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A19311 Mnemosynum or Memoriall to the afflicted Catholickes in Irelande Comprehended in 2. boockes. in the one ther is a consolation for the sorovvfull, in the other a resolution for the doubtfull. composed by Iohn Copinger priest, bacheler of diuinitie, vvith an epistle of S. Cyprian vvritten vnto the Thibaritans, faythfullie translated by the said authour. Copinger, John, b. 1571 or 2.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage. Epistle unto the Thibaritans. aut 1606 (1606) STC 5725; ESTC S118020 76,240 344

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supremus pastor ad imptorum detruncationem gladio petri dexteras omnium armauit ●ntisti●um the pastour did arme the right hād of all bishops vvith Peters svvord to the cutting of vvicked mē Aug lib i● conir ep p●lag Aug cōtra dona pag 4 and therfore he said that he had the preeminēce in the bishoplie care aboue all others against vvhom the proud gates of hell should neuer preuaile this is the church saieth he in qua semper viguit principalitas Etist i6 i.c. 4 con●ra c. the principalitie of apostolicke chaire euer florished Epist fund this is the church saieth he that in all the vvorld may chalenge vnto her self this vvorde catholicke Cyp. lib. i ep 6 ad magnad Math ●8 Cyp lio 4 ep ● vvithout vvhose auctoritie he vvould not haue beleue the gospell this is the church according to S. Cypr. that vvhosoeuer vvould not obey should be holden as an ethnicke this church of Rome he called catholicae fidei radicem matricem the root mother of the catholicke faith Aug de Fidead Petre this is the church according to S. Hierom that vvhosoeuer vvould eat the lambe out of it should be prophane this is the church saieth S. August vvithout vvhich neyther baptisme norvvorkes of mercie can do vs good this is the church of vvhich the generall councel of Chalcedō hauing receaued letters frō Rome saied these vvordes haec est patrum fides haec apostolorum fides Chal act 2 ita omnes credimus anathema sit qut ita nō cre dit this is the faith of our fathers c. this is the faith of the councel of Florēce vvherin the Greciās Armeniās did forgoe their old erroures submitted them selues vnto the church of Rome did decree speaking after this maner definimus sanctam apostolicā sedē c. Conc●lium Flo Roffen sis 〈◊〉 25 Bl●ndus vve do define decree that the holie apostolicke sea and the bishop of Rōedo hold the primacie of the vvhole vvorld that he is the successor of S. Peter prince of the apostles and the true vicar of Chriest and the head of the vvhole church the father the doctor of all christiās vnto vvhō vvas giuen full povver by S. Peter his auctoritie to feed direct go uerne the vniuersall church as it is cōtained in the actes of the holie councels Math. 16.18 Eph. I●● ●0 and sacred cānost his farre the saied councel this is the church that vvas founded by Chriest builded vppon a firme rocke as he promised so vvee ought to beleeue that hell gates shall neuer preuaile against it the certitude of vvhich trueth vve knovve by experiēce by the vvoūderfull cōtinuāce succession therof these 1606. not vvith standing all Pagans Sarasins Goathes Vādals Longobards Turkes Ievves heretickes do labour to destroy it this is the church not vvithout gods vvounderfull mercie speciall prouidence to your immortall glorie you obey and vvhen all these Northen natiōs haue reuolted frō the obedience therof vvhich like the generation of vipers or the brood of Pāther do endeauour to kill and destroy their mother that did ingēder thē of vvhome the prophet faieth filios enutr●ui c. Isai ● I haue brought vp children yea and I haue exalted thē to high vocations but they haue despised me and being compassed vvith these rebellious vn naturall children yet you professe your catholicke faith ac-Knovvledge your mother in your greatest troubles and miseries of vvhich you are a spectacle to all natiōs as certaine riuers in the midst of great seas do retaine their fresh vvaters vvhich they haue brought from the mother spring so you in the midst of thiese tēpestuous vvaues of bitter heresies do obserue Keepe the milke of your catholick religiō Beda in vi ta ● Patric vvhich you haue suck● from your mother by the preaching of S. Patrick vvho obtained of god by his feruēt praiers in vvhich he spent many nightes that the inhabitātes of Irelād should neuer forsak their faith S Vintent sermo de antechrisso that the povver of antechriest should neuer cō thither so as it is an infallible consequēce an Irish man ergo a Papist that any noble man or gentleman to be a protestāt or an heretick to be rara auis astrāge bird vvherfore as S. Rom. 1 Paule gaue god thanckes for the faith of the Romaines and that the same should be declared preached in the vniuersall vvorld so I ought to giue thanckes vnto god that this Romaine faith is not extinguished in poore Ireland let your neighbour cuntries aboūd in vvealth pleasures of this vvorld do you hold your faith in your pouertie calamitie better it is to be rich in faith poore as Lazarus and to be in the bosome of Abraham then to be tormēted in hell as the rich glutton vvas Moyses did chuse to be poore in the desarte rather then to be rich in Pharaos pallace better be in prison vvith Baptista thē to be daunsing in the courte vvith cruell Herod his concubine better it is to vveepe vvith Chriest in the gard en of Gethsemani that vvas put to death by the mightie princes of this vvorld then to be aduanced vnto the office of a promoter vvith Iudas he that came to be borne of a poore simple virgin that vvas deliuered in a crib his purpose vvas not to giue vs vaine corruptible riches but rather to dissuade vs frō them vvhich he despiseth vvhē they be great impedimentes to our saluation therfore hold embrace the riches of your catholick faith for as S. Aug. and S. Chrysost do saye Rom 15 acto 5. Moth. 13 ther is no greater riches of this vvorld nor no greater felicitie then the catholick religion Chrysost hona 50 ad popuium Antioch Aug. ser de verlasapost ●ern●de ●●p 181. c. 12 in ancoran Vict lib 3 de per●ecu vandalica Hist Eccles lib. 7 c. ● in mar R● m●●● an uar● Su●tom 1 therfore the aapostle saieth Deus replet vos omni gaudeo in credendo you haue a diu●ne heuenlie consolatiō by your faith hovv glad vvas the Eunuch for receauing his fayth it is the treasure that vvas foūd in the gospell and for ioy therof and to buy it the man that found it sold all that he had neyther can there be greater plague pestilence or miserie then heretickes the same to be vvourse then pharisees publica●s or any other sinners vvhat o euer S. Aug. proues it lib. 2. de ciuitate Det cap c. 25. and Chrys as Victor a voucheth Euagrius Surius do cōfirme god tēpteth you saieth Moyses vnto the people of Israell by false prophetes that it may be knovven vvhether you loue him vvith all your heartes Deut. 13. and as the apostle saith 1. Cor. 11. that heretickes must be that such as be good may be tried in this occasiō shevv your selues
they haue lost let the honour of the victorie gotten prouoke the one vnto the battayle griefe of the battell lost sollicite thother vnto the combat the Apostle admonisheth vs saieng our vvarre is not against fleash and bloud but against povvers and princes of darknes of this vvorlde against the vvicked spirits that are in the ayre for vvhich cause put on gods armoure that you may be able to resist in the euill day that hauing ended your troubles you may stād vvith your loynes girded in truth and hauing put on the helmet of iustice and being shod in the preparation of the gospel of peace taking vnto your selues the shielde of faith vvherein you may extinguish al the fierie dartes of the vvicked arme your selues vvith the sallet of saluation and the svvorde of the spirit vvhich is the vvord of god these be the vveapons vvee should take in hand Let vs defend our selues by is the spirituall and heauenly armour Let vs put on the helmet of iustice that our heart may be defended and guarded against the speare of the enemie Let our feet be shod and armed by the euangelicall authoritie that vvhen vve shall begin to tread vnder foote the serpent she shall not be able to bite nor to stinge vs let vs beare manfully the shield of faith being couered vvithall that vvhatsoeuer darte the enemye shall cast may be extinguished Let vs receaue the helmet of saluation for the defence of our head that our cares may not heere the cruell edictes let vs make a couenant vvith our eyes that they may not see detestablie simblances let vs arme our forehead vvith the signe of the crosse let our mouth be Kept that our inuincible tonge may confesse our lord Christ Iesu Let vs fortifye our right hand vvith the spirituall svvord that it may reiect all abominable sacrifices and being mindfull of the eucharist that suche as receaue our lordes body they may aftervvard receaue our lordes revvard of an euerlastinge crovvne ô day hovv happy thou shalt be vvhen our lord shall begin to reckon his people and by due examination of his diuine Knovvledge to acKnovvledge euery our desertes to cast the guiltie persons vnto the flames of euerlasting fire our persecutours vnto endles paynes and to satisfy and pay vnto vs the revvard of our faith and deuotion vvhat great ioy vvill you feele to be admitted to see god to be honoured vvith the ioy of saluation and eternall light vvith Christ our lorde to salute Abraham Isaac and Iacob and all the patriarches and prophets and Apostles and martyrs and to reioice vvith the iust and friendes of god in the celestiall Throne to enioy the pleasure of the imortalitye promised and the eternity desired to possesse that vvhich the eie can not see neither the eare cā heare neither the heart of mā can conceaue for the tribulatiōs of this time as the Apostle saieth are not ansvverable vnto the glory vvhich shal be receaued vvhen the brightnes shall shine vppō vs then vve shal be blessed and ioyfull that god hath vouchafed to honoure vs as like vvise the vvicked that haue forsaken god vnto vvhome they are rebells perfourminge the vvill of the deuill shal be tormented by an vnquenchable fire vvith him haue these alvvayes in your heartes Let this be your continuall meditation to haue allvvayes before your eies the punishmentes of the vvicked and of suche as deny Christ vvhat glory is promised vnto those that confesse their faith if in meditatiō of these thīges the time of persecutiō shall come the souldier of Christ being sufficiently instructed vvith his preceptes and admonitions shall not tremble at the fight but shal be prepared for the crovvne farevvell most louing bretheren FIN