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A40122	The arraignment of popery being a short collection, taken out of the chronicles, and other books, of the state of the church in the primitive times : also, the state of the Papists, and how long it was before the universal pope and mass was set up, and the time of bringing in all their rudiments and traditions, beads and images, purgatory, tythes and inquisitions : also, a relation of their cruelties they acted after the Pope got up, being worse then the heathen and Turk, New Rome having proved like Old : also, what the people of England worshipped before they were Christians : with several other things, which may be profitable for people to read over, where all that fear God may see, read, try, and give judgment by the spirit of truth : to which is added, The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church / by G.F. and E.H.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Hookes, Ellis, d. 1681.	1667 (1667)	Wing F1750A; ESTC R15884	93,976	138

who received the Office of the Priesthood had a command to take tythes according to the Law of the Brethren but not of the Gentiles But we must tell you Christ is come in the flesh who is offered up once for all their Offerings and ends all the Jews Offerings the Heave-Offerings and Shake-Offerings and tythes as well as other Offerings and Christ came not after the Order of Aaron which Levi came of that had the tythes but after the Order of Melchisedeck without Father or Mother beginning of dayes or end of life who has ended the Levitical Priesthood and changed the Law by which it was made and disannulled the commandment that gave him his tythes Heb. 7. And now if you say you take tythes as you are the Successors of the Apostles I say that Christ gave no command to his Apostles to take tythes but on the contrary said Freely you have received freely give And also if you say you receive tythe from the Martyrs being their Successors I answer they denyed the Papists and their Idolatrous wayes and their Maintenance by tythes and therefore they hu●ned them to ashes Now who are you like Papists or the Jews not like the Disciples or the Martyrs No use of tythes occurres nor can be proved to be in use till about the end of three hundred years after Christ● but the Church-maintenance in that time was the free benevolence and contribution of the people as Tertullian Origen and Cyprian do testifie and in the next three hundred years Heathenism and Paganism did totally overspread this Land until about the year six hundred when Gregory the Great 〈…〉 Augustin the Monk into England assisted with forty Preachers to convert the Saxons from Paganism to Popery which was in the time of Ethelbert King of Kent who was the first called a Christian King who being turned to the Profession of the Christian Religion was afterwards an Instrument for the conversion of his Nation the Saxons This Ethelbers is reported to have been very bountiful to the said Augustin the Monk and gave him the Lordship of his chief City Cante●bury but that he gave him any tythes or ever commanded tythes to be paid to him or to any other or made any Law for payment of tythes it doth not appear by any History Christians at the first gave tythes upon no other account then they did Alms as Austin said which was divided by the Bishop part to the Priest and part to the poor and these things which at first were voluntarily given through custom and usage hath at last become inforceable and Laws and Decrees made to compel them to another use then they were at first given Gratian. Cans p. 16. r. c. Decinuce Selden in his History of tythes saith that before the year Eight hundred or thereabouts there is not any General Law that yet remains in publick and is of credit which ordained any payment of tythes or tenths in the Western churches for in the Eastern said he I never ready any Law that mention'd them p. 67. And in the Council of Lateran in the year one thousand two hundred and fifteen a Relation is of some Nations who although Christians did not by their own Rights and Customs pay Tythes These are abserved by Innocent the fourth to have been Greeks Armenians and the like And Antonius expresly remembers the general non-payment of them in the Eastern Churches Summa Part 3. Ti● 4. It is further observable that of old Tythes nor Offerings were not paid to the Priests But to the Bishop or his Deputy who was Steward to distribute them to the Presbyters and poor the Curates or Presbyters in City and Country were such as the Bishop appointed to have cure of souls and where they kept their cure the offerings of devout Christians were received and disposed of in maintenance of the Clergy and relief of the poor by the Steward 's thereunto appointed called Oeconoms or Deacons And all that was received in the Dioces● o● Parish was put in a common Treasury to be dispensed one p●r● was for the maintenance of those that took care of peoples souls and mother part for the releif of the poor and sick and strangers S●ld●n 〈◊〉 6. pag. 80.81 The B●hemians being descended from the Waldenses did profess that all Priests ought to be poor and to be content with alms only so saith Enias Silvius as it is cited by Bishop Usher De Chr. Ecc. Succes Chap. 6. Page 155. And Wickliff in his Complaint to the Parliament in Richard the seconds time he saith Ah Lord God! where this be reason to constrain the people to find a worldly Priest sometimes unable both of life and cunning in pomp and pride covetous and envy gluttonness and drunkenness with fat Horse and jolly and gay Sad●les and Bridles ringing by the way and their Neighbours perish for hunger cold and other mischiefs of the world Ah Lord Jesus Christ sith which in few years men paid their Tythes and Offering at their own free-will to good men and able to great Worship of God to profit and fairness of holy Church fighting on Earth why it were lawful and needful that a worldly Priest should destroy this holy and approved custom constraining men to leave this freedom turning Tythes and Offerings into wicked uses And one of the Articles of John Wick liff for which he was censured was That Tythes are pure Alms and that the Parishioners may for the use of their Curates detain and keep them back and bestow them upon others at their own will and pleasures Acts and Mon. p. 435. And the Proposition aforesaid is largely defended by John Hus in the said Book of Martyrs p. 461. and in the conclusion of the Dicourse it is affirmed That the Clergy are not Lords and Possessors of Tythes or other Ecclesiastical Goods but only Stewards and after the necessity of the Clergy is once satisfied they ought to be given to the poor The Examination of William Thorpe Martyr in the days of King Henry the Fourth Anno Dom. 1407 concerning Tythes and the Maintenance of a Gospel-Ministry See Acts and Mon. pag. 536 537. And the Arch-Bishop then spake to me angerly What saist thou to this fourth point that is certified against thee preaching whenly and bodily in Shrewsberry that Priests have no Title to Tythes● Thorpe said I named there no word of Tythes in my preaching but more then a month after that I was arrested and in prison a man came to me asking me what I said of Tythes I said in this Town are many Clerks and Priests of which some are called Religions men though many of them be Secular therefore ask ye of them this Question And this man said to me Sir our Prelates say That we also are obliged to pay our Tythes of all things that accrue to us and that they are accursed that withdraw any part wittingly from them of their Tythes Tho●pe ●aid I wonder that any Priest dare say men to

persecute the Christians out of his mility to the gods in which persecution several Bishops were put to death And at that time the Bishop of Antioch testified That sufferings made them like unto Christ who had suffered for them himself preparing a way through suffering unto eternal life About the same time did a Governor write unto the Emperor in the Christians behalf whereupon the Emperor wrote That they should seek no more of them but those they had in prison should they put to death The Fourth Persceution In the Year One hundred sixty four was the Fourth Persecution of the Christians which arose under the Emperors Ma●cus Auretius and Lucius Verus in which Polycarpus Bishop of Smy na was put to death who had been a Disciple of John and had been many years in the service of the Lord as he himself acknowledge About the same time was Julianus put to death at Rome in whose time the Christians were accused to have a fleshly conversation one with another which he marked to be lyes by their willingness to dye and thereby he coming to be converted became an Eminent Teacher of the Christians Baron Anno 164. numb 2. Enseb l.b. 4 cap. 6. At Lyons in France there did go forth a Proclamation That the Christians might not dwell in their houses nor that they must not converse in the streets nor shew their faces which being impossible for them to perform their sufferings became exceeding great and in the mean time some of the slaves gave out that the Christians lived in filthy lasciviousness among themselves In this persecution there was one Lucius put to death for reproving the Judg for putting the Christians to crueller deaths then any Transgressor The Fifth Persecution In the Year Two hundred and one did the Fifth persecution begin under the Emperor Severus which was thus in part occasioned to wit When the Emperor had a Warr and had gotten the Victory the Christians kept themselves still and quiet without making tokens of joy with I ires or May-poles or other Triumphs according to the manner of the Heathen Whereupon they accused the Christians our of envy as if they despised and hated the Emperor and the rather because the Christians would not swear by his Fortune Tertul. pag. 30.127 In those dayes it was the manner among the Christians not to go to any Comedies or Stage-playes for they understood that if they did forsake the Devil and all his works with the world that then they must forsake Comedies and Stage-Playes Moreover the Christians said We renounce your Shews as we condemn their divers Originals by the knowledg we have that they are effects of Superstition and Idolatry The Sixth Persecution In the Year Two hundred thirty seven did the Sixth Persecution under the Emperor Maximinus arise who partly out of envy to his Kinsman Alexander who had been favourable to the Christians did persecute the Christians in which Persecution there were many put to death for the Heathen in those dayes were so spightful against the Christians that when there was an Earthquale or a Storm or the like they laid the blame upon the Christians saving Their gods were angry because their honour went to nothing through the Christians This Emperor did not Reign very long therefore did this persecution cease the sooner The Seventh Persecution In the Year Two hundred fifty three did the Seventh Persecution arise under the Emperor D cius who with excessive Cruelty did persecute the Christians In this Persecution several of the Bishops were put to death and such as were the chief among the Christians did theytorture with many torments and plundered the Christians houses and that which the Plunderers did not esteem they burn'd In this Persecution many suffered Martyrdom some being burned some beheaded women as well as men some whipt to death and some Soldiers fo encouraging these Martyrs in their sufferings were put to death In this terrible Persecution several departed from the Faith for fear of the Torments yet after wards came to be restored again The Sufferings of the Christians were great under this Emperor but his days were also shortned for he had not reigned Two years but was caught in a Quag-mire where he met with a check or reproof for his Cruelty Note a particular account of the terrible T●rments is mentioned towards the end of this book The Eighth Persecution In the year Two hundred fifty nine did the Eighth Persecution arise under the Emperor Valerianus who put forth a Proclamation against the Christians wherein he forbad their Meeting and when this Proclamation or Order was not observed then did there follow a great Persecution of the Christians in which there was very many put to death and some were banished and the Christians converted some of the Heathen in the places to which they were banished But the Emperor under whom the Christians thus suffered did not go unpunished for his cruelty for he was taken Prisoner by the King of Persia who made use of him for a Foot-stool when he got upon his Horse The Ninth Persecution In the Year Two hundred seveaty three did the Ninth Persecution arise under the Emperor Aurelianus but this Persecution was not so great as the other because he was cut off by death soon after he had determined the same yet in this Persecution was Foelix Bishop of Rome put to death with several others The Tenth Persecution In the Year Three hundred and two begun the Tenth Persecution which was so great that it exceeded all that had been before it not only in Cruelty but in Continuance for it contiued Twelve years Eusebius who lived at that time writes of it at large in his Ecclesiastical History saying It was occasioned through the freedom of the Christians who were come into great Reputotion and were put in Places of Office to Rule in Countries and Cities but through their prosperity and voluptuousness brotherly love came to decrease and haughtiness and pride got up and instead of Worshipping of God an insolent Authority begun to get up in the Church of the Christians And at that time the Emperor Dioclesian gave forth a Proclamation wherein he commanded that all the Christian Churches should be pull'd down and the Holy Scriptures burned and that the Christians should be turned out of their places with other such like things After that there came another Order That they should cause the chief of the Church to offer unto Idols or else such as resisted were to be put to death and some were constrained to offer This Persecution begun as a little spark but it spread over the whole Church and the Persecution was so hot and great that the Persecutors themselves were troubled if not wearied In Syria there was so many of the Christians in hold that rheir Prisons were filled with them and with joy they went unbound to their death Eusebius writes how that many of the Christians had their Ears cut off and their Noses slit and others

called and ask him by what Name he is called Then the Senior of the Cardinal-Deacons opening a little Window by which the people there waiting may see and be seen faith with a loud voice holding out the cross I show you glad tydings we have a Pope and he chuses his Name to be Innocent the Eighth c. or what Name he liketh Then the Cardinal-Deacons do put off the Popes common Apparel and put him in a white Woolen Gown and in red Hose and red Shooes embroidered with a Golden ●●oss in a red Girdle with Golden Bucklers in a red cowle also upon his head and above all in a fair white Rochet then they put upon him his upper Garments viz. A long Albe a Girdle and a Stool set full of Pearls hanging down from about his Neck but if he were but a Deacon before he was elected then the Stool must lye on his lest shoulder only and come down with both ends fas●ned under his right arm Then after they put upon the Pope a red Cope called a Pluvial and Mitre set and deck● with precious stones and they make him sit upon the Altar and then they kiss his feet and then he is consecrated and the Consecrator blesseth a precious Ring to be put on his singer saying O Lord God Creator and Conservator of Mankind giver of spiritual Gifts and Graces and greater of 〈◊〉 health and 〈◊〉 thou O Lord send down thy blessing upon this Ring c. and while this Prayer is said the Pope stands up and in the mean time one of the Colliters holdeth the Ring in his right hand kneeling down at the beginning of the blessing thereof and the Consecrator the Prayer being ended sprinkleth it over with holy Water and then puts it on the Popes singer saying Take this Ring as a sign and token of Faith c. and Oyle being poured upon his Head by the Consecrator the Cardinal-Deacon dryeth it up again with crumbs of Bread and then setteth on the Mitre and then he gives the Cardinals his feet and hands to Rite and so the Consecrator saith forth the Mass and before he is crowned the Cardinals Deacons Sub deacons and Colliters apparel him in a white Amise and long Girdle a Stool and a red Pluvial and a Mitre and being thus decked he goeth down to the place called St. Peters the Cross being carried before him the Cardinals and Deacons on either side bearing up the skirts of his Pluvial and the noblest of the Laity being present though it be the Emperor or a King must bear up the train of the same and next before the Pope goeth the Minister of the Ceremonies with Reeds in his hand upon the one tow and upon the other a burning candle and when the Pope is past the Ch●ppel of St. Gregory so called the aforesaid Minister turning him to the Pope setteth fire on the tow kneeling down and saying with a loud Voice Holy Father so passeth away the glory of the world which he doth three times and then the Gospel-book is laid upon the Popes shoulders and afterwards he goeth up the Altar and the Prior of the Cardinal-Deacons taketh the Robe called Pollium from the Altar and putteth it upon the Pope saying Receive the Pall which is the sacred Plenitude and holy perfection of the Pontificial Office to the honour of Almighty God of the blessed Virgin Mary his Mother of the holy Apostle Peter and Paul and of the holy Church of Rome and then maketh it fast about the Pope with Buckles and Pins And when the Pope first receiveth this Robe he goeth to the Altar and kisseth it and then kisseth the Gospel-Book and then putteth Incense into the Censers Then they proceed to crown him after this sort The Pope receiving the Gloves and Rings with the other Implements goeth upon a high Stage made for the purpose and when all the La● people are gone out of the Church so called and the Pr●●●● are c●me together the Deacon on the left hand taketh off the Popes Mi●●● 〈◊〉 Deacon on the right hand taketh the Tiare or Cro●● called a Triple Crown and setteth 〈◊〉 on the Popes bead and th●n going to the Church of Latte an so called he goeth up into the Gallery or Cloister of the same where the Prior of the Cannons holdeth him the cross to kiss and the triple Crown is taken off and the Mitre put on and then he is had to a place or seat without the Gate on the left hand called Stercoraria which signifies a Dunghil and setting down on the said seat and leanning down so low that he seemeth rather lying then sitting the Cardinals come to him and lift him up saying He lifteth up the needy from the dust and from the dunghil exalteth the poor that he may sit among the Princes and possesss the Throne of Glory Then the Pope rising up taketh so much money in his hand out of the bosome of his Chamberlain as he can gri●e and casteth among the people saying Arge●●um Aurum non est mihi quod autem habeo hoc tibi do I have neither Gold nor Silver but that that I have that I give thee and at the Popes Feast after he is crowned when he drinketh all the Assistants and Servitors kneel down So great is the pride of this Prelate These things are truly extracted out of the First and Second Sections of the First Book of Ceremonies aforesaid written by a Papist CHAP. XIII The time when the Tythes were first given in England by whom and by whose Authority a Law for payment of Tythes was first established First Whereas it is alledged that Abraham paid the tenth of the spoil that he got by the Sword to Melchisedeck and Melchisedeck made him and his Soldiers a Feast this was not by the command of God nor an example that all Kings and Princes should pay tythes of all their spoil nor the tenth of their Estates For you never read that Abra●am paid it afterwards as you may read in Josephus and Genests the twenty third and Jacob saying to the Lord when he went from Esau at his return he would surely give him the tenth of all that he gave unto him when he vowed a vow This is no example for Christians to pay Tythes no more then it is to offer Sacrifice for he ffored Sacrifices And again Wh●reas it is alledged that Levi took ●ythes and Aaron which was called a Heave-offering or a Shake-offering which tythes was for the Priest Levi and the Widow and the Fatherless and the Stranger that there might not be a Beggar in Is●●ael So you that hold up tythes must hold up the first Priesthood which ord●ined to offer Sacrifices and hold up the Shake-offering and the Heave-offering and so deny Christ come in the flesh and to be offered up one Offering once for all For if the Levitical Priesthood be standing which came after the Order of Aaron then your tythes and Offerings is standing for Levi