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Author: Bulkley, Edward, d. 1621?
Title: An apologie for the religion established in the Church of England Being an answer to T.W. his 12. Articles of the last edition. In this impression recognized and much inlarged. Also answers to three other writings of three seuerall papists. By Ed: Bulkley Doctor of Diuinitie.
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Print source: An apologie for the religion established in the Church of England Being an answer to T.W. his 12. Articles of the last edition. In this impression recognized and much inlarged. Also answers to three other writings of three seuerall papists. By Ed: Bulkley Doctor of Diuinitie.
Bulkley, Edward, d. 1621?, Wright, Thomas, d. 1624. Certaine articles or forcible reasons.
At London: Printed by George Eld [and Nicholas Okes] for Arthur Iohnson, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the white Horse, ouer-against the great north doore of S. Paules Church, 1608.
Alternate titles: Apologie for religion
Subject terms:
Wright, Thomas, d. 1624. -- Certaine articles or forcible reasons -- Controversial literature.
Church of England -- Apologetic works.
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TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR THOMAS EGERTON KNIGHT, LORD Keeper of the great Seale of England, Cham∣berlaine of the Countie Palatine of Chester, and one of his Maiesties most honourable priuie Councell, grace and peace be multiplied.
To the Christian Reader.
AN ANSWER TO AN VNLEARNED, SLANDEROVS, AND LYING PAMPHLET, INTITVLED: Certaine articles, or forcible reasons, discouering the palpable absurdities, and most notorious errors of the Protestants Religion, pretended to be Printed at Antwerpe 1600.
The Pamphlet. The copie of a Letter, written by a Catholike to a worshipfull Protestant Gentleman his speciall friend, concerning certaine reasons, why the Protestants Religion is false and absurd.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. The first article concerning knowledge and faith.
Answer.
The Pamphlet. The learned Protestants are Infidels.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. All Protestants who are ignorant of the Greeke and Latine tongues are Infidels.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. The Protestants know not what they beleeue.
Answer.
The Pamphlet. The Protestantes haue no meane to determine contro∣uersies, and abolish heresies.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. Articles concerning good life and piety. The Protestants are bound in conscience neuer to aske God forgiuenes of their sinnes.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. The Protestants are bound in conscience to auoyde all good workes.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. The Protestants haue either no faith at all, or lye most damnably, in denying that a man assisted by GODS grace, can keepe the Commaundements.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. The most poynts wherein the Protestants dissent from the Catholikes tend to loosenes of life, and carnall liberty.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. The Protestants make God the author of sinne, the onely cause of sinne, that man sinneth not, that GOD is worse then the Diuell.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. That faith once had may be lost.
Answere.
The Pamphlet. The Protestants shall neuer haue life euerlasting, because they will haue no merits, for which e∣uerlasting life is giuen.
Answere.
epigraph
An answere to certaine Popish questions, and fri∣uolous cauillations, giuen forth vnderhand to seduce the simple, and to slander the truth: now first printed.
TO THE READER.
I receiued of a good Christian Gentlewoman the 14. of Iune 1592. a paper containing three questions, with other things hereafter follo∣wing, the title of which writing was set downe in these words.
Answere.
Answere.
The truth of the Catholike religion and of euery part thereof, is proued euidently▪ by the testimony and consent of all writers in all ages, since Christ and his Apostles. As for example▪ the Real presence of Christ in the Sacrament, the Sacrifice of the masse, Purgatorie, Prayer for the dead, Prayers to Saints, the vse of Images, the signe of the Crosse, Pilgrimage to holy Places, and the rest now in con∣trouersie.
Answere.
I receiued aboue two yeares past out of Lankshire this writing here following, which I haue haue set downe in the same words, forme, and orthography, as I recei∣ued it, and can yet shew it. Thus it beginneth; with this title.
An Obiection.
part
poem
Verses of Hildebert Bishop of Mons vpon Berengarius tran∣slated English.
part
Faults escaped in the Printing, p. is for page, l. for, line, and r. for read.