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The practical divinity of the papists discovered to be destructive of Christianity and mens souls
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Clarkson, David, 1622-1686.
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impijs_fw-la tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la credere_fw-la esset_fw-la actus_fw-la imprudentiae_fw-la secundum_fw-la d._n tho_n m._n 22._o q._n 1._o art_n 4._o ad_fw-la secundum_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n with_fw-mi plures_fw-la in_o jo._n sanc._n d._n 19_o n._n 3._o &_o 4._o if_o the_o object_n of_o faith_n be_v not_o due_o propose_v if_o by_o slight_a reason_n or_o by_o impious_a person_n than_o it_o will_v he_o imprudence_n to_o believe_v or_o 95._o or_o id._n ibid._n p._n 95._o if_o they_o do_v not_o doubt_v of_o their_o faith_n or_o if_o their_o teacher_n be_v fallacious_a or_o erroneous_a or_o if_o the_o proposal_n 01._o proposal_n arragon_n in_o 2._o 2._o q._n 11._o art_n 2._o dub_v ult_n ibid._n p._n 01._o be_v not_o enforce_v with_o reason_n with_o holiness_n of_o life_n with_o the_o confutation_n of_o the_o contrary_a and_o with_o some_o wonder_n in_o short_a if_o they_o have_v not_o have_v sufficient_a instruction_n in_o this_o all_o agree_v and_o this_o alone_o will_v excuse_v a_o great_a part_n of_o their_o church_n who_o for_o want_v of_o such_o instruction_n be_v acknowledge_v by_o themselves_o to_o be_v infidel_n thus_o navarre_n deliver_v it_o 142._o it_o in_o universa_fw-la christiana_n republica_fw-la circa_fw-la haec_fw-la tanta_fw-la est_fw-la socordia_fw-la ut_fw-la multos_fw-la passim_fw-la invenias_fw-la nihil_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o particulari_fw-la &_o explicit_a de_fw-fr hisce_fw-la rebus_fw-la credere_fw-la quam_fw-la ethnicum_fw-la quendam_fw-la philosophum_fw-la sola_fw-la unius_fw-la very_fw-la dei_fw-la naturali_fw-la cognition_n praeditum_fw-la cap._n 11._o n._n 22._o p._n 142._o in_o the_o whole_a christian_a commonwealth_n he_o mean_v the_o roman_a church_n there_o be_v so_o great_a neglect_n as_o to_o this_o that_o you_o may_v find_v many_o every_o where_o who_o believe_v no_o more_o of_o these_o thing_n i._n e._n of_o christ_n and_o the_o most_o necessary_a article_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n in_o particular_a and_o explicit_o than_o some_o heathen_a philosopher_n who_o have_v only_o the_o natural_a knowledge_n of_o the_o one_o true_a god_n but_o if_o the_o precept_n can_v reach_v any_o through_o all_o these_o security_n which_o we_o can_v easy_o imagine_v yet_o there_o be_v one_o way_n to_o clear_v they_o all_o of_o it_o so_o that_o they_o may_v live_v and_o die_v infidel_n without_o danger_n from_o any_o command_n require_v faith_n in_o christ_n for_o he_o that_o have_v not_o that_o express_a faith_n which_o be_v command_v in_o the_o gospel_n but_o only_o what_o be_v requisite_a necessitate_v medij_fw-la be_v live_v or_o die_v if_o he_o be_v sorry_a for_o his_o negligence_n and_o purpose_n to_o amend_v which_o may_v be_v in_o their_o sense_n without_o true_a repentance_n capable_a of_o absolution_n without_o any_o instruction_n from_o his_o confessor_n 18._o confessor_n imo_fw-la in_o rigore_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la confessarius_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la sanus_fw-la sit_fw-la paenitens_fw-la eum_fw-la instruere_fw-la ante_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la aummodo_fw-la enim_fw-la doleat_fw-la de_fw-la preterita_fw-la negligentia_fw-la &_o proponat_fw-la emendationem_fw-la in_o futuâ—um_fw-la capax_fw-la est_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la sola_fw-la fide_fw-la explicita_fw-la circa_fw-la mysteria_fw-la necessario_fw-la credenda_fw-la ex_fw-la medio_fw-la fill._n tr_fw-la 28._o n._n 58._o vid._n jo._n sanc._n d._n 9_o n._n 18._o and_o by_o virtue_n of_o that_o he_o may_v live_v in_o a_o justify_v state_n or_o if_o he_o die_v he_o pass_v out_o of_o the_o world_n as_o a_o very_a good_a christian_n though_o he_o believe_v in_o christ_n no_o more_o than_o a_o heathen_a sect._n 2._o pass_v we_o to_o their_o other_o sort_n of_o faith_n which_o they_o call_v explicit_a it_o be_v as_o they_o define_v it_o a_o actual_a assent_n to_o the_o particular_n which_o the_o church_n propound_v as_o reveal_v by_o god_n this_o with_o they_o be_v justify_v faith_n requisite_a in_o the_o learned_a and_o more_o intelligent_a among_o they_o as_o to_o the_o object_n of_o it_o if_o we_o view_v it_o well_o it_o look_v untoward_o for_o a_o thing_n by_o which_o a_o sinner_n be_v to_o be_v justify_v for_o it_o be_v prodigious_o extend_v and_o take_v in_o thing_n uncertain_a false_a impossible_a impertinent_a and_o ridiculous_a as_o point_n that_o must_v certain_o be_v believe_v unto_o justification_n for_o their_o church_n propound_v as_o thing_n reveal_v by_o god_n and_o so_o object_n of_o justify_v faith_n not_o only_o what_o be_v deliver_v in_o scripture_n but_o â—nwritten_a tradition_n concern_v matter_n of_o faith_n and_o manner_n and_o â—hese_n if_o they_o will_v be_v justify_v they_o must_v believe_v though_o they_o know_v â—ot_n what_o they_o be_v nor_o where_o to_o find_v they_o but_o in_o the_o church_n uner_a fancy_n she_o propound_v also_o the_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o the_o father_n â—n_o several_a point_n and_o though_o this_o never_o be_v or_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v know_v yet_o it_o must_v be_v believe_v by_o those_o that_o mean_v to_o be_v justify_v she_o propound_v the_o decree_n of_o council_n to_o be_v believe_v as_o divine_a truth_n basil_n b_o omnia_fw-la concilia_fw-la post_fw-la chalcedonense_fw-la potissimum_fw-la instituta_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la erueretur_fw-la veritas_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la roboraretur_fw-la defenderetur_fw-la atque_fw-la augeretur_fw-la semper_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la potestas_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticorum_fw-la libertas_fw-la aeneas_n silvius_n l._n 2._o the_o gest_n conc_fw-fr basil_n when_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v that_o the_o design_n in_o council_n for_o many_o hundred_o year_n be_v not_o to_o discover_v truth_n but_o to_o promote_v the_o roman_a greatness_n she_o propound_v also_o the_o determination_n of_o pope_n these_o must_v be_v believe_v as_o infallible_a when_o ordinary_o they_o be_v neither_o person_n of_o common_a truth_n or_o honesty_n and_o we_o must_v be_v justify_v by_o believe_v the_o dictate_v of_o atheist_n or_o 344._o or_o canus_n loc_fw-la theol._n l._n 6._o p._n 243._o 344._o heretic_n of_o cardin._n of_o sylvest_n 2._o platin._n chron._n martini_n poloni_n hildeband_n binno_fw-la cardin._n conjurer_n 3._o conjurer_n faex_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la &_o diabolus_fw-la incarnatus_fw-la constan_n council_n sess_n 11._o art_n 5._o benedict_n 9_o vid._n baron_n a_o 1034._o n_o 3._o or_o incarnate_a devil_n of_o vicious_a beast_n 13._o beast_n sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la scribunt_fw-la hunc_fw-la sceleratissimum_fw-la hominem_fw-la seu_fw-la monstrum_fw-la potius_fw-la platina_n viâ—a_fw-la joh._n 13._o and_o wicked_a monster_n for_o those_o who_o cry_v up_o â—is_n holiness_n have_v adorn_v he_o also_o now_o and_o then_o with_o these_o other_o sacred_a title_n i_o know_v not_o whether_o these_o thing_n be_v more_o ridiculous_a or_o more_o horrid_a how_o ever_o let_v they_o pass_v as_o they_o be_v let_v we_o take_v their_o faith_n at_o best_a and_o make_v it_o better_o than_o they_o will_v have_v it_o suppose_v it_o rest_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o have_v no_o thing_n for_o its_o object_n but_o revelation_n such_o as_o be_v true_o divine_a yet_o even_o so_o they_o give_v such_o report_n of_o it_o as_o will_v scarce_o suffer_v we_o to_o think_v that_o they_o can_v expect_v to_o be_v justify_v by_o it_o consider_v in_o itself_o they_o 81._o they_o dominic_n a_o soto_n de_fw-fr nature_n &_o great_a lib._n â—…â—_n 7._o d._n 79._o &_o 81._o count_v it_o not_o worthy_a the_o name_n of_o a_o virtue_n they_o 7_o they_o council_n trident._n sess_n 6._o c._n 7_o call_v it_o a_o dead_a idle_a thing_n and_o though_o they_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v a_o infuse_a habit_n and_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n because_o the_o scripture_n so_o call_v that_o which_o be_v justify_v faith_n indeed_o yet_o they_o say_v a_o 81._o a_o scotus_n in_o 3._o do_v 23._o air_n fide_fw-la humana_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la appellat_fw-la acquisitam_fw-la hominem_fw-la posse_fw-la assentiri_fw-la toti_fw-la praedicationi_fw-la christianae_n imo_fw-la ita_fw-la inquit_fw-la credimus_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la putat_fw-la humanam_fw-la &_o institutione_n parentum_fw-la cui_fw-la sententiae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la explicatius_fw-la subscribit_fw-la durandus_fw-la q._n 1._o in_o 2._o scent_n d._n 28._o dicens_fw-la fidem_fw-la infusam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la necessariam_fw-la nisi_fw-la uâ—_n facilius_fw-la credamus_fw-la soto_n ibid._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o p._n 81._o mere_a humane_a quality_n acquire_v without_o any_o supernatural_a assistance_n may_v perform_v its_o proper_a act_n and_o office_n by_o actual_a assent_n to_o the_o whole_a christian_a doctrine_n they_o confess_v it_o be_v common_o find_v in_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n in_o perditissimis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la such_o as_o be_v neither_o act_v nor_o possess_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n such_o as_o live_v and_o die_v in_o mortal_a wickedness_n 14._o wickedness_n bellarm._n de_fw-fr baptism_n l._n 1._o c._n 14._o and_o be_v damn_v for_o it_o yea_o some_o of_o they_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o devil_n this_o faith_n say_v cardinal_n 1._o cardinal_n fiâ—es_n haec_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ea_fw-la tantum_fw-la qua_fw-la credimus_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o qua_fw-la credimus_fw-la vera_fw-la esse_fw-la
worthy_a of_o holy_a treatment_n than_o that_o now_o mention_v it_o will_v be_v the_o eucharist_n for_o this_o they_o count_v more_o worthy_a than_o the_o rest_n and_o have_v it_o in_o such_o veneration_n as_o not_o only_o to_o worship_n christ_n in_o it_o but_o to_o worship_v it_o even_o as_o christ_n himself_o and_o therefore_o here_o if_o ever_o they_o will_v judge_v it_o requisite_a to_o show_v themselves_o worshipper_n indeed_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o whatever_o worship_n of_o this_o sacrament_n they_o count_v needful_a they_o conclude_v no_o true_a worship_n of_o christ_n necessary_a no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o least_o inward_a act_n of_o reverence_n devotion_n or_o honour_n for_o this_o be_v their_o common_a doctrine_n 8._o doctrine_n praeter_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la habitualis_fw-la nullam_fw-la actualem_fw-la requiri_fw-la ex_fw-la rigoroso_fw-la praecepto_fw-la ad_fw-la dignam_fw-la sumptionem_fw-la bujus_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la it_o a_o ut_fw-la illius_fw-la omissio_fw-la peccatum_fw-la mortale_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la theologi_fw-la et_fw-la a_o fortiori_fw-la patet_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la supra_fw-la diximus_fw-la ad_fw-la effectum_fw-la huius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la nullam_fw-la actualem_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la requiri_fw-la ibid._n disp_n 66._o sect._n 1_o those_o who_o seem_v to_o require_v some_o actual_a devotion_n yet_o count_v it_o but_o a_o venial_a fault_n to_o want_v it_o alexander_n antonin_n sylvester_n paludan_n cajetan_n in_o vasquez_n in_o 3._o tom_n 3._o disp_n 206._o c._n 1._o not_o only_o attention_n and_o devotion_n be_v account_v needless_a for_o communicant_n but_o sobriety_n and_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n for_o they_o teach_v that_o not_o only_o young_a child_n and_o such_o as_o be_v half_a fool_n but_o also_o person_n so_o frantic_a as_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a to_o have_v they_o bind_v and_o those_o also_o who_o be_v possess_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o who_o he_o have_v seize_v on_o for_o their_o enormous_a wickedness_n may_v partake_v of_o this_o sacrament_n and_o have_v it_o due_o administer_v to_o they_o and_o that_o even_o when_o they_o be_v blaspheme_v jo._n sanc._n disp_n 38._o imo_fw-la licet_fw-la arreptus_fw-la quis_fw-la sit_fw-la a_o daemone_v ob_fw-la mores_fw-la depravatos_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la viveret_fw-la in_o lenocinio_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la talibus_fw-la ministrare_fw-la tenebitur_fw-la parochus_fw-la eucharistiam_fw-la n._n 7._o praeterea_fw-la ministrare_fw-la tenebitur_fw-la parochus_fw-la licet_fw-la videat_fw-la obsessum_fw-la sive_fw-la insanum_fw-la blasphemantem_fw-la n._n 8._o that_o beside_o the_o disposition_n of_o habitual_a grace_n there_o be_v no_o precept_n so_o rigorous_a as_o to_o require_v any_o actual_a disposition_n for_o the_o worthy_a receive_n of_o this_o sacrament_n so_o as_o that_o the_o omission_n of_o it_o can_v be_v a_o mortal_a sin_n in_o this_o all_o their_o divine_n agree_v so_o that_o any_o one_o may_v partake_v worthy_o of_o this_o sacrament_n and_o be_v free_a of_o mortal_a guilt_n without_o any_o actual_a reverence_n or_o devotion_n any_o act_n of_o grace_n or_o holy_a affection_n while_o he_o be_v communicate_v this_o one_o maxim_n wherein_o they_o all_o concur_v quite_o stifle_v the_o spirit_n of_o christianity_n and_o bereave_v it_o of_o its_o life_n and_o soul_n it_o leave_v nothing_o that_o can_v honour_v or_o please_v christ_n or_o be_v of_o any_o advantage_n to_o soul_n needful_a in_o any_o christian_a duty_n for_o no_o good_a motion_n of_o mind_n or_o heart_n be_v needful_a in_o the_o celebrate_n of_o this_o sacrament_n which_o require_v it_o more_o they_o can_v imagine_v it_o necessary_a in_o any_o other_o duty_n of_o less_o consequence_n and_o the_o want_n hereof_o be_v but_o a_o venial_a fault_n there_o be_v no_o more_o necessity_n to_o have_v it_o than_o there_o be_v to_o avoid_v a_o venial_a sin_n which_o they_o make_v nothing_o of_o in_o this_o very_a case_n they_o hold_v that_o 3_o that_o peccatum_fw-la veniale_a actu_fw-la concomitans_fw-la sumptionem_fw-la huius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la non_fw-la impedit_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o charitatis_fw-la augmentum_fw-la ita_fw-la de_fw-fr thom._n alensis_n gabriel_n adrian_n soto_n ledesma_n victoria_n corduba_n council_n trident._n sess_v 13._o 7._o suar._n ibid._n disp_n 63._o sect._n 3_o a_o venial_a sin_n even_o in_o the_o act_n of_o communicate_v will_v not_o hinder_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o sacrament_n yea_o it_o may_v not_o be_v so_o much_o as_o a_o venial_a fault_n if_o the_o vagary_n of_o the_o mind_n which_o exclude_v attention_n and_o reverence_n due_a to_o such_o a_o religious_a act_n 1_o act_n excusabitur_fw-la tamen_fw-la homo_fw-la ab_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la culpa_fw-la veniali_fw-la si_fw-la fortasse_fw-la ex_fw-la naturali_fw-la tantum_fw-la distractione_n hujusmodi_fw-la attentionem_fw-la omittat_fw-la ibid._n disp_n 66._o sect._n 1_o be_v natural_a but_o will_v it_o not_o be_v more_o than_o so_o slight_a a_o fault_n voluntary_o to_o abandon_v every_o good_a motion_n in_o the_o celebrate_n of_o this_o sacrament_n no_o to_o decline_v every_o good_a act_n of_o mind_n or_o heart_n and_o that_o voluntary_o it_o can_v be_v no_o worse_o 3_o worse_o talis_fw-la culpa_fw-la scil_n voluntaria_fw-la carentia_fw-la actualis_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la mortalis_fw-la secluso_fw-la contemptu_fw-la ex_fw-la omnium_fw-la sententia_fw-la ibid._n disp_n 63._o sect._n 3_o if_o it_o be_v without_o contempt_n it_o will_v be_v no_o mortal_a fault_n &_o that_o also_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o their_o divine_n but_o though_o there_o be_v not_o any_o good_a disposition_n in_o the_o soul_n towards_o christ_n in_o partake_v of_o his_o supper_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o necessary_a that_o vile_a and_o wicked_a disposition_n shall_v be_v exclude_v no_o there_o be_v no_o more_o need_n of_o this_o than_o the_o other_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o heart_n may_v actual_o entertain_v such_o as_o be_v sinful_a without_o any_o more_o danger_n than_o it_o reject_v those_o that_o be_v good_a it_o be_v but_o a_o slight_a fault_n 21._o fault_n dicendum_fw-la videtur_fw-la si_fw-la peccatum_fw-la veniale_a sit_fw-la aliquando_fw-la circumstantia_fw-la ipsius_fw-la actus_fw-la communicandi_fw-la peccatum_fw-la esse_fw-la veniale_a sic_fw-la communicare_fw-la v._n g._n si_fw-la quis_fw-la communicate_v propter_fw-la ostentationem_fw-la seu_fw-la vanam_fw-la gloriam_fw-la vel_fw-la certe_fw-la si_fw-la actu_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la peccato_fw-la veniali_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o vana_fw-la aliqua_fw-la cogitation_n aut_fw-la delectatione_n &_o ea_fw-la ratione_fw-la accedat_fw-la distractus_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la debita_fw-la attentione_n &_o devotione_n ibid._n disp_n 66._o sect._n 1_o ostentation_n and_o vainglory_n be_v here_o count_v venial_a fault_n because_o they_o be_v direct_o opposite_a to_o the_o act_n of_o communicate_v and_o so_o be_v outward_a irreverence_n vain_a prate_n and_o gesture_n inconsistent_a with_o modesty_n while_o they_o be_v at_o the_o sacrament_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n but_o other_o sin_n not_o so_o opposite_a to_o the_o act_n as_o study_v a_o lie_n or_o revenge_n or_o detraction_n or_o uncleanness_n or_o any_o the_o like_a in_o venial_a degree_n while_o they_o be_v communicate_v though_o the_o distraction_n there_o be_v voluntary_a and_o all_o holy_a fervour_n be_v thereby_o hinder_v be_v no_o fault_n at_o all_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o sacrament_n jo._n sanc._n disp_n 23._o allege_v for_o it_o scotus_n richardus_fw-la de_fw-fr st._n vict._n mayor_n adrian_n margarita_n casuum_fw-la soto_n marcelia_n ledesma_n vivaldus_n coriolanus_n and_z divers_z other_o n._n 20._o 21._o to_o communicate_v out_o of_o ostentation_n and_o vain_a glory_n and_o so_o to_o nourish_v pride_n while_o he_o shall_v be_v feed_v upon_o christ_n and_o to_o design_v his_o own_o honour_n without_o any_o act_n of_o reverence_n for_o christ_n he_o may_v let_v his_o thought_n run_v out_o upon_o vanity_n or_o entertain_v his_o soul_n with_o vain_a delight_n without_o the_o least_o motion_n of_o love_n or_o delight_n or_o desire_v for_o christ_n without_o the_o least_o act_n of_o faith_n in_o he_o and_o may_v be_v please_v himself_o with_o sin_n in_o stead_n of_o grieve_v for_o it_o when_o he_o have_v the_o great_a advantage_n to_o look_v upon_o he_o who_o he_o have_v pierce_v and_o all_o this_o he_o may_v do_v without_o any_o guilt_n that_o need_v be_v repent_v of_o or_o regard_v this_o be_v all_o the_o worship_n and_o honour_n that_o it_o be_v needful_a their_o soul_n shall_v give_v to_o christ_n even_o in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o his_o body_n and_o blood_n who_o will_v have_v other_o curse_v to_o hell_n and_o burn_v beforehand_o for_o not_o give_v divine_a worship_n to_o a_o wafer_n but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o their_o church_n will_v be_v satisfy_v with_o great_a indignity_n offer_v to_o christ_n than_o this_o for_o they_o teach_v that_o those_o who_o communicate_v unworthy_o to_o such_o a_o degree_n as_o they_o count_v sacrilege_n and_o that_o so_o heinous_a as_o they_o question_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o as_o tolerable_a to_o cast_v that_o which_o they_o count_v their_o god_n to_o be_v devour_v by_o dog_n or_o throw_v