lands and â—onours determinable onely by our tempoâ—all lawes with others cannot come to his auâ—â—ence except such imaginaries could aâ—d â—ould put Ministers out and Priests into â—e Benifices of England A secret and consioable ending of many of these matters amoÌ„g â—atholikes though iuridically can be no â—ore daunger in a Bishop then in a Regulaâ—â—rieste If diuersitie of Iudgments should â—me time happen in the Iudgment of one a â—shop giuen in priuate the inconuenience â—uld be lesse the now it is by the Iâ—dgemeÌ„ts â— many Priests all of them as much differing â—m the Protestants Censures and â—ribunals as those by a Bishop would be Yet these fewâ— cases would chance but seldome We see the Queenes Priests of France and Sotland to be permitted by the king and state to deaâ—e with English Catholâ—ks â—ome times brâ—nging such caâ—es So are all Priests of all Orders litle pleasing vnto the necessitated to doe so But seeing there can be no daunger by sucâ— secret procedings none can take that officâ— from a learned Bishop and leaue it to euerâ— Priest learned or not 9. Such or greater difficulties were froâ— the Apostles time and therein in them anâ— Bishops their Successours among Ethnicâ— and Pagan Princes yet the holy Scripturs before and Apostolike men haue taught aâ— men obedience vnto Bishops euen in suâ— daies and all good Christians did so obâ— them Saint Peter in Scripture strangely eâ— communicated Ananias and Saphira So dâ— S. Paul Hymineus Alexander and the inceâ—tuous Corinthian So did the other Apostlâ— among Pagans exercise spirituall Iurisdâ—ction So did all Bishops among Infidels vâ— till the Emperours and Princes more differiâ— from Catholiks the Protestants should weâ— conuerted yet at that time they exercised spâ—rituall IurisdictioÌ„ and the Christians obeyâ— them And now at this time and long vndâ— the Turks Tartars Chinenses and other eâ—mies to Catholiks Catholik Bishops doe eâ—ercise their Iurisdiction among the Christiâ— and all obeye â—t This is the case of Catholiks vnder their Bishop in Holland among the Protestant Hoâ—landers And in his Maiesties Dominion in â—reâ—and where Bishops are and doe exeâ—cise tâ—eir Iuâ—isdictiâ—n Catholiks obeying them And it is Christs ordâ—nance that â—â— they should doe God forbid any bearing the name Catholike in England â—o renowned for holy Conâ—essouâ—s of true Religion in this time should be wanting in â—uch dutie or any other 10. But because our Protestant Persecuâ—ours pretend most exception against the Bishop of Chalcedon for dâ—riuing Iurisdiâ—tion from the â—ee of Rome we must needs â—ith all antiquitie deliuer vnto them that in â—uery age from Christ we here in Britaniâ—â—aue receiued Bishops and Pastours with â—heir Iurisdiction from the Sâ—e oâ— Rome and â—hat highest Papall power and authoritie â—Ve haue spoakeÌ„ before how in the fiâ—st Age â—aint Peter the first Pope oâ— Rome consecraâ—d Bishops and Priâ—sts and founded â—hurches here We aâ—de â—urther how our Proâ—stants eueâ— king Iames himselfe and others â—y his and their greatest authoritie conâ—sse of the Apostolik Church It is our motâ—er â—urch And Adde Est capuâ— Roma quatenus ab ea â—ffasum est Euangâ—lium in reliquas tâ—â—â—us O 〈◊〉 â—clâ—sias in muâ—â—as Orienâ—â—s aâ—que in â—arâ—arâ—â— etiâ—â—â—tra Râ—manum Impeâ—â—um Nationes Rome iâ— the â—d as sâ—â— it the Gospell is diâ—â—used into the rest of the Churches of all the west and into many of the East as also into Barbarous Nations out of the RomaÌ„ Empiere Peter preached in no place but he there orâ—ained Bishops and teachers and founded Churches The Apostle Peter did in euery Prouince appoint one Archbishop whome all other Bishops of the same Prouince should obey The Archbishop of Britanie was Aristobulus S. Clement his Successour Pope in the later end of this and in the beginning of the second age writeth of him concerning Britanie Sanctus Clemens and other CouÌ„tries Episcopos persingulas Ciuitates quibus ipse non misâ—rat perdoctos nobis miâ—â—ere praecepit Quod facere inchoauimus Domino opeâ— ferente faecturi sumus He commaunded vs to send veâ— learned Bishops vnto all Cities to which he had nâ— sent any Which we haue begun to doe and by Gâ— his healpe shall doe 11. In the second age also Pope Eleuthâ—rius sent hither S. Damianus and Phaganâ— his legats with others who consecrated anâ— VVestm an â—85 seated here three Archbishops with 28 Biâ—hops Templa qua in honorem plurimorum Deoâ—â— fundata fueranâ— vni Deo eiusque Sanctis dedicarunt diueâ—sisque Ordinatorum coetibus repleueruâ— The Churches which were builded in the honour of â—ny Gods they dedicated to one God aÌ„d his Saints aÌ„d fâ—led theÌ„ with diuers â—sseÌ„blies of such as had takeÌ„ Ordeâ— And afterwards they being by King Luciâ— sent to Rome to haue those things confirmâ— Idem an 186. by the Pope which here in Britanie thâ— had done Quibus peractis redierunt in Britannâ— praefati Doctores cum alijs quamplurimis quorum â— â—rina gens Britonum in fide Christi fundata refulsit VVhich being ended the foresaied Doctours accomâ—nied with many others returned againe into Britanie whose doctrine in a short time the Britans grounâ—ed the faith of Christ florished And although in this â—onuersion of Britanie that holy Pope subâ—cted the Countrie now called Scotland not â—mporally subiect to king Lucius of Britanie Bedalib 1. hist. Angl. c. â— â— the Romans vnto our Archbishop of â—rke Susceptamque fidem Britanm vsque in tempora â—ocletiani Principis inuiolatam integramque quieâ—a in â—e seruabant The Britans did with peace keepe the â—th they â—ad receiued whole and inuiolate vntill the â—e of Dioclesianus the Emperour Yet in the beâ—nning Hector Boeth lib. 6 Scote Histor fol. 86. B. of the third age Saint Victor then â—ing Pope of Rome Donaldus king there â—ud Victorem Pontificem per Legatos obâ—inuit vt â—i doctrinà Religone insignes in Scotiam ab eo â—si se cum liberis coniuge Christinomen profitenâ— hapâ—ismate insignirent Regis exemplâ—m Scotica â—bilitas secuta auersata impietatem Christique Reâ—onem complexa sacro fonte est abluta Donaldus â—n King by Legats abtained from Pope Victor that â—â—hie men both for lerning and Religion might from â— be sent into Scotland who might baptize himselfe â— and Childrne professing the name of Christ The â—ish Nobilitie following the Kings example did cast â—y impietie embraced the Christian Religion and â— baptiâ—ed And those Scots or Britans were â—ructed both in learning and Religion Ibidem those Priests and Preachers which Pope â—tor sent Incaepere tum primum sacras colere literas Saâ—erdotiâ—us Praeâ—â—ptoribus ques Victor Pontifâ— Maximus ad Christi dogma propalandum in exâ—â—mam miserat Alâ—ionem Then first of all they bâ—gun to studie the holy Scripturs vnder the Priâ—â— their maisters which Victor the Pope had sâ— into the farthest Albion to diuulge the doctrine Christ 12. When the Persecution of Diocâ—esiâ— raged here 9. yeares many of our Britiâ— Clergie sent
approued and practised in tâ— Church of Christ in and by those so genâ—rally receiued and professed Ritualls anâ— Doctrinalls of Religion And therefoâ— those pure Protestanâ—s which call Cathâ—likes vsually in respect of their Doctrinâ— Papists and their holy Religion Papistriâ— Papisme Romanisme or the like confesâ— plainly that Saint Augustine from Saiâ— Gregorie bâ—ought hither Masses Altars Vesments Chalices Relickes Massing Priests prayer Saincts for the Deade and to be briefe Româ—nisme Papistrie all which they terme no Io. Bal. l. de Scripto Brit. cen tur c. 2. de Act. Poatif Rom. in Gregor Franc. Godwin conuers of Britan. Dâ—â—â—â—l Poweâ—l in Giralâ— Cambr. in our Catholikes Superstitionâ— And nâ— only Saint Augustine thus taught and deliâ—red but Qâ—â—â—ne Bâ—â—tha the French Ladiâ— and her Bisho◠〈◊〉 Lethardus did tâ— same and King Eâ—helbert with his Couâ—trie waâ— conuerted to that Religion Conuâ—sus â—xoris Berthae â—ersuasione â—thelbertus Rex Râ—manismum cum a liunâ—â—â—s supâ—rstitionibus suscepâ— King â—thelbert being conuerted by the peâ—suasion hiâ— wife he imbraced Romanisme with all it 's Supâ—stitionâ— 15. So we haue not only S. Augustine our â—postle with his Assistants but S. Gregorie â—e Church of Rome Italie and all Subiects that See Apostolike our King Queene â—d all here agreeing then with vs in this Roâ—anisme Papisme and Papistâ—ie for which â—e are now persecuted And this our Conâ—rsion S. Asaph in vit Sâ— KeÌ„tegerni Câ—pgrau in eod D. Bal. l. de Scriptor centur 1. in Kenâ—igernâ— to the truâ— Apostolike Religion of â—hrist which is the same Catholikes now â—osesse as both Catholikes and Protestants knowledge was miraculously prooued ad â—retold by the words of God his prophetiâ—ll holy Bishop S. Keâ—egerne long before in â—e declination of the Britans that God â—ould giue Britanie ouer to Forraine Naâ—ns which knewe not God and Chriâ—nae legis Religio vsque ad praefinitum tempus â—sipabâ—â—ur Sed in pristinum staâ—um unò meâ—em miserante Deo in fine repâ—rabitur the Region of the Christian Lawe vnto a determinate â—â—â—me shall be dissipated but in the â—nâ— by God his mercie it shall be restored to it's former yeâ—â—â—tter state THE III. CHAPTER The like proued of all other persons aâ— parts of England as also the Brâ—cans that their Religion was thâ— same with the Apostles and thâ— which our now Persecuted Cathâ—likes Professe and maintaine 1. NOw let vs come to the Conuersioâ— of the other parts of England nâ— conuerted by S. Augustine or his Missioâ— from Rome but by others our old Britisâ— or Scotish Bishops and Priests in some partâ— before by many writers and in the farâ— greatest aâ—â—er And because amongst otherâ— the Religious of our old British Order haâ— influeÌ„ce therein 〈◊〉 I lately spake of MoÌ„ckâ— sent into England by Saint Gregorie and â— their labours and Religion here I will neâ— ioyne these vnto them Their Antiquitie â— haue deliuered before from S. Ioseph of Aâ—ramathia which buried Christ arriuinâ— here in the yeare of his Natiuitie 63. 2. To take better knowledge of their heauenly life and conuersation on earth I wiâ— set downe their Rule as with some alteratioÌ„â— â—s is vsuall in such holy Orders it was apâ—roued and deliuered to our Monckes by S. â—auid Metropolitane Archbishop in Britaâ—ie that most learned Religious holy Preâ—te The Rule of our old British Monckes Manuscipt antiq in vitâ— S. Dauidis Io. Capgra Câ—tal in â—â—d liuing vntill with in 50. yeares of S. Auâ—ustines comming hither Dauid constructo in â—alle Rosinta Monasterio talem caenobialis praepositi â—gorem decreuit vt Monachorum quisque quotidiano â—sudaÌ„s operi manuum labore suam in commune transâ—eret vitam dicens Qui enim non laborat ait Aâ—stolus non manducet nesciens enim quod secura quies â—itiorum fomes mater esset Monachorum humeâ—s duris fatigationibus subiugauit nam qui sub otij â—iete tempora mentesque submittunt instabilem spiriâ—m libidinisque stimulos sine quiete parturiunt Posâ—siones enim Iniquorum respuebant dona reprobabaÌ„t â—uitias detestabantur boum nulla ad arandum curaâ—â—isque sibi fratribus diuitiae quisque bos Nulâ—n praeter necessarium inter eos habebatur colloquium â—d quisque aut orando aut Deo placiâ—a cogitando inâ—nctum opus peragebat Peracto autem Râ—rali opere â— Monasterij Claustra reuertentes aut legendo aut â—ibendo aut orando totam ad vesperum peragebaÌ„t â—em In vespere verò audito Nolae pulsu dimissis â—x operibus Ecclesiam petebant visis in caelo â—llis ad mensam conuenientes citra saturitatem comeâ—bant nimia enim satietas quamuis solius panis â—uriam generat Pane autem oleribus sale conditis â—sti sitim lacte aquâ mixto restringebant Peractâ â—nâ quasi per tres horas vigilijs orationibus genuâ—ctionibus insistebant Quamdiu in Ecclesia orationiâ—s vacabant nullus oscitare nullus sternutationem facere vel salâ—â—â—◠〈…〉 Hiâ—ita gestis sopoâ—◠〈…〉 〈…〉 expergâ—faâ—li 〈…〉 Cogitationes 〈…〉 etiaâ— vel ad naturae 〈…〉 induebantur 〈…〉 desiderans 〈…〉 priuâ— decem diebus 〈…〉 nâ—â—non veâ—â—â—◠〈…〉 Si auâ—em benè 〈…〉 perstarâ— diem acceptus priuâ—◠〈…〉 constructus seruâ—eâ—a◠〈…〉 desudans fractusque mulâ—â—s 〈…〉 fraâ—rum merebatur inire 〈…〉 â—nem cupientibus eorum nihâ—◠〈…〉 â—â—lu◠è naâ—â—ragio â—uadentes recepti eraâ—â—◠〈…〉 se extollendi non haberent S. autem Dauiâ—â—ost â—tinas frigidam petebae aquam in qua diuâ—â—â—s manâ— carnis ardorem domabat Orphanorum â—â—pilloruâ— Viduaâ—uÌ„ Egentium Peregrinorum multitudineÌ„ pasâ—â— bat In English epitomated They haâ— not Ridâ— or proprietie Receiued nothing of the wiâ—â—â— they lâ—ued by their labour They had not cattell â—â—â—hing bâ— themselues to â—ill their ground no speach â—â—â—pt necesarie at their worke but with praier and meditaâ—â— they performed it They did not eate till â—â—ght â—â— their diet then was bread â—erbs and â—alâ— thâ— drinke water and miâ—â—e mixed together After thâ— resection they persistâ—d three howers in watching aâ— praier vppon their knees then sleeping vntill â—â— croweing â—f the Cocke they arose to their praiers vnâ—â—â—ay light Ending their corporall labour they retuâ—â— their Monasteries and spenâ— all the 〈◊〉 â—â—till the eâ—ning Annaâ—â—â—â—cl 9. 〈◊〉 Gâ—â—w 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 in â— â—â—auid in 〈…〉 Niâ—â—◠〈…〉 Io. Ba◠〈◊〉 â—â—nâ— 1. in Kentigâ—â—n â—â—â—grau â—n â—od God W. catal in S. 〈◊〉 Kâ—â—egâ—r M 〈◊〉 antiq Britâ—â— prima 〈◊〉 Eâ—â—lesiastâ— Seâ—â—â— either in reading writin◠〈…〉 â—rres appeared in the 〈…〉 their â—ll they went to the Church And 〈…〉 â—et of bodie This was part of the 〈…〉 our â—ritish Monclâ—eâ— approued by thâ— greatest â—relate here who receiued iâ— all â—â—â—â—ches â—scipline by tâ—e Roman Authoritie 3. Their Bisâ—ops and 〈…〉 â—steritie in conuersation Tâ—◠〈…〉 â— S. Dauid 〈…〉 â—neu about 〈…〉 The 〈…〉 others 〈…〉 iâ— the 〈…〉 by diuers 〈…〉 Monâ—◠〈…〉 in his Moâ—â—â— 3000. Disciâ—â—e S. VVandiâ—ocus and Goâ—â—ogillus about 〈◊〉 vnder them â— â—entigern and
oldâ—esse of the Record is not remeÌ„bred Quis isâ—e Rex fuit scedulae veâ—ustas negat scire he was their Beâ—efactour and gaue them or confirmed to â—hem Inswitrin Terram quae appellatur Inswitrin â—d Ecclesiam veâ—ustam concessit ad petitionem Morâ—ret â—iusdem loci Abbatis The land which is called â—nswitrin he granted to the old Church by the pâ—tiâ—ioÌ„ of Morgret Abbot of that place and their Bishop Manuto wrote and coÌ„firmed it Ego Manuto Episâ—opus hanc chartam scripsi I Bishop Manute wrote tâ—iâ—â—aper 14. Besides this Bishop England had then â—t Saint Augustines coÌ„ming diuers Bishops â—ere ordered or sent by the Popes authoriâ—ie Saint Asaph in the west S. Iuo in Hunâ—ingtonsyhre S. Lethard in Kent and others not vnprobably in other places besides ouâ— British Bishops in VVales and those of Scotâ—and And to remember but the names of our first Bishops in England after S. Augustines comming besides Kent and London where â—he and his Associats were Bishops all which vndoubtedly by all writers Catholike and Protestant old or new Monasticall or others either were of our British old Order or ioyned with them that were at that time here 15. VVe haue in the North Saint Aidanâ— Finan Colman Tuda Eata Cuthbert Foâ— Yorke S. Paulinus the first by Marianus waâ— ex Francia and staied but onely 6. yeares after him S. Cedda S. Wilfride Bosa Sainâ— Iohn called of Beuerlaie brought vp in Sainâ— Hilda her old Monasterie At winchester wâ— had S. Birinus spoakeÌ„ of before who restored in that Monasterie our old MoÌ„ckes and ioyâ—ned with the Northumbers Agilbertus â— Frenchman who preached long in Ireland ioyned â—lso with the Northumbers VVinâ— also a Frenchman and Eleutherius remembred before In Liâ—hfeild we had Diuma oâ— Dwyna a Scot hauing all Middle England for his Dioces so had sixe or seuen of his Successours all such vntill the yeare 678. Cellacâ—â— Scot Trumhere Ianuman Cedda winfride Saxulf I passe ouer all the old Sees iâ— wales knowne and confessed by all to haue had none but such Bishops 16. Such also was the ordinarie aÌ„d vniuersall pietie and sanctitie of our old holy Priestâ— and Preachers of that time before any later Order was receiued euen of the laie people conuerted and taught by them as the learned Saint Bede then liuing much be waileth the great change and alteration saying In tantum Beda l. 3. Hist â—ccles Angl. cap. 5. auâ—â—m vita illâ—us Aidani à nostri temporis segnitia distâ—bat vt omnes qui cum eo incedebant siue aettonsi â—â—ue laici meditari debeâ—ent id est aut legendiâ— Scripturis aut Psalmis discendis S. Aidan his lifâ— â—as so farre different from the slouthfulnesse of our â—e that all those which went with him wheather â—onckes or Laickes were to meditate that is they â—ere to bestowe their time either in reading Scripture â— learning the Psalmes And in an other place â—â—aieth thus of Bishop Colman who dispuâ—d with Saint VVilfrid and of his Predeâ—ssours Bed histâ— ecclesiast l. 3. ca. 26. Quantae autem parsimoniae â—uiusque contiâ—tiae fueriâ— ipse cum praedecessoribus suis testabatur â—am ipse locu quem regebaâ— Of how great abstinenâ— and continencie he was with his Predecessours the â—ce it selfe which he ruled did witnesse where â—en they went away very few howses besides the â—urch remained and these howses onely without â—ch ciuill conuersation could not continue They had â—onie nothing but cattell If they receiued any moâ— of the riche presently they gaue it to the poore All care of those Doctours then was to serue God and not worlde All their desire was for the soule and noâ—â—bellie wherevpon in that time the habite of Reliâ— was in greate reuerence so that wheresoeuer â—â—st or Moncke did come he was ioyfully receiued â—ll as the Seruant of God And if any trauailing â—eir iornie did meete him a Priest bending â—selues they reioyced to be signed with his hande â—ssed by his mouth They gaue diligent eare to his â—rtatioÌ„s VpoÌ„ the sondayes they flocâ—ed to the Church â—onasteries to be instructed in the word of God If Priest chanced to come into a villadge the Inhaâ—ts presently came together and desired to receiue â—ord of life from him For there was no other cause â—riests or Ecclesiasticall men to goe to villadges but to speake briefely to â—uer soules And they were so 〈◊〉 from all infection of couetousnesse that they would nâ— except compelled by the riche men of the world â—â—ceiue lands or possessions to build Monasteâ—ies Whiâ— custome was genâ—rally obserued in the Churcâ—es of tâ—â—ingdome of Northumberland sometime afâ—erwardâ— Thus of Saint Aidan their first Apâ—stâ—e anâ— of his Disâ—iples and people by him conueâ—ced and although he kept Easter otherwiâ— then those did which came from Rome yâ— he was and worthily beloued of all euen â— the Archbishop of Canterburie Honoriâ— for his workes of faith pietie and charitiâ— and during his life that difference was patieâ—tly endured And this was not an errour câ—mon to all Scots but to some of theÌ„ for Roâ— and others impugned it And wheÌ„ it was roâ—ted out it was not done by MoÌ„ckes or otheâ— Bed l. 3. 4. 5. Guliel Malmesb. Matth. Westm Floren. â—â—igâ—rn from Rome but as Saint â—ede and otheâ— prooue either by the Poâ—es admonitioÌ„ as â— Ireland by Bishop Agilbertus and Saiâ— Wilfride in Northumberland and in othâ— place by Saint Egbertus Adamnanus aâ— others of their old owne Order and profâ—sion 17. In this I haue the longer insisted â—â— onely for the glorie and honour of those oâ— Fathers in Christ not iustly to be takâ— from them to be giuen vnto others and tâ— it is the honor of our English Priests aâ— Catholiks to be heires successours aâ— children to such Antecessours and parentâ— Religion But because it is the most common Dauid Pâ—wâ—ll â—â— annoâ—aâ— in l. 2. â—â—raldi CaÌ„bren de 〈◊〉 Cambr. Io. Bal. in Act. Râ—man poâ—â—ific l. 2 â—â— Gâ—egor 1. Francis Godwin conuers of Bâ—iâ— p. 4â— Fulk answ 〈◊〉 cont Cain p 4 Middlâ—to papist pag. 202. Foxe Aâ—â— and Meâ— pag. 463. edit an 1576. Io. Gâ—sâ— lin Hâ—â—â—or eâ—clesiast Matth. parker Antiquiâ— Brit. pag. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. receiued allowed and approued opinion and confession of our English Protestants and those their best learned in their estimatioÌ„ to write in their owne very words At the comming of Augustine there florished with â—he Britans the preaching of the truth sincere doâ—trine liuelie faith and the pure worship â—f God â—uch as from the Apostles themselues was by Gods coÌ„â—aundement deliuered to the Churches The Britans â—efore Augustines comming continued in the â—aith of â—hrist euen from the Apostles time After the Britans â—mbraced the saith of Christ they neuer forsooke iâ— neiâ—er when Augustine came into the Iland So many â—nd so great a number of the old names of Priests â—oncks Abbots Prelates Bishops Churches Abâ—eyes and Sees which haue beene in euery age doth â—fficieÌ„tly
then â—se where The kings theÌ„selues were not spaâ—d for offeÌ„ding therein but were excoÌ„muniâ—ted and deposed as in the case of king Vorgerne who by S. German the Popes Legate â—th the aduise of the British Clergie was â—communicated and by the whole kingeâ—me after deposed as British â—nd Saxon â—atholike and Protestant Antiquaries thus â—liuer vnto vs. And our Protestants most â—thorised among them coÌ„munion Booke in the title of Matrimonie and publicke solemnizing thereof attribute sufficient vntâ— it against this Article to receiue it as a Sâ—crament 17. Concerning Extreme Vnction there iâ— yet extant a short written Relation Ab authâ—re antiquissime by a most auntient Author â— our Protestant Antiquaries acknowledge wherein concerning this Sacrament S. Iamâ— the Apostle is expounded as Catholiks doâ— and is proued that the BritaÌ„s so professed aâ— practised it Whereby we are assured thâ— the old true beleeuing Britans receiued a the seuen Sacraments as Catholiks now doâ— And yet if after so great losse and hauocâ— made of their Antiquities we had prouâ— they had vsed fower or three this had coâ—demned these Protestants admitting one two for such 18. That it was receiued and vsed alâ— with these true Catholike Britans to reâ—eruâ— and some times to receiue also the Blessed Sâ—crament Gâ—ld â— dâ—â—xcid conquest Britan. Manuscr Antiqu. Câ—â—grau in vit S. 〈◊〉 Conâ— Turonen 2. can 3. of the â—ltar in one onely kinde aÌ„d not in bâ—â— we haue ample testimonie Saint Gildas vpâ— such vsed reseruation there of vpon their hâ—ly Altars calleth the Altar the Seate of â— hâ—auenly sacrifice Sedes coelestis Sacrificij Not oâ—ly therevpon offered but as seated permâ—nent and preserued An old British Antiquâ—tie deliuereth it was the vse here for such â— were daungerously sicke To receiue Extreâ— vnction and communicate thus in one kinde So is in Ireland So in little Britanie receiuing Gregor Turonen l 1. de gloria mariyr c. 86. l. 1. de vit Patr. c 3. Conc. Nican 1. can 3. 63. Arahic Conc. Areâ—laâ—â—n â—e faith from hence and our Britans and it as so decreed there in the secoÌ„d Councell of â—urs in the yeare 570. Vt Corpus Domini sub cruâ—titulo componatur That the bodie of our Lord should placed vnder the title of the Crosse Gregorius Tuâ—ensis recordeth it to be an old Custome those parts And more ouer relateth how holy Bishop S. Gallus there did communiâ—e many people in one kinde onely This stome is remembred and approued in the â—t Nicen Councell which the Britans reâ—ied and that of Arles to which their â—hbishop of London Restitutus for Britaâ— subscribed And our Protestants by puâ—k statute and Parliament haue declared â— in the Primatiue Church Communion â— vsed sometimes in both kindes and â—etimes in one onely Therefore there was expresse commaund of Christ euen by â—e men against one kinde otherwise it â—ld not haue so beene vsed nor could king â—ard the 6. Q. Elizabeth king Iames and Protest ParlameÌ„t an 1. Edw. 6. An. 1. Eliz. An. 1. Iacâ— Parl. 1. Caroli â— Charles so determine and decree it in â—lick Parlaments â—â— Their libertine wanton doctrine For â—iage of Priests is sufficiently confured by Britans before no example to be giuen â—ng them of any one such married man among so many thousands in so many â—asteries Colledges and other places in â— Regiment here in which not any one such as lawfull and allowed Marriage is â— be found The Nicen Councell here then â—ceiued and whereat our king and Emperoâ— with others of this Nation were present doâ— disalowe it Paphnutius himselfe there callâ— Concil Nicaen can 3. it the old tradition of the Church Veterâ— Ecclesiae Traditionem That Priests might aâ— marrie Vt quiâ—unque in Sacerdotum Ordinem leâ— Sozâ—m hist. aeccl l. 1. cap. vlt. 22. gâ—rentur si coniuges nondum essent nè ducerent vxoâ— That whosoeuer should be chosen vnto the Ordeâ— Priests if they were not yet married they should marrie Which is the case of Protestants if thâ— Concil Arelaten â— can 2. had true Priests Like hath the Councell Arles to which our Britans subscribed Aâ—mi aliquem ad Sacerdotia non posse in vinculo coâ—gij constitutum nisi fuerit promissa conueâ—sio Nâ— which are married can be assumed to Priesthood lesse they promisse continancie 20. The rest of their Articles neede â— this Examine little differing from Catâ—likes or to smale purpose Therefore the â— of Catholieks in England concerning Râ—gion being thus holy and warrantable wâ— God and men they which be the Teachâ— and Preachers of such sacred rights â— keepers of others to performe them sucâ— our renowned Bishop and Priests be shoâ— not be persecuted but honoured and reueâ—ced of all But because the malice of Perseâ— tours hath procceeded so farre against thâ— which haue so well deserued and ought be better respected I must take leaue of thâ— Enimies to giue our holy Bishop and Priests â—me parte of their due and honour belonâ—g to their sacred Orders Functions and â—râ—ons THE V. CHAPTER â—at the Consecration Iurisdiction and misâ—ion of our Catholike Bishop teaching the same Apostolicall Doctrine in all things with the Catholike Church is most lawfull holie orderlie and honourable in that his sacred callâ—ng is most worthie and necessarie and therfore he vnwâ—rthiâ—ly Persecuted SO honourable and emineÌ„t is the name and Office of sacred Bishops that noâ—â—ly the holy Apostles in holy Scripturs Apostolick Fathers are so named but â—ist himselfe by the greatest Apostle is stiâ— Bishop of our soules Episcopus animarum 1. Pet. â— â—aruÌ„ And that sacred Order is so necessarie â—e Church euery one in particular to rule gouerne it to confer holy Priesthood and other Orders to minister Sacrament Preach Preserue and continue it and dâ— other their most needfull offices therein thâ— if we will beleeue the holy Scripturs the â—postolick Fathers of the Apostles age â— continuall Tradition and doctrinall practâ— of the true Catholick Church from theâ— euen by Protestants confessions and the teâ—monies of themselues against themselues tâ— now persecute an holy and learned Bishop â— being a Bishop and receiuing Episcoâ— Order and power whence all our Bishâ— hitherto haue and must deriue it it is wâ— out question that as no other degree or â—nitie whatsoeuer is so eminent in spirit affaires So none in such matters and necâ—ties is so behofull and needfull None so mâ— to be honoured reuereÌ„ced and desired â— in the greatest Persecutions 2. In holy Scripturs the flock of Câ— and gouernment of his Church is commiâ— vnto theÌ„ whâ—n it is saied vnto them Attâ— Act. 20. vobis vniuerso gregi in quo vos spiritus sanctâ— suit Episcopos regere Ecclesiam Dei quam acqâ— sanguine suo Take heede to your selues and to the â— flocke wherein the holy ghost hath placed you Biâ— to rule the Church of God which he hath purâ— with his owne bloud Where it is saied Fiâ—eâ—mo 1. Tim.
from Bishops Neque laico permiâ—uâ—ous facere opus aliquod Sacerdotale vt sacrificium aut Baptismum aut impositionem man us aut benedictionem siue paruam siue magnam Nemo enim sibi sumit honorem sed qui vocatur a Domine huiusmodi namque gratia per impositionem manuum Episcopi datur Neque Presbyteris potestatem damus ordinandi Diaconos aut Lectores aut Ministros sed Episcopis tantum Hic enim est Ecclesiasticus ordo Cum à Deo consequenâ—iam rerum didicerimus Episcopis quidem assignauimus aâ—tribuimus quae ad principatum Sacerdotij pertinâ—nt Presbyteris vero quae ad Sacerdotium Deinde Diaconis quae ad ministrandum vtriusque vt puâ—è castè fiant quae ad Religionem pertinent Neque enim sas est Diacono sacrificium offerre aut baptizare aut benedictionem fiue paruam siue magnam facere neque Presbytero ordinationem ClericoruÌ„facere Ostensum est Anâ—istitum Ordinem perficientem esse perfectionis authorem Non licet sine Episcopo baptizâ—â—e neque dothen celebrare Neither doe we permit â—he Laeâ—ie to doe any Priestly functiâ—n as to offer Sacrifice baptize impose hands or to giue any Benediction either litle or great For no man taketh this honour to himselfe but â—e who is called by God Because this grace is giuen by the imposition of the Bishops hands Neither doe we giue vnto Priestes the power of ordaining Deacons or Lectours or Ministers but onely to Bishops This is the order of the Church When we did lerne the sequell of things from God indeede what appertained to the principalitie of Pâ—iestes we assigned and gaue it to Bishops and to Priestes what belonged to Priestehoode afterward to Deacons what appertained to the assistance of both that these things which concerned Religion might be performed chastly and cleanely Neither is it lawfull for a Deacon to offer Sacrifice or to baptize or to make any Benediction either litle or great neither for Priestes to ordaine Clergie-men It is declared the Order of the Bishops is the perfecting Order and authour of perfection It is not lawfull without a Bishop to baptize nor to offer Sacrifice nor to saie Masse 6. Wherevppon the English Protestants in their most publicke and authorised proceedings thus acknowledge It is euident vnto all men diligently reading holy Scripturs and auntient authors that from the Apostles time there hath beene these orders of ministers in Christ Church Bishops Priests and DeacoÌ„s which offices were euermore had in such reuerent estimation that no man might presume to execute any of them except he were first by publike praier and imposition of hands approued and admitted therevnto And these orders should be continued and reuerently vsed and esteemed in this Church of England And in this both their booke intituled Of Consecration of Archbishops Bishops Priests as their Articles of Religion and coÌ„mon practise doe onely allowe and commit such thinges to them whome they call and apprehend to be Bishops saying Allmightie God giuer of all good things by his holy spirit hath appointed them in the Church Episcopall Order is of diuine Ordination and by law diuine Christ acted it by the hands of the Apostles It is an ordinance Apostolicall He hath enacted it for succeding posteritie and so it is a Canon or Constitution of the whole Trinitie Wherevpon the Protestant PuritaÌ„s conclude If prelacie be de Iure diuino by the lawe of God it receiueth both breath and life from the Religion of Rome And this they offer Publikly to defend and the Parlament Protestants so grauÌ„te claiming that Ministrie they haue by ordination from Rome Wherevpon these Puritans with generall assent haue thus concluded They cannot see how possibly by the Rules of Diuinitie the separation of our Chuâ—ches from the Church of Rome and from the Pope head thereof can be iustified They protest to all the worlde that the Pope and the Church of Rome and in theÌ„ God and Christ Iesus himselfe haue had great wronge and Indignitie offered vnto them and that the Protestant Churches are scismaticall in forsaking the vnitie and communion with them If the English Protestant opinion he maintained That Bishops Iurisdiction is de Iure diuino by the lawe of God his Magestie and all the Nobilite ought to be Subâ—ect to Excommunication 7. Which neither king Nobles or vnnoble no meanest Protestants of England can â—oubt feare or pretend against the Bishop of Chalcedon he neither hauing or claiming the â—easte spirituall power or Iurisdiction ouer â—ny one great or little highe or lowest Protestant in EnglaÌ„d His Episcopall both Order â—nd Iurisdiction which as he construeth beâ—ongeth vnto it extending onely to Cathoâ—iks of this kingedome to keepe them in good order and loyall dutie both to God and â—heir king as good Catholik Bishops doe â—nd are bounde to doe Which must needs be an helpe and no hurt or offence to any Common-wealth Bishops learned louing and knowing their dutie and hauing charge whereof they must render a seuere accompt to God attended with watchfull and reuengfull eyes vpon them for loue will not or feare dare not concurre vnto or suffer vnder them disobedieÌ„ce to heauenly or earthly Prince They which cannot endure spirituall dutie are in most daunger of lapse into temporall disobedience hauing reiected spirituall power keeping them in awe and dutie to temporall VVhich perhaps caused Constantine our wise king and Emperour to saie vpon experience as he did of staggerers in Religion and faithfulnesse to God No doubt but both the Pope of Rome and Rich of Chalcedon know their offices sufficiently without any admonishments They are not ignorant who said and how it concerned them Non possumus aliquid aduersus veritatem sed pro veritate VVe cannot any thing against 2. Cor. 13. the truth but for the truth and potestatem quam Dominus dedit mihi in aedificationâ—m non destructionem The power which our Lord hath giuen me vnto edification and not vnto destruction 8. There is great difference in hauing and exercising power from Rome The first should not feare them which would feare without cause of feare neither secret and prudent exercise in necessitie to redesse or preuent euills Greater meetings and assemblies be often made by some in and of as great daunger and to lesse purpose then would serue priuately to examine witnesses or so to giue a sentence where the litigants be and ought to be secret To doe many vsuall and necessarie actâ— of Religion be as daungerous and require as great and greater assemblies A publike setled Consistoâ—ie in any place or â—laces to be set vp could not but with â—onde â—maginations be thought vpon were the Iudg â—ad not vbi reclinet caput suum Probate of puâ—like wills administrations Tithes Conâ—racts Marriages Diuorces Alimonie Basâ—erdie and publike slanders among ProtestaÌ„ts â—aue publike Protestant Courts and all or â—any mixt with our temporall lawes Many â—f the remembred instances as Tithes and â—asterdies concerning inheriting
and best estate Wherfore as â—he Bishop oâ— Chalcedon and Catholiks oâ— England may not depart from the Church of Rome in this question So it will be a great wonder if King Charles and his Councell should thus persecute that which to them and all should be so honourable They may not persecute him for his Episcopall Order for that likewise is prooued the most glorious calling in the Church of Christ All English Parlamentarie Protestants confesse the Bishop of Chalchedon and all consâ—crated as he was by the Roman Order containing all and more then they vse and by most true and lawfull Consecratours to be an vndoubted true and lawfull Bishop And so it must needs be for whether we will follow the present Roman Order euer vsed here since Saint Augustins time before their new deuised forme of so called Consecration made by King Edward the Sixth a child and altered by his Sister Elizabeth Queene a woman or that which the Britans Scots and Irish vsed long before â—t is out of question by all that the Bishop of Chalcedon and euery one such is a true and most vndoubted lawfull Bishop hauing by due and true Consecratours whatsoeuer is contained or prescribed to be done in either of both which the new Protestant forme if they had true Consecâ—atours cometh short and wanteth euen in things essentiall both by all others and their owne iudgment and practise 18. The present Roman Order hath more though Ceremoniall then that of our BritaÌ„s Scots and Irish therefore I exemplifie onely in this and the rather to giue Satisfaction to our Protestants so extolling them for their Apostolik Religion neuer changed or altered as they saie Before S. Kentegern was consecrated Bishop all most 1200. yeares since this was their old vse and maÌ„ner herein as Saint Asaph his Scholler a Bishop and others prooue Mos in Britannia inoleuerat in Consecratione Pontificum tantummodo capita corum sacri Cbrismatis infusione perungere cum inuocatione Sancti Spiritus benedictione manus impositione It was an auntient custome among the Britans that in the Consecration of Bishops they onely annoynted them on their heads with holy Chrisme inuocation of the Holy Ghost Benediction and imposiâ—ion of â—ands This was done by consecrating Bisâ—ops And this was Mos Britonum Scotorum â— Hibernia The Custome of the Britans Scots and in â—eland In those times when Canons of Counâ—ells were not made of this matter or not â—nowne here by reason of great troubles in â—ese parts as our Antiquaries write and yet â—ey were excused as hauing true and essenâ—ally needfull Consecration Insulam enim quasi â—ira orbem positi emergentibus Paganorum infestaâ—onibus Canonum erantignari Ecclesiastica ideo Cenâ—ra ipsis condiscendens excusationem illorum admit tit â—haâ—â—arte Foâ— the inhabitants of the Iland being as were placed out of the world were ignorant of the anons by reason of the Continuall inuasions of the Paâ—ans and therfore the Ecclesiasticall Censure yelding â—nto them in this parte admâ—â—ted their excusation But â—ur Protestants cannot be excused being not â—gnorant but CoÌ„temners of the Canons and â—ot this onely but omitting that which by â—he custome of the Britans Scots and Irish â—he old Roman Order in that time as Alâ—uinus Amalarius and others 800. yeares â—nce terme it in their dayes was vsed then and is now all of them deliuering that â—oly vnction by true Bishops to be necessaâ—ie and essentiall euer naming the man to be â—onsecrated Bishop Bishop elect onely vntill Dienyâ—â—us Aâ—eop l. de Ecclâ—siaâ—t Hâ—erarchia â—hat vnctioÌ„ be ended and then Bishop coÌ„secrated â—piscopus consecratus Our Protestants tâ—eÌ„selues â—ublickly haue written ad warranted that â—aint Denys the Areopagite Vnctionem ponit expressè Doth expresely put vnction Anacletâ— wrote Bishopâ— are to be made by imposition of hanâ— Anacletus Epist 2. §. â— of Bishops and â—oly â—uction by the exampse of the Apostles because all saâ—ctification consisteth in the hoâ— ghoste whose muâ—â—â—ble power is mixed with hoâ— Chrisme and by this Râ—â—e sâ—lemne ordination is to â— celebrated Oâ—â— Protestants a â—o confesâ—e thâ— the holy Fathers both of the Greeke and Lâ—tine Church were thus coâ—ecrated Of Sainâ— Basile Vnâ—â—ionâ— sâ—câ—a adhâ—bâ—ta est â—â—dinatus He wâ— ordained by applying holy â—nnointing Of S. Gâ—â—gorie Nazianzen Me â—ontifiâ—em vngis So of â— Iohn Chrysostome and Saint Seuerus So â— Augustine Viâ—arius Christi Pontifex efficitur iâ— in capite vngitur imitaÌ„do illuÌ„ qui caput est toâ—iuâ— Ecclâ—siae per vnctionis gratiâ— sit ipse caput Ecclâ—siae sibi â—missae The Vicare of Christ is made Bishop aÌ„d therfâ— he is annointed on the head in imitatioÌ„ of him who the head of the whole Church and he by the grace the â—nnointing is made the head of the Chuâ—â— committed vnto him So Saint Gregorie Qui S. Gregor mag in c. 10. l. 1. Regum culmine ponitur Sacramenta susâ—ipit vnctionis quâ— ve ò ipsa vnctio Sacramentum est is qui prâ—mouâ—â—â— benè soris vngiâ—ur sâ—â—ntus virtute Saâ—raâ—eÌ„â—â— robâ—reâ—â— He that is pâ—aâ—ed in the top taâ—eth the Sacraments â— annointing bâ—causâ— the annointing it selfe is a Sacramâ— he that is to be promoted is to be â—nnointed well wiâ—l â—â— if he would be strâ—ngâ—hned within with the â—eâ—tue â— the Sacrament Anâ—â—â— this Tâ—â—e he adiudge the Epiâ—copaâ—l câ—nâ—â—â—â—ation of the Britanâ— Scots aâ—d Iâ—iâ—h â—â— be essentially valiâ—e S Saint Bede Amalâ—â—â—â—s S. Iuo Stephant Eduensis and other auntient writers and Expositours of holy mysteries 19. Concerning the Ceremonie of the Booke of Gospels laied vpon the Consecrated though Alcuinus saieth Non reperitur in Alcuinus lâ—b d◠〈…〉 c. â—â— â—uthoritate veteri neque nouâ sed neque in Romanâ â—raditione It is not found in authoritie either auncient â—â— newe yea not in the Roman tradition And Amaâ—arius Neque vetuâ— authoritas intimat neque Apostolica traditio neque Canoniâ—a authoritas Neither auncient authoritie neither Aposteliâ—all tradition nor Canonicall authoritie doth intimate â—ny such thing Yet we find this Ceremâ—nie to â—aue bene obserued in the time of S. Denis for â—n his booke of the Ecclesiasticall Hieraâ—chie â—e hath these words Pontifex quidem qui ad perfeâ—ionem Dionisiu◠〈…〉 virtutemque pontifice dignam euâ—â—iâ—ur vtâ—oâ—e genu flexo ante altare supra caput habet libros à to traditos manumque pontifiâ—is The Bishop indeede â—hich is eleuated to worthy perfection and vertue of a â—iâ—hop kneling on both knees before the Altar hath â—on his head the bookes giuen from God and the hand â— the Bishop Which Ceremonie is also vsed â—ily in the Catholike Church as is to be â—ene in the Rubâ—iks of the Roman Pontifiâ—ll for after the ring is put on the finger of â—e newe Consecrated Bishop this direction â—â—ntificale â—omanum de Consâ—cratione Elâ—cti â—n Episcâ—â—â—â— giuen Tum Consecrator accipit librum Euangelioâ—â— de spatulis Consecrati Then the Consecratour taâ—h the booke of the
knowne want thereof or â—rosse Ignorance in Antiquities and Eccleâ—asticall Veremun â—â— hist Boâ—th Scotor histor in Maximo Holinsh. histor of Scotl. Io. Bal. l. de Scripto rib centur 2. in Coil Sedul Sigeâ—ert 〈◊〉 ibid. affaires haue blinded them with this â—arknesse because long before that time in â—he daies of DioclesiaÌ„ Scotland had Bishops â—nd Saint Amphibolus was Bishop in the I le â—f Man In the time of Maximus Scotland had â—iuerâ— Bishop bannished by him And Hildeâ—ertus and Coilus Sedulius Scots by Naâ—on and renowned Bishops are honoured in â—stories before Saint Palladius came thiâ—er as both these Protestants and sarre â—etter Antiquaries deliuer for vndoubted â—uthes 2. But if we should not onely as we must â—teeme Priests inferiours to Bishops but which we may not nor cannot eâ—eÌ„ to themâ—lues and make them but Deacons yet â—oth diuine and best human authoritie asâ—reth vs that by that calling they are to be â—onoured and not dishonorably persecuâ—d The holy Scripture honoureth theÌ„ with â— much true consecration as our Protestants â—estowe vpon their pretended Bishops publike and solemne prayer and imposition of the Apostles the chiefest Bishops hands Orantes imposuerunt eis manus Praying they imposed Act. â— hands vpon them And declareth them Virâ—â— boni testimonij plenos spiritu sancto Men of good testimonie full of the holy Ghost The Apostolike Fathers commaund all laie persons to bâ— subiect vnto and reuerence them Saint Ignatius 〈◊〉 Epist ad Smyrnensis Epist. ad â—phesios saieth Diaconos reuereamini vt ex Dei praecepto ministrantes Honour yea the Deacons as ministrinâ— by the precept of God And Enitimini charissimi subiecti esse Episcopo Presbyteris Diaconis Qâ— enim his obedit ob die Christo My dearest doe yoâ— best to be subiect to the Bishop and Priests and Deacons for he that obeyeth these obeyeth Christ Anâ— other where Oporter Diaconis mysterioruÌ„ Chrâ—sti â—pist ad Tâ—allian ministris per omnia placere Sunt Ecclesiae Dei admâ—nistratores Ipsi itaque tales sunt vos reueremiâ— illos vt Christum Iesum cuius vicarij sunt Quâ— Diaconi quam Imitatores angelicarum virtuâ—um qâ—â— puâ—um inâ—ulpatum ministerium illi Episcopo exhibent vt Sanctus Stephanus Beato Iacobo Tâ— motheus Linus Paulo Anacletus Clemens Pâ—tro Qui igitur his non obedit sine Deo prorsus â—â—mpurus est Christian contemnit constitutionâ—â— eius imâ—inuit And it is expedient to please Deacon the ministers of the mysteries of Christ in all things They are the Administratours of the Church of Goâ— And tâ—ey are such and you should reuereÌ„ce theÌ„ as Iesâ— Christ whose Vicars they are What are Deacons bâ— the followers of Angelicall vertues who presenteth tâ—â—â—e Bishop a pure and perfect mysterie as S. Secuâ— did to Saint Iames Timothie and Linus to Paule Anacletus and Clement to Peter whosoeuer therfore obeyeth not these is altogether without God and impure and doth contemne Christ and doth distroy his Constitution Saint Polycarp saieth subiecti estote S. Policaâ— epist. ad Philip. Presbyteris Diaconis sicut Deo Câ—risto Be yea subiect vnto the Priests and Deacons as to God and Christ Our Protestants themselues in their publike booke named The forme and manner of making and consecrating Bishops Priests and Deaâ—ons Saie that from the Apostles time they haue â—ene in Christs Church euermore had in reuerent estimation Therefore if the Deacons and Ministers to Priests in the holy Sacrifice of Masse their highest dignitie are thus by all testimonies to be reuerenced honoured and obeyed then the sacred Sacrificing Priests to whom they thus minister and serue may not be dishonoured much lesse persecuted with most barbarous and vnchristian contumeâ—ies disgraces and deaths for that their so eminent Order and dignitie 3. The holy Sripturs testifie that in their Consecration they receiue grace the holy Ghost power to bind and loose to retaine â—nd forgiue sinnes to offer Sacrifice to God â—nd to doe what Christ himselfe did in that â—ind So the holy Fathers expound these Scripturs and teach from thâ—m and our most â—untient renowned British writer thus affirmeth Gâ—laâ—◠〈◊〉 â—xâ—id câ—xq 〈◊〉 Omni sancto Sacerdoti promittitur Quaecunque â—oluer is super terram â—runt soluta in â—oelis quaecunque liganeris super terram erunt ligata in câ—â—â— Verò Sacerdoti dicitur tu â—s Petrus super hane 〈…〉 16 petram aedisicaho Ecclesiam meam It iâ— promised to euery holy Priest Whatsoeuer thou â—haâ—t loose in earth it shall be loosed also in the heauens and whatsoeuer thou shalt binde vpon earth it shall he bound also in the heauens To a true Priest it is saied thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke I will build my Church The Scripture saith to and concerning such pascite qui in vobis est gregem Dei Feede the flocke of God 〈…〉 â— which is among you Qui benè praesunt Praesbyteri displici honore digni habeantur maximè qui laborant iâ— verâ—o doctrinà The Priests that rule well let them be esteemed worthie of double honour especially they that labour in the word and doctrine The Apostles Successours giue them as much Presbyteriâ— Saieth Saint Câ—ement si assiduè in studio docendiâ— verbum Dei laborauerint seponatur dupla etiam Clem. Const Apost lib. 2. c. â— periâ—o in gratiam Apostolorum Christi quorum locum tenent â—â—nquam Consilarij Episcopi Ecclesiae coronâ—â—unt enim Cousilia Senatus Ecclesiae Si de parentiâ—us secundum carnem ait diuina Scriptura Honorâ— patrem matrem vt benè tibi sit Eâ— qui malediciâ— c. 35. patriaut matri morte mortatur quanto magis de patribus spiritualibus verbis Dei moneamur honore charitate eos prosequi vt beneficos ad DeuÌ„ Legatos â— 3â— Quanto anima corpore praestanâ—â—or est tanto est Sacerâ—â—tium regno excellentius Let there be a double portiâ— reserued for the Priests in honour of the Apostles of Christ which shall haue labored in teaching of the word of God diligently Whose places they enioye as Counsellours of the Bishop and the Crownâ— of the Church They are the Councell and Senat of the Church If the holy Scripture saieth of carnall parents honour thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee And whosoeuer doth curse his father or his mother shall die how much more shall we be admonished by the words of God of our Spirituall fathers to respect â—hem with honour and charitie as beneficiall to vs and Legates to God How much more noble the soule is then the bodie so much more excellent is Priesthood before a Kingdome And Saint Ignatius addeth Ignatius epist. ad Smyâ—â—â— Sacerdotium est omnium bonorum quae in hominibus sunt apex qui aduersus illud furit non hominem ignâ—miniâ afficit sed Deum Christum Iesum
primegeniâ—um qui naturâ solus est sâ—â—us Sacerdos Patris Priesthood is the â—rnament of all things which aâ—e in menâ— whosoeuer doth rage against it he doth not dishonour a man but God and Christ Iesus the first begotten who by nature is the onely hight Priest of â—his father The Apostles Clâ—m const l. 2. c. 2. write by S. Clements penne Si Regeâ— inuadens supplicio dignuâ— iudicatur quamuis â—ilius vel â—micus sit quanto magis qui Sacerdâ—â—â—bus insultat quanto enim Sacerdotium regno est excellentius cum regendarum animarum officio praesit tanto grâ—uioâ— supplicio punitur qui aduersus id alâ—quid â—emerè feâ—erit quà m qui aduersus regnum If he that setteth on a King is iudged worthy of punishment although he be his sonne or his friend how much more should he be blame worthy that insulteth ouer Priests For by how much more Priesthood excelleth a Kingdome when iâ— doth by office gouerne soules by so much more greater punishment is he to be afflicted who shall rashly doe any thing against it thâ—â— he who hath â—â—ended a Kingdome Presbyteri sunt saith Saint Ignatius consess◠〈◊〉 â—pist ad â—â—â—llon quidam coniunctus Apostolorum chorus sine hâ— Ecclesia electa non est nulla sine his Sanctorum congregatio nulla Sanctorum electio Quid Sacerdotium aliud est quà m â—ater caetus consiliaâ—ij assessores Episcopâ— Priests are indeede a certaine Assemblie anâ— vnited quieâ— of the Apostles Without theâ—e the Church â— is not chosen without these ther is no Congregation â— Saincts nor election of saincts what else is Priestehood then an holy assemblie Counsellours and assistant of the Bishop Saint Anacletus Pope liuing in this age and made Priest by Saint Peteâ— Anacletus Ep. 2. saith Iniuria Sacerdotum pertinet ad Christum cuiâ— vice funguntur The iniurie done vnto Priests appertaineth to Christ whose place they supplieth And aâ— Protestants Magdeburgen Rob. Barn iâ— Anacleto saie Anacletus Christo alienos esse iudicaâ—bat qui Sacerdotes in ius vocarent Christi vel Ecclesiâ— Magdebu Robâ—â—â—â—arnos pecunias auserentes homicidas iudicari debere censuiâ— quia inquit priuilegia Ecclesiae Sacerdotum Apostoli Saluatoris iussâ— inuiolata esse debere iusserunt iâ— Ecclesiasticis negotijs grauiores causas ad Primateâ— lâ—uiores ad Metropolitanum Episcopum referendas secularia negotia apud prophanos iudices agenda esse iussâ—t Omnibus oppressis licere appellare Ecclesiastiâ—uÌ„ foruÌ„â— Anacletus iudged those to be against Câ—rist who would goe to lawe with Priests the Robbers of Christ or the Churches monies he determined they should be condeÌ„ned â—or Murdâ—râ—â— because saieth he the Apostles by the â—â—ecept of our Sauiour â—oÌ„maunded the priuiledges of the â—â—urch and Priests to be kept inuiolated In Ecclesiasticall affaires he willed the greater matters to be referred â— the Primate the lesser vnto the Metropolitan Bisâ—p and worldlie businesses to be ended by prophaine â—udges it is lawefull for all those that are oppressed â— appeale vnto the Ecclesiasticall Court 4. S. Martiall liuing in Christs time and sent â—to France by Saint Clement hath these S. Martiall ep ad Burâ—â— ga â—ords Sacerdotes Dei omnipotentis qui vitam vobis â—buunt in calice viuo pane honorare debetis Quod â—dâ—i per inuidiam immolauerunt putantes se nomen â—s à terra abolere nos causa salutis nostrae in arâ— sanficata proponimus scientes hoc sâ—lo remedio nobis viâ— praestandam mortem effugandans Hoc enim ipse â—minus noster iussit nos agere in sui commemorationeÌ„ â—ought to honour the Priests of Almightie God who â—eâ—h you life in the Chaâ—ice and in the liuing â—ead â—at which the Iewes by â—nuy Sacrifiâ—ed thinking â—by to abolish his name out of the World we in beâ—â— of our owne health do offer vpon the holy Altar â—wing tbat by this onely â—â—â—edie liâ—e shall be giuen vs â— death shall not approâ—ch neare vs and this our â—d commaunded vs to doe in â—â—â—â—iorie of him Proâ—ants auouch that in 〈◊〉 Age Pope Aâ—exâ—er 〈…〉 Alâ—xand for bad that a Clergie man should be â—ught to the common Tâ—â—bâ—nall Cleâ—â—â—uÌ„ ad â—ium tribunal pertraâ—ere proâ—ibuit These are the â—imonies of the Apostles and Apostolike â— of the first age whom all must subscribe â—o and followe in such things and all of â—â— except Saint Ignatius either Popes of â—me or directed by them as Saint Martiall â— so must needes meane and vnderstand â—ests consecrated by Roman Iurisdicâ—ion power and Order And Saint Ignatius Suâ—cessor to Saint Peter and inscribing his Epistle to the Romans Ignatius Ecclesiae sanctificatâ— quae praesidet in loco Regionis Romanorum Ignatius â— the hallowed Church which doth beare rule in the Râ—gion of the Romans And writing of the higheâ— power thereof could not denie the priâ—â— Iurisdiction of that See And they all directâ— speake of Massing Priests and Sacrifice â— Clement setteth downe the whole order â— the Masse and expressely writeth that tâ—â— Priest in masse offereth Sacrificium munâ—um â— incruentum per Christum institutum mysterium â—â— S. Clem. const Apost l. 8. c. 5. Testamenti A pure and vnblooddie Sacrifice institâ—â— by Christ the mysterie of the newe Testament Coâ—tinuall Tradition hath preserued vnto vs â—â— Masses of Saint Peter Saint Iames Saint Mâ—thew Saint Marke and other Apostles aâ— Dionis Arâ—op Eccles Hiâ—r â— 2. 3. Disciples of Christ Our old British antiqâ—ties doe prooue that the old Apostles Roâ—â— Masse was in their time vsed in FraÌ„ce and â—â— brought ouer hither into Britanie Saint Dâ—nis the Areopagite Saint Paules scholler â—sent Apostle into these parts by Saint Peteâ— or Saint ClemeÌ„ts missioÌ„ hath a forme theâ— of setting downe the Alâ—ar oblation concration Sacrifice worship and adoration Christ there present ô diuinum peniâ—ùs sacrâ—â— mysterium obducta tibi significantium opeâ—imenta â—â—orum dignanter apâ—riens nobis palam atque apeâ—râ—â—esce O altogether diuine and sacred mysterie voâ—safe to disceuer to vs the couerings of thy signifiâ— â—â—gnes and shine on vs openly and clearely And he sheweth the Sacrifice to be reuerenced diuinâ—â—unera reuerenter ostendens Saint Ignatius speaketh S. Ignatiâ—â— epist ad â—myrn Ep. â—d Ro. plainely of Priests sacrificing Sacrificium â—ffâ—rre Mâ—ssam celebrere To offer Sacrifice to saie Masse And he assureth vs the Sacrifice is Panis â—â—lâ—stis caro Christi Filij Dei The heauenlie bread â—he flesh of Christ the sonne of God And Theodoreâ—us writing against the Ebeonite Heretiks deâ—ying Christ to haue a true bodie he saieth â—hus as Theodoret relateth Eucharistius obâ—â—tiones non admittunt quâ—d non confiâ—â—antur Euchaâ—stiam Ignaâ— â—pud â—hâ—â—dor in 〈…〉 Dialog 1. â—sse â—arnem Saluaetoris nostrâ— Iâ—su Christi quae â—o peccatis nostris passa est quam Pateâ— suâ benignitaâ— susâ—itauit They doe not adâ—â—t the Euâ—â—rist and â—blaâ—ons because they will not confesse the
A DEFENCE OF CATHOLIKES PERSECVTED IN ENGLAND Inuincibly prouing their holy Religion to be that which is the only true Religion of Christ and that they in professing it are become most faithfull dutifull and loyall Subiects to God their King and Country And therefore are rather to be honoured and respected then persecuted or molested Composed by an ould studienâ— in Diuinitie Let none of you suffer as a murderer or a theefe or a railer or a coueter of other mens things But if as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let him glorifie God in this name 1. Pet. 4. Printed at Doway by GERARD PINCHON at the signe of Coleyn 1610. A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS CONTAINED IN THIS BOOKE Chapter I.  BY way of a Preface to the persecuted Catholikes and by them to their Persecutours of the Innocencie perfection and honour of them and their spirituall Pastours renowned Priests pag. 1. Chap. II.  That the Religion of our English Catholikes as well from the Saxons as Britans is the same with their first Apostles and deduced from them and first of the Saxons conuerted by Saint Augustine and his Roman Mission pag. 15. Chap. III.  The like proued of all other person and parts of England as also the Brâ—tans that their Religion was tâ— same with the Apostles and thâ— which our now Perseâ—uted Catâ—likes Profâ—sse and maintaine pag. 30. Chap. IIII.  The Religion of the Apostles of our primatiue Christian Britans of the first Christiaâ— Sâ—xons and of our now persecuted Catholikes pâ—oueâ— to be one and the same in euâ—ry Article against Protestants anâ—â—eâ—â—eâ—utours pag. 50. Chap. V.  That the Consecration Iurisdiction and mission of our Cathoâ—iâ—e Bishop teaching the same Apostolicall Doctrine in all thingâ— with the Catholike Church is most lawfull â—oliâ— orderlie and honourable in that his sacred calling is most worthie and necessâ—rie and therfore he vnworthily Persecuted pag. 69. Chap. VI.  That our English Priests who teach all things with the Apostolicall Religion are truely consecrated worthie men and are to be honoured and not persecuted pag. 102. Chap. VII  That theÌ„ Catholikes of England taught and directed by such guides in Religion as our Priests be are not to be persecuted but protected defended and imployed as true and faithfull subiects in all things pag. 146. Chap. VIII  That euerie Article of Catholike Religion is more agreable with the best temporall gouernmeÌ„t then those of the Protestants and that a Catholike keeping his Religion as he is bound to God so he cannot be vndutifull to his temporall Prince and Countrie pag. 157. Chap. IX  That true and obedient Catholikes be the truest and most obedient subiects pag. 170. APPROBATIO Viso tâ—stâ—moâ—io câ—iusdam virâ—docti mihique de fide docâ—râ—nâ probè coâ—â—iâ—i quo testatur â—uÌ„c libruâ— cui Tâ—â—ulus est A Defâ—nce of Cathelikes perseâ—utâ—â— in England nihil continere fidei vel bonis moâ—ibus adueâ—sâ—m quin poâ—ius â—ulta quae aâ— Catholicorum Aâ—gâ—oruâ— consolationem â—â—cianâ— â—iâ—num censâ— quem ego 〈◊〉 â—â—eo approâ—â—reâ—â—atâ—m 〈…〉 â—artâ—j Aâ—no 1630. GEOâ—GIVS COâ—Vâ—Nâ—RIVS S Theol. Doctâ— Regius 〈…〉 Pâ—â—fâ—ssor Coâ—legâ—â—ae 〈…〉 poâ—â—tus 〈…〉 Caâ—celâ—aâ—ius libâ—â—um Cenâ—or THE FIRST CHAPTER By way of a Preface to the persecuted Catholikes and by them to their Persecutours of the Innocencie perfection and honour of them and their spirituall Pastours renowned Priests 1. RENOWNED Catholikes of Engâ—and moâ—â— renoâ—ned Catâ—oâ—â—kes 〈◊〉 perseâ—uâ—ed â—or your 〈◊〉 â—eligiâ—â— giue leaue to one yoâ—r old humble â—nd vnworthie seruaâ—t â—n Châ—ist Associate â—nd Partaker now with you and youâ— renowâ—ed Predecessours a long time fâ—oÌ„ his youth â—o old age in prisâ—n peâ—â—â—cution 〈◊〉 â—nd tribulatioÌ„ for the most holy Caâ—â—olike â—aith and Religion to remember hiâ— loue â—nd duâ—ie to you as also the bounâ—en dutie â—nd office of vs all as true seruants to our Master Christ in so noble and iust a cause with the honour reward and recompence which is his ordinarie paie to all his faithfull seruants in such his affaires farre more eminent and excellent thâ— any Potentate Prince or Persecutour on earth can either take away or giue vnto vs or any of them or we in this world inioy 2. Let me beginne with you as Saint Cyprian that glorious Byshop and Martyr did with the constant Martyrs and Confessours of his Countrie and time Quibus ego vos laudibus praedicâ—m fortissimi Martyres c. O most valiant Cyprian â—pisâ—â—l ad 〈◊〉 Confâ—â—sor â—â—â—pist 6. Martyrs with what praises may I blase you forth with what criâ—s of voce may I adorne the fortitude of youâ— heart and perseuerance of faith you haue endured euen to the consuâ—mation of glorie in your examinatioÌ„s most hard torments You haue not giuen place to punishments but they haue rather yealded to you Crownes haue ministred an end to those griefes to which torments gaue no â—nd And presently after he addeth The multitude of those which were present hath seene the heauenlie fight of God the spirituall waâ—re of Christ his seâ—uants to haue stoode with a free voice an vncorrupted minde a diuine force naked truely of wordlie weapons but armed with the shield of faith 3. Let me speake vnto you and of you especially chiefe Prelate and Pastours Priests and persecuted Clergie of England and of your late Predecessours on earth and now happie in heauen as Saint Iohn Chrisostome thus performed to the two most glorious Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paule Quasnam Chrysâ—st seâ—â— de SS Apostolis Petr. â—aul â—p Metaphrâ—st in Breuiadie 6. Iulij vobis referemus gâ—atias qui tantum pro nobis laboraâ—tis memenituâ— Petre obstupesco recordor tui Paule excedens mente lachrymis opprimor c. What â—hankes shall we giue vnto you who haue laboured so much for vs ô Peter I remember thee and am astoniâ—ed O Paule I call the to mind and with excesse tâ—ereâ—f ame oppressed with teares For what shall I speake or what shall I vtter when I behold youâ— afflictions I â—annot tell How many prisons haue you sanctified what chaines haue you adorned what â—orments haue â—ou sustained what curses or reproaches haue you sufâ—ered how haue you borne Christ how with your preaâ—hing haue you ioyed Churches blessed are the instruâ—ents of your tongue your members are sprinckled with â—lood for the Church You haue imitated and followed Christ in all things 4. I doe not I dare not compare my selfe â—o those great lightes Bishops and Rulers in â—he Church of Christ or such as be vnder our â—upreame Paâ—â—our of that highest Order to â—home I owe all dutie and respect yet as an â—ld student in holy â—eâ—â—ing hauing read â—uch and written not a little for the defence â—f you and the cause of God without any â—ust controll neuer adhearing vnto or reaâ—hing suspected or vnsouÌ„d doctrine of sweareâ—ing churchinge châ—pâ—â—â—ge sword â—â—â—â—ing â—r such like stuffe may now more bouldâ—y â—rite and wish I
had S. Cyprian his learned â—eale and S. Chrysostome his golden mouth or pen to laye downe the worth and due oâ— you all most renowned Teachers Learnes and Sufferers in this cause the cause of Christ For although the most reuerâ—nd Father in God Richard Bishop of Chalcedon and the holy learned reuered Priests of England arâ— not in person those greatest or others among the Apostles yet they all both ouâ— Bishop and Priests in their Episcopall anâ— Priestlie Order Preaching and teaching a they did and deriuing Succession both iâ— doctrine and dignitie fâ—â—m them if we maâ— beleeue the Apostles and Apostolike meâ— Clem. Româ—â— Cost Apost l 2. â—â—5 and witnesses doe supplie theâ—r pâ—ace and aâ—â— so to be obeyed Presbyteri si assiduè in studio decend verbum Dei laborauerint Apostolorum locuâ— tenent Sacerdoâ—es sunt omnes Domini Apostoli qâ— nâ—que agros neque domos haeteaitant hic sed sempeâ— Altarâ— Deo seruiunt If Priests will continually labour in the studie of teaching the word of God the sâ—all inioye the plaâ—e of the Apostles Priests are all tâ—â— Apostles of our Lord who inheriteth here neithâ— feilâ—s nor houses but alwâ—yes they serue God and thâ—â— neighbour Eis qui in Ecclesia sunt Presbyteris obediâ— â—rinaeus l. 4. c. 20. 43. oportet his qui successionem habent ab Apostolis qâ— cum Episcâ—patus successione Charisma certum secunduâ— plaâ—â—tum paâ—ris acceperunt Those Priests which aâ— in the Church ought to be obeyed who haue their Sucession from the Apostles and with the Succession Iustâ—â— Diâ—â— 5. 〈◊〉 Tâ—i 〈◊〉 Bishoprikes haue receaued the certaine gift accordiâ— to the will of the Father Neque vero à quoquam Deâ— hostias accipit nisi à suis Sacerdotibus Neither indeeâ— â—oth God Accept of Sacrifices of any 〈◊〉 of his Priests â—here we see the honour which ought to â—e done to our preaching and Sacrificing â—ishop and Priests â— And the holy Scrâ—â—turs pronounce and â—clare them worâ—â—◠〈…〉 1. 〈◊〉 5. â—nour Qui 〈…〉 habeantur maximè 〈…〉 doâ—â—â The Priests tâ—at 〈◊〉 wâ—ll let them be esteemed â—râ—hie of duble honour â—â—specially they that labour in â— word and doâ—trine â—nd I may auerre that hoâ— conuersatioÌ„ whâ—â—â— you with so many difâ—ulties possesse â—n forsaking all to follow â—rist to teach preach and doe other â—esslie functions to be the Apostolicall life â—d calling Our Protestant persecutours alwhich doe acknowledge you for true and â—full Priests and doe attribute so much to â—aching and most highly dâ—e commend â—r holy Apostolicke predecessours Priests â— Monckes who liued as you doe in the â—e of the Britons before all of the Reliâ—us Protest Thâ—â—tor of great Brit. God Win. Conueâ—s â—f Brit. Orders that came hither in the SaxoÌ„s â—e should not otherwise vse you then â—h honour and respect especially when alâ—es euen from the begining of Christiaâ—e here they finde it so â— In the very first age yea in the Aâ—les time they auoâ—ch that S. Ioseph and Associates our first Religious discontiâ—d their Monasticall life to preach the â—h Abbot Fecknam did alleage out of S. Gildas in the fiâ—st Parliament of Queene Elizabeth that Pope Elutherius in his time sent from their Monasticall life such hither to preach S. German and S. Lupus Religious of Lycinum Monasterie were sent hither into Britonie by S. Celestin before they werâ— Bishops to the same end and purpose Wheâ— our renowned English Apostle S. Gregoriâ— tooke religious Monckes S. Augustine anâ— others out of his owne Monastarie to senâ— them hither to preach to the vnbeleeuinâ— Saxons and hey terrified with the labouâ— and perils of such an Apostolicall life desred rather to returne to their quiet Monastâ—call conuersation he vrged them and seâ— them forward because this Apostolicall liâ— was most perfect and had greatest reward â— heauen Omniinstantia omnique seruore quae iâ— Gregorius Epist ad Monachos in Angl. destinâ—nd Bed hiâ—â—or â—ccle l. 1. c. 23. choastis Deo authore peragite sciences quod laborâ— magnum maior retribution iâ— gloria sequitur With forâ—e and seruour finish that you haue by the moâ—â— of God begun assuring your selues that after your grâ— labour eternall reward shall followe And the Berdictine Monckes in their Trithemius aâ— others doe glorie much and not withoâ— cause of the many Bishops Archbishoâ— Cardinals and Popes of their Order by tâ— title of Apostolicall Mission Our Benectines also of the English Congregation snites Dominicans Franciscans and Carâ—lites with dispenâ—â—tion from his Holines hâ— left the rigour of their Rule and Order â— better to applie themselues here in our countrie for the conuerting of souleâ— as in a vocation of greater merite and higher perfection preferring the Apostolicall preaching life in â—his time and place before the exact and proâ—essed obseruation of their owne particular Orders thereby to notifie vnto vs and all â—hat this Apostolicall priestlie life euer from â—he beginning of Christianitie here or in the â—orld was the most perfect and most excelâ—nt calling and profession pleasing to God â—rofitable to his Church and honourable in â—he professours therof 7. All our old holy Bishops Colledges Monasteries Seminaries or Schooles of learâ—ed Christians such as by our Protestants â—onfession were here extant in euery age â—uouis saeculo extiterunt and longe before Matth. Parker Antiquit. Britun Ion. Iosilin hist Eccles manuscript Gregorie was Pope or that he did or could â—nd any Monckes of what Order soeuer inâ— EnglaÌ„d or any part of Britonie sent most â—oly and learned priests by allowance of the â—e Apostolike to preach in France Gerâ—anie Denmarke Friseland Bauaria Norâ—ay Ireland Greenland and into other â—rts of the world diuers times and in great â—mber as it shall be hereafter more largly â—clared Knowing both by holy Scriptures â—d the testimonie of Christ himselfe that â—is Apostolicall condition a signed by him his dearest Apostles first taught and praâ—ised in himselfe not onely to forsake all externall wordlie thinges as Religious men doe or be bound to doe but â—or a man to denie himselfe the sauing of his health libertie and life daily exposing them to losse and ofteÌ„ loosing them for the loue of Christ truely following him in sauing many soules that were in danger otherwise eternally to perish is the most absolutly perfect calling and profession in the Church of God 8. Monasticall life by abnegation is a State of perfection and a safe way to saue the professers soule but to saue both his owne and many others by a more perfect abnegation must needs be the greatest perfection and following of Christ Si quis vult post me venire abneget Luc. â— semetiâ—sum tollat crucem suam quoâ—idiè sequatur me If any man will come after me let hiâ— denie himselfe and take vp his crosse dayly and follow me And our Sauiour when he demande of Saint Peter his greatest and most louinâ— Apostle Diligis me plus his Loues â—hou me more
thâ— Iohn 21. these Saint Peter answered Yea Lord. Theâ— our Sauiour repâ—ied twice Pasce agnos meoâ— Feede my lambes And at S. Peters third answeâ— to the same demand he added pâ—sce oues meâ— feede my sheepe And to his Apostles he said Bonus Pastor animam suam dat pro ouibus suis à goâ— Iohn 10. Pastor giueth his life for his sheepe And Maioreâ— hac dilectionem nemo habet quam vt animaâ— Iohn 15. suam ponat quis pro amicis suis Greater loue thâ— this no man â—ath that a man yeald his life for hâ— friends 9. This Pastorall office and dignitie was euer accompted so perfect and excellent that in all times euen out of danger it was esteemed among the best Religious a perfection and honour for any with them to be preferred to Episcopall or such pastorall charge of soules Therefore the highest Consistorie to wit the Court of Rome hath most iustly and publickly declared the renowned Priests of England to be Ordinis Apostolici Of the most perfect and excellent Apostolicke order And as theire Order is the same with the Apostles so they doe deduce their neuer yet interrupted Frane Godw. Pref. to the Catal. of Bish. conuers of Brit. pa. 6. succâ—sâ—ion therein euen from the highest and chiefest Apostle Saint Peter himselfe from whom so to deriue it to speake in publicke Protestant words VVe should accompt it a great glorie to our Nation to deriue the pedegree of our spirituall linage froÌ„ so noble and excellent a father as S. Peter For both Greeke Latine AuncieÌ„t Later Catholike an Protestant writers assure Sim. Metaphr in SS Petr. Paul Antiquit-Graec ib apud Surin Sanct. Petr. Theater of Brit. l. 6. Camden in Brit. Nicâ—phor apud â—â—â— vs that S. Peter came hither into Britonie Simon Petrus qui fundamenâ—um esse Ecclesâ—ae desinitus est tanquam pâ—obaâ—issimus discipulus c. Simon Peter who like a most approued disciple was declared to be the fâ—undation of the Church as more powerfull then all the rest was commanded to illuminate the obscurer parts of the world in the west and he could entirely fulfull the command He came into Britonie in which place after he had staid long drawne many people to the faith erected Churches and ordained Bishops Priests and Deacons in the twelfth yeare of the Emperour Nero he returned to Rome againe The best Protestant Antiquaries doe hold this for so vnquestionable a truth in Histories that they crie out against any that should doubt thereof Quid ni crederemus why should Cambdâ—n supra we not beleeuâ— 10. Some saie that Saint Philip the Apostle and others would haue it the great Apostle Saint Peter sent S. Ioseph and his Religious companie of Glastenburie hither But S. Peter being alredy proued to be here before their comming and after it might well allowe and approue of their comming and being here but I see not how he did send them hither And as our best Antiquities deliuer they all died without leauing any Successours here vntill Pope Elutherius and King Lucius time But for our Succession of our holy Catholike Clergie Priests it was neuer yet interrupted but continued from S. Peter here vnto this day notwithstanding any howsoeuer outragious tempest of Persecution of whatsoeuer enimies of Christian truth Infidels or Heretikes in great number and constancie by all writers none denying or making doubt thereof And our Protestat Antiquaries themselues doe generally confesse and particularly recompt many Bishops Priests and other Clergie men to haue continued here in euery age both in the Britons and Saxons time without any interruption at all Toâ— tantaque Presbyterorum Monachorum Praesulum Episcoporum Ecclesiarum Caenâ—biorum Math. Parker Antiquit. Brit. pag. 7. 8. Iohn Gosâ—â— hist. â—ccles Iohn Ball de scrip Centur. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Godwin Catal. of Bish. in all Sees Sediumque vetusta nomina quae quouis saeculo extiteruÌ„t So many old names of Priests Monckes Prelats Bishops Churches Monasteries Episcopall Sees which in euery age were extant And vnder the Saxons and English both of Bishops and Priests with their Succession of Bishops vntill the first Parliament of Queene Elizabeth 11. Neither doe our Protestants as latly in publicke Parliament make their Religiâ— to which they would violently enforce you any older then that dare almost 80. years old neither can they except leaping backward ouer Queene Maries Raigne they would patch 4. yeares of youÌ„ge King Edwards youÌ„ger Religion vnto it shewe any Edict Decree Statute Parliament or any publicke proposall or command euen by temporall power for any Religion vse or profession therein to which they would pull and driue you but froÌ„ such younge times and Tutors in Religion That which is true Religion must haue so many hundreds of yeares in age more as then were and now are from Christ and his Apostles daies and other Apostles and Proposers then King Edward and Queene Elizabeth who persecuted and in what they could did suppresse the true old Catholike Apostolike and Christian Religion But in so doing and in whatsoeuer they did or could doe they onely could inuent oâ— giue allowance vnto a newe but not a true Religion Therefore if this onely and nothing else were to be saied vnto you or for you in this cause you are secure you suffer for Iustice you are blessed here and by that title shall so perseuerinâ— be eternally happie in heauen Bishops Priests Monckes Religious and lay Catholikes not so persecuted may perish but perseuering constantly in persecution for Christ's cause they cannot perish Beati qui persecutionem patiuntur propter Matth. 5. Iustitiam Blessed are they that suffer persecution for Iustice As the cause confirmâ—d by Christ himselfe confirmeth Quoniam ipsorum est regnum coelorum Because theirs is the Kingdome of heauen This quoniam because Is more particular vnto you for it is almost proper vnto our Priests and their Predecessours in this holie warre which Christ saied to his Apostles Vos â—estimonâ—um perhibeâ—itis quia ab initio mecum Iohn 15. estis You sâ—all giue testimonie because you are with me from the begining It is theirs and their childrens in Christ Vos autem estis qui permansistis mecum in tentationibus meâ—s You are they that haue Luck 22. remained with me in my temptations It is true of them and all such Catholikes of whom Saint Paul saied to the Romans Fides vestra annuntiatur â—â— Rom. 1. in vniuerso mundo Your faith is renowned in the whole world This of your faith and constancie therin and of your obedience and suffrings Vestra obedientiâ— in omnem locum diuulgata est Your obedience is published into euery place â—d Rom. 16. 12. If Christ will confesse all before his father which is in heauen who doe confesse him before men on eaâ—th this confession of you that haue beene so long Spectaculum Aspectacle 1. Corint 4. to Angels and men will be
very aâ—ciâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—gland and doe endeuour all tâ— can â—â— diâ—inish the glorie of the Children so noble a Father and so doing for disliâ— rather then loue either of them vs or oâ— first Christian Saxons diuers among the doe very forwardly ascribe much to such hat labour And some of their prime Antiâ—uaries as some lately haue published haue â—et downe vnder their hands that there were â—oâ— aunciently and but Egyptian and Beneâ—ictine Monckes in this Kingdome of Britaâ—ie no great glorie but rather diâ—honour to his moâ—t noble and auncieÌ„t Nation in Chriâ—ian Religion A Nation that may iustly â—aime prioritie in that kinde of honour â—efore Egipt or any other Countrie in the â—orld except they caÌ„ proue their Religious â—ore auncient then S. Ioseph and his holy â—mpanie here in the yeare of Christs Natiâ—tie 63. by their owne confession and what â—oÌ„ckes of Egypt they were that came hither â—ey should if they could haue instanced â— To performe which they will haue great â—fficulâ—ie sith that they themselues confesse â—at diâ—ers denie the Egyptian Rule was eâ—r receiued in the West and consequently â—re Minimè credi volunt nonnulli Mo achorum Iohn Selden not spicileg in Eadmerum pag. 200. Egyptientium Instituta in Occidâ—nte vnquam esse â—epta Some will not haue it beleeued that the Inâ—ute of the Eâ—yptian Monckes was euer receiued in west And yet it is certaine by their owne otestant writers that many Monckes and â—nasterie were here in Britanie or in Enâ—nd Quouis saculo In euery age And before â—yp had any Monasteries or Monâ—kes 6. We can and doe recount vnto them â—nckes from Greece and Syria who came â—o Britanie though longe after our first Conuersion and Religious were â—etâ—ed here So from the most â—amous Monasterie of Lyrinum Veremunâ— Hist. Sâ—â—t Hector Boeth Hist Scot. l. 6. Râ—phael â—olâ—enshed â—ist of Scots our Greeke MoÌ„ckes S. Regulus Albatus and his holy companie who brought the Relickes of Saint Andrewe the Apostâ—e into Scotland and were so nobly entertained by King Heirgâ—stus leauing Successouâ—s therâ— who after were vnited to our old Briâ—isâ— Monckes are â—amouâ— to posteritie S. Palladius who was sent Apostle hither by S. Caelestin the Pope as our Protestants writeâ— was also a Grecian Palla lius Graecus And firsâ— Ioan. Bal. l. de â—cript â—rit â—entuâ— 1. Nicolaus Hâ—rlemâ—n Paâ—â—â—â—io Graeco a disciple to S. Iohn Patriarch of Hâ—erusaleâ— that liued a Religious life in Syria especiallâ— about Mount Carmelus Ioannis Hierosolymoruâ— Patriarcha 44. dum adhuâ— Eremi cultor solitaâ—â— Syriae loca Carmelum praecipuè incoleret Nicolao Haâ—lemio teste Discipuluâ— fuit As witnesseth Nicolaâ— Haâ—lem he was tâ—e Disciple of Iohn the 44. Patriarcâ— of Hierusalem whilst he was as yet a louer of the Heâ—mitâ—ge and inhabited the desert places of Syria bâ— especially the Mount Carmelus This may giâ— antiquitie â—ere to our learned Carmelits tâ—king their name thence and as they saie comming from Syria S. Germanus and S. Lupâ—sent Britan. 〈◊〉 Antiq. in mâ—â—uscâ—ipt hither Apostles by the same holy Popâ— were first Monckes of LyrinuÌ„ Monasterie aâ— brought that Church seruice hither And â— Patriâ—ke borre in this our Iland liuiâ— sometimes with our Glastenburie Monckeâ— and Scholler to S. Gâ—â—man was in the saâ—â—anner sent into Ireland These were tâ— Rulers and Directours vnto all our British Scotish and Irish Monckes so much renowâ—ed through the whole world 7. Both English and Scotiâ—h Antiquiâ—ies Vâ—remund Hect. Boeth supra Man Antiq in vita S. Birini Capgâ—â— in eodem witnesse that soone after S. Augustine of â—ippo his death and long before any Monckes of S. Benedicts Order came hither â—he Augustine Monckes Canon-Regulars â—ere seated and setled here who were most â—oly and learned men Non tam eruâ—itionis â—â—am proâ—atissimarum viriutum veâ—aeque pieâ—atiâ—lâ—â— insignes Not so much famous fâ—â— learning aâ— for â—proued vertues and zeale oâ— deuotion S Dauid â—aint Brendanus Saint Columbanuâ— Conâ—ellus and others here wrote Rules of Monckes 8. To exemplifie but in the worthinesse of Sigibert 〈…〉 vir Illustr in S. Câ—sâ—â—â—o Caesar Arâ—lateÌ„sis Homilia 25. ad Monachos Tom. 2. Bâ—â—liotâ—â—â— Patrum â—e Lyrian Monckes who ioyned with ours â— Britonie as S. Caesarius Archbishop of â—rles neare adioyning thereto and before â—bbot there testifieth that Ab Orienâ—e vsque ad â—ccidentem ab omnibus paene locis in quibus Chriâ—iana Religio â—olitur religiosâ—ssima vestra conuersatio â— Christi gloriaem praedicaâ—ur From the East to the â—st in all places almost where Châ—â—stian Reâ—igion is â—aintained thâ—re to Christ his glorie your most Chriâ—ian conuersation was preached And 〈◊〉 saeâ—â—â—sula Lyrinensis quae cum pâ—ruula plana esse viâ—atur innumerabiles tamen monâ—es ad â—aelum misisse â—gnosciâ—ur Haec est quae eximios nuâ—riâ— Monâ—chos â—astanâ—â—ssimos per oâ—nes Prouâ—â—ciaâ— erogat Saâ—erâ—â—es The blessed and hapâ—ie â—â—and of â—â—rinum though it seeme to be little and plainâ— yet it is knowne to hauâ— sent vnto heauen innumerable mountains This is sâ—e which bring th vp most famous Monckes and through all Prouinces sendeth forth most excellenâ— Priests 9. This testimonie of such a witnesse being giuen a little before S. Gregories timâ— who was so learned a Moncke and Father to many such in Rome argueth that his MoÌ„kes and the Monckes of Lyrinum could noâ— be strangerâ—â—o eaâ—h other S. Gregorie also commanding his Monckes he sent into EnglaÌ„d to goe to the Archbishop of â—râ—eâ— Successour to S. Cesarius so neare Lyrâ—num 〈◊〉 his assistance and they bringing from thencâ— into England Assistants and Interpreter â—nâ— S. Augustine being consecrated after Bishoâ— of EnglaÌ„d by Eâ—heâ—â—us Archbishop of Arles according to S. Gregories directions confirmeth the same the accesse of such hither theiâ— preachingâ— and directions here and our firsâ— English Moncke after S. Augustine comming hither so honouring the Monckes anâ— Monasterie of Lyrinum that they traâ—elleâ— ouer all England and France with them anâ— Saint Benedict Biscope who was brought â—â— with our British Monckes when none other were here being professed in â—yrinum Monâ—sterie showeth how little dâ—ffeâ—ence there waâ— betweene the old Monckes of Britanie thâ— Monckes of Lyrinum and Saint Augustinâ— and his fellow Monckes sent hither bâ— â—ly Saint Gregorie the Pope 10. By all accompts it is most certaine in â—storie that S. Benedict Biscope was proâ—led in Lyrinum went to Rome returned â—o the North part of England where he as Abbot diuers yeares before S. Benedict â— Rule was first giuen or receiued in these â—rtes and was also Abbot at Canterburie â—bey and gaue place to S. Adrian who was â—t hither by the Pope with Saint Theodore â—chbishop there before S. Wilfride the first â—er of S. Benedict's Rule in the North was â—leâ— Archbishop of Yorke to giue it or gaue â—e foresaid Rule to the Monckes as the â—onckes themselues confesse And that he â— not deliuer Saint Benedicts Rule to the â—onckes in the
prooue that the ghospell which was preached â— Britanie in the first times of the Apostles was not â—ely allwaies firmely retained but in euery age augâ—ented and dilated did increased Many of the Chriâ—an Britans fearing the crueltie of Dioclesian fleed â— the Scots among whome very many renowned for â—arning and Integritie of life remained still in Sotâ—d and liued a solitarie life in so great opinion of â—ctitie with all men that after their deaths theiâ—â—lls were chaunged into Câ—urches And therevpon it â—ained a custome to posterity that the old Scots calâ— Churches Cells This kind of Moncks men called â—ldeys worshippers of God The later Kinde of â—onckes was in learning and holinesse so farre â—eriour vnto them how much in riches ceremonies and other externall manner of Rites they exceeded thâ— Theater of great Britanie l. 6. Georg. Buchan Rer. Scotiear l. 4. Reg. 35. l. 5. Reg. 49. Reg 65. VVhen Augustine was sent by Gregorie the Britanâ— were instructed by Moncks which that age had learned and Godly Many scotish Moncks for loue â— Godlinesse trauatled into France and Germanie anâ— preached the Christian doctrine about Rhene anâ— builded Monasteries in many places For there were yâ— among the Scots many Moncks of the old disciplinâ— And the Germans gaue that memoriâ—â—nto them thâ— euen to our age of ProtestaÌ„ts they made Scots Rulers â— them Apud Scotos enim adhuc mults erant Monacâ— vetere Dâ—sciplinâ— nondum extinctâ literis pietâ—â— insignes Manâ— worthy Monâ—ks both for the â—â— Discipline not yet extinguished learning and pieâ—iâ— were yeâ— among the Scots Iohn Capgraue of thâ— Order of Eremites very learned in ProtestaÌ„â— â—apgrau in vit S. Brâ—ndani Iudgment liuing vntill the yeare 1464. â— witnesse that the auntient Rule of the MoÌ„ckâ— written by S. Brendan remained vntill hâ— time Brendanus scripsit ex ore Angeli sanctam Râ—gulam quae vsque hodie mâ—neâ— Brendanus wrote froâ— the mouth of an Angell that holy Rule which to thâ— day continueth And no doubt but that his holy Order and that of our Carmelites as alsâ— our Carthusians most renowned here haâ— discent from thence 18. Their Religion was by the Protestant the true Apostolike Religion and yet theâ— agreed in all essentiall things with those thâ— came from Rome with Saint Augustine whâ— brought hither the same Religion as beforâ— is related which our Catholicks now proâ—esse and our Anceâ—â—ours Saxons receiued â—om them And the chiefest among them in â—ll part whatsoeuer agreed with the Church â—f Rome and had their Apostolike power â—nd allowance thence So S. Kentegern that S. Asâ—pâ— in vâ—â— S. Kenteger Capgrau in â—od â—ent seuen times to Rome and was approued â—ere and at his death gaue seuere charge to â—is Disciples in numbeâ— 9â—5 fiâ—mely to obâ—rue and keepe the Dâ—crees and Ordinances â—f the holy Roman Church Conuocatis Disciâ—lis fuis de obseruatione sanctae Religionis mutuae chaâ—atis pacis hospitalâ—â—atis 〈◊〉 lectionis ac oratioâ—s instantia hortabaâ—ureos De Sanctorum Patrum â—ecretis sanctaeque Romanae Eâ—clâ—siae instâ—tâ—tis firâ—ter custoâ—tendis fortia de it ac dereliquit pracepta â—lling togeather his Dâ—sciples he exborted them to â—e objeruanâ—e of holy Religion mutuall Charitie â—ace hospitalitie and of exact diligence in reading â—d prayer For the constant keeping of the Decrees â— the holy Fathers and the Institutes of the holy Vit. S. Aâ—â—ph Balâ—â—ntis in Asâ—pho Godwin catal in Asaph veremund hist Hector Boeth Scotor hist l. 9. Holinsh hist. of â—cotl â—oman Church he gaue and left forcible precepts â—int Asaph Bishop a Britane Ruler of so â—any Apostolike men here in Britanie in all â—ings agreed with Rome and had Approâ—tion and power thence So S. Molochus â—ost renowned ioyning in all things with â—e Roman Legate â—ainâ— Bonifacius Qâ—iriâ—s and those that came with him Therefore â— cannot be questioned but our Saxon Anâ—stours then receiuâ—d the ame faith and Reâ—gion we Catholike now professe and so â—ffer for profession thereof which will be in euery particular most manifest in that whicâ— now shall followe concerning Articles iâ— Protestant Religion and euery of them thâ— is against Catholike Religion THE IIII. CHAPTER The Religion of the Apostles of our prâ—matiue Christian Britans of the firâ— ChristiaÌ„ Saxons and of our now peâ—secuted Catholiks prooued to be oâ— and the same in euery Article agaiâ— Protestants and Persecutours 1. It is proued before and confessed â— all both Catholiâ—ks and Protestantâ— that the difference betweene Saint Augustiâ— and our Britans was of thinges Ceremoniâ— and whereas our Protestants finde much faâ— Girald Câ—mbren descript Camb cap. 18. Dauid Powell annotâ—t in eund at our Ceremonies which it pleaseth them â— teâ—me Popish Giraldus Cambrensis the leâ—ned British Bishop and writer setteth thâ— downe which the Britans kept otherwâ— then the RomaÌ„s which are more Popish aâ— Papisticall by Protestants Iudgment tâ— the Romans were It is strange among â— best Authors how the Britans should diffeâ— â—l obseruation of Easter or any thing else â—om Rome but by the Iniurie of the trouâ—â—s here by warrs hindering entercourse thiâ—er and from thece for froÌ„ the beginning as â—eâ—ore and in euery age we had our chiefe â—ling Bishops and Priests from thence in â—e first from S. Peter in the second age â—om Saint Eleutherius in the third froÌ„ Pope â—ctor in the fourth by Saint Ninian and â—hers comming and sent from thence in the â—t from S. Celestine by S. Palladius Saint â—ermanus Lupus Patrick Seuerus and â—hers in the sixt by S. Kentegerne S. Aâ—h S. Iuo S. Lethard and others before Augustine And to make a briefe mention euery Article in particular now controâ—sed with these ProtestaÌ„ts as they are conâ—ned in their booke of Articles These our â—tient Britans and Scots retaining their â— Apostolike doctrine as these man said â—eed in euery Article with the present Caâ—liks and in them all dissented from Proâ—ants â— They had the Scripturs from the Roâ— Eleutheâ— Pap. epist ad Lucium Reg. Brit. Gild. l. de excid conquest Britan. Church those which Catholikes hold â— for Scripturs so Eleutherius himselfe â—ildas and others proue That they did â— hold all needfull thinges to be contained â—criptures but some by Traditions their â—ifold Traditions in many matters of moâ—t by Protestant confession is a manifest â—ument and will appeare in many Articles following And this is euident in theâ— Gild. supr Hist Brit. antiq manuscript confessed Sacâ—ifice of Masse and sacrificiâ— Priesthood being to offer Sacrifice for thâ— liuing and dead as Protestants confesse anâ— that in all Masses there is the doctrine aâ— practice of Transsubstantiation and Reâ— presence the doctrine and practise of Puâ—gatorie and praier for the dead of prayiâ— vnto Saincts and their protection of diueâ— orders ecclesiasticall which Protestants haâ— not the doctrine of merits and good deeâ— deniall of Iustification by faith onely aâ— almost all doctrines which Catholikes hoâ— and ProtestaÌ„ts denie to
of the publick Church Office in latine So doe our Protestants themselues as Foxe and others prouing Foxe Act. and Mon. pag. 1142. Sermo seu homil Antiquit Saxoniâ—â— supr they were in latine before S. Germanus his comming hither And when S. Lupus and Saint German who both had beene MoÌ„ckes â—n the learned Monasterie in the Ireland Lyâ—ine by Marcells in Fraunce as an old Briâ—ish antiquitie with others witnesseth â—rought hither vsed and left here the Church â—etuice Vsed by Saint Marke the Euangelist after â—y S. Gregorie Nazianzen S. Basile S. Anthonie â—aulus Macharius Malchus Cassianus in the Monaâ—erie Lyrinum and after him S. Honoratus Abbaâ—â—here S. Cesaâ—ius S. Porâ—ariâ—s Abhot there by S. â—upus and Germanus both in that Monasterie and â—fter they were made Biâ—hops and in Britanie where â—hey preached and after them S. Wandiloâ—us and S. â—omogillus who had in their Monasterie about 3000. â—onâ—kes After Wandilocus sent to preach by Saint Gomogillus and Saint Columban into the parts of Gallia and the Monasterie Luxouium vsed there the same Ecclesiasticall Office ad the fame of their â—olinesse was spred in the whole world and of their Order many Monasteries both of men and women were founded Where is euident not onely that the latine Church seruice was vsed by our Britans and Scots but our Religious and those of that most learned and noble Monasterie of Lyrinum and others both in France and Italie ioyned together in these daies This British Author liued aÌ„d wrote before the VnioÌ„ of the Christian Saxons and Britanie here Neither our learned CouÌ„triman Alcuinus or Albinus Tutor to Charles the great Emperour most coÌ„uersant in such Antiquities nor Amalarius nor any other Expositour of old Ecclesiasticall seruice and Ceremonies doe finde any other but latine either in Britanie or any place of the latine Church taking that denomination chiefely therevpoÌ„ as the Greeke Church of their Greek Masse and other publick Offices Ecclesiasticall S. Bede also maketh this Bed Hist â—ccl Angl. l. 1. cap. 1. manifest for Britanie where he saith allthough there were diuers Nations and peoples English Britans Scots Picts and Latines yet onely the latine tongue was common to theÌ„ all in Scripture businesse Meditatione Scripturarum caeteris omnibus est facta communis Protest in Doue pag. 23. 2â— ca. of pâ—â—ier By the studying of Scripturs is made common tâ— all the rest And this is so manifestly true thaâ— our Protestants thus confesse it both of thâ— Latine and Greeke Church Vntill of late throughout the West part of the world publick praiers were in Latine in the East parte in Greeke Their Edw. SaÌ„d Relation of Relig. c. 53. or 54. of the Greeke Church Liâ—urgies be the same that were in the old time namely S. Basils S. Chrysostomes and Saiâ—t Gregories translated without any bending of theÌ„ to that change of languadge which their tongue hath suffered 14. Their Article which reiecteth fiue of â—he Seuen Sacraments Confirmation Peâ—ance Order Matrimonie and Extreme-â—nction is vtterly reiected by those our Primatiue Christian Britans And first for Conâ—rmation Girald Camâ—â—â—n dâ—script Cambr. cap. 18 their learned Bishop and Antiquaâ—ie defining it as Catholikes now doe to be â—n Vnction by a Bishop with holy Crisme by which â—race is giuen doth testifie that from their first â—onuersion all Britans desired and sought it â—ore then any people Episcopalem confirmatioâ—em chrismatis quâ gratia spiritus datur Inunâ—ionem Constant Magn. in priuelâ—g Rom. Ecclâ—s apud Isodor Iunior Tom. 1. Concil Hist Brit. l. 12. c. 18. Conc. l. Niâ—on 1. caÌ„ 55. art 6 Concil Arelaten can 8 prae alia gente totus populus magnoperè petit â—ll the people did more then any other nation greatly â—sire Eâ—iscopall Confirmation and the annointing of â—hrisme wherby the holy Ghoste is giuen Constanâ—ne our great Emperour as he himselfe witâ—esseth receiued this Sacrament of Saint Silâ—ster the Pope and king Cadwallader going â— Rome was there confirmed by Pope Serâ—us Our Britans receiued the first Generall â—ouncell of Nice and were present thereat â—d consented vnto the great Councell of â—les in both which it is sufficieÌ„tly acknowledged for a Sacrameâ— and signe giuing grace ConfereÌ„ce Hampton pag. 10. 11. Communion Booke tit confirmat Articl of Protest Relig. 25. And our Prâ—testantâ— publick authoritie more then in one place acknowledge it was both vsed by the Apostleâ— their tradition and giuing grace by application of an exâ—ernall signe which in this Article they desine tâ— be a Sacrament 15. Concerning the Sacrament of Hâ— Orders I shall speake more plentifully in thâ— defeÌ„ce and honour of Episcopall and Pâ—iest FunctioÌ„ And it is sufficeÌ„tly acknowledgeâ— when euen Protestants confesse there is nâ— teaching Preaching Ministring of SacrameÌ„t giuing and obtaining grace remission â— sinnes and euerlasting happinesse no trâ— Church on earth no comming to heauen oâ—dinarily without them Therefore of a people who ar Christians saie our Britiâ— Antiquaries Protestants thereto consentinâ— Girald Gambren descript Cambr. cap. 18. Dauid Powâ—ll Hâ—ct â—oeth hist Scotor l. 10. p. 208. Raphâ—el Holinsh. Histor of Sâ—ot pag. â— 4. or not denying it our British Christians gaâ— much more honour to such persons froâ— their first faith Ecclesiastiâ—is viris loÌ„gè magis quâ— vllam gâ—nteÌ„ honorem deserentes Yelding farre mâ— honour vnto Ecâ—lesiasticall men then any other coâ—trie And the old lawes of the Scots made iâ— deadly offence to hurt a Priest by word deede There were not of our persecutiâ— Protestants opinion Laedere Christi Sacerdâ—â— dicto sactouè â—xitiale sit Be it a deadly crime to â— a Priest of Christ either in word or deede It is â—â—taine in our Antiquities that the Britans all essentiall things had the same ordinatiâ— â—ith the Church of Rome that they had their â—hiefest consecrating Bishops from thence â—nd in some part of Britanie the custome was Manuser antiq Capgrau in â— Wyrone Episcopo â—hen one was to be chosen Bishop they sent â—im to Rome to be consecrated by the Pope â—here Moris erat apud Incoâ—as Pastorem à se electum Romam mambas Apostolicis ordinandum dirigere â—dinatumque sedem plebem reuisere It waâ— the â—stome amonge the Inhabitants to senâ— tâ—â—ir Pastour â—â— them elected to Rome to be ordained by Apostolicall â—nds and being ordained to returne to his seate and â—ocke 1. For Matrimonie the Sacramentall bond â—ere of was with them so strict and indissoâ—bâ—e Nennius Manuscâ— Histor in Guorthâ—gâ—â—n Rege Matth. Westin an 450. Matth. Parker antiquit Britan. pag. 7. 8. Protest annot in Matth. Westin an 454. Stows hist in Vortigern-Holinsh hist in eod that although before Christianitie â—ere especially in Scotland and towards that â—ountrie the wantonnesse had beene exceeâ—ing and not to be mentioned yet after â—race receiued and giuen by this Sacrament â— was a chaste and holy people and more â—rict Lawes and punishmeÌ„ts for incontineÌ„cie â—ere here prouided and duely executed
3. si quis Episcopatum desiderat bonum opus dâ—rat Asatthfull saying If a man desire a Bishops â— he desiâ—eth a good worke Si quis domnisuae praeâ—â—â—ciâ— quomode ecclesiae Dei diligentiam habebit If â— â—w not to rule his owne howse how shall he haue â—e of the Church of God where it is saied Oportet â—iscopum sine crimine esse sicut Dei dispensatorem Tit. 1. Biohop must be without crime as the steward of God â—here S. Peter saith to such Pascite qui in vobis â— gâ—egem Domini Feede the flocke of God which is â—ong you Neque vt dominantes in Cleris sâ—d formae 1. Pet. 5. â—i gregâ— Neiâ—â—er as ouerruling the Clergie but exaÌ„â— of the flocke Where S. Paul saieth to S. Titus â—hop Huius reigâ—atia reliqui to Cretae vt ea quae Tit. 1. 〈◊〉 corrâ—gas constituas per â—iuitates presbyteros â— â—go disposui tibi For this cause lest I thee in â—e that thou shouldest reforme the things that are â—ting and shouldest ordaine Priestes by cities as so appointed thee Here they be Rulers Goâ—nourâ— Fathers and so they must needs be â—oured reuerenced and obeyed of theâ—r â—iects and chiâ—dâ—en And as the Scripture â—h expressely commaund temporall obeâ—ce vnto temporal Rulers Aâ—mone illos Tit. 3. â—cipibus Potestatibuâ— subditos esse dicto obedire â—onish them to he subiect to Princes and Potestats â—y at a word So it doth most expresly and â—tly commaund obedience and subiection â—ese our spirituall Rulers Obedite Prae oâ—â—â—estris Heb. 13. subiacâ—te eis ipsi eâ—im peruigilant quasi â—â—m pro animabus vestris reddiâ—uâ—â— Obeye your â—â—s and be subiect to them For they watch as â— to render account for your soules Ignatius Successor to S. Peter at Anâ—h saith Quid aliud est Eâ—iscopus quâ—m is qui Principatu Potestate superior est Episcopi sunâ— Sacerdotes baptizant sacrificant eligunt inanus imponunt Nemo Episcopo honorabilior in Ecclesia Sacerdotium Deo gerenti pro mundi salute Pre byteri Diaconi atque omnis Clerus simul cum populo Militibus atque Principibus sed Caesares obebiant Episcopo Decet obâ—dâ—re Episcopo in nullo illi refragariâ— terribile namque est tali contradicere Episcopo subiect estote velut Domino ipse enim vigilaâ— pro aniâ—abâ— vestris vt qui rationem Deo reddiâ—urus sit Necâ—â—itaque est quicquid facitis Vt sine Episcopo nihil tâ—â—â—eâ—is Quemcunque Paterfamilias miâ—tit ad gul ernaâ—dam familiam â—unc it a accipere debetis vt illum ipsâ— qui mâ—etit Episcopum aspicere oportet vt ipsum Dâ—minum Sine Episcopo nâ—mo quicquam faciat eorun quae ad Ecâ—lesiâ—m spectant Honoâ—a Deum vt omnuâ— authorem Dominum Episcopum verò vt Princips SacerdotuÌ„ Imaginem Deâ— referenteÌ„ Dei quideÌ„ prop Principaâ—um Christi veâ—ò propter Sacerdotium Hoâ—rare oportet Regem neque enim Rege quisquâ— praestantior aut quisquam similis illi in rebus omnilâ— creatis neque Episcopo qui Deo consecratus est â—totius mundi salute quit quam maius in Ecclesia Wâ— else is a Bishop but he that is Superiour to all prinâ—palitie and power Bishops are Priestes they Baptizâ— they offâ—r sacrifice they chose others they impâ— hands None is more honourable then the Bishop the Church excricising Priesthood before Allmight God for the Saluation of the world Priestes Deacâ— and all the Clergie together with the people Souldiâ— and Princes yea and Kings should obey the Bishâ— and not contradict him in any thing Be yea subâ— vnto the Bishop as vnto our Lord for he doth wâ— â—uer your soules as who is to render an account to God Therefore it is necessarie that whatsoeuer you doe that you attempt nothing without the Bishop VVhom so euer the good man of the house doth send to gouerne his familie you ought so to receiue him as if it were himselfe who sendeth him You ought to receiue the bishop as our Lord himselfe VVithout the Bishop let no man doe any thing which appertainetâ— to the Church Honour God as the Authour and Lord of all but the Bishop as the Prince of the Priestes bearing the â—maâ—ge of God of God indeede for his principalitie and of Christ for his Priesthood you ought also to honour the King for neither any is chiefer then the King â—r any licke vnto him in all created things nor is there any in the Church of God greater then the Biâ—hop who is conjecrated to God for the health of the whole world 4. S. Clement Successour to S. Peter at Rome saieth from S. Peters mouth Omnes Principes terrae â—unctos homines Episcopis obedire capita sua ubmittere eorumque adiutores existere praeâ—iâ—iebat Peâ—rus Apostolus Omneâ— qui eis contraâ—eniant ita damnatos inâ—amâ—s vsque ad satisfactionem monstrabat nisi conuerterentur à liminibus Ecclesiae alienes esse praecipiebat O Episcope saith he stude mundicie operum excellere cognoscâ—nâ— locum ac dignitatem tuam tanquam locum Dei obtinens eò quòd praees omnibus Dominis Saccrdotibus Regibus Principibus Patriâ—us Filijs Magistris atque Subditis simul omnibuâ— Iudica ô Episcope cum potestate tanquam Deus Episcopus est mediaâ—or inter Deum vos Is pietatis magister est is post Deum Pater vester â—s princeps dux vester is Rex vester Dynasta denique is terrenus Deus post Deum cui à vobis honor debetur Episcopus Dei dignitate ornatus est quaâ—enus Clero prâ—eâ—â— omni populo imperat Peter the Apostle commanded all Princes of the earth and all men to obeye the Bishops and to submit their heads vnto them and to be their helpers All those which should speake against â—hem he did declare them so to be infamous an damned vnâ—ill they had made satisfaction And vnlesse they would be conuerted he commanded that they shoulâ— not pâ—rticipate of the Chuâ—ch O Bishop saieth he studie to excell in the puritie of thy workes considering thy place and dignitie as possessing God his place in that thou goest bâ—fore all Lords Priests Kings Princes Fathers Soones Maisters and also all subiects O Bishop iuâ—ge wiâ—h all power as God The Bishop is mediatour betweene God and you He is the maister of pietie he after God is your Father he is your Prince and Captaine he is your King and Ruler and lastly after God he is your terrene God wâ—om you ougâ—t to honour and reuerence The Bishop is adorned with the dignitie of God as he is chiefe of the Clergie and ruleth all people 5. The like haue S. Dionysius the Areopagite S. Anacletus and others our English Protestantâ— so confessing So they teach with holy Scriptures there is no other inferior Order of Priesthood Deacons or others to preach or minister any Sacrament or doe any spirituall thing in the Church but by consecration
froÌ„ Rome wenâ— into those pâ—â— wâ—eâ—e the Scots now be aÌ„â— whether the Perâ—cutioÌ„ did not cumâ— aÌ„d there they ioyned wâ— those of Pope Victors Mission And in tâ— Persecution among so many Archbishops aâ— Bishops placed here by Papall authoritie â— finde fewe if any at all then put to death â— suruiuing after to haue consecrated Prieâ— dedicated Churches and performed other â—piscopall duties and offices as the Prieâ— and others did theirs also Bilustro supra â— turbinis neâ—dum ad Iâ—â—egrum expleto emarcesâ—â—â— busque nece suorum authorum nesarijs decretis laeâ—â—â—minibus omnes Christs Tyrones quasi post hiemaleâ— prolixâ—m noctem temperiem lâ—cemque serenam â— coeâ—estis excipiâ—nt renouant Ecclesias ad solum vsâ— destructâ—â— Bâ—siâ—itas Sanctorum Martyrum fundâ— construunt perfiâ—â—unt ac veluâ— Victricia signa paâ—â— propalâ—nt dieâ—sâ—stos celebrant sacra mundo corde â— que â—onficiunt omnes exultant filij gremio ac si Mâ— Ecclesiae câ—nsoâ—i Mâ—nsit namque haec Christs caâ— membroâ—uÌ„ consonantia 〈◊〉 donec Ariâ—norum pâ—dia intrauit Tenue yeares of the foresaiâ—d Troubleâ— â—ing as yet altogether compleate and the wicked deâ—es decaying in the dâ—th of their authouâ—s all the folâ—ers of Christ wiâ—h iâ—yâ—ull lâ—ghâ—â—â— as â—f aâ—tâ—r a â—â—ng â— er night they had receiued light aÌ„â—â—pleasant tâ—peâ—ure of heauâ—nâ—â—e aâ—re they â—neweâ— the 〈◊〉 â—â—ich were fallen to the ground they â—oâ—nded builded â— finished Cathedrall Churches of 〈…〉 â—â—â—ly did set forth as it were signes of Victorâ— thâ—y â—eâ—rated feastes thâ—y saied Masses with pure heart and 〈◊〉 All â—â—ildren in their mother 〈…〉 â—hey were begotten of the mother the Church and vâ—â—â— the wickednesse of the Arâ—â—â—â—â—red this swâ—â—te vâ—â—n of the members of Christ the head reâ—aâ—â—ed So Gild as S. Bede and other great witnesses â—d yeâ— when Arianâ—sme was diâ—ated â—aâ—â—t â—han â—sius S. Hâ—lary and other authorities â—e cleare Britanie as much as any nation â—roÌ„â— at insectâ—â— For it remaâ—nâ—â— â—â—me and coÌ„â—nt obedience to the Popes â—â— Roâ—e in that â—werth age both in Princes Bishops and â—hers Great Constantine our Emperour â—ng and borne in Britanie with S. Helenâ—â—â— Mother a Briâ—an and Emâ—â—â—sse hâ—noâ—râ—d â—e See of Rome in the highâ—st maner They â—d no doubt diueâ—s of our British Bishops â— the Councelâ— at Roâ—â— of 284 westeâ—â—â—â—shops were present and assenâ—ed when iâ—â—â— decreed Nâ—â—◠〈◊〉 it primâ—m sedem quoâ—m omnes â—eâ—es a 〈…〉 dâ—sidâ—rant 〈◊〉 Neque aâ— Augusto reâ—ue 〈…〉 Râ—gihus neque à popâ—â—â— Iudex 〈…〉 â— 4. Episâ—opâ— 4. 5. Presbytâ—rs 5. Diaconiâ—â— duo sequentes Augustus Constantinus Mater eiâ— Helena None shall iudge the first See for all Sees doâ— desire that iustice be moderated by the first See neither by Augustus neither by the whole Clergie neither by Kings nor by the people the Iudg shall be Iudged Aâ— heare vnto subscribed 2 4. Bishops 45. Priestes â— Deacons and the two which followeth Constantine â—â— Emperour and Helena his mother 13. VVe had our Bishops present and subscribing with generall assent of Britanie â— the great Councell of Sardie assembled oâ— of 37. Prouinces where the Popes Supreamâ— spirituall power in all places is decreed aâ— confirmed in two seuerall Canons and Aâ—peales to be made to him as highest Iudgâ— The Pope then did not onely rule the conueâ—ted Christians But also sent Apostolike mâ— Saint Ninian a Britan instructed at Româ— with others to conuert the Pagan Picts â— this Nation Audiens Pontifex Romanus quosdâ— in Occiduis Britanniâ— partibus necdum fidem Châ—â— suscepisse ad Episcopatus gradum Ninianum consecâ—uit Concreditum à Deo â—alâ—nâ—um per Britannorâ—â— Scotorum Australium Pictorum terras ad seniâ— vsâ—ue latissimè profudit Ordinauit Presbyteros Epâ—â—opos consecrauit totam terram per certas Paâ—chias diuisit Pontifex Romanus Ninianum praemâ—â—genti datâ bene lictione Apostolum destinauit Tâ— Pope vnderstanding that some in the westerne parteâ— Britanie had not as yet receiued the saith of Christ consecratâ—d Ninianus Bishop which Talent giâ— vnto him from God he powred forth largly vntill wes agâ—d through all Britanie Scotland and the Southerne Picts He made Priests coÌ„secrated Bishops and â—nto certaine Parishes he denide the whole Land The Bishop of Rome sent Ninianus Apostle to the foresaied people giuing him his benediction 14. In the fiâ—â—e age Saint Celestine Pope sent S. Paâ—ladius to the Irish and Scots S. Patrick after him to the Irish S Germanus Lupus and Seuerus to the Britans to roote out Pelagianisme to quiet and settle the Ecclesiasticall state here which they did consecrating Bishops Prâ—ests and what else necessary in these Contries VVhich by their power Legatine they so happily performed that Protestants themselues so testifying among the Scots â—alladius in hodres num diem Scotorum Apostolus appellatur Palladius vnto this day is called Apostle of the Scots Among the Irish Patricius incredibili spiritus feruore EuangeliuÌ„ Hibernis praedicans ad sinceram Christi fidem eos per 60. annos in vineâ Domini laborans conuertit Profanâ— Deorum destruxit templa Ecclesias sundauit verbi ministros ordinauit Patrike preaching the Gospell to the Irish with incredible feruour of spirit laboring in the viniard of our Lord for the space of 60. yeares tenuerted them to the true faith of Christ the prophaine temples of the Gods â—â— dâ—stroied he builded Churches he ordained Ministers of the word Old Nennius liuing soone after saith Ecclesias fundauit 365. Ordinauit Nenniuâ— Episcopos 365. aut amplius in quibus spiritus Deminâ— eâ—at Presbyteros autem vsque ad â—riâ— milliae ordinauit He founded 365. Churches he ordained â—65 Bishops or more in which was the Spirit of ouâ— Lord but Priestes he made 3000. VVhich must needs be done as the Popes Legate for other Countriâ—s also besides Ireland S. Germanus with Saint Lupâ—s at the first and second time wâ—th Saint Seuerus reformed all things amoÌ„g the Britans be made Bihops and Priestes aÌ„d among the rest S. Dubritius Aâ—â—hbishop â—eauing him to be the Popes Legate here after their going hence 15. In the Sixt age Saint Dabritius still liued who resigning his Bâ—â—hoprike S. Dauid succeeded him both as Archbishop and Legate reforming all things and Ownes Briâ—anniae Eâ—clâ—sia modum Râ—gulam Râ—manâ—â—uthoritate acceperunt All the â—hurcheâ— of Britaniâ— by Roman authoritie receiued both then manner and Rule The Pope sent Saint Iuo an Archbishop inâ—o Britanie or then England who liued and died here Saint Kentegern Bishop receiued Power and Approbation from the Pope of Rome going thiter seuen times And Sanctus Papa illuÌ„ virum Dei Spiritus sanctâ— graâ—iaÌ„ plenuÌ„ intelligens in â—pus ministerij à Spirita Sancto illi iniunâ—â—i destinauit The holy Pope vnderstanding him â—o be a man of God â—eplenished with the grace of the holy Ghoste he sent him into the worke of the ministerie â—hâ—ch was enioyned him by the holy Ghoste So renowned was this holy Apostolicall Legate here and in all
these Westerne parts that both Catholik and Protestant Antiquaries thus deliuer vnto vs â—raediâ—abat ad flumen vsque â—ordensâ— ad mare Sâ—oâ—um vbi Caledonios Athalos Horestos ac vicinaâ—m Ion. Baâ—â—â— descript Briten in 〈◊〉 Albaniae regionum Inâ—olas docendo monendo â—r ando ad veritatis obseruationeÌ„â—nstigauit Ex dâ—sâ—ults suis quosdam ad Orchades Insulas ad Norweâ—â— Islandiam misit vt â—orum instructioniâ—us fiâ—i quo que lumen recipeâ—ent Nam in Elguensi Collegio â—centos sexaginta quinque literatos viros ad id â—mper paraâ—os habebat praetâ—r reliquos alijs exercitijs â—ditos He preached aâ— farre as to the riuer of Forde â— the Scotish sea where he stiâ—ed vp the Caledoâ—ns Athaliâ—ns Hoâ—ests and the Inhabitaâ—ts of â— neighboring kâ—ngdoms to Aâ—bion vnto the obseruaâ—n of â—â—ueâ—h by teaching admonishing and 〈◊〉 ing â— sent some 〈…〉 disciples to the Iles of Orâ—i ades to â— waye and â—sland that 〈…〉 instruâ—â—ions they 〈…〉 receiue the light of â—aith For in â—he Collâ—dge â—â—â—gue he â—ad 365. learned â—â—n alwaise readie for â— purpose besides others imploted in other exerâ—â— Saint Asaph his scholler a Bishop of â—â—tanie who as Protestants saiâ— from Roâ—n power Auâ—hâ—â—itatem â—nctâ—nem acceâ—it â— tooke authoritâ— and 〈◊〉 Sucâ—ceded hâ—m â— that great charge and gouernment of at Apostolike Colledge in VVales This S. â—ntegern being by all accounts a Bishop â—0 yeares and disciple to S. â—â—â—uanus conâ—â—aâ—ed Bishop by S. Paâ—â—ad itâ—s who was senâ— ther from S. Celestine Pope in or about the are 431. must needâ— be liuing with Saint â—aph at or a litle before Saint Augustinâ—â—mâ—ning And as our Protestants saâ—e Saâ—â—â—aph ioyned with Saint Augustine So Saint Asaph writer of his maister S. Kentegerns liâ— proueth that S. Kentegern was at Rome whâ— S. Gregorie was Pope and submitted hiâ—selfe to him in all things and was approueâ— by him also in his Apostolike proceedings 16. In this time in the yeare 596. Saiâ— Augustine was sent Legate hither by the saâ— holy and learned Pope S. Gregorie who bâ— his supreame Pastorall power gaue him spâ—rituall authoritie ouer all Bishops and otheâ— here in these his owne words vnto him Bâ— tanniarum omnes Episcopos tuae Fraternitati commiâ—mus Beda l. 1. Eccles hist gentis Angl. c. 27. vt indocti doceantur infirmi persuasione reborâ—tur peruersi authoritate corrigantur We commit â— the Bishops of Britanie to your Fraternitie that the â— learned may be taught the weake by persuasioÌ„ strengâ—â—ned the wicked corrected by authoritie By this Papâ— power and authoritie all things were ordeâ— in the Church of EnglaÌ„d in S. Augustins tiâ— and all his Successours by the same autâ—ritie were setled in that Archiepiscopall Sâ— which he translated after 400. yeares froâ— London to CaÌ„terburie All those Bishops vâ— to the first Protestant Bishop called Mathâ— Parker who was made by Q. Elizabeth bâ— will and manner receiued Consecratioâ— Pall power and Iurisdiction from the See Rome and they swore obedience vnto it their owne Parker Godwin Ioceline aâ— others in the liues of them and those Yorke together with all Registers Recorâ— Annals and Antiquities doe prooue partiâ—â—arly In generall for this place it sufficeth in these Protestants publikely approued confessions to write it in their owne words Archbishop Parker being the 70. Archbishop after Augustine yet of all that number he was the onely man and the first of all which receiued Consecration without the Popes Bulls 17. They assure vs that vntill the 23. of King Henry the eight a ssuming supreamacie to himselfe euery Bishop in England swore â—uch obedience vnto the Pope Hoc Iuramentum â— singulis Episcopis Papae praestari consueuit Obediens â—ro Beato Petro Sanctaeque Romanae Ecâ—lesiae Domino meo Domino Papae suisque successoribus Papatum Romanum Râ—galia S. Petri adiutor ero ad retinendum defendendum saluo meo ordine contra â—mnem â—ominem This Oath was accustomed to be taken by â—uery Bishop I will be obâ—dient to S. Peter and to the Lord my Lord the Pope and to his Successours I will â—e an helpeâ— to hold and defend the Popedome of Rome â—nd Râ—tâ— of S. Peter against all men In the yeare of Christ 1536. and 23. of King Henry S. they â—are and the Statuts themselues so prooue Leges in Parlamento lataesunt de Rege supremo Ecclesiae Anglicanae Capite declarando de Clero Anglicano Regifulijâ—iendo Ne quid deinceps amplius Papae aut Romanae Cuâ—iae quot unque praetextu ex Anglia pendatur De Episcopis consecrandis alijsque quae Roma anâ—ea geâ—ebantur intra Regnum persierendis De Eccleâ—â—asticorum beneficiorum primitijs atque decimis Principi in perpetuum soluendis His legibus potentia Papalis quae nongentis amplius annis in Angliâ— durauis â—entidiâ— Lawes were enacted in the Parliament of declaring the King to be supreame head of the English Church of subiecting the English Cleâ—gie to the King That nothing heareafter vnder what pretence soâ—uer in England shall depend of the Pope or the Court of Rome Of consâ—crating Bishops and performing other aâ—â—airâ—â— within the kingdome which before were done at Rome Of paying pâ—rpetually to the Prince the fiâ—st fruites of Ecclesiasticall Benefices and Tiâ—hes By these lawes the Papall power which hath bâ—ne in forâ—â— for these nine hundred yeares did fall And this was â—o strang a thing and wonder in the world to see the supremacie of the Pope of Rome thus taken from him by a temporall Prince afâ—er so many hundreds of yeares continuance and a lay man to stile himselfe supreame head of the Church that his very flatterers themselues crye out Habetur Conâ—ilium Londini iâ— quo Eccleâ—ia Angliâ—anâ— formam potestaâ—â—s nullis aâ—te temporibus visum induit Henricus enim Rex caput iâ—sius Ecclâ—siâ— constituitur At London there is holden a Councell in which the English Church haâ—h put on a power which in no times past was seene For King Henry is constituted head of that Church So large testimonie haue we from our greatest Aduâ—rsaries witnessing that the Catholikes of England giue no other power or Iurisdiction to tâ—e Pope of Rome then he had euer without any inteâ—ruption And in this we haue â—he generall assent of all our Kings Princes Bishops and others and all the Christians in the world from the timâ— of Christ vntill long aâ—ter the greater part of King Henrie the eight his reigne No King against it but he whom the Protestant Sir VValter Ralegh sufficiently discribeth his young sonne King Edward the sixth of that name ouerruled by Protestant Protectours and Qâ—eene Elizabeth a woman King Iames wiser then any of them hath leâ—t it thus publickâ—y in open assembly declared by his Regall sentence The kings Resolution is that no Church ought further to seâ—erate heâ—selfe froÌ„ the Church of Rome either in doctrine or Ceremonies then she hath departed from herselfe when she was in her floâ—ishing
Gospells from the shoulders of the â—nsecrated But this maketh not much to the â—rpose it being onely as I haue saied a Ceremonie and not essentiall to the Consecration of a Bishop and that true and vndouted Bishops were made before the Gospells were written Otherwise the wholâ— Church then euer after and now and eueâ— had wanted it and had no Ecclesiastical Order at all Which is the lamentable and desperate condition of such as persecute a truâ— Bishop and Priest for their Order and power thereby confessing their want both of thaâ— which is essentiall in this high office as alsâ— consecratours to performe it consecrat truâ— Priests or confer any Ecclesiasticall Ordeâ— or degree at all not the meanest in that kinâ— to any person 20. All Authors agree euen Protestants iâ— their Catalogues of British and English Biâ—hops that we had continuall succession oâ— such here in great numbers vntill Queen Elizabeth by her supreamacie depriued anâ— deposed them And to keepe it farre from thâ—â—â—me of an Innouation to haue one such Bishop Successour to so many if we haue thaâ— libertie in time of Persecution when Bishop are driuen from their Sees vsuall in histories to remember and honour them in Exiâ— and Persecution we haue still kept a Succesion of Bishops in or of this nation Of thoâ—â— which were depriued of their Bishop pricke we haue Richard Pates Bishop of worcheste who subscribed to the Councell of Trent hâ— being there present by this Title Richardâ— Patus wigornieÌ„sis Episcopus Thomas Goldwell Bishop Godw. Catal. of Bish. in Worcest in Ric. Pates in S. Asaph in Thom. Goldwell of Asaph liued at Rome 20. yeares after that deposing Thomas watson Bishop of Lincolne was committed to prison in the I le of Elie and died about the yeare 1584. Thus the Protestants themselues deliuer and moreouer they deliuer much praise and commendatioÌ„s of theÌ„ and all others our renowned Bishops 14. or more in number who were deposed and persecuted by Queene Elizabeth yea far more and greater theÌ„ they doe of those which were intruded into their places Before or soone after the death of Bishop Waâ—son of Lincolne Owen Lew is of this our Nation was consecrated Bishop of Cassan in whose life-time our most Illustrious Cardinall William Allan was honoured with that dignitie and consecrated Archbishop of Maâ—kâ—en who liued with these honours vntill the 16. day of October in the yeare of Christ 1594. â—n his time William Gifford was by Pope Clement the eight made Deane Ecclesiae Diui Petri Insulensis Of Saint Peters Church at Lile And afterward he was ordained Archbishop of Rhemes in Champaine in France where he lately liued And whilst he liued Archbishop both VVilliam of Chalcedon and Richard also who is now so persecuted were by highest Papall authoritie coÌ„secrated ad sent into England And what man of ordinarie knowledge Iudgement or vnderstanding will aduenture to saie but all these were renowned men as also diuerse of our renowned Priests most worthie of Episcopall honour aÌ„d dignitie in equall times honourably stiled and registred for all posteritie not onely as great glories of their CouÌ„trie England but the whole Church of Christ Therefore to haue one of such worthie men a Bishop in his natiue Countrie bearing for auoyding offence his Title of a place so farre hence which froÌ„ the first Conuersion thereof to Christ had 3. Archbishops aÌ„d many Bishops aboue 1400. yeares past should not in the new English Religion teaching the Church of God neuer wanted Bishops and acknowledging both him and all Catholikely consecrated Bishops and Priests to be true and lawfull Bishops and Priests vndoubtedly by right ordination be offensiue but desired such Order Function and dignitie being by their publike testimonies most needefull excelleÌ„t and honourable with all true Professours of Christian Religion 21. Thus we see a Succession of English Bishops though not all in England but in other CouÌ„tries some of them consecrated and remaining a thing not vnusuall in times of Persecution and bannishment of Bishops as in the great lights in their time of Gods Church S. Hilarius S. Athanasius S. Chrysostome and others loÌ„g time exiled yet thereby did not interrupt a continuall Succession in their Sees What least exception then can be taken against our renowned Bishop of Chalcedon for Order and degree so honourable and eminent by all testimonies for his owne worthines and worthily therefore to be had in high reuerence euen with his Persecutours he bringeth able witnesses with him his knowne loue aÌ„d honour to our king Queene and CouÌ„trie his owne holy life and conuersation his learned works and writings with all at home and abroad he hath euer piously and gratefully conuersed and with honour defended and iustified himselfe against Maleâ—olants Among all English Catholickâ— oâ— Protestants few are to be found which haue more defeÌ„ded the honour of our Soueraigne â—one more acceptable to his Maiesties frieds â—nd Allyes in marriage no maÌ„ among so maâ—y renowned Priests of England worthie of â—reatest honour in equall times adiudged so â—t to supply such place by that highest Paâ—or which hath shewed great care and loue four king Queene and hoped Posteritie â—nd Countrie And since Persecution and â—roclamation against him what could such a â—an in Persecution doe more then he hath â—one in decreeing and Ordering that all â—riests and Catholiks should daily with deâ—otion praie for our king Queene State and Countrie And both since the comming in of â—im and VVilliam of Chalcedon of happie â—emorie his Predecessour as likewise before â—e Catholiks of England haue bene and now â—e knowne to be the most loyall dutifull and liuing Subiects in our dearest Countrie of England THE VI. CHAPTER That our English Priests who teach alâ— things with the Apostolicall Religioâ— are truely coÌ„secrated worthie men anâ— are to be honoured and not persecuted 1. Hauing redeemed Episcopall Ordâ—â— and dignitie conferred by the Sâ— of Rome from all Imputation of wickâ— obloquies and made it knowne to be so higâ— and honourable we might spare all furthâ— labour for exemption and defence of Prieâ—â—lie Function seeing euery Bishop of neceâ—sitie must be a Priest and whatsoeuer of thâ— calling is noble and glorious in a Bishop must needs be such in Priests Episcopal hâ—nour and consecration addeth an higher aâ— greater worthinesse to him that was beforâ— Priest but cannot take away or diminish aâ— excellencie or renowne he had before Tâ— Protestants of Scotland doe confesse whiâ—â— all knowe that after Catholike ReligioÌ„ wâ— ouerthrowne there they had not any preteâ—ded Bishops before King Iames accordiâ—â— to his manner of making such gaue suâ— Titles to them And their Knoxe Buchanan Forbs Bale and others both of England â—nd Scotland are not ashamed to saie that â—efore the sending of Saint Palladius thither â—y Saint Celestine Pope about the yeare 430. â—lonckes who were onely Priests supplied â—he place of that dignitie with that People â—ut malice to Episcopall worthinesse and â—ower their owne
Euchâ—rist to be â—e flesh oâ— our Sauiour Iesus Christ which sufferâ—d for â—r sinnes whome the faâ—heâ— thrâ—ugh hâ— goodnessâ—â—aised â—aine Where we â—â—nde 〈…〉 of â—hrists Incarnation and â—â—uing a true bodiâ—â—d blood to haue impâ—gâ—ed this most holy â—acrifice and such Sâ—â—â—ifiâ—ng Priests for â—e words and insâ—ituâ—ion of Christ were so â—aine in ordaining â—his most sacred obâ—ation â— his bodie and bâ—ood vnder the formes of â—ead and wine and a perpetuall Priesthood â— performe it that except by deniall of a true â—die to Christ there was no way laâ—ed open â— impugne it And therefore that most holy â—d learned Apostolike man largely there â—nfuteth those imaginarie Hereticks proâ—ing Christ had a true bodie to offer to suâ—fer in to redeeme the world and the holy Eucharist was the same 5. S. Martiall hath deliuered this plainely before saying that the Priests doe offeâ— vpoÌ„ the Altar the same bodie of Christ which the Iewes crucified And Christ so commaunded Saint Anacletus was made such a Massinâ— Prieste by S. Peter and as Protestants confesse he declared how both Priests aÌ„d Bishopâ— â—arnes Magdeâ—urgenses iâ— Anacl were to offer this most blessed Sacrifice Anacletus sacrificaturus ministros vestihus sacris indutâ— ceâ— testes custodes sibi adâ—ibere ordinauit Episcopâ— vero vt plures ministros sibi in sacris facieÌ„dis adiuÌ„gaâ— Anacletus being to offer Sacrifice appointed that Mâ—nisters adorned with sacred vestements as witnessâ— and keepers should be admitted vnto him And that Bishop in offering sacrifices should adde vnto himselâ— many assistants And of Saint Alexander Popâ— liuing and learning his diuinitie in this Apostolike age they acknowledge In missâ— priâ— â—dem in â—lexand quam patereâ—ur vsque ad haec verâ—â— hoc est corpâ— tâ—eum addiâ—it ad memoriam passioniâ— Christi inculâ—aâ—dam In Eucharistiae Sacrificio aquam vino admisce voluit pâ—ccata Sacrificio de Eucharistia lâ—quens dâ—leri â—it ideo passionemin missâ recitandam instituâ— Rationem effectus huius sacrificij hoc est quod peccatâ— expâ—et adiâ—cit diceÌ„s quia corpore sanguine Christâ— in Sacrificijs nihil maius est In the Masse the day before he should suffer vnto these words this is my bodâ— he added to inculâ—at the memorie of Christ his passioâ— In the Sacrifice of the Eâ—chaâ—â—st â—e would haue watâ—â—ingled with wine He suâ—ed speaking of the Eâ—châ— â—ist that sinnes by the Sacrifice were abolished therâ—ore he instituded the paession to be saied in the Masse He added further the reason of the effect of this Sacriâ—ice which is because it wipeth away sinnes saying â—ecause in Sacrifices nothing is greater then the bodie â—nd blood of our Saâ—iour 6. Concerning this mattâ—r these Proteâ—ante conâ—esse of Saint Sixtus hiâ— Successour â— the See Apostolike Sacra vasâ—â—e qâ—i prâ—ter â—idâ—â— iâ— Sixâ—â— â—cros ministros attingerâ—â—t prâ—â—cepit Corporâ—â—e â—xâ—lince â—nâ—o fieri iussit vt â—â—â—ctâ—â—e in â—â—mâ—unione Euchariâ—iaeteâ—â—ancretur ordinaâ—it Missaâ—n non nisi in alâ—aâ—â—â—lebranâ—â— esse constituiâ— He commâ—â—nâ—e that 〈◊〉 â—t sacred ministers shâ—uld touch the hoâ—â— vessâ—lls he â—â—râ—ed that the Corporall shoulâ—â—e â—ade of liâ—neâ—â—th He ordained tâ—at SaÌ„ctus â—ould 〈…〉 â— the Communion of the Eucharist He câ—siâ—tâ—â—â—d that â—asse should noâ— to â—â— celâ—brated â—ut on â—he â—â—â—ar Of â—helesphorus his Sucâ—essour they â—aiâ— â—es 〈…〉 Thâ—â—â—sphorâ— missas celebrandaâ— in die â—atilitio Christi sanâ—â—â—â— alijs dieâ—us antâ—â—oâ—â—m dâ—eitertiam Mâ—ssam celeâ—â—â—â—râ—hiâ—uit Gloâ—ia in exâ—â—lâ—s Deâ— iâ— Mâ—ssae caneÌ„â—m praecepit He ordained â—â—ree Massâ—s to â—â— tâ—lâ—braeâ—â—n the daye of Christ his Natâ—uitieâ— hâ— prâ—hâ—bited â—t in other dayes any shoâ—ld saiâ— Massâ— before tâ—reâ—â—â—â—ke he coÌ„mauÌ„ded Gloria in excelsâ—◠〈◊〉 to â—e song in â— Masse Of S Pius Pope thâ—y writeâ— â—aâ—erdâ—tiâ— negligenâ—ius â—idâ—m iâ—â—iâ— Missâ— saâ—rafaciâ—nâ—â—bus pâ—â—â—â— statuâ—â— â—i quis per imprudentiâ— de sangâ—ine Christâ—â—ffundeâ—â—n terram paenitentiam agereâ— dies 40. si super alâ—e dies â—reâ— si super linteum substratum caliâ—i ◠〈◊〉 si super alâ—ud liâ—tâ—um dies 9. Thermâ—s â—ouatâ— â—â—mplo dedicauit Multa verae pietatis opera in agrâ— Christianae Ecclesiae fecisse perhibetur Martyrij gloriam anno Domini 159. in sui sanguinis â—ffâ—sionâ— tum demum adeptus He appointed punishmenâ—s for â—â—iâ—stâ— which should negligently saie Masse that if any â—y imprâ—dence should â—et fall any of the blood of Christ on the ground he should doe penance for 40. dayes if on the Altar â— dayes â—f on the cloth laâ—ed vnâ—er the Chalece â—â—wer daies It on any other cloth nine dayes the whote Bathes of Nouatus he consecrated inâ—o a Church It iâ— saied he did many workes of truâ—â—ietie in the field of the Christian Church and at lasâ— by tâ—e shedding of his blood in the yeare of our Lorâ— 159. â—egained the Crowne of Martyrdâ—me Thereforâ— we nâ—ede not doubt but all these liued somâ— time in the first hundred of yeares Saint Anâ—cetus being immediate Successor to S. Piuâ— as he must â—eedes be consecrated a Massinâ— sacrifiâ—ing Priest not others once imagineâ— to be otherwise consecrated or to giue conâ—â—cration and confirming and vsing the saâ— manner and Order not onely in Orderiâ— Pâ—â—ests and other inferiour Ecclesiâ—sticâ— persons but Bishops Archbishops and Mâ—tropolitans as his Predecessours had dâ—nâ— and so consecrating 17. Priests must of nâ—cessitie persâ—uere in this doctrine and prâ—ctise especially when his immediate Suâ—â—â— for Saint Soter by all testimonies made Dâ—crees about all things concerning holy Massâ— Altars and other necessaries and that Saâ—â—câ—ns habeat secum adiutorem Sacerdotem vt nuâ—â— â—ost ciâ—um potuâ—que siue quâ—dlibet minimum sumptum Missaeâ— facere praesumat vt nullus Presâ—yrerorum Missarum solemnia celebrare praesumat nisi duobus praesâ—ntibuâ— sibique respondentibus ipse tertius â—aâ—eatur quiâ— cum ab â—o dicitur Dominus vobisâ—um orâ—te pro â—e aptissimè conuenit vt ipsius respoâ—â—â—catur salutationi He that sacrifâ—seth â—hall haue with him a â—â—riest for hâ— Coadiutor That none â—hould presume to â—ate Masse after that he â—ad takeÌ„ either meâ—te or drinke â—r any thing else how litle soâ—uer it be That no Pricâ—â—â—hould presume to saie Massâ— solemâ—ely without twoâ—â—ere present to answere him and him selfe to be counâ—ed for the third person because when he saieth Domiâ—us voâ—iscum Our Lord â—e with you and Ordâ—â— pro â—râ— me praye yea for me It is most conâ—enâ—â—â— thaâ—â—â—swere â—e made to his salutation 7. Thus Protestants and oâ—â—â—â—rs acknowâ—edge and yet doâ— write of them and theiâ—â—redecessours that they were holy mâ—n and â—lartyrs and that the Church of Rome waâ—â—â—en in puâ—itie of doctrine and Religion and â—â—t the Priâ—sts theâ— were Sacrificing Massing â—riests the Bishops consâ—crated no others â—e publike Seruice and Sacrifice was Massâ— â— such manner as now â—s vsed And S. Elâ—â—â—erius which â—mmedâ—ately succeeded Saâ—â—â—ter sent such Massing Bishops and Priestâ—â—ther into Britanie to performe the generalâ—â—onuersion thereof there being no other to â— seÌ„t or imploâ—ed
Missaâ—que celebrare tâ—pro viuis quâ— pro deâ—â—eris in nomine Domini And the prayer being endea taking the holy oyle he shall make a Crosse â—â— both the haÌ„ds of the Priests saying Thou shalt vouchsafeÌ„â— Lord to conseâ—â—t and sanctifie these hands by this holy â—yntement and our benediâ—â—ion that whatsoeuer they shall censâ—â—rat may be â—onsecrated and whatsoeuer they shall â—lesse may be blessed and sanctified in â—he name of our Lord Iâ—sus Christ â—â— is finished â—e sâ—all take the patten with the hoste â—nd Chalâ—â—e with the wine and shall giue it 〈…〉 saying â—ake yea power to offer Sacrifice to God â—nd saye masse as well for the liuing aâ—â—r the dead in the name of our Lord. â—his is the most auntient Pontificall which â—tiquitie hath preserued and delâ—â—ered vnto â— vniformely agreeing with the now vsed â—ntificall in the Roman Church which difâ—eth not from but agâ—eath with the most â—ntient Manuscript Copies and Examplare â—tant in the most renowned Labraries And â—erefore our old British Antiquities deliuer Manusâ—â— antiq Capâ—â— in 〈…〉 Histor. 〈…〉 Arthur dipâ— apâ—â— Cam. â— for a receiued Tradition aÌ„d custome here in other places for the Priests thereof acâ—â—ding to their Office and Consecration to â—er Sacrifice both for the liuing aÌ„d the dead â—t consuetudo tam pro viâ—â— quâ—â— defunctis hoâ— Dâ—o immolare And this was so generall a â—â—ued truth and custome in the whole â—â—ch from the Apostles time and Tradition â—â— them that is was and iustly adiudged Heresie the Protestants thus acknowleging â—ngl Protest in Feild â—â—okeâ— of the Church â— 3. ca. 25. pag. â—â—8 Ciuâ—◠〈◊〉 pag 〈…〉 to denie it Aerius condemned the custome of the Church in naming tâ—â— dead at the Altar and â—ffering the Sacrifice of 〈◊〉 â—or them and for this his rashâ— and inconsideraâ—â—â—oldnesse and presumption in condemning tâ—e â—â—â—â—eâ—sall Câ—urch of Câ—rist â—â— was 〈◊〉 â—o â—â—emned So S. Epiphanius S. Augustine Isodorus Damaâ—câ—nus and others demonstrate 10. And for England where holy Priests anâ— Priestâ—ood are so greuously persecuted wâ— thus sucâ—â—ssâ—uely and without any Interruptiâ— deduce it in aâ—â— times and changes to theâ— daies Saint Peter a massing Prieste Bishopâ— and Apostle preaching and consecratiâ—â— Priests and Bishops here could consecrat aâ—â— ordaine no others but such as were to be â— his owne Order So Saint Câ—ement his confeâ—sed massing and Sacriâ—icing Sucessor dircted to seâ—d such into these parts Pope Eleâ—â—herius who by his holy Mission of Prieâ— and Bishops hither conuerted this kingdome being also a Massing Priest and Popâ— could send no other Pâ—â—ests but such And â— Churches and sacrificing Massing Altars eâ—ctâ—d in them all to such vse and end conâ—sed by all wriâ—ers Caâ—holiâ—s and Protestaâ— doe so demonstrate All agree we â—ad qâ—iâ—â—essesse 〈…〉 Religâ—â— and agreemeâ—◠〈◊〉 vntill Dâ—oclâ—lian his Persecution whâ—n â—â—oâ—g others persâ—â—uâ—â—ed the holy Prâ—â—â— Massinâ— Priâ—sts as Saint Gildas before â—â— proued and others 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Electi Sacerdotes trucidati and they which escaped did as often as they could saiâ— Masse in places whether they fled to escape daâ—â—ger as in Scotland whether the Persecution did not come â—t not being vnder the Romans We had many Massing Priests as Saint Amphâ—labus â—odocus Priseus Calanus Ferranus Amâ—ianus Carnoâ—us â—d others who â—â—â—ed thithâ—â—â—ut of our Britanie now England and were maintained by king Crathâ—â—â—â—en to â—aâ—e Masse â—ho founded all things necessarie to such â—urpose Churches Altars Chalâ—â—â— Pâ—â—ens â—adlesticks and all things else Seâ— Crathlintâ—us â—ex sacram Antistitis adem munâ—â—ibus ornauiâ— anâ—â—â—ssiniâ—s Hect. Boeth 〈◊〉 6 Scoâ— Hist fol. 99. â—â— Calicibâ—â—s Patenis Candelabris alâ—â—sque sâ—â—â—libâ—â— ad sacrorum â—vsum commodis ex argenâ—o aurâ—â—e fabrefactis Altarique cupro are claâ—â—â—o â—â—prouenâ—â—s ad caâ—x agris in sacrae aedis vicinâ—â— constituâ—â— But â—â— King Crathline adornâ—d the Sacred house of the Bisâ—p with most ample gifts Chalices Patens Candâ—stikes and such like necessaries made of â—â—lâ—er and â—ld for the vse of the Church with an Altar also eâ—â—ased in Copper and Brâ—se to doe all which he allotteâ—â—yearely rents of the fields neare adioyning to that sâ—â—a house 11. Britanie after this vntill the Pelagian â—â—resiâ— was quiet for Religion and theâ—â—â—pe Caelestine who was so â—arre a Massing â—pe and Priest that although the Masse waâ—â—pisticall before as he Protestants acknowâ—lge yet he added the Introiâ—â— Graduall â—sponsorie Tract and Oâ—â—eâ—torie vnto it strictly commaunding that Priests shoulâ— knowe the Popes â—anoâ— ad â—e sent such Maâ—sing Bishops and Pâ—â—est with them inâ—o theâ—â— kingdomâ—◠〈◊〉 gâ—â—d Sâ—otland and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â—troâ—um 〈◊〉 responsorium â—raâ—â—◠〈…〉 insâ—ruit atque vt 〈◊〉 codâ—â—e◠〈◊〉 Caâ—ones scirent arâ—â—e prâ—cepâ— Cermanâ—m in 〈◊〉 Palladium in Scottâ—â—â— â— Pâ—â—râ—â—ium cum quodâ—◠〈◊〉 in â—iberniam â—â— Pâ—lagianas â—aerâ—ses 〈◊〉 Eâ—iscopos misiâ— Caelestinâ—â—â—d aâ—de to the 〈◊〉 all â—asse the Introite Câ—aâ—usâ— Respâ—nsoriâ— Traâ—â—â— and Offertorie and be stricâ— câ—mmaunded that the Priests should knowe the Caâ—â—â— of the Bishops He sent Bishops â—ermâ—nus into 〈◊〉 Paâ—â—â—â—ius into â—â—otland and Patricius with one Segeâ— into â—reland that they migâ—t extirpate theÌ„ce the Pâ—gia â—â—erisse All mâ— acknowledge that these wâ—â— Massing Priests and Bishops and that tâ—â— conâ—ecrated Such in great numbers botâ— England Scotland and Ireland Neâ—â—usuing neare or in the time of Saint Patriâ— writeth thus of him Ordinauit Episcopoâ— treâ—â—â— fexagintâ— quinâ—ue aut amplius in quibus spâ—â—itus ◠〈◊〉 â—rat Pâ—â—sbiteros auâ—em vsâ—ue ad trâ—a 〈◊〉 â—inâ—â—it He conseâ—raâ—ed more then 365. Biâ—hops whome waâ— the spâ—â—it of our Lord but Pâ—â—â—sts 〈◊〉 â—cd â—000 And of Theâ—â— diuers weâ—t so â—a as to Ameriâ—a â—d there eâ—ecuâ—ed their Priâ—â—â—e Oâ—der â—n oâ—â—ering the sacred bodie aâ—blâ—â—od of Christ at Mâ—â—se on consecraâ—ed â—â—arâ— in one place of America were lâ—uing 〈◊〉 the time of Saint 〈◊〉 〈…〉 â—is life and trauailes allmost 1000. yeareâ—â—ast 24. Priests which were Saint Patricks â—isciples daily hauing Masâ—e amâ—ng them â—nd others in other pâ—aces Immolaâ—â—nt agnuâ—â—a â—maculaâ—um â—mnes ad communionem venâ—â—bant â—â—entes Hoâ— sacrum corpus Domâ—nâ— Saluatoris sâ—â—â—ite sanguinem voâ—â—s in vitam â—ternamâ— They sacriâ—ed the immaâ—ulate Lawbeâ— and all came to the Comâ—union saying Taâ—e yea this bodie and blood of our â—â—d and Sauiour which will be to you lâ—se euerlaâ—â—g And to manifest vnto all the vndoubted â—uth of Saint Bâ—â—ndans trauaiâ—es and relaâ—n of these things iâ— is set downe in memoâ—ble Antiquities diuers hâ—ndredâ— of â—eares fore the Spaâ—iards or Porâ—ugals enterance to America that there it was thus Propheâ—ally reuealed vnto him Post 〈◊〉 Anneruâ—â—â—â—culâ— dâ—â—larabitur istâ— teâ—râ— vestris Successoâ—â—â—us 〈◊〉 Christianoâ—â—â—n superâ—eneâ—i◠〈◊〉 After â—â— yeares this land shall be discouered â—â— your Suâ—â—urs whâ— Pâ—rsâ—â—â—tion â—hall come 〈◊〉 the Christians 2. That S. German S. Lupus S. Seueâ—â— S. Paladius and all thâ—se which S. Ceâ—â—ne that Massing Popâ— sâ—nt hither into Brâ—â—â—ie were Massing Bishops and Priests as alâ—â—
thâ—t were coâ—sâ—crated by theÌ„ is confesâ— by all VVe haue the most worthie wiâ—â—â—e of our old Bâ—â—tish antiquities written â—ut 1000 yeares since intituled euen by â—estants glosses Prima â—nstitutiâ— varuâ—as â—siastiâ—â— seruitij The first Institution and varâ—etie â—â—â—ch sâ—ruâ—ce The Masse and publike officâ— which in the time of S. German S. Lupus and S. Patricke was by theÌ„ and others vsed in Britanie Scotland and Ireland was the â—ame which was composed by Saint Marke the Euangelist And thus it continued here so long as the Britans ruled and after they were expelled by the Saxons with the which remained in wales ad Cornewall and theâ— Scots and Irish. All our Archbishops both oâ— London Yorke and Caâ—rlegion Theonus Dubritiâ—s Sampson Dauid and the resâ— with all Bishops and Priests vnder them werâ— sacrificing and Massing Priests Altars foâ— Masse were in all Churches and one tâ—â— thâ— sacrifice of Christs bodie and blood was offered in Masse All which appeareth in â—annâ— histories and their destructioÌ„ by the Pagaâ— SaxoÌ„s in all Churches doth witnesse it Ecclâ—â— Ecclesiastica omnia ad soluÌ„ vsâ— destruebaÌ„â— Sacerdâ—â—es iuxta aâ—iaria trucidabaÌ„t They destroyed euen to â—â— ground the Câ—urcâ—es and all Ecclesiasticall tâ—ings tâ—e â—illed the Priests at the Alâ—ars Such were the Prâ—lats Bishops Priests Abbots and their Seâ—â— Monasteries and Churches where Maâ—â— was vsed in great number and aboundancâ— in euery age â—y the â—rotestants confession â—o Goâ—â—olin histor Eccles Matth. Parker Antiquis Britannis pag. 8. Tot tantâ—quâ— Presâ—â—â—â—rorum Mâ—nacâ—orum Praesuluâ— Episcoporum Ecclesiarum Coenobiorum Sâ—diumâ— vetusta nomina quae quosâ—â— saculo extiterunt Se 〈◊〉 old names of Priests Monckes Prelats Bisâ—oâ— Churches Monastericâ— and Episcopall Seâ—s were in â—uery â—â—ge extante 13. And among the Saxons the first Christian Priests that were permitted here were Massing Priests their Sacrifice was the sacrifice of Masse their Church at Canterburie had Altars and Saint Leâ—hard the Bishop which came hither with the Fâ—enth Cathoâ—ike Christian Ladie Queene Bertha married â—o the Saxon king Etheâ—bert of kent and the Priests with him were all Massing Priests and â—aied Masse in that Church allotted to theÌ„ to â—hat end In antiquissima sancti Pâ—aesulis Marâ—inâ— Ecclesiâ sub vrbe sua beato Pontisiâ—e Lethardâ— praesiâ—ente frequentabat Regina Missarum Oraâ—ioâ—um â—acra cum suorum coâ—itum samiliâ— Christianâ— â—â— the auncient Chuâ—ch of Saint Mâ—rtin cituâ—â—d neare vnto the citie Lethardus the Bishop gouerâ—ng it the Queene wiâ—h her Christian samilâ—â— heard â—asse frequently This was diuers yeares before â—aint Gregâ—riâ— that most holy and â—â—arned â—ope Gregoriâ—s magnus Romanus omnium â—ontisiâ—m Romanorum doctrinâ— vitâ prâ—stantissimuâ— â—egorie the greate a Roman the worthiest of ad the â—oman Bishops in doctrin and life As Protestants â—le him sent Saint Augustine with his holy â—mpanie hither and king Ethelbert as these â—otestants saie by the persuasion of Queene â—rtha his wise and her Clergie receiued the â—ole Roman Religion Conuâ—rsus vxoris Berâ— persuasione Ethelberius Rex Romanismum susceâ— And Saint Augustine brought in among â—her things Altars holy vestiments and â—sselâ— Relicks bookes of Ceremonies the Sacrafice of Masse and in a Councell assembled commaunded the Roman customes to be obserued euery where Introduxit Altaria vestimenta Vasa sacra Reliquias Ceremoniarum codices Prinum corum Studium erat cirâ—a Missarum oblationes Sedes â—piscopalâ—â— ac deâ—imas coactà Syno do maÌ„dauit Romanas vâ—iq câ—sâ—ctuâ—inâ—s sâ—ruari And the Masse which S. Augustinâ— brought hither fâ—om â— Gâ—egoâ—ie was the same which S. Gregoâ—â—e and the Roman Church then vsed and the present Râ—man Church and Catholikeâ— of England doe vse at this time and the very same which was in vse before Saint Gregorie He onely addâ—â—â— vnto it as the Protestants themâ—elues confesse â—ew things not questioneâ— by them as 〈…〉 Lord haue mâ—â—â—ie â—pon â—â— to be diuers times â—â—iâ—erated which they confesse the Greeke Church dâ—d vse long before He added also Diâ—sque â—ostros in â—uâ pace diâ—â—onas And dâ—spose our daiâ—s in thy peace And commaund we â—e deliuered froÌ„ euerlasting damnatioÌ„ and numbred in the sâ—ock of thy electâ— But the Protestants allow and vse all these aâ— also where they saâ—e he hadded Alleluia somâ— times to be vsed it being vsed in Scripture and the saying or singing our Lords prayeâ— Pater noster ordained by Christ and by Protestants confessâ—oÌ„ vsed in Masse in the Apostleâ— time S. Aldeâ—me our holy Bishop and Countrie mâ— who calâ—eth S. Gregorie his Maâ—â—â— writeth that he added in the daily Canon wâ—â— the solenities of Masâ—e are celebrated in the Câ—â—alogue of â—â—â—tyrâ— S. 〈…〉 ioyning the 〈◊〉 S. 〈◊〉 S. Anasâ—â—siâ— and â—thers Qâ—â—◠〈◊〉 Agatha â—Luâ—ia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 noster Gregoâ—â—â—â—n Canone 〈…〉 â—mâ—â—a celeâ—râ—tur â—opulâ—sse 〈…〉 â—â—â—logo 〈…〉 â—gaâ—â—a Luciâ— VVhich S. 〈…〉 and Pedagoge â—regorie â—s 〈…〉 in the dâ—â—ly Canon 〈…〉 them after this mâ—ner 〈◊〉 Catalogue 〈…〉 Anastâ—siâ— Agaâ—â—a 〈…〉 Saint Gregorie added no 〈…〉 to the holy Masse For hereby 〈…〉 the whole Canon was vsâ—d before an◠〈◊〉 Saint Agatâ—a and Saint Lucia to the oâ—hâ—r holy women Martyrs proueth enough 〈◊〉 â—is Act to be holy by former authoâ—â—tie and â—xample those oâ—â—er holy Martyrs being by â—he Church of Christ placed and 〈◊〉 in â—he Canon before S. Gregorie hâ—s 〈◊〉 and S. â—gatha and Sâ—inâ— Lucia in the Caâ—â—â—ders of Protestants 〈◊〉 acknowledged and 〈◊〉 holy 〈◊〉 Saints and Martyrs For Saiâ—â— Greâ—oâ—â—e to ioyne Saints to Saints in honour â—ould â—e no â—nsainctlike Act in him Nâ—ither â—hâ— Priests of Engâ—and doe dâ—serue suâ—h peâ—alâ—ies punishments and peâ—sâ—â—uciors as â—hey naâ—e long suffered and now full â—oe â—ndâ—â—e â—or exeâ—cising their most honourablâ— Functiâ— â—n offering their most diuine Sacriâ—iâ—e instituted by Christ offered by him his â—oly Apostles and in all Ages after in this so approued and receiued Order and forme oâ— Masse vntill it was first here disallowed by king Edward 6 a child and made so penall by Queenes Elizabeths strang proceedings in such affaires For king Henry 8. though otherwise a most strang Enimie to Christs â—oly Church yet concerning Massing Priests anâ— Masse he ordained by his laste will and Testament as is still to be seene Massâ—â— That they should continue in England to the â—nd of the worlâ— willing and charging Prince Edward his sonne aâ— his Executors all his heires and Successours thâ— should be kings of this Realme â—s they will answear before allmightie God at the dreadfull daie of IudgmeÌ„t that they and euery of theÌ„ dreseâ— it performed Neitheâ— euer was there in England before that yoâ— kings time or in any other nation wheâ— Protestant Communion hath in these theiâ— late daies opposed against Catholike Relâ—gion Priests and Masse any other Churcâ— seruice but Catholike Masse and Sacriâ—ieâ— founde heard off or remembred in Antiquities 14. Therefore seeing the honour and dignitie of holy Priesthood in the respect oâ— the most sacred and heauenlie
in the heauens and â—hatsoeuer yee shall loose on earth shal be loosed in â—e heauens God hath subiected to the hands of the â—riests the Regall head theaâ—hing vs that this Prince greater theÌ„ that The thronâ— power authoritie â—nd dignitie of Priests is aboue Regall this â—leth onely in things temporall the Priest â— heauenly The king of heauen hath giuen his power to his Priests and hath subiected â—e Regall head to thâ— hands of the Priests â—eclaring vnto vs that this is a greater Prince â—en he Neither hath he giueÌ„ such power vnto â—ngels or Archangels as to Priâ—sts Saâ—erdotibâ—â—â—â—um est vt potestatem habâ—ant quam Deus neque Chrysâ—st lib. 3. de Sacerdotio â—ngelis neque Archangelâ—s datam esse voluit Neque â—im ad illos dictum est Quaeâ—unque alligaueritis in â—rrâ erunt alligata in coelo Et quaecunque solueretiâ—â— terrâ erunt soluta in â—oelâ— It is giuen to Priests â—at they shall haue power which God would haue â—uen neither to Angells nor Arâ—hangeâ—â—s For it is not â—ed to them Whatsoeuer you â—hall bind vpon earth â—all be bound also in heauen and whatsoeuer you shall â—ose on earth shall be loosed in heauen The power â—f binding which is in Princes is onely ouer â—odies that of Priests ouer soules and extenâ—eth to heauen Habent terrestres Principes vinâ—li potestatem verum corpâ—rum solum Id autem quod Chrysoâ—â— ibideâ— â—â—o Sacordotum vinculum ipsam eâ—iam animam conâ—ngitatque ad coelos vsque peruadit Terreane Princes â—lso haue the power of fetters but of the bodie onely â—ut that which I saie the bonds of Priests toucheth the â—ule it selfe and passeth vnto the heauens This is the doctrine deliuered by Christ so expâ—â—nded both by the Grâ—â—ke and â—â—â—ine Church in Britaniâ— and all places with all persons all good Emperours Kinges and Princeâ— of England and which the whole Christian worlde haâ—e euer profâ—ssed and declared 17. And the world will witnesse euery where against persecuting England that the Cathâ—likâ— Pâ—iest and Clergie thereof be as leâ—â—ned â—â—ly religious and as saâ—â— fâ—â—m exception and eueâ— haue bene since they were persecuted â—â—mber for number as any â—â—â—giâ—â—â— all Châ—â—stian reâ—owned Naâ—ions And of all Engâ—â—â—h people they haâ—e most â—oâ—oâ—red â—nâ—â—east 〈…〉 offended their Pâ—inces or 〈…〉 Câ—â—â—crie Most of them be and 〈…〉 of noble or 〈◊〉 familiâ—â— and alâ—â—â—bred â—â— and discended that thâ—y haâ—e 〈◊〉 at home and abroad without 〈…〉 or huâ—e They 〈◊〉 left 〈…〉 places i◠〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Englâ—â—d 〈…〉 and all They 〈…〉 Bâ—shoprâ—cks 〈◊〉 or 〈…〉 but leaue 〈◊〉 to thâ—â—â—r 〈…〉 any 〈◊〉 Tribâ—â—es or 〈…〉 From their Aduersaâ—ies The Catholikeâ— of â—nglan◠〈◊〉 these â—o 〈…〉 more the Protestants doe 〈…〉 or many 〈◊〉 Presentations and 〈◊〉 which beâ—oâ—ged 〈◊〉 their â—o â—â—ll into the lapse for the Protestant Bishops to bestowe as thâ—y will Ouâ— Catholikâ— Priests haue no wiues or children to trouble the CoÌ„mon â—ealth withâ—ll Pariâ—heâ—â—nd pâ—aces of birth be not postered or charged with any â—uâ—h nâ—r Schoâ—â—erships or Felâ—owships in Vnâ—uersitieâ— which are not orâ—ained for Ministerâ— childrenâ— Tenanâ—s are â—ot put out of their liuings nor the Church Riâ—ches and liuings horded vp beggars made â—ut not releeued for any 〈◊〉 of Priests â—r Priests fauourers All that be of their acâ—uintance in Religion are instructed in dutie â—o God and Prince and be most true and â—utifull Subiectâ— to â—heir king â—n all occasioÌ„s â—hâ—se caÌ„not be the 〈◊〉 of a bad Religion 18. Their Religion vnder preâ—enâ—e whereâ—f they are presecuted they haue ofâ—eÌ„ in pubâ—shed bookes proued in euery point and â—rticle to be onely true and now doe coÌ„â—â— it â—â—t to pâ—eâ—se which will so demonstrate 〈◊〉 euery Article of thâ— Pâ—â—seâ—utours Reâ—ion euen by the Apostleâ— and Apoâ—olike men and Fathers of that age in â—hich they liued holy Scripturs and Proâ—stants themselueâ— and they haue often â—ade most earnest and huÌ„bâ—e petitions lateâ— pâ—blished in print to the Parlament 〈◊〉 publickly euen with vnequall condiâ—ons to themselues and their causâ—â—â— dispute â—d mâ—intainâ— all and euery part of the doâ—ine they hold and 〈◊〉 against the best â—arned Protestant Bishops or 〈◊〉 their Persecutours And yet if meÌ„ would or should speake doe and proceede consequently as they which takâ—â—pon them to be teachers instructours and Reformers in Religion of all men in all times and places ought and without vtterly disabling themselues therein are bound A Prieste or Bishop that saieth Maâ—se absolueth penitents or reconciâ—eth men to the Catholike faith by power authoritie or Iurisdiction from Rome is no more guiltie of so â—ermed treason by the ParlameÌ„t Protestant Acts and lawes then all other Ecclesiasticall ParlameÌ„t an 〈◊〉 Elizab. Statute 2. Parlam 1. Iacob Parlam â— Carâ—li personâ— dâ—acons or others inferiours Religious of what name title or degree soeuer as SubdeacoÌ„s Acolythists Exorcists or others wanting all such power as is euident by that oâ— Queene Elizabeth receiued and prosecuteâ— by king Iames aÌ„d king Charles Priests therefore are not or should not be so prosecuteâ— for their Priestlie functions God forbyd any English minded man or louer of Englanâ— should thinke or wish it a thing so penall anâ— capitall for any InhabitaÌ„t of England or English man to be borne abid or remaine in hiâ— beloued natiue Countrie of England thougâ— he weâ—e a meaner and more vnworthie maâ— then any meanest Priest of England is 19. The Protestants thus deriue our Clergâ—â— Succession Thâ— first Parlament of Qâ— Câ—mbd Annal pag 36. â—â—izabeth being ended the Oath of thâ— Queens supreamacie was proposed to the Catholike Bishops and Ecclesiasticall Persons many as refused to sweare were depriued their benefices dignities and Bishopriks â— Rulers of Churches 50. Prebendaries 5. â—isters of Colledges 12 Archdeacons 12. â—anes and 14. Bishops all that then â—emaiâ— except one Anthonie Bishop of Landaffe â— calamitie of his See and â—ome commitâ—ed prison in the Tower Fleete Marshallea â— kings Bench. How reuerend and learned â—n those of our Clergie then weâ—e and they â—ch immediately ioyned with the and coÌ„tiâ—d a SuccessioÌ„ of renowned Clergie Priests â— memorable bookes and writings of very â—y of them in defence of Catholike Reliâ—n ther honour therby registred among â— must worthie writers and their glorie in whole Church of Christ are warrant to posteritie I am an vnworthie witnesse â— many older and of more frequeÌ„t conuersaâ— with Priests then I can better testifie that â—hin 25 yeares of the Reigne of Queene Eâ—beth when so many from our Seminaries â— come hither that at one time there were â— of them Prisoners in the Marshallea and â—y of them put to death There were then â—y of Queene Maries Priests depriued and â—secuted by Queene Elizabeth still liuing â— labouring here in this holy cauâ—e and â—st of them were very learned as they were â— which were sent from our Seminaries to â—plie their number and ioyne with them as â—ers published bookes from them their
vntrue by their owne Parlaments testifying that in the very Primatiue Church and allwaies it was often ministred in one kinde onely Then no commandment of Christ contrary ca be brought to condemne all Churches times and places for such practise 8. Their 31. Article of the one oblation of Christ finished vpon the crosse denyâ—ng against the whole Church of Christ in all ages and places and thereby depriuing God of all externall sacrifice contrary to scripture and all authoritie will not by the Rule of proportion giue more or so much honour vnto earthlie kings then Catâ—oliks doe giuing this tribute and Sacrifice to the king of heauen and all that is belonging or was euer giuen to their terrene Princes 9. Their 32. Articâ—e of the Marriage of Priests hath married this kingedome to many miseries it did not feele or know before The posteritie proceeded by such lawe or allowaÌ„ce hath brought vs to number hundreds of thousands more then Britanie or England if it had remained Catholike should haue euer seene Many thousands of these are left vnprouided for and not a few are turned or wrested out of their possessions to furnish these Ministers children many of whom also haue fallen to such extreame wants that many of them haue taken desperate courses which the Catholike practise and Religion would haue preuented 10. Their 33. Article Of excommunicate persons how they are to be auoided Differeth not froÌ„ Cathoâ—ikes but that Protestants commit the businesse of excommunication and absolution to such as Catholikes hold haue no power therein when both Catholikes and Protestants confesse that men assigned to such offices by Catholikes haue true lawfull and vndoubted authoritie 11. Their 34 Article Of Traditions of the Church is wholy Ceremonious by their owne expositioÌ„ and no man caÌ„ be so singular in this or any such matter but to thinke any particular Church or kingedome the more it agreeth with the vniuersall or most florishing Christian kingedomes to be more honourable and secure thereby then such as fall into Nouelties and singularities 12. Their 35. Article of homelies is nothing to this purpose And their 36. Article intituled Of Consecration of Biâ—hops and Ministers To whom they commit spirituall Businesse preaching ministring Sacraments and to excommunicate absolue and whatsoeuer in like kinde they take vpon them to practise is quite ouerthrowne by themselues before in their 22. Article where they saie that Order as they vse it Is no Sacrament or effectuall signe of grace and hath noâ— any visible signe or ceremonie ordained of God Then not receiuing or hauing grace or such spirituall power it cannot coÌ„ferre aÌ„d giue it vnto others or so exercise it especially in so many things as is required from truely and lawfully consecrated persons such as they acknowledg the Bishopâ— and Priests of the Roman Church to be 13. Their 37. Article intituled of the ciuill Magistrate doth giue to teÌ„porall Princes supreamacie euen in spirituall things and denieth all Iurisdiction to the Pope of Rome in thiâ— Realme in such affaires Of this sufficient is said before And euery equall minded man may easily see whether the temporall state of England was not more honourable noble powerfull and secure when the Popes Iurisdiction in spirituall thinges ruled here then now it is and euer since it hath beene and yet the Ritches and wealth which fell to our kings and Princes hands and commauÌ„de at such chang were as infinite and so great that king Henrie 8 to haue licence or assent to suruâ—y them to make vse thereby promised to speake in Protestant witnesses words He would create anâ— maintaine 40. Earles 60. Barons Edw. howe 's historicall pref in Henr. â— three thousand knights and fourtie thousand souldiers with skilfull Captaines and competent maintenance for tâ—em all for euer ouâ— of the auntieÌ„t Church reuenewes Neither should the people be any more charged with loane Subfidies and Fifteenes Since wâ—iâ—h time there â—auâ— bâ—ene more statuts lawes subfidies and Fifteenes then in fiue hundred yeares before Thus in the publicke Protestant Historie in the yeare 1614. dedicated to our king now the Prince Charles Since we haue heard and tasted in EnglaÌ„d more matters of this nature And yet if we should make but Robin-hoods penâ—worthes and estimate of what hath beene taken away from holy constant Catholikes for proâ—â—ssing their true and Apostolike Religâ—â—n in the Reigne oâ— Queene Elizabeth king Iames and king Charles euen since he married a Queene prosessing for herselfe Catholike Religion It will amount to more then would haue deliuered a farâ—e meaner king and kingedome then ours of England haue beenâ— accoÌ„pted from such complaintes of feares wants needs dislikes and variaâ—â—â—â— tâ—erein if God had well approued of such proceedingâ— and such means of proceeding against his Catholike SeruaÌ„ts our kings most faithfull 〈◊〉 14. And the spirituall Supreamacie assumed by oâ—r Princes king Henry 8. king Edward 6 and Queene Elizabeth confirmed againe in this Article had wrought so good effects in so short time within 4. yeares of Q. Elizabeths obtaining the Crowne that Protestants in such order or rather disorder and number denied teÌ„porall power in Princes here to put any Rebell or whatsoeuer most greeuious offender to death and they weÌ„t further affirming that Protestants might not fight in defence of their Countrie though the Prince commaunded it wherevpon they were enforced to declare in this Article in this maner against such Protestant Brethren The lawes of the Realme may punish Christian men with death for heinous and greuious offences Is it lawfull for Christian men at the commaundment oâ— the Magistrate to weare Armes and serue in the warrs And there were among them teaching and holding communitie of goods noâ— theft spoiling or Roberie to be punished no iustice or lawe to be executed or Oath to be taken in Iudgement all Courts and Consistories to cease as is euident by the two last Articles 38. and 39. thus following the former intituled Of Christian mens goods which are not common And thus declaring The Riches and goods of Christians are not common as touching the right Title and possession of the same as certaine Anabâ—ptists Protestants doe beast And the last â—9 Article intituled of a Christian mans Oath And thus enacting and declaring We Iudge thaâ— Christian Religion doth not prohibit but that a man may sweare when the Magistrate requireth in a cause of faith and charitie so it be done according to the Prophets teaching in Iustice Iudgment and truth This suffiâ—â—enâ—â—y witnesseth wâ—at goodly coÌ„mon-wealths-meÌ„ their Protestant Religion euâ—n 〈◊〉 Infancie thereof had brought forth in this kingdome THE IX CHAPTER That true and obedient Catholikes be the truest and most obedient subiects 1. And in conclusion to come to the particulare Sâ—ate and Regalitie oâ— our most honoured King Charles and king Iames before him There neuer were any Protestants in England in their times or before which so truely and ducifully carried themselues towards their Monarchicall true Title Right
and Gouernment as generally Catholikâ— euer haue done and will as they are bound by Religion to doe In the time of young king Edward 6. Cranmar and his Protestant Complices by that young kings will did their vttermost to extinguish and ouerthrowe it Queene Mary and her Catholike RegimeÌ„t did nothing against it but reuiued preserued and confirmed it In the ProtestaÌ„t reigne of Q. Elizabeth Statuts were made to auoide or hinder it It was enacted by Protestant Parlament Capitall to acknowledge it Hales an Engâ—ish Protestant companion to the Scotish Knox wrote a booke expressely against the Title of king Iameâ— No Protestant answeared confuted or seemed to disalowe it Onely Catholiks Sir Anthonie Browne a Iudge Doctour Morgaâ— Doctour of Diuinitie and Doctour Smith of the Ciuill lawe confuted it The death of that glorious Catholike Queene Marie Grandmother to king Charles and true Heire of England was long sought and after contriued concluded and executed by Queene Elizabeth and her Protestants Many worthie Catholicks here for her cause loste their liues lands and what they possessed And all geâ—rally for suspition of fauouring her and king Iames his Title and now of king Charles were much persecuted Yet no Persecution could euer force vs from that dutie to lawfull Princes and their Temporall Titles but we euer performed it though with daunger as we haue and doe our dutie to God and the holy Church No Catholike Clergie man aâ— any time impugned it 2. William Bishop of Chaleedon and Richard now his persecured Successor maintained proued and confirmed it So haue all Archpriests Assistants and all in any authoritie among the Clergie either by opinion word or writing And some of vs that yet liue and write I might here catch hold of my owne penne with others haue as expressely plainely and effectuaâ—ly taught and published it as king Charles can desire The Protestant writers of their great publike Theater of greaâ— Britanie haue not giuen so great allowance vnto it The Lord Verulam in his historie of king Henrie 7. hath not asscribed too much a good Catholike writer would haue gâ—uen more vnto it 3. And to puâ— all out of doubt or question in this businesse because Pâ—â—eâ—ts and Catholikes are charged so much for adhearing to Papall poweâ— in this they are assuredly knowne to be the truest Subiects to our king For all Popes actually or virtually in neuer approuing or legittimating Queene Elizabeth haue ratified and confirmed the iust Right of Scotland in thâ—s kingedome and Ireland And nothing can be saide to be more authentically approuâ—d and confirmed by Popes authoritie then Pope Innocentius 8. by his Papall Bull as our Protestants confesse and relate Bulla Innocentij S. in â—â—trim Henrici Regiâ— Ang. 7. Maâ—â—â— Parker Antiquit. Brit. in â—â— Merit it confirmed both the marriadge of king Henry 7. with Elizabeth daughter and heire to king Edward 4. and his most lawfull and Iust 〈◊〉 to the Crowne of England By all Titles and Rights by Right of Inheritance right of warre right of marriage right of ElectioÌ„ and right of Parlament by hiâ— Pontisicall power Paâ—â— ad confirmandum illud legitimum diuinitusque conciliatum ac ad pacem tranquillitatem Anglorum maximè necessarium Matrimoniuâ— suis Bullis opus esse putauit quia quarto cognationis gradu coniuncti nuptias contraxerunt In quibus etiam nè authoritate carere videretur regnum acquisitum RegeÌ„ confirmauit illudque iure hareditario Iure belli iure coniugali Iure elecâ—â—onis Iure Senatus seu Parliamenti Anglicani necnon Iure Pontificio atque suo ad Henritum Regem septimum eiusque Haredes in perpeâ—â—â—â— spectare debere pronuntiauit The Pope thoughâ— iâ— needefull by his Bulls to confirme that godly reconciled Marriage most nâ—â—â—ssarie for the peace and tranquillitie of English men for that they â—ad married in the sowerth degree In which also least it may seeme to want authoritie â—e coâ—firmed the obtained kingdome on the king and declared it to appertaine perpetually to king Henrie the 7. and his heires by â—â—â—editarie right by right of warre by right of Marriage by righâ— of election by right of the Counâ—ell oâ— Engliâ—â— Parlament by Pontificall and his owne right This is so constringent and bindâ—ng an obligation of all English Catholikes attributing so much to Papall powâ—r and Iuâ—iâ—diction as Protestants saie we doe euer to performe all temporall dutie and obedience to our king Charles the vndoubted true lawfull Heâ—re of that so established king Heryâ—â— to him and his heires for euer that no Catholike man allowing of Papall authoritie can euer be iustly suspected of disobedieÌ„ce or vndutifulnesse to our Soueraigne And all the Protestants of â—ngland in their Religion cannot produce such a bonde testimonie or warrant foâ— their like fidelitie 4. Therefore being thus clearely and manifestly made knowne and euident that the Religion of English Catholikes in euery point is most true and holy plensing to God and profitable in temporall Regiment the sacred Orders of our Bishop and Priest so honourable we hope our king and hiâ— Councell hereafter will rather thinke of defending then offending protecting then persecuting K. Charles Declaration to all Subiects An. 1628. them And besides that is here saide his owne Regall declaration published with aduise of his Councell calleth vpon him and them so to doe For there with that aduise hâ— thus publikly protesteth before God and mâ— We â—all God to record before whoÌ„ we standâ— that it â— and allwayes hath bâ—ne our hearts desiâ—e â—o be founâ— worthie of that Title which we accompt the most glorious in all our Crowne Defendor of the saith 5. We must mâ—st humbly remember vnto him the saith whereof he is â—â—ilcâ—â— Defender wherein there is so mâ—ch gloâ—â—eâ— it is thaâ— onely true saith of Caâ—â—oâ—iks as is here proued and no other true faith being but one â— Ephes 4. Vnus Dominus vna sides vnum baptisâ—a One Lord one faith one Baptisme And this faith of Catholiks of Engâ—and is the true Catholike Apostolik faith and saith of the Church of Româ— now and when that Title Defendor of â—â— faith was giuen to king Henry the 8. beforâ— his lapse from the Church of Rome by the Pope there for defending that faith against Luther The Title giuen must be interpreted by the giuer the Pope not the receiuer which could not receiue but what was giuen And this Title was giuen receiued and vsed many yeares before Queene Elizabeth or before her Religion the Religion of English ProtestaÌ„ts now was borne aÌ„d was vsed both by king HeÌ„ry 8. and Queene Mary not of this new Religion wherefore we hope our king calling God to Record will rather defend the faith of his Catholikes and them then to suffer them to be thus persecuted and his Councell which counsailed him in that declaration will so aduise and counsaile him And his Parlament that could not finde their Religion 80. yeares old will not hinder him in so good a deede seeing it is certaine by their owne accompt that the Title Defendor of the faith is about 30. yeares older then their Religion and so he cannot by that Title defend their faith A non ens can haue no defence It can neither be defended or offended FINIS FAVLTS ESCAPED AND CORRECTED Pag. 17. lin 3. Theanus for Theonus l. 15. Thadiacus for Thadiocus p. 21. l. 22. paene for penè p. 27. l. 28. most worthiest for worthiest p. 39. l. 28. were for was p. 42. l. 18. Phylosopho for Philosopho p. 43. l. 20. Huntingtonsyhre for Huntington shyre p. 47. l. 21. did increased for and encreased p. 51. l. 20. these man for these men p. 52. l. 19. Missae Papisticae for Missa Papistica p. 61. l. 19. Ireland for Iland p. 63. l. 6. translated them for translated p. 69. l. 22. euery one for and euery one p. 71. l. 7. formae for forma p. 80. l. 23. iurisdiction for iurisdiction on the Christians p. 91. l. 18. after S. Peter adde and to the holy Roman Church p. 100. l. 25. make no Parenthesis p. 111. l. 8. Omitt Theodoretus p. 120. l. 26. Omitt Thou shalt p. 123. l. 6. Amphilabus for Amphibalus Some other faults of lese moment I haue not put downe here they being easie for the Reader to correct in reading FAVLTS ESCAPED AND CORRECTED Pag. 13. lin 23. at which time for after which time pag. 17. l. 3. Theanus for Theonus l. 15. Thadiacus for Thadiocus p. 21. l. 22. paene for penè p. 23. l. 24. first to haue perswaded for before to haue brought p. 25. l. 5. as they most happely did for as soone after it most happely was p. 27. l. 28. most worthiest for worthiest p. 39. l. 10. S. Bonifacius for S. Benedict Biscop p. 35. l. 28. were for was p. 42. l. 7. yea 386 for yeare 586. p. 42. l. 18. Phylosopho for Philosopho pag. 43. l. 20. Huntingtonsyhre for Huntingtonshyre p. 47. l. 21. did increased for and encreased p. 51. l. 20. these man for these men p. 52. l. 19. Missae Papislicae for Missa Papistica p. 61. l. 19. Ireland for Iland pag. 63. l. 6. translated them for translated pag. 69. l. 22. euery one for and euery one pag. 71. l. 7. formae for forma p. 80. l. 23. iurisdiction for iurisdiction on the Christians p. 91. l. 18. after S. Peter adde and to the hoâ—y Roman Church pag. 100. l. 25. make no Parenthesis p. 111. l. 8. Omit Theodoretus p. 120. l. 26. Omit Thou shalt p. 123. l. 6. Amphilabus for Amphibalus pag. 125. l. 1. allmost 1000 for aboue 1000. p. 150. l. 22. let for left pag. 156. l. 18. many for euery Some other faults of lese moment I haue not put downe here they being easie for the â—eader to correct in reading