Mirrour of New Reformation wherein Reformers, by their owne acknowledgements, are represented ad viuum, the Beauty also of their handy worke is displayed [by Robert Hayman] |
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XXIIII. A LETTER TO A MINISTER from one of his Pupills concerning S. Austins Workes.
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XXIIII. A LETTER TO A MINISTER from one of his Pupills concerning S. Austins Workes.
Sir,
Since I saw you last, though many a hillPlaines, woods, & groues our bodies doe diuide,
Your best part hath beene present with me still,
Distance of place, that from me nere could hide.
The ghostly good derections, which by you
It pleasd' the Spirit to me then impart
Straight in my soule to such perfection grew
As they nere shall, nor can from thence depart;
You taught me then to know Rom's scarlet-whore
And other points, which then I held amisse:
Wherewith emboldned, now in one thing more
Your graue aduice I craue, & this it is.
It pleasd' the Spirit to me then impart
Straight in my soule to such perfection grew
As they nere shall, nor can from thence depart;
You taught me then to know Rom's scarlet-whore
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Wherewith emboldned, now in one thing more
Your graue aduice I craue, & this it is.
I doubt not but you know in what esteeme
With our best Authors Austin's writings are.
To some so free from errour he doth seeme
As none but Scripture may with him compare.
With our best Authors Austin's writings are.
To some so free from errour he doth seeme
As none but Scripture may with him compare.
Others doe stile him the profound'st Diuine
And great'st of Fathers, since th'Apostles were.
Others affirme he did in learning shine
Farre aboue all that did or will appeare.
Others appeale vnto him, some him call
The Fathers Monarch, one more free from taint
Of error then the purest of them all
And say, he doubtlesse was a Protestant.
And great'st of Fathers, since th'Apostles were.
Others affirme he did in learning shine
Farre aboue all that did or will appeare.
Others appeale vnto him, some him call
The Fathers Monarch, one more free from taint
Of error then the purest of them all
And say, he doubtlesse was a Protestant.
Yet I perusing of his Workes, can see
(Thus much the Spirit hath giu'n me to discerne)
Nothing but rules of wicked Popery
Nor ought by him but superstition learne.
(Thus much the Spirit hath giu'n me to discerne)
Nothing but rules of wicked Popery
Nor ought by him but superstition learne.
To instance some; he holds the Church-decrees,
Which are the bookes we ought true Scripture call.
Toby, with Iudith, Hester, Machabees,
He, Papist-like, doth hould canonicall.
Which are the bookes we ought true Scripture call.
Toby, with Iudith, Hester, Machabees,
He, Papist-like, doth hould canonicall.
Generall Traditions are to be obseru'd
Christ's true Church only called Catholike
None must gain-say her; she is still preseru'd
From fall; Rom's Church is chiefest, & the like.
Christ's true Church only called Catholike
None must gain-say her; she is still preseru'd
From fall; Rom's Church is chiefest, & the like.
The holy Sacraments doe grace conferre
And with the Crosse's signe applyed be:
He doth moreouer seriously auerre,
That such are damn'd as vnbaptised dye.
And with the Crosse's signe applyed be:
He doth moreouer seriously auerre,
That such are damn'd as vnbaptised dye.
He holds the reall presence, which the bad
As well as good receiue, and doth it call
A sacrifice, whereof he euer had
A care noe peece vpon the ground should fall.
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A sacrifice, whereof he euer had
A care noe peece vpon the ground should fall.
It ought by all to be ador'd (sayth he:)
And holds the Papists now-Confession:
Orders besides, a Sacrament to be
He shewes, and teaches Extream-vnction.
And holds the Papists now-Confession:
Orders besides, a Sacrament to be
He shewes, and teaches Extream-vnction.
His sentence still against our Fayth proceedes
In all these so much controuerted Heads.
Iustification, Free-will, Merit of deedes;
Which fayth perhaps through him now so farre spreads;
In all these so much controuerted Heads.
Iustification, Free-will, Merit of deedes;
Which fayth perhaps through him now so farre spreads;
In Prayer to Saints, their Worship, Images,
Prayer for dead, materiall fire in hell,
And Purgatory-paines; he ne're doth cease
Our now-held Doctrine to his power t'refell.
Prayer for dead, materiall fire in hell,
And Purgatory-paines; he ne're doth cease
Our now-held Doctrine to his power t'refell.
With our blind Papists a mayne difference
Twixt Mortall sinnes and Veniall he vnfolds:
A vowed chastity, Fastes, Abstinence
From certaine meates on certayne days he holds.
In brief what holds he not? scarce doe I know
One part of him from superstition free;
His doctrine to approue, his rules t'allow
Were to reduce expulsed Popery.
Which makes me wonder, why we say, that he
The iudgement of the ancient Church doth shew;
For grant but that, and since we disagree
From him our Doctrine must of force be new.
Twixt Mortall sinnes and Veniall he vnfolds:
A vowed chastity, Fastes, Abstinence
From certaine meates on certayne days he holds.
In brief what holds he not? scarce doe I know
One part of him from superstition free;
His doctrine to approue, his rules t'allow
Were to reduce expulsed Popery.
Which makes me wonder, why we say, that he
The iudgement of the ancient Church doth shew;
For grant but that, and since we disagree
From him our Doctrine must of force be new.
Faine would I know, how best I might defend
Our faith, if euer Papists should obiect
And aske: why, since his writings we commend,
We their authority as weake reiect.
Our faith, if euer Papists should obiect
And aske: why, since his writings we commend,
We their authority as weake reiect.
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So hoping to receiue ere long your best
And soundest counsell in this case, I rest.
And soundest counsell in this case, I rest.
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