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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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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 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alone_o but_o what_o be_v the_o remainder_n of_o your_o grace_n gent._n the_o six_o concurrent_a grace_n to_o make_v work_n meritorious_a be_v god_n free_a promise_n to_o reward_v they_o according_a to_o their_o desert_n the_o seven_o which_o crown_v all_o be_v the_o grace_n of_o perseverance_n to_o the_o end_n minist_n first_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n whereby_o he_o oblige_v himself_o to_o confer_v a_o benefit_n to_o his_o people_n upon_o their_o obedience_n infer_v not_o desert_n or_o merit_n on_o their_o part_n it_o be_v your_o own_o durand_n aphorism_n 15._o aphorism_n promissio_fw-la divina_fw-la in_o scripture_n sanctis_fw-la non_fw-la sonac_n in_fw-la aliquam_fw-la obligationem_fw-la sed_fw-la insinuat_fw-la meram_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la liberalitatis_fw-la divinae_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la redditur_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la debito_fw-la praecedentis_fw-la operis_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la promissione_n praecedente_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la redditur_fw-la ex_fw-la 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according_a to_o their_o desert_n for_o he_o reward_v they_o according_a to_o his_o own_o bounty_n but_o not_o according_a to_o their_o desert_n yea_o he_o reward_v above_o desert_n as_o gregory_n arimine_n 2._o arimine_n gregor_n arimin_n 1._o dist_n 17._o q._n 1._o art_n 2._o say_v and_o in_o part_n contrary_a to_o desert_n psal_n ciii_o 10._o which_o gregory_n the_o last_o of_o good_a pope_n and_o first_o of_o bad_a confess_v 27._o confess_v gregor_n papa_n moral_a lib._n 9_o cap._n 27._o si_fw-mi semota_fw-la misericordia_fw-la discutimur_fw-la opus_fw-la nostrum_fw-la poena_fw-la dignum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la remunerari_fw-la praemiis_fw-la postulamus_fw-la if_o we_o shall_v be_v judge_v without_o mercy_n our_o work_n deserve_v punishment_n which_o we_o beg_v to_o be_v recompense_v with_o reward_n and_o as_o for_o the_o grace_n of_o perseverance_n as_o it_o be_v a_o necessary_a condition_n of_o glory_n apocal._n two_o 20._o so_o it_o be_v of_o grace_n and_o not_o of_o merit_n 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to_o extenuate_v it_o by_o gratia_fw-la grace_n which_o be_v also_o sufficient_a for_o one_o purpose_n now_o upon_o these_o word_n that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v our_o own_o interpreter_n theodoret_n descant_v thus_o rom._n thus_o hic_fw-la non_fw-la dicit_fw-la mercedem_fw-la sed_fw-la gratiam_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la dei_fw-la donum_fw-la vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la summam_fw-la et_fw-la absolutam_fw-la justitiam_fw-la praestiterit_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la laboribus_fw-la aeterna_fw-la in_o aequilibrio_fw-la non_fw-la respondent_fw-la theod._n in_o cap._n vi_fw-la ad_fw-la rom._n the_o apostle_n say_v not_o here_o reward_v but_o grace_n for_o eternal_a life_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n for_o although_o one_o can_v perform_v the_o high_a and_o absolute_a justice_n yet_o eternal_a joy_n be_v weigh_v with_o temporal_a labour_n be_v nothing_o answerable_a st._n chrysostome_n thus_o vi_fw-la thus_o non_fw-la eundem_fw-la seruat_fw-la oppositorum_fw-la 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jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n st._n ambrose_n thus_o rom._n thus_o ambros_n in_o cap._n vi_fw-la ad_fw-la rom._n sequentes_fw-la peccatum_fw-la acquirent_fw-la mortem_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o sequentes_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la fidem_fw-la christi_fw-la quae_fw-la condonat_fw-la peccata_fw-la habebunt_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la as_o they_o that_o follow_v sin_n gain_v death_n so_o they_o that_o follow_v the_o grace_n of_o christ_n that_o be_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n which_o forgive_v sin_n shall_v have_v eternal_a life_n theophylact_fw-mi thus_o roman_n thus_o gratiam_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la mercedem_fw-la dixit_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la futuram_fw-la perindè_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la inquiat_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la laborum_fw-la accipitis_fw-la praemia_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la fiunt_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la jesus_n qui_fw-la haec_fw-la operatur_fw-la &_o factitat_fw-la theophyl_n in_o cap._n vi_fw-la ad_fw-la roman_n 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shall_v say_v christ_n have_v redeem_v we_o by_o his_o passion_n and_o he_o communicate_v to_o we_o the_o grace_n of_o redemption_n therefore_o he_o make_v we_o redeemer_n the_o grace_n of_o adoption_n it_o be_v true_a in_o baptism_n make_v the_o regenerate_a partaker_n in_o a_o sense_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o communicate_v divine_a ray_n from_o the_o distinct_a person_n in_o the_o trinity_n yet_o make_v not_o the_o work_n of_o man_n so_o qualify_v condign_o meritorious_a for_o the_o divine_a person_n work_v according_a to_o a_o certain_a degree_n and_o measure_n of_o grace_n and_o not_o according_a to_o the_o fullness_n of_o power_n or_o as_o a_o elicitive_a cause_n alioquin_fw-la say_v vasques_n sequeretur_fw-la nostra_fw-la opera_fw-la esse_fw-la infiniti_fw-la valoris_fw-la otherwise_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o our_o work_n be_v of_o infinite_a value_n 7._o value_n cum_fw-la opera_fw-la nostra_fw-la non_fw-la alia_fw-la ratione_fw-la tribuantur_fw-la christo_fw-la 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the_o person_n that_o act_v they_o according_a to_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o righteousness_n and_o sanctity_n from_o who_o as_o bonaventure_n 4._o bonaventure_n bonaventur_fw-la 3._o dist_n 20._o q._n 4._o evidence_v vitium_fw-la humanae_fw-la originis_fw-la nunquam_fw-la separatur_fw-la a_o carne_fw-la peccati_fw-la the_o fleshly_a stain_n traduciary_a from_o original_a sin_n can_v never_o be_v separate_v and_o our_o adversary_n that_o pretend_v to_o so_o much_o acuteness_n may_v know_v that_o the_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n in_o effect_v our_o adoption_n concur_v not_o as_o simple_o 148._o simple_o pro_fw-la exclusione_fw-la virturis_fw-la mediae_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la genere_fw-la causarum_fw-la secundarum_fw-la &_o in_o hac_fw-la significatione_n sola_fw-la causa_fw-la proxima_fw-la est_fw-la immediata_fw-la keckerm_n system_fw-la log._n pag._n 148._o immediate_a but_o remote_a not_o as_o total_a but_o partial_a not_o as_o univocal_a but_o aequivocal_a not_o as_o natural_a 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magni_fw-la viri_fw-la licèt_fw-la jam_fw-la magna_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la charitate_fw-la luceant_fw-la aliquas_fw-la tamen_fw-la peccati_fw-la nebulas_fw-la velut_fw-la quasdam_fw-la noctis_fw-la reliquias_fw-la trahunt_fw-la non_fw-fr de_fw-fr meis_fw-la meritis_fw-la confidens_fw-la ut_fw-la i_o salvum_fw-la facias_fw-la supplico_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la sola_fw-la misericordia_fw-la tua_fw-la praesumens_fw-la impetrare_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la meritis_fw-la meis_fw-la spero_fw-la gregor_n in_o 1_o psal_n penitent_n litany_n i_o supplicate_v say_v he_o that_o
flesh_n neither_o can_v there_o be_v find_v in_o any_o man_n such_o concord_n that_o the_o law_n which_o be_v ingraft_v in_o the_o member_n fight_v not_o against_o the_o law_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o for_o that_o cause_n st_n john_n be_v word_n be_v take_v as_o speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o all_o saint_n if_o we_o say_v we_o have_v no_o sin_n we_o deceive_v ourselves_o and_o there_o be_v no_o truth_n in_o we_o st_o chrysostom_n be_v consonant_a to_o st._n ambrose_n and_o st._n augustine_n these_o be_v his_o word_n 592._o word_n chrysost_n de_fw-fr compunct_a cordis_fw-la lib._n 2._o tom_n 5._o col_fw-fr 592._o etsi_fw-la millies_fw-la moriamur_fw-la etsi_fw-la omnes_fw-la virtutes_fw-la animi_fw-la expleamus_fw-la nihil_fw-la dignum_fw-la gerimus_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsi_fw-la percepimus_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la though_o we_o die_v a_o thousand_o time_n and_o though_o we_o accomplish_v all_o virtue_n of_o the_o mind_n yet_o do_v we_o nothing_o worthy_a of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o receive_v of_o god_n as_o also_o st._n basil_n humilitate_fw-la basil_n basil_n de_fw-fr humilitate_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la nostra_fw-la integra_fw-la &_o perfecta_fw-la gloriatio_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la quando_fw-la propriae_fw-la justitiae_fw-la nos_fw-la inopes_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la sola_fw-la autem_fw-la fide_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la justificari_fw-la this_o be_v our_o full_a and_o perfect_a rejoice_v in_o god_n when_o we_o acknowledge_v that_o we_o be_v void_a of_o any_o of_o our_o own_o righteousness_n and_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n only_o in_o christ._n st._n hierom_n say_v 11._o say_v hierom_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la ephes_n cap._n 11._o in_o christ_n we_o have_v boldness_n and_o liberty_n to_o come_v unto_o god_n and_o trust_v and_o affiance_n by_o the_o faith_n of_o he_o not_o through_o our_o righteousness_n but_o through_o he_o in_o who_o our_o sin_n be_v forgive_v theophylact_fw-mi say_v titi._n say_v servavit_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la operibus_fw-la quae_fw-la fecimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la fecimus_fw-la opera_fw-la justitiae_fw-la neque_fw-la per_fw-la haec_fw-la conservati_fw-la sumus_fw-la sed_fw-la universam_fw-la salutem_fw-la ●onitas_fw-la ipsius_fw-la atque_fw-la clementia_fw-la operata_fw-la est_fw-la theophylact_fw-mi in_o iii._o cap._n titi._n he_o have_v save_v we_o eternal_o not_o of_o the_o work_n which_o we_o have_v do_v that_o be_v neither_o have_v we_o do_v the_o work_n of_o justice_n neither_o be_v we_o save_v by_o they_o but_o his_o goodness_n and_o his_o clemency_n have_v wrought_v our_o salvation_n whole_o saint_n bernard_n which_o see_v not_o all_o thing_n see_v this_o 1._o this_o bernard_n serm._n in_o annunc_fw-la p._n 160._o tom._n 1._o touch_v say_v he_o eternal_a life_n we_o know_v that_o the_o suffering_n of_o this_o time_n be_v not_o worthy_a of_o the_o glory_n to_o come_v no_o not_o if_o one_o man_n can_v sustain_v all_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o man_n be_v not_o such_o that_o for_o they_o eternal_a life_n be_v due_a by_o right_n or_o that_o god_n shall_v do_v some_o injury_n if_o he_o give_v it_o not_o it_o derogate_v from_o grace_n whatsoever_o thou_o ascribe_v to_o merit_v i_o will_v have_v no_o merit_n that_o exclude_v grace_n meritum_fw-la meum_fw-la miserationes_fw-la domini_fw-la my_o merit_n be_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n gent._n these_o be_v more_o then_o sufficient_a let_v i_o hear_v what_o you_o can_v say_v to_o your_o three_o reason_n take_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o your_o best_a approve_v catholic_n and_o renown_a schoolman_n clear_v this_o and_o i_o for_o my_o part_n shall_v confess_v we_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d self-condemned_n minist_n i_o will_v begin_v with_o your_o angelical_a doctor_n aquinas_n who_o say_v 1._o say_v manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la inter_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o hominem_fw-la est_fw-la maxima_fw-la inaequalitas_fw-la in_fw-la infinitum_fw-la enim_fw-la distant_a totum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la hominis_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la unde_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la hominis_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la esse_fw-la justitia_fw-la secundùm_fw-la absolutam_fw-la aequalitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la secundùm_fw-la proportionem_fw-la quandam_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideò_fw-la meritum_fw-la hominis_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la aquin._n 1._o 2._o quaes_n 114._o art_n 1._o that_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o between_o god_n and_o man_n there_o be_v exceed_o great_a inequality_n as_o which_o do_v differ_v in_o infinite_a all_o the_o good_a that_o man_n have_v be_v of_o god_n wherefore_o man_n justice_n receive_v of_o god_n can_v be_v according_a to_o absolute_a equality_n but_o after_o a_o certain_a proportion_n to_o wit_n as_o much_o as_o either_o work_v according_a to_o his_o condition_n now_o man_n have_v the_o measure_n and_o condition_n of_o his_o virtue_n from_o god_n and_o therefore_o man_n merit_n can_v be_v with_o god_n etc._n etc._n 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simpliciter_fw-la abnegat_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la modificatione_fw-la apostoli_fw-la &_o scripturarum_fw-la con●●dit_fw-la quia_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la meretur_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la aut_fw-la voluntate_fw-la largitoris_fw-la walden_v de_fw-fr sacrament_n t._n 1._o c._n 7._o nu_fw-la 5._o sound_a divine_a more_o faithful_a catholic_n and_o more_o concord_v with_o holy_a scripture_n which_o simple_o abrenounce_v such_o merit_n and_o with_o the_o modification_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o scripture_n yield_v that_o no_o man_n simple_o merit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o that_o it_o be_v of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n or_o the_o will_n of_o the_o giver_n durand_n a_o famous_a schole-doctour_n be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n say_v that_o med_a that_o meritum_fw-la de_fw-la condigno_fw-la invenitur_fw-la inter_fw-la homines_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la hominis_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la quod_fw-la patet_fw-la qutae_fw-la quod_fw-la redditur_fw-la potius_fw-la ex_fw-la liberalitate_fw-la dantis_fw-la quàm_fw-la ex_fw-la debito_fw-la opert_n non_fw-la cadit_fw-la sub_fw-la merito_fw-la condigni_fw-la strictè_fw-la &_o propriè_fw-la accepto_fw-la sequitur_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la dicat_fw-la quod_fw-la quamvis_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la constituatur_fw-la nobis_fw-la debtor_n ex_fw-la altquo_fw-la opere_fw-la nestro_fw-la etc._n etc._n durand_n in_o 2_o sent._n dis_fw-fr 27._o q._n 2._o in_o med_a condign_a merit_n be_v find_v among_o man_n but_o it_o be_v not_o between_o god_n and_o man_n which_o hereby_o be_v clear_a because_o that_o which_o be_v render_v rather_o of_o the_o liberality_n of_o the_o giver_n then_o of_o the_o debt_n to_o the_o work_n fall_v not_o under_o condign_a merit_n proper_o so_o call_v if_o any_o say_v that_o if_o god_n become_v not_o our_o debtor_n by_o reason_n of_o our_o work_n yet_o he_o be_v make_v our_o debtor_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o promise_n which_o the_o scripture_n express_v that_o answer_n be_v of_o no_o force_n for_o two_o reason_n first_o because_o god_n promise_n in_o the_o scripture_n do_v not_o sound_a to_o any_o obligation_n but_o insinuate_v the_o mere_a disposition_n of_o god_n liberality_n second_o because_o that_o which_o be_v give_v be_v not_o give_v for_o the_o debt_n arise_v of_o the_o work_n but_o of_o promise_n that_o go_v before_o not_o that_o it_o be_v render_v for_o the_o condign_a merit_n of_o the_o work_n but_o only_o or_o principal_o for_o his_o promise_n sake_n thus_o far_o he_o dominicus_n soto_n a_o zealous_a monk_n and_o famous_a popish_a writer_n tell_v his_o colleague_n roundly_o that_o no_o man_n be_v able_a to_o make_v condign_a satisfaction_n for_o his_o sin_n nor_o by_o condign_a merit_n attain_v eternal_a life_n for_o thus_o he_o say_v 138._o say_v soto_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la &_o gratia_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 6._o pag._n 138._o perfect_a satisfaction_n be_v that_o who_o price_n and_o value_n proceed_v whole_o from_o the_o debtor_n without_o either_o prevent_n or_o intervening_a grace_n of_o the_o creditor_n so_o as_o the_o voluntary_a reddition_n be_v of_o that_o which_o be_v equivalent_a and_o not_o otherwise_o due_a but_o so_o no_o man_n be_v able_a to_o perform_v dionysius_n carthusianus_n say_v iii._o say_v non_fw-la ex_fw-la operibus_fw-la justitiae_fw-la quae_fw-la