No Peace with Rome. ~I ',~--~----~----~~~~~--~--------- Creeds, or the foure firfi gcnerall Ccuncels, that he imbnces with both armes, that A znrrl{.lt.:ul I,.Jt't'·*'l'rincip. ! t:.rtfP.ltd. Rtgem. Non[lflil tfl ~Jl l~rtticil rtomm {~tg,imdJ'j illarr,ipmqu.t RtX An~l~rum Ytciptrt t~tqu~ o1dmlttm ft didt,p.8o- Eti11m /iJJDvitia&nu· ptr.t i/lajillt,fi ifUil t.nunto:~ ntgtt, immiPlt-'!11 llbbldtjinnt{tr re. Bt!Lrtf}. .zd Rrgw, p.zg-98Btf!./. dt [.Jicil, 2.G-.J9· Oijb1. 0nmtJ Martarllo~ Dt· crt t.vt !Twbub: Mmini.z. In 11trb, I'-obt · Jiult;«o Epift. ad Eu.piJ. PtU. , it .l.3.dt L,U,is. E.fd>.Hifl.I.J· t .lj· Ad. t l 70• ~X /(IC.cr,fJHtnr Tokfn Iayric. Proph-ryrhmi,. VitaS Brlf· PupxaRiVtt. '"Annolj70· Rt'ltll. t ·'·-P• CTIUitUt, imll "ucifigtrt t .'t · florMm lllUIPtfi, .,;.,, Rt 11tl· tXtr.c.8 Grqf{tttfttin M oUIUfC• HeeproclaimcsforHisFaith, thot H~willdef<;nd with HisTongue, with Hi; Pen, withHis Sword, in that hewill bmhhve and dre. Yea, but this is not enough, faith •hat Great Antagonifl ofPriRces, For there are other points of fai!lr wherewilpRel!gion is now oflate times inlarged; as T ranfubllamiation, Purgatory, the Popes pnmacy (awholedoozen ofthefe goodly Articles bath theTridenlineCouncellcreared, in this decayed ageofthe World, left the Fathers of/tab {hould feeme to come !hort ofthe Apofiles,and the PopeofChrifi)any parcel!whereof,whofoever!hall prefume ro call in quefiion,is an Heretike prefently, and fmels ofthe Faggot: and how ordinarily is that Iayd in·every di!h; That hecannot be amember of the Church, which witbdraweshis obedience from their Pope, theHeod oftheChurch. Neither is that any whit milder, which Gr~tian cites from Pope Nichola<the Second; Whofoevergoes about to infringe the priviledgeof the 8 RomanChurch, orderogatesfromher authority, is an Heririke. Bm that is yet well worfe, which the allowed Tableofthe Decree bath peremprority broched, WhoiOever obeyes not the Popes commandemenr;, incurres 1be fin of Idolatry; or(as GtegorJ theSeventh, from whomGrati411 would feem to borrowthis, which yet is not robe found in his Epifiles) of Paganifnu. Wharfoever therefore Chrlfl J efus, whatfoever the Apoflles, whatfoever theCounfels, and F"' hers ofthe PrimitiveChurch have commended to us tobe beleeved,!hall availe us little, neither cane·;er make us friends, unlelrewewill becontent ro beilaveour faith UllCO their Popeling: And canrhey 1hinke wewill Iooke at Peace upon fuch acondirion? That hope were bold and fooli!h, rhatcouldexpe{lthis. Neirherdoerheymore fcornfully call us out of the bofomeof their Church, forfperringatthdi:ArriclcsofSrraw, C which their vanity bath deviCed, 1han we can confidentlycondemne and execrate •heir prefmnprion , which have fo imperiou!ly obtruded fircb tra!h as this upon the ChurchofGod. SECT. V. The impur<ti_,,.,eom•ptiiiiJ •fthe Roman Chur,h; ~nd their impoffihlliiJofReeonciliatio!l, ariji11g frotJJ thal r;ii{NII'J.9f-le oJthePopui»f4/lihili1J. BUT, tol.,..ve thisfir(\ beadorourAdVerfaries indifpoGrion toPeace: Say that rhePapilrscouldbeconrenttohearken,roan Ggreemenr (which I can never hope ro fee whiles R•mc is.it felfe)fay they !hould!eekeit, yet (asthingsnow D l\Jnd) whiles theywill nor, and wemay not flirreondnch from ourfiadon ofjudgemenr, God forbids, theTruthdebarrs our Reconciliation: we dare not(wharfoever fome kind-hearted Mediators may perfwade us) either divideChrifl, or betray him with akilre. The truth is on high: theymay well afcend to us,asLe•faidofold; bur for usto defcend to them, is neither fare nor hone(\: Firfl ofall, how tooplain is it, rhattheRom4..Church is palpably declined from that ancient purityofl.l.eligion, which 01e once profefTed? It IS normorecertaine and fenlible, rhatthe City of Rorne is defcended fromhet fevenHils to theMartian Plaines,rbat lye below them;or,rhar the fpightfull Heathens ofold (as llujebim reporrs) turned the facredMoooment of theTombe ofChrill into theTemple oftheir Venus: what a.cloud ofwitneifeshave we ofthis noted decay ofrhar Church? yea; wirneffes of their owne. Tobeginwith E rhar orherSex: Hildeg4rdh aNunne, and a f~mous Propherelreoffrer rime, accufes the Apoflolicall Order ofthe mterextinguifhing ofReligion among(\ them.AWild• or Ma11d, who lived in rhe fame Age, cenfures themwith common Apofiacy from rheChril\ian faith; and bothofrhem, by fame extraordinaryRevelation, cleerly and direaly prophefiedofrhis Religious and Holy re!taurarion oftheChurch,which our dayesfeeaccomplifhed. Saim Brigit,the FoundreffeofrlleOrderofSainr s aviour, which was* canonized byPope V rba,., flickesnot to teach openly in her writings, rhar the Popedorh rormenr,yea,crucifie thefoulesoftheElelt; and boldly ~retels, that all his followers & abettors, and whole C!ergiefhJII be cut cff, and that hisSea fhall finkedown intothe bottomofhell; and mis !he dorh fo tardy & vehemently, that the Romanif\sof•.hofe t1mes
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