A confutation of a popishe, and sclaunderous libelle in forme of an apologie: geuen out into the courte, and spread abrode in diuerse other places of the realme. VVritten by VVilliam Fulke, Bacheler in Diuinitie, and felowe of S. Ihons Colledge in Cambridge.

The Papiste.

And by their affirmation that onely saieth doth iustifie, they doe denie all other thinges els, as Baptisme, penaunce, Confir∣mation, the holy Eucharistia, hope, charity, and generally all kinde of good workes. For all learnyng doeth agree of three kindes of Iustifications to be expressed in holy scrip∣ture, whereof the firste iustication is Qua quis ex impio fit iustus, wherby a mā is made of a wicked man, and a member of the De∣uill, a good manne, and a verie member of Christe, the whiche iustification is perfor∣med in infantes, by the Sacramente of Bap∣tisme. And therfore to ascribe our iustifi∣cation to onely faieth, is not onely to deny with the Anabaptistes Baptisme of infan∣tes, but also that the Sacrament of Bap∣tisme is needefull, or necessarie for oure health and saluation.

Seconde iustification is, qua ex homine la∣pso post baptismum, fit conuersio ad deum, wher∣by a man beyng fallen into sinne, after Ba∣ptisme, doeth retourne backe againe vnto God, the whiche iustification is performed in vs, by the Sacrament of penaunce, and therfore the affirmation of our iustificatiō by onely faieth, is a plaine denial of the Sa∣cramente

of penaunce.

Thirde iustification is, qua ex iusto reddi∣tur quis iustior, wherby a man hath increase of rightousnesse, and of a rightous man be∣fore is made more rightous in the sight of God, wherof speaketh sainct Ihon in his A∣pocalipse, saiyng that he whiche is rightous muste be made more rightous. VVhiche iustification is performed in vs, partely by the Sacramente of Confirmation, partly by the rest of Christes Sacramentes, and chief∣ly by the Sacramente of the holy Euchari∣stia, and more generally by al kind of good workes, wherof speaketh the Apostle sainct Paule, Saiyng to the Philippians, doe you worke your owne saluation with feare and tremblyng. And the Apostle saincte Peter in confirmation therof, willeth vs to geue all diligence for to minister, in our faieth vertue, and in vertue knowledge, in know∣ledge temperaunce, and in temperance pa∣tience, in pacience godlines, in godlines brotherly loue, and in brotherly loue cha∣ritie, for if these are among you and plen∣teous, they will make you, that you shall be neither idle, nor vnfructful in the know∣ledge of our lorde Iesus Christ. But he that

lacketh these thinges is blinde, as saieth the Apostle sainct Peter, and gropeth for the waie with his hande, and hath forgottē that hee was pourged from his oulde sinnes. VVherefore bretheren saieth (the Apostle saincte Peter) geue you more diligence for to make your callyng and your election by your good workes more suer, for if you doe suche thinges you shall not sinne, yea and by this meanes an entring in shall be mi∣nistred vnto you abundantly, in the euerla∣styng kingdome of our lorde Iesus christe. And by the affirmation of our iustificatiō by faieth alone, they doe denie not onely the Sacrament of Baptisme, of penaunce, of the holie Eucharistia, with the rest of Chri∣stes Sacramentes, but more generally they doe denie all kinde of Good woorkes, here commended and tought, both by saincte Peter, and sainct Paule. Saincte Augustine in his booke de fide & operibus, gaue to vs sufficient admonition, how daungerous an errour and heresie it was, to put our whole iustification to faieth onely, and faieth a∣lone, and saieth how vppon the mistakyng of the wordes of sainct Paule of our iustifi∣cation by faieth, vppon these woordes mis∣construed,

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certaine persones denied the merite of good workes, vprising and sprin∣gyng of faieth, promising to them selues, safetie and securitie of saluatien, by onely faieth and faieth alone, for reformation of the whiche errour Augustine saieth, that the Apostles sainct Iames, sainct Peter, and sainct Ihon did write their Canonicall Epi∣stles, whiche admonition therof geuen by S Augustine, shoulde haue sufficed both learned and Christen men.