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england_n	henry_n	king_n	pope_n	16,586	5	6.9376	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90146	A balm presented to these nations, England, Scotland, and Ireland to cure the wounds of the bleeding Protestants, and open the eyes of the deluded papists, that are ignorant of the truth ... or, A seasonable antidote against the errors of popery and pernitious [sic] doctrines of the Church of Rome ... By T.O. ...	Oates, Titus, 1649-1705.	1680 (1680)	Wing O31B; ESTC R42274	8,035	25

Jews so he changed the Misterious Ceremony into a Sacramental Bread and Wine to mind the Christians and to put them in a full assurance of expecting his second coming in Glory to judge the World In many places of Scripture he calls himself a Uine a Door a Shepherd and the like which are only mistical and figurative significations And St. John the Baptist stiles him the Lamb of god come to take away the sins of the World c. And as for the Primitive Church as they all along took it in no other sence than the Reformed Churches do at this day viz. That in the blessed Sacrament we only Spiritual and by a lively and steadfast faith eat and drink his Body and Blood And to go a little farther in this matter the Church of Rome contrary even to our Saviours great command and the use of the Primitive Churches for up wards of a thousand years have taken away the Cup from the Laity only allowing it to the Priests and Princes and give us only these two silly Reasons for it First That the Laity are not sanctified and fitly prepared for so Essential a part as the Blood of Christ And secondly which is to Shouldir the decest they bear them in hand that receiving by a Transubstantiation the intire Body in the Wafer as flesh Bones Sinews c. They no doubt partake of the Blood Likewise as for their giving the Cup to Princes it is to get in favour with them and in the second place have the advantage over them if they refuse to promote the Covetous and Ambitious ends of the Pope and his Clergy which fattally appeared in the Emperor Henry's being poysoned by the Sacramental wine given him by a fryer and the like done to King John of England by a Monk and many other such horrible und unparalelled Uillanies As for their Praying for the Dead it is no where Warranted in Scripture nor mentioned unless in the Maccabees where after a Battle it was thought fit to Pray for the Souls of those that were slain in the Castle which in the stríoeest sense erceeded not good Wishes And it was the Custom of those times to make Funeral Dration for those that had deserved well of their Country or lived Piously and Uertuously thereby to recommend their Memory to Posterity and Consolate their Friends It was used likewise in the Primitive Church and is immitated by us in our Funeral SCRMONS but this was never held by any before the Roman Superstition brought it in as a way gainful to get Monies both from the Dying and their Relation But how miserable will that Man be that puts off the great concern of his Salvation grounding it or this Error in hopes of a deliverance may easily be determined for beyond the Grave there is no change of Estate or hope of Reprieve for there the words of the Wise Man are truly verified viz As the Tree falls so it lies as Death leaves us in that state Judgement will assuredly find us And as for the Middle Region they have lately discovered between heaven and hell it is new and fabulous that no considering Man can conclude it set up for any other end than to Bug-bare fools and ignorant unthinking People tho' it may indeed he called Purgatory for it Purges some millions of Money in a year out of the Laity into the Purses of the Clergy being the chief Branch of the Popes Spiritual Revenue and tho' they hold their Masses can Redeem the suffering Souls from this place yet the Wisest of them were never yet able to tell where it is or whether it be Local nor indeed is it any where to be found or heard of but in the Romish Church for the Scripture allows no such place for there we find those that have done well are pronounced to go into Eternal Joys and those that have done Ill into Eternal Torments It 's true they quote for their Authority a passage in St. Peter about Preaching to the Souls in Prison c. which according to the opinion of all Ages makes nothing for their purpose They are contented to Pray for the Dead but to the Dead tho' as the Holy Prophet says There is no Remembrance in the Grave and altho' it 's expressy forbidden and accounted flat Idolairy for we by the word of God are strictly enjoyned to observe no Saint nor Creature nor Throne Dominion nor Power no Heathenish Deity but only the true God in Jesus Christ Thou shalt Worship the Lord thy God and him onely shalt thou serve Exod. 20. And see thou do it not says the Angel to St. John I am thy fellow Creature Worship God Rev. 22. 9. Tho' the Papists in this case in the number of their Saints to whom they pay Divine Honours even exceed the Pagans nor do they spare to immitate them in having their Titulars for Countries as thus The Pagans Worshipped Appollus in Delphos Jupiter in Creete Minerva in Ephesns And so the Papists in England Worship St. George in Scotland St. Andrew in Ireland St. Patrick in France St. Dennis in Spain St. James at Millain St. Ambrose and at Venice St. Mark The Pagans had for the Element of fire Jupiter for the Aire Juno for the Sea Neptune so the Papists have Agathus for the fire Theadulus for the Tempests St. Barbara for thunder and St. Nicholas for the Sea The Pagans had several Titular Gods for their Cattle and fruits as Pon for the first and Ceres for the last as also Bacchus for their wind so the Papists have for their wind Urbanus once a drunken Priest Jodocus for their fruits Man Debinas for their sheep Eulogious for their horses and St. Anthony for their Piggs The Pagans had their Titular Gods for several Professions as Apollow for Scholers Mars for Soldiers Vulcan for Smiths Diana for Hunters so the Papist have St. Gregory for Scholers St. George for Soldiers St. Loy for Smiths and St. Crispin for Shoomakers So again the Pagans had their Gods to pray to in several diseases as to Apollow for the Plague Hercules for the ●a●●ing-sickness Lucina for woman in Child-Birth and so the Papists have St. Rock for the Plague St Petrenello for the Ague Appolina for the Tooth-Ach and Arisastiacis for the Head-Ache To these both Pagans and Papists have builded Temples and Churches errected alters ordained Priests appointed Festivals set up Statues and burned Lamps and Candles by which we may see they differ nothing in this point and of this the Prophet Jeremy complains when he says why did the Land Perish and was burnt up like a Wilderness but because the People walked after Baalam which their Fathers taught them And the Psalmist says walk not in the ways of your Fathers and again they follow the generation of their Fathers which shall not see the light these men with the Jews have framed to themselves a Queen of Heaven giving that stile to the Uirgin Mary calling upon her in time of trouble