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A04767 Heavenly knowledg directing a Christian to ye assurance of his salvation in this life / written in Latin by Barthol. Keckerm. ; done into English by T.V. Keckermann, Bartholomäus, ca. 1571-1608 or 9.; Vicars, Thomas. Treatise written to the glory of gods grace, against free-will. 1625 (1625) STC 14897; ESTC S1099 106,438 362

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sy_v theol._n pag._n 420._o that_o a_o sinner_n be_v justify_v by_o the_o mere_a grace_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o by_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n because_o it_o be_v bring_v about_o by_o the_o mere_a mercy_n &_o grace_n of_o god_n that_o christ_n perform_v that_o meritorious_a work_n for_o we_o for_o christ_n be_v in_o no_o wise_a bind_v unto_o we_o to_o die_v for_o we_o but_o he_o out_o of_o his_o mere_a grace_n and_o mercy_n do_v undergo_v death_n for_o us._n what_o be_v the_o instrumental_a cause_n of_o justification_n only_o faith_n in_o christ_n 8_o de_fw-fr fide_fw-la zanch._n loc._n com._n 7_o &_o 8_o insomuch_o as_o by_o faith_n even_o as_o by_o a_o hand_n and_o instrument_n we_o lay_v hold_v on_o and_o apply_v unto_o we_o the_o merit_n and_o satisfaction_n which_o christ_n have_v perform_v for_o us._n what_o be_v faith_n faith_n be_v not_o only_o a_o bare_a knowledge_n of_o the_o history_n of_o christ_n 2._o sy_v theol._n pag_n 427._o calu_n instit_fw-la lib._n 3._o ca._n 2._o but_o it_o be_v also_o a_o sure_a confidence_n of_o the_o heart_n whereby_o we_o set_v down_o in_o ourselves_o for_o certainty_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v persuade_v that_o our_o sin_n be_v forgive_v we_o of_o god_n for_o the_o death_n and_o passion_n of_o christ_n note_v here_o two_o main_a error_n of_o popery_n whereof_o the_o first_o be_v that_o faith_n be_v only_o a_o certain_a historical_a knowledge_n and_o no_o true_a and_o sure_a confidence_n of_o the_o hart_n against_o which_o the_o scripture_n itself_o direct_o speak_v rom._n 14.5_o and_o heb._n 10.22_o where_o faith_n be_v call_v a_o sure_a trust_n and_o persuasion_n see_v my_o gymnasium_n logicum_fw-la wherein_o you_o have_v this_o in_o that_o theme_n fides_n some_o what_o open_v the_o second_o error_n be_v that_o we_o come_v by_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n 18._o calu._n instit_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 14_o &_o 15._o &_o 17._o &_o 18._o not_o by_o faith_n alone_o but_o also_o by_o the_o merit_n of_o good_a work_n contrary_a unto_o those_o say_n in_o the_o scripture_n ephes_n 2.8_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n you_o be_v save_v through_o faith_n and_o not_o of_o your_o self_n rom._n 4.3_o abraham_n believe_v and_o that_o be_v impute_v unto_o he_o for_o righteousness_n again_o unto_o he_o not_o that_o work_n ethe_o but_o that_o believe_v in_o he_o which_o justifi_v the_o wicked_a his_o faith_n be_v count_v for_o righteousness_n luk._n 8.50_o mark_n 5.36_o chrysost_fw-la si_fw-mi credis_fw-la fidei_fw-la cur_n alia_fw-la infer_v quasi_fw-la iustificare_fw-la non_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la sola_fw-la chrysost_fw-la say_v christ_n only_o believe_v which_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v by_o faith_n alone_o thou_o shall_v obtain_v everlasting_a life_n so_o than_o although_o these_o word_n be_v not_o manifest_o extant_a by_o faith_n alone_o we_o be_v justify_v yet_o the_o sense_n be_v manifest_o put_v down_o and_o other_o word_n thereunto_o equivalent_a be_v contain_v in_o 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caperet_fw-la fructum_fw-la ex_fw-la scripture_n sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la caperet_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la acciperet_fw-la enim_fw-la facillime_fw-la occasionem_fw-la errandi_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la fidei_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o praeceptis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la &_o morum_fw-la bellarmin_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 15._o see_v dd._n hakewell_n answer_v likewise_o too_o d_o d._n car._n second_o letter_n pag_n 11._o and_o the_o cause_n of_o err_v from_o the_o faith_n sed_fw-la execratione_fw-la ac_fw-la detestatione_n dignior_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la vox_fw-la quam_fw-la responsione_n hiper_n de_fw-mi quotid_v ●lectione_n s._n script_n lib._n 1._o pag._n 175._o wicked_a impostores_fw-la as_o if_o god_n our_o heavenly_a father_n who_o have_v make_v his_o will_n and_o testament_n and_o have_v reveal_v it_o by_o write_v unto_o we_o his_o child_n will_v not_o have_v it_o uchementer_fw-la ab_fw-la istis_fw-la dissentio_fw-la qui_fw-la nolint_fw-la ab_fw-la idiotis_fw-la legi_fw-la divinas_fw-la literas_fw-la in_o vulgi_fw-la linguam_fw-la transfusas_fw-la five_o quasi_fw-la christus_fw-la tam_fw-la involuta_fw-la docuerit_fw-la ut_fw-la vix_fw-la â_fw-la pauculis_fw-la theologis_fw-la possint_fw-la intelligi_fw-la sive_fw-la quasi_fw-la religionis_fw-la christanae_n prasidium_fw-la in_o hec_fw-la situm_fw-la fit_a sinesciatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n erasm_n in_o paracle_n ad_fw-la christian_n philosophiae_fw-la studiu●_fw-la read_v and_o understand_v b●_n we_o blasphemous_a wreath_n ●_o if_o god_n who_o can_v neither_o b●_n deceive_v nor_o deceive_v ca●_n sing_v his_o holy_a will_n to_o be_v pen_v both_o as_o touch_v h●_n own_o worship_n and_o also_o ●_o touch_v the_o mean_n of_o ma●_n salvation_n and_o that_o so_o powerful_o and_o yet_o plain_o wit●_n all_o that_o he_o shall_v seek_v her●_n by_o to_o neque_fw-la adeo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d humanus_fw-la suis_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la voluerit_fw-la huius_fw-la rei_fw-la ignor●_fw-la tione_fw-la 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lerinens_fw-la m●●●_n d●●●_n tam_fw-la non_fw-la habit_n ho_o &_o illud_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la haec_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la bern._n or_o these_o diverse_a manner_n of_o god_n be_v do_v not_o multiply_v the_o divine_a essence_n no_o more_o than_o the_o diverse_a degree_n of_o heat_n or_o light_n do_v multiply_v the_o light_n or_o heat●_n so_o that_o i_o speak_v right_a when_o i_o say_v there_o be_v more_o person_n in_o the_o divine_a essence_n but_o it_o can_v be_v utter_v without_o blasphemy_n to_o say_v there_o be_v in_o god_n more_o nature_n or_o more_o god_n then_o one_o bern._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nazianzen_n qui_fw-la nescis_fw-la trinitatem_fw-la into_fw-mi ad_fw-la jordanem_fw-la mat._n 3._o aug._n sy_v the_o p_o 46_o vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la p._n 35._o &_o seqq_fw-la dicamus_fw-la tres_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la praiudician_n unitat●_n dicamus_fw-la un●●_n sed_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la confussionem_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la ber._n v._o sy_v theol_n p._n 49._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d na._n quomodò_fw-la pluralitas_fw-la in_o unitate_fw-la sit_fw-la aut_fw-la ipsa_fw-la unitas_fw-la in_o pluralitate_fw-la scrutari_fw-la hoc_fw-la temeritas_fw-la est_fw-la credere_fw-la pietas_fw-la est_fw-la nosse_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la est_fw-la bern._n how_o many_o person_n be_v there_o three_o the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v prove_v by_o manifest_a testimony_n of_o holy_a writ_n matth._n 28_o 19_o go_v teach_v all_o nation_n baptise_v they_o in_o the_o nam●_n sc_n by_o the_o authority_n and_o appointment_n of_o the_o father_n th●_n son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n job._n 15.26_o when_o that_o comfort_v shall_v come_v who_o i_o will_v send_v t●_n you_o from_o the_o father_n even_o t●_n spirit_n of_o truth_n who_o proceed_v from_o the_o father_n he_o well_o testify_v of_o i_o where_o they_o be_v all_o three_o plain_o name_v the_o father_n from_o who_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v send_v the_o son_n who_o send_v and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o be_v send_v 1._o joh._n 5_o 7._o there_o be_v three_o which_o bear_v record_n in_o heaven_n the_o father_n the_o word_n and_o the_o spirit_n and_o these_o three_o be_v one_o in_o essence_n or_o nature_n how_o prove_v you_o that_o these_o three_o person_n be_v that_o one_o god_n first_o i_o must_v have_v it_o grant_v that_o these_o three_o person_n be_v distinct_a because_o he_o that_o send_v be_v distinguish_v from_o he_o that_o be_v send_v and_o he_o from_o who_o be_v distinguish_v from_o he_o that_o be_v send_v now_o i●●c_a 15._o plain_o say_v that_o christ_n be_v he_o that_o send_v the_o holy_a ghost_n he_o that_o be_v send_v and_o the_o father_n from_o who_o the_o son_n send_v the_o holy_a ghost_n whence_o i_o do_v necessary_o infer_v that_o these_o three_o manner_n of_o be_v in_o god_n be_v distinct_a which_o be_v grant_v i_o shall_v easy_o prove_v this_o threefold_a manner_n of_o be_v or_o these_o three_o person_n in_o the_o divine_a 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subsist_v a_o part_n by_o itself_o without_o adjoin_v it_o to_o the_o divine_a nature_n whereas_o we_o can_v subsist_v every_o one_o by_o himself_o several_o otherwise_o he_o be_v like_a unto_o we_o in_o other_o thing_n sin_n only_o except_v as_o the_o scripture_n witness_v heb._n 2._o verse_n 14._o because_o therefore_o the_o child_n be_v partaker_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n even_o christ_n also_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o they_o and_o verse_n 16._o he_o take_v not_o the_o angel_n but_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n whereupon_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v make_v like_o unto_o all_o his_o brethren_n in_o substance_n namely_o according_a to_o his_o soul_n and_o body_n which_o may_v be_v observe_v against_o the_o ubiquitaries_n 320._o sy_v theol._n pag._n 320._o who_o conceit_n there_o be_v another_o kind_n of_o humane_a substance_n in_o christ_n than_o such_o as_o we_o have_v namely_o such_o a_o one_o as_o can_v be_v in_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o instant_n of_o time_n every_o where_n in_o all_o place_n both_o in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o so_o they_o confound_v the_o divine_a and_o humane_a nature_n one_o with_o the_o other_o i_o have_v hear_v what_o be_v the_o part_n of_o christ_n person_n now_o show_v i_o what_o be_v the_o union_n of_o those_o two_o part_n in_o christ_n person_n it_o be_v that_o indissoluble_a knot_n whereby_o the_o humane_a nature_n be_v so_o sure_o tie_v unto_o the_o divine_a and_o the_o divine_a nature_n so_o link_v to_o the_o humane_a that_o of_o they_o two_o be_v make_v but_o one_o person_n and_o that_o those_o nature_n for_o ever_o can_v be_v disjoin_v the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o what_o be_v we_o to_o consider_v in_o this_o union_n two_o thing_n to_o wit_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o two_o nature_n in_o christ_n and_o then_o the_o property_n of_o this_o union_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o union_n of_o these_o two_o nature_n in_o christ_n seqq_fw-la sy_v theol._n pag._n 313._o assumpsit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la a_o misit_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr incarnatione_fw-la zanch._n tom_n 8_o pag._n 16._o &_o seqq_fw-la the_o conception_n of_o the_o humane_a nature_n in_o the_o virgin_n mary_fw-mi womb_n wrought_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o then_o the_o nativity_n and_o incarnation_n whereby_o after_o that_o most_o strait_a conjunction_n of_o the_o humane_a nature_n with_o the_o divine_a in_o the_o virgin_n mary_fw-mi womb_n the_o man_n christ_n be_v bear_v and_o bring_v forth_o into_o this_o light_n see_v sy_v theolog._n pag._n 323._o how_o many_o propriety_n have_v this_o union_n curill_n sy_v theol_n pag._n 316._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d curill_n three_o first_o that_o it_o be_v exceed_o fast_o and_o sure_a second_o that_o it_o can_v possible_o be_v dissolve_v three_o that_o by_o reason_n thereof_o those_o thing_n that_o agree_v only_o to_o the_o one_o nature_n be_v notwithstanding_o attribute_v to_o the_o whole_a person_n 326._o 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the_o party_n offend_v 2._o he_o must_v satisfy_v the_o party_n offend_v for_o the_o injury_n and_o wrong_n do_v august_n non_fw-fr mediator_n homo_fw-la praeter_fw-la de_fw-la itatem_fw-la non_fw-la mediator_n deus_fw-la praeter_fw-la humanitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la inter_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la solam_fw-la &_o humanitatem_fw-la solam_fw-la mediatrix_fw-la est_fw-la humana_fw-la divinitas_fw-la &_o divina_fw-la humanitas_fw-la august_n 3._o he_o must_v promise_v and_o lisewise_o provide_v that_o the_o offender_n shall_v not_o offend_v any_o more_o and_o therefore_o when_o we_o say_v christ_n be_v a_o mediator_n it_o be_v as_o if_o we_o say_v that_o christ_n be_v that_o person_n that_o have_v appease_v god_n who_o mankind_n by_o their_o sin_n have_v most_o grievous_o offend_v and_o who_o have_v give_v satisfaction_n to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n by_o his_o passion_n and_o death_n who_o pray_v for_o sinner_n and_o appli_v his_o merit_n unto_o they_o by_o faith_n who_o regenerate_v they_o by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n that_o they_o may_v begin_v in_o this_o life_n to_o hate_v sin_n and_o to_o be_v wary_a that_o they_o offend_v god_n no_o more_o of_o how_o many_o sort_n be_v the_o office_n of_o christ_n our_o mediator_n of_o three_o sort_n prophetical_a scerdotal_a &_o regal_a in_o regard_n whereof_o our_o saviour_n be_v call_v christ_n i._n e._n anoint_a and_o appoint_v unto_o this_o triple_a office_n because_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n by_o god_n own_o command_n there_o be_v anoint_v profit_n priest_n and_o king_n which_o be_v the_o prophetical_a office_n of_o christ_n and_o in_o what_o do_v it_o consist_v it_o consist_v in_o two_o thing_n 1._o 333._o sy_v theol_n pag._n 333._o in_o the_o office_n of_o teach_v and_o 2._o in_o the_o efficacy_n of_o his_o teach_n for_o christ_n be_v call_v a_o prophet_n 1._o because_o he_o have_v reveal_v god_n and_o god_n will_v unto_o angel_n and_o unto_o man_n for_o god_n can_v not_o otherwise_o be_v know_v then_o by_o the_o son_n according_a unto_o that_o john_n 1._o 18._o the_o son_n who_o be_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o father_n he_o have_v reveal_v he_o unto_o us._n 2._o because_o he_o have_v appoint_v and_o preserve_v in_o his_o church_n the_o ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o bestow_v on_o his_o church_n able_a teacher_n and_o minister_n fit_v and_o furnish_v they_o with_o gift_n necessary_a for_o teach_v ephes_n 4._o vers_fw-la 11._o christ_n have_v give_v some_o to_o be_v prophet_n other_o to_o be_v apostle_n and_o teacher_n 3._o because_o he_o be_v powerful_a by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n and_o incline_v the_o heart_n of_o such_o man_n as_o be_v elect_v to_o believe_v and_o obey_v the_o gospel_n luk._n 24._o vers_fw-la 45._o then_o he_o open_v their_o understanding_n that_o they_o may_v understand_v the_o scripture_n act_n 16._o vers_fw-la 14._o the_o lord_n open_v the_o heart_n of_o lydia_n to_o attend_v unto_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v speak_v by_o paul_n which_o be_v the_o 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that_o interchangeable_a promise_n which_o have_v pass_v betwixt_o god_n &_o us._n the_o lord_n promise_v to_o be_v our_o god_n &_o we_o promise_v henceforth_o to_o become_v god_n faithful_a &_o obedient_a servant_n to_o serve_v he_o in_o holiness_n all_o the_o remainder_n of_o our_o life_n whence_o the_o ordinary_a custom_n in_o these_o day_n may_v worthy_o be_v reprehend_v for_o howsoever_o man_n for_o a_o day_n or_o a_o short_a space_n seem_v to_o have_v a_o christian_a sense_n of_o that_o holy_a duty_n whereto_o they_o have_v bind_v themselves_o by_o their_o promise_n yet_o notwithstanding_o within_o a_o while_n they_o return_v with_o the_o dog_n to_o the_o vomit_n and_o with_o the_o sow_n to_o wallow_v in_o the_o mire_n wherefore_o to_o good_a purpose_n it_o be_v that_o we_o propose_v to_o our_o heart_n a_o trial_n of_o ourselves_o even_o after_o our_o receive_n for_o though_o a_o man_n by_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o soil_n may_v gather_v by_o some_o guess_n what_o fruit_n will_v 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