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A23647 Insulae fortunatae A discourse shewing the happiness of these nations under our present governours & government, or, How they may be happy if they will themselves : delivered for substance in a sermon on a late solemn day appointed by authority for imploring the blessing of God upon his Majesty and the present Parliament / by R.A., pastor of the church at Henfield. R. A. (Richard Allen) 1675 (1675) Wing A1044; ESTC R5033 9,715 26

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Faithful Patriots in maintaining the Church of England and the true Protestant Religion against the Encroachments of Popery and the Church of Rome and that for divers weighty Reasons concerning both our Temporal and Spiritual State First Because the Church of Rome sets up a Power over Soveraign Princes to control them in their own Dominions to the great disturbance of Publick Peace Pope Gregory the Third Excommunicated the Emperour Leo called Iconomachus which caused such a mischievous breach in the Empire that proved the Ruine of Christendom But the Church of England teacheth Obedience to Princes according to the Word of God and we are bound by our Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance to withstand the Papal Power because it cannot stand with the Peace and Safety of the Nation Secondly Popery is stained with much Blood and charged with Treachery and Cruelty whereof our Fifth of November is a Perpetual Memorial and the World a Witness The Church of England teacheth us to love one another and pray for our Enemies Thirdly Popery is an Heavy Burden without benefit in a long Train of unnecessary people who at once robbed the Church of her Patrimony and devoured the riches of the Land Insomuch that a Noble King of this Nation used to say Monks have too much and Princes too little Hereupon they began to fear him and conspired against him but were prevented by a very strange Providence The Ministers of the Church at this day live most upon their leavings and Starve themselves to Feed you Fourthly Because the Church of Rome is such an hard Mother to her Children in locking up from them the Bread of Life and true Food of their Souls which their Heavenly Father so freely gives them and instead thereof feeding them with Trash Fabulous Legends Dreams Visions Revelations c. teaching for Doctrines the Commandments of men and making the Word of God of no effect through their Traditions But the Church of England lays open before you the Holy Scriptures of Truth sets before you the Bread of Life and feeds you with sincere Milk of the Word drawn from the Breasts of the Old and New Testament Fifthly Popery polluteth the House of God with Idols and the Land with Idolatry in their Image-worship Adoration of Saints and their Reliques c. Pope Boniface the Fourth who begged the Pantheon of Phocas the Emperour in place of the Heathen Gods and Goddesses set up the Images of the Virgin Mary and all Saints changeing the Names of the Idols but not the Nature of the Idolatry For 1 The Heathen had Tutelar Gods and Goddesses for Countries Cities Hills Dales c. so now there be Titular Saints for all places and purposes Vigilius the Tutelar Saint of the Valley of Trent c. 2 The Heathen acknowledged one Supreme God accounting all the rest as Mediators of Intercession examples whereof may be seen in their Poets The Saints are now put in that Office Prayer was made in the Council of Trent for Divine Assistance by the Intercession of Vigilius 3 The Heathen were not so bruitish to take Idols of Wood and Stone for Gods able to help them but in the Idol or Image worshipped some Deity represented thereby Our Adversaries at this day make no other Excuse Some wiser Heathens disliked Images for a two-fold Reason 1 Because they drew men from the true Worship And 2 From the true knowledge of God For this Reason the Pagan-Romans at first had no Images accounting it Sacriledge c. Plutarch in Numa The Council of Trent hath made some provision against the superstitious abuse of Images Reliques c. but to no purpose For we are exhorted 1 Joh. 5.21 to keep our selves from Idols not from Idolatry but from Idols For the holy Apostle knew well the corrupt Nature of Man is such that if Idols be in sight Idolatry will certainly follow For this cause not only the Adoring but the very Making of Images is expresly forbidden by the Law of God Now the Church of England as a careful Mother cast out the Worship of Saints their Images Reliques c. to keep her Children from the great peril of Idolatry a Sin so heinous that it provokes the fierce Wrath of God against a Nation and excludes for ever out of Heaven Sixthly The Church of Rome is very unreasonable in requiring us to believe things that they scarce believe themselves to receive for Truth that which the Word of God saith expresly is false to agree with them who could never yet agree among themselves They are angry with us because we will not take their bare word without proof nor grant that which they could never yet shew us any certain ground for for Councils have erred Popes have been deceived and divided in thirty Schisms have Condemned one another Decreed one contrary to another and used one another very uncharitably to speak the best Their last Council laid a Foundation of Religion that cannot possibly hold or stand together A Learned Carmelite warned them of it and opposed it with such solid Reasons that the Council could not answer but thought fit to stop his mouth with a Check And how can any man rest satisfied in the Judgment and Decision of men that understand not the matters in question For in the Debate between Soto and Catharinus about two most important Articles of Faith some of the Prelates confessed openly that they understood not the differences Hist Coun. Trent But the Church of England builds her Doctrine upon sure grounds even the Foundations of the Apostles and Prophets upon the pure Word of God contained in holy Scripture What shall we do now with Roman Catholicks Labour to out-shine them in Holy Life and out-do them in Good Works the best way either to win them or put them to silence or force them to confess that of a truth God is amongst us There would soon be less Controversie if more Conscience were made of those things that be without Controversie And now our Religion is secured and safe what is there else that any man can murmure at Is it Monarchy that is asserted by its worst Enemies who after they had marched thorough all forms of Government at last saw a necessity of retiring back to a Single Person who wanted nothing of a King but Right and Title Do any distaste our Liturgy that is allowed for sound and good in the Doctrinal part at least by Learned and Pious Adversaries Do our Laws dislike any they are justified by our late Reformers themselves who after long Consultation could find nothing to amend save only in the practise and that they made much worse and so judged by a Learned Lawyer and Commissioner of the Seal who refused to act upon their new Rules Is Trade decayed that 's the complaint raised or made use of by some to bring a scandal upon the Government whereof I could give you a notable instance But it may be real and true and then whatever other causes may