18. ho. 39. in Euang. Clim grad 6. Eus Emis ho. 1. ad monac Seuer Sulp de uaÌ„s S. Mart. dying man must haue very sore conflictes both with most bitter paines also with most horrible feendes Wherefore although bodily health bee not alwaies hereby restored vnto the sicke person who often chaunceth to die after this vnction receiued yet a peculiar grace is giuen in this Sacrament to beare the force troublesomnesse of the disease more coÌ„stantly to take death it selfe more easily And this is it that by his Apostles God hath promised (d) Iac. 5 15. The praier of faith shall saue the sicke And our Lorde shall lift him vp And if he be in sinnes they shal be remitted him To the signifieng certes of which effects euen the nature and natiue force of oile doth fitlie agree as (e) In cap. 6. Mar. THEOPHILACTE sheweth Wherfore it behoueth vs exactly to obserue that which (f) Ser. 215. de temp vide etiam de rect Cath. câ—nuers de visit insir lib. 2. c. 4. iteÌ„ in speculo S. AVGVSTINE doth most holesomelie admonishe So often as anie infirmitye chaunceth let him that is sicke receiue the Body and Bloode of Christ and after that let him annoint his body that that which is written may be accomplished in him Is (g) Iac. 5 14. any man sicke Let him bring in the Priests and let them praie ouer him annoiling him with oile in the name of our Lord. And the praier of faith shall saue the sicke And our Lorde shall lifte him vp And if he be in sinnes they shall be remitted him OF THE SACRAMENT OF ORDERS 1 What is the Sacrament of holy Orders Aug. lib. 2. cont ep Parmen c. 13. et de bono coÌ„iug c. 24 li. 1. coÌ„t DoÌ„ cap. 1. Leo. ep 81. ad Diosc Greg. in cap 10. 16 lib. 1. reg Nyss orat de sanct Bapt. Conc. Flor. Trid. ses 23. Amb. in 12. cap. 1. ad Cor. Theoph. in cap. 19. Luc. Pet Clun lib. 6. ep 1. IT is that whereby a singular grace and spirituall power is giuen to some that they may by open profession beare office in the Church This is the Sacrament by which as by a dore do necessarily enter the lawful dispensers of the (a) 1. Cor. 4 1. Mal. 2 7. 1. Tim. 3 1. 5 17. Ephes 4 11. 1. Cor. 14 2.19 12 28 mysteries and of the worde of God the Ministers of Christ his Church as Bishops Priestes Deacons Finallie all those whosoeuer they be that do exercise functions in the Church orderly and with authority For no man as the (b) Heb. 5 4. Act. 1 24. Cypr. ep 52. Tert de praescript ca. 41. Conc. l. at c. 3. Innoc. 3. ad Metens cap. cum ex iniuncto Tit. de haer Scripture testifieth Taketh or ought to take the honor to himselfe to witte of exercising the functions of the Church But he that is called of God as AARON that is vnlesse he be consecrated by the Sacrament of visible ordinatioÌ„ bee by a (c) Mat. 10 1 Luc. 9 1. Mar. 16 15. Io 20 21. 17 18. Act. 13 2. Tit. 1 5. Bishop lawefully ordered sent to the worke of some certaine Ministery which in his degree he may exercise in the Church according to the Lawes of Diuine and Apostolicall Tradition 2 Are not all Christians Priests a-like THey may surely be (a) Apo. 1 6. 5 10. 1. Pet. 2 9. so called in this sense that as Priests were wonte to exercise certaine externall Sacrifices sacred functions so as many are regenerated in Christ may and ought daily to offer and diligently to exercise certaine spirituall (b) 1. Pet. 2 5 Rom. 12 1. Psal 49 23. 50 19. Phil. 4 18. Heb. 13 15.16 vide â—as ser 2. de Fap cap 8. Aug. 20. ciu c. 10. Leo. ser 3. in anniuers Amb. lib. 4. Sacr. cap. 1. sacrifices to witte Praier Praises Thankes-giuings mortifying of the Fleshe and others of like sorte So that for this cause they are saide in holy Scripture to be spiritual Priests before God and to offer vp spirituall Sacrifices But if we take this name of Priesthoode properly all indifferentlie are not Priests but those only vnto whom the authority of the Church hath committed to be proper ministers (c) Ignat. ad Her Chry. â—i 3. 6. de sacerd ho. 60. ad pop Hier ad Heliod ep 1. ca. 7. aduers Lucif c. 8 ep 85. ad Euag Victor l 2 de persec Cypr. ep 54. of Sacramentes and hath granted power and right to consecrate offer and distribute the holy Euchariste and both to remitte and to retaine the sinnes of men And of these priests prelates of the new Lawe thus writeth S. PAVL The Priestes that rule (d) 1. Tim. 5 17. well let them be esteemed woorthy of double honour especially they that labour in the worde and Doctrine And this doubtlesse cannot appartaine to women whome (e) 1. Tim. 2 11. 1. Cor. 14 34 Tert. de praescrip cap. 41. Epiph. haer 42 40. the same Apostle forbiddeth to teach in the Church biddeth to be silent neither can it concern the (f) Leo. ep c 2. ad Maxi. Laity at all whose part it is after the manner of sheepe to be fedde (g) Io. 10 11 21 15. 1. Pet. 5 2. 2 13. Heb. 13 17. Rom. 13 1. Mat. 23 2. Luc. 10 16. 1. Io. 4 6. not to feede to be gouerned not to gouerne not to preferre but to submitte and humble themselues vnto their Prelates to heare obserue and doe whatsoeuer they sitting in the chaire shall say whether they be good or euill according as wee reade it commaunded by the worde of God Wherfore as in the Church Triumphant there are Angels different (h Eph. 1 2â— Col. 1 16. Dan. 7 10. Dion de caelest hier ca. 10. in order and power who with decent disposition doe faithfullie execute and fulfill the offices imposed vpon them So also the Church (i) 1. Tim. 3 15. Cant. 6 9. Anacl ep 1. 2. 3. Isid lib. 2. de offic ca. 5. sequ Militant which is the house of God as it were a certaine campe set in battle a-ray hath her peculiar Ministers distinct from other Christians and disposed in Godly order amongest themselues for the prosecuting of the publike common sunctions of the Church vpoÌ„ earth to witte that for the benefite of the Christian people they maie euen by publike profession and with due Comelinesse and Maiesty bestowe their labours in those (k) Heb. 5 1. 8 3. 13 17. 2. Cor. 5 20. thinges which belong vnto God and the health of soules 3 In what place doth the Scripture giue testimony vnto this Sacrament Tit. 1 5. THere truly where it teacheth of the Apostles that in choosing appointing ordering of the Ministers of the
containe suffered vnder PONTIVS PILATE IT sheweth that Christ when hee had made an ende of his most excellent teaching working of miracles Act. 10 37. Mat. 27 50. Mar. 15 24. Esa 50 6. 53 1. Ioh. 1 29. Heb. 7 26. 1. Pet. 1 19. 2 22. Ap. 1 18. 1. Tim. 6 13 Rom. 5 6. Ioa. 15 13. did at last accōplishe his conflicte and agony for the Redemption of vs that were perished Therefore although hee were a most innocent and vnspotted Lambe yea and God also immortal yet to shew his passing great charity towards vs hee suffered (a) Io. 18 4. 19 11. 3 14 12 32. Mat. 27 27. Mar. 15 16. Luc. 23 14. Io. 19 16. Act. 13 28. willingly of most wicked persons all manner of extreame and bitter torments wherevpon he neither eschewed the most vniuste iudgement of the wicked Iudge PILATE nor yet the most shamefull and (b) Sap. 2 12 Heb. 12 2. Phil. 2 8. Rom 5 6. Mat. 27 60. Tit. 2 14. Gal. 1 4. Esa 53 12. opprobrious punishment of the CROSSE vndertaking a most cruell death for vs not refusing to bee buried in an other mannes monument to the intent that both liuing and dying hee might giue and imploy himselfe wholly for the behoofe of mortall men Which Passion of Christ (c) 1. Pet. 1 18. 1. Io. 1 7. Ap. 1 5. Eph. 1 7. Bloude Crosse Wounds and Death doe continually yeeld comforte health vertue and life vnto sinners yet so that wee obay and (d) Ro. 8 17. 2. Cor. 1 7. 2. Tim. 2 11 suffer together with our Head that so wee may also bee glorified with him For he being (e) Heb. 5 9. consummate was made to all that obay him cause of eternall saluation 12 What vse profite is there in that we frame the Crosse of Christ with our fingers do signe our fore-head there-withall THis Ceremony surely both the piety of men of (a) Tert. cor mil. cap. 3. Bas de spir sa cap. 27. Aug. de Catech rud ca. 20. tra in Io. 118. Naz. ogat 3. Hieron ad Eustoc de virg ser ep 22. ca. 16. ad Fabiol de veste sac ep 128. in Ezech. 9. Chrysost ho. 55. in Mat. Hist trip l. 6. c. 1. Essr de vera paen cap. 3. Orig. ho 8. in diuers Euang. Ruff. lib. 2. hist cap. 29 Niceph. lib. 18. cap. 20. Cyril catech 4. 13. illū Chrysost in demonst quod Christ sit Deus ancient time passed and the constant custome of the Church doth commende vnto vs. And first of all wee are hereby stirred vp to a thankefull remembrance of the most high mystery benefite which was for our sakes accomplished vpon the Crosse and most bountifully bestowed vpō vs. Then we are prouoked to fixe settel the true and holy glory and the Ancker of our saluation in the Crosse of our LORD Furthermore this is a testimonie that we haue no communication with the enemies of Christes Crosse IEWES or HEATHENS but doe freely professe against all such him whom we serue our Lord Iesus and him crucified By this signe also we are moued to the studie of Patience that if we be desirous of eternal glory as surely we ought all to bee wee doe not think much to imbrace that Crosse which we honour and the way of the same Crosse (b) Mat. 16 24. Luc. 9 23. 1. Pet. 3 14.17 2 19. with Christ our Captaine Moreouer we fetch from hence victorious armour (c) Atha in vita Ant. Hieron in Hilarion Ignat. ad Philip. against Satan long since subdued by the vertue of the Crosse yea so we are fensed against all the aduersaries of our welfare Finally that wee may the more happily take any (d) Ambros serm 43. thing in hand and finde more prosperous successe in all our actions wee take vnto vs this noble and triumphant ensigne of the Crosse and expecting in this signe to get (e) Euseb li. 1. 2. de vita Constan Nice l 8 c. 3. l. 7 c. 47. et 49. the victory we do not doubt often times to say In the name of the †Father of the Sonne and of the Holy-Ghost 13 What woulde the fifth Article haue vs to beleeue He descended into Hell Ps 15 10. Zach. 9 11. 1. Pet. 3 19. Col 2 15. Eccli 24 45. Act. 2 24. Ose 13 14. Iren. l 5 c. 31 Aug ep 99 57. quaes 1 l. 20. ciu c. 15 ser 137. de tēp Hier. in c 4. ad Eph. in Ose 13. Tert. l. 2. cont Mar. cap. 4. Mat 12 29. Heb. 2 14. Mar. 16 9. Ap. 1 5.18 Io 2 19. Col. 1 18. 1. Cor. 15 8 and rose againe IT teacheth vs that Christ after he was dead vpon the Crosse did penetrate in Soule euen downe to Hell that he might both shew himselfe a conquerour of death and the deuill also a deliuerer of the Fathers that were detained in Limbo but that according to his bodie wherein hee had lyen in the Sepulcher the third day after when it pleased him to returne triumphantly from Hel he by his own power arose again vnto life being immortal and glorious and the first borne of the dead By which wonderfull worke he doth comfort instruct vs that the Electe are deliuered out of the power of death hell and the diuell and hee doth offer and commend vnto all men such grace and fauour of rising againe that those which beleeue truly in Christ may rise from (a) Ro. 6 4. Col. 3 1. Phil. 3 20 Eph. 4 22. 1. Pet. 1 3. vice to vertue frō the the death of sinne vnto the life of grace and finally in the (b) 1. Cor. 15 22. end of the world from the death of the bodie to an immortal life For he which (c) 2. Cor. 4 14. 1. Thes 4 14 raised vp IESVS will raise vp vs also with IESVS 14 What signifieth the sixt Article He ascended into Heauen Ps 67 19.33 46 6. 8 2. Mar. 16 19 Io. 3 13. Act. 1 1. Eph. 4 8. 12 6. 1 20. Col. 3 1. Heb. 1 3 1. Pet. 2 4. 1. Io. 2 1. Io. 20 17. It sheweth that our Lord Iesus after that hee had finished the worke of mans Redemption and appeared aliue againe vnto his Disciples and confirmed with many arguments the trueth of his Resurrection at the last on the forty day after ascended into heauen that according to his humane nature he might bee exalted aboue all thinges and himselfe alone aboue all others renowmed and honored of al men Therefore our Lord IESVS (a) Ps 109 8 Act. 7 55. Luc. 22 69. 1. Cor. 15 25. Eph. 1 20. Mat 28 18. sitteth in heauen on the right hand of the power of God exercising equall power with the father gouerning al things wholly shining with diuine Maiesty which is indeede (b) Aug lib. de si
Luc. 24.47 Mat. 28 19. 16 18. Aug. ep 170 et 166. cont ep fund c. 4 et lib. de Verrel â—7 Pacia ep 1. ad sym pron Vinc. Lir. Hier. coÌ„ Luc. f. c. 9 Bed in 6. c. Cant. Catholike that is to say vniuersal so that she being dispersed throughout the world in her motherly bosome receaueth embraceth safe keepeth all persons of al times places nations so that they be of one mind consent in the faith doctrine of Christ Fourthly that there is in the same Church a communion of Saintes soe that those which liue (f). Eph. 4 11.16 Psa 118 63. Col. 1 12. Phil. 1 4. 2. Co. 8 14. 1. Io. 1 3. Ro. 12 4. 1. Cor. 12 4. Aug. Tr. 32. in Io. in the Churche as the house and family of Almightie God doe holde an vnseparable society and vnity amongste them selues and as members of one the selfe same body helpe assist one an other with mutuall benefites merites prayers Amongst theÌ„ there is vnity of faith consente of doctrine conformable vse of sacraments and notwithstaÌ„ding the disseÌ„tions errours what (g) Euse l. 7 cap. 19. Aug. 2. con Do. c. 6. ep 19. de vera rel c. 6. euer they be that by meanes of some fewe maye spring and growe vp yet are they all wayes carefull to * Eph. 4 3. keepe the vnitye of the Spirite in the bande of peace And in this CoÌ„munion vndoubtedly not only the Saintes of the Churche militant that doe traueyle as pilgriÌ„mes vpon earthe but also all the blessed Saintes of the Church moste happily triumphant with Christ in heauen (h) Aug. ser 181. de teÌ„p cap. 13. Euch. c. 56. as also the soules of the godly which hauing departed this life are not (i). Aug. lib. 20. ciui c. 9. Greg. l. 4. dial cap. 39 yet come to that happy estate of the blessed Saintes (k) Gen. 7 23. 1 Pet. 3 20 Esa 60 12 Aug. â—p 50 152. de vnit Ec. c. 4. 19. Ful. de fid ad Pet. c. 37.38.39 Pacia ep 2. ad smpto Ire l. 4. c. 43 Greg. l. 14. mor. cap. 2 Chrys ho. 11. in ep ad Eph. Conc. Later c. 1. Alcim Aul. l. 4. c. 19. Io 6 66 Iudae 18. are al together ioyntly compreheÌ„ded Out of this coÌ„munion of Saints like as out of the k Arke of Noe there is certainlye vndoubted destruction but no saluation for mortall men not for the Iewes or Heathens that neuer receaued the fayth of the Church not for Haeritikes that haue forsakeÌ„ the fayth once receaued or any way corrupted the same not for Schismatiks that haue deuided theÌ„ selues from the peace and vnity of the Churche finally not for (l) 1. Cor. 5 4. 1. Tim. 1 20 NuÌ„ 12 14. Mat. 18 17. 2 Io. 10. 2. The. 3 6.14 Cyp. ep 62. Aug. l. 1. coÌ„ adu le c. 17 Eus apud Damasc l. 3. Paral. cap. 45 ExcoÌ„municate persons that for any greuous crime or cause haue deserued to be cut of as hurtfull pernicious members from the body of the Church And all and euery of these because they do not appertaine vnto the Churche to her holy coÌ„munion they can-not be partakers of the grace of God )m). Aug. ser 181. de temp c. 12. in ps 88. conc 2 ep 2â—4 Cyp. ep 57. 52. aeternall saluation except they be first reconciled and restored vnto the same Church from which they through their owne defaulte haue once ben separated For most certaine is that Rule of (n) de simp Prae. Sainte CIPRIAN (o) De symb â—d cate c. 13. S. AVGVSTINE that he shall not haue God to be his Father that wil not haue the church to be his Mother 19. What doth the tenth Article set before vs REmission of sinnes without the which none can be iust or obtaine saluation And this most rich treasure Christ hath purchased (a) Esa 33 22. Mat 1 21 9 6. Apo. 1 5. Luc. 24 47. Act. 10 42. Heb. 9 13. 1â— Io. 1 7. Eph. 1 7. Col. 1 13. Heb 1 3. for vs by his bitter death and most pretious bloode that the whole worlde mighte be exempted from sinne and from the perpetuall punishmentes due vnto the same Of which treasure certes they only are made partakers by the grace of Christe that doe vnite theÌ„selues by faythe (b). Act 2 38. 8 12 36. Mar. 16 16. Io. 3 5. Aug. Euch. c. 65 de Ver. do ser 11. c. 2â— 22. and Baptisme to the church of Christ do abyde in the vnity obedience of the same TheÌ„ afterwarde they also that haue dilligentlye done (c). 2. Cor. 12 21. Act. 8 22. Io. 2â— 23 Apâ—c 2 5. poenance for their sinnes committed after Baptisme doe conuenieÌ„tly vse those medicines and remedies againste sinne that Christe hath ordayned to wit the holy Sacramentes of the Church And hereunto belongeth the power of the (d). Hier. ep 1. ad Heli. c. 7. Aug. ho. 49. c. 3. 50. c. 4. 5. inter quinquag hom Chrys l. 3. de Sacerd. Cypr. ep 54 Luc. 10 35. Mat. 18 18. Io. 20 22. keies as they call it which Christ for the remission of sinnes hath committed vnto the Ministers of the Church especially to thâ— Apostle S. (e). Mat. 16 Hilla c. 16. Mat. Bern. l. 2. de coÌ„sid c. 8. Con. Flor. 19. Io. 21.15 PETER his lawfull Successors as to the Supreame guydes and rulers of the Churche 20 What hath the eleuenth Article Esa 26 19. Iob. 19 25 Ezech. 37 1 1. Cor. 15 51. â— Thes 4 16. Io. 11 24. 5 25. Mat. 22 23. Dan. 12 2. Ph. 3 21. Hieron ad Miner Al. ep 152 ep 61. adu er Io. c. 9. seq Greg. l. 14. mor. c. 30 seq Aug. Euch. c. 84 seq l. 22. ciu c. 12. seq IT declareth the resurrectioÌ„ of the flesh which at the latter day shal be coÌ„moÌ„ to good bad For this frayl brickle body of ours that we beare about with vs pestered with so many disseases and subiecte to suche continuall griefes and miseries that must after our death become a pray for wormes shall then reuiue wheÌ„ at that last daye al the deade at the voyce of Christ the Iudge shal bee raised both to life iudgement All therfore shal appeare in flesh before the (a). 2. Cor. 5 10. Ro. 14 10. tribunal of Christ that euery one without exceptioÌ„ accordingly as he hath behaued him selfe in his body which theÌ„ shal be restored vnto him whole again so may receiue either good or euill And they that haue doone good thinges (b) Io. 5 29 Mat. 13 40. shal come forthe into the Resurrection of life but they that haue done euil into the Resurrection of iudgemente (c) Mat. 25 46. 13 10 Athan. in symb and punishment euerlasting In the
armour vnto weake persons against the (a) 1. Io. 2 c Luc. 14 de f g 8 b Mat. 19 b c 13 c 1 Cor. 7 f Eccli 31 a Pro. 29 c Iudic. 17 c 21 d Gal. 5 b baites of the worlde and the flesh which doe further the endeuours of good men in the race of true pietie which doe make the Spirite more at libertie to performe the functions of religion and diuine worshippe and which moreouer are much auaileable as we haue declared for the atchiuing of the reward of eternall life and more ample glory (b) Mat. 19 b c d Greg. lib. 26. moral c. 25. in the kingdome of heauen But the whole summe of Euangelicall perfection standeth in this that as much as thou maiest thou endeuour to get (c) 1. Cor. 13 a 1 Io. 2 a 4 c Col. 3 c Aug. de morib Eccles Cathol c. 33 charitie and that thou followe (d) Luc. 9 c Christ And him thou doest imitate if according to thy power thou doest seeke to conforme thy selfe to Christ who was both (e) 2. Cor. 8 b Mat. 8 c poore and a (f) 1. Pet. 1 e Virgin subiect (g) Luc. 2 g to others and obedient (h) Phil. 2 b euen to the death of the Crosse If with the Apostle S. PAVL (k) Phil. 3 c Psal 83 c Ber. ep 253. ad Garinū Abbatem et ep 341. ad Monachos Sanct. Bertini item ser 2. de Purific B. Mariae Aug. ep 137. ad Hip. neglecting those thinges that are behinde (i) 1. Pet. 2 d with vnwearied labour thou doest trauaile towards those things that are before doest stretch out thy selfe euery day to the price of the supernal vocation vtterly forsaking in the mean season as much as thou canst thy owne proper will and submitting it to a man for gods sake that thou maiest (l) 1. Cor. 12 d pursue the better giftes and maiest both choose (m) Luc. 10 g the best-parte and with faithfulnes conserue the same euen to the (n) Apo. 2 c end OF THE FOVRE LAST THINGES OF A MAN 1 Which are called the foure last things of a man THese surely Death Iudgemēt Hell and the Kingdome of heauen called certes the last (a) Eccli 7 d 28 a 38 b Deut. 32 d Pro. 19 c Bern. in ser de primord medijs nouissunis things because that amongst all the things that can chance vnto a man they chalenge vnto themselues the very last place For death according to the common saying is the last line of thinges After Death followeth the Iudgement of God as S. PAVL also hath declared in these wordes It is (b) Heb. 9. g appointed to men to die once after this the Iudgement To wit both that (c) Aug. lib 2. de anima eius origine cap. 4. Item tract 49. in Ioan. Chysost ho. 14. in Mat. particular which euery one hath at his death and that last and generall Iudgement which expecteth all men at the end of the world as we haue alreadie (d) In Symbolo declared And some are iudged those that die in mortall sinne to be deliuered to euerlasting (e) Luc. 16 c Mat. 25 d paines in Hell others who departing this life are adorned with the mariage (f) Mat 22 b Aug. li. post collat cont Donat. c. 20 Greg. ho. 38 in Euang. garment of charitie that they may enioy the most happie life in the kingdome of heauen That is it which the Euangelicall veritie affirmeth They (g) Io. 5 c Mat. 25 d that haue done good thinges shall come forth into the resurrection of life but they that haue done euill into the resurrection of iudgement For (h) Mat. 16 d the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his Angells and then will he render to euery man according to his workes 2 What instruction doth the scripture giue vs of death AS (a) Ro. 5 b Sap. 1 d Concil Mileuit cap. 1. Aug. de praedest gratia cap. 3. by one man sinne entered into this worlde and by sinne death and so vnto all men death did passe as S. PAVL affirmeth Therefore although nothing be more vncertain vnto vs then (b) Greg. ho. 13 in Euāg Aug. in Ps 144. ho. 27. ex 50. cap 3. cap 2. soliloquiorū animae Hugo Vict. lib. 1. de anima cap. 3. the houre of death for a man knoweth (c) Eccles 9 c Iac 4 d Eccli 11 c 14 b Luc. 12 c not his end yet nothing can be more sure thā death it selfe For which cause it is written All (d) 2 Reg. 14. c Eccles 2. c Ps 89 b 101 a b 102 c Iob. 8 b 14. a 1 Pet. 1. d Aug. lib. 13. de ciu Dei cap. 10. 11. ser 21. de verbis Domini c. 2. 3. Innocent de contemptu mundi lib. 1. cap. 24. of vs die and as waters we fall into earth which doe not returne againe And Ecclesiasticus confirming the same And (e) Eccli 10 b Iob 17 d Psal 18 b d Baruch 3 b Eccli 41 a Aug. senten vlt. apud Prosp a King saith he is to day and to morow he shall die and when a man dieth he shall inherite serpentes and beastes and wormes And because it concerneth vs much in what manner and how well prepared we die therefore so often in the Gospell is this repeated vnto vs Be (f) Mat 25 a 20. d Mar. 13 d Aug. ep 80. ad Hesych quaest 59. lib. 83. quaestionum watchfull Also be ye ready (g) Luc. 12 c for at what houre you thinke not the sonne of man will come Apoc. 3 a 16 c Cypr. epist 52. ad Anton Aug ser 3. de Innocentibus tra 33. in Ioan. Greg. lib. 16. moral c. 31. And we shall be watchfull and ready to entertaine death if euery man doe for his owne parte earnestly and in all his life meditate that which is written Before (h) Eccli 14 c Eccles 9 c 12 a Gal. 6 c Aug. de discip Christiana cap. 11. 12. Conc. Lateran can 21. Trid. sess 14 Neruens c. 4 Greg. 4. dial c. 58. Possid in vita Aug. death worke iustice because there is not in hell to finde meate As also Christ himselfe hath saide The (i) Ioan 9 a Aug. in enc cap. 110. tract 44. in Ioan. nighte commeth when no mā can worke (k) Ioan. 12 c Luc. 19 c walke whilest you haue the light that the darkenes ouertake you not But fittely doth the Prophet put a difference betweene the death of the good the euill For of these he saith The death (l) Psal 33 d Pro. 11 a Sap. 5 b c Psal 10 b Aug. serm 47. 59. ad fratr in Eremo Hugo Victorinus lib. 1. de anima cap. 2. lib. 3. cap. 23. lib. 4. cap. 13. Innocent 3. de contemptu mundi lib. 2. cap. 42. of sinners
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
the will of his Lorde and prepared not himselfe did not according to his wil shal be beatē with many stripes But hee that knewe not and did thinges worthie of stripes shall be beaten with fewe And in another place speaking of the sinne of Anger and the degrees thereof he hath giuen this sentence (p) Mat. 5 23. Whosoeuer is angry with his brother shall be in danger of iudgement and whosoeuer shall say to his brother Raca shall be in danger of a Councell and whosoeuer shal say thou foole shall be giltie of the hell of fire Where as (q) Greg. 21. moral c. 5. Aug. li. 1. de ser Dom. in monte c. 9. S. GREGORY saith According to the degrees of the faulte encreaseth the order of the sentence whilest Anger without voice is bound to iudgement wherin the case is discussed Anger in voice is designed to a Coūcel wher the sentence is determined Anger in voice and word is adiudged to hell fire wher finally the sētence is executed Eccle. 15 21 4 Why is sinne to be eschewed FIrst because God hath commaunded none to doe wickedly and hath giuen no man space to sinne but (a) Psal 5 7. Eccli 12 3. Sap. 14 9. Pro. 15 8.9 Exod. 23 7. hateth all those that worke iniquitie As the Scripture expresly testifieth Neithr is any thing more odious hatefull to God who (b) Sap. 11 25. otherwise loueth all thinges that are and prosecuteth nothing with hatred punishmēt but only sin which truly neither in (c) Esa 14 11.12 2. Pet. 2 4 5.6.7 heauē nor in earth hee suffreth to escape vnpunished Moreouer sinne (d) Leu. 26 14 15. Deut. 28 15 16. that we maie see howe execrable abominable a thing it is was the (e) Bern. ser 3. de nat do cause that Christ our Lorde who otherwise committed no (f) 1. Pet. 2 21. sinne him-selfe did vndertake the CROSSE suffer a most bitter death For (g) Esa 53 5 Hee was wounded for our iniquities he was worne out for our wickednesse our Lorde laide vpon him the iniquitie of vs all He (h) 1. Io. 2 2 is the propitiation for our sinnes and not for ours only but also for the whole worldes And therefore certes hee hath washed (i) Apoc. 1 5 vs from our sinnes in his bloud that as many as euer are buried with him by Baptisme (k) Ro. 6 2. into death they being (l) 1. Pet. 2 13. dead to sinne may liue to Iustice alwaies walke by his grace in (m) Ro. 6 4. newnesse of life But they that after grace receiued in the Baptisme of Christ will voluntarilye sinne againe they sinne against Christ they persecute Christ they crucifie Christ again shal be punished by Christ the iust Iudge no lesse then the wicked Heathens For so S. PAVL teacheth (n) Heb. 10 26. If we sinne willingly after the knowledge of the truthe receiued now there is not lefte an host for sinnes but a certaine terrible expectation of iudgemente Of which persons the Apostle S. PETER hath also saide (o) 2. Pet. 2 21. It was better for them not to know the way of Iustice then after the knowledge to turne backe from that holy commandement which was deliuered vnto them Wherefore he that stādeth (p) 1. Cor. 10 12. Luc. 11 26. Mat. 12 45. let him loke that he doe not fall for in falling the latter thinges are become worse then the former Moreouer (q) Tob. 12 10. they which committe sinne and iniquitie are enemies to their owne soule if we beleeue the Angell RAPHAEL (r) Sap. 16 14. For a man by malice killeth his own soule (s) Ezech. 18 4. Iac. 1 15. Psal 33 22. Ro. 6 23. The soule which shall sinne she shall die And nothing certes is more vnhappie then that death by which a man is foreuer separated from the company of all the Saintes from the ioye of the Angels and all heauenly Inhabitants finally from that so soueraigne eternall (t) Mat. 7 23. 25 11 Luc. 13 27. Psal 6 9. Chrys ho. 24. in Mat. 48. ad pop Itē ep 5. ad Theod laps good in the knowledge fruition whereof cōsisteth certes the whole welfare and perfite blessednesse of a man Besides all this such is the nature and malignitie of sinne that it doth not only draw men euen those that be Iust (v) Ezec 18 24.33 12. from God from the grace and glory of God but doth moreouer inthrall them to most extreame and euerlasting euils both of body and soule not only in this life (x) Iudit 5 18. Ezod 32 33 Num. 14 28. Eccli 21 4. Psal 10 6. Luc. 16 22.23 but also in the life to come it maketh them most vnhappy insomuch as being brought into the power of the Deuils they are deliuered vp to most greiuous tormēts all maner of euils for euermore Wherefore are those examples to be noted which euery where in holy writte are mentioned cōcerning the reprehension and punishment of sinners as of (y) Gen. 4 11.12 CAIN (z) Exod. 14 27. PHARAO (a) Dā 4 22 NABVCHODONOSOR the (b) Gen. 19 24. Ezech. 16 49. SODOMITES (c) Exod. 7 8.9.10.12.14 EGYPTIANS (d) Deut. 23 22. Num. 16 26. ISRAELITS and others whose wickednesse the iust God hath persecuted in most marueilouse and horrible manner Those sentences also are to be obserued which teach that the mischeuous pestilence of sinne is to be eschewed detested As (e) Io. 8 34. he that committeth sinne is the seruant of sinne Hatefull vnto God (f) Sap. 14 9 is the wicked mā and his wickednesse Sinne (g) Pro. 14 34. maketh people miserable (h) Eccli 21 2. Flie from sinne as from the face of an adder (i) Ps 5 5.6 Thou art a God that willeth not iniquitie neither shal the maliciouse dwel neere vnto thee neither shal the vniust abide in thy sight (k) Eccles 9 18. He that shall sinne in one thing shal lose many good thinges (l) Tob. 4 6.7 vid. Chris hom 8. ad pop Antio 17. in Gen. 51. 37. in Io. 28. in ep ad Ro. 41. in Act. ho. de Iona. Proph. Bas ho. in Ps 33. Aug. propos 42. ex ep ad Roman All the daies of thy life haue thou God in minde and take heede that thou doe not at any time consent vnto sinne and ouerpasse the precepts of our God These thinges doe tend to this end that a man may knowe God a most iust reuenger of sinne and knowing him may feare him and fearing him may haue regarde to his owne saluation and by regarding may escape the horrible paines of sinners For (m) Psal 31 10. many are the scourges of a sinner 5 What way leadeth vnto sinne BY three (a) Aug. lib. de ser do in monte c. 12. l. 12. de Trin. c. 12.
fraude fallacie Periurie Disquietnes violence vnmercifullnes or Inhumanitie and hardnes of harte The Apostle condemneth this vice so as he hath called it the seruice of (c) Col. 3 5. Eph. 5 5. Idoles (d) 1 Tim. 6 9. Esa 5 8. Mar. 10 24. Abac. 2 6.9 Iac. 5 1. Eccli 31 5.8 11. Bar. 3 16 Psal 48 17. and besides writeh thus They that will be made riche fall into tentation the snare of the Deuill and many desiers vnprofitable and hurtfull which drown men into distruction and perdition For the roote of al euils is couetousnes And in an other place we find it writen nothing is more wicked then a Couetouse (e) Eccli 10 9.10 man Also nothing is more vniust then to loue money For this man setteth his very soule to sale And Christ him selfe testifieth you cannot serue God (f) Mat. 6 25. Chrys ho. 7. in Io. Ibidem ver 34. and mammon And againe be not carefull for to morow Which Saint PAVL also more expresly deliuering giueth this admonition (g) Heb. 13 5. Luc. 12 15. Let your maners be without auarice contented with thinges present For he said I will not leaue thee neither will I forsake thee so that we doe confidently say Our Lorde is my helper Hauing (h) 1. Tim. 6 8. foode and wherewith to be couered with these we are content 5 What is Lechery and what manner of ofspring doth it ingender LEcherie (a) vide pros de vit cont l. 3. c. 6. Isid de sum bo l. 2. c. 39. is an inordinate appetite of vncleane libidinouse pleasure And it (b) Greg. lib. 31 mor. c. 31. Ose 4 11 2. Reg. 11 14. Dan. 13 56. Pro. 13 3 Sap. 4 12. Psal 51 6. 2. Tim. 3 4. Psal 20 9. Iac. 4 4. Eph. 4 19. bringeth forth blindnes of minde inconsideratiō inconstancie headlongnes loue of himselfe hatred of God too much desire of this life a horror of death and future Iudgement and desperation of eternall felicitie Against this sinne which maketh (c) 3. Reg. 11 1. Eccli 19.2 Hier. in cap 4. Ose Amb. l. 1. de Cain Abel c. 5. l. de Noe. area cap. 9. the wise mad causeth men to become in maner beastes thus writeth S. PAVL Flie (d) 1. Cor. 6.18 ibid. Chrys Aug. de 10. chord c. 10. ser 16. de ver do c. 10 fornication Euery sinne whatsoeuer a man doth is without the body but he that doth fornicate sinneth against his owne bodye And in another place thus (e) Eph. 5 3. ibi Hierō vide sextum preceptum Decalogi Fornication and all vncleanes or auarice let it not so much as be named among you as becommeth Saints or filthines or foolish talke or scurrilitie being to no purpose but rather giuing of thankes And it is a wonderfull thing that Christians are not marueilously (f) Amb. in c. 4. Luc. Greg. 16. mor. c. 31. ashamed who doe pollute themselues with filthy luste in the sighte of God his Angels whereas they haue consecrated in Baptisme their bodies and members as pure temples (g) 1. Cor. 5 16. 2. Cor. 6 16. to the holy Ghost and to Christ our Lord. Hereupon againe saith S. PAVL Know (h) 1. Cor. 6.19 you not that your members are the temple of the holy Ghost which is in you whom you haue of God and you are not your owne Then againe Knowe (i) Ibid. Ver. 15. you not that your bodies are the members of Christ Taking therfore the members of Christ shall I make them the members of an harlotte And finallie he concludeth in this sorte For you are (k) Ibid. Ver. 20. bought with a greate price Glorifie and beare God in your body For (l) Heb. 13 4 1. Cor. 6 9. Eph. 5 5. Gal. 5 20. Apoc. 21 8. fornicatours and aduouterours God will iudge 6 What is Enuie and what daughters doth she bring forthe ENuie (a) de hoc peccato scribit Cypr. ser de zelo li uorc Bas ho. 11. de inuid 21. in aliquot scripturae locos Chrys hom 44. 45. ad pop Prosp l. 3. de vita contēp c. 5. 9. Isid de surn bo l. 3 c. 25. is a sadnesse for the good of an other and a hatred of an other mans felicitie in respect of Superiours because hee is not made equall vnto them and in respect of inferiors least they should be made equall vnto him and in respect of equalls because they are equall vnto him as Saint AVGVSTINE (b) Aug. l. 11 de Gen. ad li. et 14. Prosp Sent. 292. saith she hath to her (c) Greg. l. 31 mor. c. 31. 1. Io. 3 12. Ro. 1 29. Pro. 17 5. et 24 17.21 et 28 22. Eccles 4 4. daughters hatred whispering detractiō exulting in other mens aduersities and aflictiō in their prosperity CAIN is reade to haue enuied ABEL (d) Gen. 4 5. Iudae ver 11 his owne brother and SAVL to haue enuied DAVID (e) 1. Reg. 18 8. the designed King his sonne in lawe This abhominable vice besides (f) Nysse in vita Moisi Hier. in c. 5. ad Gal. Greg 3. par pastor admon 11. Aug. ser 83. de temp Bern. ser 24. 49. in Cant. in ser de de tripl custo that it is voide of all charitie and humanitie it also maketh men most like vnto Deuils For by the enuie of the (g) Sap. 2 24. Chrys ho. 41. in Mat. Greg. l. 5. mor. c. 33. 34. l. 29. c. 3. Aug. de virg c. 31 Deuill death entred into the worlde and they doe imitate him which are of his parte Well therfore dothe the Apostle giue warning (h) Gal. 5 26. Let vs not be made desirous of vaine glory prouoking one an other enuying one an other 7 What is Glotony and which are her daughters GLotonie is an inordinate (a) Greg. 30. mor. c. 27. Ber. l. de pas c. 42. appetite of meate and drinke her daughters (b) Greg. lib. 31. mor. c. 31 are foolish mirth (c) Exo. 32 6 Iob. 21 12. Pro. 10 19. Eph. 5 4. Greg 3. parte past admon 20. Chry. ho. 57 ad pop much talke scurrilitie (d) Esa 28 7. Eccles 10 16 Chry. ho. 44 in Io. 58. in Mat. Hiero. l. 2. cont Iouin c. 6. seq et in c. 44. Ezech in c. 5. ad Gal. Vide de hoc vitio Basil ho. in ebriet luxil Aug. ser 231. 232. de temp Chryso in ser cont luxum crapulam ho. 1. ad pop Ant. Isid l. 2. de sum bo c. 42. 43. Amb. de Helia ieiunio c. 12. seq vncleannes dulnes of sense vnderstanding And what is more foule vnsemely then that a man should be inferiour to beastes which are content with a certain naturall moderation whilest he maketh himselfe a slaue to his bellie to surfeting and drunckennes
the Aspe shutting their eares against the sweete melodie of the sounde doctrine of the Church they seeme to say Departe thou (f) Iob. 21 14. from vs and we will not haue the knowledge of thy waies which is nothing else then as S. PAVL speketh According (g) Ro. 2 4. to their hardnes and impenitent harte to heape to themselues wrath in the day of wrath and of the reuelation of the iust iudgement of God For as SALOMON also teacheth To a man (h) Pro. 29 1. Bern. ser 42. in Cant. that with a hard necke contemneth him that correcteth him a soddaine distruction shall come vpon him and healthe shall not follow him 8 When is a sinne of impenitency committed Aug. de verb Do. ser 21. cap. 12. 13. ep 50. ad Bonif. Gelas in tomo de anarhematis vinculo VVHen a man without anie end or measure of his sins which truely hee shoulde washe away by holesome Penance resolueth moreouer that neuer hee will doe any Penance at al. Of this kind of persons who are such desperate and pittifull sinners and so will remaine both their life their death is most (a) Psal 33 22. abominable for asmuch as if not in wordes yet in deed they seeme to say (b) Esa 28 15. 3 8.9 Psal 51 3.7 Pro. 2 14. We haue entered into league with death and with hell wee haue made a pact And of these also may that saying bee vnderstoode which S. IOHN auoucheth There (c) 1. Io. 5 16 Aug. de corr gra c. 12. 1. retract cap. 19. is a sinne to death for that I say not that anie man aske Thus much concerning the sins against the holy-Ghost which are doubtlesse most grieuous which Almighty God either neuer or verie hardly doth pardon For which cause we ought often to garde our selues to confirme others against the same that we may obserue that saying * Ephes 4 30. Cōtristate not (d) 1. Thess 5 19. extinguishe not the spirite of God This (e) Ps 94 8. day if you heare his voice harden not your hearts Let (f) Heb. 3 13. none of you be obdurate with the fallacie of sinne For (g) Eccli 3 7.27 an harde heart shall bee in euill case at the last Nowe therefore let vs come to those sins which are also not a little hainous and are wonte to be called sinnes that cry vnto Heauen OF SINNES THAT CRY VNTO HEAVEN 1 What sinnes are those that are saide to crie vnto Heauen THose Aug. in En. c 30. l. ann in Iob. c. 30. l. 1. locutionis de Genes quaest 5. super Exod. Greg. 3. par past adm 32. in 2. Psal poenit which notably aboue others are knowne to haue a manifest and exceeding wickednesse doe singularly purchase to those which cōmit thē Gods indignation vengeance Of this sort there are four nūbred in holy scripture to wit wilful (a) Gē 4 10. Murder (b) Gē 18 20 Sodomie (c) Ex. 22 23 Oppression of the Poore defrauding (d) Deut. 24 15. Iac. 5 4. the Laboring mans hiere 2 Howe doth the Scripture teach that wilfull murther is reuenged IN most grieuous manner doubtlesse Vide Conc. Ancyr c. 22. Conc. Epaun ca. 31. Tribur c. 54 sequ as Almighty God sheweth in these wordes wherein hee rebuketh CAIN the first man-flear (a) Gē 4 10. Amb. l. 2. de Cain Abel cap. 9. What hast thou done saith he the voice of the bloude of thy brother crieth to me from the earth Now therfore shalt thou be cursed vpon earth And in another place Gods owne voice doth testifie (b) Gen. 9 6. Ex. 21 12.14 Leuit. 24 17 Num. 35.16.20 Deut. 19 11 1. Io. 3 15. Whosoeuer shall shed mans blood his blood shall be shed also For to the image of God was man made The kingly Psalmist singeth Men (c) Ps 54 24. of blood shall not liue halfe their daies For this is a very heinous wickednesse he doth a most horrible iniurie to his neighbour that bereueth him of his life without lawfull (d) Aug. l. 22 contr Faust cap. 70. auctoritie For which cause Christ himselfe saith also (e) Mat. 26 52. Apoc. 13 10. All that take the sword shall perish with the sworde 3 And what is extant in holy scripture touching the sinne of Sodome and the punishments thereof THe men of Sodome saith the scripture (a) Gen. 13 13. were very naught and sinners before God too too much This horrible and abominable sin (b) 2. Pet. 2 6. S. PETER S. PAVL (c) Rom. 1 24. 1. Tim. 1 10 Ephes 5 5. Iudic. 19 22 20 46. doe reproue yea nature her selfe doth abhorre and the scripture also doth declare the greatnesse of so foule a wickednes in these words The crie (d) Gen. 18 20. of the Sodomites and the Gomorians is multiplied and their sinne is aggrauated too too much For which cause the Angels doe speake thus vnto the iust man LOTH who did greatly abhorre from the outragious filthines (e) 2. Pet. 2 6 of the Sodomites (f) Gē 19 13 We will destroy this place because the cry of them hath increased before our Lorde who hath sent vs to destroy them Therefore our Lorde (g) Ibid. Sap. 10 6. Deut. 29 23 Iudae ver 7. Gen. 13 10. vide Greg. li. 14. mor. c. 10 Aug. l. 16. de ciu cap. 30. Tert. in apo aduers gentes ca. 40. in Sod ca. 4. rained downe vpon Sodome Gomorrha brimstone and fire from our Lorde out of heauen and ouerthrewe those Cities and all the Countrie about Neither doth the scripture leaue vntouched the causes which moued the Sodomites and may also moue others to this so greeuous a sinne For thus we read in EZECHIEL (h) Ezec. 16 49. Behold this was the iniquitie of Sodome thy sister Pride fulnes of bread and aboundance and the idlenesse of her her daughters and they did not stretch their hand to the needy poore And of this vice which can neuer be sufficiently detested are they guiltie who doe not feare to breake the lawe of God yea the lawe of nature written in Leuiticus which is this (i) Leuit. 18 22. Deut. 27 21 vide Chrys ho. 4. in ep ad Rom. Tert. in l. de pudicit c. 4. Aug. lib. 3. conf cap. 8. ep 109. Cum masculo non commiscearis coitu foemineo quia abominatio est Cum omni pecore non coibis nec maculaberis cumeo Which sin if it be committed we are admonished (l) Leuit. 20 13.15 Exo. 22 19. Ioel. 3 3. in the same place that the very earth is polluted with such horrible abominable lustes that Gods wrath is very much prouoked against the people and (k) L. Cum vir nubit C. ad legē Iul. de adult that the crime is
remission or purging of their sinnes And as touching Faith they are vtterly destitute (d) Aug. tra 67. in Ioan. Leo. ser 4. de Nat. Dom. therof who not consenting with the Faith of the Church doe with a certaine vaine (e) See before of presumption pag. 315. confidence promise vnto themselues and others remission of sinnes and grace of Iustification through Christ But they that perseuering in the Faith and vnitie of the Church doe desire to bee deliuered from their sinnes haue many waies proposed vnto them in Scripture for the taking away of their (f) Orig. ho. 2. in Leuit. Aug. l. 2. cōt Cres cap. 12. Chry. Conc. 4. de Lazar. in finc ho. 6. in Io. sinnes amongest which the principall is the Sacrament of Penance Which beeing despised it is to no purpose to vse any (g) See before of the Sacrament of Penance pag. 196. other remedies for deadly sinnes For this hath Christ the Phisician of soules ordained not onely as a present but also as a necessary medicine to bee of force against any leaper of sin whatsoeuer commēding the same he hath said to the Priests Whose (h) Io. 20 22 sins you shall remit they are remitted them Secondlie sinnes are cleansed and purged by Almes because it is written Almes (i) Tob. 4 8. 12 8. Eccli 3 15.33 Pro. 13 8. 15 27. 16 6. Luc. 11 41. deliuereth from all sinne and from death and will not suffer a soule to goe into darkenesse Therefore the Prophet giueth this admonition (k) Dā 4 24 Esa 1 17.18 Heb. 13 16. See after of Almes Redeeme thy sinnes with Almes and thy iniquities with the mercies of the poore Thirdly sins are remitted when although wee haue beene neuer so much wronged yet we do forgiue our brother the offence our Lorde haueing saide If (l) Mat. 6 14. Luc. 6 37. Mar. 11 25. Eccli 28 2. you will forgiue men their offences your heauenly Father will forgiue you also your offences Fourthlye the same effecte is wrought whē by admonishing our brother that sinneth we doe winne him and bring him to amendment as it is written He (m) Iac. 5 20 which maketh a sinner to be conuerted from the error of his way shall saue his soule from death and couereth a multitude of sinnes Fiftely hereunto belongeth the aboundance of syncere Charitie which is very puissant mightie to obtain accōplishe al good things For which it is said of MARY MAGDALEN Many (n) Luc. 7 47 sinnes are forgiuen her because shee loued much For (o) Pro. 10 12. 1. Pet. 4 8. Charity couereth the multitude of sins Sixtly hereunto is auaileable the Sacrifice of a contrit (p) Ps 50 19. Luc. 18 13. Mat. 18 32. Eccli 21 1. hart which God neuer despiseth an humble knowledg of a mans selfe confession of his sins For our Lord hath respect (q) Psal 101 18. vpon the praier of the humble and doth not despise their petitions In somuch that hereupon holy DAVID also testifieth of him selfe (r) Psal 31 5. I haue saide I will confesse against my selfe my iniustice vnto our Lorde and thou hast remitted the impietie of my sinne And S. IHON generally to al that doe truely confesse promiseth this grace (s) 1. Io. 1 9. If we confesse our sinnes saith he he is faithfull and iust for to forgiue vs our sins to cleanse vs from all iniquitie Therefore the Niniuites (t) Ionae 3 5 Mat. 12 41. Luc. 11 32. 3. Reg. 21 29. Sap. 11 24. Cypr. ep 40.8.26 when they did earnestlye perseuer in workes of humilitie and Penance appeased the present wrathe of God and turned away the imminent destruction of their Cittie and cuntrey And therefore of them we reade it thus written God (v) Ione 5 10. Num. 25 11 Psal 105 30. sawe their workes because they were turned from their euill waies God tooke compassion of the euill which he had spoken that he would doe to thē did it not Thus finally we learne by the testimonie of holy Scripture that by (x) Pro. 10 2 Act. 8 22. 2. Cor. 7 10. these other meanes offices of true pietie done by the grace of Christ this effecte is wrought that the sinnes of faithfull penitents in the Church as wee saide before are purged and taken away in regard whereof the Apostle warneth Hauing (y) 2. Cor. 7 1. 2 Tim. 2 19.21 therefore these promises my dearest let vs cleanse our selues from all inquination of the fleshe and spirit perfiting sanctification in the feare of God And with no lesse vehemencie speaketh S. IAMES (z) Iac. 4 8. Ezec. 18 27. Cleanse saith he your handes you sinners purifie your hartes you double of minde Be miserable and mourne and weepe let your laughter be turned into mourning and ioy into sorow Be humble in the sight of our Lorde and he will exalte you For it is not sufficient for a man to amende his manners to leaue his misdedes that we may againe vse the wordes (a) Hom 50 ex 50. cap. 5. in Ench. cap. 70. Cypr. de lapsis in fine others as before of Satisfaction pag. 209. of S. AVGVSTINE Vnlesse by the sorow of penance by the sighings of humilitie and by the sacrifice of a contrite harte together with the cooperation of almes satisfaction he made to God for those thinges also that haue bene committed Otherwise who so shall knowe that any mortall sinnes doe beare sway in him as the same (b) Se◠41. de Sanctus Saint writeth except he worthely amende himselfe if he haue space doe penance along time and giue large almes refraine from the sinnes themselues he cannot be purged with that transtorie fire whereof the Apostle (c) 1. Cor. 5 15. Aug. lib 16. ex 50. Ench. ca. 67. de fid op ca. 16. quaest 1. ad Dulcitium hath spoken but shall be tormented without any redresse in the euerlasting flame For not deadly sinnes but litle sinnes are purged and clensed after this life 2 And what conceipte ought we to haue of litle sinnes Aug. Ench. cap. 78. li. 21. ciu 5.27 Isid lib. 2. de sum bo c. 18 THis surelie that such lighter sinnes as the wandering of the minde an idle worde immoderate laughter and such like which are called quotidian or veniall sinnes and without the which this life is not past ouer for in (a) Iac. 3 2. 1. Io. 1 8. Eccles 7 21. Pro. 24 16. Psal 31 6. many thinges we offend all as we also noted before although they are not deadly and do seeme litle in outward apparāce yet they are not to bee (b) Aug. de 10. chord c. 11. in Pse 129. ser 244. de tēp tr 12. in Ioan. contemned For somuch as they displease God or as S. PAVL speaketh they (c) Eph. 4 30 Chry. ho. 87. in Mat.
for an other that you may be saued for the continuall praier of a iust man auaileth much In like manner This (o) 1. Io. 5. c is the considence which we haue towards God that whatsoeuer we shall aske according to his will he heareth vs. Moreouer he that (p) 1. 5. d knoweth his brother to sinne a sinne not to death let him aske and life shall be giuen him OF ALMES AND THE WORKES OF MERCIE 10 What is Almes Vide Chrys ho. 13. in 2. Cor. et Aug serm 30. de verb. Do. c. 3 IT is a gifte or benefite whereby vpon an affection of compassion we doe succour an other mans miserie Heereunto beelongeth that which the Angell RAPHAEL testifieth in TOBIAS Praier is good (a) Tob. 12. b with Fasting and Almes That we may vnderstand as S. CYPRIAN (b) De opere eleemos item Petr. Chrysol ser 43. Leo. ser 3. de Ieiun Pentecost Osc 6. c. Mat. 6. b 12. a Pro 21 a Phil 4. d Heb. 13. c admonisheth that our praiers fastings are little auaileable vnlesse they be holpen with Almes Good is mercie saith S. AMBROSE (c) Lib. 1. offic o. 11. Chrys ho. 36. ad pop Ant. Aug. ser 76. de temp hom 36. ex 50. Leo. ser 5. 10. de quadrag Nyss de beatitud which of her selfe maketh men perfite because it doth imitate the Father which is perfect Nothing doth so commend a Christian soule as mercie Thus saith he (d) Luc. 6. d Psal 32. a 118. h 144. b c Be yee therefore mercifull as your Father also is mercifull that you may be the sonnes of your Father which is in heauen who maketh his sonne to rise vpon the good the euill raineth vpon the iust vniust Thus saith Christ our Sauiour and our (e) Luc. 10. f Samaritane full of all grace and mercie who went (f) Act. 10. f throughout doing good healing al that were oppressed of the Deuil 11 In what manner doth the scripture commend Almes vnto vs VVIth many certes (a) Deut. 15. b Esd 8. c Tob. 4. b Psal 40. a Pro. 11. c 14. c d 19. c 22. b 25. c 28. d Eccli 4. a b d 7. a d 12. a 17. c 29. b Ezech. 18. b c Mat. 25. d. Luc. 14. c and plaine preceptes promises and examples Yea S. CYPRIAN (b) De opere eleem Vide Aug. ser 50. cap. 8. sequ 227. de temp hom 18 19.29 cap. 1. sequ 47. ex 50. Nazian orat 16. de paup amore Chrys ho. 32. ad pop sequ teacheth that in the gospel there is nothing more often cōmaunded than that wee perseuer in giuing Almes that we be not busied in earthly possessions but rather lay vp treasures in heauen Hence are those speaches of Christ But (c) Luc. 11. f Hieron ad Hedib ep 150. quest 1 yet that which remaineth giue almes beholde al things are (d) Aug. in Ench. c. 75.76.77 ser 30. de verb. Dom. cleane vnto you (e) Luc. 12. d 3. c Mat. 6. a c 19. c d Mar. 10. c 1. Tim. 6. d Sel the things that you posses giue Almes make to you purses that weare not treasure that wasteth not in heauen And in an other place Make vnto you (f) Luc. 16. c Aug. ser 25. c. 3. 35. c. 1. seq de verb. Dom. frendes of the Mammon of iniquitie that when you faile they may receiue you into the eternall Tabernacles In briefe giue and there (g) Luc. 6. f 2. Cor. 8. b c 9. b 1. Tim. 4. c Ro. 12. c d Iac. 1. d shall be giuen to you And for that cause DANIEL the Prophet counseleth the wicked King Redeeme (h) Dan. 4. c Pro. 13. b. Amb. ser 30 31. de Helia Ieiun cap. 20. Leo. in ser de collectis Chrys hom 25. in Act. thy sinnes with Almes and thy iniquities with the mercies of the poore Then in an other place we read Water (i) Eccli 3. d Amb. serm 15. Chrys hom 34. in Gen. Pros part 2. de promiss praedict tionibus c. 7 doth quench the burning fire and Almes resistethe sinnes And not of a man certes but of an Angell was that speach Almes (k) Tob. 12. b 4. b Esa 1. c Pro. 15. d 16 a 10. b 1. Pet 4. b Iac. 5. d deliuereth from death and shee it is that purgeth sinnes and maketh a man to finde mercie and life euerlasting Yea and Christ himselfe pronounceth (l) Mat. 10. d Greg. ho. 5. in Euang. Amb. in lib. de viduis Leo. ser 4. 6. de qua drag ser 6 de Ieiun 10. mensis Whosoeuer shall giue drinke to one of these little ones a cuppe of colde water only in the name of a Disciple Amen I say to you he shall not loose his rewarde Blessed (m) Mat. 5. a therefore are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercie And contrarywise as S. IAMES affirmeth (n) Iac. 2. b. Pro. 21. b. Iudgement without mercie to him that hath not done mercie 12 With what examples is the effecte profite of Almes declared IN the holy scripture ABRAHAM and LOTH (a) Gen. 18. a 19. a through hospitalitie are saide both to haue pleased God and to haue entertained (b) He. 13. a Angels The Almes (c) Tob. 12. c 1. d of TOBIE and the Centurion (d) Act. 10. a See notable examples of Almes in these Saints liues Ioannis Eleemosinarii apud Leentium Martini apud Sulpitium Paulae apud Hieron ep 27. cap. 7. Paulini apud Greg. Turon de glor Conf. cap. 107. apud Greg. 3. dial c. 1. Tiber. apud Turon lib. 5 hist Franc. cap. 19. Bened. apud Greg. 2. dial c. 28. 29. Martyrii apud cund ho. 39. in Euang Greg. apud Ioan. Diac lib. 1. vitae eius cap. 10. lib. 2. cap. 22. 23. Osuald apud Bed lib. 3. hist Aug. cap. 6. were so auailable that they ascended into remembrance in the sight of God had the holy Angels not only for witnesses but also for commendors ZACHEVS moued by the words of Christ and of a prince of Publicans being made a mirror of mercy giueth halfe his goods to the poore and is presently pronounced the (e) Luc. 19. a b sonne of ABRAHAM by Christ himselfe TABITHA (f) Act. 9. f g Vide etiam Pratum Sprituale Sophronii cap. 175. 185. 195. 201 is praised by S. LVKE as being ful of good works and Almes which she bestowed especially vpon widdowes So are those deuoute Matrons singulerly commended in the (g) Luc. 8. 10. g Ioan. 12 a 3. Reg 17. b c d 4. Reg. 4. b c f Gospell which with MAGDALEN MARTHA did liberally minister of their goods to Christ our Lorde and to his poore disciples And of Sainte LAVRENCE the (h) Amb. lib 2. offic cap. 28. Leuite and Martyr it is most
ad Theod. lapsum Cyr. Alex. de exitu animae Prosp lib. 3. de vita contemplatiua cap. 12. item Greg. lib. 4. dial cap. 28. 29. 42. sequent Isid de summo bono lib. 1. c. 31. 32. AS nothing is more miserable than death as nothing also is more terrible than iudgemente espeaciallie to the children of this worlde persisting obstinately in sin so can there nothing be imagined more intollerable and vnfortunate than hell and the paine thereof For there as witnesseth diuine (a) Mat. 8 b 13 f g 22 b 24 d 25 e Luc. 13 f scripture is weeping and gnashing of teeth there their worme (b) Mar. 9 g Esa 66 g 14 c Eccli 7 b Iudith 16 c dieth not the fire quencheth not there the lande is darke (c) Iob. 10 d Iudae e Greg. lib. 9. moral c. 45. sequent Cassian in Confess Theologica p. 3. Ephrem in l. de vera poenitentia cap. 7. 8. and couered with the mist of death there the shadowe of death and no order but perpetuall horror inhabiteth there their (d) Apoc. 21 c 14 b c 18 b 19 d 20 c d Psal 10 b 20. b Deut. 32 c Iob. 24 c Rom. 2 b Esa 3 d Pro. 19. d Eccli 21 b part shall be in the poole burning with fire and brimstone which is the seconde death there they shall be tormented (e) Apoc. 20 c 9 a Iob. 7 b 20 c d Psal 48 c Esa 33 b Mat. 3 c 25 d 2. Thess 1 c 2. Pet. 2 a b day and night for euer and euer There finally that shall be found true by experience which the iust Iudge hath foretolde in these wordes to all those that are to be tormented in hell (f) Esa 65 c Lu. 6 d 16 f Cyr. Alex. in orat de exitu animae Aug. in Euchir cap. iij. sequent item ser 181 de temp c. 18. lib de triplici habitaculo c. 2 Cyp. ad Demetr ser de Ascensione Christi Bern. ep 253 meditat cap. 3. item ser 8. in Psal Qui habitat Hugo lib. 8. de anima c. 13. Innocētius 3. lib. 3. de cōtempt mundi cap. 2. seq Conc. Flor. Behold my seruantes shall eate and you shall be hungry Behold my seruants shall drink and you shall be thirsty Behold my seruantes shall reioise and you shall be confounded Behold my seruantes shall sing praises for the exaltation of their hart and you shall cry for the griefe of harte and because of the contrition of spirite ye shall houle Therefore the Kingly Prophet calleth vpon all Kings and Princes setteth before them the paines that are to come for the wicked with this seuere admnnition And now (g) Psal 2 c Kinges vnderstand ye be ye instructed ye that iudge the earthe For to the stronger (h) Sap. 6 ab Esa 5 d there remaineth a stronger torment a most hard iudgement shall passe vpon them that are in auctoritie Serue ye our Lorde in feare and exulte vnto him with trembling apprehend yee discipline least that our Lorde be angry and you doe perish from the iust way when his anger shall sodenly waxe hoate Hereupon Christ himselfe also hath thus spoken to euery man Feare him (i) Luc. 12 a Mat. 10 c Chrys lib. 1. de prouidētia Dei itē ho. 5. 55. ad pop Antioch Aug. in Psal 49. Bern. in ser de conuers ad Cler. c. 5. who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell Yea I say to you feare him For as it is momentanie which in this life deliteth so is it euerlasting which in hell tormenteth 5 What doe we learne out of holy scripture of the kingdome of heauen GOd hath prepared (a) Mat. 25 c his kingdome for the electe frō the beginning of the world a (b) 2. Tim. 4 d heauenly kingdome an eternall (c) 2. Pet 1 c kingdome a most blessed (d) Luc. 14 d Aug. ser 37 de Sanct Cyp de mortalitate kingdome whereof Sainte PAVL plainlye confesseth The (e) Ro 8 d 2 Cor. 4 d Act. 14 d 2. Tim. 2 a b 4 b passions of this time are not condigne to the glory to come The eie (f) 1. Cor. 2 c Esa 64 b hath not seene nor eare hath heard neither hath in ascended into the hart of man what thinges God hath prepared for them that loue him O holy (g) Apoc. 21 a d e f g 22 a Mat. 13 f 22 c Sap. 3 a b 5 c Dan. 12 c 1. Cor. 5 e f g Phil. 3 d Io. 14 a Cittie IERVSALEM newe descending from heauen prepared of God as a Bride adorned for her husband Whereof Saint IHON very wel acquainted with diuine matters heard these thinges from heauen wrote them Behold the (h) Apoc. 21 a 7 d 1. Cor. 13 d 1. Ioan. 3 a. Esa 25 c 33 c d 49 c 51 a d 60 d 65 c 66 d Ps 16 d 26 d 30 c 35 b 86 a 114 b 149 a Chrys ep 5. ad Theod. lapsum Anselm ep 2. in ib. de similitudinibus cap. 47. sequ Hugo lib. 4. de anima cap. 15. 16. Tabernacle of God with men and hee will dwell with them and they shall be his people he God with them shal be their God And God shall wipe away all teares from their eies and death shall be no more nor mourning nor crying neither shall there be sorowe any more which first thinges are gone There is heard the (i) Apo. 19 a Ps 83 a b d ibidem Aug. item lib. 10. de ciuitate Dei cap. 16. lib. 22. cap. 29. 30. item lib 3. de libro arbitrio cap. vltimo lib. 3. de Symb. ad Catechum cap vltimo lib. 1. de Trinitate cap. 13. de Catechiz rudib cap. 25. tract 4. in ep Ioan. lib meditat cap. 22 25. Soliloquior cap. 21. 35. 36. Manual cap. 6. 7. 16. 17. voice of the greate trumpet and as the voice of many waters and as the voice of greate thunders saying Alleluia because our Lord God omnipotent hath raigned let vs be glad and reioise giue glory vnto him because the mariage of the lambe is come Blessed (k) Apoc. 19 b be they that are called to the supper of the mariage of the lambe but more blessed they that beeing (l) Luc. 14 d Greg. ho. 36 37. in Euang Prosp de vita contemplatiua lib. 1. cap. 2. sequent item lib. 3. cap 32. Bern in ser de triplici genere bonorum c. 4. meditat called doe come to that supper all impediments being taken away and bring theire wedding garment (m) Mat. 22 b that they may sit downe in the kingdome of God (n) Mat. 8 b Luc. 13 f 12 c 22 c Greg. ho. 13. in Euang. with ABRAHAM ISAAC and IACOB And we shall not need to aske (o) Psal 14 a 23 a Esa 33 c
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
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
vnto theÌ„ so much of Ecclesiastical helpe as may sufficiently recompence for theÌ„ But euen in these Pardon 's also is required a iust conuenient cause without the which they shall haue either none or not so greate force as the wordes doe soundâ— is we saide before The like also is to be iudged of the estate of grace of him which obtaineth the Indulgence for the deade Grace is not alwaies required in him which â—â—â—teth an Indulgence for the dead yet with some difference betweene these Indulgences and those which are graunted to them which liue in this worlde For two manner of workes may the POPE require in Pardon for the Dead The first are workes which haue no other goodnesse in them than that which they haue of sâ—eâ—dâ—eâ— as if the Pardon should runne thus Whososoeuer visiteth this Church or saieth such a Praier c. shall deliuer a soule out of Purgatory And such things being doone out of Gods grace because without his 〈◊〉 the worke hath â—o goodnesse in it there cannot be a sufficient cause of Pardon and therefore the Pardon auaileth nothing Other workes may haue some goodnesse in themselues or in some extrinsecal thing although they haue â—â—ne by the doer As if this should be the forme of the Indulgence Who saith MASSE or causeth to be said MASSE for such a cause or giueth Almes for the maintenance of such a place shal deliuer a soule out of Purgatory For certaine it is that MASSE ALMES doe good vnto the Church although they wh ch saide it or made them to bee giuen bee not in Grace And in such workes Nauarre Sotus if by some circumstance the minde of the POPE be not gathered to the contrary that is that he require that they be deuoutly and with grace perfourmed then may the Pardon be obtained for the dead by one which is not in grace For heere the POPE graunteth the Pardon for a iust cause which is Gods glory and honour by those charitable workes and the other doth nothing concurre vnto it but by determining the person to whome the POPE may apply it Euen so is it in the Dirige of a naughty Priest offered for one that is dead as for the MASSE it is certaine that it hath effecte of it selfe without any respect to him which saith it euen for those for whoÌ„ a naughty Priest doth offer it Who if he say this Dirige of his own deuotion priuately it is nothing auaileable But if he doe it to fulfill the bond of the Church whose Minister he is or in the Quire than doth it very much profite the Deade for in this he beareth the person of the wholle Church So also is it if my man being in sinne giue out of my Purse by my consent or generall leaue Almes to the poore For in these examples the workes are more â—f 〈◊〉 â—ersons than of those which doe execute thâ—◠〈…〉 it in the Suffrages and Indulgenâ—◠〈…〉 when the POPE respecteth the wâ—◠〈…〉 the goodnesse thereof in the effecte 〈…〉 recite from a naughty roote from wâ—◠〈…〉 no goodnes at al. For in such a case aâ—◠〈…〉 â—arâ—â—â—cantable of Pardon himselfe yet 〈…〉 a worke aâ— mothers appointment wherunto is annexed a Pardons for the Deade although perhaps the worke doth nothing profite the Deade but only in as much as it doth determine the POPES application of Pardon to this Particular party deceased No condition necessary in this life for Pardon in Purgatory or for participation of the suffrages of the Church Neither is that necessary which some doe require that a man for to be holpen by Indulgences after his death haue had whilest he heere liued a special deuotion to the autority of the Church and a diligent care to helpe the soules departed or a particular resolution to satisfie vnto God in this life although this last be singularly profitable to make at the least in the houre of death For it is sufficient that one be in Purgatory for then he is also in Grace And the want of those affections in life time in a higher degree than euery Christian is bounde vnto vnder paine of Mortall sinne although perhappes it hath increased the debte in Purgatory yet can it not hinder the common influence of Christes Passion and the participation of the Churches Suffrages or of the Treasure of Indulgence 12 The conclusion of this Treatise of the fruit of Indulgences THus much haue we saide according to the most sounde opinions of Learned Diuines of this 〈…〉 â—â—dulgences Which for that it was 〈…〉 â—â—IONIS ET PETRA SCANâ—◠〈…〉 offence and a rocke of scandall to 〈…〉 stumbling made Israell to sinne 〈…〉 which followe his Doctrine a comâ—â—◠〈…〉 blasphemy against the CHVRCH 〈…〉 it my part to handle more largely than the purpose of this BOOKE did require If nothing will suffice them no reason content them no autority conuince them then let them knowe that they beeing out of the number of GODS Children can neuer be troubled with Purgatory nor with Pardons which haue relation vnto Purgatory The one being a place of correction for children the other a mercifull fauour exhibited vnto the same children But of them which despise this Rodde of Discipline of our Almighty Father and contemne his Indulgence and Mildenesse is saide of the Apostle Heb. 12 8. If you be without Discipline whereof all be made partakers than are you Bastards and not children And that of the Prophet Esa 11 4 He shall strike the earth with the Rodde of his mouth with the breath of his lippes he shall kill the wicked But we whom God of his infinite mercy hath vnited vnto his misticall body of the holy Church as we must of necessity if we will remaine in the same vnity acknowledge and reuerence the sacred autority and power of giuing Indulgences so in seeking with diligence to obtaine them we shall reape three singular benefittes Three singâ—lar profits oâ— Indulgences First wee shall receiue encrease of meritte and consequently of grace in this life and glory in the other whilest wee deuoutely performe those good workes vnto which alwaies we are inuited by Indulgences Secondly we shall obtaine the release of the paines of Purgatory by diminishing in our mortall life the debte thereof which by those which feare the corrections of God and consider how farre as S. AVGVSTINE saieth In Psal â— those paines exceede whatsoeuer can be suffered in this life will be iudged a great felicitie Thirdly we shall shorten the time of our absence from God after our departure from hence and hasten that happy vision which God promised to MOISES when he saide I will shew thee all good Ex. 33 1. Which acceleration of so great a good how pretiouse it is wel vnderstoode S. PAVL Phil. 1 23. who so earnestly desired to be dissolued and to be with Christ And that other deuoute soule which complaining of the length of her Pilgrimage and dwelling amongst the inhabitants of darke and sorowfull CEDAR Ps 119 5. did wast consume with the desire of entering into the heauenly Courtes Ps 83 3. In which if according to the infallible veritie of Gods word one day be farre better than thousands of worldly treasures Ps 83 11. then surely that which not onely deliuereth from miserie but hasteneth and anticipateth so many yeeres and daies of so greate a blisse giuing also such helpe and occasion of a higher mansion in so rich a house Io. 14 2. cannot be valued with the treasures of wholle Kingdomes Psal 62 2. Come therefore O you who wander abroade in the deserte desolate and withered lande of Heresie and Schisme Come vnto the waters and you which haue not siluer make haste and buy Esa 55 1. and eate Come buy without amy exchange Wine and Milke Why doe your spend your money and not in bread why doe you bestow your labour and not in satiety Come vnto these liuely waters which proceeding from the fountaine of life will purge you from the mudde of your broken cisterns and quicken you with the spirite of God Hier. 2 12. â—o 4 14. â—o 9 2. and spring vp into life euerlasting Come drinke of that wine which the holy wisdome of God hath mingled vnto you And least you be terrified with the expectation of your fathers seuerity and discipline beholde your mother with her naked breasts cometh to meete you ready to embrace you and as new borne Infants to nourish you with the milke of her clemency and kindnes â—â— 15 22. Shee bringeth with her your very first stole which you once receiued of her in Baptisme now again again haue defiled And although that pure robe of innocency with which then she adorned you cannot bee recouered yet shall you no doubte by her diligent care and motherly piety be cloathed with an vnspotted garment of your recouered grace and if you haue hurte your soueraigne Lorde and Father in any thing or be in his debte you being once restored to his fauour shee hath wroten it with her owne hand shee will repay it Whose voice if you will heare Philem. vers 18. whose petition if you will graunt whose teares if you will respecte then shall you in steede of wasting your substance riotously by labouring vnto destruction Mat. 13 44. and euerlasting fire conuert most holsomely and profitablely your care and labours to the buying of that hidden treasure which shall fully recompence the sale of all worldly riches Laus Deo ac Beatissimae semper Virgini Matri DEI-PARAE MARIAE atque omnibus Sanctis 1. Cor. 11 16. If any man seeme to be coÌ„tentious we haue no such custome nor the Church of God S. Cyp. l. de simp Praelat Aug. l. 4. de simb ad cat c. 13. He shall not haue God to his Father Who will not haue the Church to his Mother FINIS