6t8 Socr,.!.I.c,J. J!rJ!,ittvlbii fiaJas,&c. Homojltftm d14pficititulo~ &,. R.om.6fin. cajtt.Ct¥~~.in ·• R,on;.6. l pbt[. l · Hi~Y.:Jpit.tpb. F49iol.t. llldt.XjJ111f.o M.tdrillf.us, P•I4fo E:rt6tl-lihro, Ol.3 1·adMtll. H~r.l.dilibrU O'i!/:ie<df'X:;", No Peacewitb Rome. ~he World, and to can ami ll befo:e the eyes_ofthe unlkilfull? Oudinnes are dyed A m the Blood ofChrirt, notourmerm : Or, tfthey alfo; Hath Chn(( then deferved that ourworkes lhould be perfecr? How comes it about, that the workesofthe ben men are fa lame, and defeCtive? Hath hedeferved, that though they be imperfeCt, yet they might merit? Wh~t injury is this to God,what contradiCtion oftermes? Behold now, fa manySaviours, as good men: what I doe, is mine; what I merit, ismine· whofoevergivesme eitherrodoeor to merit. Whofoeveuideson a4roehorfe,can~ 1,.. not but move un-even!y,uneafily,uncertaiilly: What infolent over-weeners oftheir own worksare thefePapins, which proclaime the aCtionswhich proceed from themfe!ves, worthy of no letfe than heaven? Towhomwe may jull!J fay, asconJI•ntine f~id eo Aceji!H the Novatian , Set up ladders, 0 ye Papifis, and clime up to heaven alone. Who can abide that noted fpeech of Bell4rmine, A jurt man bath by adouble title, right to the 6me glory; one by the merits ofChrin imparted to him bygrace, B another by his own merits; contrary to that oftheSpirit ofGod, Tbervages offrmu if death, hut, Tbe gift ofGod if ellrnaUlife: uponwhich words, another Cardinaii,Cajeta,.,fpeakes in a holier falhion, thus; He cloth not fay, that the wages ofour righteoufnetfe iseternall life; but, Thegi{l ofGod if elern•lllifi;that we may underfiand and !earne,that we attaineeternalllife, not byourowne merits, but by the free gift of God; tor which caufe alfo he addes, By 'jeftH chriflo*rLord: Behold the merit,behold the righteoufeetfewhofewages iseternal! life; but to us, in refpell of'jef1H cbrift, it is afree gift: Thus CajeiAR. What could either T..ulberorCalvilt, or any Protefianr fay more plainly? How imperfea: dorhtheScriptureeverywhereprodaimeborh Gods graces in us, and ourworkes to him? and though the graces ofGod were ablolutely perf<Cl:, yetthey are notours;ifourworkes were fa, yet they areformerly due: C And ifthey be due toGod, whatrecompenceof tranfcendent glory is due to us? Behold, weare both fervants, and unprofitable: Not worthy, faith God; worthy, and more, fay the Papi!ts: BygraceJ•• areJaved tbr~•ghfaith, andnol ofJour felve~, faith God; by grace indeed, but yet ofour felv:s, fay the Papifis. What infolency is this? Let ourMonkes now goe, and profetfewi!full poverty; whiles Ezek/ahdid never fo boafi ofhis heapsoftreafure, as thefe oftheir fpirituall wealth. H ierome faid truly; It wasmore hard to be ((rippedofour pride, thanofonr Gold and Jewels· for evenwhen thofe outwardornaments are gone, many time. thefe inward rags fwell up the {oule.Gregory Arimim~frs their oldSchoole-man,was afbarned ofthis wicked arrogance, and fa was DurandHJ and PighiiH, and Other theirDivines D ofamore mode(( temper. I would theJefuites couldhave had the grace to have been no lelfe alhamed;and theTridentineDoa:ors, together with their executioners, the Inquifitors: But, what other men haveholily and truly fpoken , that they have pcrfidioully wip' t our: wirneffethe!lr Index ofMadrill, in thefe words: Out ofthebooke which imituled, The Order ofBapcizing, together with the manner ofvifiting the ficke, Printed at Venice, intheyeere I 575.letthefe wordsbe blotted out; Doell thoubeleeve,that not by tqine own merits,butby the vertueand merit ofthe patlion ofour Lord JefusChrin , thou !halt come to glory I And foon after, Doen thou beleeve, that our Lord JefusChrirt dyed for ourfalvation, and that no man can be fa. ved by hisowne merits, or any otherrneanes, butonelyby themerit ofhis pailion? Ywis, thefe are the Scorpions and Snakes ofthe ancientDivines(asHierome termed E , the errors ofOrigen)amongn which the Readermuft needshavewalked,had not the grave Senate of the Inquifition wifelyprovidedforourfafety. Whathopeisthere nowofpeace? unletfe they could be content (which BellarfJJine grams to be the fafefi way)renouncing themerirs oftheir workes,not fa much for their uncertainty,as the imperfea:ion oftheir Jun;ce , and danger ofvain-glory; both to refolve and teach mentorepofe their confidence in the mercy and bounty ofGod: which we can at ouce bothwilh, and not hopefor. Si:CT.
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