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A00728 Of the Church fiue bookes. By Richard Field Doctor of Diuinity and sometimes Deane of Glocester. Field, Richard, 1561-1616.; Field, Nathaniel, 1598 or 9-1666. 1628 (1628) STC 10858; ESTC S121344 1,446,859 942

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and_o etc._n hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la victore_fw-la and_o the_o church_n of_o god_n never_o define_v otherwise_o howsoever_o jerome_n in_o his_o passion_n against_o vigilantius_n seem_v to_o say_v the_o contrary_a and_o 33._o gregory_n endeavour_v to_o confirm_v it_o say_v he_o that_o see_v god_n who_o see_v all_o thing_n can_v but_o see_v all_o thing_n in_o he_o but_o ignorent_fw-la occam_n and_o sundry_a other_o excellent_a schoolman_n reject_v this_o say_n of_o gregory_n and_o gregorius_n ariminensis_n resolve_v peremptory_o that_o neither_o saint_n nor_o angel_n know_v the_o secret_n of_o our_o heart_n but_o that_o this_o nostrorum_fw-la be_v reserve_v as_o peculiar_a to_o god_n alone_o if_o then_o the_o saint_n for_o aught_o we_o know_v do_v not_o see_v know_v and_o intermeddle_v with_o our_o particular_a affair_n but_o pray_v only_o in_o general_n there_o remain_v nothing_o else_o safe_o to_o be_v do_v by_o we_o but_o to_o seek_v unto_o god_n and_o then_o all_o these_o both_o saint_n and_o angel_n shall_v love_v we_o in_o he_o and_o what_o in_o they_o lie_v procure_v our_o good_a 55._o behold_v say_v augustine_n i_o worship_v one_o god_n one_o beginning_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o fountain_n of_o wisdom_n and_o happiness_n whence_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v wise_a and_o happy_a have_v their_o wisdom_n and_o happiness_n whichsoever_o of_o the_o angel_n love_v th●…_n god_n i_o be_o sure_a he_o love_v i_o whosoever_o abide_v in_o he_o and_o can_v hear_v the_o prayer_n and_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o want_n of_o mortal_a man_n i_o be_o well_o assure_v he_o do_v hear_v i_o when_o i_o pray_v to_o god_n and_o endeavour_v to_o give_v i_o the_o best_a furtherance_n he_o can_v let_v therefore_o those_o adoratores_fw-la partium_fw-la mundi_fw-la worshipper_n of_o part_n and_o portion_n of_o the_o world_n tell_v i_o what_o good_a saint_n or_o angel_n he_o do_v not_o assure_v unto_o himself_o which_o worship_v that_o one_o god_n who_o every_o one_o that_o be_v good_a do_v love_n and_o desire_v to_o please_v hence_o it_o come_v that_o though_o some_o particular_a man_n do_v ancient_o at_o sometime_o when_o they_o have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o they_o doubtful_o solicit_v the_o saint_n and_o desire_v they_o if_o they_o have_v any_o apprehension_n of_o these_o inferior_a thing_n to_o be_v remembrancer_n for_o they_o unto_o god_n yet_o no_o man_n pray_v unto_o they_o with_o bow_a knee_n in_o set_a course_n of_o devotion_n and_o prayer_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o form_n of_o invocation_n of_o saint_n bring_v into_o the_o service_n of_o the_o church_n for_o a_o long_a time_n as_o appear_v by_o that_o of_o 10._o augustine_n who_o say_v they_o be_v name_v by_o the_o minister_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o holy_a mystery_n but_o not_o innocate_v for_o how_o can_v there_o be_v any_o invocation_n of_o they_o general_o receive_v and_o allow_v or_o constant_o resolve_v on_o and_o use_v in_o the_o set_a course_n of_o the_o prayer_n of_o those_o 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clear_n of_o this_o point_n and_o the_o answer_v of_o this_o objection_n we_o must_v remember_v that_o whereas_o the_o ordinary_a and_o set_v mean_n of_o salvation_n be_v baptism_n so_o that_o no_o man_n careless_o neglect_v or_o wilful_o contemn_v it_o can_v be_v save_v the_o father_n notwithstanding_o do_v constant_o teach_v that_o if_o man_n be_v exclude_v by_o inevitable_a impossibility_n they_o may_v be_v save_v without_o it_o and_o that_o faith_n and_o the_o inward_a conversion_n of_o the_o heart_n fly_v unto_o god_n in_o christ_n through_o the_o gracious_a instinct_n and_o sweet_a motion_n of_o the_o sanctify_a spirit_n may_v be_v reckon_v a_o kind_n of_o baptism_n because_o thereby_o they_o obtain_v all_o that_o which_o shall_v have_v be_v seek_v in_o the_o baptism_n of_o water_n and_o because_o if_o a_o ordinary_a degree_n of_o faith_n do_v sometime_o obtain_v salvation_n without_o the_o baptism_n of_o water_n much_o more_o that_o which_o make_v man_n willing_a to_o suffer_v death_n for_o christ_n therefore_o they_o affirm_v that_o martyrdom_n and_o the_o constant_a suffering_n for_o christ_n be_v also_o fit_o name_v baptism_n so_o that_o there_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o baptism_n flaminis_fw-la fluminis_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la of_o water_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o blood_n it_o appear_v by_o 77._o bernard_n epistle_n to_o hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la victore_fw-la of_o this_o argument_n that_o there_o be_v some_o in_o his_o time_n who_o though_o they_o think_v that_o martyrdom_n do_v supply_v the_o defect_n of_o baptism_n yet_o will_v not_o grant_v that_o faith_n and_o the_o inward_a conversion_n of_o the_o heart_n without_o such_o suffering_n do_v so_o and_o therefore_o though_o they_o confess_v that_o martyr_n not_o baptize_v with_o the_o baptism_n of_o water_n may_v be_v save_v yet_o they_o deny_v that_o other_o though_o repent_v believe_v and_o convert_n unto_o god_n can_v possible_o obtain_v remission_n of_o their_o sin_n without_o the_o sacramental_a wash_n against_o these_o barnarde_n reason_v in_o this_o sort_n if_o martyrdom_n do_v supply_v the_o defect_n of_o baptism_n it_o be_v not_o poena_fw-la but_o fides_fw-la not_o the_o suffering_n but_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o sufferer_n that_o make_v it_o be_v of_o so_o great_a force_n nam_fw-la absque_fw-la fide_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la martyrium_fw-la nisi_fw-la poena_fw-la for_o be_v it_o not_o for_o faith_n what_o be_v the_o passion_n of_o martyr_n but_o bitter_a and_o uncomfortable_a torment_n only_o shall_v then_o that_o which_o make_v martyrdom_n be_v esteem_v in_o stead_n of_o baptism_n be_v so_o infirm_a and_o weak_a that_o what_o it_o give_v to_o another_o thing_n it_o shall_v be_v deny_v to_o have_v itself_o the_o shed_n of_o our_o blood_n for_o christ_n be_v a_o undoubted_a proof_n and_o demonstration_n of_o a_o very_a great_a constant_a and_o unmoveable_a faith_n but_o it_o be_v not_o god_n but_o man_n that_o take_v notice_n of_o faith_n by_o these_o proof_n for_o god_n do_v often_o see_v and_o pronounce_v the_o faith_n of_o a_o man_n die_v in_o peace_n to_o be_v as_o great_a as_o the_o faith_n of_o a_o martyr_n for_o that_o though_o it_o be_v not_o prove_v by_o martyrdom_n it_o be_v ready_a for_o martyrdom_n and_o animate_v he_o that_o have_v it_o to_o suffer_v any_o thing_n if_o need_n shall_v require_v this_o which_o barnarde_n have_v thus_o deliver_v touch_v this_o point_n be_v the_o constant_a doctrine_n of_o the_o father_n neither_o do_v we_o or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o century_n dislike_v any_o thing_n in_o it_o but_o we_o condemn_v the_o vain_a and_o idle_a dispute_n of_o the_o romish_a school_n touch_v these_o three_o kind_n justificab●…tur_fw-la of_o baptism_n especial_o in_o that_o they_o teach_v concern_v martyrdom_n that_o it_o give_v grace_n ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la so_o that_o if_o a_o man_n not_o justify_v nor_o yet_o in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n come_v unto_o it_o and_o do_v not_o ponere_fw-la obicem_fw-la he_o shall_v by_o virtue_n thereof_o obtain_v grace_n &_o have_v the_o effect_n of_o it_o wrought_v in_o he_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o in_o the_o baptism_n of_o water_n this_n not_o only_o we_o condemn_v but_o many_o among_o themselves_o affirm_v that_o martyrdom_n have_v no_o force_n to_o work_v or_o procure_v our_o good_a far_o than_o the_o greatness_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o love_n which_o be_v therein_o try_v approve_a and_o make_v manifest_a do_v work_v it_o the_o centurie_n writer_n reprove_v not_o the_o father_n for_o any_o such_o error_n as_o the_o papist_n do_v maintain_v touch_v the_o force_n of_o martyrdom_n but_o they_o dislike_v that_o the_o father_n do_v use_v so_o many_o hyperbole_n and_o rhetorical_a amplification_n in_o the_o praise_v of_o martyrdom_n though_o in_o a_o good_a sense_n that_o the_o romish_a sophister_n have_v from_o thence_o take_v occasion_n of_o their_o error_n touch_v the_o merit_n satisfaction_n and_o expiation_n of_o sin_n which_o they_o fancy_n to_o be_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o martyr_n of_o which_o impiety_n the_o father_n never_o think_v thus_o than_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v by_o any_o thing_n which_o bellarmine_n have_v or_o can_v allege_v that_o we_o confess_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o romanist_n to_o be_v the_o ancient_a profession_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n but_o rather_o the_o contrary_n be_v constant_o defend_v by_o all_o our_o divine_n in_o the_o place_n produce_v by_o he_o chap._n 22._o wherein_o be_v examine_v their_o proof_n of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o their_o doctrine_n take_v from_o a_o false_a supposal_n that_o our_o doctrine_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o heresy_n long_o since_o condemn_v let_v ibid._n we_o therefore_o come_v to_o his_o three_o part_n wherein_o he_o undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n opposite_a to_o the_o faith_n and_o profession_n of_o rome_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o old_a heresy_n long_o since_o condemn_v by_o the_o universal_a consent_n of_o the_o whole_a christian_a world_n in_o this_o part_n he_o be_v so_o shameless_a that_o i_o blush_v at_o the_o very_a thought_n of_o that_o he_o so_o doctoral_o and_o grave_o deliver_v as_o if_o it_o be_v true_a than_o truth_n itself_o whereas_o in_o his_o conscience_n he_o know_v it_o to_o be_v a_o untrueth_n so_o gross_a and_o apparent_a that_o the_o devil_n himself_o will_v be_v ashamed_a of_o it_o he_o reckon_v twenty_o several_a heresy_n of_o damn_a arch-hereticke_n every_o of_o which_o he_o pronounce_v that_o we_o silly_a man_n defend_v and_o embrace_v as_o the_o sacred_a truth_n of_o god_n let_v we_o for_o our_o better_a satisfaction_n and_o refutation_n of_o so_o vile_a a_o slander_n take_v a_o view_n of_o the_o particular_n he_o place_v in_o the_o front_n the_o heresy_n of_o simon_n magus_n and_o his_o disciple_n 20._o which_o be_v that_o the_o angel_n make_v the_o world_n that_o the_o prophet_n be_v inspire_v from_o they_o and_o deliver_v their_o pleasure_n not_o the_o will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o high_a god_n and_o that_o therefore_o the_o thing_n command_v by_o they_o be_v not_o in_o themselves_o good_a or_o to_o be_v respect_v that_o god_n be_v displease_v with_o their_o government_n and_o will_v exempt_v his_o own_o from_o it_o &_o have_v they_o free_a to_o do_v what_o they_o list_v for_o that_o man_n be_v save_v by_o his_o favour_n and_o not_o in_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o though_o they_o be_v command_v and_o impose_v as_o good_a by_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n mislead_v by_o the_o angel_n yet_o be_v not_o natural_o so_o but_o by_o accident_n only_o this_o he_o say_v be_v the_o error_n of_o the_o protestant_n for_o they_o think_v god_n make_v the_o world_n and_o not_o the_o angel_n that_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n speak_v as_o they_o be_v inspire_v of_o he_o that_o the_o thing_n they_o command_v be_v just_a and_o holy_a that_o there_o be_v no_o way_n of_o salvation_n but_o by_o have_v that_o righteousness_n the_o law_n of_o moses_n prescribe_v which_o all_o they_o that_o be_v save_v have_v first_o by_o imputation_n of_o that_o perfect_a righteousness_n and_o obedience_n to_o moses_n law_n which_o be_v find_v in_o christ_n to_o merit_v our_o good_a &_o second_o by_o the_o operation_n &_o infusion_n of_o sanctify_a grace_n from_o he_o make_v they_o to_o hate_v sin_n to_o love_v righteousness_n &_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o god_n commandment_n so_o that_o sin_n have_v no_o more_o dominion_n over_o they_o sure_o i_o think_v if_o the_o devil_n himself_o fate_n as_o judge_n in_o this_o case_n he_o can_v not_o but_o condemn_v the_o impudency_n of_o this_o his_o shameless_a disciple_n ibid._n but_o he_o add_v eunomius_n teach_v that_o if_o a_o man_n will_v embrace_v his_o profession_n he_o shall_v be_v save_v though_o he_o continue_v without_o repentance_n &_o remorse_n in_o all_o manner_n of_o most_o damnable_a wickedness_n &_o
that_o upon_o his_o bare_a word_n we_o shall_v believe_v so_o shameless_a a_o lie_n for_o augustine_n which_o be_v before_o this_o persian_a in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la libro_fw-la primo_fw-la capite_fw-la tricesimo_fw-la quarto_fw-la have_v the_o same_o heresy_n as_o it_o please_v these_o heretic_n to_o call_v it_o nolite_fw-la inquit_fw-la consectari_fw-la turbas_fw-la imperitorum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ipsà_fw-la verâ_fw-la religione_fw-la superstitiosi_fw-la sunt_fw-la novi_fw-la multos_fw-la esse_fw-la sepulchrorum_fw-la &_o picturarum_fw-la adoratores_fw-la quos_fw-la mores_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la condemnat_fw-la &_o quotidiè_fw-la corrigere_fw-la studet_fw-la and_o collocatum_fw-la gregory_n after_o the_o time_n of_o this_o suppose_a persian_a do_v condemn_v the_o adoration_n of_o image_n and_o 14._o the_o council_n of_o frankford_n likewise_o after_o his_o time_n as_o appear_v by_o hincmarus_n and_o other_o beside_o if_o nicephorus_n follow_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o second_o nicene_n council_n he_o mean_v nothing_o else_o by_o that_o adoration_n of_o image_n which_o he_o approve_v but_o the_o embrace_v kiss_v and_o reverend_a use_v of_o they_o like_v to_o the_o honour_n we_o do_v the_o book_n of_o holy_a scripture_n not_o that_o religious_a worship_n which_o consist_v in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n which_o the_o papist_n yield_v to_o their_o idol_n and_o so_o there_o be_v as_o great_a difference_n of_o judgement_n between_o he_o and_o bellarmine_n as_o between_o he_o and_o us._n etc._n that_o which_o bellarmine_n add_v against_o caluine_n and_o other_o touch_v the_o time_n that_o image_n be_v first_o bring_v into_o the_o church_n if_o this_o place_n do_v require_v the_o examination_n of_o it_o we_o shall_v find_v he_o as_o notable_a a_o trifler_n therein_o as_o in_o all_o the_o rest_n chap._n 37_o of_o the_o error_n of_o the_o lampetian_o touch_v vow_n the_o error_n of_o the_o lampetian_o be_v as_o alphonsus_n à_fw-fr castro_n suppose_v that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o man_n to_o vow_n and_o by_o vow_v to_o lay_v a_o necessity_n upon_o themselves_o of_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o free_o and_o without_o any_o such_o tie_n may_v much_o better_o be_v perform_v if_o they_o dislike_v simple_o all_o vow_v we_o do_v not_o approve_v their_o opinion_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o that_o which_o kemnisius_n zanchius_n and_o other_o have_v write_v to_o this_o purpose_n and_o therefore_o we_o be_v unjust_o say_v to_o favour_v their_o error_n that_o which_o bellarmine_n add_v for_o the_o strengthen_n of_o this_o his_o unjust_a imputation_n be_v a_o mere_a calumniation_n for_o luther_n do_v not_o say_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v vow_v to_o do_v a_o thing_n as_o long_o as_o he_o shall_v be_v please_v and_o then_o to_o be_v free_a again_o when_o he_o shall_v dislike_v that_o which_o before_o he_o resolve_v on_o but_o that_o all_o vow_n shall_v be_v make_v with_o limitation_n vow_v to_o be_v 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ignatius_n and_o other_o deny_v the_o verity_n of_o christ_n humane_a nature_n and_o thereupon_o condemn_v the_o sacrament_n of_o his_o body_n and_o blood_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o impugn_n of_o popish_a transubstantiation_n as_o bellarmine_n idle_o fanci_v that_o be_v reprove_v in_o they_o but_o the_o deny_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o that_o body_n and_o blood_n which_o all_o true_a christian_n do_v know_v to_o be_v mystical_o communicate_v to_o they_o in_o the_o sacrament_n to_o their_o unspeakable_a comfort_n how_o then_o can_v we_o be_v charge_v with_o the_o heresy_n of_o these_o man_n see_v we_o neither_o deny_v the_o verity_n of_o christ_n humane_a nature_n nor_o make_v the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v a_o naked_a figure_n or_o similitude_n only_o but_o acknowledge_v that_o it_o consist_v of_o two_o thing_n the_o one_o earthly_a and_o the_o other_o heavenly_a and_o that_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v true_o present_a in_o the_o sacrament_n and_o communicate_v to_o we_o 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