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A89517	A brief commentarie or exposition upon the prophecy of Obadiah, together with usefull notes / delivered in sundry sermons preacht in the church of St. James Garlick-Hith London. By Edward Marbury, the then pastor of the said church.	Marbury, Edward, 1581-ca. 1655.	1650 (1650)	Wing M566; Thomason E587_11; ESTC R206281	147,938	211

tenebrae sunt when thou thinkest thy self more happy then others and goest in this transport farre at last thou seest that thou hast been thine own impostour It is a good saying of Saint Gregory That he that boasteth and is proud of any of Gods gifts se interficit medicamine the medicine that should heal kills him That which all this while supported the glory of Edom which was Edoms pride proves Edoms ruine it hath deceived him The Doctrines of the Church of Rome do maintain this pride of the heart therefore they are deceit full for 1. They say we have Freewill to do good 2. They teach that a man in this life may fulfill the whole Law of God 3. They teach that a man may be justified before God by the merit of his works 4. That a man may overdo the Law and do works of supererrogation which may encrease the treasure of the Church and may help out them that come short in good works by mending their store All these doctrines seem to maintain the pride of the heart and to give flesh wherein to rejoyce against which we oppose the doctrines of humility 5. That the Sacraments do conferre grace ex opere operato and therefore whosoever is made partaker of them hath the grace whereof they be seals First So in Baptisme they affirm that originall sinne is quite done away so that infants baptized are certainly saved and such as depart the world without Baptisme are separated from the sight of God Whosoever receiveth their Sacrament of the Altar doth verily and really and carnally feed on the same body of Jesus Christ that was born of the Virgin Mary and suffered death upon the Crosse Secondly Neither do they only attribute this vertue to the Sacraments which Christ ordained in his Church but unto those five which they have since added and aequi-ballanced with the holy Ordinances of God 1. For their Sacrament of Penance they hold that the grace of Baptisme may be finally lost and so to recover man again from that downfall they have devised this Sacrament This is Trent divinity Sess 14. cap 1. Si in regeneratis omnibus gratitudo erga Deum esset ut justiciam in Baptismo ipsius gracia beneficio susceptam tuerentur non fuisset opus aliud sacramentum instituere But because this serves not Penance doth come in for how else should they bring in their Auricular Confession by which they dive into mens hearts and their imposed power by which they dive into mens purses for satisfaction And this concludes with Ego te absolvo I absolve thee which doth wash them as clean from all sins past as if they had never sinned 2. For the Sacrament of Marriage they do that but a little honour save only in belying it to be a Sacrament and pronouncing Anathema to all that do deny it to be a Sacrament ordained by God himself in Paradise First But neither do they make it the means to convey any spirituall grace which is the chief use of a Sacrament but only make it a bare signe of the conjunction between Christ and his Church Secondly Neither do they leave it at large for all persons but curse those that allow it to Priests Thirdly Neither do they honour the state of Matrimony with equall honour to Virginity but pronounce Anathema to them that preferre it before Virginity 3. For the Sacrament of Orders they make the Priest some amends for therein he hath a Sacrament which the Lay partake not in to this they attribute the power of Absolution the power of Binding the power of turning bread into the body of Christ the power of conferring grace 4. For Confirmation that is another help to Baptisme to relieve the imperfection of Christs Ordinance Novam grati●m tribuit 5. For Extreme Vnction as the Sacrament of Baptisme is sacramentum intr●euntium the Sacrament of entrance so this is sacramentum exeuntium of going out this makes expeditiorem ad Coelum viam a quick way to heaven and is to be administred in articulo mortis the point of death and it carries the soule to heaven directly May we not behold the pride of the Church of Rome in all these how they have taken to their owne hands the keyes of David they open and no man shutteth they shut and no man openeth It is in the power of the Priest to give it is in the power of the people to take salvation and I do not see any great need of Jesus Christ in these doctrines Neither can I find that they have left him any absolute but only given him a dependent power over them that he cannot save without them Surely all this pride deceiveth them that put trust therein for 1. Against Freewill We oppose In Adam we all die in Christ made alive 1 Cor. 15.12 And that this stretcheth to a corporall spirituall and eternall death here the same Apostle Eph. 2.2 We are by nature children of wrath Saint Paul was a vessel of election he had the spirit of God he received the office of his Apostleship immediately from God yet he saith The good that I would do I do not Rom. 7.15 the evill that I would not do I do whence is thence this Freewill 2. Against the fulfilling of the Law of God in this life Eccles 7.20 There is not a just man upon earth who doth good and sinneth not and he that breaketh the least of the Commandements is guilty of all James 3.2 Prov. 24.16 that is he is found a transgressor legis of the Law But in multis offendimus omnes in many things we al offend Justus cadit Septies 3. Against Merit of workes Christ saith They that have done all that is commanded Luke 17.7 c. have done but their duty servi inutiles unprofitable servants And what proportion is there finiti ad infinitum of the finite to the infinite the works of men be finite the glory of God is infinite All our righteousnesse is like defiled clothes Isa 94.6 4 Against Supererogation That pride deceiveth them for there is nothing to be done in obedience or in love to God which is not commanded in his law that requireth all the soule and all the mind and all the strength of both these he that can finde any thing more to do and can do it may supererogate 5. Concerning their Sacraments They dishonour Baptisme and make it of no account when they teach that the grace of Baptisme may be lost and devise three Sacraments to help it Confirmation to strengthen it Penance to renue it Extreme Vnction to perfect it We acknowledge God powerfull in his own Ordinance we hold that the Grace given to the Elect in Baptism is sealed and imprinteth an indelible character Confirmation is no more but a watering of the Plants which the ordinance of God hath grassed Penance is no more but a stirring up of the grace given in baptism extreme unction is of