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A68668	The English creede consenting vvith the true auncient catholique, and apostolique Church in al the points, and articles of religion which euerie Christian is to knowe and beleeue that would be saued. The first parte, in most loyal maner to the glorie of God, credit of our Church, and displaieng of al hærisies, and errors, both olde and newe, contrarie to the faith, subscribed vnto by Thomas Rogers. Allowed by auctoritie.; English creede. Part 1.	Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1585 (1585)	STC 21226.5; ESTC S116384	40,505	88

which thinke that in force It stil is as do the Iewes Turkes Cerdonits Armenians It shalbe à thousand yeeres together after the general resurrection as do the Apollinareans and Millenaries 2. Moral is to be taught kept and obeied of euerie man is easilie proued Wherebie the vane opinions of the Antinomies is vtterlie confuted and condemned 1. In the S. Scripture by infinite places and namelie Rom. 2 13. Rom. 3 31. 1. Cor. 7. 19. 2. By the consent of al good Christians and by the publique confessions of the Church of God in France expreslie art 23. 8. ARTICLE Of the three Creedes THe three Creedes Nicene creede Athanasius creede and that which is commonly called the Apostles creede ought throughlie to be receiued and beleeued for they maie be proued by most certaine warrants of holie Scripture The Propositions The Nicen The Athanasian The Apostolical Creede 1. Is to be receiued and beleeued 2. Maie be proued by the holie Scripture That the 1. Nicen That the 2. Athanasian That the 3. Apostolical Creedes 1. Are to be receiued and beleeued with vs the Churches of God 1. In the old time haue thought 2. At this daie in By publique confessions do acknowledge France art 5. Saxon. art 1. Flan. art 9. Heluet. Confess 2 cap. 11. 2. May be proued by most certaine warrants of the S. Scripture is verie apparent in that they al speake 1. Of one and the same God whom we are to beleeue is 1. For essence but one Deut. 6 4. Mal. 2 10. 1. Cor. 8 4. c. Ephe. 4 c. 2. In persons three Matth. 3 17. Gal. 4 6. 1. Iohn 5 7. The 1. Father the Creator Psal. 134. 3. Heb. 1 2. Col. 1 16. Rom. 11 36. The 2. Sonne the redeemer Isa. 53. 4. Rom. 5. 18. Gal. 3 13. Ephes. 2 16. 1. Iohn 2 2. The 3. Spirit the sanctifier 2. Cor. 1 21 22. 1. Pet. 1 2. 2. Of the people of God whom we must also thinke to be 1. The Church 1. Holie Ephes. 1. 3. Ephes. 2 21. Coloss. 1 22. Catholique Isa. 54 2. Psal. 87. 4. Acts. 1 8 c. Ephes. 2. 14. Reu. 5. 9. 2. The communion of sanctes Ephes. 4 15. 1. Cor. 10. 16. Heb. 10 25. 1. Iohn 1. 7. 3. Pardoned of al their sinnes Isa. 44 22. Matth. 18 23 c. Col. 2 13. Appointed to 4. Arise frō death Iohn 5. 28. 1. Cor. 15 12 c Phil. 3. 21. 5. Enioy eternal life both of bodie soule Iohn 6 39. 1. Pet. 1. 4. Reuel 21 4. Therefore we are enimies to al aduersaries of the doctrine in them comprised whether they be Arrian● Iewes Turkes Sadducies Papists Epicures Atheists 9. ARTICLE Of original or birth sinne ORiginal 1 2 sinne standeth not in the following of Adam as the Pelagians do vanelie talke but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of euerie man that naturallie is engendred of the ofspring of Adam wherebie man is verie farre gone from original righteousnes and is of his owne nature enclined to euil so that the flesh lusteth alwaies against the spirit and therefore in euerie person borne into this world it deserueth Gods wrath and damnation 3 And this infection of nature doth remaine yea in them that are regenerated whereby the lust of the fleshe called in Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which some do expound the wisedome some sensualitie some the affection some the desire of the flesh is not subiect to the law of God 4 And although there is no condemnation for them that beleeue and are baptised yet Th'Apostle doth confesse that concupiscence and luste hath of itselfe the nature of sinne The Propositions 1. There is original sinne 2 What original sinne is 3 Original sinne remaneth in God his children 4 Concupiscence euen in the regenerate is sinne 1. Though this worde original sin is not to be founde in the Can. Scripture yet that there is Orig sin it is cleare 1. By the S. Scripture wherein is set downe most euidentlie thereof 1. The cause which is 1. Principalie the fal of Adam as Rom. 5. 15 c. 1. Cor. 15. 22. Who fel partly By the suggestion of the Diuel Cor. 11. 3. Gen. 3. 4. Through his owne free will 2. Secondarily the propagation of the corrupted nature fro man vnto man So sayth Christ Iohn 3 3 6 ●3 Paul Rom. 5. 12 1. Cor. 15 48. Peter 2. Pet. 2. Iames cap. 1. ●8 Iohn 1. Epist. 3 4 5. 2. The subiect euen the old man with al his powers minde wil heart For in the 1. Minde there is Darkenesse Ignorance Of God his wil Matth. 12. 34. Rom 8 7. Rom 3 4. 1. Cor. 2 14. 2. Tim. 3 8. 1. Iohn 3 1. 1. Iohn 5 20. 2. Will and hart there is Concupiscence Rebellious motions For so it is Matth. 5 19. Act. 7. 39. Act. 15 9. Rom. 1 21. Iam. 1 13. 3. The effects which are 1. Not only actual sins and they both Math. 15. 19. 1. Inwarde as vngodly Affections Cogitations 2. Outward as Wicked lookes Prophane speech Diuelish actions 2. But also 1. An euil conscience 1. Iohn 3. 21. 2. The wrath of God Rom. 1 18. Col. 3 ver 5. 6. 3. Death Iohn 8 24. Rom. 5 12. Iam. 1 15. 4. Eternal damnation Rom. 5 18. 2. By the Confession of the Churches of God in Heluet. confes 1. Art 8. 2. Cap. 8. Basil. art 2. Bohem. cap. 4. France art 9. 11. Fland. art 15. Ausburgh art 2. Saxon. art 2. And thus armed both with the word of God and the confessiōs of the purest Churches we do offer battell Both to the Carpocratians and such like who vtterlie denie that there is any original sinne And also Not only to Florinus Blastus c. who make God the Auctor of sinne But also to al such as curiously enquire whether God woulde haue Adā to fal or why he stayd him not from offending 2. Original sinne ●● Not the imitation of Adam his wickednesse For neither doth The Scripture speake thereof Any Church reformed or otherwise so thinke and some flatly by publique cōfession with vs denie it as the Church in France art 10. in Fland. art 15. Partly 1. The Imputation of Adam his disobedience vnto vs. So sayth 1. The Scripture Rom. 5. verse 12. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 2. The Churches of god at Ausburgh art 2. Saxon. art 2. Wittemb cap. 4. 2. The fault and corruption of the nature of euery man As we find in the 1. Scripture Rom. 5. 12. Rom. 3 23. Rom. 7 18. 1. Cor. 15. 48. Ephe. 2 3. 2. Confessions of the Churches in Helue lat ca. 8. France art 10. Bohem. cap. 4. Ausburg art 2. Saxon. art 2. Wittemb ca. 4. Our Sauiour Christonly exempted from the taint of this corruption For He is the immaculate Lambe 1. Pet. 1. 19. He did no sinne 1. Pet. 2. 22. He knew no sinne 2. Cor. 5 21. He was tempted yet without sinne Hebr. 4 15. Now aduersaries herevnto

theie or he which shal with-drawe his hand from allowing the same maie vehementlie be suspected to be a contemner of the sacred auctoritie of this noble realme and of the doctrine of Christ a dissenter not onlie from al the godlie in this land and therfore not worthie to liue among vs but also from the true Christians who both haue liued heretofore and remaine in anie reformed Church at this present time and a fauorer either of the Iewish or Turkish or Popish or Anabaptistical or some vngodlie and cursed opinion or other Theis things one of the weakest of my brethren knowne I confesse yet through confidence in our chiefe captaine Iesus Christ whose al power is I haue vndertaken to proue in two books or treatises the former wherof is now before you the other in good time if so it please God shal come abroad In which aduisedlie looke and yee shal perceiue that the Religion established by the auctoritie and professed of al degrees in this land is neither a false religion as the Papists do thinke stil tearming it how like Christians iudge yee vngrateful haeresie barbarous haeresie brutish haeresie cruel haeresie wicked haeresie wild condemned haeresie diuelish doctrine but founded and built vpon the immouable fundations which the true Apostles of Iesus Christ and the Prophets haue laid and therefore cannot deceiue nor a new religion a newe faith a newe and barbarous Gospel a newe haeresie as the Antichristians and priestes of the breaden God woulde perswade and make their credulous companie to beleeue found-out by Zwinglius whom they cal The vnfortunate father of our Eng. faith and not extant in England aboue 5. or 6. yeres before the short reigne of K. Edward the sixt but the most ancient receiued euen from Christ himselfe and his written word nor A wicked religion tending vnto Paganisme Epicurisme but that the man of God maie be absolute being made perfect vnto al good workes nor at this present taught in a corner of the world by vs onlie but with a sweete harmonie and consent of al the Churches protestant in Europe publiquelie embraced Againe besides that al the enimies of name which the truth hath had from time to time euen til this verie houre be here discouered yee shal so cleerlie and plainlie beholde as anie thing yee maie when the Sunne gloriouslie doth show himself that Poperie is not the onlie true worship of God that Poperie is not consonant to God his sacred word and wil but planted by weake wicked men that Poperie is not the old Religion but a new or more trulie a loathsome Chaos of all condemned haeresies and antichristian opinions and that Poperie agreeth not with the church of God in this land or in anie other countrie or citie almost in no one substantial material point of Christianitie and so is not the Catholique or c●●●on Religion as theie commonlie giue out And therefore is to be detested and the teachers ●●ereof whether Seminaries or others to be held accursed and the maintainers of the same as ●●ch to be taken heede of as the Arrian Nestorian Pelagian and such like haeretikes that haue liued heretofore or as the Iewes Turkes Anabaptistes which trouble the world in theis daies And therefore right godly wisedome and Christian magnanimitie hath our soueraigne Queene her noble Counsel declared in suffering the papistes being more dangerous to the Realme and as hurtful to the true and Catholique religion to haue no more fauor either publiquelie in temples or priuatelie in houses to assemble themselues together than the Iewes or Turkes the contrarie wherof as they excedingly do wish so wee trust shal neuer come to passe notwithstanding the maruelous opinion they haue in their Gregorie the 13. that now is Pope who theie hope shal once be the bane of our vngrateful heresie And hauing noted these things iudge in the name of God both what he was that incited the Emp. Charles the 5. to make warre rather against that most puissant and noble King of famous memorie whom the enimies of their countrie saie is Radi●●●eccati Henrie the eight for enclining but in part vnto that truth which wholie is here defended than against the Turke what theie are who cal our countrie The sanctuarie of the worst men our Church The slaughter house of haeresie our Martyrs No martyrs but murtherers of themselues our Ministers Intruders vncircumcised Philistims wolues Apostataes the honorable Counsel A sort of heretiques her roial Maiestie A Schismatique an Haeretique un Ethnique a Publicane and therefore of Bishops to be excommunicate i of the nobles to be resisted and of al the commons to be disobeyed iudge in the feare of God whether Poperie be Christianitie and al other sects as theie saie false religions and whether the professors of this Creede be out of the Church as one naie manie Antichristians would persuade and so can haue neither saluation in the next nor anie true peace and securitie in this world and whether Papists are to be cherished as good catholique Christians and the hot Protestants which most carefulie embrace al theis religious Articles to be punished as the Screecher would insinuate Besides forsomuch as the Papists do not onlie thinke but also giue-out that we are at ferce contention among our selues let them aduisedlie consider either howe al the Protestant Churches in Europe do subscribe vnto our Articles or we vnto their confessions and then tel what our dissension is It maie be they wil saie al reformed Churches subscribe not to euerie of our Articles But manie do and none denie I saie not anie of our Articles but not anie one Thesis or proposition of anie Article common to al Christians I grant some confessions be larger than other some are and conteine more matter of Christianitie than others do yet are theie not contrarie no more than Athanasius Creed is contrarie to the Apostles because it is larger nor the Decaloge is contrarie to the moral Lawe because it is the summe of it nor the Commandements Loue God aboue al and thie neighbor as thie selfe are contrarie to the Decaloge because theie are the Epitome of that also Occasions maie fal out that we maie be briefe vpon occasion we maie vse mo words as errors be suppressed or do spring vp And it is to be wished that as new errors peep out so frō time to time new Articles by auctoritie were published thereby to make it euident vnto the whole world both howe hurtfull theie be to the Church of Christ and how we condemne them Nowe as the Papists cannot in truth saie that we dissent from the godlie Christians liuing in other parts of the world so maie theie not tel vs so odiouslie of diuision among our selues at home For we al of vs

Cor. 1. 30. 2. Cor. 5 21. Rom. 10 4. c. 2. In the Confessions of the godly militant in this worlde as may be seene in the Confes. of the Church in Heluet. 2 cap. 15. Bohem. cap. 6. France art 12. Fland. art 22. Ausburgh art 4. Wittemb art 5. Sueuia cap. 3. But so beleeue not The Atheists of this world for they are not perswaded of the life to come not of the mysteries of mans saluation The Pharisaical teachers who thinke there is no righteousnes before God but ciuil and external righteousnes in the sight of men The Papistes For they teach that Some sinnes are washed away not by the blood of Christ but by holy water so called as lesser offences Some sinnes are purged By the fire of Purgatorie By almes giuing By Perigrinations By Pardons By Masses By fasting c. 2. The doctrin of our iustification by Faith only as it is whol some and ful of comfort so is it 1. Grounded vpon the worde of God as Mark. 5 36 Act. 10. 41 c. Act. 13. ●8 Act. 15 8. Act. 22 16 Rom. 1 16. Rom. 3 20 c. Rom. 4 4 c. Rom. 10. 3 c. Gal. 2 16 c. Gal. 3 7 c. Ephes. 2 8. Phil. 3 6 c. 2. Subscribed vnto by the godly in al the reformed Churches of this world and by publique writing in the Confession of Hel. 2. c. 16. ●asil art 8. Bohe. c. 6. 7. Fran. art 20 Flan. art 22. Ausburgh art 4. Sax. art 3 8. Wittemb art 4. Sueuia cap. 3. Partakers of the profit comfort of this doctrine ●re not The Infidels who Either be altogether ignorant of this mysterie Either know it but applie it not to their owne soules and consciences but altogether despise the same As did Herod in killing Iams act 12 Agrippa in not desending Paul Act. 26 26 c. The Iewes in persecuting the Apostles Act. 13 41. c. As doe The Diuels Iam. 2. 19. Many vngodly mē False Christians Tyrans Apostates c. Either teach not a sure confidence in Christ but an historical knowledge of Christ and of other Eccles. matters as in his Catechisme doth Canisius cap. 1. Vaux Cap. 1. Either holde that man is to be stil in doubt whether he shalbe saued or no as the Papists Conc. Trid. sess 6 c. 9. Such as do faine that they please God not through faith by hearing but by reuelation as the Manichies Enthusiasts Anabaptists They whiche hold that man is iustified By Workes without Faith As did The false Apostles in Asia 1. Tim. 1. The Interim of Ausburgh As do the Turkes Anabaptists By Faith works As did the Pseudoapostles at Hierusalem Act. 15. As do the Papists commonly Neither by faith nor workes as they which contemne both a sure confidence in Iesus Christ good virtues yet hope to be saued as they say They who defende how we apprehend not the righteousnesse of Christ by faith but haue it or Christ himselfe rather dwelling essentially within vs as the O sianders 3. Besides what hath bene saide that workes haue no place nor portion in the matter of our iustification it is euident 1. In the holy Scripture where we do find that Al men be sinners and are destitute of the glorie of God and therefore that no man can be iustified by works Psal. 14 2 3. Psal. 53 2 3. Psal. 51. 4. Rom. 5 12. c. The Apostles and the whole Synod gathered together in the holy Ghost did conclude that both Iewes and Gentiles which beleeued were saued not by workes but by the meere grace of our Lord Iesus Christ Act. 15. Eternal life commeth not by desert but Of Promise Acts 2. 39. 3. 25. 13 32 c. Rom 3 21 c. 2. Tim. 1 1. Of Gifte Iohn 17 2. Rom. 6 23. 1. Iohn 5 11. Reuel 2 10 The iust shal liue by faith And the Law is not of ●●ith Gal. 3. 11. As the godly in olde time were so Christians in these dayes are and shal be iustified But the godly were iustified not for any good works or worthinesse of their owne So iustified was Abraham Rom. 4 1. c. Gal 3 6. c. Heb. 11. 17. The Iewes Act. 2 44. The Sama●itans Act. 8 12. Paul Act. 9. Act. 22 16. 1. ti 1. 13 c. Ph. 3. 6. c. The Eunuch act 8 37 The ●ailer Act. 16. 31. c. The Ephesians Eph. 2 4. c. 2. In the Confess of the godly in this world as appeareth plainly Heluet. 2 cap. 16. Basil. art 8. Bohem. cap. 7. France Art 22. Fland. art 24. Ausburgh art 6. 26. Aduersaries vnto this truth are The Pharisies who thought that by external righteousnesse They were saued Moral Ceremonial The false Apostles both In Asia 1 Tim. 1. At Ierusalem Act. 15. The Pharisaical Papists which against the iustification of Faith only do holde a iustification by Merites that of 1. Congruitie 2. Dignitie 3. Condignitie 12. ARTICLE Of good workes ALbeit that good workes which are the frutes of Faith and follow after iustification cannot put away our sinnes and endure the seueritie of Gods iudgement yet 1 are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ 2 and do spring out necessarilie of a true and liuely faith insomuch that by them a liuely faith 3 may be as euidentlie knowen as a tree discerned by the frute The Propositions 1 Good workes do please God 2. No worke is good except it spring from faith 3. Good workes are the outward signes of the inwarde beliefe 1. Though God acce●● not man for his works ●ake as hath bin● proued yet that good works after man his iustification please God it is a cleere truth euerie where to be seene 1. In the Scripture because God hath Commaunded them to be done Matth. 5. 16. Iohn 15. 12. Phil. 2. 14 c. 1 Thes 4 3 2. Tim. 2 19. And requireth righteousnes Not onely outward of the bodie But also inward of the minde Matth. 5 v. 22. c. Act 24. 16 1. Pet. 2. 11 1. Pet 3. 4 c. Rom ●2 2 1. Ioh. 3. 15 17. Appointed For the virtuous rewardes In this life Mat 5 5 Mar. 10 30. 1. Tim. 4. 8. In the world to come Matth. 7. 21. Matth. 10 32. Luke 14 14. Rom. 2 10. To the wicked punishments both Temporal and theie Spiritual Isa 59. 1 2. Iohn 9. 31. 1. Tim. 1. 6. c. 1. Iohn 3. 21. 22. Corporal Deut. 28. 15. c. Ier. 5 24 25. Rom. 13. 1. 2. Heauenly eternal Matth. 10. 33. Matth. 21. 41. c. 1. Cor. 6 9 c. Heb. 12. 14 c. Reuel 21 8. 2. In the confess of the godly in Heluet. 2 cap. 16. Basil. art 8. Bohem. cap 7. France art 22. Fland. art 24. Ausburgh art 6 26. Saxon art 3 5 6. Wittemb cap. 7. Sueuia cap. 4. Which truth is oppugned by aduersaries of diuers kindes whereof Some hold that seing man is iustified