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4 By suspending the authority of his Word, not upon the Testimony of his Spirit, but on the Church of Rome; so that if you ask a Papist, why they receive the Gospel of St. Matthew, and deny that of St. John, they say, because the Church hath received the one, and renounced the other; and so they make the Scripture to depend on general councils, especially on the Pope.

2 The Lord teacheth his Church by his Spirit, which they evacuate.

1 By confining this Spirit to councils, and Clergy-men, and not to the common people.

For the Priestly Office of Christ, which consists, first, in offering sacrifice; secondly, in intercession, for the application of his sacrifice.

Now the Church of Rome evacuates his Priestly office, first, in his sacrifice.

1 By adding other sacrifices, and so they make his not to be sufficient, and they add two Sacrifices, first, the Sacrifice of merits, and they say they merit, first, by works done, as building of Churches, Monasteries, &c. which they say satisfy for mens sins; and secondly they merit by suffering, as Pilgrimages and Purgatory, and so by indulgences and Pardons.

1 By adding other sacrifices, and so they make his not to be sufficient, and they add two Sacrifices, first, the Sacrifice of merits, and they say they merit, first, by works done, as building of Churches, Monasteries, &c. which they say satisfie for mens sins; and secondly they merit by suffering, as Pilgrimages and Purgatory, and so by indulgences and Pardons.

2 They evacuate the Sacrifice of Christ, by evacuating the Redemption of Christ.

1 By making it not plentiful; whereas the Redemption of Christ is a plenteous redemption both for body and soul, they say he redeems us from eternal pains, but not from temporal, from Purgatory.

1 By making it not plentifull; whereas the Redemption of Christ is a plenteous redemption both for body and soule, they say he redeems us from eternall pains, but not from temporall, from Purgatory.

2 By making it not gracious; for they say the grace of Redemption is applied to us not invincibly, but according to the will of the Creature.

2 By making it not gracious; for they say the grace of Redemption is applyed to us not invincibly, but according to the will of the Creature.

3 By applying it not by faith, but works.

4 They say a man cannot know his Redemption by Christ, surely and certainly, but probably.

5 This grace they dispense not spiritually, but elementally, by imposing it on Sacraments; so that without Sacrament, no grace; and some grace is given ex opere operato.

5 This grace they dispence not spiritually, but elementally, by imposing it on Sacraments; so that without Sacrament, no grace; and some grace is given ex opere operato.

3 They evacuate his Sacrifice, by making it not eternal; so that this grace is not certainly eternal, but he that hath been washed in Christs blood, may finally fall away, and become a reprobate.

3 They evacuate his Sacrifice, by making it not eternal; so that this grace is not certainly eternall, but he that hath been washed in Christs blood, may finally fall away, and become a reprobate.

4 In making it not necessary in respect of some, as the Virgin Mary.

2 They say it is not necessary, in respect of temporal punishments.