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A10958	The faith, doctrine, and religion, professed, & protected in the realme of England, and dominions of the same expressed in 39 articles, concordablie agreed vpon by the reuerend bishops, and clergie of this kingdome, at two seuerall meetings, or conuocations of theirs, in the yeares of our Lord, 1562, and 1604: the said articles analised into propositions, and the propositions prooued to be agreeable both to the written word of God, and to the extant confessions of all the neighbour churches, Christianlie reformed: the aduersaries also of note, and name, which from the apostles daies, and primitiue Church hetherto, haue crossed, or contradicted the said articles in generall, or any particle, or proposition arising from anie of them in particular, heereby are discouered, laid open, and so confuted. Perused, and by the lawfull authoritie of the Church of England, allowed to be publique.	Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616. English creede.	1607 (1607)	STC 21228; ESTC S116041	208,079	284

cloake their inueterate and rooted pertinacie howe the purpose if not doctrine of our Church is of late altered from that it was And therefore though they can be wel content to allowe of the old doctrine and auncient intention yet vnto the old doctrine and newe Intention of our Church they cannot subscribe might they either gaine much or loose whatsoeuer they haue thereby Besides this newe Intendement contrarie to the old purpose if not doctrine of our Church is become nowe the maine principall obstacle why they cannot subscribe vnto the booke of Cōmon prayer booke of Ordination as earst they some of them foure times haue done when aswell the Intention as Doctrine of our Church was pure and holy Lastly they seeme not obscurely to intimate vnto the State that were they sure or might bee assured that the purpose of our Church were the same which it was neither varied from the doctrine they would be prest and as readie euen foure if not fortie times moe to subscribe vnto the fore mentioned bookes of Common prayer and of Ordination as afore times they did when they were out of doubt the Intention of our Church was correspondent to her Doctrine that it was sound good I haue foure times subscribed saith a Brother to the booke of Common prayer with limitation reference of all things therein contained not vnto the purpose only or doctrine only but vnto the purpose doctrine of the church of England Yet cannot the same man with a good conscience so much as once more subscribe which formerly and that with a good consciēce had subscribed foure times His reasō is Because the purpose if not doctrine of our Church to which hee referred his subscriptiō appeareth to him by the late Canons booke of cōference some speeches of men in great place others to be varied somewhat from that which he before not without reason tooke it to be 35. The purpose of our Church is best knowne by the Doctrine which shee doth professe the Doctrine by the 39. Articles established by Act of Parliament the Articles by the words whereby they are expressed and other purpose then the publique Doctrine doth minister and other Doctrine then in the sayd Articles is contained our Church neither hath nor holdeth and other sense they cannot yeeld then their words doe impart The words be the same and none other then earst and first they were And therefore the sense the same the Articles the same the Doctrine the same and the purpose Intention of our Church still one the same If then her purpose be knowne by her Doctrine and Articles and their true sense by their very words needes must the purpose of our Church be the same because her Doctrine and Articles for number words sillables and letters euery way be the very same And so our Churches intention in her publique Doctrine and Articles reuealed being good at the first it is to still For her purpose continuing one the same cannot be ill at the last which was good and so beleeued and acknowledged euen by the Brothers subscription at the first or good in good Queene Elizabeths and ill in illustrious King Iames his daies 36. If the premisses sufficiently explane not the constancy of our Churches purpose in professing religion sincerely then cast we our eies vpon the Propositions which she publiquely maintaineth and if wee find them the same which euer they haue beene then neede wee not doubt the Brethren themselues being Iudges but the Articles againe their sense the Doctrine purpose and Intention of the Church of England the Propositions interpreting as it were the said Articles is the very same it euer was Now that the Propositions pregnantly and rightly gathered and arising from the articles be the same for substance vnaltered though vpon good considerations some fewe be added to the former and all of them approoued for true and Christian by the lawfull and publike allowance of our Church the booke here ensuing plainly wil declare and so demonstrate withall not the Doctrine onely but intention also of our Church to be the same and not changed and being vnchanged the bookes then of common prayer and of ordination too cōsidered in the purpose and intention of the Church of England and reduced to the Propositions as the Brethren would haue them be well allowed and authentically approoued and the said brethren with as good conscience nowe againe and afresh may subscribe vnto all the Articles euen concerning the Booke of common praier and of ordination aswell as of the Kings supremacie and of Religion as afore often and alwaies they did 37. Fot my selfe most reuerend Father in God what my thoughts be of the religion in this realme at this instant professed and of all these Articles if the premisses doe not that which here followeth will sufficiently demonstrate Twentie yea 22 yeares agoe voluntarily of mine owne accord and altogether vnconstrained I published my subscription vnto them my Faith is not either shaken or altered but what it then was it still is yeares haue made those haires of mine gray which weare not and time much reading and experience in theologicall conflicts and combates haue bettered a great deale but not altered one whit my iudgement I thanke God Nothing haue I denied nothing gainesaid which afore I deliuered Thē Propositiōs are and yet not many moe the method altered quotations added both for the satisfaction of some learned and iudicious freinds of mine requesting it at mine hands and for the benefit both of the common and vnlearned of the studious and learned Reader The whole worke expresseth aswell my detestation and renunciation of all adversaries and errors opposite crossing or contradicting the doctrine professed by vs and protected by our King or any article or particle of truth of our religion as my approbation of that truth which in our Church by wholesome Statutes and ordinances is confirmed There is not an heretike or Schismatike to speake of of any speciall marke that from the Apostles time hitherto hath discouered himselfe and his opinions vulgarly in writing or in print against our doctrine but his heresie fancie or phrensie may here be seene against one propositiō or other The Sects and Sect masters adversaries vnto vs either in the matter or maine points of our doctrine or Discipline to one of our Articles or other wholly or in part which here be discouered to be taken heed of and auoided are many hundres 38. This and whatsoeuer els here done either to the confirmation of the truth or detestation of heresies and errors I doe very meekely present vnto your Grace as after God and our King best meriting the patronage thereof My selfe am much the whole Church of England much more bound vnto your Lordship yea not wee onely nowe liuing but our successors also and posteritie shall haue cause in all ages while the world shall continue to magnifie almightie God for the

not be the seruants of men and that none humane constitution in the Church doth binde any man to breake the least commaundement of God The consideration heereof hath caused other Churches also with a sweete consent to condemne such wicked ceremonies and traditions of men Errors Adversaries to this truth Such vngodly traditions ceremonies are all the ceremonies and traditions in a manner of the Antichristian synagogue of Rome Such also be the Sabbatarian traditions and ceremonies lately broached because they be imposed vpon the Church Necessarilie and perpetually to be obserued of all and euerie Christian vnder paine of damnation both of soule and body For say they speaking yet of their priuate and Classicall Iniunction about the Sabboth day The Lord hath commaunded so praecise a Rest vnto all sorts of men that it may not by any fraude deceipt or circumvention whatsoeuer be broken but that he will most seuerely require it at our hands vnder the paine of his euerlasting displeasure This viz. the manner of keeping the Sabboth praescribed by themselues the Lord requireth of all and euery one continually from the beginning to the end of our liues without any interruption Vnder the paine of euerlasting condemnation Another sort of people there is among vs which will obserue and vse all Ceremonies whatsoeuer as the temporizing Familistes who at Rome and such like places of Superstition will goe vnto idolatrous seruices and doe adoration vnto Idols and no where will they striue or varie with any one about Religion but keepe all externall orders albeit in their hearts they scorne all professions and Seruices but their owne tearming all Temples and Churches in derision Common houses and all Gods seruices or religions besids their owne Foolishnes To the Christian Reader Christian and beloued Reader let me request thee to obserue well the first section of the proofe of this present proposition and therein howe I speake of ceremonies and traditions apparently impious among which I doe reckon papisticall Crosses whereunto the Romanistes doe attribute diuine adoration as elsewhere in this booke and subscription of mine I haue declared and could more copiouslie but the reliques of a Libell of theirs left in the parrish church of Euborne in Barkshire an 1604 sufficiently shal expresse the thoughts of Papists touching their Crosse and Crossing whose words be these Nowe Ma. Parson for your welcome home Read these fewe lines you knowe not from whom You hold Crosse for an outward token and signe And remembrance only in religion thine And of the profession the people doe make For more then this comes to thou dost is not take Yet holy Church tells vs of holy Crosse much more Of power and virtue to heale sicke and sore Of holinesse to blesse vs and keepe vs from euill From fowle feend to fend vs and saue vs from Deuill And of many miracles which holy Crosse hath wrought All which by tradition to light Church hath brought Wherefore holy worship holy Church doth it giue And surely so will we so long as we liue Though thou saist Idolatrie and vilde superstition Yet we knowe it is holy Churches tradition Holy Crosse then disgrace not but bring it in renowne For vp shall the Crosse goe and you shall goe downe Of this Crosse I spake and mean● and of none other when I number it among things meerely impious and vnlawfull And therefore haue I not a little woundred at those my Brethren which drawe these words of mine in this section vnto the Crosse vsed in our church at Baptisme which I neuer thought nor take to be either papisticall or impious because none adoration not so much as ciuill much lesse diuine is giuen thereunto either by our church in generall or of any minister or member thereof in particular If they haue no other Patrons for their not vsing or refusing the ceremonie of the Crosse then my selfe they are in an ill case For both in my iudgement and practise I doe allowe thereof This their peruerting of my words contrarie to their sence and my meaning telleth mee that other mens wordes and names are but too much abused by them in that booke to the backing of schisme and faction in the Church and State which from our soules we doe abhorre 4. Proposition Euery particular or nationall Church may ordaine change abolish ceremonies or rites ordained onely by mans authoritie so that all things be done to edifying It hath pleased our most mercifull Lord and Sauiour Christ for the maintenance of his Church militant that two sorts of rites or ceremonies should be vsed whereof Some God his most excellent maiestie hath himselfe ordained as the ceremonie of Baptisme and the Lords Supper which are till the end of the world without all addition diminution and alteration with all zeale and religion to be obserued Others be ordained by the authoritie of each prouintiall or nationall Church that partely for comelinesse that is to say that by those helpes the people of God the better may be inflamed with a godly zeale and that sobernes and grauitie may appeare in the handling of ecclesiastical matters and partly for order sake euen that gouernors may haue rules and directions how to gouerne by Auditors and inferiors may know how to prepare and behaue themselues in sacred assemblies and a ioyfull peace may be continued by the well ordering of Church affaires We haue already prooued that these latter sort of ceremonies may be made and changed augmented or diminished as fit opportunitie and occasions shall be ministred and that by particular or nationall Churches which thing is also affirmed by our neighbours Adversaries vnto this truth This manifesteth to the world the intolerable both arrogancie of the Romish church which dare take vpon her to alter and applie to wrong vses the very Sacraments instituted euen by Christ himselfe and to prescribe ceremonies and rites not to some particular but to all Churches in al times and places It sheweth also the boldnesse of our home-adversaries the Puritane dominicanes which say that the Church nor no man can take away the libertie of working sixe daies in the weeke from men and driue them to a necessarie rest of the body vpon any day sauing the seuenth Againe say these men the Church hath none authoritie ordinarily and perpetually to sanctifie any day but the seuenth day which the Lord hath sanctified nor to set vp any day like to the Sabboth day The latter sort what in them is quench the peoples deuotion and hinder them from frequenting of Churches vpon all holydaies falling on the weeke daies and ordained by the lawfull authoritie of the Church 35. Article Of Homilies The second booke of Homilies the seuerall titles wherof we haue ioyned vnder this Article doth containe a godly and wholesome doctrine and necessarie for these times as doth the former booke of Homilies which were set foorth in the

time of Edward the sixt and therefore wee iudge them to be read in Churches by the ministers diligently and distinctly that they may bee vnderstood of the people Of the names of the Homilies 1. Of the right vse of the Church 2. against perill of Idolatrie 3. Of the repairing and keeping cleane of Churches 4. Of good workes first of Fasting 5. Against Gluttonie and drunkenes 6. Against excesse of apparell 7. Of prayer 8. Of the place and time of prayer 9. That common prayers and Sacraments ought to bee ministred in a known tongue 10. Of the reuerend estimation of Gods word 11. Of Almes doing 12. Of the Natiuitie of Christ. 13. Of the Passion of Christ. 14. Of the Resurrection of Christ. 15. Of the worthy receiuing of the Sacrament of the Bodie and Blood of Christ. 16. Of the gifts of the holy Ghost 17. For the Rogation daies 18. Of the state of Matrimonie 19. Of Repentance 20. Against Idlenesse 21. Against Rebellion Touching this Article the greatest matter is not whether these Homilies meant and mentioned doe containe doctrine both godly wholesome and necessarie but whether Homilies or any Apocrypha wrightings at all may be read in the open Church and before the congregation which I thinke they may and prooue thus Great is the excellencie great also the vtility of Gods word preached Therefore saith S. Paul None can beleeue without a preacher and Woe is mee if I preach not the Gospell Howbeit the manner of preaching is not alwaies one the same For the Apostles were to teach as well by the penne as by the liuely voice Paul did preach the Gospell by writing wee owe in a manner more to the bonds of Paul for his bookes than to his libertie for preaching Calvins writings will edifie all men continually in the time to come Protestants bookes are witnesses of sound doctrine and sincere Christianitie For my part I cannot but magnifie the goodnes of God for all good meanes to bring vs vnto Faith and so vnto saluation but especially for the written labours of holy and learned men whose doings in all ages not onely haue bin approoued but also vsed and read many of them in the most sacred assemblies So In the primitiue church was publikely read the Epistle of the Laodicians in the Church of the Colossians the Epistle of Clemens vnto the Corinthians Hermes his pastor and the Homilies of the Fathers In the reformed Churches in Flanders and France read are M. Calvins sermons vpon Iob and in the Italian French Dutch and Scottish churches the said Calvin his Catechisme is both read and expounded publikely and that before the whole Congregation The Errors and adversaries vnto this truth Deceiued then and out of the way of truth are they which of Preaching by the mouth conceiue either too basely or too highly too basely as doe the anabaptists and Familie of Loue they affirming there ought to be no preaching at all and that Preachers are not sent of God neither doe preach Gods word but the dead letter of the Scripture these with the said Anabaptists tearming them letter Doctors preaching the letter and imagination of their owne knowledge but not the word of the liuing God Too highly as doe the Puritanes of all sorts For say they Except God worke miraculously and extraordinarily which is not to be looked for of vs the bare Reading yea not of the Scriptures without Preaching cannot deliuer so much as one poore soule from destruction Reading of whatsoeuer in the Church without preaching is not feeding but as ill as playing vpon a stage and worse too Without Preaching of the word viz. by the liuely voice of a minister and without the booke the Sabboth cannot be hallowed either of a minister or people in the least measure which the Lord requireth of vs Next erre doe they which set their wits and learning either against all bookes in generall except the sacred Bible or against the publike reading of any learned mens writings be they neuer so diuine and godly in the open and sacred assemblies Of the former sort are the Anabaptists who as Sleidan recordeth did burne the bookes writings and monuments of learned men reseruing and preseruing onely the holy Scriptures from the fire Of the latter be the Brownists Disciplinatians and Sabbatarians The Brownists doe say that No Apocrypha must be brought into the Christian assemblies so the disciplinarians Ministers ought not to read openly in the congregation any writings but onely the Canonicall scriptures they complaine that humane writings are brought into the church they crie out Remooue Homilies and they supplicate vnto K. Iames that the Canonicall scriptures onely may be read in the Church And so but much more bitterly and erroneously the Sabbatarians we damne our selues say they if wee goe not from those ministers and Churches where the Scriptures and Homilies onely be read and seeke not vnto the prophets when and so often as wee haue them not at home 36. Article Of consecration of Bishops and ministers The booke of Consecration 1 of Archbishops and Bishops and ordering of priests and Deacons set forth in the time of Edward the sixt and confirmed at the same time by authoritie of Parliament doth containe all th●ngs necessary to such consecration and ordering neither hath it any thing that of it selfe is superstitious or vngodly And therefore 2 whosoeuer are consecrated or ordered according to the rites of that booke since the second yeare of the aforesaid K. Edward vnto this time or hereafter shall be consecrated or ordered according to the same rites we decree all such to be rightly and orderly and lawfully consecrated ordered The Propositions 1. It is agreeable to the word of God and practise of the primitiue church that there should be Archbishops Bishops and such like differences and inequalities of ecclesiasticall ministers 2. Whosoeuer be or shall be consecrated or ordered according to the rites of the booke of Consecration of Archbishops Bishops and ordering of Priests and Deacons they be rightly orderly and lawfully consecrated and ordered 1. Proposition It is agreable to the word of God and practise of the 〈◊〉 church that there should be Archbishops Bishops and such like differences and inequalities of ecclesiasticall ministers The proofe from Gods word ALbeit the tearmes and titles of Archbishops wee finde not yet the superioritie which they enioy and authoritie which Bishops and Archbishops doe exercise in ordering and consecrating of Bishops and ecclesiasticall ministers is grounded vpon the word of God For we finde that In the Apostles daies howe themselues both were in dignitie aboue the euangelists and the 70. disciples and for authoritie both in and ouer the Church as twelue Patriarches saith Beza and also established an ecclesiasticall Hierarchie Hence came it that Bishop was of Ierusalem Iames

a m. ● Test. 117.19 Epicurus 126. m. 35. vix 130.17 we may 131.25 3 or 26. ● before ibid. be 6 chosen 27. work 5 132.21 d. the. 136.26 but that 41. m. Towres 141.30 But there 144.12 Christians from the. 31. in any 145.9 Saravia 11. appertaine 147.12 Sacrament 149.8 Eutychites 14. Sacraments 30. d. of 154.10 d. be 12. Exorcists 29. the Cardinall 155.19 Acolyte 20. not alwaies in his Church 30. as a. 158.31 great 159.4 Alva 8. abused by 15. guise is 162.7 are but 20. Hēriciās 166.13 Not Manicheans 167.8 d. they 26. Iouinians 169.21 a sect a. 29. d. the 34. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 se sub ii 38 nowe 172.8 the Lords supper is a sacrament 173. m. 5. communion 19. sacrilegious 21. Antwerp an 17428. whole christ is 176. m. 14. vt substan 23. nil est 177.3 therefore 17. at Masse or borne about to the sicke he shall kneele downe deuoutly say his pater noster or 178.3 in the. 12. signe 179.14 doctrine 180.6 hath so 20. the Artotarites 23. Eucratites 183.8 d. and no woman 9. and came 185.4 religion 187.9 vncontinent life 188.30 alliteration 189.3 which error 4. Ochinites 191.21 ve●mine when they haue annoyed 195. m. 23. Sab. do 196.9 d. by 197.17 Rhene Frankeland and S●e●uland 36. 〈…〉 doest it 191.24 the well 192.3 d. both 194.24 vt plurimis 25. Smeton 199.22 consecration 26. d. l. 202.16 of the. 204.15 d. there 208.16 Monet●rius 211.13 Hugh Capet 215.4 goods Archb. Cranmer Vnitie of doctrine in all Churches reformed a Ab initio reformationis ardebant amore veritatis omnes Poli●ici ecclesiastic● plebei Jezler de diutur belli Euchar. p. 49. Vnitie of doctrine in the Church of Eng. in K. Ed. 6. his daies An. 1552. K. Edward 6. q. Mary The pr●iers of the persecuted Saints for the reducing of true religion into the realm F. Latimer B. Parkhurst Q. Elizab. True doctrine restored an 1558. and an vniformitie of the same established and publshed an 1562. An. 1562. Arch. Parker Subscription required vnto the Booke of Art an 1571. An. 1572. * Bartholomaeus flet quia gallicus occu●hat a●las Vnitie of doctrine still cōtinued Archbish. Grindall The f●ctious encrease and growe confident Vnity of doctrine stil holdeth among vs. An. 1583. Arch. VVhitegift Subscription the second time called for An. 1584. How basely the Brethren conceiue of the doctrine by the Bishops agreed vpon and established by the prince The vncoath doctrine of the factious Brethren Of the second Subscription vrged an 84. The Brethrēs diuine conceipts of their Discipline The Br. renue and continue their base cōceits of the publike Art of in our religiō comparison of their new Gospell An. 1588. Q. Elizabeth opposeth her authoritie against the Br. their bookes and writings Most learned worthy men set themselues against the Br. and the Presbyterian discipline A Stratagem of the Br. An. 1595. Certaine fruites and effects of the Sab. doctrine published by consent of the Brethren The summe of the Sa● doctrine broached by the Brethren The Br. doctrine of the Sabbath called in by authoritie and forbidden any more to be printed An. 1599. 1600. Purity of doctrine all Q. Eliz. raigne maintained in England An. 1602. K. Iames. An. 1603. K. Iames abused and troubled with false informations and petions of the Br. K. Iames patronizeth the doctrine religion countenaunced by Q. Eliz. Dominini Incarna●i an 1604. Subscription the third time vrged Of the subscription called for a Can. 2.127 b Ibid. The Church of England setled and cōst●nt in her Religion An. 1605. The Brethren no changlings VVhy the Br. will subscribe vnto some but not vnto all the Articles A late deuise of the Br. to shunne subscribtion The purpose and doctrine of our Church continue the same Neither the Doctrine nor purpose of our Church altered a Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me Ex. 20.3 the lord our God is Lord onely Deut. 6.4 Who is God beside the Lord Psal. 18.31 Hath not one God made vs Mal. 2 10. There is none other God but one 1. Cor. 8.4 b Mine heart and my flesh reioyce in the liuing God Psal. 84.2 Ye are the Temple of the liuing God 2. Cor. 6.16 c For a long season Israel hath bin without the true God 2 Chron. 15.3 The Lord is the God of truth he is the liuing God and an euerlasting King Ier. 10.10 This is life eternall that they know thee to be the onely very God c. Ioh. 17.3 Ye turned to God from idols to serue the liuing and true God 1. Thess. 1 9. d O my God c. thy yeares endure from generation to generation c. thy yeares shall not faile Psal 102. v. 24 26 27. He is the liuing God and remaineth for euer Dan. 6.16 e O Lord my God thou art exc●eding great thou art clothed with glorie and honour which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment c. Psal. 104. v. 1. c. God is a spirit Ioh. 4.24 The Lord is the spirit 2. Cor. 3.17 He is not a man that he should repent 1. Sam. 15.29 I will not execute the fiercenes of my wrath I will not returne to destroy Israel for I am God and not man Hos. 11.9 f The sound of the Cherubims wings was heard into the vtter court as the v●ice of the Almightie God when he speaketh Ezek. 10.5 I will be a Father vnto you c s●ith the Lord Almightie 2. Cor. 6.18 We giue thee thanks Lord God Almightie Reuel 11.17 g Great is our Lord and great is his power his wisdome is infinite Psal. 147.5 To God onely wise be honour and glorie for euer and euer 1. Tim. 1.17 To God I say onely wise be praise through Iesus Christ for euer Amen Rom. 16.27 h Praise ye the Lord because he is good for his mercie endureth for euer Psal. 106.1.107.1.108.1 c. i Art 1. k Confes. 2. ar 2. l cap. 3. m art 1. n art 2. o cap. 1. a Deos esse dubitabat Protagoras nullos esse omnino Diagoras Th●o●●rus Cyreniacus putauerunt M. T. Ci●e de Nat. Deor. l. 1. b Protagoras Deos in dubium vocavit Diagoras exclusi● Lactan. de fal Rel. cap. 2. c August contra Manich. l. 2 c. 1 2. d Clemen Alex. str l. 5. e Valentinus trigintae Deorum praedicator saith Cyril catech 6. f Epiphan g Exod. 32. h Gand. Merula demi●abil lib. 3. c. 56. i Piscem Syri venerantur Cic. de Senect k Merula de mirab l. 3. c. 48. l Histor. of Bel. m Gods are come downe to vs in the likenes of mē and they called Barnab●s Iupiter and Paul Mercurius c. Then Iupiters priest c. Act. 14.11 c. who knoweth not that the citie of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Goddesse Diana Act. 19.35 n Voiage of the Holland ships o Theodoret. l. 4. c. 10. p Tu es nostra fides in te credimus will the