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A73178 A bouclier of the catholike fayth of Christes church conteynyng diuers matters now of late called into controuersy, by the newe gospellers. Made by Richard Smith, doctour of diuinitee, [and] the Quenes hyghnes reader of the same I her graces vniuersite of oxford.; Bouclier of the Catholike fayth. Part 1 Smith, Richard, 1500-1563. 1554 (1554) STC 22816; ESTC S125530 106,074 360

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y● right worthy doctour Thomas Marten hathe writtē Doctour Martens boke agaīst priestes mariages therof both learnedly largely Thou shalt good reader vnderstande that all suche places of the scripture whiche doe require of vs generallye the perfourmance and accomplishemēt of our vowes godlye made vnto God doeth shewe that men●e must neades vpon pain of euer●astynge damnation kepe not onlye the vowe of chastitee but also of pouertie of obeisaunce and of al others Wherefore let no mā be offe●ded with me that I am so playne in thys mattier against their breakinge of their vowes for the trueth oughte to be pleasaunte to euerye good man whiche regardeth Gods glorie and hys owne saluation Saint Paule reproued the Galathians Gala. iiii verie sharplye because they were offended with hym for teachinge them the trueth I● anye man be displeased with this my settynge furth● of Gods holye veritie he shall geue to me a iuste occasion to saye vnto hym as S. Paule sayed vnto the Galathians Who hathe be witched and empesched Gal. iii. iiii thee that thou obeyest not y● trueth Our Lord Iesus Christ whiche is as he sayed y● Iohn xiiii veritie geue thē against whose faultes this traicte is written grace to remembre that Christ sayde Si veritatem dico c. Iohn ix If I tell you the trueth why doe you not beleue me He that Note this is of God doeth here the wordes of God ye therefore do not heare Gods wordes because ye are not of God What man is so stonye hearted that these wordes can not moue hym Doeth not these Christes wordes declare that they are not Gods children nor the chyldren of saluation whiche wyll not beleue folowe the trueth opened to them I speake agaynst them here that vowed pouertie renounced vtterly y● proprietie of goodes when the● were professed and doe no● accomplishe that theyr vowe ●●t are benefi●ed yea haue 〈◊〉 benefices dignities promotions and doe gather together thereby much ryches But this shoulde not offende anye man for I teache them Gods wor● and trueth Which embrased of them and folowed shall as Christ sayde to the Iewes deliuer them from the peryll of Iohn ix damnation Wyll not suche v●taries call to their myndes this Christes sayinge ●● What Iohn xvi 〈◊〉 profite 〈◊〉 yf he gayne ●ll the worlde and therby lo●● hys foule What exchaunge shall a man make for his soule Were we not al borne naked and shall beare nothyng oute of thys worlde wyth vs a● S. Paule sayeth ▪ Wherfore let euerye man continue i. Tim. vi as Paule commaundeth vs in his owne vocation and i. Cor. vii serue God therein godly let no man looke backe warde with Lothes wife lest he perish Let euerye man remembre that Luc. ix Christe sayed No man putting his hande to the plowe and lokynge bahynde hym is meete for the kingdome of heauen S. Paule sayeth agayne that ii Tim. ii no man shal be crowned except be fyght ●●wfullye that is to saye● no man shall obtayne the crowne of bl●sse except he fight agaynst the Deuell the fleshe and the worlde manly● and couragiouslye in his owne callynge degree and estate accordynge to the lawes and ordinaunces of hys vocation and profession Therfore to end this preface I aduise yea God doth aduise euerye man and womā Psal lxxv whiche hathe vowed chastitie and pouertie to perfourme that theyr godlye vowes to the aduauncement and encrease of Gods honoure and to their owne saluation that at the ●●de of theyr mor●all lyues Christe maye saye vnto theym amōgest the res● our good and Math. xxv faythfull seruanntes enter ye in to the ioyes of youre Lorde Vnto whome be laude and honour for euer and euer Amen The seuenth chapiter That al godly vow●● as the vowe of 〈◊〉 of continual chastitie promysed by a wydome the vow of wylful or volunta●●● 〈◊〉 and semblables oughte by Gods lawe co●e obserued vnder ●he ●ayne of ●uerlastinge damnation WHen I saw good reader that very manye of our coūtreymen and women nowe of late in the miserable alteration of Christes holye religion whiche was of late in thys Realme were runne headlynge into a dampnable estate throughe breache of theyr vowes I thought it nedefull and my boūden duitie to aduertise theym therof that they seyng in what peryll and daunger they stande in myght by Gods succour and ayde auoyde it in tyme. Wherfore let them waygh diligently these places of the holye scripture whiche are manifestlye agaynst their doynges Si quis virorum votum domino Num. xxx vouerit aut se constrinxerit iuramento non faciet irritū verbum suum sed omne quod premisit implebit If anye man shall make a vowe to our lord God or shal bynde hym selfe with an othe lette hym not breake hys worde but ●e shall fulfyll all that he hathe promised Can there he any thyng more plainlye Note this ye votaries and beware of daunger spoken agaynst them that doe breake their vowes and promysses made to God of chastitie and voluntarie pouertie ▪ Se●st thou not here reader that religious perfon●es whiche haue vowed pouertie and haue willynglye forsaken the proprietie of worldlye goodes The vowe of pouertie doe breake that theyr vowe and promes when they take benefices prebendes and suche other promotions enrichynge them selues thereby as muche as other doe that neuer made anye suche vowe Why reade they not this verse of Dauid Vouete et reddite domino deo Psal lxxv ● estro omnes qui in circuitu eius offertis mun●●a Vowe and ●●●der your vowes to youre lo●●● God ye all men that do● offer giftes vnto God in his citeuit● Doeth not GOD require her● the accomplishement and perfourmaunce of all godlye vowes made to hym Salomon setteth furth the same doctrine Eccle. v. sayinge Si quid vouisti Deo he moreris reddere displicer enim ●stulta et infidelis promi●●io sed quodcunque voueris redde ce If thou haste vowed anye thynge A vow of poue●tie ought to be kept all others lawfullye made to God tarye not to render it For a folyshe and an vnfaythfull promysse displeaseth hym but what thynge so euer thou haste or shalt vowe perfourme it Who seeth not here euidentlye excepte he be blinded with carnall affection that the holy gost forbiddeth here the breaking of all leafull vowes and godlye promisses both of chastitie and volūtarie pouerte What meane then our vowe breakers when they can not abide him that teacheth them their dueties to god for their saluation Ought they to be angrie with him that telleth them the truth Why remēbre Matth. xvi Mar. viii not they these Christes wordes What shall it profitte a man thoughe he shoulde winne all the whole worlde if he loose hys owne soule But let them heare the scripture agayne for a further and a more sufficient proffe of thys mattier Quum Deut. xxiii uotum
Peter Martyr was not catholyke Lib. iii. car xii de peccatorum depart before they maye be baptised can haue forgeuenesse of their sinnes if thou wilt be catho●yke Nec paruuli de quibus libet sanctis iustisque procreati originalis peccarireatu absoluūtur nisi ī christo fuerint baptizati pro quibustāto impensius loqui debemus quanto prose ipsis minus possūt Younge chyldren that be borne of neuer so holye and righteous parentes are not absolued from originall sinne excepte they be Peter Martyr teacheth the cōtrarie baptized in Christ for whom so muche the moore we oughte to speake bycause they canne not speake for them selfe Nos dicimus aliter infantes salutem Aug. Tom. x. Serm. xiiii de verbis apost uitā aeternam non habituros nisi baptizentur in Christo We saye that younge chyldren shall not haue otherwyse saluation and life euerlastinge except they be baptized in Christe Partrulus non baptizatus pergit in dānationē Apostoli enim sunt uerba Ex uno c. Et domini est sētentia Rom. v. Ioan. iii. Lab. de gene x. cap. xliiii Lege Aug. epi. 47. 107. 15● 90. 102. nisi quis renatus fuerit c. Cui nō resistit nisi non christianus The younge childe not christened goeth into damnation For Paule sayth Throughe one mans syn all are damned and oure lorde sayeth Excepte a man be borne agayne of the holye ghoste and Tract xxxviii in Ioan. de gen ad literam lib. x. cap. xiiii ser de tēp xlv water he can not enter into heauen The whiche thinge no man agayne saieth but he that is no christen man Howe blinde is then Peter Martyr to saye that a christen mans chylde is iustified before it be borne and christened and that it shal be saued if it were not christened Remembred he not that Dauid and saint Paule sayeth We are Ephe. ii Rom. v. i. Cor. xv borne originallye the sonnes of Gods wrathe and in syn Can anye person whiche is dead throughe Adams offense as Paule witnesseth all men are be made alyue with oute hys owne faieth in Christ or els the fayeth of his Godfathers and the church applied to him by the scrament of faieth baptisme Saint Austen testifieth euidētlie in sondrie places of his workes Lib. i. cap. xiij contra duos Pelag. Lib. de pe●cat cap. xxvii that original sinne hurteth al children not yet baptized and that they are not gotten of christen parents in that that their parents are baptized whiche thinge toucheth the soule but in that that they are men and women they are begotten borne in sinne and shal be damned for euer excepte they be throughe baptisme borne agayne the sonnes of God Sainte Cyprian was of the same belefe saying Ad remissionem Lib 3. epist 8. ad fidum ▪ peccatorum accipiendam hoc ipso facilius ad baptisma accedit quód illi remittantur non propria sed aliena peccata The younge chylde commeth to baptisme so muche the more easly to receaue remission of his sinnes because Origina●● sinne came frō Adam an other mans sinne not hys owne is there forgeuen hym Peter Martyr defendeth that the chylde hath remission of his sinne before he be baptized Oh blindnes of the man and of his scholers Sainte A●brose is of the same iudgemente sayinge Neque Lib 2. cap. 8. de vocatione gentium credi fas est eos qui regenerationis non adepti sunt sacramentum ad ullū beatorum peruenire consortium ueruntamen quare tanta infantium multitudo non regeneratorum á perpetua alienatur salute nō conturbabitur cor nostrum si firma Read ye Swingliās and Martyrians stabili fide omne iudicium dei iustum esse credamus nec appetamus habere cognitum quod uoluit esse secretum ut ubi in uestigari non potest quare ita iudicet sufficiat scire quis iudicet ce Yt is not lawefull to be beleued that they whiche are not baptised do go to heauē But yet we neade not to trouble our selues to thinke whye so great a number of babes vnchristened shuld not be saued if we doe surelye and stedfastlye beleue that all Gods iudgementes he righteous and desire not to knowe that thinge whiche God would haue secrete that where it can not be searched out why he doth so iudge it shoulde be sufficient to knowe who iudgeth Saint Gregorie Nazianzene In. S. Lauacrū saint Hieroms maister sayeth Melius est infantes si periculum aliquod imminet non dum rationis cōpotes sanctificare quàm non signatos initiatos uita excidere It is better that younge chyldren whiche haue not yet the vsage of reason be made holye through baptisme if ther be anye daunger at hande rather than they shoulde loose euerlastinge lyfe being not christened before they doe departe oute of this lyfe Sainte Austen woulde that To. xvi ser xv● de tempore baptisme of chyldren should not be differred but be ministred to them as sone as they are borne Also he saieth that saint Cyprian not makinge a newe decree Lib. iii. epi. viii Lib. i. ca. xx de origine aīae ad Hieroni. of it but kepinge the most stedfast faieth of the churche to correcte them whiche iudged that the chylde shoulde not be baptised before theight daye of hys birthe saied that the soule not the bodye shoulde perishe if he were not baptised and he with other byshoppes thought that the chylde streighte after hys birthe mighte be well baptised Sainte Hierome confirmeth this belefe saying Infantuli baptizātur Lib. 3. dialogorū contra Pelag. Adlatū idem ut eis peccata in baptismate dimittantur Younge chyldren are baptized that their sinnes mayē be forgeuen by it What can Peter Mar●yr and his disciples saye to this Wyll they haue vs beleue them before the scriptures and the olde godlye doctours of Christes churche What blyndnes is this Oure lorde of his tendre and greate mercie open their eyes that they may see the trueth of his word seing it recule and retourn again to y● catholyke churche out of y● which no mā can be saued Origen beleued euen as these other fathers did part of whose Hom. xiiii i● Lucamo sentences are nowe recited for he saith thus vpō these wordes of Iob. No man is cleane from the filthynesse of sinne no● althoughe l●ys lyfe were but of Ca. 25. iuxta 7● one daye vpon the earth Et quia per baptismi sacramentum natiuitatis sordes deponuntur propterea baptiz●ntur paruuli Nisi enim quis renatus fuerit c. Because the filthynes of mans naturall birthe is put away thorowe the sacrament of baptisme children are for that cause also baptised For excepte a man be borne agayne Ioan. iii. of water and the holye ghoste he can not entre in to the kingdome of heauen Innocentius the first which was in S. Austens tyme