Page 305
The answere.
I say first, that faith in Christ Iesus can as well purge a man in this life, as the Popes pardons: and yet as your selues [ 1] teach vs, a plenarie indulgence will salue this impuritie.
I say secondly, that it is a needelesse thing to establish popish purgatorie, because popish pardons supplie the want thereof. [ 2] This is proued copiously in my booke of Motiues.
I say thirdly, that the faithfull and elect children of God, haue their cleanenesse before him in Christ his sonne, with [ 3] which they may enter into heauen. For as S. Iohn saith, they haue washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lambe; who (as S. Paul saith,) when hee knew no sinne,* 1.1 was yet made the sacrifice for sin,* 1.2 that we might be the righte∣ousnes of God in him. And as S. Peter saith, their hearts are purified by faith: yea, as Christ himself saith,* 1.3 his sacred word hath made them cleane. In fine, holy Writ pronounceth them blessed that die in the Lord, & that they rest from their labors. Which being so, they neither haue any impurity,* 1.4 nor suffer a∣ny purgatorie paine.