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A07444	The iudge of heresies one God, one faith, one church, out of which there is no saluation. Excluding all infidells, Mahumetans, Iewes, obstinate papists, and other heretikes of all sorts, and consequently all newters, who conforme themselues onely externally to any religion, from hope of participation of the kingdome of heauen. If they finally persist therein, and returne not to the knowledge and zealous profession of the true faith. By Iohn Merideth, Sub-Deane of Chichester.	Meredith, John, b. 1579 or 80.	1624 (1624)	STC 17830; ESTC S112660	68,232	98

myracles doe not proceed from a loue toward God and to the end hee may be glorified in them are vnprofitable how shall those workes which are acted by him who hath no faith bee conducible to procure eternall life You are therefore danger●usly deceiued who presume that God regardeth not what or whether wee beleeue or not misapylying to that purpose which the Apostle Rom. 2. saith To euery man that doth good hee will giue glory and honour and peace to the Jew first and also to the Grecian and that because there is no respect of p●rsons with God For how can glory bee to the vnbeleeuers which is not giuen vnto any but vnto those who are iustified for those whom God Rom. 8. hath iustified he hath also glorified Or what honour shall be giuen to Infidels When Saint Peter teacheth that it is not giuen but onely to those that beleeue Or how shall there be peace vnto him who is not Ephe● 1. redeemed with the blood of I●sus Christ In whome God hath pacifiea the things which are in Heauen and in Earth for he is our peace who hath made of both one But this peace cannot bee poss●ssed without the faith and loue of Christ for wee being iustified by faith haue peace Rom. 5. with God through our Lord Iesus Christ through whome wee haue entrance by faith into this grace wherein we stand and reioyce vnder the hope of the glory of God This hope doth not make vs ashamed because the loue of God is powred forth into our hearts by the Holy Ghost who is giuen vnto vs for we haue receiued the spirit of Adoption whereby we crie Abba Father That therefore men may bee made the Sonnes of God they receiue the onely begotten Sonne of God by faith and by his gift they receiue this power from the Lord that they may beleeue in him and appertaine to the number of the Sonnes of God For as many as receiued him to them he gaue power to be made the Sonnes of God euen to those Iohn 1. that beleeue in his name In their hearts hee writeth his Law that is the Law of Ierem. 31. Faith which beeing inspired doth Iustifie This Lawe God doeth write in the hearts of his people not by the Condition of Nature but by the bountie of Grace not by the free will of Man but by the Ministery of the preaching of the Gospell not in stone by the Letter of the Old Testament but in the heart by the Spirit of the liuing God Hee writeth therefore the Law of faith by which God iustifieth the Gentiles that by giuing grace he might renew Nature And for this cause hee diffuseth Loue which is the fulfilling of the Lawe by his Spirit that hee may make men labour to fulfill that which hee commanndeth and he bestoweth the grace of Illumination by the Spirit of faith that therefore faith might worke by loue that which is pleasing vnto God The which as long as it is not in Man whatsoeuer hath remained in man written by the Lawe of Nature without the Law of Faith doeth not possibly saue him that doeth thereafter because God doeth iustifie no man without Faith neither can it purchase saluation vnto the worker● because that without faith it is impossible to please God Hebr. 11. Wherefore the Law of Nature by which a man preserneth the bond of humane Societie without faith if it bee fulfilled cannot suffice to saue the Soule as Diues would prooue But that Law by which a man knoweth and loueth God by beleeuing in him not by which a man growen proud doeth challenge vnto himselfe good workes or faith it selfe but by which hee doeth with humble subiection ascribe both his Faith and his Workes vnto God who doeth worke them mercifully in him for this is the nature of true faith so to compose and direct a mans heart That when a man heareth the precepts of God Iddonari sibi quod praecipitur poscat Et cum in fide operatur Fulgent lib. d●●●carn Christi cap. 27. gratia Dei se ●●giter adiuvari non ambigat He prayeth vnto God to make him able to doe that which he commandeth and when hee doth good workes as a beleeuer he acknowledgeth that hee is helped wholly to performe them by the grace of God But we say farther That hee that doth not beleeue cannot haue any true vertues as wee haue prooued before in part and wee adde besides that as faith without workes is no faith so workes without faith are no workes Saint Ierome saying Sine Christo omnis Virtus in vitio In cap 3. ad Galat. est Without the faith of Christ no vertue is faultlesse yea were they present they could bee of no continuance For if so bee the threatning of Hell the promise of Heauen the exemplary liues of inuumerable Saints and all other meanes which we can vse can hardly among vs who are Christians prese●ue m●n in vertuous actions what can wee thinke of those who liuing in Infidelitie and are destitute of these furtherances But that they are so farre from being preserued in the practise of vertues that it is not possible but that they should become starke naught and vitious Therefore I conclude That an innocent life and vertuous actions without the faith of Christ cannot suffice to saluation And I doe adde further that good deeds being found in any one who professeth Christ otherwise then the Scripture teacheth and the true Church beleeueth are wholly vnprofitable and no better then the forenamed false vertues of Infidels for Vbi sana fides non est non potest esse Institia 24. q. 1. cap. vbi Sana ex ●ugustin● there can bee no true righteousnesse where there is no sound faith Therefore let no man deceiue himselfe by confidence in an innocent and vertuous life if h●e die in a damnable and hereticall Religion such as is Popery heare Saint Augustine for a Summary Constituamus aliquem castum continentem Lib. 4. de Baptis●●● non auarum non Idolis seruientem c. Say there is a man who is chaste continent not couetous no Idolater giuen to Hospitalitie to Almes no mans enemy not contentious patient quiet hating no man envying no man sober thriftie but withall an Heretike Nulli vtique dubium est propter hoc solum quod Haereticus est regnum Dei non possessurum No man doubteth but for this cause onely for that he is an heretike hee shall not inherite the kingdome of God CHAP. 3. Declareth that a good Intention or meaning toward God auaile●h not Hereticks to preserue them from damnation without the right knowledge of the true faith where is proued that Negligence and Ignorance in matters of Faith is damnable which ought to bee expelled and preuented by diligent reading and examining of the Scriptures with a detection and con●iction of the Popish politicall tyranny in prohibiting the Laity from the reading of the Scr●ptures containing also an

the selfe sa●e they beleeued h●e should come in the fulnesse of ti●e wee beleeue and are assured that he is come Therefore hee is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the first and the last the beginning Apocal. and the end So saith the Father Res ipsa quae nunc Christiana Religio August lib. 1. Retract nūcupatur erat apud antiquos c. That euery thing which is now called Christian Religion was in vse among the old Patriarchs Prophets neither did it cease to flourish from the Creation vntill Christ his comming in the flesh at which time immediately the Religion which at that time was began to bee called Christian And Christ said of Abraham that hee saw his day and reioyced And the Apostle said Ioh 8. 1 Corinth 10. that all the Fathers did eate the same spirituall meate and did drinke the same spirituall drinke because they were iustified by the same ●aith and Religion in Christ Wherein that man might walke more confidently and securely vnto the truth the truth himselfe being God euen the Sonne of God assuming our humanity not consuming his Diuinity did constitute and founded the same faith that there might be a way for Man vnto God by Man who was God for this is the Mediator betweene God and Man euen the Man I●sus Christ Christ as hee is a Mediator is Man and the way to attaine vnto God Now if hee bee the middle way between him that walketh and the place vnto which he walketh there is hope of attaining vnto it But if you faile or bee ignorant of the way through which you must passe what auaileth it you if you know whither you must goe for Christ is the only strong most certain way against all errors He him●elfe being both God and Man Quo itur Deus qua itur homo God as the end at which we aime Man as the way by which wee passe This Christ God and Man spake first by the Prophets at length by himselfe afterward by his Apostles as much as hee thought to bee sufficient he made the Scripture also which is called Canonicall of most eminent authority the which wee doe verily firmely beleeue concerning those things whereof wee may not be ignorant neither are wee fit or able to know them of our selues In which is declared that inestimable benefit which Christ performed for vs. In dying as man for our Sinnes and rising vp as God for our Iustification and he that beleeueth so farre forth in Christ cannot bee damned This is the summe of the Gospell the joyfull message of mans Saluation All those who are ignorant heereof must faile in the true Religion by erring either about the Obiect and Substance when they worship not the true God or in the Manner in not beleeuing as they ought and in not giuing such worship as he requireth of mankinde And to this purpose the Apostles as some write collected out of the holy Scriptures an Epitome or briefe Summe of Christian Religion consisting of twelue Articles containing in them by way of Implication all such things as a Christian man is bound to know beleeue to his Soules health wherein is set forth the Essence Omnipotence and Goodnesse of God that man may know how and what worship to giue vnto God and what to belieue of him As that hee beleeue that God is three in Persons and One in Substance and Essence and that hee created all things of Nothing in time that the Sonne being the Second Person in the Trinity tooke our humanity wherein he gaue the Gospell suffered was buried and did rise againe from th● dead to saue man from eternall death And so Christian Religion presupposing such truth out of the Gospell doth adore God three Persons and the same One Creator and Rede●mer and giueth him thanks in the Eucharist in rememberance of his Passion and in Hymnes Psalmes and Prayers publike priuate giueth him thanks for all his Benefits receiued desiring future glory and that felicity which hee promised vnto man This is the Summ● of Christian Faith which except a man beleeue faithfully firm●ly hee cannot be saued From hence I inferre that Iewes Mahumetans and Infidels doe not worship God aright because they haue not the true faith For first they doe not worship nor beleeue the true God for they deny the Trinity in Vnity they deny the Article of Mans Redemption the Incarnation of the Sonne of God his Passion and Resurrection and consequently they intend to worship one God who is not three in persons nor Incarnate But there is no such God therefore they worship no God To this purpose Augustine spake properly Quis quis Qu●stio super 〈…〉 6. Cap. 26. talem cogitat Deum qua●ts non est Deus alienum Deu● vtique falsum in cogitatione portat whosoeuer thinketh God to be such a one as he is not carrieth in his thought a strange and a false God The like Censure may be iustly passed against Hereticks for no man dying in such Heresie which is detractory from the glory of our Head Christ Iesus such as are most of the learned Papists if their Faith be agreeable to their Writings can be saued This may seeme rough doctrine to Men pleasers They confesse the Iewes because of their obstinate Incredulity the Turkes because of their prophane Impiety the Pagans because of their absurd Idolatry are out of all hope of Saluation if so they persist But the Papists who confesse professe and worship God● and his Christ are in a farre different state from the former because they retaine some worship of Christ though it bee not so exact and perfect in truth as Gods word requireth I answere All the Impiety that euer was among the Gentiles was but a Deprauation of the true worship of God Saint Paul saith of them that They withheld the truth in vnrighteousnes He said not as one noteth that they had not the Rom 〈◊〉 Sedulis Ibid. truth but that they withheld the truth which they knew in vnrighteousnesse for they detained the truth of the Name of God in the vnrighteousnesse of the vnworthy matter of Idols And another doth most plainly illustrate this poynt vpon Theop●ylact the same words saying that the truth it selfe or the knowledge of God were from the beginning infused into men The heathen withheld the truth knowledge in vnrighteousnesse that is they depraued it as much as they could when they translated the glory of God to their Idols neither did they otherwise then they who hauing receiued money to be spent on the honour of the Emperour consume it vpon theeues and Harlots whom all men will confesse to deale iniuriously with the Maiesty of the Emperour Thus dealt the Pagans with God as Origen doth exemplifie Lib. contra celsum in the Egyptians who saith hee erected magnificent Temples pleasant groues stately Porches and Galleries admirable Chappels curiously vaulted vbi

the Church doth beare Cusa lib. 6 Exc●t●t yea though he command other things then he ought to doe vnreasonable obedience is the most sound and perfect obedience that is when you obey without asking a reason thereof as a beast obeyeth his master From whence you may gather that they repute you of the Lai●ie to be no better then brute beasts and therefore say they Pearles are not to be c●st vnto them because they be sw●ne nor holy things because they be dogges But you will obiect and say our Teachers are as learned and as iudicious as yours who are Protestants and therefore it is Ob●ect likely that they should know the truth and consequently they would not teach vs falshood contrary to their owne knowledge and if so they should doe and we through simple credulity and obedience toward them as our Pastors should entertaine and beleeue it we are excused I answer that I confesse and know that many of the most learned of your Clergie who haue more curiously examined the Mysteries of Religion then your ordinary Scrible●s haue had the right knowledge and true vnderstanding in many points of faith and those fundamentall which is manifest in that they haue held many contradictions against the common Tenent of their Sinagogue their conscience vrging them to no lesse yet through feare they haue reuersed all with submission to their Sinagogues censure and partly for couetousnesse par●ly fearing they should lose the vaine glory of the world they haue hidden the truth and laboured by fraudulence to peruert the ge●unie sense of the Scriptures Thus dealt the Scribes and Phariseas who did shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men vpon which words saith Chrysostome Math. 23. Chrysost a●ud Al●xand in des●r vitiorum lib. 6. cap. 79. Ex. homil 41. ●●cris 〈◊〉 Christ would shew that the Priests of the Iewes did all for couetousnesse sake Who did certainely know the comming of Christ by the Scriptures But they considered that if Christ had bèene beleeued the custome of offering Sacrifices had beene extinct and the Sacrifice of righteousnesse had pr●uailed and therefore by peruer●e interpretation they shut vp the Gate of the law and the Prophets against the people who spake manifestly of Christ his comming that they might seperate men from the faith of Christ fearing least happily if Christ were beleeued they should be defrauded of their Sacr●fices for they rather desired that the law continuing their Sacrifices should be in vse by which they were inriched And not God for when the law ceased the sacrifices of Righteousnesse should come in vse with which God is delighted and faithfull men are magnified The holy Scriptures are called the kingdome of heauen because the kingdome of heauen is laid vp in them The Gate is the faithfull vnderstanding of them the Preachers are the Porters vnto whose fidelity the word is committed to teach expound the Scriptures it followeth How did the Priests shut vp the Scriptures Aliud pro alio Interpretantes by expounding one Sense for another as where Esay saith Behold your God commeth with vengeance euen God with a recompence he● will come and saue you then shall the eyes of the blinde be lightened and the eares of the deafe be opened c. These should be the signes of the comming of Christ When as therefore afterward Christ did heale the dumbe and the deafe the Iewes out of a peruerse excogitation said This man casteth out deuils no otherwise but through Belzebub Math. 12 the Prince of Deuils That they might turne away the people from beleeuing in him or else they did shut vp the Gate of the truth when they made this Decree That if any called h●m the Sonne of God he should be cast out of their Synag●gue Vpon which words of St. Chrysostome a right learned and zealous Diuine who liued aboue 200. yeares since here in Alex. ●bisupra● England maketh this Inference of the like abuse practised by the Clergie of his time saying Sic modo Sacerdotes claudunt Ianuamveritatis sciunt enim quoniam si manifesta fuisset veritas corum Ecclesia non esset Thus doe the Priests in these dayes saith he shut vp the gate of the truth for they know that if the Truth were made manifest their Church should haue an end and they should fall from Priestly dignity to popular vility And this is the reason why they keepe the Laitie in grosse ignorance least they discerning the Truth should relinquish their damnable politicke heresies whereupon the ruine of Baal and his Epicurish Priests must ineuitably ensue For most of the substantiall and accidentall parts of their Religion is nought else but a fardell of blasphemous absurdities inuented by cousening mates to deceiue the simple people of their money as is manifest in those of Purgatory and Pardons of which saith one of your owne Writers Videnou● enim in dies quod ex spelunca indulgentiarum procedunt latr●res Ioh. Rawlins S●● quadrages●imal● 94. A. We see that theeues come out of the denne of pardons daily who preach false things vnto the people to drawe thei● money from them wh● with their cunning w●t make a net to take ●lyes that is money The like complaint is made by thei● owne Writers concerning the Masse pecuniary satisfaction Reliques c. as vpon iustoccasion shall be de●lared But in this houre of thei●s and this power of darknesse what shall the people doe If the blinde sh●ll follow these blinde guides they must fall with them into the dit●h Therefore our Lord hath forwarned what is to be done to preuent thi● danger where he speaketh of that Abominatic● of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet that should sit in Math ●2 the holy place by which he meaneth Antichrist and his H●resies as the Current of the Fathers expound it hee annexeth an admonition in the words following Then let them that are in Indaea ●lye vnto the mountaines saith our Sau●our which words are thus expounded by the golden mo●thed Chrysostome Idest q●●i in Christianitate sunt sugiant ad Scripturas Ho●●il 49. in Math c. That is let those who liue in Christs Church ●lye vnto the Scriptures The Mountaines signifie the writings of the Prophets and Apostles Our Lord knowing the confusion that was to en●ue in th● last dayes therefore commandeth that Christian men that beleeue in him and desire to be established in the true faith should be take themselues to nothing else but vnto the Scriptures otherwise if they haue regard vnto ought else they shall be offended and perish not vnderstanding what is the true Chur●h Therefore if any one be deceiued in his Religion it commeth to passe through his owne negligence in the faith because he is carelesse to vnderstand the faith which is made manifest in the Scriptures and consequently is vnexcusable especially those who liue in such places where Gods word is pres●nted vnto them but they shut vp their eyes against