A09453:142
A Reformed Catholic
A reformed Catholic: or, A declaration showing how near we may come to the present Church of Rome in sundry points of religion: and wherein we must for ever depart from them with an advertisement to all favourers of the Roman religion, showing that the said religion is against the Catholic principles and grounds of the catechism.A reformed Catholike: or, A declaration shewing how neere we may come to the present Church of Rome in sundrie points of religion: and vvherein we must for euer depart from them with an advertisment to all fauourers of the Romane religion, shewing that the said religion is against the Catholike principles and grounds of the catechisme.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1598Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1598
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I. Reason. Luk. 7. 47. Many sins are forgiven her, 1BECAUSE she loved much. Whence they gather that the woman here spoken of, was justified and had the pardon of sins by love. Ans. In this text, love is not made an impulsive cause to move God to pardon her sins, but only a sign to show and manifest that God had already pardoned them. Like to this is the place of John, who saith, 1. Joh. 3. 14. We are translated from death to life, BECAUSE we love the brethren: where love is no cause of the change, but a sign and consequent thereof.
I. Reason. Luk. 7. 47. Many sinnes are forgiuēher, 1BECASE shee loued much. Whēce they gather that the woman here spoken of, was iustified and had the pardon of sinnes by loue. Ans. In this text, loue is not made an impulsiue cause to mooue God to pardon her sinnes, but onely a signe to shew and manifest that God had already pardoned them. Like to this is the place of Iohn, who saith, 1. Ioh. 3. 14. We are translated from death to life, BECAVSE we loue the brethren: where loue is no cause of the change, but a signe and consequent thereof.
- 1Particula non causalis: sed illativa vel ratio na lis.Particula non causalis: sed illatiua vel ratio na lis.
II. Reason. Gal. 5. 6. Neither circumcision, nor uncircumcision availeth any thing, but FAITH THAT WOEKTH BY LOVE. Hence they gather that faith doth justify together with love. Ans. The property of true faith is, to apprehend and receive something unto it self: and love, that goes always with faith, as a fruit and an unseparable companion thereof, is of another nature. For it doth not receive in, but as it were give out it self in all the duties of the first and second table towards God and man: and this thing faith by it self cannot do: & therefore Paul saith that faith worketh by love. The hand hath a property to reach out it self, to lay hold of any thing: and to receive a gift: but the hand hath no property to cut a piece of wood of it self without saw or knife, or some like instrument; and yet by help of them, it can either divide or cut. Even so it is the nature of faith, to go out of it self and to receive Christ into the heart: as for the duties of the first and second table, faith cannot of it self bring them forth; no more then the hand can divide or cut: yet join love to faith, and