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A10240 A rejoynder unto William Malone's reply to the first article Wherein the founders of unwritten traditions are confounded, out of the sure foundation of Scripture, and the true tradition of the Church. By Roger Puttocke, minister of Gods word at Novan. Puttock, Roger. 1632 (1632) STC 20520; ESTC S100925 167,226 214

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in_o writing_n and_o chrysostome_n say_v they_o deliver_v many_o thing_n without_o writing_n but_o withal_o he_o show_v what_o those_o thing_n be_v ibidem_fw-la be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n ibidem_fw-la of_o other_o thing_n of_o no_o great_a moment_n salmeron_n call_v they_o minutiora_fw-la diminutive_a thing_n these_o be_v his_o word_n ●_o word_n non_fw-la enim_fw-la dignum_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la minutiora_fw-la haec_fw-la quae_fw-la cultum_fw-la divinum_fw-la exornant_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la tempor●●_n progressu_fw-la erant_fw-la vel_fw-la augenda_fw-la vel_fw-la minuenda_fw-la vel_fw-la mutanda_fw-la i●_n melius_fw-la in_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la ponerentur_fw-la salmeron_n disput_fw-la 3._o in_o 2._o thes_n ●_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v that_o these_o diminutive_a thing_n which_o be_v ornament_n for_o divine_a worship_n and_o in_o time_n be_v either_o to_o be_v increase_v or_o diminish_v or_o alter_v to_o the_o better_a shall_v be_v lay_v down_o in_o writing_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o apostle_n 34._o apostle_n verse_n 34._o use_v import_v the_o same_o be_v common_o use_v as_o here_o so_o in_o other_o 5._o other_o 1._o cor._n 16._o ●●_o 1._o tit._n 5._o place_n when_o ecclesiastical_a order_n be_v speak_v of_o and_o not_o in_o relation_n unto_o divine_a doctrine_n the_o essential_a thing_n which_o appertain_v unto_o these_o two_o divine_a duty_n they_o may_v be_v write_v although_o this_o be_v s._n paul_n first_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n either_o by_o other_o penman_n of_o scripture_n as_o diverse_a sermon_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v pen_v by_o s._n luke_n or_o by_o himself_o in_o other_o of_o his_o epistle_n or_o else_o in_o the_o same_o in_o which_o he_o write_v that_o which_o he_o 23._o he_o verse_n 23._o deliver_v even_o all_o the_o essential_a thing_n belong_v unto_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o supper_n of_o the_o lord_n 1st_a reply_v pag._n 1st_a eusebius_n relate_v of_o egesippus_fw-la that_o ●_o that_o euseb_n l_o 4._o c._n ●_o he_o write_v five_o book_n of_o such_o unwritten_a tradition_n as_o the_o apostle_n lest_o unto_o the_o church_n 12._o these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o eusebius_n ibidem_fw-la eusebius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n euseb_n ibidem_fw-la in_o five_o book_n he_o write_v a_o infallible_a delivery_n of_o the_o apostle_n preach_v the_o book_n be_v not_o extant_a to_o see_v what_o they_o contain_v but_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o divine_a history_n rather_o historical_a then_o dogmatical_a by_o eusebius_n his_o cite_v they_o always_o in_o point_n of_o 12_o of_o euseb_n l._n 2._o c._n 22_o l._n 3._o c._n 12_o history_n and_o by_o this_o testimony_n which_o s._n hierome_n give_v of_o they_o hegesippus_n who_o live_v near_o to_o the_o apostle_n time_n knit_v together_o all_o the_o story_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o church_n catalogue_n hegesippus_n vicinus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la tempo_fw-la rum_o omnes_fw-la à_fw-la passione_n domini_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la aetatem_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la actuum_fw-la texens_fw-la historias_fw-la multaque_fw-la ad_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la legentium_fw-la pertinentia_fw-la hinc_fw-la inde_fw-la congregam_fw-la quinque_fw-la libros_fw-la composuit_fw-la hieron_n in_o catalogue_n from_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o lord_n until_o his_o own_o day_n and_o gather_v together_o in_o one_o many_o thing_n profitable_a to_o be_v read_v he_o compose_v five_o book_n of_o they_o eusebius_n say_v not_o that_o they_o contain_v unwritten_a tradition_n there_o be_v neither_o the_o word_n tradition_n nor_o unwritten_a in_o his_o word_n but_o a_o infallible_a tradition_n or_o delivery_n of_o the_o apostle_n preach_v and_o if_o a_o infallible_a delivery_n of_o the_o apostle_n preach_v must_v needs_o be_v of_o unwritten_a tradition_n than_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n pen_v by_o s._n luke_n be_v of_o unwritten_a tradition_n because_o it_o be_v a_o infallible_a delivery_n of_o the_o apostle_n preach_v a_o strong_a lie_n it_o be_v that_o unwritten_a tradition_n be_v strong_o confirm_v by_o eusebius_n either_o in_o that_o or_o in_o the_o next_o testimony_n allege_v by_o the_o jesuite_n s._n ignatius_n be_v accustom_v 30_o accustom_v euseb_n l._n 3_o c._n 30_o to_o exhort_v all_o man_n to_o adhere_v unto_o apostolical_a tradition_n the_o which_o 120_o reply_v pag._n 120_o say_v eusebius_n this_o father_n affirm_v that_o formore_o assurance_n he_o have_v leave_v they_o in_o w●iting_v this_o testimony_n be_v most_o gross_o corrupt_v by_o the_o jesuit_n eusebius_n relate_v it_o in_o these_o word_n ignatius_n exhort_v to_o hold_v fast_o ibidem_fw-la fast_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n ibidem_fw-la the_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o for_o more_o assurance_n he_o think_v fit_a to_o be_v practise_v or_o express_v in_o practice_n even_o as_o he_o testify_v by_o write_v here_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o tradition_n but_o only_o of_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o doctrine_n deliver_v in_o scripture_n be_v their_o tradition_n here_o be_v not_o a_o word_n of_o write_v unwritten_a tradition_n as_o if_o ignatius_n have_v write_v a_o book_n of_o they_o which_o be_v a_o dream_n of_o this_o ignatian_n brat_n but_o that_o ignatius_n testify_v by_o writing_n that_o he_o think_v it_o necessary_a that_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o be_v their_o doctrine_n shall_v be_v express_v in_o practice_n so_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o express_v by_o action_n not_o by_o write_v as_o ignatius_n do_v so_o do_v we_o exhort_v man_n by_o word_n of_o mouth_n to_o hold_v fast_o the_o tradition_n or_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o likewise_o by_o writing_n testify_v the_o same_o unto_o they_o that_o for_o more_o assurance_n they_o express_v the_o same_o in_o life_n and_o conversation_n thus_o have_v we_o run_v one_o course_n of_o the_o wild-goose_n chase_n follow_v this_o gaggler_n 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scripture_n and_o the_o father_n and_o find_v this_o for_o truth_n that_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n teach_v no_o unwritten_a tradition_n if_o they_o do_v so_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o purpose_n unless_o the_o jesuite_n can_v prove_v that_o the_o unwritten_a tradition_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v the_o same_o which_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n deliver_v they_o pretend_v that_o they_o be_v so_o so_o they_o do_v in_o their_o miracle_n which_o be_v but_o cozen_v and_o juggle_a trick_n of_o leaguer_n de_fw-fr main_a so_o they_o do_v in_o their_o relic_n which_o be_v but_o grand_a imposture_n as_o the_o angel_n gabriels_n feather_n our_o lady_n smock_n s._n peter_n chain_n and_o the_o like_a these_o i_o believe_v be_v as_o true_a relic_n from_o they_o as_o their_o tradition_n be_v the_o same_o which_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n teach_v and_o as_o they_o be_v so_o be_v their_o authority_n which_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o his_o next_o section_n wherein_o we_o be_v to_o examine_v sect_n iii_o whether_o unwritten_a tradition_n be_v of_o equal_a authority_n with_o the_o write_a word_n 1._o none_o but_o a_o non_fw-la ens_fw-la will_v say_v that_o a_o non_fw-fr ens_fw-la can_v be_v of_o equal_a authority_n with_o the_o write_a word_n when_o as_o bellarmine_n confess_v that_o ●_o that_o bellarm._n de_fw-fr ●er●o_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n ●_o all_o tradition_n be_v not_o of_o equal_a authority_n among_o themselves_o but_o without_o any_o distinction_n whatsoever_o this_o jesuite_n will_v have_v they_o all_o to_o be_v of_o the_o same_o authority_n among_o themselves_o and_o of_o the_o same_o authority_n with_o the_o write_a word_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v they_o be_v no_o more_o worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o write_a word_n than_o 28._o than_o jer._n 13._o 28._o chaff_n with_o wheat_n than_o dross_n with_o ●2_n with_o be_v 1._o ●2_n silver_n the_o jesuite_n have_v already_o grant_v this_o 116._o this_o pag._n 116._o that_o the_o rite_n and_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n be_v ground_v only_o upon_o humane_a right_n and_o now_o he_o contradict_v the_o same_o that_o they_o be_v of_o divine_a right_n even_o equal_a with_o the_o write_a word_n and_o for_o this_o opinion_n he_o 120._o reply_v p._n 120._o boast_v of_o plain_a scripture_n and_o the_o uniform_a consent_n of_o ancient_a father_n it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n to_o hear_v the_o enemy_n of_o the_o truth_n claim_v the_o scripture_n and_o the_o father_n to_o be_v they_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n the_o heretic_n boast_v that_o 27._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n l._n 5._o hist_o c._n 27._o the_o father_n and_o the_o apostle_n hold_v &_o teach_v the_o same_o thing_n which_o they_o say_v first_o let_v we_o hear_v his_o plain_a scripture_n 15._o scripture_n ●_o thes_n ●_o 15._o therefore_o brethren_n stand_v fast_o and_o hold_v the_o tradition_n which_o you_o have_v be_v teach_v whether_o by_o word_n or_o by_o our_o epistle_n this_o text_n be_v no_o less_o than_o ten_o time_n allege_v by_o he_o and_o once_o for_o all_o i_o return_v this_o answer_n to_o it_o those_o tradition_n be_v 121._o reply_v pag._n 121._o write_v and_o not_o unwritten_a doctrine_n s._n paul_n declare_v his_o continual_a practice_n 22._o practice_n act._n 26._o 22._o he_o witness_v both_o to_o small_a and_o great_a and_o therefore_o to_o the_o thessalonian_o none_o other_o thing_n than_o those_o which_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n do_v say_v his_o doctrine_n deliver_v at_o thessalonica_n be_v take_v 2._o take_v act._n 17._o 2._o out_o of_o the_o scripture_n and_o suppose_v it_o be_v not_o write_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v write_v in_o the_o new_a by_o himself_o or_o by_o some_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n what_o he_o teach_v the_o philippian_n by_o word_n of_o mouth_n the_o 1._o the_o philip._n 3._o 1._o same_o thing_n he_o write_v afterward_o unto_o they_o in_o his_o epistle_n and_o unto_o the_o thessalonian_o he_o write_v those_o thing_n 5._o thing_n 2._o thess_n 2._o 5._o which_o he_o first_o tell_v they_o and_o 10._o and_o 2._o thess_n 3._o 10._o which_o he_o first_o command_v they_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v by_o the_o apostle_n signify_v aswell_o both_o as_o whether_o and_o it_o be_v not_o only_o disjunctive_a but_o very_o 8._o very_o 1._o cor._n ●1●_n 1●_n c._n 15._o 11._o coloss_n 1._o 20_o rom._n 14._o 8._o oft_o conjunctive_a by_o which_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v this_o hold_v fast_o the_o tradition_n or_o the_o doctrine_n which_o have_v be_v teach_v you_o both_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n &_o by_o epistle_n the_o matter_n teach_v be_v the_o same_o although_o the_o manner_n of_o teach_v be_v different_a both_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n and_o by_o epistle_n s._n ambrose_n expound_v it_o thus_o thess_n thus_o in_o traditione_n evangelij_fw-la standum_fw-la ac_fw-la perseverandum_fw-la monet_fw-la ambros_n in_o 2._o thess_n he_o admonish_v they_o to_o stand_v &_o to_o persevere_v in_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o gretzer_n your_o great_a sire_n defend_v bellarmine_n defend_v this_o interpretation_n that_o it_o may_v be_v the_o same_o doctrine_n which_o s._n paul_n deliver_v by_o word_n of_o mouth_n and_o by_o epistle_n and_o give_v this_o instance_n for_o it_o 5_o it_o sicut_fw-la eadem_fw-la fides_fw-la quae_fw-la confirmata_fw-la olim_fw-la fuit_fw-la per_fw-la circumcisionem_fw-la &_o pascha_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la confirmatur_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la &_o coenam_fw-la gretz_n defence_n bellarm._n l._n 4._o c._n 5_o even_o as_o it_o be_v the_o same_o faith_n which_o be_v former_o confirm_v by_o circumcision_n and_o the_o passeover_n which_o be_v now_o confirm_v by_o baptism_n and_o the_o lord_n supper_n it_o be_v most_o manifest_a by_o the_o precedent_a word_n that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o such_o tradition_n as_o help_v to_o keep_v out_o 3._o out_o 2._o thess_n 2._o 3._o the_o man_n of_o sin_n the_o son_n of_o perdition_n it_o can_v then_o be_v that_o he_o shall_v speak_v of_o unwritten_a tradition_n because_o popish_a tradition_n be_v the_o only_a key_n to_o let_v he_o in_o 2._o to_o prove_v the_o uniform_a consent_n of_o the_o father_n he_o first_o allege_v s._n chrysostome_n thess_n chrysostome_n chrysost_n in_fw-ge ●_o thess_n by_o this_o say_n of_o s._n paul_n it_o be_v manifest_a say_v s._n chrysostome_n that_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o 121._o reply_v pag._n 121._o deliver_v all_o thing_n by_o their_o epistle_n but_o that_o they_o deliver_v many_o thing_n without_o writing_n which_o be_v as_o worthy_a to_o be_v believe_v as_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o leave_v write_v we_o yield_v unto_o this_o that_o the_o apostle_n have_v not_o deliver_v all_o thing_n by_o writing_n and_o i_o will_v grant_v more_o unto_o the_o jesuite_n that_o the_o apostle_n have_v not_o deliver_v all_o thing_n by_o epistle_n or_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n which_o be_v and_o may_v be_v observe_v in_o the_o church_n as_o all_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o it_o and_o those_o be_v the_o thing_n of_o which_o s._n chrysostome_n speak_v of_o thing_n indifferent_a concern_v necessary_a thing_n write_v upon_o the_o same_o chapter_n these_o be_v his_o word_n ●_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n hom_n 3_o in_o 2._o thes_n ●_o all_o thing_n be_v clear_a and_o true_a which_o be_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n all_o necessary_a thing_n be_v manifest_a but_o that_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o necessary_a and_o be_v deliver_v without_o writing_n shall_v be_v as_o worthy_a of_o faith_n as_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v write_v this_o be_v one_o of_o his_o many_o hyperbolical_a speech_n it_o be_v rather_o a_o flourish_n of_o his_o rhetoric_n than_o a_o truth_n in_o divinity_n s._n basil_n say_v 29._o say_v basil_n de_fw-fr spirit_n sanct._n c._n 29._o i_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o apostolical_a doctrine_n that_o reply_n reply_n we_o adhere_v unto_o unwritten_a tradition_n in_o proof_n whereof_o he_o allege_v scripture_n the_o author_n be_v suspect_v but_o i_o pass_v by_o that_o for_o the_o present_a i_o hold_v with_o the_o author_n that_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o yield_v unto_o such_o unwritten_a tradition_n as_o he_o write_v of_o and_o those_o be_v only_o ritual_a and_o not_o doctrinal_a unto_o these_o we_o do_v yield_v not_o as_o unto_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o be_v of_o divine_a power_n and_o abide_v for_o ever_o but_o as_o to_o the_o law_n of_o man_n which_o be_v of_o humane_a right_n and_o mutable_a according_a unto_o time_n &_o place_n and_o in_o proof_n of_o the_o lawful_a use_n of_o those_o we_o oft_o cite_v scripture_n as_o that_o author_n do_v in_o the_o next_o place_n he_o allege_v ●_o allege_v that_o of_o epiphan_n be_v answer_v sect._n 2d._o divis_n 10._o light_v ●_o s._n hierome_n 4●_n
the_o apostle_n deliver_v some_o mystery_n unto_o timothy_n will_v he_o to_o open_v they_o not_o to_o all_o by_o writing_n but_o to_o choice_n man_n who_o may_v teach_v they_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n unto_o other_o 6._o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n do_v the_o heretic_n of_o old_a allege_v this_o text_n and_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o church_n for_o it_o as_o tertullian_n 25._o tertullian_n tertul._n de_fw-fr prescript_n c._n 25._o bear_v witness_v timothy_n hear_v paul_n doctrine_n both_o by_o his_o preach_n and_o by_o his_o writing_n the_o many_o witness_n of_o his_o doctrine_n be_v 11._o be_v act._n 26._o 11._o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n as_o he_o testify_v of_o himself_o and_o sundry_a aquinas_n sundry_a anselm_n bruno_n aquinas_n interpreter_n so_o expound_v this_o place_n the_o same_o doctrine_n he_o will_v have_v timothy_n to_o teach_v unto_o faithful_a man_n not_o because_o they_o be_v such_o mystery_n as_o be_v unfit_a to_o be_v open_v unto_o all_o by_o writing_n but_o 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charitate_fw-la praeditos_fw-la patres_fw-la episcopos_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la compulit_fw-la saluâ_fw-la pa●●_n discep●●re_v aug._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr bapt_n con_fw-mi donat._n c._n 7_o the_o obscurity_n of_o this_o question_n in_o the_o former_a time_n of_o the_o church_n even_o before_o the_o schism_n of_o donatus_n cause_v great_a man_n and_o man_n abundant_a in_o charity_n even_o father_n and_o bishop_n to_o differ_v among_o themselves_o the_o bond_n of_o peace_n not_o be_v break_v say_v s._n augustine_n howsoever_o we_o distinguish_v between_o the_o precept_n and_o the_o practice_n between_o the_o doctrine_n and_o example_n of_o the_o doctrine_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o s._n augustine_n speak_v of_o the_o practice_n or_o example_n although_o no_o example_n hereof_o be_v bring_v out_o of_o holy_a scripture_n etc._n etc._n and_o though_o we_o find_v not_o the_o example_n of_o this_o doctrine_n whether_o those_o have_v be_v rebaptise_v who_o be_v first_o baptize_v by_o the_o 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