spitte vpon the Earth like wise to centemne Checke and reprotch it with Iniuries and despight of the holy Sacrament he coÌmanded a witch to faine her selfe to take the holy Sacrament and to keepe it quyetly and since for to dishoÌnour the holy Sacrament he coÌmanded to Enclose the same in a potte with a wenemous Toad which Deuillish Sacriledge being discloed this Malitious and abhoÌmiinable witch was punished as she deserueth After that aman witch of that kind called Sagittaoius hade shote by the coÌmandement of Sathan at the Image of Christ which wis in forme of a Crucifixe and pearced the same with an Arâowe out of the which miraculous Blooe did Issue âhis miserable man by the vertue of God was so ânmooueably fixed that he could not remoue âut of the place a man passing by did speare at âim the cause of his Imobilitie the miserabll wiâch shaking his head and his hands in the which âe shotte his Arrow trembleng with all his bodie âould answere nothing the passinger beholding âouond adout him did at the last spy the Arrowe âxed in the Crucifixe with blood flowing froÌ the âme which after he hade related all things this miserable wttch was taken by the publique Iustice ând after confession made of his Sacreegious fact âid loose his life by such a death as deserueth This you may clearely see how the doctrine of âhe Protestants is the doctrine of Sathan because âch doctrine is taught by them to their auditors ãâã Sathan doth teach to the witches that is the âospising of the holy Crosse the contempt of holy âmages the depight they haue against the worsâiping and adoring of Christs blessed body in the âoly Sacrament and banqueting vpon fredday âsting vpon sunday forebidding of auriculare âonfession yf Incace they make their confesân to conceill their great sinnes and to confesse âeir small sinnes Hovv the Prstestants and Puntans for conclusion of our former discourse are not true Christians but Infidells Idolaters and vvorshiprs of the Deuill CHAP. LIIII FOr better Intelligence of this matter wee must vnderstand that the greatest sinne that man can coÌmite against God is the sinne of Idolatrie which when a man giueth the soueraigne hoÌnour which is only due vnto God to anie of his Cretures as wtitteth S. Thomas the Reason is because is reason that when anie man Giueth the souerigne hoÌnour which is only due to God to anie of his creatures and chiefly to Sathan which is Ennemie to God he pulleth the true God of heauen as farre as lyeth in his power out of the Soueraigne chaire and Throne of gloirie placeth the Creature of God or than Sathan his Ennemie in the Soueraigne Throne of Maiestie and giueth to a false God the reerence hoÌnour and worshipe which is only due to the God of heauen Now that our Protestants and Puritans coÌmit such an horrible cryme you shall vnderstand by these reasons which Ensue here after First when the Protestants and Puritans Incall either tacitly or Expresly offer Sacrifice vnto him or consult with him to learne from him Either things present or to come as wee haue shewen in the liues of Luther Zuinglius maniâ Ministers of Scotland as much in their priuiâ Chalmers as in their oppen assemblies they giuâ by such ritts and cermonies that Soueraigne hoÌnour vnto Sathan which is only due to the true God Heauen because that Sacrifice is an point of Soueraihne hoÌnour whether it be offred vp to God by an secrete actioc of the heart or Externall action of the bodie it is forebidden that such hoÌnour should be giuen to anie creature that is but only to God alone Exod. 22.20 this is the Reason wherefore the Catholique Church offerth no Sacrificee at all nether to the Virgine Marie Angells and Saintes of heauen but only to God alone wherefor when the witchs Necromancers Protestants and Puritans consulters with Sathan offer vp aniewise Sacrifice vnto him either to âearne from him things present or to come or yet to obtanina anie wordly comoditie by his helpe âhey worshipe him as God Giue the Soueraigne honour which is only due to God to the condemned Deuill of hell Secondly when the witches Neeromances Protestonts and Puritans Incall Sathan to learne from him such things as they desire to konwe or âraue his helpe in in any worldly matter eithr âoÌmodios to them selues or Iniurious to their Nighbours This Inuocation of Sathan is an action of false Religion which is Idolatrie for so much as by such prayer and Inuocation they hoÌnour Sathan submitting them selues vnto his power protesâing likewise by the same Inuocation that they âaue neede of his helpe as of the Prince author of such good things as they craue from him see S. Thomas 2.2 quast 83 art 3. Yf they accuse the Catholiqes of Idolarite for the Inuoction of the Angells and Saincts of Heauen much more may wee accuse them of Idolatrie for the Inuocation of Saincts which are the true seruants of God is with an relation to God which is Prince aboue them therefore it can not be callec Idolatrie but because the Inuocation of Sathan is without any relation vnto God therefore it is true Idolatrie for so much as the Inuocation finisheth in Sathan it selfe and not in God author of all good things For better Intelligence of this matter wee must vnderstand that Inuocation may by made 3. wayes first absolutly to God as to the author of all good things secondly to the seruants as God with an Relation to their Lord. thridly to Sathan which is Ennemie to God VVhen our Inuocation or praieris directed to the seruants of God that is to the Angells and Saincts of Heauen that prayer is their Lord that is wee desire the holie men yet liuind in this mortall life with the Angells and Saincts of Heauen to concurre with vs in our prayers to the end that by their concurrance and worthinesse God may be the more mooued to Graunt vs our request of this kind of Inuocation wee haue manie Examples in holy Scripture as Genes 20.7 Num â1 7 Iob. 42 8. Rom. 15 20. Ephes 6.19 but âhiefly when Dauid Psal 110.7 sayeth Leuaui âcuulos meos in montes vnde veniat Auxilium mihi ãâã Auxtlium meum a Domino quifecit caelum et terram That ãâã I lifte vp mine Eyes to the Montaines from whence helpe might come to me my helpe is froÌ God which made Heauen and Eaath the Angells âatriarchs Prophets and Apostles are called by âhe Spirit of Prophecie Montaines Therefore in an other place speaking of the ândation of the Church psal 86. sayeth fundamâta Eius in Montibus santis the fundamentall âtones of the Church are the holy Montaines âatriarchs Prophets and Apostles which are âmineniet and high aboue all mortall men in âonnour digitre and perfection as loftie Montaâes doe transcend in altitude litle hills hillocks And in an other place speaking of the Angells ând Pastours whereby God doth
end for his hoÌnour Luther confesseth that he could no more stay him selfe from venus game then he could doe from spittinh This apostata Frier againe did rate him âelfe so much that he thought no shame âo say that a Thousand Cyprians and a Thnusand Augustins were not to be âompared to him in doctrine belonging âo Saluation To shewe that he did climbe to the âope of pride he thought no shame to ây with a braisen front that he wold âot admite the Angells of Heauen to be âdges to his doctrine althought he was âached by Sathan according to his owen confession to abrogate the Masse Thus good Reader thou mayest easily surmie whether this new Gospeller was rulled with the humble Spirit of Christ or by the the proud Spirit of Sathan Luther writteth againe that good works make no man good nor Euil workes make no man Euill and that no sinne how great so euer it be can condemne the man but only Infidelitie Luther writtetg againe let vs take heede to keepe our selues from sinne but much more from good workes beholde the councell of this new Euangelist to be altogether Sathanicall As concerning his auditours he confesseth that they are more auaritious vnmercifull luxurius stubborne vnGodly and much more worse since the time that the light of the Gospell was reuealled vnto them then men were in the time of Pope rie Musculus lib. de Prophetia Christi and smidelinus conclhis 4. de Planetis Errantibus affirmed the same Lastly he affirmeeth with Caluin that all the workes of Iust men are but deedly sinnes so according to Luthers Caluins doctrine and Theologie it is all a like to be faithfull and deceitfull to giue Almes to a poore man and spoile hem of his goods to sleepe with his owen wife or his nigbours for so much that all the workes of lust men are but deadly sinnes ând their faith so Effectuall in Christ âhat it shall blotte all thir sinnes away âs they say with the twinckling of on âye when Luther did Endeuour him selfe âo driue away an vncleane spirit out of ãâã possessed person the Deuill terrified âim in such a fashion that he was consârained to take the flight him selfe and âue his owen life from the daunger of âat Deuill Staphilus his Disciple as he âwe this miracle did wrote the apolog 2 And to confirme this pestiferous docâine disordained life and leud maners âreadfull death did come to him after âe was well whitled and drunke of the âpper before so suddenly in lying in âs bedde to charge him to compeare âefore the fearefull Iudgment of God ãâã make account of his works that he âde not time space to cry for meicy âr his sinnes as sundrie Autors worthie âcredence wrote of his finall end So yf Sathon hade come out of hell in the shape of a man to preach in a pulpit as Ministers doe what greater shewe oâ reason could he haue sette doune to giuâ the raines of licentius libertie to thâ vnruilled nature of man to deliueur thâ selues to all kind of vncleannesse Igâ nominie malicc wickednesse Enuâ mischiefe murther conteÌtion trecheriâ murmuring backbitting pride dissenâtion dissobediencc crudelitie and iâ other sinnes of like kind and since peâsuade sillie soules that their only faith iâ Christ shall deface put away all theâ fromer and suchlike other sinnes in thâ moment of an houre This is the Edification which Eueâ one may learne as much from the docârine of Luther as from his former life Thus much of Luther Patriarch to ãâã Protestants OF CALVINS ABHOMIâABLE LIFE AND PESTâ FEROVS DOCTRINE VVhat Edification and Instruction Each ãâã may receiue from the vvholesome doctrinâ and morall life of Caluin Paterne of Perfection to the Puritans CHAP. 2 BEFore all things you must vnderstand that Caluin was Borne in a Towne of France in the Prouince of Picardie âalled Noyon in the yeere of God 1599. He was a great blasphemer of the Name of God in his youth Being a student and promoted to a Cure and Chappell he was surprised in âhe abhominable sinne of Sodomie wherefore he was marked on the shoâlder with an Brunt yron in the forme ân Floure delyce Caluin being so defamed as much for his bougrie as for peinition thereof by ân brunt yron he become sacriegious ân falling his benifice and after went to Geneua Changing his Name from Cauing to Caluin to the end that his Infamous life should not be knowen by the title of his proper name So soone as he did arriue in Geneua Incotinenent he strred vp a great sedition betwen the Ministers and Citizens of the Towne For his sedition he was Cast in banihment and by his secreete Craft receued in the Towne of Geneua againe Of 4. thousand franks which he did receue form the Queene of Nauarre and two thousand Crownes from Monsieur Dauid de Haynault with much more from sundrie others to distibute to the poore he did Iudas like keepe the graaest part for his owen coÌmoditie and Impairt the rest to his owen frinds and corrupt some of CouÌcell to assist his Enterpryse against all such as did oppone them selues to his croftie desings and Malitious attempts when the poore Necessitous did Murmure against his vngodly dealing he caused them be casâ in banishment as libertins and vngodly Christians Caluin likewise gaue councell to one called Nicolas deferre banquerupt to buy with 3. Tphousand pounds he hadâ in his hands Innobile goods in thâ Name of his wife and Daughters anâ so him selfe being dispossessed of all substance his creditors should find nâ way to constraine him to pay theâ whome to he was detfull Thus to receiue their coÌmunion worthily it is not needefull to restore ouâ Nighbeors goods but to defraude hiâ yf wee may according to Caluins councell for our owen coÌmoditie Caluin gaue not this councell foâ nought for this banquerupt did acknoâcknowledg hes beneuolence in this behalfe with an somme of money and Married one of his daughters with Calâins Brother VVhen Caluins friends offred them âelues to bring a young prouincell whiâh hade taken from him the the value âf 4. thousand franks after he hade serâed Caluin a long time Caluin wold âote Condiscend the they should paine âhem selues in that matter which made manie suspect that he feared the young mans accusation yf he hade beene brought againe to haue abused him in the sinne of Sodomie according to his olde custome Caluins pride and ambition was so great âhat he wold suffer no companion at all Therefore the Church of Berne Nigh to Geneua did call him by contumelie and âockrie the Pope of Geneua Caluins pride and ambition was so great that he thought no shame to say openly in his preachings that he was a âaophete that he was Endued with the âpirit of God that he was send by the Lord that he could not Erre or stray ârom the truth and yf Incace saide he ãâã I speake any thing astray it is thou o Lord that deceiueth
gouerne his Church psal 124.2 Montes Incircuitu Eius et Domiâs in circuitu Populie sui that is as yf he wold say ânelicall Montaines doe guard the Church of âod round about and notwithstanding him selfe ãâã in the circuit of his people and in another âaceth he sayeth psal 90.11 Augeles suis Mandaâ dete vt custodiant te in Omnibus viis tuis that is the âord hath giuen charge vnto his Angells to keepe âe in all they wayes You see in all these places how God doth helpe and keepe his people by the Ministrie of his holy Angells and Sanincts of Heauen and althought the Prophete did craue helpe from the holy Angells who did keepe him in all all his wayes by God ordinance yet he acknowlegeth that such helpe as he did receiue by the Ministrie of Angells was from God when he sayeth Auecilium meum ãâã Domino qui feeit coelum et terraÌ my helpe is from God which hath creted Heauen and Earth But wheâ the Inuoction or prayer is made vnto Sathan as it done by the witches Necromacers Protestante and Puritas in is done by Soueraignâ honnour giuen vnto him without any relatioâ made to God Because that the Inuocation oâ praier directed vnto Sathan finisheth in him aâ in the principall author of such good things aâ witches Necrornancers and Ministers doe crauâ from him in their assemblies For the prayer and Inocation made to Sathaâ can not be done with any respect or relation vnâ God as when wee offer vp our prayers vnto Goâ by the Ministrie of his Angells or Saincts bâcause Sathan is neither friend Seruant or yet Emâassadour vnto God to beare anie ambassage beâweene God and mortall men as the holy Angeâ and Saincts are psal 9.11 Tob. 12.13 hec 1. â Apoc. 8.3 In which places the holy Angells aâ Sainets are a pointed to rule vs to helpe vs in ãâã our affaires wherefore wee may Iustly craue tâ helpe as a meane apointed for our Saluation Thridly when the Protestants and Puritans ânquire from Sathan the knowlege of future things which are to come and cheefly of man of such things as depend from the freefly which is not limited or determined to one thing âut Indifferent to manie things opposite they worshipe Sanhan with soueraigne hoÌnour as a God for so much as they ascribe to Sathan that âiuine prerogatiue to foretell things to come which belongeth only to God by the naturall âerfction of his Deite and to his frinds and serâants only by participation and Reuelation theâfore the prophete Esay sayed 41.23 Denounce âo vs what thing are come wee shall know that âou are Gods but to Inquire the truth of future âcidentell things from Sathan as from the seruant ând frind of God no man can doe the same withâut Great Iniurie done to God as is said because âathan is no friend to God but his Deadly Enneâie as it is written psal 73.23 Superbia Eorum qui ãâã Odernnt ascendit snmper The pride of these which âeate the doth alwise ascend from them vnto God Fourthly when they make a coueÌant with Sathan âither manifest or secreets they foresaike the âiecdshipe of God and preferre the prince of darâneste vnto the creator of all thing as the propâete Esay writteth 28.15 Percussimus faedus cum âorte et cum Inferno fecimus pactum that is quia posuemas âendacium spem nostram that is wee haue made a âouenant with Death and agreement with hell becuse wee haue sette our hepe vpon a lye which is as much to say by a couenant made with Sathan Prince of Hell wee foresaike the true frendhipe of God put our trust and confidence in Sathan which is the Father of lyes for a man can not serue tow Masters contrarie to othors in all things as God and the Deuill are Math. 6.24 Eyftly yf some of the Protestants and puritans will say that they neuer did see Sathan nor yeâ speake with him and therefore that such crimes of Infidelitie Apostasie can not be laid to theiâ Charge as it may be done to Luther Zuinglius other heretiques aboue mentioned VVee answere that althought they haue noâ made a band or couenant with Sathan by wordâ Expresse as others haue done yet wee say thaâ haue a quyet and secrete band made with Sathan when they approoue the open couenant and agrement with Zuinglius Luther made with Sathaâ in points and heads of Religion For Luther him selfe confesseth in his bookâ Intituled De Massa priuata et vnction Sacerdotum thaâ he did abolishe the Masse at Sathans persusion likwise that Sathan gaue him the title of his bookâ wherein he did abolish the Masse which title iâ de Abroganda Mista which band and agreemenâ betweene Luthea and Sathan the Protestants anâ Puritans doe all approoue vnto this day whereâfore they are al 's guiltie in this Cryme as Lutheâ which did abolish the Masse by his couenant madâ with Sathan Luther confesseth in manie pairts of his workes that he did know the Deuill and was so well acquainted with him that did eat a measure of salt in his fellowshipe companie aganinst that which is written 1. cor 10.20 Nolo autem vos socios fieri Demoniorum I will not that you be companios vnto Deuills see the like deut 18.20 where it is forebiden to consult with Deuills or yet witches or Necomancer or with anie other which foretell things to come by the the spirit of Sathan or to obseure vaine Dreames Also the Puritans and Sacramentares can not Excuse them selues to haue no societie or secreete couenat with Sathen when they Approoue the band and agreement which Zuingius made with Sathan Instruction which did teach him in the Night that Chirsts bodie was no otherwise in the Sacrament then Mropically that is by only signe and represntation and non really substantially as the Catholiques beleeue This is Zuinglius owen confession in lib. de subsidion Eucharistiae surius in his historie AnÌo 1524. Genebrard lib. 1. Chronogr ano eodem who desyretd to see more of such matters couenants and bonds made with Sathan let him Read S. Thomas 2.2 quaest 95. Art 4. et Malleu Malleficar Tom. 1. Part. st quaest 2. etz Tom. 2. pag. 493. et Sequentibus Lastly the spirit of God is not contrarie to it selfe as S. Paul wriiteth 1. car 14.32 but Luther Zuinglius with their spirit are contradictorious one to an other in the Misteries of Religion in calling Ech one an other hertiqoee and seuered from the Church of God For thus Luther writeeth in defens verborum caenae pag. 381. Serio censemus zs wee Earnestly descerne all Zuinglians SacraÌentaries to be heritiqdues seuere Seuered from the Church of God which deny the bodie and blood of Christ to be reciued with a corprall mouth the venerable Eucharist Thus you see how Luther calleth Zuinglus with all other Sacramentaes heretiques seuered from the Church of Zuinflius adorneth Luther with such like titles of hoÌnour
Iusâce of Christ which they apprehend by faith âydeth all these sinnes so that God will not Impâte them to such as comite them Caluin subscribeth with Luther this same doctâine lib. 3. Inst cap. 14 sect 12. thus writting âur corruption vncleanesse being couered with âhe puritie of Christ are not Imputed to vs but âeing so luied and hidde they shall not come to âhe Iudgment of God to aecuse vs. Caluin sheweth by this opinion as Luther did âefore him that their sinÌes being hidde couered by the Iustce and puritie of Christ apprehended by their faith shall on t appeare in the Iudgment of God to accuse or condemne them likewise he teacheth that the abhominable filth vncleanesse of sinne which maketh the man reseauble vnto Sathan doth still remaine within their soules only hidde by the Externall Iustice of Christ aâ yf you wold couer an blacke Ethiopian with a white garment Externalây you see than what a malitious spouse full of corrupt stinch the Protestant soule is to Christ the beutifull some of thâ liuing God which is an abhominable thing to bâ hard Caluin in anitidoto concile Triden tmisess 6 can 18. writteth that some seede of the true liuely faith remaineth still amongst great deadly sinnes Yf their true liuely faith abideth amongst greaâ deadly sinnes then they may doe what they list because their faith will Iustfie them in the middeâ of their great deadly sinnes by the apprehensioâ of Christs Iustice which hid then sinnes that theâ come not to the Iudgmen of God for to accuâ them Is not that a pleasane libertie they take tâ selues to coÌmite all sinnes without scruple of conâcience or any other repeâhension Caluin algane lib 3. Inst cap. 2. sect 3. sayeth beholding that Christ doth Iustifie vs not by apâprobation of our proper Innocencie but by Impâutation of Christs Iustice wee are Esteemed to bâ Iust in Christ who are Iniust in our selues You see sinne and Iniquitie doc still remaine ân the Protestants soules Euen when they are âustied by the Imputatioa of Christs Iustice whiâh they aprehend by faith so you may behold âhat all kind of sinne Impietie Malce hypocrisie ând Iuistice may stand with their Iustification by ânly faith in Christ a faith foresuith very meete âo Nurish theeues adulteaers homieids Trayteârs hypocrits falsefiers of their faith becuse they âoÌmite all these sinnes wiâh many others without reprehen sinne in the Iudgment o God or good consciences according to the former Doctrines of Luther and Caluin Hovv Iustification by only faith doth contemne all good vvorkes vvithout all ferre of God to coÌmite Euill vvorkes vvhich are pleasant to the sinner CHAP. LVIII FOr probation of this point Luther lib. de libert Christiano thus writteth good workes make not the man good nor Euill workes the man Euill so according to Luthers doctring good workes and Euill are both Indifferent because they can neather make the man good or Euill helpe or harme him therefore the man needeth neuer to paine him selfe to doe anie good workes or likewise feare to doe any Euill workes because they can not make him worse then he is but to doe anie thing which liketh him beest whether it be good or Euill for it is his only faith Christ which maketh him Iust and acceprable vnto God or Euill for it is his only faith in Christ which maketh him Iust and acceptable vnto God not his good workes for as his good workes con not helpe him so his Euill workes cannot hinder his faith to Iustâfie him wherefore a man may doe what he listeth without hurt of his Iustification by only faith this is the libertie of their carnall Gospell Caluin taketh Luther by the hand in this matter lib. 3. Inst cap. 19. sect 2 thus writting for sith the lawe leaueth no man Iust or righteous aither wee are Excluded from all hope of Iustification or wee must be made free and loosed from the lawe and so that there be no regarde at all of God workes Thus you see to Estabish his Iustificaton by only faith he affirmeth that no man should haue regairde of good workes but to haue recourse only to his faith which Iustifieth him by the apprehension of Christs Iustice without Regaird of good workee Luther againe in sermone de nouo TestameÌoâ siue de missa thus writteth caeuamus a peccate sed dmulto magis a legilus et operthus bonis tantum attâedamu Dei promissionem et fidem That is let vs takâ heede the keepe our selues from sinne but much more from the lawes and good workes let vs only haue the Eye of faith and our mind fixed vpon the promise of God so Luther will haue the man to haue no regaird of good or Euill workes but only to considder the promâse of God by his faith Luther againe in sermone eodem sie deus dilexit mundum this writeth because the way is straite which leadeth to heauen thou must be made slender and then yf thou woldest enter thereby and â litle aftre yf thou wilt come charged with sacks full of good workes thou must lay them doune othtwâsee thou canst not enter in at the stratite way Luthers Disciples in Colloquio Altembergnsin affirme that wee should praie to prseuere in faith to the end without all good workes Caluin lib. 3. Inst cap. 19 sect 2.4 7. wrtteth that where there is any assurance of Iustification there should be no regaird of lawes or good workes and that all externall workes are Indifferent to their Iustification for they can neither helpe or Impaire the same so you see how their Iustifitatian by faith destroyeth all good workes as not âeedefull to the same Hovv the faith of the Protestants is an abhominable faith and sinkefull of all mischiefe corrupt fountain ' vvhence manie vennmous springs runne out a naughtie ore bearing fruits full of poyson and abhominateon CHAP. LVIIII THis assertion of ours is manifest by their owen Doctrine before all things you must ânderstand that there is no thing so odious and abhominable before the Eyes of God as sinne is âor sinne was cause that God did expell the âebellious Angells out of Heauen sinne was cause to banish Adam with his Posteritie out of paradice sinne is the cause of all the pouertie siceksse trouble and miserie when by men are wexed tossed and tormoilled in this mortall life besides these things it is cause of damnation of manie millions of soules so that the most perrillons and dangerous thing which is in this world is that thing whence doth proccede because that sinnes is cause of all mischiefe which doth fall vpon man Now to shewe that these Iustising faith is that naughtie tre as wee haue recited aboue Deadly sinnes the venemous frits thereof it is thus prooued by their owen doctriae Luther Patriarch to all the heretiques of of ouâ age in Assertâ omuium aatâ suor art 51.32 coÌâafterrmerh boldly that omrria opera Instoruim sunt peceata mortalia that