The happiness of the church, or, A description of those spiritual prerogatives wherewith Christ…The happines of the church, or, A description of those spirituall prerogatiues vvherewith Christ…

1. Papists; and they have so much recourse ad transmarina Judicia; to beyond-sea Judgements; that they dare not come into Gods house, because of the Popes interdiction. And the Popes have so wrought and brought it about now, that they will not only in abstracto be had in reverence; but in concreto be feared with observation. Though at first thirty Bishops there successively yielded their heads to the block for Christ: yet afterwards, by change of Bishops in that See, and of humours in those Bishops, such alteration hath followed; that Rome is no liker to what Rome was, then ^mMichals Image on a pillow of goats hair, was like David. The cause therefore of their not communicating with us, is awe of the Popes Supremacy. For some of their greatest Writers have justified our Communion book, to contain all doctrine necessary to salvation. The not suffering them to come to Gods house, is then rather a point of Popish policy and state, then of Christian devotion. But indeed they are the Satanical Jesuits that set them afoot. The common people, like the Mare mortuum, a dead Sea, would be quiet enough, if these blustering winds did not put them into tumult. And so long as those dogs can bark against Gods house, the poor affrighted people dare not come there. So that England may have their bodies, but Rome hath their hearts; and the danger is fearful, lest Satan also come in for his share, and take possession of their souls.

1. Papists; and they haue so much recourse ad transmarina Iudicia; to beyond-sea Iudgements; that they dare not come into Gods house, because of the Popes interdiction. And the Popes haue so wrought and brought it about now, that they will not onely in abstracto be had in reuerence; but in concreto be feared with obseruation. Though at first thirty Bishops there successiuely yeelded their heads to the blocke for Christ: yet afterwards, by change of Bishops in that See, and of humors in those Bishops, such alteration hath followed; that Rome is no liker to what Rome was, then ^mMichals Image on a pillow of goates haire, was like Dauid. The cause therefore of their not communicating with vs, is awe of the Popes Supremacie. For some of their greatest Writers haue iustified our Communion booke, to containe all doctrine necessary to saluation. The not suffering them to come to Gods house, is then rather a point of Popish policie and state, then of Christian deuotion. But indeed they are the Satanicall Iesuites that set them afoote. The common people, like the Mare mortuum, a dead Sea, would be quiet enough, if these blustring windes did not put them into tumult. And so long as those dogges can barke against Gods house, the poore affrighted people dare not come there. So that England may haue their bodies, but Rome hath their hearts; and the danger is fearefull, lest Satan also come in for his share, and take possession of their soules.