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A48360	The summe of Doctor Leyburnes answere to a letter printed against him by M.r Blacloe	Leyburn, George, 1593-1677.	1657 (1657)	Wing L1939; ESTC R217656	12,415	45

not all those for whom Christ died haue receiued the benefit of his death But omnes personae concessae to vse M. r Blacloes owne words haue or will receiue the benefit of Christs death And therefore Christ died pro persona non concessa Doctor Leyburne ended with an Epiphonema is this sapere ad veram germanam sacrae Scripturae intelligentiam The third profane Noueltie Lec 9. pag. 81. M. r Blacloe auerreth sententiam asserentem Sacramenta nouae legis causare gratiam ex opere operato vitam perfectionem Christianam quae in cultura animae in bonis actibus consistit transferre in ritus superstitionem Paganam qua credantur certa opera externa placere Deo efficere vi quasi magica bonitatem non nisi violentia intensi affectus capiendam ' quare euidens est hanc sententiam magis facibus abolendam esse quam argumentis confutandam Thus he the meaning is that outward works as are the Sacraments exercise no efficiencie in the production of sanctifying Grace which is the opinion of Luther lib. de Captiu Babilon And of all the sectaries in this age But seing that M. r Blacloe doth brand the common doctrine mantained by the current of learned men in Gods Church and audaciously affirmes nullum esse istius profanitatis so he stileth the said common doctrine verbulum vel similitudinem in Concilio Tridentino as is evident out of his owne words of the same lection pag. 78. it will be expedient to alleage the words of the said Councell thereby to come to a iudgemēt The Councell sess 7. can 6. defineth thus si quis dixerit Sacramenta nouae legis non continere gratiam quam significant aut gratiam ipsam non ponentibus obicem non conferre quasi signa tantum externa sint c. anathema sit Et can 8. si quis dixerit per ipsa nouae legis Sacrementa ex opere operato non conferri gratiam c. anathema sit But M. r Blacloe answers that albeit the Councell doth define that the Sacraments of the new law doe conteyne and conferre grace yet it means not that Sacraments which are outward works exercise anie causalltie or efficiencie as schoolemen vnanimously teach for that were saith he to transferre life and Christian perfection into a Pagan superstition and to begert a beleife that outward works as it were by a magick force doe effect goodnes or sanctitie And thence concludes that the opinion of Doctors teaching that Sacraments doe conferre Grace ex opere operato est facibus abolenda And vpon the same score he must condemne to the fier S Austine saying vnde tanta virtus aquae vt corpus rangat cor vero abluat to wit ascribing the purgation or sanctification of the soule to the outward or extrinsecall water of Baptisme The Doctor ended with an Epiphonema Quam imprudenter noster Thomas Albiorum Trinobantum Diruit aedificat mutat quadrata rotundis 5. o Whereas M. r Blacloe in his answere to the third obiection pretend's that his whole scope in writing rules of Government was to highten and commend the exemptions from anie written Law or custome of the Common wealth which the dignitie of a supreme Prince or Magistrate giues him and imediately after subiect 's the said supreme Magistrate to a rationall law or law of reason figmentum antea inauditum by vertue of which his whole scope is to vnhighten the dignitie of the said supreme Magistrate and to bring him to Iudgment and punishment as often as the law of reason shall require from which no supreme Magistrate is exempt more then from Club law onely according to M. r Blacloe the punnishing of an offending supreme Magistrate by the law of reason is a rationall action proceeding from a rationall nature and the punnishing of him by Club-law is an vnreasonable act proceeding from an irrationall and brutish nature The Doctor onely answer'd with an Epiphonema is this sapere ad discretionem 6. o M. r Blacloe hauing liberally bestowed on Doctor Leyburne the Characters of sycophant madman calumniator hissing serpent c. proceeded farther to proue him an ignorant man which he performes thus 1. says he his letter shews him ignorant 2. his life may proue the same he hauing spent his time generally in a practicall way true it is he studied some time before his suing for his Doctorship but with such successe as I am assured he vnderstood not his Theses after he had defended them and being brought vnder the glorious name of a Doctor to confer with some of a different Religion he came of with the shame of those who brought him to it Doctor Leyburne answered that albeit he hath hitherto endeuored to free himselfe from the Characters of sycophant Calumniator hissing serpent c. yet he takes to the title of ignorant man and professeth ingeniously that he neuer had the ambition to be esteemed learned howeuer he vowed that M. r Blacloe had done him wrong in the proofes of his ignorance For 1. said he onely two dayes after he had defended the said Theses in the Vniuersitie of Rhemes the Cheife Doctor and Chaire-man of the said Vniuersitie came vnto him in the name of their whole bodie desiring him to compose new Theses and to prepare himselfe to defend them in the name of the said Vniuersitie before a Prouinciall Councell which by Order of their Archbishop was to assemble in the said Cittie of Rhemes within fifteene daies which is a considerable argument that the said Vniuersitie was perswaded that the Doctor vnderstood his Theses 2. The Doctor composed his Theses himselfe which was a signe that he vnderstood them Moreover they conteyned neither false Latine or dangerous opinion as did the Theses made by M. r Blacloe for his friend the Doctor at Paris some eighteene yeeres agoe 3. Doctor Leyburne said that he had moderated and defended more Theses in Divinitie then euer M. r Blacloe had 4. Doctor Leyburnes Theses which he composed and defended three yeeres agoe in the Vniuersitie of Doway were honored with the title of pulchrae Theses and presented by some of the said Vniuersitie to the Popes Nuncio at Brussells with a request that they might be exhibited to the Pope to acquaint his Holines with the sound and sober doctrine professed in the said Vniuesitie But M. r Blacloe teaching Diuinitie at Lisbo no sooner had printed his first Theses then they were put into the Inquisition as conteyning daungerous opinions in so much that he terrifi'de at the proceeding sodeinly quitted Portugall returning into England By which is apparent that although as M. r Blacloe saith the Doctor hath spent little time in studies yet it seemes that the diuine prouidence hath beene more fauorable to the Doctor than to M. r Blacloe who hath employ'd the whole course of his life for the purchase of knowledge that hath brought preiudice to himselfe and to all his Brethren As Concerning the Doctors being brought to conferre

with some of a different Religion c. it is one of M. r Blacloes dreames without anie ground of veritie But the Doctor doth well remember M. r Blacloes conference with Chillingworth who triumphed ouer him to the great disaduantage of his Cause The Doctor ended with an Epiphonema is this sapere ad veritatem 7. o After that M. r Blacloe had finish'd his charge of calumnies against Doctor Leyburne and their goodlie proofes it seemes his great Councellour and secretarie M. r Holland according to their contriued plot thought it now a fit time presuming that the precedent Calumnies would haue sufficiently lessen'd the Doctors esteeme in the opinion of the Clergie to inculcate and insinuate into the hearts of our Brethren and Lay-Catholicks the two cheife opiniōs amongst M. r Blacloes profane Nouelties to wit concerning the Popes infallibilitie and the imprisonment of soules in Purgatorie vntill the day of iudgment And as touching the first M. r Blacloe openeth his breast thus to his said Secretarie I told you said he I heard it his booke written against the Popes infallibilitie would not be meddled with at Rome nay there want not those who say it will be well accepted it bringing the Popes infallibilitie into a rationall Thesis whereas the contrarie was not defensible but by force of command and power and scandalized Catholicks who sought for reason and auerted those who otherwise were neere conuersion vntill they met with Catholicks of another opinion Doctor Leyburne answered with a zealous exclamation saying ô God how this poore man acts the serpent that hissed poison to Eue in Paradise how he is blowne vp with the dreames of his owne troubled fancie how ambitious he is to execute his law of reason that is his Club-law for the knocking downe of the Popes infallibilitie pretending that it is a mutherer of soules hindring their conuersion and to vse his owne words a greater sinne them to destoure a virgin vpon an altar Doctor Leyburne added can any man though onely halfe witted conceiue that Alexander 7.th now Pope of Rome is well satisfied with M. r Blacloe for impugning his infallibilitie which Catholick Doctors in all ages haue ascribed vnto him or can it be rationally conceiu'd that anie one that is compos mentis should be auerted from the Catholick Religion vpon that score of Infallibilitie which rather should be a motiue to embrace it For who would not sooner adhere to that Church whose Cheife Pastor is esteem'd infallible and cannot tell a lie for a truth defining as cheife Pastor then to a Church whose cheife Pastor is subiect to fallibilitie therefore he cannot beleiue but that M. r Blacloe did dreame this frivolous pretence that the Popes infallibilitie should disswade from the Catholick faith But this poore man hath the ambition to be esteemed amongst all Christians the Christian rationall imitating in that peece of pride the Donatists who made cleare reason to march before their beleife against whom S. Austine writeth thus credimus vt cognoscamus non cognoscimus vt credamus and againe saith he Christianus fidelis non rationalis nominatur Doctor Leyburne ended with an Epiphonema is this sapere ad fidē Christianam As touching the second his durance of Purgatorie M. r Blacloe thus hisseth poisoned words to his Brethren My friend Macedo saith he would not touch it auerring it to be the opinion of diuers Fathers particularly S. Austine others of my Aduersaries that it was hard to answere what I had said Further consider how contrarie it is to pietie charging God with an irrationall iustice taking away the priuilege of charitie by affirming that soules perfect in charitie are yet depriued of the sight of God and exposing heauen to auction that who can giue most shall soonest come thither Adde what slight grounds they goe vpon certaine visions c. The Doctor said that with horror and indignation he read the impious and blasphemous doctrine conteyned in the recited words Withall answered 1. o That M. r Blacloe was to be commended for stiling Macedo his freind for he procured at Rome the condemning of one of his books and it was the part of a true freind to seeke his conuersion to pure doctrine and to the obedience of the Church But how happen'd it that his said friend Macedo auerring S. Austine particulary to hold with M. r Blacloe in the detention of soules in Purgatorie vntill the day of Iudgment hath not mentioned the Booke and Page where the said S. Austine teacheth that opinion And how happens it now that our all-knowing Thomas Albiorum Trinobantum c. soe vainly he subscribes his name to his printed writings doth not supplie that defect of his friend Macedo Howeuer I my selfe shall helpe in this buisnesse and cite S. Austine for him lib. 15. de Trin. cap. 25. constituuntur autem purgati ab omni cogitatione corruptionis in placidis sedibus donec recipiant corpora sua See how fauorable S. Austine is to M. r Blacloes opinion who placeth soules in heauen to expect their bodies after their purgation in the next life as will clearly appeare to him that shall peruse the cited chapter Againe S. Austine hom 16. writeth thus quanta fuerit peccati materia tanta pertranseundi mura Where see againe how fauorable S. Austine is to M. r Blacloes opinion speaking of soules passing the riuer of fire Purgatorie says by how much more the matter of sinne is soe much longer the soules shall stay in their passage whence is clearly inferr'd that some soules doe passe sooner then others 2. o Doctor Leyburne answered that M. r Blacloe in condemning the doctrine that teacheth the deliuerance of soules out of Purgatorie before the day of Iudgment as contrarie to Pietie commit's an impietie aduersus Spiritum sanctum which S. Matthew calls impardonable in hoc seculo in futuro in condemning the said doctrine as charging God with an irrationall iustice commit's blasphemie quod est peccatum ad mortem non habet remissionem in aeternum and in condemning the said doctrine as exposing heauen to auction or open sale that who can giue most shall soonest come thither comit's flagitium profanitatis But at what a hight of impudencie and impietie is this poore man arriu'd affirming an orthodoxe veritie defined by Pope Engenius in the generall Coūcell of Florēce as also by Pope Benedict the 12.th auer'd by anciēt Fathers approu'd by the vniuersall practice of Gods Church and cōfirmed and taught by the whole current of Catholick Doctors to be contrarie to pietie to charge God with an irrationall iustice and to expose heauen to open sale that who shall giue most monie shall carrie it Blasphema dicit Blaclous profana dicit falsa dicit blasphema stupemus profana cauemus falsa conuincimus 3. o Doctor Leyburne answered that M. r Blacloe in auerring that the said Catholick Tenet relieth on certaine visions which he calleth old wiues tales commits an iniurious falsitie seing that the said doctrine is protected with the authoritie of an infallible Councell fortified with an vniuersall practice of the Church and arm'd with an vnanimous consent of all Catholick Doctors Yet albeit our Catholick doctrine of the durance of Purgatorie doth not relie on visions howeuer our vnus Doctor M. r Blacloe profanely calleth apparitions of holy soules old owiues tales seing that they haue alwayes beene number'd amongst diuine miracles and besides they are groūded on authoritie of holie Scripture Samuel 1. Reg. 2. Sauli vere apparuit according to the common opinion and it is an vndoubted truth that Moyses appeared in Christs Transfiguration and S. Matthew cap. 17. 27. mentioneth diuers apparitions in Christ his Resurrection and S. Austine lib. de cura pro more cap. 10. affirmes the soules of the departed to haue oftētimes appeared si falsa esse inquit responderimus to wit that soules haue often appeared contra quorundam scripta fidelium contra eorum sensus qui talia sibi accidisse confirmant impudenter venire videbimur Whence is infer'd that according to S. Austines iudgment M. r Blacloes opinion is branded with impudency Here Doctor Leyburne gaue ouer the conflict expressing onely a zealous desire to imprint in the hearts of his Brethren what S. Austine did inculcate to all Christian people who in his second booke written against Iulian who had broach't profane nouelties to the preiudice of soules vseth these words hos the holy Fathers who flourish'd in the precedent ages oportet vt Christiani populi vestris profanis nouitatibus anteponant cisque potius quam vobis eligant adhaerere And wish'd that our Brethren at the example of this great Doctor would preferre the holie Fathers in a generall Councell assembled before M. r Blacloes profane nouelties and to adhere rather to the vniuersall practice of the Catholick Church then to his singularitie AN ADVERTISMENT WHereas a certaine Decree hath beene made by the Holy Congregation de propaganda fide prohibiting all Apostolicall Missionaries to print an Opus without the expresse leaue of the said Congregation Doctor Leyburne did conferre with some Professors of Diuinitie whither the printing of an Epistle were comprehended in that Decree and it was iudged negatiue Howeuer seing that through the dispersing of M. r Blacloes printed Letter by Order from a Consult Doctor Leyburne had iust ground to apprehend preiudice to his owne reputation and ruine to many soules if not preuented by some present remedie it was thought lawfull for him in so vrgent a necessitie to vse interpretation per epikiam in case his Epistle had beene comprehended in the said Decree Thus much Doctor Leyburne iudg'd fitting to signifie least some weake brother might esteeme him disobedient to the said Decree Moreouer Doctor Leyburne will vse expedition to acquaint both the Cardinall Protector and the said Holy Congregation with his proceeding to whom he submit's his present writings In the interim he desires his Brethren to excuse what they find defectiue either in this Answere or his Declaratorie Epistle hauing in a manner beene constrain'd to finish both in the space of two Posts out of England FIN