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The judgement of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland. Of Babylon…
The judgement of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland. Of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome. (With a sermon of Bishop Beadles upon the same words.) Of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry. Of the old form of words in ordination. Of a set form of prayer. / Published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard D.D. and preacher to the Honourable Society of Gray's-Inn, London. Unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late primate.The judgement of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland. Of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome. (With a sermon of Bishop Bedels upon the same words.) Of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministery. Of the old form of words in ordination. Of a set form of prayer. / Published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard D.D. and preacher to the Honourable Society of Grayes-Inne, London. Unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late primate.
London: printed for John Crook, 1659
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But the Papists attribute as much to the Bishop of Rome, affirming,(a) That in him there is a fullness of all graces, and he gives a full indulgence of all sins, that to him agrees that which we give to our Lord, that of his fullness, all we have received; and not much less to the meanest Priest; viz. That his absolution ⟨p. 259⟩is such a Sacramental Act, that it confers grace; actively, and immediately, and effects the grace of Justification, that as the wind doth extinguish the fire, and dispel Clouds, so doth his absolution, sins, and by it Attrition becomes Contrition.
But the Papists attribute as much to the Bishop of Rome, affirming,(a) That in him there is a fulnesse of all graces, and he gives a full indulgence of all sins, that to him agrees that which we give to our Lord, that of his fulnesse, all we have received; and not much lesse to the meanest Priest; viz. That his absolution ⟨p. 259⟩is such a Sacramental Act, that it confers grace; actively, and immediately, and effects the grace of Justification, that as the wind doth extinguish the fire, and dispell Clouds, so doth his absolution, sins, and by it Attrition becomes Contrition.
- (a)In summo Pontifice esse plenitudinem •mnium gratiarum, quia ipse solus confert plenam indulgentiam omnium peccatorum & computet sibi quod de primo principe Domino dicimus, quia de plenitudine ejus nos omnes accepimus, de Regim. Principum, lib. 3. cap. 10. inter opuscula Thomae, num 20. activè & proximè efficit gratiam justificationis, ut flatus extinguit ignem, & dissipat nebulas, sic absolutio sacerdotis peccata &c. Bell. de Sacram. libro 2. cap. 1. de poenitent. libro 3. cap. 2. Attritio virtute clavium fit contritio, Rom. Correctores Gloss. Gratiani de poenitent. dist. 1. principio, &c.