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A43528	Ecclesia restaurata, or, The history of the reformation of the Church of England containing the beginning, progress, and successes of it, the counsels by which it was conducted, the rules of piety and prudence upon which it was founded, the several steps by which it was promoted or retarded in the change of times, from the first preparations to it by King Henry the Eight untill the legal settling and establishment of it under Queen Elizabeth : together with the intermixture of such civil actions and affairs of state, as either were co-incident with it or related to it / by Peter Heylyn.	Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.; Heylyn, Peter, 1599-1662. Affairs of church and state in England during the life and reign of Queen Mary.	1660-1661 (1661)	Wing H1701_ENTIRE; Wing H1683_PARTIAL_CANCELLED; ESTC R6263	514,716	473

some be present to interpret XXIV Of speaking in the Congregation in such a Toung as the people understandeth It is a thing plainly repugnant to the VVord of God and the custom of the primitive Church to have publick prayer in the Church or to minister the Sacraments in a Tongue not understanded by the people XXVI Of the Sacraments Our Lord Jesus Christ gathered his people into a Society 22 by Sacraments very few in number most easie to be kept and of most excellent signification that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed upon or to be carried about but that we should duly use them And in such onely as worthily receive the same they have a wholesome effect or operation not as some say Ex opere operato 24 Which terms as they are strange and utterly unknown to the Holy Scripture so do they yield a sense which savoureth of little piety but of much superstition but they that receive them unworthily receive to themselves damnation The Sacraments ordained by the Word of God be not onely badges or tokens of Christian mens profession but rather they be certain sure witnesses effectual signs of grace and Gods Good will toward us by the which he doth work invisibly in us and doth not onely quicken but also strengthen and confirm our faith in him XXV Of the Sacraments Sacraments ordained of Christ 23 be not onely badges and tokens of Christian mens profession but rather they be certain sure witnesses and effectual signes of Grace and Gods good-will towards us by the which he doth work invisibly in us and doth not onely quicken but also strengthen and confirm our faith in him There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lo●d in the Gospel that is to say Baptism and the ●upper of the Lord. Those five commonly called Sacraments 25 that is to say Confirmation Penance Orders Matrimony and Extream Unction are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel being such as have grown partly of the corrupt following of the Apostles partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures but yet have not like nature of Sacraments with Baptism and the Lords Supper for that they have not any visible Sign or Ceremony ordained of God The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed on or to be carried about but that we should duly use them And in such onely as worthily receive the same they have a wholsome effect or operation But they that receive them unworthily purchase to themselves Damnation as St. Paul saith XXVII The wickedness of the Ministers takes not away the Efficacy of Divine Institutions Although in the visible Church the Evil be ever mingled with the Good and sometimes the Evil have chief Authority in the Ministration of the Word and Sacraments yet forasmuch as they do not the same in their own name but in Christs and do minister by his Commission and Authority we may use their Ministry both in hearing the Word of God and in receiving of the Sacraments Neither is the effect of Christs Ordinance taken away by their wickednesse nor the Grace of Gods of Gifts diminished from such as by faith and rightly do receive the Sacraments ministred unto them which be effectual because of Christs Institution and promise although they be ministred by evill men Neverthelesse it appertaineth to the Discipline of the Church that inquiry be made after them and that they be accused by those that have knowledge of their offences and finally being found guilty by just judgment be deposed XXVI Of the unworthiness of the Ministers which hinder not the Effect of the Sacraments Although in the visible Church the Evill be ever mingled c. that inquiry be made after evill Ministers c. XXVIII Of Baptism Baptism is not onely a sign of Profession and mark of Difference whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not Christned but it is also a sign of Regeneration or new birth whereby as by an Instrument they that receive Baptism Rightly are grafted into the Church the promises of forgivnesse of sin and of our Adoption to be the sons of God by the holy Ghost are visibly signed and sealed Faith is confirmed and Grace increased by vertue of Prayer unto God The custom of the Church 26 for Baptising young Children is both to be commended and by all means to be retained in the Church XXVII Of Baptism Baptism is not onely a sign of Profession and mark of Difference c. The Baptism of young children is in any wise to be retained in the Church as most agreeable to the Institution of Christ. 27 XXIX Of the Lords Supper The Supper of the Lord is not onely a sign of the Love that Christians ought to have amongst themselves one to another but rather it is a Sacrament of our Redemption by Christs death Insomuch that to such as Rightly Worthily and with Faith receive the same the Bread which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ and likewise the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the Blood of Christ. Transubstantiation or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine in the Supper of the Lord cannot be proved by Holy Writ but it is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture and hath given occasion to many Superstitions Since the very beeing of human nature doth require 29 that the body of one and the same man cannot be at one and the same time in many places but of necessity must be in some certain and determinate place therefore the Body of Christ cannot be present in many different places at the same time And since as the holy Scriptures testifie Christ hath been taken up into Heaven and there is to abide till the end of the world it becommeth not any of the faithful to believe or professe that there is a Real or Corporal presence as they phrase it of the Body and Blood of Christ in the holy Eucharist The Sacrament of the Lords Supper was not by Christs Ordinance reserved carried about lifted up or worshiped XXVIII Of the Lords Supper The Supper of the Lord is not onely a sign of the Love c. but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament 28 and hath given occasion to many Superstitions The Body of Christ is given taken and eaten in the Supper onely after an heavenly and spiritual manner 30 And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith The Sacrament of the Lords Supper was not by Christs Ordinance c. _____ XXIX Of the Wicked which eat not the Body of Christ in the Lord's Supper 31 The wicked and such as be void of a lively faith although they do carnally and visibly presse with their teeth as St. Augustine saith the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ yet in no wise are they partakers of Christ but

Commandments which are called Moral VII The three Creeds The three Creeds Nice Creed A han●●●sius Creed and that which is commonly called the Apostles Creed ought thoroughly to be received for they may be p●oved by most certain warrants of the holy Scripture VIII Of the three Creeds The three Creeds N●ce Creed Athanasius Creed and that which is commonly called the Apostles Creed ought thoroughly to be ●eceived and bel●●v●d for they m●y be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture VIII Original Sin Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam as the Pelag●●an● do vainly talk and at this day is assi●●med by the Anabaptists 9 but it is the fault and corruption of every man that naturally is ingendred of the off-spring of Adam whereby Man is very far from God from Original Righteousness and is of his own nature inclined to evil so that the flesh luste●h always contrary to the spi●it and therefore in every person born into this wo●ld it deserveth Gods wrath and damnation And this infection of nature doth remain yea in them that are regenerated whereby the lust of the flesh called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which some do expound the wisdom some sensuality some the affection some the desire of the flesh is not subject to the Law of God And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized yet the Apostle doth confess that con●●piscence and lust hath of it self the nature of sin IX Of Original or Birth sin Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam as the Pelagians do vainly talk but is the fault and the corruption of the nature of every man c. IX Of Free-will We have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God without the grace of God by Christ preventing us that we may have a good will and working with us when we have that good will X. Of Free-will The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such 10 that he cannot turn and prepare himself by his own natural strength and good works to faith and calling upon God Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable unto God c. X. Of Grace The Grace of Christ or the holy Ghost which is given by him 11 doth take from man the heart of Stone and giveth him a heart of flesh And though it rendreth us willing to do those good works which before we were unwilling to do and unwilling to do those evil works which before we did yet is no violence offered by it to the will of man so that no man when he hath sinned can excuse himsel as if he had sinned against his will or upon constraint and therefore that he ought not to be accused or condemned upon that account _____ IX Of the Justification of Man 12 Justification by faith onely in Jesus Christ in that sense wherein it is set forth in the Homily of Justification is the most certain and most wholesome doctrine for a Christian man XI Of the Justification of Man We are accounted Righteous before God onely for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith and not for our own works or deservings Wherefore that we are justified by faith is a most wholsome Doctrine and very full of comfort as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification _____ XII Of good Works Albeit the good works which are the fruits of faith 13 and follow after Justification cannot put away our sins and endure the severity of Gods judgment yet are they pleasing and acceptable unto God in Christ and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit XII Works before Justification Works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his Spirit are not pleasant to God forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ neither do they make men meet to receive Grace or as the School-Authors say deserve Grace of Congruity yea rather for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done we doubt not but they have the nature of sin XIII Of Works before Justification Works done before the Grace of Christ and the inspiration of his Spirit are not pleasant to God c. XIII Works of Supererogation Voluntary works besides over and above Gods Commandements which they call works of Supererogation cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety for by them men do declare that they do not onely render unto God as much as they are bound to doe but that they do more for his sake than of bounden duty is required Whereas Christ saith plainly When you have done all that are commanded to you say We are unprofitable servants XIV Of Works of Supererogation Voluntary works besides over and above Gods commandments which they call works of Supererogation c. XIV None but Christ without sin Christ in the truth of our nature was made like unto us in all things sin onely except from which he was clearly void both in his flesh and in his spirit He came to be a Lamb without spot who by sacrifice of himself once made should take away the sins of the world and sin as St. John saith was not in him But all we the rest although baptized and born in Christ yet offend iu many things and if we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us XV. Of Christ alone without sin Christ in the truth of our nature was made like unto us in all things sin onely except c. XV. Of the sin against the holy Ghost Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin against the holy Ghost and unpardonable Wherefore the grant of Repentance is not to be denyed to such as fall into sin after Baptism After we have received the holy Ghost we may depart from Grace given and fall into sin and by the Grace of God we may arise again and amend our lives And therefore they are to be condemned which say They can no more sin as long as they live here or deny the place of Penance 14 to such as truly repent XVI Of sin after Baptism Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin against the holy Ghost and unpardonable c. And therefore they are to be condemned which say They can no more sin as long as they live here or deny the place of Forgivenesse to such as truly repent XVI The Blasphemy against the holy Ghost The blasphemy against the holy Ghost is then committed 15 when any man out of malice and hardness of heart doth wilfully reproach and persecute in an hostile manner the truth of Gods Word manifestly made known unto him Which sort of men being made obnoxious to the curse subject themselves to the most grievous of all wickednesses from whence this kind of sin is