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A35959	Truths victory over error, or, An abridgement of the chief controversies in religion which since the apostles days to this time, have been, and are in agitation, between those of the Orthodox faith, and all adversaries whatsoever, a list of whose names are set down after the epistle to the reader : wherein, by going through all the chapters of The confession of faith, one by one, and propounding out of them, by way of question, all the controverted assertions, and answering by yes, or no, there is a clear confirmation of the truth, and an evident confutation of what tenets and opinions, are maintain'd by the adversaries : a treatise, most useful for all persons, who desire to be instructed in the true Protestant religion, who would shun in these last days, and perillous times, the infection of errors and heresies, and all dangerous tenets and opinions, contrary to the word of God.	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663.; Sinclair, George, d. 1696.	1684 (1684)	Wing D1412; ESTC R3405	145,943	378

because they think that all the Jewish ceremonies are still in force and binding us who live under the Gospel Page 141. Independents so called because they will have every particular Congregation to be ruled by their own laws without dependency upon any other Church Page 236 309 317. L. Libertines from the liberty and freedom they take and give to others to commit sin Their first Author was one Quintinus a Taylor in Picardy who taught that whatsoever good or evil we did was not done by us but by GODS Spirit in us and many other blasphemous opinions Page 44 106 114 155 175 189 245 246. Lutherians who so call themselves lyingly and falsely from Martin Luther that eminent Man of GOD. Page 43 65 69 86 112 139 157 244 265 269 271 280 298. M. Manicheans from one Manes a Persian by birth and a servant by condition The Manichean sect was the sink of all former Heresies p. 19 55 261 Macedonians so called from Macedonus Bishop of Constantinople 312. years after Christ. Their Heresie was condemned in the second general Council held at Constantinople by Gratian and Theodosius anno 380. His followers were called Pneumatomachians fighters against the holy Spirit from Pneuma a Spirit and Machesthai to fight Page 28. Marcionites from one Marcion a Paphlagonian near the Euxine Sea who was Cerdons scholar a grand Heretick He maintained Cerdons Heresies at Rome about 133. years after Christ. Page 55 283 334. N. Nestorians so called from Nestorius Patriarch of Constantinople who broached his errours under Theodosius the younger 400. years after Christ. They made Christ to have two Persons as he had two Natures This Heresie was condemned by the third general Council held at Ephesus under Theodosius the younger anno 431. Page 57. Novatians so called from Novatus who lived under Decius the Emperor 220. years after Christ. He was an African by birth P. 104 108 110 230. O. Origenists so called from famous Origen His errors began to spread about the year of Christ 247. under Aurelian the Emperour and continued above 334. years p. 332. P. Pneumatomachians See the letter P. Pelagians from Pelagius a Britain as they say by birth A Monk at Rome afterward a Presbyter under Theodosius the younger p. 45 64 91 115. Puritans otherwise called Kathari because they esteemed themselves purer and holier than others p. 66 104 230 239. Photinians from Photinus born in the lesser Galatia He began to spread his Heresies about the year 323. at Syrmium where he was Bishop under Constantius the Emperour p. 334. Papists are too well known They are to be found in every other page almost of the book Q. Quakers so called because sometimes they use to Quake and Tremble when they prophesy or when they are in a rapture p. 4 5 12 18 23 c. S. Socinians so called from one Faustus Socinus an Italian of Siena place all Religion in the old condemned Heresies following their Master a most vile Heretick p. 1 12 13 21 23 28 31 c. Sabellians so called from Sabellus an African by birth His Heresies began anno Christi 224. Page 23. Separatists so called because they withdrew themselves from the Christian Communion and fellowship of others in the Worship of GOD. p. 257. Scepticks commonly called Seekers maintain that the whole universal Church hath perished a little after the Apostles times and are not to this day restored until Christ from Heaven shall send new Apostles for raising up again the Church Visible p. 247. Sabbatarians so called because they observe the Jewish Sabbath imagining there is no precept or example in the New Testament for observing the first day of the week p. 192. T. Tritheits or Tritheitae so called because they divided the indivisible Essence of the Godhead into three parts the one they called the Father the other the Son the third the Holy Ghost p. 19 23. Tertullianists were so called from that famous Lawyer and Divine Tertullian who lived under Severus the Emperour about 170. years after Christ. p. 230. V. Vorstians from one Vorstus an old Heretick who taught that GOD had a Body and was endued with parts as the Anthropomorphitans affirmed p. 21 22. Vaninians from one Vaninus a great promotter of Atheism He was publickly burned at Tholouse p. 163. CHAP. I. Of the Holy SCRIPTURE Question I. IS the Light of Nature and the works of Creation and Providence sufficient to give that knowledge of GOD and of his Will which is necessary to Salvation No. 1 Cor. 1. 21. and 1 Cor. 2. 13 14. Well then do not the Socinians err who mantain That Men living according to the Law and Light of Nature may be saved Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because none can be saved unless they be born again by the incorruptible seed of the Word 1 Pet. 1. 23. 2 Because Christ is the Way the Truth and the Life and no man cometh to the Father but by the Son Iohn 14. 6. 3 Because there is none other Name under Heaven given among men whereby we must be saved but by the Name of Jesus Acts 4. 12. 4 Because men cannot believe in Christ without supernatural revelation and therefore cannot be sanctified or justified because all Justification Sanctification and Remission of sins are by GODS Grace and Faith in Jesus Christ Rom. 3. 24 25. Acts. 26. 18. Neither can men be so saved viz. by living according to the light of Nature because Salvation is promised onely to Believers in Christ Acts 16. 31. Iohn 3. 16. 5. Because all that know not GOD will be punished eternally 2 Thes. 1. 8. But men without supernatural Revelation cannot savingly know GOD 1 Cor. 1. 21. Matth. 11. 27. 6. Men destitute of supernatural Revelation cannot know their own corruption and misery by the first Adam nor the remedy which is offered by Christ the second Adam They are without GOD without Hope without the Promises without the Church and covenant of God and the mysteries of Faith are hid and unknown to them allanerly that perish and are lost Eph. 2. 11 12. Rom. 9. 4. 2 Cor. 4. 3. Mat. 13. 11 12. Matth. 11. 25 26 27. Quest II. ARE the holy Scriptures most necessary to the Church Yes 2 Tim. 3. 15. 2 Pet. 1. 19. Well then doth not the Popish Church err that affirmes the true Church to be infallible in teaching and propounding Articles of Faith both without and against the Scripture and that their unwritten Traditions are of Divine and equal Authority with the Canon of the Scripture Yes Do not likewise the Libertines and Quakers err affirming that GOD doth teach and guide the Elect into all truth by the alone instinct and light of the Spirit without any written Word whatsoever Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. Because the Scriptures are the foundation upon which the Church is built Eph. 2. 20. 2. Because all things are to be examined by the Rule of the Word as the noble Bereans

there can be no midst Eph. 2. 12 13. And so there shall be no difference between the children of Believers and the children of Turks and Pagans 5 Because infants under the Old Testament had right unto the Covenant of Grace Gen. 17. 7 12. And children of Believers under the New Testament have lost no right to that covenant of Grace which children under the Old Testament had seeing the covenant of Grace now under the Gospel is not more strickly and sparingly administred than long since under the law Heb. 8. 6. Rom. 11. 12. 6 Because infants are commanded to joyn themselves to Gods ordinances Ioel 2. 16. 7 Because if Christ while an infant was head of the visible church then infants may be his members But the first is true from Isaiah 9. 6. Therefore the second must be true also 8 Because they whom the false Apostles would have to be circumcised after the manner of Moses and therefore infants were called Disciples Acts 15. 10. Quest. IV. IS there any ordinary possibility of Salvation out of the Visible Church No. Acts 2. 47. Well then do not the Enthusiasts Quakers and Libertines err who affirm that any man may be a true christian and be saved though he live within no Visible Church Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Lord IEHOVAH in his visible Church ordinarly commands the blessing even life for evermore Psalm 133. 3. 2 Because the visible church is the mother of all Believers Gal. 4. 26. By Ierusalem which is above I understand the true Christian Church which seeketh its salvation not by the first covenant of the law namely by the works of the law but by the second of the Gospel namely by the merits of Christ embraced by a true Faith which hath its orginal from heaven by the powerful calling of the Holy Ghost 3 Because they that are without the visible church are without Christ Eph. 2. 12. 4 Why are men and women joyned to the visible church but that they may be saved Acts 2. 47. 5 Because they that are without the visible church are destitute of the ordinary means of life and salvation Psalm 147. 19. 20. Quest. V. HATH Christ given to this Catholick-church-visible the Ministry Oracles and Ordinances of God for the gathering and perfecting of the Saints in this life to the end of the World Yes Shall there be alwayes a church on earth to worship God according to his will Yes 1 cor 12. 28. Eph. 4. 11 12 13. Mat. 28. 19 20. Matth. 16. 18. Psalm 72. 17. Psalm 102. 28. Isai. 59. 21. Well then do not the Socinians Anabaptists and Libertines err who affirm that the visible Church may fail and perish out of the world Yes Do not likewise the Scepticks commonly called Seekers err who affirm that the whole universal church which hath been upon the earth and all religious worship all external and outward preaching of the Word all administration of Sacraments and the use of all other religious things have perished a little after the Apostles times and are not to this day restored until Christ from Heaven shall send new Apostles with an extraordinary commission for restoring and raising up again the visible church And that in the mean time no man hath right or power to dispense the Word or administer the Sacraments or perform any Ecclesiastical duty and that they who are now called the preachers of the Gospel are not so Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Lord hath promised that his church shall endure so long as the ordinances of heaven shall continue Isaiah 66. 22. 2 Because Christ hath promised that the Gates of Hell shal not prevail against his church Matth. 16. 18. 3 Because there is no end to be put to the kingdom of Christ Luke 1. 33. And therefore no end to his church Isaiah 9. 7. 4 Because glory will be to him in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all Ages world without end Amen Eph. 3. 21. 5 Because Christ who hath given power to his Ministers to teach his church and to administer the Sacraments hath promised to be with them to the end of the World Matth. 28. 19 20. 6 Because the Lord hath promised to preserve a people to himself to the end of the world which he shall rule and govern by his Word and Spirit Isaiah 59. 20 21. Isaiah 9. 6 7. 7 Because the Lord hath chosen Zion he hath desired it for his habitation where he will rest and dwell for ever Psalm 132. 13. 14. 8 Because Christ hath given some to be Pastors and Teachers for the perfecting of the Saints till we all come into the unity of the Faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God Eph. 4. 11. And he hath appointed a Ministry to continue even after the Apostles dayes as is evident from 1 Tim. 3 chapter From Titus first chapter where the Apostle sets down the ordinary qualifications of Ministers and the Rules for calling them to the Ministry 9 Because there is a general Rule set down for the government and discipline of Christs church which discipline and order is to continue in it to the end of the world Matth. 1 18. 10 Because the Lord commands that we forsake not the assembling of our selves together and hath promised to bless after a special manner any that are gathered together in his name any where but our assembling for hearing the word of God is done in the name of Christ Heb. 10. 25. Matth. 18. 20. Matth. 28. 20. 11 Because the death of Christ in the last supper is to be shewed till he come 1 Cor. 11. 26. 12 Because by the Word even preached Rom. 10. 17. we are born again 1 Peter 1. 23. Iames 1. 18. By Baptism we are ingrafted into Christ Rom. 6. 3 4. Gal. 3. 27. In the Lords Supper we have communion with Christ 1 Cor. 10. 16. See more to this purpose chap. 21. Question eight Quest. VI. HAth the Catholick church been sometimes more sometimes less Visible Yes Rom. 11. 3 4. Rev. 12. 6 14. Well then do not the Papists err who affirm that the church hath been is and shall be most gloriously Visible to all the whole world far and nigh Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the church of GOD in the Prophet Elijahs time was brought to that pass that he thought none remained but himself 1 Kings 19. 10. Rom. 11. 2 3 4. 2 Because for a long time Israel was without the true GOD and without a teaching Priest and without the Law 2 Chron. 15. 3. 3 Because the Lord often complains that his church and people have forsaken him have not known him that the faithful city hath become a harlot that scarce a man could be found to do justice and follow truth all which is inconsistent with that glorious condition of the visible church which the Papists dream of Isaiah 1. 3 4. Ierm 2. 29. Ierm 5. 1. 4 Because

the great city and exercises dominion over the Kings of the earth 6 He deceiveth them that dwell on the earth with lying wonders and miracles 2 Thes. 2. 9. Rev. 13 14 15 7 He causeth all sorts of Persons to receive his mark on their right hand or on their forehead Rev 13 16 17 8 To him agrees what Paul sayes and now ye know what with-holdeth namely the Roman Emperour that he might be revealed in his time 2 Thes 2 6 7 CHAP. XXVI Of the Communion of Saints Question I. ARE the Saints bound by profession to maintain an holy fellowship and communion in the worship of GOD in performing such other spiritual duties as tend to their mutual edification Ye Heb. 10. 24 25. Acts 2. 42. 46. Isa. 2. 3. 1 Cor. 11. 20. Well then did not the Donatists of old and Separatists now err who maintain that Hypocrites and wicked men do pollute and defile the worship of God not only to themselves but also to others that worship with them and that therefore we must separate from Communion in the worship of God because of them Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Church of the Iews in Christs time was very corrupt Matth. 15. 7. Mark 6 7 8. And yet both by his practise and his command he would not have his hearers to separate from it For he both observed the feasts and preached in their Synagogues Iohn 8. 1. Luke 4. 15. Iohn 10. 22. And he commands his hearers to observe what the Scribes and Pharisees bad them do Matth. 23. 2 3. 2 Because the Apostle is so far from commanding separation from the Church of Corinth that he praises their meetings 1 Cor. 5. 4. 1 Cor. 11. 20. 1 Cor. 14. 23. notwithstanding of the many gross scandals which were among them 1 Cor. 1. 11 12 13. 1 Cor. 5. 1 2. And 1 Cor. 15. 12 13. 3 Because the Apostles calls the Galatians the Church of Christ brethren and the children of God who were yet in some measure removed from GOD to another Gospel Nay says Paul O foolish or senseless Galatians who hath bewitched you that is so blinded the eyes of your understanding that ye cannot see the right truth as the Iuglars bewitch the outward eyes that men think they see that which they see not that ye should not obey the truth Gal. 3. 1. And yet since it was a constitute true Church it was his judgement there should be no separation from it notwithstanding of all the foresaid faults 4 Because the Church of Ephesus was a true Church though they made defection from their first love So was the Church of Pergamus though there were in it who held the doctrine of Balaam So was the Church of Thyatira notwithstanding that they suffered Iesebel that called her self a prophetess and taught the servants of Christ to commit Fornication and to eat things sacrificed to Idols 5 If we must separate from the Communion of the Church in things lawful for the faults of others of for the faults of Ministers and if their sins pollute the worship of God to others than we must not keep communion with any Church seeing there can hardly be a Church where there are not some hidden Hypocrites Nay where there are not some who are known to be such by the Minister Yet such are not to be excluded as Christ himself teaches Matth. 13. 24. to 31. See the 47. and 48. verses of that same chapter 6 If the worship be polluted to some for the faults of others with whom they worship then must the Word and Sacraments have their efficacy and worth from the Persons that worship and from the dispensers of them which is absurd 7 Because wicked and evil men do not pollute the worship to others but to themselves only as it appears from the man that wanted the wedding Garment Matth. 22. 11. And from those who did eat and drink unworthily at the Lords Table Such do not eat and drink damnation to others but to themselves 1 Cor. 11. 27 29. Quest. II. DOth this Communion which the Saints have with Christ make them in any wise partakers of the Substance of his God-head or equal with him in any respect No. Is there a mixture of the Divine Essence with the Substance of all the Creatures because the Divine Essence is infinite and every where present No. Doth every règenerate man that is united with God by vertue of this union become God the maker of Heaven and Earth No. Are all the Acts of a mans will and all his actions even his most cursed and wicked actions wholly Divine which to resist and contradict is rebellion against God No. Iohn 1. 14. Col. 1. 18 19. Well then do not the Familists err who teach that the Saints are made God and Christ by an Essential and Corporal Union with them Yes Do not likewise the Manicheans err who blasphemously taught that the Divine Essence was mingled with soul and body of every man and that therefore all his Actions were wholly Divine Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the personal union is given to none but to Christ only Iohn 1. 14. The Word was made Flesh that is a true man like unto us in all things yet without sin 2 Because in him dwelleth all the fulness of the God-head bodily Namely by an essential inhabitation of the Son of God in the humane nature by the uniting of his Divine Nature with the Humane in the unity of his Person Bodily that is Personally Essentially and Truely 3 Because the union of the Saints with Christ is by Faith not indeed by a personal Union Eph. 3. 17. 4 Because there is no man that sinneth not 1 Iohn 1. 8 10. 5 Because Gods Essence is most simple and single and infinitely above and beyond all creatures Exod. 3. 14. 6 Because holy holy holy is the Lord God of Hosts Isaiah 6. 3. 7 Because Solomon in his prayer says behold the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee how much less this house which I have builded to thy Name 1 Kings 8. 27. 8 Because the Prophet Isaiah says behold the Nations are as a drop of a bucket and are as the smallest dust of the ballance estemed chap. 40. 15. 9 Because the Manichean error is the outmost stretch of Satans invention beyond which he is not able to go They deserve not confutation but to be looked upon as Devils incarnate Quest. III. DOth the Communion of Saints which they have one with another take away or infringe the Title or propriety which each man hath in his own goods and possessions No. Acts 5. 4. Exod. 25. 14. Eph. 5. 28. Well then do not the Anabaptists err who affirm that the goods and possessions of the Saints ought to be common Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because in the time of the primitive Church no man was obliged out of necessity to deliver his goods Neither did believers loss their right

he look to the good and conversion of a whole Congregation 6 Because any one single congregation with one Pastor only hath not the power of Ordination an instance whereof cannot be given either from Precept or Practise in all the New Testament Nay the Ordination of Ministers in the New Testament was alwayes performed by a Colledge of Pastors associate together Acts 6. 6. Acts 13. 1 2 3. 1 Tim. 4. 14. 7 Because from this doctrine of the Independents these and the like absurdities will follow First that the Prophets must be censured and judged by way of authority not by other Prophets but by the multitude and vulgar of the Congregation which is contrary to 1 Cor 14. 32. 2 That all the Councils in the times of the Apostles which were convocated upon necessary occasions for matters which concerned many churches alike were but during the time and extraordinary and so not obliging succeeding churches though the occasions and causes why these Councils were convocated then are and will be to the end of the world 3 That private Believers must be the Bishops of their own Bishops Watch-men of their own Watch-men No communion or fellowship among Ecclesiastick Ministers That single and particular churches though they have defiled and pudled themselves with the most black and ugly Heresies with the most abominable faults and vices yet are not lyable to any Ecclesiastick Censure but must be refered to the immediate judgement of Christ at the last Day 4 That a Colledge of Pastors and Presbyters conveened together from several congregations shall have no more power of the keyes of the kingdom of Heaven than any one particular man that is able to look to the good of his brother 5 That a Pastor out of his own Congregation hath no power to administer the Sacraments or to preach the Word or exerce any Ministerial Act. From which Absurdities it follows evidently that this kind of Church Government labours under a manifest defect of the Means of Propagating the Gospel 6 That Christ hath as many visible bodies as there are particular congregations That Men and Women are to be accounted Members only of a particular congregation and not of the Church-Catholick And that those who are excomunicated are only casten out of a particular congregation not out of the Church Universal Quest. II. MAY not the Ministers of the Church of themselves by vertue of their office meet in Assemblies with other fit Persons upon delegation from their Churches when Magistrates are open enemies to the Christian Religion Yes Acts 15. 2 4 22 23 25. Well then do not the Erastians err who maintain that the Ministers of the Gospel have no right or power in themselves or by vertue of their office to meet in a Synod or Council Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Church of GOD in the primitive times had power in themselves to convocate their own Assemblies for Worship and Government not only without but against the consent of the civil Magistrate as is evident from the Acts of the Apostles and Church Histories 2 Though the power and right of meeting in church Assemblies be visible in the constitution and exercise yet it is intrinseck and within the church as well as the power of Preaching Quest. III. MAY Magistrates lawfully call a Synod of Ministers and other fit persons to consult and advise with about matters of Religion Yes Isa. 49. 23. 1 Tim. 2. 1 2. Matth. 2. 4 5. Prov. 11. 14. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain that the civil Magistrate hath no right or power to convocate Synods or Councils but that it belongs to the Bishop to convocate Diocesian Synods To the Metropolitan to convocate Provincial Synods To the Primate and Patriarch to convocate National Synods To the Pope onely to convocate and call Oecumenick and general Synods Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because under the Old Testament Councils and Synods were appointed and called by godly Kings 1 Kings 8. 1. 2 Kings 23. 1. 2 chron 29. 4. 2 Because it is the duty of the civil Magistrate being born within the church to take care that Peace and Unity be preserved and keeped in the Church that the Truth and Word of GOD be intirely and soundly Preached and obeyed that blasphemies and heresies be kept under and supprest that all corruptions in Worship and Discipline be reformed that all GODS Ordinances be lawfully established administred and preserved And if it should happen that both Church and State Iudicaturies should make an universal defection from the purity of doctrine and worship received and acknowledged it is the duty of a godly King by vertue of his Regal Power and Authority to set about a work of Reformation and to call and command all ranks of People to return to the true Worship and Service of GOD Isa. 45. 23. Psalm 122. 7 8 9. Ezra 7 23 25 26 27 28. Levit. 24. 16. Deut. 13. 5 6 12. 1 chron 13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. 2 Kings 23. from the first verse to the 26. 3 From the example of Constantine that did convocate the first Nicene council From Theodosius the elder that did call the first council of Constantinople From Theodosius the younger that did call the first council at Ephesus From Martianus that did call the Chalcedon council Quest. IV. MAY all Synods or Councils since the Apostles dayes err Yes And have not many actually erred Yes Well then doth not the Popish Church err who maintain that councils confirmed and solemnised by the Popes authority cannot err neither in explaining Doctrines of Faith nor in delivering Precepts and Rules of Manners common to the whole Church Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because all the Priests Levites and Prophets of the Iewish church who had the same Promises which the Christian church hath now under the New Testament 1 Cor. 10. 3 4. 2 Sam. 7. 16. Isaiah 49. 15 16. together with the High Priest have sometimes erred as is clear from the following Scriptures Isaiah 56. 10 11. Ierem. 6. 13. Ierem. 14. 14. Hos. 9. 7 8 9. Mic. 3. 9. The Lords Prophets that were immediately guided and inspired by him must be excepted 2 Because councils under the Old Testament lawfully called have often-times erred 2 Sam. 6. 6. 3. Ier. 26. 7 8 9. 1 Kings 22. 6. And under the New Testament Iohn 9. 35. Iohn 11. 47 48 52. Matth. 26 57 59 65 66. Acts 4. 5 6 17 18. 3 Because the Pope cannot shew a proof of infallibility Rom. 3. 4. 4 Because it is foretold in the New Testament that many Pastors and Teachers shall become false Prophets and turn Seducers and that Antichrist shall sit in the Temple of GOD shewing himself that he is God Mat. 24. 11 24. Acts 20. 29 30. 2 Peter 2. 1. 2 Thes. 2. 4. 5 It is most evident that many councils approven and authorized by the Pope have most foully erred and that