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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	heathen_a	let_v	publican_n	2,742	5	10.9981	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70152	An ansvver to a popish pamphlet called the touch-stone of the reformed gospell. made speciallie out of themselves. By William Guild, D.D. and preacher of Gods word.	Guild, William, 1586-1657.	1656 (1656)	Wing G2202; ESTC R221580	101,567	372

Isai 59. 21 that sayeth As for me this is my Covenant with them sayth the Lord my spirit that is upon thee and my words which I haue put in thy mouth shal not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of the mouth of thy seeâ—s-seed from hence forth and for ever according to Hugo Cardinalis That these words are spoken to Christ by the Father as Turrecremata also speaketh promising that God should so assist his Church and the Elect therin which are this seed spoken of even to the end of the World that there should ever be some that should hold the true profession of faith Which answere serveth also for Ioh 14. 16. 17. where Christ promiseth to his Apostles the Comforter who is the Spirit of truth whom the World cannot receive because they are not Elect and who should dwell in them and be in them as he is onelie in the Elect likewise The third place is Math. 18. 17. And if he neglect to heare the Church let him be to thee as a Heathen publican To which I answere that this place speaketh onelie of a particulare Church Which Papists granteth may erre as also relateth onelie to discipline and Church censures not to doctrine or determination in matters of faith but of fact and scandale The fourth place is Ephes 5. 27. where it is said That he might present to himself a glorious Church without spot or wrinckle Whereunto I answere That their late Estius out of Augustin showeth that the Apostle speaketh not of thâ— Church Militant but Triumphant and as shee shall be after the blessed Resurrection and this is also the exposition of Ierome lib. 3. dial cont Pelag. as also of Primasius Thomas sayeth hee As for the Fathers whom he only citeth but not their words never one of them in these places doeth prove his point But before I leave this point of the Popes infallâ—bilitie into which the Churches at last doth resolve I will insist heerein a little more seing it concerneth the whole Fabrick of poperie and is the basis whereon it standeth being that rock whereon the Church is built as Bellarmin teacheth lib. 4. de pont cap. 2. 3. And will batter the same with four arguments furnished by theÌ„selves unto us Wherof the First is That this very question it self amongst Romanists Whether the Pope may be deposed for heresie presupposeth that he may be an Heretick and that he may be deposed for heresie Bellarmin granteth lib. 2. de pont cap. 30. Â§ 5. saying Wee cannot deny but that Pope Adrian with his Councell at Rome yea with the whole eight generall Councell thought that the Pope for Heresie might bee judged adde this also that the estate of the Church sayeth he should be miserable if it should be forced to acknowledge him for their Pastour who were a ravening Wolfe 2. Howsoever it is now the most coÌ„mon opinion that the pope cannot erre yet it is confessed that many Roman Catholick Doctours of great note do maintayne the contrary to wit that hee may erre not only personallie but also as Pope and judiciallie which as Bellarmin confesseth lib. 4. de pont cap. 2. was not onely the opinion of Nilus Gerson Almain and the Doctours of Paris but also of Pope Adrian the 6. Alfonsus Ã Castro To whom hee might haue added the Councels of Constance and Basil also Ockam Michael Cesenas Cardinall Cameracensis and Cusanus Waldensis Picus Mirandula Lyra Canus Erasmus their late Stella with all others who mantaine that the Councell is above the Pope These two assertions then being directlie contradictorie that the Pope cannot erre that the Pope even as Pope may erre and this last being maintayned by famous Doctours and Councels of the Romaâ— Church as said is wee may not onlie see what ther bragged of unitie is but also that papists haue no sure ground of their faith at all who build upon the Popes infallibilitie so much controverted amongst themselves and as yet in question 3. It is manifest that the Popes haue foullie erred de facto been Hereticks therefore it followeth that they may erre and so are not infallible And that they haue erred and beene Hereticks is witnessed by most famous Romanists for it is manifest sayth Alfonsus Ã Castro lib. 1. cont heres cap. 4. That Pope Liberius was an Arrian Anastasius the second a Nestorian so likewise doth Canus testifie Loc. Theol. lib. 6. cap. 8. that Honorius was a Monothelite and by the sixth and seventh generall Councels coÌ„demned as an Hereticks and their late Didacus Stella on Luke 22. 30. showeth that manie Popes have beene grosse Hereticks and Idolaters as Marcellinus sayeth he who sacrificed to Idols Liberius who was an Arrian as Platina and Bellarmin also witnesseth lib. 4. de pont cap. 9 and Anastasius the 2. who for the crime of Heresie sayeth hee was rejected of the Church and manie others who persisted not in the Catholike faith but were against the same Wherefore sayeth their owne Lyra on Math. 16. It is evident that the Churches stabilitie consisteth not on men either in regard of their ecclestiasticall dignitie or secular seing many Princes and Popes too haue beene found to haue made Apostafie from the faith 4. Out of their owne grounds I argue against the Popes infallibilitie thus 1. If he haue any such infallibiliitie he hath it as he is Bishope of Rome and consequentlie Peters alleadged successour 2. He cannot be Bishope of Rome but he must be in holie orders 3. He can not receive orders which papists call a sacrament but from him who hath power to ordain or giue orders upon which grounds that are granted I reason thus in respect That the validitie of a sacrament dependeth upon the intention of the giver as Bellar. teacheth lib. 3. de justifi cap. 8. Which none can know but the giver Therefore none can know that this Pope or any other is or hath beene infallible because he cannot be so except he be in holy orders from one that had power to give them and that hee that had that power had also an intention to give theÌ„ whose intention sayth Bellar. none can knowe and consequentlie Ã primo ad ultimum none can know whether such a Pope be trulie Pope or no by a second consequence whether he be infallible or no according to the pretended priviledge as he is Peters successour And so upoÌ„ what an unsure sandie foundation papists build their faith and consequentlie their salvation let anie man judge But I cannot admire enough Bellarmins impudency that sayeth lib. 4. de pont cap. 2. That all Catholicks agree in this that if the Pope alone or with a particular Councell decerne in any thing that is doubtfull whether he erre or not yet hee is obedientlie to be heard by all the faithfull sayeth hee 8. THat the Church hath been hidden and invisible FOr stating this question aright we say not that

their faith to God ward was spread abroad And that this is the onlie thing which these words import their late Estiê° on Rom. 1. showeth As for testimonies of Fathers and 1. to that of Cyprian who writting to Cornelius sayeth Whilst with you there is one mind and one â—oyce the whole Church is confessed to be RomaÌ„ I answere 1. That Cyprians words are perverted which are these dum apâ—â— vos unus animus una vox est Ecclesia omnis Romana confessa est that is Whilst with you there is one minde and one voyce the whole RomaÌ„ Church hath confessed Cyprian thus commending the Church of Rome for an unanimous confession of faith before heathen persecutors as others had done which indeed proveth the soundnes of the Roman Church in Cyprians time as a meÌ„ber of the catholik church but not that shee only then was the Catholick Church 2. Giving that these were the words of Cyprian as they are alleadged they would import onlie that whil the RomaÌ„ Church keeped the unitie of the true faith that all other orthodox and sister Churches of these times would acknowledge themselves to bee of her communion and this we may see confessed by Stapleton relect con 1. q. 5. who giveth this to be the reason why by the ancients the Roman and Catholick Church wer held for one thing because her communion sayeth he with the whole Catholick Church was then most evident and certaine whence it followeth that shee her self then was not the whole Catholick Church 3. where it is said to Pope Cornelius Whilst with you there is one minde one voice that is as long as you kepe the trueth and profession thereof this speech being conditionall and limited it importeth that shee might lose the same as shee hath done Therefore not only was shee forewarned Rom. 11. 20. Not to be high minded but feare but also Cyprian ad Pompeium accuseth Pope Steven who succeeded Cornelius that he maintayned the cause of Hereticks against the Church of God the Pope then and Roman Church under him in Cyprians estimation maintayning Hereticks against the Church could not theÌ„ be accounted by him to be the Catholick Church nor yet to be infallible The second testimonie of Augustins where he sayeth That they who dissent from the bodie of Christ which is the Church they are not in the Catholick Church proveth nowise that the RomaÌ„ Church is this onlie Catholick Church But rather as the words of that testimonie beareth The whole body of Christendom And as for Jeroms words That it is all one to say the Roman faith and the Catholick faith I haue alreadie answered that this was because of her communion with the Catholick Church when Rome was orthodox and as Isai 1. 21 The faithfull City was not become an Har lot 10. THat the Churches unitie is not necessarie in al points of faith I answere that this is an impudent Calumnie as the Harmonie of Confession of reformed Churches showeth and ours in particular of 1581. art 16. For wee maintaine that a two-fold unitie is necessarie to be in Christs church to wit An unitie in Trueth and an unitie in affection both which wee should pray for and promove that as the psalmist speaketh 122. 7. peace may bee within her walls and prosperitie within her palaces And because they brag so much of unitie in doctrine and all points of faith for stopping the mouths of all Romanists ever heereafter ut ex ungue Leonem I will onelie amongst many instance but in one or two maine points of poperie that their unitie is like the division of tongues which was amongst the builders of Babell The first is papall Indulgences and Pardons which are so lucrative dependeth on their Purgatorie wherin thus they varie 1. Some of the old schoolmen as Bellar. witnesseth lib. 1. de Indulg cap. 2. they doubt of this spirituall treasure and Francis Mayro on 4. sent D. 19. maketh question in particular sayth hee of the treasure of Christs overflowing satisfactions laid up in the Church Againe Durand likewise on 4. sent D. 2. doubteth if the satisfaction of saints belong to the treasure but S. Thomas and Bonaventure sayeth hee thinketh that both belongeth thereunto Againe this is denyed by sundrie ancient Divines sayeth Bellarmin lib. 1. de Indulg cap. 7. That pardons delivereth men from punishment not onelie before the Church but also before God and verie graue Authours sayeth hee as Alfonsus Durand Paludanus Pope Adrian the 6. Petrus Ã Soto and Cardinall Cajetan hold That pardons were never given but for enjoyned penance but Aquinas Ioannes Major Sylvester Dominicus a Soto Michael medina Ledesinius Antonius Cordubensis Navarrus Panormitan and Ioannes Andreas sayeth hee these maintaine the contrarie 2. For the Persons that haue power to give pardons it is questioned sayeth Bellarmin lib. 1. de Indulg cap. 11. by what law Bishops may give pardons for some hold that they may do it by Gods law sayeth hee but others deny it yea Angelus in summâ— and Bartholemus Fumus do hold that all Priests who may heare confession may also grant pardons sayeth hee and they bring for their warrant Pope Innocentius and Panormitan but the coÌ„mon opinion sayth Bellarmin is contrarie to these 3. For the persons whom they availe thus they varie for amongst the Catholick Doctours sayeth Bellarmin lib. 1. de Indulg cap. 14. Ostiensis in summa and Biel on the canon of the Masse lect 57. haue taught that pardons nowise profite the dead and so this maâ—teth soule Masses but other Catholicks sayeh hee do hold the contrarie Again if they help the dead Bellarmin lib. 1. de Indulg cap. 14. showeth that it is controverted whether by way of suffrage or otherwise and that they are divyded in three opinions Last of all sayeth Bellarmin in the same place the hardest question of all is Whether pardons do help the dead upon any justice or condignitie or onely of the meer and free favour of God and congruitie some hold the first sayeth he as Dominicê° Soto on 4. sent d. 21. Navarrus others hold it to be meerlie of the mercy bounty of God And so holdeth Cajetan Petrus a Soto Cordubensis and others Now in such a division of tongues and Pen's in this point what is popish unitie let any man judge The second grand point which I will instance is TranssubstantiatioÌ„ wheron is grounded the Idoll of their Masse and that idolatrous adoration of their Hostie wherein sayth the Iesuite Aâ—lapide on Isai 7. 14. by the words of consecration as the bread is trulie and reallie transsubstantiat so Christ is brought forth and as it were begotten upon the Altar so powerfully efficaciouslie as if Christ were not yet incarnat yet by these words this is my Bodie He should be incarnat and assume an humane bodie therfore sayth he the Priest is as the Virgin that bare him the Altar is the manger the little Emmanuell which hee beareth is Christ brought

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