Bels trial examined that is a refutation of his late treatise, intituled. The triall of the nevve religion By B.C. student in diuinitie. VVherein his many & grosse vntruthes, with diuers contradictions are discouered: together with an examination of the principal partes of that vaine pamphlet: and the antiquitie & veritie of sundry Catholike articles, which he calleth rotten ragges of the newe religion, are defended against the newe ragmaster of rascal. In the preface likewise, a short viewe of one Thomas Rogers vntruthes is sett downe, taken out of his booke called. The faith doctrine and religion, professed and protected in the realme of England, &c. with a short memorandum for T.V. otherwise called Th. Vdal.
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Bels trial examined that is a refutation of his late treatise, intituled. The triall of the nevve religion By B.C. student in diuinitie. VVherein his many & grosse vntruthes, with diuers contradictions are discouered: together with an examination of the principal partes of that vaine pamphlet: and the antiquitie & veritie of sundry Catholike articles, which he calleth rotten ragges of the newe religion, are defended against the newe ragmaster of rascal. In the preface likewise, a short viewe of one Thomas Rogers vntruthes is sett downe, taken out of his booke called. The faith doctrine and religion, professed and protected in the realme of England, &c. with a short memorandum for T.V. otherwise called Th. Vdal.
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Woodward, Philip, ca. 1557-1610.
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Bell, Thomas, fl. 1593-1610. -- Tryall of the New Religion -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616. -- Faith, Doctrine, and Religion, Professed -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Udall, Thomas. -- Briefe Replie of Thomas Udall -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Catholic Church -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800.
Protestantism -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
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"Bels trial examined that is a refutation of his late treatise, intituled. The triall of the nevve religion By B.C. student in diuinitie. VVherein his many & grosse vntruthes, with diuers contradictions are discouered: together with an examination of the principal partes of that vaine pamphlet: and the antiquitie & veritie of sundry Catholike articles, which he calleth rotten ragges of the newe religion, are defended against the newe ragmaster of rascal. In the preface likewise, a short viewe of one Thomas Rogers vntruthes is sett downe, taken out of his booke called. The faith doctrine and religion, professed and protected in the realme of England, &c. with a short memorandum for T.V. otherwise called Th. Vdal." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A73451.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 22, 2024.
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THE XIIII. VNTRVTH.
SIr Thomas continuing still his declamation in behalfe of Priests marriage, procedeth also for∣warde in lying writing thus. Yea Priests continued still marryed in Germany, for the space of one thousand seuenty fower yeares, vntill the dayes of the vngratious Pope Hilde∣brand, who termed himselfe Gregorie the seuenth: so soone as he had crept into the Pope dome by naughty meanes. What this graceles gospeller writeth of blessed Pope Gre∣gorie (whom generally the Historiographers of that tyme, & diuers of them saintes in heauen do highly cōmend) litle importeth: a sufficiēt argumēt for his innocēcie, & zeale of true religiō it is, that all no∣uelling sectmasters bād against him: neuer shall Bell shew that he crept into the popedome by naughty meanes, thoughe most easie to proue, that his mini∣stership ran frō his priesthoode vpon no holie mo∣tiues. But to the matter. An vntruth it is that Priests still cōtinued married in Germanie for the space of one thousand seuenty sower yeares, as he boldlye affirmeth, which I haue proued most de∣mōstratiuelie against him in the Dolefull knell. For his manner is, againe and againe to inculcate the same thing, & so neuer lacketh matter for newe bookes, thoughe botched together of such rotten raggs, as were handled els where, so that Bell cann make a new title and a litle chaunge of the order, to begett a new pamphlet at any tyme vpon small war∣ninge. But I liste not to imitate his vaine thoughe iustely I mighte, for why may not I singe the same songe, if he fiddle still the same tune; Wherfor referringe the good reader to
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the former place I will here only adioyne one te∣stimony not mentioned before, and it is of Pope Zacharie who liued eight hundred years agoe, and so, longe before the tyme he mentioneth. This good Pope writing to S. Bonifacius our worthy countryman, then Bishopp, & the apostle of Ger∣many, hath these wordes, speaking of Priestes. From the day of taking priesthode, they are to be forbidden, yea euen from their owne wiues. Of this decree the Magdeburgians make mention. True it is, that they score it vp for one of his errors (thatiudge∣ment proceeding from the error of their doctrine) but it giueth vs a sufficient warrante, to score vp that also for a notorious vntruth, which the mi∣nister speaketh of the longe lawfull liberty of Ec∣clesiasticall wiuinge in Germany.