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A13256	The confescion of the fayth of the Sweserla[n]des	Schweizerischer Evangerlischer Kirchenbund.; Wishart, George, 1513?-1546.	1548 (1548)	STC 23553; ESTC S107832	7,516	30

election ¶ Of the sacrament of the aulter But the misticall supper is in the whiche the lorde offereth his body and his blode that is his owne selfe verely to his owne for this entent he myghte lyue more and more in them and they in hym not so that the body and blode of the lorde are cōmuned naturally to the bread and wyne or closed in them as in one place or put in them by any carnal or meruelous presence but bycause the body and blode of oure lorde are receyuyd verely of one faythful soule and be cause the bread and the wyne by the instituciō of the lorde are tokens be whicha the very communion or participacyon of the lordes body and blode are exhibited of the lorde him selfe through the mynistracion of the churche not to be a meat corruptible of the belly but to be a noryshemente and meat of eternal lyfe And this holy meat do we vse ofte for this cause for when through the monicion and rememberaunce of it we beholde withe the eye of our fayth the death and blode of hym that was crucified and remember oure saluacyon and helthe not with out a taste of heauenly lyfe and very trewe felynge of eternall lyfe when we do this we are wonderfully refresshed throughe this spiritual lyuynge and eternall foode And that with an vnspeakeable swetnes we exulte and reioyce with a myrth vnexpressable in wordes for the saluacion that is founde and we all whole are effused with all our power and strēgth vtterly in doynge of thankes for so wonderful a benefyte of Christ toward vs Therfore it is greatly without oure deseruynges that some aleges and sayeth of vs that we attrybute lyttell to the holy sacramētes for they are holy thyn ges and honorable bycause they are in stitute and ordayned by our hye preest Christ and receyued exhibiting the thiges that they syngnifie in theyr owne maner as is aforesayd beynge wytnes to the thinge that is done in dede representynge so hye and harde thynges bryngeth by wonderfull corespondence and lykenes of similitude a lyght and a clerenes to the mynysters that they syngnifie so wholy is our beleue and estimacion of the sacramentes but verely appropriattynge the vertue of quickenynge and sanctifienge to hym onely whiche is lyfe to whom be all honoure and prayse for euer Amen ¶ Of comynge to churche We beleue and thynke the holy conuencions and gatherynges shulde be holden on this maner and sorte so that fyrst chefely and before all thynges the worde of God be preached to the people openlie in an open and publyke place and that daylie and the secrete and the obscure places of the scripture be opened and declared by mete and competēt mē And that by the holy supper of thākes called howselynge the faithe of the godly be ofte exersysed and that they shulde be contynually in prayer for all men and for the necessities of all men But the rest of ceremonies which as they are vnprofitable so are they innumerable as vescels garmentes waxe lyghtes alters golde syluer in somoch as they serue to subuerte the trewe relygion of God and chefely Idols and Images that stande open to be worshyped and geue offence and slaunder and all suche prophane and vngodly thynges do we abādon reiecte and put awaye from the holy cōgregacion and conuencion ¶ Of heretyckes and sysmattyckes We also abandon and reiecte from our holy conuencions all them that departeth frō the societie and fellowshyp of the holy churche and bryngeth in straunge or vngodly sectes and opinions with the whiche euyll the Anabap tistes are chefely infecte this tyme the whiche we iudge shuld be constrayned and punished by the maiestrates and hye powers yf they obstinatly do resyst and wyll not obeye the monission of the church and that for the entent that they shulde not infecte corrupte the flocke of God throughe theyr wycked euyll ¶ Of thynges indyfferent The thynges that are called and in dede also are indifferent howbeit a god ly mā may vse them frely and in euery place and at all tymes yet not withstandynge he shulde vse them with knowlage and of charitie to the glory of God trewly and the edificaciō of the churche and congregacion ¶ Of Magistrates or gouernours And seynge euery magistrate and hyghe powre is of God his chefe and pryncipall office is excepte he wolde rather vse tyranny to defende the trewe worshipinge of God from all blasfemy and to procure trewe religion and as the prophete dothe teache of the voyce of God to execute for his power in whiche part a trewe and syncere preaching of the worde of God remayneth with a ryghte and diligent institucion of the discipline of citezens and of the scooles iust correccion and nurture with liberalitie towarde the mynystres of the churche with a solicitat and thoughtfull charge of the poore to the whiche ende all the rychesse of the churche is referred This I saye hathe the fyrst and chefe place in the execucion of the magistrat Then after to iudge the people by equall and godly lawes to excersyce mayntayne iudgement and iustice to defende the commune welthe and punysshe transgressours accordynge to theyr fauite outher in goodes theyr bodies or theyr lyues and when the maiestrate executeth these thynges he honoreth god as he shuld in his vocaciō and we howebeit we be free bothe in our boby and all oure goodes and in the studies of oure mynde and thought also with a trewe saythe knoweth that we shulde be subiecte in holynes to the maiestrate and shulde kepe fydelitie promes to hym so longe as his commaundementes statutes and imperes euidently repungneth not with him for whose sake we honour and worshyp the maiestrates ¶ Of holy matrimony We Iudge mariage whiche was instytute of God for all men apte mete therfore whiche are not called from it by any other vocaciō to repugne to holynes of no ordre the whiche mariage as the churche auctoriseth it and celebrates and solempniseth it with orison and prayer And therfore we reiecte and refuse this monckely chastite and all hole this slouthful and slouggishe sorte of lyfe of supersticious men as abominablye inuented and excogitat thynge and abandon it as a thinge repugnant bothe to the comune weale and to the churche And so confyrmeth and stablissheth it so it belōgeth to the magistrate to se that it be worthely bothe begonne and worshypped and not broken but for a iust cause ¶ A declaracion or wytnessynge of our mynde It is not our mynde for to prescribe by this breefe chapters a certayne rule of the faythe to all churches and congre gacyons for we knowe no other rule of faythe but the holy scripture and therfore we are well contented with them that agreeth with these thynges howe beit they vse an other maner of speakynge or confession dyfferent apartly to this of ours in wordes for rather shulde the matter be consydered then the wordes And therfore we make it free for all men to vse theyr owne sorte of speaking as they shall perceyue moste profitable for theyr churches and we shall vse the same libertie And yf any man wyll attempte to corrupte the trewe meanynge of this oure confession he shall heare bothe a confession and a defēce of the veritie truth It was our pleasure to vse these wordes at this present tyme that we myght declare our opinion in our religiō and worshypenge of God FINIS The truth wyl haue the vpper hāde

and taught that we are safe onely by the marcie of God and merite of our sauiour Christ. And that men maye perceyue and vnderstande the better howe necessary is the mercie of god and Christes merites for thē theyr synnes shuld be clerely shewed to them by the lawe and remission by Christes death ¶ Of fayth of the power of it And these so godly benifites with the very sanctificacion of the holy spirite do we optayne by fayth the very trewe gyfte of God and not throughe any other power or strength of oure selues or merytes Whiche faythe is one certayne and vndouted substance and aprehensyon of all thynges that we hope for to come of the kyndnes of god and it cometh firste out of the selfe charitie it worketh noble frutes of al vertues yet not with standynge we atribute no thyng to the dedes althoughe they be godly yet be they mennes workes and actes but the helthe and saluacion that is optayned we atribute to the grace of god onely and truely this worshypynge a lone is the very trewe worshypynge of god faythe I meane mooste pryngnaunt plentifull of good workes without any confydence in the workes ¶ The congregacion or churche Also we holde and beleue that the churche whiche is the congregacion eleccion of all holy men whiche also is the spouse of Christ whom he shall presente without spot vnto his father washynge it in his owne blode is of suche lyuely stones aforesayd layde vpō this lyuely rocke on this maner The whiche churche howbeit it be euydently knowne onely to the eyes of God yet be certayne eternall ryghtes institute by Christ and be one publyke and lawful teachynge teachynge of the worde of god not onely is it spyed and knowen but it is also so constituted by them that without the cerimonies there is no man reconed to be of it excepte it be by a synguler preuilege of God ¶ The ministers of the word of god And for this cause we graunte the ministers of the church to be Cooperators of God as Paule calleth thē by whome God geueth and ministreth both know ledge of our selfe and remissiō of synne and conuerteth men to hym selfe rayseth them vp and comforteth thē affrayeth them also and iudgeth them but so that the vertue and efficacie therof we ascrybe also to the Lorde and the ministracion of the sacramentes For it is manifest that this efficacie and powre is not bounde nor knytte to any creature but is dyspensed lyberally and fre ly who soeuer and when soeuer he shall please for he that watereth is nothyng nor yet is he that planteth any thynge but he that geueth the encreasment whiche is God ¶ The power of the churche The aucthorite to preache Goddes worde and to feede the Lordes flocke the whiche properly is the power of the keyes prescribynge and cōmaundyng all men bothe hye and lowe all lyke shulde be holy and inuiolat and shulde be cōmitted onely to them that are mete therfore and chosen other by the eleccion of God or elles by a sure and aduysed eleccion of the churche or by theyr wyll to whome the churches depute apoynt that offyce of chosynge ¶ The chosyng of ministers or officers This ministracion and offyce shulde be graunted to no man but to hi whom the ministers of the churche and they vnto whom the charge is gyuen by the churches foūd iudged to be of knowlage in the law of god of inocent lyfe the whiche seynge it is the very elecciō of God it is well and iustlye approued by the voyce of the churche and the imposicion of handes of the heedes of the preestes ¶ The heed sheperd of the churche Christe verely hym selfe is the very trewe heed of his churche and congregacion and the onely pastor and heerd and he also geueth presydētes heedes and teachers to the entent that in the externall administracion they shulde vse the power of the churche well and lawfully wherfore we knowe not them that are heedes pastors in name onely nor yet the Romenishe heedes ¶ The dutie of ministers or officers The chefe and pryncypall offyce of this ministracion is to preache repentaunce and remission of synne through Iesu Christe to praye continually for the people to geue diligence wholy to holy stodyes and to the worde of God and resyst and pursue the deuyll alway with the word of god as w t the sworde of the spirite and that with a deadly ha tered and by all meanes to chasten him awaye to defende the holy citezens of Christe And by all meanes compell and reproue the fautie and vicious and to exclude from the churche them that stereth to farre and that by a godly consente and agrement of them whiche are chosen of y e ministers and magistrates for correccyon or to ponyshe them by any other waye conuenient and profytable meanes so longe vntyll they come to a mendement and so be safe for this is the returnynge of the churche agayne for one suche Citezen of Chryst yf he acknowlage and confesse his erroure with conuerted mynde and lyfe for all this doctryne seketh and wylleth that we requyre wyllynge and helthefull correccion exhilarite or comforte all godly by a newe studdy of godlynes ¶ Of the power or strengthe of sacramentes There is twayne whiche are named in the church of God sacramētes Baptyme and howslynge these be tokens of secrete thynges that is of godly and spirituall thynges of whiche thynges they take the name are not of naked syngnes but they are of sygnes and be cites together for in baptisme the water is the sygne but the thynge and verytie is regeneracyon and adopcion in the people of God In the howslynge thankes gyuynge the bread and the wyne are synes but the thynge and veritie is the communion of the body of our lorde helthe and saluacion founde and remyssyon of synnes the which are receyuyd by faythe euen as the sygnes and tokens are receyued by the bodely mouth Wherfore we affyrme the sacramentes not onely to be badges and tokens of christiā societie but to be also synes of the grace of God by the whiche the ministers worketh withe God to the ende y t the promyse bryngeth the worke to passe but so as is aforesayde of the ministracion of the worde that all the same powre be ascribed to the lorde ¶ Of Baptym We affyrme Baptym to be by the institucion of the lorde the lauer of regeneracion the whiche regeneracion the lorde exhibiteth to his chosen by a visible sygne by the ministraciō of the congregaciō as is a foresayde in the which holy lauer we wasshe oure infantes for this cause because it is wyckednes to reiecte and cast out of the felowshyp company of the people of God the that are borne of vs whiche are the people of God excepte them that are expressely cōmaunded to be reiected by the voyce of God and for this cause chefely bycause we shulde not presume vngodly of theyr