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A09881	A consideration of the papists reasons of state and religion, for toleration of poperie in England intimated in their supplication vnto the Kings Maiestie, [and] the states of the present Parliament.	Powel, Gabriel, 1576-1611.; Colleton, John, 1548-1635. Supplication to the Kings most excellent Majestie. aut	1604 (1604)	STC 20144; ESTC S105148	106,538	134

not orious heresie that hath infested the Primitiue Church to make vp the whole and intire body of Antichristian Doctrines So that Poperie may be iustly tearmed an Epitome of Heresies 1 The Patriarke and ringleader of all Heretiks was Simon Magus Irenae lib. 3. in Praefat. of whom mention is made in the Acts of the Apostles that he thought it no sinne to buy the gifts of the holy Ghost Act. 8.9.10 c. to whom also is adscribed the vse of exorcismes Irenae lib. 1. cap 30. The Papists in like manner buy and sel spirituall things for mony Baptist Mant. lib. 3. de Calamit temp vse to exorcise not onely intelligent but also brute and senselesse creatures as water oile salt herbs candles c. Dist 21. cap. 1. Cleros 2 The Disciples of Simon Magus whom Irenaeus termeth the fore-runners of Antichrist Iren. lib. 1. ca. 8. prostrated themselues before images and worshipped thē with odoriferous perfumes incense and offerings Euseb Hist Eccl. lib. 2. cap. 12. Ederus in Babyl pag. 5. which thing is notoriously knowne to be practised by the Papistes 3 Againe the Simonians bragged much of their vnwritten verities whē they were reproved by the Scriptures they accused them as if they were not right nor of auctoritie that they were diversely spoken and so to bee interpreted and that by them the truth could not be foūd out by those that are ignorant of tradition Iren. lib. 1. c. 1. lib. 3. cap. 2 which also is written of other Heretikes as the Sethians Epiphan Haeres 39. the Archontikes Epiphan Haeres 40. the Severians Epiphan Haeres 45. the Encratites Epiph. Haeres 47. and the Bardesanistes Epiph. Haeres 56. Also Artemon Euseb Hist Eccl. li. 5. cap. 28. Basilides Valentinus the Marcionistes Clem. Alexand. lib. 7. Strom. pag. 353. the Carpocratianes Iren. lib. 1. c. 24. Ptolemaeus Epiph. Haeres 33. Arrius Athanas Orat. 2. contra Arrianos p. 124. Secrat lib. 1. Hist Eccl. cap. 6. Eutyches Concil Chalcedon Act. 1. vaunted that their doctrine was very auncient receaved by tradition from the Apostles and continued vnto that day by not-interrupted Succession These shiftes also the Papistes have embraced For seeing that they cannot stand by the Scriptures they flee vnto Traditions and vnwritten verities and accuse the Scriptures of vncertainty insufficiency want of auctority c. iust as the olde Heretiques did 4 The Papistes have learned Extreame Vnction of the Valentinians Irenae lib. 1. cap. 18. and of the Heracleonites Aug. lib. de Haeres cap. 16. Epiph. Haeres 36. their Orders and quiets of Angells of the Archontikes Epiph. Haeres 40. the worshipping of Angels of the Angelists and Caians Aug. de Haeres cap. 39. the vse and worshipping of Images of the Carpocratians Iren. lib. 1. cap. 24. Epiph. Haeres 27. Aug. de Haeres cap. 7. the worshipping and adoration of the Virgin Mary of the Collitidians Epiph. Haeres 79. The veneration and worshippe of the crosse of the Armenians Niceph lib 18. cap. 45. the Baptisme of women of Marcion Epiph. Haeres 42. the insufficiency of the Scriptures the lawes of fasting Purgatorie Limbus Patrum of Montanus Epiph. Haeres 48. Appollonius apud Euseb lib. 5. Hist Eccl. cap. 17.18 Tertull. lib. 4. de Anima in fi lib. de Coron Milit. lib. adversus Praxaeam Reliques of the Sampseaans Epiph. Haeres 53. voluntary poverty and single life of Priestes of the Apostoliques Aug. de Haeres cap. 40. Epiph. Haeres 61. 5 With the Ebionites the Papistes will not be iustified by faith only Euseb Hist Eccl. lib. 3 cap. 24 but also by their owne workes and inherent righteousnes as the Catharistes or Puntanes haue taught them Isodor Etymolog lib. 8. cap. 4. de Haeres 6 The Pelagians held that Adams sione was not propagated into the Posterity but only in respect of the guilte that Children are borne without originall sin that concupiscence was in man before the fall that man may satisfie the law of GOD in this life that man after the fall retaineth stil his free-wil that the Gētiles by nature could fulfill the Law that God did not command vs things impossible Aug. de Haeres cap. 88. Epist 89.90.92.94 de gratia lib. arbit 1. lib. 5 cap. 5. 9. alibi passim Hieron Epist ad Ctesiphont libr. contra Pelagian editis The Papistes hould all these pointes 7 The Novatians doubted of the remission of their sinnes Ambros lib. 1. de Paeniten cap. 2. lib. 2. cap. 5. So do the Papists The Cerinthians and Nazareans observe the Mosaicall ceremonies Aug. de Haeres cap. 8. 9. So do the Papistes The Manichees minister the Eucharist in one kind Leo serm 4. de quadrag So doe the Papistes Marcus made his followers beleive that in the Eucharist the wine was turned into blood Epiph. Haeres 34. So do the Papists theirs 8 The Manichees condemned marriage in their elect that is their Priests Aug. Epist 74. So do the Papistes in theirs The Eucratites bragged of their continency yet were notable whoremasters Epiph. Haeres 47 pag. 180. Such are the Papistes 9 The Don●tistes tied the Church to one certaine place termed thēselues only Catholikes Aug. de Haeres c. 69. varijs in loeis praeterea Cassian in Psal 60. So doe the Papistes The Mirabiliarians vnder pretense of miracles devulged their errours Niceph. lib. 8. Hist Eccl. cap. 35. lib. 14. cap. 45. So doe the Papistes 10 The Marcosiās baptised in an vnknown tongue Epiph. Haeres 34. Irenae lib. 1. cap. 18. So do the Papistes The Messalians restrained the force of Baptisme to former sinnes Theodoret. divin decr cap. de Baptismo So doe the Papistes The Talians abstained from marriage as a state of life impure and vnperfect Aug. Epist 47. So doe the Papistes 11 The Meletians vse small belles in celebrating their misteries Theodoret. Heretic fabular lib. 4. So doe the Papistes The lacobines and Armenians pictured God the Father and God the holy Ghost Niceph. lib. 18. Hist Eccl. cap. 52. So doe the Papists The Nudipedals or bare-footed brethrē vsed ever to go bare-footed Aug. de Haeres cap. 68. So do the Papistes in their Pilgrimages many Friers at all times 12 Peter Gnapheus was condēned because he caused the invocation of Saints to bee mingled amongst the publike praiers of the Church Niceph. Hist Eccl. lib. 15. cap. 28. The Papistes doe the same The Priscilianites disioyned married folkes for religion sake Aug. de Haeres ca. 70. also they boast of their revelations Epiph. Haeres 49. The Papistes doe both 13 The Helcesaits make Christ in heaven to differ from Christ in earth Theodoret. Haeretic fab lib. 2. So do the Papistes who say that Christ in heaven is visible and palpable and in earth invisible impalpable The Eutichians affirmed that Christ had a body without shape dimēsions or circumscription Leo de ieium 7. mens ser 6. the Papistes say the same of Christ in the

from the Scribes and Pharasies and we from the Papists their successours received all the partes of Scripture shee maketh vse of but also learned the c These we haue learned frō the Scriptures forme of Christening Marrying Churching of women Visiting the sicke Burying and sundry other like as their books translated out of ours doe declare And therfore our religion must needs be the d A manifest non sequitur elder Nor can it be told as we can easily tel al other sorts of Religiōs what e The Papistes fell by litle and litle from the purity of the Primitiue Church vntill as length their Church formalcy became the Church of Antichrist former Society we did ever supplant or invade or took from it either our first possession of the Scriptures forme of Sacraments or any other Ecclesiasticall rites or ceremonies Resolution of the 13. Reason Popish Religion hath had for the last thousand yeeres and more the custodie of the sacred Bible c. Ergo Popish Religion is true Religion and to be tolerated ANSWERE I. To the Antecedent 1 By the same reason the Iews also may proue the truth of their Religion for vnto thē as the Apostle saith were of trust committed the Oracles of GOD and it is certaine the Christians received the Scriptures from the Iewes Also Ptolemaeus Philadelphus King of Egypt might confirme his Religion if this Reason were currant Ioseph Antiq. Iudaic. li. 14. cap. 2. Zonar li. 1. Annal. But I answere 2 As the Iewes Ptolemaeus Philadelphus so haue the Papists kept the outward letter of the Scriptures but regarding more their owne fantacies and traditions they lost the sincerity of doctrine as is manifest by examination of the particuler points of their religion by the Scriptures whereof they bragge so much 3 We haue learned the forme of Christening Marrying c. out of the Scriptures Neither if we had learned these of the Papists could they gaine any thing thereby for we doe not condemne al such things as they beleeue or practise but only those whereof in matters of faith they were the auctors inventours 14. Reason of Religion or borrowed of other heretiques Popish Religion observeth daies times contrary vnto the doctrine of the the Apostle Gal 4.10 worshippeth GOD in vaine teaching for doctrines mens precepts Matt. 15.9 And therfore it is the religion of Antichrist II. To the Consequence As the Scribes and Pharasies and Ptolemaus Philadelphus were not the true Church albeit they had the keeping of the Oracles of God so neither are the Papistes the true Church although they haue had the custody of the Bible 14. REASON OF RELIGION A Religion that ' instituted the feasts the fasting daies and al the goodly ceremonies and solemne observations which are yet vsed though many other pared away and commanded in the Protestant religion as the festivities of Christmas Easter Ascension Whitsontide and the Eues and feasts of the Apostles likewise the fastes of Lent and Ember daies a●stinence on Frydaies Sauirdaies much holesome and very commodious to the Common-weale Semblably the rites and sacred formes kept in Coronations instalments and in all other sorts of solemnities that carry either state decency or veneration with them Resolution of the 14 Reason Popish Religion instituted the feastes and fasting daies and all goodly ceremonies and solemne observations Ergo Poperie is true Religion and therefore to be tolerated ANSWERE I. To the Antecedent 1 IT was not Popery which was the institutour of these ceremonies which we vse For the Papists thēselues confesse they haue receaved them by tradition from the ancient fathers And such indeede as haue bin invented by them we haue abrogated and condemned 2 The Popish fast our abstinence from flesh vpon some daies doe infinitely differ theirs beeing ioyned with the opinion of merits and of divine worship Ours being only a civill and politique constitution not ioined with any opinion of religion II To the Consequence Speaking of those ceremonies whereof the Papistes are auctors and institutors we may iustly argue the plain contrary thus Popish Religion observeth daies and times contrary vnto the doctrine of the Apostle it instituteth set daies of fasting prohibiting certaine meates for religion and conscience sake as the ancient Heretikes were wont to do and neglecting the Scriptures embraceth vaine and wicked traditions contrary vnto the doctrine of our Saviour Matth. 15. Ergo Popish Religion is not Apostolicall but the Apostatied Religion of Antichrist Reason of Religion 15 15. REASON OF RELIGION Popish Religigion being weary of Christes yoke hath reli●● quished his discipline turned againe vnto impotent beggerly rudiments Gal 4.9 yea and invented the Canon law which setteth vp the Pope aboue Iesus Christ therefore it is the religion of Antichrist A Religion that a founded the Ecclesiasticall censures and sorts of discipline as suspension interdiction excommunication irregularity degradation and the like and was also the author of the Canon law studyed through out the vniversall Christian world many points both of her censures lawes and discipline practised by the Protestants themselues Resolution of the 15. Reason Popish Religion founded the Ecclesiasticall Censures sortes of discipline and was the auctor of the Canon Law Ergo Popish Religion is true and consequently to be tolerated ANSWERE MIserable silly base Sophisters Doe the Suppliants thinke these currant arguments in this learned age I answere 1 Ecclesiasticall Censures be ancienter then Popery as is manifest in the monuments of Apostolicall writing in the Gospel the Acts Epistles of the Apostles 2 If Popery were the founder of any Ecclesiasticall censures yet were it not therefore true Religion For may not the rankest Heretiques ordaine some things well but they must needs therefore challendge all other partes of their doctrine for true and sound 3 Popery swarved from the right discipline instituted by Christ and his Apostles invented infinit numbers of base and beggerly ordinances whereby they crucifie mens soules and consciences declare themselues Apostataes and contemners of Apostolique Censures 4 The Canon Lawe the whole scope and end of it being the establishing of the Popes auctority aboue Iesus Christ and aboue al that is called GOD doth most manifestly testifie the Pope to be Antichrist and his Church Antichristian as I haue elsewhere plainely demonstrated Reason of Religion 16 16. REASON OF RELIGION A Religion that only hath canonized her professor for Saints after death and celebrateth their annuall memories wherby their names ever liue in honor and all posterity incited both to glorifie God for his graces bestowed on them and also studiously to imitate their vertues Whereby that asseveration of the Prophet is verified a Popish religiō having out of the Scriptures no other blessings to bestow vpon her professours but that of the Devill vnto Saule 1. Sam 28.18 To morrow shalt thou thy sonnes bee with mee Because shee would bee equall with GOD