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A18103	The originall of idolatries: or, The birth of heresies a true, sincere, and exact description of all such sacred signes, sacrifices, and sacraments as haue been instituted and ordained of God since Adam; with the true source and liuely anatomy of the sacrifice of the Masse. First faithfully gathered out of sundry Greeke and Latine authors, as also out of diuers learned fathers; by that famous and learned Isaac Casaubon, and by him published in French, for the good of Gods Church: and now translated into English for the benefit of this monarchy; by Abraham Darcie.	Darcie, Abraham, fl. 1625.; Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614, attributed name.	1624 (1624)	STC 4747; ESTC S107577	78,965	150

worke and cast out the drosse to be trampled and troden vnder foote wherefore Christian Reader for the better satisfaction and generall good of all Gods Church I haue laboured to translate this curious and admirable Master peece most worthy and necessary to be obserued and read for thou mayest as in a Miner cleerely see and discouer the Birth and the Originall of this soule Monster Heresie in the Church euen from the first ages before the written Law as also during the force and efficacie of the Mosoicall Sacrifices and now in these later times more pertinent vnder the Law and precepts of Christs holy Gospel wherein are deduced the Authors and Founders of the Romane Masse And what conformity it holds with the Ethnicke-Rites and Ceremonies and how farre a digression it hath made from the doctrine life and practise Apostolicall and the ages of the Primitiue Church wherein the Author euer hath abandoned all passion partiality and in ful proofes cited none but either approued and authentike Authors as the ancient Doctors and writers of the Church that liued before the present Inundations of superstitious Traditions Bring them to the Text of Gods Word compare them with the example of the Prophets and Apostles obserue the Customes of the Primitiue Churches and thus by reducing them to their beginnings it will be easie to iudge whether they stand still in that v● spotted integrit●e or haue not adulterously prophaned the sincere worship of GOD with many and meere humane int●emions If thou doest but vouchsafe the diligent and carefull reading hereof I make no doubt but it will yeeld great comfort to thy Conscience confirmation to thy Faith as that which will cleerely delucidate many hidden passages that haue not hitherto been reuealed and if it may take this happy effect I shall thinke my paines sufficiently requited and recompen●ed in all things ayming at GODS glory and not mine owne And thus I rest Thine affectionate and humbly deuoted ABR DARCIE A TABLE OF THE Contents of this Booke CHAP. 1. Of Sacred Signes Fol. 1. CHAP. 2. Of Sacrifices 2. CHAP. 3. Of Corruptions 10 CHAP. 4. Corruptions punished 18 CHAP. 5. The Ceremoniall Law accomplished by IESVS CHRIST 21 CHAP. 6. Of Sacraments ordained by IESVS CHRIST himselfe 23 CHAP. 7. Of the Corruption of the Sacrament of Baptisme 27 CHAP. 8. Of the Corruption of the Sacrament of the LORDS Supper 30 CHAP. 9. The ancient Religion of the Romane Empire 37 CHAP. 10. How the Bishops of Rome began their Corruptions 40 CHAP. 11. The first greatnesse of Popes proouing Antichrists and bringing in the Sacrifice of the Masse 44 CHAP. 12. Of the Masse in particular with her true Original 48 CHAP. 13. The Masse diuided with the true nature of Holy Water Fol. 54 CHAP. 14. The Procession of the Masse 57 CHAP. 15. The third part of the Masse that is the Altars and Candles lighted 61 CHAP. 16. Of Incense and Offertories with other parts of the Masse 65 CHAP. 17. Of the round Hoste with the consecration of the same 69 CHAP. 18. Of diuers parts and sundry Ceremonies belonging to the Masse 72 CHAP. 19. Against Idolaters Antiquity and long possession of the Masse 76 CHAP. 20. Against the Idolatry of the round Hoste 80 CHAP. 21. The inuention of Transubstantiation with confutation of that labyrinth of Idolatry 83 CHAP. 22. Comparison betweene the two holy Sacraments 99 THE BIRTH OF HERESIES OR A true and faithfull description of all such SACRED SIGNES SACRIFICES and SACRAMENTS as haue been instituted of God since the Worlds Creation Together with the Originall and true Anatomie of the Masse As also the corruptions and abuses of all those holy things from the beginning CHAP. I. Of Sacred Signes IN the time preordained of GOD by his inscrutable and incomprehensible Wisedome when hee had created man to his true Image and likenesse the better to moue and incite him to feare and obedience as also to make him partaker of his blessings he gaue him some exercise of vertue whereby hee might acknowledge him his Almighty GOD and omnipotent Creatour were ordained many Signes Sacrifices and Sacraments First to our first Father Adam to whom with his Successors corporall men God allotted corporall signes to approue the better of their obedience to wit trees planted in the middest of the Orchard and earthly Paradise which although they were not of any other qualitie then the other plants yet notwithstanding being dedicated and consecrated of God for Sacraments or Sacred Signes their qualitie was then for to serue as Seales for the Testimonie and approbation of his diuine wil and pleasure which was effected by the infinite goodnesse and bounty of God to make appeare and knowne that the Association Confederation and alliance contracted with man his Creature was ordained from time to time yea from the beginning of all times Thus I say were exteriour and Corporall Signes which man could see and contemplate with his Corporall Eyes constituted to serue for an assurance pledge and hostage of the Diuine Couenant These Trees and substantiall Fruits ordained for our first and common Father were committed and giuen vnto him to keepe without diminishing eating or wasting of them vpon paine of eternal death Wherefore wee must in faith beleeue that they were not vaine Signes and Sacraments or as a meere and simple Picture but whereas life or death depended on them they comprehended both the signes and thing signified wherein consisted the knowledge and wisedom to feare God and obey him And therefore they were called the Fruits of the knowledge of good and ill the Trees of life For in the careful keeping of these sacred fruits and obeying God there was promised etetnall life whereas on the contrary by abusing the Sacrraments and opposing the will of God there was intimated to vs by exteriour signes that eternall death and damnation was purchased For other exercises required of man towards God concerning the reuerence honor adoration of him many and diuers Sacrifices were celebrated euen before the Law written by Moses And though God Almighty Creatour of Heauen and Earth needs not any humane workes or to bee nourished with the bloud of beasts or with terrestriall fruits yet hee had alwayes a desire to draw man vnto him in an externall obedience and feare by Signes Sacrifices and Sacraments so as the Sacrifice of Lambes offered by Abel were agreeable and pleasing to God Noah in like manner after the inundation of waters past in signe of his recognition and obedience towards God erected an Altar immolated an offered sacrifices of vnspotted sheepe and birds whereof hee made a reall Holocaust acceptable to the Lord. By which examples we may easily discerne that Sacrifices tooke not their beginning in Moses time but that Innocent and Iust Lambe was prefigured in Abels Sacrifice as a type of Iesus Christ slaine and offered from the beginning of the world After the rigor iustice of the deluge