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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36373	Observations concerning the present state of religion in the Romish Church, with some reflections upon them made in a journey through some provinces of Germany, in the year 1698 : as also an account of what seemed most remarkable in those countries / by Theophilus Dorrington ...	Dorrington, Theophilus, d. 1715.	1699 (1699)	Wing D1944; ESTC R8762	234,976	442

that it has no Testimony or Foundation in Scripture or Apostolical Tradition or even in the History of the Primitive Church for several Ages It is certain and granted that Urban the fourth Pope of Rome introduc'd it about the Year of our Lord 1260● And his Pretence for so doing was that it had been reveal'd to some Per●ons that such a ●est●val should be 〈◊〉 and generally observ'd which is the 〈◊〉 Pretence for many of the absurd ●●●vorious of the Roman Church He does not say this was reveal'd to him but certainly if Jesus Christ had intended that such a thing should be establish'd and conform'd to by his whole Church he would have reveal'd his Will in this matter rather to the Pope himself immediately than to any one else if indeed Jesus Christ did himself own the Bishop of Rome for his Vicar on Earth and the visible Head and infallible Guide of his Church here It is another just Prejudice against this Festival that it confirms and countenances the maiming of t●is Blessed Sacrament in the Church of Rome They pretend on this Occasion to produce and show and to Venerate and Honour the most Holy Sacrament when all they do regards only one Element of it the Bread It is another just Prejudice against this Festival that it diverts the Sacrament from its true Use and the Purpose which it was by Jesus Christ instituted and appointed for and proposes That to be seen only and worshipped and honour'd with Lights in a Procession which was ordain'd to be reverently and devoutly receiv'd As for the Adoration of this part of the Adoration of the H●stie Holy Sacrament as they of the Church of Rome teach and practice this it cann●● possibly be excus'd from the Guilt of ●orrid Idolatry They say the very Sacrament is to be worshipped all that which our Saviour instituted to be receiv'd and that it ought to have paid to it the very Adoration and Worship which is due to God himself They urge indeed for this the Adorations which were paid to our Saviour when he was on Earth and say that he is personally present in the Hostie with his Body and Blood and therefore ought to be ador'd there But without disputing the manner of our Saviour's Presence in that Sacrament which is certainly inexplicable we may say that those who ador'd our Saviour on Earth did not adore his Cloaths too but only his excellent Person as he was Son of God But here they enjoin the Adoration of the Species or Appearance of the Bread which they must allow at least to remain and which is according their Explication of the matter to his Body in the Sacrament what his Cloaths were to it on Earth that is the Covering of it Yea moreover we will venture to say they adore the Elements themselves of Bread and Wine because of his Presence with them 'T is true they pretend that the Substances of these vanish upon Consecration and are there no more but as matter of Fact has often confuted this in the Corruption of the Wafers when they are kept too long so they seem to confess the Falshood of it in the Rules of the Pastoral Where they say 't is necessary to keep the Eucharist in the Sacristy for the Communion of the Sick but least the Species should be corrupted if kept long the Priest is commanded to take out the old Hosties often and to put in new ones This he can well enough do by eating himself or giving to those that receive the old ones which were consecrated formerly and by putting in their Places those which at that Mass he consecrates anew Now this Corruption which they take this Care to prevent is what indeed the Substances of Bread and Wine may be liable to but the immortal Body of our Blessed Saviour cannot be so therefore we certainly have not that here in the stead and place of the Substances of the Bread and Wine Besides the Holy Scripture teaches us that these remain after Consecration and that 't is still Bread and Wine which are taken ea●en and drank in the Participation of this Sacrament They worship therefore most certainly these very Creatures of Bread and Wine with Divine Worship in adoring the Holy Sacrament We do justly own that our Saviour Christ who is God as well as Man is to be worshipped as present in the receiving of this Sacrament and accordingly we do then worship him But we must understand that the Promise of his Presence in and with this Sacrament● relates and is consin'd to that Use of it which he has appointed it for and if any will presume to put it to any other Use than that they cannot from any Word of his promise themselves his Presence with it But they require and encourage the Adoration of the Bread out of the Sacramental and Appointed Use of it in the Streets and where they do not pretend to receive it Their Processions are as they say of several Processions Sorts some of them are for Thanksgiving to God or the Saints for Favours receiv'd some are of Penitence and to avert the Calamities which they are under or do fear They carry the Images of the Saints and sometimes their Relicks in these to honour the Saints I have seen though not at this time here that on this Day there have been fine Altars set up in the Streets where the Procession was to be and there when the Hostie came to the Place it was set up and he that carried it perform'd some Devotions all the People who attended the Procession being the while fallen on their Knees in the Street When they go in Penitence they say they do this to make some Satisfaction for their Crimes and to pray to God for his Mercy and Forgiveness in the Company of the Saints whose Images they carry that they may be assisted by their Prayers also and so be the more likely to succeed 'T is well confess'd It seems then by this Explication of the matter they reckon they have the Company of the Saints when they have the Presence of their Images they judge them in a manner link'd together This was the very Opinion which the Heathens had of their Images and the Foundation of the Veneration which they paid to and of the Use which they made of them Indeed this Pomp of Processions and carrying the Images of the Saints is an old Heathenish detestable Rite reviv'd in the Church of Rome The Custom and Name of these things are taken from the Heathen Romans The Emperors when they went to any publick Devotion were said to go in Procession and they were attended with a pompous Train Dis Choul honestly gives the following Account of the Heathen Processions and makes them parallel to the Popish ones It was the Office of the Priest says he to make Supplications which we call Processions that they might give Thanks to their Demons for a Victory gain'd and sometimes that they might avert