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A69143	Miscellania or a treatise Contayning two hundred controuersiall animaduersions, conducing to the study of English controuersies in fayth, and religion. VVritten by N.N.P. and dedicated to the yonger sort of Catholike priests, and other students in the English seminaries beyond the seas. With a pareneticall conclusion vnto the said men.	Anderton, Lawrence, attributed name.	1640 (1640)	STC 576; ESTC S115142	202,826	416

the Pryest that by Decree of the Iudge that man should dye what punishment thē is he to vndergoe who in Matters of faith and Religion contemneth the authority of the High Pryest of Christ his Church aduancing his owne priuate iudgement aboue the said Authority Animaduersion CI. IT is most certaine that Luther himself was not a perfect and entire Protestant such I meane as the present Church of England acknowledgeth for a true Protestant my Reasons are these First because Luther after his rising and euer vnto his death retayned and belieued diuers of our Catholike Doctrines disclaymed from by the Protestants of England Secondly because Luther taught and maintayned seuerall Heresies I meane Heresies euen in the iudgme●● of our now Protestants To begin with the first branch Luther euer maintayned to h●s dea●h the Reall Presence as the whole wor●● knoweth and therefore his followers in th●● doctrine are called for distinction lake Lutherans by Swinglius and Caluin Luther taught the Doctrine of (d) Luther l. de Assertionibus Art 30. Eua●gelicall Councells to wit that a man may do more then that he is commanded Luther taught the Doctrine of Purgatory of which point see Tom. 1. Wittenberg 〈◊〉 Jndulgentijs And answerably to this ground he is confessed by (e) Vrbanus Regius in 1 part Operum formulae cautè loquendi de sanct cultu Vrbanus Regi●s a Protestant to defend Prayer for the Dead Luther defended Prayer to Saints of which point he thus writeth De (f) Luther in purgat quorundam Articulorum in Epist ad Gregorium Spalat intercissione Dinorum cum tota Ecclesia Christiana sentio iudico Sanctos à nobis honorandos esse atque indicandos Luther taught and approued the vse of Jmages as is witnessed by Beza (g) Beza in resp ad Colloq Montisbelg par● altera in praef Touching the making the signe of the Crosse vpon our forehead Iohannes Creucli●● a Lutheran thus writeth Cùm (h) Creuelius in hi● refut Caeremoni●rum missae printed Magdeburg 163. pag 118. imus cu●●tum fine surgimus è Lecto cruce nos iuxta L●theri altorum piorum institutionc●● signamus Finally to omit some other points wherin Luther neuer dissented from the Church of Rome Luther euer mantained that the gouerment of the Church is Monarchiall neither Aristocraticall nor Popular as appeareth out of his owne (i) Vide Luther in loc Com. Class 1. c. 3. 7. pag. 107. words Now to come to relate Luthers Heresies and such as are reputed for Heresies and some of them for blasphemies both by Catholiks and Protestants which he euer maintained without any after retraction I first alledg his impious Doctrine touching the most Blessed Trinity concerning which he thus speaketh (k) So relateth Swinglius of Luther so speaking to 2. ad respons Confut Luther fol. 474. The Diuinity is threefold as the three Persons be c. And according to this he expungeth out of the Litany this sentence Holy (l) Luth. in Euchir precum anno 1543. Trinity one very God haue mercy vpon vs and he further sayth Anima (m) Luth contra Iacobum Laetomum tom 1. wittemberg Latinê edit anno 1551. mea odit Homousion or Consubstantialis Briefly Luthers Blasphemy was so odious execrable against the B. Trinity that Swinglius (n) Swinglius tom 2. in respons ad Confutat Lutheri did purposely write against Luther touching this very point Touching the Euent of things Luther holdeth contrary to all Christian fayth that all things come to passe through a certaine Stoicall and fatall Necessity thus writing hereof Nullius (o) Luther in Assert damnat per Leonem Decimum Art 30. est in manu c. It is in no mans power to thinke Good or Euill but all things as Wicleffs Article condemned at Constance did rightly teach proceede from absolute Necessity Luther taught an Heresy wherby the propagation of Christian Religion is much hindred to wit that it was not lawfull to wage war against the Turk His words are Praeliari (p) Luth in tom 2. Wittenberg in Assert Damnat per Leonem decimum Assert 34. contra Turcas est repugnare Deo visitanti iniquitates nostras per illos Luther denyed all temporall Magistrates thus teaching hereof Among (q) Luther de saeculari potestate in ●● 6 Germ. Christians no man can or ought to be a Magistrate but euery one is to another equally subiect Touching fayth and good works Luther thus endoctrinateth his followers Fides (r) Luther to 1 propos 3. nisi sit sine c. Except fayth be without good works it doth not iustify nay it is not fayth And further No (s) Luther in his Sermons Englished pag ●76 worke is disalowed by God except the Authour thereof be disalowed before Luther further taught as D. Couell witnesseth that (t) These be D. Couells words in defence of M. Hooker Art 15. p. 101. the Sacraments were effectuall though they were administred by Satan himself Of which point Hospinian the Protestant thus also writeth Lutherus (u) In hist Sacr. part altera fol. 14. co●sque progreditur c. Luther proceedeth so far herein that he maintaineth the Sacrament to be a true Sacrament etiamsi è Diabolo conficeretur though it were to be consecrated by the Deuill To conclude Luther so disualewed the sufficiency of Christ suffering in body for vs as that he most blasphemously teacheth that Christ did not suffer only in body but also his Diuinity suffered for vs His words hereof are these Cùm (x) Luther in Confess Maiore in Caena Domini credo quod sola humana Natura pro me passa est Christus vilis nec magni praetij Saluator est c. Yf J belieue that only the humane Nature suffered for me then is Christ a Sauiour but of a base small worth and himself needeth a Sauiour Thus far now in Demonstration that Luther was not an entyre Protestant and such as is allowed by the present Church of England Animaduersion CII TWo things among others concur as is in this last Animaduersion exemplifyed in Luther to make a perfect Protestant to wit That he doth maintayne all chiefe points of Protestancy Thus he is not to hould only some few points of Prorestancy and in the rest being more in number and of greater importance to partake with the Catholikes The second thing necessary to a Protestant that he doth not hould per●inaciously any mayne Heresy or Paradoxe wholy impugned and contradicted both by Catholiks and Protestants For this man in this respect is rather to be styled an open Heretike then a Protestant euen in the Censure of the Protestants themselues Here now I auer that this Animaduersion clearely euicteth that Husse Waldo Wicliffe and the rest so much vrged for Protestāts for the proofe of the visibility of the Protestant Church in those ages were no Protestants at all and consequently that the Protestant Church

(n) So doth D. Whit. l. de Eccles Bellar. Contro 2. q. 4. pag. ●23 Iewell in his Apolog of the Church of England act 4. cap. 4. absolutely deny that infallible Authority of the Church of God in interpreting the holy Scripture and disclayming from it appeale to their owne Priuat Spirit for the true interpretation of the same Finally in the last place if the Catholiks confirme their Religion with the Authority of Miracles the Protestants in answere thereto absolutely reiect the force of Miracles tearming them (o) So the Conturists ●all them Cent. 4. col 1445. Osi●●●●● Cent. 10. 11. 12. but Antichristian wonders and lying signes as aboue is shewed Thus we see how our Aduersaryes disclayming from all heads of proofes do finally reduce all to their owne priuate Iudgment or Spirit And is not this I demand the foresaid vicious Circulation from the first to the last answere which aboue is disalowed in the ●rotestants impugning or disputing Animaduersion XXIII THat the words of Christ at his last Supper are to be taken literally and not Figurati●ly is proued by these Reasons following in that Christ saying this is my Body (p) Math. ●6 Marc. 14. c. This is my bloud did adioyne therto Quod pro nobis datur qui pro nobis effundetur which later words are conformable to the literall acceptance of the former words The same verity is proued from the seuerall circumstāces of the foresaid place of the Scripture The first circumstance may be taken from the matter or Obiect Here the matter or subiect of the former words containes the Institution of a Sacrament the foundation of a supreme point of Christian Religion A will or Compact contracted with the Church But it is most improbable to affirme that a Sacrament a supreme Article of beliefe or a Compact or last Will made by Christ with the Church should be deliuered in figuratiue words The Second Circumstance we may take frō the person of Christ speaking with whose diuine wisedome and Charity it is not agreab●e to haue giuen and ministred the Sacrament by speaking the former words of the Institution in shew in a literall sense but in meaning a figuratiue only an ineuitable occasion of false iudgement in the Hearers and of perpetuall Id●latry in the mynds and wils of the suc●●ding Christians during the continuance 〈◊〉 the world Another Citcumstance may be take● from the persons of the Euangelists and th● Apostles repeating and relating this speac● of Christ Hoc est corpus meum c. A● which men whereas they did write in seu●rall times when some of them were presen● at the Institution others receaued relatio● thereof from them that were present thereat whereas also they had seene the practise of the Apostles about this Sacrament whe●● as lastly they had the spirit of true vnde●standing notwithstanding all this they a●● did vnanimously conspire in deliuering 〈◊〉 playne and literall construction of our Sauiours words Which reason is more preuayling by obseruing the contrary course which they tooke in explicating other obscure sentences of our Sauiour for thos● words Soluite templum hoc in tribus di●bus reaedificabo illud the Euangelist did interpret of Christs Body saying ille (q) Iohn cap. 1. a●tem dicebat de templo corporis sui to preuent that the Iewes should not thinke that ou● Sauiour spake of the Temple of Salomo● In like manner the said Euangelist is foun● to haue expounded other of our Sauiours doubtfull sayings though in themselues of much lesse importance as Christs (r) Cap. 11. exaltation from the earth The sleeping of Lazarus ●●e (s) Cap. 11. girding of Peter and stretching forth his ●●ndes c. And yet neuer expounded the ●o●ds of the Institution otherwise then in ●heir plaine direct literall sense Another from the Persons of the Apostles ●earing Christ instituting the Sacrament Now ●f there were any figuratiue speech in ●he words of Christ especially concerning ●o great a matter the Apostles then pre●ent would neuer haue omitted to haue as●ed Christ what had beene the meaning of ●hose strange words being vttered a little ●efore his death As they did touching o●her darke speaches spoken by Christ and ●hus we read them to haue said Edissere (t) Math. 13. 15.5 ●obis parabolam Zizaniorum And againe Edis●ere nobis hanc Parabolam Againe from ●he persons of the Capharnaits who did take our Sauiours words in that sense as he did properly speake of his flesh to be truly and really eaten and at such their construction they rested much scandalized Neuerthelesse Christ did not therefore explane his former speach nor excuse it by any Tropes or figuratiue phrase of words but more vehemently affirmed his sentence in the same words and with earnest asseueration repeated the same Another Circumstance may be taken from the place of his last supper which Christ did choose to be very secret admitting thereto only his Apostles to whom it was giuen to know and to haue the Intelligence of the diuine Mysteries Therefo● in this most secret and reserued schoole 〈◊〉 the Apostles wherein a supreme mystery 〈◊〉 fayth was deliuered he did speake sincere simply plainly and not by figures In this last place we may call to mind 〈◊〉 the circumstances of this busines as t● Pronouncing of the sacred words of the J●sti●●tion the washing of the Apostles seet Christs ●●sire of performing this Mystery his casting vp 〈◊〉 his eyes towards Heauen his application of t● words to the matter his separated and disioyn● blessing of both the Elements his fraction 〈◊〉 giuing and inuiting to a new supper his ow● eating and after commanding the eating of it t● others and lastly his most holy speach deli●er● therof in Iohn 14.15 c. Here now I conclude that all these reasons with the forme● obseruations are most sufficient to persuade any man of iudgment that our Sauiour did not speake Figuratiuely in so serious a matter Animaduersion XXIV THe various interpretation of the words of the Jnstitution made by Protestants doth sufficiently discouer their Errour in the doctrine thereof Carolostadius (u) Carolostad in lib. ●di●o Basil 1524. teacheth that by the Pronoune Hoc the Aduerb Hic is to be vnderstood so as the meaning of the words he saith is Hic that is in this place staet corpus meum Bucer (x) In retract affirmeth that by the Pronoune Hoc is vnderstood the whole action of the Supper so 〈◊〉 the sense should be Hoc c. This action ●●th represent the body of Christ. Swinglius (y) Swingl l de vera falsa relig cap. de Eucharist ●aintayneth that the figure is not in Hoc ●ut in the verbe est which here ought to be ●●ken figuratiuely for significat Boquinus (z) Boquinus in exam lib Heshufij teacheth that the bread is truly called ●he body of Christ propter communicationem ●●omatum as by the same we truly say of