The second part of the Protestants plea, and petition for preists and papists Being an historie of the holy preisthood, and sacrifice of the true Church of Christ. Inuincibly prouing them to be, the present sacrificing preisthood: prouing also the sacrifice of the Masse, vsed in the Catholike Roman church: and that these were promised, and foretold by the Prophets, instituted by Christ, and exercised by all his Apostles. Morouer that they haue euer from the first plantinge of Christianitie in this our Britanye, in the dayes of the Apostles, in euery age, and hundred of yeares, beene continued and preferued here. All for the most part, warranted by the writinges and testimonies of the best learned Protestant doctors, and antiquaries of England, and others.

A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS.

THE I. CHAPTER.

• WHERIN sacrificinge and Mas∣singe Preisthood, Preists, and the sacrifice of Masse, are pro∣ued by learned Protestants, & other testimonies, from the history of Mel∣chisedech. Gen. 14. pag. 8.
• Chap. 2. The same proued with like al∣lowance and approbation of Protestants, out of the booke of Exodus. pag. 30.
• Chap. 3. The same proued with allow∣ance and consent of Protestants out of the booke of Leuiticus. pag. 43.
• Chap. 5. Wherin the same holy doctri∣nes are so also proued out of the Prouerbs of Salomon. cap. 9. pag. 72.
• Chap. 6. Wherin the same mysteries are proued by the same maner out of the Pro∣phet

• Esay, and others. pag. 78.
• Chap. 7. Wherin the same is proued at large by all expositions and testimonies, euen by our Protestants themselues, out of the Prophet Malachy. pag. 89.
• Chap. 8. Wherin is proued by all kinds of testimonies, Catholicks, Protestants, and whatsoeuer, that Christ the true Mes∣sias, as his calling and dignitie required, in abrogatinge the preisthood and sacrifices of Moses lawe, instituted an other more perfect sacrificinge preisthood, and sacrifice of his sacred body, and blood in Masse. pag. 106.
• Chap. 9. Shewinge how the Apostles in generall, beeing by Christ ordeyned sacri∣ficinge preists, did accordinge to that pow∣er and commaundement giuen vnto them, offer the sacrifice of Christs body & blood in Masse, and ordered other preists to that end. pag. 121.
• Chap. 10. Wherin is particularly pro∣ued of all the holy Apostles and Euange∣lists, that they were sacrificinge massinge preists, and did both practise and teach the same doctrines. And first the 4. Euangelists and S. Paule, who haue remembred these misteries in holy scriptures. pag. 130.
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• Chap. 10. How all the rest of the, Apo∣stles in particular S. Andrew, Iames the great, Thomas, Iames the lesse, Philip, Bar∣tholomew, Symon, Thaddaeus, and Mat∣thias, were sacrificinge Preists, and Apo∣stles, and vsually offered the sacrifice of Masse. pag. 174.
• Chap 11. How S. Peter the cheife Apo∣stle, & first founder of the church of Christ in this our kingedome, was a sacrificinge massinge preist, deliuered a forme of Mas∣se to the church, consecrated many massing preists in this part of the worlde nere vnto vs, and some of this kingdome. pag. 189.
• Chap. 12. Wherein is proued euen by protestants, that whatsoeuer Apostle, or other, first preached Christ in Britanie, brought sacrificinge preisthood hither: and S. Peter first founded here our ecclesiastical Hierarchie, of sacrificinge massinge preists and Bishops. pag. 219.
• Chap. 13. Wherin is proued, how after the death of S· Peter, in the time following commonly ascribed to S· Linus and Cletus in the see of Rome, and to Marius Kinge in Britanie, the Britans both at home and a∣broade vsed the sacrificing preisthood, prei∣stes

• and Masse. pag. 242.
• Chap. 14. How duringe the time of S. Clement his papacy, and all this first hun∣dred yeares of Christ, our Christian Bri∣tans, together with all other, continued these holy doctrines and offices of sacrifi∣cinge preisthood, preists, and the sacrifice of the blessed body and blood of Christ in Masse. pag. 252.
• Chap. 15. Wherein demonstration is made, both by protestants and other anti∣quaries, that sacrificinge massinge preists, and Bishops, and sacrifice of Masse, conti∣nued and were honored in this kingdome of Britanie from the beginning of this hun∣dred yeares, vntill Kinge Lucius time, when it was wholly cōuerted to that faith. pag. 278.
• Chap. 16. Wherin is proued by testimo∣nies of protestants, & others that this king∣dome in the time of Kinge Lucius, was cō∣uerted by massing Preists, and Bishops, and the holy sacrifice of Masse, and such mas∣singe preists and Bishops, continued here in honor all this age. pag. 310.
• Chap. 17. How notwithstandinge the manifold tumults, and persecution of Chri∣stian

• Religion, in this kingdome of Brita∣nie, in this third hundred yeares, yet the ho∣lie sacrifice of Masse, sacrificinge and mas∣singe preists and Bishops, still here conti∣nued, without any totall discontinuance. pag. 323.
• Chap. 18. How the holy sacrifice of Masse, sacrificing and massing preisthood, preists and Bishops continued in this king∣dome of great Britanie in all this age, with∣out any interruption or discontinuance. pag. 338.
• Chap. 19. Wherin is manifestly proued, that all this fift age, the sacrifice of Masse, massinge preists and Bishops, did continue in honor in this our Britanie. pag. 366.
• Chap. 20. Wherein is proued by prote∣stants and others, that the church of Bri∣tanie & Rome, accorded in this age in these misteries: and how all the Popes being mas∣singe preists and Popes, yet no one of them made any materiall alteration in this sacri∣fice. pag. 388.
• Chap. 21. Wherein being confessed by our protestant writers, that all the Popes of Rome vnto S. Gregory were massing prei∣stes, and Popes, yet not any one of them by

• these protestants confession, made any the least materiall chaunge, or alteratiō in these misteries. pag. 403.
• Chap. 22. Wherein euident demonstra∣tion is made, euen by these protestāts them selues, that neither S. Gregory the great, which sent S. Augustine, with many other holy learned men into England, did make any materiall addition, or alteratiō in these misteries. But the Religion which those his disciples preached here, was in all points by all testimonies both of God and man, Britans themselues, and Saxons, Catholicks and Protestants, auncient and late writers, the true Religion of Christ, and in all thin∣ges wherin they differed from the Britans, more pure then that which they then pro∣fessed. pag. 414.
• Chap. 23. Wherein demonstration is made both by protestants, and other testi∣monies, that duringe all this age and hun∣dred of yeares, vntill and after the cominge of S. Augustine, this kingdome had many holy massing preists and Bishops, agreeing in these, and all other articles of Religion with the church of Rome. pag. 437.