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Of the Sacrament of Penance

1. What is the Sacrament of Penance?

1IT is that in which is giuen the absolution of a Prieste from sinnes, which a man hath truely detested & rightly confessed.

Which power of absoluing to the intent that wee might haue certaine in the Church; this diuine promise was made vnto2 Priests: Receiue 3 yee the holy-Ghost: whose sinnes you shall forgiue, they are forgiuen them: and whose you shall reteine, they are reteined. Then in an other place; Amen I say to you, saith our4 Lorde, Whatsoeuer you shall binde vpon earth, shall be bounde also in heauen: and whatsoeuer you shall loose vpon earth, shal be loosed also in heauen.

By which it plainly apeareth, that the effecte of this Sacrament is excellent and ful of comforte, as being the meanes whereby are remitted all manner of sinnes, though neuer so foule and abominable: and they absolued without anie difference, that haue guiltie consciences in the sight of Almightie God: and this by the Ministery of a Prieste, through the diuine ordinance of Christ. And therefore the power and authority of Priestes, is nowe farre more excellent, and more to be accounted of, than of5 olde it was, as beeing those persons vnto whom it is granted, I doe not say to allowe, as already purged; but altogether to purge, not the leprosie of the body, but the filthes of the soul, as witnesseth6 Saint CHRYSOSTOME. And7 S. AVGVSTINE: What other thing doth the Church, saith hee, vnto whom it is saide, what thinges you shall loose shall be loosed: But that which our Lord said to his Disciples loose him 8 & let him goe? 9

2. Wherefore is this Sacrament of Penance needfull?

THat a man hauing fallen after Baptisme & become the enemy of God, obtaining by means of this Sacrament remission of sinnes, may be reconciled vnto God, and of a deade man bee made aliue, and of wicked become iust. For which cause, the Fathers doe not vnaduisedly cal10 Penance the second table after shipwracke, to wit, by the which, euery man may be transported out of the whirle-poole of mortal sinne as out of a shipwracke, into the grace & fauor of almighty God, though loaden & pestered with manie, and those very heinous sinnes.

3. When is this Sacrament taken as it ought to be, & worketh effectually?

VVHhen he that sueth for remission of his sinnes,11 doth vse these three partes or actes, Contrition, Confession, & Satisfaction, which do comprehend the ful conuersion of a man vnto God, the duty of a penitent, and his perfecte renuing. Of which12 S. CHRYSOSTOME speaketh in this manner. Perfect Penance doth constraine the sinner to suffer all thinges willingly: Contritrition in his hearte, Confession in his mouth, and in his actions nothing but humility. This to be holesome Penance S. CHRYSOSTOME affirmeth, that by those very means that we offende God, which certes we doe by heart, worde and deede, by the same we may be reconciled vnto God, in hearte by Contrition, in mouth by Confession, in deede by Satisfaction.

To Contrition appertaineth that place: A troubled spirit is a 13 sacrifice to God: a contrite and humble hearte, O God thou wilt not despise.

Confession, S. LVKE doth notifie in these wordes:14 Manie of them that beleeued, came confessing and declaring their deeds. And the15 Apostle S. IAMES teacheth: Confesse your sinnes one to another.

And to Satisfaction doe belong those woorthie fruites of Penance, which16 S. IHON Baptist requireth, & amongst them Almes is accounted. Of these, DANIEL the Prophet saith thus: Redeeme 17 thy sinnes with Almes, & thy iniquities with mercie towardes the poore.

A great offence hath neede of great Satisfaction, saith18 S. AMBROSE.

And hereunto also is referred that which S. PAVL saith of mourning for those19 Corinthians, because they had not as yet doone Penance for the vncleannesse & fornication, and incontinency which they had committed.20

4. What is Contrition?

IT is a griefe of minde, and a detestation conceiued for sinne, because Almighty God is therewith displeased, ioined with a full purpose of amendment of life.

This Contrition is21 procured, if a man doe diligently beholde the foulnesse, enormity, & multitude of his sinnes; if hee carefully thinke vpon that soueraigne goodnesse offended, of the grace of God, and other giftes loste: if he doe deepelie waighe and stand in awe of the ineuitable22 necessitie of the vncertaine houre of death, the horrible seuerity of the iudgement to come, and the euerlasting paines prepared for sinners.

Hereunto appertaineth that of EZECHIAS:23 I wil recount vnto thee all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soul. And that of DAVID:24 I stoode in awe of thy iudgements. And that which hee also in lamenting manner doth pray:25 I am afflicted & too much humbled: I did rore with the sighs of my hart, And a little after,26 I will declare my iniquity, and I will thinke for my sinne.

Also it is an expresse speach of God himselfe vnto a sinner: Thou 27 hast lefte thy first Charity, be mindfull therefore from whence thou art fallen: & doe Penance. 28 And Christ in the Gospell; Feare him saith he, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea I say vnto you, feare him. Nowe finally this griefe of Contrition, doth prepare vs to remission of sinnes, in-case it be ioined with29 a confidence of Gods mercie, and a desire of performing those thinges which do belong to the Sacrament of30 Penance.

5. Is Confession necessary?

YEA verily: but not only as some doe falsely suppose, that interiour Confession which is to be done in the presence of God31 euerie day, according to the example of holy DAVID, who saith, I haue 32 saide I will confesse against my selfe my vniustice vnto our Lord: But also this exteriour confession which is done vnto a33 Priest of all the sinnes which doe come into a mans minde after diligent searche and examination of his conscience.

So is it written of men of the Primatiue Church: Many of them that 34 beleeued came confessing and declaring their deedes. Which manner of confessing to be very neecssary, not only the holy lawes of the Church,35 and the reuerent writings36 of the Fathers doe confirme, but also the diuine words of Christ doe con clude and declare, when hee saith,37 Whose sinnes you shall forgiue, they are forgiuen them: And whose you shal retaine, they are retained. But to remitte & retaine sinnes (whereas this is an office of a Iudge) no Priest can haue authority, except he first examine and knowe verie perfectlie the sinners cause, whereof hee hath to iudge. Neither can this knoweledge be had, before that the partie which committeth himselfe to bee iudged and absolued by the Prieste as his38 Iudge, and39 Phisition, doth so discouer and laie open his woundes in such distincte & seuerall manner by voluntary Confession: that the Priest may plainly perceiue where the sinnes are to bee loosened, and where they are to be bounde.

6. What doe the Fathers write of Confession?

THey certes, doe with one consent not onely commend & approue vnto vs the benefite of Confession and perpetuall practise of it in the Church: but the bond also & necessitie thereof.

And to alleadge amongest verie many a fewe, and those most approued witnesses; first40 S. BASIL the great saith thus: It is iudged necessary that sinnes be confessed vnto those to whom is committed the dispensation of the mysteries of God: for so the verie Penitents of auncient times are found to haue confessed their sinnes vnto holy men.

Then41 S. CYPRIAN. I beseech you my breethren, saith he, euery one to confesse his sinne, whilest yet he that sinneth remaineth in this world, whilest his confession may be admitted, whilest euery mans Satisfaction & remission giuen by the Priests is acceptable vnto our Lorde.

Hereunto accordeth the sentence of S. AVGVSTINE,42 who teacheth in this manner: Doe yee Penance, such as is done in the Church, that the church may pray for you. Let no man say within himselfe I doe it in secret, I doe it before God alone: God who pardoneth mee, knoweth that I doe in heart. Was it there foresaid in vaine. 43 Whatsoeuer you shall loose in earth, shall be loosed in Heauen? Were the KEIES giuen to the Church of God in vaine? Doe we frustrate the Gospell of God? Doe we frustrate the wordes of Christ? Doe we promise you that which he denieth? Doe we deceiue you? And in another place:44 There are saith he, that do thinke it sufficient for their saluation, if they confesse their sinnes to God alone, vnto whon nothing is hidden, and euery mans conscience lieth open. For they will not, or they are ashamed, or they disdaine to shew themselues vnto PRIESTS, whon yet our Lord hath by MOISES ordained to discerne betweene 45 Leaper, & Leaper. But I will not haue thee deceiued with this opinion, and bee ashamed thereby to confesse them vnto the vicegerent of our Lord, either languishing with shamefastnesse, or stiffe-necked with indignation. For of reason in like manner must we admit him for our iudge, which our Lorde doth not disdaine to bee his Vicar. And it is no lesse euident that46 LEO the great hath lefte in writing; The manifold mercies of God doth so succour the falles of men, that not only by the grace of Baptisme, but also by the medicine of Penance, the hope of life euerlasting might be repaired: that they which had violated the benefite of regeneration; condemning themselues in their owne iudgement, might come to remission of sinne: the succours of Gods goodnesse being so ordained, that pardon cannot be had at Gods hands but by the supplication of Priests. For the Mediator of 47 God and Men, Christ Iesus, hath giuen this power to Prelates of the Church that they might both admitte vnto Penance those which confesse: and receiue them beeing purged with holesome satisfaction; to the Communion of the Sacraments, by the gate of reconciliation.

7. What ought we to thinke of Satisfaction.

TRuely thus much,48 that there is one kind of Satisfaction proper vnto Christ our Redeemer; and an other common to all faithfull penitents. That was once accomplished in the49 body of Christ crucified, when that immaculate Lamb tooke away the sinnes of the worlde, that they which by nature were the Sonnes of50 wrath, might bee reconciled vnto God: but this, which belongeth vnto penitentes; is done euery day in the church by the men bers of Christ, when beeing sorie for our sinnes, we doe after Confession performe those thinges, which the PRIEST when hee gaue absolution enioined: or when of our owne accorde wee doe bring forth the worthy fruits of penance, wherby we may in some part at the least, recompence the faults and offences of our life past.

This is a certaine51 Satisfaction both of reuengement & of purgation: and it is so farre from obscuring the benefit & Satisfaction of Christ our Redeemer; that it doth more commend & set forth the same. For that Satisfaction of his going before, & especially cooperating52 with vs, we do according vnto the Scripture, vse53 iudgement and Iustice; taking reuengment vpon our selues for our sinnes; and cleansing the relickes of sin that remaine in vs; procuring and deseruing for our selues the more plentiful grace of God: finally, professing by these meanes, that wee doe willingly embrace the Crosse of Christ, denie54 our selues, mortifie our fleshe, and being striken with an hatred of olde ADAM in vs, doe endeuour to perfection, whilest we do with feruent zeale and courage striue against the motions of a depraued minde. After this sort did holy55 DAVID, the Niniuites and others giue themselues to Satisfaction, whome it is manifest to haue done Penance in Sackecloth, Ashes, Sighing, Mourning, Fasting, and other afflictions, & they are read to haue bin grateful and approued vnto God therefore. And this part of Penance the Scripture confirming, and commending vnto vs crieth out:56 Turne ye to me with al your heart, in Fasting, in Weepeing, & Lamentation. And in another place:57 Conuert and doe Penance for all your iniquities: And iniquitie shall not be vnto you in destruction. And S. PAVL teacheth also, that the sadnesse which is according to God, doth worke Penance.58 And hee giueth generall admonition: that, If 59 we did Iudge our selues: wee shoulde not be Iudged of our Lord.

And for that cause we shall not neede to discourse of the name of Satisfaction, which certes in the Fathers is verie familiar: seing that the thing it selfe is expressely set down in holy Scripture.

8. Let vs see some sentences of the Fathers touching Satisfaction?

SAint CYPRIAN that most holy Martyr, teacheth in this manner: Looke howe much 60 Almightie God is prone to pardon by the piety of a Father, so much is hee to bee feared by the Maiesty of a Iudge. Let a deepe wounde haue diligent and long phisicke. Let not the Penance be lesse than the faulte: wee must pray more earnestly, passe-ouer the day in lamenting; the nightes in watching and weeping; spend the whole time in mourneful teares; lie vpon the ground in ashes; and wallowe in sackeclothe and filthe. And againe the same: God is to bee 61 beseeched and to bee pacified with our satisfaction: our sinnes must be pondered: our actions and secreat intentions surueied: and the deserts of our conscience waighed. And a little after: The way of Penance which the Prieste sheweth vs, let vs imbrace: let vs vse the vitall remedies which he taketh out of heauenly Scriptures: and laying open the burden of our conscience before him, let vs demaunde the holesome medicine for those secreat woundes which we haue confessed. And let vs not ceasse to doe Penance, & call vpon the mercie of our Lorde; least that which seemeth but little in the qualitie of the sinne, be augmented by the negligence of Satisfaction.

And62 Saint AVGVSTINE hath saide verie plainely: That it is not sufficient for a man to amende his manners & to leaue his misdeeds; vnlesse by the sorrowe of Penance, by the sighings of humility, and by the Sacrifice of a contrite hart together with the cooperation of almes, Satisfaction be made to God for those thinges also that haue beene committed.

Then in S. HIEROME we find it thus written:63 The body is to be afflicted which hath spente much time indelicacy: long laughter must bee recompensed with continuall weeping: the softe linnen & pretious silkes, must be changed into the sharpenesse of haire-clothe.

To this end also is this speache of64 S. AMBROSE: He that doth Penance, ought not only to washe away his sinne with teares; but also to couer his faultes with more reformed actions, that sinne may not bee imputed vnto him. And againe in another place: For a great 65 wound, a deepe & long medicine is necessarie. Great wickednesse, must of necessity haue great Satisfaction. Finally so saith S. GREGORY. It is to be 66 seriously thought & considered, that he which knoweth himselfe to haue committed things vnlawefull, must endeuour to abstaine from some things that are lawefull; that thereby he may make Satisfaction vnto his Creatour.

9. Is there any place for Satisfaction after Death?

FOr the explication of this point, wee must consider the diuerse estates of them that die. For some of them do keepe the grace of God, and innocency of life, euen to their end. Vnto whom appertaineth that saying of67 MANASSES; That, Vnto iust persons, and those which haue not sinned, as ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and IACOB; Penance was not ordained. Others haue sinned indeed, & fallen from the grace of God which once they receiued, but they haue purged in this life the filthe of their sinnes, with the woorthy workes of Penance: as68 DAVID,69 EZECHIAS,70 S. PETER, &71 S. MARY MAGDALEN. Bothe these kindes haue no neede of Satisfaction after death, but are altogether free from all bonde thereof.

But far more in number are those of a middle sorte, and yet not verie euil, as72 S. AVGVSTINE sheweth; who haue not performed perfite Penance for their sinnes in their life time: and therefore are to be saued73 by: fire that, whatsoeuer was wanting of conuenient Satisfaction in this life, may be paide vnto Gods Iustice in another. For there 74 shal not enter any polluted thing into that Cittie.

Therefore that we may aunswer to the question proposed: such kind of persons departed, must abide some Satisfaction; yea & that most painfull, after their death. Which yet neuerthelesse75 God of his great mercie is wonte to release by the deuout intercession of those that are aliue, that so they which are depated, being holpen in the Church by the Suffrages of their brethren, and members; may bee lightned of their sinnes & of the terrible paines due vnto the same. And hereunto belongeth that which the authority of holy Scripture deliuereth. It 76 is a holy and holesome cogitation, to pray for the dead, that they may bee loosened from their sinnes. Whereupon IVDAS the Machabee was commended, for that beeing mooued with a singular religious zeale; he did with great care and sumptuosenesse procure; that not only praiers, but also77 sacrifice should be offered for the sinnes of the souls departed. In this Doctrine doe agree the Reuerende78 Councels and Fathers, which haue deliuered the true Doctrine of the Church. Of whon to alleadg one in steede of many, & him a witnesse most worthie of credite:79 S. AVGVSTINE writeth thus: In the bookes of the Machabees, we reade Sacrifice to haue been offered for the dead. But although it were no where extant in the olde Scriptures: yet is the authority of the Vniuersall Church not small, whose practise in this behalfe is most euident; where, in the praiers of the Priests, which are made vnto our Lorde at his Altar, the commendation also of those that are departed hath a peculiar place. And againe: It is to be thought (saith hee) that there shall bee no Purgatorie 80 paines, after that last and terrible iudgement. And what can bee more plainelye spoken than those wordes? It is not to bee doubted but that by the praiers of the 81 holy Church, and by the most holesome Sacrifice, & by Almes which are bestowed for their soules; those which are departed be holpen, that our Lord may deal more mercifully with them, than their sinnes haue deserued. For this hath beene deliuered by the Fathers, and the vniuersall Church obserueth; that for those which are departed in the Communion of the Body and Bloode of Christ; when their memory is made at the Sacrifice in the due place: Praiers also are powred out vnto God, & it is expressely mentioned that the Sacrifice is offered for them. And when for the helping of them, works of mercy are exercised: who may doubt but that they are auaileable vnto them, for whom praiers are not in vaine offered? It is not at al to be doubted but these things doe profite the dead, yet such only who liued so before death, that these thinges might be profitable to them after death. Thus writeth Saint AVGVSTINE aboue 1200. yeeres agone: to omitte many also more ancient than himselfe,82 S. CYPRIAN,83 ORIGEN,84 S. DENIS,85 S. CLEMENT, who with one consent doe all accorde in this Doctrine. Wherefore86 S. CHRYSOSTOME doth in plaine termes exhorte, both that we our selues to our power doe helpe them that are departed, and put others in minde also to pray & giue Almes for them. For it was not vnadvisedly decreed by the Apostles, that in the dreadfull Mysteries, Commemoration should be made of those that are departed. For they knewe well that they shoulde gaine much, and reape no small commoditie thereby, Thus writeth S. CHRYSOSTOME.

Finally this is that which to this day the holy Church, a faithfull interpretour of the Scriptures, hath taught against the87 Aerians, that there is a certain Purgatory, or emen datory88 fire, as89 S. AVGVSTINE calleth it, in which, the faithfull soules departed in Christ, must suffer and satisfie for the punishement of those sins, for which wholely Satisfaction was not made in this life by Penance: except as90 Saint AVGVSTINE speaketh, they bee releeued by the deuotion of their friendes that are aliue.

10. What is the commendation and dignity of Penance?

PEnance is the beginning of the preaching of the Gospell:91 the ioy of Angels in heauen: the straite way vpon earth: & that narrow gate, by which the faithfull doe trauel towards life, & lay violent hands vpon the kingdome of heauen. Shee92 erecteth them that bee fallen: cureth the wounded: strengthneth the weake: quickneth the deade: restoreth those that are lost: & finally, all things that sinne doth impaire, Penance doth renue & refreshe in vs. By her we giue a testimony of an hatred of our life past: of the contempt of our selues: & of al submission. She being our guide: we mourning; find93 comfort: being wounded; we are cured: beeing humble; we are exalted. This is she whereby we ouercome the diuels, & the pestilence of vice: we driue awaie deserued94 punishments: we pacifie Gods wrath: we purchase grace: & get glory euerlasting. Hereupon are those speeches of Christ in the Gospell:95 Doe Penance for the kingdome of heauen is at hand. 96 I came not to call the Iust, but sinners to Penance. Vnlesse 97 you haue Penance, you shall all likewise perishe. But hee finally doth true Penance, to conclude all these thinges with the wordes of S. CYPRIAN;98 Who obaying the precepts of God & the Priests: with his obedience & works of Iustice doth winne our Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Trid. ses. 14. c. 1. & can. 1 ses. 6. c. 14. & can. 29. Flor. & Const. ses. 15. Nyss. in vita Moisis. Bern. in vita Malach. ↩

  2. Trid. ses. 14. c. 6. & can. 10. Amb. l. 1 de poenit. c. 2. & 7. & lib 2. cap. 2. ↩

  3. Io. 20, 23 ibid. Cyr. lib 12. cap. 56. Greg. ho. 26. in Euang. Chry. ho. 85 in Ioan. ↩

  4. Mat. 18, 18. Cyp. ep. 54. ad Corn. Hila. can 16 in Mat. Pacia. ep. 1. ad Sympr. Hier ad Heliod. ep. 1. cap. 7. Aug. lib. 20. ciuit cap. 9. Chrys. ho. 5. de ver. Esaiae vidi Dominum. ↩

  5. Leuit. 4, 22.27. & 5, 4, 15. & 6, 2. & 13, 2.17, 37. & 14, 2.18. Mat. 8, 4 Luc. 17, 14. ↩

  6. Chrys. l. 3. de sacerd. ↩

  7. Aug. de Verb. Dom. ser. 8. ca. 1. & 2. & ser. 44 & in Io. tra. 49. & ho. 27 ex 50. & in Psal. 101. Conc. 2. ↩

  8. Io. 11, 44. ↩

  9. Amb. lib. de paenit. 1. & 2. Aug. lib. de adult. coniug. c. 28. & lib. 2. ca. 16. Con. Later. can. 1. Trid. cap. 2. ses. 14. Flor. Hier. li. 2. adu. Pelag ↩

  10. Pacia. ep. 1. ad Sympr. Hier. in ca. 3. Esa. & ep. 8. ad Demetr. de seruand. Virg. cap. 6. Ambros. ad Virg. laps c. 8. Trid. ses. 6 c. 14. & ses. 14. can. 2. Tert. de paenit. c. 7. Ezech. 18, 30. & 33, 11 ↩

  11. Conc. Flor. & Trid. ses. 14. cap. 3. & can. 4. ↩

  12. Ser. de paenit. 2. Reg. 16, 5. Ps. 50, 19.5. & 6, 7. & 37, 7.18. & 101, 4.10 2. Reg. 12, 13. & 24, 10 3. Reg. 21, 25. Ionae. 3, 7 ↩

  13. Psal. 50, 19. ↩

  14. Act. 19, 18. Num. 5, 6. ↩

  15. Iac. 5, 16. & ibid. Be. ↩

  16. Mat. 3, 2. Luc. 3, 8. Act. 26, 20. ↩

  17. Dan. 4, 24. ↩

  18. Amb. ad Virg. lap. c. 8 ↩

    1. Cor. 12, 21.
    ↩

  20. Trid. ses. 14. cap. 4. Flor. Aug. ser. 3. in Nat. Do. &c. 2. de paenit. medicin. seu ho. 50. ex 50. & cap 15. Fulg. li. 1. de remiss. pec. c. 12. ↩

  21. Chrys. in Ps. 50. & de compunct. l. 1. & 2. Aug. de paenit. medic. c. 9. Amb. c. 8. ad Virg. laps. Trid. ses. 14. can. 5. ↩

  22. Heb. 9, 27. Sophon. 1, 15. Mat. 25, 41. Mar. 9, 43. ↩

  23. Esa. 38, 15. ↩

  24. Ps. 118, 120. ↩

  25. Ps. 37, 9. ↩

  26. Ibid. v. 19 ↩

  27. Apoc. 2, 4. & 2. ad Cor. 12.21. & 7, 9. ↩

  28. Luc. 12, 5 Mat. 10, 28. ↩

  29. Amb. l. 1. de paenit. c. 1. ↩

  30. Aug. de paenit. med. cap. 11. & in Ench. ca. 65. Ambr. in Ps. 37. &c. 8. ad Virg. laps. ↩

  31. Chry. ho. 42. in Mat. ↩

  32. Ps. 31, 5. ↩

  33. Orig. in Ps. 37. ho. 1. & ho. 2. in Leu. Chry. l. 3. de sacer. Niss. orat. in eos qui alios acerbius iudicant. Pet. Clun. l. 1. mirac. c. 3. 4. 5. 6 & l. 2. c. vlt. ↩

  34. Act. 19, 18. ↩

  35. Con. Lateran. can. 21. Flor. & Trid ses 14. cap. 5. ↩

  36. Clem. ep 1. ad frat. Do. Dion. ep. 8. ad Demoph. Tert. de paenit. ca. 8. 9. 10. 12. Orig. in Ps. 37. ho. 1. & 2. & ho. 2 in Leuit. Cyp. de laps. Pacia in paraen. ad paenit. Hier. in c. 10. Eccle. Chry. ho. 30. in Gen. & 16. in Mat. ↩

  37. Ioan. 20, 23. ↩

  38. Aug. lib. 20. ciu. c. 9. Greg. ho. 26 in Euang. Chry. l. 3. de sacer. & ho. 5. de verb Esa. Hier. ad Heliod. ep. 1. cap. 7. ↩

  39. Con. Lat. can. 21. Wormat. c. 25. Orig. ho. 1. & 2. in Psal. 37. ↩

  40. Quaest. 288. in reg. breu. vide quaest. 229. & in ep. 3. can. ad Amphil. can. 73. ↩

  41. De laps. vide ep. 10. & 55. ↩

  42. Hom. 49. ex 50. cap. 3. & ho. 41. & 50 cap. 4. & 5. ↩

  43. Mat. 18, 18. Ioan 20, 23. ↩

  44. Lib. 2 de visit. infirm. cap. 4. ↩

  45. Leuit. 13, 2. & 14, 12. Luc. 17, 14. Mat. 8, 4. ↩

  46. Ep. 91. ad Theod. vide ep. 80. ad Episc. Camp. ↩

    1. Tim. 2, 5.
    ↩

  48. Greg. in cap. 9. lib. 1. Reg. Bas. q. 12. in reg. breu. ↩

  49. Heb. 9, 25. Eph. 5, 2.26. & 4, 32. 1. Ioan. 2, 2. Ioan. 1, 29. ↩

  50. Eph. 2, 3. 2. Cor. 5, 18. Cypr. ep. 59. & 10. Tert. de paenit. ca. 5. 7. 8. 9. Conc. Trid. sess. 14. cap. 8 & 9. de sacr. Paenit. ↩

  51. Exod. 32, 31. Nun. 12, 9 & 14, 19.27 & 20, 10.24 Psal. 98, 6.8. 2. Reg. 12.7.13. Aug. l. 2. de pec. mer. c. 34. & l. 22. cont. Faust. c. 67. Greg. l. 9. mor. c. 27. 2. Reg. 24, 10 Prou. 11, 31. Eccli. 5, 2. Aug. tract. 124. in Ioan ↩

  52. Chry. ho. 80. ad pop. ↩

  53. Esa. 56, 1. Ezech. 18, 21.27. Hier. 22, 3. 2. Cor. 7, 9. Ps. 50, 1.6. & Chrys. ibid. & in Mat. 3. ↩

  54. Luc. 9, 23. Mat. 16, 24. Ro. 6, 2.6. Eph. 4, 22. Col. 3, 9. ↩

    1. Reg. 12, 13. 1. Paral. 21, 16. Ps. 34, 13. & 98, 11. Ionae. 3, 5. 3. Reg. 21, 27. 1. Mac. 2, 14. & 3, 47. 2. Mac. 3, 20. Mat. 11, 21. Luc. 10, 13. Iudith. 4, 8.16. & 7, 4. & 8, 5. & 9, 1. Ioel. 2, 12. Dan. 9, 3. Iob. 42, 6. Hier. 6, 26. & 4, 8. & 25, 34. & 48 37. & 49, 3. Ezech. 7, 18. Thren. 2, 10
    ↩

  56. Ioel. 2, 12 ↩

  57. Ezech. 18, 30.31. ↩

    1. Cor. 7, 9.
    ↩
    1. Cor. 11, 31.
    ↩

  60. De lapsis. Idem ep. 55. ad Corn. & ep. 10. ad Clerum. ↩

  61. De lapsis. vide eund. de elecmos. ↩

  62. Ho. 50. ex 50. cap. 5. vide in Ench. cap. 70. 71. & 65. ↩

  63. In Epita. Paul. cap. 7. & Chry. ho. 10. in Mat. ↩

  64. Lib. 2. de paenit. c. 5. et li. 1. cap. 16. ↩

  65. Ad Virg. laps. ca. 8. & lib. 1. de paenit. cap. 2. ↩

  66. Hom. 34. in Euan. vide Emis. ad mon. ho. 5. & 10. Theod. in epit. diuinor decret. ca. de paenit. & l. 4 haeret. fab. de Audianis ↩

  67. In orat. Manassis. ↩

    1. Reg. 12, 13. Psal. 6, 7.
    ↩

  69. Esa. 38, 15 ↩

  70. Mat. 26, 57. ↩

  71. Luc. 7, 37 ↩

  72. Ench. ca. 11. Beda. in cap. 11. Pro. ↩

    1. Cor. 3, 15. So doth Saint Augustine expound this place, in Psal. 37. & l. 21. de ciuit. c. 26. de fide. & oper. cap. 16. & in Psal. 80. So doth also Origen ho. 12. & 13. in Hier. 25. in Num. & 6. in Exod. Amb. in 1. Cor. 3. & ser. 20. in Psal. 118. Hieron. in cap. 4. Amos. & in fine vlt. libri. in Esa. & lib. 2. in Iouin. cap. 1. Also Saint Gregory li 4. Dial. cap. 39. & Beda in 3. cap. Luc.
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  74. Apoc. 21, 27. Psal. 14, 1. & 23, 3. ↩

  75. Aug. vt supra. & li 21. ciu. c. 24. ho. 16. ex 50. & ser. 41. de san ctis. Greg. 4. Dial. cap. 39 Ber. de obitu Humb. Damasc. in orat. de def. Conc. Flor. & Trid. ses. 6. can. 30. & ses. 25. part. 1 ↩

    1. Mach. 12, 43. 1. Reg 31, 13 & Bedan. ib. 2. Reg 1, 12. & 3, 31 Tob. 4, 18. Eccli. 7, 37. & 17, 18. & 38, 14. Hier. 16, 6. 2. Tim. 1, 17 1. Io. 5, 16.
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  77. Ibidem. ↩

  78. Conc. 4. Cart. ca. 79. & 95. Tolet. 11. cap. 31. Bra. 1. c 34. Flor. & Trid ses. 25. & ses. 22. cap. 2. & can. 3. ↩

  79. Li. de cura mor. ca. 1. ↩

  80. Lib. 21. ciu. ca. 16. vide Mat. 12, 32. Which place is expounded of remission of sinnes in the other world by praiers of the Church. By S. Aug. l. 21. ciu. c. 24. & l. 6. in Iul. c. 5. Greg. l. 4 Dial. ca. 39. Beda in c. 3. Mar. Bern. hom. 66. in Cant. Pet. Clun. in ep. cont. Pet. Bru. Raban. lib. 2 de inst. cler. cap. 44. vide etiam Mat. 5, 26 Which place also is expounded of Purgatorie: By Tert. l. deanima cap. 17. Cypr. lib. 4. ep. 2. Orig. ho. 35. in Luc. & in ep. ad Ro. Emis. ho. 5. de Epiph. Amb. in Luc. 12. Hier. in Mat. 5. Bern. ser. de obitu Humbert. vide Mal. 3, 3. Phil. 2, 10. Apoc. 5, 3.13. ↩

  81. Aug. de verb. Apo. ser. 32. cap. 1. & 2. vide Isid. lib. 1. de offic. cap. 18. Raban. lib. 2. de instit. Cler. cap. 44. ↩

  82. Ep. 52. & 66. ↩

  83. Vt supra. ↩

  84. De Eccle. Hier. cap. 7. ↩

  85. Ep. 1. & lib. 6. const. cap. 29. ↩

  86. Ho. 3. in Phil & 41. int. Cor. & 69 ad pop. Damasc. in orat. de def. Athan. & Nyss. apud Damasc. ↩

  87. Epiph. haer. 75. Aug. haer. 53. Damasc. de haeres. ↩

  88. Trid. ses. 25. & 6. & Flor. ↩

  89. In Ps. 37. & l. 2. de Gen. cont. Ma. ca. 20. Greg. in 3. Ps. Paenit. & li. 4. Dial. ca. 39. Bern. serm. 66. in Cant. ↩

  90. Ench. ca. 110. & de cura mort. c. 1. 4. 18. ↩

  91. Mat. 3, 2. & 4.17. Mat. 1, 4. Luc. 15, 7.10. Mat. 7, 13. & 11, 12. ↩

  92. Lib. de vera & fals. paenit. c. 1. Bas. in homil. de ver. paenit. Chry. in ho. & serm. de paenit. ↩

  93. Mat. 5, 5. ↩

  94. Hier. 18, 8 Ezech. 18, 21. & 33, 11 Ionae. 3, Mat. 3, 8. 2. Cor. 7, 10. Act. 11, 18. ↩

  95. Mat. 4, 17. ↩

  96. Luc 5, 32 ↩

  97. Luc. 13, 6 ↩

  98. Ep. 14. ↩

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