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A02349	A compend of the controversies of religion wherin the trueth is confirmed, and errour convinced, by authoritie of Scripture, witnessing of antiquitie, and confession of partie. Most necessary for all, in this backe-slyding age. By W.G. minister of God's word.	Guild, William, 1586-1657.	1627 (1627)	STC 12479; ESTC S118648	69,651	225

a Barbarian and hee that speaketh shall bee a Barbarian to mee Verse 15. What is it then I will pray vvith the spirit and I will pray with the vnderstanding also I will sing with the spirit I vvill sing vvith the vnderstanding also Verse 16. Els vvhen thou shalt blesse vvith the spirit how shall hee that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned say Amen at thy giving of thankes seeing hee vnderstandeth not vvhat thou sayest Verse 18. I thanke GOD I speake more tongues than yee all yet in the Church I had rather speake fiue vvordes vvith vnderstanding that by my voyce I might teach others also than ten thousand vvords in an vnknowne tongue Note then That this doctrine choise of P●ul 's is fure from the popish practise of their Matins and Masse-mumbling which they vse in Latine 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie IF yee meete together sayeth Ambrose for the edifying of the Church then those things should be s●ide which the hearers may vnderstand for what profiteth it that one should speake with a tongue which him-selfe onlie vnderstandeth and hee that heareth profiteth not there-by Amb. in 1. Cor. 14. The same also doeth Chrysostome affirme Hom. 18. in 2. ad Corinth and Augustine on Psal 18. 3. Confession of Partie OVt of this doctrine of Paul's sayeth Cardinall Cajetan it is collected That it is better for the edifying of the Church that publicke prayers which are saide in the peoples hearing be said in a vulgar tongue knowne to the people and clergie rather than in Latine Cajet in 1. Cor. 14. §. 2. That Christ is our onlie Mediator in Heaven and that to Him and by Him onlie wee should goe to GOD. 1. Authoritie of Scripture 1. TIm 2.3 For there is one GOD one also Mediator betweene God and men the Man CHRIST IESVS Note then As hee maketh not two sorts of gods but one God so hee admitteth not two sorts of mediators in Heaven but one Mediator onlie Eph. 2.18 For through Him vvee both haue an accesse by one Spirit vnto the Father Heb. 7.25 Wherefore He is able also to saue them to the vttermost that come vnto God by Him-selfe seeing Hee ever liveth to make intercession for them Note then That by Him-selfe and not by others Hee will haue vs come to GOD. 1. Iohn 2.1 If anie man sinne vvee haue an Advocate vvith the Father Iesus Christ the righteous and Hee is the propitiation for our sinnes Note then That to bee our Advocates the Saincts must also bee our propitiation which seeing none is but Christ on●…ie therefore Hee onlie is also our advocate allanerlie 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie AS for all Christian men sayeth Augustine they commende each another in their prayers to Go● but hee for whom no man prayeth but hee himselfe for all men this is the onelie and true Mediator Christ Iesus Aug. lib. 2. contra epist. parmen c. 8. Yea what is so proper to Christ sayeth Ambrose as to bee the Advocate of his people at the handes of God his Father § 3. That the Saincts are not to bee invocated but GOD onli● 1. Authoritie of Scripture ROm. 10.14 How then shall they invocate Him in whom they haue not believed Note then That seeing wee must belieue onlie in God therefore saith Christ Iohn 14.1 Yee belieue in God belieue also in mee therefore also we must only invocate or in-call vpon God For cursed are they vvho trusteth in the creature Ier. 17.5 Rom. 8.15 For yee haue not received the spirit of bondage againe to feare but yee haue received the spirit of adoption vvhereby vvee cry Abba Father Note then That being Gods adopted sonnes wee are exhorted not to feare to goe to Him as to a loving Father and that the spirit of grace in our hearts teacheth vs to cry or in-call vpon none other but vpon God who is our Father Luke 11.2 And Hee saide to them When yee pray say Our Father vvhich art in Heaven c. Remarke then That Christ directeth vs onlie to pray to God Psal 50.15 Call vpon Mee in the day of troubles I vvill d●liver thee and thou shalt glorifie mee Loe Gods owne precept to in-call vpon Him w th His gracious promise of granting our Prayer to encowrage vs and that to H●m o●●ie belongeth the religious worship both of Prayer and Prayse 2 Wi●n●ssing of Antiquitie IT is cleare then sayeth Athanasius that the Patriarch Iacob coupled none other in his praye●s with God than this VVord which hee therefore calleth the Ang●ll because hee onelie revealeth his Fathers will Ath●n contra Arrianos oratione 4. So lykewyse sayeth Augustine the names of the Sainctes are in their owne order rehearsed amongst vs but not invocated by vs. Aug. lib. 22. de civit Dei cap. 10. §. 4. That the Saincts know not our hearts nor our particular necessities and therefore are not to bee prayed vnto 1. Authoritie of Scripture 1. KIngs 8.39 Then heare thou in heaven thy dwelling place and forgiue and giue to everie man according to his wayes whose heart thou knowest for thou even thou onelie knowest the hearts of all the children of men Note then That hee who heareth in heaven must know the heartes and the sinceritie there-of which seeing the Sainctes doe not but God even God onelie therefore they heare not nor can not receiue our prayers Rom. 8.27 And hee that searcheth the hearts knoweth vvhat is the minde of the spirit c. Note then That hee must know the heart and the sinceritie of prayer flowing there-fra on whom wee must call seeing manie tymes ne●ther is our distresse visible nor our prayers vocall but God onelie knoweth the heart 2. Chron. 6.30 For thou o●elie knowest the heartes of the children of men sayeth the Scripture therefore God onlie is to be in-called vpon 2. King 22.19 Because thine heart was tender thou humbledst thy selfe before the Lord when thou heardest what I spake against this Place c. therefore I haue also heard thee sayeth the Lord. Loe then In Prayer that the LORD looketh to the disposition of the heart which disposition seeing Hee onelie seeth and heareth vs accordinglie To Him therefore onelie must bee put vp our prayers Isai 63.16 Doubtlesse Lord thou art our Father tho Abraham bee ignorant of vs and Isaac acknowledge vs not c. Note then If Abraham the Father of all the Faythfull bee ignorant of the necessities of his children on earth how much more are other Saincts of the effayres of their fellow-brethren heere Iob 14.21 His sonnes come to honour and hee knoweth it not speaking of the dead and they are brought low but hee perceiveth it not Ecclesiastes 9.5 The living know that they shall die but the dead know not any thing to wit of the worl●e or worldlie effaires as the popish Doctors L●… and Ferus expound Where-vpon it followeth that they are not to bee invocated 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie THERE are the soules of the dead sayeth Augustine where they see not

Damas●en to represent that which is invisible and incorporeall and can neither bee circumscryb d nor figured D●mas lib 4. de orthod fide c. 17. 3. Consession of Partie BVt vnto the true Go● who is incorpor●all no corpor●all image can bee formed as sayeth D●m●scen c. Thus speaketh Aquinas part 3. quaest 25. art 3. §. 2. That no Adoration is to bee given to Images as the Papists teach S●e Bellarmine lib. 2. de reliq c. 21. nor no signe there-of 1. Authoritie of Scripture EXod 20.5 Thou shalt not bow downe to them neither worship them Note then That bowing downe is forbidden as well as wo●shipping Levit. 26.1 Neither shall yee set vp anie image of stone in your land to bow downe to it for I am the Lord your God Note th●refore That as all religious worsh●p is due onlie to God so all religious bowing of the knee as a token of th t wo●sh●p is onelie due to God and therefore forbidden to bee given to images Rom. 11.4 I haue reserved vnto My selfe seaven thousand men who haue not bowed the knee to the image of Baal Note then That the Lords true worshippers will not bow their knee to an image for to doe so except to God onlie is palpable idolatrie Rom. 14.11 For it is written Everie knee shall bow to Me and everie tongue shall confesse to God If prayer then belong not to deafe images nor confession of sinnes so neither doeth religious kneeling but onlie to God alone and so not to blind idoles Eph. 3.14 For this cause sayeth Sainct Paul I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ. Note then That hee exhibiteth religious kneeling as due onlie to God 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie BY Scripture testimonies it is to bee showne sayth Gregorie that it is not lawfull to worship what-so-ever is made by the hand of man and thereafter hee sayeth and therefore eschew by all meanes the adoration of images Greg. lib. 9. Epist. 9. ad serenum 3 Confession of Partie AS for the worship of images sayth Polydorus not onlie those that are not of our religion but as Sainct Ierome testifieth all the ancient Fathers almost condemned the same for feare of idolatrie Polyd. virg lib. 6. de invent rerum c. 13. Neither is that a reason worthie which is obtruded by some sayth their owne Cassander that they giue that honour not to the images but to those whom they represent for this colour of excuse the verie Pagans had Cassand consult art 21. §. 3. That the practise of the olde Idolaters and new Romanists jumplie agree 1. Authoritie of Scripture DEut. 27.15 Cursed bee the man that maketh anie graven or molten image an abhomination to the Lord the worke of the hands of the crafts man and putteth it in a secret place and all the people shall say So bee it Now How manie such are made and set vp in secret corners amongst the Papists no man but knoweth Ierem. 10.4.5 They decke it with Silver and Golde they fasten it with Nayles and Hammers that it move not Even as the Papists doe their rich Images aboue their Altars and Church doores Verse 5. They are vpright as the Palme tree but speake not they must needs be borne because they cannot goe c. Even as the Papists Images and Reliques are borne in th●ir solemne Processions Verse 5. Feare them not for they cannot doe evill nor is it in them to doe good A Papist would hardly belieue this that will goe so farre in pilgrimage to the Image of our Ladie of Loretto which as they say hath done so much good and so manie M●racles Ier. 11.13 According to the number of thy Cities were thy gods O Iudah according to the number of the streets of Ierusalem haue yee set vp Altars to the shamefull thing c. Note then How justlie this may bee ●…aide of Poperie who appoint to everie Citie a patron Sainct whom they wor●…hip as the tutelar gods were worship●…ed of old according yea be-yond the ●…umber of their streets they haue Altars ●…nd altarages erected to the creature 〈…〉 4. That Images are not fit Bookes for instruction of the people but onelie Gods VVord preached 1. Authoritie of Scripture IErem 10.8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish be stocke is a doctrine of vanitie Verse 15. They are vanitie ●…he worke of errours in the tyme ●…f their visitatiō they shal perish Note then That that which is the ●…orke of errour cannot bee the teacher ●…f trueth Zech. 10.2 For the Idoles haue spoken vanitie and the diviners haue seene a lie c. Habak 2.18 What profiteth the graven Image that the maker hath graven it the molten Image and a teacher of lies c. The Papist would say that it profiteth to bee a booke to the Laicks but Gods Mouth sayeth that it is a teacher of lies a doctrine of vanitie and a worke of errours Now lies and vanitie and errour is no good instruction g O foolish Galatians who hath bewitched you that ye should not obey the trueth before whose eyes Iesus Christ hath beene evidentlie set foorth crucified amongst you Note then That the preaching of Christs trueth and the knowledge thereof in the word is recommended as the vivest picture of Christ and the most precious and hallowed crucifixe that we can set before our eyes daylie or lay vp in our breast Two pointes of doctrine 1. Tim. 4.3 where-by the Scripture pointeth out clearelie the Apostaticke Church of false and impure worshippers CHAP. VI. THAT NO MEATES are to bee abstained from for Conscience sake 1. Authoritie of Scripture 1. COr 10.25 All that is solde in the Shambles eate asking no question for conscience sake Verse 27. If anie of them that belieue not bid you to feast and yee bee disposed to goe whatsoever is set before you eate asking no question for conscience sake Rom. 14.17 For the kingdome of God is not Meate and Drinke but Righteousnesse and Peace and joy in the holy Ghost Matth. 15.11 Nor doeth that which entereth in at the mouth defile a man but that which proceedeth out of the mouth that defileth a man 1. Tim. 4.1 And the Spirit manifestlie sayeth that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth giving heede to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils Verse 2. Speaking lies in hypocrisie having their conscience seared with an hote yron Verse 3. Forbidding to marrie and commanding to abstaine from meates which God hath created to bee received vvith thanksgiving of them which belieue and know the trueth Verse 4. For everie creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it bee received with thanksgiving Note then That it is a manifest badge of Antichrist's doctrine the forbidding of meates for conscience sake and therefore it is evident That Poperie is Antichristianisme 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie WHere wee learne sayth Augustine that in eating it is not in the sort of meat but. in the immoderate gluttonie