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A07787 Two homilies concerning the meanes how to resolue the controversies of this time. First written in French, by Ph. Mornay, and now translated into English; Deux homélies du moyen de se résoudre sur les controverses de ce temps. English Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623. 1612 (1612) STC 18164; ESTC S112907 41,284 146

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of sacrifice taken in a large sense with this word did they qualifie the christian service their prayers their Sacraments their Almes How farre safer had it beene to keep them in their owne proprietie and to teach them the right end of the old sacrifices that is their end in my cone only Sacrifice I had also appointed for a sacramēt of this one sa crifice of my flesh crucisied and of my blood shed for you That bread which you break 〈◊〉 Cor. 10 〈◊〉 16. the Cōmuniō of my body that cup which you blesse the Communion of my blood The reall communication in summe of all the blessings and benesittes that redound vnto you by this sacrifice And in as much as their devotion did wax cold instead of making my people participate of them they haue thought it enough onely to she we them vnto them they haue also taken my cup from them But I say vnto you that From the beginning it was not so Do but read the Apostle Without sheading of blood is no remission of sinne Heb 9. v. 22. And wilt thou therefore for the remission of thy sinnes take vnto thy selfe the place of the Iewes wilt thou once againe shedde my blood Read on further that which hee rehearseth vnto thee so often Christ hath appeared once to put away sinne by the sacrifice of him selfe V. 26. It is not then for nought that they shewe him so manie times vnto thee Againe We are sanctified by the offering of the body of Iēsus Christ once made C. 10. v. ●0 With one offering hath hee consecrated vs for ever and iffoneuer V. 14. why then doe we begin againe euery day That therefore which I haue fulfilled at once effectually and perfectly doe not thou accuse it of imperfection by reiterating it doe not darken the truth nor belie the vertue therof by the friuolous repre sentations That which I haue giuen thee for a Sacrament thanksgiving of that vnspeakable benesit do not thou account it as a Sacrifice That which God hath ioined seeing I haue ioined them to wit the sacraments in my holy Supper thou man vnder what colour soeuer it be do not separate them But lastly could our Fathers then oversee so grosly These good kings Iosaphat Hezekiah Iozia● those good servantes of God Hilkiah Esdras others did never make this questiō Seing they had the booke of the law and did know that therein they had the ordināces of God they rent their clothes beate their breastes confessed both their owne their fathers sins before the Congre gation they exhorted and by their own example brought the whole people to repentance What therefore coulde our Saviour euer leaue vs as Orphanes and his barke without a guide On the contrary hath he not left vs a lieuetenāt general a vice-God this man God on earth Else what becomes of that Tues Pe trus Pasce oves meas Thou art Peter and feed my sheepe But here our Lord wil answer thee I am that everlasting word that was made flesh for thee The on ly Emmanuell God with thee with you by my Spirit in mine holy word I am with you vntill the end of the world Ma●th 28 As for lieuetenants I haue as many as there are good Pastors and holy dispensers of my word and Sacraments here on earth But as for Generall or Vice-God there ought none to be over my state because I am every where present I haue no need of any how much so ever the mā be limited to a certaine place or be he as quick as he wil or is able to be I haue said indeode vnto Peter one of mine Apostles and vnto one for all Thou art Peter on this Rocke wil I build my church On this Rocke that is on his cō fession for he had confessed vnto me Matth. 16 Thou art the Christ the son of the living God And therevpon haue you placed vnder an Altar at Rome the supposed Reliques of Peter and haue called them the confessiō of Peter On this pretended confession haue you built S. Peters church It was not so that this holy Apostle vnderstood it when he told vs Pe● 2. v. ● Be yee as liuely stones made a spirituall house But vpon what truly not vpon this your cōfession but vpon his owne vpon him that is that living stone reiected by me and yet the chiefe Corner-stone elect and precious in Gods eies I told him also the gates of hel should not prevaile against it and all the power of Sathan shall be found weake against it And you haue thereby gathered that it must be a temporall puissant and invincible Empire But Peter vnderstood farre better this my style language He that shall beleeue in it in this liuing Stone in mee that am the Rocke of Israel shall never be confoūded I had likewise said vnto Peter I will giue thee the keyes of the kingdome of heaven Ioh. 22. whatsoever thou bindest on earth shall bee bound in heaven And I gaue them indeede vnto him vnto all his fellowes after my resurrection to wit the ministrie of reconciliation by the preaching of the Gospell And thence you haue concluded Thou art Peter Ergo the Bishop of Rome is the vniversal Bishop of the world hee shutteth and no man openeth he openeth no man shutteth Hee hath in his hands al power both temporall and spiritual he openeth heaven he shutteth hell quencheth the fire in Purgatorie he commandeth the Angels hee keepeth in awe the Divels he saveth or dāneth men at his owne pleasure he giueth dispē●ations contrary to the lawe of God and to his Gospell being not so much in the place of God as against God himselfe And yet are wee bound to beleeue that God is changed in opinion when he is altered in his But betweene these two propositions Thou art Peter The Bishop of Rome is Vice-God nay more then God What a gulfe is there to be filled And whence can it be filled but frō that bottomlesse deepe How much better did the holy Apostle vnderstand this Feed my sheepe that is with my word Feed saith he you Priests my fellowes in the Priest hood the flocke of Christ which is cōmitted to your charge not as bearing rule over the inheritance of the Lord bee they of the Clergie or lay-men but so that ye may defend the flock And whē the chiefē shepheard shal appeare you shal receiue that incorruptible crowne of glory And not here on earth a triple crown or kingdome This therefore was the meaning of the Lord farre different from thy glosse yet Peter himself is the interpreter And therfore would he haue answered thee here as before Frō the beginning it was not so The first Bishops of Rome for the space of 300. yeares vnder the Heathē Emperors for the most part were all Martyrs knewe neuer what this temporal iurisdiction meant As for the 400. years following vnder the