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A72911	An appeale of the orthodox ministers of the Church of England against Richard Mountague late bishop of Chichester, now bishop of Norwich. To the most illustrious, high, and honourable court of Parliament. And to the nobilitie, orthodox clergie, gentry, and communaltie of England. With the proceedings against him in Bow-Church. And an epistle to B. Mountague himselfe. also [sic], A supplication of the ministers of Scotland against the said Mountague. Wherein his dangerous heresies are revealed; and the character of an Arminian or Mountaguists is added.		1629 (1629)	STC 18040; ESTC S125127	17,876	41

agitation at Oxford against Haeresies and false Doctrine And now in its due place we also present unto your view your owne more particular Charge in your Articles exhibited by your House of Commons against Mountagu at Westminster in Parlament 2. Caroli 1626. which also remaines upon your Records as followeth MARCH 1626. Articles exhibited by the Commons in Parlament against RICHARD MOVNTAGV Clerke THat hee the said Richard Mountague in or about the 21th yeare of the raigne of our late Soveraigne King Iames of famous memorie hath caused to be printed and in his name to bee published one booke called An answere to the late Gagger of Protestants And in and about the 22th yeare of the same King hee caused to be printed and published one other booke intituled AT reatise of the Invocation of Saints And likewise in the first yere of his Majesties Raigne that now is he procured to bee printed and in his name to bee published an other booke intituled An appeale to Caesar in everie of which bookes hee hath maintained and affirmed some doctrines contrary or repugnant to the Articles wherevpon it was agreed by the Archbishops and Byshops of both Provinces and the whole Clergie in the Convocation holden at London in the yeare of our Lord God 1562. according to the computation of the Church of England for avoyding diversity of opinions and for establishing consent touching true Religion All which appeares in the places hereafter mentioned and in diuers other places and passages of the same bookes and by his so doing hath broken the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme in that case provided and very much disturbed both the peace of the Church and Common-wealth 1 Wheras in the 35th Article of the Articles aboue-mentioned it is declared That the second booke of Homilies doth containe a godly and wholesome doctrine In the 16th Homily of which booke it is determined That the Church of Rome as it is present and hath beene for the space of 900. yeares and odde is so farre voyd from the nature of a true Church that nothing can bee more Hee the said Richard Mountague in severall places of his said booke called Gagg pag. App. p. 136. The Answere to the Gagger and in his other booke called the Appeale doth advisedly maintaine and affirme that the Church of Rome is and euer was a true Church since it was a Church 2 Whereas in the same Homily it is likewise declared that the Church of Rome is not built vpon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles and in the 28th Article of the said Articles that Transubstantiation overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament And in the 25th of the same Articles That fiue other reputed Sacraments of the Church of Rome are not to bee accompted Sacraments yet contrary and repugnant heerevnto hee the said Richard Mountague doth maintaine and affirme in his booke aforesaid called Gag pag. 50 The Answere to the Gagger That the Church of Rome hath ever remained firme vpon the same foundation of Sacraments and doctrine instituted by God 3 In the 19th of the same Articles it is further determined that the Church of Rome hath erred not onely in their living and manner of Ceremonies but also in matters of faith hee the said Richard Mountague speaking of those points which belong to faith and manners hope and Charitie Gagg p. 14 doth in the same Booke called the Gagger affirme and maintaine That none of these are controverted inter partes meaning the Protestants and the Papists And notwithstanding That in the 31th Article it is resolved That the Sacrifices of Moses in which as is commonly said That the Priest did offer Christ for the quicke and the dead to haue remission of paine and guilt too are blasphemous fables and dangerous deceipts This being one of the points controverted betweene the Church of England and the Church of Rome The said Richard Mountague in his booke called the Gagger doth affirme and maintaine Gagg p 14. That the controverted points are of a lesse and inferior Allay Of them a may man be ignorant without any danger of his soule at all A man may resolue or oppose this or that way within perill of perishing for ever 4. Whereas in the second Homily entituled against perill of Idolatry contained in the foresaid booke of Homilies approved by the 37th Article aforementioned it is declared That Images teach no good lesson neither of good nor godlinesse but all errour and wickednesse Hee the said Richard in the booke aforesaid Gag p. 200. called the Answere to the late Gagger doth affirme and maintaine That Images may be vsed for the instruction of the ignorant and exitation of Devotion 5 That in the same Homily it is plainly expressed That the attributing the defence of certaine Countries to Saints is a spoyling God of his honour And that such Saints are but as Dij Tutelares of the Gentile Idolatours The said Richard Mountague hath notwithstanding in the Booke afore mentioned entituled Inv. p. 107. A Treatise concerning the Invocation of Saints affirmed and maintained That Saints haue not onely a memorie but a more peculiar charge of their friends And that it may bee admitted that some Saints haue a peculiar patronage 108. Custody protection and power 109. as Angels also haue over certaine persons and Countries by especiall deputation And that it is no impietie so to beleeue Note that hee saith in his Appeale 108. and 109. Shew me that the Saints haue knowledge of vs here And J will not doubt to pray to them So that hence it wil be evident That Mountagn holds it lawfull to pray to Saints 6 Whereas in the 17th of the said Articles it is resolved That God hath constantly decreed by his Councell secret to vs to deliver from curse and damnation Those whom hee hath chosen in Christ out of mankind and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation Wherefore they which bee indued with so excellent a benefit of God bee called according to Gods purpose working in due season They by grace obey the calling they bee justified freely walke religiously in good works and at length by Gods mercy attaine to everlasting felicitie Hee the said Richard Mountague in the booke aforesaid called the Appeale App. p. 30. doth maintaine and affirme that men justified may fall away and depart from that state which once they had they may rise againe and become new men possible but not certaine nor necessarie And the better to countenance this his opinion hee hath in the said Booke wilfully added falsified and changed divers words of the 16th of the Articles afore-mentioned And divers other words both in the Booke of Homilyes as in the Booke of Common Prayer App. p. 29.31 32. 35. And all the same places so misreoyted and changed hee doth alledge in his said booke called the Appeale endeauouring thereby to lay a most wicked and malicious scandall upon the Church of England as if

AN APPEALE OF THE ORTHODOX MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Against RICHARD MOUNTAGUE Late Bishop of Chichester now Bishop of Norwich TO THE MOST ILLVSTRIOVS High and Honourable Court of PARLIAMENT AND TO THE NOBILITIE ORTHODOX Clergie Gentry and Communaltie of England With the proceedings against him in Bow-Church And an Epistle to B. Mountague himselfe also A Supplication of the Ministers of Scotland against the said Mountague Wherein His dangerous Heresies are revealed and the Character of an Arminian or Mountaguists is added EDENBVRGI M.DC.XXIX Most Noble Honourable Worshipfull and Religious MEN FATHERS BRETHREN WEe the Orthodox Ministers of the Gospell in the Church of England to the number of 1000. and more In most humble and zealous manner not without bleeding hearts and on bended knees doe Remonstrate vnto You this great and graue Senate the Worthies of our English-Israel now assembled in the high and honourable Court of Parliament That as is notorious and you not ignorant Mr. RICHARD MOVNTAGVE hath heeretofore written and published three severall Bookes the first entituled An answere to the Gagger of Protestants the second A Treatise of the Invocation of Saints the third An Appeale to Caesar In the two former whereof hee pretendeth to answere the common Adversarie of our Church though indeed hee is nothing better than a cunning stickler and Advocate for them For the which hee was touched by Information in Parliament xxjo. JACOBI But that Parliament ending and soone after King IAMES of famous memorie dying he set forth his third Booke called the Appeale to Caesar wherein hee more openly shewes himselfe in his colours by spitting forth his venome and spewing forth his gall against King IAMES of ever blessed memorie and whereof hee was supreame Gouernour the Church of England and all the sincere Professours of the Gospell therein and yet with an audacious face whorish forehead and accurate ambo-dexteritie hee would seeme to pin these his bastardly Bratts vpon the sleeue of our deere and chast mother the Church of England And not resting there this his third Booke of Appeale hee as impudently as audaciously dedicateth to our gracious Soueraigne King CHARLES presently vpon his comming to the Crowne and thereby subtilly endeavoureth to infect the mind of his Majestie in his tender yeares by vnsound Tenents howbeit we hope his sacred Majestie as was his royall Father is soundly grounded in Orthodox writings and opinions unsound said wee yea haereticall savouring one while of old Pelagianisme and eft-soones of new Arminianisme and otherwhiles of flat Papisme All which his errours and Haeresies haue beene publikely displayed and confuted by diuers of our Orthodox Brethren of the Church of England Viz. Reverend Doctour CARLETON late Bishop of Chichester now with God Doctour SVTCLIFFE Deane of Excester Doctour GOAD and Doctour FEATLY late Chaplaines to the most Reverend Archbishop of Canterbury Mr. BVRTON Mr. YATES Mr. WOTTON all these wee say Divines and besides whom we must not forget two worthy Gentlemen Mr. ROVSE and Mr. PRINNE Orthodox members of our Church All these before-named theyr Books of Confutation are extant to the World in print Now for the opinion of the Reformed Churches beyond the Seas wee are not ignorant that his last Book of Appeale to Caesar hauing beene translated and sent beyond Seas the Church of Geneva with all thereformed Churches of France though now under the Crosse haue condemned it the orthodox Churches of Germanie and the Netherlands haue done no lesse And this knowledge wee haue by Letters sent to some of our graue Brethren residing in London And now by order also O worthy House you must giue vs leaue to put you in mind when Mountagn had published that his last Booke wherein he spared not to vilifie the Synode of Dort Your religious care in behalfe of that Synode appeared in an Act you had in agitation by Petition at Oxford 1. CAROLI Against Haresies and false Doctrine the Copie whereof we present here unto your view exhibited by your House of Commons in Parlament 1625. which remaines upon Record in Records as followeth An Act for the repressing and prevention of Haresies and false Doctrines MOst humbly and instantly beseeching your Majestie your faithfull and loyall Commons in this present Parlament assembled and representing all those your many Millions of people in this your Kingdome of England who are not of the degree of the Nobilitie That for as much as all men know how dishonourable to God how dangerous to the soules of men and to the peace both of Church and Common-wealth the seeds of erronious doctrines haue ever proued as hath appeared by that fearefull trouble which lately trenched into the Churches and state of the Vnited Provinces in the Low-countries by the pestilent opinions of Arminius and such as followed his partie whereby the state had beene utterly ruined if our late most learned and prudent King of happy memorie your Majesties most royall Father had not provided for the repressing of that Fire by a graue learned Synode convened at Dort and consisting of choyse and worthy Divines not onely of the said Vnited Provinces them selues but divers others out of other Countries that is to say some out of yours his Majesties Kingdomes of England and Scotland and others out of France and Germany Geneva and the Palatinate In which godly Synode the said opinions of the Arminians after a mature deliberation and debate were unanimously taxed adjudged and condemned as unfauorie false and daungerons positions opposite to the Apostolicall Doctrine and generall beliefe of the reformed Churches And whereas also vpon the maintainers thereof your Majesties Royall Father as a very able Defender of the Faith by publike writing expressed and stamped his zealous Censure That they were Haereticks or rather Atheisticall Sectaries And whereas the said Determinations of that learned and generall Synode haue beene an occasion of much quietnesse in all the Low-Countries ever since and haue beene also confirmed and approued not onely by the Nationall Synode of all the Reformed Churches of France convened at Charenton but in Ireland also one of your Majesties owne Dominions It may therefore please your Majestie for the preventions of great Mischiefes and Inconveniences which may grow and ensue within the Church and Common-wealth of this your Majesties Kingdome of England by the divulging of the like pestilent opinions within the same that it may bee enacted by the Authoritie of this present Parlament that the said determinations of the said Synode consisting of seuenteene Articles positiue and nine rejectiue or opposite may stand and bee likewise annexed received ratified and established with in this your said Kingdome as part of the doctrine of the Church of England Against which it shall not or may not bee lawfull for any to preach write or print any thing But that such as shall so doe may bee censured as the impugners of the Church of England and disturbers of the peace thereof c. Thus farre your religious Act in