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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19367	A supplication exhibited to the most mightie Prince Philip king of Spain &c. VVherin is contained the summe of our Christian religion, for theprofession whereof the Protestants in the lowe Countries of Flaunders, &c. doe suffer persecution, vvyth the meanes to acquiet and appease the troubles in those partes. There is annexed An epistle written to the ministers of Antwerpe, which are called of the confession of Auspurge, concerning the Supper of our sauiour Iesus Christ. VVritten in French and Latine, by Anthonie Corronus of Siuill, professor of Diuinitie.	Corro, Antonio del, 1527-1591.; Corro, Antonio del, 1527-1591. Epistle or godlie admonition, to the pastoures of the Flemish Church in Antwerp. aut	1577 (1577)	STC 5791; ESTC S116690	149,833	422

appointment And thys worde to wit● that was spoken by his mouth or by hy● Prophets and set downe in writing w● al●o terme and that rightly and worthi● by the name of the holye scripture ●yche is the onely way and meanes directe vs to true holinesse and ther●e of right we call it holy to make a ●ference betwixte it and the worde ●t procéedeth from man whiche of the ●turall frailty and infirmitye of man ●commonly ioyned wyth corruption ●d error Wée doe moreouer acknowledge ●d confesse that the same worde or de●ration of the wyll of God is contay●d in the bookes of the olde and newe ●estament or couenaunt whyche are ●yuered vs by hande to the ende wée ●ye knowe and discerne the true God ●m the false and fayned Goddes and ●olles whiche man hath deuised of hys ●one brain And though the contempla●n view of things created bring some ●ht to the vnderstanding of man to make ●m to acknowledge and confesse the ●yght and power of hys creator yet is not of anye suche force as of it selfe ●one to bée able to imprinte in oure harts the perfect and absolute knowled● of hym it was therefore verye requi●● and necessary for vs both to be lightn● with his holy spirite and instructed 〈◊〉 his moste holy word for out of this fo●●taine issueth all the knowledge that 〈◊〉 haue of God and is conueyed into ou● mind which otherwise coulde in ●o ca● be comprehended of men and that is 〈◊〉 true and the onely meanes wherby 〈◊〉 may imprint and engraue in our heart the true and perfect presence of our G● and creatour And that is the order that God hi● selfe hath appointed and obserued fro● the very creation of the worlde and vi● in teaching Adam and Abell to repro● the sinne and offence of Cain to open a● declare his will to Noe and afterwar● to his peculiar chosen people to who● he would in more familiar wise and mo● sencibly reueale and manifest hymsel● For God by diuers and sūdry mean● hath made his will manifest vnto me● somtime by worde of mouth and speac● procéeding from his diuine substance 〈◊〉 when he spake to our forfathers in suche ●te as they conceiued it with their out●rde senses sometime by the secreate ●orking of the holy spirite sometime dreames and visions and yet all these ●dry means wrought one effect to wit ●oste sure and certayne perswasion to 〈◊〉 schollers that eche of these were it ●rde inspiration or reuelation did al●aies cary with it an infallible veritie ●océeding from the secret hart and will god who can not deceiue men no more ●an he can lay aside his Godheade from ●m Whereby it came to passe that the ●atriarches and Prophets by force of ●ys perswasion were so confirmed and ●engthned that such times as it pleased ●od they shrinke not to seale vppe the ●ne heauenly word with the sheding of ●eir bloude Wyth the lyke fayth and ●rtaine perswasion they didde likewise ●ue some of theyr writyngs and monu●entes to the posteritie to the ende that ●yng moued by the studie thereof wée ●ght be more conuersaunt in the schoole by the study thereof we might bée 〈◊〉 conuersaunt in the schoole of God in 〈◊〉 which he wil no lesse instruct vs by 〈◊〉 holy spirite than he did in time past 〈◊〉 elders and forefathers that thereby 〈◊〉 may vnderstande and beléeue that th● hathe bene is and alwaies will bée 〈◊〉 only Church and one only truth tho● it appeare sometyme more euident th● at another suche is the maruellous p●uidence of God to apply himselfe to 〈◊〉 capacities And that he giueth vnto his discipl● and hearers by this meanes we confe● that by the ministerie of that heauen● worde whyche God commaunded to 〈◊〉 committed to writing and to remaine 〈◊〉 the posteritie for euer bothe in the ty● of the law and of the Prophets we c●fesse I say that we do wythout all scr●ple sincerely and from the bottom of o● heartes acknowledge hym to be the tr● God the maker gouernor of al thing● as our forefathers in like sort haue do● before vs We say moreouer and affirm● that this same word is the most certain● rule wherby to direct al our dooings and ●herto we ought to refer all the thoughts ●nd imaginations of our harts least we ●eing deceiued led awaye wyth the in●abilitie of our own wits do wāder and 〈◊〉 astray through our own fond fātasies imaginations If thē the word of God ●nd holy scripture be none other than the ●octrine procéeding out of the mouth of God and from his holy spirite I beséech ●ou what can bée more absurde than to ●ake it of no greater aucthoritie than ●he Popes and general Counsells wil e●éeme it wheras we ought on the con●rarye rather to estéeme the Counsells ●hemselues if they represēt the church of Christ to haue al their force credite and ●uthority of the worde of god Further●ore we do affirme albeit the spirite of God be tied bound to no outward thin●es that notwithstanding that same spi●ite hathe both promised and determined ●o teache the Churche no newe doctrine ●ther than it hathe taught oure forefa●hers the whyche it hathe lefte remaynyng wyth vs as a touche stone to examine and try the true motions an● inspirations of the holy spirite from th● false and heathnish and suche as the lu● and curiositie of our owne fleshly fantasies doth cause and worke in vs. And forasmuche as thys was th● mind and will of our God that by mean● of this word we shuld al come to knowledge hereof we do accompt it sacriledg● and highe treason to withdraw men eyther by perswasion or otherwise by authoritie to inhibite thē the reading therof where as it oughte rather to bée wished that aswel women as mē the ignorant as the learned at the least suche as professe themselues to bée Christians shoulde be occupied bothe day and night in the meditation thereof eche in theyr owne vulgare tongue and not these alonely but also Turkes Iewes and all other of any Countrey or nation whatsoeuer throughout the whole world But if any be so impudently bolde as to accuse and blame the wisedome of God saying that he hath deliuered vnto vs his woorde in great darkenesse and difficultie so that many therby fall into many great errors we detest him as a blasphemer and a most false flaūderer of the Maiesty of God and one cleane voide of Gods spirite and wanting that moste comfortable and shining light whereby hée might be able to beholde and sée the misteries of God. Of the knowledge of God gotten and attained by the word of God. FRom the very beginning and creation of all thynges when God firste made mankinde to the end that he might be partaker of the knowledge of hym he ordained and appointed as it were thrée formes or degrées in hys schoole in the firste wherof he set before his eyes to behold and take the full view of his