Stapleton's Fortress Overthrown. a Rejoinder to Martiall's Reply. a Discovery of the Dangerous Rock of the Popish Church Commended by Sanders. - Parker Society

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1848 Excerpt: ... denying prayer to Saints, and giving honour to Reliques." For praying to Saints there is no mention in S. Hierom. The immoderate honouring of Reliques was justly reproved: and yet it was not then the one half of that it hath been since. Hieronym, although he rather rail than reason against Vigilantius, as Erasmus hath noted; yet he defendeth not the adoration or worshipping, but the reverent estimation of Reliques. Seventhly, "The Arians would not believe the consubstantiality of the same, the Son, because that word was not written in the Scripture. So do the Protestants deny many things upon the like pretence." This is a mere slander: for we stand upon the sense of the Scripture, and not the words only. Eighthly, Eusebius noteth it "for an heinous impiety in Novatus, that he was not consummate with Chrism, which the Protestants call greasing." Indeed, Cornelius Bishop of Rome reporteth, that Novatus was baptized in time of necessity, being very like to die: Jacens in lecto, pro necessitate, perfutfus sit: nec reliqua in eo quce Baptismum subsequi solent solemniter adimpleta sunt; nec signaculo Chrismatis consummatus sit: unde nec Spiritum Sanctum unquam potuerit promereri: " Lying in his bed, according to the necessity, he was baptized: neither were the other things that are wont to follow Baptism solemnly fulfilled; neither was he consummate with the seal of Chrism: whereby he could never obtain tho Holy Ghost." First I say, this is noted as no impiety in Novatus, but as a defect of necessity. Secondly, that the Chrism which Cornelius speaketh of was either a seal of the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost, which in some remained in the Church until that time; or else he magnifieth that ceremony intolerably, to deny the Holy Ghost to such as had it not;...