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A02349	A compend of the controversies of religion wherin the trueth is confirmed, and errour convinced, by authoritie of Scripture, witnessing of antiquitie, and confession of partie. Most necessary for all, in this backe-slyding age. By W.G. minister of God's word.	Guild, William, 1586-1657.	1627 (1627)	STC 12479; ESTC S118648	69,651	225

not claime to then let them not claime succession to that office which requireth those qualities nor to the proper act there-of which is the sacrificing to God his owne onelie Sonne Heb. 9.14 Who through the eternall Spirit offered him-selfe vvithout spot to God Note then That our high-priest i●… both the Sacrificer the Altar and th●… vnspotted sacrifice it selfe These the●… who claime that they succeede him in his priesthood must bee these thre●… lyke-wyse els his priesthood and their are no-wayes one and so their priesthood must bee a new one of their owne but not a succeeding to his Ephes 4.11 Hee gaue some to bee Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastors and Teachers Note then That the Apostle in nominating all these offices which Iesus Christ had ordained in his Church maketh no mention at all of anie sacrificers of his bodie Againe at large in the Epistles to Timothie and Titus hee showeth all the dueties of a Bishop or Pastor in Christ's Church but hee maketh no part of his charge the sacrificing of Christ Revel 1.6 Who hath made vs Kinges and Priests vnto God his Father Note heere That all Christians are called Priests in respect of their spirituall sacrifices of prayer and praise c. that they offer vp vnto God but no-where are pastors of the Church particularlie so called the holie Ghost fore-seeing that some would aryse that would vsurp that stile onlie to them-selues in an injurious sence vnto the Sonne of God 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie TO this our doctrine that the popish Priests haue no calling to sacrifice Christ's bodie which they claime vnto from Christ's fact and institution of them to succeede there-in to him in the last Supper the cleare confession of our Adversaries jumping there-with shall serue to convince them for there is no expresse mention in the Historie of the Gospell sayeth Suarez of a sacrifice or oblation as also the fact of Christ which is declared might haue beene done by him without anie sacrifice to wit by consecrating the Bread and Wine and giving the same to his Disciples without anie intention of sacrificing and therefore hee concludeth that it is conjecturall onlie to thinke that anie such thing is agreeable either to the words or deeds of Christ Suarez in 3. part D. Thomae tom 3. disput 74. sect 1. § secundo potest In lyke manner the same Suarez reporteth that the Bishop of Bitonto and others did defende that Christ in that night of the celebrating his last Supper offered vp no sacrifice Suarez ibid. § 2. Pag. 949. For if hee had offered vp an expiatorie sacrifice then where-by the sinnes of the World had bene done away then in his last Supper hee behoved to haue died and so needed not to haue died the day after according to Hebr. 10.10 §. 2. That the Masse is no propitiatorie sacrifice but al-together derogatorie to Christ's propitiatorie sacrifice offered on the Crosse 1. Authoritie of Scripture HEb 9.22 Without shedding of blood there is no remission Note then Seeing they call the Masse an vnbloodie sacrifice that therefore the same is no-wise propitiatorie for the remission of sinne Verse 25.26 Not that hee should offer him-selfe often c. for then must he often haue suffered Remarke then That it is all one thing in Scripture Christ to bee offered and Christ to suffer and therefore to offer Christ daylie is all one as Christ to suffer daylie which is both absurd and blasphemous Verse 26. But now in the ●…nde of the Worlde once hath hee appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of him-selfe Note then That once onelie hath hee suffered and therefore once onlie was hee sacrificed and that by that sacrifice once made by him-selfe alone our sinnes are put away and therefore no other sacrifice but that onlie is alone propitiatorie Againe verse 26. Where hee sayth That once hee hath appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of him-selfe We remarke that a propiatorie sacrifice should bee ever apparent and visible and therefore seeing Christ nor his sacrificing is not apparent nor visible in the Masse therefore it followeth that in the Masse there is no sacrifice at all let bee propitiatorie Verse 27.28 And as it is appointed to men once to die but after that the judgement So Christ vvas once offered to beare the sinnes of manie Note then That to say that Christ is offered daylie is as absurd as to say that a dead man dieth daylie Heb. 7.27 Who needeth not daylie as those High-priests to offer vp sacrifice c. Heb. 9.12 But by his owne blood hee entered once in-to the holie place having obtained eternall redemption for vs. Note then That the repetition of Christ's sacrifice daylie importeth a-like imperfection there-of as the daylie offering vp of sacrifices vnder the Law imported the imperfection of that legall priesthood which is both absurd and blasphemous to affirme of Christ's Againe Remarke that the Apostle showeth that Christ's bloodie sacrifice where-by hee entered in-to the holie place is of an infinite worth having obtained eternall redemption for vs where-as all Papists grant their sacrifice of the Masse to bee but of a finite worth and therefore is not one but farre inferiour to the sacrifice of Christ and consequentlie also then priesthood to his From whence also it followeth that they succeede not to Christ in his priesthood after the order of Melchisedek but haue a new one of their owne coyning farre differing from Christ's and millions of degrees inferiour there-to Heb. 10.18 Now vvhere remission of sinne is there is no more offering for sinne Verse 14. For by one offering hee hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Note then If that one and once offering of Christ availeth for ever to the remission of sinne and perfecting for ever of them that are sanctified it followeth necessarilie as the Apostle sayeth that there is no more offering for sinne and consequentlie no more needc of sacrifices propitiatorie nor anie furder immolation of Christ for the remission of sinne And therefore wee conclude That seeing the sacrifice of the Masse is neither the reiteration of Christ's sacrifice for that were to accuse it of imperfection as Heb. 7.27 nor yet the continuation of it for so hee should daylie die as Heb. 9.25.26 nor that it is visible bloodie nor of an infinite worth as His was Therefore it is no-wyse Christ's sacrifice propitiatorie but a blasphemous idolatrous abhomination flat derogatorie there-to 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie TO this our doctrine That the Masse is no reall and properlie a propitiatorie Sacrifice witnesseth thus Antiquitie Because wee are delivered sayth Ambrose by Christ's death as myndfull there-of in eating and drinking wee represent that Bodie and Blood which was sacrificed for vs. Amb. in 1. Epist. ad Cor. cap. 11. So lyke-wise testifyeth Eusebius After that Christ offered vp that admirable and excellent sacrifice to his Father for the salvation of all hee instituted that wee should

no good thing that one can doe but it is expresselie commanded But indeed it is to be granted that the popish works of Supererogation are no-where commanded to wit to eate the bread of yldenesse and liue an impure single lyfe in their monkish Cloisters in respect the one is injust and the other impure and both to bee hated against the fore-named properties 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie FOr the remission of the sinnes of their brethren saith Augustine the blood of no Martyre was ever shed which Christ onelie hath done for vs not that wee should imitate him there-in but congratulate for that which hee hath bestowed on vs. Aug. tract 84. in Iohan. 3. Confession of Partie BEllarmine showeth that not onelie sundrie recent Divines of theirs but also the Divines of Lovane did teach that the sufferings of the Saincts are no satisfactions but that Christ's satisfaction is onlie that vnto vs. Bell. lib. 1. de indulg cap. 4. CHAP. XIII OF GLORIFICATION §. 1. That our good works merit not eternall lyfe or glorie for their owne condignitie and worth as the Papists affirme Bell. l. 5. de justificatione c. 17. 1. Authoritie of Scripture IOB 35.7 If thou be righteous vvhat givest thou him to wit to God or what receiveth hee of thine hand Note then That wee cannot merit at God's hand for to bee righteous is a thing that wee are bound to bee and when wee are so God getteth no profite there-by To this same effect therefore Christ sayeth Luke 17.10 So also yee vvhen yee haue done all those things vvhich are commanded you say vvee are vnprofitable servants vvee haue done but that which was our duetie to doe And holie David confesieth thus of him-selfe saying Psal 16.2 My goodnesse Lord extendeth not to thee Thus wee see then that all our good works is a debt-bound service onlie to God who hath created vs and that when wee haue done them yet hee is not benefited But so it is that a worke that meriteth must not be debt for no man meriteth reward by paying his debt and it must bring some good also or commoditie to the rewarder if it merit at his hand which our works doe no-wise to God Rom. 8.18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthie to bee compared with the glorie which shall be revealed in vs. Note then If the verie sufferings and Martyrdomes of God's Saincts merite not eternall glorie because there is no proportion betweene them as ought to bee betweene a worke and the reward that it meriteth much lesse can the actions of anie servant of God's be meritorious at his hands of eternall life Which there-fore if anie-where it is called a reward it is in respect of the time when it is given to wit at the ende of our service and lyfe-tyme as the pennie wages but not in respect of anie meritorious qualitie Rom. 6.23 For the wages of Sinne is death but the gift of GOD is eternall lyfe through Iesus Christ our Lord. Remarke therefore that eternall lyfe is not called the godlies wages as death is called the wickeds wages but death is called the wages of Sinne because sinners them-selues merit it and eternall lyfe is called the free gift of GOD through CHRIST as the worde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifyeth because withou●●nie meriting there-of by themselues by grace they receiue it as a free gift through the merit of Iesus Christ allanerlie Ephes 2.8 For by grace yee are saved through fayth and that not of your selues but it is the gift of GOD. Rom. 11.6 And if by grace then is it no more of workes otherwyse grace is no more grace Rom. 4.4 For to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt Remarke then that to obtayne eternall lyfe by grace and to obtayne it by the merit of our works are set as things contrarie even as free gift is contrarie to oblieged debt And yet contrarie to so cleare Scripture such is the pryde of Papall doctrine it peartlie avoweth eternall lyfe to bee a debt and that God is our debter not onelie because of His promise but also because of our works Bellarm. L. 5. de Iustif. Cap. 18. § Sed facilis c. Luke 12.32 Feare not little flocke for it is your Fathers pleasure to giue to you a Kingdome VVee see then that heavenlie Kingdome called heere a gift and that it is God's good pleasure onlie which is the cause why wee get the same and no merit of ours Ephes 1.5 Having predestinated vs vnto the adoption of Children by Iesus Christ to him-selfe according to the good pleasure of his will to the prayse of the glorie of his grace Note then attentiuelie That if the fore-sight of our merites was not the cause why God predestinated vs to eternall lyfe but onelie his owne good pleasure to the prayse of the glorie of his owne grace Then it is still the same good pleasure of God that is the onelie cause why hee giveth vs eternall lyfe to the prayse of the same glorie of his grace and not of vs or anie of our merites Other-wyse the cause should not bee one but diverse yea contrarie why GOD bestoweth vpon vs one and the same thing which were absurd to wit Eternall lyfe in our election before time and the possessing vs there-with at our glorification in time Remarke lyke-wyse That it is to an inheritance of adopted sonnes that wee are predestinated For if wee bee Children wee are also Heyres sayeth the Apostle Rom. 8.17 If there-fore eternall lyfe bee an inheritance it is no purchase of workes and who-so-ever by such a title claymeth the same hee renounceth the lawfull succession there-to as a sonne and so falleth from Grace Gal. 5.4 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie ALthough the Lord bestow Heaven vpon the Godlie according to their workes yet it is not for their workes sayeth Gregorie on these wordes of Psal 7. Auditam fac mihi c. And first thou must belieue sayeth Bernard tria Bernardi credenda that thou canst not obtayne remission of sinne but by the meers mercie of God There-after that thou hast no good workes but that which is His free gift And last of all that thou canst not merite Eternall lyfe by no workes of thine but that Hee freelie lyke-wyse bestoweth that on thee Bern. Serm. 1. in Anunc Mariae 3. Confession of Partie NEyther are our workes what-so-ever they bee of that worth sayth Ferus that they deserue duelie and condignlie anie such reward Ferus in Ioh. 3. f. 69. So sayeth Alphonsus de Castro verbo meritum Therefore Bellarmine is forced to conclude That for the vncertaintie of our owne righteousnes sayth hee and the danger of vayne glorie it is moste safe to put our vvhole confidence in the onelie mercie and bountie of God Bellarm. Lib. 5. de Iustif Cap. 7. § sit tertia §. 2. That there are no super-aboundant meritorious workes or sufferinges of Saincts left behinde them to