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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20950	A learned treatise of traditions, lately set forth in French by Peter Du Moulin, and faithfully done into English by G.C.; Des traditions et de la perfection et suffisance de l'Escriture Saincte. English	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; G. C.	1631 (1631)	STC 7329; ESTC S111075	138,687	440

A LEARNED TREATISE OF TRADITIONS LATELY SET FORTH in French by PETER DU MOULIN And faithfully done into English by G. C. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ioh. 5. 34. Si aut Evangelio praecipitur aut in Apostolorum Epistolis aut Actibus continetur c. Observetur divina haec sancta Traditio Cypr. Epist 74. ad Pomp. LONDON Printed by Aug. Mathewes for Humphrey Robinson at the signe of the three Pigeons in Pauls Church-yard 1631. TO THE RIGHT Honorable my singular good Lord ROBERT Earle of Lindsey Baron of Willough by B●ak● Ershy Lord great Chamberlaine of England and Lord high Constable for this time being Lord Lieutenant of Lincolne-Shire and Vice-Admi●a●● for the Coasts of that County Lord Worden of the Forest of Waltham Knight of the most noble Order of the 〈◊〉 and of his Majesties most Honorable privie Counsell My most honoured LORD IT is well knowne that your Lord ship can as readily interpret my Author in his owne language iaiome as being thus changed into our native and most familiar tongue Neverthelesse I have adventured asking pardon if my boldnesse give distaste to style your Lordship the Maecenas of this my handiworke My weakenesse and want of skill in every respect together with my forwardnesse and presumption to intermeddle out of my element have prompted me to flye to the sanctuary of your Lordships protection Such as expect that I should rather dedicate some Tacticks or booke of Chevalry to your Lordship may take this for satisfaction that I have well observed your true devotion to Religion which is the best ornament and addition to your Honour and great is the happinesse when Religion and Military profession are met in so Heroique a Center The variety arising from this copious subject of Traditions will invite your Lordship to read DU MOULIN with delight but their modern incrochment I meane the Romish upon the Church their presumptuous comparison with the sacred Scripture will force your Lordship to reject them with scorne and greatest loathing Cast your eye upon this little volume and vouchla e it your favourable opinion such countenance will giv it life receive it into your Lordships pat o●age for to that end I have presented it and in that security I humbly leave it recommending your Lordship to Gods holy safeguard Your Lordships most humble and faithfull Servant G. C. To the Reader COurteous Reader When you set apart some houres for serious studies imploy a few to the reading of this short Enchiridium a most exact survey of Romish Traditions You will finde them here arraigned by divine testimonies of Scripture by solid interpretations of the Fathers by effectuall perswasions of reason by the ridiculous impossibilities of their owne sufficiency and by the selfe-contradictions and confessions of all Projectors and Founders of them The Frontispice doth shew my Authour to bee French and I have copied out his sense into our mother Tongue as neere to life as my running pen would give mee leave If any man obj●ct Wha● need of 〈◊〉 amidit so many unparallei'd Original composed by the 〈◊〉 of our Church at home I answer wi●h a qu●st Is it not pity ●o learned a booke amo●st us refo●m●d Christian should be guilty of that An●●christian Traditi●n cast upon the Scripture Not to be published in a knowne t●ngue 〈◊〉 let me not wade over deepe into the commendation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 left a consure of Tractet fabrilia or some 〈◊〉 c. recoile upon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 man ought to guide himselfe by the measure of ●is owne ability It is true that I was never wor●hy to make this holy Knowledge my Profession vet my z●ale to it is such hat if I may nor act he part of an Encomiasles in the merit of DU MOULIN and hi Work I must take leave to gaze on him with silent admirat on and passing over particularities with this briefe Character onely to point at him For generall and profound schese ship hee is Extra invidtae aleam doctus What can bee said more Let it suffice that I have named him Qui cognoist son nom assez entend son renom His meere name is the individuall cognizance of his same Pardon me if I yet stretch a nore higher in praise of him it is his due it cannot bee omitted without a nationall ingratitude And what should it be but his ingenuous perseverance to this very day in vindicating the sacred honour of his late Majestie the learned King IAMES of most happy and immortall memory from the unjust redargution of Cardinall Perron in a booke which hee hath written against the said late King as by those often quotations in this Treatise expresly made may plainely appeare In the last place my friendly Reader if you afford mee a favourable construction of this my undertaking and connive at such errours as you meet with you have done to my wishes and in requitall I passe my word that whatsoever is lame and defective or verbally mistaken at the Presse in this translated forme you shall finde supplied in the reall goodnesse of the Authors matter Reade and profit G. C. Errata Page 136. line 14. themselves never appeare reade themselves appeare not p. 183. l. 1. as r us p. 194. l. 11. word r. world p. 195. l. 13. containe r. continne p. 196. l. 3. in eist r. insist p. 221. l. 13. stromatae r. stromata l. 20. book of history r. of his history p. 239. l. 3. asleepe r a sleepe p. 245. l. ●● as for that r. for example that p. 294. l 2. contractions ● contradictions p. 298. l. 4. a●guments r. arguments p. 312 l. 19 hath determed r. hath beene determined l. 22. ceterminations r. determinations p. 314 l. 4. passe r. passage p. 319. l. 11. non plus to r. non plus is to l. 22 touch r couch p. 320. l. 12. for used r. for be used p. 336. l. 9. Dotanists r. Donatists p. 348. l. 4. barge r. barre A Table of the Chapters in this Treatise of TRADITION Chap. 1. COncerning the nature of this Controversie p. 1. Chap. 2. Of the word Tradition p. 22. Chap. 3. The beliefe of our Churches The Calumny of Regourd p. 24. Chap. 4 The opinion of the Romish Church That our Adversaries with one consent accuse the Scripture of insufficiency c. pag. 31. Chap. 5. That our adversaries say there are Doctrines and Articles of Christian Faith yea in the very essentiall things which the Apostles have neither taught by mouth nor writing pag. 45. Chap. 6. A proofe of the same because our Adversaries doe affirme that the Pope and the Church of Rome may change that which God commandeth in the Scriptures and infringe the Apostles Commandements p. 60. Chap. 7. Passages extracted one of the writings of our Adversaries which prove that in the Church of Rome Traditions are without comparison more esteemed then the holy Scripture and the Scripture charged with Injuries Regourds boldnesse to defame the same