Zuinglian because in that point he could be prejudicial to the Pope yet being taken and bound in the conclusion did yield and acknowledged Christ to be really present in the Holy Sacrament not less against his will than the Devils heretofore being overcome with Miracles called upon the Name of God Let it be so we treated of the Scripture before the Controversie now is on the Sense of Scripture we will search out this from the following words My Body which is given for you my Blood which shall be shed for you as yet Calvin's side is the hardest ours is easie and plain what would ye have more Search the Scriptures ye say well the Scriptures agree St. Paul is for us The Words Clauses and whole Connexion do reverently repeat the Bread and Wine a singular Miracle Heavenly Food Flesh Body and Blood There is nothing enigmatical nothing overclouded with obscurity of words yet our Adversaries persist neither do they make an end of Bantering what do we do Antiquity may be heard I think and Antiquity of time may bring forth that which we cannot see betwixt one another other they do not bring it they say they are betrayed they call the Scripture pure they are averse to mens Comments on it as treacherous and disingenious we urge the Word of God they obscure it we call Saints to witness as Interpreters they withstand them in fine so they order it that unless you will side with the guilty you must not give your judgment at all and so they behave themselves in every Controversie they undertake of infused Grace of inherent Justice of the visibility of the Church of necessity of Baptism of the Sacraments and Sacrifice of the Mass of the merits of the Just of Hope and Fear of the disparity of Sins according to their aggravations of the Authority of Peter of the Keys of Prayers of Evangelical Mysteries and so of other things And we Catholicks have cited a great many weighty Texts of Scripture and discussed them in Books Colloquies Churches they have eluded them we have hinted on the Commentaries of Greek and Latin Writers they have winked at them what then Dr. Martin Luther or certainly Phillippus or to be sure Zuinglius hath faithfully published it or without doubt Calvin or Beza Can I think any Bodys Nose so stopt as not to smell out this deceit wherefore I confess I ardently desire the University Schools that openly I may raise those accomplish'd Souldiers out of their Ambush not to charge them in the hundredth part with my force for alas what is mine but defeat them with the Prevalent and Invincible Truth The Third Reason WHen the name of a Church was heard the Enemy grew pale yet I have devised something which I would have you consider that you might know the ruine and decay of Falshood you are sensible that in the Scriptures both Prophetick and Apostolick there is an honourable mention made of the Church that 't is called the Holy City the Fruitful Vine the High Mountain the Direct Way the only Dove the Kingdom of Heaven the Spouse and Body of Christ the Firmament of Truth that Assembly in which Christ hath infused all things necessary to Salvation against which Catholick Church the Gates of Hell shall never prevail that which whosoever opposes although he Preaches Christ with his mouth does no more injoy him than the Publican or Gentile he dares not contradict me with his roaring he would not seem to resist the Church which the Scripture so often Commemorates he hath craftily retained the name he has carried the day by his definition of it for he hath delineated a Church with these Properties which may be hidden quite remov'd from the senses and Phoenix like may be expos'd to view at a certain time to a very small number and those supernaturally inspir'd they may comprehend her Body Air-like in their understanding and may discern the Members of her Society with the subtile Eye of the Intellect as they may Cuckows Persecuted and Destroyed by their Young ones Where is your Candour Where is your Sincerity What Scriptures What Interpretations what Fathers draw out such a Church with their Pencil There are Epistles of Christ to the Churches of Asia of Peter of Paul John and other Epistles to divers There are many Churches in the Acts of the Apostles begun and propagated what are these Are they visible to God alone and holy men or to Christians of all sorts but Necessity hath no Law For how is it after 15 Ages they find no Town Village or House hath imbibed their Doctrine until that Diabolical Monk had Debauch'd a Devoted Nun by Incestuous Matrimony or Zuinglius the Fencer had Plotted against his Country and the Stigmatiz'd Vagabond had settled at Geneva they are compell'd to expose a Church to view in Caves if they will have one and Adopt them Sons which they never knew nor ever any man saw unless they trace the Foot-steps of their Ancestors who are plainly demonstrated to have been Hereticks as as Aerius Jovenianus Vigilantius Helvidius Iconomachi Berengarius Waldenses Lolhard Wickliff Hass from which several Poysonous Fragments of Opinions went a begging don't you wonder if I did not fear those Meteors which if I can but come to the day-light I will easily dispel for this is our time for Disputation Tell me do you subscribe to the Church which flourished in Ages before Yes Let us then survey Nations Countrys and Times in our mind To what To the Congregation of the Faithful of whom their Names are not known but 't is evident there are a great many how is it evident by God Who promulgated it We who are divinely inspired They are Stories how can I believe them If you are fervent in Faith you should know this so as to live by it When you my Advocates behold these wiles Can you through modesty refrain from smiles That all Christians be enjoyn'd to incorporate themselves into this Church and beware lest they be killed with the Sword of the Spirit to Worship Peace in the House of God to trust to this Pillar of Truth and lay aside all Controversies about it and from henceforth to be cast out as Gentiles so many men to be bound in Chains wheresoever she is Who do these belong to that only thing is in suspence where where is their Church She is reserved for Saints only and those that are Predestinated for Salvation how is it That if any one will Lampoon the Government he may be absolved from the offence so that he fall into the Presbyterian Perswasion and Apostatize from the Church When I found my Adversaries to insinuate such things which was a Custom in no Age of the Church before I was an Orphan to the thing yet put in a word for need and comforted my self with your Wit and Judgment and promised my self so to do until by their own Concessions you would discern their Stratagems and then as Ingenious
and Impartial Judges turn their Snares laid against us upon themselves The Fourth Reason A Weighty Query there was in the Infancy of the Church concerning Lawful Ceremonies which has distracted the minds of a great many which now by the Congregated Council of Apostles and Elders is solved the Sons believed their Fathers the Sheep their Pastors commanding them in these words It hath pleased the Holy Ghost and Us. The Four General Councils which were of so great Authority that before a Thousand years a singular Honour was paid to them as to the Scriptures were followed for the rooting out of Heresie which in divers places sprung up in those ages I will not wander any farther for even at home the same Councils have their respect and value in the Parliaments of this Kingdom I will cite these things and call thee to witness O my dear Country England as thou dost reverence those four General Councils so do thou pay Supremacy to the Bishop of Rome Successor of St. Peter Scan the bloody Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ on the Altar beseech the blessed Martyrs and all the Heavenly Saints that they may pray to Christ for thee Restrain the feminine Apostates from Whoring and publick Incest Moreover I do espouse the Councils of other times and namely that of Trent as equally authentick with the Gospels and when occasion serves I will prove it Being fortified therefore with the strong and exquisite safeguard of Councils why should not I enter the Field when I see where my adversary will incommode himself Moreover I will produce most evident demonstrations that cannot be wrested and axiomes that cannot be deny'd perhaps they 'll endeavour to prolong the day with a circumlocution of words but by ingemous men if I knew them well neither Eyes nor Ears would be prepared for them which if any one shall be so mad as to oppose himself against the Senators of the whole World those great beyond exception Holy Learned and Ancient I will willingly behold his Face who when I shall demonstrate things to you will leave the rest to your judgment In the mean while I 'll admonish you He that in a full Council rightly and duely Summoned abrogates any thing of weight or moment seems to me to be a man of no Conduct no Wit and not only unskilful in Divinity but Policy If ever the Spirit of God illuminated the Church that was the time of sending down the Deity when the Religion Maturity Knowledge Wisdom and Dignity of all the Churches in the World concentred in that City and all means used both Divine and Humane to search out the truth when they might implore the Spirit to Establish it wholesomely and prudently But now there appears some head of an Heretical Faction he steels his Forehead bears the Nose of a Rhinoceros and scurrilously treats his Judges what Sports what Pranks will he show up starts Luther who could say he preferr'd himself before the Councils The Suffrages of two good and Learned men viz. his and Philips were enough in case they agreed in the name of Christ O Circles Kemnitius is found out who examin'd the Council of Trent according to the approbation of his own giddy Brain what did he gain by it Disgrace whereas he unless he had been cautious had been Buried with Arrius The Council of Trent by how much the older it grows so much the more it daily and yearly flourishes Good God! What variety of Nations what choice of Bishops in the whole World What Splendour of Kingdoms and Common-wealths What Marrow of Divines What Sanctity What Tears What Fastings What Academical Flowers What Tongues How great Subtilty How great Labour What Infinite Reading What fruitfulness of Virtues and Riches adorn'd the Sacred Tabernacles I heard the High Priests rejoycing and amongst them Anthony Arch-bishop of Prague by whom I was ordain'd Priest the most Eminent and Prudent men that have been in that School this many years so that they could receive no better a kindness of Ferdinand Caesar to whom they were much obliged than that they came Legats out of Pannonia and return'd with this gratuity Aluimus vos in Schola optima being invited hither for the Publick Faith Why did not our Adversaries come and contradict them against which they Croaked like Frogs out of their holes They say to Huss and Jerome that they broke their promise Who did The Members of the Council of Constance 't is false for they made none neither had Huss been burn'd in the Hand but that he was a man perfidious and turbulent recalled from banishment which Sigismund the Emperour published an Edict for when he was condemned to dye but the Articles being violated he lost all hopes of his pardon Head-long Malice deceived Huss for being commanded when he had dispersed his Tragedy in Bohemia to reside at Constance he despised the Prerogative of the Council and demanded security of Caesar. Caesar signed it the Christian World re-signed it which was greater than Caesar. The beginning of Heresie could not taint the mind it perished but Jerome of Prague came privately to Constance protected by no body appear'd before them submitted and was received graciously he went freely where he would he was pardon'd he abjured Heresie relaps'd and was burn'd Why do they so often agitate one example of six hundred Let them read well the Annals Did not Martin Luther himself that scandal of God and Man prefer Augusta before Cardinal Caietan and often counterfeit the Letters of Maximilian And again in the case of Wormatius when he had offended Caesar and many other Princes of the Empire was not he safe by Caesars word at last did not the heads of the Lutherans and Zuinglians Charles the Fifth being present an Enemy to Hereticks Lord and Conqueror did not these a treaty being made Exhibit their Penitent Confessions to the Synod and they went away safe No other ways had the Trent Summons provided very ample Proposals to our Adversaries but they would not make use of them notwithstanding 't is boasted of in Corners that I seemed wise when I could pronounce 3 Greek words he leaves the most faithful way of Interpretation who puts a linguist in the place of a faithful Judge since they so love the Salvation of Souls as to grant the like liberty to the Catholicks We do not do what Huss did we fly unto Court at the word of a Prince But where I began there I 'll end mine are general first last and intermediate Councils with these I 'll fight my Adversaries may expect a Dart from my Bow which they can never pull out Let Satan be overthrown let Christ live The Fifth Reason AT Antioch in which the noble Sirname of Christian was first assumed did the Doctors Eminent Divines Prophets and renowned Preachers flourish Of this sort God beheld posterity the Scribes and Magi the Learned in the Kingdom of God
my confidence and in the mean while you being invited with me unto the Schools to propose some wholsome things to be chew'd upon If you do think it just if safe if honest to account of Luther or Calvin the Canons of Scripture a private Spirit as the rule of the Church instructer of Councils and Fathers there is nothing I can hope for you being Readers and Hearers But if you are those whom I have drawn in the Scheme of my mind Philosophers lovers of Truth Sincerity Modesty Enemies of Rashness Sophistry and Babbling you will easily see the open day who now see it Glimmering I speak boldy because my love towards you your danger and the weightiness of the Province requires it The Devil knows that if you will open your Eyes you will behold the light of Truth For is it not an object of amazement that Hanmer and Charke should be preferred before Christian Antiquity but there are some Lutheran Baits by which he propagates his Kingdom and Inveigles many in your Sphear What are they Gold Glory Delights Pleasures contemn them For what else are they than the Scum of the Earth a Hoarse air a Feast for the Worms Specious Dunghils despise them Christ is full he will feed us He is King who will honour us He is Rich who will endow us with all Felicity Recommend your selves to him in the Field that with him ye truly Learned and truly Famous may return Triumphant FINIS ERRATA PAg. 13. l. 22. for the Doctrine of the Penitent Myrrh Tree r. the Doctrine of Repentance p. 16. l. 10. for ask r. askt p. 21. l. 17. for attempted r. held forth l. 36. insert with them p. 25. l. 17. for Therefore let choice of Foods and set days prevail r. Farewel choice of Foods and set days l. 28. for nail r. hair Campions Epistle Dedicatory 1581. First Reason Holy Scripture Aug. b. 28. against Faust. and de c. 2. uti cre cap. 3. Mat. 1. Act. 1. Iren. l. c. 26. Pres. on the Ep. of Jam. v. the book de cap. Bab. Cent. 2. magd p. 5 8 Jam. Geneva Bible Tob. 12. Eccl. 15. 1 Matth. 12 15. viz. Baruch Tobias Judith Wisdom Eccl. 2. Mach. New Test. Ep. Jam. Ep. to Heb. Ep. of Jude Ep. 2 of Pet. Ep. 2. and 3. of Joh. Lutherans in Pref. Magd. St. Aug. c. 2. c. 4. Kem. in exam of the Council of Trent ser 4. Chr. gift B. 2. c. 8. Ser. 4. v. Melch. Can. B. 2. de Lo. Th. c. 9. 10. 11. de pred Sanct. Hist. Sen. l. 7. Pref. on the Can. Ep. to Paul Pref. on the Apo. Pref. on the New Test. Luke 22. cap. The Sense of Holy Scripture The nature of the Church Apoc. 2. Psal. 7. Isa. 2. 35. Cant. 6. Mat. 13. Ephes. 5. 1. Cor. 12 1. Tim. 3. Jo. 14. Mat. 16. 18 Cal. Inst. l. 4. Ca. 1. Num. 2. 3. Apoc. 1. 2 3. Act. 8. 10. 11. 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