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A61685 The wayes and methods of Romes advancement, or, Whereby the Pope and his agents have endeavoured to propagate their doctrines discovered in two sermons preached on 5 Novem. 1671 / by Joshua Stopford ... Stopford, Joshua, 1636-1675. 1672 (1672) Wing S5745; ESTC R791 58,066 152

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Valentinus a Dominican by his Impostures in this kind obtained Saith Cath Orthod Tom 1. p. 374. Rivet a great name in Bononia and so deluded the Magistrates and people that they look't upon him as come down from Heaven they thought themselves happy if they could but touch the hemme of his Garment His Confederates by agreement swore that he had raised 18. persons from the dead that he could cure all diseases and cast out Devils c. And by these Arts before the cheat was discovered he had got in one year twenty thousand pounds And Tyrrel the Priest in his Confession which he drew up in writing ●aid that within the compasse of halfe a year in Queen Elizabeths Raign when all attempts against her sacred Person were defeated by their cheating Exorcisms they prevailed upon 500 some say 5000 persons to embrace the the Roman Religion That these Miracles which they so much boast of are not true is most evident because the Doctrines which they would confirm by them are false but God never puts forth his divine power in working Miracles to establish erroneous Doctrines he never sets his Seal to a false Deed. That Story of the Lives of their Saints which they call Legenda aurea the golden Legend is made up of lying prodigies and prodigious Lyes So much is confessed by their own Doctors Ludovicus Vives speaking of it saith How unworthy both God and men is the Story of the Saints I see no reason why it should be called the Golden Legend being written by one that De corrupt Art●● lib. 2. had an Iron face and leaden heart And Chamier confirms it by the testimony of Canus I do not excuse the Author of that Book intituled Speculum Exemplorum nor of this History which is called the golden Legend In that thou maiest read monsters of Miracles more frequent than true miracles and this was written by one that had neither prudence nor honesty Panstrat Cathol Tom 2. p. 677. And Espencaeus saith that no Stable is so full of dung as their Legends are full of Fables In 1. Tim digress lib 1. p 224. Consider as an Antidote against this tempation that things may be done which may seem to be real miracles in the judgement of the wisest man on earth by men of corrupt hearts 7 Math 22 23. and of corrupt heads 24 Math 24 and therefo●e we must not judge by the Miracles what Doctrine is true but by the Doctrine what Miracles are true 13 Deut 1 3. CHAP VIII Of Popish Lyes and Slanders 6. I Now proceed to the last way or method of Romes advancement or which the Pope and his Agents use to propagate their Religion viz impudent lyes and slanders against their Adversaries or who refuse to submit to the Conduct and government of the Roman Church This Method Rome Pagan used for the extirpation of Christianity and this Method Rome Christian hath used for the propagation of Popery That Rome Heathen took this course to suppresse the the growth yea the being of Christianity is very clear from Ecclesiastical Hystory When Nero that monster of men had set Rome on fire which burned nine dayes to transfer the Odium of that impious act upon the Christians he gave out that they had done it out of malice and revenge And after wards the Heathen raised many malicious slanders against them and laid to their charge most horrid crimes as that they lived in incest that in their night meetings putting out the Candles they mixed together in a filthy manner that they killed their Children and fed upon mans flesh that they kept the Feasts of Thyestes and committed the incest of Oedipus that they were guilty of Sacr●ledge and Sedition and Rebellion and worshipped the head of an Asse In Athens there was a Conjurer which made an Image of Jupiter that uttered these words Jupiter commands the Christians to be banished out of this City because they are enemies to him Harlots also were suborned to swear that formerly they had been Christians and so were privie to the wickednesse and impiety which they committed amongst themselves at their Sabbath-meetings Vid Tertul Apol c. 7. 9. c. These and many more such like calumnies we meet w●th in Eusebius and other Ecclesi●stical Hystorians by which the hearts of the Common people were set against Christianity and the Emperours and other inferiour Governours incensed against the Professors of it The truth of this appeares by an Epistle which the Christians in France writ to the Brethren in Asia and Phrygia recorded by Eusebius They feigned against us speaking of the Heathen and reported that we used feastings Eccles Hyst lib 5. cap. 1 of Thyestes and the in●est of Oedipus with many other Crimes which may neither with piety be thought upon nor with modesty be uttered nor without impiety believed And these things being bruited abroad every body was moved and incensed against us Then was that saying of our Saviours fulfilled viz The time will come when as every one that slayeth you shall thinke that therein he doth God good Service Then suffered the holy Martyrs such torments as no tongue can expresse Great was the rage both of people and Presidents against us c. To this I could adde many more proofs out of Eusebius but that is needlesse And that the Pope of Rome and his Factors have observed the same Method to propagate their Doctrines is most notorious How have they loaden with Calumnies and false accusations the Enemies of their Church especially those of the reformed Religion They charge us Protestants with infidelity cruelty impiety and what not 1. With infidelity that we dis-believe the Existence of God the Divinity and Humanity of Christ the immortality of the soul the resurrection of the dead and all the Articles of the Christian Religion 2. With cruelty How have they aggravated Sands p. 98. our proceedings here in England against their rebellious Priests and Complices in Queen Elizabeths time to the height of Nero's and Dioclesians Perfecutions and the Sufferers of their side in merits of cause in extremity of torments in patience constancy to the renowned Martyrs of that hercical age Of this Subject they have published a great Volume compiled with great industry many passages being illustrated with pictures and approved by Authority in short there 's nothing wanting but truth and honesty 3. With impiety that all manner of Crimes are committed and countenanced amongst us Bellarmine saith that there are many wicked men among the Roman Catholicks but not one good man among the Lutheran Hereticks Their Fryars raised and published many foul slanders against the Waldenses as that they were Sorcerers Buggerers c. that when they assembled together in the night-time their Pastors commanded the light● to be put out saying Qui potest capere capiat whereupon they committed abominable Incests the Son with his Mother the Brother with his Sister the Father with his daughter c.