A10345:1787
The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head…The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head…
The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundry points, of the sufficiency and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministry of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the mass, with other controversies of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-government ... Penned by John Rainoldes, according to the notes set down in writing by them both: perused by John Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithful report of that which past in conference between them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise entitled, Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and the Church, written by John Rainoldes. With a defence of such things as Thomas Stapleton and Gregory Martin have carped at therein.The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundrie points, of the sufficiencie and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministerie of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the masse, with other controuerises of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-gouernment ... Penned by Iohn Rainoldes, according to the notes set downe in writing by them both: perused by Iohn Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithfull report of that which past in conference betwene them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise intitled, Six conclusions touching the Holie Scripture and the Church, writen by Iohn Rainoldes. With a defence of such thinges as Thomas Stapleton and Gregorie Martin haue carped at therein.
Londini: printed by John Wolfe, 1584Londini: printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1584
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Rainoldes. Nay, I confess not that. For your Massing-priest doth trick i• as a fsorcerer, all in mathematical or rather magical numbers: gby crossing thrice the bread, and wine, both together, and thrice again both; then once each in several, and once again each: and again thri•e, & once; and again once, and thrice, with a cross on him self betwixt: hitherto with his hand: after with the host he crosseth thrice the chalice; and twice (to make up five) between his breast and the chalice▪ next with the pa•en he ••osseth once himself, and the chalice thri•e with a piece of the host, and once himself again with the host over the paten, and lastly once him self again with the chalice; all these in the Canon and Communion of the Mass, besid• ha number more before he cometh to the Canon. But the ancient Fathers and namely S. Austin were far from such mystical toyi•ges with the sacrament. Pope Hildebrand's magic, that so many cros•es, though yet not so many as you are grown to now, but ithe tradition of Pope Hildebrand that crossings must come in by one, or three, or five, 1still in an odd number, after 6the rule of kold sorcerers, was a profounder rite of mystical blessings, then either S. Austin, or other ancient Fathers used.