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A05770	A toile for tvvo-legged foxes Wherein their noisome properties; their hunting and vnkenelling, with the duties of the principall hunters and guardians of the spirituall vineyard is liuelie discouered, for the comfort of all her Highnes trustie and true-hearted subiects, and their encouragement against all popish practises. By I. B. preacher of the word of God.	Baxter, J.	1600 (1600)	STC 1596; ESTC S112228	88,347	250

say to him as did Themistocles to a certaine od Seriphiā who obiected to Themistocles that his ●lory receiued greater brightnes from the renowne of his country then from the merit of his vertues not so said Themistocles for if I were a Seriphian I would not liue without renowne and if thou werest an Athenian thou couldest not liue without shame In like sort say if Saint Peter were at Rome he liued not like the Pope and if the Pope sit in Peters chaire he liues not like Saint Peter but euen as Neanthus hauing gotten Orpheus his harp iangled and iarred so long that whereas hee looked for the trees to skip he brought the dogges about his eares euen so the Pope hath so long boasted of Peters succession that the simple discerne his doublings and nouices in religion begin to espie his Iugling But some man will say is there the● no certaine visible place Whether there be any certaine place on which to builde our beliefe on which a Christian man may depend so farre as to say we must beleeue and doe that which is taught and commaunded in such a place Christ resolueth this demaund but answereth not that it is Rome or any other place but saith he where the dead bodie is thither the Eagle gather themselues together and what i● this dead bodie but Iesus Christ and him crucified besides which I wil know nothing saith the Apostle vnderstanding by the name of Christ his person and by the word of crucified all his sufferings for vs vntill that last crie of his which shaked both heauen and earth Math. 27. This concerneth doctrine Now for outward seruice heare him answering to the woman of Samaria whose demaund was Iohn 4. whether they should worship in the Temple of the Samaritanes or of the Iewes that for a time it was the Temple of Ierusalem and none other which God had chosen to be worshipped in But saith he the time is come that men shall worship neither in this mountaine nor in Ierusalem but the true worshippers shall worship in spirit and in truth that is to say they shall serue God with a pure spirituall worship without distinction of place By this I trust the ignorant shall be able to descry what the Catholcikes meane by their Church agreement as also how to keepe themselues vnsnared by such Moters as goe about to entangle them As for our selues we giue the Church of God all her true honour confessing that whosoeuer hath not this true ancient Catholike and Apostolike Church to his mother the same hath not God to his Father Councels consent a false chalenge of a Romane Catholike with a caueat how councels are to be gathered and receiued THe Catholiks make many a goodly Brauado and whosoeuer is willing to be deceiued may beleeue them vpon their bare words The ancient fathers in an holy wisedome haue called Councels as befitted their times for th● abandoning of heresies and establishing of truth such were these old Councels the first Nicene the Councel of Constantinople the first Ephesine and such like which we refuse not but theirs are latter and are n● better many of them then if th● whoremasters whores were gathere● together to take order for the stewes But let vs consider whether all Councels serue for a Catholickes comfort Many hundred yeares agoe the Councell of Constantinople decreed that Images placed in the Church should be ouerthrowne and dashed in peeces Councels cōdemning popish opinions The Councel held at Eliberis in Spaine in the time of Constantine decreed that women should not frequent vigils that Images should be banished out of the Church and that nothing should be painted on the wall to be worshipped The Councell of Gangrens accursed them that condēned the priests mariage The third Councell of Carthage decreed that the chiefe bishop should not be called the prince of priestes or highest priest but onely the bishop of the chiefe sea The Councell of Hippo decreed that the bishop of the head sea should not be called the chiefe priest that no scripture should be read in the Church but Canonicall In a Councell holden at the Citie of Pize both Gregory Benet were deposed Alexander the fifthe lected Pope they notwithstanding holding still the title of papalitie and so a lease of Popes vntill the comming of Constance At the Councell of Basil Pope Eugenius concluded an hereticke deposed and a Duke created Pope in his place Thus they crake much of the authoritie of a councell and bleare mens eies with so glorious a name when as indeed their drunken superstitions by them are vtterly condemned It is truly said of many Councels that In nomine Dei incipit omne malum How councels are Therefore are they to be receiued with this caueat tha● they be gathered in the name of Christ decree according to his rule aim● at his glory So shall they be no othe● wise receiued then they bring the iudgment of Christ and the Pope shall b● put to silence who for all shew of pr● and con will determine for his purpos● wheresoeuer he is president Gerson and Panormitanus not new protestants but ancient fathers being at the Councell of Basil where it wa● argued what authority a Councel hath decreed that we must rather beleeu● one simple man alledging the scripture than an whole Councell to the contrarie the thing it selfe is ratified in the grea● Nicene Councell where many woul● haue forbidden priestes mariage and onely Paphnutius being vnmaried alledging the scriptures which allow mariage in al men did euince the contrarie The harmonie of fathers a false motiue to poperie IT cannot be denied but many fathers stand hard for their Catholike ●eligion as father Piggius father Hosius ●ather Lombard father Thomas father ●cotus father Caietā Fathers pleading for the Romish religion one of the best Car●inals father Bellarmine father Staple●on and many more hireling villaines which are at the Popes pay which al●hough in many things they agree no ●etter then Herod and Pilate yet can ●hey consent to degrade Iesus Christ ●rom his office as well as the other did ●o bereaue him of his life So that you ●ee what a consent of fathers here is ●or the defence of a Pope-holy faith But there are other auncients as fa●her Moses father Dauid Esay Ieremie c. In a word our fathers are the Pa●riarches Prophets and Apostles and when they shall proue that we dissent from these auncient fathers that is our worship our faith is not builded vpon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles as on the other side that theirs is then haue they spoke to the purpose Now if they meane by fathers consent to bring in Augustine Chrisostome Cyprian Basil Athanasius and the rest with one accord to make their plea for poperie then shamelesse beastes they are conuinced alreadie by the friendes of the bridegroome and confounded of their owne consciences if they haue any at all Lastly for this

if once it catch the heart roote it will eate out all goodnes all care all loue all zeale and indignation against sin Hence groweth nonresidencie swallowing downe of steeples as easie as the hungrie doth his crummes Loue of the world choakes care of painfull preaching Hence instead of hunting the Foxe there is hunting for promotion and preferment hunting for the profits and pleasures of this present life hunting for honour and for hundreds scratching of consciences in beating of the bushes for many benefices wheeling about the thickets to spie the couch of a prebendary or a deanrie c. and therefore hath it come to passe that some which haue had salt in them that is vnderstanding knowledge and zeale haue lost it through the perswasion of him that said All this will I giue thee if thou wilt fall downe and worship me there being now no more relish in them then there is tast in the white of an egge And what shall we say then of them that neuer had any salt at all in them neuer any loue any knowledge any zeale surely they be vnprofitable seruants worthie to be cast out of the temple of God as filth and dounge For what breedes greater contempt against God or discredit to his Gospel what more reuiues a catholikes hope to returne vnto Babilon or encourageth the traitours to the accomplishment of their practises then the blindnes ignorance and impietie of the ministerie how commeth it to passe that foolish people retain their old liking to their fathers old faith yong imps haue the like opinion powred into them and consequently as it may seeme easie to be drawne from their dutifull loyaltie to the loue of a stranger but because they haue wanted such as should rightly enforme them can the inestimable treasurie of a mightie prince be seene in the beggarlines of a base Embassadour can the aduersarie of the Gospell be drawne from falsehood and errour by him that knowes not I had almost said beleeues not the truth can a papist be reduced from his worshipping of idols by him that is no better then an idoll himselfe can the carnall gospeller the wanton libertine the prophane heart the beastly Epicure be brought to continencie modesty and sobriety by such which rather binde them in the cordes of iniquitie Lastly if to know God and according to that knowledge to serue him be the ground-worke of all true obedience how is it then possible that they whose consciences were neuer seasoned with any religion should yeelde either to God or their prince any dutifull subiection Saint Paul saith that he had begotten the Church of the Galathians Gal. 4.9 1. Cor. 4.15 and called himselfe the father of the Corinthians in regarde of the ministerie because hee had begotten them by the preaching of the Gospell Such fathers such children such as are the seedmen such seede they doe sowe Where olde wilie Foxes such as whose loue to religion may be iustly suspected are admitted into this great calling there poperie is sowne in stead of the Gospel and Foxes growe vp in steade of sound christians where blinde guides are made ministers such as haue no more knowledge then idolles of woode and stone preachers as they call them of idiots there must needes bee poore knowledge of God and suspected dutifulnes to the prince The great hurt and dishonour that these bring to the Church of God no man can with effectuall words display it nor plentie of teares lament it all sermons exhortations reprehensions doe rather aggrauate their condemnations then worke any reformation We reade that the Emperour Commodus was so cunning in darting that hauing gotten stones for the exercise of his hand many citizens did assemble to see him throw whose dexteritie was such that hee neuer cast at wilde beastes and missed his marke nor gaue any wound that was not deadly It is to be wished that euery one that rebuketh sinne should leuell so straight as did this Emperour that neuer threw but he hit neuer hit but he wounded so should the reader with the Romans neither see one monster twise galled neither any sin recouer the first wound If darters at deformities could wound as deadlie as they aime directly this monstrous monster had been vanquished long ere this day but alas it liueth ô yet it liueth liueth to nourish papisme atheisme and epicurisme If any maruaile at this how such are aduanced to houlde the helme as are scarce worthie to sit in the sincke hoysed into Moses chaire that are more meet to sit at Gamaliels feete called to feede with the dugge of the Gospell before they themselues be well weaned and sent to fight the Lords battles before they haue one stone to sling against Golias that is one scripture to resist the tempter withall let him vnderstand that this is either because the heartes of patrones are limed with the loue of this world which makes them not care whom they present or many Bishops haue such motes in their eyes that they cannot well see whom they blesse I am loth to rake in this dounghill of buying selling of benefices the which is a sufficient testimonie if there were no more that men haue as much true loue to religion as euer had Machiauell Fiue sorts of patrones of benefices There are diuers sorts that giue spirituall promotions in this land some are our great Catholickes whose care to send good ministers into the Church I durst sweare for them is as great as the Foxe euer had to feede the lambes And how can it stand with their blind religion to send good ministers into the true Christian Church but rather to dishonour and deface it by sending in the basest such as haue neither Vrim nor Thummim neither brighnesse of knowledge nor vprightnes of life It is said that Ieroboam made Israel to sinne that is to contemne religion and why because he made priestes of the basest of the people Therfore the diuell knowes well that if he can get priestes to be made of the refuse he shal bring people to condemne preachers and prophecying priests and religion Here let our Bishops be circumspect to sift narrowly when the patrone giues the Foxe for his cognisance There is a second sort of patrons open adorers of their god Mammon Mammonistes patrones described These are as good to Gods Church as the former Indeed I must confesse that when they giue their spiritual promotions all their care is to get a mā of gifts O gifts gifts nothing at all respected with these Merchants but gifts My meaning as no mystery Si nihil attuleris ibis Homere foras If you haue no gifts the passage is plain you must pack Can we find saith Pharao such a man as this meaning Ioseph for his excellencie in whom is the spirit of God Gen. 41.38 thou shalt be ouer my house And can we find such a man as this saith a sacrilegious patrone meaning a Sir Iohn lacke Latin