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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43647	An apologetical vindication of the Church of England in answer to those who reproach her with the English heresies and schisms, or suspect her not to be a catholick-church, upon their account.	Hickes, George, 1642-1715.	1687 (1687)	Wing H1840; ESTC R20398	73,683	104

and over-inquisitive men who trusting too much to their own Understanding love as the Apostle speaks to intrude into things which they have not seen and are vainly puffed up with their fleshly Mind † De praescript Haeres § 14. Tertullian in his Tract against the Heresies of his Time complains grievously of these men who were always moving nice and curious Questions about things which it was better to be ignorant of then to know and who as his phrase imports loved to exercise the ‖ Quantumlibet quaer as tractes omnem libidinem curiositatis essundas whole lust of their Curiosity about doubtful and obscure things Their Curiosity as he complains was above their Faith and their vain-glorious affectation of being counted learned and witty above the care of their Souls and therefore they must search the Scriptures to find out new Doctrines and Opinions and if they cannot find them there they will be sure to bring them thither tho' never heard of before and never so contrary to the unanimous Tradition of all the Apostolical Churches These men he complains of for the great Adulterators of Scripture and of such as they were the Apostle is to be understood 1 Tim. 1.4 I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other Doctrine neither give heed to Fables and endless Genealogies which minister Questions rather then godly Edifying which is in the Faith. So in Chap. 6.3 4. If any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholesom words even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the doctrine which is according to Godliness he is conceited knowing nothing but doting about questions and disputes about words whereof cometh envy strife railings and surmisings So in his 2d Ep. 2.23 saith he unto him Avoid foolish and unlearned questions knowing that they gender strife And so in his Ep. to Titus Chap. 2.9 Avoid foolish questions and Genealogies and contentions for these are unprofitable and vain and a man that is an Heretick after the first and second admonition reject These over-curious and too inquisitive Wits who hunt after new Discoveries and rack their Inventions as well as the Scriptures to publish some new thing are well disposed by temper for Heresie They think indeed they know something but really they know nothing as they ought to know when they begin to despise the Simplicity of the Christian Religion and the Doctrine and Tradition of the Elders and by the wantonness of their Wits and Understandings give occasion to Satan who observes all mens Tempers to tempt them into Heresie and Schism * Longum est universa ipsus opera commemorare quibus profecto summis Aedificatoribus Ecclestae par esse potuisset nisi profanâ illâ haereticae curlositatis libidine novum nescio quid invenisset quo cunctos labores suos velut cujusdam Leprae admixtione soedaret cap. 16. Vincentius Lirinensis observes that Apollinaris fell into Heresie through this lust of Curiosity and that † Tantus ac talis dum gratiâ dei insolentiûs abatitur dum ingenio suo nimium indulger sibique satis credit cum parvi pendit antiquam Christiane religionis simplicitatem dum se plus cunctis sapere praesumit dum Ecclesiaticas traditiones verterum magisteria contemnens quaedam Scripturarum capitula novo more interpretatur meruit ut de se quoque Ecclesia dei diceret Si surrexerit in medio tui propbeta Origen also through too great a confidence in his own Parts and too much fondness and indulgence for his own Notions of the greatest Doctor the Church ever had became plainly such a one to whom one might justly apply those words of Moses Si surrexerit in medio tui propheta If there arise among you a Prophet saying let us go after other Gods thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that Prophet for the Lord your God proveth you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul The next sort of Instruments which the Devil makes use of in inventing and propagating Hercsie and Schism are ambitious and aspiring men who would fain be Governours in the Church and sit in the Thrones of the Apostles and when they cannot compass their Designs then out of Envy and Revenge they strive to turn all things topsie-turvy and bring confusion upon the Church Such as these was Diotrephes who loved to have the preeminence He would fain have had St. John's Chair and to that end raised Sedition against him prating against him with malicious words and perswading the Church not to receive him Such also was Thebuthis the first Heretick and Schismatick in the Church of Jerusalem as I have shewed in the first Chapter Such also were Montanus Novatus Arius Natalis the Confessor and almost all the famous Heresiarchs in the ancient Church Such also was Melitius a Bishop of Aegypt who being deposed from his Bishoprick for denying the Faith and sacrificing unto Daemons in the Dioclesian Persecution became the Head of that which from him took the Name of the Melitian Heresie and Schism He loaded Achilles his Superior who deposed him with all manner of Calumnies and Reproaches as also his Successors Peter and Alexander who ratified the Deprivation of him and conspired with Arius against the latter that he might be revenged on the Church For Pride and Ambition is the Mother of Envy Revenge and Discontent it was the original Sin of the Devil and when he meets with proud men after his own image his work is half done and it will cost him but little trouble to tempt them to break the Peace and divide the Unity of Churches whereof they are Members So an ancient * Respons●ad orthodox quaest 〈…〉 Author in Answer to this Question Whether it is just to damn Hereticks who do their best Endeavours to know the Truth and cannot Saith he It is manifest that all Heresies arise from a vain affectation of Glory and study of opposition in the Authors and Ring leaders of them and therefore the Apostle calls them grievous Wolves And saith St. Chrysostom in his first Homily upon the first Epistle to Timothy Because they do not love their Brethren they envy those that have a good Report and from this Envy proceeds a desire to be above them and to rule and from this desire to rule come Heresies So saith Theophylact on Galat. 5. The desire of Ruling is the Mother of all Heresies And saith another * Isidorus Pelusiota p. 441. ancient Writer From affectation of Government and getting above others which are two domineering Passions I think most Heresies arise for those who do not love to be in the rank of Subjects sow new Doctrines that they may be Chief of a new Sect. And indeed this was the temper of Simon Magus the first Heretick and false Apostle he affected to be a great man and to have the People from