Ans. We have heard some things, some things so oft, that we would fain know what things at last, are necessary ut media? Reader, if these Writers must not be ashamed of their tergiversation, what sort of Disputants should blush? would you think after all this, what his answer is? You shall have it in his own words: And know you not that Divines are divided what are the points necessary to be believed explicitly necessitate medii? Some, and those the more ancient, hold that the explicit belief of God, of the whole Trinity, of Christ, his Passion, 1Resurrection, &c. are necessary necessitate medii. Others among the Recentiors, that no more than the belief of the Deity, and that he is a rewarder of our works, is absolutely necessary with that necessity to be explicitly believed. Now to answer your Question, what it is whereby our Church-members are known? I answer, that 1. All those who are baptized and believe all the points of our faith explicitly, (if any such are to be found) are undoubted members of our Church. 2. All those who believe explicitly all the Articles whatever belongs to them in particular, by reason of their respective offices in the Church. 3. Those who so believe all things necessary, necessitate medii, or necessitate praecepti extended to all adulti. 4, All those who believe in that manner all things held necessary necessitate medii according to the first opinion of the more ancient Doctors. 5. It is probable, though not altogether so certain as the former, that such as believe explicitly the Deity, and that he is a rewarder of our works? and the rest implicitly as contained in confuso in that, are parts of the Catholic Church (Baptism supposed) […] Now• seeing all those in my four first Numbers (which comprehend almost all Christians) are certainly parts of the Catholic Church, we have a sufficient certainly of a determinate Church, consisting at least of these, by reason whereof our Church ⟨p. 15⟩has a visible consistency, those of the fifth rank, though not so certain, not taking away the certainty of the former,—See you not by this Discourse that we answer sufficiently to your question by telling which are undoubted members.—
Ans. We have heard some things, some things so oft, that we would fain know what things at last, are necessary ut media? Reader, if these Writers must not be ashamed of their tergiversation, what sort of Disputants should blush? would you think after all this, what his answer is? You shall have it in his own words: And know you not that Divines are divided what are the points necessary to be believed explicitely necessitate medii? Some, and those the more ancient, hold that the explicite belief of God, of the whole Trinity, of Christ, his Passion, 1Resurrection, &c. are necessary necessitate medii. Others among the Recentiors, that no more than the belief of the Deity, and that he is a rewarder of our works, is absolutely necessary with that necessity to be explicitely believed. Now to answer your Question, what it is whereby our Church-members are known? I answer, that 1. All those who are baptized and believe all the points of our faith explicitely, (if any such are to be found) are undoubted members of our Church. 2. All those who believe explicitely all the Artiales whatever belongs to them in particular, by reason of their respective offices in the Church. 3. Those who so believe all things necessary, necessitate medii, or necessitate praecepti extended to all adulti. 4, All those who believe in that manner all things held necessary necessitate medii according to the first opinion of the more ancient Doctors. 5. It is probable, though not altogether so certain as the former, that such as believe explicitely the Deity, and that he is a rewarder of our works? and the rest implicitely as contained in confuso in that, are parts of the Catholick Church (Baptism supposed) 〈…〉 Now• seeing all those in my four first Numbers (which comprehend almost all Christians) are certainly parts of the Catholick Church, we have a sufficient certainly of a determinate Church, consisting at least of these, by reason whereof our Church ⟨p. 15⟩has a visible consistency, those of the fifth rank, though not so certain, not taking away the certainty of the former,—See you not by this Discourse that we answer sufficiently to your question by telling which are undoubted members.—
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