The peace of Rome Proclaimed to all the world, by her famous Cardinall Bellarmine, and the no lesse famous casuist Nauarre. Whereof the one acknowledgeth, and numbers vp aboue three hundred differences of opinion, maintained in the popish church. The other confesses neere threescore differences amongst their owne doctors in one onely point of their religion. Gathered faithfully out of their writings in their own words, and diuided into foure bookes, and those into seuerall decads. Whereto is prefixed a serious disswasiue from poperie. By I.H.

DECAD. V.

First, Bellarmine with Saint Thomas and Bonauenture against some namelesse Doctors.

* 1.1FOr the common saying in Schooles (To the man that doth what he can, God denies not grace) I answere, that this is well expoun∣ded of S^t. Thomas in 1. 2. q. 109. and Saint Bonauenture in 2. Sent. dist. 28. grace is not denied to him that doth his vtmost, when a man doth it by working together with Gods grace, whereby he is stirred; not when he worketh only by the power of nature: certainely those which teach that man by doing what he may, is by the onely strength of na∣ture prepared to grace; eyther thinke that hee may thereby desire, and aske grace, which is the Pelagians heresie, or hold, that man by his owne strength may keepe all the morall law, &c. and this also is Pelagia∣nisme, confuted in the former booke. Bellarm. l. 6. of grace and freewill, c. 6. p. 508.

Secondly, Bellarmine against Dominicus a Soto.

SOme Catholikes, and especially Dominicus a Soto,* 1.2 2. b. of nat. and grace, c. 14. denie, that our dispositi∣ons towards iustification, can by any reason be cal∣led merits, and to be iustified freely, they hold to im∣ply a iustification, without any merite whatsoeuer: But I cannot vnderstand, why we should not in that case vse the name of merite (especially with that ad∣dition of congruity) when we speake of works done by the preuenting grace of God. Bellarm. of iustifi∣cation, l. 1. c. 21. p. 103.

Thirdly, Albertus Pighius and the Diuines of Colen a∣gainst the Councell of Trent and Bellarmine.

NOt onely Martin Bucer,* 1.3 but Albertus Pighius (with some others, as namely the Diuines of Colen) in his second controuersie, held this opinion, or error rather, that there is a double iustice, wherby we are formally iustified, one imperfect, which is in our inherent vertues: the other perfect, which is Christs righteousnes impured, whose opinion is re∣iected by the Councell of Trent, Sess. 6. c. 7. Bellarm. l. 2. of Iustification, c. 1. & 2. p. 124.

Fourthly, Gropperus, Catharinus, Saint Thomas, Bona∣uenture, Scotus, in three opinions.

OF this matter,* 1.4 concerning certainty of saluati∣on, there are 3. opinions, or rather falshoods:

The first, of the heretickes of this time, that the faith∣full may haue such knowledge, as that by a sure faith they may know their sinnes forgiuen, &c. The se¦cond is, of the Author of the Enchiridion Coloniense, which holds, that a man both may, and ought to be certaine his sinnes are forgiuen, but yet he denies, that he is iustified by faith alone: But this booke is in many other things worthy of the censure of the Church. The third is of Ambrosius Catharinus, who holds, that a man may be certaine of his owne grace, euen by the assurance of faith: Contrary to these errours is the common opinion of almost all Diuines, Saint Thomas, S. Bonauenture, Scotus, Duran∣dus, Roffensis, Alphonsus a Castro, Dominicus a Soto, Ru∣ardus, &c. Nicholas Saunders, Thomas Stapleton, &c. that no man by any certainty of faith be assured of his iustice, except those which haue speciall reuelati∣ons. Bellarm. l. 3. of Iustice, c. 3. p. 206.

Fiftly, the Diuines of Louan and Paris against Catharin.

* 1.5HOw Bellarmine presseth Catharinus with the au∣thoritie of the Vniuersities of Paris and Louan, and the flat wordes of the Councell of Trent; and Catharinus his answeres and elusions of all, See Bellarm. ibid. cap. 3. pag. 208.

Sixtly, Bellarmine against Catharinus.

CAtharinus his exposition of those places of Ec∣clesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, Iob for his purpose, see largly confuted by Bellar. Bellar. ib. c. 4. & 5. p. 211.212.

Seuenthly, Catharinus and two rankes of Popish Diuines differing.

I Say there is no Catholike writer holds,* 1.6 that a man should euer doubt of his reconciliation with God; for there are three opinions amongst Catholikes: One of Ambrosius Catharinus, which doth not onely exclude all doubt, but addes, that the iust man may haue an assurance of his iustification, by the certain∣ty of a Diuine faith. Another goes not so farre, yet holdes, that perfect men are wont to attaine vnto that security, as that they haue no feare of their iusti∣fication, as we beleeue without all doubting that there was a Caesar, an Alexander, &c. though we saw them not, but this opinion I confesse, I like not. The third, which is more common in the Church, takes not away all feare, but yet takes away all anxiety, and wauering doubfulnes. Bellar. l. 3. of iustific. c. 11. p. 264

Eightly, Andr. Vega against Thom. and other Catholikes

ANdr. Vega in his 11. booke vpon the Councells,* 1.7 c. 20. holds, veniall sin to be properly against the

Law: But veniall sinnes (without which we cannot liue) are not simply sinnes, but imperfectly, and in some regards, and are not indeede against the law, but besides it, as S^t. Thomas teaches well in 1.2. q. 88. Bellarm. l. 4. c. 14. p. 359.

Ninthly Robert Holkot against Saint Thomas and the common opinion.

* 1.8ALthough some haue taught, that freedome of will is not necessary to merite, as Robert Holkot held (witnesse Io. Picus in his Apologie) yet the common opinion of Diuines is contrary, as it ap∣peares out of S^t. Thomas 1.2. quaest. 114. and other Doctors, vpon 1. Sent. d. 17. &c. Bellarm. l. 5. of Iusti∣fication, c. 10. p. 432.

Tenthly, a certaine namelesse Author against Pius 5. Peter Lombard, and others.

* 1.9IT was the opinion of a certaine late Author, which was in many points condemned by Pius 5. that e∣ternall life is due to good workes, for that they are the true obedience to the law; not for that they are done by a person aduanced by grace, into the state of the Sonne of God; so hee holdes, that meritorious workes may be done by a man not regenerate by Baptisme, &c. The contrary opinion is receiued and allowed in the Schooles of Catholike Diuines: See

Pet. Lombard, and the Diuines vpon 2. Sent. dist. 24. Bellarm. l. 5. of iustification, c. 12. p. 438.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Dictum iliud commune Scho∣larum, &c.
• * 1.2

  Aliqui etiam ex Catholicis, &c.
• * 1.3

  In eandem sen¦tentiam fiue po∣tius, &c.
• * 1.4

  De proposita igi∣tur quaestione &c.
• * 1.5

  Nam Parisien∣sis & Louanien∣sium vero, &c.
• * 1.6

  Dico nullum Catholicum Scriptorem &c.
• * 1.7

  Ab hoc argu∣mento &c.
• * 1.8

  Quamuis non desint &c.
• * 1.9

  Fuit opinio cu∣iusdam &c.