The history of popery, or, Pacquet of advice from Rome the fourth volume containing the lives of eighteen popes and the most remarkable occurrences in the church, for near one hundred and fifty years, viz. from the beginning of Wickliff's preaching, to the first appearance of Martin Luther, intermixt with several large polemical discourses, as whether the present Church of Rome be to be accounted a Church of Christ, whether any Protestant may be present at Mass and other important subjects : together with continued courants, or innocent reflections weekly on the distempers of the times.

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The history of popery, or, Pacquet of advice from Rome the fourth volume containing the lives of eighteen popes and the most remarkable occurrences in the church, for near one hundred and fifty years, viz. from the beginning of Wickliff's preaching, to the first appearance of Martin Luther, intermixt with several large polemical discourses, as whether the present Church of Rome be to be accounted a Church of Christ, whether any Protestant may be present at Mass and other important subjects : together with continued courants, or innocent reflections weekly on the distempers of the times.

Author

Care, Henry, 1646-1688.

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London :: Printed for, and are to be sold by Langley Curtis ...,

1682.

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Catholic Church -- History -- Modern period, 1500-

Catholic Church -- Relations -- Church of England.

Popes -- Biography.

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"The history of popery, or, Pacquet of advice from Rome the fourth volume containing the lives of eighteen popes and the most remarkable occurrences in the church, for near one hundred and fifty years, viz. from the beginning of Wickliff's preaching, to the first appearance of Martin Luther, intermixt with several large polemical discourses, as whether the present Church of Rome be to be accounted a Church of Christ, whether any Protestant may be present at Mass and other important subjects : together with continued courants, or innocent reflections weekly on the distempers of the times." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69775.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• THE PREFACE.
• Some of the principal Contents of this Fourth Volume.
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • A Preliminary Discourse to this Fourth Volume. The History of John Wickliff, his Parts, Doctrines, &c. with a brief Draught of the Complexion of those Times.
  • THE COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Objections against Wickliff, answer'd. An Example or two of his writing in his own ancient Style. His Troubles. The Ʋniver∣sity like to reject the Popes Bull, &c.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • An Omission in the last, supply'd. The means how Wickliff's Doctrine was spread into Bohemia, &c. His Death. His Bones dug up and burnt.
  • THE COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The horrible Schism between Popes and Anti-Popes, for fifty years together.
  • THE COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The Cardinals vote, That if a Pope be negligent or unfit to govern, he may have Curators plac'd over him. Pope Ʋrban the Sixth drowns five Cardinals in Sacks. He dies. Boniface the Ninth succeeds him.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Pope Boniface makes the people of Rome intirely his Vassals, sets up another Jubilee (besides that Ordain'd by Urban, Anno 1388.) in the Year 1400. Complaints of his horrid Covetuousness.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The wickedness of Pope Innocent the Seventh, and Gregory the Twelfth. The horrid Perjury of the latter. Three Popes at once, and the Scuffles between them. The wickedness of Pope John the Twenty fourth. An Owl disturbs a whole Council.
  • THE COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The calling of the Council of Constance. The horrible villainies there prov'd against Pope John, he is Deposed. A Council is above the Pope: The two other Popes likewise casheir'd, &c.
  • THE COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • A brief Account of John Hus, and Jerome of Prague: The Burning of those two Martyrs: The Council of Constance de∣clares, That Faith is not to be kept with Hereticks.
  • THE COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Further Observations touching that wieked Tenet of the Romish Church, That Faith is not to be kept with Hereticks: That memorable Appeal of Amurath the Turk, to Christ, against the King of Hungary, breaking his League by the Popes War∣rant, &c.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Of the first pretended Act of Parliament that ever was in England against professors of Religion, how it was forg'd by the Prelates, and soon after Repeal'd. The bloody Statute of 4. Hen. 2. ca. 15. for Burning of Hereticks.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • A Letter of Thanks from the Devil to the Bishops and Clergy, for their persecuting the old Dissenters.
  • THE COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The Proceedings against Dissenters, in the Raigns of King Richard the Second, and King Henry the Fourth.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • An Apology in Answer to an Accusation of Plagiarism. Tolling of Ave's in honour of our Lady. People forc'd to do Penance for not bringing Litter for a Proud Prelates Horses as he would have them. The story of the Lord Cobham, and Sir Roger Acton entred into.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The Story of Sir John Old-Castle continued. A severe Law against Lollards. A note touching the Oath of Sheriffs. The strange manner of putting Sir John to Death. Tyburn, whence the Word deriv'd. Sir John vindicated from Treason, and the Imputation of Debauchery, the reason of that latter Scandal.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The Treason alleadg'd against Sir John Oldcastle inquired into. Parsons the Jesuite answer'd. Remarkable Circumstances Con∣sidered, evincing as well Sir John's Innocency, as Sham-practice in the Proceedings against him.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Some further Remarks on the Story of Sir John Oldcastle. An Epitaph offered to his memory: The miserable death of his persecu∣tor Thomas Arundel Archbishop of Canterbury, who made a Constitution against Reading the Scriptures.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The Grand Question, Whether the Church of Rome be in any kind to be esteem'd a Church of Christ? entred into, the Rea∣sons why the same is here discuss'd. The definition of the Church, and how divided.
  • THE COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Arguments proving the Church of Rome not to be the true Church of Christ.
  • THE COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • An Objection Answered, touching Baptism; The Church of Rome hath no true Ministry, &c.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Popery is a kind of Atheism, proved in many particulars.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Whether Salvation may be obtain'd in the Church of Rome? The uncharitableness of Papists towards Protestants. The desperate Hazards ran by Roman Catholicks, &c.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • That the present Faith of the Church of Rome is to be refused upon pain of Damnation. The Woes threatned to them that abide in her Communion. Greater the Sin, and more sore the punish∣ment of such as revolt unto her. The Judgment of the ancient Divines of the Church of England in the Case.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Whether any Protestant may in compliance, or for fear, &c. be present at Mass without grievous sin?
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • A further detection of the sin of going to Mass, and complying with Papists in their wicked and Foppish Ceremonies: The Case of Naaman the Syrian explained.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Some other excuses for going to Mass where it is by Law established, weighed and found too light. The Plea of those that say they go out of Curiosity considered. A Pathetical Caution against all such sinful Compliances.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The Papal History after the Council of Constance, prosecuted. The loud complaints of Clemangis and other learned Godly men of the miserable corruptions of the Church in those Times. The Life of Martin the V. His tricks to avoid a Reformation, he dispenses with a man to Marry his own Sister.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • An excellent discourse of Clemangis, that we ought to depart out of Babylon. The story of Pope Eugenius IV. who is deposed in the Council of Bazil.
  • The COURANT.
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• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The Debates of the Bohemians at the Council of Basil. The Story of Zisca, his wonderful success and Epitaph. The use of the Cup permitted to the Bohemians, &c.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The manner of the Interview between the Patriarch of Constan∣tinople, and Pope Eugenius the IV. The matters in debate between them An Accommodation pretended to be made. But the Greeks refuse to stand to it. Constantinople taken by the Turk.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR▪ The History of POPERY.
  • The Turk Appeals to Heaven against the perfidiousness of the Christians, occasioned by the Pope. Memoirs of Pope Nicholas the V. His dispensation in a Case of Witchcraft. Pope Calixtus the III. his Indulgences, Saint-making, &c.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The History of Aeneus Sylvius, or Pope Pius the II; the Arts used by him to get the Chair; how strangly he was thereby altered. Certain notable sentences of his.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The wicked Lives of Pope Paul the II. a profest enemy of Learning, and Sixtus the IV. who granted a License for Sodomy; the story of Pope Innocent the VIII. and his Sixteen Bastards.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • The Turk aud Pope intimate Friends, Reliques pretended to be found. An Epitaph upon Pope Innocent VIII. The detestable Lives of those Two Monsters, Pope Alexander the VI. and his Bastard Caesar Borgia.
  • The COURANT.
  • colophon
• The Weekly Pacquet OF Advice from Rome: OR, The History of POPERY.
  • Pope Alexander Poison'd, by a mistake with Wine prepared to Poison a Cardinal. Thirty Thousand years pardon granted, Julius the second, a Tory-Pope, flings St. Peters Keys into Tybur. Pope Leo the X. sends out extravagant Indulgences, which Luther opposes, and so we are brought to the beginning of the Reformation.
  • The COURANT.
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