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A08068	The confession of faith of certayn English people living in exile, in the Low countreyes. Together with a brief note of the speciall heads of those things wherin we differ fro[m] the Church of Engla[n]d.; True confession of the faith, which wee falsely called Brownists, doo hould	Ainsworth, Henry, 1571-1622?; Johnson, Francis, 1562-1618.	1607 (1607)	STC 18435; ESTC S119852	30,939	73

being conceived and formed in iniquity and so by nature children of wrath and servants of sinne and subject to death and all other calamities due vnto sinne in this world and for ever V. Al mankind being thus fallen and become altogether dead in sinne subject to the eternall wrath of God both by original and actuall corruption Yet the elect al and onely are redeemed quickned raysed vp and saved again not of themselves neyther by works least any man should boast himself 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 righteousnes and sanctification and redemption that according as it is written He that reioyceth should reioyce in the Lord. VI. This therefore is lyfe eternal to know the only true God and whom he hath sent into the world Iesus Christ. And on the contrary the Lord will render vengeance in flaming fire vnto them that know not God and which obey not the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ. VII Now the rule of this knowledg faith and obedience concerning the worship and service of God and all other christian dutyes is not mens opinions devises lawes constitutions or traditions vnwritten whatsoever but only the written word of God conteined in the Canonicall books of the old and new Testament VIII In this written word God hath plainely reveled whatsoever he thought needfull for vs to know beleev and acknowledge touching the persō Office of Iesus Christ in whō all the promises of God are Yea and in whom they are Amen to the prayse of God through vs. IX Touching his Person the Lord Iesus of whom Moses the Prophets wrote and whom the Apostles preached is the everlasting Sonne of God the father by eternal generation the brightnes of his glorie the engraven forme of his Person coessential coequal coeternal God with him and with the holy Ghost By whom he made the worlds by whom he vpholdeth and governeth all the works he hath made Who also when the fulnes of tyme was come was made man of a woman of the Tribe of Iudah of the seed of David and Abraham to wyt of Mary that blessed Virgin by the holy Ghost comming vpon her the power of the most High overshadowing her and was also in all things like vnto vs sinne only excepted X Touching his Office Iesus Christ only is made the Mediator of the new Testamēt even of the everlasting Covenant of grace between God Man to be perfectly and fully the Prophet Priest and King of the Church of God for evermore XI Vnto this office he was from everlasting by the iust and sufficiēt authority of the Father in respect of his Manhood from the wōb called separated anoynted also most fully abundantly with all ne●cessary gifts as it is writtē God hath not measured out the Spirit vnto him XII This office to be Mediator that is Prophet Priest and King of the Church of God is so proper to Christ as neyther in the whole not in any part thereof it can be transferred from him to any other XIII Touching his Prophecie Christ hath perfectly revealed out of the bosome of his Father the whole word and will of God that is needfull for his servants eyther joyntly or severally to know beleev or obey He also hath spoken and doth speak to his Church in his own ordinance by his own Ministers and instruments onely and not by any false Ministerie at any tyme. XIIII Touching his Priesthood Christ being consecrated hath appeared once to put away sinne by the offring and sacrificing of himself and to this end hath fully performed suffred all those things by which God through the blood of that his crosse in an acceptable sacrifice might be reconciled to his elect and the blessing of Abraham come vpon vs to eternal life wherefore also having broken down th● partition wal and therewith finished and removed all those rites shadowes and ceremonies he is now entred within the vayle into the holy of holies that is t● the very heaven and presence of God where hee for ever liveth and sitteth a● the right hand of Majestie appearing before the face of his Father to make intercession for such as come vnto the throne of grace by that new and living way and not that onely but maketh his people aspiritual howse an holy Priesthood to offer vp spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through him Neyther doth the Father accept or Christ offer vnto the Father any other worship or worshippers XV. Towching his Kingdome Christ being ●isen from the dead ascended into heaven set at the right hand of God the Father having al power in heaven and earth given vnto him he doth spiritually govern his Church exercising his power over all Angels and men good and bad t● the preservation and salvation of the elect to the overruling and destruction of th● reprobate communicating applying the benefits vertue frute of his prophecy and priesthood vnto his elect namely to th● remissiō subduing taking away of thei● syns to their iustificatiō adoptiō of sōnes regeneration sanctificatiō preservation strengthning in all their conflicts against Sathan the world the flesh the temptations of them continually dwelling in governing and keeping their harts in h●● true faith fear by his holy spirit which having once given it hee never take● away from them but by it still begette● and norisheth in them repentance faith love obedience comfort peace ioy hope and all Christian vertues vnto im●mortalitie notwithstanding that it b● somtymes through sinne and tentatio● interrupted smothered and as it were o●erwhelmed for the tyme. And on th● contrary ruling in the world over 〈◊〉 enemies Sathan and all the vessels of wrath limiting vsing restreyning them ●y his mighty power as seemeth good ●n his divine wisdome and justice to the execution of his determinate counsell ●o wit to their seduction hardning and condemnation delivering them vp to a reprobate mynd to be kept through their ●wn desert in darcknes sinne and sensualitie vnto judgment XVI The Kingdome shal be then fully perfected when he shal the second tyme come in glorie with his mightie Angels to judg both quick and dead to abolish a rule authoritie and power to put all his enemies vnder his feet to separate and free all his chosen from them for ever● to punish the wicked with everlasting perdition from his presence to gather ioyne and carry the godly with himsel● into endles glory and then to delive● vp the kingdome to God even the Fa●ther that so the glorie of the Father ma● be full and perfect in the Sonne the glo●rie of the Sonne in all his members God be all in all XVII In the meane tyme besides his absolute rule in the world Christ hath her● in

cannot preach so vpon their displeasure and for not obeying their injunctions they are many tymes suspended degraded and if they will not be ruled put in prison so that sundry of thē have ben suspended and imprisoned for preaching against the Prelats not subscribing to their devised Articles and Booke of cōmon prayer not wearing the sqare cap and surplice not reading the service booke be tyed to the same not coming to the Bbs courts visitations inquisitions c. tyll now of late being wearyed with these troubles they give place to their tyranny and are content to conforme themselves and yeeld their canonical obedience according to their oath ●eeping now silence yea going back bearing bolstering the things which heretofore by word and wryting they stood against so long as there was any hope that the Prince Counsel would have hea●kened vnto them and put these adversary Prelats out of the Church Fourthly for administratiō which is by Law imposed vpon all both Clergie and Laitie for so they distinguish them they have gathered their Service book verbatim out of the Masse book turning out of Latine into English the Suffrages Prayers Let any Collects c. leaving out some of the gross pointes therin keping still the old fashio● of Psalmes Chapters Pistles Gospell● versicles respondes also T● Deum Bened●●tus Magnificat Nunc dimittis Our Father Lord have mercy vpon vs The Lord be wi● you O Lord open th●w my lyps Glory to God ● high Lyft vp your harts O come let vs reioyc● Glory be to the Father Quicunque vult ● These doe they read dayly morninge an● evening all the yeare long in their priest● vestures Surplice cope c. some the● saye and some they sing having in the Cathedrall Churches the Organs Quer●●ters singing men and boyes as in tymes pa● in pope●y Many popish errors yet remayn in that book which their own preacher have noted found fault with There a● they prescribed what prayers to read ov● the dead over the co●n grasse some time in the yeare By it are they injoyned ● keep their holy dayes to their Lady ● they cal her to all Saincts and Angel● to all Christs Apostles except Paul a● Barnabas whose eyes they are cōmande● to fast as also their Lent Ember day● besides frydayes and saturdayes throug● out the whole year By this book are t●● Ministers instructed how to marry wi● the signe of the Ring c. to baptise the hallowed Font with signe of 〈◊〉 crosse with Godfathers and Godmothers asking the child whether it wil forsake the devil and all his works c. to minister also their other sacrament or communion to the people kneling as when in popery they received their maker the words of Christs institution altered and others in stead of them taken out of the popes portuis with innumerable such like enormities and fopperies wherewith it swarmeth And this is all the worship and service which many parishes have vsually except peradventure some written Homilies which the vnlearned Priests read vnto them This service must first be read and hath the preeminence even on the Lords dayes before any preaching yea before the Bible it self He that can read this book● distinctly is fit ynough with them to be a Preist yea many that have ben Artificers as Shoemakers Taylers Weavers Porters c and without any giftes or knowledg at all save only to read English have ben and are admitted to this day maynteyned by the Prelats in the Ministerie To these Churches Ministers Service must all the people there come every daye yea though they hav in the next parish a Preacher and in their own a dumb vnlearned Priest yet are they all tyed to their owne Church and Minister and must at the least twise a yeare receve the Sacramēt at his hāds If they refuse this or do not ordinarily come to their parish Church thē are they sūmoned excōmunicated imprisoned tyl they become obedient In this bōdage are our countrymen there held vnder their Priests and Prelats and such as by the word of God witnes against and condemne these abhominations they hate punish put to death and persecute out of the Land Who now in whom any spark of true light is cannot playnly perceive this their Ministery worship and Church to be false adulterate Doth Christs eternall testament ordeyn and approve of such popish Lordes and Prelats to reigne over his Church Are these those Christian Bishops that is Pastors Teachers and Elders which he hath set in his Church and over his owne people vnto the ende of the world Or can those Preachers which are thus created and deposed by thus sworne and obedient vnto their spirituall Lordes be deemed true Teachers of the Gospell of Christ lawfully called and ordeyned to that Ministerye Is that their English Masse the trew spirituall worship of God according to his owne wil We are taught in the scriptures that there can be no agrement made betwixt Christ and Antichrist betwixt the Lawes of God and mens traditions that the servants of Iesus may not submitt vnto or receive the marke of that Beast neyther drinke of the cup of the whore of Babylons fornications or buy any of her wares but must contend for the mayntenance of that saith which was once gyven vnto the saincts keeping their souls and bodyes pure frō Antichristiā pollutions touching no vnclean thing nor having any fellowship with the vnfruteful works of darknes least by partaking with their synnes they receve also of their plagues drynck of the wyne of the wrath of God be tormented in fyre and brimstone before the holy Angels and before the Lamb for evermore If Christ be God let vs follow him but if the Pope be God what shall we say Why have we left him his Church and ministery his worship jurisdiction or what halting and mocking with the Lord is this to put away the Popes person and reteyne his Prelacy and Ministery his Lawes Traditions and Canons his worship service or at the least to frame vnto our selves a worship Ministery and Church after the patterne and mould of the Apostasy of Rome which what other thing is it then to make an Image of that wild beast and force men to worship it Thus seest thow briefely good Christian Reader the thinges which we mislike in the Church of England and for which we have separated our selves as God commaundeth To all these if we were amongst them should we be forced to submitt our bodyes soules or els suffer violence at the handes of the Prelats end our lives by violent death or most miserable imprisonment as many of our brethren before vs have done For so great is the malice and power of those Romysh Priests that they persecute vnto death such as speak against them and such poor Christians as they cast into their noysome prysons can seldome