For necessity to salvation, no learned Papist ever writ or taught any such thing of all their Cerem. Derbyshire Boners Chaplain, and Kinsman, professed to Mr. Thomas Hawks Martyr, that no Ceremon. (beside those which Christ himself instituted) are necessary to salvation, but only for instruction: whereupon Mr. Hawks answered; God send me the salvation, and take you the instruction. If necessity of observance be respected (which the Def. ca. 6. sect. 3. calleth obediential,) that is not only as great in our Cere. as in any of the Papists, and more also, but advanced by Dr. Covell to equipage with the Decalogue, and Dr. B. by his silence yielding unto him, and imitating of him, doth seem to subscribe to his sentence, and certain it is, that he writ with Achyepis. allowance. Ecclesiastical constitution, saith he, doth change the nature of indifferent things, & by virtue of the commandment they become necessary, Mens Laws while they are in force, commanding or forbidding, bind the conscience as the Decalogue doth, in his preface to the confutation of Dr. B. his Apology: The Rej. comes not far short of this plea, pag. 42. where he saith: They are ordained to be used necessarily, ⟨p. 69⟩in respect of order and peace, though in respect of judgment, and immediate conscience to God freely: 1The former part of these words, layeth more necessity upon our Cerem. then the learned Papists do upon all theirs: The latter doth take away no more, then the like words of theirs do, as by and by shall appear. In the mean time let him that can unriddle me this: They are ordained to be used necessarily in respect of order and peace, though in respect of Judgment, and immediate conscience to God freely: Is there one conscience mediate, and another immediate? Is necessity of order and peace free in judgment and immediate Conscience? Can any creature, or is any so foolish as to say, they can lay a bond upon conscience immediate to God? Is it not a contradiction, for men by their authority, to bind immediately to Gods authority? The truth is our convocation doth make our Ceremonies, as necessary as they can, either by ecclesiastical, Civill, or Divine authority, whereas the Papists say, they can make many of theirs more necessary, then they do, if they would: And yet in all, their highest pitch is, they call them necessary:2
For necessity to salvation, no learned Papist ever writt or taught any such thing of all their Cerem. Darbyshyre Bonners Chapplyne, and Kynsman, professed to Mr. Thomas Haukes Martyr, that no Ceremon. (besyde those which Christ himself instituted) are necessary to salvation, but only for instruction: whereupon Mr. Haukes answered; God send me the salvation, and take you the instruction. If necessity of observance be respected (which the Def. ca. 6. sect. 3. calleth obedientiall,) that is not only as great in our Cere. as in any of the Papists, and more also, but advanced by Dr. Covell to aequipage with the Decalogue, and Dr. B. by his silence yeelding unto him, and imitating of him, doth seeme to subscribe to his sentence, and certaine it is, that he writt with Achyepis. allowance. Ecclesiasticall constitution, sayth he, doth change the nature of indifferent things, & by vertue of the commaundement they become necessary, Mens Lawes whyle they are in force, commaunding or forbidding, bynde the conscience as the Decalogut doth, in his preface to the confutation of Dr. B. his Apologye: The Rej. comes not far short of this plea, pag. 42. where he sayth: They are ordeyned to be used necessarily, ⟨p. 69⟩in respect of order and peace, though in respect of judgment, and immediate conscience to God freely: 1The former part of these words, layeth more necessi•y upon our Cerem. then the learned Papists do upon all theirs: The latter doth take away no more, then the like words of theirs do, as by and by shall appeare. In the meane tyme let him that can unriddle me this: They are ordained to be used necessarily in respect of order and peace, though in respect of Iudgment, and immediate conscience to God freely: Is there one conscience mediate, and another immediate? Is necessity of order and peace free in judgment and immediate Conscience? Can any creature, or is any so foolish as to say, they can lay a bond upon conscience immediate to God? Is it not a contradiction, for men by their authority, to bynd immediatly to Gods authority? The truth is our convocation doth make our Ceremonies, as necessary as they can, either by ecclesiasticall, Civill, or Divine authority, whereas the Papists say, they can make many of theirs more necessary, then they doe, if they would: And yet in all, their highest pitch is, they call them necessary:2
- 1How the Rej. and Papists agree touching the necessity of Ceremonies.
- 2Non ex necessitate sal• tis, sed ex institutione Ecclesiae. Non ex necessitate sacramenti, sed praecepti. Bell. do effect. Sacra. cap. 21. propo•. 2. •
