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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19586	A mittimus to the iubile at Rome: or, The rates of the Popes custome-house Sent to the Pope, as a New-yeeres-gift from England, this yeere of iubile, 1625. And faithfully published out of the old Latine copie, with obseruations vpon the Romish text, by William Crashavv, Batchelor of Diuinity, and pastor at White-Chappell.; Taxa cancellariae apostolicae. English	Catholic Church. Cancellaria Apostolica.; Crashaw, William, 1572-1626. aut	1625 (1625)	STC 6023; ESTC S121001	73,722	136

ingrosse this power of granting Jndulgences to himselfe alone but as the Law hath imparted it in some measure to Metropolitans and Bishops So hee for reasonable consideration wil out of his loue and bountie affoord the same euen to Parish Priests the Rectors of Churches and Curates of Chappels and will not appropriate them only to his Churches in Rome but at very indifferent rates conferre them and annexe them for a time to any other Churches and Chappels the whole World ouer And lastly obserue good Reader how iust the Pope is and how thankfully hee recompenceth any fauours done him or any thing hee takes from any body for example if Kings or Princes pay well their Peter-pence and suffer their subiects to pay good prices for their Palls and other preferments and to send in roundly their Annats Tenthes Contributions and such other payments whereby they empty their owne and fill his Coffers then in recompence for this base trash hee will send one King a paire of hallowed beads which forsooth haue touched Saint Peters Sepulcher another a golden Rose or a hallowed Sword blest with his owne most holy hand or els an Agnus dei made vp onely by himselfe whose vertues no tongue can tell or els a most precious Relique as happly a tooth of some great Saint or two or three hayres of the taile of the Asse whereon Christ rode into Jerusalem or if hee be a great King then that inestimable Iewell a bit of wood which must bee held a piece of the crosse whereon Christ dyed So excellent an Alchymist is he as in stead of turning base metals into gold and siluer hee can teach Kings and Princes thus to turne their gold and siluer into lead and iron paper and parchment wood and waxe and in like manner hauing rob'd many thousand of the Churches in the World of their Tithes and Liuings as namely of our not 10000. Parishes hee hath deuoured almost 4000. Now in recompence of their Tithes so taken from them hee heere sells them for siluer these glorious Jndulgences being fine painted Babies to please Children but knowne to the wise not worth taking vp But thus this wily Foxe preyes vpon the world and hauing stolne the Goose sticks downe a Feather But the honest Reader may iustly here demand what they meane by an Jndulgence for the Remission of the 3. part of a mans sins for it seemes strange Diuinity that any part of a mans sinnes should be remitted and the rest remaine vnpardoned especially if here by sinnes they vnderstand the guilt of sinne seeing the grounds of our Religion teach them that sinne is either altogether or not at all pardoned for whereas in the Creed our Religion teacheth our people to beleeue the forgiuenesse of sinnes as an Article of their Christian faith and the prime prerogatiue belonging to the true holy Catholicke Church whereof they beleeue and professe themselues to bee members it would sound as new and vnsound Diuinity in their eares to be taught that they may safely beleeue the remission of a third part and not of all their sinnes And whereas Christ in that holy Prayer and Patterne of all Prayers the Lords Prayer not only giues good leaue but euen warrants and commands euery beleeuing Christian to pray for the forgiuenesse of his sinnes Luke 11.4 they would doubtlesse hold him no better then a piece of the Great Antichrist that should tell them their Sauiour meant it not of all but a part of their sinnes And therefore they doe boldly beleeue that when he told some of his followers their Sinnes were forgiuen them he meant plainly as he spake and gaue them leaue to take it in the best sense And as the guifts fauours and pardons of Princes to their Subiects vse to be extended inlarged and construed to the best behoofe of the Receiuer so much more this Prince of Peace enlargeth his loue and is well content his beleeuing Subiects improue his pardon to their best benefit and as it may be most fauourable and comfortable to themselues and therefore feare not to beleeue that when he pardons he pardons all and reserues not a third part or a halfe to bee paid for afterwards and they dare maintain it against any Cōfessor in Rome or Iesuite in the world that when Nathan pronounced to Dauid that God had pardoned his sinne 2 Sam. 12.13 neither Nathan intended nor Dauid did suspect any exception or reseruation of some part of his sinne that was not pardoned So that if heere they meane of sinne it selfe they will finde few Customers for this Commodity amongst vs And therefore seeing it is Diuinity of a new stampe they had best keepe this new refined Romish ware at home Wee doubt not but during all this merry yeere of Jubilee such curious cōmodities as this will be of great price amongst them and that there will be more fooles ready to buy them then there bee wise and crafty fellowes ready to vent and sell them nor doe we doubt but that many things dayly refused for counterfeits here passe well enough for good and currant amongst them Let therefore the Romish Pilgrims Penitents pay what they please or make their Market as cheape as they can for pardon of a third part of their sinnes wee dare say our people will not giue a penny for the pardon of neuer so many as long as there lies remaining but one sinne vnpardoned for they beleeue the Text that tels them Psal 32.1 That man is blessed whose sinnes are remitted but their Bibles afford them no Charter of peace nor blessednesse to him that hath but a third part remitted And our Country people would soone tell them that sinnes in the soule are like thornes in the heele and so hinder their way to Heauen and happinesse and will therefore neuer be at cost and paine to plucke out some and leaue more behind seeing one alone will suffice to hinder his vpright and cheerefull walking But if by sinne they here vnderstand the Penance or punishment due to sinne then why doe they not explane it whether they meane the punishment iustly inflicted by God or the penance craftily imposed by themselues If the former then wee desire to see their authority and to shew their Commission how they came to be Stewards and dispensers of Gods Iustice And we must then also let loose vpon them one of their owne Friers Bernardinus de Bustis in suo Ma●i●●● who about the time that this Booke was made in Rome preacht in the Popes owne presence that God had diuided his kingdome with the blessed Virgin committing mercy to her but reseruing Iustice to himselfe Which blasphemy though it looked so blacke as Cassander confesseth Cassander in Consultat it was hideous in the eyes and eares of many Romish Catholiques yet we must needs say hee dealt reasonably in regard of the Authors of this Booke and broachers of this Doctrine for hee though he took away mercy yet