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A19582	The Iesuites gospell: vvritten by themselues. Discouered and published by W. Crashaw, B. of Diuinity, and preacher at White-chappell	Crashaw, William, 1572-1626.; Sribanius, Carolus, 1561-1629.	1621 (1621)	STC 6017; ESTC S109062	67,429	118

whole society of Iesuits and much lesse the Religion of Popery To these I answere 1. the booke is allowed and hath beene twise printed and stands approued by Posseuine Posseu in appar see lit C amongst good and catholike authors 2. Let them shew what Iesuite or other popish doctor hath reprooued or what Inquisitor or other popish Magistrate hath censured this wickednesse 3. Which is worst of all it is no more in effect then others of them haue taught or approued though not in so open apparant and foule a fashion for let any Christian man iudge what diuinity is laid downe in these points that follow 1 The papists haue a book called the Mariale It hath beene obiected vnto them that in this booke it is thus This hath beene long agoe laid to their charge in Catalogo testium veritatis editionis 1609. said Salomon saith the name of the Lord is a strong tower Pro. 18. 10. But Salomon knew little of the Virgin Mary let vs therefore say the name of our Lady is a strong tower let the sinner flye vnto her and he shall be saued and againe thou art a sinner flye then to the name of Mary that alone shall serue to heale thee and againe The Lord was with Mary and Mary with the Lord in the same labour and same worke of our redemption for the Mother of mercy helped the Father of mercy in the worke of our saluation and thereupon was it spoken of the first woman It is not good for man to be alone let vs make him a helper But why then saith God Esay 63. I haue troden the wine presse alone and of all people there was no man with me the booke answereth it is true Lord that thou sayest there was no man with thee but there was a woman with thee which bore all the wounds in her heart that thou didst beare in thy body Loe heere a peece of rare diuinitie Salomon is blamed for ignorance that he knew but little of the Virgin in a sort is rebuked for saying the name of our Lord and not rather the name of our Lady is a strong tower and though no man did yet a woman namely Mary did helpe Christ to treade the winepresse of Gods wrath and was fellow worker with God in the worke of our redemption This booke stands vnconfuted vncondemned vnreproued by the Iesuits or the Romish Church till this day for ought that I can yet find yet hath it beene many yeeres laid to their charge 2 Againe the Papists haue a booke they call it the Ladies Psalter printed at Paris in the yeere 1520. or therabouts Vide Psalterium beate Virgini● Maria ● impressum cum Psalterio Cisterciensi Par. circa anno 1520. Extat etiam idem Psal ad verbum apud Chem in examine concil Trident in parte 3. P. 149 editionis franco furt 1996. wherein euery one of the 150. Psalmes are in whole or in part turned from dominus to domina that is from God our Christ to our Lady as In the first Psalme Blessed is the man that loueth thy name O Virgin Mary c. In the 19. Psalme The Heauens declare thy glory O Virgin Mary c. In the 29 Psalme Bring vnto our Lady O you mighty bring vnto our Lady worship and honour c. Ine 51 Psalme Haue mercy vpon me O Lady thou that art called the Mother of mercy and according to the bowels of thy mercies clense me from all my sinnes poure out thy grace vpon me and take not thy wonted mercy from me c. In the 57 Psalme Haue mercy vpon me O Lady haue mercy vpon me for my heart ie ready to search out thy will and in the shadow of thy wings will I rest In the 68 Psalme Let our Lady arise and her enemies shall be scattered c. In the 72. Psalme Lord giue thy iudgement to the King and thy mercy to our Lady his mother In the 94 Psalme God is the God of reuenge but thou O Lady the mother of mercy doest bow him to take pitty c. In the 96. Psalme O sing vnto our Lady a new long for shee hath done maruailous things c. In the 110. Psalme The Lord said vnto our Lady sit thou mother at my right hand c Thus I might go ouer all the Psalmes but as he began he ends in the last words of the last Psalme Let euery thing that hath breath prayse our Lady Now this booke stands not onely vncontrolled but Greg. de val in vol. de rebus ●idei controuersis sect 5. lib de Idolatria 5. cap. 10. Bernar. de Bustis in Mariali parte 3. ser 3 rather euen defended by the Iesuits and those of the principall 3 Againe a famous Fryer well approued amongst them preacht this doctrine in the pulpit amongst many other little better A man may appeale from God himselfe to the Vitgin Mary if any man feele himselfe grieued at the iustice of God seeing God hath deuided his kingdome with her for whereas God hath iustice and mercy he hath reserued iustice to himselfe to bee exercised in this world as it pleased him but mercy hee hath committed to his mother If therefore any man find himselfe agrieued in the court of Gods iustice let him appeale to the court of mercy of his mother This Diuinity was so well relisht in the Romish Church that after hee had preacht it he publisht it vnder the Popes owne Patronage and the booke was Alexan. the 6. againe printed within these three yeeres but what say the Iesuits to it they testifie that this booke is a learned and godly book full of goodnesse and piety Fourthly Horatius Turcellinus himselfe a Iesuit of Horatius Tursellinus in Hist virg lauretan● in pr●fat good esteeme among them writes thus Almighty God hath made the Virgin his mother as far as he may lawfully partaker of his diuine power and Maiesty Now surely if God haue made her fellow with him of his diuine maiesty lesse maruell if Christ haue made her fellow in the worke of redemption And this booke Posseu in lit 11. written by a Iesuit hath publike allowance and is dedicated to Cardinall Aldobrandino Fiftly a great Spanish Doctor and professor of diuinity of his order writes thus We haue often seene and heard of very many who in Iohn Chrysost a visitatione de verbis dominae to 2. lib. 2. cap. 2 their extreame dangers haue called vpon Mary and presently were deliuered for oft times safety is sooner obtained by calling vpon the name of Mary then by calling vpon the name of Iesus Christ the sonne of God And this booke is both dedicated to Pope Clement the Posseu in apperatu sacro lit l. 8. receiues publike allowāce by the Iesuits his name is Chrysostome as tho hee were a golden mouthed speaker but if thi●●e his doctrine that her mediation is as powerfull or rather more then is her sonnes it is pitty but he should be call'd and accounted a leaden mouthed wretch By all these many more that as the learned know might easily be produced it may appeare that this blaspheming Iesuit Bonarscius in this his detestable comparison of her milke with Christs bloud saith no more in effect then others both of this Religion and perticular sect and therefore it may be iustly concluded this is the doctrine and diuinity not of him alone but of the Iesuits and of the popish Church it selfe as long as it stands approued or not condemned by them Now then if this be the diuinity of the Romish Church 1 That a Creatures milke may bee mingled with Christs bloud in the matter merit of our saluation 2 That it helps and heales spirituall sores of the soule as well as the bloud 3 That though no man did yet a woman did help Christ in the worke of our saluation 4 That the Psalmes may bee turned from Lord to Lady 5 That a man may appeale from God to the Virgin Mary 6 That God hath deuided his kingdome with her keeping Iustice to himselfe and surrendring Mercy to her 7. That God hath made her pertaker with himselfe of his diuine power and Maiesty 8. That a mans prayers are often heard rather by and through her then Christ Iesus If these I say be the doctrines of the present Church of Rome then let the Christian world be pleased to obserue 1. How far the present Romish Church is degenerate from the ancient 2. How great cause we and all Churches of God haue to seperate from such a sinagogue 3. How iustly they may be pronounced Antichristian who thus hainously disparage the Person and office of the Mediator 4. How vntrue is it that by any suggestion that the present Religion of Rome is much reformed and refined at this day for it is most certaine in the former times these would haue beene condemned as blasphemies euen in the Romish Church it selfe And lastly you of this most honorable City especially you the Lord Maior and your brethren being one most worthy renowned Benches of the world one of the greatest glories of this land may here see what cause there is to hold the true Papists Hereticks considering the present Church holds not only these but many other fundamentall errors both for matter of faith and of gouernment which shewes them not only enemies to all true religion but the subuerters or at least the vnderminers of all ciuill states in the world wherein they were euer suffered And considering that all meanes hath beene vsed to reclaime and reforme her but all is in vaine for she is that Babilon that will not be healed wherefore it is our duty to forsake her leaue her to the iust hand of God Thus shall wee follow the counsell of the Prophet in like case who saith We would haue healed Babilon but she would not be healed let vs forsake her and goe euery man to his owne Country for he● Iudgement is come vp to Heauen and lifted vp to the Clouds FINIS

vp before God and there remaines nothing but the reuenging hand of God to bee stretched out vpon her Wee haue it not from the report of merchants from the letters of the Posts nor from the Intelligence of Embassadours for then our aduersaries might suspect it Nor from the report or writings of our owne men for then let the world not beleeue vs but wee haue it from the fountaine it selfe euen from the Record wherein it is written with the Authors hand and surely if the euidence were not beyond exception our selues would not beleeue it of them though they bee our enemies Thus standeth the case Amongst the late deuices that Romish pollicy hath forged to vphold their Hierarchy a principall is their art of Miracles which they pretend to haue so ordinary that in many Churches they haue more In So yeeres the Pope lost all England Scotland Ireland Denmark Sweden and a great part of Germany France Switzerland Poland and Hungary miracles then sermons but alas dayly experience sheweth that they be lying Wonders and no true miracles Now because such tricks are most effectuall to delude the common people and that they finde themselues and their cause to haue lost much of late in many parts of Christendome a therefore to recouer themselues and to gaine credit to their forlorne cause they haue most busily applyed this point of late and haue by the craft of Machiauilian Iesuits as Watson their brother In their quodlibets often Priest often stiles them so farre preuayled that there scarce passeth a month wherin some new Image of our Lady is not found or some strange miracle and wonders heard of Two yeares agoe they caused a story to bee written and published wherein they blush not to make their See the booke called Iust● liptij diua Virgo Hallensis people beleeue that more miracles and greater then Christ did haue beene and are dayly done at Hall a towne on the borders of Brabant and Henault by the Virgin Mary at a Picture of hers in a Chappell there and this is set out by no triuiall or vulgar fellow but by that famous Apostata Lipsius that the tale may carry the more credit and the miracles are not of ordinary but of the highest nature for healing of frēsies feuers cōuultions is nothing nay sight is giuen to the Iai●●● daughter blind and whereas Christ raised but 3. from the dead that we know of our Lady of Hall saith Lipsius gaue life to 7. at least that were dead Loe here how far short Christ himselfe is of his Mother and now we maruaile Omniae quae fecit Christus fecit Franciscus plura quam fecit Christus fecit Franc●● lib. conformitatum beati Francisci no more if they haue written that St. Francis did all that Christ did and more then Christ did seeing the Picture of his Mother can do more then he did I say the Picture of his Mother because Georgius fabricius the Popes censor of books in his allowance of this Legend of Lipsius saith that God giueth and communicateth diuine power to worke miracles nor onely to the Virgin Mary and the Saints but euen to their Images or Pictures behold good reader a worthy piece of new refined Popery Gods diuine power is Strange doctrine of Popery communicated to the very pictures of creatures And if any man obiect that miracles are not in these dayes to bee expected Lipsius hath a learned and Catholike answer that now indeed in respect of Christ or to auerre his Doctrine or to maintaine his honour they neede not but the ease is otherwise saith he with the Saints for many do refuse to worship them and grudge at the honour that in the Romish Church is giuen them and therefore to defend them in this point and to establish By Popish doctrine christ doth more to establish the worshipping of Saints then his owne that worship which they do vnto them God suffereth so many miracles to bee done euen by their Images which answere being well considred of what a kind of Doctrine it contayneth I leaue to the learned and iudicious Reader I only say that if this be true then how forteth it with the very body and current of his story by which no man can deny but it is apparant that most of the miracles which he specifieth were done almost 200. yeares a●oe namely betwixt the yeares 1400. and 1500. long before Luther began to preach and as they say afore our Religion was in the world and consequently before the worshipping of Saints was withstood therefore it followeth that miracles were ordained at Saints Images euen then when worshipping of Saints was not denied Lipsius might haue done well to haue reconciled so euident a contradiction But what assurance haue we for the truth of these miracles or how know we that this is an approoued Picture of our Lady Lipsius answereth that there was one Sophia daughter to the Landgraue of Hesse by his Lady Saint Elizabeth a Saint of Pope Gregory the 9. making within foure yeeres after her death This Sophia saith he as it is thought had certaine Images of our Lady giuen her by her Mother Elizabeth was it then but thought so and must wee now beleeue it one of these she gaue to the Nunnes of the Nunry at Vilvord and that was called our Lady of comfort 2. more she gaue to Madam Machtild or Maud her husbands sister who bestowed them thus one she gaue to Grauesand another to Harlem two townes in Holland the third which it seemes stole all the vertue from both the other to Hall a towne in Henalt and this is that we now speake of and to ad more credit to the story he tels vs that this Lady Maude was Mother to that Lady Mawde who bare at one birth 364. children An old story but greatly suspected by Erasmus and other learned men to be fabulous which were all borne aliue and baptized by a Bishop So saith Lipsius this is that Image which now wee worship at Hall and thus strong a foundation hath the Story and now may not all Caluinists be ashamed to doubt of this Story or to suspect these grounds Now therefore surely we must needes beleeue els we are vnbeleeuing Hereticks that one was before this Image dispossessed of a Diuell without any other meanes for so he saith that ten at least were deliuered from present death by but calling or thinking vpon our Lady at Hall and that seuen were raised from death to life being but laid before the Image and all these within the space of 20. yeares and in one country so ordinary a matter it is in Popery to raise the dead Nay wee must beleeue or else wee are Infidels that when a Faulkner should haue beene hanged for loosing his Lords Faulkon and had the rope about his neck An excellent new found way for faulkners to find their lost Hawkes neuer before heard of Proue this Lipsius and