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A52816	A Protestant antidote against the poyson of popery clearly proving the religion of the Church of Rome to be 1. superstitious, 2. idolatrous, 3. damnable, 4. bloody, 5. novel, 6. inconsistent with the publick peace, 7. irreconciliable to true Christianity ... / by Christopher Nesse ...	Ness, Christopher, 1621-1705.	1679 (1679)	Wing N461; ESTC R14548	103,633	225

be in a perishing State in them that perish those whom god maketh no account to save he gives them up to the strong delusions of this under-working beast But as for those whom god hath ordained unto life be reserves them as his Remnant according to the Election of grace from bowing of the knee to Baal Rom. 11.4.5 So that none of Gods elect are given up to this perishing State Math. 24.24 221. Thus popery is call'd here Deceivableness because it 't is a grand Imposture a Farrago of all kind of falsities as their feigning Apparitions of Angels and Spirits their forging decrees of Councils for countenancing their Supremacy of the Romish Church their corruptions of the antient Fathers for defence of their lying Doctrines their Piae fraudes as they call them and dissembling of piety for advancing their Religion and many more 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arts of consenage and Legerdemain Tricks 222. Popery is a Circle whose Circumference is all kind of Imposture and whose center is nothing but unrighteousness So 't is call'd the deceivableness of unrighteousness and this Religious cheat Captivates only perishing Souls such as are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jude v. 4. men destinated to damnation God justly giving them up to vile affections and of belief of lyes because they received not the truth in the love of it that great Gospel sin brings just Damnation 223. (z) The 4. Scripture Evidence The 4. Scrip. Evidence is 2. Thess 2.11.12 because Papists generally are despisers of the truth God sends them strong delusions that they should believe a lye that they all May be damned who believed not the truth but had the pleasure of unrighteousness They blind their own eyes sinfully and god blind their eyes penally and because of this wilful obduration he gives them over to Satan to Captivate both their Judgments and persons as he will and at his pleasure 2. Tim. 2. last 224. Look what a besotted Infatuation was Iudicially inflicted upon the Idolatrous Jews God Shut their eyes that they could not see and their hearts that they could not understand and a deceived heart turned them aside Isai 44.18.20 they hewed the tree warmed themselves and rosted their meat with the Chips and of all of it and the Residue thereof they make a god of worships it and prays to it saying deliver me for thou art my god c. 225. Such like sottish Dotage is found among the Idolatrous papists in their prostrating before their breaden God They know it to be the fruit of the Earth the workmanship of the Baker they behold it touch it tast it to be bread that for the substance of it Perishes in the useing and is cast out into the draught as Math. 15.17 Yet do they fall down before it and prays unto it saying deliver me for thou art my god The like stupidity is in them to their Crucifixes Roods and Images of Saints 226. These and many more strong delusions which the holy Ghost calls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Efficacy of errour are the Romanists given up to The time would faile in producing the many Instances that may be found hereof and which indeed more Properly belongs to the 2. Part of this Diatribe about their Relicks and miracles I shall give but one here under what strong delusion are those Papists of Geneva (a) Wolph mem lect That show the asses taile whereon Christ rode as a divine Relique and perform Divine worship to it 227. (b) Dr. Sclater on 2 Thess 2. pag. 167 168. Dr. Sclater upon this Scripture shews very Solidly how Popery is a pack of lyes as that God loves to be suited unto by saints and Angels mediators that our works are meritorious being done in grace that a man may Supererogate and exceed in duty what he owes to god That baptism takes away whatsoever hath the proper nature of sin that Souls pass hence to pains of Purgatory that Christs death takes only away mortal sins all these he confutes substantially And to those I speak in my 2. Part of this treatise 228. And would we know the reason why Papists are given up to believe those lyes the Apostle tells us it is that they all may be damned who believed not the truth where 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is put for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Judged for condemned frequent in Scripture as John 3.17 and in others places the penall issue then is damnation not only because they despise the truth but also they delight in unrighteousness which is the highest pitch of impiety they can dispense with all Sins 229. (c) The 5. Seripture Evidence 5. Scrip. Evidence is Revel 19.21 that shews not only the Pope himself but all his obstinate followers also and sworn Sword-men and servants shall be destroyed and though they shall not be so deeply damned as the beast and the false prophet yet shall they be slain even the Kings that asist him and uphold his tottering Kingdome as to be made a prey to the infernal vultures and the greatest Sinners shall be the greatest sufferers there shall be no reasoning of any with mony as Isa 13.17.18 230. 'T is said there the Sword of Christ shall slay the Remnant not any shall escape but a severe execution shall be on all that take part with Antichrist in this his last battel at Armageddon And seeing this Sword is said to come out of the mouth of him that sitteth upon the horse it must not be taken for a material Sword but for the breath of his mouth wherewith he will destroy Antichrist 2. Thess 2.8 and for that Sentence of death that he will pass upon all his followers saying go ye Cursed 231. This place of Scripture is an allusion to Ezek. 39.4.17.20 where the destruction of Gog and Magog the grand enemies of the Chruch before Christs coming into the flesh is recorded Now as that Prophecy was fulfilled literally on them being made a feast for the fowls of the aire both great and small So shall this be fulfiled Allegorically upon all the worshippers of the beast which shall be made a feast to the fiends of Hell and then that Prince-fowl of the Air the Devil and his Spirits shall be glutted with them 232. (d) The 6. Scripture-Evidences The 6. Scrip. Evidence is 2. Pet. 2.1 where heresie is call'd a damnable thing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heresies of destruction or damnation 'T is an Hebraisme as a man of bloods Ps 5.6 is a bloody man Now heresie is a doctrine Contrary to the truth which men chuse to follow and will not be Recalmed from it If such doctrine be Simply held it is only etrour but if obstinately and pertinaciously persisted in of this more fully in my treatise of Heresie then 't is damnable Heresie 233. Heresie is Leprosy in the head which is utterly incurable Lev. 13.29 And because it therefore destroys the soul this Epithet damnable is joyned to it not so much

absolutely then it would follow that if Christ had not come amongst the Jews they had not been sinners and Gentiles that had not the Gospel were without sin which be both absurd but Austin in Tract 89. understands Sin there the great Sin of Unbelief under which all Sins are comprehended and saith expressly that though those which never had the Gospel have some excuse for their unbelief yet none for other Sins 181. The same Augustine proceeds saying such as amongst whom Christ came not may indeed have their excuse for sin but yet are not thereby freed from being damned for Sin for the Apostle is plain They which sinned without the Law shall perish without the Law Rom. 2.12 Yet there are degrees of Punishments as there be of Sins which Humane conjectures cannot comprehend they to whom Christ came and spake shall want this excuse they cannot say we have not seen nor heard him 182. And in Tract 91. in Johan he says others that can thus excuse themselves if they be not delivered from all judgment yet certainly their judgment shall be somewhat lighter than those that had seen his great works for Christ did works which none other did As the feeding of five thousand with a few Loaves and Fishes his walking upon the Water and causing Peter to come to him his turning Water into Wine and his opening the Eyes of the man that was born blind c. for which he deserv'd their best love but having hatred for Love after all these great works their Sin was inexcusable 183. To this Purpose also Chrysostom in Hom. 76. in Johan saith the Lord Christ having according to Moses Law confirmed his Doctrine by marvellous works sheweth that the Jews withstanding him yet should have no pardon For Moses had charged them to obey (f) Christ wrought Miracles as a Master by his own Authority and Command All others but as Servants him who proved his Doctrine by miracles such as none other ever did yea themselves restified that (g) John 9.32 There was never the like done in Israel and since the World began was it heard that any opened the Eyes of one born blind 184. Seeing then not to have heard any thing of Christ doth not sufficiently excuse Infidelity because it many times happens through mens own fault God justly punishing their own sin thereby with a denyal to them of the Preaching of the Gospel (h) Polan Synt. Theolog. lib. 9. cap. pag. 591.1 Col. Polanus saith well Ignorantia non excusat eos qui fidei capaces sant quandoquidem ignorantia in Adamo in quo omnes peccârunt voluntaria fuit et debent omnes et scire et credere 185. He saith also that Negative Infidelity vel sola damnat et a Regno coelorum arcet It is no hard matter to prove that even the want of a due preaching of the Gospel and of a right propounding of the knowledge of Christ to them is a punishment for their sin and sin can never excuse sin Infidels ought themselves to seek after the knowledge of the truth now if Negative Infidelity do damn the Heathens then Positive Infidelity such as is in Papists that hear and believe not must needs double damn them 186. The Papists are despisers of most clear light of the truth that hath been spread before them by many famous men so they sin against knowledge and have no 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or pretence for their Sin Minor erat culpa ubi erat culpae Ignorantia saith Ambrose lib. 9. Ep. 71. But because they say they see as the Pharisees that saw the works of Christ therefore their sin of a (i) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Twice dipt Scarlet Sin double dye remaineth (k) John 9.41 187. But to let pass their blind charity for blind Infidels which is a mere design for up holding their Kingdom and palliating their opinions about an implicit Faith I come to their uncharitableness towards us in making us worse than Infidels and passing this partial censure that Protestants cannot be saved though Infidels may (l) Coster Resp ad Refut Osiand propos 8. Costerus saith Fierinequit ut Lutheranus moriens salvetur This is a brave Romish Dictator 188. And it is determined by a general Council and the Pope that no man can be saved out of their Church as headed by the Pope extra Ecclesiam Romanam nulla est salus that it is necessary to Salvation to be a subject of the Pope of Rome Yet can they take in Infidels and lay the Church as common to the world for as many as will but believe in the Pope though they believe not in Christ whose Vicar he pretends to be 189. How can this Popish Censure be of any moment that Judges no Salvation can be among us yet if we were Infidels we might be saved so we had but an implicit Faith and believed in the Pope But the choicest Saint and Servant of God that hath an explicit Faith in Christ cannot be saved if he believe not in the Pope and be of the Church of Rome Is this a Judging according to God 190. If it had been essential to Christianity and necessary to salvation to believe in the Pope or Church of Rome then the Apostles would have preached it for converting the People would have baptized the converted into the Pope and Roman Church and it would have been inserted in some of those antient Creeds or in some of the expesitions of them but there is not a word in Scripture or any Ecclesiastical History that intimates any of those Premises and sure such a necessary point would not have been omitted 191. But Thousands and Millions were saved in the Primitive times without ever believing in the Pope or Roman Church and Paul and Silas were much mistaken when the Jaylor cryed to them Sirs what must I do to be saved in answering him Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy house Act. 16.30 31. According to the doctrine of the Romanists they should have directed them thus Thou must believe in the Pope and in the Roman Church and thou shalt be saved 192. It cannot be proved that one Christian believed in the Pope or Church of Rome for many an hundred year after Christ much less that all believed so yet for want of this belief not only we Protestants are all damned by the Romish Church but such is their uncharitableness that they damn all the Christians among the Greeks Moscovites Armenians Abassines Aethiopians Waldenses c. that believes not in the Pope 193. (m) Baxter's Key for Catholicks pag. 262. Mr. Baxter very acutely retorts upon the Romanists for this uncharitableness saying If Charity be the life of all the Graces or holy qualities of the Soul and that which above all others proveth a man to be justified and in a state of Salvation then judge by this Argument of their own whether our charitableness to them or