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truth_n	believe_v	faith_n	life_n	4,645	5	4.9113	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18924	The syn, against the holy ghoste made manifest from those grounds of faith, which haue bene taught & received by the faithfull in Engla[n]d, & that for those 40.y. togither vnder the prosperovs raigne of my Soveraigne Lady and Quene Elishabet. Which may serue for a rayning in of the heady, & yet for a spur to slouthfull spirits: by Henoch Clapham.	Clapham, Henoch.	1598 (1598)	STC 5345; ESTC S117149	23,663	26

did also the Apostles in giuing the visible guiftes of the spirit vsed of Presbyters in creating ad enstalling persons into ministeriall functions somtymes to the Gatheringe Ministerie but euer on Ministrie tyed to som certaine congregation signifyinge and sealing hereby vnto such sowles beleiuinge no lesse thē the presence of God with them in such theyr Christian callinge This Mr Caluin consideringe he therefore truly calls it such a sacrament as hath a faithfull siigne of spirituall grace And for a sacrament in no larger sence Augustine hauing spoke of Baptisme saith thus Either of them is a sacramēt by sure consecratiō both of them is giuē to mā that vvhē he is baptised this whē he is ordained therefore in the Catholicall church it is held vnlaufull to reiterate thē Yet neither of thē nomber it elswhere with the few ād easie sacraments of the new testament because as before it hath bene common vnto all the ages of the Church yet this must be no reason why not to teach and repute it for a glorious sacrament wherewithall a blessing from the Greater is convaid vnto the Lesser Under Resurrection is contained first our rising here from spirituall death vnto the life of Christ in his body the Church secondlie our resurrection after the bodies naturall death and that vnto eternall lyfe for the resurrection of the wicked is but a rising to the second Death The last is eternall iudgment first to the eternall glorie of the faithfull contrary to cursed Chiliasts secondly to the eternall confusion and never dyinge worme of the vnfaithfull contrarie to the blynd pitifull colection of Origenists And those are the doctrines he calleth the Themelion foundation as also begining of Christ. Which must be the rather obserued because som put no difference betwene the foundation of faith which here made the hebrues a true visible people of God and other accidentall doctrines which tende but to the perfection of the same foundation the contrarie vnto which foundation can onlie in proprietie of scripture he termed Anti-keimenon Anti-christian opposit to foundation opposit to Christ. The not retaining of which distinction hath caused too manie libells be dispersed and railings against such as Gather truly though weakly with Christ ●… and himself teacheth that he who gathers with him that works not against him But are euery of those seuerall heads the knowledge and beleif of them of absolute necessitie vnto saluation For infants of the faithfull theyr lump is to be considered in theyr first fruites I answer it is impossible for any sowle to com anie way to true lyfe but by passing thorough him who is the Way Truth and Lyfe Nor can one goe into the sheepfold but by the Dore and the Porter Nor can this be don but by Repentance and Faith Besides faith is exercised in beleiuing the promise of Resurrection and eternall iudgment and quiet it cānot be till the promises be sealed in Baptisme the dore sacrament into the Church Which caused the Eunuch vpon a litle information to cry vvhat lets I may not be baptized As also when Peters hearers cryed out vvhat shall vve do to be saved him to make this answer amend your liues be baptized and no sooner they confessed faith in Iesus but straight way they were baptised Yet this I suffix Faith apprehending the word of promise it trulie iustifieth with God and his Church before the Seale com seing the seale is not the Begetter but Confirmer of that faith whereby we apprehend righteousnes in Christ Iesus and so holy writ teacheth both of Circumcision and Baptisme I conclude then the two first and last of the 6. principles to be absolutely neccessary vnto salvation As for Baptisme it is required vnto salvation conditionally that is if it may before death be had nor ought it be deferred within the Church beyonde the 8. day called the Lord his day the day of Convention and in conuerting without the Church beleiuers for them and theyres ought presently to be baptised with the Eunuch Paul laylour and Lydia As for imposition it is also symply necessarie t●… such as to whome it suiteth for the end where to it serueth that is not to seale saluation but to assure the sowle of GOD his helping hand in the work whereto the partie is alotted Not symplie necessarie in the Gathering and propheticall ministery and therefore we se before and vnder and after the lawe within and without the True visible church diuerse stirred vp to call people vnto God and his Christ who neuer had anie hand of man so put vpon them But it is symply necessary to a ministerie designed to a particular Church and therefore the Tabernacle ministerie Priests and Leuits and the new testaments ministrie Presbyters and Deacons they neuer were installed without it The principles then that are of absolute necessitie vnto saluation may therefore be deduced into two heads the first knowledg of the true Christ for otherwise our Sauiour telleth vs we shall haue manie kyndes of CHrists preached by pseudo-prophets to whose factions we are not to goe forth but only to repaire for our fedinge where his spirituall eyed Eagles do gather to his carcase or body slayne in word and sacraments as Paul afterwards described him crucified vnto the Galatians The second poynt is the true apprehension of Christ whome knowledge propoundeth and this is onlie by Faith a guifte of the spirit within but wrought by externall ministerie of preaching euen the preaching of faith And so hauinge giuen vnto vs his Son how shall he not with him giue vnto vs all things also Which apprehendinge faith is vnto others liue the beleiuer no longer after then the good theif on the crosse manifested by the fruit of the lips and in liuing longer it vtters it self conformable in som good measure to doe the commaundements of him who hath frelie saued him otherwise Iames termes it a Deuels faith a dead faith a meere delusion For the exellentie of true faith it Synecdo●…hicallie is put for the whole doctrine of the Ghospell Iude. 3. Gal. 3. 2. 1 Tim. 4. 1. alibj nor maruell because all obedience without it is but a Crab-fish crallinge backward and a Pharisaicall painted sepulcre for without this faith it is impossible to please God It is to all our actions as salt vnder the lawe was to all sacrifices the ●…erie sauourer and purifiez and this Peter maketh the cause of no difference betwene Iue and Gentile the purification of the heart by faith Act. 15. 9 which faith not mingled with the word when the Israelites heard it was cause of theyr downefall in the desert Heb. 4. 1. 2. When therefore an Auntient considered that the Iust li●…es by faith etc. He speaketh thus pathetically Faith is the originall of righteousnes the head of holynes the begining of deuotion the foundation of religion this excludeth doubts holdeth sure things sealeth vp

I teach vnto yow and euen for that both I and yow do owe much praise to the hiest Stand in the ways behold ask for thold way vvhich is the good way If the old way be the good way of god contained in the Bibles Canon then what are the vvays wherin sowles must stand while they enquire for that good way Is it anie thinge but the voices of the faithfull in al ages who haue trod forth the way of life before vs And this is it causeth Christ to direct his Loue no otherwise but by bidding her If she were ignorant to get her forth by the steps of the flocks who had trod the tract before her And for this cawse also is it that the Church is called The piller ground of truth Manie cold be contented I drewe such a Carde of antiquitie for clearing the life of faithfull in Succession who yet with Iob haue bene ouerron with an outward scab sowle vntoucht of Satan but they shold knoe it vnreasonable to bid the Israelite make brick and then deny him strawe And yet yow and I haue gone a warfare at our owne charges though euer we cānot all things but the lord knoeth what is necessarie Meane tyme as we are debtors to all so let vs as we may cast our breade on all waters or sorts of people for after many days we shall fynd it And so besuchinge yow to hold fast least another take the crowne I desire the Lord his sauing spirit to dwell for euer in our spirits So be it ¶ To his beloued Tho. whicks and Ri. Carter 〈◊〉 sauing guiftes of the Spirit Amen NOt knowing if so we shall liue to behold one anothers face againe in this lyfe let me supplie the wast paper with those few lynes Returninge from the funerals of my excellent gracious frend Mistris Anne Ogle I was motioned to conflict with your neighbour Romanist prisoners But considering I had no orderly callinge so to doe yow knoe how vnwilling I was Yet afterwards perceiuing a nere frend of myne his foote snarled in theyr grin which amazd me more then all Romish learning could I not only was willinge but also made challendg yet vnder hand-writing that so any beholder thereof they might more orderlie iudge The Doctor agreed Under his hand for shaking my ministrie he put downe this I ●…esis All true Ministers of the Ghospel are only raised vp within the present established church of Rome Hereto I opposed drawing his argument into forme vrging him to proue the Maior All such Ministers are only raised vp in the established church of Christ for that I denied secondlie That Romes Church euer was or is that only church which also I denied To the Minor but skipping ouer the word Only he said somthing And therto I excepted first by calling into question ād not vnworthily if euer Romes Church was truly established Secondly though that shold appeare I denied the present church of Rome to retaine the Auncient Apostolike faith And here I propounded theyr hallowing water wax Bells for driuing away deuels etc. Purgatory fyre for cleansing away sin theyr constituting Sts. departed Mediators wherevnto I now adde Sauiors theyr postinge ouer one mans works for supplying anothers lack which they terme works of Super-erogation ād the church her treasure set of sale in leaden Buls in theyr yeare of Iubile with a Fifte doctrine I now remember not for I lefte the writings behind in Marshland Hereat the Doctor sterued callinge me falsifier etc. denying theyr church to teach those doctrines As for the Major proposition though in 3. sondry writs I prouoked him which first in order shold haue bene handled in Nature or Art yow knoe in neuer one of his papers he wold somuch as looke that way he perceiuing it I doubt not to be an Iron too hot for his fingring And so Clapham remaines vntouched ād interessed with a ministrie of the ghospell although my god knoweth I knoe my self most vnworthie and cold be glad thereof to be disburdened It now remaineth to be examined if so I charged theyr church falslie And therein I refer my words to be compared with all Romish writers manie before but specially since theyr cursing cursed Councell of Trident Neptunes thre-tynd forke for hurling one sea of errour vpon another But I knoe he knoes the charge most true only till he had trapped som sowles and fettered them fast he wold not haue such trumpery discouered This was it which caused him speak so plausibly Viz The common seruice book could neuer beget faith and yet themselues make most of it theyr owne that faith is begotten only by preaching and yet themselues first introduced domb priests that they haue the office of Elders but yet none that in the same Congregation assisteth a Pastor as also that of Deacons although none to waite on the Loue-tables nor occupied about the poore such couert speach he vsed till one was foulie snarled Yea such was his fetch in bellowing out against my Biblio-thecaes 14. chap. sainge first there were no such words in Hierom then being let se them crying forth I had not truly translated them afterwards saing I had misalleadged them as if I had collected two real bodies of Christ whereas therewith Hierom and Augustine I only collect two manner of presences not substances And yet being in place togither his vnblushing forehead made me abashed and that to his ytching eared auditorie stood against me for victus victa victum But such seing I knoe they will not se when they knoe an Auncient to make against them as for example A Romish mate at table of our right Woo. frend he in a brauerie knowing none there able in that to conuict him wold proue that the Beasts nomber 666. it cold not arise as protestāts wold from the word Latinus He accomptinge 666. wold not arise and did not som hearer say he had sufficientlie confuted I do not think but he well knewe that auncient Ireneus said yes and yet himself of the Latine empire But you must knoe that the father as also Iohn did write in Greeke and so the word not Latinus but Lateinos from whence results the nomber thus L 30. A 1. T. 300. E 5. I 10. N 50. O 70. S 200 And so the Cock crewe before the victory The same nomber artseth from Ecclesia Italica thus E 5. C 20. C 20. L 30. E 8 S 200. I 10. A 1. I 10. T 300. A 1. L 30. I 10. C 20. A 1. Their Paris Genebrard he labours to disgrace such calculation by propounding the name Luter But not fynding the nomber in Greeke he turnes it into hebrue Character but yet it will not reatch he bumbasts it therefore with another L so makinge it Lulter for tentoring out 666. But if the Malice of France wold haue the nomber out of an hebrue word let him count