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A89446
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The Church of England vindicated against her chief adversaries of the Church of Rome wherein the most material points are fairly debated, and briefly and fully answered / by a learned divine.
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Menzeis, John, 1624-1684.
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Wing M33A; ESTC R42292
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jesuitical_a doctrine_n of_o freewill_n be_v oppugn_v by_o a_o famous_a party_n of_o theâr_a owâ_n church_n not_o ânly_o by_o the_o jansenist_n but_o also_o by_o dominican_n and_o thomist_n and_o dare_v the_o jesuited_a party_n call_v dominican_n and_o thomist_n heretic_n do_v we_o ascribe_v less_o liberty_n to_o the_o will_n of_o man_n than_o they_o have_v their_o pretend_a infallible_a judge_n dare_v to_o pass_v a_o sentence_n in_o this_o matter_n how_o then_o dare_v he_o charge_v any_o with_o heresy_n in_o this_o matter_n till_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o infallible_a judge_n be_v interpose_v or_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n that_o innocent_a the_o ten_o who_o by_o the_o instigation_n of_o jesuit_n condemn_v the_o five_o jansenian_a proposition_n shall_v anathematise_v truth_n for_o heresy_n see_v he_o profess_v of_o himself_o jo_n non_fw-fr son_fw-fr theologo_fw-la i_o shut_v up_o this_o discourse_n of_o freewill_n with_o austin_n lib._n de_fw-la dono_fw-la persevere_v cap._n 6._o tutiores_fw-la vivimus_fw-la si_fw-la totum_fw-la deo_fw-la damus_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la nos_fw-la illi_fw-la eâ_n parte_fw-la &_o nobis_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la committimus_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la sensit_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la martyr_n cyprianus_n it_o be_v more_o safe_a to_o we_o to_o attribute_v no_o part_n to_o ourselves_o but_o to_o ascribe_v all_o unto_o grace_n which_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o bless_a martyr_n cyprian_n from_o this_o also_o a_o retortion_n may_v be_v deduce_v against_o jesuited_a popery_n see_v it_o manifest_o pelagianizes_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o freewill_n which_o be_v not_o do_v by_o the_o ancient_a catholic_n church_n sect_n ix_o a_o nine_o instance_n of_o novelty_n concern_v merit_n examine_v and_o retort_v the_o pamphleter_n in_o his_o nine_o instance_n say_v that_o protestant_n deny_v the_o merit_n of_o good_a work_n but_o first_o ought_v not_o he_o to_o have_v tell_v what_o he_o mean_v by_o merit_n of_o good_a work_n whither_o with_o vafquez_n in_o 1._o 2._o disp_n 214._o cap._n 5._o that_o good_a work_n be_v condign_o meritorious_a of_o eternal_a life_n tantum_n ratione_fw-la operis_fw-la without_o any_o regard_n to_o the_o promise_n or_o divine_a acceptation_n or_o whither_o with_o bell._n lib._n 5._o the_o justif_a cap._n 17._o he_o hold_v they_o meritorious_a &_o ratione_fw-la operis_fw-la &_o pacti_fw-la both_o in_o regard_n of_o god_n promise_n and_o of_o the_o work_n itself_o conjunct_o yet_o so_o as_o the_o work_n be_v equal_a to_o the_o reward_n or_o whither_o they_o be_v meritorious_a tantum_n ratione_fw-la pacti_fw-la in_o regard_n of_o the_o free_a promise_n of_o god_n only_o for_o which_o bell_n cite_v scotus_n and_o vega_n in_o this_o last_o sense_n the_o protestant_a church_n have_v be_v so_o far_o from_o condemn_v merit_n that_o the_o augustan_n confession_n art_n 20._o de_fw-la bonis_fw-la operibus_fw-la and_o confess_v of_o wittenberg_n tit_n de_fw-fr bonis_fw-la operibus_fw-la have_v not_o abhor_v from_o the_o word_n merit_n if_o he_o mean_v in_o either_o of_o the_o two_o former_a sense_n he_o can_v not_o condemn_v we_o as_o heretic_n without_o condeme_a scotus_n and_o vega_n yea_o many_o more_o romish_a doctor_n cite_v by_o will._n forbes_n lib._n 5._o justif_a cap._n 4._o and_o beside_o he_o shall_v have_v prove_v that_o father_n use_v the_o word_n merit_n in_o that_o sense_n but_o why_o shall_v i_o blame_v this_o pamphleter_n for_o not_o state_v this_o question_n more_o clear_o when_o their_o infallible_a judge_n dare_v not_o do_v it_o though_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n sess_n 6._o can._n 32._o have_v anathematise_v they_o that_o deny_v good_a work_n veer_fw-la mereri_fw-la true_o to_o merit_v life_n eternal_a yet_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o difference_n of_o opinion_n among_o themselves_o dare_v not_o define_v wherein_o the_o nature_n of_o that_o merit_n stand_v o_o goodly_a oracle_n which_o every_o one_o may_v expound_v to_o his_o own_o sense_n but_o second_o the_o phamphleter_n cite_v three_o father_n ignatius_n justin_n and_o cyprian_a yet_o none_o of_o they_o favour_n merit_n in_o a_o popish_a sense_n that_o be_v either_o in_o vasq_n or_o bellarmine_n sense_n excellent_o do_v cassander_n in_o hymnis_fw-la ecclâs_n ad_fw-la verba_fw-la hymni_fw-la nocte_fw-la surgentes_fw-la expound_v the_o sense_n of_o this_o word_n merit_n in_o ancient_a father_n vocabulum_fw-la merendi_fw-la say_v he_o apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la scriptores_fw-la fere_n idem_fw-la valet_fw-la quod_fw-la consequi_fw-la seu_fw-la aptum_fw-la idoneumque_fw-la fieri_fw-la ad_fw-la consequendum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la ex_fw-la uno_fw-la cypriani_fw-la loco_fw-la apparet_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la paulus_n inquit_fw-la 1_o tim._n 1._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d quod_fw-la vulgo_fw-la legitur_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la consecutus_fw-la sum_fw-la id_fw-la cyprianus_n ad_fw-la jubajanum_fw-la legit_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la merui_fw-la though_o this_o may_v suffice_v to_o vindicate_v all_o the_o testimony_n of_o ancient_n allege_v by_o romanist_n in_o this_o matter_n yet_o i_o must_v add_v that_o they_o be_v especial_o injurious_a to_o greek_a father_n such_o as_o ignatius_n and_o justin_n martyr_n etc._n etc._n for_o in_o all_o their_o writing_n there_o be_v no_o word_n exact_o correspondent_a to_o the_o word_n merit_n in_o the_o strict_a notion_n thereof_o the_o word_n in_o ignatius_n which_o romanist_n render_v to_o merit_v or_o win_v god_n be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d which_o signify_v to_o attain_v that_o of_o justin_n martyr_n apol._n 2._o that_o man_n by_o their_o merit_n shall_v live_v with_o god_n be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d that_o be_v be_v account_v worthy_a of_o his_o conversation_n or_o to_o live_v with_o he_o how_o we_o be_v account_v worthy_a be_v excellent_o express_v by_o bernard_n de_fw-fr dedic_n eccles_n serm._n 5._o illius_fw-la dignation_n non_fw-la nostra_fw-la dignitate_fw-la cyprian_n indeed_o use_v the_o word_n merit_n as_o do_v many_o of_o the_o latin_a father_n but_o in_o that_o innocent_a sense_n which_o cassander_n prove_v out_o of_o cyprian_a and_o so_o bell._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr lib._n arb_n c._n 14._o confess_v that_o every_o good_a work_n be_v meritum_fw-la but_o three_o on_o the_o contrary_a popish_a merit_n in_o vasq_n or_o bell._n sense_n may_v be_v disprove_v by_o infinite_a testimony_n of_o antiquity_n as_o from_o origen_n in_o rom._n 4._o the_o attain_n of_o the_o inheritance_n be_v gratiae_fw-la non_fw-la debiti_fw-la yea_o as_o austin_n psal_n 94._o si_fw-mi vellet_fw-la pro_fw-la meritis_fw-la agerenon_fw-mi inveniret_fw-la nisi_fw-la quos_fw-la damnaret_fw-la that_o be_v if_o he_o will_v deal_v with_o we_o according_a to_o our_o merit_n he_o shall_v find_v none_o but_o those_o who_o he_o will_v condemn_v in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o author_n of_o the_o tractat_fw-la de_fw-la praedest_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la cap._n 10._o which_o be_v add_v to_o the_o close_a of_o autumn_n tom._n 7._o say_v beatitudo_fw-la alterius_fw-la uâtae_fw-la nullis_fw-la humanis_fw-la mer_fw-fr this_fw-mi reddâtur_fw-mi sed_fw-la dei_fw-la donantis_fw-la gratia_fw-la largiente_fw-la donatur_fw-la yea_o many_o schoolman_n have_v be_v ashamed_a of_o that_o presumptuous_a doctrine_n of_o merit_n of_o who_o a_o large_a catalogue_n may_v he_o have_v in_o davenant_n the_o iuâtif_a actual_a &_o bab_n cap._n 59_o and_o in_o dr._n will._n forbes_n lib._n 5._o the_o justif_a cap._n 4._o so_o that_o this_o nine_o instance_n of_o novelty_n may_v likewise_o be_v invert_v against_o romanist_n for_o the_o present_a romish_a religion_n maintain_v the_o proper_a merit_n of_o good_a work_n which_o the_o ancient_a catholic_n church_n do_v not_o sect_n x._o a_o ten_o instance_n of_o novelty_n concern_v a_o perfect_a keep_n of_o the_o command_n examine_v and_o retort_v the_o pamphleter_n in_o his_o ten_o and_o last_o instance_n say_v that_o protestant_n deny_v a_o possibility_n of_o keep_v the_o commandment_n as_o he_o begin_v so_o he_o close_v still_o huddle_v up_o question_n in_o general_a and_o ambiguous_a term_n we_o do_v not_o absolute_o deny_v a_o possibility_n of_o keep_v the_o commandment_n it_o be_v possible_a for_o adam_n to_o keep_v they_o perfect_o and_o shall_v have_v be_v possible_a for_o we_o have_v he_o persevere_v in_o a_o state_n of_o integrity_n yea_o believer_n through_o grace_n may_v and_o do_v keep_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n with_o a_o evangelical_n perfection_n the_o supervenient_a impossibility_n to_o keep_v the_o law_n perfect_o without_o all_o sin_n under_o which_o we_o now_o labour_v be_v accidental_a through_o our_o corruption_n and_o posterior_n to_o the_o obligation_n of_o the_o law_n and_o this_o be_v clear_o assert_v in_o the_o scripture_n rom._n 8._o 3._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d that_o which_o the_o law_n can_v not_o do_v in_o that_o it_o be_v weak_a through_o the_o flesh_n and_o verse_n 8._o that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o flesh_n can_v please_v god_n john_n 12._o 39_o they_o can_v not_o believe_v nay_o the_o pamphleter_n by_o this_o instance_n convict_v himself_o of_o the_o old_a pelagian_a heresy_n
she_o worship_v the_o king_n 1._o e._n christ_n not_o the_o tree_n and_o that_o because_o its_o a_o heathenish_a error_n and_o vanity_n of_o the_o wicked_a to_o worship_v such_o thing_n religious_o that_o which_o he_o cite_v out_o of_o tertull._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-mi put_fw-mi be_v not_o only_o a_o emblematic_a representation_n of_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o lose_a sheep_n for_o ornament_n or_o instruction_n upon_o glassen_a cup_n which_o be_v vast_o different_a from_o the_o set_n up_o image_n for_o adoration_n the_o story_n of_o the_o image_n of_o christ_n send_v ta_fw-mi prince_n abgarus_n have_v be_v often_o convict_v to_o be_v mere_a fable_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o it_o by_o ancient_n until_o euagrius_n about_o 600._o year_n after_o christ_n be_v it_o like_o that_o eusebius_n who_o lib._n 1_o hist_o cap._n 14._o make_v mention_n of_o letter_n betwixt_o christ_n and_o abgarus_n will_v have_v speak_v nothing_o of_o that_o image_n have_v it_o be_v real_a these_o letter_n also_o be_v pronounce_v apocryphal_a in_o the_o canon_n law_n do_v 15._o cap._n sansta_n romana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la metaphrastes_n be_v a_o late_a historian_n in_o the_o 9th_o century_n of_o small_a credit_n even_o with_o romish_a writer_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o bell._n de_fw-fr script_n eccles_n damascen_n be_v a_o violent_a promoter_n of_o image_n worship_n and_o therefore_o neither_o of_o they_o be_v fit_a witness_n in_o this_o matter_n more_o notice_n be_v to_o be_v take_v of_o the_o statue_n which_o the_o hemoroos_n woman_n be_v say_v to_o have_v erect_v at_o caesarea_n philippi_n it_o be_v true_a euseb_n speak_v thereof_o lib._n 7._o cap._n 14._o but_o it_o be_v true_a that_o its_o long_a since_o the_o faith_n of_o that_o relation_n be_v question_v by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o work_n which_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o charles_n the_o great_a lib._n 4._o cap._n 15._o and_o not_o withprobable_a reason_n be_v it_o not_o strange_a that_o none_o of_o the_o evangelist_n nor_o irenaeus_n nor_o justin_n martyr_n nor_o tertul._n nor_o origen_n shall_v make_v mention_n of_o that_o statue_n or_o that_o miraculous_a herb_n how_o can_v that_o woman_n who_o spend_v all_o her_o live_n on_o physician_n be_v able_a to_o erect_v these_o brazen_a statue_n be_v it_o probable_a that_o heathen_n will_v suffer_v such_o monument_n of_o christ_n to_o stand_v 300._o year_n undemollish_v that_o there_o be_v statue_n at_o caesarea_n can_v rational_o be_v doubt_v see_v euseb_n do_v testify_v he_o see_v they_o but_o there_o be_v cause_n to_o question_v whether_o they_o be_v build_v by_o that_o woman_n or_o that_o one_o of_o they_o be_v christ_n and_o the_o rather_o see_v euseb_n bring_v no_o certain_a author_n for_o it_o but_o a_o rumour_n final_o grant_v she_o have_v erect_v that_o statue_n to_o christ_n yet_o euseb_n say_v not_o that_o it_o be_v worship_v nay_o he_o affirm_v it_o be_v erect_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d by_o a_o heathenish_a custom_n protestant_n do_v not_o deny_v but_o there_o be_v portraiture_n of_o christ_n and_o apostles_n in_o those_o day_n as_o euseb_n there_o do_v witness_n but_o euseb_n be_v so_o clear_a from_o assert_v that_o they_o be_v use_v in_o church_n as_o object_n of_o religion_n adoration_n that_o in_o the_o second_o nicen_n council_n act._n 6._o he_o be_v bring_v in_o testify_v to_o constantia_n the_o empress_n against_o the_o make_n of_o the_o image_n of_o christ_n have_v it_o not_o then_o be_v the_o pamphleteer_n wisdom_n to_o have_v hold_v his_o peace_n of_o eusebius_n he_o be_v as_o unadvised_a in_o mention_v austin_n l._n 1._o de_fw-la consensu_fw-la evangel_n cap._n 10._o for_o there_o he_o condemn_v they_o who_o study_n christ_n non_fw-la in_o sanctis_fw-la codicibus_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o pictis_fw-la parietibus_fw-la his_o story_n of_o the_o image_n make_v by_o nicodemus_n be_v a_o evident_a fiction_n and_o the_o book_n out_o of_o which_o it_o be_v take_v the_o â_z imaginis_fw-la christi_fw-la attribute_v to_o athanasius_n be_v supposititious_a as_o be_v prove_v by_o cocus_n pag._n 93._o 95._o and_o seem_v to_o be_v forge_v by_o image_n worshipper_n about_o the_o time_n of_o that_o idolatrous_a second_o nicen_n council_n yea_o bell._n the_o script_n eccl._n in_o athan._n confess_v it_o not_o to_o be_v write_v by_o athanasius_n but_o in_o the_o eight_o century_n when_o the_o controversy_n about_o image_n worship_n be_v in_o agitation_n that_o image_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n say_v to_o be_v draw_v by_o luke_n appear_v likewise_o to_o be_v fabulous_a there_o be_v no_o author_n make_v mention_n thereof_o until_o euagrius_n about_o the_o end_n of_o the_o sixth_o century_n the_o apostle_n paul_n call_v luke_n a_o physician_n but_o not_o a_o painter_n nor_o be_v it_o probable_a if_o he_o be_v a_o jew_n they_o not_o use_v such_o artist_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v origen_n lib._n 4._o cont_n celsum_fw-la as_o little_a faith_n be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o what_o be_v allege_v out_o of_o damasus_n pontifical_a of_o the_o image_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o the_o baptist_n erect_v by_o constantin_n for_o that_o pontifical_a be_v not_o only_o prove_v to_o be_v supposititious_a by_o cocus_n pag._n 139._o but_o also_o acknowledge_v by_o baronius_n binius_fw-la possevin_n yea_o bell._n lib._n the_o script_n eccles_n ascribe_v it_o to_o anastasius_n the_o bibliothecary_n who_o live_v in_o the_o 9th_o century_n a_o gross_a image_n worshipper_n at_o least_o it_o seem_v interpolate_v by_o he_o neither_o be_v it_o likely_a that_o this_o will_v have_v be_v omit_v by_o eusebius_n who_o be_v so_o accurate_a in_o describe_v what_o be_v do_v by_o constantin_n by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o most_o of_o the_o story_n which_o romanist_n allege_v concern_v their_o image_n be_v mere_a fable_n but_o grant_v they_o be_v real_a history_n they_o speak_v not_o at_o all_o of_o adoration_n which_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n in_o controversy_n yet_o i_o shall_v help_v my_o adversary_n to_o some_o precedent_n of_o great_a antiquity_n for_o the_o adoration_n of_o image_n but_o it_o be_v from_o heretic_n such_o as_o the_o gnostic_n in_o iren._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 24._o and_o carpocratian_o in_o epiphan_n in_o haeres_fw-la carpocratianorum_n and_o austin_n haeres_fw-la 7._o such_o precedent_n we_o do_v not_o envy_v they_o but_o as_o to_o the_o catholic_n church_n they_o may_v hear_v their_o own_o clemange_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr novis_fw-la celebritatibus_fw-la non_fw-la instituendu_fw-fr who_o say_v statuit_fw-la olim_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ut_fw-la nullae_fw-la in_o templis_fw-la imagine_v poner_n entur_fw-la hence_o may_v be_v deduce_v another_o demonstration_n of_o the_o novelty_n of_o the_o present_a romish_a religion_n see_v it_o approve_v the_o religious_a adoration_n of_o cross_n and_o image_n whereof_o no_o vestige_n can_v be_v find_v in_o the_o catholic_n church_n of_o the_o first_o three_o age_n sect_n viii_o a_o eight_o instance_n of_o novelty_n concern_v freewill_n examine_v and_o repel_v the_o pamphleter_n in_o his_o eight_o instance_n say_v that_o protestant_n deny_v freewill_n since_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n behold_v another_o jesuitism_n that_o be_v a_o arrant_a cheat._n do_v not_o our_o author_n as_o learned_a usher_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o jesuit_n challenge_n pag._n 464._o chamier_n panstrat_n tom_fw-mi 3._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 1._o sect._n 10._o paraeus_n contra_fw-la praesut_fw-la bell._n ad_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr great_a de_fw-fr lib._n arb_n positive_o protest_v that_o they_o do_v not_o deny_v freewill_n we_o do_v abominate_a the_o mad_a sect_n of_o manichee_n valentinian_o etc._n etc._n who_o either_o by_o fatal_a or_o simple_o natural_a necessity_n do_v quite_o overthrow_v the_o liberty_n of_o human_a will_n which_o of_o we_o ever_o doubt_v whether_o pope_n cardinal_n and_o jesuit_n do_v practice_v their_o impiety_n free_o we_o cordial_o subscribe_v to_o that_o of_o austin_n lib._n 1._o ad_fw-la bonifac._n cap._n 2._o quis_fw-la nostrum_fw-la dicat_fw-la quod_fw-la primi_fw-la hominis_fw-la peccato_fw-la perierit_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la de_fw-la humano_fw-la genere_fw-la libertas_n quidem_fw-la perijt_fw-la sed_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o paradyso_fw-la fuit_fw-la well_o do_v the_o same_o austin_n say_v lib._n the_o nat_n &_o gra_fw-mi cap._n 66_o quod_fw-la sit_fw-la quaedam_fw-la peccandi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la that_o unregenerate_a person_n have_v bring_v upon_o themselves_o a_o kind_n of_o necessity_n of_o sin_v yet_o that_o necessity_n be_v well_o consistent_a with_o liberty_n hence_o austin_n lib._n 1._o ad_fw-la bonifac._n cap._n 2._o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la in_o peccatore_fw-la non_fw-la periit_fw-la ut_fw-la perillud_fw-la peccent_fw-la maxim_n qui_fw-la cum_fw-la dilectatione_fw-la peceant_fw-la freewill_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v lose_v in_o sinner_n that_o by_o it_o they_o who_o sin_n with_o great_a delight_n sin_v most_o egregious_o devil_n can_v but_o sin_n and_o yet_o sin_v most_o free_o protestant_n grant_v no_o less_o indifferency_n to_o