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A06491	The chiefe and pryncypall articles of the Christen faythe to holde againste the Pope, and al papistes, and the gates of hell, with other thre very profitable and necessary bokes the names or tyttels, whereof are conteyne in the leafe next followynge. Made by Doctor Marten Luther. To the reader. In thys boke shal you fynde Christian reader the ryght probation of the righte olde catholyke Churche, and of the newe false Churche, whereby eyther of them is to be knowen. Reade and iudge.; Selections. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 16964; ESTC S108922	81,794	252

them saye What myght it hurte that men kept the worde of God and did suffre besydes that all these peeces or at the leaste some of them that myght be suffered lykewyse also to remayne To this I make answer They maye be called goodherted people But they be euill harted and deceyuable hartes or people For thou hearest that it can not be To teache any other thinge besydes the worde of God To serue any other besydes God besydes the lyght of God ordeyned in darkenes to lyght another It is doubteles and erronious wysshe and an errour yea although it were but one clause only For the church shoulde nor can not teache any lye or erroure No not in any poynte Yf she teache one lye then is it al false as Christe sayeth Luce. xi Luc. xi Take hede therfore that the lyght be not darkenes in the yf nowe thy body be thorouly lyghte so that it haue no part of darkenes than shal it be whole lyghte that is it must be lyght altogether and no part of darkenes there remayuynge Onely Goddes worde or trueth and no errour nor lye must the Churche teache and howe were it also possible to be otherwyse sey●ge Goddes mouth is the Churches mouthe And agayne God can not lye no more can the churche also ❧ Distinction betwene the doctryne and the lyfe TRuth it is to speake after the lyfe that the holy church is not withoute synne accordyng as she knowelegeth in the Pater noster forgene vs our trespasses Mat. vi And i. Iohn i. yf we saye that we haue no synne we lye and make God a lyar whiche calleth vs all synners i. Ion. i Roma iij. Psalm .xiiij. and .li. But the doctryne may not be synne nor repronable neyther is she comprehended in the Pater noster where we saye forgeue vs oure trespasses for she is not of oure doynge but euen Gods owne word which can not synne nor do vnryghtuousely Rom. iij psa xiiij Psal li. For a preacher ought not to praye the Pater noster nor to seke forgeuenes of synnes when he hath preached yf he be a ryghte preacher But he oughte to saye and boaste with Ieremye Lorde thou knowest that whatsoeuer is gone oute of my mouthe is ryghte and pleasaunt vnto the. Ier. xvij Yea he muste boldely saye with Saynte Paul and with all the Apostles and Prophetes Hec dixit dominus Hec dixit Dominus Thys hath God spoken hym selfe Et iterū I haue ben an Apostle and a prophete of Iesu Christe in thys sermon Here is it not necessary yea not good to aske forgeuenes of synnes as though he had taught vntrewely For it is Gods word not my worde which God may or can not forgeue me but must cōfirme it laude it croun it saye Thou hast taught the truth for I haue spokē by the and the word is myne Whosoeuer can not boaste thys of hys preachyng let hym ceasse from preachyng for he lyeth vndoubtedly and blasphemeth God Yf the word should be syn or vntrew where after should or could thē the lyfe be directed there should surely the one blynd leade the other fal bothe in the pitte yf the leadlyne or square rule shoulde be false what shoulde or coulde the mayster then frame thereafter There shoulde the one croked make the other without ende or measure Euen so here also can the lyfe wel be synne and vnryghteous yea alas it is to vnryghteous but the doctryne must be lyue ryght and sure withoute al synne Church teacheth onely Gods worde Therfore muste in the churche nothynge but onely the sure pure and onely worde of God be preached Yf thesame fayle then is it no more the church but the scoolehouse of the deuyl Lyke as an honest womā as the Prophetes vse suche illusyons euermore ought to heare no more but her husbandes word within the house and to be dwarde for yf she heare any other mannes worde whiche perteyneth not to her husbandes bedde then is she surely a harlot Al these thinges are spoken to that ende that the church must onely teache Goddes worde and be sure of thesame whereby she is called the grounde and piller of trueth and buylded vpō the rocke holy and vnrebukeable Church can not erre that is as we saye ryght and truely The church can not erre for Goddes word whiche she teacheth can not erre But whatso●uer is taught otherwyse or doubted whether it be Goddes word or not thatsame can not be the churches doctryne but muste be the deuils doctryne lyes and Idolatrye For the deuyl can not saye seyng he is a lyar and the father of lyes thys sayth the Lorde But as Christ Ioh. viij sayeth Iohn viij Er proprijs Oute and of hym selfe must he speake that is lye Euen so must also al hys chyldren withoute Goddes worde speake of them selues that is lye Nowe beholde my deare frende what a wonderful thyng is it that we so surely teache Goddes worde yet be so weake and for great humilite so fearful that we do not gladly boaste oure selues That we be the churche witnesses ministers and preachers of God and that God speaketh through vs c. Notwithstandyng that we be the same vndoubtedly for so muche as we surely haue and teache hys word Thys lowelynes and fearfulnes cometh thereby that we do earnestly beleue Gods worde to be suche a glorious and excellent thyng that we knowelege oure selues to vnworthy that throughe vs suche a greate thynge shoulde be spoken and done which lyue yet in flesshe and bloude Nature of false Prophetes But oure aduersaryes deuyl Papiltes seetes and al the worlde they be bolde and vnshamefast and dare folyshely proclayme for great holynes here is God we are Gods church Ministers Prophetes and Apostles lyke as al false Prophetes haue done alwayes But lowlynes and feare in Goddes worde hath alwayes ben the ryght token of true holy church boldnes presumptuousnes in mās imagnation hath ben the ryght token of the deuyl as it may also playnely be perceyued in the papistical decrees Thys is spokē of the doctryne whithe must be pure syncere namely the deare blessed holy and onely word of God withoute any addition But the lyfe which dayly must frame purifye sanctifyed it selfe after the doctrine is not yet al pure or holy whilest this wormes bagge flesshe and bloude lyueth Samaritane Luce. x Neuertheles whilest he is a purifyenge or sanctifyeng and stil furth suffereth hymselfe to be healed by the Samaritane and dothe not destroye hymselfe further more and more in vnclenlynes It shal be graciously for the wordes sake through the whiche he suffereth hym selfe to be clensed remitted freely and clearly forgeuen and not imputed vnto hym and muste be called cleane For thereby becommeth not the holy catholyke churche a harlot or vnholy whylest she cleaueth purely and surely to the word which is her holynes and abydeth in thesame Ye are cleane saith Christ Ioh. xv

also ought to be receyued none otherwyse then yf God dyd speake it hym selfe So do I take confessyon for suche Absolutions sake to be a wholesome confortable profitable thynge wherein a sorowful miserable conscience may seke and fynd conforte and helpe Rehersal of synnes And whosoeuer doth despyse it that he despyseth Goddes word and is not worthy of the sacrament howe be it the rehersall of synnes is not necessary but it is sufficient that a man notifye that thyng which at that same tyme doth pricke or encombre his conscience Matrimony Priesthode Euen so nede not men also to make a Sacrament of matrimony priesthode For they are neuertheles holye orders ynough in them selues Therfore is penaunce nothing elles but the exercyse power of baptisme That these two sacramentes remayne baptisme and the supper of the Lorde besydes the Gospell wherein the holye Ghoost doth plenteously offer geue and worde remissyon of synnes vnto vs. Masse But for al abhominatiōs do I hold the masse whiche is preached and sold for an oblation or sacrifyce and good worke wherevpon now all mynsters and cloysters do stande but God willynge shal shortly be layde For although I haue ben a great shameful abhominable synner and haue spente and loste my youthe also damnably yet are these my greatest synnes that I haue ben suche a holy freer with so many masses by the space of xv yeres haue so abhominably offended martyred and plaged my deare Lord. But thankes and prayse be geuen vnto hys inestimable goodnes for euer that he hath brought me oute of suche abhomination and yet dayly preserueth me althoughe I am very vnthankeful and strengthened me in fayth Chastite Pouertie Obedience Wherfore I haue perswaded and yet do perswade to leaue and forsake the mynsters and cloysters with their vowes to geue themselues abroade in the ryght order of Christe to thintent that men may escape frō such abhominatyon of masses and blasphemous holynes as chastise pouerte obedience whereby men intende to be saued for as godly as it was in the primitiue churche to kepe virgyns so abhominable is it nowe that men thereby denye the helpe grace of christ For we cā lyue wel ynough virgyns wydowes and chaste withoute suche blasphemous abhomination Images Images belles masse garmentes dechynge and trymynge or Churches aulter lyghtes and suche lyke holde I indifferent and at libertie Howe be it I take Images oute of the scripture and of good hystoryes very profitable wherfore I holde not with the destroyers of al Images Resurrection of the deade Laste of all I beleue the resurrection of the deade at the last daye bothe of the good and the badde that euē there euery man maye receyue in his body accordynge to hys deseruinge and that the good shal lyue perpetually with Christe and the wicked dye euerlastingly with the deuyll and hys Angels For I holde not with them that teache That the deuyls also shall at the laste come to saluation Thys is my faythe for thus beleue all true Christians and thus teacheth vs the holye Scripture But what soeuer I haue here spoken to litle shal my bokes sufficiently testifie declare Vvherfore I desyre al faythful hartes to beare my recorde to praye for me that in thys fayth I may perseuere and make myne ende For whiche God forbidde yf I shoulde throughe temptation persecution or necessite of death saye any other thyng It should be false and I will knoweledge openly by thys that it is false and of the deuils inspiratiō whereunto helpe my my Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ blessed for euer and euer AMEN Of the right Olde Church what where and who she is and where by she maye be knowen THe cause wher fore the papistes do cal vs heretykes is thys They saye that we be fallē frō the holy churche haue set vp another newe churche Here vpon is to be answered For as muche as they boaste thēselues that they be the ryght churche so ought thei to proue the same yf thei by any ground for we desyre not much groūd proue the same then will we yelde oure selues come and saye Peccauimus miserere nostri But yf they cā not proue it thē must thei nedes confesse be it willyngly or vnwillyngly that they be not the churche that we cā not be heretikes for falling frō that vyle church Yea whylest there is no mediation so muste we be the church of Christ they the churche of the deuil or cōtrariwise Therfore lyeth very much on this poynt that mē proue which is the tru church As lōg as that profe is not there it is in vayn that the one part boaste thē selues the church cal the other heretykes The one partie must nedes be false wrōg Two maner of churches But there be two maner of churches frō the beginnyng of the world vntill the end the which s Angustyn calleth Cayn Abel And the Lorde Christe cōmaundeth vs that we should not receyue the false church discerueth him selfe two churches one true another false Math. vij Beware of false Prophetes which come vnto you is shepes clothynge c. mat vij Vvheras Prophetes be euē there be churches wherein thei teache Yf the Prophetes be false thā be the churches false also which beleue follow the prophetes Now could we neuer as yet hitherto obtayn of the papistes that they would shew wherfore that they are the right church but they stande onely vpon the saynge of Mat .xviii. That men muste heare the churche or elles they must be lost Matth. xviij And yet in the same place Christ saith not who where or what the church is but wheresoeuer the church is euen there should mē heare her Euē thatsame do we cōfesse say also but we aske where who is the church of christ not of the name but of the beyng do we aske Lyke as yf I should aske a dronken man beyng halfstepyng half wakyng or a foole I praye the tell me who or where is the Church And he shoulde answer me tenne tymes one after another nothing elles but thus mē ought to heare the Churche Howe shoulde I heare the church not knowing who or where she is Yea saye they we Papistes haue abydē in the first old church frō the Apostles time hitherto therfore be we rightly descēded frō the olde churche remayne hitherto but ye be fallē frō vs are become a new churche agaynst vs. Answer But howe then yf I should proue that we abyde by the right old church yea that we be the right old church and that ye be fallē from vs that is frō the old church haue reared a newe church againste the old church that same let vs heare Baptisme Fyrste wil nor can no man denye this that we as wel as the papistes came out of the holy baptisme are called christians of the same Now is baptisme no newe thinge nor