The grand imposture of the (now) Church of Rome manifested in this one article of the new Romane creede, viz: the holy, catholike, and apostolike Romane Church, mother and mistresse of all other churches, without which there is no saluation. Proued to ba a new, false, sacrilegious, scandalous, schismaticall, hereticall, and blasphemous article (respectiuely) and euerie way damnable. The last chapter containeth a determination of the whole question, concerning the separation of Protestants from the present Church of Rome: whereby may be discerned whether side is to be accounted schismaticall, or may more iustly pleade soules saluation. By the B. of Couentrie & Lichfield.

CHALLENGE.

SEe you now with what obliquity of iudgement your Au∣thors haue obiected these colourable sayings of Saint Augustine out of his Epistles vnto Pope Zozimus, and Pope Boniface and others? Whereas, when we come to his deeds, he doth freely demonstrate his Faith contrary to your sense: when, Comparing Particular Bishopricke with Bishopricke, as Rome with Carthage, hee maketh them and their Bishops, both Most Eminent; Comparing Churches with Churches, as Rome with the Churches of Africke, he defendeth (euen a∣gainst the forenamed Popes Zozimus and Boniface) both that it is not lawfull for Remote Churches to Appeale to Rome, and that it is also lawfull for Churches, that are subordinate to

the Romane Iurisdiction to Appeale from Rome. By which the very pinnacle of the pretended Authority of the Ro∣mane Iurisdiction is quite ouerthrowne and cast to the ground.

Againe, Saint Augustine comparing the Two Moities of the whole Catholike Church, commonly diuided into the East, otherwise called the Greeke Church, and the West or Latine, wherein the Church of Rome hath the greatest pree∣minence, He, in the Case of Apostolicall Tradition, concer∣ning Rites and Ceremonies, hath made their credit equall; but in the Doctrinall, as namely a Tradition Apostolicall, con∣cerning the true and Canonicall Scriptures, he preferreth the Authority of the Greeke and East-Churches, and confesseth that it shouldereth out (in this maine Case) the Authority of the Romane.

Lastly, comparing any One part with All Churches, as by name Rome with Carthage and All others, hee proueth that Rome can bee no more The Vniuersall, or Catholike Church, than Carthage, No, nor both together: but that the Catholike Church, as the Queene, is the Whole Church of Christ, by an Aggregation and Comprehension of All together in One. So direct and absolute a Doctor was Saint Augustine of the no-Necessity of vniuersall Vnion or Subiection vnto the same Church, in poynts of Controuersie, whether Rituall, or Do∣ctrinall; and consequently of the no-Necessity of Beleefe of either of both, all which your Article doth require and exact: and yet we (notwithstanding your damning Article) must still beleeue that Saint Augustine is a blessed Saint.