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A80408	Redintegratio amoris, or A union of hearts, between the Kings most excellent Majesty, the Right Honorable the Lords and Commons in Parliament, His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the Army under his command; the Assembly, and every honest man that desires a sound and durable peace, accompanied with speedy justice and piety. By way of respective apologies, so far as Scripture and reason may be judges. / By John Cook of Grayes-Inne, Barrester.	Cook, John, d. 1660.	1647 (1647)	Wing C6026; Thomason E404_29; ESTC R201862	78,816	92

their flesh the Papists raw flesh without bread some Priests would pronounce the words with a very loud voice thinking thereby to bring Christ the sooner from Heaven The people are angry with the Priest and say it is an incivility to invite a man to a Dinner and not make him drink others hold that no Article of faith can be contrary to a mans senses The Lord knowes that I write not this out of any Irreverence to the blessed Sacrament Dominicani Daem nic●ni Franciscani Fraudiscani Carmelitani Carnalitani Mendicantes Manducantes Cervi Servi but to shew that the Papists have more differences among themselves then the Protestants for he that will but read Mounseiur St. Aldegonds Table of d fferences between the Papists shall finde that there are above 500. differences between them about the point of Transubstantiation which Trent makes an Article of their faith and they differ in above 20. severall points among themselves the Iesuites contending for the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary The Dominicans tooth and naile opposing it every order of Monkes and Fryars studying to advance themselves and commend their own Saint and Patron and debase others in comparison so as if there should bee as many subdivisions in every point wherein they are divided as about Transubstantiation which I think is no hard matter to make good I might conclude that there are 10000. differences among the Papists and yet they all agree cordially against the Protestants and live as lovingly as if they were universally of one opinion and in Luthers time haveing a generall meeting for the reconciliation of all these differences one of their Bishops subtile and politique fearing that Luthers Arguments would take w th the People to make the Masse an arrant strumpit desires to make one objection for his satisfaction against it the which was that either Christ held in his hand bread or his body or the accidents of bread or something else or nothing if bread then the word this must be taken for this bread and that would be repugnant if his body it had been absurd to say my body is my body and they say it is no body till after the prolation of the words if the accidents then the Transubstantiation was before the words and to break accidents is not to break bread if any thing else what was it if nothing the Scripture is false for hee took and to say that the word this demonstrates nothing as present but what shall be this is to make our Saviour a Iugler to deceive their senses concerning the Virgins conception without sin he was likewise pusled because the Scripture saies all have sinned but only Christ and how then do they keep a Holyday for the Virgins Conception for no day may be kept holy for an unholy thing Others said it was but tolerated not approved but saies the Bishop brethren you see these are rationall doubts and your jarring will be the Lutherans uniting therefore Pray since wee cannot all agree in opinion least our differences should advantage the common Enemy let us live in love and banish all strife and contention and I doe here by Authority from the Apostolique See decree an Amnestia and Oblivion of all differences that have sprung up amongst any Papists concerning variety and d●fferences in judgement the hearkning to which advice as some Polititians observe An Act that all that differ in opinion shall li●e lovingly non obstante was a meanes to continue the greatest part of Germany in the Romish Religion I remember that at Paris going to see the Cardinalls Library which was kept by Doctor Smith our Countryman a subtile man and a great Schollar Bishop of Chalcedon alias terra incognita he was very earnest with me to reconcile my selfe into the bosome of the Roman Church abusing that Scripture that the Nation which did not serve her should bee destroyed and so must England I told him that mysticall Babylon must bee destroyed and he speaking something uncivily of England saying he was persecuted for his service done to his honoured Mistris and deare Mother the Church of Rome I made bold to tell his Lordship that he Courted a foule Mistris not because shee was foule but because shee was in the darke and in the dark Pope Ioane is as good as my Lady Amongst other discourse he told mee that the Protestants in England would destroy themselves and intreating his reason said he do not you see how they persecute the Puritans in England and Scotland and at Geneva And in the French Church Master Melletier Amarant for smal differences in opinion who being men more singular for zeale then the rest are disgraced whereas in our Church those which are most zealous are most honoured and the humility and austerity of the Capuchines and Cordeliers helpe to make amends for the luxuriance of other orders I wish every understanding man would but ponder this Argument can that Religion subsist and flourish where the most strict and powerfull professors of it are the objects of malice and opprest for their Consciences Wee allow saies he a greater latitude of opinions in the Church of Rome notwithstanding the inquisition then your Bishops will do in England I told his Titulary Lordship that is was the interest of England to bee as zealous for the Protestant Religion as the Spaniard was for the Pop●sh The purity of the Gospell and the free exercise and practice in the power of it is now the interest of this Kingdom and there is no such way under Heaven to make this Kingdom suddenly happy as for all godly men though of different judgments to unite cordially together against the common Enemy I think no man will say but that the Independants are as great Adversaries to Popery as any others are in this Kingdome But now sayes the Reader I perceive you are for Liberty of Conscience that Babell of confusion and monstrous Chymera as men call it Stay good friend if you be a spirituall man and a new creature that hast found any mercy from heaven to thy poore soule I shall speak a few words with you about this businesse for spirituall arguments to a dead heart are but as warm water to a dead man for a carnall man to argue of spirituall priviledges is for a man to take out a hot Iron with his fingers Conscience is a Diamond and only wrought upon by the dust of a Diamond men that have no Conscience know not what it is The best argument that hath bin brought against the Congregationall way is that which the Papists urge against Christs Priestly office in point of satisfaction that it is more lyable to Abuses and Heresies then the way of Classes so sayes Aquinas if good works do not merit who wil do any good works the prudentiall way certainly to move men to doe good works is to tell them that they merit by so doing but look at the Institution what is the will of Christ I doe

learned distinction of Presbyter and Independent between whom lovers of peace desire to make the difference very small but contentious spirits study to make it a wound incurable For my own part I confesse it is very improper for me and unwilling am I to meddle with differences out of my proper element yet there being a great work to be done in this generation and the only playster that is large enough to cure all the distempers in this kingdom I conceive after twelve yeares study being inevitably put upon the study of it by a speciall providence and scarce knowing any other controversall point in Divinity worth studying the Priestly and Propheticall office of our blessed Saviour being in good measure blessed be God vindicated and redeemed out of the hands of those Romish Hucksters and whether the Inventions of men ought any more to bee mingled with the Institutions of Christ in his kingly office then their good works in his priestly office is now the great dispute That the difference between them is not essentiall but graduall for I look upon Presbytery as a step to Independency not in the body but in the garment and therefore undoubtedly time and wisedome may temper a Reconciliation only through pride and covetousnesse comes this contention concerning liberty for tender Consciences Truly whether the sword can be any better imployed then for the defence of the true Religion and whether it be not as lawfull to fight for Christs Kingly Office against the opposers of it as for his Priestly Office against the Papists it is not my intention to cleare any particular but to give some generall hints hoping that all Gods people though of different judgments in this particular desire a sound and durable peace accompanied with truth and piety What my opinion concerning a universall Tolleration of all Religions whether it be tollerable or insufferable I will not deliver any opinion of it because it is not the thing in question I know none but Protestants that desire this liberty and that not so much in Doctrine as in Discipline I think there is scarce a Papist in the Kingdome but either actually or vertually in their desires at least hath been in Armes against the Parliament 't is clear that Antichrist fought for the late Oxford party whether they fought for him or not 't is much that Christ and Antichrist should pitch their tents in the same field and therefore certainly 't is a fond Argument that men make If you suffer Independents then why not Papists because those that have been faithfull to the Parliament and are of the same Religion may in justice and equity have the liberty of their Consciences not disturbing the peace of the Kingdome does it therefore follow that Enemies to the Parliament of a different Religion whose Religion in the power and practise of it is flat Rebellion their Head Antichrist their Doctrine Heresie and worship Idolatry holding pernitious principles destructive of State Policy that theirs ought to be suffered If any Papist bee better principled and will take an Oath to bee true to King and Kingdome where they live in all points and will not make it their work to seduce others and the number so small that the State need not probably fear any danger by them as in Holland I say nothing with it nor against it but I would faine break the neck of that absurd Argument If you suffer a Protestant you must suffer a Papist does every diversity of opinion presently make a different Religion I will assure you there are more differences between the Papists about those five little words Hoc est enim corpus meum this is my body then there is between all the men in this Kingdome and yet who more loving then they before the Councell of Lateran it was good Divinity to say at the Masse which gets a masse of money adoro te si tu es Christus I adore thee if thou be Christ but since Transubstantiation is setled by their Law they are so fallen out amongst themselves how to make the body of our Saviour to bee there as it was when he Instituted the Sacrament that 't is most admirable and I think it better beseeming us that are Protestants to laugh at those Antichristian fopperies and to pity one another the strong not to dispise th● weak nor the weak to oppose the strong let me instance in some of their differences concerning their Transubstantiation Some Papists hold that Christ is not in Heaven because he is in the Host others that there are two Christs others are much troubled about the time that Christ continues with them some hold that his body goes not into the stomack being full of humors but then thinking there would be little fruit of it they say he stayes till digestion therefore they use not to eat for three or foure houres after others hold the body never parts but then no man needed to Communicate but once and they could sell their God but once and the party sinnes after which could not be then because this body cannot annihilate being as impossible here as 't is in the heavens they differ what is become of the body some hold that it was gone to heaven but that cannot bee say others because it was there before then the doubt is how can accidents nourish the body some hold that so soon as the stomack ha's changed the form of the Wafer cake that God Creates a new substance of nothing but against that some Priests finde that the wine does presently comfort them and Priests have been drunk with much wine then they are much troubled where our Saviours head and his feet are least the Priest through ignorance should hold him with his heeles upwards and some hold that the head is alwayes upppermost hold it how you please another Priest was very angry with mee for asking him such a question that he knew not how to answer but sayes the face is alwayes towards the Priest for reverence I know not how t is possible not to believe but to imagine such a confused Chymaera Then they dispute how the Organicall Body of Christ can be in a thing so little therefore they say the more wine the better But the Priest does not see the wine in the Flaggon yet say some the vertue of the words penetrates into it others say t is Idolatry to attribute vertue to words and others hold that the Pope took away all the vertue from the Greek words and put it into the Latin then they differ exceedingly whether the body of Christ came at the first word hoc or at the second word est some hold that there is much vertue in the word enim by vertue of the Popes Vnction and that when the word enim is pronounced if the Priest stop there then it is 3 parts flesh and 2 parts Bread because the Lutherans that hold Consubstantiation say they are wiser then the Papists for they eate bread with