A47607:1387
Zion in distressSion in distress
Zion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Church [sic]Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic]
London: printed by George Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681
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(a) Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all Power, and Signs, and lying Wonders, 2 Thes. 2. 9. Bellarmin (de not▪ Eccl. l. 4. cap. 14.) maketh Miracles one infallible Sign of the True Church; md certain I am, the false and lying Wonders of the Roman Church, clearly showeth the Pope to be the Antichrist, or Son of Perdition. I have not room here to enumer ate many of them, only take one or two, by which you may judge of the rest. One Becanus's Head being off, St. Itas Prayers made it come posting through the Air, stand by the Body, and she joined them fast again, so that in one Hours space the Man became as lively as ever be had been in all his life.
(a) Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all Power, and Signs, and lying Wonders, 2 Thes. 2. 9. Bellarmin (de not▪ Eccl. l. 4. cap. 14.) maketh Miracles one infallible Sign of the True Church; md certain I am, the false and lying Wonders of the Roman Church, clearly sheweth the Pope to be the Antichrist, or Son of Perdition. I have not room here to enumer ate many of them, only take one or two, by which you may judge of the rest. One Becanus's Head being off, St. Itas Prayers made it come posting through the Air, stand by the Body, and she joyned them fast again, so that in one Hours space the Man became as lively as ever be had been in all his life.
St. Anthony's Arm, that precious Relic at Geneva, was kissed and worshipped with great Devotion, whilst Popery kept its ground; but when the Gospel came, and the Relic was produced, 'twas found the Pisle of a Stag, Calv. de reliq. propinitium. Possibly you may have heard of the Wonders that Relic had done; and of St. Decumanus, who carried his own Head after it was cut off, to a Spring, and there washed off the Blood from it. A Country Curate, saith Erasmus, getting Crabs, and fastening Candles to their backs, set them a crawling up and down the Church-Yard at Night, and in the Morning, after he had taken them in again, persuaded the People that they were poor distressed Souls in Purgatory, you must think such that wanted Masses and Alms saith my Author; ye know the Proverb, No Penny, No Pater Noster: a fit Miracle to pick the Peoples Pockets. Lib. 22. Jo. Epist. p. 1529. in Epist. Edit. Basil. A Maid coming into a Garden, and taa Lettuce to eat it, crushed the Devil between her Teeth in the Lettuce; and this poor Devil, saith Du Moulin, whom she belike swallowed down together with the Lettuce, being commanded to go out, and checked by Equitius, excuseth himself, saying, Alas! what hurt did I? I was sitting quietly upon the Lettuce, and she came and bit me, the fault was in her for not making the Sign of the Cross when she gathered the Lettuce. Moreover, these ridiculous Impostors affirm, that when the Body of Pope Formosus was carried into St. Peters Church, all the Images of the Saints that stood there, did him Obeisance; but above all, the Miracle of the ass that left his Provender to worship the Hoest, seems most ridiculous to King James: see his Apology, &c. Many of their pretended Miracles were wrought, as Writers intimate, about the 4 and 5 Century, and were contrived to confirm the Popes Headship and Universal Supremacy, together with their idle stories of Purgatory, Images, Praying for the Dead, &c. Those that would see more, let them read Du Moulin, also a late Book Entitled, the Man of Sin.