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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	ghost_n	holy_a	spirit_n	3,926	5	5.5026	4	true

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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

haue a Quaternitie of persons not a Trinitie to be worshipped so did Anastasius the Emperour command the Apollinarians did hold Some doe graunt and acknowledge the names of three in the God-head but denie their persons such were the Noëtians Praxeneans and Hermogenians This did say how the same God was called by diuers names in the holy Scripture and therefore that the Father became flesh and suffered because one and the same God is called the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost For which cause they were tearmed Patripassians In this number was Sernetus Againe some doe grant the names and persons of three and yet depriue not onely the Sonne and holy Ghost of their diuinitie but the whole Trinitie also of their properties For they say there be three in heauen viz. the Father the Word and holy Ghost howbeit say they the Father onely is very God the word is the breath of the Father and the holy Ghost is the spirit created by God of nothing through the word spoiling so both the Sonne and holy Ghost of their deitie and the whole Trinitie of their properties Such were the Arrian and Macedonian heretikes hence by-named Pneumatomachons because they waged battel with the holy Ghost And some doe bring in other names of deitie besides of the Father Sonne and holy Ghost as did the Priscilianists 2. Article Of the word of God which was made very man The Sonne which is 1 the word of the Father begotten from euer-lasting of the Father the verie and eternall God of one substance with the Father 2 tooke mans nature in the wombe of the blessed virgine of her substance so that 3 two whole and perfect natures that is to say the God-head and man-hood were ioyned in one person neuer to be diuided where-of is one Christ very God and verie man ● who suffered was crucified dead and buried to reconcile his Father to vs and to be a Sacrifice not onely for originall guilt but also for all actuall sinnes of men The propositions 1. Christ is very God 2. Christ is very man 3. Christ is God and man and that in one person 4. Christ is the Sauiour of mankinde 1. Proposition Christ is very God The proofe from Gods word IN the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and that Word was God This is written of Christ. Therefore Christ is God Christ was begotten of the Father from euerlasting Therefore verie God This is life eternall that they knowe thee to be verie God and whome thou hast sent Iesus Christ They shal call his name Emanuel which is by interpretation God with vs Christ he is the brightnes of the glorie and the engraued image of the Father his person and beareth vp all things by his mightie hand Therefore verie God And this both hath bin of the auncient Christians and is the Faith of the reformed Churches The Errors and adversaries vnto this truth Miserably therefore doe they erre which either denie or impugne the deitie of our Sauiour as did certaine old heretikes viz. The Arrians whereof some were called the Douleians because in scorne they tearmed the onely begotten of God the Fathers seruant The Cerinthians The Ebionites among whome some said that Christ Iesus was a meere man others acknowledged him to be God but not from euerlasting The Eunomians The Samosatenians who thought that Christ was not the Sonne of God before his incarnation The Nestorians whose opinion was that Christ became God by merit but was not God by nature The Macedonians which vtterly denied the Sonne to be of one substance with the Father The Agnoites who held that the diuine nature of Christ was ignorant of some things Againe some late heretikes euen to the death neuer would acknowledge Christ Iesus to be the true and verie God as namely Certaine Catabaptists Blandrat Matthew Hamant burnt at Norwitch an 1579. one of whose heresies was that Christ was a meere and sinnefull man Francis Ket burnt also at Norwitch an 1588. who most obstinatelie maintained that Christ was not God til after his resurrection Dauid George sometime of Basil who affirmed himselfe to be greater for power then euer Christ was In oppugning the deitie of our Sauiour with these heretikes ioyne the Iewes and Turkes which say that Christ was a good man such as Moses and Mahomet were but not God Hence Amurath the great Turke in his letters vnto the Emp. Rodolph the second an 1593. tearmed our Sauiour in derision The crucified God vnto whome may be added the Familie of Loue 2. Proposition Christ is very man The proofe from Gods word HOlding the humanitie of Christ wee ioyne with the blessed Prophets and Euangelists who either prophecied of his future incarnation and conception in the wombe of a virgine or plainely auouched and writ both that the virgine Marie was his mother and that as verie man he grewe and increased in strength endured hunger and thirst wept and slept and suffered death Hence the auncient Fathers and Christians I beleeue in God the Father almightie c. and in Iesus Christ c. which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgine Mary suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried The right faith is that we beleeue and confesse that our Lord Iesus Christ the Sonne of God is God and man God of the substance of the Father begotten before the world and man of the substance of his mother borne in the world Perfect God and perfect man of a reasonable soule and humane flesh subsisting Equal to the Father as touching his Godhead and inferiour to the Father touching his manhood I beleeue in one God the Father almightie c. and in one Lord Iesus Christ c. who for vs men and for our saluation came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the virgine Marie and was made man c The verie same testifie Gods people in Heluetia Basil Bohemia the Lowe countries France Ausburgh Wittemberg Suevia with many moe besides The Errors and adversaries vnto this truth Therefore most wicked were the opinions of those men which held viz. that 1. Christ really and indeed had neither bodie nor soule but was man in appearance onely as the Manichies the Eutychians the Marcionites and the Saturnians 2. Christ had a bodie without a soule as thought the Eunomians the Arrians the Apollinarians with the Theopaschites 3. Christ tooke not flesh of the virgine Marie so did the Valentinians thinke and so thinke the Anabaptists and the Familie of Loue who make an allegorie of the Incarnation of Christ 4. Christ tooke flesh onely of the virgine but no soule as the Arrians 5. Christ tooke flesh not

of his ill willers his power was but small his place high but himselfe made lowe through some disgraces by his potent aduersaries which hee meekely and patiently endured till his dying day 9. During the time of this mans troubles among other two things especially deserue obseruation One is the flocking of Iesuits into the kingdome who afore them neuer came among vs the other is the insolencie and boldnes of our homefaction The Iesuits indicted Councels summoned Synodes enacted and reversed orders and exercised Papal iurisdiction among vs wee not weeting nor so much as dreaming of any such matter The Brethren for so did they now stile themselues in their Churches and charges would neither pray nor say seruice nor Baptise nor celebrate the L. Supper nor Marrie nor Bury nor doe any other ecclesiasticall duty according to the Law but after their owne deuisings And abroad as if they had bin acquainted with the Iesuiticall proceedings or the Iesuits with their practises they had their meetings both classicall and Synodicall they set downe decrees reuersed orders elected ministers exacted Subscriptions and executed the censures of suspension and excommunication where they thought good The Iesuits had for their prouinciall first Roberr Parsons alias Cowbuck then Weston and lastly Garnet which Garnet continued in that office till the yeare 1605. when he was apprehended and for most horrible and hellish treasons as an arrant Traitor put to death in Pauls Churchyard the same yeare And the Brethren had their I know not what cheife men All of these residing in and about London and in speciall fauour both with the Gentiles and vulgar people of their seuerall factions and so continued multiplying their number and growing strong euen head-strong in boldnes and schisme till the dying day of this most graue and reuerend Archbishop which was in the moneth of Iuly 1583. 10. Some foure moneths afore whose death the said Brethren at a certaine Assembly of their owne appointing among other things as I finde decreed that if Subscription vnto the booke of Articles of religion afore mentioned and still meant should againe be vrged the said Brethren might subscribe thereunto according to the Statute Which declareth that what diuersitie and disagreement soeuer was about other matters yet abode ther stil a blessed Vnitie among vs touching the foundation of Christiā religiō And this was in 25. yeare of Q· Elizabeth 11. Next vnto him D. Whitegift then Bishop of Worcester a man deseruedly vnto that dignitie promoted and for his manifold paines in writing teaching and defending the truth his wisedome in gouerning and his well demeaning of himselfe euery way worthy the double honour which hee did enioy or the State could aduance him vnto from thence was translated vnto the See of Canterburie No sooner was he confirmed in his office but obseruing both the open and intolerable contempt in many places of all Church orders by authoritie prescribed and hearing both of many secret conuenticles vnlawfull assemblies in his Prouince and of the tumults and garboiles abroad and euen at his very admission vnto his charge raised in Scotland and that for the selfe same cause which by the Brethren here in England was maintained foreseeing the dangers and troubles likely to ensue for which hee should giue an account if in time hee sought not meanes to preuent them hee thought it his bounden dutie for the preseruation of vnitie and puritie in religion the preuenting of further schisme and the discouery of mens inclinations either vnto peace or faction that all and euery Minister eclesiastical hauing cure of soules within the Prouince of Canterbury vnder his owne hand and by Subscription should testifie his consent both vnto the points of religion in the Conuocatiō an 62. approued and likewise vnto other Articles necessary for concord sake of all and euery man minister especially to be acknowledged and accordingly by due course of Law called then therevnto Which was done the very first yeare of his removeall and of her maiestie the 26. This of the brethren was tearmed the woefull yeare of subscription but that they should so doe there was no cause vnlesse they are greiued that factious spirits and malecōtēted Ministers and Preachers were discouered and their erroneous schismaticall opinions brought into light And surely neuer was their subscription hitherto by authoritie vrged in this land but diuers newe fancies held yet for truthes not to be doubted of among the brethren were thereby detected for Gods people to auoid as monsters neither hath our Church lost by imposing nor the aduersaries gained at the long runne by refusing Subscription 12. In the yeares 71 and 72. when subscription first was required the whole land will witnesse that manie and sundrie bookes aswell in Latine as English then and afterward flewe abroad In which wee read howe then and in those daies The truth of God did in a manner but peepe out as it were at the screene that Cranmer Parker Grindall and all the other Martyrs Preachers and learned men which first in our age brought the light of the Gospell into this realme did see a litle and had a glimpse of the truth but ouersaw many things which in these daies of the Sunshine of the Gospell men of meaner gifts doe see and yet may not vtter them without great danger of the Lawes through the iniquitie of the times though the said things now seene be comprised in the booke of God and also be a part of the Gospell yea the very Gospell it selfe so true are they and of such importance as if euery haire of our heads were a life say the Brethren wee ought to afford them in defense of these matters the Articles of Religion penned and agreed vpon by the Bishops and Clergie and ratified by the Prince and Parliament in comparison of these things nowe reuealed and newly come to light are but Childish and toies Thus write they as your Grace best knoweth and I would haue quoted the places where they may be read had I either not written vnto your selfe or did write vnto a man vnacquainted with their bookes And had they heere stayed there words had bin able without the more grace of God to haue mooued the Parliament all the people of this land as they haue preuailed but too much alreadie with their too credulous fauorites to thinke our Church for all the reformation wrought and Vniformitie in doctrine established to be much awrie and farre from the truth it should professe But setting downe as they haue donne and publishing both what the truth is which nowe breaketh out and offereth it selfe by their ministerie to the viewe of the whole world which afore did but peepe out at the Screene and what the things be which theie of meane gifts doe see and our Fathers the Martirs Bishops and Preachers both in King Edwards daies and afterwards knowne and acknowledged to be men of excellent parts either did not