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An answer to the challenge of Mr. Henry Jennings (Protestant Arch-Deacon of Dromore) which evidently makes-out the present Church of Romes doctrine to have been maintain'd in the first five ages, & the adversarys principles to be only a heap of heresies lawfully condemn'd by the primitive Church. To which is annexed An answer to one Whealy. Set forth by James O Shiell reader of Divinity.
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O'Sheill, James.
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Wing O530A; ESTC R214539
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the arke was a prepariÌ„g Mâ—lachi c. 3 v. 3 and he shall sit is a refiner and a puriâ—â—er of silver and â—e shall purifie the sons of Levi and â—urge them as gold and silver that they may offer unto the Lord an offeriÌ„g in righteousnesse Which text signifies the punishment of Purgatory as the following Fathers do testifies Origines hom 6. in Exod. S. Ambrose in his commentary on the 36. psal St Hierâ—me in the exposition of this text and St. Augustin in his 20th book of the city of God c. 25. we find in the 2 book of Machabees c. 12. v. â—3 that Judas Machabeus had sent to Jerusalem twelve thousand peeces of silver to be offer'd for the souls of his souldiâ—rs here are the very words of the scripture and making a â—athering he sent twelve thousand dracmes of fâ—â—ver to â—erusalem for sacrâ—fice to be offer'd for â—â—nne well and religiously thinking of the Resurection for unless he â—â—p'd that they that were slaiâ—e should raise againe it should seem superflous and vainâ—â—â— prayfor the dead and because he conâ—ider'd thaâ— they which had taken their sleep with Godliness had very Good grace lay'd up for them It is therefore a holy and healthfull cogitaâ—ion to pray for the dead that tâ—ey may â—e loose from sinnes perhaps you may Answer saying that this book is not the word of God or canonical and consequently that it's Authority is of no force but in case it wou'd not be canonical it self it ought to be sooner belier'd then either Calvin or Luthers â—nd consequently prefer'd before their Authorityes being Juâ—as was always esteem'd to have â—een a most faithfull servant to God Almighty and then has â—een a high Priest of the true Church Moreover ti 's false that this book is not Canonical for Tradition and the Authority of the holy Catholick Church which is all the testimony we can produce to prove that any book of the whole Bible is canonical or the true word of God expressly affirms that this book is Canonical and consâ—quently the word of God as may â—e seen in InnoceÌ„t the first 's letter to Exuperius in St Cyprian's first book c. 3. in his book de Exâ—orâ—atioâ— Martyry c. 11. in St. Gregorie Nazianzens Oration de Machabaeis in St Ambrose's 2. book de Jacob c 10. 11. 12. in St. AugustiÌ„s 2. book against Gaudentâ—us Epistles c. 23 in his 2 book de Doc. Christ c. 8. in his 18. book of the City of God c. 36. and also in the 47 Chap. of the 3. Council of Carthage celebrated the year 397 whose very words are these Item placuit ut praeter scripturas Canonicas nihil in Ecclesia legatur sub nomine divinarum scripturarum Sunt autem canonicae Scripturae Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numeri Deuteronomium Jesus nave Judicum Ruth Regâ—um libriquatuor Paralipâ—menon libri duo Job psalterium Davidicum Salomonis libri quinque libri duodecim Prophetarum Isaias Jeremia Ezechiel Daniel Tobias Judith Ester Esdrae libri duo Machabaâ—rum libri duo Novi autem Testamenti Evangeliorum libri quatuor Actuum Apostolorum liber vnus Pauli Apostoli Epistolae tredecim ejusdâ—m ad Hebraeos una Petri Apostoli duae JoaÌ„nis Apostoli tres Judae Apostoli una et Jacobi una Apocalipsis Joannis â—iber unus Whereby the reader may plainly see that my adversary can have no kind of tolerable reason to reject the books of Mâ—chabees more than any other book of the whole Bible Now let us heare those texts of the new Testament which speaks of Purgatory Mat. c 5. v. 2â— But I say unto you that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of judgment whosoever shall say to his brother Racha shall be in daÌ„ger of CouÌ„cil but whosoever shall say thou fool shall be in danger of hell fire Which text expressly declares the soul to be punish'd after leaviÌ„g this world for three several sinnes and that only for the last of them he shall suffer Eternal fire so that I mâ—y lawfully infer that there must be some other place wherin the souls are punish'd for the two other sinnes but that other place cannot be heaven as is evident neither is it hell as the text makes-out therefore it must be that place of teâ—poral Punishment which the holy Catholick Church commonly call's Purgatory Which may be confirm'd by the 2â— â—6 v. of the same Chap. where we read thus agree with your adversarâ— quickly whilâ—s you are in the way with him lest the adversary would deliver thee to the judge the judge deliver thee to the officer thou be cast in prâ—son verâ—ly I say unto thee thou shalâ— by nâ— means come ouâ— thence till thou hast payed the uttermost farthing Whereby the reader may see that the word of God confirms the premâ—sses by bidding us to make penance in this world lest we shu'd be sent to that prison out of which â—â— cannot go till we pay the last farthing that is to saâ— untill our souls will be purifi'd from all manner of â—innes as the following Fathers do expressly declare â—ertullian in his book de Anima c 17. S. Cyprian in his 4th book Epist 2 Origines hom 35 in Lucaâ— Eusebius Emiâ—senus homâ— de â—piphâ—ia St Ambrose expoundiÌ„g the 12. c of Luke St. Hierome on thee aforesaid text where he sayes the following words this is what St. Matthew declares you shall not go out of the prison till also the small sinâ— be punish'd Matt. c. 12 v. 32. and whosoever speakeâ—h a word against the son of maâ— iâ— shall be forgiven him but whosoever speaketh against the holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world neiâ—herâ—n the world to come Which words S Matthew wou'd â—ot have said If he haâ— not suppos'd that some siâ—â— will be foâ—given in the world to come We fiâ—d also the following words in St. Pauls first Epist to the Corinthians c 3 v. 15. â—f any manâ— wâ—râ—e shall be burnt he shall suffer cosse but hiâ—self shall be sav'd yet so as by fire By which words S. Paul clearly firms that some souls after leaving this world shall be purgâ—d and purifi'd by a temporal fire as the following Fathers do testifie St. Ambrose in his coâ—mentary on this text in his 20. ser on the â—18 psal Sâ— Hierome on the 4. Chap. of Amos St. Augustin on the 37. Psal S Gregorie in his 4. book of Dialogues c. 39. Now let us beare the holy Fathers very words S. Denis who has been St. Paul's Disciple in his book de Eccâ—es Hier c. 7. sayes thus Then the Venerable Bishops do draw near and perform the hoâ—y prayers over the dead beseechâ—ng the divine clemency to forgive the dead all the sinnes which he commitâ—d by his human weaknesse and to place hâ—â— in light and in the region of the living Terâ—ullian who liv'd in the year 230. in his book de Monogamia bids acâ—rtain womâ—n