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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08846	A full declaration of the faith and ceremonies professed in the dominions of the most illustrious and noble Prince Fredericke, 5. Prince, Elector Palatine published for the benefit and satisfaction of all Gods people ; according to the originall printed in the High Dutch tongue ; translated into English by Iohn Rolte.	Rolte, John.; Beard, Thomas, d. 1632.	1614 (1614)	STC 19130; ESTC S1329	121,244	211

generall title of one or more reformed Churches for priuate writings are not alwaies so well considered of as they should And many of those writings also there are which most of vs neuer once saw or reade in all our liues And therefore we doe not acknowledge our selues indebted to render a reckoning for them Euen as wee also doe not thinke that the aduerse part will take vpon them to make answere for euery thing that is priuately penned by one or other on their sides of the learned euen the learnedest not exempted which might be esteemed to be done either hastily or vndeliberately And therefore it is that we do euen in the beginning of this writing say and testifie both for our needs sake and also for the common benefit that wee in no respect haue any such dangerous and detestable beleefe as peace-hating people ascribe vnto vs. CHAP. II. What our faith is in very truth NOw if any man shall further demand what then is our faith indeed the which we willingly acknowledge then is this our answere as followeth Wee beleeue that there is one onely true God Of God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ with the Sonne and holy Ghost and that accordingly there are three distinct persons in that one godly Essence the Father the Son and the holy Ghost We beleeue further that the same one God is euerlasting and Almighty and can doe whatsoeuer he will Also that hee is infinite and accordingly is present in all places at one time and seeth heareth and knoweth all things Also that hee is iust and punisheth no man without desert Also that he is mercifull and hath no delight in the death of sinners but that they should repent themselues and liue We beleeue further that the same one true God created heauen and earth and all that therein is of nothing Of the Creation We beleeue further that God sustaineth and ruleth all things which hee created and that hee hath them so in his hand Of the s● knowledge of God that no creature can stirre or moue it selfe without his will and therefore nothing can come to passe without his permission whether it be good or euill Also all that God doth at present or permitteth to come to passe hee foreknew it from euerlasting and with well bethought councell had determined that hee euen so would doe it or permit it Also that hee did not determine to permit any wicked thing to come to passe but that which hee could and would turne to a good end We beleeue further that in the beginning God created all the Angels and men holy and good and especially man in his likenesse Of the fall of Angels and men and of originall sinne and to blessed immortality But they to wit the Angels and the two first of mankinde did shortly after their creation fall from God their Creator and haue by such their fall brought not onely vpon themselues the wrath of God but also such a pollution of their natures that now they can no more either will or accomplish any thing that is good Which pollution fell on the lost Angels altogether at one tim But mankinde inherits such defilement together with the guiltines both of the first and second death by propagation one from another From whence it is that the same corruptiō of mankind is called original sin We beleeue further though such a fearefull fall both of Angels and men Of the cause of mans fall could not haue come to passe without Gods permission and that hee appoints nothing without good consideration yet is not the fault of this fall in any manner to bee ascribed to him considering that he so created the Angels and men that they had free will to turne to good as well as to bad We beleeue further that it becomes not poore creatures to dispute with God wherefore he created the Angels and men so that they could fall Also wherefore he hindred not such a fall whereas he could well haue done it He is the Lord and his wil is euer iust and good though wee alwaies vnderstand it not The Apostle Paul saith Rom. 11.32 Gal. 3.22 that God hath shut vp all vnder vnbeleefe or vnder sin that hee might haue mercy on all that is that no man may be saued but meerely by the mercy of God Also Rom. 9.22.23 What and if God would to shew his wrath and to make his power knowne suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath prepared to destruction and that he might declare the riches of his glory vpon the vessels of mercy which he hath prepared vnto glory By this ought wee in all reason to let it so remaine Wee beleeue further that the fallen Angels and and men could not free themselues from the Almighty gouernance of But that they on the one side as well as on the other are in the hand of God and their wickednesse cannot otherwise break out then as God hath permitted it And this our faith is our greatest comfort on earth For and if the wicked Angels men had the bridle in their own powers where should we be able to abide for thē Wee beleeue further that though God permit many sinnes in the fallen Angels and men and that hee vseth oftentimes their sinfull actions to accomplish his holy workes as hee did the abominable deeds of Absalom to the punishment of Dauid and the treason of Iudas to the freedome of mankinde also though he often punish sinne by sin and blind and harden those commonly at last who with seeing eyes will yet be blind as formerly he did Pharaoh yet neuerthelesse he of himselfe hath no pleasure in sinne much lesse doth hee prouoke or driue any man thereunto but that the precedent working cause of all sinne which goeth before is onely and alone the free and vnforced will of wicked Angels and men We beleeue further that God hath adiudged the fallen Angels to euerlasting fire without any grace or mercy to terrifie vs thereby that we make not a iest of the anger of God against sinne Wee beleeue further that God had indeed iust cause and power also to push downe the fallen men into euerlasting hellish fire without any grace or mercy But hee hath not done it but hath offered grace again to man And that so he might shew thē mercy without breach of his iustice hee ordained his onely begotten Sonne to be our surety and Mediator and to take the punishment vpon him which we deserued and so deliuer vs from euerlasting wel deserued death by his innocent death To accomplish the said councell and wil of God the heauenly father the Sonne of God our Lord and redeemer Iesus Christ became man in the last times of the world conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Mary and like vnto vs in all things sinne excepted And when hee had liued as a man thirtie yeeres he began to teach and preach the mercifull pleasure of