie hateth him that is not like minded so Ahab hated the prophet Micaiah so Caine hated Abel but woe is vnto them that followe the waie of Caine. And are cast away with the deceipt of Balaams wages the worde signifieth to be Doctr. 3. poured out 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is haue giuen themselues ouer for lusts sake to followe the errour of Balaam who for reward sake was hired by Balaack against his conscience Balaams wages to curse Israel and shifted from place to place from Baal to Sedesophim from thence to Peor to fetch diuinations perceiuing that God would not suffer him to curse Num. 24. 1. then he gaue wicked counsell to cause Balaack to set a stūbling blocke before the Israelites to entice them to commit fornication cōmit idolatrie 〈◊〉 2. 14. Doctr. We are taught what an abhomination it is for lucre sake to follow euill or to be perswaded vnto it So Moses saith that a gift blindeth the wise or seeing Exod. 23. 8. which while some haue lusted after they haue erred frō the faith 1. Tim. 6. 10. Thus Iudas was corrupted with money to betray Christ Saint Peter calleth it the reward of iniquitie Act. 1. 18. and as he receiued money so Haman offered great summes to destroy the innocēt Iewes Est. 3. 9. These are like to Esau that sold his birth-right for a messe of pottage so they make shipwracke of their conscience for lucre or as Adam that for greedinesse of an apple lost paradise The reason Saint Paul sheweth 1. Tim. 6. 9. They that will be rich fall into tentations and snares that is Sathan seeing the corruption of the heart layeth a fit baite for him and so intangleth him in his snares First then this text may be better applied against the papists and with much greater right then they force it against Error 2● protestants as the Rhemists in their annotation vpon this place for couetousnes is the very ground of poperie their doctrine of purgatorie merits pilgrimages indulgences the Popes supremacie are all builded vpon this foundation yea it is notoriously knowne howe with great summes he hath corrupted diuerse to betray and murther their princes Secondly let euery man take heed how like vnto Balaam he corrupt his consciēce for desire of gain the marchāt buier seller executor iurie men and all other but let them embrace the sentence of the wise mā Prou 23. 23. Buy the trueth but sell it not And perish in the gainesaying of Core that is they despise gouernment and resist Doctr. 4. those which are in authoritie as Core Dathan and Abiram whome the earth swallowed vp Numb 16. Doctrin That God will not suffer them to goe vnpunished that doe make a rent We must t●ke heed of schisme or schisme in the Church in resisting lawfull authoritie So the wise man saith Feare God and the king and meddle not with the seditious for their destruction shall rise suddenly Prouerb 24 21. Absoloms example sheweth this for the ciuill state who for his rebellion was hanged and Shemaiah for the ecclesiasticall who for his seditious letters against Ieremie was worthely punished with the vtter ruine of his posteritie Ierem. 29. 25 32. As he that kindleth a fire shall be compassed about with the sparkes thereof Isay 50. 11. Like as Nadab and Abihu were consumed of fire censing with straunge fire before the Lord Leuitic 10. 1. The reason Saint Paul rendreth they shall receiue to themselues iudgement because they resist the ordinance of God Rom. 13. 2. First then not the protestants as the Rhemists falsely charge our Church are Error ●● like vnto Core because they are departed from the obedience of the pope no