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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34251	The Confession of faith of those called Arminians, or, A declaration of the opinions and doctrines of the ministers and pastors which in the United Provinces are known by the name of Remonstrants concerning the chief points of Christian religion / translated out of the original.		1684 (1684)	Wing C5791; ESTC R26041	123,515	276

to be everlastingly saved he must of necessity first of all * Heb. 11. 6. believe that God is and that he is a bounteous rewarder of those that seek him and therefore must conform himself according to that Rule and Square which it is † Mat. 7. 21. Gal. 6. 16. undoubtedly manifest was delivered and prescribed by the true God himself the supream Law-giver and established upon the promise of Eternal Life 2. That God is | Heb. ● 1. 1 Joh. 1. 18. and that he hath at The Revelation of the Godhead in the Old New Testament sundry times and in divers manners spoken in times past unto the Fathers by the Prophets and that he hath at length in the last●●●mes most fully declared and manifested his last Will by his only-begotten Son hath been a thing confirmed by * Heb. 2. 3 4. Deut. 29. per totum Act. 2. 22. 1 Thes 1. 5. 1 Joh. 1. 1 3. so many and great Proofs Signs Wonders mighty Deeds or Works Gifts or Distributions of the Holy Ghost and other wonderful Effects and certain Events of several Prophesies and Testimonies of Men worthy of belief that any more certain more substantial and more compleat cannot be given or justly desired 3. The whole Declaration of the Divine The Canonical Books of the Old Testament Will which pertaineth unto Religion is contained in the Books of the Old and New Testaments and indeed authentically only in those which are called Canonical or which it can upon no just ground be doubted but that they were written or approved of by those Men † 2 Tim. 3. 15 16 17. 2 Pet. 1. 20 21. who were inspired with and instructed and guided by Gods Holy Spirit such as in the Old Testament are | Luk. 16. 29. 24. 27 45 46 47. Act. 17. 2 3. 24. 14. 26. 22 23. Rom. 1. 2. the five Books of Moses the Book of Joshua Judges Ruth the two Books of Samuel two of the Kings two of the Chronicles or Paralipomena i. e. things omitted or past by Esdras Nehemiah Ehster also Job the Psalmes of David the Proverbs Ecclesiastes the Song of Songs the four greater Prophets to wit Esaias Jeremiah with his Lamentations Ezekiel and Daniel the twelve lesser Prophets to wit Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah and Malachi 4. In the New Testament there are The Books of the New Testament the four Evangelists * Luk. 1. 1 2 3. Joh. 19. 35. 20. 31. Act. 1. 1. divers other places Matthew Mark Luke and John the Acts of the Apostles the Epistles of Paul to wit † 2 Pet. 3. 15 16. 1 Thes 2. 2. Eph. 2. 3. 17. to the Romans the former and latter to the Corinthians to the Galatians to the Ephesians to the Philippians to the Colossians to the Thessalonians two two to Timothy to Titus to Philemon also the Epistle to ●he Hebrews one Epistle of James | 2 Pet. 3. 1. 1. Joh. 1. 1 2 3. 4. two of Peter of John three of Jude one lastly the * Rev. 1. 1. 22. 18 19. with other places The certainty of both Revelation 5. That all the said Books were written or approved of by Men Divine and no● to be excepted against hath in forme● times been clearly found and proved by so many and so certain and evident Testimonies and Proofs that there can nothing further justly or reasonably be desired For though at sometimes ther● hath been made some doubt of some fe● of them to wit whether they were penn'● or approved of by those very Authour● whose names they bear yet at length th● matter being more narrowly examined and the truth searcht into it hath been abundantly evicted that they were indeed and in truth penn'd or approved o● by Divine Men and those whose Authority was infallible and credit undoubted of with all Believers 6. Besides the said Books of the Old The Apochryphal Books Testament there are others also which have been now long since had in great esteem with many commonly called Apochryphal the which although they are not of force to confirm Doctrines of Faith yet may they though some more some less profitably be and are usually read for the proficiency of Faith and Life such as are Tobie Judith Baruch Wisdom Ecclesiasticus the third and fourth of Esdras three Books of the Maccabees and certain additions unto Esther and Daniel which are commonly known 7. That the Doctrine contained in Arguments for the certainty and truth of the Scriptures the Books of the New-Testament by which also the Truth and Dignity of the Old Testament is abundantly establshed and confirmed is altogether True and Divine is not only clear and evident from its being written or allowed of by the said Divine Men we named before and its being delivered by them unto the Churches nor from its being confirm'd and establisht or ratified by | Act. 5. 11 13 14 15. Heb. 2. 3 4. Act. 10 37 38 39. divers and innumerable miracles and mighty deeds Signs and Prodigies exceeding all humane and Angelical Wisdom and Power and furthermore by the * Act. 2. 14 c. Act. 5. 29 30 31 32. glorious Resurrection from the dead of the first Author of it even our Lord Jesus Christ and his Exaltation asserted by many irrefragable Testimonies and Proofs but also even chiefly from its containing precepts so transcendently † Mat. 5. 6 7 8. chapters perfect righteous just and holy that any more perfect just equal and holy cannot be devised or though● of and promises | 2 Pet. 1. 4. Heb. 8. 6. 2 Cor. 7. 1. so exceeding Great Rich and Precious that neither th● mind of Men nor Angels can conceive of any more Excellent more Divine an● Worthy of God To which the admirable * Rom. 10. 18. 1 Cor. 2. 3 4. 2 Cor. 3. throughout 2 Cor. 4. 2 3 4 5. c. 2 Cor. 6. 4 5 c. Col. 1. 6. 23. Act. 5. 14 c. Act. 19. 11 12. and so following force and efficacy of the Doctrine it self addeth no small weight to wit tha● it although such an enemy and so ungrateful to the flesh was by a very few Apostles and they plain simple weak Men Men most aliene or free from no● only the crime but also the very suspicion of all simulation and forgery Me● advantaged by no helps of Worldly Eloquence of no renown upon any accounts of humane Authority without force without arms only by the perswasion of Reasons and Arguments and demonstration of the Spirit withal by men armed meerly with Innocency Sanctity of Life and Patience in a very short time in all places though the whole Kingdom of Satan and all the World almost made resistance and head against it was wonderfully disseminated and so spread it self far and wide on every side into all quarters that innumerable myriads of men