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A27219 Exercitations concerning the pure, and true, and the impure, and false religion. By Charles de Beauvais rector of the parish of Witheham, in the county of Sussex Beauvais, Charles de. 1665 (1665) Wing B1640B; ESTC R218158 122,145 318

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have said before That the Determinations of the Pope is the onely Rule of Faith in the Roman Church 2. Now then this being the Papists own certain Rule and Ground and Resolution We Reformed would gladly be Enformed How by the same a man may be assured of any Faith It being further also agreed and confessed among themselves That the Pope may fall into Heresie 3. Then who seeth not That their Ground being shaken and their Staie failing All that is Builded and upohlden thereon is clean overthrown The Popes may fall into Heresie and have erred in great Articles of the Faith 1. MArtinus sacrifice to Idols Liberius subscribe to Arianism John the 24. an hererick oppressor persecutor fornicator Simmonist did deny the immortality of the Soul and the resurrection of the body Leo the seventh was not much behind for the Life to come And Clement the 7th doubted of the immortality Answer to an Objection of the Jesuites 4. IF the Jesuites say That the Pope falling into Heresie forthwith ceaseth to be a Pope We demand who they are that must judge the Popes Cause and give Sentence against Him 4. And if the Pope be obstinate and teaching Heresie and therewith infecting the World will notwithstanding stoutly stand in defence of his Doctrine and will keep his Chaire What shift have the Papists then And what can they do against him seeing he is their Pope their Head their Author and Founder of all their Faith 6. Thus a man going with the Papists along and coming to the end of all findeth no stay but must wander still as in an endless Labyrinth wherein he shall at last languish and perish everlastingly Besides The Reformed say of the Pope That he is not the Rule of Faith and Judge of Controversies because he is the great Antichrist foretold in the Scriptures 1. IN the Bishops of Rome after Boniface the third and Hildebrand we find The Name the Seat the Apparel the Time the Pride the Cruelty the Idolatry the Coveteousnesse the Imposture the Power and the fortune of Antichrist which are the Marks whereby S. Paul and S. John describes that man of sin and son of perdition 2. The Name of Antichrist containeth in it the number 666 which Irenaeus findeth in the word Latinus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. The Seat of Antichrist is a City built upon seven Hills that ruleth over the whole world This City Propertius tells us to be Rome Septem urbs clara jugis toti quae praesidet orbi 4. The Apparel and Ornaments of Antichrist are Scarlet and Purple Gold Jewels and precious stones which the Popes wear especially on high daies 5. The Time of Antichrist his rising is foretold to be after the Division of the Roman Empire after whch it appears by all stories that the Pope grew to his greatnesse 6. The vices of Antichrist are these especially Pride Idolatry or Spiritual Fornication Cruelty Imposture Covetousnesse who are to be found in the Popes as hath been represented above under the Title of the Popes vices 7. The Beast is said to have horns like a Lamb and to speak like a Dragon and to exercise all the power of the first Beast Apoc. 18.11 This agreeth to the Papacy and Pope who resembleth Christ whose Vicar he calleth himself and arrogateth to himself Christs double power both Kingly and Priestly He exerciseth also the power of the first Beast to wit the Roman Empire described by seven Heads and ten Horns because as the first Beast the Roman Empire by power and temporal Authority So the Pope by policy and Spiritual Jurisdiction ruleth over a great part of the world 8. It is written of the Whore of Babylon that the Kings of the earth should give their power to her for a time but that in the end they should hate her and make her desolate Apoc. 17.13.16 which we find daily more and more fulfilled in the Papacy 9. From all which we do justly argue in this manner He in whom all or the principal Marks of Antichrist are found he is the Antichrist But in the Pope all or the principal marks of Antichrist are to be found Ergo the Pope is the Antichrist Of the divers Ages of Antichrist 1. THe First Age of Antichrist was when Bonifacius the third Bishop of Rome was declared Head of the Church and the Bishop of Bishops by Phocas who killed the Emperour Mauritius his Master and did usurp the Empire which Phocas to get the good will of the Romans drew to himself That Bonifacius the third giving him the abovesaid Title 2. The Second Age of Antichrist was when he was put in possession of the City of Rome and of the Exarchat 3 The Third Age of Antichrist was when he raised himself above the Emperours their Soveraigns and Lords The Pope being the foretold Antichrist and demonstrating it What Horrour is it to submit to him 1. ALthough the Pope be the foretold Antichrist yet people do Adore this Monster and Princes do Applaude him and very often ruine their Kingdoms at his desire and appetite and daily yet do offer their poor Subjects in a Sacrifice of good Odour to this Antichrists feet 2. Who would believe it if Gods Spirit had not foretold it 3. And who shall believe it after us when he is consumed by this same Spirit An Appendix concerning Cardinals the Popes Counsellours 1. WHen Cardinals have been raised up this is the Language of the Archbishop of Bragantia among many Prelates of the Council of Trent That in the Church had been established an Order Superiour to the Bishops in times past unknown of the Church namely that of Cardinals 2. Who in the first times were reputed to be of the number of other Priests and Deacons 3. And onely after the tenth Age had raised themselves above their Degree 4. Yet not so much that they durst make themselves equals unto Bishops unto whom they were held to be inferiours until the year of Grace a thousand and two hundred 5. But from that time Not onely have they esteemed themselves to be Equals unto Bishops but moreover have raised themselves above them So that now they hold them for servants in their Houses 6. He concluded That the Church should never be reformed untill Bishops and Cardinals were brought again to the Rank due unto each of them Of Cardinals more particularly 1. NOt one word can be found in the Antient Church concerning Cardinals save in this signification That Cardinal Priest did signifie the Parson or Rector of one of the Parishes of the Bishoprick Then Cardinal Priest was as much as principal Priest even as some virtues are called Cardinal virtues And some winds Cardinal winds that is to say First and Principal 2. And this Title was used not onely in Rome but also in other great Archiepiscopal Cities principally at Milan where Sigonius reporteth that there were 22. Cardinals about the end of the seventh book 3. And there being many Priests in one Parish he that
Christ was a Priest before his Ascention in Heaven They deny that by the Sacrifice of Christ any other thing is to be understood than a deliverance from our Necessities They deny that Christ doth properly interceed for us And they say that by the Intercession of Christ nothing else is to be understood but that Christ hath from God the Power by which he doth work 3. The Errors concerning the Image of God concerning the first Sin of our first Parents and concerning the Strength of Free-will which yet is remaining in Man THey deny that Adam was made in Immortality they say that the Image of God after the Fall is yet remained in Man and that this Image was nothing else than the Dominion of man over the other Creatures They deny Original sin They deny that by sin the Natural gifts of Adam could be corrupted And much lesse those of his Posterity They say that it is now as much in our power to render obedience to God as it was before the Fall They say that naturally there is in all a free will to obey God By the help of God necessary unto us to do good they say that nothing else is to be understood than Gods threatnings and promises outwardly propounded unto man 4. Their Errors concerning the Law THey teach that Christ hath added some peculiar Commandments to the Moral Law and them of two kinds So that some are in regard of Manners And some in respect of Ceremonies They deny that the promise of Eternal Life was added to the Law of Moses They say that in the Old Testament it was also lawful to pursue that which regarded Volupties and Pleasures which now is forbidden in the New 5. Their Errors concerning the Gospel and concerning Justification THey say that in the Old Testament there was another means to be saved than there is in the New They denie that the Faith of the Faithful in the Old Testament had a regard to Christ They oppose the free Mercy of God by which we are Justified to the merit of Christ 6. Their Errors concerning the Sacraments THey denie that Infants are to be Baptized They denie that Baptism be a perpetual Sacrament of the New Testament They acknowledge none other end of Baptism than this that in the beginning of Christianism those that were converted did profess by this outward Ceremonie that they did acknowledge Christ to be the Lord. They denie that in the Lords Supper the Body of Christ be received yea not Spiritually They denie that Faith is confirmed by the use of the Lords Supper or that at all any Spiritual good be there received They say that the Words of the Lords Supper are to be understood Typically Namely in this Sense the breaking and eating of Bread is the signification of that which is to happen to my bodie The pouring and drinking of Wine is a signification by which is set as before the eyes what is to be done with my blood 7. Their Errors concerning the Church THey denie that Purity of Doctrine to be a Mark of the Church They say that it availeth but little to be solicitous concerning the Signes of the true Church They denie that a peculiar Vocation be required in the Ministers of the Church The abovesaid Errors or rather Furors are short waies to Mahumetism and to Hell and do shew manifestly that Satan hath discharged in those Vessels of wrath a sink of divers Heresies Satan I say the enemie of Christ and of the Godly which is cursed for ever with all his Organs Of the Errors of the Anabaptists who in the beginning of the last Reformation of the Church did trouble the Empire of Germany 1. THe Anabaptists then were divided in many Sects of whom some maintained more Errors and some less but all of them did profess such Doctrines that they could not be suffered and tolerated Neither in the Church Nor in the State Nor in the Families 1. These be the Errors of the Anabaptists which could not be tolerated in the Church 1. THat Christ did not take his flesh bloud from the Virgin Mary but brought them down from Heaven 2. That Christ is not a true God but onely that he is above the Saints that are in Heaven because he did receive more gifts of the Holy Ghost than any one of the Saints 3. That our Justice before God doth not consist in the onely merit of Christ but in Renovation and also in our own righteousnesse in which we are to walk 4. That Infants not Baptized are not sinners before God but righteous and innocent And that in such an innocency having not the use of reason they are saved without Baptisme of which Baptisme according to their opinion they have no need And by this means the Anabaptists do reject the whole Doctrine concerning Original Sin and all the rest also which dependeth from the same 5. That Infants are not to be Baptized until they have got the use of reason 6. That the Children of Christians because they are born of Christian Faithful Parents even before they have received Baptism are truly Saints and to be ranked in the number of Gods Children for which cause also neither do they much esteem the Baptisme of Infants neither do they take care that Infants be Baptized which is against the expresse words of the Divine Promise For it belongeth onely to those who keep the Covenant of God and do not despise the same 7. That that Church is not a true Christian Church in which some sinners are yet to be found 8. That no Sermons are to be heard in these Temples or Churches in which sometimes the Popish Mass was celebrated 9. That a godly man ought to have no commerce or communication at all with those Ministers of the Church who teach the Gospel according to the sense of the Confessions of the Reformed Churches and who reprove the Errors of the Anabaptists That it is not lawfull to serve nor to be bound to such Ministers of the Church but rather that they are to be shunned and avoided 2. These be the Errors of the Anabaptists which were Intolerable in the State 1. THat the Office of Civil Magistrate under the New Testament is not a kind of life pleasing and acceptable unto God 2. That a Christian man cannot in good Conscience perform the Calling and Office of Magistrate 3. And that the Subjects also ought not to implore the help of the Magistrate to the end that he should exercise the Power which he hath received from God for the Defence of the said Subjects 4. That a Christian man cannot with a good Conscience take an Oath neither by any Oath promise fidelity and obedience to his Prince and Soveraign Magistrate 5. That under the New Testament a Magistrate cannot with good Conscience condemn to Death the Criminal Persons nor cause them to be put to death 3. These be the Errors of the Anabaptists which could not be suffered in the Families 1.