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A16459	A defence of the olde, and true profession of Christianitie against the new, and counterfaite secte of Iesuites, or fellowship of Iesus: Written in Latine by P. Boquine a Frenchman, borne in Borges, & Professor of Diuinitie, in the Vniuersitie of Heidelberge: Translated into Englishe by T. G. Whereby maye bee perceiued, howe falslye the Iesuites vsurpe the name of Iesus, and how farre off they are, from the thing signified thereby, and what their profession, and purpose is in truth: otherwise then they beare the worlde in hande.; Assertio veteris ac veri Christianismi adversus novum et fictum Iesuitismum seu Societatem Iesu. English	Boquin, Pierre, d. 1582.; T. G., fl. 1581.	1581 (1581)	STC 3371; ESTC S116194	81,465	194

proceeding and end thereof Who as he plateth the last end thereof in the participation or fellowship of the kingdome of Christ in heauen So he putteth the first beginning in the good pleasure and purpose of the heauenly Father from the which springeth our election before the foundations of the worlde were laide But letting passe at this time those two extreames to wit the beginning and the end I wil only entreate of the meanes and proceeding which the ●●me Author Rom. 8. Chapter doeth comprehend as it is apparant vnder the names of vocation and iustification Nowe ●ayth goeth betweene our vocation and our iustification which as i● followeth the one so 〈…〉 it needes goe before the other Therefore both this place and 〈…〉 s other doe teach vs to hold faith to be as the first step of the comming of the godly vnto Christ And especially Christ him selfe sheweth it whom ●he historie of the Gospell declareth to haue alwayes first required ●ayth of 〈…〉 he had to do with all But 〈…〉 ●se 〈…〉 be a● 〈…〉 t infinite testimonies therof I will 〈◊〉 use out a 〈◊〉 and chiefly out of the Gospell after 〈◊〉 Iohn which is verieful● thereof I ●● only alledge those place ● that séeme 〈◊〉 one most cleare and to beginne with the first Chapter there it is flatly vttered that all those that beléeue 〈◊〉 Christ are en●●●ded and honoured with this p 〈…〉 and pr●hen●●● nence that ther should be the Sonnes of God Unto whom Paule agreeth Gal. 3. verse 26 Yeare are all ●●●eth had the Sonnes of God by fayth in Christ Iesu the pledge and zeals of which adoption he straightway addeth to be the Sacrament of baptisme as wherby the faythfull doe put on Christ that is are ioyned to him yea that which is more are coupled with him as in an other place he writeth And so are made bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh For so it pleased him to describe that most straight and neare fellowship For the which cause Christ also as it is in Iohn the third chapter After that he had reasoned with Nicodemus the Pharize about the seconde or heauenly byrth hee thereunto ioyneth a ● goodly Sermon of the force and verie great effectes of fayth In the 4. and 5. chap. There are many plaine testimonies to this purpose but I passe them ouer hastening to the sixte chapter Wherein this matter is so handled so fully set foorth and so plainly opened that I maruell that there should be any yet in the church that should doubt thereof much lesse striue about it But vnto Owles or night Crowes euen the noone light is darke there will euer be some that esteeme ●●hornes better then corne according to the prouerbe Christ in this 6. chapter doeth not only manifestly shewe that the way to haue fellowship with him consisteth in fayth and teacheth the same to be most necessary but also instructeth and sch●leth fayth that is to say declareth what it ought to bee holds it ought to embrace him or after what maner it ought to apprehende him or els what way it ought to take to knowe him It is euident that there are in Christ 〈…〉 natures wherof one is fetched from our nature or as the Apostle speaketh Taken and therefore altogether like ours except sinne And euen as he him selfe hath thereby ioyned him selfe to vs so by the same must we come vnto him to the intent we may come into the fellowship of the other nature to wit the diuine which is natural vnto him Of the which thing Augustine diligently intreating in the 9. Booke 15 chap of the citie of God at length addeth this Being made partaker of our humanitie he made a readie way for vs to be partakers of his diuinitie L●k● as therefore we are ioyned to the Father by the Sonne so also we are vnited vnto the Sonne by that nature which he hath receiued of vs insomuch that i● is as it were a certaine hande or as I haue els where written a solder ●a●tening together things that otherwise are most farre asunder and ●●●e●s Nowe as whosoeuer hath fellowship with the Sonne must needes also haue fellowship with the Father otherwise the Sonne shoulde hee di●●ded from the Father So whosoeuer is receiued into the fellowship of the flesh of Christ for by this worde in this place as els where by the name of the Body he comprehendeth his humaine nature must also haue fellowship with the diuine nature vnles we will part those two natures ioyned together with a most sure band It remaineth therefore that we know how we haue fellowship with the humaine nature or flesh of Christ That doeth he him selfe plainly declare First hee signifieth the same by the name of Bread taking occasion of the myracle wrought before and mention béeing made of Manna by the Iewes at last after further reasoning hee calleth it his Flesh and saith it is true meate Moreouer to open more fully this mystery he maketh mention of his Blood fitly ioyning blood vnto flesh as we sée them ioyned in liuing men the separation whereof bringeth death whereof also by the way hee speaketh when he saide that it should be giuen for the life of the word the life I say not the death For he dyed that hee might destroy death not to bring it vnto any but to restore life whiche was lost vnto all them which should haue fellowship with his flesh And h● hath shewed by diuers wordes the way to obteine this fellowship First he hath vrged the word Shall Eate applying it to the Metaphore of Breade and to the word Flesh which he also calleth true meate For they are communicated and receiued by eating He likewise hath vsed the word Shall drinke respecting the Wine which 〈◊〉 saith to be true drinke He hath fur● ther mētioned the word Hath come which he doeth els where vse Lastly he hath added the word Beleueth by which as being proper and single he expoundeth that whiche in those former figuratuie spéeches laye hid And so he hath plainly declared that the way to come by this diuine felowship is fayth whereby onely wee eate and drinke him and come vnto him For as he is the way and the doore for vs to come to the Father so wee come vnto him by fayth wee are ioyned to him and he to vs so that hee ●●●●eth in vs and we in him that is dwelleth in our heartes as the Apostle saith to the Ephesians the 3. chapter The sumine then of all is this that Christ ioyneth vs vnto his felowship by faith and by no other mean or way Wherfore as it can not be that he which beléeueth in Christ shoulde not haue fellowship with him and through him which the Father as he must needes be lightened with his light that beholdeth the Sonne So whosoeuer beléeueth not in him it is as impossible

séemeth to come neare to this interpretation as though Iesus had lately chosen thē to be his colleagues and fellow companions to help wretched men I demaunde againe of them a sure testimony and authenticall instrumente or wrytinge of this their choyce otherwise it will be obiected vnto them and that not without cause that they haue taken this honor to themselues which the Apostle heb 5. denyeth to haue bene done of Christ himselfe Now the holy scripture witnesseth that this is the parte of theeues robbers and woolues Again it is no single but manifolde wickednesse for a man to professe himself a felow of Iesus in that poynte which the doctrine of the Apostles doe witnes to be so his owne that hee will suffer no felowe therein to be ioyned with him for he alone bringeth and geueth saluation As many as haue it muste néedes haue receaued it at his handes and he that receaueth it from him receaueth it for him selfe not for another In this behalf he accepteth no vicars or none in steade of other much lesse desireth them For faith the only fitte and meete instrument to obtaine saluation reacheth vnto him alone and therefore I sayd that the former sectes were worthely condemned of this latter secte in that respecte that they turned ouer vnto their fathers or founders that which the heauenly father would haue to belong only to Christ But if this new faction thinketh as I haue now sayd it sinneth more gréeuously then all the other which geueth that to euery member of their factiō which they ascribe only vnto their founders for so they call their fathers which know not the onely and common foundation Notwithstanding least I should séeme to consider other mennes words either too hardly either maliciously I will folow the interpretation which is both most gentlest and also draweth with it fewer inconueniences to wit that they professe this only that they haue felowshippe with Iesus to the intent they may obteyne saluation of him which the holy Scripture promiseth to all that beléeue in him Whether they say this truely or ●al●●y and worthely hope for it i● cannot more certainly be knowē then by the matter it false Let vs therefore now entreate therof and examine the same as it deserueth CAP. VI. That without the felowship of Iesu there remayneth no hope of saluation I Truste that they with whome I deale wil not deny but that a man must otherwise reason against them which openly professe themselues to be enemies of the name of Christ and christian Religion then with them which will séeme to be called not only mainteyners and defenders but also restorers and delyuerers thereof therfore I will be cōtent at this time with the only example of Paule in steade of many argumentes to prooue the matter For it is most plainly perceyued by the Actes of the Apostles that this most skilfull disputer did otherwise handle the cause of Christ with the Iewes then the Gentiles I therefore following the steps of this excellent Doctor as well as I can will reason against these reformers of christian doctrine and vpholders forsooth of true Religion out of these onelye principles poyntes of this doctrine which are common to both partes and granted and receiued of all men First I doubt not but the Authours and Patrones of this new sellowship hold for a true and vndoubted ground that which in the second chapiter hath bene rehearsed out of the Euangelists Mathew and Luke touching the name of Iesus and the reason thereof giuen by the Angell It remaineth therefore that I shewe the thing both conteined in the name and vttered in the reason layde downe not only to agrée with the name but also to belong onely to this person no lesse then the name it selfe Peter being fill of the holie Ghost as Luke the fourth of the Acts writeth was a most faithfull witnes and best expounder of those wordes when being demaunded of the counsell of the high Bishops of the Iewes a reason of the myracle wrought and the benefite bestowed vpon the lame man did no lesse plainly declare then constantly confesse that it was all done by the name of Iesu whom they had crucified but God had raised from the dead adding with all that saluation is so offered and geuen through this man that he denyeth the same may be giuen by any man vnder heauen What could be sayd more pithely and expresly The vniuersall negatiue cutteth of all occasion of cauilling or quarrelling ioyned twise to that so waightie an affirmation The selfe same doth Paule almoste euerye where in his Epistles make good and doth also in some places set foorth with a very proper contrarietie of a twofolde Adam or man Hee setteth these fathers one against another as two contrary fountaines which beget two contrary ofsprings to wit him whom he nameth olde earthlye those that are infected and altogether defiled with sinne and therfore are in danger of the wrath of God and euerlasting death The other which on y e contrarie side he calleth new and heauenly those that be garnished with righteousnesse and foreappoynted to euerlastinge and happy life For as children doe ech of them retaine the nature and propertie of their parents so whatsoeuer belōgeth to the fathers commeth at length also to the children for as destruction and euerlasting death is the iust rewarde of sin so saluation and a blessed life is by the goodnes of God annesed vnto righteousnes Wherefore euen as whosoeuer is borne of that first man for as much as he bringeth with him originall sinne cannot auoyde the punishment of euerlasting damnation wher by it commeth to passe that as one well saith euery man is first condemned before he be borne so for as much as none but those that beinge elected adopted and borne a new of the heauenly father are iustified or made righteous in the latter man to witte Christ It is meete also that those only be made partakers of euerlastinge saluation which thing Christ himselfe most clearely witnesseth As saith he the Father hath life in himselfe so likewise hath he geuen to the Sonne to haue life in him selfe and for that ende as in another place hee addeth that he that beléeueth in him shoulde not pearish but haue euerlasting life Wherunto agree those things which Mathew and Luke doe write that he saide of his comming into this world The sonne of man saith he came to séek and to saue that which was lost Therefore without him there is nothing els but death and destruction and in him alone is life and saluation and into him must all those be ingraffed which will receaue life of him and they must put on him as many as desire to haue their filthines couered and wiped away which thing is moste plainly shewed of Iohn also the first Epistle and fist chapter This is the testimonie of God that he hath geuen vs life