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A14772	A briefe instruction By way of dialogue, concerninge the principall poyntes of Christian religio[n], gathered out of the holy scriptures, lathers, and councels. By the Reuere[n]de M. George Doulye priest.	Warford, William, 1560-1608.	1604 (1604)	STC 25068; ESTC S102696	93,570	322

are not bound absolutely to succoure but those that haue no meanes to helpe them selues nor other that vvill doe yt for them allbeit the trueth is that the true mercyfull minde neuer expecteth such vrgente necessitye but is readye to helpe all and at all tymes The thirde is vvhen a person is in a state of higher perfection then that he is bounde to attende to these obligations of actiue lyfe as are Heremites or Anchoretes and contemplatiue persons vvhich notvvithstandinge vvith they re prayers may supplye they re temporall vvante or inability for this is all so one and not of the leaste of the spirituall vvorckes of mercye M. Rehearse allso the vertues giftes and beatitudes D. Theologicall Vertues There are three Theologicall Vertues faith hope and charitye M. I pray you tell me seinge you are come so farre if you remember the particulares of these Theologicall Vertues and vvhy they are so called D. They are called Theologicall vvhich as I haue been taught is a greeke vvord because they especially depende of God and haue him for they re particular objecte And the first vvhich is Faithe Faithe hath this propretie and office to illuminate the vnderstandinge and eleuate the same to beleeue firmelie all that vvhich God by the meanes of his Church Catholique doth reueale vnto vs allbeit the thinge it selfe be othervvise harde and aboue nature or naturall reason as for example that a Virgen shoulde beare a childe vvithout detrimente of her virginitye and the cause heereof or r●ther the grounde is because faith is founded in the infallible trueth of God vvhich is impossible to be false M. And vvhat thinges must vve necessarily beleeue vvith this vertue D. Principally and distinctelye the Articles of the Creede or at leaste those vvhich the Church doth solemnize throughe the yeare as CHRISTES Incarnation Natiuitye Passion Resurrection Ascension the comminge of the holy ghoaste and the B. Trinitye Secondly all that euer shal be declared vnto vs as true by holy Church and thirdly in vvorcke to shevv vve are Christians vvhen vve are bounde therevnto as for exāple vvithout necessitie only for the Churches precepte to abstayne from fleshe on fastinge dayes the like vvhich haeretiques vvill not M. Hope And vvhat is hope or vvhat is the office thereof D. It is a supernaturall vertue vvhere vvith vve hope in God and the propre office therof is to lifte vppe our vvill to the hope of aeternall faelicitie to the vvhich vve can not aspire by humayne forces and it is founded in the infinite goodnes or bountie of God vvhich he hath manifested vnto vs in his sonne JESVS our Sauiour by vvhom he hath adopted vs as his coheyres to the kingdome of heauen if vve beinge holpen vvith his grace doe vvorcke accordingelie M. Charitie And vvhat is Charitie D. It is a supernaturall vertue vvhich exalteth oure soules to the true loue of God aboue all thinges not only as he is author of nature but allso as giuer of grace and glorie vvhich are both supernaturall and vvithall it extendeth it selfe to loue all other creatures vvhich ought to be loued for Gods sake as especially our neyghboure vvhich is created as our selfe is to Gods ymage vvhich vertue is therefore of Saint Paule called the greatest of these three 1. Corint 13. because vvhosoeuer hath it cannot be dāned D. Thom. 22. q. 25. ar 3. excepte he firste loose his charitie and vvho hath it not can no vvay be saued allbeit he hath faith and all other giftes and vertues M. I am glad to heare you speake solike a Deuine lette vs see if you be as cunninge in the Cardinall Vertues and first vvhat hovv many be they D. Cardinall Vertues They are foure and are so called because they are the chief of all morall and humayne vertues prudence vvhich gouerneth the vnderstandinge justice vvhich ruleth the vvill temperance vvhich guydeth the sensuall or concupiscible portion fortitude or provvesse vvhich moderateth the irascible parte of the soule M. Prudence You haue spoken like a cunninge Philosopher tell me then vvhat is the propre office of Prudence D. To shevv in euerie action or designemente of ours the due ende and purporte vvith the meanes conuenient to obtayne the same vvith conuenient circumstances thereto belonginge and therefore is vvorthilie called the queene and maistresse of the other vertues like vnto the eye in mans bodye or salte to oure meate or the sunne in this vvorlde The contraries of this vertue are imprudence vvhich others call temeritie rashnes or inconsideration and crafte or suttletie vvhose qualitie is to seeke out the ende and means thervnto but referreth all to his ovvne priuate commoditie and interest vvhich in truth is the greatest follye of all because it leeseth the chiefest good of all vvhich is God to gayne a little vvorldelye cōtentment M. Then vvhat is justice Iustice and her propre office D. Iustice is a vertue vvhich gyueth vnto euerie one his ovvne and so her duetye is to make aequalitie in all humaine affayres and contractes vvhich is the foundation of peace and concorde for if euerie man vvould be contented vvith his ovvne good there vvould be no vvarre nor discorde and this vertue hath allso tvvo contraries injustice vvhich taketh more then is due and inuadeth other mens goods and rigoure or excesse of justice vvhich is vvhen a man seeketh for the extremitie in all thinges M. Fortitude VVhat is Fortitude or valiaūce and her duetie D. It is a vertue vvherby vve are made prompte and readie to ouercome all difficulties in a good and juste cause euen death it selfe vvhen it is for Gods glorie and to performe our dueties as appeareth in valiaunte souldioures Catholique martyrs the vices opposite heervnto are tymorousnes or feare and audaciousnes or foolehardinesse M. Temperaunce To conclude then tell me vvhat is temperance and vvhat is her especiall office and duetie D. It is a vertue vvhich bridleth all sensuall delightes and maketh that a man doe vse them vvith such measure and moderation as reason cōmaundeth The cōtrarie vices are intemperance and insensibilitie or sencelesnes vvhich is the first vvhen excesse is committed in eatinge or drinkinge the seconde vvhen a man refuseth that necessarie and alovvable pleasure vvhich naturally is founde in eatinge yeat fevv in this later offende such is our frayltie M. And the gyftes of the holie ghoast vvhich are they Gyftes of the holie Ghoaste D. The gyftes of the holie ghoaste are seauen sapience or vvisedome vnderstandinge counsell fortitude knovvledge pietie and feare of God M. To vvhat effecte are these gyftes or vvherein doe they helpe vs D. Effectes of these giftes They helpe vs to attayne the perfection of Christian lyfe and make as it vvere a ladder to heauen beginninge from the laste vvhich is allso the lovvest to vvit the feare of God may serue for the firste steppe the seconde is pietie or godlines because of Gods feare it

A BRIEFE INSTRVCTION BY VVAY OF DIALOGVE CONCERNINGE THE PRINCIPALL poyntes of Christian Religiō gathered out of the holy Scriptures Fathers and Councels By the Reuerēde M. George Doulye Priest Luci succedit nox Sapientiam autem non vincit malitia Sap. 7. CVM PRIVILEGIO Imprinted at Louaine by Laurence Kellam Anno 1604. THE PREface ALL heresies Christian reader as other dise●ses vvhether of the bodie Su●ius and Cochlaeus c. or of the minde haue they re beginning increase state and declination this of Luther and Caluyne begāne to be published in Germanie about the yeare of our Lord The Duke of Saxonye aspiringe to the Empyre The Prince of Cōde the Admirall others in France 1517. and a little after in France vvhere it increased so much vvith libertie of life joyned vvith interest and pretensions of temporall Princes as it stirred vppe those furious rebellions vvarres and other tragicall actions vvhich vve haue seen and heard of in those countries as allso in Flanders The Prince of Aurange in Flanders and other partes of Christendome vvhersoeuer it hath come vvithin the compasse of Europe out of vvhich it hath not yet crepte albeit as the Apostle speaketh it hath crepte like a cācker 2. Timot. c. 2. verse 17. the poyson vvhereof infectinge so manye prouinces came into our countrie by occasion of the inordinate affection vvhich kinge Henrie the eyght tooke to Anne Bollen mother to the late Queene Elisabeth beheaded aftervvard for her juste desertes by the sayde kinge her husband for vvhose sake he broke vvith the See Apostolike and tooke vppon him the title of Supremacie in spirituall matters to haue some colour to put avvay Queene Catherine his lavvfull vvife vvherunto the Pope coulde not be brought for that he judged the diuorce to be vnjuste and contrarie to Goddes holy lavv By this occasion haeresie tooke roote in England vnder Kinge Henrie spronge vppe in Kinge Edvvardes dayes vnder the gouermēt of his protectors aftervvardes executed for treason and came to that state in the reygne of Queene Elisabeth as the politike gouernors of her councell vvho had founded theyr authoritie greatnesse in the aduauncement of the same presumed after they had taken avvay the life of the renovvned Princesse Queene Marie of Scotlād they coulde so establishe it that they shoulde be able to bannish Catholique Religion for euer out of England But the contrary hath happened as in all other heresies and like attemptes of ages past may bee seene the vnsearcheable vvisedome of almightie God cōfoundinge the vayne cogitations and shallovv deuises of mortall men In the dominions of the Archeduke Ferdinādo Novv in Germanie and in those Northerne countries adioyninge after so longe and so great desolation vvee see great progresse of the Catholique fayth In Hungarie Transyluania Zuizerland Polonia c. vvhere euerye daye God be thanked tovvnes cyties and vvhole countries vvearied vvith heresie cast of this infamous yoke and embrace that truthe vvhich they re forefathers professed vvith much more feruour then there vvas before heresie entred amongest them In Flanders the like and vvhere the countrie is not oppressed vvith vvarres or rebellion the pietie deuotion and Christian lyfe of the people is incomparablie bettered since they haue deliuered them selues from the thralldome of these erroneous and Apostata doctrines France is risinge apace by the memorable example of the most Christian Kinge Henrie the. 4. vvho beinge deceaued by heretiques in his youth hath shaken them of and they re pestilente counsayles since he is come to more mature yeares and throughe his vvisedome and valure obtayned such quietnesse in his kingdome that neyther he hath novv anye more cause to feare them neyther vvas it knovvne peraduenture since Charlemayne that any Kinge of that Countrie hath enioyed that crovvne vvith more prosperitie The like example vvāteth onlye in England and to Gods omnipotencie is as factible as in Fraunce vvhere Kinge Henrie the eyghtes succession is ended for the vvhich and the inordinate desire he had to haue children after tvventie yeares roygne vvith renovvne and glorie in the eyes of all Christendome vvhilest he liued a Catholicke after diuers royall exploites the increase of his regalities by the most sacred title of defender of the faythe gayned vvith that vvorthie and Kingelie vvorke vvritten againste Luthers doctrine hee most miserablie lefte God and his Churche and that seede is novv vvholie extinguished vvherevvith heresie vvas sovven and shoulde haue been perpetually maintayned in oure countrie and the persecutions past haue serued for nothinge lesse then for that they vvere principallie intended but contrarievvise kindlinge charitie and the loue of Christe in Catholike soules haue not onelie conserued but augmented and illustrated the fayth aboue all expectation so as vvee see the benediction of our Sauiour and the regions vvhite and read●e for haruest vvhose reapers constantlie labouringe in this cause patientlie expecte Gods prouidence vvho vvhen tyme shall require vvill put into the hartes of those in vvhole hands the gouernement is to mitigate the rigour of penall lavves vvhereby the publishinge of Gods truthe may vvith more svveetenes goe forvvard vvhich vvhen hovvsoeuer it shall fall out in the meane tyme experience doth teach that some forme of instruction is necessarie for the informinge of those poore soules vvhich hitherto haue knovven no other Religion but that vvherein they vvere borne by vvhich they are taught throughe the importunate clamours of Caluins ministers to detest the Catholike Religion before they knovve it for so vve comming to tell our ovvne tale they may judge vvith indifferencie and learne to distinguish betvveene true Catholike doctrine and heresie vvhich is that vve especiallie pretende for if Catholicke Religion vvere as the malice or ignorance of these sectaries teach and make the commō people beleeue it vvere not onlie follie but meere madnesse to be a Catholicke but the contrarie vvill here quicklie be seene and vvhat conuenience and excellence harmonye our Religion hath vvith all truth and reason and the lighte and majestie vvhich it carieth in it selfe by vvhich alvvayes it hath ouergrovvne and confounded all sectes and heresies in the vvorlde and that if the aduersarie haue anye shevve or apparence of Religion it is vvith thinges vsurped and stolne from vs or counterfeyted by imitation of the Catholickes no other vvise then apes imitate men Tertullian Lectantius Vincentius Li●i● c. and the deuill the vvorckes of God as some of the auncient fathers haue noted the rest and that vvhich is meerlie theyr ovvne beinge nothinge els but drosse baggage beggerie as anye man of judgemēt not preoecuppated vvith passiō vvill easilie discerne euen by the readinge of this little Dialogue little in volume but great in substance for the greate importante matters it conteyneth necessarie for our saluation the greatest affayre that vvee can treate of in this life vvhich vvas first vvritten for the helpe and instruction of particular frendes not vvithout some