;j tl~t~t.inBtit. ~,41U/,~it/MTt. " ,, Potm.IIIu/lr. P~et. Ita/4Tutn. No Peacewith Rome, her LordandSaviour,wewill mofi giailly give it her m eh• full: Neitherwill we en- A ly!(lorifieC0 Dip hisSaints (as AN&_Nfti11e bath taught D11rand tofpeake) but wee will raagnifiethe Saints (as opportumty ferves) fu: their excellent graces, and worthy ails, both ipG0 D and in themfeh:es; we ~1ll admtre, extol!, and (what wee q~;~y) imitate their Cingular cot\lhncy, faith, fant!rty; as SidoniiH faid ofhis Cl4fldia11, No Tomht ctneither Souk or Gloryjhroud. But, to digge up theirholy bones ( tharl may borrow LHthers word) out oftheir quiet graves, and to tall downe before thefeworme-eaten Monuments ofrhe Sainrs· to'expeCl: fcom themadivine power, whether ofcore, or offantlification; equally r~ refpe& Francis his Coule, Annae~Combe, 'Jofepbt Breeches, Tbomafes Shooe ( asEr'!{mus complaines) wirh theSonne ofGod himfelfe, can feeme no berter tO llsthan an horrible impiety : Neirhercan we abide, either rodeifie men, or to canonize beal!s ; It feemes, that Cardinall could abide itwell, in whofeGarden is yer robe feen this Epitaph, which he wrote upon hi5too-dearely-beloyed bitch : This Tombe for thee ( dwe Bitch) IbNilded ~•ve, That worthier werl ofHeaven, than aGriiVt. Wee(propllane HugNenots) cannodkillofworfhipping Marlins Boors, or Gmget Scabbard, or Crifpins Paring-knife; or(which rhey fay is kept in acertain Town M•mms",. ofLig11ria) the tayleofthat Aflewbich Chril!rode upon: or Roc/Jes Dogge, or Anlt>- o,;g.P,p. nies Swine; and furely, beehad need ofa very thick Hide,t hat cm doe thi,, .But, ~n earpel!, fay w~e !houldyeeld the(eadorations to bee Jawfull,ood godly: c Wqat,W~rcaritH (among!! ('omany woodsofcounterfeit rrses) can!hewus rhe true C~o\fe? or what Helena among!! fuch heaps, yea, Hil>oHrpn, can fhew us the rrue n~yle~? AffureqlYti .poth cl)efe Juglers fmiJe·one opon a(\other,1 while they !hew thefe R,~Jiquesto thei( p€Qpk;and.nqweven the filly vulgarbegips (not without indignan~ti9n) todefcry rhis coozenage. Toomit therefore tJ:\e(e ridiculous uick1,andkna· ~;~:!'J."J:.·'• vl!h cpnveyan>psof\!leirfhavalipjls, le~usint~s C$[~ appeal eventoCaif•ndm own moderation ; $hq (having fir!! honel!ly acknowledged the ancient rpmplaintsof Blljl, AfJJbrofe, .A.~Hjtine, about the bufinefleqfrhefe ~bufes) goeson thus : It appears (faith he)thatin the later times there hath been too muchgiven ro the Rdiques andMonumentsoftheSaints: So as even good men,and thofe which \vere zealoully D devout, were growne to that paffe, that they placed rhe fummeofall Religion in gathering togetherthe R.el)qu~softheSaim:1 & in garnifhing them richly wirhgold and Pearles, and building fumptuous Chappels a'nd Temples to them : And again, thofcthat were lewd and godldfc, put all !ilritconfidencc (rhough vaine andfalfe) il1 tltr foohfh and fuperl!irious wor(biR ofR,diques: ~herefore in.theCouncel ofcabil•l'• rbofe are reproved,whoin aprer;nce_q£devot!On lloeonP1lgrimage roRome q..rTtgon, 1''. any other Ji~eplaces; as~tbey tboug~t, iliatV!e freqaenringofrhefe l]<;>Jntvines qou)d ~orh pm:ge rnemfr ' ' Cja~' ,an~ liceqce tht!m to !inne with im· ptiriit_r.r /l,hd P.9to rhis, ye~~notheomifc ' ,h!!th been ~~dffi, That for coveroufn;f\eJ~ke, tOJf\. 1 tjAe;t;he limp\e ,p~ople, fal(i;... eliqu~·~~,vt;·lJC ..endevi.fed, and fained l\r1i)~"! reeort~<!ia0~by tbGfeMiJilcl~,the;~l,lPerlliuot)QlftJle multitqd~,was fo fed, E tb~fi)i~ywere rattier takenup wi1h an admir.apohofrhew,onders, than drawnc roan JrPIY }mi(ationofihe Saints: and many times.,•by the fubtlety and )lluGpnofthe Devijl'~fllRfing t)1e[uperftirion of f!1Cp) newR,eliquhs were, by Qreame; & Vifions,revealeAto the Wodd, and by the operationofthe fame DeviJI, Miradcs feemcd ro be w~6tight for t~onfirmarion thereof: , T\JJ,ls faith C:•.f!iznder, hkea rrqeGerman. , lhyll~ f<y, or like a true Jfraelite? But wee thathnve beenbe~ter r;aughr, da,re freel.Y H;,. .u~ ,;,,;.• ati£con~dently fay ofourfelves, asHieroi/Jtprofe(fed ofold,mthe name ofall Chn- "'"""'"·V•gil. (\1aijs~;so far arey;e from adoringthe R.eliques'OfMarty~s, thatweeworfhip ocirher Sqi'T!) i\'fo; Moone, ~or A;ngcls, nor Arch-Ange)s~ Cherubin, nor Seraphin, norany I ~ii')"J at,, napjfdenheqn the prefentWorld,orm the future; Jell we fhould ferve r ~ cre'afure, rath~ than the Creator which isbleffed for ever. . '· · Then
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