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A72264 The touch-stone of the reformed Ghospell. Wherin sundry chiefe heads and tenets of the protestants doctrine (obiected by them commonly against the Catholicks) are briefly refuted. By the expresse texts of the protestants owne Bible, set forth and approued by the Church of England. With the ancient fathers Iudgments thereon, in confirmation of the Catholike Doctrine; Gagge of the new gospel Heigham, John, fl. 1639. 1634 (1634) STC 13033.8; ESTC S125239 50,830 222

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if he neglect to heare thee but if he neglect to heare the Church let him be vnto thee as a Heathen man and a Publican But it were a very hard case to be condemned for a Heathen for not telling or hearing a Church which hath so closely layne hid that no man could heare see feele or vnderstand it for a thousand yeares 2. Cor. 4.3 But if our Ghospell be hid it is hid to them that are lost Loe the censure of S. Paul vpon all such as affirme that the Church or her Ghospell can be hid Isa 2.2 And it shall come to passe in the last dayes that the mountaine of the Lords house shall be established in the top of the mountaynes and shall be exalted aboue the hilles and all nations shall flow vnto it In hundred of places do the Prophecies make mētiō of this Kingdome of Christ as Dan. 7.14 Mich. 4.7 c. which should be all in vaine if this his kingdome could be inuisible for a prophecy must be of things which may be seene and perceiued by our senses otherwise euery man might be a Prophet and fortell of thinges to come which if they should not come to passe he might answere that they had come to passe in very deed as he had prophecied but that they were inuisible to the world Loe the visible absurdities of this inuisible Church See more Psal 27.8 Rom. 10.14 1. Cor. 11.19 Psalm 19.3.4 Isa 60.20 Acts. 20.28 Isa 61.9 ¶ The Fathers commonly affirme the same Origen hom 30. in Matt. The Church is full of light euen from the east to the west S. Chrysostom hom 4. in 6. of Isa It is easier for the sunne to be extinguished then the Church to be darkned S. Aug. tract in Ioan. calleth those blind that do not see so great a mountaine Also S. Cyp. de vnitate Ecclesiae They maintayne IX That the Church was not alwayes to remaine Catholique or Vniuersall and that the Church of Rome is not such a Church COntrary to the expresse wordes of their owne Bible Psalm 2.8 Aske of me and I shall giue thee the Heathen for thine inheritance and the vttermost parts of the earth for thy possession And Luc. 1.33 He shall raigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdome there shal be no end But none of these promises haue beene any where els so much verified as in the Church of Rome therfore both the church hath bene alwayes vniuersall and the Church of Rome only such a Church Colos 1.3 c. We giue thankes to God for you c. since we heard your faith c. for the hope which is laid vp for you in heauen wherof yee heard before in the word of the truth of the ghospell which is come vnto you as it is in al the world and bringeth forth fruit as is doth also in you since the day you heard of it and knewe the grace of God in truth But no Faith or Ghospell hath or is so dilated in all the world nor hath fructified and growne for so we read as the faith of the Roman Church hath done as appeareth more plainely by this which followeth Rom. 1.8 First I thanke my God through Iesus-Christ for you all that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world Where in expresse termes S. Paul calleth the fayth of the whole world or Catholique Faith the faith of the Romans that is of the Church of Rome Therefore the Church of Rome and no other is truly and indeed such a church See more Colos 1.23 Gen. 22.18 Mat 24.46 Acts 1.8 Dan. 2.35 Luc. 24.47 Psal 46.9 Psal 72.8 we 7● Marc. 6.20 Ezech. 13.3 Math. 28.19 Actes 1.8 All which places are to be vnderstood not that the whole world should be Catholique at one and the same tyme but that the whole should be conuerted to Christ at sundry times and that it should comprehend a greater part of the world then any Sect of heretikes should euer do and this is the true sense of being Catholike or Vniuersall ¶ And to follow still our former Rule heare the Fathers that affirme the same S. Cypr. ep 57. writing to Cornelius Pope of Rome sayth Whilst with you there is one mind and one voyce the whole Church is confessed to be the Roman Church S. Aug. de vnitat Eccles cap. 4. sayth Who so dissent from the body of Christ which is the Church that they do not communicate with all the whole corps of Christendome certayne it is that they are not in the Catholike Church S. Hierome in his Apologie against Ruffinus and in other places saith that it is all one to say the Roman Fayth and the Catholike Fayth Agayne S. Aug. vpon the Psal 45. we 44. but much more excellently in ep 161. ad Honorat The place beginneth Dignare ergo rescribere nobis As also cont lit Petil. l. 2. cap. 16. The Reformers hold X. That the Churches Vnity is not necessary in all points of faith COntrary to the expres wordes of their owne Bible Ephes 4.5 One Lord one Faith one Baptisme Therfore Vnity is necessary in all points of faith The reason is for that the Church being a Congregation of the faithfull one Faith is necessary to make one Church but our Aduersaries differ in matters of faith therfore they haue not the Vnity requisit to one Church Iames 2.10 Whosoeuer shall keepe the whole law and yet offend in one point he is guilty of all And euen so is it in our faith for who so denieth one article denieth all Acts 4.32 And the multitude of them that belieued were of one hart and of one soule And againe 1. Cor. 1.10 Now I beseech you Brethren by the name of our Lord Iesus-Christ that yee all speake the same thing and that there be no diuisions among you but that yee be perfectly ioyned together in the same mind and in the same iudgement But our aduersaries will needs ioyne with vs in vnity of the Church yea and with others also who differ from them in matters of faith But this as you see cannot be See more Ierem. 32.29 Can. 2.6 Psal 67.7 Mat. 12.25 Marc. 3.24 Luc. 11.17 Mat. 18.19 Ephes 2.14.15.16.18.22 Ephes 5.27 Philip. 3.16 Philip. 1.26.27 Galat 59. 1.8 Colos 3.15 Iohn 17.11.2 Cor. 13.11 Psal 121.3 ¶ And lastly to checke by our common Rule the breakers of this Vnity and Rule S. Aug. cited by the Manuduc p. 134. saith In Cathedra vnitatis posuit Deus doctrinam veritatis In the chaire of Vnity God hath placed the doctrine of verity As also cont ep Par. l. 3. cap. 5. The place beginneth Qui non vult sedere S. Cyprian lib de vnitate Eccles num 3. saith This vnity of the Church he that holdeth not doth he thinke he holdeth the faith S. Hilary lib. ad Constantium Augustum and many others XI That S. Peter was not ordained by Christ the first Head or Chiefe amongst the Apostles and that amongst the