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A05459	Against the apple of the left eye of antichrist, or the masse book of lurking darknesse making way for the apple of the right eye of antichrist, the compleat masse book of palpable darknesse : this apple of the left eye, commonly called, the liturgie, or service book, is in great use both among the halting papists, and compleat papists, and the things written heere are also against the compleat masse book.	Lightbody, George.	1638 (1638)	STC 15591.5; ESTC S2182	52,108	90

the familie either without or contrary to the direction of her husband and if a servant obey after his own pleasure not subjecting himself to the lawfull commandment of his master they are said to make idols and cyphers the one of her husband the other of his master So all these who serve God with wil-worship not submitting themselves to his heavenly will and wisedome they make an idole and a cypher of God himself using his most glorious majesty as if he were without judgement and could not direct the manner of his own worship Other idolaters who worshiped divels or idols as they were informed by the oracles and responses of devils will condemne our wil-worshipers for they thought the devils wiser then themselves Our arrogant wil-worshipers think themselves wiser then GOD and will not bee taught by his Doctrine 2 If you take idolatrie for the giving of any divine service that onlie belongs unto GOD unto creatures and unto other things that are not GOD then such as these are idolatrie viZ The solemne observation of fixed dayes and times in a religious manner for the honour of martyrs Sancts and angels The praying unto angels and Sancts unto crosses crucifixes and images The keeping of relicts hoasts holy water eucharisticall elements altars monuments images crucifixes c And also the using of them for some supernaturall vertue alledged to be in them The swearing by these or by any other thing that is not GOD The attributing of merits to Sancts or angels saying they can deserve good things from GOD These and such like things are grosse idolatrie for all such honour worship only belongeth unto God 3. If you take idolatrie more strictlie for giving of religious adoration to creatures either inwardlie or outwardlie then the determinat directing of kneeling or of any outward religious adoring gestures towards any thing that is not God or the directing of any inward affections or spirituall operations correspondent unto these gestures towards any thing that is not God It is idolatrie Because if Christ were visiblie present before us we should discerne him onlie from all other creatures by this kinde of worship for he is both God man If we give this honour to other creatures it is idolatrie because these creatures have no personall union with God neither doth God personallie appear in them as he did in the time of the fathers in the old Testament If this worship be done for some supernaturall vertue alledged to be in these creatures it is grosse and absolute idolatrie but if it be for any reference or respect they have unto God as that they are Gods ordinance or they represent Christ Or if they think that this honour direct to these creatures is a honouring of God and of Christ it is relative idolatrie If it be direct to images pictures or relicts for some supernaturall vertue alledged to be in Sancts and angels whom these things do represent or if they think that Sancts and Angels are thereby adored It is both absolute and relative idolatrie It is absolute idolatrie because it is neither directed to God neither have the things worshipped any reference unto God but unto Sancts or Angels It is relative idolatrie also because it is done to images and pictures c. for the reference and representation they have unto Saints and Angels 4. There are evidencies that the obtruders of this masse book labour to draw men unto grosse and absolute idolatrie For 1. at the communion they pray That the elements may be the body and bloud of Christ They explane not the words to be taken figuratively and sacramentally 2. How oft soever the communion shall be celebrate in the year Pasch day must be one of these dayes that the very time may seeme to declare their sacramentall bread to be transubstantiat unto the body of him that was crucified at the Iewish Passeover 3. At the act of receiving the sacramentall elements the people must all kneele upon their knees The Papists do the same thing unto their transubstantiat God when they receive him 4. This book hath oblation consecration and consummation which importeth an other sacrifice than the sacrifice of thanksgiving 5. When the celebration is ended the Priest covereth the relicts of the elements with a linnen cloath called a corporall that is a cloath that covereth the body of Christ making it a winding sheet or funerall cloath as Joseph of Arimathea did cover Christs body when he took it from the crosse and so they will have Christ who in his Manhead is now living in heaven and sitting at the right hand of God to be in his Man-head both living and dead at once 6. The Surplice was an idole among the Papists which the halting Papists have also Durandus in rational divin officior lib. 3. cap. 1. calleth the hallowed vestiments belonging to the Priest Pieces of armour wherewith the Bishop or Priest must be harnished that will fight against spirituall wickednesses and the Bishop when he halloweth any of them prayeth Missal Rom. part 3. pag. 10. That the priest wearing this holy vesture may deserve to be defended from the assaults and tentatious of the wicked spirits The Egyptian Priests did not abuse their white vesturs or surplice● with so grosse idolatrie If thou say we use them not for such wicked ends as they did I answer Thou also may offer sacrifices of sheep and oxen and use all the rites of Iewish and Heathen idolatrie pretending better ends Should not the worship of the true GOD differ as well outwardly as inwardly from all other kinde of worship we should eschew all appearance of evill mens intentions do not appeare because they are invisible Hee that loveth a whore conformeth himselfe to the fashions and customes of the whore So doe they who love the whore of Babylon and according to their love so are their intentions whorish 7. The signe of the Crosse is also by the Papists abused with grosse idolatrie they ascribe supernaturall and Divine operations to it Bellarmine De imaginibus sanctis lib. 2. cap. 30. artic 11. 13. 15. saith That it driveth away the devils expelleth diseases sanctifieth all things that are marked with it breaketh the force of witchcraft c. They teach that the signe of the Crosse is to be worshipped Iacob de graphiis decisionum aurearum lib. 2 cap. 3. sect 15. cultu latriae That is with the worship that is given to GOD. Our Liturgie book hath already ascribed more vertue unto crossing then unto baptisme For at baptisme they make a signe of the Crosse upon the Childes forehead when the Childe is baptized saying at the making of the signe We receive him into the Congregation of Christs flock as if Baptisme it self were not the sign of our entrie unto Christs kirk And also they make Crossing a token that hee shall confesse the Faith of Christ and resist the Divell and the World they spoile this also from Baptisme 8. The superstitious keeping

Against the apple o● 〈…〉 of antichrist or the masse 〈…〉 lurking darknesse making way for the apple of the right eye of antichrist the compleat masse book of palpable darknesse This apple of the left eye commonly called the liturgie or service book is in great use both among the halting papists and compleat papists and the things written heere are also against the compleat masse book IOHN X. ve●●● All that ever came before mee ar● 〈◊〉 and robbe●● but the sheep did not heare them vers 9. I am the doore by 〈…〉 man 〈◊〉 in bee shall be saved and shall go in and 〈◊〉 and find● 〈◊〉 vers 10. The thief cometh not but f●● 〈◊〉 steale and to kill and to destroy I am come that 〈◊〉 ●ight have life and that they might have it more 〈…〉 Printed Ann● 16●● The Contents of this Book IF superstitious rites be comely in Gods Kirk Quest 1. How many wayes doth this masse book restraine the libertie of Gods Spirit Of crossing confirmation how Gods worship bindereth other parts of Gods worship Qu. 2 By what clouds of darknesse is the light of the gospell obscured in the kingdome of antichrist Of governing the kirk by prelats the oath of intrains Quest 3. The evidencies of idolatrie in this book how all wil-worship is idolatrie The sorts of Idolatrie Qu. 4. What popes first ordeined the superstitions of this book Of feasts or holie dayes and fasting dayes Of reading Scriptures out of their owne canon their incorporation with witches charmes with the Alcoran c. Privat Sacraments the surplice crossing c. Q. 5. Should Scriptures bee left out for obscuritie Qu. 6. Wherefore omitted in reading Qu. 7. If they edifie lesse and yet should bee read Qu. 8. If the reading of this book be Divine service because of the Scriptures contained in it Qu. 9. 10. Of fixing the Scriptures vnto set dayes Set dayes of fasting and thanksgiving Qu. 10. Of set formes of prayer and conceived Q. 11 Conceived prayers are also set formes c. Qu. 12. We may use some set formes Q. 1● The Scriptures are a set forme the Lords prayer the 10. Commands and Articles of belief Qu 14. Of catecheticall Doctrine Qu. 15. Of libertie in indifferent things Qu. 16. when lawfull ceremonies become vnlawfull Qu. 17. The patriark● were taught without Scriptures Ergo wee may want some Scriptures Qu. 18. Are not traditions best when reading and preaching the Scriptures profite nothing Qu. 19. The pride and covetousnesse of the Clergie at Divine service Qu. 20. Pride at the communion Qu. 21. If this book may be used when it is corrected Qu. 21. The vse of a table taken away Q. 23. 24. Of giving the elements out of the Minister● hands If Christ did so to all c. The meaning of the words I will not drink of the fruit of the vine The signification of the elements Qu. 25. The minister goeth about to distribute Qu 26. Of kneeling to the Sacrament for humilitie It is as lawfull to honour Christ by giving the inward as the outward worship to the elements Qu. 27. Of adoring the Sacrament because it is 〈◊〉 holy ordinance Qu. 28. We bow towards a king Ergo. Qu. 29. We should vse the Sacraments reverently Ergo c. Qu. 30. It is an excitative mids Ergo c. Qu. 31. If the sacrament bee worshiped when wee adore before it Qu. 32. Of vncovering the head c. Qu. 33. Of sitting Jackfellow like with Christ Q. 34. The midses and objects of indifferencie O● necessitie Of a determinat religious adoration which is the mids of nece●●●tie that i● neerest unto God who is adored Salomon worshipped before the altar By what sorts of union was GOD united to the things wherein he appeared Qu. 35. If more learned men should bee obeyed Qu. 36. We can not cast away all rites c. Qu. 37. Nor worship God if we eschew all that idolaters doe Qu. 38. Why doe you who kneel not de●●● from our communions Qu. 39. Whether I preach or not mere is danger Qu. 40. Better to yeeld to some abuses then 〈◊〉 theefe or wolf should enter into my place Qu. 41. The profitable meanes to keepe men from apostasie Qu. 4● QUESTION ALL the rites and ceremonies prescribed in this masse book are they not used in Gods kirk for comlinesse and decency Answere Thus you do calumniat Christ our Lord and his apostles as if they had worshipped God undecently because they used not these rites 2. Is it decent that a Queene shall be clad with the garments of a whore you do cloath Gods kirk with the garments of the whore of Babylon by idolatrous and superstitious rites 3. Is it decency in Gods kirk that either rulers or usurping prelats by their lawes shall burden mens consciences persecute them if they obey not such laws 4. If a servant binde his masters hands and feet that he may not stir nor walk nor move himselfe If the servant I say being accused for the same shall answer I did it for decency think you this a decent answere But the authors obtruders of this book do binde Gods spirit so far as lyeth in them by restraining the free passage of the gifts of Gods Spirit in their lawfull and right use among Gods people Quest How many wayes do the popish prelates by this book restraine the libertie of Gods spirit so far as their power may reach Ans They lay bands on Gods spirit by hindering the register of Gods truth viz. the Canonicall Scriptures to be read in publick divine service placing in stead thereof rent and clipped pieces of Scriptures with humaine traditions 2. They destroy the holy order wherein God● 〈◊〉 placed the Scriptures as if the most High had 〈…〉 them like a God of confusion They have turned this order into Babylonish confusion and Gods Spirit is restrained from the use of his own holy order among his people 3. By obtruding this book they hinder oftimes preaching and interpretation of scriptures which are the gifts of Gods Spirit 4. They hinder the indifferent use of time in reading his word by fixing the reading of the scriptures unto set dayes of the year 5. They hinder and restraine Gods spirit in not making known the whole extent of his word for there are a hundreth and twentie chapters of the scriptures unto the publick reading whereof they appoint no time of the yeer 6. They binde and restraine the gifts of Gods spirit in his Ministers at publick prayer so that whatsoever holy meditations God shall put in their hearts they may not expresse them if they be not in the forme of the words of this book This is a forbidding of Gods Spirit to give any meditations to his servants otherwise then this book prescribeth 7. They force the people to kneel when the priest rehearseth the law and giveth the sacramentall elements so that God is hindred of that honour that if himself were rehearseing the law he shall not

be discerned by religious adoration from a priest when he rehearseth the law yea a priest is honoured and not God for when God gave the law the people did only stand and kneeled not Also Christs personall presence if he visiblie were beside us could not be discerned from the sacramentall elements by religious adoration Item the holy desires and the libertie of Gods people are restrained from expressing the religious divine adoration in due time and place as Gods spirit teacheth them to eschew the confusion of divine adoration with other points of Gods service 8 They restraine Gods honour and dignity in that his sacred word which for the exellency thereof should be written and set apart by it self and so declared to be more esteemed then all other word it is put together into one incorporation with Apocrypha and humaine traditions and so made only equall to them 9. They presse down the dignity of Christs sacraments and consequently the wisedome of Gods Spirit by whom Christ gave these sacraments in that a presbyter or deacon may give baptisme and the Lords supper but the bishop must only give confirmation as if it were more excellent then the sacraments of Christs ordinance But the bastard office of a tyrannizing bishop which God never planted is the fittest minister of a bastard sacrament 10. By making one part of divine service to hinder another part thereof as the reading of the Psalmes twelve times in the yeer hindreth the other Scriptures to be read six times in the year as if a servant would labour and plew all the year upon two or three rigs of his masters land and leave no time for plewing the rest of his field 11 By binding the significations of divine ordinances unto humaine traditions as when at baptisme they demand questions at infants as if they could understand and speak like their parents they make the sign of the Crosse in the Childes fore-head after hee is baptized saying Wee receive him in the Congregation of Christs flock as if Baptisme it self did not signifie our entrie into Christs kirk So they deny the force of Baptisme attributing it unto crossing they make crossing also a token that he shall confesse the Faith of Christ and resist the divel the world They spoile this also from Baptisme they make matrimonie to signifie the mystical union betwixt Christ and his kirk and so they make it a sacrament This signification is also robbed from Christs Sacraments for Baptisme signifieth our beginning and ingrafting in Christs mysticall body and the LORDS Supper signifieth our continuance in that union Matrimonie is a Divine ordinance but the using of it as a Sacrament is a humaine ordinance 12. By making the Clergie in divine service keep the precise words of this Masse book so that they may not read one verse of any chapter of Scripture more then the passages quoted in this book neither may they diminish one word or verse which is printed in this book yea where this book hath all the LORDS Prayer they must say all the LORDS Prayer where it hath but a part of it they must say but a part of it Where this book omitteth Christs descending into hell in the Apostolick Creed they must omit it and where the Creed hath all the Articles they must say all Where it hath the Creed of Athanasius they must say it So oft as the book hath the words Lord have mercie upon us which words are the Popish Kyrie Eleison the Priest must say them as often and no more They adde unto GODS word and diminish from it as they please they will have none to adde unto their traditions nor diminish from them Thus the Man of Sin as GOD sitteth in the Temple of GOD and exalteth him above all the three Persons which 〈◊〉 called GOD and the most High is used as a slave The most wicked men will make use of some of the speeches of their slaves if they can make these words fitting for their purposes So the Antichristians make use of the word of God for earthly gaine pleasures 13. By hindering Gods people to use extraordinarie fasting and praying and solemne humiliation unto GOD even when the LORD plagueth his people with many and grievous plagues spirituall and corporall Thus the Antichristian Prelates themselves are become the greatest plague of Gods kirk when they hinder the lawfull meanes of taking away Gods judgements 14. By forcing the People to fasting and solemne humiliation at Lent and other set times albeit GOD were blessing his People with all good things without any plague and so restraining the dueties of solemne thanksgiving 15. By ordeining the Scriptures which they appoint to be made use of in publict divine service not only to be read upon fixed dayes of the year as was said before but also they have appointed them to be read on such daies of the moneth when People because of their civile distractions may not come to heare them So except the twelve whole chapters that are only written in this Masse book the rest are but parcels of Chapters and the hundreth and thirteene chapters which are appointed for the Sundayes of the year there shall no more whole chapters be read on Sundayes through the whole year for the rest of the scriptures are so appointed for the dayes of the moneth that if these dayes fall upon the Sunday then the chapters ordeined for these dayes of ●●e moneth shall be omitted at that time but if they ●all on the week dayes these scriptures shall be read except I say these 12 and 113. Chapters the people shall never heare the rest of the scriptures read in publick divine service being hindred by lawfull civile bussinesse on the week dayes The jewes were more religious for they caused the whole old testament to be read on the sabboths at the least once in the yeer It is said in a fable that a foxe invited a cran to a dinner and he powred forth scatred abroad on a broad table a thin broath for the cran to eate But the cran smitting the table with his long beak could not take up the broath scatred abroad So these deceaving foxes have so scattred abroad divided the spirituall food of Gods word that Gods people can not be the better of it They have appointed it for such dayes as people can not come to heare it And upon the sabboths when they should heare it they finde a serpent in stead of a fish in stead of the bread of life which is Gods word they feed more upon humaine stonie traditions Qu. By what clouds of darknesse is the light of Christ the son of righteousnesse obscured in the antichristian kingdome Ans By diminishing Gods word in the Canonicall register as when they left out the second commandment of the morall law 2. By diminishing his word in choosing some places of scriptures to be insert and read in their service book rejecting the most part of the