An antidote agaynst poperie: most necessarie for all in this back-slyding age. Wherein 1. The trueth is confirmed, by authoritie of scriptures, witnessing of antiquitie, and confession of the popish partie. 2. Popish scripturall arguments are answered, by the exposition both of father and of their own doctours / by William Guild.

1. Authoritie of Scriptur•…•…

[ 1] EXOD. 32.5. And wh•…•… Aaron saw the Calfe, hee〈…〉〈…〉 an Alter before it, and A•…•… made proclamation, and sayde•…•…¦morrow is a Feast to the L•…•…

Vpon which Text (sayeth•…•…¦dinall Cajetan) Aaron not be•…•… wi ling to lose the high Pr•…•…¦hood, hee buildeth an Altar b•…•… the C••lfe, not tarrying till〈…〉〈…〉 were desired so to doe, but pr•…•…¦lie how soone hee saw the C•…•… hee first of all built an Altar to•…•…¦fer vp sacrific•• vnto it, and ca•…•… proclayme, saying, To morrow〈…〉〈…〉 Feast to the LORD, which Blasp•…•…¦mie, of Aarons can not admit〈…〉〈…〉 excuse, but rath••r accusation, set•…•… hee was more mad than anie,〈…〉〈…〉 respect that he attributed that in•…•…¦fable and incommunicable Nam•…•… IEHOVAH, vnto an Idole, no〈…〉〈…〉 inst••gating him thereto: and wh•…•… was worst of all, doing this (say•…•… hee) by publicke proclamati•…•…

Wherevpon most justlie thereafter •…•…se•• accused him, saying, What •…•…h this people done to thee, that thou •…•…ldest haue brought vpon them this •…•…at sinne? Whence it app••areth •…•…yeth Cajetan) that Moses knew •…•…ll anough t•••••••• Aaron was the ve∣•…•… cause o•• suc•• dolatrie, as this •…•…s.

Where wee s e, tha•• al••ho Aaron •…•…as the fi••st legal high Pri••st, hee •…•…as so farre from having infall••bi∣•…•…ie, that hee was guiltie of Idola∣•…•…e, and Blasphemie himselfe, and •…•…as the verie cause of the Idolatrie •…•…mmitted by others, by bringing •…•…t great sinne vpō the people cō∣•…•…itted to his charge. And therfore •…•…om no infalli••••litie of the Iewish •…•…gh Priest, can Romanists a••gue (as •…•…ey doe) to the infallibilitie of the •…•…ope, as the Christian high Priest.

2. KINGS 16.11. And [ 2] Urijah the Priest built an Altar, •…•…ccording to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Uri∣•…•…ah the Priest made it, agaynst King Ahaz came from Damas∣•…•…us, &c.

Vpon which place Lyra saye•…•… this high Priest, notwithstandi•…•… his l••call in personal successio•…•… that office, hee was jam cor•…•…¦tus Idololatria, and having ••e•…•…¦ved the Lords Altar out of its p•…•… hee erected another for Idola•…•… & as it is said verse 16, did all w•…•… soever that wicked and idolat•…•… King Ahaz had commanded hi•…•…

[ 3] MATTH. 26.65. Then〈…〉〈…〉 high Priest rent his cloathes,•…•…¦ing, Hee hath spoken blasphem•…•…

Remarke then heere, tha•…•… high P••iest sitting in Cathe•…•… pronounceth judiciallie, tha•• w•…•… CHRIST most truelie had sp ke•…•… HIS D••••••ie, to bee playne blas•…•…¦mie, & so most grosselie erred i•…•… maine doctrin of Ve••ity: Whe•• •…•… (sayeth Arboreus a Parisian Doct•…•… that having heard CHRIST'S•…•…¦swere, th•• high Priest turn d n•…•… and his furious madnesse made〈…〉〈…〉 to rent his clo••thes, and to say,〈…〉〈…〉 CHRIST had blasphemed,〈…〉〈…〉 partlie by Scriptures, and p•…•… by Miracles done by His o•…•…

power, did proue Himselfe to bee 〈…〉〈…〉 Sonne of GOD.

Whence it followeth, (as hath •…•…ene sayd) that seeing the Iewish •…•…gh-Priestes so grosslie erred, •…•…th in deede and doctrine, or •…•…t and fayth, (as wee say) there∣•…•…e from the Infallibilitie of the •…•…ish High-Priest, ex pacto, (as •…•…y alleadge, MALACH. 2.7.) no •…•…lid argument can be brought to •…•…one the Pope's infallibilitie, as •…•…e Christian High-Priest, ex aquo, 〈…〉〈…〉 they pretend.

And as for their distinction, that •…•…e may erre personallie, but 〈…〉〈…〉 judiciallie, the same hath no •…•…iditie: For suppose that some •…•…ynt of Fayth, wherein the Pope •…•…sonallie erreth, were by him at •…•…e Churches intreatie, to bee de∣•…•…mined judiciallie, I aske, whe∣•…•…er his definitiue sentence would •…•…e according to his owne private •…•…dgement, or according to the •…•…ueth? If the first, then hee •…•…oulde erre judiciallie. If the •…•…st, I aske, by what meanes is hee •…•…rought to pronounce that judi∣ciallie

to bee trueth, which p•…•…¦so••••lli•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thin••••h to be erro•…•… If 〈…〉〈…〉 they do th•••• 〈…〉〈…〉 th•• insti•…•… of th•• 〈…〉〈…〉 then this we•…•… to make he 〈…〉〈…〉 to be t•…•… author of a li••: so m••••••iri, is c•…•…¦tra mentem ire; which ••s a mo•…•… impious absurditie. And if it b•…•… replyed, Th••t when ••t comme•…•… to such a pinch. GOD then wo•…•…¦derfullie, and suddenlie, illumin•…•…¦teth the Pope's vnderstandin•…•… that hee seeth his errour, a•…•… changeth his mynde, and so pr•…•…¦nounceth that which is trueth•…•…¦deede; it will followe, That t•…•… Pope beeing an Hereticke,* 1.1 oug•…•… not to be deposed by the Churc•…•… as is evident by the judgeme•…•… and practise of the eyght Cou•…•…¦cell, that the same ought to b•…•… done: as also by the Decrees〈…〉〈…〉 their Canon Lawe. For it is co•…•…¦trarie to charitie and lenitie,〈…〉〈…〉 depose him for Heresie, who〈…〉〈…〉 so easie a way may bee reclaym•…•… to the trueth.* 1.2 Neyther was it•…•… good course, to confute Heresie•…•…

〈…〉〈…〉 convocating such Generall •…•…ouncels, to the great paynes, •…•…re travels, and great expenses, 〈…〉〈…〉 so manie Bishops, when the •…•…e sentence of decision might •…•…ue beene had easier from the in∣•…•…libilitie of one sitting in his •…•…ayre.* 1.3

Notes

• * 1.1

  See Bell. l. 2. de Pont. c. 30. § 3••.
• * 1.2

  Di∣stinct. 40. Si Papa.
• * 1.3

  In tom 2. con∣cil. in conci∣lio 6. vni∣vers. act. 12 & 13. Synod Nican. 2. act. 3 & ult. Psellus de 7. Synod. Beda de 6. aetati∣bus. Anast. in pon∣tif. in vita Le∣onis 2. Lyra in Matth. 16.