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A61683	A letter sent to a friend containing some reflections upon a late book intituled, The Roman church vindicated, and M.S. convicted of a false witnesse against her Wherein is declar'd, that the Pope may excommunicate and depose Kings according to the judgement of their greatest doctors, decrees and practices of several Popes, and Canons of their most approved councils; and the author convicted of most notorious falsities, &c. By J.S. B.D.	Stopford, Joshua, 1636-1675.	1675 (1675)	Wing S5743; ESTC R222081	29,048	37

eminent S. Austin de Civit. dei lib. 20 c. 8. in Psal 70. Calvin Instit lib. 4. c. 2. n. 12. All most false That there was no visible Church but the Popish Church for 1260 p. 95. years before Luther Napper upon the Revel p. 145. Perkins upon the Creed p. 400. and in his Reformed Catholick p. 307. All false That the Hebrew Doctors have corrupted the Scriptures Calvin Instit p. 97. lib. 1. c. 13. n. 9 False That S. Hierom thought it not safe to recur to those Hebrew Copies where the Septuagint differs from them In Epist ad Gal. cap. 3. False That the first Reformers and their Successors have entirely condemned p. 117. and rejected the Fathers both in general and particular as blind ignorant and full of Errours Luther de servo Arbitrio p. 434. Calvin in Heb. c. 7. v. 9. Instit lib. 4. c. 12. n. 19. 30. Humsred de vita Jeweli p. 212. Fulkes Retentive against Bristow p. 55. Wotton defence of Perk us p. 491. Whitaker contra duraeum lib. 6. p. 423. All false That the ten Commandements belong not to Christians Luther Serm. p. 124. de Mose and approved by Whitaker contra duraeum lib. 8. Sect. 91. Luther in Gal. cap. p. 227. That it is Heresy to require good works to Salvation Luth. Serm. de piscat Petri p. 154 All false in this Gentleman's sence for they constantly affirm that the ten Commandements belong to Christians as a Rule of life and that good works are necessary to salvation That the Church of England doth acknowledge in her Marginal Notes p. 164. upon Joh. 14. 12. That Believers in every Age have power to work Miracles False That infinite Miracles have been wrought by the Reliques of Saints p. 168. Whitaker contra duraeum lib. 10 p. 866. False That the real Presence is confirm'd by many Miracles acknowledged p. 169. by Dr. Humfrey in his Jesuitisme p. 2. rat 5. p. 626. and Centurists Cent. 4. col 431. And that famous one in the Town of Knoblock an 1510. is related as a certain truth by Osiander ●ent 16. cap. 14. p. 28. All most false That several Miracles are confessed by the C●n●urists to prove the p. 170. Mass to be a true Sacrifice Purgatory and Prayer for the dead Cent. 6. Col. 819. Cent. 7. Col. 577. All most false That the Miracles wrought by S. Oswald and others are approved by p. 179. Holinshead in his Chron. Vol. 1. p. 115. 170. False That the formentioned Miracles and many others of the seventh Age p. 180. are acknowledged by the Centurists Cent. 7. cap. 10. Col. 533. and Osiander Epitom Cent. 7. False That many undoubted Miracles were wrought in the 8. 9. 10. and 11. Ages in confirmation of the use of Images the Veneration of holy Reliques Invocation of Saints and the Sacrifice of the Mass offered for the Living and the Dead Osiander Epit. Cent. 8. p. 47. and 92. Item p. 24. 25. The Centurists Cent. 8. cap. 13. Cent. 9. cap. 13. Osiander Epit. Cent. 9. p. 63. All most false That the Miracles of S. Dunstan are recorded and approved by Holinshead Vol. 1. 165. and others in the same Age by the Conturists Cent. 10. cap. 13. and Osiander Epit. Cent. 10. p. 125. All most false That the Miracles wrought in the Eleventh Age by S. Ansolm O●●●o p. 181. and others in confirmation of the Sacrifice of the Mass and Invocation of Saints are confessed by Osiander Epit. Cent. 9. 10. 11. p. 213. False That infinite Miracles were done by Malachias in the twelveth Age whereof some were seen and acknowledged by many hundreds of People Holinshead Chron. p. 55. False That many Miracles were done by S. Bernard and acknowledged by the p. 182. Centurists Cent. 12. col 1634. 1635. 1649. and Osiander Cent. 12. lib. 4. cap. 6. p. 310. And that these moved Whitaker to give him the just Character of a true Saint De Eccles p. 369. All most false He further tells us That signal Miracles were wrought in the thirteenth Age by S. Dominick and S. Francis even while they were preaching against the Albigensian Errours whom Satan had seduced to deny those known Doctrines of Gods Church viz. Purgatory Prayers for the dead Confession Extream Unction the Popes Authority Images Traditions And in the next page assures us That the Miracles wrought in the 15 th Age are admired and reverenced by Protestants themselves But for both these we must take his bare word and how can he in reason expect this from us who stands convicted of above a hundred notorious Lyes Perhaps here you 'l say That the Printer has mistaken many of the Quotations and therefore we cannot in justice charge them on the Author Or that he hath taken them upon the Credit of other Writers But to the first I answer 1. That the Printer cannot be charged with any mistake in reference to many nay most of the Quotations I have mention'd 2. That about two Months ago I writ to this Gentleman and have great assurance that my Letter came to his Hands and desired him that if there were any Errata's in the Citations he would be pleased to send me a corrected Book and it should be faithfully return'd But to this day I never heard from him And to the second Plea viz. That he hath taken these Citations upon the Credit of other Writers which I believe to be a great truth I answer That to take things upon trust in Controversial Points argues much weakness and imprudence but to do this and not give his Reader the least intimation of it argues great unfaithfulness and dishonesty that will not admit of any Excuse And to evidence his great Proficiency in this Catholick Vertue I could give you many other Instances but for Brevity's sake I 'le mention but one which you may find p. 190. and will appear most notorious upon your comparing of it with p. 127. of my Book Here he confidently tells the World that all that the Bishops of Bononia as they are alledged in the last page but one of my Book do affirm i● That private mens constructions of the Bible have raised great storms and differences and that the Doctrines preached by Christians or the Romish Church se●m contrary to those contained in the Bible But the advice of those Bishops to the Pope was related by me in these words Let that little suffice which is wont to be read in the Mass and more then that let no Mortal be allow'd to read For so long as men were content with that little your affairs succeeded according to desire but quite otherways since so much of the Scriptures was publickly read In short this is the Book which above all others hath raised these storms and ten pests And truly if any one read that Book the Scriptures and observe the Customes and Practices of our Church will see that there is no agreement betwixt them and that the Doctrine which we preach is altogether different from and sometimes cont●●ry to that contained in the Bible Now can any Man pick out of these Words or will any one but a frontless Romanist affirm that the sense of them is That private mens constructions of the Bible have raised great storms and differences c. I grant we are to put the most favourable construction upon another's Words and Actions Yet I take that Caution in their Canon-Law to be extravagant viz. That if a P●p●st see one of their Priests k●ssing a Woman he 's bid to believe that the Priest is only giving her good Counsel For though Charity be can did and ingenuous yet 't is not blind and block●sh And that their Charity must have these debasing Qualifications who endeavour to excuse this Gentleman is obvious to any I hav found him guilty of about an hundred and fifty false Quotations and observed near halfe that number that are wholly impertinent besides many that I have not time to examine Sir if these Roman Factors dare publish such notorious Falsities to the World we may easily guess what pretty Stories they tell their deluded Proselytes in secret Let us commiserate their Condition who have committed their Souls to the Conduct of these Spiritual Mountchancks and admire Gods discriminating Mercy who hath delivered us from their Fatal delusions Sir I am Your most Obliged and faithful Servant I. S.

Fidelity and Allegiance to those that are fallen into Heresy notwithstanding all former Oaths and Promises made unto them Decret Gregor Lib. 5. Tit. 7. cap 16. Boniface 8. decreed That the Church hath two Swords Spiritual and Temporal that the Spiritual Power may institute and judge the Temporal according to that of Jeremy Behold I set thee over the Nations and over the Kingdoms to root out and to pul down c. And he declares it necessary to salvation for every Humane Creature to be subject to the Roman Bishop Extrav Lib. 1. Tit. 8. Cap. 1. We observing saith Gregory 7. the Decrees and Constitutions of our Holy Predecessors do absolve all from their obedience to Excommunicate Persons whereunto they were formerly oblig'd by Oath or any other way and do strictly charge them that for the future they yield no Allegiance to them Decret 2. pars Caus 15. Quaest 6. Cap. 4. And the like Decree we find in the next Chap. made by U●ban the second To these I will add the Bull or Breve of Pope Paul 5. against our Oath of Allegiance in which he declares That they cannot without most evident and grievous wronging of Gods Honour bind themselves by that Oath And afterwards That it cannot be taken with safety of the Catholick Faith and of their souls health since it containeth many things that are plainly and directly contrary to Faith and Salvation And Pope Urban 8. in his Bull sent to the Catholicks in England 1626. calls it That pernicious and unlawful Oath of Allegiance And a little after tells them That which our Predecessor Paul 5. with so great deliberation decreed that ought ye altogether to observe as a Decree of Truth And again Sonner ought the Sword of the Migh●y take from a Christian his Life than his Faith Implying that a man loses his Faith when he takes this Oath And yet our King James hath told the World How careful he was that nothing should be contained in it except the Profe●●ion of Natural Allegiance and Civil and Temporal Obedience with a promise to resist all contrary uncivil Violence Monitory Preface to all Christian Monarchs p. 292. Thus I have clear'd the Proposition from the Canons and Decrees of several Popes which are confirmed by that much admired Council of Trent Sess 25. Cap. 20. Wherefore it decrees and commands that the Sacred Canons and a●l General Councils together with other Apostolical Sanctions made in favour of Ecclesiastical Persons and Eccle●iastical Liberty and against the Violators thereof all which it renewes by this present Decree be precisely observ'd by all men This you see comprehend all their Canons Decretals Clementines Extravagants Bulls And they are sworn unto by every Priest at his Ordination according to the Bull of Pope Pius 4. I vow and swear true Obedience to the Bishop of Rome the Successor of Saint Peter Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ And all other things do I undoubtedly receive and confess which are delivered defined and declared by the Sacred Canons and General Councils c. So help me God And the Practices of several Popes have been agreeable to these Decrees and Constitutions Gregory 2. rebell'd against the Emperor Leo Isaurus and made Rome and the Roman Dutchy to do the same because he prohibited the adoration of Images Bellar de Roman Pontif. lib. 5. cap. 8. Azorius Justit Moral Tom. 2. p. 1669. Sigonius Histor de Regno Ital. p. 103. Gregory 3. with the Consent of the Roman Clergy deprived Leo 3. Emperor of Constantinople because he had taken Images out of Churches Platina in vit Gregor Azorius Instit Moral Tom. 2. p. 1610. Pope Z●chary absolv'd the people of France from their Allegiance to Childerick their King and deposed him Bellar de Roman Pontif. lib. 5. cap 8. Azorius Tom. 2. p. 1669. Perrons Oration to the third Estate of France That Pope Zachary only consented to Childerick's deposition as this Gentleman affirms p. 43. is most false which Bellarmin proves from the Annals of France and the Testimony of Eginarthus Aimonius Rhegino Lambertus Schaph●aburgensis Sigebertus H●rma●nus Mar●a●us Scotus c. Contra Barclaium p. 318 Steven 2. set on Pepin King of France to expel the Exarchs out of Italy and obtained of him the Exarchat for himself which belong'd to th● Emperor of Co●stantinople Platina Leo 3. translated the Empire from the Greeks to the Germans Bellar. de Rom. Pontif. lib. 5. c. 8. Boucher de justa Henrici 3. abdicatione p. 17. Perrons Oration Gregory 7. excommunicated Henry 4. Emperor of Germany and translated the Empire to Rodulph Duke of Saxony Platina in vit Bellar. de Rom. Pont. lib. 5. c. 8. Azorius Tom. 2. p. 1610. And give absolution of all their sins to those that adhered to Rodulph and opposed Henry Baronius an 1080. Sect. 12. The same Pope excommunicated and deposed Boleslaus 2. King of Poland Azorius Tom. 2. p. 1669. Boucher p. 17. Urban 2. excommunicated and persecuted Henry 4. Emperor of Germany Platina in vit Urbani The same Pope excommunicated and depos'd Ph●lip 1. King of France Bellar. Contra Barclaium p. 29. Matth. Paris an 1095. Paschal 2. made the Son of Henry 4. Emperor of Germany to take Arms against his Father and depos'd him in a Synod held at Mentz by the Popes command for that purpose Aventinus Annal lib. 5. And he commanded Robert Earl of Flanders to destroy the Clergy of Cambray and Liege because they adhered to Henry 5. And he was to do it for the remission of all his sins Bochel decret lib. 5. c. 6. de Pascal Leod. Adrian 4. excommunicated William King of Sicily and absolved his Subjects from their Allegiance to him Platina in vit Becanus Controvers Angl. p. 107. Alexander 3. excommunicated Frederick 1. Emperor of Germany and perswaded the Towns of Italy to rebel against him Platina in vit Alex. This Pope excommunicated William Duke of Apul●a and engaged the foresaid Emperor to fight against him to gain that Dukedom to the Chair of Rome Platina ibid. And the same Pope excommunicated and depos'd Frederick 2. Emperor of Germany Platina ibid. Celestin 3. gave Constantia a Nunne to Henry 6. Emperor of Germany and gave him for her Dowry the Kingdom of both the Sicilies upon condition he should expel Tancred who opposed his Election Hereu●on a bloody War arose between those two Princes Platina in vita Celest And he excommunicated Phil. Augustus Boucher p. 210. Innocent 3. excommunicated the Emperor Otho 4. and depriv'd him of the Empire Platina in ejus vita Bellar. de Sum. Pontif. lib. 5. c. 8. Azorius Tom. 2. p. 1610. And the same Pope deprived our King John and provoked his Subjects to rebel against him Azorius Tom. 2. p. 1669. and gave to Philip of France the remission of all his sins upon condition of invading and conquering England Matth. Paris p. 232. Where the Story is thus related The Pope by the Counsel of the Cardinals