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A06491	The chiefe and pryncypall articles of the Christen faythe to holde againste the Pope, and al papistes, and the gates of hell, with other thre very profitable and necessary bokes the names or tyttels, whereof are conteyne in the leafe next followynge. Made by Doctor Marten Luther. To the reader. In thys boke shal you fynde Christian reader the ryght probation of the righte olde catholyke Churche, and of the newe false Churche, whereby eyther of them is to be knowen. Reade and iudge.; Selections. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 16964; ESTC S108922	81,794	252

synne and also of Christ our sauyour crepte in and they be euen the ryghte doctryne of the heathen which we can not suffer For yf thys doctryne be true then dyed CHRISTE in vayne seynge there is no wicknednes or synne in mā wherfore he ought to dye Or elles he dyed onely for the body and not for the soule also forsomuche as the soule is safe and onely the body worthy of deathe Of the lawe Wherfore the lawe is geuen Here holde we that the lawe is geuen of God fyrst for to anoyde synne by threatenynge and feare of punishement And also by promyses and offeringe of grace and benefites Howbe it all this as concernyng iniquitie for as muche as synne hathe wrought in man is very euill chaunced Rawe wicked persons For some are thereby become worse As they that be enemy to the lawe because she forbiddeth that whiche they woulde fayne do And cōmaundeth that whiche they are not willinge to do In so moche that wher as they may cōueniētly withoute punysshemēt they do more agaynst the sawe nowe than they did before These are euē suche rawe and wicked persons which ceasse not to do wickedly where as they maye haue tyme and place Ipocrytes and false sainctes The other become blynde and arrogaunt thinckynge that they do kepe and can kepe the lawe of theyr owne strength as euen nowe was rehersed aboue of the Scool Theologiēs Out of these come the Ipocrites and false saynctes Offyce power of the lawe But the Chiefe and pryncipal office or power of the law is that she opē the originall synne with al her frutes and shewe vnto man how depely his nature is fallen and howe miserably it is destroyed as vnto whome the lawe must declare that he hath no God nor yet regardeth God but worshyppeth straunge Goddes which before or without the lawe he coulde not haue beleued Therewith becometh he fearfull humble abasshed desperate and would fayne be holpen but knoweth not howe and beginneth to become enemy vnto God and to murmure c. This is it that Saynte Paule sayth Rom. iii. The lawe causeth wrath And Rom. v. Synne increasseth thorough the lawe Roma iii. v. Of Penaunce Thys offyce kepeth the newe Testament and teacheth the same also as S. Paule Rom. i. doth saynge The wrath of God apereth from heauen agaynst al men Rom. i. Item iii. All men are debters before God And no man is ryghteous before hym Rom. iij And Christe Ioh. xvi The holy gost shal rebuke the world of Synne Ioh. xvi This is euē the thōderbolt of god wherewith he striketh downe al in one heape bothe the open synners and the false saynctes suffereth none to haue right but dryueth them all together into feare desperation Thys is the hammer as Ieremy sayth Ie. xxiij my worde is a hāmer that breaketh harde stones Right contrition This is not actiua contritio a made repentaunce But passiua contritio the ryght repentaunce of the harte the sufferyng and fellynge of death Beginnyng of ryght penaunce And thys is euen the beginnynge of the ryghte Penaunce and man must here heare this sentence It is al in vayne with you all whether ye are open synners or saynetes ye muste al become and do otherwyse than ye are and do yet Be ye as great wyse myghtye and holy as ye wyl here is no man ryghteous Promyse of grace But vnto thys offyce doth the newe Testament by and by minister adde the comfortable promise of grace through the Gospel whiche muste be beleued as Christe sayeth Marc. i. Repente and beleue the gospel Mar. i. That is become and do otherwise and beleue my promyse And a littel before hym Iohn is named A preacher of repentaunce for the remission of synnes That is he shoulde rebuke them all make them synners that they might knowe what they were before God and knowledge them selues as damned people and so to be prepared for the Lorde to receyue hys grace of him to hope and accepte remissyou of synnes For thus sayth Christe him selfe Luce xxiiij That repentaunce and remissyon of synnes muste be preached in hys name amonge all nations Luce. xxiiij Offyce of the lawe without additiō of the Gospel But where as the lawe doth dryue thys her offyce onely withoute additiō of the Gospell there is death and hell And man must dispayre euē as Saul and Iudas dyd accordyng to the saynge of Saynt Paul The lawe slayeth through Synne Comforte of the Gospell And agayn The gospel doth not alwayes vse one manner or f●ssyon to geue cōforte and forgeuenes But by the worde sacracrament and suche lyke as we shall heare to thintent that the redemptiō be plenteous by God accordynge as the C. xxx Psalm sayeth agaynst the great captiuite of synne Psalm C. xxx But nowe must we make a comparyson betwene the false penaunce of the Sophistes and the righte Peuaunce whereby they may bothe so moche the better be vnderstande ¶ Of the false Papisticall Penaunce Vnpossyble was it that they should teache ryght of Penaunce whylest they knewe not the ryght synne For as is sayd aboue they holde a wrōg opinion cōcernyng the original synne Doctrine of the scoole Theologyens For they saye that the naturall powers of man dyd remayne hole and vncorrupte And that the discretion of man can teache ryght and the wyl of man can do ryght thereafter And that God vndoubtedly geueth hys grace whan a man doth so muche as is in hym after hys free wyli Out of thys must nedes followe that they onely repented the Actuall Synne as euyll thoughtes whereunto the Actuall dede dyd consente for euyl motyons lustes desyres and appetites was no synne with them euil wordes and euyll workes whiche the free wyll myght and coulde fulwell haue left vndone And to suche penaunce they putte three partes Contrition Confessyon and satisfaction with thys comforte promyse that yf a man hadde ryghte contrition were duely shryuen and made satisfaction than hadde he there by deserued forgeuenes and had made satisfaction for the synne before God And so they taught the people in Penaunce to truste in theyr owne workes Thereby came thys worde in vsage when the common Shrifte or Confessyon was read to the people Spare me Lorde god c. preserue my lyfe vntyl I may do penaunce for my synnes and amende my lyfe Here was no Christ nor any thing of fayth remembred But men did hope by theyr owne workes to ouercome ●ynne to quenche it before God To that intent dyd we also become Priestes and freers because we woulde sette oure selues agaynst synne Contrition As touchynge contrition thus was the matter handled for asmuch as noman was able to cal to remembraunce al hys synnes specially such as were cōmitted throughout the hole yere they dyd cōueye the matter thus whē the forgotten synnes came afterwardes to

Christe is the onely Sonne of God and oure Lorde In whome we beleue euen with the same Fayth wherewith we beleue in the Father as the texte sayeth in the fyrst Symbole I beleue in God c. And in Iesu c. For yf he were not very God then muste he not with lyke Faythe lyke vnto the Father be honoured This disputeth and dryueth S. Athanasius in his Symbole And it is a very defence of the fyrst Symbole Who so euer wil be saued before al thynges it is necessarye that he haue the Catholyke fayth Whiche faythe but yf euery man will kepe whole and inuiolate withoute doubte he shall eternally perysshe This truely is the righte Catholyke Faythe that we worshippe one God in trinite and the trinite in vnitie Neyther confondinge the persons neyther seperatinge the substaunce The person of the Father is one The persone of the Sonne another The persone of the holy Ghooste another But of the Father of the Sonne and of the holy Ghoost ther is one diuinite equall glorye coeternall maiestie Suche as is the Father suche is the Sonne suche is the holy Ghoost The Father is vncreate the sonne vncreate the holy Ghost is vncreate The Father is immeasurable the Sonne immeasurable the holy Ghoost immeasurable The Father is euerlasting the Sonne euerlasting the holy Ghoost euerlastinge And not withstāding there be not thre euerlasting but one euerlasting Euen as there be not thre vncreate nor thre vnmeasurable but one vncreat and one vnmeasurable In lyke maner is the Father almightie the Sonne almightie and the holy Ghoost almightie And yet be they not thre almighties but one God almightie So the Father is God the Sonne is God the holy Ghoost is God And yet be there not thre Goddes but one God So the Father is the Lord the Sonne the Lord the holy ghoost the Lorde And yet be they not three Lordes but one Lorde For as we be compelled by the christian veritie to cōfesse separately euery one person to be God and Lorde So are we prohibite by the Catholyke relygyon of Christes faythe to saye that there be three Goddes or three Lordes The father is made of none neyther crated nor gotten The sonne is from the father alone neyther made nor created but gotten The holy Ghost is from the father and the sonne neyther made created nor gotten but procedynge And so is there but one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy Ghoost not three holy ghoostes And in thys trinite there is none before or after another nothyng more or lesse But al the three persōs be coeterne and coequal to them selfe So that by all wayes as nowe it hath ben aboue sayde the trinite in vnite and the vnite in trinite maye be worshypped He therfore that wyll be saued let hym vnderstande thus of the trinite But it is necessary vnto euerlasting helth that euery Christian beleue also faythfully the incarnation of oure Lorde Iesu Christe It is therfore the ryght fayth that we beleue and confesse that our Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of GOD is God and man He is God by the substaunce of the father gotten before al worldes and he is man by the substaunce of the mother borne in the world Perfect God perfecte man beyng of a soule reasonable and of flesshe humayne Equal to the father by hys Godheade lesse then the father by hys māheade Whiche though he be God man yet is there not twayne but one Christe Truely he is one not by the turnyng of hys Godheade into manhead but by assumptynge of hys manheade into Godheade Yea he is one not by cōfusyō or mixture of substaūce but by vnite of persō For as the reasonable soule and the flesshely body is or maketh one man So God and man is one Christe Vvhiche suffred death for oure saluation descended to hel and rose from death the thyrde daye Vvhiche ascended to heauens sitteth on the ryght hande of God the Father almightye From thence shal he come to iudge the quicke and the deade At whose commynge al men must ryse with theyr owne bodyes And shal geue accompte of theyr owne propre dedes And they that haue done wel shall go into euerlasting lyfe thei that haue done euyl into euerlastynge fyre This is the catholike fayth which excepte euery mā faythfully stedfastly do beleue he can not be saued ☞ Symbolum Ambrosij and Augustini THe thyrde Symbole should be S. Augustyns and Ambroses and after S. Augustyns baptisme haue ben songe whether that be so or not there is no daunger in it whether a man beleue it or not It is neuertheles a propre symbole or confessyon whosoeuer be the mayster or authour made after the maner of a songe not onely to knoweledge oure faythe but also therin to prayse and to thanke God And soundeth thus We prayse the O God We knowledge the to be the Lorde All the earth dothe worshippe the the father euerlastynge To the al Angels crye a loude the heauen and al powers therin To the Cherubyn and Seraphyn continually do crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earthe are full of the maiestye of thy glorye The gloryous companye of the Apostles prayse the. The goodly felowshyp of the Prophetes prayse the. The noble army of martyrs prayse the. The holy Churche throughoute all the worlde dothe knoweledge the. The father of an infinite maiestie Thy honourable true and onelye sonne Also the holy Ghoost the conforter Thou arte the Kynge of glorye o Christe Thou arte the euerlastyng sonne of the father Vvhen thou tokest vpon the to delyuer man Thou dyddest not abhorre the virgyns wombe Vvhen thou haddest ouercome the sharpenes of death Thou diddest opē the kyngdome of heauē to al beleuers Thou sittest on the right hande of God in the glorye of the father Vve beleue that thou shalt come to be oure iudge Vve therfore pray the to helpe thy seruauntes whome thou haste redemed with thy precyous bloude Make them to be nombred with thy saynctes in glory euerlastynge O Lord saue thy people and blesse thyne heritage Gouerne them and lifte them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifye the. And we worshyp thy name euer worlde withoute ende Vouchesafe O Lorde to kepe vs thys daye without synne O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyght vpon vs as oure trust is in the. O Lorde in thy haue I trusted let me neuer be confounded ❧ The Symbole of Nyce I Beleue in one God the Father almightye maker of heauen earth of all thynges visyble and inuisyble ¶ And in one onely Lorde Iesu Christ Gods onely sonne which was gotten of the father before al worldes God of God light of lyght very true God of the very true God gottē not made equall with the father by the whiche al thynges be made Vvhiche for vs mankynde and for oure saluation came doune from heauen And was incarnate by the holye Ghoost