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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

slanderous folkes to be offended 3 we giue not to our Prince the ministring either of Gods word or of the Sacraments the which thing the Iniunctions also sometime set forth by Elizabeth our late queene doe most plainely testifie but that onely prerogatiue which wee see to haue bin giuen alwaies to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himselfe that is that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God whether they be Ecclesiasticall or Temporall 4 and restraine with the ciuill sword the stubburne and euill doers 5 The Bishop of Rome hath no iurisdictiō in this realme of England 6 The lawes of the realme may punish Christian men with death for heinous and grieuous offenses 7 It is lawfull for Christian men at the commandement of the Magistrate to weare weapons and serue in the warres The Propositions 1. The kings maiestie hath the cheife power in this realme of England and other his dominions 2. The kings maiestie hath the chiefe gouernement of all estates ecclesiasticall and ciuill in all causes within his dominions 3. His Highnesse may not execute the ecclesiasticall duties of preaching and ministring the Sacraments and yet is to prescribe lawes and directions vnto all estates both ecclesiasticall and Temporall 4. The King by his authoritie is to restraine with the materiall sword and to punish malefactors 5. The Bishop of Rome hath no iurisdiction in this realme of England nor other of this kings dominions 6. By the lawes of this realme Christian men for hainous and greiuous offenses may be put to death 7. It is lawfull for Christian men at the commandement of the magistrate to weare weapons and serue in warres 2. Proposition The Kings maiestie hath the cheife power in this realme of England and other his dominions The proofe from Gods word Diuers and sundrie be the formes of Common-weales and magistracie For some where many and they of the inferior people beare the sway as in a democratie some where a fewe and that of choise and the best men doe gouerne as in an Aristocratie and some where one man or woman hath the preheminence as in a Monarchie such is the gouernement of this Kingdome Notwithstanding whatsoeuer the gouernement is either democraticall Aristocraticall or Monarchicall Gods word doth teach vs that There is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God and that whosoeuer resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God We must be subiect to the principalities and powers and obedient and readie to euerie good worke We must submit our selues vnto all manner of ordinance of man for the Lords sake We must pray for Kinges and for all that bee in authoritie Finally we must giue to all men their dutie tribute to whom tribute custome to whom custome feare to whom feare honor to whom honor is due But of the Monarchiall gouernement speciall mention is made in the wrightings of the Prophets and Apostles Kings shall be their nourcing fathers and Queenes shall bee thy nources saith Esay The Apostle Peter calleth the King the superior or him that hath the chiefe power as our King Iames hath in his dominions All Churches Protestant and reformed subscribe vnto this doctrine as both Apostolicall and orthodoxall The errors and adversaries vnto this truth These Churches with vs and wee with them vtterly condemne the opinions Of the dreamers whereof the Apostle speaketh which despice gouernement and speake euill of them which are in authoritie Of the Manichies Fratricellians Flagelliferies Anabaptists and Familie of Loue all which raile vpon condemne magistracie Of them who allowe not of the gouernement by women but vtterly detest the same such were they in Italie which said In●●ritus mundi est á muliere regi againe speaking vnto women Abūde magna ciuitas vobis sit domus publicum neque noscatis neque vos noscat such in France who thinke how the lawe of God and nature is violated where a woman is suffered to reigne and gouerne such in Scotland or Scottish men rather from Geneua which wrote that A womans gouernment is a monstriferous Empire most detestable and damnable Againe I am assured that God hath reuealed to some in this age that it is more then a monster in nature that a woman shall reigne and haue Empire aboue man c And litle differing from these men are they in England which tearmed the harborough for faithfull subiects a carnall and vnlearned booke smelling altogether of earth without rime and without reason for defending the regiment of women ouer men when it falleth vnto them by inhaeritance to gouerne to be lawfull and good Hee which so censureth the said Harborough was the Marprelate and this his Censure declareth that hee was the Mar-prince aswell as the Marprelate 2. Proposition The Kinges maiestie hath the chiefe gouernment of all estates ecclesiasticall and ciuill in all causes within his dominions The proofe from Gods word Wee ascribe that vnto our King by this assertion which is giuen to euerie King or Queene in their owne dominions by the word of God For They are for titles gratious Lords Princes the ministers of God the Nourses of the Church Gods For authoritie the chiefe Which mooueth S. Paule to exhort that supplications be made for all men but first for Kinges as the chiefe Againe euerie soule is commaunded to bee subiect to the higher power c Finally the examples are manifold and pregnant shewing the principallity of kings ouer all persons and causes For Aaron the high preist called Moses the chiefe Prince his Lord so did Abimelech tearme Saul his Lord K. Iehosaphat as cheife in Iudah appointed Iudges Leuites and priests K. Ezekias there also as chiefe sent vnto all Israell and Iudah that they should come to the house of the Lord at Ierusalem to keepe the Passeouer also he appointed the course of Priests and Levites by their turnes and commanded all the priests to offer sacrifice c. and they obeied him and enioyned all the congregation to bring offerings and they brought them Which wee doe vnto ours the very same doe the churches of God ascribe vnto Christian magistrates in their principalities Errors Adversaries to this truth Which being true then false is it which the Papists deliuer viz that The kings excellencie of power is in respect of the Nobilitie and Lay-magistrates vnder him and not of Popes Bishops or Priests as they haue cure of soules kings and Princes be they neuer so great must be subiect vnto some Bishop Priest or Prelate The whole Clergie ought to be free from paying Tribute Sacerdotes etiam Principibus iure diuino subditi deleatur say the expurgators Priests are not by Gods lawe subiect vnto Princes No man is to be subiect vnto his temporall

otherside too highly as if the dignitie of their calling were cause good enough that what they doe or say ex opere operato take happy effects These things from the Scriptures are manifest which teach vs that wicked ministers euen the Scribes and Pharisies sitting in Moses chaire and preaching Christ though through enuie strife and contention are to be heard and may administer the Sacraments as did the ordinarie Priests among the Iewes whereof very many both afore and after that our Sauiour came into the world were most wicked men and the best which be are the ministers of God and Gods labourers Also the purer Churches beare witnesse hereunto Neither is hee whosoeuer that planteth any thing neither hee that watereth but God that giueth the encrease saith S Paul And a signe of a good Spirit is it to regard not so much who speaketh or ministreth as what is vttered and offered from God Errors Adversaries to this truth The due consideration of the praemises will both settle vs the more firmely in the truth and make vs the more carefully to abhorre all adversaries thereof as in old time were the donatists and the Petilians who taught that the Sacraments are holy when they be administred by holy men but not els also the Apostolikes or Henricans who had a fancie that he was no Bishop which was a wicked man Among the Fathers also Cyprian and Origen were not ●ound in this point For Cyprian published that no minister could rightly baptize who was not himselfe endued with the holy Ghost hee further deliuered that whosoeuer doe communicate with a wicked minister doe sinne Origen held that in vaine did any minister either binde or lose who was himselfe bound with the chaines of ●inne and wickednes Such adversaries in our time be the Anabaptists the Family of Loue the disciplinarians vsually tearmed Puritants the Sabbatarians the Brownists and the Papists For The Anabaptists will not haue the people to vse the ministerie of euill ministers and thinke the seruice of wicked Ministers vnprofitable and not effectuall affirming that no man who is himselfe faultie can preach the truth to others The Familie of Loue doe say that no man can minister the vpright seruice or ceremonies of Christ but the regenerate also that wicked men cannot teach the truth The disciplinarian Puritans doe bring all ministers which cannot preach and their seruices into detestation For their doctrine is that Where there is no Preacher there ought to be no minister of the Sacraments None must minister the Sacraments which doe not preach The Sacrament is not a Sacrament if it be not ioyned to the word of God preached It is sacriledge to seperate the ministration of the word preached from the Sacraments Of these mens opinions be the Sabbatarians among vs. For their doctrine is to the common people that vnlesse they leaue their vnpreaching ministers euery Sabboth day and goe to some place where the word is preached they doe prophane the Sabboth and subiect themselues vnto the curse of God So the Brownists No man is to communicate say they where there is a blinde or dumme ministerie The Papist doe crosse this truth but after another sort For Pope Hildebrand decreed and commanded that no man should heare Masse from the mouth of a preist which hath a wife The Rhemists doe publish how The Sermons of heretikes and so tearme they all Protestant ministers must not be heard though they preach the truth Their praiers and Sacraments are not acceptable to God but are the howling of wolues 2. Proposition Euill ministers are to be searched out convicted and deposed but orderly and by the discipline of the Church The wicked and euill ministers must not alwaies be endured in the Church of God For they are the euill and vnprofitable seruants the Eies which doe offend the vnsauorie salt which are carefully to be seene vnto and if admonitions will not serue deposed yet orderly and by the discipline of the Churh For that God which appointed a gouernement for the ciuill state hath also giuen authoritie vnto his Church to punish offenders according to the qualitie of their transgressions And so may we read in the word of God Tell the Church saith our Sauiour Let such a one by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ be deliuered vnto Sathan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus saith S. Paul So the neighbour Churches Adversaries vnto this truth Then deceiued and out of the way are the Brownists and Barrowists which are of minde that Priuate persons in themselues haue authoritie to depose vnmeete ministers and to punish malefactors Euery particular member of a Church in himselfe hath power to examine the manner of administring the Sacraments c. to call men vnto repentance c to reproue the faults of the church and to forsake that church which will not reforme her faults vpon any priuate admonition For want of the due execution of discipline against persons offending and malefactors both women may leaue their husbands as some haue done and husbands their wiues and goe where it is in force See more in Art 33. Prop. 1. 27. Article Of Baptisme 1 Baptisme is not only a signe of profession and marke of difference whereby christian men are discerned from other that be not Christened but 2 it is also a signe of regeneration or newe-birth whereby as by an instrument they that receiue Baptisme rightly are graffed into the Church the promises of the forgiuenes of sinne and of our adoption to be the Sonnes of God by the holy Ghost are visiblie signed and sealed Faith is confirmed and grace encreased by vertue of prayer vnto God 3 The Baptisme of young children is in any wise to be retained in the Church as most agreeable with the institution of Christ. The Propositions 1. Baptisme is a signe of Profession and marke of differēce whereby Christians are discerned from other men that be no Christians 2. Baptisme is a signe or seale of the regeneration or newe birth of Christians 3. Infants and young children by the word of God are to be baptized 1. Proposition Baptisme is a signe of Profession and marke of difference whereby Christians are discerned from other men that be no Christians The proofe from Gods word HOw the Sacraments are tokens and therefore that Baptisme is a signe of the true Church which be Christians it is apparent from Gods word in the 5. proposit of the 19. article afore going and the same doe the Churches of God acknowledge Errors adversaries vnto this truth This declareth vs to be sound Christians and. Not Nazarens who were with the Iewes circumcised and baptized with Christians and so as Hierome writeth of them were neither Iewes nor Christians Mot