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A57693	Catholick charitie complaining and maintaining, that Rome is uncharitable to sundry eminent parts of the Catholick Church, and especially to Protestants, and is therefore Uncatholick : and so, a Romish book, called Charitie mistaken, though undertaken by a second, is it selfe a mistaking / by F. Rous.	Rous, Francis, 1579-1659.	1641 (1641)	Wing R2017; ESTC R14076	205,332	412

Matris misce●e volo cum sanguine Nat● Ave salus 〈◊〉 s●cul● Arbor 〈◊〉 Item In Cruce Christi ponimus spem salutis Cantat enim Eccl●●●● O C●u● a●e spes u●ica c. Aquia 3. ●●ast 25. Art 4. 2 Chro. 29.5 Reynolds and Harts conference Chap. 2. dist 2. a It were good that the Cavalier would answer his own great Masters Driedo Castro and Vasquez who say that a Law-maker cannot at his pleasure by his command make a sinne veniall or mortall Materiae quae praecipitur gravitas utilitas tantae considerationis est ut non pendeat ex voluntate Legislatoris ad mortalem aut venialem culpam obligare posito semel praecepto sed ex ipsa majore gravitate levitate respectu finis cujus gratia praecipitur culpa venialis aut mortalis judicanda sit Vasquez ●● 12. Disp. 158. cap. 4. And it seemes it is not for the Popes honour to command points of small importance For Thomas Aquinas saith of the Pope Ad quem majores difficiliores Ecclesiae quaestiones referun●ur 22. quaest 1. A. 10. So it seemes this Eagle should not take Flies But the Councell of Ephesus Decrevit sancta haec Synodus alteram sidem Nemini licere proferre aut scribere aut componere praeter ●am quae de●inita fuit à sanctis Patribus apud Nicaeam urbem in Spiritu sancto congregatis And A●hanasius gives a reason for it Nam fides quae mihi à Patribus secundùm sacras Scripturas Confessionibus confirmata est satis mihi idonea ●●ticaxque videbatur ad omnem imp●●tatem emovendam pi●tatem ejus quae in Christo est fidei 〈…〉 A●hanas ad Epict. epist. Corinth Videte detractores videte canes c. a Superstitionis impietat●m nomine Religionis intitulant In operimentum turpitudinis continentiae se insigniere voto Hi adeo aut bestiales sunt ut non advertant qualiter omni immunditiae laxat habenas qui nuptias damnat aut certè ita pleni nequitiâ diabolicâ malignitate absorpti ut advertentes dissimulent laetentur in perditione hominum Tolle de Ecclesia honorabile Connubium thorum immaculatum nonne reples eam concubina iis incestuosis seminifluis mollibus masculorum concubitoribus omni denique genere immundorum Elige ergo utrumlibet aut sal●a●i universa haec MONSTRA hominum aut numerum salvandorum ad continentium redigi paucitatem Bernard in Cant. serm 66. Revel 6.9 10. Revel 19.1 2. Rom. 14.23 Eccles. 7.1 Psal. 112.6 Page 35 a Tu quid Christo universalis sanctae Ecclesiae capiti in extremi judiciidicturus es examine qui cuncta ejus membra tibimet conaris universalis appellatione supponere Quis rogo in hoc tam perverso vocabulo nisi ille ad incitandum proponitur qui dispectis Angelorū legionibus secum socialiter constitutis ad culmen conatus est singularitatis erumpere ut nulli subesse solus omnibus praeesse videretur Greg. Mag. lib. 4. Epist. 38. b Ego autem fidenter dico quia quisquis se universalem Sacerdotem vocat vel vocari desiderat in elatione sua Antichristum praecurrit quia superbiendo s● caeteris praeponit I● lib. 6. Epist. 30. Mauritio Augusto a Iohn Tankerill a Batchelour of Divinity defended that the Pope Vicar of Christ is Monarch of the Church and may deprive Kings Princes who disobey his commandments of their Kingdomes States and Dignities For which hee being condemned to recant by the French the Court of Rome spake of the French men as of lost sheepe who denyed the Authority given by Christ to Saint Peter Hist. Trent lib. 5. And yet Optatus saith Cùm super Imperatorem non sit nisi solus D●us qui fecit Imperatorem Dixisti Ego sum Deus Ide● quia quam vis non sit usus hâc voce tamen aut facit aut passus est quòd defectum hujus vocis impleret Extulit corsuum ut nullum hominem sibi comparandum arbitraretur tumore mentis suae altior sibi visus est esse quia quicquid est supra homines jam quasi Deus est lib. 3. b Hist. Trent lib. 1. Rom. 10.14 17. It is likely the Pope himselfe was of a contrary opinion to the Cavalier and doubted that uniformity would bring to uni●y and therefore forbad his Disciples this uniformity a It seems Ministers had need to looke carefully to their carriage especially since notice is given of a book written by Papists of the lives of divers with their names and actions Can. 3. Can. ● Ephes. 4. a Sub persecutore Floro Ch●istiani Idol●●um cog●ban●u● ad T●●pla Sub M●ca●io 〈◊〉 Donat●lae compellebantur ad Basil●cam Sub Horo d●●eb●tur ut n●ga●etur Christus Idola ●ogarentu● contra sub Macario commonebantur omnes ut Deus unus pariter in Ecclesia ab omnibus coleretu● Optat. lib. 3. Aliorum autem Imp●●atorum justitiam l●g●sque quae veh●m●nte adversus 〈◊〉 l●●ae sunt qui ignorat In quibus una Generalis advers●● omnes qui Ch●istian●s s● d●ci volunt Ecclesiae Catholicae non communicant s●d in sui● separatim c●nventiculis congregantur id continet ut vel ordinato● Cle●ici vel ipse ordinatus deni● libris auri mulct●tu● Locus verò ipse qu● impia separatio congregatur redigatur in F●●cum 〈◊〉 ●ontra Parm●● lib. 1. b Ecclesia paulatim progressa est ●m●ia rem●dia expe●ta primò solum excommuni●abat deinde addidic P●CUNIARIAM mul●tam B●llar de 〈◊〉 cap. 21. c Tu id sentis de certitudine tollente omnem dubietatem ac si divini●ùs nobis esset certò propositum id esse revelatum à Deo Ego verò credo Cath●lici omnes auscultantes SANCTUM DECRETUM id a●negamus Dom. So●o Apolog d Castro libro 3. contra haereses verbo Baptismus haeres 9. sententiam Cajetani ut haereticam damnare videtur Suarez m. 3. T. 3. disp 27. sect 3. e Quod convocandi Concilii intentio satis sincera non fuit Romanae avaritiae artificiosa provisio patefecit Multi enim evocati quibus iter cundi ad Concilium difficile vel intolerabile videbatur interventu pecuntae turpius exactae quam praestitae relaxari meruerunt Neubridg lib. 3. cap. 2. Quando hactenus aurum Roma refudit Bernard de consider lib. 3. f At nuntius ille Rufi priusquam abeam tecum secretiùs agam Mansit ergo ibi per dies plurimos munera quibus ea cordî esse animadvertebat disperti●ndo p●llicendo Deductus ergo à sententia Romanus Pontifex est Ladmer lib. 2. Nec mirum nam omnes satisfactiones quae poenitentibus imponuntur à Confessore juxta Ecclesiae Romanae statuta possunt commutari in pecuniarias Texeda Hispanus C 5. Execution of Iustice pag. 16 17. a Scripturis iisdem confirmat quibus probat D. Cypr. de exhort Mart. cap. 5. Quod sic Idololatriae indignetur Deus ut praeceperit

this same opinion of inerrability was the cause of their Error as it is even now in the Romish Papacy Their presumption of not erring was so far from being an Argument of inerrability that it made them to runne into error and to lead the people after them blinde after blinde into the ditch of error This wee see in their owne words for thus they say Come let us devise devices against Ieremiah for the law shall not perish from the Priest yea this presumption of not erring was thought a very sure ground of erroneous judgement in this strange controversie whether Christ be Christ Do any of the Rulers or of the Pharises beleeve on him as if they should say The Rulers and the Pharises the Priests and the Doctors cannot erre and they have judged this controversie that Christ is not Christ And therefore without controversie men ought not to beleeve in Christ. But is there then no use of judgement of the Church yes surely very great The Church yea the Priests or Ministers of the Church according to the covenant of Levi ought to speake the Law of God to the people and judge controversies thereby And then as the Thessalonians hearing Saint Paul wee must not thinke that wee doe so much heare their word as the very word of God And this word being followed will make a true and inerrable judgement and truth ever being one it will ever cause unity And so are we come to the fourth point and indeede the point most proper to the present question though the place bee not proper to prove the Popish unity which this Author would picke out of it For whereas to raise this unity out of this text he would thereby enforce an absolute yeelding to the judgement of the Church without appealing to Scripture hee must remember that in this judgement of the Church the Scripture is implyed and included And the including of it is the onely right meanes of causing true christian unity For the case wherein a man not hearing the Church is to be accounted an Heathen is sinning against a brother Now sinning against a brother is plainly forbidden by Scripture being contrary to that Royall law of love which commands a man to love his Neighbour as himselfe So that not to heare the Church in a case of sinning against a brother is not to heare the Church advising or judging according to Scripture And so upon the matter it is a not hearing of the Scripture speaking by the mouth of the Church and then see how unhandsomely ariseth the Inference of this Author That he that will not hear the Church judging according to Scripture may not appeale to the Scripture that is he may not appeal from Scripture to Scripture But much more right and reasonable is this consequence That if a man shall wilfully not hearken to the Church in a case thus evidently judged by Scripture let such an one bee accounted as an heathen And indeed I can scarce thinke that if this man who is questioned and accused by his brother were guiltlesse and so by the Word of God should bee acquitted that this Author himselfe would have him taken for a heathen being judged by the Church against Gods Law and Scripture to bee an offender But in this case the curse lights on the false Judges that call good evill as it doth on those that falsely damne Protestants And thus also the Cavaliers imaginary contrariety of two Churches judging one against another is prevented and removed through this stedfast rule of unity for two Churches judging one case according to one right rule and such is the Scripture cannot pronounce of one case more then one judgement And so the man whom hee would affright is put out of feare for being tossed betweene two damnations by two contrary judgements for there is but one right judgement according to the Scripture and so but one damnation to bee feared which any man may avoyd by hearing the Church judging uniformely according to the Scripture for if the Church make a man a heathen against the Word of God we have seen that Christ did not take such a one for an heathen for Christ tooke the blinde man into his company whom the Jewish Prelates had unjustly excommunicated and made like an heathen And no wonder for Nicodemus Christs Disciple takes it for a confessed ground neither is it denyed by the Pharisees That the Law is Judge and from the Law all Judgement should proceed Doth our Law saith hee judge any man Accordingly S. Paul tels the High Priest That hee sits to judge after the Law Therefore when the Judgement is contrary to the Law it hath in it a nullity Now in all Judgements according to the Law as there is a power and efficacie so there is an harmonious unity But when there are two Popes a Pope and an Antipope or two successively that Judge one against the other how are the poore Popish souls that depend on a Popes word as a divine Law tossed miserably between two damnations But this while the children of the Church are safe from this distraction by the unity of that judgement which proceedeth from the constant unity of verity in the Scriptures CHAP. VI. The Testimonies of the Fathers which the Cavalier in his fourth Chapter alledgeth for the necessity of his conceited unity are turned upon himselfe and the Papists THis Champion of Rome goes from Scriptures which indeed went from him runs after Fathers which also run from him And although he please himself much when he findes the word Unity especially Books written for Unity yet hee must still bee put in minde that all mention of unity in the Fathers doth not prove this unity which hee undertakes They write of unity in love and unity under lawfull Pastors that flocks bee not divided by partiall and schismaticall setting up Pastors against Pastors in one and the same Flock But our Authors businesse is as I said before and himselfe now and then remembers that there must bee an universall unity in all points of doctrine decreed by the Pope bee they great or small which hee will never prove by any Fathers to bee absolutely necessary to salvation or to a reall unity in the Church Yet thus hee strives to wrest out this unity Others have written and framed expresse Catalogues of all the heresies which had risen in the Church of Christ our Lord from his ascension to heaven till their owne time expressely shewing hereby that both the unity of the Church was directly broken by the obstinate beliefe of any one doctrine which was held in disobedience to the same Church and withall that whosoever did so breake it must forfeit the salvation of his soule thereby And this was done by Saint Epiphanius Bishop of Cyprus by Phylastri●s B●shop of Brescia who are both cited to this purpose by the incomparable Saint Augustine in his Treatise de haeresibus ad quod vult