IN old World, The Bishops of Rome prea­ched painefully, and ordinarily, as may appeare by the Homilies which are ex­tant vnto this day, vnder the names of Leo the First, and Gregory the First: But à multis seculis vix quisquam (ex Romanis Pont.) reperitur è Cathedra do­cuisse: It can hardly bee proued, that any one Bishop of Rome, for many of these hundred yeeres last past, were seene in a Pulpit, as De Rege ex li. 3. cap. 2. p. 225. Ioh. Mariana confesseth.

In old World, The Bishops of Rome were Censu pau­perrimi, eruditione diuites▪ Poore in purse, but rich in wis­dome and goodnesse: But, nunc aliquoties contingunt Rom. Pont. aerario locupletissimi Apostolicis opibus, hoc est, sacrâ doctrinâ, & pietate nudissimi: In these latter dayes wee haue many Bishops of Rome, rich in purse, but as poore in [Page 2] learning and piety, as Iob of wealth, in his greatest mise­ry, as Scholijs in Ep. Hieron. ad De­met. de virgin. seruand. To. 1. o­perum Hieron. Erasmus witnesseth, In pontificibus nemo hodiè sanctitatem requirit: No man, in these dayes, lookes for honesty in a Bishop of Rome, as De verb. Episc. l. 6. in vit. Iuly 3. pag. 401. b. Mussonus confesseth.

In old World, All Bishops, and such Presbyters who were of any speciall note for their honesty and learning were called Popes, as Panopl. lib. 4. cap. 80. fol. 4 [...]2. Lindan, Tract. de vocū obscur. Eccles. In­terpret. ad finem Plat. de vit. Pont. Onuphrius, De suc. Eccles. minist. ac benefic. lib. 1. cap. 10. Duaren, and Not. in Martyr. Ro. Ian. 10. c. Baronius confesse. Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Car­thage; Saint Austin, Bishop of Hippo: Saint Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, were called Popes. But now the Bishop of Rome claymes it in his sole right to be called Pope. Ad sin. Epist. 55. Greg. 7. apud Binn. To. 3. Conc. part. 2. pa. 1196. Gregory the Seuenth, about the yeere 1073. (a little after the Diuell was let loose) made a Decree to that purpose, prouiding: Vt Papae nomen vnicum esset in vniuer­so orbe Christiano, nec liceret alicui seipsum vel alium eo no­mine appellare: That there should bee but one man in all Christendome called Pope: and that no man should dare to style himselfe, or any other, with the name of Pope.

In old World, The Bishops of Rome were styled by o­ther Bishops with such Titles as argued good fellowship among them, and no superiority in one ouer another. Ep. 52. Anton. Saint Cyprian tearmed Cornelius Bishop of Rome, frater, Collega, Coepiscopus, Brother, Colleague, and fellow Bishop. The Theodor. Hist. lib. 2. cap. 8. Bishops assembled in Councell at Sardica, speaking of Julius Bishop of Rome, gaue him no other titles, than that of Brother, & Colleague: which they gaue indifferent­ly to Athanasius, Asclepas, and all other Bishops to whom they writ, and of whom they had occasion to speake. In like manner, the Theodor. Hist. lib. 5. cap. 9. Bishops of Constantinople vsed Damasus Bishop of Rome, Brothering him, and Colleaguing him, as they did others, to whom they writ as well as to him. But now the Bishop of Rome is called, Bell. l. 2. de Ro. Pont. cap. 31. Vniuersalis Epis­copus, Mosconius de Maiest. milit. etc. lib. 1. part. 1. c. 1. de Rom. Pont. vniuersalis Pastor, ^o vniuersalis Iudex, Salm. Commēt. in Matt. 16. Prorex Coelestis, ^q Ʋice-deus, Ioh. Ang. Pan­thaeus in arte & Theoriae transmu­tat. Metall. ad [...]on. 10. impress. Uenet. 1518. Deus mortalis, Staplet. praefat. doctrin. princep. ad Greg. 13. Opt. Mar. Ibid. Supremum in torris numen, ^u Caput totius Ecclesiae, ^u Pa­ter Ecclesiae, ^x Sponsus Ecclesiae, ^y Mater Ecclesiae, ^z Rex re­gum, & Dominus dominantium: The vniuersall Bishop; the vniuersall Pastor; the vniuersall Iudge; the Vice-roy [Page 3] of heauen; a mortall God; the best, and the greatest; the highest power on earth; the head of the whole Church; the father of the Church; the Churches husband; the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.

In old World, Cicarell. in vita Sixti 5. ad finem Platinae. The Bishops of Rome stood not vpon su­perscriptions of Letters, but receiued such as were sent vnto them, how euer they were indorsed: But now they haue made a Decree in consistory: Ne post hac ab vllis Prin­cipibus missae recipiantur literae, quae debitis Titulis non sunt inscriptae: That no Letters be receiued from any Prince, vnlesse they giue the Bishop of Rome his due titles. Constantinus Melchiadi. Eu­seb. Hist. lib. 10. cap. 5.

In old World, When Emperours writ to the Bishops of Rome, they prefixed their owne names before the Bishops: Constantio Libe­rius apud Baron. Annal. Tom. 3. ad Ann. 354. nu. 2. and when the Bishops writ to the Emperour, they set their names after the Emperours: But hic stylus impraesentiarum in Rom. Curia exoleuit: This manner of writing is out of vse in the Romane Court in our dayes. In literis ad nos missis nomen tuum nostro praeponis, Alcial. in Codic. Iustinian, de sum. Trinit. & fide Cathol. c. in­ter claras. in quo, insolentiae, non dicam arrogantiae, nomen incurris: In the let­ters which you sent vnto vs, you set your owne name be­fore ours: whereby you incurre suspition of insolency, I will not say arrogancy, saith Pope Adrian to Fredericke the Emperour. Append. ad Ra­deuicum quae habetur apud Baron. Annal. Tom. 12. ad An. 1159. nu. 5. And, Falsum-praesumi rescriptum, in quo non legatur summi Pontificis nomen ante caetera: That is suppo­sed to be a false writ, in which the Popes name is not set in the first place, saith a Popish Lawyer.

In old World, Guilielm. in spec. de prased. Re script. teste Al­ciato loco citato. Apud Baron. An­nal. Tom. 12. ad. An. 1159. nu. 4. They who writ vnto the Pope, vsed words of the singular number, thou-ing hint, as they did others. But Pope Adrian tooke that in great snuffe at the hands of Fredericke the Emperour: And since that, no man dares thou the Pope.

In old World, Greg. 8. Epist. lib. 2. Indict. 11. Epist. 61. The Pope of Rome acknowledged the Emperour for his Lord and Master: But in these latter times, the Popes of Rome haue taught the Emperour to acknowledge them for his Lord and Master.

In old World, euen till Gregory the First his time (by Dist. 63. Tibi Domino. Bell. his confession) Imperator dominium temporale in vr­bem Rom. Lib. 2. de sum [...] Pont. cap. 28. habebat: The Emperour had the temporall go­uernement [Page 4] of the Citie of Rome: But now the Pope [...] taken it into his owne hands. The Emperour hath not so much as a Goose-gate in the Citie of Rome.

In old World, the Popes were not wont to giue armes, as Princes and Noble-men did: Veteres Pontifices talem, morem non leguntur habuisse: The ancient Popes had no such custome, saith Institut. Moral. part. 2. cap. 43. Col. 941. Azorius: But, about the yere 1040. this custome was taken vp, and is continued, Vt Ro. Pont. insignibus Gentilitijs vterentur, saith the same Azorius.

In old World, till Siluesters time, Cardinalium nomen non legimus: wee reade not so much as of the name of Cardinall, as Instit. moral. part. 2. lib. 4. ca. 1. 4. quaer. Col. 604. Azorius confesseth; yet now the name is common.

In old World, there were Cardinals in other places, as well as at Rome. Onuph. Tract. de obscur. voc. interpretat. & Moscon. de Ma­iest Eccl. Milit. lib. 1. part. 1. c. 5. There were Cardinals at Rauenna, at Pisa, at Millan, at Naples in Italy, at Compostella in Spaine, at Episcopus Eli­ensis resp. ad Bell. Apolog. cap. 4. pag. 103. Pauls Church in London: But now, as the Bi­shop of Rome hath robb'd other Bishops of the name Pope: so hath hee robb'd other Cardinals of the name Cardinall. Pius 5. in suo deplomate Anno 1568. penitùs hoc nomen in omnibus alijs Ecclesijs praeterquam in Rom. ex­tinxit: & solummodo Cardinalis nomencompetere voluit Car­dinalibus S. R. E. à Papacreatis. Pius the 5. in his Bull, bearing date 1568. hath cryed downe the name Cardinal in all other Churches but in Rome: and he hath decreed, that such onely as are created Cardinalls of the Church of Rome, by the Pope, shall be called Cardinals, as is wit­nessed by Loco suprà citat. Mosconius, Vicar generall to the Arch-bishop of Bononia.

In old World, the Cardinals of Rome were inferiour to Bishops: in so much, that a Cardinall-ship was but a step to a Bishopricke▪ But now Cardinals are superiours to all Bishops. A Bishopricke is a step to a Cardinal-ship, as Lib. 1. de Cle­ricis, cap. 16. Bell. himselfe confesseth.

In old World, it was decreed, Conc. Narbon. sub Necca. Rege, Anno 589. apud Bin. Tom. 2. Conc. p. 722. Vt nullus Clericorum vestimenta purpura induat: That none of the Clergy should weare purple: But now the Pope and his Cardinals are clad in purple: And Tom. 8. Annal. ad Ann. 589. Baronius iustifies them therein.

[Page 5] In old World, it was decreed, Mater Histor. Ne deinceps Ro. Pont. & Cardinales vterentur Equis & Mulis sed tantum Asinis, Christi, cuius videri vellent vicarij, exemplo: That the Popes of Rome, and their Cardinals, should not ride vpon Hor­ses or Mules, but on Asses, as our Sauiour Christ did, whose Vicars, they say, they are. But Chronolog. lib. 4. ad An. 1294. Genebrard vpon mention of this, cryes out, O legem nunc prodigiosè euersā! O excellent Law, but as now quite out of force!

In old World, it was Greg. lib. 4. Epis. ep. 55. decreed, That no Arch-bishop should pay any thing for the Platina in vita Leon 2. Pall which they receyued of the Bishop of Rome: But Sleidan Com­ment. lib. 13. de Archiep. Mo­gunt pallio. now it stands some, ere they can get it home, in 30. ferè millibus aureorum, al­most 30000. French Crownes.

In old World, it was Anastas. in vit. Bonifacij 3. & Baron. Annal. Tom. 8. ad An. 606. decreed, vnder pain of the great Curse; That no man should dare so much as to talke of electing a new Pope or Bishop of the City wherein he li­ued, nisi tertio die depositionis eius, but the third day after his buriall: But since the making of this, Massonus de vib. Ep. in Coelest. 3. Plat. de vit. Pont. in Leo 3. they haue cho­sen new Popes at Rome, ere the former Popes were bu­ried, yea, ere their bones were throughly cold.

In old World, euen in Chrysostome, Ambrose, Austin, Leo the First, Gregory the First his time, all Bishops, euen the Bishops of Rome, were chosen by the Clergy, and people of their Cities, as Lib. 1. de Cl [...] ­ricis, cap 9. Bell. confesseth: But now the Su. Pol. Virg. de Inuent. rerum, lib. 4. cap. 10. Bishop of Rome is chosen by the Cardinals onely: and all other Bishops are chosen by the Bishop of Rome. A custome so absurd, that In summ. verb. Lex. 13. quaer [...]. Siluester Prierias did note it in these words: Hodie, quando ambitio & lasciuia totam Ecclesiam deturpauit, Papa reseruat sibi collationem omnium dignitatum, (.i.) Patriarcharum, Metropolitanorum, E­piscoporum, &c.

In old World, In Ioh. cap. 6. Annot. 27. as Cardinall Tolet confesseth, Prohibita fuit sub vna specie communio, & iniunctum Catholicis, vt sub vtraque communicarent: It was forbidden the Laitie to communicate in one kinde, and enioyned them to receiue in both kindes: But now Conc. Irid. sess. 24. Can. 2. the Laity among the Papists, receiue in one kinde onely: Conc. Constant. sess. 13. The Priest who deliuered it to a Lay-man in both kindes, is excommunicate.

[Page 6] In old World, Eucharistia sub vtraque specie [...] lita: The Communion was reserued in both kindes, [...] Annal. Tom. 5. ad An. 404. nu. 32. Baronius confesseth. But Ibid. now the Popish Church hath taken order it shall be reserued in one kinde onely, to wit, in bread.

In old World, the words of Consecration were vtte­red openly, Tho. Aq. Sum. Theol. part. 3. q. 78. Art. 1. Har­dings Answer to Bishop Iewells chal­lenge, 16. Ar­ticle. as the Papists generally confesse. But Conc. Trid. sess. 22. Can. 9. now, submissâ voce proferuntur: they are vttered in secret.

In old World, Painel. Annot. in Cyprian. de Lapsis, nu. 82. It was the custome to deliuer the Sa­crament of Christs body into the hands of the Receiuer. But Ibid. & Du­rantus de ritibus Eccl. lib. 1. ca. 16. nu. 12. now (by Papists) the Sacrament is put into the Re­ceiuers mouth, and not giuen into his hand.

In old World, Greg. dial. l. 2. Cap. 23. the Deacon was accustomed to bid then depart, who did not communicate. Chrysost. Hom. 3. in Epist. ad Eph. They were reputed impudent, and wicked wretches, who looked on, & com­municated not. But now Papists allow lookers on.

In old World, It was the custome to communicate [...] ­uery day: Nomo Catholicus inficiari potest fuisse Apostolo­rum, & S. Rom. Ecclesiae consuetudinem, imo institutum vtque sancitum ab Anacleti temporibus, viz. vt omnes quotidiè cō ­municarent: No Catholique can deny, but that it was the custome of the Apostles, and of the Church of Rome, euer since Pope Anaclotus dayes: yea, no Catholique can de­ny, but it was an Ordinance and Decree of the Apostles, and of the Romane Church euer since Anacletus dayes, That men should communicate euery day, De frequenti communione c. 4. saith Ma­dridus the Iesuite. But now, Videtur relictum arbitrio cu­iuslibet: it seemes to be left to euery mans choyce, whe­ther he will doe so or no, as the In cap. peracta de consecrat. d. 2. Glosser notes.

In old World, this Canon stood in force, Conc. Aga­thense, Can. 18. Seculares qui in Natali Domini, Pascha, Pentecoste, non communicauerint, nec inter Catholicos numerentur: Those Lay-men who doe not communicate at Christ-masse, Easter, and Whitsun­tide, shall not be called, nor held for Catholiques. But their Decree consuetudine abrogatus est; is repealed by a contrary custome, Instit. Moral. part. 1. lib. 5. cap. 19. saith Azorius.

In old World, they were wont to breake the Sacra­mentall bread. And, Ecclesia Graeca, & Ethiopica reti [...] [Page 9] veterem illam consuetudinem: The Greeke and Aethiopian Church retaines that ancient custome still, Comment. in Act. 2. saith Lorinus. But now, Non vsurpatur fractio, sed singuli panes, seu mi­nores hostiae consecrantur ad vitandum periculum decidentiū micaerum; there is no breaking of bread vsed, but little Wafer-Cakes are consecrated, and deliuered whole, for feare, that if they were broken, some crummes should fall to the ground, Ibid. saith the same man.

In old World, Chrysost. Hom. 18. in 2. Cor. the people had as good a share of the Communion bread as the Priest had: But now the Laity and such of the Clergy as consecrate not, are taught, That they must be content with a lesser Host than that which the consecrating Iorinus loc. citat. Priest hath.

In old World, the tradition of the Romish Church was such, Innocent. 1. in Epist. ad Decent. cap. 4. That they did not consecrate vpon any Friday or Saturday thorow-out the yeere. But now, the Papists consecrate euery day, saue only on Good-Friday.

In old World, the Papists (on Sheare-Thursday) might haue celebrated the Communion, though they had not bin fasting: for, vt Sacramentum Altaris non nisi à ieiunis ho­minibus celebretur, excepto vno die anniuersario, quo Coena Domini celebratur, was Can. 29. decreed by the third Councell at Carthage. But now, hac Decreti posterior pars abrogatur: this latter part of the Decree is repealed, Anton. Aug. de Emendat. Grat. lib. 1. Dial. 16. pag. 138. as Papists con­fesse.

In old World (as Papists say) it was decreed, That such as receiued the Sacrament, should fast certaine houres af­ter. But this, hodiè non seruatur, sed paulò pòst comedi potest, secundùm Thomam, saith In Sum. verb. Lex. 13. quaeri­tur. Siluester. Consuetudo siue praecep­ [...]um nihil comedendi post susceptionem Eucharistiae, per contra­riam consuetudinem abrogatum est: The custome or com­mandement of not eating after the receiuing of the Sacra­ment, is abrogated by a contrary custome, Part. 1. quaest. in 4. Sentent. q. de suscip. Euch. difficult. 4. saith Iosephus Angles.

In old World, Omnes simul psallebant in Ecclesia: All Christians sung together in the Church. Yet now, soli Cle­ri [...]i canunt: the Clerkes onely sing, as Lib. 2. de ver­bo Dei. cap. 16. & lib. 1. de boni [...] [...]peribus in par­tio. cap. 16. Bell. confesseth. Yea, though the [...] To [...]. Conc. Not. in Conc. Iaodic. Can. 11. p. 293. Papists confesse, that it was giuen in [Page 10] commandement by Saint Paul, Vt fideles in suis conuenti­bus Psalmis & Hymnis alternatim corde simul & ore decan­tatis Deum laudent: That the faithfull in their Assemblies should in their turnes prayse God with heart and voyce, by singing of Psalmes: yet Idem. ibid. they tell vs, that Ecclesiastica instit optimè prouisum est, ne praeter certos ad hoc inscriptes, alij in Ecclesia psallerent: It is excellently well prouided for by the orders of the Church, that none shall sing but a set number appoynted for that purpose, viz. Priests, Clerkes, and Quiristers.

In old World, euen ab initio naescentis Ecclesiae, populus post recitatas preces, respondebat, Amen: from the first birth of the Church, the common people at the end of prayers, said Amen, as De Rit. Eccl. lib. 2. cap. 17. nu. 2. ser. Baron. Annal. Tom. 1. ad An. 60. nu. 28. Durantus proues. But now with Papists, the Parish-Clerke onely saith Amen.

In old World, the Bible was translated into knowne Languages, as Bell. lib. 2. de Verbo Dei, c. 16. Papists confesse. But now, Id ipsum fieri omninò non expedit: It is not meet it should be so, Alfons. de Ca­stro aduers. haer. li. 1. cap. 13. Sixt. Senens. lib. 6. An­nal, 152. say they.

In old World, it was ordered, That no bookes should be read in the Church, nisi solos libros noui & vet. Test. but the Bookes of the Old and New Testament. But, hodiè quorumlibet somnia, imò muliercularum deliramenta legun­tur inter diuinas Scripturas: At this day euery idle bodies dreames, and old wiues fancies are read with the Cano­nicall Scriptures, Schol. in Ca­tal. script. Eccl. Hieron. verto Ephraen. saith Erasmus.

In old World, Patres dicebant, ad Hebraicos vel Graecos codices recurrendum esse: The Fathers said, wee ought to haue recourse to the Hebrew or to the Greeke Copies, saith Instit. Moral. part. 1. lib. 8. cap. 3. Azorius. But now, Non est quòd ad Hebraica vel Graeca ex [...]mplaria recurramus: There is no reason why we should doe so, saith Ibid. the same man.

In old World, Bishops and Presbyters read all manner of bookes; hereticall as well as orthodoxall: by the Velofillus Ad­uertat. in 9. tom. Hieron. ad 9. quaesitum p. 171. Pa­pists confession. Yet at this day, they are agreed vpon this poynt, Haereticorum libros non esse legendos hodie, nisi solùm ad illis, quibus ex speciali licentia summi Pontificis id concessum fuerit: Ibid. That no man may reade in these dayes [Page 11] any hereticall bookes, except they haue a speciall licence from the Pope. Quod partibus antiquissimis licuit, nobis non licet; It is not lawfull for vs to doe that, which it was lawfull for the ancient Fathers to doe, Ibid. say Papists.

In old World, he was thought to wrong a Martyr, who prayed for him: for it ran currant of old, Iniuriam facit Martyri, qui orat pro Martyre. But now, the Papists pray for them whom they account Martyrs, for, pro cele­berrimis illis Carthusianis in Anglia Martyribus, totus, ordo Carthusiae per orbem Christianum diffusus, consuetas pro de­functis preces ad Deum fudit; The whole Order of the Car­thusian Monkes thorow-out the world, said their ordina­ry prayers for the dead, for those famous Carthusian Monkes who were martyred in England, saith Resp. Quodli­bet ad 3. quaest. dict. Louanij 1568. cap. 6. Mola­nus: concluding, that pro nostri temporis Martyribns abs­que iniuria oratur: Men may pray for the Martyrs of these dayes without wronging them: giuing this pretty reason hereof, Because Ibid. plerunque sunt imperfecti Martyres: The most of the Martyrs in our time are poore Martyrs, such are all your Tyburne Martyrs.

In old World, Leo the First said, Epist. 63. tom. 1. Conc. apud Binnium, pag. 970. Non permittendum est vt quisquam extra Sacerdotalem ordinem constitutus, gra­dum sibi praedicatoris assumat: It is not to be suffered that any who is not Priested should preach. But now the Popes of Rome dispence with Iesuites, Lay-Iesuites, who are not Priested, to preach, as De Ritibus Eccl. Cathol. lib. 2. cap. 25. num. 7. Durantus witnesseth.

In old World, Imperator congregabat Concilia: The Em­perour called Councells, saith a Franc. Zaba­rel. de schismat. P [...]nt. Cardinall of France Tempore magni Constantini & aliorum Augustorum ad con­greganda Concilia non quaesitus est magnoperè Roman assensus Papae: In the time of Constantine the Great, and other Em­perours, the Bishop of Rome his assent was not greatly re­quired to the calling of a Councell, saith De gest. Conc. Basil. lib. 1. p [...]. 20. Aeneas Silui­us. But now it is Bell. lib. 1. de Conc. cap. 12. ouer-ruled, That calling of Councels belongs to the Pope, and not to the Emperour.

In old World, A tempore Apostolorum per multos annos, etiam per aliquot secula, Presbyteri et Diocam omnes ad Con­cilia vocabantur: From the Apostles times, for many yeres, [Page 12] yea for many ages, all Elders (Priests if you will) & Dea­cons were called vnto Councels, as Lib. 1. de Cle­icis, cap. 16. Bellarm▪ confesseth. But now, eyther few or none are called. Now Bishops onely are the Domini facientes totum.

In old World, Reges ac Imperatores non adfuisse tantùm Synodo, sed praefuisse legimus: Wee reade that Kings and Emperours were not onely present at Councels, but as Presidents of them, De suc. Eccl. Minist. li. 1. c. 20. saith Duaren. And so much may be gathered out of Marcianus the Emperours words, which are to be found in d. 96. Nos ad fidem. Gratian. But Bell. lib. 1. de Conc. cap. 19. now, the Pope must needes be President, eyther in his owne person, or by his Deputy.

In old World, primis sexcentis veloctingentis annis, sum­mi Pontifices cogebant Concilia Nationalia Episcoporum Ita­liae: for the space of sixe hundred or eight hundred yeeres after Christ, the Bishops of Rome, for the weightier mat­ters of the Church, called Nationall Councels of the Bi­shops of Italy, as Lib. 1. de Cleri­cis, cap. 16. Bell. confesseth. But now they haue left that. Now the Pope and his Cardinals dispatch all, as Ibid. Bell. tells vs.

In old World, before Gregory the First his dayes, Lent alwaies began on that day which we call the First-Sunday in Lent, as Instit. moral. part. 1. lib. 7. c. 12. 2. quaeritur. AZorius proues well. But now, all men know, theirs begins on Ash-Wednesday.

In old World, Lent was thought to end vpon Palme-Sunday: for Quadragesima impletur ad Festum Palmarū, saith Quaest. in script. q. 77. Col. 98. Tom. 1. Bibl. vet. pat. edit. 3. Anastasius Nicaenus. But now, theirs is thought to end vpon Easter-euen.

In old World, it was decreed, Gratian. d. 4. Statuimus. That the Clergy should haue one weeke more in their Lent than the Laity. But now this Decree is out of force, saith Instit. moral. part. 1. lib. 5. cap. 19. pag. 399. Azorius: Clerici hodie non seruant, sed initium faciunt i [...]iuniorum vt Laies: The Clergy keepe not this Decree, but begin Lent when the Laity begin it, saith De emendat. Grat. lib. 1. dial. 16. pag. 134. Antonius Augustinus.

In old World, Wednesday was commanded to be a Fa­sting-day, as Lib. 2. de bo­nis operibus in partie. cap. 17. Bell. and Instit. moral. part. 1. lib. 7. cap. 15. 3. quae­ [...]itur. Azorius proue fully. But now, a man may eate flesh vpon Wednesday, by both their con­fessions.

[Page 13] In old World, Ser. Bell. de bonis operibus in partic. lib. 2. cap. 20. they fasted at Rome in the time of Ad­uent. But now they vse not to fast then.

In old World, they might drinke no wine on Fasting-dayes; for veteres Canones vinum interdixêre diebus ieiuni­orum; The old Canons forbade wine on Fasting-dayes, saith De Abstinant▪ doctrin. Cathol. cap. 4. Alfonsus Pisanus. But Azorius in­stit. moral. part. 1. lib. 7. cap. 10. 7. quaeritur. now Papists drinke, and may drinke wine, hold belly, hold.

In old World, Pisanus loco citato. veteres Canones interdixêre siceram, & omne quod inebriare potest, & mulsam, & cerui [...]iam: It was not lawfull to drinke any liquor which might intoxicate a mans braines. But Azor. loco citato. now no liquor is exempted on fa­sting-dayes.

In old World, veteres Canones interdixêre Pisces: the ancient Canons forbade fish on fasting-dayes, saith Ibid. Pisa­nus. But now, Piscibus vti licet: a man of their Church, may lawfully eat fish, saith the same Ibid. Pisanus.

In old World, they who fasted, ate but one meale on a day: for, Ʋnicam in ieiunio refectionem esse debere, exempla Scripturarum, testimonia Patrum, & perpetua consuetudo fi­delium probant: The examples in Scriptures, the testimo­nies of the Fathers, and the continual practice of the faith­full, proue they should haue no more, saith Lib. 2. de bonis operibus in per­tit. cap. 2. Bellarmine. But Azor. instit. moral. part. 1. lib. 7. cap. 8. 4. & 7. quaeritur. now, ouer and besides a dinner, men may haue at night refectiunculam, or collationem, as some of them call it: indeed, a banquet (for it consists of fruits, & sweet-meats) vpon a fasting-day. Yea, they may haue this, though re­fectiunculae nocturnae veteribus prorsus ignotae: Such night-banquets were altogether vnknowne to antiquity, saith Loco suprà citato. Pisanus.

In old World, they vsed not on fasting-dayes to take their meale before night, or toward night; Apud veteres inauditum est prorsus vt ante horam 9. quae est tertia post me­rid. ieinnium quodcunque soluatur: It was neuer heard of a­mong the Ancients, that any Fast ended before three of the clocke in the after-noone, saith Loco suprà citato. Bell. But now, Jeiu­nium in vesperam vsque prorogari solitum, in meridiem trans­tulit Ecclesia: The Popish Church allowes men on fasting-dayes to take their meale at noone, which was wont to be▪ [Page 14] taken at night, as In Epist. de de­lectu ciborum ad Episc. Basil. cap. 11. loco suprà citato. Erasmus notes. Suppers are changed into dinners, saith Bellarmine.

In old World, Ʋt constat ex Patribus, praesertim Am­brosio, Augustino, Leone, ieiunia cum Eleemosynis, precibus & vigilijs de more coniung ebantur: Fasting was accompani­ed with Almes, with prayer, with watching, as the Fa­thers testifie, especially Ambrose, Austin, and Leo, saith Instit. moral. part. 1. lib. 7. cap. 20. 9. quaeritur. A Zorius. But now, Vsu & more vigiliae sunt sublatae, & consuetudine factum est, vt ieiunia nostra careant illis comiti­bus quos extra solebat habere, nimirum precibus, & ele [...]mosy­nis: Watching is out of vse, and so is prayer, and almes: fasting walkes by it selfe: it hath lost his old companions, as the same Ibid. Azorius confesseth.

In old World, Formula ieiunij prisci verè Christiana: The manner of fasting was truely Christian. But, Ieiunia Ca­tholicorum passim Epicurea: the manner of fasting obserued by Papists at this day, is Epicurean-like, as Panopl. lib. 3. cap. 11. Bishop Lin­dan confesseth.

In old World, d. 93. à Sub­diacono. Abbots were inferiour to the meanest of the Clergy, euen to dog-keepers, or doore-keepers, as they call them. But now, Abbots are next to Bishops: and some of them are Bishops fellowes, Cassan [...]eus Ca­tal. gloria mundi, part. 4. consid. 31. intituled not as the ordinary sort, Reuerend [...] Patres, Reuerend Fathers: but Reuerendi Patres in Christo; Reuerend Fathers in Christ.

In old World, d. 93. à Sub­diacono. Monkes were vnderlings to Abbots: euen then when Abbots were vnderlings to doore-keepers. But now Monkes haue gotten the precedency of most of the Clergy, as Institut. moral. part. 1. lib. 12. cap. 19. 11. quaeritur. AZorius confesseth.

In old World, Monkes liued in Wildernesses, remote from all presse of people, as out of the world: which the Du [...]ren. de sac. Eccl. Minist. ac benesic. lib. 1. cap. 20. Polyd. Virgil. de in­uent. rerum lib. 7. cap. 1. Papists themselues are driuen to confesse, as sufficiently proued by Saint Hierom: for, Epist. ad Pau­lin. de institut. Monachi. Si cupis esse quod diceris, Mo­nachus. 1. solus: quid facis in vrbibus, quae vbique non sunt solorum habitacula, sed multorum: If thou desire to be that indeed which thou art called, a Monke, that is, a solitary person: what dost thou meane to liue in a City, which is not a place for solitary persons, but for such as loue good-fellowship, saith Saint Hierome? Vpon which a Popish [Page 15] In cap. 16. q. 1. Si cupis. glozer [...], Quòd Monasteria non sunt constrai [...] in vrbibus: There should be no Monasteries in Cities. But now there are Monasteries in Cities: and as much good fellowship among Monkes, as among good-fellowes of the Towne. The case is now altered. A Monke is a merry fellow.

In old World, Socrates hist. 4. cap. 1 [...]. Duaren. lib. & cap. sup. citat. Monkes liued by the labour of their hands. The Monke that laboured not with his hands for his liuing, was reputed a Theefe. But now Monkes liue eyther altogether idly, or after another manner than in old time. They cannot away to worke.

In old World, Monkes were in no degree of Church-Ministery. Monachos vsque ad tempus Eusebij, SoZimi, & Siricij, Monachos simpliciter & non Clericos fuisse, Ecclesi­astica testatur Historia: The Ecclesiasticall Histories wit­nesse, that til about. EuZebius, Sozimus, and Siricius dayes, Monkes were Monkes onely, and not of the Clergy, saith Cap. 16. q. 1. post. cap. 39. Hinc est. Gratian: Primùm Monachi omnes, etiam Abbates Laici e­rant: At the first all Monkes, yea and Abbots, were Lay persons, saith Instit. moral. part. 1. lib. 12. cap. 19. 11. quaeri­tur. Azoriu [...], Loco suprà citato. Duaren, and others. But now, Azorius loco citato. Vsus obtinuit vt Monachi, ijsdem atque Clerici muneribus & Officijs in Ecclesia fungerentur; The Monkes are turned Clerkes, and doe all the offices belonging vnto the Clergy.

In old World, Monkes were of sparing dyet: for, Con­uiuia fugias, sit vilis & vespertinu [...] cibus, &c. Take heed of feasting, and let thy meat be of the worst, and eat it to­wards euening, &c. saith Epist. ad Pau­lin. de instit. Monachi. Saint Hierome: giuing his o­pinion how Monkes should be dieted. But now Monkes haue so pleasant and large fare, and so many meales, that their fatnesse and great bellies are growne into a pro­uerbe.

In old World, Monkes were not notorious by singular weed, but euery [...] ware such apparrell as hee thought good, so it were decent. They were not tyed to this or that, which made them markeable in the streets as they went: for, in veste nulla discretia, nulla admiratio: vtcun­que placuerit incedere, nec detractionis est, nec laudis, saith Epistol. ad Marcellum, vt cōmigret▪ Beth­le [...]m. Saint Hierome, speaking of a Monke. But now, as there [Page] [...]

In old World▪ August. de [...] ­res. ad Quod­vul [...] Deum, h [...]r. 40. Monkes might marry, and injoy [...] posses [...] Monke marry, its tho [...] deserues hanging. [...] hee may haue no propri [...] goods.

In old World, [...] in spec▪ [...] &c. cap. 3 [...]. [...], Monkes [...] not vrged to vow. They might goe or stay at their pl [...] ­sure. And if they reported them of what they had do [...] they might returne to their former trade of life as De In [...]t [...]t. i [...] ­rum, lib. 7. cap. 1. [...] dor Ʋirgil and Scholijs in Epist. Hier [...]. [...]d Rusticum Monachum. Erasmus witnesse▪ But now they [...] bound by-Vowes, &c.