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A03284	The confession of faith contending how the troubled man should seeke refuge at his God, thereto led by faith: with the declaratio[n] of the article of iustification at length. ... Compiled by M. Henry Balnaues of Halhill, & one of the Lords of session, and Counsell of Scotland, being as prisoner within the old pallaice of Roane: in the yeare of our Lord. 1548. Direct to his faithfull brethren, being in like trouble or more ...	Balnaves, Henry, Sir, d. 1579.; Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.	1584 (1584)	STC 1340; ESTC S100771	112,936	310

image and similitude male female hee made them whom he indued and cled with most excellent gifts of nature and godly vertues with originall iustice full integritie the law of nature imprented in his hart with power to do the same of his own freewil And put him in the paradise of pleasure that he should labour kepe the same with cōmandement to eate of the fruites of al the trees of paradise and forbad him to eate of the fruites of the trie of knowledge of good and euill standing in the middes of the Paradise Adioyning the paine if he transgressed this commandement saying whatsoeuer day thou eatest of the same thou shalt dye the death Not only gaue god a lawe to man but also to beast Sunne Moone Elementes and all his Creatures in their kindes the which they should not transgresse nor ouerpasse That in his creatures hee might be glorified and haue obediēce of them to that effect hee made them and gaue them the lawe This exposition yee shall finde in the 148. psal Where the prophet exhorts all creatures animate and inanimate to preach and forth show the glorie of god because he said the word they were made and gaue commandement they were created So the law was giuen to man to the effect he should knowe his Maker glorifie him and obeye him for obedience is the fulfilling of the law To obeye god is to loue God with all thy hart with all thy mind power strēgth and thy neighbour as thy selfe This lawe was prented pure and cleane in the hart of Adam who had free will and power of himself to do the same For God made man in the beginning and left him in the power of his owne counsell hee gaue to him his preceptes and commandements saying if thou wilt keepe the commandementes they will keepe thee c. Hee put before him fire and water that hee might put his hand to which of them he liked He layd before him life and death good and euill saying what euer shall please him shalbe giuen to him c. The perfection of Adam and knowledge of the law the rightuousnesse and integritie of him in his creation with the excellent gifts and godly vertues he was indued with are vnspeakeable as saith Ecclesiasticus the 17. Chapter God created man of the earth and made him after his owne Image and similitude turned and conuerted him againe in the same And cled him with vertues according to himself c. Read the whole Chap. which will instruct you of these noble vertues and qualities of Adam What might hee want being perticipant in vertues to the godly nature nothing at all and so all the workes of god were made perfite the which he neuer altered nor changed No more did he his lawe but after the fall of mā by his prophetes and holy Preachers hee set forth and vttered his lawe in the same forme pure estate as it was created That man thereby might the more perfitly knowe his weakenes and imperfection Therefore the Apost saith by the law is the knowledge of sinne The lawe is not sinne but sinne is not knowen but by the law That is the cause why the law workes anger and hatred The law of Moyses of the two Tables was but a vttering and declaration of the law of nature And that proues the sayinges of Christ For when he had made a long sermon teaching his disciples and the people the perfection of the lawe of Moys as ye may read the 5.6 7. Chap. of S. Math. concludes on this maner All things whatsoeuer ye wil men do to you doo ye the same to them For this is the law and prophetes Here ye see the law and all the preaching of the Prophetes ioyned in a knot to the Lawe of nature which teacheth vs what we should doo and what we should leaue vndone This lawe was perfitly prented in the hart of Adam who wanted no perfection to fulfill obserue and keepe the same to the vttermost perfection thereof For transgression of the cōmandemēt of god our forefather Adam was exiled banished forth of paradise and spoiled of the integritie perfection and all the excellent qualities dignities and godlie vertues with the which he was indued by his creation made rebell and disobediēt to God in his owne default And therefore hee might not fulfill the law to the perfection as the same required For the lawe remaining in the owne perfection Iust holye and good requireth and asketh the same of mā to be in deed fulfilled But all men proceeding from Adam by naturall propagation haue the same imperfection that hee had The which corruption of nature resisteth the will and goodnes of the law which is the cause that wee fulfill not the same nor may not of our power strēgth through the infirmitie and weakenes of our flesh which is enemie to the spirit as the Apostle saith O miserable man accuse not God but thy selfe because thou fulfillest not the lawe For howbeit thou in thy default fell from thy goodnes and perfection of nature by the which of thy own friewill and power thou might haue fulfilled the law into euilnes and imperfection and hath corrupted thy nature Neuertheles God remained iust good true and vnchangeable and his lawe also which requireth of thee her duty not according to the fragilitie of thy nature but to the puritie of her nature according to the good will of God Therefore impute no fault to god nor yet to his lawe that thou fulfillest not the same but to thy selfe and thy corrupted nature which obeyed the will of the Deuill and resisted the good-will of god THE XV. CHAP. 1 What remained in man after his fall and what may man do thereby 2 The opinion of the Philosophers touching the wickednes of man 3 The office of the lawe and what shall man accused thereby doe 4 The conclusion of Paule and euasion of Sophistes therefrom with argumēts conuincing them as Lyers NOtwithstanding after the fall of man remained with our first parents some rest and footsteppes of this lawe knowledge and vertues in the which hee was created And of him descended in vs by the which of our free will and power we may do the outward deedes of the law as is before written This knowledge deceaued and beguiled the Philosophers for they looke but to the reason and iudgement of man and could not perceaue the inward corruptiō of nature but euer supponed man to bee cleane and pure of nature And might of his own free wil and naturall reason fulfill all perfection And when they perceaued the wickednes of man from his birth they iudged that to be by reason of the planete vnder whome he was borne or through euill nourishing vpbringing or other accidents and could neuer consider the corrupted nature of man which is the cause of all our wickednes And therefore they erred and were deceaued in their

going about vs as it were a roaring lion seking for the pray to deuour or swolow Against whom we shold resist stoutly into faith taking in our hand the sword of the spirit which is the word of god with the rest of the armour perteyninge to a christian knight specified by S. P. Ephe. the 6. Chapter The substance of the article of iustification is to cleaue and stick fast by our God knowing him our Maker and Creator and to beleeue firmly and vndoubtedly that wee are not righteous nor iust of our selfs nor yet by our workes which are lesse nor wee but by the helpe of another the onely begotten Sonne of God Christ Iesu who hath deliuered and redeemed vs from Death the Deuill and finne And hath giuen to vs eternall life as hereafter at length shalbe declared Aboue all thing the saide article is to be holden in memorie recent among the faithfull And at euery tyme houre driuen and inculcat in their eares as it were a trumpet without the which faith which is the fondation of the christian religion and Church of Christ is made so darke and mistie that no place shalbe founde where vpon to build the the perfite workes of faith THE VII CHAP. 1 What obtained Adam and Eue seeking wisdome contrarie Gods commandement and what they which seekes iustification other wayes then teacheth the scriptures 2 Whereby is the wicked man made iust 3 Where may Sathā enter and where not 4 What wrought the lawe into Adam and the office thereof vnto vs. THe ground stone and sure firme rock whereupon all godly workes and vertues are builded our said aduersarie Sathan vexed in the paradise when in the beginning he perswaded entised our forefather Adam and Eue to leaue their faith into God their Maker and Creator and consent to his false perswasiō which was that through their owne wisedome strength and power they might be made equall and like vnto god who gaue them life promised the same euer to endure with all pleasures commodities in paradise The Deuill perceauing the woman voide and without faith loue and feare of God said howbeit ye eat of the fruicts of this trie ye shall not die the death ye know not wherefore God hath forbiddē you to eate of the same but I shall show you the cause God knoweth that in what soeuer daye yee shall eate of the fruict of this trie your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be like Gods knowing good euill This same persuasion hath all the wicked which perswades man to trust to his owne workes merites power and strength therby to be made iust and to get greate rewarde of god for doing of workes not commanded by God but inuented by mās vaine conceat thinking that God shallbe pleased therewith But surely euen as our forefather was deceaued so shall we be if we consent thairto Heerefore giue trust to no thing in this case or matter but to God and his word keeping euer faith pure and clean without all mixtiō of works in the making of a wicked mā iust And then our aduersarie shall get no place to enter to deceaue vs. Ye shall vnderstande that Adam knew good and euill before the eating of the aple for that teached him the law of nature and the other great wisedome hee was cloathed with as yee may reade in Eccles. the 17. Chap. saying god created them with the spirit of knowledge and with wisedome and vnderstanding hee fulfilled the harts of them and shew vnto them good and euill His iudgementes iustice also he shew to thē What thē was the knowledge Adā got of the eating of the aple onely that he had offended his good god trāsgressed his law the which shew to him his offences and sin By this knowledge he vnderstood that hee was fallen frō the good state in which he was created shuld haue remained if he had obeyed the law of his god into the miserable estate of sin for he had neuer knowen what the trangression of the lawe had bene if he had not sinned The law before taught him what he should doo leaue vndone what was good what was euill and after he sinned the lawe vttered the same to him broght him in knowledge thereof for it can do no other thing to the sinner but trouble his minde and bring vpon him great feare and dread This proues the sayings of god to ADAM inquiring who hath showen vnto thee that thou was naked but that thou hast eaten of the tree of the which I commauded thou shouldest not eat This hatred and enimity is old which Sathan hath moued cōtrary mankind had the beginning at the first creation of man of malice cōceaued to bring man in the same rebellion he was in This persecution of sathan shal endure to the latter iudgement therefore let vs bee walke full and diligent euer armed with our shield faith the word of god euer printed in our hartes taking no care of wordly troubles hoping hastely to be deliuered therfrō cōsidering we haue no permanēt Citie here but as Pilgrimes trauailing to and fro beholding and looking for that heauinly citie and place prepared to vs from the beginning of the world THE VIII CHAP. 1 Wherefore Cain slew Abell howe long god suffered the article of iustification to be pursued by the seede of Cain 2 What paine hee tooke at last and howe Sathan reserued his seede 3 Whereof sprang the Idolatrie whiche abounded betweene the dayes of Noe and Abraham and vnder what pretext it was defended SHortly hereafter the said aduersarie a man killer and lyer perswaded entised the one brother to slaye the other of malice without any cause but that the one brother Abell being iust godly offered into faith a more pleasant and acceptable sacrifice vnto God then the other Cain who was wicked and an hipocrit whose sacrifice pleased not god becaus the person was not acceptable to him Therefore god looked to Abell and to his workes vnto Cain and his workes he looked not There followed against the saide article the perpetuall persecution of Sathan intolerable by the sonnes of Cain while God wes compelled prouoked of his ryghteous iudgement to drowne the whole worlde once to purge the same from sin reseruing defending through his mercy onely the perauthor of faith and righteousnesse Noe. Neuerthelesse Sathan keped his seed in the third sonne of Noe Cham as testifies the historie After this the whole world rysing in a madnes fury impugning this article of iustificatiō finding inuenting innumerable Idols and religions with the which they pretēded to please God with their owne works and inuentions euerie one making to him selfe a particular or peculiare god or gods The which is no other thing but to think that without the help of Christ of their owne power works Inuentions they may redeeme them selues from sin all euils and please

whome god gaue consolation saying there is in thy bosom conceaued two sundry nations two people shalbe deuided of thy belly That is thou knowes not which of them is the seede of the promesse the yongest haue I chosen to whome the eldest shall serue This is conforme to the sayinges of S. Paule Rom. the 9. Chap. But trust well she vnderstoode spiritually by faith that Iacob was the promised seede when shee procured and laboured so diligently that he should get the blessing of his father defrauded the eldest Esaw This was not knowē to Isaac for he wold not only that Esawe should succeede to the heritage but to haue gottē the blessing also which Iacob obtained by perswasion of his mother Neuerthelesse Esaw remained with the heritage in his fathers house and ceased not still to pursue Iacob who at last was compelled to fly for feare of his life And so euer the seede of the serpent pursues the chosing conforme to this beginning Let Abell dye and Cain liue But finally the seede of Iacob succeeded to the land of promission And inioyed the heritage Howbeit they were long troubled and afflicted in Egipt THE X. CHAP. 1 The wrong opinion of the Iewes of the promised seede 2 Wherin the vngodly place iustification 3 Sathan moues his members against the true professours of faith 4 Ieremie the Prophet of God resisted the whole Ecclesiasticall power of the Iewes 5 The head of the serpent troden downe by the death of Iesus Christ. 6 The article of iustification preached after the death of Christ. YE shall vnderstande that the Iewes had a fleshly opiniō of this promised seede for they vnderstood that the Messias which was promised to them should rule temporaly as Dauid did and establish his realme in great quietnes rest withal pleasure voluptuousnes as yee may vnderstand by the desire of the mother of the Sons of Zebedee Her Sons being with Christ and his Apostles were of the same opinion as testified the aunsweare of Christ saying to them yee knowe not what ye aske But the spirituall knowledge which the Fathers had was farre different therefrom Who vnderstoode in the spirit that the realme of Christ was spirituall and not temporall to the which they were led by faith By this yee shall vnderstande not only that the fleshely iudgement is deceaued in knowledge of this seede but also of the persecution of Sathan Euer perswading the wicked and vngodly which are his seede to persecute the womans seede of the promisse That is the chosen who according to the promisse of God obtaine victorie by faith in the bloud of Christ. For Sathan intending to destroye this article of iustification may not suffer the preaching thereof that is That by grace through faith and not of our owne rightuousnesse and workes We ar made safe please God are receaued into fauour with him and accepted as righteous and iust not of our merites or deseruinges but through the merits of Christ Iesu our Sauiour By the cōtrary the wicked trusts in their owne strength and merites And will haue their good works inuented by them selfe without the commandement of god a part of their saluation And who will not authorise the same they persecute of deadly hatred and must needes dye as Abell did So let Abell dye and Cain liue that is our law sayeth the vngodly In the Church of the Iewes our saide aduersarie ceased not to impung this article and perswade the wicked to persecute the godly and kill the prophets for preaching the same for defence of the which Ieremie the Prophet resisted the hole Ecclesiastical power authoritie of the Church of the Iewes that is the multitude of the wicked being a few number of the chosen that assisted to him as yee may reade Ieremie the 26 Chap. Not the les afterward hee was stoned to death for the same cause which is the reward of mā that is which mā giueth for the true preaching of this article So let Abell dye and Cain liue Finally the persecution of sathan our aduersary perswaded the death of christ his Apostles and martyres and their true successours all for this article But euer Christ got victorie and triumphed by his word only In so much as he got victorie of the deuill hell and death of the lawe sinne the world and the fleshe through his death and resurrection So by faith in his bloud al the Prophets Apostles martyres confessors with their bloud haue watered the Church and haue left a sure testimonie to vs for confirmation of this article that in the bloud of christ and not in their owne bloud workes or deedes they are made safe and haue gotten the realme of heauen conquest and purchased to them by Christ and not by them selfes nor their merites The which confession is the cause that the godly ar euer persecuted by the wicked So let Abell dye and Cain liue that is our lawe THE XI CHAP. 1 How sathan hath deceaued the worlde after Christ and wherewith he hath cled him 2 An euident argument showing them which this daye are called bishoppes to be the church malignant 3 An exhortation to them which enter in the church by the Popes authoritie aend of his power to make bishops 4 Wherein the wicked Iewes gloried and wherein the Pope his kingdome NOw our aduersary perceauing by the death of Christ that the promise made in Paradise was fulfilled and his head troaden down that is his power strēgth by the sheding of the bloud of Christ this article of iustificatiō laid so abroad the church of christ is so strongly edged with the same that all his imaginatiōs with the which he deceaued mankind had no place to peruert the perfite faith Then inuented he a new maner of habite which hee founde in the same church amongst the slouthfull ministers whome by processe of time seeing them idle not occupied in the reading teaching and preaching of the scriptures hee prouoked to inuent workes of their own conceite And also to abuse the holy sacramentes and good workes of God with vaine superstitions the which they call good workes And by this meanes he hath so drawen them from faith that they knowe not what the same is nor what Christ is but as it were a Theefe hanged vpon a gallous or gibbit innocētly or like another maner of prophane history of Hector or of the great Alexander And therefore hath prouoked them to pursue this Article more cruelly then euer it was pursued from the beginning of the worde Them selfes by worde confessinge the same with their mouth reading singing and of their maner dayly teaching and preaching the same And yet neuerthelesse dayly burning killing banishing the true faithful preachers of the said article confessours therof And so euer shall Abell dye and Cain liue that is our lawe say they Our said aduersarie that he should not be perceaued hath transformed him selfe in to an Angell of light