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A30399	The Protestant's companion, or, An impartial survey and comparison of the Protestant religion as by law established, with the main doctrines of popery wherein is shewn that popery is contrary to scripture, primitive fathers and councils ... / by a true son of the Protestant Church of England as established by law.	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1685 (1685)	Wing B5845; ESTC R29606	32,970	68

for temporal punishments or holding them as profitable for the dead By Antoninus Part. 1. Sum. tit 10. c. 3. By Biel Lect. 57. de Canon Missae and by Hostiensis in Sum. l. 5. tit de remis nu 6. Consult herein Bishop Taylor 's Disswasive Part 1. Ch. 1. Sect. 3. The Church of Rome likewise in the Council of Trent accurses all such as say That a Sinner is justified by faith only or deny that the good works of holy Men do truly merit everlasting Life not to mention that blasphemous Doctrine of the Roman Church that the Sacrifice of the Mass offered as they pretend by the Priest is a meritorious and propitiatory Sacrifice for sin which wholly takes away the efficacy and merits of Christ's Passion and Resurrection That the Missal Sacrifice is a Propitiatory Sacrifice for sin is Contrary to Scripture Heb. 10. 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 c. 9. 24 25 26 27 28. c. 7. 25. Contrary to the Fathers Who by those Tropical speeches of Sacrificing and offering did not admit of any Propitiatory Sacrifice but only the Passion of Christ. Iustin Martyr Apol. 2. Ireneus l. 5. c. 34. Clement in Constitution l. 6. c. 23. Eusebius lib. 1. cap. 10. de demonst Ambrose l. 4. de Sacram. c. 6. Chrysostom Hom. 17. in Hebraeos Augustin Enchiridion ad Laurent c. 33. Id. de Trinitate de civitate Dei l. 10. c. 6. l. 3. c. 13. lib. 3. contra secund Epist Pelag. cap. 6. Gregor Dial. lib. 4. c. 59. Lumbard 4. dist 12. Thomas Aquinas who lived A. D. 1253. 3. p. Q. 83. Art 1. So far is the Romish Doctrine of the Mass from being Ancient That Men merit Eternal Life by their Good Works is Contrary to Scripture Luke 17. 10. 1 Cor. 4. 6 7. Ephes. 2. 8. 1 Ioh. 18. Contrary to the Fathers Ignatius in Epist. ad Rom. Polycarp apud Euseb. Histor. Eccles. l. 4. c. 15. Origen l. 4. in Epist. ad Rom. c. 4. Basil. in Psal. 114. Macarius Homil. 15. Ambrose in Psal. 118. Serm. 20. in Exhort ad Virgines Chrysostom in Matth. Homil. 53. Id. ad Stelechum de compunct cord ed. Savil. Tom. 6. p. 157. Ierom super Ephes. 2. Tom. 9. Id. l. 6. in Isai. c. 13. Id. lib. 17. c. 64. Tom. 5. Leo Serm. 1. de assumpt Id. Serm. 12. de pass dom Theodoret in Rom. 6. v. ult Id. in Rom. 8. Augustin Confess l. 10. c. 4. Tom. 1. Id. super Iohan Tract 3. Tom. 9. Id. Tom. 8. in Psal. 109. Fulgentius ad Monim l. 1. c. 10. Iustus Orgelitanus in Cantic cap. 2. Cassiodore in Psal. 5. Council of Orange 2. Can. 20. Caranza in summa Concil Gregor Magnus Tom. 2. in Ezech. ad sinem Id. moral l. 5. c. 8. l. 9. c. 14. l. 29. c. 9. l. 35. c. ult Id. Psal. 1. Poenit. Tom. 2. Merit Not allow'd of in Anselm's time who liv'd An. Dom. 1086. as appears from him in Rom. 12. nor in S. Bernard's days as appears from him in Cant. Serm. 73. where he saith That the Saints had need to pray for their Sins that they may have Salvation through Mercy and not trusting in their own Righteousness So far was S. Bernard who liv'd An. Dom. 1120. from owning the Popish Doctrine of Merits Confess'd By Bellarmin That Good Works are rewarded above their deserts de Iustif. l. 1. c. 19. Concerning the Sacrifice of the Mass consult Bishop Iewel 1 and 17 Article against Harding Bishop Morton of the Mass Dr. Brevint's Depth and Mystery of the Roman Mass. Rodon's Funeral of the Mass c. 7. 8. Concerning the Popish Doctrine of Merits see Birkbeck's Protestant Evidence Article 9. That Men are not justified by Faith only and for the Merit of our Saviour but by their own good Works too by which as the Papists hold they merit eternal happiness is Contrary to Scripture Rom. 3. 28. c. 4. 4 5. c. 5. 1 2 3. c. 11. 6. Ephes. 2. 8 9. Contrary to the Fathers Irenaeus l. 4. c. 5. Clemens Alexandrinus Paedagog l. 1. c. 6. Stromat l. 5. Origen l. 3. in Epist. ad Rom. c. 3. Ambrose or some in the same Age with him as Bellarmin confesseth de Iustif. c. 8. in his Comment upon Rom. c. 4. and in 1 Cor. c. 1. Theodoret de curandis Graec. affectib l. 7. Chrysostome in Rom. 1. 17. Homil. 2. Id. in Tit. 1. 13. Homil. 3. Augustin l. 1. contr duas Epistol Pelag. c. 21. Id. in Psal. 8. concion 2. Primasius in c. 2. ad Galatas Fulgentius de incar grat c. 16. Confessed By Cardinal Bellarmin That it is most safe and sure to place all our trust upon the only Mercy of God because of the incertainty of our own Justice and the danger of vain glory De Iustif. l. 5. c. 7. After he had Confessed That good Works are rewarded above their deserts Id. de Iustif. l. 1. c. 19. Consult herein Birkbeck's Protestant Evidence Article 8. SECT VIII OUR Church performs all her Prayers and other Divine Offices and administers the Sacraments with such Rites as are agreeable to the Word of God being for Decency and Order in a Language understood by all those that are concern'd therein The Popish Church hath her Prayers in an unknown Tongue to which if the people do say Amen it is without understanding Which is not only an unreasonable Service but an abominable Sin robbing God of his Honour and Men of their Devotion Prayers in an unknown Tongue are 1. Contrary to Scripture 1 Cor. 14. 2. Contrary to the Fathers Origen contra Cels. l. 8. Basil lib. Qu. ex variis Script locis Q. 278. Ambrose in 1 Cor. 14. Chrysostom Hom. 18. in 2 Cor. Hierome Tom. 1. Epist. 17. Augustin Epist. 178. Id. in Psal. 18. con 2. Id. de doctr Christ. l. 4. c. 10. Bede Hist. Angl. l. 1. c. 1. 3. Contrary to Councils and Papal Decrees Concilium Moguntinum An. Dom. 812. cap. 45. Concil Lateran An. Dom. 1215. c. 9. Greg. l. 1. titul 31. cap. Quoniam plerisque Baronius Tom. 10. A. D. 88. N. 16. Histor. Boem c. 13. Written by Aeneas Sylvius who was afterwards called Pope Pius 11. 1. Confessed to be Against Edification in Spiritual matters by Lyra and Cardinal Cajetan in 1 Cor. 14. Cassander in Liturgic c. 28. Consult Article 24. 2. Confessed to be Contrary to the Practice of the Primitive Church by Aquinas and Lyra in 1 Cor. 14. Consult herein Bishop Iewel against Harding Article 3. Bishop Taylor 's Dissuasive Part 1. Ch. 1. Sect. 7. SECT IX AS our Church employs such persons in the Ministry of God's Worship and Sacraments and in feeding and governing the Flock of Christ as are lawfully called to their Office and Ministry and are Consecrated and Ordained according to the Scriptures and Canons of the Universal Church and of whose Bishops we can shew a

Hierusalem in Leviticum l. 2. c. 8. saith It was the custom in the ancient Church to burn the remainders of the Eucharist Which place when Cheyney a Protestant in Q. Mary's days insisted upon against the Papists and demanded what it was that was burned one answered That it was either the Body of Christ or the substance of Bread put there by miracle at which he smil'd and said a Reply was needless and I think so too Chillingworth hath a pretty joking Dialogue betwixt C. and K. about Transubstantiation and the Infallibility of the Roman Church in his Protestant Religion a safe way to Salvation Part 1. Ch. 3. Edit 2. 1638. p. 158 159. Transubstantiation Confess'd Not to be in the Canon of the Bible by these Learned Papists hereafter mentioned Scotus in 4. lib. sentent dist 11. Q. 3. Occam ibid. Q. 6. Biel Lect. 40. in Can. Missae Fisher Bishop of Rochester c. 1. cont captiv Babyl Cardinal Cajetan apud Suarez Tom. 3. Disp. 46. Sect. 3. Melchior Canus Loc. com l. 3. c. 3. fund 2. That Transubstantiation was not touch'd by the Fathers was Confess'd by our English Jesuits Discurs Modest. p. 13. and by Alphonsus a Castro de Haeres l. 8. verbo Indulgentia Not own'd as an Article of Faith before the Lateran Council held Anno Dom. 1215 therefore it is no ancient Article Confess'd By Scotus apud Bellarm. l. 3. de Euchar. c. 28. And yet this was the bloody Test in Queen Mary's days by which so many Glorious Martyrs changed Earth for Heaven SECT VII OUR Church acknowledges no Purgatory or Propitiation for our sins but that which was made once for all by our Blessed Saviour and that upon the condition of Faith and Repentance We disown all Pardons and Indulgences as grounded upon no warranty of Scripture but rather repugnant to the Word of God since we are told that we have nothing but what we have received We own that good works are the fruits of Faith and follow after Justification but that they cannot put away sins and endure the severity of God's Judgment much less for the sins of others nor can we perform works over and above God's Commands call'd by the Papists works of Supererogation to say which is the highest arrogance For when we have done all we are commanded Christ enjoyns us to say We are unprofitable Servants And we look upon our selves as righteous before God for the merit of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith and not for our own works and deserts The Romish Church owns a Purgatory for sins pardoned so that there still remains a guilt of temporal punishment to be paid either in this life or hereafter in Purgatory Which upstart Doctrine of Purgatory for we shall anon shew it to be so hath prov'd the Mother of Indulgences and Pardons and thereby hath mightily enriched the Church of Rome whereby remission of sins is set upon terms in the vile market of Indulgences Murther and Incest being valued at five Grosses Perjury at six Sacriledge and Simony at seven and so on in the Tax of the Apostolick as it is pretended Chancery Hence above 60000 Marks besides all other payments to the See of Rome were yearly carried out of this Kingdom by the Italians being a greater Revenue than our King then had as appears by a fruitless complaint in a Letter from the whole Nation to the Council of Lions Anno Dom. 1245. A round summ it was in those days before the Indian Gold was discover'd and yet that was spent in maintaining the lust and ambition of the Popish Clergy Popish Purgatory Contrary to Scripture Gal. 3. 13. Heb. 1. 3 c. 9. 14. c. 10. 10. Rom. 5. 1 2 10 11 Rev. 14. 13. which last Text is a place so clear against Purgatory that Picherellus a Papist of the Sorbon College did ingeniously confess that S. Iohn had in those few words put out the fire of Purgatory de Missà pag. 156. Contrary to the Fathers Dionysius Areopagita Eccles. Hier. c. 7. Author of the Questions in Iustin Quaest. 75. Tertullian de Baptismo Cyprian's Tract ad Demetri Sect. 16. Macarius Homil. 22. Hilarius in Psal. 2. Gregon Nazianzen Orat. 5. in Plagam grandinis Orat. 42. in Pascha de Eccles. Dogmat. c. 79. Ambrose de bono mortis cap. 4. Chrysostom de poenit Serm. 3. Id. in Genes Hom. 5. Hom. 16. in Ep. ad Rom. Epiphanius Haeres 79. sub finem Augustin though he doubts in this point in Enchirid. c. 67 69. De civit Dei l. 21. c. 26. de fide op c. 16. is positive elsewhere against Purgatory scil lib. de pec mer. rem cap. 28. he saith That there is no middle place That a Man may be any where but with the Devil who is not with God Gregor Magnus in Iob. lib. 13. c. 20. Bede in Psal. 6. Otho Frisingensis in Chron. l. 8. c. 26. Anselm in 2 Cor. 5. Bernard Epist. 266. Lumbard sen. 3. dist 19. lit A. He liv'd Anno Dom. 1144. Contrary to the Doctrine of the Greek Church of the later Ages as appears from their Apology delivered to the Council of Basil about 253 years ago Hence doth Alphonsus a Castro place their not holding a Purgatory among the Errors of the Greek Church l. 12. tit Purgat Purgatory Confess'd By Petrus Picherellus to have no fewel either to kindle or maintain its fire in Scripture Picherell de Missa c. 2. Confess'd That neither the Scriptures nor the Ancient Fathers have any thing in them concerning Purgatory By Alphonsus à Castro l. 12. tit Purgat f. 258. Confess'd That few or none of the Greek Fathers ever mention it and the Latin Fathers did not at all believe it but by degrees came to entertain opinions of it and that the Catholick Church knew it lately By Roffensis Art 18. con Luther Polydore Virgil. de Invent. rerum l. 8. Confess'd By another learned Roman Catholick Father Barns That it is a thing which lies meerly in human invention and cannot be firmly deduced from Scriptures Fathers and Councils and That the opposite opinion seems more agreeable to them in Catholico-Rom Pacificus Sect. 9. Consult herein Archbishop Laud against Jesuit Fisher. Dr. Stillingfleet's Rational Account Part 3. Ch. 6. Bishop Taylor 's Disswasive Part 1. Ch. 1. Sect. 4. The Rise of In dulgences At first the Indulgences that were were but relaxations or releasements of Canonical satisfaction i. e. of the Discipline or correction of the Church In this sense are to be understood the first Council of Nice c. 11. of Arles c. 10. and of Ancyra c. 2. But their new and chief foundation was laid by Pope Clement the sixth in his Extravagant Ann. Dom. 1350. Confess'd That we have nothing in the Scripture nor in the sayings of the Ancient Fathers concerning Indulgences as satisfactions before God