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A33984	Utrum horum, or, The nine and thirty articles of the Church of England, at large recited, and compared with the doctrines of those commonly called Presbyterians on the one side, and the tenets of the Church of Rome on the other both faithfully quoted from their own most approved authors / by Hen. Care.	Care, Henry, 1646-1688.	1682 (1682)	Wing C535; ESTC R2383	50,749	167

but for Christ's sake alone not by imputing Faith it self the Act of Believing or any Evangelical Obedience to them as their Righteousness but by imputing the Obedience and Satisfaction of Christ unto them they receiving and resting on him and his Righteousness by Faith which Faith they have not of themselves it is the Gift of God Faith thus receiving and resting on Christ and his Righteousness is the alone Instrument of Justification and yet it is not alone in the Person justified but is ever accompanied with all other saving Graces and is no dead Faith but worketh by Love Christ by his Obedience and Death did fully discharge the Debt of all those who are thus justified and did make a proper real and full satisfaction to his Fathers Justice in their behalf yet inasmuch as he was given by the Father for them and his obedience and satisfaction accepted in their stead and both freely not for any thing in them their Justification is only of free Grace that both the exact Justice and rich Grace of God might be glorified in the Justification of Sinners The Papists Whosoever shall say That the wicked are justified by Faith only understanding that nothing else is required to co-operate for the obtaining the Grace of Justification or that it is not necessary for a Man to be prepared and disposed by the motion of his Will Let him be Anathema Whosoever shall say That a Man is justified either by the only imputation of the Righteousness of Christ or by the only Remission of Sins or That the Grace whereby we are justified is the only Favour of God Let him be Accursed The twelfth Article of the Church of England Of Good Works ALbeit Good Works which are the Fruits of Faith and follow after Justification cannot put away our Sins and endure the severity of Gods Judgments yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God and Christ and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a Tree discerned by the Fruit. The Presbyterians Good Works are only such as God hath commanded in his Holy Word and not such as without the Warrant thereof are devised by Men out of Blind Zeal or upon any pretence of good Intentions These Good Works done in Obedience to Gods Commandments are the Fruits and Evidences of a true and lively Faith and thereby Believers manifest their Thankfulness strengthen their Assurance edify their Brethren adorn the Profession of the Gospel stop the Mouths of Adversaries and Glorifie God whose Workmanship they are created in Christ Jesus thereunto that having their Fruit unto Holiness they may have the end Eternal Life Their Ability to do good Works is not at all of themselves but wholly from the Spirit of Christ And that they may be inabled thereunto besides the Graces they have already received there is required an Actual influence of the same Holy Spirit to work in them to will and to do of his good pleasure yet are they not hereupon to grow negligent as if they were not bound to perform any Duty unless upon a special Motion of the Spirit but they ought to be diligent in stirring up the Grace of God that is in them Yet notwithstanding the Persons of Believers being accepted through Christ their Good Works also are accepted in him not as though they were in this Life wholly unblamable and unreprovable in Gods sight but that he looking upon them in his Son is pleased to accept and reward that which is sincere although accompanied with many Weaknesses and Imperfections The Papists We are to Believe That nothing is wanting to them that are justified but are to think they have fully by these Works which are done in God and according to the state of this Life satisfied the Law of God and truly to have deserved Eternal Life in due time to be obtained provided they depart hence in Grace No Man can know by the certainty of Faith under which there can be no falshood that he hath obtain'd the Grace of God The thirteenth Article of the Church of England Of Works before Justification WOrks done before the Grace of Christ and the Inspiration of his Spirit are not pleasant to God forasmuch as they spring not of Faith in Jesus Christ neither do they make Men meet to receive Grace or as the School-Authors say deserve Grace of Congruity Yea rather for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done we doubt not but they have the Nature of Sin The Presbyterians Works done by Unregenerate Men although for the matter of them they may be things which God commands and of good use both to themselves and others yet because they proceed not from an Heart purified by Faith nor are done in a right manner according to the Word nor to a right End the Glory of God they are therefore sinful and cannot please God or make a Man meet to receive Grace from God and yet their neglect of them is more sinful and displeasing to God They have found out I know not what Moral good Works whereby Men are made acceptable to God before they are ingrafted into Christ As if the Scripture lyed when it said They are all in Death who have not the Son If they be in Death how can they beget matter of Life As if it were of no force Whatsoever is not of Faith is Sin as if evil Trees could bring forth good Fruit. The Papists Whosoever shall say That all Works done before Justification howsoever they be done are truly Sins or deserve the hatred of God Let him be Anathema The fourteenth Article of the Church of England Of Works of Supererogation UOluntary works besides over and above Gods Commandments which they call Works of Supererogation cannot be taught without Arogancy and Impiety for by them men do declare that they do not only render unto God as much as they are bound to do but that they do more for his sake than of bounden duty is required whereas Christ saith plainly When you have done all that are commanded to you say you are unprofitable Servants The Presbyterians They who in their Obedience attain to the greatest height which is possible in this Life are so far from being able to Supererogate and do more than God requires as that they fall short of much which in Duty they are bound to do We cannot by our best Works merrit pardon of Sin or Eternal Life at the hand of God by reason of the great disproportion that is between them and the Glory to come and the infinite distance that is between us and God whom by them we can neither profit nor satisfie for the debt of our former sins but when we have done all we can we have done but our Duty and are unprofitable Servants And because as they are good they proceed from his Spirit and as they

Word of God The Presbyterians By the Decree of God for the manifestation of his own Glory some Men and Angels were predestinated unto everlasting Life and others fore-ordained to everlasting Death These Angels and Men predestinated and fore-ordain'd are particularly and unchangeably designed and their number so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished Those of Mankind that are predestinated unto Life God before the Foundation of the World was laid according to his Eternal and Immutable purpose and the secret Counsel and good pleasure of his Will hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting Glory out of his meer free Grace and Love without any foresight of Faith or Good Works or perseverance in either of them or any other thing in the Creature as Conditions and Causes moving him thereunto and all to the praise of his Glorious Grace As God hath appointed the Elect unto Glory so hath he by the Eternal and most free purpose of his Will fore-ordain'd all the means thereunto Wherefore they who are Elected being fallen in Adam are redeemed by Christ are effectually called unto Faith in Christ by his Spirit working in due season are Justified Adopted Sanctified and kept by his Power through Faith unto Salvation Neither are any other Redeemed by Christ effectually Called Justified Adopted Sanctified and Saved but the Elect only The Doctrine of this high Mystery of Predestination is to be handled with special Prudence and Care that Men attending the Will of God revealed in his Word and yielding Obedience thereunto may from the certainty of their effectual Vocation be assured of their Eternal Election so shall this Doctrine afford matter of Praise Reverence and Admiration of God and of Humility Diligence and abundant Consolation to all that sincerely obey the Gospel The Papists Though they own the Word Predestination sometimes yet they teach That the Cause thereof is not the meer good pleasure of God but that a Man doth make himself Eligible by his own good Works and Merits Thus they say The Kingdom of Heaven is prepared for them that are worthy of it and deserve it by their well doing Although from Gods Eternal Predestination Glory floweth to the Elect yet for all that it springeth not but from their own good Works Stella on Luke cap. 10. fol. 35. True Faith and Righteousness may be lost and the Faithful utterly fall from the Faith Bellarm. de Just l. 3. cap. 4. which is the same thing as if we should say That the Elect may become Reprobates and Election not to be immutable If any shall say That the Grace of Justification happens not to any but such as are Predestinate but that all the rest who are call'd are indeed call'd but receive not Grace as being by Divine Power Predestinated to Evil Let him be Accursed If any one shall say a Man Regenerated and Justified is bound to believe that he is certainly of the number of the Elect Let him be Anathema The eighteenth Article of the Church of England Of obtaining Eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ THEY also are to be had Accursed that presume to say That every Man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth so that he be diligent to frame his Life according to that Law and the Light of Nature For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ whereby Men must be saved The Presbyterians Persons not Elected although they may be call'd by the Ministry of the Word and may have some common Operations of the Spirit yet they never truly come unto Christ and therefore cannot be saved Much less can men not professing the Christian Religion be saved in any other way whatsoever be they never so diligent to frame their Lives according to the Light of Nature and the Law of that Religion they profess And to assert that they may is very pernicious and detestable The Papists Own the Words of this Article but in effect deny the latter part thereof by trusting in the Mediation and Intercession of the Virgin Mary and other Saints and Angels and praying unto and worshipping them c. The nineteenth Article of the Church of England Of the Church THE Visible Church of Christ is a Congregation of Faithful Men in the which the pure Word of God is Preached and the Sacraments be duly ministred according to Christs Ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same As the Church of Hierusalem Alexandria and Antioch have erred so also the Church of Rome hath erred not only in their Living and manner of Ceremonies but also in matters of Faith The Presbyterians Wherever we see the Word of God sincerely Preach'd and Heard and the Sacraments administred according to Christs Institution there is a Church of God For these two we assign as Marks whereby the Church may be known The Visible Church which is also Catholick or Vniversal under the Gospel not confin'd to one Nation as before under the Law consists of all those throughout the World that profess the true Religion and particular Churches which are Members thereof are more or less pure according as the Doctrine of the Gospel is taught and embrac'd Ordinances administred and publick Worship perform'd more or less pure in them The purest Churches under Heaven are subject both to mixture and error and some have so degenerated as to become no Churches of Christ but Synagogues of Satan Nevertheless there shall always be a Church on Earth to worship God according to his Will The Pope of Rome cannot in any sense be Head of the Church but is that Antichrist that Man of Sin and Son of Perdition that exalts himself in the Church against Christ and all that is called God The Papists As to the first part of the Article they deny the Preaching the Word and due Administration of the Sacraments to be the marks of Christs Visible Church See Bellarm. de notis Ecclesiae cap. 1. And instead thereof assign others which by the same Cardinal are there reckoned to be the fifteen following 1. The Name of the Catholick Church and Christians 2. Antiquity 3. Duration 4. Multitude 5. Succession of Bishops and Ordination 6. Agreement with the ancient Church 7. Vnion of the Members together amongst themselves and with their Head 8. Holiness of Doctrine 9. Efficacy of Doctrine 10. Holiness of Life 11. Miracles 12. Prophesies 13. Confession of Adversaries 14. The unhappy ends of those that have oppos'd it 15. The Temporal felicity of those that have desended it And as to the latter part of the Artiticle they with all Confidence assert the clean contrary other Churches have erred but the Church of Rome cannot Id Constanter Negamus we constantly deny saith Costerus the Jesuit that Christs Vicar Peters Successors the Bishops of Rome have either taught Heresies or propounded Errors God preserveth the Truth of Christian Religion in the Apostolick See of Rome