A Case for the Spectacles, To the reader – Errata 2
STRICTVRAE IN LYNDO-MASTIGEM.
The PREFACE to the Reader.
Christian Reader;
CLemens Alexandrinus hath a strange relation of Locrus, Admonit. ad Graec. foreign.a famous Musician in Greece; who, as he was playing a choise Madrigall upon his Harpe, in the midst of it, brake his Trebble; and (see) a Grashopper leaping upon the necke of his Instrument, held out the note till he had made an end of the Song. The like accident hath befallen our Locrus, or rather Lynus; who, as hee was warbling an exquisite Lesson, lately prick'd by him, brake not his Harpes, but his Hearts string: and J like the Grasshopper, with my harsh sounding voice, must now supply that defect, and perfect the tune. The prime Doctor of the Schooles, Aquinas, was wont to say, that hee desired but to live so long, till hee might see the golden-mouthed Father, Saint Chrysostome his imperfect worke upon Matthew finished. And J doubt not, but that many, who very much affected Sir Humphrey Lynde his person, and writings, heartily wish, that this his Cygnea cantio, and last worke against the common Adversarie, might be perfected. Which task, partly out of my respect to the worthy deceased Knight, partly at the request of some friends yet alive, I have undertaken; promising to adde (according to the distinction of the Schooles) perfectionem partium thereunto, but not graduum, a perfection of Parts, but not Degrees: that is, an Answer to all the parts and Chapters remaining, but not with the like multiplicitie of reading, and accuratnesse of style, as may be observed in the Knights writings. For, J owne not this Worke as mine, nor intend to shape any new weapon against the Adversaries of our Religion, upon his Anvile, but onelyonly Hammer that Iron which hee tooke red hot out of the fire. In which regard, I entitle my Animadversions upon Flood his reply, Stricturas; partly, because like sparkles, they give some, though small light into the points in Controversie: partly, because they burne wheresoever they light. Some peradventure, would have wished a more moderate Answer; but in reason they could expect no other from him, whom, not zeale onelyonly, of the truth of our Religion scandalously traduced, but love to a departed friend, and just anger and indignation at an Adversarie, trampling upon his ashes, heat in the penning hereof, above his ordinarie temper. Were Romish Priests and Jesuits ingenuous Adversaries, in whom there were any hope to gaine by mildnesse, and win by yeelding unto them as much as might be, without prejudice to the Truth; I should then perswade all that write against them, to temper their Inke, rather with Rosewater than Ʋinegar.Vrtica si molliùs tractetur vrit. But in all my conflicts with them, at home and abroad, I find them like Nettles, which sting if they be gently touched, but hurt not at all if they be roughly handled. Greg in pastoral. Lenis sibilus, qui equos mitigat, canes instigat.The like Saint Gregorie observeth, That a gentle whistle, which quiets a mettled Horse, provoketh a barking Curre; and such is the Jesuit, with whom the Knight before, and now I am to deale: hee entitleth himselfe, I. R. and is indeed, all Ire and Rage, (like Labienus, for his furie, called Rabienus) every where full of Canina facundia, Dogg-eloquence. Whosoever vieweth the Picture he hath lately drawne of a most learned and reverend Prelate;The picture of D. White. A Pair… of Spectacles for S…r H. L. to see his way. Hermanni Leo melii Spo…gia. or handleth the Spectacles he hath made for our Knight; or squeezeth the Spunge he lately presented to the Doctors of Sorbon; will say,Gutture trifauci inanes territat Viabras. that if there were ever a Cerberus, whose tongue was set on fire with hell, this is he. Wherfore marvell not, that I turn the rods wherewith the Knight lashed him, into Scorpions; and his Vinegar into Aqua-fortis, (Si mordaciùs quicquam dixero non tam meae putes austeritatis quā morbi, Hieron. ep. ad Sabine. & adversas Iouin. l 1. Fel hienae oculorum restituit claritatē.putridae carnes ferro curantur, & cauterio, venena serpentina pelluntur antidoto; quod satis dolet, majore dolore expellitur:) but consider what Plinie writeth concerning Balsamum, Plin. l. 12. nat. hist. cap. ult. Optimum opobalsamum bux…sum mordens …stu est, fer… cus{que} in ore.that the sweetest, and best of that kind, called Opo Balsamum, is somewhat hot in the mouth, and biting in the taste.
Thine in the Lord Jesu, DANIEL FEATLEY.
The Titles of the severall Chapters, and Sections in the ensuing Treatise.
Chap. 9. Alphab. 1.
Sect. 1. Of Iustification by Faith onelyonly. Pag. 2. d:
Sect. 2. Of Transubstantiation. Pag. 12.
Sect. 3. Of Private Masses. pag. 42.
Sect. 4. Of the seven Sacraments. pa. 69
Sect. 5. Of Communion in both kinds. pa. 127
Sect. 6. Of Prayer in an unknowne tongue. pa. 145
Sect. 7. Of the Worship of Images. pa. 176
Sect. 8. Of Indulgences. Alphab. 2. pag. 8.
Chap. 10. Of the certaintie of the Protestant, and uncertaintie of the Romish Faith. pag. 44
Chap. 11. Of the greater safetie and comfort in the Protestant Faith, then in the Romish. pa. 68
Chap. 12. Of respect due to the Ancient Fathers. pa. 84
Chap. 13. Of razing Records, and clipping Authours tongues, by the Roman Indices Expurgatorij. pa. 92
Chap. 14. Of the perfection and perspicuitie of Scripture, and our Adversaries blasphemous Exceptions against it. pa. 104
Chap. 15. Concerning Bellarmine his subscription to Protestant Doctr: in the main point of Iustification. pa. 122
Chap. 16. Of Martyrs, and particularly, that the primitive Martyrs were not Papists. pa. 128
Chap. 17. Concerning the Protestants charitable opinion of Papists, pag. 137. And in what sense some affirme the Romane a true Church. pag. 148
Chap. 18. Concerning the Confession on all sides for the Safetie of the Protestant Religion. pa. 154
A Sermon preached at the Funerall of the Right Worshipfull Sir Humphrey Lynde, at Cobham in Surrey. p. 171
Errata in the second Part.
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