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The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head…The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head…
The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundry points, of the sufficiency and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministry of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the mass, with other controversies of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-government ... Penned by John Rainoldes, according to the notes set down in writing by them both: perused by John Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithful report of that which past in conference between them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise entitled, Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and the Church, written by John Rainoldes. With a defence of such things as Thomas Stapleton and Gregory Martin have carped at therein.The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundrie points, of the sufficiencie and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministerie of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the masse, with other controuerises of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-gouernment ... Penned by Iohn Rainoldes, according to the notes set downe in writing by them both: perused by Iohn Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithfull report of that which past in conference betwene them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise intitled, Six conclusions touching the Holie Scripture and the Church, writen by Iohn Rainoldes. With a defence of such thinges as Thomas Stapleton and Gregorie Martin haue carped at therein.
Londini: printed by John Wolfe, 1584Londini: printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1584
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From these cords of sin, and chains of death eternal, men are loosed by Christ, when their sins be remitted: their sins are remitted, if they believe in him. If they believe not, their sins are retained: whose sins are retained, they do continue bound. For, che that believeth not, shall be condemned: he that believeth, shall be saved. None shall be condemned but they whose sins are retained, to bind them with the chains of darkness: none saved, but they whose sins are remitted, and the cords unloosed by which they were holden. Wherefore, sith the Gospel is preached to this end da savour of life to life unto believers; unto the unbelievers, a savour of death to death: as we read of Christ, that ethe Lord sent him to preach deliverance to the captives, and opening of prison to them that are bound: in like sort his ministers whom he sent to preach it, are said fto bind and loose, gto retain and remit sins. So that both these kinds of speech import the same that is signified by keys. For, to bind, and to ⟨p. 103⟩retain sins, is to shut: to loose, and to remit sins, is to open the kingdom of heaven. Your own church doth take the keys in this meaning: even hthe Council of Trent. For, whereas Christ gave to his Apostles and their successors the power of binding and loosing, that is, of remitting and retaining sins, as your selves expound it: this power you call the power of the keys, as by which an entrance into heaven is opened: because the gates of heaven are as it were unlocked to them, who have remission and forgiveness of sins, and locked to the rest. Which things being so, this sum ariseth of them, that, sith the keys of the kingdom of heaven are all one with the power of binding and loosing, of remitting and retaining sins: Christ therefore, when he promised the keys, meant that power; and, when he gave that power, gave the keys. But, he gave that power to all the Apostles. It followeth then, he gave the keys to them all.