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A18712	A brefe treatyse declaryng what and where the churche is, that it is knowen, and whereby it is tryed and knowen. Made by Iohn Churchson	Churchson, John.	1556 (1556)	STC 5219; ESTC S109858	36,742	164

to thys commaundemente of Chryst Omnia quecunque dicunt seruate et facite que autem faciunt nolite facere Obserue kepe and do you all thynges Mat. 23 whatsoeuer they doo speake and teache agreable to truethe but do you not those thynges whyche they worke dissonant from the same then truelye he that refuseth the felowshyppe of the iust for the iniust sake maye not be rekened an humble chyld to god our father nor to the vnyuersall churche our mother As the great house wherin be vessels not onely of golde 1. Tim 2 and syluer to honoure but of woade and earth also to dyshonour is not to be forsaken and refused for the vesselles sake of dysshonor therein No more is the catholyke Churche whyche is the greate house nor her determynations to be contempned for the euilles sake therein permixted with the good for in the churche the good and the bad be to gyther as chaffe is with the corne sayeth Austen Mali et boni sunt in ecclesia sed apud hereticos soli mali sunt Aug to 9 in Io tr 6 c. nos fatemur in ecclesia catholicorum et bonos et malos esse sed tanquam grana et paleas Good and euil be in the church but amonge heretykes be onelye euyll c. We graunte in the Churche of catholykes to be good and bad but as corne chaffe Here is to be noted that by Austen among the heretiks be none good but in the churche of catholikes to be not onely euell but also good yea and that lyke as corne chaffe be together For as good corne suffereth no detriment ne damage by myxture of the chaffe but is rather conserued preserued good therewyth lykewise the good people receiueth no corruption contagion nor infection in the substaunce of theyr religion by the societie of the euyll But rather bye continual companye famyliaritye and syght of theyr fructles lyfe do learne to detest and abhorre the same and do vse there leuitie comparable to the lyghte moueable chaffe to the establyshyng of they re owne godlie grauytye and the inconstant corrupte deformed errors of the iniuste to the tryall and confyrmatiō of their owne constante pure and ryghte doctryne For as the wicked euyll vseth the good workes of the vertuous so the vertuous well vsethe the yll workes of the wycked to theyr owne exercyse and much profytte accordyng to the example of GOD hym selfe who vseth the euylles of the noughty to the exercyse and profytte of the good and holy that bye the peruersytye of the euyll the good maye profyte be proued and tryed as learne we maye also by Iob Tho●● whiche by tempting Sathan receiued no dāmage 2. cor 12. but were proued tried to their muche good accordyng to thys of Paule Virtus in infirmitate perficitur Vertue by infyrmitye as temptatyon persecution and aduersitie is made perfect stronge and invynsyble And as good wheat being winnowed with the wind frō the chaffe is manyfest manyfestly appeareth good so the good people by the stormye temptation of the euyl are tried good and by the tryall are manyfestly knowē to be good Therefore Paule wryteth 1. Co. 11 Oportet hereses esse ut probati manifestifiant Sectes muste nedes be that they whyche be good maye be knowen amongest you for by scisme in doctrine they are stirred to learne the trueth and bi diuisyon in lyuynge they are excyted to seke vertue and to be the more vygylant in Doctryne and circumspecte in lyuyng so that the good faythefulles takethe no more detryment by the companye of the badde then dothe wheate bye chaffe then golde by the touch of fyre thē the pacience of Iob and Thoby by the temptatyon of Sathan 2. cor 12. then Paule by the sharpe afflyction messēger of Sathan in his body then the Apostles by the companye of traytorous Iudas And for as much as Sodome had bene preserued and saued from destruction yf therein had bene but tenne good persones Gen. 10. why shoulde not we beleue the catholyke Churche of Chryste wherin be innumerable good to be preserued conserued and saued holy pure cleane from the destroying heresies damnable errours To be breife that holy father and learned Doctour Saynt Austen wryteth as foloweth Ecclesia dei inter multam palcam multaque Au. to 2. epist 110 ad Ianua cap. 19. zizannia constituta multa tolerat et tamen que sunt contra fidem uel bonam uitam non app●●bat non tacet nec facit The churche of God ordeyned and set among much chafe and much cockell doth tolerat many thynges and yet neuerthelesse it nother approuethe nother concealethe nother doth those thynges whych be agaynst the faith or good lyfe Thus you maye vnderstand that the church in and among the chaffe which signifieth inconstant and frutelesse christians and cockle signifying corrupt christians suffereth mani thinges indifferent infirmities fraylties and euels not makyng agaynst our faythe nor contagious to christian manners for vnyties sake as Christ dyd tolerate Iudas a theffe and a traitour but the churche saith Austen nothere dothe it selfe nother alloweth in the badde no nor concealeth nor yet winketh at any thyng in any wise repugnaunte to our faythe or chrystyā lyfe especially it doth not tolerate heretyckes nor scysmatykes bycause theye be intollerable euyll for scysme vyolation of peace breache of vnitie and seperaciō from the inherytaunce of Chryste the churche spredde through al the whole worlde and stretchyng into all ages be intollerable And no meruel for the church is the kyngdome of heauen as teacheth the parable of the net and of the tenne vyrgynnes c. Mat. 13. and 25 Therfore it erreth not infernally nor doeth tolerate anye thynge that is infernall for the kingdome of heauen is not the kyngdome of hell of falsytye scysme nor heresye leadyng to hell but of verytye concorde and vnytye bryngyng to heauen No cause is therfore why we should cal the doctrine of the whole catholyke Churche in doute for no person vnfaynedly professyng Chryste wyll affyrme any one of the Apostles whych were but members of hys mystycall bodye the sayde churche to erre in his writing shall then anye chrystyan person holde the whole vniuersall bodye of Chryste to erre in the greate matters of our profession Paule was but a chylde of oure mother the Churche and yet we are bound to beleue his Doctryne to be true For christ spake in hym as he him selfe wytnesseth to the Corynthes saying An experimentum queritis eius 2. Co. 13 qui in me loquitur Christus 〈◊〉 Do you seke experience of Chryste him selfe whych speaketh in me Shall not we then beleue the Doctryne of hys and our holy mother the catholyke Church spouse moste obedient to oure Sauyour Iesus Chryst truth it selfe in whom he hath doth Au. to 9 tract 89 and wyll speake to the worlds ende seynge he promysed to be in Mat. 28.

omnes sub uno sunt nomine Ambrosi 2. timo 2 uno enim domini sui nomine censent ur omnes In one house sayeth S. Ambrose all be vnder one name for all are called by theyr Lordes name Which is not dissonant from the principle Euerithynge is to be named by the best and worthyest parte But our Lorde holynes it selfe is the best parte and worthyeste membre of the churche beyng heade thereof Therefore the churche ryghtly is called holy of holy Christ oure Lorde and heade yea and of the holy gost resydent therein Nowe that I haue briefly opened by the waye the cause why the catholyke churche is called holy ye must vnderstād the sayde article to teache vs the holye churche to be a communion of saynctes Vincent Airen that is to saye of Catholykes whereby we are taughte the catholyke churche to be a communitie societie or felowshyppe of catholykes because they persyste in the communion of the catholyke and vniuersall holy fayth that was and is obserued in the catholyke and vnyuersall churche and in the communiō also of the holye sacramentes whereby it is incorporate to oure holy heade Iesus Christ and clensed in his holy bloude Ephes 5. hallowed with his holy spyrit hath and doth holy thynges teacheth holye and holesome doctryne Of this conuocatiō communion and feloweshyp speakethe the electe vessell of Chryst Saynt Paule Multi unū corpus sumus in Christo Rom. 12. We beynge manye are one body in Christ So that the whole many and vniuersall multitude professīg one holye fayth and doctryne and being partakers of the same holye Sacramentes are the mystycall body of Chryst whiche is the Catholyke churche Therfore S. Ambrose sayeth Corpus Christi non unus aut duo christiani sed omnes Ambros in 1. cor 6 The bodye of Chryste is not one or two Christians but all Chrystians As in a natural bodye one two or three members make not the whole naturall bodye but all the mēbers ioyntlye in theyr places so the mystical bodye of Christ whiche is the Churche is not constituted by one or two christians but by all the Christiās in theyr vocatiō wheresoeuer they be ioyned and lynked together by the communion and participation of the same Sacramentes The lyke doctrine also S. Paule taught the Ephesians Vnum Corpus Ephes 4. You are one bodye Wherevpon Erasmus dyd wryte as foloweth Vnum corpus estis omn●s ab uno pendetis capite You are all one bodye and do depende of one heade Thus it is manyfeste all Christians to be the bodye of Christe that the integritie of Christ his misticall bodye consystethe by no lesse then all Christians and that therof is one head Christ hymselfe of whome the sayde bodye the Catholyke churche dependeth Albeit that in namynge the churche to be Christes body Christ is named the heade thereof for elles it could not be his bodye yet you may reade many Scryptures that he is by expresse words named the heade thereof whereof I wil reherse this one folowing Et ipsum dedit caput supra omnem ecclesiam Ephe. 1. que est corpus ipsius And GOD the fathermade him meaning Christ heade ouer all the vnyuersall churche whiche is his bodye Hereby you maye euydentlye se Christ to be head to all the churche all the church to be his bodye and by that worde all Paule teacheth the churche to be a vniuersall congregation Lykewyse to the Corynthians and to al christians professynge Christ as the Corynthes dyd Paule dydde wryte 1. Cor 12 Vos autem estis corpus Christi You be the bodye of Chryste Wherevpon Primasius saieth Omnes corpus al be the body of christ for the vniuersall and the whole body of Chryste was and is of all faythfulles Prima●●us and not of Corinthe onely Chris h● 23. in 1. Cor. 12. Therefore Chrysostome sayth Vniuersum corpus non illa Corrinthiorum est solum sed que vbilibet toto exta● terrarum orbe The vnyuersall body of chryst is not the Corinthian churche onelye but the churche that is euery wher through the whole worlde for the churche of Corinthe was but a particuler churche parte or member of that vniuersall church To be short Paule proueth the same by the symylytude of a naturall body 1. C● 1● saying Sicut enim cor●us unum est et membrahabet multa omnia autem membra corporis cum sint multa vnum tamen corpus sunt ita et christus For as a a naturall body is one hathe many members but thoughe all the members of that one body be many yet they are but on body euen so is chryste that is to say euen so is christ his churche as Chrisostome Iherome Primasius Theophilact with other olde aunciente wryters do expounde it as the bodye hed in man maketh one mā in lykewise the whole congregation and flocke of faythfulles and chryste the heade of them make on churche Chrisos ibidem And for that cause Chrysostome affyrmeth chryst in the sayd scrypture to be put for the churche naming the churche by the worthyeste and best part thereof And S. Austen sayeth Aug. to 9. ho. 17. trac 108 Vnus est christus caputet corpus The hed and the body is one chryst Wherefore the bodye whyche is the churche maye well be named by christ As breade also is made of innumerable graynes so the misticall body of Chryst the churche consysteth of innumerable faythfull members howe soeuer they be locally distant for Vnus panis et unum corpus multisumus 1. Cor. 10 We beynge manye sayeth the Apostle Paule are one breade and one bodye that is to saye we beyng manye lyke as manye graynes make one breade do make one body by on baptime and one faith incorporate to one heade our Lorde Iesus Chryst By a folde also of shepe is sygnified the catholyke churche as is wrytten in the tenth of Iohn Io. 10. and by Ciryll vpon the same so that the catholike churche is called also by scrypture the foelde or flocke pasturynge feadynge through the whole greate felde the worlde Mat. 13. wherin is the catholyke churche of the which Iesus Christ is the hed sheperd Nowe that I haue cōpetently declared what the catholyke churche is my promise byndethe me to enterpryse the declaration wher the same is Where the church is By thys worde catholyke whych is to say vniuersall added vnto the whole Churche most manyfestly we be taught where Chryste his Churche is for it declareth the sayde churche to strecth out her braūches and members in to all and euery part of the vniuersal world as well affyrmethe famouse Austen Aug. to 7. cō epi. pet de unitate ecclesie c. 2 Questio certe inter nos versatur ubi sit ecclesia utrum apud nos an apud illos quae utique una est quam maiores nostri catholicā nominarunt ut ex