I04. C H A P.2. /l y1 Expo/îtionvpon theftcond V a R.3, in Scriptures ; that is, verdum fidei. Reliz-ion, what is in the written word prefcribed ; All z other thin he z vaine, taught dy the ,precepts óf men. When blat.15.9 hanlfaid theyfheulddpartfromthef,ith;menthefrom the faith of Rome. or rather ment hee Rome -, as other Churches, yea more then many, fhould depat t from faith Cathelick ?See t Tim.4, t.?.thou wilt think he pointed fin- ger fpecially to Rome, fo futahie are their do grines to thof of Dtuels there mentioned,And thus doth Lyra expound this Text. Ali;venerit dtfcef o primum ; exponunt aliqui de difceîone a Romano Imperio : alcj de difee(J' a Romana &ecleftât,a qua iam din e/i quad receffit Grecia:mihi videtur melitts inte!ligendum, de rece(J"u a fide Catholicá. S.Is irpail ?Ref .Why doubt ?have we read Scriptures? obferued the doelrinc,of Faith there taught? :the rule,Mat- ter,Manner of worfhip there prefcribed ?Thc whole world once groaned to fee it felfe become; .irian. It might much more,to haue feene it felfbecome wholly Bntichrifiian. 6. When began it? Where was it? Who Authors ofit ? Red). t. Fond men : mnufl circumflances needs bee pune}ually fhowne,elfe is it not? Reade what to this point that learned Dolor Field bath noted. 2. The declinings frompure doctrine and Religion, and how in euery Age of the Church they were increafed, fee in the Centurie Wri- ters. 3 Antichrifiianifine, Paul Riles amyfIery ofiniquity; fecretly it infinuates it felfe into the Church : they'fpeake lies in Hypocrifie. 4. Can any man tell me, when Iuflifica- tion by workes, doctrine of merit,fatisfao}ion, fupereroga_ Lion ; free keeping the Law to iuflification, free will, &c. were generally entertained in the Church. Can you tell me when worfhipping God in an Image, Adoration of the EucharifI, veneration ofReliques, Prayer for the dead, inuocation of Saints, &c. or if there bee any other point of Faith or worfhip wherein we diflent from, the Tridentine Faith and Religion; can any tell me, when, or where thefe were generally entertained amongfl the teachers.,& people ofthe chrifiian world ?Then there was this apofiafie.When were there dogmatized & decretalls flablifhed for catho- lique Lyons in a Thcrz. Lib.3.cap.It. °I Ting 2.
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