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The Iesuites banner Displaying their original and successe: their vow and othe: their hypocrisie and superstition: their doctrine and positions: with a confutation of a late pamphlet secretly imprinted and entituled: A briefe censure vpon two bookes written in answeare to M. Campions offer of disputation. &c. Compiled by Meredith Hanmer M. of Arte, and student in diuinity.
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Hanmer, Meredith, 1543-1604.
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not your nature be estraunged neyther goe yée about to thrust into this land for reine power such people as curse not only y â ground wée tread vpon but also our bodyes and soules and are ready to cut all English throates if they might haue accesse vnto vs. Yée say ye haue vowed yet heare what your law saieth In malis promissis rescinde fidem in turpivoto muta decretum quod incuatè vouisti ne facias impia est promissio que scelere adimpletur In euill promises breake thy fayth in a shamefull vowe alter thy minde which thou hast vnaduisedly vowed doe not that vowe is wicked which is performed with mischiefe The rules of your order are not as yet come to my hands but the oth which all you take that professe the Romish religion I may not conceale from the reader and reading it I cannot chuse but lament to sée your flauerie and bondage and the liuely caracter of Antichrist therby imprinted not onely in the hand of the labourers but in the forehead of professours and consciences of all those y â buy and sell traffike in his countries dominions In english thus I. N. do firmly admit embrace the Apostolike and Ecclesiasticall traditions and the rest of the obseruations and constitutions of the same church Also I doe admit the holy scripture according vnto that sense which the holy mother the Church hath and doth hold it to whome it appertaineth to iudge of the true sense and interpretation of the holy scriptures neyther will I euer receaue or interpret it but according vnto the vniforme consent of the fathers I doe also professe that there are truely and properly seauen sacraments of the new law ordayned by Iesus Christ our Lord and for the saluation of mankinde though not all to euery one necessary To wit baptisme confirmation the Lords supper penance extreame vnction order and matrimonie and that they conferre grace and of them baptism confirmation order without sacriledge may not be reiterated I doe also receiue and admit the receiued and allowed rites of the catholike church in the solempne administration of al the aforesaid sacraments I doe embrace and receiue al euery the things which of original sinne and iustification haue beene defined and decreed in the holy synode of Trent I professe in like sorte that in the masse there is offered vnto god the true proper propicia tory sacrifice for quick dead And that in the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist there is truely really and substantially the body and blood together with the soule and diuinitie of our Lord Iesus christ and that there is a conuersion of the whole substance of bread into the bodie and the whole substance of wine into blood the which conuersion the catholike church calleth transubstantiation I confesse with all that vnder one onely kind whole and perfect Christ and the true sacrament is receiued I doe constantly hold purgatory and that the soules there detayned are relieued by the prayers of the faythful and in like sorte that the Saintes raigning to-together with christ are to bee honoured and callled vppon and that they pray vnto God for vs and that theyr relyques are to bee worshipped I doe firmely auouche that the Images of Christ and the mother of God alwayes a virgin and also of other Saintes are to bee had and retayned and that we are to giue them due honour and worshippe I doe affyrme that the facultie of pardons hath beene left by Christ in the church and that the vse of them is very wholsome to christian people I doe acknowledge the holy catholike Apostolike church of Rome for the mother and mistresse of all churches I doe promise and sweare true obedience to the Byshop of Rome successour of blessed Peter prince of the Apostles Vicar of Iesus Christ I do also vndoubtedly receiue and proâesse al that haue beene delyuered defined and declared by the holy cannons generall councelles and specially by the holy Synode of Trent and withal al things contrary and haeresies whatsoeuer haue by the church beene condemned reiected and accursed I also doe condemne reiect and accurse This true catholike fayth without the which none can be saued the which I doe presently willingly professe and truely holde the same wholy and imaculate vnto the last gaspe most constantly to retaine teach and preach as much as in me shall lye I the same N. do promise vowe swere so God me helpe the holy Gospels of God New commeth Pope Impius 4. with his farewell Let it not be lawfull therefore for any man at all to infringe this page or leafe of our ordinaunce inbibition derogation will statute decree and commaundement or with rash enterprise to contrary the same if any therfore presume to attempte the same let him knowe that he incurreth the indignation of almightie GOD and of blessed Peter and Paule the Apostles Dat. Rom. apud 5. Petrum Anno 1569. Id. Noâem Pontific nostri annâ 5 Good God what periurie Idolatrie heresie blasphemy there is contained in the aforesaide oth And the spirit of Antichrist is plainly reuealed in the cursed conclusion folowing after In trueth such traditions as are contrary and besides the word of God though they be called Apostolike are not to be receiued that sense and exposition of the scriptures which the Church of Rome deliuereth is not the right and perfect vnderstanding the Church and especially as you deliuer it the Church of Rome is not iudge of the scriptures there are but two Sacraments Baptisme and the Lordes supper the rest by you added art of an other kinde and nature in which sense wée may say as Ierome saide of the Reuelation Looke howe many wordes we finde there so many Sacramentes there are The Sacraments confer not grace as you imagine Ex opere operato the rites in the administration of the Sacraments retained in the Church of Rome are childish superstitious and impious that doctrine of originall sin and iustification lately decréed in the councell of Trent is plasphemous and abhominable The Masse is an Idoll and the sacrifice there pretended for quicke and dead is a deceiuing of the people the Eucharist is not reall substantiall with the soule and diuinitie of Jesus Christ neither transubstantiated the Sacrament is not perfect when it is deliuered vnder one kinde Purgatorie is a fable neyther are the soules of the departed relieued by the prayers of the lyuing the Saintes are not to be inuocated their reliques are not to be worshipped neither Images to be adored Popes pardons are to no purpose but a deluding of Gods people and the filling of the poke Rome is neither catholike apostolike nor the Lady and mistresse of al other Churches the Pope is not the true successour of Peter neither the Uicar of Jesus Christ to receiue what Rome receiueth and condemne what shee condemneth is âo deliuere Barrabas and crucifie Christ to embrace
Romish Jesuites are it is sayde Woebe vnto you for ye haue taken away the key of knowledge yee entred not in your selues and them that came in ye forbad As much to say ye haue taken away the woord of God yee neither opened it your selues neither suffered others to reade it God commaunded Moses saying Thou shalt reade this law before all Israell that they may heare it Gather the people together men women and children and thy straunger that is within thy gates that they may heare and that they may learne As the Lord had commaunded Moses his seruant so did Moses commaund Iosua so did Iosua he left nothing vndone of all that the Lorde had commaunded Moses Among other thinges appertaining to the king it is sayde The king shall write him this law repeated in a boke by the priestes of the Leuites And it shall be with him and he shall read therein all the dayes of his life that he may learne how to feare the Lord his God The nobles of Thessalonica being Lay men are commended for their readinesse in receiuing the faith they turned their bookes and searched the scriptures to see whether the things were so aâ y â Apostles preached The Quéene of Candac Chamberlain being a Laie man read the Prophet Esay in his Charriot âââ the word of Christ saith S. Paule to the Collo sâaâââ dwelt in you plenteously in all wisedome teaching and admonishing your owne selues in Psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songes Unlesse they reade and learne how shall they be able as it is commaunded to teach their sonnes and nephewes I would not haue by this my discourse any abuse surmised neither libertie graunted with vnwashed handes to handle the misteries of the great God but with al godly âeare and reuerence to reade his woord In respecte of all generallie it is easie too bee vnderstoode though some haue lesse capacitie fewer talents then some other there is for euerie man to apply vnto that measure of faith which he hath giuen him therfore none to be barred from the reading of the same 4. The Iesuites doctrine WHatsoeuer repugneth the lawe of GOD is not sinne Censur Coâon Andrad Orthodox explic Lib. 3. pag. 1â4 Againe Whatsoeuer passeth the boundes of Gods lawe no man doubteth but that it is euil yet all that is not sinne Pag. 138. 4. The Catholikes doctrine WHatsoeuer râpugneth withstandeth or is contrary vnto the law of God is sinne By the lawe sayeth S. Pouls commeth the knowledge of ãâã Againe sinne is not ãâã ââ here there is no laââ In an other place I âââââ not sinne but by the lawe â finde then by the lawe that when I would doe good euill iâ present with mee Saule is cast away from the Lord from being ãâã because hée transgressed the commandement of GOD. The man of God for âating bread where hée was forbydden was deuoured of a Lyon Ionas was swallowed vp of a ââhe for flying from the face of the Lorde God sendeth plagues and punishmentes for sinne Saule Ionas âââ the man of GOD were plagâââ then doeth it follow it was for their sin Again their punishmeÌts were for transgressing repâgning the lawe and commaundementes of GOD. Ergo the trasgrâssing and repâgning of the law and commandements of God ââ ãâã by induction gathering the perticular traÌsgression from one to al the rest wée may generally conclude all whatsoeuer repugneth the law of God is sinne As it is sayde by Samuel vnto Saule Transgression gression is wickednesse and Idolatrie Saint Iohn saieth Whosoeuer committeth sinne transgresseth also the law for sinne is the transgression of the law Saint Iames saieth If ye regarde the persons ye commit sinne and are rebuked of the law as transgressânrâ The Lord spak vnto Moses saying speake vnto the children of Israel when a man or woman shall commit any sinne that men commit and transgresse against the Lorde c. Then they shall confesse their sinne God is wroth with such dealing then must it néedes follow that it is a grieâââ sinne Heare O earth saieth the Lorde Beholde I will cause a plague to come vppon this people euen the fruite of their owne imaginations because they haue not taken heede vnto my words nor to my lawe but cast it out What shiftes soeuer may bée vsed of our aduersaries for the defence of their aforesaide opinion they are not to bée tollerated for so much that it inâerreth a kinde of loosenesse and a retchlesse consideration of the law and commandements of God 5. The Iesuites doctrine THis properly is called sinne which of free wil and wittingly is committed Againe sinne is so voluntarie if will were not it were no sinne Censur Coâon Andrad Orthodox explic Lib. â 5. The Catholikes doctrine THis is not only called sin and that properly which of free wil and wittingly is committed but also that which through errour ignorance is done followeth the corrupt nature of man I wil not staÌd vpoÌ y â blind distinctioÌ of nature persoÌ but coÌsider of sin according vnto ãâã thereof as the holy Ghost hath deliuered the same vnto vs. Dauid in great humilitie and no losse confidence had in his redeemeer saydee I was borne in iniquitie and an sinne hath my ãâ¦ã to âââââed mââ ãâã â Who can vnderstand âââ faulâââ O cleanâe mee from my secret faults remember not the sinnes of my youth neyther call thou to memorie my rebellious ignoraunces In the lawe of Moses it was commaunded that if any ãâã ought of ignoraunce against the ãâã âââ his ordiâââââ there ãâã bee ââââââ and a ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã and the Priest therewith should make an attoueââââ Can there bée a greater or to bée tearmed a ãâã proper ââââe then to put the Lord âââââ to âââââ ââ ãâã ãâã âââ ââââ persecute âââ in âââ ãâã âââ ãâã ãâã ãâã posted with letters ãâã ãâã ââ ãâã ãâã it ãâã of ignorance and vnwittingly O Father for giue them saieth Christ for they knowe not ãâã they ãâã The same doeth Peter ãâã ãâã ãâ¦ã ãâã I know my brethren that thorow ignoraunce ye did it as did also your gouernors ââând your lyueâ therfore turne that your sinnes may be put away Paule confesseth it of himselfe that hée did it ãâã and doubteth not of pardân Wée are all by nature the children of wrath yet will you not confesse that the corruption of nature is voluntary and witting Againe by the offence of one originall sinne it came on all men to condemnation neither yet wil ââ say that the same is voluntarie or witting Wherefore wée cannot denie but that y â it is properly ââââââââââ ãâã ãâã is âââieââ to wrath deserueth ãâã and ãâã matter for the ââry fornace of hell and the worme of conscience to grâwe vpon 6. The Iesuites doctrine COncupiscence or lust which remayneth in the regenerate though it repugne the lawe of God yet is