A10322:58
A defence of the judgment of the Reformed churches. That a man may lawfully…A defence of the iudgment of the Reformed churches. That a man may lawfullie…
A defence of the judgment of the Reformed churches. That a man may lawfully not only put away his wife for her adultery, but also marry another. / Wherein both Robert Bellarmin the Jesuits Latin treatise, and an English pamphlet of a nameless author maintaining the contrary are co[n]futed by John Raynolds. A taste of Bellarmins dealing in controversies of religion: how he depraveth Scriptures, misalleagthe [sic] fathers, and abuseth reasons to the perverting of the truth of God, and poisoning of his Church with error..A defence of the iudgment of the Reformed churches. That a man may lawfullie not onelie put awaie his wife for her adulterie, but also marrie another. / Wherin both Robert Bellarmin the Iesuites Latin treatise, and an English pamphlet of a namelesse author mainteyning the contrarie are co[n]futed by Iohn Raynolds. A taste of Bellarmins dealing in controversies of religion: how he depraveth Scriptures, misalleagthe [sic] fathers, and abuseth reasons to the perverting of the truth of God, and poisoning of his Churche with errour..
Dordrecht: printed by George Walters, 1609
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But let the examples, which they bring for proof here of be throughly sifted: And it will appear that either the sentences are unlike, or the like conclusions may be inferred of them. For of three sentences proposed to this end, the the first is out of Scripture in S. James Epistled To him that knoweth how to do well, and doth it not, to him there is sin. A sentence though in show unlike to that of Christs, for the proposition and exception both: yet having in deed the force of the like, if it be thus resolved. To him that doth not well, except he know not how to do well there is sin. And why may it not be concluded hereof, that there is no sin to him, who knoweth not how to do well, & doth it not? because there are sins of ignorance (saith Bellarmin) & he who knoweth not how to do well, and doth it not, sinneth, though less then he that offendeth wittingly. I know not whether ⟨p. 16⟩this be a sign of ignorance in Bellarmin, or no, that when he should say (if he will check the conclusion) there is sin to ignorant he saith (as if that were all one) the ignorant sinneth. 2Between which two things there is a great difference in S. James his meaning. For S. James in these words, there is sin to him, doth speak emphatically, & noteth in that man the same that our saviour did in the Pharisees, when (because they boasted of their sight & knowledge)e he told them that they • had sin: meaning by this Phrase, as himself expoundeth it, that their sin remained, that is to say, continued and stood firm & settled. The custom of the Greek tongue wherein S. James wrote, doth give this Phrase that sense, as also the Syriaque (the language used by Christ) translating Christs words after the same manner: & the matter treated of doth argue that he meant not generally of sin, but of sin being & cleaving to a man in special & peculiar sort. For asf the servant that knew his Masters will, and did not according to it, shall be beaten with many stripes: but he that knew it not, and yet did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. Likewise in transgression whereto the punishment answereth he that knoweth how to do well, & doth it not, sin is to him, he hath it, he offendeth not ably: But he that knoweth not how to do well, & doth evil, hath not sin sticking to him, his sin remaineth not, he sinneth not so greatly & grievously.