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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01010	A secure and prudent choice of beliefe. Written by a student in diuinity	Floyd, John, 1572-1649.	1639 (1639)	STC 11115; ESTC S114863	16,290	54

which we ●●ceiue not perfectly from the bare lette● but by the helpe of prudent rule which to reiect is dangerous especial● on their part that deny Articles prob●●bly deliuered 54. In Conclusion of this Chapter will answere one obiection by man esteemed a secure Quietus est They say God obligeth not men to impossibl● ties since then at least the vulgar sort o● people cannot discerne those differe●ces wherein learned men do disagree●ech one may securely rest in that religion he is taught belieuing the Cree● c. This Discourse supposeth holy Scripture the only rule of beliefe about th● true sense whereof since it is euiden● learned men do not agree and no priuate man can be Iudge betweene thes● differences it is manifest that who relyeth only vpon Scripture cannot be secure that his disbeliefe is true or that he refuse not to belieue what he is commanded to belieue vnder paine of damnation To say that euery one may securely belieue according as he vnderstands is but a desperate shift and concludeth an impossibility of any heresie The obiection then conuinceth the necessity of a Church as a liuing rule for God obligeth vs not to impossibilities but it is impossible for any to discerne the monstrous differences of priuate mens interpretations of God's word Therefore he obligeth not to the beliefe of his word vpon these priuate interpretations But he obligeth vs to belieue therfore by some other way then by Scripture alone he maketh it possible this can be no other but the Church The Conclusion 55. THus I haue sufficiently shewed the security of belieuers exemplifyed in a few Articles most in question contayning no harme nor opposite to any knowne Law of God as the better part of the Christian world euer hath witnessed but at least most probably conformable to Christs expresse word I see not what part of this can be doubted Consequently to this I haue also shewed in what manifest danger Disbelieuers are first by reiecting and contemning the authority of an ancient Church the only knowne Church when Luther began this denying beliefe confessed to haue been the true Church and as yet not conuicted of corruption in fayth nor as much as charged by any greater authority then it selfe Let them take heed that be not spoken of them He that despiseth you despiseth me Who will not heare the Church let him be reputed as a Heathen and Publican Secondly by choosing the disbelieuing part out of seeming reasons exposing themselues to needles dangers of that sentence Who will not belieue c. For if the contrary beliefe must be supposed probable as vndoubtedly it must then the disbeliefe may with probability be a deniall of Christ's word consequently may be it deserueth damnation this is euident to reason and no iudicious man can deny it If any feare that as disbeliefe of what Christ deliuered maketh him a lyer so also beliefe of what he deliuered not let them but obserue the disparity betweene Belieuers Disbelieuers those deny what Christ deliuered as manifestly as he deliuered other truths But Belieuers vpon the same grounds that moue them to beliefe of other articles suppose the points controuerted deliuered by Christ which if they were not deliuered they are only guilty of mistake not of making Christ a lyer Who then seeth not how much it concerneth a Christian not rashly to deny what anciently is deliuered by the Church On true beliefe God's fauour dependeth on this our eternall welfare We expect but one death one irreuocable iudgment one Eternity of happynes or misery This is promised to Disbeliefe that to true Belieuers Shall a Christian aduenture vpon seeming probabilities and leaue security Beliefe is secure voyd of harme to Disbelieuers it is said Who will not belieue shall be damned Let then all Disbelieuers examine their Disbeliefe and harken to the admonition of S. Augustin cap. 1. de Baptis Grauiter peccat qui in rebus ad salutem animae pertinentibus certis incerta praeponit Heauy is his sinne who in matters concerning the safety of his soule preferreth vncertaine meanes before certaine THE CONTENTS of this Discourse THe Preface pag. 3. What choice ought a man to make concerning the Reall Presence of Christs body and bloud in the Sacrament of the last Supper pag. 11. What of the Masse pag. 15. What of Confession and Absolution commonly called the Sacrament of Pennance pag. 16. What of the Church and one Head therof pag. 18. What concerning the recommending our selues to the intercession of Saintes pag. 22 What choice may be securely made concerning the making and worshipping the Image of Christ his Saintes pag. 25. Whether is Holy Scripture the only Rule of our fayth pag. 35. Grant to Disbelieuers probability of Reason yet their danger is certaine pag. 40. The Conclusion pag. 48. FINIS THE CONVICTION OF NOVELTIE AND DEfense of antiquitie OR DEMONSTRATIVE ARGVMENTS of the falsitie of the newe Religion of England And trueth of the Catholike Roman faith DELIVERED IN TWELVE PRINCIPAL Sylogismes and directed to the more scholasticall wits of the Realme of great Britanie especially to the ingenious students of the two most renowned vniuersities of Oxford Cambrige AVTHOR R. B. Roman Catholike and one of the English Clergie and Mission GRATIAS AGO DEO MEO PER IESVM CHRIstum pro omnibus vobis quia fides vestra annuntiatur in vniuerso mundo Rom. 1.6 QVISQVIS ES ASSERTOR NOVORVM Dogmatum queso te vt parcas Romanis auribus parcas fidei quae ab Apostolico ore laudata est S. Hier. ep ad Pamachium Oceanum CATVAPOLI Apud viduam MARCI WYONIS Anno M.DC.XXXII