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Appendix: Of the Fall of Man and Justification

1. Of the state & fall of the first Man.

VVHen the first man1 ADAM hadde transegressed the Commandement of God in Paradise, be presentlie lot the holinesse and iustice in which he was created; and further, by the offence of that transgression, incurred the anger and indignation of God, and so consequently2 death, which Almighty God had threatned vnto him before: And with this same death he fell into the bondage and thraldome of the3 Diuell, who from thence-forth had the Empire of4 death; and finallie whole ADAM 5 by that same offence of preuarication, was both in bodie and soule, changed into worse.

2. Of the sin of Adam transfused into al men

NEither did ADAMS preuarication hurte himselfe alone, but also his whole linage6 and posterity; as who did loose both to himselfe,7 and to vs, the holinesse and iustice receiued from God; and beeing polluted by the sinne of disobedience, did transfuse into all mankinde, not death only, and the paines of the8 bodie, but also sinne, which is the death of the soule. Which the Apostle confirming hath said. By one man 9 sinne entred into the world, and by sinne death: And so vnto al men death did passe, in which all sinned.

For which cause the sinne of ADAM, which originally is one, & being by propagation,10 not by imitation transfused to all; is in euery particular man his own:11 must needs be purged by some remedie, for the getting of life euerlasting. For by it all men are made vncleane, and, as the Apostle12 saith, by nature the Sonnes of wrathe, and the slaues of sinne, of the diuell, & of death, excepting eere the immaculate Virgin13 MARY the mother of God, whom in this place where we speake of Originall sinne, we doe not comprehend.

3. Of the remedy of Originall sinne.

THis Originall sinne which is in euerie man his owne, as we haue saide, is not taken away by the14 forces of humane nature, nor by any other remedie than by the merit of one Mediatour,15 our Lord Iesus Christ; who hath reconciled vs16 vnto God in his bloude, being made vnto vs,17 Iustice, Sanctification, and Redemption. And his merit18 is applied as wel to those of discretion, as to Infants by the Sacrament of Baptisme orderly ministred in such forme as the Church doth vse: because there is no other name19 vnder heauen giuen vnto men, in which we must be saued. And hence is that speech:20 Behold the Lambe of God, beholde him that taketh away the sinne of the world. And this also.21 As many of you as are Baptised in Christ, haue put on Christ.

They therefore doe pernitiously erre, who denie that Infants22 newely borne ought to be Baptised: although they bee borne of Baptised Parents. For these also are Baptised into remission of sinnes, as hauing receiued Originall sinne from ADAM, which must of necessitie bee purged by the23 Lauer of regeneration, for the getting of life euerlasting: because no otherwise; is this to be vnderstood,24 By one man sinne entered into the world, and by sinne death: and so vnto all men death did passe, in which all sinned: But as the Catholicke Church all the worlde ouer hath allwaies vnderstood it. For because of this rule of faith: according to the Tradition of the Apostles, euen Infants who coulde not as yet commit any sinne in their owne persons, are therefore truely baptised into remission of sinnes, that in them by regeneration that may bee clensed, which they haue contracted by generation: For25 vnlesse a man be borne again of water and the spirite, he cannot enter into the kingdome of God.

4. Of the relikes of originall sinne in the Baptised.

MOreouer we ought to acknowledge, that the guilt of originall sinne is remitted, by the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ which is giuen in baptisme: and that in the baptized26 all that which hath in it the true and proper nature of sinne, is quite taken away, and not rased only, or not imputed. For in the regenerate God hateth nothing, bccause there27 is no damnation vnto them, that are truely28 buried with Christ by baptisme vnto death: That walke not according to the flesh, but putting29 off the olde man, and putting on the new which is created according to God, are made innocent, immaculate, pure, voide of sinne, and deare vnto Almightie God:30 Heires certes of God, and coheires of CHRIST, so that nothing at all may staye them from entering into heauen. And yet notwithstanding must we confesse, that ther remaineth in the baptised31 concupiscence: which beeing lefte32 to striue withall, cannot possibly hurte them that doe not consent, and that doe33 by the grace of Christ couragiously resist: yea rather34 hee that shall striue lawfully, shall be crowned. This Concupiscence which the Apostle sometime35 calleth sinne, the Catholike Church neuer vnderstoode, therefore to be called sinne because it is truely & properly sinne in the regenerate: but because it36 proceedeth of sinne, and inclineth to sinne.

5. Of the imbecillitie of nature and the lawe to Iustifie Men.

TO come nowe somewhat nearer to the right and plaine vndestanding of the Doctrine of Iustification, euerie man must acknowledge & confesse thus much, that when all men by ADAMS transgression had lost Innocencie,37 being made vncleane, and, as the Apostle saith,38 by nature the Sonnes of wrath, as hath beene saide: so far were they the slaues39 of sinne, and in the power of death, & of the diuell: that not only the Gentiles by the force40 of nature, but neither the Iewes by the very letter of the Law41 of MOYSES, could be deliuered, or rise from the same: although in them free-will42 was not extinguished, howesoeuer43 it were weakened and decaied.

6. Of the dispensation & mystery of the comming of Christ.

VVHereby it came to passe that the Heauenly Father, the Father of44 mercies, and God of all consolation, when that happy45 fulnesse of time was come; did sende vnto men CHRIST IESVS his Sonne, declared and promised both before the Lawe, and in the time of the Lawe to many holy Fathers: Both, that he might redeeme the Iewes who were vnder the Lawe; & that the Gentiles which did46 not followe Iustice, might apprehend Iustice; and all might receiue the adoption of sinnes.47 Him hath God48 proposed as a propitiatour by faith in his bloud, for our sinnes: and not only49 for ours, but for the sinnes of the whole worlde.

7. Who are iustified by Christ?

BVt, although he died for50 all; yet not all doe receiue the benefite of his death: but those onely vnto whom the merite of his Passion is communicated. For as men indeede, except they were borne as springing from the seede of ADAM, 51 should not be borne vniust, whereas by that propagation, through him, they contracte, whilest they are conceiued, their owne proper iniustice: so except they were borne againe in Christ, they shoulde neuer be iustified: whereas by that regeneration, through the merit of his Passion, grace is giuen them, wherby they are made iust. For this benefite the52 Apostle exhorteth vs alwaies to giue thankes to the Father, who hath made vs worthie vnto the part of the lot of the Saintes in the light: and hath deliuered vs from the power of darckenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of the Sonne of his loue: In whom we haue redemption, & the remission of sinnes.

8. A description of the Iustification of a wicked man, & the manner thereof, in the state of grace.

IN which wordes is insinuated the description of a wicked mans iustification: so that it is a translation from that state in the which man is borne the Sonne of the first53 ADAM, into the state of grace, & adoption of the Sonnes of God, by the second ADAM IESVS CHRIST our Sauiour. Which translation certes, after the Gospell once published, cannot be made without the lauer of regeneration, or the desire thereof, as it is written:54 Vnlesse a man bee borne againe of water and the spirite, he cannot enter into the kingdome of God.

9. Of the necessity of preparation to Iustification, in those of full age, & whereof it riseth.

FVrthermore, the beginning of Iustification it selfe, in those of full age, is to be taken as from the Grace55 preuenting of Almighty God, by IESVS CHRIST: that is to say, by his vocation, whereby they are called, without al merite or desert on their part: that they which were auerted from God by sinne, may by his exciting and helping-grace be disposed, to conuert themselues to their owne Iustification, freely consenting and cooperating56 to the same grace: so that Almighty God, touching the heart of man by the inspiration of the holie Ghost: both57 man himselfe doth something, receiuing that inspiration, because he might as well reiecte58 the same: and yet without the grace of God59 coulde hee not by force of his free-will moue himselfe to Iustice in his sight. And for that cause, when it is saide in holy Scripture:60 Be yee conuerted vnto me, and I will be conuerted vnto you; We are put in minde of our libertie: and when wee aunswere,61 Conuert vs O Lord, vnto thee, and we shall be conuerted; We confesse that we are preuented by the grace of God.

10. What is the manner of preparation to Iustification?

ANd certes men are disposed to Iustice, whilest beeing62 stirred vp and holpen by the grace of God, conceiuing Faith,63 by hearing, they are freely64 mooued vnto God: beleeuing those thinges to be true, which are reuealed and promised by God: and this especially; that God doth iustifie65 the wicked man, by his grace, through the redemption which is in CHRIST IESVS: and whilest knowing themselues to be sinners, by conuerting themselues from the feare of Gods iustice, with which they are66 profitablely storken, to the consideration of his mercy, they are erected into hope, hauing confidence that for Christ his sake Almighty God wil be mercifull vnto them: & him they begin to loue, as the fountaine of all Iustice: and therefore are moued against sinne67 with some hatred and detestation, that is to say, by that repentance, which must be done before Baptisme: Finallie whilest they purpose to take Baptisme, to begin a newe life, & to keepe Gods Commaundements. Of this disposition it is written:68 He that commeth to God, must beleeue, that hee is, and is a rewarder to them that seeke him. And69 haue a good heart my Sonne, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee. And70 the feare of God expelleth sinne. And71 doe Penance, & be euery one of you Baptised in the name of Iesus Christ, in remission of your sinnes, and you shall receiue the gifte of the holie Ghost. And72 going therefore, teach yee all nations, Baptising then in the name of the FATHER, & of the SONNE, and of the HOLIE GHOST, teaching then to obserue all thinges whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you. Finally,73 prepare your hartes vnto our Lord.

11. What the Iustification of a wicked man is, & what are the causes thereof.

THis disposition, or preparation: verie Iustification it selfe doth followe which is not the onlie74 remission of sinnes, but a Sanctification also, and renouation of the inward man by the voluntarie receiuing of grace & giftes of the holy Ghost, whereby a man of vniust, is made iust, and of an enemy a friend; that he may be75 heire according to the hope of life euerlasting. The causes of this Iustification, are these: The finall cause, is the glory of GOD, and of CHRIST, and life euerlasting: the efficient cause, is the mercifull God, who freely76 doth washe, &77 sanctifie, signing78 & annointing with the holy spirite of promise, which is the pleadge of our enheritance: the meritorious cause is, his most beloued onely begotten SONNE, our Lorde IESVS CHRIST, who79 when wee were enemies, for his80 exceeding Charity with which he loued vs, by his most holy Passion vpon the TREE of the CROSSE, deserued81 for vs iustification, & satisfied God the Father in our behalfe. Also the Instrumentall cause, is the Sacrament82 of BAPTISME, which is the Sacrament of FAITH, without the which no man euer obtained Iustification. Finally the only formal cause, is the Iustice of God, not by which83 he himselfe is iust, but whereby hee maketh vs iust: To wit, which beeing by him geuen vnto vs, we are84 renued in the spirite of our minde, and are not only reputed iust, but are truely85 called, and are in very deede iust, euery one receiuing our proper iustice in our selues, according to the measure which the holy Ghost doth distribute86 to euery one euen as he will, and according to euery mans proper disposition, & cooperation.

For although none can bee iust, but hee, to whom the passions of our Lorde IESVS CHRIST are communicated: yet that is done in this iustification of a wicked man, at what time through the merite of the same most holy Passion, by the holy-Ghost,87 the Charitie of God is powred forth in their hartes that are iustified & is inherent in then. And therfore in this iustification togither with remission of sins, a man receiueth by IESVS CHRIST vnto whom he is ingraffed, all these thinges infused together: to wit, FAITH, HOPE, and CHARITY. For FAITH, excepte that HOPE, and CHARITY bee adioined thereunto, neither doth perfectly vnitie with CHRIST, nor make a man the liuely member of his body. In regarde whereof it is most truely saide88 that FAITH without workes is deade, and idle: And in89 CHRIST IESVS, neither Circumcision auailethe ought, nor prepuce, but FAITH that worketh by CHARITY: This Faith before the Sacrament of Baptisme, the Catechumens according to the Tradition of the Apostles, do demaund of the Church when they aske Faith, which yeeldeth life euerlasting: which truely without HOPE and CHARITY, FAITH cannot afford. And therefore they doe presently heare that word of CHRIST. 90 If thou wilt enter into life, kepe the Commaundementes. Therfore receiuing true and Christian Iustice; that same, euen as the first stole giuen vnto them by Iesus Christ, for that which ADAM by his disobedience lost for himselfe & vs; they are presently after their regeneration, commaunded to keep white & vnspotted, that they may bring the same before the iudgement seate of our Lord Iesus Christ, & haue life euerlasting.

12. Howe it is vnderstoode, that a wicked man by Faith, & freely is iustified.

ANd whereas the Apostle91 saith that a man is iustified by FAITH, and freely, those wordes are to be vnderstood in that sense, which the continuall consente of the Catholike Church hath helde and taught. To wit, that we are therefore said to be iustified by Faith, because Faith is the beginning of mans saluation, the foundation and roote of all Iustification:92 without the which it is impossible to please God, and to come to the societie of his children: And we are therefore saide to be iustified93 freely, because none of all those thinges that goe before iustification, whether it be Faith, or Workes, doe deserue the grace of Iustification. For if it be Grace, now not of workes, otherwise, as the same Apostle saith,94 Grace now is not grace.

13. Against the vaine confidence of Hereticks.

ANd although it be necessarie to beleeue, that sinnes neither are nor euer haue ben forgiuen, but freely through the mercie of God, for CHRIST his sake: yet must wee saye, that to no man which braggeth of a confidence and certaintie of the remission of his sinnes, and which resteth only in that, either are or euer were sinnes forgiuen: whereas euen among Heretikes and Schismatikes, this vaine confidence, and voide of all pietie, may be, yea and is in these our daies, & with great contention is vaunted off against the Catholike Church.

But neither is this to bee affirmed, that those which are truelie iustified, ought for to assure themselues, without any manner95 of doubte, that they are iustified; and that no man is absolued from his sinnes and iustified, but he who doth assuredly beleeue that he is absolued and iustified, and that by this Faith only, absolution and iustification is accomplished: as though hee that beleeued not that, must needs doubt of the promises of Almightie God, or of the efficacie of CHRISTS death and Resurrection. For as no godly person ought to dout of the mercie of GOD, of the meritte of CHRIST, and of the vertue and efficacie of the Sacraments; so euery man considering himselfe, and his owne infirmitie & indisposition; may iustly haue some feare of his owne grace: whereas with certaintie of Faith (in which there cannot be any falshood) no man can know that he hath obtained the Grace of God.

14. Of the encrease of Iustification once receiued.

THey therefore who are thus iustified, and made the frendes and96 domesticalls of God, going from vertue to vertue,97 are renued, as saieth the Apostle,98 from day to day: that is to say, by mortifying99 the members of the fleshe: and100 exhibiting them as instrumentes of Iustice vnto sanctification; by the obseruation of the commandementes of God and of the Church; in that Iustice which they haue receiued by the grace of CHRIST, (Faith cooperating with good Workes) they doe encrease & are more iustified, as it is written:101 He that is iust, let him be iustified yet: And againe,102 Doe thou not feare to be iustified euen vnto death. And again, you doe see that by works a man is iustified, and not by Faith only. And this encrease of Iustice, doth the holy Church demand when she praieth: Giue vs, O Lorde, encrease of Faith,103 104 Hope, and Charitie,.

15. Of obseruing the Commaundements, & of the necessity & possibility thereof.

BVt no man, although he be iustified ought to thinke himselfe free105 from obseruing the Commaundements, nor vse that rash speach prohibited106 by the fathers vnder paine of excommune, that the Commandementes of God are impossible to be obserued of a man that is iutified. For God doth not commaund107 impossible thinges, but in commanding he doth admonish thee both to doe what thou arte able, and to aske that which thou arte not able; and he helpeth that thou maiest be able. Whose Commaundements108 are not heauie, whose yoke is109 sweete, & burden light. For they that be the sonnes of God do loue Christ: And they that loue him, as he himselfe110 witnesseth, doe keepe his speaches; which certes, with the helpe111 of God they are able to performe. For although in this mortall life neuer so holy and iust persons do sometimes fall,112 at the least into light and quotidian sinnes, which are also called veniall: They doe not therfore cease to be iust. For euen of iust persons113 is that speach both humble and true,114 forgiue vs our debts. Wherby it cometh to passe, that the iust persons themselues, ought to thinke themselues so much more bound to walke in the way of iustice, in that they115 being now deliuered from sinne, and made seruantes to Almightie God: by liuing116 soberly, iustly, and godly, may profitte and goe forwarde through Christ Iesus, by117 whome they haue had accesse into this grace. For, God doth not118 forsake those that are once Iustified with his grace; vnlesse he be first forsaken by then. No man therfore ought to flatter himselfe119 with only Faith, thinking that by only Faith, he is made heire, and shall obtaine the inheritance, although bee suffer not with120 CHRIST, that so he may be also glorified with Christ. For euen Christ himselfe as the Apostle121 saith: Whereas he was the sonne of God, he learned by those thinges which he suffered, obedience: and being consummate, was made to all those that obey him, cause of eternall saluation. And for that cause the Apostle himselfe admonisheth the iustified, saying.122 Knowe you not that they that runne in the race all runne in deed, but one receiueth the prise? So runne that you may obtaine. I therefore so runne, not as it were at an vncertaine thing: so I fight, not as it were beating the aire: But I chastise my body, and bring it into seruitude, least perhaps when I haue preched to others, my selfe become a reprobate. Also the Prince of the Apostles S. PETER 123 Brethren, labour the more that by good workes you may make sure your vocation & election: for doing these thinges you shall not sinne at any time.

Whereby it appeareth, that they goe against the true doctrine of the Catholik Religion, who say, that a iust man in euery good worke sinneth at least124 venially; or (which is more intolerable) that he deserueth euerlasting paines: as they also doe erre, who holde that iust men doe sinne in al their works, if in then, for to excite their owne sloth, and to encourage themselues to runne in the rase; hauing withall their principall end that God may be glorified: they haue also a regard to the eternal125 reward: whereas it is written.126 I haue enclined my heart to doe thy Iustifications, for the reward. And of MOYSES the Apostle saith, that127 He looked vnto the remuneration.

16. That the rashe presumption of Predestination is to be auoided.

MOreouer, no man so long as he liueth in this mortality, ought so farre to presume of the secret mysterie128 of Gods predestination, that he doe assuredly persuade himselfe, that he is of the nun ber of the predestinate: as though it were true, that he which is iustified either129 can sinne no more, or if hee shall sinne ought to promise himselfe130 assured recouerie and amendment. For it cannot be knowne, but by speaciall reuelation, whom God hath chosen vnto himselfe.

17. Of the gifte of perseuerance.

IN like manner concerning the gifte of perseuerance, whereof it is written: He 131 that shall perseuer vnto the end, he shall be saued: Which gifte certes can no132 other-where be had, but of him that is able133 to make him which standeth, so to stand, that he may stand perseuerantly; & to restore him that falleth: no man can134 promise himselfe any assurance with absolute certaintie: though all men ought to place and settle a most firme confidence in the helpe of al mightie God. For God, except they then selues be wanting vnto his grace, as hee hath begunne135 a good worke, so hee will perfitte it,136 working both to will and to accomplishe. Howbeit137 they that thinke themselues to stand, let them take heed least they fall: and138 let then worke their owne saluation with feare & trembling, in139 Laboures, in Watchings, in Almes, in Praiers and oblations, in Fastings, & Chastitie. For knowing that they are regenerate into the140 hope of glorie, & not yet into glorie, they ought to feare the combate which is yet behinde,141 with the worlde, the flesh, and the deuill: In which combate they cannot be conquerours, except being holpen with the grace of God they obey the Apostle saying: We are debters not to the flesh, 142 to liue according to the fleshe: For if you liue according to the flesh you shall die: But if by the spirite you mortifie the deeds of the fleshe, you shal liue.

18. Of them that are fallen, & their reparation.

BVt they which by sinne haue fallen, from the receiued grace of iustification, may143 be iustified again: when Almighty God stirring then vp: by the Sacrament of Penance through the merits of Christ they shal procure to recouer the lost grace. For this maner of Iustification is the reparation of him that is falne, which the holy Fathers haue144 aptlie called the second Table after the shipwracke of the losse of grace. For in the behalfe of them that doe fall into sinne after Baptisme, Christ Iesus hath instituted the Sacracrament of Penance, when he saide:145 Receiue ye the holy Ghost, whose sinnes you shall forgeue, they are forgiuen them, and whose you shall retaine, they are retained. And therfore we must say, that the Penance of a Christian man after his fall, is farre different from that of Baptisme: And that therein is contained not only a ceasing from sinne, and a detestation thereof, or a contrite146 and humble hart: but also that147 Sacramentall confession is to be made of the same, at the least in desire, and at due time: and there is necessarie also the absolution of a Priest, as also satisfaction,148 by Fasting, Almes, Praiers, and other deuout exercises of a spirituall life: not certes for the euerlasting paine, which either by the Sacrament or by the desire of the Sacrament is remitted, together with the faulte; but for the temporall punishment which as149 the holie Scripture doth teach, is not, as it is in Baptisme, wholly remitted vnto them, which being vngratfull, vnto the grace of God, which they once receiued, haue150 contristated the holy Ghost, & haue not bene afraide151 to violate the Temple of Almightie God. Of which penance it is written:152 Be mindfull from whence thou art fallen, & doe Penance, and doe the first works. And againe 153 The sorow that is according to God, worketh Penance vnto saluation which is stable. And againe:154 Doe Penance: 155 And yelde fruites worthie of Penance.

19. That by euery mortal sinne grace is lost, but not Faith.

ANd against the subtile deuises of some men, who by sweete speaches156 & benedictions doe seduce the harts of Innocents, we must affirme: that not only by infidelitie, by which euen Faith it selfe is lost: but also by euery other157 mortall sinne whatsoeuer, although158 Faith be not lost, yet the receiued grace of Iustificacion is lost: defending hereby the doctrine of Gods lawe, which excludeth from the Kingdome of God, not only Infidells, but also the Faithfull, that are159 Fornicatours, Aduouterers, Effeminate, Liers with mankind, Theues Couetous persons, Drunkerdes, Railers, Extortioners, and all others that committ mortall sinne: from which they may with the helpe of Gods grace abstaine, and for which they are separated from the grace of Christ.

20. Of the fruite of Iustification, that is to say, of the merit of good workes, & of the reason of the same merit.

THerefore vnto those persons, that are by these meanes Iustified, whether they haue perpetually preserued the grace receiued, or recouered it againe being lost: these words of the Apostle are to be proposed,160 Abound ye in euerie good worke, knowing that your labour is not vaine in our Lord. 161 For god is not vniust that he should forget your worke, and loue which you haue shewed in his name. And:162 Doe not leese your confidence which hath a great remuneration. And therefore to such as worke well to the end, and hope in Almighty God; life euerlasting is to be proposed, both as a grace mercifully promised through IESVS CHRIST, to the sonnes of God: and as a reward163 also, by the promise of God himselfe faithfully to be rendered to their good workes and desertes. For this is that crowne of Iustice, which after his conflict and course, the164 Apostle saide was laid vp for himselfe, to be rendered vnto him by the iust Iudge: and not only to him, but also to all those that loue his comming. For whereas Christ IESVS himselfe doth continuallie instill vertue into the iustified, as the head into the members, and the vine into the branches: which vertue alwaies goeth before, accompanieth, & followeth165 their good workes, and without which, those workes can by no meanes be gratefull to God and meritorious: it is to be thought that there is nothing now wanting vnto the iustified, but that with those works, which are done166 in god, they may bee deemed, according to the state & conditon of this life, fully to haue satisfied the law of God,167 and to haue truely deserued life euerlasting, to be possessed also in the due time, if they departe out of this world in grace. Forasmuch as CHRIST our Sauiour saith:168 He that shall drinke of the water that I will giue him, shall not thirst for euer, but it shall become in him a foun taine of water springinge vp vnto life euerlasting. So, neither our owne proper iustice, as proper from our selues, is established, neither are we ignorant of the iustice of God, or doe reiect the same. For, that which is called our iustice, because by it being inherent in vs we are iustified: that very same iustice, is the iustice of God, because it is by God infused into vs through the merit of Christ.

Neither is this to be omitted, that although there be so much attributed to good workes in holy scripture, that euen vnto him169 that shall giue a cuppe of colde water to one of his little ones, Christ doth promise that he shall not loose his rewarde: & the170 Apostle witnesseth, that, the tribulation which presentlie is momentanie and light, worketh aboue measure exceedingly, an eternall weight of glorie in vs: yet God forbid that a Christian man, should either171 trust or172 glory in himselfe, & not in our Lord: whose goodnesse is such towards all men, that hee will haue those thinges to bee their173 merites, which are his giftes. And because174 all of vs offend in many things, euery one ought to haue, as mercy & goodnesse, so also seueritie and iudgement before his eies: no man iudging himselfe, although175 he be not guilty in conscience of any thing: because the wholl life of man, is to be examined and iudged not by the iudgement of man, but of God, who176 will lighten the hidden thinges of darkenesse, and will manifest the counsailes of the hartes: and then the praise shal be to euery man of God, who, as it is written:177 will render to euerie man according to his workes.

Laus DEO Virginique Matri MARIAE.

Footnotes

  1. Gen. 2, c 3, Aug. lib. 14. de ciuit. Dei cap. 17. lib. 6 de Gen. ad lit. cap. 26 & 27 in con cione ad Catech. cont, Iudae, &c. cap. 2. Fulg. de incarn. & grat. Christ. cap. 12. 13. Bern. ser. 1. de Annun, Prosp. cont. Collat. c. 21. ↩

  2. Gen. 2, c 3, d. Rom. 5, c. Conc. Mileuit. can. 1. Aug lib. 1. de ciuitat. Dei, cap. 12. lib. 1. de po mer. cap. 2. 4. 6. Tertul de anima cap. 52. Fulgent. de incarnat. cap. 12. Chrys. hom. 17. in Gen. Ber. ad milit. templi cap. 11. ↩

  3. Aug. lib. 13. de Trin. cap. 12. lib. 3. Hypog. cap. 2. Bern. ep. 190. ↩

  4. Heb. 2, d ↩

  5. Concil. Arausicanun can. 1. lib. de Eccles. dogmat. cap. 38. Aug. lib. 13. de Trin. cap. 12. lib. 14. de ciu. Dei c. 15 ↩

  6. Ro. 5, c d 1. Cor. 15, c Eccli 25, d Conc. 2. A. raus can. 2. Aug. in Enchir. cap. 26. l. 2. Hypog. cap 1. & sequent. l. 13. de ciuit. Dei cap 3 14. & lib 14. cap. 1. Prosp. lib. 1. de vocat. gent. c. 7. & ad capitula Gallor. c. 8. ↩

  7. Prosp cont Collat cap. 19 & ad tria prima dub. Genuen. 9. Fulg. de incar. & gra. Christi c. 13. ↩

  8. Gennad. de Eccles. dogmat c. 39. Aug. in Ench. c. 26. lib. 15. de ciuitate Dei cap. 1. de Predest. & gra. c. 3. lib. 6. cont. Iulian. cap. 12. 20. 24. & 26. Fulgent de incar. & gratia Christi c. 14. 15. de fide ad Pet. cap. 25. Prosp. lib 2. de vita contemplatiua c. 20. cont. Collat. cap. 20. lib. de ingrat. cap. 40. & 27. Petrus Diaconus de incarnat & gratia Christi. cap. 6. ↩

  9. Rom. 5, b ↩

  10. Aug. l. 2. cont. Pelag. & Coelest. c 15, 16. lib. 1. de pec. mer. cap. 9. 10. 11 12. & 13. l. 2 Hypog. c. 4. ep. 86. lib. 6. cont. Iul. cap. 2. serm 14. e verb. Ap cap. 14. : sequent. ↩

  11. Item lib. 3. de peccat. mer. cap. 8. lib. 6. cont. Iulian. cap. 10. ↩

  12. Ephes. 2, a Fulgent. de ide ad Pet. cap. 26. ↩

  13. Aug de nat. & gratia cap 36. vide extrauag. comm. lib. 3. de reliq. & veneratione Banct. Conc. Trid. sess. 3. in fine decret. de peccato Origin. ↩

  14. Aug. ep. 28. Enchc. 48. Fulgent. de incarn. et gratia Christi cap. 16. ↩

    1. Tim. 2, b
    ↩

  16. Ro. 5, b Petrus Diaconus de incarn. & gratia Christi cap. 16. Bern. epist. 190. ↩

    1. Cor. 1, d Bern, ser. . de Purif.
    ↩

  18. Tit. , b ↩

  19. Act. 4, b ↩

  20. Io 1, d ↩

  21. Gal. 3, d Aug. lib. 6. cont. Iul. c. 4 ↩

  22. Concil. Mileuit. c. 2. Aphr. can. 77. ↩

  23. Aug. lib. 1. de peccat. mer. cap. 16. lib. 4. cont. 2. ep. Pelag. c. 4 ↩

  24. Ro. 5, b Aug. lib. 4. cont. 2. ep. Pelag. cap. 4. lib. 2. cont. Pelagium & Coelest. cap. 40. ↩

  25. Io. 3, ↩

  26. Aug. lib. 1. cont. 2. ep. Pelag c. 13. 14. l. 6. cont. Iulia. cap. 13 & seq, lib. 2. cont. Pelag. & Coelest. c. 39. & 40. See the 3. question of Baptisme page. 151 ↩

  27. Ro. 8, a ↩

  28. Ibid. 6, a ↩

  29. Eph. 4, c Col. 3, b ↩

  30. Ro. 8, c ↩

  31. Aug. lib. 2. de peccat. mer. cap. 28. ↩

  32. Idem lib. 2. cont. Iul. cap. 9. & 10. lib. 1. de pec. mer. c. vlt. ↩

  33. Idem. l. 1. ciu. c. 25. lib. 5. con. Iul. cap. 3. ↩

    1. Tim. 2, a
    ↩

  35. Ro. 7, b ↩

  36. Aug. lib. 6. con. Iul. c. 25. ser. 6. de verb. Apost. cap. 1. ↩

  37. Coelest. primus ep. 1. cap. 4. 1. Cor 15. c Ro. 5, c d ↩

  38. Eph. 2, a ↩

  39. Ro. 6, c ↩

  40. Prosp con tra Collat. cap. 22. Aug. ep. 95. ↩

  41. Fulgent. de incar. & gratia Christi cap. 16. ↩

  42. Aug. lib. 1. cont. 2. ep. Pelag. cap. 2. & lib. 2. c. 5. cont. Fortun. Manich. disput. 2. lib. 3. de lib. arbit. cap. 1. 3. lib. 3. de gra. & lib. arbit. cap. 2. lib. 5. de ciu. cap. 10. in expos. cap. 5. ad Gal. qu. 24. ex 83. lib. 3. Hypog. cap. 10. Orig. Philocal. cap. 21. ho. 2. ex diuers. in c. 13. Mat. Chry. ho. 30. in Mat. ho. 9. & 11. in Ioan. Cyr. Hieros. catech. 4. illum. Hier. in proaem. lib. cont. Pelag. lib. 2. cont. Iouin cap. 2. ↩

  43. Conc. 2. Araus. cap. 13. 25. Aug. ep. 95. Prosp. lib. 1. de vocatione gentium, cap. 8. ↩

    1. Cor. 1, a
    ↩

  45. Gal. 4, a ↩

  46. Ro. 9, g ↩

  47. Gal. 4, a ↩

  48. Ro. 3, d 5, b 1. Tim. 2, b ↩

    1. Io. 2, a
    ↩
    1. Cor. 5, a Prosp cap 9. ad obiect. Gallor.
    ↩

  51. Aug. ep. 89. quaest. 3. lib. 1. de pec. mer. cap. 28. de natura et gratia, cap. 41. l. 6. cont-Iulia c. 4. 24. ↩

  52. Col. 3, b ↩

  53. Gal. 4, a Tit. 3, b ↩

  54. Io. 3, a ↩

  55. Aug. lib. cont. 2. epist Pelag. cap. 9 & 10. de Praed. Sanct c. 2. Gennad lib. de Eccles dogm. c. 44. Fulg. de incarn. & gra. Christ. c. 18. ↩

    1. Cor. 3. b 15, b 2. Cor. 6, a 7, a 2. Tim. 2, d Heb. 12, d Hier. 7, a Ezech. 18, e f Pro. 16, a Eccli. 2, d Sap. 9, b Psal. 26, c Ibid. Aug. enarr. 2. & serm. 13. de verb. Apost. cap. 9. & sequent. lib. 1. retract cap. 22. Leo. ser. 5. de quadrag. Fulgent. de incarn. & gratia Christi cap. 20.
    ↩

  57. Aug. de gratia, & lib. arbit cap 2. 9. 15. de Spir. & lit. cap. 34. lib. 2 de pec. mer. c. 5. de praed. & grat. cap. 9. de verb. Apost. serm. 41. cap. 1. & ser. 15. cap. 11. tract. 4. in epist. Io. de Praedest. sanct. cap. 3. Chrys. ho. 9. in Ioan. Bern. de gratia, & liber arbit. Prosp lib. 2. de vocatione gent. cap. 26. 27. 28. & cont. Collat. cap. 26. ↩

  58. Matth. 23, d Act. 13, g Hierem. 18, b 25, a b 32, f 35, c Zach, 1, b ↩

  59. Cypr. de orat. Dom. Aug. de natura & gratia cap. 18. lib. 2. cont. 2. epist. Pelag. cap. 10. Hier. epist. 139. ↩

  60. Zach. 1, a Mal. 3, b Act. 2, f 3, c Ephes. 5, c Iac. 4, c Mat. 11, d Hierem. 3, a d 4, d 18, b Esa. 1, d 40, a 45, d 46, c 55, a b Bar. 4, a Ezech. 18, g 1. Reg 7, a ↩

  61. Thren. 5, d Hierem. 31, c ↩

  62. Aug. l. 2. cont. 2. epist. Pelag. c. 9. de Praed. Sanct. c. 20. Conc. 2. Araus. can. 5. 6. 7. & 25. Fulg. de incarn. & gra. Christi, cap. 17. & 18. ↩

  63. Ro. 10, c d ↩

  64. Aug. tra. 26. in Io. de Praed. Sanct. c. 11. de spir. & lit. cap. 31 32. in expos. propos. ex ep ad Ro. c. 44. lib. 1. qu. ad simplic. q. 2. Prosp. l. 2. de vocat. gent. cap. 27. 28. Euthim. in cap. 1. Io. Isid. lib. 2 de summo bono, cap. 2. ↩

  65. Rom. 3, d Aug. de nat. & gra. cp. 44. ↩

  66. Fulgent. lib. 1. de rem. pec. cap. 8. 9. 11. Prosp. lib. 2. de vocat. gent. cap. 27. lib. 3. de vit. contemplat. cap. 12. Aug. tract. 9. in epist. Ioan de catech. ud. cap. 5. ↩

  67. Eccli. 2, d Aug. ho. 50. cap. 2. ex 50. et ho. 27. c. 1 Chrys. ho. 21. ad Ant. ↩

  68. Heb. 11, b ↩

  69. Mat. 9, a ↩

  70. Eccli. 1, c ↩

  71. Act. 2, f ↩

  72. Mat. 28, d ↩

    1. Reg. 7, a
    ↩

  74. Aug. lib. 6. cont. Iul. cap. 11. lib. 1 retract. c. 13. ep. 105. 106. Conc. Mileu cap. 3. 4. Chrys. ho. 3. de poenit. Theoph. in cap. 2. Mar. See the 3. question of Baptisme page 151. ↩

  75. Tit. 3, b ↩

  76. Ibid. ↩

    1. Cor. 6, c
    ↩

  78. Eph. 1, c ↩

  79. Ro. 5, b ↩

  80. Eph. 2, a ↩

  81. Ro. 4, d ↩

  82. See the 1. question of Baptisme pag. 147. ↩

  83. Aug. de spir. & lit. c. 9. 11. in Psal 150. tract. 26 in Io. epist. 120. c. 30. de nat. & grat. cap. 63. lib. 1 cont. Pelag. & Coelest. c. 30. lib. 1. de pec. mer. c. 9. 10. Com. Vien. in Clen. l. 1. tit. 1. de sum. Trin. ↩

  84. Eph. 4, c ↩

  85. Aug. ep. 29. ser. 16. de verb. Apost. l b. 2. retract. c. 13. de spir. & lit. cap. 26, & 27. ↩

    1. Co. 12, b Ephes. 4, Aug. ep. 57. quaest. 1.
    ↩

  87. Ro. 2. Cor. 1, d Aug. de spir. & lit. cap. 17 32. de nat. & grot. cap. ↩

  88. Iac. 2, d ↩

  89. Gal. 5, a Chrys. ho. 5. in Io. Aug. l. 3. cot. 2. ep. Pelag. cap. 5. ho. 17. cap. 2 ex 50. lib. 15. Trin. cap. 18 Greg. l. 6. ep. 15. Fulg. ep. 2. c. 8. de incarn. & grat. Christi. c. 26. ↩

  90. Mat. 19, c ↩

  91. Ro. 3, Aug. de praedest. sanct. c. 7. ser. 38. de temp. ↩

  92. Heb. 11, b ↩

  93. Aug. l. 6. Hypog. c. 4. l. 1. quaest. ad Simplic. qu. 2. lib. 1. cont. Pelag. et Coelest. cap. 31. serm. 15. de verb. Apost. c. 2. de spir. et lit. cap. 26. Prosp. ad 3. prima. dub. Gennuen. Haimo. in Rom. 3. ↩

  94. Ro. 11, ↩

  95. Iob. 9, d Psal. 18, c Eccles. 9, . Eccli. 5, b Pro 20, b 1. Cor. 4, a Aug. de perf. iust. cap. 15. in Psal. 41 lib. 10. Conf. cap. 32. Hier. ep. 127. ad Fabiol. mansio. 23. Chrys. hom. 11. in 1. Cor. Theod. in cap. 4. Cor. Bern. ep. 42. & 85. ser. 2. in octa. Pasch. Haimo. in cap. 4. ad Cor. Greg. lib. 6 ep. 22. Cassian. Col. 22. cap. 7. &c the 1 question of sinnes against the holy Ghost page. 315. ↩

  96. Eph. 2, d ↩

  97. Ps. 83, b ↩

  98. . Cor. 4. d ↩

  99. Col. 3, a ↩

  100. Ro. 6, b Aug. de morib. Eccles. Cathol. cap. vlt. lib. 14. de Trin. c. 17. l. 2. de peccat. mer. cap. 7. 13. 17. lib. 6. cont. Iul. c. 7. serm. 16. de verb. Apost. cap. 5. Fulg. ep. 4. cap. 3. Bern. ep. 91. Conc. Vien. Clement. ad nostrum de haeret. ↩

  101. Apoc. 22, c ↩

  102. Eccli. 18, c ↩

  103. Iac. 2, d ↩

  104. In orat. Domin. 13. post Pent. ↩

  105. Mat. 28, d Hier. Beda. & Theoph. ibidem. Aug. lib. 3. cont. 2. ep. Pelag. cap. 4. Cyp. de vnitat. Eccles. Conc. Vien. in Clem. ad nostrum de haeret. See q. 5. of the ten Com. p. 64. & q. 1. of the precepts of the Church, page. 90. ↩

  106. Hier. in expla. Symb. ad Damas. Conc. 2. Araus. can. 25. ↩

  107. Aug. de natura & grat. c. 43. l. 2. de peccat. mer. c. 6. de gratia & lib, arbit. cap. 16. Chry. ho. 8. de poenit. Leo. ser. 5. de quadr. See q. 6. of the ten Com. p. 66. ↩

    1. Io. 5, a
    ↩

  109. Mat. 11, d Aug. de nat. & grat. c 69. Ber. pe. 341. Chrys. in Psal. 111. ↩

  110. Io. 14, c ↩

  111. Aug. ser. 61. de temp. l. 3 cont. Crescon. Grammat. cap. 4. ↩

  112. Idem de vera & falsa poenit. c. 5. de spir. & lit. c. 28. Greg. lib. 6. in 1. Reg. c. 2. Beda. in c. 26. Pro, vel 24. Of sins in general q. 3. p. 272. of the purging of sins q. 2. & ↩

  113. Conc. Mileu. can. 7. & 8. ↩

  114. Mat. 6, b ↩

  115. Rom. 6, c ↩

  116. Tit. 2, d ↩

  117. Rom. 5, a ↩

  118. Aug de nat. & grat. c. 26. Prosp. senten. 7. ad cap. Gallor. & ad 7. obiect Vincent. ↩

  119. Chry. ho. 3. & 9. in Io. hom. 70. in Mat. in Psal. 10. l. 1. cont vit. p. Monast. vit. Fulg. l. 2. de remis. pec. c. 1. Greg. ho. 29. in Euang. & lib. 33. moral. cap. 7. Aug. de gra. & l. arbit. cap. 8. Cyr. lib. 10. in Ioan. cap. 16. See the third question of sines against the holy-Ghost 316. and the 1. quaestion of good workes. 348. ↩

  120. Ro. 8, c ↩

  121. Heb. 5, ↩

    1. Cor. 9, d
    ↩
    1. Pet. 1, b
    ↩

  124. Iob. 1, d 2, c Mat. 6, c Luc. 11, c 1. Cor. 7, c 2 Pet. 1, b 1. Io. 3, a 5, d Amb. in cap 1. Luc. Orig. ho. 2. in Luc. ↩

    1. Cor. 9, d Heb. 11, b c 13, c Col. 1, a 3, d Mat. 4, c 5, a 10, d Luc. 6, c 14, c 16, b 1. Tim. 4, c 2. Paral. 15, b Eccli. 12, a 18, c Ephes. 6, b 2. Thes. 1, b Gal. 6, b. Aug praefat. in Psa. 31. & in Ps. 93.120. Cyp. epist. 9.16.56.
    ↩

  126. Psal. 118, o ↩

  127. Heb. 11, c ↩

  128. Aug. lib. 6. c. 7. & 8. Hypog. de con ep. &. grat. cap. 13. Prosp. ad 12 obiect. Vinc. Greg. ho. 38 in Euang. Ber. ser. 2. in octa. Pasch. ↩

  129. Mat. 24. b Ezech. 18. f Aug. haer. 82. Hier. l. 2. adu. Iouin. cap. 1.2. Aug. de correp. & grat. cap. 6. & 7. de don. perseu. cap. 6. lib. 6. de Gen. ad lit. c. 28. Prosp. ad 24. obiect. Vincent. Bern. ep. 42. Cyr. lib. 10. in Io. cap. 16. Theoph. in c. 26. Mat. Conc. Vien. in Clem. ad nostrum de haeret. ↩

  130. Fulgent. de fid. ad Pet. cap. 3. Bern. serm. 38. ex paruis. Aug. tract. 33. in Ioan See the 3. question of sinnes against the holy Ghost. page 315. ↩

  131. Matth. 10, c 24, b ↩

  132. Aug. de don. perseu. cap. 1. &. 13. de corrept. & grat. c. 6. ↩

  133. Ro. 14, a ↩

  134. Aug. ho. 35. ex 50. lib. 11. de ciuit. Dei. cap. 12. & l. 20. c. 7. ep. 121. c. 2. Chry. ho 11 in epist. ad Philip. Amb. in Ps. 37. Bern. ser. de duplici Baptismo. ↩

  135. Phil. 1, a ↩

  136. Phil. 2, b ↩

    1. Cor. 10, 12. Rom. 10, c Aug. ep. 107 de don. perseuer. cap. 8. Chrys. lib. 2. de compunct cord.
    ↩

  138. Phil. 2, b Aug. de natura & gtatia, cap. 27. de dono perseuer. cap. 13. ↩

    1. Cor. 6, a b
    ↩

  140. Rom. 52, ↩

  141. Bern ser. 5 in vigil. natiuit. Dom. ser. 5. in Psal. Qui habitat meditat. cap 14.15. ↩

  142. Ro. , c ↩

  143. Aug ho 50 ex 50. de quaest. 1. & 2. of the Sacrament of Penance ↩

  144. Vide of the Sacrament of Penance quaest 2. 199. ↩

  145. Io. 20, c ibid. quaest. 1. pag. 197. ↩

  146. Psal. 50. See pag. 199 201. ↩

  147. See qu. 3. & 6. ibiden. ↩

  148. See qu. 7. & 8. ibiden. ↩

  149. Num. 12, d . Reg. 12, c 24, b See quest. 7. pag. 210. ↩

  150. Eph. 4, g ↩

    1. Cor. 3, d
    ↩

  152. Apo. 2, b ↩

    1. Cor. 7, c
    ↩

  154. Mat. , c ↩

  155. Luc. 3, c ↩

  156. Ro. 16, c ↩

  157. Iac. 2, b Bas. lib. 1. de Baptis. par. 2 & lib. 2, c. 9. ↩

  158. Mat. 7, c d 25, a Luc. 12. f Io. 12, g 1. Cor. 13, a Iac. 2, c d Aug. lib. 15. de Trin. cap. 18. tract. 10. in ep. Io. Fulgent. de incar. & gratia Christi c. 26. ↩

    1. Cor. 6, b Gal. 5, c d Ephes. 5, b Apoc. 21, c
    ↩
    1. Cor. 15, g
    ↩

  161. Heb. 6, b ↩

  162. Heb. 10, g ↩

  163. Aug. de grat. de lib. arbit. c. 8. 9. epist 105. & 52. l. 1. cont. aduersa. eg. & Proph. c. 16. de morib. Eccles. Cathol. c. 25 de correp. & gratia c. 13. tract. de Epicur. & Stoicis c. 3. Cypr. de oper. & Eleemosy. ep. 56. 60. Chrys. ho. 42 in Gen. ho. 43. in 1. ad Cor. Greg. ho. 17. in Euang. ↩

    1. Tim. 4, b Aug. ho. 14. ex 50. cap. 2. in Psal. . tract. 3. in Ioan. Theoph. & Oecum. in cap. 4. ep. 2. ad Ti.
    ↩

  165. Conc. 2. Araus. can. 18. Aug. de correp. & gratia cap. 13. de grat. & lib. arbit. cap. 6. ser. 15 de verb. Apost. cap. 2. Fulg. lib. 1. ad Moni. cap. 11.12. ↩

  166. Io. 3, c ↩

  167. Aug. sent. 313. Prosp. ↩

  168. Io. 4, b ↩

  169. Mat. 10, d ↩

    1. Cor. 4, d
    ↩

  171. Aug. de Praed. sanct. ca. 5. de grat. & lib. arbit. cap. 6. ↩

    1. Cor. 1, d 2. Cor. 10, d
    ↩

  173. Coelest. l. ep. 1. can. 11. Aug. in Ench. c. 107. ep. 105. de gratia et lib. arbit. cap. 6. Gennad lib. de Eccles. dogmat. c. 32. ↩

  174. Iac. 3, a ↩

    1. Cor. 4, a
    ↩

  176. Ibidem. ↩

  177. Mat. 16, d Rom. 2, a Psal. 61, b ↩

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