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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06874	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the 13. of Iune. 1602. By M. Francis Marburie; Sermon preached at Paules Crosse the 13. of June. 1602.	Marbury, Francis, d. 1611.	1602 (1602)	STC 17307; ESTC S105434	29,109	90

impenitencie of dead works What man that is not bewitched out of the wit of a man will forsake the doctrine of trusting in Gods free grace but once to leane to trust to himselfe Wee in the sacrament of the Supper doe offer Christ spritually to the faithful receiuer They offer him carnally that is monstrously and irksomelie and that to the vnfaithfull On which side is the better allurement They offer the pardons of men wee offer the pardon of God to the penitent They require bodily penance for sins and put in contrition for fashions sake We require spirituall as the acceptable sacrifice and value bodily exercise at a lowe rate We teach that the preaching of the worde must bee heard which pierceth and entreth into the soule They teach that masse must be heard which biteth not for this is the hypocrits comfort missa non mordet As for their preaching it is the hūming of a Drone without a sting except they be disposed to playe the Termagants against the truth We teach that a mans purgatorie consisteth in respect of merit in Christs death and in respect of spirit in the mortification of our corruptions whiles we liue here by the power of Christs death They teach that if the Priests be not be better paid a man must abide in purgatorie long after his death Let as many as are not sophisticated with the diuels mists see with their eies ●ea let them feele with their hands which of these doctrines are more likely to be true But let vs to it againe They say that priestes may not marrie with a good conscience And we say that all those of them which cannot liue continently are bound in conscience to marrie Their reason is an vnlawfull vow Our reason is that they their praiers and their preachings may not bee polluted with damnable hypocrisie by reason of their wilfull pollutions They alleadge that we teach voluptuousnesse when we teach thus the auoiding of fornication But we alleadge that they by consequence teach stolen voluptuousnesse which burneth and wasteth the conscience for thus to frequent relapses is to cauterize the spirit and vastare conscientiam as the schoolemen aptly tearme it Are there any but bewailed wretches that cannot see on which side the truth standeth Their doctrine is that it is presumption by any meanes to be rid of the feare of damnation ordinarily Our doctrine is that whosoeuer loueth the Lord out of a pure cōscience that is out of a conscience inlightened by Gods word and not offended by liuing in sinne against the conscience so inlightened may iustly vpon that groūd receiue from the holy ghost assurance of his saluation though the Fathers of Trent condemne this perswasion neuer so much They affirme that a man hath free will to do things truely good which is a deuise of the deuill to teach men to presume of that they haue not that they might erre vnto perdition We teach that a man hath no free will in his nature to doe any true sanctified and spirituall good that men acknowledging their bondage may seeke free will of God To be briefe concerning the scriptures whereby all must be tried they teach that the vulgar translation which is so grosly faultie is onely authenticall Wee teach that the originall text in Hebrewe and Greeke is onely authenticall These differences are so manifest and these faces are of so cōtrarie hue that it is no maruell if the holy ghost say that men must be first drunke before they can be deceiued in them Reuel 14.8 17.2 Otherwise their delusions are as easie to discerne as that Iezabel had borrowed her face then she looked out at the window The whore of Babylon is highly mounted finely painted and terribly armed and these be her allurements The doctrine of the gospell hath beautie in it selfe inward comfort and constant colour and these are her allurements But peraduenture some man will say vnto me I pray you what allurement is in your doctrine of mortification which you so much vrge And which you extend so far that a man can haue no peace in his conscience that fauoureth and retaineth any sinne in himselfe against his conscience Which determineth that a man is in a damnable case whatsoeuer good deedes seeme to be in him if he yeelde not to the worke of the holy ghost for a leauing but of any one knowne sinne which fighteth against the peace of his conscience Dearely beloued I beseech you in the bowels of Christ to take this answere cast it into the balance and marke well the scales I confesse in deed to begin withal that this doctrine fawneth not vpon hypocrites but remooueth them to their wo and the weale of the Church But why is it is it not because they are hypocrits To the rest may it not be truely said of this doctrine Matt. 11 29 30. that it is an easie yoke and a light burden Is it not an alluring doctrine that hath but one onely difficultie and is otherwise accompanied with most certaine consolation The difficultie is to shake off the vnconscionable sin that cleaueth so fast to vs and tarrieth behind to mischiefe vs. Were it not damnable doctrine to dispense with that which admitteth no dispensation should we take vpon vs to heale with sweete wordes like witches Be strong in the Lord and of a good courage in throwing away that sin and then the maine brunt is ouer and the worst is past Holde thee there and thou maiest enioy perpetuall that is vndiscontinued consolations notwithstanding a thousand infirmities For so long as the power of mortification destroyeth thy sinfull affections as they rise and so long as thou art vnfainedly displeased with all sinne and doest mortifie the deedes of the body by the spirit thy case is the case of saluation And when thou art once soundly confirmed in this resolution thou art not onely in the case but also in the state of saluation thou shalt liue not die What would a man haue more then this But the Papistes haue found an ease for this matter For they which accuse the doctrine of the gospell to be a doctrine of libertie because of the article of iustification by faith only do themselues by indulgences by pardons by merits of Saints and by setting of good deedes against ill teach foolish virgins that oyle is to bee begged or bought wherby they are induced into a damnable sleepe and securitie It would allure a pyrate indeede to be of their religion if he might be sure to buy out his punishment after his death with the robberies and rapines of his life In the meane time such doctrine as this hath brought Atheisme into the world and that also of the vilest kind For a Popish Atheist is an hideous mungrell euen a verie Centaure As to say the very truth Poperie and Atheisme are very coincident and their differences very obscure Poperie is a sensuall dissembling with Gods Atheisme is a sensual mocking of God The