Here comes in a straggling objection, as it is here alleged without any dependence, omitted in the place whereto it belongeth. I vvill not therefore press it in this place. Only it would be marked how little the Defendant careth what he saith, so that he say something to every thing: 1 he answereth that ⟨p. 44⟩Papist• do commonly teach by their ceremonies some new doctrine, not warranted by Scriptures. For confutation of which, the Papists may well appeal to Durandus his Rationale, where he showeth the signification of almost all the Popish rites. Now if the Defendant can there find one signification of a hundred, which teacheth any strange doctrine not warranted by the Scriptures, I have taken my numbers amiss. 2 He saith the Papists ceremonies differ from ours in application, by their opinion of necessity and holiness. But 1 the question here is only of signification: and therefore it is out of time to talk of application: 2 the Papists do not hold their ceremonies absolutely necessary to salvation. For this Bellarmin• de verbo non scripto l 4 c. 11 denieth of all unwritten traditions, as also Aquinas 12. qu. 147 a 4 ad 1. Neither do th•y hold them essentially necessary to the being of a Sacrament: This Aquinas with all his followers deny, p 4 qu. 66 a 10. where he saith expressly, that all signs invented•ly man are only for stirring up of devotion, and procuring of reverence to the Sacraments: which is, word for word, our English plea. 3 It doth not appear that the learned Papists have any opinion of all their significant ceremonies, which this Def. doth not maintain. For Suarez a principal Jesuit in Thom. p. 3 q. 65 a 4 propoundeth only three errors as he calleth them, wherein Protestants differ from Papists concerning ceremonies in general: whereof the first is, that only those things which are written ought to be retained and used in the Church: The second is, that no outward worship of God is lawful, but only that which is appointed by God. The third and last is, that the Church hath not power of commanding and ordaining those things (he meaneth mystical ceremonies) which are necessary for the convenient celebration of the Sacraments. Now there is none of these three points wherein Swar•z and the Def• doth not jump.
HEere comes in a stragling objection, as it is here alledged vvithout any dependance, omitted in the place whereto it belongeth. I vvill not therefore presse it in this place. Onely it vvould be marked how little the Defendant careth what he saith, so that he say something to every thing: 1 he answereth that ⟨p. 44⟩Papist• doe commonly teach by their ceremonies some new doctrine, not warranted by Scriptures. For confutation of which, the Papists may well appeale to Durandus his Rationale, vvhere he sheweth the signification of almost all the Popish rites. Now if the Defendant can there finde one signification of a hundred, vvhich teacheth any strange doctrine not warranted by the Scriptures, I haue taken my numbers amisse. 2 He saith the Papists ceremonies differ from ours in application, by their opinion of necessity and holinesse. But 1 the question heere is onely of signification: and therfore it is out of time to talke of application: 2 the Papists doe not hold their ceremonies absolutely necessarie to salvation. For this Bellarmin• de verbo non scripto l 4 c. 11 denyeth of all unwritten traditions, as also Aquinas 12. qu. 147 a 4 ad 1. Neither doe th•y hold them essentially necessary to the being of a Sacrament: This Aquinas with all his followers deny, p 4 qu. 66 a 10. vvhere he saith expresly, that all signes invented•ly man are onely for stirring up of devotion, and procuring of reverence to the Sacraments: vvhich is, word for word, our English plea. 3 It doth not appeare that the learned Papists haue any opinion of all their significant ceremonies, vvhich this Def. doth not maintaine. For Suarez a principall Iesuit in Thom. p. 3 q. 65 a 4 propoundeth onely three errours as he calleth them, vvherin Protestants differ from Papists concerning ceremonies in generall: wherof the first is, that onely those things which are written ought to be retained and used in the Church: The second is, that no outward worship of God is lawfull, but onely that which is appointed by God. The third and last is, that the Church hath not power of commanding and ordeyning those things (hee meaneth mysticall ceremonies) which are necessarie for the convenient celebration of the Sacraments. Now there is none of these three points vvherin Swar•z and the Def• doth not jumpe.
