No Peace wztb Rome. 6u A rimes threamed, and indeavored toburne her ahve: Robert (our Bifbop ofLincolne, r,--.;;;:;;;;;;;_ towhom the greatndleofhis Head gave an homely 1 b~t f&mou• name, whom Il/yri- ~ "xo Enuu mif-namcth R~pert111) a worthy & peerle>man 10 h1! Age, durft before the Popes ;,,u, 1 , initio 01vne f•ce, openly accule the Pafiors ofhis time tO be the fpoyler~ ofthe Eanh, the o)rhor R,. Difpeners and Devourers ofGods llocke, the utter wafters ofthe Holy Vineyard of ;;!,~:""'""". God. That Carth•Ji•nofColcyne, which is laid tO havegathered that Bookeof the r... 9oo. Bundleof Times, cornplaines that truth was then penfbed from the fonnes ofmen. mu.,. conrir. Pe/rHsde Aliaco, aCardinall, confetfes that rheancient Divines buiit up the Chunh, '~f,""'· rd,n but the then prefent Seducers defiroyed it; And unto rhefe agree John tit RHpifcrffi, "'";so. lib. aMonke; Picw EarleofMir4tJdHia, Trill1emi11J th~ Abbor, laureflct Yttl/4, and rhofe ~~~~~~t~i.E.~ worthy Lights ofrhe Councell ofB jil, the Cardmall of Aries,& ~IJOflJMdeCorfel#s: ,.mr. d'""· B · But Nicholas Cletnang~ the Arch-deacon of Ba!eHx, fpeakes nothmg bur fionesand onjlmr. bullets; who inawhole Volumn~ harh freely painted out thec~>rruprefiate?fthf :;.~;:,,;?~d<· Church: neither d1d Dominlu11 BtfhopofBt~x•• fpeake any whit more fpanngly, """"•'" who even in tht 1fe rimes durfr fer before hls book this Title, The reformation ofRome: :ri;:~;:;~~: To fay nothing of]oacbim, ofPem ofF'errara the Lawyer, ofthe three T/,odorick[, ""'' ,400 . of L.Jra, Petrarcb, G rfon, Everardthe BifhopofSaHburg, Er.fmNJ, Ca./Jander, EfPOJ lw<rm -<mraJ. crtNr, the Jury ofCardinalsfelel.ted by PAHI the Third, (amongft which, Gajp" Co- ~/,~d. c,.fut ter4NNs, Jamer Sadol<l, and our Cardin.tll Poole were(as they might )of eminent note) ;'•J.c fl"· · AIV4f1JJ Ptlagiur, * SavanJ,Ia fF'Iorence, and. whomfoev~r rhofe nmesyeclde~ ar !':r{,t/e-:f,u:;. onceboth learned & good. Even Pope Ad,·ian h!rnfelf, the S•xrofrhar name, wh1les rifnrm ICp<>rt be infirul.ts his Leglte in his rneffage, cenfures rhe Church, and inreniou()y corn- 'imto h,v, plaine!, that all wasgone to wrack and ruine: What fhall we rh, n fay to this? Can &;: P10f""' C anyman be fo paniall, as to thinkethat 10 many Saincsofborh Sexes, Prophets, Pro- otra:;~,1:· pheteffes, Monke:;, DOt.'!ors, Cordinals, Popes, fhonld (as Jerome fpeakes ofthe L11- ""Papa. ci(trian Hererikes) meerelydevife t n< feflanders to the difgraceoftheir holy mother? M" 4 . 1 • It any man be fo mad, he iswell worrhy to be evcrdccdved. ~''""''"· Indeed, Rome was once an holy Ciry: but now (as no letfe farnm1Hhe other way) 0?" b,r,,,. !he isbecome a City ofblood 1 Thi•Grare i• growne a dry 1\.aifin; Neitherdid that mun. goodHeremite,Antony,fo jnftly fay ofhi• Alexandria, as wemay now ofRofJ/e: Woe ~~4 "·'· ro thee, thou StrumpedyCity,into which the Devils our ofall the refi ofthe World ,t,';i.'"' ,.. have atfemblev thcrnfi:lves. rhtarrit tdJff· Certainly therefore, fo fharnefnll and ~tenerall adeformity conld nor bur be dif- ": d . ~ cerned by ourlatter Papifrs; and ( toavoidallfhifrs) we have gently and loving- -1;':;..' ~'" D ly laid our finger npon 1hefe fpors: Bur, in rhe rneane time, howhaynoufly have '•if/.1.<·'0 •. they taken it? and ( asR•flimu fpeakes of Apolli11arinhe Hererike) whiles they .;:,;:;~;;:;;· are runfporred with rhe vicious humour of contention , and will be crofling every •mm, &,. thingrharisfpoken, out of the vaine ollenration ofa firongwir, theyhaveim- 1i".·•do"f. proved their idle brabbles to Herdies. Hleroi7Jefaidwirtily, Theyufetowinke Lurifmor."· and deny , which belceve nor that to be done , which they would not have done. Iris therefOre a moft lamentable and fearefnll cafe, that aChurch which of her owne favomires is juftly accufed ofmany and dangerous errors, fhould blocke up E again it her felfe, rhe way whereby fbefhould rerurne into rherrurh; and (•• Fra11c~ d Pifloritt hl)ndHy comrlaines) lhou!d nehherindure her owne evils, nor thdr re- ;~~~~:;,;;!.l rnedies, For whiles fhe fiandsupon it' that fhe cannot erre, andllubbornly chal- ''f"ltP.rt< PJ· lengesunro her Chaireacerraine Impeccancy ofJudgement (that we may borrow a .,,. c~xlii• . word from TertNIIitln) what hope can now remain ofrecoverin~ theTruth? How are ::'ft~~:;:;r;. we now too fawcy, th3t daremutter ought againft her? The fir£[ hopeofhealth rnnft """""m'~ need_s be fer.:hr from the fenfe and ac:kn?wledgrnenr of ~he difeafe: That oftheEpi- ;~b~:';;;~;; cure t5 common and true: ~he he~tnmn~t ofrecovery IS the knowledgeofthe fault: ,,/ano{lr,,nu Tho\lmuft finde thy felfe arn!lfe, fauh Seneca, ere thou canftarnend thy felfe. 11.oDJe rmrdi•pati . bragsrhar fhecannor be ficke; Whar d<>e we now ralke ofmedicines for her? Thefe ·•fT•m~.Jd: Doerriqall Principles(as onr Stapleton cals them) are they, fromwhich acertain farall ':;,:;F£;,';8.'·'· necefliry oferring rnuft needs follow. For towhat purpofe is all thiswe doe? Ifupon the fentence ofthis Romi.fo Oracle, (for
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