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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	according_a	church_n	doctrine_n	2,019	5	6.0761	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27449	Rome tyrannical, idolatrous and heretical the origine of her errors with an answer to her objections : also three short sermons of repentance against swearing and drunkenness preached to the ships company before Admiral Aylmer and several captains / by Peter Berault.	Berault, Peter.	1698 (1698)	Wing B1956; ESTC R30222	55,952	193

that is in Heaven above c. signifie the one and the other I mean both Idols and Images Secondly I say that besides this distinction of a Worship of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is new and not found in the holy Scripture the Roman Church according to her own Confession and the Doctrin of her Angelick Doctor Thomas Aquinas Worships the Cross with a Worship of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 This Truth is especially seen upon Good Friday at which time ye may see that not only the Monks Priests Bishops Cardinals and the Pope himself bow and kneel down before it and kiss it all Singing Ecce lignum Crucis venite adoremus but that all the common People imitate them also and even that Princes and Kings lay down before it their Crowns and Scepters They confess also that they do Worship the Images of God the Father with a Worship of Latria and likewise those of the Son and the Holy Ghost Objection This Worship say they that they do render to the Cross and Images of the Godhead and Saints is Relative it is not related to the Cross and Images but to God and Saints and that is the reason say they why they are not Idolaters I Answer That these words of Samuel Prepare your hearts unto the Lord and serve him only and that those of Jesus Christ in St. Matthew Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve do quite destroy all these distinctions of the Church of Rome concerning the Relative Worship of Latria and Dulia For that it is a flat Idolatry to Worship God in any Image I evidently shew it by the Children of Israel when they made the golden Calf to be a Representation of God Exod. 32. For the Text shews that it was a flat Idolatry for which many of them were Plagu'd and Punish'd And yet their Worship was Relative for their meaning was to Worship the true God in the Calf for they were not so simple as to think or believe that that dead Idol or Image was God The Idolatry then of the Church of Rome by Worshiping the Cross and the Images of the Godhead and by bowing down before the Images of Saints Martyrs Apostles and kissing them and imploring their assistance and offering Frankincense unto them is as gross and wicked as theirs was The Origine of the Worshiping mages proceeds from Irenea Empress of Constantinople about the year 790. She called a Council at Nice wherein by Intreagues and Threatnings she did so prevail that it was concluded we ought to Worship Images notwithstanding the Oppositions that were then made in all Parts For the Emperor Carolus Magnus did at the same time call a Council at Francfort wherein that of Nice was Condemn'd and the Decree of Worshiping Images made void But because they remained still in Churches this Superstition of Worshiping them to which the Ignorant People was always inclin'd got at last the uppermost It is then true as I have clearly made it appear that the Church of Rome is Idolater Thirdly I shew that she is Heretick for all those that are obstinate in their Errors are Hereticks The Church of Rome is obstinate in her Errors therefore she is Heretick The Major Proposition is true and all Divines are of that Opinion As for the Minor which is in question I prove it thus All those that refuse to obey the Holy Scripture in several Points of Faith and Practice are obstinate in their Errors The Roman Church refuses to obey the Holy Scripture in several Articles of Faith and Practice Therefore she is obstinate in her Errors The Major Proposition is true also and it is the consent of all Divines As for the Minor behold as I prove it All those that do add to the Holy Scripture and diminish from it several Articles both of Faith and Practice refuse to obey the Holy Scripture for Deut. 4. 2. It is commanded us neither to add to the Word of God nor to diminish from it And St. Paul 1 Cor. 4. 6. Forbids to think above that which is Written But the Church of Rome adds to the Word of God and diminishes from it several Articles both of Faith and Practice Therefore she refuses to obey the Word of God therefore she is obstinate in her Errors therefore she is Heretick That the Church of Rome does add to the Word of God and diminish from it several Articles both of Faith and Practice is that I shall endeavour to shew evidently 1. I say that she adds to the Word of God several Articles of Faith which she obliges to believe under the Pain of Damnation For though it be manifested in several places of the Holy Scripture that Jesus Christ is our Saviour Redeemer and Mediator that there is no Salvation in any other and that there is no other name under Heaven whereby we must be saved Acts 4. 12. That we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous and that he is the Propitiation for our Sins 1 John 2. 1. And that there is one God and one Mediator between God and Men the Man Christ Jesus Tim. 2. 5. Nevertheless those of the Church of Rome call the blessed Virgin the She-Redeemer of the World as it may be seen in Bellarmin c. 4. of Indulgences And in the Litanies and Hymns Composed in her Honour they call her the Queen of Heaven Mother of God and their Hope and give her such Titles as belong to God only They implore the help of Saints they put their Trust and Confidence in them and take them for their Advocates and Mediators as we may see in several Prayers wherein they speak thus O great Saint in whom I put my Trust and Confidence Pray for me miserable Sinner c. And though Jesus Christ Teaching his Disciples how they ought to Pray bid them to call upon his Father and say Our Father which art in Heaven And although the Almighty spake thus by his Prophet Isaiah 45. 21. There is no God else beside me a Just God and a Saviour there is none beside me Yet those of the Church of Rome will have us to implore the help of Saints to trust in them and take them for our Advocates and Mediators as it is declared in the Council of Trent Sess 25. It is then evident that this Doctrine being not found in the Holy Scripture they add to the Word of God and think above that which is Written Object We Pray say they and beg the Favour of the Saints as we pray a Friend at Court to Request a Kindness from His Majesty I Answer they ought not to do so for it is Written We have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous And we do not read that any other is our Advocate If the King's Son should say when ye will ask my Father any Favour come ye unto me and not unto another if after this Declaration some body should