A No Peace witb.Rome. SECT. X. C o11cerfling S Atil{aflion. SAtisfallion bathneere affinity with ~erit ; and. i~deed, isbut as ~nother t~ig arifing from the fame root: Than w~tch, no_optnton could bedevtfe~ more mjurious, and rcproachfull to the mentsofChnlt. The ~1ord wasnot d_tfpleafing to the ancient Fathers; norin their fenfe, to us: Onely thiS let me touchmpalling by· That the beedleffe abufesofwords, to thegreat wrongofthe Church, bath bred ~~ co~fufion ofthings; as conrr_arily that of Tert11Uia'? is approved, T~e atrur~d fe~fe Tm.d•puf";. ofwords is the fafety ofpropnenes: We have nothmg todoe here wah CIVIll Sauf.. F ;d" "'"""' '"' B faction, noth~ng with Ecclefiafl:icall: whereof LNther not unfitly faid, <;even in ~·f- ~~;:!.:;;,~;~ f•sdert owneJudgement) Ourmother the Church,out ofher good affellton,defirmg d• fl ,J,n. eo prevent the handofGod, chafl:ifes her children with crrtaine Satisfattions, left ' they Chould fall under the fcourges of God. ThisCanonicall Satisfalli<;m,.asmany call it bathbeenroolongoutofufe,onbotbfides: Yea,morethanthts, mallour rar;[{;,n;,ll'. Ser~ns to our people, we beatimporrunatelyupon the necellity ofpenitence, and ~::;;p;~=~;1 all the wholefome exercifes thereof, as fruitsworthy ofrepentance-Not(as C•ffioder """"' .. r~ well interprets it) as ifwedefired theyChouldoffer untoGod a ranfomc worthy and a.,,d<knd~ fufficiem for the cleering ofthe fcore of their fins; but that we teoch them, thofe offi- ~";{,~f;;;,.: cesmuClheperformed by them, which God requiresofthofefinnerson whomhe F••.Jv.LM1b. will beltow the fatisfoaion ofhisSonne:Letthemcall thefe fatisfactions,if theywill, we give them leave: But, thatafterthemofl:abfolutcpallion ofChrifl:, there!hould C be yet behindcertaine remainders ofpuni!hment tobedifcharged by us, either here, or in Purgatory,withapurpofe thereby to fatisfie the divineJultice, whether they be impofed byGod,orby the Pridl, orbyour felves(as the TridenliM diltinfrion runs) we neither may, nor can endure. For(hownicely foever tbefemen difl:ingui!h)it cannot be, but this facrilegious opinionmull needs accufe the truly popitiatory (acrificeofChrill, of fome imperfeCtion. I know, they fay, that both farisfallions may well fl:and rogether; that, ofrhe Mediator; and this, ofman : whereofBunaventorecalls the one Per/ea:, theother Semi·perfea: But rhefe are words. Let theSophifl:ers tell me; Doth not the full vdfell conraine in it Celfe the halfe? orwhat needtbeonebalfe apart, whenwehaverhe whole?And laltly, can any thing be added to that which isperfem But fomeoftheir D heed-fullerDivines will neither have thefe twooppofite, nor fubordinatc to each other. For it is aChame tofpeak, what Soam:., what Dnrand, and othergroff'er Papi!ls c;r. C'ff.Ib;d. havedifcourfedofthis point: Letthemrather, ifthey will, hold (which opinion yet 8,u,..mJtin· bath been controlled, not by theCardinall only, butby three Popes boforehim)tbat d.Ut.L"'-4mensfatiffall:_ions ferve onely to ap~ly unro us that which the fatisfaaio_ns o~Chrifl: ~~":.'6~"'./.J. have promemed for us. Yet even this Chtft wtll not ferve: For Chrilts fallSfactiOn (as they r each)refpectseternall puni!hment, and not temporall: How then can it once be imagined, that we by ourfatisfactionChouldprocure,that hisfutfering whichwasdeltinated to the expiation ofan etemall puni!hment lhould ferve to thedifcharge ofa remporall? And whyChould we doe this, rathEr than Chrifl: himfelfe? Befides, how abfurdlydotb this found, That Heewhofe bounry hath paid our poundsfor us, hath yetleft us, outofour pcore fiocke, to pay fome fewfarthings for our felves? Letme demand then; Whether couldnot Chri!l undertake thefe temporall puni!hments for E us, or wouldhe not? That he could not, is impious; that hewould not, isbold to fay, and illiberallrodoc: Forwhere is thereany reltrainr? or what are the limits ofhis mercy? The fault iHemitred (faith the ConventicleofTrent) thepuni!hmcnr is not pardoned: TheEafiern Churcheswould never have faid fo, which alwayesfloutly oppofed her felfe to this error: And indeed, what aCharnefull reproach is this to the infinitemercy ofthe forgiver? whatawrong to his jultice?wheretois thepuni!hment ~ue, but to thefa?lt?Did ever God inflittpunifhments that were not due? Many a ttmehathhe forgtven to finners rbofeplagues which both they had deferved, and be threatned; but never d1d he call back for thofe arcrageswhichhe bad forgiven: God G gg 3 puni!hes
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