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A01236	A Christian confession of the late moste noble and mightie prince, Friderich of that name the third, Count Palatine by [ye] Rhein, one of the electours of the holy Empire, and Duke in Bauire: wherein constantlie and meekelie he departed out of this world the 26. of October in the yere of our Lord God 1576. Taken word for word out of his last will and testament. Whereunto is added the Lantgraue his answere to the French King; Proclamations. 1620-07-01	Friedrich III, Elector Palatine, 1515-1576.; Johann Casimir, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, 1543-1592.; Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse, 1532-1592.	1577 (1577)	STC 11348; ESTC S116026	25,880	96

setting forth of the said trew and christian religion Euen as wee for our own persō as heretofore so notwithstanding minde to continue by the said knowen and cōfessed trueth through the grace of the most highest vntill our last ende And so first and in generall wee confesse with an vnfained assured heart that we stedfastly beleeue whatsoeuer is reuealed contained taught witnessed and grounded in the holye propheticall and apostolicall scripture and doctrine in the righte trewe christian and vncorrupted vnderstanding and meaning of the same in such sorte as the churche in the time of the Apostles did comprehende the principall poyntes of christian doctrine in our christian creede commonly called Symbolum apostolorum and as afterwarde in the confession of the counsel of Nice and Athanasius the former apostolicall faithe was truly expounded and declared This is the chiefe foundation wherevpon we and all other true beleeuers in Christe which eyther haue bene before vs presently are or shall come hereafter ought to build our faith And through this we also hope to bee saued according to the saying of Athanasius in his Symbolo whosoeuer wil be saued must before al things holde the true christian faith And seeing the confession and declaration of the christian faith which in our time and namely in the yeere of our lorde god 1530. was openly presented at Augusta to the Emperour Charles of that name the fifte with the apologie thereto annexed was gathered out of the saide propheticall and apostolicall doctrine aboue named creedes or confessions as a summarie of them as the time then suffred and therevpon grounded thēselues as vpō the chiefest and vnfalliblest foundation the onely certaine and stedfaste line whereby they ought to bee directed For this cause wee also syth the time that wee came to the knowledge of Gods trueth haue receiued and allowed the same with other Electors and Princes beeing addicted thereto wee also for the mainetenaunce of Christian vnitye and peace in the righte and true vnderstanding and meaning of the same and with this declaration did set our hande Seale thereto And according to this commaunded the preachers and teachers to instructe in our landes and dominions as wee yet also confesse and acknowledge the same both of the saide confession and of al other writings that are agreeing and conformable with the godlie prophetical apostolical scriptures As wee especially take the cathechisme which wee heretofore haue caused to bee printed and published and also the booke of the reformation and orders of our churches wherein all the questions of christian doctrine are distinctlye orderlye and intelligiblye conteyned and also in some parte more amplye explaned But for the more declaration of our minde and meaning and to the intent our deare children the whole posteritye and euerye particular personne maye as it were in a briefe summe or collection vnderstande what wee particularlye beleeue and holde in all and euerye of the articles of the christian faithe and no man after our deathe maye defame vs with anye erronious opinions and sectes as it is the custome and propertye of manie vnquiet persons in these dayes of the euill worlde and for the satisfying of them which vnderstande and interprete the said confession of Augusta and the Apologye thereof in some poyntes after another sense and meaning then the letter and true vnderstanding can beare following the direction of Goddes worde whereto it referreth it self as to the chiefest foundation wee beleeue holde and confesse from the bottome of our heart the articles of our olde trew and knowen Christiā faith in maner as foloweth I Beleeue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth and in Iesu Christ his onely Sonne our lord who was conceiued by the holye Ghost borne of the virgin Marye suffred passion vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead buried and descended into hell He rose againe the third daye from death he ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie from thence hee will come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holie Ghost the holy church vniuersall the communion of Saints the forgiuenes of sinnes the rising againe of the bodies and life euerlasting That is We beleeue and confesse that the eternal father of our lord Iesus Christ made heauen and earth and all that therein is of nothing and also yet conserueth and gouerneth the same by his eternall wisedome and prouidence And that not for our own desertes or worthinesse but of meere grace and mercie and according to his godly prouidence for his onely begotten and deare sonne Christ Iesus sake he also is our God and Father vppon whome we haue so set and reposed our confidence that we dout not but that he will prouide for vs all thinges necessarie for our bodies and soules hereafter euē as he hath done heretofore And as hitherto he hath turned to our best and profite all such euils as the deuil and the world haue attempted against vs euen so hereafter he wil be no lesse gracious and mercifull vnto vs seeing hee is able to do it as an almightie God wil also doe it as a louing Father Secondlye wee beleeue and confesse that Iesus Christe the sonne of the almightie God from the beginning begotten of the Father is one and the same GOD with the Father and the holye Ghost and at the time appointed as it was determined in the eternall wisedome of God was conceaued by the holie Ghoste in the wombe of the most pure and alwayes virgin Marye tooke vppon him our fleshe was borne into the world To this ende that hee beeing our King and highe Prieste for which cause he is called Christ might be our Mediatour and brother receiue vs to grace and as a true Iesus and Sauiour reconcile vs to his heauenlye Father We also beleeue that for that cause hee suffered a moste shamefull deathe vnder Pontius Pilate the Iudge to the intent he might redeeme and deliuer vs from euerlastinge death wherin we otherwise were and must haue perpetually remained and to deliuer and loss vs from the curse which by the sinne and fall of our first fathers Adam and Eue was rooted in all mankinde We beleeue also and confesse that this Lorde Iesus Christe being made an offering vppon the crosse is so puissant and strong that by the power and strength of the same through the working of the holy Ghost our olde man is with him crucified dead buried so as the euill concupiscenses of the flesh ought not anye more beare rule in vs but rather we should offer vp our selues vnto him as a sweete sacrifice of thankesgiuing We beleeue also that hee was buried and therefore vndoubtedly dead yea also that he descended into hell to the intent that in our greatest tentations we might assure our selues that our Lorde Iesus Christ by his vnspeakeable sorowes pangues and horrours which he also suffered in his soule both vpon the crosse

principally wee desire them as Christian and godlie Princes magistrates to whom the defence and propagatiō of Gods knowē veritie is by almightie God him selfe verie earnestly imposed and commanded as their chiefest and highest office that they would with all diligence haue a due regarde that the holy and blessed Gospell and the onely trueth of God which is infallible and shal not passe away but remaine for euer may be preached and taught vnto all their subiectes others appertaining vnto them according to the contentes of the Prophetical and Apostolical scriptures purely and vnfalsified that through the blessing of almightie God the same may be stil planted inherited and professed by their successours and posteritie to the intēt they may be partakers of the rich and gratious promise of our Lorde and Sauiour IESUS Christ saying Seeke first the kingdome of God and the righteousnes therof the rest shall fall or be giuen vnto you truely assuredly confirming strengthening them selues with the commandemēt comfort of almightie God which he gaue to his louing true seruant Iosua in these wordes Be strong and of a most valiant courage that thou maiest obserue do all things according to the law which Moyses my seruant hath commaunded thee Turne not from it neither to the right hand nor to the left that thou maiest prosper and proceade wisely in all that thou hast to do And let the booke of the Lawe neuer depart frō thy mouth but meditate vpō it day night that thou maiest do and obserue al thinges according as it is written therein Secondlie for as much as both nowe and alwayes it hath so come to passe that when Gods worde and holie Sacramentes haue bene in any place taught administred purelie clerely and without darkenes or falsehoode and almightie God by his blessed worde hath gathered vnto him a Churche that then immediatlie and forthwith the enemie of Christian faith the raging deuil partlie soweth his weedes amōg it and partly opposeth him self assaulteth it with his whole forces might goeth about by al meanes he can not only to ouerthrow quench it with his outward power but also by stirring vp of diuers diuisions cōtentions false erronious opinions which also in the time of our gouernmēt as is wel knowē vnto all men not without some daūger haue also happened vnto vs especially in the some vnquiet and contentious persons of mere ambition setled hatred whereas they could not publish a better booke of their owne went about and verie earnestly laboured to slaunder cauill the Cathechisme and booke of the orders and reformation of our Church which we caused to be published and to bring the same into suspicion by sondrie simple and well meaning people All which notwithstanding by the helpe and grace of almightie God whilest we suffered our selues not to be caried away frō the right line of Gods worde nor to be made afraide by any respect of outward power but truly and cōstantly follewed our office and calling in the end wonderfully contrarie to all mens expectation with great and apparant benefit both worldly eternall and many other blessings commodities which happened to our people which did at length submitte them selues obediently vnto the manifest trueth we outstoode ouercame them all and out of Gods worde haue stopped the mouthes of such as so opposed and set them selues against our said Christian Cathechisme booke of orders so as to our great comfort the eyes of many haue bene thereby opened and brought to the right vnderstanding of our true Christian religion and confession of pure doctrine We therefore praye admonish and warne our deare childrē also our Counsellours officers ministers subiectes especially our Vniuersitie and Church at Heydelberg that seeing the malice deceipt and subtiltie of the diuell and so the daūgers of true faithfull Christians are like euerie daye more and more to encrease and waxe greater They would in consideratiō of such imminent perils haue a more true diligent and earnest regarde thereto not onely to set forwarde this good worke as they minde to auoyde the heauie anger and displeasure of almightie GOD and his euerlasting and worldlie punishment vpon them and tender the saluation of them selues and their posteritie but also not suffer them selues to bee feared turned awaye or seduced from this knowen and confessed trothe for any contentions alreadie entered into the Churche feare of offending respectes of persones deceiptes and other subtilties of this vayne worlde but rather open their eyes awake take heede do their best endeuours that in such places of our dominions as gods trothe hath alreadie bene taught and receiued may there still and constantly be retained kept and increased And in case the same hitherto through any empechementes of the wicked diuell and other defaultes shall not haue bene perfectly in al places established knowen and rooted in our said subiectes that then in such place or places by the grace and meanes of almightie God Christ Iesus they would procure that the same may be broght in taught planted to the euerlasting and temporall profit and benefit of our said subiectes Especially for the third point we will pray our deare sonnes to beware take heede of all contentious vnquiet ministers in churches scholes which in these times go about to stirre vp in matters of faith religion sondrie euill cōtentions and strifes about words vsing vnprofitable condēnations censures against other Christian Churches Scholes which neuertheles agree in the principall foundation and chiefe articles of the Christian faith and repose the saluation of their soules vpon the onely Sauiour and redeemer Christ Iesus going about by ambition and peruerse zeale to bring in and erect a pretended iurisdiction of a holy Ghost and euē as in time of blasphemous Poperie seeking both to rule and haue dominion ouer the consciences of magistrates and subiectes and to constitute a newe supremacie whereby not onely diuisions and bitternes of mindes both in temporall and spirituall gouernementes haue followed to the ouerthrowe and ruine of them But also thereby occasion hath bene giuen to the Pope and his followers to persecute our true and Christian religion with fyre and sworde banishmentes and other paines and punishments and thereby to establish and confirme his own tyrannie the more As the more is the pitie manie examples partly already heretofore happened euen in our dayes in some Electours and Princes houses among other straunge nations our neighbours where the holie Gospell a long time hath had a swaye and partly of late tyme sprong vp might be produced to declare sufficiently what miserable diuisiōs calamities and misfortunes haue happened thereby where unto also al Christian magistrates Churches and scholes ought to beholde and looke vnto as in a glasse And therefore we would haue them as much as in them shall lie to beware of such daungerous vnquiet persones enemies of