I the Epijfle oj ludr:. I 493 - , thou(1h not comrarvto rh;uwhich is taught he ' A ' me m ho!deth one G od, yet in hbrtand ~ifc ht 1 jlJ.lli b~accurfcdi ma;'Y doCtrines indeed ofArts I fctc.ct~ vp t '<"9 or ll!OC: tOme r~chcs , !i.>nH: picJ·· lobi<•· I Anfwer. ThcmyRery ofiniqu1cic fuppomd byamrrti· uli.Scrtp- ""~ !J.Ground. anJ other things are diucrs and bcliJcs ic; but furc, iomc one ti.nnc or orhcr:fcir where a 111rms the meaning is, rh:u no dotlrinc of (aluauon l hean is, there is his God.Pnu/ f~ith,fOmc make mun be brough:, no not bcfides ir, therefore I their he/lie their Gvd : and thlt the D cuiili& rlu the bookcs ofthe Prophets and Apoftks conGodof riH world. rainc apcrfcat rule. Many things '~hicoh cann~t Sc~ond!)~.' r'r._c mainc En~n.lie is t_h_c.Popip) be found in Scripwrc may-be fupphcd by tr3dtChu;·ch, whtch m word hol(ietlr One.God, bur rion. A"[.Tr2ditionsl'31l ncucr'fctlc the confcidiucrs~ \\'aics fct •v·p diucrs Gotls.>As fi1l1 t\;t cncc, for though diucrfc of~thcm are found m PopcJum[eljt, who (by their rcfvrmcd Canon the w.ritings of the Farhcrs, ycc they were la·w) is to n1dgc all, :and to bdudgcd.ofnont-. fubicCt _to crrour, -and fo might and did errc in Who lll.l~crh himfclfe aforgiucr -'of 11nncs and them. that properly : ycaja makcrof.'ta"INcs· w bi.ndc conf"icncc afwcllas God~ !a\t-s;whtth i!J horrf– i)Je blafphcmic. Sctondly, ,rhC V_tr,ght .t11ar:J, whom they m.'1kca...GoddctTCI as GhiH aGod: .Ad1m{aries ofthis ._f.romf(l tobucontended With. Fidl, all men by nature~ Job. 2 :.. J 4· who [aJ to th~ .Aimighu"t, n~pm·t from vs,fOr l}'ee de;fr~ not th~ k.!,towledge of thy wa)'es .' yea our 'ommon ProteHants, Y. 1 ho in indgemc'nt ac– knowledge this rule,yet in their J.ti: they Jeaue it, & take the JcadC rule bfnatural rcafon,fcnfc, light,and fecling,and fcwe thc'rcbc that Jiuc by faitlo. B as Chr\ll aKing.', fo her a Cl.!.!eenc; as ~ca Lord, ' I fo her a LadiC':~'jlca they fe! Clhrl!l,beiow her, <WhOm thcr defire to-commalinJ'h'i'f So~m~hJ t h~ right ~fa mdthn-~ ytra and in fome oftheir rd0r1nca Seruic~ bookcs, tllev nufi~tn her for faluation. .. ~· ~ 11 ..... . ThirdJy, ~heSaintJ whom they prayvnro: wherein the-y attribut-e vm~ t.hefi)~the know– lcd.ge of the fcacts of mens·hc".aHs, and om:.. niprcfcnce, for they mult alfo,bcc' in all pb• ccs ; '"'hich arc drings proper vifto God a.1. lone. 1 ,... •· 1 i'1>pcric i rnortfll·rof m2r•y hc~li~1 :~~~:~~~~J:. Sceondly,theRomiihChurch, for fitft, they make the written word athing ruled by-fct'tlng vp another Rule: faying, that there arc two kindes of Scripture:The fir(l jg inward,writtcn in the heart of all Catholikes; which is thcvni• uerfall confent of the Ghurch : The fccond is outward, written by the Prdphets & Apotllcs, an inkcri Scripture (fay they) and a dead letter The fourth ground•ts,th:Jt God u al-fuJfctent I +Ground. mhmtfelft, Gen. T 7· t, f¥zmall-fl!!jicmu~Lhat ts, he hath m hunfelfc all pcrf•chon; for firft, he C takerh bccing frem none, but gwech becmg to all. Secondly,for fu btlancc-he is a lpirit of perfelt naturc.l Thirdly, ellcry way infinite, in regard oftime, place, attributo-s, ~his maywell be called a ground, for whofcJclJCr placcth any "·;;.m or impcrfcCliot1 in God, dcnicth God & maketh him no God. . without the former. Whereas the deanc con– trarie is true, the true rule beeing the Scripture .of the Prophets and Apotllcs: and the other in theheart in this life, but an imperfea- patterne drawnc aeccording to the former. Secondly,. they ouertumc theground, in ioyning to the written word vnwrmen tr4ditions; fo making it but halfe a rule, and indeed as good no rule: but wh~re arc thefc trnditions? In the writings ofthe Fathers they fay:But how !hall we know thcn).t"O be Scripture? Bccaufe 1he Fathers fay (o: But how !hall WC know they r,y true> Here nmfi they Aie toman, whereofjCt no man can affurc vs.Thirdly,inreaching that the true fcnfe ofScripture c:mnot be found without the chur- D chcs dctcrmin:nion, and fo indecde make it no rule, becaufe aPighe rule both ruleth it felfe, &: isplainc to mic other things alfo. The third ground is : There U one true God. Byon~,I mcaneone in number,not two:t.Cor. 8. 6. Tovsthereis6utoneGod, that is, to the Church,to vs tha[ lookctobe f~1.11ed: v.hich is plain by.this re:ilfon,for there cnn be but one in– finite, and if there \-\ 1 erc two or mac Cods,thcr fhould be t\\'0 or moe infinitcs, which ii im– poffiblc. AducYfori~s to thitgromrd. Adtte>fariu ha,of. Firfl, the common pcopi;, who conceiue a God made all ofmc-rciC'A'Ithouthis iufiice. Secondly, the Papill, who robb<th God of his rerfcC\:ion tWO waies: firf~, they <lt,tributc an imperfeCt iHCTicc vnto him, namely, fi1ch a one as may be farisfied by mans f.1tisfathon.se– condly, an imperfeCt' mcrcic:,. whereofour own merits mufi t2ke a fupp}ie..~ teach ing that indcedc Chrifl nlLlfi make vs iuH: but wee mull make our fclues more iufl- andmedt falua– tion. The fifth ground is : The,re bee three in lua.. uen, the F.aher,Sonne, andiN!y Ghoft, and th~fe three erre one God, 1. I oh. 5. 7. How can it be: that threcarconc:God? Anfw.lt is amyflcric, which the ancient church anfwerc:rh thns;They be three in pcrfon 3nd one in fub!hnce; fo 'Ne alfo fay they be three in manner of fubfifling, but one in n<"lturc 3nd Godhead: Thre-e rhey be difii11gui(hcd in perfon, ~1e Father ':ot bccing the Sonnc, nor the holy t.JhoiT, and to in other pe1-fons, tht'cc'fubfiltcnces in one ll3turc, 1oh. Fir11,thc common Protcffants,Who in iudget 7. z. This is life cue,·!afli;;g, c5.. c. This is 3 ··~ P~ph1s fob" Godofhi• merck;llld iullicc, 5.Ground. (hrtfiiOIIo Anfwcr. -----,\ ~-:1 a I -------g-;Omid --------------------------~
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