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A17442	Adelphomachia, or, The warrs of Protestancy being a treatise, wherein are layd open the wonderfull, and almost incredible dissentions of the Protestants among themselues, in most (if not all) articles of Protesta[n]cy, and this proued from their owne wordes & writinges / vvritten by a Cath. priest ; whereunto is adioyned a briefe appendix, in which is proued, first, that the ancient fathers, by the acknowledgments of the learned Protestants, taught our Cath. and Roman fayth, secondly, that the said fathers haue diuers aduantages about the Protestant writers, for finding out the true sense of the Scripture.	B. C.	1637 (1637)	STC 4263.7; ESTC S1838	109,763	196

conclude with deniall of the Doctrine of rowes contrary to the iudgments of the former aboue alledged Protestants First then Peter Martyr writeth a booke against single life and vowes stiling it de Calibatu vo●is In like sort Swinglius sayth (o) Part. 1. in explanat art 30. fol. 6● Concerning vowes I say that all vowes are abolished by Christs comming To whose iudgment herein subscribes Bullinger (p) In his Decads in English pag 380. saying Vowes belong to the Iewish Ceremonies of the same mind is D. Fulke (q) In his Retentiue to Bristowes Motiues pag. 153. and diuers others Thus much concerning the great discrepancy and diuersity of the Protestants among themselues touching the Doctrine of Good Workes and of Vowes The XVIII Paragraph IN this place I will display the Protestants like difference touching Sinne and the Nature thereof And first concerning what Sinne is Not only all Catholikes but also many learned Protestants teach that Sinne in its owne Nature is a meere Non Ens or only Priuation of what should be and therefore God neuer made Sinne who made only Entia And hereupon the said both Catholiks and Protestants conclude that sinne as being a Non Ens or priuation hath no Efficient but only a Deficient cause I will alledge Peter Martyr thus discoursing of this point An (r) Peter Martyr in loc Comm. places in English part 1. cap. 17. sect 12. pag. 1●4 Euill thing and such is sinne hath no efficient but a deficient cause If any will search out this efficient cause it is euen like as if he would see the darknes with his eyes or comprehend silence with his eares which being Priuations it is no need that they should haue efficient causes Thus Peter Martyr with whom conspire herein Szegedinus (s) Szegedinus Loc. Com. pag. 230. and Keckermannus (t) In his Systema sacrae Theologiae l. 2 p. 248. 249. c. both remarkable Protestants besides diuers others Now other Protestants meerely crossing these former do seuerally teach hereof for D. Whitaker (u) Whit. contra Campian rat 8. teacheth Sinne to be an Accident or Quality But Illyricus (x) Illyricus varijs libris de peccato Originali the chiefe of the Magdeburgenses affirmes sinne to be a Substance See also Heshusius hereof in Epist ad Illyricum An peccatum sit substantia See also Piscator hereof in volum 1. Thesaur Theologic l. 7. p. 169. sect 104. And according hereto the foresaid Illyricus in the place next aboue alledged defineth Originall sinne to be after the fall of Adam the internall substance which the Deuill doth worke or cause and which he transformeth into himselfe 2. Concerning the distinction of Sinne into Veniall and Mortall sinne All the Protestants do admit this distinction in words but in the explication of this Distinction they maynely differ For most of the more forward Protestants teach that this Difference of sinne lyeth not in the diuersity of the sinnes themselues but in the diuersity of the partyes committing them According hereto Musculus the pryme Protestant thus writeth (y) Musculus in loc Com. de peccato sect 5. de discrimine peccati venia is mortalis pag. 28. Sciendum est magis in hac causa personas peccantium quam ipsa peccata esse considerandas We are to know that in this point rather the persons of such as sinne then the sinnes themselues are to be considered And hence it riseth that many Protestants teach to wit to omit others Caluin and Doctour Fulke that All sinnes how great soeuer to the Faythfull Professours are (z) So teach Caluin Instit l 2. c. 4. sect 28. D. Fulke against the Rhemi●h Testam in Epist Ioan fol. 447. Veniall and to others M. Willet (a) M. Willet in his Synops. p. 560. and Musculus (b) Musculus in loc cem pag. 28. affirme all sinnes how small soeuer are mortall And vpon this ground are builded Luthers words No (c) Luth. in his Sermons Englished printed anno 1578. pag. 167. worke it disalowed of God except the Authour thereof be disalowed before But now contrary to this explication of the former distinction most of the more sober Protestants teach that this distinction of Sinne is in one and the same Person and therefore they place this diuersity of Sinne to consist in the disparity of the sinnes themselues and not in the diuersity of the Persons committing the said sinnes This is taught by Iacobus Andraeas so alledged and reprehended by Beza (d) In respons ad 〈◊〉 Colloq Montisbesgar p. 64. The same doctrine is further iustifyed by (e) In Ce●cil Theol. pag. 546. Melancthon by Adamus (f) In his Margarit Theol. pag. 469. Francisci by Hemingius (g) In Encheirid pag. 103. printed Londini anno 1577. and to pretermit many others by the (h) Pag. 80 70. Harmony of Confessions That all sinnes are equall is maintayned by Caluin (i) Caluin in Antidot Concil Trident. by Wicliff (k) Wiclef apud Waldens l. de Sacrament c. 1●4 and some ohers yet contradicted herein by Doctour Whitaker (l) D. Whitaker contra Campian in rat ● and almost all the more temperate Protestants I will next descend to that Doctrine maintayned by some Protestants though wholy reiected by others who teach that no sinne is hurtfull to that man who belieueth And first we fynd Luther thus to write A Christian (m) Luth in tom 2. Wittenberg de Captiuit Babilon fol. 74. or Baptized person is so rich that although he would he cannot los● his saluation by any sinne how great soeuer vnlesse he will not belieue And further Luther thus reacheth As (n) Luth. in loc Co●naelass 25. c. 27. nothing iustifyeth but Fayth so nothing sinneth but vnbeliefe Others according here to teach that sinnes are not hurtfull to him that belieueth for thus D. Whitaker writes as is aboue noted Nos dicimus si quis actum fidei habeat c. We (x) D. Whitak de Eccles contra Bellarm. Controu 2. q. 3. pag. ●01 maimayne that if a man doth exercise an act of fayth to that man sinne is not hurtfull D. Fulke teacheth thus When Dauid (y) D. Fulke in the Tower disputat with Edm. Camp the second dayes conferēce committed adultery he was and remayned the child of God Yea they further teach thus saying He that (z) See this in Epitom Colloq Montisbilgar pa. 44. 48. once truly belieues cannot after fall from the grace of God or lose his Fayth by his Adultery or any other like sinnes Others againe say thus Sinne is (a) So sayth M. Wotton in his answere to the late Popish Articles pag. 9● pardoned as soone as it is committed Finally to omit many other such like sentences and authorities of them they thus conclude When (b) See this in Act. Mon. pag. 1338. we sinne we diminish not the glory of God all the danger in our

Grace of this Redemption do appertaine equally to all the posterity of Adam or be restrayned to a certaine number I answere that the incredulity of men not the default of the Lambe maketh this restraint D. Willet much complayneth that this Doctrine is so generall among Protestants thus writing (g) In Synops p. 784. Vniuersality of grace which potentially includes that God for his part reprobates no man to damnation seemeth much to be approued by our owne Countrymen and hath already gotten some Patrones in our Church Bullinger thus confidently writeth of this point The (h) Vpon the Reuelations Englished c. 5. fol. 79. Lord dyed for all but that all men are not made partakers of this Redemption is through their owne Fault for the Lord excludeth no man Amandus Polanus the great Caluinist God (i) In partitionib Theolog. p. 11. ●● by his Conditionall will would haue all men saued I will conclude with Hemingius a learned Caluinist who thus fully discourses of this point Pugnat cum verbo Dei v●cant● c. This opinion to wit which teacheth that God doth Reprobat man from his mothers wombe feighteth with the word of God calling and inuiting all men to repentance It (k) In lib de vniuersali Gratia pag. 111. maketh men partly sluggish partly secure and partly desperate for many are driuen to despayre whites by this Opinion is ouerthrowne the Doctrine of Vniuersall Grace in which all men are commanded by Fayth to include themselues Thus far Hemingius And thus much touching the contrary opinions of the Protestants concerning Reprobation Now concerning the Doctrine of the Certainty of Mans Iustification and of Predestination the Protestants are litle lesse concordant among themselues then we see they are in the Doctrines of Freewill and Reprobation And as touching those who maintayne that Iustifying Fayth once had cannot be lost and consequently that a man once hauing this Iustifying Fayth is certainely and infallibly predestinated and assured of his saluation We first will alledge D. Willet who thus reprehendeth such Protestants as teach the contrary These (l) In Synops p. 811. Patrones of vniuersall Grace and conditionall Election do consequently hould that men may loose their Election and Fayth Hemingius p. 30. the same is also maintayned by Snecanus Thus D. Willet But to proceede to others D. Whitaker thus teacheth Si quis (m) L de Eccles pag. 31. actum fidei haebet c. He who maketh an act of fayth his sinnes cannot hurt him Beza thus conspiringly instructeth his followers He (n) Andraaes the Protestant reporteth these words of Beza in Epist Colloq Montisbelg pa. 48. 44. who ones belieueth cannot afterwards fall from the grace of God or loose his Fayth by Adultery or any other like sinnes From whence it followeth that a man once hauing true Fayth is infallibly assured of his saluation Luther thus Catechiseth his Schollers A Christian (o) Lib. di Captiuit Babylon This saying of Luther is also mentioned by the Protestant Authour in his treatise against Defence of the Censure p. 198. or baptized Person is so rich as although he would he cannot lose his Saluation by any sinnes how greatsoeuer vnlesse he will not belieue In like sort the said Luther hath further thus left written in defence of the certainty of Predestination As (p) Luth. in Loc. Comm. printed Magdeburg 1594. Class 5. c. 27 p. 68. nothing iustifyeth but Fayth so nothing sinneth but vnbeliefe Yea some Protestants thus strangly write for certainty of Predestination We (*) See the Acts and Monuments pag. 1563. pag. 488. cannot be damned except Christ be damned with vs. M. Perkins earnestly (q) M. Perkins in his reformed Catholike p. 3● 55. maintayneth the said Doctrine as also it is taught by Caluin and finally by most Puritans and the most forward Protestants in these dayes Now let vs see how crosse Antipodes-like do other Protestants as maintayning the contrary tread to their former Brethren I will begin with the Lutherans and first with Kempnitius who thus writeth True (r) In Exam Concil Trident. printed 1578. part 2. p. 1●3 liuely iustifying Fayth may be lost and the party made guilty of eternall Damnation The Confession of (s) In the Harmony of Confessions in English pag. 214 Ausburg condemneth the contrary Doctrine for Anabaptisme The Protestant Deuines of Saxony do also thus teach It is (t) Ibid. p. 80. and see p. 223. manifest that some who are regenerate c. are againe reiected of God and made subiect to eternall Punishment And more Iustification (u) In the Harmony c. pag. ●95 and regeneration may be shaken of and we lose eternall life This doctrine of the vncertainty of Saluation is in like manner taught by diuers other Lutherans whose sayings were ouer long here to set downe as by (x) In his Disputat Theolog. p. 117. 318. Lobechius Doctour and Professour in the Vniuersity of Rostock by Conradus (y) In Theolog. Caluinist l. 2. art 14. fol. 45. Schlusselburg by Iacobus (z) In Epitom Colloq Moutisberg Editio tertia p. 73. 74. c. Andreas by (a) In his Disput 17 pro ●a●ctiss Lib. Concord Disput 16. pag. 650. Gesnerus Doctour and Professour at Wittemberg and finally to omit many other Lutherans for greater expedition by Philip Melancthon who thus writeth (b) In Concil Theolog. pag 3●● Excidunt homines à gratia aciustificantem fidem amittunt Men do fall from grace and lose their iustifying Fayth To come to the Caluinists teaching the same Doctrine And first M. Perkins thus confesseth hereof This (c) In his foure Treatises necessarily to be considered of all Christians Treatise fourth Sect. 14. testimony of being persuaded that we are Adopted and Chosen in Christ is weake in most men and scarsly can be perceaued Musculus the great and famous Protestant thus teacheth Yf (d) In loc Com. loc de peccato sect 5. he who hath beene made partaker of heauenly Grace do fall from that Grace and of a iust and faythfull man become vniust and vnfaythfull c. this mans conscience the purity of Fayth being lost is made guilty vnto Damnation M. Robert Rollocke Rectour of the Vniuersity of Edenburgh and greatly praysed by Beza thus teacheth I tell thee (e) In his booke of Lectures vpon the Epist of Paul to the Coloss l. 3. p. 64. that notwithstanding thou art redeemed and by the bloud of Christ freed from sinne and death yet if thou take delight in sinne the greater shal be thy Damnation The same Doctrine is maintayned by seuerall English learned Protestants as by D. Oueral (f) In the Conference before his Maiesty p. 4● by D. Harsenet (g) D. Harsenet did preach of this very subiect at Paules Crosse and by all those who are at this present called among vs by the name of Arminians Thus far touching the mutuall Disagreements of the

patiatur O remember That euery thing is short which is measured with the yard of Tyme and Eternity only long Striue therefore in a Christian contempt of Temporalities to say in zeale of spirit with S. Austin Fecisti (m) L. 1. Confess c. 1. nos Domine ad te inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te And assure your selues that what thing soeuer is as I may say out of God soone breedeth a fastidious saciety 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thus forbearing further surplusage of Words I commit you to his Holy Protection of whom through the boundles sea of his Mercy it is said If any (n) Apocalyp ● Man will heare his voyce and open the Gate he will come into him and suppe with him I beseech his Diuine Maiesty that you may auayleably interest your selues in this most comfortable Inuitation Yours in all Christian Loue and Charity B. C. Aduertisment to the Reader THIS Treatise is entituled Adelphomachia which Greeke Word signifieth A fight among Brethren because it sheweth the DISSENTIONS among the Protestants themselues touching matter of Fayth and Religion All which Protestants whether they be Lutherans Swinglians or Caluinists which are comprehended vnder the name of Swinglians do hold one another for Brethren For Doctour Whitaker in respons ad rationes Campiani rat 8. thus confesseth of this Point We willingly honour Luther for our Father and the Lutherans and the Swinglians as our most deare Brethren in Christ. A TABLE OF Such disagreements of the Protestants in matter of Fayth and Religion as are handled and set downe in the ensuing Treatise § 1. THe Contentions deliuered in most contumetious Words of one Protestant against another Protestant And first of the Lutherans against the Sacramentaries or Swinglians and Caluinists Secondly of the Swinglians or Caluinists against the Lutherans Thirdly of the Lutherans among themselues Fourthly the Caluinists among themselues Fyftly The Puritans against the moderate Protestants Sixtly the Moderate Protestants against the Puritans Within which Clause are comprehended the English moderate Protestants and the English Puritans § 2. The most splenefull Titles full of malignity of twenty Bookes made by Protestants against other Protestants their Brethren § 3. Touching other externall Comportment of the Protestants among themselues And first the prohibiting of the Sale and Reading of ech others Bookes 2. The banishing of ech other from their Territories 3. The appointing of Articles of Visitation and enquiry concerning the discouery and apprehending of ech other 4. Their committing of ech other to Prison 5. The entring into open Armes of one Party against another 6. The inhumane deportment of some Protestants against the dead Bodies of other Protestants All which seuerall kinds of Violent Proceedings are only for matter of Religion among the Protestants § 4 Disagreements touching the Scripture First what Bookes be Scripture what not 2. Touching the Translation of acknowledged Scripture either in Latin or in English 3. Touching the supposed easinesse or difficulty of the sense of the Scripture § 5. The English Protestant disagreements touching their Communion Booke of Prayer § 6. The Protestants disagreements touching Christ First touching the Nature of Christ 2. Whether Christ did merit any thing for himselfe or not 3. According to what Nature Christ suffered 4. Whether Christ dyed for all the World or but for the Elect only 5. Whether Heathens not belieuing in Christ can be saued § 7. Disagreements touching the Primacy of Peter and his successours § 8. Whether the Pope be Antichrist or not 2. Supposing him to be Antichrist at what tyme Antichrist did come § 9. Disagreements touching the Church First whether the Protestant Church hath euer beene Visible 2. Whether in the Protestant Church there euer hath beene a Perpetuall Succession and Vocation of Ministers 3. Who be the Persons that constitute the Protestant Church 4. Whether Papists dying Papists and members of the present Roman Church can be saued § 10. Disagreements Whether the Ancient Fathers of the Primatiue Church are to be admitted or reiected § 11. Whether the Authority of Generall Councells are to be admitted or reiected § 12. Whether there be any Apostolicall Traditions or not § 13. Disagreements touching the Sacraments First of the number of the Sacraments 2. Whether the knowne intention of the Church be necessary to the Administration of the Sacraments 3. Whether any of the Sacraments do imprint any indeleble Character in the Receauers of them 4. Whether the Sacraments do only signify or withall conferre Grace § 14. Baptisme in particular First Whether Baptisme be absolutly Necessary or not 2. Whether any particular forme of Words be necessary in Baptizing or not 3. Whether Lay Persons and Women in tyme of Necessity may administer Baptisme § 15. Disagreemen●● whether Man hath Freewill or not § 16. Disagreements touching the doctrine of certainty of Reprobation of Predestination and of the certainty of Iustification § 17. Disagreements touching the doctrine of good Works First Whether good Works do merit or not or at least be necessary to saluation 2. Whether Perpetuall Chastity Fasting and Pouerty be gratfull and pleasing to God or not 3. Whether Vowes be now lawfull in these tymes of Christianity § 18. Disagreements touching the doctrine of Sinne First What Sinne is in its owne Nature 2. Touching the distinction of Veniall and Mortall sinne 3. Whether all sinnes be equa●l or not 4. Whether sinne be hurtfull to him that belieueth 5. Whether God be the Authour of sinne § 19. Disagreements Whether Absolute Princes and Magistrates ought to be now in the tyme of the Gospell and how their Authority may be resisted § 20. Disagreements touching Polygamy First whether a Man may haue many Wyues at one tyme 2. Touching diuorse and the Occasions thereof § 21. Other disagreements of Protestants touching twenty Catholike Points besides those aboue intreated of which points some Protestants belieue as true others reiect them as false The point are these following 1. Touching Christs descending into Hell presently after his Corporal death 2. Touching ●●bus Patrum 3. Touching 〈◊〉 ●cession of Saints 4. Touching intercession of Angells 5. Touching Inuocation of Saintes 6. Touching Prayer for the dead 7. Touching the Possibility of the Ten Commandements 8. Touching the Patronage of certaine Angells ouer certaine Countryes 9. Touching Images to be in the Churches 10. Touching reuerence and bowing downe to the Name of IESVS 11. Whether the good Works of one may help another 12. Whether Christ as Man was from his Natiuity freed from Ignorance 13. Touching Euangelicall Counsells or Works of Supererogation 14. Whether it can be knowne to vs without the Churches Tradition What Scriptures be Canonicall what not 15. Whether Jnfants haue actuall Fayth in the tyme of their Baptising 16. Whether the Sacraments of the Old Testament be of equall force and vertue with the Sacraments of the New Testament 17. Touching Auricular Confession 18. VVhether temporall Punishment be reserued for sinne already remitted