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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00261	A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sente[n]ces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes.; Brife and faythfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ	I. B., fl. 1547.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed author.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555, attributed author.	1547 (1547)	STC 1035; ESTC S103779	21,747	42

and proued it is therfore very necessarye that we praye the lorde with all dilygence for a ryght vnderstādyng of his godly worde and for a sure vnmouable fayth for euermor Also it is not vnnecessarye y t they beare theyr beliefe conteyned in wrytynge alwayes about them and dayly rede it partly to the e●…horting and confortyng of them in all persecution and tribulacions which may come vnto them by goddes worde Partly agayne for a defence agaynste all antech●…ystes spyrytes whyche alwayes i●…dae the fayth of the rightuouse how chrystenly so en●…r it be and how many feste so euer it agreeth with all godly scrypture fo●… an heresye yea for a deuelyshe doctryne and gvle shal it be compted Say ii ●…or vi And of this so doynge no man shall merueyle seynge that all sayntes haue b●…n taken for transgressours or seducers of this euill blynde worlde Yea Iesus Christe him selfe though ●…e ●…e the euer ●…astynge truth Iohn ●…iiii was taken of vnmyse Scrihes and Pharises for a b●…gyler of the people I●…an vii yea for a mad man and a man ●…ossessyd with the deuyl ò lorde what a blas●…heinye And his doct●…ine was not taken of them as goddes worde but as a disseuable s●…ducynge not as breade of lyfe nor as a medicine for the soule but compted as a poyson or venym of the wycked serpent Seynge then that the Lorde dyd suffer reason it is for the seruaunte to suffer also And all that that is come vpon the lorde that muste as trewlye as Goddes worde is ouercome the seruaunt also Here vpon maye euerye seruaunt or disciple of Iesu Christe prepare hym for he must be readye to suffer all confusion sclaunder and tribulation for hys Lorde and maysters sake We therfore perceyuynge thys wyll not be moued wyth the scaunder of the wycked people the whyche sclaunder oure fayth for heresy and yet many of them knowe not what we beleue but as they here of oure aduersaryes and therafter do they iudge vs. Notwithstandynge though we do not regarde theyr sclaunder yet neuerthelesse wyll we so farre as it is possible mete them wryte through the grace of God oure fayth bycause that euerye man maye reade it and then may they wyth vnderstanding and with christen charitie iudge The which we both of al good diligent readers and also of oure aduersaryes frendely desyre and mekely pray ¶ Here endeth the Prologe The articles of the chri●…ten fayth I Beleue in God the father almighty maker of heauē earth And in Iesu Christ hys onely sonne oure Lorde whyche was conceyued by the holye gooste and borne of Marye the virgyn He suffered vnder Poncius Pylate he was crucifyed dead and buryed He desended to hell and rose the thyrde daye from death He ascended to the heauens and syttteth on the ryght hande of God the father almyghty And frō thens shal he come to iudge the quicke and dead I beleue in the holy goost the holy churche catholyke to be a congregacion of sayntes to haue remission of synnes the resurrection of the fleshe and the euerlastynge lyfe ☞ At the fyrst we beleue in one God Deut. vi father of our lorde Iesus Christ. ii Cor. i. the whyche is the Lorde of heauen and earth Luke xi and creatour of al creatures Hebre. i. Yea he is father of vs all Ephe. iiii the which hath elected vs to be his crildren through Iesu Christe Ephe. i. And therfore shall we hym all onely worship besyde hym none other gods Deut. v●… Also we shall feare him as an almigh ty god Psal. xxxiiii and as a mercyfull father we shal loue him wyth al oure hertes with all our soule and wyth al our power and mynde Mat. xxii and vpon him muste stande all oure hope Hiere vii For he is the father of lyghte Iacob i. of the whythe all mankynde lyueth Actu xvii both ●…odelye goodes Prouerbeo x. euerlastynge saluacion Psalm xxxvii togyther wyth al perfyte gyftes come and descended Iacob i. ☞ Forthermore we beleue in Iesu Christe the sōne of the lyuing god our lorde i. Cor. vii The whiche is the very bryghtnesse of his fathers glorye and the verye ymage of his substaunce Hebre. i. Yea he is the onely begotten sonne of the father Iohn i. come forth out of the mouth of the moste hyghest God Eccles. i. xxiii fyrst borne before all creatures Collos. i. Thorowe the whiche all thynges are created Heb. i. In whom we haue redempcion namely remission of synnes thorow his bloude Col. i. wyth the whyche he hath wasshed vs. Apoc. i. and hath also recōciled vs agayne to hys most holy and gloriouse father Ephes i. ii that were afore enemyes to God Roma viii ¶ For after the tyme that god had made man after his ymage and similitude he set hym into Paradise that he shoulde eate of al the fruites of the garden of pleasure exceptynge hym the tre of knowledge of good euyil Gene. ii But man hath disobeyed the Lorde his God and transgressed his commaūdement Gen. iii. Thorowe the whyche disobedience and transgression of the godlye commaundement death and curse is come ouer all mankynde Rom. v. And when there was no helpe nor comfort for man wherby he myghte haue bene redemed or delyuered out of Sathans power Then had God the merciful father pitie vpon mankinde and promised thē a sead namely Iesus Christ his onelye begotten sonne the whiche shoulde treade vpon t●…e head of the serpent and ouercome the deuyll and restore thē to lyfe agayne Gene. iii. And lyke wyse as god is ryghtuouse in al his wayes and holye in all his workes Psal. criv and ●…ew in al his wordes Psal. li. so hath he kepte all his promyses truely And as the tyme was fulfylled Gala. iiii God let hys worde descende into the wombe of the vyrgyn Marye and by the workynge of the holy gooste be came fleshe as Iohn wytnesseth saiyng The word became flesh dwelt amonge vs we saw his glory as the glory of the onely begottē sonne of the father ful of grace and verite Iohn i. Also thys onely begotten sone of god by the powre of the holy ghoste became man and is become lyke vnto vs in all thinges except synne Hebre. ii He hathsuffered death for our sake Esay liii and hath taken awaye Sathans powre and restored lyfe in agyne i. Timot. vi yea he is made vnto vs wysdome and ryghtwysnes sanctyfyenge and redemption i. Cor. i. And lykewyse as he dyed for our synnes Hebre. ii so is he rysen agayn through the powre of his father Roma vi for our righ tuousnes Roma iiii And as he oftentymes shewed hym felfe after his resurreccyon vnto his dyscyples Acti i. so is he ascended into hea uen in thyr presence Luke xxiiii And sytteth at the right hande of the almighty rather Ro. viii Aboue all rule and myght and dominion and aboue all that maye be named not onely in thys world but also in the world to come

A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sentēces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes ☞ Ecclesia xxiiii ¶ All these thynges contayneth the booke of lyfe the testamēt of the hyghest and the confession of the truth ☞ Suffer the infantes to come vnto me and forbydde them not for vnto suche the kyngdome of God is due Mark x. To the reader AFter I had setfurth thys lytle booke to the intent that the faythfull reader might therby be sterred vp and proud ked to pray wout ceasyng y t the detractours and defamours of the faythfull professours of y t faith of Christ might ether be made fauourers sette●… furth of the same other els so cōfounded and dashed out of countenaūce through the Godlye conuersation of the true and vnfayned professours of the pure Euangeli●…e doctrine that they might not for verye worldly shame once open their lippes to speak anye euyl worde of them incontinent the Deuyl who ha●…h alwayes indeuoured to stoppe and hynder the glory of God and the profyte of hys membres the faythfull congregation put into the myndes of certayne learned men who also are ernest defenders setters furth of the truthe to reporte and affyrme thys my facte to bee a mayntenaunce and vpholdyng of the Anabaptistes opinion whiche denied it to be lawful to Baptise the Infantes yong children which are not of yeares of descresion to know and confesse the fayth of Iesu Christ Not muche vnlyke is this subtyle practise of oure gostlye aduersarie vnto that whyche he wrought in the tyme of Christes passion He dyd then beate into the head of Pilates wyfe suche kynde of dreames that she was thereby moued to send worde to her husbande that in no case he shoulde geue sentence agaynst that iust man Iesus Chryst whom the Iewes had than broughte before hym requiryng hym to geue sentence of death vpon hym because he sayde that he was the sonne of God Thys proceaded not of anye desyre that he had that Pilate should not commyt so haynous a faut as to geue sentence agaynst that most innocēt and immaculate lambe Iesu Chryst but of y ● greate ranker malice that he bare towardes man who could not otherwyse be restored thē by the bloudshed of that most pure and innocent lambe Iesu Chryst. Euen so most dearly beloued in this present practise our gostly enemy intented not to roote out the erroure of the Anabaptistes oute of the myndes of men but because he perseiueth y t the very name of thē is so odious to y t faithfull y t they thinke their bokes vnworthy to be had among christē mē he thought y t he myghte by no meanes so sone bryng me out of credite w t the cōgregatiō as if he myght procure some man whose authoritie is greate in the congregation to geue me the name of a fauourer of that moost wicked and dyuelish opinion and so to cause mē to refrayne this boke least they should by the readyng therof take any vtilitie or profyt But as the spirit of God shalbe my guyde so wyl I declare not onely that I am none of the fauourers and maintainers of that destable errour but also that I do as muche as in me lieth impugne and resist the same so that that wicked serpent shalbe by the same meanes defeated of his purpose by whiche he in tended to haue spoyled the of thy commoditie Fyrst thou shalt note that I am no fauourer of them or theyr opinions for that I shall playnelye declare that the scriptures whyche they aledge make nothynge for their purpose And thē that I do in al that I may impugne them by that I shal endeuour to establysh 〈◊〉 fyrmeby the scriptures the contrarye of their opinion For the fyrst thou shalt note that the ground of their opiniō is vpon the order that the Euangelis●… Mark kepeth in the rehersing of the wordes of Christ to his Apostles when he sent thē to preach Marke xvi Fayth saye they dothe in the wordes of Chryst go before Bapt●…me Necessarye is it therefore that he that shalbe Baptised do first beleue But the Infantes which haue not the vse of reason cannot vnderstande the fayth of Chryst and muche lesse embrace and professe it wherfore it cannot stande with the worde of God that Infantes should be baptised No doubt christen reader it is not possible that any shoulde be acceptable before God without fayth For so writeth Paul to the Hebrues xi And truth it is also that sayth must go before baptisme none other wyse th●…n the cause proceadeth or goeth before the effect or thyng that commeth thereof as the tree must neades be before the fruit that it beareth And it is also infallibly true that the Baptisme whiche is acceptable before God must neades springe out of fayth But to inferré vpon this that the Infantes and yong chyldren oughte not to be baptised is farwyde from the true m●…anynge of these places of scripture And y t shal casely appeare to theim that ●…st to weygh the circumstaunces of the places so that thei may conceiue the whole intent and purpose of the wryter First for t●…e wordes of our sauiour Christ in Mark thei wer the word●…s of commission ●…euen to the Apostles that they shuld go into the whole world and preach the Gospell vnto all creatures These wordes sowne that the Apostles myght not chose them anye peculiar nacion to preach vnto nether Iewe nor Gentyle nother Greke nor Romain But their cōmission was into al the world yea to preach to all creatures the Gospel of God No nacion no estate condicion or degree excepted As wel were they bound to preache to the plowman as to the prynce as well to the labourer as to the lorde God hath no respect to the per son All the sonnes of Adam are of one degree in the syght of the Lorde Here was no mencion made Infantes neither of anye other age But I am sure ther is no man so farre wyde as once to thynke that the Apostles were here in commaunded to preache vnto Infantes For they as beastes lacking the vse of reason cannot receiue the fayth that hath his begynnyng of hearyng as saynt Paull wryteth in this text therefore is no precepte of Infantes ether for the Baptisynge of theim other elles the leauyng of them vnbaptised The precept that is heare geuen is none other but to go in to al the world and to preach the Gospel to al nations estates and degrees Then is there anexed the promyse of the free mercye of God towardes all the worlde that is that whosoeuer should beleaue and be baptised should be saued but he that wyl not beleue shalbe comdemned Here is it manifest that without beleue Baptisme auayleth not For he that wyl not beleue shalbe condempned But heare we must beware that we do not by these wordes condemne all Infantes and yong chyldren