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.

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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.

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Broughton, Richard.

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[Saint-Omer :: C. Boscard],

With licence. Anno 1625.

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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17014.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• AN ADMONITION OF THE Author, to all Readers of this his histo∣rie: comprehending the Argument and contents thereof.
• THE PREFACE PROVING THE CONTENTS OVT OF THE Prophets.
  • Wherin sacrificing and Massinge Preisthood, Preists, and the sacrifice of Masse, are pro∣ued by learned Protestants, and other testi∣monies, from the history of Melchisedech. Gen. 14. THE I. CHAPTER.
  • The same proued with like allowance, and ap∣probation of Protestants, out of the booke of Exodus. THE II. CHAPTER.
  • The same proued with allowance and consent of Protestants out of the booke of Leuiticus. THE III. CHAPTER.
  • THE IIII. CHAPTER. Prouing the same, by the same warrant from the Prophet Dauid.
  • THE V. CHAPTER. Wherin the same holy doctrines are so also pro∣ued out of the Prouerbs of Salomon. cap. 9.
  • Wherin the same mysteries are proued by the same maner out of the Prophet Esay, and others. THE VI. CHAPTER.
  • THE VII. CHAPTER. Wherin the same is proued at large by all ex∣positions and testimonies, euen by our prote∣stants themselues, out of the Pro∣phet Malachy.
• AN HISTORIE OF THE HOLY PREISTHOOD, AND sacrifice, of the true church. The first age.
  • THE VIII. CHAPTER. Wherin is proued by all kinds of testimonies, Catholicks, Protestants, and whatsoeuer, that Christ the true Messias as his calling and dignitie required, in abrogatinge the preisthood and sacrifices of Moses lawe, in∣stituted an other more perfect sacrificinge preisthood, and sacrifice of his sacred body, and blood in Masse.
  • THE IX. CHAPTER. Shewinge how the Apostles in generall being by Christ ordeyned sacrificinge preists, did accordinge to that power and commaunde∣ment giuen vnto them, offer the sacrifice of Christs body and blood in Masse, and or∣dered other preists to that end.
  • THE X. CHAPTER. Wherin is particularly proued of all the holy Apostles and Euangelists, 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 remēbred these misteries in holy scrip∣tures.
  • THE X. CHAPTER. How all the rest of the, Apostles in particular S. Andrew, Iames the great, Thomas, Ia∣mes the lesse, Philip, Bartholomew, Symon, Thaddaeus, and Matthias, were sacrificinge Preists, and Apostles, and vsually offered the sacrifice of Masse.
  • THE XI. CHAPTER. How S. Peter the cheife Apostle, and first founder of the church of Christ in this our kingedome, was a sacrificinge, massinge preist, deliuered a forme of Masse to the church, consecrated many massinge preists in this part of the world nere vnto vs, and some of this kingdome.
  • THE XII. CHAPTER. Wherein is proued euen by protestants, that whatsoeuer Apostle or other, first preached Christ in Britanie, brought sacrificinge preisthood hither: and S. Peter first foun∣ded here our ecclesiasticall Hierarchie, of sa∣crificinge massinge preists and Bishops.
  • THE XIII. CHAPTER. Wherein is proued, how after the death of S. Peter, in the time followinge commonly as∣cribed to S. Linus and Cletus in the see of Rome, and to Marius Kinge in Britanie, the Britans both at home and abroade vsed the sacrificing preisthood, preists and Masse.
  • THE XIV. CHAPTER. How duringe the time of S. Clement his pa∣pacy, and all this first hundred yeares of Christ, our Christian Britans, together with all others continued these holy doctri∣nes and offices of sacrificing preisthood, prei∣stes, and the sacrifice of the blessed body and blood of Christ in Masse.
• THE SECOND AGE OR HVN∣DRED YEARES OF CHRIST.
  • THE XV. CHAPTER. Wherein demonstration is made, both by pro∣testants and other antiquaries, that sacri∣ficinge massinge preists, and Bishops, and sacrifice of Masse, continued and were hono∣red in this kingdome of Britanie from the beginninge of this hundred yeares, vntill Kinge Lucius time, when it was wholly con∣uerted to that faith.
  • THE XVI. CHAPTER. Wherin is proued by testimonies of protestants, and others, that this kingdome in the time of Kinge Lucius, was conuerted by massing Preists, and Bishops, and the holy sacrifice of Masse, and such massinge preists and Bi∣shops, continued here in honor, all this age.
• THE THIRD AGE, OR HVN∣DRED YEARES OF CHRIST.
  • THE XVII. CHAPTER. How notwithstandinge the manifold tumults, and persecution of Christian Religion, in this kingdome of Britanie, in this third hundred yeares, yet the holy sacrifice of Masse, sacrificinge and massinge preists, and Bishops stil here continued, without any to∣tall discontinuance.
• THE FOVRTH AGE, OR HVN∣DRED YEARES OF CHRIST.
  • THE XVIII. CHAPTER. How the holy sacrifice of Masse, sacrificing and massinge preisthood, preists and Bishops continued in this kingdome of great Brita∣nie in al this age, without any interruption or discontinuance.
• THE FIFTHE AGE, OR HVN∣DRED YEARES OF CHRIST.
  • THE XIX. CHAPTER. Wherein is manifestly proued, that all this fift age, the sacrifice of Masse, massing preists and Bishops did continue in honor in this our Britanie.
  • THE XX. CHAPTER. Wherein is proued by protestants and others, that the church of Britanie and Rome, ac∣corded in this age in these misteries: and how all the Popes beeing massinge preists and Popes, yet no one of them made any ma∣teriall alteration in this sacrifice.
• THE SIXTH AGE, OR HVN∣DRED YEARES OF CHRIST.
  • THE XXI. CHAPTER. Wherein being confessed by our protestant wri∣ters, that all the Popes of Rome vnto S. Gregory were massinge preists, and Popes, yet not any one of thē by these protestāts cō∣fession, made any the least materiall chaun∣ge, or alteration in these misteries.
  • THE XXII. CHAPTER. Wherein euident demonstration is made, euen by these protestants themselues, that nei∣ther S. Gregory the great, which sent S. Augustine, with many other holy learned men into England, did make any materiall addition, or alteration in these misteries. But the Religion which those his disciples preached here, was in all points by all testi∣monies both of God and man, Britans them selues, and Saxons, Catholicks and Prote∣stants, auncient and late writers, the true Religion of Christ, and in all things wher∣in they differed from the Britans, more pure then that which they then professed.
  • THE XXIII. CHAPTER. Wherein demonstration is made both by pro∣testants, and other testimonies, that during all this age and hundred of yeares vntill and after the coming of S. Augustine, this king∣dome had many holy massinge preists and Bishops, agreeinge in these, and all other articles of Religiō with the church of Rome.
• A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS.
  • THE I. CHAPTER.
• The Errata.
• title page
• THE GENERAL ARGVMENTS OF THE ENSVINGE HISTORIE: SER∣VINGE ALSO FOR A PREFACE, to the Reader, to declare the scope of the Author, and contents of the worke.
  • THE FIRST CENTVRIE OR HVNDRED OF YEARES.
    • THE I. CHAPTER. Wherein is briefly made demonstration by the best learned protestant Antiquaries, and others of England, that Saint Peter the Apostle first preached the faith, and foun∣ded the Church of Christ in this our Britanie.
    • THE II. CHAPTER. Where both the former is more manifestly de∣clared, and in particular farther proued by these protestants, & antiquities by them al∣lowed, what highest spirituall offices the same glorious Apostle, and his disciples per∣formed here.
    • THE III. CHAPTER. How in the rest of this first Hundred yeares of Christ after Saint Peter, The Aposto∣licke See of Rome, still continued and ex∣ercised this supreame spirituall power in Britanie.
  • THE SECOND CENTVRIE OR HVNDRED YEARE.
    • THE IV. CHAPTER. Shewing by these Protestants, how the popes of Rome in this second Century of yeares clay∣med, had, and exercised supreame spirituall Iurisdiction and power in Britanie.
    • THE V. CHAPTER. How in the generall Conuersion of this kinge∣dome in the time of Kinge Lucius, all spi∣rituall thinges were ordered, settled, and confirmed here, by the Popes Authoritie.
    • THE VI. CHAPTER. How this moste renowned Pope Eleutherius, did by these Protestants, and antiquities al∣lovved by them, clayme, exercise, and settle here, for him, and his Successors, as am∣ple prerogatiue, and Iurisdiction, as Ca∣tholicke Scholes doe, and Catholicques may giue to Popes.
  • THE THIRD CENTVRIE OR HVNDRED YEARE.
    • THE VII. CHAPTER. How the Popes of Rome in this third Centurie, or hundred of years alsoe, by our Protestants and others, ruled and gouerned here in Bri∣tante in spirituall things, by their supreame power therein.
  • THE FOVRTH CENTVRIE OR HVNDRED YEARE.
    • THE VIII. CHAPTER. Wherein is proued likewise by the Protestant diuines, and Antiquaries of England, that the Popes of Rome, euer claymed and ex∣ercised, this their highest power here in this Age.
  • THE FIFTE CENTVRIE OR HVNDRED YEARE.
    • THE IX. CHAPTER. Shewinge by these Protestants of England, how both the Popes highest spiritual power, was still here continued, and a perpetuall succession of our Bishops and Cleargie alsoe in Britanie from the See of Rome, as in the other Ages before.
  • THE SIXTE CENTVRIE OR HVNDRED YEARE.
    • THE X. CHAPTER. Wherein the same highest spirituall power of the Popes of Rome, is still by these English Protestant Diuines and Antiqua∣ries continued, in this kingedome.
    • THE XI. CHAPTER. How by these Protestants the Britans and Scots which opposed against S. Gregories disciples, did take vpon then greater or as ample power in Princes matters, as euer the Popes of Rome or their Legates did in this kingedome.
• Faults escaped.
• AN ADVETISEMENT. Whereas in the first hundred yeare it is as sup∣pose written in the story of S. Mansuetus, that Ireland was neuer plainely cal∣led Scotia, I wish it thus to bee qualified. pag. 34.