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The practical divinity of the papists discovered to be destructive of Christianity and mens…
The practical divinity of the papists discovered to be destructive of Christianity and mens souls
London : Tho. Parkhurst and Nath. Ponder ..., 1676
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Sect. 6. But indeed there needs no induction of particulars to prove this, for they declare plainly that by the command of God, it is not necessary to repent till one be at the point of death. This is said to be the judgment of Aquinas, Soto, Navarre, Durandus, Medina, Cajetan and others in Suarez. The ground of it is, (b)because the reasons brought to prove that it doth not oblige presently; prove it as much of any other certain time in our life, except tbat only when a man is dying.
- (b)In qua re est multorum opinio hoc praeceptum (penitentiae) per se & natura suatantum obligare pro articulo mortis, ita sentit. D. Thomas & Durandus—Et eodem modo sumitur haec opinio ex Cojetano, Medina, Soto, Navarr, &c. Et fundamentum—quia supposito, quod praeceptum non statim obliget ante articulum mortis; nulla est major ratio designandi unum tempus, quam aliud: imo neque est ratio designandi aliquod, quia in nullo est vera necessitas: praeceptum autem affirmativum tantum obligat p•o articulo necessitatis. Suarez. Tom. 4. disp. 15. Sect. 6. n. 2.
It is to the same effect that others say, the precept does but oblige in danger of death, or perpetual madness. So Bonacina and in him (besides Jesuits) Medina, Sotus, Angles, Zerola Pitigianus, Sayrus, Molfesius, and others. De Sacram. ibid. n. 5. So that while a man is like to live, and be sober, he need not repent: but if he be in danger to dye, or run mad, he should be so wise as to repent first, but how he shall know when he is like to run mad, or that his madness will be perpetual, is a hard question; and till he can resolve it, they will go near to excuse him. And if he can have a Confessor, though he be at the point of death and distraction too, he need not trouble himself with repenting, that proviso they still add (saltem quando non adest copia confessarij, cui fiat confessio cum attritione) this indeed is it, that their Confessors serve, for to save sinners the labour of going to Heaven, by turning them out of the only way to it.