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A20606	The rockes of Christian shipwracke, discouered by the holy Church of Christ to her beloued children, that they may keepe aloofe from them. Written in Italian by the most reuerend father, Marc Ant. de Dominis, Archb. of Spalato, and thereout translated into English; Scogli del christiano naufragio, quali va scoprendo la santa chiesa di Christo. English	De Dominis, Marco Antonio, 1560-1624.	1618 (1618)	STC 7005; ESTC S117489	73,138	191

worse to boulster out their Couetousnesse and Ambition they of their owne head without my foreknowledge or consent nay to my great griefe notwithstanding my ceaselesse reclaimes and continuall protests against thē euen to the stopping of my mouth by downe-right violence they haue thrust vpon the world their owne inuentions and established their owne ordinances not drawne out of that Testament which my Spouse left to me and them namely the holy Scriptures but craftily hammered out of their owne capricious proiects and tending to the preiudice downefall and ruine of your poore soules my deare children These their fancyfull deuices and monstrous inuentions brought in after those many ages of my purity and singlenesse were past these being founded vpon Auarice and Ambition and cunningly couched vnder the water yet so that they stand neere the toppe of it are the Rockes and Shelfes and Quick-sands vpon which full many a wracke is made in the chiefest parts of my Dominions Now therefore my beloued children especially you that finde your selues though to my dishonour and great preiudice vnder the yoake of my daughter of Rome I will discouer to you all these Rockes as I haue formerly discouered them to diuerse other my daughters whereby they haue beene much secured from danger Afford mee attention with diligence for your part I for mine protest in the presence of my Spouse your Lord and mine and forwarne you that from henceforth the shipwrackes which you shall suffer shall bee your owne fault and not mine if vpon vaine scruples or feares suggested by the diuell and cherished by those who in name and profession beare themselues as my seruants but are indeede my most deadly enemies and rebells against me you shall forbeare to open your eyes and to bee aduertised of those dreadful Rocks which for your euerlasting good I heere compendiously as in a Sea-mappe decipher out before your eyes to the end that you escaping out of them or rather keeping farre and wide from them may euery of you guide the vessell of his soule with all safetie to the hauen of eternall saluation Giue eare therefore to me And although Couetise hath risen before Ambition and giuen the first blow to my Ministers yet forasmuchas Ambition hath been the first of the two that hath built to your cost I will therefore beginne with the Rockes which Ambition hath layd and afterward will passe to those which grew out of Auarice THE FIRST PART hath these Rocks 1 THE Papacie Fol. 1. 2 Temporall power 30. 3 Infolded faith 38. 4 Excōmunication 45. 5 The Cōmandements of the Church 56. 6 False vnion 69. THE SECOND PART hath these Rocks 1 THE Masse Fol. 73 2 Auricular Confession 97. 3 Purgatory together with Satisfactiōs and Indulgences 117. 4 Inuocation of Saincts 142. 5 Images and Reliques 148. 6 Merits 158. PROVERB 1.20 Wisedome crieth without she vttereth her voice in the streets She crieth in the chiefe place of concourse in the opening of the gates in the citie she vttereth her words saying How long yee simple ones will yee loue simplicitie and the scorners delight in scorning and fooles hate knowledge Turne you at my reproofe behold I will powre out my Spirit vnto you I will make knowen my words vnto you THE FIRST PART ¶ The rockes which are founded on Ambition The first Rocke The Papacie CHRIST my Lord and Spouse the Sauiour of my body Ephes 5. c 3. mine onely true and liuing Head as hee hath promised to be with me alway Matth. 28.20 euen vnto the ende of the world so he neuer would like that I should acknowledge any other spouse or Lord or Head then himselfe Indeed once he died and that was to wash me with his owne blood to make for me a vitall bath and lauer of saluation but he quickly rose againe and dieth no more Rom. 6.9 death hath no more dominion ouer him and howsoeuer in his most sacred manhood hee remaineth in heauen farre distant from me in regard of bodily presence yet notwithstanding by his Spirit hee is here vpon earth continually present with me and so by way of Headship or Lordship he hath no need of any Successor or Lieutenant in that himselfe being mine owne and onely Head doeth infuse into me all vigor all motion and all direction which I being his Body receiue from him being such an Head as is not dead but liuing not seuered from mee but still growing to me What need then haue I of a visible Head Whatsoeuer an head vsually doeth or can do to its owne body materially all that is spiritually wrought in me by my Christ and that with abundant sufficiencie I am indeed a body but rather an inuisible and spirituall one then visible and materiall in regard whereof my imployments are for the most part spirituall and inuisible And therefore I haue need of such an Head as by his spirituall and inuisible influence may keepe mee in life and gouerne mee and furnish mee with strength for my performances In this behalfe a visible head can stead me iust nothing And as for that small deale of visibilitie and outwardnesse which concerneth me in this world I haue no need in that behalfe of any head for influence but of a Ministery onely for execution which is very sufficient for mee So haue I need of visible hands and feet but not of a visible head inasmuch as that which is to be wrought visibly and outwardly in me is fully and completely performed by the onely Ministery of my members without any proper office of an Head Hence was it that my Christ as soone as he espoused me did appoint me diuers Ministers who in my visible employments should all of them serue my turne but as members onely and not as an Head Of this the first were the twelue Apostles who were no other then meere Ministers both vnto Christ and to me also not masters nor Heads properly so called Neither was it his pleasure that any of them should be set ouer me as a proper Head or as a Lord or Master in any wise but his appointment was that vnder himselfe my onely King Lord Master and husband I should be left as Lady and Mistresse ouer all his and my Ministers or seruants which is acknowledged by S. Paul stiling himselfe my Minister Col. 1.25 As indeed were likewise all the other Apostles euen S. Peter himselfe who auoucheth as much Actes 1.17 whilest hee calleth his Apostleship a Ministery And surely he neuer had nor professed himselfe to haue any such Headship or Lordship ouer me but was enterteined in my seruice only as were the rest also Neither can it euer be found that Christ committed to S. Peter any greater or other charge dignitie iurisdiction or authority then to the other Apostles who all and euery of them were by the institution of Christ himselfe absolutely equall in all charge and office which they bare in respect of me Nay my Spouse was so farre