prophane and defile the Churches where they are used 4. Whosoever shall say That they are incitements of impiety is accursed See Articles 6 th and 34 th The Church of Rome hath erred in matters of Faith. The 2d part Of the Homily concerning the Holy Ghost If ye will compare the Notes of a true Church with the Church of Rome as it is presently and hath been for the space of Nine hundred years and odd you shall well perceive the state thereof to be so far wide from the nature of the true Church that nothing can be more Where is then the Holy-Ghost which they do so stoutly claim to themselves Where is now the Spirit of truth that will not suffer them in any wise to err c. It is but a vain brag and nothing else The Church of Rome The Council of Trent The Holy Synod delivering that sound and sincere Doctrine which the Catholick Church being taught by Jesus Christ himself and the Apostles and by the Holy Spirit suggesting all Truth from day to day to her hath retained and will preserve to the end of the World doth straightly charge all the faithful of Christ that they dare not after this believe or teach otherwise concerning the holy Eucharist than is explained and defined in this Decree The Catechism The Church cannot err in delivering the Discipline of Faith and Manners The Rhemists Annotations By this Promise we are assured That no Heresies or other wicked attempts can prevail against the Church builded upon Peter which the Fathers call Peter's See and the Roman Church The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome 1. The Church of Rome hath erred in matters of Faith. 1. The Church of Rome cannot err in matters of Faith. 2. The pretence of the Church of Rome to Infallibility is nothing but a vain brag 2. The Church of Rome is guided by the Holy Spirit from day to day and cannot err The 20 th Article of the Church of England Of the Authority of the Church It is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written c. wherefore although the Church be a witness and keeper of Holy Writ yet as it ought not to decree any thing against the same so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation The Church of Rome The Council of Constance Altho Christ hath instituted and did Administer the Sacrament of the Eucharist in Bread and Wine yet this nowithstanding the Authority of the sacred Canons and the approved custom of the Church is to be preserved that it be not received after Supper c. And likewise that altho the Sacrament was received in both kinds in the Primitive Church yet the custom is reasonably introduced that the Laicks receive in one kind c. And we do command that no Presbyter doth communicate the People in both The Council of Trent This Holy Synod being taught by the Holy Spirit doth declare and teach That Lay-men are obliged by no Divine Precept to receive in both kinds and that Communion in one is sufficient for Salvation Furthermore she declares That this power hath always been in the Church that in dispensing the Sacraments the substance of them being preserved she might appoint and change those things which she doth judg more expedient for the profit of the Receivers and the reverence of the Sacrament c. Wherefore Holy Mother Church acknowledging avowing this her Authority c. for weighty and just causes doth decree That the Eucharist be communicated in one kind 1. General Council of Lateran We do altogether forbid Presbyters Deacons and Monks to contract Matrimony and we do determine that Marriages so contracted be disjoyned The Creed of Pius 4th In which it 's declared That the Church of Rome is the Mother and Mistriss of all other Churches That the Pope is Successor of St. Peter and Vicar of Christ. That in the Mass is a real Transubstantiation of the Elements into the Body and Blood of Christ c. And that all things professed in that Creed are the Catholick Faith Out of which no man can be saved The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome 1. Saith that it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing contrary to God's written Word 1. The Church of Rome hath ordained things contrary to God's written Word as in requiring the Sacrament to be administred in one kind in forbidding and disannulling the Marriage of Priests 2. The Church ought not to enforce any thing besides the written Word to be believed for necessity of Salvation 2. The Church of Rome doth require things at least besides the Word to be believed as necessary to Salvation As that the Pope is vicar of Christ and St. Peter's Successor that there are properly and truly Seven Sacraments instituted by Christ c The 21. Article of the Church of England Of the Authority of General Councils General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes And when they be gathered together forasmuch as they be an Assembly of Men whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God they may err and sometime have erred in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to Salvation have neither strength nor Authority unless it may be declared that they be taken out of Holy Scripture The Church of Rome Council of Trent It belongs to the Popes to call and direct General Councils The Holy Vniversal and General Synod of Trent lawfully gathered together in the Holy Ghost taught by the Holy Spirit which is a Spirit of Wisdom and Vnderstanding c. doth declare and teach The Rhemists Annot. To teach all Truth and preserve in Truth and from Error the Holy-Ghost is promised and performed only to the Church and the chief Governor and General Councils thereof The Rhemists Annot. The Holy Councils lawfully kept c. have ever the assistance of God's Spirit and therefore cannot err in their Sentences and Determinations concerning the same because the Holy-Ghost cannot err from whom as you see here jointly with the Council the Resolution proceedeth The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome 1. General Councils may not be gathered without the Command and Will of Princes 1. It belongs to the Pope to call General Councils 2. General Councils have erred and may err 2. General Councils called by the Pope cannot err The 22. Article of the Church of England Of Purgatory The Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory Pardons Worshipping and Adoration as well of Images as of Relicks and also Invocation of Saints is a fond Thing vainly invented and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture but rather repugnant to the Word of God. § 1. Purgatory THE Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory is a fond thing vainly
of the Church of Rome be the Doctrine of the Church of England Such are most if not all of these following Articles viz. Art. 6. of the sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation Art. 9. of Original Sin Art. 11. of the Justification of Man Art. 13. of works before Justification Art. 14. of works of Supererogation Art. 15. of Christ alone without Sin Art. 19. of the Church Art. 20. of the Authority of the Church Art. 21. of the Authority of General Councils Art. 22. of Purgatory Art. 24. of speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the People understandeth Art. 25. of the Sacraments Art. 28. of the Lords Supper Art. 29. of the wicked which eat not the Body of Christ Art. 30. of both Kinds Art. 31. of the Oblation of Christ upon the Cross Art. 32. of the Marriage of Priests Art. 34. of the Tradition of the Church Art. 35. of the Homilies Art. 36. of the Consecration of Bishops and Ministers Art. 37. of the Civil Magistrates These besides several others which our Articles do not expresly mention but are commonly the received Principles of our Church are the Inconcileable Points and which all the Wit and Charity in the World can no more thoroughly reconcile than Light and Darkness How far this is true and demonstrated to be so in the following Sheets I shall leave to the Consideration of every intelligent Reader In which I have proceeded with care and impartiality from Point to Point laying down first the Doctrine of each Church from unquestionable Authorities for my own Justification and then for the ease of the Reader I have summ'd it up and set each in Opposition to the other From all which I doubt not but whatever Friendship may be maintained betwixt the Members of both Churches as we are Fellow-Subjects yet it will be evident that there is no possibility of Agreement between them in Matters of Religion or of making One Church of what are so manifestly Two. It 's upon the last sort I am now to proceed and the first of which in order is the sixth Article of the Church of England The Difference between the Church of England and Rome The Sixth Article of the Church of England Of the sufficiency of the Holy Scripture for Salvation Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to Salvation so that whatsoever is not read therein nor may be proved thereby is not to be required of any man that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith or be thought requisite or necessary to Salvation In the name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament of whole Authority was never any doubt in the Church The Names and Number of the Canonical Books Genesis c. And the other Books as Hierom saith the Church doth read for example of Life and instruction of Manners but yet doth not apply them to establish any Doctrine Such are these following The third Book of Esdras The fourth Book of Esdras The Book of Tobias The Book of Judith The rest of Hester And the fourteen Books commonly called Apocrypha All the Books of the New Testament as they are commonly received we do receive and account them Canonical The Twentieth Article of the Church of England Of the Authority of the Church Although the Church be a Witness and a keeper of Holy Writ yet as it ought not to decree any thing against the same so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation Homily the first Or an Exhortation to the Reading and Knowledg of Holy Scripture There is in the Scripture whatsoever is meet for all ages and sorts of men These Books ought therefore to be much in our hands in our Eyes in our Ears in our Mouths but most of all in our Hearts Homily second Or an Exhortation c. Surely none be Enemies to the reading of God's Word but such as either be so ignorant that they know not how wholesome a thing it is or else be so Sick that they hate the most comfortable Medicine should heal them or so ungodly that they would wish the People still to continue in blindness and ignorance of God. The Church of Rome The Council of Trent The holy and general Synod of Trent considering that all saving Truth and Instruction of manners is contained in Books written and Traditions not written which received from the mouth of Christ himself by the Apostles or from the Apostles the Holy Spirit dictating delivering as it were from hand to hand have come even to us following the examples of the Orthodox Fathers doth receive and regard with the like Affection of Piety and Reverence all the Books of the Old and New Testament as also those unwritten Traditions pertaining to Faith and Manners dictated by Christ as it were by word of mouth or by the Holy Ghost and preserved by a continual Succession in the Catholick Church and hath thought fit to add the Index of the Sacred Books to this Decree lest it should be doubted which they are that are received by the sacred Synod They are these following The five Books of Moses Joshua Judges Ruth four Books of Kings two of Chronicles one of Esdras two of Esdras called Nehemias Tobias Judith Hesther Job the Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Canticles Wisdom Ecclesiasticus Isaias Jeremias with Baruch Ezekiel Daniel the twelve lesser Prophets the two Books of Maccabees The New Testament viz. the four Evangelists c. And if any one shall not receive those whole Books with all their Parts for Sacred and Canonical according as they are wont to be read in the Catholick Church and are contained in the ancient Vulgar Latin Edition or shall knowingly and wittingly contemn the foresaid Traditions let him be accursed So that the Church of Rome hath added to the Canon of Scripture truly and properly so called six whole Books viz. Tobit Ecclesiasticus Wisdom Judith the first and second of the Maccabees together with certain other pieces of Baruch Esther and Daniel Mystical Benedictions Lights Incensings Garments and many other such like things are of Apostolical Discipline and Tradition The Ceremonies used in Baptism were without controversie instituted by the Apostles such as Salt Spittle Exorcisms Wax-candles Catechism Par. 2. cap. 2. § 59 60 65 c. See below Articles 19th and 34th of the Church of England Furthermore for the restraining all wanton Wits the Synod doth decree that no one depending on his own Wisdom in matters of Faith and Manners belonging to the Edification of Christian Doctrine wresting the Scriptures to his own sense dare to interpret the Holy Scripture contrary to the sense which Holy Mother Church hath held and doth hold to whom it belongs to judg of the sense and Interpretation of the Holy Scriptures or against the Unanimous consent of the Fathers altho such Iterpretations should never be published The Index
the Homily shews The third part of the Homily of Salvation The meaning of this Proposition or saying We be justified by Faith in Christ only according to the meaning of the old ancient Authors is this we put our Faith in Christ that we be justified by Him only that we be justified by Gods free Mercy and the Merits of our Saviour Christ only and by no vertue or good Works of our own The Church of Rome The Council of Trent Justification is not only the Remission of Sins but the Sanctification and Renovation of the inward man from whence a man of unjust is made just If any one shall say That men are justified either by the only imputation of Christs rightousness or by the alone Remission of our Sins excluding the Grace and Love which is spread in their Hearts by the Holy Ghost and doth inhere in them or that the Grace by which we are justified is only the favour of God let him be accursed It s call'd our Righteousness because we are justified by it inhering in us If any one shall say That the wicked is justified by Faith alone so that he understands nothing else to be required which may co-operate to obtain the Grace of Justification and that it is not at all necessary that he be prepared and disposed by the motion of his own will let him be accursed The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome 1. Placeth the nature of Justification in the forgiveness of Sin. 1. Saith Justification is not only the forgiveness of Sin but also that it is the Sanctification of our natures confounding Justification with Sanctification and that whoever holds the contrary is accursed 2. Saith We are accounted Righteous only for the merit of Christ. 2. Saith We are justified by a righteousness inhering in us The 12 th Article of the Church of England Of good Works Albeit that good Works which are the Fruits of Faith and follow after Justification cannot put away our Sins and endure the Severity of Gods Judgment yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a Tree discerned by the Fruit. Homily of good Works And first of Fasting To have any Affiance or to put any Confidence in our Works as by merie and deserving of them to purchase to our selves and others Remission of Sin and so consequently everlasting Life is meet Blasphemy of Gods Mercy and great Derogation to the Blood-shedding of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Sermon of Salvation part 3. Our own Imperfection is so great through the Corruption of Original Sin that all is unperfect that is within us Faith Charity Hope Dread Thoughts Words and Works and therefore not apt to merit or deserve any part of our Justification for us The Church of Rome The Council of Trent Justified persons are esteemed to have truly deserved eternal life If any one shall say The good Works of the justified are so the gifts of God that they are not also the good Merits of the person justified or that by the good Works which are done by him through the Grace of God and merit of Christ he doth not truly Merit an increase of Grace eternal Life and the obtaining of eternal Life if he shall depart in Grace and also an increase of Glory let him be accursed The Rhemists Annotations This place convinceth for the Catholicks that all good Works done by God's Grace after the first Justification be truly and properly Meritorious and fully worthy of everlasting Life and that thereupon Heaven is the due and just Stipend Crown or Recompence which God by his Justice oweth to the persons so working by his Grace for he rendreth or repayeth Heaven as a just Judg and not only as a merciful Giver and the Crown which he payeth is not only of Mercy or Favour or Grace but also of Justice The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome 1. The best Works are imperfect and cannot endure the severity of God's Judgment 1. The good Works of the justified do truly merit eternal Life 2. To put any confidence in our Works and to think they merit everlasting Life is blasphemy 2. Whosoever saith they do not properly merit is accursed The 13 th Article of the Church of England Of Works before Justification Works done before the Grace of Christ and the Inspiration of his Spirit are not pleasant to God forasmuch as they Spring not of Faith in Jesu Christ neither do they make men to receive Grace or as School Authors say deserve Grace of Congruity Yea rather for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done we doubt not but they have the nature of Sin. The Church of Rome It was a common Opinion in the Church of Rome that Works done before the Grace of Christ do make men meet to deserve Grace of Congruity or that man by the power of Nature can dispose himself for Justification Of this Opinion were Scotus Durandus Biel Cajetan c. Council of Trent If any one shall say That all Works before Justification for whatever reason they are done are truly sins or deserve the hatred of God Let him be accursed The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome 1. Works done before Justification do not deserve Grace of Congruity 1. Works done before Justification do merit it of Congruity 2. Works done before Justification have the nature of Sin. 2. Whoever shall say Works done before Justification are truly Sins is accursed The 14 th Article of the Church of England Of Works of Supererogation Voluntary Works besides over and above God's commandments which they call works of Supererogation cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety For by them men do declare that they do not only render unto God as much as they are bound to do but that they do more for his sake than of bounden Duty is required ‡ Whereas Christ saith plainly When ye have done all that are commanded to you say we are unprofitable Servants Second Part Of the Sermon of good VVorks Which Sects and Religions in the Church of Rome had so many hypocritical and feigned VVorks in their State of Religion as they arrogantly named it that their Lamps as they said run always over able to satisfie not only for their own Sins but also for all their Benefactors Brothers and Sisters of Religion as most ungodilly and trustily they had perswaded the Multitude of ignorant People keeping in divers places as it were Marts or Markets of Merit being full of their Holy Relicks Images Shrines and VVorks of overflowing Abundance ready to be sold. The Church of Rome The Catechism In this the goodness and clemency of God is to be praised who hath granted to our weakness that one may satisfie for another
c. And such as are endued with Divine Grace can pay in the name of another what is due to God. Rhemists Annotations The works which we do more then Precept be called Works of Supererogation and whereby that is from what was abovesaid it is also evident against the Protestants that there be such Works This place proveth plainly that the fastings and satisfactory Deeds of one man be available to others Yea and that holy Saints or other vertuous Persons may in measure and proportion of other Mens necessities and deservings allot unto them as well the Supererogation of their Spiritual Works as those that abound in worldly Goods may give Alms of their Superfluities to them which are in necessity We infer most assuredly that the satisfactory and penal Works of Holy Saints suffered in this Life be communicable and applicable to the use of other faithful men and to be dispensed according to every mans necessity and deserving by them whom Christ hath constituted over his Family and hath made the Dispensers of his Treasures The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome 1. That men may do more for Gods sake than of bounden Duty is required cannot be taught without Arrogancy and Impiety 1. That men may do Works of Supererogation and more than is commanded 2. That any may be able not only to satisfie for their own Sins but also for the Sins of others is a most ungodly Doctrine 2. That what they do more than is commanded may be allotted to others and which such may have the benefit of The 15 th Article of the Church of England Of Christ alone without Sin. Christ in the Truth of our nature was made like unto us in all things Sin only except from which he was clearly void both in his Flesh and in his Spirit c. But all we the rest although Baptized and born again in Christ yet offend in many things and if we say we have no Sin we deceive our selves and the Truth is not in us The Church of Rome The Council of Trent If any one shall say That any one can avoid all Sins such also as are venial in the whole course of his Life except by special priviledge from God as the Church doth hold concerning the Blessed Virgin Let him be accursed The Rhemists Our Lady had so much Grace given her that she never sinned not so much as venially in all her Life The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome Christ alone is without Sin but all the rest of mankind offend in many things none being excepted The Virgin Mary is excepted having never sinned so much as venially The 19 th Article of the Church of England Of the Church The visible Church of Christ is a Congregation on of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is Preached and the Sacraments be duly ministred according to Christs Ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same As the Church of Jerusalem Alexandria and Antioch have erred So also the Church of Rome hath erred not only in their Living and manner of Ceremonies but also in matters of Faith. § 1. Of the Church The Visible Church is where the Word of God is Preached and the Sacraments be duly Ministred in all things of necessity requisite The Church of Rome The 5 th General Council of Lateran The Sacred Doctors have affirmed That the Vnity of the Church doth consist in two things 1. In the Conjunction of the Members of the Church one with another 2. In their Order to one Head the Vicar of Christ according to the saying of the Apostle Not holding the Head. The Catechism of the Council of Trent Of the Notes of the True Church The first Note is That it be One. And it is called One as there is one Lord one Faith one Baptism There is one Governour the Invisible Christ the Visible who being the lawful Successor of Peter Prince of the Apostles doth possess the Roman Chair The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome The Notes of a True Church are the pure word Preached and the due Ministration of the Sacraments The necessary Note of the true Church is the being united to the Bishop of Rome § 2. Of the Falibility of the Church of Rome The Church of Rome hath erred as well as other Churches in Living Ceremonies and Faith. The Church of Rome hath erred in Ceremonies The Common-Prayer Book Of such Ceremonies as be used in the Church and have had their beginning by the Institution of man some are put away because the great excess and multitude of them hath so increased in these latter days that the burden of them was intolerable This our excessive multitude of Ceremonies was so great and many of them so dark that they did more confound than declare and set forth Christs benefits unto us Furthermore the most weighty cause of the abolishment of some Ceremonies was that they were so far abused partly by the superstitious blindness of the rude and unlearned and partly by the unsatiable avarice c. The 2d part Of the Homily of Place and Time of Prayer They have prophaned and defiled their Churches with Heathenish and Jewish abuses with Images and Idols with numbers of Altars too too superstitiously and intolerably abused with gross abusing and filthy corrupting of the Lord 's Holy Supper the blessed Sacrament of his Body and Blood with an infinite number of toyes and trifles of their own devices to make a goodly outward shew and to deface the plain simple and sincere Religion of Christ. The Church of Rome The Council of Trent The Church hath appointed Ceremonies as mystical Benedictions Lights Incensings Garments and such like that the Majesty of so great a Sacrifice might be recommended and the minds of the faithful be excited c. If any one shall say That the Ceremonies Garments and external signs which the Catholick Church doth use in the Celebration of Mass are rather Icitements of Impiety than helps to Piety Let him be accursed If any one shall say They are injurious to the Holy Spirit that give some virtue to the Holy Chrism of Confirmation Let him be accursed The Catechism The Sacrifice of the Mass hath many and those very remarkable and solemn Rites none of which is to be esteemed needless sand vain The Opposition The Church of England The Church of Rome 1. The Ceremonies in the Church of Rome were for their multitude an intolerable burden 1. The Ceremonies used are many but solemn and for the Majesty of Worship 2. They do more confound than set forth Christs benefits and do deface the plain and sincere Religion of Christ. 2. They do recommend the Worship and excite the minds of the Faithful 3. They are toyes and trifles 3. None of them are needless and vain but have a virtue in them 4. They do
The Church of England teacheth The Church tho a Witness and Keeper of the Holy Writ yet ought not to decree any thing against the same nor to enforce any thing besides the same to be believed for necessity of Salvation p. 37. The Church of Rome holdeth It belongs to the Church of Rome to judg of the Sence of the Scripture and it 's in her Power to forbid receiving the Sacrament in both kinds tho Christ so instituted and delivered it The Fallibility of the Church The Church of England teacheth As the Church of Jerusalem Alexandria and Antioch have erred So also the Church of Rome hath erred not only in their Living and manner of Ceremonies but also in matters of Faith So that their claim of Infallibility is but a vain brag and nothing else p. 31 35. The Church of Rome holdeth The Church of Rome cannot err being taught by the Holy Spirit suggesting all Truth from day to day General Councils The Church of England teacheth General Councils may not be gathered together without the Commandment and will of Princes And when gathered may err and sometimes have erred in things pertaining to God p. 39. The Church of Rome holdeth It belongs to the Pope to call and direct General Councils and being so gathered they have ever the assistance of Gods Spirit and so cannot err Christ the only Mediator The Church of England teacheth Christ is the only Mediator between God and Man being both God and Man in whom alone the Conditions requisite in an object of Worship are to be found whence it followeth that we must call neither upon Angel nor Saint but solely upon him as our Mediator And to make them Intercessors to God is after the Gentiles Idolatrous usage p. 19 41 46. The Church of Rome holdeth There are other Mediators of Intercession in Heaven besides Christ such as Angels and Saints and more especially the Virgin Mary who is the Mother of Mercy and Advocatress of the Faithful and it is good and profitable to invoke them and to have recourse to their prayers aid and help And those that deny they are to be invocated or affirm the Invocation of them is Idolatry are accursed Original Sin. The Church of England teacheth Original Sin is the Corruption of the nature of every man naturally ingendred of the off-spring of Adam And all offend in many things Christ only excepted p. 20 30. The Church of Rome holdeth The blessed Virgin is not comprehended in the decree of Original Sin and never sinned so much as Venially in all her Life Images The Church of England teacheth Image-worship was abhorred in the Primitive Church as abominable and contrary to all true Christian Religion And to fall down before Images c. is to give that honour to Stocks and Stones which the Saints themselves refused when alive p. 44. The Church of Rome holdeth The Images of Christ the Virgin Mary and other Saints are to have due honour given to them by kissing them uncovering the head falling down before them lighting up Candles to them c. by which Christ is adored and the Saints are venerated Relicks The Church of England teacheth To worship and honour the Relicks of Saints is to pass the folly and wickedness of the Gentiles The Romish Doctrine concerning Worshipping and Adoration of Images and Relicks is a fond thing grounded upon no warranty of Scripture but rather repugnant to it p. 44. The Church of Rome holdeth The Relicks of the Saints are to be venerated And all that hold the contrary are accursed Purgatory The Church of England teacheth There are two places only in the other World the one proper to the elect and the blessed of God the other to the reprobate And the souls of men passing out of the body go to Heaven or Hell. And the Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory is a fond thing vainly invented and grounded upon no Warranty of Scripture but rather repugnant to it p. 41. The Church of Rome holdeth There is a Purgatory or place of Torment in which the Souls of good Persons not sufficiently purged have their Sins expiated and they thereby are prepared for the Kingdom of Heaven And the Souls there detained are helped by the Masses Prayers Alms and other good Works of the Living And if any one shall say there is not such a place or that there remains no guilt to be expiated by penitent Persons in Purgatory or that those that are there are not helped by Masses c. he is accursed Merits The Church of England teacheth The good works are pleasing unto God yet to put any confidence in them as by merit and deserving of them to purchase to our selves or others remission of Sin and everlasting Life is meer Blasphemy and great derogation to the blood-shedding of our Saviour Jesus Christ p. 24 25. The Church of Rome holdeth Justified Persons truly deserve eternal Life and the good Works of such are truly and properly Meritorious and are fully worthy of Eternal Life And whosoever thinketh otherwise is Accursed Supererogation The Church of England teacheth Works of Supererogation or such as are over and above God's Commandment cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety and it 's an ungodly practice to make sale of them and to perswade the people that thereby the Sins of other men might have satisfaction made for 〈◊〉 p. 27 28. The Church of Rome holdeth There are Works of Supererogation which are done more than Precept and a Person endued with Divine Grace may satisfie for another and pay in the name of another what is due to God and the value of such Works is to be so disposed of for that purpose by such as Christ hath made dispensers of his Treasures Indulgences The Church of England teacheth The Romish Doctrine concerning Pardons is a fond thing vainly invented and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture but is rather repugnant to it p. 41 42. The Church of Rome holdeth The Church hath a power from Christ to pardon Offenders and whatever Debts here or hereafter in Purgatory a man oweth to God for the satisfaction of his Sins may be remitted by the Indulgence of the Church and whosoever saith that the Church hath no such Power or that such Indulgences are unprofitable is Accursed Prayers in a known Tongue The Church of England teacheth It 's a thing plainly repugnant to the word of God and the Custom of the Primitive Church to have publick Prayers in the Church or to minister the Sacraments in a Tongue not understood of the People p. 49. The Church of Rome holdeth It 's fittest every where to have the Mass Celebrated in Latin or a Tongue not understood by the People and it 's for that reason so injoyned And whosoever saith it ought to be otherwise is Accursed Sacraments The Church of England teacheth There are only Two Sacraments Ordained of Christ viz. Baptism and the Supper of the Lord and the other Five commonly called Sacraments in the