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The seconde parte of the booke called a Bucklar of the Catholyke fayeth conteyninge seuen chapiters / made by Rychard Smyth doctoure of diuinitie of Oxforde, & reader of the same there.
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Smith, Richard, 1500-1563.
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haue vs beleue them before the scriptures and the olde godlye doctours of Christes churche What blyndnes is this Oure lorde of his tendre and greate mercie open their eyes that they may see the trueth of his word seing it recule and retourn again to the catholyke churche out of the which no maÌ„ can be saued Origen beleued euen as these other fathers did part of whose sentences are nowe recited for Hom. xiiii in Lucam he saith thus vpoÌ„ these wordes of Iob. No man is cleane from the filthynesse of sinne no althoughe hys lyfe were but of one daye vpon the earth Et quia Ca. 25. 〈◊〉 70 per baptismi sacramentum natiuitatis sordes deponuntur propterea baptizantur paruuli Nisi enim quis renatus fuerit c. Because the filthynes of mans naturall birthe is put away thorowe the sacrament of baptisme children are for that cause also baptised For excepte a man be borne agayne of water and the holye Ioan. iii. ghoste he can not entre in to the kingdome of heauen Innocentius the first which was in S. Austens tyme and to whome he wrote holdeth the same beleâ—â—â— saying as saint Austen reâ—â—teth Lib. ij cap. iiij contra duas epist â—â—ripta 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 uitaâ—â—â—â—m pelagiorum â–ª Illuduâ—ro quod eâ—â— vestra fraternitas asserit predicare paruulos aâ—ternae uitae praemijs etiam sine baptismatis gratia posse donari perfatuum est It is a verie foolishe thing that thei do preache as youre brotherhoode affirmeth that chyldren should be saued withoute baptisme It appeareth then nowe moste playneâ—ye howe this opinion whiche Peter Martyr folowinge the Swingliaâ—s hathe taughte to defende that onelye fayth iustifieth man is against the holy worde of God and the holye doctours bothe of the Greke churche â–ª and also of the Latyue and thereby it is euident that Peter Martyr and his scolers are not membres of the catholike churche but schismatiques I beseche God of hys gracious goodnes tourne their heartes that they maye imbrace the trueth agayne and continue therin to hys honour and glorie and their own saluation But heare once agayne Origen whiche was about M. thre huÌ„dred yeres passed Orig. lib. vi Coment in ca. vi ad Rom. and writeth after this maner Pro hoc scilicet corpore pecâ— cati abolendo ecclesia ab apostolis traditionem suscepit etiam paruulis baptisma dare Sciebant enim illi quibus mysteriorum secreta commissa sunt diuinorum quod esâ—ent in omnibus sordes peccâ—ti â—enuinae quae peraquaÌ„ eâ— spiritum ablui deberent That is to saye For this bodie of sinne to be defaced or put awaye the An vnwritten veritee of our beleif churche hathe receyued also a tradition of the Apostles to geue baptisme yea to children For they to whome the secretes of Goddes mysteries were committed dyd knowe that there shoulde be in all men naturall fylthines of synne which oughte to be washed awaye through water the holy ghost This authoritie is againste Peter Martyr the authours of the articles annexed vnto the Catechisme sette furthe in kinge Edwarde the vi tyme and all them that saye eyther that childreÌ„ not baptised shulde be saued or that baptisme is no cause of oure iustification but fayth onely or that baptisme is but a signe or marke of our iustification or finally that the baptisme of children is set furthe in the Scripture where it is lefte to the churche by the holy Apostles without writing only by traditioÌ„ as OrigeÌ„ here De eccles Hierar câ— xii sayeth manefestlye and S. Dionâ—se S. Paules scoler of the which S. Austen writeth thus Lib. x. cae xxiiâ— in cene ad 〈◊〉 ram Lib. iii. câ— xiii de lib arb Lib. iiii cap. 4. de baptiâ—â— contra donaâ—â— Consuetudo matris ecclesiae in baptizandis paruulis nequaâ— sper nenda est neâ— ullo modo superflua deputanda nec omnino credenda nisi apostolica esset traditio The accustomaunce of oure mother the Churche in baptisinge of children is in no wyse to be dispised nor to be reckened superfluous by anye meanes nor vtterlye to be beleued if it had not ben a traditioÌ„ of the Apostles What caÌ„ our new teachers and the makers of the articles afore mentioned saye to these authorities for the defense of their doctrine that men are bouÌ„de to credite and beleue nothing but that onlye whiche the scripture setteth furthe Woulde they that men shoulde beleue them afore these auncieÌ„t godly great learned fathers But of this mattier I haue written moore at large in my booke of traditions therefore I now make an end of this chapiter wisshinge grace and the knowledge of the trueth vnto all that erre in Christes religioÌ„ that they may come at the leÌ„gth vnto the ioyes of heaueÌ„ thorough Christe oure sauiours glorious passion to whome with the father and the holie ghoste be honour and prayse for euer Amen The fourthe chapiter That the soules of men departed doâ— not sleaâ—e but either they goe to heauen for their good â–ª workes or els to Hell for their â—uell before domes daye TOuthinge this matter I wyll be verye shorte because I thinke that fewe of oure countree men are infected with this opinioÌ„ Christe saied to the theife hanginge with him vpon the crosse Hodâ—e mecum eris in paradiso This daye thou Luk. xxiii shalte be with me in paradise that is to saye as saint Austen expoundeth it verye truelye this daye of my death thy soule being departed out of thy body shall see the deâ—te and god head clearly Also sainte Paule saied Phil. i. Cupio disolui esse cum Christo I desire to die and to be with Christe whiche is as muche as if he had sayed when I shall departe out of this worlde I shall be streighte waye with Christ as he himselfe declareth to the Corinthians sayinge thus 〈◊〉 Cor. v. Scimus quod si terrestris do muâ— nostra c. We know that if our earthlye house of this dwelling be brooken we haue a house of God in heauen not made with mans hande Agayn he sayeth Audemus bonam uoluntatem ii Cor. v. habemus magis peregrinari à corpore praesentes esse ad dominâ— We are bolde and we haue a good wil rather to be strangers from the bodye and to be present with our lorde Whiche is as muche as if he had sayed when I shall goo oute of thys worlde than I haue a house in heauen shal be preseÌ„t with our lord God Whiche saint Hierom Hierâ—â— To. i. epist ad Marcellam de obitu Leae affirmeth saying thus Nunc illa pro breui labore aeterna fruitur beatitudine excipitur aÌ„geloruÌ„ choris Now she hath the pleasure of the euerlastinge blisse she is receaued with the compaignie of Angels Sainte Austen writtinge Aug. in psal 10. Phil. i. vpoÌ„ this Paules senteÌ„ce Cupio dâ—ssolui c. saieth Viuit Paulus
Martiall Epist i. cap. 5. S. Peters disciple â—areth Reuiuiscit anima per baptisma Iam sanctificatâ— mundati estis aqua regenerationis The soule of maÌ„ waxeth alyue throughe baptisme You are now made holye and cleane from the fylthynes of synne by or with the water of baptisme in whiche ye are borne agayne S. Gregore Hieroms mayster affirmeth the same thynge sayinge Lauacrum eorum qui peccauerunt non â—ratione in s â—auacrum qui peccant remissâ—onem continet His scoler Eucherius was of the same belief which wrote thus Salutis vnda nos à primi parentis culpa absoluit The water 〈◊〉 libres reguÌ„ of saluatioÌ„ louseth vs from the synne of our first father Adam whiche is originall synne Erred not then Peter Martyr when he taughte at Oxforde that a Christian mans chylde obtayneth remission of original synne before he bee baptized and that he shall be saued yf he be not baptized at all Whyche doctrine ryseth of that other that fayth onelye doeth iustifie vs. Arator an olde writer holdeth Lib i. cap. iiâ—â— in act apostâ— with thys catholyke doctrine sayinge 〈◊〉 Sisolâ—ere cur a est Faecundi crementa mali faelicibus vndiâ— ExtinctuÌ„ reparate genus spes vn a remitti Debita supplicii post â—rimina Velle renasâ—i â–ª S. Alchâ—mus Archebyshop of An. domiâ—â—â— Lib. 5. cap. 2â—â—â—â— Genes Vienna an ancient writer hath thus QuuÌ„ purgata sacris debitur culpa fluentis 〈◊〉 noua parientis lympha lauacri Proâ—â— post veteres quos aedidit Eua reatus Câ—audius Varius Victor whiche was aboute xi hundred yeres passed hathe sette furthe Libâ— iâ— Gen. this godlye doctrine when he wrote thus Posse perire homines docuit mergentibus vndis Oftendit flammis ac vndis posse renasci S. Pauline that was in Austens tyme and wrote to hym Natali x. f. â—l cis is in thys matter agaynst Peter Martyr and suche others writynge thus Sic pariter templum nouat hostis gratiae fontem Fonsque nouus renouans homines c. Eusebius confirmeth this catholike L. b. 9. capita Euangelica demonstra doctrine when he saith Non amplius per legitima sacrificia Mosaicae legis remissio illis peccatorum conciliatur sed peâ— lauacri purgationeÌ„ quod in collecta ex gentibus ecclesia tradebatur Remission of synne is no longer purchased of theym throughe the lawfull sacrifices of Moyses lawe but throughe the cleansynge of the fountaine of baptisme which was geuen in the churche assembled of the Gentils Thys is playnelye sayde and as playne is thys sentence pronounced and published in the fyrste counsayle holden at the citie of Nicea almoste twelue hundred yeres sence Confiteoâ— vâ—â—â—m baptisma in remissionem peccatorum That is to saye Note thiâ— reader I do confesse or acknowledge that there is one baptisme or that a man must be ones baptised to obtain remissioÌ„ of sinnes Thys is the Crede and beleife Ephes iiii Peter martyr and the new brethreÌ„ beleue not aâ— the holye catholyke church doth of al christian nations and therfore I maye well conclude against Peter Martyr and the makers of the afore recited catechisme and the articles adioyned to the same that they are not membres of Christes holye churche because they saye that baptisme is but a signe token marke and confirmation of our iustification and of the remission of our synnes but that they are forgeuen vs by fayeth onlye before we be baptised yea wee beinge chyldren latelye borne hauing no fayth of our owne Saint Ambrose agreeth herein with the other fathers speaking Ambrosâ— in i. Cor. of our wasshing in baptisme of our being halowed in baptisme Faieth onlye doeth not iustifie man but baptisme also of oure iustification obtained therin as Paule witnesseth in that place Haec omnia beneficia puritatis in baptismate consecuti noscuntur quod est fundamentuÌ„â—uangelicae ueritatis Illic enim omnibus pecâ—atiâ— depositis abluitur credens iustificatur in nomine domini spiritu dei nostri filius deo adoptatur The people are knowen to haue gotten all these benefites of purenes in baptism Note this reader diligentlye whiche baptisme is the fouÌ„dation of the trueth of the euangell For in baptisme he that beleueth is wasshed cleane from his synnes and is iustified in the name of our lorde and thorowe the spirite of God is chosen the sonne of God al hys sâ—nnes being put away from hym Seest thou not here playnelye reader The vertue and streÌ„gth of baptisme that saint Ambrose expoâ—nding saint Pauls wordes declareth that he mente that we are iustified in baptisme and do receaue therby the holye ghost obtayne remission of al our sinnes are made the sonnes or chyldren of God by adoption whiche altogether Peter Martyr denieth vngodlye Ought he then to be credited beleued in his other opinions whiche doeth so ignorauntlye erre in this mattier againste the holye scriptures the general couÌ„selles the doctours the auncient custome and the beleife of the catholike churche Heare the holye man Leo the fyrst Pope of that name which â—eo sermone primo de â—aâ—â—â—â—â—ate Christi was aboue M. C. yeres synce and saieth Per baptismatis sacramentum spiritus sancti factus es templum Thou arte made the temple of the holye Ghooste throughe the sacrament of baptisme Maximus an auncient great learned man was of the Homi. de symbolo apost â—ame beleife when he wrote thus Sancta est ecclesia quae baptismi sacramento peccatorum contagione detersa terrarum incolas transmittit ad coelum The church is holye whiche sendeth the dwellers of the earthes vnto heauen throughe the sacrament of baptisme the infectioÌ„ of synnes being therby wyppen or taken awaye This is manifestlye spoken of these holye doctours I passe ouer all the reste of the olde doctours sentences boeth because these are sufficiente to persuade euery man that is not obstinatlye geuen to abyde in his errour and also for that that I woulde not be ouer tedious to the reader Our lorde of hys infinite goodnes moste tendre mercye graunte them grace to amende and to forsake thys wicked errour and all others their abominable opinions and to retourne agayne vnto Christes catholyke church leauinge their schisme to the honoure of God and the saluation of their own soules which Christe bought most dearâ—â—e with the shed dynge of hys precious bloude â–ª The preface to the vii chapiter That vowes ought to be kept both of men also of womeÌ„ which is against Peter Martyr the whole â—abâ—â—ment of the new brethren and especially against the maried moâ—kes â—hanons Freâ—rs and Nâ—nnes THen I perceaued reader that manye whiche hadde made vowes to God of perpetual chastitee weâ— maried thorowe the enticement and alluringe of the deuell the fleashe and the world and that their doinges was againste the worde of God to their owne vttermost daÌ„nation I thought it good and nedefull