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A13025	A generall treatise against poperie and in defence of the religion by publike authoritie professed in England and other churches reformed. VVherein they that either want leisure to read, or that haue not iudgement to conceiue, or that are not able to buie the learned treatises of other concerning particular points of religion, may yet euidently see poperie not to be of God, and our religion to be acceptable in his sight. Very necessarie for these times, for the confirmation and strengthening of men in our religion, that neither by Iesuits, nor by any other, they may be drawne to poperie, or any other heresie or sect: and likewise for the winning of Papists and atheists to an vnfained liking and true profession of our religion. By Thomas Stoughton minister of the word	Stoughton, Thomas.	1598 (1598)	STC 23316; ESTC S113794	180,055	360

also to our profession yet doth not our religion maintaine and allow them in their sinnes but contrarily it condemneth such hypocrites and teacheth that their iudgement in the latter daie shall be greater then the iudgement of Papists and the heathen themselues for the same sinnes But as for the like amongst O ye you Papists you religion it selfe and the head and pillars of your Church doe allow approoue and iustifie them yea also commend some of these manifest transgressions of God his laws as excellent vertues and such as whereby the transgressours shall merit heauen THE SEAVENTH ARGVMENT touching one necessarie effect or fruit of true religion which is true ioy and sound comfort of heart I Might adde many other effects and fruits of poperie whereby more plentifully to prooue it not to be of God but because I haue written much alreadie and yet haue diuers other arguments of as good moment as the former remaining I will adde one fruit more or at the least one fruit which that religion that is commended in the Scriptures doth alwaies bring forth but beeing not to be found vpon the whole tree of poperie doth therefore prooue the same neuer to be planted or grafted by the Lord. This fruit is the great ioy and sound comfort of conscience that alwaies groweth vpon the religion commended in the scriptures The statutes of the Lord saith Dauid are right and reioyce the heart Psal 19. 8. They are also sweeter then honie or the honie combe v. 10. He saith also that the promise of God had beene his comfort in his trouble and had quickned him psal 119. 50. and that he remembred the ancient iudgements of God and so was comforted v. 52. and againe v. 92. that except the law of God had beene his delight he should haue perished in his affliction S. Peter also ioyneth these two religions together beleeuing in him whome we see not and reioycing with ioy vnspeakable and glorious 1. Pet. 1. 8. And indeede how can this religion be without such ioy and comfort For it teacheth that the sinnes of such as doe beleeue according to the scriptures are forgiuen Matth. 9. 2. that they are iustified and haue peace with God Rom. 5. 1. that they shall neuer be cast awaie Joh. 6. 37. but raised vp at the latter daie v. 44. that they are in the hands of Christ and that no man shall take them out but that they shall certenly haue eternall life Ioh. 10. 28. which eternal life is kept for them in heauen as likewise they are kept for it in earth not by men or angels but by the mightie power of God 1. Pet. 1 4 and 5. that they are translated from death to life 1. Ioh. 3. 14. and are of the truth and doe as certenly know themselues to be of the truth and that therfore they shall before him assure their hearts as God himselfe greater then their hearts knoweth all things v. 19 and 20. that they are borne of God 1. Ioh. 4. 7. and therefore are the children of God and heyres of God and coheyres with Christ Rom. 8. 17. and that nothing shall separate them from the loue of God v. 38. that they are so built vpon a rocke that no stormes or tempests shall ouerthrow them Math. 7. 25. but stand fast for euer like vnto mount Zion psal 125. 1. that they may no more doubt that God will forget the worke and labour of their loue then they may doubt of the righteousnesse of God himselfe Heb. 6. 10. not in respect of their works but in respect of his promise 1. Ioh. 2. 25. and the price wherewith they are bought by Christ Iesus 1. Cor. 7. 23. and 1. Pet. 1. 9. and of the earnest of their inheritance euen the spirit Eph. 1. 14. and of the continuall intercession of Christ for them at the right hand of God his father Rom. 8. 34. These and such like things doth the Scripture assure all them of that by the fruits of a true faith and religion both inward and outward know that they haue true faith and religion How therefore can they be heauie yea how can they not reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and glorious 2 But what ioy and comfort can there be in poperie doth not poperie denie the first foundation of sound comfort namely the doctrine of particular election whereby a man is taught that God loued him and predestinated him to eternall saluation before the world was made doth not poperie take awaie the word of God that giueth wisdome to the simple sight to the blinde light to them that sit in darknes and life to them that are dead in their sinnes and doth it not therefore leaue men foolish and blinde in darknes and in death it selfe Can there be any comfort in such an estate Doth not poperie teach that saluation is to be had partly yea chiefely by our owne works and merits And who knoweth when he hath wrought and merited enough Doth not poperie teach that the efficacie of the sacrament dependeth vpon the intention of the priest Who knoweth the intention of any man his heart but his owne 1. Cor. 2. 11. who therefore knoweth when he receiueth the sacrament and when he doth not Doth not poperie teach that it is presumption for any man to saie that he is certen and sure of the fauour of God and his continuance therein and of his saluation What sound and certen comfort can there be without assurance of these things 3 I graunt that the Papists reioyce and are merrie as other wicked men reioyce and are merrie But such ioy is fleshly superficiall and vncertaine the ground thereof beeing not in God but in themselues in Saints in reliques of Saints in the bloode of Martyrs in the pardon and indulgences of the Pope and such like sandie stuffe and therefore not certaine The ioy of the Papists is like the ioy of the Israelites at the making and worshipping of the calfe Exod. 32. 6 17 18 and 19. The ioye of the Papists is the ioye of Nabal in his great feast 1. Sam. 25. 36. The ioye of the Papists is like the ioye of Belshazzar when he made the great feast to a thousand of his Princes and dranke wine before the thousand commaunding the holy vessells of the Temple of the Lord to be brought forth vnto that feast and polluting them at his pleasure Dan. 5. 1. Euen such I saie and no other is the ioye of the Papists before their Calfe that is before their innumerable idols and grauen images and at their solemne feastes which they dedicate to the honour and worshippe of them and of their Saints 4 Contrariwise our religion teacheth all these thinges which before wee heard to be taught in the Scriptures it teacheth men to applie them to themselues and by them to assure themselues of God his loue and fauour as certenly as if the angel Gabriel were sent to thē as he was to the Virgin Marie euen to speake to them

20. the which was so fully executed by Iehu according to the word of the Lord that they paid most deerely for Naboth his vineyard 2. King 9. 27 33. 10. 6. Though Ioash king of Iuda committed many sinnes after the death of good Iehoiada the high priest yet his putting to death of the Prophet Zechariah the sonne of the same Iehoiada is onely mentioned as the chiefe cause why his owne seruants conspired against him and murthered him 2. Chron. 24. 25. Though Haman had not fully effected his bloodie purpose against Mordecai and the other Iewes yet we know that the same measure by the righteous iudgement of God was measured vnto him that he had onely intended to haue measured vnto Mordecai Est 7. 10. 3 Here especially let vs remember how God dealt with the Amalekites onely for withstanding the Israelites as they came out of the land of Egypt Exod. 17. 8. First although the Lord did discomfort them before the Israelites at the praier of Moses whē they first came out against Israel yet did not the Lord satisfie himselfe with their ouerthrow of that daie but presently he spake further against them vnto Moses vers 14. saying Write for a remembrance in the booke and rehearse it to Ioshua for I will vtterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen and again v. 16. The Lord hath sworn that he will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation Afterward also the Lord opened the mouth of Balaam whome Balak sent for to curse Israel the Lord I saie opened his mouth with a curse of destruction against the Amalekites Nomb. 24. 20. Yea but perhaps these were but words Words indeede they were but yet afterward when that generation of the Amalekites which then liued and foure other at the least were dead and rotten those words were fulfilled For as long after this as before we heard that God remembred the kindnes of the Kenites for their good the same God also remembred that sinne of the Amalekites to their ouerthrow For he sendeth Samuel with this mandate and commission to Saul against Amalek 1. Sam. 15. 2. I remember what Amalek did to Israel how they laide waite for them in the way as they came vp from Egypt now therefore goe and smite Amalek and destroy all that pertaineth vnto them and haue no compassion on them but stay both man and woman both infant and suckling both oxe and sheepe both camell and asse This was foure hundred yeares after the former sinne committed A man therefore would haue thought that God had not nowe any more thought vpon it for all his former note of remembrance But the Lord remembereth when men forget and thinke also all to be forgotten Yea the Lord did so remember this sinne and doth so remember other the like sinnes as that if he forbeare the punishment for a time yet at the last he commeth in also for arrearages For in the former commission giuen to Saul we see with what seueritie the Lord will haue Saul to proceede against the Amalekites Yea afterward in the same chapter when Saul had beene too remisse in the execution of that commission the Lord raised vp Samuel to doe or see that to be done against Agag the king of Amalek that Saul had neglected 4 If therefore there shall be any such Papists or Atheists as by no meanes will be reclaimed and drawne to our religion in this treatise commended and prooued to be of God and acceptable vnto him yet at the least let them take heede and beware of speaking the least word and doing the least deede against it or against any that loue and maintaine the same for louing and maintaining thereof Let them not flatter themselues God is the same now that euer he was And the more himselfe hath spoken or done for commendation and iustifying this religion the more that others raised vp and also directed by him haue spoken written or done in the same behalfe the greater shall be the iudgement in the ende of all such as shall not regard the same 5 Now the successe of all that I haue written in this cause I commit to him that is onely able to giue a blessing thereunto The Lord therefore make vs all that doe alreadie professe this religion thankfull vnto him for that he hath in his abundant mercie vouchsafed vs the glorious light the rich benefit and the sweete comfort thereof The Lord confirme and strengthen vs to continue therein vnto the ende The Lord enrich vs more and more daily with the faith knowledge loue and feare of God with the righteousnes mercie and all other vertues touching God or men that it commendeth The Lord fill the hearts of all great persons with more zeale to speake and doe more for the aduancing it especially any speciall opportunitie beeing offered The Lord thereunto animate incourage and inable all his owne Worthies to defend it against all aduersaries thereunto with all honourable successe The Lord preserue aduance and honour them that haue aduanced and honoured it Especially O Lord preserue aduance and honour thy seruant our dread Soueraigne Queene Elizabeth yea O Lord as thou hast set her higher then all other in her kingdomes so stil magnifie thy mercy towards this Church and other Churches which as it were sucke of her breasts that neuer gaue suck in making her elder then any of her owne people especially then any of thine and he● aduersaries The Lord open both the eyes of such as haue not regarded our religion to see the glorie of it and also their hearts to embrace it Finally touching such as be incurable the Lord restraine them from doing that to the hindrance thereof which Satan by them endeauoureth and in the ende doe with them and to them that which shall be right in his owne eyes Amen AN ADDITION OF CERTAINE DAINties of Poperie collected partly out of their popish seruice bookes and partly out of the writings of some princi pall Doctours of speciall account in the popish church when poperie it selfe was at the highest HAuing in my former generall treatise against poperie and in defence of our religion charged poperie to be a religion maintained and vpheld by vnlawfull means and whereof both matter and forme are contrarie to that religion which the Scriptures commend to be acceptable vnto God yea to be a religion maintaining open blasphemies against God and Christ Iesus and wherein there is scarse any worship of God at all Hauing also charged it to be a religion wherein nothing is done to God his glorie but all things almost referred to the glorie of the Pope of Saints of the woodden stonie golden or painted crosse c. of reliques of saints of men c. Hauing affirmed it to be a religion that teacheth no obedience to the ten commandements of almightie God but that alloweth disobedience vnto euery one of them and that therefore it is a religion altogether licentious loose and full of carnall