Run from Rome, Chapter 11
CHAP. XI.
Containing a ſecond proofe, that the faith of the Church of Rome is erroneous and falſe.
SVch as the foundation of the Romiſh faith is, ſuch is the faith it ſelfe; namely, falſe and erroneous, as I will ſhew by the argument that followes, in the ſeuerall parts of it.
If ſome of the Articles of the faith of the Church of Rome bee falſe and erroneous, then the faith of that Church is falſe and erroneous.
But ſome of the Articles of the faith of the Church of Rome are falſe and erroneous.
Therefore the faith of the Church of Rome is falſe and erroneous.
Leſt any man ſhould haſtily except againſt the conſequence of the propoſition, as if I went about to proue the whole by the part, which may not bee; I muſt intreat him to remember, that (as I noted before) in this queſtion, wee take the faith of the Church of Rome, for one intire thing, becauſe of that one bond, the authority of the Church or Pope, by which all the parts of it are ſo ioyned together, that they all make but one body. By reaſon of which bond he that refuſeth any one part reiecteth the whole. For by that his refuſall, he accuſeth their Church of errour, and failing in determining matters of faith, and ſo ouerthroweth the very foundation of their faith. Beſides, the denying of any one ſuch Article, let it bee in it ſelfe of neuer ſo ſmall importance, draweth vponupon the denyer that Anathema or curſe, which ſeizeth on all them which are not of the faith of the Church of Rome. Wherefore I may preſume without preſumption, that the conſequence is good, ſeeing eueryevery Article is equally and alike a matter of faith.
My aſſumption, I will make good by ſetting downe out of the Councill of Trent diuers Articles of the Romiſh ſaith, which are falſe and erroneous: and theſe they are,
1 The ſauing verity [or truth] taught by Chriſt and his Apoſtles, is contained in written bookes, [or Scriptures] and vnwritten traditions. Concil. Trident. Seſſ. 4. decret. de Canon. Scripturae.
2 The bookes of Iudith, Tobit, Eſter [chap. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Wiſdome, Eccleſiaſticus, Baruch, Daniel] chap. 3. 13, 14. Macchabees 1, 2. are canonicall ſcripture. d. decret. de ſcriptur.
3 The whole bookes of Scripture, and eueryevery part of them, as they are in the vulgar Latine edition, are to be receiued for ſacred and canonicall. d. decret. de ſcriptur.
4 It is the office of the Church to iudge of the true ſenſe, [or interpretation] of the ſacred [or holy] Scriptures. d. ſeſſ. 4. de edit. & vſu librorum ſacrorum, Sect. inſuper.
5 The Biſhop of Rome is Gods Vicar on earth. Seſſ. 6. decret. de reform. cap. 1. and ſeſſ. 14. de poenitentia, cap. 7.
6 The Church of Rome is the mother and Miſtris of all Churches. Seſſ. 7. de baptiſ. can. 3. and ſeſſ. 13. de extrem. vnct. cap. 3. and ſeſſ. 22. de ſacrif. miſſae. cap. 8.
7 Grace [beſtowed in baptiſme] doth take away whatſoeuer hath the true & proper nature of ſin. ſeſſ. de pec. orig. can. 5.
8 Concupiſcence in the regenerate is not truely and properly ſinne. d. canon. 5.
9 Man doth freely aſſent to, and cooperate [or worke together] with Gods exciting and cooperating grace, ſo that he can alſo reiect [or refuſe] the ſame grace. Seſſ. 6. de iuſtif. cap. 5. And deſſent if he will. can. 4.
10 The onelyonly formall cauſe of iuſtification, is iuſtice [or righteouſneſſe] inhaerent. d. ſeſſ. de iuſtit. cap. 7.
11 By keeping the commandements of the Church, a man doth encreaſe in the iuſtice, which he receiued by the grace of Chriſt, and is more iuſtified. cap. 10.
12 The iuſt in ſome actions doe not ſin venially. cap. 11.
13 By eueryevery mortall ſinne a man falleth away from the grace of iustification, which he had receiued. cap. 14, 15. and can. 23.
14 By the Sacrament of poenance the grace of iuſtification, which was loſt, is recouered. cap. 14.
15 The good workes of a man that is iuſtified, are his merits. can. 32.
16 The iuſt truely deſerue euerlaſting life by works wrought in God. cap. 16. and can. 32.
17 vnleſſe a man faithfully and firmely beleeue the Catholick doctrine of the Council of Trent touching iustification, he cannot be ſaued. cap. 16. Sect. Poſt hanc.
18 Some that are not predeſtinate receiue the grace of iuſtification. can. 17.
19 The Sacraments of the new Teſtament are neither more nor fewer then 7, to wit, 1 Baptiſme, 2 Confirmation, 3 The Lords Supper, 4 Poenance, 5 Extreame Vnction, 6 Ordination, 7 Matrimony: and eueryevery one of theſe is truely and properly a ſacrament. ſeſſ. 7. de ſacram: in genere, can. 1.
20 Baptiſme, Confirmation, and Ordination imprint in the ſoule a character that cannot be blotted out. can. 9.
21 The ſacraments of the new Teſtament, containe the thing they ſignifie, and beſtow it vponupon them, that hinder it not. can. 6. And vponupon all as much as is required on Gods part. can. 7. And that by the worke wrought. can. 8.
22 After the conſecration of the bread and wine in the Lords Supper, our Lord Ieſus Chriſt true God and man is contained, truely, really and ſubſtantially vnderunder the ſhewes of thoſe ſenſible things, ſeſſ. 13. de ſacram. Euchariſt. cap. 1.
23 The holy Euchariſt is to be reſerued in the Chancell, and caried honorably to the ſicke. cap. 6.
24 The tenth Commandement, Thou ſhalt not couet, is rent in ſunder and made two by the Council of Trent. ſeſſ. 14. de poenitentia, cap. 5. and can. 7.
25 The time of Lent is holy and moſt acceptable. ſeſſ. 14. de poenitentia, cap. 5.
26 No man that knowes himſelfe to be guilty of mortall ſinne, how contrite ſoeuer he ſeeme to himſelfe to be, may come to the holy Euchariſt, without ſacrament all confeſſion going before. d. ſeſſ. 13. cap. 7. and can. 11. that is, Ʋntill hee hauehave confeſſed all and eueryevery one of his mortall ſinnes, and alſo thoſe circumſtances, which change the kind of the ſinne, ſeſſ. 14. de ſacram. poenitentia, c. 5. And that to a Prieſt in ſecret. can. 6. 7.
27 Power [or authority] was giuen to the Apoſtles and their lawfull ſucceſſors to remit and retaine ſinnes for the reconciling of ſuch of the faithfull as fall after Baptiſme. ſeſſ. 14. de ſacram ent. poenitentiae, cap. 1.
28 It is vtterly falſe and differing from the word of God to ſay, that the Lord God neuer remitteth the fault, but with all he pardoneth the whole puniſhment. d. ſeſſ. 14. de poe…it. cap. 8. & can. 12. & ſeſſ. 6. de iuſtif. cap. 14. can. 30.
29 Neither the Lay…y, nor any Clergy man that doth not conſecrate, is bound by any Commandement of God, to receiue vnderunder both kinds. ſeſſ. 21. de ſacram. ſub utraque ſpecie, cap. 1.
30 The Church hath decreed it for law, that all the Laity, and the Clergy, that doe not conſecrate ſhould receiue vnderunder one kind onelyonly. d. ſeſſ. cap. 5.
31 We may make ſatisfaction to God through Ieſus Chriſt by temporall afflictions layed on vsus by God, and borne patiently by vsus. ſeſſ. 14 de ſacram. poenitent. cap. 9. & can. 13.
32 The Prieſthood was not to bee aboliſhed by the death of Chriſt, ſeſſ. 22. de ſacrif. miſſae. cap. 1.
33 Our Sauiour Chriſt by theſe words, This doe in remembrance of me, charged his Apoſtles and their ſucceſſours to offer his body and blood vnderunder the ſignes of bread and wine, d. cap. 1.
34 Water is to be mingled with wine in the Chalice that is to be offered, d. ſeſſ. cap. 7.
35 The names of Subdeacons, Acolytes, Exorciſts, Lectors and Doore-keepers, and the proper office of eueryevery one of theſe, hath beene euer ſince the beginning of the Church. ſeſſ. 23. de ſacram. o…dinis, cap. 2. and de reformat. cap. 28.
36 Matrimony contracted, not conſummated is diſſolued by the ſolemne profeſſion of religion by either party. ſeſſ. 24. de ſacram. Matrimon. can. 6.
37 There is a Purgatory, ſeſſ. 25. decret. de purgat.
38 The ſoules which raigne with Chriſt do offer vp their praiers to God for men. ſeſſ. 25. decret. de innocatione ſanctorum.
39 It is good & profitable humbly to call vponupon the ſaints forenamed, and to fly to their prayer, helpe, and furtherance, for the obtaining of benefits, [or bleſſings] from God by his ſonne Ieſus Chriſt our Lord. d. decret. de inuocat.
40 Ʋeneration and honor are due to the reliques of the Saints Seſſ. 25. decret. de inuocat. venerat. & reliq. ſanctorum.
41 The Images of Saints, and other ſacred monuments are not honored without profit, &c. The memories [or monuments] of the Saints are not frequented in vaine for the obtaining of their helpe. d decret. de venerat.
42 The Images of Chriſt, and the Virgin Mary, and other Saints are to be had and retained eſpecially in Churches, and due honor and veneration is to be giuen them, d. ſeſſ. 25. de ſacris Imaginum.
43 The power of granting indulgences was committed by Chriſt to the Church, and the vſe of them is helpfull to Chriſtian people. d. ſeſſ. 25. decret. de indulgent.