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A02607	An inquisition of the true church, and those that revolt from it being a sermon pronounced at the second session of the Parliament / by Christopher Lo. Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland.	Hampton, Christopher, 1552-1625.	1622 (1622)	STC 12737.5; ESTC S4341	16,169	42

never so much otherwise yet can it not be holy unlesse it be conformed to the word of God Quicunque Scripturam aliter intelligit quàm sensus spiritus sancti flagitat licet de Ecclesia non recesserit tamen haereticus appellari potest Whosoever interpreteth the Scriptures otherwise then the holy Ghost meaneth by which it is written may well bee called an hereticke although hee be not departed from the Church Are not the interpretations from God Ioseph teacheth us they are from God in expounding Pharaohs dreame then much more are the interpretations of holy Scripture from God By the same Spirit the Scriptures were written by the same they must be interpreted and understood For what man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of a man that is within him even so the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God and those that are taught of God Scripture is not of private interpretation but must be interpreted by Scripture the darker places by those which be more plaine easie and as Tertullian writeth oportet secundum plura intelligi pauciora ne unus sermo multa alta subvertat secundū omnia potius quam adversus omnia intelligendus erit The interpretations of the Scripture must be made according to the meaning of the more places and lest that one Text should warre against many others that is to be expounded in a correspondency to all the rest rather then in a repugnancy unto them And if you will try the Spirits whether they bee of God or no as S. Iohn adviseth us or examine every interpretation we have two rules to measure them by The first examination is whether their interpretations and expositions bee referred to the glory of God or no If they tend to the glory of God our Saviour Christ giveth them a warrant of truth Qui quaerit gloriam meam verax est He that in his expositions seeketh my glory is a true interpreter Let us now in the name of God come to the tryall of particulars by this rule Is it possible for them to seeke the glory of God in the question of Iustification which refuse the justification by Iesus Christ and attribute salvation to their owne merites who magnifie the abilities of humane nature and extenuate the unsearchable riches of Gods grace I conceive no possibility or apparance of it Quid illis miserius quorum saluti salus ipsa nō sufficit Alas how miserable are they which will not have salvation it selfe sufficient to save them Beloved let us not abrogate the grace of God for S. Augustine writeth truly Tutiores vivimus si totum Deo damus Wee live in more safety when wee ascribe the whole worke of our justification to God The second tryall of interpretations is whether they be agreeable with the proportion of faith For he that prophesieth must doe it accorcording to the proportion of faith Measure the doctrine of Romish Catholiques by this rule and I thinke it will not prove Catholique Can the invocation of Saints stand with the proportion of faith will they beleeve in Saints how can they call on them in whom they have not beleeved I cannot stand upon many such particulars which you all doe see might be alledged but am forced through straitnesse of time to conclude them in this generall De Evangelio Christi hominis faciunt Evangelium aut quod pejus est diaboli These interpretations of Scripture which doe not agree with the proportion of faith make of Christ a mans Gospell or a divels and that is worse The Arke of God and Dagon cannot stand together there is no agreement betweene light and darkenesse the purity of the Gospel will never admit sophisticatiōs of humane devises howsoever the Councell of Trent would have both to be received alike namely the bookes of both Testaments and the unwritten Traditions with equall piety and affection of reverence It is true that the Apostles delivered many things ore tenꝰ which Apostolike men received and delivered againe faithfully to their disciples but let that be wel remembred withall which Ireneus writeth that all these things were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they were all agreeable to the Scriptures and their writings Is it probable or shall we beleeve that the Apostles writing wee should take heed and beware of Images did leave any tradition that times would come wherein the use of pictures and images would be requisite or fitting in the Church Is it credible that the Idols of Iupiter Mars Mercury c. should be cast out of all Temples by the Apostles doctrine and a tradition from the Apostles to set up the portraitures of Christ of the blessed Virgin Mary or their owne pictures in place of the other Is it possible that they which taught us to worship and call upon one God alone did ever give any tradition for themselves also to be worshipped and called upon when they were departed this life That they which writ VVe have an Advocate with the Father Iesus Christ the righteous did ever order that themselves also would be our advocates No no. It was impossible it is incredible it cannot be conceived without disparagement to the Apostles that men of their ranke and integrity inspired and governed by the holy Ghost should deliver or utter any thing by word of mouth varying or dissenting from the attestations they left in writing The pure word of God without addition or diminution is the true marke of the Church and so the Hucksters that chop and change it to serve their owne inventions or turnes carry not the right cognizance of Christians Touching Sacraments and the due administration thereof which is another marke of a true Church they that are most confident and make greatest vaunts of the Church do no wayes administer them rightly save that by God his providence the essential forme of Baptisme is reteyned amongst them otherwise they prophane it not a little when they apply it to senslesse things as to Bells when they add Salt Oyle and Spittle Is not the element of Water sufficient which Christ instituted to represent his precious bloud to wash away our sinnes without those mixtures The other Sacrament of the Lords Supper they have not defiled as they have done Baptisme but they have quite altered and changed it into a cursed and abhominable Idoll of their Masse And so have prevented and annihilated Christ his holy institution For first whereas two things bee necessary in Sacraments the signe and the thing signified they take away the Signes for establishing of their Transubstantiation Secondly they should distribute it unto others and they keepe it onely to themselves so make it private whereas it should be a publike banquet Thirdly they keepe the Cup from the people which our Saviour commanded should be given to all Fourthly in the Supper Christ offereth himselfe to us and their Priests offer him unto God who indeed cannot be offered but by

hath ordeyned that their fruit shall remaine who dare say that it shall not remaine The gifts and graces of God are without repentance Of Davids faith of Peters and others that fell into enormious sins I say with Tertullian Caepit arescere sed non exaruit mota fuit sed non amota concussa sed non excussa nut extincta Their faith began to wither but it withered not it was moved but not removed it was shaken but not extinguished The grace of faith and the holy Ghost may be and are often lost even of them that are regenerate in part concerning some certain gifts more or lesse but cannot be lost wholly because the Lord reserveth a seede in them For example David lost the rightnesse of heart and integrity of spirit when he fell into his foule sinnes of adultery and murther yet was he not bereaved of these wholly for then hee could not have prayed for restitution unto them How shall they call upon him in whom they have not beleeved Marke then in David that seed which S. Iohn saith is left Oh the unsearchable riches of our God his goodnesse and mercie that reserveth a seed of regeneration in our most heavie sad downefalls For except the Lord of Hosts had left this seed we should all have beene as Sodome and as Gomorra Theophilact writeth to the like purpose of Peter upon Luc. 22. Although Peter thou shalt find a concussion for a while yet hast thou the seeds of faith left within thee although the breath of the Tempter shake downe some leaves of thy faith yet the root holdeth life and thy faith shall not fayle Will you see a lively representation or spectacle hereof Looke upon the same man the same Peter Mat. 14. when he was walking unto Christ upon the Sea and trampling downe the proud waves thereof with his feet he began to be drowned in that haughtie enterprise but Christ reaching out a hand unto him held him up Blessed bee that sweete that comfortable that helpfull and healthfull hand of Iesus Christ which is reached out to us all in our severall necessities And so to conclude this point with sensible divinitie which most of us that observe it hath experience of though our faith be often shaken as Peters was with our owne infirmities yet it standeth fast by the mercies of God in Christ Hee seeth no iniquitie in Iacob nor transgression in Israel or if he looke upon it hee beholdeth all the Items Obligations thereof cancelled and fastened to the Crosse of his Sonne So as indeed there is no condemnation left to them that are in Iesus Christ VVe are afflicted on every side yet are we not in distresse wee are in doubt but wee despaire not we are persecuted but not forsaken cast downe but we perish not Nihil Christiano foelicius eui promittitur regnum coelorum nihil laboriosius qui quotidiè de vita periclitatur nihil fortius qui vincit diabolum nihil imbecillius qui à carne superatur Nothing more happie then a Christian because hee hath promise of the kingdom of heaven nothing more painfull because hee runneth in hazard of his life every day nothing more valiant because he overcometh the divell nothing more feeble because he is vanquished by his own flesh This summe is that wee have a great treasure given unto us of God in faith and beleeving his promises but we carry this treasure in earthen vessels subject to many knocks Let us therefore worke out our salvation with feare and trembling first by distrusting our owne abilities and attributing all to God through Iesus Christ Secondly in beleeving his promises therein So wee shall bee humble in our selves with feare and trembling yet confident in God which worketh all in us both to will to performe When we are weake he is strong and out of our weakenesse bringeth forth his owne power He predestinateth us to be of his family by his eternall counsell inrolleth us by our Baptisme calleth us by his holy word nourisheth us with the body and bloud of his Sonne Iesus Christ sealeth and confirmeth us to constancie by the effectuall operation of his blessed Spirit And so those which revolt from us in these bands what outward shew soever they make of Catholiques yet are they not of the true Church but so persisting they have no portion no right no memoriall in Ierusalem Howbeit let us pray the Father 〈◊〉 Lord Iesus Christ to take away the va 〈…〉 ●s laid 〈◊〉 their hearts to the intent 〈…〉 red together into one fold to 〈◊〉 ●hip to ●●●fesse to call upon Father Sonne holy Ghost three persons and one God praysed and magnified in the Church throughout all generations AMEN FINIS Epist 7. 1. Cor. 14. De votis Monastic De simplic praelator Psal 84. Heb. 11. Luc. 19. Aug. Epist 166. Cypr. de laps Ser. 5. Hierony in cap 5 ad Galatas 2. Cor. 2. Hierony in cap. 1. ad Galatas Sess 4. Cypr de laps Hom. 17. Chrysost in Mat. hom 46. De unitat eccles Ioh. 15. Rom. 11. 2. Cor. 4.8 Hieronym epist ad Rusticum