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A20920	Certayne letters, translated into English, being first written in Latine. Two, by the reverend and learned Mr. Francis Iunius, divinitie reader at Leyden in Holland. The other, by the exiled English Church, abiding for the present at Amsterdam in Holland. Together with the confession of faith prefixed: where vpon the said letters were first written	Junius, Franciscus, 1545-1602.; R. G., fl. 1602.; Junius, Franciscus, 1545-1602. Christian letter.; Johnson, Francis, 1562-1618.; Ainsworth, Henry, 1571-1622?	1602 (1602)	STC 7298; ESTC S105409	64,792	60

never allowed and which never entred in to his hart yea which he hath so severely for bydden with fearefull judgements threatned vnto all hat shall so do But because we have bene very grievously slādred in our owne nation and the bruit thereoff hath followed vs vnto this land wherby we have bene hardly deemed of by many without cause we have bene forced at length to publysh this briefe but true confession of our fayth for the cleering of our selves from sclander and satisfying of many who desyred to knowe the thinges we hold Wherein if in any thinge we erre as who is so perfit that he erreth not we reade good reader thy Christian brotherly censure and information promysing alwayes through the grace of God to yeild vnto the truth when it shall be further shewed vs and leave our errors when by the light of his word they shal be reproved In lyke manner it shall be thy part and duty to acknowledge and submytt vnto the truth by whome soever it is professed looking allwayes rather to the preciousnes of the treasure it self then to the basenes of the vessells which conteyne it or the infirmities of those that witnes the same in whose mortall bodyes thow shalt see nothing but the markes and dyeing of our lord Ihesus Christ But hold not thy fayth in respect of mens persons neyther be thow moved at the evyl reports wich have bene raised of vs Here hast thow the trewe summe of our Christian fayth try all thinges by the true light of Gods word and if thou shalt reape and profit by these our labours gyve God the glory and remember vs vnto him in thy prayers Farewell in Christ Iesus 1596. THE CONFESSION OF FAITH OF CERTAINE ENGLISH PEOPLE IN THE LOW COvNTREYES EXILED We● beleeue with the heart confes with the mouth THat there is but one God one Christ one Spirit one Church one truth one Faith one true Religion one rule of godlines and obedience for all Christians in all places at all tymes to be observed 2 God is a Spirit whose beeing is of himself and giveth beeing moving and preservation to all other thing● beeing himself eternal most holy every way infinit● in greatnes wisdome power goodnes iustice truth etc. In this Godhead there be three distinct persons coeternall coequall and coessentiall beeing every one of them one and the same God and therefore not divided but distinguished one from another by theyr severall and peculiar propertie The Father of whom are the other persons but he of none the Sonne begotten of the Father from everlasting the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne before all beginnings 3 God hath decreed in himself from everlasting touching all things and the very least circumstances of every thing effectually to work and dispose them according to the counsell of his owne will to the glory of his name And touching his cheefest creatures GOD hath in Christ before the foundation of the world according to the good pleasure of his will foreordeyned some ●en and Angels to eternall lyfe to be accomplished through Iesus Christ to the ● prayse of the glorie of his grace 〈◊〉 hath also of al● according to his iust purpose foreappointed other both ●●xes● and ui●● to eternall condemnation to be accomplished through their owne corruptiō and desert to the praise of his iustice In the beginning God made al things of nothing veri good and created 〈◊〉 after his owne image and liknes in righteousnes ād holines of truth But streight ways after by the subtiltrie of the serpēt which Sathan vsed as his instrument himself with his Angels having sinned before and not kept their first esstate but left their owne habitation first Eva then Adam being seduced did wittingly and willingly fall into disobedience and trāsgressiō of the co●mnaund●●●nt of God For the which death came vpon all and reigneth over all pea euen over infants also which have not sinned after the like maner of the trangression of Adam that is actually Hence also it is that all since the fall of Adam are begotten in his owne liknes after his image being conceyved and formed in iniquitie and so by nature children of wrath and servants of sinne and subiect to death and al other calamities due vnto sinne in this world and for ever 5 All mankind being thus fallen and become altogether dead in sinne and subiect to the eternall wrath of God both by originall and actuall corruption Yet the elect all and onely are redeemed quickned raysed vp and saved againe not of themselves neyther by works lest anie man should boast him self but wholly and only by GOD of his free grace and mercy through faith in Christ Iesus who of God is made vnto vs wisdome and rights a●s●es and sanctification and redemption that according as it is written Hee that resorceth may reio●ce in the Lord. 6 This therfort is lyfe eternall to know the only true God and whom hee hath sent into the world Iesus Christ And on the contrarie the Lord will render vengeance in ●laming fire vnto than that know not God and which over not the Gospell of our Lord Iesus Christ 7 How the rule of this ●nowledge faith and obediēc● concerning the worship ād service of God and all other christiā dinityes is not mens opinions devises lawes constitutions or traditions w●ritten whatsoeuer of men but onely the written word of God conteyned in the canonicall bookes of the old and new Testament 8 In this word Iesus Christ hath plainely reveled whatsoever his father thought needfull for vs to know beleeue and acknowledge as touching his person and Office in whom all the promises of God are yea and in whom they are Amen to the prayse of God through vs. 9 Touching his person the Lord Iesus of whom Moses and the Prophets wrote and whom the Apostl●s preached is the everlasting Sonne of God the father by eternall generation the brightnes of his glorie and the engrauē forthe of his Person coeffitiall co●qual and coeternall God with him and with the holy Ghost Ioy whō hee made the worlds vp whō hee vpholdeth and governeth all the works hee hath made Who also whē the fulnes of tyme was come was made man of a woman of the Tribe of Iudah of the seed of Dauid and Abraham to wyt of Mary that blessed Virgin by the holy Ghost comming vpon hir and the power of the most high ouershadowing hir and was also in al things lyke vnto vs sinne only excepted 10 Touching his Office Iesus Christ only i● made the Medi●tor of the new Testamēt even of the everlasting Couenant of grace betweē God mā to be per●●c●ly and fully the Prophet Priest and King of the Church of God for evermore 11 Vnto this office hee was from everlasting by the

sinfull state in idolatry blyndnes superstitiō and all manner wickednes without any professed repentance and without the meanes theroff namely the preaching off the word goeing before were by force and aucthority of lawe onely compelled and together receved into the bosome and body of the Churche their seed baptised themselves receved and compelled to the Lords supper had this ministery and servyce which now then use inioyned and set over them and eversynce they and their seed remayne in this estate being all but one body comonly called the Church of England Here are none exempted or excluded be they never soo prophane or wretched no athiest adulterer thiefe or murderer no lyer periured witche or coniurer and c. all are one fellowship one body one Churche Now let the law off God be looked into and there wil be found that such persones are not fit stones for the lordes spiritual howse no meete members for Christes glorious body None of yeres may be receved into the Churche without free professed fayth repētance and submission vnto the Gospell of Christ and his heavenly ordynances Neyther may any contynew there longer then they bring forth the fruytes off fayth walking as becometh the Gospell of Christ Christ Iesus hath called and severed his servants out of and from the world How then should this confused and mixed people be esteemed the orderly gathered true planted and right constituted Church of God Secondly as they have reteyned the whole rout of the popysh multitude without any distinction for members of their Churche so have they set over them as reason was the same popysh Clergie and Prelacy which they receved from the Romysh Apostasie and this day is to be found in the popysh Churches to wit● Archbs Primats Bbs Metropolitanes Suffraganes Archdeacōs Deanes Chauncellors Commissaries and the rest of that rable which rule and governe these assemblyes according to the popysh cannons rites and customes These have the power and aucthoritie in their hādes to set forth iniunctions to make and depose ministers to excomunicate both priest and people which they do very exquisitly if they yeld not vnto them their due homage and obedience These have both Ecclesiasticall and civill aucthoritie to reigne as Princes in the Churche and lyve as Lordes in the common wealth to punysh imprison and persecute evē to death all that dare but once mutter against their vnlaufull proceedinges Of these prelates tyranny cruelty and vnlawfull aurthoritie the better sort both of preachers and people have cryed out and longe tyme sued vnto the Prince and parliamēt to have them removed out of the Churche as being the lymmes of Antichrist But not prevayling they are now content for avoyding of the crosse of Christ to submitt them selves and their soules to this Antichristian Hierarchie and beare the sinfull yoke and burthen of their traditions and to receve and carry aboute the dreadfull and detestable marke of the beast vpon them Thirdly The inferiour ministery of that Churche consisteth of Priests Parsons Vicars Curats hired preachers or Lecturers with Clarkes Sextons c. all which have receved their offices callings and aucthoritie from their ●orenamed Lordes the Prelats to whome they have sworne their canonicall obedience and promysed to performe it with all reverence and submyssion Their office is to read over the servyce booke and Bps. Decrees thereby to worship God to marry to bury to church women to visit the sicke give him the Sacrament and forgyve him all his sinnes and if their lyvinges or benefices as they are called amount to a certeyne summe of money in the Queenes booke then must they preach or get some other to preach for them fower sermons in a yere in their parish where also must be noted that the most part of these Priestes are utterlye vnlearned and cannot preache at all wherby it cometh to passe that most of the people are as blynde as they were in the darke dayes of popery These ministers generally aswel preachers as other lyve in feare and servitude vnder their foresaid Lords the Bbs. for as without their lycence wrytten and sealed they cannot preach so vpon their displeasure and for not obeying their injunctions they are many tymes suspēded degraded and if they will not be ruled put in prison so that sundry of them have bene suspended and imprisoned for preaching against the Prelats not subscribing to their devised articles and booke of comon prayer not wearing the square capp and surplus not reading the service booke and be tyed to the same not coming to the Bishops courtes visitations inquisitions and c. tyll now of late being wearyed with these trobles they give place to their tyranny and are content to conforme themselves and yelde their canonicall obedience according to their oathe keeping now silence yea going back bearing and bolstering the thinges which heretofore by word and wryting they stoode against so longe as there was any hope that the Queene and Counsell would have harkened vnto them and put these adversary Prelats out of the Churche Fourthly for the administration which is by lawe imposed vpon all both Clergie and Laitie for so they distinguish them they have gathered their service booke verbatim out of the masse boo●● turning out of latine into englysh the Suffragies Prayers Letany Collects c. leaving on● some of the grosse pointes therin keeping still the old fashyon of Psalmes Chapters Pistles Gospells versicles respondes also Te Deum Be●edictus Magnificat Nunc dimittis Our Father Lord have mercy vpon vs The Lord be with you O Lord open t●ow my lyps Glory to God on high Lyft vp your harts O come let vs rejoyce Glory be to the Father Quicunque vult c. These doe they read dayly morning and evening all the yere longe in their priestly vestures Surplus cope and c. some they saye and some they singe having in their Cathedrall Churches the Organs Queristers singing men and boyes as in tymes past in popery Many popysh errors yet remayne in that booke which their owne preachers have noted and found fault with There are they prescribed what prayers to read over the dead over the corne and grasse some tyme in the yere By it are they inioyned to keepe their holy dayes to their Lady as they call her to all Saincts and Angells to all Christes Apostells except Paul and Barnabas whose eves they are commaunded to fast as also their Lent and Ember dayes besydes frydayes and satardayes through out the whole yere By this booke are the ministers instructed how to marry with the signe of the Ringe and c. to baptise in the hallowed Font with signe of the crosse with Godfathers and Godmothers asking the childe whether it will forsake the devyll and all his workes and c. to minister also their other sacrament or communion to the people kneeling as when in popery they receved their maker the wordes of Christes institution altered and others in stead of them takē out