{"number":18,"title":"Of obtaining eternall saluation onely by the name of Christ","part":null,"questions":[],"paragraphs":["18.1"],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"","answer":"They also are to be had accursed, that presume to say that euery man shall be saued by the Lawe, or sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of nature. For holy Scripture doth set out vnto vs onely the name of Iesus Christ, whereby men must be saued.","segments":[{"text":"They also are to be had accursed, that presume to say that euery man shall be saued by the Lawe, or sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of nature. For holy Scripture doth set out vnto vs onely the name of Iesus Christ, whereby men must be saued.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"The propositions.","segments":[{"text":"The propositions.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"","answer":"1. The profession of euery religion cannot saue a man, liue he neuer so virtuously.","segments":[{"text":"1. The profession of euery religion cannot saue a man, liue he neuer so virtuously.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"2. No man euer was, is, or shall be saued, but onely by the Name or faith of Iesus Christ.","segments":[{"text":"2. No man euer was, is, or shall be saued, but onely by the Name or faith of Iesus Christ.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"","answer":"1. Proposition. The profession of euery religion cannot saue a man, liue hee neuer so virtuously.","segments":[{"text":"1. Proposition. The profession of euery religion cannot saue a man, liue hee neuer so virtuously.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"","answer":"The proofe from the word of God.","segments":[{"text":"The proofe from the word of God.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"","answer":"This we cannot but acknowledge to be a truth if wee beleeue the Scriptures, for they testifie that Iewes, and Gentiles are all vnder sinn, culpable before God, and depriued of the glory of God.","segments":[{"text":"This we cannot but acknowledge to be a truth if wee beleeue the Scriptures, for they testifie that Iewes, and Gentiles are all vnder sinn, culpable before God, and depriued of the glory of God.","proofs":["Romans 3:9, 19, 23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:9, 19, 23","osis":["Rom.3.9","Rom.3.19","Rom.3.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"All men, that would be saued, must be borne againe of the holy Ghost.","segments":[{"text":"All men, that would be saued, must be borne againe of the holy Ghost.","proofs":["John 3:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 3:3","osis":["John.3.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"No man is iustified by the workes of the Lawe, either ceremoniall, or morall.","segments":[{"text":"No man is iustified by the workes of the Lawe,","proofs":["Galatians 3:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 3:16","osis":["Gal.3.16"]}],"note":null},{"text":"either ceremoniall,","proofs":["Acts 15:24, 28","Colossians 2:16, 20","Galatians 5:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 15:24, 28","osis":["Acts.15.24","Acts.15.28"]},{"printed":"Colossians 2:16, 20","osis":["Col.2.16","Col.2.20"]},{"printed":"Galatians 5:18","osis":["Gal.5.18"]}],"note":null},{"text":"or morall.","proofs":["Romans 3:20, 28","Ephesians 2:8–9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:20, 28","osis":["Rom.3.20","Rom.3.28"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 2:8–9","osis":["Eph.2.8-Eph.2.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"God hateth the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, and of Balaam.","segments":[{"text":"God hateth the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes,","proofs":["Revelation 2:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 2:15","osis":["Rev.2.15"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and of Balaam.","proofs":["Revelation 2:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 2:14","osis":["Rev.2.14"]}],"note":"Ibid. 14."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"The Reprobate, whose names are not written in the booke of the life of the Lambe, they doe worship the Beast.","segments":[{"text":"The Reprobate, whose names are not written in the booke of the life of the Lambe, they doe worship the Beast.","proofs":["Revelation 13:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 13:8","osis":["Rev.13.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Punishments eternall, and intolerable are threatned, both to the Beast, and the false prophet, and likewise to all such as will not goe out of Babylon, and to all Idolaters.","segments":[{"text":"Punishments eternall, and intolerable are threatned, both to the Beast, and the false prophet,","proofs":["Revelation 20:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 20:10","osis":["Rev.20.10"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and likewise to all such as will not goe out of Babylon,","proofs":["Revelation 18:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 18:4","osis":["Rev.18.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and to all Idolaters.","proofs":["Revelation 21:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 21:8","osis":["Rev.21.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"The confessions of Gods people are to this ende, and purpose.","segments":[{"text":"The confessions of Gods people are to this ende, and purpose.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Confess. Helv. 1. ar. 12. & 2. c. 12. Bohem. c. 6. Gal. ar. 22, 23. Belg. a. 22, 23. August. ar. 4.5.21. Wittemb. ar. 5.6. Suev. c. 3."}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"","answer":"Errors, & adversaries vnto this truth.","segments":[{"text":"Errors, & adversaries vnto this truth.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"","answer":"Then to be had accursed are they which affirme, that","segments":[{"text":"Then to be had accursed are they which affirme, that","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"This obseruation of the Iudaicall ceremonies is necessarie vnto saluation, as did the false apostles, the Ebionites, and the Cerinthians.","segments":[{"text":"This obseruation of the Iudaicall ceremonies is necessarie vnto saluation, as did the false apostles,","proofs":["Acts 15:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 15:1","osis":["Acts.15.1"]}],"note":null},{"text":"the Ebionites,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Iren. l. 1. c. 26."},{"text":"and the Cerinthians.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Philastrius."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Such throughout the world as lead an vpright life, and be morally righteous, whatsoeuer their religion is, shall be saued, as many of the Philosophers were in the opinion of the Valentinian and Basilidian heretikes, of Galeatus Martius, and Erasmus Roterodam.","segments":[{"text":"Such throughout the world as lead an vpright life, and be morally righteous, whatsoeuer their religion is, shall be saued, as many of the Philosophers were in the opinion of the Valentinian and Basilidian heretikes,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Clem. Alex. b. 2.4."},{"text":"of Galeatus Martius,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Paul. Iovius leg. doct. vir. p. 97."},{"text":"and Erasmus Roterodam.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Praef. sua Tuscul. quaest."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"That men externally may professe any religion, and notwithstanding be saued, if their affections, and hart be with the Familie of Loue.","segments":[{"text":"That men externally may professe any religion, and notwithstanding be saued, if their affections, and hart be with the Familie of Loue.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"H.N. praef. to his 3. Reform. § 2.6."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"That all those which liue vprightly and doe good deedes shall be of equall happines in the kingdome of heauen; be they Turkes, Christians, Iewes, or Moores. A Turkish error.","segments":[{"text":"That all those which liue vprightly and doe good deedes shall be of equall happines in the kingdome of heauen; be they Turkes, Christians, Iewes, or Moores. A Turkish error.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Pol. of the Turk. emp. c. 23. Lonicer. Turk. hist. tomo 1. l. 2. par. 2. cap. 12."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"That men may embrace, and follow the sect, and religion, which they haue most minde vnto, and so doing please God, & and shall be saued: the Lampatians doctrine.","segments":[{"text":"That men may embrace, and follow the sect, and religion, which they haue most minde vnto, and so doing please God, & and shall be saued: the Lampatians doctrine.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Damascene."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"That no sect euer erred, or were out of the way to heauen; a fancie of the Rhetorians.","segments":[{"text":"That no sect euer erred, or were out of the way to heauen; a fancie of the Rhetorians.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"D. August. ep. ad Quodvult."}],"items":[]}]}]},{"question":"","answer":"1. Proposition. No man euer was, is, or shalbe saued, but onely by the name or Faith of Iesus Christ.","segments":[{"text":"1. Proposition. No man euer was, is, or shalbe saued, but onely by the name or Faith of Iesus Christ.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"","answer":"The proofe from Gods word.","segments":[{"text":"The proofe from Gods word.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"","answer":"This wee cannot but acknowledge to be true, if also wee beleeue the scriptures, which say that","segments":[{"text":"This wee cannot but acknowledge to be true, if also wee beleeue the scriptures, which say that","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Among men there is giuen none other name vnder heauen, whereby wee must be saued.","segments":[{"text":"Among men there is giuen none other name vnder heauen, whereby wee must be saued.","proofs":["Acts 4:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 4:12","osis":["Acts.4.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Through (Iesus Christ) his name, all that beleeue in him, shall receiue remission of sinnes.","segments":[{"text":"Through (Iesus Christ) his name, all that beleeue in him, shall receiue remission of sinnes.","proofs":["Acts 10:43"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 10:43","osis":["Acts.10.43"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"In thee (viz. Christ Iesus) shall all the Gentiles be blessed.","segments":[{"text":"In thee (viz. Christ Iesus) shall all the Gentiles be blessed.","proofs":["Galatians 3:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 3:8","osis":["Gal.3.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"And this is the Faith, and confession of the reformed Churches.","segments":[{"text":"And this is the Faith, and confession of the reformed Churches.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Confess. Helv. 1. ar. 10.11. & 2. cap. 11.13. Basil. ar. 4. Bohem. cap. 4.10. Gal. ar. 13.16.17. Belg. ar. 17.20.21.22. Augustan. ar. 3. Saxon. ar. 3. Wittemb. c. 8. Suevica, ar. 9. § 2."}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"","answer":"The errors, and Adversaries vnto this truth.","segments":[{"text":"The errors, and Adversaries vnto this truth.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"","answer":"Many waies this truth very heretically is oppugned. For","segments":[{"text":"Many waies this truth very heretically is oppugned. For","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Some teach that wee are saued not by Christ, (but as the Valentinians said) by the labour of their hands, and by their owne good workes, (as Simon Magus boasted)▪ by his faire Helene, (as Matthew Hamant held) by other meanes, and that all persons which worshipped Christ, are abominable Idolaters, as Neuserus, and Siluanus beleeued by Mahomet, and therefore he reuolted from Christianitie vnto Turcisme.","segments":[{"text":"Some teach that wee are saued not by Christ, (but as the Valentinians said) by the labour of their hands, and by their owne good workes,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Iren. lib. 1."},{"text":"(as Simon Magus boasted)▪ by his faire Helene,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Iren."},{"text":"(as Matthew Hamant held) by other meanes, and that all persons which worshipped Christ, are abominable Idolaters,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Holinsh. chro. fol. 1299."},{"text":"as Neuserus, and Siluanus beleeued by Mahomet,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Beza resp. ad repetit. Io. And. Cal. p. 8."},{"text":"and therefore he reuolted from Christianitie vnto Turcisme.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Others confesse that wee are saued by the name of Christ, but either not by the right, and true Christ, for they said themselues, and euery of themselues were Christ, as in old time did Saturninus, Manes, Desider, Burdegal, and Eudo de Stella, and of late yeares, at Basil, Dauid George, and in England, first one Iohn Moore, and afterward William Hacket, the former was whipt for the same at Bethlehem in the second of Queene Elizabeth, the other hanged and quartered in Cheapside, An. 1591.","segments":[{"text":"Others confesse that wee are saued by the name of Christ, but either not by the right, and true Christ, for they said themselues, and euery of themselues were Christ, as in old time did Saturninus,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Epiphan."},{"text":"Manes,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Euseb. l. 7. c. 3i"},{"text":"Desider, Burdegal, and Eudo de Stella,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Genebr. chro. l. 3. p. 358.709."},{"text":"and of late yeares, at Basil, Dauid George,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Hist. David. Georgii."},{"text":"and in England, first one Iohn Moore,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Stow."},{"text":"and afterward William Hacket,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Conspir. for pretend. refor."},{"text":"the former was whipt for the same at Bethlehem in the second of Queene Elizabeth, the other hanged and quartered in Cheapside, An. 1591.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Or by the true Christ, but either distinguish betweene Iesus and Christ, saying Iesus was one man, and Christ another, as did the Marcionites.","segments":[{"text":"Or by the true Christ, but either distinguish betweene Iesus and Christ, saying Iesus was one man, and Christ another, as did the Marcionites.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Philaster."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Or say there be two Christs, one reuealed alreadie in the daies of Tiberius the Emperour, who came for the saluation of the Gentiles, another yet to come, for the redemption of the Iewes, so thought the same Marcionites, Nestorius held also there were two Christs, whereof one was very God, the other very man, borne of a woman.","segments":[{"text":"Or say there be two Christs, one reuealed alreadie in the daies of Tiberius the Emperour, who came for the saluation of the Gentiles, another yet to come, for the redemption of the Iewes, so thought the same Marcionites,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Tertul. l. 4. contr. Marc."},{"text":"Nestorius held also there were two Christs, whereof one was very God, the other very man, borne of a woman.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Vincen. Lir. adv. haereses."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Or publish, how none were saued by the true Christ til the 15. yeare of the foresaid Tiberius, an heresie of Manes, and his companie.","segments":[{"text":"Or publish, how none were saued by the true Christ til the 15. yeare of the foresaid Tiberius, an heresie of Manes, and his companie.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Epiphan."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Others besides (as the Familie of Loue) vnderstand all things written of Christ, allegorically, and not according to the letter of Gods word. For they teach that whatsoeuer is written of Christ, must in vs, and with us be fulfilled.","segments":[{"text":"Others besides (as the Familie of Loue) vnderstand all things written of Christ, allegorically, and not according to the letter of Gods word. For they teach that whatsoeuer is written of Christ, must in vs, and with us be fulfilled.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"H.N. proph. of the Spir. c. 7. § 3."}],"items":[]},{"question":"","answer":"Others haue thought, yea haue spoken blasphemously of the constant, and holy Martyrs, who for the name of Christ, gaue their liues in England in the raigne of Queene Mary, some saying: They were stark fooles, as did Christophet Vitel, a chiefe Elder in the Familie of Loue, others (as Westphalus, and Marbachius) that they were the Diuels martyrs.","segments":[{"text":"Others haue thought, yea haue spoken blasphemously of the constant, and holy Martyrs, who for the name of Christ, gaue their liues in England in the raigne of Queene Mary, some saying: They were stark fooles, as did Christophet Vitel, a chiefe Elder in the Familie of Loue,","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Ans. to the Fam. let. L. 3. a"},{"text":"others (as Westphalus, and Marbachius) that they were the Diuels martyrs.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":"Sturmius, antipap. 4. par. 3. p. 189."}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}