A
Panegyrique
of
Congratulation
for
the
concord
of
the
realmes
of
great
Brittaine
,
in
vnitie
of
religion
vnder
one
King
.
AN
auncient
writer
saith
,
that
the
ground
and
maintenance
of
all
Monarchies
and
Empires
is
concord
,
their
ruine
and
subuersion
is
discorde
.
The
Histories
of
things
past
for
sixteene
hundred
yeeres
,
since
the
eternall
Sonne
of
God
and
Monarke
of
all
Monarkes
,
became
man
to
redeeme
such
as
should
beleeue
in
him
,
shew
vs
many
fayre
and
admirable
blessings
which
God
hath
powred
vppon
the
Ilands
of
great
Brittaine
,
and
the
planting
of
Christian
truth
in
them
,
the
which
I
will
represent
vnto
your
Maiestie
,
to
shew
plainly
that
the
concord
&
vnion
of
the
people
,
&
nations
ouer
whom
God
hath
made
you
King
,
is
the
accomplishment
and
perfection
of
all
the
precedent
benefites
which
his
diuine
bountie
hath
bestowed
vppon
the
people
vnder
your
most
happie
gouernment
.
The
Apostle
Saint
Peter
in
his
first
Catholike
Epistle
the
second
Chapter
,
sayeth
that
Christians
are
;
a
chosen
race
,
a
royall
Priesthoode
,
a
holy
nation
,
a
people
purchased
to
God
as
his
owne
.
The
which
is
very
fitly
applied
to
the
people
vnder
your
commaunde
,
seeing
that
God
hath
first
vnited
them
vnder
this
royaltie
and
Priesthoode
of
Christian
veritie
,
and
afterwardes
hath
vsed
this
vnion
of
their
soules
,
as
a
Mother
to
bring
foorth
the
vnion
of
three
Realmes
vnder
your
Maiestie
in
one
royaltie
.
The
sayde
Apostle
in
the
same
place
doth
teach
vs
to
what
ende
God
hath
placed
vs
in
this
happie
concorde
,
That
is
:
To
the
ende
(
sayeth
he
)
that
you
shoulde
declare
his
vertues
,
who
hath
called
you
out
of
darkenesse
to
his
admirable
light
.
The
which
should
mooue
vs
to
preferre
the
wonderfull
workes
of
God
,
before
all
worldly
things
,
who
hauing
freede
and
redeemed
vs
from
darkenesse
,
from
inuocation
and
adoration
of
deade
men
,
and
from
Pagan
Idolatrie
,
wherein
our
predecessours
haue
beene
so
long
abused
(
worshipping
Images
,
and
the
visible
formes
of
Creatures
,
as
the
Creator
himselfe
and
the
creature
insteade
of
the
Creator
)
hath
since
and
in
this
latter
age
,
called
and
inspired
vs
to
worshippe
him
the
onely
Creator
of
all
things
.
Moreouer
the
Apostle
in
the
same
place
doeth
shewe
vs
what
man
was
before
,
that
is
,
Before
you
were
no
people
,
and
now
you
are
the
people
of
God
:
you
had
not
obtayned
mercie
,
but
now
you
haue
obteyned
mercie
.
The
people
(
SIRE
)
of
the
Ilands
of
great
Brittaine
,
were
not
vnited
in
religion
,
in
peace
,
in
concorde
,
in
like
affections
and
will
vnder
one
King
,
but
they
haue
beene
long
banded
one
agaynst
an
other
,
in
a
Sea
of
discordes
,
discentions
,
and
cruell
warres
,
against
the
decree
and
lawe
of
God
,
for
that
they
were
out
of
Christian
charitie
,
hauing
no
other
obiect
in
their
soules
but
hatred
and
malice
,
with
a
desire
of
reuenge
,
and
so
by
consequence
they
were
not
Gods
people
,
but
cast-awayes
,
by
reason
of
their
Idolatrie
and
spirituall
fornication
wherewith
they
were
poluted
,
and
so
vnworthy
to
obtayne
mercie
.
But
now
that
the
light
of
the
Gospell
,
the
true
worshippe
of
one
God
hath
taken
liuely
and
sure
roote
in
their
hartes
vnder
the
fortunate
raygne
of
the
deceased
Queene
,
and
vnder
your
happy
and
lawefull
succession
in
these
Realmes
,
they
are
become
of
one
heart
,
of
one
affection
,
and
finally
beeing
made
the
true
people
of
God
,
they
haue
obtained
blessing
,
grace
and
mercie
.
The
comicall
Poet
sayth
.
A
King
is
the
image
of
the
liuing
God
.
Christian
diuinity
teacheth
vs
that
in
God
,
there
be
three
persons
vnited
in
one
deytie
essence
and
power
.
Saint
Augustine
compares
the
Trinity
to
the
three
partes
of
a
mans
soule
,
which
are
distinguished
in
opperations
and
functions
vnited
in
one
and
the
same
essence
.
I
beseech
God
(
SIRE
)
so
to
worke
in
the
hartes
of
your
subiects
,
and
in
the
three
realmes
vnited
vnder
the
power
,
and
commaund
of
your
royall
Maiesty
,
that
beeing
bound
togeather
,
they
may
represent
the
three
persons
of
the
Trinitye
in
one
deity
,
and
that
agreeing
in
one
will
vnder
your
Monarchy
,
they
may
be
made
the
true
image
of
the
heauenly
,
that
all
may
bee
one
in
Christ
as
Christ
is
one
with
his
father
.
It
was
neuer
seene
in
any
age
,
that
the
nations
of
the
Ilands
of
Brittanie
,
were
vnited
in
hart
and
affection
vnder
one
King
,
as
the
admirable
power
of
God
hath
lately
brought
them
vnder
your
maiesty
:
whereof
the
true
and
onely
cause
is
the
purity
and
truth
of
Christian
religion
:
the
which
God
of
his
especial
grace
hath
miraculously
planted
in
your
realmes
,
and
sence
continued
in
you
,
causing
you
to
be
borne
the
lawfull
and
vndoubted
heire
of
these
three
▪
auncient
Imperiall
Crowns
of
the
west
,
to
raigne
Christianly
,
peaceably
and
happily
as
vndoubtedly
you
shall
,
seeing
that
God
hath
indued
and
beautified
you
with
learning
in
aboundance
,
and
so
great
wisdome
,
as
I
may
iustly
say
these
vertues
surpasse
the
greatnes
of
your
royall
maiesty
.
If
we
examine
the
order
of
Histories
,
we
shall
obserue
,
that
this
most
happy
vnion
of
English
and
Scottish
vnder
one
King
,
hath
beene
long
before
foreseene
by
the
diuine
prouidence
,
to
be
finally
effected
in
our
age
by
the
establishment
of
the
ancient
Christian
religion
in
your
Ilands
,
and
the
abolishion
of
the
new
religion
of
Arrius
,
Nestorius
,
and
Eutichius
brought
in
by
the
Stratagems
of
the
olde
serpent
,
the
spirite
of
errour
and
darkenesse
through
the
ministry
of
Popes
,
who
since
sixe
hundred
yeeres
,
vnder
the
name
of
Christianity
,
haue
built
vp
againe
this
pagan
idolatry
,
hauing
changed
the
Bishops
and
pastors
of
the
Church
into
worldly
power
,
vsurping
vpon
the
Kings
of
the
Westerne
Empire
,
in
whose
soules
(
through
superstition
and
ignorance
of
the
Christian
truth
)
they
haue
planted
a
more
insupportable
tyrannye
,
then
that
which
auncient
Rome
had
conquered
by
force
of
armes
.
The
great
God
of
armies
hath
(
in
your
Maiesties
person
)
begun
this
happy
vnion
and
concord
betwixt
two
nations
,
which
had
for
so
many
ages
beene
in
cruell
and
bloudy
warres
,
that
you
might
imploye
the
valour
of
their
armes
for
the
deliuery
of
his
church
,
from
the
barbarous
tyranny
wherewith
shee
hath
beene
long
oppressed
by
Popes
.
And
as
Constantine
the
great
,
the
protector
and
restorer
of
the
auncient
Christian
Church
,
was
borne
in
great
Brittaine
,
and
there
beganne
his
Empire
,
obtayning
afterwardes
admirable
victories
against
fowre
Romaine
Tyrantes
persecutors
of
the
Church
of
God
,
by
meanes
whereof
he
did
abolish
Gentilisme
,
and
planted
Christian
Religion
at
Rome
and
throughout
the
Empire
.
In
like
sorte
the
same
God
hath
raised
your
Maiestie
to
the
height
of
greatnesse
,
to
be
successor
vnto
Constantine
in
the
saide
Realmes
,
and
to
chase
out
of
the
same
Rome
the
idolatry
and
abhomination
of
the
Gentiles
,
the
which
Sathan
hath
sence
brought
in
vnder
the
name
of
Christ
,
which
is
the
true
meanes
to
purchase
you
the
iust
title
of
protector
and
defender
of
the
faith
and
restorer
of
Christianitie
.
And
as
God
by
that
marriage
of
Henrie
the
seauenth
with
Elizabeth
his
wife
made
the
Vnion
of
the
houses
of
Lancaster
and
Yorke
,
who
had
a
long
time
beene
in
bloudye
warres
,
and
by
the
marriage
of
Iames
the
fourth
King
of
Scotland
with
Marguerite
the
eldest
daughter
of
the
sayde
Henrie
the
seauenth
your
great
graundfather
,
the
coniunction
of
the
crownes
of
England
and
Scotland
within
these
hundred
yeares
:
So
wee
hope
that
the
same
God
will
imploye
this
admirable
Vnion
vnder
your
commaunde
to
vnite
the
Christian
and
vniuersall
Church
vnder
one
spirituall
royalty
,
which
is
the
worship
of
one
God
,
and
to
abolish
idolatry
,
which
hath
in
a
maner
swallowed
vp
and
deuoured
the
true
Church
.
My
intention
is
to
represent
in
briefe
vnto
your
Maiesty
and
to
all
Christians
desirous
of
eternall
health
,
the
infinite
graces
&
benifits
which
God
hath
powred
vpon
your
Ilands
,
in
the
planting
&
maintaining
the
preaching
of
his
Gospell
,
that
it
may
plainely
appeare
,
that
neither
the
deceased
Queene
Elizabeth
of
happy
memory
,
nor
your
Maiesty
haue
established
any
new
religion
in
your
Ilands
,
but
banished
the
new
,
being
polluted
and
defiled
with
errours
and
false
worshippes
of
the
Gentiles
,
Arians
,
Nestorians
,
and
Eutichians
,
&
that
the
Religion
which
dooth
now
flourish
in
your
Realmes
,
is
the
same
which
soone
after
the
death
of
our
Sauiour
was
preached
and
receaued
by
the
Kings
your
predecessours
,
and
by
the
people
of
your
Realmes
.
Theodoret
a
Greeke
bishop
and
one
of
the
most
ancient
of
the
Church
in
his
bookes
de
curatione
Grecarum
affectionum
,
sermon
9.
de
legibus
,
makes
a
goodly
comparison
betwixt
the
power
of
the
Romaine
Empire
,
and
their
Lawes
,
&
the
Empire
of
Iesus
Christ
,
and
of
his
Lawe
receiued
throughout
the
worlde
.
He
saieth
,
the
Romaines
could
neuer
make
the
Persians
and
Parthians
of
the
East
subiect
to
their
lawes
,
nor
towardes
the
North
,
the
Cimbrians
,
Danes
,
nor
the
people
of
Brittaine
.
But
the
power
of
Iesus
Christ
hath
beene
greater
,
for
(
saieth
he
)
our
fisherman
that
is
Saint
Peter
,
and
our
maker
of
tents
,
which
is
Saint
Paul
,
haue
made
the
Brittish
people
subiect
to
the
lawes
of
Christ
,
the
which
would
not
obey
the
Romaine
lawes
,
so
as
antiquitie
doth
testifie
that
the
Apostles
haue
preached
in
our
Ilands
.
Metaphrastes
(
cited
by
the
Cardinall
Barenius
)
sayeth
that
Saint
Peter
came
thether
.
Ioseph
Simon
Zelotes
came
likewise
,
as
Histories
do
teach
vs
.
This
seede
of
the
Gospell
in
your
Ilands
tooke
such
increase
,
as
King
Lucius
and
all
his
subiects
,
about
the
yeere
180.
did
publikely
receiue
the
Christian
religion
.
And
indeede
the
Chronographers
haue
noted
that
about
the
yeare
of
our
Lord
180
Brittaine
was
the
first
part
of
the
world
which
did
publiquely
We
well
wot
that
during
the
three
first
Periods
of
Christianitie
,
whereof
eyther
conteynes
three
hundred
yeares
,
the
true
and
onely
worshippe
of
one
God
,
which
hath
beene
planted
since
the
Apostles
time
in
your
Ilands
,
hath
beene
continued
there
during
the
said
time
,
and
yet
the
Christians
,
which
liued
in
those
ages
(
no
not
the
Romaines
)
did
euer
allowe
(
in
the
publique
vse
of
the
seruice
of
the
Church
,
)
of
the
worship
of
the
host
in
the
Romish
masse
,
nor
of
the
pretended
woode
of
the
very
crosse
,
nor
of
the
Images
of
Iesus
Christ
,
or
his
sepulcher
seated
neare
to
Mount
Caluarie
,
all
which
are
worshiped
in
the
new
Romish
Church
as
God
himselfe
,
which
worships
are
abhominations
of
the
Gentils
,
Arriens
&
Nestoriens
,
which
bring
with
it
the
shipwracke
of
eternall
health
.
The
Christians
which
liued
during
the
first
Period
of
the
three
hundred
yeares
of
Christianitie
,
did
inuiolably
keepe
the
first
commaundement
▪
Thou
shalt
haue
no
other
Gods
against
my
face
,
or
before
mee
,
which
the
Thargum
of
the
Caldeans
hath
interpreted
,
besides
mee
,
or
any
other
then
mee
.
The
Greeke
translation
saith
,
other
Gods
besides
me
.
Athanasius
interpreting
this
commaundement
sayth
,
Hee
hath
not
forbidden
them
to
haue
other
Gods
,
for
that
there
were
other
Gods
,
but
least
any
one
falling
from
the
true
God
,
should
make
him
a
God
of
that
which
is
not
,
like
to
those
Gods
which
the
Poets
and
writers
make
mention
of
,
which
haue
but
the
name
of
God
and
not
the
effect
.
And
the
same
Authour
sayeth
,
If
reason
and
the
esteeme
we
houlde
of
God
doth
make
vs
beleeue
that
hee
may
bee
in
all
places
,
and
that
nothing
of
all
that
which
God
hath
vnder
him
is
God
,
and
that
all
things
are
vnder
his
power
,
why
doe
not
they
which
make
a
creature
God
,
see
,
that
it
is
out
of
the
definition
attributed
vnto
God
.
Theodoret
vppon
the
same
commaundement
saith
,
that
the
Arrians
offend
against
it
,
and
the
true
Christians
obserue
it
.
They
doe
not
allowe
any
thing
to
be
held
or
worshiped
for
God
,
but
the
deuine
nature
:
but
those
which
follow
the
error
of
Arrius
and
Eunomius
,
sinne
directly
against
the
deuine
law
,
for
they
confesse
the
onely
Sonne
of
God
,
but
they
maintaine
that
he
was
created
and
is
deuided
from
the
deuine
substance
.
God
hauing
sayde
,
Thou
shalt
haue
no
other
Gods
but
me
,
doubtlesse
these
men
bring
in
another
God
.
By
these
authorities
we
do
inferre
,
that
the
Romains
which
worship
the
host
in
the
Masse
,
breake
this
commaundement
,
for
they
agree
,
that
it
is
no
part
of
the
deuine
nature
,
but
of
the
substance
and
nature
of
Iesus
Christs
humanitie
,
who
is
worshiped
according
to
his
diuinitie
,
and
not
after
his
humanitie
,
according
to
the
auncient
simboles
of
the
Church
.
The
Christian
faith
then
hath
for
a
firme
and
onely
foundation
the
worship
of
one
God
,
according
to
this
first
commaundement
,
and
the
worship
of
any
thing
created
by
God
,
which
is
vnder
him
,
ought
not
to
be
receiued
in
the
Christian
religion
,
but
the
onely
deuine
nature
of
the
Father
,
Sonne
,
and
holy
Ghost
,
ought
to
be
worshiped
and
called
on
in
Triple
vnitie
,
without
the
which
nothing
ought
to
be
worshiped
,
without
manifest
impietie
and
idolatrie
.
The
same
Theodorei
interpreting
this
commandement
,
saieth
,
Serm.
2.
God
the
maker
of
all
things
in
the
beginning
of
the
law
which
he
gaue
vnto
Moses
commaunded
him
to
worship
one
God
.
I
am
(
saith
he
)
the
Lord
thy
God
,
which
brought
thee
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
,
&
when
he
hath
put
Moses
in
mind
of
his
late
benefits
,
he
exhorts
him
to
persist
in
the
seruice
of
god
,
not
to
deuide
his
worship
but
to
cleaue
onely
vnto
God
,
Thou
shalt
not
(
saith
he
)
haue
any
other
Gods
but
me
.
The
which
doth
teach
vs
that
those
of
the
Romish
corruption
haue
brought
in
strange
Gods
,
for
that
they
haue
deuided
the
adoration
and
veneration
betwixt
God
and
his
creatures
,
making
three
degrees
.
The
first
they
call
Latria
,
which
they
attribute
to
God
and
to
the
Host
in
the
Masse
equally
.
The
second
Hyperdeulia
,
which
they
yeelde
to
the
blessed
virgin
.
And
the
third
Dulia
,
attributed
to
their
other
Saints
and
to
their
images
and
reliques
,
abusing
with
too
grosse
an
ignorance
the
signification
of
these
Greeke
wordes
,
for
Deulia
signifies
a
greater
seruice
then
Latria
.
And
we
learne
that
in
this
place
Theodoret
calles
the
seruice
and
adoration
of
God
,
by
the
name
of
Deulia
,
and
so
doe
Athanasius
and
Chrisostome
.
And
Saint
Augustine
who
hath
brought
in
this
distinction
,
attributes
both
vnto
God
onely
.
In
his
84.
Question●
vpon
Exod.
Iustin
Martir
who
liued
vnder
Antonius
Pius
in
the
second
age
of
this
period
of
Christianity
,
shewes
plainely
that
the
Christians
did
not
alow
of
the
worship
of
any
thing
inferiour
to
the
Deity
▪
and
saieth
that
Iesus
Christ
had
so
taught
them
;
for
speaking
to
the
Emperour
in
his
Apologie
for
the
Christians
of
his
time
,
hee
writes
thus
.
That
God
onely
is
to
be
worshipped
,
for
so
Christ
doth
●each
the
greatest
commandement
is
,
thou
shalt
worshippe
the
Lorde
thy
God
,
and
him
onely
shalt
thou
honour
with
all
thy
heart
and
all
thy
strength
,
the
Lorde
God
which
hath
created
thee
.
And
a
little
after
he
saith
,
we
worship
God
onely
,
in
other
things
we
willingly
serue
you
,
for
that
we
do
acknowledge
you
for
Kings
and
Princes
of
men
,
and
we
pray
vnto
God
that
he
will
giue
you
wisedome
equall
to
your
royall
power
.
So
as
the
Christians
in
matters
of
religion
did
not
yeeld
any
worship
to
things
created
,
neither
did
they
deuide
the
worship
betwixt
God
&
his
creatures
,
as
the
Romish
Church
doth
.
Many
Christians
of
the
same
time
,
were
so
exact
obseruers
of
the
onely
worshippe
of
God
,
as
they
would
not
reuerence
the
Roman
Emperors
,
as
the
souldiers
did
in
ciuil
causes
,
for
Theophilus
to
Apostolicus
the
sixt
Bishop
of
Antioche
,
who
liued
in
the
yeare
of
our
Lord
173.
when
as
Lucius
was
King
of
great
Brittaine
;
saith
I
shall
honor
the
Emperour
more
in
praying
for
him
,
then
in
worshipping
him
,
for
it
is
not
lawfull
to
worship
any
but
God
onely
.
The
Christians
of
these
three
first
ages
,
had
no
Alters
,
no
Images
,
nor
any
materiall
crosses
of
golde
,
siluer
,
wood
,
or
stone
,
for
Clemens
Alexandrinus
who
was
neere
the
Apostles
time
saith
.
Wee
Christians
are
expreslye
forbidden
to
vse
Strom.
Lib.
5.
Pythagoras
(
saith
he
)
forbids
the
wearing
of
rings
,
nor
to
ingraue
in
them
the
images
and
figures
of
Gods
,
as
Moses
had
long
before
forbidden
,
and
that
we
must
not
make
any
Image
,
be
it
grauen
,
molten
,
counterfeite
or
painted
,
that
wee
should
not
bee
carryed
away
with
sensible
things
,
but
should
passe
vnto
those
thinges
which
are
comprehended
by
vnderstanding
,
And
soone
after
he
saith
;
To
honour
the
essence
by
the
knowledge
of
a
materiall
thing
,
is
to
contemne
it
.
The
Doctrine
of
the
Romish
Church
do●th
heerein
directly
oppugne
the
Doctrine
of
Christian
antiquitye
,
making
a
new
God
of
the
host
of
the
new
Masse
,
giuing
it
the
name
of
God
,
worshipping
it
as
God
,
and
yet
their
doctors
confesse
that
it
is
made
and
created
by
the
wordes
of
consecration
.
It
is
therefore
euident
that
they
haue
brought
into
the
Church
a
God
created
,
which
is
not
contayned
in
the
definition
of
God
,
before
mentioned
by
Saint
Athanasius
,
for
the
hoast
of
the
Masse
is
not
euerye
where
,
which
is
the
property
of
God
onelye
,
neither
dooth
it
containe
all
things
vnder
his
power
:
but
contrarywise
the
Counsell
of
Trent
saith
in
expresse
wordes
,
that
Iesus
Christ
God
and
man
is
contained
vnder
the
visibie
signes
of
Breade
,
of
Wine
,
which
is
quite
contrarye
to
the
diuine
nature
,
which
contaynes
all
things
in
it
,
and
is
not
contained
in
anye
thing
.
The
God
therefore
of
the
Romish
Masse
,
is
a
God
created
which
hath
a
beginning
and
ending
,
and
is
contained
in
the
visible
forme
of
Breade
and
Wine
,
and
containes
not
in
it
all
things
created
;
so
as
the
worshippers
of
this
God
of
the
Masse
,
doe
worshippe
a
newe
and
strange
God
,
contrarye
to
the
first
commaundement
.
If
the
Arrians
(
as
Theodoret
saith
)
haue
broken
this
first
commaundement
,
for
that
they
taught
that
Iesus
Christ
according
to
his
deity
was
a
creature
,
and
yet
he
was
God
,
with
greater
reason
the
Romaines
transgresse
the
same
commaundement
,
confessing
that
the
pretended
deitie
of
the
hoast
of
the
Masse
,
is
a
deitie
purchased
by
the
consecration
,
and
not
by
the
eternall
deity
,
without
beginning
and
without
ending
.
And
the
same
Theodoret
writing
against
the
Greekes
in
the
foresaide
passage
,
teacheth
vs
,
that
by
the
commaundement
which
saith
.
Thou
shalt
haue
no
other
Gods
but
mee
,
that
Moses
forbiddes
to
make
anye
deuision
of
the
deuine
worshippe
,
but
to
giue
all
to
God
onelye
.
The
Romaines
who
haue
made
three
degrees
of
worshipping
,
cannot
denie
but
they
haue
broken
this
first
commaundement
,
and
brought
in
a
multitude
of
Gods
,
making
as
manye
Gods
as
they
saye
Masses
:
So
as
their
pluralitie
of
Gods
becomes
infinite
,
and
surpasseth
the
multitude
of
the
Paynims
Gods
.
Minutius
Foelix
,
Tertulian
,
Origen
,
and
A●nobius
,
who
liued
in
the
third
age
of
this
first
Periode
of
Christianisme
,
testifie
that
the
Gentiles
accused
the
Christians
,
for
that
they
had
neither
Temples
,
Altars
,
Images
,
nor
visible
or
Materiall
Sacrifices
,
and
that
they
did
hide
from
sight
,
that
which
they
did
worshippe
.
Cecilius
a
Pagan
Oratour
,
disputing
against
Octauius
a
Christian
,
as
Minutius
doth
reporte
,
obiected
to
the
Christians
.
Why
haue
they
no
Alters
,
no
Temples
,
no
knowne
Images
.
They
did
blazon
our
Christians
in
the
worshiping
of
the
Crosse
,
which
they
sayd
they
deserued
,
taking
the
Crosse
for
a
punishment
.
To
whom
Octauius
aunsweres
for
the
Christians
.
We
neither
worshippe
nor
desire
Crosses
,
but
you
who
haue
consecrated
Gods
of
Wood
,
worshiping
Crosses
of
Wood
,
as
peeces
of
your
Gods
.
Whereby
it
appeares
that
the
auncient
Christians
in
the
purenesse
of
Christian
religion
did
neither
worship
crosses
of
Gold
,
Siluer
,
Stone
or
Wood
,
as
these
doe
of
the
Romish
religion
.
How
should
they
I
pray
you
worshippe
them
,
seing
they
had
them
not
?
&
which
is
more
,
would
not
haue
them
?
But
the
Church
of
Rome
doth
quite
contrarie
,
running
after
Gods
of
Gold
and
Siluer
,
made
(
as
the
Psalmet
saieth
)
by
mans
hand
.
Inregarde
of
that
which
the
Gentiles
did
obiect
vnto
the
Christians
,
that
they
did
hide
,
and
not
shew
forth
what
they
did
worship
.
Octauius
aunsweres
for
the
Christians
.
Doe
you
thinke
that
we
doe
hide
what
we
do
worship
,
although
we
haue
neither
Temples
,
nor
Aulters
?
for
what
Image
shall
I
make
of
God
?
If
thou
hast
thy
right
sences
,
thou
shalt
finde
that
man
is
the
true
Image
of
God
.
And
a
little
after
he
saith
:
But
the
God
whom
we
worship
,
we
neither
shewe
nor
see
.
If
the
auncient
Christians
had
beene
like
vnto
the
Romish
Christians
of
this
age
,
the
Gentiles
could
not
haue
obiected
,
that
they
had
neither
Aultars
nor
Images
:
for
in
truth
they
haue
more
Aulters
and
Images
then
the
Gentiles
had
.
Neither
should
they
haue
obiected
vnto
the
Christians
,
that
they
concealed
what
they
worshipped
,
for
the
Romains
shew
in
the
eleuation
of
the
Host
,
the
God
which
they
worship
,
&
cause
the
people
to
worship
it
,
the
which
they
not
onely
shewe
in
Temples
,
but
also
in
the
streetes
,
and
in
generall
processions
,
and
other
solemnities
,
they
shew
forth
what
they
worship
,
against
the
vse
of
the
first
Christians
.
Tertulian
in
his
booke
of
Idolatrie
,
confutes
with
many
reasons
,
the
making
of
all
sortes
of
Images
,
to
roote
out
all
matter
of
Idolatrie
;
and
after
he
had
cited
the
second
commaundement
,
whereby
it
is
defended
to
make
the
likenesse
of
anie
thing
that
is
in
heauen
or
earth
,
hee
saith
,
It
is
forbidden
throughout
all
the
worlde
,
for
the
seruants
of
God
to
vse
such
making
of
Images
,
seeing
that
Enoch
had
forecoulde
that
the
Diuell
or
the
Angels
of
darkenesse
should
turne
all
the
Elements
into
Idolatrie
,
and
all
that
it
conteyned
in
Heauen
and
Earth
,
that
all
these
things
might
bee
consecrated
for
God
against
God
himselfe
.
And
so
mans
errour
doth
worshippe
all
things
except
the
Creator
of
all
things
.
Their
Images
were
Idols
,
and
the
consecration
of
Images
is
Idolatrie
.
And
whatsoeuer
Idolatrie
commits
,
must
necessarily
be
attributed
to
the
maker
of
the
Idol
.
That
which
Origen
speaketh
vpon
the
Epistle
to
the
Romaines
,
is
to
be
considered
,
to
make
Christians
wholy
to
reiect
Idolatrie
:
For
after
that
he
hath
refuted
the
Errours
of
the
Gentiles
,
in
that
they
might
know
God
by
the
visible
Ellementes
,
yet
they
had
fallen
to
the
worshippe
of
the
visible
Images
of
Creatures
,
concluding
thus
.
To
the
ende
that
in
fewe
wordes
wee
may
speake
the
truth
,
wee
houlde
it
an
abhominable
impietie
to
worshippe
any
thing
▪
except
the
Father
,
Sonne
,
and
holy
Ghost
.
And
a
little
after
hee
saith
,
They
wrong
themselues
that
serue
Images
,
and
worshippe
the
Creature
leauing
the
Creator
:
But
we
Christians
which
worship
and
adore
the
Father
,
Sonne
,
and
holy
Ghost
onely
,
and
no
other
Creature
,
as
we
doe
not
erre
in
the
diuine
worshippe
,
so
doe
wee
not
offend
in
our
actions
and
conuersation
.
It
is
most
certaine
that
the
Host
offred
vp
in
the
Romaine
Eyturgie
,
is
not
consubstantiall
with
the
Father
,
Son
,
&
holy
Ghost
,
&
much
lesse
vnited
in
consubstantialitie
with
the
Trinitie
,
as
it
is
well
noted
in
the
sermon
de
Caena
Domini
,
inserted
among
the
workes
of
Cyprian
who
liued
in
the
third
age
,
where
it
is
saide
.
That
the
diuine
essence
is
infused
in
the
visible
Sacrament
after
an
vnspeakable
manner
,
that
there
might
bee
more
deuotion
and
reuerence
giuen
to
the
Sacraments
,
and
a
more
holy
accesse
to
the
truth
of
him
▪
of
whose
bodie
they
bee
Sacraments
,
and
to
the
participating
of
the
spirite
,
not
to
the
consubstantialitie
of
Christ
,
but
to
this
brotherly
and
indiuisible
vnitie
:
for
the
Sonne
onely
is
consubstantiall
with
the
Father
,
the
substance
of
the
Trinitie
may
not
bee
deuided
,
our
coniunction
,
and
that
of
Christ
doth
not
confounde
the
persons
,
nor
vnite
the
substances
,
but
doth
onely
consociate
the
affections
,
and
binde
the
willes
.
If
in
the
person
of
Iesus
Christ
,
consisting
of
three
natures
in
one
person
,
worshiped
with
one
onely
worshippe
:
the
deuine
nature
had
beene
onely
infused
in
the
humanitie
of
Iesus
Christ
after
his
birth
,
as
Nestorius
did
teach
,
and
not
vnited
personally
in
the
virgins
wombe
.
Cyrillus
and
the
other
Orthodoxes
did
rightly
mainetaine
agaynst
him
,
that
to
worshippe
one
Christ
carrying
God
in
him
,
had
beene
an
Antropolatrie
or
Pagan
Idolatrie
.
With
greater
reason
the
infusion
of
the
Diuinitie
in
the
Sacrament
and
in
the
elements
of
Breade
and
Wine
,
cannot
attribute
vnto
it
the
dignity
to
bee
worshipped
as
God
himselfe
,
for
(
as
that
text
doth
teach
vs
)
this
infusion
which
is
made
in
the
sacrament
is
not
consubstantiall
with
the
deity
of
the
Sonne
of
God
,
the
which
is
onely
consubstantiall
with
the
father
and
the
holy
spirite
,
for
that
it
dooth
affect
a
most
straight
and
mutuall
coniunction
betwixt
God
and
vs
.
Saint
Iohn
in
his
seuenteenth
Chapter
speaketh
of
this
coniunction
and
vnion
,
where
our
Sauiour
prayes
to
his
father
for
all
those
that
shall
beleeue
in
him
.
That
all
may
be
one
,
as
thou
O
father
art
in
me
,
and
I
in
thee
,
that
they
may
be
one
in
vs
.
If
this
vnion
should
make
that
sacrament
of
the
Lords
supper
to
be
worshipped
,
then
those
which
are
vnited
in
Christ
,
and
by
him
in
God
the
lather
,
should
worship
one
another
,
for
our
Sauiour
saith
in
the
sixt
of
Saint
Iohn
.
Hee
that
eates
my
flesh
and
drinks
my
bloud
,
remaines
in
me
&
I
in
him
.
That
we
might
know
(
saith
Cyprian
)
that
our
abiding
in
him
is
a
true
eating
,
and
the
drinking
an
incorporation
,
with
a
duty
of
obedience
,
ioyning
of
willes
and
vnitie
of
affections
.
The
eating
therefore
is
a
certaine
greedinesse
in
vs
,
and
a
desire
to
remaine
for
euer
in
Christ
.
We
learne
by
these
authorities
,
that
euen
as
Christs
abyding
in
vs
by
our
eating
of
the
sacrament
,
makes
vs
not
capable
of
worship
,
for
that
by
this
coniunction
wee
are
not
personally
vnited
with
the
deity
of
Iesus
Christ
,
In
like
sort
the
infusion
of
the
deuine
essence
in
the
sacramentes
,
whereof
Saint
Cyprian
speakes
,
makes
not
the
sacrament
to
be
worshipped
,
if
it
were
so
,
the
said
adoration
were
in
idolatrye
like
that
of
Nestorius
,
who
worshipped
man
carrying
God
in
him
,
as
is
said
before
.
We
may
therfore
say
with
good
reason
against
those
that
worship
the
creatures
,
and
the
images
of
Iesus
Christ
,
his
sepulcher
,
and
the
wood
of
the
crosse
,
that
which
Origen
speaketh
against
the
Gentiles
of
his
time
.
God
is
the
vertue
which
gouernes
all
things
,
and
the
diuinitye
which
filleth
all
things
,
making
themselues
thereby
inexcusable
,
that
whereas
God
hath
giuen
them
the
grace
to
know
him
yet
haue
they
not
honoured
him
as
they
ought
,
neither
haue
they
giuen
him
due
thankes
,
but
haue
sought
in
the
vanity
of
their
owne
imaginations
the
images
of
God
.
As
those
of
the
Romish
Church
doe
in
the
Masse
,
for
in
their
hoast
they
make
figures
and
images
.
They
haue
lost
in
themselues
the
Image
of
God
:
they
which
vanted
to
haue
the
spirite
of
wisedome
,
are
fallen
into
the
obscure
darkenesse
of
ignorance
.
For
what
is
there
more
abhominable
than
to
turne
the
glory
of
God
to
the
corporall
and
corruptible
image
of
mans
nature
?
the
which
is
done
at
this
present
throughout
all
the
Romish
Church
as
it
is
saide
.
So
as
they
haue
conuerted
God
the
Creatour
of
all
things
,
into
a
corporall
and
corruptible
forme
,
whome
they
thought
to
worship
vnder
those
visible
formes
,
wee
will
therefore
conclude
our
discourse
of
the
proofe
of
the
true
and
onely
adoration
of
God
,
obserued
throughout
all
the
habitable
world
,
during
the
first
periode
of
three
hundred
yeares
,
with
the
testimonye
of
Arnobius
,
writing
against
the
Gentiles
obiecting
to
the
Christians
,
that
they
would
not
worshippe
any
but
the
first
,
and
the
greatest
of
all
the
Gods
,
and
not
the
inferiour
Gods
,
according
to
the
manner
in
those
dayes
,
to
whome
hee
aunswereth
saying
.
And
wee
may
say
in
that
which
concernes
the
worshippe
and
honour
of
the
diuinity
,
that
it
sufficeth
vs
to
haue
one
onelye
God
,
God
I
saye
the
father
of
all
things
,
who
hath
created
and
gouerneth
all
things
.
In
worshipping
of
him
wee
worshippe
all
that
we
ought
to
worshippe
,
when
wee
honour
him
,
wee
honour
in
him
that
which
hee
requires
at
our
handes
,
what
the
duety
of
worshippe
dooth
exact
,
that
we
performe
by
our
worshippe
.
For
seeing
wee
holde
the
chiefe
of
all
diuinitye
,
of
whome
all
diuine
thinges
depend
,
wee
thinke
it
superfluous
to
seeke
to
priuate
persons
.
And
a
little
after
hee
saithe
:
As
in
earthlye
kingdomes
wee
are
not
constrained
to
worshippe
and
honour
euerye
priuate
man
of
the
Kings
house
,
but
in
the
honour
wee
doe
vnto
Kings
,
those
which
belong
vnto
them
are
sceretly
honored
with
them
.
So
the
Christians
of
that
perfect
age
,
did
not
worshippe
nor
call
vpon
any
thing
vnder
God
,
as
the
Romanistes
of
our
age
doe
,
which
worship
the
blessed
virgin
,
the
Angelles
Michael
and
Gabriel
,
Saint
Iohn
Baptist
,
the
Apostles
and
Martyrs
,
their
reliques
,
Sepulchers
and
Images
.
So
as
it
is
most
apparent
that
the
Religion
planted
at
this
present
in
the
Ilandes
of
great
Brittaine
is
the
true
auncient
Religion
,
and
the
only
worship
of
one
God
,
incommunicable
to
the
Creatures
,
the
which
hath
continued
during
the
first
periode
of
the
three
hundred
yeares
of
Christianity
.
So
as
it
is
a
meere
slander
what
the
aduersaries
of
the
trueth
saye
,
that
your
Maiestye
hath
banished
the
true
auncient
Christian
Religion
out
of
your
Realmes
,
to
plant
a
newe
Religion
,
pretended
to
bee
begunne
by
Martin
Luther
,
Iohn
Caluin
,
and
other
great
Personages
in
the
puritye
of
the
true
Christian
Doctrine
.
But
contrarywise
it
is
an
immortall
glorye
which
shall
increase
in
your
raigne
,
and
continue
to
posterity
,
seeing
that
your
Maiesty
is
the
author
of
the
restoring
of
the
true
Christian
religion
in
your
realmes
,
hauing
restored
it
I
saye
to
that
beauty
and
sincerity
,
as
it
was
in
oulde
time
planted
by
Lucius
your
fore-runner
,
the
first
Christian
King
of
great
Brittayne
,
who
became
so
affectionate
and
zealous
of
the
aduancement
and
propagation
of
the
trueth
,
and
so
great
an
enemie
to
Idolatrie
and
the
worship
of
Creatures
and
visible
formes
,
that
of
a
King
he
became
a
Preacher
(
as
some
Histories
say
)
And
as
during
the
persecution
of
the
Christians
vnder
Dioclesian
and
Maxentius
which
were
the
most
bloudie
of
all
,
God
vsed
your
Ilands
and
kingdomes
as
a
refuge
for
the
true
Christians
which
fled
from
the
saide
persecutions
;
Euen
so
the
same
God
hath
made
your
most
happie
raigne
to
be
a
safe
harbour
for
the
Christians
of
our
age
,
who
haue
been
forced
to
abandon
houses
,
goods
,
and
inheritances
,
rather
then
to
bow
to
the
Romish
worship
.
God
the
protector
of
his
true
Church
hath
continued
his
admirable
graces
ouer
your
Ilands
in
the
second
Period
of
Christianisme
,
the
which
begun
with
the
most
happie
Empire
of
Constantius
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
,
are
conteyned
,
where
the
saide
Emperor
tooke
to
wife
Hellen
,
borne
in
your
said
realmes
,
who
receiued
into
his
protection
all
the
Christians
which
fled
from
other
prouinces
to
auoyde
the
cruell
persecution
which
was
made
against
them
by
his
other
associates
in
the
Empire
.
SIRE
,
we
must
here
obserue
a
notable
pollicie
of
this
wise
Emperour
,
to
trie
the
fidelitie
of
his
seruants
and
ministers
in
the
gouernment
of
his
Empire
,
which
will
much
auaile
for
the
preseruation
of
your
royall
estate
.
He
did
publish
a
fayned
edict
,
commaunding
all
the
subiects
of
his
Empire
to
sacrifice
to
the
false
Gods
,
and
whosoeuer
should
refuse
so
to
doe
,
to
departe
out
of
his
armies
and
Empire
.
This
proclamation
beeing
made
a
great
number
of
Christians
,
did
sacrifice
vnto
the
false
Gods
,
to
preserue
their
estates
,
dignities
,
and
goods
:
but
the
true
Christians
desired
rather
to
leaue
all
,
then
to
serue
them
,
wherevpon
the
Emperour
discouered
himselfe
presently
,
and
discharged
all
such
as
had
worshiped
these
false
Gods
:
saying
,
How
can
they
be
faithful
vnto
the
Emperour
,
that
are
faithlesse
vnto
God
?
And
as
for
the
true
Christians
which
had
left
all
,
hee
called
them
home
and
made
them
guardiens
both
of
his
person
and
estate
,
as
Eusebius
saith
.
I
desire
not
your
Maiestie
should
make
such
counterfeite
proclamations
,
but
that
the
same
God
which
hath
made
you
successor
to
Constantius
Chlorus
,
will
giue
you
the
grace
to
make
such
an
election
of
your
subiects
,
as
in
your
most
important
affaires
you
admit
not
any
but
such
as
are
knowne
to
be
well
grounded
in
the
true
Christian
religion
.
For
euen
as
a
modest
woman
ought
not
onely
to
be
chast
,
but
free
from
all
suspition
,
euen
so
those
which
are
imployed
in
the
affaires
of
true
Christian
Princes
,
(
as
your
Maiestie
is
)
should
be
free
from
all
suspition
of
false
religion
.
The
said
Constantius
died
at
Yorke
in
England
,
after
that
hee
had
instituted
Constantine
the
great
his
sonne
.
the
which
was
an
other
especiall
grace
which
God
hath
poured
vppon
your
realmes
.
And
euen
as
vnder
King
Lucius
,
It
was
the
first
part
of
the
world
,
which
did
banish
the
Pagan
Idolatrie
,
euen
so
God
hath
raised
out
of
the
same
Iland
,
the
said
Constantine
the
great
,
who
expelled
the
same
Romish
Idolatry
out
of
all
the
other
Prouinces
of
the
habitable
world
,
whereof
your
Maiestie
hath
a
familiar
example
to
imitate
in
this
restorer
of
the
Christian
religion
.
This
great
Constantine
your
predecessor
and
countrieman
,
in
the
beginning
of
his
Empire
,
Hee
studied
what
God
he
should
choose
,
as
the
same
Eusebius
saith
,
that
his
Father
had
condemned
the
Error
of
Idolatrie
,
and
al
his
life
had
worshiped
one
onely
God
,
the
protector
&
guardien
of
the
Empire
,
the
free
giuer
of
all
good
.
Vppon
this
resolution
he
made
choise
of
the
true
God
to
serue
,
beleeuing
that
the
onely
cause
of
Kings
and
Emperours
felicitie
,
proceeded
from
him
alone
,
as
the
same
Authour
saith
.
He
worshiped
the
same
God
that
is
aboue
all
things
.
And
in
his
ordinarie
praiers
,
beeing
alone
he
spake
to
God
alone
.
Whereby
it
appeareth
that
the
religion
which
your
Maiestie
hath
established
in
your
realmes
,
is
conformable
to
that
of
your
predecessour
Constantine
,
who
worshiped
(
as
I
haue
saide
)
but
one
onely
God
,
the
Creator
of
all
things
,
and
not
the
Crosse
and
Images
of
Iesus
Christ
.
In
his
ordinarie
praiers
hee
did
not
call
vppon
the
blessed
Virgin
,
Saint
Peter
,
Saint
Paul
,
nor
the
other
Apostles
and
Martires
,
neyther
haue
we
read
that
he
did
consecrate
his
Empire
to
Saint
Andrew
or
Saint
George
,
as
some
of
your
predecessors
in
the
time
of
Error
and
blindenesse
.
But
did
dedicate
his
house
and
familie
to
one
King
that
is
God
onely
.
God
was
his
onely
patron
,
who
recompensed
him
with
all
good
things
,
and
made
him
Lord
and
Conquerour
ouer
all
other
Princes
.
He
commaunded
all
his
armie
to
call
vppon
one
God
,
as
the
giuer
of
victories
,
he
appointed
that
in
their
praiers
,
they
should
lift
vp
their
handes
to
heauen
,
and
the
eyes
of
their
vnderstanding
to
the
most
high
king
of
Heauen
:
Hee
also
taught
them
the
forme
of
praying
to
God
as
followeth
.
Wee
confesse
thee
to
be
the
onely
God
,
wee
acknowledge
thee
to
be
the
onely
King
,
wee
call
vppon
thee
to
aide
vs
(
they
did
not
inuoke
the
virgin
Marie
)
by
thee
wee
obtayne
victorie
ouer
our
enemies
,
wee
giue
thee
thankes
for
the
benefites
wee
receiue
in
this
present
life
,
hoping
for
future
things
by
thy
meanes
:
wee
crye
vnto
thee
with
all
humilitie
that
it
would
please
thee
to
make
our
Emperour
Constantine
victorious
,
and
preserue
his
Godly
Children
in
long
life
and
happie
health
.
They
did
not
call
vpon
the
Angelles
Michael
and
Gabriel
to
giue
them
victory
.
Hereby
we
see
that
it
is
a
false
and
slaundrous
thing
,
which
the
aduersaries
of
the
trueth
impute
to
your
Maiesty
to
haue
left
the
auncient
profession
of
your
predecessors
,
and
to
haue
planted
a
new
religion
,
begunne
by
Martin
Luther
,
Iohn
Caluin
and
other
most
learned
men
,
whom
God
hath
stirred
vp
in
our
age
to
abolish
the
false
Romish
worshippe
,
as
hath
beene
sufficiently
prooued
to
your
Maiesty
in
the
discources
of
the
first
periode
of
the
first
three
hundred
yeeres
.
And
to
shew
that
the
onelye
worshippe
of
the
Creatour
,
without
mingling
the
adoration
of
the
Creatures
,
continued
vnto
this
'
second
periode
of
three
hundred
yeares
in
your
Iland
,
I
will
content
my selfe
with
the
saying
of
Sedulius
Scotus
Hibernensis
,
who
lyued
in
the
fift
age
,
in
these
wordes
which
hee
hath
drawne
out
of
Origen
which
I
haue
before
cited
.
It
is
a
sinne
of
impietye
to
worshippe
anye
other
but
the
Father
Sonne
and
holye
Ghost
.
Whereunto
Saint
Augustine
speakes
very
fitly
saying
.
Know
that
the
Christians
,
(
whereof
there
is
a
Church
in
your
Towne
)
Worshippe
not
anye
dead
thing
,
neyther
anye
thing
that
hath
beene
made
by
God
,
but
God
onelye
is
worshipped
,
who
hath
made
and
created
all
things
.
Our
aduersaries
dare
not
affirme
that
the
hoast
in
the
Masse
is
one
of
the
three
parsons
of
the
Trinity
,
as
we
haue
saide
,
which
were
a
greater
herefie
then
that
of
Arrius
,
who
sayde
that
the
Sonne
of
God
was
a
Creature
,
hauing
a
beginning
,
beeing
not
the
Sonne
of
God
from
all
eternitye
.
All
their
Doctors
teach
that
it
is
made
and
created
by
the
pronountiation
of
the
wordes
of
Iesus
Christ
,
taking
his
beginning
by
the
consecration
;
whereby
we
inferre
that
they
are
worshippers
of
visible
formes
,
and
therfore
Idolaters
in
worshipping
it
,
seeing
it
is
no
eternall
creature
,
nor
consubstantiall
with
God
the
Father
:
For
Athanasius
,
Theodoret
,
Cyrillus
and
all
the
ancient
Fathers
,
booth
Greeke
and
Latine
of
the
second
periode
of
three
hundred
yeares
of
Christianity
,
teach
,
that
if
the
Sonne
of
God
had
beene
created
or
had
had
any
beginning
,
that
he
had
not
beene
worshipped
;
for
that
the
Creature
dooth
not
worshippe
the
Creature
,
God
onely
is
to
be
worshipped
;
if
the
Sonne
had
beene
a
creature
he
had
not
beene
worshipped
,
God
forbidde
we
should
worshippe
the
Creature
,
this
madnesse
fittes
best
with
the
Pagans
,
and
Arrians
.
And
in
another
place
hee
saithe
,
that
the
Christians
worshippe
not
the
body
of
Iesus
Christ
deuided
from
the
deity
.
Neither
when
wee
worshippe
the
worde
(
saith
hee
)
doe
we
seperate
the
worde
from
the
flesh
,
but
knowing
that
the
worde
hath
beene
made
flesh
,
acknowledge
that
which
is
in
the
flesh
,
to
bee
God
.
And
a
little
after
speaking
of
the
Leaper
he
saith
.
Hee
worshipped
the
Lord
in
his
body
,
and
did
acknowledge
him
for
God
.
And
the
same
Athanasins
teacheth
vs
,
that
the
bodye
of
our
Lorde
is
not
consubstantiall
with
the
Father
,
and
therefore
not
to
bee
worshipped
alone
:
with
greater
reason
the
hoast
,
which
cannot
bee
saide
consubstantiall
with
the
Father
,
is
not
to
bee
worshipped
.
For
if
the
deitye
of
Iesus
Christ
had
not
beene
consubstantiall
with
the
Father
,
and
without
beginning
as
the
Father
is
,
it
had
not
beene
lawfull
to
worshippe
him
.
And
this
SIRE
hath
beene
represented
vnto
you
in
the
first
periode
,
the
which
I
repeate
heere
to
shew
the
continuance
of
the
worship
of
one
onely
God
.
It
is
therefore
manyfest
that
the
Christians
of
this
second
periode
ending
in
the
sixe
hundred
yeare
of
Christianity
,
did
beleeue
that
it
was
a
Pagan
Idolatry
to
worshippe
any
Creature
which
had
a
beginning
,
restraining
all
adoration
but
to
the
Trinitye
alone
,
worshipping
nothing
vnderneath
it
,
the
which
is
comprehended
by
Gregorye
For
saith
hee
,
it
is
impossible
to
worshippe
any
thing
aboue
God
;
and
to
worshippe
anye
thing
vnderneath
God
is
meere
impietye
.
Let
vs
adde
heereunto
what
Theodoret
saith
,
(
who
liued
in
the
fift
age
)
touching
the
adoration
of
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lordes
supper
,
for
that
the
Romains
corrupting
his
writings
,
attribute
vnto
him
the
worship
of
the
Simbols
of
the
body
&
bloud
of
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
which
he
neuer
dreampt
of
;
for
besides
that
which
wee
haue
before
alledged
that
hee
condemned
the
Arrians
,
for
that
they
worshipped
the
deity
,
which
they
sayde
was
created
;
Hee
saith
in
the
fifty
fiue
question
vppon
Genesis
,
that
God
did
allowe
to
eate
the
flesh
of
beastes
,
to
restraine
the
people
from
worshipping
of
them
,
foreseeing
that
men
should
fall
into
that
blindenesse
and
superstition
as
they
should
worshippe
beastes
,
as
wee
reade
of
the
worshippe
of
the
Golden
Calfe
like
vnto
the
Egyptians
;
where
Theodoret
concludes
,
that
it
is
a
meere
madnesse
to
worshippe
that
which
wee
eate
.
So
as
according
vnto
Theodoret
the
priests
should
bee
madde
to
worshippe
that
which
they
eate
.
Athanasius
against
the
Arrians
teacheth
,
that
the
deity
is
not
to
be
eaten
,
and
yet
the
Romaines
maintaine
that
their
hoast
is
God
himselfe
and
they
sinne
that
they
eate
that
which
is
present
in
the
hoast
,
which
in
effect
is
to
make
the
deity
edible
.
Our
Sauiour
before
he
left
this
world
,
would
leaue
vnto
all
men
that
should
beleeue
in
him
a
perpetual
comemoration
of
his
true
incarnation
and
passion
,
to
the
end
this
memoriall
should
bee
,
as
it
were
a
Simbole
of
the
presence
of
his
humaine
nature
here
on
earth
.
He
might
as
well
after
the
manner
of
the
Greekes
and
Romaines
,
haue
left
his
portraite
liuely
drawne
,
to
serue
for
a
representation
and
commemoration
vnto
such
as
should
beleeue
in
him
,
yea
they
should
make
infinite
numbers
of
pictures
,
like
vnto
the
starres
of
heauen
,
to
be
in
all
assemblies
of
Christians
,
and
to
shewe
that
he
had
put
on
a
bodie
like
vnto
those
pictures
:
but
he
who
knewe
the
spirite
of
man
commonly
inclined
to
Idolatrie
,
would
not
leaue
his
representation
in
the
figure
of
a
man
,
to
take
from
him
all
subiect
of
Idolatrie
,
but
hee
chose
rather
to
institute
the
Simboles
in
the
Elements
of
bread
and
wine
,
wherewith
his
humaine
nature
was
nourished
,
as
ours
is
now
,
the
which
is
nourished
dayly
,
when
there
is
no
reason
to
worship
them
seeing
we
doe
eate
them
,
as
Theodoret
saith
,
&
yet
the
spirit
of
darkenes
,
hauing
in
the
olde
time
induced
men
to
eate
the
beasts
,
and
then
to
worshippe
their
Images
,
hath
since
a
kinde
of
wafer
,
which
cannot
properly
bee
called
breade
,
beeing
so
thinne
,
on
the
which
are
printed
the
Images
of
Iesus
Christ
,
the
which
they
haue
This
onely
adoration
of
one
God
,
hauing
continued
the
sixe
first
ages
after
our
Sauiour
.
Gregorie
the
first
Bishoppe
of
Rome
brought
in
the
inuocation
of
deade
men
in
the
beginning
of
the
seauenth
age
,
with
many
other
superstitions
:
yet
did
he
neuer
teach
that
we
must
worshippe
the
Images
of
Iesus
Christ
,
as
Christ
himselfe
,
as
Thomas
Aquinas
and
other
Romish
Doctors
do
teach
vs
,
neither
did
he
teach
that
we
should
worshippe
the
consecrated
Host
as
God
,
but
contrariwise
writing
to
Serenus
Bishoppe
of
Marseilles
,
he
commandes
him
in
expresse
wordes
,
that
he
restraine
the
people
from
the
worship
of
Images
,
and
that
the
people
should
prostrate
themselues
with
all
humilitie
in
the
worship
of
the
onely
Almightie
and
holy
Trinitie
:
So
as
the
Romish
doctrine
of
the
last
ages
,
is
directly
contrarie
to
that
of
the
first
six
ages
after
our
Sauiour
.
And
yet
this
Pope
commaunded
them
to
hold
Images
in
their
Churches
,
yet
not
to
worshippe
them
,
but
to
serue
as
a
commemoration
vnto
the
people
of
the
Histories
of
the
Bible
onely
,
but
to
what
end
serued
this
?
It
was
as
much
as
if
they
should
forbid
one
to
be
drunke
who
is
naturally
inclined
thereunto
,
&
yet
command
him
to
lodge
in
a
Tauerne
and
to
consorte
himsele
with
drunkards
,
or
like
to
him
that
should
commaund
a
young
man
in
the
heate
of
his
youth
giuen
to
licentiousnesse
,
to
abstaine
from
it
,
and
yet
to
lodge
in
a
brothell
house
.
Mans
nature
is
as
much
or
more
inclined
to
Idolatrie
,
then
to
drunkennesse
or
luxurie
:
&
therefore
the
deuine
prouidence
knowing
this
imperfection
in
man
,
would
take
from
him
all
subiect
of
Idolatrie
.
Theodoret
Serm.
7.
de
cur
.
Grec
.
affect
.
saith
,
That
the
wicked
spirit
to
deceiue
ignorant
men
,
inuented
the
Arte
of
painting
,
grauing
,
and
other
workemen
to
forge
Images
and
pictures
to
serue
for
matter
of
Idolatrie
:
and
that
they
haue
not
onely
filled
the
Temple
with
Images
,
but
also
the
market
places
,
streetes
,
and
publique
places
,
yea
euen
rich
mens
houses
:
the
which
we
see
practised
at
this
day
in
the
Temples
,
markets
,
streets
and
houses
of
our
aduersaries
.
Arnobius
in
the
sixt
booke
against
the
Gentiles
saith
,
that
they
tooke
the
same
pretext
for
the
vse
of
Images
in
their
Churches
.
To
serue
the
ignorant
and
vnruly
people
,
whom
they
made
to
worship
them
▪
giuing
them
venerable
formes
,
to
the
end
saith
he
,
they
should
beleeue
there
were
some
vertue
in
their
brightnesse
,
which
did
not
onely
dazle
their
eyes
,
but
stroke
a
terrour
in
their
harts
by
the
brightnesse
of
their
resplendent
light
.
Wee
are
to
obserue
the
speciall
grace
which
God
(
continuing
his
worke
)
hath
shewed
to
the
Ilands
of
great
Britaine
,
in
the
beginning
of
this
seauenth
age
:
for
Gregorie
the
first
,
hauing
sent
Augustine
the
young
,
into
the
same
Iland
,
to
plant
many
superstitions
,
with
the
inuocation
of
Saints
,
neither
he
nor
his
doctrine
were
receiued
,
but
the
miserie
was
,
that
soone
after
the
death
of
Gregorie
,
the
worshipping
of
Images
did
so
encrease
,
as
it
was
the
cause
of
many
troubles
betwixt
the
West
and
the
East
,
as
we
shall
shew
hereafter
.
In
the
seauenth
,
eight
,
and
ninth
ages
,
making
the
third
Period
of
Christianisme
,
the
Hebrewe
,
Greeke
,
&
Latine
tongues
were
almost
rooted
out
in
the
Westerne
parts
of
Europe
,
through
the
inundation
of
Barbarians
,
which
did
teare
in
peeces
the
Romain
Empire
,
with
the
true
diuinity
:
wherby
we
obserue
that
euen
as
the
true
religion
began
with
the
said
Empire
,
and
so
encreased
:
euen
so
the
Empire
decaying
,
the
sinceritie
of
Christian
religion
was
almost
abolished
,
and
declined
so
by
their
deuisions
in
the
West
,
that
Sathan
working
the
mistery
of
iniquitie
in
the
harts
of
the
Easterne
Bishoppes
,
made
them
to
haue
no
respect
to
the
purity
of
antiquity
,
bringing
in
a
new
worship
of
the
Creatures
,
of
the
Crosse
,
and
of
the
Images
of
Iesus
Christ
,
the
Apostles
and
Martires
,
an
Idolatrie
meerely
Pagan
.
We
reade
in
the
actes
of
the
second
Councell
of
Nice
,
printed
both
in
Greeke
&
Latine
in
Paris
,
that
the
said
Councell
did
decree
,
that
we
must
esteeme
the
image
of
Iesus
Christ
,
as
Iesus
Christ
himselfe
&
that
as
the
person
of
Iesus
Christ
is
distinguished
from
that
of
the
father
in
hîpostasis
,
and
vnited
in
substance
:
euen
▪
so
his
image
should
differ
from
him
in
substance
and
be
vnited
in
person
,
the
which
is
an
intollerable
blasphemy
,
and
as
great
as
the
herefies
of
Arrius
and
Nestorius
:
for
that
were
to
make
a
God
of
a
materiall
thing
o●
made
by
hand
,
and
to
worshippe
it
as
God
,
as
the
Gentiles
did
worshippe
the
workemanshippe
of
man
.
At
that
same
time
God
raised
vp
in
the
Ilane
of
great
Brittaine
;
that
venerable
Beda
,
who
taught
the
Hebrew
,
Caidee
,
Greeke
,
and
Latine
tongues
▪
Diuinity
and
Philosophy
,
out
of
whose
Schoole
came
Iohannes
Scotus
,
and
Alcuinus
,
who
planted
learning
and
the
sciences
in
the
Citty
of
Paris
,
&
was
afterwards
spread
ouer
al
Europe
.
This
Iohannes
Scotus
was
Schoolemaister
to
the
Emperor
Charlemagne
,
who
with
stood
the
idolatry
of
the
Eastern
Churches
,
causing
the
second
counsell
of
Nice
to
be
declared
hereticall
and
abusiue
;
by
that
of
Ado
viennensis
.
The
same
Emperor
became
so
learned
,
as
he
writ
a
booke
against
the
Pagan
worship
of
images
;
the
which
is
found
among
the
learned
.
Out
of
the
same
schoole
came
one
after
another
Rhabanus
▪
Ma●rus
a
Scotishman
,
as
many
writers
doe
testifie
,
Cla●dius
Taurinensis
&
Bertr●●
a
priest
,
with
other
lights
of
the
Church
,
in
the
third
period
of
Christianity
,
which
are
the
seauenth
eight
and
ninth
ages
,
which
haue
fought
against
idolatry
and
the
grosse
errors
of
the
sacrament
,
as
wee
shall
hereafter
shew
.
The
fourth
period
of
Christianisme
,
which
containes
the
tenth
,
eleauenth
,
and
twelfe
ages
,
was
so
destitute
of
men
adorned
with
true
piety
&
learning
,
as
the
seedes
of
the
Idolatry
of
former
ages
,
came
to
the
accomplishment
of
the
abhomination
of
dissolution
,
at
which
time
Berengarius
Archdeacon
of
Angers
with
his
disciples
,
and
Peter
de
Valdo
,
with
the
Schooles
begun
by
him
about
the
same
periode
,
resisted
the
Romish
idolatry
planted
in
all
the
West
.
We
will
likewise
obserue
an
especiall
grace
,
which
God
powred
vpon
your
Ilands
&
realmes
,
during
these
ages
of
ignorance
&
idolatry
,
for
euen
as
the
great
men
of
the
former
periode
disciples
to
the
English
Beda
who
maintained
the
onely
worship
of
God
went
out
of
the
Iland
:
euen
so
God
during
this
fourth
periode
:
preserued
the
same
realmes
,
&
defended
them
against
the
tyranny
of
Rome
,
for
Peter
of
Clugny
writing
to
Bernard
,
saith
,
that
the
Scotishmen
in
his
time
did
celebrate
,
their
Easter
after
the
Greeke
manner
,
which
is
a
testimony
they
were
not
yet
subiect
to
the
church
of
Rome
,
which
held
them
heretickes
that
followwed
the
cerimonies
of
the
Greekes
,
who
in
the
time
of
the
said
Bernard
had
their
Lyturgie
and
seruice
of
the
Church
,
as
they
haue
at
this
day
,
which
is
a
communion
like
vnto
that
of
the
reformed
Church
of
these
times
:
neither
did
the
Greeke
Church
euer
allow
of
that
heathenish
worshippe
of
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lordes
supper
as
in
the
Romish
Church
;
which
caused
Marcus
Ephesius
(
who
was
Orator
for
the
Greekes
at
the
counsell
of
Florence
in
a
sermon
printed
at
Paris
in
Greeke
and
Latine
,
at
the
ende
of
the
volume
of
Lyturgies
)
to
confute
the
Masse
of
the
Latines
,
as
directly
contrary
to
the
institution
of
Iesus
Christ
.
So
as
the
Scottishmen
who
maintained
the
ceremonies
of
the
Greeke
Churches
,
had
not
yet
receiued
the
new
Romish
Masse
,
nor
the
heathen
adoration
of
the
hoast
,
whereby
we
see
that
the
people
of
your
realmes
were
the
first
that
made
publike
profession
of
Christ
,
and
abolished
Gentilisme
,
during
the
cruell
persecutions
of
Romish
Emperours
,
and
when
as
the
tyranny
of
the
Bishops
of
Rome
,
brought
into
the
Church
about
400.
yeares
since
the
worship
of
the
hoast
,
as
God
the
Creator
,
the
same
British
peopl
were
also
the
last
of
the
West
part
of
Europe
,
which
receiued
the
abominable
worship
of
things
created
insteede
of
the
Creator
.
This
heathenish
worship
began
vnder
Pope
Honerius
3.
about
the
yeare
1225.
who
commanded
all
Priestes
and
Curats
to
teach
the
people
to
kneele
at
the
Eleuation
of
the
hoast
in
the
Masse
,
or
when
it
should
be
carried
to
sicke
persons
;
yet
this
idolatry
was
not
long
after
receiued
in
the
Churches
of
Germanie
and
France
.
For
Ralfe
de
Riuo
printed
a
booke
at
Rome
.
de
Can.
obser.
propos.
22.
witnessing
that
Nicholas
.
3.
about
the
yeare
1277.
tooke
the
olde
missalles
out
of
all
Churches
of
Rome
bringing
in
a
new
forme
of
Masse
inuented
by
the
Fryers
minors
,
or
Franciscans
:
At
this
day
(
saith
hee
)
all
the
bookes
at
Rome
are
new
after
the
manner
of
Saint
Francis
,
and
meaning
to
discribe
the
forme
of
Masse
obserued
in
those
dayes
in
Germany
,
France
&
other
nations
,
hee
saith
.
Leauing
the
manner
of
the
Fryers
minors
,
let
vs
follow
the
holy
Canons
,
the
ancient
Scriptures
,
and
the
generall
customes
of
places
,
and
in
doubtfull
things
the
most
auncient
bookes
.
And
in
the
twenty
three
proposition
he
describes
particularly
all
the
ceremonies
of
the
Masse
,
as
it
was
vsed
in
his
time
,
who
liued
in
the
beginning
of
the
foreteenth
age
of
Christianisme
,
at
what
time
it
is
found
that
the
coniuction
of
the
Breade
and
Wine
was
obserued
according
to
the
institution
of
our
Sauiour
,
and
that
both
the
Priest
and
people
did
eate
and
drinke
togeather
standing
,
without
adoration
or
inuocation
of
the
Sacramentes
:
and
in
the
ende
of
the
saide
proposition
hee
saithe
.
It
is
sacriledge
to
vse
bread
onely
dept
in
wine
in
the
Sacrament
of
the
Communion
.
So
as
there
was
no
difference
betwixt
the
Communion
of
the
reformed
Church
,
and
the
Communion
of
the
Masse
in
those
daies
,
except
the
signe
of
the
Crosse
,
and
some
other
ceremonies
,
vestaments
and
incense
.
The
Masse
therfore
of
our
age
,
is
a
new
fiction
of
Cordiliers
or
Franciscan
Friars
,
&
the
worship
of
a
pretended
God
,
and
the
priuation
of
the
cup
is
a
plaine
sacriledge
:
for
if
they
abuse
to
vse
bread
steept
in
wine
instead
of
following
the
ful
institution
of
our
Sauiour
,
was
(
as
they
said
Rodolphus
de
Riuo
writeth
)
condemned
as
sacriledge
,
with
greater
reason
,
is
it
a
more
horrible
sacriledge
to
haue
quite
taken
away
the
vse
of
the
wine
from
the
people
.
The
Romish
Church
of
our
age
,
cannot
bee
called
the
true
Church
,
seeing
they
haue
no
Communion
of
the
Cuppe
,
and
are
fallen
from
the
true
Priesthoode
▪
as
the
Arrians
and
Nestorians
by
their
errours
los●
the
outward
markes
of
Priesthoode
.
During
the
fift
Period
of
the
ages
of
Christianisme
,
which
contains
the
thirteenth
,
fourteenth
,
and
fifteenth
ages
,
the
Westerne
Church
was
deuided
into
two
parts
:
for
in
the
time
of
Bernard
,
Peter
de
Valdo
,
a
rich
Bourgesse
of
Lions
,
hauing
beene
instructed
in
the
onely
worshippe
of
God
by
the
reading
of
the
holy
Scriptures
,
had
the
Romish
Idolatrie
in
such
horror
,
as
he
sould
all
his
goods
,
and
caused
the
Bible
and
many
writings
of
the
auncient
fathers
to
be
translated
into
French
,
he
made
assemblies
at
Lions
,
and
appointed
penfions
for
religious
learned
men
to
set
vp
Schooles
of
diuinitie
,
who
beeing
since
persecuted
by
the
Popes
and
their
adherents
,
the
said
Schooles
were
dispersed
ouer
all
France
,
and
a
good
part
of
Spaine
,
Germanie
,
and
Bohemia
,
who
haue
euer
since
maintained
the
same
articles
of
the
faith
,
which
are
professed
at
this
day
in
the
Churches
of
your
realmes
,
whereof
some
were
called
Albige●is
,
and
others
Taborites
,
which
haue
florished
and
raigned
vnto
this
day
,
notwithstanding
all
the
persecutions
,
fires
,
flames
,
and
cruell
torments
vsed
against
them
by
the
supporters
and
fauourers
of
Rome
.
Out
of
this
Schoole
also
came
Iohn
Hus
,
and
Ierosme
of
Prage
,
Wickliffe
an
Englishman
,
Paul
Cra●
a
Scottish
man
,
who
maintained
the
true
and
onely
worshippe
of
one
onely
God
,
and
other
articles
of
the
faith
,
confessed
by
the
reformed
Churches
of
Europe
,
the
which
is
seene
by
the
articles
recited
by
Aeneas
Siluius
,
(
beeing
since
There
is
an
other
admirable
correspondencie
betwixt
these
and
the
second
Period
,
for
euen
as
in
the
end
of
the
first
Period
,
the
God
of
armies
did
raise
vp
that
great
Constantine
to
plant
his
Church
by
force
throughout
all
the
Romaine
Empire
,
beeing
then
Pagan
,
abolishing
Idolatrie
in
the
worship
of
men
,
of
Images
,
and
of
visible
and
material
formes
:
euen
so
after
the
end
of
th●
fift
Period
,
God
suffered
the
restoring
of
the
〈◊〉
true
auncient
&
Christian
religion
to
be
done
by
armes
.
We
read
in
the
Bohemian
Historie
of
the
said
Aeneas
Siluius
,
that
Zisca
a
great
Captaine
assembled
in
the
yeere
1501.
a
mightie
armie
,
beating
downe
all
Idols
and
Images
,
abolishing
the
new
Masse
,
or
the
worshiping
of
the
Hoast
.
Soone
after
many
Princes
did
rise
,
and
many
faithfull
learned
men
by
whose
ministrie
and
valour
,
the
purenesse
of
the
preaching
of
the
Gospell
was
restored
in
the
sinceritie
of
Christian
truth
,
as
it
was
at
the
comming
of
Constantine
in
the
West
of
Europe
.
I
may
therefore
iustly
say
,
that
among
all
the
Princes
which
haue
laboured
for
the
restoring
and
reformation
of
the
auncient
Church
,
your
predecessours
King
Edward
,
and
Queene
Elizabeth
,
(
of
happie
memories
)
haue
beene
the
first
which
haue
built
vpon
this
foundation
after
Constantine
,
(
although
long
after
)
and
now
(
SIRE
)
these
blessed
soules
behould
from
heauen
the
full
perfection
of
their
worke
which
must
be
finished
by
you
,
whom
they
haue
left
the
successour
and
heire
of
their
most
royall
enterprises
.
Your
Maiestie
hath
a
familiar
example
in
the
life
of
the
disceased
Queene
,
(
of
happie
memorie
)
who
hath
bene
a
true
mother
vnto
you
:
In
whose
gouernment
we
haue
seene
as
in
a
looking
glasse
,
that
God
hath
accompanied
her
with
an
admirable
and
extraordinarie
prosperitie
,
foelicitie
,
and
happie
successe
in
all
her
affaires
:
for
hee
hath
drawne
her
from
a
prison
to
a
kingdome
,
he
hath
made
her
to
raigne
fortie
and
fiue
yeeres
in
great
peace
and
tranquilitie
,
hauing
discouered
aboue
twentie
enterprises
readie
to
bee
put
in
execution
against
her
life
and
state
:
hee
indued
her
with
all
kindes
of
perfections
and
vertues
,
as
prudence
,
modestie
,
and
wisdome
in
all
her
actions
,
beautified
with
a
liuely
and
sound
iudgement
farre
exceeding
her
sex
.
And
for
a
fulnesse
of
happinesse
,
the
same
God
did
prolong
her
daies
vnto
threescore
and
ten
yeares
,
in
the
which
she
was
alwayes
victorious
ouer
her
enemies
,
both
home-bred
and
strangers
.
What
is
then
the
cause
(
SIRE
)
I
will
attribute
it
wholy
vnto
God
,
and
to
the
puritie
of
his
Gospell
,
and
to
Christian
religion
the
which
she
hath
established
in
her
kingdoms
,
whereof
this
most
Christian
and
generous
Princesse
made
a
sincere
profession
all
her
life
.
Hauing
therefore
in
this
peaceable
and
Christianlike
manner
yeelded
vp
her
blessed
soule
to
her
benefactor
and
Creatour
the
great
God
immortall
;
she
left
those
realmes
abounding
in
all
riches
,
in
great
peace
and
admirable
vnion
and
concord
.
And
moreouer
to
seale
vp
her
forepassed
life
and
death
with
a
greater
benefit
,
for
the
loue
she
bare
vnto
her
subiectes
which
is
a
great
proofe
of
the
blessing
of
God
,
we
haue
seene
the
wisdome
she
vsed
euen
at
the
last
gaspe
,
hauing
so
profitably
and
so
effectually
perswaded
her
subiects
to
imbrace
&
acknowledge
your
Maiesty
whom
she
knew
to
be
the
true
lawfull
&
vndoubted
heire
and
successor
of
her
goodly
&
flourishing
Realmes
of
England
,
and
Ireland
,
by
right
of
consanguinity
and
lawfull
succession
.
Who
dooth
not
see
the
assistance
of
God
in
all
this
action
?
In
that
he
would
haue
your
Maiesty
established
in
this
most
high
degree
of
honour
,
not
for
any
other
respect
,
but
that
in
raigning
happily
and
in
peace
,
you
should
finish
the
full
deliuery
and
restoring
of
Israel
,
and
of
the
Churches
of
your
realmes
:
and
to
continue
the
pure
preaching
of
the
Gospel
,
so
happily
begun
by
her
Maiesty
(
of
blessed
and
happy
memory
)
against
the
Idolatry
of
Rome
I
doubt
no●
(
SIRE
)
but
Sathan
and
his
supporters
will
herein
imploy
their
statagems
to
counsell
your
Maiesty
,
&
to
induce
you
to
ioyne
with
that
great
whore
of
Babilon
,
a
whore
which
makes
the
kings
&
princes
of
the
earth
drunk
with
the
cup
of
her
spiritual
fornication
.
But
I
assure
my selfe
that
your
Maiesty
(
like
vnto
wary
&
nice
Vlisses
)
will
stop
your
eares
against
al
her
charmes
,
inchantments
and
allurements
continuing
inuiolable
,
constant
and
resolute
in
your
royall
vertues
,
the
which
God
hath
bountifully
planted
in
you
,
to
maintaine
and
preserue
his
Church
and
Sacraments
(
to
his
honor
and
glory
)
in
their
purety
,
against
the
poisons
&
Romish
inuensions
of
men
.
Most
humbly
beseeching
your
Maiesty
to
remember
that
the
[
*
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*
Matth.
Paris
in
Hist.
Angl.
sub
.
Henric.
3.
pa.
660.
Mat.
westmon
in
Flo
▪
rib
.
hist.
sub
.
an.
1216.
Popes
pretend
to
be
the
true
kings
of
England
and
Ireland
houlding
the
Kinges
of
the
said
kingdoms
for
their
vassals
and
tributaries
;
who
now
vnder
colour
to
free
you
from
their
said
pretensions
,
would
draw
you
vnto
them
,
and
impose
vpon
you
a
most
heauy
and
seruile
yoake
.
If
your
Maiesty
should
so
forget
your selfe
as
to
cleaue
vnto
them
,
who
knoweth
not
that
their
successors
are
accustomed
to
disanull
the
decdes
and
promises
of
their
predecessors
,
and
which
is
more
to
hould
no
faith
with
heretickes
as
they
call
you
?
But
(
SIRE
)
this
is
nothing
in
respect
of
the
hard
slauery
of
soules
,
whom
they
torture
with
their
censures
and
excommunications
.
So
as
you
shal
no
sooner
subiect
your selfe
vnto
their
lawes
,
but
vpon
the
first
dislike
,
they
will
absolue
and
free
your
subiects
from
their
oath
of
obedience
due
vnto
their
true
and
lawfull
King
,
they
will
depose
you
at
their
pleasures
,
and
giue
your
crownes
to
whom
they
like
,
wherof
we
haue
too
many
late
examples
.
But
when
they
shall
see
your
Maiesty
to
oppose
constantly
against
their
tyranny
,
they
will
not
dare
to
attempt
against
you
nor
your
realmes
.
And
moreouer
is
not
your
Maiesty
at
this
present
protector
of
the
Church
of
all
your
realmes
?
yea
the
greatest
of
the
Soueraigne
kings
which
professe
the
purenes
of
the
Gospell
?
shall
not
these
lawfull
titles
of
honour
be
sufficient
to
diuert
your
Maiesty
from
following
the
counsell
of
such
Sirens
of
state
?
They
would
gladly
perswade
you
to
acknowledge
this
furious
beast
,
who
seekes
but
to
deuour
good
Kings
,
&
to
chalenge
to
himselfe
all
power
(
as
he
saith
)
in
heauen
,
earth
and
hell
.
An
essentiall
marke
that
he
is
the
man
of
iniquity
(
mentioned
in
the
Scriptures
)
which
hath
raised
himselfe
aboue
all
nations
,
and
aboue
all
religion
.
If
this
monster
held
you
at
his
deuotion
,
(
the
which
I
with
all
your
good
subiects
thinke
to
be
impossible
,
how
great
a
leuiathan
soeuer
he
be
)
doubt
not
(
SIRE
)
but
he
would
make
you
the
most
vile
and
most
abiect
of
al
his
lifetenants
,
treading
you
more
proudly
vnder
his
feete
,
then
euer
he
did
the
good
Emperour
Barbarosse
.
And
then
let
your
Maiesty
consider
in
what
misery
,
calamity
and
desolation
of
desolations
both
you
my
Lord
the
Prince
(
whom
you
loue
deerely
)
and
all
your
subiects
who
pray
for
you
hourely
,
should
be
reduced
in
these
your
flourishing
realmes
.
The
Almighty
God
which
gouerneth
&
disposeth
of
Monarchies
according
to
his
will
,
which
giueth
victories
in
battailes
,
who
is
the
spring
and
fountaine
of
all
wisedome
and
knowledge
,
giue
your
Maiesty
a
raigne
like
vnto
the
Queene
of
blessed
&
happy
memory
.
Increase
your
Maiesty
in
wisedome
and
knowledge
,
and
in
true
piety
and
purenesse
of
his
seruice
:
giue
you
victory
ouer
all
them
that
shall
attempt
against
you
or
your
estate
;
and
finish
the
worke
in
you
begun
for
the
restoring
of
the
true
Church
,
banishing
out
of
your
Ilands
and
realmes
,
all
tyranny
,
heresie
and
Romish
Idolatry
.
And
for
a
happy
ende
,
the
same
eternall
God
giue
you
a
full
and
perfect
inioying
of
the
Crowne
of
glory
in
the
happinesse
of
eternall
life
through
his
sonne
Iesus
Christ
our
Lorde
.
FINIS
.