A letter vvritten from Paris, by the Lord Cardinall of Peron, to Monsr. Casaubon in England. Translated out of the French corrected copie, into English.
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             A letter vvritten from Paris, by the Lord Cardinall of Peron, to Monsr. Casaubon in England. Translated out of the French corrected copie, into English.
             Lettre de Monseigneur l'illustriss. card. Du Perron. English
             Du Perron, Jacques Davy, 1556-1618.
             Owen, Thomas, 1557-1618.
             Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614.
          
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           A
           LETTER
           VVRITTEN
           FROM
           PARIS
           ,
           BY
           THE
           Lord
           Cardinall
           of
           Peron
           ,
           TO
           MONSr.
           CASAVBON
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           Translated
           out
           of
           the
           French
           corrected
           Copie
           ,
           into
           English
           .
        
         
           Anno
           M.DC.XII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             GENTLE
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           This
           Epistle
           was
           cōposed
           by
           the
           Lord
           Cardinall
           of
           Peron
           ,
           without
           any
           purpose
           to
           haue
           it
           seene
           in
           publike
           ,
           but
           rather
           with
           deliberation
           not
           to
           impart
           it
           so
           much
           as
           to
           his
           very
           familiar
           friends
           .
           But
           a
           Copie
           therof
           being
           by
           chance
           gotten
           ,
           it
           was
           presently
           printed
           in
           Paris
           ,
           with
           many
           faults
           ,
           yea
           and
           with
           some
           heresies
           .
           And
           although
           the
           foresaid
           Cardinall
           vsed
           all
           diligence
           to
           haue
           it
           suppressed
           ,
           causing
           the
           Copies
           to
           be
           seyzed
           on
           by
           the
           Officers
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           and
           the
           Printer
           to
           be
           punished
           for
           publishing
           them
           without
           his
           knowledge
           :
           yet
           was
           there
           soone
           after
           another
           impressiō
           made
           therof
           in
           Roan
           ,
           
           conformable
           to
           that
           faulty
           Copie
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           may
           also
           be
           done
           else-where
           .
           For
           remedy
           therfore
           of
           the
           disaduantage
           which
           may
           arise
           hereof
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Catholikes
           ,
           and
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           it
           hath
           seemed
           necessary
           to
           permit
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           printed
           entire
           and
           perfect
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Copie
           which
           was
           written
           &
           sent
           .
           And
           this
           we
           do
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           disclayming
           from
           all
           the
           former
           copies
           ,
           and
           whatsoeuer
           else
           not
           cōformable
           to
           this
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             SYR
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           Letter
           which
           you
           deliuered
           to
           
             Monsieur
             de
             la
             Boderie
          
           ,
           to
           be
           giuen
           me
           ,
           I
           receaued
           when
           I
           was
           vpon
           my
           departure
           ,
           taking
           my
           iourney
           into
           Normandie
           .
           Since
           my
           returne
           ,
           I
           haue
           bene
           allwaies
           sick
           ;
           which
           hath
           bene
           the
           cause
           ,
           that
           my
           Answer
           cōmeth
           no
           sooner
           to
           your
           hands
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           that
           my
           infirmity
           alloweth
           me
           some
           little
           ease
           ,
           I
           will
           pay
           the
           arrierages
           of
           my
           former
           slacknesse
           .
           And
           first
           I
           yield
           you
           many
           thankes
           ,
           for
           the
           pleasure
           you
           did
           me
           ,
           in
           shewing
           my
           Letter
           to
           
           his
           Maiesty
           of
           Great-Britaine
           ,
           and
           procuring
           me
           some
           part
           in
           his
           gracious
           fauour
           ;
           which
           I
           will
           endeauour
           so
           to
           increase
           by
           most
           humble
           seruices
           ,
           and
           particulerly
           by
           setting
           forth
           his
           Royall
           Praises
           (
           the
           only
           fruite
           ,
           which
           good
           and
           vertuous
           Kings
           ,
           such
           as
           his
           Maiesty
           is
           ,
           do
           receaue
           of
           the
           thorny
           cares
           annexed
           to
           Royall
           Gouernement
           )
           as
           he
           shall
           haue
           no
           cause
           to
           be
           sorie
           ,
           that
           Posterity
           know
           the
           honour
           ,
           which
           his
           Maiesty
           did
           me
           with
           his
           Royall
           fauour
           ,
           and
           the
           Reuerence
           and
           Admiration
           I
           had
           of
           his
           Princelie
           vertues
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Translation
           of
           Virgils
           verse
           ,
           wherof
           you
           say
           his
           Maiesty
           desired
           a
           Copie
           ,
           that
           being
           lost
           ,
           which
           before
           I
           sent
           you
           ,
           I
           must
           differre
           for
           some
           daies
           the
           performance
           of
           this
           duty
           ,
           for
           that
           I
           haue
           caused
           it
           to
           be
           printed
           againe
           with
           an
           Addition
           of
           one
           part
           of
           the
           fourth
           ;
           which
           for
           his
           Maiesties
           sake
           
           I
           haue
           of
           purpose
           added
           ,
           to
           make
           therof
           vnto
           him
           a
           more
           ample
           and
           worthy
           present
           ;
           and
           as
           soone
           as
           some
           few
           Copies
           shal
           be
           finished
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           fayle
           to
           send
           you
           one
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           present
           it
           to
           his
           Maiesty
           in
           my
           name
           .
        
         
           There
           resteth
           now
           the
           third
           point
           of
           your
           Letter
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           his
           Maiesty
           much
           meruailed
           at
           these
           wordes
           of
           mine
           ,
           where
           I
           sayd
           ,
           that
           excepting
           the
           only
           Title
           of
           Catholike
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           wanting
           in
           his
           Royall
           Person
           ,
           to
           expresse
           the
           liuelie
           patterne
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           completely
           endued
           with
           all
           Princely
           vertues
           :
           and
           that
           he
           pretended
           the
           Title
           of
           Catholike
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           denied
           him
           ,
           since
           he
           belieued
           all
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           with
           vniforme
           consent
           esteemed
           necessary
           to
           saluation
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answere
           ,
           that
           as
           on
           the
           one
           side
           I
           cannot
           but
           greatly
           praise
           the
           Christian
           humility
           of
           
           his
           Maiesty
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           refuseth
           not
           to
           submit
           his
           Iudgement
           ,
           adorned
           with
           so
           rare
           light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           increased
           by
           Industrie
           ,
           to
           those
           bright
           shining
           Lampes
           of
           Antiquity
           ;
           imitating
           herein
           the
           prudence
           of
           the
           Great
           Emperour
           Theodosius
           ,
           who
           thought
           no
           other
           meanes
           more
           ready
           for
           the
           composing
           of
           those
           dissentions
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Church
           was
           molested
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           then
           to
           demaund
           of
           both
           parties
           ,
           if
           they
           belieued
           ,
           that
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           who
           flourished
           before
           their
           contentions
           began
           ,
           had
           the
           true
           faith
           ;
           which
           they
           confessing
           ,
           he
           required
           them
           to
           submit
           themselues
           to
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           should
           find
           to
           haue
           byn
           belieued
           by
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           :
           so
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           there
           are
           diuers
           things
           to
           be
           obserued
           vpon
           the
           Premises
           before
           we
           come
           to
           the
           Conclusion
           ;
           which
           for
           that
           I
           haue
           not
           meanes
           to
           present
           to
           his
           Maiesty
           ,
           I
           shal
           be
           content
           to
           informe
           you
           of
           
           thē
           for
           your
           particuler
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Name
           of
           Catholike
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Name
           of
           only
           Beliefe
           ,
           but
           of
           Communion
           ;
           otherwise
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           would
           neuer
           haue
           refused
           to
           giue
           this
           Name
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           were
           separated
           from
           them
           ,
           not
           in
           beliefe
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           communion
           &
           vnity
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Neither
           would
           they
           euer
           haue
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           they
           might
           haue
           Faith
           and
           Sacraments
           ,
           but
           not
           Saluation
           .
           
             Out
             of
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             (
             saith
             
               S.
               Augustin
            
             in
             his
             Treatise
             of
             the
             Conference
             had
             with
             Emeritus
             )
             a
             man
             may
             haue
             all
             things
             ,
             excepting
             saluation
             :
             he
             may
             haue
             Orders
             ,
             he
             may
             haue
             Sacraments
             ,
             he
             may
             sing
             Alleluia
             ,
             he
             may
             answere
             Amen
             ,
             he
             may
             haue
             the
             Ghospell
             ,
             he
             may
             haue
             ,
             and
             preach
             the
             faith
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             &
             of
             the
             Sōne
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ;
             but
             he
             can
             by
             no
             meanes
             obtaine
             saluatiō
             ,
             
             but
             in
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           And
           in
           his
           booke
           
             de
             vtilitate
             credendi
          
           .
           
           
             There
             is
             one
             Church
             ,
             as
             all
             do
             confesse
             :
             and
             if
             you
             looke
             on
             the
             whole
             compasse
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             it
             exceedeth
             all
             others
             in
             number
             :
             and
             as
             they
             affirme
             that
             know
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             sincere
             in
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
             But
             this
             is
             another
             question
             .
             That
             which
             sufficeth
             for
             our
             present
             purpose
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             one
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             to
             which
             diuers
             heresies
             haue
             giuen
             different
             Names
             ,
             when
             as
             euery
             of
             them
             haue
             their
             proper
             Names
             ,
             which
             they
             dare
             not
             deny
             :
             by
             which
             it
             may
             easily
             appeare
             ,
             to
             whome
             the
             Name
             of
             Catholike
             ,
             of
             which
             all
             are
             desirous
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             attributed
             .
          
        
         
           
           And
           in
           his
           booke
           
             contra
             Epist
             .
             Fundam
          
           .
           
             And
             that
             I
             may
             omit
             this
             wisdome
             ,
             which
             you
             denie
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             there
             are
             diuers
             other
             things
             ,
             which
             do
             most
             iustly
             retayne
             ,
             and
             hould
             me
             in
             her
             
             bounds
             &
             vnity
             .
             There
             doth
             hould
             me
             the
             consent
             of
             people
             and
             natiōs
             ,
             the
             authority
             which
             had
             her
             beginning
             by
             miracles
             ,
             nourished
             by
             hope
             ,
             augmented
             by
             charity
             ,
             confirmed
             by
             antiquity
             .
             There
             doth
             hould
             me
             the
             Succession
             of
             Bishops
             vntill
             this
             present
             day
             ,
             from
             the
             very
             Seate
             of
             Peter
             ,
             to
             whom
             our
             Lord
             committed
             the
             feeding
             of
             his
             sheepe
             after
             his
             Resurrection
             ,
             to
             the
             Episcopall
             dignity
             of
             the
             present
             Bishop
             .
             And
             lastly
             this
             very
             name
             Catholike
             doth
             hould
             me
             in
             the
             vnity
             of
             this
             Church
             ;
             which
             name
             this
             Church
             hath
             alwaies
             ,
             not
             without
             cause
             ,
             amongst
             so
             many
             different
             sects
             of
             heresies
             ,
             in
             such
             sort
             obtained
             ,
             that
             although
             all
             heretiks
             desire
             to
             be
             called
             Catholiks
             ;
             yet
             if
             a
             Stranger
             should
             demaūd
             where
             is
             the
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Heretike
             that
             dareth
             to
             assigne
             him
             his
             Temple
             ,
             or
             his
             house
             .
          
        
         
         
           
           And
           in
           his
           Treatise
           
             de
             fide
             &
             symbolo
          
           .
           
             We
             doe
             belieue
             the
             holy
             Church
             ,
             that
             is
             Catholike
             ;
             for
             the
             Heretikes
             and
             the
             Schismatikes
             do
             cal
             their
             Congregations
             Churches
             :
             but
             the
             Heretikes
             belieuing
             those
             things
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             are
             false
             ,
             do
             violate
             the
             fayth
             ;
             and
             the
             Schismatiks
             by
             vnlawfull
             diuisions
             ,
             doe
             separate
             themselues
             from
             brotherly
             charity
             ,
             although
             they
             belieue
             in
             all
             things
             the
             same
             with
             vs.
             And
             for
             this
             cause
             neither
             doth
             the
             Heretike
             appertaine
             to
             the
             Catholik
             Church
             ,
             for
             that
             she
             loueth
             God
             ;
             nor
             the
             Schismatike
             ,
             for
             that
             she
             loueth
             her
             neighbour
             .
          
        
         
           
           And
           in
           his
           Booke
           
             de
             vnitate
             Ecclesiae
          
           .
           
             All
             those
             that
             belieue
             ,
             as
             hath
             bene
             said
             ,
             that
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             flesh
             ,
             &
             risen
             from
             death
             in
             the
             same
             flesh
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             was
             borne
             ,
             and
             hath
             suffered
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             is
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             one
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             
             onely
             immutable
             Word
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             by
             whome
             all
             thinges
             were
             made
             ,
             but
             doth
             yet
             in
             such
             sort
             dissent
             from
             his
             body
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             their
             communion
             is
             not
             with
             all
             them
             with
             whome
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             doth
             participate
             ,
             but
             are
             in
             some
             deuided
             part
             ;
             it
             is
             manifest
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             in
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           And
           Prosper
           his
           Disciple
           saith
           :
           
             That
             he
             who
             doth
             cōmunicate
             with
             this
             Vniuersall
             Church
             ,
             is
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             a
             Catholike
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             doth
             not
             cōmunicate
             ,
             is
             an
             Heretike
             and
             Antichrist
             .
          
           By
           which
           we
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           denyed
           the
           Title
           of
           Catholike
           to
           the
           Donatists
           ,
           because
           they
           separated
           themselues
           from
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           graunted
           it
           to
           them
           ,
           from
           whome
           the
           Donatists
           tooke
           their
           doctrine
           ,
           because
           they
           remayned
           in
           the
           Vnity
           of
           one
           communion
           .
           
             The
             people
             vnder
             
               S.
               Cyprian
            
             
             his
             charge
             (
             saith
             
               Saint
               Pacianus
            
             )
             haue
             neuer
             bene
             called
             otherwise
             then
             Catholike
             .
             And
             
               S.
               Vincentius
               Lyrinensis
            
             :
             O
             admirable
             change
             of
             things
             !
             The
             Authors
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             opinion
             are
             esteemed
             Catholikes
             ,
             and
             their
             followers
             are
             iudged
             Heretikes
             .
             And
             
               S.
               Augustine
            
             .
             Your
             dissention
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             and
             your
             diuision
             maketh
             you
             Heretikes
             ,
             &
             their
             peace
             and
             vnity
             made
             them
             Catholikes
             .
          
        
         
           And
           when
           as
           in
           the
           fourth
           Councell
           of
           Carthage
           this
           Article
           was
           put
           in
           the
           examen
           of
           those
           that
           were
           to
           be
           made
           Bishops
           ,
           the
           same
           was
           repeated
           in
           the
           Epistle
           of
           the
           Councell
           ,
           by
           
             Saint
             Augustine
          
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Secretary
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
           
             Whosoeuer
             is
             deuided
             from
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             how
             laudably
             soeuer
             he
             seeme
             to
             liue
             ,
             for
             this
             only
             cryme
             that
             he
             is
             separated
             frō
             the
             Vnity
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             excluded
             from
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             wrath
             
             of
             God
             shall
             remayne
             vpon
             him
             .
             And
             the
             same
             was
             repeated
             againe
             by
             Fulgentius
             ,
             who
             saith
             :
             
             Hold
             for
             most
             certaine
             ,
             and
             doubt
             not
             in
             any
             manner
             ,
             that
             no
             Heretike
             or
             Schismatike
             ,
             baptized
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             of
             the
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             not
             vnited
             to
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             although
             he
             giue
             neuer
             so
             great
             almes
             ,
             and
             shed
             his
             very
             bloud
             for
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             yet
             can
             he
             in
             no
             wise
             be
             saued
             .
          
           Thus
           sayd
           these
           Fathers
           ,
           wholy
           or
           principally
           against
           the
           Donatists
           ;
           who
           notwithstanding
           agreed
           with
           the
           Catholikes
           in
           all
           articles
           of
           the
           Creed
           ,
           and
           in
           holy
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           
             You
             accord
             with
             vs
             (
             sayth
             
               S.
               Augustine
            
             )
             in
             Baptisme
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Creed
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             other
             Sacraments
             of
             our
             Lord
             :
             but
             in
             the
             spirit
             of
             Vnity
             ,
             in
             the
             place
             of
             peace
             ,
             &
             lastly
             in
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             you
             are
             not
             with
             vs.
             
          
           And
           yet
           they
           differed
           only
           in
           one
           poynt
           of
           Tradition
           ,
           not
           
           expressely
           contayned
           in
           Scripture
           .
           And
           
             S.
             Augustine
          
           himselfe
           ,
           the
           chief
           Conquerour
           of
           this
           Heresy
           ,
           doth
           confesse
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           not
           be
           proued
           by
           Scripture
           .
           
             This
             (
             saith
             he
             lib.
             
             
               de
               vnitate
               Ecclesiae
            
             )
             neither
             you
             ,
             nor
             I
             ,
             do
             read
             in
             expresse
             wordes
             .
          
           And
           in
           his
           first
           booke
           
             contra
             Cresconium
          
           :
           
           
             Although
             no
             example
             of
             this
             matter
             be
             found
             in
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             yet
             do
             we
             follow
             in
             this
             ,
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             when
             we
             do
             that
             which
             is
             agreable
             to
             the
             Vniuersall
             Church
             ,
             cōmended
             vnto
             vs
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             same
             Scriptures
             .
             And
             l.
             
             11.
             
               de
               Bapt.
               cont
               .
               Donat.
            
             And
             we
             our selues
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             should
             not
             dare
             to
             affirm
             any
             thing
             of
             this
             matter
             ,
             if
             we
             were
             not
             warrāted
             by
             the
             most
             vniforme
             Authority
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             
             And
             l.
             5.
             
             The
             Apostles
             haue
             cōmanded
             nothing
             concerning
             this
             matter
             :
             but
             the
             custome
             which
             was
             alleadged
             against
             
               S.
               Cypr.
            
             is
             to
             be
             thought
             to
             haue
             descended
             frō
             their
             
             traditiō
             ,
             as
             diuers
             other
             things
             haue
             done
             ,
             which
             the
             Vniuersall
             Church
             doth
             obserue
             ,
             and
             are
             therfore
             with
             great
             reason
             belieued
             ,
             to
             haue
             bene
             commaunded
             by
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             although
             they
             be
             not
             written
             .
          
        
         
           Whence
           it
           followeth
           ,
           that
           it
           sufficeth
           not
           ,
           for
           the
           obtaining
           of
           the
           Name
           Catholike
           ,
           to
           hould
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           thinke
           we
           do
           hould
           the
           self
           same
           beliefe
           of
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           participate
           with
           them
           in
           the
           Vnity
           and
           Communion
           of
           the
           same
           Catholike
           Church
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           same
           ancient
           Fathers
           did
           communicate
           ,
           and
           which
           by
           succession
           of
           persons
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           we
           further
           pretend
           ,
           by
           the
           succession
           also
           of
           doctrine
           is
           descended
           vnto
           vs.
           And
           if
           she
           hath
           lost
           any
           part
           of
           her
           greatnes
           in
           our
           Hemisphere
           ,
           she
           hath
           gotten
           as
           much
           ,
           or
           more
           ,
           in
           the
           other
           Hemisphere
           ,
           that
           is
           vnder
           vs
           :
           that
           so
           those
           ancient
           Prophesies
           may
           be
           fulfilled
           ;
           
           
             In
             thy
             seed
             all
             the
             nations
             of
             the
             
             earth
             shall
             be
             blessed
          
           And
           :
           
             In
             the
             last
             dayes
          
           ,
           
           
             the
             mountayne
             of
             the
             house
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             shal
             be
             in
             the
             top
             of
             mountaines
             ,
             and
             shal
             be
             lifted
             vp
             aboue
             the
             hilles
             ,
             and
             all
             nations
             shall
             come
             vnto
             it
             .
             The
             Ghospell
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             must
             be
             preached
             through
             the
             vniuersall
             world
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             then
             shall
             follow
             the
             end
             and
             consummation
          
           :
           with
           other
           the
           like
           sentences
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           .
           By
           which
           (
           as
           
             Saint
             Augustine
          
           noteth
           )
           the
           Church
           hath
           obtayned
           the
           Title
           &
           Marke
           of
           Catholike
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           obseruation
           is
           ,
           concerning
           the
           restriction
           to
           things
           ,
           necessary
           to
           saluation
           .
           For
           besides
           those
           that
           are
           necessary
           to
           saluation
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           other
           degrees
           of
           things
           :
           the
           one
           ,
           of
           such
           as
           are
           profitable
           to
           saluation
           :
           as
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           iudgment
           of
           your
           Ministers
           ,
           is
           the
           selling
           of
           all
           that
           a
           man
           hath
           ,
           and
           giuing
           it
           to
           the
           poore
           .
           Likewise
           to
           fast
           in
           time
           of
           afflictiō
           ,
           to
           appease
           the
           indignation
           of
           God
           ;
           to
           pray
           for
           
           the
           brethren
           that
           are
           of
           the
           same
           faith
           with
           vs
           ;
           to
           pray
           to
           Almighty
           God
           for
           our
           owne
           necessities
           .
           The
           other
           degree
           is
           of
           things
           lawfull
           ,
           &
           not
           repugnant
           to
           saluation
           ;
           as
           to
           flie
           in
           time
           of
           persecution
           ,
           and
           for
           such
           as
           serue
           the
           Altar
           ,
           to
           be
           maintained
           by
           the
           Altar
           ;
           to
           put
           away
           the
           wife
           that
           is
           Adultresse
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           For
           I
           alleage
           these
           ,
           as
           exāples
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           instances
           .
           Now
           for
           entire
           conformity
           with
           the
           beliefe
           of
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           it
           is
           necessary
           ,
           that
           we
           belieue
           all
           those
           things
           which
           they
           belieued
           ,
           euery
           one
           according
           to
           the
           degree
           in
           which
           they
           were
           held
           by
           them
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           belieue
           those
           things
           to
           be
           necessary
           to
           saluation
           ,
           which
           they
           reputed
           necessarie
           ;
           and
           those
           things
           profitable
           to
           saluation
           ,
           which
           they
           esteemed
           so
           :
           and
           likewise
           to
           belieue
           those
           things
           to
           be
           lawfull
           ,
           and
           not
           repugnant
           to
           saluation
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           hold
           for
           lawfull
           &
           not
           repugnant
           :
           
           and
           that
           vnder
           colour
           ,
           that
           these
           two
           last
           degrees
           are
           not
           of
           things
           necessary
           to
           saluation
           ,
           but
           only
           profitable
           or
           lawfull
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           condemne
           them
           ,
           nor
           separate
           our selues
           for
           any
           respect
           of
           them
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           did
           ,
           and
           doth
           practise
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           obseruation
           is
           ,
           concerning
           the
           ambiguity
           of
           the
           words
           (
           
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
          
           )
           which
           for
           that
           there
           are
           diuers
           kindes
           of
           necessities
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           may
           be
           diuersly
           taken
           .
           For
           there
           is
           one
           necessity
           ,
           which
           is
           called
           Absolute
           ,
           and
           another
           Conditionall
           .
           There
           is
           a
           necessitie
           of
           the
           meanes
           to
           do
           a
           thing
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           a
           necessitie
           induced
           by
           the
           precept
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           are
           commaunded
           to
           do
           it
           .
           There
           is
           also
           a
           necessitie
           of
           speciall
           and
           particuler
           beliefe
           ,
           and
           a
           necessitie
           of
           beliefe
           in
           generall
           :
           a
           necessitie
           of
           act
           ,
           and
           lastly
           a
           necessity
           of
           approbation
           .
           I
           call
           absolute
           necessity
           (
           not
           
           that
           it
           is
           simply
           so
           ,
           but
           for
           that
           God
           hath
           so
           ordained
           it
           )
           that
           which
           admitteth
           no
           excuse
           of
           impossibility
           ,
           nor
           any
           exception
           of
           place
           ,
           time
           ,
           or
           person
           .
           Of
           this
           kind
           is
           the
           knowledge
           and
           beliefe
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Mediatour
           betweene
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           absolute
           necessitie
           to
           be
           knowne
           of
           all
           that
           be
           of
           age
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           excused
           with
           the
           circumstance
           of
           not
           being
           in
           place
           ,
           where
           one
           may
           be
           instructed
           ,
           nor
           with
           the
           condition
           of
           being
           ignorant
           and
           vnlearned
           ,
           rude
           ,
           and
           of
           little
           capacity
           ,
           a
           sheepe
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           sheepheard
           :
           for
           none
           of
           these
           exceptions
           can
           defend
           them
           from
           eternall
           death
           ,
           that
           do
           not
           actually
           belieue
           .
           Forasmuch
           as
           whosoeuer
           belieueth
           not
           in
           the
           only
           begotten
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           allreadie
           iudged
           .
           
           And
           of
           the
           same
           necessitie
           to
           little
           infants
           ,
           is
           the
           receauing
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           by
           which
           alone
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           doctrine
           of
           
           Catholikes
           ,
           the
           faith
           in
           Christ
           is
           in
           them
           supplyed
           :
           following
           herein
           the
           sentence
           of
           S
           Augustine
           ,
           
           who
           saith
           :
           
             Do
             not
             belieue
             ,
             do
             not
             say
             ,
             do
             not
             teach
             ,
             that
             the
             Infants
             preuented
             by
             death
             ,
             before
             they
             be
             baptized
             ,
             can
             obtaine
             remission
             of
             Originall
             sinne
             ,
             if
             thou
             will
             be
             a
             Catholike
             .
          
           And
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           necessitie
           ,
           there
           are
           but
           few
           examples
           .
        
         
           I
           call
           that
           necessitie
           Conditionall
           ,
           which
           obligeth
           not
           ,
           but
           when
           there
           is
           possibility
           ,
           and
           admitteth
           exception
           of
           place
           ,
           time
           ,
           and
           persons
           :
           and
           this
           againe
           is
           subdeuided
           into
           many
           branches
           .
           For
           first
           of
           all
           (
           to
           speake
           of
           matters
           which
           concerne
           Faith
           )
           there
           are
           many
           points
           ,
           which
           necessarily
           are
           to
           be
           belieued
           by
           him
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           place
           ,
           where
           he
           may
           be
           instructed
           ,
           or
           hath
           time
           to
           informe
           himself
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           necessary
           to
           another
           ,
           that
           liueth
           in
           a
           desert
           ,
           or
           is
           so
           suddainly
           preuented
           by
           death
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           no
           leasure
           
           to
           be
           instructed
           :
           as
           ,
           that
           Christ
           was
           borne
           of
           a
           Virgin
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           crucified
           vnder
           
             Pontius
             Pilate
          
           ,
           that
           he
           rose
           againe
           the
           third
           day
           .
           And
           many
           things
           are
           necessary
           to
           be
           belieued
           and
           held
           for
           points
           of
           Faith
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           generall
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           order
           of
           Ministers
           or
           Pastours
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           eies
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           be
           not
           necessary
           to
           be
           knowne
           and
           belieued
           as
           articles
           of
           Faith
           by
           euery
           one
           in
           particuler
           :
           As
           ,
           that
           the
           persons
           of
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           are
           one
           in
           Essence
           ,
           and
           distinct
           in
           Subsistence
           :
           that
           the
           Father
           hath
           begottē
           his
           Sonne
           of
           necessity
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           free
           accord
           ;
           that
           they
           are
           the
           diuine
           Persons
           which
           do
           produce
           ,
           and
           are
           produced
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Essence
           which
           doth
           neither
           produce
           ,
           nor
           is
           produced
           ;
           that
           the
           externall
           operations
           of
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           are
           vndeuided
           :
           that
           the
           only
           Person
           of
           the
           Sonne
           hath
           taken
           flesh
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           
           of
           the
           others
           :
           that
           in
           Christ
           there
           are
           two
           Substances
           ,
           and
           one
           Subsistence
           :
           that
           the
           Diuinity
           was
           not
           in
           place
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           but
           that
           besides
           the
           body
           and
           Diuinity
           ,
           there
           was
           in
           Christ
           also
           a
           sensible
           and
           reasonable
           soule
           :
           that
           what
           Christ
           did
           once
           personally
           vnite
           vnto
           him
           ,
           he
           doth
           neuer
           abandone
           :
           that
           the
           Diuel
           was
           created
           good
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           liberty
           of
           his
           owne
           free
           will
           ,
           he
           became
           euill
           ;
           and
           other
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           necessity
           of
           action
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           things
           necessary
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           possibility
           and
           opportunity
           of
           times
           ,
           of
           places
           ,
           and
           of
           persons
           ;
           which
           are
           not
           necessary
           absolutely
           ,
           and
           when
           these
           commodities
           and
           meanes
           to
           performe
           them
           ,
           are
           wanting
           :
           As
           to
           assist
           at
           Ecclesiasticall
           solemnities
           ;
           to
           receaue
           actually
           the
           Eucharist
           .
           And
           many
           things
           are
           necessary
           to
           some
           ,
           as
           Mission
           and
           Imposition
           of
           hands
           to
           the
           Pastours
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           
           Marriage
           to
           such
           as
           desire
           lawfull
           ofspring
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           necessary
           to
           others
           .
           And
           briefly
           ,
           other
           things
           are
           needfull
           for
           the
           obtayning
           of
           saluation
           ,
           and
           others
           for
           the
           obtaining
           of
           it
           with
           more
           facility
           :
           others
           for
           the
           obtaining
           of
           it
           for
           ones
           self
           ,
           and
           others
           for
           the
           procuring
           and
           getting
           of
           it
           for
           another
           :
           others
           for
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           others
           for
           the
           edification
           and
           more
           large
           propagation
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           others
           for
           the
           meere
           being
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           others
           for
           the
           better
           being
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           the
           decēcy
           ,
           dignity
           ,
           and
           splendour
           therof
           .
           I
           call
           necessity
           of
           meanes
           that
           which
           is
           in
           the
           things
           themselues
           we
           vse
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           to
           which
           God
           hath
           giuen
           power
           ,
           for
           the
           imparting
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           reall
           cooperation
           to
           the
           health
           of
           a
           mans
           soule
           ,
           That
           also
           of
           the
           Cōmaundements
           of
           the
           morall
           law
           ,
           the
           necessity
           wherof
           is
           imposed
           by
           the
           order
           
           of
           nature
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           the
           necessity
           of
           repenting
           for
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           necessary
           meane
           for
           obtaining
           of
           pardon
           .
        
         
           I
           call
           that
           necessity
           of
           Precept
           ,
           which
           proceedeth
           only
           from
           the
           force
           of
           commaundment
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           keeping
           holy
           of
           the
           first
           day
           in
           the
           weeke
           ,
           in
           memorie
           of
           that
           day
           in
           which
           our
           Sauiour
           rose
           from
           death
           ,
           and
           which
           for
           this
           cause
           is
           called
           
             Dies
             Dominicus
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           and
           other
           the
           like
           obseruations
           ;
           the
           omission
           of
           which
           ,
           would
           nothing
           endanger
           saluation
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           disobedience
           and
           the
           breaking
           of
           the
           precept
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           are
           commaunded
           .
           I
           call
           necessitie
           of
           particuler
           and
           speciall
           beliefe
           ,
           the
           necessity
           of
           those
           articles
           ,
           which
           all
           faithfull
           soules
           not
           preuented
           by
           death
           are
           bound
           to
           know
           and
           belieue
           with
           an
           expresse
           ,
           distinct
           ,
           and
           determinate
           faith
           ,
           which
           in
           Schooles
           is
           called
           
             Fides
             
             ex
             licita
          
           :
           and
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           are
           the
           twelue
           Articles
           of
           our
           Creed
           .
        
         
           Necessity
           of
           generall
           beliefe
           comprehendeth
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           euery
           one
           in
           particuler
           is
           not
           bound
           to
           belieue
           in
           distinct
           and
           expresse
           manner
           ;
           as
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Originall
           sinne
           ;
           the
           article
           of
           two
           wills
           in
           Christ
           ;
           the
           proceeding
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           from
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Sonne
           ;
           the
           force
           of
           Baptisme
           giuen
           in
           due
           forme
           out
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           baptized
           by
           heretikes
           are
           not
           to
           be
           rebaptized
           ,
           when
           they
           returne
           to
           the
           vnity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           other
           the
           like
           ,
           which
           euery
           simple
           and
           rude
           Christian
           is
           not
           bound
           expresly
           and
           distinctly
           to
           belieue
           ,
           but
           it
           sufficeth
           ,
           that
           they
           belieue
           them
           in
           generall
           ,
           in
           the
           faith
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           adhere
           ,
           and
           be
           vnited
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           belieueth
           them
           ;
           in
           the
           faith
           whereof
           they
           liue
           as
           long
           ,
           as
           they
           remaine
           
           in
           her
           communion
           and
           vnity
           ;
           in
           like
           manner
           as
           the
           infant
           liueth
           by
           the
           food
           receaued
           by
           the
           mother
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           it
           is
           within
           her
           wombe
           .
        
         
           Necessity
           of
           Act
           I
           call
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           euery
           one
           in
           particuler
           is
           bound
           actually
           to
           do
           :
           As
           to
           professe
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           pardon
           receaued
           iniuries
           ,
           to
           restore
           the
           goods
           of
           others
           vniustly
           detayned
           .
           Necessity
           of
           approbation
           is
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           euery
           one
           in
           particuler
           is
           not
           bound
           actually
           to
           execute
           ;
           but
           he
           is
           bound
           not
           to
           contradict
           ,
           or
           condemne
           those
           that
           do
           them
           ,
           nor
           the
           Church
           which
           doth
           approue
           them
           ,
           nor
           for
           any
           dislike
           of
           them
           to
           separate
           themselues
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           vnder
           paine
           of
           being
           excluded
           from
           euerlasting
           saluation
           .
           Of
           this
           sort
           is
           the
           choice
           of
           liuing
           a
           chast
           and
           single
           life
           ,
           and
           other
           the
           like
           .
           Of
           all
           which
           kindes
           of
           Necessitie
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           held
           many
           things
           ,
           
           ech
           one
           in
           his
           degree
           ,
           differently
           necessary
           to
           saluation
           :
           as
           we
           will
           shew
           in
           those
           particulers
           ,
           which
           shal
           be
           presented
           to
           be
           examined
           .
           Now
           if
           we
           hold
           the
           points
           of
           doctrine
           or
           of
           action
           ,
           which
           the
           Fathers
           esteemed
           necessary
           for
           saluation
           ,
           according
           to
           some
           of
           these
           necessities
           ,
           and
           do
           reiect
           the
           rest
           ,
           we
           cannot
           for
           this
           be
           said
           to
           agree
           in
           beliefe
           with
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           :
           but
           it
           is
           further
           needfull
           to
           hold
           and
           esteeme
           all
           those
           things
           necessary
           to
           saluation
           ,
           which
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           did
           esteeme
           to
           be
           necessary
           ,
           euery
           one
           in
           the
           degree
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           kind
           of
           necessity
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           esteemed
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           Obseruation
           is
           about
           the
           word
           
             (
             Ancient
          
           )
           which
           some
           ,
           when
           they
           should
           come
           to
           performe
           their
           promise
           of
           submitting
           their
           iudgment
           to
           Antiquity
           ,
           do
           restraine
           to
           the
           first
           or
           second
           Age
           immediatly
           after
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           
           not
           for
           that
           they
           hope
           to
           find
           within
           that
           space
           any
           ancient
           Father
           ,
           that
           doth
           fauour
           them
           ,
           but
           for
           that
           the
           Church
           being
           then
           oppressed
           with
           persecutions
           ,
           left
           vs
           but
           few
           writings
           of
           that
           Date
           ;
           and
           those
           for
           the
           most
           part
           against
           such
           persons
           ,
           &
           about
           such
           matters
           ,
           as
           do
           so
           little
           appertaine
           to
           the
           questiōs
           now
           in
           cōtrouersy
           ,
           as
           the
           face
           of
           the
           anciēt
           doctrine
           ,
           &
           the
           practise
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           those
           dayes
           ,
           cannot
           be
           fully
           represented
           vnto
           vs
           &
           knowne
           .
           But
           reason
           and
           equity
           requireth
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           wil
           confer
           the
           estate
           of
           the
           Sects
           of
           this
           age
           ,
           which
           would
           chalenge
           to
           themselues
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           ,
           with
           the
           estate
           of
           the
           ancient
           Church
           ;
           we
           should
           take
           a
           time
           ,
           wherin
           not
           only
           our
           Competitours
           do
           agree
           with
           vs
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           that
           age
           was
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           &
           the
           true
           Spouse
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           had
           lawfull
           authority
           to
           iudge
           and
           determine
           the
           
           Cōtrouersies
           in
           matters
           of
           Religiō
           ;
           but
           also
           it
           behoueth
           vs
           to
           take
           such
           a
           tyme
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           haue
           sufficient
           Monuments
           and
           Records
           ,
           to
           shew
           cleerly
           vnto
           vs
           the
           doctrine
           &
           obobseruatiōs
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           which
           cannot
           in
           any
           sort
           be
           better
           found
           then
           in
           the
           tymes
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Councels
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           tyme
           of
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           first
           Emperour
           that
           publikly
           professed
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           to
           the
           tyme
           of
           the
           Emperour
           Martian
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           seemeth
           his
           Maiesty
           doth
           liberally
           accord
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           this
           ,
           but
           to
           much
           more
           in
           some
           of
           his
           writings
           ,
           hauing
           extended
           the
           continuance
           of
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           to
           the
           whole
           space
           of
           the
           fiue
           first
           ages
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           the
           freedome
           from
           the
           yoke
           of
           seruitude
           of
           the
           Pagans
           ,
           gaue
           place
           to
           the
           Church
           then
           to
           speake
           with
           more
           liberty
           ,
           and
           to
           haue
           more
           free
           communication
           with
           all
           the
           parts
           belonging
           
           vnto
           it
           ,
           dispersed
           in
           diuers
           Countreys
           and
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           to
           flourish
           in
           a
           greater
           multitude
           of
           learned
           and
           excellent
           Writers
           ,
           which
           hath
           bene
           the
           cause
           ,
           that
           we
           haue
           at
           this
           present
           without
           comparison
           ,
           many
           more
           testimonyes
           of
           those
           ages
           ,
           to
           discouer
           the
           entire
           and
           perfect
           forme
           of
           the
           ancient
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           then
           we
           haue
           of
           the
           other
           ages
           which
           went
           before
           .
           Besides
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           our
           Aduersaryes
           cannot
           deny
           ,
           but
           that
           Church
           ,
           which
           was
           nourished
           with
           the
           brests
           of
           the
           first
           Christian
           Emperours
           ,
           and
           which
           destroyed
           the
           Temples
           ,
           abolished
           the
           seruice
           and
           honour
           done
           to
           false
           Gods
           ,
           and
           exercised
           the
           soueraigne
           Tribunall
           of
           spirituall
           authority
           on
           earth
           ,
           by
           the
           sentence
           of
           condemnation
           ,
           which
           she
           pronoūced
           against
           the
           foure
           most
           famous
           Heresies
           ,
           in
           the
           foure
           first
           generall
           Councells
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           foure
           first
           generall
           Assemblyes
           ,
           and
           
           Parlaments
           of
           Estate
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Christ
           ,
           was
           that
           Church
           of
           whom
           it
           was
           fortould
           ,
           that
           she
           should
           suck
           the
           brests
           of
           Kings
           ;
           
           and
           that
           Nations
           should
           walke
           in
           her
           light
           ,
           and
           Kings
           in
           the
           brightnesse
           of
           her
           orient
           ;
           that
           all
           attempts
           against
           her
           should
           be
           destroyed
           ;
           that
           she
           should
           iudge
           euery
           tongue
           that
           resisted
           in
           iudgement
           ;
           that
           God
           had
           put
           watchmen
           vpon
           her
           walles
           ,
           who
           should
           not
           be
           silent
           day
           or
           night
           for
           all
           eternity
           ;
           
           that
           the
           gates
           of
           Hell
           should
           not
           preuaile
           against
           her
           ;
           and
           whosoeuer
           refused
           to
           heare
           her
           ,
           should
           be
           esteemed
           as
           a
           Publicane
           and
           Heathen
           :
           
           and
           briefly
           that
           she
           was
           the
           pillar
           and
           firmament
           of
           truth
           .
           
             Shall
             we
             doubt
             ,
             
             saith
             
               Saint
               Augustine
            
             ,
             to
             put
             our selues
             in
             the
             bosome
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             which
             by
             succession
             of
             Bishops
             from
             the
             Seat
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             to
             the
             vniuersall
             confession
             of
             mankind
             ,
             the
             Heretikes
             barking
             on
             all
             sides
             ,
             and
             condemned
             
             partly
             by
             the
             iudgement
             of
             the
             very
             people
             ,
             and
             partly
             by
             the
             Maiesty
             of
             miracles
             ,
             hath
             obtained
             the
             highest
             degree
             of
             authority
             ,
             which
             not
             to
             obey
             and
             acknowledge
             ,
             is
             an
             act
             of
             extreme
             impiety
             or
             precipitous
             arrogancie
             .
          
           And
           againe
           .
           
           
             The
             Catholike
             Church
             resisting
             all
             Heretikes
             may
             be
             impugned
             ,
             but
             neuer
             ouercome
             :
             al
             heresies
             haue
             come
             out
             of
             her
             ,
             as
             vnprofitable
             branches
             cut
             off
             from
             the
             vine
             ,
             but
             she
             remaineth
             still
             in
             her
             roote
             ,
             in
             her
             vine
             ,
             in
             her
             charity
             .
          
        
         
           That
           doctrine
           therefore
           shall
           truly
           be
           sayd
           to
           be
           ancient
           ,
           and
           marked
           with
           the
           character
           of
           the
           primitiue
           Church
           ,
           which
           shal
           be
           found
           to
           haue
           bene
           belieued
           and
           practised
           vniuersally
           by
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           who
           liued
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Generall
           Councells
           ;
           and
           principally
           when
           it
           shall
           appeare
           ,
           that
           the
           things
           affirmed
           by
           the
           authors
           of
           those
           ages
           ,
           were
           not
           held
           by
           
           them
           as
           doctrines
           and
           obseruations
           of
           their
           owne
           ,
           but
           as
           doctrines
           and
           obseruations
           perpetually
           practised
           by
           the
           Church
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           from
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Apostles
           :
           although
           perhaps
           there
           cannot
           be
           found
           so
           many
           expresse
           testimonies
           of
           euery
           one
           of
           those
           things
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           the
           precedent
           ages
           ,
           as
           may
           within
           the
           time
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Councells
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           small
           store
           of
           writings
           ,
           which
           the
           Persecution
           of
           those
           times
           suffered
           to
           come
           to
           our
           hands
           .
           For
           it
           sufficeth
           to
           assure
           vs
           of
           the
           perpetuall
           practice
           of
           those
           matters
           ,
           that
           the
           Fathers
           who
           liued
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Councells
           ,
           and
           knew
           better
           then
           we
           what
           passed
           in
           the
           ages
           that
           went
           before
           them
           ,
           do
           testify
           that
           they
           were
           belieued
           and
           practised
           ,
           not
           as
           things
           instituted
           in
           their
           age
           ,
           but
           as
           things
           ,
           which
           had
           bene
           practised
           in
           all
           times
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           &
           were
           come
           by
           cōtinuall
           and
           successiue
           obseruation
           
           from
           the
           Apostles
           vnto
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Authors
           of
           the
           precedent
           ages
           ,
           no
           repugnant
           testimonie
           can
           be
           foūd
           ,
           but
           wholy
           to
           the
           contrary
           :
           when
           any
           occasion
           of
           speaking
           of
           those
           things
           is
           offered
           ,
           they
           alwaies
           affoard
           cōformable
           and
           fauourable
           testimonies
           ;
           which
           is
           in
           few
           words
           to
           say
           :
           That
           thing
           ought
           to
           be
           held
           in
           all
           reason
           for
           ancient
           ,
           which
           those
           ,
           whome
           we
           do
           accompt
           ancient
           ,
           did
           themselues
           esteeme
           to
           be
           ancient
           .
        
         
           The
           fifth
           obseruation
           is
           ,
           about
           the
           Vnanimity
           and
           vniforme
           consent
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ;
           which
           some
           contentious
           spirits
           would
           haue
           to
           be
           vnderstood
           only
           ,
           when
           one
           and
           the
           selfe
           same
           thing
           is
           actually
           found
           in
           the
           writings
           of
           all
           the
           Fathers
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           most
           vniust
           and
           impertinent
           pretension
           .
           For
           ,
           that
           any
           doctrine
           or
           obseruation
           be
           truly
           held
           by
           the
           Fathers
           to
           be
           Vniuersall
           and
           Catholike
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           needfull
           
           that
           it
           be
           found
           in
           the
           writings
           of
           all
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           when
           as
           many
           of
           them
           perhapps
           neuer
           treated
           of
           those
           matters
           ,
           and
           of
           whose
           writings
           some
           haue
           perished
           ,
           and
           neuer
           come
           to
           our
           hands
           :
           but
           there
           are
           two
           other
           lawfull
           waies
           to
           assure
           and
           satisfy
           vs
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           The
           one
           ,
           when
           the
           Fathers
           or
           greatest
           eminencie
           in
           euery
           Countrey
           ,
           do
           agree
           in
           the
           affirmation
           of
           one
           and
           the
           self
           same
           doctrine
           or
           practise
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           the
           others
           haue
           noted
           it
           ,
           as
           dissenting
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           nor
           haue
           written
           against
           it
           .
           In
           this
           sort
           ,
           
           when
           
             Saint
             Augustine
          
           had
           cited
           against
           the
           Pelagians
           the
           testimony
           of
           an
           eleuen
           Fathers
           ,
           eminēt
           in
           learning
           ,
           and
           agreeing
           in
           the
           same
           points
           of
           doctrine
           ,
           he
           thought
           he
           had
           sufficiently
           produced
           against
           them
           the
           beliefe
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           :
           and
           when
           the
           Councell
           of
           Ephesus
           had
           produced
           ten
           Fathers
           of
           former
           ages
           ,
           they
           
           thought
           ,
           they
           had
           sufficiētly
           expressed
           the
           cōsent
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           precedēt
           tymes
           ,
           against
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Nestorius
           :
           
           for
           that
           ,
           as
           
             Vincentius
             Lyrinensis
          
           noteth
           ,
           they
           doubted
           not
           ,
           but
           those
           ten
           Fathers
           held
           &
           belieued
           the
           self
           same
           ,
           which
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           brethren
           did
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           way
           is
           ,
           when
           the
           Fathers
           do
           speake
           not
           as
           Doctours
           ,
           but
           as
           witnesses
           ,
           of
           the
           vse
           and
           practise
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           their
           ages
           ,
           &
           do
           not
           say
           ;
           In
           my
           opinion
           ,
           this
           ought
           thus
           to
           be
           belieued
           ,
           or
           thus
           to
           be
           vnderstood
           ,
           or
           thus
           to
           be
           obserued
           :
           but
           the
           Church
           from
           one
           end
           of
           the
           world
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           belieueth
           thus
           ,
           or
           obserueth
           this
           .
           For
           then
           we
           do
           not
           hold
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           say
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           sayd
           by
           them
           ,
           but
           as
           sayd
           by
           the
           vniuersall
           Church
           :
           and
           principally
           in
           matters
           whereof
           they
           could
           not
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           by
           reason
           either
           of
           the
           condition
           of
           things
           ,
           as
           in
           matters
           of
           fact
           ,
           or
           in
           respect
           
           of
           the
           sufficiencie
           of
           the
           persons
           .
           And
           in
           this
           case
           we
           do
           not
           draw
           from
           their
           words
           ,
           only
           a
           probable
           argument
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           ,
           when
           they
           speake
           as
           particuler
           Doctours
           ;
           but
           the
           argument
           we
           draw
           from
           hence
           ,
           is
           an
           absolute
           demonstration
           .
        
         
           This
           therfore
           is
           to
           be
           held
           vndoubtedly
           for
           Vniuersall
           &
           Catholike
           ,
           which
           the
           most
           eminent
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           that
           liued
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Councells
           ,
           haue
           taught
           in
           diuers
           Countreys
           ,
           and
           different
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           which
           none
           of
           the
           rest
           haue
           impugned
           or
           noted
           ,
           as
           disagreing
           from
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           or
           which
           the
           Fathers
           of
           these
           Councells
           haue
           witnessed
           ,
           to
           haue
           bene
           belieued
           and
           practised
           by
           the
           whole
           Church
           in
           their
           ages
           :
           and
           that
           shall
           vndoubtedly
           remayne
           as
           ancient
           and
           Apostolike
           ,
           which
           the
           Fathers
           of
           those
           ages
           haue
           testified
           to
           haue
           bene
           obserued
           by
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           not
           as
           
           a
           thing
           newly
           begun
           in
           their
           time
           ,
           but
           descended
           to
           them
           by
           continuall
           and
           immemorable
           succession
           from
           former
           ages
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           expresse
           Tradition
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
           For
           those
           thinges
           hauing
           bene
           vniuersally
           obserued
           in
           the
           tyme
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Councels
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           be
           instituted
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           vniuersall
           authority
           .
           For
           in
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           was
           then
           exactly
           obserued
           the
           rule
           mentioned
           by
           
             Vincentius
             Lyrinensis
          
           ,
           to
           oppose
           Vniuersalitie
           against
           Particularitie
           .
           And
           therefore
           one
           doctrine
           or
           obseruation
           of
           one
           particuler
           Prince
           ,
           could
           neuer
           come
           to
           be
           the
           beliefe
           or
           custome
           vniforme
           and
           vniuersall
           throughout
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           :
           especially
           in
           such
           sort
           ,
           as
           no
           one
           of
           the
           Fathers
           liuing
           neere
           the
           tyme
           of
           those
           vniuersall
           innouations
           ,
           should
           haue
           perceaued
           or
           noted
           ;
           but
           whatsoeuer
           was
           then
           vniuersally
           obserued
           in
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           
           be
           instituted
           by
           some
           vniuersall
           Prince
           .
        
         
           For
           according
           to
           the
           opinion
           of
           your
           Ministers
           ,
           there
           were
           in
           those
           ages
           but
           two
           principall
           and
           vniuersall
           authorities
           ;
           the
           one
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           of
           generall
           Councells
           .
           For
           they
           will
           not
           admit
           ,
           that
           the
           Sea
           Apostolike
           had
           at
           those
           tymes
           any
           vniuersall
           authoritie
           :
           and
           therefore
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           shal
           be
           found
           to
           haue
           bene
           vniuersally
           and
           vniformly
           obserued
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           all
           Countreys
           &
           Prouinces
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           in
           the
           tyme
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Generall
           Councells
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           haue
           bene
           begun
           in
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           to
           haue
           bene
           formerly
           practised
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           before
           there
           was
           any
           Generall
           Councell
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           be
           a
           tradition
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           following
           those
           rules
           of
           
             S.
             Augustine
             Epist
          
           .
           18.
           
           
             Those
             things
             ,
             saith
             he
             ▪
             which
             we
             keep
             ,
             not
             by
             writing
             ,
             but
             by
             
             Tradition
             ,
             which
             are
             obserued
             through
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             are
             vnderstood
             to
             be
             receaued
             from
             the
             ordination
             and
             institution
             either
             of
             the
             Apostles
             themselues
             ,
             or
             of
             Generall
             Councells
             ,
             whose
             authority
             is
             most
             profitable
             to
             the
             Church
             .
          
           And
           in
           another
           place
           .
           
           
             That
             custome
             also
             ,
             which
             men
             looking
             vpwards
             ,
             could
             not
             find
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             instituted
             by
             posterity
             ,
             was
             iustly
             belieued
             to
             haue
             bene
             instituted
             by
             the
             Apostles
             .
          
           And
           there
           are
           many
           other
           things
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           long
           to
           repeat
           .
           And
           againe
           .
           
             If
             any
             one
             in
             this
             do
             seeke
             diuine
             authority
             ,
             although
             that
             which
             the
             vniuersall
             Church
             obserueth
             ,
             and
             hath
             not
             bene
             instituted
             by
             Councells
             ,
             but
             alwayes
             retayned
             ;
             is
             iustly
             belieued
             not
             to
             haue
             bene
             deliuered
             by
             Tradition
             ,
             but
             by
             Apostolicall
             authority
             &c.
             
          
           Which
           rules
           of
           
             S.
             Augustine
          
           if
           they
           haue
           place
           in
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           who
           liued
           
           in
           the
           tyme
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Councells
           ,
           do
           testifie
           ,
           to
           haue
           bene
           obserued
           in
           the
           Church
           before
           those
           Councells
           ;
           with
           how
           much
           more
           reason
           ought
           they
           to
           haue
           place
           in
           those
           matters
           ,
           which
           the
           same
           Fathers
           affirme
           ,
           not
           in
           doubtfull
           ,
           but
           in
           expresse
           termes
           ,
           to
           haue
           bene
           instituted
           ,
           and
           ordained
           by
           the
           Apostles
           .
        
         
           These
           fiue
           Obseruations
           then
           thus
           made
           vpon
           the
           Premisses
           ,
           to
           passe
           now
           to
           the
           Conclusion
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           so
           farre
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           your
           Ministers
           to
           whome
           his
           Maiesty
           doth
           exteriourly
           adhere
           ,
           doe
           hold
           the
           same
           thinges
           ,
           which
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           haue
           belieued
           and
           practised
           ,
           as
           necessary
           to
           saluation
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           solemne
           Seruice
           or
           Liturgie
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           seale
           of
           Ecclesiasticall
           Communion
           ,
           the
           foure
           principall
           points
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           haue
           separated
           themselues
           frō
           vs
           ,
           which
           are
           ,
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ;
           the
           Offering
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ;
           Prayer
           &
           Oblation
           for
           the
           dead
           ;
           &
           Prayer
           to
           Saints
           ,
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           haue
           vniuersally
           and
           vniformly
           belieued
           ,
           held
           ,
           and
           practised
           them
           all
           ,
           as
           thinges
           necessary
           to
           saluation
           ;
           although
           in
           different
           degrees
           of
           necessitie
           .
           So
           as
           if
           your
           Ministers
           had
           liued
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           they
           must
           ,
           as
           they
           haue
           now
           forsaken
           and
           renounced
           our
           solemnities
           and
           communion
           for
           these
           causes
           :
           so
           also
           haue
           then
           renounced
           the
           solēnities
           &
           cōmunion
           of
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           title
           &
           society
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           .
        
         
           I
           sayd
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           not
           because
           I
           thinke
           not
           to
           passe
           further
           ,
           to
           affirme
           the
           substantiall
           conuersion
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           into
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           it
           sufficeth
           for
           my
           purpose
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           
           Reall
           Presence
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           precisely
           and
           particulerly
           the
           Transubstantiation
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           but
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           on
           which
           is
           grounded
           the
           importance
           of
           this
           article
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           it
           to
           saluation
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           Communion
           and
           substantiall
           Vnion
           to
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ;
           which
           
             Saint
             Cyrill
          
           calleth
           the
           knot
           of
           our
           Vnion
           with
           God.
           Neither
           is
           it
           particulerly
           and
           precisely
           the
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           but
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           ,
           from
           whence
           those
           two
           inconueniences
           do
           proceed
           ,
           for
           which
           your
           Ministers
           in
           this
           article
           haue
           separated
           themselues
           from
           our
           Communion
           ;
           which
           are
           ,
           the
           one
           ,
           the
           adoration
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           whome
           they
           would
           haue
           to
           be
           sought
           and
           adored
           only
           in
           heauen
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           is
           ,
           the
           pretended
           destruction
           of
           the
           Vnion
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           by
           
           being
           at
           one
           time
           in
           many
           places
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           sayd
           nothing
           of
           the
           prerogatiue
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           which
           all
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           haue
           held
           to
           be
           the
           Center
           and
           roote
           of
           Episcopall
           Vnitie
           ,
           and
           Ecclesiasticall
           communion
           .
           For
           that
           I
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           that
           You
           are
           sufficiently
           conuersant
           in
           antiquity
           ,
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           Councells
           ,
           and
           Christian
           Emperours
           haue
           perpetually
           giuen
           vnto
           her
           the
           Primacie
           and
           supereminent
           Authority
           in
           all
           Ecclesiasticall
           matters
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           concerne
           Religion
           :
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Church
           requireth
           ,
           to
           be
           confessed
           as
           a
           point
           of
           faith
           ,
           by
           them
           that
           do
           returne
           to
           the
           Vnity
           therof
           ,
           that
           so
           this
           companie
           of
           the
           Faithfull
           may
           be
           discerned
           from
           the
           Grecians
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           their
           Sect
           ,
           who
           some
           ages
           since
           haue
           separated
           themselues
           from
           the
           visible
           ,
           
           and
           ministerious
           head
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           These
           foure
           points
           therfore
           are
           the
           principall
           fountaines
           of
           our
           dissention
           :
           &
           if
           about
           these
           we
           were
           of
           accord
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           easy
           to
           agree
           about
           the
           rest
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           who
           liued
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Councells
           ,
           haue
           all
           of
           thē
           held
           &
           practised
           ,
           as
           necessary
           to
           saluatiō
           ,
           albeit
           in
           different
           degrees
           of
           necessity
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           &
           the
           oblatiō
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           ,
           as
           a
           meanes
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           conditionally
           necessary
           to
           euery
           one
           in
           particuler
           :
           Prayer
           and
           Oblation
           for
           the
           dead
           ,
           as
           necessarie
           
             necessitate
             medij
          
           to
           them
           for
           whom
           they
           are
           offered
           ,
           to
           help
           thē
           by
           the
           prayers
           and
           Sacrifices
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           deliuer
           from
           temporall
           paines
           after
           this
           life
           ,
           those
           who
           hauing
           sinned
           after
           baptisme
           ,
           haue
           not
           done
           sufficient
           pennance
           ,
           nor
           
           fully
           satisfied
           the
           iustice
           of
           Allmighty
           God
           :
           and
           they
           are
           necessary
           
             necessitate
             praecepti
          
           ,
           for
           the
           exercising
           of
           Christian
           charity
           &
           piety
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           maketh
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Ministers
           and
           Pastours
           ,
           by
           whom
           she
           maketh
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           Praier
           to
           Saintes
           hath
           bene
           practised
           ,
           as
           necessary
           to
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           by
           whome
           she
           maketh
           them
           :
           necessary
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           
             necessitate
             praecepti
          
           ,
           for
           the
           communion
           and
           commerce
           betweene
           the
           Triumphant
           and
           Militant
           Church
           .
           And
           as
           for
           particuler
           men
           ,
           than
           haue
           no
           office
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           vse
           their
           priuate
           deuotions
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           necessary
           
             necessitate
             actus
          
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           only
           profitable
           for
           the
           more
           easie
           obtaining
           pardon
           for
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           by
           making
           their
           recourse
           in
           praier
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           are
           allready
           in
           perfect
           and
           assured
           possession
           of
           the
           grace
           and
           fauour
           of
           God
           :
           but
           to
           these
           
           and
           to
           all
           other
           it
           is
           necessary
           
             necessitate
             approbationis
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           are
           bound
           not
           to
           contradict
           it
           ,
           nor
           to
           condemne
           the
           vse
           and
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           nor
           to
           separate
           thēselues
           from
           the
           Church
           for
           this
           cause
           ,
           vnder
           paine
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           held
           and
           esteemed
           for
           Heretikes
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           which
           things
           I
           do
           not
           for
           the
           present
           vndertake
           the
           proof
           ,
           least
           in
           place
           of
           a
           Letter
           I
           should
           sēd
           you
           a
           booke
           ,
           but
           I
           oblige
           my self
           to
           performe
           it
           ,
           whensouer
           you
           shall
           require
           it
           :
           and
           to
           shew
           vnto
           you
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           vniforme
           consent
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           who
           flourished
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Councells
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           formes
           which
           they
           haue
           left
           vs
           in
           their
           writings
           ,
           of
           the
           ancient
           seruice
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           in
           their
           ages
           ,
           vniuersally
           and
           vniformely
           were
           held
           ,
           belieued
           ,
           and
           practised
           through
           all
           the
           Prouinces
           and
           Countries
           of
           the
           
           earth
           ,
           these
           foure
           points
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           sense
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           forme
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           vsed
           in
           our
           Liturgies
           and
           common
           Seruice
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           Obseruations
           ,
           which
           then
           had
           their
           beginning
           ,
           but
           as
           things
           which
           the
           same
           Fathers
           affirme
           to
           haue
           bene
           belieued
           and
           practised
           by
           all
           Antiquity
           ;
           and
           to
           haue
           come
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           a
           neuer-interrupted
           succession
           of
           the
           tradition
           or
           approbation
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
           So
           as
           ,
           no
           man
           can
           renounce
           the
           Communion
           of
           our
           Church
           vnder
           the
           pretext
           and
           colour
           of
           any
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           also
           renounce
           the
           Communiō
           of
           the
           ancient
           Catholike
           Church
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           inheritance
           of
           saluation
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           I
           will
           doe
           by
           authors
           and
           testimonies
           of
           good
           ranke
           and
           marke
           ,
           as
           you
           know
           I
           am
           curious
           not
           to
           vse
           others
           ,
           and
           with
           plaine
           and
           cleare
           answeres
           to
           all
           obiections
           ,
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Fathers
           of
           
           those
           or
           former
           ages
           ;
           which
           thing
           will
           be
           vnto
           me
           so
           much
           the
           more
           easy
           ,
           forsomuch
           as
           the
           proofes
           ,
           which
           we
           bring
           out
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           do
           containe
           in
           expresse
           tearmes
           the
           affirmatiue
           of
           what
           we
           say
           ;
           whereas
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           our
           Aduersaries
           shall
           neuer
           be
           able
           to
           find
           one
           passage
           ,
           which
           doth
           in
           expresse
           tearmes
           containe
           the
           negatiue
           :
           but
           only
           by
           such
           inferences
           ,
           as
           in
           an
           equall
           and
           iust
           Tribunall
           deserueth
           not
           so
           much
           as
           once
           the
           hearing
           .
           For
           who
           knoweth
           not
           ,
           how
           contrary
           to
           reason
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           alleage
           the
           consequences
           of
           passages
           ,
           and
           those
           also
           ill
           interpreted
           and
           vnderstood
           ,
           &
           in
           whose
           inferences
           doth
           alwaies
           lye
           hidden
           some
           Paralogisme
           and
           fallacie
           ,
           against
           the
           expresse
           words
           ,
           and
           the
           liuelie
           and
           actuall
           practice
           of
           the
           same
           Fathers
           ,
           out
           of
           whom
           they
           are
           taken
           :
           and
           that
           this
           is
           a
           ready
           way
           to
           accuse
           the
           Fathers
           of
           want
           of
           vnderstanding
           and
           memory
           ,
           
           not
           to
           take
           them
           for
           iudges
           ,
           and
           to
           submit
           ones
           selfe
           to
           the
           obseruation
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           haue
           belieued
           and
           practised
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           will
           further
           adde
           when
           you
           shall
           desire
           it
           ,
           the
           present
           conformitie
           of
           all
           other
           Patriarchall
           Churches
           ,
           in
           these
           foure
           poynts
           ,
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           those
           which
           do
           yet
           remaine
           to
           this
           day
           vnder
           their
           iurisdiction
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           those
           that
           doe
           remaine
           vnder
           the
           Patriarchall
           Iurisdiction
           of
           the
           Patriarch
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Grecians
             ,
             Russians
             ,
             Muscouites
          
           ,
           and
           Asians
           of
           the
           lesser
           Asia
           ,
           separated
           from
           vs
           some
           eight
           hundred
           yeares
           since
           :
           of
           those
           also
           which
           are
           vnder
           the
           Patriarch
           of
           Antioch
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Syrians
             ,
             Mesopotamians
          
           ,
           and
           others
           that
           are
           further
           East
           :
           For
           those
           that
           acknowledge
           the
           Patriarch
           of
           Syria
           ,
           as
           the
           Maronites
           ,
           do
           still
           perseuere
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
           Rome
           .
           Of
           those
           also
           ,
           which
           rely
           and
           depend
           of
           the
           Patriarch
           of
           Alexandria
           ,
           as
           the
           naturall
           Egyptians
           ,
           whome
           they
           call
           Copthes
           ,
           and
           the
           Ethiopians
           ,
           deuided
           from
           vs
           and
           the
           Grecians
           ,
           more
           then
           eleuen
           hundred
           yeares
           agoe
           ,
           euen
           from
           the
           last
           of
           the
           foure
           first
           Councells
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           Councell
           of
           Chalcedon
           ;
           these
           do
           hold
           these
           foure
           articles
           ,
           and
           with
           greater
           iealousie
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           then
           the
           Latins
           do
           ;
           and
           particulerly
           that
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           do
           not
           only
           belieue
           the
           Transubstantiation
           which
           the
           Grecians
           at
           this
           day
           doe
           call
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           but
           do
           also
           adore
           it
           with
           externall
           actions
           ,
           full
           of
           much
           more
           humility
           ,
           then
           ours
           are
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           manifest
           signe
           ,
           that
           these
           foure
           poynts
           were
           vniformely
           held
           and
           obserued
           by
           the
           ancient
           Catholike
           Church
           ;
           seeing
           that
           all
           the
           partes
           ,
           into
           which
           the
           Catholike
           Church
           is
           deuided
           ,
           retayne
           them
           to
           this
           
           present
           day
           with
           great
           vniformity
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           distance
           ,
           separation
           ,
           and
           diuision
           of
           them
           ,
           through
           all
           Nations
           of
           the
           earth
           .
        
         
           Behould
           heere
           in
           generall
           ,
           the
           causes
           ,
           which
           moued
           me
           in
           my
           Letter
           ,
           to
           vse
           that
           exception
           obiected
           vnto
           me
           in
           yours
           ,
           which
           if
           his
           Maiesty
           of
           Great-Brittaine
           had
           as
           well
           the
           leasure
           to
           consider
           in
           particuler
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           capacitie
           to
           comprehend
           them
           ;
           I
           assure
           my selfe
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           thinke
           it
           strange
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           wish
           him
           the
           Title
           of
           Catholike
           :
           but
           would
           also
           wish
           and
           desire
           it
           himself
           ,
           and
           put
           himselfe
           in
           state
           to
           obtayne
           it
           both
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           his
           :
           I
           meane
           ,
           he
           would
           to
           his
           other
           Crownes
           adde
           also
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           become
           a
           Mediatour
           for
           the
           reconciliatiō
           of
           the
           Church
           which
           would
           be
           vnto
           him
           a
           more
           triumphant
           Glory
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           all
           Alexanders
           ,
           and
           Cesars
           :
           and
           it
           would
           obtaine
           no
           lesse
           honour
           to
           his
           Iland
           ,
           
           to
           haue
           bene
           the
           place
           of
           his
           birth
           ,
           then
           to
           haue
           brought
           forth
           the
           Great
           Constantine
           ,
           the
           first
           deliuerer
           and
           pacifier
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           I
           beseech
           the
           infinite
           goodnes
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           vouchsafe
           one
           day
           to
           increase
           with
           this
           ,
           the
           other
           graces
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           giuen
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           graunt
           in
           this
           behalfe
           ,
           the
           prayers
           of
           the
           happy
           deceased
           Queene
           his
           Mother
           ,
           whose
           not
           only
           teares
           ,
           as
           did
           those
           of
           
             S.
             Augustines
          
           Mother
           ;
           but
           also
           her
           bloud
           doth
           make
           intercession
           ,
           and
           cry
           vnto
           heauen
           for
           him
           :
           and
           allwayes
           preserue
           You
           in
           health
           and
           safety
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A19950-e170
           
             Cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             10.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             epist
             .
             152.
             ad
             Donat●st
             .
          
           
             lib.
             de
             fid
             .
             ad
             Pet.
             Diac
             .
             cap.
             29.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             19.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             33·
             
          
           
             Cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             24.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             26.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             23.
             
          
           
             Ioan·
             3.
             
          
           
             lib.
             3.
             de
             an
             .
             &
             eius
             orig
             .
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             62.54
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             16.18
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             
          
           
             de
             vtilitate
             cred
             .
             c.
             17.
             
          
           
             De
             symb
             .
             ad
             Catech.
             lib.
             1.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             Contra
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             Cap
             42
             ▪
             
          
           
             De
             Bapt.
             cont
             .
             Donat
             .
             lib.
             4.
             c.
             6.