A09453:395
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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Secondly, we differ from them touching ⟨p. 281⟩the means of purgation. They say, that men are purged by suffering of pains in purgatory, whereby they satisfy for their venial sins, and for the temporal punishment of their mortal sins. We teach the contrary, holding that nothing can free us from the least punishment of the smallest sin, but the sufferings of Christ, and purge us from the least taint of corruption, saving the blood of Christ. Indeed they say, that our sufferings in themselves considered, do not purge, and satisfy, but as they are made meritorious by the sufferings of Christ: but to this I oppose one text of scripture, Hebr. 1. 3. where it is said, that Christ hath purged our sins BY HIMSELF: where the last clause cuts the throat of all humane satisfactions and merits: and it giveth us to understand, that whatsoever thing purgeth us from our sins, is not to be found in us but in Christ alone: otherwise it should have bin said, that Christ purgeth the sins of men by themselves, as well as by himself: and he should merit by his death, that we should become our own Saviours in part.
Secondly, we differ from them touching ⟨p. 281⟩the meanes of purgation. They say, that men are purged by suffering of paines in purgatorie, whereby they satisfie for their veniall sinnes, and for the temporall punishment of their mortal sinnes. We teach the contrarie, holding that nothing can free vs from the least punishment of the smallest sinne, but the sufferings of Christ, and purge vs from the least taint of corruption, sauing the bloode of Christ. Indede they say, that our sufferings in themselues considered, doe not purge, and satisfie, but as they are made meritorious by the sufferings of Christ: but to this I oppose one text of scripture, Hebr. 1. 3. where it is saide, that Christ hath purged our sinnes BY HIMSELFE: where the last clause cuts the throat of all humane satisfactions and merits: and it giueth vs to vnderstand, that whatsoeuer thing purgeth vs from our sinnes, is not to be found in vs but in Christ alone: otherwise it should haue bin saide, that Christ purgeth the sinnes of men by themselues, as well as by himselfe: and he should merit by his death, that we should become our owne Sauiours in part.