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A13172
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A true relation of Englands happinesse, vnder the raigne of Queene Elizabeth and the miserable estate of papists, vnder the Popes tyrany / by M.S.
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Sutcliffe, Matthew, 1550?-1629.
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doctrines the precepts of men The Apostle Colos. 2. doth condemne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is voluntarie or new deuised religion or as the old Latine interpreter hath translated that word superstition For so indéede humane 〈◊〉 for the seruice of God without warrant of Gods word are for the most part to be called and estéemed God in expresse tearms refuseth such deuised seruices saying Who hath required these things at your hands But the founders of popish 〈◊〉 as if God had appointed vs 〈◊〉 certaine rule for these matters haue placed the perfection of their religion in voluntarie vowes of 〈◊〉 from mariage of preténded beggerie and of other Monkish and Friarlike obseruances and such like humane traditions Bellarmine de Monachis cap. 2. saith that Monkish religion is a state of men tending to Christian perfection by the vowes of pouertie continencie and obedience But if a man should aske him who taught men to aspire to perfection in this race he will be to seeke for an answer That God requireth or approueth such seruice it will neuer be proued They do also estéeme it a high peece of Gods seruice to keep holidayes in honor of Saints created by the Pope in 〈◊〉 vpon Saints vigils in eating stock-fish coleworts toadestooles and such like toyes in praying vpon beades in often repeating Aue Maria in worshipping of stones bones and rotten ragges they know not of whom in humbling themselues before Angels and Saints and the Sacrament of the altar in saying our Ladies Psalter in ringing bels in going barefoote and woolward and whipping themselues By saying ouer the Rosarie of our Ladie onely they report that diuers 〈◊〉 haue bene wrought Diuers thousands of yeares of indulgences also are graunted to the company of the Rosarie or beades of our Ladie as is recorded in a booke intitled Miracoli della santissima vergine Maria printed at Venice by Bernard Giunti anno 1587. Matters which no man would admit 〈◊〉 fellowes made of wood coleworts and stockfish Secondly they are deceiued in the manner of Gods worship and that in three sorts For first their worship is almost wholy externall 〈◊〉 in outward ceremonies as namely in often rehearsall of Credo or Pater noster or Aue Maria or being present at the Masse albeit they vnderstand nothing or sprinkling themselues with holy water or often crossing themselues or going to Rome or Hierusalem or lighting of candles or ringing knocking or greasing or such like But our Sauiour reprehendeth thē that come neare to God with their lippes and haue their hearts farre from him and sheweth that true worshippers shall worship him in spirit and truth Next they offend grieuously in giuing too great honor to Angels Saints stocks stones and rotten bones Hierome in his Epistle to Riparius teacheth vs otherwise Nos non 〈◊〉 Martyrum reliquias c. We saith he worship not or adore either reliques of Martyrs or Sunne or Moone or Angels or Archangels or Cherubim or Scraphim or any name that is named either in this world or in the world to come lest we should serue the creature rather then-the Creator which is blessed for euer Saint Augustine likewise lib. de ver a relig cap. 55. speaking of Angels Honor amus 〈◊〉 saith he charitate non seruitute nec eis templa construimus We honor them with loue and not with seruice and build no temples vnto them Epiphanius haeres 79. speaking of Angels saith directly that he would not haue Angels worshipped But Papists 〈◊〉 dumbe images pray before them burne incense 〈◊〉 them They teach also that seruice is due to Saints and that we are to giue latriam or diuine honour to the crosse to the crucifixe to the sacrament of the altar and the images of the persons of the holy Trinitie which they indeuour to fashion in wood mettal and colours They offend thirdly in the forme of their prayers which are found in their 〈◊〉 Breuiaries and rituall bookes and which cannot be denied to be both false and 〈◊〉 Gaude Maria virgo say they cunctas haereses sola interemisti in vniuerso mundo that is reioyce virgin Marie thou alone hast killed al haeresies in al the world What then I pray you did Christ in the meane while and what did all other Saints And againe O Maria admitte preces nostras intra 〈◊〉 tuae exauditionis reporta nobis antidotum reconciliationis c. O Marie admit our prayers within the holy place of your hearing and bring vnto vs the triacle of reconciliation And yet they say Saints departed do not sée nor know things below but by seeing them represented in the face of God as it were in a glasse On S. Andre 〈◊〉 day they pray in this 〈◊〉 Sanctifie ô Lord these 〈◊〉 dedicated vnto thee and the blessed 〈◊〉 Saturninus interceding for vs by the selfe same being pleased intend vs by our Lord c. As if the Lords bodie which is the thing meant by those gifts needed sanctification or else as if it were conuenient that God being reconciled to vs by Christ should no otherwise intend our prayers then by the intercession of Saturninus On S. Nicholas his day they say thus Deus qui B. Nicolaum innumeris decorasti miraculis tribue quaesumus vt eius meritis precibus à Gehennae incendijs liberemur That is O God which hast adorned S. Nicholas with innumerable miracles grant we beseech thee that by his merits and prayers we may be deliuered from hell fire Which implyeth that not onely the miracles reported in S. Nicholas his legend are true but also that by his mediation we are deliuered and saued from hell In the Portesse they pray thus Tu per Thomae sanguinem c. That is Thou ô Christ by the bloud of Thomas which for thee he did spend make vs to climbe whither Thomas did ascend And againe Opem nobis ô Thoma porrige c. That is yeeld vs your help ô Thomas gouerne them that stand raise them vp that lie our manners actions and life correct and direct vs into the way of peace Which argueth that Thomas Becket had power not onely to intercede for vs but to gouerne and rule our actions Sixtus the fourth granted great indulgences to those that sayd this prayer Haile Marie full of grace the Lord is with thee 〈◊〉 art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruite of thy wombe Iesus Christ and blessed is Anna thy mother of whom thy virgins flesh is proceeded without blot of originall sinne And yet it containeth a plaine corruption of the words of scripture and a contradiction to some of his owne decrees But the greatest fault is this that it is repugnant to plaine words of 〈◊〉 To excuse this great deformitie Robert Parsons 〈◊〉 to bring the best defence he can First saith he let this whipster tell vs where we were taught to say O stocke or O stone help vs. As if it were not absurd to pray before stockes and stones and