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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13142	A summe or a briefe collection of holy signes, sacrifices, and sacraments instituted of God euen since the beginning of the world, and of the true originall of the sacrifice of the Masse; Sum or a brief collection of holy signes, sacrifices and sacraments.	Ling, Nicholas, fl. 1563.; Brett, John, Sir, attributed name.; Devonshire, William Cavendish, Earl of, 1590-1628, attributed name.	1609 (1609)	STC 23434; ESTC S113014	129,473	362

as the little bishops purple Cardinals haue practised the election of the great Romaine Bishop of their estate order and dignitie This Pompilian religion hath beene so well obserued by the Romanes from the father to the son that it hath beene impossible to destroy and plucke vp the same but hath continued to this day as euery one may easily perceiue by this little collection To confirme this point there is none that can bee ignorant which lusteth to read the Romaine histories that before the incarnatiō of Iesus Christ there was not one King Consul Dictator or Romaine Emperour instructed in the lawe of God But all were Idolaters and Infidels following the religion of Numa Pompilius the coniurer And that more is after the incarnation of Iesus Christ for the space of 300. yeares or thereabouts there was no Emperour Euseb in his booke of the Church historie the yeares of Christ 34. 68. 94. 112. 113. 167. 202. 238. 254. 257. 276. 292. nor Romane Councel which would change his religion to embrace the lawe of Iesus Christ But contrariwise they haue labored with tooth and naile to exercise all kind of cruelltie against the church of Iesus Christ as the Ecclesiasticall histories doe largely declare painting out great persecutions vnder the great Romaine Bishops to wit Claud. Tiber. Nero Claud Domitian Nero Fla. Domitian Traian Elie Hadrian Antonian Philosopher Septime Seuere Iul. Maximus Mar. Quin. Traian Dece Licime Valerian Valere Aurelian and Diocletian All which were Emperours and gouerned the Empire and Romaine religion for 300. yeares after the incarnation of Iesus Christ and in their moneyes sepultures monuments tytles and autentique letters did hold the name of great Bishops and high Priestes as diligently is gathered in a booke of the antiquities of Rome wherein bee described the Images In the booke intituled the discourse of the religion of the ancient Romaines by Wiliam de Choa●bayly of Daulphine moneies and monuments of the anancient Emperours of Rome which were all called great Bishops by these titles s●l Ces Pontif. max. Tiber. Nero Pon if m●x Claud. Nero. Pontif. max. Vaspasianus Ces pontif max Traianus Impera Pontif. max. Marc. Aurel. Anton. August Pontif. Holiogahalus summas sacerdos Aug. Adrianus Imper. Pontif. max. Galerius Maximini●ans Pontif. max. Tit. Ces Pontif. max. Com●●od Impe pontif max. Flauius Constantius Aug. Pontif. max. Which being then Emperours and great Bishoppes would suffer none other head in the religion and Romaine Church then themselues being alwaies enemies of Iesus Christ For when the Apostles did preach Christ to be the Soueraine Priest great and euerlasting sacrificer without any successour after the order of Melchisedech the tyrants of Rome and their Lieutenants did take an occasion to condemne Iesus Christ fearing that the authoritie of the Emperours and great Romaine Bishops should bee diminished In the Catalog of Emperours in the end of the historie of Nicephore the yeare of Christ 410. With what furie were they inraged for the space of 300. yeares against the christians and Christs religion to defend their auncient religion of Pompilius what answere was giuen to Theodose the Emperour by the senate and senatours of Rome when it was put forth vnto them to change their religion and to receiue the religion of Iesus Christ They shewed that they had possessed their Pompilian religion more then 1000. yeares that all changing of religions were the destructions of common wealthes Wherefore consisting in their olde Romane religion they remained without receiuing of the law of Iesus Christ By these histories it is easie to bee resolued that for the space of 400. yeares and more the bishops of Rome which called themselues Christians could neuer obtaine of the Senate and Romane Senators to receiue the holy Gospell much lesse could they conuert the Romane Idolater causing them to forsake their inueterate Idolatry For the Bishops of Rome were too much occupied in restoring the Iudaical and Pagans ceremonies for the distinctiō of meates ordinance not to fast Sunday and Thursday In the cannon reuealed by Clement Bishop of Rome 21. 22 62. 95. to set an order for table cloathes veales vessels of gold and siluer sensors and tapesterie other ornaments of the alters which consumed with age were ordeyned to be burned and the ashes to be put in the fount Other were meruailously occupied to restore the Iudaicall ceremonies of sweete breade and trauailed their spirits greatly to corrupt the true vsage of the holy sacraments instituted of God Alexander the first of that name Bishop of Rome in the yeare of Christ 110. by mingling of water with wine bruing of salt with the water to make it purged and coniured to driue away Diuels Sixtus Bishop of Rome in the yeare of Christ 121. Other also did trauell to institute Corporasses of fine linnen to lay vppe the consecrated hostes and to ordeine also albes and other vestiments of the Priests for their sacrifices of white collour without spot Siluester Bishop of Rome Some did torment their braines to inuent the feastes of dedication and consecration Higinus Bishop of Rome in the yeare of Christ 140. with coniuring with salt to driue away Diuels And some other to inuent oyles and creames to corrupt the holy sacrament of Baptisme ●abian Bishop of Rome in the yeare of Christ 240. Moreouer during the raigne of these Tirants Emperours and great Bishops the Bishops of Rome desiring to make their names to continue for euer did dreame in their spirits to builde Temples Pius Bishop of Rome in the yeare of Christ 144. not vnto the honour of God but in the name of their hee and shee Saints canonized by them at their pleasure Other did occupie themselues to ordaine that the consecrated breade and wine falling vpon the ground should be left to the sacrificer the rest remaining should be burned with fire and the ashes should be layed vp among the reliques Zepherin Bishop of Rome in the yeare of Christ 200 Other did trauell to set an order among chalises whether they should be of glasse or of wood And by other were instituted solemne ceremonies foure times a yeare to bring Christians to the bondage of distinction of daies Calixtus Bishop of Rome in the yeare of Christ 220 E●tich Bishop of Rome in the yeare of Christ 282 Some were occupied meruailously to ordaine the offering and consecration of fables to celebrate funerals in purple garmentes after the maner of the vestiment called Trabea the which the Idolaters did vse in triumphes celebrated in the honour of their Gods The red robes of Cardinalles Siluester bishop of Rome in the yeare of Christ 314. And the like purple garment is vsed of the Cardinals to this day Others were occupied to inuent a confirmation for yong children and that the Bishops only should consecrate the creame To honour also the Bishop of Hostiense by whose hāds the bishop of Rome must be consecrated with