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A10573	A declararation [sic] of the twelue articles of the christen faythe with annotations of the holy scripture, where they be grounded in. And the righte foundation and principall comon places of the hole godly scripture, a goodly short declaration, to all Christians profitable and necessarye for to come to the right vnderstondynge of holy Scripture compyled for the commodite of al christen people. By D. Vrbanum Regium.; Erklärung der zwölf artikel Christlichs gelaubens. English	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 20843; ESTC S115780	81,702	234

able to defende vs from synne death deuil hel He that shall do the same must nedes be God ❧ Vvitnesse out of bothe Testamentes Esa vij Iohan. i ¶ In Esay is Christ named Emanuell that is God with vs. Ihon begynneth hys gospell on thys wyse In the beginnyng was the worde and the worde was with God and God was the worde The same was in the begynnyng with God Al thynges were made by it And the worde became flesshe For as muche now as he is not made but he is the maker hymselfe so must he nedes be God Ioh. xxi Act. x Iohannis in the laste saith Thomas My Lorde my God In the Actes of the Apostles sayth Paule that god hath purchased the Churche with hys owne bloude That speaketh he of the agreynge of Persons in two natures of Iesu Christe To the Romaynes sayth s Paule Rom. ix which Christe is god ouer al thinges blessed for euer Phili. ij And to the Philippians Let euery man be mynded as Iesus Christe was whiche beyng in the shape of god thought it not robbery Colos ij to be equall with God To the Colossyans In hym dwelleth all the fulnes of the Godheade bodyly Vnto Titus sayth Paule Tit. ij that we shoulde loke for that blessed hope and gloryous appearynge Ebre i of the myghty god of our sauyour Iesu Christ To the Ebrewes speketh he vnto the sonne God thy seate shal be for euer and euer And Ihō in hys Epistel i. Ioh. v In hys sonne Iesu Christe this is the true God and eternall lyfe Psa viij In the Psalm standeth of Christe what is thys man that thou arte myndefull of hym and the sonne of man that thou regardest hym Thou madest hym lower than the Angels to crowne hym with glory and worshyppe Thou makest him to haue dummyon ouer the workes of thy handes the declaracyon of thys saynge seke in Saynt Paules Epist To the Ephesians and Colossyans to the Hebrewes Now yf god haue set Christ on his ryght hande and hathe made hym Lorde ouer all thynges in heauen earth then must he be god For it is not mete in no wyse that one shoulde be sett on the ryght hande of god and in lyke power with god the Father yf he were no god for as muche as god wil geue hys honoure to none other as Esay sayth Esa xlij xlvi and xlviij God speaketh in Osea Osee xiij Thou shalt knowe none other god but me There is none other saueour besydes me Euen so is it also written in Esaye esa xliij xliiij xlv Exo. x● xxxiiij Deu. v vi Ioha v. and in the second fyfth boke of Moyses There wil he that mē worshyp none other or straun goddes nowe it standeth in Ihon god wyl haue that men shall honoure the sonne euē with the honour wherwith the father is honoured that is gods honour Euen so wyl god that men shall haue one God and geue the honour of god to no creature For as much as he geueth it here to Christe truely so is he god also As also witnesseth Paule Rom. i to the Romaynes in the first Chap. sayng After the flesshe is he the sonne of Dauid but after the spirite he is declared to be the sōne of god with power The scripture somtyme calleth Christ God somtyme by other wordes Vvherfore infallybly it is cōcluded that Iesus Christ is very god what nedeth it many witnesses Reade the gospel of s Ihō that is almoste nothynge elles than a witnes of the very godheade of Christe Therfor erred the Cherintians Ebionytes and Arrianes for they weaned Christ were but onely a mā no god But we beleuers be the sonnes of God onely of grace through election and adoption not of very nature Christians be the children of God Gal. iiij Ro. viij Ephe. i Of the same childhode reade the Epistle of Paul vnto the Galath Romayns Ephesians There findest thou how that we through Christ the ryght natural sonne of God of grace be accepted for the sonnes of god heyres annexed with Iesu Christ our lord The fayth in Iesu bringeth vs vnto suche hygh worthy childhode and to hys Lordely heritage and Iohan sayth As many as receyued hym Iohan. i to them he gaue power to be the sonnes of God in that they beleued on hys name ❧ The thyrde article Vvhiche was conceyued by the holy gooste borne of the virgyn Marye Thys article hath two partes The firste Christe is not of a man after the commune course of nature but of the holy gost yet naturally born The seconde The mother of Christe was not defyled as another woman that conceyueth a chyldee with hurt of her bodyly and goostly virginite but she is a virginall mother a virgyn before the byrthe in the byrthe and after the byrthe The wonderfull conceyuyng and byrthe hath the holy gost prophecyed through the Prophetes Math. i by the Euāgelistes descrybed and proued For thus sayth the Angell vnto Ioseph That whiche is conceyued in her is of the holy gost For when the blessed virgyn Mary heard the salutaciō angelical that she shoulde become a mother of so mightye a Lorde which was the sonne of the moost hyghest and that hys princely kyngdome shoulde endure for euer she asked tharchangel Gabriell with a virginal comlynesse howe that shoulde be seynge she knewe of no man Luc. i Then answered tharchangel The holy gost shal come vpō the and the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe the. Therfore also that holy thyng which shal be borne shal be called the sonne of god Here was necessary that a specyall newe mā shoulde be borne Christe most be borne pure that might take away and wash awai the corruption and disease of the fyrst synne of oure damnable byrthe of Adam with hys purenes Therfor was it here necessary to be a virginal pure birth werein were no spot of sinne nor yet maledictiō The holy ghost was the worke mayster in the workynge place of the pure immaculate body of Mary her pure flesshe and bloude was the natural sede whereout God the holy gost hath shapen the noble pure body of Christ And the wōderful holy virginite of Marye the electe virgyn is descrybed in the Prophetes and Euāgelistes with inuincyble argumentes The scripture geueth to vnderstonde Gen. iij. that Christ the blessed fruyt of Marye must be a natural childe of a woman for he is called the sede of a woman Item he must be a man of an excellent frydom aboue all men that he be aboue all synne For he shal treade downe the heade of the serpent that is synne death hel yf he were borne in synne then shoulde the deuyll also haue power ouer hym as ouer other children of wrath But he hathe no power ouer him For Christ sayth thus Ioh. xiiij The Prynce of thys worlde cometh and hath nought in me And so

in Saynte Paule .i. Cor. i. Gal. i. ij Ephe. i. Col. i. Roma ij Ebre ix and to Titus ij Iohn iij In so muche that he that beleueth in Christe shal not perysshe but haue euerlastynge lyfe For thus sayth S. Paule Ro. viij There is then no damnation to them whiche are in Christe Iesu whiche walke not after the flesshe but after the spirite Therfore is there no meryer thynge vppon earthe than a ryght Christen man for he dothe not muche esteme the temporall lyfe he is sure of a better lyfe He is a Lorde ouer synne death and helle Vvhy so Answer Rom. vi Christe dyed once and dyeth no more Death shal haue no more power ouer hym Iohn Nowe bei he hath ouercome it and taken awaye synne Now he that beleueth in Christe hath Christ before hys eyes becometh one spirite wyth hym ouercometh in him and by hym synne death helle Deuyll and the worlde Ro. viij For thus sayth Saynte Paule Yf God be on oure syde who can be agaynste vs. Vvhiche also spared not hys owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with him geue vs all thynges Psalm xxx viij Vve are well delyuered into death but we ouercome all those thynges through Christe whiche hath loued vs. Vvhat hath Christe Answer He hath the righteousnes peace lyfe and saluation Euē that same hath the christen soule also which is knytte in vnite vnto Christe her lorde and head thoroughe a ryght faith Ro. viij Hose xiij She defyeth death sayth neyther death nor any creature is able to separate her from the loue of god whiche is in Christ Iesu She speaketh ioyfully i. Co. xv Death is consumed in the victory Death where is thy styng Hell where is thy victory But thankes be vnto god which hath geuē vs victory thorough our Lord Iesu Christ Deathe is not fearfull to a christen mā The tēporall deathe is vnto such a christen man no more so fearful Yea he doth desyre it for it is to hym onely a delyueraunce frō thys sinful wretched blasphemous lyfe an intraunce into the ryght lyfe vnto Christe our onely saluation A Christian knoweth that the euer lastynge death can do nothing to him yea as littel as to Christe hym selfe and the temporall death is onely a departing of the soule from the body to thiutent that they bothe beynge puryfyed pure and cleare in all perfection in the Later daye maye be agayne coupled to gether glorifyed and clarifyed And knoweth that the soule stondeth in the hande of Christ and is well preserued in the bosome of Abraham Luc. viij Therfore doth the scripture calle the Christen death a slepe because that then a Christian doth firste amende hys estate and cometh from disquietenesse to reste The ryghte Christians also should not behaue thē selues euyl or sorrowe ouer muche whan any thynge dyeth from them Paule sayth i. the. iiij Vve woulde not bretheren haue you ignorant concernynge them whiche are fallen a slepe that ye sorrowe not as the other whiche haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so them also whiche slepe by Iesus wyll God brynge agayne with hym The Resurrection esa xxix Ezeche xxxvij and viij In the latter daye shall the bodyes of menne by the infinite power and myght of god be raysed agayne and be coupled agayne with the soules But in the blessed shall they wonderfully be chaunged and endued with foure gyftes honour and glorye with impassiblenes with brightenes with swyftenes and with subtilenes For thus sayth Saynt Paule i. Co. xv The flesshe is sowen in corruption and ryseth in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour ryseth in honour It is sowē in weakenes ryseth in power It is sowen a naturall body ryseth a spiritual body For a lyttell before sayth he For as in Adam all dye euen so by Christe shall all be made a lyue and euery mā in hys owne ordre The fyrste is Christe then they that are Christes at his commynge Then commeth the ende when he hath delyuered vp the kyngdome to God the father when he hath put downe all rule authorite and power Christ is rysen from death therfor shall we ryse also Thys artycle of oure fayth is al the hole somme and contayned all the hole matter Yf Christe were not rysen then had synne and death ben to stronge for him But for as moche as he is rysen from death so is synne and death ouercome and we shall ryse also in glorye purchaced prepared for vs by Christe Ro. viij But then when the spirite of God that raysed vp Iesus from death quickeneth your mortall bodyes because of his spirite whiche dwelleth in you Ioh. xi Christe sayth I am the resurrectiō and the lyfe He that beleueth on me yea though he were deade yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shall neuer dye Item this is the wyl of hym that sent me Ioh. vi that euery man which seyth the sonne and beleueth on hym haue euerlastinge lyfe And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last daye hiob xix Item I am sure that me redemer lyueth and that I shall ryse oute of the earthe in the later daye that I shall be clothed agayne with thys skynne and see God in my flesshe yea I my selfe shal beholde hym not with other but with these same eyes Itē the houre shall come in the whiche al that are in the graues shall heare hys voyce and shall come forthe they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of lyfe and they that haue done euyll vnto the resurrection of damnation One Christian shoulde conforte another with suche wordes of Scripture agaynst the feare of death as Saynte Paule teacheth in the Epistle to the Thessalonians i. Th. iiij The Latter daye Of the last daye hath the Scripture two poyntes The fyrst Christe hath geuen sure sygnes which be the messagers of the last iudgement Reade the Gospelles of Mathewe Marke Matth. xxiiij mar xiij Luc. xxi and Luke All maner of persecutions of the faythfull shall aryse Item warre insurrection offence euyl maners quenchynge of charite Item the abhomination in the holy place in the tempel of God Dan. ix whiche exalteht hym selfe and sheweth hym selfe as God Item an abhominable departynge ij Th. ij and fallyng from the faythe vnto mānes institutions and traditions For thus sayth Christe when the trees shute forth theyr buddes it is a sure signe that Sōmer is then nygh at hāde So lykewyse ye when ye see those thynges come to passe vnderstonde that the later daye is at hande The other Euen thesame poynte of thys laste tyme the daye or houre can no man knowe Christe geueth signes Matth. xxiiij but he sayth in Mathewe Of that daye and houre knoweth noman no not the Angels of heauen but my father onely and recyteth euen in the same place