An abridgement or suruey of poperie conteining a compendious declaration of the grounds, doctrines, beginnings, proceedings, impieties, falsities, contradictions, absurdities, fooleries, and other manifold abuses of that religion, which the Pope and his complices doe now mainteine, and vvherewith they haue corrupted and deformed the true Christian faith, opposed vnto Matthew Kellisons Suruey of the new religion, as he calleth it, and all his malicious inuectiues and lies, by Matthevv Sutcliffe.

A briefe note of the contents of euery Chapter of the for∣mer discourse.

• Chap. 1. VVHat is ment by Popery or popish religion in this whole treatise.
• Chap. 2. Of the grounds and foundations of popish religion.
• Chap. 3. Of the wicked doctrine of Papists concerning the law of God, and the performance thereof.
• Chap. 4. Of the damnable doctrine of Papists concerning faith and iustification.
• Chap. 5. What Papists doe meane speaking of the Gospel.
• Chap. 6. Of the impious doctrine of Papists concerning Christ our Sauiour.
• Chap. 7. The strange contradictory and false opinions of Pa∣pists concerning the Sacraments.
• Chap. 8. That Popery is a mixture of old and new heresies.
• Chap. 9. A catalogue of diuers notorious impieties and blas∣phemies conteined not onely in popish bookes, but also in the corps of popish religion.
• Chap. 10. That Popery is a sinke of heathenish idolatry.
• Chap. 11. That popish religion neuer came from Hierusa∣lem.
• Chap. 12. That Popish religion was neuer taught either by the old Prophets, or by the apostles of Christ Iesus.
• Chap. 13. That Popery was either condemned or not know ••s by kings professing Christian religion in old time.
• Chap. 14. That the ancient Britanes and English were not first conuerted to popish religion.
• Chap. 15. That popish religion is most falsly termed catholike religion; and papists, Catholikes.

• Chap. 16. That popish religion is not the ancient religion of the primitiue church.
• Chap. 17. That Popery is repugnant to ancient Councels.
• Chap. 18. That popery is not the faith of the ancient fathers of the church.
• Chap. 19. That popish religion was neuer testified by the blood of Christian martyrs.
• Chap. 20. That popery is a meere humane denise, and not in any sort to be deduced or proued out of holy scriptures.
• Chap. 21. That popish religion in diuers points is directly con∣trarie to holy scriptures.
• Chap. 22. That the founders and desenders of popery doe most wickedly abuse holy scriptures.
• Chap. 23. That the Pope and the principall proctors of his cause are great forgers and falsifiers of fathers, profane writers, and of publike records.
• Chap. 24. That Popery standeth much vpon heathenish obser∣uances and customes.
• Chap. 25. That popery borroweth also diuers fashions from the Iewes.
• Chap. 26. That popish religion is full of contradictions and con∣trary opinions.
• Chap. 27. That popery is a most absurd and foolish religion.
• Chap. 28. That popery keepeth Christians in blindenesse, and ignorance of God, and godlinesse.
• Chap. 29. That popish religion giueth the reines to licentious∣nesse of life, & leadeth Christians the broad way to destruction.
• Chap. 30. That popish religion bringeth foorth such bitter fruites, that the professors thereof haue no reason to boast of their workes.
• Chap. 31. That in popery a base accompt is made of princes and all lay-men.
• Chap. 32. That popery is a doctrine of diuels.
• Chap. 33. That Papists can haue no assurance of the truth of their religion.
• Chap. 34. That popery is repugnant to the lawes of nations.

• Chap. 35. That popery dissolueth the bonds of kinred all 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and ciuilitie.
• Chap. 36. That popish religion either disannulleth, or greatly preiudiceth the authority of kings and princes.
• Chap. 37. That Kings professing popish religion are either no kings, or but halfe kings.
• Chap. 38. That kings liue not in any security of their lines, where popery is professed by their subiects.
• Chap. 39. That Popish religion laieth grieuous burthens on mens consciences.
• Chap. 40. That popish religion is very grieuous in regard of the popes and the Masse-priests manfolde taxes and exactions.
• Chap. 41. That the popish church hath no true bishops, nor priests.
• Chap. 42. That popery cannot be mainteined without forgerie and falshood.
• Chap. 43. That popery cannot be wel vpholden without calum∣mations and lies.
• Chap. 44. That the cause of popery is not mainteined without fire and sword.
• Chap. 45. That the practises, and treaties of popes, and their complices with Christians are not to be trusted.
• Chap. 46. That the chiefe founders, and mainteiners of popery haue beene commonly noted for wicked, and pro∣fane men.
• Chap. 47. That popery in many points is more absurde and a∣bominable, then the doctrine of Mahomet.
• Chap. 48. That christians are lesse oppressed vnder the Turke, then vnder the Pope.
• Chap. 49. That the ambition, couetousnesse, contention & pra∣ctise of popes is the principall cause of the decay of the Christian empire, and a great occasion of the good successe of the Turkes.
• Chap. 50. That the moderns church of Rome is much degene∣rated from the faith, and manners of the ancient Romaines.

• Chap. 51. That the Romish church, that now is, was inuisible in old time.
• Chap. 52. That the markes of the church, and motiues to the moderne Romish faith alledged by Papists, may as well be alle dged by Turkes and infidels.
• Chap. 53. That true Papists cannot be true, nor loiall subiects.
• Chap. 54. That such Papists, as positiuely holde all the hereti∣call and false doctrines of the mederne church of Rome, cannot possibly be saued.
• Chap. 55. A briefe recapitulation of the principall points of the former discourse, and art exhortation both to Pa∣pists and true Christians.