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A57847	The Tridentine-gospel, or, papal creed made at Trent, and promulgated at Rome, by Pope Pius IV : exhibited and demonstrated to be new, heterodox, and antichristian : in a sermon / by William Ramsay ... ; hereto is added, Pope Pius his Bull in Latine and English, necessary to be seen by all that would know the present faith of Rome, especially in these our nations where they conceal it.	Ramsay, William, B.D.; Catholic Church. Pope (1559-1565 : Pius IV). Professio fidei Tridentina. English & Latin.	1672 (1672)	Wing R221; ESTC R14528	21,776	35

whatsoever to infringe the page of this our Will and Commandment or with daring rashness to contradict it But if any one be so presumptuous as to attempt that let him know that he shall incur the indignation of Almighty God and of the B. Peter and Paul his Apostles * 14 Given at Rome at S. Peters Ann. Chr. 1564. the Ides of Nov. in the fifth Year of our Pontificate Fed. Cardinalis Caesius Cae. Glorierius The Letters above-written were read and published at Rome in the Apostolical Chancel Ann. 1564. on Saturday the 9. of Decemb. in the fifth year of the Pontificate of the Most Holy Father and Lord in Christ our Lord Pope Pius the fourth A. Lomelinus Custos The little Stars inserted in this Romish Symbol are to lead the Reader to the following Notes which discover the Sophistry of Mysterious Iniquity hid therein Notes upon this BULL THis Profession of Faith is truly that form of Godliness of which the Apostle speaks 2 Tim. 3.5 which the Papal Church professeth yet really denieth the power thereof as these following Stars make clearly appear For first * 1 Here is a solemn celebrity of a form of Profession of the Orthodox Faith of Jesus Christ Yet weigh the matter contained and it proves nothing else in fine but a vow of unlimited obedience to the Pope and of a Faith totally captivated to his Councils Canons and Decrees as most specially appears in the 12. 13. and 14. Articles of the New Creeed * 2 Here is a form of the most Christian Humility imaginable where the Bishop of Bishops terms himself the Servant of the Servants of God but consider a Satanical pride or a greater if possible wherewith he exalts himself above all that is called God glorying in the title of the Most Holy Lord which he prints above in Capital Letters and maintains in trampling on the heads of Kings and Emperours by usurpt supremacy * 3 Here is an extern form of Divine Doctrine which is pretended to be inspired by God into the Holy Fathers congregated in his name But the real truth is that these Fathers were Schoolmen more famous for knowledge in the Canon-law of Rome than for holy life in the law of God inspired with the Spirit of Aquinas and Scotus and other School-Evangelists more than with the Spirit of their Master Christ as appears in their long New Creed drawn from their Schools and not from the Gospel Congregated not in the name of the Lord for then his Law would have been their Rule but in the name of the Pope whose Kingdom they have sought for as most faithful Vassals * 4 Here is an illustrious form of Catholick and Apostolical Belief to wit a solemn Profession of the Primitive Creed of the Apostles illustrated by the Council of Nice and of Constantinople as a just sum of the Faith of Christ But this same Faith is mysteriously subverted by a New Creed of Traditions immediately added exceeding the former in number of Articles in weight of difficulty and in measure unlimited of School-Assertions * 5 Under the form of these words Apostolical Ecclesiastical Catholick Holy Church Mother c. lies always hid the adulterate matter of the Romish Synagogue * 6 Here is a form of receiving the Scripture but in truth they receive it only in such tenour and sense as the Fathers admit that is the School-men approved by the Pope For although this Article craftily seems to mean the ancient Fathers of the Primitive Church yet truly they are admitted no more than the Pope and his School-men are pleased to approve and what is really here meant by the Mother-Church you may see plainly in Art 12. * 7 This seems a short Article in form but in matter it is greater than a just Creed for the things declared and defined by the Council of Trent concerning Original sin and Justification are many and weighty * 8 This and the following Articles of this New Creed are very fallacious by a diminutive form of expression which craftily hideth a matter of greater Moment As here the souls in Purgatory are only said to be holpen by the Suffrages of the Faithful Yet certain it is that the Pope lays claim to a greater power in that infernal Territory and boasteth to possess the Keys thereof and to open and shut at pleasure especially to such as are liberal in Alms. * 9 Here is also a diminution of words For indeed the Roman tenet is That the Saints are to be adored and worshiped for this cause chiefly to wit because Salvation and other divine benefits are obtained by their Merits and Grace as the Catechism of the Council of Trent plainly expresseth Part. 3. Num. XXIV Whence is manifest that the Roman Church makes the Saints fellow-Saviours with Christ for Christ is not a Saviour any other way than by procuring us salvation and other benefits by his merits and grace * 10 Here is also a diminutive expression For the Pope usurpeth Indulgences not only as conducing to salvation but truly as fully sufficient to save all those that receive them for to such he promiseth infallible forgiveness of all sin and pain due to sin especially if the Indulgence include a condition of giving Alms. * 11 This Twelfth Article is both diminutive in expression and captious in consequence For first it means that all the Churches and Nations of the World are subject to the Laws and Canons of Rome A thing which neither Scripture nor Reason nor any Christian Principle can sustain Secondly It would infer That the Pope as Vicar of Christ is Lord and Master of the Nations of the World and can dispose of Empires Crowns and Diadems when and how he shall at any time define * 12 By this appears that the Council of Trent is the only measure and rule of Faith in the Church of Rome Whereas on the contrary S. Paul instructeth the Churches of Galatia Gal. 1.8 to measure their Faith by that Gospel only which from the beginning they had received and was by himself preached unto them And indeed this long New Creed of Rome is not derived in the least from Canonical Scripture but in whole and in part from the Canons of Trent * 13 Without which no man can be saved This evidently sheweth That this Profession of Faith is not made as a means of uniformity only as are the Articles of the Church of England but as a New Creed Gospel or Rule of Essential belief and as such is here imposed by the Pope upon his Subjects to be professed vowed sworn and maintained under pain of eternal damnation * 14 By this direful Curse of the Pope so confidently cast on those that reject his New Creed and Trent-Gospel appears how contrary the Papal Spirit is to the Spirit that spake in Paul Gal. 1.8 where a Curse is declared to fall on those who shall preach a Gospel other than that which was already preached by Paul The Curse therefore except we manifestly deny the Holy Ghost in his great Apostle must fall on the Pope and and Papal Preachers except they can find a Priviledge greater than given to Apostles or Angels to preach and establish New Gospels at pleasure Wherefore no man so much a Christian as to believe the Scriptures can in Conscience make scruple to reject this Papal Symbol as Anathematized with its Author Otherwise as captive to accursed Doctors let such an one certainly expect to be led in darkness deprived of the Truth and Light of Christ In fine It appears That as the sum of the Primitive Creed and Gospel is to believe in God so the sum of the Romish Creed and Gospel is to believe in Man the Pope And as the Rule of the Primitive Faith is the Word of God the holy Scriptures so the Rule of the Romish Faith is the word of Man Papal definitions And as the end of the Primitive Faith is the Charity of God to keep his Commandments so the end of the Romish Faith is Slavery to Man to ma●●tain his Supremacy Thus alass Rome hath left the Fountain of livi● waters God for the broken Cisterns of the digging of man wh●●hold no water Jer. 2.12 FINIS A Discourse concerning the Idolatry practised in the Church of Ro●● and the hazard of Salvation in the communion of it In Answer● some Papers of a Revolted Protestant wherein a particular acco●● is given of the Fanaticism and Divisions of that Church By EDWARD STILLINGFLEET D.D. Sold at the Phoenix in St. Pauls Church-yard and at the White Har● in Westminster Hall 1672.