Perkins - BX9315 P465 1597

io? A P,itiificdrinor'etoe they forbidonly themotions that goe with confcnt.Now the Papiftes fay that thefe motions are no finproperly vnleffe confentfollow:and therefore theyin exprefe words repeale thiscommandement.For ifconcupifcence and thefire motions benofinnes properly,then there need noprohibition ofthem. y{. i ïl THE FOVRTH ARGVA4ENT. f°fiat religion which iscontrary toit(elfe, is onlya weermuentionofman:the religionofthe ChurchofRome isquitecontrarie toefelfe: therforeit is enlie an inuention ofman: whichifit bee true, aswell aReprobate as anyother may performe the thinges required init. The Preofe. Hepropofition is mofl true,becaufeit isapriuiledge ofGods word& , and fo ofthe true religion gathered foorthofit,tobe confonant to it felfein all pointes:whichproperly no doalrines nor writings betide can haue. TheAf. fumption may beemade manifeft by an induótion ofparticular examples. I. The Church ofRomefayth , that menarefaued bygrace : and againe it Roma- r 8 faith , thatmenarefattedbyworkes. A flat contradi&ion. For Paule faith, if ele6lionbe ofgrace , it isnomore ofworks:orels were grace nomore grace; but ifit beofworks ,it is no more grace: for els werework no more worke: Rhem.te(f. Anfwere is made , that in this place Paule fpeakethofworkes ofnature,which 6 Rom, indeedare contrary to grace,but not"ofworkes ofregeneration,whichare not contrary to grace.This anfwere is falfe: for Paule ina like placevnto thisoppo- ESff1eao,9, feth grace andworks ofregeneration. Ye are are fauedby grace (faithhee) through faith,and that not ofyourfelues,for it is the gift ofGod,not ofworkes, leaft anyfhouldboaflhimfelf: forwe are his workmaníhip created in Chrift Iefus vnto good works,that we fhouldwalkein them. Now let the Church ofRomefpeake what are theworkesofwhichaman may moll ofailboafl? Andwhat ai:erheworks for the doing ofwhichwemuabe£affnioned anew in Chrifl Iefus ? Aflùredly theymutt bethe workes of regeneration , dipped and dyed inthe bloodofChrilt(as they fpeake) wherefore it iseuident , thatPaules meaning is to conclude,thatifwe be fauedby grace,we cannot beefaued by workes ofregeneration. I I. The Church of Rome'confuteth and condemneth inCouncels,and de- rideth this doelrin that we teachthat men are tobe iuflified by the imputation ofthe righteoufneffe ofChrift : which righteou Ines is not in vs but inChrift. AndtheRhemiftscall ita fantafticall iulice,anew no iuflice . But herein that Rhein. te(f. Church is contraryto it felfe : for it defendethworks of fupererogation, and Rom.a ° 3° workesoffatisfa6lion ofone man for another : hodtheir ground is, becaufe Rh,,,, refl. thefaithfullare all members ofone bodie, and haue fellowihipone with ano- a+ ther a and thereforeone may fatisfiefor another. Hereby it isplaine,that the Church

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