A Reply to a Relation, Table of contents
THE CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPALL PASSAGES IN THIS INSUING REPLY; For the King.AND first to the Relators Epistle Dedicatory.
The left-hand Figure notes the Page of the Relators Book: the right-hand the Replyers.
L. page 1. HOw the Prelate by pinning his Booke upon the Kings Patronage, doth thereby expose him to the perill of being guilty of patronizing all the blasspemies & falsities therein, page 2.
2. What Truth, and how the Prelate seeks it, ibid.
7. What use the Prelate makes of Gods restoring him from his Fever, p. 3.
7. What he meanes by the Scandalous and Scurrilous pennes of some bitter men, with a short Narration of their Cause, and Tragicall suffering, ibid.
Notorious Hypocrisie of the Prelate, and taking Gods name in vaine, pag. 3, & 4.6.8.
Prelates mercies exceed all Heathen cruelty, 6.
A strange Precedent without Precedent, to censure a Man, because he would not consent to the condemning of his Cause before the Hearing, 7.
The Prelate Shrewdly put to it for his blood-guiltinesse, and shamelesse hypocrisie, 7, 8.
A new-found Art, under colour of Answering Jesuites, to strike a leagve with Popery, 9.
7. The Prelates notorious perverting of Scripture, which is retorted upon himselfe by a true Application, 10, 11, 12.
7. Gods Ministers for sharpe, and particular reproving of sin and sinners, proved not to be Libellous, nor Scandalous; by many examples, 11, 12, 13.
How Prelates, with the High Priests and Pharisees are guilty of all the blood of the Saints, shed from Abel hitherto, 15, 16.
True marks of a Minister of Christ extraordinarily raysed up of God, ibid.
7. What kind of Men the Prelates Divines of worth and Note be, 16, 17.
How the Prelate publisheth his Booke to vindicate his Reputation, and with whom, ibid.
7. A Prosopopaeia, representing the Prelates Divines speaking to him, 17, 18.
7. The Prelate selfe-deluded by the unanimous Councels of his Divines, as Ahab was by his false Prophets, 19.
The Prelates Booke like Caesars sacrifice, ibid.
The Replyers Councel to the Prelate, 19.
The Prelates Booke how reprobate Silver, 21.
The Mystery of burning Salis his Devotions opened, 20.
How the Prelates Tract needs leading into the light, 21.
11. Notorious hypocrisie of a most persecuting Prelate, detected as most detestable, 21, 22. worse then that of Stephen Gardiner and Bonner, ibid.
The Prelate sore pressed with sundry Scriptures by the Replyer, 23, 24.
A notable Prophecie of Scripture against the Anti Sabbatarians in these dayes, 24.
How the Prelate takes Gods Name in vain, 25.
Difference between Romes Fishermen, and Christs, 26 to 30.
The Prelates subtile laying all the Load upon the King, what ever be amisse, 29, 30.
Good Laws may sleep, ibid.
What he meanes by the wakening of Discipline, ibid.
12. The Prelates meaning of Anglers in a shallower water fished out, 29.
And how they differ from Romes Fishers.
The Prelates Councel to the King how perillous in his sly and subtile inticing him against godly Preachers.
The Prelates sly Speeches in some Cases, how best interpreted by his Practises.
And how and what he Councelleth the King, 29, 30.
Perillous Consequences of Prelates practises in altering of Religion, how considerable for States. 30, 31.
The Prelate put to his proofe, whether he loves the Kings Crown, or the Prelates Miter better, 32.
13. Prelate how condemned of the Same Scripture by himselfe alledged, 32, 33.
How the Prelate is an Enemy to the Gospell, and to the preaching of it, 33.
What be the Prelates Foundations of Faith, and how shaken, 34.
How the Prelates Practises not onelyonly shake, but quite overthrow the true Foundations of Faith: and that by his own Instances, wherein he is selfe-condemned, and his palpable hypocrisie detected, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39.
Altars overthrow the Foundation Christ, 35.
13, 14. The Prelates comparison of the Church to a Hive of Bees Scanned: so as nothing is left him but the Sting, 40, 41, 42, 43.
Prelates and their Clergie no true Order of Priesthood, 41.
The Prelate calls his Hypocrisie, Integrity and Sincerity.
The great difference between the King, and the Prelates Priest, about the Bee hive, 41, 42.
And how perilously they are joyned together by the Prelate, 43, 44,
What Integrity of the Church in Doctrine and Manners we may expect, when the Prelate, or his Priest, is joyned to the King in Reformation, 45.
Two places of Scripture vindicated from the Prelates perverting of them, and whereby himselfe is stung, for being too busie about the Bee-hive, 46, 47.
For what good Service the Prelates Priest, medling with the Bee-hive, is stung by the true Bees, 48, 49.
The Prelates Church in England, together with Rome, wherin fallen from the ancient Catholick Faith, in maintaining Doctrines of Devils: And what the true Catholicke Faith i…, 51.
The Prelaticall Church in England how Antichristian, and what Antichristianisme is. 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.
The Mystery of Iniquity in the Prelacy, ibid.
The place in John (1 John 2.22.) vindicated against Jesuites and Prelates: and thereby Prelates proved to be Antichrists, in that they deny Jesus to be the Christ, that is, King, Priest, and Prophet: distinctly proved, 56, 57, 58, 59.
No Priest, but Christ, ever had power to forgive sins, 58.
The true Reformed Churches beyond the Seas vindicated to be true Churches of Christ, against the Prelate, 62.
And Prelaticall Churches proved to be false Churches, ibid.
16. Who have cause to cry out of persecution, the Prelat's Jesuite, Or his Seperatist, 63.
What Cause the Prelate gives of Separation from his Church, which he saith is the Same with Rome, 64.
And wherein, ibid.
The Prelates Riddle, 65.
In how many paritculars these two Sisters are alike, yea one and the same, 64, 66, 67, 68.
And so how the Prelates Church in England being one and the same with that of Rome, must needs be a false Church, 69.
How the Prelate overthroweth all the learned works of the Orthodox English Divines, ibid.
17. The Prelates blasphemous putting a most notorirus lye upon Christ, 70.
What Interpretation of Scripture we may expect from Prelates, whereof his Church consisteth, 71.
The Prelate selfe-condemned, as a most notorious forcer, and perverter of Scripture, where ever he doth but touch it with his finger, ibid.
What need there is of the Prelates Oracle in setling the true sense of the 39. Artcles, which under his Primacy have been declared doubtfull, and of a double sense, 72.
What cause we have to expect an Index Expurgatorious from the Prelate to purge the writings of all our Oxthodox Divines against the Church of Rome, ibid.
18. How the Prelate without his Prophecying, doth by his practise hale in Atheisme and Irreligion, 73, 74.
What we are still to understand, when the Prelate names Truth, &c. 74.
What he He calls an unworthy way of contending for Truth: which we must contend for notwithstanding against such Adversaries, 75.
What is that Atheisme, and Irreligion properly which the prelate nameth and meaneth, 75.
19. The Prelates externall will-worship, what it is a Great Witnesse of, 76, 77.
The prelates swelling pride and conceit of His Will-worship, 77, 78.
All Will-worship expresly forbidden in the Scripture. It is no Service of God, but of mans lust, ibid.
The prelates upright heart down right hypocrisie, 79.
The prelates notorious and bold perverting of Christs words to His own blind Devotion, 78.
How God is dishonoured by the prelates will-worship, 79, 80
The prelates Sincerity in Religion how it drives consciencious men from Communion with His English Church, 81.
The prelate how clearely he deales with His Majesty, 82.
What is with the Prelate Decent, and what orderly Settlement in the worship of God, 83, 84, 85.
Sundry Innovations, or rather Renovations under the primat. ib.
Of Ceremonies in Gods worship. Of Naturall, Morall, and Religious Actions, how they differ in point of Ceremony, 87.
Prelates Ceremoniall worship Hereticall, 88.
What Heresie is, ibid.
Christ the onelyonly Master of Ceremonies in Gods service, 88.
How this is an Article of our Faith, 8….
Christ never imparted this His Prerogative, or any part thereof, to any Humane Power, 90.
The Apostles words for Deceny and Order (1 Cor. 14.40) cleared from Prelaticall perverters, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94.
Prelates Pretence for Antiquity of His Ceremonies absurd, 94, 95, 96.
Prelates Cerremonies will fit neither Time nor Place, but as they are forced, wherin the Prelate is too zealous and forward, 97.
What rubbes and tough knots the Prelate meets withall about His Ceremonies, 98.
And how He hath been crost since his Crucifying of His Three bitter men, and why? and how? 99.
The Prelates practise not so politick, as Julians was, 98.
Even Mediocrity in Ceremonies is an Extreme, 99.
So as the very least overburthens the Church of Christ, ibid.
How the Prelate had need to fit His Ceremonies, some for Sommer, and some for Winter, for overburthening His Priest, 100.
The Replyer requireth of the Prelate a just number of so many Ceremonies, so as they may neither overburthen, nor leave his Service naked, 100, 101.
The Prelate like the Pharisees in binding burthens on others, ib.
How the Prelate needs many Ceremonies, as Herbs to straw the way to the celebrating of the marriage betweene England and Rome, ibid.
How the Prelates Service is naked, without his Ceremonies, 1…2
Prelates pompous Service condemned by the Heathen, 102, 103
The Leviticall Pompe, as a Type, altogether abolished by Christ, 105.
Adam more glorious in his innocent nakednesse, then with his devised Fig-leaves, how applyed to the Prelaticall Church, 103, 104.
Prelates Service sensuall and heathenish, as done to an unknown God; fully displayed, 104.
Prelates pompous Ceremonies like the Cardinals Sumpter, 105.
No necessity of Prelates Ceremonies, sith both Superstitious, and Superfluous, saving that they are all the Substance of their Religion, 106, 107.
True Reformation ought to have no Ceremonies at all to bind the Conscience, 107.
Prelates Ceremonies strengthen Superstition and Idolatry, and destroy true piety. 108.
What is that Substance of Religion, which Prelates Ceremonies doe fence, 106, 107.
And what strength they adde to his Religion, how it is weaknesse not to see, 108.
Prelates Ceremonies are beggerly Rudiments: yea Aegyptian bonds, and Babilonish Chaines, 108.
How by the Prelates Ceremonies so eagrely urged, the Jesuites win ground. 108, 109.
Romes Reconciliation hastened by hossing up wodden Altars, and hurling down golden Ministers, 109.
The Jesuites hale in Popery through the Prelates broad Gates he hath layd open, ibid.
21. How the Prelate hath layd open the wider-gates of his Catholicke Church by pulling down the walls and bulwarks of Christs true Church, 109.
The Prelates wider-Gates whither they lead, 110.
The Prelate hath nothing to doe with the true Faith, nor Communion with the true Saints, ibid.
He perverteth the Scripture (Jude 3.) falsely applying the Saints Faith to his boundlesse Catholicke Church, 110.
What Truth the Prelate professeth, and with what singlenesse of heart, 110, 111.
And his notorious hypocrisie in deluding the King, 111.
The Prelate puts all his Book upon the King, as published in obedience to his Majesties command, ibid.
What we may expect from the Prelate, who resolves to dye in that Faith, wherein he hath lived, ibid.
And so what hope he can have of Gods favour, 112.
THE CONTENTS OF THE MAINE POINTS AND PASSAGES IN THIS insuing Reply to the Relation it selfe.
2. WHat is that Church, whose judgement the Prelate would have the people to depend upon, 113.
And not to be too busie with Seripture, but moderately, in things obvious, 114.
How the Prelate yeelds the Jesuite this, that the Church of Rome is a true Church, on whose judgement people must depend, 115.
The Prelate a Subtile underminer of the Truth. 116.
4. The papall Church holds no one point of Saving Truth, ibid.
23. How the Prelate vants himselfe for the great Champion of the Church of England, 117.
29. How the Prelate overthrows Christ, while he makes things, not Fundamentall in the Faith, necessary to some mens Salvation, but tells us not who those be, 117, 118.
31. How the Prelate can bind all men to peace by his Churches Declaration: yea though it be not the Churches, 118.
The dangerous Consequences hereof, 119.
32. The Prelate selfe-condemned, for adding things contrary, and detracting things necessary, 120.
35. How (against the Prelate) things considered in the manner of Beeing onelyonly, are fundamentall in the Faith. Instanced in sundry particulars, 120, 121.
The many absurd consequences of Popish Reall-presence, ibid.
37. How the Prelate makes things, which are fundamentall in the Faith, not to be so to all men, 122. See 117.118.
If the Prelate doe at all discerne what the true Faith is, what use he makes of it, 122.
39. How the Prelate falsifies Lyrinencis, and is loth to English some of his words, 123.
If the Church of Rome be Lupanar Errorum, a Stews of Errours, 'twere good that all should know her in plain English to be so, to avoyd her, though the Prelate be loth English men should know it, ibid.
How the Prelate applauds the Iesuite Stapleton in a grosse point of Popery, whom Dr. Whitakers in the Chaire at Chambridge confuted, 124.
How therein the Prelate prefers Stapleton before Bellarmine, who comes nearer to the Truth, ibid.
40. How the Prelate is justly as an Enemy to Assurance of Salvation, and so of true Saving Faith, 124.
43. How the Prelate makes it whether for a penny, Beliefe of Scripture, or the Creed, hath the Precedencie of a Prime Principle of Faith, 125.
44. The Prelate allows some Traditions for Apostolick, though not fundamentall in the Faith, ibid.
45. The Prelates Faith of Christs Descent into hell; which Article is by the Replyer discussed, 126, to 129.
47.48. For default of examining the Articles of the Creed by Scripture, the Prelate overthrows two Articles, The Catholicke Church and the Communion of Saints, 129.
51. Notwithstanding the Prelate, we ought boldly and publickly to affirme The Truth against errour, 132.
53. The Prelate submits the Faith of the Church of England, to the judgement of the Fathers, whether her Articles be according to Scripture. How by those Fathers he is condemned, 132, 133.
With what limitation the Church, within the first 400, or 500. yeares may be sayd to have been at the best, 133, 134.
How the Replyer declines the occasion of entring into a comparison between the truly Reformed Protestant Churches, and that within the first 500. years after the Apostles, 134.
Conformity to Popish Rites a Pretence to bring Papists to Church, as the Christians anciently intertained Heathen manners, to draw them to be Christians, 134.
Augustine complained of Ceremonies then, when (if the Prelate say true) the Church was at the best, ibid.
62. The Prelates false professed Faith concerning the Catholicke Church in the Creed, which he defines to be the Society of all Christians, 135.
66. How the Prelate jumpes with Bellarmine, for a word of God as well unwritten, as written, 135, 136, 137.
Baptisme of Infants a Doctrine of Scripture, not an unwritten Tradition.
We ought to repaire to Scripture in all doubts of Faith, 137.
72, 73. How the Prelates words, not well examined, may make us beleeve, he is no Arminian, but Orthodox in the Doctrine of Grace: while he abuses the Scripture most palpably and grosly, 138, 139.
75, 76. What the place and office of naturall Reason is in judgeing of Scripture: against the Prelate magnifying naturall Reason to the vilifying of Scripture: the blindnesse and vanity thereof in judging of Divine things, and matters of Faith, 140, 141, 142, 143.
Vnsanctified Reason how it judges the Scripture to be false, 143.
How the Prelate is put to his naturall Reasons pregnancy in matters of Faith, 1…2.
77. The Prelates extreme blindnesse or malice, in saying The Scripture is strengthened with probable Arguments from the light of Nature, and humane Testimony to convince men, without which it is not so demonstratively evident of it selfe, 144. At large confuted, 14…, to 149.
A secret power in Scripture convincing a naturall man in the reading or hearing of it preached, that it is the very word of God, 148, 149, 150. See also,
A motion of the Replyer to the Prelate, how he shall make tryall of the Scriptures powerfull sufficiencie, to convince him, that it is the word of God, 149.
A comparison of the Scripture with the Sun, 151.
Gods word preached, and not Church-Tradition, the ordinary prime motive and instrument of Faith. Illustrated by pregnant Comparisons. ib.
83. How the Prelate hangs the Beliefe of Scripture to be the word of God, necessarily upon the Authority of the present Church, and other such poore inducements, all but meere probabilities, which may beget opinion, but never beliefe, 152, 153, 154, 155.
All examined, and proved to be meere vanity: in all which the Prelate destroyes all Faith, and hope of Salvation, 156. also 157.
In what sense and way onelyonly a Naturall Man being led by the Prelates hand, as of the present Church to read the Scripture, may be induced to beleeve it is the very word of GOD, 154.
84. Further notorious blasphemies of the Prelate in derogating from Scripture, as having no light, but as a candle in a box of 12 in the pound, till Tradition of the present Church doe light it:
Examined, 157 158, 159.
How the Prelate perverts the Scripture, and puts out the light of it, 157.
Other blasphemies of the Prelate against the Scripture, Gods word, and the Holy Ghost, making his Church-Tradition the eyes inlightner, 159, 160, 161.
Gods own voyce in Scripture read and preached, begets beliefe, that it is Gods word, 161.
85. The Prelates prosecution of this Argument in advancing his present Church Authority, further confuted, 162, 163.
85, 86. A Subtile and Sly evasion of the Prelate from the Jusuites true objection, 164.
A pretty tricke of Legerdemain, 195.
Scriptures full light teacheth a perfect knowledge: against the Prelates Evasion, 165, 166.
87. The Prelates perverting of Scripture in his Babylonish confounding the Historicall, with the Saving and justifying Faith (as he alwayes doth) and another Scripture, in confounding the regenerate with the unregenerate, 166. to 170.
Whereupon the Replyer addes a notable Discourse of the nature of true Saving Faith, 170, to 174: as namely of its admirable operations in the severall faculties of the Soule, with its excellencie, &c.
The Prelate Contradicts himselfe, not knowing wherof he affirmeth. Saving that by Faith he ever meaneth a false Faith, whereby he destroyeth the true, 173.
The Sure beliefe of Scripture is a Christians sure comfort in trouble, 172, 173.
88. Hookers Sensible Demonstration so applauded by the Prelate, throughly scanned, and soundly proved to be false by most evident Demonstrations, proving the Scripture to prove it selfe Gods word, 174, to 177.
The Prelates Ground from Nature, being applyed to Scripture, proved false: and Christs Saying, which the Prelate objecteth, cleared, 177, 178.
89. Hookers stating of the Question, commended by the Prelate, for Tradition, as the Key to open the Entrance to Scripture, proved false in the Prelates sense, and that Key to be a false pick-lock, 178, 179.
91. How the Prelate in charging the Pope for usurping Lordship over the world, is taken tardy for doing the like himselfe over All England contrary to S. Peters rule, alledged by the Prelate 180.
93. What assistance Lawfully sent Pastors and Teachers have ordinarily of God, 180.181.
95. The Prelate selfe-condemned, ibid.
98. The Prelate belyes the Scripture, to credit his Church-Tradition, 182.
Scripture little heholden to the Prelates Church-Tradition, ib.
His bold belying the Scripture, as if that gave Authority to his usurped Church-Tradition, ib.
The Prelate catcht in his own Delemma, or Net, ibid.
A Solecisme of the Prelate, ibid.
100. The Prelate maliciously yoakes the precise party (as he calls it) with the Jesuite, onelyonly making that 10 times worse, 183, 184.
The precise party, with the Prelates factious silence Ministers, vindicated from his wicked and false reproches, 184, 185, 186.
The Prelates 3 marks of his imagined Author of Ipswich Newes, 186.
The Prelates hypocriticall words, and desperate deeds for Preaching, how they agree, and his cursed hypocrisie cryed shame of by his infamous practises, 187.
The Prelate knows not what true Preaching meanes, 188.
Difference between true Sermons, and the Preachers, for infallibility, ibid.
The Prelates Diabolicall malice against the true Preachers of Gods word, 189.
The Replyer at length forced by the Prelate to answre his compari-tween the Ancient Fathers, and the best moderne Reformed Dison be vines, for Preaching, 190, 191.
Other Cavils of the Prelate answered, 192, 193.
104. The Prelate perverteth the Fathers, to uphold Tradition still, which they were against, to the Prelates sense, 194, 195, 196.
Prelates Popish pretence of Scriptures deepnesse, to draw men from them, to seek to the Oracles of the present Church Tradition, 196, to 199.
With the mischiefes that may follow upon it, ibid.
The Prelates Popish zeale noted by occasion, in his forcing all Bibles to be bound with Apochrypha, 196, 197.
How the Prelate overthrows a true Principle and Maxime, by a false, 198.
Grace makes Supernaturall truth more evident, then Nature doth the Naturall, 199.
106. Another excellent discourse of Saving Faith, occasioned by the Prelate, bewraying his profound ignorance herein, 200, 201, 202.
The Prelats bold belying and blaspheming Gods secret Councels, 202.
The Prelates broad blind Popish way, 203. Fully confuted, 203, 204.
109. Prelate againe blasphemeth in belying Gods Councels, 205.
1…6. The Prelate hangs the Credit of Scripture upon mans opinions of Gods sufficiencie, ibid.
Mans opinion of Gods sufficiencie how vaine, blind, and impotent, 206.
The Prelate himselfe proved to have a blind opinion of God, and of his Sufficiencie, and consequently he is an Infidel, not beleeving the Scripture to be Gods word, 207, 108. as which (saith he) depends on mans opinion of Gods sufficiencie.
111. The Prelate still detracts from Scripture all along. 208.
113. By the Prelates Doctrine, the Faith of all the Apostles, Martyrs, ancient Fathers, and Doctors, which know no such Tradition of the present Church as a necessary prime inducement to lead them to the beliefe of Scripture to be Gods word, is Hereticall and Schismaticall, 206, 210. Ergo the Prelaticall Church Schismaticall and Hereticall.
115. Most notorious blasphemy of the Prelate against the Holy Ghost, making him the Author of falshood: as is shewed, 211, 212, 213, 214.
Sundry probable Reasons layd down by the Replyer, why the Prelate should, as he doth, chuse the light of nature, as the Second to his Church Tradition, to introduce beliefe of Scripture to be Gods word, and of God to be God, 212, 213.
No reverend perswasion of Scripture had, till first the Tradition of of the present most Reverend Father commend it as Laudable, 212.
How the Prelate dallies with Romish Idolatry, 211.
How the Prelate hangs mans beliefe of God, as of Scripture, upon his Church Tradition, 212.
116▪ The Prelates good inclination to mans free-will in beleeving. The Prelates notorious and grosse hypocrisie pretending respect to the Scripture to be the motive of his tedious, vain groundlesse and gracec…ss… discourse in disgracing and vilifying of it altogether, and that as g…osly, as ever any …esui…e did, 215, 216.
The Prela…es most wick…d perverting and abusing of Scripture, 216
W…o are his Christianly d…sposed men, whom in his Discourse he …nd…avoureth to satisfie, ibid.
118. A nimble shift and put off of the Prelates, 217.
The absurbity of his Comparison of his Church-Tradition to the morning Light detected, and shewed to halt down-right of all foure, 217, 218.
The Prelate still unreasonably inculcates his Church-Tradition, 218, 219.
He is brought into a Circle, 219.
121. The Prelates Whimsey, suckt in from the Popish Schoole, That Divinity hath a Science about it: confuted, 219, 220.
What true Divinity properly is, ibid.
122. The Prelate selfe-condemned, while his leaning too much upon Tradition, may mislead Christians, 221,
The Prelate still prosecutes his Tradition, ibid.
His misapplying of his Schoole-distintion, 222, 223, 224.
Shoole-distinctions must be well examined by Scripture, 224.
125. The Prelate calls the Protestants Seperation from Popery a miserable rent, which he lamenteth with a bleeding heart, 225, 226.
His vanity discovered, ibid.
A most shamefull, or rather shamelesse lye of the Prelate detected, 226.
His blasphemous lye that he hath given the Scripture more then enough, 227.
The Prelate confesseth he goeth the same way with the Jesuite for Church-Tradition, ibid.
A subtile and sly insinuation of the Prelate detected of vanity, ibid.
The onelyonly difference between the Prelate and Jesuite about Tradition noted, 228.
128. The Prelate vaunting the Roman Church to be a true Church with his reasons confuted, 229, 2…0, 231, 232, 233, 234. Rome holds neither Word nor Sacraments: Ergo no true Church.
131, 132. The Prelates privy nipping, and pretty quipping of Luther, and in him all the Reformed Protestant Churches, as seperating from Rome not onelyonly as it was then false, but as once formerly true, 236.
And so he shuts them out as Seperatists from the true Catholicke Church as …e accounts …t, ibid▪
133. How tenderly the Prelate toucheth Rome for her Superstition and errour, and not once in all his Book charging her with Idolatry▪ 23….
Who be the Prelates best men, who (he saith) most bemone his miserable rent, ibid.
Reconciliation of true Protestants with Rome impossible, ibid.
The vanity of the Prelates Apologie for the Protestants about the Rent, 238.
The Synagogue of Rome and her Corruptions are grown into one intire body, ibid.
135. The Prelate no observer of his own Law, in interpreting of words, ibid.
The Prelates vaine condition to the Jesuite about Reconciliation with Rome, 238, 239.
Why the Prelate so names The Great Sacrament of the Eucharist, 239.
136. True Protestants protest against such damnable Corruptions of Rome, as the Prelate accounts essentiall parts of his Catholicke Church, ibid.
138. Why the Replyer hath so sharpened his style against the Prelate, 241
The Example of Irenaeus arguing with Victor, declared and retorted upon the Prelate concerning Ceremonies, 241, 242, 243.
140. The Prelate beleeves, that though his whole Militant Church cease to be holy, yet she is a Church of Christ still, 245, confuted to 251.
The Prelates Militant Church, why so called. It is the Malignant and Antichristian Church, 251, 252.
The Prelate implyes, his Militant Church may fall from the Foundation, and cease to be holy, and become Hereticall, and an Assembly of Hereticks, ibid.
The true difference between the Prelates false Militant Church, and of the onelyonly True, ibid.
Christs true Militant Church connot fall from the Foundation.
A notable instance and demonstration, shewing that denyers of the Christian Sabbath day to be commanded in the 4th Commandement, is an overthrowing of a fundamentall point of Faith, and consequently of the whole Faith, 248, 249.
A cleare Declaration of the Sabbath day commanded in the 4th Commandement, and applyed to us Christians, 248, 249, 250.
How farre in this and other points of faith the Prelates Church of England is fallen, is put to the Prelates consideration, 250.
141, 142. Romes errours being dyed in graine, cannot (by the Prelates confession) consist with holinesse, 251, 252.
142. A peremptory Speech of the Prelate, 252.
The Prelate plainly enough blameth the Protestants, both for making and continuing the Separation, and that most perempt…rily, ibid.
How Jesuites are by the Laws of England to be disputed with, and where, 253.
The Prelates honesty wherein it consisteth, 254. namely in excluding the Scripture as Iudge an disputation, ibid.
148. The Prelates Faint confession, that Romes errous doe onelyonly indanger Salvation, 254.
The Prelates tender Heart, loth to make the rent wider, ibid.
Not so tender to Christs Lambs, as to the Romish wolfe, 255.
How by the Jesuites Confession alledged by the Prelate, the Protestants can abandantly justifie their Seperation from Rome, ibid.
The Ten Tribes under Jeroboam how no true Church against the Prelate, 255, compared with Rome, 256.
153, 154. The Prelates notorious hypocrisie detected, in his calling Pelagianisme that great bewitching Heresie. As also in naming s…me Councels, as setting the Church right therein. Retorted upon the Prelate. 259, 260, 261.
1…5. The Prelate confuted by those examples himselfe alledgeth, about his Princes and Clergies power and direction for Reformation of Religion, 261, 262.
Of Englands halfe-Reformation now made a whole Deformation, 262.
To whom Reformation of Religion belongs, and how, ib.
The Replyer justifies his answering the Prelate by his own confession, 262.
157. The Prelate still persists in his obstinacie, not allowing the Scripture for Iudge in doubtfull Cases, 263.
171. The Prelate glories in the Title of Patriarchate of the other world, which the Pope gave to his Prdecessor Anselme, 263, 264.
An honest Cobler to be preferred before all the Prelates Pontificall and pompous Titles, 264.
175. Authority of Prelates over the Clergie no Calling from God, 264, to 268.
Of what known use and benefit they be for unity and peace. Hieromes words omitted by the Prelate: That Prelates were brought in by humane presumption, and not by Divine Institution, 264.
Scrip…ure hath no Diocesan Bishops, 267, 268. 2. but they are usurpers and Tyrants.
177. Domination Prelaticall, with Subjection thereto, confessed by the Prelate to be grounded on Canon, and Positive Law, 267.
How the Prelates are fallen between two Stooles, 268.
2. They call themselves Princes, 269.
2. What kind of Princes they be, 270.
And who be the true Princes, 269▪2.
183. The Prelates necessity of one Ordine Primus, and confession that the Popes Principality was the very fountain of Papall Greatnes: do prove, that of necessity the Prelaticall Catholicke Church is the very Head and Body of Antichrist, confederate against Christ, and his true Church, 268, 269, 270, 271.
182. How, and whereupon the Prelate would reduce all to Rome, 272, 273.
Where his subtilty anent the Popes Supremacy and Infallibility i… detected. He is selfe-condemened, 274.
199. How by the Prelates confession, the Pope (and so other Prelates) cannot prosper, because they have no Authority from God, 274.
Proud Prelates are none of Christs privy Councel, 276, 277.
200. The Prelates blasphemy against Christ, making him the Author of the Antichristian Hierarchy: detected, and confuted, 275, to 289. Prelates Ecclesiasticall Government not Aristocraticall, but Tyrannicall, 275, 276. How Prelates differ from true Bishops in Scripture, 278, to 281. For Prelates to be Vice-Roys, how impious and absurd, 28…, to 286. How unlike they are to Christ, 282. Their Kingdome meerly Temporall, 283. Their Government Oligarchicall, ibid. Christs Congregations have no need of Prelates to visit them, having their own lawfull Pastor to feed them, 285. The Govenment of Christs Church is most perfect of all other, as consisting of the 3 States of good Politie, or Government, to wit the Monarchiall, the Aristocraticall, and the Democraticall, 286. Prelates Lordly Tyranny expresly condemned by Christ, as Heathenish, 287, to 290.
204. The Prelaticall Church in England no lesse Tryumphant, then the Prelate taxeth Rome to be, 290, 291.
205. By the Prelates own allegation, nor Kings, nor Priests may doe any thing in Reformation of Religion, besides Gods prescript Law, 291, 292. And so by his Confession implicitly, where the foundation of Faith and Good Manners are shaken, therein Magistrates are not to be obeyed in which respect the Prelate is shrewdly put to it in sundry instances, 293, to 297.
210. The Prelate againe blasphemeth Gods Name, as if a favourer of the Prelaticall practises in England, 297.
A blasphemous Article of Faith of the Prelates pinning upon the Church of England, ibid. Prelaticall Canons, yea and Papall too, yoaked and equalled by the Prelate with Scriptures in Governing the Church.
We must not joyn in Prayer with notorious profane Hypocrites, and Enemies of Christ, and of his Truth, 298. A speciall Prayer for the King in these perillous times, ibid.
King and State abused, and indangered by the Prelates practises, and putting forth of this his Booke, ibid.
The Prelate proves all his Speculations with his bare word, 199.
What a Polititiant he Ch. of Eng. is grown under such a Primate.
Prelates no visible Judges of Gods Institution, proved at large against the Prelates Blasphemy, 399, 300, 301. Prelates Canons such Law-books, as wherewith Christs Law-book cannot consist, but is made of none effect. They are Antichristian bondage, ibid.
No more necessity of one Primate over all England, then of one pope over All, 302.
A Speciall duty of Christian Magistrates, ibid.
212. How uniny and certainty of Faith is preserved by the Prelates, 303.
194. The Prelate makes the Scripture a blind, dumb, and dead Judge, 303, 304.
Of Generall Councels sundry notable Passages scattered along his Booke, and collected by the Replyer, and detected to be some of them ridiculous, and all of them most impious and detestable: from 304, to 324. How by the Prelates Doctrine, both himselfe and his Church of England are bound to worship Images and to forbeare the Cup in the Sacrament, as being decreed by Generall Councels, and not yet reversed by any other equall to those, 312, 313. The Apostles Assembly (Act. 15.) no Precedent for Generall Councels in after Ages to be Judges in Controversies of Faith, 314, 315. and therfore that example not prudently, but surreptitiously taken up by the Prelaticall Church. The Prelate confesseth, that Generall Councels have no Authority by Christs Institution, 312, 313. How unlike Prelaticall Councels are to that Act. 15. whereof not only the Apostles, but the Presbyters, and the Brethren, the People of God, were the Body, 313, 314. How the Prelate holds the Difinitions of Generall Councels to be infallible, and that there is no more question to be made of the assistance of the Holy Ghost in them, then that the Holy Ghosts assistance is without errour, 325, 326. The Prelate boldly professeth, that he absolutely maketh a Generall Councel Judge of Controversies, 327. Wherein he is abolutely fallen from the Catholick Faith. His sundy assertions, some ridiculous, some contradictorious, some blasphemous, some darke riddles, which he propounds, and leaves unresolved, and can never Resolve, 321, 322. He is catcht fast in his own Net. And the more he struggleth to unwind himselfe out, the m…re he is intangled.
213. Though the Councel of Trent were not Generall, yet it is so Generall, as the Decrees thereof do bind all Papists under Anathema, 328.
227. Another Reason of the Prelates, why a Generall Councel erring, yet should stand in force; namely for the peace of Christendome: confuted. He is content to forgoe the Truth, for Peace sake, 328.
The Prelates Heresie, in holding it a branch of Heresie to say, The Church Militant is without spot or wrinckle, according to Ephes. 5. confuted, 329, 330.
The Prelate overthrows an Article of the Faith, 331.
The Prelates Key of Doctrine primely in the Church, wherewith he shuts out Truth, and lets in Errour, 329.
He makes it but a supposition for the Key of Doctrine to let in Truth, ibid.
The Prelates subtile, but futile and vaine Distinction of Transubstantiation, confuted, 332. He makes Christs Institution not to be cleare against Transubstantiation, as against Communion in one Kind. Confuted fully, 333, 334.
Romish Adoration of Images minced by the Prelate, set forth by the Replyer in its full proportion, and shewed to be more grosse Idolatry, then that of the Heathen, 334, 335, 336.
280. The Prelates notorious hypocrisie in confessing Images in Churches, and other Romish Superstitions to have given great Scandall to many, so as to drive them quite away from them; detected and selfe-condemned by his practises, 337, 338.
Will-worship in Altar-Service and the like, a Service of the Devil, 340, 341.
The Prelates hot zeale in pressing more of Romes Ceremonies, makes the old justly suspected, as smelling ranke, 341. Ilustrated by a similitude, ibid.
The Prelates Ceremonies condemned by the Same Testimony, which he alledgeth, 343, 344. the By be…ng put for the Maine See before.
280. The Prelate stands stiffly in this That a silly ignorant Papist living and dying in the Romish Faith, may thereby (conforming himselfe to his Romish Religious life) be saved: with his Reasons, his so learning of Christ, and his Charity not mistaken: confuted, 345, to 350.
That which the Prelate calls Churlishnesse in the Protestants is better then the Prelates Charity, ibid.
294, 295. The Prelates quoting of 3. Martyrs, for the Name of Reall Presence, which he would faine have to be brought in use, answered, 350, 351, 352, 353.
Reasons why we ought not to name the Reall Presence in the Sacrament, 351.
297. The Prelate dallies with Transubstantiation, Purgatory, Forbearance of the Cup, in saying, they are Disputed, or Disputable, and Improbable Questions, 353, 354.
Romes Tyranny confessed by the Prelate, the Image whereof is proved to be in the Prelacy of England, 356, 357.
How he dawbes with the Jesuites about their Salvation, 357, 358.
299. The Prelate contradicts himselfe, and so overthrows his Faith and Charity, concerning a silly Papists Salvation, in Saying, That as a Romanist he cannot be saved, 357, 358. The Prelates vaine ridiculous and absurd hope of the Salvation of some Papists living in the Church of Rome 358, to 363. The Prelates confession of the Romanists Faith crosseth his hope of their Salvation, 372. The Prelate still hath a Reservation for the Salvation of his silly ignorant Papists.
302. The Prelates worth misled, the greatest misleader, 363.
The Prelates Rule, 'Tis safest to beleeve the Article of Christs Descent into hell, as both the Churches of England and of Rome, doe agree upon 363, 364. He contradicts himselfe, ibid.
307. Jesuites Commendation of the English Liturgy, whether it be a good signe, 364.
318. How the Prelate rewards the late Dr. White for his Deserts, and what they were, 364, 365.
The true Church of Christ proved against the Prelate not to be alwayes visible, and conspicuous; by many Instances. Though the Prelaticall be alwayes conspicuous, 366, 367, 368.
Most pittifull and perplexed contradictions, and confused and false Speeches of the Church of Rome, by the Prelate, 369.
Rome a Tree wholly corrupt, without so much as the Barke of a true Church, 370.
321. Dr. Whites Errours Fundamentall reductivè, confuted, 371, 372.
325. Wherein the Prelates Church of England is departed from the Foundation, 373.
The Prelates Latitude of faith in reference to different mens Salvation, which he can no more fit to them, then a coat for the Mo…ne, 373, 374.
True Preachers must teach all, what and how to beleeve though it be no worke for the Prelates pen, 373.
327. The Prelate confesseth that Romanists dare not beleeve, but as the Church of Rome beleeves, which (saith he) beleeves not aright. How then can his Ignorants be saved? 374, 375.
332. Apocrypha by the Prelate how neatly brought in as a Co-witnesse with the Scripture to prove points of Faith, 375.
336. The Prelates Resolution to live and dye in the Faith of the Primitive Church, confuted by sund…y Instances, 375, 376.
338. The Prelate holds not the Saving Faith, as not acknowledging other, then Romes Faith, 377, 378, 379.
And the Saving Faith is not in the Church of Rome, 377
The Prelate holds a false Hope and Charity, together with a false Faith with Rome, wherein he will live and dye an English Romish-Catholicke, 379, 380.
339. The Prelates ha…ting, and halfing with the Jesuite, 380.
In charging Rome he checketh himselfe.
340. His halting againe, 381.
Yet he confesseth, that the now Roman Faith is not the Catholicke, which Roman Faith he will live and dye in, 380.
What Contradiction is, ib.
His contradiction noted, 382.
His halting down-right all along, 382, 383.
342. How the Prelates Saving Faith of Rome is by himselfe proved to be Infidelity, 384.
So as (compared with the former) he will live and dye in the Roman Infidelity. Conferre 375, 376, 377.
His Collusion, 382.
349, Who the first Founder of Purgatory, 386.
365. The Prelates false root of the true Churches existence; and true root of the false, 387, 388.
370. The Church of Rome how yeelded by the Replyer to be visible, yet not Apostolicke; against the Prelate, 387, 388.
371. Of Peters being at Rome, 388.
The Church of Rome for what preserved of God, 389.
375 How the Prelate gives more liberty to his Protestants to goe to the Romish Church to heare Masse, which he calls the Service of God, then the Jesuite doth to his Roman Catholicks to goe to the English Service, 390, 391, 392.
376. The Prelates Assertion, That the Church of Rome, and the Protestant Church (of England) do not set up a different Religion, 392. (And so no great difference of going to either) yet, that both accuse each other of grosse corruptions, indangering Salvation, 393.
Ibid. Who are the Prelates Indifferent Readers, to whom it appeares by his Discourse (as himselfe saith) That the Religion profest in the Church of England comes nearest to the Primitive Church. And what Readers will judge the contrary, 394.
377. Not onelyonly Superstition (as the Prelate stints it) but grosse Idolatry in Adoration of Images, in Invocation of Saints, in Adoration of the Sacrament, 395.
378. By the Prelates confession to the Priest, A. C. there should be but little pride in his heart, 396.
379. The Prelates wan hope of mercy to the dead Lady, 396, 397.
388. The Prelates Close, or Conclusion: wherein he excuseth himselfe by reason of his other weighty affaires: and of his Age: His misnaming of the Penman of the 90 Psalme (least he should through all his Booke, but touch or name any one Scripture, and withall not mistake, misapply, or pervert it) His fearefull and desperate condition layd home unto him by the Replyer. His mocking and abusing Gods Name and Mercy in his hypocriticall Prayer, and impenitent heart. His blaphemy in Fathering all his Booke (written and published for the meeting of his Popish Truth and Peace in a Reconciliation with Rome) upon Gods Free Grace. His wicked and false hope, that God will bring to passe that his Diabolicall Designe and Desire; which cannot come to passe, but with the utter confusion of the whole Land. His hypocriticall and faithlesse giving Glory to God, after all his blacke mouthed blasphemies and disgraces throughout his Booke cast upon the Majesty of God, of Christ, and of the Holy Ghost; also upon Gods holy word, the Scripture: as if he would in the close of all with this one plaister heale so many broken heads, 397, to 405.
This suffice for a rude Model. But what's that to the House it selfe? Enter therfore, and take a free and full view Consider what thou readest, and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.