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A80756 The royal prerogative vindicated in the converted recusant convinced by Scripture, reasons, fathers, and councils, that the oath of abjuration (compared with those of allegiance, and supremacy) containeth nothing, but what may be lawfully taken by every pious Christian, and loyal subject; and that the known doctrine, and discipline of the Church of England, in opposition to Popery on the one hand, and all sects, and schisms on the other, is the safest way to peace and loyalty here, and salvation hereafter. To which is annexed The King's supremacy in all causes, ecclesiastical, and civil, asserted in a sermon preached at the assises at Monmouth before Sir Robert Hide, one of his Majestie's judges, March 30. 1661. / By John Cragge, M.A. Cragge, John, M.A. 1661 (1661) Wing C6790; Wing C6786; Thomason E2261_1; Thomason E2261_2; ESTC R210148 173,676 266

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splendour_n of_o both_o these_o metal_n they_o may_v deceive_v the_o simple_a which_o error_n say_v he_o be_v now_o creep_v in_o among_o we_o that_o be_v christian_n athanasius_n say_v gentes_fw-la say_v athanasius_n adversus_fw-la gentes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o invention_n of_o image_n be_v of_o evil_a and_o not_o of_o good_a and_o the_o thing_n that_o have_v a_o evil_a beginning_n can_v never_o be_v judge_v good_a in_o any_o thing_n as_o be_v in_o all_o respect_n and_o altogether_o evil_a st._n cyprian_n say_v vanitate_fw-la say_v ad_fw-la defunctorum_fw-la vultus_fw-la per_fw-la imagine_v det●nendos_fw-la expressa_fw-la sunt_fw-la simulachra_fw-la indè_fw-la posteris_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la sacra_fw-la quae_fw-la primitùs_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la assumpta_fw-la solatia_fw-la cyprian_a de_fw-fr idolorum_fw-la vanitate_fw-la image_n be_v first_o draw_v thereby_o to_o keep_v the_o countenance_n of_o the_o dead_a in_o remembrance_n upon_o occasion_n thereof_o thing_n 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suffering_n of_o this_o present_a time_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o glory_n that_o shall_v be_v reveal_v in_o we_o that_o which_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v with_o glory_n do_v not_o condign_o merit_v but_o the_o very_a passion_n martyrdom_n of_o this_o present_a time_n be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v with_o glory_n therefore_o they_o do_v not_o condign_o merit_v theodoret_n do_v lively_o express_v this_o verity_n in_o this_o golden_a apophthegm_n roman_n apophthegm_n superant_fw-la certamina_fw-la coronae_fw-la non_fw-la comparantur_fw-la cum_fw-la laboribus_fw-la remunerationes_fw-la labour_v enim_fw-la parvus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la magnum_fw-la lucrum_fw-la speratur_fw-la et_fw-la propterea_fw-la non_fw-la mercedem_fw-la sed_fw-la gloriam_fw-la vocant_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la expectantur_fw-la theodoret._n in_o cap._n viij_o ad_fw-la roman_n the_o crown_n outstrip_v the_o conflict_n the_o labour_n be_v 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produce_v only_o another_o divine_a testimony_n that_o in_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n it_o may_v be_v confirm_v minist_n ponder_v well_o that_o place_n tit._n iii._o 5._o by_o the_o rhemist_n themselves_o translate_v thus_o not_o by_o the_o work_n of_o justice_n which_o we_o have_v do_v but_o according_a to_o his_o mercy_n he_o have_v save_v we_o by_o the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n and_o renovation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n whence_o we_o may_v frame_v this_o argument_n they_o which_o be_v not_o save_v of_o work_n of_o justice_n which_o they_o have_v do_v but_o according_a to_o god_n mercy_n be_v not_o save_v by_o merit_n of_o work_n but_o we_o be_v not_o save_v by_o work_n of_o justice_n which_o we_o have_v do_v but_o according_a to_o god_n mercy_n therefore_o we_o be_v not_o save_v by_o merit_n of_o work_n anselme_n upon_o the_o place_n approve_v this_o conclusion_n to_o be_v natural_o ground_v upon_o the_o premise_n then_o say_v ●_o say_v tunc_fw-la salvos_fw-la nos_fw-la fecit_fw-la qui_fw-la nostris_fw-la meritis_fw-la eramus_fw-la perditione_n digni_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la operibus_fw-la justitiae_fw-la quae_fw-la fecerimus_fw-la nos_fw-la processit_fw-la haec_fw-la salus_fw-la quia_fw-la nulla_fw-la opera_fw-la justitiae_fw-la seceramus_fw-la unde_fw-la salutem_fw-la meruissemus_fw-la sed_fw-la ipse_fw-la secundùm_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la svam_fw-la salvos_fw-la nos_fw-la fecit_fw-la non_fw-la secundum_fw-la merita_fw-la nostra_fw-la nobis_fw-la hanc_fw-la salutem_fw-la dedit_fw-la anselm_n in_o tit._n cap._n ●ii_fw-la ●_o he_o do_v he_o save_v we_o who_o by_o our_o own_o merit_n deserve_v perdition_n for_o this_o salvation_n come_v not_o from_o the_o work_n of_o justice_n which_o we_o have_v do_v because_o we_o have_v do_v the_o work_n of_o justice_n by_o which_o we_o shall_v merit_v salvation_n but_o he_o according_a to_o his_o mercy_n save_v we_o and_o not_o according_a to_o our_o merit_n give_v he_o we_o this_o salvation_n you_o may_v have_v the_o testimony_n of_o iii._o of_o diony_n carthus_n in_o tit._n iii._o dionysius_n carthusianus_n and_o other_o upon_o this_o text_n beside_o gent._n no_o this_o be_v sufficient_a proceed_v to_o your_o second_o reason_n draw_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o holy_a father_n minist_n i_o will_v begin_v with_o origen_n who_o say_v ego_fw-la vix_fw-la mihi_fw-la persuadeo_fw-la ullum_fw-la opus_fw-la esse_fw-la posse_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la debito_fw-la remunerationem_fw-la deposcat_fw-la i_o do_v scarce_o believe_v that_o there_o can_v be_v any_o work_n that_o may_v of_o duty_n require_v reward_n and_o again_o 8._o again_o dicite_fw-la vos_fw-la seruos_fw-la in●tiles_fw-la na_o et_v omne_fw-la fecerimus_fw-la quae_fw-la praecepta_fw-la sum_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la bonum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la fecimus_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la bona_fw-la essent_fw-la ●essemus_fw-la mutilos_fw-la omne_fw-la autem_fw-la bonum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la non_fw-la propriè_fw-la sed_fw-la abusiuò_fw-la bonum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la origeno_n in_o matt._n tract_n 8._o we_o be_v unprofitable_a servant_n for_z admit_v we_o have_v do_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v command_v yet_o we_o have_v do_v no_o good_a thing_n for_o if_o our_o do_n be_v good_a indeed_o then_o be_v we_o not_o unprofitable_a but_o any_o good_a deed_n of_o we_o be_v call_v good_a not_o right_o and_o due_o but_o by_o abuse_n of_o speech_n st._n augustine_n say_v si_fw-la deus_fw-la vellet_fw-la pro_fw-la meritis_fw-la agere_fw-la non_fw-la inveniret_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la damnaret_fw-la if_o god_n will_v deal_v with_o we_o according_a to_o that_o we_o have_v deserve_v he_o shall_v find_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o he_o may_v condemn_v saint_n ambrose_n say_v 3._o say_v caro_fw-la contra_fw-la spiritum_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la carnem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la concupiscit_fw-la nec_fw-la invenitur_fw-la in_o ullo_fw-la hominum_fw-la tanta_fw-la concordia_fw-la ut_fw-la legi_fw-la mentis_fw-la lex_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la membris_fw-la insita_fw-la non_fw-la repugnet_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la omnium_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la persona_fw-la accipitur_fw-la quod_fw-la johannes_n apostolus_fw-la ait_fw-la si_fw-la dixerimus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la habemus_fw-la nos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la seducimus_fw-la &_o vetitas_fw-la in_fw-la nobis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ambros_n lib._n 10._o epist_n 84._o tom._n 3._o the_o flesh_n cover_v against_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o spirit_n against_o the_o
our_o adversarie_n accusation_n that_o the_o same_o be_v 8._o be_v itse_fw-la christus_fw-la est_fw-la os_fw-la nostrum_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la patri_fw-la loquimur_fw-la oculus_fw-la noster_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la patrem_fw-la videmus_fw-la dextra_fw-la nostra_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la patri_fw-la offerimus_fw-la omne_fw-la haebemus_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la si_fw-la vulnera_fw-la curare_fw-la desideras_fw-la medice_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la febribus_fw-la aest●as_fw-la fons_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la gravaris_fw-la iniqua_fw-la sententia_fw-la justitia_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la indiges_fw-la auxilio_fw-la virtus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la mortem_fw-la time_n vita_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la teneb_fw-mi a_o f●gis_n lux_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la coelum_fw-la desideras_fw-la via_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la alimentum_fw-la quaeris_fw-la cibus_fw-la est_fw-la ambros_n lib._n d._n isai_n cap._n 8._o all-sufficient_a to_o justify_v a_o sinner_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n and_o to_o give_v true_a and_o inherent_a sanctity_n and_o purity_n to_o man_n soul_n and_o action_n first_o in_o this_o life_n sanctity_n and_o purity_n secundum_fw-la statum_fw-la viae_fw-la according_a to_o the_o condition_n of_o man_n wayfaring_a state_n second_o in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v sanctity_n and_o purity_n of_o perfect_a righteousness_n without_o error_n of_o sin_n and_o we_o believe_v that_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o christ_n upon_o the_o cross_n effect_v all_o this_o both_o by_o way_n of_o merit_n and_o influence_n rom._n vi_fw-la 1_o 5._o john_n xv_o 1._o yet_o for_o all_o this_o it_o do_v not_o raise_v our_o work_n to_o that_o sublime_a pitch_n as_o condign_o to_o merit_v salvation_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n as_o pontifician_n say_v god_n be_v unjust_a if_o he_o do_v not_o condign_o reward_v our_o work_n which_o even_o your_o own_o durand_n condemn_v as_o temerarium_fw-la &_o blasphemum_fw-la a_o rash_a and_o blasphemous_a assertion_n gent._n bellarmine_n 1._o bellarmine_n bellarm._n de_n justify_v lib._n 4._o cap._n 1._o say_v that_o you_o hold_v good_a work_n reipsa_fw-la &_o simpliciter_fw-la mortalia_fw-la peccata_fw-la in_o deed_n and_o simple_o to_o be_v mortal_a sin_n bona_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la nomine_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la to_o be_v virtuous_a only_o by_o extrinsical_a denomination_n minist_n that_o bellarmine_n unjust_o calumniate_v we_o may_v appear_v from_o the_o twelve_o article_n of_o our_o english_a confession_n wherein_o it_o be_v say_v that_o good_a work_n be_v the_o fruit_n of_o faith_n and_o follow_v justification_n be_v acceptable_a unto_o god_n and_o accept_v in_o christ_n with_o which_o agree_v 20._o agree_v melancth_v corp._n doctr._n tit._n de_fw-fr bovis_fw-la operibus_fw-la pag._n 20._o melancthon_n and_o 313._o and_o beza_n quaesi_fw-la &_o respon_n in_o opusc_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 676._o rucer_n &_o alu_n in_o colloquio_fw-la ratisbonensi_fw-la pag._n 313._o beza_n who_o profess_v in_o their_o treatise_n of_o this_o question_n that_o although_o the_o work_n of_o regenerate_v person_n be_v not_o so_o perfect_a and_o good_a as_o that_o they_o be_v able_a to_o merit_v eternal_a life_n yet_o they_o be_v true_o good_a because_o they_o proceed_v from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o purify_v the_o heart_n by_o faith_n and_o because_o god_n be_v glorify_v by_o they_o and_o we_o ourselves_o receive_v excellent_a fruit_n by_o they_o for_o first_o we_o believe_v that_o 263._o that_o apologia_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n testatur_fw-la bona_fw-la opera_fw-la necessaria_fw-la esse_fw-la christiano_n ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la rainold_n apolog._n thes_n pag._n 263._o good_a work_n be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o that_o all_o man_n that_o will_v be_v save_v must_v careful_o apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o practice_n and_o exercise_v thereof_o which_o be_v st._n augustine_n golden_a aphorism_n 14._o aphorism_n augustin_n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la &_o litera_fw-la cap._n 14._o praecepta_fw-la legis_fw-la tam_fw-la sunt_fw-la salutaria_fw-la facienti_fw-la ut_fw-la nisi_fw-la quis_fw-la ea_fw-la fecerit_fw-la vitam_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n divine_a precept_n be_v so_o necessary_a that_o none_o can_v have_v salvation_n but_o he_o which_o observe_v they_o tit._n iii._o 8._o joh._n xv_o 2_o 8._o hebr._n twelve_o 14._o apoc._n xxii_o 8._o second_o god_n reward_v good_a work_n of_o his_o bounty_n and_o grace_n with_o benefit_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a gen._n xxii_o 16._o luke_n vi_fw-la 35._o yet_o so_o as_o marsilius_n say_v 14._o say_v talis_fw-la est_fw-la obligatio_fw-la creaturae_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la quod_fw-la quantò_fw-la plus_fw-la solvit_fw-la tanto_fw-la plus_fw-la tenetur_fw-la marsil_n 2._o q._n 18._o art_n 14._o the_o more_o debt_n he_o pay_v unto_o god_n the_o more_o he_o be_v indebt_v three_o in_o give_v the_o reward_n he_o consider_v the_o mind_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o doer_n the_o integrity_n measure_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o work_n 2_o cor._n ix_o 6._o four_o the_o reward_n be_v certain_a and_o infallible_a yea_o more_o certain_a say_v st._n 55._o st._n non_fw-la ita_fw-la fidere_fw-la debemus_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la habemus_fw-la &_o videmus_fw-la ut_fw-la promissionibus_fw-la dei_fw-la chrysost_o genes_n hom._n 55._o chrysostome_n than_o any_o temporal_a benefit_n which_o man_n present_o enjoy_v in_o the_o world_n gen._n xxii_o 16._o five_o there_o be_v in_o all_o good_a work_v a_o dignity_n not_o of_o desert_n or_o aequiparance_n either_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n of_o who_o we_o can_v deserve_v nothing_o or_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o reward_n but_o only_o of_o grace_n divine_a similitude_n goodness_n and_o honour_n phil._n four_o 8._o so_o pererius_n 148._o pererius_n praeter_fw-la debita_fw-la gratitudinis_fw-la quae_fw-la nemo_fw-la satis_fw-la exsolvere_fw-la deo_fw-la potest_fw-la ea_fw-la quoqu_fw-la debita_fw-la quae_fw-la divino_fw-la prae_fw-la cepto_fw-la persolvere_fw-la tenemur_fw-la nemo_fw-la perfectè_fw-la persolvit_fw-la perer_n in_o genes_n vi_fw-la p._n 5_o dis_n 5._o n._n 148._o beside_o the_o debt_n of_o gratitude_n which_o none_o can_v sufficient_o pay_v to_o god_n no_o man_n also_o can_v perfect_o pay_v those_o debt_n we_o be_v bind_v to_o discharge_v by_o divine_a precept_n six_o the_o reward_n of_o good_a work_n be_v call_v a_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n 2_o tim._n four_o 8._o because_o it_o be_v bestow_v on_o they_o which_o exercise_n righteousness_n and_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o righteousness_n but_o merit_n of_o condignity_n and_o righteousness_n be_v divers_a thing_n as_o appear_v in_o angel_n and_o infant_n which_o have_v righteousness_n and_o be_v crown_v with_o glory_n and_o yet_o they_o do_v not_o merit_v as_o be_v declare_v in_o the_o council_n of_o colen_n colon._n colen_n apposita_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la corona_fw-la justitiae_fw-la dei_fw-la quia_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la reddat_fw-la quod_fw-la r●s●piscentibus_fw-la promisit_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la ex_fw-la debito_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la gratia_fw-la enchirid._n council_n colon._n a_o crown_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n be_v lay_v up_o for_o we_o it_o be_v just_o he_o shall_v give_v that_o which_o he_o promise_v to_o penitent_n but_o not_o of_o debt_n but_o of_o grace_n seven_o the_o ancient_a father_n maintain_v no_o merit_n of_o condignity_n but_o by_o merit_n as_o be_v former_o glance_v they_o understand_v impetration_n by_o any_o mean_n sometime_o without_o a_o man_n privacy_n or_o knowledge_n as_o saint_n ambrose_n say_v of_o st._n john_n 53._o john_n ambros_n serm._n 53._o tantam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la nascendo_fw-la meruit_fw-la he_o merit_v so_o much_o grace_n in_o or_o at_o his_o birth_n eight_o 27._o eight_o huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la justitia_fw-la non_fw-la consistit_fw-la in_o perfectione_n virtutum_fw-la sed_fw-la remissione_n peccatorum_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 19_o cap._n 27._o the_o prime_a part_n of_o man_n righteousness_n consist_v not_o as_o saint_n augustine_n say_v of_o perfection_n of_o virtue_n but_o remission_n of_o sin_n thus_o you_o see_v we_o cut_v the_o channel_n even_o between_o scylla_n and_o charybdis_n give_v good_a work_n their_o guerdon_n or_o due_a encomium_n but_o not_o merit_v of_o salvation_n which_o be_v christ_n peculiar_a gent._n catholic_n themselves_o hold_v that_o no_o work_n be_v meritorious_a with_o god_n of_o its_o own_o nature_n but_o to_o make_v the_o same_o meritorious_a many_o grace_n be_v require_v and_o those_o most_o divine_a and_o excellent_a minist_n your_o 4._o your_o rhem._n annotat._n in_o hebr._n vi_fw-la n._n 4._o divine_n of_o rheims_n so_o far_o extenuate_v christ_n merit_n and_o advance_v man_n that_o they_o affirm_v good_a work_n be_v meritorious_a and_o without_o any_o qualification_n the_o very_a cause_n of_o salvation_n so_o far_o that_o god_n shall_v be_v unjust_a if_o he_o render_v not_o heaven_n for_o the_o same_o and_o bellarmine_n adventure_n to_o say_v that_o 16._o that_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr temerarium_fw-la nec_fw-la blasphemum_fw-la sed_fw-la pium_fw-la &_o sanctum_fw-la dicere_fw-la deum_fw-la fore_fw-la injustum_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la servaret_fw-la promissa_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr justificat_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 16._o it_o be_v neither_o rash_a nor_o blasphemon_n but_o pious_a and_o holy_a to_o assert_v that_o god_n be_v not_o just_a if_o he_o keep_v