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SPANIARD,
Declareth the reafons and motines, by
which he was induced to forfake
the Romith Church.
rs By Lthough I be by byrth a Spaniar
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GS OA Nurfes a ane fucked 7 the
NE corruptionsof popery, my
whole Infancy, ane and
youth, hath bene tainted with the
my education : yetnofooner was I
cometo yeeres of difcretion, but] beganne tofifped
the turning of bread and wine into the v fubftance
ofthe Body and blood ofour Saviour, tobea meere
fiGtion, much like (both in want of; ‘ound, & in wic-
ked illufions) to the coyner thereof, the Antichrift of
Rome.
Thebeginning ofmy fufpicion was,in that our Pro-
feflor,Bartholmew HernandeX,a moft learned man,in
his publique Le@ures at #/erdain Catalonia, in the
yeere ofour Lord,1596. did teach vs being his Audi-
tors, tothe number of aboue 200. that God » by his
ordinary power, cannot put one andthe famebody
in diuers places at the fame inftant of time. This,
uoth he, implyeth contradi@ion, asatonce firppo-
ing, and not{uppofing a bodie. For by taki away.
ng ppoting a by taking awayThe Reformed Spanyard.
from any body the proper paffion of abody; namely
the polfeffing one place, thence followeth neceflarily
thedeftru@ion and abolifhment of the forme, nature
and effence of the body it felf: Forafmuch as the pro-
peny ofoccupying one dee > floweth of neceffitie
m the very forme and nature ofa body, nor can by
Gods ordinary power be feparated there-from with-
out deftroying the fubieét it felfe, on which it depen-
deth. And that this confining to one place,isa true
property, or proper paffion ofa body, it is euident, in
thacit fuiteth wich bodies vniuerfilly,only & alwaies,
and isreciprocated witha body. But whether God by
his abfolute and extraordinary power (whereby hee
doth what he can'do,or atchiueth a work,then which
he cannot performe a grcater or more perfect)can do
awork~, which contradi@teth it felfe, my faid Mafter
would neitherauouch,nor deny. This quoth he,isto
mee abottomeleffe Sea, whereinto dare not launch
with the fmal cock-boat of my poore vnderftanding.
Yet withall he conftantly affirmed,that God newer v-
fed this his abfolute power,but in one work only and
that was the Inearnating of his Sonne. Fhen which
hefaid,that God cannot produce a more excellentand
more perfect exploit : whereas inthe projuction of
this whol world,and of the inuifible,and vifible crea-
turesin the fame, itisotherwife. For God, if it had
pleafed him, could haue created much more glorious
Angels, men more excellent, and brighter or betcer
heanens then thefe which he hath made.
Out of this Doctrine thus deliuered by our Mafter,.
there arofein my minde no fmall fcruple, whencel
forthwith, though then but young,teafoned withny
Cy
The Cebus Spanyard.
felf inferring this fame Tran/ub/tamtiation,which pre
firmeth to put the bodyof our Lord in many millions
of places at the fame inftant of time,not to béof
much leffe performable by the facrificing Priefts.Ve-
tily, thong! th : neuer came from Gods ordi
power, by which he doth nothing implying contra.
di&ion ;no,nor from his: ls ae
‘which (as my Matter would haue it) was nenervicd
butinthe worke of Chrifts Incarnation. And fo I
concluded, that Tranfubstantiation is no worke of
Gods making.
To deliuer freely what afterward I thought, my
coniectureis, that thismy Matter, intending hereto
expreffe himfelfecauteloufly, did on purpofefpeake
perplexedly. For fwallowing this pebble ftone of
‘Tranfubftantiation andbeing not abletoconcottit,he
checked his ftomacke downeas much as he could to
Keepe it from a dangerous vomit:and ina word tote
hiscafe,he was faine to windevp himfelfe in the fare
ofdoubefull words,that he might efcapethe {nare of
the Spanifh Inquifision. The truthis,this learned man,
who well enough, white from blacke, fhould
boldly have affirmed, that Almighty God, neither b
ordinary nor extraordinary power, can doe tho!
things,thatare contradidtory to théfelues,& therefore
cannot fet one and the fame body in divers places at
the fameinttant. And that,not by reafon of any want
of aétine power in God,who is omnipotent ; but by
defe& o Lert rid in the creature (if fuch
@ions may becalled creatures) which cannot fuffer
their effentiall and concomitant properties be torne
away from the maine ftocke, without the deftruttion =‘The Reformed Spanyard.
ofthe wholenature and cffence of the fubieétwhich
natheleffe is heere fuppofedto remaineentyre. For
whatean be more abfurd,then if fhold fay, I prefeng
ynroyou aman, from whom] will notwithftanding,
takeaway the facultie of reafon? which isas muchas,
behold here a man, no man:or,{peaking ofa Geome-
tricall circle,I thouldinftanceina circle,whofe beams
I would imagine to be vnequalled one to the other.
Tam deeplytouched with forow, for chat hearing this
voyce, whereby God cald me,1 norwithitanding, did
notceafe to harden’ mine owne heart againtt it,for the
fpace of 9.yeares after;ttil keeping my wont of faying
Maffes, of hearing auricular confeflions, and continu-
inga fierce maintainer of that erroneous Religion.
hen] firft put on the Cowle (which I vndertooke
in the order of Saint Hierewe,the moft renowned in
Spaine) 1 was not full feuenteene yeares of age : in
which regard I may be the more excufed, if,for wang
ofripeneffein iudgement , I tooke not a fiteer courfe
for my foules health. Yet at that age was I fetingood
forwardneffe in the Latine and Greeke Languages, in
Rhetorique, and Poetry, inLogique, andthe whole
courle of Ariftotles Philofophie ,and moreoucr, [had
madealfofome entrance into the ftudie of Phyficke.
Beeing ferled inthe Monafterie, I diuested my felfe
wholly to Diuinity andimployed mc inthe daily rea
ding of che Scriptures. Which that I mightthe more
diligently areend, I was fentto the famoufe and rich,
Eolledge of Saint Lawrence in the Efcursall, founded
by King Philip the fecand : andin prefence of King
Philip thethire fang that Maffe, which was my fir(t
Inor
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Inormay,norcan conceale, thatall that long tinte,
whileft I was. a Mafl-monger,I found no ioy,no comi-
fort,no quiet in myminde,nor peace of conicience,by
communicating in the Maffe,& by that vnbloody fa:
crifice,{o called; howfocuer I had vied more then or-
dinary diligence in fore.examéning my felfe, as Saint
Paalexhorteth vs,1 Cor.1 1.28 and in premifing au-
ricular Confeffi6,as the Pope willeth vs. When there.
fore by woful experience I found daily more 8 more,
that Icouldnot fay with the bleffedA pollle oar reigy-
cing is this, the teftimony of our Confcience, 2Cor.1-X2.
And when as I could not finde inthe holyScriprures,
any mention or proofe of the Mafle,of 7 ranfubftanti-
ation,of the vnbloody facrifice,or of Priefts appointed
tofucha fundtion , I fer vp my reft concerning the
Maffe,to Ict it paffe and meddleno more withit.
The more was L encouraged to deny Tranfsbit ansi-
Atien, and to give ouer the Maffing Trade, not onely
by my Maftersfore-recited Doctrine, which I care-
fallychewed vpon whileft Ircmained in theMonafte-
ry,but alfo for that had obferued that he good man,
would neuer be broughtto fayMafle himfelfe,
hewerePriefted, and hadbeene by his moft word!
friends thereto intreated. To whom he was wont to
give this wary anfwer,that he was neuer ableto beare
in minde,ortolearneby heart, the many ceremonies
of the Maffe, whereupon, if he fhould vndertake that
action,he doubted the facrifice of the Maffe,would be
marred by the laughter of the by-ftanders beholding
him. Inthis his flye anfwere, geftured not without a
fimile,methinks I fee onething giuen out in word,and
another locked vp within his breft. Without a
B ieThe Reformed Spaniard.
heinthis gaue wayto thecommon weakneffe ofthofe
that puthim to thequeftionSeing vawilling that they
fhould take any fcandall at him.For,as for his priuate
Tudgement, his Dictates, before mentioned, thew
plainely that hehhad no fmall feruple fticking in his
minde, which could not cafily be pulled out and that
his fufpition againtt Tran/ubjtantiation had taken ve-
ry decp root in him :and therefore he could not finde
inhis heart to vadergo the atchicuement of theMafle:
inafmuch as he being perfivaded againft it, or at leaft
doubting of it, could not hauc fuch intention of Maf-
fing.as is required in the very a& thereof,
nother motiue draue me further from the Romij5
Church;namely,that the Pope, being a Creature,da-
reth to iudge the Law of his Creator,euenthat Law,
by which himfelfis to be iudged at the late 1r day.For
infted of the firt Commandement of the Decalogue,
written by the finger of God, he hath fubftitured and
obtruded another vito the Spanifb Nation.
Tofpeake more plainly,the firft Commandement
of the tenne,writtenin Mount Sinaf, is this,Thow [bale
haue none other Gods but me. This Commandement
the Spanyards have notin their vulgar, thecommon
people heare no newes of it. What then is the firft
Coémandement which the people in Spain,are taught
torepeat ? Forfooththis, Amor 4 Dios fobre todas las
sofas: To lone God abene all things. 1 deny not this
to be Gods commandement,yca the grandComman-
dement,being the pith and fum of the whole firft Ta-
ble.But if it be lawfull to put outany particularCom-
mandement, and to place this infte1d thereof,why in
pke maner doethey not inthe Spanife Catechi/me blot
out
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out fomeone of the Commandements inthe fecond
Table, and put, in ftead of it, Thow /halt Lowe thy neigh-
bour as thy [elfe ; which is the fumme of the fecond
Tabl. ¢ Thefe are, without queftion they are, two ge-
nerall precepts, which in no wife exclude any of the
ten particular Commandements. And verily no man
can louc God aboucall,and his neighbor as himfelfe,
vnleffe he moft exactly keepe all chofeten Comman-
demients. Tee are my friends if ye doe whatfoener I com-
mand you, (aith our Saviour, £0b.15.14.
Butas forthe fecond Commandement, fo ratified
by our grcatand dreadfull God , partly by promifes,
and partly by threats , ftyling himfcife a sealous God,
and thercin forbidding the worfhipping, feruing , or
falling downe to graven thapes,, or likeneffes of an
thing in heauen,or in earth join the waters
the earth,and focondemning all Idolaery , and Jcono-
latry ghatis,Image-worfhip ;this Commandement,I
fay, isby the fon of perdition cancelled , and concea-
led,notonely from vs poore Spanyards but alfo from
the Ztalian, French,and al other Komanifing Churches.
Let him that hath beene thusbold to blot out Gods
words, take heed left his own name be blotted out of
the Booke of life,according tothe threat in the end of
Saint Zobns Revelation.
Think other menasthey pleafe,euery one according
rothe fway of his private apprehenfions: for my part,
ifthere were no other plague inthe Church of Rome ,
butthis, thatthe Pope hath prefuumed to change the
firft Commandement,& to nimmeaway the fecond ,
both ofthem beeing precepts twife written with the
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ofGod, and twife delivered to Afofes with many
tea and miracles, I fhall neuer hope well of thofe,
that makethe Pope their Idol, vnleffe they thall by
Godsgrace repent, and learne , thas is is better to obey
Gad, ther men.
Moreouer,another motiue to driue me ftom Papi-
ftry was; That, whercas our Lord and Sauiour fayd
concerning the Chalice of the Eucharift, Drinke ye all
of this, the Pope(with no leffe facriledge then the for-
mer)faith, Ye thall not all drinke of it;but, you Kings
and Pricfts,drinke ye onely of it :_ As forall the reft,
they mutt be content to take the Communion in one
kinde onely. 1am often decply touched with admira-
tion, and adore with reuerence & humility the i.:finit
patience,& incomprehenfible long fuffering of God ;
who, ina fort ouercomming himfelfe, can with-hold
his reuenging hand, from fending down fire ftom hea
uen, or making the earth to open, forthe punithing
fuch abhominable & Luciferian pride of the Romane
Ansticbrift: Whenas he hath of old ftricken King“s-
ab with odaine death, for only daring with his hand
totouch and {ct vpright the Arke of the Coucnanr,
when it tottered by reafon of the varuly motion of
the Oxenthat bareit: which Arke wasa figure of this
holy Sacrament.
Laftly, Icannot but acknowledge, that I was wont
to be inflamed with no finall indignation, as often as I
thought vpon this Ring- leader of Hypocrites, who
filing himfclfe The feruant of the fermants of God, doth
notwithftanding bel-eue, and teach, That the power
and authority of Kings ouer their Subicts, isonly of
‘humane
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humane and pofitiue right: but,as for him felfeh vp-
onthe words of our Sauiour, Allpewer teheanan and
incarth is ginen tome, (as if this had beene- fpoken of
the Bithop of Reme)challengeth by diuine right,4 po-
wer of depofing Kings excommunicated b' him, of
difpenfing with their Subieéts in their Oath of Alte-
geance ; of appointing thofe Kings tobee flaine.
whom he fhall thinke ood: fo chat all this inbleske
Deftreyer will haue neither himfelfe, nor any other,
thatcommic fuch horrible and difmall Parricides, to
be accounted murtherers; but rather iudgeth,that the
mafficring of all the Kings of the earth isnot {0
amifchiefe, as that for che preuenting thereof, there
fhould be fuffred a difclofure of any onething related
in auricular confeflion ; which fo rigorous inftitution
of Confeffion, is an inuention of his owne, Verily of-
ten mufing of thefe things,
Amaz:d I ftood, my hayre ded tart upright : Virgil,
My voyce durft mot come forth for deepe aff rights
Vponthefe and other like motiues, I decreed & re-
folucd to depart out of Babylon,as foon aseuer I could
gctany cleanly opportunity. Yet was there remaining
One euill fpirit vnconquered by me, which bareave-
ry aa ier ouer me ; and that was doating adora-
tion of the Virgin A4ary,a difeafe which had long bin
my bofome.darling , and being bredde in my bones,
would very hardly come out of my fleth. Sodecpe a
deweto of our Lady was I,{0 duly and daily did I pray
vato her., fo reverently was I woonttoadoreand a
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dorne her Images(whereof I had no leffe then fixe or
feuento furnifh my Chamber, ) offeri ig vito them
fometime Flowers, otherwhilethe choifett fruites I
could get ; andwithall, very frequently ving thofe
words inthe Romane Breiary , fraught with blafphe-
mies : Haile Quéene,the Mother of mercy, All haileour
fe, our iey,owrbope. And, O thou our Aduscate, surne
untovs thofe thine eyes full of pitty. And thole,Free-us
Srom all danger thou bleffed euer-virgin, thou happy gate
of heauen, thou Queene of beanen , show Mupreffe of the
whole world, :
I wasfo deeply dyed heerewith,that 1 had much a-
doe to quit my felfe of this habite, which I had gotten
by fo many and fo feruent aétions ofthis kinde : ney-
ther fhould I euer haue fhaken it offvnleffel had with
many teares & prayers,tor long time craued affiftance
at Gods hands: who being thus called vpon, did in his
mercy heare me,and fet me free ftom this fpirit of er-
ror, inthismanner. The ouer-fight and care of the
Library of our Alonaftery , beeing committed to my
charge, fothatno man could, butby my Icaue,bor-
row, or carry any booke out of the Librarie into his
Camber. I was wont euery Saterday,to view oucr all
the books,& to fet euery of them in his order. Which
when I did according to my cuftome , I found onc
time vnder a deske, among{t fome caft bookes, a cer
taine Spanith booke bearing this Title.
: Two Treaties. i
The fir st, concerning the Pope and bis Authority.
Thefecond,concerning the Maffe, and the bolines. art
t
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Arche firft fight, thought this book to haue beene
made by a Papift, butaffooneas I had read ouer the
Epiftleto the Reader,I was taken with more ioy then
T wasableto expreffe. Tiudged that I had found no
finalltreafure, Ukeptit asa moft precious pearle, I
fhewed itto no man,[ read it all ouer, Among other
things,I found therea certain hiftory taken out of Tri-
themius,in manner following.
In the cere of our Lord, 1470. one Alen of the
Frockea Dominicall Friar, deuiled and compofed the
Rofary of our Lady,which,negledtingthe Golpe| ofour
Lord and Sauiour,hee preached abroad 3.and fothis
Booke was publithed, wherein are rclated many my-
racles of the Virgin Afary, wrought by vertue of this
Rofary. A little aftcr the beginning, the Authourtel-
leth a Tale, that, Once vpow a time, the blefed Virgin
Mary came mito the Chamber or cellof shis Friar Allen 3
and baning made aring of a locke of ber owne baire, foe,
by delinery of it , betroathed her felfe unto him, kiffed
bins, and offered to hinsher papstobe bandled,and ifuck-
ed by him, and finally cone fed with this frvecte Fryar
Allen 4s familiarly as the {poufe is wont to doe with ber
mate,
‘Who hath the patience to read,or heare thise Out
vpon fuch ribald bl:.fphemics,and blafphemous ribal-
dries! Verily I bluth for hame,whilt I write out thefe
things. But I yeelde from my heart allpraife to Al-
mighty GO D, forthat prefently vpon reading this
» homely Tale,the former deuotion which I baretothe
Virgin Mary grew key-cold. The truth is,I prefently
beheld a certaine new light fhining ont ofthe Gofpel
of1th. ate
Labipdze
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of our Sauiour, whence I was fully inftructed,that we
hane onelyone adaocate with God she Father,namely,
Jefis Chrift : butas for an Aduocatreffe,we finde there
no newesof any fuch.Euer fince this,my life feemed
irkefomevnto me,becaufe I had no fit opportunity to
makean efcape, and to re paire to fome place,where I
might freely publifh that Religion, which I had enter-
tained into my heart. I was then furprized witha vio-
lent difeafe of that fort which we Phyfitians,call acute
per decidentiam Inthe height,& confiftence of which
fickneffe,I vowed vnto God, that (if I recouered) I
would forthwith adioyne my felfe vnto the trueChri-
ftiansprhich wor/bip God in [pirit and truth. As foone as
Imade this vow, I began to recouer,’ and forthe foo-
ner regaining of my health, I did get leaue to goe to
the place where 1 was borne, and to remaine there for
two months. Thither I went,theic I remained, and re-
couered my perfeét health. This my appointed time
being expired,my Father,brethren,and kinsfolk thin-
king that [ had returned to ourMonattery I conueicd
my felfetoa Port in the Mediterranean Sca, called
Canlibre : there I tooke fhip,& thence went too Rome,
withintent to fee whither Chriftian Rcligien do flou-
rith more inthatCity,which iscalled the Head of the
world,then in Spaine,as alfo that I might beholde the
worlds wonders, which areat Rome,which if I had not
feene,verily I fhold have euerlongedto beholdthem.
‘Whiz thall fay ¢ Scarfe found I in Romeany thing,
that did not giue me offence and {candall. What is,
thereat Rome, that filleth all mens eyes and eares, but
the Popes divine power, the Popes Holineffe,the Popes
Indulgency,
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Indulgency, Pardons and Iubilees ? Nothing: at
Romeis trumpeted ont with more ful mooth,then
the moft Holy Father, the Head of the Church, Ged
upon carth, Butasfor the feaues headed Beaft, that
is, (by the Angels interpretation) fesew-hiled Cisy,
and as for that Woman, with whom the Kings of the revel.sy.y.
carth haue commmutted fornication thatis( by the fame
interpretation) that great City, which hath dgwsinion nevd.s7, st.
oner theKings of the earth,of thefeand {uch -
phefics, bene dire@ly cnough againft the saad.
children of Remalus, there is no newesnow to be
heard among the Romanes,
Walking there, & viewing the Churches,Lord,
what ougly fuperftition doe I behold? As one
waue crowdeth another, fodoe their new Seiats
fhoulder out theolde. A freth yefterdaies seine
there is, that hath already gortenthree new Chur-
ches ar Rome,new built ae founded vato him,and
theirwalsfromtop tothe floare garni(hed wich pi-
ures andtablets, dedicated to him.Ofthis vpftart
I would not fpeake, ifthe Romanes would at any
time leaue {peaking of him,and ceafe with fo lowd
throatsto call vpon him,ifall places did not ring 2
ine with his name : nay.it this Sasmeling did not
and banifh out oftheChurchesnot onclyGed
and Chréft(which perhaps fecmeth a fmall matter
tothe Romanifts) but alfo the Virgie Adery ber
felfe. Francis and Anthony, and all the reftof the
Saints of the higher forme. Cherles the Emperor,
who of old wascalled Charles thaGerae becaute he
c vant.The Reformed Spaniard.
vanquithed the Saraces, mut now come downe,
and be called Charlesthe little,in comparifon of this
newC harles Borrbomens who thus triumpheth ha-
suing putto flight, not his enemies, but his friends
and fellow-Saints. And.why may not we thus by
way ofreprchenfion mocke atthecommon moc-
kery ofthe world? but now it istime for mctoa-
waken out ofthis extafie.
I remained in Rome about a Month, all which
while ftill methought I heardthe voyce of Chrift
fayin vito me, Come forth, come forth out of Baby-
bon. r come out on Godsname, and paffe ouer to
Mompelier where God fhewed me bis aboundant mer-
sie in the middeft of bis Church, and ftrengthened my
heart with the grace of his holy pirst : So that cight
yeares fithence I there put off my Monkith cowle,
and abiuring the grofle errors of the Romith
Church, I cid publikly embrace the vndefiled faith
of thetrueand Reformed Religion, not without
the expreffeioy of (ina manner)all that City.And
becaufé Icould not thenfpeake the French tongue,
Idid by the aduice of all the Paftors there ap-
ly my felfe nottothe holy miniftery (which my
foffe T yee with many fighcs deplore) but vnto my
olde intermited .ftudy of Piyficke. But behold,
while I was thus fayling in the depzhs of Hyppocra-
tesand Galen, a violent tempelt ouertaketh me,and-
that was this.
My Father,a man fpent withage,(being foure-
fore yeeres olde) and taking it very heauily ie
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had fled to the enemies of faith, and heretiques({o
they dreamingly deeme of vs) fent to Monpeler
onc ofmy elder Brethren, together witha Cofen
Germane of mine, Prieft;both who forthe {paceof
cight daies did beleager mee, firft with faire inerea-
ties, and plentiful teares, chen with Arguments
drawne fron Diuinity and Philofophy; thirdly by
rewards and offers of worldly goods 5 laftly, by
threats and terrible obiurgations, to beate mee off
ftom my found intent,and holy refolution.I think
itnotamiffe heere to relate their language.
Thou haft(faid they)twelue Neeces now marie
ageable, which will neuer get husbands {0 long as.
thou rcmaineft an hereticke ; forthofe,who before
were willing to marry them, now ftart backe, fay-
ing ; God forbid that we fhould take to wifethofe
thatarea-kintoan Hereticke : Returne, returne
to ourreligion, ifnot for confcience, (for we know
that you are alemed man,and haue not rathly;nor
without thew of reafon left vs,) yet forthe honor
of our ftocke and blood, which thou haft branded
with the foule {pot of infamy, by forfaking the Re.
mane Church, & embracing anew religion, which
with allthe Profeffors thereof, (for they are but a
few in number) the King of Spaine is refolued to a-
bolifh and ruinate. Returne therefore to the holy
Mother Church, at leaft for the loue and reuerence
you owe to ouraged Father : who, euer fithence
thetime hee heard that you were becomean here-
ticke,lieth ficke and bed-ridde, pining away with
Siefe and forrow.
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‘Heereto I anfwered as became a Chriftian. But
becaufe they would gine mee no patient audience,
nor affoord themfelues any time to weigh my an-
fer, I vfeda very honeft flight to bring my bro-
ther to the houfe of Falcarius avery worthy Mini-
fter of Gods Word, who for the {pace of an whole
houre did make a cleere demonftrztion of the falfe-
hood of the Romifh religion, and truth of the Re-
formed, out of the Tenets ofthem both.
My brother making obicction ofnouelty againft
the Reformed religion,and want of Calling and of
Antiquity in Calusa and Beza, and other {uch like
Paftors; M. Falcarine according to his admirable
faculty, madeanfwere : Sir, What Religion call
ou new? ours? youare farre wide. Our Religion
as the moft ancients if the Gofpell of our Sauiour,if
the Epiftles of Paal,and of other the Apoftles (ina
word) ifthe new Teftament, if che Prophets , and
the whole old Teftament do teach the true religid,
needs muft youconfefs that our religion is moft an
cient ; for we beleeue nothing,but that which wee
readein the old and new Teftament, & that which
is drawen thence by neceflany confequence. Call
your Religion,I pray you, callitnew. Foralmoft
euery Pope, when hee commeth new into the
Cbaire, doth impofe vpon you new precepts, and
traditions, taken out of his vawritten word , to bee
beleeued and awefully obferued by you, vader
ine of mortall finne: and what lawes one Pope
Fyetivponyouabe key oor asheigine
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hisway by difeale , or by poyfon, anothePdath
cancel. Is not the Communion vader both kinds “«t.26.
very ancient; being inftituted by our Sauiour him=?“"44C-##e
felfe?, Wewith the primitive Church, and with
the moft ancient Fathers,doe retaine the fame,and
acknowledge both kindes to be neceflaty to the
cflence of thisSacrament. Is not the worthip of
idols, and images a new thing? and forbidden yes
z inftanrly inthe fecond Commandement of the
lecalogue? We obey thisdiuine prohibition, but
ycobey the Pope, nae ae of fk
mages againft the expreffe Word of God. Isnot
thedogtrine of Tran/wbitantiation, a houélty crept
into the Remane Church,not aboue foure hundred
yeetes agoe? This we conttantly teiedt, becaufe
itis rcpugnant to Gods word, implieth a thoufand
contradictions, and maketh thofeto be Idolaters,
thatare at Maffe. Thofe words in the Scripture,
This is my body, are to be vnderftood inthe fame
fenfe and manner with thofe, That Rocke was
Chrift, 1 Cor.10.4.that isto fay, a Sacramentall
pledge, whereby Chrift was reprefemed, and ex-
hibiedtothem. Oras thofe words of the Patri-
arch Je/eph ~xpounding Pharaohs dreame,Gen.g1,
v.26. Thofe feanem faire kine, are feawen yeeres :
Where the word re, isby the confent uf all the
Doéors taken tor fignifie. The fame Patriarch ex.
pounding the dreame of Pharashs Butler, Thofe cemga.s,
shree branches, arethree dayess that is, doe fignifie
shem , whenasthe Scripeure faith, ve are the body of
C3 Chrift,The Reformed Spaniard.
Chrift,and members in particular , arc we therefore
tranfubftantiated into the very body of Chriftzare
not thele {peeches fpiricually to bee vnderftoodes
hereto may be added, that the Hebrew tongue hath
a0 verbe which fignificth to fignifie, and thercfore
infkead thereof, vieth che verbefubftantiuc, Sum.
‘Therefore our Sauiour {peaking vulgarly, could
not fay, this fignifieth my body, but inftcad there-
Of faid, This is my body. Which of the Fathers that
florifhed the firlt fiue hundred yeeresafter Chrift,
did euer beleeue that we are iuftified by the works
of the Law, and not by Faith, as the holie Ghoft
fpeaketh by the mouth of Saint Paul, Therefore be-
ing iuffified by faith, we hane peace wish Gode Which
oftheancient Fathers haue conftantly maintained
any other Purgatorie, whereby our foules fhould
be purged before they enter into Heauen, but the
blood of our Lord and Sauiour,who.as Saint Pauf
fpeaketh, By bim/elfe purged our finnes? Who, as
Saint Jobe {pcaketh, Lened vs, and wafhed us from
our finnes by his owne blood 5 And Paul. againe, if
she bload of Bukes and Goates, and the ales of an Het
Ser, fprinkling the uncleane, fantlifieth to she purify
ing of che flee ; how much more fhall the blonde of
Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit, offered hime
Sefewithout fpot to Ged, purge your confcience efrom
dead workestoferue she iuing God ? Who cuer of
the Ancients, for the firft fi ue hundred, nay fixe
hundred yeares did beleeue, or teach, that the Bi-
thop of Rome is the head of the vniuerfall Church,
ha-
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hauing power to depriue Kings of their King.
dom y a rom, Papitts(whofe company iswont
aapsiate n) fome-where within his Maie-
—o unions,cither to exercife my fun@ion of
both re ck andy ono
sine myer sine my felfein diet & cloa-
t Ificto come hithe:
a vies brought I with me thisbuckon whe
Pirie yy preféted tothat moft noble Prince
ee Gace ing Morning-Starre of Great. Brie.
- on ty fmalll prefent, his Highnefle, ac-
pated is Wonted gcatleneffe, did mort faci
=. ‘cept. And now haue I learned by e: c eI a
one as — al the world witneffeth,
uence can expreffe ictie
towards God,and zeale for Gods ea
found
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found in the moft mighty Keng of great. Brittain,and
the moft excellent Prince, the liuely Image of his
renowned Father, vponboth whom, Nature fee-
meth to haue powred out all het endowmentsand
ornaments culled out from all others.
Butnow I betake my filfe to you, Fathers of
this Church, moft Reuerend Archbifbeps ; Re-
uercnd Biops, WVorthipfull, and well-defer-
uing DeéForsand Paitors,to you I addrcffe my felfe,
who arethe fale of the earth, the light of the world, 4 ¥4t-s-
City fet vpon an bill: to this Synode I flye, as to a
City of refuge; notasa Man-flayer, but contrati-
wife, my (clfe having of late very hardly efcaped
flaughter.
Namely inthe moneth of Febreary lately paft,
being in London,and walking in Paw/s, there mee-
tethme, asbychance, one vnknownetome, but
certainely a flicknaue; who entering into confe-
rence with meabout mattc-of Phyficke,intreateth
mee that I would take the painesto vifit a certaine
woman which lay ficke ot a fore difeafe, and forfa-
ken of other Phyfitians, as vncureable. This hee
dinerstimes vrged, foliciting me fouredayes eS
ther, and promifing me alarge reward. Poore Lia
my fimple credulity yeelded thereto, he leades me
along the {treetes for the {pace of ‘an howre andan
halfe: thenat length we finde the houfe,and there
inthe fick woman ; where,after much t pimonei
& conferring about her difeafe,] tarried {upper vp-
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onthe intreaty of him that brought mee thither ;
who at Supper faidGrace in Latine.Prefently after
eight of theclockeat night we departthence. Then
he,making as though he would (as heeshhad promi-
fed) guide me backe tomy chamber, leadeth mee
cleane another way beyond the Citie wals, out of
the broad ftreets, through by-lanes and narrow al-
lies, into defert places, and into the fields. Some-
time he ftops his pace and ftandeth till ,fometimes
he liftneth carefully and when Laske him the caufe
thercof1liften, faith he, to heare ifany mancome
by, of whom I may aske the way to London, which
verily I haue loft, and know not where I am. But
verily he lyed; for his liftning was for nothing elfe,
but that he might haue me fure,to fet vpon mee far
enough fromany to helpe me. I call Godto wit.
neff, that, when I thus wandred with him inthe
darke, my mind did fore-boad fome mifchancevn-
to me;whereupon I lifted mine cyes to heauen,and
armed my felfeas wellasI could, with repentance
towards God,and faith in owr Lord Iefus Chrif?.Now
then about ten of the clocke in the night, hauing
otten me into fucha place as he defired,namely in
the great fields called S.damefes,he ona fudden flies
vponme withhis naked dagger, and grieuoufly
wounded me neere the left ventricle of the heart ;
from whence come thofe two principall veffels of
life, theone called the veiny Artery, and the other
Aorta: and prefently running away, left nethere
halfe
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halfe dead. ‘This wound being giuen me in an ex-
treame cold night, andbeing in depth as much as
cight fingers breadth,yet not direétly,but oblique.
ly pearcing , was dangerous enough, cfpecially
when as I knew not where 1 was,nor whom to:
on for helps,being vttcrly ignorant of the Englifh
tongue: and furely Ihad neuer feene the mor-
ningslight,had not a certaine goodSamaritane that
very night powred wine and oyle into my wound:
that is,vnlcffethe renowned Docfor Mayers hisMa-
icftics moft worthy principall Phyfition, being as
muchreplenifhed with mercy and charity, as with
!.aowledge and experience, had reached forthvn-
tomchis helping hand,and forthree weekes ff
entertained mein his houfe, had fpeciall care of
my recouery.
‘Fhough this wound be healed, yet the {carre
thereof remaincth, and cuer will fo Jong as I lives
whereof Iam fo farre from being afhamed (it ha-
uing been inflicted vpon me in hatred of the refor-
med Religion)that I rather reioyce in it,& fay with
Saint Paul, 1 beare in my body the markes of the Lord Gal.6.¥.17.
Je{us. Paphoutius,who was prefent at the Councell
of Nice, hauing one of his cyesboared out,and his
ham-ftrings cut, for his c6{tant profeffion of Chi»
{tianity, was notthought to be deformed, butras
thermore beautified by thefe markes: Afford vn-
tome, I pray you reuerend Fathers, vato me. the
meaneft and bafeft eet yea and Gaur
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of the Chriftian reformed Religion, a place in this
yout Synod, not by way oflocall prefence, but by
amiffon into your good opinion, and fatherly
Toue.
Papbnutins after he had receiucd thofe prints and
feales of Chriftianconftancy, ceafed not to pro-
feffe, and confeffe Chrift the more feruently :
verily Iam 0 farre from being difcouraged by this
dangerous confié from walking fill in that path
of pure Religion, which] haue fet into, that this
fame Dagger isbecomea goad or [pute vntome,
whereby Iam pricked on to runne more coura i-
oufly, and fwittly inthe reft of thatrace, which I
haue vndertaken. Now therefore, God thus put-
ting me forward, it the more behooueth mee to
whet my pen againtt theerrors of papiltry, andto
doe my beft for maintaining the honour of all re-
formed Churchesagaintt che calumniations of the
Spaniards, who are zealous, but not according to
knowledge,and father vpon vsanother manner of
Conféffion of faith, cleane contrary to that which
we profeffe,
Wherefore] intreate all you Paftors and Bo-
tors of the reformed Churches, bythe bowels of
Godsmercies,to take efpeciall care and order, that
the true Confeffion of your fincere Faith may be
made knowneto foraigne people, whoare mifera-
bly deceiued in thisbehalfe ; namely, to that end
there may be publifhed fome finall Treatifes a
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lated, of written in the vulgar languages of. the
people of Spaine, Italie, France,and other Nations.
for my, part,and poore faculty,am ready and wil-
ling to itttplay herein my paines by day and night,
euzntorbylaftealpe. This, this enterprife, Tfay,
doth neettly concerne the glory of God,the fauing
of fowles, the maintaining of the honour of the
moft gracious King of great Brittaine, defender of
the Faith, as alfo the fhielding of your own reputa-
tions from the flanders of the Papifts. Whofe reui-
Jingsand forged calumniations againft you, by no
other meanes can be refuted, then by that courfe,
which here is wifhed, and offered by
Him, that againe recommends
himfclfeto your charitable
and fatherly embraces,
John de Nicholas dy Sim
charles, Dott or in Phyficke.
FINIS..