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A02349	A compend of the controversies of religion wherin the trueth is confirmed, and errour convinced, by authoritie of Scripture, witnessing of antiquitie, and confession of partie. Most necessary for all, in this backe-slyding age. By W.G. minister of God's word.	Guild, William, 1586-1657.	1627 (1627)	STC 12479; ESTC S118648	69,651	225

Gregorie of Valentia being compared with by gone tymes it may bee found that the Church was not with the multitude c. Greg. de Valen. analys lib. 6. c. 4. § probatio 4. §. 8. That outward glorie and vvorldlie prosperitie whereby a Church is visiblie conspicuous to all is not a marke of the true Church 1. Authoritie of Scripture ZEph 3.12 I vvill leaue in the midst of thee an afflicted and poore people that shall trust in the Name of the Lord. Note then That Gods Church oft times like the 7000. reserved in Israel or Gods people preserved till their evocation in the midst of Babell or rather a poore and afflicted companie compelled oft times to lurke as the woman in the Desart than to bee ever gloriouslie conspicuous and visible to all Isai 54.11 Oh thou afflicted tossed vvith tempest and not comforted behold I vvill lay thy stones vvith faire colours and thy foundation vvith Saphyrs Mat. 24.9 Then shall they deliver you into tribulation and shall kill you and you shall be odious to all Nations for my Names sake Iohn 15.20 Remember my vvord that I said to you The servant is not greater than his master if they haue persecuted mee they vvill also persecute you c. 2. Tim. 3.12 And all that will liue godlie in Christ Iesus shall suffer persecution Acts 14.21 Confirming the hearts of the Disciples they exhorted them to continue in the fayth that we must vvith much tribulatiō enter into the Kingdome of God Note then Out of all the former that persecution rather which maketh men lurke is a note of the true professours of Christ than worldlie prosperitie which maketh men to be gloriouslie visible and outwardlie conspicuous and that the one estate happeneth farre ofter than the other to the Church of God 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie WHile Antichrist shall reigne sayeth Ierome the Church shall be driven to the Desart and given to Beasts and suffer what-so-ever the Prophet descrybeth In c. 2. Sophoniae in finc 3. Confession of Partie WEE say not sayth Gregorie of Valentia that the Church shall be ever conspicuous as if wee would haue her ever alike easilie knowne for wee know that shee is so tossed whiles with the waues of Errours and Schismes and whiles of persecution that shee is hard to bee knowne to the vnskilfull that are not prudent to consider of tymes and circumstances of thinges Valentia analys lib. 6. c. 4. § propositio 4. §. 9. That Miracles are no note of the true Church neyther personall succession nor Antiquitie 1. Authoritie of Scripture DEut. 13.1.2 And if there arise amongst you a Prophet or a dreamer of Dreames and giveth thee a signe or a vvonder and the signe or vvonder come to passe vvhereof hee spake vnto thee saying Let vs goe after other gods vvhich thou hast not knowne and let vs serue them Thou shalt not hearken to the words of that Prophet Note then That miracles cannot authorize false doctrine nor bee any sure note of a true Church or true teachers therein Mat. 24.24 For there shall arise false christs and false prophets and shall show great signes and wonders in so much if it vvere possible that they should deceiue the verie Elect. 2. Thess 2.9 Whose comming to wit Antichrists is after the working of Satan with all power and signes and lying wonders Note then That Antichristianisme is advanced by miracles in the latter times and therefore they can bee no sure note of the true Church but rather a cleare note of the false Church in the latter tymes As for Succession it is alreadie spoken of § 4 That it can bee no note except it were in true doctrine For so the high Priest and erronious Pharisees who persecuted Christ and His Apostles should haue bene the true Church having their succession from Aaron and sitting them-selues in Moses Chaire Neyther can Antiquitie nor Duration bee a note of the true Church for with the verie first Preaching of the Gospell the misterie of iniquitie began to worke 2. Thess 2.7 And for Duration it shall last to the ende of the worlde and haue some beeing for so the Apostle testifieth 2. Thess 2.8 That that man of sinne Antichrist shall piece and piece bee consumed by the breath of the LORDES Mouth but shall bee vtterlie destroyed with the brightnesse of His comming onelie 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie THe Church is not made manifest to bee Catholicke sayeth Augustine because miracles are done in her de vnit Eccles cap. 16. Yea they are more to be found amongst them who are false Christians sayeth Chrysostome beeing lying wonders hom 19. in Matth. operis imperf 3. Confession of Partie They would bee rather an hinderance now-a-dayes sayth the Iesuit Stella than anie wayes an helpe to adduce men to the trueth in Luc. 11. p. 64. So also sayeth Stapleton prompt morale in dominic 24. post Pentecosten Not onelie for the greater try all of the faythfull may Antichrist his nearest fore-runners worke true miracles But what-so-ever other Heretickes sayeth hee as inchanters also doe by Gods permission And therefore he showeth that in the Ecclesiasticall Historie wee reade that the Novatian Heretickes wrought miracles in Christes Name And the Donatistes vaunted greatlie of their miracles against Augustine to whome hee answered de vnit Eccles cap. 16. CHAP. III. OF PETER AND THE Popes Supremacie §. 1. That Peter had no supremacie of power over the rest of the Apostles and consequentlie that his pretended successour should claime none over their successours anie vvhere 1. Authoritie of Scripture MARKE 9.35 And hee sate downe and called the twelue and sayeth vnto them If anie man desire to bee first the same shall bee last of all and servant of all Mat. 20.25 Yee know that the Princes of the Nations exercise dominion over them and they that are great exercise authorîtie vpon them but it shall not bee so amongst you but vvhosoever vvill bee great amongst you let him be your servant Note then That Christ decydeth not the controversie in Peter's favours telling that hee had made him chiefe or was to make him but forbiddeth anie supremacie of jurisdiction one over an other vnto them all alike In like manner Mat. 19.28 In the regeneration vvhen the Sonne of Man shall sit in the Throne of His glorie yee shall also sit sayeth Christ vpon twelue Thrones judging the twelue Tribes of Israel Note then That there is not a word heere of one throne for Peter aboue the rest but twelue thrones and equall judging designing equall authoritie even as they are all alike called the foundation of the Church Ephes 2.20 and so not Peter alone nor anie pretended successour 1. Pet. 5.1 The Elders which ●…re amongst you I exhort vvho am ●…lso a fellow-elder and a vvit●…esse of the sufferings of Christ c. Remarke then That these humble stiles ●…nd manner of exhorting others is farre ●…om the prowde claime of Papall juris●…iction over all men and these haughtie ●…tles

not claime to then let them not claime succession to that office which requireth those qualities nor to the proper act there-of which is the sacrificing to God his owne onelie Sonne Heb. 9.14 Who through the eternall Spirit offered him-selfe vvithout spot to God Note then That our high-priest i●… both the Sacrificer the Altar and th●… vnspotted sacrifice it selfe These the●… who claime that they succeede him in his priesthood must bee these thre●… lyke-wyse els his priesthood and their are no-wayes one and so their priesthood must bee a new one of their owne but not a succeeding to his Ephes 4.11 Hee gaue some to bee Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastors and Teachers Note then That the Apostle in nominating all these offices which Iesus Christ had ordained in his Church maketh no mention at all of anie sacrificers of his bodie Againe at large in the Epistles to Timothie and Titus hee showeth all the dueties of a Bishop or Pastor in Christ's Church but hee maketh no part of his charge the sacrificing of Christ Revel 1.6 Who hath made vs Kinges and Priests vnto God his Father Note heere That all Christians are called Priests in respect of their spirituall sacrifices of prayer and praise c. that they offer vp vnto God but no-where are pastors of the Church particularlie so called the holie Ghost fore-seeing that some would aryse that would vsurp that stile onlie to them-selues in an injurious sence vnto the Sonne of God 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie TO this our doctrine that the popish Priests haue no calling to sacrifice Christ's bodie which they claime vnto from Christ's fact and institution of them to succeede there-in to him in the last Supper the cleare confession of our Adversaries jumping there-with shall serue to convince them for there is no expresse mention in the Historie of the Gospell sayeth Suarez of a sacrifice or oblation as also the fact of Christ which is declared might haue beene done by him without anie sacrifice to wit by consecrating the Bread and Wine and giving the same to his Disciples without anie intention of sacrificing and therefore hee concludeth that it is conjecturall onlie to thinke that anie such thing is agreeable either to the words or deeds of Christ Suarez in 3. part D. Thomae tom 3. disput 74. sect 1. § secundo potest In lyke manner the same Suarez reporteth that the Bishop of Bitonto and others did defende that Christ in that night of the celebrating his last Supper offered vp no sacrifice Suarez ibid. § 2. Pag. 949. For if hee had offered vp an expiatorie sacrifice then where-by the sinnes of the World had bene done away then in his last Supper hee behoved to haue died and so needed not to haue died the day after according to Hebr. 10.10 §. 2. That the Masse is no propitiatorie sacrifice but al-together derogatorie to Christ's propitiatorie sacrifice offered on the Crosse 1. Authoritie of Scripture HEb 9.22 Without shedding of blood there is no remission Note then Seeing they call the Masse an vnbloodie sacrifice that therefore the same is no-wise propitiatorie for the remission of sinne Verse 25.26 Not that hee should offer him-selfe often c. for then must he often haue suffered Remarke then That it is all one thing in Scripture Christ to bee offered and Christ to suffer and therefore to offer Christ daylie is all one as Christ to suffer daylie which is both absurd and blasphemous Verse 26. But now in the ●…nde of the Worlde once hath hee appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of him-selfe Note then That once onelie hath hee suffered and therefore once onlie was hee sacrificed and that by that sacrifice once made by him-selfe alone our sinnes are put away and therefore no other sacrifice but that onlie is alone propitiatorie Againe verse 26. Where hee sayth That once hee hath appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of him-selfe We remarke that a propiatorie sacrifice should bee ever apparent and visible and therefore seeing Christ nor his sacrificing is not apparent nor visible in the Masse therefore it followeth that in the Masse there is no sacrifice at all let bee propitiatorie Verse 27.28 And as it is appointed to men once to die but after that the judgement So Christ vvas once offered to beare the sinnes of manie Note then That to say that Christ is offered daylie is as absurd as to say that a dead man dieth daylie Heb. 7.27 Who needeth not daylie as those High-priests to offer vp sacrifice c. Heb. 9.12 But by his owne blood hee entered once in-to the holie place having obtained eternall redemption for vs. Note then That the repetition of Christ's sacrifice daylie importeth a-like imperfection there-of as the daylie offering vp of sacrifices vnder the Law imported the imperfection of that legall priesthood which is both absurd and blasphemous to affirme of Christ's Againe Remarke that the Apostle showeth that Christ's bloodie sacrifice where-by hee entered in-to the holie place is of an infinite worth having obtained eternall redemption for vs where-as all Papists grant their sacrifice of the Masse to bee but of a finite worth and therefore is not one but farre inferiour to the sacrifice of Christ and consequentlie also then priesthood to his From whence also it followeth that they succeede not to Christ in his priesthood after the order of Melchisedek but haue a new one of their owne coyning farre differing from Christ's and millions of degrees inferiour there-to Heb. 10.18 Now vvhere remission of sinne is there is no more offering for sinne Verse 14. For by one offering hee hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Note then If that one and once offering of Christ availeth for ever to the remission of sinne and perfecting for ever of them that are sanctified it followeth necessarilie as the Apostle sayeth that there is no more offering for sinne and consequentlie no more needc of sacrifices propitiatorie nor anie furder immolation of Christ for the remission of sinne And therefore wee conclude That seeing the sacrifice of the Masse is neither the reiteration of Christ's sacrifice for that were to accuse it of imperfection as Heb. 7.27 nor yet the continuation of it for so hee should daylie die as Heb. 9.25.26 nor that it is visible bloodie nor of an infinite worth as His was Therefore it is no-wyse Christ's sacrifice propitiatorie but a blasphemous idolatrous abhomination flat derogatorie there-to 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie TO this our doctrine That the Masse is no reall and properlie a propitiatorie Sacrifice witnesseth thus Antiquitie Because wee are delivered sayth Ambrose by Christ's death as myndfull there-of in eating and drinking wee represent that Bodie and Blood which was sacrificed for vs. Amb. in 1. Epist. ad Cor. cap. 11. So lyke-wise testifyeth Eusebius After that Christ offered vp that admirable and excellent sacrifice to his Father for the salvation of all hee instituted that wee should

should bee proper and not common no not in opinion And agayne They should also sayeth hee bee al-to-gether inseparable Bell. lib. 4. de notis Ecclesiae cap. 2. § ac primum § tertio Which being applyed to Antiquitie Multitude Vniversalitie and such others will proue clearlie That they are no true Notes of the true CHVRCH FINIS A Table of the Contents of this Booke CHAP. I. Of Scripture § 1. That the Apocrypha is no canonicke Scripture 2. That Scripture containe●h all things necessarie for Salvation to know without vncertaine Traditions 3. That Scripture is plaine in all things necessarie for Salvation to know 4. That the Scripture should bee read by the people and therefore translated in-to their vulgar Tongue 5. That Scripture is the perfect rule of Fayth and Manners and the infallible supreame Iudge in all controversies of Religion 6. That the Scripture is not a dumbe Iudge but that GOD by it speaketh to his Church CHAP. II. Of the Church § 1. That the estate of the true Church is not ever visible to all men and chiefelie to the enemies there-of 2. That the visible Church of Christian professours may erre from the trueth in common altho not all and everie one 3. That the Church of Rome may erre and hath erred 4. That personall succession freeth not from errour 5. That the Iewish Church pretended no lesse infallibilitie than the Romane doeth and yet erred 6. That the VVord of GOD purelie preached and due administration of Sacraments is the true marke of a true Church 7. That Multitude is no note of a true Church neither personall succession nor Duration 8. That outward glorie and visibilitie is no note of a true Church 9. Th●t Miracles are no note of a true Church CHAP. III. Of Peter and the Pope's Supremacie § 1. That Peter had no supremacie of power over the rest of the Apostles and so neither should the Popes over their successours 2. That the Pope is not the Head Husband and foundation of the Church and therefore that all Christians are not bound to bee subject to him CHAP. IV. Of the Churches right Worship § 1. That prayers and all publicke worship should bee in a knowne language 2. That Christ is our onlie Mediator in Heaven and therefore that wee should goe to Him and by Him vnto GOD onlie 3. That the Saincts are not to bee invocated 4. That they know not our hearts nor our necessities and therefore are not to bee prayed vnto 5. That no religious worship of Dulia is to bee given to anie creature 6. That no religious worship is due to the Virgine Marie CHAP. V. Of Images § 1. That it is vnlawfull to represent GOD the Father by an olde Man 2. That no adoration is due to Images nor any signe there-of 3. That the practise of the olde Idolaeters and new Romanists jumplie agree 4. That Images are not fit books for the instruction of Laicks but onlie GODS VVord CHAP. VI. That no Meates are to bee abstayned from for conscience sake CHAP. VII That the Marriage of the Clergie is lawfull CHAP. VIII Of Sinne. § 1. That concupiscence in the Godlie is properlie sinne 2. That all sinne by nature is mortall CHAP. IX Of Predestination That wee are predestinated of free Grace and not for fore-seene works CHAP. X. Of Vocation § 1. That wee haue no merites of congruitie as naturall preparations to our effectuall calling 2. That our conversion is of miere grace and not partlie of our owne free-will CHAP. XI Of Iustification § 1. That wee are justified by Fayth onelie 2. That no inherent righteousnesse in vs is the cause of our justification 3. That Christ's righteousnesse onelie is imputed to vs vnto our absolu●ion CHAP. XII Of Sanctification § 1. That none can keepe the Law perfectlie in this lyfe 2. That none can worke anie workes of Supererogation CHAP. XIII Of Glorification § 1. That our good workes merite not eternall lyfe 2. That the Sainctes leaue no meritorious works nor sufferings behinde them to helpe others CHAP. XIV Of Purgatorie § 1. That Christ's Blood onlie purgeth perfectlie from all sinne 2. That Christ delyvereth from all punishment heere-after 3. That no man can in anie measure satisfie 4. That the soules of the Godlie at death immediatelie goe to Heaven CHAP. XV. Of certayntie of Salvation That the Godlie may bee assured of their salvation CHAP. XVI Of Perseverance That the Godlie can never totallie fall from grace nor finallie perish CHAP. XVII Of Baptisme That the children of the Godlie dying are not for want of Baptisme deprived of God's blessed vision CHAP. XVIII Of the LORD'S Supper § 1. That Christ's glorified bodie is onlie in the Heavens 2. That Christ's bodie is not in manie places at once invisiblie and vnpalpablie 3. That after consecration the substance of Bread and VVine remaineth 4. That Christ is not received by the bodilie mouth 5. That Christ is not received by the VVicked 6. That the people should not bee deprived of the cup. CHAP. XIX Of the Masse § 1. That the popish priests haue no calling to sacrifice Christ's bodie in the Masse 2. That the Masse is no propitiatorie sacrifice but al-together derogatorie to Christs CHAP. XX. OF ANTICHRIST § 1. VVhat sort of Adversarie hee is 2. The tyme of his comming 3. The place in generall where hee is to bee found 4. The place in speciall where his seate is 5. His Qualities and Actions whereby to know him and first his excessiue Pryde 6. His Blasphemie 7. His Idolatrie 8. His Crueltie 9. His Simonie 10. His false Miracles 11. His Name and Marke 12. His daylie consumption and full over-throw FINIS