The orthodox faith and vvay to the Church explaned and iustified in answer to a popish treatise, entituled, White died blacke; wherein T.W. p. in his triple accusation of D. White for impostures, vntruths, and absurd illations, is proued a trifler: and the present controuersies betweene vs and the Romanists are more fully deliuered and cleared. By Francis White Bachelour in Diuinitie, and elder brother of Doctor Iohn White.

Vntruth 22. Touching conuersion of England by Au∣gustine the Monke.

T. W. To depriue Saint Augustine the Monke of the ho∣nor and reuerence due vnto him by vs English for our conuer∣sion, Doctor White writeth; That Augustine conuerted not the Country of England to the present Romish faith; and that his conuersion was onely the planting of some trifling ceremo∣nies. But contrary to this the Magdeburgians acknowledge, that Augustine conuerted England, and he conuerted it to the same faith, which Gregorie the Great professed, and the Centuries and D. Humphrey affirme, that this faith was the Popish faith.

Answ. 1. The Centuristsi doe not affirme, that Au∣gustine the Monke conuerted England; but they say, Dicitur conuertisse, he is reported to haue conuerted that Na∣tion from Paganisme to Christ; sed Galfridus Monumeten∣sis, &c. But Ieffry of Monnemuth writeth: That before this, truth was preached, and sincere doctrine deliueredk, &c.

Secondly, it is vntrue, that the Centurists or D. Hum∣phrey affirme, Gregorie to haue professed your present Romane faith: they censure him for some superstition, but his errors were different from yours, which I will ma∣nifest in one of your particulars, to wit, the Masse. The Centurists (you say) charge him with the celebration of the Masse: but they also cleare him from the error of your idolatrous Masse, wherein you pretendl, That Christ is truly in the very substance of his body and blood, of∣fered

to God by the Priest, as properly as he was by himselfe on the Crosse: sayingm; The doctrine of Saint Gregorie, which concerneth the matter of the Supper is very sound, onely he maketh often mention of Masse and oblations. In other par∣ticulars also which you produce out of Gregorie, there is apparent difference between him and you, as it is proued against Brierly, by the reuerend Bishop D. Morton in his Appealen.

And you must be aduised, that a materiall agreement in some particulars, doth not make a formall concord: and all that can be produced out of Gregorie is onely such; but when he denied the Supremacy, he cut the throate of your Poperie, and destroyed the basis and last resolution of Roman faith, which vanisheth like smoake, if it haue not a domineering Pope of infallible iudgment to animalize and support it.

Notes

• Briarly tr. 1. §. 1. pag. 57.
• i

  Centur 6. c. 10. pag. 687.
• k

  Vide Godofri. Mon. de orig. & gest Britan. l. 8. c. 4.
• l

  Tol instr. sac. l. 2. ca. 4. Azor. instit. mor. l. 10. c. 8.
• m

  Centur. 6. c. 10. pag. 682.
• n

  Lib 1. cap. 2.