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A10309 A treatise of the sacrament of the confirmation wherein is shewed the necessary spirituall profit, and excellencie of this sacrament. Composed by W.R. Smith, Richard, 1566-1655. 1629 (1629) STC 20594; ESTC S100410 28,505 148

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are necessarie to witt Baptisme to all and Pennance to euery one that after Baptisme falleth into mortall sinne and Order in respect of the whole Church for where there Prouerbs 11. is no Gouernours the people will fall And in like manner certaine it is that Confirmation is necessarie necessitate medij But necessarie as a meane to the perfection of Saluation as a necessarie meane to the perfection or Complement of Christianitie or Saluation for to become a perfect or compleate Christian For as Baptisme is by Christ instituted as a necessarie meane to Saluatiō or Christianitie so as none can bee saued or bee a Christian if hee may bee baptized and will not So is Confirmation instituted by him as a necessarie meane to the perfection of Christianitie or Saluation in such sort as none can attaine to the perfection or complement of Christianitie or Saluation if hee may be confirmed and will not And therefore VVithout Confirmation hee s●all neit●er haue the Cha●a●●er of a Souldiet of Christ nor the Sacramentall grace of Confirmation Saint Cornelius Pope and Martyr in Eusebius l. 6. Histor c. 35. saith of Nouatian the Hereticke who had not bene confirmed Which Confirmation hee hauing not receiued how I pray you had hee the holy Ghost The like saieth saint Clement saint Fabian and others hereafter related chap. 3. Likewise saint Thomas 3. p. quaest 72. artic 6. As none obtaineth the effect of Baptisme without the desire of Baptisme So none obtaineth the effect of Confirmation without the desire of Confirmation And Cardinall Bellarmin l. 1. de Sacrament c. 22. expressely saith that The Eucharist Confirmation and Extreme Vnction Confirmation necessarie meanes ad bene esse are necessarie necessitate medij as necessarie meanes ad bene esse to the perfection of a Christian supposing Gods institution Also necessarie to the Sacramental grace thereof In like manner it is certaine that none can haue the Sacramentall grace of Confirmation vnles hee bee confirmed because this Sacrament is instituted as a necessarie meane to giue the Sacramentall grace aunswearable vnto it Which what it is wee shall see in the 8. Chapter Wherefore wisely and piously aduised Sotus in 4. d. 11. qu. 2. art 1. Marke diligently that the desire of receiuing the blessed Sacrament doth not suffice to giue the Sacramentall grace thereof For it is a generall Rule common to all Sacraments that the degree of grace which aunsweareth to the Sacrament is never giuen unles the Sacrament bee actually receiued And therefore Admonition of Sotus to bee noted of Priests Parishpriests are much to bee admonished that they omit not for any light cause to giue the Eucharist to sick persons thereby depriuing thē of that degree of grace And it is euidēt in Baptisme For though with Contrition and desire of Baptisme a mā may so farre attaine to the effect of Baptisme as hee hath remission of his Sinnes yet neither doth hee attaine to that degree of grace which Baptisme of it selfe giueth but onely to that degree which is aunswerable to his Contritiō neither receiueth hee the Character of Baptisme nor full pardon of all the paine due to his Sinnes as hee should do if hee were actually baptized And in like sort hee that hath no effectuall desire to bee cōfirmed receiueth no effect at all of this Sacrament And hee that VVhat they want that are not confirmed desireth it but yet is not actually confirmed neither receaueth the Character nor that Sacramentall grace due to this Sacrament but that onely which is answeareable to his vertuous desire And Confirmation beeing thus necessarie necessitate medij as a necessarie meane to the bene esse or the Complement and perfection of a Christian and also to receiue the Character and Sacramentall Grace of this Sacrament euery pious and vertuous Christian seeth how much hee ought to desire it and how loath hee should bee to wāt it though there were no Commandement at all to receiue it And much more when hee shall see that it is also necessarie necessitate praecepti as a thinge Confirmation necessarie necessitate praecepti commaunded which I will proue in the Chapters following against some who call it in question or deny it And first I will proue it out of the generall Custome of Christs Church euen from her first beginning CHAPTER II. That it was the generall Custome of Christs Church euen from her beginning that Christions should bee confirmed ALbeit Christ in the time of his mortall life did not giue the Sacrament VVhy Christ did not giue the Sacrament ●f Confirmation in his life time of Confirmation because as saint Thomas saith 3. p. qu. 72. art 1. in this Sacrament is giuen the Fulnes of the holy Ghost which was not to bee giuen before Christs Resurrection and Ascension according to that of S. Iohn 7. The Spirit was not yet giuen because IESVS was not yet glorified Neuerthelesse did hee both institute this Sacrament as hee did all the rest and also as saint Fabian Pope and Martyr saith Epist 2. On Mandate Thursday As our Predecessors receiued of the Apostles and they haue left to vs hee Christ taught to make Chrisme taught them to make Chrisme and also hee expressely commaunded his Apostles that they should tarry in Ierusalē Luc. vls till they were indued with power from high that is till they had receiued that spirituall strenght vvhich is giuen by this Sacrament For this is that power or Strength whereof hee meant as wee shall see hereafter Now after his Ascension Grace of Confirmation first giuen on whit sonday vppon the day of Pentecost or Whitsonday hee bestowed vppon his Apostles and disciples in a miraculous and extraordinarie manner and in an abundant degree the grace of this Sacrament without the Sacrament it selfe For as the holy Fathers See infra cap. 8. and diuines teach that grace which was then giuen them was the grace of the Sacrament of Confirmation So that the grace of this Sacrament was bestowed vppon the Church of Christ euen at that very time vvhen shee was perfected and accomplished and when Christs lawe was published and proclaimed by the Apostles in Ierusalem vnto all nations as Act. 2. saint Luke speaketh vnder heauen Or rather the grace of this Sacrament was giuen to the Church of Christ for to perfect and accomplish her and to giue her courage for to publish and proclaime Christs lawe And thus wee see that Christ confirmed his disciples Now lett vs see that the Apostles and holy Bishops theire Successors did the like to theire followers Not long after this and assoone as the Apostles had vnderstood that the Samaritans The Apostles care to giue Confirmation had bene baptized by Philipp the Deacō straightway they sent two of the cheefest Apostles saint Peeter and saint Iohn of purpose to confirme them thinking that a iourney worthy of such greate personages Who saith saint Luke Act. 8.