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A63673	Chrisis teleiōtikē, A discourse of confirmation for the use of the clergy and instruction of the people of Ireland / by Jeremy, Lord Bishop of Down ; and dedicated to His Grace James, Duke ... and General Governor of His Majesties kingdom of Ireland.	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1663 (1663)	Wing T293; ESTC R11419	62,959	104

of God viz. He then is to be confirmed S. Dionys commonly called the Areopagite in his excellent book of Ecclesiastical Hierarchy speaks most fully of the Holy rite of Confirmation or Chrism Having describ'd at large the office and manner of baptizing the Catechumens the trine immersion the vesting them in white Garments adds Then they bring them again to the Bishop and he consignes him who had been so baptiz'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with the most Divinely operating Unction and then gives him the most Holy Eucharist And afterwards he sayes But even to him who is consecrated in the most holy mystery of regeneration 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the perfective Unction of Chrism gives to him the advent of the Holy Spirit And this rite of Confirmation then called Chrism from the spiritual Unction then effected and consign'd also and signified by the Ceremony of anointing externally which was then the ceremony of the Church he calls it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the holy consummation of our baptismal regeneration meaning that without this there is something wanting to the baptized persons And this appears fully in that famous censure of Novatus by Cornelius Bishop of Rome reported by Eusebius Novatus had been baptized in his bed being very sick and like to dye but when he recover'd he did not receive those other things which by the rule of the Church he ought to have receiv'd neque Domini sigillo ab Episcopo consignatus est he was not consign'd with the Lords signature by the hands of the Bishop he was not confirmed Quo non impetrato quomodo spiritum sanctum obtinuisse putandus est Which having not obtain'd how can he be suppos'd to have receiv'd the Holy Spirit The same also is something more fully related by Nicephorus but wholly to the same purpose Melchiades in his Epistle to the Bishops of Spain argues excellently about the necessity and usefulness of the Holy Rite of Confirmation What does the mystery of Confirmation profit me after the mystery of Baptism Certainly we did not receive all in our Baptism if after that lavatory we want something of another kind Let your charity attend As the Military order requires that when the General enters a Souldier into his list he does not only mark him but furnishes him with armes for the Battle So in him that is baptiz'd this blessing is his Ammunition You have given Christ a Souldier give him also Weapons And what will it profit him if a Father gives a great Estate to his Son if he does not take care to provide a Tutor for him Therefore the Holy Spirit is the Guardian of our regeneration in Christ he is the Comforter and he is the Defender I have already alleaged the plain Testimonies of Optatus and S. Cyril in the first Section I adde to them the words of S. Gregory Nazianzen speaking of Confirmation or the Christian signature Hoc viventi tibi maximum est tutamentum Ovis enim quae sigillo insignita est non facilè patet insidiis quae verò signata non est facilè à furibus capitur This signature is your greatest guard while you live For a sheep when it is mark'd with the Masters sign is not so soon stollen by Thieves but easily if she be not The same manner of speaking is also us'd by S. Basil who was himself together with Eubulus confirm'd by Bishop Maximinus Quomodo curam geret tanquam ad se pertinentis Angelus Quomodo eripiat ex hostibus si non agnoverit signaculum How shall the Angel know what sheep belong unto his charge How shall he snatch them from the Enemy if he does not see their mark and signature Theodoret also and Theophylact speak the like words and so far as I can perceive these and the like sayings are most made use of by the Schoolmen to be their warranty for an indelible Character imprinted in Confirmation I do not interest my self in the question but only recite the Doctrine of these Fathers in behalf of the practice and usefulness of Confirmation I shall not need to transcribe hither those clear testimonies which are cited from the Epistles of S. Clement Vrban the first Fabianus and Cornelius the summe of them is in those plainest words of Vrban the First Omnes fideles per manus impositionem Episcopórum Spiritum Sanctum post baptismum accipere debent All faithfull People ought to receive the Holy spirit by imposition of the Bishops hands after Baptism Much more to the same purpose is to be read collected by Gratian de consecrat dist 4. Presbyt de consecrat dist 5. Omnes fideles ibid. Spiritus Sanctus S. Hierom brings in a Luciferian asking why he that is baptiz'd in the Church does not receive the Holy Ghost but by imposition of the Bishops hands The answer is hanc observationem ex Scripturae authoritate ad Sacordotii honorem descendere This observation for the honour of the Priesthood did descend from the authority of the Scriptures adding withal it was for the prevention of Schismes and that the safety of the Church did depend upon it Exigis ubi scriptum est If you ask where it is written it is answered in Actibus Apostolorum It is written in the Acts of the Apostles But if there were no authority of Scripture for it totius orbis in hanc partem consensus instar praecepti obtineret the consent of the whole Christian World in this article ought to prevail as a commandment But here is a twofold Chord Scripture and Universal Tradition or rather Scripture expounded by an Universal traditive interpretation The same observation is made from Scripture by S. Chrysostom The words are very like those now recited from S. Hierom's Dialogue and therefore need not be repeated S. Ambrose calls Confirmation Spiritale signaculum quod post fontem superest ut perfectio fiat A spiritual seal remaining after Baptism that perfection be had Oecumenius calls it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 perfection Lavacro peccata purgantur Chrismate Spiritus sanctus superfunditur Vtraque verò ista manu ore Antistitis impetramus said Pacianus Bishop of Barcinona In Baptism our sins are cleans'd in Confirmation the holy Spirit is pour'd upon us and both these we obtain by the hands and mouth of the Bishop and again vestrae plebi unde spiritus quam non consignat unctus Sacerdos The same with that of Cornelius in the case of Novatus before cited I shall add no more least I overset the article and make it suspicious by too laborious a defence only after these numerous testimonies of the Fathers I think it may be useful to represent that this Holy rite of Confirmation hath been decreed by many Councils The Council of Eliberis celebrated in the time of P. Sylvester the first decreed that whosoever is baptiz'd in his sickness if he recover ad Episcopum eum