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
together
,
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
Baronius
)
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
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
laid
time
,
and
yet
the
Christians
,
which
liued
in
those
ages
(
no
not
the
Remaines
)
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
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
under
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
aunbient
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
Theodoret
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
teach
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
dooth
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
visible
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
Arnobius
,
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
Psalme●
saieth
)
by
mans
hand
.
In
regarde
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
foretoulde
that
the
Diuell
or
the
Angels
of
darkenesse
should
turne
all
the
Elements
into
Idolatrie
,
and
all
that
is
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
Lyturgie
,
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
father
,
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
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
heresie
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
Athanasius
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
Gregorys
Nazianzene
in
few
words
,
where
he
saith
that
we
must
worshippe
nothing
aboue
or
beneath
the
Trinity
.
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
heere
unto
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
say
de
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
hereon
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
,
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
consort
himselfe
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
,
g●●uing
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
hipostasis
,
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
heresies
of
Arrius
and
Nestorius
:
for
that
were
to
make
a
God
of
a
materiall
thing
or
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
Iland
of
great
Brittaine
,
that
venerable
Beda
,
who
taught
the
Hebrew
,
Caldee
,
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
oueral
Europe
.
This
Iohannes
Scotus
was
Schoolemaister
to
the
Emperor
Charlemagne
,
who
withstood
the
idolatry
of
the
Eastern
Churches
,
causing
the
second
counsell
of
Nice
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
Maurus
a
Scotishman
,
as
many
writers
doe
testifie
,
Claudius
Taurinensis
&
Bertram
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
people
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
Honorius
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
mino●s
,
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
coniunction
of
the
Bread
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
dipt
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
Masle
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
lost
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
pensions
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
Albigeois
,
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
Crau
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
this
fift
Period
,
God
suffered
the
restoring
of
the
said
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
happle
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
not
(
SIRE
)
but
Sathan
and
his
supporters
will
herein
imploy
their
straragems
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
all
urements
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
[
*
](A01924-e4020-b)
*
Matth.
Paris
in
Hist.
Angl.
sub
.
Henric.
3.
pa.
660.
Mat.
westmon
in
Florib
.
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
deedes
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
.