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A05364	A consultation what faith and religion is best to be imbraced. Written in Latin by the R. Father Leonard Lessius, Professour in Diuinity, of the Society of Iesus. And translated into English by W.I.	Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623.; Wright, William, 1563-1639.	1618 (1618)	STC 15517; ESTC S105037	99,482	276

Caluin is also manifest out of the Iudiciall Actes and processe of the Citty of Noyon in France Bolsecus in vita Calui ni cap. 5. Iul. Brigerus pag. 59. that he was conuicted of a wicked crime and by sentence condemned to haue byn publiquely burned if by the intercession of the Bishop of that place that punishment had not byn changed into whipping and burning vpon his backe with a hoat iron Wherby it is cuident that both by law deed he was infamous L. 1. ff de his qui not antur insamia and L. Quid ergo § Ex compromisso ff de his qui not antur infamia Of the pride and rayling of Luther it is euident First because from this fountaine to wit of pride all his doctrines toke their beginning For when as certayne Indulgences were to be promulgated in Germany and that the office therof hauing heertofore belonged to the Augustine Friars now they being at this tyme pretermitted the same was giuen in Commission to the Dominicans Which thing Luther taking in very ill part began with a splene to preach against Indulgences and though he were therof admonished and reprehended notwithstanding by little and little he not only continued the same but adioyned heerunto many more and greater articles of faith against the Authority of the Pope wherby he caused wonderfull troubles and garboyles throughout all Germany as largely wryteth Ioannes Cochlaeus that was an eye wittnes of all these things in the Acts of Luther an 1517. This pride and anger then was the first origen and ofspring of all Luthers doctrine without which perhaps Lutheran Religion had neuer byn nor so many other new sectes neither which since that tyme haue sprong vp and risen from thence Secondly for that Luther in his Epistle to those of Strasburge writeth that he would gladly deny the Reall presence of Christ in the holy Eucharist therby to trouble vex the Popedome if the Scriptures were not cleere against the same to the contrary And in another place he writeth thus If a Councell should appoint or permit the receyuing of the Sacramēt vnder both kinds lib. de formula miss we by no meanes would vse both but in despite of the Councell and appointment therof would eyther vse one or neyther cursing all such as by order of that Councell should vse both kinds c. Heere yow see he teacheth vs to abstayne from a thing necessary for our Saluation and that only in despite of the Councell that should comand or appoint it when as notwithstanding we may and oftentymes ought to obay euen a Tyrant when he comaundeth things lawfull Wherby we may see with what spirit he was caried way For what may be compared to this fury of his The same Luther in his booke against K. Henry the 8. of England wryteth that Kings Princes Popes are not worthy to loose the lachet of his shoe and that himselfe will be accompted for a holy man whether men will or no. Also that he cares not for a thousand Cyprians nor a thousand Augustines Also Christian Princes Kings and Emperours he calleth Tyrants Idiots fooles simple fellowes wild beasts hangmen nittes bubles enemyes of God most wicked knaues inuenteth scurrilous songes and rithmes against them Of Caluins pride and rayling besides that which D. Bolsecke hath aboundantly written the same is most euident in * lib 2. Inst c. 14. §. 3. lib. 3. c. 4 §. 10. lib. 4. c. 12. §. 20. alibi Caluins owne books also for that he doth euery where contemn al the holy and ancient Fathers of the Church and male partly accuseth them of errour The Schoole doctors he calleth Sophistes In his Sermons he oftentymes brake forth into these and such like words I am a Prophet I haue the spirit of God and if I erre God hath deceyued me and brought me into errour for the sinnes of the people c. He wrote also diuers letters and pamphlets of his own praises dignity merit in the Church which he alwaies published eyther in other mens or some feygned name as D. Bolsecke and others do wryte Many the like trickes might I alledge aswell against these as against other Authors and defenders of the new Religions of this Age but that I am very vnwilling to occupy my selfe in such affayres He that will see more in this kind let his read the life of Beza written also by D. Bolsecke Flores ●ulij Brigeri Surius his Comentaryes others Now then considering these things who can once thinke with himselfe that God would choose and vse such men as these were to wit infamous by all law and iudgment of the whole world of a most filthy life of an vnbridled and rayling tongue of a proud ambitious angry and enuious mind to be the reformers of his Church Who euer noted any such conditions or qualityes either in the Apostles or Prophets who were all most humble and no wayes infamous for any wickednes And although they were vnlearned and simple notwithstanding vpon a suddaine the were indued with admirable wisdome sanctity of life and grace of miracles They were wonderfully lowly of mynd of wonderfull meeknes they contemned the pleasures of this life and the earthly delightes of all thinges they were indued with wonderfull charity towards their neighbours they were wonderfully modest and circumspect in all their words and actions These and the like conditions and qualities we fee to haue byn in all such whome God hath vsed for the Conuersion of Nations and reformation of Christian people As for example in S. Augustine the Apostle of the English in S. Bonisace the Apostle of the Germans in S. Adalbert S. Etto S. VVillebrord S. Eloy and other Apostles of other Nations Also in S. Benet S. Bernard S. Romuald S. Dominike S. Francis and others by whose example and doctrine very many haue byn stirred vp to the contempt of earthly and transitory things and loue celestiall And if God did vse such men as these to the Conuersion of any Nation or Prouince or to the reformation or correction of manners in any people whose life was admirable to the world who notwithstanding did not receiue their mission immediatly from God but from the Pope by whome they were sent to do and execute these offices then I pray yow what manner of men had it byn fit that these should-haue byn who are said to haue byn sent inmediatly frō God and this not only for the reformation of the chiefe heads and points of religion but also to the reedification instauration of the whole Church and Kingdome of Christ now ruined And although al the sanctity and excellency all the vertues and spirituall giftes which were eyther in S. Iohn Baptist or any of the Apostles had byn all heaped togeather in one and had byn all infused into these men yet had the same not byn sufficient to warrant their Authority of so great a busines And shall we be so sottish then