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A02349 A compend of the controversies of religion wherin the trueth is confirmed, and errour convinced, by authoritie of Scripture, witnessing of antiquitie, and confession of partie. Most necessary for all, in this backe-slyding age. By W.G. minister of God's word. Guild, William, 1586-1657. 1627 (1627) STC 12479; ESTC S118648 69,651 225

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that anie man is to be blamed Aug. ●…ib 16. de civit Dei c. 37. 3. Confession of Partie TO prescrybe anie choyse of meat sayth Cardinall Cajetan forbidding another it disagreeth altogether from the whole doctrine of the Gospell Cajet comment p. 252. As hee is cited by Eckius in indice errorum Cajetani CHAP. VII OF THE MARRIAGE of the Clergie That the same is lawfull 1. Authoritie of Scripture HEb 13.4 Marriage is honourable in all Therefore in the clergie 1. Cor. 7.2 To avoyde Fornication le●… everie man haue his owne Wyfe and let everie woman haue her owne Husband If everie man then bee permitted to haue the remedie of Marriage then Clergie-men are not debarred Verse 9. But if they to wit the vnmarried cannot containe let them marrie for it is better to marrie than burne But the Romane Doctors will say That it is better to burne in lust yea to commit adultery for the quenching there-of than that a Clergie-man marrie Bellarm. lib. de monachis c. 34. § est autem and their canon law causa 27. q. 1. c. 21. sayeth even the lyke 1. Timoth. 3.2 A Bishop then must bee blamelesse the husband of one wife But the Pope will crosse Paul and say That hee must bee the husband of no wife So well doeth Trueth and Errour agree 1. Cor. 9.5 Haue wee not power to leade about a Sister a Wyfe as well as other Apostles and as the brethren of the Lord and Cephas Remarke then That the verie Apostles and Peter were married men and forsooke not their wiues companie even in the time of their Apostleship 1. Tim. 4.1.3 And the Spirit speaketh manifestlie that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils c. forbidding to marrie Note then That forbidding anie sort of persons or calling to marrie is a cleare note of an Apostaticke Church seduced by errour and venting the doctrine of Satan 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie NOw the Apostle admitteth that he shall bee the husband of one wyfe sayeth Clemens whether hee bee Presbyter or Deacon or laicke vsing marriage without reproofe Clemens Alex. lib. 3. strō And hee preasseth to stop the mouthes of Hereticks sayeth Chrysostome that condemneth marriage showing that it is so voyde of anie fault yea it is so precious that a man may there-with be advanced to the holy order of a Bishop Chrys in 1. ad Tit. hom 2. 3. Confession of Partie BY the decreet of the Councell of Gangra sayth Alphonsus it is most clearlie evident that by the Law of God single lyfe is no-wise needfull to the receiving of holie orders nor yet is marriage sayth hee prejudiciall to Priesthood Alphon. de castro verbo sacerdotium CHAP. VIII OF SINNE §. I. That Concupiscence which remaineth in the regenerate is Sinne properlie against that decreet of Trent sess 5. 1. Authoritie of Scripture ROm 7.7 Nay I had not knowne sinne but by the Law for I had not knowne concupiscence except the Law had sayde Thou shalt not covet Verse 23. But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mynd c. Note then That Concupiscence is sinne properlie because it is forbidden by the Law And secondlie because it rebelleth against the Law and therefore the Apostle calleth concupiscence sinne properlie when hee expresselie sayeth Verse 17. Now then it is no more I that doe it but sinne that dwelleth in mee Againe 1. Iohn 1.8 If we say that wee haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. But remarke that if concupiscence were not sinne in the godlie they might at some tyme say having their actuall sinnes purged That there were not sinne anie more in them 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie COncupiscence of the flesh sayeth Augustine against which the good spirit desyreth is sinne because it rebelleth against the dominion of the mynde Aug. contra Iulian. Pelag. lib. 5. c. 5. 3. Confession of Partie COncupiscence is formallie sin sayth Cajetan in so farre as it is a part of originall sinne Cajet in Rom. 7. §. 2. That all Sinne is mortall by nature and none are veniall but onlie by Grace to those that are penitent 1. Authoritie of Scripture ROm. 6.20 For the vvages of sinne is death Note heere That there is not an exception of anie sort of sinne from deserving death therefore all sinne is pronounced mortall 1. Iohn 3.4 Who-so-ever committeth sinne transgresseth the Law for sinne is the transgression of the Law Gal. 3.10 But cursed is everie one that continueth not in all things vvhich are vvritten in the booke of the Law to doe them Note therefore That wee see if it deserue once to bee called sinne properlie it deserveth also the curse of the Law which is death eternall and consequentlie is mortall 1. Ioh. 1.7 And the Blood of Iesus Christ His Sonne cleanseth vs from all Sinne. Remarke then If all sinne requireth Christs Blood shed and death to purge it then all sinne deserveth death and therefore is mortall Mat. 12.36 But I say to you That everie ydle vvord that men shall speake they shall giue account there-of at the day of judgement Note then That at the day of judgement those sinnes which Papists call Veniall will prooue then Mortall because they will bee punished with eternall death seeing no temporall or lighter punishment is to bee then inflicted or there-after sustained 2. Witnessing of Antiqui●ie THose which wee thinke to be small sinnes sayeth Ierome exclude vs from the Kingdome of God Hieron in 5. c. ad Galat. 3. Confession of Partie SInnes which are called Veniall sayth Vega de justif lib. 14. c. 13. § decet they are properlie and simplie sinnes therefore wee see that they are aeque peccata altho not aequaliter peccata and consequentlie mortall So also sayth Cajetan on Matth. 5.19 By the least are vnderstood sayeth hee even those whose transgression is mortall Cajet comment p. 294. as he is cited by Eckius in indice errorum Cajetani CHAP. IX OF PREDESTINATION That wee were not predestinated vnto lyfe for our fore-seene good worke● as the cause but vnto good workes as the fruits and that of meere grace 1. Authoritie of Scripture EPhes 2.8 For by Grace ye are saved through Faith that not of your selues it is the gift of God Not of vvorks lest anie man should boast for vvee are his vvorkmanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good vvorks which God hath before ordained that vvee should vvalke in them Note then That good works as Bernard sayeth are the way where-in wee must walke to the kingdome but not the cause why either in election or glorificat●on it is bestowed vpon vs. Eph. 1.4 According as hee hath chosen vs in Him before the foundation of the World that vvee should bee holie and vvithout blame before Him in loue Having predestinated vs vnto the adoption of children by Iesus Christ to Himselfe according to the good pleasure of
Christ for by grace yee are saved Note then As a dead man of himselfe cannot will his owne quickening but is meerlie passiue in the act there-of so neither can a dead man in sinne of himselfe will his owne conversion but is meerlie also a sufferer in his first turning to God Iohn 6.44 No man can come to Mee except the Father draw him Note then When Hee sayeth No man can come that hee breaketh sayth Saint Ierome the prowde freedome of man's will Hieron lib. 3. adn Pelagianos 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie THey are not my words but the Apostles sayeth Bernard that anie good that can bee whether to thinke or will or doe the good which hee willeth hee ascrybeth all to God and nowise to his owne free-will Bern. tract de gra lib. arb prope finem So also Augustine lib. de spiritu litera c. 3. 3. Confession of Partie THe Scripture therefore sayeth Bellarmine both by words and similitudes everie-where cryeth that a sinner cannot in anie sort dispose himselfe to receiue grace Bellar. lib. 6. de lib. arb c. 5. § huc denique CHAP. XI OF IVSTIFICATION §. I. That wee are justified by Fayth onlie as the hand or instrument that layeth holde on GODS free mercie and CHRISTS merit for our absolution 1. Authoritie of Scripture ROm 5.1 Therefore beeing justified by Fayth we haue peace vvith God through our Lord Iesus Christ. Rom. 3.28 Wee conclude then that a man is justified by fayth vvithout the deeds of the Law Note then That fayth is made the onlie instrument and all other righteousnesse except Christs whereon fayth layeth onlie holde is expresselie excluded Gal. 2.16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the vvorks of the Law but by the faith of Iesus Christ even vve haue therefore believed in Iesus Christ that vvee might bee justified by the fayth of Christ and not by the vvorks of the Law for by the vvorks of the Law shall no flesh bee justified Wee see then againe anie inherent righteousnesse in man which is his obedience to the Law al-together excluded from having place in our justification and that the righteousnesse of Christ alone is that where-on fayth onlie layeth holde for our absolution Therefore the Apostle sayth Rom. 5.9 Much more then being now justified by his blood vvee shall bee saved from vvrath thorow him 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie THis is ordained by God sayeth Ambrose that who believeth in Christ shall bee saved without works by fayth onelie getting the free remission of his sinnes Ambrose in 1. Cor. cap. 1. Therefore sayeth Bernard a penitent sinner being justified by fayth alone shall haue peace with God Bern. Serm. 22. in Cant. 3. Confession of Partie IN that the Protestants vrge ever saith Cassander that wee are justified by fayth onelie it is the more tollerable seeing they expound that by fayth they vnderstand grace that is correspondent there-to So that it is all one to bee justified by fayth onlie as to bee justified by grace and not by workes Cass consult art 4. §. 2. That wee are not justified by our works before God or that no inherent righteousnesse in vs is the formall cause of our justification 1. Authoritie of Scripture ROm. 3.20 Therefore by the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh bee justified in his sight For Verse 24. Wee are justified freelie by his grace thorow the redemption that is in Iesus Christ. Rom. 11.6 And if by grace then it is no more of vvorks otherwyse grace is no more grace but if it bee of vvorks then it is no more grace other-wyse vvorke is no more vvorke Rom. 4.4 Now to him that vvorketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt Verse 2. For if Abraham were justified by vvorks hee hath vvhereof to glorie but not before God Rom. 3.27 Where is boasting then it is excluded By vvhat Law of vvorkes nay but by the Law of fayth Remarke then That by all the former places our workes are expresselie debarred from having anie place in justification which is by grace and grace and our inherent righteousnesse are so opposed in that worke that they can not consist but the one is ever destructiue of the other Note also That the Apostle cleareth playnlie that place of Iames 2.21 showing that Abraham's justifying by works was not before God but by them that hee was declared onlie before men to bee righteous and just Rom. 5.16 And not as it was by one that sinned so is the gift for the judgement vvas by one vnto condemnation but the free gift is of manie offences vnto justification Note then That our justification standeth in the remission of sinnes and this remission is a free gift and if it be a free gift then it is not of debt and if not of debt then not of our workes as the Apostle had formerlie concluded Rom. 4.4 Gal. 5.4 Who-so-ever then of you are justified by the law yee are fallen from grace Note then That the fleeing to our owne righteousnesse in justification is called an head-longs falling from grace to perdition 2. Witnessing of Antiquitie THE redemption of the Blood of Christ should bee vile in our eyes sayeth Ambrose nor should the prerogatiue of mens works succumbe to the mercie of God if justification which is by grace were due vnto anie preceeding merits So that it should not bee the gift of the free bestower but the reward o●… the meriting worker Amb. lib. 1. de voc gentium c. 5. Remarke heere That both our first justification and that vvhich they call the second even to the ende of our lyfe is onlie of meere grace 3. Confession of Partie WEE are saide freelie to bee justified sayth Benius because nothing that preceedeth our justification whether it bee fayth or works deserveth the grace of justification Benius de efficaci Dei auxilio c. 18. Vasques also the Iesuit rightlie observeth thus to wit That a number of their most learned Doctors whom hee accounteth good Catholicks differ in this point onlie in words but agree in deede Of which number hee nameth Vilhelmus Parisiensis Scotus Occam Gregorie Ariminensis Gabriel Biel Antididagma Coloniense Enchiridion Coloniense Iohannes Bunderius Alphonsus de Castro and Andreas Vega who was present at the handeling of this matter at the Councell of Trent Vasques in 1. 2. quast 114. disp 214. c. 1. §. 3. That it is Christ's righteousnesse onlie which in justification is imputed vnto vs vnto remission of sinnes 1. Authoritie of Scripture ISai. 53.5 But hee vvas vvounded for our transgressions hee vvas brused for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was vpon him and with his stripes vvee are healed Note then That by Christ's stripes and satisfaction is our healing or justification that this satisfaction of Christs is made ours onlie by imputation that Romane Doctor confesseth Bellarmine lib. 2. de justificatione c. 10. § deinde Ier. 23.6 In his dayes Iudah shall bee saved and Israel shall dwell safelie and
should bee proper and not common no not in opinion And agayne They should also sayeth hee bee al-to-gether inseparable Bell. lib. 4. de notis Ecclesiae cap. 2. § ac primum § tertio Which being applyed to Antiquitie Multitude Vniversalitie and such others will proue clearlie That they are no true Notes of the true CHVRCH FINIS A Table of the Contents of this Booke CHAP. I. Of Scripture § 1. That the Apocrypha is no canonicke Scripture 2. That Scripture containe●h all things necessarie for Salvation to know without vncertaine Traditions 3. That Scripture is plaine in all things necessarie for Salvation to know 4. That the Scripture should bee read by the people and therefore translated in-to their vulgar Tongue 5. That Scripture is the perfect rule of Fayth and Manners and the infallible supreame Iudge in all controversies of Religion 6. That the Scripture is not a dumbe Iudge but that GOD by it speaketh to his Church CHAP. II. Of the Church § 1. That the estate of the true Church is not ever visible to all men and chiefelie to the enemies there-of 2. That the visible Church of Christian professours may erre from the trueth in common altho not all and everie one 3. That the Church of Rome may erre and hath erred 4. That personall succession freeth not from errour 5. That the Iewish Church pretended no lesse infallibilitie than the Romane doeth and yet erred 6. That the VVord of GOD purelie preached and due administration of Sacraments is the true marke of a true Church 7. That Multitude is no note of a true Church neither personall succession nor Duration 8. That outward glorie and visibilitie is no note of a true Church 9. Th●t Miracles are no note of a true Church CHAP. III. Of Peter and the Pope's Supremacie § 1. That Peter had no supremacie of power over the rest of the Apostles and so neither should the Popes over their successours 2. That the Pope is not the Head Husband and foundation of the Church and therefore that all Christians are not bound to bee subject to him CHAP. IV. Of the Churches right Worship § 1. That prayers and all publicke worship should bee in a knowne language 2. That Christ is our onlie Mediator in Heaven and therefore that wee should goe to Him and by Him vnto GOD onlie 3. That the Saincts are not to bee invocated 4. That they know not our hearts nor our necessities and therefore are not to bee prayed vnto 5. That no religious worship of Dulia is to bee given to anie creature 6. That no religious worship is due to the Virgine Marie CHAP. V. Of Images § 1. That it is vnlawfull to represent GOD the Father by an olde Man 2. That no adoration is due to Images nor any signe there-of 3. That the practise of the olde Idolaeters and new Romanists jumplie agree 4. That Images are not fit books for the instruction of Laicks but onlie GODS VVord CHAP. VI. That no Meates are to bee abstayned from for conscience sake CHAP. VII That the Marriage of the Clergie is lawfull CHAP. VIII Of Sinne. § 1. That concupiscence in the Godlie is properlie sinne 2. That all sinne by nature is mortall CHAP. IX Of Predestination That wee are predestinated of free Grace and not for fore-seene works CHAP. X. Of Vocation § 1. That wee haue no merites of congruitie as naturall preparations to our effectuall calling 2. That our conversion is of miere grace and not partlie of our owne free-will CHAP. XI Of Iustification § 1. That wee are justified by Fayth onelie 2. That no inherent righteousnesse in vs is the cause of our justification 3. That Christ's righteousnesse onelie is imputed to vs vnto our absolu●ion CHAP. XII Of Sanctification § 1. That none can keepe the Law perfectlie in this lyfe 2. That none can worke anie workes of Supererogation CHAP. XIII Of Glorification § 1. That our good workes merite not eternall lyfe 2. That the Sainctes leaue no meritorious works nor sufferings behinde them to helpe others CHAP. XIV Of Purgatorie § 1. That Christ's Blood onlie purgeth perfectlie from all sinne 2. That Christ delyvereth from all punishment heere-after 3. That no man can in anie measure satisfie 4. That the soules of the Godlie at death immediatelie goe to Heaven CHAP. XV. Of certayntie of Salvation That the Godlie may bee assured of their salvation CHAP. XVI Of Perseverance That the Godlie can never totallie fall from grace nor finallie perish CHAP. XVII Of Baptisme That the children of the Godlie dying are not for want of Baptisme deprived of God's blessed vision CHAP. XVIII Of the LORD'S Supper § 1. That Christ's glorified bodie is onlie in the Heavens 2. That Christ's bodie is not in manie places at once invisiblie and vnpalpablie 3. That after consecration the substance of Bread and VVine remaineth 4. That Christ is not received by the bodilie mouth 5. That Christ is not received by the VVicked 6. That the people should not bee deprived of the cup. CHAP. XIX Of the Masse § 1. That the popish priests haue no calling to sacrifice Christ's bodie in the Masse 2. That the Masse is no propitiatorie sacrifice but al-together derogatorie to Christs CHAP. XX. OF ANTICHRIST § 1. VVhat sort of Adversarie hee is 2. The tyme of his comming 3. The place in generall where hee is to bee found 4. The place in speciall where his seate is 5. His Qualities and Actions whereby to know him and first his excessiue Pryde 6. His Blasphemie 7. His Idolatrie 8. His Crueltie 9. His Simonie 10. His false Miracles 11. His Name and Marke 12. His daylie consumption and full over-throw FINIS