A09453:472
A Reformed Catholic
A reformed Catholic: or, A declaration showing how near we may come to the present Church of Rome in sundry points of religion: and wherein we must for ever depart from them with an advertisement to all favourers of the Roman religion, showing that the said religion is against the Catholic principles and grounds of the catechism.A reformed Catholike: or, A declaration shewing how neere we may come to the present Church of Rome in sundrie points of religion: and vvherein we must for euer depart from them with an advertisment to all fauourers of the Romane religion, shewing that the said religion is against the Catholike principles and grounds of the catechisme.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1598Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1598
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Here Anne and Nicholas are brother and sister, and Anne is distant from James six degrees, he being her niece a far of•: and the marriage between them is allowed by the church of Rome, they not being within the compass of four degrees: which nevertheless is against the law of nature. For Anne being the sister of Nicholas, is in stead of a mother to all that are begotten of Nicholas, even to James and James posterity. Yet thus much I grant, that the daughter of Anne may lawfully marry James or Anthony, the case being altered: because they are not one to an other as parents and children.
Here Anne and Nicholas are brother and sister, and Anne is distant frō Iames sixe degrees, he beeing her neece a farre of•: and the mariage between them is allowed by the church of Rome, they not beeing within the compasse of foure degrees: which neuerthelesse is against the law of nature. For Anne beeing the sister of Nicholas, is in stead of a mother to all that are begotten of Nicholas, euen to Iames and Iames posteritie. Yet thus much I graunt, that the daughter of Anne may lawfully marie Iames or Anthonie, the case beeing altered: because they are not one to an other as parents and children.
The fourth sin is Magic, sorcery, or witchcraft, in the consecration of the host in which they make their Breaden-god: in exorcisms over holy bread, holy water & salt; in the casting out or driving away of devils,1 by the sign of the cross, by solemn conjurations, by holy water, by the ringing of bells, ⟨p. 346⟩by lighting tapers, by relics, and such like. For these things have not their supposed force, either by creation, or by any institution of God in his holy word: and therefore if any thing be done by them, it is from the secret operation of the devil himself.
The fourth sinne is Magicke, sorcerie, or witchcraft, in the consecration of the host in which they make their Breaden-god: in exorcismes ouer holy bread, holy water & salt; in the casting out or driuing away of deuils,