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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15103	An ansvveare vnto certaine crabbed questions pretending a reall presence of Christ in the Sacramente: latelie propounded by some secret papist, to the great troubling of the consciences of the simple, together with a discouerie of the Jesuiticall opinion of justification, guilefully vttered by Sherwyne at the time of his execution. Gathered and set foorth by Peter Whyte, very necessary & profitable for this dangerous time.	White, Peter, Vicar of Eaton Socon.	1582 (1582)	STC 25401; ESTC S114005	62,353	289

Philip. 1. which day he with all the rest of Gods deare children earnestly desired longed after 1. Pet. 1. as th end of all their trauel 〈…〉 the full perfecting of their regeneration to their euerlasting glory in Christ And to be short S. Augustine saith Aug. de peceatorl meritis remiss 2. Cor. 4. Non ex qua hora quisquis baptizatur omnis vetus infirmitas eius absumitur sed renouatio incipit à remissione omniū peccatorū c. sed si in ipso animo qui est homo interior perfecta in Baptismo nouitas fieret nō diceret apostolus etsi exterior homo noster corrumpi tur interior renouatur de die in diē profecto enim qui de die in diē adhuc renouatur nondum totus est renouatus Al our old infirmitie of concupiscence is not wyped away or consumed from that time that euery man is baptised but renouation beginneth at the remission of all sinnes But if perfect newnes might be wrought in Baptisme in the soule which is the inward man then would not the apostle haue said althogh our outward man be destroied the inward man is day by day renued for truly he that is yet daily renued is not as yet wholly renued And the verie forme of Sherwins confession doth euidently conuince these Iesuites and al other Papistes whatsoeuer of great blasphemie and wickednes For if there be nothing in vs nor of vs but sinne and abhomination and that we trust to be saued onely by the death and bloudshedding of Christe which is most true thē where is their infused righteousnes workes of congruence or preparations to forme fashion their faith where is their deseruing merits satisfying workes or works of condigne stirred vp and drawen foorth by their firste iustice There are none at all no not one they are all abhominable c. But this confession of Sherwins was vnto him selfe and is vnto the rest of his fellowes yet remayning as was their prophesie of Caiphas vnto him and the rest of the priests the Scribes and Pharisees which although it was both good and true the worke of the holy Ghost in that il man to declare the purpose of god for our redēptiō in the death of christ yet had both caiphas the rest of the pharisies a lewd tent and a contrarie meaninge in the vttering thereof euen to the death of Christ and presernation of their own state euen so these Iesuites notwithstanding the forme of good wordes they here vse there lyeth hid in their heartes a wicked and deuelish meaninge to the ouerthrow of Christes office and glorie as by the discouery therof hetherto hath wel appeared Now where the Papistes papisticall Iesuites obiect saint Iames they doe by a double Sophisme beguile themselues and others Mark 3. Exod. 8 c. 10. Ioh. 6. Act. 8. Mat. 10.26 That is to wit in this word Faith in the word Iustification For faith in that place of S. Iames is taken for such a faith as the Deuill hath as Pharao had as the Capernaits and such others that for a time beleeued and such a one as Iudas and Simon magus had and like vnto the Iesuiticall faith and I thinke worse then the Deuils faith They should doe well therefore and finde lesse damnation if they forsake with Iudas in playne tearmes the name of Christ call themselues no more Iesuites after so good a name but Iscariozites and Magozites accordinge to the substaunce of theire Religion For where Iudas solde his Maister but once and Symon Magus woulde haue bought the holye Ghost but once they doe it infinitely and neuer make an ende thereof Now to their sophisme first where S. paul in the example of Abraham taketh faith for the knowledge of god the assente vnto his word with trust or cōfidence therin wherby Christ is apprehēded S. Iames taketh it for a shadow of faith seperated from fiducia such a one as the papistical peneral or catholicke faith is which iustifyeth before God no more then deuils faith can iustifie S. Iames did not say that such men as hee spake of had Faith but hee sayeth What and if a man say he hath Faith which intrueth Saint Ieames importeth them to want Secondly Rom. 4. Gal. 3.4 S. Paul referreth iustification vnto God I haue saith he made thee a father to many nations euen before god And S. Iames referreth it vnto mē and therfore saith shew me thy faith by thy workes then bringeth the example of Abraham to conclude that by works in the sight and iudgemente of men we are iustified and not by knowledge which there hee calleth only faith And this agreeth with our sauiour Christ who saith Iam. 3 Mar. 5 1. Pet 2 Sic luceat lux vestra c Let your light so shine before men that they may see youre good woorkes and so glorifye your heauenly father Againe S. Paule and sainte Iames bring both an example but yet vnto diuers endes the one to proue that we be iustifyed by faith only without works and that before God the other to trie out a false hipocriticall shadow of faith frō a true liuelie iustifying Faith that neuer wanteth his works And this tryall hee maketh by woorkes which euer attend vpon a true Faith as the inseperable fruits thereof Etsi non precedunt iustificandū August de Fr. oper●bus sequuntur tamen iustificatū Although workes goe not before him that is to be iustifyed yet truely workes follow him that is already iustifyed And thus also doth S. Augustine interprete this place of S. Iames so doeth Thomas Aquinas Quest 76 Haec loquitur saith S Augustine de operibus quae sequun tur Fidem c. Vnde Apostolus ait Fide obtulit Isaac cum tentaretur Haec oblatio est opus testimoniū Fidei Iustitiae Saint Iames speaketh here of those workes which doe follow Faith Wherefore he saith Through faith Abraham offered vp Isaac wher he was tryed of God This oblation is the worke and Testimonie of his faith and iustificatiō Aquinas saith Opera iustificāt declaratiue Workes declare vs to be iustifyed Thus thou seest by the discourse of the Iesuiticall confession and opinion of Iustification drawen out of the Schoole of the Sorbonists that Sherwin meant nothing lesse in his late confession at his death thē that which the people for the most parte did suppose him to vtter If he had ment as the good forme of words doe to all good Christians importe why did he not first detest and condemn his Iesuiticall profession Why did hee not geue some open testimonie of repentaunce from his vile and detestable poperie For his forme of words is vnto his Iesuiticall Profession Popish Religion as contrarie 2. Cor. 6. Psal 37 Luk. 7.19.23 2. Reg. Mat. 3 Apoc. 14.19 as Light to Darcknesse trueth to Falshoode Christ to Beliall and he that will doe anye thing acceptable to God must first decline frō euil that he may do good So did Mary Magdalen Zache the Publican the Thiefe vpon the crosse and all penitēt sinners for so the Gospell teacheth But herein Sherwin followeth the practise of the holy Fathers of the Trident Councell and the sorboniticall Doctoures in whom the Deuil for the better vpholdinge of hys Antychristyan Sinagogue euen nowe beginninge to fall in all falshoode and Religious craftines goeth farre beyonde himselfe For they seeing the people beinge long oppressed with their superstitious Tyranny now by the continual preaching of the gospell in these last dayes to begin both to suspecte and to mislike the abhominations of their Popishe Religion thoughte it more then time to leaue the grosse and homelye tearmes of the Schoolemen and barbarous Predecessours in this matter of Iustification and to set a new Face and fine colour vpon that vile and corrupt matter by shewe of good woordes borrowed from the Gospell according to the time interlacing the same with new Distinctions and burnished Tearmes of arte so that except men do very carefully examine the same they are able to deceiue not the simple onelye but the wise and learned also Yea if it were possible euen the verye electe So skilfull are they to dissemble their meaninge by shewe and coloure of strange wordes and tearmes This maner of dealing thus dissemblinge and hidinge their owne meanings to the beguyling of the world is not good Reader that deuiding of Gods worde that S. Paule requyreth of the Lordes Ministers But contrariwise that braule of wordes and prophane clamors in vaine thinges tending vnto farther impietie wounding the conscience of the ignorant and greeuing the godlye like the frettinge of a Canker The Lord therefore deliuer his Church from the handes of such subtill workemen whose consciences are seared with obstinate hyyocrifie and guide it by his holy spirite in the labour of faithfull Pastors vntill the comming of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde to whome with the Father and the holy Ghost three persons and one eternall God be all glory and honor now and for euer LONDON ❧ Imprinted by Iohn Wolfe 1582.