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Show 472 , }tfoSeiifona~le£avelllt ~>tiufo: PoPl!RY. · VoL; I! 6 0 Fabul::::::;:;_ Ir.tntiii Je H~ref.bh. t ca;. ~~- It u forbzdden to mtoufe.tbat ~ Declitful.Afr(iatOC!cmens Jf!cxiindrm111, more than 1300 Years ago) hb. 0. • - SzrofiJ, The,Pi£l:u,t~s ofwhat,\'W WQrO:'pped,lw1~~{!~1>i1>~1t 7h be Kfn· ed on the W:!ll!;lbt ibat 1U;t!l1odld ~t :tny- "'' ~ ur es a- 1 d) Th · the Counc1t.of Flzbtru,. .PIIkuzt Pzliural m Eukjid effe non d~b~re; n~s ql~od cobtur, aut adoratur, rn p.mtll~tls de~zngatllr, C~n. ;6. So Augujl. de 111onb. Eul•.£.!(b. 1. cap. 24· 1 ,. -1 \ • • .~ ·l \:.. .0 ~ \ .l \ 1\ -\ " • \ ·• '\V . m:) (Jf J u!tification of M 'E R t T s. • ra ift. WE firmly Delicvc tkat no\.F.orce>~f'l\"fltur. .. , .i} D)gn;IJ, o[..'o~f &.a p Works, can ~~erzt ]Njlifici..flOii ; b11t-t~c aJD·Jufltjyd fndJ by Grace through tb• Redemption thJt "In C}"t'fl ]rJ,IIi. _! ,j; The ~Jman Catholic~ Is fo fur from firmly 'believing what he faYs, ~haf-"q.~o~ n hi; own avow>d. Princjpl.es he beljeves nothin~ !irmly. ~1~·imy ' fc b l"erfoll 'ihiQl< that !9, ~e juft'ifie<\ f9t the Sak, 9f Works, " tb be '·::U'i£ 'd by C-f,ice l'Ir fo C'¥/u:iaiElion1. ~rc IJlO!l Reconctlcab1;-, •n.d 'Dlr~· -1 15' ;3y no1fu91I)ltly be' terin'd Lig!Jt; This is the v~ry cya!c that Hwl Of ~ia :~rep~ouQi a1rgu'd ag<linft t,be ltlerirorifms of hts. Tulle, If of Gr~ce th~n not of Works.- jfof.tW"orks1 thennPt of~rtcc. . . . • Tt is to block iheWorld to fay, That Ro~nanifls expef\ to be JU!bfie6 oy <frace wh9 ha•e for Ages.\mpleaded that DoEipne! as Qa~gerou• ~dd l'lerC: tical: ~ha'"ilfi(ne ~n h.J:i Difcoup.:e of t!lis PQmt ts..mo.ft plato, an more ID?<Ierri Authors follow htS $reps: But they fi!y, '·. Papift. AQ ~~ber .Merits (auording to o#r S<>fe of lb~t TV'orJ) Ji},ni]} no mort ibap .Ml(ont done by tbe i}}lifl~n.ce. bfObJ'r Grac<, to r.OiiJciJ be lw prp' 1 ifid a Rc~afl.:.._rbus we believe the .Mtrii or RefiJarda~lenljs of Holy ti ·~"'ing (both whicl( jignifi< tlil Jamew;tb us) .rif~r ~o! fl.r om. tbe St//-V4/ae ven (){ 011r bql'~ll.ions, dl the) are Our,s, Jut from tbe Gftue a11il B!)unty f~l ~ ~ .AnJw. Met1links thefe Men are run t(i'.i narroW Scrai~lrt, who'Ten.rbte tp reconcile ;tJu;u and Gr~u: They pon9t wholly be d~vorce~ fr~m Mt. !;" and yet would they flliP efpoufe Grnc~ and by ~Fking to Wed hoth, - t~e~' do not a Littfn manifel\ ~~eir 9-yn p llat.e d De. fi s; for either they -l]lull confe~ them ves, ~n~ ~ll rheir ~ilce ~rs lnoft _1 otlnt Pe\fons, thlr .. tfisf ~uld neyer . nd a!')i~iftinElion .bc~wn~.t ~ertt ,urf 9race b4'cn; ~r ... e!ftl!bey moJJllrera}Jt rh~ f1r<.t of tbe1r JUentono/ls O~tnltms, under ther; .. more General toncej]ion of cls Grace; a \Vay of evading, they are 110t liltjo;'t;1~e~~ fefs :biffe[ence betwixt 111. rr;t a.nd Rr!Oa.Yddblqzef0, a~ they . : phrale it, t))~p betwixt t]).e Middle and the 'En~: <;Jract Jnd Mmt, alftquti. Oy Calvwtfis·a·nd Papifts, are ra'ken for F. .arfb wuhout Works, and Wclkt ~it bout Faith, like-the Two Poles; Dot}(jnes ~b~ m.olt ~p~ofite; now Rft 1 t»ardtJblenif.s is neither·; but .fomethi~~ tn the ~tddle, aryd .mdeed the mo,_ T'rue ; for Gra.e~ is a. Fre~ Gif-r, r,egu~u)g nothu~g : A1erz_t ts ti 'II' or~ pr~. r,ioned to the rt:age.r: &wardablentji II~ W~k VJ~Ihout whiCh God wrlJ nD! 0 ,·no.'4'1 bis F<IVDMr~ ond yet not,tb:.. .M en!ono~ts Caufe\ .for that there lS~d -proportion betwtxt the Work rhat IS Fimte and Temporary, and the' Rewa~ which is Infinite and Eternal; in which Senfc both the Creature obeys t de Commands of God, ~~ d..Q.es n~a merit, but obtain Qn~Y. ~~d God ~ew3fl~ the Cre:uure, :fnd yet fu ~ dlat begh•es' lbo. c~Bur the-t'.Jp!l1s are. H::tJ ftom this Medium, and tt'leit fhuffing this. J?o8rine of JHall b:rw1~1. rac~ ond Reu:ardableneJr, only 1h~ws how unwtlhng they:a1'eto ycn~.ure Jt m th plain Field ;tnd nor tha:t 3rly Thing of J4femblancc tl betwixt 1t and them, 'thoy being ~f Three di(linEi Natures and Sl~~ifieatio~,'; Befide;, v~..., I. - A.{leajoll,able.Cave~t agtti"fi' POPI!l\T. Bef~es, 'tis wretched to think by what Ways the abufed Rom•n;a, fane to ment }Ajlifi_c,m~n; nor . by h~pmg tbe .A1oral Lam, as we 1hal1 fhc~ soon;, nor.. by /W.,P~mg the Euo11g#ical Precepts, but by their vain Jt~~titiom ofrthetr Ave-Mana s, Beads, Fojl.r, Feafls, HIJ/y·D4J.r· Adoration oj 1m Fretjlltnting of M1Ju,. Praying to the J?ead; Invoking the Virgin Mary~lj:; per IR~erce:ffto.ns S!l111~K tltemftlves waN. the Croji; ahflaining from F!ejh, llfd Priejb from Marnage; by perp~t~armg fome 1\Totorious }40, for the Good of the1r Chu~cb, wbet.her by Kt!Jmg a Prince, or Blowing up a Stare. 'Olefe,_ an<! _th,, h~p Pral.hc~ (lhange and exotick to tile Primitive and Cb.n!ti~n Fatth,a,nd Wmlh1p) are the Grand Motives to Juflificarion and fomedm~ th~y have ru>.ne. fo high, as to deferve a Canonizing ar &nu it felf. Thus bneHy haye I gtven an Account of rheir Merits of J uttification. IV. Of the Holy E u c H A R r s T. Papill.}N the H•ly,Eucb6Tijl, or mof/ Venerable Sacrament of the Body and BlOod of OfJr Lord\ we acknowledge that there are tU ;n aU other SJJ~ra.mtpu ·~ Tmo Tliif1.!l :' The Vijible S~rn, wbicb ir the For;,s of Bread mul. J~me, to wb!c/1 .no. edtboljdl may, or doth Jirdl lJis Worjhip ; there U a!fo In" ifiblt Grace ./igllifofl; the B•dd;o:: •our Lord, wbom being prefenr we Wor/hip toltb tZUpojfible..Rever~n.ce, for o Great a Bkffing warranted herein by our Blejfed Lord Htmftlf m TaJo .o tbe Gofpelt. · .Anfw. Ab~ve all other lnfunc~, this i.s the moft pregnant, for Defence of o.u~ Aiferuon, nam,ely, That tither tbe/e .Jifen have rtlinquijhed their Old Doltrme,. or eljr the), go about to flit. the }'rick upop II$: We hear no Word at at~ ?f Tranfubftanrintion herein, the Moft S:~cred of t~eir Myfterious Ab~ fqrdttles, but w~at we; ar~, at gtea~ Pains to obferve and colleet. perhaps .they a,re albamed of it, a'nd willing it fhou\d pafs under fome mo;e General l'hrafe, and lefs O.lfenfive: However by that Expre!lion of the Body of our Lord, r»ho"! 6eztrt.Prtftnt we Adore ; we guefs their Meaning, bur bow in .. ~\\!lilitl!~to!:_Vn Words_. as well as Reafon, mayeafily appear. Flr,P, They. acknowledge that it is a Sttcrllmenr, or Sign. If fo, it is impo! lible that !II!J<Jllhl ~~ •1 the. falll~ Tilrj~. botjl t)le s;gn, and the Thing fign;fod; for rfthe very Body ofChrrll'be prefent, Corporally, (35 they ufc to a!fertblt caq!'l't be Sacr<IJ11enf"UJ! Jo,. b~t R,e~lly anlj Corporally there 1 f.DbJC~ u eftrlf(IJve. of the }{afurr~ a Sacrament, which is but the RepreJ. tentative, or Ima~e.offo~ething yftical, thereby refembled and fignified . ~econd!y, I.f thu Doflnne were rue, their Lorll would be made hy their Pmjl; for t)ll he l)lys fhe Words, there is no Real Prefence; and fo the 'f;r~6l!'re (and fop!etltljes a f1d one too) mak.S his Creator, which is nothing 'fllP'I of wretched Bl;ifphemy. ~Thirdly, The Lord lbey 1-A.dore and Reverence they Eat · and he thlt .made ijeaveQ ~.n\d Earth . is CqQ'lPr.eftepd,:;d of the' Crearure. , Fg.ur{bly, 1 know'~ut ~f ~pe Gofpel, per~a~s they know ofT1vo, becaure .lbef feem to .own ..P~nncJptesfo conr~ary fO the True One, ~ut let that other h!: accur!\. . II fh~ 1VfP,Ul~ h~v~ l\S uqderlland by rheir ~xpre!lion, Two of ~~ Evnngtlijfs, then tiS nqt unlikely but we may ken their Meaning, and wh~t they ~efc!,r to muft he Chri!l~ BenediEiion of the Bread and Wine, and thegivi~g ~hem both tO His Difciples, f:tying, Tde, tbis is my Body; and tde, th~.s n "!Y Blood. Bur ~hat then? 0Jn...:1ny think rhat Chrift ga\re his .'Bllf17 With hiS ~y I That tt """ rbe Giver and the G;ft? That ;t wan be l}~dJ f;Jlcj]ing, apd,lbe ~oiJ' Bfijl? Did the f.ame Bod(' bold tbe ftme &Jy ;n {'Its (I.UJ4 Jl.l(tgtr,s,f '.4nd wdi !1/a~en by th! Di[cipler, and yet without the"!? An3 t»d.s tt no bzggcr t~an. d f't.ab flue of Breal, and y~t of tbe Propor/IOil of a Man? And WtU rr mfetij/hie, nnd brokrn with rlieir Mouths, ttnd )'ct .wi?ofr Jffd fe.njible tWo< tbrm 1 and all at the fame Inftant of Time. " "' '"·' P p'p ' Lajlly, 473 |