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A67257 Of faith necessary to salvation and of the necessary ground of faith salvifical whether this, alway, in every man, must be infallibility. Walker, Obadiah, 1616-1699. 1688 (1688) Wing W404B; ESTC R17217 209,667 252

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unity_n of_o her_o faith_n of_o the_o donatist_n heretic_n thus_o s._n aug._n gesbacum_fw-la emerito_fw-la extra_n ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la potest_fw-la emeritus_n evangelium_fw-la tenere_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o habere_fw-la &_o praedicare_fw-la sed_fw-la nusquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la salutem_fw-la poterit_fw-la invenire_fw-la give_v the_o reason_n afterward_o quia_fw-la charitatem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la and_o ep._n 48._o ad_fw-la vincentium_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la estis_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la in_fw-la symbolo_fw-la in_fw-la caeteris_fw-la dominicis_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la autem_fw-la unitatis_fw-la &_o vinculo_fw-la pacis_fw-la in_fw-la ipsa_fw-la denique_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la non_fw-la estis_fw-la to_o estius_n and_o lugo_n add_v a_o three_o layman_n a_o casuist_n of_o great_a reputation_n thus_o 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16._o vel_fw-la nondum_fw-la fidei_fw-la dogmata_fw-la definierat_fw-la again_o formale_a assentiendi_fw-la principium_fw-la seu_fw-la motivum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la authoritas_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la ex_fw-la te_fw-la quaeram_fw-la cur_n credas_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la incarnatum_fw-la respondeasque_fw-la quia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la quae_fw-la errare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ob_fw-la s._n spiritus_fw-la assistentiam_fw-la ita_fw-la testatur_fw-la iterum_fw-la ex_fw-la te_fw-la quaeram_fw-la unde_fw-la id_fw-la scias_fw-la vel_fw-la cur_n credas_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la errare_fw-la vel_fw-la s._n spiritum_fw-la ei_fw-la assistere_fw-la quare_fw-la recte_fw-la dicit_fw-la canus_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la loc_n theol._n 8._o c._n post_o med_n si_fw-mi generaliter_fw-la quaeratur_fw-la unde_fw-la fideli_fw-la constet_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la fide_fw-la tenet_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la revelata_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la 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grant_v concern_v the_o certainty_n which_o faith_n may_v receive_v from_o the_o external_a motive_n or_o proponent_n the_o spirit_n scripture_n church_n and_o tradition_n 3_o concern_v the_o illumination_n adherence_n certitude_n which_o this_o faith_n that_o ordinary_o first_o come_v by_o hear_v receive_v from_o the_o inward_a operation_n of_o god_n spirit_n 1._o first_o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o interior_a work_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n open_v the_o heart_n be_v always_o require_v beside_o the_o outward_a mean_n for_o the_o conception_n of_o all_o save_a faith_n that_o we_o can_v exercise_v any_o act_n thereof_o without_o particular_a grace_n and_o motion_n mean._n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o it_o be_v the_o infuse_a gift_n of_o god_n as_o well_o as_o other_o grace_n of_o hope_n and_o charity_n see_v jo._n 6._o 29_o 44_o 45_o 64_o 65._o matt._n 11._o 25_o 26._o 16._o 17._o act._n 13._o 48._o 16._o 14_o 15._o rom._n 12._o 3._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 3_o 9_o 2_o cor._n 3._o 3_o gal._n 5._o 22_o 23._o eph._n 1._o 17._o etc._n etc._n 2._o 8._o 6._o 23._o see_v ben._n spir._n p._n whence_o faith_n be_v say_v to_o be_v supernatural_a as_o in_o respect_n respect_n of_o its_o object_n thing_n above_o the_o comprehension_n of_o reason_n and_o and_o of_o it_o be_v ultimate_a ground_n it_o build_v upon_o which_o be_v divine_a revelation_n so_o so_o of_o its_o act_n be_v cause_v by_o the_o spirit_n all_o the_o act_n of_o faith_n be_v in_o some_o kind_a supernatural_a for_o such_o a_o degree_n of_o adherence_n as_o they_o have_v both_o because_o the_o relater_n or_o proponent_n thereof_o be_v many_o time_n not_o at_o least_o know_v to_o be_v infallible_a and_o because_o the_o object_n thereof_o many_o time_n though_o there_o be_v all_o certainty_n from_o the_o relater_n be_v capable_a of_o much_o doubt_n and_o vacillancy_n from_o its_o supernaturalness_n and_o seeming-repugnancy_n to_o reason_n therefore_o we_o see_v our_o first_o father_n or_o at_o least_o his_o wife_n see_z 1_o tim._n 2._o 14._o fail_v in_o not_o believe_v the_o word_n speak_v by_o god_n himself_o to_o he_o and_o the_o disciple_n when_o rational_o believe_v our_o saviour_n to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o all_o he_o say_v to_o be_v truth_n and_o see_v his_o miracle_n yet_o desire_v the_o increase_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o be_v in_o it_o many_o time_n not_o a_o little_a shake_v through_o the_o contrariety_n or_o transcendency_n which_o it_o have_v to_o sense_n or_o reason_n and_o it_o be_v reckon_v to_o abraham_n as_o strong_a faith_n that_o he_o believe_v the_o word_n of_o god_n himself_o in_o thing_n contrary_a to_o nature_n see_v rom._n 4._o 18_o 19_o 20._o which_o sarah_n his_o wife_n flag_v in_o see_v gen._n 18._o 12._o 2_o king._n 7._o 2._o thus_o faith_n to_o make_v it_o vigorous_a and_o lively_a come_v necessary_o to_o be_v a_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n either_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o sublimity_n of_o its_o object_n or_o
reasonable_a that_o the_o church_n infallibility_n in_o necessary_n shall_v be_v take_v in_o the_o latter_a sense_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o our_o saviour_n promise_n that_o appear_v to_o restrain_v his_o assistance_n or_o in_o the_o conveyance_n of_o tradition_n that_o appear_v to_o restrain_v its_o certainty_n to_o the_o former_a sense_n see_v church-government_n 2._o part_n part_n 31._o in_o which_o former_a sense_n if_o it_o be_v only_o allow_v the_o church_n infallibility_n in_o guide_a christian_n will_v be_v confine_v only_o to_o two_o or_o three_o point_n and_o those_o scarce_o by_o any_o at_o all_o doubted-of_a or_o dispute_v in_o this_o latter_a sense_n therefore_o both_o because_o of_o our_o saviour_n promise_n and_o the_o evidence_n of_o tradition_n it_o must_v be_v say_v that_o the_o church_n can_v be_v mistake_v in_o defect_n but_o only_o if_o at_o all_o in_o the_o excess_n not_o in_o substract_v from_o christian_n any_o part_n of_o such_o necessary_a faith_n or_o duty_n but_o perhaps_o in_o superad_v thereto_o something_o as_o necessary_a which_o be_v not_o 2._o and_o here_o also_o second_o concern_v such_o excess_n i_o think_v you_o 5._o will_v grant_v i_o that_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a for_o a_o private_a man_n to_o judge_v that_o any_o particular_a point_n decide_v by_o the_o church_n be_v not_o some_o way_n or_o other_o necessary_a to_o be_v state_v know_v and_o believe_v by_o reason_n of_o some_o ill_a influence_n which_o the_o contradictory_n thereof_o may_v by_o some_o consequence_n at_o least_o have_v upon_o our_o other_o faith_n or_o manner_n necessary_o require_v and_o former_o establish_v nay_o far_o that_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o say_v that_o any_o point_n decide_v &c_n &c_n be_v not_o necessary_a either_o direct_o and_o immediate_o or_o by_o connexion_n with_o some_o other_o point_n that_o be_v so_o to_o the_o actual_a exercise_n of_o christian_a religion_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o a_o complete_o holy_a life_n to_o which_o 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that_o the_o church_n not_o private_a man_n be_v to_o define_v what_o point_n be_v necessary_a necessary_a 7._o if_o these_o point_n be_v necessary_a at_o all_o to_o be_v define_v and_o exact_o distinguish_v from_o all_o other_o her_o proposal_n proposal_n 8._o 2._o infallibility_n of_o the_o ch._n in_o matter_n of_o universal_a tradition_n though_o they_o be_v not_o necessary_a concede_v likewise_o by_o all_o all_o 9_o 3._o infallibility_n universal_a in_o whatever_o the_o ch._n propose_v &_o deliver_v be_v not_o affirm_v by_o catholic_a writer_n writer_n 10._o but_o only_o in_o those_o point_n which_o she_o propose_v tanquam_fw-la de_fw-la side_n or_o creditu_fw-la necessaria_fw-la necessaria_fw-la 11._o where_o conc_fw-fr the_o several_a sense_n wherein_o point_n be_v affirm_v or_o deny_v to_o be_v de_fw-fr fide_fw-la fide_fw-la 12._o that_o as_o only_o so_o all_o divine_a revelation_n or_o necessary_a deduction_n from_o they_o be_v de_fw-fr fide._n i._n e._n the_o object_n and_o mat●ters_n of_o faith._n and_o that_o the_o ch._n can_v make_v nothing_o to_o be_v de_fw-fr fide_fw-la i._n e._n to_o be_v divine_a revelation_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v not_o so_o always_o from_o the_o apostolic_a time_n time_n 13._o 13._o 15._o that_o all_o divine_a revelation_n or_o necessary_a deduction_n therefrom_o be_v not_o the_o fide_fw-la i._n e._n creditu_fw-la necessaria_fw-la necessaria_fw-la 16._o and_o that_o the_o church_n lawful_o may_v and_o have_v a_o necessity_n to_o make_v de_fw-fr novo_fw-la upon_o rise_a error_n such_o point_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la i._n e._n creditu_fw-la necessaria_fw-la which_o former_o be_v not_o so_o so_o 17._o 17._o 18._o or_o as_o some_o other_o of_o the_o catholic_n writer_n usual_o express_v i●_n only_o in_o point_n clear_o traditional_a traditional_a 19_o 19_o 20._o 20._o 21._o 21._o 22._o 22._o 23._o 23._o 24._o 24._o 25._o 25._o 26._o 26._o 27._o whether_o and_o by_o what_o mark_n those_o point_n which_o be_v propose_v by_o the_o church_n tanquam_fw-la de_fw-fr side_n or_o creditu_fw-la necessaria_fw-la or_o which_o be_v propose_v as_o constant_o traditional_a be_v clear_o distinguish_v by_o she_o from_o her_o other_o proposal_n proposal_n 28._o 28._o 29._o anathema_n no_o certain_a index_n thereof_o part_n ii_o ii_o 30._o concern_v obedience_n and_o submission_n of_o private_a judgement_n whether_o due_a to_o the_o ch._n suppose_v not_o in_o all_o her_o decision_n infallible_a infallible_a 31._o 31._o 32._o 32._o 33._o ●●_o that_o no_o submission_n of_o our_o judgement_n be_v due_a to_o the_o proposal_n of_o the_o church_n where_o we_o be_v infailible_o certain_a of_o the_o contrary_n contrary_n 34._o 2._o that_o no_o submission_n be_v due_a to_o a_o inferior_a person_n or_o court_n in_o matter_n whereof_o i_o have_v doubt_n when_o i_o have_v a_o superior_a to_o repair_v to_o for_o resolution_n resolution_n 35._o 3._o that_o submission_n of_o judgement_n be_v due_a to_o the_o supreme_a ecclesiastical_a court_n in_o any_o doubt_n whatever_o short_a of_o infallible_a certainty_n certainty_n 36._o 36._o 37._o submission_n of_o judgement_n prove_v 1._o from_o scripture_n scripture_n 38._o 2._o from_o reason_n reason_n 39_o several_a objection_n and_o scruple_n resolve_v resolve_v 40._o 40._o 41._o 41._o 42._o 42._o 43._o 43._o 44._o 3._o from_o the_o testimony_n of_o learned_a protestant_n protestant_n 45._o 45._o 46._o 46._o 47._o 47._o 48._o 48._o 49._o 49._o 50._o 50._o 51._o 4._o from_o the_o testimony_n of_o learned_a catholic_n catholic_n 52._o 52._o 53._o 53._o 54._o conclusion_n conclusion_n 55._o 55._o 56._o 56._o 57_o 57_o 58._o 58._o 59_o 59_o 60._o 60._o 1._o 1._o 2._o n._n 1._o in_o what_o sense_n it_o may_v be_v lawful_a to_o believe_v or_o do_v a_o thing_n against_o our_o own_o judgement_n judgement_n 2._o n._n 2._o 2._o 2._o n._n 3._o 3._o 4._o 11._o 2._o 2._o 3._o 3._o 4._o concern_v the_o church_n lawful_a authority_n to_o excommunicate_a dissenter_n in_o non_fw-la 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