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A75518	An appeale of the orthodox ministers of the Church of England against Richard Mountague, late Bishop of Chichester, now Bishop of Norwich. To the most illustrious, high, and honourable court of Parliament. And to the nobilitie, orthodox clergie, gentry, and communaltie of England. With the proceedings against him in Bow-Church. And an epistle to B. Mountague himselfe. also, a supplication of the ministers of Scotland against the said Mountague. Wherein his dangerous heresies are revealed; and the character of an Arminian or Mountaguists is added.		1641 (1641)	Wing A3566; Thomason E206_11; ESTC R209850	17,891	41

AN APPEALE OF THE ORTHODOX MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Against RICHARD MOUNTAGUE Late Bishop of Chichester now Bishop of Norwich TO THE MOST ILLVSTRIOVS High and Honourable Court of PARLIAMENT AND TO THE NOBILITIE ORTHODOX Clergie Gentry and Communaltie of England With the proceedings against him in Bow-Church And an Epistle to B. Mountague himselfe also A Supplication of the Ministers of Scotland against the said Mountague Wherein His dangerous Heresies are revealed and the Character of an Arminian or Mountaguists is added EDENBVRGI M. DC XLI Most Noble Honourable Worshipfull and Religious MEN FATHERS BRETHREN WEe the Orthodox Ministers of the Gospell in the Church of England to the number of 1000. and more In most humble and zealous manner not without bleeding hearts and on bended knees doe Remonstrate vnto You this great and graue Senate the Worthies of our English-Israel now assembled in the high and honourable Court of Parliament That as is notorious and you not ignorant Mr. RICHARD MOVNTAGVE hath heeretofore written and published three severall Bookes the first entituled An answere to the Gagger of Protestants the second A Treatise of the Invocation of Saints the third An Appeale to Caesar In the two former whereof hee pretendeth to answere the common Adversarie of our Church though indeed hee is nothing better than a cunning stickler and Advocate for them For the which hee was touched by Information in Parliament xxjo. IACOBI But that Parliament ending and soone after King IAMES of famous memorie dying he set forth his third Booke called the Appeale to Caesar wherein hee more openly shewes himselfe in his colours by spitting forth his venome and spewing forth his gall against King IAMES of ever blessed memorie and whereof hee was supreame Gouernour the Church of England and all the sincere Professours of the Gospell therein and yet with an audacious face whorish forehead and accurate ambo-dexteritie hee would seeme to pin these his bastardly Bratts vpon the sleeue of our deere and chast mother the Church of England And not resting there this his third Booke of Appeale hee asw impudently as audaciously dedicateth to our gracious Soueraigne King CHARLES presently vpon his comming to the Crowne and thereby subtilly endeavoureth to infect the mind of his Majestie in his tender yeares by vnsound Tenents how beit we hope his sacred Majestie as was his royall Father is soundly grounded in Orthodox writings and opinions unsound said wee yea haereticall savouring one while of old Pelagianisme and eft-soones of new Arminianisme and otherwhiles of flat Papisme All which his errours and Haeresies haue beene publikely displayed and confuted by diuers of our Orthodox Brethren of the Church of England Viz. Reverend Doctour CARLETON late Bishop of Chichester now with God Doctour SVTCLIFFE Deane of Excester Doctour GOAD and Doctour FEATLY late Chaplaines to the most Reverend Archbishop of Canterbury Mr. BVXTON Mr. YATES Mr. WOTTON all these wee say Divines and besides whom we must not forget two worthy Gentlemen Mr. ROVSE and Mr. PRINNE Orthodox members of our Church All these before-named theyr Books of Confutation are extant to the World in print Now for the opinion of the Reformed Churches beyond the Seas wee are not ignorant that his last Book of Appeale to Caesar hauing beene translated and sent beyond Seas the Church of Geneva with all the reformed Churches of France though now under the Crosse haue condemned it the orthodox Churches of Germanie and the Netherlands haue done no lesse And this knowledge wee haue by Letters sent to some of our graue Brethren residing in London And now by order also O worthy House you must giue vs leaue to put you in mind when Mountagu had published that his last Booke wherein he spared not to vilifie the Synode of Dort Your religious care in behalfe of that Synode appeared in an Act you had in agitation by P etition at Oxford 1. CAROLI Against Haeresies and false Doctrine the Copie whereof we present here unto your view exhibited by your House of Commons in Parlament 1625. which remaines upon Record in Records as followeth An Act for the repressing and prevention of Haeresies and false Doctrines MOst humbly and instantly beseeching your Majestie your faithfull and loyall Commons in this present Parlament assembled and representing all those your many Millions of people in this your Kingdome of England who are not of the Degree of the Nobilitie That for as much as all men know how dishonourable to God how dangerous to the soules of men and to the peace both of Church and Common-wealth the seeds of erronious doctrines haue ever proued as hath appeared by that fearefull trouble which lately trenched into the Churches and state of the Vnited Provinces in the Low-countries by the pestilent opinions of Arminius and such as followed his partie whereby the state had beene utterly ruined if our late most learned and prudent King of happy memorie your Majesties most royall Father had not provided for the repressing of that Fire by a grane learned Synode convened at Dort and consisting of choyse and worthy Divines not onely of the said Vnited Provinces them selues but divers others out of other Countries that is to say some out of yours his Majesties Kingdomes of England and Scotland and others out of France and Germany Geneva and the Palatinate In which godly Synode the said opinions of the Arminians after a mature deliberation and debate were unanimously taxed adjudged and condemned as unsanorie false and daungerous positions opposite to the Apostolicall Doctrine and generall beliefe of the reformed Churches And whereas also vpon the maintainers thereof your Majesties Royall Father as a very able Defender of the Faith by publike writing expressed and stamped his zealous Censure That they were Haereticks or rather Atheisticall Sectaries And whereas the said Determinations of that learned and generall Synode haue beene an occasion of much quietnesse in all the Low Countries ever since and haue beene also confirmed and approued not onely by the Nationall Synode of all the Reformed Churches of France convened at Charenton but in Ireland also one of your Majesties owne Dominions It may therefore please your Majestie for the preventions of great Mischiefes and Inconveniences which may grow and ensue within the Church and Common-wealth of this your Majesties Kingdome of England by the divulging of the like pestilent opinions within the same that it may bee enacted by the Authoritie of this present Parlament that the said determinations of the said Synode consisting of seuenteene Articles positiue and nine rejectiue or opposite may stand and bee likewise annexed received ratified and established with in this your said Kingdome as part of the doctrine of the Church of England Against which it shall not or may not bee lawfull for any to preach write or print any thing But that such as shall so doe may bee censured as the impugners of the Church of England and disturbers of the peace thereof c. 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of England as if it did herein differ from the Reformed Churches of Ireland and from the Reformed Churches beyond the Seas and did consent to those pernicious Errors which are commonly called Arminianisme and which the late famous Princesse Queene Elizabeth and King James of happy memorie did so piously and diligently labor to suppresse 2 That hee the said Richard Mountague contrary to his dutie and allegiance hath endeavoured to rayse great factions and divisions in this Common-weale by casting the odious and scandalous name of Puritans vpon such of his Majesties loving subjects as conforme themselues to the doctrine and Ceremonies of the Church of England vnder that name laying vpon them divers false and malicious imputations so to bring them into Iealousie and displeasure with his most excellent Majestie and into reproach and ignominie with the rest of the people to the great danger of sedition and disturbance in the State if it bee not timely prevented 3. The scope and end of the said Richard Mountague in the Bookes aforementioned is to giue incouragement to Poperie and to withdraw his Majesties subjects from the true Religion established to the Roman Superstition and consequently to be reconciled to the Sea of Rome All which hee laboureth by subtill and cunning wayes whereby Gods true Religion hath beene much scandalized Those mischiefes introduced which the wisedome of many Lawes hath endeavoured to prevent the great perill and hazard of our Soveraigne Lord the King and of all his Dominions and loving Subjects 4. That the aforesaid Richard Mountague hath inserted into the booke aforesaid called the Appeale divers passages dishonourable to the late King his Majesties Father of famous memorie full of bitternesse rayling and injurious speeches to other persons disgracefull and contemptuous to many worthy Divines both of this Church of England and of other reformed Churches beyond the Seas Impious and prophane in scoffing at Preaching meditating conferring Pulpits Lectures Bibles and all shew of Religion All which doe aggravate his former offences as having proceeded from malicious and invenomed hate against the peace of this Church and sinceritie of the Reformed Religion publiquely professed and by Lawes established in this Kingdome All which offences being to the high dishonour of Almightie God and of most mischievous effect and consequence against the good of his Church and Common Weale of England and of other his Majesties Realmes and Dominions The Commons assembled in Parlament doe hereby pray that the said Richard Mountagu may bee punished according to his demerits in such exemplary manner as may deterre others from attempting so presumptuously to disturbe the Peace of Church and State and that the Bookes aforesaid may be supprest and burnt And thus farre O worthy House your religious charge in your Articles exhibited March 1626. But by the fatall dissolution of those first and second Parlaments that Act and that your Charge in those your Articles slept untill the last Parlament called or summoned to begin in March and continued untill Iuly 1628. During which sitting That your charge in those your Articles was awakened and in agitation against him as wee heard But by reason of other matters of high consequence and the suddaine Prorogation of that Parlament It againe fell asleepe Now upon the ending of that Session and breaking vp of the House And Byshop Carleton Mountagu's learned Diocesan and Antagonist dying during the sitting of the House immediately after Mountagu by mediation of his potent Patron alijsque vijs ac modis got his Majesties grant of the Byshopricke of Chichester and soone after sued out as it seemes his Congedelier for the same Byshopricke and in August following according to custome Proclamation was was made at St. Mary le Bow Church-dore in these very words following All manner of Persons that can or will object against the Election of the Right Worshipfull Mr. Richard Mountagu Bachesour of Diuinitie and Parson of Petworth Elected Lord Bishop of Chichester the forme of his Election or the partie Elected Let them now speake and object in due forme of Law and they shall bee heard otherwise they shall be precluded Vpon which Proclamation 7 or 8. dayes before the day of Confirmation of the said elected Byshop and all manner of men beeing thereby invited to object it pleased God to stirre up the heart of one honest Christian man to take Councell and get objections drawne by an ancient Doctour of the Arches which Obiections were extracted out of the forenamed Articles in Parlament And upon Fryday the 22. of August when the aforesaid Elect Byshop came to Bow-Church to be Confirmed and the aforesaid Proclamation was againe by the Beadle of the Arches audibly 3. times pronounced in the Church one Mr. Iones by name an honest and auncient Professour of Religion did obiect whereof wee hope this sacred Senate is already possest and presented the Obiections in writing drawne as is before said by a Doctour of the Arches unto Doctour Rives then substituted Iudge for the busineffe and said with an audible voyce 3. times I object against him and heere are my objections in due forme of Law The Copie of which his Obiections is heere also preented unto your view which chiefly concerneth you the Worthies of the House of Commons because they were drawne out of your owne former Charge and it is Verbatim as followeth 22o. Augusti 1628. in Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae de Arcubus In DEi nomine Amen Coram vobis Reverendissimo honorando Patre Georgio divina providentia Cantuariens Archiepisc vestrove Deligato Officiali Vicario in spiritualibus generali ejusve Surrogato ant alio Iudice Iudicibusve in hac parte competen seu competitur Willielmus Iones literatus Stationarius Londinensis omni quo possit aut debet meliori via modo juris forma nec non ad omnem quecunque juris effectum exinde quovismodo sequi valen nomine accusatorio ac vt accusator Ric di Mountagu Clerici nuper in Episcopatum Cicestrens vt dicitur electi accusando querelando obijciendo excipiendo contra prefat Ricardum Mountagu Clericum ad impediendum juxta Iuris in hac parte exigentiam non aliter promotionem confirmationem ipsius Ricardi in Episcop sic vt prefertur electi comperuit dictus Willielmus Iones allegando dicendo querelando accusando obijciendo articulatim vt sequitur 1. IN primis That you the said Richard Mountagu haue caused to be printed and in your name to be published one Booke called An Answere to the late Gagger of Protestants and one other Booke entituled A Treatise of the Invocation of Saints and a third booke entituled An Appeale to Caesar In every of which bookes you haue maintained and affirmed some doctrines contrary and repugnant to the Articles whereupon it was agreed by the Archbishops and Byshops of both Provinces and the whole Clergie in the Convocation holden at London in the yeare of our Lord God 1562. according to the computation of the