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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51142	The trve Protestant sovldier fighting valiantly under truths banner, and by the glorious light of Gods word overthrowing the strongest bulwarkes, and subtle stratagems of the Church of Rome. By Hamnet Warde.	Monginot, François, 1569-1637.; Ward, Hamnet.	1642 (1642)	Wing M2418; ESTC R27120	26,961	42

all which is a thing most necessary in every sacrifice and more especially in a sacrifice newly instituted for a president and example for the future Moreover the Apostle Saint Paul in the 10th Chapter to the Hebrewes saith that we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Iesus Christ once for all We see then plainly that the death of our Lord and Saviour Christ Iesus is the onely sacrifice which he himselfe offered up unto God for all our sinnes so that it is meere foppery in us to presume to sacrifice that body againe in such a tragicomaediall manner as that of the Masse which hath already been received as a sufficient sacrifice for all our sins Likewise in every sacrifice that which they sacrifice ought to be consecrated that which they pretend to sacrifice is the Lords body which cannot be consecrated for who can consecrate the Sonne of God so likewise the thing consecrated which they sacrifice in the Masse cannot be the bread for they say that it is no more bread after the consecration and although they should say that it were bread after the consecration yet so it is that neither bread nor any other creature can be thought a reasonable sacrifice for our redemption Certainly this was invented onely for the maintenance of a company of lazie lubbers which they call Priests for take away the sacrifice of the Masse and they have no imployment and truly by this meanes I thinke they get as much as might competently maintaine them were it not for the Popes bawdy houses which consume most part of their revenues CHAP. XIV Of the taking away the cup in the Sacrament THere are yet many errours in the Church of Rome but the most abusive and injurious errour in my opinion is the taking away of the cup in the Sacrament from the Laity contrary to our Saviours institution and to the practise of the Apostles who gave the people the holy Communion under both signes The first institution of the Sacrament was when our Saviour tooke the cup and blessed it and gave it to his Disciples saying drinke ye all of this Now if in these words drinke ye all of this our Saviour speaks to none but the Pastors or Ministers of the Church it must consequently follow that the commandement to eat which is in the aforegoing words appertaine also to the Pastors onely and then there is no commandement at all whereby the Laity is commanded to receive the bread And it is cleare that the Apostles receiving the Sacrament of our Saviour received it not then as Pastors but as Sheep and Disciples And though they had received it as Pastors and Ministers of the Church did not our Saviour thanke you when he said unto them doe this as oft as ye doe it in remembrance of me intimate unto them that they ought to administer it unto the people in the same manner as he did administer it unto them The Apostle Saint Paul understandeth it so as you may see by that commandement which he gives the Corinthians in his 1. Epistle Chap. 11. Let a man examine himselfe and so let him eat of that bread and drinke of that cup. It is manifest that this commandement both to eat of that bread and drinke of that cup is made unto those that ought to examine themselves but every one ought to examine himselfe before he come to receive that holy communion therefore every one ought to receive both that bread and that cup whereof Saint Paul speaketh And in the beginning of that same 1. Epistle to the Corinthians it appeareth that Saint Paul did write to all the people of Corinth excepting none that did call upon the name of the Lord Jesus These are the words Vnto the Church of God which is at Corinth to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be Saints with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. And surely it is somewhat considerable that the Church of Rome seemeth by this meanes to labour to deprive the people of eternall life For the Doctors of the Church of Rome conceive those words of our Saviour in the 6th of Saint Johns Gospell Except ye eat the flesh of the sonne of man and drinke his bloud ye have no life in you to be spoken of the Sacrament of the Eucharist And if it be so it is manifest that in taking away the cup from the Laity they deprive them of eternall life Their excuse for this is that the bread is in the body so that in eating the body they drinke the bloud also To the which I answer that to receive the bloud so in the Sacrament is not to drinke it but our Saviour saith expresly Except ye drinke c. And if in eating the body they drinke also the bloud the Priest doth by this reckoning drinke twise once when he swallowes downe the body and againe when he drinks off the cup. They produce likewise certaine passages of the Scripture wherein it is spoken of the breaking of the bread without mentioning the cup I answer that in those passages as it is not said that the people should receive the cup so neither is it said that the Priests should receive it If then by these passages they will gather that the people are not obliged to take the cup I may also from thence gather that the Priests are not obliged for there is no more spoken of the one then of the other Besides we reade in the 2d of Sam. chap. 9. that Mephibosheth did eat bread at Davids table may we conclude from thence that he never dranke because it is not expressed The manner of the celebration of the Lords Supper ought to be taken from our Saviours first expressed institutions and formall commandement The originall spring of this grosse abuse proceedeth from pride and ambition for by this meanes those of the Clergy raise their dignity farre above the people whom they exclude from one halfe of the Sacrament and doe hereby make themselves in this respect equall unto Kings who together with them receive the Sacrament under both signes And the Pope hath a prerogative above all men else in that he doth sucke the wine out of the Calice with a quill Thus have we briefly discovered the manifold and great abuses of the Church of Rome and how strangely they delude the common people with their imaginary and idolatrous services how absolutely contrary to Gods holy word are all their tenets and how through the whole profession of their Religion they seeke infinitely Gods dishonour and are wholly bent for the advancement of the Popes dignity I beseech Almighty God to give us his blessed Spirit to discern betwixt good and evill and so to relye upon the merits of our Saviour Christ J●sus by a lively faith that at length we may obtaine that immortall crowne of glory prepared f●r all faithfull persons in Christ Jesus our Lord to whom with the Father Almighty and the glorious Spirit be ascribed and given all possible praise thanksgiving and obedience for ever and ever Amen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS

ruling their children and their owne houses well So likewise in the 11. verse commandeth that their wives be grave not standerous sober faithfull in all things and in the seventh Chapter of the 1 to the Corinthians to avoid fornication let every man have his owne wife and let every woman have her owne husband Note here the word every to the end that neither Priests nor any other may be excepted Likewise to avoid fornication this commandement is made unto all such as are subject to fall into fornication so that Priests are no way exempted from it for they also being but flesh and bloud are subject to the like infirmities as others are We reade also that the Prophets and chiefe sacrificers were married Likewise we reade that the Apostle Saint Peter was married for in the 1. Chapter of Saint Marke there is mention made of Peters wives mother Now in the Church of Rome Marriage is forbidden Clarkes and Priests If a Priest doth wantonly dally with a wench in the open streets no man regards that for at Rome the Prelates goe publikely into the bawdy houses but to see a Priest or Capuchin or such like married it were a thing very prodigious They object that the Priests have made a solemne vow to abstaine from Marriage but have they not also made a vow to keep Gods commandements that forbid fornication and that commandeth us to marry rather then to burne Vowes indeed are good when they promise good things and such as are in our power to performe but it is not alwayes in mans power to abstaine from fornication A single life is without question very good and commendable but in those only which have the gift of continency the which either none at all or very few have attained unto Moreover where is the least Commandement in all Gods Word whereby honest Marriage is forbidden either to those of the Clergy or others No no this certainly was invented for the better maintenance of the Popes dignity for the Pope having been at great charges in erecting of bawdy-houses in Rome and elsewhere it was necessary for him to find out some devise to get resort thereunto by the forbidding those of the Clergy to marry who now are far better customers then any other CHAP. VIII Of Purgatory THe Purgatory of the Church of Rome hath this maxime for its foundation That by the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ we are discharged and delivered from the guilt and punishment of our sinnes committed before Baptisme but as for sinnes committed after Baptisme it is left to us to satisfie Gods justice in this life by such penances as the Church shall thinke fit to enjoyne us and afterwards in afire which they call Purgatory which torment is mitigated and shortened by the prayers and offerings of the Living and by the Popes Indulgences Surely the proofe of this doctrine they have out of their unwritten word for there is not so much as mention made of any such matter in Gods Word However hereby they have amassed infinite riches unto the Popes Treasury because these Masses and Indulgences by the which they say this torment is mitigated and shortened are sold at a very high rate for they never say any Masse for any person deceased except he or his friends doe give somewhat to the maintenance of the Church No no such speciall graces as these are not for such poore people as are not able to purchase them Concerning this Purgatory we reade nothing neither in the old nor new Testament but on the contrary we reade of divers persons who by death have immediately entred into Paradise and there rested in peace Witnesse the good old Simeon in the 2d. of Saint Luke who had a promise after having seen the Messias to depart in peace Likewise Saint Paul in the 2● of Timothy 4. witnesseth that after having fought a good fight he was to receive a crowne of righteousnesse The soule of poore Lazarus in the 16. Luke is carried immediately after its departure out of the body into Abrahams bosome where it is comforted whilest wicked Dives is grievously tormented in hell-fire Our Saviour said to the penitent theefe that was crucified with him this day shalt thou be with me in Paradise It is manifest then that he went not into Purgatory The Angell of God in the 14. Chapter of the Revelation pronounceth Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works doe follow them Doe they rest from their labours how are they then tormented in a terrible blasting fire Againe the Apostle Saint Paul 2 Cor. 5. saith That if our earthly house of this Tabernacle be dissolved we have a building of God a house not made with hands eternall in the heavens Now I doe much admire how the Apostle should be so far overseen as to forget Purgatory which they imagine to be between these two Moreover we reade in the first Chapter of Saint Johns first Epistle that the bloud of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sinne and in the 2d. Chapter to the Colossians we reade that God hath forgiven us all our trespasses How is it then that these blasphemers dare to accuse God of so high an injustice as to exact the payment of those debts which are already paid and to scorch his poore children in a hot burning fire for the punishment of those sins which he hath already freely forgiven us in Jesus Christ Thus to deale with our very enemies were inhumanity how then can we imagine that the God of heaven who is goodnesse it selfe should doe thus with his servants I confesse that God after having pardoned our sinnes ceaseth not to chastise us in this life to amend us and to keep us alwayes in awe of his Majesty These punishments are none other then fatherly chastisements and corrections If God did not thus correct us he would punish us more in not correcting us for the sinner that is not thus recalled from his evill wayes snorts in his wickednesse and luls himselfe asleep in his sinnes but I shall never beleeve that the most just and onely wise God after having freely forgiven us all our sinnes in Jesus Christ should afterwards take pleasure to torment us thousands of yeares in a terrible hot burning fire Besides if there be a Furgatory why may not the death and passion of our Saviour Christ Jesus be sufficient to deliver soules from thence as well as the Popes Indulgences and if the Pope can draw soules out of Purgatory at his pleasure I must needs judge him a very uncharitable person to let so many thousands lye there in such grievous torments for want of money to buy Indulgences As for those passages which they alleadge out of the Scripture to prove this their imaginary Purgatory they are all spoken allegorically and figuratively As that same passage which they have out of the 12●● Chapter of Saint Mathew that the