“REFORMED SPANIARD: To allreformed Churches , embracin ey true Faith, wherefoeuer difperfed on the Face of the Earth: In fpeciall, To the moft Reuerend Arch- Bishops, Renerend Bifhops, and Worfhipfull Doétors, and Pattors, now ee inthe venerable Synode at Londen, this ycare ofour Lord,1.621. " Iobn de Nicholas e Sacharles, Deierof Plyficke, ean bealth inoue Firft publifhed by the Author in Latine,and now thence faithfully Tranflared sto Enghipy, LONDO %, Printed by for ain Burre are to be fold athis hop in Paules Church-yard, at thefigne ofthe Crane, 16 5 aly18 Ayeee Focca bipame: ke 2 te Bul Eu S| iz 2.) € THE REFORMED SPANIARD, Declareth the reafons and motines, by which he was induced to forfake the Romith Church. rs By Lthough I be by byrth a Spaniar Pas eS aaa Cages = GS OA Nurfes a ane fucked 7 the NE corruptionsof popery, my whole Infancy, ane and youth, hath bene tainted with the my education : yetnofooner was I cometo yeeres of difcretion, but] beganne tofifped the turning of bread and wine into the v fubftance ofthe Body and blood ofour Saviour, tobea meere fiGtion, much like (both in want of; ‘ound, & in wic- ked illufions) to the coyner thereof, the Antichrift of Rome. Thebeginning ofmy fufpicion was,in that our Pro- feflor,Bartholmew HernandeX,a moft learned man,in his publique Le@ures at #/erdain Catalonia, in the yeere ofour Lord,1596. did teach vs being his Audi- tors, tothe number of aboue 200. that God » by his ordinary power, cannot put one andthe famebody in diuers places at the fame inftant of time. This, uoth he, implyeth contradi@ion, asatonce firppo- ing, and not{uppofing a bodie. For by taki away. ng ppoting a by taking awayThe Reformed Spanyard. from any body the proper paffion of abody; namely the polfeffing one place, thence followeth neceflarily thedeftru@ion and abolifhment of the forme, nature and effence of the body it felf: Forafmuch as the pro- peny ofoccupying one dee > floweth of neceffitie m the very forme and nature ofa body, nor can by Gods ordinary power be feparated there-from with- out deftroying the fubieét it felfe, on which it depen- deth. And that this confining to one place,isa true property, or proper paffion ofa body, it is euident, in thacit fuiteth wich bodies vniuerfilly,only & alwaies, and isreciprocated witha body. But whether God by his abfolute and extraordinary power (whereby hee doth what he can'do,or atchiueth a work,then which he cannot performe a grcater or more perfect)can do awork~, which contradi@teth it felfe, my faid Mafter would neitherauouch,nor deny. This quoth he,isto mee abottomeleffe Sea, whereinto dare not launch with the fmal cock-boat of my poore vnderftanding. Yet withall he conftantly affirmed,that God newer v- fed this his abfolute power,but in one work only and that was the Inearnating of his Sonne. Fhen which hefaid,that God cannot produce a more excellentand more perfect exploit : whereas inthe projuction of this whol world,and of the inuifible,and vifible crea- turesin the fame, itisotherwife. For God, if it had pleafed him, could haue created much more glorious Angels, men more excellent, and brighter or betcer heanens then thefe which he hath made. Out of this Doctrine thus deliuered by our Mafter,. there arofein my minde no fmall fcruple, whencel forthwith, though then but young,teafoned withny Cy The Cebus Spanyard. felf inferring this fame Tran/ub/tamtiation,which pre firmeth to put the bodyof our Lord in many millions of places at the fame inftant of time,not to béof much leffe performable by the facrificing Priefts.Ve- tily, thong! th : neuer came from Gods ordi power, by which he doth nothing implying contra. di&ion ;no,nor from his: ls ae ‘which (as my Matter would haue it) was nenervicd butinthe worke of Chrifts Incarnation. And fo I concluded, that Tranfubstantiation is no worke of Gods making. To deliuer freely what afterward I thought, my coniectureis, that thismy Matter, intending hereto expreffe himfelfecauteloufly, did on purpofefpeake perplexedly. For fwallowing this pebble ftone of ‘Tranfubftantiation andbeing not abletoconcottit,he checked his ftomacke downeas much as he could to Keepe it from a dangerous vomit:and ina word tote hiscafe,he was faine to windevp himfelfe in the fare ofdoubefull words,that he might efcapethe {nare of the Spanifh Inquifision. The truthis,this learned man, who well enough, white from blacke, fhould boldly have affirmed, that Almighty God, neither b ordinary nor extraordinary power, can doe tho! things,thatare contradidtory to théfelues,& therefore cannot fet one and the fame body in divers places at the fameinttant. And that,not by reafon of any want of aétine power in God,who is omnipotent ; but by defe& o Lert rid in the creature (if fuch @ions may becalled creatures) which cannot fuffer their effentiall and concomitant properties be torne away from the maine ftocke, without the deftruttion =‘The Reformed Spanyard. ofthe wholenature and cffence of the fubieétwhich natheleffe is heere fuppofedto remaineentyre. For whatean be more abfurd,then if fhold fay, I prefeng ynroyou aman, from whom] will notwithftanding, takeaway the facultie of reafon? which isas muchas, behold here a man, no man:or,{peaking ofa Geome- tricall circle,I thouldinftanceina circle,whofe beams I would imagine to be vnequalled one to the other. Tam deeplytouched with forow, for chat hearing this voyce, whereby God cald me,1 norwithitanding, did notceafe to harden’ mine owne heart againtt it,for the fpace of 9.yeares after;ttil keeping my wont of faying Maffes, of hearing auricular confeflions, and continu- inga fierce maintainer of that erroneous Religion. hen] firft put on the Cowle (which I vndertooke in the order of Saint Hierewe,the moft renowned in Spaine) 1 was not full feuenteene yeares of age : in which regard I may be the more excufed, if,for wang ofripeneffein iudgement , I tooke not a fiteer courfe for my foules health. Yet at that age was I fetingood forwardneffe in the Latine and Greeke Languages, in Rhetorique, and Poetry, inLogique, andthe whole courle of Ariftotles Philofophie ,and moreoucr, [had madealfofome entrance into the ftudie of Phyficke. Beeing ferled inthe Monafterie, I diuested my felfe wholly to Diuinity andimployed mc inthe daily rea ding of che Scriptures. Which that I mightthe more diligently areend, I was fentto the famoufe and rich, Eolledge of Saint Lawrence in the Efcursall, founded by King Philip the fecand : andin prefence of King Philip thethire fang that Maffe, which was my fir(t Inor The Reformed Spaniard. Inormay,norcan conceale, thatall that long tinte, whileft I was. a Mafl-monger,I found no ioy,no comi- fort,no quiet in myminde,nor peace of conicience,by communicating in the Maffe,& by that vnbloody fa: crifice,{o called; howfocuer I had vied more then or- dinary diligence in fore.examéning my felfe, as Saint Paalexhorteth vs,1 Cor.1 1.28 and in premifing au- ricular Confeffi6,as the Pope willeth vs. When there. fore by woful experience I found daily more 8 more, that Icouldnot fay with the bleffedA pollle oar reigy- cing is this, the teftimony of our Confcience, 2Cor.1-X2. And when as I could not finde inthe holyScriprures, any mention or proofe of the Mafle,of 7 ranfubftanti- ation,of the vnbloody facrifice,or of Priefts appointed tofucha fundtion , I fer vp my reft concerning the Maffe,to Ict it paffe and meddleno more withit. The more was L encouraged to deny Tranfsbit ansi- Atien, and to give ouer the Maffing Trade, not onely by my Maftersfore-recited Doctrine, which I care- fallychewed vpon whileft Ircmained in theMonafte- ry,but alfo for that had obferued that he good man, would neuer be broughtto fayMafle himfelfe, hewerePriefted, and hadbeene by his moft word! friends thereto intreated. To whom he was wont to give this wary anfwer,that he was neuer ableto beare in minde,ortolearneby heart, the many ceremonies of the Maffe, whereupon, if he fhould vndertake that action,he doubted the facrifice of the Maffe,would be marred by the laughter of the by-ftanders beholding him. Inthis his flye anfwere, geftured not without a fimile,methinks I fee onething giuen out in word,and another locked vp within his breft. Without a B ieThe Reformed Spaniard. heinthis gaue wayto thecommon weakneffe ofthofe that puthim to thequeftionSeing vawilling that they fhould take any fcandall at him.For,as for his priuate Tudgement, his Dictates, before mentioned, thew plainely that hehhad no fmall feruple fticking in his minde, which could not cafily be pulled out and that his fufpition againtt Tran/ubjtantiation had taken ve- ry decp root in him :and therefore he could not finde inhis heart to vadergo the atchicuement of theMafle: inafmuch as he being perfivaded againft it, or at leaft doubting of it, could not hauc fuch intention of Maf- fing.as is required in the very a& thereof, nother motiue draue me further from the Romij5 Church;namely,that the Pope, being a Creature,da- reth to iudge the Law of his Creator,euenthat Law, by which himfelfis to be iudged at the late 1r day.For infted of the firt Commandement of the Decalogue, written by the finger of God, he hath fubftitured and obtruded another vito the Spanifb Nation. Tofpeake more plainly,the firft Commandement of the tenne,writtenin Mount Sinaf, is this,Thow [bale haue none other Gods but me. This Commandement the Spanyards have notin their vulgar, thecommon people heare no newes of it. What then is the firft Coémandement which the people in Spain,are taught torepeat ? Forfooththis, Amor 4 Dios fobre todas las sofas: To lone God abene all things. 1 deny not this to be Gods commandement,yca the grandComman- dement,being the pith and fum of the whole firft Ta- ble.But if it be lawfull to put outany particularCom- mandement, and to place this infte1d thereof,why in pke maner doethey not inthe Spanife Catechi/me blot out The Reformed Spantard. out fomeone of the Commandements inthe fecond Table, and put, in ftead of it, Thow /halt Lowe thy neigh- bour as thy [elfe ; which is the fumme of the fecond Tabl. ¢ Thefe are, without queftion they are, two ge- nerall precepts, which in no wife exclude any of the ten particular Commandements. And verily no man can louc God aboucall,and his neighbor as himfelfe, vnleffe he moft exactly keepe all chofeten Comman- demients. Tee are my friends if ye doe whatfoener I com- mand you, (aith our Saviour, £0b.15.14. Butas forthe fecond Commandement, fo ratified by our grcatand dreadfull God , partly by promifes, and partly by threats , ftyling himfcife a sealous God, and thercin forbidding the worfhipping, feruing , or falling downe to graven thapes,, or likeneffes of an thing in heauen,or in earth join the waters the earth,and focondemning all Idolaery , and Jcono- latry ghatis,Image-worfhip ;this Commandement,I fay, isby the fon of perdition cancelled , and concea- led,notonely from vs poore Spanyards but alfo from the Ztalian, French,and al other Komanifing Churches. Let him that hath beene thusbold to blot out Gods words, take heed left his own name be blotted out of the Booke of life,according tothe threat in the end of Saint Zobns Revelation. Think other menasthey pleafe,euery one according rothe fway of his private apprehenfions: for my part, ifthere were no other plague inthe Church of Rome , butthis, thatthe Pope hath prefuumed to change the firft Commandement,& to nimmeaway the fecond , both ofthem beeing precepts twife written with the Ba finger sTamiona £984 $.29. Mat.26.27, The Reformed Spaniard: ofGod, and twife delivered to Afofes with many tea and miracles, I fhall neuer hope well of thofe, that makethe Pope their Idol, vnleffe they thall by Godsgrace repent, and learne , thas is is better to obey Gad, ther men. Moreouer,another motiue to driue me ftom Papi- ftry was; That, whercas our Lord and Sauiour fayd concerning the Chalice of the Eucharift, Drinke ye all of this, the Pope(with no leffe facriledge then the for- mer)faith, Ye thall not all drinke of it;but, you Kings and Pricfts,drinke ye onely of it :_ As forall the reft, they mutt be content to take the Communion in one kinde onely. 1am often decply touched with admira- tion, and adore with reuerence & humility the i.:finit patience,& incomprehenfible long fuffering of God ; who, ina fort ouercomming himfelfe, can with-hold his reuenging hand, from fending down fire ftom hea uen, or making the earth to open, forthe punithing fuch abhominable & Luciferian pride of the Romane Ansticbrift: Whenas he hath of old ftricken King“s- ab with odaine death, for only daring with his hand totouch and {ct vpright the Arke of the Coucnanr, when it tottered by reafon of the varuly motion of the Oxenthat bareit: which Arke wasa figure of this holy Sacrament. Laftly, Icannot but acknowledge, that I was wont to be inflamed with no finall indignation, as often as I thought vpon this Ring- leader of Hypocrites, who filing himfclfe The feruant of the fermants of God, doth notwithftanding bel-eue, and teach, That the power and authority of Kings ouer their Subicts, isonly of ‘humane The Reformed Spaniard, humane and pofitiue right: but,as for him felfeh vp- onthe words of our Sauiour, Allpewer teheanan and incarth is ginen tome, (as if this had beene- fpoken of the Bithop of Reme)challengeth by diuine right,4 po- wer of depofing Kings excommunicated b' him, of difpenfing with their Subieéts in their Oath of Alte- geance ; of appointing thofe Kings tobee flaine. whom he fhall thinke ood: fo chat all this inbleske Deftreyer will haue neither himfelfe, nor any other, thatcommic fuch horrible and difmall Parricides, to be accounted murtherers; but rather iudgeth,that the mafficring of all the Kings of the earth isnot {0 amifchiefe, as that for che preuenting thereof, there fhould be fuffred a difclofure of any onething related in auricular confeflion ; which fo rigorous inftitution of Confeffion, is an inuention of his owne, Verily of- ten mufing of thefe things, Amaz:d I ftood, my hayre ded tart upright : Virgil, My voyce durft mot come forth for deepe aff rights Vponthefe and other like motiues, I decreed & re- folucd to depart out of Babylon,as foon aseuer I could gctany cleanly opportunity. Yet was there remaining One euill fpirit vnconquered by me, which bareave- ry aa ier ouer me ; and that was doating adora- tion of the Virgin A4ary,a difeafe which had long bin my bofome.darling , and being bredde in my bones, would very hardly come out of my fleth. Sodecpe a deweto of our Lady was I,{0 duly and daily did I pray vato her., fo reverently was I woonttoadoreand a B.3 S dorneThe Reformed Spaniard. dorne her Images(whereof I had no leffe then fixe or feuento furnifh my Chamber, ) offeri ig vito them fometime Flowers, otherwhilethe choifett fruites I could get ; andwithall, very frequently ving thofe words inthe Romane Breiary , fraught with blafphe- mies : Haile Quéene,the Mother of mercy, All haileour fe, our iey,owrbope. And, O thou our Aduscate, surne untovs thofe thine eyes full of pitty. And thole,Free-us Srom all danger thou bleffed euer-virgin, thou happy gate of heauen, thou Queene of beanen , show Mupreffe of the whole world, : I wasfo deeply dyed heerewith,that 1 had much a- doe to quit my felfe of this habite, which I had gotten by fo many and fo feruent aétions ofthis kinde : ney- ther fhould I euer haue fhaken it offvnleffel had with many teares & prayers,tor long time craued affiftance at Gods hands: who being thus called vpon, did in his mercy heare me,and fet me free ftom this fpirit of er- ror, inthismanner. The ouer-fight and care of the Library of our Alonaftery , beeing committed to my charge, fothatno man could, butby my Icaue,bor- row, or carry any booke out of the Librarie into his Camber. I was wont euery Saterday,to view oucr all the books,& to fet euery of them in his order. Which when I did according to my cuftome , I found onc time vnder a deske, among{t fome caft bookes, a cer taine Spanith booke bearing this Title. : Two Treaties. i The fir st, concerning the Pope and bis Authority. Thefecond,concerning the Maffe, and the bolines. art t The Reformed Spaniard. Arche firft fight, thought this book to haue beene made by a Papift, butaffooneas I had read ouer the Epiftleto the Reader,I was taken with more ioy then T wasableto expreffe. Tiudged that I had found no finalltreafure, Ukeptit asa moft precious pearle, I fhewed itto no man,[ read it all ouer, Among other things,I found therea certain hiftory taken out of Tri- themius,in manner following. In the cere of our Lord, 1470. one Alen of the Frockea Dominicall Friar, deuiled and compofed the Rofary of our Lady,which,negledtingthe Golpe| ofour Lord and Sauiour,hee preached abroad 3.and fothis Booke was publithed, wherein are rclated many my- racles of the Virgin Afary, wrought by vertue of this Rofary. A little aftcr the beginning, the Authourtel- leth a Tale, that, Once vpow a time, the blefed Virgin Mary came mito the Chamber or cellof shis Friar Allen 3 and baning made aring of a locke of ber owne baire, foe, by delinery of it , betroathed her felfe unto him, kiffed bins, and offered to hinsher papstobe bandled,and ifuck- ed by him, and finally cone fed with this frvecte Fryar Allen 4s familiarly as the {poufe is wont to doe with ber mate, ‘Who hath the patience to read,or heare thise Out vpon fuch ribald bl:.fphemics,and blafphemous ribal- dries! Verily I bluth for hame,whilt I write out thefe things. But I yeelde from my heart allpraife to Al- mighty GO D, forthat prefently vpon reading this » homely Tale,the former deuotion which I baretothe Virgin Mary grew key-cold. The truth is,I prefently beheld a certaine new light fhining ont ofthe Gofpel of1th. ate Labipdze The Reformed Spaniard. of our Sauiour, whence I was fully inftructed,that we hane onelyone adaocate with God she Father,namely, Jefis Chrift : butas for an Aduocatreffe,we finde there no newesof any fuch.Euer fince this,my life feemed irkefomevnto me,becaufe I had no fit opportunity to makean efcape, and to re paire to fome place,where I might freely publifh that Religion, which I had enter- tained into my heart. I was then furprized witha vio- lent difeafe of that fort which we Phyfitians,call acute per decidentiam Inthe height,& confiftence of which fickneffe,I vowed vnto God, that (if I recouered) I would forthwith adioyne my felfe vnto the trueChri- ftiansprhich wor/bip God in [pirit and truth. As foone as Imade this vow, I began to recouer,’ and forthe foo- ner regaining of my health, I did get leaue to goe to the place where 1 was borne, and to remaine there for two months. Thither I went,theic I remained, and re- couered my perfeét health. This my appointed time being expired,my Father,brethren,and kinsfolk thin- king that [ had returned to ourMonattery I conueicd my felfetoa Port in the Mediterranean Sca, called Canlibre : there I tooke fhip,& thence went too Rome, withintent to fee whither Chriftian Rcligien do flou- rith more inthatCity,which iscalled the Head of the world,then in Spaine,as alfo that I might beholde the worlds wonders, which areat Rome,which if I had not feene,verily I fhold have euerlongedto beholdthem. ‘Whiz thall fay ¢ Scarfe found I in Romeany thing, that did not giue me offence and {candall. What is, thereat Rome, that filleth all mens eyes and eares, but the Popes divine power, the Popes Holineffe,the Popes Indulgency, The Reformed Spaniard, Indulgency, Pardons and Iubilees ? Nothing: at Romeis trumpeted ont with more ful mooth,then the moft Holy Father, the Head of the Church, Ged upon carth, Butasfor the feaues headed Beaft, that is, (by the Angels interpretation) fesew-hiled Cisy, and as for that Woman, with whom the Kings of the revel.sy.y. carth haue commmutted fornication thatis( by the fame interpretation) that great City, which hath dgwsinion nevd.s7, st. oner theKings of the earth,of thefeand {uch - phefics, bene dire@ly cnough againft the saad. children of Remalus, there is no newesnow to be heard among the Romanes, Walking there, & viewing the Churches,Lord, what ougly fuperftition doe I behold? As one waue crowdeth another, fodoe their new Seiats fhoulder out theolde. A freth yefterdaies seine there is, that hath already gortenthree new Chur- ches ar Rome,new built ae founded vato him,and theirwalsfromtop tothe floare garni(hed wich pi- ures andtablets, dedicated to him.Ofthis vpftart I would not fpeake, ifthe Romanes would at any time leaue {peaking of him,and ceafe with fo lowd throatsto call vpon him,ifall places did not ring 2 ine with his name : nay.it this Sasmeling did not and banifh out oftheChurchesnot onclyGed and Chréft(which perhaps fecmeth a fmall matter tothe Romanifts) but alfo the Virgie Adery ber felfe. Francis and Anthony, and all the reftof the Saints of the higher forme. Cherles the Emperor, who of old wascalled Charles thaGerae becaute he c vant.The Reformed Spaniard. vanquithed the Saraces, mut now come downe, and be called Charlesthe little,in comparifon of this newC harles Borrbomens who thus triumpheth ha- suing putto flight, not his enemies, but his friends and fellow-Saints. And.why may not we thus by way ofreprchenfion mocke atthecommon moc- kery ofthe world? but now it istime for mctoa- waken out ofthis extafie. I remained in Rome about a Month, all which while ftill methought I heardthe voyce of Chrift fayin vito me, Come forth, come forth out of Baby- bon. r come out on Godsname, and paffe ouer to Mompelier where God fhewed me bis aboundant mer- sie in the middeft of bis Church, and ftrengthened my heart with the grace of his holy pirst : So that cight yeares fithence I there put off my Monkith cowle, and abiuring the grofle errors of the Romith Church, I cid publikly embrace the vndefiled faith of thetrueand Reformed Religion, not without the expreffeioy of (ina manner)all that City.And becaufé Icould not thenfpeake the French tongue, Idid by the aduice of all the Paftors there ap- ly my felfe nottothe holy miniftery (which my foffe T yee with many fighcs deplore) but vnto my olde intermited .ftudy of Piyficke. But behold, while I was thus fayling in the depzhs of Hyppocra- tesand Galen, a violent tempelt ouertaketh me,and- that was this. My Father,a man fpent withage,(being foure- fore yeeres olde) and taking it very heauily ie The Reformed Spaniard, had fled to the enemies of faith, and heretiques({o they dreamingly deeme of vs) fent to Monpeler onc ofmy elder Brethren, together witha Cofen Germane of mine, Prieft;both who forthe {paceof cight daies did beleager mee, firft with faire inerea- ties, and plentiful teares, chen with Arguments drawne fron Diuinity and Philofophy; thirdly by rewards and offers of worldly goods 5 laftly, by threats and terrible obiurgations, to beate mee off ftom my found intent,and holy refolution.I think itnotamiffe heere to relate their language. Thou haft(faid they)twelue Neeces now marie ageable, which will neuer get husbands {0 long as. thou rcmaineft an hereticke ; forthofe,who before were willing to marry them, now ftart backe, fay- ing ; God forbid that we fhould take to wifethofe thatarea-kintoan Hereticke : Returne, returne to ourreligion, ifnot for confcience, (for we know that you are alemed man,and haue not rathly;nor without thew of reafon left vs,) yet forthe honor of our ftocke and blood, which thou haft branded with the foule {pot of infamy, by forfaking the Re. mane Church, & embracing anew religion, which with allthe Profeffors thereof, (for they are but a few in number) the King of Spaine is refolued to a- bolifh and ruinate. Returne therefore to the holy Mother Church, at leaft for the loue and reuerence you owe to ouraged Father : who, euer fithence thetime hee heard that you were becomean here- ticke,lieth ficke and bed-ridde, pining away with Siefe and forrow. C2 Heere-‘The Reformed Spaniard. ‘Heereto I anfwered as became a Chriftian. But becaufe they would gine mee no patient audience, nor affoord themfelues any time to weigh my an- fer, I vfeda very honeft flight to bring my bro- ther to the houfe of Falcarius avery worthy Mini- fter of Gods Word, who for the {pace of an whole houre did make a cleere demonftrztion of the falfe- hood of the Romifh religion, and truth of the Re- formed, out of the Tenets ofthem both. My brother making obicction ofnouelty againft the Reformed religion,and want of Calling and of Antiquity in Calusa and Beza, and other {uch like Paftors; M. Falcarine according to his admirable faculty, madeanfwere : Sir, What Religion call ou new? ours? youare farre wide. Our Religion as the moft ancients if the Gofpell of our Sauiour,if the Epiftles of Paal,and of other the Apoftles (ina word) ifthe new Teftament, if che Prophets , and the whole old Teftament do teach the true religid, needs muft youconfefs that our religion is moft an cient ; for we beleeue nothing,but that which wee readein the old and new Teftament, & that which is drawen thence by neceflany confequence. Call your Religion,I pray you, callitnew. Foralmoft euery Pope, when hee commeth new into the Cbaire, doth impofe vpon you new precepts, and traditions, taken out of his vawritten word , to bee beleeued and awefully obferued by you, vader ine of mortall finne: and what lawes one Pope Fyetivponyouabe key oor asheigine The Reformed Spaniard, hisway by difeale , or by poyfon, anothePdath cancel. Is not the Communion vader both kinds “«t.26. very ancient; being inftituted by our Sauiour him=?“"44C-##e felfe?, Wewith the primitive Church, and with the moft ancient Fathers,doe retaine the fame,and acknowledge both kindes to be neceflaty to the cflence of thisSacrament. Is not the worthip of idols, and images a new thing? and forbidden yes z inftanrly inthe fecond Commandement of the lecalogue? We obey thisdiuine prohibition, but ycobey the Pope, nae ae of fk mages againft the expreffe Word of God. Isnot thedogtrine of Tran/wbitantiation, a houélty crept into the Remane Church,not aboue foure hundred yeetes agoe? This we conttantly teiedt, becaufe itis rcpugnant to Gods word, implieth a thoufand contradictions, and maketh thofeto be Idolaters, thatare at Maffe. Thofe words in the Scripture, This is my body, are to be vnderftood inthe fame fenfe and manner with thofe, That Rocke was Chrift, 1 Cor.10.4.that isto fay, a Sacramentall pledge, whereby Chrift was reprefemed, and ex- hibiedtothem. Oras thofe words of the Patri- arch Je/eph ~xpounding Pharaohs dreame,Gen.g1, v.26. Thofe feanem faire kine, are feawen yeeres : Where the word re, isby the confent uf all the Doéors taken tor fignifie. The fame Patriarch ex. pounding the dreame of Pharashs Butler, Thofe cemga.s, shree branches, arethree dayess that is, doe fignifie shem , whenasthe Scripeure faith, ve are the body of C3 Chrift,The Reformed Spaniard. Chrift,and members in particular , arc we therefore tranfubftantiated into the very body of Chriftzare not thele {peeches fpiricually to bee vnderftoodes hereto may be added, that the Hebrew tongue hath a0 verbe which fignificth to fignifie, and thercfore infkead thereof, vieth che verbefubftantiuc, Sum. ‘Therefore our Sauiour {peaking vulgarly, could not fay, this fignifieth my body, but inftcad there- Of faid, This is my body. Which of the Fathers that florifhed the firlt fiue hundred yeeresafter Chrift, did euer beleeue that we are iuftified by the works of the Law, and not by Faith, as the holie Ghoft fpeaketh by the mouth of Saint Paul, Therefore be- ing iuffified by faith, we hane peace wish Gode Which oftheancient Fathers haue conftantly maintained any other Purgatorie, whereby our foules fhould be purged before they enter into Heauen, but the blood of our Lord and Sauiour,who.as Saint Pauf fpeaketh, By bim/elfe purged our finnes? Who, as Saint Jobe {pcaketh, Lened vs, and wafhed us from our finnes by his owne blood 5 And Paul. againe, if she bload of Bukes and Goates, and the ales of an Het Ser, fprinkling the uncleane, fantlifieth to she purify ing of che flee ; how much more fhall the blonde of Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit, offered hime Sefewithout fpot to Ged, purge your confcience efrom dead workestoferue she iuing God ? Who cuer of the Ancients, for the firft fi ue hundred, nay fixe hundred yeares did beleeue, or teach, that the Bi- thop of Rome is the head of the vniuerfall Church, ha- The Reformed Spaniard. hauing power to depriue Kings of their King. dom y a rom, Papitts(whofe company iswont aapsiate n) fome-where within his Maie- —o unions,cither to exercife my fun@ion of both re ck andy ono sine myer sine my felfein diet & cloa- t Ificto come hithe: a vies brought I with me thisbuckon whe Pirie yy preféted tothat moft noble Prince ee Gace ing Morning-Starre of Great. Brie. - on ty fmalll prefent, his Highnefle, ac- pated is Wonted gcatleneffe, did mort faci =. ‘cept. And now haue I learned by e: c eI a one as — al the world witneffeth, uence can expreffe ictie towards God,and zeale for Gods ea found The Reformed Spanyard. found in the moft mighty Keng of great. Brittain,and the moft excellent Prince, the liuely Image of his renowned Father, vponboth whom, Nature fee- meth to haue powred out all het endowmentsand ornaments culled out from all others. Butnow I betake my filfe to you, Fathers of this Church, moft Reuerend Archbifbeps ; Re- uercnd Biops, WVorthipfull, and well-defer- uing DeéForsand Paitors,to you I addrcffe my felfe, who arethe fale of the earth, the light of the world, 4 ¥4t-s- City fet vpon an bill: to this Synode I flye, as to a City of refuge; notasa Man-flayer, but contrati- wife, my (clfe having of late very hardly efcaped flaughter. Namely inthe moneth of Febreary lately paft, being in London,and walking in Paw/s, there mee- tethme, asbychance, one vnknownetome, but certainely a flicknaue; who entering into confe- rence with meabout mattc-of Phyficke,intreateth mee that I would take the painesto vifit a certaine woman which lay ficke ot a fore difeafe, and forfa- ken of other Phyfitians, as vncureable. This hee dinerstimes vrged, foliciting me fouredayes eS ther, and promifing me alarge reward. Poore Lia my fimple credulity yeelded thereto, he leades me along the {treetes for the {pace of ‘an howre andan halfe: thenat length we finde the houfe,and there inthe fick woman ; where,after much t pimonei & conferring about her difeafe,] tarried {upper vp- E on4920.81. The Reformed Spanyard. onthe intreaty of him that brought mee thither ; who at Supper faidGrace in Latine.Prefently after eight of theclockeat night we departthence. Then he,making as though he would (as heeshhad promi- fed) guide me backe tomy chamber, leadeth mee cleane another way beyond the Citie wals, out of the broad ftreets, through by-lanes and narrow al- lies, into defert places, and into the fields. Some- time he ftops his pace and ftandeth till ,fometimes he liftneth carefully and when Laske him the caufe thercof1liften, faith he, to heare ifany mancome by, of whom I may aske the way to London, which verily I haue loft, and know not where I am. But verily he lyed; for his liftning was for nothing elfe, but that he might haue me fure,to fet vpon mee far enough fromany to helpe me. I call Godto wit. neff, that, when I thus wandred with him inthe darke, my mind did fore-boad fome mifchancevn- to me;whereupon I lifted mine cyes to heauen,and armed my felfeas wellasI could, with repentance towards God,and faith in owr Lord Iefus Chrif?.Now then about ten of the clocke in the night, hauing otten me into fucha place as he defired,namely in the great fields called S.damefes,he ona fudden flies vponme withhis naked dagger, and grieuoufly wounded me neere the left ventricle of the heart ; from whence come thofe two principall veffels of life, theone called the veiny Artery, and the other Aorta: and prefently running away, left nethere halfe The Reformed Spanyard. halfe dead. ‘This wound being giuen me in an ex- treame cold night, andbeing in depth as much as cight fingers breadth,yet not direétly,but oblique. ly pearcing , was dangerous enough, cfpecially when as I knew not where 1 was,nor whom to: on for helps,being vttcrly ignorant of the Englifh tongue: and furely Ihad neuer feene the mor- ningslight,had not a certaine goodSamaritane that very night powred wine and oyle into my wound: that is,vnlcffethe renowned Docfor Mayers hisMa- icftics moft worthy principall Phyfition, being as muchreplenifhed with mercy and charity, as with !.aowledge and experience, had reached forthvn- tomchis helping hand,and forthree weekes ff entertained mein his houfe, had fpeciall care of my recouery. ‘Fhough this wound be healed, yet the {carre thereof remaincth, and cuer will fo Jong as I lives whereof Iam fo farre from being afhamed (it ha- uing been inflicted vpon me in hatred of the refor- med Religion)that I rather reioyce in it,& fay with Saint Paul, 1 beare in my body the markes of the Lord Gal.6.¥.17. Je{us. Paphoutius,who was prefent at the Councell of Nice, hauing one of his cyesboared out,and his ham-ftrings cut, for his c6{tant profeffion of Chi» {tianity, was notthought to be deformed, butras thermore beautified by thefe markes: Afford vn- tome, I pray you reuerend Fathers, vato me. the meaneft and bafeft eet yea and Gaur 2The Reformed Spanyard. of the Chriftian reformed Religion, a place in this yout Synod, not by way oflocall prefence, but by amiffon into your good opinion, and fatherly Toue. Papbnutins after he had receiucd thofe prints and feales of Chriftianconftancy, ceafed not to pro- feffe, and confeffe Chrift the more feruently : verily Iam 0 farre from being difcouraged by this dangerous confié from walking fill in that path of pure Religion, which] haue fet into, that this fame Dagger isbecomea goad or [pute vntome, whereby Iam pricked on to runne more coura i- oufly, and fwittly inthe reft of thatrace, which I haue vndertaken. Now therefore, God thus put- ting me forward, it the more behooueth mee to whet my pen againtt theerrors of papiltry, andto doe my beft for maintaining the honour of all re- formed Churchesagaintt che calumniations of the Spaniards, who are zealous, but not according to knowledge,and father vpon vsanother manner of Conféffion of faith, cleane contrary to that which we profeffe, Wherefore] intreate all you Paftors and Bo- tors of the reformed Churches, bythe bowels of Godsmercies,to take efpeciall care and order, that the true Confeffion of your fincere Faith may be made knowneto foraigne people, whoare mifera- bly deceiued in thisbehalfe ; namely, to that end there may be publifhed fome finall Treatifes a The Reformed Spaniard. lated, of written in the vulgar languages of. the people of Spaine, Italie, France,and other Nations. for my, part,and poore faculty,am ready and wil- ling to itttplay herein my paines by day and night, euzntorbylaftealpe. This, this enterprife, Tfay, doth neettly concerne the glory of God,the fauing of fowles, the maintaining of the honour of the moft gracious King of great Brittaine, defender of the Faith, as alfo the fhielding of your own reputa- tions from the flanders of the Papifts. Whofe reui- Jingsand forged calumniations againft you, by no other meanes can be refuted, then by that courfe, which here is wifhed, and offered by Him, that againe recommends himfclfeto your charitable and fatherly embraces, John de Nicholas dy Sim charles, Dott or in Phyficke. FINIS..