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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	apostolical_a	church_n	tradition_n	2,354	5	9.3436	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71214	A vindication of the two letters concerning alterations in the liturgy in answer to Vox cleri / by a London presbyter.	Basset, William, 1644-1695.	1690 (1690)	Wing V533; ESTC R595	18,900	36

Church ascribes this Creed to the Apostles so it suits none but the Vnitarian Doctrin as asserting the Divinity of the Father only and many of our own Writers affirm that it contains all the Credenda necessary to Salvation as the Decalogue doth the Agenda Whence it follows either 1. That the Doctrin of Christs Divinity was not known in the Apostles time Or 2. That the Apostles have given us an imperfect Rule of Faith Or 3. That the Belief of this Doctrin is not necessary to Salvation Whence we must either deny this Creed to be theirs and thereby set up our private light in opposition to the Church and thence fall under that lash which we have laid upon Dissenters or grant that this Apostolical Rule is wanting in some things necessary to Salvation or else yield that this Doctrin if true is yet of no such moment All which absurdities will be avoided only by intituling it the Creed Commonly called the Apostles Moreover it is the observation of the Learned Bishop of Worcester in his Iren. that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is such a Tradition as came certainly from some Apostle but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is only some antient Tradition that came from some Apostle or Apostolick Man And what is true of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may be as true of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and yet in our Copies it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 So in Dr. Duports Version and in our Rubrick it is the Apostles not the Apostolick Creed Which Observation speaks this Alteration the more necessary because hereby we seem to speak it not an antient Creed collected out of the Apostles Writings but a Creed composed by the Apostles themselves Therefore if the honor and judgment of our Church if the checking a growing Heresie which hath lately gained ground by this very Plea is worth the care of a Convocation then it must be worth their care to make this Alteration because this one particular doth wound the Church and advance an Heresie at once 2. The Creed of St. Athanasius This is indeed amongst his works but our Dr. Cave who is so curiously skilled in these monuments of antient Learning speaks it supposititious Du Pin saith that some ascribe it to one some to another but Tout le monde convient qu'il n'est point de ce Pere all Mankind agree that it is none of that Fathers St. Hilary before quoted who was the great Champion against Arianism in the Latin Church as Athanasius was in the Greek tho' he gives us other Creeds touching this Controversie yet never mentions this nor do we any where find it for a long time after Athanasius Indeed Bellar. de Script Eccles saith that St. August Tract in Psal 120. hath these words viz. Filius Dei a Patre solo est non factus nec creatus sed genitus Whence he concludes that St. Augustin must have seen this Creed and Labbey is pleased very much to follow him But these words are not to be found together in St. Augustin and those parts he hath are no more than what we find in the genuine works of Athanasius as in his Epistles ad Serap from whence St. Augustin might have what we find in him as well as out of this Creed had it been then in being Ergo there is no weight or proof in what Bellarmine and Labbey say upon this Argument Vossius saith It did not appear in the World till about the Year One thousand above Three hundred Years after the Death of Athanasius and yet was then reckoned the work of an uncertain Author But Baronius hath a trick for this indeavouring to perswade that it was a long time lost But when such things have happened we find the names of those Tracts or Fragments of 'em in antient Authors before they were lost as in Clemens Rom. Iren. Epist c. whence the World have known there were such things Wrote tho' they could not find 'em but we never meet with the name or any certain Fragments of this Creed in that Age or the next to it in which Athanasius did live therefore what Baronius saith in this Case is but a groundless presumption and like that of Bellarmine and Labbey but now mentioned proves nothing unless that it is easie to confute a Jesuit And certainly by this time it appears highly reasonable to Alter this Rubrick especially since that before this Creed seems doubtful in this matter whence both Rubricks laid together seems to speak the Church fickle and uncertain in her judgment and that even in a Case too clear to admit a Scruple 3. As to the Damnatory Sentence in this Creed this Pamphlet will not have it restrained to the Procession of the holy Ghost or to any particular Article but to respect the whole and consequently not to affect the Greek Church this is a point which I will not grant him nor at present deny because if we suppose what he saith I have yet enough to my purpose since it is generally taken otherwise and many are extreamly scandalized at it therefore it is necessary for the Church to omit this Creed or else to Alter or explain this sentence that so Some may not be affrighted from us and others be enabled to meet together with one mind as well as in one place Since the finishing this Piece there is published a Book Intituled Remarks on Two Letters the Author hath too much Reason to mistake the Case and had he as much Sincerity he would not have Misrepesented it How far he is guilty this way will appear from this Tract as well as what hath been already done by another hand FINIS