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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00599	A parallel: of nevv-old Pelgiarminian error; Parallelismus nov-antiqui erroris Pelagiarminiani. English	Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.	1626 (1626)	STC 10735; ESTC S121006	17,981	77

monition Would not the working bee strong enough if it were such as Satan vseth 6 Of Perseuerance Demipelag PRopos 3. For Perseuerance in Faith and Grace three needeth no new and speciall grace What we either haue by nature or haue formerly goten by the spirit of grace sufficeth for such Perseuerance The Proposition should rather haue beene thus formed Out of Saint Austin in his Treatise of Perseuerance That Perseuerance to the ende is in our power and is not the gift of God Out of Hilar. to Aust. Neither will they yeeld that such perseuerance is giuen to any man from which hee is not suffered to reuolt but such as from which hee may by his Freewill fall away This Proposition cannot be be fairely prescribed for the true state of the question much lesse for the whole question of Perseuerance For the Demipelagians did not deny the ayde of new Grace for perseuering as is euident by Prospers words forecicited God foresaw who would beleeue and perseuere in that Faith which in processe should be helped by Grace Armin. HAge Confer pag. 62. of the latter part Perseuerance is ill called a gift It is an act of the Will which may admit or despise the motion of the spirit The Remonstrants Theses exhibited All things being forelayd which are necessary and sufficient for perseuerance it remaines still in the power of man to perseuere or not perseuere 7 The common clamorous Obiection Demipelag PRrosper of the calling of the Gentiles They obiect that it is in vaine to labour to obtaine the worth and excellency of good works in vaine to bee instant in Prayers whereby God is intreated to grant our requests if so bee that the election vnto Christian grace depend vpon the vnchangeable purpose of of God Prosper in his Epistle to Austin They vpbraid that all care of rising out of sinne is taken away from those that are lapsed that to holy men is ministred an occasion of lukewarmenesse inasmuch as the Elect cannot fall away by any negligence howsoeuer they behaue themselues That all industry is layed aside that vertues are taken away if Gods determination preuent mans will Anstin of Perseuerance Chap. 12. The Pelagians obiect That we tye Gods grace to Destiny See also ad Bonifac. lib. 1. cap. 5. Prosper Ibidem They say that vnder the name of Praedestination fatall nececessity is brought in Armin. HAge Conference pag. 12 c. the latter part This Doctrine in it selfe and of it selfe is an hinderance to godlinesse and also to good manners both to the teachers and hearers It leadeth to carnall security it takes away true sorrowe for sinnes committed as also the watchfull care of rising vp from sinne and the feare of being hardned in sinne in processe of time It takes away Prayers Obsecrations Obtestations Admonitions Threatnings Promises Commands Counsells Commendations and Rewards This Doctrine bringeth into the Church Manichisme Stoicisme Libertinisme Epicurisme To the Arminians booke of their Acta Synodalia this Embleme is prefixed An armed Lyon the Armes of Holland with a Capp the badge of Liberty ouer which is written this triumphant Motto DESTINY DESTROYED OR The ouerthrow of Fate When Demipelagianisme was obiected against Arminius Armin art●culo 10. he ingeniously answered that it might be a good Q●aere why Demipelagianisme should not be accompted true Christianisme But Prosper demonstrating vpon substantial g●oūds that the Pelagians and Demipelagians sticke together in the same myre doth cage them both in the same Parallell Prosp cont Coll torem Cap. 41. in these words The budds are of the same kinde which come from the same seede and that which is couched low in the roote appeares in the fruit We are not therefore to skirmish against these men with new leuied forces nor to enter into a speciall list as against vnknown enemies These meane Engins were then shattered in pieces then they fell to the ground in their Companions and ringleaders of their pride when Innocentius of blessed memory smote the heads of this abominable error with the dint of the Apostolicke Sword when the Synod of the Bishops of Palestina compelled Pelagius to pronounce sentence against himselfe and his followers If we tye this mishapen monster with the bands of a Syllogisme Proteus being fast manacled will vtter his concealed Oracle thus Demipelagianisme is true Christianisme Arminius sticks not at it But Demipelagianisme is Pelagianisme Prosper avowes it Therefore Pelagianisme is true Christianisme though Catholike doctrine cry it downe With which close we summe vp this our Parallell Parallelismus nov-antiqui erroris Pelagiarminiani 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Math. 7 16. LONDINI Impensis ROBERTI MYLBOVRNE 1626. Salutem in ipso qui fons Gratiae AMice noster veritatis magis Quem per Epistolam repetitò flagitabas Parallelum unà cum ejusdē conscribendi caussâ necessariâ ad te per notum Hermetem licèt aliquantò seriùs jam transmitto Tu quaeso inter legendum amict sepone personam indue judicis si quid titubatum sit pro tuo candore ac libertate mone eò redibit gratior quò obeliscis tuis compunctior Absit ut Arminianis ideo stupescant dentes quia labruscas comederat Pelagius aut delicatiores Pelagii nepotes nisi constiterit Arminianos itidem acidum inde expressum plenâ hausisse amphorâ aliis avidè etiamnum propinare In hac 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ad geometricam normam compositâ sanctè profiteor imprimis cautum ne quid distortum inversum aut depravatum affingeretur quò faciliùs aut speciosiùs antiquis erroribus novi quadrare viderentur Verùm ut in picturis nimis exiguis aut speculis minutioribus vultus integros vix datur distinctè intueri in tabella isthac adeo contracta singulos gemini istius Monstri artus articulos conspici posse hand quidem sperandum Haec tantummodo ad synopsin specimen properata potiùs quàm maturata Opportunum forte hîc tertiam adstrui columnam quae sententiam orthodoxam singulis erroribus recto ordine oppositam representaret Quorsum verò tibi vir doctissime hanc praeire facem utpote in Augustini Patrúmque reliquorum eandem doctrinam luculenter asserentium solidè ex Scripturis confirmantium scriptis versatissimo Neque certè mihi hîc quicquam de navo aggredi visum sed hoc tantùm quod in usum unius privatum olim postulatum est ac conscriptum denuo recognoscere tibíque in peculium transcribere Quod tui juris esto prout etiam ipse à quopriùs hoc promissum jam missum Londino Ian. 20 1624. Vale. Tuus A. B. CVm abhinc quasi triennio Honoratìssimus Dominus Acacius Baro de Dona recuperandi Palatinatus negotium promoturus aliquot menses in Anglia versaretur à quodam extero philologo Roerghesto solicitatur in partes quae vocantur Arminianas Quem licèt ab orthodoxa integritate deflectere non potuerat ille Belga nebulis tamen quibusdam offusis ita veritatem ei obscuravit