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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10309	A treatise of the sacrament of the confirmation wherein is shewed the necessary spirituall profit, and excellencie of this sacrament. Composed by W.R.	Smith, Richard, 1566-1655.	1629 (1629)	STC 20594; ESTC S100410	28,505	148

Sacraments Baptisme and Confirmation Confirmation not to bee separate from Baptisme are so vnited that vnlesse it bee by reason of death they may not bee parted and the one may not rightly bee giuen without the other Againe If the benefite of Regeneration suffice for them that are readie to die yet the helpe of Confirmation is necessarie Necessarie for them that are to liue S. Vrban Pope and Martyr Epistola ad om Christianos Christians must bee confirmed related in the Canons loco cit All the faithfull after baptisme must receaue the holy Ghost by imposition of hands of the Bishop that they may bee full Christians The Councell of Laodicea Canon 4. 8. The baptized Must bee coÌ„firmed must after baptisme receiue most holy Chrisme and bee made partakers of the holy kingdome Saint Pacian Epistola 3. How hath your people the holy Must bee coÌ„firmed Ghost whome an anointed Priest doth not signe The like had saint Cornelius aboue cited Saint Cyrill Cathechisme 3. mystag Hauing receiued this Not properly Christians without Confirmation guift of holy Chrisme you are rightly called Christians making true the naming in the regeneration For before this grace was giuen you you were not properly worthie of that name but going forward you are come so farre as you are made Christians The Councell of Orleans Cap. 3. cited in the Canons loco cit Hee shall neuer bee a Not Christians Christian vnlesse hee bee anointed vvith Episcopall Confirmation And why should these holy Councells and Fathers say that Confirmation is necessarie to Christians that Christians must bee confirmed that vvithout death Confirmation is not rightly separate from Baptisme that without Confirmation vvee are not full Christians not properly Christians and simply not Christians vnlesse they thought that Confirmation was at least necessarie by necessitie of precept Moreouer saint Leo Epistola S. Leo bewaileth want of Confirmation 73. al. 75. greately bewaileth that in a place the hallowing of Chrisme had failed which thing was to bee bewailed in England for many yeares And the Sea Apostolicke hath bene so loath that Christians should want Confirmation that sometimes shee hath giuen leaue to Priests to confirme for want of Bishops albeit many graue Diuines thinke that such power cannot bee giuen to Priests And likewise in times of Interdict when shee forbiddeth to minister extreme vnction yet shee forbiddeth not Confirmation no more then Baptisme or Confession which argueth that shee thinketh Confirmation to bee more necessarie then extreme vnction To the former sayings of Fathers wee may add that Hugo de sanct Victore related by saint Thomas 3. p. q. 72. art 8. affirmeth It would Daunger to die without Confirmation bee most daungerous if one should depart out of this life without CoÌ„firmation And though saint Thomas add that hee should not bee damned without coÌ„tempt yet neither doth Hugo say that it were daungerous to die with contempt of Confirmation but without Confirmation which insinuateth a necessitie of Confirmation it selfe Neither perhaps doth saint Thomas there take Contempt so strictly as it is distinguished from negligence both for that wee shall say hereafter as also because him selfe there saith This is natures intention that euery one that is corporally borne doe come to perfect age And much more it is Gods intention to bring all thinges to perfection Gods intention that wee bee confirmed wherevppon it is said Deutr. 32. Gods workes are perfect And therefore this Sacrament must bee giuen to all And if it bee Gods intention that euery one bee confirmed and that euery one must bee confirmed this argueth that euen negligence of this Sacrament is daungerous as wee shall see more hereafter Cap. 6. CHAPTER V. That in England Christians are bound to bee confirmed by an expresse Commaund of diuers Prouinciall Councells ARchbishop Peckham in a Prouinciall Councell held at Lambeth Anno 1271. made this decree Manie Expres CoÌ„maund of Confirmation in England rashly neglect the Sacrament of Confirmation which damnable negligence wee resisting doe decree that none bee admitted to the Sacrament of the bodie and blood of our Lord except at the point of death vnlesse hee haue bene confirmed or iustly hindered from receiuing Confirmation In which decree I note that not contempt of Confirmation but euen rash negligenâ—e that is grosse negligence Euen negligence of Confirmation damnable thereof is counted damnable likewise that it coÌ„maundeth to receiue confirmation vnder a greate punishment to witt of not receauing the blessed SacrameÌ„t which is a certaine signe that it commaundeth it vnder mortall sinne And this Priests must not communicate those that will not bee coÌ„firmed decree that Priests might better remember it is putt into the Rituall or SacrameÌ„tall of Sarum where also the Priest is appointed to coÌ„maund the Parents that they carry theire Child to the Bishop if hee come with in seauen Miles of them Stephen also Archbishop of Canterburie in a Prouinciall Councell at Oxford Anno 1230. commaundeth that Priests doe often admonish the People for Confirmation of their Children after Baptisme And Linwood l. 1. de Sacram. iter C. Ignorantia relateth these wordes of an other Prouinciall Canon Fiue SacrameÌ„ts debent must bee receiued of all Christians to witt Baptisme Confirmation c. WherevppoÌ„ Linwood saith They must bee Must of necessitie bee confirmed receiued of necessitie as appeareth by that word Debent ar de cel Miss C. exparte And besides these expresse Generall Custome of EnglaÌ„d to bee coÌ„firmed Canons there was such a generall Custome in EnglaÌ„d of beeing confirmed that as D. Saunders l. de Schism testifieth it was accounted infamous not to haue bene coÌ„firmed before one was seauen yeares old And as before wee said a generall Custome bindeth as well as a lawe So that in England there bee two strong bonds to bind Catholicks to bee confirmed to witt Prouinciall Canons and generall Custome Neither lett any thinke that these Canons or Canons of the Church of England not abrogated Custome are abrogated by this long Non-vse or discontinuance in time of Schisme For besides that these Canons were confirmed againe in a Prouinciall Councell held by Cardinall Pole in time of Queene Mary and this Custome then renewed with such zeâ—e of English Catholicks as in some places the Church could not conteine D. Saunders de Schism the People that flocked to the Bishop that hee was faine to confirme in the Church-yard and to bee defended by armed men from the presse of the people Besides I say this it is not mere Non-vse or not practise for waÌ„t of the case of the lawe as was here in former times for want of a Bishop that doth abrogate a lawe as all Diuines and lawyers agree but it must bee a positiue practise against the lawe when the case of the lawe is But in England heretofore hath bene a mere Non vse of the said Canons ad Custome for want of a Bishop

ought all Diuines to bee who say that it is a sinne to neglect to receaue this Sacrament which most Diuines doe say And besides those aboue named Sotus loco cit saith Where one may bee coÌ„modiously coÌ„firmed Sinne not to bee coÌ„firmed it were Sinne not to receiue this Benefite of God And againe It is sinfull negligence to deferre this Sacrament beyond that age of 12. or 14. yeares For the right order is not to receiue the Eucharist before Confirmation as was the Custome in the primatiue Church And Bellarmin l. 1. de Sacram. c. 22. Who neglecteth to receiue this Sacrament sinneth For if there bee a Sinne not to receiue this SacrameÌ„t there is a precept thereof and if there bee a precept the breach thereof is a mortall The breach of a precept in a matter of moment is a mortall Sinne. sinne because as well saith Suarez loco cit it is in a matter of moment And howsoeuer one may probably denie that there is any generall precept of Confirmation in the vniuersall Church which bindeth euery one or that such a precept bindeth vnder mortall Sinne partly because it is abrogated by contrary Custome partly also because it Greatnes of punishment argueth a mortall Sinne. was not imposed vnder any greate punishment no Diuine can reasonably denie that there is a speciall precept thereof in England and that it bindeth vnder mortall Sinne by that which hath bene said aboue And agreably to that which hath bene said of the negligence of people to receiue this SacrameÌ„t Angelus and Siluester verb. Confirm and others say that notable negligence of Bishops in Mortall Sinne in Bishops not to confirme not confirming is a mortall Sinne in them which also Tolet. insinuateth li. 5. cit c. 4. And thus much for Diuines As for the opinion of the Canonists say it is a mortall Sinne not to be confirmed Canonists in this matter thus writeth Armilla verb. Sacra The Sacrament of Baptisme Confirmation CoÌ„munion Penance and Extreme Vnction according to the Canonists as writeth Paludanus 4. sent d. 7. are necessarie that is vnder precept so that who can receiue them and will not doth Sinne mortally Thus wee see by the testimonie of Armilla and Paludanus what is the generall opinion of Canonists and by the Confession also of Sotus what is the generall opinion of Diuines In dubijs tutior pars est eligenda whose opinion it is securest to followe especially seeing there is so litle labour to receiue this Sacrament and so greate good gotten by it as shall hereafter appeare Moreouer sith as is before said all agree that not to receiue this Sacrament vppon contempt is a mortall Sinne how can hee who considereth the giuer the excellencie of the gifte the greate profit himselfe may reape thereby and also the greate need hee hath thereof especially in time of persecution bee not thought to contemne VVhence wee may gather a contempt the gifte and also such a giuer if hee receiue it not when hee may conueniently For if all would coÌ„demne him who refuseth a precious gift which a Prince hath at his greate cost prouided for him and which is both honorable profitable and needfull to him and no way incommodious what shall wee thinke of him who refuseth the Sacrament of Confirmation which Christ hath prouided for him at the price of his pretious blood which is most honorable to him before God and man most profitable to his Soule and no way painfull or troublesome for him to receiue And the like I say of the Eucharist and extreme Vnction If any obiect that if not to care to receiue a SacrameÌ„t were to contemne it theÌ„ not DiffereÌ„ce beetweene Confirmation and Orders and Matrimonie to care to receiue the Sacr ent of Orders or of Matrimonie were to contemne them I aunsweare that Orders and Matrimonie were not instituted absolutely for all but for such as would but ConfirmatioÌ„ Eucharist and Extreme Vnction were instituted absolutely for all Christians and without any reference to theire wills and Christ inuiteth all to these Sacraments but to the other two hee inuiteth onely those that will come And it is a farre different thing not to accept an absolute offer of a precious gifte or an absolute inuitation to a banquet then to refuse a conditionall offer or inuitation onely if one will Secondly euery one is not fitt for Orders or marriages no nor capable of them as women are not capable of Orders nor Eunuches of Marriage but euery one is both fitt aÌ„d capable to bee confirmed that is Christned Thirdly Orders and Matrimonie are not necessary necessitate medij ad bene esse or ad perfectioneÌ„ Christiani as Confirmation is Fourthly Orders and Matrimonie bring with them some temporall difficulties or incommodities as Orders celibate or single life and Matrimonie the incumbrances of that State For which causes a maÌ„ may iustly bee presumed not to take them without any contempt but the like is not of Confirmation Eucharist or Extreme Vnction And therefore not to receiue these especially Confirmation beeing the complemeÌ„t of our Baptisme which wee haue already receiued in all our life when conueniently wee may may iustly bee termed a contempt And perhaps for this cause because Confirmation is the complemeÌ„t of our Baptisme and maketh vs compleate and perfect Christians our Sauiour called it Baptisme with VVhy CoÌ„firmation is called Baptisme the holy Ghost saying Act. 1. You shall bee baptized with the holy Ghost after few dayes And this necessitie of CoÌ„firmation which wee haue prooued by the Custome of Christs Church euen from her beginning by the testimonie of holy Fathers by the expresse Commaundement and Custome of our English Church and by the doctrine of Canonists and Reasons of the necessitie of Confirmation most of the Diuines wee may coÌ„firme by reason For seeing as saint Thomas saith it is Gods intention that wee should become compleate and perfect Christians and that wee cannot bee such but by Confirmation seeing by it is giuen vs strength and armour to resist the enemies of our faith in time of persecution and that it is temeritie to enter into a dauÌ„gerous Combat without Armour when wee may easily haue it seeing that Christ commauÌ„ded his Apostles not to depart out of HierusaleÌ„ till they had receiued the grace of this Sacrament seeing also that so greate commodities come to vs by this SacrameÌ„t as wee shall she we hereafter and finally seeing that all would greately condemne him who at the time of death would not receiue extreme Vnction when coÌ„ueniently hee may how can wee not greatly condemne him who at least in time of persecutioÌ„ may receiue this Sacrament of Confirmation conueniently and yet will not seeing hee doth thereby frustrate the intention of God depriue himselfe of the complement or perfection of a Christian expose himselfe vnarmed to the darts of the Enemie aduenture more then Christ himselfe would haue his Apostles to

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