sedition sttrred vp by them in France adulterie sodomie and bougrie Yf you please to viewe Sir Ihon Knox life the holy Apostle of Scotland there you shall see Incest coÌ„mitted by him with his owen good Mother in a cornekill or killogie adulterie wtih an other mans wife his Necromancie and familiar friendshipe with Sathan whose Example many of the Minissers of Scotland did follow as you shall see herefter in the description of their liues Considering Gentle Reaeer that the tree is knowen by the fruis as Christ sayetd you may Easely Iudge by the fruits and morall workes of our New Gospellers Mat. 7. vngodly doctrine vngodly Religion as much taught by their doctrine as practised in their liues whether their Relegious tree be good or no when the tree it selfe is nothing else but a confused mas of olde heresies patched together like an beggere olde Clocke which were condemned long agoe in olde heretiques by the ancient Fathers and the fruits thereof a libertie to liue after the pleasours of this world and concupissance of the flesh in all pleasant voluptie of eating and drinking and Exercise of venus game and to coÌ„mit anie sinne that is as homicide adulterie thifte periurie Sodomie and other suchlike crimes without scruple of Conscience because men are made free from the keeping of all lawes by their faith in Christ and libertie of their Gospell Sathan him selfe could not haue geuen a mor pernitious Religion to mortall men then to giue a confused mas of olde condamned heresies and to teach men that they should neuer paine them selues to doe anie good worke because that all good workes are but deadly sinnes in the Iudhment of God which can not further our SaluatioÌ„ but rather procure our damnation that men should not be feared to coÌ„mit any sinne that may pleasour him because that no sinne can condemne him prouyding he beleeue to be saued in the blood of Christ for so teaching all good workts are banished away as vnprofitable to Saluation and libertie giuen to man to coÌ„mit all sinnes that may pleasour him without all feare of damnation I praie God to saue vs froÌ„ such a pestient Relinion and to graunt vs grace to abide constantly in the bosome of the catholique Romaine Church AMEN A CERTEN TREATISE VVHERE IN ARE EVIDENTLY DECLARED THE ABHOMINABLE LIVES OF the chiefe pellars of the nevve Gospell their pestilent doctrine their Incalling of Sathan and conference vvith him vvhereby they shevve them selues Iaolaeers lastly vvee shevve hovv their abhominable lines and pestiferous doctrine Lead Ignorant soules to manifest Infidelitie and Euindnta perdition OF LVTHERS ahbominable life and pesliferons doctrina CHAP. 1 TO Beginne first at their patriarch Luther you must vnderstand that he was a Monke and prossed Frier of the order of S. Augustine Ingendred as Lindanus writteth by a Deuill called Incubus transformed in the shape of a man This forelorne man did breath his 3. Religous vewes made to God pouertie chstitie and obedience for the disotdained loue he bare to honours riches and volpties of this word He confesseth that Sathan did teach him that the Messe was but Idolatrie Eull of it selfe for thus he writteth in his booke Intitituled de Missa priuata et vnctione Sacerdotum tom 7. vvitimberg anno 1558. saying contigit me semel sub nediam noctoni subito Expergefieri Ibi Sathan mecum coepit huiusmodi disputationem audi Inquit Luthere Doctor perdocte nosti enim te quindecim annis Celebrasse Missas priuatas horrenda essent Idolatria quid si â—bi non adfuisset Corpus Sanguis Christi sed tantum Panem et vinum adorasses et alis adhoerandum proposuisses Cui Ego Respondi sum vnctus Sacerdos accepi vnctionem et consecrationem ab Episcopo That is to say it hapned me once about midnight to be suddenly awakned out of my sleepe there Sathan begoud this disputation with me heare me said he most learned Doctour Luther thou knoewest thou hast al most daylie Celebrated Masses these 15 yeeree by pass what yf such priuie Masses were horible Idolatrie what yf the Bodie Blood of Christ were not reallie there but only that thou didest adore bread and wine offer the same to by adored by others whome to I did answere that I was a Priest and that I hade reciued vnction consecration from a Bishope after these words Luther reharseth the arruments which Sathat did bring in to disprooue the Masse and that the Protstarts peruse to day for the same effect this is the cause wherefore I can not Esteeme but good of the Masse seeing that Sathan which euery where doth procure the damenation of man did disprooue the same Now good Reader thou mayest easily surmise how this woefull Prophete of the Protestants was send by Sathan to disturbe and vexe the Church of God with his heresies and not from Iesus Christ to refrome the same lib. de seruo arbitrio Tom. 2. Luther fighceth against his oâ—ven conscieÌ„ce He confesseth that he did withstand and resist his conseience the space of ten yeeres to giue assent to his erroneous doctrine which he did learne from Sathan and did persuad his Bretheren of VVitemberge to doe the same in abolishing the Masse Beholde this foresworne Monke enneEnnemie to truth condemÌ„eth as S. paul sayeth by his proper Iudgment and light of his owen conscience VVhat edification may you receiue by his Example but to learne from him to with stond our owen consciennce when wee haue any Euill tourne to doe He confesseth that he was mooued with hatred and Enuy to depairt from the Romaine Church because the promulgation of the Indulgences was not graunted to the Religious order of S. Augustine he confesseth that he was citizen of the Romaine Church and after his depairting thence he sheweth not to what Church he did retire but grauÌ„tetd that he was that time him selfe alone In prnfat Tom. 1. Thus Luther was in no Church at all He confesseth that he was mooued to Excogitate new Errours against the doctrine of the Romaine Church for the great hatred he bare against the Pope of Rome in coÌ„ment in cap. 30. gsnes pag. 455 He teacheth in his coÌ„mentaies vpon the 50. of Genesis that yf the wyfe refuse to come the hand maid shal be welcome a fine Example of Edifitation to all such as are prone to abuse weemen by their wedded wiues his infidelitie Tom. 6. coÌ„ment in cap. 7. Genes pag. 105 Luther graunteth that yf he hade bene in the time of the Potriarch Noe that he wold not haue beleeued God threatning the destruction of the world by the generall flood Luther confesseth that he did hate God in his heart beholding the seuiritie of his Iustice in the punition of sinners praefat Tom. 2. his hatred against God Luther confesseth in his dispate at Lipsia against Doctour Eckius before â—he Duke of Saxonie that his purpose was not begune for the reuerence of God â—or yet should
them from all punition of theer misdeeds detestable crymes coÌ„mitted against God and their Nighbour is not that a pleasant Religion for the flesh an Rnauish libertie they take to them selues to doe all things what they list since make the passion of Christ a Bucklare sheelde to defen them from all punition desrued for their malitious crymes and mesdeeds As that man is truly accounted to be man miserable Estate which by the persuasion of his Ennemie stricketh him self in the bodie with an sharpe dagger and so leauing it sticking in the wound albeit his Prince punish him not or such a faultâ— Right so the Protestants soule is truely Iudged to be in a woefull plihht which by the tentation of Sathan wounded him selfe in the soule by the Infernall darte of deedly sinne without any remeedâ— to drawe the same out of the wounded soule agine albeit God wold wincke at his offencs and noâ— punish him for such a deadly sinne to kill him selfe euen to the spirituall death of the soule agaiâ—nst the coÌ„mademeÌ„te of God leaue the Infermall darte of deadly sinne sticking in the soule For the Protestants graunt the them selues that albeit God take away the paine and punition of sinne for their faith as they alleadge in Christ which paine and punition is both Iust and holy of God althought it be Dolorous to such as suffer the same Neuerthelesse they confesse that the pestilent poyson of deadly sinne it selfe that hellish sting and Infernall darte doe neuer depart out of their Miserable wounded soule during the time of this mortall life VVhrefore you may Easily see their woefull vnhappie Estate to beare continully about with them the pestilent poyson and Infernall sting of deadly sinne in their wounded soule with their counterfooted Iustifiing faith which can not help them to cure these deadly wounds of their soule but they must alwise abide in that woefull plight during the dayes of this mortall life without any remeede at all .. This discourse is most true in the Protestants According to their owen doctrine which are deceiued by a false beleefe and counterfooted faith in Christ and not truly redeemed by his pretious blood nor yet partakers of his passion so long as that pestiient poyson and Infernall sting of deadly sinne shall make residence in their wounded soule But the the truth is not as they say in Godly catholeques but altogether contrarie to their doctrine for so mucst as the coÌ„ming of Chiest in this world and chiefe fruits of his passion were not to suffer that pestlient poyson and Infrnall darte of deadly sinne to remaine within the wounded soule of man and only to hide that Infernall sting with the Miserable wounds of the souse by an Externall salue and reale of Iustice but for many other fruits and Tffects which Ensue hereafter The first fruit and Effect of Christs passion is to toke away the pestiilent poyson of deadly sinne out of the mans soule Mat. 1.22 and Marie shall bring foori a sonne and thou shall call his Name Iesus for he shall saue his peple from their sinnes Ihon. 1.29 behold the Lambe of God which taketh away the sinne of the world Tit. 2.14 who gaue him selfe for vs that he might redeeme vs froÌ„ all Iniquite and purge vs. You see by these authorities of the holy Scripture that one of the chiefe fruits and Ewects oâ— Christs passion was to saue vs from our siinns Redeeme vs from our Inequiuies take away the sinns of the world and purge cleane from them not that Infernall darte remaine within the wounded soule to their liues end as the Protestants say The second fruit and Effect of Christ passion iâ— to cure the wounds of soule by the holy oyle oâ— Inherent grace luc 10.34 the Charitie of God is powred in our hearts by the holy Ghost which is giuen vs heb 13.12 Therfore Iesus that he might Sanctifie hes people with his owen blood suffered without the gate Ihon 17.17 for their saikes I Sanetifie my selfe that they also may be Sanctified in truth Ephes 5.16 Christ gaue him selfe for his Church that he might Sanctifie it and Cleanse it by the lauer of regeneration in the word You may see how the wounds of the soule are cured by the oyle of Inherent grace powred in the same and so purified from sinne and Sanctified in truth The thrid Effect and fruits of Christs passion is to reconcile vs vnto God by grace who were made Enemies to him by sinne Rom. 5.10 for yf wee were sinners when wee were reconoiled vnto God by the death of his sonne much more being reconcilled wee shal be saue by his life Fourthly faith hope and Charitie with all vertue giuen to vs are the fruits and Effeets of Christs passion with the holy Sacraments These are the fruits and Effects of Christe passion first to saue vs and take away sinne out of our soule and Redeeme vs from our Iniquitie secondly to cure the wounds of our hurt soule by the holy oyle of Inherent grace powred in our soules Thridly to reconale vs with God by grace who were made his Ennemies by sinne Fourthly that so taking away the pestilent poyson of deadly sinne by the merite of Christs passion and curing the viaulent vlcers of our wounded soules by the holy oyle of Inherent grace the Church of God might be Sanctifiied in truth cleansed from all spot of deadly sinne in deede and so to be made with out blame in the sight of God Now you may Eascly beholde what great Iniurety they doe to Christ when thy affirme Iesus Christ the only begotten sonne of God for all the paines and troubles he ded suffer the space of three and thertie yeeres for all his great humitie and obedience to his Father for his most Dolorous death passion he could neuer obtaine so much grace and fauors from his Father as to make our soules free from deadly sinne to cure the wounds thereof with the oyle of Inherent grace and so to make vs the friends of God and Sanctifie vs in truth They deny all the fruits of Christs passion by vs recited aboue to Establsh their Iustication by only faith which is a false faith altogether against the word of God as wee haue prooued in our former discourse by the authoritie of the holy Scripture Hovv the Protestants make Christ one of ihe most deformed Monsters of vvorld to Estahlishe their Iustfication by only fatth CHAP. LXIII FOR better Intelligence of this mattir wee must before all things declaire our purpose by a Smiltude like vnto the same Yf you wold Imagine a man which haue beutifull head well fashioned Euery where whose â—curling licks were like glistring threeds of Gold his Eyes like two bright shining Starres most pleâ—alant to beholde his cheeks adorned with beutifull collours whit and Read well proportioned like Roses and lillies mixed together his lep most pleasantly framed of crimson collour his teeth well sette in ordour round
cleanse their Soules from all spote of deadly sinneâ— that so the Iustification which the lawe of God did require of them might be fullfilled in them likeâ—wise being formally Iustified by the grace of Christ Inherent in the their soules they might be made the sonnes of God by adoption and hires of the Kingdome of heauen Hovv the Protestants muke God false in his promise to Establish their Iustification by only faith CHAP. LXV GOD promised in the olde TstaÌ„ent to purifie the hearts of Godly Christians from sinnes Iniquities to write his lawe in their hearts not in Tables of stone as he did before when he gaue the lawe so written vnto Moyses Exod. 31.18 so that the Iustice which the lawe of God did require in the oide Testament as it writuen in the hearts of true Christians by the sprit of grace which is to loue God with all their hearts and their Nihhbour as them soule Rom. 13.2 therfore the Protestants to Establish their Iustification by only faith and not by the lawe of God written in the hearts of true Christians by the Inherent grace of Christ are constrained to make God false in his promise as is prooued by the authoritie of the holie Scripture which Ensue heareafter Moyses Deut. 30.6 thus writteth Lord God shall circumcise thy heart the heart of thy seede to the end thou loue they Lord thy God with all thy heart with all thy mind VVherefore yf no man can be found that loueth God with all his heart mind as the Protestants â—firme God must be esteemed false in promise The Prophet Ezechiell 36.27 I shall put my â—…irit in the midest of you and I shall make you â—aâ—ke and keepe my Iudgments VVherefore yf no man con be found which kepeth the Iudgments of God and walketh in his â—oÌ„mandements as the Protestants auouch they â—halbe constrained to make God false in his proÌ„ise The prophete Iermie writteth also to this â—urpose Ierenie 31.31 behold the dayes shall com sayeth the Lord I shall consumare vpon the â—ouse of Israell vpon the house of Iuda a New Tastament not according to the Testament whâ—…h I lefte to their fathers in the day that I tooke â—eir to bring theÌ„ out of the land of Egipt because â—hey did not continue in my Testament I neglâ—cted them sayetd our Lord but this is my Tesâ—ament which I will dispose the house of Israell â—fter these dayes sayeth our Lord giuing my â—…wes in their mind in their hearts I shall write â—hem In these sentnce of the holy Scrpture God hath â—romised their things to be Exactly acconplishid â—nd performed in thâ— New Testament First that he should circumcise purge them â—hat beleeue truly in him all spote of deadly sinnes â—hat so being purified from their sinnes they may â—oue the Lord God with all their heart and mind Secondly that he should write his lawes graffe them in the hearts of true beleeuâ—s by the grace of Christ which is powred in the hearts of thâ— faithfull by the holy Ghost which is guen them a the Apostle writteth Rom. 5.5 Thridly that he should powre his spirite vpoâ— faithfull in such abondance that he should make them to walke in his coÌ„madements keepe hiâ— Iudgments Now I will aske at the Protestants whether Goâ— hath performed his promise or no yf they wiâ— say that God hath performed his promise in thâ— behalfe then they must grant that the faitfull aâ— not only Iustified by faith but also by the lawe oâ— God written in their hearts mind as the hoâ— Seripture aboue mentined sheweth most Euidenâ—tlsi in Exprisse words Deut. 30.6 Iermie e1. 3 likewise by walking in the coÌ„mandements â— God keeping his Iudgments Ezechiell 36 2â— Yf they will say that God hath not performeâ— his promise in this qehalfe to saue their Iustificâ—tion by only faith then they must make him to â— false in his promise consequently to be a lye when they make his word his deede not to gâ— soundly together qut contraie one to an othhâ— which is a manifest blasphemie for so much God which is the first Eternall truth can nâ— wise lye mor be false in his promise as the Aposâ— writteth Tit. 1.2 hepr 6.18 But Luther in visitatio Saxonice Melanch thâ— in locis vltiÌ„o edntis titul de lib. arbirt de peceaâ— Kemnitius in Examen concil Prident grant â— that men may Kep the coÌ„mandements Externally that is not to kill not coÌ„mite theefte or adulterie or other such like thiÌ„gs which Luther called ciuill Iustice or Iustics of the flesh but they deny that men may keepe the Interiour acton of the soule from sinne and Imundicities so that these Morall workes in keeping the coÌ„mandements Externally are Iust before men but Iniust before God because that the Inwarde action of the soule is not correspondent in Iustuce to the outward action of the bodie and in this selfe accondring to their doctine God hath prforrmed his promise therefore Calun affirmieth with Luiher Melanch then and Kemnitius that workes which amongst the coÌ„mon people is accouted Righteousnesse is before God mcere wickenesse VVee answere that yf it be true as Protestantâ— teach they giue much hoÌ„nour to God in the performing of his promise to make an hypocrite for a true Christan which worketb good workes Externally before men and in the meane season remainetb still vnelane Impious and Iniust in the Inward action of the soule in the presence of God Thuse you see good Reader how their blasphemous doctrine of Iustification can not stand with the promise of God and truth of the holy Scripture because that Establish their doctrine of Iustificrtion they ar constrained to make God a lyer and the holy Scripture false as wee haue prooued aboue in confronting their doctrine with the promises of God and Sentence of the holy Scripture But it is not so as they sav in Godly Catholiques that worke which is Iust before men is meere wickednesse befor God for somuch as the lawe of God written graffed in their hearts by the grace of Christ powred in their soules as is prooued aboue maketh the in ward action of the bodie both Iust before God and acceptable vnto him for otherwise the lawe of God can not be saide to be written in their hearts by the yertue and power of God vnlesse they be called from ally Iust by that same Iust lawe which is formally resident and the Inherent in their soules and the actionâ— also Iust which deriue from the same For as the Moone and Starres are full of brightnesse by the light which resident in them althought the light which is with in them begiuen to them by the sunne and the Aire likeise bright by the light which Inssue out of them Right so the soule is full of Iustice where of the lawe of Iustice is graffed in the power of God and grace of Christ and all the actions of bodie also Iust before God