624 1 _______ N_o_P_e_a_ce_w_i_th_R_o_m_e_. -------,-A Lib-4-dt vtrb/1 n•nfcriptot•)O (tll.l . l,arjwmrati· rmt,paripittatisa/fifll4 Prr'Vtrba, ptr fr"fum. 6/«;T.JOQI'l/~. l ncan.Nic. Gr~C.tod. Pis:iBini U6tOfl(.. Tom.t. Thtod.l.t.c.7. Ttr:.dt pr.eftr. &l.t~17,HtT• Orig.in c-16. ad Rim. Atls~iii{JMpf Ambr.t3. Htx.c.J• A;Jf,.Rt,o{lflil Script~tris, &c. Dtn.Jt. C." f!·'· 61-0Jt.ilfiltv. Js:rt,sin/11<~[; J.3.d·3·'l•t.ar.t CitllttX Hitr. ~onm.;fJitrtdttS fiquidtibidixeTI ,qwd t :rROVG Ttflamento wl vcmiiJabtri nonpD/fit. Irtn.l:t..&· l • &tbir.EteU,, . rttt1J,»o41f·tS80. foJ.B.A,biUu proCaJIJtJiiti&. SE CT. XV. ojthehtfMjfidtncJofScriplure. N Either know I , whether it bemore wickedly audacious, to fallen onGod thofe thingswhich he neverwrote,or roweaken theaprhority,anddeny the • fufficiency of what he bath written: ThePapills doe both.We affirm .(faith Bellarmi~e) that cher_e isnot expreffelycontained i~ Scr~pcures all neceffary dollrine, eitherconcerningfatth or manners: AndtheTrtde.,IIIJe Fathers gavecharge, that . Traditions be received with no Ieffe piety&veneration,rhan thebooks ofScripture. UnwrittenTruths (faith ourwitty Chancellor, More) are equivalent to theword B ofGod: What place is there for peace? Thereare, we confeffe certaine thingsofa middle nature, indifferent rites, wherein mu:h mu!t beyeelded tO the Church, much to Traditions: but that thofe thingswhich are limply neceffary to falvation (whether to be known ortobedone) lhould not befoundin the holyScriptures,either in their words, or in their fenfe, as Ai"i""' di!tinguilhes, we jullly hold abfurd, and wi th ErdfnrtH, contrary to all true divinity. Some conflitutionsfor publike order arefrom theChurch; but all neceffary determinationsoffaith, are to be fetcht from the voyce ofGod; This is, asNiffintrulycommendsit, cheright and evenrule oflife: The lawofGod is perfeCt, faith D•vid; yea, and makesperfeCt, faith Paul: And what can beadded to that which isalready perfel.t?or what perfefiion can therebe,where fome neceffary points are wanting; yea,(ifwe may beleeve HojitH) thegreatefl part? C How much is the Spirit ofGod mif-taken? He wrote thefe things that wemight beleeve, and in beleevingbe faved; But now(ifTrenl may beJudge)although we beleevewhat hehathwritten, yet we cannot be faved, unleffe we doe alfo receive and beleevewhat he bathnot written: How ill was Conftanli"e caught ofold? how ill advifed, in that publike fpeech? for which yet we doe not findo chat any ofthofe Worthies of Nice did fo much as joggehimon the elbow, in amilde reproofe , whiles he faid, Thebookes oftheEvangeli!ts and Apollles , as alfo the Oraclesofthe Ancient Prophetl doeplainly in!trutt us in themeffage and meaningofGod? Howmiferably wereeveryoneof the learned Fathers oftheChurchblinded, that theycould never eitherfeeoracknowledge anyotherruleoffaith? And what !hall we fay? DidGod envy untomankinde rhe full revelationofhisWill, in the perpetuall monumentsof hiswritten word ? Or did he notthinkeitexpedient tolay upallnect ffary dollrines in the commonClore-houfe ofTrurhs (as Kocheftercalls it?) Or, isthat perhapsmore D uncertaine which is faithfully committed to writing,than that which iscarried about by the flying rumors ofmen, and by this ayrieconveyance derived unto Pofterity? What a thing isit (as Im;.cm wifely faid)thatwe lhould leave thevoyce of the Lord and hisApollles, and attend tothefeidle taders, that talke never a trne word ?Or if this be fitting,how vainly have you fpent your labors,Oall yeRegillers ofGod,Prophets, Apollles, Evangelills? And ashe fa idofthe ointment, Towhat pnrpofewas all thiswalle? ThcfeParadoxes are perniciousto theChurch, and lhamefnllyderogatory from theglory, bothofthewifedomeandgoodneffe c;>fGod: Hold thefc: who dare. Smely we can never abide that thofe two markesofHererikes which I ren<enl long, fince fetdowne, (namely, not to re!t in the bareauthorityofScripture, and to vaunt of otherTraditions) lhould both ofthembe jufilybranded on our Gdcs. SE c T. XVI. Ofthe4Nthority •fScripltm. Bll T thisisyet mo!t lhamefully injurious, to denyunro theword ofGodcredit ofit fel fe ; and fo to hang theScriptures uponthe Church, that tbeymull needsbeg all their authority from the voicesofmen.Hone!t Eckjw,in hisrevifed& correQedfDChiritlion; TheScripture (faith he) isnot amhenricall without the authorityof theChurcli: towhich, as fomegolden and oracularfentence,there isadded inthema,..,;n,aglorious& infultiogapplaufe,An A chiller forrbeCatholiks. I let ·o· . J!#e E ',)
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