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A net for the fishers of men and the same which Christ gave to His Apostles Wherein the points controverted betwixt Catholiques and sectaries, are briefly vindicated, by way of dilemma. By two gentlemen late converts.
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J. C., late convert.; J. M'C, late convert. aut
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1686
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Wing J5B; ESTC R221649
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agree if not why hath it the Visibe Signe to wit the Penitents Confession and the Priests Absolution of an Invisible Grace which is the Remission of Sins according to St. John 20.23 Whose Sins ye shall ââtain they are retained aââ whose Sins you shall forgiââ they are fotven 115. Extream Vuncââon is a Sacrament or noâ if it be then there aââ more then two Sacraments if not why then hath it the Visible Signe to witt the Priests Prayer and the anointing with Oyl of an invisible Grace whereof St. Jââ speaks in the 5.13 14 15. Is any Man sick among youâ let him bring in the Priests of the Church and let them pray over him anointinâ him with Oyl in the Name of âââcur Lord and the Prayâââ of Faith shall shall save ãâã Sick Man and our Lord âââll lift him up and if he ãâã in Sins his Sins shall be âââgiven him 117. Holy Order is aââcrament or not if it be then it is no vacuant âârimony if not why ââen hath it the Visible âigne to witt the words of the Bishop and âhe things given to him ââat it ordain'd of an ââvisible Grace according 1 Tim. 4.14 Neglect âor the Grace which is in ãâã very Prophecy with the imposition of the hands of the Priesthood 117. Matrimony is a-Sacrament or not if it be then it is not a naked Ceremony of the Popsh Church if not why then hath it a Visible Signe to witt the mutual consent of both Parties of an Invisible Grace and Supernatural Conjunction made by Almighty God St. Mat. 19.6 That therefore which God hath joined let not man seperate And again Ephes 5 31.3â There shall be two in one Flesh this is agreat Sacrament but I say in Christ and the Church 118. A Visible Signe of an Invisible Grace divinely instituted by Christ is the true Definition of a Sacrament or not if not then you deny the definition which your selves attributes to a Sacrament if it be how can you deny the above mentioned seven Visible Signes of Invisible Graces divinely instituted by Christ to be Sacraments 119. Baptisme and the Lord's Supper is more evidently said in Scripture then any of the other 5 to be Sacraments or not if not why then do you hould those two only and none of the other five to be Sacrament if they be then shews us in what Book Chapter or Verse is Baptisme and the Lord's Supper said to be Sacraments and none of the other five which you so obstinately deny THE APENDIX 120. THat the Sectaries of our Times have no lawful or continued Succession which we prove thus Your Church hath it's Succession from the undernamed Sects or not if not then you cannot have your Succession from any other visible in the World since Gregory the Great about whoss Time you hold the Romish Church fell from her Purity if she hath why do you not profess the samâ Articles with the undernamed Sects viz. with the Waldenses that Lay-Men and Women may Consecrate and Preach that Clergy Men ought to have no Possessions or Porperties and that Oaths was unlawful in all cases c. which absurdities were condemned by the third Lateran Council in the twelveth Century with Abbot Joachim who denyed the Father Son and Holy Ghost to be one highest Thing Essence or Nature though three distinct Personâ Can. 3 which Heresy was condemned by the fourth Lateran Council in the thirteenth Century wiââ Bergardes and Begââines who held Carââa Lust to be done out of Temptation to be âo Sin c. wich adsurdity was condemned by the Council of Vienna ân the fourteenth Cenââry with John Husse ãâã Wicklif Hierome oâ Prague that all Priests and Majistrates ââll from their Dignity by any Mortal Sin and ought no longer ãâã be obeyed that God must obey the Devil and that temporal Lords might tâke away Church Liveings at their pleasure c. which obsurdities were totally condemned by the the Council of Constance in the fifteenth Century your Church had her Succession from the above mentioned Sects or not if you have then you must maintain the same most rediculous Tenets with the above mentioned Sectaries if not then you must have no Succession unless it be from the Antient Roman Catholique Church to the contrary 121. Luther and Calvin had their Mission from the Roman Church or not if not then they had no Mission if they had the Roman Church had the Spirit of God when she gave them theâ mission or not if noâ how could she give them lawful Mission not haveing the Spirâââ of God if she had how could she fall into Errors and why did they depart from the Spirit of God Wââ insist further they haââ their Mission from God or not if noâ then it was from the Devil if they haâ why did they not confirm their Doctrine with Miracles âs God did the unwriten Law Moses the writen Law and Christ Jesus the new Law 122. Luther and Calvin's Doctrine was manifested to be true by Miracles or not if it was by what Miracles did they ever confirm that which they preached if not then seeing you cannot alledg any Texts of sacred Writ to vindicate their Tenets you must of necessity run to your private Spirit for arefuge to the Contrary 123. The Apostles had the private Spirit or not if not then it is not Apostolical but rather Diabolical if they had why then did they call a Council Acts the 15. 124. Your privat Spirit is of God or not if not then it is of the Devil if it be of God why then are there so many disagreeing Sects amongst you 125. A Man endowed with your private Spirt can interpret Scriptures or not if not why then doth rude and unlitarated Mechanicks the meanest of Peasants and in fine all the Plebeian Sort presume to interpret the most difficult parts of Holy Scripture and distinguish the Canonical Books from Apocr if they can what need have you of Preachers or Teachers seeing no Man will believe any thing but what his private Spirit suggests unto him forged by those wâââ never could learn ãâã speak or write Truth ãâã if he doth we Faithfuâly promise by the Graââ of God to paint and also rip up all the Sores of Protestancy not by Imaginary Fancies or rather wilful Falcities as they obtrude against uâ but even from Protesâant approved History graphers and the present times which all the Impartial and clear sighted Eyes are witnesses of Wee of the Society of Jesus in obedience to the command of our superiors have perused this Book and finding nothing in it contradicting the Catholique Church are in hopes that it may be the Instrument of great good FINIS