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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43256	The touch-stone of the reformed gospel wherein the principal heads and tenents of the Protestant doctrine (objected against Catholicks) are briefly refuted. By the express texts of the Protestants own Bible, set forth and approved by the Church of England. With the ancient fathers judgements thereon, in confirmation of the Catholick doctrine.	Heigham, John, fl. 1639.; Kellison, Matthew, attributed name.	1676 (1676)	Wing H1370E; ESTC R216621	50,365	158

THE TOUCH-STONE OF THE Reformed Gospel Wherein The principal Heads and Tenents of the Protestant Doctrine objected against Catholicks are briefly refuted By the express Texts of the Protestants own Bible set forth and approved by the Church of England With the ancient Fathers judgements thereon in confirmation of the Catholick Doctrine The last Edition exactly Corrected Luke 19.22 Out of thy own mouth will I judge thee Permissu Superiorum Printed in the Year 1676. To the Catholick READER Health and incouragement in his Holy Faith Courteous READER BEfore thou peruse this little Book I would intreat thee to read these ensuing Points which are very necessary for thy better instruction 1. The first is that in the Text of Scripture alledged throughout this Treatise it is not specified out of which English Bible the said passages are extracted for as much as this were over ●roublesome unto thee since England ●ath set forth within these few years ●ast a great number of several sorts ●f Bibles far different one from ano●her So that our Adversaries to ●hom I wish from my heart as I do 〈◊〉 thee that this little Book may prove profitable have not all one sor● of Bibles themselves Notwithstanding know for certain that they are a faithfully taken out of the Bibles i●quarto and Octavo printed at London by Robert Barker anno 1615. S●● as if by chance any one shall shew the some other Bible wherein they are n●● set down word for word as here the are yet rest assured that thou sha●● find them so written and faithful● cited out of the foresaid Edition Robert Barker set forth by his M●jesties special commandement 2. The second is That thou a mire the splendor of Truth which such and so refulgent that notwit●standing our Adversaries main a serious endeavours to obscure 〈◊〉 same by so many varieties of Tra●slations and by such a number of gr●●● corruptions and falsifications yet th● condemnation is so expresly set do● in this their own Bible and is so cl●● to all the world that nothing else needfull hereto but that thou know read and have thine eyes to behold same at the opening of this their Book This cannot chuse but be an exceeding ●omfort to Catholicks concerning the ●prightness of their cause to offer ●hemselves to be tryed and to confound ●heir advers●ries by their own Bible ●he translation whereof notwithstanding d●th in a number of places and ●articularly in many of those that are ●n question swerve and differ notoriously from the authentical Latin ●nd to the incredible disparagement ●nd obscuring of the Catholick cause Never did yet nor I presume dare our Adversaries offer to give the like ad●antage unto us as to stand to be tried ●●y our Translations and that in above ●●fty Heads and Points of Doctrine ●hat are this day in controversy be●ween us 3. The third is That when thou ●alt urge or alledge any passage ●●n ●avour of thine own faith and doctrine ●f any one return their charge be it ei●her by way of recrimination blam●ng of the Roman Church or by al●dging some obscure texts and those ill understood to counterpoyze such as are brought by thee do thou shew them amiably that this is not to proceed in due order nor to deal with thee as they ought in opposing a passage dark and obscure to confound another that i● most clear and evident For example when we set before their eyes these few words as clear as the Sun at noone day Take eat this is my body this is my bloud which shall be shed for you c. Mark 14.25 they will straight suppose to have found another importan● place yea and to have given us th● overthrow if they presently reply tha● our Saviour saith in S. John 6.63 The flesh profiteth nothing the word that I speak unto you they are spirit and they are life a passage far mor● obscure than that which is in question and which affirmes nothing less tha● that which they pretend to prove there by For how absur'd were it to say tha● the flesh of Christ profiteth nothing And if as they themselves say w●● must interpret one passage by another thou doubtlesse it is better to explicat● an obscure one by one that is clear than one that is clear by a passage obscure and that one Text give place to many rather than many to one 4. The fourth is That if they shall reject any of the passages which thou producest pretending the same to be Apocryphal know that to prevent this objection no such Scriptures as they call Apocryphal are here produced alone but that alwayes there go accompanied with them others that are Canonical even by their own confession And so far as Apocryphal Scriptures shall and do agree with Canonical they themselves by their own Rule are bound to receive them Which will also stop their mouth in their common pretence of Conference of places for rarely hast thou here less then three or four several passages cited at large besides references for the proof of every several Point All our Adversaries put together being never able in their defence to do the like that is to produce so many in number so expresse and clear and for so great a number of Controversies as are here disputed and couched in so little a Treatise 5. The fifth is that if they shall contend with thee not about the words themselves as being clear but about the sense and meaning of them for such places I say as may be subject to this cavil thou shalt forthwith have recourse unto that which the Scriptures call the Rule of faith that is to the ever-constant and uniform Judgment of the Church and Ancient Fathers who in every Age since Christ have understood the point in question in that sense which Catholicks do An example whereof thou maist lay down before them out of that learned Treatise intituled A Manuel of Controversies debating the question of the Blessed Sacrament Which having done bid them do the like and thou wilt yield unto them a thing which they can never peform So as no man of reason will reject this Rule grounded so clearly in holy Scripture and prefer the private interpretation of some silly Cobler before S. Chrysostom of a Baker before S. Basil of some Tinker before Tertullian or of any Novelist whatsoever before the judgement of the the Church and the whole stream of the Holy Fathers This point therefore being so important shall be the first which I will fortifie and prove by the word of God in this present Treatise I mean this Rule and therefore in no wise forget alwayes to involve thine Adversary within this Rule as often as he shall prove so unruly and thou shalt be sure to get the victory The sixth and last point is That I here protest in the presence of God whom I call to witness in this behalf and pray thee also to call upon for the salvation and reduction of all those that walk