Rhemes against Rome: or, The remoouing of the gagg of the new Gospell, and rightly placing it in the mouthes of the Romists, by the Rhemists in their English translation of the Scriptures. Which counter-gagg is heere fitted by the industrious hand of Richard Bernard ...
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Rhemes against Rome: or, The remoouing of the gagg of the new Gospell, and rightly placing it in the mouthes of the Romists, by the Rhemists in their English translation of the Scriptures. Which counter-gagg is heere fitted by the industrious hand of Richard Bernard ...
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Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.
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At London :: Imprinted by Felix Kingston, for Ed. Blackmore, and are to be sold at his shop at the great south doore of Pauls,
1626.
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Heigham, John. -- Gagge of the new Gospel -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Heigham, Roger.
Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Bible. -- English -- Versions. -- Douai -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
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"Rhemes against Rome: or, The remoouing of the gagg of the new Gospell, and rightly placing it in the mouthes of the Romists, by the Rhemists in their English translation of the Scriptures. Which counter-gagg is heere fitted by the industrious hand of Richard Bernard ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09287.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.
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Gainsaid by themselues.
In the Canon of the Masse, the Priest makes his prayer thus: Receiue vs into the fellowship of thy Saints, not weighing our merits, but granting vs pardon by Iesus Christ our Lord. Here is renouncing merit, and appealing to mercy through Christ.
Saint Gregory on Psal. 7. poenit. It is one thing for God to re∣ward men according to their workes, and another for the workes themselues: and hee alledgeth the Apostles saying, The suffering of this life is not worthy of the glory of the life to come.
Our Aduersaries grant, that the children which goe to hea∣uen, goe thither without merit, by the vertue of the free Adop∣tion by Iesus Christ. Now, the meanes of saluation in Christ is one, and not diuers, in respect of the persons saued, for one sort to be saued without, and another by merits: as if Christ were not alike sufficient for both; or that there were any other
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ground of saluation, then the free election of grace, Ephes. 1. 4, 5. Rom. 11. 5, 6. Act. 13. 48.
See the forenamed D. White against the merit of condigni∣tie, citing Gregory Arimine, Durand, Marsilius, Waldensis, Bur∣gensis,Eckius, with others. Also his Brother D. Whites way of the true Church, producing some of these, and withall, ci∣ting Ferus, Bellarmine, Stella his prayer on Luke, chap. 7. and Anselmes prayer taught the people; renouncing and plainely denying their owne merits, and resting on Christs merits, and his blessed death and Passion onely.