Conc. Trid. ibidem. can. 9.
Si quis dixerit, solâ fide impium iustificari, ita, vt intelligat nihil aliud requiri, quod ad iusticationis gratiam consequendam coopere∣tur, & nullâ ex parte necesse esse eum suae vo∣luntatis
Scripture mistaken the ground of Protestants and common plea of all new reformers against the ancient Catholicke religion of England : many texts quite mistaken by Nouelists are lay'd open and redressed in this treatis[e] by Iohn Spenser.
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motu praeparari, atque disponi; ana∣thema sit.
If any one shall say, that a wicked man is iustified by faith only, soe that he meanes that nothing els is required, which may cooperate to the obtayning the grace of Iustification, and that it is noe way necessary that he be prepared, and disposed by the motion of his will; let him be acc••rsed.
From these authorities of the Council, it is manifest, that in this matter of Iustification, the Church of Rome, theaches, 1. that noe workes done by the mere naturall force of our freewill; 2. nor by the sole doctrine or knowledge of the diuine law, can iustifie a sinner in the sight of God. Can. 1. 3. That noe vniust persone, can without the preuenting in∣spiration of the holy Ghost, doe any thing (as it should be done) to obteyne, the grace of iustification. can. 3. 4. That neyther faith, nor workes, done by the inspiration of the holy Ghost, before Iustification, can merit Iustifi∣cation, for it is a free grace of God, giuen not of workes, but by the sole mercy of God, and for the sole merits of Christ. cap. 8. 5. That though the iustification of a sinner cannot be merited, yet a soul may be disposed, & prepar∣ed to instification, by acts inspired by the holy Ghost. c. 6. 6. That we are not thus disposed by faith only, but also by other good motions of
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our will, preuented and assisted by the grace of God. can. 9. 7. That being thus freely iusti∣fied, & become the childeren of God through the assistance of Gods grace in Christ, we may doe good workes, and by them (accepted through Christ's merits) become more and more iust, in the sight of God. cap. 10. where in cheefly, consists the Roman doctrine, of Iusti∣fication by good workes.
This doctrine supposed, we will now take a vew, of those texts, which Protestants vsu∣ally presse, out of Scripture mistaken against it, hauing first proued the Roman doctrine.