and to whome he wrote holdeth the same beleife saying as saint Austen reciteth Lib. ij cap. iiij contra duas epist pelagiorum Epist rescripta ad concil Carthag Mile uitanum Illud uero quod eos vestra fraternitas asserit predicare paruulos aeternae uitae praemijs etiam sine baptismatis gratia posse donari perfatuum est It is a verie foolishe thing that thei do preache as youre brotherhoode affirmeth that chyldren should be saued withoute baptisme It appeareth then nowe moste playnelye howe this opinion whiche Peter Martyr folowinge the Swinglians hathe taughte to defende that onelye fayth iustifieth man is against the holy worde of God and the holye doctours bothe of the Greke churche and also of the Latyne and thereby it is euident that Peter Martyr and his scolers are not membres of the catholike churche but schismatiques I beseche God of hys gracious goodnes tourne their heartes that they maye imbrace the trueth agayne and continue therin to hys honour and glorie and their own saluation But heare once agayne Origen whiche was about Orig. lib. vi Coment in ca. vi ad Rom. M. thre huÌ„dred yeres passed and writeth after this maner Pro hoc scilicet corpore peccati abolendo ecclesia ab apostolis traditionem suscepit etiam paruulis baptisma dare Sciebant enim illi quibus mysteriorum secreta commissa sunt diuinorum quod essent in â—mnibus sordes peâ—cati genuinae quae per aquaÌ„ et spiritum ablui deberent That is to saye For this bodie of sinne to be defaced or put awaye the An vnwritten veritee of our beleif churche hathe receyued also a tradition of the Apostles to geue baptisme yea to children For they to whome the secretes of Goddes mysteries were committed dyd knowe that there shoulde be in all men naturall fylthines of synne which oughte to be washed awaye through water the holy ghost This authoritie is againste Peter Martyr the authours of the articles annexed vnto the Catechisme sette furthe in kinge Edwarde the vi tyme and all them that saye eyther that childreÌ„ not baptised shulde be saued or that baptisme is no cause of oure instification but fayth onely or that baptisme is but a signe or marke of our iustification or finally that the baptisme of children is set furthe in the Scripture where it is lefte to the churche by the holy Apostles without writing De eccles Hierar ca. xii only by traditioÌ„ as OrigeÌ„ here sayeth manefestlye and S. Dionise S. Paules scoler of the which S. Austen writeth thus Lib. x. ca. xxiii in cene ad â—â—eram Lib. iii. ca. xiii de lib arb Lab. iiii cap. 4. de bapti s contra donatistas Consuetudo matris ecclesiae in baptizandis paruulis nequaque sper nenda est neque ullo modo super flua deputanda nec omnino credenda nisi apostolica esset traditio The accustoinaunce of oure mother the Churche in baptisinge of children is in no wyse to be dispised nor to be reckened superfluous by anye meanes nor vtterlye to be beleued if it had not ben a traditioÌ„ of yâ— Apostles What caÌ„ our new teachers and the makers of the articles afore mentioned saye to these authorities for the defense of their doctrine that men are bouÌ„de to credite and beleue nothing but that onlye whiche the scripture setteth furthe Woulde they that men shoulde beleue them afore these auntiet godly great learned fathers But of this matâ—ier I haue written moore at large in my booke of traditions therefore I now make an end of this chapiter wisshinge grace and the knowledge of the trueth vnto all that erre in Christes religioÌ„ that they may come at the leÌ„gth vnto yâ— ioyes of heaueÌ„ thorough Christe oure sauiours glorious passion to whome with the father and the holie ghoste be honour and prayse for euer Amen The fourthe chapiter That the soules of men departed doe not sleape but either they goe to heauen for their good workes or els to Hell for their euell before domes daye TOuchinge this matter I wyll be verye shorte because I thinke that fewe of oure countree men are infected with this opinioÌ„ Christe saied to the theife hanginge with him vpon the crosse Hodie mecum eris Luk. xxiii in paradiso This daye thou shalte be with me in paradise that is to saye as saint Austen expoundeth it verye truelyeâ— this daye of my death thy soule being departed out of thy body shall see the deite and godhead clearly Also sainte Paule saied Phil. i. Cupio disolui esse cum Christo I desire to die and to be with Christe whiche is as muche as if he had sayed when I shall departe out of this worlde I shall be streighte waye with Christ as he himselfe declareth to the Corinthians sayinge thus ii Cor. v. Scimus quod si â—errestris domus nostra c. We know that if our earthlye house of this dwelling be brooken we haue a house of God in heauen not made with mans hande Agayn he sayeth Audemus bonam uoluntatem ii Cor. v. habemus magis peregrinari à corpore praesentes esse ad dominuÌ„ We are bolde and we haue a good wil rather to be strangers from the bodye and to be present with our lorde Whiche is as muche as if he had sayed when I shall goo oute of thys worlde than I haue a house in heauen shal be preseÌ„t with our lord God Whiche saint Hierom Hieroni. To. i. epist ad Marcellam de obitâ— Leae affirmeth saying thus Nunc illa pro breui labore aeterna fruitur beatitudine excipitur aÌ„geloruÌ„ choris Now she hath the pleasure of yâ— euerlastinge blisse she is receaued with the compaignie of Angels Sainte Austen writtinge Aug. in psal 10. Phil. i. vpoÌ„ this Paules senteÌ„ce Cupio dissoluâ— c. saieth Viuit Paulus nunc cuÌ„ christo siâ—cut illi prophetae omnes viuunt cuÌ„ christo Sainte Paule liueth nowe with Christ as all those Prophetes doeth Agayne Sainte Austen speakinge of the gate or porte of paradise whiche Christe opened the daye of his death writeth thus Per haÌ„c ingressus est Petrus per hanc ingressus est Paulus per hanc omnes sancti Martyres intraueruÌ„t Thorow this port S. Peter entred into heauen through this gate s Paule weÌ„t into heaueÌ„ through thys gate al the holie Martyrs entred into heaueÌ„ Saint Basill beleued the same Basil epist 67. when he saied thus Mortuus est uir qui columna erat stabilimeÌ„tum ecclesiae imo magis ad beataÌ„uitam sublatus à nobis abscessit The man is deade whiche was the piller and the establishemeÌ„t of the churche Naye rather hee taken froÌ„ vs is goone into heauen Abdias which was of the Abdi lib. i. â—ist apostilicâ— lxxii disciples which Christ sent in to the worlde afore him to preache saieth that Saint Peter saied when he shoulde be crucified
ought not the makers of tharticles annexed to the sayd catechisme to be ashamed of ther errour when they sayed that pourgatory was set fourth only by the schole doctours and that they inuented it S. Basill in his Masse sayeth S Basiâ—les masse maketh mencyon of praynge for soules departed Diaâ—onus viuoâ—um et corum qui dormierunt quorum vult meminit Sacerdos ait Memento domine oim qui predormieruâ— in spe resurrectionis vitâ— eterne Hic Sacerdos mentionem facit corum quorum vult viuoruÌ„ mortuoruÌ„ pro mortuis autâ— dicit pro requie remissione aiÌ„â— famuli tui N. in loco luminoso vbi auâ—ugit trâ—stitia gemitus faâ— cum quiescere deus â—oster The deacon remembrith whiche he wil both of theÌ„ yâ— are a liue also of them yâ— are dead The preist sayth in his masse RemeÌ„bre O lorde all men yâ— are dead before time in hope to rise vp agayne to euerlasting life Here yâ—â—â—iest remeÌ„breth in his praiers whome he wyll both of the dead of the liuing I pray O lorde to yâ— for the rest remission of thy seruauÌ„tes soule Richard Iohn c. Make him o our God to take his reaste in the place full of light where is nother sadnes nother groâ—ig or morninge at all S. Chrisostome hath S. Chrisostomes Masse the same in his booke of the Masse S Gregory bysshop of Nissa S. Basyls brother wrote a sermon of yâ— 1. Cor. â— soules deê“ted wherin the sayth plaily some men shal be purged by fyre after there death Who wyll yet beleue these new teachers yâ— saye there is no Purgatorie seinge the auncient Fathers of bothe the Greake churche and Latin doo so manifestly set it fourthe in their bookes but heare one or two other Doctours sayinges to conclude this matier Theodoretus which was aboue â—ii Libro 10 Cap. 6. tri part Histo hundred yeres sence thus wryteth of yâ— godly Emperour Theodosius the yonger praysing his dedes and actes The reliques of the Doctour â— Chrisostome were afterwarde caried into the kinges Citie ConstaÌ„tinople And againe the moste faythfull waxe candels people running thoroughe the sea as thorow the lande dyd couer the waters of Hosphorus Lampadibus cereis with burninge Lampes waxe candels Wherfore the Emperour layde vp secretlye thys treasor Saynctes reliques are in treasour which the Heretike vigilaÌ„tius despised as other doo nowe wickedly of s Chrisostomes reliques in that citi which Emperour beareth bothe his grandfathers name also kepeth his godlines vndefiled Is in Chrisostomi loculum defigens oculos atque frontem pro Archa dio et eu doria genitoribus suplicauit vt ignoranter deliquentibus veniam deus condonaret As he loked stedfastly vpoÌ„ the place wherin s Chrisostomes relyques were kept made huÌ„ble peticion for his father and mother Archadius Eudoxa theÌ„ departed that god wolde pardon forgeue their sinnes whiche they had coÌ„mitted ignorantly Abdias the apostles scholer which saw christe testifieth that s Andrew Lib. 3 histo apostolece prayed for one that was dead At ille graÌ„s agens narrauit Nicholaum excess isse de corpere orans vt in pace quiesceret But S. Andrew Note this gaue thankes and declared the s Nicholas was dead and he praied to God that his soule might reste in peace Lo one of the apostles praied for the dead There are manye other auÌ„cient writers and great learned fathers which doth set forth the same Doctrine by the scriptures and the custome of the Catholique churche the euer hath ben from the first beginiÌ„g of christes churche hetherto but I wyll passe ouer them because these now before alleadged in this traicty are sufficient to teache euerye man what hath ben euer the beliefe of christes vniuersall churche in this matier so that whosoeuer be not of that belife he may yet retourne agayne to the church embrase it lest he be daÌ„ned being out of the same in whyche case estate he yâ— is so abideth vnto the ende of his life caÌ„not be saued by christe whiche is the head of that his churche and the sauiour only of it as S. Paule playnly witnesseth Eph. 1. 2 5. Colo. 1. 1. Petri. 3. Iohn 17. and also S. Peter resemblyng christes churche to Noes Arke or shyp wherfore I beseche God almightye the God of vnite concorde conseÌ„t and christ our sauiour whych prayd for vs to his father that we myght accorde in religion in a godly charitable vnite bothe of fayth and maners died for the purchasing of the same to grauÌ„t vs grace all together to agree in the same godly vnite to whome be honour glorye worlde with ende Amen ¶ bryefe treatyse of the sygne of the Crosse and of the Crucifyxe To the Reader WHen I saw that the crosse of Christe good Reader was not onely cast out of the Temples in this oure countrey but also ouerthrowen and destroyed cleane almost in al hyghe wayes as though it wer a thyng to be abhorred of Christen people I thought it good to set foorth in wrytyng how much the auncieÌ„t doctors of the churche of Christ regarded estemed that sgne and the ymage of the crucifixe that thereby menne myght wel see and perceyue howe shamefully they erred and wer dysceyued which dyd cast downe that sygne of the crosse or destroyee the ymage of Christ crucifyed to the intent that they myght beware of that Heresy and abhominable opynyon Take therefore in good woorth I beseke thee good reader this my labour and endeuour for yf thou so dooe thou shalt encourage me to set foorth other treatises in semblable matiers for thy instruction and edificatioÌ„ in the true faith of Christ vnto whome with the father and the holye Ghoost bee all honoure and glorye for euer and euer Amen ¶ The begynning of this briefe treatise of the crosse and the Image of Christe vvhiche the nevve brethren dyd caste downe and sette vp the hynges armes in stede of it GOd said to the angel good christeÌ„ reader passe thorow Ezechi ix the middest of the citye HierusaleÌ„ make the signe of Thau vpoÌ„ the foreheades of meÌ„ mourning sorowiÌ„g kil not al them vpon whom ye shall se Thau S Hierome expoundyng that text of yâ— prophete writeth thus Thaâ— litera crucis habet similitudineÌ„ quae in chriâ—â—anorsi frontibus pingitur et frequenti manus inscâ—â—ptione signatur The letter Thau hath yâ— likenes of yâ— crosse whiche is made in christen mens foreheades and is marked with often writing of hand Also Sainct Paule sayde god fordid Galath vi that I should glory or reioyce in anye thing but onely in the crosse of Apoca. vii our Lord Iesus Christ But nowe let vs see what the olde doctours of Christes church iudged in this matter S. Damascene saith the crosse Damas li. 4 cap. 12 17 is a buckler and harnes against the deuil that he touche vs not
sauâ—â—â— blessed Passion to whom wâ—it the father the holy ghost beâ—â— prayse honouâ— for euer Amâ— The sixte chapiter That Baptisme is not onlye a signe and a marke of 〈◊〉 iustification and profession â–ª nor onlâ—â— a scale anâ— confirmation of the same as Peter Martyâ— T. Crâ—meâ— Rydleye Catechisme fo 35. 36. art xxvi xxix and the aâ—thours of the catechisme and articles 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 kynge Edwardes the â—â— tyme 〈…〉 wickedlye doâ— saye and teache THys â—râ—â—ure good christian reader is so manifeâ—lye againste Goddes worde as nothing can be more Theâ—â— or 〈◊〉 any grace and regarde to Gods t◠〈◊〉 hys honouâ—â— and their owne soules health or saluation they wyll that yet are 〈◊〉 fâ—rceâ— with these 〈…〉 beware of them and abhorâ—e 〈◊〉 teachers of them and they that are poysoned with any such doctrine wyll forsake it and embrace againe the verie true doctrine of the catholyke churche when they shall see that their guides teachers and preachers do so euidentlie erre against the worde of GOD as they do in thys presente matter of Baptisme but to entreprinse beginne this treatise sayd not S. Iohan Baptist that Christe shoulde baptâ—se the people in the holy ghost â–ª What is that if it be Math. iiâ— not Christe as 〈◊〉 God to geue hys holye spirite thorowe grace forgeuenes of synnes to thâ—â— personage that is baptised in baptisme Agayne was â—eteâ— Martyr and the makers of the articles annexed to the aboue rehearsed cathechisme either so ignoraunt that they knewe not or so malitious against the trueth yâ— they would not beleue this christes saying Quisquis crediderit baptizatus â—uerit saluus erit Who soeuer shal Mar. vltâ— beleue be baptiâ—ed shal be saued Is not this playne enough against this heresie and also against Peter Martyr with all others the Lutherans and Swinglians whiche saye that Fayth only iustifieth not man we are iustified and saued by faieth onelye For doeth not Christe ioyne here faieth and baptisme together for the pourchasemente Reade ye that are infected with Peter Marâ—â—rs doctrine and repent in tyme. of oure saluation Seest thou not then reader that oure newe brethren were verie blinde to saye that baptisme is but a marke of our salnation and a sealyng of it onlie Wyll anye man be yet so maddâ— to followe their doctrine or to beleue their teachinge and corrupted bokes But heare Christ againe to their further reproch confutation sayinge Nisi quiâ— c. Excepte a man be borne againe Ioan. iiâ— of water and the holye ghost he shall nor entre into the kingdome of heauen What is it I beseche the Christiâ—n reader here to be borne agayn of the water and the spirite if it be not a man to be borne spiritually thorowe grace and forgeuenes of his sinues the chyld of God whiche was borne naturallye of his mother the soÌ„ne Psalm â— of Gods ire or wrathe as saint Paule witnesseth playnlye Affirmeth Ephes it Note this not also Christe heare that a manne entreth into the realme or kingdome of heauen thorowe his newe byrth in baptisme and that without it he shall not â—e can enter into it Is this baptisme to be but a Faieth one lye sauâ—th vs not as our newe brethâ—en sâ—â— it doeth signe and a coÌ„firmation of our saluation or faieth onlye to iustifie man Is it any other thing a man to be iustified than to be borne agayne throughe the workinge of the holye ghoost which is geuen to vs in baptisme â—i iii. Seest thou not theÌ„ ones again reader these Gospellers blindnesse and ignorance in the scriptures Moreouer saith not S. Paule that we are graâ—ted into Rom. vi Christes mysticall bodye the churche throughe baptisme Sayeth he not in an other place that the Corrinthians were washed made holy and iustified This is agaynst Peter Martor which saith that a child is a meÌ„bre of the churche befoâ—e he be â—e baptiseâ— in the name of our Lorde Iesu Christ and in the spirite of god meanynge by that washinge of them their baptisme See wee not then that saint Paule beleued a man to be made righteous or iustified throughe baptisme and not by â—ayeth onlye Is this baptisme then to be but Faith onely iustifieth vs not a marke of oure saluation and iustification O notable and straunge blyndnes of these proceders yea of these goâ—rs backward from the trueth and new preachers Why wynked they at thys sayinge of saint Paule Gala. iii. Ye all are the sonnes of GOD thorowe faieth whiche is in Christe Iesu Quot quot namâ—â—â— in Christo baptizâ—ti estis Christum induistis For as manye of you as be baptised in Christe haue putte on Christ What els ment saynct Paule here by puttynge on of Christ in Baptisme but the receauinge of hym by grace that we made the children of God his father not onely by faythe as this letter declareth but also by baptisme shoulde be clothed with him and our synnes so remitted throughe his desertes and speciall grace that they should be therby as it were couered and hidde from the syght of God that he voyll not looke vpon them to punishe vs for them Dyd these men neuer reade and vnderstande saynâ—t Paule affirmynge that Christ Ephe. v. cleanseth vs through the fountayne of water and the worde of lyfe to make vs glorious without spotte and wrinâ—le of synne Wyll then anyâ— learned wyse man yet beleue this doctrine Faith onely â—ustâ—â—eth vs not whiche is that only fayth iustifieth man and that baptisme is but a sygne or a marke onelye of it Adde to these sayinges thys testimoine of S. Paule Cum apparuerit benignitas c. After the â—ounteousnes and loue of oure sauioure God whiche he bare towarde man appeared he of hys mercie saued vs not of oure ryghteous workes throughe the fountayne Baptisme is not only a mark of our â—ustification but a cause of it of renewynge and regeneration or bearyng vs againe of the holye ghost whiche he powred into vs plenteousâ—ye throughe Iesus Christe oure sauiour that we beynge iustified by hys grace shuld â—e heires of eternall lyfe thorowe espetaunâ—e or hoope Who may not see here moste playnly that S. Paule affirmeth a man to beâ— saued tenewed borne agayne and iustified by baptisme and the holye Ghoste also to bee geuen to vs in it Where was then these mens learnyng in the scriptures when they so ignorauntlye taughte the contrarye sayinge that baptisme is but a token marke seale and confirmation of our iustification Fayth only iustifieth not man and saluation and that only fayth doeth iustifie vs Oure Lorde tourne theyr heartes to his trouth agayne out of thys straunge blyndnes in whiche they are Finallye touchyng the rehearsall of the Scriptures saith not s Peter that as Noes â— Peter iii. arke or shyppe saued hym and feuen other from brownynge in the floude euen semblablye baptisme saueth vs