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A89446
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The Church of England vindicated against her chief adversaries of the Church of Rome wherein the most material points are fairly debated, and briefly and fully answered / by a learned divine.
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Menzeis, John, 1624-1684.
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Wing M33A; ESTC R42292
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question_n which_o s._n james_n agitate_v be_v whether_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o good_a work_n which_o he_o resolve_v affirmative_o and_o withal_o atte_v that_o though_o they_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o justification_n before_o god_n yet_o they_o be_v the_o inseparable_a effect_n of_o a_o justify_v faith_n and_o the_o evidence_n of_o a_o justify_v estate_n for_o this_o end_n he_o bring_v in_o not_o only_o the_o example_n of_o abraham_n but_o also_o of_o rahab_n who_o of_o a_o infidel_n have_v be_v proselyte_v to_o the_o faith_n yet_o she_o also_o demonstrate_v the_o soundness_n of_o her_o faith_n by_o her_o work_n of_o mercy_n to_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n thus_o the_o harmony_n of_o these_o two_o apostle_n may_v luculent_o appear_v the_o apostle_n paul_n show_v good_a work_n have_v no_o causal_n influence_n upon_o justification_n the_o apostle_n james_n teach_v that_o though_o they_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n yet_o they_o demonstrate_v the_o truth_n of_o a_o justify_v faith_n for_o as_o s._n austin_n say_v lib._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o operibus_fw-la cap._n 14._o good_a work_n sequuntur_fw-la justificatum_fw-la non_fw-la praecedunt_fw-la justificandum_fw-la that_o which_o follow_v justification_n can_v neither_o causal_o nor_o formal_o justify_v but_o well_o may_v evidence_n a_o justify_v estate_n and_o this_o be_v all_o which_o s._n james_n intend_v but_o what_o need_v i_o more_o their_o own_o aquivas_fw-la in_o cap._n 3._o epist_n ad_fw-la galat._n lect._n 4._o express_o confess_v quod_fw-la hona_fw-la opera_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la causa_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la sit_fw-la iustùs_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la executiones_fw-la &_o manifestationes_fw-la justitiae_fw-la that_o good_a work_n be_v not_o cause_n why_o any_o be_v just_a before_o god_n but_o the_o executive_a demonstration_n of_o righteousness_n or_o of_o a_o justify_v estate_n i_o know_v there_o be_v many_o cavil_v raise_v against_o this_o by_o bell._n and_o other_o advocate_n of_o the_o romish_a cause_n but_o they_o be_v copious_o discuss_v by_o our_o controversists_n and_o late_o turretinus_n exercit_fw-la de_fw-fr concord_n pauli_n &_o jacobi_n in_o articulo_fw-la justificationis_fw-la proceed_v we_o now_o to_o the_o three_o and_o last_o place_n 2_o thes_n 2._o 13._o which_o the_o pamphleter_n suppose_v to_o be_v clear_a for_o their_o unwritten_a tradition_n it_o be_v indeed_o ordinary_a with_o romanist_n where_o ever_o they_o find_v mention_n of_o tradition_n in_o scripture_n to_o draw_v it_o to_o their_o unwritten_a tradition_n but_o this_o very_a place_n discover_v their_o mistake_n for_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o tradition_n by_o epistle_n as_o well_o as_o by_o word_n then_o sure_o there_o be_v write_v tradition_n i_o know_v nothing_o that_o here_o can_v be_v object_v but_o that_o he_o mention_n tradition_n not_o only_o by_o epistle_n but_o also_o by_o word_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v from_o this_o indeed_o it_o follow_v that_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n be_v deliver_v to_o the_o church_n of_o thessalonica_n both_o by_o word_n and_o writ_n it_o hold_v out_o these_o two_o different_a way_n by_o which_o divine_a truth_n be_v convey_v to_o they_o from_o the_o apostle_n but_o it_o can_v be_v conclude_v from_o this_o scripture_n that_o any_o article_n of_o faith_n be_v deliver_v by_o word_n to_o this_o church_n of_o thessalonica_n which_o be_v not_o contain_v in_o the_o epistle_n write_v to_o they_o yet_o grant_v that_o some_o articel_n of_o faith_n have_v be_v oral_o deliver_v to_o they_o which_o be_v not_o contain_v in_o these_o two_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n of_o thessalonica_n yet_o nothing_o can_v be_v infer_v against_o we_o except_o he_o can_v prove_v that_o these_o article_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o other_o scripture_n let_v this_o pamphleter_n if_o he_o can_v give_v we_o a_o account_n of_o the_o article_n of_o faith_n oral_o deliver_v to_o the_o thessalonian_o which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v either_o in_o these_o epistle_n or_o in_o any_o other_o scripture_n if_o he_o can_v which_o no_o romanist_n as_o yet_o have_v be_v able_a to_o do_v let_v they_o once_o learn_v to_o acknowledge_v that_o this_o scripture_n make_v nothing_o for_o they_o i_o must_v remember_v he_o that_o bell._n confess_v lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la cap._n 11._o that_o the_o apostle_n commit_v to_o write_v whatever_o be_v necessary_a either_o than_o it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v these_o tradition_n be_v not_o necessary_a or_o else_o according_a to_o bell._n they_o must_v be_v deliver_v in_o the_o write_a word_n cardinal_n perron_n as_o i_o find_v he_o cite_v by_o m._n chillingworth_n in_o his_o protestant_n safe_o way_n cap._n 3._o sect._n 46._o conjecture_n that_o the_o tradition_n of_o which_o the_o apostle_n here_o speak_v be_v of_o the_o hindrance_n of_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n grant_v that_o the_o cardinal_n have_v hit_v right_a yet_o see_v neither_o he_o nor_o the_o romish_a church_n can_v give_v a_o account_n what_o that_o hindrance_n be_v which_o the_o apostle_n mean_v it_o still_o appear_v how_o unsure_a a_o traditive_a conveyance_n be_v and_o that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o hindrance_n can_v be_v necessary_a now_o or_o a_o point_n of_o faith_n see_v god_n have_v permit_v it_o to_o be_v lose_v pag._n 63._o and_o 64._o the_o pamphleter_n urge_v that_o heretic_n such_o as_o arrian_n eutychian_o manichee_n nestorian_n valentinian_o and_o apollinarist_n by_o collate_v scripture_n with_o scripture_n do_v confirm_v their_o blasphemous_a heresy_n but_o what_o be_v that_o to_o the_o purpose_n do_v it_o therefore_o follow_v that_o collate_v scripture_n be_v not_o a_o mean_a for_o find_v out_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o scripture_n may_v he_o not_o as_o well_o argue_v that_o because_o some_o by_o eat_v do_v poison_v themselves_o therefore_o eat_v be_v not_o a_o mean_a to_o preserve_v the_o life_n of_o man_n or_o because_o some_o heretic_n have_v bring_v the_o testimony_n of_o father_n council_n yea_o and_o also_o of_o pope_n to_o confirm_v their_o heresy_n therefore_o none_o of_o those_o do_v contribute_v to_o find_v out_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o scripture_n it_o be_v blasphemy_n to_o say_v that_o read_v or_o collate_v of_o scripture_n be_v the_o proper_a cause_n of_o heresy_n s._n austin_n assign_v far_o different_a cause_n when_o lib._n de_fw-fr util_fw-la cred_a cap._n 1._o he_o define_v a_o heretic_n to_o be_v one_o qui_fw-la alicujus_fw-la temporalis_fw-la commodi_fw-la &_o maxim_n gloriae_fw-la principatusque_fw-la svi_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la falsas_fw-la ac_fw-la novas_fw-la opiniones_fw-la vel_fw-la gignit_fw-la vel_fw-la sequitur_fw-la where_o he_o hold_v out_o that_o it_o be_v from_o pride_n avarice_n or_o some_o such_o vicious_a principle_n and_o not_o from_o read_v or_o collate_v scripture_n that_o man_n adopt_v heretical_a opinion_n and_o have_v once_o espouse_v they_o they_o pervert_v scripture_n to_o make_v they_o appear_v plausible_a certain_o all_o misinterpretation_n of_o scripture_n proceed_v from_o some_o brave_a disposition_n either_o in_o the_o understanding_n or_o will_v and_o our_o saviour_n make_v use_v of_o collate_v scripture_n matth._n 4._o as_o the_o choice_a mean_n to_o confute_v sophistical_a arguing_n from_o scripture_n be_v there_o any_o of_o the_o gross_a inference_n of_o arrian_n nestorian_n manichees_n etc._n etc._n which_o father_n and_o latter_a divine_n have_v not_o confute_v by_o scripture_n do_v not_o popery_n drive_v this_o pamphleter_n to_o a_o great_a height_n of_o blasphemy_n when_o he_o dare_v affirm_v that_o a_o arrian_n cobbler_n impugn_v the_o transubstantiality_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n with_o the_o father_n can_v be_v confute_v by_o the_o scripture_n do_v he_o mean_v that_o a_o jesuit_n transfigure_v himself_o into_o the_o shape_n of_o a_o cobbler_n as_o some_o be_v say_v to_o have_v do_v for_o indeed_o they_o can_v turn_v themselves_o to_o all_o shape_n have_v learn_v such_o dexterity_n from_o lucifer_n as_o to_o maintain_v the_o blasphemous_a heresy_n of_o arrian_n let_v he_o try_v his_o acumen_fw-la in_o answer_v the_o scriptural_a argument_n which_o bell._n have_v bring_v to_o prove_v the_o consubstantiality_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la christo_fw-la from_o cap._n 4._o to_o 9_o inclusive_a do_v not_o the_o ancient_a christian_a church_n confute_v arrian_n nestorian_n eutychian_o etc._n etc._n from_o the_o holy_a scripture_n how_o weak_a be_v that_o inference_n of_o the_o arrian_n mention_v by_o the_o pamphleter_n that_o because_o christ_n pray_v that_o his_o disciple_n may_v be_v one_o joh._n 17._o therefore_o to_o conclude_v that_o he_o and_o the_o father_n be_v one_o only_o in_o will_n and_o affection_n do_v not_o all_o the_o scripture_n which_o prove_v the_o deity_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o the_o incommunicable_a attribute_n of_o the_o deity_n be_v applyable_a to_o he_o demonstrate_v he_o to_o be_v consubstantial_a with_o the_o father_n his_o other_o instance_n be_v no_o less_o ridiculous_a from_o the_o eutychian_o
image_n nor_o the_o likeness_n of_o any_o thing_n thou_o shall_v not_o bow_v down_o to_o they_o etc._n etc._n i_o know_v the_o pamphleter_n say_v that_o this_o be_v a_o corrupt_a version_n and_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v render_v idol_n not_o image_n it_o be_v pesel_n in_o the_o hebrew_n but_o that_o be_v a_o corrupt_a evasion_n say_v i_o do_v not_o the_o root_n pasal_n signify_v dollar_n sculpere_fw-la hence_o the_o chaldee_n render_v it_o tsalma_n a_o image_n do_v not_o their_o own_o pagnin_n and_o montanus_n render_v it_o sculptile_a but_o whatever_o be_v of_o that_o be_v it_o not_o add_v in_o the_o hebrew_n we_o coltemuna_fw-la or_o any_o likeness_n of_o any_o thing_n be_v not_o here_o then_o all_o image_n in_o so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v make_v object_n of_o adoration_n prohibit_v but_o grant_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v render_v a_o idol_n yet_o do_v not_o the_o adoration_n of_o a_o image_n make_v it_o a_o idol_n do_v not_o adoration_n make_v the_o brazen_a serpent_n a_o idol_n which_o before_o be_v not_o one_o hence_o be_v that_o of_o tertull._n lib._n de_fw-la idololatria_fw-la cap._n 4._o imaginum_fw-la consecratio_fw-la est_fw-la idololatria_fw-la and_o isidore_n lib._n 8._o orig._n cap._n 11._o idolum_fw-la est_fw-la similachrum_fw-la quod_fw-la humana_fw-la effigy_n factum_fw-la &_o consecratum_fw-la est_fw-la according_a to_o the_o know_a distich_n qui_fw-la sacros_fw-la fingit_fw-la auro_fw-la vel_fw-la marmore_fw-la vultus_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la ille_fw-la deos_fw-la qui_fw-la colit_fw-la ille_fw-la facit_fw-la yea_o so_o evident_a be_v this_o that_o their_o great_a school-man_n vasq_n tom._n 1._o in_o 3._o part._n q._n 25._o disp_n 104._o cap._n 2._o confess_v that_o by_o this_o command_n all_o adoration_n of_o image_n be_v prohibit_v to_o the_o jew_n whence_o i_o conclude_v therefore_o also_o to_o christian_n the_o moral_a law_n stand_v still_o in_o force_n rom._n 3._o 31._o do_v we_o by_o faith_n make_v void_a the_o law_n nay_o rather_o we_o establish_v it_o i_o may_v run_v through_o other_o point_n in_o difference_n betwixt_o romanist_n and_o we_o for_o i_o know_v none_o of_o they_o but_o may_v be_v disprove_v by_o luculent_a scripture_n whereas_o he_o say_v these_o three_o scripture_n mat._n 26._o 26._o jam._n 2._o 24._o 2_o thes_n 2._o 13._o be_v flat_o against_o protestant_n he_o too_o flat_o discover_v either_o his_o own_o ignorance_n or_o impudence_n the_o harmony_n betwixt_o these_o and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o protestant_n have_v be_v abundant_o clear_v by_o our_o author_n who_o handle_v the_o controversy_n of_o the_o presence_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o sacrament_n justification_n and_o tradition_n now_o short_o i_o say_v first_o that_o these_o word_n this_o be_v my_o body_n make_v no_o more_o for_o the_o transubstantiation_n of_o bread_n into_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n than_o these_o 1_o cor._n 10._o 4._o the_o rock_n be_v christ_n for_o a_o transubstantiation_n of_o the_o rock_n into_o christ_n yea_o their_o transubstantiate_a sense_n can_v be_v admit_v without_o falsify_v the_o word_n of_o christ_n as_o i_o demonstrate_v against_o m._n demster_n and_o shall_v show_v in_o its_o own_o place_n that_o my_o argument_n stand_v yet_o in_o force_n not_o withstand_v the_o pamphleteer_n insignificant_a attempt_n to_o the_o contrary_n in_o evidence_n hereof_o after_o consecration_n it_o be_v frequent_o call_v bread_n 1_o cor._n 11._o 26_o 27._o i_o proceed_v therefore_o to_o the_o second_o scripture_n jam._n 2._o 24._o you_o see_v that_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o work_n and_o not_o by_o faith_n only_o that_o this_o place_n be_v not_o so_o clear_a for_o they_o may_v appear_v by_o join_v they_o with_o some_o other_o place_n from_o the_o apostle_n paul_n rom._n 3._o 28._o therefore_o we_o conclude_v that_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n without_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n rom._n 4._o 5_o 6._o to_o he_o that_o work_v not_o but_o believe_v on_o he_o that_o justifi_v the_o ungodly_a be_v faith_n count_v for_o righteousness_n even_o as_o david_n describe_v the_o blessedness_n of_o the_o man_n to_o who_o god_n impute_v righteousness_n without_o work_n gal._n 2._o 16._o know_v that_o a_o man_n be_v not_o justify_v by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n but_o by_o the_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nisi_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la which_o estbius_n upon_o the_o place_n acknowledge_v to_o be_v equivalent_a to_o sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la but_o only_o by_o faith_n and_o he_o affirm_v that_o the_o most_o learned_a both_o of_o greek_a and_o latin_a interpreter_n do_v agree_v in_o that_o exposition_n these_o and_o other_o text_n of_o the_o apostle_n paul_n seem_v to_o stand_v in_o so_o full_a contradiction_n to_o the_o sense_n which_o romanist_n impose_v upon_o the_o word_n of_o james_n that_o they_o have_v devise_v many_o cob_n web_n distinction_n to_o elude_v those_o luculent_a testimony_n of_o the_o apostle_n s_o paul_n some_o affirm_v that_o he_o exclude_v only_o from_o justification_n the_o work_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n not_o remember_v that_o he_o exclude_v the_o work_n of_o that_o law_n which_o be_v establish_v by_o the_o gospel_n as_o be_v clear_a compare_v rom._n 3._o 28._o with_o verse_n 31._o but_o that_o be_v sure_o the_o moral_a law_n other_o find_v that_o they_o can_v deny_v but_o he_o exclude_v the_o work_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n yet_o say_v that_o only_o these_o work_n as_o do_v before_o conversion_n and_o without_o grace_n be_v exclude_v other_o say_v that_o the_o apostle_n s_o paul_n speak_v only_o of_o the_o first_o justification_n but_o not_o of_o the_o second_o but_o the_o apostle_n s_o paul_n rom._n 4._o to_o confirm_v his_o assertion_n of_o justification_n by_o faith_n without_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n bring_v in_o the_o instance_n of_o david_n and_o abraham_n long_o after_o their_o conversion_n and_o therefore_o he_o exclude_v not_o only_a work_n before_o conversion_n neither_o speak_v he_o only_o of_o that_o which_o romanist_n call_v the_o first_o justification_n i_o shall_v not_o digress_v to_o examine_v that_o distinction_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o justification_n but_o sure_o in_o the_o romish_a sense_n it_o presuppose_v a_o justification_n by_o inherent_a holiness_n or_o by_o work_n and_o so_o be_v a_o beg_n of_o the_o question_n only_o to_o prevent_v logomachy_n and_o mistake_n about_o word_n it_o will_v be_v consider_v that_o the_o chief_a question_n betwixt_o romanist_n and_o we_o in_o this_o thing_n be_v concern_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o justification_n what_o it_o be_v that_o purchase_n to_o we_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o right_a to_o eternal_a life_n now_o i_o may_v appeal_v to_o all_o serious_a and_o imprejudiced_a person_n what_o else_o can_v do_v this_o but_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n can_v our_o good_a work_n either_o before_o or_o after_o conversion_n satisfy_v divine_a justice_n or_o merit_n to_o we_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o a_o right_a to_o eternal_a life_n be_v there_o any_o proportion_n betwixt_o our_o work_n and_o that_o eternal_a and_o far_o more_o exceed_a weight_n of_o glory_n or_o the_o wrath_n to_o the_o uttermost_a due_a to_o we_o for_o our_o sin_n be_v we_o not_o bind_v luke_n 17._o 10._o when_o we_o have_v do_v all_o that_o we_o be_v command_v to_o acknowledge_v ourselves_o unprofitable_a servant_n for_o we_o have_v but_o do_v that_o which_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o do_v be_v not_o our_o best_a performance_n stain_v with_o gradual_a defect_n eccles_n 7._o 20._o esay_n 64._o 6._o all_o our_o righteousness_n be_v as_o filthy_a rag_n be_v not_o that_o say_n of_o s._n greg._n know_v lib._n 9_o moral_a in_o job_n cap_n 11._o omnis_fw-la humana_fw-la justitia_fw-la injustitia_fw-la esse_fw-la convincitur_fw-la si_fw-la districté_fw-fr judicetur_fw-la prece_fw-la ergo_fw-la post_fw-la justitiam_fw-la indiget_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la succumbere_fw-la discussa_fw-la poterat_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la judicis_fw-la pielate_fw-la convalescat_fw-la do_v any_o man_n love_n god_n so_o well_o as_o he_o ought_v say_v not_o s._n austin_n epist_n 29._o plenissima_fw-la charitas_fw-la est_fw-la in_o nemine_fw-la illud_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la minus_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la in_fw-la vitio_fw-la est_fw-la do_v we_o not_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o mercy_n to_o our_o best_a work_n neh._n 13._o 22._o be_v they_o not_o make_v acceptable_a to_o god_n through_o jesus_n christ_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 5._o can_v we_o then_o be_v pronounce_v by_o god_n perfect_o just_a on_o the_o account_n of_o these_o or_o be_v we_o not_o rather_o pronounce_v just_a upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o obedience_n of_o christ_n for_o which_o these_o be_v accept_v and_o we_o ourselves_o also_o ephes_n 1._o 6._o he_o have_v make_v we_o accept_v in_o the_o belove_a be_v not_o that_o scripture_n luculent_a rom._n 5._o 19_o by_o the_o obedience_n of_o one_o shall_v many_o be_v make_v