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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13025	A generall treatise against poperie and in defence of the religion by publike authoritie professed in England and other churches reformed. VVherein they that either want leisure to read, or that haue not iudgement to conceiue, or that are not able to buie the learned treatises of other concerning particular points of religion, may yet euidently see poperie not to be of God, and our religion to be acceptable in his sight. Very necessarie for these times, for the confirmation and strengthening of men in our religion, that neither by Iesuits, nor by any other, they may be drawne to poperie, or any other heresie or sect: and likewise for the winning of Papists and atheists to an vnfained liking and true profession of our religion. By Thomas Stoughton minister of the word	Stoughton, Thomas.	1598 (1598)	STC 23316; ESTC S113794	180,055	360

looketh not so much to the inward man but regardeth the worke wrought howsoeuer it be done and that he in iustice cannot deny a good reward to such merits Can the naturall man dislike of all this Further what naturall man is not readie apt to worship images to inuocate Saints to sweare to profane the Lord his daie or at least to obserue any holiday appointed onely by man more exactly to be proud to resist magistrates c. what naturall man I saie is not willing enough to these and the like 3 Yea but it is obiected that our religion teacheth faith onely to iustifie without works and that therefore our religion is a doctrine of ease and libertie and so consequently more pleasing the naturall man then poperie which requireth many numbers of praiers no● to God onely but also to Saints many great iournies in pilgrimages many offerings to the church many almes many good works many merits c. I answer first acknowledging that we teach indeede that faith onely iustifieth euen without any workes whatsoeuer yet is this faith more hard to the naturall man then all before mentioned to be taught and required by poperie For this saith that we teach must haue knowledge of God of him whome he hath sent as also of the holy Ghost and that as they are reuealed in the word and likewise of the promises of God in his word particularly taught it must also applie these things particularly to euery man his particular selfe Secondly though we say that good works are not necessarie as causes of iustification yet we doe vtge true good workes not such as the Papists commend more straitly then they doe teach them to be more necessarie as effects fruits of iustification and such as without which there is no saluation For we say that he that hath not eternall life begunne in him heare that is in whome the olde man is not crucified and sinne mortified in whome the new man is not restored and the life of godlines wrought that man shal neuer haue eternal life in the world to come neither shal euer enter into the kingdome of heauen This the Apostle saith and this we saie that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdō of God neither corruption inherit incorruptio 1. Cor. 15. 50. 4 As for all other things required by poperie the naturall man can well brooke and beare so long as the inward may be dispensed withal yea what is there so costly though it come to the plucking off the earings and giuing the ordinarie iewells and ornaments that men vse to weare though it be the offering thousands of bullocks and rammes or ten thousand riuers of oyle what is so pretious though it be the first fruits of a man his owne bodie what is so laborious painful though it be the cutting of himselfe with knives lancres as the priests of Baal did or the whipping of himself til the blood follow or the pining of himselfe by long fasting or at least by liuing onely of bread water and by lying in woollen vpon bare boards or taking no rest many years togither but onely standing as many old Monks mentioned by Socrates and Sozomen were wont to doe some foolish papists yet doe what I saie of all these is such that a natural man wil not willingly vndergo so it be repugnāt to Gods word deuised only by mā Againe what though poperie require all these things what also though nothing thereof be performed whilst a man liueth here shall he therefore to hell No saie the Papists there is remedie for that When he dieth and needeth no more to vse his goods himselfe let him but giue liberally to the poore especially to the Church and to priests for singing and saying of masses dirges trentalls and other such pleasant songs for his soule and then all shall be well enough He shall not go to hell but onely to purgatoriekitchin and there either to be a rafter or a little to turne the spit and then after a few yeares he shall be remooued from thence and preferred euen to God his owne parlour in heauen In the meane time who seeth not that the hope of this maketh any man especially of wealth and abilitie to giue liberally if all the daies of his life he may liue in all licentious manner 5 But as for our religion it is farre otherwise therewith For by abasing the whole man and all that is in him and teaching those things which before haue bin spoken of and shall not neede now to be repeated it is altogether vnpleasant and vnsauorie to the naturall man euen as smoke vnto the eyes and vineger to the teeth yet to God yea therefore to God it is sweete pleasant Certenly in this respect there is such difference betwixt our religion and poperie that if both were offered vnto the naturall man he would make much sooner choise of poperie then of ours And this indeede is the cause why of long tim e and of most parts in the world poperie hath beene so generally receiued why there haue beene more Papists then Protestants namely because our religion is altogether repugnant to nature and poperie altogether agreeable thereunto Further let euery man examine his owne heart how it standeth naturally affected and he shall finde himselfe rather inclined to poperie wherein he may for a money matter haue both pardon of any sinne alreadie committed and also a dispensation to commit what he will though it be incest with his owne sister then to our religion which condemneth all such pardons and dispensations Sith therfore this is now so euident that poperie is so sutable to our corrupt nature and that our religion is altogether so harsh thereunto why may I not againe conclude as before I haue done both against poperie and also in behalfe of our religion THE TENTH ARGVMENT the first part touching the great decaie of Gods gifts in these times of Poperie MY last argument touching the maine conclusion both against poperie and also for our religion shall be from the testimonies of God himselfe in this matter By the testimonies of God I meane not here the testimonies of his written word but reall and actuall testimonies if I may so speak that is such things as whereby indeede God himselfe hath iustified our and condemned the Romish religion vnto the eyes of men as by his written word he hath done the same vnto their eares Neither let any man be offended that I call such things by the name of God his testimonies for so the like arguments are called in the scripture it selfe Ioh. 5. 36. our Sauiour Christ calleth the workes that he did the witnesses or testimonies of his Father in his behalfe I haue saith he greater witnes then the witnes of Iohn for the works which the Father hath giuen me to finish the same works that I doe beare witnes of me that the Father hath sent me In like manner speaketh the