A briefe declaration of the universalitie of the Church of Christ, and the unitie of the Catholike faith professed therein delivered in a sermon before His Maiestie the 20th. of Iune 1624. at Wansted. By Iames Ussher, Bishop of Meath.
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             A briefe declaration of the universalitie of the Church of Christ, and the unitie of the Catholike faith professed therein delivered in a sermon before His Maiestie the 20th. of Iune 1624. at Wansted. By Iames Ussher, Bishop of Meath.
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           A
           BRIEFE
           DECLARATION
           OF
           THE
           VNIVERSALITIE
           OF
           THE
           CHVRCH
           of
           CHRIST
           ,
           and
           the
           Vnitie
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Faith
           professed
           therein
           :
           DELIVERED
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           before
           
             His
             Maiestie
          
           the
           20
           
             th
          
           .
           of
           Iune
           1624.
           at
           WANSTED
           .
           By
           IAMES
           VSSHER
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           
             Meath
             .
          
        
         
           The
           third
           Impression
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Dawson
          
           for
           
             Ephraim
             Dawson
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           
             Rain-bow
          
           neere
           the
           Inner
           Temple
           Gate
           in
           Fleet-street
           .
           1629.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             EPHES.
             4.13
             .
          
           
             
               Till
               we
               all
               come
               in
               the
               unitie
               of
               the
               faith
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               unto
               a
               perfect
               man
               ,
               unto
               the
               measure
               of
               the
               stature
               of
               the
               fulnesse
               of
               Christ.
               
            
          
        
         
           WHen
           the
           Lords
           
             Arke
          
           was
           to
           set
           forward
           ,
           the
           forme
           of
           prayer
           used
           by
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           was
           ;
           a
           
             Rise
             up
             ,
          
           LORD
           ,
           
             and
             let
             thine
             enemies
             be
             scattered
             ;
             and
             let
             them
             that
             hate
             thee
             ,
             flee
             before
             thee
             .
          
           The
           sweet
           Psalmist
           of
           Israel
           ,
           framing
           his
           descant
           to
           this
           ground
           ,
           beginneth
           the
           Psalm
           which
           he
           prepared
           to
           be
           sung
           at
           the
           removing
           of
           the
           
             Arke
             ,
          
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           .
           b
           
             Let
             God
             arise
             :
             let
             his
             enemies
             be
             scattered
             :
             let
             them
             also
             that
             hate
             him
             ,
             flee
             before
             him
          
           :
           and
           then
           goeth
           on
           ,
           till
           at
           length
           he
           hath
           raysed
           his
           note
           unto
           his
           full
           height
           :
           
             Thou
             hast
             ascended
             up
             on
             high
             :
             thou
             hast
             led
             captivitie
             captive
             :
             thou
             hast
             received
             gifts
             for
             men
          
           (
           Psalm
           .
           68.18
           )
           .
           Which
           being
           by
           our
           Apostle
           in
           c
           this
           Chapter
           interpreted
           of
           the
           Ascension
           of
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           into
           heauen
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           very
           spring
           from
           whence
           the
           matter
           of
           my
           present
           Text
           is
           derived
           ,
           leadeth
           us
           to
           the
           just
           application
           of
           the
           type
           to
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           putteth
           us
           
           in
           minde
           ,
           that
           the
           removing
           of
           the
           Arke
           ,
           which
           gave
           occasion
           to
           the
           penning
           of
           his
           Psalme
           ,
           was
           an
           adumbration
           of
           our
           Saviours
           removeall
           from
           the
           Earth
           to
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           this
           absence
           of
           his
           ,
           we
           are
           no
           losers
           ,
           but
           gainers
           ▪
           seeing
           he
           is
           ascended
           〈◊〉
           on
           high
           ,
           both
           to
           triumph
           over
           his
           and
           our
           foes
           ,
           [
           
             he
             led
             captivitie
             captiue
          
           ]
           and
           to
           conferre
           benefits
           upon
           his
           friends
           .
           [
           
             he
             gave
             gifts
             unto
             men
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           The
           d
           
             Arke
             of
             the
             Covenant
          
           (
           we
           know
           )
           was
           appointed
           to
           be
           a
           figure
           of
           e
           
             Iesus
             the
             Mediatour
             of
             the
             new
             Covenant
             :
          
           the
           great
           
             King
             ,
             Prophet
          
           and
           
             Priest
          
           of
           his
           Church
           .
           Therefore
           was
           it
           ordered
           ,
           that
           the
           Arke
           should
           haue
           
             a
             crowne
             of
             gold
          
           about
           it
           :
           (
           Exod.
           37.2
           .
           )
           than
           which
           ,
           what
           could
           be
           more
           fit
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           state
           of
           our
           
             King
             ?
          
           for
           thus
           
             wee
             see
             Iesus
             crowned
             with
             glory
             and
             honour
             .
          
           (
           Heb.
           2.9
           .
           )
           Vpon
           the
           Ark
           stood
           the
           Propitiatorie
           or
           Mercie-seate
           ,
           whence
           God
           did
           use
           to
           deliver
           his
           Oracles
           from
           betwixt
           the
           Cherubins
           :
           than
           w
           
             ch
          
           ,
           what
           more
           lively
           representation
           could
           there
           be
           of
           the
           
             Propheticall
          
           office
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ?
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           written
           :
           
             God
             hath
             in
             these
             last
             dayes
             spoken
             unto
             us
             by
             his
             Sonne
             .
          
           (
           Heb.
           1.2
           .
           )
           The
           Arke
           had
           both
           the
           
             Rod
          
           and
           the
           
             Tables
          
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           by
           Gods
           appointment
           placed
           within
           it
           :
           than
           which
           ,
           what
           could
           be
           more
           apt
           to
           expresse
           the
           satisfaction
           ,
           which
           our
           
             high
             Priest
          
           was
           to
           make
           unto
           his
           Fathers
           justice
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           his
           
             Passive
          
           as
           by
           his
           
             Active
          
           obedience
           ?
           for
           as
           he
           felt
           the
           stroke
           of
           the
           Rod
           for
           us
           ,
           that
           f
           
             the
             chastisement
             of
             our
             peace
             being
             laid
             upon
             him
             ,
             with
             his
             stripes
             we
             might
             be
             healed
          
           :
           so
           g
           
             it
             behooved
          
           him
           also
           
             to
             fulfill
             the
             Law
          
           and
           
             all
             righteousnesse
          
           ;
           that
           so
           he
           might
           be
           h
           
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Law
             for
             righteousnesse
             to
             every
             one
             that
             beleeveth
             .
          
           The
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           being
           not
           more
           certainely
           to
           be
           found
           within
           
           the
           Arke
           ,
           than
           the
           accomplishment
           thereof
           within
           him
           :
           according
           to
           that
           which
           he
           spake
           by
           his
           holy
           Prophet
           .
           i
           
             In
             the
             volume
             of
             the
             booke
             it
             is
             written
             of
             mee
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             doe
             thy
             will
             ,
             O
             God
             :
             yea
             ,
             thy
             Law
             is
             within
             my
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Arke
           had
           many
           removes
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ,
           whiles
           it
           sojourned
           in
           the
           
             Tabernacle
             :
          
           but
           was
           brought
           up
           at
           last
           into
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           there
           to
           dwell
           upon
           God's
           holy
           Hill
           ;
           the
           place
           of
           which
           he
           himselfe
           had
           said
           .
           k
           
             This
             is
             my
             rest
             for
             ever
             ;
             here
             will
             I
             dwell
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             a
             delight
             therein
             .
          
           Where
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           entry
           ,
           King
           
             Salomon
          
           stood
           ready
           to
           entertaine
           him
           with
           this
           welcome
           ,
           l
           
             Arise
             ,
             O
             Lord
             God
             ,
             into
             thy
             resting
             place
             ,
             thou
             ,
             and
             the
             Arke
             of
             thy
             strength
             :
             Let
             thy
             Priests
             ,
             O
             Lord
             God
             ,
             be
             clothed
             with
             salvation
             ;
             and
             let
             thy
             Saints
             reioyce
             in
             goodnesse
             .
          
           Our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           his
           flesh
           ,
           had
           no
           resting
           place
           ,
           but
           continually
           m
           went
           about
           doing
           good
           :
           untill
           at
           length
           n
           he
           was
           received
           up
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           sate
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           GOD.
           For
           when
           he
           had
           ended
           his
           progresse
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           and
           o
           finished
           there
           that
           worke
           which
           his
           Father
           had
           given
           him
           to
           doe
           ;
           he
           p
           left
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           the
           Father
           ;
           making
           his
           last
           remove
           unto
           the
           high
           Court
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           q
           where
           he
           is
           to
           reside
           untill
           the
           time
           of
           the
           restitution
           of
           all
           things
           .
           r
           
             The
             Temple
             of
             GOD
             was
             opened
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             seene
             in
             his
             Temple
             the
             Arke
             of
             his
             Testament
             ,
          
           saith
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           in
           the
           Apocalypse
           .
           If
           we
           looke
           to
           the
           corporall
           presence
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           Heaven
           must
           this
           Arke
           be
           sought
           for
           ,
           in
           no
           oother
           place
           is
           it
           to
           be
           found
           :
           but
           if
           we
           looke
           to
           the
           vertue
           comming
           from
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           operation
           of
           his
           
             Word
          
           and
           
             Spirit
          
           ;
           so
           we
           shall
           finde
           him
           in
           his
           Temple
           
           upon
           earth
           ,
           s
           present
           with
           us
           alwayes
           ,
           even
           unto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           :
           for
           ,
           these
           were
           the
           gifts
           that
           ,
           when
           he
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           he
           did
           bestow
           upon
           men
           .
        
         
           This
           the
           Prophet
           layeth
           downe
           thus
           :
           t
           
             Thou
             hast
             ascended
             up
             on
             high
             :
             thou
             hast
             received
             gifts
             for
             men
             .
          
           The
           Apostle
           citeth
           it
           thus
           :
           u
           
             When
             he
             ascended
             up
             on
             high
             ,
             he
             gave
             gifts
             unto
             men
             .
          
           The
           reconciliation
           is
           easie
           :
           He
           received
           those
           gifts
           ,
           not
           to
           retaine
           them
           with
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           to
           distribute
           them
           for
           the
           behoofe
           of
           his
           Church
           .
           So
           for
           the
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           S.
           
             Peter
          
           teacheth
           us
           ,
           Acts
           2.33
           .
           
             Therefore
             being
             by
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             God
             exalted
             ,
          
           [
           there
           is
           his
           ascending
           up
           on
           high
           ]
           
             and
             having
             received
             of
             the
             Father
             the
             promise
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           [
           there
           is
           his
           receiving
           ]
           
             he
             hath
             shed
             forth
             this
             which
             ye
             now
             see
             and
             heare
             .
          
           [
           there
           is
           his
           giving
           of
           this
           gift
           unto
           men
           .
           ]
           And
           for
           the
           Ministery
           of
           the
           
             Word
             ,
          
           he
           himselfe
           intimateth
           as
           much
           in
           his
           Commission
           ,
           given
           to
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           Mat.
           28.18.19
           .
           
             All
             power
             is
             given
             unto
             mee
             in
             heaven
             and
             in
             earth
             :
          
           [
           there
           he
           receiveth
           ]
           
             Goe
             ye
             therefore
             ,
             and
             teach
             all
             nations
             :
          
           [
           there
           he
           giveth
           this
           gift
           unto
           men
           .
           ]
           x
           
             He
             gave
             some
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             some
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             some
             Evangelists
             ,
             and
             some
             Pastors
             and
             Teachers
             ,
             for
             the
             perfecting
             of
             the
             Saints
             :
          
           saith
           our
           Apostle
           here
           .
           That
           herein
           also
           that
           might
           be
           fulfilled
           ,
           which
           we
           heard
           to
           haue
           beene
           uttered
           ,
           when
           the
           Arke
           was
           brought
           to
           his
           resting
           place
           y
           :
           
             Let
             thy
             Priests
             ,
             O
             Lord
             God
             ,
             be
             cloathed
             with
             salvation
             ,
             and
             let
             thy
             Saints
             reioyce
             in
             goodnesse
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             worke
             of
             the
             Ministery
             ,
          
           how
           meanely
           soever
           it
           be
           esteemed
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           yet
           in
           the
           estimation
           of
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           the
           choysest
           gifts
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           solemnitie
           of
           his
           triumphant
           z
           ascending
           up
           far
           above
           all
           heavens
           ,
           he
           thought
           fit
           to
           bestow
           upon
           his
           
           Church
           here
           upon
           earth
           :
           as
           that
           which
           tended
           both
           to
           the
           a
           
             perfecting
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             edifying
          
           of
           his
           owne
           
             body
             .
          
           For
           as
           b
           it
           hath
           pleased
           the
           Father
           ,
           
             that
             in
             him
             all
             fulnesse
             should
             dwell
          
           :
           so
           the
           Son
           is
           also
           pleased
           ,
           not
           to
           hold
           it
           any
           disparagement
           ,
           that
           c
           
             his
             Body
             ,
          
           the
           Church
           ,
           should
           be
           accounted
           
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             him
             that
             filleth
             all
             in
             all
             .
          
           That
           howsoever
           in
           himselfe
           he
           be
           most
           absolutely
           and
           perfectly
           complete
           ;
           yet
           is
           his
           Church
           so
           neerely
           conjoyned
           unto
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           holdeth
           not
           himselfe
           full
           without
           it
           :
           but
           as
           long
           as
           any
           one
           member
           remaineth
           yet
           ungathered
           and
           unknit
           unto
           this
           mysticall
           body
           of
           his
           ,
           he
           accounteth
           ,
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           somewhat
           to
           be
           deficient
           in
           himselfe
           .
           And
           therefore
           our
           Apostle
           having
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           immediately
           going
           before
           this
           Text
           ,
           declared
           ,
           that
           the
           Ministery
           was
           instituted
           
             for
             the
             edifying
             of
             the
             bodie
             of
             Christ
          
           ;
           addeth
           presently
           ,
           
             Till
             wee
             all
             come
             in
             the
             unitie
             of
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             GOD
             ,
             unto
             a
             perfect
             man
             ,
             unto
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             stature
             of
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             Christ.
             
          
        
         
           In
           which
           words
           we
           may
           obserue
           aswell
           the
           
             Matter
          
           of
           this
           Building
           [
           
             Wee
             all
          
           ]
           as
           the
           
             Structure
          
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           further
           also
           consider
           in
           the
           Structure
           ,
           
             first
             ,
          
           the
           laying
           of
           the
           foundation
           [
           
             In
             the
             unitie
             of
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
          
           ]
           
             secondly
             ,
          
           the
           bringing
           of
           the
           worke
           to
           perfection
           ,
           and
           the
           raising
           of
           it
           to
           his
           just
           height
           [
           
             unto
             a
             perfect
             man
             ,
             unto
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             stature
             of
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             Christ
          
           ]
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Matter
          
           then
           of
           this
           spirituall
           edifice
           (
           that
           wee
           may
           begin
           with
           that
           )
           are
           
             Wee
          
           our selves
           .
           d
           
             Yee
             also
             as
             lively
             stones
             ,
             are
             built
             up
             a
             spirituall
             house
          
           :
           saith
           Saint
           
             Peter
             .
          
           To
           this
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           doth
           here
           adde
           a
           note
           of
           Vniversalitie
           
           [
           WE
           ALL
           :
           ]
           as
           suting
           best
           with
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
          
           or
           Vniversall
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           of
           the
           
             edifying
          
           whereof
           he
           here
           treateth
           :
           of
           which
           therefore
           he
           telleth
           us
           more
           plainly
           in
           another
           place
           ;
           that
           e
           
             by
             one
             spirit
             we
             are
             all
             baptized
             into
             one
             bodie
             ,
             whether
             wee
             be
             Iewes
             or
             Gentiles
             ,
             whether
             we
             be
             bond
             or
             free
             .
          
           For
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           is
           not
           to
           be
           sought
           for
           in
           any
           one
           angle
           or
           quarter
           of
           the
           world
           :
           but
           among
           
             all
             that
             in
             every
             place
             call
             upon
             the
             Name
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             both
             theirs
             and
             ours
             .
          
           (
           1
           Corinthians
           1.2
           .
           )
           Therefore
           to
           their
           Lord
           and
           ours
           was
           it
           said
           ;
           f
           
             Aske
             of
             mee
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             give
             thee
             the
             Heathen
             for
             thine
             inheritance
             ,
             and
             the
             uttermost
             parts
             of
             the
             earth
             for
             thy
             possession
          
           ;
           and
           to
           his
           mysticall
           body
           ,
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           accordingly
           .
           g
           
             I
             will
             bring
             thy
             seed
             from
             the
             East
             ,
             and
             gather
             thee
             from
             the
             West
             :
             I
             will
             say
             to
             the
             North
             ,
             give
             up
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             South
             ,
             Keepe
             not
             backe
             :
             bring
             my
             sonnes
             from
             farre
             ,
             and
             my
             daughters
             from
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             even
             every
             one
             that
             is
             called
             by
             my
             name
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           must
           we
           conceiue
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           as
           of
           one
           entire
           body
           ;
           made
           up
           by
           the
           collection
           and
           aggregation
           of
           all
           the
           Faithfull
           unto
           the
           unitie
           thereof
           :
           from
           which
           union
           there
           ariseth
           unto
           every
           one
           of
           them
           such
           a
           relation
           to
           ,
           and
           a
           dependance
           upon
           the
           Church
           Catholique
           ,
           as
           
             parts
          
           use
           to
           haue
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           
             whole
             .
          
           Whereupon
           it
           followeth
           ,
           that
           neyther
           particular
           persons
           ,
           nor
           particular
           Churches
           ,
           are
           to
           worke
           as
           severall
           divided
           bodyes
           by
           themselues
           (
           which
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           all
           
             Schisme
          
           )
           ,
           but
           are
           to
           teach
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           taught
           ,
           and
           to
           doe
           all
           other
           Christian
           duties
           ,
           as
           parts
           conjoyned
           unto
           
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           members
           of
           the
           same
           Common-wealth
           or
           corporation
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           ancient
           Church
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           the
           governmēt
           of
           particular
           Congregations
           onely
           committed
           unto
           them
           ,
           yet
           in
           regard
           of
           this
           communion
           which
           they
           held
           with
           the
           Vniversall
           ,
           did
           usually
           take
           to
           themselves
           the
           title
           of
           
             Bishops
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             .
          
           Which
           maketh
           strongly
           aswell
           against
           the
           new
           
             Separatists
             ,
          
           as
           the
           old
           
             Donatists
             :
          
           who
           either
           hold
           it
           a
           thing
           h
           not
           much
           materiall
           ,
           so
           they
           professe
           the
           faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whether
           they
           doe
           it
           in
           the
           Catholick
           Communion
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           else
           (
           which
           is
           worse
           )
           dote
           so
           much
           upon
           the
           perfectiō
           of
           their
           own
           part
           ,
           that
           they
           refuse
           to
           joyn
           in
           fellowship
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christians
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           themselues
           were
           the
           onely
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           wisedome
           must
           live
           and
           die
           with
           them
           and
           their
           generation
           .
        
         
           And
           herein
           ,
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           doe
           our
           Romanists
           most
           fearefully
           offend
           ;
           as
           being
           the
           authors
           of
           the
           most
           cruell
           schisme
           ,
           that
           ever
           hath
           been
           seene
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           Those
           infamous
           schismes
           of
           the
           
             Novatians
          
           and
           
             Donatists
          
           were
           but
           petty
           rents
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           this
           huge
           rupture
           ,
           which
           hath
           pulled
           asunder
           East
           and
           West
           ,
           North
           &
           South
           ;
           and
           growne
           to
           such
           a
           head
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           in
           our
           Western
           parts
           (
           where
           this
           faction
           was
           so
           prevalent
           )
           it
           hath
           for
           diverse
           ages
           past
           been
           esteemed
           
             Catholicke
             .
          
           In
           the
           17
           
             th
          
           of
           the
           Revelation
           wee
           haue
           a
           
             Woman
          
           described
           unto
           us
           ,
           sitting
           upon
           
             seven
             mountaines
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           
             many
             waters
             .
          
           The
           
             Woman
          
           is
           there
           expounded
           to
           be
           i
           
             that
             great
             Citie
             which
             reigneth
             over
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             earth
             .
          
           The
           seven
           mountains
           upon
           which
           that
           City
           sate
           ,
           needed
           not
           to
           be
           expounded
           ;
           
           every
           childe
           knew
           what
           was
           meant
           thereby
           .
           The
           waters
           are
           interpreted
           k
           
             peoples
             ,
             and
             multitudes
             ,
             and
             nations
             ,
             and
             tongues
             .
          
           Which
           is
           that
           very
           Vniversalitie
           and
           Catholicisme
           that
           the
           Romanists
           are
           wont
           so
           much
           to
           brag
           of
           .
           For
           ,
           this
           
             Woman
          
           is
           the
           particular
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           the
           
             City-Church
          
           ;
           which
           they
           call
           the
           
             Mother-Church
             ,
          
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           stileth
           l
           the
           
             Mother
             of
             harlots
             and
             abominations
             of
             the
             earth
             .
          
           Those
           
             peoples
             ,
             and
             multitudes
             ,
             &
             nations
             ,
             and
             tongues
             ,
          
           are
           such
           as
           this
           proud
           Citie
           reigneth
           over
           :
           the
           
             Catholick-Roman
          
           Church
           they
           are
           commonly
           called
           by
           themselves
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           m
           the
           
             Beast
          
           upon
           which
           the
           Woman
           sitteth
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Woman
          
           is
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           faction
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Mother
           of
           this
           schism
           :
           the
           
             Beast
             ,
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           they
           that
           suffer
           themselues
           to
           be
           thus
           ridden
           by
           her
           ,
           are
           her
           abbettors
           and
           supporters
           in
           it
           .
           For
           the
           
             particular
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           (
           not
           being
           content
           to
           be
           a
           fellow-member
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           haue
           a
           joynt
           dependance
           with
           them
           upō
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           Catholick
           ,
           n
           
             which
             is
             the
             Mother
             of
             us
             all
          
           )
           will
           needs
           goe
           out
           of
           her
           rank
           ;
           and
           ,
           scorning
           any
           longer
           to
           be
           accounted
           one
           of
           the
           
             branches
          
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           would
           faine
           be
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           the
           
             root
          
           of
           it
           :
           so
           that
           now
           all
           other
           Churches
           must
           hold
           their
           dependance
           upon
           it
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           be
           cast
           forth
           as
           withered
           branches
           ,
           which
           are
           fit
           onely
           to
           be
           throwne
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           burned
           .
           The
           wisedome
           of
           God
           foresaw
           this
           insolency
           long
           before-hand
           :
           and
           therfore
           caused
           a
           Caveat
           to
           be
           entred
           against
           it
           ,
           even
           in
           that
           Epistle
           which
           was
           specially
           directed
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           it selfe
           .
           The
           words
           are
           plaine
           enough
           ,
           
           
             Rom.
          
           11.18
           .
           
             If
             thou
             boast
             ,
             thou
             bearest
             not
             the
             root
             ,
             but
             the
             root
             thee
             .
          
           The
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           therefore
           must
           know
           that
           shee
           is
           no
           more
           a
           
             root
          
           to
           beare
           up
           other
           Churches
           ,
           than
           other
           Churches
           are
           to
           beare
           up
           her
           :
           she
           may
           not
           goe
           beyond
           her
           line
           ,
           and
           boast
           her selfe
           to
           be
           the
           
             root
          
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           but
           be
           contented
           to
           be
           born
           her selfe
           by
           the
           
             root
             ,
          
           aswell
           as
           other
           particular
           Churches
           are
           .
           For
           a
           streame
           to
           sever
           it selfe
           from
           the
           common
           Fountaine
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           bee
           counted
           a
           Fountaine
           it selfe
           ,
           without
           dependance
           upon
           any
           other
           ;
           is
           the
           next
           way
           to
           make
           an
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           dry
           it
           up
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           may
           doe
           well
           to
           think
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           leave
           off
           her
           vaine
           boasting
           .
           o
           
             I
             sit
             a
             Queen
             ,
             and
             am
             no
             Widow
             ,
             and
             shall
             see
             no
             sorrow
             .
          
           Other
           Churches
           may
           faile
           ,
           and
           the
           gates
           of
           hell
           may
           prevaile
           against
           them
           :
           but
           it
           cannot
           fall
           out
           so
           with
           me
           .
           Whereas
           she
           might
           remember
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           
             Romanes
             ,
          
           unto
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           so
           long
           since
           gave
           this
           admonition
           .
           p
           
             Be
             not
             high
             minded
             ,
             but
             feare
             .
             For
             if
             God
             spared
             not
             the
             naturall
             branches
             ,
             take
             heed
             lest
             he
             also
             spare
             not
             thee
             .
             Behold
             therefore
             the
             goodnesse
             and
             severity
             of
             God
             :
             on
             them
             which
             fell
             ,
             severitie
             ,
             but
             towards
             thee
             ,
             goodnes
             ,
             if
             thou
             continue
             in
             his
             goodnesse
             :
             otherwise
          
           THOU
           ALSO
           SHALT
           BE
           CUT
           OFF.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Romanes
          
           therefore
           by
           their
           pride
           may
           get
           a
           fall
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ;
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           by
           infidelity
           may
           be
           cut
           off
           ,
           aswell
           as
           any
           other
           congregation
           :
           and
           yet
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           subsist
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           as
           having
           for
           her
           foundation
           neither
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Rom's
          
           Bishop
           ,
           but
           
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           Sonne
           of
           the
           living
           God.
           And
           yet
           this
           proud
           Dame
           and
           her
           daughters
           ,
           the
           particular
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           I
           meane
           ,
           and
           that
           
           which
           they
           call
           the
           
             Catholick
             Romane
          
           (
           or
           the
           faction
           rather
           that
           prevaileth
           in
           them
           both
           )
           have
           in
           these
           latter
           ages
           confined
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           within
           themselves
           ,
           and
           excluded
           all
           others
           that
           were
           not
           under
           the
           Romane
           obedience
           ,
           as
           aliens
           from
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           Israel
           ,
           and
           strangers
           from
           the
           covenants
           of
           promise
           .
           The
           
             Donatists
          
           were
           cryed
           out
           against
           by
           our
           forefathers
           ,
           for
           shutting
           up
           the
           Church
           within
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           
             South
          
           ;
           and
           rejecting
           all
           others
           that
           held
           not
           correspondency
           with
           that
           patch
           of
           theirs
           :
           And
           could
           they
           thinke
           well
           then
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           should
           conclude
           the
           Church
           within
           the
           
             Western
          
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           exclude
           all
           other
           Christians
           from
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           held
           not
           by
           the
           same
           root
           there
           that
           they
           did
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           strange
           thing
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           wise
           men
           should
           make
           such
           large
           discourses
           of
           the
           
             Catholique
          
           Church
           ,
           and
           bring
           so
           many
           testimonies
           to
           prove
           the
           Vniversalitie
           of
           it
           :
           &
           not
           discern
           ,
           that
           while
           by
           this
           means
           they
           think
           they
           have
           gotten
           a
           great
           victory
           over
           us
           ,
           they
           have
           in
           very
           truth
           overthrowne
           themselves
           ;
           for
           when
           it
           cōmeth
           to
           the
           point
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           which
           consisteth
           of
           the
           cōmunion
           of
           all
           nations
           ,
           they
           obtrude
           their
           own
           peece
           unto
           us
           :
           circumscribing
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           within
           the
           precincts
           of
           the
           
             Romish
          
           jurisdiction
           ,
           and
           leaving
           all
           the
           world
           beside
           to
           the
           power
           of
           Sathan
           ;
           for
           with
           them
           it
           is
           a
           resolved
           case
           ;
           that
           q
           
             to
             every
             creature
             it
             is
             altogether
             of
             necessitie
             to
             salvation
             ,
             to
             be
             subiect
             to
             the
             Romane
             Bishop
             .
          
        
         
           What
           must
           then
           become
           of
           the
           poore
           
             Moscovites
          
           and
           
             Grecians
          
           (
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           reformed
           Churches
           )
           in
           
             Europe
             ?
          
           What
           of
           the
           
             Aegyptian
          
           and
           
             Aethiopian
          
           
           Churches
           in
           
             Africk
             ?
          
           what
           of
           the
           great
           companies
           of
           Christians
           scattered
           over
           all
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           even
           from
           
             Constantinople
          
           unto
           the
           
             East
             Indies
             ,
          
           which
           have
           and
           still
           doe
           endure
           more
           afflictions
           and
           pressures
           for
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           than
           they
           have
           ever
           done
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           accounted
           the
           onely
           friends
           of
           Christ
           ?
           Must
           these
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           not
           the
           Popes
           subjects
           ,
           be
           therefore
           denied
           to
           be
           Christ's
           subiects
           ?
           Because
           they
           are
           not
           under
           the
           obedience
           of
           the
           Romane
           Church
           ,
           doe
           they
           thereupon
           forfait
           the
           estate
           which
           they
           claime
           in
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           there
           is
           no
           salvation
           ?
           Must
           we
           give
           all
           these
           for
           gone
           ,
           and
           conclude
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           certainly
           damned
           ?
           They
           who
           talke
           so
           much
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
          
           Church
           ,
           but
           indeed
           stand
           for
           their
           owne
           
             particular
             ,
          
           must
           of
           force
           sinke
           as
           low
           in
           
             uncharitablenesse
             ,
          
           as
           they
           have
           thrust
           themselves
           deep
           in
           
             schisme
          
           :
           wee
           who
           talke
           lesse
           of
           the
           
             Vniversalitie
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           hold
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           cannot
           finde
           in
           our
           hearts
           to
           passe
           such
           a
           bloudy
           sentence
           upō
           so
           many
           poore
           soules
           ,
           that
           have
           given
           their
           Names
           to
           Christ.
           He
           whose
           pleasure
           it
           was
           to
           spread
           the
           Churches
           seed
           so
           farre
           ,
           said
           to
           East
           ,
           West
           ,
           North
           ,
           and
           South
           ;
           
             Giue
             :
          
           it
           is
           not
           for
           us
           then
           to
           say
           ;
           
             Keepe
             backe
             .
          
           He
           hath
           given
           to
           his
           Sonne
           
             the
             heathen
             for
             his
             inheritance
             ,
             and
             the
             uttermost
             parts
             of
             the
             earth
             for
             his
             possession
             :
          
           wee
           for
           our
           parts
           dare
           not
           abbridge
           this
           grant
           ,
           and
           limit
           this
           great
           Lordship
           ,
           as
           we
           conceiue
           it
           may
           best
           fit
           our
           owne
           turnes
           ;
           but
           leave
           it
           to
           his
           owne
           latitude
           ,
           and
           seek
           for
           the
           
             Catholick
          
           Church
           neither
           in
           this
           part
           nor
           in
           that
           peece
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           it
           hath
           beene
           before
           said
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           )
           among
           r
           
             all
             that
             in
             every
             place
             call
             upon
             the
             Name
             of
             
             Iesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             both
             theirs
             and
             ours
             .
          
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           but
           how
           can
           this
           be
           ,
           will
           some
           say
           ,
           seeing
           the
           
             Catholike
          
           Church
           is
           but
           
             one
             :
          
           and
           the
           principall
           reason
           for
           which
           it
           is
           accounted
           one
           ,
           is
           s
           the
           
             unitie
             of
             the
             faith
          
           professed
           therein
           ?
           How
           then
           can
           this
           unitie
           of
           faith
           bee
           preserved
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           if
           one
           speciall
           Church
           be
           not
           set
           as
           a
           Mistresse
           over
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           one
           chiefe
           Bishop
           appointed
           for
           a
           Master
           over
           all
           others
           ,
           by
           whom
           in
           matters
           of
           faith
           every
           one
           must
           be
           ruled
           ?
           And
           out
           of
           such
           different
           professions
           ,
           as
           are
           to
           bee
           found
           among
           the
           divided
           Christians
           in
           those
           severall
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           how
           can
           there
           be
           fit
           matter
           drawne
           for
           the
           making
           up
           of
           one
           Vniversall
           Church
           ?
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           (
           and
           so
           passe
           from
           the
           
             Matter
          
           of
           the
           Building
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Structure
          
           )
           that
           it
           is
           most
           true
           indeede
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Church
           there
           is
           t
           
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Baptisme
          
           :
           for
           so
           we
           are
           taught
           by
           the
           Apostle
           in
           this
           chapter
           .
           But
           yet
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           this
           
             unitie
             of
             the
             faith
          
           must
           be
           compassed
           by
           such
           meanes
           as
           God
           hath
           ordained
           for
           the
           procuring
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           any
           politicke
           trickes
           of
           mans
           devising
           .
           Now
           for
           the
           bringing
           of
           us
           all
           to
           this
           
             unity
             of
             the
             faith
             ,
          
           the
           Apostle
           here
           telleth
           us
           ,
           that
           Christ
           u
           
             gave
             some
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             some
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             some
             Evangelists
             ,
             and
             some
             Pastors
             and
             Teachers
             .
          
           If
           he
           had
           thought
           that
           the
           maintenance
           of
           this
           
             unitie
          
           did
           depend
           upon
           the
           singularitie
           of
           any
           one
           Apostle
           ,
           or
           Pastor
           ,
           or
           Teacher
           :
           is
           it
           to
           be
           imagined
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           have
           overslipped
           such
           a
           singular
           person
           (
           even
           in
           that
           very
           place
           where
           ,
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           his
           presence
           was
           most
           requisite
           )
           and
           runne
           altogether
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           ,
           upon
           the
           plurall
           number
           ?
        
         
         
           That
           the
           multitude
           of
           Teachers
           dispersed
           over
           the
           world
           ,
           without
           any
           such
           dependancie
           or
           correspondencie
           ,
           should
           agree
           together
           in
           laying
           the
           foundations
           of
           the
           same
           faith
           ,
           is
           a
           speciall
           worke
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           .
           And
           it
           is
           x
           
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
          
           which
           the
           Apostle
           here
           speaketh
           of
           ,
           and
           exhorteth
           us
           to
           
             keepe
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             .
          
           Whereas
           the
           unity
           of
           which
           our
           Adversaries
           boast
           so
           much
           (
           which
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           wilfull
           suffering
           of
           themselves
           to
           be
           led
           blind-fold
           by
           one
           man
           ,
           who
           commonly
           is
           more
           blind
           than
           many
           of
           themselves
           )
           is
           no
           fruit
           of
           the
           
             spirit
             ,
          
           but
           of
           meere
           
             carnall
          
           policie
           :
           and
           may
           serve
           peradventure
           for
           
             a
             bond
             of
             peace
          
           betwixt
           themselues
           and
           their
           owne
           partie
           (
           such
           as
           y
           the
           Priests
           of
           
             Antichrist
          
           were
           to
           have
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           as
           would
           be
           content
           to
           yeeld
           themselves
           to
           the
           conduct
           of
           such
           a
           Commander
           )
           but
           hath
           proved
           the
           greatest
           block
           that
           ever
           stood
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           for
           giving
           impediment
           to
           the
           peace
           and
           unity
           of
           the
           universall
           Church
           ,
           which
           here
           we
           looke
           after
           .
           And
           therefore
           
             Nilus
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Thessalonica
             ,
          
           entring
           into
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           original
           ground
           of
           that
           long
           cōtinued
           schisme
           ,
           whereby
           the
           West
           standeth
           as
           yet
           divided
           from
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           the
           Latin
           Churches
           from
           the
           Greeke
           ,
           wrote
           a
           whole
           booke
           purposely
           of
           this
           argument
           ,
           wherein
           he
           sheweth
           ,
           z
           
             that
             there
             is
             no
             other
             cause
             to
             be
             assigned
             of
             this
             distraction
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Pope
             will
             not
             permit
             the
             cognisance
             of
             the
             controversie
             unto
             a
             generall
             Councell
             ,
             but
             will
             needs
             sit
             himselfe
             as
             the
             alone
             Teacher
             of
             the
             point
             in
             question
             ,
             and
             have
             others
             hearken
             unto
             him
             as
             if
             they
             were
             his
             Scholars
             :
             and
             that
             this
             is
             contrary
             both
             to
             the
             ordinances
             ,
             and
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             Apostles
             and
             the
             Fathers
             .
          
           Neither
           
           indeed
           is
           there
           any
           hope
           ,
           that
           ever
           wee
           shall
           see
           a
           generall
           peace
           ,
           for
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           setled
           in
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           this
           supercilious
           Master
           shall
           be
           suffered
           to
           keepe
           this
           rule
           in
           Gods
           house
           :
           how
           much
           soever
           he
           be
           magnified
           by
           his
           owne
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           onely
           foundation
           upon
           which
           the
           unitie
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           dependeth
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           for
           the
           further
           opening
           of
           the
           
             unitie
             of
             the
             faith
             ,
          
           wee
           are
           to
           call
           unto
           minde
           the
           distinction
           which
           the
           Apostle
           maketh
           betwixt
           a
           
             the
             foundation
             ,
          
           and
           that
           which
           is
           
             builded
             thereupon
             :
          
           betwixt
           b
           the
           
             principles
             of
             the
             doctrine
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           that
           which
           he
           calleth
           
             perfection
             .
          
           The
           
             unitie
             of
             the
             faith
             and
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
          
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           hath
           reference
           (
           as
           we
           heard
           )
           to
           the
           
             foundation
             :
          
           as
           that
           which
           followeth
           of
           
             a
             perfect
             man
          
           ;
           and
           
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             stature
             of
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             superstruction
          
           and
           
             perfection
             .
          
           In
           the
           former
           there
           is
           a
           generall
           
             unitie
          
           among
           all
           true
           beleevers
           :
           in
           the
           latter
           ,
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           
             varietie
             ,
          
           there
           being
           severall
           degrees
           of
           
             perfection
          
           to
           be
           found
           in
           severall
           persons
           ,
           c
           
             according
             to
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             gift
             of
             Christ.
          
           So
           we
           see
           in
           a
           materiall
           Building
           ,
           that
           still
           there
           is
           but
           one
           foundation
           ,
           though
           great
           disparitie
           be
           observed
           in
           sundry
           parts
           of
           the
           superstruction
           :
           some
           rooms
           are
           high
           ,
           some
           lowe
           ,
           some
           darke
           ,
           some
           lightsome
           ,
           some
           more
           substantially
           ,
           some
           more
           slightly
           builded
           ,
           and
           in
           tract
           of
           time
           some
           prove
           more
           ruinous
           than
           others
           ;
           yet
           all
           of
           them
           belong
           to
           one
           building
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           hold
           together
           ,
           and
           stand
           upon
           the
           same
           foundation
           .
           And
           even
           thus
           is
           it
           in
           the
           spirituall
           Building
           also
           ;
           whether
           we
           respect
           the
           
             practicall
          
           part
           of
           Christianitie
           ,
           or
           the
           
             intellectuall
             .
          
        
         
         
           In
           the
           
             practicall
          
           we
           see
           wonderfull
           great
           difference
           betwixt
           Christian
           and
           Christian
           :
           some
           by
           Gods
           mercy
           attaine
           to
           a
           higher
           measure
           of
           perfection
           ,
           and
           keepe
           themselves
           unspotted
           from
           the
           cōmon
           corruptions
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           others
           watch
           not
           so
           carefully
           over
           their
           wayes
           ,
           and
           lead
           not
           such
           strict
           lives
           ,
           but
           are
           oftentimes
           overtaken
           and
           fall
           fowly
           :
           that
           he
           who
           looketh
           upon
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           would
           hardly
           thinke
           that
           one
           Heaven
           should
           receive
           them
           both
           .
           But
           although
           the
           one
           doth
           so
           farre
           outstrip
           the
           other
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           new
           Obedience
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Christian
           mans
           race
           )
           yet
           are
           there
           certaine
           fundamentall
           principles
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           both
           concurre
           ;
           as
           d
           a
           desire
           to
           feare
           Gods
           name
           ,
           e
           repentance
           for
           sinnes
           past
           ,
           and
           a
           sincere
           f
           purpose
           of
           heart
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           to
           cleave
           unto
           the
           LORD
           .
           Which
           whosoever
           hath
           ,
           is
           under
           mercie
           ,
           and
           may
           not
           be
           excluded
           from
           the
           
             Communion
             of
             Saints
             .
          
           In
           like
           manner
           for
           the
           
             intellectuall
          
           part
           :
           the
           g
           
             first
             principles
             of
             the
             Oracles
             of
             God
          
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           calleth
           them
           )
           hold
           the
           place
           of
           the
           common
           foundation
           ,
           in
           which
           all
           Christians
           must
           be
           grounded
           :
           although
           h
           some
           be
           
             babes
             ,
          
           and
           for
           further
           knowledge
           are
           
             unskilfull
             in
             the
             word
             of
             righteousnesse
          
           ;
           other
           some
           are
           of
           
             perfect
             age
             ,
             who
             by
             reason
             of
             use
             have
             their
             senses
             exercised
             to
             discerne
             both
             good
             and
             evill
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Oracles
           of
           God
           containe
           aboundance
           of
           matter
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           is
           found
           in
           them
           is
           a
           fit
           object
           for
           
             faith
          
           to
           apprehend
           :
           but
           that
           all
           Christians
           should
           uniformely
           agree
           in
           the
           profession
           of
           all
           those
           truthes
           that
           are
           revealed
           there
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           that
           rather
           may
           be
           wished
           ,
           than
           ever
           hoped
           for
           .
           Yet
           the
           varietie
           of
           mens
           judgements
           in
           those
           manie
           points
           ,
           that
           belong
           
           to
           
             Theologicall
          
           faith
           ;
           doth
           not
           dissolve
           the
           unitie
           which
           they
           hold
           together
           in
           the
           fundamentall
           principles
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
          
           faith
           .
           The
           
             unitie
             of
             the
             faith
          
           commended
           here
           ,
           is
           a
           Catholick
           unitie
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           every
           true
           Christian
           attaineth
           unto
           .
           
             Till
             wee
          
           ALL
           
             come
             in
             the
             unitie
             of
             the
             faith
             :
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           .
           As
           there
           is
           a
           i
           
             common
             salvation
             ,
          
           so
           is
           there
           a
           k
           
             common
             faith
          
           ;
           which
           is
           l
           
             alike
             precious
          
           in
           the
           highest
           Apostle
           and
           the
           meanest
           beleever
           .
           For
           we
           may
           not
           thinke
           that
           Heaven
           was
           prepared
           for
           deepe
           Clerkes
           onely
           :
           and
           therefore
           beside
           that
           larger
           measure
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           whereof
           all
           are
           not
           capable
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           m
           
             a
             Rule
             of
             faith
             common
             to
             small
             and
             great
          
           ;
           which
           as
           it
           must
           consist
           but
           of
           few
           propositions
           ,
           (
           for
           simple
           men
           cannot
           beare
           away
           many
           )
           so
           is
           it
           also
           requisite
           ,
           that
           those
           articles
           should
           be
           of
           such
           weight
           and
           moment
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           sufficient
           to
           make
           a
           man
           wise
           unto
           saluation
           :
           that
           howsoever
           in
           other
           points
           learned
           men
           may
           goe
           beyond
           common
           Christians
           ,
           and
           exceed
           one
           another
           likewise
           by
           many
           degrees
           :
           yet
           in
           respect
           of
           these
           radicall
           truthes
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           necessarie
           and
           common
           food
           of
           all
           the
           children
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           there
           n
           is
           not
           an
           unitie
           onely
           ,
           but
           such
           a
           kinde
           of
           equalitie
           also
           brought
           in
           among
           all
           sorts
           of
           Christians
           ,
           as
           was
           heretofore
           among
           the
           Congregation
           of
           the
           Israelites
           in
           the
           collection
           of
           their
           Manna
           ;
           where
           o
           
             he
             that
             gathered
             much
             ,
             had
             nothing
             over
             ;
             and
             hee
             that
             gathered
             little
             ,
             had
             no
             lacke
             .
          
        
         
           If
           then
           salvation
           by
           beleeving
           these
           common
           principles
           may
           be
           had
           ,
           and
           to
           salvation
           none
           can
           come
           that
           is
           not
           first
           a
           member
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           of
           Christ
           :
           it
           followeth
           thereupon
           ,
           that
           
             the
             unitie
             of
             the
             
             faith
             ,
          
           generally
           requisite
           for
           the
           incorporating
           of
           Christians
           into
           that
           blessed
           societie
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           extended
           beyond
           those
           common
           principles
           .
           Which
           may
           further
           be
           made
           manifest
           unto
           us
           by
           the
           continuall
           practice
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           her selfe
           ,
           in
           the
           matriculation
           of
           her
           children
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           admittance
           of
           them
           into
           her
           communion
           .
           For
           when
           shee
           prepared
           her
           
             Catechumeni
          
           for
           Baptisme
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           dore
           received
           them
           into
           the
           congregation
           of
           Christs
           flock
           ;
           we
           may
           not
           think
           her
           iudgement
           to
           have
           beene
           so
           weake
           ,
           that
           shee
           would
           omit
           any
           thing
           herein
           that
           was
           essentially
           necessary
           for
           the
           making
           of
           one
           a
           member
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Now
           the
           profession
           which
           she
           required
           of
           all
           that
           were
           to
           receive
           Baptisme
           ,
           was
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Agenda
          
           or
           practicall
           part
           ,
           an
           abrenuntiation
           of
           the
           Divell
           ,
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           sinfull
           workes
           and
           lustes
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           
             Credenda
             ,
          
           the
           things
           to
           be
           beleeved
           ,
           an
           acknowledgement
           of
           the
           articles
           of
           the
           Creed
           :
           which
           being
           solemnly
           done
           ,
           she
           then
           baptised
           them
           
             in
             this
             faith
          
           ;
           intimating
           thereby
           sufficiently
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           that
           
             one
             Faith
          
           commended
           unto
           her
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           that
           
             one
             Baptisme
          
           which
           was
           appointed
           to
           be
           the
           p
           Sacrament
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           Creed
           ,
           though
           for
           substance
           it
           was
           the
           same
           every
           where
           ,
           yet
           for
           forme
           was
           somewhat
           different
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           places
           received
           moe
           enlargements
           than
           in
           others
           .
           The
           Westerne
           Churches
           herein
           applyed
           themselves
           to
           the
           capacitie
           of
           the
           meaner
           sort
           ,
           more
           than
           the
           Easterne
           did
           :
           using
           in
           their
           Baptisme
           that
           shorter
           Forme
           of
           Confession
           ,
           commonly
           called
           
             The
             Apostles
             Creed
             ,
          
           which
           in
           the
           more
           ancient
           times
           was
           
           briefer
           also
           than
           now
           it
           is
           .
           As
           we
           may
           easily
           perceive
           ,
           by
           comparing
           the
           Symbol
           recited
           by
           
             Marcellus
             Ancyranus
          
           (
           in
           the
           q
           Profession
           of
           the
           faith
           which
           he
           delivered
           to
           Pope
           
             Iulius
          
           )
           with
           the
           expositions
           of
           the
           Apostles
           Creed
           ,
           written
           by
           the
           Latin
           Doctors
           :
           r
           wherein
           the
           mention
           of
           the
           Fathers
           being
           
             Maker
             of
             heaven
             and
             earth
             ,
          
           the
           Sonnes
           
             Death
          
           and
           
             Descending
             into
             Hell
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             Communion
             of
             Saints
             ,
          
           is
           wholly
           omitted
           .
           All
           which
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           of
           undoubted
           veritie
           ,
           yet
           for
           brevities
           sake
           seeme
           at
           first
           to
           have
           beene
           omitted
           in
           this
           short
           Summe
           :
           because
           some
           of
           them
           perhaps
           were
           not
           thought
           to
           be
           altogether
           so
           necessary
           for
           all
           men
           (
           which
           is
           s
           
             Suarez
          
           his
           judgement
           touching
           the
           point
           of
           the
           
             descent
             into
             Hell
          
           )
           ;
           and
           some
           that
           were
           most
           necessary
           ,
           either
           thought
           to
           be
           sufficiently
           implied
           in
           other
           Articles
           (
           as
           that
           of
           Christ's
           
             death
          
           in
           those
           of
           his
           
             crucifixion
          
           and
           
             buriall
          
           )
           ,
           or
           thought
           to
           be
           sufficiently
           manifested
           by
           the
           light
           of
           reason
           ;
           as
           that
           of
           the
           
             creation
             of
             heaven
             and
             earth
             .
          
           For
           howsoever
           this
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           a
           truth
           revealed
           by
           God's
           Word
           ,
           becommeth
           an
           object
           for
           faith
           to
           apprehend
           (
           
             Heb.
          
           11.3
           .
           )
           :
           yet
           it
           is
           otherwise
           also
           clearely
           to
           be
           understood
           by
           the
           discourse
           of
           reason
           (
           
             Rom.
          
           1.20
           .
           )
           ,
           even
           as
           the
           
             unitie
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           other
           attributes
           of
           the
           Godhead
           likewise
           are
           .
           Which
           therefore
           may
           be
           well
           referred
           unto
           those
           
             Praecognita
             ,
          
           or
           common
           principles
           which
           nature
           may
           possesse
           the
           minde
           withall
           ,
           before
           that
           grace
           enlightneth
           it
           ;
           and
           need
           not
           necessarily
           to
           be
           inserted
           into
           that
           Symbol
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           badge
           and
           cognizance
           whereby
           the
           Beleever
           is
           to
           be
           differenced
           and
           distinguished
           from
           the
           Vnbeleever
           .
        
         
           The
           Creed
           which
           the
           Easterne
           Churches
           used
           in
           
           Baptisme
           ,
           was
           larger
           then
           this
           :
           being
           either
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           very
           little
           different
           from
           that
           which
           we
           commonly
           call
           the
           
             Nicene
             Creed
          
           ;
           because
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           it
           was
           repeated
           and
           confirmed
           in
           the
           first
           generall
           Councell
           held
           at
           
             Nice
             :
          
           where
           the
           first
           draught
           thereof
           was
           presented
           to
           the
           Synod
           by
           
             Eusebius
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Caesarea
             ,
          
           with
           this
           Preamble
           .
           t
           
             As
             wee
             have
             received
             from
             the
             Bishops
             that
             were
             before
             us
             ,
             both
             at
             our
             first
             catechizing
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             received
             Baptisme
             :
             and
             as
             we
             have
             learned
             from
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ;
             and
             as
             we
             have
             both
             beleeved
             and
             taught
             ,
             when
             wee
             entred
             into
             the
             Ministery
             ,
             and
             in
             our
             Bishoprick
             it selfe
             :
             so
             beleeving
             at
             this
             present
             also
             ,
             we
             declare
             this
             our
             faith
             unto
             you
             .
          
           To
           this
           the
           
             Nicene
          
           Fathers
           added
           a
           more
           cleare
           explication
           of
           the
           Deitie
           of
           the
           Sonne
           (
           against
           the
           
             Arrian
          
           heresie
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Church
           was
           then
           troubled
           )
           ,
           professing
           him
           to
           be
           
             begotten
             ,
             not
             made
             ,
          
           and
           to
           be
           
             of
             one
             substance
             with
             the
             Father
             .
          
           The
           second
           generall
           Councell
           ,
           which
           was
           assembled
           fiftie-six
           yeares
           after
           at
           
             Constantinople
             ,
          
           approving
           this
           confession
           of
           the
           faith
           ,
           as
           u
           
             most
             ancient
             and
             agreeable
             to
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           inlarged
           it
           somewhat
           ;
           in
           the
           Article
           that
           concerned
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           especially
           ,
           which
           at
           that
           time
           was
           most
           oppugned
           by
           the
           
             Macedonian
          
           Heretickes
           .
           And
           whereas
           the
           
             Nicene
          
           confession
           proceeded
           no
           further
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           beliefe
           which
           we
           have
           in
           the
           holy
           Trinitie
           ;
           the
           Fathers
           of
           
             Constantinople
          
           made
           it
           up
           ,
           by
           adding
           that
           which
           was
           commonly
           professed
           touching
           the
           Catholicke
           Church
           and
           the
           priviledges
           belonging
           thereunto
           .
           
             Epiphanius
          
           repeating
           this
           Creed
           at
           large
           ,
           x
           affirmeth
           it
           to
           haue
           been
           delivered
           unto
           the
           Church
           by
           the
           Apostles
           .
           y
           
             Cassianus
          
           avoucheth
           as
           much
           ,
           where
           he
           urgeth
           this
           against
           
             Nestorius
             ,
          
           
           as
           the
           Creed
           anciently
           received
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Antioch
          
           ;
           from
           whence
           hee
           came
           .
           The
           Romane
           Church
           ,
           after
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Charles
          
           the
           great
           ,
           added
           the
           article
           of
           the
           procession
           of
           the
           
             H●ly
             Ghost
          
           from
           the
           
             Sonne
             ,
          
           unto
           this
           Symboll
           :
           and
           the
           z
           Councell
           of
           
             Trent
          
           hath
           now
           recommended
           it
           unto
           us
           ,
           
             as
             that
             principle
             in
             which
             all
             that
             professe
             the
             faith
             of
             Christ
             doe
             necessarily
             agree
             ;
             and
             the
             firme
             and
          
           ONELY
           FOVNDATION
           ,
           
             against
             which
             the
             Gates
             of
             Hell
             shall
             never
             prevaile
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           matter
           confessed
           therefore
           by
           the
           Fathers
           of
           
             Trent
          
           themselues
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           
             Constantinopolitane
          
           Creed
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           
             Romane
          
           Creed
           at
           the
           farthest
           (
           which
           differeth
           nothing
           from
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           hath
           added
           
             Filióque
          
           to
           the
           procession
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           
             Nicene
          
           Creed
           ,
           
             Deum
             de
             Deo
             ,
          
           to
           the
           articles
           that
           concerne
           the
           Sonne
           )
           that
           
             onely
             foundation
             ,
          
           and
           principle
           of
           faith
           is
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           in
           the
           
             unitie
          
           whereof
           all
           Christians
           must
           necessarily
           agree
           .
           Which
           is
           otherwise
           cleared
           sufficiently
           ,
           by
           the
           constant
           practice
           of
           the
           Apostles
           and
           their
           successours
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           receiving
           of
           men
           into
           the
           Societie
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           in
           one
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ordinary
           Sermons
           ,
           we
           see
           ,
           there
           was
           so
           much
           matter
           delivered
           ,
           as
           was
           sufficient
           to
           convert
           men
           unto
           the
           faith
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           them
           capable
           of
           Baptisme
           :
           and
           those
           Sermons
           treated
           onely
           of
           the
           first
           principles
           of
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ;
           upon
           the
           receiving
           whereof
           ,
           the
           Church
           (
           following
           the
           example
           of
           the
           Apostles
           )
           never
           did
           denie
           Baptisme
           unto
           her
           
             Catechumeni
             .
          
           In
           these
           first
           principles
           therefore
           must
           the
           foundation
           be
           contained
           ,
           and
           that
           common
           
             unitie
             of
             faith
          
           which
           is
           required
           in
           all
           
           the
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           The
           foundation
           then
           being
           thus
           cleared
           :
           concerning
           the
           superstruction
           ,
           we
           learne
           from
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           that
           some
           a
           
             build
             upon
             this
             foundation
             ,
             gold
             ,
             silver
             ,
             precious
             stones
             ,
             wood
             ,
             hay
             ,
             stubble
             .
          
           Some
           proceed
           from
           one
           degree
           of
           wholesome
           knowledge
           unto
           another
           ;
           increasing
           their
           maine
           stock
           ,
           by
           the
           addition
           of
           those
           other
           sacred
           truthes
           that
           are
           revealed
           in
           the
           word
           of
           God
           :
           and
           these
           build
           upon
           the
           foundation
           ,
           
             gold
             ,
          
           and
           
             silver
             ,
          
           and
           
             precious
             stones
             .
          
           Others
           retaine
           the
           precious
           foundation
           ,
           but
           lay
           base
           matter
           upon
           it
           ;
           
             wood
             ,
             hay
             ,
             stubble
             ,
          
           and
           such
           other
           eyther
           unprofitable
           or
           more
           dangerous
           stuffe
           :
           and
           others
           goe
           so
           farre
           ,
           that
           they
           overthrow
           the
           very
           foundation
           it selfe
           .
           The
           first
           of
           these
           be
           
             wise
             ,
          
           the
           second
           
             foolish
             ,
          
           the
           third
           
             madde
          
           builders
           .
           When
           the
           day
           of
           tryall
           commeth
           :
           the
           first
           mans
           b
           
             worke
             shall
             abide
          
           ;
           and
           hee
           himselfe
           shall
           
             receive
             a
             reward
          
           ;
           the
           second
           shall
           lose
           his
           worke
           ,
           but
           not
           himselfe
           ;
           (
           c
           
             he
             shall
             suffer
             losse
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             but
             he
             himselfe
             shall
             be
             saved
          
           :
           )
           the
           third
           shall
           lose
           both
           himselfe
           and
           his
           worke
           together
           .
           And
           as
           in
           this
           spirituall
           structure
           verie
           different
           kindes
           of
           materialls
           may
           be
           laid
           upon
           the
           same
           foundation
           ,
           some
           sound
           and
           some
           unsound
           :
           so
           in
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           to
           be
           made
           betwixt
           such
           as
           are
           more
           contiguous
           to
           the
           foundation
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           be
           remoter
           off
           .
           The
           fuller
           explication
           of
           the
           first
           principles
           of
           faith
           ,
           and
           the
           conclusions
           deduced
           from
           thence
           ,
           are
           in
           the
           ranke
           of
           those
           verities
           that
           be
           more
           neerely
           conjoyned
           to
           the
           foundation
           :
           to
           which
           those
           falsities
           are
           answerable
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           
           that
           grate
           upon
           the
           foundation
           ,
           and
           any
           way
           endanger
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           that
           there
           be
           diverse
           degrees
           both
           of
           truthes
           and
           errors
           in
           Religion
           ,
           which
           necessarily
           must
           be
           distinguished
           ;
           is
           a
           thing
           acknowledged
           ,
           not
           by
           us
           alone
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           learnedest
           also
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           .
           d
           
             There
             be
             some
             Catholick
             verities
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             which
             doe
             so
             pertaine
             to
             faith
             ,
             that
             these
             being
             taken
             away
             ,
             the
             faith
             it selfe
             must
             be
             taken
             away
             also
             .
             And
             these
             by
             common
             use
             wee
             call
             not
             onely
             Catholick
             ,
             but
             verities
             of
             Faith
             also
             .
             There
             are
             other
             verities
             which
             bee
             Catholick
             also
             and
             universall
             ,
             namely
             ,
             such
             as
             the
             whole
             Church
             holdeth
             ,
             which
             yet
             being
             overthrowne
             ,
             the
             faith
             is
             shaken
             indeed
             ,
             but
             not
             overturned
             .
             And
             in
             the
             errors
             that
             are
             contrary
             to
             such
             truthes
             as
             these
             ,
             the
             faith
             is
             obscured
             ,
             not
             extinguished
             ;
             weakened
             ,
             not
             perished
             .
          
           Neverthelesse
           ,
           e
           
             though
             the
             faith
             bee
             not
             altogether
             destroyed
             by
             them
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             evill
             at
             ease
             ,
             and
             shaken
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             disposed
             to
             corruption
             .
             For
             as
             there
             be
             certaine
             hurts
             of
             the
             bodie
             which
             doe
             not
             take
             away
             the
             life
             ,
             but
             yet
             a
             man
             is
             the
             worse
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             disposed
             to
             corruption
             eyther
             in
             whole
             or
             in
             part
             ;
             as
             there
             be
             other
             mortall
             hurts
             ,
             which
             take
             away
             the
             life
             :
             so
             likewise
             are
             there
             certaine
             degrees
             of
             propositions
             ,
             which
             
             containe
             unsound
             doctrine
             ,
             although
             they
             have
             not
             manifest
             heresie
             .
          
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           generall
           rule
           concerning
           all
           these
           superstructions
           ,
           is
           :
           that
           the
           more
           neere
           they
           are
           to
           the
           foundation
           ,
           of
           so
           much
           greater
           importance
           be
           the
           truthes
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           more
           perillous
           be
           the
           errors
           ,
           as
           againe
           ,
           the
           farther
           they
           are
           removed
           off
           ,
           the
           lesse
           necessary
           doth
           the
           knowledge
           of
           such
           verities
           prove
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           the
           swarving
           from
           the
           truth
           lesse
           dangerous
           .
        
         
           Now
           from
           all
           that
           hath
           beene
           said
           ,
           two
           great
           Questions
           may
           be
           resolved
           ,
           which
           trouble
           manie
           .
           The
           first
           is
           ;
           What
           wee
           may
           judge
           of
           our
           Fore-fathers
           ▪
           who
           lived
           in
           the
           communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ?
           Whereunto
           I
           answere
           ,
           that
           wee
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           thinke
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           lived
           and
           dyed
           under
           the
           mercie
           of
           God.
           For
           wee
           must
           distinguish
           the
           
             Papacie
          
           from
           the
           
             Church
          
           wherein
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           f
           
             Antichrist
          
           from
           
             the
             Temple
             of
             God
             ,
          
           wherein
           hee
           sitteth
           .
           The
           foundation
           upon
           which
           the
           Church
           standeth
           ,
           is
           that
           
             common
             faith
             ,
          
           (
           as
           we
           have
           heard
           )
           in
           the
           
             unitie
          
           whereof
           all
           Christians
           doe
           generally
           accord
           .
           Vpon
           this
           old
           foundation
           Antichrist
           raiseth
           up
           his
           new
           buildings
           ;
           and
           layeth
           upon
           it
           ,
           not
           
             hay
          
           and
           
             stubble
          
           onely
           ,
           but
           farre
           more
           vile
           and
           pernicious
           matter
           ,
           which
           wrencheth
           and
           disturbeth
           the
           very
           foundation
           it selfe
           .
           For
           example
           .
           It
           is
           a
           ground
           of
           the
           Catholick
           faith
           ,
           that
           
             Christ
             was
             borne
             of
             the
             Virgin
             Mary
             :
          
           which
           in
           the
           Scripture
           is
           thus
           explained
           .
           g
           
             God
             sent
             forth
             his
             Sonne
             ,
             Made
             of
             a
             Woman
             .
          
           This
           the
           Papacie
           admitteth
           for
           a
           certaine
           truth
           :
           but
           insinuateth
           withall
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           Altar
           God
           sendeth
           forth
           his
           Sonne
           
           made
           of
           Bread.
           For
           the
           
             Transsubstantiation
          
           which
           these
           man
           would
           haue
           us
           beleeve
           ,
           is
           not
           an
           annihilation
           of
           the
           Bread
           ,
           and
           a
           substitution
           of
           the
           Bodie
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           but
           a
           reall
           conversion
           of
           the
           one
           into
           the
           other
           :
           such
           as
           they
           themselves
           would
           have
           esteemed
           to
           be
           a
           bringing
           forth
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           a
           kinde
           of
           Generation
           of
           him
           .
           For
           ,
           to
           omit
           the
           wilde
           conceits
           of
           
             Postellus
          
           in
           his
           booke
           
             De
             Nativitate
             Mediatoris
             ultimâ
             :
          
           this
           is
           the
           doctrine
           of
           their
           
             graver
             Divines
          
           (
           as
           
             Cornelius
             à
             Lapide
          
           the
           Iesuite
           doth
           acknowledge
           in
           his
           Romane
           Lectures
           )
           that
           h
           
             by
             the
             words
             of
             consecration
             truely
             and
             really
             as
             the
             bread
             is
             transsubstantiated
             ,
             so
             Christ
             is
             produced
             and
             as
             it
             were
             generated
             upon
             the
             Altar
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             powerfull
             and
             effectuall
             manner
             ;
             that
             ,
             if
             Christ
             as
             yet
             had
             not
             beene
             incarnate
             ,
             by
             these
             words
          
           [
           Hoc
           est
           corpus
           meum
           ]
           
             he
             should
             be
             incarnated
             ,
             and
             assume
             an
             humane
             bodie
             .
          
           And
           doth
           not
           this
           new
           Divinitie
           ,
           thinke
           you
           ,
           shrewdly
           threaten
           the
           ancient
           foundation
           of
           the
           Catholick
           beleefe
           of
           the
           
             Incarnation
             ?
          
        
         
           Yet
           such
           as
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           our
           fore-fathers
           opposed
           the
           Popish
           doctrine
           of
           Transsubstantiation
           ,
           could
           alledge
           for
           themselues
           ,
           i
           that
           the
           faith
           which
           they
           maintained
           ,
           was
           then
           
             preserved
             among
             the
             laitie
             ,
             and
             so
             had
             anciently
             beene
             preserved
             .
          
           And
           of
           mine
           owne
           knowledge
           I
           can
           testifie
           ,
           that
           when
           I
           have
           dealt
           with
           some
           of
           the
           common
           people
           that
           would
           be
           counted
           members
           of
           the
           Romane
           Church
           ,
           and
           demanded
           of
           them
           what
           they
           thought
           of
           that
           which
           I
           knew
           to
           be
           the
           common
           
             Tenet
          
           of
           their
           Doctors
           in
           this
           point
           :
           they
           not
           onely
           rejected
           it
           with
           indignation
           ,
           but
           wondered
           also
           that
           I
           should
           imagine
           any
           of
           their
           
           side
           to
           be
           so
           foolish
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           credit
           to
           such
           a
           senselesse
           thing
           .
           Neither
           may
           we
           account
           it
           to
           have
           been
           a
           small
           blessing
           of
           God
           unto
           our
           ancestors
           ,
           who
           lived
           in
           that
           kingdome
           of
           darkenesse
           ,
           that
           the
           Ignorance
           wherein
           they
           were
           bred
           ,
           freed
           them
           from
           the
           understanding
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           being
           known
           might
           prove
           so
           prejudiciall
           to
           their
           soules
           health
           .
           k
           
             For
             there
             be
             some
             things
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             better
             for
             a
             man
             to
             be
             ignorant
             of
             ,
             than
             to
             know
             :
          
           and
           the
           l
           not
           knowing
           of
           those
           profundities
           ,
           which
           are
           indeed
           
             the
             depths
             of
             Satan
             ,
          
           is
           to
           those
           that
           have
           not
           the
           skil
           to
           dive
           into
           the
           bottome
           of
           such
           mysteries
           of
           iniquitie
           ,
           a
           good
           and
           an
           happie
           Ignorance
           .
        
         
           The
           ignorance
           of
           those
           principles
           of
           the
           Catholique
           faith
           ,
           that
           are
           absolutely
           necessarie
           to
           salvation
           ,
           is
           as
           dangerous
           a
           gulfe
           on
           the
           other
           side
           :
           but
           the
           light
           of
           those
           common
           truthes
           of
           Christianitie
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           so
           firmely
           fixed
           in
           the
           mindes
           of
           those
           that
           professed
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           possible
           for
           the
           power
           of
           darkenesse
           to
           extinguish
           it
           ,
           nor
           the
           gates
           of
           Hell
           to
           prevaile
           against
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           verie
           solemne
           dayes
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           ancient
           institution
           of
           the
           Church
           were
           celebrated
           for
           the
           commemoration
           of
           the
           
             Blessed
             Trinitie
             ,
          
           the
           
             Nativitie
             ,
             Passion
             ,
             Resurrection
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ascension
          
           of
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           did
           so
           preserve
           the
           memorie
           of
           these
           things
           among
           the
           common
           people
           ;
           that
           by
           the
           m
           Popish
           Doctors
           themselves
           ,
           it
           is
           made
           an
           argument
           of
           grosse
           and
           supine
           Ignorance
           ,
           that
           any
           should
           not
           have
           explicite
           knowledge
           of
           those
           mysteries
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           were
           thus
           publikely
           solemnized
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           (
           which
           is
           the
           principall
           
           point
           of
           all
           )
           the
           ordinary
           instruction
           appointed
           to
           be
           given
           unto
           men
           upon
           their
           death-beds
           ,
           was
           :
           n
           that
           they
           should
           looke
           
             to
             come
             to
             glorie
             ,
             not
             by
             their
             owne
             merits
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             vertue
             and
             merit
             of
             the
             passion
             of
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           ;
           that
           they
           should
           
             place
             their
             whole
             confidence
             in
             his
             death
             onely
             ,
             and
             in
             no
             other
             thing
          
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           should
           
             interpose
             his
             death
             betwixt
             God
             and
             their
             sinnes
             ,
             betwixt
             them
             and
             Gods
             anger
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           where
           these
           things
           did
           thus
           concurre
           in
           any
           (
           as
           wee
           doubt
           not
           but
           they
           did
           in
           many
           thousands
           )
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           common
           principles
           of
           the
           faith
           ,
           the
           ignorance
           of
           such
           maine
           errours
           as
           did
           endanger
           the
           foundation
           ,
           a
           godly
           life
           ,
           and
           a
           faithfull
           death
           :
           there
           we
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           make
           any
           question
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           had
           fitted
           a
           subject
           for
           his
           mercy
           to
           worke
           upon
           .
           And
           yet
           in
           saying
           thus
           ,
           wee
           doe
           nothing
           lesse
           than
           say
           that
           such
           as
           these
           were
           
             Papists
             ,
          
           either
           in
           their
           life
           or
           in
           their
           death
           :
           members
           of
           the
           Romane
           Church
           perhaps
           they
           were
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           by
           God's
           goodnes
           were
           preserved
           from
           the
           mortalitie
           of
           
             Popery
          
           that
           raigned
           there
           .
           For
           
             Popery
          
           it selfe
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           botch
           or
           the
           plague
           of
           that
           Church
           :
           which
           hazardeth
           the
           soules
           of
           those
           it
           seizeth
           upon
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           any
           infection
           can
           doe
           the
           body
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           any
           one
           will
           needs
           be
           so
           foole-hardy
           as
           to
           take
           up
           his
           lodging
           in
           such
           a
           Pest-house
           ,
           after
           warning
           given
           of
           the
           present
           danger
           ;
           wee
           in
           our
           charitie
           may
           well
           say
           ,
           
             Lord
             have
             mercy
             upon
             him
             :
          
           but
           he
           ,
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           hath
           great
           cause
           to
           feare
           ,
           that
           God
           in
           his
           justice
           will
           inflict
           that
           judgement
           upon
           him
           ,
           which
           o
           in
           this
           case
           he
           hath
           threatned
           against
           such
           as
           will
           
             not
             beleeve
             the
             truth
             ,
             but
             take
             pleasure
             
             in
             vnrighteousnesse
             .
          
           And
           so
           much
           may
           suffice
           for
           that
           question
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           question
           ,
           so
           rise
           in
           the
           mouthes
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           ,
           is
           :
           
             Where
             was
             your
             Church
             before
             Luther
             ?
          
           Whereunto
           an
           answere
           may
           bee
           returned
           from
           the
           grounds
           of
           the
           solution
           of
           the
           former
           question
           :
           that
           our
           Church
           was
           even
           there
           where
           now
           it
           is
           .
           In
           all
           places
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           where
           the
           ancient
           foundations
           were
           retained
           ,
           and
           those
           common
           principles
           of
           faith
           ,
           upon
           the
           profession
           whereof
           men
           have
           ever
           beene
           wont
           to
           be
           admitted
           ,
           by
           Baptisme
           ,
           into
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           :
           there
           we
           doubt
           not
           but
           our
           Lord
           had
           his
           subjects
           ,
           and
           wee
           our
           fellow-servants
           .
           For
           wee
           bring-in
           no
           new
           Faith
           ,
           nor
           no
           new
           Church
           .
           That
           which
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           p
           was
           accounted
           to
           be
           
             truely
             and
             properly
             Catholick
             ,
          
           namely
           ,
           
             that
             which
             was
             beleeved
             every
             where
             ,
             alwayes
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             :
          
           that
           in
           the
           succeeding
           ages
           hath
           evermore
           beene
           preserved
           ,
           and
           is
           at
           this
           day
           entirely
           professed
           in
           our
           Church
           .
           And
           it
           is
           well
           observed
           by
           a
           learned
           man
           ,
           who
           hath
           written
           a
           full
           discourse
           of
           this
           argument
           ;
           that
           q
           
             whatsoever
             the
             Father
             of
             lies
             either
             hath
             attempted
             or
             shall
             attempt
             ,
             yet
             neither
             hath
             he
             hitherto
             effected
             ,
             nor
             shall
             ever
             bring
             it
             to
             passe
             hereafter
             ,
             that
             this
             Catholick
             doctrine
             ,
             ratified
             by
             the
             common
             consent
             of
             Christians
             alwayes
             and
             every
             where
             ,
             should
             be
             abolished
             ;
             but
             that
             in
             the
             thickest
             mist
             rather
             of
             the
             most
             perplexed
             troubles
             ,
             it
             still
             obtained
             victorie
             ,
             
             both
             in
             the
             mindes
             and
             in
             the
             open
             confession
             of
             all
             Christians
             ,
             no
             wayes
             overturned
             in
             the
             foundation
             thereof
             :
             and
             that
             in
             this
             veritie
             that
             one
             Church
             of
             Christ
             was
             preserved
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             tempests
             of
             the
             most
             cruell
             winter
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             thickest
             darknes
             of
             her
             waynings
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           if
           at
           this
           day
           we
           should
           take
           a
           survay
           of
           the
           severall
           professions
           of
           Christianitie
           ,
           that
           have
           any
           large
           spread
           in
           any
           part
           of
           the
           world
           (
           as
           of
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           
             Romane
          
           and
           the
           
             Reformed
          
           Churches
           in
           our
           Quarters
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Aegyptians
          
           and
           
             Aethiopians
          
           in
           the
           South
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Grecians
          
           and
           other
           Christians
           in
           the
           Easterne
           parts
           )
           ,
           and
           should
           put-by
           the
           points
           wherein
           they
           did
           differ
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           and
           gather
           into
           one
           body
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Articles
           wherein
           they
           all
           did
           generally
           agree
           :
           wee
           should
           finde
           ,
           that
           in
           those
           propositions
           which
           without
           all
           controversie
           are
           universally
           received
           in
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           ,
           so
           much
           truth
           is
           contained
           ,
           as
           ,
           being
           joyned
           with
           holy
           obedience
           ,
           may
           be
           sufficient
           to
           bring
           a
           man
           unto
           everlasting
           salvation
           .
           Neither
           have
           wee
           cause
           to
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           r
           
             as
             many
             as
             doe
             walke
             according
             to
             this
             rule
          
           (
           neither
           overthrowing
           that
           which
           they
           have
           builded
           by
           superinducing
           any
           
             damnable
             heresies
          
           thereupon
           ,
           nor
           otherwise
           vitiating
           their
           
             holie
             faith
          
           with
           a
           lewd
           and
           wicked
           conversation
           )
           
             peace
             shall
             bee
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             mercie
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             Israel
             of
             GOD.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           these
           common
           principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           faith
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           things
           
             generally
             beleeved
          
           of
           all
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           s
           
             Vniversalitie
             ,
          
           and
           
             Antiquity
             ,
          
           and
           
             Consent
          
           concurring
           with
           them
           (
           which
           by
           
             Vincentius
          
           
           his
           rule
           ,
           are
           the
           speciall
           characters
           of
           that
           which
           is
           truely
           and
           properly
           
             Catholick
          
           :
           so
           for
           their
           
             Duration
          
           wee
           are
           sure
           that
           they
           have
           still
           held
           out
           ,
           and
           beene
           kept
           as
           the
           
             Seminarie
          
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           in
           the
           darkest
           and
           difficultest
           times
           that
           ever
           have
           beene
           :
           where
           if
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hostes
           had
           not
           in
           his
           mercy
           reserved
           this
           seed
           unto
           us
           ,
           we
           should
           long
           since
           t
           
             have
             beene
             as
             Sodom
             ,
             and
             should
             have
             beene
             like
             unto
             Gomorrah
             .
          
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           indeed
           ,
           that
           Sathan
           and
           his
           instruments
           have
           used
           their
           utmost
           endeavour
           ,
           either
           to
           hide
           this
           light
           from
           mens
           eyes
           ,
           by
           keeping
           them
           in
           grosse
           ignorance
           ,
           or
           to
           deprave
           it
           by
           bringing-in
           pernicious
           heresies
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           these
           latter
           ages
           they
           have
           much
           prevailed
           both
           wayes
           ,
           aswell
           in
           the
           West
           and
           North
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           East
           and
           South
           .
           Yet
           farre
           be
           it
           ,
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           from
           any
           man
           to
           thinke
           ,
           that
           u
           
             God
             should
             so
             cast
             away
             his
             people
             ,
          
           that
           in
           those
           times
           there
           should
           not
           be
           left
           
             a
             remnant
             according
             to
             the
             election
             of
             grace
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Christian
           Church
           was
           never
           brought
           unto
           a
           lower
           ebbe
           ,
           than
           was
           the
           Iewish
           Synagogue
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ;
           when
           x
           the
           
             Interpreters
             of
             the
             Law
          
           had
           taken
           away
           the
           key
           of
           knowledge
           :
           and
           that
           little
           knowledge
           that
           remained
           ,
           was
           miserably
           corrupted
           ,
           not
           onely
           with
           the
           leaven
           of
           the
           
             Pharisees
             ,
          
           but
           also
           with
           the
           damnable
           heresie
           of
           the
           
             Sadduces
             .
          
           And
           yet
           a
           man
           at
           that
           time
           might
           have
           seene
           the
           true
           servants
           of
           GOD
           standing
           together
           with
           these
           men
           in
           the
           selfe-same
           Temple
           :
           which
           might
           well
           be
           accounted
           ,
           as
           the
           
             House
             of
             the
             Saints
          
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           so
           a
           
             Denne
             of
             theeves
          
           in
           respect
           
           of
           the
           other
           .
           When
           the
           pestilent
           heresie
           of
           the
           
             Arrians
          
           had
           polluted
           the
           whole
           world
           ;
           the
           people
           of
           Christ
           were
           not
           to
           bee
           found
           among
           them
           onely
           who
           made
           an
           open
           secession
           from
           that
           wicked
           company
           ,
           but
           among
           those
           also
           who
           held
           externall
           communion
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           lived
           under
           their
           Ministery
           .
           Where
           they
           so
           learned
           the
           other
           truthes
           of
           GOD
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           yet
           ignorant
           of
           their
           maine
           errour
           ;
           God
           in
           his
           providence
           so
           ordering
           matters
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           it
           is
           noted
           by
           S.
           y
           
             Hilary
             )
             the
             people
             of
             Christ
             should
             not
             perish
             under
             the
             Priests
             of
             Antichrist
             .
          
        
         
           If
           you
           demand
           then
           ,
           Where
           was
           
             Gods
             Temple
          
           all
           this
           while
           ?
           the
           answer
           is
           at
           hand
           :
           There
           where
           
             Antichrist
          
           sate
           .
           Where
           was
           
             Christs
          
           people
           ?
           Even
           under
           
             Antichrists
          
           Priests
           :
           and
           yet
           this
           is
           no
           justification
           at
           all
           ,
           either
           of
           
             Antichrist
             ,
          
           or
           of
           his
           
             Priests
          
           ;
           but
           a
           manifestation
           of
           God's
           great
           power
           ,
           who
           is
           able
           to
           uphold
           his
           Church
           even
           there
           z
           
             where
             Satans
             throne
             is
             .
          
           Babylon
           was
           an
           infectious
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           infection
           thereof
           was
           mortall
           :
           and
           yet
           God
           had
           his
           people
           there
           ,
           whom
           hee
           preserved
           from
           the
           mortalitie
           of
           that
           infection
           .
           Else
           ,
           how
           should
           he
           have
           said
           ;
           a
           
             Come
             out
             of
             her
             my
             people
             ;
             that
             yee
             bee
             not
             partakers
             of
             her
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             that
             ye
             receive
             not
             of
             her
             plagues
             .
          
           If
           the
           place
           had
           not
           beene
           infectious
           ,
           he
           should
           not
           have
           needed
           to
           forwarne
           them
           of
           the
           danger
           wherein
           they
           stood
           of
           
             partaking
             in
             her
             sinnes
          
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           infection
           had
           not
           beene
           mortall
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           put
           them
           in
           minde
           of
           the
           
             plagues
          
           that
           were
           to
           follow
           :
           and
           if
           in
           the
           place
           thus
           mortally
           infected
           ,
           God
           had
           not
           preserved
           a
           people
           alive
           unto
           himselfe
           ,
           he
           could
           
           not
           have
           said
           ;
           
             Come
             out
             of
             her
             my
             people
             .
          
        
         
           The
           enemie
           indeed
           had
           there
           sowne
           his
           tares
           :
           but
           b
           sowne
           them
           in
           the
           LORDS
           field
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           LORDS
           wheate
           .
           And
           a
           field
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           may
           so
           bee
           c
           overgrowne
           with
           such
           evill
           weedes
           as
           these
           ;
           that
           at
           the
           first
           sight
           a
           man
           would
           hardly
           thinke
           ,
           that
           any
           corne
           were
           there
           at
           all
           :
           even
           as
           in
           the
           barne
           it selfe
           ,
           the
           d
           mixture
           of
           the
           chaffe
           with
           the
           wheate
           is
           sometime
           such
           ,
           as
           a-farre
           off
           a
           man
           would
           imagine
           that
           he
           did
           see
           but
           a
           heape
           of
           chaffe
           ,
           and
           nothing
           else
           .
           Those
           worthy
           husbandmen
           that
           in
           these
           last
           600.
           yeares
           have
           taken
           paines
           in
           plucking
           up
           those
           pernicious
           weedes
           out
           of
           the
           LORDS
           field
           ,
           and
           severing
           the
           chaffe
           from
           his
           graine
           ;
           cannot
           be
           rightly
           said
           in
           doing
           this
           ,
           eyther
           to
           have
           brought
           in
           another
           field
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           changed
           the
           ancient
           graine
           .
           The
           field
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           weeded
           now
           ,
           unweeded
           then
           :
           the
           graine
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           winnowed
           now
           ,
           unwinnowed
           then
           .
           Wee
           preach
           no
           new
           faith
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           Catholique
           faith
           that
           ever
           hath
           beene
           preached
           :
           neyther
           was
           it
           any
           part
           of
           our
           meaning
           to
           begin
           a
           new
           Church
           in
           these
           latter
           dayes
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           to
           reforme
           the
           old
           .
           A
           tree
           that
           hath
           the
           luxurious
           branches
           lopped
           off
           ,
           and
           the
           noxious
           things
           that
           cleave
           unto
           it
           taken
           away
           ;
           is
           not
           by
           this
           pruning
           and
           purging
           of
           it
           made
           another
           tree
           than
           it
           was
           before
           :
           neyther
           is
           the
           Church
           
             reformed
          
           in
           our
           dayes
           ,
           another
           Church
           than
           that
           which
           was
           
             deformed
          
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           our
           fore-fathers
           ;
           though
           it
           hath
           no
           agreement
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           with
           
             Poperie
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           Pestilence
           that
           walked
           in
           those
           times
           of
           darkenesse
           ,
           and
           the
           destruction
           
           that
           now
           wasteth
           at
           noone
           day
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           have
           I
           finished
           that
           which
           I
           had
           to
           speak
           ,
           concerning
           
             the
             unitie
             of
             the
             faith
             :
          
           for
           the
           further
           explication
           whereof
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           addeth
           .
           [
           
             and
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God.
          
           ]
           Wherein
           wee
           may
           observe
           both
           the
           Nature
           of
           this
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           Object
           of
           it
           .
           For
           the
           former
           ,
           we
           see
           that
           Faith
           is
           here
           described
           unto
           us
           by
           
             Knowledge
          
           :
           to
           shew
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           Knowledge
           is
           a
           thing
           that
           is
           necessarily
           required
           in
           true
           beleeving
           ;
           Whereof
           this
           may
           bee
           an
           argument
           sufficient
           :
           that
           in
           matters
           of
           faith
           the
           Scripture
           doth
           use
           indifferently
           the
           termes
           of
           
             knowing
          
           and
           
             beleeving
             .
          
           So
           Iob
           19.25
           .
           
             I
             know
             that
             my
             Redeemer
             liveth
             .
          
           Ioh.
           17.3
           .
           
             This
             is
             life
             eternall
             ,
             that
             they
             know
             thee
             the
             onely
             true
             God
             ,
             and
             Iesus
             Christ
             whom
             thou
             hast
             sent
             .
          
           Esai
           .
           53.11
           .
           
             By
             his
             knowledge
             shall
             my
             righteous
             servant
             iustifie
             manie
             .
          
           As
           therefore
           in
           the
           fundamentall
           truthes
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           
             unitie
             of
             faith
          
           is
           required
           among
           all
           those
           that
           belong
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           :
           so
           in
           those
           maine
           grounds
           likewise
           there
           is
           
             unitie
             of
             knowledge
          
           generally
           required
           among
           all
           that
           professe
           the
           name
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           For
           some
           things
           there
           be
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           whereof
           is
           absolutely
           necessarie
           ,
           e
           
             necessitate
             medij
             vel
             finis
          
           (
           as
           the
           School-men
           speak
           :
           )
           without
           which
           no
           man
           may
           expect
           ,
           by
           Gods
           ordinarie
           law
           ,
           to
           attaine
           unto
           the
           
             end
          
           of
           his
           faith
           ,
           the
           salvation
           of
           his
           soule
           .
           And
           
           in
           these
           a
           man
           may
           lose
           himselfe
           ,
           not
           by
           
             Heresie
          
           onely
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           flat
           denying
           ;
           but
           by
           
             Ignorance
          
           also
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           bare
           not
           knowing
           of
           them
           :
           these
           things
           being
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           so
           necessarie
           ,
           that
           although
           it
           lay
           not
           in
           our
           power
           to
           attaine
           thereunto
           ,
           yet
           this
           invincible
           Ignorance
           should
           not
           excuse
           us
           from
           everlasting
           death
           .
           Even
           as
           if
           there
           were
           one
           onely
           remedie
           ,
           whereby
           a
           sicke
           man
           could
           be
           recovered
           ,
           and
           freed
           from
           corporall
           death
           :
           suppose
           the
           patient
           and
           the
           Physitian
           both
           were
           ignorant
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           man
           must
           perish
           ,
           as
           well
           not
           knowing
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           being
           brought
           unto
           him
           ,
           he
           had
           refused
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           in
           this
           case
           it
           is
           resolved
           ,
           that
           f
           from
           the
           explicite
           faith
           ,
           &
           actuall
           knowledge
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           nothing
           can
           excuse
           but
           onely
           such
           an
           incapacitie
           as
           is
           found
           in
           infants
           ,
           naturals
           ,
           and
           distracted
           persons
           :
           and
           that
           in
           all
           others
           which
           have
           the
           use
           of
           reason
           ,
           although
           they
           want
           the
           meanes
           of
           instruction
           ,
           this
           Ignorance
           is
           not
           onely
           perillous
           ,
           but
           also
           damnable
           .
        
         
           The
           danger
           then
           of
           this
           Ignorance
           being
           ,
           by
           the
           confession
           of
           the
           most
           judicious
           Divines
           of
           both
           sides
           ,
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           so
           great
           :
           the
           wofull
           estate
           of
           the
           poore
           Countrey
           wherein
           I
           live
           ,
           is
           much
           to
           bee
           lamented
           ,
           where
           the
           people
           generally
           are
           suffered
           to
           perish
           for
           want
           of
           knowledge
           :
           the
           vulgar
           superstitions
           of
           Poperie
           not
           doing
           them
           halfe
           that
           hurt
           ,
           that
           the
           ignorance
           of
           those
           common
           principles
           of
           the
           faith
           doth
           ,
           which
           all
           true
           Christians
           are
           bound
           to
           learne
           .
           The
           consideration
           whereof
           ,
           hath
           sometime
           drawne
           mee
           to
           treate
           with
           those
           of
           
           the
           opposite
           party
           ,
           &
           to
           move
           them
           :
           that
           howsoever
           in
           other
           things
           we
           did
           differ
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           yet
           wee
           should
           joyne
           together
           in
           teaching
           those
           maine
           points
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           whereof
           was
           so
           necessary
           unto
           salvation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           truth
           whereof
           there
           was
           no
           controversie
           betwixt
           us
           .
           But
           what
           for
           the
           jealousies
           ,
           which
           these
           distractions
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           have
           bred
           among
           us
           ,
           &
           what
           for
           other
           respects
           ,
           the
           motiō
           took
           small
           effect
           :
           &
           so
           betwixt
           us
           both
           ,
           the
           poor
           people
           are
           kept
           still
           in
           miserable
           ignorāce
           ,
           neither
           knowing
           the
           grounds
           of
           the
           one
           religion
           nor
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Here
           the
           case
           (
           God
           be
           thanked
           )
           is
           farre
           otherwise
           :
           where
           your
           
             Maiesties
          
           care
           can
           never
           be
           sufficiently
           commended
           ,
           in
           taking
           order
           ,
           that
           the
           chiefe
           heads
           of
           the
           
             Catechisme
          
           should
           ,
           in
           the
           ordinarie
           ministerie
           ,
           be
           diligently
           propounded
           and
           explained
           unto
           the
           people
           throughout
           the
           land
           .
           Which
           I
           wish
           were
           as
           duely
           executed
           every
           where
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           piously
           by
           You
           intended
           .
           Great
           Scholars
           possibly
           may
           thinke
           ,
           that
           it
           standeth
           not
           so
           well
           with
           their
           credite
           ,
           to
           stoop
           thus
           low
           ,
           and
           to
           spend
           so
           much
           of
           their
           time
           in
           teaching
           these
           rudiments
           and
           first
           principles
           of
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Christ.
           But
           they
           should
           consider
           ,
           that
           the
           laying
           of
           the
           foundation
           skilfully
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           matter
           of
           greatest
           importance
           in
           the
           whole
           building
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           the
           very
           master-peece
           of
           the
           wisest
           builder
           g
           
             According
             to
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             which
             is
             given
             unto
             mee
             ,
             as
             a
             wise
             master-builder
             ,
             I
             have
             layd
             the
             foundation
             :
          
           saith
           the
           great
           Apostle
           .
           And
           let
           the
           learnedest
           of
           us
           all
           try
           it
           when-ever
           wee
           please
           ;
           wee
           shall
           finde
           ,
           that
           to
           lay
           this
           ground-worke
           rightly
           ,
           
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           apply
           our selves
           unto
           the
           capacitie
           of
           the
           common
           Auditorie
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           an
           Ignorant
           man
           to
           understand
           these
           mysteries
           in
           some
           good
           measure
           )
           will
           put
           us
           to
           the
           tryall
           of
           our
           skill
           ,
           and
           trouble
           us
           a
           great
           deale
           more
           ,
           than
           if
           we
           were
           to
           discusse
           a
           controversie
           ,
           or
           handle
           a
           subtile
           point
           of
           learning
           in
           the
           Schooles
           .
           Yet
           h
           
             Christ
          
           did
           give
           as
           well
           his
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           and
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           and
           
             Evangelists
             ,
          
           as
           his
           ordinarie
           
             Pastors
          
           and
           
             Teachers
             ,
          
           to
           bring
           us
           all
           ,
           both
           learned
           and
           unlearned
           ,
           unto
           
             the
             unitie
             of
             this
             faith
             and
             knowledge
             :
          
           and
           the
           neglecting
           of
           this
           ,
           is
           the
           frustrating
           of
           the
           whole
           
             worke
             of
             the
             Ministerie
          
           ▪
           For
           let
           us
           preach
           never
           so
           many
           Sermons
           unto
           the
           people
           ,
           our
           labour
           is
           but
           lost
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           foundation
           is
           unlaid
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           principles
           untaught
           ,
           upon
           which
           all
           other
           doctrine
           must
           be
           builded
           .
        
         
           Hee
           therefore
           that
           will
           i
           
             studie
             to
             shew
             himselfe
             approved
             unto
             God
             ,
             a
             workeman
             that
             needeth
             not
             to
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             dividing
             the
             word
             of
             God
             aright
          
           ;
           must
           have
           a
           speciall
           care
           to
           plant
           this
           Kingdome
           both
           in
           the
           mindes
           and
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           them
           that
           heare
           him
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           the
           hearts
           aswell
           as
           in
           the
           mindes
           :
           because
           we
           may
           not
           content
           our selves
           with
           a
           bare
           
             Theoricall
          
           knowledge
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           information
           onely
           of
           the
           Vnderstanding
           ,
           and
           goeth
           no
           further
           than
           the
           braine
           ;
           but
           we
           must
           labour
           to
           attaine
           unto
           a
           further
           degree
           both
           of
           
             Experimentall
          
           and
           of
           
             Practicall
          
           Knowledge
           ,
           in
           the
           things
           that
           wee
           have
           learned
           .
           A
           young
           man
           may
           talke
           much
           of
           the
           troubles
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           a
           Scholar
           in
           the
           Vniversitie
           may
           shew
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           wit
           in
           making
           a
           large
           declamation
           
           upon
           that
           argument
           :
           but
           when
           the
           same
           men
           have
           afterwards
           been
           beaten
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           will
           confesse
           that
           they
           spake
           before
           they
           knew
           not
           what
           ,
           and
           count
           their
           former
           apprehension
           of
           these
           things
           to
           be
           but
           meere
           Ignorance
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           that
           new
           learning
           which
           now
           they
           have
           bought
           by
           deare
           experience
           .
           The
           tree
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           of
           which
           our
           first
           parents
           were
           forbidden
           to
           eate
           ,
           was
           called
           k
           
             the
             tree
             of
             knowledge
             of
             good
             and
             evill
             :
          
           because
           it
           signified
           unto
           them
           ,
           that
           as
           now
           while
           they
           stood
           upon
           termes
           of
           obedience
           with
           their
           Creator
           ,
           they
           knew
           nothing
           but
           
             good
          
           ;
           so
           at
           what
           time
           soever
           they
           did
           transgresse
           his
           commandement
           ,
           they
           should
           begin
           to
           know
           
             evill
          
           also
           ,
           whereof
           before
           they
           had
           no
           knowledge
           ,
           not
           but
           that
           they
           had
           an
           
             intellectuall
          
           knowledge
           of
           it
           before
           (
           for
           he
           that
           knoweth
           good
           ,
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           of
           that
           which
           is
           contrarie
           unto
           it
           ;
           
             Rectum
          
           being
           alwayes
           
             index
             sui
             &
             obliqui
             :
          
           )
           but
           that
           till
           then
           they
           never
           had
           felt
           any
           evill
           ,
           they
           never
           had
           any
           
             experimentall
          
           knowledge
           of
           it
           .
           So
           our
           Apostle
           in
           this
           Epistle
           boweth
           his
           knees
           unto
           the
           Father
           of
           our
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           grant
           unto
           these
           Ephesians
           ,
           l
           
             to
             know
             the
             love
             of
             Christ
             which
             passeth
             knowledge
             :
          
           shewing
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           further
           degree
           of
           knowledge
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           felt
           by
           the
           heart
           ,
           though
           not
           comprehended
           by
           the
           braine
           :
           and
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Philippians
           ,
           m
           he
           counteth
           all
           things
           but
           losse
           
             for
             the
             excellent
             knowledge
             sake
             of
             Christ
             Iesus
             his
             Lord.
          
           Meaning
           hereby
           a
           knowledge
           grounded
           upon
           deepe
           experience
           of
           the
           vertue
           of
           Christs
           death
           and
           resurrection
           ,
           in
           his
           owne
           soule
           :
           
           as
           he
           expoundeth
           it
           himselfe
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           following
           .
           n
           
             That
             I
             may
             know
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             of
             his
             resurrection
             ,
             and
             the
             fellowship
             of
             his
             sufferings
             ,
             and
             be
             made
             conformable
             unto
             his
             death
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           an
           
             Experimentall
          
           knowledge
           then
           to
           be
           looked
           after
           ,
           beside
           the
           
             Mentall
             :
          
           and
           so
           is
           there
           a
           
             Practicall
          
           knowledge
           likewise
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           an
           
             Intellectuall
             .
          
           When
           Christ
           is
           said
           to
           have
           
             knowne
             no
             sinne
          
           :
           wee
           cannot
           understand
           this
           of
           
             Intellectuall
          
           knowledge
           (
           for
           had
           he
           not
           thus
           knowne
           sinne
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           have
           reproved
           it
           as
           he
           did
           )
           but
           of
           
             Practicall
             .
          
           So
           that
           ,
           o
           
             Hee
             knew
             no
             sinne
             ,
          
           in
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           ;
           must
           be
           conceived
           to
           be
           the
           very
           same
           with
           ,
           p
           
             He
             did
             no
             sinne
             ,
          
           in
           S.
           
             Peter
             .
          
           In
           the
           first
           to
           the
           Romanes
           ,
           they
           that
           q
           
             knew
             God
             ,
          
           because
           they
           
             glorified
             him
             not
             as
             God
             ,
          
           are
           therefore
           said
           ,
           r
           
             not
             to
             have
             God
             in
             their
             knowledge
             .
          
           God
           made
           his
           wayes
           and
           his
           lawes
           knowne
           to
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           in
           the
           desert
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           s
           said
           of
           them
           :
           
             It
             is
             a
             people
             that
             doe
             erre
             in
             their
             heart
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             not
             knowne
             my
             wayes
             .
          
           For
           there
           is
           an
           errour
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           braine
           :
           and
           a
           kinde
           of
           ignorance
           arising
           from
           the
           will
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           from
           the
           minde
           .
           And
           therefore
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrewes
           ,
           t
           all
           sinnes
           are
           termed
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             ignorances
             ,
          
           and
           u
           sinners
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             ignorant
             and
             erring
          
           persons
           :
           because
           how
           ever
           in
           the
           generall
           the
           understanding
           may
           be
           informed
           rightly
           ,
           yet
           when
           particular
           actions
           come
           to
           be
           resolved
           upon
           ,
           mens
           perverse
           wils
           and
           inordinate
           affections
           cloude
           their
           mindes
           ,
           and
           lead
           them
           out
           of
           the
           way
           .
           That
           therefore
           is
           to
           bee
           accounted
           sound
           
             Knowledge
             ,
          
           which
           sinketh
           from
           the
           braine
           into
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           from
           
           thence
           breaketh
           forth
           into
           action
           :
           (
           setting
           head
           ,
           heart
           ,
           hand
           ,
           and
           all
           aworke
           :
           )
           and
           so
           much
           onely
           must
           thou
           reckon
           thy selfe
           to
           know
           in
           Christianitie
           ,
           as
           thou
           art
           able
           to
           make
           use
           of
           in
           practise
           .
           For
           as
           Saint
           
             Iames
          
           saith
           of
           faith
           ;
           x
           
             Shew
             me
             thy
             faith
             by
             thy
             workes
          
           :
           so
           doth
           he
           in
           like
           manner
           of
           knowledge
           .
           y
           
             Who
             is
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             and
             endued
             with
             knowledge
             amongst
             you
             ?
             let
             him
             shew
             out
             of
             a
             good
             conversation
             his
             workes
             with
             meekenesse
             of
             wisedome
          
           :
           and
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           much
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           z
           
             Hereby
             we
             doe
             know
             that
             we
             know
             him
             ,
             if
             wee
             keepe
             his
             commandements
             .
             He
             that
             saith
             ,
             I
             know
             him
             ,
             and
             keepeth
             not
             his
             commandements
             ,
             is
             a
             lyar
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             is
             not
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           He
           speaketh
           there
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           the
           righteous
           :
           
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
          
           who
           is
           here
           in
           my
           text
           likewise
           made
           the
           
             Obiect
          
           of
           this
           Knowledge
           .
           a
           
             Thou
             art
             Christ
             the
             Sonne
             of
             the
             living
             God
          
           :
           is
           by
           Christ
           himselfe
           made
           the
           
             rocke
          
           upon
           which
           the
           whole
           Church
           is
           builded
           ,
           And
           ,
           b
           
             Other
             foundation
          
           (
           saith
           S.
           
             Paul
             )
             can
             no
             man
             lay
             ,
             than
             that
             is
             laid
             ,
             which
             is
             Iesus
             Christ.
          
           c
           Not
           that
           wee
           should
           thinke
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           no
           other
           fundamentall
           doctrine
           to
           bee
           acknowledged
           but
           this
           alone
           (
           for
           the
           articles
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           forgivenesse
           of
           sinnes
           ,
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           eternall
           judgement
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           other
           ,
           have
           their
           place
           also
           in
           the
           d
           foundation
           )
           but
           because
           this
           is
           the
           most
           speciall
           object
           of
           faith
           ,
           and
           the
           primarie
           foundation
           of
           all
           the
           other
           .
           For
           
             first
             ,
          
           as
           
             God
          
           is
           made
           the
           coaequate
           object
           of
           the
           whole
           bodie
           of
           Divinitie
           ,
           notwithstanding
           it
           treateth
           also
           of
           men
           and
           Angels
           ,
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           ,
           Sinne
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           sundrie
           other
           particulars
           ;
           because
           all
           these
           are
           
           brought
           to
           God
           
             reductiuely
             ,
          
           if
           not
           as
           explications
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           yet
           of
           his
           Workes
           and
           Kingdome
           :
           so
           likewise
           may
           
             Christ
          
           be
           made
           the
           primarie
           head
           of
           all
           other
           fundamentall
           articles
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           all
           reference
           unto
           him
           ;
           being
           such
           as
           concerne
           eyther
           his
           Father
           ,
           or
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           or
           his
           Incarnation
           ,
           or
           his
           Office
           of
           Mediation
           ,
           or
           his
           Church
           ,
           or
           the
           speciall
           Benefits
           which
           he
           hath
           purchased
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           howsoever
           this
           faith
           and
           knowledge
           ,
           being
           taken
           in
           their
           larger
           extent
           ,
           have
           for
           their
           full
           object
           what-ever
           is
           revealed
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           :
           yet
           as
           they
           build
           us
           upon
           the
           foundation
           ,
           as
           they
           incorporate
           us
           into
           the
           mysticall
           body
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           the
           meanes
           of
           our
           justification
           and
           life
           ,
           they
           looke
           upon
           the
           
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           him
           onely
           .
           
             The
             holy
             Scriptures
          
           (
           within
           the
           bounds
           whereof
           the
           utmost
           extent
           of
           all
           our
           faith
           and
           knowledge
           must
           be
           contained
           )
           
             are
             able
             to
             make
             us
             wise
             unto
             salvation
          
           ;
           but
           yet
           
             through
             faith
             which
             is
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
          
           (
           2
           Tim.
           3.15
           .
           So
           ,
           
             by
             his
             knowledge
          
           (
           or
           the
           knowledge
           of
           himselfe
           )
           
             shall
             my
             righteous
             servant
             iustifie
             many
             :
          
           sayth
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           Son
           ,
           Esay
           53.11
           .
           And
           
             the
             life
             which
             I
             now
             live
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             I
             live
             by
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             loved
             me
             ,
             and
             gave
             himselfe
             for
             me
          
           :
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           2.20
           .
           The
           children
           of
           Israel
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           being
           stung
           with
           fierie
           Serpents
           ,
           were
           directed
           ,
           for
           their
           recovery
           ,
           to
           looke
           upon
           the
           brazen
           Serpent
           :
           which
           was
           a
           figure
           of
           e
           
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             ,
             lifted
             up
          
           upon
           the
           Crosse
           ;
           
             that
             whosoever
             did
             beleeve
             in
             him
             ,
             might
             not
             perish
             ,
             but
             have
             eternall
             life
             .
          
           Now
           as
           the
           Israelites
           with
           the
           same
           eyes
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           same
           visive
           facultie
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           beheld
           the
           sands
           and
           the
           
           mountaines
           in
           the
           desert
           ,
           did
           looke
           upon
           the
           brazen
           Serpent
           also
           ;
           but
           were
           cured
           by
           fastning
           their
           sight
           upon
           that
           alone
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           looking
           upon
           any
           other
           object
           :
           so
           by
           the
           same
           faith
           and
           knowledge
           whereby
           we
           are
           justified
           ,
           f
           
             we
             understand
             that
             the
             world
             was
             framed
             by
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           beleeve
           all
           other
           truths
           revealed
           ;
           and
           yet
           
             fides
             quâ
             iustificans
             ,
          
           faith
           as
           it
           doth
           justifie
           us
           ,
           doth
           not
           look
           upon
           these
           ,
           but
           fixeth
           it selfe
           solely
           upon
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           not
           knowing
           any
           thing
           here
           but
           Iesus
           Christ
           and
           him
           crucified
           And
           thus
           hath
           our
           Saviour
           a
           speciall
           and
           peculiar
           place
           in
           that
           larger
           foundation
           :
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Ephes.
           2.20
           .
           
             Yee
             are
             built
             upon
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             Apostles
             and
             Prophets
             ,
          
           g
           
             of
             which
          
           (
           for
           so
           his
           words
           in
           the
           Originall
           may
           well
           beare
           it
           )
           
             Iesus
             Christ
             is
             the
             chiefe
             corner-stone
             .
          
        
         
           It
           followeth
           now
           ,
           that
           wee
           should
           proceed
           from
           the
           
             foundation
          
           to
           the
           
             structure
             :
          
           and
           so
           h
           
             leaving
             the
             principles
             of
             the
             doctrine
             of
             Christ
             ,
             goe
             on
             unto
             perfection
             [
             unto
             a
             perfect
             man
             ,
             unto
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             stature
             of
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             Christ
             ]
             :
          
           There
           is
           a
           time
           wherein
           Christ
           is
           but
           begun
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           a-breeding
           in
           us
           .
           Gal.
           4.19
           .
           
             My
             little
             children
             ,
             of
             whom
             I
             travell
             in
             birth
             againe
             untill
             Christ
             be
             formed
             in
             you
             .
          
           After
           that
           he
           hath
           beene
           formed
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           he
           is
           at
           first
           but
           as
           a
           babe
           there
           ;
           yet
           resteth
           not
           at
           that
           stay
           :
           but
           as
           in
           his
           naturall
           body
           hee
           i
           
             increased
             in
             stature
             ,
          
           so
           in
           every
           part
           of
           his
           mysticall
           body
           hee
           hath
           set
           for
           himselfe
           a
           certaine
           
             measure
             of
             stature
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             fulnesse
          
           of
           growth
           ;
           which
           being
           attained
           unto
           ,
           a
           Christian
           is
           thereby
           made
           
             a
             perfect
             man.
          
           And
           for
           this
           end
           also
           doth
           the
           Apostle
           here
           shew
           that
           the
           Ministery
           was
           instituted
           ,
           k
           
             that
             
             we
             henceforth
             should
             be
             no
             more
             children
          
           (
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           words
           immediately
           following
           my
           Text
           )
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           might
           
             grow
             up
             into
             him
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             head
             ,
          
           even
           
             Christ.
          
           For
           the
           
             perfection
          
           which
           the
           Apostle
           here
           speaketh
           of
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           absolutely
           ,
           (
           as
           if
           any
           absolute
           perfection
           could
           be
           found
           among
           m●n
           in
           this
           life
           )
           but
           in
           comparison
           with
           childhood
           ;
           As
           the
           opposition
           is
           more
           clearely
           made
           by
           him
           ,
           in
           1.
           
           Corinth
           .
           14.20
           .
           
             Brethren
             ,
             be
             not
             children
             ,
             in
             understanding
             ,
             howbeit
             in
             malice
             be
             you
             children
             ,
             but
             in
             understanding
             be
             perfect
             ,
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           of
           mans
           estate
           .
           And
           ,
           Heb.
           5.13.14
           .
           
             Every
             one
             that
             useth
             milke
             ,
             is
             unskilfull
             in
             the
             word
             of
             righteousnesse
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             a
             babe
             :
             but
             strong
             meat
             belongeth
             to
             them
             that
             are
             perfect
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             that
             are
             of
             full
             age
          
           ;
           as
           our
           Interpreters
           have
           rightly
           rendred
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           there
           is
           great
           difference
           among
           men
           in
           their
           naturall
           growth
           ,
           so
           is
           there
           no
           lesse
           varietie
           among
           them
           also
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           spirituall
           stature
           :
           there
           being
           severall
           degrees
           of
           this
           imperfect
           kinde
           of
           perfection
           here
           spoken
           of
           ;
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           diversitie
           of
           times
           ,
           places
           ,
           and
           persons
           ,
           may
           admit
           a
           greater
           or
           a
           lesser
           measure
           .
           For
           we
           may
           not
           thinke
           that
           the
           same
           measure
           of
           knowledge
           (
           for
           example
           )
           is
           sufficient
           for
           a
           learned
           man
           and
           an
           unlearned
           ;
           for
           a
           Pastor
           ,
           and
           for
           an
           ordinarie
           Christian
           ;
           for
           those
           that
           lived
           in
           the
           time
           of
           darkenesse
           ,
           and
           them
           that
           enjoy
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           for
           them
           that
           have
           the
           meanes
           ,
           and
           them
           that
           want
           it
           .
           But
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           gift
           of
           God
           ,
           wee
           must
           know
           notwithstanding
           that
           it
           is
           required
           generally
           of
           all
           men
           ;
           that
           they
           
             grow
             in
             grace
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             
             knowledge
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Iesus
             Christ.
          
           (
           2.
           
           Pet.
           2.18
           .
           )
           not
           in
           
             knowledge
          
           onely
           ,
           but
           in
           
             grace
          
           :
           even
           l
           
             grow
             up
             into
             him
             in
          
           ALL
           
             things
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             head
          
           ;
           as
           our
           Apostle
           here
           admonisheth
           us
           .
           Wee
           must
           proceed
           
             from
             faith
             to
             faith
             ,
          
           (
           Rom.
           1.17
           .
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           one
           measure
           and
           degree
           of
           it
           unto
           another
           :
           and
           this
           being
           the
           root
           ,
           and
           other
           graces
           as
           it
           were
           the
           branches
           ,
           if
           it
           grow
           apace
           ,
           other
           graces
           also
           must
           hasten
           ,
           and
           ripen
           ,
           and
           grow
           proportionably
           with
           it
           :
           else
           thou
           mayest
           justly
           suspect
           ,
           that
           thy
           growth
           is
           not
           sound
           ,
           and
           answerable
           to
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           sheweth
           to
           be
           in
           the
           mysticall
           body
           of
           Christ
           ;
           which
           m
           
             according
             to
             the
             effectuall
             working
             in
             the
             measure
             of
          
           EVERY
           
             part
             ,
             maketh
             increase
             of
             the
             bodie
             ,
             unto
             the
             edifying
             of
             it selfe
             in
             love
             .
          
           The
           time
           will
           not
           permit
           me
           to
           proceed
           any
           further
           :
           and
           therefore
           here
           I
           end
           .
           n
           
             Now
             the
             God
             of
             peace
             ,
             that
             brought
             againe
             from
             the
             dead
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
             that
             great
             Shepheard
             of
             the
             Sheepe
             ,
             through
             the
             bloud
             of
             his
             everlasting
             Covenant
             ,
             make
             you
             perfect
             in
             every
             good
             worke
             to
             doe
             his
             will
             ;
             working
             in
             you
             that
             which
             is
             well-pleasing
             in
             his
             sight
             ,
             through
             Iesus
             Christ
             :
             to
             whom
             be
             glorie
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A68833-e120
           
             a
             Num.
             10.35
             .
          
           
             b
             Psal.
             68.1
             .
          
           
             c
             Ephes.
             4
             ▪
             8.20
             .
          
           
             d
             Heb.
             9.4
             .
          
           
             e
             Heb.
             12.24
             .
          
           
             f
             Esa.
             53.5
             .
          
           
             g
             Math.
             3.15
             .
             and
             5.17
             .
          
           
             h
             Rom.
             10.4
             .
          
           
             i
             Psal.
             40.7.8
             .
             Heb.
             10.7
             .
          
           
             k
             Psal.
             132.14
             .
          
           
             l
             Ibid.
             vers
             .
             8.9.16
             .
             2
             Chron.
             6.41
             
          
           
             m
             Act.
             10.38
             .
          
           
             n
             Mar.
             16.
             
          
           
             o
             Ioh.
             17.4
             .
          
           
             p
             Ioh.
             16.28
             .
             and
             19.30
             .
          
           
             q
             Act.
             3.21
             .
          
           
             r
             Rev.
             11.19
             .
          
           
             s
             Mat.
             28.20
             .
          
           
             t
             Psal.
             68
             18.
             
          
           
             u
             Ephes.
             4.8
             .
          
           
             x
             Ephes.
             4.11.12
             .
          
           
             y
             2
             Chron.
             6.41
             .
             Psal.
             132.9.16
             
          
           
             z
             Ephes.
             4.10
             .
          
           
             a
             Ib.
             ver
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             b
             Col.
             1.19
             .
          
           
             c
             Ephes.
             1.23
             .
          
           
             d
             1
             Pet.
             2.5
             .
          
           
             e
             1
             Cor.
             12.13
             .
          
           
             f
             Psal.
             2.8
             .
          
           
             g
             Esa.
             43.5.6.7
             .
          
           
             h
             
               Augustin
               .
               ep
               .
            
             48.
             
             Quàm
             multi
             nihil
             interesse
             credentes
             in
             quâ
             quisque
             parte
             Christianus
             sit
             ;
             ideò
             permanebant
             in
             parte
             Donati
             ,
             quia
             ibi
             nati
             erant
             ,
             &
             eos
             inde
             discedere
             ,
             atque
             ad
             Catholicam
             nemo
             transire
             cogebat
             .
             
               Et
               paulò
               pòst
            
             Putabamus
             quidem
             nihil
             interesse
             ubi
             fidē
             Christi
             teneremus
             :
             sed
             gratias
             Domino
             ,
             qui
             nos
             à
             divisione
             collegit
             ,
             &
             hoc
             uni
             Deo
             congruere
             ,
             ut
             in
             unitate
             colatur
             ,
             ostendit
             .
          
           
             i
             Rev.
             17.18
             .
          
           
             k
             Ibid.
             ver
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             l
             Ibid.
             vers
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             m
             Ib.
             v.
             3.
             
             &
             7.
             
          
           
             n
             Gal.
             4.26
             .
          
           
             o
             Rev.
             18.7
             .
          
           
             p
             Rom
             11.20
             ,
             21.22
             .
          
           
             q
             Subesse
             Romano
             Pontifici
             omni
             humanae
             creaturae
             declaramus
             ,
             dicimus
             ,
             definimus
             ,
             &
             pronuntiamus
             omninò
             esse
             de
             necessitate
             salutis
             
               Bonifac.
               VIII
               .
               in
               Extravag
            
             De
             majoritate
             &
             obedi●ntiâ
             ,
             
               cap
            
             Vn●m
             sanctam
             .
          
           
             r
             1
             Cor.
             1.2
             .
          
           
             s
             Ecclesia
             ex
             pluribus
             personis
             congregatur
             :
             &
             tamen
             una
             dicitur
             ,
             propter
             unitatem
             fidei
             .
             
               Hieron
               .
               (
               si
               modò
               is
               ho●ū
               Commentartorum
               author
               est
               )
               in
               Psal.
            
             23.
             
          
           
             t
             Ephes.
             4.5
             .
          
           
             u
             Ibid
             v.
             11.
             
          
           
             x
             Ibid.
             ver
             ●●
             .
          
           
             y
             Pace
             ●●â
             ,
             d
             est
             ,
             impie●●●s
             suae
             u●●t
             te
             se
             jact●●●
             ;
             ●gentes
             ●e
             non
             ut
             Christi
             episcopos
             ,
             sed
             ut
             Antichrist●acerdotes
             .
             
               Hilar.
               contr
               .
               Auxentium
               .
            
          
           
             z
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             a
             1
             Cor
             3.10.11.12
             .
          
           
             b
             Heb.
             6.1
             .
          
           
             c
             Ephes.
             4.7
             .
          
           
             d
             Neh.
             1.11
             .
          
           
             e
             Luk.
             13.3.5
             Heb.
             6.1
             .
          
           
             f
             Act.
             11.23
             .
          
           
             g
             Heb.
             5.12
             .
          
           
             h
             Ib.
             ver
             .
             13.
             ●4
             
          
           
             i
             Iude
             ,
             ver
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             k
             Tit.
             1.4
             .
          
           
             l
             2
             Pet.
             1.1
             .
          
           
             m
             Regula
             fidei
             ,
             pusillis
             magnisque
             communis
             .
             
               Aug.
               ep
               .
            
             57.
             
          
           
             n
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ▪
             
               ●renaus
               ,
               lib.
            
             1.
             
               cap.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             o
             Exod.
             16.18
             .
             2
             Cor
             8.15
             .
          
           
             p
             Sacramentum
             fidei
             .
             
               Aug.
               epist.
            
             23.
             
          
           
             q
             
               Habetur
               apud
            
             Epiphaniū
             
               in
            
             haeres
             .
             7●
             .
          
           
             r
             
               See
               my
               Answer
               to
               the
               Iesuits
               challenge
               ,
               page
            
             284
             285.
             
          
           
             s
             
               Fr.
               Suarez
               ,
               tom
               .
            
             2.
             
               in
            
             3
             ▪
             
               par
               .
               Thom.
               disp
               .
            
             43.
             
               sect
               .
            
             2.
             
          
           
             t
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Euseb.
               ep
               .
               apud
               Socratem
               ,
               lib.
            
             1.
             
               hist.
               cap.
            
             8.
             (
             
               al.
            
             ●
             .
             )
             
               et
               Theodoret.
               li.
            
             1.
             
               cap
            
             12.
             
          
           
             u
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Conc.
               Constant.
               epis
               .
               apud
               Theod.
               l.
            
             5.
             
               cap.
            
             9.
             
          
           
             x
             
               Epiphan
               .
               in
               '
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               p.
            
             518.
             
               edit
               .
               Grac.
               
            
          
           
             y
             
               Io.
               Cass.
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               de
               Incarnat
               .
               Verbi
               .
            
          
           
             z
             
               Concil
               .
               Tridentin
               .
            
             (
             
               S●●
            
             3
             )
             Symbolum
             fid●i
             ,
             quo
             sancta
             Romana
             Ecclesi●
             utitur
             ,
             tanquam
             princip●um
             tilud
             ,
             in
             quo
             omnes
             ,
             qui
             fidem
             Christi
             profitentur
             necessariò
             conveniunt
             ,
             ac
             fundamentum
             firmū
             &
             unicum
             ,
             contra
             quod
             portae
             inferi
             nunquam
             praevalebunt
             ,
             totidem
             verbis
             ,
             quibus
             in
             omnibus
             ecclesiis
             legitur
             ,
             exprimendum
             esse
             censuit
             .
          
           
             a
             1
             Cor.
             3.12
             .
          
           
             b
             Ibid.
             v.
             14.
             
          
           
             c
             Ibid.
             v.
             15.
             
          
           
             d
             Quaedam
             sunt
             catholicae
             veritates
             ,
             quae
             ita
             ad
             fidem
             pertinent
             ,
             ut
             his
             sublatis
             ,
             fides
             quoque
             ipsa
             tollatur
             .
             Quas
             nos
             ,
             usu
             frequenti
             non
             solùm
             catholicas
             ,
             sed
             fidei
             veritates
             appellavimus
             .
             Aliae
             veritates
             sunt
             etiamipsae
             catholicae
             &
             universales
             ,
             nempè
             quas
             universa
             Ecclesia
             tenet
             ,
             quibus
             licèt
             eversis
             ,
             fides
             quatitur
             ,
             sed
             non
             evertitur
             tamen
             ▪
             Atque
             in
             hujusmodi
             veritatū
             contrariis
             er●
             oribus
             ,
             dixi
             fidem
             obscurari
             ,
             non
             extingui
             ;
             infirmari
             ,
             non
             perire
             .
             Has
             ergo
             nunquam
             fidei
             veritates
             censui
             vocandas
             ,
             quamvis
             doctrinae
             Christianae
             veritates
             sint
             .
             
               Melch
               Canu●
               ,
               loc
               .
               Theolog.
               lib.
            
             12
             
               cap
            
             11.
             
          
           
             e
             Neces●ar●ò
             oportet
             distinguere
             alios
             gradus
             propositionum
             ,
             per
             quas
             etiamsi
             fides
             non
             destruatur
             omninò
             ,
             tamen
             malè
             habet
             ,
             &
             quatitur
             ,
             &
             quasi
             disponitur
             ad
             corruptionem
             .
             Sicut
             sunt
             quaedam
             corporum
             laesiones
             quae
             non
             auferunt
             vitam
             ,
             sed
             malè
             habet
             homo
             per
             eas
             ,
             &
             disponitur
             ad
             corruptionem
             aut
             in
             toto
             aut
             in
             parte
             ;
             aliae
             verò
             sunt
             laesiones
             mortales
             ,
             quae
             vitam
             eripiunt
             :
             ita
             sunt
             quidam
             gradus
             propositionum
             ,
             continentes
             doctrinam
             non
             sanam
             ,
             etiamsi
             non
             habeant
             haeresim
             manifestam
             .
             
               Dominic
               Bannes
               ,
               in
            
             2
             
               am
            
             2
             
               ae
               .
               quaest
            
             11.
             
               artic
            
             2.
             
          
           
             f
             2
             Thes.
             2
             ▪
             4.
             
          
           
             g
             Gal.
             4.4
             .
          
           
             h
             Per
             verba
             consecrationis
             verè
             &
             realiter
             uti
             transsubstantiatur
             panis
             ,
             ita
             producitur
             &
             quasi
             generatur
             Christus
             in
             altari
             ,
             adeò
             potenter
             &
             effi
             caciter
             ,
             ut
             si
             Christus
             nec
             dum
             esset
             incarnatus
             ▪
             per
             haec
             verba
             
               Hoc
               est
               corpus
               meum
               ,
            
             incarnaretur
             ,
             corpusque
             humanum
             assumeret
             :
             ut
             graves
             Theologi
             docent
             .
             
               Cornelius
               Cornelij
               à
               Lapide
               ,
               Commentar
               .
               in
               Esai
               .
            
             7.14
             .
          
           
             i
             Confitentur
             alii
             ,
             quòd
             fides
             sua
             ,
             quâ
             astruunt
             quòd
             panis
             &
             vinum
             remanent
             post
             consecrationē
             in
             naturis
             suis
             ,
             adhuc
             servatur
             laicis
             ,
             &
             antiquitùs
             servabatur
             .
             
               Io.
               Tissington
               ,
               in
               Confessione
               cont
               .
               Io.
               Wicliff
               .
               quam
               MS.
               habeo
               .
            
          
           
             k
             Sunt
             enim
             quaedam
             ,
             quae
             nescire
             ,
             quàm
             scire
             ,
             sit
             melius
             .
             
               Aug.
               Enchirid
               .
               ad
               Laurent
               .
               cap.
            
             17.
             
          
           
             l
             Rev.
             2.24
             .
          
           
             m
             in
             
               Sylvest
               .
               in
               Summâ
               ,
               verb.
            
             Fides
             .
             §.
             6.
             
               ex
               Thom.
               in
            
             2
             
               a
            
             2
             
               ae
               ,
               quaest
               .
            
             2.
             
               art
               .
            
             7.
             
          
           
             n
             
               See
               my
               Treatise
            
             De
             Christianarum
             Ecclesiarum
             successione
             &
             statu
             ,
             
               cap.
            
             7
             §.
             21.22
             .
             
               and
               the
               Answere
               to
               the
               Iesuite
               ,
               pag.
            
             514.515
             .
          
           
             o
             2
             Thess.
             2.12
             .
          
           
             p
             In
             ipsâ
             Catholicâ
             Ecclesiâ
             magnoperè
             curandum
             est
             ,
             utid
             teneamus
             quod
             ubique
             ,
             quod
             semper
             ,
             quod
             ab
             omnibus
             creditum
             est
             :
             hoc
             est
             etenim
             verè
             propriéque
             Catholicum
             ▪
             
               Vincent
               .
               Lirin
               cont
               .
               haeres
               .
               cap.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             q
             Quicquid
             vel
             molitus
             sit
             vel
             moliturus
             sit
             mendacii
             Pater
             ,
             non
             tamen
             vel
             effecisse
             hactenús
             vel
             effecturum
             posthàc
             ,
             ut
             haec
             doctrina
             catholica
             ,
             omniū
             Christianorū
             consensu
             ,
             semper
             &
             ubique
             rata
             ,
             aboleatur
             :
             quin
             potiûs
             ,
             illam
             in
             densissimâ
             maximè
             involutarum
             perturbationum
             caligme
             victricem
             extitisse
             ,
             &
             in
             animis
             &
             in
             aperta
             confessione
             Christianorum
             omnium
             ,
             in
             suis
             fundamentis
             nullo
             modo
             labefactatam
             .
             In
             illâ
             quoque
             veritate
             unam
             illam
             Ecclesiam
             fuisse
             conservatam
             in
             mediis
             saevissimae
             hyemis
             tempestatibus
             ,
             vel
             densissimis
             tenebris
             suorum
             interluniorum
             .
             
               Ioh.
               Serranus
               ,
               in
               Apparat
               ad
               fidem
               Cathol
               .
               edit
               Paris
               .
               an
               .
            
             1607.
             
               pag.
            
             172.
             
          
           
             r
             Gal.
             6.16
             .
          
           
             s
             Vniversitatem
             ,
             antiquitatem
             ,
             cōsensionem
             .
             
               Vincent
               .
               Lirin
               ▪
               〈…〉
               hae●es
               .
               〈…〉
            
          
           
             t
             Esay
             .
             1.9
             .
          
           
             u
             Rom.
             11.2.5
             .
          
           
             x
             Luk.
             11.52
             .
          
           
             y
             Et
             hujus
             q●●dem
             usque
             adhuc
             impietatis
             occasio
             per
             fraudem
             perficitur
             ;
             ut
             jam
             sub
             Antichristi
             Sacerdotibus
             Christi
             populus
             non
             occidat
             .
             
               Hilar
               contr
               .
               Auxentium
               .
            
          
           
             z
             Revel
             .
             2.13
             .
          
           
             a
             Rev.
             18.4
             .
          
           
             b
             Mat.
             13.24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             c
             Infelix
             lolium
             ,
             &
             steriles
             dominantur
             avenae
             .
          
           
             d
             Grana
             cùm
             coeperint
             tríturari
             interpaleam
             ,
             se
             non
             jam
             tangunt
             ,
             &
             quasi
             non
             se
             noverunt
             ,
             quia
             intercedit
             medio
             palea
             .
             Et
             quicunque
             longiùs
             attendit
             aream
             ,
             paleam
             solumn
             ▪
             odò
             putat
             :
             nisi
             diligentiùs
             intueatur
             ,
             nisi
             manum
             porrigat
             ,
             nisi
             spiritu
             oris
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             flatu
             purgante
             di●●ernat
             ;
             difficilè
             pervenit
             ad
             discretionē
             granorum
             .
             
               Serm.
            
             228.
             
               de
               Tempore
               ,
               tomo
               .
            
             10.
             
             
               Oper.
               Augustini
               .
            
          
           
             e
             Necessarium
             necessitate
             medii
             appellāt
             Theologi
             illud
             ,
             quod
             ex
             lege
             ordinariâ
             Dei
             ,
             sic
             ad
             salutem
             necessarium
             est
             ,
             ut
             quicunque
             etiam
             ob
             ignorantiam
             invincibilem
             ,
             vel
             quacunque
             aliâ
             de
             caussâ
             id
             non
             fuerit
             assecutus
             ,
             is
             nequeat
             etiam
             consequi
             salutem
             
               Greg.
               de
               Valentiâ
               ,
               tom
               .
            
             3.
             
               commentar
               .
               Theolog.
               quaest
               .
            
             2.
             
               punct
               .
            
             2.
             
               col
               .
            
             299.
             
             Illa
             quae
             sunt
             necessaria
             necessitate
             finis
             ,
             si
             desint
             ,
             nobis
             etiam
             sine
             culpâ
             nostra
             ,
             non
             excusabunt
             nos
             ab
             aeternâ
             morte
             ;
             quamvis
             non
             fuerit
             in
             nostrâ
             potestate
             illa
             assequi
             .
             Quemadmodum
             etiamsi
             non
             sit
             nisi
             unicum
             remedium
             ,
             ut
             aliquis
             fugiat
             mortem
             corporalem
             ,
             &
             tale
             remedium
             ignoretur
             &
             ab
             infirmo
             &
             medico
             ;
             sine
             dnbio
             peribit
             homo
             ille
             .
             
               Dom.
               Bannes
               ,
               in
            
             2
             
               am
            
             2
             
               ae
               ,
               quaest
               .
            
             2.
             
               art
               .
            
             8.
             
               col
               .
            
             348.
             
          
           
             f
             Sicut
             ad
             legis
             Christi
             habitualem
             fidem
             omnis
             vitiator
             obligatur
             sine
             ullâ
             exceptione
             ;
             sic
             ab
             ejus
             actuali
             fide
             nullus
             excusatur
             nisi
             solâ
             incapacitate
             ,
             &c.
             
             Parvulos
             autem
             &
             furiosos
             ,
             caeterísque
             passionibus
             mente
             captos
             ,
             seu
             aliâ
             naturali
             impossibilitate
             prohibitos
             ,
             incapaces
             voco
             :
             etsi
             non
             simpliciter
             ,
             tamē
             secundùm
             quid
             ;
             sc.
             dum
             his
             defectibus
             laborant
             .
             
               Petr.
               de
               Alliaco
               .
               in
               quaestione
               Vesperiarum
               .
            
          
           
             g
             1
             Cor.
             3.10
             .
          
           
             h
             Ephes.
             4.11
             .
          
           
             i
             2
             Tim.
             2.15
             
          
           
             k
             Gen
             2.9.17
             .
          
           
             l
             Ephe.
             3.19
             .
          
           
             m
             Phil.
             3.8
             .
          
           
             n
             Ibid.
             vers
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             o
             2
             Cor.
             5.21
             .
          
           
             p
             1
             Pet.
             2.22
             .
          
           
             q
             Rom.
             1.21
             .
          
           
             r
             Ibid.
             vers
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             s
             Psal.
             95.10
             .
             Heb.
             3.10
             .
          
           
             t
             Heb
             9.7
             .
             compared
             with
             Lev.
             16.16.17
             .
          
           
             u
             Heb.
             5.2
             .
             
               Aristot.
               Ethic.
               lib.
            
             3.
             
               cap
            
             1.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             x
             Iam.
             2.18
             .
          
           
             y
             Iam.
             3.13
             .
          
           
             z
             1
             Ioh.
             2.3.4
             .
          
           
             a
             Mat.
             16.16.18
             .
          
           
             b
             1
             Cor.
             3.11
             .
          
           
             c
             
               Vid.
               Aug.
               lib.
               de
               fide
               &
               oper
               .
            
             ●
             .
             9
             .
          
           
             d
             Heb.
             6.1.2
             .
          
           
             e
             Ioh.
             3.14.15
             
          
           
             f
             Heb.
             11.3
             .
          
           
             g
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             h
             Heb.
             6.1
             .
          
           
             i
             Luk.
             2.
             
             ●2
             .
          
           
             k
             Eph.
             4.14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             l
             Ephes.
             4.15
             .
          
           
             m
             Ephes.
             4.16
             
          
           
             n
             Heb.
             13.20.21
             .