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Romes cruelty & apostasyRomes cruelty & apostacie
Romes cruelty & apostasy: declared in a sermon preached on the fifth of November, 1644. Before the Honourable House of Commons. By Anthony Burgess, pastor of Sutton Coldfield; a Member of the Assembly.Romes cruelty & apostacie: declared in a sermon preached on the fifth of November, 1644. Before the Honourable House of Commons. By Anthony Burgess, pastour of Sutton Coldfield; a Member of the Assembly.
London: printed by George Miller for Tho. Underhill, 1645London: printed by George Miller for Tho. Vnderhill, 1645
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4. Nourishing of sin:
4. Nourishing of sinne:
This was usual with the Church of Rome, when any had been censured in the Eastern Churches for foul miscarriages, then would she encourage them to appeal to her, whereupon she would release them, by which means she exalted her self into this great dominion she hath; And then when she would inflict Ecclesiastical censures, they were in a great part pecuniary, and merely to the macerating of the body, no ways to the saving of the soul, so that though the sins of men by their penance, were like Samsons hair cut off, yet because the root was there, they did grow into their full strength again.
This was usuall with the Church of Rome, when any had been censured in the Easterne Churches for foule miscarriages, then would she incourage them to appeale to her, whereupon she would release them, by which meanes she exalted her selfe into this great dominion she hath; And then when she would inflict Ecclesiasticall censures, they were in a great part pecuniary, and meerly to the macerating of the body, no wayes to the saving of the soule, so that though the sinnes of men by their penance, were like Sampsons haire cut off, yet because the root was there, they did grow into their full strength again.
5. Neglect of Scripture: