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A61684	Pagano-papismvs, or, An exact parallel between Rome-pagan, and Rome-Christian, in their doctrines and ceremonies by Joshua Stopford ...	Stopford, Joshua, 1636-1675.	1675 (1675)	Wing S5744; ESTC R20561	127,566	354

shall pass over for brevity sake Their conformity herein with the old Pagans is acknowledged by Polydor Virgil. As often as any part of the body is hurt or diseased as for example the head foot breast c. we presently make vows to God and his Saints to whom when health is restored we immediately offer that hand foot or breast that is the Image of it made of gold silver and sometimes of baser metal and matter Concerning which practice any one that is but modestly scrupulous perhaps will say that he knows not whether we emulate the Religion of the ancient Pagans or their Superstition De Invent. Rer. lib. 5. cap. 1. CHAP. IX TEMPLES 1. THE Heathen dedicated Temples to their gods 1 King 16. 32. 2 King 5. 18. They commonly boasted of Seven stately Structures that were called The Seven Wonders of the World The first was the Wall of Babylon and the pleasant Gardens which Queen Semiramis planted About this Work Three hundred thousand men were continually employed for many years The second was the Labyrinth of Egypt in which Sixteen sumptuous Palaces were built The third was the Pyramids of Egypt which were of a prodigious height The fourth was the Mausolaeum of Caria which Queen Artemisia built as a Sepulcher for her deceased Husband Mausolus The fifth was the Colossus of Rhodes which was before mention'd The sixth was the Statue of Jupiter Olympus made by Phidias an hundred and fifty Cubits high But the greatest Wonder and most incomparable Work was the Temple of Ephesus dedicated to Diana It was 425 foot long and 220 broad and 127 stately Pillars were in it Every one of them had been the sole enterprise and work of a King And many other Temples very rich and magnificent were dedicated to the Heathen gods the Temple of Athens to Minerva and another in the same City to Mars where the Judges did meet to examine Causes of Life and Death The Temples also dedicated to Neptune Vulcan Saturn Aesculapius Hercules Vesta Janus c. are noted by Authors to have been stately Structures worthy of the Roman Grandeur As also the Pantheon consecrated to all the gods And the Temples all over the World were very magnificent I shall not stand to name them It 's sufficient to know that Princes and Nations did employ their Riches and ingenious Inventions of Architecture only in the building of Temples to their gods That our Romanists herein agree with the old Pagans is most evident and confessed by their great Baronius In dedicatione Templorum multa fuisse Gentilibus cum verae pietatis Cultoribus similia ex Suetonio intelliges That in the dedication of Temples many things were alike to the Gentiles and Christians thou mayest learn out of Suetonius Annal. Tom. 1. ad annum To build Temples to their gods was the greatest part of Gentile superstition in imitation of whom Christians begun to build Temples to their Saints Cornel. Agrippa de Vanit Scientiar cap. 54. Our Romanists dedicate Churches to their Saints as to the Virgin Mary S. Peter S. Paul S. John S. Denis S. Martin S. Nicholas c. And as the Pagans dedicated their Pantheon to all their Gods so do Papists dedicate Churches to all their Saints Durantus speaking of the Pantheon in Rome saith That Temple dedicated to Devils was by Boniface 4. with the consent of the Emperor Phocas consecrated to the honour of the B. Virgin and all Saints De Ritib Eccles Cathol Lib. 1. cap. 4. Bellarmin not only saith that Temples are built to God in Honour of the Saints or that they are called by their Names though dedicated and consecrated to God but affirms That these sacred Places are rightly built and dedicated not only to God but also to the Saints De Cultu Sanctor Lib. 3. cap. 4. I grant afterwards he makes a distinction inter Templa Basilicas and saith That they are dedicated to God quâ Templa and to Saints quâ Basilicae But 't is clear from the Fathers even those cited by him that these Names are Synonymous so that this Jesuitical distinction is a vain subterfuge and meer delusion as if diverse Names could change the nature of a thing as if an Adulteress prostituting her self under several Names could purge her self from that foul sin 2. The Heathen consecrated these Temples with certain Prayers and superstitious Ceremonies First Some Ceremonies were observed before the Temple was built of which Brissonius hath given us an account De Formul Lib. 1. p. 113. Rosinus Antiquit. Roman Lib. 2. cap. 2. Alexander ab Alexandro in Genial dier Lib. 6. cap. 14. But most fully the Learned Dr. Godwin in these words most of which we find in Tacitus Histor Lib. 4. cap. 20. When the Place where the Temple should be built had been appointed by the Augurs which appointing or determining of the Place the called Effari Templa sistere Fana then did the Party which formerly in time of need upon condition of help from the Gods had vow'd a Temple call together they Aruspices which should direct him in what form the Temple should be built which being known certain Ribbands and Fillets were drawn about the Area or plat of ground with Flowers and Garlands strewed underneath as it was probable to distinguish the limits of this ground now to be hallowed Then certain Souldiers marched in with boughs in their hands and after them followed Vestal Nuns leading young Boys and Maids in their hands who sprinkled the Place with holy Water After this followed the Praetor some Pontife going before who after the Area had been purged by leading round about a Sow a Ram and a Bull sacrificed them and their entrails being laid upon a turf the Praetor offered up Prayers unto the gods that they would bless those holy Places which good Men intended to dedicate unto them This being done the Praetor touched certain ropes wherewith a great stone being the first of the foundation was tyed together with that other chief Magistrates Priests and all sorts of people did help to pluck that stone let it down into its place casting in wedges of Gold and Silver which had never been purified or tried in the fire These Ceremonies being ended the Aruspex pronounced with a loud voice saying Let not this work be unhallowed by converting this stone or gold into any other use Histor. Rom. Lib. 1. cap. 20. Secondly Other Ceremonies were observed after the Temple was built Fanum a Temple comes from fando because the Pontife when he consecrates a Temple speaketh certain words Brisson de Form Lib. 1. p. 113. And a little after he sets down the form of words used and other ceremonies observed in the consecration of their Temples And that they were consecrated only by Pontifes Durantus produceth several testimonies out of Livius Vopiscus c. Lib. 1. cap. 24. num 9. Thus our Romanists consecrate the Churches dedicated to their Saints wherein they are not less superstitious than the old

Bohemia c. Dedicated this silver Image in honour of God and his most Blessed Mother For that by the Intercession of the said glorious Virgin he was delivered from a certain great danger in the Year M. CCCC LXXXIX Lib. 2. cap. 6. I will add but one more Henry the third King of France sent a Princely Gift to the Virgin of Loreto viz. a worthy Cup to obtain Issue-male by her Intercession a Gift for substance and work most excellent For the Cup it self is of hollowed Gem at this day call'd the Azure-stone 'T is also very big and intermingled with golden Veins the Cover whereof is of turned Chrystal set in gold and adorn'd with many excellent Jewels In the Top of the Cover an Angel of Gold doth hold in his hand a Lilly of Diamonds the Arms of the Kingdom of France which Lilly doth consist of three Diamonds joyned together in the gold with admirable art The foot of the Cup being Emerald is bound about and supported with gold and beautified with precious Stones and rich Orient Pearls In the bottom of the foot the Giver and and the Cause of his Gift is engraven in manner following O Queen who by thy worthy Son Didst joyful blessing bring To all the World bless with a Son The Kingdom and the King Henry III. King of France and Polonia the Year of our Salvation M. D. L XXXIV Lib. 5. cap. 4. I will conclude this with the words of Polydor Virgil The Priests and others saith he who reaped the Profit excited the People to offer liberally whose Gifts they hung in publick places and added Titles to them that so the Names of the Persons might be better known both to the Saints and to Men. Thus a great part of the people were induced sometimes to make long journeys that they might visit such an Image and leave their Gifts there and in so doing they thought enough was done though all other duties both of piety and charity were omitted De Inventor Rerum Lib. 6. cap. 13. 3. The Heathen offered these Gifts upon the Altars erected to their Gods Dona ferunt onerantque aras Virgil Aeneid Lib. 2. And Lib. 12. Cumulant altaria donis More Testimonies are produced by Brissonius de Formul lib. 1. p. 30. Thus do our Romanists offer these Gifts to Saints upon their Altars One Instance will be sufficient to clear both this and that Papists have a greater love and respect for their Saints than for Christ himself The Church of Canterbury saith Mr. Foulis before the dissolution of Abbies had three several Altars one dedicated to Christ another to the Virgin Mary and another to Thomas Becket The yearly Offerings at these will shew the peoples affection take an Instance or two out of the old Leger-Book of that Church This Year The Oblations offered at the Altar of the Virgin Mary ●53 5 6 0 Item At the Shrine of S. Thomas Becket 832 12 3 6 Item At Christs Shrine 003 2 2 0 The next Year Item To the Blessed Virgin 004 1 8 q Item To S. Thomas 954 6 3 0 Item To Christ 000 0 0 0 Thus Papists offer Gifts to Saints and upon their Altars even as Pagans did to their gods CHAP. XI SACRIFICES THE Heathen offered Sacrifices in honour of their gods This is most evident from all Histories both Sacred and Prophane Here a choice was made of Animals according to the disposition of the gods to whom the Sacrifice was to be offer'd For Mars loved no creatures but only such as were furious and warlike as the Bull which might not be sacrificed to Jupiter Neptune affected the Horse and the Bull the He-goat was dedicated to Bacchus because it is a creature that spoils the Vineyards Cows were kill'd in honour of Ceres and Juno She-goats were offer'd to Diana Young Kids to Faunus c. Rosin Antiq. Rom. lib. 3. cap. 33. Arnobius deriding these Sacrifices saith What is the cause that this god is honoured with Bulls and that with Kids or Sheep this with sucking-Pigs and that with unclipped Lambs this with virgin-Heifers and that with horned-Goats this with barren Cows and that with great Sows this with Male and that with Female Animals this with white and that with black Adv. Gent. lib. 7. And a little after he adds Omnium Animalium facta est inter Deos divisio There 's a division of all Animals amongst the gods And not only these but several Plants and Fruits of the Earth were sacrificed to their gods as the Learned Vossius informs us out of their own Authors De Physiol Christ. Theol. Gent. lib. 9. and Natal Com. Mythol lib. 1. cap. 17. Nay in some places they sacrificed Men and Women to their Idols Bacchus had an Altar in Arcadia upon which a great many young Damsels were beaten to death with bundles of Rods. This was also practised by the Lacedemonians who scourged their Children in honour of Mercury The Germans and the Cimbri also sacrificed men after they had cruelly tormented them Galtruchius Caesar in his Commentaries speaks of the ancient Gauls who did trim up a great Statue made of branches of Ozier and then filled it with men alive to burn them together to their Idols Alexander ab Alexandro makes mention of Aristomenes who in a Sacrifice caused three hundred men to be slain in honour of his god Many of them did offer their own Children which was an ordinary practice amongst the Egyptians and the people of Palestina The Holy Scripture doth reproach it to the Israelites who were so vile as to imitate these abominable Inhumanities in causing their Children to pass between two fires so often till they were miserably scorched They also shut them up in a hollow Idol of Brass called Molech which was red hot and whilst these innocent Victims were consuming in this manner they sounded Trumpets and beat Drums and other Instruments that the people might not hear the complaints and outcries of these poor Creatures therefore this place was called Tophet that is a Drum Thus do Papists offer Sacrifices in honour of their Saints When a person is canoniz'd there 's a seven-fold honour saith Bellarmine due unto him 1. He is put into the Catalogue of Saints that is 't is decreed and commanded that he be publickly esteemed and called a Saint by all men 2. He is invocated in the publick prayers of the Church 3. Temples and Altars are built in honour of him 4. Sacrifices as well of the Eucharist as of Prayers and Praises are publickly offered in honour of him 5. Holy-days are observed in memory of him 6. They make Statues and Images of him which are painted with a certain light in sign of that glory he 's believ'd to have in Heaven 7. His Reliques are kept in a precious Box and publickly reverenced De Sanctor Beatitud lib. 1. cap. 7. This will further appear if we cast our eye upon the particular Offices appointed for them In the Feast of St. Andrew we