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The plain mans defence against popery: or, A discourse, shewing the flat opposition of popery to the Scripture. By J.N. chaplain to a person of honour
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J. N.
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of plain Sacriledge in robbing Gods people of the mystical Cup for whom Christ did shed his most precious blood 53. Q. Rehearse those Scriptures that mention the use of Oyle in the miraculous curing of Diseases A. They anointed with Oyle many that were sick and healed them Mark 16.13 Is any sick let the Elders of the Church pray over him and anoint him with Oyle in the name of the Lord Jam. 5.14 Note The Church of Rome without shame fain a Sacrament of a Ceremony used only for health of body whereas spiritual grace not bodily health is the proper effect of a Sacrament Why do they not also make Sacraments of Clay and Spittle Handkerchiefs and Aprons for these as well as Oyl were sometimes used as signs in miraculous healing of Diseases the gift of healing being ceased it is absurd to keep up the sign much more absurd to make it a Sacrament as the Papists do calling it extream unction to propose their hypocritical pageantry is enough to confute it the matter must be oile Olive consecrated by a Bishop He that Administers it must be a Priest the person receiving it must be one thought to be at the point of death The members anointed are the eyes cars nose mouth hands reins The form by this holy oile and his tender mercy God forgive thee the effects and vertue expulsion of the reliques of sin strengthning against Satan pardon of sin healing the body if it be for the good of the sick mans soul Oh abominable blind Superstition Q. 54. Have Monkish vowes any ground and warrant in Gods word or be they contrary to it A. Why are ye Subject to Ordinanc touch not tast not handle not after the Commandements and Doctrines of men which things indeed have a shew of wisdome in will-worship and humility in neglecting of the body Col 2.23 Better it is that thou shouldest not vow than that thou shouldest vow and not pay Eccl. 5.5 Stana fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free Gal. 5.1 Note The Papists place a great part of their Religion in Monkish vowes which are principally three 1. The vow of single life and Chastity 2. The vow of Poverty and Begging 3. The vow of regular Obedience to be governed by their Superiour or Abbot in all things All these vowes are sinful for 1. They are against Christian liberty 2. Some of them are out of the power and ability of him that voweth as the vow of perpetual chastity in single life 3. They abolish the Order which God hath set viz. That every one should have some particular calling whereby he may be profitable to humane Society 4. These vows are Idolatrous and Superstitious for they are made and observed with an opinion of Gods worship of merit and of the state of perfection 5. These vowes are made in meer fraud and hypocrisie Monks and Fryers pretend chastity and practice uncleanness pretend poverty and yet abound in wealth here in England they hadabove a third part of the Lands in this Kingdome and yet these are the men that make to God a solemn vow of poverty 6. These vowes are expresly against Gods word 1. The vow of single life is contrary to 1 Cor 7.9 Math. 19.11 Heb. 13.4 2. The vow of regular Obedience is contrary to 1 Cor. 7.23 3. The vow of poverty and begging is contrary to Deut. 15. 4. 2 Thes 3.10 1 Tim. 5.16 Act. 20.35 Note The first occasion of Monks was persecution Christians were forced to hide themselves in Woods and Caves these may be called Golden Monks that which brought the Monastick state into esteem was the severity and strictness of the beginners of it but this was of short continuance some of the ancient Fathers magnifie it highly because they lived not to see the bad effects of it when it came into a Settlement Note The difference between Monks and Fryers Monks have nothing in propriety but all in common these having lost their credit another order came up who would be called Fryers these pretend to strict poverty to have nothing in common nor propriety but are Mendicants begging their subsistance But after a little time these Fryers obtained leave from the Popes to have Houses Lands and Money and heaped up much wealth yet notwithstanding they pretend to keep their solemn vow of poverty because they have only the use possession and enjoyment of their Houses Goods and Estates but the property and Dominion of them is not in themselves but in the Pope all this pretence of poverty is a meer Juggle and fit only to deceive the simple for poverty cannot consist with a plentiful use of wealth supposing it could be without property or Dominion FINIS ERRATA PAge 7 l. 6. read Power p. 14. l. 16. r. sort p. 15. l. 23. r. venial l. 27. r. God offended by them p. 19 l. 23 r. he had made p. 22. l. 15. r. sitteth p. 26. l. 4. r civil p. 31 l. 3 after we add have p. 38. l. 16 r. Chimerical p. 62. add and. p. 63. l 6. r. brake A Catalogue of Books to be sold by Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and three Crowns in Cheap-side near Mercers-Chappel Quarto's THe Morning-Exercise against Popery or the principal Errours of the Church of Rome Detected and Confuted in a Morning-Lecture preached lately in Southwark By several Ministers of the Gospel in or near London Large Octavo Captives bound in Chains made free by Christ their Surety or the Misery of graceless Sinners and their Recovery by Christ their Saviour By Tho. Doolittle Speculum Sherlockianum or a Looking-Glass in which the Admirers of Mr. Sherlock may behold the Man as to his Accuracy Judgment Orthodoxy The Childs Delight together with an English Grammar An Exposition of the Assembly's-Catechism By Tho. Lye Small Octavo A Religious Family or a Treatise in which is 1. The Beauty and Excellency of a pious and well-ordered Family described 2. The single Mans Family-Book faithfully prescribed By Phil. Lamb. Index Biblicus Multijugus or a Table to the Holy Scripture wherein each of its Books Chapters and divers Matters are distinguished and Epitomized The almost-Christian Discovered or the False-Professor tryed and cast By Matth. Mead. The Godly Mans Ark or the City of Refuge in the Day of his Distress with Mrs. Moores Evidences for Heaven By Edm. Calamy The true Bounds of Christian-Freedom By S. Bolton The sinfulness of Sin and the Fulness of Christ By Will. Bridge A Discourse against Transubstantiation or an Answer to the ordinary Question whether a Man may be saved in the Roman-Catholick Religion By J. G. D. D.
Gods Jer. 2.11 Note the Heathens did excuse their Idolatry with the same distinctions as the Papists now make use of so they did not worship their Images as God but God by Images This appears by the Testimony of many ancient Fathers especially Arnobius Lactantius Augustine Chrysostome in many places 20. Q. What reasons are given in Scripture against the religious adoration of Images and worshipping of God by Images A. I the Lord thy God am a jealous God Com. 2. God is a Spirit they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth John 4.24 To whom will ye liken God to what likeness will ye compare him he fitteth upon the circle of the Earth the Inhabitants thereof are as Grasboppers before him c. Isa 40.18 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you Deut. 4.2 Rom. 1.23 Note Gods glorious and incomprehensible nature cannot be represented to men by any Image but in a way of infinite disparagement to him Note All Popish Images are lyes their Images of God of the blessed Trinity of Christ for he is both God and man and cannot be truly represented and surely it is greatly unbecoming the glory of the Saints in Heaven to set them up in dul and senseless Images The Popish pictures and Images of Christs body are lyes for from whence should they have his true Effigies There being no Images or Pictures made of his body until many hundred years after his death and the Pictures of his body that they now have in several places are not alike in shape lineaments or colour Note Some of the most learned Papists affirm that no Image is to be worshipped properly with that worship which the thing represented is worshipped by for that is Idolatry other Papists no less learned say if an inferiour worship be given to the Image distinct from that which is given to the thing represented it is Idolatry so that which way soever you take you are guilty of Idolatry by their own confession 21. Q. Is the Toleration of Idolatry lawful A. Whosoever will not do the law of thy God and the Law of the King let judgment be executed speedily upon him Ezr. 7.26 If any entice thee secretly saying let us go serve other Gods thou shalt not conceal him Deut. 13.6 Josiah took away all the Abominations and made all in Israel to serve the Lord their God 2 Chron. 34.33 They enterd into a Covenant that whosoever would not seek the Lord God should be put to death 2 Chro. 15.13 Asa cut down her Idol and burnt it 2 Chron. 15.16 Thou sufferest Jezabel to seduce my servants Rev. 2.20 If thou do that which is evil be afraid he beareth not the sword in vain Rom. 13.14 I have something against thee because thou hast them that hold the doctrine of Balaam Rev. 2.20 Note The ancient Fathers observe that false Religions tolerated have a power to kill true Christianity in the Church and that this was the design of Julian the Apostate and valens the Arian in tolerating all Idolaters and Hereticks Note The Papists speak for toleration where themselves are under Hatches yet when they come to sit at Stern they judge and practise quite contrary witness the dayes of Queen Mary Note The Tares to be let alone Mat. 13.30 Signifie not Idolaters obstinate Hereticks for these are Briars and Thorns but such kind of evil persons as are like unto the good and come very near the truth as Tares do to the Wheat and so near that good men may be taken with them again let them alone may be a word of permission by way of providence God in his providence will permit some or other Tares ever to be in his Church not a word of precept by way of Ordinance Note No man is to be persecuted at all because all persecution is for righteousness sake 2. None is to be punished for his Conscience sake though erroneous unless his errours be fundamental or seditiously promoted and tend to destroy the souls of Gods people 22. Q. Is the Toleration of Popish Idolatry more perillous than of any other in regard of the civil peace and spiritual danger it being a mystery of iniquity and poyson in a golden Cup A. The mystery of iniquity doth already work 2 Thes 2.7 She had a golden Cup full of Abominations Rev. 17.4 Note Popish principles are utterly inconsistent with Government Their Councils Decretals and the books of their Divines teach that the Pope may depose Kings and Emperours transfer Kingdoms from one line to another absolve subjects from oaths of Alleigance that a King excommunicated may be killed by any one The Papists have murthered 4 or 5 Kings in this Realm since the Conquest that they are now quiet it is because they are not strong enough to carry a Rebellion Note The Papists pretend they are punished for serving God according to their Consciences but this plea is easily answered for 1. Treason is Treason though men think they are bound in Conscience to commit it one main point of the Popish Religion is Treasonable in it self and tends to destroy all evil Government and that is the Popes supream Authority and jurisdiction 2. The Papists have suffered for plain and evident Treasons and those Treasons were the occasions of making severe Laws à gainst them 3. The civil Government is bound to defend and maintain the true Religion and the publick peace and therefore may and ought to punish and suppress those persons that by any wilfull actions go about to destroy or disturb the true Religion or publick peace though such persons think themselves bound in conscience to do what they do 23. Q. Are there works of Supererogation can any do more than God requires or do all men in this life fall short of much which in duty they are bound to do A. When you have done all say we are unprofitable servants Luk. 17.10 How should a man be just with God if he will contend with him â—ob 9.2.3 Note The Papists distinguish between Commands and Evangelical Councils the doing of the former they account necessary to salvation the doing of the latter highly meritorious for that a man is not bound to do such things But this is repugnant to the Scripture which makes all Divine Councils to be commands Note The pride of Popery they teach that works of Supererogation are more noble and excellent than those of Gods Law Note There is much poyson in this Popish Doctrine 1. Hereby they debase the Law of God 2. Pretend to do all yea more then that the Law requires 3. Insinuate that by works of Supererogation they can help others 4. Affirm that their Monks and Fryars abound in these works c. And so shall have greater glory in Heaven and may satisfie for the sins of others viz. By their vow of single life of regular obedience c. 24. Q. Can any one in this life perfectly fulfill the Law of God did ever any man