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A direction to be observed by N.N. if hee meane to proceede in answering the booke intituled Mercy and truth, or charity maintained by Catholiks &c.
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Knott, Edward, 1582-1656.
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STC 25777; ESTC S101801
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the_o book_n of_o holy_a scripture_n be_v write_v by_o such_o particular_a man_n as_o they_o believe_v the_o work_n of_o plato_n tully_n linie_n to_o be_v they_o but_o that_o those_o man_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o universal_a infallibility_n even_o in_o write_v scripture_n they_o neither_o do_v nor_o can_v affirm_v but_o rather_o reach_v the_o 5._o the_o volk_n l._n 5._o c._n 5._o contrary_n neither_o yet_o do_v their_o impiety_n stay_v here_o but_o one_o of_o they_o dare_v 24._o dare_v io._n crellius_n lib._n de_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o attributis_fw-la eius_fw-la c._n 24._o affirm_v that_o god_n can_v not_o know_v from_o eternity_n futura_fw-la contingentia_fw-la such_o thing_n as_o do_v proceed_v from_o freewill_n and_o election_n which_o be_v in_o effect_n to_o take_v away_o all_o infallible_a prediction_n prophecy_n of_o voluntary_a free_a action_n and_o out_o of_o this_o gross_a error_n some_o other_o more_o open_a socinian_n will_v proceed_v to_o the_o denial_n of_o god_n himself_o for_o how_o can_v god_n be_v and_o be_v god_n ans_fw-fr yet_n be_v ignorant_a of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v possible_a past_a present_a or_o to_o come_v if_o you_o ask_v these_o man_n what_o they_o mean_v by_o the_o true_a church_n they_o must_v answer_v that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o true_a church_n but_o all_o mankind_n as_o it_o agree_v in_o the_o light_n of_o natural_a reason_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o authority_n to_o which_o a_o man_n be_v oblige_v to_o submit_v if_o again_o you_o inquire_v in_o what_o heresy_n do_v indeed_o consist_v they_o reply_v that_o it_o consist_v only_o in_o oppose_v the_o dictamen_fw-la or_o judgement_n of_o a_o man_n be_v own_o reason_n they_o may_v as_o well_o say_v in_o plain_a term_n there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o christian_n be_v wont_a to_o call_v heresy_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o a_o man_n judge_v contrary_a to_o that_o which_o he_o judge_v intellectus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la hypocrita_fw-la our_o understanding_n can_v play_v the_o hypocrite_n with_o itself_o a_o man_n hand_n look_n word_n or_o writing_n may_v belie_v his_o thought_n and_o make_v he_o deserve_v the_o name_n of_o dissembler_n falsifier_n hypocrite_n but_o it_o imply_v a_o manifest_a contradiction_n that_o our_o internal_a thought_n shall_v tell_v we_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o a_o thing_n be_v both_o so_o and_o not_o so_o and_o therefore_o according_a to_o their_o large_a definition_n there_o can_v be_v no_o heresy_n at_o all_o and_o their_o assertion_n tend_v to_o practice_n be_v agreeable_a to_o this_o their_o speculation_n for_o they_o teach_v that_o no_o man_n ought_v now_o to_o be_v punish_v either_o spiritual_o by_o fcclesia_n by_o iren._n philalethes_n lib._n cvi_fw-la titulus_fw-la dissertatio_n de_fw-fr pace_n fcclesia_n excommunication_n or_o 15._o or_o volkel_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 15._o temporal_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o good_n imprisonment_n or_o death_n as_o long_o as_o he_o follow_v the_o dictamen_fw-la of_o his_o own_o conscience_n though_o otherwise_o he_o deny_v article_n believe_v by_o all_o good_a christian_n as_o for_o example_n concern_v the_o most_o bless_a trinity_n the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n our_o lord_n original_a sin_n etc._n etc._n but_o why_o do_v i_o specify_v particular_n which_o will_v be_v infinite_a for_o whatsoever_o our_o saviour_n christ_n his_o holy_a apostle_n the_o catholic_a church_n counsel_n father_n doctor_n divine_n christian_n propose_v to_o be_v believe_v above_o humane_a reason_n or_o with_o a_o supernatural_a infallible_a assent_n be_v to_o these_o man_n no_o other_o than_o a_o fiction_n a_o imposture_n a_o impossibility_n divinity_n with_o they_o can_v be_v nothing_o but_o philosophy_n reason_n alone_o be_v faith_n sanctity_n consist_v only_o in_o morality_n plato_n or_o aristotle_n or_o any_o other_o must_v be_v as_o soon_o believe_v as_o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o dear_a saviour_n unless_o he_o prove_v what_o he_o say_v by_o better_a reason_n they_o other_o do_v 14_o do_v si_fw-mi autem_fw-la christo_fw-la etiam_fw-la credendum_fw-la negant_fw-la nili_fw-la indubitata_fw-la ratio_fw-la reddita_fw-la suerit_fw-la christiani_n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la nam_fw-la id_fw-la adversus_fw-la nos_fw-la pagani_n quidam_fw-la dicunt_fw-la stultè_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la adversi_fw-la nec_fw-la repugnantes_fw-la hos_fw-la vero_fw-la quis_fw-la seratad_fw-es christum_fw-la se_fw-la pertinere_fw-la prositeri_fw-la qui_fw-la nisi_fw-la apertissimam_fw-la rationem_fw-la stultis_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la protulerint_fw-la nihil_fw-la credendum_fw-la esse_fw-la contendunt_fw-la s._n aug._n de_fw-fr util_fw-la cred._n cap._n 14_o what_o christian_a can_v hear_v these_o infidelity_n without_o detestation_n what_o church_n can_v tolerate_v they_o and_o yet_o pretend_v zeal_n in_o religion_n nevertheless_o this_o ungodlie_a sect_n spread_v itself_o be_v cunning_o obtrude_v by_o some_o and_o by_o the_o answerer_n in_o particular_a &_o greedy_o swallow_v by_o many_o and_o due_o punish_v by_o none_o although_o i_o ought_v not_o to_o dissemble_v but_o do_v glad_o acknowledge_v and_o deserve_o publish_v in_o this_o occasion_n for_o a_o pattern_n to_o other_o in_o this_o realm_n the_o care_n of_o the_o chief_a prelare_v in_o england_n in_o prohibit_v the_o sale_n of_o book_n tend_v to_o socinianisme_n let_v man_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n speak_v their_o pleasure_n against_o the_o vigilancy_n of_o prolats_n in_o catholic_a country_n against_o the_o severity_n of_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n against_o forbid_v to_o read_v pernicious_a book_n against_o the_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la and_o against_o the_o holy_a office_n of_o inquisition_n in_o italy_n and_o some_o other_o place_n sure_o i_o be_o through_o want_n of_o such_o hole_n some_o mean_n heresy_n infidelity_n and_o atheism_n be_v hatch_v &_o receive_v growth_n and_o innumerable_a soul_n eternal_o perish_v and_o because_o the_o reader_n may_v well_o remain_v in_o wonder_n how_o so_o very_o absurd_a error_n can_v possible_o find_v entertainment_n among_o christian_n it_o will_v not_o by_o impertinent_a though_o beside_o my_o first_o intention_n to_o set_v down_o some_o reason_n thereof_o as_o they_o now_o present_v themselves_o to_o my_o mind_n and_o they_o may_v serve_v for_o the_o argument_n of_o the_o ensue_a chapter_n chap._n ii_o some_o reason_n why_o so_o many_o embrace_n socinianisme_n to_o omit_v that_o this_o heresy_n give_v full_a scope_n to_o every_o man_n understanding_n to_o believe_v as_o his_o fancy_n shall_v dictate_v and_o for_o his_o will_n to_o sin_n without_o fear_n of_o eternal_a punishment_n yea_o and_o not_o to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n if_o some_o licentious_a imp_n can_v object_v against_o the_o divine_a existence_n providence_n justiee_n mercie_n wisdom_n or_o other_o artribute_v a_o argument_n which_o he_o can_v solve_v and_o master_v the_o wit_n of_o whatsoever_o atheist_n i_o will_v for_o the_o present_a touch_v only_o four_o reason_n draw_v first_o from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o protestant_n second_o from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n join_v with_o the_o disposition_n of_o socinian_o three_o from_o the_o personal_a quality_n of_o protestant_a divine_n fourthly_a from_o some_o circumstance_n of_o person_n time_n and_o place_n first_o then_o i_o say_v that_o the_o very_a doctrine_n of_o protestant_n if_o it_o be_v follow_v close_o and_o with_o coherence_n to_o itself_o must_v of_o necessity_n induce_v socinianisme_n deum_fw-la s._n aug._n de_fw-fr util_fw-la cred._n c._n 16._o sola_fw-la est_fw-la authoritas_fw-la quae_fw-la commovet_fw-la stultos_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la festinent_fw-la quandiu_fw-la intelligere_fw-la syncera_fw-la non_fw-la possamus_fw-la authoritate_fw-la quidem_fw-la decipi_fw-la miserum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la certè_fw-la miserius_fw-la non_fw-la moveri_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la dei_fw-la providentis_fw-la non_fw-la praelidâ—â—_n rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la nibil_n est_fw-fr de_fw-fr religione_fw-la satagendum_fw-la sin_n vero_fw-la &_o species_n rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la quam_fw-la profecto_fw-la est_fw-la aliquo_fw-la verissimae_fw-la pulchritudinis_fw-la fonte_fw-la manatire_n credendum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o interiori_fw-la nescio_fw-la quae_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la deum_fw-la quaerendum_fw-la deoque_fw-la seruiendum_fw-la meliores_fw-la quosque_fw-la animos_fw-la quasi_fw-la publicè_fw-la privatimque_fw-la hoteatur_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la desperandum_fw-la ab_fw-la codem_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la constitutam_fw-la qua_fw-la velut_fw-la gradu_fw-la certo_fw-la innitentes_fw-la attollamur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la this_o i_o say_v confident_o and_o evident_o prove_v by_o instance_v in_o one_o error_n which_o may_v well_o be_v term_v the_o capital_a and_o mother_n heresy_n from_o which_o all_o other_o must_v follow_v at_o ease_n i_o mean_v their_o heresy_n in_o affirm_v that_o the_o perpetual_o visible_a church_n of_o christ_n descend_v by_o a_o never_o interrupt_v sucession_n from_o our_o saviour_n to_o this_o day_n be_v not_o infallible_a in_o all_o that_o it_o propose_v to_o be_v believe_v as_o reveal_v truth_n for_o if_o the_o infallibility_n of_o such_o a_o public_a authority_n be_v once_o impeach_v what_o remain_v but_o that_o every_o
fearful_a name_n of_o priest_n and_o altar_n nay_o if_o one_o do_v but_o mutter_v against_o the_o place_n of_o the_o altar_n after_o the_o old_a fashion_n for_o a_o warning_n he_o shall_v be_v well_o warm_v by_o 1636._o by_o a_o little_a treatise_n so_o entitle_v &_o print_a an._n 1636._o a_o coal_n from_o the_o altar_n english_a protestant_n be_v now_o put_v in_o 38._o in_o sunday_n no_o sabbath_n a_o sermon_n print_v an._n 1636._o pag._n 38._o mind_n that_o for_o exposition_n of_o scripture_n by_o 19_o by_o lib._n can._n an._n 1571._o can._n 19_o canon_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o follow_v the_o ancient_a father_n which_o if_o they_o do_v with_o sincerity_n every_o learned_a protestant_a divine_a who_o make_v a_o conscience_n to_o belie_v his_o own_o knowledge_n can_v tell_v what_o doom_n will_v pass_v against_o protestancie_n even_o by_o confession_n of_o protestant_n themselves_o as_o the_o answerer_n once_o anouch_v as_o shall_v appear_v hereafter_o chap._n 5._o n._n 6._o and_o this_o be_v only_o a_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o require_v no_o more_o than_o read_v and_o understand_v the_o tongue_n wherein_o the_o father_n write_v or_o the_o translation_n of_o their_o work_n he_o can_v in_o moral_a honesty_n and_o therefore_o i_o hope_v will_v not_o gainsay_v his_o own_o word_n nor_o can_v be_v think_v to_o speak_v sincere_o if_o he_o shall_v force_o now_o retract_v what_o then_o he_o free_o write_v and_o i_o know_v that_o to_o some_o protestant_n he_o so_o clear_o demonstrate_v the_o father_n to_o be_v on_o our_o side_n that_o they_o remain_v convineed_a and_o have_v upon_o occasion_n acknowledge_v no_o less_o but_o let_v we_o go_v on_o the_o four_o prime_a protestant_a church-chronicler_n who_o pretend_v to_o deduce_v a_o succession_n of_o the_o true_a church_n the_o centurist_n i_o mean_v be_v without_o ceremonle_fw-mi demand_v in_o a_o particular_a occasion_n with_o what_o face_n dare_v they_o vent_v such_o untruth_n and_o with_o what_o conscience_n dare_v they_o 12._o they_o sunday_n no_o sabbath_n pag._n 12._o forge_v etc._n etc._n their_o bad_a carriage_n towards_o the_o ancient_a father_n be_v display_v and_o for_o a_o general_a censure_n they_o be_v tell_v that_o their_o credit_n be_v eclipse_v and_o their_o testimony_n abate_v by_o their_o 10._o their_o ibid._n pag._n 10._o do_n and_o to_o conclude_v all_o in_o one_o main_a point_n the_o protestant_a church_n in_o england_n willing_o profess_v so_o small_a antiquity_n and_o so_o weak_a subsistence_n in_o itself_o that_o they_o acknowledge_v no_o other_o visible_a be_v for_o many_o age_n but_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o position_n draw_v from_o they_o by_o mere_a necessity_n must_v force_v they_o to_o yield_v that_o the_o roman_a church_n do_v not_o err_v in_o any_o point_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n unless_o they_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o be_v tell_v the_o world_n that_o in_o their_o own_o church_n for_o many_o age_n none_o can_v be_v save_v they_o must_v therefore_o be_v still_o content_a to_o hear_v we_o tell_v they_o again_o and_o again_o this_o most_o necessary_a truth_n you_o can_v be_v save_v unless_o you_o believe_v that_o we_o in_o our_o church_n be_v capable_a of_o salvation_n but_o we_o neither_o do_v nor_o can_v yield_v that_o protestancie_n be_v compatible_a with_o eternal_a happiness_n for_o to_o allow_v salvation_n for_o man_n disagree_v in_o faith_n religion_n and_o communion_n be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a absurdity_n in_o turoisme_n or_o socinianisme_n and_o be_v but_o disguise_a atheism_n we_o then_o be_v safe_a by_o your_o own_o confession_n but_o you_o can_v be_v so_o without_o repentance_n and_o reunion_n to_o our_o church_n beside_o if_o our_o church_n enjoy_v all_o thing_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n how_o can_v protestant_n be_v excuse_v from_o the_o grievous_a sin_n of_o formal_a schism_n who_o separate_v from_o that_o church_n for_o point_v confess_o not_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n yea_o how_o be_v they_o not_o guilty_a of_o schism_n who_o forsake_v that_o church_n which_o before_o luther_n be_v only_o true_a church_n if_o our_o saviour_n christ_n have_v any_o visible_a church_n upon_o earth_n and_o what_o height_n of_o dangerous_a madness_n be_v it_o to_o leave_v a_o church_n which_o can_v err_v in_o point_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o join_v in_o belief_n and_o communion_n with_o private_a person_n who_o may_v deceive_v and_o be_v deceive_v even_o in_o fundamental_a article_n of_o faith_n and_o i_o will_v glad_o know_v with_o what_o visible_a church_n exist_v before_o luther_n do_v he_o join_v when_o upon_o pretence_n of_o reformation_n he_o depart_v from_o all_o church_n extant_a when_o he_o first_o appear_v and_o consequent_o how_o can_v he_o avoid_v the_o just_a imputation_n of_o schism_n but_o i_o will_v not_o urge_v these_o point_n here_o refer_v myself_o to_o what_o have_v be_v say_v in_o charity_n maintain_v and_o even_o to_o what_o will_v appear_v in_o those_o very_a motive_n which_o induce_v the_o answerer_n himself_o to_o leave_v protestatisme_n and_o afterward_o be_v resolve_v not_o to_o remain_v catholic_a as_o not_o conduce_v to_o his_o temporal_a end_n he_o final_o plunge_v himself_o in_o socinianism_n see_v full_a well_o that_o his_o own_o motive_n can_v not_o be_v answer_v in_o the_o ground_n of_o protestant_n but_o it_o be_v time_n to_o return_v and_o show_v that_o i_o speak_v not_o without_o ground_n in_o accuse_v socinian_o in_o general_n of_o such_o unchristian_a doctrine_n as_o you_o have_v hear_v since_o you_o will_v see_v my_o word_n make_v good_a in_o particular_a tenet_n of_o one_o of_o they_o which_o at_o this_o fit_a occasion_n come_v to_o my_o hand_n and_o i_o willing_o impart_v they_o to_o the_o reader_n as_o they_o be_v give_v i_o yet_o so_o as_o in_o charity_n i_o conceal_v the_o party_n tax_v with_o they_o no_o otherwise_o then_o i_o forbear_v to_o publish_v the_o name_n of_o the_o answearer_n if_o guiltiness_n drive_v any_o one_o to_o ask_v 25._o ask_v math._n c._n 26._o v._n 25._o nunquid_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la rabbi_n master_n be_o i_o he_o and_o that_o he_o chance_v to_o be_v answer_v ibid._n answer_v ibid._n tu_fw-la dixisti_fw-la thou_o have_v say_v so_o the_o blame_n and_o shame_n must_v rest_v on_o himself_o alone_o who_o alone_o will_v be_v discover_v himself_o chap._n iii_o diverse_a enormous_a heresy_n maintain_v by_o a_o certain_a socinian_n contrary_a either_o to_o the_o 39_o article_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n or_o to_o the_o faith_n of_o all_o christian_n 1._o that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v not_o beget_v from_o everlasting_a of_o the_o father_n be_v not_o very_o and_o eternal_a god_n of_o one_o substance_n with_o the_o father_n and_o that_o two_o whole_a and_o perfect_a nature_n be_v not_o join_v in_o one_o person_n cont._n art_n 2._o 2._o that_o christ_n do_v not_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n in_o his_o body_n with_o flesh_n bones_o and_o all_o thing_n appertain_v to_o the_o perfection_n of_o man_n nature_n cont._n art_n 4._o 3._o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v not_o proceed_v from_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n nor_o be_v of_o one_o substance_n with_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n true_a and_o eternal_a god_n cont._n art_n 5._o 4._o that_o all_o the_o book_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n as_o they_o be_v common_o receive_v be_v not_o equal_a in_o the_o authority_n and_o infallibility_n of_o holy_a scripture_n cont._n art_n 6._o 5._o that_o the_o three_o creed_n ought_v not_o thorough_o to_o be_v receive_v and_o believe_v for_o that_o they_o may_v be_v disprove_v by_o most_o certain_a warrant_n of_o holy_a scripture_n and_o that_o among_o other_o falsehood_n in_o the_o creed_n of_o saint_n athanasius_n this_o be_v one_o that_o if_o a_o man_n disbelieve_v any_o part_n of_o that_o creed_n without_o doubt_n he_o shall_v perish_v everlasting_o that_o the_o apostle_n creed_n be_v no_o certain_a and_o authentical_a tradition_n and_o that_o the_o article_n of_o holy_a catholic_a church_n be_v not_o necessary_o to_o be_v believe_v cont._n art_n 8._o 6._o that_o original_a sinew_n be_v not_o the_o fault_n and_o corruption_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o every_o man_n nor_o deserve_v god_n wrath_n and_o damnation_n cont._n art_n 9_o 7._o that_o any_o man_n may_v be_v save_v by_o the_o law_n or_o sect_n which_o he_o profess_v so_o that_o he_o be_v diligent_a to_o frame_v his_o life_n according_a to_o that_o law_n and_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n cont._n art_n 18._o 8._o that_o the_o church_n have_v no_o authority_n in_o coutroversy_n of_o faith_n to_o oblige_v any_o man_n conscience_n cont._n art_n 20._o 9_o that_o the_o sacrament_n be_v only_a badge_n or_o token_n of_o christian_a man_n profession_n cont._n art_n 25.27_o and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n cont._n catechism_n protestant_n anglie_o 10._o that_o the_o