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A godly confession and protestacion of the christian fayth, made and set furth by Ihon Hooper, wherin is declared what a christia[n] manne is bound to beleue of God, hys Kyng, his neibour, and hymselfe
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Hooper, John, d. 1555.
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STC 13757; ESTC S117853
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I thiÌk of all gods Sacramentes in the ministery of the churche And of Baptisme because it is a marke of our Christian church this I iudge after the doctryne of Saint Paul that it is a seale and coÌfirmacion of iustice either of our accepcion into the grace of God for Chryst for his innocencye and iustice by fayth is ours and our sinnes and iniustice bi his obedience ar his wherof baptisme is the signe seale and coÌfirmatioÌ For although frely by the grace of god our synnes be forgeuen yet the same is declared by the Gospel receiued by faith and sealed by y e sacramentes whyche be the seales of gods promises as it is to be sene by the fayth of the faythfull Abraham Baptisme hath hys promises as is a fore sayd hys elemente the water his proper coÌmauÌdemeÌt hys proper ceremonies washiÌg in y e water As for other mens opinioâs that saye Circumsicion was the seale not onely of AbrahaÌs acceptation freely into the grace of God by faith but also of hys obedience and proper iustice I beleue it not to be trewe for S. Paul confuteth it in the same place as an errour sayiÌg AbrahaÌ had nothiÌg wherof he mighte glory before god If he had nothiÌg god confirmed that he gaue him not that he found in him for S. Paul saith that Circumcision was the seale of the Iustice that caÌ by faith not by workes They be out of the way that haue the lyke opinion of baptisme for S. Paul disputeth not in that place whether works plese god but sheweth that our saluacion coÌmeth by grace and not bi workes Ther be other that think SacrameÌts to be the coÌfirmatioÌs not only of our fre acceptacyon into gods fauour by fayth but also of our obedyeÌce towardes God hereafter And because Infantes and young babes cannot professe obedience nor put of the olde man nor put on the newe thei would exempt and defraud the young chyldren of baptisme Saynt Paule coÌfesseth also this opinion in the same place AbrahaÌ saith he beleued God and it was accoÌted vnto hym for iustice and sayth not Abraham professed obedience Therfore God coÌfirmed his owne infallible truth and promises to Abraham by circumcision and not Abrahams obedience For if he had he had confirmed the weke and vncertayn infirmitie of man and not hys own infallible truth For AbrahaÌ wyth all hys obedience was infyrme and vnperfect wythout Christ Yet was bouÌd to work in a godly life As for those that say CircumcisioÌ and Baptisme be like and yet attribut the remission of originall synne to Baptysme whyche was neuer gyuen vnto Circumcision they onelye destroye not the similitude and equalitie that should be betwene them but also take from Christe remission of synne and translate it into the water and element of baptisme As for the supper of the Lord which is the other Sacrament whereby the church of Christ is knowne I beleue it is a remembraunce of Christes death a seale confyrmation of his preciouse body geuen vnto death wherwyth we are redemed It is a vysyble word that precheth peace betwene God and man exhorteth to mutual loue and godlye lyfe teacheth to contemne the world for the hope of the lyfe to come when as chryst shall appeare and come downe in to the cloudes whyche nowe is in heauen as consernynge hys humanytye and no wher elles nor neuer shalbe tyll the tyme of the generall resurrection I be leue that this holi sacrament hath his proper promises proper elementes proper commauÌdemeÌt and proper Ceremonies As concerning the ministers of the churche I beleue that the church is bound to no sort of people or any ordinary successioÌ of bishops Cardinals or such lyke but vnto the only word of god none of theÌ shuld be beleued but wheÌ thei speak y e word of god Althogh there be diuersitie of giftes knowledge amoÌg men some know more and some know lesse And if he that knoweth lest teache Christ after the holy scriptures he is to be accepted he that knoweth most teacheth Christ contrary or and ther wayes then the holye scryptures teache is to be refused I am sory therfore wyth all my herte to se the churche of Christ degenerated into a ciuil pollicy for euen as kinges of the world naturally by descent froÌ theyr parentes must solow in ciuil regiment rule and lawe as by right they oughte euen so must such as succede in the place of Bishops and priestes that dye possesse al giftes and learning of the holly gost to rule the church of Christe as his godly predecessour had so that tholy ghost must be captiue bondman to byshops seas palacies And because the holye gost was in saint Peter at Rome and in mani other godly men that haue occupied bishopprickes and dioses therfore the same gifts thei sai must nedes followe in their successours althoughe in dede thei be no more like of zeale nor diligence then Peter and Iudas Balaham and Ieremy Anna Caiphas to Iohn and Iames. But thus I conclude of the mynysters of what degre or dignity soeuer thei be thei be no better theÌ recordes testymonyes mynysters and seruauntes of goddes worde and gods sacrameÌts Vnto the whych they shuld nether adde demynish nor chaunge any thyng And for their true seruyce and dyligeÌce in thys part thei shoulde not be onely reuerenced of the people but also honoured by the magistrates as the seruauntes of god And I beleue that as many soules as perish by their negligeÌce or contempt of gods word shalbe required at theyr handes Of the people thus I beleue that they owe their dutye and obebience to god to them kyng and magistrates vnto theyr neighboures and vnto them selues Vnto god they owe both bodye and soule to laude and prayse him according to gods boke To cal vpoÌ him in the daies of their trouble and vpon none els to coÌforme both their doctrin their lyues to promote and set forth the glory of God Theyr dutye to the kynges maiestie is theyr obedience to him his lawes and the Realme for conscience sake and rather to lose bothe body an goodes theÌ to offende his highnes or his lawes whensoeuer any subiect be called to serue with body or goodes at home or froÌ home willingly thei must obei without question or farther inquision to serche whether the kynges cause be righte or wronge for whether it bee or be not it maketh the death of him that serueth in this respect nether better nor worse For I beleue suche as obeyed kyng Iosias and were slaine in the battayle againste the Egiptians wer acceptable vnto god in Christ thoughe kyng Iosias had not y â best quarell In this case the subiect oweth his body and goods vnto this lawfull magistrate and may deny him of none of them