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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15317	A copy of the decree wherein two bookes of Roger Widdrington an English Cathotholick [sic] are condemned, and the author commanded to purge himselfe: and a copy of the purgation which the same Roger Widdrington sent to his Holinesse Pope Paul the fift. Translated out of Latine into English by the author, whereunto he hath also adioined an admonition to the reader concerning the Reply of T.F. &c. and the condemnation of Fa: Suarez booke by a decree of the Parliament of Paris.; Exemplar decreti. English	Preston, Thomas, 1563-1640.	1614 (1614)	STC 25606; ESTC S119081	24,518	68

by the law it selfe permitted to speak somewhat more freely so that I speake truely and modestly this new kinde of condemning the books of Catholike Authours and of commanding the Authour to purge himselfe being made by such a publike Decree and vnder paine of incurring the penalties contained in the Councell of Trent and in the Index of forbidden bookes without naming any crime either in particular or in generall for which they are condemned and of which the Author should purge himselfe considering that the same punishment is not appointed in the Index for reading without distinction all sorts of forbidden bookes neither doe all crimes require the same purgation doth make both the See Apostolike odious to the Aduersaries of Catholike Religion who will easily from hence take occasion to perswade themselues that the Bishops of Rome are wont to reiect at their pleasure and to suppresse violently by threatnings and not by arguments those opinions which they doe not like and to promote by fauours not by reasons those opinions which are pleasing vnto them and also doth little satisfie prudent Catholikes who can hardly perswade themselues that the sacred Congregation of the right Honorable Cardinals who are deputed for the examination of bookes to whose informations your Holinesse giuing credit as we vndoubtedly doe imagine hath condemned those bookes and ordained that the Author shall be seuerely punished vnlesse he forthwith purge himselfe if they could haue found in them any proposition which is certainely knowne to bee hereticall erroneous or repugnant to sound doctrine they would haue passed it ouer with so great silence and contrarie to to the vsuall manner of the See Apostolike in condemning the bookes of Catholike Authors but of such especially who are commanded to purge themselues as by innumerable examples which are extant in the tomes of the Councels and in the Buls of Popes I could demonstrate command the Author to purge himselfe onely in generall words vvithout shewing him any crime either in particular or in generall of which hee should purge himselfe 19 I therefore the Authour of those bookes whom the Sacred Congregation by the commandement of your Holinesse hath enioyned to purge my selfe but as yet I know not of what crime a most dutifull child of the Catholike Romane Church and of your Holinesse in spirituals and withall a most faithfull Subiect of the Kingdome of England and of our Soueraigne Lord King IAMES in temporals being summoned before your Holinesse his supreme tribunall to purge my selfe prostrate at your Holinesse feete doe humbly request you by the dreadfull Maiestie of God the Supreme Iudge of all First that your Holinesse will iudge that which is right and doe mee iustice and not giue credit onely to the informations of them who are my Aduersaries in this controuersie and haue foulely corrupted my words contrarie to my meaning but that you will examine my cause by your owne certaine knowledge and that you vvill make knowne vnto mee all those things or at the least wise some of them which in those bookes condemned by your Holiness commandement are cleerely known to bee repugnant to faith or good manners For I protest that I am most readie to correct those things which are to be corrected to purge what is to be purged to make more plaine what is to bee explained and to recall what is to bee recalled 20 Secondly that if your Holinesse after due examination of my writings shall find that you haue been mis-informed by some persons and that nothing is to bee found in those bookes which is repugnant to Catholike Doctrine as some perchance haue suggested to your Holinesse you will be pleased to recall that sentence of the Sacred Congregation published against mee and my bookes through euill information or vehement importunitie of some men or through misvnderstanding the true meaning of my words and that you will haue a care of my good name in that good sort as shall seeme fitting to your wisedome charitie and iustice and that you will account mee to bee a Catholike and a Childe of the Catholike Romane Church For that which I did vvrite in another place 〈◊〉 Disput 〈◊〉 Admonit 〈…〉 8. I doe here repeate againe I am a Catholike and a child of the Catholike Romane Church and if any man of what degree so euer hee be shall wrongfully accuse mee of heresie let him know assuredly that by the assistance of Almightie God I will by all those meanes which God and nature hath granted to innocent men to defend themselues to the vttermost of my power defend my selfe from their false accusations vntill the Church beeing fully informed of my opinion shall in plaine and particular words for no man can recall errors vntill he know particularly what they be condemne the same 21 Thirdly that your Holinesse will command that this my purgation and most humble petition may for future memorie be registred among the Acts of the holy Office of the Inquisition as the condemnation of my bookes is recorded as appeareth by the Decree it selfe that those who hereafter shall succeede in that Office may giue their sentence and iudgement as well of this my purgation as of that condemnation of my bookes and whether I am to bee accounted a Catholike and a child of the Church or an heretike 22 But if your Holinesse will not bee pleased to admit this my Purgation and most humble Supplication and to recall the sentence denounced vpon euill information against my Bookes and to haue a care of my good name which hath wrongfully beene taken away although I know right well that the same mercifull and great God who in times past preserued the credit of Robert Grosseteste Byshop of Lincolne with whom Pope Innocent the fourth being wonderfully offended i Mathew Paris ad annum 1253. §. diebus sub eisdem ad annum 1254. §. Hoc etiam anno Dominus Papa determined to cast his dead bones out of the Church and to bring him into so great obloquie that he should bee proclaimed throughout the whole world for an Heathen Rebell and disobedient for that hee had written to the said Pope Innocent in the spirit of humilitie and loue that hee would correct his frequent or accustomed Crebros ●os errores ●orrigeret errors although I know I say that the same God who is not an accepter of persons is able also to deliuer me from the vniust attempts and false informations of any whatsoeuer and to make knowne my innocency to your Holinesse and to the whole Christian World neuerthelesse prayers teares and patience ioyned with the testimony of a good conscience shall be my cheefest refuge and this shall bee my daily comfort that it is no whit lesse but rather more happy and gratefull to God to suffer persecution for Iustice sake at the handes of Kinsmen and of the same Houshold who in friendship and societie ought to bee more streightlie linked then of Strangers 23 Finally if in this my purgation which the Sacred Congregation by commaundement of your Holinesse hath enioyned me I haue offended any man as I hope I haue not by speaking any thing not with that circumspection as is fitting for wittingly and willingly I would giue no man any iust cause of offence I doe most humbly craue pardon both of your Holinesse for whose temporall and perpetuall felicitie I will continually pray vnto our most mercifull God and also of the whole Christian world From my Study in the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist 1614. A most humble Childe and Seruant of your Holinesse and of the Holy See Apostolike The Authour of the Bookes as aforesaid c. Errata Page 23. line 24. put out selfe Page 45. line 7. them Pag. 54. l. 2. writings pag. 59. l. 1. yeelding pag. 59. l. 18. manner