Afcriom Dzf!waftv~ from Poperie. -A--I -an~t.-w-e-rt_b_at_a_m_a_n_thus urged, r:'"Y fweare that he knowes it not in confellion; for rbat it is underfiood, he knowes tt notto revcale "•or foa• he may tell: Who reach and doe thus inanothers cafe, judgewhat they would doe in their owne. 0 wife, cunning, and holy perjuries, unknownc toour fore-fathers I A Religion that allowesrbe buying andCellingoflino, ofPordons, offoules:fo as now Purgatory can have no rich men in ir,but fooles and friendletfe: Devils aretormentors there rhemfelves hold from many E\.evelations o(Berie,Ber/J•rd,CorlhNji411) y~n can comlff~n<fDev1lr,and Mo.ney ca~~ommand Men. A Religion, rhat reheswholly updn themfalhbrhryE>f thofe,whomyetthey gram have been, and may be monfrrou• in their Hves and difpoGrion!. Howmany ofrhofe B heiresof Peter (by confeffion of their owneR.ecords) by Bribes, by Whores,by Dev113 have climed up into tharchaireiYet, ro fay that thofe men which areconfefTed to have given their Conies to the Devil!, that theymighr be Popes, caa erre while they are Popei, is Herelie wo:rhy ofa fiake, and ?fHell. • • AReligion, that hood-wmkes the pOO!'e Latety mfutced rgnorance, lefi they fbouldknow Godswill,or anyway to Heaven,but theirs; fo as millions offoules live no lefT< without Scripture, than as ifthere were none: that forbids fplrituallfood as poyfon; and fetches Gods Book inrothe.lnquifition. . AReligion rhat reaches men to worihrp fiocks and fiones, wJth the fame honour that is due to their Creator; which practice left it ihouldappeare to her fimple Clyents,how palpably oppofite it is to the fecond Commandemenr; theyhave d1fcreetly left out thofe words ofGqds La1v, as aneedlefTe illuftradon, in their Catechifme; C and Prayer-Books ofrhe vulgar. AReligion,that utterly overchrowes the true humanity ofChrift,while they give unto irten thoufand places at once,and yet no place: fle!hand no fle(h, ieveraJI members without diflinction: afubfrance without quanriry,•nd other accidents; or tub· Hance and accidents that cannot be feen, felr, perceived.So they make either amonfrer of their Saviour, or nothing. AReligion, that utterly ovcrchrowes the perfection ofChrifh fati•faCl:ion : Ifall be not paid , how harh he fatisfiied? If temporal! puniihmems in Purgatorybe yer due, how is all paid? and ifthefe muft be paid byus, how are they farisfied by him? AReligion, "'"'makes moreScriprores than ever God and his ancient Church; and thofewhich it doth make, fo rmperiouOy obtrudes upon theworld, as ifGod 0 himfelfelhould fpeake from Heaven: andwhtle it thunders out curits againfi all that will not adde rhefe books to Gods,regards norGods curfe,lfanyman lhall adde unto thde things, God ihall adde unto himthe plagues that are written in this Booke. AReligion, whofeParronsdlgrace rhe,rrueScripturesofGod with reproachfull rermes, odiou• comparifons, imputationsof corruption and imperfettion; and in fine, pin theirwhole authority upon the Oeeves ofmen. 595 AReligion, that erects a throne in the Confcience to a meere man, and gives him abfolutepower to make a finne, to difpenfe with it, to create new ArtidesofFairh, and ro impofe themupon neceffity ofSalvation. AReligion, that balfoules all Temporal! Princes, making them fiand bare-foot ' •P• f.<,;, P"· at c~eir great BiChops gate~ lyeat his foot, hold h.is ft:irru~, yea, their o;v~e ~r?":nes t,~ =~:_a;~ · f: at hJS Courreiie, exemptmg all rhetr Eccleiiaft,cai!SubJefrs from thet!)UrtfdJcbon, ,; nihUmunam and (when they li£l) all the refi from their allegiance. '""• ""'" fi• A Religion, that bath made wicked menSaints, and SaintsGods. Even by the :-;;~/,Zj;;,. confeffion ofPapifrs, lewd and undeferving men have leapt in!O their Calendar. '"h""""' Whence iris, that the Pope before his Canonization ofany Sainr, makes folemne ~''qjj; '"""" prorefration, th,at he intends not in that bufinefTe to doe ought prejudicial! ro the ~;::.,":;,;},'' glory ofGod, orrothe Carbolike Faithand Church: AndonceSaiured, they have '0•"'''".... thehonor ofAltars, Temples, Invocations; and fame ofthem in a ftile fir only for ~:;::,~·;'f." their M•ker. I know not whether chat blefTcd Virgin receive more indignity from .,,,,NJ,, q";,;- her enemiesthar deny her, orrhefe her flatterers th>r deifie her. 1' "' ""' ' P.~ AReligion, chat robs theChri!lianheart ofall found comfort, whiles itteacherh ;;;-;:;:,',;:,· m, that we neither can norought to be atfuredofthe remiflionofour finncs, •udo E ee ~ prefetll
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