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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

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