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A10240	A rejoynder unto William Malone's reply to the first article Wherein the founders of unwritten traditions are confounded, out of the sure foundation of Scripture, and the true tradition of the Church. By Roger Puttocke, minister of Gods word at Novan.	Puttock, Roger.	1632 (1632)	STC 20520; ESTC S100925	167,226	214

Tradition of the Church and notwithstanding all your corruptions of the writings of the ancient yet there remaineth enough to finde out the deceit of unwritten Traditions Let the Scripture have the first place which Vincentius assigneth unto it that so God the Father of our faith may have the first audience the● let the Tradition of the Church come up in the reare to back that which the Scripture teacheth But the Iesuite would have all done by the Church and nothing by the Scripture For our Saviour fore-seeing the presumptuous and ras● Reply pag. 160 boldnesse which some would take upon them to interpret the meaning of his written word hath ordained that his Church should be provided of a singular meanes to finde out and to declare the true meaning thereof being alwayes end●ed with that sup●rnaturall gift which our Saviour imparted unto his Disciples when * Lu● 24. 45. he opened their understanding that they might understand the Scriptures That which our Saviour fore-saw we see in you A presumptuous and ●ash boldnesse in interpreting Scripture Christ saith of himself All power is given unto me in Heaven and on earth This is presumptuously applyed to the Pope S. Ioh● saith I saw another Angell come from the East which had the seale of the living God This is rashly boldly applyed to S. Francis And yet the Church interpreteth both these places of Christ The Church hath his supernaturall gift but what Church f Tho. Wald. l. 2. doct fid entiq c. 19. Not the African Church as Donatus said nor the Roman Church as the Iesuite meaneth But the Catholick Church of Christ dispersed over the world As Thomas Waldensis saith And where wilt thou finde or how wilt thou know which is this Church The author of the imperfect Worke on Matthew hom 49. answereth The Scripture is the onely way whereby to know which is the true Church of Christ And againe The Lord knowing that in the last dayes there would be such a confusion commandeth Christians to fly onely vnto the Scriptures For if they doe otherwise They shall perish saith he not knowing which is the true Church by that meanes shall fall into the abomination of desolation which shal stand in the holy places of the Church He sheweth that the Scripture must not be interpreted by privat imagination privat fancie or privat spirit Can he charge us with this Interpretation of Scripture is a g 1. Cor. 12. gift of the spirit He that denyeth this is an Heretick The same spirit that inspired them must interpret them This spirit which like the h Ioh. 3. 8. winde bloweth where it listeth may blow on private men Private men having this spirit may discerne the sense and meaning of the Scriptures aswell as the Priest either grant this or else condemne i Act 18. Apollos Aquil● and Priscilla who are commended in Scripture for this yea condemne the Homilies of Le● the Emperor commended by Gretzer in his edition of those Homilies or else grant this that private men may discerne the sense and meaning of the Scriptures When private men through the helpe of Gods ●pirit doe discerne the sense and meaning of the Scriptures and deliver the sense intended by the Holy Ghost will you call this privat imagination privat fancie privat spirit It is the doctrin of the Devil of Antichrist which possesseth our Adversaries perswadeth them that their doctrine must not be examined nor their Spirit tryed but whatsoever Interpretation their Church that is the Pope giveth of any part of Scripture be the Interpretation never so private never heard of before never so contrary to the exposition of the Fathers yet it must be believed as sure as that S. Iohns Gospell is Scripture And neither S. Iohns Gospell nor any part of Scripture is by them accounted true because it is written but it is accounted true because it so pleaseth the Pope What then he alledgeth out of S. Augustin may fitter be a●plyed unto them then unto us * Aug Ep. 222. They are Heretickes not because they contemne not the Scriptures for so S. Augustine is to be read but because they understand them not aright Againe * Aug. tract 18. in Ioh. Good holy Scripture is not rightly understood what is wrongfully understood is audaciously affirmed by them And againe * Aug. cont Faustum This doth not please them because it is written but it must therefore be true Scripture because it pleaseth them If S. Augustine were now alive to ●ee the doctrine practice of the Roman Church he could not more fitly expresse it then he doth in these sayings His third digression is about the translation of the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Wheresoever the Scripture speaketh against certaine Traditions Reply p. 161. of the Iewes partly fcivolous partly repugnant to the Law of God there all the English translations follow the Greek exactly never omitting the word Tradition For example Mat. 15. Contrarywise wheresoever the holy Scripture speaketh in commendation of Traditions there all their Translations agre● not to follow the Greek but for Tradition they translate ordinance or instruction as 2. Thes 2. 15. c. any word else rather then Tradition Insomuch that Bezatranslateth it Traditam 2. Thess 2. 15. doctrinam the doctrine delivered putting the singular number for the plurall and adding Doctrine of his owne 3. This is transcribed out of Gregory Martin a learned divine as he stileth him who is censured by one of his own side for an k The treatise of renunciat ignorant divine But all his geese are swans as the proverb is Asinus asinum scabi● one good turn requires an other he could doe no lesse then afford him some worthy title who stored him with such a deal of worthy matter He harpeth much upon Allour Translations and yet I know but only of one Translatiō the Bishops as they call it which was published by authority untill after the daies of cavilling Martin As that translatiō doth justifie our doctrin so we are able to justifie that all other our translations in this point from the slanders of this Martin We confesse the fact in those places cited by Martin the Translators have not englished 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Traditions D. Fulk who hath discovered Martins discovery to be an heap of senselesse cavillations confesseth the same This I observe to free that learned Dr * yet M. Fulk saith it is found there If he give not us an instance let him give himselfe the lie from this marginal note in which setting aside all good manners the he is given him He hath answered for himselfe in his confutation of Martins discoverie in these words I say there is no law nor statute made against it but the word Tradition may be used by our Translators This is no more then if I should say Papists may be suffred to live as good subjects not

5. quaest● 5. ar 1. There are Principles plainely laid downe in Scripture which are the grounds of many other articles as of two natures and one person in Christ and of the necessity of the baptisme of Children c and of many other doctrines not expressely written and yet firmely drawne from Scripture Such a●e many other points as that of the consubstantialitie Reply pag. 126 of the Sonne with the Father The proceeding of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Sonne as from one beginning That the Father is unbegotten 12. These three points which concerne the glorious Trinity Father Sonne and Holy Ghost we beleeve them to be articles of our faith and to be written though not formally yet virtually in the Scriptures and it may be that the spirit of contention moveth the Iesuite to strive about the forme of words and not about the forme of doctrine contained in those words unbegotten consubstantiall c S. Augustine disputing about the same words saith * Quid enim contentiosiue quam ubi d●re constat certare de nomine August ad Pascent Arian Epist 174. What is contention if this be not to strive about words when we agree about the thing The words themselves are not the points of faith the Church beleeved the same points of faith before the same words were used but the doctrines contained in those words are the points of faith And if he will say the doctrines are not written because the words are not written he may aswell say the Trinity of Persons and the Vnitie of Essence are unwritten doctrines because the words Trinity and Vnity are not written It is the doctrine of Devils first to teach that these things are not written that so men may doubt of them and after deny them What a gappe is here layd open to let in Paganisme Atheisme Iudaisme and sundry sorts of heresies Let him then recant his error least he be burnt for an Hereticke Bellarmine make●h a better confession saying y Retinentur à nobisilla nomina Essentia Homousios Hypostasis Persona c quia etsi in Scripturis non ●abentur ●amen habentu● corum semina ●quivalentia Bellann de Christo l. 2. c. 2 We retaine these words Essence Consubstantiall Hypostasis Person c because we finde words which are aquivalent unto them in Scripture although the Scripture doth not containe these same words That of the Consubstantiality of the Sonne with the Father is proved out of the Scriptures by Tertullian in a z Tertul. ad● Prax●am treatise written for that purpose a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theodor Dialog ● For this we will produce demonstrations out of the holy Scripture saith Theodor. ● disputing against Arius concerning this point b Quomo ●o dicis in Scripturis Ho●ousion non inveni●i quasi aliud ●it Homousion quam quod dicit Ego de Patre exivi et Ego Pater unum sumus Ambros● de fide cont Arian● c. 5. How doest thou say saith Ambrose the word Consubstantiall is not found in the Scriptures as if Consubstantiall were any thing but this I came forth from the Fath●r And I and the Father are one c Adver●us impietatem Haereticorum Pa●res novum nomen condiderunt Homousion sed non rem novam tali nomine signaverunt Hoc enim vocatur Homousion quod est Ego Pater unum sumus unius videlicet ejusdenque substantiae August tract 97. in Ioh To crosse the impietie of the Heretickes the Fathers invented a new word Consubstantiall but that new word signified no new thing For Consubstantiall and this is all one I and the Father are one to wit one in substance saith S. Augustine And he urgeth the Arians to consider this d August Epist 174. If any where in Scripture they can finde two called one who are not one in substance And againe hee provoketh them to try this point not by any e August cont Maximin l. 3. c 14. Councell but by Scripture And Bellarmine telleth us hee had good reason to doe so f Quia in illis qu●●ionibus exstabant in Scripturis claris●ima testimonia Bellarm de verbo Dei l. 4. c 11. Because in that question the Scripture afforded most evident testimonies That the Holy Ghost proceedeth from the Father and the Sonne S. Augustine in sundry places proveth it by the Scriptures g Cum per Scripturarum Sacraru● testimonia docuissem de urro● procedere Spiritum Sanctum August de Trinit l. 15. c. 27. Seeing that I have taught saith he that the Holy Ghost proceedeth from them both And againe h Spiritum Sanctum esse Patris Fili● a Patre Filio mitti atque procede●e ab ut●oque sanctae Scripturae testimonijs clatius demonstremus Aug Tract 99. in Ioh. That the Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Sonne and is sent forth from the Father and the Sonne and that hee proceedeth from them both let us demonstrate it more clearely by the testimonies of holy Scripture And this point Bellarmine prooveth by i Bellarma de christ l. ● c. ●● Scripture And that the Holy Ghost proceedeth from them both as from one beginning this is not expressely written yet by undeniable consequence it is gathered out of Scripture Petrus Damianus useth this argument k Cum Filius dicit Ego Pater unum sumus Quomodo potest Spiritus Sanctus ab eo quod unum est procedere non procedere Pet Damian l. 3. Epist 1. Seeing the Sonne saith I and the Father are one How can the Holy Ghost proceede from that which is one and likewise not proceede l Melch Canus locorum l. ● c. 2. Melchi●r Canus reckoneth this among those things which without losse of Salvation may bee left doubtfull and a man may bee ignorant of And it is the last Article of Faith revealed to the Church yet not by unwritten Tradition but by firme consequence out of the written word That the Father is unbegotten is likewise a written doctrine for though the word unbegotten is not written yet the doctrine taught us by that word is written and wee dispute not of words but of doctrines That the mother of God remained a perpetuall Virgin Reply pag. ●●6 13. We say with S. Augustine m August de natur grat c. 36. Wee are not willing to move any question about the mother of God for the honour wee beare unto her Sonne But seeing wee must declare what wee thinke wee thinke her to be a blessed Virgin because the Scripture doth not teach the contrary and because wee are commaunded to hold those things which are of n Phil 4. 8. good report If it bee an unwritten Tradition then S. Ambrose was mistaken who alledged this text to prove it o Ezek. 44. 2. Ambros epist 81. This gate shal be shut and shall not be opened and no man shall enter by it because the