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A19649	An aunswer to sixe reasons, that Thomas Pownde, Gentleman, and prisoner in the Marshalsey. at the commaundement of her Maiesties Commissioners, for causes Ecclesisasticall: required to be aunswered Because these reasons doo moue him to think, that controuersies and doubts in religion, may not be iudged by the Scriptures, but that the Scriptures must be iudged by the Catholique Church. ... Written by Robert Crovvley.	Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.; Pounde, Thomas, 1539-1616.; Tripp, Henry, d. 1612.	1581 (1581)	STC 6075; ESTC S109107	34,598	58

It was the pleasure of God to set in the scriptures a sure Bulwarke against deceytfull errours against which Scriptures no man that is any way wylling to séeme to be a Christian dare be bolde to speake As golde by the toutch stone so are the spirites tryed by the Scripture And euerie one that is skilfull in the scriptures that is that can by conferring of one scripture with an other finde out the meaning of the holy ghost in the scriptures may be as bolde to vse the scripture in the tryall of spirites as the Goldsmith may be to vse the toutch stone in the tryall of mettalles And if ye thinke that the conference of one Scripture with an other be not the surest way to attaine to the true meaning of the Scriptures looke Saint Austine De Doctrina Christiana Lib. 3. Cap. 26. And thus much for aunswer to your second Reason which I haue called False The third Reason THe thirde Reason that mooueth you to thinke that the Scriptures are to be iudged by the Church is for that S. Peter hath written That no Scripture is to be taken after any priuate interpretation c. This Reason I haue called Foolishe for that foolishly you doo rushe into the Epistle of Saint Peter and report his wordes otherwise then he wrote them and then you your selfe doo make a priuate interpretation of them contrarie to the decrée made in the Councell of Trent whereof you would séeme to make greatest accoumpt The words of Saint Peter as they doo stande in that translation that the Coūcell of Trent hath allowed are these Hoc primùm intelligentes quód omnis prophaetia scripturae propria interpretatione non fit Vnderstanding this thing first that no prophesie of the scripture is made by priuate interpretation I meruayle howe you being such a Catholique as you professe to be durst set downe Peters wordes otherwise then you finde them in that translation For I am sure you are not ignoraunt of the penaltie that the Councell hath appointed for such doinges But this is not all your misdemeanour in this behalfe For you make a priuate Interpretation contrarie bothe to the decrée and also to this thyrde Reason of yours For to make a priuate interpretation is to make such a one as differeth from the auncient wryters and is not allowed of the Church But where can you shewe me any auncient writer that hath interpreted those wordes of Peter as you doo Saint Austine medleth not with them No more dooth S. Ierome S. Ambrose S. Gregorie nor Chrysostome nor any other of that tyme that I haue séene or can heare of Nicholaus Lyranus writing vpon these wordes of S. Peter sayth that the meaning of S. Peter was to teach that no propheticall Scripture hath begynning in or dooth spring out of humane sense or mannes meaning For thus he wryteth Propria interpretatione non fit id est non fit sensu humano ideo subditur Non enim voluntate humana allata est aliquando prophetia sed spiritu sancto inspirati c. It is not made sayth he by any mans owne interpretatiō that is to say it is not made by humane sense and therefore this saying is set immediatly after Prophecie hath not at any tyme been brought in by mans wyll but men inspired with the holy Ghost c. I thinke your Fathers of the Councell of Trent will allowe Lyranus for a Catholique wryter wherefore I thinke also that they wyll not dispense with you for dissenting from him in the interpreting of S. Peters wordes But nowe if ye wyll giue me leaue I wyll tell you what I thinke to be the meaning of S. Peter in these words First I thinke that you doo know that S. Peter wrote in Greeke And then you must knowe that the wordes which in the allowed translation are Priuata interpretatione are in the Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And they that haue any skyll in the Greeke tongue will tell you that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dooth signifie Impulsus as well as Interpretatio And may we not translate the wordes of S. Peter thus Omnis prophetica scriptura non fit proprij impulsus Euerie propheticall Scripture is not made of or by priuate or proper impulsion Or to translate it more English lyke No propheticall Scripture is made of or by priuate or proper impulsion It séemeth to me that bothe the wordes that goe before and also the wordes that followe doo enforce this to be the meaning of Saint Peter For he sayth thus We haue a firme and sure propheticall spéeche and you doo well in that you doo giue good héede thereto as vnto a Candle that appeareth in a darke place vntyl the day may waxe cleare and the day starre may aryse in your heartes But yet so that you doo first knowe that no propheticall Scripture is made by priuate or proper impulsion For prophesie hath not at any tyme bene brought vnto vs by the wyll of men but the holy men of God haue spoken as by the spirite of God they haue bene driuen or vehementlie mooued to speake Let your fréendes consider of this and tell you whether this may be allowed for Catholique or not I do● not write this as one that doo not thinke that saying of yours No Scripture is to be taken after any priuate interpretation to be true or as one that dooth allowe the rashnesse of such as wyll rushe into the Scriptures without such reuerance as is séemely and take vppon them to make interpretations after their owne fantasies I know that all that we can doo and all the helpes that we can haue are lyttle enough and therefore I thinke it méete for all men to follow the rules that S. Austine prescribeth writing De Doctrina Christiana And thus much may suffise to be sayde to your thirde Reason which by good Reason and for iust cause as I thinke I haue called Foolishe The fowrth Reason YOur fowrth Reason is for that by appealing to the Scripture we seeme as you say to giue men lybertie to denie all vnwritten verities which we haue receyued of the Church eyther by expresse definition in generall Councell or but by tradition c. And first you delyght your selfe with a frumpe at Crowley and his fellowes that wil laugh as you say so soone as they heare of vnwritten verities And it séemeth that you perswade your selfe that you haue done it verie finely And therfore I haue named this Reason of yours Fātasticall But yet a little to temper our follie you will not say our pride you will aske vs how we prooue the Trinity of persons and the vnitie of substaunce in the Godhead by expresse Scriptures c. Nine verities we must prooue by Scriptures which are not as you say written in the Canonicall Scriptures Well to staie your wisdome I wyll by Gods mercifull assistance doo what may be done in this matter And I hope to prooue as many of them as be