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The seconde parte of the booke called a Bucklar of the Catholyke fayeth conteyninge seuen chapiters / made by Rychard Smyth doctoure of diuinitie of Oxforde, & reader of the same there.
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Smith, Richard, 1500-1563.
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nunc cuÌ„ christo â–ª sicut illi prophetae omnes viuunt cuÌ„ christo Sainte Paule liueth nowe with Christ as all those Prophetes doeth Agayne Sainte Austen speakinge of the gate or porte of paradise whiche Christe opened the daye of his death writeth thus Per haÌ„e ingressus est Petrus per hanc ingressus est Paulus per hanc omnes sancti Martyres intraueruÌ„t Thorow this port S. Peter entred into heauen through this gate s Paule weÌ„t into heaueÌ„ through thys gate al the holie Martyrs entred into heaueÌ„ Saint Basill beleued the same Basil epist 67. when he saied thus Mortuus est uir qui columna erat stabilimeÌ„ tum ecclesiae imo magis ad beataÌ„ uitam sublarus à nobis abscessit The man is deade whiche was the piller and the establishemeÌ„t of the churche Naye rather hee taken froÌ„ vs is goone into heauen Abdias which was of the Abdi lib. i. â—ist â—â—postilicâ— lxxii disciples which Christ sent in to the worlde afore him to preache saieth that Saint Peter saied when he shoulde be crucified Quare scitoâ—e me ad hoc ipsum festâ—are ut carne exutus domino assistam Wherfore knowe ye that I make haste vnto this same thinge that I beinge vnclothed of the fleashe maye be present with our lorde Again he witnesâ—eth that S. Lib. v. â—ist apâ—â— Iohn euangelist sayd vnto one Andronicus weping muche for the death of Drusâ—ana Ita ne fleueris quasi ignores quo illa concesserit Nescis illam conuâ—rsationem esse meliorem quae in coelo est ad quam saÌ„cta fidelis Drusiana traÌ„ siuit expectans spem resurrectionis ex mortuis Doest thou so weape for her as thoughe thou knewest not whether shee is goone Doest thou not knowe that that conuersation is better whiche is in heauen vnto the whiche the holye and faiethful DrusiaÌ„ is passed out of this life looking for the risinge vp againe from death vnto lyfe Oecumenius a Greake writter expouÌ„ding these wordes of s Steuen Actes vii receaue O lorde Iesu my spirite sayeth Hinc ostenditur iustorum animas á corporibus liberatas nequaquaÌ„ in infernum desceÌ„dere sed traÌ„s mitti in manus Dei viuentis â–ª The fifte chapiter That it is lawfull and good to put fiaunce esperaunce or trust in our good workes nexte after God as in his giftes whiche thinge Luther Buâ—â—â— Peter Martyr semblable others deuiâ— Also that we maye lyue godlye for the heauenlye rewarde THe Prophet did putte trust in his good works when he sayed Memento Psal cxxxi do mine â–ª Dauid omnis mansue tudinis eius Remembre Dauid O lorde and all hys mekenes Euen so did the good kinge Eze iiii Reg. xx chias sayinge Memento domine quo modo ambulauerim coram â—e in veritate in corde perfecto c. Remembre o Lorde howe I haue walked that is to saye howe I haue liued before thee with a perfite faieth and haue dâ—ne those thinges whiche pleaseth Phil. iii. thee Sainte Paule confirmeth this doctrine when he saith Nostra conuersatio est in coelis vnde expectamus dominum nostrum Iesum Christum ce Our liuynge is heauenlye and therfore we looke for oure lorde Iesu Christe whiche wyll refourme oure vile bodyes and make them lyke vnto his glorious bodie Christe sayed Sunt Matth. xix eunuchi c. Ther be some men whiche haue chosen a continent lyfe for the kyngdome of heaueÌ„ as their stipende and rewarde Mooreouer saied not the holye Prophete Dauid Inclinaui cor Psal L. xix meum c. I haue bowed mye heart to kepe thy righteous coÌ„inaundementes for a rewarde Commendeth not sainte Paule the Colossians because they exercised Loloss i. Hebr. iâ— xii â–ª charâ—â—ee and gaue alines propter spem repositam eis in coelis for a rewarde layed vp in heauen whiche they so doing hooped to haue Saieth he not that Moyses preferringe the He. xi xii reproches which he suffered for Christes sake before the riches of Aegypte looked vpon the rewarde to come â–ª Saith he not also that Christ when he suffered looked vpon the ioyes whiche he shoulde haue by hys passion Now heare what some The doctours sâ—nâ—ences of the olde doctours saye in this matter and first saint Austens minâ—e whiche sayeth Sâ— pro remissione Tom. sâ—r lx de tempore peccatorum amore vite aeâ—eâ—nae eleemosy nà dederis â—otum dextera facit If thou doe geue an almes for to obtayne remission of thy synnes and for the loue of euerlastyng lyfe thy ryght hande doth altogether that is to saye it is well doone Saint Basyl saieth Iustus est is qui nos ad tolerandos agones Basil epist lx Lege Bas de ve ra virginitate et ad interrogationem 135. praemijs inuitat God is righteous which sterreth vs with rewardes to suffer fightes Howe often tymes did Christ moue the people to lyue godlye by promysing to them euerlasting lyfe Saith he not amongest the rest Hoc fac viues Do thou this that Luke x. is to say helpe thy neadie neighbour with almes geuinge and thou shalt liue euer Why then maye not I leafullie lyue well vpon hope of that euerlastinge lyfe whiche he promiseth to vs that doe well and continue in doinge well vnto our liues end as Paule dyd Saint Paule saieth Non sunt condigne passiones c. The afflictions or tribulations Rom. ix of this lyfe are not worthye the glorie to come Whiche he wrot to prouoke vs to suffre aduersitees patientlie hopyng to obtain thereby that reward This is manifestlye taught by the scripture sayinge Fiducia Tob. iiii â–ª magna erit omnibus coram Deo summo eleâ—mosyna facientibus eam S. Chrisostome expresseth the same playnelye writynge Chrisost hâ—m vâ—u Math. thus Vnusquisâ— nostrum in nulla re alia spem suam nisi post dei misecordiam in morum honestate constituat Let euerye one of vs put his affiaunce and truste in no other thynge nexte after Gods mercie but in the honestie of maners Agayne he sayeth Homi. lxvi in Ioannem Math. xx expoundinge these Christes wordes Non est meum dare vobis ce Dominus illo compellebat in gratia Dei primum deinde in Iaboribus proprijs omnem salutem spem gloriae reponere Our Lorde moued vs thither to put first all our saluation all our hope and esperaunce of the glorie to come in Gods grace and then afterwarde in our owne labours Thirdelye To â—ii coÌ„tione â–ª 4. delazaro he writeth after this sorte Ingens bonum in tuis ipsius benefactis collocare speÌ„ It is a very good thynge to putte truste in thyne owne good dedes Vt scires quód eleemosina est beneficium opusque tuuÌ„ non simpliciter iâ—â—â—norum amicitijs sed in amieitijs per maÌ„mona pâ—rtis Christus iustâ—â— te coÌ„fidere dicens Facite vâ—bis amicos etâ—
Christ coÌ„mauÌ„ded thee to trust in amities gotteÌ„ throw Luc. xvi almes sayinge Make you frendes by the mam man of iniquitie c. To make anâ—â—de of this Chapter dyd not S. Paule ii Tim. iiii bothe truste in hys good workes and also loke to haue a rewarde in heauen for them and not onely for has faith when he sayed 〈◊〉 certamen c. I haue foughten a good batteâ—â— I haue kepte my faythe and haue ended my course of prâ—achynge and of good lyuynge there nowe resteth a crowne of ryghteousnes whiche God a ryghteous iudge shall render to me at that daye and not onlye vnto me but vnto them also whiche doe loue hys commynge vnto that iudgement Wherfore I molte humblie and heartelye beseche God of hys great mercie geue them grace that are agaynst thys Catholike doctrine to retourne vnto the veritie agayne and leade their liues godlye in obseruyng of Gods holy commaundementes that they maye iustlye put their â—â—aunce and trust in their owne good workes as Gods 〈◊〉 giftes and loke stedfastlye to haue and inioye the glorye of heauen thereby throughe the merites of Christ our sauiours blessed Passion to whom with the father the holy ghost be all â—rayse honour for euer AmeÌ„ The sixte chapiter That Baptisme is not onlye a sigâ—e and a marke of oure iustification and proâ—â—â—â—on 〈◊〉 onlie a seale and confirmation of the same as Peter Martyr T. Lrâ—â—â—â— Rydâ—â—ye Latechisme â—o 35. 36. 〈◊〉 arâ— xxvi 〈◊〉 xxiâ— and the authours of the 〈◊〉 and articles 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 kynge Edwardâ—â— the 〈…〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sayâ— and teachâ— THys erroure good christian reader is so manifestlye againste Goddes worde â—s nothing can be more Therfore if meÌ„ haue any grace and regarde to Gods â—rueth hys honoure and their owne soulâ—s health or saluation they wyll that yet are not inferteâ— with these newe opinions beware of them and abhorre the teachers of them and they that are poysoned with any such doctrâ—ne wyll for sake it and embrace againe the verie true doctâ—â—ne of the cathelyke churche when they shall see that there guides teachers and preachers do so 〈…〉 erre against the worde of GOD as they do in thys preâ—â—â—â—â— matter of Baptisme but to entrepruise beginne this treatise saâ—d not S. Iohan Baptist â–ª that Christe shoulde baptise the people 〈◊〉 the holy ghost What is that if it â—e Math. iiâ— not Christe as â—â—â—aye God to geue hys holy espiâ—â—â— thorowe grace â–ª forgeuenes of â—â—â—nes to the personage that is baptâ—sed in baptisme Agayne was Peter Martyr and the makers of the articles annexed to the aboue reâ—eâ—â—sed cathechisâ—â— â—ither so ignoraunt that they knewe not or so malitious against the trueth that they would not beleue this christes saying Quisquis crediderit baptizatus fuerit saluâ—â—â—â— Who soeuer shal Mar. vlâ—â— beleue â—e baptised shal be saued Is not this playne enough against this heresie and also against Peter Martyr with all others the Lutherans and Swinglians whiche saye that Fayth only iustifieth not man we are iustified and saued by faieth onelye For doeth not Christe â—oyne here faieth and baptisme together for the pourchasemente Reade ye that are infected with Peter Maâ—â—â—rs doctrine and repent in tyme. of oure saluation Seest thou not then reader that oure newe brethren were verie blinde to saye that baptisme is but a marke of our saluation and a sealyng of it onlie Wyll anye man be yet so maddâ— to followe their doctrine or to beleue their teachinge and corrupted bokes But heare Christ againe to their further reproch coniÌ„utation sayinge Nisi quis c. Excepte a man be borne againe Ioa◠〈◊〉 of water and the holye ghost he shall not entre into the kingdome of heauen What is it I beseche the Christien reader here to be borne agayn of the water and the spirite if it be not a man to be borne spiritually thorowe grace and forgeuenes of his sinnes the chyld of God whiche was borne naturallye of his mother the soÌ„ne Psalm 〈◊〉 of Gods ire or wrathe as saint Paule witnesseth playnlye Affirmeth not also Christe heare Ephes ii Note this that a manne entreth into the realme or kingdome of heauen thorowâ— his newe byrth in baptisme and that without it he shall not â—e can enter into it Is this baptisme to be but a Faieth onelye â—â—ueth vs not as our newe brechâ—en saâ— it doâ—th signe and a coÌ„firmation of our saluation or faieth onlye to iustifie man Is it any other thing a man to be iustified than to be borne agayne throughe the workinge of the holye ghoost which is geuen to vs in baptisme Ti iii. Seest thou not theÌ„ ones again reader these Gospellers blindnesse and ignorance in the scriptures Moreouer saith not S. Paule that we are grafted into Rom. vi Christes mysticall bodye the churche throughe baptisme â–ª Sayeth he not in an other place that the Corrinthians were washed made holy and iustified This is agaynst Peter Martyr which saith that a child is a meÌ„bre of the churche befoâ—e he â—e 〈◊〉 baptised in the name of our Lorde Iesu Christ and in the spirite of god meanynge by that washinge of them their baptisme See wee not then that saint Paule beleued a man to be made righteous or iustified throughe baptisme and not by fayeth onlye Is this baptisme then to be but Faith onely iâ—stifieth vs not a marke of oure saluation and iustification O notable and straunge blyndnes of these proceders yea of these goers backward from the trueth and new preachers Why wynked they at thys sayinge of saint Paule Gala. iii. Ye all are the sonnes of GOD thorowe faieth whiche is in Christe Iesu Quot quot namâ— in Christo baptizati estis Christum induistis For as manye of you as be baptised in Christe haue putte on Christ What els ment saynâ—t Paule here by puttynge on of Christ in Baptisme but the receauinge of hym by grace that we made the children of God his father not onely by faythe as this letter declareth but also by baptisme shoulde be clothed with him and our synnes so remitted throughe his desertes and speciall grace that they should be therby as it were couered and hidde from the syght of God that he wyll not looke vpon them to punishe vs for them Dyd these men neuer reade and vnderstande sayâ—et Paule affirmynge that Christ cleanseth vs through the fountayne Ephe. v. of water and the worde of lyfe to make vs glorious without spotte and wrincle of synne Wyll then anye learned wyse man yet beleue this doctrine Faith onely â—ustiâ—eth vs not whiche is that only fayth iustifieth man and that baptisme is but a sygne or a marke onelye of it Adde to these sayinges thys testimonie of S. Paule Cum apparuerit benignitas c. After the bounteousnes and loue of oure sauioure God whiche he bare towarde man appeared he of hys