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A61799	A consultation about religion, or, What religion is best to be chosen with an appendix upon this question, whether every one may be saved in his own religion / translated out of Latin in which it was written by an eminent professor of divinity.	Lechmere, Edmund, d. 1640?	1693 (1693)	Wing S5928A; ESTC R27505	93,395	238

in the last Century Therefore neither in respect of time nor in respect of place can these religions be called Catholick I add farther that the Roman Catholick religion is one and the same every where but these new religions are divers differing one from another even in Fundamental Points of Doctrine while one accuses and condemns the other of Heresie How then can they be counted Catholicks For we must take notice that this Name Christian given at first to all Believers and to the whole Church was specially used to distinguish them from from the Jews and Heathens who believed not at all in Christ as the same now severeth and maketh known all Christian People from Turks and others that either deny Christ or know him not But when Hereticks began to rise from among the Christians who professed Christ's Name and owned some Articles of Faith as true Believers do while they denied others and brought in new Doctrines of their own the name of Christian was too common to distinguish and sever these Hereticks from the true faithful People and thereupon the Apostles by the Holy Ghost imposed this name Catholick upon such Believers as in all points were obedient to the Church's Doctrine When Heresies were risen says S. Pacianus and endeavoured by divers Names to tear the Dove of God meaning the Church and rent her in pieces Epist ad Sympho the Apostolical People acquired their Sirname whereby the uncorrupted might be distinguished c. and so those that before were called Christians are now sirnam'd also Catholicks Christian is my Name saith he Catholick my Sirname Hence this word Catholick is the proper note whereby the Holy Apostles in their Creed taught us to discern the true Church from any false Heretical Congregation what soever .. The very Name of Catholick says S. August keeps me in the Bosome of the Church And again We must hold the Communion of that Church which is named Catholick not only by her own Cont. Epist fundam c. 4. De vera Relig. c. 7. but also by her Enemies For whether they will or no the Hereticks and Schismaticks themselves when they speak not with their own Companions but with Strangers call no other Church Catholick but this for they could not be understood unless they did distinguish it by this name whereby it is known and called over all the World The Seventh Consideration from Succession THat Religion is to be judged the true Religion whose Pastors are all descended from the Apostles and are the Apostle's Successors or who derive their Authority and Ordination from them For by this reason it is evident that that Religion and that Church which holds that Religion is Apostolical but such is the Catholick religion therefore that is the true religion Now that all Ministers of the Catholick religion descend from the Apostles whether you regard the Power of Order or Jurisdiction is manifest for all her inferior Ministers especially Sub-deacons Deacons and Priests are ordained by Bishops the Bishops receive their Order from other Bishops and these again from others and so upwards to the Apostles who receiv'd this Power immediately from Christ as Christ from his Father As my Father sent me says he I send you and so must you send others and so I am with you and them to the end of the World As therefore all Men according to the Life of Nature by a long tract of Generations descend from Adam so all the Ministers of the Catholick Church according to Super-natural Power by a long race of Ordination and Consecration descend from Christ our Lord who is the Second Adam There is no Minister therefore in the Church of God but can derive his Power of Consecration to offer Sacrifice absolve from Sins and to administer other Sacraments whereby Christians are sanctified from Christ the Chief Fountain and Author Whence it follows that all his Works which he does by this Power are attributed to Christ as the Supreme Author who instituted this Power and invisibly presides and assists therein Man being only his Instrument whereby he does all this as St. Augustine and other Fathers excellently observe and teach In like manner all power of Jurisdiction of Ministers to rule and govern Christians to preach the Word of God to them Tract 5. in Joan. Chrysos hom 80. ad pop Ambros l. 4. de Sacram. c. 4 5. and officiate in their Pastoral Duty descends from Christ and may clearly be reduced to him for the Curates or Parish Priests have their Jurisdiction from the Bishops and Bishops from the Chief Bishop the Pope the Pope seeing he is Blessed Peter's Successor in the same Chair and Authority of governing the Vniversal or Catholick Church must needs be invested with the same Jurisdiction which was immediately conferred upon St. Peter and in him to all his Lawful Successors And also only those who have not an ordinary but a delegated Authority in the Church must have it from Parochial Pastors or Bishops or the Pope So that there is no Minister in the Catholick Church no Preacher of God's Word or Catechizer who cannot shew plainly his Mission and demonstrate the same to be derived from Christ And indeed if they could not do so they were in no wise to be heard but suspected and esteemed as Wolves in Sheeps-cloathing since they enter not into the Sheep-fold by the door but creep in privately another way Joh. 10. This Argument alwas the Ancient Fathers chiefly made use of Irenae l. 3. c. 1. Tertul. de prescrip to convince all Hereticks for by it the Continuation of our Religion from several Ages up to the time of the Apostles is clearly shew'd The Succession of Priests from the See of St. Peter the Apostle to whom our Lord commended the care of feeding his Sheep to this present Bishop August Epist 165. Optatus l. 2. cont Parm. Hier. cont Lucif keeps me in the Church says St. Augustine and the like says St. Hierome in his Dialogues But now none of the Ministers of the New Religions can shew this And indeed the power of Order whereby the Sacraments are administred and the People sanctified they cannot derive from Christ and his Apostles because they have taken it quite away Nor is there any amongst them that have received the Episcopal or Sacerdotal Order unless it be some Apostares from the Catholick Religion whose Orders then are of no more use and service and yet the Church of Christ has had always these degrees and been govern'd by them Likewise they never had any power of Jurisdiction to preach the word of God as true Pastors or to administer Baptism and rule the People in Spirituals and Divine Worship For I ask of whom had Luther and Calvin this power Of whom was either of them sent to preach their New Gospel and Reform the People For they were not sent by the Ordinary Pastors of the Church as 't is sufficiently manifest They came therefore of their own

were occult and therefore could not be the Religion of Christ which hath been always visible manifest and publick What hath been said and proved in this Discourse against the religion of Luther and Calvin may be also said of all other Protestants whether Anabaptists Independents Quakers and the like Heresies for there is the same Novelty in them all and therefore the same reasons may be urged against them but for clearness sake and not to cloy the Reader with repetition of Names I have only made use of One or Two I conclude therefore in the Words of St. Hierome Dialog contr Lucif in fiae who writes thus I 'll tell you briefly and plainly my Opinion We must live and die in that Church which being founded by the Apostles remains to this day If in any place you hear some who are called Christians to derive a Name from some other Person besides Jesus Christ as Marcionists Valentinians Montanists Lutherans Calvinists c. know they are not of the Church of Christ but the Synagogue of Antichrist For by this very token that they have been brought in under such a Name in after Ages they are known and convicted to be some of those whom the Apostle foretold Nor let them flatter themselves by quoting Scripture for their Tenets since the Devil quoted Scripture also which consists not in the reading but understanding of it As Novelty therefore is a sign of Heresie foretold by the Apostle so such a Sectary Name a sign of Novelty and as for bringing of Scripture it is common to the Devil as well as Hereticks The Second Reason from a defect of Succession ANother reason why these Religions are not to be approved is They want Succession because they want a Succession of Ministers derived by a continued Order from the Apostles which Succession is necessary that our Religion or Church should be judged Apostolical For without this Succession it cannot be continued with the Religion of the Apostles Hence it is the Fathers teach every where that those who would be accounted the true Church of Christ ought to shew the Succession of their Bishops by a continual Series or order of them from the Apostles But if they cannot do this 't is a clear sign that they are not of the true Church of Christ So Optatus Milevitanus to convince the Donatists that they were not of the true Church saith Shew the Original of your Chair if you claim to your selves the true Church And Tertullian Let Hereticks shew the Original of their Churches Tertul. prescrip advers Heret let let ehem declare to us the Order of their Bishops by such a continued Succession that their first Bishop have either an Apostle or Apostolical Man for his Predecessor The same Argument other Fathers mke use of as Irenaeus Epiphanius St. Hierome and St. Augustine Iren. l. 3. c. 3. Epiph. Her 1.27 infir cont Lucif August c. 4. cont Epist fundam But it is manifest that neither the Lutherans Calvinists or Fanatticks have the least appearance of any such Succession for to whom I pray succeeded Luther who was for the most part the Author and Parent of those Religions Whose Chair and Authority did he seize upon Who was Chief of the Lutheran religion before him Who of the Presbyterian religion before Calvin and Swinglius But if none can be nominated it is clear they want that Succession which the Fathers require to make their Church Apostolical Again They do not only want Succession of Chair and Authority but also a degree Ordination of descending from the Apostles For a double Power in the Ministers of the Church has been always requisite and both of them to be derived by a continued Order from the Apostles as aforesaid in the Seventh Consideration to wit the power of Order whereby Sacrifice is offered and the Sacraments administred to sanctifie the Faithful and the power of Jurisdiction whereby a Right and Authority is granted to govern and feed the Church with the Word of God c. But neither of these can they derive from the Apostles not the power of Jurisdiction as it has been shew'd nor likewise the power of Order for who ordained Luther or Calvin Bishops of their Church If they say that Ordination is not necessary they contradict all Antiquity and the continual practice of the Church for there was never any made a Bishop in the Church to perform all Episcopal Functions unless by another Bishop to whom two other Bishops were to be assisting according to the Institution of the Apostles as is expresly commanded Can. 1. Apost Can. 4. Synod of Nice And St. Paul insinuates the same writing to the Bishop St. Timothy saying Neglect not the Grace that is in thee which is given thee by Prophecy with the imposition of the Hands of Priesthood 1 Tim. 4. That is the Assembly of Bishops who laid their Hands upon him that was to be ordain'd as the Fathers expound it Hereby it is clearly manifest that the Lutherans and Calvinists have neither of the said powers of Order and Jurisdiction from the Apostles and that they are not descended from the Apostles according to either nor can trace back either of these two from themselves up to the Apostles and consequently that they have neither true Religion nor the Church of Christ among them for this ought to descend and be as it were continued from the Apostles by the means of these two Powers as hath been declared For all Spiritual Power ought to be derived from Christ by the Apostles and their Successors through a certain continued Succession and Communication upon other Ministers as our corporal Life by a chain of Causes is derived from the First Man Adam and so must be to the last Man that shall be born For as in the Old Testament none were to be Priests unless they descended from Aaron of the Tribe of Levi so in the New Testament none are Priests or Bishops unless they derive their degree of Order and Jurisdiction from Christ the Chief Bishop by the Apostles and their Successors As therefore the Synagogue of the Jews could not be without Priests descended from Aaron by a continued Race so the Church of Christ cannot be without Priests or Bishops descending from the Apostles to their Successors by a perpetual continued Order and Succession But the Congregations of Luther and Calvin had never any such Ministers they never had any Bishops lawfully ordained amongst them that could derive their power of Jurisdiction from the Apostles and their Successors to govern the People 'T is plain therefore that they have not the Church of Christ amongst them The Third Reason from the defect of Mission THE Third Reason is from a want of Mission because they introduced these Religions of themselves without any Lawful Authority This therefore should make them worthily to be suspected as erroneous and the Authors of them to be Wolves and Seducers For no body in the