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wherein reformers, by their owne acknowledgement, are represented ad viuum. The beauty also of their handy-worke is displayed

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IX. ON ZVINGLIVS.

When into Zuinglius Satan had infus'd
Himself, and by those

Zuinglius confesseth himself to haue been instructed against the Masse by a certain Admonisher, to vse his owne words, whether black or white he remembred not. See this at large in Zuing. his owne works tom. 2. fol. 249. See the same derided as an illusion by the learned Protestants Iac. And. confut. Grinæi, p. 120. 254. 304. by Schluff. Theol. Calu. 6. 1. in proœm. fol. 3. Bened. Morgenst. de Eccl. p. 68. Heilbran. in Swenks. Caluin. presat. Giesek enius de cœna. p. 64. and others.

engines, which he vs'd

Before 'gainst

See Luthers like instruction from the diuel against the Masse, by conference largely by himself set downe tom. 7. Witt. f. 228. & tom. 6. Germ. Ienens. fol. 28. See more heretofore, VI 2.

Luther, drawn him to

I ingenuously confesse (sayth Luther) that I cannot henceforth place Zuinglius in the nūber of Christiās. Tom. 2. Germ. f. 90. and further in fol. 182. he affirmeth that he hath lost whole Christ.

forsake

Christ, and al true Religion; and betake
Himself to schisme, his neuer setled braine
Suting

Zuinglius, (sayth Schiusselburg) taketh his name with his condition απο τοου κικγλιζειν, which signifieth often to shake and moue: because Zuinglius hath moued many vproares and troubles in the Church of God, by his heresy: or otherwise Zuinglius is deriued frō giddinesse, von dem Schwindel: for he was struck with the spirit of giddines & blindnes, after the manner of al Heretikes, daring to depraue the Testament of the Sonne of God by putting the word (significat) for (est) Theol. Calu. l. 2. act. 1.

his name, did in a trice containe

Such swarmes of heresies, as one might see,

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But such a Maister could his Maister be.
Th'first thing he doth is to

For wheras the Euangelists say, This is my body, Zuinglius translateth, This signifieth my body, both in his latin new Testament, which he dedicated to the French King, and likewise in the dutch. See this affirmed by Schluss. Theol. Calu. l. 22. act. 6. fol. 43. 44. See Zuing. himself also, tom. 2. fol. 210. and see next before, 4.

correct the lines

Of sacred writ: his second worke declines
To liberty of life, affirming at
Christs promises were

These are superfluous and hyperbolical sayings: If thou wilt enter into life keep the commandements &c. and so are al such promises likewise as are made to our works. Zuingl. tom. 1. fol. 137.

hyperbolical.

The flood-gate thus set wide he keeps no measure
But frames al grounds of faith to his owne pleasure,
As, that original sinne though others please
To tearme it sinne, is only

Zuinglius, speaking of original sinne sayth: How is it possible, that what is a disease and contagion, should deserue the name of sinne, or truly be so &c. this disease cannot damne vs. tom. 2. f. 90. See f. 89. 115. 116. & in epist. Oecol. & Zuing. l. 1 p. 252. 258.

a disease.

Baptisme is so

The baptisme of infāts is a certaine external & ceremonious thing, which the Church may, as wel as other external things, worthily and honestly vse, or els omit, and lightly take away. Zuingl. tom. 2. f. 96.

indifferent as it may

Be done, omitted, yea or tak'n away.
The path to heauen is so broad and plaine,
As euen

Here (in heauen) thou shalt see Abel, Enoch, Noe, Abraham, &c. Here Hercules, Theseus, Socrates, Aristides, Antigonus, Numa, Camillus, the Catoes, the Scipioes. Zuingl. tom. 2. f. 559.

Infidels thereby attaine

T'eternal blisse: when sinne we doe commit
God as the

See this hereafter. xij. 11.

Authour moues and forceth it.

Al Kings and Princes when they are dispos'd;
To persecute the truth may

When Princes shal deal perfidiously and contrary to the rule of Christ, they may godlily be deposed. tom 1 f. 84. see 85. & l. 4. Epist. Zuingl. & Oecol. p. 868. 869.

be depos'd;

For which himself assumes the sword and

Gualterus granteth that Zuinglius is tearmed by some Protestants, The most vniust authour of the warre, & violent disturber of the publike peace, who moued by pride and crueltie, caused the Tigurins to take in hand a new and strange attempt against their fellowes, that he might force them by want and famine to follow his doctrine, who before would not. Hitherto he in his Apolog. pro Zuingl. before the first the 1. tom. of his works. fol. 30. See 31. and Osiand. epist. Cent. 16. p. 203.

stirres

Euen his owne Countrey-men to ciuil warres:
And there an

Zuinglius died in warre, and died armed. See Gualt. vbi supra. fol. 31 and Osiand. as before. See next hereafter. Ib. the 2.

armed rebel feeles the proof

Of treacherie, and dyes; end good enough.