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A18209 A defence of Catholikes persecuted in England invincibly 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 studient in diuinitie. Broughton, Richard. 1630 (1630) STC 4833; ESTC S107625 93,830 235

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in the heauens and ●hatsoeuer yee shall loose on earth shal be loosed in ●e heauens God hath subiected to the hands of the ●riests the Regall head thea●hing vs that this Prince greater thē that The thron● power authoritie ●nd dignitie of Priests is aboue Regall this ●leth onely in things temporall the Priest ● heauenly The king of heauen hath giuen his power to his Priests and hath subiected ●e Regall head to th● hands of the Priests ●eclaring vnto vs that this is a greater Prince ●en he Neither hath he giuē such power vnto ●ngels or Archangels as to Pri●sts Sa●erdotib●●●●um est vt potestatem hab●ant quam Deus neque Chrys●st lib. 3. de Sacerdotio ●ngelis neque Archangel●s datam esse voluit Neque ●im ad illos dictum est Quae●unque alligaueritis in ●rrâ erunt alligata in coelo Et quaecunque soluereti●● terrâ erunt soluta in ●oel● It is giuen to Priests ●at they shall haue power which God would haue ●uen neither to Angells nor Ar●hange●●s For it is not ●ed to them Whatsoeuer you ●hall bind vpon earth ●all be bound also in heauen and whatsoeuer you shall ●ose on earth shall be loosed in heauen The power ●f binding which is in Princes is onely ouer ●odies that of Priests ouer soules and exten●eth to heauen Habent terrestres Principes vin●li potestatem verum corp●rum solum Id autem quod Chryso●● ibide● ●●o Sacordotum vinculum ipsam e●iam animam con●ngitatque ad coelos vsque peruadit Terreane Princes ●lso haue the power of fetters but of the bodie onely ●ut that which I saie the bonds of Priests toucheth the ●ule it selfe and passeth vnto the heauens This is the doctrine deliuered by Christ so exp●●nded both by the Gr●●ke and ●●●ine Church in Britani● and all places with all persons all good Emperours Kinges and Prince● of England and which the whole Christian worlde ha●e euer prof●ssed and declared 17. And the world will witnesse euery where against persecuting England that the Cath●lik● P●iest and Clergie thereof be as le●●ned ●●ly religious and as sa●● f●●m exception and eue● haue bene since they were persecuted ●●mber for number as any ●●●gi●●● all Ch●●stian re●owned Na●ions And of all Eng●●●h people they ha●e most ●o●o●red ●n●●east 〈…〉 offended their P●inces or 〈…〉 C●●●crie Most of them be and 〈…〉 of noble or 〈◊〉 famili●● and al●●●bred ●● and discended that th●y ha●e 〈◊〉 at home and abroad without 〈…〉 or hu●e They 〈◊〉 left 〈…〉 places i● 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Engl●●d 〈…〉 and all They 〈…〉 B●shopr●cks 〈◊〉 or 〈…〉 but leaue 〈◊〉 to th●●●r 〈…〉 any 〈◊〉 Trib●●es or 〈…〉 From their Aduersa●ies The Catholike● of ●nglan● 〈◊〉 these ●o 〈…〉 more the Protestants doe 〈…〉 or many 〈◊〉 Presentations and 〈◊〉 which be●o●ged 〈◊〉 their ●o ●●ll into the lapse for the Protestant Bishops to bestowe as th●y will Ou● Catholik● Priests haue no wiues or children to trouble the Cōmon ●ealth with●ll Pari●he●●nd p●aces of birth be not postered or charged with any ●u●h n●r Scho●●erships or Fel●owships in Vn●uersitie● which are not or●ained for Minister● children● Tenan●s are ●ot put out of their liuings nor the Church Ri●ches and liuings horded vp beggars made ●ut not releeued for any 〈◊〉 of Priests ●r Priests fauourers All that be of their ac●uintance in Religion are instructed in dutie ●o God and Prince and be most true and ●utifull Subiect● to ●heir king ●n all occasiōs ●h●se cānot be the 〈◊〉 of a bad Religion 18. Their Religion vnder pre●en●e where●f they are presecuted they haue of●ē in pub●shed bookes proued in euery point and ●rticle to be onely true and now doe cō●● it ●●t to p●e●se which will so demonstrate 〈◊〉 euery Article of th● P●●se●utours Re●ion euen by the Apostle● and Apo●olike men and Fathers of that age in ●hich they liued holy Scripturs and Pro●stants themselue● and they haue often ●ade most earnest and hūb●e petitions late● p●blished in print to the Parlament 〈◊〉 publickly euen with vnequall condi●ons to themselues and their caus●●● dispute ●d m●intain● all and euery part of the do●ine they hold and 〈◊〉 against the best ●arned Protestant Bishops or 〈◊〉 their Persecutours And yet if mē would or should speake doe and proceede consequently as they which tak●●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 Ma●se absolueth penitents or reconci●eth men to the Catholike faith by power authoritie or Iurisdiction from Rome is no more guiltie of so ●ermed treason by the Parlamēt Protestant Acts and lawes then all other Ecclesiasticall Parlamēt an 〈◊〉 Elizab. Statute 2. Parlam 1. Iacob Parlam ● Car●li person● d●acons or others inferiours Religious of what name title or degree soeuer as Subdeacōs Acolythists Exorcists or others wanting all such power as is euident by that o● Queene Elizabeth receiued and prosecute● by king Iames ād king Charles Priests therefore are not or should not be so prosecute● for their Priestlie functions God forbyd any English minded man or louer of Englan● should thinke or wish it a thing so penall an● capitall for any Inhabitāt of England or English man to be borne abid or remaine in hi● beloued natiue Countrie of England thoug● he we●e a meaner and more vnworthie ma● then any meanest Priest of England is 19. The Protestants thus deriue our Clerg●● Succession Th● first Parlament of Q● C●mbd Annal pag 36. ●●izabeth being ended the Oath of th● Queens supreamacie was proposed to the Catholike Bishops and Ecclesiasticall Persons many as refused to sweare were depriued their benefices dignities and Bishopriks ● Rulers of Churches 50. Prebendaries 5. ●isters of Colledges 12 Archdeacons 12. ●anes and 14. Bishops all that then ●emai● except one Anthonie Bishop of Landaffe ● calamitie of his See and ●ome commit●ed prison in the Tower Fleete Marshallea ● kings Bench. How reuerend and learned ●n those of our Clergie then we●e and they ●ch immediately ioyned with the and cōti●d a Successiō of renowned Clergie Priests ● memorable bookes and writings of very ●y of them in defence of Catholike Reli●n ther honour therby registred among ● must worthie writers and their glorie in whole Church of Christ are warrant to posteritie I am an vnworthie witnesse ● many older and of more frequēt conuersa● with Priests then I can better testifie that ●hin 25 yeares of the Reigne of Queene E●beth when so many from our Seminaries ● come hither that at one time there were ● of them Prisoners in the Marshallea and ●y of them put to death There were then ●y of Queene Maries Priests depriued and ●secuted by Queene Elizabeth still liuing ● labouring here in this holy cau●e and ●st of them were very learned as they were ● which were sent from our Seminaries to ●plie their number and ioyne with them as ●ers published bookes from them their
of England and died ● of ●t Abbot Fecknam by Moncks and ● d●ed in the yeare 1585. And then by ●● Monckes and all mens confession there liued here in England of the old English Monkes onely F. Buckley no great Preacher or learned man So this onely such Moncke could not ab●e that proposition There n●●er hath bene any Interruption of Benedictine Preachers and tea●●e●● in England One no Preacher cannot be such and in the plurall number 23. And that Author made no more men●ion in particular of Benedictine Moncks ●hen of other Religious Orders all o● them ●ailing in learned Priests except of ●he Cler●ie to ●heach and defend true R●●igion He ●id not meane there was not any one either ●earned or vnlearned If any such thing is ●here printed it was the printers and not his ●oing neither can any of equa●l Iudgement ●inke otherwise for that authour well k●ew ●at Father Sebert Buckley was thē liuin● he ●eing well and very louingly acquain●e● with ●aister Sadler and maister Mahu Priests ●hich first ioyned with that F. Buckley hea●ng from them the manner thereof And he ●ath seene vnder one of their han●s more ●en euer he wrote or held That it was ●oubted whether that father Buckley was a ●rofessed Moncke or no and the reasons of ●ch doubt are thus set downe written with ●ne of their hands Quia hoc neque per scripturam ●e publicum Instrumentum neque per testem quirem ●sam nouerat probatum vidit Because he had no●●ne this prooued by writing or pu●like Instrument nor witnesse that knew it This is more then my friend needeth in this matter or this case now requireth And he euer thought he was a Monke So doe I and honour the Order of S. Benedict and all other Religious Orders and loue and honour all my worthie friēds and acquaintance of them as much as euer I did which some of them know to be very much and as they can wish or desire and euer shall yet verita● vincit THE VII CHAPTER That the Catholikes of England taugh● and directed by such guides in Religio● as our Priests be are not to be persecuted but protected defended and imployed as true and faithfull subiect● in all things 1. THe honour dignitie glorie and renowne of consecrated Bishops an● Priests being thus great ample excellēt an● necessarie among all true beleuing Christian● Instituted and ordained by Christ himselfe ā● according to his owne most holy Order fo● all professours of his faith and Religion in a● ●nd places vntill this life and world is to end and that the publik Sacrifice they offer and celebrate is so holy and heauenly the Religion generally which they professe preach and ●eache vndoubtedly true and that the highest spirituall power by which their Mission is so certaine so a●ntiently honourable and honoured and without manifest and vnexcusable offence both to the greatest authoritie on earth or in heauen so to be receiued and reuereuced of all twyce happie blessed and honourable is then your state cause and condition Most Noble and Renowned Confessours of the Nobilitie Gentrie and other Catholike laietie of England in chosing in such times such guides of your soules professing such Religion and which giueth you a second and greater felicitie to be for such a cause so persecuted in your Natiue Countrie of your owne Countriemen kindred and called Christians 2. To suffer Persecution for Iustice is a blessednesse and bringeth to eternall blisse But to endure it in such measure and manner as you haue done and doe it will eleuate you ●o the highest and neuer fading ioyes your ●osse may be of temporarie but your pur●hase thereby will be of much better and euer ●uting things Terreane glorie flattering and deceitfull honour is often valued bought and solde at too deare a rate but that which Persecution for the cause you suffer in will for euer endowe you with will farre exceede the worth of any price you can bestowe to possesse it Id enim quod in praesenti saieth ● ad Cor. 4. Saint Paule est momentaneum leue tribulationis nostrae supra modum in sublimitate aeternum gloriae pondus operatur in nobis non contemplantibus nobis quae videntur sed quae non videntur Quae enim videntur temporalia sunt quae autem non videntur aeterna sunt For that our tribulation which presently is momentarie and light worketh aboue measure exceedingly an eternall weight of glorie in vs we not considering the things that are seene but that are not seene For things that be seene are temporall but those that be not seene are eternall And c. 5. in an other place he addeth Scimus enim quoniam si terrestris domus nostra huius habitationis dissoluatur quod aedificationem ex Deo habemus domum ●on manufactam aeternam in caelis For we know that if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolued that we haue a building of God a house n●● made with hand eternall in heauen Your liues your lands your liberties honours and what soeuer in things temporall and to be forsakē or spoyled and depriued off deare vnto you were lent giuen and but for a time bestowed vpon you as also his most pretious blood and life was after many other Miserie 's sustained for your Ransome ād Redēption by him for whose right and cause you stand and patiently endure afflictions for the same so often so much and so long time Thus he himselfe founde the way and returned to his owne kingedome and glorie immense and eternall and he said at his departure hence to his heauenly throane vnto his blessed Apostles Disciples to you and all that shall serue and suffer for him to the end of the world In domo Patris mei Io 1● mansiones multae sunt vado parare vobis locum Et ●● abiero praeparauero vobis locum iterum venio accipiam vos ad meipsum vt vbi sum eg vos sitis Et quo ego vado scitis viam s●●●is In my fathers house there be many mansions I goe to prepa●e you a place I come againe and will take you to my s●lf● that where I am you also may be And wither I goe you knowe and the way you knowe Euery Mansion in heauen in the howse of God farre surpasseth all Pallaces and pleasures of this world and to be with Christ in eternall glorie infinitely exceedeth all delights and honours here And the glorie and reward of them that come nearest to Christ in sufferings here ●●ll be ●he highest and greatest with him there in loyes for euer Ecce Taberna●ulum Dei cum hominibus Apo●al ●1 habitabit cum eis ipsi populus ●ius erunt ipse Deus cum eis er●t corū Deus E● absterget Deus omnem Lachrymam ab oculis eorum m●rs vltrà non erit neque luctus neque clamor neque dolor erit vltrà quae prima abierunt Behold the Tabernacle of