No Peace with Rome. A Church (levere controulcrs otmanners) yea, by the voicesoftheir own Pope•: If at thisday ( wimeffe theMules of Benci111 and Bonard111) the Jeluites did not both fpeake and write thus. But let us leave t:.erebold i~pieties .Cifyou wiU) to their Ber11tJrdiner, Anloninu, BartlemewuofPifo, TMrctUtnet; bnng us forth che1r more fober Divines , Po!Jd.,u, C•ff•ntkrt, Yivu; Even iheir opinions will not down with us, which teach that rheSaints are in any wife to be prayed unro. Indeed the Proteflanrs fay (as Bellarmine grants) that the Saints pray for us; but, onely in agenerality :. l>ucer laid truly, that theSaints have great love to their militant brethren, great defire oftheirfalvarion; and fodoubtlelfe have the Angel• : But, mufl wee therefore fingle out anyone of rhofe bleffed Spirits roayd us, tofueforusinthe Court ofHeaven? God forbid : for upon what f•irh mufl thefe prayersofours bee B grounded? unlcffe perhaps(as HojitH faith) wee mufl beleeve in theSaints alfo? yea, how lureare we, that none oftheSaintscan either fearch the heart, the founraine of our Prayers, or at once heare ten thoufandoftheirSuppliants, diflanr in place from eachother· yea further, if(asthere lhould be no limits fet to Religion) all the world over, dev~ut Clients fhould at once joyntly commend and prof\rate themfeives humbly to fome one Sainr; it is not a lwifrneffe ofnature ( asHieror11e contends) rhat would ferve the rurne; 'a rme ubiquity (as Bellarmine confeffes)mllfl bee required to the hearingofall thofe Prayers : What hinders now, burchar they which of finfull men havemade Saints, lhould oftheirSaintsmakeGodsairo? Befides, whichofrhe Prophets, which ofthe Apoflles ever commanded this? whichoftheSaints of the former world bath everdone it? Orwhat other (ifcreditmay begiven toTheodoret) didSaint PaHiforbid under rheworlhipof Angels, to his Coloffiant? Or what was C rheHerefie oftheCoi!J,idilns, ifrhismuctgoeforpiery? ThatruleofEpiphaniiH lhallbee ever af<fe courfe for us; Let M ary be honoured, but the Father, Sonde, and Holy Ghofl worfhipped : Hete is no feare ofdanger, bur that wemay goe fafely to thatGod which calls us to him; and pro!l:rareour [elves to hisChrict, ourGracious Saviour: None ofrhe Saintscan envyGod thishonour; n6neofthem everdid either arrogareirtohimfclfe, or fufferir t() beegiven him: Ncirherisrhereanyofthem, whomGod ever allowed eirherto takeit to himfelfe, or to impart it to others, or to occepr itquietly being imparted to himbyothers : ThePapifls therefore may come to mwhen they will, with fafery and advanrat~e; wemaynotyeeld to them, without rnanifefl danger ofldolarrous dotage. · D SECT. XXf. Oft!.e Superflitiotn, He~thenifh, andridlcNI'"' r;orjhipofthe Papijfs. BUT ifany good natured Reconciler (hall be fo indifferent, as to rhinke thcfe weighty points ofdifference not to befohainous, but thatevery onemight (e. cretly mainraine what opinion he lift; yet fo, that (as co,jlallline faid to Alexa.der and ArritH) whilesrheminde'sdiffer; the outward peace may be pteferved; Lerhirn funher undnfland, that the continuall praCiiceofthe religious worfhiJland fervice omod, will ever both raife and proclaime no leffehoflility than matter of judgement. Inour devotions,.and publike exercifes ofPiery,and placesconfecrated 10 this ufe, there isnothing that can offend eitherrheeyc or rhemindeofa Papifl, except the bareneffeofour walls, and theApoflolicall fimpliciry ofCeremonies; An E ca!.e fault; andfuch, as iris no praife of their ingenuity towinke ot: For, long fince have rhofeclaufesofour publike Liturgy been purpofely blotted our, which in our Gr.ndfarhers dayesdid but li)l;hriy touch thisgalled fore ofPopery. Bur conrrariwife, in the Popilh Churches there is fi:arce any thing either f•id or done, whereofwee can with acleere and unwounded confcience, be either partakers or wirneffes: Their verywall• kill us dead; bur their ridiculousor demonicall fervice who can endure? Weehonour (aswee ought) the deare and·happy mell)ory ofrhe Saints; ondchietly, the Leader of that heavenly Q\lirc, rhebleffedVirgin, theMother ofG0 D ; and wharfoever lhc can rhinke nor roo difhonorabletoherfelfe, and Hhh 2 her ~I Lib,dtBe.:tlt. s.,a.c.rs. Calf.inttm(.c.tft in,sc.tt. S.mn. The fame it confcffcdby LMt~.Orc{. Mtl.n{l BUnt. fc:c Mt!rl.appt~ I.l.l~.f.t .
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