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A13174 The subuersion of Robert Parsons his confused and worthlesse worke, entituled, A treatise of three conuersions of England from paganisme to Christian religion Sutcliffe, Matthew, 1550?-1629. 1606 (1606) STC 23469; ESTC S120773 105,946 186

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alone_o than_o not_o in_o the_o pope_n tradition_n 16._o none_o of_o they_o do_v ever_o speak_v unreverent_o of_o scripture_n or_o call_v they_o a_o kill_a letter_n or_o a_o matter_n of_o strife_n or_o a_o nose_n of_o wax_n or_o a_o shipman_n hose_n or_o such_o like_a as_o do_v our_o adversary_n 17._o none_o of_o they_o do_v make_v the_o latin_a translation_n of_o the_o bible_n more_o authentical_a than_o the_o original_n tert._n nay_o peter_n albeit_o he_o have_v the_o gift_n of_o tongue_n yet_o do_v he_o not_o write_v in_o latin_a but_o in_o greek_a 18._o neither_o do_v eleutherius_fw-la or_o gregory_n call_v himself_o the_o spouse_n or_o rock_n of_o the_o church_n or_o christ_n vicar_n or_o substitute_n nor_o do_v either_o s._n peter_n or_o austin_n allow_v such_o proud_a title_n 19_o neither_o do_v gregory_n the_o first_o nor_o any_o before_o he_o call_v himself_o king_n of_o king_n or_o supreme_a monarch_n of_o the_o church_n nay_o gregory_n rather_o delight_v in_o the_o name_n and_o title_n of_o servant_n of_o servant_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o ancient_a time_n be_v humble_a man_n and_o detest_v these_o proud_a title_n 20._o in_o the_o time_n of_o gregory_n and_o austin_n neither_o the_o number_n of_o sacrament_n nor_o those_o form_n &_o rite_n which_o now_o the_o synagogue_n of_o rome_n use_v be_v establish_v if_o parson_n will_v maintain_v the_o contrary_a let_v he_o make_v proof_n that_o the_o word_n use_v in_o the_o popish_a sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n and_o extreme_a unction_n be_v know_v &_o practise_v in_o those_o time_n let_v he_o also_o show_v that_o priest_n be_v then_o appoint_v to_o sacrifice_v for_o quick_a &_o dead_a now_o if_o he_o can_v find_v these_o form_n in_o the_o time_n of_o gregory_n he_o will_v be_v much_o more_o puzzeled_a to_o find_v they_o in_o the_o day_n of_o eleutherius_fw-la or_o peter_n 21._o the_o master_n of_o the_o sentence_n lib._n 4._o do_v 11._o confess_v frank_o that_o he_o know_v not_o whether_o the_o conversion_n in_o the_o eucharist_n be_v substantial_a or_o not_o qualis_fw-la sit_fw-la illa_fw-la conuersio_fw-la say_v he_o a_o formalis_fw-la vel_fw-la substantialis_fw-la vel_fw-la alterius_fw-la generis_fw-la definire_fw-la non_fw-la sufficio_fw-la much_o more_o difficulty_n than_o shall_v parson_n find_v to_o prove_v his_o transubstantiation_n out_o of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o austin_n gregory_n eleutherius_fw-la and_o peter_n 22._o s._n peter_n know_v no_o other_o priesthood_n but_o that_o which_o be_v common_a to_o all_o christian_n neither_o do_v he_o acknowledge_v any_o sacrifice_n of_o christian_n but_o spiritual_a neither_o eleutherius_fw-la nor_o gregory_n nor_o austin_n ever_o hear_v that_o a_o mass-priest_n do_v either_o offer_n up_o christ_n body_n and_o blood_n real_o or_o as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o mass_n take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o mediator_n for_o christ_n body_n and_o blood_n 23._o it_o be_v impious_a to_o think_v that_o either_o peter_n or_o gregory_n or_o any_o in_o those_o time_n believe_v that_o hog_n and_o dog_n eat_v consecrate_v host_n do_v with_o their_o mouth_n eat_v and_o swallow_v down_o into_o their_o belly_n the_o body_n of_o christ_n as_o the_o schoolman_n and_o most_o papist_n now_o teach_v 24._o s._n peter_n never_o put_v the_o sacrament_n in_o pix_n nor_o adore_v it_o as_o his_o lord_n and_o god_n neither_o do_v we_o find_v that_o either_o elcutherius_fw-la or_o gregory_n practise_v any_o such_o matter_n for_o it_o be_v first_o order_v by_o honorius_n the_o three_o that_z y_z e_z sacrament_n shall_v be_v keep_v in_o pix_n and_o worship_v after_o the_o modern_a fashion_n 25._o in_o the_o romish_a ordinall_n we_o find_v no_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a nor_o any_o private_a mass_n nor_o mass_n for_o war_n peace_n plague_n or_o for_o hog_n and_o horse_n and_o such_o like_a use_n if_o then_o the_o same_o be_v think_v to_o have_v proceed_v for_o the_o most_o part_n from_o gregory_n and_o from_o other_o that_o succéede_v he_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o these_o abuse_n come_v in_o after_o his_o time_n 26._o the_o form_n of_o host_n and_o sing_a cake_n not_o much_o big_a than_o a_o counter_a and_o the_o image_n of_o the_o crucifix_n upon_o they_o and_o the_o idolatrous_a worship_n of_o latria_n give_v to_o they_o be_v utter_o unknown_a in_o gregory_n time_n and_o long_o after_o 27._o the_o old_a ordinall_n of_o rome_n do_v show_v that_o the_o confession_n of_o penitent_n be_v not_o make_v to_o saint_n or_o angel_n in_o gregory_n time_n or_o before_o he_o 28._o neither_o in_o gregory_n time_n nor_o before_o he_o do_v we_o find_v that_o any_o godly_a bishop_n command_v that_o the_o public_a liturgy_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v say_v in_o latin_a or_o greek_a or_o other_o language_n not_o understand_v by_o the_o common_a people_n or_o that_o he_o suffer_v the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v administer_v in_o tongue_n not_o know_v of_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n nay_o the_o apostle_n paul_n 1_o cor._n 14._o show_v plain_o that_o prayer_n in_o a_o tongue_n not_o understand_v be_v fruitless_a which_o doctrine_n no_o question_n antiquity_n much_o respect_v 29._o now_o the_o romanist_n will_v have_v all_o church_n to_o follow_v rome_n as_o their_o mistress_n in_o all_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n but_o gregory_n as_o bede_n testify_v lib._n 1._o hist._n angl._n c._n 28._o give_v austin_n liberty_n to_o choose_v out_o of_o all_o church_n what_o rite_n he_o think_v most_o convenient_a ex_fw-la singulis_fw-la quibusque_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la say_v he_o quae_fw-la pia_fw-la quae_fw-la religiosa_fw-la quae_fw-la recta_fw-la sunt_fw-la elige_fw-la 30._o neither_o do_v austin_n nor_o gregory_n consecrate_v a_o paschal_n lamb_n at_o easter_n after_o the_o jewish_a manner_n or_o hallow_v water_n to_o drive_v away_o devil_n and_o for_o remission_n of_o venial_a sin_n as_o be_v now_o practise_v by_o the_o papist_n 31._o the_o law_n of_o auricular_a confession_n and_o the_o necessity_n and_o form_n thereof_o be_v first_o establish_v by_o innocent_a the_o three_o c._n omnis_fw-la utriusque_fw-la sexus_fw-la de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la &_o remis_fw-la it_o be_v not_o therefore_o likely_a that_o y_o t_o same_o shall_v be_v practise_v in_o gregory_n time_n or_o before_o 32._o gregory_n will_v not_o have_v saint_n image_n break_v or_o deface_v in_o church_n yet_o do_v neither_o he_o nor_o any_o bishop_n of_o rome_n before_o he_o allow_v the_o worship_n of_o they_o quòd_fw-la ea_fw-la adorari_fw-la vetuiss_n omnino_fw-la laudavimus_fw-la say_v he_o lib._n 9_o epist_n 9_o ad_fw-la serenum_fw-la speak_v of_o image_n of_o saint_n and_o again_o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la imagine_v facere_fw-la voluerit_fw-la minimè_fw-la prohibe_fw-la adorare_fw-la verò_fw-la imagine_v omnibus_fw-la modis_fw-la devita_fw-la that_o be_v if_o any_o will_v make_v image_n foibid_v they_o not_o but_o by_o all_o mean_n avoid_v the_o worship_n of_o image_n but_o peter_n and_o eleutherius_fw-la neither_o worship_v image_n nor_o suffer_v they_o to_o be_v make_v in_o church_n none_o of_o they_o certes_o nor_o austin_n himself_o do_v think_v or_o teach_v that_o the_o cross_n or_o crucifix_n be_v to_o be_v worship_v with_o latria_n austin_n come_v to_o canterbury_n have_v a_o cross_n of_o silver_n and_o the_o image_n of_o our_o saviour_n paint_v in_o a_o table_n as_o bede_n lib._n 1._o hist._n angl._n ca._n 26._o report_v but_o he_o say_v not_o that_o either_o the_o cross_n or_o image_n be_v worship_v with_o latria_n or_o otherwise_o either_o by_o he_o or_o by_o other_o 33._o both_o gregory_n and_o austin_n use_v litany_n but_o neither_o do_v they_o pray_v to_o the_o virgin_n mary_n nor_o to_o peter_n nor_o paul_n nor_o to_o other_o saint_n augustine_n litany_n as_o we_o may_v read_v in_o bede_n hist._n angl._n lib._n 1._o ca._n 16._o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o prayer_n direct_v to_o god_n 34._o gregory_n and_o austin_n esteem_v much_o the_o relic_n of_o saint_n yet_o do_v neither_o of_o they_o dig_v their_o body_n out_o of_o the_o grave_n and_o put_v they_o in_o shrine_n to_o be_v worship_v as_o be_v the_o fashion_n of_o papist_n of_o our_o time_n 35._o neither_o do_v gregory_n take_v upon_o he_o to_o canonize_v or_o uncanonize_v saint_n or_o to_o appoint_v mass_n to_o be_v say_v or_o holiday_n to_o be_v keep_v in_o their_o honour_n and_o if_o this_o will_v not_o be_v prove_v of_o gregory_n much_o less_o will_v it_o be_v show_v that_o either_o eleucherius_fw-la or_o peter_n ever_o teach_v or_o allow_v any_o such_o canonisation_n of_o saint_n or_o romish_a worship_n give_v they_o 36._o gregory_n allow_v purgatory_n as_o it_o seem_v for_o small_a fault_n yet_o do_v he_o not_o believe_v that_o man_n do_v satisfy_v in_o purgatory_n for_o the_o temporal_a pain_n of_o mortal_a sin_n nor_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n by_o his_o indulgence_n can_v deliver_v man_n out_o of_o purgatory_n as_o for_o
own_o faction_n begin_v now_o to_o hold_v y_z t_o in_o every_o several_a church_n there_o ought_v to_o be_v but_o one_o bishop_n furthermore_o neither_o he_o nor_o the_o magdeburgian_o do_v well_o understand_v cyprian_a lib._n 4._o cpi_v 8._o for_o indeed_o he_o speak_v not_o of_o the_o roman_a church_n but_o of_o the_o universal_a church_n the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o cyprian_n book_n the_o simplic_a praelat_fw-la final_o if_o parson_n upon_o the_o word_n of_o cyprian_a or_o origen_n can_v conclude_v the_o primacy_n challenge_v by_o the_o pope_n he_o shall_v well_o deserve_v a_o cardinal_n hat_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n he_o must_v content_v himself_o with_o a_o garland_n of_o before_o tail_n for_o his_o insignious_a foppery_n that_o by_o such_o weak_a surmise_n think_v to_o prove_v the_o faith_n of_o eleutherius_fw-la &_o clement_n the_o 8._o to_o be_v all_o one_o he_o shall_v also_o have_v allege_v the_o testimony_n of_o the_o magdeburgian_o as_o yield_v the_o father_n to_o make_v for_o the_o popish_a sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n for_o transubstantiation_n &_o the_o worship_n of_o image_n but_o therein_o he_o fail_v only_o he_o talk_v idle_o of_o certain_a fraud_n practise_v by_o they_o in_o cite_v the_o father_n and_o touch_v they_o for_o dissent_v from_o the_o father_n in_o matter_n of_o frée-will_a justification_n repentance_n good_a work_n fast_n uirginitie_n keep_v of_o holy_a day_n martyrdom_n invocation_n of_o saint_n purgatory_n tradition_n monastical_a life_n relic_n and_o such_o like_a point_n but_o all_o this_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o neither_o be_v we_o bind_v to_o perform_v and_o make_v good_a every_o private_a man_n singular_a opinion_n nor_o do_v the_o magdeburgian_o note_v any_o great_a matter_n of_o difference_n betwixt_o themselves_o and_o the_o father_n nor_o do_v they_o always_o gather_v their_o sentence_n out_o of_o the_o authentical_a write_n of_o the_o father_n neither_o do_v they_o mean_v and_o comprehend_v 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and_o overthrow_v by_o m._n doctor_n fulke_n of_o worthy_a memory_n and_o that_o in_o such_o sort_n that_o the_o builder_n and_o author_n of_o that_o foolish_a fortress_n dare_v never_o undertake_v to_o repair_v the_o ruin_n thereof_o furthermore_o he_o be_v to_o understand_v that_o stapletons_n discourse_n contain_v a_o brief_a recapitulation_n of_o certain_a ceremony_n and_o abuse_n in_o doctrine_n which_o be_v in_o practice_n about_o the_o come_n in_o of_o augustine_n into_o england_n but_o neither_o be_v they_o matter_n of_o any_o importance_n nor_o be_v they_o general_o receive_v nor_o be_v they_o agreeable_a to_o the_o form_n now_o receive_v and_o use_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n part._n 1._o ch_n 8._o he_o spend_v much_o time_n in_o speak_v for_o gregory_n and_o austin_n and_o rail_v against_o m._n fox_n m._n bale_n and_o m._n holinshead_n and_o chap._n 9_o and_o 10._o endeavour_v to_o prove_v that_o austin_n bring_v into_o england_n no_o other_o religion_n then_o that_o 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peter_n s._n paul_n and_o s._n laurence_n adorn_v they_o with_o image_n etc._n etc._n and_o have_v tell_v his_o tale_n he_o run_v out_o into_o a_o discourse_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o that_o church_n and_o in_o great_a pride_n ask_v we_o where_o our_o poor_a obscure_a and_o tread_v down_o church_n as_o he_o call_v it_o be_v at_o this_o time_n and_o for_o 300._o year_n before_o but_o upon_o such_o small_a victory_n he_o show_v himself_o a_o vain_a fellow_n to_o make_v such_o triumph_n this_o tale_n of_o four_o church_n dedicate_v to_o saint_n and_o adorn_v with_o image_n be_v borrow_v out_o of_o the_o legend_n and_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o father_n doctrine_n lactantius_n say_v there_o be_v no_o religion_n where_o there_o be_v a_o image_n or_o simulachrum_fw-la saint_n augustine_n say_v that_o temple_n be_v not_o erect_v to_o saint_n but_o that_o their_o memory_n be_v there_o honour_v the_o same_o father_n lib._n de_fw-la vera_fw-la relig._n cap._n 55._o speak_v both_o against_o 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