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A16160	A discourse occasioned vpon the late defeat, giuen to the arch-rebels, Tyrone and Odonnell, by the right Honourable the Lord Mountioy, Lord Deputie of Ireland, the 24. of December, 1601. being Christmas Eaue and the yeelding vp of Kinsale shortly after by Don Iohn to his Lordshippe: by Raph Byrchensha Esquire, Controller Generall of the musters in Ireland. Seene and allowed.	Byrchensha, Raph.	1602 (1602)	STC 3081; ESTC S104603	17,462	36

the Ministers of his Gospell all such dominion ciuill iurisdiction saying thus vnto them The Kings of the nations raigne ouer Mat. 20. 25. 26 Mar. 10. 42. 43. them and they that be great among them beare rule or dominion but it shall not be so with you Ninthly the Pope of Rome holds that he hath power to forgiue sinners But the Scribes in the Gospell could say none can forgiue Mar. 2. 7. Iob. 14. 4. Esay 45. 11. sinnes but God Iob saith Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse there is not one And Esay saith speaking in the person of God I euen I am he that putteth away thine iniquities for mine owne sake and will not remember thy sinnes And Paul confidently affirmeth when he saith Who shall lay any thing to the charge Rom. 8. 33. 34. of Gods chosen it is God that iustifieth who shall condemne it is Christ which is dead yea or rather which is risen againe who is also at the right hand of God and maketh request also for vs. Againe The Lord is slow to anger and of great mercy and forgiuing Num. 14. 18. Exod. 34. 7. iniquitie And in Exod. 34. God speaking in his owne person said that he reserueth mercie for thousands forgiuing iniquity and transgression and sinne besides infinite places to like purpose Tenthly the Church of Rome doth teach that the Scriptures containe not all things necessary to saluation but their vnwritten traditions 10 must as they say be all receiued with equall and like authoritie for so hath the Councell of Trent determined But S. Iohn saith that These things are written that yee may beleeue and that in beleeuing yee may haue life eternall And S. Paul saith that The Scriptures are profitable to reprooue to teach and correct to instruct 2. Tim. 3. 15. and perfect the man of God and further that The Scriptures are able to make men wise vnto saluation and God himselfe doth say Yee shall put nothing to the word which I command you Deut. 4. neither take ought there-from Againe Whatsoeuer I command Deut. 12. you that take heed you doe put nothing thereto nor take ought there-from And S. Iohn in his Reuelation saith that If any man shal Reuel 22. adde to this thing God shall adde vnto him the plagues which are written in this booke and shall take away his part out of the booke of life I might yet adde further touching the offices of Christ. for that the Church of Rome will yeeld that the office of Christ consisteth in these three points namely that he is both a Prophet a Priest and a King which in words they will acknowledge but in deeds and veritie they doe not For how miserably and wickedly the Church of Rome hath mangled and defaced the reuealed will of this sacred Prophet their vnwritten traditions popish canons and their owne deuises makes too apparant Touching his Priesthood which consisteth in two things namely the offering vp of himselfe once for a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice and his intercession to his Father which remayneth to the worlds end is so pitifully defrauded abused and dishonoured by them as no pen with any modestie can set downe as by their Purgatorie pickepurse their propitiatorie masses for the quicke and the dead the blasphemous titles attributed to the Virgin Mary namely they call her the Queene of heauen the gate of Paradise their life sweetnes the treasure of grace the refuge of sinners the mediatrix of men and not onely to her but to saints departed they intreat with like intercession and holde them their mediators Touching how they deale with Christ in his rule and gouernement the Pope he will raigne in mens consciences he will be tituled with Holy vniuersal mother Church which cannot erre Holy father the Pope Bishop vniuersall Prince of Priests Supreame head of the Church Vicar of Christ The admiration of the world c. Touching his iurisdiction he chalēgeth to himselfe both the swords that is both the keyes of the spiritualtie and the Scepter of the laitie not onely subduing all Bishops vnder him aduancing himsefe aboue kings and Emperours causing some of them to lie vnder his feet some to hold the stirrop kings to lead his horse by the bridle some to kisse his feet placing and displacing all degrees of people pretending power and authoritie to inuest Bishops to giue benefices to spoyle Churches to giue authoritie to binde lose to call generall Councels to set vp religions to canonize Saints to take appeals to binde consciences to make lawes to dispense with the law word of God to deliuer from purgatory and to command Angels c. Whereby appeares as he presumeth to go beyond Christ in this world so would he if he knew how also expulse him from heauen And now gentle Reader in equall ballance single eye and honest heart censure whether the Church of Rome be the spouse of Christ or no whether the word of God allow warrant his doings I cannot stand longer to inlarge of his doctrine which is most iniurious to Christ his Church nor lay downe his life which is most detestable to all men that hath any sparke of the true knowledge of Gods word but abruptly hasten to an end because you may perceiue I haue but in briefe past ouer the particulars for to discourse of these points would aske large volumes not doubting but all indifferent men may hereby behold vpon what rocke these Arch-rebels build their rebellion if it be true as they say that it is vndertaken in regard of religion their conscience also that all men of what cōdition soeuer who hath ben is lead still on to dāce after the pipe of priests Iesuits and Seminaries who outwardly carry a shew of godlinesse but inwardly are rauening and deuouring Wolues may see what ground and warrant they find in Gods word to approoue and allow their actions and liues indefending maintaining and setting foorth the kingdome of their master Antichrist the Pope the diuels sworne champion whose creeping in corners whose oyled mouthes whose outward holines whose monstrous hypocrisie whose masses whose dirges whose beades whose crucifixes whose prayers whose vowes whose whippings whose crosses Agnus deis and perswasions hath but hitherto brought foorth rebellion disobedience to Prince breach of Lawes and gouernment burning wasting spoyling robbing and in generall almost an vtter ruine and waste of Ireland Therefore in the feare of God now come from them and while it is yet day walke as it becommeth the Children of light turne from these seducers their cursed doctrine and superstitious ceremonies and imbrace the pure milke of Gods most blessed word and willingly readily and thankefully come to heare the same preached and taught which will be the perfect path for to lead you the strong sterne to guide you the lanterne to light you and the meane by the mercy of God to saue your soules For

the High Priest remooued the Altar of the Lord. Whereby it appeareth that the Priesthood was corrupted the Altar remooued and consequently the sacrifice ceased Now I trust there is no Papist so impudent to say that either the true Church was in the Scribes and Pharisies or in the time of Achas Manasses and many other Kings of Israell so visible and populous as they would haue it but that the Church of Christ were in that small number wheresoeuer dispersed Secondly the Church of Rome holdes that ignorance is the mother of deuotion but Christ saith ignorance is the mother of error saying You erre not knowing the Scriptures and Christ biddeth the Matth. 22. 29. Ioh. 5. 39. Coloss 3. 16. Acts. ●7 people to search the Scripture Paul commaunded that the word of God should dwell plentiously in the people whereby they might teach themselues and the Berenas examined the Scriptures Thirdly the Church of Rome teacheth that the Scriptures ought to be taught in a strange tongue Saint Paul saith He that 1. Cor. 14. speaketh in a strange tongue speaketh not vnto men but vnto God for no man heareth him howbeit in the spirit he speaketh secret things He that speaketh in a strange language edifieth himselfe I would that you all spake strange languages but rather that you prophecied For greater is he that prophecieth then he that speaketh diuers tongues except he expound it that the Church may receiue edification And now brethren if I come vnto you speaking diuers tongues what shall it profit you c. Moreouer things without life which giue a sound whether it be a Harpe or a Pipe except they make a distinction in the sound how shall it be knowne what is piped or harped So likewise yee by the tongue except you vtter words which haue signification how shall it be vnderstood what is spoken for you shall speake in the ayre Fourthly the Church of Rome doth teach there is a Purgatorie Christ in the Gospell sheweth onely two places namely heauen and hell Christ said to the theefe This day shalt thou be with me in Luk. 16. Luke 23. 43. Paradise Christ saith Verily verily I say vnto you he that heareth my words and beleeueth him that sent me hath eternall life Ioh. 5. 25. Phil. 1. 2. 3. and commeth not into condemnation but passeth from death to life Saint Paul saith I couet to be dissolued and to be with Christ Againe For we know that when this earthly tabernacle of ours is dissolued we haue a building of God not made with hands but 2. Cor. 5. 1. Reuel 14. 13. eternall in the heauens Againe Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hencefoorth they rest from their labours and their workes follow them And Saint Peter telleth the Saints and children 1. Pet. 1. 9. of God and assureth them of it That the end of their faith is the saluation of their soules Fiftly the Church of Rome teacheth that since the fall of Adam man hath free-will Whereas God saith After that time that the Gen. 6. imaginations of mens harts are onely euill euery day Christ saith Iere. 7. No man can come vnto me except the father draw him Againe Rom. 3. 10. Conuert thou me and I shall be conuerted Also There is not one Heb. 11. 6. that doth good no not one Againe Without faith it is vnpossible Rom. 14. 23. to please God And againe Whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne Ioh. 15. 1 2. Also Except men be ingrafted into him they can bring foorth no fruits besides many places to like effect Sixtly the Church of Rome deliuereth the Sacrament but in one kinde namely bread Christ saith Drinke yee all of this cup. Paul Matth. 26. 27. 1. Cor. 11. 23. 28. 1. Corinthians 11. 23. 28. saith Let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of this bread and drinke of this cup. Seuenthly the Church of Rome holdeth transubstantiation in the Sacrament and this they would seeme to ground vpon these words This is my body which they will haue to be expounded literally but why then doe they not expound the other words of Christ literally also concerning the cup For the text saith in the 27. and 28. verses that He tooke the cup and said This is my bloud I am sure they will not say that the cup was the bloud of Christ as the words be but they will graunt a figure in those words namely that by the cup is meant the wine in it if then they will admit a figure in this why may there not be a figure in the other namely This is my body should be vnderstood thus This bread is a figure of my body which was broken for you Circumcision was called the Lords couenant when indeed it was not the couenant So likewise the Paschall Lambe is called the Passeouer when indeed it was but a signe of the Passeouer Christ saith Doe this in remembrance of me And Saint Paul saith plainely and expresly 1. Cor. 11. 26. 28. that the communicants doe eate bread and therefore it remaineth bread after the words of consecration For if it were transubstantiated into the body of Christ then were there no bread to eate but the body of Christ is the thing that should be eaten but none doth eate the very body of Christ. For if euery communicant did eate the very body of Christ naturally carnally and really as they grosly suppose Christ should haue a number of bodies which is palpably absurd and monstrous to thinke Besides if Christ gaue his body to be eaten really by his Disciples at the time of the institution of this Sacrament what was it that did hang vpon the crosse on the morrow Moreouer S. Peter saith Acts 3. 21 that as touching the body of Christ The heauens must containe him to the end of the world Eightly the Church of Rome holdeth the Pope hath authority to depose Kings and Princes God deposeth the mightie from their seates and exalteth them of low degree It is God that testifieth of Luke 1. Dan. 2. 20. 4. 14. 21. 2. Cor. 10. 4. Rom. 13. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Pet. 2. 13. Tit. 3. 1. himselfe By me Kings raigne and Princes haue dominion Paul confesseth plainely that the weapons of their warfare are not carnall but mightie through God that is spirituall And it is manifest by the practise of the Apostles and all their precepts commaunding all Christians to obey their rulers their Kings Princes yea though they were persecutors the Apostles neuer had any such authority commited to them Christ himselfe saith his kingdome was not of Ioh. 18. 36. Ioh. 6. 15. Math. 22. 21. this world and Christ himselfe refused to be made a King Christ himselfe also paid tribute vnto Caesar and commaunded others to giue the same and all other dueties of subiection and obedience to Caesar And Christ hath expresly forbidden his Apostles in them all