Canterburys Doom, Branch 1 · Evidence 2 · Section 42 – Section 46
42. Paſſages expunged againſt the Popiſh Maſſe, Tranſubstantiation, adoring the Hoast.
IN Doctor Clarks Sermons, page 155. l. 4. this is blotted out by the Licenſer: I think indeed we prosper never the better for the Maſſe, never came bleſſing upon Iſrael by Baals Prieſts, &c. Admirable that ſuch a paſſage as this could not paſſe our Preſſes without a purgation, unleſſe the reſolution of theſe Inquiſitors were to uſher in Maſſe and Maſſe-Prieſts againe without oppoſition.
In Mr. Wards Comentary on Matthew, p. 179. there is this deleatur: There is a ſatiſfaction to God of attonement, which is unwarrantable, becauſe Chriſt by his death hath done this; hence then the Maſſe is an abomination, not an oblation, Heb. 10. 18.
P. 339. Thirdly, vve know not how to ſerve God aright, nor vvhen vve do vvell; ſo the Papiſts being ignorant of the vvay unto ſalvation, ſometimes runne unto the Maſſe, ſometimes undertake ſome long and vveary pilgrimage, ſometimes flee unto the Popes Buls, ſometimes enter into diverſe Orders of Monaſteries, and ſometimes hope that they ſhall be helped our of purgatory: thus ſtaggering like a drunken man, too and fronot knowing what way they ſhould take to come unto Heaven, and therefore who will deny but great is our blindneſſe? &c.
In Doctor Jones his Comentary on the Hebrewes, chap. 9. ver. 28. theſe notable paſſages are purged out, page 282. This Chapter may well be called the cut-throat of the Maſſe; it is ſtrange that the Papiſts reading it, are not aſhamed to uphold that Idol; for as no man dyes but once, ſo Chriſt was to be offered but once for the expiation of our ſinnes: It is the moſt groſſe and fantaſticall aſſertion that ever was heard of, moſt repugnant to Scripture and reaſon.
Firſt, Heaven muſt containe the body of Chriſt till all things be fulfilled: Ergo, it cannot be on the earth.
Secondly, if the bread that Chriſt gave to his Diſciples, were turned into his owne body, he muſt of neceſsity have two bodies, the one held in the hand of the other. Their diſtinction of a bloody and unbloody ſacrifice will not ſerve the turne, for without blood there is no remiſſion of ſinnes: and if his body were offered for our ſinnes in the Supper, then why was it offered after on the Croſſe? either it was a perfect oblation, or imperfect; if they ſay imperfect, O horrible blaſphemy! if they ſay perfect, then why was not another made? for as bono nil melius ſic perfecto nil perfectius. The Apoſtle cals the Gentiles fools, proſeſſing themſelves wiſe they become fools; for they turned the ſimilitude of the incorruptible God into the ſimilitude of Beasts, Birds and creeping things; much more may we call the Papists fools, that turne the ſimilitude of God into the ſimilitude of a peice of bread: If the Aegiptians are worthily to be derided for worſhipping a Cat for God, then juſtly may we laugh at the Papiſts, for worſhipping a wafer cake for God: If the Angel in the Revelation would not have John to worſhip him, O doe not ſo, worſhip God, how much more doth it grieve the Angels to ſee a piece of bread worſhipped for God; wherefore let us ſpit at this abominable ſacrifice, and never give entertainment to it: Doctor Taylor was angry with the Prieſt that began to ſay Maſſe at Hadley in Queen Maries dayes; thou Devil, who made thee ſo bold as to enter into this Church of Chriſt, and to profane it with this abominable Idolatry; the people pulled downe the Altar; you that have been ſeaſoned with his wholſome doctrine, tread in his ſteps: Let no Maſſe-monging Prieſt, that will take upon him without Commiſſion to offer up Chriſt forty or a hundred times, be admitted into our Church; remember that Christ can be but once offered to take away the ſinnes of the world. The deleting of ſuch a notable paſſage as this, diſcovers a profeſſed deſigne to bring in Popery among us againe, without the leaſt oppoſition: But this is not ſingular, but ſeconded with others.
Ibid. page 305. Whereas they ſay the Maſſe is but a commemorative and applicatory Sacrifice, to bring to our remembrance the ſacrifice on the Croſſe, and to apply it to us; that needeth not; a ſufficient commemoration and repreſentation of it is to us in the Supper, 1 cor. 11. 26. and it is applyed to us by faith, Rom. 3. 25, 26. Act. 18.
Page 244. No mortall man can offer up Chriſt, as the popiſh Prieſts blaſphemouſly preſume.
Page 292. Here we have a club to beat downe the Maſſe.
Page 417. If the Martyrs in Queen Maries dayes, would have gone to Maſſe, if they would have acknowledged Maſſe with mentall reſervation to themſelves, the reall preſence of Chriſt in the ſacrifice, they might have been delivered; but they would not; they had rather have irons on their legs, then the intolerable burden of an evill conſcience in their ſoules; they had rather have bodies in priſon then ſoules in priſon; they had rather endure the paines of a materiall fire for a time, then the torment of hell fire or ever; this was greatly to be admired.
Page 418. We may ſcoffe at the Idolatry of the Papiſts; a woman ſaid unto a Prieſt in Queen Maries dayes, that came to buy a Capon; man canſt thou make God Almighty, and canſt not make a Capon?
Ibid. page 263. When Chriſt ſaith, doe this in remembrance of me, If the Maſſe be a remembrance of Chriſt, as they ſay it is comemorativum ſacrificium, then Chriſt is not there himſelfe.
P. 270. Obj. although Chriſts death was neceſſary, for the full confirmation and accompliſhment of the New Teſtament, yet it was begun to be declared in the ſacrifice of his laſt Supper, Matth. 26. 28, whereby it is plaine, that the bleſſed Challis of the Altar hath the very ſacrificall blood in it that was ſhed on the Croſſe, in and by which the New Teſtament was dedicated and doth conſiſt. Anſw.
The New Teſtament was ratified by the blood of Chriſt at his death, as appeareth by the whole diſcourſe, for the Testament is of no force till the Testator be de dead: Ergo it could not be ratified at all by the Sacrament of his blood.
Page 291. there are ſixteen lines croſſed to the ſame matter, that the Maſſe is no commemorative nor propitiatory ſacrifice, and may well be ſpared.
Judge then by theſe purgations, what was intended by this Arch-Prelate and his confederates.
43. Paſſages blotted out in defence of Priests marriage.
IN the Sermons of Doctor Clarke page 205. after as our Apoſtles, this is obliterated; The Papiſts except, that mariage is a clogge to Chriſtians, and an encombrance to the practice of religions duties; Saint Chryſoſtome controles that; it is (ſaith he) no hinderance unto heavenly things, yet doth the Pope condemne it.
And in Maſter Wards Comentary on Matthew, fol. 1. this is deleted: Honourable marriage is to be preferred before diſhonourable whoredome: and therefore, ex ungue Leonem, we may eaſily conjecture without breach of chriſtian charity, what to think of Popery, that to all or any of their Clergy doth allow a diſpenſation for fornication, but denies unto them the lawfull remedy of marriage.
In Doctor Jones his Comentary on the Hebrewes, chap. 12. v. 14. this is deleted: Saint Paul ſtraines holineſſe to marriage, this is an holy bed, Heb. 13. 4. men may be holy and honeſt men though they be married.
44. Paſſages daſhed out, that the Virgin Mary was not without ſinne, originall and actuall: brake not the Serpents head: is not to be prayed to, &c.
In Doctor Clarks ninth Sermon of the Nativity, theſe words are deleted: theres a woman too, Papiſts ſay: without ſinne, Chriſts Mother; for her, why calleth ſhee then her ſonne her ſaviour? &c.
Ibidem page 338. l. 20. after never any ſonne, ſhould follow, One woman onelyonly is exempt from ſinne, but onelyonly by the man of ſinne, &c.
And p. 336. l. 20. after the right Puritane, the Licenſer hath deleted theſe lines: 'tis a hard poſſe that never comes in eſſe, if one may live without ſinne, 'tis mervaile never any did; ſtill they urge Chriſts Mother; ſhee lived without ſinne, was borne without it, ſome ſay conceived without it too: that they ſay is not de fide, and indeed it is not fit that every John Duns ſhould encreaſe the Churches creed, for he was the firſt that forged that paradox: But if Chriſts Mother, why not his Father too? was he not the ſonne of David? then had the Pſalmiſt ſpared this ſpeech, and I my paines at leaſt in this poynt; he might have in the peoples name ſaid, our ſinne, not my ſinne; in earneſt ſooth, the Papiſt muſt correct Magnificat, or grant our Lady was a ſinner; for calleth ſhee not her ſonne her ſaviour? My ſpirit (ſaith ſhee) rejoyceth in God my Saviour; Chriſt was called ſo, the Angel ſaith, becauſe he ſhould ſave his people from their ſinne; Chriſt was not Maries Saviour if Mary had no ſinne.
In Doctor Jones his Comentary on the Hebrewes, chap. 11. v. 32. page 414. this ſentence is blotted out: the Virgin Mary had him in her womb that had no ſinne, yet ſhee had ſinne in herſelfe, and was reproved by our ſaviour.
And page 292. after will be like God, this clauſe is blotted out: Pardon the Papiſts that mount Chriſts Mother above the Angels; ſhee hath deſerved it, ſhee bare God, 'tis fit ſhee ſhould ſit beſide her ſonne: Mater jube filium, ſhee may command him too; School-men were not firſt founders of this pride, 'twas long before them, what Gods propriety.
45. Paſſages expunged againſt Popiſh Monkery Vowes, Stewes, and Incontinency of their Monks and Clergy.
THeſe clauſes are deleted in Doctor Clerks Sermons page 341. with Papiſts Oratio, is Aratio, they worke as at the Plough; men pray almoſt all day, Monaſtery riſe in the night too.
Ibid. page 371. What meant that Monk that ſaid Rominizare, was Sodomizare, Rome was turned Sodome, the whole city.
Ibidem, page 218. Anſw. 1. But the Monkiſh life is not perſecution (except thus, becauſe the Locuſts, which are no other but Monks and Fryars) Revel. 16. doe bite and ſting like Serpents, that is, doe ſecretly wound mens conſciences. And foure lines after An. 3. All goe not to Chriſt that come into Monaſteries, but rather goe from him; they living after another rule then Chriſts, for Francis their great founder erected a new ſect of Monkery, and found out a new rule for them, which he called Regulam Evangelicam, the rule of the Goſpel, as though Chriſts rule were not ſufficient.
And page 309. Thirdly, ſo the Papiſts being ignorant of the way of ſalvation, ſometimes runne unto the Maſſe, ſometimes enter into divers Orders of Monaſteries, ſtaggering like a drunken man, too and fro, not knowing what way they ſhould take to come into Heaven.
46. A Paſſage croſſed out againſt mixing the Sacramentall wine with water.
THis clauſe is purged out in Maſter Ward's Comentary on Matthew page 380. Wine and blood cannot be both in the Sacrament corporally and ſubſtantially, as the Papiſts teach: It is controverted between us and the Church of Rome, whether the Wine in the Lords Supper be to be mixed with water, or pure Wine to be adminiſtred? and they ſay it is to be mixed with water; and we deny not, but that of ancient times, in hot Countries, eſpecially where their Wine was ſtrong, they uſed to mix water with wine in their common drink, and thereupon ſo uſed it in the Sacrament: but now to put water into the wine at the Sacrament, when it is not ordinarily ſo uſed or drank, we hold it to be an Antichriſtian cuſtome, and contrary to Chriſts inſtitution, as appears by this argument; Chriſt in his laſt Supper gave wine and not water to be drank, for he calleth it, the fruit of the Vine, which is wine and not water, Matth. 26. 29. &c.