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A19566	A confutatio[n] of vnwritte[n] verities both bi the holye scriptures and moste auncient autors, and also probable arguments, and pithy reasons, with plaine aunswers to al (or at the least) to the moste part and strongest argumentes, which the aduersaries of gods truth, either haue, or can bryng forth for the profe and defence of the same vnwritten vanities, verities as they would haue them called: made up by Thomas Cranmer ... translated and set forth, by E.P. The contentes whereof, thou shalte find in the next side folowinge.	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; E. P., fl. 1556.	1556 (1556)	STC 5996; ESTC S109030	77,248	224

also as thou haste knowen the holy scriptures of a chylde which are able to make the learned vnto saluacion throughe the fayth which is in Chryste Iesu. For al scripture geuen by inspiracion of God is profitable to teache to improue to amende to instructe in righteousnesse that the man of god may be perfecte prepared to all good workes If any man speake let hym speake as the wordes of god If any man come vnto you and bryng not thys learning receaue hym not into your house neither bid him God spede For he that byddeth hym God spede is partaker of hys euyll dedes If any man shall adde vnto these thynges god shall adde vnto hym the plages that are wrytten in this booke And if any man shall minishe of the wordes of thys prophesye God shall take awaye his part out of the boke of lyfe and out of the holy citie and froÌ„ those thynges whiche are written in thys boke Â¶ That the writinges of the olde fathers without the written woorde of god are not able to proue anye doctryne in religion Â¶ The .ii. Chapter IReneus libro .ii. Cap. 46. To leâ—Ì„e to the scriptures of god whych is the certayne and vndouted trueth is to buylde a mans house vpoÌ„ a suer and stronge rock But to leaue that and leaue to ani other doctrins what so euer they be is to builde a curious house vpon the â—hatteringe grauell whereof the ouerthrowe is easye IDem in Epistola .72 Happy is he that soweth vpon the watâ—râ— where the Oxe and the Asse treadeth that is vpon that people whych onely foloweth the doctrine of both the testamentes and not vpon the vayne tradycions of men TErtulliane in the prescryptioÌ„s of heretykes pa. 95. It is not lawfull for vs to fauoure any doctryne at oure pleasure nor yet to chose what any manne hath brought in of his owne mynde We haue the Apostles of the Lorde for oure authors whyche dyd not electe anye thynge that they woulde brynge in of their owne heades but taught faythfullye to all nacyons that doctryne that they had receaued of Chryste Therefore althoughe an Aungell from heauen shoulde preache any other thynge lette vs holde hym accursed ANd a litle after he sayeth We nede to vse no curiositie after Iesus Chryste nor make further searche after the gospell for wheÌ„ we beleue we desier to beleue no more For first we beleue this that there is nothyng els that we ought to beleue IDem of the fleshe of Chryst pa. 20. agaynst Apelles whyche saied that the Angels had a bodely substancâ— which thei toke of the â—â—â—tres Tertallian answereth that there is no certenty in thys matter because the scripture declareth it not THe sae to Praxeas Let thys be a generall rule indifferently determyned before hande agaynst all heresyes that that is true what so euer is first that to bee forged what soeuer coÌ„meth after pa. 418. ORigen in his first homily vpon Ieremy Vle must nedes cal the holye scriptures to wytnes for our iudgements and exposicious with out these witnesses are worthye no credite IDem vpon Leuiticus in his fyfte homilye If the holy scripture doe not determine any thing we ought not to admitte any other wrytyng for the stablyshinge of our doctryne but as for the rest let vs leaue it to god THe same vpon the thirde chapter to the Romanes After these as his custome is meanynge by sainct Paul he doth confirme that he had sayd by the scriptures geuing also an example to the preachers of the churche that those thynges whyche they speake to the people should be armed and mayntained by the holi scriptures and not spoken oute of theyr own iudgements For if he being such and so great an Apostle thoughte not the aucthorite of hys owne wordes to be sufficiente excepte be teache those thynges which he saieth to be wrytten in the law and the prophets hoâ— much more ought we litle ones to take heade that when we teache we vtter not our own mindes but the sentences of the holy gost THe same vpon Mathew in his 26. homily no man ought for the stablyshing of doctryne to vse any bokes that be withoute the canonicall scriptures CIprian in the exposicion of the Crede after that he hath rehearsed the canonical bokes of the Bible he sayeth These be they whiche oure fathers haue included within the Canon out of the whyche our fathers woulde the doctryne of our fayth to be certaine neuertheles there be other bokes which of our elders were not called canonycall but Ecclesiastical as the boke of wisdoÌ„e the bokes of Sirach Tobie Iudyth Machabees and other All whyche bokes they would haue to be redde in thâ— churche but not alleged as of aucthoritie to confirme any article of our fayth Al other writinges thei called Apâ—crypha whiche they would in no wyse to be redde in the churche AThanasius against the gentyles The holy Scriptures being in spired from god are sufficiente to all instruction of the trueth BAsilius in his boke of Ethikes of his short definitions the. 26. Euery worde and dede that maketh for the certentye and suertye of good men and the confusion of them that be euill must be confirmed by the testimony of Goddes scriptures And those thinges which either in our nature or in the custome and maner of our life are manifestly knowen must we vse to confirme those thynges which we doe and say THe same in his short definitioÌ„s the first questioÌ„ Whether it bee lawful or expedient for a man to permit himselfe to do what he thinketh good without the testimonie of the holy scriptures â–ª ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ aunswere Seyng that our sauiour sayth of the holy gost he shall not speake of hymselfe but what soeuer he hath heard that shall he speake And of himself he sayeth the sonne can dooe nothynge of himselfe And agayne I haue not spoken of my selfe but he whiche sent me gaue me commaundemente what I shoulde say and what I shold speake and I knowe that hys commaundemente is eternall lyfe therefore those thynges that I speake I speake as the father sayd vnto me who is he then that wil runne into suche madnesse that he dare once thynke onelye anye thyng of himselfe seeing that he hath nede of the holy ghoste for his ayde so that both in mynde word and worke he may be gided in the way of trueth and that he must nedes walke in darknes excepte he bee lightened with the sonne of righteousnes oure lorde Iesus Chryste whiche shineth vpon vs with hys coÌ„maundementes as with bright beames For the commaundement of the lorde is cleare and geueth lyght to the eyes For of those thinges that are done and commonly vsed among vs some are by gods commauÌ„dement determined and playnlye set forth in the holyscriptures and some not expressed Of those that be expressed by the scriptures there is vtterlye no power geuen to any man what so euer

and delyuered to vs all thynges also which we see and delyuer to our posterite whiche dooe appertayne to getting and maintaining of true relygion the scripture of god did not passe with silence AGayne to the brethren in the wildernes Reade the holy scripture wherin ye shal finde fulli what is to be folowed and what to be auoyded THe same of nature and grace lib. 1. Cap. 61. I owe my consente to the Canonicall scryptures wythout any refusal THe same vpon Iohn .49 treatyse Cap. 11. Not all thynges that the Lorde Iesus dyd are writteÌ„ as the same Euangelist witnesseth for the lord both did and saied many thinges that are not wrytten but thynges were chosen oute to bee written whiche semed sufficiente for the saluacion of the beleuers THe same againste Faustus the 23. lib. ca. 9. That whych Faustê° putteth forth vpoÌ„ the byrth of mary that she had a certayne priest to her father of the tribe of Leuye named Ioachim because it is not canonicall it doeth not binde me THe same of Baptisme againste the Anabaptistes li. 2. cap. 6. Let vs not bryng deceytfull balances wherin we may weighe what we wil after our owne pleasure saying this is heuy this is light but lette vs bring the diuine balances of the holy scriptures as of the treasurs of the lord and in it let vs weigh what is heuy yea let vs not weigh but rather acknowledge the things that arâ— weighed of the lord AGayne vpon Iohn the .46 treates Sitting vpoÌ„ the chaier of Moses they teache the lawe of god therfore god teacheth by them But if they wil teach their own hear theÌ„ not do not after theÌ„ for truli such men searche their own but not these thinges which are of Iesus Chryste AGayne in the .3 lib of the Christen doctrine Cap. Vlt. Howe much lesse the aboundaunce of golde siluer and clothynge whyche that people brought with them for the of Egipt is in comparison of the riches whiche afterwarde they had at Hierusalem whiche aboue all other was shewed in kyng Salomon so let al knowledge which is in dede profytably gathered out of the bokes of the Gentils be such if it be compared to the knowledge of gods scripturs For what soeuer man learneth without them if it bee euil there it is condemned if it be profitable there it is fouÌ„d And seinge then euerye manne shall fynde all thynges there whiche he hath profytably learned other where much more aboundantly shal he find those thinges there whiche canne no where at all els be learned but onely in the meruelous depâ—es and wonderfull humilite of those scriptures THe same in his boke of nature and Grace the 61. Cap. We may lawefully sometyme dissente from other learnynge but to the Catholyke learnyng euery man must geue place euery man must subscribe whether he be laye mannne Priest King or Emperour THe same in his .2 lib. of the Christian doctriÌ„e the .9 Cap. After that he hath nombered the Canonicall bookes he sayeth thus In al these bokes they that feare god and are tamed through godlynes do search the wil of god The first note of which laboure and trauayle as we sayd is to knowe these bokes and if as yet we caÌ„ not vnderstande them yet lette vs by readyng get them in memory or not to bee altogether ignoraunt in them Further more those thinges whiche be plainly contayned therein whether they be preceptes of lyuyng or els of beleuinge are earnestly and diligentely to be searched whiche howe many the more euery man fyndeth so much the more is he apte in his vnderstandyng In these therfore whych are euydently contayned in the scripture are founde all thynges whyche contayne fayth maners of liuinge hope and loue THe same of the vnite of the church .3 cap. Let vs not hear I say thou sayest but lette vs heare thus sayeth the Lorde There are out of doubte the Lordes bokes to the aucthoritie whereof we both consent we both beleue we both serue Let vs search the church there let vs discusse our cause there AGaine in his seconde booke of Baptisme againste the Donatists the .3 Ca. Who is he that knoweth not that the scripture canonical is so contayned within his certaine bondes of the newe and olde testament and is so to bee preferred aboue al latter wrytynges of Byshops that a man mai not at al either doubt or dispute of it whether any thynge be true or right that he is suer is written in it but the leters of al other Bishops whiche are or shalbe hereafter written besides the Canonicall scryptures already confirmed may be reproued eyther by more graue aucthoritie of other Bishops or learned meÌ„ and by the wordes of euery man that is better sene in the matter AGaine in his seconde booke of the merites and forgeuenesse of synnes ca. Vlt. tom 7. Where disputacion is had of a doubtful matter if the certayne and cleare doctriÌ„e of the scriptures of god do not help iâ— mans reason ought to staye it selfe no thing leaniÌ„g to eyther part For thogh I know not how to expresse eueri one of these thiÌ„gs yet I beleue suerli that the scriptures of god should be moste plaine herein if a man mighte not be ignoraunt herof wythout the losse of that saluacion that is promised hym AGaine in his boke of pastors He apoiÌ„ted the hilles of Israell the authors of the scrypturs of god fede there that you maye fede safely What so euer you hear out of that lette it sauoure well to you what so euer is besyds that refuse it leste you wander into cloudes Get you to the hilles of the Scriptures there bee the pleasures of your hartes there is no noysoÌ„e hurtful or venemous thinges no inconuenyente thynges there be most plentifull pastures AGaine of Christian doctryne 2. lib. Cap. 9. In these thyngs that be plainly set furth in the scriptures are founde all thynges that contayne fayth and maners of liuing that is to wit hope and charite Then after a certaine familiarite had wyth the speche of the scripture of god we must goe to expounde and discus those thinges that be darke that to geue lyghte to darke speaches examples may be taken out of the more playne places and some testymonies of places beyng certayne maye take a way the doute of the vncertayne sentences AGaine of the Christian doctriÌ„e the .3 lib. Cap. 26. Dark places are to be expounded by plainer places That is the surest way to expound one scripture by another AGayne to Vincente the Donatist Epistola .48 This kinde of learning speakynge of the olde wryters doinges is not to bee redde with necessitie of beliefe but with libertye of iudgemeÌ„t And after There that is in the holy scrypturs it is not lawfull to saye the author of this boke perceaued not the truth but eyther that the boke is false or the interpreter hath erred or thou vnderstaÌ„dest it

to sing any made coÌ„moÌ„ly vsed soÌ„gs in the church nor read ani boke beside the canoÌ„ but only the canonical bokes of the new old testameÌ„t those bokes which oughte to be red and receued for authoritie those bokes whiche be deuided froÌ„ the bokes called apocrypha in the gret bible Vnto the which S. CipriaÌ„ HieroÌ„ AusteÌ„ with all the old writers agre Â¶ But the .3 couÌ„cell of carthage added to these the bokes of wisdom Ecclesiasticus Tobie Iudith Hester the bokes of the Machabees vnto which latter couÌ„sel the papistes cleaue with toth nayle and ther vpoÌ„ stay their purgatory prayiÌ„ge to sainctes with diuerse other errors and heresies coÌ„trary to the elder better couÌ„sels Herby you may most easely perceiue how shamefully their general couÌ„sels haue erred as wel in the iudgemeÌ„t of the scriptures as also in necessary articles of our fayth good maners Yea the chefest and oldeste couÌ„sels be as Anacharsis said of the lawes made by Solon for the Atheniens like to cobwebbes wherin smal flies gnattes and Miges be takeÌ„ and deuoured of the spiders but greate hornettes and hoÌ„bellbees flie through and breake them without any daunger or hurt And generally there is no lawes regarded kepte or maintained amonge them but suche as make as they turne theÌ„ pro pane lucraÌ„do that is for their dignities immunites or libertes and prophetes Wherefore the words of our sauiour Christ maye be rightly veryfied of theÌ„ they laye heuy importable burtheÌ„s on other mens shoulders but wil not once moue theÌ„ with their fiÌ„ger For all their lawes be but nettes to take kyll the poore fishes and to fyl their own pauÌ„ches Â¶ That nothyng can be proued by oracles of Angels touchynge relygyon Â¶ The. iiii Chapter GEnesis .3 Sathan beyng chauÌ„ged into a serpeÌ„t disceaued our first parentes in them cast al mankynde hedlynge into damnacion REgum .3 Vlti I wil go furth and bee a lyinge spirite in the mouth of all his Prophetes Â¶ Reade the whole Chapter GAlat .1 Thoughe an angel from heauen preache any other gospell c. THe .2 to the. Cor. ca. 11. SathaÌ„ himselfe is chaunged into an Angell of lyghte COlossi .2 Let no man make you hote at a wronge marke by the humblenes and holynes of Angels THe same .4 Cap. The spirite speaketh euidently that in the latter tymes some shal depart from the fayth and shall geue hede vnto spirites of error and deuyllyshe doctrine IOhn .4 Beleue not euery spirite but proue the spirites whether they are of god or not ACtes .16 A certayne damsel possessed with a sprite that prophesied met vs which brought her master and mistres much vauÌ„tage wyth prophesieng The same folowed Paule and vs and cried saying these are the seruauntes of the moste high god whiche shewe vnto vs the waye of saluacyon And thys dyd she many dayes but Paul not content turned about and sayd to the spirite I commaunde thee in the name of Iesu Chryste that thou come out of her And he came out the same houre CIprian of the simplenes of prelates The enemye after the woordes of the Apostle chaungeth hymselfe into an Angell of lyght and setteth forth his seruauntes as ministers of righteousnes affirminge nyghte for daye death for health desperacion vnder the cooler of hope false fayth vnder the preteÌ„ce of faith Antichrist vnder the name of Chryst so that whyles they counterfete the like things thei make voide the truth with subtiltie Thys dearly beloued brethren commeth to passe by thys meanes that we resorte not to the original of the trueth nor seke the head Chryst nor kepe the doctrine of oure heauenly master CIprianus in his .4 treatesse of the vanite of Idols Filthie spirites wanderyng abroade beeiÌ„g drowned in worldly vicesâ— after they haue shronken from heauenly vertue through worldly corrupcyon beeynge them selfs destroyed cease not to destroye other and beyng infecte wyth euill infecte other wyth the same These inspire the hartes of the Prophetes euer lappyng vp lyes with the truth they trouble mens lyues dysquiet their slepes drawyng their meÌ„bers awry hurt their health prouoke diseases to force meÌ„ to worshipping of theÌ„ this is the remedy of them whaÌ„ they cease to hurt neither haue they any other study but to cal meÌ„ backe froÌ„ god and turne theÌ„ froÌ„ the perceauiÌ„g of true religioÌ„ to their superstitioÌ„ seyng they be in paine theÌ„ selfe to seke those to be companioÌ„s of their paine whom they haue made through their error partakers of their synne LActaÌ„tiê° institucionuÌ„ li. 2. ca. 15. corrupt daÌ„ned spirits strey ouer al the world seke for ease of their destruction thorough the destructyon of men They therefore fill al the worlde wyth snares fraudes and errours the whiche because they be fine spirits and can not be perceaued conueye themselues into mens bodyes and beyng secretlye hyd wythin the bodyâ— trouble health bryng sickenes fraie men with dreames vexe mens myndes with sweate that thorow these harmes they may force meÌ„ to runne to them for helpe The cause of all whych disceaâ—es is darke to theÌ„ that be ignoraunte in the trueth for they thynke they profyte whan they cease from hurtynge which can doe nothyng but hurt But they whych haue shrunken backe from godes seruice because they be enemyes and traÌ„sgressours of the trueth goe about to chalenge to themselues the name and honour of god not because they desier any honorâ— for what honour can the damned haue nor that they shold hurt god who cannot be hurt but to hurte men whom they goe aboute to draw away from the worshyppe and knowledge of gods true maiesty least they shoulde attayne immortalytye whyche they haue lost thorowe theyr own malice So they couer all wyth darknes and compasse the truth with claudes so that they can not knowe their lord nor their father And that they maye easely allure menne they hide themselues in the churches and are at hande in al sacrifices Yea many tims they work miracles through whiche men beyng astonyed do geue to Images the fayth of the godheade Here of it commeth that a stone was cut in sander with a rasure by a sorcerer and that Iuno of Veâ—a answered that she woulde goe to Rome that a shyppe folowed the hande of Claudia and that Iuno beyng robbed and Proserpina of LocreÌ„se and Ceres of Milet toke vengeaunce of those that had commytted sacriledge and Hercules of Appius and Iupiter of Atimus and Minerua of Cesar. Hereof also it commeth that a serpente delyuered the Citie of Rome from the pestileÌ„ce beyng brought from Epidaure But chefely they deceaue men in their oracles and answers whose Iuglynges vngodly men cannot discerne froÌ„ the trueth Therefore they thynke that Empiers and victories ryches and lucky chaunces of thinges are geuen of them and to bee shorte oft tymes common welthes to be deliuered froÌ„ present daungers at their beck which

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