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THat prayer is onely to be made vnto God, and to no other creature beside, as being an especiall part of the worshippe of God, which we ought not to giue to any other: thus it is proued out of the word of God.
Argum. 1. Rom. 10.14. Howe shall they call vpon him, in whome they haue not beleeued? But wee must beleeue onely in God, and therefore onely
pray to God. Rhemist. answer, It is true, no more can we pray vnto our lady, nor any saint in heauen, vnlesse we beleeue they can help vs.
Ans. The scripture euery where teacheth that we must beleeue in God, and that they are cursed that put any confidence in man, Ierem. 17.5. Againe, they can haue no assurance, to settle their conscience, but out of the scriptures: They haue a vaine perswasion of the ability of Saintes to helpe them, but they haue no ground of any such beliefe out of scripture.
Argum. 2. Heb. 4.16. Let vs come with boldnes to the throne of grace, Ergo, we haue no neede of the inuocation of saintes, seeing wee haue free and bolde accesse through Christ.
Rhemist. By this reason we should not pray one for an other, while we are aliue. Ans. we do not put our confidence in the merite and worthines of other mens prayers, as you do in the intercession of saints. Againe, this mutuall duetie of prayer one for another, is commaunded and requyred of God, as the other is not: Wherefore to run vnto saints, and not vnto Christ, is to doubt either of his readines, or ability to helpe vs.
3 Iohn. 16.26. Christ saith, that after he hath by his mediation and inter∣cession brought vs into the fauour of God, In that day shall you aske the Father in my name, and I say not, that I will pray to the Father for you, for the Father himselfe loueth you. If then the prayer of Christ to God his Father, shall not then be needfull, what vse is there of the prayer of other creatures? Fulk. 1. Tim. 2. sect. 4.
Augustine saith, Pro quo nullus interpellat, & ipse pro omnib. hic vnus, verus∣que Mediator est. lib. 2. cont. Parmenian. cap. 8. He for whome no man prayeth, but him selfe entreateth for all men, he is the onely true Mediator: Ergo, saintes no mediators, and therefore not to be prayed vnto.