6. Arg. Our brethren have their grounds and reasons against the swearing of confession common to them, with the Arminians and Socinians, and their Arguments are all one; for aArminians censure the Belgic confession and the Pala•ines Catechism, and propound thirteen questions against it, as the third question is, An quaecunque dogmata in confessione & Cat• chisme tractantur talia sunt, ut cuilibet Christiano ad salutem creditu necessaria sint. And their seventh question is, If such confessions may be called secundaria fidei norma; a secondary rule of faith: also all Confessions, say they, bdeclare That Confessions serve not to teach what we ought to believe, but what the Authors of these Confessions did believe. Hence they reject all the determinations of the Orthodox Councils, condemning the heresies of Arrius, Eutiches, Macedonius, Apollinaris, Sabelli•, Samosate•us, Pelagius, and all the Orthodox Confessions of the reformed Churches. Secondly, also upon these grounds they allege in their Apology cThere be few things to be believes, that every sect may be the true Church, so they believe some few Articles not controverted amongst Christians, such as these, Th• there is a God, and that the Word of God is true, &c. Thirdly, they will not condemn the Macedonians, Arians, Anti-trinitar••, Pelagians, or others, of fundamental heresies. Fourthly, that one Church of Christians may be made up of Papists, Protestants, Anabaptists, Macedonians, Sabellians, &c. and all sects so they lead a good life, according to the few Articles necessary to salvation, may be saved, and all may be saved of any sect or Religion. Fifthly, that to swear Declarations, Confessions, Canons of Orthodox Councils, is to take away the liberty of prophesying ⟨p. 137⟩and growing in the knowledge of the Word of God, and the praying for grace and light of the holy Spirit for the right meaning of Gods Word. Sixthly, that Athanasius spake amiss, when he said of the Creed, that it was to be believed of every one who is to be saved, [Greek or Hebrew], and the same is the doctrine of the Socinians, who do in all these oppose all Confessions of Faith, and all Orthodox Decisions, Canons, and determinations of Sinods. So aSocinus rejecteth all Synods, all Confessions and Decisions even of the Church universal. So bSmalcius cal•eth it a rejecting of the Word of God. And cTheol.
6. Arg. Our brethren have their grounds and reasons against the swearing of confession common to them, with the Arminians and Socinians, and their Arguments are all one; for aArminians censure the Belgick confession and the Pala•ines Catechisme, and propound thirteene questions against it, as the third question is, An quaecunque dogmata in confessione & Cat• chisme tractantur talia sunt, ut cuilibet Christiano ad salutem creditu necessaria sint. And their seventh question is, If such confessions may be called secundaria fidei norma; a secundary rule of faith: also all Confessions, say they, bdeclare That Confessions serve not to teach what we ought to beleeve, but what the Authors of these Confessions did beleeve. Hence they reject all the determinations of the Orthodox Councels, condemning the heresies of Arrius, Eutiches, Macedonius, Apollinaris, Sabelli•, Samosate•us, Pelagius, and all the Oxthodox Confessions of the reformed Churches. Secondly, also upon these grounds they alledge in their Apologie cThere be few things to be beleeves, that every sect may be the true Church, so they beleeve some few Articles not controverted amongst Christians, such as these, Th• there is a God, and that the Word of God is true, &c. Thirdly, they will not condemne the Macedonians, Arrians, Anti-trinitar••, Pelagians, or others, of fundamentall herefies. Fourthly, that one Church of Christians may be made up of Papists, Protestants, Anabaptists, Macedonians, Sabellians, &c. and all sects so they leade a good life, according to the few Articles necessary to salvation, may be saved, and all may be saved of any sect or Religion. Fifthly, that to sweare Declarations, Confessions, Canons of Orthodox Councels, is to take away the liberty of prophesying ⟨p. 137⟩and growing in the knowledge of the Word of God, and the praying for grace and light of the holy Spirit for the right meaning of Gods Word. Sixthly, that Athanasius spake amisse, when he said of the Creed, that it was to be beleeved of every one who is to bee saved, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and the same is the doctrine of the Socinians, who doe in all these oppose all Confessions of Faith, and all Orthodox Decisions, Canons, and determinations of Sinods. So
- aRemonst. in scrip. Synodicis pag. 81.
- bRemonst. in presat. • Declarat. suam Confessions co fine editae, non ut authores earum, testatum facerent quid sit credendum sed quid ipsi crederent.Remonst. in presat. • Declarat. suam Confessiones co fine editae, non ut authores earum, testatum facerent quid sit credendum sed quid ipsi crederent.
- cApolog. Rem•str. fol. 6.
- aSocinus Respon. & Resp. & Volani pag. 2 22.
- bSmalcius refut. lib. de error. Are. au. 1. c. 1. f. 6.Smalcius refut. lib. de error. Arr. au. 1. c. 1. f. 6.
- cNicolaid. in resut. tract. de Ecclesia c. 9. pag. 75.
