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A69071 Directions to know the true church. Written by George Carleton, Doctor of Diuinitie Carleton, George, 1559-1628. 1615 (1615) STC 4632; ESTC S112818 32,595 148

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up_o the_o total_a rule_n of_o ●aith_n the_o scripture_n make_v ●ut_v one_o part_n thereof_o and_o ●heir_a tradition_n another_o by_o which_o alteration_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n they_o have_v forsake_v communion_n with_o the_o church_n which_o till_o that_o time_n always_o hold_v this_o rule_n &_o which_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n must_v hold_v ●t_z i_o have_v here_o set_v down_o the_o word_n of_o the_o trent_n council_n and_o of_o car._n bellar._n expound_v the_o same_o for_o their_o sake_n who_o be_v ignorant_a may_v doubt_v whether_o this_o be_v true_a or_o not_o council_n trident_n sess_n 4._o decret_n 1._o omnes_fw-la libros_fw-la veteris_fw-la &_o novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la traditiones_fw-la ipsas_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la mores_fw-la pertinentes_fw-la tanquam_fw-la vel_fw-la ore_fw-la tenus_fw-la à_fw-la christo_fw-la vel_fw-la a_o spiritus_fw-la sancto_fw-la dictat_fw-la as_o &_o continua_fw-la successione_n in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la conseruat_fw-la as_o pari_fw-la pietatis_fw-la affectu_fw-la ac_fw-la reverentia_fw-la suscipit_fw-la ac_fw-la veneratu●_n tridentina_n synodus_fw-la that_o be_v all_z the_o book_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n as_o also_o the_o tradition_n themselves_o pertain_v both_o to_o faith_n and_o manner_n as_o be_v either_o pronounce_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o christ_n or_o deliver_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o by_o continual_a succession_n preserve_v in_o the_o catholic_a church_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n receive_v and_o honour_v with_o like_a and_o equal_a affection_n of_o piety_n and_o reverence_n card._n bellarm._n lib._n de_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la script_n cap._n 3._o asserimus_fw-la in_o scripture_n non_fw-la contineri_fw-la expressè_fw-la totam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la necessariam_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la moribus_fw-la &_o proinde_fw-la preter_fw-la verbum_fw-la de●_n scriptum_fw-la requiri_fw-la etiam_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la scriptum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la divinas_fw-la &_o apostolicas_fw-la traditiones_fw-la that_o be_v we_o affirm_v that_o in_o the_o scripture_n be_v not_o contain_v express_o all_o necessary_a doctrine_n whether_o of_o faith_n or_o manner_n and_o therefore_o beside_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n be_v require_v also_o the_o unwritten_a word_n of_o god_n namely_o divine_a and_o apostolical_a tradition_n card._n bellar._n ibid._n cap._n 4._o scripturae_fw-la sine_fw-la traditionius_n nec_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la ne●essariae_fw-la nec_fw-la sufficientes_fw-la that_o be_v the_o scripture_n without_o tradition_n be_v neither_o simple_o necessary_a nor_o yet_o sufficient_a card._n bellar._n ibid._n cap._n 12._o dico_fw-la scripturam_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la ●it_n facta_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la regula_fw-la fidei_fw-la esse_fw-la tamen_fw-la regulam_fw-la fidei_fw-la non_fw-la totalem_fw-la sed_fw-la partialem_fw-la totalis_fw-la enim_fw-la regula_fw-la fidei_fw-la est_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la sive_fw-la revelatio_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la facta_fw-la quae_fw-la dividitur_fw-la in_o dvas_fw-la regulas_fw-la partiale_n scripturam_fw-la &_o traditiones_fw-la that_o be_v i_o say_v that_o the_o scripture_n though_o it_o be_v not_o make_v especial_o to_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o faith_n yet_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o faith_n not_o in_o whole_a but_o in_o part_n for_o the_o whole_a rule_n of_o faith_n be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n or_o the_o revelation_n of_o god_n make_v to_o the_o church_n which_o be_v divide_v into_o two_o partie-rule_n scripture_n and_o tradition_n these_o thing_n the_o learned_a papist_n make_v no_o doubt_n of_o and_o ●herfore_o i_o take_v they_o as_o thing_n grant_v by_o they_o because_o all_o ●heir_n learned_a man_n grant_v the_o ●ame_n for_o the_o unlearned_a i_o ●ave_n set_v they_o down_o that_o they_o may_v understand_v that_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n which_o the_o church_n hold_v before_o &_o which_o hold_v ●he_n church_n in_o unity_n be_v by_o ●hem_n forsake_v and_o therefore_o if_o they_o will_v seek_v a_o true_a church_n they_o must_v seek_v such_o a_o church_n which_o hold_v still_o the_o same_o rule_n of_o faith_n with_o the_o true_a church_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v before_o the_o trent_n council_n and_o must_v stand_v till_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n finis_fw-la