Sauiours hands that you would beare to me both liuing and dead a charitable pitifull Remembrance at the tyme of your chiefest deuotions I meane at the tyme of celebrating that most Dreadfull Sacrifice wherein our Sauiour by the ministery of your selues daily offereth vp his owne sacred body and bloud to his Heauenly Father for the expiating of sinne in Man And with this I giue you all my last farewell shall euer remayne Yours in all Christian and religious Obseruancy N. N. P. A Table of the chiefe Controuersies handled in this Booke A. A Diaphorists in Religion who Animad 60. Adoration of Saints and Angells Anim. 34. Adoration of the holy Eucharist Anim. 166. Albigenses Waldenses what they were Animad 103. 104. Angells how they may be painted Animad 32. Antichrist his first comming assigned by Protestants Animad 35. The Pope cannot be Antichrist Animad 153. The Antinomi Heretickes descend from Luther Animad 148. Articles of Cath. Religion maintayned by Protestants Animad 187. Articles negatiue ought to be proued by Scripture by Protestants Animad 55. Atheisme in many Protestants of England Animad 193. S. Augustine highly extolled by Protestants Animad 162. The Authors vow and Prayer for the King Queene Animad 191. Cath. Authors ordinarily reiected by Protestants Animad 3. 4. 42. B. BEades their vse and antiquity Anim. 83. Blessed Virgin Mary her Virginity An. 47 Her freeing from Originall sinne Anim. 183. Her Assumption into Heauen Animad 183. A Body may be in two places at once Animad 91. C. CAluin an Enemy to the Diuinity of Christ the B. Trinity Anim. 138. Caluins exposition of Hoc est Corpus meum Animad 49. Carolostadius impugned the Masse by persuasion of the Diuell Animad 59. Catholike Religion neuer changed Animad 79. 80. Title of Catholikes and antiquity thereof Animad 175. Catholiks or Protestants whether incline more to vertue Animad 65. Catholiks and Protestants cannot be both saued Animad 176. Ceremonies derided by Protestants and Puritans Animad 63. About the Ceremonies of the Masse Anim. 16. The Churches definition of Protestants Animad 192. Church of Protestants inuisible Animad 1922 Christian Religion plantâ—â— in England when Animad 36. Communion vnder one kind Animad 28.76 Comparison betweene the liues of Catholiks and Protestants Animad 188. Conference of places of Scripture Anim. 54. Councells Generall depressed by Hereticks Animad 50. The Creed whether it contayneth all Articles necessary of Religion Animad 61. D. ABout the Decalogue or Ten Commandements Animad 30 Decrees of Popes fraudulently vrged by Protestants Animad 38. 39. Deity of Christ denyed Also the Immortality of the soule Animad 194. Difference betweene Scriptures and Fathers Animad 40. Difference betweene Protestants themselues about Scripture Animad 48. Difference betwene Preachers of Cathol and Protestant Doctrine Animad 160. Disputation with Protestants how to order Animad 20. 41. Disputing with Protestants by entercourse of letters Animad 73. Doctors and Pastors alwayes to be in the Church Animad 117. E. ELias his Example much vrged by Protestants Animad 151. About the Holy Eucharist Animad 26. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 165. 166. The Eye of a Man wonderfull Animad 196. F. FAbricke of the world Animad 199. The Face of a Man admirable Anim. 197. Ancient Fathers their Authorities reiected ordinarily by Protestants Animad 3. 4. yet loath to break with them Anim. 42. 43. Their aduantages for interpreting of Scripture Animad 41. Their maintayning of Papistry Anim. 66. The doctrine of Freewill Animad 133. 134. 135. 136. G. GEnerall Councells depressed by Hereticks Animad 50. God the Father how he may be painted Animad 31. 32. 33. God the Author of sinne affirmed by Protestants Animad 185. Grace what concurres in working therof Animad 164. Grecians euer emulous of the Church of Rome Animad 119. H. THe Hand of a Man wonderfull Anim 196. All Heresies arising haue byn recorded by the Church of Rome Animad 118. Hereticks first deniall of diuers points of Cath Religion Animad 11. Hereticks called after the Name of their first Author Animad 77. 78. Hereticks condemne Prophets Apostles Fathers c. Animad 140. Their charge of Catholiks with the errors of the Heathens Animad 141. Holy-water and its Antiquity Animad 84. About the Hymne of Aue Maris stella Animad 46. I. THe Iewes deliuered many Articles of Catholike Religion before Christs comming Animad 98. Iewish Ceremonies many still retayned Animad 158. Images how they may be painted Anim. 31. discussed by Philosophy Animad 33. Jmmortality of the Soule denyed and defended Animad 194. About the doctrine of Jndulgences Animad 171. 172. Induration of Pharao his hart Animad 150. Inuention of a false opinion may be perhaps of no Hereticke Animad 15. Jnuisibility of the Protestants Church Animad 104. 139. 180. Iustification and Merit of Workes Anim. 29. Iustification by only Fayth Animad 189. K. OF Kinges and Queenes excommunicated and deposed Animad 191. Knowledge of a Deity what Animad 194. Knowledge of the Soule what Animad 194. L. LIbertines descended from Luther Animad 148. Euill Liues of Popes obiected by Protestants Animad 145. 146. Luthers Exposition of Hoc est Corpus meum Animad 49. Luthers Spirit being a Catholike and being an Hereticke Animad 57. Luthers Change of the Masse by persuasion of the Diuell Animad 58. 59. Luther no perfect and entyre Protestant Animad 101. Luthers doctrine why applauded Anim. 144. M. B. V. Mary her Conception immaculate Animad 44. The little respect Protestants giue vnto vnto her Animad 45. Lesse giuen to her by Puritans Anim. 47. About her Hymne of Aue Maris Stella Animad 46. Markes of the Protestants Church Anim. 13. Marriage of Priests vrged by Protestants Animad 154. Masse and the Antiquity therof Anim. 159. Merit of Workes Animad 29. Miracles depressed by Protestants Animad 70. N. NEcessity of the visibility of the Roman Church Animad 137. Neutralls in Religion what they hould Animad 60. Notes of the Church Animad 108. 142. P. PErsecution of Catholikes vnder Q. Elizabeth Anima 9. Practice in Controuersies much commended Animad 86. Prayer to Saints Animad 81. Prayer in a strange tongue Animad 169. Prayer needlesse and fruitlesse with Protestants Animad 186. Protestants their sleight in answering Cath. Bookes Animad 131. Protestants whether there were any before Luther Animad 109. 110. Protestants sooner become Atheists then do Catholikes Animad 109. What required to a perfect Protestant Animad 102. Protestants would seeme to agree with the Ancient Fathers Animad 67. Protestants voyde of all reall Fayth Anim. 182. Protestants and Iewes iumpe in many things Animad 5. Protestants agree which ancient condemned Hereticks Animad 6. Their false alleaging of Scriptures Animad 52. Protestants opposite one to another in their writings Animad 17. 18. 19. Protestants charged with a vicious Circle in their disputes Animad 21. Their flying to the Priuate Spirit Animad 22. 100. Their little respect to the B. V. Mary Animad 45. 46. Protestants maintayne diuers Articles of the Cath. Fayth Animad 187. Protestants charge Cath. Religion with teaching disobedience to Princes Anim. 191. Protestants Rebellion in France Holland Germany c. Animad 191. Protestants definition of their Church Animad 192. Protestants many of them Atheistes Animad 193. Protestants Inuectiues one against another Animad 62. â—rotestants charged with Ancient Heresies by Catholiks Animad 64. â—rotestants pretend their Writings and Memory to haue byn extinguished by the Popes Animad 68. â—rotestants borrow from the Church of Rome Animad 94. All Protestants or their Forefathers sometyme Catholikes Animad 88. They cannot agree about their owne doctrines Animad 97. Protestancy when it was in its full height Animad 177. Puritans their dishonour of the B. V. Mary Animad 47. Purgatory defended Animad 149. R. THe Reall-Presence discussed Animad 89. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 155. 156. 163. Reall-Presence maintayned by Protestants against Puritans Animad 7. Their Arguments also against the Reall-Presence Animad 8. Doctrine of Recusancy taught both by Catholiks and Protestants Animad 178. About the Doctrine of Reprobation Anim. 184. 190. Roman Religion neuer changed Animad 10. Roman Religion only capable of Saluation Animad 121. S. SAints to be prayed vnto lawfull Animad 27. Saluation certayne in the Cath. Roman Religion Animad 71. Scripture how to be interpreted Animad 25. 37. 152. Difficult to be vnderstood Animad 167. Why written by the Apostles Anim. 170. About the Signe of the Crosse Animad 82. Soule of Man immortall Animad 194. The similitude it beareth to God Anim. 200 Spirits be an inuisible substance Anim. 198. T. TRaditions vnwritten impugned by Protestants Animad 181. Traditions knowne by certayne Rules Animad 168. Translations of the Scriptures by ProtestaÌ„ts corrupted Animad 173. 174. The doctrine of Transubstantiation Anim. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. Truth how it may be deliuered in negatiue words Anim. 96. V. THe Vbiquity of God Animad 93. The Virginity of our B. Lady Anim. 47. Her freedome from Originall sinne Anim. 183. Visibility of the Roman Church proued by the Jnuisibility of the Protestant Church Animad 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 180. Visibility of the Protestants Church maintayned by them Animad 12. Vniuersality a strong Argument for Cath. Religion Animad 157. The Voyce of a Man admirable Anim. 197. W. WAldenses Albigenses what they were 〈◊〉 Animad 103. 104. The taking of a second Wife often an abusâ— in Protestants Animad 179. Word of God written Animad 1. 2. 3. Words of Christ in the last Supper how to bâ— taken Animad 23. 24. The Worldes existence from Eternity impugned Animad 195. The fabricke of the World Animad 199. Z. ZWinglius his impugning the Masse by persuasion of the Diuell Animad 5â— FINIS
do still remayne at one tyme though far remote one from another whereas these Precedent and future tymes in both which one and the same Jnstant of Duration or Eternity is are euer in a flowing and departing Motion and consequently cannot by any possibility remayne together For we see that the tyme past doth euer giue place to the tyme to come Thus far of these former Animaduersions in this place to shew that it is possible that Christs Boâ—â— may be in seuerall places at one and thâ— same tyme. Animaduersion LXXXXIV IN all Positiue and Affirmatiue Points oâ— fayth the Protestants do agree with the Catholiks the Protestants borrowing thâ— said Affirmatiue points from the Church of Rome According hereto we find Luthâ—â— thus to wryte We (y) Luther lib. Contra Ana. baptist confesse that there is vnder the Papacy most of the Christian Good yâ—â— rather all the Christian Good and that from thence it came to vs. We confesse that there is iâ— the Papacy true Scripture true Baptisme the true Sacrament of the Altar the true keyes to the remission of sinnes the true office of preaching true Catechisme c. I say further there is in thâ— Papacy true Christianity or rather the truâ— kernell of Christianity Thus Luther To the former position I adioyne this following In such points of fayth wherin Protestancy dissenteth from the Roman Church all the said points are merrely Negations to the contrary Affirmatiue Articles belieued by the Church of Rome As for example Deniall of Reall Presence Deniall of praying to Saints Deniall of Freewill and so of the rest Now from these two propositions do result these Inferences or Conclusions following The first that the Protestant as he belieueth any affirmatiue Articles with the Church of Rome in that respect he is not a Protestant but rather a Catholike as â—king the beliefe of them from the Caâ—â—olike Church as is aboue said The seâ—ond Inference That Protestancy as Proâ—stancy consisteth in Deniall of such Affirâ—atiue points which the Church of Rome â—ffirmes to be true and not in belieuing â—ith the said Church certaine chiefe points â—f Christianity The third Inference Seeing â—he reduplicatiue formality of Protestancy reâ—teth in Negations or priuations of an Affirmatiue fayth and seing Negations or priâ—â—tions haue no Entity subsistence or reall being that therfore Protestancy as Protestancy hath no reality of Being but is in it selfe a meere Non-entity or nothing consequently it followeth that Protestancy cannot proceed from God who is the Authour of things and of that which is but not of that which is not or is Nothing The last Inference shal be That Protestants by their Deniall of so many Affirmatiue Articles of Christianity may seeme to beare great Reference to Antichrist who at his comming shall by his Deniall of all points of Christian Religion seeke what in him lyeth to annihilate and ouerthrow all Christian Religion And for such his proceeding some ancient Fathers do coÌ„iecture that his name shal be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying Nego as Hyppolitus Martyr writeth in Oratione de consummatione mundi And this both by reason that this Greeke Word maketh vp the number to wit 666. which is ascribed peculiarly to Antichrist in the Apocalyps cap. 13. as also in that Antichrist his Ministers at his comming both in their Dâ—nialls and workes shall labour mightely to euert Christian Religion Animaduersion LXXXXV THough Protestancy seeme to maintaine some Affirmatiue Positions as Parity of Ministers Mariage of Priests and other Votaries Reprobation Christs only Mediatorship by way of Jntercession Christ suffering in Soule yet it is euident that these poutions are only Affirmatiue in words but merely Negatiue in sense since they are Negatiues to the Monarchy of the Churches Gouermentâ— to vowed Chastity to vniuersality of Grace to the Intercession of Saincts and to the all sufficiency of Christs Corporall Death All which our Catholike points are Affirmatiue Such is the subtility of Innouation in Doctrine as for the greater honour to inuest their Negatiue Tenets in Affirmatiue Titles Animaduersion LXXXXVI THough in shew of words Falshood as is aboue shewed may be deliuered in Affirmatiues so I here say that Truth sometimes is deliuered in Negatiue Words notwithstanding Truth is euer Affirmatiue and Falshood Negatiue and therfore the Schoolemen truly teach Intellectus (z) S. Thomas part 1. q. 17. decipituâ— non circa quid est sed circa quid non est To exemplify this Animaduersion To say God is cruel or Man is blind though these sayings be deliuered in Affirmatiue termes and false yet they are in sense and vnderstanding meerely Negatiue since Cruelty is exclusiue to Mercy and blindnes to sight so on the contrary to say God is not Cruell and Man is not blynd though they be in termes Negatiue true yet they are in sense Affirmatiue only as denying the Negation of Mercy in God and of Blindnes in Man Animaduersion LXXXXVII OVr Aduersaries cannot agree among themselues what Doctrines be Protestancy and who ought to be truly termed Protestants Can their Religion then be true and descend from Heauen Here then I will first shew within what narrow Limits our Aduersaries do confine Protestancy and the members of the Protestant Church Next then I will discouer such is the fluctuating and wauering iudgment of them herein how they are content at other times to extend and enlarge those bounds by affording Protestancâ— and the members therof a greater space or compasse as I may say to expatiate and walke in And to begin D. Whitaker thus sayth of the Papists J will (a) L. 2. contra Duraum Sect. 1. not allow the very name of a lawfull Church vnto the Roman Church because it hath nothing which a true Chuâ—â—â— ought to haue The Confession of Ausburg excludes the Anabaptists in these words we (b) Cap. â— condemne the Anabaptists who disallow the Baptisme of Infants and thinke them to be saâ—â—â— without Baptisme to which sentence the Confession of Switzerland (c) Cap. 20. subscribeth The Arians are excluded from being Protestants by the foresaid Confession of Ausburg in these termes We (d) Act. 1. condemne all Heresies rising against this Article meaning the Article of the Trinity as the Manichees Arians Eunomians c. All Heretikes are excluded out of the number of Protestants for thus D. Suâ—cliffe teacheth Heretikes (e) In his first Booke of the Church c. 1. are not of the Church meaning of the true Church and consequently in his iudgment of the Protestant Church With whom agrees D. White saying All (f) In his way to the Church pag. 10. Heretiks teach the truth in some things yet we deny them to be of the Church of God That Schismatikes are not of the Protestant Church is taught for thus writeth D. Fulke (g) Of the succession of the Church What skilleth it whether one being drawne by Heresy or Schisme from thâ— body of Christ be subiect to eternall
Church of Christ Thou (37) Esay c. â—0 shalt sucke the milke of the Gentills and the breasts of Kings And againe it is prophesied of the Church by the Kingly Prophet J (38) Psal â— will giue thee the Heathens 〈◊〉 thy inheritance and the End of the Earth for sâ—â— thy possession Now two things are cleare the first that many Heathen Kingdomes hâ—â—e beene conuerted to Christianity by the Pope and his ministers This is proued from the coÌ„fession of D. Whitaker who acknowledging the conuersion of many Countryes made by the Church of Rome thus debaseth them The (39) Whitak l. de Eccles pag. 336. Conuersion of so many Nations after the tyme of Gregory haue not beene pure but corrupt Now that the Protestant Church neuer conuerted any Gentill King or Nation to the fayth of Christ appeareth from its coÌ„fessed Inuisibility for so many ages till Luthers tyme aboue set downe Thus then I here aâ—gue The predictions of conuerting Kings and Kingdoms to the fayth of Christ were performed by the Pope only and his Substituts and not by the Protestants Therefore the predictions for the enlarging of Christ his Church by conuerting Gentills vnto it were performed by Antichrist Christs designed Enemy How do these stand together and yet do these incompatibilityes necessarily result out of the former Assertions Animaduersion CLIV. THe example of Paphnutius his standing in the Nicene Councell in defence of Priests mariage so much insisted vpon by so many eminent Protestants is misapplied and withall in all likely hood most false It is misapplyed because where it is vrged in proofe of Priests Mariage it proueth the contrary For though perhaps Paphnutius might be persuaded that Priesthood did not dissolue Mariage afore contracted yet he sayth plainly Those (40) So relateth Socrates l. 1. ca. 8. who are made Priests before they are maried cannot after marry And this Paphnutius calleth Veterem Ecclesiae traditionem The ancient tradition of the Church So far was Paphnutius from ascribing the doctrine of Priests not marrying after the Order of Priesthood taken to the Councell of Nice Now that this example of Paphnutius is vntrue many probabilities may be vrged First because there is not so much as any Mention of this matter concerning Paphnutius made by any who did wryte of the Nicene Councell before Socrates tyme who first relateth the words of Paphnutius For neither did Eusebius Athanasius Epiphanius Theodoret nor yet Ruffinus himselfe who writ many things of Paphnutius and of the Nicene Councell all being more ancient then Socrates make any mention of this matter Now I here demaÌ„d could all these be silent in so great a busines and so earnestly debated in the Nicene Councell Secondly this example of Paphnutius seemeth to be against the third Canon of the said Nycene Councell which altogether forbiddeth Priests to haue dwelling with them any Woman other then their Mother Sister their Fathers sister their Mothers sister c. Now if as Socrates reporteth in the example of Paphnutius the Councell had left liberty for married Laymen afterwards made Priests to haue kept still their former Wynes why then was not the wyse first placed here in the exception but altogether omitted This example of Paphnutius is so much suspected to be false that Frigeuilleus (41) In his palmâ— Christiana p. 103. Ganuius a Protestant doth plainly ascribe it to the forgery of Socrates Animaduersion CLV IT will not be amisse to obserue the Protestants Method in disputing with the Catholikes touching the Reall Presence as it is taught by the Church of Rome For the Question of the Reall Presence being but propounded they quickly tell vs that Christ neuer intended or willed it which answere is made to omit all other Protestants by (42) In his Decads in English serm 8. p. 971. Bullinger And when to declare Christs Will therein we alledge his words they make then a new question of his power as denying such to be his will or sense of words vnder pretence that it is (43) So answereth whitak in his answ to M. William Reynolds pa 179. contradictory to the truth and Nature of his humane body now in Heauen and so is therby impossible And when in reply therto we proue to them directly that it is not impossible then returning per circuitum to their firster Euasion they answere that the Question (44) So answereth D. Whitak in his answere to M. Reynolds refutation pag. 192. is not of his power but only of his Will and so dancing in a round they triffle and delude vs by a subtle escape of an endles Circulation Animaduersion CLVI IT is most certaine that the doctrine of many of our Aduersaries touching the Reall Presence is inuolued with greater shew of Impossibility then our Catholike doctrine thereof is for whereas they teach that Christs reall body is really (45) So teach besides many others M. Perkins in his reformed Catholike pag. 187. and D. Fulke against the Rhâ—mish Testam in 1. Cor. 15. and truly present and yet not bodily and corporally but only Spiritually present By which word Spiritually they do not exclude the true and reall presence of his body Now how this should be free from repugnancy and meere contradiction and therfore impossible I cannot discerne For to affirme that Christs very body and not only a figure or efficacy thereof should be truly and really present and yet not bodily but spiritually present is in it selfe inexplicable and as Swinglius (46) Swimglius co 2. de vera falsa religionâ— fol. â—06 in confutation therof truly obserueth is vpon the matter no other thing then to turne his body into a Spirit For as the true substance of Christs Spirit cannot be said to be present to vs only corporally or bodily and not spiritually because it is a spirit and no Body so neither may the substance it selfe of Christs very body be said to be present to vs not bodily but only Spiritually nor at all spiritually vnlesse we do which is impertinent to the matter in hand vnderstand the word Spirituall as the Apostle doth 1. Cor. 15. because it is a true and reall body no Spirit Animaduersion CLVII VNiuersality of our Catholike Doctrine in all chiefest points dispersed througout all Nations euen by the acknowledgment of our Aduersaries as appeareth from their confessed Inuisibility of their owne Church and Religion for so many ages is a most strong Argument of the truth of our Catholike Religion My reason hereof is in that the doctrine of the Roman Church could not by any pretended corruption be deriued from that Church to so many Nations so far remote and distant ech from other Sundry of which Nations were vnknowne to the Latin Church and many of them at variance therewith in some small points Therefore from hence I conclude that our Catholike fayth was the Primitiue fayth first taught by the Apostles in all those far different Nations wherein