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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20601	M. Antonius de Dominis Archbishop of Spalato, declares the cause of his returne, out of England. Translated out of the Latin copy, printed at Rome this prese[n]t yeare; Marcus Antonius de Dominis archiepisc. Spalaten. sui reditus ex Anglia consilium exponit. English	De Dominis, Marco Antonio, 1560-1624.; Coffin, Edward, 1571-1626.	1623 (1623)	STC 7000; ESTC S120942	32,270	106

tooke the same vnto himselfe in other thinges concerning fayth forme of Religion and Ecclesiasticall rites he carryed himselfe more moderatly Vnder his Sonne Edward a child and much more vnder Elizabeth not only a separation was made from the chiefe Bishop Christ his vicar and supreme Pastor of the Christian flocke but also the vse of Religion by mayne force iniury was taken from Catholikes and by publicke lawes but made by Lay men vtterly suppressed Was there any lawfull Councell before for this matter Were the obiections made against Catholikes discussed Were the reasons for their defence heard Were they conuinced of any errour or impiety in Religion Was this iudgment made by any competēt Iudge Nothing lesse Doth not the same violence the same iniury the same impiety still remayne How much doe they striue in England they especially who seeme to haue care of their Religiō such as it is least the diuine anciēt pious prescript worship of God be restored to Catholikes Is this their meaning whē they say it is not Their fault that the schisme is not taken away They vrge reformation but reformation be it neuer so iust necessary yet if it be made with schisme is a most fowle deformatiō That in deed is reformed that remaines the same in substance Therefore Catholike Religion ought to haue remayned in England and the substantiall practise of the same if any thing had beene to be reformed that seruatis seruandis might haue beene exposed to reformation but no other differēt Religion the former being suppressed or violētly kept vnder was to be made in so much as now there should be two religions disagreeing among themselues and one contrary to the other for if the latter be another Religion from the former the former is not reformed but as much as lay in their power is ouerthrowne and a new set vp but there cannot be two Religions of Christ for there is but one only and that with vs I as haue shewed as there is but one Church one foundation one Christ 28. When as therefore amongst other miseryes I saw my selfe inuolued in inueterate schisme and all hope of vnion to be taken away seeing Altar erected against Altar deuided frō the Charity of the Church I neyther could nor ought with safe conscience to be present wherfore remorse of conscience compelled me to returne and it was necessary that my Agar retourned to the most holy Romā Church her mistresse hearing the voyce of the Angell checking her and saying Gen. 16.9 Reuertere ad Dominam tuam humiliare sub manu illius returne to thy mistresse humble thy selfe vnder her hand or authority that flight cold bring me nothing but shame and ruine God commaunds me to be humbled vnder the hād of my mistresse and in this I ought specially to follow God I would to God that they to whome folishly I fled would acknowledg their most miserable spirituall estat not only for heresies but also for their schisme to be most desperate frō which schisme now I haue shewed that they cannot be excused because they haue vnlawfully separated themselues from the true Church of Christ which is our Catholike Roman Church And this point affrighted me because schismatiks are excluded from being the Children of God for Deum non habent patrem saith S. Cyprian Lib. de simplicitate Praelatorū qui Ecclesiam veram non habent matrem they haue not God for their Father who haue not the true Church for their mother Christ therfore died Ioan. 11.51 vt filios Dei qui dispersi erant congregaret in vnū that he might gather in one the children of God who were dispersed the death therfore of Christ did worke and still worketh not only the redemption of men but also the vnion of his Church Before the death of Christ the children of God were dispersed and deuided some vnder the Law of Moyses others vnder the only Law of nature being far asunder one from the other making together no one certayne and vniuersall Congregatiō but now the diuine wisdome would so haue it that al his faithfull followers true children by faith should make ouer the whole world one society or fellowship that they shold all make one warfare vnder their Captayn and Emperour Christ and vnder his banner to wit the holy and life-giuing Crosse vsing all the same military signes and tokens of the Sacraments and this society and congregation is a singular effect of the death of Christ which procured that disagreeing Sects and innumerable courses of life amongst themselues so different and contrary should meete and be combined in one Christiā vnity Ephes 2.19 which truly is his worke qui fecit vtraque vnum who made both one and that by the Crosse Hereunto doth Anastasius Synaita apply the wordes of God in the creation Congregentur aquae in locum vnum Anastas 3. Hexam let the waters be gathered together in one place This sayth he belongeth to the Church gathered together vnder the vnity of one fayth out of different people countries and sects And for this cause Christ sayd of his own Crosse Ioan. 12. si exaltatus fuero à terra omnia traham ad meipsum If I shal be exalted from the earth I wil draw all vnto my selfe S. Athanasius sayth Athanas de Incarnat verbi Dei Exaltatus enim in cruce Dominus vtroque extenso brachio vtrūque populum ad se inuitauit vt vtrumque amplexando in sinum suum colligeret Our Lord being exalted or lifted vpon the Crosse with both his armes stretched abroad inuited to himselfe both people Iew and Gentile that by imbracing them both he might gather them together into his bosome There is therefore one bosome betweene the armes of our Sauiour 29. And in the same place S. Athanasius thinkes it not to want mystery that Christ chose the death of the Crosse not Beheading by which S. Iohn his precursor died nor cutting or deuiding of his body as Isaias Vt in morte sayth he sine mutilatione integrum corpus seruaret causa subduceretur ijs qui Ecclesiam in partes cupiunt discindere that in the death of Christ his entire body without maiming might be preserued and all pretext taken away from them who desire to cut the Church asunder into partes And so hartily Christ esteemed this vnity as in that most feruent praier which he made in the last night of his life Ioan. 17.11 20.21 he craued of his Father that he would not suffer his disciples and other belieuers in him to depart from this vnity vt credat mundus quia tu me misisti that the world may beleeue that thou hast sent me But our Aduersaryes little consideringe these thinges will as much as is in them haue the death and Crosse of Christ to be destitute of this most noble effect of vnity and by their diuisions schismes giue occasion to Iewes and Infidells of rayling and