a speeche directed to S. Peter and to no other of the Apostles containing charge to feede as a shepherde doth his sheepe all christes flok whithout exceptioÌ„ so vnderstood by S. CipriaÌ„ sayinge To Peter our lord after his resurrection sayde feede my sheepe and builded his churche vpon him alone and to him he gaue charge of feeding his sehepe By S. Chrisostome he gaue him S. Peter the primacie gouernment of the churche thrughe the whol world which is aboue all he sheweth him to haue loued our lord more theÌ„ All the Apostles sayinge Peter louest thou me more theÌ„ these Our sauiour sayth to S Peter Thou art Peter vpon this rock wilâ— I builde my churche Note that accordinge to the Greke Siriake text these wordes sound thus thou art a rocke and vpon this rocke I wil builde my churche which is also the true seÌ„se of the vulgare latiÌ„ Here did our sauiour christmanifestly promise to S. Peter souerayntie ouer his churche For the foundation is to à buildinge the same that the heade or prince is in a kingdome or common wealth Thus doth S. Epiphanius vnderstand these wordes sayinge Our lord him selfe hath constituted him S. Peter the first of his Apostles the firme rocke vpon which the churche of god is built To these wordes also manifestly alludeth the holy generall councell of Calcedon in the sentence of coÌ„demnatione against Dioscorus sayinge Leo the most holy blessed Archebishope of great and auÌ„cient Rome by vs and by this preseÌ„t holi synode together with the thrise most blessed and all prayse worthye S. Peter whoe ys the Rock and very topp of the Catholique Churche he which is the foundatione of true faithe hathe spoyled him Dioscorus of all episcopall dignitie Our sauiour sayth to S. Peter I will giue to thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen wher is also most clerely signified S. Peter his preheminence in godes churche For none hath the gouernement or commaundemeÌ„t of the Keyes of any towne or citie but the prince or gouernour of the same that soueraygne power is signified by the Keyes it is proued by that of our sauiour Christe I haue the keyes of death and hell That is the rule and prower ouer deathe and hell And agayn Hee that hath the Keye of Dauide he that shuteth and noe man openeth S. Peter practised the authoritie of supreame pastoure in declaringe Iudas to haue fallen from his Apostleship and proposinge another to be chosen in his roome Peter risinge vp in the midest of the brethereÌ„ sayd as foloweth S. Chrisostome vnderstaÌ„dinge it so saythe How feruent is he how he acknowledgethe the flocke committed by christ how he is prince of this company and in euery place begineth the first to speak His supremicie was acknowledged by S. Paule goeinge to Hierusalem to see him Then after three yeares I came to Hierusalem to see Peter S. Chrisostome vnderstandeth it so sayinge Peter was the mouthe of the Apostles prince and topp of that companye therfore also Paule goethe vp to see him beside the others Catho pos â— The Pope or Bishope of Rome is the law full and lineall successoure of S. Peter in that charge and office which our sauioure gaue vnto S. Peter ouer his churche militant Proofe The power which our sauioure gaue to S. Peter ouer his churche militante was giuen him as likewise the power giuen to other Apostles to the consuÌ„mation of the saintes to the edifâ—nge of the bodye of Christ vntill we all meete in the vnitie of saith knowledge of the sonn of god as S. Paule testifiethe and therfore to continue in the churche soe longe as the churche is to continue which is also prooued by that Vpon this Rocke will I build my churche and by that feed my sheepe for so longe as the buildinge of the churche coÌ„tinueth or the flock of christe is to be fed which will be to the end of the world so long must the rock wherupon the churche is built and the pastours who must feede the shepe continue But this cannot be in S. Peters personn therfore in his successoures see S. Augustin his wordes before in that positione that the true churche can neuer want a lawfull personnall successione of pastores vpon these wordes of the psalme 44. For thy fathers are borne sonnes to thee And S Chriso who saith why did oure lord shed his blood surely to redeeme those sheepe the cure wherof he commited to Peter aÌ„d also to his successoures Now that the Bishope of Rome is the lawfull and lineall successoure of S. Peter is as authentically and euidently proued as that Lewis the 13. of France is lineall successoure to Hughe Capet or his maiestié of Ingland to wiliam the coÌ„querour S. Ireneus Optatus S. Epiphanius and S. Augustin doe deriue the successione of the bishopes of Rome from S. Peter vntill the bishopes that liued â— theyr tymes Besides Eusebius or S. Hierosme Prosper and all such as haue written the cronicles of ecclesiasticall affayres doe not omitt to continue the Bishopes of Rome vntill theyr owne dayes And soe wel is this successione knowne that M. Fulke sayethe wee can coumpt it on our fingares And S. Augustine doubteth not to saye that the succession of preistes from the seat of Peter to whom our lorde after his resurrection commended his sheepe to be fed vntil that present Bishopp held him within the lapp of the churche Protes pos 1. S. Peter was not by our sauiour our Christ constituted supreme head and soureygne pastoure or Bishop ouer his churche militant 2. The Pope or Bishope of Rome is not lawfull and lineall successoure to S. Peter in that charge and office which our sauiour gaue to S. Peter ouer his churche militante THE SEAVENTH Controuersie of the honoure due vnto the holy Angells and Saintes in heauen Catho pos 1. TO the holy Angelles and saintes in heauen is due more then ciuil honoure and reuerence Proofe 1. To mee thy frendes ô god are exceedingly honorable loe here Dauid beinge â—inge auowethe that the frendes of god are greatly to be honoured by him Certes not with ciuill honoures for suche he ought not to them he beinge kinge and the frendes of god beinge all those that doe the thinges he coÌ„mauÌ„deth as our sauiour testifiethe of what condition or degree soeuer 2. where this Gospell shal be preached in the whole worlde that also which shee hath done shal be toulde for a memorie of her Loe here an exeeding honoure decreed by our sauiour him self to S. Marie Magdaleyne where is to be noted that this is coÌ„mauÌ„ded to be done in memorie of her in like manner of speeche as our sauiour commaunded the holy misteries to be celebrated in memorie of him 3. Iosue beinge in the feild of the citie of hiericho saw a man staÌ„dinge against him how
ldinge a drawne sworde and he went nere to him and sayde art thou oures or our aduersaries who answered noe but I am a prince of the host of our lorde Iosue fell flatt downe to the grounde and adoreinge he sayd what speaketh the lord to his seruant loose sayth he thy shooe from thy foote for the place where in thou standest is holy And he did as he was commaunded Loe here the Angell not onely adored to the grounde but also the ground it self nere where he stoode duely reuerenced for respect of him Protest pos To the Angelles and Saintes in heauen is due no other honoure or reuerence then ciuil THE EYGHTETH CONtrouersie Of prayer to the holy angells and saintes in heauen Catho pos TO pray to the Angelles or saintes in heauen doth not derogate anie whitt at all from our sauiour Christ his office of mediatoure Proofe 1. S. Paule prayeth to the RomaÌ„s in this sorte I beseeche you brethren by our lord Iesus Christ and by the charitie of the holy ghost that you helpe me in your prayres for me to god The like he hath to the Ephesianes cap. last v. 19. the first to the Thesalo cap 5. and elles where often But if the prayer to saintes on earthe do the not derogat from the mediatorshipe of Christ certes the prayers made to them in heauen cannot Agayne Iacob prayed to his good Angell in this sorte The Angell that deliuereth me from all euilles biess these children Catho pos The saintes in heauen doe heare our prayers and vnderstande our perticuler estates ther fore it is not idle or in vaine to pray to theÌ„ as thoughe they did nether Proofe They are as the Angelles of god in heauen They are equall to the Angelles but the Angelles Knowe our particuler estates see that you dispise not one of these little ones saith our sauiour Christ For I saye vnto you that they re Angells in heaueÌ„ doe alwayes see the face of my father which is in heauen yea they knowe our secret thoughts I saye to you there shal be ioye before the Angelles of god vpon one sinner that doth pennance The saintes haue power ouer nationes to rule them therfore doe they know they re estates He that shall ouercome and keepe my wordes vnto the ende I will giue him sayth our sauioure power ouer nationes and he shall rule them with a rodd of Iron Catho pos 3. God doth somtymes heare accepte the prayers of his seruaÌ„ds or saintes for a nother man wheÌ„ he will not heare that man prayinge for hymselfe therfore is it profitable to praye vnto them God sayd to Eliphas the Themanite my surye is wrothe against thee and thy two freindes Take therfore vnto you seauen oxen and seaueÌ„ RaÌ„mes goe to my seruande Iob and offer holocaust for your selues and my seruande Iob shall pray for you his face I will receaue that the folly be not imputed vnto you They went and did as our lorde had spoken to them and our lorde receaued the face of Iob. Our lord also was tourned at the penance of Iob wheÌ„ he prayed for his freindes Againe Pray one for a nother that you may be saved for the coÌ„tinuall prayer of a iust man auayleth much I alledge not the fathers testimonie for prayer to saintes they beinge confessed by the learned protestantes to haue taught that Doctrine namely Fulke saythe In NaziaÌ„zen Basile and Chrisostome there is some mentione of the inuocatione of saintes to help vs with theyr prayers The like he confesseth of Ambrose Austine and Hierome So that wee see the doctrine of the Greke and latin churche in this pointe by the coÌ„fessione of one of our seuerest aduersaries to haue bene 1200. yeares agoe the same with the doctrine of the present churche of Rome Protest pos To praye to the saintes or Angelles in heauen doth derogate from the office of mediatour of our sauiour Christ 2. The saintes in heauen doe not heare our prayers nor know our particuler estates or necessities and therfore is it in vayne to pray to them 3. God doth neuer accepte of the prayers of his saintes offered for another man when he doth not accept of the same mans prayers for him selfe THE NINTH CONTROuersie of holi Reliques Catho posi 1. God doth honor the Reliques of saintes by working miraculouse thinges by them to his owne glorye the honoure of the saintes the benefit of man and the edification of his churche and therfore are they to be honoured and reuerenced by faithfull Christianes Proofe 1. There were brought from his S. Paule bodye napkins and hand kercheeses vpon the sike and the diseases departed from them and the wicked spirites went out 2. They did bringe forth the sicke into streetes and lead them in beddes and couches that wheÌ„ Peter came his shadowe at the leaste might ouer shadowe anie of them they all might be deliuered from there infirmities 3. Certayne persones buryinge a man sawe the rouers and threwe the bodie in the sepulcher of Eliseus which when it had touched the bones of Eliseus the man reuiued and stoode vpon his feet For the testimonie of the fathers in this pointe I wil onely alledg S. Augustine whom vnâ—ess our aduersaries dare condemne both of erroure in Iudgment and falsitie in historie they must needes confess that holy reliques in his tyme were had in great and publique honoure and reuerence The reader that desirethe to see or heare himself speake must be content to turne the booke himself for this wordes to this purpose are ouer Proâ—ix to be inserted in this briefe treatise The Doctrine and practise of ancient churche is soe euident in this pointe that Chemnitins a renowmed protestant is forced to write in this sort Of translation of riliques followed the caryinge them about in processiones as is mentioned by Hierome against Vigilantius And by Augustine when in the translatione of the reliques of Steuen à blinde woman receaued her sight Lucilius the Bishope streyght ordayned the carieing abont of the Reliques of Steuen And be cause sometimes certayne miracles were done at the reliques all per soÌ„neâ— in any iÌ„firmitie or necessite what soeuer rann to them Augustine mentioneth that flowers and otherthinges Ambrose that garmentes cast vpon the sepulchers or cofines of martyres were caried by Christianes as defenses and preseruatiues froÌ„ euill They did think that the martyres them selues were present with they re ashes Nor did they call vpon god onely but the very martyres did they inuccate at they re reliques and thinkinge grace and heauenly vertue to reside in they re bones by prayer and other worshippe did they seeke them at reliques As Basile discoursethe vpon the Psalme 115. Nor did they seeKe theyr onely corporall cures but did imagine that spirituall graces as holiness and charitie was giuen and creased by tovching and Kissing of liques as Nyssenus doth gloriouslie â—eache of Theodore the
martyr with any other thinges to the same â—urpose Protes positi God doth not honoure the reâ—ques of saintes by worKeinge â—y miraculous thinges by them â—her to his owne glorie the â—onoure of the saintes the beâ—efit of man or the edification of his churche or thoughe he â—oe yet are not the reliques of â—â—intes for all that to be honouâ—ed or reuerenced 2. THE TENTHE CONtrouersie of holy images Catho posi 1. THe images of holy personnes may with out feare of idolatrie or anie other inconuenience be placed in churches and oratories Proofe 1. Two Cherubins thou shalt make beaten golde on both sides of the oracle Lett one cherubin be on the one siâ— and the other on the other lett them couer both sides of the propitiatorie spreadinge theire winges and coueringe the vaile and lett them looke one towardes the other theire faces turned vnâ— the propitiatorie wher with the Arkâ— is to be couered Loe here the commaundement of god himselfe for the placeinge of holy images in the most holy place of the temple or tabernacle not with staÌ„dinge that the jewes were most prone vnto idolatric 2. All the walles of the temple rounde aboute â—e graued with diuers engraueinge and caruinge and hee made in them Cherubins and Palme trees and diuers Pictures as it were standingâ— out of the wall and cominge forthe â—e here holy images made in the â—mple with out anie express coÌ„â—aundinge of god 3. Our lorde sayde to Moyses make a â—asen serpent and set it for a signe that beinge striken looketh vpon it all liue Catho pos 2. The jmages of holy persoÌ„nes â—ay and ought to be honoured reuerenced and worshiped Proofe The holy Scriptures approuue â—nd commaunde honoure and euerence to be done to diuers thinges for the sole respect and â—elatione which they haue to ho â—y personnes thoughe nether soe euident nor so naturall as the respecte which images haue to the personnes whome they represeÌ„t therfore is it euident that they approue and coÌ„maund the liKe to be done to them Adore you his footestoole because it is holi The Rabins by the fooâ— stoole vnderstand the Arke of the owld testament which therfoâ—â— according to this commaundement they adored I will adore towarde the holi temple thy feare Loe here adoration oâ— the temple for respect of god whose how se it is God hath giuen him a name which aboue all names that in the name IESVS euerie knee bowe of the celestialls terestrâ—alles and infernales Loâ— here reuerence commaunded to be done to the holy name of Iâ—SVS Lose of thy shooe from thy foote for the place wherein thou standest is hoâ— grounde Loe here reuerence coÌ„mauÌ„ded to be done to the grouÌ„de neere where the Angell stood onely in respect of his presence there woe to you blinde guides that saiâ— whosoeuer shall sweare by the temple â—t is nothinge but he that shall sweare by the gold in the temple is bownde â—ee blinde for whether is greater the gold or the temple that sanctificthe the gold Loe here the gold in the temple sanctified for beinge in the temple and therfore deserueth reuerence but much more the temple it selfe Now e let the iuditions reader consider whether the image of anie personne hath not a more neeâ—e and euident relation and respect unto the personne represented by it then these thinges which the holy Sripture auoweth coÌ„maundeth to be honoured forthe respecte which they haue to some persone worthye of honoure And yf he finde that they haue so in deede as doubtless they haue and further if the persoÌ„nes represented by the images deserue honoure and reuerence as is proued before that the saintes and Angelles doe then vnless he be depriued of the light of naturall reason he cannot denye but such holy images may and ought to be honoured and reuerenced in regarde of the persoÌ„nes represeÌ„ted by theÌ„ whicâ— yet is made more playneby this reason The iniurie or contumelie done to the image of any personne is by all men esteemed to redounde to the iniurie or coÌ„tunielie of the persoÌ„ne represented by it which to omitt infinit other proofes is euident by the wrathe and indignatione which Theodosius a good wise prince conceaued against the citezens of Antioche for castinge downe his wifes statua which iniurie he had reuenged with the ruine of the whole citie yf he had not been preuented by the prudent piouse endeuoures of others The curious reade may see Eusebius of Maximin his statua defaced in dishonoure of the person and also Suetonius of the the like disgrace shewed to Domitiane The dishonoure therfore done to the images redownding to the personnes the same must necessarily be sayd of the honoure Vsed to them And this is euidently true if all naturall reson discours be not false Of the woman cured of the bloodie flix wherof mention is made in the gospell it is recorded that returninge home shee in memorie of that benefit sett vp an image of Christ at the foote whereof grewe an herbe which when it touched the hem of the image cured all diseases which image Iuliane the Apostata threwe downe and sett vpp his owne in the place which was iÌ„mediatly destroyed by fyre from heauen But the Image of Christ broken in peeces by the heathen the Christiannes after wardes gatheringe the peeces togeather placed in the churche wher it was as Sozomen writethe vntill his tyme. Seeinge therfore god doth honoure holy images by doing miracles by them for our beuefit why should not wee also honoure them with due reuerence and worshipp or rather the personnes represented by them Therfore when god forbidethe the makeinge and adoreinge of any grauen thing or any similude the meaning is only that no such thing should be made oâ— adored as god not otherwise For he himself hath commaunded both to make holy images and also to adore his footstoole as is already shewed In like manner therfore as he torbideth to kill not certes absolutly but by priuate auctoritie vpon reuenge malice or other vnlawfull cause so doth he forbid to make and adore anie grauen thinge not absolutlye but as a god And for confirmation of this thou mayest note prudent reader that noe one Catholique father for these 1600. yeares hath euer vnder stoode this commaundement in that sense which the protestantes would drawe it vnto which is more then a probable argument that it is not the true sense therof For the testimonie of the fathers in this pointe I will content my selfe with M. Parkins confession sayinge that the cross begann to be adored about the 400. yeare of Christ And thoughe fraudulently he say yt begann to be adored yet to the manifestation of his owne fraude doth hee bring diuers testimonies of PrudeÌ„tius Hierome Paulin and others which manifestly shewe that it was then in publique vse not in begining only Note that what is say de of the
A MANVAL OF CONTROVERSIES wherin the Catholique Romane faith in all the cheefe pointes of controuersies of these daies is proued by holy Scripture By A. C. S. Search the Scriptures for you thinke in them to haue life euerlastinge and the same are they that giue testimonie vnto me Ihon cap. 5. vers 39. Printed at Paris by Peter Buray M. D. C. XIV THE EPISTLE to the reader I Haue courteous reader taken some paynes to put together this litle manual of controuersies entending nor pretending anie other thing therby then thy profit yf thou reape anie by it my trauayle shal be richly recompenced Howsoeuer in requitall of my good-will let me intreat this fauoure of the that if thou wilt dayne it the reading thou wouldest doe yt with some attention and such intention as the subiect requireth which howsoeuer or by whomsoeuer it be handled is of that weyght and moment that may duly demaūd thy best most setled sincerest thaughtes The insuing preface wil acquaynt thee both with the drift and motiue of this treatise and also with those few pointes which I haue thaught worthie of remark concerning the same Therfore haue I nothing more to trouble the with but only to entreat thee to take some heede in decerning the Catholique Positiones from those of the Protestantes because they are not so euidently distinguished in character especially before the page 76. as they might haue beene and also to pardon the faultes escaped in the print but most of all those in the margent as most important In the latter end of the booke they are all corected and therfore may more easely be born with Farewell Thy freind as thou art a freind to truthe howsoeuer thy well willer A. C. A TABLE OF THE CONTROuersies 1. SCriptures pag. 15. 2. Traditiones pag. 20. 3. Difficultie of scriptures pag. 26 4. Churches infallibilitie pag. 31. 5. Churches markes vniuersalitie p. 43. 6. Visibilitie pag. 39. 7. Succession pag. 42. 8. Consecration and vocation of Pastores 45. 9. Supremicie of S. Peter and Pope 49. 10. Honoure of sainctes 57. 11. Prayer to sainctes 59. 12. Reliques 63. 13. Images 67. 14. Purgatorie 76. 15. Of the Sacraments 81. 16. Necessitie of Baptisme 84. 17. Ceremonies of Baptisme 85. 18. Eucharist reall presence 86. 19. Transubstantiation 89. 20. Adoration of Christ in the Eucharist 91. 21. Communion vnder one kinde 93. 22. Sacrifice of the Mass 98. 23. Confirmation 102. 24. Pennance with indulgences 107. 25. Holy orders 118. 26. Extreame vnctione 120. 27. Matrimonie 122. 28. Effect of the Sacraments 125. 29. Character 127. 30. Iustification and concupiscence 128. 31. Iustice once had may be lost 141. 32. Certayntye of Saluation 142. 33. Merit of workes 145. 34. Free will 148. 35. Commaundementes possible 152. 36. Euangelicall counsels 155. 37. Preistes single life 159. 38. Seruicce in the vulgar tongue 162. FAVLTES ESCAped in the margent PAge 23. for cap. 27. Read cap. 23. 24. sert sect 29. degenesi ad literam lib. 2. lib. 7. 30. 2. Petri cap. 2. v. 7. cap. 1. v. 20 30. Malachie v. 2. 3. v. 7. 30. Math. v. 27. v. 2. 32. Luc v. 16. 20 v. 16. 33. Math. v. 28. cap. 20. cap. 28. v. 20. 33. Actes 15 is placed to high 36. Cresco cap. 3. cap. 33. 37 Psal 27. 71. 37. Math. cap. 18. cap. 28. 40. Math. 19. 18. 41. corin v. 18. v. 28. 45. Act cap. 13. cap 14. 46. Rom cap. cap. 10 55. epla 65. epla 165. 61. Apocalip cap. 3. cap. 2. 64. Act. v. 18. 12. 69. psal 9. 98. 86. after 24. add Luc 91 Psal 69. 96. 95 Smaforward forward 100. Malachic v. 1. v. 10. 11. 102. Act v. 20. v. 17 109. Act. v. 6. v. 3. 109. pag. 10. pag. 109. 120. want these citations Iames cap. 5. v. 14. 15. Chrisost De Sacerdotio lib. 3. ad initium 122. 5. v. cap. 31. cap. 5. v. 31. 126. Actes cap. 22. v. 17 v. 16. 128. ser sect 128. oncu concu 132. contra Iuliam c. 5. c. 15. 136. is omited De spiritu litera cap. 27. 137. Ephesios cap. 3. cap. 1. 143. is omitted the citation of Ecclesiastes cap. 9. v. 1. 146. 2. Timo. cap. 5. cap. 4. 1. Regum v. 45. v. 4. 5. FAVLTES ESCAped in the text Page 7. for hall read shall 13. cotrouerted controuerted 19. this that 21. nothinges nothing 42. word world 44. then them 46. In the secund line wanteth this word inward 62. sayed saued 62. sod so 68. placc place 68. the. he 73. his is 78. eueire euerie 96. sam chapter same chapter 96. cheest cheefest 135. whose prayse is not of god For whose prayse is not of men but of god A MANVALL OF CONTROuersies Wherin the Catholique Romane faith in all the cheefe pointes of controuersies of these daies is proued by holy Scripture The Preface to the Reader THis brief treatise courteous reader being at the request of à friend speedely compiled may serue to conuince them of manifest calumnie who no lesse vntruly then boldly doe affirme the Doctrine of the Catholique Roman Church to be ether against holy scriptures or at least to haue no ground or proofe frō them And it maie also giue satisfaction vnto such as more vpon the confident boldness of them that affirme the Roman Religion to be destitute of scriptures then vpon anie other reason are drawne ether to think this to be true or at least to doubt of the truth of the contrarie But before thou proceede to vieue the thinge it selfe I desire thee to consider well these fewe pointes followinge First that no proofe of anie one point of Christiā beliefe can be so direct and full out of holy scripture that may not be deluded by false interpretation For the damned Arrianes and most other heretiques could interpret all places of holy scripture brought by the Catholiques against theire heresie in such sense as beinge so vnderstood they made nothinge against it yea that as seely as peruers heretique Legate burned in smithfield not long since for Arrianisme could not be conuinced of heresie by onelie scripture Such proofes therfore of Catholique Doctrine as cannot be deluded by anie interpretation are not to be expected out of holy scripture Secondly that though Protestātes maie alledg textes of holy scripture for the proofe of some pointes of theire Doctrine yet that alone is not sufficiēt to make it true Both because the same pointes are proued false by other places of scripture and also for that all heretiques haue euer brought scripture for their heresies and none more apparant or frequent then the blasphemous Arrianes to say nothinge of the Deuill his citinge of scripture euen against oure blessed sauiour By all which it is more then euident that the sense of holy scripture besides the wordes is necessarely required to make sufcient proofe of true doctrine For which reason I oftē bringe the vncorrupt testimonie of some holy father for the sense of the place alledged by me who haueinge