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A07949 The tryall of the nevv religion Contayning a plaine demonstration, that the late faith and doctrine of the Church of Rome, is indeede the new religion. By Thomas Bell. Bell, Thomas, fl. 1593-1610. 1608 (1608) STC 1832; ESTC S101552 27,259 56

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therefore seeing the holy councell of Chalcedon acknowledged the authoritie of the Bishop of Constantinople to be equall with the Bishoppe of Rome Secondly seeing Celestine the Bishop of Rome could alledge neither Scripture councell Father or reason for his pretended Primacie but one onely false allegation out of the councell of Nice Thirdly seeing the Fathers of the Affrican councell contradicted and reproued the Pope for his forgery of the Nicene councell concerning Appiarius Fourthly seeing S. Polycarpus S. Policrates S. Iraeneus and S. Cyprian with many Bishops of Europe Asia and Affrica contemned the Bishoppe of Rome his Decrees his supposed Supremacie I cannot but conclude with this inevitable illation Ergo the late pretended Soueraigntie of the Pope is but a rotten ragge of the new Religion as which was neuer heard of in Christ his church for the space of sixe hundred yeres and odde Al● this is proued at large in my Suruey of Popery CHAP. 3. Of the mariage of Priestes and Ministers of the Church MArriage was lawfull for all Priestes in the old Testament For the Prophet Ieremie was the sonne of Helkiah who was one of the Priests at Anathoth Hophni and Phinehas were the sonnes of Eli the Priest Sephora was the daughter of Iethro who was the Priest of Midian Saint Iohn the Baptist that holy precurser of our Lord Iesus was a priests sonne euen the sonne of Zacharias Yea the marriage of Priestes was then so deere in Gods sight that the High-priest was forbidden to marry not simply and absolutely but to marry a Widdow a diuorced or polluted woman and hee was charged to take a Maid of his owne people In the New Testament no prohibition can be found as which is consonant to the Old pronouncing Marriage honorable in all and a bedde vndefiled Marriage as the Apostle teacheth vs was ordayned for a remedy against fornication to be vsed of all such as find themselues grieued with that disease consequently seeing that disease is as well incident to persons Ecclesiasticall as to persons secular and oftentimes more the Medicine is as necessary and as lawfull for the one sort as it is for the other For this respect did holy Paphnutius stand vp in the Councell of Nice at such time as the Fathers then and there assembled thought to haue seuered married Priests and Bishops from their wiues and told them according to Gods word that to forbid mariage to priests was too seuere a Law Hee yeelded this reason because marriage is so honourable in all sorts of men Thus writeth Cassiodorus thus writeth Socrates thus writeth Sozomenus For this respect was it that the Bishops Priestes and Deacons of the East-Church would neuer admit or receiue the Canons of the West and Romish Church For this respect was it that Priestes were euer maried in the East Churches vntill these our dayes and in the West Church generally for the space of three hundred eightie and fiue yeeres at which time Pope Siritius excited by satan prohibited Priestes marriage as an vnlawfull thing Yea Priestes continued still married in Germanie for the space of 1074. yeeres vntill the dayes of the vngracious Pope Hildebrand who termed himselfe Gregorie the seauenth so soone as hee had crept into the Popedome by naughty meanes For this respect was it that the famous Popish Cardinall Panormitanus committed to print to the view of the vvhole World that Priestes marriage was neither of the substance of their Order nor forbidden by Gods Lawe and that therefore it were for the saluation of soules that all such as would might marry Hee addeth the reason Because experience saith hee teacheth vs that the Priests debarred frō marriage liue not spiritually but are polluted in vnlawfull copulation though they might liue chastly with their owne wiues For this respect was it that the great Papist Polydorus could not containe himselfe but pittifully exclaime against the wicked prohibition of Priests mariage affirming stoutly and resolutely that the compelled chastitie of vnmarried Priestes was so far from excelling chastitie in wedlocke as no crime whatsoeuer hath brought greater shame to Priesthood more harme to Religion or more griefe to all good men then the vnchast life of Priests For this respect was it that Pope Pius the second of that name who before his Popedome was named Aeneus Syluius a very learned man famous Writer after he had reproued many vices in the Romish Church concluded very grauely that though there had beene great reason to debarre Priestes from marriage yet was there greater reason to restore marriage againe vnto them For this respect was it that many holy and learned Bishops were married men in the auncient time and florishing state of the Church viz. S. Gregory Saint Clement S. Spiridian S. Chereman S. Philogonius S. Eupsichus and others First therefore seeing Priestes marriage is approued both by the Old and New Testament Secondly seeing all Priests were alwayes married or at the least might haue married in the East Church Thirdly seeing Priestes marriage was holden for lawfull in the famous Councell of Nice and that the holy Bishoppe Paphnutius a man full of miracles in his life time did pronounce openly in the same Councell that the coniugall acts of married Priestes was true chastitie whose sentence was approued of the whole Councell and therevppon the matter was left as indifferent for euery Priest eyther to marry or not to marry at his owne choyce Fourthly seeing priestes marriage was euer holden lawfull and Christian for the space of three hundred eighty fiue yeeres euen vntill the time of the vntimely birth of Siritius then the Bishop or Pope of Rome and in the great country of Germany for the space of 1074. yeeres euen vntill the dayes of wicked Pope Hildebrand whom at that day the whole Clergie of Germany accused of flat heresie for that his most damnable Decree or Constitution against the honest and lawfull marriage of Priestes Fifily seeing the famous popish Abbot and Bishop and Cardinall Panormitanus for he was all the three and seeing withall that the great learned Papist Polydore Virgill did bitterly and pittifully exclaime against the vngodly and vnchristian prohibition of Priestes marriage crying out that it was the destruction of many soules and seeing also that Pope Pius the second cōfessed freely that it was time to restore marriage to their Popish priests again and to suffer thē to liue as they had done in old time all which and much more for the lawfull and honest defence of the marriage of all Bishops Priests Ministers of the Church the indifferent Reader shall finde pithily and copiously prooued in my Suruey of Popery I cannot but perforce I must conclude vvith this ineuitable illation Ergo the prohibition of the marriage of Priests is a rotten ragge of the New Religion CHAP. 4. Of the Popish execrable Pardons THE famous Popish Writer Syluester for his great learning surnamed by the