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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39279	A defence of the Thirty nine articles of the Church of England written in Latin by J. Ellis ... now done into English ; to which are added the Lambeth Articles ; together with the judgment of Bishop Andrews, Dr. Overall, and other eminent and learned men upon them.; Articulorum XXXIX Ecclesiae Anglicanae defensio. English	Ellis, John, 1599?-1665.; Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.; Overall, John, 1560-1619.; Church of England. Thirty-nine Articles.	1700 (1700)	Wing E587; ESTC R1641	74,086	146

If the Judgment of Councils was not Infallible we might deservedly call in question whether all the ancient H●esies ●ave been rightly condemned or not Answ. Heresies were not such because Councils declared them so but because they were declared so from the Word of God From whence 〈◊〉 may be 〈◊〉 and unquestionable which Heresies have been righ●y condemned ART XXII Of Purgatery THE Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory Pardons Worshiping and Adorations as well of Images as of Relicks and also Invocation of Saints is a fond thing vainly invented and grounded upon no Warranty of Scripture but rather repugnant to the Word of God Obj. 1. It is alm●st the universal Consent of all Nations that the Soul is not immediately admitted into Heaven but is purged and purified in Hell and therefore the Opinion of Pu●gatory is not so va●n Answ. The consent of Nations may take place in Natural Things but not in Spiritual Obj. 2. There is mention made of the Fire of Purgatory 1 Cor. 3. 10 c. Answ. Either the Fire of Tribulation and Trial is there understood and so it means not a real but imaginary Fire Or else The Fire shall try that is the Spirit of God shall search and examine every ones Work as a Sanctifier Others understand this place of the Condagration of the World and the severe Judgment of God Obj. 3. There is in the Church an infinite treasure of Satisfactions from the Sufferings of Christ that can never be exhausted To this Treasure belong likewise the Passions of the Bl●ssed Virgin and other Saints w●o have suffered more than their Sins required Now the Pastors of the Church out of this inexhaustible Treasure have Authority to dispense and grant Indulgencies to those who are guilty of suffering Temporal Punishment Answ. The Satisfaction of Christ is not applied by Parts but wholly to all and every of the Faithful neither is there any thing here superfluous And then as for the Blessed Virgin and other Saints they have not done any good thing or suffered any thing which was not before a Debt A Creature ought both to do and suffer the greatest things for God's Glory because whatever they do and suffer they will be abundantly rewarded for it and therefore it cannot be satisfactory for others Besides this Authority of dispensing any thing at Will was never granted to the Pastors of the Church Obj. 4. Images are capable of Injury and Contempt and so consequently of Honour and Worship Answ. This Argument may be allowed to have a sound and wholsome meaning provided we do not understand it of a Religious Worship Obj. 5. The Bodies of the Saints are the Temples of the Holy Ghost and for that reason are to be worshiped Answ. The Bodies of the Saints are to be honoured with a lawful Honour but are not to be worshiped with Religious Worship Obj. 6. There are Intercesso●s usually appointed for these that would ask ●y thing of a King and therefore much more ought those who come to God to make use of such since he is at a greater distance in his Nature from Men and superior to them Answ. The similitude betwixt God and Earthly Princes is ill applied for either they will not hear and answer or they neglect to do it or else they cannot but nothing of this can we suppose in God because he invites all Men to himself and is not as Man is Hos. 11. 9. And then too we have an Intercessor with God Christ Jesus ART XXIII Of Ministring in the Congregation IT is not lawful for any Man to take upon him the Office of publick Preaching or Ministring the Sacraments in the Congregation before he be lawfully called and sent to execute the same And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent which be chosen and called to this Work by Men who have publick Authority given unto them in the Congregation to call and send Ministers into the Lord's Vineyard Obj. 1. There were in the Primitive Church not a few that taught and preached the Word who were never called as appears by the Example of th●se that were dispersed upon the Persecution of the Church after the Death of St. Stephen Acts 8. 4. Answ. Among those that were dispersed some perhaps were called If not we grant it to be lawful in an extraordinary time of Persecution publickly to teach without an ordinary Vocation and not otherwise Obj. 2. He may be ●uly said to be called who is furnish'd with proper Gifts for teaching and instructing others Answ. Altho' the foundation of a true Calling be such Gifts as inable a Man to teach others yet there is likewise required a Trial and Approbation of his Gifts to be made by others before he be admitted into Holy Orders Obj. 3. St. Paul when he is describing a Bishop does not mention any necessity of a Vocation 1 Tim. 3. Tit. 1. 4. Answ. Altho in those places he does not expresly mention a Vocation yet in others he does as Rom. 10. 15. Obj. 4. To teach others is a Work of Charity Jam. 5. 19 20. and for that reason should not require a special Vocation Answ. We do not deny that to teach others is a Work of Charity yet it does not from hence follow that any one may take upon him to teach and preach publickly in the Church not only because the Scripture very often urgeth the necessity of a Vocation but likewise because upon this Account too great a liberty would be given and even Women would ●each in the Church contrary to the Judgment of the Apostle 1 Cor. 14. 34. 1 Tim. 2. 12. Besides that a great many who were really unfit to teach in the Church would yet take upon them to do it which the Apostle forbids 1 Tim. 5. 12. ART XXIV Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the People understand IT is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God and the Custom of the Primitive Church to have Publick Prayers in the Church or to minister the Sacraments in a Tongue not understood of the People Obj. 1. We are told Lev. 16. 17. that the People according to the Commandment were to stay without and the Priest was to enter into the Sanctuary Of which likewise we have an Example Luke 1. 20. And therefore it is not necessary that the People should understand the Priest Answ. The Priests entring into the Sanctuary was a Type of Christ who alone by his own Vertue is entered into Heaven there to pray for us Besides when the Priest spoke to the People he spoke so as to be understood by All. Obj. 2. If the People ought to pray for those things only which they understand then they must never repeat the Psalms and other Scriptures in which they cannot be supposed to understand every thing Answ. Tho' all things out of the Psalms and other Books cannot be perfectly understood yet very many may But there is nothing at all understood by the unlearned in