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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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oblation an● Sacrifice it offereth vnto God omnipotent the highest king and king of kings of hea● and the vniuersall created for the liuing an● deceased is most certainely and without a doubt or question so great and glorious ●● dare not least we should be Traitours ●● God harken vnto thē but lament their dolefull estate who declare and persecute it as a traiterous estate to Princes on earth which ●hould subiect their wills and lawes to the will and lawe of God reuerence and honour and not so v●ly vse his dearest seruants for as Iùstin Dial. cu●●riphon Saint Iustine with all others affirme Neque à quoquam Deus hostiaes accipit nisi à suis Sacerdotibus God accepteth Sacrifices of none except of his Priests ō potestas saith Saint Ephrem in●ffae●ilis quae Ephrem de Sacerdot in nobis dign●●ae est habitare per impositionem manuū Sacrorū Sacerdotum ô quam magnam in se continet profunditatem formidabile admi●a●ile Saecerdotiū O inessabile power which vouchsafest to dwell in vs by the imposition of the hands of the holy Priests O what great profunditie doth the dreadfull an● admirable Priesthoode containe Sacerdotium saith Saint Chrysost hom 5. de verb. Isaiae vid● Dom. Engl. Protest Pref. booke of cons●cr apud Go●ell Defens of Hook pag. 87. 88. 89. Exam. pag. 1●5 De●ens ●upr pag. ●16 117. 276. Chrysostome principatus est ipso etiam regno venerabilius ac maius Priesthood is a principalitie greater and worthier then a Kin●ome it selfe Protestats before by publike regall and all power they contend to haue declared that these Priests were euer in Christes Church and were euermore had in reuerent estimation To which they adde of Priesthood with like allowance It is a power which no Prince or Potentate King or Cesar on earth can giue By blessing visible elements it maketh them inuisible grace It hath to dispose of that ●●esh which was giuen for the life of the world and that blood which was powred out to redeeme f●●●es To these Persons God imparteth power ouer his mysticall bodie which is the societie of soules and ouer that naturall which is himselfe a worke which antiquitie calleth the making of Christs bodie 15. And this wi●l be sufficient to excuse sacred Sacrificing Priests pe●secuted for iustice and la●e the guilt and offence vpon their vniust Accusers and Persecutours For besides this most honourable sacrificing office and ministring to the sicke in daunger to die the Sacrament of Ext●●me vnction deliuered in holy Scripture and euer vsed ●n the Church of Christ and Protestants neuer question it a● a matter of State there is nothing in Priestly O●der but these men in some sense or other would haue vsed by ther● Ministers who vse preaching baptizing marriage euen of themselues forgiuing of sinnes in personall absolution euen without any penance at all ●●ther by them enioy●ed or their Con●itents performed or vsed VVhich power they 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 and ●●●secrating 〈◊〉 ●ri●sts ād Dea●ons i● 〈◊〉 Priest● ●laime a● giu●n vnto them by their Protestat Bishops in their admi●●ance to their ministrie in these his words Receiue the holy Ghost whose s●nnes thou dost forgiue they are forgiuen and whose sinn●● thou dost retai●e they are retained Take thou aut●oritie to preach the word of God and to ministe● the ●oly Sacraments in this Congregation where thou ●halt be so appointed And they a● confiden●ly v●e it with this further publike warrant and dire●tion Pro●e●● com●un 〈◊〉 T●tul visit of the sicke in their Communion booke in this manner The sick● person shall make a speciall Con●●ssion if he feele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter after which Confession the Priest shall absolue him after t●is sorte Our Lord Iesus Christ who hath lef● power in ●is Church to al solue all s●●ners which truely rep●nt and beleeue i● him of his great mercie forgiue thee thine offences and by his authoritie committed to me I absol●e thee from all thy s●nnes in the name of the Father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost Am●n All this is or should be vsed by Protestant Ministers by their most publike Rega●l Parlamētall and what●oeuer autho●itie their Religion is set out and supported by So not onely permitting tollerating and allowing but directing and commaund●ng to be done and practised much more then any Priest presumeth or Pope licencet● o● euer licenced to be vsed or attempted yea more the● any Papall power can so warrant no penance enioyned how many or greuous soeuer the sinnes committed and confessed be no satisfaction or rest●●ntion once thought vpon how great and manifold soeuer the offences Iniuries damages and wrongs were Felonyes Rebellions Treasons and all things else how vile soeuer they be are quitted and freed both by ministeriall and legall allonance and are so iudged and ended as if they had beene not the least punishable offence 16. We must free Catholike Priests and all others of their Religion from such presumption practise consenting vnto or approuing sinne No absolution without penance and satisfaction with vs. And yet we with the Church of Christ and holy Fathers saie of holy Priesthood euen in this respect Nè mihi Chrysost Hom. 5. de verb. Isaiae vidi Dominum Ephrom l. de Sac●rdorio Gregor Nyss●n orat de Baptism orat ●n ●os ●ui alios acerb i●dicant Gild. l. de Exci Bri●an Isichius in Leui●● l. 6. ● 12. Victor Vt●con de persec Vand●li●a ●● narres purpuram neque Diadema neque vestes aureas vmbrae sunt isthac omnia vernisque flo●●ulis leuiora Nè inquam mihi narres ista sed si vis videre discrimen quantum absit Rex à Sacerdote expende modum potestatis vtrique traditae videbis Sacerdotem multo sublimius Rege sedentem Regiue thr●nus rerum terrenarum administrationem sortitus est nec vltra potestatem hanc praeterea quicquam habet authoritatis verùm Sacerdoti thronus in coelis collocatus est de coelestibu● nego●ijs pronūtiandi habet authoritatem Quis haec d●●● ipse coelorum Rex Quaecunque ligaueritis super terram ●runt ligata in coelis quae●unque solueritis super terram erunt sel●ta in coelis Deu● ipsum Regule caput Sacerdotis manibus subiecit nos erudiens quod hic Princeps est illo maior speake not to me of the purple or Diadem● and g●●lden robes all these are but shadowes and more vaine then spring f●owers Speake not to me of these things bu● if thou wil● see the power giuen to them bo●h thou shall see the Priest sitting much higher in ●ig●itie the● the King The throne of a King is chosen for the administration of earthlie things neither hath he any other authoritie besides this but to a Prieste a throne is placed in heauen and he hath authoritie to iudge of heauenly businesse who saieth this The King of heauen● himselfe Whatsoeuer yee shall ●nd vpon earth shall be bound also
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