The encounter against M. Parsons, by a revievv of his last sober reckoning, and his exceptions vrged in the treatise of his mitigation. Wherein moreouer is inserted: 1. A confession of some Romanists, both concerning the particular falsifications of principall Romanists, as namely, Bellarmine, Suarez, and others: as also concerning the generall fraude of that curch, in corrupting of authors. 2. A confutation of slaunders, which Bellarmine vrged against Protestants. 3. A performance of the challenge, which Mr. Parsons made, for the examining of sixtie Fathers, cited by Coccius for proofe of Purgatorie ... 4. A censure of a late pamphlet, intituled, The patterne of a Protestant, by one once termed the moderate answerer. 5. An handling of his question of mentall equiuocation (after his boldnesse with the L. Cooke) vpon occasion of the most memorable, and feyned Yorkeshire case of equiuocating; and of his raging against D. Kings sermon. Published by authoritie

SECT. III.

The summe of M. PARSONS second charge in Reckoning.

To make vs odious by seuere censuring of heretikes, he bring∣eth * 1.1 out of Azorius this sentence: If a man doubt of his faith willingly, he is certainly an heretike: but by our Mini∣sters leaue Azor addeth more, He that doubteth willingly, and pertinacitèr, that is, obstinately, he is thereby an heretike. So we see the most substantiall word [obstinately] to be craftily conueyed away, &c.

The Reuiew.

5 M. Parsons knoweth right well that I needed not to omit this word, pertinacitèr, to make his Professors odious, who multiplied other farre more odious positions than this, such as were the accounting of euery one an obstinate here∣tike, that maint eineth anything contrary to the Church of Rome: together with their Bulla coena vpon Maundie-Thursday, curssing and excommunicating all heretikes (among whom

they recken Protestants) ioyntly with all their Fauorites or * 1.2 Commenders of their behauiors, which, for the odiousnesse of them, he cunningly pretermittcd, and yet noteth me of craft, for the omission of pertinacitèr. As though the defending of an vntrueth wittingly and willingly did not emphatically enough implie that it was done obstinately, according to the saving of our Sauiour Christ, in condemning the obstinacie of the lewes, notwithstanding he did say no more but How ost would I haue gathered you, &c. but you would not? Finally, because I am willing to satisfie M. Parsons to the full, if he be offended for want of pertinacitèr, let him put in his Recken∣ing pertinacissimè, if he will, it shall not displease me.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Reckon. pa. 398.
• * 1.2

  His inordi∣nate iangling about words.