A pleasant purge for a Roman Catholike to evacuate his evill humours consisting of a century of polemicall epigrams, wherein divers grosse errors and corruptions of the Church of Rome are discovered, censured, refuted, in a facetious yet serious manner / by William Prynne ...

[ 96] On Papists blasphemous Assertions tou∣ching the Virgin Mary, to the disho∣nour of God the Father, and Christ his Sonne.

q BErnard de Busti, and some Romanists Since him, record, that Gods Kingdome con∣sists Chiefely in these two, Iustice and Mercy: That God this last hath resign••d to Mary As his Kingdomes best halfe; whence all who by Gods Justice griev'd are, may appeale and flye, From God to her, as men here commonly From Courts of Law, appe••le to Chancery: Who by her Mercy, will them ayde, releeve Against Gods Justice when ere it them grieve. So that if God in justice men condemne Her Mercy, mauger God, will absolve them, And free from condemnation; if this be True, God's but halfe a God; no God but she: God hath nought left but Justice, which damnes all; Not one for Justice, all for Mercy call: Mary hath all Gods Mercy; is all grace Nay Merciesr Fountaine: all then will embrace

Her for their onely Goddesse; all will flye, Sue, pray to her, not one to God will cry; Nor yet to Christ, who being just as well As mercifull, doth oft delay, repell Poore sinners suites (writess Anselme,) when Mary Compos'd of nought but mercy, clemency, Heares and grants all mens suites without delay, As soone as they unto her seeke or pray. So as all those who their suites would obtaine With speede, must unto her resort, complaine. Which (if true Doctrine) all to her will run, And Christ, as Mediator, be undone, Since all will sue to her, who doth first grant, And ne're demand of God one thing they want For Christ his Intercession, but seeke all From her, whom they theirt ADVGCATE oft If these write truth, the Virgin hath undone Un-Godded both the Father and Sonne: Ingrost their Mercy, Office, Di••ty, And made herselfe Romes onely god: Truely Then well might Bonaventure, in his Psalter Our Lord unto our Ladyv change and alter Throughout the Psalmes: and thex Lord sayd to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand untill I Thine enemies make thy footestoole; translate; The Lord sayd to oury Lady, sit thou at My right hand, untill I thine enemies Thy footestoole make: And in like sort disguise, y O Lord in thee have I put my trust, let Me never be confounded, and to set It thus: O Lady I my trust in thee Have put, O never suffer me to be Put to confusion: in thy righteousnesse Deliver me, for thou art my fortresse: With sundry such like: This grosse Blasphemy Which Romes Popes Church approve, use, justifie,

To Gods and Christs dishonour, should now make All them quite to abandon and forsake.

Notes

• q

  Marial. part 3▪ Serm. 3. Ex∣cellent 4. Ga∣briel Biel in Cen. Missae. Lect. 80. Joan. Gerson. Tract. 4. super Mag∣nificat.
• r

  Fons Mise∣ricordiae, mater Misericordiae, &c. So is Mary stiled in most Offices, Pri∣mers, Houres and Popish Masse-bookes: as if all Gods mercy were derived from her.
• s

  De excel∣lentia. B. Vir∣ginis.
• t

  Eia ••rgo ADVOCATA NOSTRA. Officium. B. Ma∣riae secundum Usum Sarum; & in all other Offices Anci∣ent and Mo∣derne.
• v

  See Bi∣shop Vshers Answere to the Jesuites challenge, p. 490. 491.
• x

  Psa. 110. 1
• y

  Psal. 71. 1. 2. 3.
• y

  Psal. 71. 1. 2. 3.