6:2:1 No Peace with Rome. God given him this&culcy of Indulgences, if he would not have it beneficiaUre A A"'"·""";,. Mankinde?andwheretbeOwnerofthehoufewillbeebountifull, it is not forthe l"f</l. Steward to bee niggardly; LenhatCirce ofRome keepe thefe huskes for her hogges. SECT. XIII•• C011mning the dijlini1ion ofVeni•ll•ntlMortAl/Jinnes. P , Ardons doe both imply and prefuppofe that known dillinllionofMortall and V cniall finne, which neither bathGOd ever allowed, neither (whiles he gainfa yes it) will ever theProreO:ants. That there are cerrainedegreesofevill, we both acknowledge and reach; fo as wemay here jufrly tuthe di!honefiy and fJJamelefneffe ofCampi~J~~,Dumii,CcccitH, and theMonkes ofBurdeaux, who have upbraided us with theopinionofacerraine St~ica!l and Joviniani!h parity oflinnes; yea, Bcll~rmine himfelfe hath already donethrs kinde office for us. Someof!imcesaremore hainous than other; yet all in themalignityof theirnature, deaaJy : As of poyfons, feme kill more gently and lingringly, othersmore violenrlpnd fpeedily, yer both kill. Moreover, ifwe have refpefr unto the infinite mercyqfGod, and to the objefrof this mercy, thepenitent and faithful[ heart, there is no linne, which (to borrow theword ofPrHtklltiNJ) is not venial!; but in refpetl: ofthe Anomyor diforder, there isno finne which is ROtworrhy ofeternall death. Every finne is aViper; there is noViper (ifwe regard thenatureofthebeaO:) butkilswhom lhebites; b•t if one C ofthem lhall haply light upon thehand of Pa11l, lhe is !bakedinto the fire, without harme done: Let no man fe.re that harmefull creature ever the Jeffc, becaufe he fees the Apofile fafe from that I"'Yfon. So is finne to a faithfull man; Saint John, word is, AllJinne ;, (••.. 14• )TraRfgreffionoflhe Law; Saint Pa11fl word is, The w•getoffim:e is deoth; Put thefe two together, and this c<>nceit ofthe naturallpardonobleneffeoflin, vani!hes alone. OurR.hemHh (fubtill men) can no more abide this propolition converted, than themfelves: A11 finne indeed (fay they} iSA~tomia, a tranfgreffion ofthe Law, batevery tranfgrdlion ofthe Law is not finne: The Apofilerhereforehimfelfcurnes ir for us: All Hnrighteollfllejfe (faith he; iJ jitJn<; But every c-.. ~·· ) is unrighteoufneffe, faith IIHften upon the place, for the Lawisthe rule ofrightenufnefTe, therefore the prevarication ofthe Law isunrighteoufnes: Yea,their very ownword !hall O:op their own mouth: for how is finneunivocally diflingui!hed into Veniall and Morrall, ifthe Ve- D niall be no finne? and the wagesofeveryfinneisdeath. Thanherfurewhichthe Papifls prefume ro fay, that thiskind offmnedeferves pardon, in it felfe(unleffe they will rake the word merit, carachreflically,with Stapleton:) And that which Beil•rTI;..wx"•·: mine and Nav~rtH add, thatveniall finnesare nor againfi, bmbefide rhe Law : and '(,~j v;a.[•m· Jaflly, That which Francifct# • villoria writes, that a Bi!hopsbleffing, or a Lords ""'f"'·''";. i Prayer,or aknock on thebrefi,or a little holy-water, or any fuch likelldght receipr, rr~z.t, nu. l OO. withom any other goodmottonof the heart, is fufficient toremit Veniall (inne, is ro I· l· fhamefully abhorring from all piety andjullice,that thefeopen bands, bothofnarme ~:!:i:~~:; do~~~~:;i~~!~:g~::~a!;~~~~~:0 l~d~~~d•;, ~~~~:a~snt:~~r"f,l~~~;~:·:h~~;~; c.mp.M,;;,•·'· in the ranke ofVenials? Drunkenneffe,adulrery, angry curfes, orblafphernies;cove- :.;;:;~;:;:t' · roufnes:yeo, fiealing, lying, curfingofparents (horribleolfences) lhroud themfelves E 1 ••'NI'· (with them)under thisplaufibletitleofvenial; He mull needs be fhamleOy wicked P· •oo. thatabhors not thislicenrioufnes. Surely Socrate1tbe HiO:orian prophefied(l rhmk) sm.;p,. ofthefemen :There are fome (faith he)thatlet geewhoredom as an indifferent matter,which yet flrive fur an holy d•y,as for.their life.Tbe ordinary and nor Oightconrroverfy(as cajJander thinketh)ofthe name,nature,condition,punilhmenrofthe firfl fin, as chryfojl. callsit,I willingly omir;Neither doe I meddlewirh their Evangelical perfection ofvows, nor the dangerous fervitudeof theirralh and impotentVoraries, northe inconvenienciesofrheirMonkerie:which yet are fo great and many, that the GQ>7t4fJ4f• ,{& Orit.irt4!1. elefr CardinalsofP4¥1 the third,doubted not with joynt confent to affirme, All the Orders
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