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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72940	A declaration of the recantation of Iohn Nichols (for the space almost of two yeeres the Popes scholer in the English Seminarie or Colledge at Rome) which desireth to be reconciled and receiued as a member into the true Church of Christ in England.	Nicholls, John, 1555-1584?	1581 (1581)	STC 18533; STC 18533.5; ESTC S113205	57,669	199

of the Arrians sayd That foure or fiue persons with their Athanasius woulde trouble the peace of the world To whom Liberius the Bishop of Rome answered That his solitude or fewnesse did not any whit diminish the worde of faith As for the declining estate of the Church wee are giuen to wit That when the sonne of man shall come before whose cōming Antichrist shall seduce the world Neque fides Matt. 24.12 37. neque charitas inuenta erit in terra isti dies erunt tanquā dies Noah Lot There shall neither faith nor charity be found on the earth and those dayes shal be as the daies of Noah Lot c. The Eclipse then of this Moone shal be as it were vniuersal al the whole earth being put betweene the Church the sunne And therefore if we shall finde no other direction in such darknes then the multitude we shall haue no part with that litle nomber So much for multitude whereof the Papists make great account Nowe will I speake a litle of Succession which you my brethren take to bee a very substantiall argument of the trueth But Christ saith in the 23. of Matthewe In cathedra Mosis sedent Scribae Pharisaei By order of Succession the Scribes and Pharises sit in Moses chaire Annas and Caiphas touching Succession were aswel Bishops as Aaron and Eleazar Of Succession S. Paul saith to the faithfull at Ephesus Scio quod post discessum meum intrabunt lupi rapaces ex vobis ipsis exurgent viri peruersa loquentes I knowe that after my departure hence rauening wolues shall enter and succeede mee and out of yourselues there shall by Succession spring vp men speaking peruersly Therfore S. Hierome saith Non sanctorum filii sunt qui tenent loca sanctorum They bee not alwayes the children of holy men that by succession haue the places of holy men Notwithstanding the Pope himselfe will say as it is before alledged In Papasi desint bona acquisita per meritum sufficiunt quae a loci praedecessore praestantur If the Pope want good things by his own merits the good thinges which hee hath by Successiō of Peter his predecessor are sufficient And the glose vpon Petrus fecit Papas haeredes bonitatis suae Peter made the Popes heires of his goodnes by Succession And againe Papa recipit a cathedra sanctitatē The Pope receiueth his holines by succession of his chaire Such affiance sometime had the Scribes and Pharises in their succession therefore they sayde Ioh. 8.33 53. We are the children of Abraham Vnto vs hath God made his promises art thou greater then our father Abraham Iohn 9.29 As for Christ we know not from whence hee came or what can he shewe for his succession And when our Sauiour went about to reforme the abuses and errors they sayde vnto him Matt. 21.23 Iohn 2.18 By what power doest thou these things and who gaue thee this authoritie where is thy succession Vpon which wordes Beda saith Beda in Matth. 21. Intelligi volunt diaboli esse quod fecit They woulde haue the people vnderstand for that he had no solemne succession that al that he did was of the deuill Cyrillus Carena in Luc. 39. And Cyrillus frameth their words in this sort Tu ortus ex Iuda commissos nobis fasces vsurpas Thou beeing of the tribe of Iuda and therefore hauing no right vnto the priesthoode takest vpon thee the office that is committed vnto vs. Likewise Chrysostom imagineth the Pharises thus to say Chrysost in Mat. Hom. 39. Tu de sacerdotali familia natus non es Senatus tibi hoc non concessit Caesar non donauit Thou art not of the house of priests the Councill hath not graunted it thee the Emperour hath not giuen it thee Thus to mainteine themselues in credit for that they had succession and continuance from Aaron and sate in Moses chaire they kept Christ quite out of possession Matt. 23.2 and sayd vnto him then euen as you my brethren saye nowe vnto vs Who euer taught vs this pernitious doctrine before what ordinary succession of persons and vocation haue we what Bishop admitted vs who confirmed vs who allowed vs Therefore good christian hearers let not these the Papistes great wordes much abash vs. The Scribes Pharises in the like cases vsed the like language long ago But let me aske you a question Howe can you shewe any demonstration or probabilitie that the succession of your church is lawfull If there were any church that could alledge succession of persons it were the church of the Iewes for they were of the house of Aaron from the father to the sonne and besides them none might sacrifice Moreouer to them it was promised that they should continue so for euer And in deed when the Prophets exhorted them to reformation they had no other thing in their mouth but this Lex a Sacerdote non peribit neque consilium a sapiente neque verbum a propheta The lawe shall not perish from the priest nor the counsell from the wise nor the word from the Prophet But the spirit of the Lorde answered them Quomodo dicitis Sapiētes sumus Iere. 8.8 lex Iehouae penes nos est vtique ecce ad falsitatē operatur stylus ad falsitatem operantur legis periti fecerúntne sapientes vt erubescerent consternatíne sunt capti ecce verbum Iehouae spernunt eccuius rei sapientia inesset eis Howe say ye We are wise and the lawe of the Lord is with vs For it is in vaine that the pen is made and that there is a scribe wise men are confounded and seeing that they haue reiected the worde of the Lord what shal be their wisdome any more In like maner when the Iewes boasted to Iesus Christ that they were of the seede of Abraham Iohn 8.44 I know it wel saith he but the deuil is your father And in very deede this successiue and hereditarie wisdome crucified Christ and reiected saluation offred vnto them as also this self same successiō although it be only pretended worshippeth Antichrist and interteyneth her owne perdition Moreouer I demande what these alledgers of succession would haue answered to the Arrians Samosetans Nestorians c. who had their beginning continued from the first Bishops euen to themselues and namely to Nestorius and Samosetanus both which were lawfully called to the patriarchal churches the one to Constantinople and the other to Antioch Also what will you answere to the succession alledged by al the Greeke and east churches To be short to the reformed churches of England Dēmark Swethē a great part of Almaigne through all which there is at this daye this succession from Bishop to bishop from Pastor to Pastor If you wil alledge the Popes succession wee deny it you it is another question If simply succession you haue lost your cause If your doctrine then we gaine this poynt that the simple