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A06531	A defence of the Roman Church VVherin is treated, vvhether the said Church of Rome hath fallen in faith, or no? Written in Latin by the R. F. Martinus Becanus of the Society of Iesus, Professour in Diuinity: and now translated into English.	Becanus, Martinus, 1563-1624.; Wright, William, 1563-1639.	1612 (1612)	STC 1700; ESTC S115571	18,025	50

A DEFENCE OF THE ROMAN CHVRCH VVHERIN Is treated VVhether the said Church of Rome hath fallen in faith or no Written in Latin by the R. F. Martinus Becanus of the Society of Iesus Professour in Diuinity AND Now translated into English Anno Domini M. DC XII THE PRINTER to the Reader GOOD Reader this short Treatise being sōt vnto me long since from a friend who had caused it to be translated out of Latin into English I haue iudged it worthy to be imparted vnto theo for that it will giue thee light in a matter which greatly importeth thee to know and on which the Aduersaries do imploy their whole endeauours to cast a cloud of obscurity The matter in Controuersy is Whether the Church of Rome hath fallen from her ancient faith The Protestants affirme the same and if they could in place of often saying it once proue it their cause were much the better The Catholiques on the contrary side deny that She euer admitted the least change in any point of faith Which if thou find to be so as by reading this little Phamphlet I hope thou shalt then hast thou a cleere and sure way laid before thee to resolue thyselfe of all doubtes that may concerne Religion Bestow therfore the reading therof and thou shalt find the profit to counteruaile thy paynes And so wishing thee euerlasting happines I bid thee farewell WHETHER THE CHVRCH OF ROME hath fallen in faith or no THE sense hereof is Whether the Roman Church togeather with those other Churches which adhere vnto it hath so fallen and degenerated that it should cease to be any longer a true Church Iohn Lib. 4. Inst c. 7. §. 24. v de lib. ● c. 6. §. 26 Caluin affirmeth that it hath so fallen away in these words Fuerit sanè olim Roma omnium Ecclesiarum Mater c. Verily Rome in times past was the Mother of all Churches but in that it hath begū to be the Seat of Antichrist it ceaseth to be that which it was Here he affirmeth two things One is that the Roman Church was sometimes the true Church and more thē this that it was the mother of all Churches This we admit The other is that it is now fallen and become the seate of Antichrist And of this we dispute 2. Two wayes we may vnderstand it to haue fallen First in Manners Secondly in doctrine of Faith The former defect taketh not away the nature of a true Church but the later This therfore is the State of the controuersie VVhether the Roman Church hall The State of the cōtrouersie sallen in doctrine of saith Caluin affirmeth it hath thus fallen neither doth he otherwise proue it then by a grosse manifest vntruth For he saith that longe agoe the Popes of Rome haue taught 3. most greiuous errors touching Faith to wit That there is no God Lib. 4. Inst cap. 7. §. 27. no Christ no Resurrection 3. But I will contrariwise demonstrate not by vntruths as he doth but by strong arguments that the Church of Rome as heertofore it was so still to be at this present the true Church of Christ nor euer to haue fallen away from her purity and that three manner of wayes 1. By Scripture 2. by Fathers 3. by Caluin himself and his owne principles And that I may be briefe I will vse this last kind of proofe most especially seeing that many others haue longe since both out of Scriptures Fathers very copiously handled the same argument To the end therfore that the whole matter may be the more easily perceiued I will labour to deduce and explicate the same by certaine Conclusions This then is The 1. Conclusion THERE must be graunted some visible Church on earth which both is and is also called Catholike Holy the Spouse of Christ the house of God the Piller and firmament of Truth 1 THIS conclusion is wholy grāted by Caluin in his 4. booke of Institutions Chap. 1. for many paragraphes togeather where he purposely disputeth of the Visible Church And verily in the 2. § he affirmeth that by Faith we belieue the visible Church when we say in the Apostles Creed I belieue the Holy Catholike Church Wherefore that a visible Church be granted is an article of Faith according to Caluin And full rightly For albeit we see with externall eyes the multitude of those mē wherof the visible Church consisteth yet notwithstanding that there is the true doctrine of Christ and his Apostles in the said multitude this we see not but belieue it So that the visible Church is conteyned partly vnder sight partly vnder Faith With externall eyes we see those men that be in the Church with internall faith we belieue that amongst them the true doctrine of Christ is both deliuered and conserued 2. And thus is that Cauil of the Lutherans solued That which we belieue by faith is not visible But the Church we belieue by faith Ergo the Church is not visible For the Maior Proposition ought thus to be vnderstood That which we belieue by Faith is not visible according to the thing that is cōteined vnder Faith although it be visible according to some other thing that is not cōteined vnder Faith And of this matter there be diuers exāples In Christ the Apostles saw his humanity they belieued his Diuinity In baptisme we see the externall water and washing but the internall force of regeneration and remission of sinnes we belieue In the volume of the Bible we see the paper the writing and the volume it selfe we belieue that to be the word of God which is read therin The same iudgment therfore there is of the Church Somewhat there is in it which we belieue and somewhat which we perceiue by sense 3. But least that any should be mistaken we must yet vse another distinction For it may be two wayes vnderstood that we belieue the Church by Faith First that by faith we belieue that ech man which is in the Church is truly faithfull and doth with internall affection follow the doctrine of Christ Secondly that by faith we belieue the doctrine of Christ to be both taught and conserued in it The former sense is false the later is true For we doe not belieue that as many as are in the visible Church with vs are according to internall affection truly faithfull because it is plaine that many hypocrits are in the Church as I will shew you afterwardes yet doe we belieue that doctrine which by externall voice the men that are in the visible Church doe professe to be that true doctrine of Christ and his Apostles without which there is no saluation 4. And that this visible Church is to be called Catholike Holy the Spouse of Christ the house of God the pillar and firmament of Truth Caluin confesseth § 2. 9. 10. and the rest that follow And the matter is certaine For both Scriptures Creeds and Fathers teach so euery where It is called Catholike