DECAD. VI. C~urcb; \vhich he therefore infpired, that they might be(like himfelte)perleCl: and A ·erernall : Popery builds upon an unwritten word_; the voic~of old C?ur do.ubrfull) f radirions· the voiceof the pr<fenr Church, that JS, as they tmerprrut, them; with no Ieffe cm~fidence and prefumptionofcerrainry,than any thing e<er written by the finger of Gbd : Ifthis be nor anew foundation, the old wa> none. God never taught tQis holy Spoufe ro know any mherhufband,rhan Chr1fr; to ~c~nowlcdgeaoyothcr head to follow anymher Shepherd,toobey any other King: he alonemay bewjoycd w!th~ur jealoufie,fubmitted towithout danger,without error believed,fervrd without fcruple: Popery offers ro impofe onGodsChurci a King, Shepherd,Head,Huf. band befidcsherown: Aman;amanoffinne. Hemufrknow allrhings,can erre in nothlng · direCl:,inform,animare,command,both in earth and Purgarorie; expound Scriprur;s, canonize Saints, fOrgive finnes, creare new ArticlesofFaith; and in all thefe, iub!Oiute and infallible as his Maker; who fees nor, tbarifro attribute there 8 things to tbeSon ofGod,be tomake him the fOundation of the Church; then ro afcribe them to anorber, is to contradict himthat faid,Oih" foMwdalion cn!Jnom•niOJ, 1hon ' '"' ,.,!J;cb illaid,fl'bich nJefu. cbrijl. Tolay a new foundation,dorh nccefiarily fubvcJt rhcold : yet fee this furrheraCl:ually done in pmiculars; wherein yet rhisdifrinction may clear the way: The foundation is ovenhrown rwo way< •;either in fln rearme>, when amain principleoffairh is abfolurelydenied, as the deiry and confnbframialiry oftheSoriby Arrilll, the Trinityofperfons by SabtUiw and Suvetw,the refurreCl:ion ofrhebody by Himenew &PhileiMt,the lafr judgment by S.Pelm mockers: Or fecondly,by confequenr, when any opinion is maintained,which by jufr fequell over·rurneth the truth ofthot principle,which the defendant profeffes to hold; yet fo,as he will nor grant rbeneceffity ofthat deduCtion. So the ancient Mi•ei, of C whom Jero/1Jt fpeaketh,whtle they urged Circumcilion,by confequent,according to PaMit rule,rejelted Chrifr: So the Pel•gi4nl, while they defended afull perfrllion of our righreoufneffe in our felves, overthrew Chrifrsjq!lificarion; and in etf< Cl: faid, I heleeve in chrijl,and;,,,felft: So fome VhifMildTitl, while they bold the poffibiliry ofconverfion and falvarion of reprobates, overthrowthe DolhineofGods erernall Decree,& immurabiliric. Poperycomes in this latrer rank,and may jufrly be termed Herefie,by directconfequem : though not in theirgrant, yet in necetfary proofe P< inference. Thus iroverrhrowes the truth ofChri!lshumanirie, while it holds his whole humane body locally circumfcribed in heaven, and atonce (the fame infranr) wholly prefent in ten thoufand placeson earrb, without circumfcriprion:Tharwhole Chrifr is in the formes ofbread,with all his dimenfions, every parr having hisowne place &figure; and yetfo, asrhar he is wholly in every pmofrhe bread. Our ju!lifi· 0 cation, whileit afcribes it to our own works: The all-fufficiency ofCbri!ls own facrifice,while they reiterate it daily by the hands ofaPriefr. Ofhis farisfaaion,whi!e they bold a paiment ofcur urmofr farthings, in a devifed Purgatory. Of his mediation, while they imploreother; to aid them, noronly by their inrerceffion,burrheir merits; fuing cot only for theirprayers,but their gifts: The value oftheScriptures, whiles they hold rhem infufficienr, obfcure,in pointseffenriall to falvarion, and bind them to an uncertaindependance upon' theChurch. Be!ides hundreds ofthis kinde, thereare Herefies in aCl:ions, contrary to rhofe fundamentall practices whichGod equires ofhis: asprohibitionsofScriptures to the Lairie;Prefcriptions ot devotion in rnk~owne tongues; Tying the ef!ed-ofSacraments and Prayers to the externa J work; ~dorarionofAngels,Sainr~,Bread,R.eliques,Croffes,Images: A11 which,are fo many reall underminingsofthefacredfoundarion, which is ro lelfe aCl:ive, than vocall. By rhisrhe fimplefr m•y fee,what wemull hold ofPapifrs;neirher as no Here· E ricks,nor yet fo palpable asrhe worfr. Ifanyman alk for their conviction:in rhe Gmpier fort, I grant this excufe fair& tolerable; poor foules, rhey cannotbe any orherwifeinfonned, mucblelfeperfwaded: Whilesin rrorhofheart.rhey hold rhemaine principles w" they know;doubtleffe themercy of God may pafie over their igrotant weaknes,in what rheydin<it know.Forthe oti>O(,l fear nor to fay,rhatmany ofrheir errorsare wilful.The light oftrnth bath lbined our ofheaven to rhem,and they love darknes more than light. In this!late oftheChurch, hefhall (peak& hope idly,that !hall
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