and_o supremacy_n matth._n 10.16_o be_v you_o wise_a as_o serpent_n and_o oath_n simple_a as_o dove_n london_n print_v by_o i._n l._n for_o nicholas_n bourne_n at_o the_o south_n entrance_n to_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1642._o a_o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n gentle_a reader_n i_o be_o to_o write_v of_o a_o point_n of_o controversy_n wherein_o i_o know_v that_o i_o shall_v undergo_v the_o renounce_v censure_n of_o divers_a sort_n of_o people_n yea_o amaze_v some_o at_o the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o thing_n yet_o my_o intention_n be_v good_a as_o tend_v to_o the_o safeguard_n as_o well_o doctrine_n of_o soul_n as_o body_n of_o all_o and_o i_o myself_o be_v constrain_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o natural_a necessity_n thereto_o as_o suffer_v much_o not_o only_o by_o the_o faâ—it_fw-la severity_n of_o the_o law_n for_o my_o religion_n which_o be_v the_o least_o but_o likewise_o both_o spiritual_o and_o temporal_o by_o the_o malice_n and_o treachery_n of_o some_o evil_a spirit_n instigate_a 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moral_a cap._n 11._o &_o 27_o punctâ—_n 2.4_o &_o 5._o who_o say_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o catholic_n to_o prâ—y_v together_o with_o protestant_n to_o hear_v their_o service_n and_o go_v to_o their_o sermon_n and_o for_o this_o opinion_n he_o cit_v navarr_n lib._n 5._o con._n 10._o &_o 12._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la who_o as_o all_o man_n know_v be_v a_o pious_a divine_a and_o a_o man_n of_o a_o tender_a conscience_n again_o the_o say_v azorius_fw-la say_v in_o the_o say_v cap._n 27._o puncto_fw-la 5._o that_o if_o a_o heretical_a prince_n command_v his_o subject_n that_o be_v catholic_n to_o go_v to_o church_n upon_o pain_n of_o death_n or_o loss_n of_o good_n if_o he_o do_v this_o only_a because_o he_o will_v have_v his_o law_n obey_v and_o not_o to_o make_v it_o symbolum_n hereticae_fw-la pravitatis_fw-la nor_o have_v a_o purpose_n to_o discern_v thereby_o catholic_n from_o heretic_n they_o may_v obey_v it_o gregory_n martin_n one_o of_o the_o translator_n of_o the_o bible_n into_o english_a cite_v by_o the_o say_v r._n p._n in_o his_o book_n aforesaid_a pag._n 101._o &_o 109._o diana_n 5._o part_n tract_n de_fw-fr scandal_n pag._n 191._o resol_n 33._o where_o he_o say_v a_o man_n may_v use_v the_o habit_n and_o ceremony_n profession_n of_o a_o false_a law_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o death_n see_v hurtado_n de_fw-fr mendoza_n and_o other_o by_o he_o cite_v and_o paulus_n comitolius_fw-la resp._n moral_a lib._n 1._o q._n 47._o when_o he_o come_v to_o handle_v the_o question_n whether_o a_o professor_n of_o the_o roman_a faith_n be_v send_v into_o those_o part_n where_o the_o greek_a church_n observe_v other_o rite_n may_v go_v to_o their_o service_n he_o allow_v it_o and_o build_v upon_o this_o reason_n that_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n it_o be_v lawful_a and_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o church_n if_o any_o there_o be_v that_o forbid_v this_o do_v not_o bind_v christian_n in_o case_n of_o great_a detriment_n to_o the_o life_n or_o soul_n or_o 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see_v diana_n pag._n 175._o col_fw-fr 1._o and_o the_o say_v hurtado_n who_o he_o cit_v if_o then_o we_o may_v communicate_v with_o such_o man_n where_o there_o may_v be_v some_o danger_n of_o sin_n why_o shall_v we_o not_o communicate_v with_o protestant_n where_o there_o can_v be_v no_o danger_n of_o sin_n as_o shall_v be_v hereafter_o prove_v it_o be_v four_a prove_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o all_o catholic_n in_o foreign_a country_n for_o germany_n see_v for_o germany_n and_o france_n navarr_n lib._n 5._o consil._n 12._o de_fw-fr heret_fw-la and_o see_v the_o foresay_a author_n of_o the_o answer_n his_o word_n be_v these_o cap._n 9_o pag._n 216._o and_o indeed_o if_o the_o german_a catholic_n have_v be_v so_o restrain_v persecute_a g._n and_o put_v to_o death_n as_o the_o english_a have_v be_v these_o year_n and_o have_v not_o go_v by_o half_n with_o the_o protestant_n as_o in_o some_o place_n the_o have_v do_v they_o have_v have_v perhaps_o far_o more_o catholic_n at_o this_o 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as_o those_o beyond_o the_o â—eas_n if_o the_o king_n be_v as_o it_o be_v treason_n for_o they_o or_o any_o other_o to_o deny_v our_o liege_n lord_n and_o lawful_a sovereign_n those_o that_o be_v put_v in_o authority_n under_o he_o be_v man_n of_o learning_n
be_v to_o the_o injury_n of_o the_o gospel_n retain_v and_o christ_n himself_o blaspheme_v which_o no_o christian_a ear_n ought_v to_o endure_v endure_v see_v page_n 22._o letter_n q_o q_o if_o papist_n trust_v not_o in_o their_o own_o merit_n it_o will_v go_v better_o with_o they_o than_o i_o fear_v it_o will_v with_o many_o who_o the_o more_o they_o arrogate_v to_o themselves_o the_o more_o they_o derogate_v from_o our_o saviour_n and_o the_o further_o they_o go_v from_o salvation_n i_o confess_v many_o of_o they_o upon_o their_o deathbed_n have_v renounce_v their_o own_o merit_n and_o whole_o stick_v to_o our_o saviour_n yet_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o general_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v for_o trust_v in_o their_o own_o merit_n for_o they_o teach_v that_o faith_n alone_o do_v not_o justify_v we_o before_o god_n that_o good_a work_n be_v not_o only_o satisfactory_a for_o sin_n but_o also_o meritorious_a of_o eternal_a life_n and_o supererogatory_n also_o 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the_o see_v nor_o bishop_n of_o rome_n nor_o any_o foreign_a potentate_n have_v or_o aught_o to_o have_v any_o jurisdiction_n power_n or_o authority_n within_o this_o realm_n neither_o by_o god_n law_n nor_o by_o any_o other_o just_a law_n or_o mean_n henry_n 8.35_o year_n hereunto_o add_v the_o admonition_n to_o the_o queen_n injunction_n hence_o i_o thus_o argue_v no_o papist_n may_v take_v a_o oath_n which_o contain_v in_o it_o the_o renounce_v a_o prime_a article_n of_o his_o faith_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n in_o his_o religion_n and_o the_o judgement_n of_o his_o church_n but_o every_o papist_n take_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n renounce_v a_o prime_a article_n of_o his_o faith_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n for_o so_o we_o read_v in_o the_o extravagans_n cap._n unam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la de_fw-la maior_fw-la et_fw-fr obed_a subesse_fw-la romano_n pontifici_fw-la omni_fw-la humanae_fw-la creaturae_fw-la declaramus_fw-la dicimus_fw-la definimus_fw-la et_fw-la pronunciamus_fw-la omnino_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v salutis_fw-la we_o say_v boniface_n the_o eight_o declare_v say_v define_z and_o pronounce_v that_o it_o be_v altogether_o or_o absolute_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n for_o every_o humane_a creature_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n ergo_fw-la no_o papist_n may_v take_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n 3._o three_o from_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o account_v fisher_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n and_o sir_n thomas_n moor_n sometime_o lord_n chancellor_n of_o england_n bless_a and_o glorious_a martyr_n because_o both_o these_o lose_a 〈◊〉_d head_n â—ather_o than_o they_o will_v acknowledge_v the_o king_n supreme_a head_n 〈…〉_z and_o 〈◊〉_d the_o pope_n headship_n to_o omit_v the_o testimony_n 〈…〉_z â—ovius_fw-la bishop_n in_o italy_n john_n cochleus_n of_o germany_n william_n paradine_n a_o learned_a historian_n of_o france_n cardinal_n poole_n live_v in_o the_o court_n at_o rome_n and_o writing_n to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o defence_n of_o ecclesiastical_a unity_n say_v thus_o by_o the_o figure_n of_o apostrophe_n thy_o father_n o_o england_n thy_o ornament_n thy_o deâ—â—nce_n be_v bring_v to_o his_o death_n be_v innocent_a in_o thy_o sight_n and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o lefâ—_n his_o life_n for_o thy_o sake_n leave_v he_o shall_v overthrow_v and_o betray_v thy_o salvation_n and_o cardinal_n bâ—llarmine_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr scriptoribus_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la ab_fw-la anno_fw-la 1400._o ad_fw-la 1500._o thus_o write_v of_o fisher_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n johannes_n fischerus_fw-la natione_fw-la anglus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la roffensis_fw-la posteà _fw-la s._n r._n e._n cardinalis_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la long_a gloriofius_fw-la est_fw-la martyr_n christi_fw-la occisus_fw-la est_fw-la henrici_fw-la octavi_fw-la regis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la iussu_fw-la anno_fw-la 1535._o john_n fisher_n a_o english_a man_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n and_o afterward_o cardinal_n and_o which_o make_v he_o far_o more_o glorious_a a_o martyr_n of_o christ_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o coommandement_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n one_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o thirty_o five_o whence_o i_o thus_o argue_v to_o his_o evasion_n that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o same_o oath_n see_v the_o answer_n p._n 119._o letter_n r._n and_o the_o appendix_n p._n 141._o either_o fisher_n and_o moor_n be_v no_o martyr_n who_o die_v for_o refuse_v to_o take_v this_o oath_n or_o they_o be_v no_o good_a papist_n who_o take_v it_o but_o fisher_n and_o moor_n be_v famous_a and_o glorious_a martyr_n in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n as_o have_v be_v prove_v ergo_fw-la they_o who_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n be_v no_o good_a papist_n 4._o four_o from_o the_o confession_n of_o this_o priest_n pag._n 118._o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n when_o it_o be_v make_v in_o the_o day_n of_o king_n henry_n 8._o be_v unlawful_a to_o be_v take_v by_o any_o catholic_a and_o pag._n 119._o if_o any_o have_v swear_v the_o king_n to_o be_v supreme_a head_n of_o that_o church_n he_o will_v have_v swear_v false_a as_o make_v the_o church_n a_o monster_n have_v two_o head_n or_o deprive_v the_o pope_n of_o his_o authority_n grant_v he_o by_o god_n whence_o i_o thus_o argue_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n prescribe_v by_o that_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o 35._o of_o henry_n 8._o be_v unlawful_a to_o be_v take_v by_o any_o roman_a catholic_n as_o this_o priest_n confess_v but_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n prescribe_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o first_o of_o elizabeth_n in_o force_n at_o this_o day_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o oath_n prescribe_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o 35._o of_o henry_n the_o eight_o as_o appear_z by_o compare_v both_o the_o oath_n together_o with_o a_o proviso_n in_o a_o act_n the_o five_o of_o elizabeth_n for_o expound_v this_o oath_n where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o we_o confess_v and_o acknowledge_v in_o her_o majesty_n her_o heir_n and_o successor_n no_o other_o authority_n then_o that_o which_o be_v challenge_v and_o late_o use_v by_o the_o noble_a king_n henry_n the_o eight_o and_o king_n edward_z the_o six_o as_o in_o the_o admonition_n to_o the_o queen_n injunction_n more_o plain_o appear_v the_o queen_n majesty_n will_v that_o all_o her_o love_a subject_n shall_v understand_v that_o nothing_o be_v be_v or_o shall_v be_v mean_v or_o intend_v by_o the_o same_o oath_n to_o have_v any_o other_o duty_n allegiance_n or_o bond_n require_v by_o the_o same_o oath_n than_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v due_a to_o the_o most_o noble_a king_n of_o famous_a memory_n king_n henry_n the_o eight_o her_o majesty_n father_n or_o king_n edward_n the_o six_o her_o majesty_n brother_n ergo_fw-la the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n prescribe_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n the_o first_o of_o elizabeth_n be_v unlawful_a to_o be_v take_v by_o any_o roman_a catholic_n i_o conclude_v therefore_o super_fw-la tota_fw-la materia_fw-la that_o the_o take_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n be_v a_o abrenunciation_n of_o the_o romish_a faith_n and_o consequent_o that_o we_o wrong_v no_o papist_n that_o take_v the_o oath_n if_o we_o believe_v he_o a_o forswearer_n who_o forswear_v his_o belief_n de_fw-fr memorando_fw-la irrotulatâ—_n irrotulatâ—_n the_o helâ—esaus_n wâ—re_v condemn_v for_o heretic_n for_o holâ—ing_v a_o man_n may_v deny_v his_o faith_n with_o his_o mouth_n so_o he_o keep_v it_o in_o his_o heart_n euseb._n hâ—st_n l._n 6._o c._n 31._o 31._o rom._n 10.10_o cic._n pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d amâ—r_n vultu_fw-la saepe_fw-la ladâ—tur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ep._n â—â—_o contamiâ—ari_fw-la se_fw-la 〈…〉_z aâ—am_o illam_fw-la vidâ—â—iâ—_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ibid._n feâ—endâ—m_fw-la ne_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la gentilis_fw-la sacrifâ—câ—t_fw-la christianus_fw-la inter_fw-la sit_fw-la sâ—zo_n hist._n eccles_n l._n 5._o c._n 16._o prejecto_fw-la ad_fw-la pedes_fw-la auâ—o_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n suidas_n in_o auxent_n auxent_n marcus_n bishop_n of_o arrethusa_n theod._n hist._n l._n 3_o c._n 6._o