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A18104 The originall of popish idolatrie, or The birth of heresies Published under the name of Causabon [sic], and called-in the same yeare, upon misinformation. But now upon better consideration reprinted with alowance. Being a true and exacte description of such sacred signes, sacrifices and sacraments as have bene instituted and ordained of God since Adam. With a newe source and anatomie of the Masse, first gathered out of sundrie Greeke and Latine authors, as also out of diuerse learned fathers. Published by S.O.; Originall of idolatries. Darcie, Abraham, fl. 1625.; Ofwod, Stephen.; Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. 1630 (1630) STC 4748; ESTC S107605 102,805 138

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chap._n 3_o as_o to_o exercise_v a_o lustral_a water_n call_v holy_a water_n wherewith_o to_o besprinkle_v the_o assistant_n or_o beholder_n at_o the_o sacrifice_n the_o conjuration_n and_o exorcism_n institute_v by_o numa_n be_v of_o sea_n or_o salt_n water_n because_o say_v he_o salt_n do_v participate_v of_o the_o fiery_a nature_n or_o of_o fire_n very_o proper_a to_o purify_v for_o this_o reason_n the_o ancient_a roman_a idolater_n besprinkle_v this_o salt_n exorcise_v water_n as_o a_o mercurial_a expiatory_a &_o purgatory_n water_n for_o popular_a offence_n especial_o for_o perjury_n and_o lie_v to_o preserve_v this_o consecrate_a and_o exorcize_v salt_n water_n they_o have_v two_o sort_n of_o holy_a water_n font_n one_o be_v large_a not_o movable_a but_o place_v at_o the_o entry_n of_o their_o temple_n where_o they_o adore_v their_o image_n that_o so_o they_o may_v sprinkle_v those_o which_o enter_v into_o the_o same_o temple_n the_o other_o be_v a_o portable_a font_n to_o 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ab_fw-la alox_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 17._o platino_n si_fw-mi crvis_fw-la vitula_fw-la aspersus_fw-la populum_fw-la ludaeorum_fw-la mundabat_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la aqua_fw-la sale_n conspersa_fw-la populum_fw-la sanctificat_fw-la &_o innsidias_fw-la diaboh_fw-la avertit_fw-la ea_fw-la à_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-fr consecrat_fw-mi distmct_n 1._o the_o law_n of_o god_n corrupt_v numb_a 19_o 4._o king_n 2._o exod_n 15._o numb_a 19_o alexander_n the_o first_o of_o that_o name_n next_o successor_n to_o the_o apostle_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o one_o of_o the_o first_o corrupter_n of_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n ordain_v by_o god_n continue_v this_o idolatry_n of_o consecrate_v &_o exercise_v lustral_a water_n with_o salt_n to_o repel_v devil_n nevertheless_o the_o better_a to_o mask_n pompilian_n magic_n he_o frame_v this_o comparison_n so_o it_o be_v say_v alexander_n that_o the_o ash_n of_o a_o inviolated_a red_a cow_n for_o sacrifice_n mingle_v with_o fountain_n water_n purify_v the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o therefore_o by_o a_o more_o prevalent_a reason_n water_n exorze_v with_o salt_n must_v needs_o purify_v christian_n and_o drive_v away_o devil_n be_v not_o this_o a_o violate_v and_o corrupt_v of_o the_o holy_a law_n of_o god_n to_o content_v and_o please_v the_o roman_n taint_v with_o the_o ancient_a religion_n of_o numa_n pompilius_n the_o magician_n if_o alexander_n have_v not_o yield_v to_o the_o use_n of_o salt_n institute_v by_o the_o ancient_a idolater_n for_o lustral_a water_n he_o will_v rather_o have_v follow_v the_o jewish_a ceremony_n and_o ordain_v ash_n to_o consecrate_v the_o water_n of_o expiation_n for_o if_o he_o think_v to_o disguise_v it_o by_o the_o miracle_n of_o elizeus_fw-la that_o purify_v the_o water_n with_o salt_n moses_n also_o do_v the_o like_a with_o the_o wood_n which_o be_v bring_v he_o when_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n be_v distress_v for_o sweet_a water_n to_o drink_v but_o in_o these_o miracle_n no_o mention_n be_v make_v that_o elizeus_fw-la or_o moses_n institute_v any_o lustral_a water_n to_o purify_v the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o we_o can_v find_v that_o there_o be_v
ever_o any_o lustral_a water_n among_o the_o jewish_a ceremony_n but_o only_o with_o ash_n of_o the_o victim_n offer_v for_o sacrifice_n and_o therefore_o alexander_n &_o his_o follower_n must_v needs_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o invention_n of_o salt_n water_n exorcize_v for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n take_v original_a from_o numa_n pompilius_n more_o than_o 700._o year_n before_o the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n this_o lustral_a water_n be_v so_o religious_o observe_v by_o the_o roman_a idolater_n that_o more_o than_o 360._o year_n after_o the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v relate_v how_o valentinian_n the_o emperor_n enter_v in_o to_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o goddess_n fortune_n sprinkle_v hist._n trip_v lib._n 6._o cap._n 3●_n valentivian_n the_o emperor_n against_o holy_a water_n sprinkle_v a_o priest_n who_o be_v guardian_n of_o the_o same_o temple_n sprinkle_v some_o of_o this_o holy_a lustral_a and_o salt_a water_n upon_o he_o which_o he_o take_v out_o of_o a_o 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exorcise_v water_n at_o least_o why_o do_v he_o not_o implore_v the_o salt_n with_o the_o host_n of_o the_o mass_n priest_n which_o they_o say_v they_o offer_v to_o god_n as_o a_o save_a sacrifice_n in_o do_v so_o 2.5.6_o levit._fw-la 2.5.6_o he_o have_v imitate_v the_o moysaicall_a ceremony_n wherein_o they_o be_v command_v to_o offer_v salt_n in_o all_o sacrifice_n and_o to_o sprinkle_v therewith_o the_o sacrifice_n that_o be_v emmolated_a for_o safety_n but_o if_o alexander_n &_o other_o his_o successor_n have_v follow_v the_o law_n of_o god_n they_o can_v have_v add_v nothing_o of_o their_o own_o brain_n they_o can_v have_v no_o memorial_n nor_o renown_n of_o their_o own_o institution_n and_o therefore_o in_o this_o respect_n they_o will_v in_o nothing_o follow_v the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o contrariwise_o they_o prohibit_v the_o use_n of_o salt_n with_o their_o round_a consecrate_a host_n invent_v the_o reason_n why_o new_a idolatry_n be_v invent_v to_o celebrate_v their_o missal_n sacrifice_n they_o also_o forbid_v the_o mingle_n of_o ash_n in_o their_o lustral_a water_n that_o in_o all_o their_o institution_n they_o may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o have_v take_v any_o thing_n from_o god_n prescription_n neither_o from_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n as_o also_o much_o less_o from_o the_o law_n evangelicall_a of_o jesus_n christ_n they_o think_v to_o attribute_v these_o invention_n mere_o to_o themselves_o though_o they_o have_v their_o original_n from_o the_o ancient_a heathen_a roman_a idolater_n 700._o year_n before_o the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n to_o resolve_v this_o first_o missal_n part_n it_o be_v much_o more_o expedient_a o_o you_o missalian_o in_o stead_n of_o your_o sacrifice_n and_o exorcism_n of_o salt_n water_n christian_n true_o holy_a water_n for_o christian_n wherewith_o you_o sprinkle_v the_o people_n to_o preach_v pure_o &_o sincere_o the_o holy_a gospel_n &_o to_o teach_v christian_a people_n that_o the_o true_a purification_n &_o wash_v away_o of_o sin_n depend_v on_o the_o blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n which_o be_v powerful_a enough_o to_o repel_v devil_n to_o deliver_v we_o from_o hell_n 9_o heb._n 9_o to_o preserve_v we_o from_o eternal_a death_n &_o to_o wipe_v out_o in_o we_o every_o spot_n &_o blemish_n of_o sin_n without_o use_v exorcism_n or_o conjuration_n with_o salt_n to_o drive_v away_o devil_n conformable_a to_o pompilian_a magic_n &_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o samaritan_n haer_fw-mi epiph_n lib._n 1._o tom_n 1._o see_v 9_o &_o 17._o cont._n haer_fw-mi who_o think_v themselves_o purify_v by_o those_o and_o wash_v with_o the_o same_o every_o day_n chap._n fourteen_o the_o procession_n of_o the_o mass_n after_o the_o asperges_n be_v sing_v procession_n 2._o part_n of_o the_o mass_n procession_n the_o lustral_a exorcize_v water_n sprinkle_v upon_o the_o altar_n the_o image_n &_o all_o the_o assistant_n at_o a_o mass_n then_o follow_v procession_n 44._o platina_n tit_n liv._o li●_n his_o decade_n supplicationes_fw-la quis_fw-la nos_fw-la processiones_fw-la vocamus_fw-la fiebaut_fw-fr circa_fw-la delubra_fw-la fanaque_fw-la &_o pulvinaria_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la honos_fw-la dijs_fw-la dabatur_fw-la pracedentitus_fw-la pveris_fw-la ingenuis_fw-la ac_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la coranatis_fw-la ac_fw-la lauream_fw-la tenentibus_fw-la manum_fw-la voce_fw-la modulaeta_fw-la cancntibus_fw-la carmen_fw-la subsequent_a maximo_fw-la pontisice_n vel_fw-la curione_fw-la deinde_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la patritijs_fw-la ac_fw-la senatoribus_fw-la cum_fw-la consugibus_fw-la &_o libcris_fw-la plerunque_fw-la coronatis_fw-la apul._n lib._n 17._o de_fw-fr aso_n aur_fw-it blond_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr roni_n trium_fw-la alex._n ab_fw-la alex_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 27._o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o discourse_n of_o the_o ancient_a roman_n religion_n lamprid._n apul._n lib._n 11._o the_o asin_n aur_fw-it alex._n ab_fw-la alex._n lib._n 50._o cap._n 27._o herod_n in_o his_o history_n jerom._n in_o his_o epist._n ad_fw-la judaos_n in_o babylonem_fw-la abducendos_fw-la ne_fw-fr verticem_fw-la deraditore_fw-la nove_fw-la barbam_fw-la vollitote_fw-la levit._fw-la 19_o nec_fw-la in_o gyrum_fw-la ac_fw-la rotundum_fw-la attondebitis_fw-la comam_fw-la vestram_fw-la nec_fw-la radctis_fw-la barbam_fw-la ezech._n 44._o which_o be_v attribute_v to_o agapet_n the_o roman_a pope_n but_o this_o be_v institute_v above_o a_o thousand_o year_n before_o he_o for_o the_o ancient_a roman_a idolater_n call_v it_o supplication_n a_o form_n institute_v by_o numa_n to_o go_v on_o procession_n either_o to_o appease_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o god_n to_o obtain_v peace_n or_o to_o pray_v unto_o god_n for_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o order_n be_v in_o this_o manner_n first_o before_o the_o procession_n walk_v certain_a young_a child_n than_o the_o sacrifice_a priest_n clad_v in_o white_a surpless_n sing_v hymn_n paean_n &_o canticle_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o god_n then_o march_v the_o high_a priest_n or_o curio_n then_o march_v the_o roman_a senator_n with_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o sometime_o the_o common_a people_n assist_v there_o be_v common_o carry_v about_o in_o procession_n
the_o shrine_n or_o reliquarie_n of_o god_n jupiter_n or_o of_o anubis_n by_o some_o priest_n clad_v in_o white_a surplese_n with_o shave_a head_n and_o thereon_o wear_v crown_n this_o crown_n be_v of_o such_o reverence_n &_o esteem_v that_o the_o emperor_n himself_o commodus_n antonius_n high_a pontifex_n cause_v his_o head_n to_o be_v shave_v and_o cut_v round_o express_o to_o carry_v the_o cabinet_n of_o god_n anubis_n before_o the_o cabinet_n or_o reliquarie_n go_v a_o cierger_n carry_v a_o light_a taper_n in_o his_o hand_n when_o the_o procession_n go_v along_o through_o the_o street_n there_o be_v seat_n erect_v to_o serve_v for_o station_n or_o place_n where_o the_o priest_n which_o carry_v the_o relic_n be_v appoint_v to_o rest_n and_o take_v breath_n when_o the_o procession_n be_v end_v the_o temple_n be_v open_v the_o altar_n and_o image_n perfume_v with_o incense_n and_o the_o reliquy_n of_o their_o god_n show_v on_o those_o day_n when_o the_o procession_n go_v abroad_o a_o 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