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A13964	The trial of trueth or a treatise vvherein is declared vvho should be iudge betvvene the Reformed Churches, and the Romish in which is shewed, that neither Pope, nor Councels, nor Fathers, nor traditions, nor succession, nor consent, nor antiquitie of custome: but the onely written worde of God, ought to determine the controuersies of religio[n]: wherin also is declared which is the true religion, and Catholick church. Written for the pleasure of the Popes, Cardinalles, prelates, abbots, monkes: and speciallie the Iesuites, which of late were driuen out of Transyluania, by the states there. Published in Latine by a certaine Hungarian, a fauourer of the trueth: and translated into English by Richard Smith.; Oratio de constituendo iudice controversiorum religionis. English.	Smith, Richard, tr.	1591 (1591)	STC 24274; ESTC S100745	49,352	68

dialogo quodam See Socrat. The E●ag Ruffin Or●s Bedam Zozin hist par 2 Vol. li. Geor. 3. Alber. Kran in Sax. li. 2. ca. 1. Marcil in defe p●c cap. 1● Mant. li. 1. de p 1. cap. 30. Eus de vit Con. Ruf. l. 1. c. 11. Socr. l. 1. ca. 39. Vincen. l 24. hist The exposition of Christes words Barnard l. 2. de Cons Ni● l. 8. c. 4 Aug. in Io. tract 10. 124 de ver Dei ser 20. Cy●il in di●l de Trin. l. 4. ●mb in epist ad Ephe. c. 2. Chrisost hō 5● in Mat. Bar. Epist. 230. ●●si quis decre de petit Hared L. 1. c. de furt L. Titus D. 99. The third reas●n of insu●ficiencie Di●● 96. satis euidenter Can. 9. Quast 3. Dist 34. Can. Lec in Dist 82. Can. Presbyter Lib. 1 Decret Greg. tit 7. Can. 5. Io. 14. 2. Tim 3. Mat. 15. Ier. 7. Ir●n Epist 4. Athon in prin Lib. 2. Cō Grec Con. Trid. ses 4. c. 1. Li. 1. Cor. Pon. suc 7. See the complaints of Maximiliā of the cuppe of the Lords Supper Lib. 3. Decret Greg. tit 41. Cā sa● ●ū Dist 2. de consec can presb When and by whom the Popish ceremonies were ordained Of the reseruation of the Sacrament Of the Mass● in Latin Of the Masse of such as kept concubines Dist 32. praeter hoc itē Nullus Of the life of Ministers Of Images Of Monckes Caus 16. Quaest 1. adijcimus Dist 92. can in sancto Of Canonicall houres Of the yeare of Iubilie Can. 11. Quaest 3. qui omnipotem Decret Sym cap 8. Quaest 4. Of the electiō of the Pope Whores chose the Popes Tici●ensis Lib. 2. cap 13. Vnlearned laym●n Popes Of auriculat confession Lib. 5. decret tit 38. can omnibus vtriusque Of the eleuation of the Sacrament De consec Dist 1 cau vasa Dist 95. canubinam Of the hatred between pope and pope Platina de vitis pontificum The heresies of the popes Flauius Blōd. li. 3. Rom. inst Eu. 6. Breuiarij postulat Iud. 12. art 72. Abba● vrsper in vit Philip. nuper pag. 321. Theod. Nihem tract 6. c. 37. Alberic lib. bene a Zeno. 18. quad praes●●pt Alphon cōt her Lib. 11. cap. 4. Hiere Mar. Ecc. Iohn Gerson The fourth cause of insufficiencie The complaint of the French King The complaint of Princes The wonderfull treasure of Iohn 22. Pardons the occasion of reformation The first cause of insufficiencie namely the sinne of treason C. Vn. san● extrauag de maiorib obed Ca. 1. extrauata consuit C. solit extr dema ob Helmold Chron. 5. Cla. 8. Naucler Lib. 1. Geu 79. Barnus in vi●is Pontificum The Emperour the Popes horseman Nauclerus Ger. 39. Barnus de vit Rom. pont Funceus in Chronol The wonderfull pride of the Pope Platina The cronicles of Fr●un●e The Pope vsurpeth both Swoords Cuspinianus in vita Alberti Abba● vrsper gensis in parali●omenis Annales Gallie● Marius in eusebio cap. Abbas vrsperge●sis See for these thinges Platina Marius the Cronicles of Fraunce and of the Empire Emperours excommunicated All kings the Popes seruants Augstench lib. 2. dedonat Const pag. 138. The sixte cause of insufficiencie The cuning practies of popes Arnobius Ferro Guilie●nus Budaeus de Asse lib. 5. The Pope ●lingeth away Peters keyes and draweth out Paules sworde The br●●tish thunderbolt of Six●●s the fi●th against Henrie king of Fraunce and Nauarre The storie of the Spaniards viage into England 10. Morellius in lide eccles ab Ab. Antichristo per eius excidiū liberand The preparation of the Spanish flecte Bernardinus ●endoza Ambassador of Spain with the French king The successe of the Spanish viage The Popes chuse themselues Stella Venetus Plat. Lintpran dus Massaeus Vspergensis Three Popes togither Two heades at once in Rome The seuētenth cause of insufficiēcie namely Antichristianitie 2. Thes 2. The whole Chapter Iohan. Apoc. 17. 1. Cor. 1. 6. 2. Cor. 6. Eph. 2. Thes 4. The Pope proued Antichrist The criers proclaim before the Pope Bow downe bow down fall on your knees Dist 19. 22. 96. Bald. l. vlt. c. rescin sent Deciu c. 1. de Constit Felinus c. ego r. de iure Eberhardus Saelisb Arch. lib. 7. Ann. Io Auenti The eight cause of insufficiencie a heap of eight de testable viccs Popes haue been whoremongers and Buggerers Luitprandus Ticinencis li. 3. cap. 12 de gest Imperat. Petrus Premonstraten Platina Ticinens lib. 2. cap. 13. Luitprandus l. 6. Mantuau Valer volaterr Hier Marius in Eusebio cap● Joan Iouianus Pon. Actius Sanazarius In Alphons li. 3. Platina Functius Ianus Pannontus Episcopus quinqus Ecilesiensis tēpore D. Matthiae Regis nostri Vide Cemment Magist Barisiensi Grebellium Georgium Lilium Vergerius Episcopus Lustinop●litan 〈◊〉 The book was Printed at Venice by Trea nus Zanius Iohannes Riuius Johānes Rasis Baptist Māt l. b. 4. Alphonsi Volater in declarat ad Lou. Valer. Anselmus Vergerius Agripa Marius Eusebius capit Paulus Verger The admirable crueltie of the Popes Luitprandus in his whole sixt booke P●at Val. Ansel Stella Granzius Vicelius V●le Ansel Vo 〈…〉 Marul Luitprand lib. 3. cap. 12. The popes Magicians Hier. Mar. in Euseb Val. Pan. ●●ing Benno Card. The Popes Atheists Vitae Pontificum Exempla Huldrici August Pet. Pre Ben. Card. Benno Cardinalis Pant. Paul Verger Vergerius The Popes murtherers Mat. Patis Huld Hutten Grebel Gil. Duchinius Eras Colet See the Acts of the ma 〈…〉 s of England Fraunce Germanie c. The Popes traitors or betrayers See in the stories how the Emperour was taken and let goe againe by the Souldan Nauclerus Bernus 7. The Popes poysoners Vergerius Agrippa Contarenus Vergerius and such others Petrus de vineis li. 6. Epist The popes bastardes and whores children Sigebertus Vincentius Monsters sent of God for the abominations of the Popes Petrus Praemonstrat Benno Card. Abbas Vsper Mattheus Parisius 1260 135 Joannes Nouiomagus in illust Batauiae 1517 The miraculous punishments whereby God hath shewed his detestatiō of the Popes villanies See for these thinges the liues of the Popes in the authours aboue mentioned The definitiue and summarie causes of reiecting the Popes Distinct 40. Canon li. Papa L. Item si v 〈…〉 17. §. vlt. Why the counsels are reiected as iudges in religion and how farre foorth they are not refused The first cause The second cause The third cause The fourth cause The tradition of the house of Elias Three circles or diuisions of time in the new Testament The Church like to the Moone Apoc. 12. The circle of the first two hundred yeres Acts. 1. 6. 15. The foure seuerall counsels The councel of Nice 328. Of Constantinople 385. Of Ephesus 435. Of Chalcedon 455. The second circle of fiue hundred yeeres 788 869 The third circle of fiue hundred yeares 1049 1080 1160 1243 1311 1414 The death of Iohn Hus and Ierom of Prage 1431 1511 1552 Many contrarietes of councels Dist 32. Can.

from thence to Florence whereas although Iohn Palaeologus the Emperour of the Grecians vpon hope of succour against the Turkes and the Russians also did promise obedience to y e Sée of Rome yet notwithstanding afterwards when they were returned whome the rest for good causes would not agrée to them there could be no peace concluded with the Pope At length also Iulius the second called a councel at Laterane and Paule the third at Trent in the which because they procéeded not according to the rules prescribed in the worde of God therefore the Gospellers affirme that they are not bound to their decrées By all which it appeareth what manner of councels haue béene kept in these later hundred yeares For as for the contrarietie of councels it is the easiest matter of a thousand to shew it For the councel of Chalcedon condemned Eutiches the councel of Ephesus alowed him the counsel of Nice condemned Arrius the councel of Sardice Smirna and Millan defended him The Councel of Africa whereof Cyprian was moderator decréed that those which had béene baptized by Heretikes should be baptized anew the Councell of Carthage forbade it The Councell of Ephesus celebrated when Celestinus was Pope allowed men to communicate both kindes in the Sacrament the Councell of Constance vnder Iohn the thrée and twentie and of Laterane vnder Innocentius the thirde did forbid it The Councel of Chalons confirmeth sacrifice for the dead the Councell of Carthage forbiddeth it The Councel of Anchira Nice Grangren Toledo and Illiberis allowe the mariage of Ministers the Councell of Neocesaria Chalcedon Agatha and sundrie others forbidde it The Councell of Toledoe permitteth Concubines the thirde Councell of Carthage and the Councell of Basill vnder Eugenius the fourth condemne them The Councell held by Alexander forbiddeth men to heare the masse of a priest that kéepeth a concubine but the Councell kept vnder Lucius the third tollerateth it The Councell of Gangrene condemneth those that thrust● newe ordinances vppon the people the sixth Councell of Constantinople alloweth it The Councell of Toledoe in the eleuenth Cannon forbiddeth Images the sixth Councell of Constantinople and many others confirme and approue them What needes more wordes The Councell of Africa disalloweth the Popes supremacie the sixth Councell of Chalcedon and diuers moe allowe it The Councell vnder Gelasius made a decree against Transubstantiation the Councell of Florence vnder Victor the seconde and of Laterane vnder Innocentius the thirde establish it Beholde the authoritie of Councels behold their agréement And these are the reasons why the Gospellers will not simply admitte the Councels for Iudges in the controuersies of Religion but as sworne witnesses and that too so farre foorth onelie as their depositions shall agrée with the déede of the will and the meaning of the will maker whiche is the Lord God Wherefore Augustine doth verie well aduise that in controuersies of the Churche wee followe not the authoritie of the Councell either of Nice or of Ariminum as a guide sith wee are not bounde thereunto but that rather matter may bee compared with matter cause with cause and reason with reason by the authoritie of the Scriptures For more credite is to bee giuen to a man of the common sorte that speaketh the trueth accordyng to the Scriptures then to a generall Councell that bringeth a lye against the Scriptures There remaineth the third kynde of Iudges namelie the auncient Fathers But the Gospellers say they can not absolutelie admitte these neither for Iudges For first they say that there are verie fewe that are verie auncient which notwithstanding haue also most plainlie declared that they may erre And againe they alledge that the age after ensuing was so generally ouertaken and stronglie possest with a false persuasion and opinion concerning prayer to the dead building of Churches superstitious celebrating the memoriall of martyrs allegoricall and misticall exposition of the Scriptures single life moncherie and a multitude of ceremonies that many Bishops partlie of ignoraunce partlie of couetousnesse partlie of vayne glorie and finallie partlie of méere wickednesse were so farre from stopping and repressing that they rather countenaunced and supported all these errours This might be proued by many examples but a fewe will serue for the clearing of the matter The godly imbrace Tertulliā so farre forth as out of the written word of God he confuted Marcion and Praxeas who denied both the Godhead and manhoode of Christ But in that hee maintaineth the errours of the Millenaries and condemneth second mariages therein they iudge that he erreth Cyprian was of sound iudgement in the doctrine of the holie Trinitie of the Baptisme of infants and vse of the Lordes Supper but he erreth in this that he decréed that those which had bene Baptised by heretickes should bee Baptiséd agayne and did too ouerlashinglie extoll virgiuitie and sette-penaunce Basill iudged aright of the Trinitie of repentaunce and iustification but herein hee is not without fault that hee first set vp societies of Monckes which are now thought to haue growen too farre out of kinde from their first institution Gregorie Nazianzene writ many thinges well but hee was ouershotte in this that hee seemeth to hold prayer to Saintes Chrisostome handled manie matters excéeding well but when hee stretcheth his eloquencie to extoll vowed Pilgrimages and prayer for the dead hee is iudged to erre Ambrose writ not a fewe things verie religiouslie of the Trinitie and of the doctrine of iustification but the reformed Church doth reiect those counterfeit and forged bookes which go abroad vnder his name Ierome did very good seruice to the Church when he disputeth that our regenation is not wrought by the strēgth of our frée will but not withstāding in the meane while he erreth most grossely shamefully in this that he so disprayseth mariage that hee calleth her a whore which marieth the second time Augustine the most sincere of all the old fathers deserueth very wel of the Church while he confuteth the Arriās Manicheis Donatists Pelagiās by the word of God but whereas he staggereth about Purgatory vowes therein he is thought not to haue takē counsell with y e word of God Gregory iudgeth rightly whē he said he was Antichrist that sought to be called Vniuersal Bishop but he erreth very fearefully while he pulleth asunder the lawfull mariages of the Ministers of Gods word when he saith it is vnlawfull to renounce a solitarie life and while hee is induced by night apparitious and visions to allowe of doctrines contrarie to thé word of God And now howe should the Gospellers absolutelie admitte the fathers for iudges when as the playntiefes them selues doe not allowe and obserue all their sayinges Ambrose saith that when we haue performed the duetie of common ciuilitie towardes the dead in burying them we should then let them alone Gelasius saith that the substaunce of

Pope thirtie thousand men of warre that might doe seruice in the field without any hinderance to their church-seruice But amongst other orders the Franciscans and Domicanes are taken to excell whereof the former beside other fables conteyned in the booke of conformities are not ashamed to call vpon their Captaine with this verse O Frances Iesus typicall or second Christ the guide Of Minorites who rulest them that they g●e not aside Graunt vs in heauen euermore with thee still to abide And the later doe not sticke not onely to compare their Dominick with our sauiour Christ but also to prefer him before him in many points There be published the legends of the Saints and sundrie other bookes of the lying counterfette miracles of Stanislaus Adelbert and other men Which bookes because the popes haue authorized and exhibited them to all Christendome to be imbraced with as great reuerence as the Scriptures hereby they also iudge them to be giltie of impietie The second cause for which the Gospellers denie that they will acknowledge the popes for their Iudges they alledge to be the sinne of tirannie vsurped ouer the Church For first he séeketh to be intituled the head husband and vniuersall Bishop of the Church which it is most certain agréeth to none but Christ Secondly in that they haue chalenged vnto themselues dominion ouer the whole world and all ciuil magistrates for as for the donation of Constantine wherby they cōfirm their soueraign authoritie besides that Antoninus bishop of Florēce N. Cusanus L. Valla Volateranus AEneas Siluius and other writers moe which in other pointes were great proctors for the papacie were not afraid some late hundred yeares since to disproue it the Gospellers auouch that they can also conuince it of forgerie by these reasons For sith no approued writer maketh mention of this donation sith Eusebius and others doe witnes that Constantine did deuide the thrée coastes of the world to his thrée sonnes sith the instruments or deeds of grant set forth by Volateranus and in the decretals doe far differ and their stile is much vnlike sith it is ridiculous that Peter Paul should appeare to Constantine in a dreame and that he should worship thē for gods sith Cōstantine neuer had the leprosie neither was he baptized at Rome by Siluester but at Hicomedia by ●usebius sith it is wicked to say that the hand of god was seen of Constantine sith he could not geue greater iurisdiction to the pope then he had himselfe neither could geue him autoritie ouer the patriarck of Constantinople there being then no such citie and finally sith those giftes which in that euidence are saide to be geuen to the pope by Constantine are the badges of Antichrist By al these seueral and those most forcible demonstrations it is cōcluded that y e same donation was not granted by Constantine but forged by the popes Now in those words which Christ spake to Peter other ministers of the word that they should féed his shéep he appointeth to them not a ciuil iurisdiction but a church-ministerie for in another place he nippeth and beateth back the pride ambition of the apostles desiring superiority when he saith The kings of the natious beare rule but it shal not be so with you Yea the Canons also haue expresly forbidden the Bishop of Rome to be called The chief Bishop or the vniuersall head of the church Wherfore they say y t they are conquered with their own weapons sith they claime to thē selues this dominion by diuers those also contrarie titles The third cause why the Gospellers refuse to stand to the iudgemēts of the popes they alledge to be this that they haue corrupted Religion and haue most grosselie erred not onelie in mane●s but also in doctrine For there are decrées extant concerning the popes that they are not men but Gods that they may not bée iudged by any mortall man y t they may dispense against the Apostle chaunge the nature of things make some what of nothing make righteousnes of vnrighteousnesse But in the meane space how true these things are the matter it selfe doth shew For the Lord himselfe witnesseth y t there is but one forme of Religiō namelie that which is recorded in the writings of the Prophets and Apostles whereunto nothing may be added or taken away no not by an Angell But the pope teacheth that y e order of the church consisteth in the traditions of our forefathers of the which sort are Agnus Deis christening of belles prayers of Saints single life of priests as they call them the taking away of the cup in the Lordes Supper the vsing of a straunge toung the Masse pardons and other such stuffe the which although they affirme to ha●e bene conuayed ouer to them from the Apostles by tradition yet that most of them were inuented by them selues the recordes of auncient stories doe plainlie proue For pope Innocent forbad the cup in the Lordes Supper by the decrée of the Coūsell of Laterane and instituted the Easter-Communion But Eugenius the fourth decréed the contrarie Innocentius the third and Honorius the third ordained that the Sacramentall bread should be curiouslie kept in the church for sundrie vses But pope Clement would not suffer it to be reserued to the next day Vitellianus the second and Agatho the first appointed the Masse to be said in Latin Nicolaus the first suffered the Slauonians and Polonians to haue Masse said in their own tongues Alexander the second decréed that Masse said by a priest that kept a cōcubine should not be heard But Lucius the third allowed it Siricius Pelagius the second and diuers others condemned the mariage of priests But Pius the second hath left in writing to this effect that it seemed there was great reason to debarre the priests from mariage but there was greater reason for the restoring of it againe Leo the first Gregorie the second third many others allowed the worshipping of Images But Iohn the 22. did mortallie hate Images Pictures Boniface the 4. graunted the Monckes authoritie to preach baptise and absolue Gregory tooke it from them Iohn the 24. held for sound articles of faith that the Apostles neuer vowed pouertie and single life Pius the second said that Friers were the deuils bondslaues in this double verse The deuill of hell himselfe dare not that thing to enterprise Which shameles Moncke beldame old with craft fraught will deuise Pelagius y e first ordained that clerkes should bestow euerie day seuē houres in Canonicall prayers Gregorie y e first commaunded that they should giue themselues not to chaūtings but to preaching Calixtus decréed y t it was not lawfull to dissent from the church of Rome Fabianus affirmed the contrarie Bonifacius the 8. commaunded that the yeare of Iubilie should be kept the hundreth yeare Clemens the 6. brought it to the fiftith Boniface the ninth to