certaine it is that the first redoundeth onely to the good of him which w rketh Eccles 16 15 Rom. 2 6. For all mercy shall make a place to euery man according to the merite of his workes no pure creature hauing this priuiledge to merite for any other that being the priuiledge of Christ alone who hauing no neede of merite himselfe for the glory of his owne soule it being endowed with all wisdome grace and glory euen from the first moment of his conception deserued grace and glory for vs al. Who therefore is compared vnto a Nurse For euery other person by his ordinary nutriment receiuing benefitte substance for himselfe alone the nurse eateth for her selfe and for her child But the other two may effectually be donne for others for as a man may pray for another so may he also satisfie for another if both be in grace as we haue prooued Exod. 32 32 Rom. 9 3. Gen. 18 33. may be vnderstood also by MOISES and S. PAVL who desired of God to satisfie for their peoples faulte by those iust which if they had bene found in SODOME shoulde haue saued the wholle Citie Yet there is here to be obserued that although those which are in deadly sinne be not wholly excluded from the communication of the meritts of the Church this is onely in respect of her praiers in which they are included and of a certaine kinde of meritte which the Diuines call DE CONGRVO of conueniency farre inferiour to that which we spoke of and of no certainty But of this satisfaction by way of Iustice they are no way partakers because they be deade members Thirdly heereof doth followe that necessarily we must admitte some workes of Supererogation 3 Workes of Supererogation See pag. 410 which may be vnderstoode of two sorts First those are called workes of Supererogation which belong to the Euangelicall Councells of which enough hath beene saide before Secondly those are called workes of Supererogation which although in respecte of Meritte they be profitable to the person by which they bee wrought yet in respect of their Satisfaction which they haue in them were not necessarie to the doers of them They hauing not in Gods iudgement deserued so much penaltie as they heere suffered their euerlasting punishment first beeing remitted if euer they deserued it which I adde because of our Blessed LADY who was neuer subiecte to such deserte Such a one was first our Blessed LADY the most aboundant fountaine nexte vnto Christ of al Meritte and Satisfaction Col. 1 24. Such another was Saint PAVL who as he saith himselfe suffered for the wholle body of Christ Such a one was also the holy Patriarche IOB by Gods owne iudgement and testimony approoued Iob 42.7 Iob 6 2. who although he confessed that he had deserued wrath yet he bouldly saieth that the calamitie which he suffered in respecte of his desertes was heauier than the sande of the sea Such were the holy Christians of Hierusalem whom S. PAVL saieth to haue hadde aboundance of spiritual treasures 2. Cor. 8 14. Such also no doubt were the holy Apostles and infinite Martyrs other Saintes of God Gen. 16 12. And here no doubt an Hereticke like a reprobate Ismaelite whose hands are against al and all handes against him who alwaies pitcheth his tenthes opposite to his Brethren wil scoffe and taunt vttering the wholle stoare and talent of his scurrill religion But how shall we auoide him for if we exaggerate our sinnes and humbly seeke to confesse them then are we superstitious and butchers of our owne consciences if we with all humilitie 1. Cor. 1 31. glory in our Lorde who hath by his blessed Passion giuen such pretiouse 2. Pet. 1 4. giftes vnto vs that we 1. Io. 3 1. may be the sonnes of God receiue 2. Cor. 1 22. the pledge of his spirite in our hartes and haue him Mat. 10 20. 2. Cor. 13 3. speaking and Phil. 2 13. 1. Thes 2.13 working within vs by whose instinct and influence Ro. 8 3. we may doe workes acceptable vnto God then doe wee depresse the merittes of Christs death are enemies vnto his grace If we be very seuere in exacting rigorous Penances as in the Primitiue Church than doe we trust too much in our own Satisfaction If with the lenity mildnesse of Christ and his Apostles we remitte due necessarie Satisfactions then we vsurpe the office of Christ to pardon sinnes Quo teneam nodo mutantem Protea vultus Mat 11 18. So was Saint IHON Baptist by the Iewes reprehended for too much austeritie and our Sauiour for his kinde and liberall conuersation But letting alone al large discourses of this pointes least we should make a long volume to a Catholicke whome I intend onely heere to instructe this which I will nowe adde shal be a sure demonstration For if one be a Martyr An euident argument for works of Supererogation both according to the holy Scriptures and to the wholle consent of Fathers practise of the Church his only death is a sufficient satisfaction for all his temporal punishement Nowe if he doe not only die for iustice but be most barbarously Whipped Mocked Racked Mangled and that without any respecte of ordinary humanity as we knowe to haue beene doone in the Primitiue Church O let Num. 23 10. my soule die with the death of the iust how Psa 115 15. pretiouse in the sight of God is the death of his Saints our Lord Psal 23 31. keepeth all the bones of them one of them shall not perishe what superaboundance of Passions is heere Now these and such like workes in that they were Meritorious are rewarded in their own persons with glory but in that they are Satisfactorious Col. 1 24. they accomplishe that which wanteth in the Passions of Christ for his body They shall not want their correspondence of deserued remission applied vnto others their fellowe members No otherwise than when nature hauing serued the vitall members with due nourishement afterward deriueth her liberality vnto all other partes of the body And thus much of workes of Supererogation Fourthly hereof nowe is heaped an infinite masse The Treasure of Indulgences or treasure of the Satisfactions of Christ and of his Saints that is of the wholle mysticall body of Christ which is called the treasure of Indulgences For all the benefite of our satisfactions is first applied to our own necessities if we doe not otherwise apply them to the good of our neighbour which we may doe with very great Charity although we neede them our selues But if there be any thing in them superfluous vnto any Saint for his owne paiments not applied by himselfe in the very doing of them for some other than are they layed vp in the Churches Treasure to be applied as she shall with her wisedome decree Nowe therefore out of al these infallible foundations I gather my purpose in this manner An inuincible reason for Indulgences There is a sufficient
20. bee ministred euen by wicked and vnworthy persons As for example in the Sacramente of Baptisme the exteriour washing that clenseth the filthes of the body is an effectuall signe and token of the interiour (f) Tit. 3 5. Ro. 6 3.7 1. Cor. 6 11. Tertul. in l. de resur c. 8. washing as giuing an infallible testimonie that the soule is spiritually purified and clensed So also other visible externall thinges as oyle and the formes of breade and wine the vse wherof is necessary in the Sacramentes are fitly appointed vnto vs both to signifie and also to yelde vnto man the grace of God and the health of his soule so that he come not (g) Prosp senten ex Aug. in Ps 142. vnworthely therunto For by Baptisme (h) Conc. Flor. Io. 3 5 Tit. 3 5. Act. 8 17. et 1 8. Luc. 2◠49. Io. 6 51.55.58 et 20 23. we are regenerated renued by confirmation we are encreased strengthned by the holy Eucharist we are nourished refreshed by penance we are restored and healed in the spirituall life in which we are by the rest of the Sacramentes in like manner according to the nature quality of each of them holpen and abettered as we wil shew heerafter in their due places 4 Of what partes doth euery Sacrament consist OF the Worde (a) Conc. Flor. Aug. Tract 80. in Ioan. and the Element By the Worde in this place vnderstand some certaine determinate wordes wherin the very forme as they call it of the Sacrament doth consist And by the Elemente conceyue suche externall things as are the very matter of the Sacramentes as water oyle bread wine and the like Now to these partes exactly taken are the rest of those thinges annexed which do belong to the fitte ministring worthy receiuing of euery Sacrament to wit the institution of God a conuenient (b) Trid. Ses 7. can 10. 11. de Sacramentis in genere item Florentin minister a right intention in the minister faith in the receiuer and whatsoeuer els of like sorte 5 How many Sacramentes be there SEuen (a) Conc. Flor. Cōstant sess 15. Trid. sess 7. can 1. which the Church being the Spouse (b) Cant. 4 9 1. Tim. 3 15 of Christ and Pillar of truth hauing by the Apostles receiued thē from Christ himselfe hath alwaies hetherto kept faithfully dispensed And they are these (c) Mat. 28 19. Act. 8 17 Mat. 26 26. Io. 20 23. Iac. 5 14. 1. Tim. 4 14 Eph. 5 32. Baptisme Confirmation the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist Penance Extreame vnction Order and Matrimony Neither truly forceth it at all if such names be not all of them extant in the Scriptures so that the matter it selfe be euident the veritie and vertue of the Sacraments be approued by diuine testimony Albeit such (d) Aug. l. 4. con Donat. c. 24. et l. 2. c. 7. et l. 5. c. 23. et ep 118. c. 1. Chryso in 2. ad Thes hom 4. things as by the Apostles Traditiō the vniuersall Church holdeth commēdeth to bee kepte obserued though they be not to be found in Scripture yet doe they deserue of vs ful perfite credit as hath bin already declared And touching the institutiō of euery Sacrament in particuler we will speak herafter in their proper places But the force and vertue of them as the most faithfull interpretour of the Scripture Saint AVGVSTINE (e) l. 19. cont Faust c. 11. et 16. et trac 80. in Ioan. saith is of vnspeakeable value and therfore the contemnours of it are sacrilegious For impiously certes is that despised without the which no pietie can be perfited And as the same holy Father teacheth in an other (f) Super Leuit. q. 84. et l. 32. cont Faust c. 14. place the contemnour of the visible Sacrament can neuer be inuisibly sanctified 6 Why were the Sacramentes instituted FIrst that they may be very presēt remedies against sinne which is a pestilent disease of the (a) Sap. 16 14. Eccli 21 2. Ro. 6 23 soule and except it be cured in this life bringethe euerlastinge damnation And therfore these doe far (b) Florent Conc. Trid. Sess 7. can 2. et 4. de Sacr. in genere excel the Sacramentes of the olde lawe as being in vertue greater in commoditie more profitable in nūber fewer in the cōceiuing of thē more honorable in obseruation more easie in signification more excellent which besides their signification do also sanctifie giue saluation as S. AVGVSTINE hath verie well (c) l. 19. cōt Faust c. 13. l. 3. de doct Christ c. 19. ep 118. c. 1. gathered out of the Scriptures Secondly that we may haue some certaine effectuall signes of Gods grace and good will towardes vs which signes whilest they represent themselues to the outwarde senses they do not only stir vp our faith in Christ in the mercy (d) Ro. 9 23. goodnes of almighty God but are moreouerliuely instruments by which it hath seemed good vnto Almightie God effectually to worke (e) T it 3 5. Io. 6 58. et 20 23. our saluation So that it was notably said of an (f) Aug. l. 4. cont Dona. c. 24. ancient Father that a Sacrament euen by it selfe alone is of an inestimable value Thirdly that there may be some tokens (g) Aug. l. 19 con Faust c. 11. et c. 17. de vera reli Bas ho. 13. in exhort ad Bapt. and as it were externall markes of Christiā profession wherby the Children of God and of the Church may mutually knowe one another that they may fruitfully exercise keepe thēselues in vnity humility and obedience and so remaine lincked amongst themselues with the necessary bond and league of one Religion Otherwise without Sacramentes can not any sorte of Religion either stand or be sufficiently discerned 7 And what is to be thought of the ministers of the Sacramentes VVE must so esteeme them as the (a) 1. Cor. 4 1. ministers of Christ the dispensors of the mysteries of God that doe beare (b) Esa 52 11. Num. 1 50.51 3. Reg. 8 4. the vessels of our Lorde and serue the Tabernacle and that by profession haue authoritie in holy thinges and with a certaine right title doe minister the same For not to all (c) Numb 16 39. 2. Reg. 6 6. 2. par 26 16. Conc. Nic. cann 14. Trid. Sess 7. de Sacr. in genere can 10. indifferently but to Priestes and Bishops doth it belong and it was by God himselfe enioined to cōsecrate dispense and minister the holy Sacramentes And that wee may not thinke that the (d) 1. Cor. 1 13. et 3 4. Conc. Trid. Sess 7. can 12. Naziā orat 40. in Sanct. Bap. Sacramentes doe any whit depend vpon the life honesty of those that doe minister them S. AVGVSTINE (e) Cont. Cresco l. 4. c. 20. et l. 4.
for an other that you may be saued for the continuall praier of a iust man auaileth much In like manner This (o) 1. Io. 5. c is the considence which we haue towards God that whatsoeuer we shall aske according to his will he heareth vs. Moreouer he that (p) 1. 5. d knoweth his brother to sinne a sinne not to death let him aske and life shall be giuen him OF ALMES AND THE WORKES OF MERCIE 10 What is Almes Vide Chrys ho. 13. in 2. Cor. et Aug serm 30. de verb. Do. c. 3 IT is a gifte or benefite whereby vpon an affection of compassion we doe succour an other mans miserie Heereunto beelongeth that which the Angell RAPHAEL testifieth in TOBIAS Praier is good (a) Tob. 12. b with Fasting and Almes That we may vnderstand as S. CYPRIAN (b) De opere eleemos item Petr. Chrysol ser 43. Leo. ser 3. de Ieiun Pentecost Osc 6. c. Mat. 6. b 12. a Pro 21 a Phil 4. d Heb. 13. c admonisheth that our praiers fastings are little auaileable vnlesse they be holpen with Almes Good is mercie saith S. AMBROSE (c) Lib. 1. offic o. 11. Chrys ho. 36. ad pop Ant. Aug. ser 76. de temp hom 36. ex 50. Leo. ser 5. 10. de quadrag Nyss de beatitud which of her selfe maketh men perfite because it doth imitate the Father which is perfect Nothing doth so commend a Christian soule as mercie Thus saith he (d) Luc. 6. d Psal 32. a 118. h 144. b c Be yee therefore mercifull as your Father also is mercifull that you may be the sonnes of your Father which is in heauen who maketh his sonne to rise vpon the good the euill raineth vpon the iust vniust Thus saith Christ our Sauiour and our (e) Luc. 10. f Samaritane full of all grace and mercie who went (f) Act. 10. f throughout doing good healing al that were oppressed of the Deuil 11 In what manner doth the scripture commend Almes vnto vs VVIth many certes (a) Deut. 15. b Esd 8. c Tob. 4. b Psal 40. a Pro. 11. c 14. c d 19. c 22. b 25. c 28. d Eccli 4. a b d 7. a d 12. a 17. c 29. b Ezech. 18. b c Mat. 25. d. Luc. 14. c and plaine preceptes promises and examples Yea S. CYPRIAN (b) De opere eleem Vide Aug. ser 50. cap. 8. sequ 227. de temp hom 18 19.29 cap. 1. sequ 47. ex 50. Nazian orat 16. de paup amore Chrys ho. 32. ad pop sequ teacheth that in the gospel there is nothing more often cōmaunded than that wee perseuer in giuing Almes that we be not busied in earthly possessions but rather lay vp treasures in heauen Hence are those speaches of Christ But (c) Luc. 11. f Hieron ad Hedib ep 150. quest 1 yet that which remaineth giue almes beholde al things are (d) Aug. in Ench. c. 75.76.77 ser 30. de verb. Dom. cleane vnto you (e) Luc. 12. d 3. c Mat. 6. a c 19. c d Mar. 10. c 1. Tim. 6. d Sel the things that you posses giue Almes make to you purses that weare not treasure that wasteth not in heauen And in an other place Make vnto you (f) Luc. 16. c Aug. ser 25. c. 3. 35. c. 1. seq de verb. Dom. frendes of the Mammon of iniquitie that when you faile they may receiue you into the eternall Tabernacles In briefe giue and there (g) Luc. 6. f 2. Cor. 8. b c 9. b 1. Tim. 4. c Ro. 12. c d Iac. 1. d shall be giuen to you And for that cause DANIEL the Prophet counseleth the wicked King Redeeme (h) Dan. 4. c Pro. 13. b. Amb. ser 30 31. de Helia Ieiun cap. 20. Leo. in ser de collectis Chrys hom 25. in Act. thy sinnes with Almes and thy iniquities with the mercies of the poore Then in an other place we read Water (i) Eccli 3. d Amb. serm 15. Chrys hom 34. in Gen. Pros part 2. de promiss praedict tionibus c. 7 doth quench the burning fire and Almes resistethe sinnes And not of a man certes but of an Angell was that speach Almes (k) Tob. 12. b 4. b Esa 1. c Pro. 15. d 16 a 10. b 1. Pet 4. b Iac. 5. d deliuereth from death and shee it is that purgeth sinnes and maketh a man to finde mercie and life euerlasting Yea and Christ himselfe pronounceth (l) Mat. 10. d Greg. ho. 5. in Euang. Amb. in lib. de viduis Leo. ser 4. 6. de qua drag ser 6 de Ieiun 10. mensis Whosoeuer shall giue drinke to one of these little ones a cuppe of colde water only in the name of a Disciple Amen I say to you he shall not loose his rewarde Blessed (m) Mat. 5. a therefore are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercie And contrarywise as S. IAMES affirmeth (n) Iac. 2. b. Pro. 21. b. Iudgement without mercie to him that hath not done mercie 12 With what examples is the effecte profite of Almes declared IN the holy scripture ABRAHAM and LOTH (a) Gen. 18. a 19. a through hospitalitie are saide both to haue pleased God and to haue entertained (b) He. 13. a Angels The Almes (c) Tob. 12. c 1. d of TOBIE and the Centurion (d) Act. 10. a See notable examples of Almes in these Saints liues Ioannis Eleemosinarii apud Leentium Martini apud Sulpitium Paulae apud Hieron ep 27. cap. 7. Paulini apud Greg. Turon de glor Conf. cap. 107. apud Greg. 3. dial c. 1. Tiber. apud Turon lib. 5 hist Franc. cap. 19. Bened. apud Greg. 2. dial c. 28. 29. Martyrii apud cund ho. 39. in Euang Greg. apud Ioan. Diac lib. 1. vitae eius cap. 10. lib. 2. cap. 22. 23. Osuald apud Bed lib. 3. hist Aug. cap. 6. were so auailable that they ascended into remembrance in the sight of God had the holy Angels not only for witnesses but also for commendors ZACHEVS moued by the words of Christ and of a prince of Publicans being made a mirror of mercy giueth halfe his goods to the poore and is presently pronounced the (e) Luc. 19. a b sonne of ABRAHAM by Christ himselfe TABITHA (f) Act. 9. f g Vide etiam Pratum Sprituale Sophronii cap. 175. 185. 195. 201 is praised by S. LVKE as being ful of good works and Almes which she bestowed especially vpon widdowes So are those deuoute Matrons singulerly commended in the (g) Luc. 8. 10. g Ioan. 12 a 3. Reg 17. b c d 4. Reg. 4. b c f Gospell which with MAGDALEN MARTHA did liberally minister of their goods to Christ our Lorde and to his poore disciples And of Sainte LAVRENCE the (h) Amb. lib 2. offic cap. 28. Leuite and Martyr it is most
iustly soung (i) Ps 111. b Chry. ho. 55 in Gen. He dispersed he gaue to the poore his rightuousnes remaineth for euermore 13 What is mercie IT is as S. AVGVSTINE (a) Lib. 9. ciu cap. 5. Isid de summo bono lib. 3. cap. 64. Nys in l. de beatitud affirmeth a certaine cōpassion in our harte of an other mans miserie whereby we are compelled to yeelde succour if it lye in our power Which name of mercie is wonte very often to be taken for Almes And all manner of mercie as witnesseth the diuine scripture (b) Eccli 16. b shall make a place vnto euery man according to the merite of his workes Very often and wonderfully doth Saint CHYSOSTOME (c) Hom. 32. in epist ad Heb. ho. 9. de poenit 53. in Mat. 36. ad pop Ant. commende the same and he doubteth not in a certaine place to say (d) Chrys ho. de miser duabus viduis Mercie is the fortresse of saluation the ornament of faith the propitiation of sinnes she it is that approueth the iust persons confirmeth the holy setteth forth the seruants of God Yea and if we beleeue Saint AMBROSE (e) In ep 1. ad Tim. c. 4. vide eund in Luc. 3. the wholle summe of Christian discipline consisteth in mercie and pietie 14 Are the workes of Mercie of one kinde only THey are (a) Aug. lib. de mor. b. Eccles Cathol cap. 27. 28. Ench. c. 72. ser 203. de tempore found to be of two sortes for asmuch as some be corporall some spirituall Some are certes called corporal because they are exercysed for the releeuing of the corporall miserie of our neighbour other spirituall for that in them we doe well prouide and lauour for the spiritual good of our neighbour Of this diuersitie of mercie the most bountifull IOB giueth a most cleare example who witnesseth of himselfe (b) Iob. 31. b ibid. Greg. From my infancie hath mercie encreased with me and from my mothers wombe she came forth with me I haue bene an eie (c) Iob. 29. c to the blinde and a foote to the lame I was the father of the poore and the cause which I knew not I did diligently search out I did consume the grinding stones of the wicked man and out of his teeth I did take the praie Also The stranger stood not without (d) Iob. 31. d dores my dore was open to the traueiler 15 How many workes of mercie be there both corporall and spirituall THere are seauen accounted of each kind And first certes the corporall workes are these (a) Mat. 25. d To feed the hungry To giue drinke to the thirstie To cloathe the naked To redeeme the captiue To visite the sicke To harbour Pilgrimes (b) Tob. 1. d 2. a b 12. c 2. Reg. 2. a Aug. lib. 1. eiu cap. 13. de cura mor. cap. 3. To burie the deade And the spirituall woorkes are these To correct (c) Mat. 18. b 1. Tim. 5. c. those that sin To teach the (d) Eccli 18. b 2 Tim. 4. a Esa 52. b Hier. 15. b Dan. 12. a Iac. 5. d Gal. 6. a Chrys ho. 3. 10. in Gē Clem. Alex. lib. 1. strom Bern. ser 36. in Cant. Greg. ho. 17. in Euang. ignorant To giue good counsell (e) Pro. 17. b Eccli 5. c to them that are in doubt To praie (f) Mat. 5. g Iac. 5. d to God for the welfare of our neighbour To comforte (g) Eccli 7. d 2. Cor. 1. a the sorowfull To beare iniuries (h) Tit. 3. a 1. Thes 5. c Rom. 15. a patiently To forgiue (i) Mat. 5. d 6. b 18. c d Mar. 11. c Eccli 28. a offences Which offices of humane pietie are so plaine and euident espeacially vnto Christians to those which are not altogether barbarous that they neede not any long discourse 16 How are these declared in holy Scripture VEry plainly certes and in euery place as notablely those words of ESAY or rather the precepts of God doe declare (a) Esa 58. b Breake saith he thy bread to the hungrie the needie and wandring bring into thy house when thou shalt see a naked man cloathe him and thy fleshe doe thou not despise Of which offices the great profite and commodity is after annexed in the same place (b) Ibid. c Then thy iustice shall goe before thy face and the glory of our Lord shall gather thee And Saint IOHN who wholly laboureth in cōmending vnto vs brotherly charity and mercie amongest other thinges teacheth (c) 1. Io. 3. c Iac. 2. c Bas ho. 7. in diuites auaros Amb. ser 81. apud Gratia dist 86. idē lib. 3. offic cap. 6. 7. Greg. 3. p. curae past adm 22. Greg. Turō in glor Cōf. cap. 108. Hee that shall haue the substance of this worlde shal see his brother haue neede and shall shut his bowels from him how doth the Charity of God abide in him And not cōtent with this speech he concludeth in most excellent manner My little children let vs not loue in word and in tongue but in deede and trueth In this we know that we are of the trueth These are the works of the faithfull and of those that are truely iust which in the (d) Mat. 25. d Luc. 14. c last iudgement Christ wil acknowledg publikely approue for the which he wil allot the promised kingdome rēder a crowne of Iustice vnto the merciful whom also himselfe calleth Iust Which workes (e) Greg. vbi supra adm 21. Amb. lib. 1. offic c. 30. l. 2. c. 21. 25. Chry. ho. de miser duabus Viduis hom 30. in 1. Cor. certes doe afford so much the more of true praise and eternall rewarde by how much the more syncerely cherefully and liberally they are done by a Christian minde Which then is performed when there is as little respecte as may be vnto humane vanity and desires but they are wholly directed vnto the glory of God and the profite of our neighbour who is benifited To this end are those speeches of holy Scripture to be obserued He (f) Ro. 12. b that giueth in simplicity he that sheweth mercy in cheerefulnesse (g) Tob. 4. b Turne not away thy face from anie poore man According to thy abilitie be thou merciful God loueth a (h) 2. Cor. 9. b cheerful giuer In euery (i) Eccli 35. b gifte make thy countenance cheerfull Pleasant (k) Ps 111. a is that man that taketh compassion and profiteth Christ certes in S. LVKE describeth such (l) Luc. 10. f a Samaritane as may be a notable example of exhibiting willingly the highest kinde of courtesie and perfect mercie euen vnto strangers and (m) Nazian orat 19. in funere Patris Chrys ho. 21. in ep ad Rom. ho. 35. 37. ad pop Ant the vndeseruing But He that (n) 2. Cor. 9.
The seuenth Age Anno. Dom. 600. Leontius Episc Sophronius Episc S. Isidorus Hispalen Episc Concilium Hispalense 2. Concilium Toletanum 4. Georgius Alexandrinus Episc hic sorte Concilium Braccarense 2. Concilium Toletanum 8. Concilium Braccarense 3. The sixt generall Councell of Constantinople Synodus Trullana Constātinopolitana * The eight Age Anno Dom. 700. Venerabilis Beda S. Ioannes Damascenus The seuenth general Coūcell of Nyce 2. * The ninth Age Anno. Dom. 800. Alcuinus Paulus Diaconus Concilium Moguntinum Ionas Aurelianens Episc Concilium Aquisgranense 1. 2. Haymo Episc Rabanus Episc Concilium Wormatiense Phocius Episc The eight general Councell of Constantinople Ioannes Diaconus Rom. Remigius Antisiod Episc Theophilactus Episc Concilium Triburiense Concilium Nannetens hic force * The eleventh Age Anno Dom. 1000. Burchardus Wormatiensis Episc Concilium Salegūstadiens S. Petrus Damianus Episc S. Lansiancus Episc Concilium Rom. sub Leone 9. cont Petergar Concilium Vercellense sub eodem Concilium Turonense sub Victore 2. Concilium Rom. sub Nicolao 2. Guitmundus Episc Algerus Concilium Rom. sub Gregor 7. contr eundem Berengarium S. Anselmus Episc Oecumenius S. Iuo Carnotensis Episc * The twelfth Age Anno Dom. 1100. Zonaras Rupertus Tuitiensis Gulielmus Abbas S. Bernardus Hugo Victorinus Gratianus Euthymius Concilium Lateran sub Alexandro 3. Lucius 3. Pont. Nicetas Innocentius 3. Pont. * The thirteenth Age Anno 1200. Concilium Lateran magnum sub Innocent 3 S. Thom Aquinas Concilium Lugdunen sub Gregor 10. Gulielmus Durand Episc * The fourteenth age Anno Dom. 1300. Nicephorus Calixtus Concilium Viennense sub Clemenet 5. * The fifteenth Age Anno Dom. 1400. Concilium Constantiense Concilium Basilcense Concilium Florentinum Bessarion Episc Sixtus 4. Pont. * The sixteenth Age Anno Dom. 1500. Concilium Tridentinum A TABLE CONTAINING the order and Summe of the whole Catechisme CHRISTIAN Doctrine consisteth in Wisedome Iustice To Wisedome maie bee referred these Chapters that followe in order CHAP. I. OF FAITH and the CREEDE where amongest other thinges are handled these that followe Of the author of the Apostles Creede q. 5. Of the descending of Christ into Hell q. 13. Of the Markes of the Church that it is Visible q. 18. One q. 18. Holy q. 18. Catholicke q. 18. CHAP. II. OF HOPE and our Lords Praier with the ANGELICALL Salutation as also Of Hope to be ioined with Feare q. 2. Of the Praise of our Blessed LADY q. 15. 16. 17 18 19. Of the Veneration of our Blessed LADY q. 15. 16. 17 18 19. Of the Inuocation of our Blessed LADY q. 15. 16. 17 18 19. CHAP. III. OF CHARITY and the Ten Commaundements Also Whether the Ten Commaundementes doe belong vnto Christians q 6. Whether they may be kepte q. 6. Of the Inuocation of Saintes q. 8. Of the Worshippe of Saintes q. 8. Of the Relickes of Saintes q. 8. Of the Holy-Daies of Saintes q. 8. Of the Images of Christ and the Saintes q. 9. Of the Preceptes of the Church namely Of Traditions Apostolicall Ecclesiasticall q. 1. as followeth Of the Church and her autorty q. 9 10. 16. Of the Bishoppe of ROME and the Church of ROME q. 9. Of Councelles q 11. Of the autority of holy Fathers Ibidem Of the fiue precepts of the Church q. 14. Of the holy Scripture and the interpretation thereof q. 16. CHAP. IIII. OF the SACRAMENTES in generall Of Ceremonies q. 8. Of the Sacrament of Baptisme Of Concupiscence in the Regenerate q. 3. Of the Sacrament of Confirmation Of Chrisme q. 4. Of the Blessed Sacrament Of the Reall Presence q. 4. Of Transubstantiation q 5. Of the adoration thereof q. 6. Of the sacrifice of the MASSE q. 7. Of communicating vnder both kindes q. 8. Of the Sacrament of Penance Of Contrition q. 4. Of Confession q. 5. 6. Of Satisfaction q. 7. 8. Of Purgatory and the faithfull departed q. 9. Of the Sacrament of Extreame-Vnction Of the Sacrament of Orders Whether al Christians be Priestes q. 2 8. Of honour due vnto PRIESTES whether they be good or euill q. 6. 7. Of the Sacrament of Matrimony Of diuorcement q. 3. Of Vowe breakers q. 4. Of the Marriage of Mounks Nunnes Ibidem Of the single life of PRIESTES q. 4. 5. Of VIRGINITY q. 5. and more at large in the question of the Euangelicall Councelles CHAP. V. OF CHRISTIAN IVSTICE The first part of the Chapter 1 Of sinnes in generall 2 Of the seauen deadly sinnes 3 Of Alien sinnes that is of sinnes of other men which by any defaulte of ours doe touche vs. 4 Of the sinnes against the Holy-Ghost 5 Of the sinnes that cry into Heauen 6 Of the purging or expiation of sinne 7 Of small or Veniall-sinnes The second part of the Chapter 1 Three kindes of good Workes where also is intreated Of the fruite of good Workes q. 2. Of Fasting q. 4. and as followeth Of Praier q. 7. and as followeth Of Almes the workes of Mercy q. 10. as followeth 2 The Cardinall vertues 3 The gifts fruits of the Holy-Ghost 4 The eight Beatitudes 5 The Euangelical Counsels of the Gospel Of Euangelical Pouerty Chastity Obedience q. 3. 4. 5. Of Mounkes Religious Orders q. 5. 6 The foure last things of a Man To cōprehend the summe of al Christiā Doctrine in one worde this sentence of Ecclesiasticus is worthy the noting which saith My Sonne coueting WISEDOME Eccli 1 33. conserue IVSTICE and God will giue it vnto thee THE TABLE OF THE APPENDIX 1 Of the fall of the first Man 2 Of the transfusing of Adams sinne into all men 3 Of the remedy of Originall sinne 4 Of the relicks of Original sin in those which are baptised 5 Of the imbecility of nature of the law to iustify mē 6 Of the dispensation and mystery of the comming of Christ 7 Who are Iustified by Christ 8 A description of the Iustification of the wicked man the manner thereof in the state of the Lawe of Grace 9 Of the necessity of preparation to Iustification in those of full age and whereof it riseth 10 The manner of preparation to Iustification 11 What is the Iustification of a wicked Man and what are the causes thereof 12 Howe it is to be vnderstoode that a wicked Man is iustified by Faith and freely 13 Against the vaine confidence of Heretickes 14 Of the increase of Iustification once receiued 15 Of obseruing the Commaundements the necessity and possibilitie thereof 16 That the rashe presumption of Predestination is to be auoided 17 Of the gifte of perseuerance 18 Of those which are fallen of their reparation 19 That by euery mortall sinne Grace is lest but not Faith 20 Of the fruites of Iustification that is to say of the Merite of good workes and of the reason of the same Meritte A Table of the other Questions following 1 Of Hallowed Creatures in the Church 2 Of Pilgrim age vnto he ly places 3 Of Indulgences or Pardons THE FIRST CHAPTER