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One God, one fayth. Or A discourse against those lukewarm-Christians who extend saluation to all kinds of fayth and religion; so, that the professours do belieue in the Trinity, the Incarnation, the passion &c. howsoeuer they differ in other inferiour articles. VVritten by VV. B. Priest.
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Anderton, Lawrence.
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fundamentall points of the Trinity Incarnation c. but differing mainly in all other points of Religion yet neuerthelesse promiscuously communicating one with another in prayer and the Sacraments can ioyntly be saued especially seeing it is certayne that the one part defendeth not matters of Indifferency as is commoÌ„ly supposed but iniustifiable errours or rather to speake as the truth is manifest and grosse Heresies THE SAME PROVED FROM the writings of the Catholikes and Protestants wherein reciprocally they charge one another with Heresy Also from the Insurrections War and Rebellions begun only for Religion CHAP. XIIII IF there were no other reason to be alleadged in disproofe confutation of this plurality of Religions them this following it might seeme fully preuayling in all cleare iudgements not wholy darkened with the myst of earthly and temporall respects It is this First the wonderfull and implacable Bookwarrs between Catholikes and Protestants wholy vndertaken in defence of their seuerall Religions and yet both the Catholikes and the Protestants professe to belieue in the Trinity the Incarnation the Passion c. Secondly the pressures and calamities with which diuers states and countreyes do afflict other states as also the Insurrection of Subiects agaynst their naturall Princes only for difference of Religion not contayning themselues till they burst forth into open hostility and armes for defending their owne Religion subuerting of the others Touching the first good God! how many men on all sides since the first appearing of Luther haue spent their whole times all their seruiceable yeares in writing disputing and preaching in defence of their owne Religion impugning of their aduersaryes accounting the maintayners belieuers thereof as Heretikes pronouncing eternall damnation agaynst them Witnesses hereof are the Libraryes of all the famous vniuersities of Christendome the Stationers shoppes in all great Cittyes and lastly the Annuall Mart of Bookes returned these many yeares from Frankford And is â—t possible that so much paynes trauayle labour of writing and otherwise accompanyed with so great charges should be vndertaken for questions only of Indifferency such as it importeth nothing at all touching â—he gayning of Heauen and auoyding of Hell what a man belieueth therein or of what side he relyeth Concerning the second point which is â—he calamityes afflictions warres which liuers States Countreyes and Kingdomes â—oe prosecute agaynst their neighbours and â—ll originally for matter of Religion â—s also touching the open rebellion of the Subiects agaynst their lawfull Soueraignes â—nly for the sayd occasion the last fifty yeares as also these very tymes do giue ouerlameÌ„table examples hereof Witnesses of this matter purposely to forbeare the presidents of our own CouÌ„trey is ScotlaÌ„d into which Countrey Knox Goodman and Bucanan with other their Agents and confederates first introduced Protestancy by force and armes A point so acknowledged that Doctoâ— Bancroft late preteÌ„ded A chbishop of Canterbury as wholly inuâ—yghing agaynst sucâ— violent proceedings made a booke of thaâ— subiect entituling it Of the proceedings of thâ— Scottish Mynisters according to the Geneuian rule of Reformation Touching France who knoweth not that for this last fifty yeares till the last King of France became Catholike there haue by alwayes almost open warres betweene the State of France the Hugnotts of France vndertaken by the Hugnotts only for Religion And doth not the Citty of Rochell with some other Cittyes at this day stand out agaynst their King vnder pretext of defence of their Ghospell The occurrents of the Low Countreys the Hollanders are no lesse remarkable herein of whose first taking of armes agaynst theiâ— lawfull King only for Religion (a) In Epitom Cent. 16. p. 941. Osiander an earnest Protestant thus confesseth They of the low Countreys by publike wrytings renounced all subiection and obedience to Philip their Lord King And (b) Osiand vbi sup 81. agayne When foure hundred of them of good respect had sued for liberty of Religion and could not preuayle the impatient people stirred vp with fury at Antwerpe and other places of Holland Zeland and Flanders did throw and breake downe Images But of the proceedings Rebellionâ— of the low Countreymen agaynst their King only for cause of Religion it is needles to speake further seeing it is too well known to all men of any impartiall iudgment and vnderstanding I will not much insist in the Example of Switzerland which consisting of twelue or thirteene Cantons or Shyres halfe of the number of them did * See of this Osiander in Epitom Eccles histor Cen. 16. pag. 103. as also D. Bancroft in his suruey p. 13. and Cochlaeus in actis Lutheri ryse vp in armes against the other and by force of armes did set vp the Protestant Religion among them And so the halfe of the Cantons doe continue Protestant to this very day The battalls fought among them only for ReligioÌ„ were many and most cruell and in one of them Zwinglius the chiefe inciter of the rest was slayne I passe ouer Geneua which Citty as the whole world knoweth did first withdraw it selfe from the allegiance of their temporall Liege Lord only by reason that agaynst his will and pleasure they would professe the Protestant Religion and so accordingly to this day they haue made themselues a State or Commonwealth wholly independent of Sauoy of which Citty thus D. (b) In his answere to a certayne libel supplicatory pag. 194. Sutcliffe confessedly wryteth They of Geneua did depose their Catholike Liege Lord and Prince from his temporall right albeit he was by right of succession their temporall Lord and owner of that Citty Territory In like sort I pretermit the many like examples of the Commons rysing agaynst their lawfull Princes and magistrates in (c) See Chitraeus in Chron 1593. 1594. Sueueland (d) See hereof the acknowledgment of M. Fulke in his answere to Farines declamations p. 35. Denmarke (e) See Osiander hereof in Epitom Cent. 16. pag. 115. Poland and (f) See the acknowledgement hereof by D. Bilson in his true defence part 3. pag. 270. 273. Germany And which rysings Insurrections and rebellions were originally vndertaken only for Religion and haue no doubt since Luthers first breach cost the liues in all places of many hundred thousand men haue actually deposed disthroned diuers Kings and Princes of their states and territoryes These things then for their euidency being coÌ„fessed for true vndeniable many of which yet remayne fresh in our owne memory of the nature of which Actions I wil not heere dispute only I heere vrge that it is more then incredible that such rebellions and deuastations of Countreyes besieging of Cittyes deposing of Princes slaughter of so many hundred thousands of men should be practised almost throughout all Christendome within this last threescore yeares oâ—ly for admitting or not admitting the differences betweene the Protestants Catholikes Religion if both the contrary partyes were not persuaded
91. All they that workâ— iniquity shal be confounded And againe Ecclesiast 40. Death bloud contention edge of sword oppression hunger contrition whippes are created for sinners And further Psal 9.10 God shaâ— raigne snares of fyre vpon sinners brimstome with tempestuous wynds shal be the portion of their cuppâ— (c) Matth. 25. our Sauiour speaking of Sinners saith Depart you accursed into euerlasting fire Beside infinite other places of like nature Now to the former Premises may I adâ—oyne the Confessions euen of Protestants â—hemselues who confesse that the liues of Catholikes are commonly farre more verâ—uous and of better edification then the liues â—f the Protestants who by their owne ackâ—owledgments lye groueling in all sensuaâ—itie For thus euen Luther sayth heereof When we were (d) Dominica 26. post Trinitatem seduced by the Pope euery man â—id willingly followe good works and now euery â—an neither sayth nor knoweth any thing but how 〈◊〉 get all to himselfe by exaction pillage theft lying â—sury c. to which ConfessioÌ„ to omit diuers others (e) In loc com cap. de Decalogo in explanat tertij praecepti Musculus a forward ProtestaÌ„t subcribeth sayng Vt verum fateor c. That 〈◊〉 may confesse the truthe heerein they are become 〈◊〉 vnlike to themselues that wheras in the Papacy â—hey were Religious in their Errours and Superstiâ—â—â—n now in the light of the knowne truth they are â—ore profane then the very Sonnes of the worlde Which disparity of liues and conuersation â—an be iustly ascribed to no other cause then â—n that the Protestants were ready to put in â—ractise what afore they had learned by speculation of their owne Doctrines which â—oint then being thus I meane that the Doctrine of the Protestants do depresse vertue â—nd blandish contenance and exalt vice â—nd thereupon the liues of the Protestants by confession of themselues and to the disedyfying of their followers are becomâ— actually farre worse and lesse vertuous theâ— the liues of the Catholikes I here demaund how it can be warranted by any shew oâ— reason that these Doctrines of the Protestants begetting so great a chaunge froâ— vertue to vice in their professours can bâ— reputed but as points of Indifferency Oâ— that men belieuing them practising theâ— in their conuersation and finally dying iâ— them can be saued So contrary it is to oâ— Sauiours prescript If thou (f) Mat. 19. wilt enter into lifâ— keep the Commaundements Sinne being indeâ— so great an enemy to mans Saluation as thâ— God himselfe vouchsafed to be incarnate 〈◊〉 to suffer an opprobrious death only for thâ— taking away of the sinnes of the world THE SAME PROVED FROâ— the fearefull deaths of the first broachers of Protestancy CHAP. XII IN this next place we will briâ—fly take a suruey of the particulâ—â— deaths of some few of the chiefâ— Protestants who haue byn thâ— first stampers or broachers of the Controueâ—sies betweene the Catholikes and the Prâ—testants then we will leaue to the iudâ—ment of others whether those kinds of death 〈◊〉 befal in Gods accustomed proceedings 〈◊〉 men who first did set on foote and mainâ—yne points and positions of Religion of â—at Indifferency as that either the belieuing 〈◊〉 not belieuing of them may well comâ—ort and stand togeather with mans salâ—ation To beginne with Luther omitting to â—eake either of his vicious life or of the liues â—f others heereafter set downe though conâ—â—ssed and displayed for such by many of â—â—eir owne Brethren It is certayne that â—uther (g) Cochlaeus in vita Lutheri Whose sudden death is also confessed by Dauid Chitracus an eminent Protestant in orat funebri Christophori Ducis Megapolitani these words Lutherus ipse vesperi mensae assidens paucis post diam noctem horis decessit dyed very sudainly for when at â—â—pper being in good health he had fed â—uteously vpon great variety of meates â—ntertayned his guests then with him with â—itty but dissolute discourses the very â—â—me night he dyed Zwinglius was slayne in the warrs of Gerâ—any vndertaken for Religion only in â—hich warres he dyed not as a Preacher but 〈◊〉 a warriour armed in the field and yet 〈◊〉 such sort that Gualterus an earnest Proâ—â—stant sayth thus of him (h) Gualterus in his booke intiâ—led Apologia pro Zwinglio p. 31. Nostri illi c. â—iuers of vs are not affrayd to pronounce Zwinglius haue dyed in sinne and therefore to haue dyed the â—â—me of Hell (i) Cochlaeus in Actis Lutheri 1537. Oecolampadius the reputed Bishop of Basill where he lyeth buried and a man most forward in spreading the points of ProtestaÌ„cy went healthfull to bed but was found by his wife dead in the morning in his bed Andreas Carolstadius an eminent Protestant and a great aduauncer of the supposed Ghospell was killed by the Diuell as certayne (k) In their Epistle de morte Carolstadij ministers euen of Basill do iustify Iacobus Andreas a famous Lutheran and in other points an earnest Protestant lyueâ— and dyed as (l) Hospinian in histor Sacra part 2. fol. 389. Hospinian the Protestant wryteth as if he had had no God but MammoÌ„ Bacchus he neuer praying neyther going to bed norysing from thence and that in the residue of hiâ— life he shewed no Godlines Who (*) So ZaÌ„chius the ProtestaÌ„t affirmeth in his Epistles printed 1609. l. 2. p. 340. also was once taken in Adultery Caluin the refiner of all Protestancy and chiefe supporter of all controuerted points agaynst the Catholikes dyed being consumed with lyce and wormes extremely blaspheming agaynst God of whose death (m) In Theolog. Caluinist l. 1. fol. 72. This particular manner of Caluins death is witnessed by Ioannes Herennius a Caluinist preacher who was present as Caluins death as he witnesseth in his libello de vita Caluini Conradus Schlusselburg a famous Protestant thus wryteth Deus manu sua potents c. God with his mighty hand did visit Caluin for he despayred of his saluation called vpon the Diuells and gaue vp his soule swearing and blaspheming Caluin dyed being eaten away with lyce for they sâ—bred about his priuy members that none about him could endure the stench and smell Thus far the foresayd Protestant Finally Melancthon a great pillar of Protestancy made so bad an end as that Morlinus his owne scholler and a forward Protestant despayred of his saluation thus writing in his publike Lectures Si possem redimere c. If I could redeeme the Saluation of our mayster Philip Melancthon with the perill of my life I would do it But he is caryed to the horrible tribunall of God to plead his cause there c. See hereof also Slusselburge in Theolog. Calu. l. 2. art 10. Now then seeing all these men belieued all the fundamental points of Christian Religion as the Trinity the Incarnation the Passion c. seeing also they were the most principall men that first introduced disseminated ProtestaÌ„cy