An exposition of the doctrine of the Catholique Church in the points of controversie with those of the pretended reformation by James Benignus Bossüet, counseller in the King's counsels, Bishop and Lord of Condom, tutor to His Royal Hyghness the Dolphin of France ; translated into English by W.M.
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             An exposition of the doctrine of the Catholique Church in the points of controversie with those of the pretended reformation by James Benignus Bossüet, counseller in the King's counsels, Bishop and Lord of Condom, tutor to His Royal Hyghness the Dolphin of France ; translated into English by W.M.
             Exposition de la doctrine de l'Eglise catholique sur les matières de controverse. English
             Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, 1627-1704.
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           AN
           EXPOSITION
           OF
           THE
           DOCTRINE
           OF
           THE
           CATHOLIQUE
           CHURCH
           IN
           THE
           POINTS
           OF
           CONTROVERSIE
           with
           those
           of
           the
           Pretended
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           By
           JAMES
           BENIGNVS
           BOSSÜET
           ,
           Counseller
           in
           the
           King's
           Counsels
           ,
           Bishop
           and
           Lord
           of
           Condom
           ,
           Tutor
           to
           his
           Royall
           Hyghnesse
           the
           Dolphin
           of
           France
           .
        
         
           Translated
           into
           English
           by
           W.
           M.
           
        
         
           PRINTED
           AT
           PARIS
           ,
           By
           VINCENT
           DU
           MOUTIER
           Mont
           S.
           Hilaire
           ,
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Looking
           glasse
           .
           M.DC.LXXII
           .
        
         
           With
           Approbation
           and
           Permission
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           APPROBATION
        
         
           Of
           my
           Lord
           Arch-Bishop
           and
           Duke
           of
           Reimes
           ,
           the
           first
           Peer
           of
           France
           ;
           and
           of
           other
           Lords
           Bishops
           .
        
         
           
             WE
             haue
             reade
             the
             Treatise
             intituled
             ,
          
           An
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           in
           points
           of
           Controuersie
           ,
           composed
           by
           IAMES
           BENIGNVS
           BOSSÜET
           Bishop
           &
           Lord
           of
           Condom
           ,
           Tutor
           to
           his
           Royall
           Hyghesse
           the
           Dolphin
           ,
           
             and
             after
             hauing
             examined
             it
             with
             as
             much
             application
             as
             the
             importance
             of
             the
             matter
             required
             ,
             we
             haue
             iudged
             the
             Doctrine
             conformable
             to
             the
             Catholique
             ,
             Apostolique
             ,
             and
             Roman
             Faith
             ▪
             Which
             moues
             vs
             to
             propose
             it
             vnder
             that
             notion
             to
             the
             persons
             God
             hath
             committed
             to
             our
             charge
             ;
             and
             as
             we
             assure
             our selues
             that
             those
             of
             the
             Catholique
             Communion
             will
             be
             edified
             by
             it
             ,
             so
             we
             may
             hope
             that
             those
             of
             the
             Pretended-Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             who
             
             shall
             peruse
             this
             worke
             with
             attention
             ,
             may
             receaue
             from
             it
             clearings
             and
             disabuses
             very
             conducing
             to
             guide
             them
             into
             the
             way
             of
             Saluation
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHARLES
               MAVRICE
               LE
               TELLIER
            
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             &
             Duke
             of
             Reimes
             .
          
           
             
               CHARLES
               DE
               ROSMADEC
            
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Tours
             .
          
           
             FELIX
             ,
             Bishop
             &
             Earle
             of
             Chalons
             .
          
           
             
               DE
               GRIGNAN
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Vsez
             .
          
           
             
               D.
               DE
               LIGNY
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Meaux
             .
          
           
             NICOLAS
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Luson
             .
          
           
             GABRIEL
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Autun
             .
          
           
             MARC
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Tarbe
             .
          
           
             
               ARMAND
               IOHN
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Beziers
             .
          
           
             STEPHEN
             ,
             Bishop
             &
             Prince
             of
             Grenoble
             .
          
           
             IVLIVS
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Tule
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           MY
           DEAR
           COVNTRYMEN
           OF
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           Cognoscetis
           Veritatem
           ,
           &
           Veritas
           liberabit
           vos
           Jo.
           8.
           v.
           32.
           
        
         
           Yee
           shall
           know
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Truth
           shall
           sett
           you
           free
           .
        
         
           TRVTH
           is
           so
           much
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Man
           ,
           as
           it
           pretends
           to
           moue
           towards
           it
           ,
           euen
           in
           all
           the
           digressions
           &
           Deuiations
           it
           makes
           from
           it
           .
           For
           euen
           most
           
           of
           our
           Errors
           &
           Delusions
           passe
           themselues
           vpon
           vs
           vnder
           the
           notion
           of
           Truth
           .
           The
           Spirit
           of
           Falsity
           disguiseth
           himself
           into
           the
           Apparēce
           of
           an
           Angel
           of
           Light
           to
           haue
           the
           easier
           accesse
           .
           Did
           not
           Pilate
           himself
           seeme
           desirous
           to
           know
           Truth
           ,
           when
           he
           inquired
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           
             what
             Truth
             was
          
           ?
           
           But
           most
           inquier
           like
           him
           ;
           as
           soone
           as
           menaced
           with
           this
           terror
           ,
           if
           you
           receaue
           it
           ,
           you
           
             are
             no
             freind
             to
             Caesar
          
           ,
           
           you
           incurre
           the
           displeasure
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           the
           Penalty
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           they
           decline
           the
           further
           persute
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           shrinke
           into
           that
           weakenes
           ,
           which
           our
           Sauiour
           reproached
           to
           his
           timorous
           inquirers
           ;
           
           
             they
             lou'd
             the
             Glory
             before
             Men
             ,
             more
             then
             the
             Glory
             before
             God.
             
          
        
         
         
           Others
           there
           are
           ,
           who
           seeme
           frighted
           ,
           as
           the
           children
           of
           Israël
           were
           ,
           with
           the
           misreports
           of
           the
           inhahitants
           of
           the
           land
           of
           Chanaan
           ,
           which
           were
           falsely
           represented
           to
           them
           as
           Gyants
           and
           Monsters
           ;
           for
           so
           their
           Pretending
           Explorators
           disguise
           to
           them
           the
           Roman-Catholique
           Religion
           vnder
           the
           Forged
           figures
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           or
           Superstitiō
           ,
           to
           diuert
           an
           inquiry
           into
           the
           true
           state
           and
           constitution
           of
           it
           .
           But
           as
           when
           Iosuah
           shew'd
           the
           children
           of
           Israël
           a
           true
           and
           sensible
           parcel
           of
           the
           fruits
           of
           that
           earth
           ,
           they
           were
           disabused
           ,
           and
           inflamed
           with
           a
           desire
           to
           partake
           of
           the
           blessed
           fertility
           of
           the
           land
           of
           promise
           :
           so
           ,
           Godbe
           praised
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           ,
           who
           vpon
           an
           equal
           &
           ingenuous
           
           view
           of
           the
           true
           and
           natural
           state
           of
           Catholique
           Doctrine
           ,
           are
           disabused
           ,
           and
           protest
           against
           the
           false
           reporters
           ,
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           did
           in
           reiection
           of
           vaine
           inuentions
           of
           the
           Heathens
           ;
           
           
             Narrauerunt
             mihi
             iniqui
             Fabulationes
             ;
             sed
             non
             vt
             lex
             tua
             .
             Omnia
             mandata
             tua
             Veritas
             .
             Vniust
             men
             make
             their
             own
             storys
             ;
             but
             what
             they
             say
             is
             not
             like
             thy
             law
             .
             All
             thy
             commandements
             are
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Here
             is
             therefore
             a
             true
             &
             naturall
             parcel
             of
             the
             fruits
             of
             that
             land
             of
             promise
             ,
             (
             the
             Church
             of
          
           CHRIST
           )
           
             to
             which
             this
             blessed
             promise
             was
             made
             ,
          
           that
           it
           should
           be
           led
           into
           all
           Truth
           ,
           
           
             and
             that
          
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           
             the
             founder
             of
             it
          
           would
           remaine
           with
           it
           vnto
           the
           end
           
           
           of
           the
           world
           .
           
             This
             promise
             can
             not
             be
             verified
             in
             any
             Church
             ,
             which
             hath
             had
             a
             notorious
             deficiency
             and
             interruption
             for
             many
             ages
             ,
             which
             marke
             of
             inconformity
             to
          
           CHRIST'S
           
             figure
             and
             description
             of
             the
             True
             Church
             ,
             is
             euident
             in
             all
             the
             Pretended-Reformations
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           designe
           of
           this
           Author
           was
           ,
           only
           a
           short
           &
           easy
           exposure
           of
           such
           Catholique
           Doctrines
           as
           the
           beleefe
           thereof
           is
           fully
           sufficient
           to
           render
           the
           professor
           an
           intire
           &
           Orthodox
           Catholique
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           short
           Treatise
           may
           be
           call'd
           rather
           a
           Factum
           of
           the
           case
           ,
           then
           Pleading
           of
           the
           cause
           ,
           since
           it
           doth
           but
           singly
           expose
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           in
           all
           our
           Beleefs
           ,
           whithout
           any
           Arguing
           
           against
           the
           opposite
           Opinions
           .
        
         
           Whereupon
           I
           may
           not
           improperly
           say
           this
           is
           a
           true
           picture
           ,
           by
           the
           life
           ,
           of
           Catholique
           Religion
           ,
           which
           designeth
           only
           a
           iust
           and
           natural
           representation
           of
           it
           ,
           not
           a
           character
           that
           raiseth
           &
           beautifyeth
           the
           figure
           it
           exposeth
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           conformity
           to
           this
           profession
           ,
           the
           pious
           and
           prudent
           Author
           declareth
           in
           the
           close
           of
           this
           discourse
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           designed
           only
           for
           a
           Faithfull
           Manifest
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           ;
           the
           vtility
           whereof
           was
           expected
           in
           the
           disabusing
           all
           ingenuous
           Readers
           in
           those
           misreported
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           are
           wrongfully
           imputed
           to
           her
           .
           And
           God
           hath
           bless'd
           this
           pious
           proposall
           
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           recommend
           it
           very
           notoriously
           by
           the
           satisfaction
           ,
           which
           is
           profess'd
           to
           haue
           bin
           receaued
           by
           one
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           persons
           of
           this
           age
           ,
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           Birth
           ,
           and
           eminency
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Merit
           :
           he
           hath
           acknowleged
           much
           of
           his
           cleer
           &
           full
           information
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Doctrines
           ,
           as
           receaued
           from
           this
           excellent
           discourse
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           I
           haue
           not
           seen
           any
           edition
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           more
           aptly
           call'd
           a
           Mapp
           of
           Catholique
           Religion
           ;
           for
           all
           the
           lesser
           Controuersies
           are
           marked
           out
           in
           very
           smale
           points
           &
           touches
           ;
           but
           the
           two
           Capital
           seates
           are
           distinguish'd
           by
           some
           larger
           markes
           ,
           which
           represent
           them
           ;
           so
           you
           will
           find
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           
           of
           CHRIST
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           and
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Masse
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Capitall
           seates
           of
           our
           Controuersies
           ,
           extended
           in
           a
           much
           larger
           figure
           ,
           then
           the
           other
           questions
           ;
           and
           the
           drawing
           these
           two
           figures
           ,
           at
           their
           full
           length
           ,
           &
           with
           their
           true
           features
           ,
           was
           the
           most
           requisit
           application
           ,
           by
           reason
           they
           are
           the
           most
           aspersed
           &
           disfigured
           by
           the
           Maligners
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           two
           Articles
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           profess'd
           and
           explain'd
           in
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           may
           promise
           the
           remoue
           of
           the
           greatest
           difficultyes
           ,
           which
           most
           frequently
           auert
           many
           ingenuous
           &
           candid
           Protestants
           from
           entring
           into
           an
           equal
           &
           impartial
           inquiry
           ,
           
           concerning
           the
           seeming
           difficultyes
           of
           these
           two
           points
           ,
           namely
           this
           of
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           of
           CHRIST'S
           Body
           and
           Blood
           in
           the
           Blessed
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           as
           pretending
           it
           s
           not
           being
           cleerly
           explained
           ;
           and
           likewise
           the
           Controuersy
           about
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Masse
           ,
           as
           not
           appearing
           euidently
           specified
           in
           holy
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           Me
           thinks
           these
           two
           may
           not
           be
           improperly
           resembled
           to
           the
           two
           great
           pillars
           of
           brasse
           ,
           call'd
           Booz
           and
           Iachin
           ,
           supporting
           the
           gates
           of
           the
           Temple
           of
           Salomon
           ;
           wherefore
           these
           two
           points
           are
           sett
           at
           their
           full
           length
           ,
           solidly
           founded
           ,
           and
           fairely
           polished
           by
           a
           cleer
           smoothing
           ,
           and
           explication
           of
           the
           seeming
           hardenes
           
           
             of
             those
             proposalls
             ,
             which
             were
             taken
             as
             a
          
           hard
           saying
           
             coming
             euen
             out
             of
          
           CHRIST'S
           
             own
             mouth
             ,
             
             but
             if
             rightly
             vnderstood
             ,
             following
             this
             Author
             's
             faire
             exposition
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             acknowleged
             ,
             as
             our
             Sauiour
             himself
             attested
             of
             them
             ,
          
           
           Verba
           quae
           ego
           locutus
           sum
           vobis
           Spiritus
           &
           vita
           sunt
           .
           The
           words
           that
           I
           haue
           spoke
           vnto
           you
           ,
           they
           are
           Spirit
           and
           they
           are
           life
           .
        
         
           And
           can
           there
           be
           imagined
           a
           greater
           Blessing
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           Beatifical
           Vision
           ,
           then
           the
           Reall
           Participation
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           our
           Divine
           Sauiour
           IESVS-CHRIST
           ?
           Me
           thinks
           that
           which
           would
           haue
           bin
           the
           wish
           of
           all
           zealous
           Christians
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           bin
           the
           free
           guift
           and
           gratification
           
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           this
           Reall
           Partaking
           ,
           euen
           in
           this
           life
           of
           this
           blessed
           cōmunication
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           may
           glory
           with
           S.
           Peter
           ,
           
           that
           by
           
             this
             precious
             promise
             we
             are
             made
             partakers
             of
             the
             Diuine
             Nature
             .
          
        
         
           And
           surely
           I
           haue
           not
           seen
           any
           worke
           vpon
           this
           designe
           wherein
           these
           two
           corner-stones
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           haue
           a
           more
           solid
           foundation
           ,
           or
           that
           affords
           a
           more
           easy
           comprehension
           of
           these
           two
           sublime
           mysteries
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           motiue
           I
           haue
           bin
           perswaded
           to
           passe
           into
           my
           Country
           this
           forrein
           commodity
           ,
           which
           like
           a
           delicate
           wine
           of
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           may
           loose
           somewhat
           of
           the
           natural
           Spirit
           &
           quicknes
           by
           the
           transport
           ,
           yet
           I
           may
           presume
           that
           it
           retaineth
           all
           these
           healthfull
           
           and
           cordiall
           qualities
           it
           had
           in
           the
           natiue
           production
           .
        
         
           And
           hauing
           heretofore
           presented
           my
           Country
           in
           their
           seuerall
           seasons
           Spring-Flowers
           ,
           and
           other
           Summer-Fruits
           ,
           as
           the
           Parfumes
           of
           Poesy
           ,
           and
           the
           Reflection
           of
           Morality
           ,
           now
           in
           this
           winter
           of
           my
           age
           I
           transport
           to
           my
           nation
           this
           Riper
           and
           more
           wholesome
           fruit
           ,
           the
           feeding
           whereon
           (
           contrary
           to
           the
           effect
           denounced
           against
           the
           forbidden
           fruite
           )
           may
           produce
           life
           euerlasting
           .
        
         
           Vpon
           which
           hope
           I
           may
           summon
           my
           Country
           in
           that
           call
           of
           our
           Lord
           IESVS
           ,
           commanded
           to
           be
           written
           by
           S.
           Iohn
           ,
           
             He
             that
             hath
             eares
             to
             heare
             ,
             
             let
             him
             heare
             what
             the
             Spirit
             saith
             to
             the
             Churches
             ▪
          
           ;
           
           for
           that
           (
           with
           greife
           I
           say
           it
           )
           the
           reproach
           of
           the
           Prophet
           Esay
           may
           be
           so
           truly
           applied
           to
           our
           Nation
           ,
           
           
             Behold
             you
             kindle
             a
             fire
             ,
             and
             compasse
             your selues
             about
             with
             sparkes
             ,
             and
             walke
             in
             the
             light
             of
             your
             fire
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sparkes
             that
             you
             haue
             kindled
             .
          
           The
           strange
           diuersity
           of
           Sects
           ,
           and
           Severall
           professions
           of
           Religion
           doth
           too
           euidently
           appropriate
           this
           reproach
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ;
           wherefor
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           life
           shall
           be
           assigned
           to
           sollicite
           God
           for
           the
           blessing
           of
           the
           Primitiue
           Christians
           vpon
           our
           so
           deuided
           Country
           to
           be
           
             Cor
             Vnum
          
           ,
           and
           Via
           Vna
           
             One
             Hart
          
           &
           One
           Way
           .
           
           This
           Vnity
           was
           the
           most
           feruent
           prayer
           we
           find
           that
           our
           Sauiour
           euer
           made
           to
           his
           Father
           
           for
           his
           Church
           left
           vpon
           earth
           ,
           
           
             that
             they
             may
             be
             One
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             One.
          
           In
           order
           to
           some
           contribution
           to
           this
           Blessed
           Vnion
           I
           haue
           made
           this
           present
           to
           my
           Country
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           sense
           of
           Hart
           ;
           for
           whose
           Good
           &
           Happinesse
           the
           Syncerity
           of
           my
           zeale
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           I
           perswade
           my self
           I
           may
           expresse
           it
           in
           S.
           Paul's
           offer
           for
           his
           Conuerts
           ,
           
           
             Ego
             autem
             libentissimè
             impendam
             ,
             &
             Superimpendar
             ipse
             pro
             animabus
             vestris
             .
             I
             most
             gladly
             will
             bestow
             ,
             and
             will
             my selfe
             moreouer
             be
             bestow'd
             for
             your
             soules
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           giue
           me
           leaue
           to
           closevp
           this
           address
           to
           my
           Country
           in
           the
           words
           of
           our
           Lord
           IESVS
           ,
           
           which
           S.
           Iohn
           hear'd
           directed
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Ephesus
           ,
           
           
             Remember
             from
             whence
             thou
             art
             fallen
             ,
             and
             repent
             ,
             and
             doe
             thy
             first
             workes
             .
          
           For
           which
           blessed
           resipiscence
           shall
           be
           zealously
           offer'd
           all
           the
           days
           of
           my
           life
           the
           best
           of
           all
           the
           Religious
           offices
           ,
           and
           priuate
           deuotions
           of
        
         
           
             DEARE
             COVNTREYMEN
          
           
             Your
             most
             humbly
             deuoted
             seruant
             
               W
               A.
               MONTAGV
               ▪
            
          
           
             Permis
             d'
             imprimer
             ,
             fait
             ce
             
               12.
               
               Auril
               1672.
               
            
          
           
             DE
             LA
             REYNIE
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           AN
           EXPOSITION
           OF
           THE
           DOCTRINE
           OF
           THE
           CATHOLIQVE
           CHVRCH
           .
        
         
           VPON
           THE
           POINTS
           OF
           Controversie
           .
        
         
           AFTER
           more
           then
           
           a
           whole
           Age's
           contestation
           with
           those
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           
           the
           matters
           ,
           vpon
           which
           they
           have
           grounded
           their
           breach
           ,
           may
           be
           conceiued
           sufficiently
           explayned
           ,
           and
           their
           minds
           disposed
           to
           a
           right
           vnderstanding
           of
           the
           Catholique
           
           Churche's
           Perswasions
           :
           so
           that
           it
           seemes
           we
           can
           doe
           nothing
           better
           then
           propose
           them
           sincerely
           ,
           and
           distinguish
           them
           from
           those
           ,
           which
           have
           bin
           wrongfully
           imputed
           ;
           for
           in
           effect
           ,
           I
           haue
           observed
           in
           diuers
           occurrencyes
           ,
           that
           the
           auersion
           those
           persons
           expresse
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           of
           our
           Doctrines
           ,
           is
           deriued
           from
           the
           false
           ideas
           that
           they
           haue
           figured
           of
           our
           tenents
           ,
           and
           most
           commonly
           drawn
           from
           certain
           expressions
           ,
           which
           offend
           them
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           resting
           at
           first
           sight
           vpon
           them
           ,
           they
           neuer
           passe
           forward
           to
           the
           enquiry
           of
           the
           grounds
           of
           the
           matter
           .
           Whereupon
           I
           haue
           conceiued
           nothing
           could
           be
           more
           vsefull
           then
           to
           explaine
           
           to
           them
           what
           the
           Church
           hath
           defined
           in
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           touching
           those
           points
           which
           remoue
           them
           the
           most
           from
           our
           Communion
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           therefore
           stay
           vpon
           what
           they
           commonly
           obiect
           to
           our
           priuate
           Doctors
           ,
           or
           vpon
           those
           matters
           which
           are
           neither
           inioyned
           ,
           nor
           vniuersally
           accepted
           ,
           since
           all
           parties
           agree
           and
           Mr
           Daille
           him'self
           ,
           
           
             that
             it
             is
             vnreasonable
             to
             impute
             the
             perswasions
             of
             particular
             persons
             vnto
             a
             whole
             body
          
           ;
           and
           he
           goes
           further
           ,
           confessing
           that
           one
           ought
           not
           to
           make
           a
           separation
           ,
           but
           vpon
           Articles
           Authentically
           established
           ,
           and
           whereof
           all
           sorts
           of
           persons
           are
           obliged
           vnto
           the
           Beleefe
           &
           obseruation
           .
           I
           will
           
           not
           therefore
           fix
           vpon
           any
           ,
           but
           the
           decrees
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           there
           the
           Church
           speakes
           Decisiuely
           of
           the
           matters
           in
           question
           and
           what
           I
           shall
           offer
           to
           facilitate
           the
           right
           vnderstanding
           of
           those
           Decisions
           ,
           is
           approued
           by
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           and
           shall
           appear
           manifestly
           conformable
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           that
           holy
           Councel
           .
        
         
           This
           explication
           of
           Doctrine
           will
           produce
           two
           good
           effects
           :
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           diuers
           disputes
           will
           entierly
           vanish
           ,
           by
           reason
           they
           will
           be
           discerned
           ,
           as
           grounded
           meerly
           vpō
           wrong
           explications
           of
           our
           Beleefe
           ;
           the
           second
           ,
           the
           disputes
           remaining
           will
           not
           appear
           (
           euen
           according
           to
           the
           
           principles
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           )
           so
           capitall
           ,
           as
           they
           at
           first
           sight
           haue
           sought
           to
           qualify
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           euen
           by
           their
           owne
           principles
           ,
           they
           contein
           nothing
           that
           offendeth
           the
           grounds
           of
           Faith.
           
        
         
           And
           to
           begin
           with
           these
           
           Fundamētall
           articles
           of
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           
           the
           Pretended-Reformes
           must
           needs
           confess
           that
           they
           are
           beleeued
           and
           professed
           in
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           .
        
         
           If
           they
           state
           them
           in
           the
           beleefe
           of
           adoring
           one
           single
           God
           ,
           Father
           ,
           Sonne
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           and
           the
           confiding
           in
           God
           only
           by
           his
           sonne
           incarnate
           ,
           crucified
           ,
           and
           raysed
           from
           the
           dead
           for
           us
           ,
           they
           are
           conuinced
           by
           their
           own
           
           conscience
           ,
           that
           we
           protest
           the
           same
           Doctrine
           :
           and
           if
           they
           will
           add
           the
           other
           Articles
           contayned
           in
           the
           Apostles
           Creed
           ,
           they
           doubt
           as
           little
           of
           our
           professing
           them
           intierly
           ,
           without
           exception
           ;
           and
           doe
           not
           question
           our
           hauing
           a
           pure
           and
           right
           vnderstanding
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Mons
           r
           Daillé
           hath
           writt
           a
           treatise
           intitled
           
             Faith
             grounded
             vpon
             the
             scripture
          
           ,
           wherein
           after
           having
           exposed
           all
           the
           articles
           of
           Faith
           professed
           by
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           Church
           ,
           he
           Saith
           that
           
             They
             are
             without
             contest
             ;
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             professeth
             the
             beleife
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             ,
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             hold
             not
             all
             our
             opinions
             ,
             but
             that
             we
             hold
             all
             their
             beleefs
             ,
          
        
         
         
           Wherefore
           this
           Minister
           cannot
           deny
           our
           beleeuing
           all
           the
           principall
           articles
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           vnless
           he
           will
           destroy
           his
           own
           Faith.
           
        
         
           But
           had
           not
           Mons
           r
           Daillé
           graunted
           this
           ,
           the
           matter
           proues
           it self
           ,
           since
           all
           the
           world
           knowes
           that
           we
           profess
           the
           beleife
           of
           all
           those
           articles
           ,
           which
           the
           Caluinists
           call
           Fundamentalls
           ,
           so
           that
           an
           ingenuous
           syncerity
           would
           allow
           vs
           without
           dispute
           this
           Assertion
           ,
           that
           we
           haue
           not
           waued
           or
           declined
           any
           of
           the
           Essential
           perswasions
           .
        
         
           The
           Pretended-Reformers
           discerning
           the
           aduantages
           we
           may
           draw
           from
           this
           concession
           ,
           seeke
           to
           disapoint
           vs
           by
           alledging
           that
           we
           destroy
           those
           articles
           ,
           by
           asserting
           
           others
           which
           are
           inconsistent
           with
           them
           .
           This
           is
           what
           they
           labour
           to
           euince
           by
           consequences
           they
           inferr
           from
           our
           doctrines
           :
           but
           the
           same
           M
           r
           Daillé
           whome
           I
           produce
           to
           them
           (
           not
           so
           much
           to
           conuīce
           them
           by
           the
           testimony
           of
           one
           of
           their
           most
           learned
           Ministers
           as
           )
           in
           regard
           that
           what
           he
           saith
           being
           euident
           in
           it self
           ,
           teacheth
           them
           what
           they
           ought
           to
           beleiue
           of
           those
           sorts
           of
           consequences
           ,
           supposing
           that
           ill
           ones
           might
           be
           deriued
           from
           our
           Doctrine
           .
           This
           is
           what
           he
           saith
           in
           his
           letter
           to
           Mons
           r
           de
           Monglat
           vpon
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           Apologie
           ;
           
             Although
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Lutherans
             in
             point
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             inferres
             ,
             according
             to
             vs
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             of
             Rome
             the
             destrūction
             
             of
             the
             humanity
             of
          
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           ,
           
             yet
             that
             consequence
             ,
             cannot
             be
             obiected
             to
             them
             without
             calumnie
             ,
             considering
             that
             they
             doe
             formally
             reiect
             it
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           more
           Essentiall
           to
           Christian
           Religion
           then
           the
           verity
           of
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           of
           JESVS-CHRIST
           ;
           and
           yet
           (
           notwithstanding
           the
           Lutherans
           hold
           a
           doctrine
           from
           which
           is
           inferr'd
           a
           destruction
           of
           this
           Essentiall
           verity
           by
           consequences
           ,
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           account
           euident
           )
           they
           haue
           not
           scrupuled
           to
           offer
           them
           their
           communion
           ,
           in
           respect
           that
           their
           opinion
           
             hath
             no
             poyson
             in
             it
          
           ,
           as
           M
           r
           Daillé
           attesteth
           in
           his
           Apologie
           :
           and
           their
           Nationall
           Synod
           held
           at
           Charenton
           
           in
           1631
           admits
           the
           Lutherans
           
             to
             their
             Communion
          
           vpon
           this
           ground
           ,
           
             that
             they
             agree
             in
             the
             principles
             and
             fundamentall
             points
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           It
           is
           therefore
           a
           maxime
           constantly
           established
           amōgst
           them
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           not
           in
           this
           matter
           to
           consider
           the
           consequences
           which
           may
           be
           drawne
           from
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           simply
           what
           the
           party
           maintaineth
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           stateth
           who
           professeth
           it
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           when
           by
           consequences
           they
           pretend
           to
           deduct
           from
           our
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           not
           sufficiently
           acknowledg
           the
           souueraine
           glory
           due
           to
           God
           ,
           nor
           the
           quality
           of
           Saviour
           and
           Mediator
           in
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           ,
           nor
           the
           infinite
           dignity
           of
           Sacrifice
           ,
           
           nor
           the
           superaboundant
           plenitude
           of
           his
           merits
           ;
           we
           may
           easily
           defeate
           those
           consequences
           by
           this
           short
           answer
           ,
           which
           M
           r
           Daillé
           himself
           furnishes
           vs
           with
           ,
           by
           saying
           ,
           that
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           disclaiming
           them
           ,
           they
           can
           not
           be
           imputed
           to
           vs
           
             without
             calumny
          
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           vndertake
           further
           ,
           and
           clear
           to
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           by
           the
           single
           explication
           of
           our
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           so
           farr
           it
           is
           from
           ouerthrowing
           the
           Fundamentall
           articles
           of
           Faith
           either
           directly
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           just
           consequence
           ,
           that
           quite
           contrary
           our
           Doctrine
           hath
           established
           them
           in
           a
           manner
           so
           solide
           &
           so
           euident
           ,
           that
           without
           palpable
           injustice
           the
           aduantage
           
           of
           a
           right
           vnderstanding
           them
           can
           not
           admit
           a
           question
           .
        
         
           
           And
           to
           begin
           with
           the
           adoration
           due
           to
           God
           ;
           
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           teacheth
           that
           it
           consists
           principally
           in
           beleiuing
           that
           he
           is
           the
           Creator
           &
           Lord
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           in
           adhering
           to
           him
           with
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           our
           soule
           by
           faith
           ,
           hope
           ,
           and
           loue
           ,
           as
           to
           him
           who
           alone
           can
           conferr
           our
           Eternall
           happinesse
           by
           com̄unication
           of
           the
           infinite
           Good
           ,
           which
           is
           himself
           .
        
         
           This
           interior
           adoration
           which
           we
           render
           to
           G'od
           in
           spirit
           and
           in
           truth
           ,
           hath
           its
           exterior
           markes
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           principall
           is
           Sacrifice
           ,
           which
           can
           not
           be
           offered
           but
           to
           God
           alone
           ,
           by
           reason
           the
           homage
           of
           Sacrifice
           is
           established
           in
           order
           to
           a
           publike
           confession
           ,
           
           &
           a
           solemne
           protestatiō
           of
           the
           soueraingnity
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           absolute
           dependance
           on
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           Church
           teacheth
           that
           Religiōs
           Worship
           ought
           to
           terminate
           in
           God
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           necessary
           end
           and
           obiect
           thereof
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           honour
           she
           renders
           to
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           and
           the
           Saints
           may
           be
           termed
           an
           Act
           of
           Religion
           ,
           it
           is
           upon
           the
           ground
           that
           it
           relateth
           necessarily
           vnto
           God.
           
        
         
           Before
           I
           explaine
           further
           in
           what
           this
           honour
           consisteth
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           vsefull
           to
           obserue
           ,
           that
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           being
           press'd
           by
           the
           power
           of
           euident
           truth
           ,
           begin
           to
           acknowledg
           that
           the
           practise
           of
           praying
           to
           Saints
           ,
           and
           honoring
           their
           reliques
           ,
           was
           established
           in
           the
           Church
           
           euen
           in
           the
           fourth
           Century
           .
           M.
           Daillé
           making
           this
           acknowledgment
           in
           the
           booke
           he
           writt
           against
           the
           Latine
           Church
           touching
           the
           obiect
           of
           Religious
           Worship
           ,
           accuseth
           S.
           Basile
           ,
           S.
           Ambrose
           ,
           S.
           Hierome
           ,
           S.
           John
           Chrysostome
           ,
           S.
           Augustin
           ,
           and
           diuers
           other
           great
           lights
           of
           Antiquity
           which
           did
           shine
           in
           that
           age
           ;
           and
           aboue
           all
           the
           rest
           S.
           Gregory
           Nazianzen
           who
           is
           styled
           
             the
             Deuine
          
           as
           a
           note
           of
           his
           excellency
           :
           he
           taxeth
           all
           these
           with
           hauing
           changed
           in
           this
           point
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           preceding
           ages
           .
           But
           surely
           it
           will
           seeme
           very
           improbable
           that
           M.
           Daillé
           should
           have
           better
           vnderstood
           the
           sentiments
           of
           the
           three
           first
           ages
           ,
           then
           those
           who
           did
           as
           it
           were
           inherite
           
           their
           doctrine
           ,
           immediately
           vpon
           their
           death
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           by
           so
           much
           the
           lesse
           to
           be
           beleiued
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           fathers
           of
           the
           fourth
           age
           were
           so
           farre
           from
           perceauing
           any
           introduction
           of
           new
           doctrines
           in
           this
           Act
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           this
           Minister
           himself
           citeth
           expresse
           texts
           by
           which
           they
           shew
           clearly
           ,
           that
           they
           pretended
           ,
           in
           praying
           to
           Saints
           ,
           to
           follow
           the
           example
           of
           their
           Predecessors
           .
           But
           not
           to
           examin
           any
           longer
           the
           iudgments
           of
           three
           primitiue
           ages
           ,
           I
           rest
           satisfyed
           with
           the
           graunt
           of
           M.
           Daillé
           who
           yealds
           to
           vs
           so
           many
           eminent
           Doctors
           who
           did
           instruct
           and
           discipline
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           fourth
           Age.
           For
           though
           it
           is
           an
           easy
           matter
           twelue
           hundred
           years
           after
           their
           death
           
           to
           taint
           them
           by
           way
           of
           scorne
           with
           the
           title
           of
           a
           Sect
           ,
           calling
           them
           Reliquarists
           ,
           as
           persons
           who
           honored
           Reliques
           ,
           I
           will
           hope
           that
           those
           of
           his
           Communion
           will
           beare
           more
           respect
           to
           those
           eminent
           personages
           :
           they
           will
           not
           presume
           at
           least
           to
           object
           that
           theyr
           praying
           to
           Saints
           ,
           and
           honoring
           their
           Reliques
           rendred
           them
           guilty
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           ouerthrew
           the
           confidence
           that
           Christians
           are
           to
           haue
           in
           IESVS-CHRIST
           :
           and
           we
           may
           hope
           that
           hence
           forward
           they
           will
           forbeare
           those
           reproaches
           when
           they
           consider
           they
           can
           not
           apply
           them
           to
           vs
           without
           laying
           the
           same
           imputation
           vpon
           so
           many
           excellent
           persons
           ,
           whose
           Doctrine
           &
           Sanctity
           
           they
           professe
           to
           reuerence
           .
           But
           since
           it
           is
           my
           worke
           to
           exhibite
           here
           our
           Beleif
           ,
           rather
           then
           produce
           the
           Mantainers
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           must
           persue
           the
           explication
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Catholique
           Church
           
           teaching
           the
           vtility
           of
           Prayer
           to
           Saints
           ,
           
           aduiseth
           vs
           to
           pray
           in
           the
           same
           spirit
           of
           charity
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           that
           order
           of
           fraternall
           society
           ,
           which
           moues
           vs
           to
           request
           the
           succors
           of
           our
           bretheren
           liuing
           vpon
           the
           earth
           ;
           and
           the
           Catechisme
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           concludeth
           of
           this
           doctrine
           that
           if
           the
           quality
           of
           Mediator
           which
           the
           holy
           Scripture
           attributeth
           to
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           did
           receiue
           any
           preiudice
           by
           the
           intercession
           of
           Saints
           who
           reigne
           
           with
           God
           almighty
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           haue
           the
           same
           diminution
           by
           the
           offices
           and
           mediations
           of
           the
           faithfull
           who
           are
           liuing
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           This
           Catechisme
           informeth
           vs
           clearly
           of
           the
           extreame
           difference
           between
           the
           manner
           of
           our
           imploring
           the
           succour
           of
           God
           ,
           
           &
           that
           of
           our
           solliciting
           the
           contributions
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           for
           thus
           it
           says
           :
           
             We
             pray
             to
             God
             either
             to
             giue
             vs
             good
             things
             ,
             or
             to
             deliuer
             vs
             from
             ill
             ;
             but
             by
             reason
             the
             Saints
             are
             more
             acceptable
             to
             him
             then
             we
             our selfs
             ,
             we
             request
             of
             them
             their
             protection
             ,
             &
             sue
             to
             them
             they
             would
             obteyn
             for
             vs
             these
             things
             we
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             .
             And
             hence
             it
             is
             that
             we
             vse
             two
             kinds
             of
             prayer
             very
             different
             ;
             
             since
             when
             we
             address
             to
             God
             ,
             the
             proper
             style
             is
             ,
          
           HAVE
           PITTY
           ON
           VS
           &
           BEPLEASED
           TO
           HARKEN
           TO
           VS
           :
           
             but
             we
             account
             it
             sufficient
             when
             we
             recurr
             to
             Saints
             ,
             to
             beseech
             them
             to
          
           PRAY
           FOR
           VS
           .
           Whereby
           we
           must
           vnderstand
           ,
           that
           in
           what
           termes
           soeuer
           the
           prayers
           we
           offer
           to
           Saints
           are
           styled
           ,
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           &
           of
           the
           Supplicants
           reduceth
           them
           alwayes
           vnto
           this
           forme
           ,
           as
           the
           same
           Catechisme
           confirmeth
           in
           the
           processe
           of
           that
           discourse
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           to
           consider
           the
           words
           themselfs
           of
           the
           Councel
           which
           intending
           to
           prescribe
           to
           the
           Bishops
           in
           what
           manner
           they
           should
           speake
           of
           the
           inuocacation
           
           of
           Saints
           ,
           obligeth
           them
           to
           teach
           
             that
             the
             Saints
             who
             reigne
             with
          
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           
             offer
             to
             God
             their
             prayers
             for
             men
             ;
             
             that
             it
             is
             good
             and
             vsefull
             to
             inuoke
             them
             by
             way
             of
             supplication
             ,
             and
             to
             haue
             recourse
             to
             their
             succours
             &
             assistances
             to
             obtayne
             of
             God
             his
             benefits
             through
             his
             Sonne
             our
             Lord
          
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           
             who
             alone
             is
             our
             Sauiour
             &
             Redeemer
             .
          
           And
           in
           order
           to
           this
           declaration
           ,
           the
           Councel
           condemneth
           those
           who
           teach
           a
           contrary
           doctrine
           ;
           whereby
           it
           is
           euident
           that
           to
           inuoke
           the
           Saints
           according
           to
           the
           intent
           of
           this
           Councel
           ,
           is
           to
           resort
           to
           their
           prayers
           ,
           for
           the
           obteyning
           the
           blessings
           and
           benefits
           of
           God
           by
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           .
           And
           in
           truth
           
           what
           we
           obteyne
           by
           the
           interuention
           of
           Saints
           ,
           we
           acquire
           only
           by
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           name
           ;
           since
           the
           Saintsthemselfs
           intercede
           but
           by
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           and
           obteyne
           their
           graunts
           but
           in
           his
           name
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           wh
           ch
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           hath
           cleerly
           explained
           in
           few
           words
           :
           after
           which
           euidence
           we
           cannot
           conceaue
           how
           it
           can
           be
           obiected
           ,
           that
           we
           depart
           ,
           &
           remoue
           our selfs
           from
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           when
           we
           supplicate
           his
           members
           ,
           which
           are
           also
           ours
           ;
           his
           children
           who
           are
           our
           brothers
           ;
           and
           his
           Saints
           who
           are
           our
           first
           fruits
           ,
           to
           ioyne
           their
           prayers
           to
           ours
           ,
           offering
           them
           both
           to
           our
           common
           Master
           ,
           
           in
           the
           name
           of
           our
           common
           Mediator
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           Councel
           explaines
           cleerly
           in
           few
           words
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           it
           offers
           to
           God
           the
           holy
           sacrifice
           ,
           to
           honor
           the
           memory
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
           That
           honor
           we
           render
           them
           in
           the
           act
           of
           Sacrifice
           consists
           in
           mentioning
           their
           names
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           faithfull
           seruants
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           prayers
           we
           addresse
           to
           him
           ,
           thankes-giuings
           ,
           and
           prayses
           for
           the
           victories
           they
           haue
           obteyned
           ,
           and
           in
           humbly
           mouing
           his
           condescending
           in
           our
           fauor
           by
           their
           Intercessions
           ,
           
           S.
           Augustin
           hath
           declared
           1200
           years
           past
           that
           none
           ought
           to
           conceiue
           the
           Sacrifice
           as
           offered
           to
           the
           holy
           Martyrs
           ,
           
           although
           by
           the
           custome
           in
           practise
           euen
           in
           those
           tymes
           vniuersally
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           Sacrifice
           was
           offered
           vpon
           their
           holy
           bodies
           ,
           &
           vnto
           their
           memories
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           be
           vnderstood
           ,
           before
           the
           places
           wherein
           their
           pretious
           Reliques
           were
           conserued
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           father
           sayth
           further
           ,
           that
           commemoration
           was
           made
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           at
           the
           holy
           table
           at
           the
           celebration
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           ,
           
           not
           intending
           to
           pray
           for
           them
           as
           we
           doe
           for
           other
           dead
           ,
           but
           rather
           in
           order
           to
           their
           praying
           for
           vs.
           I
           alledge
           the
           perswasion
           of
           this
           holy
           Bishop
           by
           reason
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           vseth
           almost
           the
           same
           words
           to
           instruct
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           
           
             that
             the
             
             Church
             offers
             not
             the
             Sacrifice
             vnto
             the
             Saints
             ,
             but
             to
             God
             alone
             ,
             who
             hath
             crown'd
             them
             :
             and
             that
             the
             Priest
             doth
             not
             adresse
             himself
             to
             S.
             Peter
             or
             S.
             Paul
             saying
             :
          
           I
           OFFER
           VNTO
           YOV
           THIS
           SACRIFICE
           ,
           
             but
             praysing
             God
             for
             their
             victories
             ,
             he
             implores
             their
             assistance
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             ,
             whose
             Commemoration
             we
             celebrate
             vpon
             Earth
             ,
             may
             be
             moued
             to
             pray
             for
             vs
             in
             Heauen
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           manner
           wherein
           we
           honour
           the
           Saints
           ,
           to
           obteyne
           graces
           and
           benefits
           from
           God
           by
           their
           Mediation
           ,
           and
           the
           cheifest
           of
           those
           fauors
           we
           hope
           to
           procure
           is
           that
           of
           being
           inabled
           for
           their
           imitation
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           are
           excited
           by
           contemplation
           of
           
           their
           admirable
           precedents
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           honour
           we
           pay
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           to
           their
           blessed
           memories
           .
        
         
           Whosoeuer
           shall
           rightly
           consider
           the
           doctrine
           we
           haue
           proposed
           ,
           will
           be
           forced
           to
           auowe
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           substract
           from
           God
           none
           of
           the
           perfections
           peculiar
           to
           his
           infinite
           essence
           ,
           so
           we
           doe
           not
           ascribe
           to
           Creatures
           any
           of
           those
           properties
           or
           operations
           the
           which
           can
           not
           sort
           but
           with
           God
           alone
           :
           which
           doth
           so
           absolutely
           distinguish
           us
           from
           Idolaters
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           not
           conceiue
           vpon
           what
           ground
           they
           lay
           that
           imputation
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           the
           Pretended
           Reformers
           obiect
           ,
           that
           in
           our
           addressing
           our
           prayer
           to
           
           Saints
           ,
           and
           in
           honouring
           them
           as
           if
           they
           were
           present
           all
           ouer
           the
           earth
           ,
           we
           attribute
           to
           them
           a
           kind
           of
           Immensity
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           secret
           of
           harts
           ,
           which
           appears
           reserued
           singly
           to
           God
           by
           so
           many
           testimonies
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ;
           in
           this
           obiection
           they
           doe
           not
           apprehend
           our
           doctrine
           right
           :
           for
           in
           fine
           abstracting
           from
           the
           ground
           we
           may
           haue
           to
           attribute
           to
           the
           Saints
           some
           certain
           degree
           of
           knowledge
           of
           such
           occurrencies
           as
           passe
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           or
           euen
           of
           our
           secret
           thoughts
           ,
           it
           is
           euident
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           no
           eleuation
           of
           the
           creature
           transcending
           its
           condition
           ,
           to
           affirme
           that
           it
           hath
           some
           notion
           of
           things
           by
           the
           light
           which
           God
           infuseth
           
           by
           his
           communication
           .
           The
           example
           of
           the
           Prophets
           attests
           this
           clearly
           ,
           God
           hauing
           vouchsafed
           to
           discouer
           to
           them
           future
           euents
           ,
           although
           they
           seeme
           to
           be
           reserued
           ,
           much
           more
           specially
           ,
           to
           the
           Omniscience
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           But
           besides
           this
           ,
           neuer
           any
           Catholique
           conceiued
           that
           the
           Saints
           by
           themselues
           did
           discerne
           our
           wants
           ,
           nor
           euen
           the
           desires
           for
           which
           we
           addresse
           particular
           prayers
           .
           The
           Church
           is
           content
           to
           teach
           ,
           concurrently
           with
           all
           Antiquity
           ,
           that
           such
           prayers
           are
           very
           beneficiall
           to
           those
           who
           practise
           them
           ,
           whether
           the
           Saints
           apprehend
           them
           by
           the
           ministery
           &
           commerce
           of
           Angels
           ,
           which
           ,
           according
           
           to
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           know
           what
           passeth
           amongst
           vs
           (
           as
           being
           appointed
           by
           God's
           order
           as
           ministring
           spirits
           to
           concurre
           in
           the
           worke
           of
           our
           Saluation
           )
           or
           be
           it
           that
           God
           himself
           acquainteth
           them
           with
           our
           desires
           by
           a
           speciall
           reuelation
           ;
           or
           be
           it
           that
           God
           reueileth
           to
           them
           that
           secret
           in
           his
           diuine
           essence
           ,
           wherein
           all
           truths
           are
           comprehended
           :
           so
           that
           the
           Church
           vpon
           these
           different
           manners
           hath
           not
           determined
           by
           which
           of
           them
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           make
           this
           communication
           to
           his
           Saints
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           what
           means
           soeuer
           this
           knowledge
           is
           imparted
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           certain
           that
           it
           is
           farr
           from
           ascribing
           to
           the
           
           creature
           any
           of
           the
           diuine
           perfections
           ,
           as
           the
           Idolaters
           did
           ,
           since
           it
           doth
           not
           permit
           our
           attributing
           euen
           to
           the
           greatest
           Saints
           any
           degree
           of
           excellence
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           deriued
           from
           God
           ,
           nor
           acceptablenesse
           in
           his
           eyes
           ,
           but
           as
           deriued
           from
           their
           virtues
           ,
           nor
           any
           virtue
           but
           what
           is
           the
           free
           guift
           of
           Grace
           ,
           nor
           any
           information
           of
           humane
           passages
           but
           such
           as
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           communicate
           ,
           nor
           any
           capacity
           to
           assist
           vs
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           their
           prayers
           ,
           nor
           in
           fine
           any
           felicity
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           perfect
           submission
           and
           conformity
           to
           the
           diuine
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           therefore
           most
           certain
           that
           vpon
           penetration
           into
           our
           interior
           sentiments
           
           directed
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           euident
           that
           we
           doe
           not
           raise
           them
           aboue
           the
           condition
           of
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           from
           this
           ground
           one
           ought
           to
           be
           possess'd
           of
           the
           true
           nature
           of
           that
           honour
           and
           reuerence
           which
           is
           intended
           by
           our
           exterior
           demonstrations
           ,
           the
           apparent
           religious
           offices
           being
           appointed
           to
           testify
           the
           interior
           sentiments
           of
           our
           minds
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           honour
           which
           the
           Church
           offers
           to
           Saints
           appeareth
           most
           notoriously
           before
           their
           Images
           ,
           and
           their
           holy
           Reliques
           ,
           it
           is
           requisite
           to
           explaine
           the
           Churches
           syncere
           doctrine
           in
           this
           Religious
           Act.
           
        
         
           
           In
           point
           of
           Images
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           forbids
           
           
           expressely
           
             to
             beleeue
             any
             Diuinity
             
             or
             power
             in
             them
             ,
             for
             which
             we
             ought
             to
             reuerence
             them
             ,
             or
             to
             sue
             for
             any
             fauor
             ,
             or
             to
             place
             any
             confidence
             in
             them
             :
          
           and
           ordains
           that
           
             all
             the
             honour
             should
             relate
             to
             the
             Originalls
             they
             represent
             .
          
        
         
           All
           these
           words
           of
           the
           Councel
           are
           so
           many
           characters
           which
           serue
           to
           distinguish
           vs
           from
           Idolaters
           ,
           since
           we
           are
           so
           farr
           from
           beleeuing
           with
           them
           any
           Diuinity
           residing
           in
           the
           Images
           as
           we
           attribute
           no
           virtue
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           this
           ,
           of
           exciting
           in
           vs
           the
           remembrance
           of
           their
           originalls
           .
        
         
           Vpon
           this
           it
           is
           that
           the
           honour
           we
           render
           to
           Images
           is
           grounded
           :
           for
           example
           ,
           can
           one
           deny
           that
           the
           
           figure
           of
           IESVS-CHRIST
           crucified
           ,
           when
           we
           behold
           it
           ,
           doth
           not
           excite
           a
           more
           liuely
           remembrance
           of
           him
           
             who
             loued
             vs
             so
             as
             to
             deliuer
             himself
             vp
             to
             death
             for
             vs
             ?
          
           
           As
           long
           as
           the
           present
           Image
           possessing
           our
           eyes
           entertains
           so
           pretious
           a
           notion
           in
           our
           minds
           ,
           we
           are
           moued
           to
           expresse
           by
           some
           exterior
           markes
           ,
           the
           feruor
           and
           extent
           of
           our
           gratitude
           ,
           and
           we
           declare
           by
           our
           humiliation
           before
           the
           Image
           how
           profound
           our
           submission
           is
           respectiue
           to
           the
           Original
           .
           Wherefore
           speaking
           strictly
           according
           to
           the
           style
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           we
           render
           any
           honour
           to
           the
           Image
           of
           an
           Apostle
           or
           Martyr
           our
           ayme
           is
           not
           so
           much
           to
           honour
           
           the
           Image
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           or
           Martyr
           in
           presence
           of
           the
           Image
           .
           To
           this
           purpose
           the
           Roman
           Pontificall
           declareth
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Councell
           of
           Trent
           expresseth
           the
           same
           intent
           ,
           when
           it
           saith
           ,
           
             that
             the
             honour
             we
             render
             to
             Images
             ,
             
             is
             so
             referr'd
             to
             the
             Originalls
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             means
             of
             the
             Images
             we
             kisse
             ,
             and
             before
             which
             we
             kneele
             ,
             we
             adore
          
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           
             and
             honour
             those
             Saints
             which
             they
             represent
             to
             vs.
             
          
        
         
           In
           fine
           we
           cleerly
           discerne
           in
           what
           Spirit
           the
           Church
           honoureth
           Images
           ,
           by
           the
           honour
           it
           renders
           the
           holy
           Crosse
           ,
           or
           the
           booke
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           All
           the
           world
           sees
           cleerly
           that
           before
           the
           Crosse
           the
           Church
           adoreth
           him
           
             who
             
             did
             beare
             our
             sinn's
             vpon
             that
             wood
          
           ;
           
           and
           that
           when
           her
           children
           bow
           their
           heads
           before
           the
           bookes
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           when
           they
           stand
           vp
           in
           respect
           at
           theyr
           passing
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           kisse
           them
           reuerently
           ,
           all
           this
           honour
           terminateth
           in
           the
           Eternall
           Verity
           which
           is
           exposed
           to
           vs
           by
           that
           Instrument
           .
        
         
           There
           must
           then
           be
           very
           little
           equity
           in
           calling
           Idolatry
           that
           Religious
           sentiment
           ,
           which
           moueth
           vs
           to
           vncouer
           and
           bow
           our
           heads
           before
           the
           Images
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           in
           reflection
           vpon
           him
           ,
           who
           was
           crucyfi'd
           for
           our
           sakes
           ;
           and
           one
           must
           be
           starke
           blinde
           ,
           not
           to
           discerne
           the
           extreame
           difference
           between
           those
           who
           confided
           in
           Idols
           ,
           
           vpon
           this
           opinion
           ,
           that
           some
           Diuinity
           or
           some
           virtue
           was
           at
           is
           were
           fastned
           vnto
           them
           :
           and
           them
           who
           professe
           ,
           as
           we
           doe
           ,
           that
           they
           intend
           not
           to
           make
           any
           vse
           of
           Images
           ,
           but
           simply
           to
           raise
           their
           spirit
           vp
           to
           heaven
           with
           the
           intent
           of
           honouring
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           or
           his
           Saints
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           God
           himself
           who
           is
           the
           author
           of
           all
           grace
           and
           Sanctification
           .
        
         
           Vnder
           the
           same
           notion
           ,
           the
           honour
           we
           pay
           to
           Reliques
           is
           to
           be
           apprehended
           ,
           following
           the
           stepps
           of
           the
           primitiue
           Ages
           ;
           and
           if
           our
           Aduersaries
           did
           reflect
           ,
           that
           we
           consider
           the
           bodies
           of
           Saints
           as
           hauing
           bin
           victimes
           to
           God
           either
           by
           Martyrdome
           ,
           or
           Pennance
           ,
           they
           
           would
           not
           conceiue
           that
           the
           honour
           we
           render
           them
           ,
           vpon
           this
           motiue
           ,
           can
           depart
           or
           remoue
           vs
           from
           that
           we
           owe
           to
           God
           himself
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           may
           say
           in
           generall
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           would
           comprehend
           in
           what
           manner
           the
           affection
           we
           beare
           to
           some
           one
           body
           extendeth
           (
           without
           deuiding
           it self
           )
           to
           his
           children
           ,
           to
           his
           freinds
           ,
           and
           successiuely
           by
           degrees
           to
           all
           that
           represents
           that
           person
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           remains
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           that
           receiueth
           the
           memory
           of
           him
           ;
           if
           they
           did
           comprehend
           that
           our
           honouring
           makes
           such
           a
           progress
           ,
           since
           in
           effect
           our
           honouring
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           
             loue
             mixt
             with
             feare
             and
             respect
          
           ;
           in
           fine
           if
           
           they
           did
           comprehend
           that
           ,
           all
           the
           exterior
           worship
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           riseth
           ,
           and
           springeth
           in
           God
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           reuerts
           thither
           ,
           they
           would
           neuer
           suspect
           that
           those
           Religious
           acts
           (
           which
           God
           alone
           doth
           animate
           )
           could
           provoke
           his
           iealousy
           .
           They
           would
           perceiue
           the
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           and
           find
           that
           if
           God
           ,
           as
           iealous
           as
           he
           is
           of
           the
           loue
           of
           men
           ,
           doth
           not
           account
           that
           we
           deuide
           between
           him
           and
           the
           Creature
           when
           we
           loue
           our
           Neighbour
           for
           his
           sake
           :
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           as
           iealous
           as
           he
           is
           of
           the
           duties
           of
           his
           seruants
           ,
           doth
           not
           conceiue
           them
           to
           share
           or
           part
           the
           worship
           which
           they
           owe
           to
           him
           alone
           ,
           when
           from
           the
           
           motiue
           of
           the
           dutys
           they
           owe
           him
           ,
           they
           honour
           those
           who
           haue
           bin
           honoured
           by
           himself
           .
        
         
           Yet
           true
           it
           is
           that
           as
           the
           sensible
           markes
           of
           reuerence
           are
           not
           all
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           without
           any
           alteration
           in
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           may
           haue
           extended
           more
           or
           lesse
           those
           exterior
           practises
           ,
           suting
           to
           the
           diuersity
           of
           times
           ,
           places
           ,
           and
           other
           occurrencies
           ,
           not
           intending
           that
           her
           children
           should
           be
           seruilly
           subiected
           to
           visible
           matters
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           they
           might
           be
           excited
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           aduertised
           by
           their
           means
           to
           apply
           themselfs
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           offer
           him
           in
           spirit
           and
           truth
           that
           reasonable
           and
           due
           seruice
           he
           expecteth
           from
           his
           creatures
           .
        
         
         
           It
           may
           easily
           be
           discerned
           by
           this
           Doctrine
           with
           how
           much
           truth
           I
           have
           asserted
           ,
           that
           a
           great
           part
           of
           our
           Controversies
           would
           vanish
           by
           an
           only
           right
           vnderstanding
           of
           termes
           ,
           if
           these
           were
           discussed
           with
           Charity
           ;
           and
           if
           our
           Aduersaries
           did
           consider
           calmely
           the
           precedent
           explications
           ,
           which
           comprehend
           the
           expresse
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           ;
           they
           would
           forbeare
           to
           obiect
           to
           vs
           that
           we
           injure
           the
           Mediation
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           inuoke
           Saints
           ,
           adore
           Images
           in
           a
           manner
           peculiar
           to
           God
           himself
           .
           It
           is
           granted
           by
           reason
           that
           in
           some
           sense
           Inuocation
           ,
           Adoration
           ,
           and
           the
           name
           of
           Mediator
           are
           competent
           only
           to
           God
           
           and
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           easy
           by
           a
           perverse
           vse
           of
           those
           termes
           ,
           to
           traduce
           our
           Doctrine
           and
           render
           it
           odious
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           are
           ingenuously
           receiued
           in
           that
           sense
           we
           haue
           exhibited
           ,
           these
           obiections
           loose
           all
           their
           force
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           remayne
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           Pretended
           Reformers
           any
           lesse
           important
           difficultyes
           ,
           naturall
           equity
           and
           syncerity
           will
           oblige
           them
           to
           auowe
           themselues
           satisfy'd
           in
           the
           principall
           exceptions
           .
        
         
           Besides
           this
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           vniust
           then
           to
           charge
           the
           Church
           with
           the
           stating
           of
           all
           piety
           in
           this
           devotion
           to
           Saints
           ,
           since
           as
           we
           haue
           already
           euinced
           ,
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           iudgeth
           
           it
           sufficient
           to
           informe
           and
           teach
           Catholiques
           that
           this
           practise
           is
           
             Good
             &
             Vsefull
          
           without
           advancing
           it
           further
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Churches
           intent
           is
           ,
           to
           condemn
           such
           as
           reiect
           this
           practise
           either
           by
           Contempt
           or
           Misconstruction
           :
           and
           the
           Church
           is
           obliged
           to
           condemn
           them
           by
           reason
           that
           she
           ought
           not
           to
           indure
           the
           condemning
           of
           salutary
           and
           usefull
           practises
           ,
           nor
           that
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           all
           Antiquity
           hath
           authorised
           ,
           should
           be
           reiected
           by
           the
           Nouellists
           Doctors
           .
        
         
           The
           matter
           of
           iustification
           
           will
           manifest
           yet
           a
           greater
           light
           how
           many
           difficulties
           may
           be
           avoyded
           by
           a
           syncere
           exposition
           of
           our
           opinions
           .
           
        
         
         
           Those
           who
           are
           never
           so
           little
           acquainted
           with
           the
           history
           of
           the
           Pretended
           Reformation
           can
           not
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           were
           the
           first
           Authors
           of
           it
           ,
           did
           propose
           this
           Article
           to
           all
           the
           world
           as
           the
           principall
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           the
           most
           essentiall
           ground
           of
           their
           separation
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           seemes
           the
           most
           necessary
           point
           to
           be
           rightly
           understood
           .
        
         
           First
           we
           beleeve
           
             that
             our
             sinns
             are
             forgiuen
             freely
             by
             the
             divine
             mercy
             for
          
           JESVS-CHRIST'S
           sake
           :
           
           these
           are
           the
           expresse
           termes
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           ,
           which
           addeth
           further
           that
           we
           
             are
             said
             to
             be
             iustified
             freely
             ,
             
             because
             none
             of
             those
             things
             which
             precede
             our
             iustification
             ,
             either
             
             our
             faith
             or
             our
             works
             ,
             can
             merit
             this
             grace
             .
          
        
         
           And
           by
           reason
           the
           holy
           scripture
           explains
           to
           us
           the
           remission
           of
           our
           sinns
           expressing
           it
           some
           times
           ,
           by
           saying
           that
           God
           couers
           them
           ;
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           he
           takes
           them
           quite
           away
           and
           effaceth
           them
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           which
           renders
           vs
           new
           creatures
           ,
           we
           conceiue
           that
           we
           are
           to
           combine
           all
           these
           expressions
           to
           forme
           a
           compleate
           Idea
           or
           notion
           of
           the
           iustification
           of
           a
           sinner
           ;
           we
           doe
           therefore
           beleeue
           that
           our
           sinns
           are
           not
           only
           couered
           ,
           but
           intirely
           effaced
           by
           the
           blood
           of
           
             CHRIST
             IESVS
          
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           grace
           by
           which
           we
           are
           regenerated
           :
           and
           this
           
           perswasion
           is
           so
           farr
           from
           detracting
           from
           that
           image
           we
           ought
           to
           frame
           of
           the
           merit
           of
           that
           blood
           ,
           as
           quite
           contrary
           it
           indeareth
           and
           eleuateth
           the
           value
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           by
           this
           meanes
           the
           righteousnes
           of
           Christ
           is
           not
           simply
           imputed
           ,
           but
           actually
           imparted
           to
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           by
           the
           operation
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           as
           they
           are
           not
           only
           imputed
           ,
           but
           euen
           rendered
           righteous
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           If
           our
           righteousnes
           were
           only
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           man
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           be
           the
           operation
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           :
           it
           must
           then
           be
           iustice
           euen
           before
           God
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           God
           himself
           who
           produceth
           it
           in
           vs
           by
           an
           effusion
           of
           his
           charity
           vpon
           our
           harts
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           notwithstanding
           but
           too
           true
           that
           
             the
             flesh
             lusteth
             against
             the
             spirit
             ,
             
             and
             the
             spirit
             ,
             against
             the
             flesh
             :
          
           
           and
           
             we
             all
             offend
             in
             many
             things
             .
          
           Wherefore
           albeit
           our
           righteousnes
           be
           a
           true
           one
           ,
           by
           the
           infusion
           of
           Charity
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           no
           perfect
           one
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           combat
           between
           it
           &
           our
           concupiscence
           :
           so
           that
           the
           sighing
           and
           sorrowing
           of
           a
           soule
           repenting
           her
           sinns
           ,
           performes
           the
           most
           necessary
           duty
           of
           Christian
           righteousnes
           ,
           which
           obligeth
           vs
           to
           confesse
           with
           S.
           Augustin
           that
           our
           righteousnes
           in
           this
           life
           consists
           rather
           in
           the
           remission
           of
           our
           sinns
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           perfection
           of
           our
           virtues
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           as
           to
           the
           point
           
           of
           Merit
           
           imputed
           to
           our
           
           workes
           ,
           
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           teacheth
           
             that
             Eternall
             life
             ought
             to
             be
             proposed
             to
             the
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             both
             as
             a
             Grace
             mercifully
             promised
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             our
             Sauior
          
           IESVS
           CHRIST
           ,
           
             and
             as
             a
             Reward
             which
             is
             faithfully
             rendred
             to
             their
             good
             workes
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             deserts
             in
             virtue
             of
             that
             promise
             :
          
           these
           are
           the
           expresse
           termes
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           ;
           but
           least
           the
           pride
           of
           humane
           nature
           should
           be
           flattered
           by
           the
           opinion
           of
           a
           persuming
           Merit
           ,
           the
           same
           Councel
           determineth
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           worth
           and
           value
           of
           Christian
           good
           workes
           is
           deriued
           from
           that
           sanctifying
           grace
           ,
           which
           is
           freely
           conferr'd
           vpon
           vs
           in
           the
           name
           of
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           ,
           
           and
           that
           is
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           continuall
           influence
           of
           that
           diuine
           head
           vpon
           his
           depending
           members
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           indeed
           that
           the
           exhortations
           ,
           the
           promises
           ,
           the
           menaces
           ,
           and
           reproaches
           of
           the
           Gospel
           doe
           declare
           sufficiently
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           to
           worke
           our
           saluation
           by
           the
           motion
           &
           actings
           of
           our
           own
           wills
           ,
           concurring
           with
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           which
           assists
           vs
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           a
           fixt
           principle
           that
           free
           will
           can
           performe
           nothing
           in
           order
           to
           Eternall
           beatitude
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           same
           degrees
           it
           is
           moued
           and
           eleuated
           by
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           Whereupon
           the
           Church
           knowing
           that
           it
           is
           the
           holy
           spirit
           which
           worketh
           in
           vs
           
           by
           his
           Grace
           all
           the
           good
           we
           doe
           ,
           she
           ought
           to
           rest
           perswaded
           that
           the
           good
           workes
           of
           the
           faithfull
           are
           very
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           &
           of
           great
           estimation
           in
           his
           sight
           ,
           and
           she
           doth
           rightfully
           vse
           the
           terme
           of
           Merit
           concurrently
           with
           all
           Christian
           Antiquity
           ,
           cheefly
           to
           signify
           the
           value
           &
           dignity
           of
           our
           workes
           ,
           which
           we
           performe
           by
           the
           motion
           of
           his
           Grace
           .
           But
           by
           reason
           all
           their
           sanctity
           is
           deriued
           from
           God
           ,
           who
           workes
           them
           in
           vs
           ,
           the
           same
           Church
           hath
           receiued
           from
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           ,
           as
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Faith
           ,
           this
           saying
           of
           S.
           August
           .
           that
           God
           crowns
           his
           own
           Gifts
           when
           he
           crowns
           the
           Merits
           of
           his
           seruants
           .
        
         
         
           
             We
             intreate
             all
             such
             as
             loue
             truth
             &
             peace
             to
             be
             pleased
             to
             read
             the
             whole
             context
             of
             the
             Councel
             of
             Trent's
             words
             ,
             that
             they
             once
             be
             disabused
             ,
             and
             deliuered
             from
             those
             wrong
             impressions
             ,
             which
             are
             suggested
             to
             them
             ,
             of
             our
             Docctrine
             .
          
           Notwithstanding
           we
           discerne
           cleerly
           (
           
             say
             the
             fathers
             of
             that
             Councel
          
           )
           that
           the
           holy
           scriptures
           esteeme
           so
           much
           Good
           woorks
           ,
           
           that
           IESVS-CHRIST
           himself
           promiseth
           ,
           that
           a
           cupp
           of
           cold
           water
           giuen
           a
           poor
           body
           ,
           shall
           not
           want
           its
           reward
           :
           and
           that
           the
           Apostle
           declareth
           ,
           that
           a
           moment
           of
           light
           payne
           suffered
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           shall
           produce
           an
           Eternall
           weight
           of
           glory
           ;
           yet
           God
           forbid
           that
           a
           
           Christian
           should
           trust
           &
           glory
           in
           himself
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           our
           Lord
           ,
           whose
           goodness
           towards
           Man
           is
           so
           aboundant
           ,
           that
           he
           allowes
           his
           own
           Guifts
           to
           them
           to
           be
           accounted
           their
           Merits
           .
        
         
           
             This
             Doctrine
             is
             spread
             through
             the
             whole
             Councel
             which
             teacheth
             in
             an
             other
             session
             ,
          
           
           that
           we
           who
           are
           not
           sufficient
           to
           doe
           any
           thing
           alone
           by
           our selues
           ,
           can
           doe
           euery
           thing
           by
           him
           who
           inableth
           vs
           ;
           so
           that
           Man
           hath
           nothing
           wherein
           he
           can
           glorify
           himself
           ,
           nor
           any
           cause
           to
           confide
           in
           himself
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           his
           confidence
           and
           his
           glorying
           is
           in
           
             CHRIST
             JESVS
          
           ,
           in
           whom
           we
           liue
           ,
           and
           in
           whom
           we
           merit
           ,
           in
           whom
           we
           satisfy
           bearing
           worthy
           fruits
           of
           repentance
           ,
           
           which
           deriue
           their
           power
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           are
           offered
           to
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           &
           in
           him
           are
           accepted
           by
           the
           Father
           .
           
             So
             that
             we
             preferr
             all
             our
             suites
             ,
             place
             all
             our
             hopes
             ,
             render
             all
             our
             thanks
             by
             our
             Lord
             IESVS-CHRIST
             .
             We
             proclaime
             in
             a
             loud
             voice
             that
             we
             are
             acceptable
             to
             God
             only
             in
             him
             &
             by
             him
             ;
             and
             we
             can
             hardly
             conceaue
             how
             any
             other
             intent
             or
             application
             can
             be
             imputed
             to
             vs.
             We
             fix
             in
             him
             alone
             so
             intirely
             all
             the
             hope
             of
             our
             saluation
             ,
             as
             we
             present
             to
             God
             euery
             day
             those
             words
             in
             the
             Sacrifice
             :
          
           Vouchsafe
           ô
           God
           to
           graunt
           vnto
           vs
           sinners
           ,
           your
           seruants
           ,
           who
           hope
           in
           the
           multitude
           of
           your
           Mercys
           ,
           
           some
           part
           and
           fellowship
           with
           your
           blessed
           Apostles
           and
           Martyrs
           ...
           into
           which
           we
           humbly
           beg
           to
           be
           admitted
           ,
           not
           considering
           our
           Merit
           ,
           but
           forgiuing
           vs
           by
           your
           Mercy
           ,
           for
           our
           Sauiour's
           sake
           
             CHRIST
             IESVS
          
           .
        
         
           Shall
           the
           Church
           neuer
           be
           able
           to
           persuade
           her
           children
           ,
           now
           become
           her
           ennemies
           ,
           neither
           by
           the
           explication
           of
           her
           Faith
           ,
           nor
           the
           decisions
           of
           her
           Councells
           ,
           nor
           by
           her
           most
           solemn
           prayers
           presented
           in
           her
           Sacrifices
           ,
           that
           she
           doth
           not
           owne
           any
           life
           ,
           nor
           conceaue
           any
           hope
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           merits
           of
           IESVS-CHRIST
           alone
           ;
           and
           this
           hope
           is
           so
           powerfull
           ,
           that
           it
           imprints
           in
           the
           children
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           walke
           
           faithfully
           in
           his
           ways
           ,
           
           
             that
             peace
             which
             passeth
             all
             vnderstanding
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           assures
           vs.
           But
           yet
           although
           this
           hope
           be
           stronger
           then
           the
           promises
           or
           menaces
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           be
           sufficient
           to
           calme
           the
           terror
           of
           our
           conscience
           ,
           yet
           doth
           it
           not
           suppresse
           intirely
           our
           feare
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           ,
           though
           we
           are
           assured
           that
           of
           himself
           he
           neuer
           doth
           abandon
           vs
           ,
           we
           can
           neuer
           be
           certain
           that
           we
           shall
           not
           depart
           from
           him
           by
           our
           own
           faylings
           in
           reiecting
           his
           inspirations
           :
           and
           God
           hath
           bin
           pleased
           to
           temper
           &
           allay
           by
           this
           sauing
           feare
           ,
           that
           confidence
           he
           inspireth
           into
           his
           children
           :
           for
           as
           S.
           Augustin
           saith
           ,
           such
           is
           our
           weakenesse
           in
           this
           seate
           
           of
           perills
           &
           temptations
           ,
           that
           an
           entire
           assurance
           would
           produce
           in
           vs
           slacknesse
           and
           presumption
           ;
           whereas
           this
           fear
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           Apostle's
           mind
           
             makes
             vs
             worke
             our
             saluation
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             ,
          
           
           renders
           vs
           more
           vigilant
           ,
           and
           moueth
           vs
           to
           fasten
           our selues
           by
           an
           humble
           dependance
           on
           him
           
             who
             worketh
             in
             vs
             by
             his
             grace
             the
             will
             ,
             
             and
             the
             acting
             according
             to
             his
             good
             pleasure
          
           as
           the
           same
           S.
           Paul
           declares
           vnto
           vs.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           what
           is
           most
           necessary
           to
           be
           held
           and
           practised
           in
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           iustification
           ,
           and
           our
           Adversaries
           must
           be
           very
           vnreasonable
           ,
           and
           perverse
           not
           to
           confesse
           that
           this
           Doctrine
           is
           sufficient
           to
           instruct
           
           Christians
           in
           their
           duty
           of
           attributing
           to
           God
           by
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           all
           the
           glory
           of
           their
           saluation
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Pretending-Reformers
           after
           this
           exposition
           fly
           vnto
           nice
           &
           subtile
           questions
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           amisse
           to
           aduise
           them
           that
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           now
           proper
           to
           raise
           ,
           or
           insist
           vpon
           needlesse
           difficultys
           ,
           reflecting
           vpon
           what
           they
           haue
           condescēded
           vnto
           ,
           towards
           an
           vnion
           with
           the
           Lutherans
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           have
           graunted
           to
           their
           own
           fraternity
           in
           the
           points
           of
           Grace
           &
           Predestination
           .
           That
           proceding
           ought
           to
           have
           instructed
           them
           to
           restrain
           &
           confine
           their
           inquiries
           ,
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           to
           that
           singly
           which
           is
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           
           to
           establish
           the
           foundation
           of
           Christian
           piety
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           they
           could
           once
           resolue
           to
           bound
           themselues
           within
           those
           limits
           they
           would
           quickly
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           &
           soone
           would
           desist
           from
           their
           obiecting
           to
           vs
           our
           nullifying
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           by
           our
           ascribing
           all
           to
           good
           workes
           :
           since
           we
           haue
           euindenced
           to
           them
           in
           so
           cleer
           termes
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           these
           three
           points
           so
           decisive
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             our
             sinns
             are
             pardon'd
             by
             pure
             mercy
             for
          
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           
             his
             sake
             .
             That
             we
             owe
             vnto
             a
             free
             &
             gracious
             liberality
             the
             righteousnesse
             infused
             into
             vs
             by
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             .
             And
             that
             as
             many
             good
             workes
             as
             we
             performe
             ,
             are
             so
             many
             free
             guifts
             of
             grace
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           we
           cannot
           but
           confesse
           that
           the
           most
           Learned
           of
           their
           party
           doe
           not
           now
           contend
           so
           much
           in
           this
           point
           as
           they
           did
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Schisme
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           few
           that
           will
           not
           auowe
           ,
           that
           a
           Separation
           ought
           not
           to
           haue
           bin
           made
           vpon
           this
           Controversy
           .
           But
           if
           this
           so
           important
           difficulty
           ,
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Iustification
           ,
           of
           which
           their
           first
           Authors
           raised
           their
           strongest
           fort
           ,
           is
           no
           longer
           accounted
           so
           capitall
           by
           the
           most
           intelligent
           and
           sufficient
           persons
           of
           their
           party
           ,
           we
           desire
           them
           to
           reflect
           ,
           what
           iudgment
           ought
           to
           be
           made
           of
           their
           Separation
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           we
           might
           hope
           a
           Reconciliation
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           raise
           their
           
           minds
           from
           vnder
           all
           prepossession
           ,
           and
           renounce
           the
           spirit
           of
           Contention
           .
        
         
           
           It
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           that
           I
           explaine
           further
           in
           what
           manner
           we
           conceaue
           our selues
           capable
           to
           satisfy
           God
           by
           his
           Grace
           ,
           
           in
           order
           to
           the
           leauing
           no
           doubt
           or
           scruple
           in
           this
           matter
           .
        
         
           The
           Catholiques
           doe
           vnanimously
           professe
           &
           teach
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           only
           ,
           God
           &
           Man
           vnited
           ,
           was
           sufficiently
           qualifyed
           ,
           by
           the
           infinite
           dignity
           of
           his
           person
           ,
           to
           make
           satisfaction
           for
           our
           sinns
           ;
           but
           hauing
           superaboundantly
           satisfyed
           ,
           he
           had
           power
           to
           apply
           vnto
           vs
           an
           entire
           abolition
           ,
           without
           reseruing
           any
           punishment
           :
           or
           by
           commutation
           of
           a
           greater
           
           into
           a
           lesser
           penalty
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           exchanging
           an
           Eternall
           paine
           into
           Temporall
           sufferances
           :
           and
           by
           reason
           that
           this
           first
           sort
           of
           mercy
           is
           the
           most
           compleat
           ,
           and
           most
           suting
           to
           his
           goodnesse
           ,
           he
           hath
           taken
           that
           course
           in
           our
           Baptisme
           :
           but
           we
           maintaine
           that
           he
           vseth
           the
           second
           manner
           in
           the
           remission
           he
           graunteth
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           after
           Baptisme
           relapse
           into
           sin
           ,
           being
           in
           a
           manner
           forced
           to
           it
           by
           the
           ingratitude
           of
           those
           who
           haue
           abused
           his
           guifts
           :
           so
           that
           such
           offenders
           are
           condemned
           to
           some
           temporall
           paines
           ,
           although
           the
           Eternall
           punishment
           be
           remitted
           .
        
         
           But
           from
           hence
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           inferr'd
           that
           IESVS-CHRIST
           
           hath
           not
           fully
           satisfyed
           for
           vs
           ,
           but
           rather
           the
           contrary
           ,
           viz
           ,
           that
           he
           hauing
           purchased
           an
           absolute
           right
           and
           title
           of
           propriety
           in
           vs
           ,
           by
           the
           infinite
           price
           of
           his
           blood
           pay'd
           for
           our
           saluation
           ,
           he
           graunteth
           our
           pardon
           with
           what
           condition
           ,
           and
           vnder
           what
           law
           and
           reseruation
           he
           pleaseth
           to
           impose
           .
        
         
           We
           should
           be
           very
           vngratefull
           &
           iniurious
           to
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           should
           we
           presume
           to
           question
           the
           infinitenesse
           of
           his
           merit
           by
           this
           pretext
           ,
           that
           hauing
           pardoned
           vs
           the
           sin
           of
           Adam
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           deliuer
           and
           free
           vs
           at
           the
           same
           tyme
           from
           all
           the
           consequences
           of
           it
           ,
           leauing
           vs
           still
           subiect
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           to
           so
           
           many
           corporal
           and
           spiritual
           infirmities
           ,
           vnto
           which
           that
           sin
           hath
           sentenced
           vs.
           It
           is
           surely
           grace
           enough
           that
           IESVS-CHRIST
           hath
           once
           pay'd
           the
           price
           for
           which
           we
           shall
           one
           day
           be
           deliuered
           from
           all
           the
           miseries
           which
           oppresse
           vs
           ;
           it
           is
           our
           part
           to
           receiue
           with
           humility
           and
           gratitude
           euery
           part
           of
           his
           benefit
           ,
           considering
           the
           motion
           whereby
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           carry
           on
           our
           deliuerance
           in
           that
           order
           his
           wisedome
           hath
           designed
           for
           our
           happinesse
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           more
           euident
           manifestation
           of
           his
           own
           Iustice
           and
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           like
           reason
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           maruaile
           if
           he
           who
           hath
           giuen
           vs
           so
           easy
           a
           deliuery
           by
           Baptisme
           
           becomes
           more
           seuere
           to
           vs
           after
           we
           haue
           violated
           our
           holy
           promises
           ,
           made
           vpon
           that
           remission
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           only
           iust
           ,
           but
           euen
           beneficial
           to
           vs
           ,
           that
           God
           forgiving
           vs
           the
           sin
           ,
           and
           remitting
           the
           Eternal
           punishment
           we
           haue
           incurr'd
           ,
           should
           impose
           some
           temporal
           penalty
           to
           reteyn
           vs
           within
           our
           dutyes
           ,
           least
           we
           being
           deliuered
           too
           soone
           from
           the
           bonds
           of
           his
           iustice
           ,
           we
           should
           abandon
           our selues
           vnto
           a
           temerarious
           confidence
           ,
           abusing
           the
           facility
           of
           his
           Indulgence
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           therefore
           in
           order
           to
           our
           discharging
           that
           obligation
           that
           we
           are
           subiected
           to
           some
           workes
           of
           Pennance
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           perfome
           in
           the
           spirit
           of
           
           humility
           &
           repentance
           ;
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           these
           satisfactory
           workes
           ,
           was
           the
           motiue
           that
           induced
           the
           primitiue
           Church
           to
           impose
           vpon
           Penitents
           those
           pennances
           called
           Canonical
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           when
           the
           Church
           inflicteth
           vpon
           sinners
           paynfull
           &
           laborious
           iniunctions
           ,
           and
           they
           vndergoe
           them
           with
           humility
           ,
           that
           act
           we
           call
           Satisfaction
           :
           and
           when
           either
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           zeale
           and
           feruor
           of
           the
           Penitent
           ,
           or
           other
           good
           workes
           performed
           ,
           which
           the
           Church
           hath
           prescribed
           ,
           she
           releaseth
           some
           part
           of
           the
           Pennance
           ,
           which
           was
           owing
           ,
           this
           remission
           is
           call'd
           Indulgence
           .
        
         
           The
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           proposeth
           no
           more
           to
           our
           Faith
           
           
           then
           this
           in
           point
           of
           Indulgences
           ,
           
             that
             the
             power
             of
             granting
             them
             hath
             bin
             giuen
             the
             Church
             by
          
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           
             and
             that
             the
             vse
             of
             them
             is
             very
             beneficial
          
           ;
           whereunto
           the
           Councel
           addeth
           ;
           
             that
             the
             grant
             of
             them
             ought
             to
             be
             dispensed
             with
             caution
             ,
             least
             the
             Ecclesiasticall
             discipline
             should
             be
             weakned
             ,
             and
             eneruated
             by
             an
             excessiue
             facility
             ,
          
           which
           aduice
           declareth
           that
           the
           manner
           of
           disposing
           of
           Indulgences
           appertaineth
           to
           Church-discipline
           .
        
         
           Such
           as
           depart
           out
           of
           this
           world
           in
           Grace
           &
           Charity
           ,
           but
           yet
           owing
           those
           sufferances
           ,
           which
           the
           Diuine
           Justice
           hath
           reserued
           ,
           discharge
           them
           in
           the
           next
           
           life
           ,
           and
           this
           perswasion
           hath
           obliged
           all
           the
           Christian
           Antiquity
           to
           offer
           prayers
           ,
           almes
           ,
           and
           sacrifices
           for
           the
           faithfull
           departed
           in
           the
           peace
           and
           communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           with
           an
           assured
           faith
           that
           such
           sufferers
           may
           be
           eased
           by
           these
           applications
           :
           this
           is
           what
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           proposeth
           to
           be
           beleeued
           concerning
           the
           soules
           deteyned
           in
           Purgatory
           ,
           without
           determining
           the
           special
           manner
           of
           their
           paines
           ,
           or
           declaring
           any
           thing
           vpon
           many
           the
           like
           debates
           ,
           vpon
           which
           the
           holy
           Councel
           aduiseth
           a
           great
           referuednes
           ,
           blaming
           such
           as
           expose
           what
           is
           not
           only
           vncertain
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           vnfound
           .
        
         
         
           This
           is
           the
           holy
           and
           the
           harmelesse
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           in
           point
           of
           Satisfactions
           :
           from
           the
           mis-construction
           whereof
           so
           many
           wrongfull
           imputations
           have
           bin
           cast
           vpon
           her
           ;
           and
           if
           after
           this
           explanation
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           doe
           obiect
           to
           vs
           the
           detracting
           from
           the
           satisfaction
           made
           by
           IESVS-CHRIST
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           haue
           forgot
           what
           we
           haue
           professed
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           hath
           pay'd
           the
           entire
           price
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           wanting
           in
           the
           value
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           in
           it self
           infinite
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           reservation
           of
           those
           payns
           ,
           we
           have
           asserted
           ,
           proceeds
           not
           from
           any
           disproportion
           in
           this
           payment
           ,
           but
           from
           a
           certain
           
           order
           Christ
           hath
           designed
           ,
           to
           restraine
           vs
           by
           iust
           apprehensiōs
           ,
           and
           healthfull
           discipline
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           cafe
           they
           should
           yet
           obiect
           to
           vs
           the
           beleefe
           that
           we
           are
           sufficient
           of
           our selues
           to
           satisfy
           for
           some
           part
           of
           the
           paine
           due
           to
           our
           sinns
           ,
           we
           may
           reply
           with
           great
           assurance
           ,
           that
           the
           contrary
           is
           manifested
           by
           those
           maximes
           we
           haue
           established
           ,
           since
           they
           proclaime
           cleerly
           that
           our
           whole
           Saluation
           is
           but
           a
           worke
           of
           Grace
           &
           Mercy
           :
           that
           what
           we
           act
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           is
           no
           lesse
           to
           be
           ascribed
           to
           him
           then
           what
           he
           effecteth
           singly
           by
           his
           absolute
           pleasure
           :
           
           and
           in
           fine
           whatsoeuer
           we
           present
           him
           ,
           belongs
           no
           lesse
           to
           him
           then
           what
           he
           freely
           bestows
           vpon
           vs
           :
           to
           which
           we
           must
           
           adioyne
           (
           in
           conformity
           to
           the
           whole
           ancient
           Church
           )
           this
           profession
           ;
           that
           what
           we
           terme
           Satisfaction
           is
           but
           in
           effect
           an
           application
           of
           the
           infinite
           Satisfaction
           pay'd
           by
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           .
        
         
           This
           same
           consideration
           ought
           to
           appease
           those
           who
           seeme
           offended
           when
           we
           affirme
           that
           fraternal
           charity
           ,
           and
           the
           Communion
           of
           Saints
           is
           so
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           often
           receaue
           euen
           the
           Satisfactions
           we
           offer
           one
           for
           another
           .
           It
           seemes
           these
           Pretending
           Reformers
           doe
           not
           conceaue
           how
           intirely
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           we
           are
           ,
           belongs
           to
           God
           ,
           nor
           how
           much
           all
           those
           regards
           which
           his
           goodnes
           produceth
           in
           fauour
           of
           the
           faithful
           ,
           who
           are
           members
           
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           are
           necessarily
           relating
           to
           that
           Divine
           head
           .
           But
           surely
           such
           as
           haue
           read
           and
           considered
           that
           God
           himself
           inspired
           into
           his
           servants
           the
           zeale
           of
           afflicting
           themselues
           ,
           by
           fastings
           ,
           and
           other
           mortifications
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           their
           own
           sinns
           ,
           but
           for
           those
           also
           of
           the
           whole
           land
           where
           they
           liued
           ,
           wil
           not
           wonder
           if
           we
           affirme
           ,
           that
           God
           being
           moved
           by
           the
           pleasure
           he
           takes
           ,
           to
           gratify
           those
           he
           vouchsafeth
           to
           call
           his
           friends
           ,
           doth
           mercifully
           accept
           the
           humble
           Sacrifice
           of
           their
           voluntary
           mortifications
           for
           an
           abatement
           of
           those
           punishments
           he
           had
           designed
           for
           his
           criminal
           poeple
           :
           which
           declareth
           ,
           that
           being
           satisfyed
           by
           one
           part
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           
           softned
           &
           sweetned
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           honouring
           by
           this
           means
           his
           sonne
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           in
           the
           communion
           of
           his
           members
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           holy
           society
           of
           his
           mystical
           body
           .
        
         
           
           The
           order
           of
           our
           Doctrine
           requireth
           that
           we
           expose
           in
           the
           next
           place
           that
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           
           by
           which
           the
           merits
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           CHRIST
           are
           apply'd
           vnto
           vs.
           And
           since
           the
           disputes
           we
           haue
           in
           relation
           to
           them
           (
           excepting
           that
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           or
           Communion
           )
           are
           not
           persued
           with
           much
           heate
           ,
           we
           will
           in
           the
           first
           place
           cleare
           in
           few
           words
           the
           principal
           difficulties
           which
           are
           obiected
           concerning
           the
           other
           Sacraments
           ;
           reserving
           that
           of
           the
           Blessed
           
           Sacrament
           for
           the
           last
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           important
           .
        
         
           The
           Sacraments
           of
           the
           new
           Alliance
           are
           not
           simply
           holy
           signes
           ,
           which
           doe
           but
           signify
           the
           Grace
           of
           CHRIST
           ,
           nor
           only
           seales
           which
           confirme
           it
           ,
           but
           also
           instuments
           of
           the
           holy
           spirit
           ,
           which
           serve
           to
           apply
           it
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           and
           which
           confer
           Grace
           by
           the
           virtue
           of
           the
           words
           pronounced
           ,
           and
           the
           exteriour
           action
           apply'd
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           in
           case
           we
           interpose
           no
           impediment
           by
           our
           own
           indisposition
           .
        
         
           When
           God
           annexeth
           so
           great
           a
           Grace
           vnto
           exteriour
           signes
           ,
           which
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           hold
           no
           proportion
           with
           so
           admirable
           effects
           ,
           he
           signifieth
           to
           vs
           cleerly
           ,
           that
           
           besides
           what
           we
           can
           confer
           to
           it
           by
           our
           interiour
           contribution
           ,
           there
           is
           required
           a
           special
           intervention
           of
           the
           holy
           spirit
           to
           effect
           our
           sanctification
           ,
           and
           a
           singular
           application
           of
           our
           Sauiour's
           merits
           ,
           which
           are
           imparted
           to
           vs
           by
           the
           Sacraments
           .
           So
           that
           this
           Doctrine
           can
           not
           be
           reiected
           without
           iniuring
           the
           Merits
           of
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           ,
           and
           detracting
           from
           the
           efficacy
           of
           the
           diuine
           power
           in
           our
           Regeneration
           .
        
         
           We
           acknowledg
           seauen
           signes
           ,
           or
           sacred
           ceremonies
           established
           by
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           ,
           as
           the
           ordinary
           meanes
           &
           instruments
           of
           sanctification
           and
           perfection
           of
           the
           new
           man.
           Their
           diuine
           institution
           is
           extant
           in
           the
           holy
           scripture
           ,
           
           either
           by
           the
           expresse
           words
           of
           CHRIST
           ,
           who
           established
           them
           ;
           or
           by
           that
           Grace
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           testimony
           of
           the
           same
           scripture
           ,
           is
           annexed
           vnto
           them
           ,
           and
           inferreth
           necessarily
           God's
           ordayning
           them
           .
        
         
           By
           reason
           that
           infants
           can
           not
           supply
           their
           own
           want
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           
           by
           the
           acts
           of
           Faith
           ,
           Hope
           ,
           and
           Charity
           ,
           nor
           by
           their
           vows
           &
           desire
           of
           receauing
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           we
           beleeue
           that
           if
           they
           doe
           not
           actually
           receaue
           it
           ,
           they
           haue
           no
           part
           of
           communication
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           consequently
           dying
           in
           Adam
           ,
           they
           haue
           no
           part
           in
           JESVS-CHRIST
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           fitt
           to
           obserue
           here
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Lutherans
           concurr
           with
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           in
           holding
           the
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           Baptisme
           for
           Infants
           ,
           and
           withall
           wonder
           that
           any
           one
           hath
           presumed
           to
           deny
           a
           truth
           ,
           which
           no
           one
           before
           Caluin
           had
           euer
           dared
           to
           call
           in
           question
           ,
           so
           deeply
           was
           it
           imprinted
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           all
           the
           faithful
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           this
           ,
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           make
           no
           scruple
           willfully
           to
           lett
           their
           children
           dye
           ,
           as
           the
           Infidels
           doe
           ,
           without
           bearing
           any
           marke
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           depriued
           of
           all
           the
           grace
           that
           belongs
           to
           it
           ,
           if
           the
           death
           of
           the
           child
           happen
           before
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Congregation
           .
        
         
         
           The
           imposition
           of
           hands
           practised
           by
           the
           Apostles
           (
           in
           order
           to
           the
           confirming
           
           &
           fortifying
           the
           faithfull
           against
           persecutions
           ,
           
           deriuing
           the
           principall
           efficacy
           from
           the
           internall
           descent
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           &
           the
           infusion
           of
           his
           guifts
           )
           ought
           not
           to
           haue
           bin
           reiected
           by
           our
           Aduersaries
           ,
           vpon
           this
           pretext
           ,
           that
           the
           holy
           spirit
           doth
           no
           longer
           descend
           visibly
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           it
           is
           by
           all
           the
           Christian
           Churches
           ,
           who
           haue
           religiously
           continued
           it
           euer
           since
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           make
           vse
           also
           of
           the
           holy
           Chrisme
           ,
           to
           demonstrate
           the
           virtue
           of
           that
           Sacrament
           by
           a
           more
           expresse
           and
           sensible
           representation
           of
           the
           interiour
           
           Vnction
           of
           the
           holy
           spirit
           .
        
         
           We
           beleeue
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           hath
           bin
           pleased
           to
           ordaine
           that
           those
           who
           haue
           subiected
           themselues
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Chruch
           by
           their
           Baptisme
           ,
           
           and
           after
           this
           engagement
           haue
           transgressed
           the
           lawes
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           should
           be
           bound
           to
           vndergoe
           the
           iudgment
           of
           the
           same
           Church
           at
           the
           tribunal
           of
           Pennance
           ,
           where
           she
           doth
           exercise
           the
           power
           conferr'd
           vpon
           her
           to
           remitt
           ,
           or
           to
           reteyn
           sinns
           .
           
           The
           termes
           of
           the
           commission
           granted
           to
           the
           Churches
           Ministers
           to
           absolue
           sinns
           are
           so
           large
           and
           general
           ,
           
           that
           without
           great
           temerity
           the
           power
           can
           not
           be
           restreyned
           only
           vnto
           publick
           and
           notorious
           
           offences
           :
           and
           when
           they
           pronounce
           Absolution
           in
           the
           name
           of
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           ,
           since
           they
           doe
           but
           follow
           the
           expresse
           termes
           of
           their
           commission
           ,
           the
           sentence
           is
           reputed
           as
           giuen
           by
           CHRIST
           himself
           ,
           in
           whose
           place
           they
           are
           appointed
           as
           Iudges
           .
           It
           is
           this
           inuisible
           High-Priest
           who
           absolueth
           interiourly
           the
           Penitent
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Priest
           exerciseth
           the
           exteriour
           ministery
           .
        
         
           This
           Penitentiall
           iudicature
           being
           so
           necessary
           a
           curbe
           for
           our
           licentiousnesse
           ,
           so
           aboundant
           a
           spring
           of
           pious
           and
           prudent
           aduises
           ,
           so
           sensible
           a
           consolation
           to
           soules
           afflicted
           for
           their
           sinns
           ,
           when
           Absolution
           is
           not
           only
           declared
           to
           them
           
           in
           generall
           termes
           (
           as
           the
           Protestant
           Ministers
           doe
           practise
           )
           but
           giuen
           them
           in
           particular
           ,
           and
           the
           Penitent
           effectualy
           absolued
           by
           the
           commission
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           vpon
           a
           perfect
           examination
           ,
           and
           a
           right
           vnderstanding
           of
           the
           case
           ,
           we
           can
           not
           possibly
           beleeue
           that
           our
           Adversaries
           can
           contemplate
           so
           many
           good
           consequences
           ,
           without
           resenting
           their
           losse
           ,
           and
           feeling
           some
           shame
           of
           such
           an
           abusiue
           Reformation
           ,
           which
           hath
           abrogated
           so
           holy
           ,
           &
           so
           beneficial
           a
           practise
           .
        
         
           The
           holy
           Ghost
           hauing
           annexed
           vnto
           Extreame-Vnction
           ,
           
           by
           the
           testimony
           of
           S.
           Iames
           ,
           
           an
           expresse
           promise
           of
           remission
           of
           sinns
           ,
           and
           ease
           vnto
           the
           sick
           party
           ,
           
           there
           is
           nothing
           wanting
           vnto
           this
           most
           holy
           ceremony
           ,
           towards
           the
           cōstituting
           it
           a
           true
           Sacrament
           .
           We
           must
           only
           obserue
           that
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           ,
           
           the
           sick
           are
           more
           releeued
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           soules
           then
           their
           bodyes
           ;
           and
           the
           spiritual
           benefit
           is
           alwayes
           the
           principal
           ayme
           &
           obiect
           of
           the
           new
           law
           ;
           it
           is
           that
           also
           we
           ought
           absolutely
           to
           expect
           from
           this
           holy
           Vnction
           ,
           supposing
           we
           are
           rightly
           disposed
           for
           it
           ;
           whereas
           our
           corporal
           eases
           and
           releifs
           in
           our
           infirmitys
           are
           afforded
           vs
           ,
           only
           as
           relating
           to
           our
           eternal
           health
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           secret
           and
           hidden
           dispositions
           of
           Diuine
           Prouidence
           ,
           and
           the
           seueral
           
           degrees
           of
           preparation
           and
           faith
           ,
           which
           are
           already
           acting
           in
           the
           soules
           of
           the
           faithful
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           shall
           seriously
           cōsider
           ,
           that
           IESVS-CHRIST
           hath
           induced
           a
           new
           forme
           into
           the
           state
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           
           reducing
           this
           holy
           society
           vnto
           two
           persons
           immutably
           &
           indissolubly
           vnited
           ;
           
           when
           we
           shall
           reflect
           that
           this
           inseparable
           coniunction
           is
           made
           the
           signe
           of
           his
           Eternall
           vnion
           with
           his
           Church
           ,
           
           we
           shall
           find
           little
           difficulty
           to
           comprehend
           that
           the
           Marriage
           of
           the
           faithfull
           is
           accompanied
           with
           the
           Grace
           of
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           ,
           &
           we
           will
           easily
           praise
           the
           Diuine
           goodnes
           ,
           which
           hath
           bin
           pleased
           to
           sanctify
           in
           this
           manner
           
           the
           spring
           and
           deriuation
           of
           our
           birth
           .
        
         
           The
           imposition
           of
           hands
           which
           the
           Ministers
           of
           holy
           matters
           receaue
           ,
           
           being
           accompanied
           with
           so
           present
           and
           actual
           a
           virtue
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           
           and
           so
           intire
           an
           infusion
           of
           Grace
           ,
           
           is
           duly
           reckoned
           in
           the
           number
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           confesse
           that
           our
           Aduersaries
           doe
           not
           absolutely
           exclude
           the
           Consecration
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           but
           they
           reiect
           it
           only
           from
           the
           number
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           
           which
           are
           
             common
             to
             the
             whole
             Church
          
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           now
           at
           last
           come
           
           to
           the
           question
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           
           or
           Blessed
           Sacrament
           ;
           wherein
           it
           will
           be
           requisite
           to
           explaine
           more
           amply
           our
           
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           passing
           farr
           beyond
           the
           bounds
           ,
           which
           we
           haue
           prescribed
           to
           our selues
           .
        
         
           The
           reall
           presence
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           our
           Lord
           in
           this
           Sacramēt
           is
           solidy
           established
           by
           the
           words
           of
           the
           institution
           ,
           which
           we
           vnderstand
           litterally
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           more
           reason
           to
           aske
           vs
           why
           we
           tye
           our selues
           to
           the
           proper
           &
           litterall
           sence
           ,
           then
           to
           question
           a
           traueller
           why
           he
           followeth
           the
           great
           high-way
           .
           It
           is
           their
           part
           that
           resort
           to
           figuratiue
           senses
           ,
           and
           choose
           such
           by-paths
           ,
           to
           shew
           a
           reason
           of
           this
           their
           deuiation
           .
           As
           for
           vs
           who
           perceaue
           nothing
           in
           the
           words
           which
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           vsed
           for
           the
           institution
           
           of
           this
           Mystery
           that
           obligeth
           vs
           to
           take
           them
           in
           a
           figuratiue
           sense
           ,
           we
           conceaue
           this
           reason
           sufficient
           to
           settle
           and
           determine
           our
           receauing
           them
           in
           their
           proper
           and
           litterall
           signification
           .
           But
           we
           find
           our selues
           yet
           more
           strictly
           tyed
           vnto
           it
           ,
           when
           we
           considerately
           examine
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           in
           this
           mystery
           ,
           which
           I
           will
           explaine
           in
           the
           cleerest
           ,
           and
           easiest
           termes
           I
           can
           possibly
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           principles
           as
           I
           conceaue
           our
           Aduersaries
           can
           not
           disagree
           in
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           then
           that
           these
           words
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           Take
           ,
           
           
             and
             eate
             ,
             this
             is
             my
             Body
             giuen
             for
             you
             ,
          
           
           shew
           vs
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           ancient
           Iews
           did
           not
           
           simply
           vnite
           themselues
           in
           spirit
           vnto
           the
           immolation
           or
           killing
           of
           the
           victimes
           which
           were
           offered
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           did
           effectually
           eate
           of
           the
           Sacrificed
           flesh
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           signe
           of
           the
           part
           they
           had
           in
           that
           oblation
           :
           so
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           hauing
           made
           himself
           our
           Offering
           ,
           did
           intend
           we
           should
           really
           eate
           the
           flesh
           of
           this
           Sacrifice
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           this
           actual
           communication
           of
           that
           adorable
           flesh
           should
           remayne
           a
           perpetual
           testimony
           to
           euery
           one
           of
           vs
           in
           particular
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           for
           our
           sakes
           he
           assumed
           ,
           and
           for
           vs
           he
           sacrificed
           his
           mortal
           flesh
           and
           blood
           .
        
         
           God
           had
           forbiden
           the
           Iews
           to
           eate
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           
           
           which
           was
           à
           Sin-Offering
           ,
           with
           intent
           to
           teach
           them
           that
           true
           expiation
           of
           crimes
           was
           not
           obteyned
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           nor
           by
           the
           blood
           of
           beasts
           .
           All
           the
           poeple
           stood
           as
           it
           were
           interdicted
           by
           this
           restraint
           ,
           not
           being
           capable
           to
           partake
           actually
           of
           the
           remission
           of
           sinns
           .
           Now
           ,
           for
           the
           quite
           contrary
           reason
           ,
           it
           was
           requisit
           that
           the
           Body
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           the
           true
           Host
           offer'd
           vp
           for
           sin
           ,
           should
           be
           eaten
           by
           the
           faithful
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           teaching
           them
           by
           this
           true
           eating
           that
           the
           forgiuenes
           of
           sinns
           was
           accomplished
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           .
        
         
           God
           did
           likewise
           forbid
           the
           people
           of
           the
           Iews
           the
           eating
           of
           blood
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           
           the
           reasons
           of
           this
           restraynt
           was
           ,
           
             that
             the
             blood
             is
             giuen
             for
             the
             expiation
             of
             our
             soules
             .
          
           
           Quite
           contrary
           our
           Sauiour
           proposeth
           the
           drinking
           of
           his
           Blood
           ,
           
           
             because
             it
             is
             shed
             for
             the
             remission
             of
             sinns
             .
          
           So
           that
           the
           eating
           of
           the
           Flesh
           &
           drinking
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           at
           the
           holy
           table
           is
           as
           Reall
           ,
           as
           Grace
           ,
           the
           expiation
           of
           sinns
           ,
           and
           the
           participation
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           is
           actual
           and
           effectiue
           in
           the
           New
           Alliance
           :
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           which
           truth
           ,
           by
           reason
           he
           intended
           to
           exercise
           our
           Faith
           in
           this
           Mystery
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           deliuer
           vs
           from
           the
           horror
           of
           eating
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           drinking
           his
           Blood
           in
           
           their
           own
           kinds
           ,
           it
           was
           fit
           and
           convenient
           to
           exhibite
           them
           unto
           us
           couered
           under
           an
           other
           species
           .
           But
           if
           these
           considerations
           did
           oblige
           him
           to
           ordaine
           our
           eating
           the
           Flesh
           of
           our
           Offring
           in
           a
           different
           manner
           from
           that
           of
           the
           Iews
           ,
           yet
           he
           ought
           not
           in
           that
           respect
           to
           depriue
           vs
           of
           the
           Reality
           and
           the
           Substance
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           apparent
           therefore
           that
           to
           accomplish
           the
           figures
           of
           the
           old
           Law
           ,
           and
           to
           putt
           vs
           in
           actual
           possession
           of
           that
           Victime
           offred
           for
           our
           sinns
           ,
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           did
           designe
           the
           giving
           vs
           Realy
           &
           truly
           his
           Body
           and
           Blood
           ;
           which
           point
           is
           so
           euident
           ,
           that
           our
           Aduersaries
           themselues
           desire
           we
           should
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           
           they
           haue
           the
           same
           beleefe
           as
           we
           professe
           ,
           since
           they
           doe
           continually
           presse
           &
           vrge
           to
           vs
           ,
           their
           not
           denying
           the
           true
           and
           Real
           participation
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           CHRIST
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           ;
           which
           pretence
           of
           theirs
           we
           will
           examine
           in
           the
           sequent
           discourse
           where
           we
           conceave
           it
           will
           be
           proper
           to
           expose
           their
           sentiments
           ,
           after
           hauing
           fully
           explicated
           the
           beleefe
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           In
           the
           meane
           tyme
           we
           may
           conclude
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           faire
           and
           natural
           signification
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           vsed
           by
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           compelleth
           them
           to
           graunt
           that
           his
           expresse
           intention
           was
           to
           giue
           Really
           his
           Flesh
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             body
          
           ,
           they
           ought
           not
           
           to
           wonder
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           not
           consent
           to
           the
           vnderstanding
           these
           words
           as
           spoken
           meerly
           in
           a
           figuratiue
           sense
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           who
           was
           so
           carefull
           to
           explaine
           to
           his
           Apostles
           what
           he
           taught
           vnder
           the
           vailes
           of
           parables
           and
           figures
           ,
           hauing
           said
           nothing
           in
           this
           point
           to
           explaine
           himself
           further
           ,
           seemes
           cleerly
           to
           haue
           left
           these
           words
           in
           their
           natural
           signification
           .
           I
           know
           that
           our
           Aduersaries
           pretend
           ,
           that
           the
           matter
           it self
           explains
           sufficiently
           the
           meaning
           ,
           because
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           it
           is
           cleer
           that
           what
           he
           exposeth
           ,
           is
           but
           Bread
           and
           Wyne
           ;
           but
           the
           cloude
           of
           this
           argument
           vanisheth
           ,
           when
           we
           reflect
           that
           he
           who
           speaketh
           
           is
           of
           an
           Authority
           which
           ought
           to
           ouerrule
           our
           senses
           ,
           &
           hath
           an
           Omnipotēce
           transcending
           all
           nature
           .
           It
           is
           no
           harder
           for
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           to
           effect
           his
           body's
           presence
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             body
          
           ,
           then
           to
           cure
           a
           woman
           of
           her
           infirmity
           by
           saying
           ,
           
           
             Woman
             thou
             art
             freed
             from
             thy
             infirmity
          
           ;
           or
           to
           preserue
           the
           Centurion's
           sonne
           by
           saying
           ,
           
           
             Thy
             sonne
             liueth
          
           ;
           or
           in
           fine
           to
           effect
           the
           forgiuenes
           of
           the
           sinns
           of
           the
           bed-rid
           paralytique
           by
           uttering
           only
           ,
           
           
             Thy
             sinns
             are
             forgiuen
             thee
          
           .
        
         
           We
           hauing
           therefore
           no
           reason
           to
           trouble
           our selues
           how
           CHRIST
           will
           effect
           what
           he
           saith
           ,
           we
           fix
           our
           beleefe
           precisely
           on
           his
           words
           .
           He
           who
           makes
           whatsoeuer
           he
           
           willeth
           ,
           by
           his
           words
           ,
           effecteth
           whatsoeuer
           he
           saith
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           much
           easier
           for
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           to
           force
           the
           laws
           of
           nature
           to
           verify
           his
           word
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           for
           vs
           to
           conforme
           our
           vnderstandings
           vnto
           such
           violent
           &
           strayn'd
           interpretations
           ,
           as
           destroy
           all
           the
           laws
           of
           discourse
           .
        
         
           The
           laws
           of
           language
           and
           discourse
           tell
           vs
           that
           the
           signe
           which
           naturally
           representeth
           ,
           doth
           very
           often
           take
           the
           name
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           natural
           to
           it
           to
           recall
           the
           idea
           or
           image
           of
           it
           into
           the
           mind
           .
           The
           same
           hapens
           to
           signes
           by
           institution
           ;
           but
           then
           it
           is
           vpon
           condition
           that
           they
           be
           receiued
           and
           acknowledged
           for
           signes
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           parties
           
           be
           accustomed
           to
           them
           .
           But
           that
           in
           instituting
           a
           signe
           ,
           which
           of
           it self
           hath
           no
           rapport
           to
           the
           thing
           ,
           (
           as
           for
           example
           a
           peece
           of
           bread
           to
           signify
           the
           body
           of
           a
           man
           )
           one
           should
           giue
           it
           that
           name
           without
           explaining
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           before
           agreement
           made
           concerning
           it
           ,
           as
           JESVS-CHRIST
           our
           Lord
           did
           in
           the
           last
           supper
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           vnhear'd
           of
           ,
           and
           whereof
           we
           finde
           no
           example
           in
           holy
           scripture
           ,
           and
           I
           might
           say
           ,
           none
           in
           humane
           language
           .
        
         
           Whereupon
           the
           Pretending
           Reformers
           themselues
           doe
           not
           so
           fixe
           vpon
           the
           figuratiue
           sense
           which
           they
           ascribe
           to
           the
           words
           of
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           acknowledge
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           vttered
           those
           
           words
           ,
           he
           intended
           to
           giue
           vs
           Truly
           his
           Body
           and
           his
           Blood.
           
        
         
           After
           hauing
           proposed
           the
           
           sense
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           
           touching
           these
           words
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             body
          
           ,
           it
           is
           fitt
           to
           exhibite
           her
           perswasion
           concerning
           the
           words
           which
           CHRIST
           did
           adioyne
           vnto
           them
           ,
           
             Doe
             this
             in
             remembrance
             of
             me
             .
          
           
           It
           is
           euident
           that
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           was
           ,
           
           to
           oblige
           vs
           by
           these
           words
           ,
           vnto
           a
           retention
           and
           remembrance
           of
           the
           death
           he
           had
           suffered
           for
           our
           redemption
           ;
           and
           S.
           Paul
           concludeth
           out
           of
           these
           very
           words
           ,
           that
           
             we
             announce
             the
             death
             of
             our
             Lord
          
           in
           this
           mystery
           :
           
           we
           must
           not
           then
           perswade
           our selues
           ,
           that
           this
           remembrance
           of
           the
           death
           of
           our
           Lord
           
           excludeth
           the
           Reall
           presence
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           but
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           rightly
           what
           we
           haue
           here
           explicated
           ,
           we
           shall
           discerne
           cleerly
           that
           this
           Commemoration
           is
           grounded
           vpon
           the
           Reall
           presence
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           the
           Iews
           eating
           of
           the
           Peace-Offerings
           did
           reflect
           that
           they
           had
           bin
           offer'd
           vp
           for
           them
           ,
           so
           we
           eating
           the
           Flesh
           of
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           our
           Victime
           ,
           are
           bound
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           he
           suffered
           death
           for
           vs.
           It
           is
           therefore
           the
           very
           same
           Flesh
           eaten
           by
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           reuiueth
           in
           vs
           the
           memory
           of
           his
           immolation
           ,
           but
           doth
           besides
           confirme
           to
           vs
           that
           verity
           .
           And
           we
           are
           so
           farr
           from
           hauing
           
           reason
           to
           say
           that
           this
           solemne
           Com̄emoration
           IESVS-CHRIST
           hath
           ordained
           vs
           to
           make
           ,
           doth
           exclude
           the
           Reall
           presence
           of
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           that
           the
           contrary
           is
           euident
           ,
           that
           this
           tender
           reflexion
           he
           would
           haue
           vs
           make
           at
           the
           holy
           table
           on
           him
           ,
           as
           offered
           vp
           for
           vs
           ,
           is
           grounded
           vpon
           his
           Flesh's
           being
           Really
           receaued
           ,
           since
           in
           effect
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           for
           vs
           to
           forget
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           giuen
           his
           Body
           vp
           in
           sacrifice
           for
           vs
           ,
           when
           we
           finde
           that
           he
           continueth
           still
           to
           giue
           vs
           dayly
           
             that
             victime
          
           for
           our
           orall
           manducation
           .
        
         
           Shall
           Christians
           vpon
           pretence
           of
           celebrating
           in
           the
           Supper
           the
           Memory
           of
           our
           Sauiour's
           Passion
           ,
           retrench
           
           from
           this
           pious
           Commemoration
           that
           part
           which
           is
           the
           most
           affectiue
           and
           most
           efficacious
           therein
           ?
           Ought
           they
           not
           consider
           ,
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           doth
           not
           command
           that
           we
           should
           barely
           remember
           him
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           should
           remember
           him
           by
           feeding
           on
           his
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           ?
           Lett
           vs
           reflect
           vpon
           the
           consequence
           ,
           and
           powerfulnes
           of
           the
           words
           :
           Christ
           saith
           not
           simply
           ,
           as
           the
           Pretending
           Reformers
           seeme
           to
           vnderstand
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Bread
           and
           the
           Wine
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           should
           be
           a
           Memorial
           of
           his
           Body
           and
           Blood
           :
           but
           the
           telleth
           vs
           that
           in
           doing
           what
           he
           prescribed
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           taking
           his
           Body
           and
           his
           Blood
           we
           should
           be
           
           Mindful
           of
           him
           .
           And
           can
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           in
           effect
           more
           powerful
           to
           produce
           in
           vs
           the
           remembrance
           of
           it
           ?
           If
           children
           reflect
           so
           tenderly
           vpon
           their
           father
           and
           his
           kindenes
           when
           they
           approach
           the
           tombe
           where
           his
           body
           is
           enclosed
           ;
           how
           powerfully
           ought
           our
           loue
           and
           memory
           to
           be
           excited
           and
           indeared
           ,
           when
           we
           possesse
           vnder
           those
           sacred
           couerings
           ,
           and
           vnder
           that
           mystical
           tombe
           ,
           the
           Flesh
           it self
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           immolated
           for
           vs
           ,
           that
           liuing
           and
           life-giuing
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           this
           Blood
           still
           warme
           by
           the
           feruor
           of
           his
           loue
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           spirit
           and
           grace
           .
           If
           our
           Aduersaries
           persist
           to
           alledge
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           commandeth
           vs
           to
           remember
           
           him
           ,
           doth
           not
           giue
           us
           his
           proper
           Substance
           ;
           we
           may
           desire
           them
           to
           agree
           amongst
           themselues
           .
           They
           professe
           not
           to
           deny
           the
           Reall
           communication
           of
           the
           proper
           Substance
           of
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Blessed
           Sacrament
           ;
           if
           their
           profession
           be
           serious
           ,
           if
           their
           Doctrine
           be
           not
           a
           meere
           delusion
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           auowe
           with
           vs
           ,
           that
           Remembrance
           doth
           not
           exclude
           all
           manner
           of
           Presence
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           which
           moueth
           the
           senses
           ,
           and
           so
           their
           answer
           is
           the
           same
           with
           ours
           ,
           since
           when
           we
           affirme
           that
           IESVS-CHRIST
           is
           present
           ,
           we
           accord
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           he
           is
           not
           existing
           in
           a
           sensible
           manner
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           we
           are
           ask'd
           ,
           the
           reason
           (
           we
           beleeuing
           ,
           as
           
           we
           doe
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           to
           satisfy
           our
           senses
           in
           this
           mystery
           )
           why
           we
           doe
           not
           grant
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           sufficient
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           should
           be
           present
           in
           it
           by
           our
           Faith
           ;
           we
           may
           very
           easily
           answer
           ,
           &
           cleare
           this
           equivocal
           demande
           .
           It
           is
           one
           thing
           to
           say
           that
           the
           son̄e
           of
           God
           is
           present
           to
           vs
           by
           Faith
           ;
           and
           an
           other
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           by
           Faith
           that
           he
           is
           present
           .
           The
           first
           manner
           of
           speaking
           imports
           only
           a
           Moral
           presence
           ,
           the
           second
           doth
           signify
           a
           very
           Reall
           one
           ,
           because
           our
           Faith
           is
           most
           certaine
           ,
           and
           this
           Reall
           presence
           ,
           known
           by
           our
           Faith
           ,
           sufficeth
           to
           worke
           in
           the
           
             iust
             who
             liueth
             by
             Faith
          
           all
           the
           effects
           which
           I
           haue
           specified
           .
           
        
         
           But
           to
           defeate
           at
           once
           all
           
           
           the
           equiuocations
           ,
           
           vnder
           which
           the
           Caluinists
           couer
           their
           opinions
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           and
           to
           discouer
           at
           the
           same
           time
           how
           neere
           they
           approach
           to
           vs
           ,
           although
           I
           haue
           vndertaken
           only
           to
           deliuer
           and
           explicate
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           here
           to
           insert
           theirs
           .
        
         
           Their
           Doctrine
           is
           deuided
           into
           two
           partys
           or
           sects
           :
           the
           one
           speaks
           only
           of
           the
           Figure
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           :
           the
           other
           of
           nothing
           but
           the
           Reality
           of
           them
           both
           ;
           we
           shall
           examine
           in
           their
           due
           orders
           each
           one
           of
           these
           different
           parties
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           they
           alledge
           that
           this
           great
           miracle
           of
           the
           Reall
           presence
           ,
           which
           we
           admit
           ,
           is
           no
           way
           needful
           :
           
           that
           it
           sufficeth
           for
           our
           saluation
           ,
           that
           IESVS-CHRIST
           dyed
           for
           vs
           ,
           that
           this
           Sacrifice
           is
           sufficiently
           apply'd
           by
           our
           Faith
           ;
           and
           this
           application
           is
           fully
           certified
           by
           the
           word
           of
           God
           :
           they
           and
           further
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           word
           ought
           to
           be
           cloath'd
           with
           sensible
           signes
           ,
           the
           giuing
           vs
           simple
           and
           bare
           Symboles
           ,
           such
           as
           water
           in
           Baptisme
           ,
           would
           haue
           bin
           sufficiēt
           ,
           without
           the
           necessity
           of
           drawing
           down
           from
           heauen
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           seemes
           more
           easy
           then
           after
           this
           manner
           to
           explicate
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           ,
           and
           yet
           our
           Aduersaries
           themselues
           haue
           not
           iudged
           that
           they
           
           ought
           to
           rest
           and
           acquiesce
           in
           this
           exposition
           .
           They
           know
           that
           the
           like
           imaginations
           haue
           drawn
           the
           Socinians
           to
           deny
           the
           miracle
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           .
           Those
           Heretiques
           alledge
           that
           God
           could
           haue
           saued
           vs
           without
           going
           so
           farre
           about
           ;
           he
           had
           nothing
           to
           doe
           but
           forgiue
           our
           sinns
           ;
           he
           could
           haue
           instructed
           vs
           sufficiently
           both
           in
           point
           of
           Doctrine
           and
           Manners
           ,
           by
           the
           Words
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Example
           of
           a
           man
           fill'd
           with
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           without
           being
           obliged
           for
           that
           effect
           to
           make
           a
           God
           of
           him
           .
           But
           the
           Caluinists
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           we
           ,
           haue
           discern'd
           the
           weakenesse
           of
           this
           argument
           ,
           which
           is
           euident
           ;
           first
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           it
           is
           not
           our
           part
           to
           deny
           
           or
           assure
           the
           mysteries
           of
           Religion
           according
           to
           our
           own
           iudgment
           of
           their
           being
           vsefull
           or
           vnnecessary
           for
           our
           saluation
           .
           God
           alone
           is
           possess'd
           of
           the
           secret
           ,
           and
           our
           part
           is
           the
           rendring
           them
           profitable
           and
           beneficiall
           to
           vs
           ,
           by
           beleeuing
           them
           such
           as
           God
           promiseth
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           receauing
           his
           graces
           and
           fauours
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           he
           bestoweth
           them
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           without
           entring
           into
           this
           question
           ,
           whether
           it
           was
           possible
           for
           God
           to
           saue
           vs
           by
           any
           other
           meanes
           then
           the
           Incarnation
           and
           Death
           of
           his
           sonne
           ,
           and
           embroyling
           vs
           in
           that
           vselesse
           dispute
           (
           which
           the
           Pretending
           Reformers
           debate
           so
           teadiously
           in
           their
           schooles
           )
           it
           sufficeth
           
           to
           haue
           learnt
           by
           the
           holy
           scriptures
           ,
           that
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           hath
           bin
           pleased
           to
           demonstrate
           his
           loue
           by
           effects
           ,
           which
           to
           vs
           are
           incomprehensible
           .
           This
           loue
           was
           the
           motiue
           of
           that
           so
           Reall
           vnion
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           made
           himself
           Man.
           This
           loue
           perswaded
           him
           to
           immolate
           and
           offer
           vp
           for
           vs
           his
           body
           as
           Really
           as
           he
           assumed
           it
           .
           All
           these
           designes
           are
           consequent
           to
           one
           an
           other
           ,
           and
           this
           infinite
           loue
           holds
           the
           same
           height
           throughout
           all
           the
           strayns
           &
           motions
           thereof
           .
           So
           that
           when
           he
           shall
           be
           pleased
           to
           bring
           each
           single
           child
           of
           his
           (
           by
           vniting
           himself
           to
           him
           particularly
           )
           to
           tast
           and
           partake
           the
           goodnesse
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           express'd
           
           to
           all
           in
           generall
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           meanes
           to
           accomplish
           his
           will
           by
           things
           as
           powerfull
           and
           efficacious
           as
           those
           which
           he
           hath
           already
           fulfill'd
           for
           our
           saluation
           .
           We
           ought
           not
           therefore
           to
           wonder
           at
           his
           giuing
           vnto
           euery
           one
           of
           vs
           the
           Reall
           Substance
           of
           his
           Flesh
           and
           Blood.
           He
           intends
           by
           it
           to
           imprint
           in
           our
           harts
           this
           verity
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           for
           our
           sakes
           that
           he
           assumed
           them
           ,
           and
           offered
           them
           vp
           in
           Sacrifice
           .
           This
           preceding
           goodnes
           renders
           all
           the
           sequence
           easy
           to
           be
           beleeued
           ;
           the
           order
           of
           his
           mysteries
           disposeth
           vs
           to
           credit
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           his
           expresse
           word
           doth
           not
           allow
           vs
           any
           doubt
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Our
           Aduersaries
           did
           well
           
           discerne
           that
           simple
           figures
           and
           bare
           signes
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           would
           not
           satisfy
           Christians
           vsed
           &
           accustomed
           to
           the
           Grace
           and
           Goodnesse
           of
           a
           God
           ,
           who
           giues
           himself
           so
           Really
           to
           vs.
           So
           that
           vpon
           this
           ground
           they
           seeke
           to
           decline
           the
           being
           taxed
           with
           their
           denying
           a
           Substantiall
           and
           Reall
           participation
           of
           IESVS-CHRIST
           in
           the
           Communion
           .
           They
           affirme
           with
           vs
           ,
           that
           he
           makes
           vs
           partakers
           of
           his
           
             proper
             Substance
          
           .
           
           They
           say
           that
           
             he
             feedeth
             vs
             with
             the
             Substance
             of
             his
             Body
             and
             his
             Blood
             :
          
           
           and
           conceauing
           that
           his
           shewing
           vs
           by
           some
           signe
           that
           we
           did
           partake
           of
           his
           Sacrifice
           would
           not
           be
           sufficient
           ,
           they
           declare
           expressely
           ,
           that
           the
           Body
           
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           
           which
           is
           giuen
           vs
           in
           the
           Communion
           ,
           doth
           ascertaine
           vs
           of
           it
           .
           These
           words
           are
           so
           important
           ,
           as
           we
           will
           presently
           examine
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           then
           we
           see
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           CHRIST
           present
           in
           our
           Mysteries
           ,
           by
           the
           grant
           of
           the
           Caluinists
           :
           for
           what
           is
           communicated
           according
           to
           the
           proper
           Substance
           of
           it
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           Really
           present
           .
           True
           it
           is
           that
           they
           explaine
           this
           Communication
           ,
           saying
           it
           is
           effected
           by
           the
           Spirit
           and
           by
           Faith
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           also
           certain
           that
           they
           will
           haue
           it
           to
           be
           Reall
           :
           and
           because
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           render
           this
           intelligible
           ,
           that
           a
           Body
           communicated
           to
           vs
           only
           in
           Spirit
           
           &
           by
           Faith
           ,
           should
           be
           imparted
           to
           vs
           Really
           and
           in
           its
           proper
           Substance
           ,
           they
           haue
           not
           bin
           able
           to
           remain
           fix'd
           in
           both
           parts
           of
           a
           Doctrine
           of
           such
           a
           Contradiction
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           haue
           bin
           forced
           to
           grant
           two
           things
           ,
           which
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           teacheth
           .
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           is
           giuen
           vs
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           as
           doth
           not
           sute
           either
           with
           Baptisme
           ,
           or
           Preaching
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           is
           peculiarly
           proper
           to
           this
           Mysterie
           .
           We
           shall
           discerne
           presently
           the
           consequence
           of
           this
           principle
           ,
           but
           lett
           vs
           first
           consider
           ,
           how
           it
           is
           allowed
           &
           granted
           by
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           this
           point
           I
           will
           
           not
           alledge
           the
           testimony
           of
           any
           particular
           Authour
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           words
           of
           the
           Catechisme
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           where
           it
           explicateh
           what
           relateth
           to
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           .
           It
           pronounceth
           in
           expresse
           termes
           not
           only
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           is
           giuen
           vs
           Really
           and
           truly
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           
           and
           
             in
             his
             own
             Substance
          
           but
           being
           asked
           the
           question
           ,
           what
           aduantage
           we
           haue
           by
           the
           communication
           in
           the
           Supper
           ,
           aboue
           that
           in
           Baptisme
           or
           Preaching
           ,
           they
           answer
           ;
           
           
             although
             he
             be
             truly
             communicated
             to
             vs
             by
             Baptisme
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             yet
             in
             them
             it
             is
             but
             Partly
             ,
             and
             not
             Entirely
             .
          
           From
           whence
           it
           followes
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           they
           teach
           he
           is
           not
           giuen
           vs
           
           Partly
           but
           Compleatly
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           an
           extreame
           difference
           between
           receauing
           in
           Part
           ,
           and
           receauing
           Plenarily
           .
           So
           that
           if
           we
           partake
           of
           JESVS-CHRIST
           in
           all
           other
           com̄unications
           of
           him
           ,
           but
           in
           Part
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           singly
           ,
           we
           receaue
           him
           Entirely
           ,
           it
           followeth
           euen
           by
           the
           Confession
           of
           our
           Aduersaries
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           seeke
           in
           the
           Communion
           a
           participation
           special
           and
           peculiar
           to
           this
           mystery
           ,
           which
           can
           not
           appertaine
           to
           Baptisme
           or
           Preaching
           :
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           it
           followes
           also
           that
           this
           partaking
           is
           not
           annexed
           vnto
           Faith
           ,
           since
           our
           Faith
           spreading
           &
           extending
           it self
           through
           all
           the
           acts
           of
           Christianity
           doth
           exist
           
           and
           operate
           in
           the
           Preaching
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           in
           Baptisme
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           is
           to
           be
           obserued
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           earnestnesse
           the
           Pretending-Reformers
           haue
           expressed
           to
           render
           Baptisme
           and
           Preaching
           equal
           to
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           vpon
           this
           account
           ;
           that
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           is
           truly
           com̄unicated
           to
           vs
           by
           them
           ,
           they
           neuer
           durst
           venture
           to
           assert
           in
           their
           Catechismes
           ,
           that
           CHRIST
           was
           giuen
           vs
           in
           his
           proper
           Substance
           either
           in
           Baptisme
           ,
           or
           in
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           they
           haue
           affirm'd
           it
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           .
           So
           that
           they
           haue
           bin
           conuinced
           they
           could
           not
           decline
           the
           ascribing
           to
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           such
           a
           manner
           
           of
           possessing
           CHRIST
           ,
           as
           is
           peculiar
           to
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           Faith
           ,
           which
           is
           common
           to
           all
           the
           actions
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           that
           distinct
           &
           singular
           manner
           .
           Now
           this
           singular
           manner
           of
           possessing
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           must
           needs
           be
           Reall
           ,
           since
           it
           giueth
           to
           the
           beleeuer
           the
           very
           Substance
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           done
           by
           Faith
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           what
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           holds
           &
           teacheth
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           point
           granted
           by
           the
           Pretending
           Reformers
           is
           drawn
           from
           the
           Article
           following
           immediately
           what
           I
           haue
           allready
           cited
           out
           of
           their
           Catechisme
           ,
           
           which
           is
           this
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Body
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             regard
             it
             was
             once
             offer'd
             in
             Sacrifice
             to
             reconcile
             vs
             vnto
             God
             ,
             is
             now
             giuen
             vs
             to
             assure
             vs
             that
             we
             partake
             of
             that
             reconciliation
             .
          
        
         
           If
           these
           words
           haue
           any
           meaning
           in
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           not
           an
           empty
           sound
           only
           ,
           &
           a
           meere
           vaine
           amusement
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           suggest
           to
           our
           vnderstanding
           that
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           doth
           not
           giue
           vs
           a
           simple
           signe
           or
           symbole
           ,
           but
           his
           proper
           Body
           ,
           to
           assure
           vs
           that
           we
           partake
           of
           his
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           the
           Reconciliation
           of
           Mankind
           .
           If
           then
           the
           receauing
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           assureth
           vs
           of
           our
           participation
           of
           the
           fruite
           of
           his
           Death
           ,
           it
           followes
           of
           necessity
           that
           this
           
           partaking
           of
           the
           fruite
           must
           be
           a
           distinct
           thing
           ,
           from
           the
           receauing
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           because
           the
           one
           is
           the
           pledge
           and
           security
           for
           the
           other
           ;
           from
           which
           supposal
           aduancing
           further
           ,
           I
           say
           that
           if
           our
           Aduersaries
           are
           forced
           to
           distinguish
           in
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           the
           partaking
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           from
           the
           hauing
           part
           in
           the
           fruite
           and
           grace
           of
           his
           Sacrifice
           ,
           they
           ought
           likewise
           to
           distinguish
           the
           participation
           of
           that
           Diuine
           Body
           from
           all
           that
           participation
           thereof
           ,
           which
           is
           conferr'd
           Spiritually
           and
           by
           Faith
           ;
           for
           this
           last
           partaking
           (
           namely
           by
           Faith
           )
           will
           neuer
           afford
           them
           two
           distinct
           actions
           ,
           by
           one
           of
           which
           they
           receaue
           the
           Body
           
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           other
           the
           fruite
           of
           his
           Sacrifice
           ;
           no
           body
           being
           able
           to
           conceaue
           what
           difference
           there
           is
           between
           partaking
           ,
           by
           Faith
           ,
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           &
           partaking
           ,
           by
           Faith
           ,
           of
           the
           fruite
           of
           his
           Death
           .
           They
           must
           therefore
           yeald
           that
           besides
           the
           Communion
           by
           which
           we
           partake
           Spiritually
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           spirit
           coniointly
           in
           the
           receauing
           the
           fruite
           of
           his
           Death
           ,
           there
           is
           yet
           an
           other
           Reall
           Comunion
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           same
           Sauiour
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           secure
           pledge
           to
           vs
           that
           the
           other
           (
           namely
           the
           benefit
           of
           his
           death
           )
           is
           assured
           to
           vs
           ,
           if
           we
           doe
           not
           frustrate
           the
           effects
           of
           so
           great
           a
           grace
           ,
           by
           our
           own
           opposite
           dispositions
           .
           
           This
           consequence
           is
           necessarily
           included
           in
           the
           principles
           to
           which
           they
           agree
           ;
           nor
           can
           they
           euer
           be
           able
           to
           explicate
           this
           verity
           in
           any
           solide
           way
           ,
           vnlesse
           they
           returne
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           .
        
         
           Who
           can
           choose
           but
           admire
           in
           this
           point
           the
           power
           of
           Truth
           ?
           All
           that
           is
           consequent
           to
           the
           principles
           granted
           by
           our
           Aduersaries
           is
           cleerly
           vnderstood
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           euen
           the
           least
           instructed
           Catholiques
           easily
           conceaue
           that
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           there
           is
           a
           Com̄uniō
           with
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           to
           be
           found
           any
           where
           else
           .
           It
           is
           easy
           for
           them
           to
           vnderstand
           that
           his
           Body
           
             is
             giuen
             vs
             ,
             to
             assure
             vs
             
             that
             we
             partake
             in
             his
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Death
             .
          
           They
           distinguish
           cleerly
           these
           two
           manners
           necessary
           to
           vnite
           vs
           to
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ;
           the
           one
           is
           by
           taking
           his
           proper
           Flesh
           ;
           the
           other
           by
           receauing
           his
           Spirit
           :
           the
           first
           thereof
           is
           granted
           vs
           as
           a
           pledge
           and
           security
           of
           the
           second
           :
           but
           by
           reason
           things
           can
           not
           be
           explicated
           in
           the
           opinions
           held
           by
           our
           Aduersaries
           ,
           though
           on
           the
           other
           side
           they
           can
           not
           disauowe
           them
           ,
           we
           can
           not
           choose
           but
           conclude
           that
           their
           Error
           hath
           cast
           them
           into
           a
           manifest
           Contradiction
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           often
           wondred
           why
           they
           did
           not
           deliuer
           and
           explaine
           their
           Doctrine
           in
           a
           more
           familiar
           and
           simple
           
           manner
           .
           Why
           haue
           they
           not
           persisted
           in
           saying
           (
           without
           so
           many
           artifices
           )
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           hauing
           shed
           his
           blood
           for
           vs
           ,
           had
           represented
           to
           vs
           this
           effusion
           ,
           by
           giuing
           vs
           two
           distinct
           signes
           of
           his
           Body
           and
           his
           Blood
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           bin
           pleased
           to
           giue
           to
           these
           two
           signes
           the
           names
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           ;
           and
           that
           these
           sacred
           Symbols
           were
           pledges
           and
           securities
           of
           our
           partaking
           the
           fruite
           of
           his
           death
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           were
           nourished
           spiritually
           by
           the
           virtue
           of
           his
           Body
           and
           Blood
           :
           after
           hauing
           strayned
           so
           hard
           to
           proue
           that
           the
           signes
           receaue
           the
           name
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           this
           reason
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Body
           may
           be
           
           call'd
           the
           Body
           ,
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           did
           oblige
           them
           naturally
           to
           settle
           and
           rest
           there
           .
           And
           to
           render
           these
           signes
           efficatious
           ,
           it
           would
           serue
           sufficiently
           to
           haue
           the
           grace
           of
           our
           Redemption
           annexed
           to
           them
           ;
           or
           rather
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           principles
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           confirmed
           to
           vs
           in
           them
           .
           They
           needed
           not
           to
           haue
           troubled
           themselues
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           they
           haue
           done
           ,
           to
           gett
           vs
           to
           conceaue
           that
           we
           receaue
           the
           very
           Body
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           to
           this
           end
           only
           ,
           viz
           ,
           to
           assure
           vs
           that
           we
           partake
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           his
           Death
           .
           These
           Pretended-Reformers
           did
           content
           themselues
           with
           hauing
           in
           the
           water
           of
           Baptisme
           
           a
           signe
           of
           the
           Blood
           which
           cleanseth
           vs
           ,
           and
           they
           neuer
           thought
           of
           saying
           ,
           that
           we
           receaue
           the
           Substance
           it self
           of
           our
           Sauiour's
           Blood
           ,
           to
           ascertaine
           us
           that
           the
           virtue
           thereof
           is
           therein
           diffused
           vpon
           vs.
           If
           they
           had
           argued
           ,
           and
           concluded
           so
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           their
           Doctrine
           would
           haue
           bin
           easier
           and
           lesse
           incombered
           with
           Contradictions
           .
           But
           they
           who
           inuent
           and
           innouate
           can
           not
           say
           all
           they
           haue
           a
           minde
           to
           :
           they
           encounter
           apparent
           verities
           ,
           and
           establish'd
           maximes
           ,
           which
           disapoint
           them
           ,
           and
           oblige
           them
           to
           restrayne
           their
           own
           conceptions
           .
           The
           Arians
           would
           haue
           wisht
           ,
           not
           to
           haue
           bin
           obliged
           to
           qualify
           
           our
           Sauiour
           with
           the
           name
           of
           God
           and
           his
           only
           Sonne
           .
           The
           Nestorians
           did
           admit
           but
           with
           great
           constraint
           a
           kinde
           of
           Unity
           of
           Persons
           in
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           ,
           which
           we
           finde
           in
           their
           writings
           .
           The
           Pelagians
           who
           denyed
           Originall
           sin
           ,
           would
           as
           willingly
           haue
           reiected
           the
           ministring
           the
           Sacramēt
           of
           Baptisme
           to
           Infants
           in
           order
           to
           the
           remission
           of
           sin
           ,
           by
           which
           meanes
           they
           would
           haue
           bin
           deliuered
           from
           that
           argument
           the
           Catholiques
           drew
           from
           this
           practise
           ,
           to
           proue
           Originall
           sin
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           I
           come
           from
           obseruing
           ,
           they
           who
           finde
           a
           thing
           firmely
           established
           haue
           not
           the
           boldnes
           ,
           or
           rather
           impudence
           ,
           to
           ouerthrow
           all
           at
           once
           .
           Let
           the
           
           Caluinists
           auowe
           ingenuously
           the
           truth
           ;
           they
           would
           haue
           bin
           very
           willing
           to
           haue
           acknowleged
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           the
           Body
           of
           IESVS-CHRIST
           meerly
           Figuratiuely
           ,
           and
           the
           partaking
           only
           of
           his
           spirit
           .
           in
           effect
           ,
           setting
           a
           side
           those
           big
           words
           of
           partaking
           of
           his
           proper
           Substance
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           which
           import
           a
           Reall
           Presence
           ,
           and
           doe
           but
           intricate
           &
           perplexe
           them
           .
           It
           would
           haue
           suted
           better
           to
           their
           mindes
           ,
           not
           to
           haue
           confessed
           any
           other
           Communion
           with
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           in
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           ,
           then
           such
           an
           one
           as
           is
           imparted
           in
           Preaching
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           in
           Baptisme
           ,
           without
           telling
           vs
           ,
           as
           they
           doe
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           CHRIST
           is
           receaued
           
           Intierly
           and
           elsewhere
           only
           
             in
             Part.
          
           But
           though
           this
           was
           their
           wish
           and
           inclination
           ,
           yet
           the
           powerfulnes
           of
           the
           termes
           resisted
           their
           profession
           of
           it
           ,
           our
           Sauiour
           hauing
           affirmed
           so
           positiuely
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           This
           is
           my
           Body
           ;
           This
           is
           my
           Blood
           ;
           which
           he
           never
           said
           of
           any
           other
           thing
           ,
           nor
           in
           any
           other
           occasion
           .
           And
           what
           appearence
           of
           rendring
           that
           common
           to
           all
           the
           actions
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           which
           his
           expresse
           word
           hath
           annexed
           specially
           to
           one
           particular
           Sacrament
           ?
           Besides
           ,
           the
           whole
           order
           of
           the
           diuine
           counsels
           ,
           the
           connexion
           of
           the
           holy
           mysteries
           ,
           of
           the
           doctrine
           and
           intention
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           in
           his
           last
           supper
           ,
           the
           words
           
           themselues
           which
           he
           vsed
           ,
           and
           the
           impression
           they
           naturally
           make
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           faithfull
           ;
           all
           these
           suggest
           nothing
           but
           images
           and
           notions
           of
           Reality
           :
           and
           for
           this
           reason
           our
           Aduersaries
           haue
           bin
           faine
           to
           finde
           out
           some
           words
           ,
           the
           sound
           whereof
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           might
           raise
           some
           confused
           idea
           of
           this
           Reality
           .
           When
           a
           man
           fastens
           himself
           either
           intirely
           vnto
           Faith
           ,
           as
           the
           Catholiques
           doe
           ,
           or
           absolutely
           rest
           on
           humane
           Reason
           ,
           as
           the
           Infidels
           doe
           ,
           one
           may
           establish
           firme
           consequences
           ,
           and
           make
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           an
           vniforme
           draught
           or
           designe
           of
           Doctrine
           :
           but
           when
           one
           will
           frame
           a
           compound
           of
           them
           both
           together
           ,
           one
           is
           driuen
           
           to
           say
           somewhat
           more
           then
           he
           would
           willingly
           doe
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           persuite
           ,
           to
           fall
           into
           opinions
           ,
           the
           apparent
           Contradictions
           whereof
           manifestly
           discouer
           their
           Falsities
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           permitted
           their
           deluding
           themselues
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           to
           facilitate
           their
           returne
           to
           the
           Vnity
           of
           the
           Catholique
           doctrine
           .
           For
           since
           their
           own
           experience
           conuinceth
           them
           that
           they
           must
           speake
           as
           we
           doe
           ,
           to
           speake
           the
           language
           of
           truth
           ,
           ought
           they
           not
           to
           iudge
           they
           must
           thinke
           as
           we
           doe
           to
           vnderstand
           it
           right
           ?
           If
           they
           obserue
           in
           their
           own
           beleefe
           some
           things
           that
           can
           haue
           no
           sense
           but
           in
           ours
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           
           sufficient
           to
           conuince
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Truth
           is
           not
           intire
           &
           compleate
           but
           in
           our
           Church
           ?
           And
           those
           loose
           parts
           of
           Catholique
           doctrine
           which
           are
           scattered
           here
           and
           there
           in
           their
           Catechisme
           (
           but
           would
           ,
           as
           one
           may
           say
           ,
           faine
           be
           reunited
           to
           their
           whole
           body
           )
           ought
           not
           they
           perswade
           them
           to
           seeke
           in
           the
           Com̄union
           of
           the
           Church
           the
           full
           &
           intire
           explication
           of
           the
           Mysterie
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ?
           They
           would
           certainly
           be
           brought
           to
           it
           ,
           did
           not
           humane
           reasonings
           trouble
           &
           perplex
           their
           Faith
           ,
           which
           is
           too
           much
           adhering
           to
           their
           senses
           .
           But
           now
           after
           hauing
           represented
           to
           them
           what
           benefit
           they
           may
           draw
           from
           the
           exposition
           of
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           
           let
           vs
           proceed
           and
           end
           the
           explaining
           of
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           Since
           it
           was
           convenient
           (
           as
           
           hath
           bin
           obserued
           before
           )
           that
           our
           senses
           should
           discerne
           nothing
           in
           this
           mystery
           of
           Faith
           ,
           
           it
           was
           requisit
           there
           should
           be
           no
           alteratiō
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           obiect
           ,
           in
           the
           Bread
           &
           Wine
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           .
           Whereupon
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           same
           species
           continue
           as
           our
           obiect
           ,
           and
           we
           feele
           the
           same
           effects
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           as
           were
           sensible
           before
           the
           Consecration
           ,
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           wonder
           if
           some
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           certain
           sense
           ,
           it
           is
           express'd
           by
           the
           same
           name
           .
           Neuerthelesse
           our
           Faith
           being
           attentiue
           to
           his
           word
           ,
           who
           effecteth
           what
           
           euer
           he
           pleaseth
           in
           heauen
           and
           on
           earth
           ,
           doth
           acknowledg
           in
           this
           case
           no
           other
           Substance
           remaining
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           designed
           by
           the
           same
           word
           ,
           viz
           the
           proper
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           into
           which
           the
           Bread
           and
           the
           Wine
           are
           changed
           ,
           which
           is
           what
           we
           terme
           TRANSVBSTANTIATION
           .
        
         
           And
           notwithstanding
           this
           ,
           yet
           the
           Reality
           which
           the
           Eucharist
           contains
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           interiour
           part
           ,
           is
           no
           impediment
           to
           the
           being
           a
           Signe
           in
           respect
           of
           what
           it
           retains
           of
           exteriour
           and
           sensible
           :
           but
           yet
           a
           Signe
           of
           such
           a
           nature
           as
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           excluding
           a
           Reality
           ,
           as
           it
           carieth
           it
           of
           necessity
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           since
           in
           effect
           this
           
           speech
           
             This
             is
             my
             Body
          
           being
           pronounced
           vpon
           the
           matter
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           hath
           chosen
           ,
           is
           an
           assured
           signe
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           Present
           ,
           and
           although
           the
           matters
           seeme
           to
           our
           senses
           to
           remayne
           the
           same
           ,
           yet
           our
           spirit
           iudgeth
           otherwise
           of
           them
           then
           it
           would
           doe
           ,
           if
           a
           superiour
           Authority
           did
           not
           interuene
           :
           so
           that
           although
           those
           species
           ,
           and
           a
           certaine
           sequence
           of
           naturall
           impressions
           ,
           which
           are
           made
           on
           our
           bodies
           ,
           are
           vsed
           to
           suggest
           to
           vs
           the
           Substance
           of
           Bread
           &
           Wine
           ,
           yet
           in
           this
           case
           his
           Authority
           ,
           whome
           we
           beleeue
           intirely
           ,
           preuailes
           so
           much
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           species
           begin
           to
           designe
           to
           vs
           an
           other
           Substance
           ;
           for
           we
           beleeue
           CHRIST
           
           who
           sayth
           ,
           
             that
             which
             we
             take
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             we
             eate
             is
             his
             Body
          
           ;
           and
           such
           is
           the
           efficacy
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           as
           it
           keeps
           vs
           from
           ascribing
           to
           the
           Substance
           of
           Bread
           these
           exteriour
           appearances
           ,
           and
           moueth
           vs
           to
           referr
           them
           to
           the
           Body
           of
           CHRIST
           being
           present
           vnder
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           presence
           of
           so
           Adorable
           an
           obiect
           being
           once
           ascertain'd
           to
           vs
           by
           this
           signe
           ,
           we
           make
           no
           question
           of
           offring
           to
           it
           our
           Adorations
           .
        
         
           I
           doe
           not
           enter
           into
           the
           point
           of
           Adoration
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           most
           learned
           and
           sober
           of
           our
           Aduersaries
           haue
           long
           since
           granted
           vs
           ,
           that
           the
           presence
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           ought
           to
           impose
           Adoration
           vpon
           those
           who
           are
           of
           that
           perswasion
           .
        
         
         
           In
           fine
           being
           once
           conuinced
           that
           the
           omnipotent
           words
           of
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           effect
           whatsoeuer
           they
           pronounce
           ,
           we
           beleeue
           vpon
           good
           grounds
           that
           in
           the
           last
           Supper
           they
           produced
           their
           effect
           as
           soone
           as
           they
           were
           vttered
           ,
           and
           vpon
           a
           necessary
           consequence
           we
           acknowledg
           the
           Reall
           presence
           of
           the
           Body
           before
           our
           receauing
           it
           .
        
         
           These
           preceeding
           points
           
           being
           supposed
           ,
           
           the
           Sacrifice
           ,
           which
           we
           assert
           and
           maintain
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           retayns
           no
           longer
           any
           particular
           difficulty
           .
        
         
           We
           haue
           obserued
           two
           actions
           in
           this
           Mystery
           ,
           which
           cease
           not
           to
           be
           distinct
           ,
           although
           the
           one
           relateth
           to
           the
           other
           :
           the
           first
           is
           the
           
           Consecration
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           are
           changed
           into
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           :
           the
           second
           is
           the
           Eating
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           communicate
           and
           partake
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Consecration
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           are
           mystically
           separated
           by
           reason
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           said
           seuerally
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             Body
             ,
             This
             is
             my
             Blood
          
           ;
           the
           which
           includeth
           a
           liuely
           and
           effectuall
           representation
           of
           the
           violent
           death
           he
           suffered
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           is
           sett
           vpon
           the
           holy
           table
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           those
           words
           ,
           couered
           with
           signes
           that
           represent
           his
           death
           ▪
           This
           is
           what
           is
           effected
           by
           Consecration
           ,
           and
           this
           Religious
           act
           carieth
           with
           it
           ,
           the
           protestation
           
           of
           the
           Soueragnity
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           being
           present
           reneweth
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           sort
           perpetuates
           the
           memory
           of
           his
           obedience
           ,
           euen
           to
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ;
           so
           that
           indeed
           there
           is
           nothing
           wanting
           here
           ,
           towards
           the
           rendring
           it
           a
           True
           Sacrifice
           .
        
         
           Without
           all
           question
           this
           Religious
           act
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           distinct
           from
           that
           of
           the
           Communion
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           of
           it self
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           must
           inuite
           him
           to
           looke
           vpon
           vs
           with
           a
           more
           fauorable
           and
           propitious
           eye
           ,
           by
           reason
           it
           presenteth
           to
           his
           sight
           the
           voluntary
           death
           which
           his
           wellbeloued
           sonne
           hath
           suffer'd
           for
           sinners
           ,
           or
           rather
           
           replaceth
           before
           his
           eyes
           euen
           his
           own
           sonne
           ,
           vnder
           the
           signes
           of
           that
           death
           ,
           whereby
           he
           hath
           bin
           appeased
           ,
           and
           reconciled
           to
           Man.
           
        
         
           All
           Christians
           confesse
           that
           the
           single
           presēce
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           is
           a
           most
           powerfull
           manner
           of
           Intercession
           before
           God
           for
           all
           mankind
           ,
           according
           to
           this
           saying
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           
             presenteth
             himself
             and
             appeareth
             for
             vs
             before
             the
             face
             of
             God
             :
          
           
           and
           thereupon
           we
           beleeue
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           being
           present
           vpon
           the
           holy
           table
           in
           this
           figure
           of
           death
           intercedeth
           for
           vs
           ,
           and
           representeth
           continually
           to
           his
           Father
           the
           death
           he
           hath
           suffered
           for
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           in
           this
           sense
           we
           affirme
           ,
           that
           IESVS-CHRIST
           offereth
           himself
           for
           vs
           to
           God
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           manner
           it
           is
           we
           conceaue
           that
           this
           Oblation
           inuiteth
           God
           to
           become
           more
           fauorable
           and
           propitious
           to
           vs
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           reason
           we
           call
           it
           Propitiatorie
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           reflect
           vpon
           what
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           worketh
           in
           this
           mystery
           ,
           and
           when
           we
           looke
           vpon
           him
           ,
           by
           our
           Faith
           ,
           as
           actually
           present
           vpon
           the
           holy
           table
           with
           the
           signes
           of
           death
           ,
           we
           ioine
           our selues
           to
           him
           in
           that
           estate
           ,
           and
           we
           present
           him
           to
           God
           as
           our
           only
           Victime
           ,
           and
           as
           our
           sole
           Propitiator
           by
           the
           merit
           of
           his
           Blood
           ,
           protesting
           that
           we
           
           haue
           nothing
           to
           offer
           vnto
           God
           but
           IESVS-CHRIST
           ,
           and
           the
           infinite
           merit
           of
           his
           death
           .
           We
           consecrate
           all
           our
           prayers
           by
           this
           Diuine
           Oblation
           ,
           and
           by
           our
           presenting
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           to
           God
           ,
           we
           are
           taught
           to
           offer
           vp
           our selues
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           the
           Diuine
           Maiesty
           ,
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           ,
           as
           liuing
           Sacrifices
           .
        
         
           Such
           is
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           Christians
           ,
           and
           infinitely
           differing
           from
           that
           which
           was
           practised
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           being
           a
           Spirituall
           Sacrifice
           ,
           &
           worthy
           of
           the
           New
           Couenant
           ,
           wherein
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Victime
           is
           not
           perceaued
           but
           by
           Faith
           ;
           where
           the
           word
           of
           God
           is
           the
           instrument
           that
           separateth
           Mystically
           
           the
           Body
           &
           the
           Blood
           ,
           and
           cōsequently
           where
           the
           Blood
           is
           shed
           but
           Mystically
           ,
           and
           where
           death
           interueneth
           but
           by
           Representation
           ;
           and
           yet
           a
           most
           Reall
           &
           True
           Sacrifice
           for
           this
           reason
           that
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           is
           truly
           contained
           ,
           and
           presented
           to
           God
           in
           it
           ,
           vnder
           this
           figure
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           therefore
           a
           Sacrifice
           also
           of
           Commemoration
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           farre
           (
           though
           obiected
           )
           from
           parting
           &
           loosening
           vs
           from
           our
           application
           to
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           as
           it
           fixeth
           vs
           the
           faster
           ,
           by
           all
           its
           circūstances
           ,
           vnto
           it
           ,
           since
           it
           doth
           not
           only
           relate
           intirely
           vnto
           it
           ,
           but
           in
           effect
           it
           hath
           neither
           being
           nor
           subsistance
           but
           by
           this
           relation
           ,
           from
           whence
           it
           deriueth
           all
           the
           virtue
           it
           contains
           .
        
         
         
           This
           is
           the
           expresse
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           in
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           ,
           which
           teacheth
           ,
           that
           this
           Sacrifice
           is
           instituted
           only
           
             to
             the
             intent
             of
             representing
             that
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             was
             once
             perfected
             vpon
             the
             Crosse
             ;
             and
             to
             preserue
             the
             Memory
             of
             it
             vnto
             the
             end
             of
             all
             ages
             ,
             and
             apply
             vnto
             vs
             that
             sauing
             virtue
             for
             the
             forgiuenes
             of
             sinns
             which
             we
             dayly
             commit
             .
          
           Wherefore
           so
           farre
           we
           are
           from
           beleeving
           that
           somewhat
           is
           wanting
           to
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           as
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           the
           Church
           holds
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           so
           perfect
           ,
           and
           so
           fully
           sufficient
           ,
           as
           all
           which
           followes
           it
           ,
           is
           but
           ordain'd
           in
           order
           to
           the
           celebrating
           the
           Memory
           ,
           and
           applying
           
           the
           Virtue
           of
           that
           Oblation
           .
        
         
           Whereby
           the
           same
           Church
           professeth
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           merit
           of
           the
           Redemption
           of
           mankind
           is
           annexed
           to
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           son̄e
           of
           God
           ;
           &
           certainly
           by
           all
           that
           hath
           bin
           already
           said
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           haue
           bin
           vnderstood
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           say
           to
           God
           in
           the
           celebration
           of
           the
           divine
           Mysteries
           ,
           
             We
             offer
             you
             this
             holy
             host
             ,
          
           we
           doe
           not
           pretend
           by
           this
           oblation
           to
           make
           ,
           or
           present
           to
           God
           a
           new
           payement
           of
           the
           price
           of
           our
           Saluation
           ,
           but
           to
           employ
           towards
           him
           the
           merits
           of
           IESVS
           CHRIST
           there
           present
           ,
           and
           the
           infinite
           price
           he
           hath
           at
           once
           pay'd
           for
           our
           Redemption
           vpon
           the
           Crosse.
           
        
         
           The
           Professors
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           
           Religion
           doe
           not
           beleeue
           that
           they
           offend
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           in
           offring
           him
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           present
           by
           their
           Faith
           :
           as
           in
           case
           they
           did
           beleeue
           he
           were
           truly
           and
           Really
           present
           ,
           what
           repugnance
           could
           they
           haue
           to
           offer
           him
           as
           being
           Effectually
           present
           ?
           So
           that
           to
           argue
           ingenuously
           ,
           the
           dispute
           in
           faire
           dealing
           ought
           to
           be
           reduced
           singly
           to
           his
           being
           Present
           .
        
         
           This
           supposed
           ,
           all
           the
           false
           images
           and
           conceptions
           ,
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           frame
           to
           themselues
           about
           the
           Sacrifice
           we
           offer
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           effaced
           ;
           they
           should
           in
           iustice
           acknowledge
           fairely
           ,
           that
           the
           Catholiques
           pretend
           not
           to
           frame
           for
           themselues
           
           a
           new
           Propitiation
           to
           appease
           God
           againe
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           not
           sufficiently
           reconciled
           by
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           or
           in
           order
           to
           make
           some
           new
           supplement
           to
           the
           price
           of
           our
           Saluation
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           imperfect
           .
           All
           these
           imaginations
           haue
           no
           admission
           into
           our
           Doctrine
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           all
           this
           is
           intended
           by
           way
           of
           Intercession
           ,
           and
           Application
           in
           that
           manner
           I
           come
           from
           deliuering
           &
           explaining
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           cleer
           explication
           ,
           
           those
           great
           obiections
           drawn
           out
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           
           which
           our
           Aduersaries
           seeke
           to
           enforce
           so
           much
           against
           vs
           ,
           will
           appear
           weake
           ,
           &
           vnreasonable
           ;
           &
           that
           it
           is
           in
           vaine
           they
           strayne
           themselues
           
           to
           proue
           ,
           by
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           that
           we
           nullify
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ;
           but
           as
           the
           most
           certain
           proof
           that
           can
           be
           had
           that
           two
           Doctrines
           are
           not
           opposite
           to
           one
           an
           other
           is
           to
           discouer
           ,
           in
           the
           expounding
           them
           ,
           that
           no
           proposition
           of
           the
           one
           is
           Contradictory
           to
           the
           proposalls
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           I
           conceaue
           my self
           inuited
           in
           this
           occasion
           to
           expose
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           designed
           in
           this
           Epistle
           the
           teaching
           vs
           ,
           that
           a
           sinner
           could
           not
           escape
           from
           death
           other
           wayes
           ,
           then
           by
           subrogating
           in
           his
           place
           one
           that
           should
           dy
           for
           him
           :
           that
           while
           men
           did
           supply
           ,
           in
           their
           stead
           ,
           but
           the
           Bloodshed
           
           of
           Beasts
           ,
           their
           Sacrifices
           had
           no
           other
           operation
           ,
           but
           the
           making
           a
           publick
           profession
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           deserued
           to
           dy
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           reason
           the
           divine
           Iustice
           could
           not
           be
           satisfied
           with
           so
           disproportionate
           an
           exchange
           ,
           those
           Bloody
           Victimes
           were
           euery
           day
           offer'd
           and
           repeated
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           certain
           proofe
           of
           the
           insufficiency
           of
           that
           exchange
           and
           subrogation
           :
           but
           that
           since
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           had
           bin
           pleased
           to
           dy
           for
           sinners
           ,
           God
           being
           fully
           satisfyed
           by
           the
           voluntary
           substitution
           of
           so
           worthy
           a
           person
           ,
           could
           no
           more
           require
           the
           price
           of
           our
           ransome
           ;
           from
           whence
           the
           Apostle
           concludes
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           not
           only
           to
           cease
           from
           offring
           any
           other
           Victime
           
           after
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           but
           that
           CHRIST
           himself
           was
           to
           be
           offer'd
           vp
           to
           death
           but
           one
           single
           time
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           Reader
           then
           ,
           who
           is
           sollicitous
           of
           his
           Saluation
           ,
           and
           is
           a
           freind
           to
           truth
           ,
           recolect
           seriously
           what
           we
           haue
           deliuered
           of
           the
           manner
           wherein
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           offereth
           himself
           to
           God
           for
           vs
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           he
           will
           not
           find
           in
           it
           any
           propositions
           contrary
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           which
           I
           come
           from
           delivering
           ,
           or
           any
           that
           infirme
           his
           proofes
           ,
           so
           the
           most
           can
           be
           vrged
           against
           vs
           is
           his
           Silence
           .
           But
           such
           as
           will
           consider
           the
           wise
           distributions
           God
           maketh
           of
           his
           secrets
           in
           the
           many
           and
           seuerall
           bookes
           of
           his
           Scripture
           ,
           
           would
           not
           surely
           restraine
           vs
           to
           receaue
           from
           the
           single
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           all
           our
           instruction
           concerning
           a
           matter
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           necessarily
           relate
           to
           the
           subiect
           of
           that
           Epistle
           ;
           since
           the
           Apostle
           intendeth
           in
           it
           to
           explaine
           the
           perfection
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           different
           meanes
           God
           hath
           giuen
           vs
           to
           apply
           it
           vnto
           our selues
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           preuent
           all
           Equiuocall
           sense
           ,
           if
           we
           take
           the
           word
           offer
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           vnderstood
           in
           this
           Epistle
           ,
           in
           that
           sense
           which
           implyeth
           the
           Actual
           death
           of
           the
           Victime
           ,
           we
           confesse
           aloud
           ,
           that
           IESVS-CHRIST
           is
           no
           longer
           offer'd
           so
           ,
           neither
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           nor
           any
           where
           else
           .
           But
           as
           
           this
           same
           word
           hath
           a
           larger
           signification
           in
           other
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           often
           said
           ,
           that
           one
           Offereth
           to
           God
           ,
           what
           one
           presenteth
           before
           him
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           doth
           not
           frame
           her
           language
           &
           her
           doctrine
           by
           the
           single
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           doth
           not
           scruple
           to
           affirme
           that
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           offereth
           himself
           to
           God
           in
           all
           places
           where
           he
           appeareth
           for
           our
           sakes
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           he
           offereth
           himself
           vp
           in
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           expression
           of
           the
           holy
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           conceaue
           that
           this
           man̄er
           ,
           wherein
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           presenteth
           himself
           to
           God
           ,
           can
           at
           all
           detract
           from
           the
           
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           is
           what
           can
           not
           possibly
           be
           inferr'd
           ;
           vnlesse
           one
           will
           ouerthrow
           the
           whole
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           especially
           that
           Epistle
           which
           they
           seeke
           so
           much
           to
           straine
           against
           vs.
           For
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           we
           ought
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           when
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           vowed
           himself
           to
           God
           ,
           
             entring
             into
             the
             world
          
           ,
           
           to
           substitute
           himself
           instead
           of
           those
           Victimes
           ,
           
             which
             were
             not
             pleasing
             to
             him
             ,
          
           that
           he
           iniured
           the
           action
           by
           which
           he
           deuow'd
           himself
           vpō
           the
           Crosse
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           
           when
           he
           
             continueth
             to
             appeare
             for
             vs
             before
             God
             ,
          
           he
           detracteth
           from
           the
           Oblation
           ,
           
             in
             which
             he
             appeared
             once
             by
             the
             Immolation
             of
             himself
          
           ;
           
           and
           that
           ,
           
             not
             ceasing
             to
             intercede
             for
             vs
             ,
          
           
           he
           accuseth
           that
           
           Intercession
           of
           Insufficiency
           ,
           which
           he
           made
           at
           his
           Death
           
             with
             so
             many
             teares
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             so
             great
             cryes
          
           .
        
         
           Would
           not
           all
           these
           inferences
           be
           ridiculous
           ?
           We
           must
           therefore
           vnderstand
           ,
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           ,
           who
           did
           offer
           vp
           himself
           once
           ,
           to
           become
           the
           humble
           Victime
           of
           the
           Diuine
           iustice
           ,
           doth
           continue
           still
           offering
           himself
           for
           vs
           :
           that
           the
           infinite
           perfection
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Crosse
           consisteth
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           whatsoeuer
           preceded
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           what
           follows
           it
           ,
           are
           intirely
           relating
           vnto
           it
           :
           that
           as
           what
           preceded
           ,
           was
           its
           Preparation
           ;
           so
           what
           doth
           follow
           ,
           is
           its
           Consummation
           ,
           and
           Application
           :
           that
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           payment
           of
           the
           price
           of
           our
           ransome
           is
           not
           reiterated
           ,
           
           by
           reason
           it
           was
           fully
           discharged
           the
           first
           time
           ,
           but
           what
           Applieth
           that
           Redemption
           ,
           is
           incessantly
           continued
           &
           repeated
           ;
           and
           in
           fine
           we
           must
           know
           to
           distinguish
           those
           acts
           ,
           which
           are
           reiterated
           ,
           as
           being
           imperfect
           ,
           from
           such
           as
           are
           perpetuated
           as
           being
           perfect
           &
           necessary
           .
        
         
           We
           coniure
           the
           followers
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           
           Religion
           ,
           
           to
           make
           some
           little
           reflection
           vpon
           what
           I
           haue
           said
           concerning
           the
           Eucharist
           .
        
         
           The
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           hath
           bin
           the
           necessary
           foundation
           thereof
           .
           This
           ground-worke
           is
           impugn'd
           by
           the
           Caluinists
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           point
           that
           is
           euidently
           more
           important
           in
           our
           Controuersies
           ,
           
           since
           the
           question
           is
           of
           the
           Reall
           presence
           of
           CHRIST
           himself
           ;
           there
           is
           nothing
           our
           Aduersaries
           find
           more
           difficult
           to
           beleeue
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           Cōtrouersy
           which
           setts
           vs
           more
           directly
           Opposite
           .
        
         
           In
           most
           of
           our
           other
           disputes
           ,
           when
           they
           reflect
           calmely
           vpon
           them
           ,
           they
           find
           difficulties
           grow
           much
           euener
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           often
           they
           are
           more
           offended
           with
           the
           termes
           ,
           then
           with
           the
           matters
           :
           but
           quite
           contrary
           in
           this
           subiect
           we
           agree
           best
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           speaking
           ,
           because
           on
           both
           sides
           we
           heare
           the
           same
           termes
           of
           
             Reall
             Participation
          
           ,
           and
           other
           such
           like
           words
           ;
           but
           the
           more
           exactly
           we
           enter
           into
           the
           examination
           ,
           
           the
           further
           we
           find
           our selues
           distant
           from
           one
           an
           other
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           our
           Aduersaries
           doe
           not
           admitt
           the
           consequences
           of
           those
           verities
           they
           haue
           acknowleged
           ,
           being
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           already
           said
           ,
           discouraged
           and
           auerted
           by
           the
           difficulties
           which
           occurr
           to
           their
           senses
           and
           humane
           reason
           in
           those
           consequences
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           therefore
           ,
           to
           speake
           truly
           ,
           the
           most
           important
           and
           most
           difficult
           of
           all
           our
           Controuersies
           ,
           &
           wherein
           we
           are
           in
           effect
           most
           remoued
           from
           one
           an
           other
           .
        
         
           Neuerthelesse
           God
           ,
           hath
           bin
           pleased
           to
           suffer
           that
           the
           Lutherans
           should
           remaine
           as
           firmely
           adhering
           to
           the
           beleefe
           of
           the
           Reality
           as
           we
           ,
           
           and
           hath
           permitted
           also
           that
           the
           Caluinists
           should
           auowe
           ,
           that
           this
           Doctrine
           hath
           no
           venome
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           doth
           not
           subuert
           the
           Foundation
           of
           sauing
           Faith
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           breake
           the
           Communion
           of
           Christian
           fraternity
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           request
           the
           followers
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           who
           apply
           themselues
           seriously
           to
           their
           saluation
           ,
           to
           reflect
           attentiuely
           vpon
           what
           course
           the
           Diuine
           Prouidence
           taketh
           to
           draw
           them
           imperceptibly
           neerer
           vs
           ,
           and
           the
           truth
           :
           one
           may
           either
           intirely
           dissipate
           all
           the
           other
           grounds
           of
           their
           complaints
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           reduce
           them
           to
           very
           inconsiderable
           differēces
           by
           a
           meere
           
           expounding
           them
           :
           and
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           which
           we
           could
           not
           expect
           to
           ouercome
           by
           this
           way
           ,
           they
           haue
           of
           themselues
           voyded
           the
           principall
           difficulty
           ,
           by
           declaring
           that
           this
           doctrine
           is
           not
           incompetent
           with
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           nor
           incōsistent
           with
           the
           Foundamentalls
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Lutherans
           ,
           albeit
           they
           concurr
           with
           vs
           in
           the
           maine
           point
           of
           the
           Reality
           ,
           doe
           not
           embrace
           all
           the
           consequences
           thereof
           :
           they
           ioyne
           the
           Bread
           to
           the
           Body
           of
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           :
           some
           of
           them
           reiect
           the
           Adoration
           ;
           and
           they
           seeme
           to
           confesse
           the
           Presence
           only
           in
           the
           act
           of
           receauing
           it
           .
           But
           no
           art
           or
           subtility
           of
           their
           Ministers
           
           can
           ever
           perswade
           solide
           &
           vnderstanding
           cōsiderers
           that
           accepting
           the
           Reality
           (
           which
           is
           the
           most
           important
           ,
           and
           most
           difficult
           point
           )
           they
           ought
           not
           assent
           vnto
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           proposalls
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           the
           same
           Providēce
           ,
           which
           worketh
           couertly
           to
           draw
           vs
           neerer
           ,
           and
           layeth
           the
           foundations
           of
           peace
           &
           reconciliation
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           our
           sharpnesses
           and
           dissentions
           ,
           hath
           further
           permitted
           the
           Caluinists
           should
           allow
           ,
           that
           supposing
           these
           words
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             Body
          
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           taken
           litterally
           ,
           the
           Catholiques
           argue
           &
           cōclude
           more
           consequently
           then
           the
           Lutherans
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           doe
           not
           repeate
           the
           passages
           that
           haue
           bin
           so
           frequently
           
           cited
           in
           this
           subiect
           ,
           I
           shall
           easily
           be
           excused
           ,
           since
           all
           such
           as
           are
           not
           very
           obstinate
           ,
           will
           easily
           graunt
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Reality
           supposed
           ,
           our
           doctrine
           is
           that
           which
           follows
           by
           the
           best
           consequēce
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           therefore
           an
           established
           Truth
           ,
           that
           our
           Doctrine
           in
           this
           point
           containeth
           nothing
           but
           the
           Reality
           rightly
           vnderstood
           .
           But
           we
           must
           not
           be
           content
           with
           this
           ;
           we
           further
           intreate
           the
           Pretending
           Reformers
           to
           cōsider
           ,
           that
           we
           doe
           not
           employ
           any
           thing
           to
           explicate
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           but
           what
           necessarily
           is
           included
           in
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           .
        
         
           If
           vpon
           this
           a
           question
           then
           be
           putt
           to
           vs
           ,
           how
           the
           Lutherans
           ,
           who
           beleeue
           the
           
           Reality
           ,
           come
           notwithstāding
           to
           reiect
           the
           Sacrifice
           ,
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           Doctrine
           ,
           is
           a
           consequence
           of
           the
           first
           ;
           we
           answer
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           put
           this
           Doctrine
           amōgst
           the
           other
           consequences
           of
           the
           Reall
           Presence
           ,
           which
           those
           Lutherans
           haue
           not
           vnderstood
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           haue
           penetrated
           much
           better
           then
           they
           ,
           by
           the
           confession
           of
           the
           Calvinists
           themselves
           .
        
         
           If
           our
           explications
           perswade
           these
           last
           ,
           that
           our
           Doctrine
           about
           the
           Sacrifice
           is
           included
           in
           that
           of
           the
           Reality
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           discerne
           cleerly
           ,
           that
           this
           Controuersy
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Masse
           ,
           which
           filleth
           so
           many
           volumes
           ,
           and
           hath
           occasioned
           so
           many
           inuectiues
           ,
           
           should
           hence
           forward
           be
           retrenched
           from
           the
           body
           of
           their
           Controversies
           ,
           since
           this
           point
           retaineth
           no
           longer
           any
           peculiar
           difficulty
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           is
           more
           important
           )
           since
           this
           Sacrifice
           ,
           against
           which
           they
           expresse
           so
           much
           repugnance
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           necessary
           sequence
           ,
           &
           a
           naturall
           explanation
           of
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           concession
           ,
           hath
           no
           Venome
           in
           it
           .
           Let
           them
           then
           examine
           themselues
           now
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           try
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           whether
           they
           have
           as
           much
           reason
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           as
           they
           imagin
           ,
           to
           depart
           from
           the
           Altars
           ,
           where
           their
           fathers
           haue
           bin
           nourished
           with
           the
           bread
           of
           life
           .
        
         
         
           
           There
           remaineth
           still
           one
           consequence
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           to
           be
           examined
           ,
           
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           being
           Really
           present
           in
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           the
           Grace
           &
           the
           blessing
           is
           not
           annexed
           to
           the
           Sensible
           Species
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           propre
           Substance
           of
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           which
           is
           living
           ,
           and
           inlivening
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           conjunction
           of
           the
           Divinity
           :
           vpon
           which
           ground
           those
           who
           beleeue
           the
           Reality
           ,
           ought
           to
           haue
           no
           payne
           to
           communicate
           singly
           in
           one
           Species
           ;
           by
           reason
           they
           receaue
           all
           that
           is
           essentiall
           to
           that
           Sacrament
           ,
           in
           a
           fulnesse
           and
           entiernes
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           assured
           ,
           by
           as
           much
           as
           the
           separation
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           the
           Blood
           not
           being
           
           Reall
           (
           as
           hath
           bin
           said
           )
           one
           receaueth
           intierly
           &
           without
           diuision
           him
           ,
           who
           alone
           is
           capable
           to
           satisfy
           &
           replenish
           us
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           solide
           foundation
           ,
           vpon
           which
           the
           Church
           ,
           interpreting
           the
           precept
           of
           the
           holy
           Communion
           ,
           hath
           declared
           that
           we
           may
           receaue
           all
           the
           Sanctification
           this
           Sacrament
           conferreth
           ,
           vnder
           one
           single
           Species
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Church
           hath
           reduced
           her
           children
           to
           this
           one
           Species
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           out
           of
           disesteeme
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           since
           it
           proceeded
           from
           a
           quite
           cōtrary
           motiue
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           preuent
           the
           irreuerences
           ,
           &
           indecencies
           ,
           the
           confusion
           &
           negligences
           of
           the
           people
           had
           occasioned
           in
           the
           latter
           times
           ,
           
           the
           Church
           reserving
           the
           reestablishment
           of
           the
           Communion
           in
           both
           kindes
           ,
           according
           as
           it
           should
           become
           useful
           for
           the
           peace
           &
           union
           of
           her
           children
           .
        
         
           Catholique
           Diuines
           haue
           made
           appear
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           that
           they
           themselues
           haue
           made
           vse
           of
           diuers
           interpretations
           like
           this
           ,
           in
           what
           belongs
           to
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           .
           But
           most
           especially
           they
           had
           reason
           to
           remarke
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           12.
           chap.
           of
           their
           Discipline
           .
           tit
           .
           of
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           .
           art
           .
           7.
           
           Where
           these
           words
           are
           written
           ;
           
             The
             bread
             of
             the
             Lord's-Supper
             ought
             to
             be
             administer'd
             to
             such
             as
             can
             not
             drinke
             wine
             ,
             vpon
             their
             
             protesting
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             out
             of
             contempt
             ,
             but
             endeauoring
             all
             they
             can
             ,
             and
             euen
             putting
             the
             Cupp
             to
             their
             mouth
             as
             closse
             as
             they
             are
             able
             ,
             to
             preuent
             all
             scandal
             .
          
           They
           haue
           concluded
           by
           this
           regulation
           ,
           that
           both
           kindes
           were
           not
           essentiall
           to
           the
           Communion
           by
           the
           institution
           of
           CHRIST
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           they
           would
           haue
           bin
           bound
           ,
           absolutely
           to
           refuse
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           such
           as
           were
           not
           able
           to
           receaue
           it
           compleat
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           giue
           it
           them
           in
           a
           manner
           contrary
           to
           that
           CHRIST
           JESVS
           had
           commanded
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           case
           their
           disability
           would
           haue
           sufficiently
           excused
           them
           .
           But
           our
           Aduersaries
           haue
           conceaued
           that
           such
           a
           rigour
           would
           be
           excessiue
           ,
           
           if
           they
           did
           not
           allow
           at
           least
           one
           of
           the
           Species
           to
           such
           as
           were
           not
           capable
           to
           receaue
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           since
           this
           condescendence
           hath
           no
           ground
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           confesse
           with
           vs
           ,
           that
           the
           words
           whereby
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           hath
           proposed
           to
           vs
           the
           two
           Species
           are
           liable
           to
           some
           interpretation
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           right
           vnderstanding
           of
           them
           ought
           to
           be
           declared
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           might
           seeme
           that
           this
           Article
           of
           their
           Discipline
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           the
           Synode
           of
           Poytiers
           held
           1560
           ,
           had
           bin
           reformed
           by
           the
           Synode
           of
           Vertueil
           assembled
           in
           the
           year
           1567
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
           
             that
             the
             company
             is
             not
             of
             opinion
             the
             Bread
             should
             be
             giuen
             to
             those
             who
             would
             not
             receaue
             the
             Cupp
             .
          
           These
           two
           Synodes
           neuerthelesse
           are
           not
           at
           all
           opposite
           to
           one
           another
           ;
           that
           of
           Vertueil
           speaketh
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           
             Will
             not
             receaue
             the
             Cupp
          
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Poytiers
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           
             Can
             not
          
           take
           it
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Synode
           of
           Vertueil
           ,
           that
           Article
           remaineth
           in
           their
           Discipline
           ,
           nay
           more
           ,
           hath
           bin
           approued
           by
           a
           Synode
           later
           then
           that
           of
           Vertueil
           ,
           namely
           by
           the
           Synode
           of
           Rochelle
           in
           1571
           ,
           where
           the
           Article
           was
           renewed
           ,
           and
           putt
           into
           that
           state
           which
           it
           now
           remaineth
           in
           .
        
         
           But
           supposing
           the
           Synodes
           
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           had
           differr'd
           &
           varied
           in
           their
           opinions
           ,
           that
           would
           serue
           only
           to
           manifest
           ,
           that
           the
           matter
           in
           question
           is
           not
           a
           point
           of
           Faith
           ,
           but
           of
           that
           kind
           which
           the
           Church
           may
           order
           &
           dispose
           of
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           own
           principles
           .
        
         
           
           There
           remaineth
           now
           nothing
           but
           to
           expose
           what
           the
           Catholiques
           hold
           touching
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           
           &
           concerning
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           CHRIST
           IESVS
           hauing
           lay'd
           the
           foundation
           of
           his
           Church
           vpon
           the
           Preaching
           of
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           the
           Vnwritten
           Word
           was
           the
           first
           guide
           &
           rule
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           &
           when
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           were
           adioyned
           to
           
           them
           ,
           the
           former
           Word
           did
           not
           for
           all
           that
           loose
           its
           Authority
           ,
           which
           causeth
           vs
           to
           accept
           with
           the
           same
           veneration
           all
           that
           was
           taught
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           be
           it
           by
           writing
           ,
           or
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           ,
           according
           to
           what
           S.
           Paul
           himself
           hath
           expresly
           inioyned
           .
           
           And
           the
           certain
           proofe
           that
           a
           Doctrine
           comes
           from
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           is
           ,
           its
           being
           accepted
           and
           embraced
           by
           all
           Christian
           Churches
           whilst
           its
           beginning
           can
           not
           be
           pointed
           &
           mark'd
           out
           .
           We
           can
           not
           choose
           but
           receaue
           all
           that
           is
           establish'd
           in
           this
           manner
           with
           the
           submission
           due
           to
           the
           Diuine
           Authority
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           confident
           that
           such
           persons
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           as
           
           are
           not
           very
           obstinate
           ,
           haue
           the
           same
           perswasion
           in
           the
           bottome
           of
           their
           harts
           ,
           it
           being
           impossible
           to
           beleeue
           that
           a
           Doctrine
           setled
           and
           receaued
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           can
           flow
           from
           any
           other
           spring
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
           Wherefore
           our
           Adversaries
           ought
           not
           to
           wonder
           ,
           that
           we
           ,
           being
           zealously
           carefull
           to
           inherit
           all
           that
           our
           Fathers
           haue
           left
           vs
           ,
           doe
           conserue
           the
           Deposite
           of
           Tradition
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Church
           being
           ordained
           by
           God
           to
           be
           the
           Depositary
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           
           &
           of
           Tradition
           ,
           we
           receaue
           from
           her
           hands
           the
           Canonicall
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           we
           beleeue
           (
           whateuer
           our
           Aduersaries
           say
           )
           
           that
           it
           is
           principally
           the
           Church's
           Authority
           that
           determineth
           vs
           to
           reuerence
           as
           Diuine
           writt
           ,
           the
           song
           of
           Salomon
           ,
           which
           hath
           so
           few
           sensible
           markes
           of
           Propheticall
           inspiration
           ;
           and
           likewise
           the
           Epistle
           of
           S.
           Iames
           ,
           which
           Luther
           reiected
           ;
           and
           that
           of
           S.
           Iude
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           suspected
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           Apocriphall
           bookes
           cited
           in
           it
           :
           in
           fine
           there
           can
           be
           no
           motiue
           ,
           but
           that
           Authority
           ,
           to
           perswade
           the
           receauing
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           Christians
           accept
           as
           Diuine
           ,
           euen
           before
           the
           reading
           hath
           wrougt
           any
           feeling
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           those
           bookes
           .
        
         
           Being
           then
           inseparably
           bound
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           ,
           to
           the
           
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           meanes
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           we
           receaue
           from
           her
           hand
           ,
           we
           are
           taught
           also
           by
           her
           Tradition
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Tradition
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Church
           professeth
           to
           say
           nothing
           ,
           meerly
           of
           her self
           ;
           and
           likewise
           that
           she
           inventeth
           nothing
           new
           in
           her
           Doctrine
           ;
           that
           she
           doth
           but
           follow
           and
           declare
           the
           Diuine
           Reuelation
           by
           the
           interiour
           direction
           of
           the
           holy
           spirit
           ,
           which
           is
           giuen
           her
           for
           her
           Teacher
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           expresseth
           himself
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           dispute
           raised
           about
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           euen
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           doth
           euidence
           ;
           
           and
           their
           Acts
           haue
           directed
           all
           succeeding
           ages
           (
           by
           the
           manner
           that
           first
           contest
           was
           decided
           )
           by
           what
           Authority
           all
           following
           differences
           are
           to
           be
           determined
           :
           so
           that
           whensoeuer
           any
           dispute
           happens
           to
           deuide
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           the
           Church
           will
           interpose
           her
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Pastours
           assembled
           will
           say
           after
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           
           
             It
             hath
             seemed
             good
             to
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             and
             vs.
          
           And
           when
           the
           Church
           hath
           pronounced
           and
           determined
           ,
           her
           children
           will
           be
           taught
           not
           to
           examine
           a
           new
           the
           Articles
           resolued
           vpon
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           accept
           with
           all
           submission
           the
           Church's
           Decisions
           .
           And
           in
           this
           methode
           we
           follow
           S.
           Paul
           and
           Silas
           ,
           
           who
           deliuered
           to
           the
           faithfull
           the
           first
           iudgment
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ;
           and
           were
           so
           farr
           from
           allowing
           a
           new
           discussion
           of
           what
           had
           bin
           decided
           ,
           
             as
             they
             trauell'd
             through
             the
             townes
             teaching
             to
             obserue
             the
             ordinances
             of
             the
             Apostles
             .
          
           
        
         
           In
           this
           manner
           the
           children
           of
           God
           acquiesce
           in
           the
           iudgment
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           beleeuing
           that
           by
           her
           mouth
           they
           hear
           the
           Oracle
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           vpon
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           perswasion
           ,
           that
           after
           hauing
           profess'd
           in
           the
           Creed
           ,
           
             I
             beleeue
             in
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           we
           ioine
           next
           to
           it
           ,
           
             The
             Holy
             Catholique
             Church
          
           ,
           by
           which
           protestation
           we
           oblige
           our
           selues
           to
           acknowledge
           an
           Infallible
           
           and
           Perpetuall
           Verity
           in
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           ;
           since
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           which
           we
           beleeue
           perseuering
           throughout
           all
           ages
           ,
           would
           cease
           to
           be
           a
           Church
           ,
           if
           it
           left
           to
           teach
           the
           Truth
           reuealed
           by
           God
           :
           so
           that
           such
           as
           apprehend
           least
           she
           should
           abuse
           her
           power
           by
           introducing
           Falsities
           ,
           haue
           little
           Faith
           in
           him
           ,
           by
           whose
           hand
           she
           is
           held
           and
           conducted
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           our
           Aduersaries
           would
           consider
           &
           discusse
           these
           matters
           in
           a
           fairer
           and
           more
           humane
           manner
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           forced
           to
           auowe
           that
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           affecting
           to
           render
           herself
           Mistresse
           of
           her
           Faith
           (
           as
           her
           Aduersaries
           
           charge
           her
           )
           that
           quite
           contrary
           she
           hath
           laboured
           with
           all
           her
           power
           to
           binde
           her self
           ,
           and
           to
           exclude
           all
           means
           of
           In̄ouation
           ,
           since
           she
           doth
           not
           only
           submitt
           to
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           but
           ,
           to
           banish
           for
           euer
           all
           Arbitrary
           interpretatiōs
           ,
           (
           which
           would
           make
           the
           conceipts
           of
           men
           passe
           for
           Scripture
           )
           declareth
           herself
           obliged
           to
           vnderstand
           them
           ,
           
           in
           what
           relateth
           to
           Faith
           or
           Manners
           ,
           conformably
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           holy
           Fathers
           ;
           from
           which
           she
           professeth
           neuer
           to
           depart
           ,
           declaring
           by
           all
           her
           Councells
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           her
           Professions
           of
           Faith
           ,
           already
           published
           ,
           that
           she
           admitteth
           no
           point
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           conformable
           
           to
           the
           Tradition
           of
           all
           preceeding
           ages
           .
        
         
           Moreouer
           ,
           if
           our
           Aduersaries
           will
           examine
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           they
           will
           discerne
           ,
           that
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Church
           hath
           more
           authority
           ouer
           their
           minds
           ,
           then
           they
           dare
           auowe
           in
           their
           disputes
           :
           and
           I
           am
           perswaded
           there
           is
           not
           any
           one
           prudent
           &
           iudicious
           man
           amongst
           them
           ,
           who
           finding
           himself
           alone
           in
           his
           perswasion
           ,
           (
           how
           euident
           soeuer
           it
           might
           seeme
           to
           him
           )
           that
           would
           not
           be
           frightned
           with
           that
           Singularity
           ;
           so
           manifest
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           men
           haue
           need
           in
           these
           matters
           to
           be
           supported
           in
           their
           opinions
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           some
           Society
           ,
           that
           is
           of
           the
           same
           iudgment
           .
           And
           for
           
           this
           reason
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           created
           vs
           ,
           and
           knoweth
           what
           is
           most
           proper
           for
           vs
           ,
           hath
           ordained
           for
           our
           benefit
           ,
           that
           all
           particular
           subiects
           should
           render
           obedience
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           the
           Authority
           whereof
           ,
           is
           of
           all
           others
           vndoubtedly
           the
           best
           established
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           the
           testimony
           which
           God
           himself
           renders
           in
           proofe
           of
           it
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           but
           likewise
           by
           the
           euidencies
           of
           his
           Diuine
           protection
           ,
           which
           is
           manifested
           no
           lesse
           in
           the
           most
           inuiolable
           &
           perpetuall
           subsistence
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           in
           the
           miraculous
           establishment
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
           This
           Soueraigne
           Authority
           
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           so
           necessary
           to
           regulate
           the
           differences
           
           which
           arise
           vpon
           points
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           right
           vnderstanding
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           our
           Aduersaries
           themselues
           ,
           after
           hauing
           discredited
           &
           decryed
           it
           ,
           as
           an
           insupportable
           Tyranny
           ,
           haue
           bin
           at
           last
           necessitated
           to
           authorise
           &
           establish
           it
           amongst
           themselues
           .
        
         
           When
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           call'd
           Independants
           ,
           maintained
           openly
           ,
           that
           euery
           indiuiduall
           of
           the
           faithfull
           ought
           to
           follow
           the
           light
           of
           his
           conscience
           ,
           without
           being
           obliged
           to
           submitt
           his
           iudgment
           to
           any
           body
           ,
           or
           Ecclesiasticall
           assembly
           ,
           and
           that
           vpon
           this
           ground
           they
           refused
           to
           subiect
           themselues
           to
           Synodes
           ;
           that
           of
           Charenton
           held
           1644.
           censured
           this
           
           Doctrine
           vpon
           the
           same
           reasons
           ,
           and
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           same
           inconueniences
           ,
           which
           moued
           vs
           to
           reject
           it
           .
           That
           Synode
           obserueth
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           that
           the
           Error
           of
           the
           Independants
           consisteth
           in
           their
           holding
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             euery
             single
             Church
             ought
             to
             gouerne
             it self
             by
             her
             own
             lawes
             ,
             without
             dependance
             vpon
             any
             person
             ,
             in
             Ecclesiasticall
             affairs
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             obligation
             to
             conforme
             to
             the
             Authority
             of
             Conferences
             ,
             and
             Synodes
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             their
             conduct
             &
             regulation
             .
          
           And
           in
           order
           thereunto
           the
           same
           Synode
           determineth
           that
           
             this
             Sect
             is
             as
             preiudiciall
             to
             the
             State
             as
             to
             the
             Church
             ;
             that
             it
             setteth
             open
             a
             dore
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             irregularities
             and
             extrauagancies
             ;
             
             that
             it
             cutts
             off
             all
             means
             of
             applying
             any
             remedy
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             tooke
             place
             ,
             there
             might
             be
             as
             many
             Religions
             inuented
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             particular
             parishes
             or
             assemblies
             .
          
           These
           last
           words
           shew
           cleerly
           that
           it
           was
           principally
           in
           point
           of
           Faith
           that
           this
           Synode
           intended
           to
           establish
           
             a
             Dependance
          
           ,
           since
           the
           great
           est
           inconuenience
           ,
           it
           obserues
           the
           faithfull
           would
           be
           lyable
           to
           ,
           by
           this
           independency
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           
             there
             might
             be
             as
             many
             Religions
             formed
             and
             professed
             as
             there
             are
             parishes
             .
          
           It
           followeth
           then
           of
           necessity
           ,
           by
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           this
           Synode
           ,
           that
           euery
           particular
           Church
           (
           and
           much
           more
           euery
           priuate
           person
           )
           ought
           to
           Depend
           (
           in
           what
           
           belongs
           to
           Faith
           )
           vpon
           a
           Superiour
           Authority
           ,
           which
           resides
           in
           some
           Assembly
           ,
           or
           Body
           of
           men
           ,
           to
           which
           Authority
           all
           the
           Faithfull
           subiect
           their
           priuate
           iudgments
           ;
           for
           the
           independants
           doe
           not
           refuse
           to
           submit
           vnto
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           that
           sense
           they
           conceaue
           they
           ought
           to
           vnderstand
           it
           ,
           nor
           to
           accept
           the
           Decision
           of
           Synodes
           ,
           when
           ,
           after
           they
           haue
           examined
           them
           ,
           they
           conclude
           them
           reasonable
           ,
           and
           fitt
           to
           be
           obserued
           :
           what
           they
           refuse
           to
           yeald
           vnto
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           resigne
           vp
           their
           priuate
           iudgment
           vnto
           that
           of
           an
           Assembly
           ,
           vpon
           this
           ground
           ,
           which
           our
           Aduersaries
           haue
           lai'd
           for
           them
           ,
           viz
           ,
           that
           all
           Assemblies
           euen
           that
           of
           the
           Vniuersall
           
           Church
           ,
           is
           a
           company
           of
           Men
           subiect
           to
           Error
           ,
           vnto
           which
           consequently
           a
           Christian
           ought
           not
           to
           subiect
           his
           iudgment
           ,
           since
           he
           oweth
           his
           resignation
           but
           to
           God
           alone
           .
           It
           is
           from
           this
           pretension
           of
           the
           Independants
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           inconueniences
           are
           inferr'd
           ,
           which
           the
           Synode
           of
           Charenton
           hath
           so
           well
           obserued
           :
           for
           what
           profession
           soeuer
           be
           made
           to
           submit
           vnto
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           euery
           one
           thinketh
           he
           hath
           right
           to
           vnderstand
           it
           according
           to
           his
           own
           iudgment
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           contrary
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Church
           declared
           in
           a
           Finall
           decree
           ,
           this
           pretension
           
             will
             open
             the
             way
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             extrauagancies
             ,
             and
             exclude
             
             all
             means
             of
             applying
             any
             remedy
             ,
          
           since
           the
           Decision
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           no
           restraint
           to
           such
           ,
           as
           doe
           not
           conceaue
           themselues
           bound
           to
           submit
           vnto
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           fine
           it
           
             will
             open
             the
             way
             to
             frame
             as
             many
             Religions
          
           not
           only
           
             as
             there
             are
             parishes
          
           ,
           but
           euen
           as
           there
           are
           priuate
           heads
           .
        
         
           For
           precaution
           against
           these
           incōueniencies
           ,
           from
           whence
           would
           ensue
           the
           ruyne
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Synode
           of
           Charenton
           is
           forced
           to
           constitute
           
             a
             Dependance
             in
             Ecclesiasticall
             matters
          
           ,
           and
           euen
           in
           points
           of
           Faith.
           But
           this
           their
           designed
           Deference
           will
           neuer
           retrench
           those
           pernicious
           consequences
           ,
           they
           haue
           proposed
           to
           themselues
           the
           preuenting
           ,
           vnlesse
           they
           
           settle
           ,
           conformably
           to
           vs
           ,
           this
           maxime
           ,
           that
           euery
           particular
           Church
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           each
           single
           person
           ,
           ought
           to
           beleeue
           himself
           obliged
           to
           submit
           his
           priuate
           iudgment
           vnto
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           we
           see
           likewise
           in
           the
           fifth
           chapter
           of
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           tit
           .
           of
           Consistories
           .
           art
           .
           31.
           that
           desiring
           to
           prescribe
           an
           expedient
           to
           determine
           the
           
             debates
             which
             might
             arise
             vpon
             any
             point
             of
             Doctrine
             or
             Discipline
             ,
          
           they
           decreed
           first
           ,
           that
           the
           Consistory
           shall
           endeauor
           
             to
             appease
             all
             without
             noise
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             the
             sweetnes
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             :
          
           and
           after
           hauing
           sett
           ,
           and
           rank'd
           the
           
           Consistory
           ,
           the
           Conference
           ,
           and
           the
           Prouinciall
           Synode
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           distinct
           degrees
           of
           Iurisdiction
           ,
           coming
           at
           last
           to
           the
           Nationall
           Synode
           (
           aboue
           which
           there
           is
           no
           Authority
           amongst
           them
           )
           they
           speake
           of
           it
           in
           these
           termes
           ;
           
             There
             it
             is
             that
             the
             Entier
             &
             Finall
             resolution
             shall
             be
             taken
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             to
             which
             if
             they
             refuse
             to
             acquiesce
             in
             euery
             point
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             direct
             renouncing
             of
             their
             Errors
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             cutt
             off
             from
             the
             Church
             .
          
           Is
           it
           not
           then
           euident
           that
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           doe
           not
           attribute
           the
           Authority
           of
           this
           Finall
           iudgment
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           taken
           alone
           by
           it self
           ,
           and
           without
           dependance
           on
           the
           Authority
           
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           since
           the
           Word
           hauing
           bin
           employ'd
           and
           consulted
           in
           the
           first
           conclusions
           they
           haue
           made
           vpō
           it
           ,
           they
           doe
           neuerthelesse
           admit
           an
           Apeale
           from
           it
           ?
           It
           is
           the
           Word
           ,
           as
           interpreted
           by
           the
           Soueraigne
           tribunal
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           frameth
           
             this
             last
             and
             Finall
             resolution
             ,
             vnto
             which
             whosoeuer
             refuseth
             to
             acquiesce
             from
             point
             to
             point
             ,
          
           though
           he
           boasteth
           his
           being
           authorised
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           no
           longer
           reputed
           but
           as
           a
           profane
           abuser
           and
           Corrupter
           thereof
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           forme
           of
           those
           Letters
           of
           deputation
           which
           were
           drawn
           vp
           ,
           &
           agreed
           vpon
           at
           the
           Synode
           of
           Vitré
           in
           the
           year
           1617.
           to
           be
           obserued
           by
           the
           Prouinces
           ,
           
           when
           they
           were
           to
           send
           deputies
           to
           the
           Nationall
           Synode
           ,
           is
           yet
           more
           positiue
           :
           it
           runns
           in
           these
           termes
           .
           
             We
             promise
             before
             God
             ,
             to
             submit
             to
             all
             that
             shall
             be
             concluded
             and
             resolved
             in
             your
             holy
             Assembly
             ,
             and
             to
             obey
             &
             execute
             it
             with
             all
             our
             power
             ,
             being
             perswaded
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             ,
             that
             God
             will
             preside
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             conduct
             you
             by
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             into
             all
             truth
             and
             equity
             by
             the
             rule
             of
             his
             Word
             .
          
           Here
           the
           point
           is
           not
           the
           receau●ng
           of
           the
           resolution
           of
           a
           Synode
           after
           hauing
           discern'd
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           ordain'd
           according
           to
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           but
           here
           is
           a
           submission
           made
           unto
           it
           euen
           before
           the
           assembling
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           done
           by
           reason
           they
           are
           perswaded
           
           
             that
             the
             holy
             spirit
             will
             preside
             in
             it
             .
          
           If
           this
           perswasion
           be
           grounded
           vpon
           a
           humane
           presumption
           ,
           can
           one
           in
           conscience
           
             promise
             before
             God
             to
             submitt
             to
             all
             which
             shall
             be
             resolued
             and
             concluded
             ;
             and
             to
             obey
             &
             execute
             it
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             ones
             power
             ?
          
           And
           if
           this
           perswasion
           be
           grounded
           vpon
           an
           assured
           beleef
           of
           that
           assistance
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           affordeth
           the
           Church
           in
           her
           Finall
           ordinances
           ,
           the
           Catholiques
           themselues
           require
           no
           more
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           proceedings
           of
           our
           Aduersariers
           doe
           manifest
           ,
           that
           they
           concurr
           with
           vs
           in
           the
           necessity
           of
           a
           Supreme
           Authority
           ,
           without
           which
           there
           can
           neuer
           be
           
           a
           Finall
           decision
           of
           any
           doubt
           in
           Religion
           :
           and
           although
           ,
           when
           they
           cast
           of
           the
           yoke
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           they
           denied
           that
           the
           faithfull
           were
           obliged
           to
           resigne
           their
           iudgment
           vp
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           yet
           the
           necessity
           of
           settling
           some
           order
           among
           themselues
           hath
           forced
           them
           ,
           in
           processe
           of
           time
           ,
           to
           acknowledg
           ,
           what
           their
           first
           engagement
           had
           moued
           them
           to
           contradict
           .
        
         
           Nay
           they
           haue
           gone
           much
           farther
           in
           the
           National
           Synode
           held
           at
           Sainte
           Foy
           in
           the
           year
           1578.
           
           There
           was
           some
           ouerture
           made
           of
           a
           reconcilement
           with
           the
           Lutherans
           by
           means
           of
           
             a
             forme
             of
             profession
             of
             Faith
             general
             and
             common
             to
             all
             the
             Churches
             ,
          
           which
           was
           proposed
           to
           be
           
           concerted
           and
           drawn
           vp
           .
           The
           Churches
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           were
           inuited
           to
           depute
           vnto
           an
           Assembly
           ,
           to
           be
           held
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           
             virtuous
             persons
             ,
             approued
             ,
             and
             authorised
             by
             all
             the
             forenamed
             Churches
             with
             an
             ample
             Procuration
          
           TO
           TREAT
           ,
           AGREE
           VPON
           ,
           AND
           DECIDE
           ALL
           POINTS
           OF
           DOCTRINE
           ,
           
             and
             other
             matters
             concerning
             the
             vnion
             .
          
           Vpon
           this
           proposition
           ,
           the
           resolution
           of
           the
           Synode
           of
           Sainte
           Foy
           was
           agreed
           vpon
           in
           these
           termes
           .
           
             The
             National
             Synode
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             after
             having
             giuen
             God
             thanks
             for
             such
             an
             ouerture
             ,
             and
             commended
             the
             care
             ,
             and
             diligence
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             good
             counsels
             of
             the
             fore-mentioned
             persons
             conuoked
             ,
          
           APPROVING
           
           THE
           REMEDIES
           THEY
           HAVE
           SVGGESTED
           ,
           viz
           principally
           that
           of
           framing
           a
           new
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           giuing
           power
           to
           some
           certaine
           persons
           to
           compose
           it
           ,
           
             hath
             ordained
             that
             in
             case
             the
             copie
             of
             that
             aboue-named
             Confession
             of
             Faith
             shall
             be
             sent
             time
             enough
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             examined
             in
             euery
             Prouinciall
             Synode
             ,
             or
             after
             some
             other
             manner
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             conueniency
             of
             each
             Prouince
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             hath
             deputed
             four
             Ministers
             ,
             the
             best
             experienced
             in
             affairs
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             to
             whome
             expresse
             order
             hath
             bin
             giuen
             to
             render
             themselves
             vpon
             the
             places
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             day
             ,
             with
             letters
             and
             ample
             Procurations
             of
             all
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             ancient
             Deputies
             of
             the
             Prouinces
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             
             together
             with
             those
             of
             the
             Viscount
             of
             Turene
             ,
             to
             doe
             all
             things
             aboue
             mentioned
             ;
             and
             euen
             ,
             in
             case
             that
          
           MEANS
           COVLD
           NOT
           BE
           FOVND
           TO
           EXAMINE
           THE
           SAYD
           CONFESSION
           BY
           ALL
           THE
           PROVINCES
           ,
           
             it
             is
             referr'd
             to
             their
             prudence
             and
             sound
             iudgment
             to
             agree
             and
          
           CONCLVDE
           
             all
             the
             points
             which
             shall
             be
             brought
             into
             deliberation
             ,
             as
             well
          
           FOR
           THE
           DOCTRINE
           ,
           
             as
             for
             any
             other
             matter
             ,
             concerning
             the
             benefit
             ,
             vnion
             ,
             and
             quiet
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
             .
          
           This
           in
           fine
           is
           the
           result
           of
           that
           feigned
           tendernesse
           of
           Conscience
           in
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           Religion
           .
           How
           often
           haue
           they
           reproached
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           a
           weakenesse
           ,
           that
           Submission
           we
           professe
           to
           the
           
           iudgment
           ,
           and
           Decrees
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           but
           a
           company
           of
           men
           subiect
           to
           Error
           ?
           and
           yet
           they
           ,
           being
           assembled
           themselues
           in
           a
           Body
           at
           a
           Nationall
           Synode
           ,
           which
           represented
           all
           the
           Pretended-Reformed
           Churches
           of
           France
           ,
           haue
           nor
           scrupuled
           to
           leaue
           their
           Faith
           to
           the
           Arbitration
           of
           four
           persons
           ,
           with
           so
           Absolute
           a
           Resignation
           of
           their
           Iudgments
           ,
           that
           they
           transferr'd
           vpon
           them
           a
           full
           power
           to
           change
           the
           very
           Confession
           it self
           ,
           which
           they
           propose
           ,
           euen
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           all
           Christian
           people
           as
           a
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           containeth
           nothing
           but
           the
           pure
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           for
           which
           (
           in
           presenting
           it
           to
           our
           Kings
           )
           they
           haue
           said
           ,
           that
           
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           people
           were
           ready
           to
           shed
           their
           blood
           .
           I
           leaue
           the
           prudent
           Reader
           to
           make
           his
           reflections
           vpon
           the
           Decree
           of
           this
           Synode
           ,
           and
           will
           conclude
           in
           few
           words
           my
           explication
           of
           the
           perswasions
           &
           ,
           tenents
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           .
        
         
           The
           sonne
           of
           God
           hauing
           bin
           pleased
           that
           his
           Church
           should
           remaine
           one
           ,
           and
           be
           solidly
           built
           vpon
           this
           Vnity
           ,
           hath
           instituted
           &
           founded
           the
           
           Primacy
           of
           S
           t
           Peter
           ,
           
           to
           maintaine
           and
           cement
           it
           :
           whereupōwe
           acknowledgethe
           same
           Primacy
           in
           the
           Successors
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           vnto
           whome
           vpon
           that
           title
           we
           owe
           that
           Submission
           &
           Obedience
           ,
           which
           the
           holy
           Councells
           &
           Fathers
           haue
           taught
           ,
           and
           inioyn'd
           the
           faithfull
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           those
           points
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           vsually
           disputed
           in
           the
           Schooles
           ,
           although
           the
           Ministers
           doe
           cōtinually
           alledge
           them
           ,
           to
           asperse
           ,
           and
           render
           that
           Authority
           odious
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           little
           purpose
           to
           mention
           them
           in
           this
           discourse
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           not
           points
           of
           Catholique
           Faith.
           It
           is
           sufficient
           here
           to
           confesse
           a
           Head
           established
           by
           God
           :
           which
           will
           freely
           be
           accorded
           by
           all
           such
           as
           affect
           Vnion
           &
           Concord
           of
           Christian
           Fraternity
           ,
           &
           Ecclesiasticall
           Vnanimity
           .
        
         
           And
           certaine
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Founders
           of
           the
           Pretended
           Reformation
           had
           loued
           Vnity
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           they
           would
           neuer
           haue
           abolished
           Episcopall
           Gouernement
           ,
           which
           we
           finde
           established
           
           by
           IESVS-CHRIST
           himself
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           see
           impower'd
           &
           authorised
           euen
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ;
           nor
           would
           they
           haue
           despised
           the
           Authority
           of
           S.
           Peter's
           seate
           ,
           which
           hath
           so
           solid
           a
           foundation
           in
           the
           Ghospel
           ,
           and
           so
           euident
           a
           continuation
           in
           Ecclesiasticall
           Tradition
           :
           they
           would
           rather
           haue
           zealously
           maintain'd
           Episcopall
           Iurisdiction
           ,
           which
           setleth
           &
           preserueth
           Vnion
           in
           particular
           Churches
           ,
           and
           the
           Primacy
           of
           S.
           Peter's
           Chaire
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           common
           center
           of
           all
           Catholique
           Vniō
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           exposition
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Doctrine
           ,
           
           wherein
           ,
           
           to
           tye
           my self
           to
           what
           is
           most
           important
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           haue
           declined
           some
           questions
           ,
           
           which
           the
           Pretended-Reformers
           themselues
           doe
           not
           account
           a
           legitimate
           motiue
           for
           a
           Breach
           ,
           or
           Separation
           :
           and
           I
           may
           hope
           that
           those
           of
           their
           Communion
           ,
           who
           shall
           examine
           fairely
           &
           with
           Christian
           equity
           all
           the
           parts
           and
           consequences
           of
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           will
           by
           the
           reading
           thereof
           ,
           be
           better
           disposed
           to
           accept
           ,
           and
           acquiescevnto
           those
           proofs
           ,
           vpō
           which
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           established
           ,
           and
           will
           at
           least
           auowe
           that
           many
           of
           our
           Controuersies
           may
           be
           decided
           by
           a
           syncere
           explication
           of
           our
           perswasions
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           Doctrine
           is
           Holy
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           euen
           by
           their
           own
           principles
           ,
           none
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           Beleef
           ouerthrow
           the
           Foundations
           of
           our
           Eternall
           
           Beatitude
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           one
           shall
           conceaue
           it
           requisite
           to
           reply
           to
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           I
           must
           desire
           him
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           to
           aduance
           any
           thing
           towards
           his
           intent
           ,
           he
           must
           not
           attempt
           to
           refute
           the
           Doctrine
           it
           containeth
           ,
           since
           my
           designe
           was
           to
           Propose
           it
           only
           ,
           without
           Supporting
           it
           by
           any
           Proofs
           ;
           and
           if
           in
           some
           passages
           I
           haue
           touched
           part
           of
           the
           grounds
           ,
           &
           reasons
           which
           establish
           it
           ,
           the
           reason
           was
           because
           the
           knowledg
           of
           the
           principall
           grounds
           of
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           doth
           often
           beare
           a
           part
           necessary
           for
           its
           explication
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           also
           a
           great
           digression
           from
           the
           designe
           of
           this
           Treatise
           to
           dicusse
           the
           different
           ways
           ,
           methodes
           ,
           motiues
           ,
           and
           arguments
           which
           
           the
           Catholique
           Diuines
           make
           use
           of
           to
           establish
           ,
           or
           illustrate
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           ;
           and
           the
           various
           consequences
           particular
           Doctors
           haue
           deduced
           from
           them
           .
           To
           vrge
           any
           thing
           solide
           against
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           and
           that
           cometh
           home
           to
           the
           point
           ,
           it
           must
           either
           be
           proued
           by
           some
           acts
           ,
           which
           the
           Church
           hath
           engaged
           herselfe
           to
           receaue
           ,
           that
           her
           Faith
           is
           not
           here
           faithfully
           deliuered
           ;
           or
           be
           shewed
           ,
           that
           this
           explanation
           leaueth
           all
           the
           Aduersaries
           Obiections
           in
           their
           full
           force
           ;
           or
           in
           fine
           it
           must
           be
           exposed
           directly
           wherein
           this
           Doctrine
           subuerteth
           the
           Grounds
           and
           Foundation
           of
           Faith.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A28839-e360
           
             Io.
             18.
             v.
             38.
             
          
           
             Io
             :
             19.
             v.
             12.
             
          
           
             Io.
             12.
             v.
             43.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             118.
             v
             ,
             85
             &
             86.
             
          
           
             Io.
             16.
             13.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             28.
             v
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Jo
             ▪
             6.
             v.
             61.
             
          
           
             Jo.
             6.
             v.
             64
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Pet.
             1.
             v.
             4.
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             2.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             50
             ▪
             v
             11.
             
          
           
             Act.
             4.
             
             Y.
             32.
             
          
           
             Io.
             17.
             11.
             
             &
             21.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             12.
             v.
             15.
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             2.
             5.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A28839-e1040
           
             Designe
             of
             this
             Treatise
             
          
           
             Apol.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             Those
             of
             the
             Pretended-Reformed
             Religion
             confesse
             that
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             professeth
             all
             the
             Fundamentall
             Articles
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             .
          
           
             All
             Religious
             worship
             endeth
             in
             God
             alone
             .
          
           
             Inuocation
             of
             Saints
             .
             
               Rom.
               Catech
               .
               p.
               3.
               tit
               .
            
             de
             cultu
             ▪
             &
             Inuoc
             .
             sanct
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               4.
               tit
            
             .
             quis
             sit
             orandus
             .
          
           
             Sess.
             25.
             dec
             .
             de
             Inuoc
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             8.
             de
             Ciu.
             c.
             27.
             
          
           
             Tract
             .
             28.
             in
             Joan.
             serm
             .
             27.
             de
             verbis
             Apostoli
             .
          
           
             Cōc
             .
             Trid.
             sess
             .
             22.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             Images
             and
             Reliques
             .
          
           
             Conc.
             Trid.
             sess
             .
             25.
             decr
             .
             de
             Inuoc
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             2.
             
          
           
             Pontific
             .
             Rom.
             de
             Benedict
             .
             Imag.
             
          
           
             Cōc
             .
             Trid.
             Sess.
             25.
             dec
             .
             de
             Inuoc
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.
             
          
           
             Iustification
             .
          
           
             Conc.
             Trid.
             Sess.
             6.
             cap.
             9.
             
          
           
             ibid.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             ●
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             Iac.
             3.
             2.
             
          
           
             Merits
             of
             good
             workes
             .
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Trid.
             Sess.
             6.
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             Cōc
             .
             Trid.
             sess
             .
             6.
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             Sess.
             14.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             ibid.
             13.
             
          
           
             Satisfactions
             ,
             Purgatory
             ,
             &
             Indulgences
             .
          
           
             Sess.
             25.
             decr
             .
             de
             Indulg
             ,
          
           
             Parum
             me
             mouent
             quae
             in
             veterum
             scriptis
             de
             Satisfactione
             passim
             occurrunt
             ;
             video
             quidem
             eorum
             nonnullos
             (
             dicam
             simpliciter
             ,
             omnes
             ferè
             quorum
             libriextant
             )
             aut
             in
             hac
             parte
             lapsos
             esse
             ,
             aut
             nimis
             asperè
             ac
             durè
             locutos
             .
             
               Calu.
               Inst.
               l.
               3.
               cap.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             The
             Sacraments
             .
          
           
             Baptisme
             .
          
           
             Confirmation
             .
          
           
             Act.
             8.
             15.
             17.
             
          
           
             Pennance
             and
             Sacramentall
             Confession
             .
          
           
             Math.
             18.
             18.
             
          
           
             Io.
             20.
             23.
             
          
           
             Extreame-Vnction
             .
          
           
             Iac.
             5.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             Sess.
             14.
             c.
             2
             de
             sac
             .
             Extr
             .
             Vnct.
             
          
           
             Marriage
             
          
           
             Math.
             19.
             5.
             
          
           
             ●ph
             .
             5.
             32.
             
          
           
             Holy
             Orders
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             4.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             1.
             
          
           
             Cor.
             faitl
             35.
             
          
           
             Doctrine
             the
             Church
             touching
             the
             reall
             presence
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             IESVS-CHRIST
             in
             the
             Blessed
             Sacrament
             ;
             &
             the
             manner
             wherein
             the
             Church
             vnderstands
             these
             words
             ,
             
               this
               is
               my
               Body
            
             .
          
           
             Math.
             26.
             
          
           
             Luke
             22.
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             uit
             .
             6.
             30
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             17.
             11
             
          
           
             Math.
             26.
             28.
             
          
           
             Luke
             13.
             12.
             
          
           
             Io.
             4.
             50.
             
          
           
             Math.
             9.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Explication
               of
               the
               words
            
             ,
             doe
             this
             in
             remembrāce
             of
             me
             .
          
           
             Luke
             .
             22.
             19.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.
             24
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.
             26.
             
          
           
             Habac.
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             Exposition
             of
             the
             Caluinists
             doctrine
             about
             the
             Reallity
             .
          
           
             Cat.
             Dim
             .
             53.
             
          
           
             Conf.
             of
             faith
             .
             art
             .
             36.
             
          
           
             Cat.
             Dim
             .
             52.
             
          
           
             Dim
             .
             53.
             
          
           
             Dim
             .
             52.
             
          
           
             Dim
             .
             52.
             
          
           
             Of
             Transubstannation
             ,
             &
             Adoration
             ;
             and
             in
             what
             sense
             the
             Eucharist
             is
             said
             to
             be
             a
             Signe
             .
          
           
             Sacrifice
             of
             the
             Masse
             .
          
           
             Hebr.
             9.
             24
             
          
           
             Sess.
             22.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             The
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Hebrews
             .
          
           
             Hebr.
             10.
             5
             ▪
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             9.
             24
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             9.
             26.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Reflection
             vpon
             the
             preceding
             doctrine
             .
          
           
             Communion
             vnder
             both
             kindes
             .
          
           
             The
             written
             &
             vnwritten
             Word
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Thess.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             The
             Church's
             Authority
             .
          
           
             Act.
             15.
             
             2●
             :
          
           
             Act.
             16.
             4.
             
          
           
             Cōc
             .
             Trid.
             seff
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             The
             opinion
             of
             those
             of
             the
             Pretended
             Reformed
             Religion
             concernig
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             church
             .
          
           
             The
             Authority
             of
             the
             holy
             see
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             of
             Episcopacy
             ▪
             
          
           
             Conclusion
             of
             the
             Treatise
             .