Of the agreement of the Ancient Roman East and South Church with vs in the points set downe and also of Gregorie the great Bishop of Rome who sent Austen into England 7 Of the Religion of the Antient Brittans and of their differences from the now Roman Church 8 Of the Pietie and Devotion of the Christians before named 1 The principall differences betweene the Romanists and us THE maine difference betweene the Church of Rome and us consists in certaine points which they of Rome hold for important and necessary Articles of the Christian faith which we doe not beleive or receive for such For the things which we beleeue are verities cleerely founded upon Scripture and summarily set downe in the Creed and vnaminously received by all Orthodoxall Christianes This Creed which the Antients thought compleat enough seemeth to the Romanists defective and therefore they have adioyned and added to the same many new Articles yea to those twelue which the Apostles set downe for a sufficient Summary of wholesome doctrine The Articles of their New Creed and Doctrines are Their Apocryphall Scriptures Their Dogmaticall Traditions which they equall with the holy Scriptures Their Transubstantiation Their Communion in one kinde Their Purgatorie Their Invocation of Saints Their Worship of Images Their Obedience to the Pope without which no salvation Their Latine Service Their Trafique of Indulgences These and other new doctrines are Canonized in their late meeting at Trent and vpon these and the like is the contestation betweene the Romanists and vs these are obtruded by them as vndoubted verities and to be believed under the Popes curse These are reiected by vs as human inventions some of them cunningly devised to advance their ambition avarice without any solid ground or countenance of Scripture or Antiquitie He that desireth to see mere of the differences betweene the Romanists and us let him reade Doct. Field of the Church Doct. Field of the Church Booke 3. cap. 7. pag. 83. 2 The Agreement of the Churches before named with us in the chiefe Points in Controversie following Of the Greeke Church AS the writings of the Greeke Fathers for above five hundred yeares space after Christ give testimonie to our Religion in the maine Points thereof So also the Churches at this day in those parts doe hold with us and we and they against the now Romish Church As 1 The Greekes deny the Popes Supremacie Cyrill Patriarch of Constantinople 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cap. 10. pag. 28. Wee beleeve that no mortall man can be Head of the Church and that our Lord IESVS CHRIST is the alone Head Marke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Concilium Ptorens pag. 721. Binius Archbishop of Ephesus We account the Pope as one of the Pariarks if he be Orthodox Nilus Archbishop of Thessalonica The Greeke Church though it never denied the Primacie of Order to the Pope of Rome 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Nilus de Primatu pag. 101. yet their assumed predominancie of Authoritie they have alwayes resisted The Emperour Ioannes Paleologus submitted himselfe to the Pope in the Councell of Florence 1436. in hope of Aide against the Turke Paulus Aemilius cited by Bishop Iewell Defence of the Apolog. pag. 411. for which he was so hated of his people that being dead they denied him Christian buriall Jsodore Archbishop of Kiovia returning from the sayd Councell because he began Hunc Moscovitae obedientiam Romanam praedicantem spoliaverunt in necem extremam impulerunt Mathias à Michou de Sarmatia lib. 2. cap. 1. for unities sake to move the people to submit themselves to the Pope was deposed from his Bishopricke and put to death 2 They account the Pope and his Church Schismaticall The Patriarke of Constantinople doth yearely upon the Sunday In Praefaclene ante acta screpta Theelogorum Wirtembergensium Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Dom. Hieremiae An. Dom. 1576. called Dominica invocavit solemnely excommunicate the Pope and his Clergie for Schismaticks Summum antem Pontisicem Christi Vicarium omnesque Latinos pre excemmunicatis babens Elench Alphab omnium Hareseum lib. 7. pag. 202. Prateolus The Graecians account Christs Vicar the Pope and the Latines excommunicate persons 3 Concerning Transubstantiation Cyrill the Patriarch of Constantinople 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cap. 17. pag. 60. In the administration of the Eucharist we doe confesse a true and reall presence of Christ but such a one as Faith offereth us not such as devised Transubstantiation teacheth For we beleeve the faithfull to cate Christs body in the Lords Supper not sensibly champing it with their teeth but partaking it by the sence of the soule for that is not the body of Christ which offereth it selfe to our eyes in the Sacrament but that which Faith spiritually apprehendeth and offereth to us Hence it ensueth that if we beleeve we cate and participate if we beleeve not we receive no profit by it Hierimi the Patriarch teacheth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Respons 1. pag. 101. a change of bread into the body of Christ which he calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is a transmutation which is not sufficient to inferre a Transubstantiation because it may signifie onely a mysticall alteration which the Patriarch in the same place plainely sheweth saying the body and blood of Christ are truely mysteries 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Patriar Respons cap. 10. pag. 86. not that these saith he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are changed into humane flesh but wee into them for the better things haue ever the preheminence Neither was the flesh saith he of our Lord. which he carried about him given to his Apostles for meate not his blood for drinke neither now in the holy mysteries doth the Lords body descend frō heaven this is blasphemie Ganlterus The Greeks say Malos dum consecratum panem accipiunt non accipere corpus Iesu Christi hoc ipsum perpeino Calvini Ministri in ore habent In Tabula Chronograph pag. 604. de Photio 19. that the wicked eating the consecrated bread doe not receive Christs body This also the Calvinists Ministers have alwayes in their mouthes 4 They celebrate the Eucharist in both kinds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Patriar Respons de Abusib pag. 129. Hieremie the Patriarch You say the holy Supper ought to be received in both kindes and you say well so also doe we when we doe receive those venerable Mysteries Cyrill the Patriarch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cyrill cap 17 pag 61. As the Institutor speaketh of his body so also of his blood which Commandement ought not to be rent a sunder or mangled according to human Arbitrement but the Institution is to be kept intire as it is delivered to us Prateolus Item esse necessario sub vtraque specîe panis scilicet et vini communis andum adeo quidem vt qui vna specie tantum communicat etiamsi laicus sit peccare dicatur quod ut aiunt
approved him and so it may be said of many others Moreover their want of unitie will appeare in that the Popes of Rome as Lawgivers set them down in St. Peters Chaire as they pretend and made lawes and constitutions contrary to Gods commandements and Christs institutions As Clement the 5 gathered a Councell at Vienna 1311 in which it was ordeined that the Emperor should give his oath of Allegiance to the Pope Roman 13.1 1 Pet. 2 13. contrary to the written word of God Let every soule be subiect to higher powers And to the King as supreme Also in the Councell at Constance Anno 1414 the Pope and his Prelates altered the Testamentall legacy of Christ himselfe in taking from the Laitie the use of the Cup in the Sacrament the holy Symboll of Christs bloud which caused many true hearted Christians to tremble for that their Prelates durst set their mouthes against heaven and correct the ordinance of Christ himselfe and in that rude manner that although Christ did administer to his disciples under the formes of bread and wine c. Yet they commanded no Priest to communicate to the people in both kindes under the paine of excommunication And last of all Paul the third summoned a Councell at Mantua after removed to Irent wherein some few Bishops assembled being the Popes Creatures Flaccus Illyricus in prote statione adversus concilium Tridentinum of which holy fathers some were titular as Richard Pates Bishop of Worcester and blind Sr. Robert Bishop of Armagh and also two of them were taken in Adultery as Illyricus reporteth the one stroken with a dart the other taken in a trap by the husband Bp. Iuell defence pag. 625. hanged by the neck out of a window these helped to make the new articles of faith before mentioned and upon this Councell the now Roman Church dependeth Against this assembly Bellarm. de effect Sacrament lib. 2 cap. 25. Francis the French King protested and held it but for a private Conventicle and divers other Christian Nations have disavowed the same Many of the Canons therein decreed and established for Articles of faith are repugnant to the holy Scriptures as for example they decreed That Images may be made to be worshipped contrary to Deut. 27 15. and to the very second Commandement it selfe That prayers may be made to the Virgin Mary and to the Saints departed contrary to Math. 6.9 contrary to the practise of the Patriarches Prophets and Apostles and holy men in Scripture That the Sacrament of the Lords Supper is to be ministred and received in one kinde contrary to Christs institution Mat. 26.27 1 Cor 10.16 They that desire to see more particulars of the popish doctrines Barnard pag. 18.19.20 contrary to holy Scriptures let them read Mr. Barnards booke called Looke beyond Luther Doct Feild of the Church lib. 5 pag. 114. Frequentur accidit ut quae opinio paucis ab hinc annis usu non erat modo communi consensione recipiatur in Gallia et Germania nonulli scriptores tradide runt Crucem non esse colendam hono re et veneratione â—atriae sed alio infe viore cultu at in Hispania communi consensione doce tur Cruci cultum et honorem latriae deferendum Azori mora â—instit Tom 1. lib. 2 cap. 13. And moreover their opinions are different according to times places as Azorius the Iesuit saith it fals out that that which was the Comon opinion a few yeares since is not the opinion now and that which is the common opinion of Papists in one place is not the opinion in another As for example it is the comon opinion in Spaine and Italy that Latria or divine honor is due to the Crosse which in France and Germany is not so but some inferror kinde of worship is due thereunto And Navare the Iesuit saith that at Rome no man may say that the Councell is above the Pope nor at Paris that the Pope is above the Councell and thu s much of their want of unity difference between the Romanists VI. The Agreement of the antient Roman East and South Churches with us in these points following Which sent Austen the Monke to us and especially of Gregorie Bishop of Rome who is pretended to be the founder of the Roman Religion amongst us who lived about the yeere 600. which Tenets are condemned by the now Roman Church which plainely sheweth the Noveltie of the Doctrine of the now Romish Church and the Antiquitie of ours 1. The Popes Supremacie GRegory I say confidently The old Roman Church Ego autem sidenter dice quia quisquis se universalem sacerdâ—tem vocat vel vocari desiderat in elatione sua Antichristum pracurrit lib. 6. Epist 30. whosoever calleth himselfe or desires to bee called the universall Bishop is in the pride of his heart the forerunner of Antichrist None of my Predecessors Bishops of Rome Nullus unquam decessorum meerum hoc tam profane vocabulo uti concessit lib. 4. Epist 36. Distinct 99. Vniversalis autem nee etiam Romanus Pontifex appelletur ever consented to use this so profane a name Pope Pelagius Gregories Predecessor decreed that no Bishop no not the Bishop of Rome himselfe ought to be called universall Bishop Saint Chrysostom The Easterne Church Distinct. 40. C. multi ex Chrysos Quicunque desideraverit Primatum in terra inveniet confusionem in coelo nec inter servos Christi computabitur qui de primatu tractaverit Chrysost hom 3. ad Popul Antiochen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fol. 474. Savil. Patriarch of Constantinople He that seeketh primacy in earth in Heaven hee shall finde confusion and hee that doth but once intreate of primacie is not worthy to bee numbred amongst the servants of Christ Our Citie of Antioch is most dearest to Christ above all others and like as Peter did first preach among the Apostles so among Cities this had first of all the name of Christians as a certaine wonderfull Crowne Saint Augustine Bishop of Hippo in Aphrick The South Church Saint August de Verb. Domini Ser. 13. Super me aedificabo te non me super te Cyprian in sententijs Concil Carthag ad QuirinuÌ„ On these words thou art Peter and on this rocke which thou hast confessed I will build my Church I will build thee upon me and not me upon thee None of us maketh himselfe a Bishop of Bishops neither was Peter so arrogant to take things so insolently upon him as to advance himselfe as primate and one unto whom the rest as novices and punies should bee subject The old Roman Church Greg. moral lib. 19 c. 13. art 6. de qua re non inordinate agimus si ex libris licet non canonicis sed tamen ad adificationem Eccl. editis testimoniuÌ„ proferamus Eleazar namque c. 2. Canonicall Scripture Gregory Wee doe not amisse if wee bring forth a testimony out of the bookes
Priest 10. That Infidels and impious persons yea ratts and mise may eate the body of Christ 11. That the Laiety are not bound by Christs institution to receive the Communion in both kindes 12. That private Maffes wherin the Priest saith Eat drink ye all of this yet eateth drinketh himselfe only is according to Christs institutioÌ„ 13. That extreme Vnction is a Sacrament properly so called 14. That the publique service of God in the Church ought or may be celebrated in an unknowne tongue 15. That wee may worship God by an Image c. These and other new Tenets and Doctrines defide of the now Church of Rome cannot be shewed to bee the Doctrines of faith of the old ancient Church of Rome To conclude this point as there is Antiquity of Time so also of Truth and Doctrine for a people to receive Christianity the true faith from the Apostles or Christ himselfe profiteth nothing except they doe still retaine the said Faith Doctrine as our Lord told the Pharises boasting of antiquity that they had Abraham to their Father That they were of their father the devill not doing Abrahams workes So it may be said of them Iohn 8. that boast only of Antiquity of Time without Antiquity of Truth Doctrine The succession of Bishops CHAP. V. WHereas inquirie is made but for one Bishop of our Religion before Cranmer although wee neede no witnesses having our blessed Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ the great Bishop of our Soules and the twelve Apostles with Saint Paul Saint Iohn Baptist St Marke and St Luke for our Bishops Doctors teaching the truth professed by us yet I have set downe a fuccession of Bishops in some of the Patriarchall Churches as of Hierusalem Antioch Alexandria Constantinople and also of Rome for the first 600 yeeres amongst whom you may finde very many noble witnesses Hierusalem St. Iames. Simeon Cleophas Iustus a Iew Zacheus Tobias Benjamin Iohn Matthias Philip Sennecas Iustus the second Levi Ephrem Ioseph Iudas Marcus Cassianus Publius Maximus Iulianus Caius Symachus Caius the 2. Iulianus the 2. Capito Maximus Antoninus Valens Dolychiauus Narcissus Dios Germanon Gordius Narcissus and Alexander Mazabanes Hyminaeus Zambdas Hermon Macarius Maximus Cyrillus Herenius Heraclius Hilarius Cyrillus Iohn Nepos Prayllius Invenalis Polycbronius Theodosius Anastasius Martyrius Salustius Helias Petrus Macarius Eustochius Iohn c. Antioch St Peter Euodius Ignatius Heros Cornelius Theophilus Maximinus Serapion Asclepiades Philetus Zebinus Babylas Fabius Demetrianus Paulus Samosatenus Domnus Timaeus Ciryllus Dorotheus Tyrannus Vitalis Philogonus Eustathius Eulalius Euphonins Placitus Steven Leontius Eudoxius Anianus Meletius Euzojus Dorotheus Paulinus Evagrius Dorotheus Meletius Flavianus Porphyrius Alexander Theodotus Iohn Domnus Maximus Martyrius Iulianus Basilius Peter Gnapheus Stephen Calandio Peter Gnapheus Paladius Flauianus Severus Paulus Euphremius Domninus Anastatius Gregorius c. Alexandria St. Marke Anianus Abilius Cerdo Primus Iustus Eumenes Marcus Celadion Agrippas Iulianus Demetrius Heraclas Dionysius Maximinus Theonas Peter Achillas Alexander Athanasius Gregorie Peter Timothie Theophilus Cyrillus Dioscorus Proterius Timotheus Aelurus Timotheus Basilicus Peter Athanasius Iohn Theodosius Zoilus Appollinarius Iohn Eulogius Rome St. Peter Linus Clemens Cletus Anacletus Euarestus Alexander â—yxtus Telesphorus Hyginus Pius Anicetus Soter Eleutherius Victor Zepherinus Calistus Vrbanus Pontianus Anterus Fabianus Cornelius Lucius Steven Xystus Dionysius Felix Eutychianus Caius Marcellinus Marcellus Eusebius Miltiades Silvester Marcus Iulius Liberius Felix Demasdele Siricius Anastasius Innocentius Zosimus Bonifacius Celestinus Sixtus Leo Hilarius Simplicius Felix Gelasius Anastasius Symachus Hormisda Iohn Boniface Agapetus Silverius Vigilius Pelagius Iohn Benedict Pelagius Gregorie the great c. Constantinople St Andrew Stachis Onesimus Polycarpus Plutarchus Sedecion Diogenes Elutherius Felix Polycarpus Athenodorus Euzoius Laurentius Alippius Pertinax Olympianus Marcus Cyrillianus Constantius Ciriacus Castinus Titus Domitius Metrophanes Probus Alexander c. AS there is a Succession of Bishops in the Patriarchall Churches before-named so generally of the Metropolitans and Bishops kept in the Registers as is reported Titus was the first Bishop of the Church of the Cretians Tit. cap. 3. placed there by St Paul hee was not a Parson Tit. cap. 1.15.5 or Minister of one Parish but Bishop of the whole Isle called Hecatompolis of one hundred Cities placed as aforesaid by St Paul to ordaine Elders in every City Mirae lib. 4. pa. 181. de notitia episcop Miraeus reporteth that there are in the Isle of Crete one Archbishop and seven Bishops Of Ephesus Timothie was the first Bishop 2 Tim. 4. in fin placed there also by St Paul Caius succeeded him and many other famous men as Marke so famous in the last Florentine Councell Of Thessalonica Silvanus was the first Bishop Theatrum convers gentium anthor frat Arnol. Iohn Merman pag. 42. Chryt de statu Eccles pag. 159. Idemibidem placed there also by St Paul I heare that Athanasius is now Metropolitan thereof and I read ten Bishopricks to be under that See In Corinth Silas was also placed by St Paul The Metropolitane of Corinth hath foure Bishops under him Of Caesarea Apollo was the first Bishop Idem pag. 44. 45. Of Sardis Clemens the first Fruits of Achaia or Convert of the Gentiles Of Nicomedia Procorus the Deacon In Nice St Andrew placed Calistus In Iconium Tertius was first In Smyrna Polycarpus In Thebes Rusus In Philpipi Hermas And so I might name some others But to shew the Greatnesse of some of these Churches I will set downe a Catalogue of some of their Metropolites Of the Metropolites and Archbishoprickes which are or have been belonging to the Patriarch of Constantinople Metropoles 1 Caesarea 2 Ephesus 3 Heraclea 4 Ancyra 5 Cyzicus 6 Sardes 7 Nicomedia 8 Nicaea 9 Calcedon 10 Sida 11 Sebastea 12 Amasea 13 Melitene 14 Tyana 15 Gangra 16 Thessalonica 17 Claudiopolis 18 Neocaesarea 19 Pissinas 20 Mira 21 Caria 22 Laodicea 23 Synada 24 Iconium 25 Antiochia 26 Sylaeum 27 Corinthus 28 Athenae 29 Mocissus 30 Seleucia 31 Calauria 32 Patrae 33 Trapezus 34 Larissa 35 Naupactus 36 Philippopolis 37 Trajanopolis 38 Rhodus 39 Philippensis 40 Adrianopolis 41 Hierapolis 42 Dyrrhachium 43 Smyrna 44 Catana 45 Ammorium 46 Camachus 47 Cotyaium 48 Sancta Seuerinae 49 Mitelena 50 Novae Patrae 51 Euchaita 52 Amastris 53 Chonae 54 Hydrus 55 Kelzene 56 Colonia 57 Thebae 58 Serrae 59 Pompeiopolis 60 Rossia 61 Alana 62 Aedelenus 63 Tiberiopolis 64 Euchania 65 Cerasus 66 Nacolia 67 Germanicia 68 Madyta 69 Apamea 70 Basileum 71 Drystra 72 Nazianzus 73 Corcyra 74 Abydus 75 Methymna 76 Christianopolis 77 Rusium 78 Lacaedaemonia 79 Naxia 80 Attalia c. Archiepiscopatus 1 Bizya 2 Leontopolis 3 Maronea 4 Germia 5 Arcadiopolis 6 Parium 7 Miletus 8 Praeconesus 9 Selybria 10 Chius 11 Apros 12 Cypsella 13 Nice 14 Neapolis 15 Selga 16 Cherson 17 Messana 18 Garella 19 Brysis 20 Dercos 21 Carabyzya 22 Lemnus 23 Leucas 24 Misthea 25 Cudrae 26 Soteropolis 27 Pedachthea 28 Germa