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A06531	A defence of the Roman Church VVherin is treated, vvhether the said Church of Rome hath fallen in faith, or no? Written in Latin by the R. F. Martinus Becanus of the Society of Iesus, Professour in Diuinity: and now translated into English.	Becanus, Martinus, 1563-1624.; Wright, William, 1563-1639.	1612 (1612)	STC 1700; ESTC S115571	18,025	50

perish so soūdly doth he seat the grace of his adoption in them that it may be stable sure And § 11. This in the meane time is to be holden for truth that how small weake soeuer faith be in the elect yet because it is a sure pledge vnto them of the spirit of God and a seale of their adoption the print therof can neuer be blotted out of their harts And. c. 24. § 6. And neither is this now doubtfull that Christ when he prayeth for all the faithfull asketh the same thing for them which he asked for Peter that their saith may neuer fayle wherby we may gather that they are out of daunger of falling away 10. That indeed God calleth reprobates to the faith but yet with the externall voice only not by internall grace neither doth God do it seriously and with a purpose to help thē but feignedly with intention to hurt thē Cal. l. 3. c. 24. § 13. He directeth his voice vnto them but to the end they may waxe more deafe He lighteth a light but that they may be made the blinder He profers them doctrine but that they may be more astonyshed therby He applyeth a remedie vnto them but that they may not be healed c. These the like do Caluinists teach But the primitiue Church in the first 500. yeares taught no such thing Yea it taught the contrary in all things as shal appeare by the Inductiō following The Primitiue Church taught 1. THAT God was not authour of sinne S. Chrysostome hom 2 3. in Acta Apostolorū Let no man say God is to vs author of euills Againe Better it were to be buried six hundred times thē that God should heare of such things by vs. Aug. l. 2. de peccat meritis c. 17. Make not God the cause of any mās fault Prosp in respōsione ad capitul Gallor c. 14. God is the author of good things but not of euill things Fulgēt l. 2. ad Monim c. 19. Deus non est vltor cuius est author Therfore seeing he is reuēger of Sinnes he is not authour of them 2. That God did not predestinate any man vnto death but by reason of sinne Aug. l. 3. cont Iuliannm c. 18. God is good God is iust he can saue men without good merits because he is good but he cannot damne mā without euill merits because he is iust And ad articulos falso sibi impositos art 2. That men are borne it is a good turne but it is the fault of the preuaricator that they perish Tertul. in libro de resurrectione carnis Deus de suo optimus est de nostro iustus Fulgentius l. 1. ad Monimun c. 26. It is well knowne there can not be said to be Gods wrath but where mās iniquitie is belieued to haue gone before 3. That the Body and Bloud of Christ is truly and really in the Eucharist Hilarius l 8. de Trinit Concerning the verity of the flesh bloud there is left no place of doubt Cyril Hierosolymitan Cateches 4. VVhen Christ himselfe so affirmeth saith of the bread Hoc est corpus meum who dare afterwards doubt therof And in the same place Vnder the forme of bread his body is giuen thee vnder the forme of wine there is giuē his bloud infra Holding this for most certaine that this bread which we see is not bread though the tast iudge it to be bread but the body of Christ Ambrosius l. 4. de Sacrament is c. 4. VVhen the consecration is made of bread it becomes the body of Christ And in lib. de mysterijs initiādis c. 9. Perhaps thou wilt say I see another thing how tellest thou me that shall receiue the body of Christ And this point remaines yet that we proue it c. Aug. serm 28. de verbis Domini Before the words of Christ that which is offered is called bread but when the wordes of Christ are vttered it is no lōger called bread sed CORPVS appellatur 4. That Baptisme for Infāts is necessarie to saluation Aug. l. 3. de anima cius origine c. 9. Belieue not say not teach not that children preuented by death before they be baptized can attaine to the pardō of originall sinne if thou wilt be a Catholike And epist 28. ad Hieronymum VVhosoeuer shall say that euē such children shall be quickened in Christ as depart this life without participation of his Sacrament this man verily condemneth the whole Church Let al Caluinists listē vnto this 5. That originall sinne is taken away by Baptisme Aug. Conc. 1. in Psal 115. That as the Aegyptiās were drowned in the sea so are our sinns droumed and extinct in baptisme the Prophet doth intimate more clearely then the light it selfe saying He will cast all our sinns into the depth of the sea Amb. l. 2. de Sacram c. 4. VVorthily is that water sweet wherin our fault is swallowed vp Lactantius l. 3. c. 26. By one lauare is all euill abolished 6. That faith without works and the keeping of the commandements is not sufficient to saluation Clemens Alexandrinui l. 5. stromatum By grace we are saued but yet not without good workes Nazra orat in sanctum lauacrū Doe good because that faith without workes is dead Chrysost homil lib. 3. in Ioan. Doth it suffice vnto eternall life to belieue in the Sonne No it doth not saith he S. Hierome in cap. 26. Isaiae Let a wall a forewall be set therin The wall of good works the forewall of Faith For it is not sufficient to haue a wall of faith vnlesse that saith it selfe be strengthned by good works Aug. in lib. de fide operibus Now let vs see that which must be shaken out of all religious harts least by an euill security they loose their saluation if they shall thinke only saith to be sufficient for the obtaining of it c. 7. That the works of the Iust are meritorious before God Aug. serm 102. de tempore Deus pro meritis sidei a tque bonorū operum dabit suis fidelibus regnum caelorū God for the merits of faith of God works will giue vnto his faithfull children the Kingdome of Heauen Basil orat in initium Prouerbiorum All we that walke the way of the Ghospell are merchants getting vnto our selues the possession of heauen by the workes of the commaundements 8. That the law of God is not impossible Basil in illud Attende tibi It is a wicked thing to say that the Commaundements are impossible Chrysost hom 8. de poenitentia Doe not accuse our Lord he commaūdeth not impossible things S. Hier. l. 3. cōtr Pelagianos God hath commaunded things that are possible this no man doubteth Aug. l. de natura gratia c. 43. God therfore commaundeth not impossible things 9. That faith holinesse being once had may yet be lost againe neither is it proper to the elect only Aug. in lib. de corrept gratiac 13. VVe must belieue that some of the Children of perdition hauing not receiued the gift of perseuerance to the end haue begun to liue in that faith which worketh by charity and do for some while liue both faithfully and iustly and afterwards fall 10. That God by his internall grace calleth al euē reprobates vnto the faith as much as lieth in him seeketh their saluatiō Ambr. serm 8. in Psal 118. The Sun of Iustice is risen vnto all comen vnto all suffered for all and rose againe for all But if any belieue not in Christ he defraudeth himselfe of as general a benefit as if a mā hauing his windowes shut should barre forth the beames of the Sunne Chrysost hom 7. in leremiam He enlighteneth euery man as much as in him lyeth But if any voluntarily the eyes of their mind being closed will not direct their eye-sight vnto the beames of this light such persist not in darkenesse by reason of the light but through their own malice or fault Now thou seest Good Reader I suppose that the Caluinists Church teacheth one thing and the Primitiue Church another thing in matters of sayth Caluin himselfe cōfesseth as much it manifestly appeareth by these few things which we haue alledged Wherupon I conclude that which was to be proued viz. that the Caluinists Church at this time is not the true Church of Christ because that it disagreeth from the Primitiue Church which all men graunt was the true Catholike Apostolike Church Ergo the Roman Church is the Catholike Church Hitherto haue we spokē of the former part The latter is that for the space of a 1000. yeares frō Pope Gregory vntil Mart. Luther there was no visible Church but the Romā which had a lawful succession of Bishops consent with the primitiue Church in doctrin of faith This needs no proof because the Caluinists can assigne forth no such Church besides the Roman Or if they thinke that they can I intreat thē to shew vnto me who were the Doctors of that Church who were the Bishops Pastours who were the Martyrs what Kings Emperours adhered vnto it what heretikos were cast forth by it What Vniuersities were cōfirmed by it what Churches it builded To none of these can they answere any other thing but that they know not or cānot tell But I wil vrge them further If there were any visible Church for these 1000. yeares either it was knowne or vnknowne to men If it were knowne name then the Doctours Bishops therof Name the Prouince Citty Castle wherin it was Who hath reueiled this matter vnto you None of you lyued in those dayes And to them that liued then it was vnknowne you say By what meanes then know you that such a Church there was Heere you are plunged and sticke fast And still I tarry vntil you giue me an answere Therfore once againe I conclude that there neither now is nor hath bene hitherto any visible Church besides the Church of Rome which hath agreed with the Primitiue Church in matters of faith and had a lawfull succession of Bishops FINIS