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A04767	Heavenly knowledg directing a Christian to ye assurance of his salvation in this life / written in Latin by Barthol. Keckerm. ; done into English by T.V.	Keckermann, Bartholomäus, ca. 1571-1608 or 9.; Vicars, Thomas. Treatise written to the glory of gods grace, against free-will.	1625 (1625)	STC 14897; ESTC S1099	106,438	362

which Christ exercises this his Office It is the Church Calae Instit lib. 4. ca. 1. De Ecclesia Zanch Miscellan 2. part pag. ●1 seqq item Confess cap. 2● How many waies is Church taken Two waies in a large or in a more strict signification What is the Church taken in the large accepti●n It is the multitude or company of all such men Syst Theol. pag. 371. as haue the word of God preached vnto them in which company there bee many Hypocrites which doe not beleeue truly and therefore are damned for euer What is the Church as it is strictly taken It is that number and company of men which are elect of Christ by faith vnto eternall life Syst Theol. pag. 383. And this company is wont to be parted into two rankes the one Militant the other Triumphant That company of the elect and godly is called the Militant Church which remaineth yet on earth but the Triumphant is that company of the faithfull that is already in Heauen And so the rule of the Fathers is to be vnderstood Non peruenit ad praemia Christi qui relinquit ecclesiam Christi Cypr. Non Deus huic pater est cui non Ecclesia mater 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nazianz. He shall neuer bee a member of the Church Triumphant that hath not beene a member of the Church Militant But whereas the Church is diuided into the visible and inuisible Church that is no true diuision to speake properly but only a distinction of diuers respects in the Church For the Church is said to bee visible in respect of the men themselues which are in the Church and may bee seen● and inuisible in respect of the internall graces to wit of faith and other gifts of the holy Spirit which are not so obuious to the senses Which must be noted against the Papists who would haue the Church to bee a glorious appearing company which may by the very senses be pointed out and acknowledged by the externall pompe of ceremonies as Bellarmine affirmeth The Church is as visible as the common wealth of Venice Contrary whereunto our Sauiour speaketh Luk. 17.20 The Kingdome of God commeth not with obseruation where it is apparent enough out of the Text hee speaketh of the Church in this world namely that it shall be no such glorious company as should bee knowne by externall ceremonies and obseruations or by solemnities aparrelling of Senatours of Counsellors and other such like What are to be considered about the Church The Head the Members and the Proprieties Who is the Head of the Church Syst Theol. pag. 374. Christ alone is the Head of the Church aswell of the Millitant as the Triumphant which is confirmed first by apparent testimonies of holy writ Ephes 1.12 God hath put all things vnder the feete of Christ and hath appointed him ouer all to bee the Head to the Church which is the body And Ephes 4 15. Christ is the head by whom the whole body is coupled and knit together Col. 1.18 Christ is the Head of his Body the Church A like place there is Col. 2.19 It is proued secondly by reason because euery head ought to infuse vigor and liuely vertue into all the members as our head for instance infuseth liuely spirits into euery part of our body for sense and motion but Christ alone can infuse that liuely vigour into the members Ergo. True say the Papists Christ is the Head of the Church Obiect but he is the inuisible Head therefore there is neede of another visible Head who must bee Christs Vicar on earth and Peter the Apostles Successour to wit the Pope of Rome Soluti Whereunto we answer that in this strange doctrine of the Papists there are contained many puddles of errour The first errour is that Christ hath neede of a Vicar or Deputie on earth whereunto wee oppose these arguments First there is no Vicar but implyeth the weaknesse of the principall Regent or Gouernor For therfore Kings haue their Deputies because they bee but weake men not able to looke vnto all their Subiects by themselues but Christ is an omnipotent King Secondly Hee needeth a Deputie who cannot vpon all occasions bee euery where present with his Subiects but Christ is alwaies euery where present with his members as hee promiseth Matthew 28.20 Wheresoeuer two or three are gathered together in my name there am I is the midst of them that is immediately am I present with them Ego fidentur dieo quia quisquis se vniuersalem sacerdotem vocat vel vocari desiderat in elatione sua Antichristum praecurrit Greg. Mag. Galu Instit lib. 4. cap. 6. as the Hebrew phrase teacheth The second errour is that they thinke it a righteous thing for some one man and he a Bishop or Minister of the Church to attribute vnto himselfe this power to bee the vniuersall Head and Gouernour of the whole Church whereunto wee oppose these Arguments First because Christ doth plainely forbid primacie in the Church Matth. 20.26 Luke 22.26 Secondly because the Apostles themselues diuided the Office of the Apostleship among themselues for that they saw that one man could not bee ouer all Churches As the Scripture witnesseth Galath 27.8.9 where Paul saith When they saw that the Gospell of vncircumcision was committed vnto me as the Gospell of Circumcision vnto Peter and when Iames and Cephas and Iohn which were counted Pillars knew of the grace giuen vnto me they gaue vnto me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship that wee should doe the Office of the Apostles among the Gentiles and they execute the same Office among the Jewes Thirdly Moses who was a farre greater man then the Pope could not beare the burden of iudging the people of Israel alone but was constrained ●o part it as it is Exod. 18. much lesse therefore can the Pope gouerne the whole Church Planū est Apostolis interdicitur dominatus Bern. Quicunque desiderauerit primatum in terra inueniet confusionē in caelo Distinct 40 cap. multi The third errour is that they faine Peter to haue bin Head of the Church whereas not withstanding 1 Christ flatly forbiddeth Peter and his other Apostles to seeke after this Head ship and secondly Paul to the Gal. 2.7 in plaine tearmes saith that Iames and Peter and John were counted or thought to be pillars that is by an erronious conceire they were taken to be such by them who might by the abuse of that title deceiue the Galathians They obiect that place Mat. 16.18 Thou art Peter Obiection and vpon this Rocke super hanc Petram will I build my Church Whereunto wee answer Solut. that hee saith not and vpon thee Peter will I build my Church but wee say this is the intention and scope of Christs speech namely to commend the confession of Peter Tu es Petrus supra hanc petram c. sapius ex posui vt s●per hunc intelligeretur quem confessus

now for our behauiour there obserue thus much The duties which are required of vs in the celebration of the holy Communion are of two kinds either Generall See Master Brinsleys true Watch 1 part page 183. of the eight Edition or common to this and other times or Peculiar and proper to this seruice I. The generall and common duties are to ioyne with the Congregation in confessing of sinnes in singing of Psalmes and Hymnes in hearing with reuerence and deuotion Gods holy word preached in praying and the like Secondly touching the proper duties more peculiarly belonging to this seruice Corpus Christi dicimus esse ca●auer nosque opporiere esse aquilas vt intelligamus in altum subu●landum esse si velimus ad Christi corpus accedere haec ●nim aquilarū mensa● est non graculorum Chrys and our behauiour in the receiuing of those holy Mysteries as the Church hath retained it there is a commandement giuen that wee lift vp our hearts to the Lord. And wee must indeed be as Eagles soaring vp to heauen by hauing carefull meditations on heauenly and i●uisible things a rising from the due consideration of the things themselues offered vnto vs that is the outward elements of bread wine as also from a regard full contemplation of euery action in that holy ministration First therfore when we see the bread and wine set before vs on the Lords Table wee know that they are appointed for the nourishing and strengthning of our bodies but here wee must not stay Our hearts hereby are to bee led to meditate on the body and blood of Christ which is appointed to bee our soules nourishment to feede vs to eternall life for so he prof●sseth of himselfe Ioh. 6.55 My flesh is meate indeed and my blood is drinke indeed Secondly when wee see the breaking of the bread and powring out of the wine our hearts are to be led to the meditation of the c●uell death of the Crosse which Christ suff●red for the remission of our sinns when his most blessed body was broken and his most precious blood shed for the redemption of mankind Againe when we see that the bread which is broken giuē vnto vs by the Minister is all of the same loafe or at the least of the same graine and the wine whereof we drinke that it commeth from the same grape and receiued by vs in the same Cup wee are hereby to be led to the meditation on that communion which wee haue with all Gods Saints which are partakers of those holy mysteries and to the consideration of that vnion which we haue or should haue among our selues as members of one mysticall body whereof Christ Iesus is the head Lastly when wee eate that holied bread and drinke that consecrated wine wee know that they turne to nutriment for our bodies so cōsequētly that they grow into one substance with vs hereby are we led to a further meditation on our incorporation into Christ Iesus to bee made one with him and hee with vs so that hereby wee may assure our hearts of our reconciliation with God and of all the benefits of Christs death and passion for seeing Christ is become ours how shall not God with Christ giue vs all things And these are those holy Meditations whereupon we must bestow the best of our thoughts in that so sacred a businesse now as touching the triall of our soules after the receiuing of those holy mysteries note but this After that the Lord hath fed our soules so graciously at his owne Table we must take heede that wee proue not vnthankefull to the louing kindnesse of the Lord. And therefore it is required of vs that not for a day or a weeke or some small time but euen for euer continually to retaine a thankfull remēbrance of those blessings wherof we are made partakers in Christ Iesus as also neuer to let sl p out of our mind that interchāgeable promise which hath past betwixt God vs. The Lord promising to be our God we promising henceforth to become Gods faithfull obedient seruants to serue him in holinesse all the remainder of our life Whence the ordinary custome in these daies may worthily be reprehended for howsoeuer men for a day or a short space seeme to haue a Christian sense of that holy duty whereto they haue bound themselues by their p●omise yet notwithstanding within a while they returne with the Dogge to the vomit and with the Sow to wallowing in the mire Wherefore to good purpose it is that wee propose to our hearts a triall of our selues euen after our receiuing For though a man by the sight of the soyle may gather by some guesse what fruite will come vp yet when hee sees rhe fruite the matter is farre more sure And therefore because those Accidents Antecedent as repentance from dead workes faith in Christ and loue towards men may sometime deceiue vs it is good to put the matter out of all doubt to trie our selues afterward if wee can heare the Word more ioyfully if we trauell for the righteousnes of faith more soundly and make the score of our sinnes lesse then they were before And these indeed are comfortable fruites of the truth of our holinesse FJNIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 OR Recapitulation of the chiefe Points handled in this Treatise CHristian Religion is the seruing of God in Christ The actions thereof are most eminently 1. Meditation of Gods Word which testifies of Christ 2. Prayer vnto God through Christ 3. The vse of the Sacraments instituted by Christ Of the two first elsewhere here onely of the third Page 1. seqq That we may vse the Sacraments aright we haue neede of Preparation which in this Booke is both largely deciphered and concisely proposed ●reparation largely deciphered consists in 2. things Knowledge and Deuotion Our knowledge is either generall in points of Religion or particular about a Sacrament Our generall knowledge is either primarie and independant or secondarie and deriued The primarie and independant consists of a double doctrine I. Of God according to the Essence which is one and Persons which are three Pag 6. II. Of Gods Word or the Scripture of which see the definition Pag. 14. The diuision which is threefold Pag. 15. The Proprieties which are 3.1 It deriues its authority from God alone Pag. 21. ●2 It is perfect and sufficient to saluation Pag. 26. 3. In the Articles of Faith and matters necessary to saluation it is easie and perspicuous Pag. 30. The secondarie and deriued knowledge consists of two parts I. Of the End it selfe Saluation considered in respect of the life to come perfect or this present life incho●te Pag. 38. I● Of the Meanes to come by that End and that 's a double knowledge I. Of thy Miserie II. Of the Remedie for thy miserie Pag. 41. Thy misery is throughly knowne by the consideration of 4. things I. That which went before thy misery the Image of God