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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17726	A short instruction for to arme all good Christian people agaynst the pestiferous errours of the common secte of Anabaptistes. Compiled by mayster Iohn Caluine	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.	1549 (1549)	STC 4463; ESTC S110993	85,142	170

man shoulde open hys mouthe to speake vnto them Notwythstandynge wee wyll open thys doubte whyche they putte forthe whyche is that a man oughte not wyth an othe to promise any thynge bycause it lyeth not in hym to perfourme it To thys I answere that when a subiecte sweareth vnto hys Prynce to do hys dutye in obeyinge and beinge fayethful vnto him he doeth not thys in confidence of hys owne power or vauntyng hym selfe as dispisynge God and settynge him at nought but rather in calling vpon the healpe of God he answereth that hys wyll shal be suche as it oughte to be Howe be it it is a folyshe imaginatioÌ„ to reproue othes and yet to permitte symple promises For if there be folishe rashnes in the one so is ther also in the other Therefore if it be lawefull for vs to promyse they muste shew a reason why we may not assertayne our promise by an othe when necessitie requireth vs That in suche a case an othe is holy and lawefull we haue many exemples in holye stripture and among all thre whych be very notable It is sayed in the boke of the Cronicles that Asa kyng of Iuda beinge admonished by Azarias sacrificer and Prophet called all the people into Hierusalem and there caused them to sweare to serue God for euer As muche is wrytten of Iosias wheÌ„ the boke of the lawe was fouÌ„d that for to renewe the couenaunte made by Moyses he sware the people makinge them promise to perseuer for euer in the obedience of God The thyrde exemple is of Esdras Nehemias at whose instauÌ„ce the people beyng returned from Babilon dyd sweare for euer after to followe we God and hys word If we do wel consider the thinge the lyke was done at the firste publication of the lawe But bycause I knowe that I haue to do with brayneles obstinate people I would aledge none but suche places where is manifestly made mention of othes Ye se then howe the whole churche of Israell made solemne othes vnto god promising that thing whiche is mooste hard to be kepte that is to cleaue fayethfullye vnto hym Thys is done often tymes That the Acte is good there is no doubte For it hathe wytnes and is also praysed of the holy Gost I wyll not greatly stand in thys to declare howe men may this bynde them selues to God to do that which is not in theim but onely putte you in remeÌ„braunce of that thynge whyche I haue touched in the waye that the fayethfull do alwayes presuppose that God wyll not fayle them of hys grace whyche he hath promised them and vpon that they grounde theyr oth But seyng that it is so that god hath approued thys kynde of othe and that hys churche hath often tymes vsed it by hys ordinaunce I aske of our dulheades by what authority they dare reproue it or rather wythout troublynge my selfe wyth them bicause it is time loste I desyre and exhorte all seruauntes of God to consider what boldenes these poore ignoraunte menne haue to make suche Magistrall determinations and to go aboute to constrayne the worlde to receyue theim as thynges irreuorable and not to be agayne sayde â˜ž For my parte I doubte not but that in the matter of an othe as in the other before I haue fullye satisfied all suche as haue eares and vnderstandinge and be in will to consent vnto the trueth knowne The two laste Articles I Haue finished the .vii. Articles coÌ„tayned in the boke which the Patriarkes of the Anabaptiâ—â—es haue made as a finall resolutioÌ„ of those things which they do hold apart froÌ„ other And therfore there doeth now rest nothing els but to coÌ„clude make aueÌ„d of this boke were it not that they haue left two Articles of as greate consequence as any of the other of the whyche it is neadfull to speake for as much as al the Anabaptistes do communely cleaue to theÌ„ Besides this I know that thei whyche composed thys goodlye resolution dyd at that tyme teache them The one is that they do not beleue that Iesus Christe was a verye man but rather do make hym touchinge hys bodye a phantasy The other is that they do thynke that the soules beynge seperated from theyr bodyes do slepe vnto the daye of Iudgement withoute fealynge or knowynge anye thynge or else that the soule of man is noughte els but hys lyfe the whyche defaileth in dienge vnto suche tyme as he be raysed vp againe euerye man may se the consequence whych these two errours do emporte That they haue spoken neuer a worde of these I can not tell whether it be by crafte bicause they be so odious that by goodright they shoulde make theyr whole doctrine excerable For what cause so euer it be seynge I haue taken vpon me to arme all fayethful people agaynste theyr faulse opinions it is not good that I shoulde dissimble these two so pestilente and mischeuouse opinions seynge they are commune to them al. Touchynge that some amonge them haue holden opinion that all goodes shoulde be commune also that a man maye haue manye wyues so that they haue coÌ„pelled some whiche were contente wyth one to take moe and a thousande other absurdites I wyll speake nothynge at al. For they theÌ„ selues beyng coÌ„fused in ther selues haue for the most part by littel and littel wtdraweÌ„ theÌ„ selues But touchynge the twoe Articles wher of I haue spoken there is an other reson for as muche as they al do hold them yet styl â˜ž Touchyng the fyrst which is of the bodye or humayne nature of oure Lord Iesus Christe it is to be noted that ther was twoe aunciente heresies like or approchynge vnto thys whyche these do holde For the Maniches phantasied that Iesus Christ brought an heauenlye bodye into the wombe of the Vyrgen his mother The Marcionistes had a vayne dreme some what differente from the other that he had not a verye substaunciall bodye but onelye an apperaunce or lykenes of a bodye whyche we call a phatasiye The purpose of the one and of the other was to denye that Iesus Christ take fleshe of the virgin Therfore we se that the Anabaptistes in thys behalffe do but stur vp the errours whyche the dyuyl had raysed more than fortene hundereth yeres past and were coufouÌ„ded by the worde of God Notwythstandynge as in the begynnynge I haue protested I wyll not that it hys shal be anye preiudice vnto there cause excepte I do conuince them fyrste by the pure worde of God so as if it hadde neuer be spoken of before â— anye manne Thys that I do speake is onelye to geue warnynge that all men maye knowe out of what fountaine procedeth that which the Anabaptists now bryng forth as though it were reueled vnto them latlye from heauen And also to geue warnynge vnto them selues For all the greate doctours whyche were of their seete haue bene so ignoraunte of the histories and of all auncientie that I thinke neuer a one of them can tell

A short instruction for to arme all good Christian people agaynst the pestiferous errours of the common secte of Anabaptistes Â¶ Compyled by Mayster Iohn Caluine Â¶ The contentes of thys boke â˜ž In this boke are first reproued fiue articles coÌ„tayned in one resolution composed by the patriarches of that secte which articles are common to them all that is to saye Of the baptisme of infantes Of excommunicacion Of the ryghte or authoritie to beare armore Of the power of princes Of sweringe Also two other articles Of the incarnacion of Iesus Christe Of the life and condicion of the folles betwene death the daye of the laste resurrection Â¶ Iohn Caluine to the ministers of the churches in the countie of Newecastel IF anye man maruell my dere brethren and companions in the worcke of the Lorde that I wyll occupie my selfe to answere vnto a boke whyche is vnworthy to be spokeÌ„ of or to be made mencion of seinge that I maye occupye my selfe as men thincke in beter thynges and thynges of more frute it shal be sufficiente excuse for me to alledge that I haue done it at the request and instaunce of manye good fayethful men wyth sente the boke to me from far countries which testimonie that it was verye nedefull for the helth of many soules that I shoulde take it in hand For I thincke verelye that this should be sufficient to contente them that be resonable that my intente was to obtayne as well to the iudgementes as to the desires of them whiche I knewe to be zelous for the glory of God and the edification of his people But yet haue I an other answere for to excuse me by to them which may thinke that it is foly in me to occupie my selfe in a thyng so barren and trifelynge as is thys little boke which apereth to be made by ignoraunte people which is that we haue no greater priuyledge than had the prophetes of God and that oure payne is no more preciouse than was theirs Nowe we se that Ezechiel was constrayned to speake and write not only agaynst disceiuers which were ignoraunte and of no reputacion but also agaynste women which woulde be prophetesses Seynge the prophet spared not to dispute agaynste women ye and that it was commaunded hym by God so to do because thorow their leasynges they led the people to supersticioÌ„ and erroure and letted the veritie of his course it should be a presuÌ„ption to vs not to wytsafe to do the lyke It is trewe that thys boke whiche I am desired and exhorted to confute hath no nede of resolution towardes them that haue learnynge and vnderstandynge for as muche as of it selfe it is sufficientelye reproued in that it is so vnlearnedly folishly written But for as much as it hath a certayne coloure to abuse and circumuente the simple which haue not the iudgemente to discerne oure dutye is to helpe them and aduertise theÌ„ of the malicious subtelties of sathan to the intente that they be not thorow imprudence disceiued we are dettours to one and other sayeth sanicte Paule Therefore we muste do seruice vnto all as muche as in vs is specially whan necessitye requireth it I protest therfore that myne entencion is onlye in shorte or fewe wordes to shewe vnto all fayethfull christen men which be rude and vnlerned what and how dauÌ„gerous a poyson thys doctrine of the Anabaptistes is and also arme them by the word of God agaynste the same to the ende that they be not disceyued or if ther be any which all redy be wrapped in their snares that they may be brought agayne vnto the ryght way Wherefore I beseche all them whiche desire to continew in the pure knowledge of Iesus Christe and in the obedience of his Gospel to take paynes to rede attentiuely thys little boke euen as I haue dedicated it vnto them and also take the paynes well to peyse the resonnes whiche I do alledge vnto them that they maye abyde in the trueth whan it is declared vnto them Therefore reason whyche moued me to dedicate this preseÌ„t treatise vnto you is double Fyrste bycause it shoulde be a publyke testimonie of the coniunction whiche I haue and desier alwayes to haue wyth you and that al menne myghte knowe howe we are vnited as wel in doctrine as in affection of herte The seconde is to the ende that the redynge thereof myghte be the better commended and receyued of all them ouer whom you haue charge to bere the worde of Iesus Christe in suche sorte that the churches ouer whych the prynce of pastours hath made your ministers maye be intertayned in pure doctrine and preserued from al peruerse opinions contrarying the truth of the gospel It is true that you myght right well my dere brethren haue discharged me of thys payne And also alredye oure brother M. Wyllyam Farell accordynge vnto the grace whyche God hathe geueÌ„ him and the exersies whiche he hath of longe tyme had and continual custume in fyghtyng astaynste the ennemyes of the trueth and resistynge all false doctrines for to mayntayne Christes kyngedome hath well satisfied you in parte in that thynge whyche you nowe require of me As I haue sene by the actes of a disputatioÌ„ done in the good towne In such sorte that of those Articles whyche are there treated no man can desyre a more suffitiente declaration to satisfy hys conscience then is ther geuen But bycause they vnto whome I desyre and am bound to do seruice do make me beleue that it is necessarie that I take thys charge vpon me I wyll consent vnto theyr request without makynge any longer excuses The Lord Iesus Christe haue you alwayes in hys holye protection and hys churches whiche he hathe committed vnto you and leade you by hys holye spirite alwayes for to serue hym with youre ministerye vnto hys honoure and vnto the healthe of hys pore people Amen â˜ž From Geneua the fyrst of Iune Anno Domini M. D.xl.iiii Of the Anabaptistes TO write against al the false opinions errours of the Anabaptistes shoulde be a thing to loÌ„g such a botoÌ„les pit as I could not wel come out of For this caÌ„ker differeth in thys thinge froÌ„ al other sectes of heretikes that she hath not erred only in certain points but she hath ingeÌ„dred a hole sea as it were of folish salse opinions In such wise that skant shal a man find one Anabaptist which hath not some phaÌ„tasy singular which his felowes haue not So that if we wold plucke out or reherse al their wicked doctrines we should neuer make an end But nowe at lenght they become vnto two principal sectes whereof that on though she be ful of wicked pernicius erroures yet doth she abide in much more simpliciti For she yet receiueth the holy scripture as we do And if men do dispute with those that be of the secte it shal be perceiued wher in they disseÌ„t froÌ„ vs they wil expresse thermeaning in coÌ„clusioÌ„

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