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A14601	A looking-glasse for papists to see their owne deformities in matters of faith, and religion: and for formall protestants; to make them more carefull of the true profession of Iesus Christ: lest at any time they fall away from the sinceritie of the Gospell of Christ. With a briefe history of the Popes liues, from the first three hundred yeeres after Christ, vntill Paul the fift.	R. W., minister in Norfolk.; Woods, Richard, minister of Frettenham, attributed name.; Wrathall, Richard, attributed name.; Burges, John, 1561?-1635.	1621 (1621)	STC 24912; ESTC S119311	60,513	116

A LOOKING-GLASSE FOR PAPISTS To see their owne Deformities in matters of Faith and Religion And for formall Protestants to make them more carefull of the true profession of IESVS CHRIST lest at any time they fall away from the sinceritie of the Gospell of Christ With a briefe History of the Popes liues from the first three hundred yeeres after Christ vntill Paul the fift Of Babylon There came a voyce from heauen saying Come away from her my people that ye be not partakers of her sinnes lest ye be partakers of her plagues Reu. 18. 4. Printed at London by T. S. for Nathaniel Newbery 1621. TO HIS COVNTRIMEN the Papists in ENGLAND R. W. wisheth all encrease of knowledge in Spirituall things with a desire to know the Truth and power of CHRIST crucified BRETHREN my hearts desire with Paul and earnest prayer to God for you is that you might be saued For of many of you I may say You haue a zeale but not according to knowledge whom I chiefly pitty But I can not so say of many who with-hold the truth in vnrighteousnesse their consciences daily accusing them that they striue against the light which shineth in darknesse namely the word of God which is a Lanterne vnto our feete and a light vnto our paths to direct vs in all doubts and difficulties in matters of saluation The want of the knowledge whereof is the maine cause of all errour as sayth our Sauiour Christ Math. 22. 29. Ye erre not knowing the Scriptures c. Againe Iohn 5. 39. Search the Scriptures for in them yee haue eternall life and they are they that testifie of me But indeede the god of this world euen the Diuell and Sathanas who knoweth that his kingdome is assaulted by them and finally shall be ouerthrowne by this breath of his mouth laboureth by all possible meanes to stoppe the course thereof And therefore hath set his Agent the Pope on worke to take from you the knowledge thereof to the end to keepe you in the darkenesse of Idolatrie and superstition that so his king dome may be continued and increased amongst the chilaren of vnbeleefe Else why hath hee caused the Scriptures in our mother tongue to be publiquely burnt and the owners of such Bookes held and condemned for heretickes and their bodies also consumed with fire Againe why doth hee deliuer the small portions or fragments of Scripture which hee vseth in his Lyth●rgie vnto the people in an vnknowne tongue Teaching them also to pray in Latine which they vnderstand not whereas the Apostle 1 Cor. 14. 19. sayth I had rather in the Congregation speake fiue words to edification then tenne thousand words in a strange tongue verse 11. and 16. how shall they that occupy the roome of the vnlearned say Amen at the giuing of thankes And againe verse 23. If one come in vnlearned will he not say yee are out of your wittes c. See the whole Chapter Notwithstanding the Pope as the Diuels instrument hath taken from you the vse of your owne language in Gods seruice pre●ended the fountaine of liuing water I mean the Scriptures and haue digged pits that will holde no water I meane their owne decrees traditions and constitutions which they put vpon the people instead of the word of God as a rule of life to be obserued and kept vpon paine of the Popes curse Beloued Countreymen consider I beseech you what I say and suffer not the Diuell by him to keepe your soules captiue and refuse not the voyce of the wise Charmers Psalme 58. 5. Come and heare our Ministerie our prayers and preaching and suspect betimes as others haue done of late as zealous in your profession as your selues that all is not well on your side while they keepe from you the knowledge of your owne euidence I meane the Scriptures which propoundeth vnto you your right in that immortall inheritance in heauen purchased vnto you onely by his most precious bloud-shedding and by faith in him alone obtained The Lord giue you a right vnderstanding in all things And accept I pray you of my poore Labours which is but the gleaning after other mens haruests Let not preiudice or olde errour cause you to refuse the gift of a friend that meaneth well vnto you It will ease you of the search of many Authors and most of them Papists for religion as your selues c. You dwell not in Rome nor vnder the Popes command except the fault be in your selues where indeed it would be the danger of your liues to haue any English Booke of the Scripture or other bookes against the Pope or any point of Poperie But in a kingdome which thorow Gods mercy hath banished the Pope and Poperie many dayes since Vse therefore your libertie and see what they whom you hold for enemies can say against your errours If you refuse this aduice it is not the Pope that can stand you in stead in the day of Iudgement but your condemnation shal be so much the more iust because you haue refused counsell Ezech. 2. 5. The Lord giue you a heart to consider of these things aright Your well-willer in Christ Iesus R. W. a poore Minister in Norffolke Aetatis suae 74. ¶ The Printer to the Reader CHristian Reader by how much the shorter the time of the Diuells rage against Gods Church is to indure by so much the more fiercely doth hee incite his Instruments to bestirre themselues for to persecute the people of God yea if it were possible to destroy them for euer which although it be restrained by Almighty God who doth so gouerne and protect his Children that the Gates of Hell shall not preuaile against them insomuch that all true Louers of Truth and Godlinesse may reioyce and be comforted in assurance thereof yet may wee not so slumber in securitie as to neglect the meanes of our safety and of the impugning of the powers of Sathan especially the kingdome of Anti-christ but euery one must indeuour diligently to doe that which belongs vnto him To this end not long since according to the trust reposed in me by that Reuerend worthy man master Doctor Burges I aduentured vpon thy courteous acceptation with one Treatise called The Popes deadly Wound which hauing already found some kinde entertainement at thy hands I could not keepe backe this second committed vnto my dispose by the same Learned man a little before his Trauailes into forraine Countries that so as with two Stones out of one Siing the great blaspheming Giant may the more easily be layd groueling It is the worke of a very auncient and graue Minister of GODS Word and very briefe and pithie I hope thy acceptation of my good-will and I beseech GOD for CHRISTS sake to make it profitable vnto thee Farewell The Contents of this Booke 1 THAT Peter had no Supremacy ouer the Apostles fol. 1. 2 That Peter neuer sate Bishop of Rome 7 3 An Examination how the Popes succeede Peter 10 4 The time

pray for vs and therefore wee must pray to them But this is an action of the whole Church of God Triumphant and Militant which do offer vp their prayers and thankes giuings of sweete odour vnto Christ out of the sanctified vialls of their holy hearts prophecied by Malachy 3. verses 3. 4. See Irenaeus lib. 4. cap. 33. and 34. Againe Tertull. lib. 4. contra Marcianum Psal 141. 2. Let my prayers be directed in thy sight as the incense and the lifting vp of my hands as the euening Sacrifice See 1 Peter 2. 9. speaking to the people saith You are a royall Priesthood c. The Saints in heauen pray not for any man in particular Esay 63. 16. The Church saith to God Doubtlesse thou art our Father though Abraham be ignorant of vs and Israel knowes vs not Now if Abraham nor Israel so great Patriarkes then not Mary Peter Paul c. Augustine out of the words of Esay aboue saith If so great Patriarkes were ignorant what became of the people which were borne of their loynes how is it like that other dead can be present to vnderstand and to be helping to mens affaires Psalme 73. verse 25. Whom haue I in heauen but thee and there is none on earth c. Againe If the soules of the dead were present at the affaires of the liuing my deuout Mother would neuer a night be from mee who followed mee in her life c. Againe Tractat. Iohn 22. This saith thy Sauiour Thou hast no whither to goe but to me Thou hast no way to goe but by mee Againe 1 Iohn 21. If any man sinne c. Vpon these words he sayth He said not Yee haue but being such an Apostle said We haue Chrysostome de defectu Euangel sayth Thou hast no neede of Patrons to goe to God that thou shouldest search out others But though thou be alone and want a patron and by thy selfe Pray vnto God and thou shalt obtaine thy desire Thus wee conclude our religion in this point to be more ancient and true then theirs as grounded vpon Christ the Apostles and Scriptures Purgatorie Papists affirme that there is a certaine infernall place in the earth called Purgatory in the which as in a prison-house the soules which were not fully purged in this life are there cleansed and purged by fire before they can be receiued into heauen Bellarm. De Purgator Rhemists Matth. 12. Sect 9. The proofes Zachar. 9. 11. Thou hast loosened thy prisoners out of the pit wherein was no water Psal 66. 12. Wee went through fire and water c. These and such like places are alledged For the place of Zacharie the Iesuite hath alledged it already for Lymbus patrum and now he maketh it serue for Purgatorie But Purgatorie and Lymbus patrum are diuerse and contrary things For Lymbus patrum was onely for those as they say that liued before Christ but Purgatory beganne since Lymbus was voyde of paine and punishment as they confesse so is not Purgatorie So as the place cannot signifie both But they wrest Scripture at pleasure Indeed the place intendeth no such thing but it setteth forth the afflictions and miseries of this life For so Augustine De Ciuitate Dei cap. 35. By the pit without water hee vnderstandeth the drie and barren dungeon of humane misery where there is no spring of Iustice but the puddle and mire of iniquitie that is the Prophet speaketh of the deliuerance of the people from their cruell and vniust bondage Againe out of the Psalme 86. 13. Thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest graue What else sayth hee is the lowest pit or graue but the lowest degree of miserie c. 1 Corinth 3. 13. is their maine place for Purgatorie The fire shall trie euery mans worke If any mans worke burne he shall suffer losse but hee shall saue himselfe yet as it were thorow fire Bellarmine by Fire vnderstandeth the flames of Purgatorie by wood stubble straw he vnderstandeth sinnes which must be purged by fire Answer By the precious matter is not vnderstood the workes of Charitie but the preaching of sound doctrine by straw and other combustible matter is meant the affectation of eloquence and corrupt teaching of the truth yet holding the foundation Not veniall sinnes as they affirme and this Bellarmine also granteth Secondly Fire in this place is taken allegorically that is by way of resemblance as the rest of the words neither can it be taken of their Purgatorie because it trieth the workes onely not the persons as well the best matter as the base But all shall not passe thorow Purgatory by their owne confession and therefore they shift it off with a double sence verse 13. the fire they take for Gods sentence in the verse 15. for the flames of Purgatorie As if in Allegories the same words and place should admit a double sence The day shall declare it Bellarmine saith The day of Christs comming Rhemists vnderstand it the particular day of euery mans death so well they agree together But the meaning is apparant that the day that is the time shall declare it for God hath appoynted a time to examine euery mans doctrine by fire which is nothing else but the Iudgement of God by the fire of his word whereby euery man in the day of his calling and conuersion shall know whether hee hath preached aright or no. We acknowledge no such place as Purgatorie as a third place but Heauen or Hell according to the Scriptures Our purgation is in this life afflictions and faith in the bloud of Christ 1 Iohn 1. 7. Christs bloud purgeth vs from all our sinnes Hebr. 9. 14. It purgeth our consciences from dead workes Wee acknowledge but two sorts of men Ecclesiast 12. 14. good or bad He that beleeueth shall be saued he that beleeueth not shall be damned Marke 10. 16. Luke 16. 26. Iohn 3. 30. Augustine consenteth with vs saying There is no middle or third place but he must needs be with the Diuell that is not with Christ Lib. 1. cap. De Pecc remiss Againe the third place besides heauen and hell we are vtterly ignorant of nay wee finde not in Scripture that there is any Item 2 Corint 5. 10. Apocal. 14. 13. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord they rest from their labours Ergo no Purgatorie August Homil. 50. Tom. 10. After this life there remaynes no compunction no satisfaction Againe August Enchirid. cap. 115. Heere is all remission of sinnes Heere be tentations that moue vs to sinne Lastly heere is the euill from which we desire to be deliuered but there is none of all these Againe wee are not heere without sinne but wee shall goe hence without sinne Ergo no neede of Purgatorie De verbis Apostoli Serm. 3. Cirill libr. 3. vpon Esay sayth They which are once dead can adde nothing to the things which they haue done but shall remaine as they were left and wait for the time of the last Iudgement