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A godly confession and protestacion of the christian fayth, made and set furth by Ihon Hooper, wherin is declared what a christia[n] manne is bound to beleue of God, hys Kyng, his neibour, and hymselfe
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Hooper, John, d. 1555.
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haue built no aulters of ydolatry if they be in doubt of me in any thyng not to kyll by hearesay nether before they haue heard me speake Thus I pray God both thei and I may serch alwaies to liue in his feare to obeie oure Kinge and to be profitable and true members of this Realme of Englande So be it The .xx. day of December in the yere of our Lorde God a. M. D. fiftie To the Reader Assone as I perused this confession and protestation of my faythe after the prynt I perceyued wordes and sillables euil placed And in y t letter G. the sixt face and syxte lyne both agaynst my copye and the state and argumante of my matter ther is printed Saynt Paule confesseth for s. Paule confuteth an affirmatiue for a negatiue as thou mayst vnderstande by the place howe the worde prynted semeth to affirme that the place denieth But suche faultes escapeth some times contrary aswel to the Printers as the authours mynde Thus the Lorde be wyth the pardon al our faultes for the death of Christ. At London the. xxvi Decem. An. M. D. l. The Confession and protestacioÌ„ of Iohn hoopers Fayeth I Beleue accordyng to the holy Scripture to bee thynges wythout time and before time Also to bee thynges wyth tyme and made in tyme. The thynge wythout and before tyme is God only and soly iii. in diuersitie of persoÌ„s and one in essence and equalitie of the godhead The father the sonne and tholygost Not. iii. Gods but one God Thinges wyth tyme and in tyme be al thynges that euer was now is or euer shal be created in heauen or in yerth vntly the day of the last generall iudgement when as both body soule shal begyn together for the soule euer lyueth immortalitie and ioyes wythout tyme of such as be ordayned by God to eternal saluation and of such as be appointed and haue deserued it to eternal damnacion to begyn eternal paynes and so to endure without tyme. I beleue the sprites both good and bad and lykewyse the soules of men and women created by God to be immortal and from their creacioÌ„ to lyue for euer and neuer to dye I beleue al thiÌ„ges created by God as concernyng their creacioÌ„ to be perfect and good wythout hatred displesure grudge coÌ„tumacie rebellioÌ„ disobedieÌ„ce or pryde against their maker I beleue that thynges created by God part of them by grace and gods fauour hath euer shal perseuer and coÌ„tinue in the perfeccioÌ„ and excellencie of their creacion as the spirites or angelles that neuer fel nor hereafter shalfal through the meanes of Christ. I beleue that parte of these creatures whyche God made in theyr perfeccion nowe to be subiecte parte of theym to immortall paynes parte to mortall paynes parte vnto bothe as the deuyl and manne that fel into thys ruin and perdicion of theym selues althoughe diuers wayes To say the deuyl by pryde and Arrogancye whyles he would be lyke vnto God Man by ignoraunce and by crafte of the deuyll deceyued and not by anye imperfeccion of goddes partie in theyr creacion not by any force compulsion or violence of goddes parte that compelled them to euel For I beleue God to be the author of lyfe and saluacion and the wyll of the deuyl and of man to be the occacion of both theyr losse I beleue al the people of the world to be eyther the people of GOD eyther the people of the Deuyl The people of God be those that wyth hearte and mynd knowe worshippe honour prayse and lawde GOD after the Doctryne of the Prophetes and Apostels The people of the Deuyl be those that thynke they worshyp honour reuereÌ„ce feare laude or prayse God anye other wayes besydes or contrary to the doctryne of the Prophetes and Apostles I beleue that this people of God which be the very true churche of God to haue a certaine doctryne that neuer was is or hereafter shalbe violated by time or any mannes authoritie Thys doctrine onely and soly is comprehended in the sacred and holye Byble And I beleue this doctryne of the Patryarckes Prophetes to be sufficient and absolutely perfect to enstructe me and al tholy churche of our duties toward God toward our neibours Of God it teacheth that he is but one almightie maker of all thinges merciful iust al thynges that good is And seyng we knowe nothinge of God nor can iudge nothing of God as touching our saluation but after his worde we must iudge of hym as we be taughte therin as well of hys diuine nature as of the diuision of the persons in the deuyne esseÌ„ce so that we be compelled by thaucthoritie of gods worde to coÌ„fesse the pluralitie of persoÌ„s the Father the SoÌ„ne and the holy ghost in the vnitye of one deuine godhead and essence I beleue as touchyng the father of heauen as much as holy scripture teacheth vs to beleue is set furth by partes in the .iii. Credes the Crede commoÌ„ly called the Apostles Crede where as we saye I beleue in God the Father almightie maker of heauen and of yearth and so furth wyth al suche thynges as the crede of Nece beleueth after the faith Crede of Athanasius in this behalfe I beleue the second person in Trinitie to be one God with the Father in godhead and diuers in persoÌ„ I beleue hym to be the very substaunce image and figure of God wythout begynning or ending with al other properties and conditions that the hollye scripture of God or the decree or doctryne of any of the thre former creades affyrme I beleue that the mercy of the father the sonne and the holye ghost pitied had compassion vpon Adam the loste man and was prouoked to ordeine the sonne of god second person in Trinitie to debase and humble him self vnto the nature of man and also to become man to redeme and saue the loste man For euen as he was by externall malyce and craft of the deuell broughte to confusion to sinne and so to death both of bodye and soule nothynge hauynge in himself as touching his fyrst creacion that prouoked styrred intysed or allured hym to euell Euen so after his fal was there nothynge in hym or euer after coulde be in his posteritie that myghte or maye allewer or prouoke hym or anye of hys posteritye to the meanes or helpe of his or theyr saluacion But euen as he was loste by malyce and deceyte of the Deuyll so is he and so shall all hys posteritye be saued by the mercye and merites of Chryste The Deuil and Adams wyl wrought synne and death goddes mercye and Christe hys merites wroughte grace and lyfe The wyll of Eaue and Adam strayinge and wanderynge abrode vpon the fruyte an obiecte and matter forbydden of God that they sholde not eate of brought them into death Iesus Christe the seade of the womâ—â—e applying both bodye and soule to the obedience of God deserued lyfe
As it is in the scriptures and in the seconde part of the common crede I beleue in Iesus Christ his onelye sonne our Lorde whiche was conceyued by the holy ghoste borne of the vyrgyn Marye suffred vnder Poncâ—us Pylate he was crucified dead and buried he descended into hel and the third day he arose agayn froÌ„ death vnto life and ascended into heauen and there sitteth on the ryght hand of God the Father almyghtie And froÌ„ thence he shal come to iudge both the quick the dead I beleue that by this meanes and no other the sinnes of al beleuers to be forgeuen without the merites and deseruiÌ„ges of Adams posteritie By AdaÌ„ sinne came into the world and bi sinne deathe Euen so wythoute all merites respectes and worthynes of Adam either of anye of his posteritie by Iesus Chryste came remission of synne and lyfe euerlastyng And euen as I beleue stedfastli sinne death bi this meanes to be ouercome and destroyed and euer lastyng lyfe to follow it so beleue I the sonne of God to be perfect God maÌ„ accordyng to the scriptures and do condemne the heresies of Arian and Marâ—ian with their complices adhereÌ„tes that wyckedly beleued the contrarye And as I confesse and beleue the measies of our saluation to be onely Christ so I condemne the Pelagian and all such other as beleued and taught that thei culd by their own powers streÌ„gth and wyll worke theyr own saluation which false opinion coÌ„culcateth frustrateth slandereth condemneth and blasphemeth all the deseruynges of Christ. Therfore the Pelagian is called worthyly the ennemy of grace Farther I beâ—eeue that the grace of God deserued by the passion of Christ dothe not onely freely and without all merites of man begyn teache and prouoke manne to beleue the promyses of God and so to begyn to worke the wyl of God but also all the woorkes merites deseruynges dooynges and obedience of man towardes God althoughe they bee done by the spirite of god in the grace of god yet being thus done be of no validitee worthynes nor merite before God except God by mercy and grace accompte theym worthy for the worthynes and merites of Iesus Christ that dyed vnder Poncius Pilatus So that I beleue grace not oneli to be the begynner of al good workes but that all good workes done by man in the greattest perfeccion haue neede and wanteth grace to pardon their imperfeccion I beleue in the holye ghoste equalle god with the father and the soÌ„ne and procedynge from them both by whose vertue streÌ„gth and operacion the Catholyke churche is preserued from all 〈◊〉 and false doctrines and teacheth the coÌ„munioÌ„â—f saincts in al truth and verity the whych holy spirit shal neuer forsake the holy church which is Christ his mystical bodye I beleue that this holye spirit worketh the remission of synne the resurreccion of the fleshe and euerlastynge lyfe accordyng to the holy scripture Thys is my fayth and doctryne concirnyng the Godhed and diuersitie of persons in the holy Trinitie and also of the two natures in Chryst hys godhed and manhed Abhorring and detestiÌ„g the heresies of Samosaâ—enes Arian Nestor Eutiches who wer condemned by godly couÌ„cels Nece CoÌ„staÌ„tinople Ephesin Calchedom other I detest and abhor the Martian Manâ—che that faineth to be two gods and both eternal one good the other euil alwaies at debate among them selus I detest abor y e monsterous doctrine of the Valentines so generally of all those that haue denied to be ani god or wold haue many gods Also al those I detest that haue erred and in aintaine theyr erroure in any thyng concerning the essence of god ordeined the plurality of persons as of the father the soÌ„ne and the holye goost This is the faith of gods spiryte in my conscience whiche I haue lerned in hys word haue fayethfullye and râ—lygyouslye preathed and taughte the same in all my sermons as I wyll be iudged by onne audytory Also the same doctryne I haue furthred set forth in al mi boks 〈◊〉 writings though sum CaluÌ„niators and sclaunderers wulde gladly make pore the people beleue the coÌ„trary But I do decline and appeale from such vncharitable spretes vnto the charitable reader and louyng herte of all theym that be indued with gods holy sprete for they wyll not constrayne nor force letter sillable word or senteÌ„ce coÌ„trary to the mynde of the speaker writer but wyll Iudge and serche for iudgement in the processes and circumstances of the writer content themselues with the writers mynde rather than to brynge theyr affection and corrupte myndes to make their own imaginations and fantasies an other mans doctrine as the Arrian Pelagiane Anabaptist Papist and other do and haue doone bryngynge corrupte myndes to the lesson and readyng of Christes testament and wold that their fals heresies and vntrue imaginations should be Christe his doctrine Seeyng bothe goddes lawes and mans lawes suffereth and geueth libertee to euery man in a cause of religion to be interpretater of his owne wordes it were contrarye to iustice to put any man from it For if the auctor may not be the interpreter of his owne mynde what wold not malyce enuy spite and disdayne gather of works most truly and faith fully mente and wrytten And seyng charitee and the lawes of this realme as it appereth in an act of parliament made in y â— first yere of the reigne of our Soueraine Lorde Kyng Edward the syxte geueth lybertee and lycence to hym that shalbe accused for a matter of Religion vpon malice euyll wil hatred disdayn or bee made and suborned recordes to repell and conuicte all suche false recordes and theyr accusers by other faithfull and indifferent Recordes The whiche acte of parliament God forbydde should be denied to any of the kyngs Maiesties preachers for yf the testimonye of theyr audientes shal not quitte theym from the spyte calumniacion of malicious vncharitable meÌ„ they shal not long preache the truth For ether the papistes wyll accuse theÌ„ bycause thei wishe theÌ„ pope al monumentes of papistry to be taken out of the way Ether the carnall gospellar that cannot abyde to heare his faultes carnal life rebuked And I thinke if the Kinges magestie his most honorable couÌ„sel prepare not the soner a brydle correction for synne the true preacher of God hereafter shal be more persicuted for reprehendynge of synne and vngodly lyfe then euer yet hyther vnto he hath bene persecuted by the papistes Thus I haue declared my fayth and belefe towardes God accordyng to the Scriptures in the which I trust to coÌ„tiune vntil deth end this myserable and wâ—fihed life Nowe I wyll declare also the same towardes the churche of Christe what I beleâ—e of the magistrates the mynisters of the woâ—de and the people I dwel wyth al. And of these thynges I wyl speake accordyng