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A07405	A godly and learned assertion in defence of the true church of God, and of His Woorde written in Latine by that Reuerend Father D. Philip Melancthon, after the conuention at Ratisbona, anno 1541 ; translated into English by R.R.	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Robinson, Richard, fl. 1576-1600.	1580 (1580)	STC 17790; ESTC S1632	66,768	154

inter se de imp●rio disciptantibus 433. Present thereat 200. fathers Heresies of Nestorius Twoo natures in Christ truly aud substantially vnited The 4. Councel of Calcedon vnder Martian 452. Mans traditions increased in the Church Monks forbidden to marry virgins which had made vowes Politike ordinaunces for the Church decreeed in the Councell of Calcedon Aduersaries charged with dissimulation Th●● Council of Antioch vnder Foelix the B●shop of Rome there holden about the yeare 274 Touching the herisie of this Paule Samosatenus looke in Pantaleon page 22. Vowes of Dea●tons touching mariage or single life fondly allowed of The Councel of Laodicia vnder Valeut 〈◊〉 Anno 368. Lay men axacted vpon which had married 2 wiues Concil Laodicenum Error of Baptising forbidden for 14 dayes after beginning of lent Marriage forbid with Heretikes The Councell of Toledo vnder Arcadius Honorius Anno 395. Articles of diuinity and humanity in Christ Dea●ons Excommunication of Parents A great and vnmeete absurdity The 5. Councel of Carthage vnder Aurelius Bishop Anno 438. Present therat 74. Bishops Present therer● 74. Bishops Marriage of ecclesiasticall persons forbidden A constitution concerning Chappels and Aulters of Sayntes Superstitiouse woorshipping of Saintes withstood and disanulled The 6. councel of Carthage vnder Aurelius Bishop there Anno 457. Present thereat 217 Bishops Apeale to the See of Rome laboured for by the Bishop there Augustine was present at this Councel Note The impudent forgery of the Bishop of Rome A Relation vnto the 4. Councel● holden there A decree touching repentaunce The Councell called Mileuitana about the time that Hilarius entred againe into Rome ●n 420. S. Augustine was present thereat with a great nūber of Bishops Sute of appele to the See of Rome forbiddē Diuorcements Superstition of vowes confirmed Virgins to be couered before the age of 25. yeeres Auncient ecclesiasticall wryters so farre foorth as they are witnesses of the auncient and first church of the Apostles haue wel deserued to be allowed of Other writers oftentimes er●ing by admonishment haue amended Without choice be made al writing or testimonies of the fathers may not be allowed Origen was Bi●hop of Alexan●ria Anno 235 ●n some points ●e is a witnes ●rofitable With his wri●ings he mixed ●any false and ●●surde opini●ns Origen Error touching righteousnes His error touching workes and vertues 〈◊〉 fault in Origen where he afterwardes corrupteth that which before he applyed wel He alle●geth ●●stification by ●aith Variety in hys interpretation His corrupting of sentences greeuously erronyous Origen vnderstandeth the holy Ghost amisse Note his error in preferring Peter aboue all the rest of the Apostles Mat. 16. Mat. 20. This Dionysius is thought to haue byn the Disciple of Origen and also thiefe schoolemaister of the schoole in the City of Alexādria Anno 250. Popes of the later times haue digressed from the auncient rule of the Church Dionysius testifieth that there was no Masse but Communion in his time His testimonies touching baptisme annoynting Communion ordering of priests and a godly order in burying the dead Ceremonies were the beginnings of monkery Tertullianus Apher was famous in Anno 230. His errors touching mariage His errors touching Saincts His errors touching traditions And touching custome Also touching Baptisme Touching birthdayes and buriall daies Cyprian Bishop of Carthig● and dyed a Martyr about the yeere 275. Note his error touching baptising by Heretikes Touching re●●issiō of sinnes His error touching original sinne His error touching suche as slyde away frō the Churche Bycause Cyprian vsed the word oblatiō for the Lords supper therefore the aduersaries ratify their masse Augustines interpretation of the wordes Sacrifice and oblation The opinion of Irenaeus touching oblation Sacrifice and oblation how to be vnderstoode Certain word● in Cyprian which the late writers do wrest contrary to good meaning Testimonies of antiquitie doo not defend later abuses Basilius was Bishop of Caesarea in Capadocea abowte the yeare 370. Touching rightuousnes Basilius first in●stituted the o●●res of Monkery 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Punishmentes This Gregory is supposed to be 〈◊〉 which was 〈◊〉 in the Church Anno. ●●85 Errors of the Godly are not to be opposed against the word of God What the Aduersaries do alleadge out of Basilius Basilius his opi●nion touching Saintes or th● holy ones Epiphani●●● Idolatry detected by hym ●oannes Chrysostomus vixit cir●iter annum Do●ini 404. ●piscopus Con●ātinopolitanus ●is errors tou●hing remission ●f sinnes Chrysostomes commentaryes touching iustification and faith His opinion touching faith A true testimonie of remission of sinnes giuen in time of Darkenes Chrysostome doth not mention of any priuate masse in his time Ambr. vixit circiter annum 376. Episcopus Mediolatiensis creatu● 377. S. Ambrose his true testimony touching remissiou of sinues Rom. 5● Note his worthie testimonie touching Iustification Psal 32. Ambroslus ad Demetriadem Virginem Sanctus Hie●onymus Stridonensis per totum ●errarum orbē notus in Bethleem illustris habitat Anno 387. Writing against Iouinianus he confirmeth superstitious doctrine touching man● traditions His mistaking of matrimony His errors touching difference of meats Rom. 14. His right opinion touching mans regeneration His misvnderstanding of sinnes In Hieromes wrytings are many and no smal errours Aurelius Augustinus Bishop of Hippona and Disciple of Hierom liued in Anno. 395. In Augustines time there had crept in Philosophicall opinions confirmed by Pelagius His error by confirming of Merits by woorkes Augustine in his time restored a fresh the Gospel touching grace and fayth in Christ His good Opinion touching the enioying o● spirituall moti●ons Augustines pro●fitable difference betwee● the letter and the spirit Righteousnesse what it is The doctrine of the Gospel what it is Scotistae subtil desputers This Scotus lined about the yeere 1298. Deliuerance from the Lawe What it meaneth Examples of the first age Note the Consolation i● the promised Sauiour vpon deliuerance from the Law Law moral and the deliuery therefrom That some of ●he aduersaries ●oe touching Augustines interpretation 〈◊〉 the interpretation of late writers vpon Paul Priuate hate of the aduersaries toward the truth Aristophanes That is they be haue themselues most shamefully beastly and contemtuously in contemning the mightie and meru●ilous woorkes of almightie God An e●hortation ●o the Godly ●eaders In 〈◊〉 time Kings and Bishops set themselues against the mariage of Priests The causes Augustines affirmation touching the regenerate man not iust by workes but by fayth Psal 144. Confession Contrition Trust in the Lorde Fayth touchin● righteousnesse howe to bee vnderstood Monkes erring all the way in expounding Paules meaning Augustine beleeued touching grace and faith the very same which the later age teacheth Pelagius his hereste in estimation Ceremonies in Augustines time Mans traditions better esteemed then the commaundemen●●s of God Note Augustines sounde iudgement touching the ouerthrow of mans traditions Sermons touching Purgatory frequented in Augustines tyme. S. Augustines words of prayer wrested by the Papistes for oblation of the sacrament of the dead Augustines

their prosperous estates at this day to imbrace commemorate the doynges of such godly learned fathers there liuing as haue bin yet are soūd faithful furtherers of Gods glory cōstant friends of that truth which we also now professe Wheras Right honorable Earle sith by Gods gratious prouidence his church with rare excellēt benefits is thus many yeers fructifiyng amongest vs Especially vnder the protectiō of the immediat next vnder god supreme heade thereof so gratious a Queene so godly religious a Princes our deare Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth thus prosperously and prudently vpholding her house with the wise woman Prou. 14. that As the Sunne shineth ouer all the worlde from the seate of the most highest So the beautie of so good a woman so vertuous a Virgin Queene and so gratious muste needes be not onely the principall ornament of her owne house Ecele 26. but also is a light of excellent comfort vnto the faithfull throughout all Christendome Which I pray God continue to the end of the world And again sith in respect of her ●ise honourable graue counsellers with those godly lerned Fathers of the spiritually this prosperous peace may verify that Prouerb with vs Salua res est consuliante Sene Who doubteth to the glory of God be it spoken that the churche of Englande is the Phoenix of the world The Rose planted in Hierico Eccle. 24. yea the flower of the fielde and the Lillie of the Vallies Cantic Canticor cap. 2. The which blessed estate when euery member thereof is bounden by all good gifts to adorne As it is my onely by simple Summum Bonum now then too edifie my slender capacity in translating and writing So at this present with the furtheraunce of the right reuerend father in God my good Lord the Bishop of London by his auctority and by some helpe of a learned Diuine my friendly well willer herein I haue translated this book and geuen it the name or Title of A Godly and Learned Assertion c. Now published as a true testimony of my boūden duety and earnest zeale too the welfare of Gods Church present and of the posteritie And for good causes mouing me I haue chosen your good Lordship the Patrone thereof As one whose noble progenie heretofore loyall too their Prince and louing too their Countrie especially the Lorde Roos in the raigne of the most victorious King Henrie the viii for his noble valiaunt and renoumed seruice in Scotlande most woorthy of memory your honor deseruing no lesse well to bee thought of for your like loyalty learning wisedome godly zeale and like true seruice also if like time of neede should require And thus humbly crauing pardon of your honor for my boldenesse proceeding of an intier good will towardes you And therwith beseeching your noble bountie to graunt the same fauourable protection vnder the winges of your godly zeale as an earnest Hypotheca of my duetifull true hearte towardes your honour which as I shall perceiue to bee affected towardes my good meaning in this behalfe so by Gods grace shall I not onely take further encouragement of duetifull gratitude towardes your honour and my natiue Countrie But also as heeretofore so still shall I rest heartily and incessauntly praying vnto the maiestie Diuine and Lorde of Lordes too endue your Honourable Lordeshippe and the honourable Ladie your Louing Spouse with long life perfect health augmentation of honour and true renowme in this world And finally the inexpressible ioyes of life eternall in the heauenly Hierarchie of the moste highest Ich●ua Your Honorable Lordships moste humble and bounden poore Orator Richard Robinson Of the Churche and of the Auctority of the woorde of God IT was accustomed oftentymes to be disputed vpon how much credit might be giuē vnto the opiniōs of the Churche decrees of Synodes and sayings of wryters For although wee holde it for a rule that wee embrace and haue the worde of God in reuerence yet notwithstandinge when there seeme doubtfull places in the wrytinges of the apostles as it were to occurre or come in the way some men doo dispute that the opinions of the churche rather are too bee followed than the wrytinges of the apostles Moreouer they pretende that the Autority of the church is to be preferred before the word of God and that the Churche hath power to change or alter suche thinges as are delyuered in the worde of God Vnto these opinions doo they cite the saying of S. Augustyne which is this I woulde giue no credit vnto the Gospel were it not but that the auctority of the Catholike Church mooued me therevntoo And therfore vnder a false colour of the name of the Church do the Pope and Bishops decree and commaunde many thinges for their sensuality contrary vnto the word of God yea they confirme and stablish wicked doctrine Idolatry And also by this meanes the very name only of the Churche terrifieth very many nowadaies from the true doctrine of the Gospel which we professe Therefore needful it is that men bee admonished rightly as touching the autority of the Church Againe also certaine more malaparte busiheades when they imagine newe opinions out of sayings of the scriptures which are lewdely wrested doo vtterly despyse the consent of the true Churche and all Synodes without difference As when Seruetus wrangleth with the Churche of al ages and dooth depraue the sayings of the word of god in the first Chapter of S. Iohns Gospel and seeketh after a more fitte interpretation as hee thinketh To the ende therefore that such a malaparte busibraine shoulde bee restrained and brydeled the Church had need of her boūds by al meanes if I may so say as the olde synodes and wryters doo alleadge their first testimonies which they haue taken from the Apostles and other Authors Tertullian wryting against Praxeas sayeth thus wee must holde this for a rule against al Heretykes Rectum esse quodcunque primum quodcunque verò posterius adulterinum That whatsoeuer was firste was good but whatsoeuer was last is coūterfait And surely he calleth that first which the Apostles for certaine did deliuer for so he doth interprete himselfe Irenaeus wryting against Florinus allegeth the autority of them which were in the firste age and namely the autority of Policarpus who was the disciple of S. Iohn the Apostle for hee saith that he woulde haue detested the opinions of Florinus if hee had hearde them woulde haue shunned the place wherin they were declared as lothsome and polluted Basilius alledgeth his nurse whose godlinesse hee sayeth was then specially commended and he addeth that shee receaued her doctrine of Gregory Neocaesariensis which at that time for his learning miracles was famous also refuted Samosatenus and left his posterity a briefe confession of the faith which conteineth an excellent testimony of the Trinity And it is apparant in the 7. booke of the ecclesiastical history Origen alledgeth the

if once the opinions of the Churche be reiected many will deuise straunge and vngodly interpretations of the 〈◊〉 This daunger when it is not too be contemned and that it is profitable too restrayne that libertie we must then agayne 〈…〉 foorth the autority of the Church is to be required For Seruetus when he reneweth the wicked error of Samosatenus and denieth the word● too bee vnderstood the person in this saying 1. Iohn In the beginning was 〈◊〉 worde doeth mightilly extoll the autoritie of the Scripture he bidde●● that this autority be preferred before the decrees of the church After that he disputeth subtilly saying The woorde is simply too bee so vnderstood But whereas the Woorde in the common speech of men doth not signifie the person hee denieth that in Iohn 1. it is too bee vnderstood the person As if Demosthenes shoulde reade this saying In the beginning was the woorde surely he woulde not thinke that any person were to bee vnderstood I aske the question therefore whether it proffit not against such to oppose the autority of the churche Heere I answere That the Churche is to be heard so farre forth as the gospel commaundeth So I say alwaies the congregation is too bee hearde with whome the woorde of God hath bene and which is called the churche euen as we commaunde our Pastors to bee hearde Let vs therfore heare the church teaching and admonishing vs. But we must not ground our beliefe vpon the autority of the church for the churche doth not institute The articles of the fayth shee doth only teach and admonish vs. But for the woorde of God must we beleeue when namely we being admonished of the church do vnderstād that this sentence is truely without subtil allegation deliuered in the worde of God Peraduenture Demosthenes woulde not thinke of a person if hee shoulde reade that sentence In the beginning was the woorde c. But the hearer beeing admonished of the church that the word signifieth the person to say the sonne of God is nowe helped of the church teaching and admonishing him the same hearer doth beleeue the article not for the autority of the Churche but by cause hee seeth this sentence to haue assured testimonies in the same scripture hee seeth there is mention made of a certaine person who taking vppon him nature of man in the worlde was conuersant with men Hee seeth that this person is called the woorde her gathereth apt and firme testimonies of both natures in Christe For hee knoweth that touching the nature of God we must beleeue the heauenly voyce vttered and that it is great wickednes too inuent opinions as touching The nature of God without his testimony 2. Peter 1. and 17. Math. Heare yee him Also The firste Churche is of force as The witnesse of the Apostles But I speake as touching doctrines and not mans traditions for they woulde haue doctrines too bee firme and perpetuall but mans ordinaunces they woulde not haue to bee perpetual and immutable Neither did the Apostles erre in doctrine Therefore it is profitable to reteine those testimonies whereas the moste auncient wryters doo alleadge the autority of the Apostles As Origen Tertullian Irenaeus Gregory Neocaesariens Alexander Bishoppe of Alexandria and many others doe cyte their testimonies touching the Trinitie Who when they doe witnesse that the doctrine of the Trinitie was receaued of the Apostles do greatly stablish and confirme the Godly Therefore suche testimonies are not at all too be despised nor contemned And I sayde also that the writers are to be hearde as now in like manner we say that our Preachers are to be heard because there do some remayne still in the Churche which doe retaine and embrace the trueth in some place more pure in some other places lesse pure and corrupt But heere we must adde this That they which are hearde are too bee iudged by the woorde of God which thing the rule of doctrine instituted alwayes admonisheth Examples Augustine touching originall sin more sharply contendeth then the rest Therefore hee doeth bothe teach and admonishe and when we see him truely and without subtilety to recite any sentence of the scripture we thē beleue the article not for Augastyne but for the worde of God and wee see that the wryters named haue helde the same opinion although they haue not handled this article so copiously or so plainly An other Peter Bishop of Alexandria contending against Meletius affirmeth that such as slyde away from the fayth are to bee reentertained and hee alledgeth an ancient autority For these wordes Epiphanius reciteth as the doctryne which hath come to vs in our age doth declare Therfore the same Bishop of Alexandria doth both teach and admonish that such as slyde away are to bee reentertained Thi● doo wee beleeue not for this Bishop but bicause wee see this sentence is expressed in the woorde of God and heerevnto testimonies of the auncient Church do condiscend also Synodes or Councels The same doo I say touching Synodes or Councels That they are also too bee hearde which when they doo dispute touching the worde of God doo teache and admonishe vs but thereunto let iudgement bee adioyned when they deliuer vntoo the worlde thinges which are true let vs giue credit vntoo them for the woorde of God As the Nicene Councel taught both godly and profitably and admonished al posterity of the sonne of God But we beleue the article not for the Synode or Coūcell but bicause wee see it so expressed in the woorde of God The other thinges which are without the Scriptures are not so wel to be embraced As the Councel of Nicene instituted Canons of repentance which are mās traditions besides the scriptures and haue beene the seedes of many superstitous opinions Sampsons guestes coulde not expounde the ridle which was proponed at the feast but that his wyfe was firste asked the question Wherefore Sampson sayde vnto them except you had first plowed with my heckfer you shoulde not finde out my question So lykewyse muste wee diligently looke about and make inquiry where the Church is which hath the woorde of GOD and wee must see which multitude of the fathers or of Councelles is the purer vncorrupt that is which of them haue the lesse opinions besides the word of god These things doth the church teache admonish and testifie But we must see whether those things which shee proponeth or decreeth haue the firme testimonies of Gods woorde yea or no. And truly it becommeth the godly too acknowledge and confesse that the fathers haue deserued well of their posterity which with sharpe and earnest contentions haue defended and retained godly doctrine that benefit is not smally to be accompted vpon Heerevnto pertaineth that saying of S. Augustyne I woulde not beleeue the Gospel were it not but that the autority of the Churche mooued mee therevntoo Augustyne dooth not heere thinke that the