Welchman on Article XXII: Of Purgatory

Concerning Purgatory] Purgatory, as the Romani/ts pre- tend, 1s a certain Place in Hell, in which after this Life those Souls are purged or cleansed, which were not fully purged from their Sins during this Life,

But see 1 John i. 7. If we walk in the Light, as He is in the Light, we have Fellowship one with another, and the Blood of Fesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all Sin, And Rev. xiv. 14. I heard a Voice from Heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord, from hence- forth : Yea, faith the Spirit, that they may rest from their Labours ; and their Works do follow them. grit diver See allo Clement of Alexandria. He who receives the Ev. c. 42. © Angel of Repentance here, shall not repent when he 7 120. leaves the Body; neither shall he be ashamed when he s fees his Saviour coming in Glory, with his Heavenly

« Host;

ve

—

of the Church of ENGLAND. * Host; neither shall he be afraid of the Fire of Hell.” —

$3

And St. Cyprian. © There is no Confession in Hell, neither igt. 55.

can there be any such Confession there.”

See also the Homily of Prayer, Part III. Seil ingfleet’s Idolatry of the Church of Rome, p. 189. Patrick’s Answer to the Touch-stone, Sect. 47. Prideaux’s Fasc. Contr. C. 4. Sect. 2. Q. 7. Jewel’s Det. Apol. Part II. C. 16. Div. 1. Field of the Church, p. 355, 751.

Pardons] Or Indulgences. 1 he Romanifts raise a Fund out of the superabundant Merits of Christ and the Saints, of which the Pope is the chief Manager; who applies to whomsoever he pleases, as much of these Merits as he thinks fit, for the Remission of such Punishments as remain to be inflicted after the Faults themselves are remitted, And this special Grace or Favour is called an Indulgence.

But see 1 John i. g. 1f we confess our Sins, He is faith- ful and just to forgive us our Sins, and to cleanse us from all Unrighteousness. And Clement of Alexandria.“ To repent,

“is to be truly sensible of our Sins past, and to beg Pardon a

uis dives * Cs 40.

« for them of the Father, who of all Beings is the only f- 105.

one that can undo those Things which are done, and who „only, by his Mercy, and by the Dew of his Spirit, can blot out our former Transgressions: In which, /aith he, if I find you, for them will I judge you.“

See allo Stillingfleet’s Idolatry of the Church of Rome, p. 478. Patrick’s Ans. to the Touch-stone, C. 16. Field of the Church, B. III. Append. C. 25.

Morsbippiug, &c.] The Worshippers of Images would

fain clear themselves from the Charge of Idolatry, by distin- guishing between an Image and an Idol, and between an Ab- solute and a Relative Worship. But in vain, For God hath forbidden us to pay any religious Worship to Images, Exod. XX. 4, 5» Thou shalt not make unto thee any grauen Image, or any Likeness of any Thing that is in Heaven above, or that is in the Earth beneath, or that is in the Water under the Earth : Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them. And whence comes it that Reliques are to be adored? The Saints themselves, while they lived upon Earth, rejected the Ado- ration which was offered to them, and that too with In- dignation; as appears from Ads x. 25, 2H. And as Peter uus coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his Feet,

and wor shipped him. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand

up; I myself also am a Man. Are the Reliques of the Saints

more holy than the Saints themselves ? Sce

n A $ OY * - 1

• Ul

54 NorTEes on the XXXIX Articles

: | See also Deut. xxvii. 15. Cursed is the Man that maketi>

1 any graven or molten Image; an Alomination to the Lord, the

• o Wark of the Hands of the Craftsman, and putteth it in a je-

. cret Place: And all the People shall answer and say, Amen.

„ nd 1 Fohnv. 21. Little Children, keep yourselves from Idols.

= men. |

b Tefitut. J. 2. See also Lafantius. It is not to be doubted, but that . e there is no Religion, where. ever there is an Image. For 1 1 e jf Religion relates to such Things as are Divine, and A» ce there is nothing of what is Divine but in Heavenly 3 * Things; then Images have nothing to do with Reli- _ « gion: Because there can be nothing of Heavenly in i * what is made out of earthly Things.” _ See also Stilling fleet’s Idolatry of the Church of Rome, 1 C. 1. Patrick’s Answer to the FTouchstone, Sect. 35, 49. of Homily against Idolatry. Fewe!‘s Reply, Art. 14. Bisson F 1 of Christian Subj. Part IV. p. 315.

— - o +a. Xx =

PIPER * 8

Religues] See 2 Kings xvii. 4. He removed the high Places,

• N — ps […] - — 0 r Ne, IIA gt err < * - = 4 . = — 4 ” _ 2 - bs e * + - 9 a *& ©. a 4 - „ : - — : P — P4 - 8 ” : + —— bs ” - 2 * i - C * 1 […] . 8 — - -

＋ kath. also the Declaration of the Church of Smyrna. Not Hip. J. 4. knowing, that neither can we ever leave Christ, who suf- * fered for the Salvation of all those who out of Mankind c were to be saved, neither can we worship any other. For - we adore Him as the Son of God; but we love the Mar- tyrs as we ought to love them, as being the Disciples and © Imitators of our Lord, and for the Sake of their un- shaken Affection to their King and Master.” Invocation of Saints] Since all Invacation is vain, where there is no Faith (see James 1. G. where we are commanded to ask in Faith) and since there can be no Faith, where F there is no Word of God to support it; it follows, that the 18 Invocation of Saints must be a vain Thing, as not being A founded upon any Word of God. Besides, since there is 3 one Mediator between God and Man, (1 Tim. ii. 5.) who Tod is able to save them to the uttermost, that come unto God by 9 Him, seeing he ever liveth to make Intercęssion for them (deb. 2 vii. 25.) he who betakes himself to the Mediation of Saints, affronts the true and only Mediator i Fesus. 3 See Psalm lxv. 2. O Thou that hearest Prayer, unto Thee n Ball all Flesh come. And Rev. xix. 10. I ul at his Feet to 1 worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it nat: 1 e „ am thy Fellow-servant : Worship God. — See also St. Origen, 14 e. If we are to hearken to any one of those, who have form- 2 10. ed

“ht | , * | and brake the Images, and cut doton the Groves, and brake in N Pieces the brazen Serpent which Moles had made : For unto 5 hose Days the Children of Israel did burn Incense to it. — See

of the Churob of ENGLAND.

ed particular Sets, which are famous among the Greeks or Barbarians; how much more should we believe in « Him, who is God over all? in Him who teaches us, that He only is to be worshipped? And to look upon other Things either as if they did not exist, or, if they do „ exist, as worthy indeed of Honour, but not of Adora- tion, and religious Worship ?”

See also Nowelli Catech. p. 105, &c. Prideaux’s Fasc. Contr. C. 4. Sect. 2. Q. 1. Patrick’s Answer to the Touch- stone, Sect. 33, 34. Stilling fleet’s Idol. C. 2. Homily of Prayer, Part II. Field of the Church, B. III. Ch. 20. and Append. Ch. 22. Abbot’s Answer to Bishop’s Epist. Sect. g.