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A04323	A supplication to the Kings most excellent Maiestie wherein, seuerall reasons of state and religion are briefely touched: not vnworthie to be read, and pondered by the lords, knights, and burgeses of the present Parliament, and other of all estates. Prostrated at his Highnes feete by true affected subiects.	Colleton, John, 1548-1635.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I)	1604 (1604)	STC 14432; ESTC S107663	42,852	54

religion of whose communion and felowshippe the founders of other religions or the reformers of our Churches faith if they more desire to be so called were once and went out and consequently their doctrine newer and lesse auncient then ours and therefore as we beleeue not the good Mat. 13. 2● seede but the cockle that was sowen after And that wee neuer going out of any knowne christian societie for the whole world can not tell your Grace out of what church we departed when how and where as did the former the Apostolicall markes of false beleeuers namely To goe out from others 1. Ioh. 2. 19. Iude v. 19. Rom. 16. 17. To segregate themselues and To make dissensions and scandalls contrary to the doctrine they had learned can not belong to vs by any possible application nor by any sleight or deuise shifted from them 4. A religion whose first Instituters except Christ and his Apostles or after-deuisers cannot be named by any of our Aduersaries nor can they all shew that peece or fundamentall point of our faith either of late or sithence the Apostles time defined which * This is witnessed in the Councel of Ephesus in epistola Synodi contra Nestorium in the Councel of Calcedon act 4 5 6. Item generali 6. act 4. 10. genera 7. act 2. And by Athanas of the Nicen. Councel in epist. ad Afros in epist. de Synodis Arimini Seleuciae And by Socrates of the Councel of Alexandria in historia ecclesiast lib. 1. ca. 5. and others was not formerly beleeued and the contrary thereof neuer taught by the Romane Church Wherefore in our vnderstanding it is euident that the religion we professe is not as it is slandered to be a deuise or inuention of man nor euer was contrary to it selfe in doctrine but whatsoeuer hath beene in latter ages explicitiuely defined the same was alwayes not only holden true from the beginning in our church but also implicitiuely beleeued for the infallible authoritie thereof 5. A religion that hath confuted and outlasted seuerall hundreds of heresies which manifoldly diuided in themselues 488. after Prateolus account did yet euer giue hands to the ouerthrow of this one but neuer found other rocke than it on which they were broken or tooke their confusion by Which seemeth infallibly to demonstrate That the weapons of our Churches warrefare are not 2. Cor. 10. 4. carnall but as Saint Paul writeth of the true doctrine mighty to God vnto the destruction of munitions destroying Counsells and all loftinesse extolling it selfe against the knowledge of God And that our church and religion euer conquering their oppositors and neuer conquered by them is that kingdome which the Prophet saieth Shall breake in peeces and consume Dan. 2. 44. all other kingdomes and it selfe stand for euer 6. A religion that erected and built all the Churches Hospitalles and ancient Colleges in Christendome indowed them with liuings instituted the Vniuersities and Seminaries distinguished the multitude into parishes proportioned the Tithes annexed the glebeland founded the Bishoprickes limited the Dioceses decreed Ecclesiasticall lawes and immunities enacted all the olde Lawes of our Realme and did for that they would not be vacant without fruit as the Apostle aduiseth 2. Pet. 1. 8. in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus a thousand good woorkes besides of which the religion regnant reapeth daily benefite and could not without such our churches prouision and ordinaunces euer haue carried the exterior shew it doth 7. A religion that in three ages together had not three 9 10 11. Centenaries open aduersaries in the christian worlde who contradicted or impugned her doctrine or beleeued another forme of faith then that which she then and now teacheth And the Wisedome of the eternall God alluding to his Church affirmeth that in the multitude of people consisteth the glory of a King and Pro. 14. 28. Glossa interlin in hunc locum in the small number the ignominy of the Prince 8. A religion whose chiefe professors and spreaders thereof to other Nations were alwayes of a knowne holy life and semblable death and the protoparents of all other religions men of a much contrary note and we are sure by the testimony Matt. 7. 20. of Gods word that the good and bad tree are to be knowne by their fruites 9. A religion to which the famousest a Constantinus Magnus Iauianus with aboue fortie Emperours of the East Maiorianus Carolus Magnus with full neere fortie other Emperours of the Weast Emperours and b Clodoueus Childibertus with aboue threescore Kings of Fraunce Ranimirus Sanctius with almost twenty other Kings of Aragon Pelagius Fasila with at least fortie other Kings of Castile Alphonsus Sanctius with many moe Kings of Portugall Geyza Stephanus with aboue thirtie Kings of Hungary Besides the Kings of Polonia Bohemia Denmarke Norway Suetheland Gothland Dalmatia Baiorta Germania Alemannia Morauia Loraine Burgundy Prouince Lomberdy Italy Naples Sicily Sardinia Nauarre and the Kings of Affrike as of Aethiopia Nubia and others Likewise the Kings of Canaria Manicongus Benopotama Angola Guinea Bentoninus Quiloa Melinda Mozambique the Kings of Asia as of Ciprus Armenia Hierusalem Tartaria and some Kings of the Agarens and Saracens many Kings of the Heruleans Iberians Alanes Abasgorians Lazorians Scithians Persians and others Kings of the world haue bowed their Crownes c As Constantinus Magnus Emperour Dagobertus Carolus S. Ludouicus and other Kings of Fraunce Alphonsus Ranimirus Alphonsus the great Ranimirus ● and Alphonsus 6. with other Kings of Spaine Stephanus and Ladislaus Kings of Hungary Miscelstaus Boleslaus Casimirus sanctus and Casimirus Magnus Kings of Polonia and many moe Kings of other Nations presented their giftes d As Iustinus Emperour the person of Pope Iohn Iustinianus of Pope Constantine King Pipin the person of Pope Stephen the second Carolus of Pope Leo the third ●udoui●us of Sergius the second and of Pope Nicholas Henry the fourth of Pope Paschal the second and others reuerenced her Prelates e As Philippus Arabs Emperour the Censure of Pope Fabian Euseb lib. 6. ca. 27. histor eccl the Emperor Theo●osius the excommunication of S. Ambr. Theodoret. lib. 5. cap. 17. hist. eccl Sozom. lib. 7. ca. 24. the Emperour Otho the third the inioyned penaunce of R●mualdus Abbat Petr. Dam. in vita Romual To which may be added the deuoute readinesse of Henry the second to accept and fulfill the sentence of Pope Alexanders Legates touching the death and murthering of Saint Thomas of Canterburie N●ubrigens libr. 2. cap. 25. obeyed their censures yea and hath at this present many of the greatest monarchs and potentates on earth to her Professors patrons and foster-fathers So as of the Romane Religion onelie these ensuing passages and propheticall praedictions of holie Scripture must of force take their verification or remaine as yet being the latter yeares or euening of the Church vnfulfilled The Gentiles shall feare thy name O Lord

of the Prophet is verified Thy friendes ô God Psal 138. 17. are very much honoured of mee Likewise that saying of Ecclesiasticus fulfilled Nations shall declare his wisedome and the Ca. 39. 14. Church speake forth his praise and also the rites of friendship and true loue obserued which is to loue our friends friend for our friendes sake and incomparably more the Saintes of God for their and our loue towards God 17. A religion whose refuse and reuolted priestes are deemed lawefull and sufficiently ordered to preach the worde of God to minister Sacraments and to exercise all spirituall iurisdiction in the protestant and Puritane Congregation A proofe which seemeth vnanswerable that our Church is the true Church for were her doctrine false she teaching in many pointes as she doth it must needes followe that shee is the synagogue if not the arch-synagogue of Sathan and consequently ●e hath nor can possibly haue God and the diuell being so contrary authoritie to initiate and make lawfull and compleate Ministers for exercising spirituall faculties in the true Church Neither is the Protestant Minister or Bishop comming to our Catholike fraternitie as many come of the first sorte reputed other then for meere lay men without orders 18. A religion to whose antiquitie and veritie of most parte of her doctrine controuersed the fashion of euery Church Chappell and Chancell the recordes of euery Hospitall Colledge and Abbey decayed yea euery auncient sepulchre church-window and graue-stone do bring and giue apparant euidence as thinges all wearing her badges and contestifying her elder childrens faith deuotion and pietie 19. A religion whose groundes and foundation are so rockie and sure and the proofes and testimonies alike infinite ample aboundant and vnanswerable as the Protestant himselfe assayled by the Puritane and other sects knowes not how to defend positions encountred but by flying to the strengths and impregnable arguments of the catholike Romane church and her doctors 20. A religion that teacheth not a Mat. 7. 13. the broade and large but the narrow and straite way such as holy writte affirmeth the way to heauen to be as annuall b Ioh. 20. 23. confession to a Priest c Psal 6. 7. Matth. 32. and 11. 21. Mar. 1. 15. Luk. 13. 3. 2. Cor. 12. 21. Act. 1. 38. and 26. 20. pennance d Leuit. 5. 16. Luk. 19. 8. restitution e Ezech. 8. 30. Ioel. 2. 12. Matth. 3 8. Luk. 3. 8. 1. Cor. 11. 32. satisfaction prescript fasting dayes set times of abstinence f Leui. 23. 21. Psal 75. 12. Eccles 5. 3. 1. Tim. 5. 12. performance of vowes g Ephes 4 5. one vniforme stinte of faith h Rom. 8. 13. Colos 3. 5. mortification of the old man and the like Iniunctions neyther obserued nor imposed by other Religions but rather libertie in their stead and yet all of them directly and plainely prescribed in holy Scripture except onely the appointment of prescript time for confession fasting and abstinence a power and prerogatiue left to the wisedome and ordering of the Catholike Church of whose Prelats our Sauior himself saith i Luke 10. 16. He that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me Which authoritie also was giuen to the Bishops of the olde Lawe and of consequence more to the chiefe Prelates of the new Law He that Deut. 17. 12. shall waxe proude refusing to obey the commandement of the Priest shall die by the decree of the Iudge 21. A religion for whose defence the Title of Defender of the Faith was first giuen to the Kinges of our Nation the Title of Most Christian to the kings of Fraunce of Most Catholike to the kings of Spayne the still retayning of which Titles doth argue the allowance of her iurisdiction And there is no one of the auncient Fathers who doth not vnderstand these wordes of the Prophet to be onely meant of this Church The Nation and Kingdome that will not serue thee shall Esa 60. 12. perish 22. A religion into whose societie and profession whosoeuer truely entreth by and by liueth in more awe of God and feare of sinne and changeth his former life to the better and of the other side whosoeuer leapeth out and departeth from her fellowship and communion beginneth incontinent to leade a worse life then whiles he liued her childe and frequented her Sacramentes Of both which there bee store of examples and of the latter too many verifying what is sayd and not vnknowne to thousands yea the case is so familiar as it is now growen into a Prouerbe with many That the Protestant religion is good to liue in but the Papist religion good to die in 23. A religion which now hath and had in all ages the most famous men for wit learning reading iudgement vertue and true pietie qualities of all other likeliest to discerne and abandon error to her Teachers and Doctors and euer enioyed the like store of such lights as our Oppositors had neuer reason to compare with or if they do the extant monuments in schoole positiue mysticall diuinitie and in all other literature will quickly shewe the inequalitie and disproportion of the comparison 24. A Religion whose publike and Church seruice is executed with that maiestie honorable grauitie and reuerence and the seuerall parts and ceremonies thereof so aptly and admirablie composed and ordred for annuall commemoration and representing of our Sauiours incarnation birth life passion buriall resurrection ascension of the comming downe of the Holy Ghost of the mysterie of the Trinitie and of other passages as well of Christ our head as of his members the Saincts as it begetteth feedeth and reneweth singular deuotion in the actors and hearers and is also so comfortable in her Sacraments especiallie so easing and acquieting soules in the Sacrament of Penance as no testimonie or demōstration vnder heauen is or can be of like feeling proofe for the real goodnes and veritie of that Sacrament as is the supernaturall sweetest and diuine consolation tasted therein and in the Sacrament of the Eucharist 25. A Religion whose secular and religious Cleargie liue without wiues free from care of prouiding for children and the later sort no way distracted with the affaires and encumbrances of the world but encloistered passe their whole time in prayer watching fastin in continuall studie of scriptures and in daily exercise and dispute for full and perfect vnderstanding of them Helps that do most further the attaining of truth and such as are not found in the aduerse partie and which in common reason Catholick Diuines being not inferior to other Diuines in wit or other talents shew that our teachers God being no acceptor of persons are more likely to haue vsing fitter meanes for the same the true intelligence and vnderstanding of scripture then are our aduersaries or contradictors 26. A religion of which the foure acknowledged Doctors of holie Church were both professors and stout defenders as their owne works