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A19748
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A confession of Christian religion; Protestation against popery by way of a confession of Christian religion collected for the benefit of private friends
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I. D., fl. 1607.; Dunster, John, attributed name.
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1609
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STC 6172A; ESTC S114690
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heresy_n of_o photinus_n as_o drantes_n cant._n 11._o dell_n inf_n report_v but_o he_o be_v factione_n gibellinus_n say_v bellarmine_n and_o therefore_o his_o testimony_n against_o this_o or_o any_o pope_n not_o available_a zepherin_o be_v a_o montanist_n in_o tertulliaus_fw-la judgement_n marcelliws_n a_o idolater_n according_a to_o bellarmine_n himself_o liberius_n a_o arrian_n and_o consent_v to_o the_o condemnaiion_n of_o athanasius_n yea_o flat_a apostat_n witness_n lirà n_n in_o math._n 16._o legimus_fw-la multos_fw-la pontifices_fw-la apostatâsse_fw-la à _fw-la fide_fw-la and_o this_o bellarmine_n do_v in_o some_o sort_n grant_v when_o he_o faint_o deni_v it_o if_o not_o rather_o insinuate_v the_o same_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr propriè_fw-la haeretica_fw-la ista_fw-la sententia_fw-la puta_fw-la papam_fw-la errare_fw-la posse_fw-la est_fw-la erronea_fw-la &_o haeresi_fw-la proxima_fw-la it_o may_v be_v a_o erroneus_fw-la a_o scandalous_a a_o offensive_a position_n but_o non_fw-la est_fw-la propriè_fw-la haeretica_fw-la they_o be_v his_o own_o word_n 6_o the_o true_a mark_n acd_v badge_n of_o this_o church_n be_v only_o two_o the_o 1_o sincere_a preach_v of_o the_o word_n &_o the_o 2_o lawful_a dispensation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n not_o antiquity_n nor_o multitude_n nor_o miracle_n nor_o the_o rest_n which_o bellarmine_n repeat_v to_o the_o number_n of_o fourteen_o 1._o the_o sincere_a preach_n of_o the_o word_n to_o which_o we_o admit_v no_o body_n but_o he_o that_o be_v lawful_o call_v by_o the_o church_n and_o christian_a magistrate_n we_o know_v where_o it_o be_v write_v no_o man_n take_v this_o honour_n unto_o himself_o nisi_fw-la vocatus_fw-la ut_fw-la aron_n and_o that_o our_o saviour_n do_v not_o intrude_v himself_o into_o the_o office_n of_o priesthood_n missus_fw-la sum_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la à _fw-la meipso_fw-la non_fw-la veni_fw-la &_o his_o letter_n paten_n be_v in_o these_o word_n thou_o be_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedeche_n and_o to_o that_o demand_v whether_o the_o call_n of_o our_o first_o reformer_n be_v ordinary_a or_o extraordinary_a i_o answer_v it_o be_v in_o this_o respect_n extraordinary_n that_o when_o the_o ordinary_a ministry_n be_v corrupt_v god_n raise_v up_o some_o of_o his_o better_a servant_n to_o reform_v that_o which_o be_v amiss_o and_o i_o deny_v that_o all_o such_o who_o have_v this_o extraordinary_a call_n have_v all_o of_o they_o &_o always_o the_o gift_n of_o miracle_n john_n the_o baptist_n do_v no_o miracle_n joh._n 10.41_o and_o whereas_o they_o reply_v that_o god_n do_v a_o miracle_n in_o his_o birth_n and_o 2._o that_o he_o be_v of_o the_o lineage_n sacerdotal_a to_o the_o 1_o i_o answer_v the_o miracle_n which_o god_n do_v in_o his_o birth_n be_v know_v only_o to_o few_o &_o 2._o be_v do_v a_o great_a time_n before_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o charge_n to_o the_o 2._o that_o the_o charge_n which_o he_o enter_v upon_o have_v nothing_o common_a with_o the_o leviticall_a priesthood_n wherefore_o his_o extraction_n can_v not_o authorise_v he_o to_o baptize_v neither_o yet_o do_v i_o see_v how_o the_o papist_n can_v object_v unto_o luther_n and_o other_o minister_n in_o the_o reform_a church_n to_o have_v no_o lawful_a call_n see_v they_o receive_v their_o ordination_n from_o themselves_o and_o we_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o the_o popish_a bishop_n in_o create_v minister_n howsoever_o they_o use_v more_o ceremony_n they_o need_v of_o true_o to_o confer_v the_o office_n upon_o who_o they_o lay_v their_o hand_n i_o profess_v that_o minister_n thus_o call_v have_v a_o right_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o key_n the_o key_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v of_o retain_v and_o remit_v of_o sin_n i_o believe_v that_o sin_n be_v only_o remit_v by_o god_n for_o i_o acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v his_o incommunicable_a property_n to_o forgive_v sin_n according_a as_o he_o proclaim_v of_o himself_o ego_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la qui_fw-la deleo_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la tuas_fw-la propter_fw-la i_o &c_n &c_n and_o that_o man_n have_v but_o a_o secundary_a and_o ministerial_a power_n to_o wit_n to_o publish_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n to_o those_o who_o god_n in_o heaven_n have_v forgive_v for_o we_o be_v but_o ambassador_n and_o do_v entreat_v for_o christ_n sake_n reconciliamini_fw-la deo_fw-la otherwise_o if_o the_o minister_n do_v take_v upon_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o any_o absolute_a power_n rest_v in_o himself_o to_o forgive_v sin_n the_o sinner_n to_o be_v absolve_v may_v say_v unto_o he_o as_o augustine_n have_v it_o quid_fw-la ego_fw-la homo_fw-la nisi_fw-la aeger_fw-la sanandus_fw-la vis_fw-la mihi_fw-la esse_fw-la medice_fw-la mecum_fw-la quaere_fw-la medicum_fw-la for_o he_o sinful_a man_n as_o he_o be_v have_v need_n of_o one_o to_o forgive_v his_o sin_n likewise_o i_o acknowledge_v power_n in_o the_o minister_n to_o retain_v sin_n and_o to_o award_v excommunication_n against_o desperate_a and_o scandalous_a offender_n only_o i_o can_v advise_v they_o will_v remember_v and_o practice_v these_o few_o rule_n follow_v 1_o that_o such_o ecclesiastical_a curse_n be_v denounce_v according_a unto_o the_o word_n of_o god_n 2_o that_o they_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o private_a and_o public_a sin_n between_o delicta_fw-la &_o scelera_fw-la 3_o that_o they_o be_v not_o too_o sharp_a in_o their_o censure_n remember_v that_o of_o chrysostome_n si_fw-mi deus_fw-la est_fw-la tam_fw-la benignus_fw-la ut_fw-la quid_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la eius_fw-la tam_fw-la austerus_fw-la against_o the_o first_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n high_o offend_v when_o every_o easter_n day_n he_o excommunicate_v the_o reform_a church_n before_o his_o solemn_a mass_n for_o whereas_o the_o pope_n denounce_v his_o curse_n against_o we_o quòd_fw-la haeretici_fw-la we_o know_v the_o cause_n be_v false_a &_o therefore_o the_o curse_n not_o effectual_a see_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o proverb_n a_o curse_n causeless_o shall_v not_o come_v &_o neminem_fw-la ligare_fw-la debet_fw-la iniqua_fw-la sententia_fw-la gelasius_n and_o therefore_o we_o say_v with_o tertullian_n dum_fw-la à _fw-la vobis_fw-la damnamur_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la absoluimur_fw-la 2_o the_o second_o note_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o rightful_a administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n now_o sacrament_n be_v only_o two_o 1_o baptism_n 2_o the_o lord_n supper_n i_o confess_v baptism_n to_o be_v a_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o therefore_o child_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o covenant_n promissio_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la vobis_fw-la et_fw-la liberis_fw-la vestris_fw-la be_v to_o receive_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o to_o be_v baptize_v howsoever_o first_o the_o pelagian_a and_o since_o the_o anabaptist_n with_o great_a fury_n and_o great_a frenzy_n teach_v the_o contrary_a and_o yet_o when_o i_o say_v baptism_n be_v a_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n i_o do_v not_o any_o way_n extenuat_fw-la the_o efficacy_n of_o baptism_n for_o i_o confess_v baptism_n to_o be_v not_o only_o a_o sign_n or_o token_n what_o we_o receive_v but_o also_o a_o instrument_n or_o mean_v whereby_o we_o receive_v grace_n and_o to_o be_v the_o door_n of_o our_o actual_a entrance_n into_o god_n house_n the_o first_o apparent_a beginning_n of_o life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bazil_n a_o seal_n to_o the_o grace_n of_o election_n before_o receive_v but_o to_o our_o sanctification_n here_o a_o step_n that_o have_v not_o any_o before_o it_o the_o efficacy_n of_o baptism_n i_o give_v you_o in_o tertullia_n word_n homo_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la baptismi_fw-la licet_fw-la à _fw-la foris_fw-la idem_fw-la esse_fw-la videatur_fw-la resurrect_v tert._n docer_n resurrect_v intus_fw-la tamen_fw-la alter_fw-la efficitur_fw-la cum_fw-la peccato_fw-la natus_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la renascitur_fw-la &_o prioribus_fw-la perit_fw-la succedentibus_fw-la proficit_fw-la deterioribus_fw-la exuitur_fw-la in_fw-la meliora_fw-la innovatur_fw-la persona_fw-la tingitur_fw-la &_o natura_fw-la mutatur_fw-la and_o with_o the_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o far_o be_o i_o which_o campian_n impudent_o charge_v upon_o we_o from_o make_v baptism_n adiaphoron_n si_fw-mi habeas_fw-la recte_fw-la si_fw-la careas_fw-la nihil_fw-la damni_fw-la yet_o do_v i_o not_o avouch_v that_o baptism_n be_v simple_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n for_o i_o be_o persuade_v that_o child_n may_v be_v save_v which_o be_v prevent_v in_o his_o baptism_n by_o sudden_a death_n and_o that_o say_n of_o s._n bernard_n always_o be_v of_o authority_n with_o i_o non_fw-la privatio_fw-la sed_fw-la contemptus_fw-la baptismi_fw-la damnat_fw-la and_o that_o of_o s._n ambrose_n qui_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la omittunt_fw-la to_o wit_n in_o the_o case_n above_o specify_v gratiam_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la amittunt_fw-la and_o i_o think_v that_o s._n august_n if_o sober_o understand_v be_v not_o so_o much_o my_o enemy_n in_o this_o point_n as_o papist_n and_o some_o protestant_n do_v believe_v for_o i_o do_v conceive_v that_o st._n augustine_n be_v more_o peremptory_a in_o this_o point_n thereby_o to_o
another_o sense_n then_o that_o of_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v more_o consonant_n unto_o the_o text_n of_o scripture_n yet_o sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la iusserit_fw-la credam_fw-la captivaebo_fw-la n._n intellectum_fw-la meum_fw-la in_o obsequium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la and_o bellarmine_n himself_o lib._n 4._o the_o roman_a pont_n cap._n 5._o si_fw-mi papa_n praeciperet_fw-la vitium_fw-la aut_fw-la prohiberet_fw-la virtutem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la teneretur_fw-la credere_fw-la virtutem_fw-la esse_fw-la malam_fw-la &_o vitium_fw-la esse_fw-la bonum_fw-la but_o it_o shall_v seem_v this_o trouble_v he_o afterward_o for_o in_o his_o recognition_n he_o endeavour_v to_o excuse_v it_o the_o matter_n of_o this_o church_n be_v 1_o angel_n 2_o man_n 1_o angel_n for_o not_o to_o conceal_v any_o thing_n i_o know_v i_o like_v not_o the_o sentence_n of_o m._n beza_n and_o m._n perkins_n be_v it_o speak_v with_o reverence_n to_o so_o worthy_a man_n but_o choose_v rather_o to_o tread_v in_o the_o path_n of_o antiquity_n et_fw-la nemo_fw-la bibens_fw-la vetus_fw-la vinum_fw-la statim_fw-la vult_fw-la nowm_fw-la dicit_fw-la enim_fw-la vetus_fw-la melius_fw-la est_fw-la luc._n see_v the_o learned_a zanch._n be_v persuade_v that_o angel_n be_v part_n of_o the_o mystical_a body_n of_o christ_n and_o member_n of_o the_o church_n see_v they_o receive_v by_o the_o mediation_n of_o christ_n these_o benefit_n ensew_v 1_o to_o be_v confirm_v in_o their_o bless_a estate_n 2_o to_o have_v a_o more_o perfect_a revelation_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n touch_v the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n 3_o to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o man_n from_o who_o they_o be_v averse_a before_o as_o be_v executioner_n of_o god_n wrath_n upon_o our_o sin_n and_o hence_o be_v their_o joy_n for_o our_o several_a conversion_n and_o i_o believe_v that_o this_o opinion_n be_v strong_o maintain_v and_o abet_v with_o these_o place_n of_o scripture_n ephes_n 1.10_o coloss_n 1.20_o 2_o men._n 1._o non_fw-fr hypocrite_n or_o wicked_a man_n for_o howsoever_o they_o carry_v a_o outward_a profession_n of_o sanctity_n &_o the_o livery_n of_o christian_n yet_o indeed_o be_v they_o not_o true_a &_o live_a member_n of_o christ_n body_n for_o otherwise_o this_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o hypocrite_n be_v to_o receive_v his_o portion_n in_o the_o fiery_a lake_n that_o christ_n shall_v condemn_v into_o hell_n his_o own_o member_n only_o i_o must_v advise_v you_o that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n you_o do_v esteem_v all_o those_o for_o true_a member_n of_o christ_n which_o fashion_n themselves_o to_o a_o outward_a conformity_n in_o the_o church_n always_o remember_v what_o s._n augustine_n answer_v petilian_n charge_v he_o to_o be_v a_o reprobate_n in_o area_n domini_fw-la sum_fw-la vel_fw-la frumentum_fw-la vel_fw-la palea_fw-la sed_fw-la huius_fw-la areae_fw-la ventilabrum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la lingua_fw-la petiliani_fw-la but_o 2._o holy_a man_n elect_a child_n &_o saint_n of_o god_n for_o their_o sin_n be_v wash_v away_o in_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o lamb_n they_o only_o be_v clothe_v with_o the_o steal_v of_o righteousness_n and_o have_v palm_n in_o their_o hand_n and_o do_v follow_v the_o lamb_n whither-soev_a he_o go_v sing_v honour_n and_o praise_n and_o immortality_n to_o he_o that_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n and_o to_o the_o lamb_n for_o evermore_o 3._o the_o inward_a form_n of_o this_o church_n be_v the_o bond_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o which_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n disperse_v over_o the_o whole_a earth_n of_o divers_a time_n be_v knit_v together_o and_o link_v in_o a_o union_n to_o christ_n their_o head_n and_o a_o communion_n among_o themselves_o 4._o i_o believe_v this_o church_n to_o be_v invisible_a in_o respect_n of_o this_o inward_a form_n for_o although_o momus_n desire_v yet_o god_n never_o grant_v a_o window_n to_o the_o breast_n of_o man_n so_o that_o we_o can_v enter_v with_o a_o candle_n to_o see_v their_o faith_n their_o election_n the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n &_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o better_a part_n to_o wit_n the_o saint_n bless_v in_o heaven_n to_o who_o as_o we_o can_v extend_v the_o torment_n of_o malice_n or_o the_o scourge_n of_o our_o tongue_n so_o neither_o our_o bodily_a eye_n yet_o visible_a in_o some_o particular_a church_n as_o now_o in_o england_n for_o the_o welfare_n of_o which_o church_n my_o prayer_n have_v ever_o be_v that_o in_o the_o canticle_n arise_v o_o north_n and_o come_v o_o south_n and_o blow_v on_o this_o garden_n that_o the_o spice_n thereof_o may_v flow_v out_o yet_o so_o as_o subject_a to_o change_v have_v a_o wax_a and_o a_o wane_n like_o the_o moon_n for_o sometime_o we_o read_v that_o christ_n say_v of_o his_o church_n who_o be_v she_o that_o look_v forth_o as_o the_o morning_n fair_a as_o the_o moon_n pure_a as_o the_o son_n terrible_a as_o a_o army_n with_o banner_n sometime_o again_o we_o read_v of_o the_o church_n that_o she_o be_v drive_v by_o the_o red-dragon_n into_o the_o wilderness_n &_o have_v send_v after_o she_o a_o river_n of_o water_n to_o swallow_v &_o drown_v she_o up_o 5._o this_o church_n be_v a_o body_n couple_v together_o by_o joint_n eph._n 4.16_o and_o therefore_o must_v have_v a_o head_n the_o which_o head_n i_o confess_v christ_n &_o christ_n alone_o to_o be_v according_a to_o that_o coloss_n 1.18_o et_fw-la ipse_fw-la caput_fw-la corporis_fw-la i_o ecclesiae_fw-la for_o no_o other_o creature_n whatsoever_o can_v perform_v the_o office_n of_o a_o head_n to_o this_o body_n which_o be_v vi_fw-la intus_fw-la agente_fw-la as_o paul_n speak_v eph._n 5._o to_o give_v efficacy_n &_o quicken_a to_o the_o same_o and_o to_o pour_v forth_o oil_n in_o great_a abundance_n into_o the_o seven_o lamp_n which_o stand_v in_o the_o golden_a candlestick_n in_o the_o temple_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o vision_n of_o zachary_n praepoâ—is_fw-la gregorius_n meg_n none_o of_o the_o best_a bishop_n of_o rone_n and_o immediate_a predecessor_n to_o this_o boniface_n sic_fw-la eragice_fw-la declamitat_fw-la ego_fw-la autem_fw-la fidencer_n dico_fw-la quia_fw-la quisquis_fw-la se_fw-la vniversalem_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la vocal_a vel_fw-la vocari_fw-la desi_fw-la deâ—at_fw-la in_fw-la elationae_fw-la sva_fw-la antichristum_n prectortie_n quia_fw-la superhiendo_fw-la se_fw-la caeteris_fw-la praepoâ—is_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o first_o and_o best_a bishop_n of_o rome_n never_o dare_v arrogate_v unto_o themselves_o to_o be_v the_o general_a father_n &_o head_n of_o the_o church_n verus_n successor_n pauli_n dicet_fw-la cum_fw-la paulo_n non_fw-la quod_fw-la dominemur_fw-la fidei_fw-la vestrae_fw-la sed_fw-la adiutores_fw-la sumus_fw-la gaudij_fw-la petri_n haeres_fw-la audiet_fw-la petrum_fw-la dicentem_fw-la neque_fw-la ut_fw-la dominantes_fw-la in_o clerum_fw-la ber._n in_o ep_v ad_fw-la eugen._n nor_o any_o in_o more_o corrupt_a time_n until_o boniface_n the_o 3._o about_o 600._o after_o christ_n have_v 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