Latin prayers, which they understand not; and they number their prayers upon beads, and fay ten Aves to one Pater Nofter, giving more honour to the Virgin Mary than to Almighty God. 14. They forbid marriage to their clergy, making that unlawful which God's word doth allow, Hebrews xiii. 4. 15. They place their devotion chiefly in the number and frequent repetition of their prayers, and not in the intention of the heart and mind, which they account not neceffary, especially in the vulgar people, as is plain from their praying in an unknown tongue. 16. They worship the Virgin Mary and the faints, not only by praying to them, but alfo by, making vows to them in their fickness and distress, by building altars to their memories, and fetting up their images on them, and worshipping at them; alfo by burning lights and incenfe to them, and bringing their offerings to their fhrines upon their recovery from fickness, or after receiving any fignal mercy, which they ufually afcribe to the merits and interceffion of the faints they pray ed unto. They go on pilgrimage with great devotion to the images of faints, and in particular to the image of the Virgin Mary at Loretta, and to other places; and when they come there they bow to them and kiss them; they alfo perform the fame homage and worship to the cross, and to the bones and relicks of faints, afcribing great virtue to them, and expecting great benefit from them. Now all thefe doctrines and practices, and many others which they hold and teach, have no foundation in the holy fcriptures, but are rather repugnant and contrary to them, as any one that So is verfed in that holy book (which is the fole rule of a Chriftian's faith and manners) may eafily, perceive. And therefore the church of England thought it neceffary to reform from these grofs errors and corruptions, and to leave communion with the church of Rome, that was refolved to continue in her errors, and to maintain them by. force and power, in oppofition to the plain and manifeft word of God contained in the New Teftament of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. that when a Papift fhall afk a Proteftant where his religion was before Luther, he may answer his question with another of the fame nature, and demand where was popery in the time of Chrift and his holy apoftles, fince the New Teftament gives us not the leaft intimation thereof, except in foretelling that fome fuch corruptions as the church of Rome now teacheth fhould break out in the church of Chrift in the latter days, to the great damage both of the true chriftian faith and practice. SOLI DEO GLORIA, ΑΝ Alphabetical INDEX, CONTAINING The NAMES of the PRINCIPAL MARTYRS, may be found. A. A NDREW, St. who was crucified II Anterius, Bishop of Rome died in prifon Agapetus, who was beheaded Alexander, Bp. of Jerufalem, by hard usage Afclepiades, Bp. of Antioch Apolonia, a Virgin Anthimus, Bp. of Nicomedia, martyred by Alban, the Proto-Martyr of this nation Anne Aiscough, her excellent defence 49 ibid. 260 Allen, Rofe, her remarkable answers 328 Abfolution, a blasphemous form, granted by 338 Argyle, and other noblemen, heads of the covenanters Acts in favour of the Romish religion in Scot- B. St. Bartholomew, who was crucified Babylas, Bishop of Antioch Badby, Thomas, burnt Barton, Elizabeth, her wicked impostures de tected 10 52 231 238 Bilney, Thomas, his martyrdom 243 Beton (Cardinal) killed in his caftle 358 Brown, George, a great inftrument of the re formation in Ireland 369 an extract from his prophe tical fermon Bedell (Bp. of Kilmore) his fufferings 378 386 Cranmer, Archbp. of Canterbury, an account of Common-Prayer, revised 321 325. D. Dorotheus and Gorgonius ftrangled Drogheda befieged by the Papifts Dublin, its terrible fituation E. 72 389 390 Edward VI. began his reign Elizabeth (afterwards queen) ufed with feve verity her fucceffion to the crown, and the good effects attending it F. 269 330 333 Fabianus, Bp. of Rome, put to death by Decius 51 Fructuofus, Bp. of Tarracona in Spain, burnt 63 Frith and Hewit, burnt in Smithfield Fisher, Bp. of Rochester, and Sir Thomas 248 Hippolitus, drawn by wild horfes, &c. Hitton, burned at Maidstone Hooper, John, Bp. of Gloucester Hunter, William, burnt at Burntwood Aaa 2 50 243 248 297 Higbed |