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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	mortal_a	sin_n	venial_a	6,152	5	13.8485	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34970	Fanaticism fanatically imputed to the Catholick church by Doctour Stillingfleet and the imputation refuted and retorted / by S.C. a Catholick ...	Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674.; Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.	1672 (1672)	Wing C6898; ESTC R1090	75,544	216

the Receivers of Baptism and these two joyned with Confession for the Sacrament of Pennance they require also the State of Grace that is the habit of Faith Hope and Charity and so of Devotion for the Eucharist c. And whosoever wants any such predispositions is reckoned by them among such as do Ponere obicem §. 9. Of Prayer for the Dead 132. ANother scandalous thing for which the Doctour accuseth the Church of Rome is her Charity Charity to the dead who are not able to help themselves and which evidently has been practised by all Churches from the beginning till Protestantism arose 133. But wherein lyes the fault of this Charity The Doctour tells us that the care of a good life is taken off among Catholicks by supposing an exp●ation of sin by the Prayers of the living after death Whereas wee Protestants says he in our plain Doctrin teaching that every impenitent Sinner must expect no less then eternall vengeance in another world if this will not prevail upon men to leave their sins and lead a good life we cannot imagine a groundles fiction of Purgatory should ever doe it 134. Who would not think now that the Doctour in such a way of discoursing is willing that his Readers should believe that Catholicks very seldom if ever endeavoured to terrify impenitent Sinners with the threatning of eternall torments in Hell fire And no doubt if he had plainly said so he would not have wanted some believing Readers it being in this age so gainfull a trade to traduce Catholicks by odious false imputations both in pulpits presses and any where else 135. Therefore though I must not expect to be believed by all that I understand the Doctrin of the Catholick Church so well as the Doctour yet I will not forbear plainly to declare it Catholicks are taught 1. that finally impenitent sinners if guilty of mortall sins shall irremediably suffer everlasting torments of Hell 2. That Catholicks guilty of mortall or venial sins and repenting of them before death unless they also undergoe such Pennances and Satisfactions as the Church imposes or such as in any faulty indulgence of their Spirituall Superiours herein the quality of their sins and the imperfection of their Contrition in Gods iustice requires and by that means dye in perfect Charity and their Souls entirely purged from the stains of them shall suffer most greivous yet temporall punishments after death since no unclean thing remaining so can enter into the Kingdom of God 3. We are taught that many conditions are required of us to the end our Lords all sufficient Merits and Satisfactions may be applied to us by the Charity Alms and Prayers of devout Catholicks 136. Now such being the Catholick Doctrin touching this Point with what shew of reason can any one affirm that this Doctrin takes away the care of a good life It teaches all that Protestants teach touching the pains of Hell attending a wicked life and withall it teaches the terrible consequences of a tepid negligent imperfect though otherwise not bad life which Protestants do not teach Protestants require to Repentance only a change of life but the Catholick Church besides this requires Satisfaction for past sins herein following Primitive Antiquity whose Doctrine in this Point is thus declared by S. Augustin It is not Sufficient for a Penitent sinner to change his manners to the better and to recede from evill actions except for sins past Satisfaction be made to God by the dolour of Pennance by humble sighs and groans by the Sacrifice of a contrite heart and by Almsgiving c. Thus it is that the Catholick Church hinders a good life and thus do Protestants promote it 137. Yea but says the Doctour a fear of such temporall torments is in a manner taken away by an expectation of the Charity and Devotion of living freinds especially if the dead person had been rich and had left means of procuring Masses c. for his soule Be it so yet how ever some terrour there is to Catholicks restraining them from Security in an imperfect life which Protestants laugh at whilst they promise imperfect Soules with all their stains a present possession of heaven after death to be obtained not by laborious Good Works but by Faith that is a strong fancy that their sins are certainly forgiven and that they are of the number of Gods Elect in whom God sees no sins though themselves their neighbours see too too many 138. But the Doctour pleases himself in one great advantage which he has found against this Doctrine which is thus expressed by him How easy is it according to this Doctrin for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God But with his leave such easines of being saved is not thereby promised to rich men Yet thus much We will allow to the Doctour that in some small regard rich men may enioy an advantage as to Salvation which poor men want And this surely he will not deny when he considers that speech of our Saviour who though he had formerly said How hardly shall a Rich man enter into the Kingdom of heaven Yet speaking to Rich men he counsells them saying Make to your selves freinds of the Mammon of iniquity that when ye faile they may receiue you into euerlasting Tabernacles Which speech of his seems exactly pertinent to the present Subiect Here it is euident that Rich men by the ir riches may procure that which poor men for want of the Mammon of iniquity cannot 139. Yet in many other regards it is certain that poor men haue a very great advantage aboue the Rich being free from many Temptations and Snares to wich Wealth ease and plenty exposes men So that at least for escaping Hell and Purgatory the Poorer are in a much fairer and easier way The poor also are these Freinds here Spoken of by our Lord beloued of God who not only with ease enter into his Kingdom but by their credit can help to bring their rich benefactors thither also 140. But after all this the application of the Churches and particular persons Prayers and Suffrages for the Deceased that are Procured by the Alms of the Rich Whether it be not Vniuersall or whether to recompence this the Poor do not share more the Common Prayers of the Church not made with respect to particular persons the Church hath determined nothing And of these Common Prayers of the Church more applied to the Poor and freindles S. Augustin speaks thus J quote him because being a Father of great Reputation he may perhaps more safely escape the Doctours contempt and drollery A Question being putt to the said Father by S. Paulinus Bishop of Nola whether it were any benefit or advantage to the soule after death to be buried in the Memoriall or near the Shrine or Tombe of a Martyr he answered it was that so this might mind the Kindred or freinds of the Deceased to recommend such a soule to the