Sainct Austines religion collected from his owne writinges & from the confessio[n]s of the learned Protestants, whereby is sufficiently proued and made knowen the like answearable doctrine of the other more auncient fathers of the primitiue church / written by Iohn Brereley.

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Sainct Austines religion collected from his owne writinges & from the confessio[n]s of the learned Protestants, whereby is sufficiently proued and made knowen the like answearable doctrine of the other more auncient fathers of the primitiue church / written by Iohn Brereley.

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Contents

• title page
• D. Augustinus Monachus.
• TO THE MOS HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE, IAMES by the grace of God, King of great Bri∣taine, France, & Ireland, defender of the faith; my most gracious & dread Soueraigne.
• The authors preface to his learned ad∣uersaries.
• THE AVTHOR BEGINNETH HIS BOOKE TO HIS CATHO¦licke 'friend. CHAPTER. 1.
• Cōcerning God, the humanity Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the holy Angels. CHAPTER. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the Sonne of God, is God of God, and not of him selfe. SECTION. 1.
  • S. Austin teacheth, that God doth not reprobate any to sinne or dam∣nation, or command any thing impossible. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that Christ suf∣fered not according to his diuine na∣ture; nor according to the same was Preist, or offered sacrifice, or was mediator: and that from his natiuity he was free from ignorance, and; after his death descen∣ded into hel: and that his body by Gods om∣nipotency may be without circum∣scription. SECTION. 3.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the blessed Virgin Mary was freed from ori∣ginal sinne; that her body was assumpted into heauen: And that shee vowed chastity. He also teacheth the different degrees of Angels and Ar∣changels. SECTION. 4.
• Concerning the sacred Scriptures. CHAPTER. 3.
  • S. Austin teacheth the sacred Scip∣tures to be discerned for such by the authority of the Church. SECTION. 1.
  • S. Austin teacheth the bookes of Tobie, Iudith, Hester, Machabees &c. to be diuine and canonical Scriptures. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that one text of Scripture may haue diuerse true senses. SECTION. 3.
  • S. Austin teacheth that besides the sacred Scriptures, the Traditiōs of the Church are to be recei∣ued and beleeued: as also that al hereticks do insist on¦ly vpon the Scriptures. SECTION. 4.
• Concerning the Church of Christ. CHAPTER. 4.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the Church of Christ is freed from error. SECTION. 1.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the Church of Christ is Catholicke or vni∣uersal. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the mili∣ant Church must euer continue, and that visibly. SECTION. 3.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the Church was built vpon S. Peter: and that S. Peter was the head of the whole Church. SCTION. 4.
  • S. Austin teacheth the primacy of the Roman Church. SECTION. 5.
  • S. Austin denyeth Ecclesiastical Pri∣macy to Emperours, and Kinges. SECTION. 6.
• Concerning the Sacraments. CHAPTER. 5.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the Sacra∣ments do not only signify, but truly confer grace to the worthy re∣ceiuer. SECTION. 1.
  • S. Austin teacheth that certaine of the Sacraments do imprint a Cha∣racter or marke in the soule of the receiuer. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that there are seauen Sacraments. SECTION. 3.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the Sa∣cramentes are to be administred with the signe of the Crosse. SECTION. 4.
• Concerning Baptisme. CHAPTER. 6.
  • S. Austin teacheth that Baptisme taketh away al sinnes, both origi∣nal and actual. SECTION. 1.
  • S. Austin teacheth that concupisence remaning after Baptisme is not sinne. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that children dying vnbaptised are not saued. SECTION. 3.
  • S. Austin teacheth sundry ceremo∣nies of Baptisme now vsed in the Roman Church. SECTION. 4.
• Concerning the Sacrament of Con∣firmation. CHAPTER. 7.
• Concerning the real presence, or Sa∣crament of the Eucharist. CHAPTER. 8.
  • S. Austin teacheth the real presence of Christes body and bloud in the Sacrament of the Eucharist. SECTION. 1.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the very wicked do truly receiue the body of Christ. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that great care is to be vsed lest any part of the Sa∣crament do fal vpon the ground: And that it is to be receiued fasting; Besides which, he also teacheth and al∣loweth the vse of ho∣ly bread now vsed by Catholikes. SECTION. 3.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the Sacra∣ment of the Eucharist is to be ado∣red: and other Fathers teach that it is to be inuocated; and that Angels are present in time of the sacrifice. SECTION. 4.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the Eucha∣rist is a true and proper sacrifice, and that it is propiciatory euen for the deade; And that it was offered vpon Altars consecrated with oyle, and the signe of the Crosse. SETION. 5.
• Concerning the Sacrament of penance: wherin auricular confession to Preistes, imposed penance, and dayes of pardon are taught by S. Austin, and other Fathers. CHAPTER. 9.
• Concerning the Sacrament of Ex∣treme vnction; wherin is proued the same to be a Sacrament: And vsed in the Primitiue Church. CHAPTER. 10.
• Concerning the Sacrament of Orders: wherein S. Austin teacheth that they are properly a Sacrament, geuen only by a Bishop, who haith authority to excom∣municate euē the dead: and that Preistes may not marry, or be one that was Bigamus. CHAPTER. 11.
• Concerning the Sacrament of Matri∣monie taught by S. Austin: And that the innocent party vpon Adultery may not marry an∣other; and of the Preistes blessing after mar∣riage. CHAPTER. 12.
• Concerning free wil, Iustification, merit of workes, workes of supero∣gation, & the difference of mor∣tal and venial sinnes. CHAPTER. 13.
  • S. Austin teacheth that man haith free wil. SECTION. 1.
  • S. Austin techeth that our iustificati∣on consisteth not onely in remission of sinnes, or not imputation ther∣of, but likewise in good wo∣kes: and that the same once had may be lost. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that good workes do merit; and that there are wor∣kes of supererrogation. SECTION. 3.
  • S. Austin teacheth that mortal and venial sinnes do differ of their owne natures. SECTION. 4.
• Concerning prayer for the dead, Pur∣gatory, material fire in hel, Lymbus Patrum, inuocatiō of Sainctes, their worship, and Images. CHAPTER. 14.
  • S. Austin teacheth that it is lawful and godly to pray for the dead; & that there is a place of Purga∣tory after this life. SECTION. I.
  • S. Austin teacheth local hel, and material fire therin: As also Lim∣bus Patrum, or Christes de∣scending into hel. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that Sainctes are to be inuocated, and worshiped: As also their reliques to be reuerenced. SECTION. 3.
  • S. Austin teacheth that it is lawful to vse and worship the Images of Christ and his Sainctes. SECTION. 4.
• Concerning Christian fastes, as absti∣nence from certaine meates vpon certaine dayes: As also concer∣ning vowed chastity and mo∣nastical life. CHAPTER. 15.
  • S, Austin teacheth that prescribed dayes of fasting, and abstinence from certaine meates are law∣ful. SETION, 1.
  • S. Austin teacheth that the vow of chastity is lawful. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that it is lawful to vow the state of monastical or religious life. SECTION. 3.
• Concerning Antichrist, vsury, and permission of stewes. CHAPTER. 16.
  • Concerning Antichrist his comming at the end of the world: And of Enoch, and Elias, their com∣ming as then to resist him. SECTION. 1
  • S. Austin teacheth vsury to be vn∣lawful. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin teacheth that stewes may be permitted for the auoyding of greater euil. SECTION. 3.
• Concerning Ceremonies. CHAPTER. 17.
  • S. Austin teacheth sundry holy cere∣monies now vsed in the Catholicke Church in the administration of the Sacraments. SECTION. 1.
  • S. Austin teacheth sundry Ceremo∣nies concerning prayer now vsed in the Roman Church. SECTION. 2.
• Concerning miracles reported by S. Austin, and making in further proofe and confirmation of our Catholicke religion by him formerly taught. CHAPTER. 18.
  • S. Austin reporteth seueral miracles in proofe of inuocation of Sainctes. SECTION. 1.
  • S. Austin reporteth seueral miracles in proofe of the honouring of Saictes reliques. SECTION. 2.
  • S. Austin reporteth some miracles in proofe of the signe of the Crosse: And of pilgrimage to the holy land. SECTION. 3.
  • S. Austin reporteth certaine miracles in proofe of the sacrifice of Christes body; of Altars, and of penetra∣tion of bodies. SECTION. 4.
  • S. Austin reporteth some miracles to be wrought by holy Oyle. SECTION. 5.
  • A further confirmation of these fore∣said miracles reported by S. Au∣stin in proofe of our Catholicke religion. SECTION. 6.
• Concerning such sayinges of S. Austin as are vsually obiected by our ad∣uersaries against his former Ca∣tholicke doctrines, confessed for such by Protestantes, and confirmed by mi∣racles. CHAPTER. 19.
  • Such places are answeared, as are vrged against the Canonical Scrip∣tures: against Traditions, and the authority of Councels. SECTION. 1.
  • Such places are answeared, as are obiected from S. Austin against Baptisme by women in case of necessity: And against the real presence. SECTION. 2.
  • Such places are answeared, as are vrged from S. Austin against in∣uocation of Sainctes, Images, and reliques. SECTION. 3.
  • Such places are answeared as are vrged from S. Austin against Purgatory. SECTION. 4.
  • Such places are answeared, as are v∣ged from S. Austin against iusti∣fication by workes, freewil, and merit of workes. SECTION. 5.
  • Such places are answeared as are ob∣iected from S. Austin concerning vowes, miracles, and Ceremo∣nies. SECTION. 6.
  • A further answeare ingeneral to al such obiections as are vrged from S. Austin, or others of the Fa∣thers. SECTION. 7.
• Concerning the doctrine and religia of the other Fathers in general, and also of those who liued in the age of S. Austin: And that it was the same with the doctrine▪ & religiō here formerly taught by S. Austin, and at this day taught by the Ca∣tholicke Roman Church. CHAPTER. 20.
  • The Fathers in general & who liued in the age of S. Austin confessedly taught the same doctrine with him cōcerning Christ being our medi∣ator only according to his huma¦nity; concerning the sacred Scriptures. & traditions. SECTION. 1.
  • The Fathers in general are confessed to teach the Primacy Ecclesiastical of of Peter, and the Bishops of Rome: As also to deny supreme Ecclesi∣astical gouernment to temporal Princes; and that the Pope is not Antichrist. SECTION. 2.
  • The Fathers in general are confessed to teach our Catholicke doctrines con∣cerning the Sacrament of Bap∣tisme. SECTION. 3.
  • The Fathers ingeneral are confessed for our Catholicke doctrines concer∣ning the Sacraments of Confir∣mation, Orders, and Ex∣treme vnction. SECTION. 4.
  • The Fathers in general are confessed for our Catholicke doctrines concer∣ning Confession, satisfaction & pardons. SECTION. 5.
  • The Fathers in general are confessed for our Cathlicke doctrines concer∣ning real presence, the reserua∣tion of the Sacrament and re∣ceiuing fasting, and chast. SECTION. 6.
  • The Fathers in general are confessed concerning our Catholicke doctrines of the sacrifice of Christes body & bloud in the Eucharist: As also that the same was propitiatory euen for the soules departed; & of mingling water with wine in the Chalice; and of Altars. SECTION. 7.
  • The Fathers ingeneral are confessed for our Catholicke doctrines con∣cerning prayer for the deade, Purgatory and Limbus Pa∣trum. SECTION. 8.
  • The Fathers in general are confessed for our Catholicke doctrines of inuo∣cation of Sainctes, of our reuerent vse of Images, reliques, and the Crosse. SECTION. 9.
  • The Fathers in general are confessed for our Catholicke doctrines con∣cerning freewil, and merit of workes. SECTION. 10.
  • The Fathers ingeneral are confessed for our Catholicke doctrines con∣cerning vowes, the single life of Preistes, Monachisme, pre∣scribed fastes, and Cere∣monies. SECTION. 11.
  • The Fathers ingeneral are confessed by Protestants not onely for parti∣cular pointes of faith, but ioyntly at once for many or most of them together. SECTION. 12.
  • That the Fathers who liued next be∣fore and after the times of S. Au∣stin agreed with him in the Ca∣tholicke Roman faith. SECTION. 13.
• The conclusion of the whole booke.
• table of contents
• A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL POINTES contained in this booke.