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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62570	Of sincerity and constancy in the faith and profession of the true religion, in several sermons by the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson ... ; published from the originals, by Ralph Barker. ...	Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.; Barker, Ralph, 1648-1708.	1695 (1695)	Wing T1204; ESTC R17209	175,121	492

might the better comprehend the true and full meaning of this Exhortation I shewed 1. Negatively what is not meant and intended by it And I mentioned these two Particulars 1. The Apostle doth not hereby intend that those who are capable of enquiring into and examining the Grounds of their Religion should not have the Liberty to do it Nor 2. That when upon due Enquiry and Examination Men are settled as they think and verily believe in the true Faith and Religion they should obstinately refuse to hear any Reason that can be offered against their present Persuasion Both these I shewed to be unreasonable and Arguments of a bad Cause and Religion And therefore neither of them can be intended by the Apostle in this Exhortation 2. I proceeded Positively to explain the meaning of this Exhortation And to this purpose I proposed 1. To consider what it is that we are to hold fast viz. the Confession or Profession of our Faith The antient Christian Faith of which every Christian makes Profession in his Baptism For of That the Apostle here speaks as appears by the Context not the doubtful and uncertain Traditions of Men nor the imperious Dictates and Doctrines of any Church not contained in the Holy Scriptures imposed upon the Christian Church tho with never so confident a pretence of the Antiquity of the Doctrines proposed or of the Infallibility of the Proposers of them And then I proceeded in the 2. Place to shew how we are to hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering And I mentioned these following Particulars as probably implied in the Apostles Exhortation 1. That we should hold fast the Profession of our Faith against the Confidence of Men without Scripture or Reason to support their Confidence 2. And much more against the Confidence of Men against Scripture and Reason and the common Sense of Mankind 3. Against all the Temptations and Terrours of the World 4. Against all vain Promises of being put into a safer condition and groundless Hopes of getting to Heaven upon easier Terms in another Religion 5. Against all the cunning Arts and Insinuations of busiy and disputing Men whose design it is to unhinge Men from their Religion and to gain Proselytes to their Party and Faction 1. We are to hold fast the Profession of our Faith against the Confidence of Men without Scripture or Reason to support their Confidence And of this I gave several Instances As in the Pretence of the Church of Rome to Infallibility without any Proof or Evidence of it either by Scripture or Miracles I mean such Miracles as are sufficiently attested For as for their Legends since the wisest among themselves give no credit to them I hope they do not expect that We should believe them or be moved by them And then their Pretence that the Church of Rome is the Mother and Mistress of all Churches which is now made an Article of their Creed And that the Bishop of Rome as Successor of Saint Peter there is by Divine Appointment the Supream and Vniversal Pastor of Christs Church And that it is necessary to Salvation for every humane Creature to be subject to him And lastly their Invocation and Worship of the Blessed Virgin and Saints departed without any Warrant or Example of any such thing either in Scripture or in the practice of the first Ages of the Christian Religion and without sufficient Ground to believe that they hear the Prayers which are put up to them 2. Much more are we to hold fast the Profession of our Faith against the Confidence of Men contrary to Scripture and Reason and the common Sense of Mankind And here I instanced in the Worship of Images the Locking up of the Scriptures from the People and celebrating the publick Prayers and Service of God in an unknown Tongue in their Doctrine of Transubstantiation their Communion in one kind and their daily repetition in the Sacrifice of the Mass of the Propitiatory Sacrifice of Christ which was offered once for all and is of Eternal Virtue and Efficacy and therefore ought not because it needs not like Jewish Sacrifices under the Law to be repeated To these Instances which I have already spoken to I shall add one or two more as namely That to the due Administration of the Sacraments an Intention in the Minister at least to do what the Church does is requisite This is expresly defined and under an Anathema upon all that shall say otherwise by the Council of Trent Sess. the Seventh Can. 11th which is to make the Validity and Virtue of the Sacraments to depend upon the Intention of the Priest or Minister So that if in the Administration of Baptism he do not intend to Baptize the Party he pretends to Baptize then it is no Baptism and consequently the Person Baptized is not made a Member of Christ's Church nor is any Grace or special Benefit conferred upon him nor is he a Christian. So likewise in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper If the Priest do not intend to Consecrate the Host then is it no Sacrament and they that receive it receive no benefit by it and which according to their Opinion is a dreadful Consequence by the words of Consecration there is no change made of the Elements into the Body and Blood of Christ and consequently they that give Adoration to the Sacrament in such cases Worship Bread and Wine for God which is Idolatry And so likewise in their Sacrament of Penance though the Priest pronounce the words of Absolution yet if he do not intend to absolve the Penitent though he be never so truly penitent and God on his part is ready to forgive him yet if the Priest do not intend to do so there is nothing done and the Man is still in his Sin So likewise in Ordination which is another of their Sacraments if the Bishop do not intend to Ordain the Man he is no Priest and all that he does as a Priest afterwards either in Administration of Baptism or the Lords Supper or the Absolution of Penitents all is vain and of no effect Nay in Marriage which they will needs have to be a Sacrament too if the Intention of the Priest be wanting there is nothing done the Contract is null'd and they that are so Married do really live in Adultery though they do not know it nor have any suspicion of it Now this is contrary to Scripture and the whole Tenure of the Gospel which promiseth the benefit and efficacy of the Sacraments to all those that perform the Conditions of the Covenant which are required on their parts and declares forgiveness of Sins to those who confess them to God and truly repent of them And there is not the least intimation given in the Bible that the Virtue and Efficacy of the Sacraments does depend upon the Intention of him that administers them or that the Forgiveness of sins is suspended upon the Intention or Absolution of the Priest but