in the heauens and â—hatsoeuer yee shall loose on earth shal be loosed in â—e heauens God hath subiected to the hands of the â—riests the Regall head theaâ—hing vs that this Prince greater theÌ„ that The thronâ— power authoritie â—nd dignitie of Priests is aboue Regall this â—leth onely in things temporall the Priest â— heauenly The king of heauen hath giuen his power to his Priests and hath subiected â—e Regall head to thâ— hands of the Priests â—eclaring vnto vs that this is a greater Prince â—en he Neither hath he giueÌ„ such power vnto â—ngels or Archangels as to Priâ—sts Saâ—erdotibâ—â—â—â—um est vt potestatem habâ—ant quam Deus neque Chrysâ—st lib. 3. de Sacerdotio â—ngelis neque Archangelâ—s datam esse voluit Neque â—im ad illos dictum est Quaeâ—unque alligaueritis in â—rrâ erunt alligata in coelo Et quaecunque solueretiâ—â— terrâ erunt soluta in â—oelâ— It is giuen to Priests â—at they shall haue power which God would haue â—uen neither to Angells nor Arâ—hangeâ—â—s For it is not â—ed to them Whatsoeuer you â—hall bind vpon earth â—all be bound also in heauen and whatsoeuer you shall â—ose on earth shall be loosed in heauen The power â—f binding which is in Princes is onely ouer â—odies that of Priests ouer soules and extenâ—eth to heauen Habent terrestres Principes vinâ—li potestatem verum corpâ—rum solum Id autem quod Chrysoâ—â— ibideâ— â—â—o Sacordotum vinculum ipsam eâ—iam animam conâ—ngitatque ad coelos vsque peruadit Terreane Princes â—lso haue the power of fetters but of the bodie onely â—ut that which I saie the bonds of Priests toucheth the â—ule it selfe and passeth vnto the heauens This is the doctrine deliuered by Christ so expâ—â—nded both by the Grâ—â—ke and â—â—â—ine Church in Britaniâ— and all places with all persons all good Emperours Kinges and Princeâ— of England and which the whole Christian worlde haâ—e euer profâ—ssed and declared 17. And the world will witnesse euery where against persecuting England that the Cathâ—likâ— Pâ—iest and Clergie thereof be as leâ—â—ned â—â—ly religious and as saâ—â— fâ—â—m exception and eueâ— haue bene since they were persecuted â—â—mber for number as any â—â—â—giâ—â—â— all Châ—â—stian reâ—owned Naâ—ions And of all Engâ—â—â—h people they haâ—e most â—oâ—oâ—red â—nâ—â—east 〈…〉 offended their Pâ—inces or 〈…〉 Câ—â—â—crie Most of them be and 〈…〉 of noble or 〈◊〉 familiâ—â— and alâ—â—â—bred â—â— and discended that thâ—y haâ—e 〈◊〉 at home and abroad without 〈…〉 or huâ—e They 〈◊〉 left 〈…〉 places i◠〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Englâ—â—d 〈…〉 and all They 〈…〉 Bâ—shoprâ—cks 〈◊〉 or 〈…〉 but leaue 〈◊〉 to thâ—â—â—r 〈…〉 any 〈◊〉 Tribâ—â—es or 〈…〉 From their Aduersaâ—ies The Catholikeâ— of â—nglan◠〈◊〉 these â—o 〈…〉 more the Protestants doe 〈…〉 or many 〈◊〉 Presentations and 〈◊〉 which beâ—oâ—ged 〈◊〉 their â—o â—â—ll into the lapse for the Protestant Bishops to bestowe as thâ—y will Ouâ— Catholikâ— Priests haue no wiues or children to trouble the CoÌ„mon â—ealth withâ—ll Pariâ—heâ—â—nd pâ—aces of birth be not postered or charged with any â—uâ—h nâ—r Schoâ—â—erships or Felâ—owships in Vnâ—uersitieâ— which are not orâ—ained for Ministerâ— childrenâ— Tenanâ—s are â—ot put out of their liuings nor the Church Riâ—ches and liuings horded vp beggars made â—ut not releeued for any 〈◊〉 of Priests â—r Priests fauourers All that be of their acâ—uintance in Religion are instructed in dutie â—o God and Prince and be most true and â—utifull Subiectâ— to â—heir king â—n all occasioÌ„s â—hâ—se caÌ„not be the 〈◊〉 of a bad Religion 18. Their Religion vnder preâ—enâ—e whereâ—f they are presecuted they haue ofâ—eÌ„ in pubâ—shed bookes proued in euery point and â—rticle to be onely true and now doe coÌ„â—â— it â—â—t to pâ—eâ—se which will so demonstrate 〈◊〉 euery Article of thâ— Pâ—â—seâ—utours Reâ—ion euen by the Apostleâ— and Apoâ—olike men and Fathers of that age in â—hich they liued holy Scripturs and Proâ—stants themselueâ— and they haue often â—ade most earnest and huÌ„bâ—e petitions lateâ— pâ—blished in print to the Parlament 〈◊〉 publickly euen with vnequall condiâ—ons to themselues and their causâ—â—â— dispute â—d mâ—intainâ— all and euery part of the doâ—ine they hold and 〈◊〉 against the best â—arned Protestant Bishops or 〈◊〉 their Persecutours And yet if meÌ„ would or should speake doe and proceede consequently as they which takâ—â—pon them to be teachers instructours and Reformers in Religion of all men in all times and places ought and without vtterly disabling themselues therein are bound A Prieste or Bishop that saieth Maâ—se absolueth penitents or reconciâ—eth men to the Catholike faith by power authoritie or Iurisdiction from Rome is no more guiltie of so â—ermed treason by the ParlameÌ„t Protestant Acts and lawes then all other Ecclesiasticall ParlameÌ„t an 〈◊〉 Elizab. Statute 2. Parlam 1. Iacob Parlam â— Carâ—li personâ— dâ—acons or others inferiours Religious of what name title or degree soeuer as SubdeacoÌ„s Acolythists Exorcists or others wanting all such power as is euident by that oâ— Queene Elizabeth receiued and prosecuteâ— by king Iames aÌ„d king Charles Priests therefore are not or should not be so prosecuteâ— for their Priestlie functions God forbyd any English minded man or louer of Englanâ— should thinke or wish it a thing so penall anâ— capitall for any InhabitaÌ„t of England or English man to be borne abid or remaine in hiâ— beloued natiue Countrie of England thougâ— he weâ—e a meaner and more vnworthie maâ— then any meanest Priest of England is 19. The Protestants thus deriue our Clergâ—â— Succession Thâ— first Parlament of Qâ— Câ—mbd Annal pag 36. â—â—izabeth being ended the Oath of thâ— Queens supreamacie was proposed to the Catholike Bishops and Ecclesiasticall Persons many as refused to sweare were depriued their benefices dignities and Bishopriks â— Rulers of Churches 50. Prebendaries 5. â—isters of Colledges 12 Archdeacons 12. â—anes and 14. Bishops all that then â—emaiâ— except one Anthonie Bishop of Landaffe â— calamitie of his See and â—ome commitâ—ed prison in the Tower Fleete Marshallea â— kings Bench. How reuerend and learned â—n those of our Clergie then weâ—e and they â—ch immediately ioyned with the and coÌ„tiâ—d a SuccessioÌ„ of renowned Clergie Priests â— memorable bookes and writings of very â—y of them in defence of Catholike Reliâ—n ther honour therby registred among â— must worthie writers and their glorie in whole Church of Christ are warrant to posteritie I am an vnworthie witnesse â— many older and of more frequeÌ„t conuersaâ— with Priests then I can better testifie that â—hin 25 yeares of the Reigne of Queene Eâ—beth when so many from our Seminaries â— come hither that at one time there were â— of them Prisoners in the Marshallea and â—y of them put to death There were then â—y of Queene Maries Priests depriued and â—secuted by Queene Elizabeth still liuing â— labouring here in this holy cauâ—e and â—st of them were very learned as they were â— which were sent from our Seminaries to â—plie their number and ioyne with them as â—ers published bookes from them their
Gospells from the shoulders of the â—nsecrated But this maketh not much to the â—rpose it being onely as I haue saied a Ceremonie and not essentiall to the Consecration of a Bishop and that true and vndouted Bishops were made before the Gospells were written Otherwise the wholâ— Church then euer after and now and eueâ— had wanted it and had no Ecclesiastical Order at all Which is the lamentable and desperate condition of such as persecute a truâ— Bishop and Priest for their Order and power thereby confessing their want both of thaâ— which is essentiall in this high office as alsâ— consecratours to performe it consecrat truâ— Priests or confer any Ecclesiasticall Ordeâ— or degree at all not the meanest in that kinâ— to any person 20. All Authors agree euen Protestants iâ— their Catalogues of British and English Biâ—hops that we had continuall succession oâ— such here in great numbers vntill Queen Elizabeth by her supreamacie depriued anâ— deposed them And to keepe it farre from thâ—â—â—me of an Innouation to haue one such Bishop Successour to so many if we haue thaâ— libertie in time of Persecution when Bishop are driuen from their Sees vsuall in histories to remember and honour them in Exiâ— and Persecution we haue still kept a Succesion of Bishops in or of this nation Of thoâ—â— which were depriued of their Bishop pricke we haue Richard Pates Bishop of worcheste who subscribed to the Councell of Trent hâ— being there present by this Title Richardâ— Patus wigornieÌ„sis Episcopus Thomas Goldwell Bishop Godw. Catal. of Bish. in Worcest in Ric. Pates in S. Asaph in Thom. Goldwell of Asaph liued at Rome 20. yeares after that deposing Thomas watson Bishop of Lincolne was committed to prison in the I le of Elie and died about the yeare 1584. Thus the Protestants themselues deliuer and moreouer they deliuer much praise and commendatioÌ„s of theÌ„ and all others our renowned Bishops 14. or more in number who were deposed and persecuted by Queene Elizabeth yea far more and greater theÌ„ they doe of those which were intruded into their places Before or soone after the death of Bishop Waâ—son of Lincolne Owen Lew is of this our Nation was consecrated Bishop of Cassan in whose life-time our most Illustrious Cardinall William Allan was honoured with that dignitie and consecrated Archbishop of Maâ—kâ—en who liued with these honours vntill the 16. day of October in the yeare of Christ 1594. â—n his time William Gifford was by Pope Clement the eight made Deane Ecclesiae Diui Petri Insulensis Of Saint Peters Church at Lile And afterward he was ordained Archbishop of Rhemes in Champaine in France where he lately liued And whilst he liued Archbishop both VVilliam of Chalcedon and Richard also who is now so persecuted were by highest Papall authoritie coÌ„secrated ad sent into England And what man of ordinarie knowledge Iudgement or vnderstanding will aduenture to saie but all these were renowned men as also diuerse of our renowned Priests most worthie of Episcopall honour aÌ„d dignitie in equall times honourably stiled and registred for all posteritie not onely as great glories of their CouÌ„trie England but the whole Church of Christ Therefore to haue one of such worthie men a Bishop in his natiue Countrie bearing for auoyding offence his Title of a place so farre hence which froÌ„ the first Conuersion thereof to Christ had 3. Archbishops aÌ„d many Bishops aboue 1400. yeares past should not in the new English Religion teaching the Church of God neuer wanted Bishops and acknowledging both him and all Catholikely consecrated Bishops and Priests to be true and lawfull Bishops and Priests vndoubtedly by right ordination be offensiue but desired such Order Function and dignitie being by their publike testimonies most needefull excelleÌ„t and honourable with all true Professours of Christian Religion 21. Thus we see a Succession of English Bishops though not all in England but in other CouÌ„tries some of them consecrated and remaining a thing not vnusuall in times of Persecution and bannishment of Bishops as in the great lights in their time of Gods Church S. Hilarius S. Athanasius S. Chrysostome and others loÌ„g time exiled yet thereby did not interrupt a continuall Succession in their Sees What least exception then can be taken against our renowned Bishop of Chalcedon for Order and degree so honourable and eminent by all testimonies for his owne worthines and worthily therefore to be had in high reuerence euen with his Persecutours he bringeth able witnesses with him his knowne loue aÌ„d honour to our king Queene and CouÌ„trie his owne holy life and conuersation his learned works and writings with all at home and abroad he hath euer piously and gratefully conuersed and with honour defended and iustified himselfe against Maleâ—olants Among all English Catholickâ— oâ— Protestants few are to be found which haue more defeÌ„ded the honour of our Soueraigne â—one more acceptable to his Maiesties frieds â—nd Allyes in marriage no maÌ„ among so maâ—y renowned Priests of England worthie of â—reatest honour in equall times adiudged so â—t to supply such place by that highest Paâ—or which hath shewed great care and loue four king Queene and hoped Posteritie â—nd Countrie And since Persecution and â—roclamation against him what could such a â—an in Persecution doe more then he hath â—one in decreeing and Ordering that all â—riests and Catholiks should daily with deâ—otion praie for our king Queene State and Countrie And both since the comming in of â—im and VVilliam of Chalcedon of happie â—emorie his Predecessour as likewise before â—e Catholiks of England haue bene and now â—e knowne to be the most loyall dutifull and liuing Subiects in our dearest Countrie of England THE VI. CHAPTER That our English Priests who teach alâ— things with the Apostolicall Religioâ— are truely coÌ„secrated worthie men anâ— are to be honoured and not persecuted 1. Hauing redeemed Episcopall Ordâ—â— and dignitie conferred by the Sâ— of Rome from all Imputation of wickâ— obloquies and made it knowne to be so higâ— and honourable we might spare all furthâ— labour for exemption and defence of Prieâ—â—lie Function seeing euery Bishop of neceâ—sitie must be a Priest and whatsoeuer of thâ— calling is noble and glorious in a Bishop must needs be such in Priests Episcopal hâ—nour and consecration addeth an higher aâ— greater worthinesse to him that was beforâ— Priest but cannot take away or diminish aâ— excellencie or renowne he had before Tâ— Protestants of Scotland doe confesse whiâ—â— all knowe that after Catholike ReligioÌ„ wâ— ouerthrowne there they had not any preteâ—ded Bishops before King Iames accordiâ—â— to his manner of making such gaue suâ— Titles to them And their Knoxe Buchanan Forbs Bale and others both of England â—nd Scotland are not ashamed to saie that â—efore the sending of Saint Palladius thither â—y Saint Celestine Pope about the yeare 430. â—lonckes who were onely Priests supplied â—he place of that dignitie with that People â—ut malice to Episcopall worthinesse and â—ower their owne
thâ— Iohn 21. these Saint Peter answered Yea Lord. Theâ— our Sauiour repâ—ied twice Pasce agnos meoâ— Feede my lambes And at S. Peters third answeâ— to the same demand he added pâ—sce oues meâ— feede my sheepe And to his Apostles he said Bonus Pastor animam suam dat pro ouibus suis à goâ— Iohn 10. Pastor giueth his life for his sheepe And Maioreâ— hac dilectionem nemo habet quam vt animaâ— Iohn 15. suam ponat quis pro amicis suis Greater loue thâ— this no man â—ath that a man yeald his life for hâ— friends 9. This Pastorall office and dignitie was euer accompted so perfect and excellent that in all times euen out of danger it was esteemed among the best Religious a perfection and honour for any with them to be preferred to Episcopall or such pastorall charge of soules Therefore the highest Consistorie to wit the Court of Rome hath most iustly and publickly declared the renowned Priests of England to be Ordinis Apostolici Of the most perfect and excellent Apostolicke order And as theire Order is the same with the Apostles so they doe deduce their neuer yet interrupted Frane Godw. Pref. to the Catal. of Bish. conuers of Brit. pa. 6. succâ—sâ—ion therein euen from the highest and chiefest Apostle Saint Peter himselfe from whom so to deriue it to speake in publicke Protestant words VVe should accompt it a great glorie to our Nation to deriue the pedegree of our spirituall linage froÌ„ so noble and excellent a father as S. Peter For both Greeke Latine AuncieÌ„t Later Catholike an Protestant writers assure Sim. Metaphr in SS Petr. Paul Antiquit-Graec ib apud Surin Sanct. Petr. Theater of Brit. l. 6. Camden in Brit. Nicâ—phor apud â—â—â— vs that S. Peter came hither into Britonie Simon Petrus qui fundamenâ—um esse Ecclesâ—ae desinitus est tanquam pâ—obaâ—issimus discipulus c. Simon Peter who like a most approued disciple was declared to be the fâ—undation of the Church as more powerfull then all the rest was commanded to illuminate the obscurer parts of the world in the west and he could entirely fulfull the command He came into Britonie in which place after he had staid long drawne many people to the faith erected Churches and ordained Bishops Priests and Deacons in the twelfth yeare of the Emperour Nero he returned to Rome againe The best Protestant Antiquaries doe hold this for so vnquestionable a truth in Histories that they crie out against any that should doubt thereof Quid ni crederemus why should Cambdâ—n supra we not beleeuâ— 10. Some saie that Saint Philip the Apostle and others would haue it the great Apostle Saint Peter sent S. Ioseph and his Religious companie of Glastenburie hither But S. Peter being alredy proued to be here before their comming and after it might well allowe and approue of their comming and being here but I see not how he did send them hither And as our best Antiquities deliuer they all died without leauing any Successours here vntill Pope Elutherius and King Lucius time But for our Succession of our holy Catholike Clergie Priests it was neuer yet interrupted but continued from S. Peter here vnto this day notwithstanding any howsoeuer outragious tempest of Persecution of whatsoeuer enimies of Christian truth Infidels or Heretikes in great number and constancie by all writers none denying or making doubt thereof And our Protestat Antiquaries themselues doe generally confesse and particularly recompt many Bishops Priests and other Clergie men to haue continued here in euery age both in the Britons and Saxons time without any interruption at all Toâ— tantaque Presbyterorum Monachorum Praesulum Episcoporum Ecclesiarum Caenâ—biorum Math. Parker Antiquit. Brit. pag. 7. 8. Iohn Gosâ—â— hist. â—ccles Iohn Ball de scrip Centur. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Godwin Catal. of Bish. in all Sees Sediumque vetusta nomina quae quouis saeculo extiteruÌ„t So many old names of Priests Monckes Prelats Bishops Churches Monasteries Episcopall Sees which in euery age were extant And vnder the Saxons and English both of Bishops and Priests with their Succession of Bishops vntill the first Parliament of Queene Elizabeth 11. Neither doe our Protestants as latly in publicke Parliament make their Religiâ— to which they would violently enforce you any older then that dare almost 80. years old neither can they except leaping backward ouer Queene Maries Raigne they would patch 4. yeares of youÌ„ge King Edwards youÌ„ger Religion vnto it shewe any Edict Decree Statute Parliament or any publicke proposall or command euen by temporall power for any Religion vse or profession therein to which they would pull and driue you but froÌ„ such younge times and Tutors in Religion That which is true Religion must haue so many hundreds of yeares in age more as then were and now are from Christ and his Apostles daies and other Apostles and Proposers then King Edward and Queene Elizabeth who persecuted and in what they could did suppresse the true old Catholike Apostolike and Christian Religion But in so doing and in whatsoeuer they did or could doe they onely could inuent oâ— giue allowance vnto a newe but not a true Religion Therefore if this onely and nothing else were to be saied vnto you or for you in this cause you are secure you suffer for Iustice you are blessed here and by that title shall so perseuerinâ— be eternally happie in heauen Bishops Priests Monckes Religious and lay Catholikes not so persecuted may perish but perseuering constantly in persecution for Christ's cause they cannot perish Beati qui persecutionem patiuntur propter Matth. 5. Iustitiam Blessed are they that suffer persecution for Iustice As the cause confirmâ—d by Christ himselfe confirmeth Quoniam ipsorum est regnum coelorum Because theirs is the Kingdome of heauen This quoniam because Is more particular vnto you for it is almost proper vnto our Priests and their Predecessours in this holie warre which Christ saied to his Apostles Vos â—estimonâ—um perhibeâ—itis quia ab initio mecum Iohn 15. estis You sâ—all giue testimonie because you are with me from the begining It is theirs and their childrens in Christ Vos autem estis qui permansistis mecum in tentationibus meâ—s You are they that haue Luck 22. remained with me in my temptations It is true of them and all such Catholikes of whom Saint Paul saied to the Romans Fides vestra annuntiatur â—â— Rom. 1. in vniuerso mundo Your faith is renowned in the whole world This of your faith and constancie therin and of your obedience and suffrings Vestra obedientiâ— in omnem locum diuulgata est Your obedience is published into euery place â—d Rom. 16. 12. If Christ will confesse all before his father which is in heauen who doe confesse him before men on eaâ—th this confession of you that haue beene so long Spectaculum Aspectacle 1. Corint 4. to Angels and men will be
great if euery one that is persecuted for Iustice shall haue his reward in heauen what will their honour be which haue suffered so much and so long time for that cause Your Protestant Aduersaries and Persecutours themselues taking the altitude of your miseries and suffrings for this greatest iustice haue found their eleuation to be raised to the hight of all former Persecutours who were Pagans professed enimies to Christ and all Christians They which professe Christ and Christianitie may not be such Great was the persecution of Nero and yet Britonie felt it not but was then a Refuge Aâ—yle and as a Sanctuarie to receiue and defend the persecuted Bitter was Dioclesiaus PersecutioÌ„ here in Britonie but as our Gildas telleth vs it was but Nâ—uâ—nnis of nine yeares onely at which time the Scots â—â—cts Saxons Gormundians Aâ—ricans and Dâ—nes â—ll Pagans persecuted the Christiâ—s here But neuer any bearing the name of Christ before â—hese dayes persecuted the Catholike Chriâ—tians of this Kingdome All those Pagans â—ersecuted Christians as enimies to their old Gods and Religion and for not ioyning â—ith them in Idolatrie deeming Christian â—eligion newe and erroneous Our ProtestaÌ„t Persecutours persecute vs for defending the old Religion of Christ which cannot be vntrue and for not imbracing their newe which in the Schoole of Christ cannot be true 13. All the Pagans that euer persecuted here distroied not â—o many Churches and Chappels as King Henrie the eight and his daughter Elizabeth nor tooke from the Church the halfe of that which they did Halse such a Fine and Ransome as the Catholikes paid to them aboue the third part of England in Religious Church-lands possessed by the Clergie here Sixhundred yeares since besides other for fitures would haue stopped the Pagans Persecution The Saxons greatest Persecution next to Dioclesians soone slacked and releÌ„ted no soon â—r had the Saxons driueÌ„ Theonus and Thadiocus Archbishops of LoÌ„don and Yorke with other Bishops Priests and Religious from â—heir Sees and Residences in the yeare of Christ 586. But King Ethelbert of Kent ruling vnto Húber by meanes of his blessed ChristiaÌ„ Queenâ— Bertha and her holy Bishop S. Lethard gauâ— ease and peace to Christians here before S. Augustines and his Associates comming hither and they were receiued by Ethelberâ— not yet a Christian with honours and noâ— indignities All they were strangers and forrainers to the persecuted Our Persecutourâ— be of the same Nation blood and kinred and stiled Christians with them whom thus they persecute for Christs true Religion If King S. Ethelbert Queene S. Bertha and Bishop S. Lethard were now liuing Catholikes would not be persecuted THE II. CHAPTER That the Religion of our English Catholikes as well from the Saxons as Britons is the same with their first Apostles and deduced from them and first of the Saxons conuerted by S. Augustine and his Roman Mission NOw because our Protestants and Persecutours before haue deliuered it For greate glorie to our Nation to deriue our spirituall degree from so noble a Father as S. Peter We will â—riue and deduce from him a continuall â—d neuer interrupted Succession both of â—iscopall and Priestlie function and doâ—ine also in euery point now questioned by â—r Persecutours froÌ„ that so noble a Father â— these Protestant times And to begge more â—ce and fauour from these our enimies in â—s cause they themselues shall briefly make â—s deduction â— And first concerning Bishops and Massing Priests sent hither or consecrated here by S. Peter's or his Roman Successours Iuâ—â—â—diction such as they now so greuiously dâ—◠〈◊〉 â—hey confesse publickly that they had â—o 〈◊〉 but so consecrated as the Roman Church did from the begining and stilâ— doth consecrate vnâ—ill their neâ—â— booke oâ— pretended Consecration maâ—â— by King Edward thâ— Sâ—â—th â— child hiâ—â—â—thoritie brought in thei◠〈…〉 aâ—d they acknowledge 〈…〉 consecraâ—e◠〈…〉 Priesâ—◠〈…〉 and doe 〈…〉 â—â—stifie 〈…〉 Engl. Proteâ—â— in Rogers Booke of articles Annal. Burton an 140. Caiuâ—â—â—tiq 〈…〉 Annâ—l 〈…〉 â—n Mansâ—◠〈…〉 1. 6. Harrison descript of Brit. waâ— oâ—r Archbishop 〈…〉 moreouer that this our 〈…〉 was seâ—lâ—d by this greaâ—est Aâ—ostâ—â— in â—he 〈◊〉 yâ—are of Nero and 67. 〈…〉 â— Peter returned againe to 〈…〉 dâ—uers of thâ—se our Bishops and 〈…〉 Nation as S. Manâ—uetus S. 〈◊〉 S. Maâ—cellus or Marcellinus the renoâ—ned Priests and Preachers of Cambridge â—n and afteâ— the yeare 140. S. Marcellus being and liuinâ— Bishop after King Lucius and Britonie waâ— conuerted when three Archbisbops anâ—â—â—ventie eight Bishops were here placed anâ— all Ecclesiasticall thinges established anâ— confirmed by Papall power in this Kingdome â— To make this Succession without aâ— question they deliuer vnto vs the names aâ— â—me Episcopall Acts of our Archbishops Hollinâ—h Hist of England Stowâ—s Hist. Godwin conuers of Britan. Cataâ— of Bishops in London Yorke and S. Dauids â—f LondoÌ„ Yorke and Caerlegion In London â—e chiefe Metropolitan See S. Theanus S. luanus Cadar Obinus Conanus Pallaâ—us Stephanus I'tutus Theodwynus or â—edwynus Thedredus Hillarius Guiteliâ—s Restitutus Fastidius Vodinus Theoâ—s Others adde S. Augulus Ternokinus â—d Gormcelinus They confesse that Theoâ—s the last Archbishop of London with full â—risdiction continued in his Archiepiscopall â—e notwithstanding the Pagon Saxons inuaâ—n and persecutioÌ„ vntill the yeare of Christ â—â— which was but 10. yeares before S. Auguâ—â—â— coming hither So they testifie of Thaâ—â—us Matth. West an 586. Archbishop of Yorke the same yeâ—â—e â—auing his See and with the Archbishop of 〈◊〉 and many of their Clergie flying into â—alâ—â— and Cornewall to the Christian Bisâ—ps Priests and people there They reâ—pt in thâ— Archbâ—â—â—op See of Yorke Theoâ—sius Sampsoâ—â—â— Taurinus â—eruanâ—s Sampsonâ—◠〈◊〉 and the â—enamed Thadiocu◠〈…〉 â—egion they â— downe Tremonus S. 〈◊〉 S Daâ—id â—iud Conanc Theliaus Eâ—bâ—dus wholiâ—d in S. Augustins time and after him imâ—ediatly succeeding in Archiepiscopall digâ—tie fourty or more vntill the time of Berâ—rd who in the yeare 1115. lost that honour â—om that See by Papall order as all Antiâ—aries Catholikes and Protestants agree 4. These men also deliuer vnto vs a Catalogue of learned holy writers in euery agâ— and in the age whâ— S. Augustine came hitheâ— they recount vnto vs the most noble Sainâ— and Doctours Dubritius Iltutâ—s Congelluâ— Dauid Gildas Kentigeâ—nâ—s Brendant Asaphus and others whâ—ly â—nd absolutâ— agreeing with the Church of â—ome They â—â— downe our Vniuâ—rsiâ—ies 〈…〉 aâ— among others 〈…〉 from all eâ—ror Our 〈…〉 in the greâ—â—ouncelâ—s 〈…〉 â—he same faiâ— with tâ—e whole 〈…〉 they had mâ— entercourâ—e 〈◊〉 â—â—â—municaâ—â—on next to tâ— Popes of 〈…〉 the moâ—â— Catholike aâ— renowâ—â—d 〈…〉 Churcâ— of Christ â— Athanaâ—â—â—◠〈…〉 S. Martine and maâ— more and bâ—th â—â—â—se Tertulâ—â—an S. Chryâ—stome with 〈◊〉 did highly commeÌ„d thâ— our 〈…〉 true Religion 5. Anâ— becaâ—â—â— some Proâ—estants to mu◠〈…〉 libertie cannot well eâ—dure 〈…〉 â—â—ckes and Religious sâ— king wâ—a◠〈…〉 can â—o disgrace suâ— as oâ—her◠〈◊〉 â—â—nowned Clergie especialâ— the 〈◊〉 of S. Benedicts Order
North neither was it in his â—wer so to doe vntill he was Bishop there â—ich was not vntill the yeare of Christ 670. there about by all Authours which was â—ge after S. Benedict Biscops being Abbot â—th in Northumberland and Canterburie â—d whereas some Monckes now would haue Aigulphus a Benedictine Moncke first to â—ie persuaded the Monckes of Lyrinum to Maâ—â—h VVestm â—â—râ—n Floâ—ent VVigorn chron Sigâ—bert aâ—â—â— â—eiue S. Benedict's Rule this cannot be for Aigulphus was a Moncke of FloriacuÌ„ Moâ—sterie which was not builded many yeares â—er this time and so it is not certaine but â—th the Monckes of Canterburie and those Northumberland vnder this holy Abbot Benedict Biscope hitherto were Lyrinian and not Benedictine Monckes and yet as before they were of the most Religious anâ— learned Monckes and Apostolike men in thâ— Christian world as the rest of our Britisâ— Moâ—ckes euen by Protestants confession â— also were 11. â—nd this is the glorie of this our Eâ—glish Nation to haue had generally both iâ— Kent where S. Augustine was and in all othâ— parâ—s câ—nuerted to Christ such renowneâ— Fathers and Protogenitours in him For sucâ— were the Monckes of S. Gregories Monastâ—rie Io. Diacâ—n in vita S. Gregorij l. 2. c. 11. in Rome from which S. Augustine arâ— his fellowes learned and holy Disciples â— the most learned and holy Pope S. Gregoriâ— were sent as our Protestants them selues acâ—nowledge that euer was And so learne were the Monckes of this his Monasterieâ— aboue other Italian Monckes in that timâ— that besides the Apostolike men about 4â— in number which S. Gregorie sent into Eâ—gland he made Maximianus his Abbot theâ— Bishop of Siracusas Marimanus a Moncâ— thereof Archbishop of Rauennas and Prâ—bus another of his Monckes of his Monastâ—rie Mariâ— Sâ—â—put l. 2. atate 6. in S. Benedicto Trithemius l. de script Eccles in S. Benedicto he sent to Hierusalem to build a Monsteâ—ie there we haue also warrant from â— Church of God so witnessing in S. Gregâ—ries publike office that S. Augustine and â— Monckes he sent into Briâ—anie about 40. number were learned and holy men Missiâ— Britanniam Doctis Sanctis viris Augustino â— â—lijs Monachis Sending into Britanie learned and holy men Augustine and other Monckes 12. But whether S. Augustine and those who came into England with him to conuert it as they most happily did were indeede Monckes of S. Benedicts Order I will not heare dispute leauing it perchance to some other worke in hand it being all one â—o this my purpose whether S. Augustine â—nd his companie were Benedicton or other Monckes I onely intending now to shew that from our first Conuersion in S. Peters time vnto these times there was a continuall succession of Priests and of the same Religon for which now in EnglaÌ„d we are so persecuâ—ed And that S. Augustine and his companie were most hoâ—y and learned men Docti and Breuiar Romandie 12. Martij in festo S. Gregor Bed Hist. Eccles Angl. l. 2. Matth. VVesâ— in Chron. Fâ—orent VVigâ—r Chroniâ— Gâ—liel Malmesburâ—â—â— dâ—gâ—st Reg. Angl. â—ancti viri that they taught our Predecesâ—ours the same faith we now professe and that â—hey conuerted to the faith of Christ Ethelâ—ert King of Kent and his Kingdome of KeÌ„t â—nd Sebert or Sigebert King of the East Saxons with his Kingdome and preached in many other places oâ— England conuerting in â—hem many to Christian Religion I saie with â—hem and the whole Christian world then Asia Africke and Europe agreeing with S. Gregorie who sent hither these so holy and â—earned men and therefore is rightly by Saint Beade instiled Apostle of England in Religion vsing his masse and honouring him for a Sainct as our Protestants confesse that their doctrine and Religion was true and for this part of the world Italie froÌ„ whence they came France through which they came England or Britanie whether they came Ireland Scotland and Germanie where some of our Britans and English then were acknowledging S. Augustines Religion to be true so prooue vnto vs. So S. Augustine prooued it both by humaine and diuine testimonie So his Opposits and our persecuting Protestants confesse To vse their words The Britans confessed indeede that to be the way of ProtestaÌ„t in Stowes â—â—st righteousnesse which Augustine had preached and sbewed vnto them 13. And he is a simple witted man if he can vnderstand but the Latine tongue that doth not most clearely see and confesse the same if he will but reade the publicke Church seruice Masse and the others which our Protestants confesse S. Gregorie perused and published the Latine and Greeke Church vsing his Masse translated into Greâ—ke as they doe S. Basiles and S. Chrysostomes as also his holy learned workes which he â— Doctour of the Church and as our Protestants stile him The most holy and learned Popâ— that euer was did publish and are now extant Thus he and his Lâ—gates sâ—nt hither into England generally taught the same Doctrine in all points which we Catholikes now professe euen those for which we are so pittifully persecuted Roman Supremacie Saâ—ifice of Maâ—â—e Sacrificing Priesthood such â—piscopall Roman Ordination and whatâ—euer elsse now controuersed by Protestants â— I shall demonstraâ—e against them in euery â—ticle of their Religion when I come to the â—onuersion oâ— tâ—e other Parts of England â— those which were of our old British Orâ—er and Reâ—igâ—on And yet our English Proâ—stants publickly generally and with such â—thoritie protest and testifie that in the first â—0 yeares of Christ within which S. Greâ—rie and his Legates liued and â—aught the â—hurch of Rome was pure and free from erâ—r And if she had or should haue erred in â—is publicke doctrinall practises and orders â—ncerning the whole Church the whole â—hurch which these men denie should also â—ue erred For they constantly thus ackâ—wledge that this most holy and learned â—pe so published and proposed them Greâ—ius Io. Bal. dâ— Roman Ponâ—ifice Art l. 2. in Gregor Magno Robert â—arnes â— de vit â—ontif Rom. in â—od Magdebur hisâ— Ecclesiasc in Greg. Magnuâ— omnium Pontificum Râ—manorum doâ—inâ viâ—â praestantissimus Scholas Cantoâ—um inâ—uit Ambrosiâ— more ecâ—lesiastiâ—as cantiones quaâ—â—aecè dicimus Antiphonas composuit Officiarium â—clesiae fecit Antiphonarium nocturnum diurnum â—poâ—uit Sacrorum normas digessit Missarum ritus â—â—planauit eius Canonem consarâ—inauit Gregorie â— great the most worthiesâ— of all the Bishops of Rome â— doctrine and life instituted Schooles of singerâ— and â—er Ambrose his manner composed Ecclesiasticall â—ges which in Greeke we call Antiphones He made â—e office of the Church be ordered the nightlie and daylie Antiphonarie he digested the Rites of tâ— Church he polished the Ceremonies of the Masse aâ— the Canon thereof he gathered together 14. It will be very hard for the quickeâ— sighted Persecuting Protestant to finde aâ— one of their Articles of Religion which wâ— not condemned and of Catholikes not pâ—blickly
these Westerne parts that both Catholik and Protestant Antiquaries thus deliuer vnto vs â—raediâ—abat ad flumen vsque â—ordensâ— ad mare Sâ—oâ—um vbi Caledonios Athalos Horestos ac vicinaâ—m Ion. Baâ—â—â— descript Briten in 〈◊〉 Albaniae regionum Inâ—olas docendo monendo â—r ando ad veritatis obseruationeÌ„â—nstigauit Ex dâ—sâ—ults suis quosdam ad Orchades Insulas ad Norweâ—â— Islandiam misit vt â—orum instructioniâ—us fiâ—i quo que lumen recipeâ—ent Nam in Elguensi Collegio â—centos sexaginta quinque literatos viros ad id â—mper paraâ—os habebat praetâ—r reliquos alijs exercitijs â—ditos He preached aâ— farre as to the riuer of Forde â— the Scotish sea where he stiâ—ed vp the Caledoâ—ns Athaliâ—ns Hoâ—ests and the Inhabitaâ—ts of â— neighboring kâ—ngdoms to Aâ—bion vnto the obseruaâ—n of â—â—ueâ—h by teaching admonishing and 〈◊〉 ing â— sent some 〈…〉 disciples to the Iles of Orâ—i ades to â— waye and â—sland that 〈…〉 instruâ—â—ions they 〈…〉 receiue the light of â—aith For in â—he Collâ—dge â—â—â—gue he â—ad 365. learned â—â—n alwaise readie for â— purpose besides others imploted in other exerâ—â— Saint Asaph his scholler a Bishop of â—â—tanie who as Protestants saiâ— from Roâ—n power Auâ—hâ—â—itatem â—nctâ—nem acceâ—it â— tooke authoritâ— and 〈◊〉 Sucâ—ceded hâ—m â— that great charge and gouernment of at Apostolike Colledge in VVales This S. â—ntegern being by all accounts a Bishop â—0 yeares and disciple to S. â—â—â—uanus conâ—â—aâ—ed Bishop by S. Paâ—â—ad itâ—s who was senâ— ther from S. Celestine Pope in or about the are 431. must needâ— be liuing with Saint â—aph at or a litle before Saint Augustinâ—â—mâ—ning And as our Protestants saâ—e Saâ—â—â—aph ioyned with Saint Augustine So Saint Asaph writer of his maister S. Kentegerns liâ— proueth that S. Kentegern was at Rome whâ— S. Gregorie was Pope and submitted hiâ—selfe to him in all things and was approueâ— by him also in his Apostolike proceedings 16. In this time in the yeare 596. Saiâ— Augustine was sent Legate hither by the saâ— holy and learned Pope S. Gregorie who bâ— his supreame Pastorall power gaue him spâ—rituall authoritie ouer all Bishops and otheâ— here in these his owne words vnto him Bâ— tanniarum omnes Episcopos tuae Fraternitati commiâ—mus Beda l. 1. Eccles hist gentis Angl. c. 27. vt indocti doceantur infirmi persuasione reborâ—tur peruersi authoritate corrigantur We commit â— the Bishops of Britanie to your Fraternitie that the â— learned may be taught the weake by persuasioÌ„ strengâ—â—ned the wicked corrected by authoritie By this Papâ— power and authoritie all things were ordeâ— in the Church of EnglaÌ„d in S. Augustins tiâ— and all his Successours by the same autâ—ritie were setled in that Archiepiscopall Sâ— which he translated after 400. yeares froâ— London to CaÌ„terburie All those Bishops vâ— to the first Protestant Bishop called Mathâ— Parker who was made by Q. Elizabeth bâ— will and manner receiued Consecratioâ— Pall power and Iurisdiction from the See Rome and they swore obedience vnto it their owne Parker Godwin Ioceline aâ— others in the liues of them and those Yorke together with all Registers Recorâ— Annals and Antiquities doe prooue partiâ—â—arly In generall for this place it sufficeth in these Protestants publikely approued confessions to write it in their owne words Archbishop Parker being the 70. Archbishop after Augustine yet of all that number he was the onely man and the first of all which receiued Consecration without the Popes Bulls 17. They assure vs that vntill the 23. of King Henry the eight a ssuming supreamacie to himselfe euery Bishop in England swore â—uch obedience vnto the Pope Hoc Iuramentum â— singulis Episcopis Papae praestari consueuit Obediens â—ro Beato Petro Sanctaeque Romanae Ecâ—lesiae Domino meo Domino Papae suisque successoribus Papatum Romanum Râ—galia S. Petri adiutor ero ad retinendum defendendum saluo meo ordine contra â—mnem â—ominem This Oath was accustomed to be taken by â—uery Bishop I will be obâ—dient to S. Peter and to the Lord my Lord the Pope and to his Successours I will â—e an helpeâ— to hold and defend the Popedome of Rome â—nd Râ—tâ— of S. Peter against all men In the yeare of Christ 1536. and 23. of King Henry S. they â—are and the Statuts themselues so prooue Leges in Parlamento lataesunt de Rege supremo Ecclesiae Anglicanae Capite declarando de Clero Anglicano Regifulijâ—iendo Ne quid deinceps amplius Papae aut Romanae Cuâ—iae quot unque praetextu ex Anglia pendatur De Episcopis consecrandis alijsque quae Roma anâ—ea geâ—ebantur intra Regnum persierendis De Eccleâ—â—asticorum beneficiorum primitijs atque decimis Principi in perpetuum soluendis His legibus potentia Papalis quae nongentis amplius annis in Angliâ— durauis â—entidiâ— Lawes were enacted in the Parliament of declaring the King to be supreame head of the English Church of subiecting the English Cleâ—gie to the King That nothing heareafter vnder what pretence soâ—uer in England shall depend of the Pope or the Court of Rome Of consâ—crating Bishops and performing other aâ—â—airâ—â— within the kingdome which before were done at Rome Of paying pâ—rpetually to the Prince the fiâ—st fruites of Ecclesiasticall Benefices and Tiâ—hes By these lawes the Papall power which hath bâ—ne in forâ—â— for these nine hundred yeares did fall And this was â—o strang a thing and wonder in the world to see the supremacie of the Pope of Rome thus taken from him by a temporall Prince afâ—er so many hundreds of yeares continuance and a lay man to stile himselfe supreame head of the Church that his very flatterers themselues crye out Habetur Conâ—ilium Londini iâ— quo Eccleâ—ia Angliâ—anâ— formam potestaâ—â—s nullis aâ—te temporibus visum induit Henricus enim Rex caput iâ—sius Ecclâ—siâ— constituitur At London there is holden a Councell in which the English Church haâ—h put on a power which in no times past was seene For King Henry is constituted head of that Church So large testimonie haue we from our greatest Aduâ—rsaries witnessing that the Catholikes of England giue no other power or Iurisdiction to tâ—e Pope of Rome then he had euer without any inteâ—ruption And in this we haue â—he generall assent of all our Kings Princes Bishops and others and all the Christians in the world from the timâ— of Christ vntill long aâ—ter the greater part of King Henrie the eight his reigne No King against it but he whom the Protestant Sir VValter Ralegh sufficiently discribeth his young sonne King Edward the sixth of that name ouerruled by Protestant Protectours and Qâ—eene Elizabeth a woman King Iames wiser then any of them hath leâ—t it thus publickâ—y in open assembly declared by his Regall sentence The kings Resolution is that no Church ought further to seâ—erate heâ—selfe froÌ„ the Church of Rome either in doctrine or Ceremonies then she hath departed from herselfe when she was in her floâ—ishing
and best estate Wherfore as â—he Bishop oâ— Chalcedon and Catholiks oâ— England may not depart from the Church of Rome in this question So it will be a great wonder if King Charles and his Councell should thus persecute that which to them and all should be so honourable They may not persecute him for his Episcopall Order for that likewise is prooued the most glorious calling in the Church of Christ All English Parlamentarie Protestants confesse the Bishop of Chalchedon and all consâ—crated as he was by the Roman Order containing all and more then they vse and by most true and lawfull Consecratours to be an vndoubted true and lawfull Bishop And so it must needs be for whether we will follow the present Roman Order euer vsed here since Saint Augustins time before their new deuised forme of so called Consecration made by King Edward the Sixth a child and altered by his Sister Elizabeth Queene a woman or that which the Britans Scots and Irish vsed long before â—t is out of question by all that the Bishop of Chalcedon and euery one such is a true and most vndoubted lawfull Bishop hauing by due and true Consecratours whatsoeuer is contained or prescribed to be done in either of both which the new Protestant forme if they had true Consecâ—atours cometh short and wanteth euen in things essentiall both by all others and their owne iudgment and practise 18. The present Roman Order hath more though Ceremoniall then that of our BritaÌ„s Scots and Irish therefore I exemplifie onely in this and the rather to giue Satisfaction to our Protestants so extolling them for their Apostolik Religion neuer changed or altered as they saie Before S. Kentegern was consecrated Bishop all most 1200. yeares since this was their old vse and maÌ„ner herein as Saint Asaph his Scholler a Bishop and others prooue Mos in Britannia inoleuerat in Consecratione Pontificum tantummodo capita corum sacri Cbrismatis infusione perungere cum inuocatione Sancti Spiritus benedictione manus impositione It was an auntient custome among the Britans that in the Consecration of Bishops they onely annoynted them on their heads with holy Chrisme inuocation of the Holy Ghost Benediction and imposiâ—ion of â—ands This was done by consecrating Bisâ—ops And this was Mos Britonum Scotorum â— Hibernia The Custome of the Britans Scots and in â—eland In those times when Canons of Counâ—ells were not made of this matter or not â—nowne here by reason of great troubles in â—ese parts as our Antiquaries write and yet â—ey were excused as hauing true and essenâ—ally needfull Consecration Insulam enim quasi â—ira orbem positi emergentibus Paganorum infestaâ—onibus Canonum erantignari Ecclesiastica ideo Cenâ—ra ipsis condiscendens excusationem illorum admit tit â—haâ—â—arte Foâ— the inhabitants of the Iland being as were placed out of the world were ignorant of the anons by reason of the Continuall inuasions of the Paâ—ans and therfore the Ecclesiasticall Censure yelding â—nto them in this parte admâ—â—ted their excusation But â—ur Protestants cannot be excused being not â—gnorant but CoÌ„temners of the Canons and â—ot this onely but omitting that which by â—he custome of the Britans Scots and Irish â—he old Roman Order in that time as Alâ—uinus Amalarius and others 800. yeares â—nce terme it in their dayes was vsed then and is now all of them deliuering that â—oly vnction by true Bishops to be necessaâ—ie and essentiall euer naming the man to be â—onsecrated Bishop Bishop elect onely vntill Dienyâ—â—us Aâ—eop l. de Ecclâ—siaâ—t Hâ—erarchia â—hat vnctioÌ„ be ended and then Bishop coÌ„secrated â—piscopus consecratus Our Protestants tâ—eÌ„selues â—ublickly haue written ad warranted that â—aint Denys the Areopagite Vnctionem ponit expressè Doth expresely put vnction Anacletâ— wrote Bishopâ— are to be made by imposition of hanâ— Anacletus Epist 2. §. â— of Bishops and â—oly â—uction by the exampse of the Apostles because all saâ—ctification consisteth in the hoâ— ghoste whose muâ—â—â—ble power is mixed with hoâ— Chrisme and by this Râ—â—e sâ—lemne ordination is to â— celebrated Oâ—â— Protestants a â—o confesâ—e thâ— the holy Fathers both of the Greeke and Lâ—tine Church were thus coâ—ecrated Of Sainâ— Basile Vnâ—â—ionâ— sâ—câ—a adhâ—bâ—ta est â—â—dinatus He wâ— ordained by applying holy â—nnointing Of S. Gâ—â—gorie Nazianzen Me â—ontifiâ—em vngis So of â— Iohn Chrysostome and Saint Seuerus So â— Augustine Viâ—arius Christi Pontifex efficitur iâ— in capite vngitur imitaÌ„do illuÌ„ qui caput est toâ—iuâ— Ecclâ—siae per vnctionis gratiâ— sit ipse caput Ecclâ—siae sibi â—missae The Vicare of Christ is made Bishop aÌ„d therfâ— he is annointed on the head in imitatioÌ„ of him who the head of the whole Church and he by the grace the â—nnointing is made the head of the Chuâ—â— committed vnto him So Saint Gregorie Qui S. Gregor mag in c. 10. l. 1. Regum culmine ponitur Sacramenta susâ—ipit vnctionis quâ— ve ò ipsa vnctio Sacramentum est is qui prâ—mouâ—â—â— benè soris vngiâ—ur sâ—â—ntus virtute Saâ—raâ—eÌ„â—â— robâ—reâ—â— He that is pâ—aâ—ed in the top taâ—eth the Sacraments â— annointing bâ—causâ— the annointing it selfe is a Sacramâ— he that is to be promoted is to be â—nnointed well wiâ—l â—â— if he would be strâ—ngâ—hned within with the â—eâ—tue â— the Sacrament Anâ—â—â— this Tâ—â—e he adiudge the Epiâ—copaâ—l câ—nâ—â—â—â—ation of the Britanâ— Scots aâ—d Iâ—iâ—h â—â— be essentially valiâ—e S Saint Bede Amalâ—â—â—â—s S. Iuo Stephant Eduensis and other auntient writers and Expositours of holy mysteries 19. Concerning the Ceremonie of the Booke of Gospels laied vpon the Consecrated though Alcuinus saieth Non reperitur in Alcuinus lâ—b d◠〈…〉 c. â—â— â—uthoritate veteri neque nouâ sed neque in Romanâ â—raditione It is not found in authoritie either auncient â—â— newe yea not in the Roman tradition And Amaâ—arius Neque vetuâ— authoritas intimat neque Apostolica traditio neque Canoniâ—a authoritas Neither auncient authoritie neither Aposteliâ—all tradition nor Canonicall authoritie doth intimate â—ny such thing Yet we find this Ceremâ—nie to â—aue bene obserued in the time of S. Denis for â—n his booke of the Ecclesiasticall Hieraâ—chie â—e hath these words Pontifex quidem qui ad perfeâ—ionem Dionisiu◠〈…〉 virtutemque pontifice dignam euâ—â—iâ—ur vtâ—oâ—e genu flexo ante altare supra caput habet libros à to traditos manumque pontifiâ—is The Bishop indeede â—hich is eleuated to worthy perfection and vertue of a â—iâ—hop kneling on both knees before the Altar hath â—on his head the bookes giuen from God and the hand â— the Bishop Which Ceremonie is also vsed â—ily in the Catholike Church as is to be â—ene in the Rubâ—iks of the Roman Pontifiâ—ll for after the ring is put on the finger of â—e newe Consecrated Bishop this direction â—â—ntificale â—omanum de Consâ—cratione Elâ—cti â—n Episcâ—â—â—â— giuen Tum Consecrator accipit librum Euangelioâ—â— de spatulis Consecrati Then the Consecratour taâ—h the booke of the
Euchâ—rist to be â—e flesh oâ— our Sauiour Iesus Christ which sufferâ—d for â—r sinnes whome the faâ—heâ— thrâ—ugh hâ— goodnessâ—â—aised â—aine Where we â—â—nde 〈…〉 of â—hrists Incarnation and â—â—uing a true bodiâ—â—d blood to haue impâ—gâ—ed this most holy â—acrifice and such Sâ—â—â—ifiâ—ng Priests for â—e words and insâ—ituâ—ion of Christ were so â—aine in ordaining â—his most sacred obâ—ation â— his bodie and bâ—ood vnder the formes of â—ead and wine and a perpetuall Priesthood â— performe it that except by deniall of a true â—die to Christ there was no way laâ—ed open â— impugne it And therefore that most holy â—d learned Apostolike man largely there â—nfuteth those imaginarie Hereticks proâ—ing Christ had a true bodie to offer to suâ—fer in to redeeme the world and the holy Eucharist was the same 5. S. Martiall hath deliuered this plainely before saying that the Priests doe offeâ— vpoÌ„ the Altar the same bodie of Christ which the Iewes crucified And Christ so commaunded Saint Anacletus was made such a Massinâ— Prieste by S. Peter and as Protestants confesse he declared how both Priests aÌ„d Bishopâ— â—arnes Magdeâ—urgenses iâ— Anacl were to offer this most blessed Sacrifice Anacletus sacrificaturus ministros vestihus sacris indutâ— ceâ— testes custodes sibi adâ—ibere ordinauit Episcopâ— vero vt plures ministros sibi in sacris facieÌ„dis adiuÌ„gaâ— Anacletus being to offer Sacrifice appointed that Mâ—nisters adorned with sacred vestements as witnessâ— and keepers should be admitted vnto him And that Bishop in offering sacrifices should adde vnto himselâ— many assistants And of Saint Alexander Popâ— liuing and learning his diuinitie in this Apostolike age they acknowledge In missâ— priâ— â—dem in â—lexand quam patereâ—ur vsque ad haec verâ—â— hoc est corpâ— tâ—eum addiâ—it ad memoriam passioniâ— Christi inculâ—aâ—dam In Eucharistiae Sacrificio aquam vino admisce voluit pâ—ccata Sacrificio de Eucharistia lâ—quens dâ—leri â—it ideo passionemin missâ recitandam instituâ— Rationem effectus huius sacrificij hoc est quod peccatâ— expâ—et adiâ—cit diceÌ„s quia corpore sanguine Christâ— in Sacrificijs nihil maius est In the Masse the day before he should suffer vnto these words this is my bodâ— he added to inculâ—at the memorie of Christ his passioâ— In the Sacrifice of the Eâ—chaâ—â—st â—e would haue watâ—â—ingled with wine He suâ—ed speaking of the Eâ—châ— â—ist that sinnes by the Sacrifice were abolished therâ—ore he instituded the paession to be saied in the Masse He added further the reason of the effect of this Sacriâ—ice which is because it wipeth away sinnes saying â—ecause in Sacrifices nothing is greater then the bodie â—nd blood of our Saâ—iour 6. Concerning this mattâ—r these Proteâ—ante conâ—esse of Saint Sixtus hiâ— Successour â— the See Apostolike Sacra vasâ—â—e qâ—i prâ—ter â—idâ—â— iâ— Sixâ—â— â—cros ministros attingerâ—â—t prâ—â—cepit Corporâ—â—e â—xâ—lince â—nâ—o fieri iussit vt â—â—â—ctâ—â—e in â—â—mâ—unione Euchariâ—iaeteâ—â—ancretur ordinaâ—it Missaâ—n non nisi in alâ—aâ—â—â—lebranâ—â— esse constituiâ— He commâ—â—nâ—e that 〈◊〉 â—t sacred ministers shâ—uld touch the hoâ—â— vessâ—lls he â—â—râ—ed that the Corporall shoulâ—â—e â—ade of liâ—neâ—â—th He ordained tâ—at SaÌ„ctus â—ould 〈…〉 â— the Communion of the Eucharist He câ—siâ—tâ—â—â—d that â—asse should noâ— to â—â— celâ—brated â—ut on â—he â—â—â—ar Of â—helesphorus his Sucâ—essour they â—aiâ— â—es 〈…〉 Thâ—â—â—sphorâ— missas celebrandaâ— in die â—atilitio Christi sanâ—â—â—â— alijs dieâ—us antâ—â—oâ—â—m dâ—eitertiam Mâ—ssam celeâ—â—â—â—râ—hiâ—uit Gloâ—ia in exâ—â—lâ—s Deâ— iâ— Mâ—ssae caneÌ„â—m praecepit He ordained â—â—ree Massâ—s to â—â— tâ—lâ—braeâ—â—n the daye of Christ his Natâ—uitieâ— hâ— prâ—hâ—bited â—t in other dayes any shoâ—ld saiâ— Massâ— before tâ—reâ—â—â—â—ke he coÌ„mauÌ„ded Gloria in excelsâ—◠〈◊〉 to â—e song in â— Masse Of S Pius Pope thâ—y writeâ— â—aâ—erdâ—tiâ— negligenâ—ius â—idâ—m iâ—â—iâ— Missâ— saâ—rafaciâ—nâ—â—bus pâ—â—â—â— statuâ—â— â—i quis per imprudentiâ— de sangâ—ine Christâ—â—ffundeâ—â—n terram paenitentiam agereâ— dies 40. si super alâ—e dies â—reâ— si super linteum substratum caliâ—i ◠〈◊〉 si super alâ—ud liâ—tâ—um dies 9. Thermâ—s â—ouatâ— â—â—mplo dedicauit Multa verae pietatis opera in agrâ— Christianae Ecclesiae fecisse perhibetur Martyrij gloriam anno Domini 159. in sui sanguinis â—ffâ—sionâ— tum demum adeptus He appointed punishmenâ—s for â—â—iâ—stâ— which should negligently saie Masse that if any â—y imprâ—dence should â—et fall any of the blood of Christ on the ground he should doe penance for 40. dayes if on the Altar â— dayes â—f on the cloth laâ—ed vnâ—er the Chalece â—â—wer daies It on any other cloth nine dayes the whote Bathes of Nouatus he consecrated inâ—o a Church It iâ— saied he did many workes of truâ—â—ietie in the field of the Christian Church and at lasâ— by tâ—e shedding of his blood in the yeare of our Lorâ— 159. â—egained the Crowne of Martyrdâ—me Thereforâ— we nâ—ede not doubt but all these liued somâ— time in the first hundred of yeares Saint Anâ—cetus being immediate Successor to S. Piuâ— as he must â—eedes be consecrated a Massinâ— sacrifiâ—ing Priest not others once imagineâ— to be otherwise consecrated or to giue conâ—â—cration and confirming and vsing the saâ— manner and Order not onely in Orderiâ— Pâ—â—ests and other inferiour Ecclesiâ—sticâ— persons but Bishops Archbishops and Mâ—tropolitans as his Predecessours had dâ—nâ— and so consecrating 17. Priests must of nâ—cessitie persâ—uere in this doctrine and prâ—ctise especially when his immediate Suâ—â—â— for Saint Soter by all testimonies made Dâ—crees about all things concerning holy Massâ— Altars and other necessaries and that Saâ—â—câ—ns habeat secum adiutorem Sacerdotem vt nuâ—â— â—ost ciâ—um potuâ—que siue quâ—dlibet minimum sumptum Missaeâ— facere praesumat vt nullus Presâ—yrerorum Missarum solemnia celebrare praesumat nisi duobus praesâ—ntibuâ— sibique respondentibus ipse tertius â—aâ—eatur quiâ— cum ab â—o dicitur Dominus vobisâ—um orâ—te pro â—e aptissimè conuenit vt ipsius respoâ—â—â—catur salutationi He that sacrifâ—seth â—hall haue with him a â—â—riest for hâ— Coadiutor That none â—hould presume to â—ate Masse after that he â—ad takeÌ„ either meâ—te or drinke â—r any thing else how litle soâ—uer it be That no Pricâ—â—â—hould presume to saie Massâ— solemâ—ely without twoâ—â—ere present to answere him and him selfe to be counâ—ed for the third person because when he saieth Domiâ—us voâ—iscum Our Lord â—e with you and Ordâ—â— pro â—râ— me praye yea for me It is most conâ—enâ—â—â— thaâ—â—â—swere â—e made to his salutation 7. Thus Protestants and oâ—â—â—â—rs acknowâ—edge and yet doâ— write of them and theiâ—â—redecessours that they were holy mâ—n and â—lartyrs and that the Church of Rome waâ—â—â—en in puâ—itie of doctrine and Religion and â—â—t the Priâ—sts theâ— were Sacrificing Massing â—riests the Bishops consâ—crated no others â—e publike Seruice and Sacrifice was Massâ— â— such manner as now â—s vsed And S. Elâ—â—â—erius which â—mmedâ—ately succeeded Saâ—â—â—ter sent such Massing Bishops and Priestâ—â—ther into Britanie to performe the generalâ—â—onuersion thereof there being no other to â— seÌ„t or imploâ—ed
in such or any like affaires â—â— Priestlie office and function in that holy â—â—d vnspotted time of ReligioÌ„ by all coÌ„sents And the chiefest Protestants euen Matthew Parker their first new fashioned Archbishop of Canterburie with others both acknowledge that Saint Peter and Saint Iames said Masse and that the Order of Sacrifice or Masse Missa siâ— dictâ continued from Christs Institution thereof â—n the Primatiue Church aboue two hundreds of yeares vnto Pope â—epherine his time and then â—e alâ—ered iâ— to a more excellent matter and forme A Christi â—rimo iâ—sâ—ituto ducentis amplius annis in primitiâ—â— Ecclesia durauit done eam Zâ—pherinus 16. Romanus Pontisâ—x quorundans suasionibus ad pulchriorem materiam formaÌ„que mutare voluit This Pope S. Zepherine was after Pope Eleutherius and Pope Victor by whose meanes and holy saâ—rificing Bishops and Priests sent hither by there authoritie this Kingdome of Britanie wholy and generally was conuerted And these Persecutours of holy Masse and Priesthood consesse that the very same Masse and celebration thereof which Christ instituted and hiâ— higâ—e Priests and Apostles vsed was still pracâ—â—â—ed without chang and alteration And the â—hang aÌ„d mutation then in the â—â—â—e of Saint Zepherine made was for the more perâ—ectioÌ„ thereof For comming to set downe what this changing was they finde it to be no other but that he decreâ—d Christ blood should not be consecrated in Chalices made of wood but better matter Christi sanâ—uinâ—â— ConsecrationeÌ„ in vitreo Calice non ligneo vt antea sinâ— debere flatuit He decreed that the Consecration of the blood of Christ ought to be done in a Chalice of glasse not of woode as it was done before And aâ—ter Vibanâ— the first of that name immediate except Calixtus Succesâ—or to the same Saint Zâ—pherinus by these Protestanâ—s them 〈◊〉 thus declared and ordained that 〈◊〉 should be of Gold or siluer 〈…〉 in poâ—ter Churches Nè vasa 〈…〉 auâ— auâ—ea â—ut argeÌ„ ea aut stannea in 〈…〉 gem dixit We are assured bâ—th by 〈◊〉 all and particular Testimonies that 〈…〉 Priests came hither and that the 〈◊〉 Church serâ—ice was Maâ—â—e and â—o the Laâ—ine tongue So had our old 〈…〉 by Protestants suppressed in the 〈◊〉 of his booke as Abbo◠〈…〉 in publiâ—â— Parliament in the first yeare of Queene Elizabeth Saint 〈…〉 Protestants so also consessing witenâ—sseth that â—â—r â—â—itans in this their CoÌ„uersion had 〈◊〉 Aâ—â—ars for Masse in their Churches aâ—d suâ—â—â—â—â—ests 8. The Protestanes also propose vnto vs an Author so Reuâ—rend and auâ—â—â—nt in this our Britanie that â—n the yeare of Christ 366. his Homâ—â—ies or Sermons were vsually and publickly reade in thâ— Churches here whereâ—n is most manifestly and particularly proâ—ed that the publick seruice was the same Masse which is now vsed the Priests suâ—â— Priests and Christ really present â—â—â—ereâ— worshiped and praied vnto there as by the same antiquiâ—ie is â—uident in these words thereof In the old lawe faithfull men offered to God diuers Sacrifices that had foresignification of Christs bodie which for our sinnes he himselfe to his heauenly Father hath since offered to Sacrifice Certainely this Housell which we doe now hallow at Gods Altar is a remembrance of Christs bodie which he offâ—red for vs and of his blood which he shed for vs So â—e himselfe commaundeâ—â— doe this in my remembrance Once suffered Christ by himselfe but yet neuerthelesse his suffâ—ring is dayly renewed at this Supper through mysterie of the holy Housâ—ll In that holy Housell 〈◊〉 â— one thing in it seene and an other vnderstoode That which is there seene hath bodilie shape and that we doe there vndeâ—â—stand hath ghostly might The Houseâ— is dealed into sondrie parts â—hewed betweene teach and sent into the bodlie Howbeit neuerthelesse afteâ— ghostlie might it is all in euery part Many receiue thaâ— holy bodie and yet notwithstanding it is so all in euery part after ghostlie mysterie That innocent lambe which the old Israelits did then kill had signification after ghostlie vnderstanding of Christs suffering who vnguiltie shed his blood for our redemption Hereof 〈◊〉 Gods seruants at euery Masse Agnus Deâ— qui â—ollis 〈◊〉 mundi Miserere nobis Where we finde a mosâ— plaine and generall concordance between the old Primatiue Christian Britans and thâ— Priests of the Roman Church at this time â—â— this holy sacrificing Massing Priesthood and Masse by this most auntient and venerable authoritie euen as it pleaseth Protestantâ— to publish and translate it For wereas they 〈◊〉 that Aelfricus in the yeare of Christ 〈◊〉 translated this Authour out of latine into the Saxon language it is a thing most certaine and vnquestionable with all men that know antiquities that these words which I haue cited from these Protestants be not the SaxoÌ„ and old English speach in that time 9. Our old Cildas also as the Protestants propose and recommeÌ„d him vnto vs teaching as they also hold that our Christian Britans neuer changed or forsoâ—ke the Apostolâ—ke Christian Religion which they receiued from Rome by Massing Priests and Prelatsâ— their Priests from the beginning saied Massâ— and offered sacrifice on holy Altars and their Altars were the seate of the 〈◊〉 sacrifice Sacramundo corde â—reque consiciâ—â—â— Sacrificâ—â—â—es inter altaria staâ—tes Sacrificium â—â—â—erences alâ—aâ—â— adsistunt sacra altaria Sacresanâ—ta 〈…〉 coelâ—stis sedes And their Priests thâ—n were consecrated to such holy function as now they are Benedictione initiantur Sacerdoâ—um manâ—â— Theâ—â—â—ands were consecrated and they which did daily offer the holy and heaueÌ„ly sacrifice of Christâ— blessed bodie and blood at and vpon the sacred Altars consecrating it by conseâ—rating words Mundo ore conâ—leiunt must needes haue such Priestlie power giuen vnto them in their Consecration not hauing any such before to consecrate and offer Christs most Sacred bodie and blood in the holy Masse as is contained in the most old and auntient orders of Consecration in those times and these wordâ— of Bishops consecrating Priests first praying for them that are to be ordered Priests â—â—runâ— atque unmaâ—uâ—â—uÌ„ mâ—nisterij tuâ— donum custodiant Poâ—â—â—le Romanum in consecratione Presbyterorum per obsequium pleâ—â—s tuae panem vinum in corpuâ— sanguinem Filij tâ—â—immaculatâ benâ—dictione transforment That they may obserue the pure and immaâ—â—lâ— guift of thy mysterie and tâ—rough the obedience of thy people they may transforme bread and wine by the â—â— maculat benediction into the bodie and blood of thy sonne VVhich prayer being ended the consecrating Bishop this proceedeth Expletâ auteâ— oratione accâ—pâ—â—ns oleum sanâ—â—um faâ—â—at crucem suâ—â— ambas manus eorum dicensâ— Consecrare sanctifiâ—â—re digneris Domine manâ—â— istas per istam vnctionem nostram benedictionem vt quecumque consecrauerint consecrentur quâ—cunque benedixerint benedicantur sanctificontur in nomine Domini Iesu Christi Hoc â—acto acciâ—â— patenam cum oblaâ—â— Calicem cum vino deâ—â—â— dicens Accipite potestatem offerre Sacrificium Deo
thâ—t were coâ—sâ—crated by theÌ„ is confesâ— by all VVe haue the most worthie wiâ—â—â—e of our old Bâ—â—tish antiquities written â—ut 1000 yeares since intituled euen by â—estants glosses Prima â—nstitutiâ— varuâ—as â—siastiâ—â— seruitij The first Institution and varâ—etie â—â—â—ch sâ—ruâ—ce The Masse and publike officâ— which in the time of S. German S. Lupus and S. Patricke was by theÌ„ and others vsed in Britanie Scotland and Ireland was the â—ame which was composed by Saint Marke the Euangelist And thus it continued here so long as the Britans ruled and after they were expelled by the Saxons with the which remained in wales ad Cornewall and theâ— Scots and Irish. All our Archbishops both oâ— London Yorke and Caâ—rlegion Theonus Dubritiâ—s Sampson Dauid and the resâ— with all Bishops and Priests vnder them werâ— sacrificing and Massing Priests Altars foâ— Masse were in all Churches and one tâ—â— thâ— sacrifice of Christs bodie and blood was offered in Masse All which appeareth in â—annâ— histories and their destructioÌ„ by the Pagaâ— SaxoÌ„s in all Churches doth witnesse it Ecclâ—â— Ecclesiastica omnia ad soluÌ„ vsâ— destruebaÌ„â— Sacerdâ—â—es iuxta aâ—iaria trucidabaÌ„t They destroyed euen to â—â— ground the Câ—urcâ—es and all Ecclesiasticall tâ—ings tâ—e â—illed the Priests at the Alâ—ars Such were the Prâ—lats Bishops Priests Abbots and their Seâ—â— Monasteries and Churches where Maâ—â— was vsed in great number and aboundancâ— in euery age â—y the â—rotestants confession â—o Goâ—â—olin histor Eccles Matth. Parker Antiquis Britannis pag. 8. Tot tantâ—quâ— Presâ—â—â—â—rorum Mâ—nacâ—orum Praesuluâ— Episcoporum Ecclesiarum Coenobiorum Sâ—diumâ— vetusta nomina quae quosâ—â— saculo extiterunt Se 〈◊〉 old names of Priests Monckes Prelats Bisâ—oâ— Churches Monastericâ— and Episcopall Seâ—s were in â—uery â—â—ge extante 13. And among the Saxons the first Christian Priests that were permitted here were Massing Priests their Sacrifice was the sacrifice of Masse their Church at Canterburie had Altars and Saint Leâ—hard the Bishop which came hither with the Fâ—enth Cathoâ—ike Christian Ladie Queene Bertha married â—o the Saxon king Etheâ—bert of kent and the Priests with him were all Massing Priests and â—aied Masse in that Church allotted to theÌ„ to â—hat end In antiquissima sancti Pâ—aesulis Marâ—inâ— Ecclesiâ sub vrbe sua beato Pontisiâ—e Lethardâ— praesiâ—ente frequentabat Regina Missarum Oraâ—ioâ—um â—acra cum suorum coâ—itum samiliâ— Christianâ— â—â— the auncient Chuâ—ch of Saint Mâ—rtin cituâ—â—d neare vnto the citie Lethardus the Bishop gouerâ—ng it the Queene wiâ—h her Christian samilâ—â— heard â—asse frequently This was diuers yeares before â—aint Gregâ—riâ— that most holy and â—â—arned â—ope Gregoriâ—s magnus Romanus omnium â—ontisiâ—m Romanorum doctrinâ— vitâ prâ—stantissimuâ— â—egorie the greate a Roman the worthiest of ad the â—oman Bishops in doctrin and life As Protestants â—le him sent Saint Augustine with his holy â—mpanie hither and king Ethelbert as these â—otestants saie by the persuasion of Queene â—rtha his wise and her Clergie receiued the â—ole Roman Religion Conuâ—rsus vxoris Berâ— persuasione Ethelberius Rex Romanismum susceâ— And Saint Augustine brought in among â—her things Altars holy vestiments and â—sselâ— Relicks bookes of Ceremonies the Sacrafice of Masse and in a Councell assembled commaunded the Roman customes to be obserued euery where Introduxit Altaria vestimenta Vasa sacra Reliquias Ceremoniarum codices Prinum corum Studium erat cirâ—a Missarum oblationes Sedes â—piscopalâ—â— ac deâ—imas coactà Syno do maÌ„dauit Romanas vâ—iq câ—sâ—ctuâ—inâ—s sâ—ruari And the Masse which S. Augustinâ— brought hither fâ—om â— Gâ—egoâ—ie was the same which S. Gregoâ—â—e and the Roman Church then vsed and the present Râ—man Church and Catholikeâ— of England doe vse at this time and the very same which was in vse before Saint Gregorie He onely addâ—â—â— vnto it as the Protestants themâ—elues confesse â—ew things not questioneâ— by them as 〈…〉 Lord haue mâ—â—â—ie â—pon â—â— to be diuers times â—â—iâ—erated which they confesse the Greeke Church dâ—d vse long before He added also Diâ—sque â—ostros in â—uâ pace diâ—â—onas And dâ—spose our daiâ—s in thy peace And commaund we â—e deliuered froÌ„ euerlasting damnatioÌ„ and numbred in the sâ—ock of thy electâ— But the Protestants allow and vse all these aâ— also where they saâ—e he hadded Alleluia somâ— times to be vsed it being vsed in Scripture and the saying or singing our Lords prayeâ— Pater noster ordained by Christ and by Protestants confessâ—oÌ„ vsed in Masse in the Apostleâ— time S. Aldeâ—me our holy Bishop and Countrie mâ— who calâ—eth S. Gregorie his Maâ—â—â— writeth that he added in the daily Canon wâ—â— the solenities of Masâ—e are celebrated in the Câ—â—alogue of â—â—â—tyrâ— S. 〈…〉 ioyning the 〈◊〉 S. 〈◊〉 S. Anasâ—â—siâ— and â—thers Qâ—â—◠〈◊〉 Agatha â—Luâ—ia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 noster Gregoâ—â—â—â—n Canone 〈…〉 â—mâ—â—a celeâ—râ—tur â—opulâ—sse 〈…〉 â—â—â—logo 〈…〉 â—gaâ—â—a Luciâ— VVhich S. 〈…〉 and Pedagoge â—regorie â—s 〈…〉 in the dâ—â—ly Canon 〈…〉 them after this mâ—ner 〈◊〉 Catalogue 〈…〉 Anastâ—siâ— Agaâ—â—a 〈…〉 Saint Gregorie added no 〈…〉 to the holy Masse For hereby 〈…〉 the whole Canon was vsâ—d before an◠〈◊〉 Saint Agatâ—a and Saint Lucia to the oâ—hâ—r holy women Martyrs proueth enough 〈◊〉 â—is Act to be holy by former authoâ—â—tie and â—xample those oâ—â—er holy Martyrs being by â—he Church of Christ placed and 〈◊〉 in â—he Canon before S. Gregorie hâ—s 〈◊〉 and S. â—gatha and Sâ—inâ— Lucia in the Caâ—â—â—ders of Protestants 〈◊〉 acknowledged and 〈◊〉 holy 〈◊〉 Saints and Martyrs For Saiâ—â— Greâ—oâ—â—e to ioyne Saints to Saints in honour â—ould â—e no â—nsainctlike Act in him Nâ—ither â—hâ— Priests of Engâ—and doe dâ—serue suâ—h peâ—alâ—ies punishments and peâ—sâ—â—uciors as â—hey naâ—e long suffered and now full â—oe â—ndâ—â—e â—or exeâ—cising their most honourablâ— Functiâ— â—n offering their most diuine Sacriâ—iâ—e instituted by Christ offered by him his â—oly Apostles and in all Ages after in this so approued and receiued Order and forme oâ— Masse vntill it was first here disallowed by king Edward 6 a child and made so penall by Queenes Elizabeths strang proceedings in such affaires For king Henry 8. though otherwise a most strang Enimie to Christs â—oly Church yet concerning Massing Priests anâ— Masse he ordained by his laste will and Testament as is still to be seene Massâ—â— That they should continue in England to the â—nd of the worlâ— willing and charging Prince Edward his sonne aâ— his Executors all his heires and Successours thâ— should be kings of this Realme â—s they will answear before allmightie God at the dreadfull daie of IudgmeÌ„t that they and euery of theÌ„ dreseâ— it performed Neitheâ— euer was there in England before that yoâ— kings time or in any other nation wheâ— Protestant Communion hath in these theiâ— late daies opposed against Catholike Relâ—gion Priests and Masse any other Churcâ— seruice but Catholike Masse and Sacriâ—ieâ— founde heard off or remembred in Antiquities 14. Therefore seeing the honour and dignitie of holy Priesthood in the respect oâ— the most sacred and heauenlie
oblation anâ— Sacrifice it offereth vnto God omnipotent the highest king and king of kings of heaâ— and the vniuersall created for the liuing anâ— deceased is most certainely and without a doubt or question so great and glorious â—â— dare not least we should be Traitours â—â— God harken vnto theÌ„ but lament their dolefull estate who declare and persecute it as a traiterous estate to Princes on earth which â—hould subiect their wills and lawes to the will and lawe of God reuerence and honour and not so vâ—ly vse his dearest seruants for as Iùstin Dial. cuâ—â—riphon Saint Iustine with all others affirme Neque à quoquam Deus hostiaes accipit nisi à suis Sacerdotibus God accepteth Sacrifices of none except of his Priests oÌ„ potestas saith Saint Ephrem inâ—ffaeâ—ilis quae Ephrem de Sacerdot in nobis dignâ—â—ae est habitare per impositionem manuuÌ„ SacroruÌ„ Sacerdotum ô quam magnam in se continet profunditatem formidabile admiâ—aâ—ile SaecerdotiuÌ„ O inessabile power which vouchsafest to dwell in vs by the imposition of the hands of the holy Priests O what great profunditie doth the dreadfull anâ— admirable Priesthoode containe Sacerdotium saith Saint Chrysost hom 5. de verb. Isaiae vidâ— Dom. Engl. Protest Pref. booke of consâ—cr apud Goâ—ell Defens of Hook pag. 87. 88. 89. Exam. pag. 1â—5 Deâ—ens â—upr pag. â—16 117. 276. Chrysostome principatus est ipso etiam regno venerabilius ac maius Priesthood is a principalitie greater and worthier then a Kinâ—ome it selfe Protestats before by publike regall and all power they contend to haue declared that these Priests were euer in Christes Church and were euermore had in reuerent estimation To which they adde of Priesthood with like allowance It is a power which no Prince or Potentate King or Cesar on earth can giue By blessing visible elements it maketh them inuisible grace It hath to dispose of that â—â—esh which was giuen for the life of the world and that blood which was powred out to redeeme fâ—â—â—es To these Persons God imparteth power ouer his mysticall bodie which is the societie of soules and ouer that naturall which is himselfe a worke which antiquitie calleth the making of Christs bodie 15. And this wiâ—l be sufficient to excuse sacred Sacrificing Priests peâ—secuted for iustice and laâ—e the guilt and offence vpon their vniust Accusers and Persecutours For besides this most honourable sacrificing office and ministring to the sicke in daunger to die the Sacrament of Extâ—â—me vnction deliuered in holy Scripture and euer vsed â—n the Church of Christ and Protestants neuer question it aâ— a matter of State there is nothing in Priestly Oâ—der but these men in some sense or other would haue vsed by therâ— Ministers who vse preaching baptizing marriage euen of themselues forgiuing of sinnes in personall absolution euen without any penance at all â—â—ther by them enioyâ—ed or their Conâ—itents performed or vsed VVhich power they 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 and â—â—â—secrating 〈◊〉 â—riâ—sts aÌ„d Deaâ—ons i◠〈◊〉 Priestâ— â—laime aâ— giuâ—n vnto them by their Protestat Bishops in their admiâ—â—ance to their ministrie in these his words Receiue the holy Ghost whose sâ—nnes thou dost forgiue they are forgiuen and whose sinnâ—â— thou dost retaiâ—e they are retained Take thou autâ—oritie to preach the word of God and to ministeâ— the â—oly Sacraments in this Congregation where thou â—halt be so appointed And they aâ— confidenâ—ly vâ—e it with this further publike warrant and direâ—tion Proâ—eâ—â— comâ—un 〈◊〉 Tâ—tul visit of the sicke in their Communion booke in this manner The sickâ— person shall make a speciall Conâ—â—ssion if he feele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter after which Confession the Priest shall absolue him after tâ—is sorte Our Lord Iesus Christ who hath lefâ— power in â—is Church to al solue all sâ—â—ners which truely repâ—nt and beleeue iâ— him of his great mercie forgiue thee thine offences and by his authoritie committed to me I absolâ—e thee from all thy sâ—nnes in the name of the Father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost Amâ—n All this is or should be vsed by Protestant Ministers by their most publike Regaâ—l ParlameÌ„tall and whatâ—oeuer authoâ—itie their Religion is set out and supported by So not onely permitting tollerating and allowing but directing and commaundâ—ng to be done and practised much more then any Priest presumeth or Pope licencetâ— oâ— euer licenced to be vsed or attempted yea more theâ— any Papall power can so warrant no penance enioyned how many or greuous soeuer the sinnes committed and confessed be no satisfaction or restâ—â—ntion once thought vpon how great and manifold soeuer the offences Iniuries damages and wrongs were Felonyes Rebellions Treasons and all things else how vile soeuer they be are quitted and freed both by ministeriall and legall allonance and are so iudged and ended as if they had beene not the least punishable offence 16. We must free Catholike Priests and all others of their Religion from such presumption practise consenting vnto or approuing sinne No absolution without penance and satisfaction with vs. And yet we with the Church of Christ and holy Fathers saie of holy Priesthood euen in this respect Nè mihi Chrysost Hom. 5. de verb. Isaiae vidi Dominum Ephrom l. de Sacâ—rdorio Gregor Nyssâ—n orat de Baptism orat â—n â—os â—ui alios acerb iâ—dicant Gild. l. de Exci Briâ—an Isichius in Leuiâ—â— l. 6. â— 12. Victor Vtâ—con de persec Vandâ—liâ—a â—â— narres purpuram neque Diadema neque vestes aureas vmbrae sunt isthac omnia vernisque floâ—â—ulis leuiora Nè inquam mihi narres ista sed si vis videre discrimen quantum absit Rex à Sacerdote expende modum potestatis vtrique traditae videbis Sacerdotem multo sublimius Rege sedentem Regiue thrâ—nus rerum terrenarum administrationem sortitus est nec vltra potestatem hanc praeterea quicquam habet authoritatis verùm Sacerdoti thronus in coelis collocatus est de coelestibuâ— negoâ—ijs pronuÌ„tiandi habet authoritatem Quis haec dâ—â—â— ipse coelorum Rex Quaecunque ligaueritis super terram â—runt ligata in coelis quaeâ—unque solueritis super terram erunt selâ—ta in coelis Deuâ— ipsum Regule caput Sacerdotis manibus subiecit nos erudiens quod hic Princeps est illo maior speake not to me of the purple or Diademâ— and gâ—â—lden robes all these are but shadowes and more vaine then spring fâ—owers Speake not to me of these things buâ— if thou wilâ— see the power giuen to them boâ—h thou shall see the Priest sitting much higher in â—igâ—itie theâ— the King The throne of a King is chosen for the administration of earthlie things neither hath he any other authoritie besides this but to a Prieste a throne is placed in heauen and he hath authoritie to iudge of heauenly businesse who saieth this The King of heauenâ— himselfe Whatsoeuer yee shall â—nd vpon earth shall be bound also
vntrue by their owne Parlaments testifying that in the very Primatiue Church and allwaies it was often ministred in one kinde onely Then no commandment of Christ contrary ca be brought to condemne all Churches times and places for such practise 8. Their 31. Article of the one oblation of Christ finished vpon the crosse denyâ—ng against the whole Church of Christ in all ages and places and thereby depriuing God of all externall sacrifice contrary to scripture and all authoritie will not by the Rule of proportion giue more or so much honour vnto earthlie kings then Catâ—oliks doe giuing this tribute and Sacrifice to the king of heauen and all that is belonging or was euer giuen to their terrene Princes 9. Their 32. Articâ—e of the Marriage of Priests hath married this kingedome to many miseries it did not feele or know before The posteritie proceeded by such lawe or allowaÌ„ce hath brought vs to number hundreds of thousands more then Britanie or England if it had remained Catholike should haue euer seene Many thousands of these are left vnprouided for and not a few are turned or wrested out of their possessions to furnish these Ministers children many of whom also haue fallen to such extreame wants that many of them haue taken desperate courses which the Catholike practise and Religion would haue preuented 10. Their 33. Article Of excommunicate persons how they are to be auoided Differeth not froÌ„ Cathoâ—ikes but that Protestants commit the businesse of excommunication and absolution to such as Catholikes hold haue no power therein when both Catholikes and Protestants confesse that men assigned to such offices by Catholikes haue true lawfull and vndoubted authoritie 11. Their 34 Article Of Traditions of the Church is wholy Ceremonious by their owne expositioÌ„ and no man caÌ„ be so singular in this or any such matter but to thinke any particular Church or kingedome the more it agreeth with the vniuersall or most florishing Christian kingedomes to be more honourable and secure thereby then such as fall into Nouelties and singularities 12. Their 35. Article of homelies is nothing to this purpose And their 36. Article intituled Of Consecration of Biâ—hops and Ministers To whom they commit spirituall Businesse preaching ministring Sacraments and to excommunicate absolue and whatsoeuer in like kinde they take vpon them to practise is quite ouerthrowne by themselues before in their 22. Article where they saie that Order as they vse it Is no Sacrament or effectuall signe of grace and hath noâ— any visible signe or ceremonie ordained of God Then not receiuing or hauing grace or such spirituall power it cannot coÌ„ferre aÌ„d giue it vnto others or so exercise it especially in so many things as is required from truely and lawfully consecrated persons such as they acknowledg the Bishopâ— and Priests of the Roman Church to be 13. Their 37. Article intituled of the ciuill Magistrate doth giue to teÌ„porall Princes supreamacie euen in spirituall things and denieth all Iurisdiction to the Pope of Rome in thiâ— Realme in such affaires Of this sufficient is said before And euery equall minded man may easily see whether the temporall state of England was not more honourable noble powerfull and secure when the Popes Iurisdiction in spirituall thinges ruled here then now it is and euer since it hath beene and yet the Ritches and wealth which fell to our kings and Princes hands and commauÌ„de at such chang were as infinite and so great that king Henrie 8 to haue licence or assent to suruâ—y them to make vse thereby promised to speake in Protestant witnesses words He would create anâ— maintaine 40. Earles 60. Barons Edw. howe 's historicall pref in Henr. â— three thousand knights and fourtie thousand souldiers with skilfull Captaines and competent maintenance for tâ—em all for euer ouâ— of the auntieÌ„t Church reuenewes Neither should the people be any more charged with loane Subfidies and Fifteenes Since wâ—iâ—h time there â—auâ— bâ—ene more statuts lawes subfidies and Fifteenes then in fiue hundred yeares before Thus in the publicke Protestant Historie in the yeare 1614. dedicated to our king now the Prince Charles Since we haue heard and tasted in EnglaÌ„d more matters of this nature And yet if we should make but Robin-hoods penâ—worthes and estimate of what hath beene taken away from holy constant Catholikes for proâ—â—ssing their true and Apostolike Religâ—â—n in the Reigne oâ— Queene Elizabeth king Iames and king Charles euen since he married a Queene prosessing for herselfe Catholike Religion It will amount to more then would haue deliuered a farâ—e meaner king and kingedome then ours of England haue beenâ— accoÌ„pted from such complaintes of feares wants needs dislikes and variaâ—â—â—â— tâ—erein if God had well approued of such proceedingâ— and such means of proceeding against his Catholike SeruaÌ„ts our kings most faithfull 〈◊〉 14. And the spirituall Supreamacie assumed by oâ—r Princes king Henry 8. king Edward 6 and Queene Elizabeth confirmed againe in this Article had wrought so good effects in so short time within 4. yeares of Q. Elizabeths obtaining the Crowne that Protestants in such order or rather disorder and number denied teÌ„porall power in Princes here to put any Rebell or whatsoeuer most greeuious offender to death and they weÌ„t further affirming that Protestants might not fight in defence of their Countrie though the Prince commaunded it wherevpon they were enforced to declare in this Article in this maner against such Protestant Brethren The lawes of the Realme may punish Christian men with death for heinous and greuious offences Is it lawfull for Christian men at the commaundment oâ— the Magistrate to weare Armes and serue in the warrs And there were among them teaching and holding communitie of goods noâ— theft spoiling or Roberie to be punished no iustice or lawe to be executed or Oath to be taken in Iudgement all Courts and Consistories to cease as is euident by the two last Articles 38. and 39. thus following the former intituled Of Christian mens goods which are not common And thus declaring The Riches and goods of Christians are not common as touching the right Title and possession of the same as certaine Anabâ—ptists Protestants doe beast And the last â—9 Article intituled of a Christian mans Oath And thus enacting and declaring We Iudge thaâ— Christian Religion doth not prohibit but that a man may sweare when the Magistrate requireth in a cause of faith and charitie so it be done according to the Prophets teaching in Iustice Iudgment and truth This suffiâ—â—enâ—â—y witnesseth wâ—at goodly coÌ„mon-wealths-meÌ„ their Protestant Religion euâ—n 〈◊〉 Infancie thereof had brought forth in this kingdome THE IX CHAPTER That true and obedient Catholikes be the truest and most obedient subiects 1. And in conclusion to come to the particulare Sâ—ate and Regalitie oâ— our most honoured King Charles and king Iames before him There neuer were any Protestants in England in their times or before which so truely and ducifully carried themselues towards their Monarchicall true Title Right
and Gouernment as generally Catholikâ— euer haue done and will as they are bound by Religion to doe In the time of young king Edward 6. Cranmar and his Protestant Complices by that young kings will did their vttermost to extinguish and ouerthrowe it Queene Mary and her Catholike RegimeÌ„t did nothing against it but reuiued preserued and confirmed it In the ProtestaÌ„t reigne of Q. Elizabeth Statuts were made to auoide or hinder it It was enacted by Protestant Parlament Capitall to acknowledge it Hales an Engâ—ish Protestant companion to the Scotish Knox wrote a booke expressely against the Title of king Iameâ— No Protestant answeared confuted or seemed to disalowe it Onely Catholiks Sir Anthonie Browne a Iudge Doctour Morgaâ— Doctour of Diuinitie and Doctour Smith of the Ciuill lawe confuted it The death of that glorious Catholike Queene Marie Grandmother to king Charles and true Heire of England was long sought and after contriued concluded and executed by Queene Elizabeth and her Protestants Many worthie Catholicks here for her cause loste their liues lands and what they possessed And all geâ—rally for suspition of fauouring her and king Iames his Title and now of king Charles were much persecuted Yet no Persecution could euer force vs from that dutie to lawfull Princes and their Temporall Titles but we euer performed it though with daunger as we haue and doe our dutie to God and the holy Church No Catholike Clergie man aâ— any time impugned it 2. William Bishop of Chaleedon and Richard now his persecured Successor maintained proued and confirmed it So haue all Archpriests Assistants and all in any authoritie among the Clergie either by opinion word or writing And some of vs that yet liue and write I might here catch hold of my owne penne with others haue as expressely plainely and effectuaâ—ly taught and published it as king Charles can desire The Protestant writers of their great publike Theater of greaâ— Britanie haue not giuen so great allowance vnto it The Lord Verulam in his historie of king Henrie 7. hath not asscribed too much a good Catholike writer would haue gâ—uen more vnto it 3. And to puâ— all out of doubt or question in this businesse because Pâ—â—eâ—ts and Catholikes are charged so much for adhearing to Papall poweâ— in this they are assuredly knowne to be the truest Subiects to our king For all Popes actually or virtually in neuer approuing or legittimating Queene Elizabeth haue ratified and confirmed the iust Right of Scotland in thâ—s kingedome and Ireland And nothing can be saide to be more authentically approuâ—d and confirmed by Popes authoritie then Pope Innocentius 8. by his Papall Bull as our Protestants confesse and relate Bulla Innocentij S. in â—â—trim Henrici Regiâ— Ang. 7. Maâ—â—â— Parker Antiquit. Brit. in â—â— Merit it confirmed both the marriadge of king Henry 7. with Elizabeth daughter and heire to king Edward 4. and his most lawfull and Iust 〈◊〉 to the Crowne of England By all Titles and Rights by Right of Inheritance right of warre right of marriage right of ElectioÌ„ and right of Parlament by hiâ— Pontisicall power Paâ—â— ad confirmandum illud legitimum diuinitusque conciliatum ac ad pacem tranquillitatem Anglorum maximè necessarium Matrimoniuâ— suis Bullis opus esse putauit quia quarto cognationis gradu coniuncti nuptias contraxerunt In quibus etiam nè authoritate carere videretur regnum acquisitum RegeÌ„ confirmauit illudque iure hareditario Iure belli iure coniugali Iure elecâ—â—onis Iure Senatus seu Parliamenti Anglicani necnon Iure Pontificio atque suo ad Henritum Regem septimum eiusque Haredes in perpeâ—â—â—â— spectare debere pronuntiauit The Pope thoughâ— iâ— needefull by his Bulls to confirme that godly reconciled Marriage most nâ—â—â—ssarie for the peace and tranquillitie of English men for that they â—ad married in the sowerth degree In which also least it may seeme to want authoritie â—e coâ—firmed the obtained kingdome on the king and declared it to appertaine perpetually to king Henrie the 7. and his heires by â—â—â—editarie right by right of warre by right of Marriage by righâ— of election by right of the Counâ—ell oâ— Engliâ—â— Parlament by Pontificall and his owne right This is so constringent and bindâ—ng an obligation of all English Catholikes attributing so much to Papall powâ—r and Iuâ—iâ—diction as Protestants saie we doe euer to performe all temporall dutie and obedience to our king Charles the vndoubted true lawfull Heâ—re of that so established king Heryâ—â— to him and his heires for euer that no Catholike man allowing of Papall authoritie can euer be iustly suspected of disobedieÌ„ce or vndutifulnesse to our Soueraigne And all the Protestants of â—ngland in their Religion cannot produce such a bonde testimonie or warrant foâ— their like fidelitie 4. Therefore being thus clearely and manifestly made knowne and euident that the Religion of English Catholikes in euery point is most true and holy plensing to God and profitable in temporall Regiment the sacred Orders of our Bishop and Priest so honourable we hope our king and hiâ— Councell hereafter will rather thinke of defending then offending protecting then persecuting K. Charles Declaration to all Subiects An. 1628. them And besides that is here saide his owne Regall declaration published with aduise of his Councell calleth vpon him and them so to doe For there with that aduise hâ— thus publikly protesteth before God and mâ— We â—all God to record before whoÌ„ we standâ— that it â— and allwayes hath bâ—ne our hearts desiâ—e â—o be founâ— worthie of that Title which we accompt the most glorious in all our Crowne Defendor of the saith 5. We must mâ—st humbly remember vnto him the saith whereof he is â—â—ilcâ—â— Defender wherein there is so mâ—ch gloâ—â—eâ— it is thaâ— onely true saith of Caâ—â—oâ—iks as is here proued and no other true faith being but one â— Ephes 4. Vnus Dominus vna sides vnum baptisâ—a One Lord one faith one Baptisme And this faith of Catholiks of Engâ—and is the true Catholike Apostolik faith and saith of the Church of Româ— now and when that Title Defendor of â—â— faith was giuen to king Henry the 8. beforâ— his lapse from the Church of Rome by the Pope there for defending that faith against Luther The Title giuen must be interpreted by the giuer the Pope not the receiuer which could not receiue but what was giuen And this Title was giuen receiued and vsed many yeares before Queene Elizabeth or before her Religion the Religion of English ProtestaÌ„ts now was borne aÌ„d was vsed both by king HeÌ„ry 8. and Queene Mary not of this new Religion wherefore we hope our king calling God to Record will rather defend the faith of his Catholikes and them then to suffer them to be thus persecuted and his Councell which counsailed him in that declaration will so aduise and counsaile him And his Parlament that could not finde their Religion 80. yeares old will not hinder him in so good a deede seeing it is certaine by their owne accompt that the Title Defendor of the faith is about 30. yeares older then their Religion and so he cannot by that Title defend their faith A non ens can haue no defence It can neither be defended or offended FINIS FAVLTS ESCAPED AND CORRECTED Pag. 17. lin 3. Theanus for Theonus l. 15. Thadiacus for Thadiocus p. 21. l. 22. paene for penè p. 27. l. 28. most worthiest for worthiest p. 39. l. 28. were for was p. 42. l. 18. Phylosopho for Philosopho p. 43. l. 20. Huntingtonsyhre for Huntington shyre p. 47. l. 21. did increased for and encreased p. 51. l. 20. these man for these men p. 52. l. 19. Missae Papisticae for Missa Papistica p. 61. l. 19. Ireland for Iland p. 63. l. 6. translated them for translated p. 69. l. 22. euery one for and euery one p. 71. l. 7. formae for forma p. 80. l. 23. iurisdiction for iurisdiction on the Christians p. 91. l. 18. after S. Peter adde and to the holy Roman Church p. 100. l. 25. make no Parenthesis p. 111. l. 8. Omitt Theodoretus p. 120. l. 26. Omitt Thou shalt p. 123. l. 6. Amphilabus for Amphibalus Some other faults of lese moment I haue not put downe here they being easie for the Reader to correct in reading FAVLTS ESCAPED AND CORRECTED Pag. 13. lin 23. at which time for after which time pag. 17. l. 3. Theanus for Theonus l. 15. Thadiacus for Thadiocus p. 21. l. 22. paene for penè p. 23. l. 24. first to haue perswaded for before to haue brought p. 25. l. 5. as they most happely did for as soone after it most happely was p. 27. l. 28. most worthiest for worthiest p. 39. l. 10. S. Bonifacius for S. Benedict Biscop p. 35. l. 28. were for was p. 42. l. 7. yea 386 for yeare 586. p. 42. l. 18. Phylosopho for Philosopho pag. 43. l. 20. Huntingtonsyhre for Huntingtonshyre p. 47. l. 21. did increased for and encreased p. 51. l. 20. these man for these men p. 52. l. 19. Missae Papislicae for Missa Papistica p. 61. l. 19. Ireland for Iland pag. 63. l. 6. translated them for translated pag. 69. l. 22. euery one for and euery one pag. 71. l. 7. formae for forma p. 80. l. 23. iurisdiction for iurisdiction on the Christians p. 91. l. 18. after S. Peter adde and to the hoâ—y Roman Church pag. 100. l. 25. make no Parenthesis p. 111. l. 8. Omit Theodoretus p. 120. l. 26. Omit Thou shalt p. 123. l. 6. Amphilabus for Amphibalus pag. 125. l. 1. allmost 1000 for aboue 1000. p. 150. l. 22. let for left pag. 156. l. 18. many for euery Some other faults of lese moment I haue not put downe here they being easie for the â—eader to correct in reading
petitions and challendges of dâ—sputatioÌ„ boâ— in the Marshal sea and Tower and their cofuting and confounding their Protestant auersaries doe sufficiently â—estifie 20. Wâ— may take some proportion of thâ— labours and worâ—hinesse â—ere if we call â— minde the sâ—aâ—e of such affair in Engâ—and â— the time of Qâ—eene Elizabeâ—h before aâ—y Râ—ligious men came â—â—ther the Cleâ—gâ—e Prieâ— heing here aâ—lmost alone without other asistance and compare it with the present câ—dition when so many Orders of them â—sides the old Clergie be and haue bene hâ— diuers yeares and we shall not finde feaer the auntient Nobilitie scarceâ—y more of â— chiefest gentrie and not many more otheâ— Catholikes now then in those daies Tâ— which be old may remember it others â— Iudgment in histories and Records may fiâ— it so the time of Persecution threatning â— commaundeth vnto me silence in particulâ— Yet all that are so desirous to examine ◠〈◊〉 Annâ—l pâ— 27. 21. 22. 36. 39. Rowâ—s preface historicall in Quâ—ene Elâ—â—â—beth Stowes 〈◊〉 yeare of Q. 〈◊〉 comparison may easily prooue that moâ—â— I am not in error if they will but readâ—â— Protestant Historicall relations Caâ—dâ— Howes Stowe and others they will sâ—e wâ— Pollicie was vsed to put downe Catholâ— ReligioÌ„ aÌ„d by theÌ„ it will also appeare how â—â—tholike CouÌ„cellours were â—â—moued Catholâ— Iudges Sherifes Iustices of peace and othâ—â— were displaced and Protestants put in tâ— places fiue nowe Protestant Lords made iâ— â—ounties Protestant Bâ—â—gesses chosen for â—rlament Plures è Protestantibuâ— datâ operâ è â—nitatibus tum è â—iuitatibâ—â— Burgis fuisse electos â—ny of the Protestants of set purpose were chosen one 〈◊〉 Counties as well out of Cities as Townes And â—hough the Caâ—holike Bishops were also â—cluded from that Parlament that so Proâ—tant Religion might be the more easily esâ—lished by Parlament yet the Pâ—oâ—estant â—tie exceeded onely in Sixe voices the Caâ—olikes who there profâ—sâ—ed themselues to â—uch and all for the most part of them for â—ong time remained so The Queene herâ—e openly then in that Parlament protested â—â—â—he would neuer vexe or trouble the Roman Caâ—ikes concerning any difference in Religion â—ough we found and felt since how farre â—he â— altered froÌ„ this theÌ„ her intetion ad deternatioÌ„ What I haue saied is found to be true all the opinionâ— of friends and aduersaries 21. And this sufficiently argueth a true â—st lawfull and neuer defectiue knowne sucâ—ion of worthie and learned Priests of the â—ular Clergie who defended in all times â—holy cauâ—e of God in this our Countrie â— conserued still the Catholike Religion in hearts of the Nobilitie gentrie and others â—ll soâ—ts No Order of the Religious can â— so The Iesuits came first of all the Reliâ—us hither but they were not heare before â— went away againe not returning of some â—res The DominicaÌ„s and Franciscans came â—er before the Benedictins but neither they nor any other â—id or could make this claiâ— For our secular Priests haue as is beâ—â— often declared continued alwaies their sâ—cesâ—ion and in this last persecution sheâ— the way and broaken the ice vnto all â— Religious by their Mission of Priests hithâ— from their Colledges beyond the sâ— which I speacke not with any intention dishonour our Reuerend Religious buâ— honour the Secular Clergie and to defend Authour of the ProtestaÌ„s Plea and Petition tâ— ParlameÌ„t for Catholikes Against whom a certâ— Benedictine Moncke in his prefatorie Epâ— to Saint Augustins Meditations Soliloqâ— and Manuall translated by him into Engâ— writeth I here neuer hath beene any Interrupâ— Benedictine Preachers and Teachers in England â— to prooue this his assertion he reciteth â—ly three such Monâ—kes Abbot Fecknam aâ— Moncke to vse his wordâ— whole name was â—rie Stile as I take it Who though bliâ— bodie yet cleare sighted in minde in the Châ—â—â— Westminster publiâ—ly and â—â—outely confuted in an â— none Sermon a precedent railâ—ng Sermon â— D. Horne by appointment of the Councell sâ—â— in the eares of the people to disgrace the profesâ—â— Monckes and Catholike Religion and D. Sâ—â— Buckly and he seemeth to be offendâ—d â— the foresaied Author of the Plea as thougâ— had done wrong to their Order in suppâ—sing D. Abbot Fecknam his namâ— say â—e might haue remembred the famous and â—â— â— Abbot Fecknam But aâ—as this is farre froÌ„ accusing truely that Author or excusing himselfe or prouing what he said before For that Author in that very booke maketh twice an honourable memorie of that noble Abbot in one plâ—ce setting downe to his honour the Oratâ—â—â— he made in the first Parlament of Q. Elizabeth in defence of Religion And â—hat Author of the Plea was so farre and â—till is from being otherwise then a loâ—ing friend and no enimy to the Order of â—aint Benedict that in the time of Q. Elizaâ—eth before any Monckes came hither He â—rote in honour thereof in his Apologie for Catholiks to the Councell of Q. Elizabeth Apolog. â—pâ—st â—o Q Elizab Councall prius an 601. pag 83. â— these words The onely order of Saint Benedict so â—nowned in our Nation hath had abouâ— twentiâ— kings â—d Emperours aboue an hundred grâ—â—t Princes many â—opes sixteene hundâ—ed Archbishops 4000. Bishops â—000 famous men and 15600. most honourable caâ—nised Saints Thus farre ranne his penne with â—eir Moncke and most commender Tritheâ—ius 22. When the first Moncks from Spaine â—me hither about the death of Q Elizabeth â—d had no Faculties this Author at the reâ—iest of one of them his deare frâ—eÌ„d wrote efâ—ctually to the then Archpriest Maister â—ack well to giue them ordinarie Faculties â—hich he did and these were the first Faculâ—s that Congregation in my memorie as â—e Moncks themselues confessed had in England vntill more ample were afterwards and otherwise procured vnto them And that Author hath euer liued ingreat peace loue vnitie and concorde with all the worthiest oâ— that and other Orders of his acquaintance but to that excepting Moncke he â—as noâ— knowne And now at this time and 〈◊〉 afteâ— both that Author and I that write as his anâ— their louing friend will be so farre froâ— being an enimy vnto the Moncks of Sainâ— Benâ—dicts Order that except their auntienâ— learned Moncks Historians and such as theâ— accompt most fauouring to their Order iâ— matter of Historie shall offend and be againâ— them of this time we will not offend theâ— bringing nothing but from these men theâ— selues and such But yet that assertion Tâ— there neuer hath beene any Interruption of Benediâ—â—â— Preachers and teachers in England cannot be sâ— by Moncks and this Moncks owne confâ—sion For if it had bene a thing lawfull foâ— Moncke or any Catholâ—ke to goe twise â—â— day to a Protestant Church where once â— goe iâ— dâ—mnable such a Moncke could not â— a truâ— Preacher and Catholike otherwise aâ— learned man vnder pretente to coÌ„fute Proâ—stants by word or writing might goe to theâ— Churches and deliuer themselues from pâ—â—alties Further this Moncke as they confeâ— went soone after out
of England and died â— of â—t Abbot Fecknam by Moncks and â— dâ—ed in the yeare 1585. And then by â—â— Monckes and all mens confession there liued here in England of the old English Monkes onely F. Buckley no great Preacher or learned man So this onely such Moncke could not abâ—e that proposition There nâ—â—er hath bene any Interruption of Benedictine Preachers and teaâ—â—eâ—â— in England One no Preacher cannot be such and in the plurall number 23. And that Author made no more menâ—ion in particular of Benedictine Moncks â—hen of other Religious Orders all oâ— them â—ailing in learned Priests except of â—he Clerâ—ie to â—heach and defend true Râ—â—igion He â—id not meane there was not any one either â—earned or vnlearned If any such thing is â—here printed it was the printers and not his â—oing neither can any of equaâ—l Iudgement â—inke otherwise for that authour well kâ—ew â—at Father Sebert Buckley was theÌ„ liuinâ— he â—eing well and very louingly acquainâ—eâ— with â—aister Sadler and maister Mahu Priests â—hich first ioyned with that F. Buckley heaâ—ng from them the manner thereof And he â—ath seene vnder one of their hanâ—s more â—en euer he wrote or held That it was â—oubted whether that father Buckley was a â—rofessed Moncke or no and the reasons of â—ch doubt are thus set downe written with â—ne of their hands Quia hoc neque per scripturam â—e publicum Instrumentum neque per testem quirem â—sam nouerat probatum vidit Because he had noâ—â—ne this prooued by writing or puâ—like Instrument nor witnesse that knew it This is more then my friend needeth in this matter or this case now requireth And he euer thought he was a Monke So doe I and honour the Order of S. Benedict and all other Religious Orders and loue and honour all my worthie frieÌ„ds and acquaintance of them as much as euer I did which some of them know to be very much and as they can wish or desire and euer shall yet veritaâ— vincit THE VII CHAPTER That the Catholikes of England taughâ— and directed by such guides in Religioâ— as our Priests be are not to be persecuted but protected defended and imployed as true and faithfull subiectâ— in all things 1. THe honour dignitie glorie and renowne of consecrated Bishops anâ— Priests being thus great ample excelleÌ„t anâ— necessarie among all true beleuing Christianâ— Instituted and ordained by Christ himselfe aÌ„â— according to his owne most holy Order foâ— all professours of his faith and Religion in aâ— â—nd places vntill this life and world is to end and that the publik Sacrifice they offer and celebrate is so holy and heauenly the Religion generally which they professe preach and â—eache vndoubtedly true and that the highest spirituall power by which their Mission is so certaine so aâ—ntiently honourable and honoured and without manifest and vnexcusable offence both to the greatest authoritie on earth or in heauen so to be receiued and reuereuced of all twyce happie blessed and honourable is then your state cause and condition Most Noble and Renowned Confessours of the Nobilitie Gentrie and other Catholike laietie of England in chosing in such times such guides of your soules professing such Religion and which giueth you a second and greater felicitie to be for such a cause so persecuted in your Natiue Countrie of your owne Countriemen kindred and called Christians 2. To suffer Persecution for Iustice is a blessednesse and bringeth to eternall blisse But to endure it in such measure and manner as you haue done and doe it will eleuate you â—o the highest and neuer fading ioyes your â—osse may be of temporarie but your purâ—hase thereby will be of much better and euer â—uting things Terreane glorie flattering and deceitfull honour is often valued bought and solde at too deare a rate but that which Persecution for the cause you suffer in will for euer endowe you with will farre exceede the worth of any price you can bestowe to possesse it Id enim quod in praesenti saieth â— ad Cor. 4. Saint Paule est momentaneum leue tribulationis nostrae supra modum in sublimitate aeternum gloriae pondus operatur in nobis non contemplantibus nobis quae videntur sed quae non videntur Quae enim videntur temporalia sunt quae autem non videntur aeterna sunt For that our tribulation which presently is momentarie and light worketh aboue measure exceedingly an eternall weight of glorie in vs we not considering the things that are seene but that are not seene For things that be seene are temporall but those that be not seene are eternall And c. 5. in an other place he addeth Scimus enim quoniam si terrestris domus nostra huius habitationis dissoluatur quod aedificationem ex Deo habemus domum â—on manufactam aeternam in caelis For we know that if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolued that we haue a building of God a house nâ—â— made with hand eternall in heauen Your liues your lands your liberties honours and what soeuer in things temporall and to be forsakeÌ„ or spoyled and depriued off deare vnto you were lent giuen and but for a time bestowed vpon you as also his most pretious blood and life was after many other Miserie 's sustained for your Ransome aÌ„d RedeÌ„ption by him for whose right and cause you stand and patiently endure afflictions for the same so often so much and so long time Thus he himselfe founde the way and returned to his owne kingedome and glorie immense and eternall and he said at his departure hence to his heauenly throane vnto his blessed Apostles Disciples to you and all that shall serue and suffer for him to the end of the world In domo Patris mei Io 1â— mansiones multae sunt vado parare vobis locum Et â—â— abiero praeparauero vobis locum iterum venio accipiam vos ad meipsum vt vbi sum eg vos sitis Et quo ego vado scitis viam sâ—â—â—is In my fathers house there be many mansions I goe to prepaâ—e you a place I come againe and will take you to my sâ—lfâ— that where I am you also may be And wither I goe you knowe and the way you knowe Euery Mansion in heauen in the howse of God farre surpasseth all Pallaces and pleasures of this world and to be with Christ in eternall glorie infinitely exceedeth all delights and honours here And the glorie and reward of them that come nearest to Christ in sufferings here â—â—ll be â—he highest and greatest with him there in loyes for euer Ecce Tabernaâ—ulum Dei cum hominibus Apoâ—al â—1 habitabit cum eis ipsi populus â—ius erunt ipse Deus cum eis erâ—t coruÌ„ Deus Eâ— absterget Deus omnem Lachrymam ab oculis eorum mâ—rs vltrà non erit neque luctus neque clamor neque dolor erit vltrà quae prima abierunt Behold the Tabernacle of