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church_n	heathen_a	let_v	publican_n	2,742	5	10.9981	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13257	A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Churche. Perused and allowed accordinge to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.; Confessio Helvetica Posterior. English.	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Old, John, fl. 1545-1555.	1568 (1568)	STC 23554; ESTC S118060	120,110	316

other halfe of the word of God Surely he that denieth this denieth the Sonne to shine at the middaie And I praie you what common wealthe what citie what house or familie shall not straight waies bee dissolued vnlesse it be knit together with The churche the scolehouse of honestie maie not bee the denne of vnthriftes the bondes of Lawes and Order What Shall wée suffer the Churche of Christe that teacheth all holinesse and honestie to bée transformed into a schoole of wickednesse and licencious life But if we take awaie this discipline that wée speake of if euery one bee permitted to preache publikely if there be no examinacion of the doctrine and maners of the Pastours if euery man bee receiued without difference vnto the Sacramentes if it be not lawful to reproue those that synne with the offence of others and seuerely to correcte those that resiste stubbernely and also in the ende if nede be by the example of the Apostle to thrust suche forthe of the flocke leaste thei infecte others and also vnlessé there be prouision for the poore and almoses bée distributed by the order appoincted by the holy ghost vnlesse finally all thynges bee rightly and orderly dooen in the house of God what will the Churche bee streight waies for the moste parte but an assemblie of men geuen to libertie and all licētious life But will some saie these An obiection The answer are the duties of Magistrates As though wée wee would haue temporall and yearthly thinges suche as are onely for this world to come into question by any meanes in the Ecclesiasticall Consistorie or that we would exempt either Pastours them selues or any others from the aucthoritie or commaundemente of the Ciuile Magistrates as those doe whom men call Catholikes Christ aunswered vnto them that called Christe hath established the discipline of the church vpon hym to deuide their heritage who saieth he hath appoincted me youre Iudge But he saieth also he that heareth not the Churche let hym bee as an Heathen a Publicane wherfore those thynges are to be disseuered that GOD hath deuided but thei maie not be takē awaie that he hath established Naie certainly it is so farre from the truthe that this Discipline dooeth hinder or lessen the ancthoritie of the Magistrates if it bée lawfully that is to saie by the worde of God onely placed and ordered that contrarywise it dooeth as muche as maie bée establishe it séeyng that nothyng is able so muche to maintain publike tranquilitie as this one thyng that the conscienses of all maie bée retained in the feare of God But it is to bée feared least that olde Popishe An obiection tyrannie bée brought again into the Churche So it is howbeit this is greate The answer foolishenesse saieth the Poet so to auoide vices that thou doe fall into the contrary extremities Wherefore wee maie not auoide Christs yoke of Discipline moste sweete to the godlie mannes tyrannie shake of Christes yoke but we muste receiue it for it is onely vnpleasaunte vnto the wicked and prophane persones and is to the good and godlie moste swéete and comfortable And wée are so farre from coumptyng the Magistrates The Magistrates the sheldes of the Churche and you whom God hath made the foster fathers of his Churche by the Kinges Maiesties Decrees Laie men as certaine dooe and so to separate you as straūgers frō this discipline that I speake of that contrary wise wée doe iudge that this poinct chieflie belongeth vnto you to punishe most seuerely those troublesome contemners of the Churche and by your aucthoritie to procure that the worship of God maie moste purely bee maintained And seyng this regimente of the Elders must bee appoincted not onely of the Pastours but of suche also by whom the pastours theim selues if néede bée maye bée corrected who is so madde but that in the chusyng of the Elders he muste thinke that greate consideracion must bee had of those that besides the commendacions of their godlinesse haue also aucthoritie and proeminence in the Churche But paraduenture I haue spoken to muche of these thynges vnto you especially of whose good willes I can nothyng doubt Therfore I make an ende besechyng the moste merciful and mightie God that he would strengthen thee moste noble Prince with his mightie power and you the rest of the renouned Lordes endued with his holie and excellente spirite and with the true knowledge of his soonne and vouchsafe to adorne you cōtinually more and more with all his moste excellente giftes that he maie finishe that greate worke that he hath begonne in you to the full restoryng of his heauenly kyngdome moste blessedly with your immortall praise and glorie At Geneua the .x. of the Calendes of Marche The yere from Christes incarnaciō for vs. 1565. To al the faithfull Christians whiche are in Germany and other foraigne Nations the Ministers of the Churches throughout Heluetia vvhose names are subscribed wishe grace and peace from God the Father by Iesus Christe our Lorde MAny and sundrie cōfessiōs and declarations of our Faith haue béene heretofore writtē but chieflye in this our age set foorthe in Printe by Kingedomes Nations and Cities wherby in these our latter daies in so vnhappie increase of pernicious Heresies which euery where sprynge vp they shewe and testifie that they thinke beleue and teache purely plainely and according to the vnfallible truthe all euery Article of the Christian faithe and Religiō to be short that thei are farre from Heresies or erronious opinions Albeit therefore we haue done the like alreadie in our writinges whiche we haue published yet bicause they are now perhaps out of minde scattered in diuers places intreate of the matter more at large then that euery man can haue leasure to peruse and reade them through we beinge incoraged by other faithfull mens good example doo our indeuour in this briefe declaratiō to comprehende and set foorth to al that beleue in Christe the doctrine gouernment of our Churches whiche they frō the beginninge of their reformation these many yeares wadinge through sundrie perils haue taught euen to this daie and now also doo retaine with one full cōsent Hereby also we witnesse to all men our generall agrement which the Lord hath wrought emong vs that in our Churches wherein God hath apointed vs Ministers we al speake one thinge not disagreynge amonge our selues but are a perfecte bodie of one minde of one iudgement Moreouer we declare by this our woorke that we sowe not such séede of corrupte doctrine in our Churches as many of our aduersaries falsely and vndeseruedly goe about to laie to our charge to thrust violently vpō vs specially in their hearinge to whome our writinges come not and before suche as know not our Doctrine Indifferent Readers therefore shall most manifestly perceiue by this our writinge that we doo in no wise allow any Heresies whiche heresies that it might the better appeare how greatly