Heresiography, Description of sect 20
A Review of the Sectaries▪ comparing them with the PAPISTS.
FOr the Sacrament of Baptisme the Papists exclude those Infants heaven that are not Baptized;1. Baptisme. and the Anabap…ists affirme the Baptisme of Children to be the marke of the Beast, and Antichristian.
The Papists attribute too much to the Element of Bread in the holy Communion,2. Lords supper accounting him no good Christian that will not call it his Lord God. Some of these Sectaries, as the Brownists, mocke and scoffe at the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, calling it a two-penny Banquet.
For the number of Sacraments,3. Number of Sacraments. the Papists will have too mamany: and some of these Sectaries too few.
The Papists give too much reverence to the Blessed Virgin▪ holy Apostles,4. Reverence to the blessed Virgin. and Saints departed: and some of these Hereticks blaspheme the holy Virgin, whom all Nations should call blessed; as the Melchiorists saying, Maledicta sit caro Mariae.
The Papists are blamed for saying too often the Lords Prayer:5. Lords prayer the Brownists, and some of other Sectaries will not say the Lords Prayer at all; some of them affirming it to be an abominable Idoll, though it be commanded to be said by our Lord himselfe.
The Papists will not onelyonly keep the Lords day,6. Lords Day. but also many Holy-dayes: some of these Sectaries will neither keepe Holy-dayes, nor the Lords day; as the Famalists and An…i-Sabbatarians.
The Papists confesse their sinnes,7. Confession of sinnes. and suppose they cannot enter heaven without a particuler confession of them: some of these Hereticks will not confesse their sinnes at all; affirming God can see no sinne in them: as the Antinomia…s.
In equivocating they are alike:8. Equivocation Equivocation is a cunning colouring of a Lye, which is against Scripture, against the rule of equity, an hindring of Justice, the way to perjury, the divills creature, who is the Father of Lying a princi…pll proppe and pillar of Antichrists Kingdome.
For lying:9. Lying. I know not whether Papists or Sectaries shall carry away the Bell: they tell lyes, they print lies, they preach lyes, they paint lies, and both without controule.
Bullinger telleth us that the Anabaptists brought Cart-loads of lies to maintaine their detestable opinions.
Piae fraudes; 10. Piae fraudes▪as the Papists have Piae fraudes, to draw men to godlinesse, as purgatory, and such like; so have the Sectaries, and especially the Anabaptists have tricks and devises, as Visions, Revelations, Dreames; yea, false miracles to maintain their cause.
For Hypocrisie they are both alike▪ 11. Hopocrisiethey come in sheepes cloathing; but inwardly they are ravening Wolves. The Anabaptists entred Munster like Lambes, but became Wolves, having gotten the upper hand.
For their uncleannesse;12. Vnclea…n…s. the Papists permit Stewes …but the uncleannesse of the Familists and Anabaptists in their spirit… all marriages, and other abhominations, are not with a modest tongue to be spoken▪
For Churches;13. Churches. the Papists spare no cost in erecting and trimming them, they would make them if they could like heaven it selfe: whereas some of these Sectaries would destroy and dem…lish them.
Last of all, the Papists worship God in Trinity,14. Blaspheme the Trinity. and Trinity in Unity: and whereas some of these Sectaries blaspheme the holy Trinity; their opinions being so Diabolicall and prodigiously impious, that it is not for a Christian to name their opinions.
It hope that our Governours will drive these also from our Folds, as they doe the Popish Emissaries.
It is fit for all that are Christians to avoyd all those who speake against Christ, and to account them as the enemies of God, and corrupters of soules