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.

THESIS. VI. Some Vnsound Churches are necessarily to bee auoided, and the iust Causes why? SECT. 7.

AS Leprousie, Plague, and whatsoeuer contagious Disea∣ses are necessarie causes of separation from vnsound hou∣ses; so Obstinacie of error in Teachers, affected Ignorance, and obduration of people, Idolatry in Gods Worship, Tyran∣nie, and Persecution against the true and sincere Professors, may be iudged necessary Causes of Separation from any par∣ticular Churches. Against a generall Obstinacie of false-Tea∣chers, opposing to the wholesome doctrine, We haue a Caue∣at, [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] Depart from such, 1 Tim. 6.5. Against the gene∣rall Obdurancie of hearts, our Caueat is both Christ's * 1.1 Shake off the dust of your feet, in departing; and Saint Paul's [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] When certaine obstinate persons speake euill of the Word of God, before the people, he departed from them, and separated the Disciples, Act. 19.9: because else they should heare nothing but blasphemies against the truth of God. Against the Cor∣ruption of Gods Worship, Idolatrously, the Command is [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] Flie from Idolatry, 1 Cor. 10.4. euen as vnto the peo∣ple vnder the Law, when Bethel, that is, the House of God, was turned into Bethauen, that is, the House of Vanity (the Epithet of Idolatry) then the Watch-word to the Faithfull was, Separate your selues from among them, Hos. 10. Against Tyrannie in Persecuting of Preachers, or Professors in any

one City, the warning is [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] likewise Flie vnto another, Mat. 10.23. And lastly, in the time of Antichristian Tyrannie and Idolatry in Romish Babylon, the Spi••it saith, [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉,] Come out of her, my people. Apoc. 18.4.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Mat. 10.14.