The Safe Way Leading All Christians, Section 13
Sect. 13. Our aduerſaries conuinced of a bad cauſe and an euill conſcience, by razing of our Records, and clipping their owne Authors tongues.
In Bibli. Roberti Stephani c. 7. Deuteron.IN the Margent of the Bible, it is declared: God forbids grauen Images to bee made: what ſay the Inquiſitors to this?Ind. Exp. Quiroga. fol. 8. Delcatur, let that paſſage bee ſtrucken out.
The Gloſſe vponupon Gratian ſaith:Teste Ioh. Pappo. in Jndic. Belgic. p. 333. The Prieſt cannot ſay ſignificatiuely of the bread, (This is my body) without telling of a lie: what ſay the Inquiſitors to this doctrine? Deleatur, let that old leauen be caſt out.
Caſſander wrote a whole tract for the Communion in both kindes:Jnd. Exp. Belgic. pag. 38. what ſay the Inquiſitors to this? Deleatur, let the whole Tract be blotted out.
C. Caietan ſaith,Ex Catholicis ſolus Caietanus in Commentario huius Articuli qui iuſſu Pij Quinti in Romana Editione expunctus eſt, docuit, ſecluſa Eccleſi…e authoritate, Verba illa Hoc eſt corpus meum ad veritatem hanc confirmandā non ſufficere] Suarez. Tom. 3. diſp. 46. §. Tertio. the words This is my body, doe not ſufficiently prooue Tranſubſtantiation: what ſaith Paul the fift to this? Deleatur, let that paſſage be no more printed amongſt Caietans workes.
Vdalricus Biſhop of Auguſta writes a whole Epiſtle touching the lawfulneſſe of Prieſts marriage: what ſay the Romaniſts to this? Deleatur, let that whole Epiſtle bee blotted out.
Bertram wrote a booke of the body & blood of Chriſt oppoſite to the doctrine of Tranſubſtantiation: what ſay the Inquiſitors to this?Jud. Gaſpar. Quir…ga fol. 149. Jdem Ibidē. Totus liber penitus auferatur, away with that whole booke.
Anſelme or the author of the booke for baptizing and viſiting the ſicke, ſaith: Doeſt thou beleeue that our Lord Ieſus Chriſt died for our ſaluation, and that there is no means to be ſaued by our own merits? Quiroga p. 149. Sandoual. & Roxas Anno 1612.what ſay the Inquiſitors to this? Deleatur, let it not be ſpoken at the viſitation of the ſicke.
Caſsan. in Hymnis Eccl. p. 179. vt Cypr.] Miſerecordiam adeptus ſum (i. e.) Miſerecordiam merui. Annotatio illa de vocabulo Merendi tota Deleatur. Ind. Expurg. Belg. p. 25.The word Merit, ſaith Caſſander amongſt the Ancients, is almoſt the ſame as to obtaine: what ſay the Inquiſitors to this doctrine? Deleatur, let that obſeruation of the word Merit bee cleane ſtrucken out.
Polydore Virgil ſaith, almoſt all the Ancient Fathers condemned Images for feare of Idolatrie: what ſay the Romaniſts to this doctrine? Deleatur, from the beginning of that Chapter to the leafe,Index librorum Prohibitorum, pag. 725. Lex per praeſentes, &c. let it be blotted out.
Langus ſaith, the ſubſtance of bread and wine remaine after Conſecration, what ſay the Inquiſitors to this doctrine? Deleatur, Ind. Expurg. Belg. fol. 70.from the pag. 179. to the pag. 199. let all bee blotted out.
Ferus ſaith, Ridiculum eſt, It is ridiculous that ſome will hauehave Cephas for the head; In their latter edition printed at Rome 1577. they hauehave left out the words: Ridiculum eſt: and ſay, ſome will hauehave Cephas for the Head.
Non oportet Chriſtianos Eccleſia Dei derelictâ abire atque Angelos nominare. Concil. Laodic. can. 35.] Binius. Non oportet Christianos derelictâ Eccleſia Dei abire ad Angulos. Merlin. fol. 68. edit. 1530. Crabbe fol. 226 edit. Anno 1538Laſtly, the ancient Councell of Laodicea decreed, Anno 368. Wee ought not to leaue the Church of God and inuocate Angels: In the ſame Councell publiſhed by Merlin and Crabbe; by tranſmutation of a letter we are taught to ſay: Wee ought not to leaue the Church of God, and hauehave recourſe to Angles or corners; and thus are Angeli become Anguli, Angels are become Angles or blinde corners, leaſt ſo faire an euidence of an ancient Councell ſhould be produced againſt Inuocation of Angels: But what theſe men hauehave gained by purging and razing of true Euidences; their late Diuinity Reader at Louaine, will giuegive his fellow Romaniſts a good account: After I was appointed (ſaith he) to put in execution the tyrannicall decree of the Inquiſitors, Sed ô incredibilis in me Dei opt max. beneficentia, post quā expurgatorij Indicis, quem tyranniſante Albano, Benedictus Arias Montanu…in piorū vircrum lucubrationes iniurias conceperat, exequutor inter primos factus ſexcentas cō trà falſa doctrinae Pontificiae capita &c. Henricus Boxhornius. li. 3. de Euch. li. 3 Riuet. c. 12. pag. 89.and had noted ſixe hundred ſeuerall paſſages to bee ſpunged and blotted out, which animaduerſions of mine I wiſhed I could hauehave waſhed away with my teares and bloud; my heart at length being ſmitten, and mine eyes opened by the merciemercy of my God, I plainely perceiued abhomination in the Papacie, an Idoll in the Temple, Tyrannie in the commonwealth, poyſon and infection in Religion. And thus this learned profeſſor, ſometimes a votarie to the Church of Rome, from the obſeruation of thoſe purging Indices, makes proteſtation againſt their practiſes, & withal became a true conuert to the Proteſtant faith.