Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	church_n	protestant_n	roman_a	3,280	5	7.8264	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94760	The Pope's cabinet unlocked, or, A catalogue of all the popes indulgences belonging to the order of S. Mary together with a list of all the indulgences daily, yearly, and for ever, to be had at Rome, S. James of Galatia in Compostella, Jerusalem and all places in the Holy Land / written in Italian by Fr. Ancangelo Tortello of the said order of S. Mary : and now translated into English by John Sidway late seminary priest, but now of the reformed religion and vicar of selling in Kent and one of the discoverers of the horrid popish plot, with the cause of his conversion : whereunto is added an appendix by the translator in which the grounds and foundation of the said indulgences being themselves apparently proved to be meer cheats : and also shewing that the Church of Rome doth lay the chief basis of their religion on indulgences : dedicated to the right honourable the Earl of Shaftsbury.	Tortello, Arcangelo.; Sidway, John.	1680 (1680)	Wing T1943; ESTC R3021	71,116	87

Printed for Isaac Cleave at the signe of the Starr next to Searjants Jnn in Chancery Lane THE Pope's Cabinet UNLOCKED OR A CATALOGUE Of all the POPES INDULGENCES Belonging to the Order of S. Mary TOGETHER With a List of all the Indulgences daily yearly and for ever to be had at Rome S. James of Galatia in Compostella Jerusalem and all places in the Holy Land Written in Italian by Fr. Arcangelo Tortello of the said Order of S. Mary And now Translated into English by John Sidway late Seminary Priest but now of the Reformed Religion and Vicar of Selling in Kent and one of the Discoverers of the horrid Popish Plot with the Cause of his Conversion Whereunto is added an APPENDIX by the Translator in which the grounds and foundation of the said Indulgences being examined are utterly overthrown and by consequence Indulgences themselves apparently proved to be meer Cheats And also shewing that the Church of Rome doth lay the chief Basis of their Religion on Indulgences Dedicated to the Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftsbury LONDON Printed for Isaac Cleve at the Star next to Serjeants-Inn in Chancery-Lane 1680. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ANTHONY EARL of Shaftsbury Baron Ashly of Winbourne S. Giles Lord Cooper of Pawlet c. My Lord THE signal Favours received from your Honour and the confidence I have of your Lordships Endeavours to conserve Religion in its true purity imboldeneth me to present you with this worthless Present designed for you ever since it was in the confused Mass of my thoughts which if your Lordship please to peruse and receive into Protection and the pious Reader reap advantage by my intendment my Design hath succeeded to my wish The matter contained in the Translation is a Catalogue of the Popes Indulgences or Inventory of the Romish Treasure which Treasure or Indulgences being grounded upon meer Fictions and consequently at best but Cheats I have in my Appendix endeavoured to destroy overthrowing the very Ground-works both by Scripture and Fathers whereupon they are founded My Design herein is to unmask this grand Deceit of the Romish Church conceiving that they that trust to the said Indulgences rely on worse than Reeds being thereby exposed to the greatest danger and meerly guld not onely of their Money but their Expectations Thus humbly craving your Lordships Pardon for this my boldness beseeching God daily to increase that ardent affection you bear to Religion and that his Grace and Goodness may always supply you with meet gifts and Priviledges to do him Service and increase your Comforts here and hereafter I adventure to subscribe and esteem my self happy in the honour of being My Lord Your Lordships most humble and most devoted Servant JOH SIDWAY TO THE READER Courteous Reader WHatsoever thou art great is the benefit that thou mayest receive by this little Book Art thou a Romanist knowing thy Religion to be grounded in all Controverted Points upon those Indulgences thou mayest by the Grace of God seeing them here overthrown be brought to relinquish thy Erroneous Opinions Art thou a Protestant or any other dissenting from the Church of Rome here thou mayest discover a great part of the Roman Ecclesinstick Policy and by what means such absurd Tenents as are held in the Roman Church are introduced into the good Opinion of the people and admitted into their Faith nevertheless not to the end they may by thee be imitated but abhored and avoided Would'st thou know by what means they came to so many Religious Orders and why so many enter as they call it into Religion 't is because of the many and great Indulgences which they are possest with a belief they obtain thereby Wouldest thou know wherefore they invocate and adore Saints the Host the Crucifix Holy Relicks and Images 't is because of Indulgences Wouldest thou know the reason of their strict observance of these and other their Churches Ceremonies their prefering of one Church and Altar before another and of all their Pilgrimages 't is because of Indulgences In fine there is nothing Controverted betwixt the Roman and other Churches but lest the same should be utterly overthrown they are some way underpropped by Indulgences which although but meer Cheats and therefore at best but rotten Posts yet since the people are brought to have so good an Opinion of them serve as most itable and firm Pillars In the overthrowing whereof though I have used much the Fathers yet 't is not with an Opinion they are more infallible than others or that we are to regard any more their Testimony but because dealing with the Romanists I deal with an unreasonable people who believe no other no not so much as the holy Scriptures unless as the Fathers expound them I have here produced them amongst other Testimonies For my part I was brought up and continued until about three years since in the Church of Rome in which I was of no small repute and esteem but Conscience did so accuse and torment me being Conscious to my self of so many grand Absurdities gross Idolatries and superstitious Practices which I found I must of necessity be guilty of dayly continuing therein that utterly relinquishing that of Rome I adjoyned with the Church of England in my coming unto which although I was put to beat out the way as it were through Fire and have been since by many thereof very hardly dealt withal which I pray God forgive I have received the greatest joy in Spirit and Consolation in Conscience imaginable verily believing That amongst all established Churches in the whole Universe which I have seen and blessed be God I have seen all or most that there is not any nearer to Scripture and Primitive Practice than is the Church of England and rather than I would return to the Church of Rome admit my self or condescend to maintain any one point of the Romish peculiar Doctrine there is not a Torment so great nor a Death so grievous which I would not gladly suffer The said Indulgences amongst other things were one reason of my relinquishing of the Church of Rome having indeed been at most of the places where the said Indulgences are obtained and know the ensuing Catalogue to agree with the Records and Reports of each place and conceiving that those that are cured of a dangerous Malady ought not to conceal the means conducing thereunto from those that either are or may be sick of the same Disease I have thought meet to publish the same to the World which if kindly accepted may induce me to many other Works of the like kind and of shewing my self Thy very Well-wisher Joh. Sidway THE AUTHOR'S EPISTLE DEDICATORY To my illustrious and venerable Brothers and Sisters of the Company of the most glorious Virgin BY how much the more I know my self obliged in general and in particular to your most noble Country and the more I go about accusing my self a Debtor for so many Favours and Benefits in the same continually received so much