Wherefore to convince us of the truth of what he had delivered concerning Protestants reviling and blaspheming the blessed Virgin, he tells us, that it is no wonder, seeing some of them in foreign parts, have uttered words against the very honour of Jesus Christ himself. To make this good, Calvin is placed in the Van, who is said, to taunt at His ignorance, and passion, and too much haste for his breakfast, when he curst the figtree, who if, as is pretended, he had studied Catholic Divines, they would have taught him a more modest ⟨p. 309⟩and pious interpretation. It is quite beside my purpose and nature of the present discourse, to recite the words of private men, and to contend about their sense and meaning. I shall therefore only desire the Reader, that thinks himself concerned in this report, to consult the place in Calvin pointed unto; and if he finds any such taunts, as our Author mentions, or any thing delivered concerning our Lord Christ, but what may be confirmed by the Judgement of all the ancient Fathers, and many learned Romanists; I will be content to lose my reputation with him, for any skill in judging at the meaning of an Author. But what thoughts he will think meet to retain for this informer, I leave to himself. What Catholic Divines Calvin studied, I know not; but, I am sure, if some of those whom his adviser accounts so, had not studied him, they had never stole so much out of his Comments on the Scripture, as they have done The next primitive Protestants, that are brought in, to make good this charge, are Servetus, Gibraldus, Lasmaninus, and some other Anti-trinitarian Heretics; in opposition to whose errors, ⟨p. 310⟩both in their first rise, and after-progress, under the management of Faustus Socinus, and his followers, Protestants all Europe over, have laboured far more abundantly, and with far greater success, then all his Roman-Catholics. It seems they must now all pass for primitive Protestants, because the interest of the Catholic-cause requires it should be so. This is a communicable branch of Papal Omnipotency, to make things and persons to be, what they never were. From them, a return is made again, to Luther, Brentius, Calvin, Swinglius, who are said to nibble at Arianism, and shoot secrets darts at the Trinity;
Wherefore to convince us of the truth of what he had delivered concerning Protestants reviling and blaspheming the blessed Virgin, he tels us, that it is no wonder, seeing some of them in forrain parts, have uttered words against the very honour of Jesus Christ himself. To make this good, Calvin is placed in the Van, who is said, to taunt at His ignorance, and passion, and too much haste for his breakfast, when he curst the figtree, who if, as is pretended, he had studyed Catholick Divines, they would have taught him a more modest ⟨p. 309⟩and pious interpretation. It is quite beside my purpose and nature of the present discourse, to recite the words of private men, and to contend about their sense and meaning. I shall therefore only desire the Reader, that thinks himself concerned in this report, to consult the place in Calvin pointed unto; and if he finds any such taunts, as our Author mentions, or any thing delivered concerning our Lord Christ, but what may be confirmed by the Judgement of all the antient Fathers, and many learned Romanists; I will be content to lose my reputation with him, for any skill in judging at the meaning of an Author. But what thoughts he will think meet to retain for this informer, I leave to himself. What Catholick Divines Calvin studyed, I know not; but, I am sure, if some of those whom his adviser accounts so, had not studyed him, they had never stole so much out of his Comments on the Scripture, as they have done The next primitive Protestants, that are brought in, to make good this charge, are Servetus, Gibraldus, Lasmaninus, and some other Anti-trinitarian Hereticks; in opposition to whose errors, ⟨p. 310⟩both in their first rise, and after-progress, under the management of Faustus Socinus, and his followers, Protestants all Europe over, have laboured far more abundantly, and with far greater success, then all his Roman-Catholicks. It seems they must now all pass for primitive Protestants, because the interest of the Catholick-cause requires it should be so. This is a communicable branch of Papal Omnipotency, to make things and persons to be, what they never were. From them, a return is made again, to Luther, Brentius, Calvin, Swinglius, who are said to nibble at Arianism, and shoot secrets darts at the Trinity;
