is found vnrighteous and altogether vncleane Vnto these two righteousnesses whereof the one is in God him selfe the other absolute in his lawe doe they refer all the places of scripture condemning mans works and righteousnes And do further acknowledge that man is vtterly vnable to fulfill the lawe in this perfection Then do they imagine an other righteousnes before God according to the rule of Gods iustice tempered and framed to our infirmities to be the rule of our life By this neither bicause no man fulfilleth euery part thereof is any man iustified they confesse Then after this diuisioÌ„ they proceede vnto others wherein they would seme to mislike the Scholemens corruptioÌ„ in this matter of Iustification for being pressed with the manyfest light of the word in this poynt so farre as they can not denye vs to be iustified only through Christ yet hauing their harts hardned Exod. 7.8 they do with Iames and Iamores withstande the truth seeking still by showe of newe words strange termes to couer the vgly opinion of the scholeâ—â—en concerning iusrification and to seâ— a newe colour thereon for it is the very foundation of all popery and popislâ— abominations Therfore with all dâ—igence do they garnish it as the three vncleane spirites proceding out of the Dragons the beasteâ— and false prophets mouth Apoc. 16. will giue theÌ„ vtterance Some of them as Albertus Pighius â—ighius de iust â—ickaus coutra â—utherum Conc. Trid. ses 6 â—a de inerem custi Can. 9 10.11.12. â—narau in Conc. â—rid Ekchius and others of their time deuide Iustification into two paries whereof the first they wholly attributs vnto Christ the seconde they appoint vnto them selues as the disposers thereof Others of them as the Couneel of Trident Alphonsus the Censure of Colen Andradius with this last broode of the Iebusiticall locustes by a distinction make two iustifications which they call primam secundam the first and the second But before I enter the description of this second diuision for breuitie sake and to auoyde tedious repetitions I will diseouer the first whereof as it is saide they make two parts one belonging vnto Christ as the onely worker thereof the other belonging vnto them selues as the disposers of the thing already wroughte and offered vnto them by Christ Concerning the first part that belonging vnto Christe Conc. Trid scsâ— 6. they say that by his death and bloudsheding we are redeemed from the captiuitie of the diuel and eternall death and reconciled vnto God and beeing voide of al righteousnes in our selues in him and through his righteousnes onely we are iustified that he only may be our iustification redemption and sanctification before God and this without anye deserte of ours Albert. Pigh de fide iustificas And therefore in this parte belonging vnto Christe Vnicum nobis salutis nostrae solidum est fundamentum â—ighiusibidem He is the onely sure groundworke of our saluation In the respect of this part of our redemption Ibide 〈◊〉 saluation quatenus ex Deo Christo as Pighius and other she Papists coÌ„tesse in so much as it is of God and Christe SheÌ„rwin confesseth ther was nothing of him or in him but sinne and that he onely trusted to be saued by the death and bloudsheding of Christ But now touching the application hereof which is she second parte Sherwin and the rest chalenge vnto them selues so leaue Christ but one parte of our iustification and in this point standeth the confrouersie betwene them and vs concerning our iustification and with Sing subtiltle they beguile them selues and others Therefore that this subtilty may plainely appeare vnto the very ignoraÌ„t here foloweth Pighias his owne wordes concerning this matter Hactenus de redemptionis ac salutis nostrae in Christo nobis redditae misterio c. Vt existimo satis applicatum est nunc de eodeÌ„ quarenus ex nobis pendet c. Hitherto hath it as I thinke bin sufficiently entreated of the mysterie of our redemption as it is geuen vnto vs in Christe and now will we handle it in that which depedeth vpon our selues And this parte they terme the disposing cause of our saluation Pâ—â—bius de fide 〈◊〉 which they say standeth vpoÌ„ two branches namely faith and workes in those which be of yeres of discretioÌ„ But in children they say that the 〈…〉 of â—â—ptisme is the disposing cause and therefore they wickedly denie saluation vnto children departing before baptisme Iâ—â—â—â—â— de sacraâ—â—â—â—â— fol. 200. Their fayth they diuide into two sorts that is in fidem acquisitam infusam Acquisitam they define to be an habite of the minde whereby we certenly without wauering assent vnto those things which are from God eyther in his worde or by tradition reuealed vnto the Church for our saluation And they call suche a faith the Catholike faith whiche is of our selues say they and staÌ„deth of the assent of our will and reason and so is it a perfecte faith depending greatly vpon mans freewill And these two partes are diuers things and are distinguished yea somtime seperated from workes from fiducia which foloweth faith that worketh by loue and yet neuerthelesse is Catholike Conc. Trid. ses 6. Canon 6. â— and perfect but yet informis and so soone as workes are thereto ioyned they cal it formatam and so iustifieth For so long as it is informis that is without works it iustifieth not although it be both catholike and perfect which perfection as they say may be in sinners Now their catholike faith ioyned with workes which they call a formed faith they call their preparatiues 〈◊〉 oure saluation and these preparatiues they terine the disposing cause of our saluation wherby we receiue the holy ghost ether in hearing the worde or without the word by the sacraments Pighius de side iustitia and wheresoeuer these disposing causes are present ther the holy ghost is neuer absent and where they be not there is the holy Ghost absent And thus say they doth God impute our saluation vnto our workes in respect of that part depending vpon our selues Thus iustification Cone Trid ses 6. cap. 6. Tal Tilmus esacra lib. 4. which is temission of sinnes reuouation and sanctification folowe the preparing and disposing causes by a voluntarye receuling of grace For say they we are iustified by faith and charilie together as the disposing cause of our iustification or as the necessarye meanes to obteine grace of iustification but rather by charitie then by faith because charitie goeth before our iustification as a necessary cause to obteine at Gods hand in Christ the grace of iustification and adoption of his children And further they affirme that God doth first require our owne workes vnto whiche he proiniseth that his grace shall not be wanting For although Christ be made the full parfeet and sufficient cause of our iustification in so muche as in
him is yet is he effectual vnto none but vnto such as through these preparations and workes receiue him being with that condition offered vnto them For all the promises of our saluation are euerywhere conditional and not absolute Pighius de sile iusti fol. 17. And further they say that in the matter of iustification there is no more attributed vnto the faith whiche respecteth the promise of God touching Christ his death passion and resurrection then vnto that faith which respecteth any other promise of God what soeuer Thus muche of their faith which they call acquisitam Nowe their faith infused is not of our will Iohan. Damas lib. 4. cap. 11. nor the habite of our minde c. but the gifte of God for the benefite of the Church in working miracles and is nuâ—bred among the giftes of the holy ghost Abacuk 2. Rom. 1. Pighuis de fide 〈◊〉 at Conctl Tridens sessio 6. But that faith whereby the iust man liueth by the whiche onely euery one of Gods children layeth holde of their iustification in Christ they vtterly reiect calling it speciall hereticall and wicked First the substaunce of the matter aswel to the scholemen as to the later Papistes and Iesuits is one but the termes or wordes of Arte as I maye cal them are somtimes diuers and proper vnto some one of their opinions and some common vnto them all They all agree both the scholemen and the rest that Christ hath sufficiently of him self wrought our iustification and offereth the same vnto vs conditionallye Pighius de iustifi Eckius contra Lutherum Concil Trident. de increm iusticu Canon 9.10.11.12 Andrad in Trie Cone sententiâ—â—â— li. 3. distinci 19. Gabriel Biel 〈◊〉 sent l. 3. dist 32â— knocking at the doore of our conseience by the holy Ghost to moue vs to receiue it and this knocking the scholemen call gratiam primam gratiam preuenientem and gratiam operantem the first grace the preuenting grace and the grace working alone where the holy Ghoste moueth and stirreth our will and indeuours Albertus Pighius and others called it iustification belonging to Christ offered vnto vs. The Councell of Trident Andradius and the Iesuites Pantheologia in sent Thome called it the first iustification which is wrought as they saye by the infused righteousnes of Christ which they call Charitie in hering or cleauinge to vs. Then those workes which the Scholemen call Merita congrui workes of congruence Pighius the Councel of Trident and the Iesuits call workes of preparation and the disposing cause of our iustification Then those which the scholemen did terme works of condigne Pighius and those of his tune terme the answering of the condition of our saluation The Councell of Trident Andradius the censure of Colen the rest of the Iesuites call the second iustice or iustification which staÌ„deth as they say not in the free remissioÌ„ of sume but in satisfying and further deseruing and meriting of eternall life as was saide before Therefore sayth Gabriel Biel Iusentens lib. 4. Anima gratia informata per actum à voluntate simul elicitum de coÌ„digno promeretur vitam aeternam The soule infourmed by grace doth through worke drawn out of the voluntarie wil and grace together deserue euerlastinge life The discouerie of the second Diuision WHere the censure of Colon Andradius Opinio Iesuiterium de infuse iustâ—tiaâ— Consura Colon Andrad in Conc. Trid sâ—s 6. other such deuide iustification into the first and second iustice or righteousues they say the first iustice is that inheringe and abiding iustice wherwith the vnregenerated man is first infused receuing the habite or qualitie of infused charitie and this righteousnes they say is not the remission of sinnes onelye but sauctificatioÌ„ of the inwarde man wherby he is both called iust and is so in deede and this righteousnes they call charitie abiding or inhering to the inwarde man And when the Scripture saith that faith is reckned vnto vs for righteousnes it meaneth nothing els say they but that the qualitie of righteousnes is infused into vs for God vouchsafeth the faith that hee findeth in vs worthy to be infused with righteousnes that inhereth or abideth wherby men are iustifyed The second iustification they say is the exercise of the infused charitie bringing foorth good workes wherby the second iustice both is and ought to bee had And this righteousnesse doth merite more then the first infused righteousnes for it deserueth euerlastinge life as a due rewarde thereof and this not by faith alone as at the first but by faith and workes together which deserue remission of sinnes and satisfie Gods iustice for the same c. This seconde iustice the Schoolemen terme meritum ex condigno merite of condigne In the appearance of the diuersity of these opinions which in trueth is nothing in substaÌ„ce but a shew of wordes change of termes we must good Reader for the auoyding of subtile laberinthes obserue what is common vnto them all aswell Scholemen as the rest what is proper or peculiar vnto each of them by themselues wherin they differ or agree among theÌ„ selues or with the Scholemen whose grosenesse they worlde seeme to mislike So shall wee without tedious repetitioÌ„ both vnderstand their meaning and with breuitie discouer and conuince their falshode The termes or words of art proper to the Iesuites the councell of Trident Andradius and others of that race Iustitia prima Iustitia secunda Charitas infusa inherens The first Iustice the second Iustice Charitie infused cleauing to vs termes proper to the Scholemen meritum congrui meritum condigni merite of congruence and merit of condigne Termes common vnto all the Papistes as Gratia prima gratia secunda gratia preueniens gratia subsequens gratia operans gratia cooperans iusti tia infu sa inherens fides informis fides formata fides accuisita fides infusa The first grace the secoÌ„d grace the preuenting grace the following grace the grace working by it selfe the grace workinge with our wil or indeuour iustice infused and cleauing to vs faith vnshapen and formed faith faith gotten of our selues and faith infused faith generall and faith speciall Thus because they woulde seeme to say something and to be doctors of the Lawe they leade both themselues others into an endles laborinth ofiangling words and vain termes knowing not what they speak neither whereof they affirme but these Sophismes haue the Sorbanists first inuented and your clamarous Iesuites now follow that by shew of wordes and termes without sence they may seeme to auoide such conâ—â—â—sioÌ„s as the true sence of the seriptures for the confusing of their papisticall opinions doth recessarilie enforce vpon them Now it remayneth therfore gentle Reader that I shortlie and brieflie confuse these Sorbonicall and Iesuiticall sophismes and that not by words termes as their manner is to delude their hearers but by euident and
Iohn 5.8 Gen. 2. Deut. 32. Ezec. 18 Esai 43 50.59.64 Oâ—â— 13. Mat. 12 condemneth vs before him so remissioÌ„ of sinnes doth restore vs againe to Gods fauor and presence and iustifyeth vs before him and therfore is the remission of sinnes our onely iustification before God and not the renuing of inward maÌ„ as these deceiuers doe pretend For our renouation and sauctification folow the remission of our sins as an effecte or fruite of our iustification which in deed is the remission of sinnes for the tree being by gods fauoure through remission of sinnes made good the fruite thereof which is sanctification must necessarily follow And thus faith was imputed vnto Abraham for righteousnes not by deseruiâ—ge or receiuing infused righteousnes as Andradius Aâ—drad in coâ— trident Rom. 4 Iâ—n 3 Gâ—â— 12.15.17.13 18 32 the Iesuites imagine but by remission of sinnes and then followed sanctification and obedience with daily increase by the workinge of gods spirit witnessed by his workes as well appeareth by the storie of his whole life And all these graces Esai 41. Rom 9. Gâ—â—â— 18 Ierâ—m 18. Esai 45. 2. Tim. 2. Ephes 2. Gol. 2 Pet. 1 good thinges did still depende vpon Gods election that hee had ordeyned and called him therto in Christ no part thereof depending of him felf as the Lord by the prophet faith Who calleth the iust man from the East c. euen I the Lord that am with the first and with the last This also S. Paule euidentive prooneth in the election of Iacob and out of the Prophet Ieremie by the example of the Potter and his vessels And to Timothie he saith that the Electe are in the Lordes house vessels to honor thereunto created in Christ Iesu by whom they are quickned by remission of sins In theire seconde Iustification these Iesuits say their infused Charitie firringe vp good woorkes Con. trident de incre iust sess 6. can 9.10.11.12 which the Schoolemen call woorkes of Condigne deserne both remission of sinnes and eternall life They make a greater shewe greatlye pleasinge themselues and beguile the simple vtterly excluding onely Faith and free Remission of sinnes and punishment due for the same as thinges thereunto nothinge beloÌ„ging which is as if a man woulde say that in the beginning a Tree liueth by the Fatnes of the earth the strength of his owne Sappe but afterwards liueth by the Fruite as though the Fruite did not continually take life nourishment from the Tree but did giue life moisture vnto the tree which of it self the fruit hath not but is coÌ„tinually nourished kept in life by the sap moisture of the tree Such are the absurde opinions of our religious Iesuites who in effect together with the Schoolemen and latter Sorbonistes leaue vnto Christ nothing in the worke of our iustification but only this that hee openeth the way how enery maÌ„ may iustifie himselfe and so the gospel to teach nothing els Albert. â—ig de â—ust Ethius cont a Lutiâ—a but how men may iustify theÌ„selues by their own workes and this euidentlye appeareth vnto all men that will not bee wilfullye ignorant by these new and old termes or wordes of art which for this purpose the Papistes haue deuised Coun. trid sess 6 An raâ—dan con trident As workes of preparation or disposing causes of our saluation Charitie infused stirring vp our free wil and faith or the holy ghost knocking at the dore of our free wil which is also called the firste Iustice workes of congruence meeting with the first grace or with the preneÌ„ting grace These termes be equiuolent and haue all one meaning as also haue their second iustice and workes of condigne that answere the condition as well appeareth by the censure of the Iesuites of Colen the councell of trident sess 6 De operibus canon 7. cap. 6. canon 4. de fide ca. 5.6.7.8.9.12 13. Pigln de iust cont trident sess 6. de operibus can 7. et de imbecal iustificationss ca. 1. can 4. Pantheol g. Galâ— Bielan senten Durand in senten Li. The master of sentences lib. 3. distnct 19. Pantheologia ex sententia Thome Gabriel Biel lib. senteÌ„t 3. and 4. and out of others of the bottomlesse pitte an infinite table The like meaning haue they in their termes of faith Pighi de iust con trid de fide sess 6. Andrad ut con tridens formed vnformed begotteen of their free will and infused So that while in wordes they grant vs to be iustified by a formed faith as they terme if they pare the same so near that they leaue no thing therof but a naked name of saith void of Christs merits taking vtterly from vs iustifycation that is by the only faith in Christ which Iustification is the very sum of all true vertue and godlines But nowe forasmuch as Iustification before God is the continuall remission of our sinnes through the only faith of Christ as it is alreadye saide and that not in the beginning onely but continually so long as wee dwell in this life Mat. 6. and therefore Christ Iesus our Redeemer teacheth vs to cry from time to time forgeue vs our sinnes These Iebusiticall papistes and popish Sorbonistes doe herein therefore declare themselues to bee led by the three vnclean spirits as is alreadye saide of Anti christ and not by the spirit of god as they would pretend Gen. 12.17 Rom. 4. Galet 2.1 1. Cor. 1 For the spirit of god by S. Paul in the example of AbrahaÌ„ dauid vn to whom the remissioÌ„ of sins was accounted their only righteousnes before God and the a longe time after they were first ealied yea many yeares after they were reckned the seruantes and frends of god the the remissioÌ„ of sins is our only righteousnesse before god S. Paul applyeth the righteousnes of abrahaÌ„ that he speketh of vnto him 14. yeares after he was called out of carraÌ„ And further he saith the AbrahaÌ„ was at no time iustified by his owne workes for then he had somethinge wherein hee might haue gloried but he saith that AbrahaÌ„ was coÌ„tinually iustifyed before God by faith without works that he might always glory in the Lord. The same thing we finde in Dauid 〈◊〉 Reg. 18 Psal 81.32.18 â—0 143 Act. 15. Esai 6.64 that was a man eueÌ„ to the liking of God Of Esay also whom the Lorde had cleansed and yet saith he of himselfe among the rest of Gods Children we are all as an vncleane thing Mat. 20. Luk. 17. all our righteousnes are as futhie ragges And Christ our Sauiour saith that when wee haue done all that is commanded vs yet are we vnprofitable deseruing nothing For god is debtour vnto none And S. Paul of the regenerated man 2. Corrin 1.5 Psal 32. Coloss 2. Act. 13. in his owne person cryeth out saying Oh wretch that I am who shal deliuer me from this bodie of sin death He
plaine testimouies of Scriptures according to the true analogie and meaninge of the same And first touching their three fold righteousnes or iustice before god the Scripture knoweth no such diuision The Scriptures lay foorth vnto vs two kindes of righteousnes before God one that is of the law of God which lawe first ingrauen in man his heart before his fall after written in Tables of stone by the finger of God and opened at large by the holy Ghost in the bookes of Moises the Prophetes and Psalmes and most cleerelie in the bookes of the newe Testament conteineth in it the absolute and perfect righteousnes that whosoeuer fulfilleth the same shall liue therein and be iudged righteous before God and this law being the perfecte image of Gods iustice and the absolute rule of mans life receiueth no qualification Deut. 30. Luke 1.10 Leuit. 18. Rom. 3.8 Galat. 3. Iob. 15 Iohn 1. Mat. 15. Rom. 7.8 Galat. 3. Psalm 19. Mat. 5. nor in no parte doth condiscend vnto our infirmitie but requireth an absolute and perfect obedieÌ„ce and a conformitie vnto the same for that it findeth this in none Christ onlie excepted it condeÌ„neth all absolutelie shuttinge them vnder sin vnto condemnation and iustifyeth none eyther in whole or in parte Heauen and earth shall perish but not so muche as a title of this law shall diminish For as God cannot be altered so the Law which is the rule of his iustice and the true image of himselfe can in no part be temperod unto our infirmitie if it can then let some of the Sorbonical Iesuites or Iesuiticall Sorbonistes lay it down by the testimonie of the Scripturrs Et erit mihi magnus Apollo The other righteousnes before God is in Christ only QueÌ„ proposuit Deus propitiatorem per fidem whome God hath made our propitiation through faith Nmo 3. Eum qui non nouerat peccatum pro nobis peceatum fecit vt nos iustitia Dei efficeremur in ipso Him that knew no sin 2. Cor. 5. did God make a sacrifice for sin for vs that we might be made the righteousnes of God in Christ 1. Cor. and God hath made him vnto vs wisdome righteousnes and saÌ„ctification and redemption Secondarilie therfore where they attribute this rihhteousnes only vnto Christ as the worker and offerer thereof keepe thapplication thereof vnto theÌ„selues they take from God the best part of his office and are found lyars against God For Christ doth not ouely worke it for vs in all thinges belonging vnto himselfe but the Father doth also bestow it vpon vs inuesting vs by a liuely faith into the righteousnes of his sonne otherwise wee should gaine no more by Christ then we doe by the Law For the Lawe both conteyneth and offereth perfect righteousnes vnto vs Rom. 7.9 but it worketh it not and that for no lack that is in it selfe but is in vs For thus wee should make God and Christ in the worke of our redemption no better then a Phisition and much worse then a kinde Nurse or louinge Mother A skilfull Phisition doth in deede prouide necessary medicine for the patient but the receite thereof he leaueth vnto himselfe A good Nurse or mother will not only prouide meat for the childe but they also in what they can bring the childe to the receiuing thereof Ierim 23.32 But now the Father and the Son by the holy Ghost worke together in this woorke of our iustification Ezec. 11.16 Esay 44.45 Iohn 5.6.10.14.15.17 Mat. 16. Pater meus vsque adhuc operatur ego operor The Father worketh as yet and I also worke no man commeth vnto mee excepte my Father draw him And of his greate loue towardes vs he hath geuen his Sonne to die for vs so doeth hee geue vs the meanes whereby wee doe receiue him with his benefites which saint Paule doth euidently declare His wordes are these Ephes 2. Deus qui diues est in misericordia c. God that is rich in mercy through his great loue wherewith he loued vs and wheÌ„ we were dead through sin he hath also quickned vs together through christ by whose grace ye are saued for by grace are yee saued through faith that not of your selues It is the gifâ—e of God not of workes least any man shoulde glory Iohn 6. For wee are his worke-manship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes which God hath prepared for vs to walke in Here is the greate riches of Gods loue and his grace the efficient cause of iustification Mat. 3. Christ the merite respect Esay 53. Faith the meane and instrument betweene Christ and vs and withall the gift of god from which instrumeÌ„t or meanes our desertes and al works whatsoeuer are excluded in the apprehension of this iustification Tittus 2. and worke ordeyned of god doe follow our iustificatioÌ„ to be our exercises Loe good Reader what may or can bee sayde plainer In this worde of iustification is there nothing fouÌ„d of oures The whole worke is Gods we are no agentes herein but workmanship wrought of God only so that the whole worke belongeth vnto God nothing therin vnto our selues Therefore these Sorboniticall Iesuites are herin many wais found liers against god and his trueth Thirdly this faith whereby we apprehend our iustification in Christ is neyther of our selues or any habit of our minds reason or will nor yet formed by workes whereby together with workes we should be iustifyed but is the free gifte of God depending vpon our election geuen vs in Christ Iesu at the hearinge of the worde through the working of the holy ghost and doth only or alone without workes iustifie vs in Christ and bringeth forth such works as the worde requyreth being the fruites of our iustification to the glorie of God the profite of our brethren and witnessing our iustification both inwardlye in our conscience and outwardly before men shal euidently appeare First that faith is the worke and gifte of God in vs appeareth by the wordes of our Sauiour Christ Iosm 6. Mat. 16 Ephe. 6. Hoc est opus Dei vt credatis in illum quem misit ille This is the worke of God that ye beleue in him whom he hath sent Nemo venit ad me Philip. 1 nisi fuerit ei datum a patre meo No man commeth to me except it shal be geuen him of my father And S. Paul saith Iohes 2. Gratia saluati estis per Fidem hoc non ex vobis dei enim donum est Ye are saued by grace through faith and that not of youre selues for this faith is the gifte of God And againe Rom. 12. Sicut Deus vnicuique dimisit mensuram Fidei Euen as God hath deuided vnto euerie one the measure of faith And Augustine vpoÌ„ the sixt of Iohn saith August super Iohan. cap. 6. trast 17. Credere datur nobis quid enim habes quod non accepisti
saide not my workes of coÌ„digne or stirred vp by the firste grace as doe these Iesuites but he saide I thank God thorough Iesus Christ our Loid which dyed yea rather which is raysed againe which also is at the right hande of God making intercessioÌ„ for vs vnto his Father who is stil in Christ reconciling vs vnto him self thorough the remitting of our sins in Christ therefore is remission of sinnes continually preached vnto vs aswell after our regeneration as before els were it in vaine that euery where in the Scripture remission of sins freely in Christ is inforced as the very matter of our saluation and reconcilement to God 1. Iohn â— â— Mat. 3. Esai 35. If any man sinne saith Saint Iohn wee haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the righteous and he is the pacification or Propitiation for our sinnes and this not in the beginning but continuallye all our life long and therefore hee saide of himselfe and others already iustifyed If we walk in light c. The bloud of Iesus Christ cleanseth vs from al our sinnes If we acknowledge our sinnes God is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs our sinnes Philip. 3. 1. Cor. 4. And S. Paule fled vtterly from his own righteousnesse yea from that he might any way chaleÌ„ge either by obseruing the Law or by his painful trauell or labour in the gospell and claue only so the righteousnes of God that coÌ„meth through the onely faith of Christ And our sauiour Christ himselfe calleth sinners vnto him Rom. 1.7 Eze. 18. Mat. 11.18 promising continually remissioÌ„ and forgeuenes of sinnes so often as they repent yea to seueÌ„tie times seuen times that is continually Wee ought therefore at all times confidentlye through Christe to come vnto the seate of grace Esai 1.55 Apoc. 22. Heb. 4. assuring our selues to finde helpe in time of neede We saye to these Iesuites therefore with S. Augustine Aug. de circit de Bar. in cant can serm 23. and S. Barnard Iusticia sanctorum c. The righteousnesse of Saintes in this worlde standeth rather in the forgiuenes of sinne then in the perfection of vertue Ambro. de Iacâ—â— lib. 2. And with S. Ambrose as Iacob in the coate of his brother Esau was accepted vnto Isaac his father so we in that righteousnes of Christ are accepted before God And further with Austine we say Aug. ad Bonis lib. 3. cap. 5. we must still depend vpon the onely merite of Christ and this being our onely hope where is then confidence of workes Ber. super caâ—â— serm 16. And againe with Barnard we say Our merite is the Lordes taking of mercye this is the whole merite of man if he put his whole trust in him that saueth the whole man There is no cause why thou shouldest aske by what merite we shuld hope for good things when thou hearest in the prophet I will do it not for your sakes but for mine owne saith the Lord. Barnard in ps 91. Super. Cant. ser 23. And againe O solus vere beatus qui non imputauerit dominus peccatuÌ„ Ezech. 22.32.36 c. Sufficit mihi ad omneÌ„ iustitiaÌ„ solum habere propitium cui soli peccaui Barn super Cant. ser 23. O truely happy vnto whom god wil not impute sinne c. It suffiseth me vnto all righteousnes to haue him merciful whoÌ„ I haue only offended Idem ser 61 Ego fidenter quod ex me mihi deest exurpo mihi ex visceribus domini mei quoniam misericordiae effluunt nec desunt foramina per quae effluant I doe confidently take vnto my selfe that which wanteth vnto me of my self froÌ„ the bowels of my Lord for his mercies flow out abundantly neither do the conduites want wherby they may stil flow out And againe with Austen we say Aug. in confess Vae hominum vitaâ— quantumuis laudabili si remota misericordia indicetur Wo vnto the life of man be it neuer so laudable if it shal receiue iudgment without mercie Therefore propter illud imperfectionis vicium si dixerimus quia peccatum non habemus Aug. epist 26. ad Hieron 1. Iohn 1. c. propter illud etiaÌ„ vitium quantumlibet profecerimus necessarium est nobis dicere dimitte nobis debita nostra Because of that imperfection of ours if we shall saye we haue no sinne we deceiue our selues there is no trueth in vs yea for that imperfection of ours how much soeuer we go forward in vertue and godlines it is necessary for vs to say forgiue vs our trespases But these Iesuites herein deceiue theÌ„ selues also â—â—ncil trident sess 〈◊〉 sess 7 â—â—llen in his booke 〈◊〉 purgatorie as in their first second iustice that they imagine vnto themselues a ful and perfect regeneration or renouation in their first conuersion by the receiuing of the sacrament of Baptisme thervpon grounde this false principle of the second iustification For so long as the most perfectest liueth in this world so loÌ„g carieth he both in soule body â—â—ne lib. 4 â—abri byel â—urand in sent â—â—b 4. Mat. 5 â—â— Rom. 6 7.12. â—oloss the sinne and corruption of the olde man which the Apostle tearmeth earthly members which are daily more and more to be mortified that our regenerated part or inwarde man may increase to further renouation euen vnto a perfect man and therefore are we exhorted stil to this further mortifying of the olde man Ephe. 4.5 Psal 51.103 and pray earnestly to god that hee will by clensing vs more and more from our sinnes performe the same Esai 6. 1. Cor. 15. 2. Cor. 5. Galat. 2.5 2. Tim. 2. And thus Dauid S. Paule Esaie and all the godly continually expected knowing ' that when this body of sinne by death should be put of it shuld be performed through Christ Iesu by whom in the meane time they liued by a liuely faith in the worke of this newe birth in continuall mortification and renouation The performance whereof is the dailye remitting of sinne throgh the bloud of Christ For the last enimy that herein must be destroyed is death or mortalitie S. Paule confesseth Hebr. 9. that after his new birth and conuersion there still remayned a resistance which he called the law of his members 2. Ioh. 2.1 which although it did not raign in him yet did it marueilously vexe Apo. 1.7.8.14.12 let hinder him so that he coÌ„fessed he had not then already attained Rom. 7.6 either was alredy perfect 2. Cor. 12. but still followed the prefixed marke in Christ Philip. 3. throgh whom as he was in him comprehended 2. Tim. 4. so he fought a good fight fulfilled his course 2. Cor. 9. and kept yâ— faith Luk. 16. to the receiuing of that crowne of righteousnes 2. Cor. 2.5 which the Lorde the righteous iudge did giue vnto him at the day of his dissolution