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A17308	Truth's triumph ouer Trent: or, the great gulfe betweene Sion and Babylon That is, the vnreconcileable opposition betweene the Apostolicke Church of Christ, and the apostate synagogue of Antichrist, in the maine and fundamentall doctrine of iustification, for which the Church of England Christs spouse, hath iustly, through Gods mercie, for these manie yeares, according to Christs voyce, separated her selfe from Babylon, with whom from henceforth she must hold no communion. By H.B. rector of S. Mathews Friday-Street.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1629 (1629)	STC 4156; ESTC S107077	312,928	398

for all Now though this ground be most false and absurd yet his whole Chapter tendeth to proue that because vpon the necessity of perseuerance the Doctors of the Church vse many exhortations to men to perseuere whose testimonies to this purpose Vega heapeth vp in great number therefore the Doctors of the Church doe all consent that a man that is predestinate to life may fall away from grace It is Vega's owne collection for else saith he why doe these Doctors vse so many exhortations to men to striue to continue in the faith not to be secure vntill the end for this is the summe of all his testimonies that he alledgeth In the prosecution of all which I cannot better compare Vega one of Trents chiefe Questers than to a Spaniell which taking his scope in a large field trauersing vp and downe in and out to find game puts vp many a Foule but still the more he prosecutes them the faster and farther they flye from him So dealeth Vega. Hee takes the whole Church a large field to quest in he startles many a Doctor and Father foolishly thinking in his owne sent to make them his owne but in the vpshot they flye the farther from him As here The Fathers exhort men to constancy and perseuerance in the grace of God not to bee negligent and carelesse not to be carnally secure but so to runne as they may obtaine True and such exhortations are most godly and necessary for they are speciall meanes and motiues to stirre vs vpto attaine that end of our faith the saluation of our soules to which we were predestinate and preordained of God For as God hath appointed vs to the end so he hath appointed vs also to the meanes as Ephes. 2. 10. For wee are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes which God hath 〈…〉 ordained that we should walke in them Exhortations therefore and pious admonitions are very necessary as speciall meanes to draw vs on along to our wished end as a stiffe ga●● of winde filling the failes of our deuoutest affections vntill wee 〈…〉 at our appointed port And whereas Vega would pe●●ersly conclude hence that because we must take heede least we fall as the Councell of Trent alledgeth out of the Apostle therefore the predestinate to life may and doe fall away hence rather we may conclude the contrary that seeing God hath predestinated vs to the end which is our full and small saluation and hath chal●● vs out the way and meanes by which we come to reach and attaine to this end as to walke carefully and heedfully fearing to displease God sollicitous to serue God to take heede of carnall security and all false and groundlesse confidence therefore continuing on in this path obseruing these meanes tending vnto the end we doe hence gather to our selues stronger assurance euery day that we shall at length most certainly attaine to the end of our most Christian race and so obtaine the Crowne of life For as St. Peter exhorting the faithfull to diligence and perseuerance in holy duties as meanes leading to the end saith If yee doe these things ye shall neuer fall for by this meanes an entrance is made vnto you aboundantly into the euerlasting Kingdome of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ. What Did St. Peter meane that the faithfull should be doubtfull or vncertaine of their saluation or were they so much nearer to falling away from grace because hee warnes them so much to be carefull to keep their way and to continue in the meanes No the contrary for by this meanes an entrance was administred aboundantly into the Kingdome of Gods glory And this is the vnanimous scope of all the testimonies of those Doctors and Fathers of the Church which Vega so multiplyeth going about to corrupt so many witnesses to giue in euidence for the instability and slipperinesse of his Pontifician grace Now for his eight Chapter which he spends about answering some places in St. Iohns Epistle seeming as he saith to make for the Heretickes as Iouinian c. we will speake of it in a fitter place by and by when we come to confirme the Catholicke truth and in the meane time leaue Vega dazeling his owne eyes by his ouer-daring of the glorious Sunne and scorching his owne wings in fluttering about the bright flame of Gods Word which for all his huffing at it he shall neuer be able to put out But hee goes on to proue that no man can know his owne predestination and perseuerance but by diuine reuelation In his 10. Chapter he brings Salomons saying and such like Blessed is the man that feareth alwayes as though the feare of God were an enemy to Christian assurance in this kinde sith it confirmes it much more the holy feare of God being a certaine fruit and effect of predestination leading to perseuerance as both we haue and shall further make good Hee alledgeth also against the certainty of perseuerance that of Salomon Pro. 27. 1. Boast not thy selfe of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth Here the Pontifician still is like himselfe bewraying his malice against the truth as if certainty of grace were a boasting Nothing lesse For while we entertaine certainty we exclude and vtterly abandon boasting and presumption certainty and presumption being incompatible yea contrary one to the other and cannot possibly cohabit and dwell together in one heart For there is nothing more vaine than boasting nothing more vncertaine than presumption besides Salomon there speakes of to morrow as our Sauiour Matth. 6. 34. and as St. Iames Chapt. 4. Vers. 13. 14. that men should not be eyther ouer anxious and sollicitous or ouer presumptuous of to morrow about their worldly affaires Whereas thou knowest not saith Iames what shall be on the morrow for what is your life you may as a vapour vanish away before to morrow So that in these things that are in regard of vs contingent a man can haue no certainty But saluation stands not vpon any tickle termes of contingency as wee shall see anon And whereas Vega alledgeth Bernard as denying the certainty of election and predestination because saith Bernard the Scripture is against it which saith Man knoweth neither loue nor hatred by all that is before them although we be not absolutely bound to beleeue any mans authority in alledging the Scriptures when it is plaine hee mis-vnderstandeth or at least mis-applyeth the place as Bernard vnder correction doth here sith it is plaine and euident as wee shewed before that the Preacher speaketh of these outward things as prosperity and aduersity which are no certaine markes of Gods fauour or displeasure as being common to all men promiscuously as well the righteous as the wicked yet we are not so straight-laced as not to embrace euen Bernard himselfe in this point For if the certainty of saluation rested vpon mans testimony wee might as soone relye vpon Bernards authority as another But where Bernard

TRUTH' 's TRIUMPH OVER TRENT OR THE GREAT GVLFE BETWEENE SION and BABYLON THAT IS The vnreconcileable opposition betweene the Apostolicke Church of CHRIST and the Apostate Synagogue of ANTICHRIST in the maine and fundamentall Doctrine of IVSTIFICATION for which the Church of ENGLAND Christs Spouse hath iustly through Gods mercie for these manie yeares according to Christs voyce separated her selfe from Babylon with whom from henceforth she must hold no Communion By H. B. Rector of S. Mathews Friday-Street 2. COR. 6. 14 15 16. What fellowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse and what communion hath light with darkenesse And what concord 〈…〉 Christ with Belial Or what part hath the Beleeuer with an Infidell And what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols LONDON Printed for MICH. SPARKE 1629. To the High and Excellent who inhabiteth Eternity IESVS CHRIST the Lord our Righteousnesse the faithfull witnesse the first begotten of the dead the Prince of the Kings of the earth who hath loued vs and washed vs in his owne bloud and hath made vs Kings and Priests vnto God and his Father Glory Dominion Blessing Honour Power for euermore Amen MOst High and Holy Lord Iesus to whom should a sinfull wretch and worthlesse abiect presume to approach but to thee his gracious Sauiour and mercifull Redeemer Vouchsafe then O Sun of righteousnes to stretch thy healing wings ouer my fainting and feeble soule now prostrate at thy beautifull and blessed feet and so bathe wash me in the fountain of thy precious bloud as that I may be presented spotlesse before thy Fathers Throne clad in the robes of thy perfect righteousnesse Thou art that faithfull witnesse to confirme yea that souereigne King and supreme Iudge to maintaine the cause of thine eternall truth against all Antichristian aduersaries Vouchsafe therefore to patronize this poore labour which the weakest vnworthiest of all thy seruants is bold here to consecrate to thy Name It is but that small fruit and rivulet which hath sprung from thee the liuing Roote and Fountaine of all grace so as by iust right it is thine Let thy power protect the worke and workman from all iniury of time and thy grace blesse the worke both to the confirming of thy people in the sauing truth and to the conuincing of the gain-sayer Thou seest O Lord the presumption of Antichrist and of his seduced seducing Apostles Thou beholdest these Apostatizing luke-warme times how many looke backe to Egypt to Babylon Thou numbrest and weighest Antichristian Aduocates and Baals Pleaders and Babylons Reconcilers as if they would in despight of thee and thy blessed Word re-erect Babels Tower within the borders of thy Sion O Lord are not thine eyes vpon the truth And do not thine eyes runne to and fro throughout the whole earth to shew thy selfe strong in the behalfe of them whose heart is perfect towards thee Art not thou He that in former times hast saued vs from our enemies hast put them to confusion that hate vs But now Lord if we may dispute with thee and seeing thy seruant who is but dust and ashes hath begun to speake to my Lord wherefore hast thou cast thy people off and goest not forth with our Armies Wherefore doest thou make vs to turne our backe from the enemy that they which hate vs spoile our goods Wherfore doest thou make vs a reproach vnto our neighbours a scorne and derision to them that are round about vs Or can wee plead for our selues as once thy people by the mouth of thy seruant Dauid did Though all this be come vpon vs yet haue we not forgotten thee nor behaued our selues falsly in thy Couenant Or can wee say Our heart is not turned backe nor our steps declined from thy way Or That wee haue not forgotten the Name of our God nor stretched out our hand to a strange God Alas O Lord our confusion is still before vs our iniquities are with vs they testifie against vs so that how can wee hold vp our heads before thee or stand before our enemies And yet O Lord all our smart and shame cannot teach vs to beleeue thy Prophets who haue often told vs The Lord is with you while ye be with him and if yee seeke him he will be found of you but if yee forsake him hee will forsake you And wherein are we conuinced of our forsaking of thee O Lord but by beholding with lamentable experience how thou seemest now of long time to haue forsaken vs For else if thou Lord wert with vs how should so many calamities and disasters fall vpon vs and vpon thy people round about vs How should England formerly a terrour to her neighbours become now their scorne and derision The truth is O Lord we must needs confesse to our great shame that with the Church of Ephesus wee haue declined from our first loue O teach vs to remember from whence we are fallen and to repent and do the first works left thou come against vs quickly and remoue our Candlesticke out of his place except we repent And hast thou not at least a few things against vs that the woman Iezebel which calleth her selfe a Prophetesse is suffered to teach and to seduce thy seruants to commit fornication with Idols For this thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloud that our prayer should not passe through For this thou hast made vs as the refuse in the midst of the people For this all our enemies haue opened their mouth against vs yea thy fierce windes haue fought against vs wasted and wracked our forces Yet doe not O Lord cast vs off for euer Thy people put their mouth in the dust if so be there may be hope O teach vs to search and trie our waies and turne again to thee our God O pleade for vs to thy Father when in thy name wee lift vp our heart with our hands to God in the heauens And lest our praiers be turned into sin O strengthen our hearts and hands from the highest to the lowest to cast our from among vs our Idol-sins and sinfull Idols the abominations and prouocations of thy iealousie O blesse thy seruant our gracious Soueraigne King CHARLES double vpon his royall person the spirit of vpright Dauid and of zealous Iosiah to purge and repaire thy Temple that vpon himselfe his Crown may long flourish his righteous Scepter may cherish and support thy people his victorious Sword may suppress and vanquish thine and his enemies Showre down thy grace into the heart of his royall Queene that shee comming to partake with him in the onely and blessed means of saluation thy Word Sacraments may become also a ioyfull fruitful nurcing Mother to thine Israel Multiply the Spirit of wisdome counsel vpon his Maiesties Honorable Counsellers that taking all their counsel at thee thy word all their consultations and resolutions may prosper and procure peace and prosperity to these Kingdomes and thy Churches therein and abroad Double the