A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic, Epigram 31 – Epigram 76
On Popiſh Tranſubſtantiation and Annihilation.
THisrMat. 26. 26. is my Body, words ofsSo the Papiſts generally now hold. Conſecration;
How can they change, or worke Annihilation?
It is atIſa. 65. 8. Deut. 28. 2. Heb. 6. 8. Mal. 2. 1. 2. 2 Kings 22. 19. c. 2. 24. 25. Curſe, not Bleſſing, to deſtroy
That Bread which Chriſt would have us to enjoy;
Which if quite vaniſht in the Conſecration,
Theſe words muſt cauſe, or need breads Re-creation.
Or elſe be Idle: for if bread begone
Nought can be ſacred, but the words alone.
Rome ſaith, the vSee Summa Angelica. Tit. Euchariſtia. And Bellarmin de Euchariſtia.ſpecies are: I doubt the ſhade
Cannot be hallowed, if the Subſtances fade;
Elſe by this Doctrine, a meere Hypocrite
For ſhew were ſacred though his heart's not right;
And Prieſts who loſe their ſubſtance by Sacration,
Muſt by their ſhadowes worke out their Salvation.
Yea, all Romes*See Pontificale & Ceremoniale Romanum: & Tho. Beacons Vol. 3. f. 201. to 236. Churches, Bells, Saints, ſhades muſt be
When hallowed they from ſubſtance were made free.
If Conſecration make the Subſtance fade,
Romes, Popes, Prieſts, Churches, Altars, Saints are ſhade,
For they are Hallowed too, as well as Bread,
Their ſubſtance then as well as its is fled.
O Rome, recant this errour, thou haſt made;
Elſe all thou haſt is nothing but a ſhade.
In all Romes Hallowings of Prieſts, Churches, dayes,
And other things their ſubſtances alwayes
Remaine without change or deſtruction:
Why then muſt Breads, Wines ſubſtances alone
In hallowing be deſtroy'd or changed? ye
Can give no Reaſon why. In fine, tell me,
What Prieſts doe Hallow? if you ſay Wine, Bread:
They then remaine ſuch, though thus hallowed:
If you ſay ought elſe, tis an Error, Lye,
Since you Confeſſe, youyGratian de Conſecrat. Diſt. 2 Summa Angelica Tit. Euchariſtia. Hallow them onelyonly;
Now what you Hallow, that you take, eat, drink,
Its Bread, Wine, then; not true Chriſt, as you think
On Tranſubſtantiation and the Popes Vicarſhip.
IS not the Pope Chriſts Vicar here? Yes: why?
ChriſtszSee Bellarmin de Romano Pontifice; and all others, who make this the ſole Reaſon and ground of the Papacy, & yet confeſſe a reall and Corporal preſence of Chriſt in the Sacrament. abſence upon earth ſtill to ſupply:
Is not Chriſt preſent in the Sacrament,
In reall manner? we have Romes conſent.
Thy Pope his Vicar then cannot here be,
Sith Chriſt's here preſent by Romes owne decree.
Not in one Place or Country, as of old;
But in ſo many as cannot be told.
If his meere preſence in one place; whilſt here,
Baniſht all Vicars; thou haſt cauſe to feare
His omni-preſence in each Church, Pix, Hoſt,
Will quite exclud Popes from the wide earths Coſt,
To be his Vicar no where but in Hell;
Sith he in Heav'n and Earth doth alwayes d well.
Pope Chuſe thy fate, to be his Vicar there,
Or elſe deny his Reall preſence here;
Elſe canſt thou be no Vicar Generall
On earth for him, no Vicar, Pope at all.
But if to ſave thy place, thou wilt deale faire,
Confeſſe thou erdſt; then zSee Sir Humfry Lyndes, By-way. Sect. 18. 21. 22.Popes may erre in chaire:
And if in this, why not in more? in all?
Turne where thou wilt, Pope; here thou haſt a fall.
On the Reall Preſence, Pix and Crucifixe.
IS Reall Preſence true? Chriſt in the Pix?
What neede his Pictures than, or Crucifix?
Pictures are uſeleſſe when the perſon's by,
Either your Pictures or your Pixes lye:
Both cannot ſtand together, one muſt part:
You Lye but are unskilfull in the Art.
Lyes muſt keepe quarter; if they chance to Jarre,
Or meete too neere, they will the tale quite marre.
Ye muſt diſclaime Chriſts preſence in the Pix,
Or elſe breake downe your lying Crucifix.
You were unwiſe to place theſe two ſo nigh,
That now they fight, and give each o're the Lye.
On Tranſubſtantiation and Popes Leaders Bulls.
THoſe who can each day change Lead into Gold,
Bread to Chriſts Body chang'd, may ſafely hold.
The firſt, wants Scripture, but hath reaſon ſtore;
The laſt, a*Mat. 26. 26. ſhew of Scripture and no more.
Gaine proves the firſt, I thinke the latter too,
Should both prove falſ, it would Popes quite undo.
Meane while they take the laſt by Scriptures ſhew;
The firſt by ſenſe, not text they will ſtill know.
On Popiſh Prieſts taking away the Cup from the People.
I Wonder not thataSee D. Featlies Grand Sacriledge of the Church of Rome. Prieſts alone ingroſſe
The Sacred Cup; they love the Pot to toſſe.
Should Lay-men drinke, Vines would not them ſuffice
With Wine, at leaſt, the price thereof would riſe.
By this device they have ingroſſed all
The Wine to them, and made the price to fall.
Men wondred much before, why Prieſts were drown'd
So oft in drinke; the reaſon now is found.
On Popiſh Concomitancy and the Sacred Cup.
bBellarmin, Vaſquez, Gretſer, and others. Conſil. Conſtant. Seſſ. 13. Surin… Tom. 3. p. 821.PRieſts ſay, that Laickes Chriſts Cup and Blood drinke
In eating of dry Bread, and ſo they thinke.
Could they perſwade them thus to drink at Table,
Drunkenneſſe then would ſoone become a Fable
With them; and None but Joviall Prieſts be found
In wine or other liquors henceforth drown'd:
And ſo they onelyonly of right ſhould poſſeſſe,
Both Pot, Cup, Barrell, Wine, and drunkenneſſe.
But ſince they cannot make Fooles, Children think
(Much leſſe men, drunkards) that they wine, beare drink
In eating of bread, or meate at their Table,
They ſhould diſclaime this whimſie, as a Fable.
On Popiſh Concomitancy and halfe Communion.
THecBellarmin, Cotton, Douly, and others. Prieſts ſay Laymen When they the bread eate,
Doe therein drinke Chriſts Blood; Bread's drinke and Meate.
If Laickes, then Prieſt likewiſe: pray then, why
Doe Prieſts not to themſelves the Cup deny?
Belike they neede the Wine their Hearts to cheare,
And waſh their throats to chaunt their Maſſemore cleare:
If ſo; they ſay, that they in*Firmiſſime credendum eſt, & nullatesand nus du bitandum, integrum Chriſti Corpus & Sanguinem, tam ſub ſpecie panis, quam ſub ſpecie Vini, veraciter contineri. Concil. Conſtant Seſſ. 13. …. Tom. 3. p. 821. drinking take
And eate Chriſts body; let them then part ſtake.
Prieſts drinke the Wine, Laickes eate all the bread,
Elſe Prieſts will twice, Laickes but once be fed.
On Praying to, and repreſenting of God and Saints by Pictures.
VVHat? goe by Pictures both to God and Saint?
You deeme both ſhaddowes then, or elſe but Paint.
If God or Saints be like to what you ſee,
They then no ſubſtance but meere ſhaddowes be.
And dare Rome Shaddowes for her Gods adore?
She's then more ſot than Pagans heretofore.
Are they not like, nor what their picture…re,
Then are thy PicturesdJer. 10 8. 9. Iſa. 41. 29. Hab 2. 18. Zec. 10. 2. Lyes, (Rome) and Popes erre
More than the Painte… for he onelyonly Paints
Theſe lyes and errours, but they make them Saints,
By conſecrating them for ſacred uſe;
For ſhame now ſee, deteſt this great abuſe.
On Worſhipping Images.
VVHat? muſt we have no Images nor Stockes
To Worſhip?*Concil. Trident. Seſſ. 25. Surius. Tom. 4. p. 983. Yes, you are not men, but blockes;
The ePſal. 115. 4. to 9. Pſal. 135. 15. to 19.Idols, Makers, Worſhippers are one;
All, at the beſt but Mettle, Blockes or ſtone:
Your whole Religion's blockiſh, or a Play;
You juſt like it; your Puppits this diſplay.
On Popiſh Confeſſers and Pardons.
IF Men f1 Joh. 1. 9. Pſal. 32. 5. Pro. 28. 13.Confeſſe to God, abſolv'd they are;
What neede they then their ſinnes to Prieſts declare?
If to their Prieſts, not God, they may them Paine,
But not abſolve: Confeſſion then is Vaine.
If Men repent, GodgMich. 7. 28. 19. Pſal. 32. 1. 2. Act. 3. 19. Pſ. 103. 8. to 14 Pardons inſtantly
Without a fee; why will they Pardons buy?
If they hLuc. 13. 3. 5. Jer. 15. 1. 2. Ezech. 14. 13. 14. Numb. 23. 8. 20. 26.repent not, Popes cannot forgive;
Their Pardon's voyde; why will they Money give?
On Popiſh Altars and Maſſe Prieſts.
NO Altars now? Prieſts then are quite undone
There were no Maſſe-Prieſts till Altars begun;
Take them away, Maſſe, Maſſing-Prieſts muſt ceaſe,
And Chriſts rent Church ſhall live in greater peace:
No ſweeter Sacrifice can men deviſe,
Than Prieſts and Altars both to Sacrifice.
On Popiſh Purgatory, and its fire.
ALL Papiſts hold a fiery iConcil. Trident. Seſſ. 25. Decretum de Purgatorio: Conc. Tom. 4. p. 982. 983. & Bellarmin de Purgatorio.Purgatory;
The Wiſe, to gaine; the Fooles to ſpend their Money:
The firſt, to fill; the laſt, to Purge the Purſe:
The ones great bleſſing; but the others Curſe.
If it hath any fire, tis fed with Gold;
Subſtract but it, this fire will ſoone grow cold.
On Popiſh Judulgencies.
VVHat neede men pray to God, Angels or Saints
If Popes can pardon ſinners, grant their Plaints?*See Bellarmin de Indulgentiis Summa Angelica, Tit. Indulgent…a.
They that can looſe from Hell, and Men Heav'n grant,
No doubt will give, if askt, all things they want.
Give did I ſay, if askt? No, they ſell all,
Elſe none to God, Angells, or Saints would call
To give what Popes can grant; their ſales to high,
Force moſt from them, to theſe to runne and cry.
If Popes would give, as free as ſell; they might
In groſſe all ſuites from theſe, be God's out right.
On Popiſh Merits and Prayers to Saints.
PApiſts havekSee Bellarmin. De Indulgentiis. Merits ſtore, themſelves to ſave
And others too; yet not enough to crave
Pardon, or Almes from God, unleſſe ſomelSee, Officium B. Mariae the ſeverall Collects therein for Saints dayes, and Bellarmin De cultu Sanctorum. Saints
(Not Chriſt) put up their undeſerving plaints:
They who can finde no Merit once to cry
For Almes, or Pardon; ſure have none to buy
Heav'n for themſelves, or others: they muſt now
Their Prayers to Saints, or Merits diſavow.
On Papiſts praying to Chriſt to ſave them by Thomas Beckets blood, an Arch-Traytor and Rebell.
PApiſts to Chriſt*Tu per Thoma ſanguinem quem pro te impendit, fac nos Chriſte ſcandere quo Thomas aſcendit. In Officio heata Mariae ſecundum Vſum Sarum. Uſed Anciently in moſt Churches as their Common Maſſe Booke. himſelfe pray, them to ſave
By Beckets blood ſhed for him; an Arch-knave,
And ingratenSee Antiquitates Eccleſiae Brit. and Godiwin in his life. Traytor to his Soveraigne:
Yet his blood's ſaving, Chriſts, but ſhed in Vaine;
Elſe they would pray to Chriſt to ſave them by
His owne, not Beckets blood, yet tis onelyonly
To make them to aſcend where Thomas went:
If to the Gallowes, be their ſole intent
Which he deſerv'd, and ſome of them, its well;
Elſe they ſhall doubtleſſe but aſcend to hell
As Becket did; a place almoſt too good
For thoſe who will be ſaved by his blood.
Its ſigne Rome Traytors loves, elſe would not ſhe
By theirs, not Chriſt's blood, pray thus ſav'd to be.
On Romes Freewill.
ROme ſaith,oSee Bellarmin: deliber. Arbitrio. ſhe hath Free-will to Good, as well
As unto Ill: why doth ſhe then excell
In nought but Ill, and no good thing purſue?
Her Practice proves this her Doctrine untrue.
Either doe good, Rome, if thou haſt Free-will;
Elſe confeſſe thou art Free to nought but Ill.
On Popiſh Prieſts ſhaven beards, and Shorne Nunnes.
ROmes Prieſts their pSee Iohn Valerian de ſacerdotum Barbis. Polydor. Virgil. De Invenr. rerum, l. 4. c. 8. Gratian. Diſtinct. 33.Beards ſhave, leaſt Chriſts blood ſhould ſtay
Thereon: twere better quite to take away
The cup from them, which they from Laymen, take
For feare their Beards ſhould of Chriſts blood partake.
Let them his blood drinke onelyonly in the bread,
No drop thereof can on their beards be ſhed.
They qDurandus, Rationale Divinorum. l. 2. c. 1.ſhave their Crownes likerBaruch 6. 31. forbidden to Gods Prieſts Lev. 21. 5: and 19. 27. Ezek. 44. 20. Pagan Prieſts of old,
That ſo their heads may ſome proportion hold
With ſpheares above, and earth below, both round
Bald, haireleſſe, yet is neither ſhaven Crown'd:
When Spheares and Earth ſhave their Crounes, then Prieſts may
Shave theirs; till then, let them their ſhaving ſtay.
RomesBaronius & Spondanus An 57. Sect. 27. Paulus Windeck, de Theolog. Juriſconſ. Locus. 38. p. 107. 108. 109. Summa Angelica. Tit. Faemina. ſhaves her Nunnes Crounes, heads too, though S. Paul
A ſhaven Crowne, a womanst1 Cor. 11. 5. 6. 14. 15. Iſa. 3. 24. 1 Cor. 11. 14. 15. Ezech. 16. 7. Rev. 9. 8. Luc. 7. 28. 44. ſhame doth call,
Whoſe long Haire is her * Glory, Covering,
By Gods and Natures dictate; yea a thing
Which for them thus to ſhave and ſheare away
Is ſhamefull, ſinfull, both to diſobey.
Whence ſome who us'd it, dam'd, accurſed were
By two old vConcil. Gangrenſ. Can. 13. 17. Surius. Tom. 1. p. 373. Soſemeni Hiſt. l. 3. c. 13. Nicetas. Theſaur: Orthodox. l. 5. c. 14. Bib. Pa…. Tom. 12. par… 1. p. 587. b. Summa Angelica & Reſela. Tit. Faemina.Councils, others to deterre.
This ſhaving of their Nunnes did thus begin;
Some Germans Wives Convicted of the Sinne
Of Whoredome and adultery, were by
The Ancient cuſtome of old*Tacitus de Motibus Germanorum. c. 6. Juſtinian God. l. 9. Tit. 9. Le…. 30. Ambroſ. ad Vitginem lapſam. c. 8. Zonaras Annal. Tom. 3. f. 141. 155. 165. Niceph. Eccl. Hiſt. l. 17. c. 5. Surius. Concil. Tom. 3. p. 40. Germany
Shav'd by their Husbands, to their Infamy,
And then ſhut Priſoners in a Nunnery;
Some Empreſſes, and Ladies of great Name
Thus us'd, for to abate and cloake this ſhame
Of ſhaving, turning Nunnes and Abbeſſes,
Brought in Nunnes ſhaving with them by degrees.
So long till none at laſt Nunnes made be might
Till they were*See Cornelius a Lapide in 1 Cor. 11, v. 5. 6. ſhaven firſt in open ſight.
No wonder then if Nunnes prove ySee Onus Eccleſiae, c. 22. Sect. 12. Nicholaus De Clemangis de Corrupto Eccl. ſtatu. c. 23. Agrippa de Vanitate Scient. c. 63.whores, they beare
This badge of whores, and by it hallowed are.
Did they reſpect their fame or chaſtity,
Shorne Crounes, the badge of Whores, they would defie,
And rather follow Gods, Pauls, Natures Lores
Than this invention of Notorious Whores:
The Patterne doth the Practiſe ſo diſgrace,
That honeſty forbids it to take place
In any Females, in Nunnes ſpecially,
Who vow, profeſſe nought elſe but Chaſtity.
On Popes Bulls and doubting of Salvation.
POpes Heav'n to Men by ſuch firmezSee Officium B. Mariae ſecundum uſum Sarum. Tho. Beacon. Vol 3. f. 200. 201. Bulls intaile,
That none muſt doubt but that they will availe,
And yet they deeme Salvations Certaintie
AaConcil. Trident: Seſſ. 6. c. 9. 12. 13. 14. 15. Surius. Tom. 4. p. 911. 912. 914. grand preſumption, if not Hereſie.
See how they damne themſelves; if to beleeve
Be ſuch a Crime, what is it then to give
Aſſurance of Salvation? Give? I Lye,
Alas they ſell it, and thisbSee Summa Angelica; Tit. Simonia. Symony
Makes voyd their Sales; they then to doubt have cauſe,
Since theſe Sales voyd are by all kinde of Lawes;
Rome now muſt hold, and give Heavens certainety
Hence forth; elſe none but fooles her Bulls will buy.
On Popiſh Saints and Patrons for particular Countries, Profeſsions, Diſeaſes, and kindes of Cattle, and their Maladies.
PApiſts have ſeverall Saints for eachcS. George for England, S. Denis for France, S. Patricke for Ireland. S Andrew for Scotland, S. Iago for Spaine, S. Gregory for ſtudents, S. Luke for Painters, Coſmus and Damian for Philoſophers, S. Katherine for Spinners, S. Criſpin for Shoomakers, S. Sebaſtian for the Plague, S. Valentine for the falling ſickneſſe, Pe tronella for Agues, S. Apollonia for the rooth-ach, S. Anthony for Pigges, Saint Gallowes for Geeſe, S. Wencelaus for Sheep, S. Pelagius for Oxen, &c. See Surius R…badeneira and others in the lives of the Saints. Country,
Profeſſion, ſickeneſſe, and Infirmity
In Man or Beaſts; to whom for helpe they call,
God is no God, but theſe who gard, helpe all;
To whoſe bands, guidance, care, and Cuſtody,
They ſtill commit their whole Soule, Sprite, Body,
Wits, Senſes, Members, Thoughts, Words, Actions, Ways
For Ever; ſo Romes Church indOfficium bearae Mariae with other Houres and Manuals and M…alls. Maſſe-bookes prayes.
If they ſay, theſe are but Gods Subſtitutes;
They muſt them Prove, that God theſe Saints deputes
To theſe diſtinct Climes, trades, beaſts, maladies
Which they aſſigne them: this their great Rabbies,
Popes, Doctors, Monkes, and Jeſuites cannot doe;
Theſe Patrons then are falſe; they fooles, ſots, to
Rely upon, pray to them; God alone
Make then your Patron, ſince theſe Saints are none.
Rome hatheSee Tho. Beacons Relique… of Rom. falſe Reliques ſtore, but this ſurely
Is a true Relique of Idolatry,
And ſottiſh Pagans, who hadf1 King 20. 23. 2…. 2 King 1…. 29. 30. 3… c. 18. 33. 34. 35. Gods for all
Climes, Trades, Diſeaſes which Men, beaſts, befall.
Rome Playes thegSee Ornerod his Pagano-papiſmus: and Francis de Croy his threefold Conformity. Pagan in most things, but here
That ſhe turnes Pagan, is to all moſt cleare.
On Workes of Supererogation.
SOme Popiſh Monks,hSumma Angelica Tit. Indulgentia Sect. 9. Prieſts doe more than they neede,
And thinke this is a Meritorious deede:
True, they doe all beſides, againſt Gods will,
Not it; I feare the Merit then is Ill.
Heav'n, ſay they; Hell, I; elſe there's no hell
If men may merit Heav'n by not doing well.
On Papiſts good Workes to Merit Salvation.
PApiſts dreame to be ſav'd by iSee Bellarmin De Juſtificatione; and Concil. Trident. Seſſ. 6 c. De Juſtificatione.workes alone:
They muſt doe ſo, for true faith they have none.
But ſince their good workes from no good ſaith flow
No doubt at laſt they will no good workes grow.
On Popiſh Merits.
GOd, mens good workes ofkPſal. 62. 12. Neh. 13. 22. 2 Tim. 1. 15. 18. Tit. 3. 5. Jude 21. Rom. 11. 35. 36. Pſal. 66. 12. Rev. 20. 13. Mercy, not of debt
Or right rewards: This Papiſts quite forget
l2 Cor. 5. 20.According to, not for their workes; of Grace
And promiſe onelyonly; debt hath here no place.
Hence Saints in Scripture, ſtill for mNeh. 13. 22. Exod. 33. 19. c. 34. 7. 2 Chron 1. 8. Pſ. 18. 50. Pſ. 23. 6. Pſ. 32. 10. 10 Pſ. 33. 18. 22. Pſ. 33. 18. 22. Pſ. 52. 8. Pſ 57. 3. 1…. Pſ. 61. 7.mercy call
Not wages, Merits they knew not at all.
If Rome hath Merits, workes,52Pſ. 66. 20. Pſal. 85. 7. 10. Pſ. 89 2 14. Pſa. 98. 3. Pſal. 102. 13. Pſal. 103. 8. 11. 17. Pſa 130. 3. 4. 7. Pſal. 31. 16. Iſa. 54. 7. 8. 10. Lam. 3. 22. 23. 32. Dan. 9 18. 19. Rom 9. 15. 16. 23. c. 11. 30. 31. 32. Luc. 1. 50. 54. 72. 78. Ga. 6. 16 and truſt thereto,
I doubt at laſt they will her quite undoe.
Rome by her faith will not be juſtified:
Good reaſon, its not true, but falſe if try'd;
Her workes, or nought, muſt then her juſtifie;
But theſe prove ill, not good, if God them try:
Since then her Faith, workes, both prove Ill, when tride,
Rome muſt be damn'd by them, not juſtifi'd.
On Auricular Confeſsion.
IF men confeſſe to God, will that ſuffice?
No: tell me why? Prieſts ſhould not then be wiſe:
Lay-men ſhould then have Secrets, and loſe paines
Impos'd for ſinnes confeſt, Prieſts cheifeſt gaines.
Prieſts now know all mens ſecrets, none Preiſts know;
And by injoyned Penance, wealthy grow.
Confeſſe and ſo be hang'd ſayd once of old;
By Confeſſe and Abſolv'd, ſeemes now control'd.
Not ſo, both ſtand well, ſith Prieſts abſolution,
Makes men neglect Gods, to their juſt confuſion.
At leaſtwiſe hangs them in Prieſts halters, paines;
Who torture, racke them, to improve their gaines.
When Prieſts their owne faultsnSee Jam. 5. 16. firſt confeſſe, and mend,
They to confeſſion may all others ſend.
On Romes Prayers to Saints.
VVHy hath RomeoSee Officium B. Mariae, and the Popiſh Letanies of the Saints. ſtore of Saints her prayers to heare?
Is God deafe to them? or elſe doth ſhe feare,
So faithleſſe, heartleſſe, dead, ill, are here plaints,
They are not fit for God, but for her Saints?
Or doth ſhe try her patience thus to pray
To Saints that cannot heare or elſe delay
To heare or grant! hence oft her cauſe is mar'd
Before her pray'rs by her dead Saints are heard;
And we who goe to God immediately,
Are heard and anſwer'd ere Saints heare her cry.
On Popiſh Monkes, Players, Prayers, and Merits.
OUr Church hath ſome who worke not, but ſtill play:
Romes more, who worke not, but yet always pray:
Prayer's no worke with Rome to merit by
Ʋnleſſe with*Witneſſe the Prayers and Maſſes of Prieſts and Monkes to free Soules out of Purgatory, which are dayly bought and ſold. gold you will her prayers ſtill buy:
Her Prayers therefore are Players, and doe play
Not worke, but when men wage them for to pray.
How can they merit then by workes, who play
Still, and no worke doe for which God can pay?
Men over-pay them for their prayers ſtill here,
God than cannot owe, pay them any arreare:
They ſhould be double payd if God and men
Should both reward them; wher's their merit then?
On Romes taking away the Scripture, Cup, and Second Commandement from the People.
LAickes reade Scripture? fie, it is not fit;
Rich Rome might ſoone loſe all her wealth by it:
Her Popes & Canons then muſt both diſmount;
Her Faith, Workes, Pardons, be of no account,
Her Monks, Nunnes, Fryers, Abbots, Prelates then
Would ſoone be baniſht and caſt out by men.
Better the people loſe their ſoule, heaven, all,
Than Romes Popes, Prelates, Monkes, catch ſuch a fall.
ChriſtpJoh. 5. 39. Act. 17. 11. Pſ. 1. 2. 2 Tim. 3. 15. 16. 17. Col. 3. 16. 2 Pet. 1. 19. 20 Deut. 6. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. c. 11 18. 19. 20. 21. c. 17 18. 19. 20. oft commands all, Scripture day and night
To ſearch, reade, meditate, that ſo they might
Obtaine Eternall Life: The kSee Index Librorum Prohibitorum and the Rhemiſts on 1 Cor 14.Pope ſaith nay,
And from Lay-men the Scripture takes away:
He is not here true vicar unto Chriſt,
But Anti-chriſtian, and true Antichriſt.
The qSee al their M…all… ▪ Catechiſmes, Hours and Manuals wherein it is omitted & concil. Conſtant. S…ſ. 13. Surius Tom. 3. p. …21.Second Commandement, Cup, and Scripture
Popes ſteale from people too: Theeves are they ſure
Of higheſt ranke: in that they ſtollen have
What Father, Some, and holy Ghoſt men gave;
For robbing Men and the whole Trinity:
They then deſerve Lawes, deaths eternity
I wonder Papiſts dare their ſoules once truſt
With theſe Arch-theeves, to God, men ſo unjuſt:
They will not truſt theeves with their coine, I feare
Their Soules than Money are to them leſſe deare.
On the Romiſh Maſſe.
MAſſe is a wonder; its arSee Bellarmin de Sacrificio Miſſae. … Yea S. Maclou a Popiſh Same raiſed a beaſt from death whom the Servant of a covetous Maſter had ſlaine, at the Servants requeſt. Ribadeneira, fleurs des vies des Saincts part 2 p 413. Sacrifice
For quicke and dead; and for all maladies
In Man or Beaſt, a rare receit and cure;
A ſicke Man, Beaſt, Aſſe, Oxe, Cow, Hog, is ſure
To be releaſt from any Malady,
If you a Maſſe for them, of Prieſts will buy:
Phyſitians, Farriers will be now undone,
All ſickemen, beaſts to Prieſts for cure will run,
They neede no other Phyſicke but a Maſſe,
Which you may sPier de Moulin Bouclier de Foy, a Geneve 1635. p. 612.buy for Oxe, Cow, Horſe, Hog, Aſſe,
Or any Creature elſe, all which muſt pay
Prieſts well, for Gratis they will no Maſſe ſay.
On the Popes two Swords.
POpes have tSee Abbas Vſpergenſis p. 3. 3. 344. and Platina & Balaeus in Boniface the 8. his life.two ſwords, to ſmite, one hooke to keepe,
No wonder they more ſlay than feede Chriſts ſheepe.
On the Popes two Keyes.
POpes, vSee Bellarmin de Romano Pontifice.hold, they keepe the Keyes of Heav'n and Hell;
Some doe oppoſe: I like it very well,
Sith they locke Heavens ſtraite gate faſt up to all
Their flocke, but ope Hells wide, wherein they fall.
On kiſsing the Popes feete.
OTher folkes Lips are kiſt, onelyonlyxJean Creſpin, L'eſtat de …egliſe, p. 80. Popes feete:
Their breath is Poyſon, but their Shooe is ſweete;
yPſa. 140. 3. Rom 3. 1….Ʋnder their lips doth Addars poyſon lye,
They therefore will have none their lippes come nigh.
On the Pope being Peters Succeſſour.
SOme ſayzSee Platina & Onuphrius de vitis Pontificum: & Bellarmin de Romano Pontifice. that Popes ſucceed to Peter, I
Confeſſe it, both their Maſter Chriſt deny.
Peter but aMat. 26. 34. 64. to 75.thrice: They oft, and ſo preceed
In ſinne; Him, they in Place, not Grace Succeed.
But are they Peters Succeſſors alone?
Th'arebSee O…u… Eccleſiae & Nich. de Clemangis, de corrupto Ecclſtatu. Judas, Simons too, its ten to one.
On the Popes Non erring whilſt he ſits in Peters Chaire.
POpes cSee Bellarmin de Pontifi. Romano.cannot Erre, in Peters chaire whilſt ſet;
Tis true, for ſure, They nere once ſate there yet:
No wonder then if they nought elſe but Erre,
Sith they in his un-erring chaire ſat ne're.
On the Popes not Erring.
ALLdRom. 4. 15 Error is from Rule; Popes will have none,
To judge, doe, live by, buteSee Morney his Myſtery of Iniquity. p. 454. 455. themſelves alone:
They cannot then once erre, becauſe not ſtray
Quite from themſelves, unto Gods Rules and way.
On the Popes not ſinning and Erring as Popes, but as Men.
THe fBellarmin de Pontif. Romano.Pope as man, not Pope, may ſinne and Erre:
Why doth not then the Pope the Man deterre
From ſinne and Errour? Can he not this doe?
The Man the Pope may make ſinne, and erre too:
And if the Man for ſinne and Error goe
To Hell, I feare the Pope too muſt doe ſo.
On the Popes not Erring, and on falling from Grace.
POpes cannot erre; yet they maygConcil. Trident. Seſſ. …. can. 16. 23. totally
Away from Grace fall, yea and finally,
By Romes owne Doctrine; which they oft times doe,
To prove her Doctrine by their practiſe true.
It is no errour thus to fall from grace,
Since Popes herein Romes doctrines footſteps trace.
I wonder not at Romes Apoſtaſie,
Her practiſe elſe her Doctrine would belye:
Now both accord, and ſhe falls quite away
From faith, grace, truth, that none once queſtion may,
Or doubt her Doctrine, which was queſtionable;
But thus confirm'd, it muſt be true and ſtable.
On the Popes Pardons, and mortall ſinnes.
MAy menhSee Ta…a Camera. buy Pardons, and for mortall ſins?
Pardons are truely veniall then, not ſinnes:
But yet at Rome alone, for God, Kings, all
But Popes, hold PardonsiRom. 3. 24. c. 8. 32. Mich. 7. 18. free, not veniall.
On the Popes being Chriſts Vicar Generall upon Earth.
THe Pope on Earth's Chriſts Vicar Generall,
He's nothing then; Chriſt,kJoh. 18. 36. here had nought at all:
But be he ſomething, tis in Earth, or Hell,
Not Heav'n: Chriſt lets no Vicar ne're him dwell:
Who being ſtilllMat. 28. 20. Act. 3. 21. preſent both in Heav'n and here,
Popes are his Vicars but in Hell I feare.
On Popes Pardons of Sinnes.
THe Popes doe Pardon ſinnes; I thinke ſo too;
All, which men for them; None, they againſt them doe.
All againſt God; againſt themſelves, not one.
What can, is not, what cannot they, is done.
On the Popes being head of the Church.
POpes aremBellarmin, de Rom. Pontifice. Supreame heads of the Church by due,
But of the falſe Church onelyonly, not the True.
The true Church hath but one head, nEpheſ. 1. 22. c. 4. 15. c. 5. 23. Col. 1. 18. c. 2. 10. 19. 1 Pet. 2. 7. 1 Cor. 11. 3.Jeſus Chriſt:
The falſe but one, the Pope, true Anti-Chriſt.
On Romes Sinnes, Curſes and Pardons.
AT Rome all's Veniall, ſome ſay; I ſay no;
Her Sinnes, and Curſes doubtleſſe are not ſo:
The firſt are mortall; laſt not ſold, but free
Beſtow'd, all is not veniall Rome in thee.
On the Pope and his Cardinals.
CArdinallsoConcil. Conſtantienſe. Seſſ. 23. Surius hinges are; the Church the dore
Which hanges on them: Tom. 4. p. 67. Cardinales ſicut nomine, ita re ipſa Cardines ſunt, ſuper quos oſtia, univerſal… verſentur & ſuſtententur Eccleſiae.O Pope thy fate deplore;
If the Church on them, onelyonly hanged be,
Nought but an Halter's left by them for thee;
Thou mayſt goe bang thy ſelfe therewith; for they,
Not thou, the Church uphold, ſupport, and ſtay.
On the Popes being Chriſts Vicar.
IF Popes Chriſts Vicars be, his flocke to teach,
Why do they not like him, than feed andpMat. 4. 17. c. 11. 1. Mar. 1. 14. 38. 59. c. 2. 1. Luk. 8. 1. c. 21. 37. 38. Joh. 8. 2. Luc. 22. 53. preach?
They are his Vicars, but to ſheare his ſheepe;
When they ſhould feed them, they are faſt aſleepe.
Chriſt but one Vicar can have here; He many,
To doe his Office; he then is not any.
Either the Pope muſt doe his worke alone,
Or if by Vicar, he muſt make but one:
Elſe Chriſt may chance to make more Vicars too
By his example, and ſo him undoe,
Unleſſe he tye Chriſts hands from making any,
Becauſe himſelfe before had made too many.
On the Popes Vicarſhip and Vicars.
A Vicar by theqSumma Angelica. Vicarius Sect. 8. Law can never make
Another Vicar: ſee how Popes miſtake,
Who make ſo many Vicars of each kinde,
In every Country were they profit finde,
Either this Law is Error, or theſe be
No Vicars, but meere Factors for Romes See.
True, for they onelyonly his rents helpe get in;
He, not they keepe them, elſe it were a ſinne:
They are Chriſts rents, tithes, Peters patrimony;
Popes muſt be ſtill ſole Vicars of the money:
Twere Sacriledge, at leaſt, for to aſſigne
Another Vicar to keepe Peters Coyne.
On the Popes porphiry Chaire, wherein they are groped and tryed to be men.
POpes neede no rPlatina de vitis Pontif. in Joan, 8. See Cooke his Pope Ioane, and Morney his Myſtery of Iniquitie. p. 166. 169. 170.Porphry chaire now for to try
If they be males or not; they it deſcry
To all the world before-hand by the ſtore
Of sBalaeus and others in vita Sixti, 41. Morney his Myſtery of Iniqu. p. 603. to 608. 591.Baſtards they beget. It then were more
Fit now, their Teſticles to cut, than grope,
For feare a Leacher, not a Whore, turne Pope.
On Chriſts crowne of Thornes and the Popes triple Crowne of gold.
CHriſt wore onetMat. 27. 29. Joh. 19. 2. 3. Crowne of Thornes, Popes three of gold;
No wonder then that Chriſt's by them control'd.
ChriſtvMat. 21. 2. to 12. Joh. 12. 14. 15. 16. rode but once, and that upon an Aſſe;
Popes ever ride and oft onxSee Caere moniale & Pontificale Romanum. Kings backes paſſe
The ſtreetes: No wonder, they make Chriſt their Page
He never rode in ſuch ſtate, Equipage.
Popes now no Vicars, but Lords Paramount
Are, ſince they Kings, and Chriſt ſo far ſurmount.
On Peters poverty and the Popes great wealth and on the Popes being Peters Succeſſors.
PEteryAct. 3. 6: Mat. 17. 27. no Gold nor Silver had, or wore:
His Succeſſors bothzBernard. De Conſid. ad Eugenium, & ad Gulielmum Abbatem Apologia. have, and weare great ſtore.
The Church, poore then, had Peter a poore head;
She's now grown rich, great, ſince that Peter's dead.
Her head muſt then grow rich, great, like her body;
Elſe 'twere unſeemely, and he were a Noddy:
Peter had no ſuch Court, State, Table, traine
As Popes; who neede much gold them to maintain:
Peter was but a fiſher, not a Pope,
They Popes, nayaSee Bellarmin de Romano Pontif & D. Crakanthorp, of the Popes temporall Monarchy. c. 1 & 2. Monarchs of the world: I hope
They muſt have gold ſtore to ſupport their State,
They cannot now live at S. Peters rate.
It were no leſſe in Popes than bPlatina in the life of Paul the 2. writes that in a Village not far from Rome divers men and women were apprehended & condemned for heretiques by this Pope, for holding, that of all thoſe who ſucceeded S. Peter none was any true Vicar of Chriſt but thoſe who imitated his poverty.Hereſie.
To ſucceede Peter in his povertie;
Whoſe very name they ſcorne, ſith none of all
The Popes [who cSee Platina Onuphrius, Bale, & Creſpin, in vitis Pontificium.change their names] did ever call
Himſelfe by this name Peter, but ſtill by
Some other name, as John, Paul, Gregory,
And ſuch like, which in all great doubt may breed,
That Popes, who Peter never will ſucceede
In name, doe leſſe in Office, Grace, Chaire, State
Succeede him: then ſucceſſion's out of date:
Till Popes reſemble Peter more: ſay I,
That they ſucceed him, is an arrant lye.