A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel, Treatise · Papist opinion 69
The Papiste.
And by their affirmation that onelyonly saieth doth iustifie, they doe denie all other thinges els, as Baptisme, penaunce, Confirmation, the holy Eucharistia, hope, charity, and generally all kinde of good workes. For all learnyng doeth agree of three kindes of Iustifications to be expressed in holy scripture, whereof the firste iustication is Qua quis ex impio fit iustus, wherby a mā is made of a wicked man, and a member of the Deuill, a good manne, and a verie member of Christe, the whiche iustification is performed in infantes, by the Sacramente of Baptisme. And therfore to ascribe our iustification to onelyonly faieth, is not onelyonly to deny with the Anabaptistes Baptisme of infantes, but also that the Sacrament of Baptisme is needefull, or necessarie for oure health and saluation.
Seconde iustification is, qua ex homine lapso post baptismum, fit conuersio ad deum, wherby a man beyng fallen into sinne, after Baptisme, doeth retourne backe againe vntounto God, the whiche iustification is performed in vsus, by the Sacrament of penaunce, and therfore the affirmation of our iustificatiō by onelyonly faieth, is a plaine denial of the Sacramente of penaunce.
Thirde iustification is, qua ex iusto redditur quis iustior, wherby a man hath increase of rightousnesse, and of a rightous man before is made more rightous in the sight of God, wherof speaketh sainct Ihon in his Apocalipse, saiyng that he whiche is rightous muste be made more rightous. VVhiche iustification is performed in vsus, partely by the Sacramente of Confirmation, partly by the rest of Christes Sacramentes, and chiefly by the Sacramente of the holy Eucharistia, and more generally by al kind of good workes, wherof speaketh the Apostle sainct Paule, Saiyng to the Philippians, doe you worke your owne saluation with feare and tremblyng. And the Apostle saincte Peter in confirmation therof, willeth vsus to geue all diligence for to minister, in our faieth vertue, and in vertue knowledge, in knowledge temperaunce, and in temperance patience, in pacience godlines, in godlines brotherly louelove, and in brotherly louelove charitie, for if these are among you and plenteous, they will make you, that you shall be neither idle, nor vnfructful in the knowledge of our lorde Iesus Christ. But he that lacketh these thinges is blinde, as saieth the Apostle sainct Peter, and gropeth for the waie with his hande, and hath forgottē that hee was pourged from his oulde sinnes. VVherefore bretheren saieth (the Apostle saincte Peter) geue you more diligence for to make your callyng and your election by your good workes more suer, for if you doe suche thinges you shall not sinne, yea and by this meanes an entring in shall be ministred vntounto you abundantly, in the euerlastyng kingdome of our lorde Iesus christe. And by the affirmation of our iustificatiō by faieth alone, they doe denie not onelyonly the Sacrament of Baptisme, of penaunce, of the holie Eucharistia, with the rest of Christes Sacramentes, but more generally they doe denie all kinde of Good woorkes, here commended and tought, both by saincte Peter, and sainct Paule. Saincte Augustine in his booke de fide & operibus, gaue to vsus sufficient admonition, how daungerous an errour and heresie it was, to put our whole iustification to faieth onelyonly, and faieth alone, and saieth how vppon the mistakyng of the wordes of sainct Paule of our iustification by faieth, vppon these woordes misconstrued, duplicate page duplicate page certaine persones denied the merite of good workes, vprising and springyng of faieth, promising to them selues, safetie and securitie of saluatien, by onelyonly faieth and faieth alone, for reformation of the whiche errour Augustine saieth, that the Apostles sainct Iames, sainct Peter, and sainct Ihon did write their Canonicall Epistles, whiche admonition therof geuen by S Augustine, shoulde hauehave sufficed both learned and Christen men.