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A68976	A godly wil and confession of the Christian faythe, made by Rychard Brasier, late auditour to the kinges maiestie in Ireland, whiche be dydde most constantly cleaue vnto during the time that he lyued, worthy to be read by all Christians	Brasier, Richard.	1551 (1551)	STC 3552.7; ESTC S113319	10,135	24

him none other gods Also we shal feare hym as an almyghtye God and as a mercyful father we shall loue hym wyth all our hartes wyth all our soule wyth al our power and wyth all our strengthe and mynde and vpon hym muste stād al our hope for he is the father of light of whom al mankynd lyueth and hath euer lasting saluacion and al other perfect gifts pertaynyng eyther to the body or to the soul haue we from hym through Iesus Christe hys sonne and our Lord. Furthermore I beleue in Iesus Christ the sonne of the liuyng God whych is the very bryghtnes of his fathers glory and the very Image of his substaunce yea he is the only begotten sōne of the father come forth out of the mouthe of the most hyest God fyrst born before al creatures Through whom al thynges are created and in whō we haue redempcion namely remission of synnes through hys bloude wyth the which he hath washed and clensed vs al from synne and hath also reconcyled vs agayne to hys moste holye and gloryous father that wer afore enemies to God For after the tyme that God had made man after hys owne image and similitude he sette hym into Paradyse that he shoulde eate of al the frutes of the garden of pleasure exceptyng hym only the tree of knowledge of good and euyl but man disobeyed the Lord hys God and transgressed hys commaundement Through the whych disobedyence and transgression of the godly commaundement death cursse came ouer al mākynde And when ther was no helpe nor comforte for man wherby he myght haue bene redemed or delyuered out of sathans power thē had God the mercyful father pyty on mankind and promised them a sede namely Iesu Christ hys only begotten son the whych should tread vpon the head of the Serpent and ouer come the diuel and restore them to lyfe agayne And lykewyse as God is rightuous in all hys wayes and holye in all hys workes and true in al hys wordes so hathe he kepte al hys promises trulye And as the tyme of hys promyse was fulfylled god let hys word descend into the wombe of the virgin Mary and by the workyng of the holye Gost became flesh as Ihon in his fyrst chapter of hys Gospel wytnesseth sayinge The word became flesh and dwelt amongest vs and we saw hys glorye as the glorye of the onelye begotten sonne of the father full of grace and veritye Also thys onlye begotten son of God by the power of the holy Goste became man is become lyke vnto vs in all thynges synne only except he hath suffered death for our sakes and hathe taken away Sathans power and restored lyfe in agayne yea he is made vnto vs wisdom and ryghtuousnes satisfaccion and redempciō And lykewyse as he dyed for our syns and went downe into hel so is he rysen agayne the thyrd day frō death through the power of hys father for our ryghtuousnes iustificacion and saluacion And as he oftē tymes shewed hym selfe after hys resurreccion vnto hys disciples so ascended he vnto heauē in theyr presence and sytteth at the ryghte hand of the almyghty Father aboue al rule myght and dominion aboue all that may be named not only in this world but also in the world to come hath subdued al thynges vnder hys fete In summa he is a Lord aboue al Lords and a king aboue al kings yea he is an almyghtye God wyth hys father And neuerthelesse he is also our onli aduocate and mediatour our only hye prieste the sacrifice that he hathe done once for all for our sins abideth of valure for euermore Furthermore lykewyse as Christe oure Lord is ascended vp into heauen and there sytteth vpon the ryght hand of God his father euen so shal he come againe frō heauen wyth the dominion of hys father and with thousandes of Aungels for to geue euerye man reward after hys workes yea euen to iudge the quycke and the dead I beleue also in the holy Gost God wyth the father the sonne whych holye Gost is a teacher of all Christen people and he doth cloth garnyshe them wyth hys giftes and geueth euery one the measure of faith after his own holy wil and keepeth them vnmoueable in one faithe for he is a ruler of the Christian congregaciō He is also the anointmēt wher with all the Christian are anoynted and of that behalfe are called the anoynted of the Lorde So is this holye Ghoste geuen vnto the Christiane as an earnest of theyr inheritaunce to the redempcion and they agayne be hys owne to the prayse of his glory to be briefe it is vnpossible wythoute thys holye holy Gost to know God ryghtly or wyth al the hole harte to beleue vpon hym or to call vpon him as a father and therfore doth god poure thys hys holy spirit vpon hys childrē wherby they may ryghtly knowe hym and ryghtly beleue in hym and as a ryghte father call vpon him This is my beliefe to the father the sonne and the holy Gost whych thre persons I knoledge to be God whose seate is heauen and the earth is a bench for hys feete yea the whych is an euerlastynge an almyghty a ryghtuous and a most mercyful God the whych alone wyl be worshipped and serued for he alone can healpe vs whych he doth for hys names sake and not for our rightuousnes sake Furthermore as I haue said that al they that do beleue ar ioyned together through the holy gost knit in vnity so is ther a Christian church the whych is buylded of lyuing stones whych church is the house of God and the house of God is the congregacion of God and the congregacion of God is the body of Christ and seyng that al right christians are one bodye in the whyche they all through one spirit are baptised so must ther be a communion of Sayntes namely that all sayntes or true beleuers are also ioyned together in vnity as the members of one body And in thys communion of Sayntes is remissyon of syns and that wythoute it is no synne forgiuen nor any hope of saluacion Yea lyke as it is vnpossible that a member can lyue that is not in the bodye so is it vnpossible that any mā may lyue in hys soul and can be released out of death by remyssion of synne the whyche is not a member of the body of Christ for Christ hath reconcyled vs al vnto God hys father in one bodye and therfore must al they stande in varience that are no members of thys bodye of the which Christ is the head to the which he giueth saluacion Ther shal be also a generall resurrecciō of the flesh namely that all they that are dead shal ryse a gayne some to euer lastyng lyfe and some to euerlasting dampnacion and they that shal liue and remaine vpon the earth vntyl the commyng of oure Lord Iesu Christ they shall be chaunged in the twynklyng of an eye at the tyme of

¶ A godly wil and confession of the Christian faythe made by Rychard Brasier late Auditour to the kinges maiesti in Ireland whiche he dydde most constantly cleaue vnto during the time that he lyued worthy to be read of all Christians ¶ To the Christian Reader HEre hast thou gentle reder the true copy of the last wil and testament of Richard Brasier late Auditour for the kyngs maiesty in Ireland wherin is briefly but yet clearely declared the fayth in Christ which the said Richard did professe in hys life time constantly cleaue vnto in the tyme of hys departyng oute of this lyfe Whych hys last wil and confessiō of the Christian faith the sayd Rychard wylled to be openly declared in a Sermon made at his funeral in the church of S. Patrike in Diuelyn wher he lyeth buryed to the entent that the mouthes of such slaunderers as do commonly imagine the recātacion of faythful Christians at the time of their departing out of this world myght be stopped And because the report of this confession of fayth is not yet beleued of manye superstitious mē that would al Christē mē shuld in their last houre recant their assured hope of saluation through Christ only without any our deseruinges it hath bene thought good to such as the said Richard put in trust to se his wil fulfilled to cause this the very true copy hereof to be imprinted that al mē might se iudge Beseching the to read remēber what Christē faith Richard Brasiar stode vnto in the end what euery true mēber of Christ must cōfesse stand vnto The merciful goodnes of the lord preserue the to the ende that thou maiest be salfe So be it In the name of God Amen I Richard Brasyer the Kynges maiesties Auditour of his gracees Realme of Ireland beynge of a hole and perfect memorye do make my testament last wyll the fyfth day of Iune the .iiii. yere of the raygne of our souerayne Lord kyng Edwarde the syxte by the grace of God king of England Fraūce and Ireland defendour of the fayth and of the church of England and also of Irelāde in earth the supreme head in maner forme as hereafter followeth Fyrst and before al other thynges I commyt me vnto God the eternall Father and to hys excedyng great mercy trusting with out any dour or mistrust that by the merites of hys most deare and best beloued son that most innocent and immaculate lambe that pure and vndefyled lambe whych taketh a way the synnes of the world our only sauiour Redemer Mediatour Iustyfyer Iesus Christe for whose sake God the father is pacifyed satisfyed and sette at one wyth man and by vertue of hys most bytter but yet hys most precious deathe and passyon and hys gloryous resurreccion I haue and shal haue free remission and forgyuenes of my synnes and that in the last daye I shall ryse agayne both body and soule according as it is wrytten in Iob the .xix. c●●p I beleue that mi redemer liueth and that in the last day I ●●al ryse out of the earthe and in my flesh shal se my Sauiour Iesus Christe And I bele●e that I shal se the almyghtye goodnes and maiesty of God in the land of the lyuyng and that I shall be a Citizen in the Celestiall and heauenlye Ierusalem in the company of many thousandes of Aungels in ioy inexplycable and thys my hope is laid vp in the bosome of my hart by faith Althoughe I confesse and knowledge that I haue bene and am a miserable and wretched synner whych haue not kepte anye of the commaundementes of God but haue resysted hys wyl many wayes An euyl tree am I that haue broughte foorthe no good fruit for by nature I am the child of wrath in all that maye be named be it secrete or open dooe I knowledge my selfe gyltye hauyng hereof repentaunce and am sorye for it euen from the very bottome of my harte besechyng the almyghty Lord God heauēly father that it wyl please hym not to suffer me to stycke in the depth of my synnes neither impute thē vnto me but graciously to delyuer me from theym throughe Iesus Christ hys sonne and our Lord. Also forasmuch as it hath pleased God of hys vnmesurable bounty and infinite great mercy to cal me vnto the knowledge of the veritye truth of hys most holy word and gospel euē out of the bothomlesse pyt of hell wherinto I had cast my selfe by my own iniquity and synce that tyme that I haue knowen that infallyble truth and verity I haue vtterlye refused and forsaken the moste detestable abhominable vyces of idolatry as offeryng to idols and goyng of pilgrimages and hearing of pestiferous popysh masses supersticion and ipocrisy wyth all the tradicions execrable cerymonyes inuented by byshops of Rome theyr wycked adherentes wherwith both I and all the hole world besydes hath bene blynded and seduced and yet for the more part are I praye God amende the same at hys good pleasure and haue wholy geuen ouer my selfe to the sayd truthe of Gods most holye woorde and haue mayntayned the same to the best of my power although the same was but very smal euen so do I now trust by the abundaunte grace of God to end my lyfe in the same And to the intent that after my departure oute of thys lyfe the wycked worldlynges and papistes whych hath a world of wyckednes in theyr tonges shal not detracte backbite slaunder me saying that I haue forsaken those opinions fayth trust and belie●e in the mercyes and promyses of God throughe hys word neyther touchynge my belefe nor my opinion of the two reuerend and holy misteries sacramentes sygnes tokens or sealed obligacions and commemoracions whych I haue mayntayned now in my lyfe accordyng to Gods word that is to say of Baptyme and of the holy Supper of the worde I wyll bryefely declare my opynyon in the same hereafter followyng Fyrst as touchyng my fayth and belefe I beleue in God the Father almyghty maker of heauen earth And in Iesus Christe hys only sonne our Lord whyche was conceyued by the holy Ghost and borne of the vyrgyn Mary Suffered vnder Ponce Pylate crucifyed dead and buryed descended into hel and rose agayne the thyrd day frō the dead ascended vnto heauē and sytteth on the ryghte hande of God the Father almyghty and from thence shal come againe to iudge the quycke and the deade I beleue in the holy Gost and that ther is an holy vnyuersal Catholyke church whyche is the congregacion and felowshyp of sayntes remission and forgyuenes of syns The resurreccion of the flesh and euerlastyng lyfe At the fyrst I beleue in one God father of our Lord Iesus Christ the whyche is the Lorde of heauen and earthe and Creatoure of all creatures yea he is father of vs all whych hath elected vs to be hys childrē thorow Iesu Christ and therfore shall we hym alonly worshyp and beside