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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04574	The way to glory, or, The preaching of the Gospell is the ordinary meanes of our saluation wherein is shewed what difference there is betweene the text of the Gospell, and the preaching, exposition, and glosse thereof : with a confutation of our aduersaries opinion, that the Popes defining and expounding Scriptures ex Cathedra, is to bee beleeued as vndoubted truth ... : herein also is shewed the dignity and necessity of the office of preaching the Gospell ... : preached in the Cathedrall Church of S. Paules, for the Crosse sermon, the tenth of December, 1620 / by Ro. Iohnson Bachelour of Diunity.	Johnson, Ro. (Robert)	1621 (1621)	STC 14693.5; ESTC S2160	25,362	56

gospell it is said to bee theirs in respect of the preaching thereof Quest 2 Heere then another question may arise what difference there is betweene the Apostles gospell that is the Text of the gospell and our gospell that is the preaching dispensation exposition glosse or determination thereof Answer I answer there is an imparity and difference betweene the Text of the Gospell in which there can be no error or lye and our exposition and glosse thereof in which there may be errors as we haue seene in many of the famous and worthy Fathers Aug. de ciuitat lib. 21. Idem de doctr Christian and Pillars of the Church First the Text of the gospell cannot erre nor lye so saith the Apostle Vnder the hope of eternal life which God that cannot lye Tit. 1.2 hath promised before the world beganne And againe We cannot but speake the truth of those things we haue seen and heard And againe Acts 4.20 We can do nothing against the truth but for the truth 1. Cor. 13.8 And againe in the Epistle to the Galatians Though that we or an Angell from heauen Gal 1.8 preach vnto you otherwise then that which we haue preached let him be accursed And here S. Paule doth pronounce the Pope If his traditions and lawes be against Gods word Peters successor if the Papists will haue him so accursed if he teach or preach otherwise or contrary to S. Paules Doctrine and that he doth so who seeth not that hath eyes Most of his Doctrines Pardons Indulgences Acts Excommunications and Lawes beeing flat against the Doctrine of S. Paule and the truth of Gods word as I shal hereafter touch But here we see that there is and may bee a great difference and imparity betweene the Text of the gospel and our preaching thereof For so saith also S. Augustine Aug. de videndo Deo ad Paulinum cap. 16. Numquid vllo modo Euangelio scripta mea comparabis aut ea Scripturis canonicis coaequabis Profectò si rectè diiudicando sapis longè infra nos vides ab illa authoritate distare Trel●● Qua authoritate egeat scriptura ●geat non propter se sed propter alia The Church deliuereth the truth but proueth not the same That must bee done by scriptures Scripture is best expounded by Scripture Tit. 1.2 The Diuels restauration Aug. de ciui lib. 21. 2 Beginning et me quidem longiùs Doest any way compare my writings with the gospell or equalize them with the Text of the Canonicall Scriptures Truely if thou vnderstandest with a right iudgement thou maist perceiue vs and our writings much inferiour to their authority and my selfe most inferiour of all Now heere we see the text of Gods gospell and word cannot lye there is no error in it But in the writings and bookes of men of subordinate calling there may bee error as was in Origen Augustine and many of the Fathers of the Church why may it not bee in the Pope also and his expositions and glosses of Scripture which our aduersaries deny for they hold and maintaine this doctrine That the Popes defining and expounding Scriptures ex Cathedra Posito Papistica is to be beleeued as the vndoubted truth and held for the most certaine rule and ground of faith and equalize his expositions and traditions with the gospell Baron Tom. 1. in Annal. 25. So saith Baronius By the tradition of the Church all the gospell receiueth his authority and is built thereupon as vpon a foundation and cannot subsist without it Tom. 2. de sign eccles pag. 133. Likewise saith Bozius The Scriptures are not to bee reckoned among such principle as before all things are to bee credited Blasphemy against Scriptures But they are proued and confirmed by the Church as by a certaine principle which hath authority to reiect and allow Scripture Here is flat heresie and blasphemy against the truth of Scriptures equalizing nay preferring their writings and authority before the Scriptures Stapleton Triplinicat aduersus Whitak Yet Stapleton one of their owne side of a milder spirit is cleane of contrary opinion For hee saith The inward testimony of the Spirit is so effectuall that by it alone any matter may be beleeued though the Church holde her peace Heere wee see our aduersaries errors and contradictions about this point they equalize and preferre their writings with Scriptures they will beleeue no Scripture No Scripture ought to bee expounded against the Analysis ground of Faith vnlesse their Church expound it and though their Church expound the same neuer so contradictory to the truth of Scriptures yet they then wil beleeue it and not before And that place which they vrge out of S. Augustine for their purpose heerein is also flat against themselues Aug. Tome 6. lib. contra epist Fundamenti cap. 5. Ego verò non crederem Euangelio nisi me catholicae Ecclesiae commoueret authoritas I my selfe should not haue beene a Christian and beleeued the Gospell if the authority of the catholike Church had not moued and pressed mee thereunto These words are Augustines text indeede in his sixt Tome in his Book Contra Epistolam Fundamenti cap. 5. for that sixt Tome he hath written against diuers heresies of the Iewes Manichies Arians and Iouinians And this booke hee writes against the afore-named Fundaments Epistle which was a Manichie and held two natures or beginnings one good and another bad or euill and saies these words to this intent to conuince him of his error by the authority and consent of the catholike Church which hath power to compell a Christian to beleeue in Christ for saith S. Augustine to him Doest thou not beleeue the catholike Churches whole consent Why I my selfe had not beene a Christian vnlesse the authority and generall consent of the Church had mooued me thereunto putting according to phrase the preterimperfectence for the preterpluperfectence meaning I had not my selfe beene a Christian vnlesse the Churches authority that is generall consent at the first had pressed me to beleeue the Gospell for this is apparent in his words following Quibus ego obtemperem dicentibus Credite Euangelio Idem cur non eis ob temperem dicentibus mihi Noli credere Manichaeo elige quid vis si dixeris crede catholicis ipsi me mouent vt nullam fidem accommodem vobis Whom I haue obeyed saying Beleeue the Gospell why should I not also obey them saying Beleeue not a Manachie chuse what thou wilt If thou saist vnto me Beleeue the orthodox catholikes they shall moue me so farre as that I should neuer beleeue the Manichies The consent of an orthodox Church ought to conuince one and to make him a Christian to beleeue the Gospell S. Augustine speakes of the Catholike Church not of the Roman The Church of Rome and her Doctrine differeth much from what it did in former time The Church of Rome was subordinate to other