Father Cotton a Iesuite, the Kings confessour, his two and thirtie demands, to the ministers of France with the answeres added at the end of euerie demand. Also threescore and foure demands proposed to Father Cotton, by way of counter-change. By Peter Moulin, minister of the word of God in the church of Paris. Printed according to the French copie, printed in Paris. Also a new late chalenge, by a learned diuine, to all Papists, in 24. other Popish articles.

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Author:	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.
Title:	Father Cotton a Iesuite, the Kings confessour, his two and thirtie demands, to the ministers of France with the answeres added at the end of euerie demand. Also threescore and foure demands proposed to Father Cotton, by way of counter-change. By Peter Moulin, minister of the word of God in the church of Paris. Printed according to the French copie, printed in Paris. Also a new late chalenge, by a learned diuine, to all Papists, in 24. other Popish articles.
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Alternate titles:	Trente-deux demandes proposées par le P. Cotton. English
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TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE, MY VERIE GOOD LORD, SIR THOMAS EDMVNDS, Knight, Em∣bassadour for his Maiestie, Resident with the French KING.

PETER MOVLIN his Aduertisement to the READER.

TVVO AND THIRTIE DEMANDS, PRO∣POVNDED BY Father COTTON.

THE ANSVVERE.

I. DEMAND. LEt those of the pretended Religion shew vs where it is written that there are but two Sacraments, that is, Bap∣tisme and the Lords Supper, and in what place of the Scrip∣ture they be called Sacraments.

II. DEMAND. That Children may be saued by the faith of the Parents onely, without Baptisme, and therefore that Baptisme is not of absolute necessitie.

III. DEMAND. That we ought not to baptise but when there is a Sermon.

IIII. DEMAND. That it is not lawfull to make the signe of the crosse.

V. DEMAND. That wee may not hallow or consecrate water, and being hallowed, that we ought not to vse it.

VI. DEMAND. That the bread of the Supper is onely the figure of the body of Iesus Christ.

VII. DEMAND. That the Church may erre.

VIII. DEMAND. That we are not to receiue Traditions.

IX. DEMAND. That the Saints in glory cannot heare our Prayers.

X. DEMAND. That Priests and Monkes may breake the vowes of Obe∣dience, Pouertie and Chastitie that they haue made to God.

XI. DEMAND. That the state of Marriage is more pleasing to God, then single life.

XII. DEMAND. That the Bookes of the Macchabees, of Ecclesiasticus, of Wisedome, of Toby, and of Baruch are Apocriphall.

XIII. DEMAND. That Iesus Christ descended not into hell, to deliuer the soules of the Fathers that attended his comming: or at the least, that before the ascention of Iesus Christ, the soules of the Saints were receiued into heauen, not into any Limbus, or any other third place.

XIIII. DEMAND. That we must not confesse our sinnes to any other, but to God onely,

XV. DEMAND. That faith onely iustifieth.

XVI. DEMAND. That when the fault of sinne is taken away, the punish∣ment also is taken away.

XVII. DEMAND. That God created not all men to a like estate, but that he created some to be saued, & some to be perpetually damned.

XVIII. DEMAND. That euery one in his owne particular hath not his An∣gell-Guardian.

XIX. DEMAND. That it is not lawfull to salute or to inuocate or craue ayde of this Angel, or any other eyther in generall or in particular.

XX. DEMAND. That God permitteth not sinne, but willeth it, as Caluin saith in his Institutions, lib. 1. cap. 17. §. 8. & cap. 18. §. 1. &. 2.

XXI. DEMAND. That we must vse no Lights in the Church, neither any Ecclesiasticall Ornaments, distinguished from the seculers.

XXII. DEMAND. That a Bishop is inferiour to a Priest, and that a Deacon is aboue a Priest; that is to say, that the Superintendent is no more then an Elder in the Church, and that the Mini∣ster is aboue the Elder.

XXIII. DEMAND. That the Scripture is easie to be vnderstood, and that the vnderstanding thereof is granted to all. They be the words of Caluin in the 3. of his Institutions, Cap. 21. §. 5.

XXIIII. DEMAND. That all sinnes are mortall.

XXV. DEMAND. That with the grace of God we can merit nothing.

XXVI. DEMAND. That it is vnpossible to keepe Gods Commandements, euen with his grace.

XXVII. DEMAND. That God will giue no recompence to good workes, which is all one, as to say, that there be no meritorious workes.

XXVIII. DEMAND. That there is no distinction of beatitude betweene the blessed, and that they are all equall in glory.

XXIX. DEMAND. That we must not vse the like Imposition of hands, as the Apostles vsed ouer those of Samaria and of Ephesus. Act. 8. vers. 14. and cap. 19. vers. 5. And that the said Confirma∣tion was not one of the Articles of the Apostles Catechisme, mentioned in the Epistle to the Hebrewes. cap 6. vers. 2.

XXX. DEMAND. That the precept of annoynting the sicke with Oyle, laid downe in the 5. of Iames. vers. 14. ought not to be put in practise in the Church, albeit it was vsed by the Apostles. Mark. 6. ver. 13.

XXXI. DEMAND. That Prayer for the dead was not in vse, euen in the time of the Machabees.

XXXII. DEMAND. That S. Peter was not the first of the Apostles, albeit Page 35 S. Matth. cap. 10. v. 2. saith, The names of the twelue Apostles are these: The first, Simon, called Peter, &c.

THREE SCORE and foure Demands, pro∣pounded to the Iesuites of the COVRT.

A NEW CHALLENGE to all Papists, in foure and twentie Popish Articles, by a learned Diuine now liuing, and ready to iustifie the same, if any Papist shall accept the Condition.