A09453:211
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
Doctrine 6 › Objections of Papists.Doctrine 6 › Obiections of Papists.
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I. Object. Levit. 4. Moses according to Gods commandment prescribed several sacrifices for several persons; and they were means of satisfaction for the temporal punishments of their daily sins. Ans. Those sacrifices were only signs and types of Christs satisfaction to be offered to his father in his alone sacrifice upon the cross: and ⟨p. 127⟩whosoever offered any sacrifice in the old testament, did thus and no otherwise esteem of it, but as a type and figure of better things. Secondly, the said sacrifices were satisfactions to the Church, whereby men did testify their repentance for their offences, and likewise their desire to be reconciled to God and men. And such kind of satisfactions, we acknowledge.
I. Obiect. Levit. 4. Moses according to Gods commaundement prescribed seuerall sacrifices for seuerall persons; and they were meanes of satisfaction for the temporall punishments of their daily sinnes. Ans. Those sacrifices were onely signes and types of Christs satisfaction to be offred to his father in his alone sacrifice vpon the crosse: and ⟨p. 127⟩whosoeuer offered any sacrifice in the olde testament, did thus and no otherwise esteem of it, but as a type and figure of better things. Secondly, the saide sacrifices were satisfactions to the Church, whereby men did testifie their repentance for their offences, and likewise their desire to be reconciled to God and men. And such kinde of satisfactions, we acknowledge.
II. Object. Men, whose sins are all pardoned, have afterward sundry crosses and afflictions laid upon them, unto the end of their days: therefore in all likelihood they make satisfaction to God for temporal punishments. As for example, the Israelites for murmuring against the Lord in the wilderness were barred all from the land of promise: and the like befell Moses and Aaron for not glorifying God, as they should have done at the waters of strife. Ans. Man must be considered in a twofold estate, as he is under the law, and as he is under grace. In the first estate, all afflictions are curses or legal punishments, be they little or great: but to them that are in the second estate and believe