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scripture_n	apostolical_a	church_n	tradition_n	4,989	5	9.5918	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73451	Bels trial examined that is a refutation of his late treatise, intituled. The triall of the nevve religion By B.C. student in diuinitie. VVherein his many & grosse vntruthes, with diuers contradictions are discouered: together with an examination of the principal partes of that vaine pamphlet: and the antiquitie & veritie of sundry Catholike articles, which he calleth rotten ragges of the newe religion, are defended against the newe ragmaster of rascal. In the preface likewise, a short viewe of one Thomas Rogers vntruthes is sett downe, taken out of his booke called. The faith doctrine and religion, professed and protected in the realme of England, &c. with a short memorandum for T.V. otherwise called Th. Vdal.	Woodward, Philip, ca. 1557-1610.	1608 (1608)	STC 25972.2; ESTC S125583	118,782	210

should seeme by his writinge that he litle careth what passeth from his penne so it be walking against the Pope and Popish doctrine Bels VI. Chapter Of Popish Auricular confession THE XXIIII VNTRVTH SCotus sayth Bell affirmeth resolutely that Popishe auricular confession is not grounded on the holy scripture but only instituted and commaunded by the Churche of Rome The minister resolutely slaundereth Scotus Where doth that learned man teach any such doctrine Viewe his margent and nothinge is there found Bell is old ipse he the man that had rather be credited vpon his empty worde then to haue the matter com to the trial of his quotation It helpeth him not to say that he hath noted the place in his Suruay both because many haue not that booke neither doth he here in this particular place of Scotus referr him to that booke and beside what reason can he giue not to quote the place also here But to wincke at this malitious cunninge of his how doth he proue him guilty of this assertion in his Suruay I will first sett downe the doctrine of Scotus and then examin what Bell bringeth for by this meanes the goode reader shal be the better inabled to iudge of the whole matter That learned man disputinge of the necessity of confession to be made to a Priest not mentioning the word auricular whatsoeuer Bell sayeth In 4. dist 17. quast 1. enquireth by what lawe a man is bound to confession and determineth first in generall that the precept must growe from one of these lawes either from the lawe of nature or the lawe positiue of God or the lawe of Churche and descending to particulars he resolueth first that we are not bound by the lawe of nature nextly he disputeth whether it groweth from the precept of the Churche and not liking that opinion he proceedeth to the next member and sayth Breuiter c. To be short it seemeth more reasonable to hould the second member that confession falleth vnder the positiue precept of God But then we must consider sayth Scotus whether it be found explicitely or in expresse tearmes in the Gospell immediatly from Christ because it is manifest quoth he that it is not in the old lawe or whether it be from him expressely in some of the Apostles doctrine or if neither so nor so whether then it was giuen of Christ by word only and published to the Church by the Apostles And hauing made this triple diuision how confefsion might com by the precept of God that is either first commaunded by him in the Ghospell or els secondly to be found in some of the Apostle writings or lastly instituted of Christ by word of mouth only And hauing disputed of the first two membres with dislike-of the second saying It appeareth therefore that it is not of the lawe of God published by Apostolicall scripture Wherevpon he concludeth thus Vel igitur tenendum est c. Therefore we must either hould the first member to witt that it cometh from the lawe of God published by the Gospell c. or if that be not sufficient we must say the third that it is of the positiue lawe of God published by Christ to the Apostles but published by the Apostles vnto the Church without all scripture as the Church houldeth many other things published in word only by the Apostles without scripture c. How saiest thow gentle reader hath Bellbelyed Scotus or no affirminge him to teach that Popishe auricular confession is not grounded on the holy scripture but only instituted and commaunded by the Church of Rome When as he maintaineth plainly that it is de iure diuino of the lawe of God instituted of Christ himself in the Gospell or by word of mouth deliuered to the Apostles and by them to the Church yea and bringeth good reasons which before I omitted to shewe that it was not instituted by the Church as for that the Church would not haue gone about to impose so hard a precept vpon all Christians vnlesse it had been the commaundement of God as also for that it is not found where this precept is imposed by the Church but that before it holy men did thinke that this precept of consession did binde For if they alleadg quoth Extra de Penitēt remissionibus he that chapter out of the Canon lawe Euery one of either sex c. it is euident that the constitution was made by Innocentius the third in the Councell of Laterane but S. Augustin was before that time more then eight hundred yeares who affirmed confession to be necessary as appeareth in his booke of true and false penance and certaine authorityes of his are putt here in the text and certaine in That is of the Master of the Sentences upō whom Scotus doth comment the Canon lawe And not only Scotus his owne wordes nowe cited doe discharge him from the ministers false imputatiō but also the minister himself in his Suruay where he intreateth of this point wholie freeth him for hauing cited Scotus his words to proue that confession to the Priest was not found in the lawe of God extant in any of the Apostles Epistles as before hath been touched he procedeth forward and saith Thus writeth their subtile schoole doctor Scotus Suruey pag. 502. who not able to establishe auricular cōfesiion in the fcriptures flieth to their last refuge to witt to vnwritten traditiōs for in the ende of all he addeth these wordes It appeareth therfore that it is not of the lawe of God published by Apostolicall scripture Therfore we must either houlde the first member to witt that it commeth from the lawe of God published by the Gospell or yf that be not sufficient we must say the thirde to witt that it is of the positiue lawe of God published by Christ to his Apostles but published by the Apostles vnto the Church without all scripture Out of which wordes of Scotus though recited by Bell in latin only we learne that he doth not only giue himself the lye when he sayth in his Suruey that Scotus his opinion is that confession came vnto vs by tradition and affirmeth here the contrary saying that Scotus his opinion is that it was only instituted and commaunded by the Church of Rome but also by the grace of his iugling sincerity playeth two or three Three prety trickes of Bel. The first other pretty prankes in his Suruay The first is when he sayth Scotus flieth to vnwritten traditions and specifieth not wat tradition Scotus speaketh of for it is not of any tradition Ecclesiasticall or Apostolicall but of diuine tradition coming form the lawe of God and instituted of Christ himselfe by his owne mouth declared vnto the Apostles and by them to the church as before hath bene sayd The second is this Scotus quoth Bell not able to establishe auricular confession The secōd in the scriptures flieth to their last refuge to witt vnto vnwritten traditions for in the words