The pseudo-scripturist. Or A treatise wherein is proued, that the wrytten Word of God (though most sacred, reuerend, and diuine) is not the sole iudge of controuersies, in fayth and religion. Agaynst the prime sectaries of these tymes, who contend to maintayne the contrary. Written by N.S. Priest, and Doctour of Diuinity. Deuided into two parts. And dedicated to the right honorable, and reuerned iudges of England, and the other graue sages of the law.

Title

The pseudo-scripturist. Or A treatise wherein is proued, that the wrytten Word of God (though most sacred, reuerend, and diuine) is not the sole iudge of controuersies, in fayth and religion. Agaynst the prime sectaries of these tymes, who contend to maintayne the contrary. Written by N.S. Priest, and Doctour of Diuinity. Deuided into two parts. And dedicated to the right honorable, and reuerned iudges of England, and the other graue sages of the law.

Author

S.N. (Sylvester Norris), 1572-1630.

Publication

[Saint-Omer :: Printed at the English College Press] Permissu superiorum,

M.DC.XXIII. [1623]

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Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.

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"The pseudo-scripturist. Or A treatise wherein is proued, that the wrytten Word of God (though most sacred, reuerend, and diuine) is not the sole iudge of controuersies, in fayth and religion. Agaynst the prime sectaries of these tymes, who contend to maintayne the contrary. Written by N.S. Priest, and Doctour of Diuinity. Deuided into two parts. And dedicated to the right honorable, and reuerned iudges of England, and the other graue sages of the law." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08329.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
  • license
• THE CONTENTS OF THE seuerall parts of this Treatise.
• TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE, AND REVEREND IVDGES OF England: and to the other graue Pro∣fessours of the Law.
• table of contents
  • THE CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST PART.
  • THE CHAPTERS OF THE Second Part.
• treatise
  • THE FIRST PART OF THE PSEVDOSCRIPTVRIST,
    • The Catholikes Reuerence towardes the Scrip∣tures: with the state of the Question, touching the Scriptures not being Iudge. CHAP. I.
    • That the priuate spirit is not infallibly assured of truly interpreting the Scripture: proued out of the Scripture, and from na∣turall reason. CHAP. II.
    • The reasons of the Scriptures difficulty. CHAP. III.
    • Of the subiect of the Scriptures. CHAP. IIII.
    • Of the diuers senses of the Scripture intended by the Holy Ghost. CHAP. V.
    • Of the Phrase, and Style of the Scripture. CHAP. VI.
    • CHAP. VII. The difficulty of the Scriptures acknowledged by the Fathers.
    • The testimonyes alleadged by our Aduersaryes out of the Fathers, for the Scriptures sole Iudge, answered. CHAP. VIII.
    • The like difficulty of the Scriptures, confessed by our Aduersaries. CAAP. IX.
    • The insufficiency of the Scripture, for the deter∣mining of points of fayth, discouered by force of Reason. CHAP. X.
    • That it cannot be determined to vs by Scripture, that there is any Scripture, or Gods word at all. CAAP. XI.
    • That Heresies in all ages haue bene mayntained by the supposed warrant of Scripture. CHAP. XII.
    • That our Aduersaries do confesse it to be the cu∣stome of Heretikes to flye to the Scripture alone: and that therfore diuers of them do appeale to the Church, as Iudge. CAAP. XIII.
  • THE SECOND PART.
    • That Protestants cannot agree, which Bookes be Scripture, and which are not. CHAP. I.
    • That the Protestantes allow not the Originall He∣brew of the old Testament now extant, for authenticall and vncorrupted. CHAP. II.
    • That the Protestantes allow no Originall of the new Testament now extant, as vncorrupted. CAAP. III.
    • That the Protestantes reiect the Septuagint Translations, as erroneous. CHAP. IV.
    • That the Protestantes reiect the vulgar Latin Translation. CHAP. V.
    • That the Protestantes do condemne all the chiefe Translations of their owne brethren, as false and erroneous. CAAP. VI.
    • That the English Translations are corrupted, & therfore not sufficient to determine doubts in Religion. CHAP. VII.
    • That supposing the Scripture as Iudge; yet the Letter therof is more cleare and perspicu∣ous for the Catholikes, then for the Protestantes CHAP. VIII.
    • That the textes of Scripture are expounded by the Fathers in the same sense, in the which they are alledged by Catholikes, for proofe of their Doctrine and fayth. CHAP. IX.
    • That the textes of Scripture obiected by the Pro∣testantes in disprouall of our Religion, are o∣therwise expounded by the Fathers, then in that sense, wherin our Aduersaries do vrge them. And that their expositions of them do commonly agree with ours. CHAP. X.
    • That the Scripture doth make for the Catholikes, euen by the tacite acknowledgment of our Aduersaries, rising from their main∣tayning of our Catholike articles. CHAP. XI.
    • The Conclusion. CHAP. XII.