Preist is to offer Sacrifice and Minister other Sacraments and Deacons are to Minister vnto them in such holie mysteries and so must needs haue power giuen them accordingly in their consecration and this was so with the Apostles and Ignat. epistol ad Heronem Diaconum the first Preists and Deacons Sacâ—rdotes sunt Tâ— verò Diaconus Sacerdotum Minister Baptizanâ— sacrificant manus imponunt tu verò illis ministras vt Sanctus ille Stephanus Iacobo presbyteris qui Epistol ad Trallian erant Hierosolymis Oportet Diaconos mysteriorum Chtisti ministris per omnia placere nec enim ciborum potuum ministri sunt sed Ecclesiae Dei administratores Ipsi itaque tales sunt at vos reueremini illos vt Christum Iesum cuius vicarij sunt Episcopus Typum Dei Patris omnium gerit presbyteri verò sunt consessus quidam coniunctus Apostolorum chorus Sine his Ecclesia electa non est nullasine his Sanctoruâ— congregatio nulla Sanctorum electio Quid Sacerdotium aliud est quam sacer caetus consiliarij assessoreâ— Episcopi Quid verò Diaconi quà m imitatores Angelicarum virtutum quae purum inculpatum ministerium illi exhibent vt sanctus Stephanus beato Iacobo Timotheus â—nius Paulo Anacletus Clemens Petro Qui igitur his non obedit sine Deo prorsus impurus est Christum contemnit constitutionem eius imminuit S. Martial deliuereth plainely a cheife and principall cause of the honour and excellencie of this Sacrament of holie Orders because among other eminencies thereof Bishops and Preists offer and Deacon assist them therein the most holie sacrifice of Christs bodie and blood vpon an holie Altar the very same which the Iewes did by malice offer Martial epist ad Burdegal cap. 3. when they crucified Christ Sacerdotes honorabatis qui decipiebant vos sacrificijs suis qui mutis surdis statuis offerebant Nunc autem multò magis Sacerdotes Dei omnipotentis qui vitam vobis tribuunt in calice viuo pane honor are debetis Christi corpus sanguinem in vitam aeternam offerimus Quod Iudaei per Inuidiam immolauerunt putantes se nomen eius à terra abolere nos causa salutis nostrae in ara sanctificata proponimus scientes hoc solo remedio nobis vitam The Britanâ— here so held praestandam mortem effugandam hoc enim ipse Dominus noster iussit nos agere in sui commemoratioâ—em This was also the doctrine of our first Christian Gildas l. de excid conq Britan. c. 26. manuscript antiq de tit S. Patricij Capg in cod Giâ—ald Caâ—mb Britans Their Preists were consecrated to offer the heauenly Sacrifice at the holie Altar They conseâ—rated Christs bodie and blood with their mouthes â—roprio ore And of all the people in the world as â—heir Antiquities witnes they most honoured clearâ—ie men in such respects Ecclesiasticis viris longè â—agis quà m vllaÌ„ gentem honoreÌ„ deferentes Their Bishops were consecrated with holie Chrisme imposition in descript cambr c. 18. of hands and consecrating words in consecratione Pontificum capita eorum sacri Chrismatis infusione perungere cum Inuocatione sancti Spiritus manus impositione The hands of Preists were consecrated Gild. l. de excid Britan. in castigatione Cleri to offer and handle the blessed Sacrifice Benedictione initiantur Sacerdotum manus S. Paule in diuers places proueth it giueth grace so making it a true and proper holie Sacrament Noli negligere 1. Timoth. 4. gratiam quae in te est quae data est tibi cum impositione manuum presbyterij And admoneo te vt resuscites 2. Timoth. 1. gratiam Dei quae est in te per impositionem manuum mearum And Christ himselfe by his owne example and testimonie S. Iohn the Euangelist so recording affirmeth that the holie ghost and power to forgiue sins were giuen in this Sacramentall ceremonie Io 20. Accipe Spiritum fanctum quorum remiseritis peccata remittuntur eis And it is the witnesse of God that holie Orders is the worke of the holie ghost Dixit Spiritus sanctus Segregate mihi Saulum Act. 13. Barnabam in opus ad quod assumpsi eos Tunc iâ—iunantes orantes imponentesque eis manus dimiserunt illos It is confessed by the greatest Protestant authoritie in England of King Protestant Bishops K. Iames and his protest publike conference at hampton court Couell def of hooker p. 87. and others their best scollers in their publike examen of their Religion That this power of Orders giuen as they pretend by imposition of hands Iâ— diuinae Ordinationis and de iure diuino The ordinâ—â—ce of God and by his diuine lawe To these persons Gâ—â— imparted power ouer his mysticall bodie which is â—â— societie of soules and ouer that naturall which is himself Mod. exâ—minaâ— pag. 105. 155. def of hooker pag. which antiquitie doth call the making of Christ body The power of the ministry by blessing visâ—â— elements it maketh them inuisible grace giueth 87. 88. 91. daily the holy ghost it hath to dispose of that flesh which was giuen for the life of the world and that blood which was powred out to redeeme soules It is a power which neither Prince nor potentate King nor Caesar on earth can giue The Apostles did impart the same power to ordayne which was giuen to them And in their publikly authorized Rituall and Protest Booke of Consecrat in Order Bish. and Preists booke of consecration or making Protestant Bishops and Preists warranted by their parlaments in these very Articles and their generall practise in ordayning all their Church men it is diuers times and plainely confessed both by words and actions that the holy ghost grace and power to giue grace and forgiue sinnes is infallibly giuen Protest confat hampton Communion Booke Titul visitat of the sike by the externall signe or ceremony vsed therein And both their publike conference and examen of their Religion and the common booke of their Church seruice do proue and giue warrant from hence from their ministers to forgiue sinns by such power committed to them from God in their ordination Therefore if there be any ground or warrant for the Protestant Religion of England or any one point or article thereof though but such as they pretend for the proposers and authorizers thereof whether Protestant Prince parlament conuocation canons Articles the publik bookes and practise thereof or whatsoeuer els they can name in this kinde holie Orders and preisthood so vehemently persecuted by them is by their owne doctrine and Religion an holie Sacrament in such proper true sense and meaning as it is vsed in the Romane Church at this time and euer was They were the Messaliani or Massaliani Euchitae or Enthusiastae heretiks about the Damascen de haeresib hist tripart l. 7. Theod. l. 4 c 11.
preces verbi eius ab ipso profecti grâ—â—iâ— actae sunt alimoniam incarnati illius Iesu carnem â—â— sangiuem esse edocti sumus And besides tradition and the coÌ„mon custome doctrine of the Church he doth interprete the Euangelists before cited iâ— this manner that Christ so instituted and commaunded and this in his very next words Nâ— Apostoli in commentarijs à se scriptis quae Euangâ—â— vocantur ita tradiderunt praecepisse sibi Iesum â—â— enim panc accepto gratias egisset hoc facite in â—â— recordationem HOC EST CORPVS MEVM 〈◊〉 similiter accepto gratijs actis dixisse HIC â—â— SANGVIS MEVS And most plainely Panem Câ—â—stus Iustin dial cum Triph. post med in quaest agent propos quaest 44. conficiendum tradidit vt Corpus eum factum â—â— recordaremur And Dominica caro conscientiam â—â— rum qui ipsam edunt ab omni scelere expiat S. Iâ—â—naeus also by our old brittish manuscript be◠〈◊〉 Bishop by S. Clement in this first age Beaâ—â—â— Ireâ—aeum Episcopum Beatus Clemens ordinauit â—â—â—ueth that none but such Infidels or heretiks as denyed Christ to be the sonne of God and so not Irenaeus contra haees lib. 4. cap. 34. omnipotent did or could deny this transubstantiation or chaunge of breade and wine into his bodie and blood by his powerfull words in consecration Quomodo constabit eis eum panem in quo gratiae actae sâ—â—t Corpus esse Domini sui calicem sanguinis eius â—â— non ipsum fabricatoris mundi silium dicâ—nt id est verbum eius per quod lignum fructificat defluunt â—â—â—tes terra dat primum quidem foenum post deinde spiâ—am deinde plenum triticum in spica I haue cited S. Denys the Areopagite to this This holy faith euer in Britaine purpose before And shewed also for Britayne that it had and vsed the Masse of S. Marke as their old maniscript proueth where this doctrine and practise is recorded And S. Peter preaching here his Masse brought into these parts both by his and S. Paules Disciples as I haue proued with this vse and doctrine Britaine could not be ignorant thereof And I haue cited euen from Protestant Antiquaries that our first Christian Britans both worshipped and prayed vnto Christ present in this most holie sacrament when it was shewed vnto them or they receaued it at Masse And our Protestants of England of cheife note among them with greatest applause and approbation do deduce this Catholike doctrine and practise in the Church Protest of Engl. apud Sutcliffe Subuers pag. 32. Peâ—kâ—â—s probl pâ—g 15â— 154. of Christ from this first age and in this manner Wâ—e reade in Ignatius this phrase offere and Sacrificium immolare to offer and immolate Sacrifice and like phrases in Irenaeus Tertullian and Martialis who mentioneth also Altares The auntients when they speake of the supper haue many formes of speach which sheâ— a conuersion Ambrose vseth the name of conuersion â—â—d the name of mutation Cyprian saith it is chaunged 〈◊〉 in shape but in nature Origen saith that breade is made the bodie by prayer Gaudentius saith Christs bodie is made of bread and his blood of wyne Eusebius Emissenus saith that the Preist by secrete power doth chaunge the visible creatures into the substance of Christs bâ—die and blood and that the breade doth passe into the nature of our Lords bodie So they deduce it to lower times wherein they all confesse the doctrine of transubstantiation to haue beene generally taught and professed And with speciall warrant and allowance of King Iames as they themselues testifie they publikly iustifie that it was Religio Regis the Religion Casanbon respon ad Câ—â—dinal peron pag. 50. 51. D. Androwes Prot. Bish. of Ely Midleton Papiston p. 106. Copell def of hooker pag. 276. Feild of the Church pag. 150. Couell def pag. 87. Couell modest examinat pag. 105. of the King and Kingdome that it is Christs bodie the same obiect and thing which the Romane Church beleeueth others with publick allowance also write though breadâ— by nature bee but a prophane and coÌ„mon element yet by grace it pleaseth the Lord to make it his bodie The omnipotencie of Christ maketh it his bodie The primatiue Church thought the fructified and consecrated Elements to be the bodie of Christ To their persoâ—s Preists God imparted power ouer his misticall 〈◊〉 which is societie of soules and ouer that naturall whâ—â—â— is himselfe for the knitting of both in one a worke whicâ— antiquitie doth call the making of Christs body The power of the ministry by blessing visible Elements â—â— maketh the inuisible grace It giueth daily the holie ghoâ—â— It hath to dispose of that flesh which was giuen for tâ—â— life of the worlde and that blood which was powred â—â— to redeeme soules In their most warranted publick communion booke in the ministration of this saâ—â—â—â—ent after their manner they deliuer Christs institution thereof in such significant manner of transubstantiation or chaunge that they must needs thereby graunte and affirme it or deny him to haue spoken truely but to haue told an vntruth â— thing most blasphemous and vnpossible thus they sette it downe as Catholiks do at Masse Iesus Protest commun booke Tit. communion Christ who in the night he was betrayed tooke breade and when he had giuen thankes he breake it and gaue it to his disciples saying take eate this is â—y bodie which is giuen for you do this in remembrance of mee Likewise after supper he tooke the cuppe and when he had giuen thankes he gaue it to them saying drinke yee all of this this is my bloode of the new testament which is shedde for you for many for remissioÌ„ of sâ—â—s do this as oft as yee shall drinke it in remembrance of meâ— Here Christ omnipotent that cannot speake any vntruth expressely testifieth it was breade and wyne before and by his words his bodie which was giuen and blood shedd for vs. Therefore such transubstantiation and chaunge as Catholiks hold And this these Protestans confirme in their distribution of this Sacrament to communicants assuring euery communicant as Catholike Preists do and in the very same words that it iâ— the bodie of Christ which they giue to them and so of his blood in expresse termes which should be most true if they were true Preists as the others be And that no testimonie might be wanting to this Catholike truth by Protestants allowance they haue both published approued with greate Francisc Staucar in praefat ad Peâ—r Gallatin warrant the sentence and opinion of the old Rabbines before Christ of this mistery and thus confesse of them They are more playne and pregnant for Prot. Bafilien in editione eiusd Thom. Marton appeale pag. 396. 395. transubstantiation then are the sayeings of the transubstantiators themselues They make so directly for transubstantiation that the most Romish Doctours for the space of all
Luther Iohn Caluine Thomas Crâ—mar or whosoeuer in any time or place aâ— preacher of the coÌ„trary truth as Protestants woâ— haue it yet this man being but one could not malâ— a congregation of faithfull men which must neâ— be a number nor preach the pure word of God â— â—â—ongregation of faithfull men nor duely minister â— the Sainaments according to Christs ordinance no sâ— Protest CoÌ„f. Helu Gallic Angl. Scotic Belg. PolonuÌ„ Argent Augustan Saxonic wittemb Palatin Bohemich Parliament Henric. 8. Edw 6 Eliz. Can Comm. bookes Iniunct CanoÌ„s faithfull men or congregation yet being to preaâ— and minister them vnto which is a generall aâ— vnanswearable demonstration by this Protesâ— article it selfe that the Church could neuer so â—nerally erre nor their new pretended congregatâ— be any part or parcell of the true Church Whâ— is also manifest by their fourteene fifteene or mâ— seuerall Protestant confessions and pretended â—gregations euery on of them different from otâ— and with it selfe also as here in England the â— Church of Kinge Henry VIII King Edâ—â— Queene Elizabeth King Iames and King â—harles at open warrs with themselues both in â—ctrine and Sacraments as their seuerall approued â—wes Parlaments proclamations Synods Caâ—ns Iniunctions Litanies communion bookes â—thorized Orders of prayer conferences and deâ—ees are too great witnesses And to quench the â—ey malice of the ProtestaÌ„ts against the Church of â—ome our Mother Church as lately King Iames â—ed it they saying in this article the Church â— Rome hath erred in matters of faith The Apoâ—like men which liued this age will teach the â—ntrary First whereas all agree that Sainct Peter was Biâ—op liued and died there Sainct Dionisius the Aâ—opagite saith hee was the most auncient and â—eifest head of diuines Petrus maximum antiquissiâ—mque Dionis Areopag l. de diu nom cap. 3. Eccles Hierarch c. 9. Ignat. ep ad Rom. in â—itul Theologorum columen And testifieth plaineâ— that without doubt he was Prince or cheifest of â—e Apostles Ipse discipulorum facile princeps Sainct Ignatius proueth the Roman Church â—s the sanctified and ruling Church Ecclesia sanâ—ficata quae praesidet in loco Regionis Romanorum That was the Church which was sanctified ilâ—minated by the will of God who created all â—ings which belong to the faith loue of Christ â—sus God our Sauiour the Church worthy of â—od most decent to be blessed praysed worthy â— be obtained most chast and of excellent charity â—ioying the name of Christ and his father and reâ—enished with the holy Ghost Ecclesia sanctificata â— illuminata per voluntatem Dei qui omnia creauit â—ae pertinent ad fidem charitatem Iesu Christi Deo â—gna decentissima beatificanda laudanda digna quae quis potiatur castissima eximiae charitatis Chrâ— patris nomine fruens spirituque plena And plaiâ—ly of the Christians of Rome that they vâ— ioined in body and soule to all the commaunâ—ments of Christs and replenished with all graâ— Spiritu corpore coniunctos omnibus mandatis Iâ— Christi repletos omni gratia Dei absque haesitatione repugnatos ab omni alieno colore Without all doâ—ting freed from all errour Sainct Clement is â—â—nesse Clem. Rom. epist 1. that Sainct Peter was made the foundatâ— of the Church Simon Petrus veraefidei merito â—tegrae praecicationis obtentu fundamentum esse Ecclâ— definitus est And was cheifest ruler among the â—postles Nec inter ipsos Apostolos par institutio fâ—sed vnus omnibus praefuit And calleth him the â—ther Clem. Rom. epist 2. of all the Apostles and that he receaued tâ— keyes of the Kingdome of heauen Beatum Petrâ— Apostoluni omnium Apostolorum patrem qui clâ— regni caelestis accepit And relating how Sainct Peâ— a litle before his constituting him his successourâ— the presence of the whole Church in auribus toâ— Ecclesiae committed his chaire and Apostolike supreâ— power vnto him alone as it was by Christ commâ—cated and giuen vnto him In auribus totius Eccleâ— haec protulit verba Clementem hunc Episcopum vâ—â— ordino cui soli meae praedicationis doctrinae câ—â—â—dram trado Ipsi trado à Domino mihi traditam potesâ—tem ligandi soluendi vt de omnibus quibuscâ—â— que decreuerit in terris hoc decretum sit in coelis And this is not denied by our Protestant Anâ—quaries Robert Barnes lib. de vit Pontif. Rom. â—â— Clement 1. but affirmed from the same authoritâ— Clemens Romanus à Petro apprehens â manu institâ—â— est Romanus Pontifex si Epistolis Clementis credendâ— est Acknowledging those epistles to be the worâ— â— Sainct Clement which so testifie In which and â—ers other bookes he giueth lawes for the whole â—hurch which he himselfe sufficiently often witâ—sseth writing and sending his decrees to be kept â—d obserued to and by all Bishops Preists all â—ergy men and all Princes greater or lesse and â—nerally vnto all beleeuers Clemens vrbis Romae Clem. epist 3. de offic Sacerd Clericor â—iscopus omnibus Coepiscopis Presbyteris Diaconis â— reliquis Clericis cunctis Principibus maioribus â—noribusuè omnibus generaliter fidelibus This epiâ—e traÌ„slated by Ruffinus is intituled of the office â—d duty of Priests Clergie men de officio Sacerdotis Clericorum for the whole Church of Christ The â—e commaunde and generall authority of his Sea â—postolike he hath in diuers other bookes Sainct Anaclet epist 1. 2. 3. â—acletus also is so cleare for this primacy and inâ—libility of the Church of Rome that our Proteâ—nts confesse it thus as plainely To proue that the Ormer pict Pap. p. 78. Robert Bern. l. de vit pont Rom. in Anacleto â—urch of Rome hath the preeminence ouer all Churches â—eadgeth math 16. vers 18. vpon this rocke will I â—lde my Church and he expoundeth it thus super â—c Petram id est super Ecclesiam Romanam vpon â—s rocke that is vpon the Church of Rome will I â—ld my Church Anacletus writeth that the primacy of the Church of â—me ouer all Churches and ouer all Christian people â—s graunted by our Lord himselfe because saith he said to Peter liuing at Rome vpon this rocke will I â—ild my Church Ab ipso Domino primatum Romanae â—clesiae super omnes Ecclesias vniuer sumque Chriâ—ani nominis populum concessum esse asseruit quia inâ—it Petro agenti morieÌ„ti Romae dixit tues Petrus â— super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam Sainct Euaristus writeth the like calling the Euarist ep 1. Church of Rome the head â—â—put of Churches â—lexander Alex. 1. ep 1. affirmeth that Christ committed thâ—â—posing of the greatest causes and busines â— Churches to Sainct Peter Prince of the Apâ— and to the Apostolike Roman Sea as head of tâ— Middleton Papist p. 200. Cui sanctae Apostolicae sedi summarum disposâ— causarum omnium negotia Ecclesiarum ab ipsoâ— mino tradita sunt quasi
honoured and had such concourse of people resorting one pilgrimage vnto it to pray there and worship it that the chaldaeans in whose contry it was feared they would carry it away and there vpon obserued and watched them In terra Spyrorum vir pius ille sepultus iacet Multique ad monumentum eius corfluunt ad precationem obsequium Sane quando tantae eò frequentia vná ad monumentum eius conueniunt formidant chaldaei ac mutuunt ne illum auferant quapropter egredientem comitantur deducunt The like they testifie of Micheas est monumentum In Michea Prophet in Abac. Proph. in Achia in Aggaeo Reg. in châ—on an 350. Hieron l. aduers vigil Theod. lect l. 2. Nâ—câ—phor Eccl hist l. 10. cap. 13. ipsius vsque ad hodâ—ernum tempus nobilissimùm So of Abacuc Magnis honoribus sepultus est So of Achias postremum honorem monumentum sortitus est Likewise of Aggaeus prope Sacerdotes cum honore gloria conditus est So of Samuel the Prophet preserued with greate honour and his reliks in the time of Arcadius the Emperour he himselfe with a greate number of Bishops which put his holy reliks in silke and a vessel of golde being praesent and translating them from Iury into Thracia with such pompe and honour that the traine continued from palestina to Chalcedon Omnes Episcopi in serico vase aâ—reo portauerunt Omnium Ecclesiaruâ— populi occurrenunt sanctis reliquijs tanta laetitiâ— quasi praesentem vinentemque Prophetam cernereâ—â— susceperunt vt de palestina vsque Chalcedonem iungerentur populorum examina The reliks of the Patriarks were buryed and Michael Glycas parte 4. Annal. honoured with those of the Apostles in our Christian altars Istic venerabiles Patriarcharum Apostolorum reliquiae conditae S. Ephrem relateth the Ephrem Syr. l. de Laudibus Ioseph Patriarchae greate honour and worship which the holy Patriarke Ioseph carryed prisoner away by the Ismalites to whome his Brothers sold him did to the graue and Reliks of Rachel his holy mother with the lamentable prayer he made in that sacred place truely translated in these words O Rachel Rachel my mother behold Ioseph thy sonne whome thou hast loued what is befallen vnto hym Beholde he is ledd captyue as a Malefactour O Rachel receaue thy sonne O mother receaue me ô my mother heare the mourning and bitter scriking of my hart my eyes can no longer sustayne teares neither my life sufficeth to such lamentations and groanings The honour which was due and done to her graue at her first buriall the scripture recordeth Erexit Iacob titulum super sepulchrum eius hic est titulus Gen. c. 35. Monumenti Rachel vsque in praesentem diem Thus it was honoured from the time of her death to the time of Moses so longe after And with his allowance in holy scripture Both the old and new testament with other holy writers vnder either lawe relate vnto vs the greate honour and reuerence were done euen to the figuratiue things of the lawe of Moses the place of the Temple called holy of holyes Sancta Sanctorum whether none went but onely the high preist and onely once in the yeare with sacrifice the Arke of the Testament not to bee touched but by sanctified persons The reliks which were in it and made it more Hebr. c. 9. honorable were as S. Paul setteth them downe a golden pitcher with Manna the Rodd of Aaron which had budded and the Tables of the Testament and aboue it the Cherubim and Images in qua vrna aurea habens manna virga Aaron quae fronduerat tabulae Testamenti superque eam erant Cherubim gloriae abumbrantia propitiatorium And this holy place was there vpon called the propitiatorie or mercy seate or place of mercy God often mercifully appearing and shewing mercy there Where these holy reliks were kept and honoured Numer c. 4. all the vessels of the Sanctuary were vayled with greate honour none but the sonnes of Aaron might touch or couer them whosoeuer els touched them vntouerred or did see them vnueyled it was death non tangant vasa Sanctuarij ne moriantur Alij nulla curiositate videant quae sunt in Sanctuario priusquam inuoluantur alioquin morientur The Apostoliks Fathers of this age did also vse Clem. Apost const l. 6. cap. 29. and approue this reuerence both in the Iewes and Christians as also giue the reason thereof S. Clement giueth this because they are holy and the soules of the bodyes honoured were with God Eorum qui apud Dâ—um viuunt ne reliquiae quidem corporum sunt inhonoratae Siquidem Elisaeus Propheta postquam defunctús est mortuum susâ—itauit à piratis Syriae occisum quod nunquam accidisset nisi Corpus Elisaei Sanctum esset And alleadgeth to this purpose and sence that Ioseph embraced the deade body of his Father Iacob and Moses and Iesus the sonne of Naue carryed with them the Reliks of Iosephs body Castus Ioseph Patrem iam defunctum in lecto iacentem amplexus est Item Moses Iesus filius Naue Reliquas Corporis Ioseph ferebant And persuadeth all Bishops and others to the like reuerence of such holy things And deliuereth it so obserued of the Christians then euen going on pilgrimadge as now it is termed to visit and honour Reliks and God miraculously approued it in the graues and Tombes of two holy Christian Saincts euery yeare miraculously without mans helpe whited and adorned quite ouer and so pacified the Rage of persecutors towards their Reuerencers Progressi Clem. l. 2. Recogn essemus nos ad Sepulchra duorum fratrum quorumdam quae sponte sua per annos singulos dealbabantur Quo miraculo multorum aduersum nos repressus est furor videntes haberi nostros in memoria apud Deum S. Dionysius the Areopagite setteth downe also Dion Areop Eccles Hierarch c. 12. this Christian vse and practise and yeeldeth this reason because the body was partaker of paines and labours together with the soule when they were in this life vnited together it is to be honoured with the soule in such respects Si animo corpore Deo gratam acceptamque vitam egit is qui decessit in honore etiam pretio erit cum sancto animo corpus quod sacris sudoribus cum eo certauit dimicauit The same S. Denys S. Damascen and others warraÌ„ted by the receaued tradition of the Church frome the Apostles time ex antiqua accepimus traditione that all the Apostles then liuing S. Denys S. Tymothie first Bishop of Ephesus S. Hierotheus and many others of Christs Disciples at the death and assumption of the blessed Virgyn Mary assembled together where shee ended this life at Hierusalem and Gethsemanie to visit and reuerence her Dionis Areopagit l. de diuin nom c. 3. apud S. Ioa Damasc ser 2. de dormitione Deiparae Tradiâ—io Ecclesâ—â— Bren. Rom 18. die Aug.