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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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So the Devils practise in alleging scripture only to Christ, is a great presumption, that Christ accounted nothing a ground of faith and duty, but only the scripture. Whereof a surer argument is the whole behaviour of Christ against the Devil: whom uin every one of his three tentations he put to flight still with scripture, It is written. And although the Devil (to drive him from that hold) alleged scripture also: yet Christ replied not with *Fathers or Doctors, or Rabbins of the Synagogue, but with the word of his heavenly Father; and, against the maimed & wrested words of scripture, he set the scripture alleged rightly. Wherefore let xyour Captains instruct their soldiers as they list, to get us into the plain fields of their Motives, out of our weak and false castle of only scripture, as *a Licentiate termeth it: the action of Christ is the instruction of Christians; the Prince of darkness, could not get him out of that, neither shall the Princes band get out us. Nay, that this castle (how weak and false soever false-hearted weaklings count it,) hath ordinance enough to shake your Motives into fitters, and can alone subdue all adversary powers: I need not the practise of Christ, and word of God, against you, to prove it. Your own golden author, Vincentius Lirinensis, saith it. For himself affirmeth that yscripture is sufficient alone, against heretics, so that it be taken in the right sense. But scripture is not scripture, unless it be taken in the right sense: in the which alone 1it came from God by inspiration, and is 2the word of God. Wherefore, if you will ⟨p. 190⟩take the gold of Vincentius, you must grant, that scripture alone is sufficient to try the truth from error, and to maintain the Catholic faith against heresy.