'Iheorderof thecaufes I. TJ>e atl offaith,is to appre~.eodthevg- A gour ofiultice is due. linetfe offinne,and the w2ges thereof. Two conditions arerequifiteto make ameII. After this, followech a feare ofGods rir,I-Th~ta reward fhould by fome compatl:' anger,and ofhell fire. · or bargame be due: And thiscondition is in III. Then begin men to diflike, and in works,inregardofGod.ForGodinthdcripfome fortto detelt!innc. tures hath promifed a reward to fuch as work And herein ltands the difpofition of Con. well. U. That befides this compatl whereby gr,iry,not immedlately,nor fttllicienr, but far the dcbter is bound, there ihould bee alfo remooued. . . fom~ worthineilC in the worke, or fame pro1V. Anhe length, fatth turnerh '!t fclfe to poruon ofthe worke to the reward. the contemplation ofGods mercies, and beThe worthinesor dignity ofthe worke deleeneth that God is ready to forgiue finnes,by pendeth. I. On Chrilt,bccanfe Chrifl: didnot the infufion ofcharitie into thofe, which are only merit that his own properach6s fhould before fufficiently prop1red and difpofed. be meritorious , but the actions a!fo of his V. 0ut ofthis contemplation proceedeth members. I I. On the holy Gho(l.For thehathe atl:ofhope, whereby they begin todefire ly Gholt dothconfpire,excite, and moue men God, as the chiefelt goed. B- to doe. HI. On an Habitual! grace,which is a V I. Out ofthis atl: of hope. arifcth loue, certaine participation ofthe diuine e!fence. whereby God is loued aboue all things, by 'rhus much concerning the degrees of exthe Jl:rcngrh ofnature. ccuting Predeltination. Now followes the VII. After this loue,followeth a new difapplying ofPrcdeltination particularly ro the like,anda detefl:ltion offinne, not fo much in perfons ofmen. regard offeare ofthe puni{hment in hell fire, No man,fo long as he liueth in this mortal! as in regardoftheoffencero God, who is filife, oughtfo much toprcfumeon the fecret nally loued more then all other things. myltery of Gods Predeltinarion, asro dererVIll. After all thefe, followes a purpofe mine vndonbtedly that hce is in +he nnmber of amendment oflife : and here comes in the ofthemwhom God harh ordained to eternal! meafure ofcongruitie, that is, fufficienr.- or happioe!fe. For no man without efpeciall reelfetheimmediate, fufficient,andlaltdifpouelationcan know, whomGod hath chofen liti"n before the infitlion ofgrace. tobe his heires,Sel1~6.c.r •· 'The thirddegree ofPredeltin.cion, is the Thefumme ofall thefe, is this: God bya firfl: iultification, whereby men ofvniult, are cerraine grace giuen freely, or rarher agrace made iult, not onely through the remifsion preuenting, or commingbefore, the which is oftheir linnes, bur alfo by a fantlificationof c rearmed anefpeciaU•Jde, doth moone a man, rheinward man , by hisvoluntary receiuing that he may difpofe himfelfe vnro his iultify_ ofgrace and gifts. ing grace, namely, that he may beleene, feare, The efficient canfe of this iultification, is repent, loue, and propo11nd to himfelfenewrhe mercy ofGod, and themeritoriouspafli. nelfeoflife,&c. on ofour Sauiour Chrilt, whereby he pnrchaFurthermore,ifa /inner doe by his free will fed iultification for men. The inltrumentall yee!dhis a!fentvnro this diuine motion, and caufe, is baptifrlle. The formal! caufe, isnot doth confequently and accordingly rightly that iultice which was inherent in Chrilt, but difpofe himfe!fe,God doth inconrinently forwhkh hec infufeth into man : and that is giue himhis finne, and withall doth infufe inefpecially hope,and <harity. to himiultifying grace,by wl:ichhee may doe The fou>th degree,is the fecond iultificatigood workes, and fo by rhem merit eternal! on,wherby menareofiult,made moreiult:the life. BeU~rrn. c•ufe hereefis faith,ioined with good works. It is poflible for fttch as are renued,to keep D ErrourtOf the PapiflJ1>1 thrir diftri~Nting the commandemenrs:and therefore itis f•lfe, ofrhe ro•fu offlll•.rion. that aiufr man committcth fo much as a ve– niall finne in hi•belt adions, much le!fe, that he deferneth eternal! death for the fame. The fifth dcgree,is the reparation <>f a !in– ner by the Sacramentof Penance. Thewhich. is, as itwere, the f<cond boor~ftera fhip– wracke. Thecaufe why this reparation isne– ce!fary,is, bccaufe men lofe the~cace ofiulti– £cation by euery mortall finne. The!ail degree,isthe fruit ofiuiliiication; oamdy, the glory of eternal! life, the which workesOone in grace. do ex rtmdigno, con– pignely merit,orby tiJfficient worthine!fe. Condignernerit, is when as the reward is after fuch fort due, as that ifit bee norgiuen, iniulticc will be committed : This by the riAnd this is the dotl:rine of the Church of Rome, furely a very blafphemous dodrine, . andno better to be accounted of, then as a gallowesfer vp for the torture and ma!facre of mens confcicnces. And that this may the more manifeltly appeare to bee fo, I will fet downe the molt principall errours ofpopi!h dodrine inthis cafe. The I. errotlr. Predeftinmi•n w onti] ofthe Etea, the Repr.– b~Ctes they ""omlyjort.t.,11o-wne. The con[lltflttion. The- name of Predefiination, by a figure calledSynecdoche, the whole for.the part, is ·taken.
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