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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03817	The vnmasking of the politique atheist By I.H. Batcheler of Diuinitie	Hull, John, 1569 or 70-1627.	1602 (1602)	STC 13934; ESTC S114293	40,793	152

all commers the Lyon and the Lambe cannot hoorde in one fowlde Isaack and Ismael in one house 1. Cor. 10.2 Chron. 16.2 Chron. 18.1 Cor. 1.13.2 Timot. 4.5 the Arke and Dagon in one church holy and prophane fire in one censer Christ and Antichrist in one temple Euseb lib. 3. cap. 62. Socrat. lib. 5. cap. 2. Non bene connénit signo Christi et signo diaboli castris lucis et castris tenebrarum non potest vna anima duobus deberi and yee cannot drinke the cuppe of Christ and of Diuels What prouoked Gods anger against Salomon Asa Amasia and Iohosaphat the permission of more religions in one kingdome Christ must not be deuided and Timothy must beware of Alexander Constantine ouerthrew the temples of the heretiques and Iouinian denied to be their Emperor that were disciples vnto Iulian. 3. Kings 21. Amb. Epist 5. Orat. cont Auxent Naboth defended his Vine with his blood and Ambrose chose rather to dye then to yeelde one of his churches to the Arrians But to set vp more religions in a kingdome is to bring peace vnto the countrie very like such peace as Simons Horse brought vnto Troy Aeneas sword vnto Dido and Deianira her shirt vnto Hercu●s Brought not the suffering of ●he Arrian great peace vnto the world that had almost euerted Christ and christendome Hiero. Epist 62 Nihil ●rande est pacem voce pretendere et ●pere desiruere verbis somniare con●ordiam Euseb hist 4. cap. 14. re exigere seruitutem Iohn ●he Apostle fled from Cerinthus Ne balneae ipsae corruant supposing the place could not long endure ●hat contained an enemie vnto the ●ruth And Polycarpus would not companie with Marrian that was ●rimogenitum diaboli the childe of Satan May a man carry fire in his ●osome not burne his clothes and walke vpon hoat coales and not scorch his feete may a man suffer the plague in his house and not infect his family a Woolfe among his Lambes and not hurt his fowld and a serpent in the cradle and not spoile his childe But such is heresie Cyprian Epist 20. and false religion to the church and common● wealth euen a plague that pierce● the hart an ague that brings deat●● eternall a fire that burnes to destruction and a serpent that sting● to perdition and do not thes● men deserue better of religion then the Atheist Tertul. depraescript that wish suc● losse vnto Christ Hieron Osc 2.7 and hurt vnto the Church Ambrose Epist 80. The Atheist pretends religion● but for pollicie sometimes with● Herod the more easily to destroye● the infant he also will go and worship Christ sometimes with Simon Magus 2. Math. the better to win credit and profit ● Actes he also must be the great● power of God sometimes ●with● Ananias and Saphyra to conceak● his hypocrisie and in a worde 5. Actes with this vizard to couer rebellions murders adulteries all sorts of villanies And dooth this also ●ouch the Papists witnesse their Spanish Inquisition their holy ●eague the Parliament of Prouince ●he court in France Actes and Monuments called the bur●ing chamber and the blood of holy Martyrs with the which om●is sere orbis infectus est almost the whole world hath beene lately bestained besmeared Here might you see dead mens bones brought to the barre and there condemned to the fire for heresie here might you see the mother burning at the stake the childe from her wombe flying the firie flames At the massacre in Antwerpe yet throwne againe into the middest thereof for an hereticke Now might you heare a hideous noyce crying occide trucida occide trucida viuat missa viuat missa murder kill slay let the Masse liue Faelix Earle o●● Wattenbr and let all slide And now might you heare men sweare that they would ride vp to the spurs in the blood of the Lutherans Illyricus If this be not sufficient to open vnto thee their Satanicall natures Apoe 12. in persecuting the seede of the woman then attend a little and tho● shalt apparantly behold their wol●uish corpes masking in sheepe● cloathing perswading falshood for christian truth Math. ● Math. 19. Math. 10. and prescribing deadly poyson in lewe of wholesome potions to the slaughter o● many a silly soule For wherevnto belongeth the withholding of the facred scripture from the hungry people which are the blessed food and nourishments of their soules commaunded and practised by Christ the Apostles and the Primitiue church 5. Iohn because for sooth the people being kept in ignorance which they say is the mother of Piety should not espye their workes Christ ●om 9. Epist ad colloss thereby to detest their knaueries wherevnto appertaines their seruice in an vnknowne-toung Concil Trid. fect 22. cap. 8. and hiding from the people the onely way vnto saluation Bellar. lib. 2. de verb. c. 16. which is by Christ but to shew their Iewish mindes vnto Christ 1. Cor. 14. and their Atheisticall conceits vnto Christianitie When a Iew of Ratisbone conuerted to the saith was demanded why the Iewes thirsted after the blood of Christians answered it was a mysterie onely knowne vnto the Rabbins and men of highest place ●● notwithstanding this was their custome if any of them were ready to make an end of this present life a Rabbin annoynted him with blood vsing these or such like wordes vnto him saying If he that was promised in the lawe and in the Prophets hath truly appeared Fincelius lib. 3. de mirac and if this Iesus crucified be the very Messias then let the blood of that innocent mā that died cleanse thee from thy sinnes helpe thee to eternall life And Epiphanius reports thus of the Iewes of Tiberias that they would whisper after this sort in a dying mans eare Beleeue in Iesus of Nazareth whome ou● Princes crucified for he shal come to iudge thee in the latter day were the Iewes adu●rsaries to Christ and enemies to their conscience and doe not our Papists second them in their Atheisme who teach a man must put his confidence in good workes for they merit eternall life Acts and Monuments of the Bishop of Winchester Howbeit whe● Stephen Gardiner lying on his death bed heard the Bishop of Chichester telling him of Gods promises and free iustification by the blood of Christ he said what my Lorde will yee open that gap now then farewell altogether to me and such other in my case you may speake it but open this window to the people and then farewell altogether And sir Christopher Blunt had these wordes at the time of his execution Beare witnesse I dye a Catholicke Anno. 1600. March 18. yet so as I hope to be saued onely by the death and passion of Christ and by his merits not ascribing any thing to my owne workes yea and Bellarmine their great Goliah after much withstanding of the truth