the simpler sort All which thinges we will close vp with one worde of Ecclesiastes as with a notable seale of the whole life of man making this conclusion Eccles 12 d Feare God and keepe his Commaundementes For this is all a man Psalm 67. Confirme this O GOD which thou hast wrought in vs. AN APPENDIX OR ADDITION OF THE FALL OF MAN AND IVSTIFIcation according to the sentence and doctrine of the Councell of Trent 1 Of the state fall of the first Man VVHen the first man Gen. 2 c 3 â— Aug. lib. 14. de ciuit Dei cap. 17. lib. 6 de Gen. ad lit cap. 26 27 in coÌ„cione ad Catech cont Iudae c. cap. 2. Fulg. de incarn grat Christ cap. 12. 13. Bern. ser 1. de Annun Prosp cont Collat. c. 21. ADAM hadde transegressed the Commandement of God in Paradise be presentlie loâ—t the holinesse and iustice in which he was created and further by the offence of that transgression incurred the anger and indignation of God and so consequently Gen. 2 c 3 d. Rom. 5 c. Conc. Mileuit can 1. Aug lib. 1. de ciuitat Dei cap. 12. lib. 1. de poâ— mer. cap. 2. 4. 6. Tertul de anima cap. 52. Fulgent de incarnat cap. 12. Chrys hom 17. in Gen. Ber. ad milit templi cap. 11. death which Almighty God had threatned vnto him before And with this same death he fell into the bondage and thraldome of the Aug. lib. 13. de Trin. cap. 12. lib. 3. Hypog cap. 2. Bern. ep 190. Diuell who from thence-forth had the Empire of Heb. 2 d death and finallie whole ADAM Concil ArausicanuÌ„ can 1. lib. de Eccles dogmat cap. 38. Aug. lib. 13. de Trin. cap. 12. lib. 14. de ciu Dei c. 15 by that same offence of preuarication was both in bodie and soule changed into worse 2 Of the sin of Adam transfused into al men NEither did ADAMS preuarication hurte himselfe alone but also his whole linage Ro. 5 c d 1. Cor. 15 c Eccli 25 d Conc. 2. A. raus can 2. Aug. in Enchir cap. 26. l. 2. Hypog cap 1. sequent l. 13. de ciuit Dei cap 3 14. lib 14. cap. 1. Prosp lib. 1. de vocat gent. c. 7. ad capitula Gallor c. 8. and posterity as who did loose both to himselfe Prosp cont Collat cap. 19 ad tria prima dub Genuen 9. Fulg. de incar gra Christi c. 13. and to vs the holinesse and iustice receiued from God and beeing polluted by the sinne of disobedience did transfuse into all mankinde not death only and the paines of the Gennad de Eccles dogmat c. 39. Aug. in Ench. c. 26. lib. 15. de ciuitate Dei cap. 1. de Predest gra c. 3. lib. 6. cont Iulian. cap. 12. 20. 24. 26. Fulgent de incar gratia Christi c. 14. 15. de fide ad Pet. cap. 25. Prosp lib 2. de vita contemplatiua c. 20. cont Collat. cap. 20. lib. de ingrat cap. 40. 27. Petrus Diaconus de incarnat gratia Christi cap. 6. bodie but also sinne which is the death of the soule Which the Apostle confirming hath said By one man Rom. 5 b sinne entred into the world and by sinne death And so vnto al men death did passe in which all sinned For which cause the sinne of ADAM which originally is one being by propagation Aug. l. 2. cont Pelag. Coelest c 15 16. lib. 1. de pec mer. cap. 9. 10. 11 12. 13. l. 2 Hypog c. 4. ep 86. 〈◊〉 lib. 6. cont Iul. cap. 2. serm 14. â—e verb. Apâ—â—â— cap. 14. â— sequent not by imitation transfused to all is in euery particular man his own Item lib. 3. de peccat mer. cap. 8. lib. 6. cont Iulian. cap. 10. must needs be purged by some remedie for the getting of life euerlasting For by it all men are made vncleane and as the Apostle Ephes 2 a Fulgent de â—ide ad Pet. cap. 26. saith by nature the Sonnes of wrathe and the slaues of sinne of the diuell of death excepting â—eere the immaculate Virgin Aug de nat gratia cap 36. vide extrauag comm lib. 3. de reliq veneratione Banct Conc. Trid. sess 3. in fine decret de peccato Origin MARY the mother of God whom in this place where we speake of Originall sinne we doe not comprehend 3 Of the remedy of Originall sinne THis Originall sinne which is in euerie man his owne as we haue saide is not taken away by the Aug. ep 28. Enchâ—c 48. Fulgent de incarn et gratia Christi cap. 16. forces of humane nature nor by any other remedie than by the merit of one Mediatour 1. Tim. 2 b our Lord Iesus Christ who hath reconciled vs Ro. 5 b Petrus Diaconus de incarn gratia Christi cap. 16. Bern. epist 190. vnto God in his bloude being made vnto vs 1. Cor. 1 d Bern ser â— de Purif Iustice Sanctification and Redemption And his merit Tit. â— b is applied as wel to those of discretion as to Infants by the Sacrament of Baptisme orderly ministred in such forme as the Church doth vse because there is no other name Act. 4 b vnder heaueÌ„ giuen vnto meÌ„ in which we must be saued And heÌ„ce is that speech Io 1 d Behold the Lambe of God beholde him that taketh away the sinne of the world And this also Gal. 3 d Aug. lib. 6. cont Iul. c. 4 As many of you as are Baptised in Christ haue put on Christ They therefore doe pernitiously erre who denie that Infants Concil Mileuit c. 2. Aphr. can 77. newely borne ought to be Baptised although they bee borne of Baptised Parents For these also are Baptised into remission of sinnes as hauing receiued Originall sinne from ADAM which must of necessitie bee purged by the Aug. lib. 1. de peccat mer. cap. 16. lib. 4. cont 2. ep Pelag. c. 4 Lauer of regeneration for the getting of life euerlasting because no otherwise is this to be vnderstood Ro. 5 b Aug. lib. 4. cont 2. ep Pelag. cap. 4. lib. 2. cont Pelagium Coelest cap. 40. By one man sinne entered into the world and by sinne death and so vnto all men death did passe in which all sinned But as the Catholicke Church all the worlde ouer hath allwaies vnderstood it For because of this rule of faith according to the Tradition of the Apostles euen Infants who coulde not as yet coÌ„mit any sinne in their owne persons are therefore truely baptised into remission of sinnes that in them by regeneration that may bee clensed which they haue coÌ„tracted by generatioÌ„ For Io. 3 â— vnlesse a maÌ„ be borne again of water and the spirite he cannot enter into the kingdome of God 4 Of the relikes of originall sinne in the Baptised MOreouer we ought to acknowledge that the guilt of originall sinne is remitted by the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ which is giuen in baptisme
fallen and cure him when hee is wounded Then succedeth (f) Iac. 5 15. Extreame Vnction which in the laste conflicte with death doth fence comforte the Passenger Then holy Orders (g) Tit. 1.5 1. Cor. 4 1. yeeldeth Ministers vnto the Church which may haue authority in holy thinges and may rightly gouerne dispence conserue apply all those things which we spoke of before Finally Matrimony increaseth the (h) Eph. 5 32. 1. Cor. 7 2. Christian people and prouideth for mans incontinencie Where also this difference is to be obserued that Baptisme Confirmation and Orders being once giuen can neuer be (i) Concil Flor. Trid. sess 7. Can. 9. de Sacr. in genere Aug 2. con ep Parm. c. 13. iterated Also Baptisme must of necessitie be taken (k) Io. 3 5. of all The Eucharist of those that haue (l) Trid. sess 21. cap. 4. the vse of reason Penance (m) Apoc. 2 5. of those that are fallen But it is at thy discretion to vse any of the rest so that thou haue none in contempte or doest neglect thē against Iustice equitie when the time requireth These are therefore the preseruatiues and diuine remedies which that Samaritane (n) Luc. 10 33. 1. Cor. 4 1. Io. 20 23. full of all mercie hath ordained committed to the Prelates of the Church to be dispensed for the well curing vndoubtedly of the sicke that is to saye of all sinners in the Church euen vntill that they obtaine if they will their true and perfite health Which remedies rightly to vnderstand holsomely to receiue and faithfully to apply vnto others is not a pointe certes of humane cunning but of Christiā wisdome Of which wheras we haue now spoken enough according vnto the scope of our present purpose It now remainethe that by the helpe of Christ we passe ouer to the other part of this worke which containeth Christiā Iustice Ecclesiastici 4 ver 12. WISDOME inspireth life into her children and entertaineth those that seeke her and she will goe before in the way of IVSTICE and he that loueth her loueth life THE FIFTH CHAPTER OF CHRISTIAN IVSTICE 1 What thinges doe belong to Christian Iustice ALL such thinges maie bee reduced vnto two pointes Aug. ser 19. de temp Chrys in Ps 4. ho. 16. in epist ad Ephes Prosp sent 98. ex Aug. which are comprehended in these wordes (a) Psal 36 27. 33 15 1. Pet. 3 10.11 Tob. 4 13. Decline thou from euil doe good as also ESAY teacheth (b) Esa 1 16 Eccli 3 32. Ro. 12 10. Cease yee to doe peruersely and learne to doe well This is that which (c) Col. 3 8. Eph. 4 16.17.18.19.20 S. PAVL admonisheth that the olde man with his actes must be put off the new man must bee put on in Iustice and Holinesse of trueth The first consisteth in knowing eschuing sinnes for they are vnto mortall men the greatest euills that can be And the latter standeth in the desire pursute of thinges that be good But to the intent that wee may performe (d) Bern. ser 1. de Pentec both these offices appertaining to Iustice Gods grace hath beene by IESVS CHRIST purchased and promised vnto vs and is euer most necessarie By meanes of which both preuenting vs (e) Aug. de grat lib. arbit ca 9. 15. 16. Itē in Ench. c. 32. Hier lib. 2. in Iouin cap 2. Conc. Trid. sess 6. can 2. and cooperating with vs that effecte is wrought in vs which S. IHON affirmeth (f) 1. Io. 3 8. He that doth Iustice is iust euen as he also is iust Moreouer he addeth He that committeth sinne is of the Deuill 2 What is sinne SInne as witnesseth S. AVGVSTINE (a) Lib. de duab anim c. 11. l 1. retract c. 15 13. lib de Gen. ad lit imperf c. 1. is a will to retaine or obtaine that which Iustice prohibiteth and from which it is in mans power to abstaine And in an other place he teacheth that sinne (b) Lib. 22. cont Faust ca. 27. lib. 1. contr 2. ep Pelag. c. 13. is whatsoeuer is spoken donne or desired contrary to the lawe of God And Saint AMBROSE What is sinne (c) Lib. de Paradiso c. 8. Aug. lib. 2 de consens Euang. c. 4. Bed in ca. 3. ep 1 Ioan. saith he but the transgression of Gods lawe and the disobaying of the heauenly precepts 3 How many kinde of sinnes be there THree (a) Aug. in Ench. c 64. Originall Mortall and Veniall The first we call Originall which (b) Trid. conc ses 5. being transfused by ADAM the first Father of mankinde and contracted by vs in our very conception (c) Ps 50 7. is taken away by Baptisme in Christ Whereof S. PAVL speaketh in this manner (d) Ro. 5 12. By one man sinne entered into this worlde by sinne death and so vnto all men death did passe in which all sinned And againe speaking vnto the Baptised to the intent that he might shewe that the force of Christian Baptisme did extend to the purging of this sinne also he plainly testifieth You (e) 1. Cor. 6 11. are washed you are sanctified you are iustified in the name of our Lord IESVS CHRIST and in the spirite of our God But Mortall sinne is that actuall sinne as they call it which taketh away spiritual life and bringeth the death of the soule of him that sinneth which death separateth a man from God and his (f) 1. Cor. 6 9. Gal. 5 19 Apoc. 21 8. kingdome maketh him worthie of euerlasting punishment Whereupon it is written The (g) Ro. 6 23 stipend of sinne death (h) Sap. 1 16. Iniustice is the procurement of death and the vngodly haue inuited her with handes and wordes Finally a veniall sinne is certes actuall but it is such a sinne as doth not make a man the enimy of God whereof pardō is easily obtained by the faithfull at Gods hande Of this hath S. IHON saide (i) 1 Io. 1 6. Aug. lib. 3. cont 2. ep Pelag. c. 3. If wee shall say that we haue no sinne we seduce our selues and the trueth is not in vs. And S. IAMES confesseth plainely (k) Iac. 3 2. In many thinges we offende all And if wee beleeue the wise man The (l) Pro. 24 16. Eccles 7 21. Iust man falleth seauen times a day and risethe againe Now it is manifest that one sinne is more (m) Io. 19 12. grieuous than another it is agreable both to humane diuine Iustice also that a greater punishment (n) Aug. lib. 21. ciu c. 16. ser 18. de verb. Apost cap. 4. is due to the greater sin And for that cause hath Christ put this difference betweene the faulte and the punishement of one that sinneth wittingly of another that sinneth vnwittingly (o) Luc. 12 47. That seruant saith he that knewe
and that in the baptized Aug. lib. 1. cont 2. ep Pelag c. 13. 14. l. 6. cont Iulia. cap. 13 seq lib. 2. cont Pelag. Coelest c. 39. 40. See the 3. question of Baptisme page 151 all that which hath in it the true and proper nature of sinne is quite taken away and not rased only or not imputed For in the regenerate God hateth nothing bccause there Ro. 8 a is no damnation vnto them that are truely Ibid. 6 a buried with Christ by baptisme vnto death That walke not according to the flesh but putting Eph. 4 c Col. 3 b off the olde man and putting on the new which is created according to God are made innocent immaculate pure voide of sinne and deare vnto Almightie God Ro. 8 c Heires certes of God and coheires of CHRIST so that nothing at all may staye them from entering into heauen And yet notwithstanding must we confesse that ther remaineth in the baptised Aug. lib. 2. de peccat mer. cap. 28. concupiscence which beeing lefte Idem lib. 2. cont Iul. cap. 9. 10. lib. 1. de pec mer. c. vlt. to striue withall cannot possibly hurte them that doe not consent and that doe Idem l. 1. ciu c. 25. lib. 5. con Iul. cap. 3. by the grace of Christ couragiously resist yea rather 2. Tim. 2 a hee that shall striue lawfully shall be crowned This Concupiscence which the Apostle sometime Ro. 7 b calleth sinne the Catholike Church neuer vnderstoode therefore to be called sinne because it is truely properly sinne in the regenerate but because it Aug. lib. 6. con Iul. c. 25. ser 6. de verb. Apost cap. 1. proceedeth of sinne and inclineth to sinne 5 Of the imbecillitie of nature and the lawe to Iustifie Men. TO come nowe somewhat nearer to the right and plaine vndestanding of the Doctrine of Iustification euerie man must acknowledge confesse thus much that when all men by ADAMS transgression had lost Innocencie Coelest primus ep 1. cap. 4. 1. Cor 15. c Ro. 5 c d being made vncleane and as the Apostle saith Eph. 2 a by nature the Sonnes of wrath as hath beene saide so far were they the slaues Ro. 6 c of sinne and in the power of death of the diuell that not only the Gentiles by the force Prosp cōtra Collat. cap. 22. Aug. ep 95. of nature but neither the Iewes by the very letter of the Law Fulgent de incar gratia Christi cap. 16. of MOYSES could be deliuered or rise from the same although in them free-will Aug. lib. 1. cont 2. ep Pelag. cap. 2. lib. 2. c. 5. cont Fortun. Manich. disput 2. lib. 3. de lib. arbit cap. 1. 3. lib. 3. de gra lib. arbit cap. 2. lib. 5. de ciu cap. 10. in expos cap. 5. ad Gal. qu. 24. ex 83. lib. 3. Hypog cap. 10. Orig. Philocal cap. 21. ho. 2. ex diuers in c. 13. Mat. Chry. ho. 30. in Mat. ho. 9. 11. in Ioan. Cyr. Hieros catech 4. illum Hier. in proaem lib. cont Pelag. lib. 2. cont Iouin cap. 2. was not extinguished howesoeuer Conc. 2. Araus cap. 13. 25. Aug. ep 95. Prosp lib. 1. de vocatione gentium cap. 8. it were weakened and decaied 6 Of the dispensation mystery of the comming of Christ VVHereby it came to passe that the Heauenly Father the Father of 2. Cor. 1 a mercies and God of all consolation when that happy Gal. 4 a fulnesse of time was come did sende vnto men CHRIST IESVS his Sonne declared and promised both before the Lawe and in the time of the Lawe to many holy Fathers Both that he might redeeme the Iewes who were vnder the Lawe that the Gentiles which did Ro. 9 g not followe Iustice might apprehend Iustice and all might receiue the adoption of sinnes Gal. 4 a Him hath God Ro. 3 d 5 b 1. Tim. 2 b proposed as a propitiatour by faith in his bloud for our sinnes and not only 1. Io. 2 a for ours but for the sinnes of the whole worlde 7 Who are iustified by Christ BVt although he died for 2. Cor. 5 a Prosp cap 9. ad obiect Gallor all yet not all doe receiue the benefite of his death but those onely vnto whom the merite of his Passion is communicated For as men indeede except they were borne as springing from the seede of ADAM Aug. ep 89. quaest 3. lib. 1. de pec mer. cap. 28. de natura et gratia cap. 41. l. 6. cont-Iulia c. 4. 24. should not be borne vniust whereas by that propagation through him they contracte whilest they are conceiued their owne proper iniustice so except they were borne againe in Christ they shoulde neuer be iustified whereas by that regeneration through the merit of his Passion grace is giuen them wherby they are made iust For this benefite the Col. 3 b Apostle exhorteth vs alwaies to giue thankes to the Father who hath made vs worthie vnto the part of the lot of the Saintes in the light and hath deliuered vs from the power of darckenesse and hath translated vs into the kingdome of the Sonne of his loue In whom we haue redemption the remission of sinnes 8 A description of the Iustification of a wicked mā the manner thereof in the state of grace IN which wordes is insinuated the description of a wicked mans iustification so that it is a translation from that state in the which man is borne the Sonne of the first Gal. 4 a Tit. 3 b ADAM into the state of grace adoption of the Sonnes of God by the second ADAM IESVS CHRIST our Sauiour Which translation certes after the Gospell once published cannot be made without the lauer of regeneration or the desire thereof as it is written Io. 3 a Vnlesse a man bee borne againe of water and the spirite he cannot enter into the kingdome of God 9 Of the necessity of preparation to Iustification in those of full age whereof it riseth FVrthermore the beginning of Iustification it selfe in those of full age is to be taken as from the Grace Aug. lib. cont 2. epist Pelag. cap. 9 10. de Praed Sanct c. 2. Gennad lib. de Eccles dogm c. 44. Fulg. de incarn gra Christ c. 18. preuenting of Almighty God by IESVS CHRIST that is to say by his vocation whereby they are called without al merite or desert on their part that they which were auerted from God by sinne may by his exciting and helping-grace be disposed to conuert themselues to their owne Iustification freely consenting and cooperating 1. Cor. 3. b 15 b 2. Cor. 6 a 7 a 2. Tim. 2 d Heb. 12 d Hier. 7 a Ezech. 18 e f Pro. 16 a Eccli 2 d Sap. 9 b Psal 26 c Ibid. Aug. enarr 2. serm 13. de verb. Apost cap. 9. sequent lib. 1. retract cap. 22. Leo. ser 5. de quadrag Fulgent de incarn gratia Christi cap. 20. to the same grace so that
Faelix 4. ep 1. S. Bened. in Reg. cap. 17. Damas in Alex. Sixto 1. Telesph Foelice 1. Item ep 4. Carth. 2. cap. 3. Agath cap. 21. 47. Amb. lib. 5. ep 33. Aug. ser 91. 237. cap. 8. 251. de temp Conc. Milcu cap. 12. 4. Carth. cap. 84. Leo. ep 81. ad Diosc 88. ad Episc Gall. Germ. Victor Vtic. lib. 2. Cassia lib. 3. de ordine Psal Greg. lib. 1. ep 12. lib. 4. ep 10. Conc. Rom. sub Sylu. Ilerd cap. 4. Valent. cap. 1. Aurel. 1. cap. 18. of the Masse if we weigh the whole matter vprightly is in trueth a certaine holy and liuely representation and also an vnbloody and effectuall oblation of our Lords Passion of that bloody Sacrifice which was offered for vs vpon the Crosse Wherby first it cōmeth to passe that a liuely memory faith gratitude from vs towardes our Redemer is daily stirred vp and confirmed according to that Doe this (v) Luc. 22 19. 1. Cor. 11 24. for a commemoration of me Of which words the Church hath bene such a diligent interpretor that she hath in such sort ordained all externall furniture belonging vnto this vnbloody Sacrifice holy (x) De Caeremon Missae Dion eccles hier cap. 3. Isid Alcuin Remig. Raban Amal. Rupert Innoc. 3. Con. Trid. ses 22. c. 5. can 7. Chry. hom 3. 14 Eph. Prud. in perist hym 2. Opt li. 6. Hier. ad Theoph. ante libros eius pascha Cyr. catech 5. myst Clem. ep 2. ad frat Dom. Beda l. 1. hist Angl. cap. 29. Vestiments Vessels Ceremonies and al manner of actions that the standers by may haue nothing else to behold but that holy commemoration and the maiestie of so greate a Sacrifice may be the more set forth and the mindes of the faithfull by meanes of these exteriour signes and helpes more easilye lifted vp and as it were leade with the hande to the meditation of Heauenlye thinges which do lye hidde in this Sacrifice Also hereby it cōmeth to passe that the fruite of the oblation of Christ made vpon the Crosse and of our Redemption may be applied vnto vs and to all the faithfull as well aliue as (y) Cypr. ep 66. Chrys ho. 41. in 1. Cor. 21. in Act. Damasc or de defunct Aug. de cura cap. 1. serm 32. de verb. Apost cap. 1. 2. lib. 9. Conf. cap. 11. 12. 13. Epiph cont Acr. haeres 75. deade For which cause * Serm. de caena Dom. vide Iac. in Liturg. Basil Chrysost S. CYPRIAN giueth testimonie that this Sacrament is both a medicine and a holocaust to heale infirmities and to purge iniquities And MARTIAL the disciple of the (z) Ad Burdegal cap. 3. vide Hier. in Tit. 1. Amb. 1. offic cap. 48. in Ps 38. Alex. ep 1. 2. Naz. orat 3. Aug. ser 4. de Innoc. 3. Braccar cap. 1. Greg. ho. 37. in Euang Trid. sess 22. c. 2. Apostle S. PETER writeth thus That which the Iewes vpon enuie did sacrifice thinking therby to blot out his name vpon earth that same doe we for our saluation offer vpon a sanctified Aultar knowing well that by this only remedy life is giuen vnto vs and death put to flight Wee omit other Fathers witnesses of the same faith and doctrine that we may keepe that breuitie that we purposed in the beginning By all which thinges it is apparantly euident that Christ two sundry waies is called and is in deede for vs a Sacrifice to wit after a bloody (a) Conc. Ephes in ep ad Nest 2. Synod Nic. act 6. tom 3 Aug. contr Faust l. 20. cap. 21. an vnbloody maner For he offered (b) Eph. 5.2 Heb. 10 14. himselfe a bloody sacrifice for vs vpon the Crosse that vnto the tipe of the Pascall Lambe which was offered (c) Ex. 12 3. Mar. 14 12. among the Iewes he the true Lambe without spot the very truth vnto the figure might answere But at the last supper (d) Euseb l. idem ca. 10. Naz. orat 4. in carm ad Episc ad Constātinop Nyss orat 1. in resur Christ as also vpon the Aultar his pleasure was that the same shoulde be offered after a manner and ceremonie vnbloody euen as S. CYRIL (e) Ep. 10. ad Nest interp Anat. 11 calleth it to the intent that the oblation of (f) Gen. 14 18. Heb. 7 1 Psal 109 4. Hier. in Mat 26. Oecum in Heb. 5. Sedul lib. 3. oper Pasch Cla. Marius lib. 3. in Gen Melchizedech who offered bread wine might be made perfite he remaine true Preist according to the order of Melchizedech and his Preisthood continue foreuer without any other to succeede in his roome There once (g) Heb. 9 25 10.14 and at one onlie place of Iudea he offered his Sacrifice whereof S. PAVL writing vnto the Hebrues doth discourse but here he is sacrificed (h) Chry. ho 17. ad Heb. Aug. ep 23. Theo. in ca. 5 7. 10. ad Heb. item Oecum Photius more often and in euery place to wit all ouer the Church as it is confirmed by the (i) Mal. 1 11 Prophet MALACHIE There he was offered vnto death and here for a perpetuall and liuely remembrance of his death (k) Pet. Clū lib. 1. ep 2. an holsome participatiō therof which floweth from thence as it were frō the head vnto the mēbers to the intent that the fruit effect of that sacrifice offered vpon the crosse might be dailie exhibited and applied vnto vs by this sacrifice of the Masse 8 Is the Eucharist to be receiued vnder one kinde only as of bread or vnder both kindes of bread and wine FOR asmuch as belongethe to Priests or those that sacrifice it is manifest that they must receiue the Sacramēt vnder both kinds whereas otherwise they cannot orderly either consecrate or offer the Eucharist The reason wherof depending of the nature of the sacrifice it selfe there is no neede to alleadge in this place But concerning the rest of the faithfull which doe not themselues sacrifice we must thus much confesse that they are not bounde by any diuine commandement to receiue the Blessed Sacrament vnder both kindes but that it is sufficient for their saluation to communicate vnder one kinde For if we looke into the state of the primitiue Church we shall finde that it was ministred vnto the faithfull sometime vnder one (a) Tert. lib. 2. ad vxor c. 5. Cyp. ser 5. de lapsis Orig. ho. 13 in Exo. Bas in ep ad Caesariā Hier. apol contr Iouin cap. 6. Petr. Clun l. 1. mirac c. 1. and sometime vnder both kindes And if we goe vnto the holy Scripture it doth in such (b) 1. Cor. 10 16. 11 26. Act. 2 42. maner speake of this Sacrament that it vseth to make mention sometime of the bread and the cuppe sometime of the bread only For where we reade
(c) Esa 3 12 9 15. 30 10 they that call thee happy these are they that deceiue thee and bring to nought the way of thy steppes For which cause S. PAVL cōmandeth vs to shunne those doctours that by sweete speeches (d) Ro. 16 18. 2. Pet 2 1.12.14 Hiero. l.c. aduer Pelag c. 9. l. 2. aduer Iouin c. 19. and benedictions doe seduce the hartes of innocents For because the sinner is (e) Psal 1 24 54 22. Pro. 1 10 16 29. 17 15. 29 5. Eccle 7 6. Hier. 9 3.8 praised in the desires of his soule the wicked man is accounted happy the sinner will prouoke our Lorde as the Kingly Prophet testifieth 8 When doth an alien sinne fall vpon vs through our silence Bern. de nat Ioan. Bapt. Greg. 2. part past c. 4. Aug. ep 109 et ho. 7. ex 50 Prosp lib. l. de vit cont cap. 20. Isid de sum bon l. 3. c. 44 45.46 VVHen our vnseasonable silence bringeth detriment to our subiect or to any other person For example sake if by office it belong vnto vs to teach admonishe or correcte our brother or the wholle people and we omitte the same without iust cause when we may do good For which cause our Lorde by ESAIE testifieth to euery one that preacheth Crie (a) Esa 58 1. Hier. 23 22. 26 2. 50 2. Ionae 1 2. 1. Cor. 9 16. doe not cease as a trumpette exalte thy voice shew vnto my people their wickednesse and to the house of Iacob their sinnes Heare moreouer the danger they stand in who are not without cause called dumme dogges (b) Esa 56 10. not able to barke If (c) Ezech. 3 17. 33 7. ibid. Hier. Greg. ho. 11. in Ezech. Act. 20 18. Esa 6 5. Hest 4 13. when I saye to a wicked man saith our Lorde thou shalt die the death thou doe not warne him and speake to him that he may forsake his wicked way and liue the wicked man himselfe shall die in his iniquitie but I will require his bloode at thy hand So necessarie a thing it is to be obserued which S. PAVL not without great protestation doth require Preach the worde (d) 2. Tim. 4 2. Tit. 1 9.13 2 15. Chrys ho. 6. in epist ad Phil. vrge in season out of season reproue beseech rebuke in all patience and doctrine and againe in an other place Them that sinne (e) 1. Tim. 5 20. Leu. 19 17. Aug. serm 15. cap. 7. de verb. Dom. serm 16. cap. 4 7.8 reproue before all that the rest also may haue feare Amb. ser 8. in Psal 118. Orig. ho. 9. in Hierem. Hieron ad Ripar ep 53 Aug. in Psal 50. ser 15 de verb. Do. Chry. orat 1 con Iudaeos 9 When are we by winking or indulgence entangled with alien sinnes SO often as that thing which by our power or authoritie may ought to be amended punished we notwithstāding suffer to go vnpunisht to waxe worse worse Herein doe Magistrates offend when they beare the sworde (a) Ro. 13 4. Sap. 6 3. Psal 2 10. Aug. 2. retr c. 5. ep 48.50.204 tract 11. in Euang Ioan. Bern. ser 66. in Cant. in vaine and are not as they are called Gods ministers and reuengers vnto wrath to those that behaue them selues wickedly or seditiously This was the sinne (b) 1. Reg. 15 9. Iud. 20 13. Nū 25 4 of King SAVL when contrarie to the commandement of God he spared his enemies the Amalechites The same sinne was also incurred by King ACHAB when he receiued into fauour BENADAB the Kinge of Syria for which cause he did not escape the seuere sentence of the Prophet giuing this threate This saith (c) 3. Reg. 20 42. our Lorde because thou hast dismissed out of thy hand a man worthy of death thy life shall be for his life and thy people for his people Heereunto may be referred that which the Apostle willeth the Corinthians Take (d) 1. Cor. 5 6.13 Exod. 22 18 Deut. 13 1.6.12 17 12. 18 20 3. Reg. 18 19.40 Hier. in cap. 5. ad Gal. Greg. lib. 32. ep 31. away the euill from among your selues Know you not that a litle leauen corrupteth the wholle paste purge the olde leauen Secondly heerein doe (e) Aug. in Psal 50. Greg. 4. dial c. 18. Chrys ho. 9. in 1. ad Tim. Ephes 6 4. Heb. 12 7. Pro. 13 18.24 22 15.6 23 13. 29 15 17.21 Eccli 7 25. et 22 3.4.5 30 1. fathers and mothers maisters and maistreses offend whilest they with a certaine dissembling fauourable indulgence doe marre those in bringing them vp that are committed to their charge by their negligence and sloth doe suffer them to fall into great hazarde danger So wee reade the sonnes of HELI (f) 1. Reg. 3 11. 4 17. 3. Reg. 1 6. to haue bin depraued through the default only of their fathers indulgēce who for that cause was greuously punished for his too much lenity Heereunto may also be added that sinne which is commonly called the omission of brotherly correction (g) Pro. 9 7. 15 5.10.12 24 14 15. 25 12. 27 5.6 28 23. 29 1. Eccles 7 6. Eccli 7 25. 10 28 11 7. 19 13.17 20 1.4 Psal 140 5. Col. 1 28. 1. Thes 5 14 2. Thes 3 15 1. Tim. 5 20 2 Tim. 2 25 4 2. Tit. 1 9.10 2 15. admonition or reprehension For asmuch as Christ hath warned vs to correct our brother once and twice and the third time that we may winne (h) Mat. 18 15. him when he sinneth Although some doe distinguish betweene this manner of omission and the former sufferance which wee spake of making them two different kinds of alien sinnes 10 How doe we contract an alien sinne by participation Tob. 2 21. Pro. 1 14. 29 24. Num. 16 26 Eccli 5 1. 2 Par. 20 36 Greg. Turō in glo Conf. c. 36. 71. Et lib. 1. de glor Mart. c. 38.72 79. lib. 2. cap. 13.14.15.16 17. 20. Theod. li. 3. hist c. 11. 12. Vict. l. 1. persecu Ios 7 24. Dan. 5 23. 2. Mach. 3 24. 5 15. 9 5. 1. Mach. 6 12. THen espeacially when we are partners in gaine with theeues extortioners also when we doe wittingly togither with others chalenge or retaine goods vniustly gotten or which any way doe belong to other men and then moreouer when we are enriched with the spoile of others And heereunto semeth to belong that which the Psalmist saith to runne with the very theeues (a) Ps 49 18. Aug. in Psal 129. themselues and to haue portion with the aduoutrers This did ESAIE obiect vnto the people of the Iewes Thy (b) Esa 1 23. Princes be vnfaithfull companions of theeues all doe loue gifts followe rewardes