A09453:214
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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Object. IV. The Prophets of God, when the people are threatened with the plague, famine, sword, captivity, &c. exhort them to repent and to humble themselves in sackcloth and ashes; and thereby they turned away the wrath of God that was then coming forth against them. Therefore by temporal humiliation, men may escape the temporal punishments of the Lord. Ans. Famine, sword, banishment, the plague, and ⟨p. 130⟩other judgements sent on Gods people, were not properly punishments of sin but only the corrections of a father whereby he humbled them that they might repent: or thus, they were punishments tending to correction, not serving for satisfaction. And the punishments of God are turned from them, not because they satisfy the justice of God in their own sufferings, but because by faith they lay hold on the satisfaction of the Messias, and testify the same by their humiliation & repentance.
Obiect. IV. The Prophets of God, when the people are threatned with the plague, famine, sword, captiuitie, &c. exhorte them to repent and to humble themselues in sackcloth and ashes; and thereby they turned away the wrath of God that was then comming forth against them. Therefore by temporall humiliation, men may escape the temporall punishments of the Lord. Ans. Famine, sword, banishment, the plague, and ⟨p. 130⟩other iudgements sent on Gods people, were not properly punishments of sinne but onely the corrections of a father whereby he humbled them that they might repent: or thus, they were punishments tēding to correctiō, not seruing for satisfaction. And the punishments of God are turned from them, not because they satisfie the iustice of God in their owne sufferings, but because by faith they lay houlde on the satisfaction of the Mesias, and testifie the same by their humiliation & repentance.
Object. V. Dan. 4. 24. Daniel giveth this counsel to Nebuchadnezzar, redeem thy sins by justice and thine iniquities by alms deeds. Behold (say they) alms deeds are made a means to satisfy for mans iniquities. Ans. The word which they translate to redeem, (as the most learned in the Chaldee tongue with one consent avouch) doth properly signify to break off; as if the Prophet should say: O King, thou art a mighty Monarch, & to enlarge thy kingdom thou hast used much injustice & cruelty, therefore now repent of thine iniquity, and break off