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heaven_n	dead_a	holy_a	mary_n	2,017	5	9.3981	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68976	A godly wil and confession of the Christian faythe, made by Rychard Brasier, late auditour to the kinges maiestie in Ireland, whiche be dydde most constantly cleaue vnto during the time that he lyued, worthy to be read by all Christians	Brasier, Richard.	1551 (1551)	STC 3552.7; ESTC S113319	10,135	24

¶ A godly wil and confession of the Christian faythe made by Rychard Brasier late Auditour to the kinges maiesti in Ireland whiche he dydde most constantly cleaue vnto during the time that he lyued worthy to be read of all Christians ¶ To the Christian Reader HEre hast thou gentle reder the true copy of the last wil and testament of Richard Brasier late Auditour for the kyngs maiesty in Ireland wherin is briefly but yet clearely declared the fayth in Christ which the said Richard did professe in hys life time constantly cleaue vnto in the tyme of hys departyng oute of this lyfe Whych hys last wil and confessiō of the Christian faith the sayd Rychard wylled to be openly declared in a Sermon made at his funeral in the church of S. Patrike in Diuelyn wher he lyeth buryed to the entent that the mouthes of such slaunderers as do commonly imagine the recātacion of faythful Christians at the time of their departing out of this world myght be stopped And because the report of this confession of fayth is not yet beleued of manye superstitious mē that would al Christē mē shuld in their last houre recant their assured hope of saluation through Christ only without any our deseruinges it hath bene thought good to such as the said Richard put in trust to se his wil fulfilled to cause this the very true copy hereof to be imprinted that al mē might se iudge Beseching the to read remēber what Christē faith Richard Brasiar stode vnto in the end what euery true mēber of Christ must cōfesse stand vnto The merciful goodnes of the lord preserue the to the ende that thou maiest be salfe So be it In the name of God Amen I Richard Brasyer the Kynges maiesties Auditour of his gracees Realme of Ireland beynge of a hole and perfect memorye do make my testament last wyll the fyfth day of Iune the .iiii. yere of the raygne of our souerayne Lord kyng Edwarde the syxte by the grace of God king of England Fraūce and Ireland defendour of the fayth and of the church of England and also of Irelāde in earth the supreme head in maner forme as hereafter followeth Fyrst and before al other thynges I commyt me vnto God the eternall Father and to hys excedyng great mercy trusting with out any dour or mistrust that by the merites of hys most deare and best beloued son that most innocent and immaculate lambe that pure and vndefyled lambe whych taketh a way the synnes of the world our only sauiour Redemer Mediatour Iustyfyer Iesus Christe for whose sake God the father is pacifyed satisfyed and sette at one wyth man and by vertue of hys most bytter but yet hys most precious deathe and passyon and hys gloryous resurreccion I haue and shal haue free remission and forgyuenes of my synnes and that in the last daye I shall ryse agayne both body and soule according as it is wrytten in Iob the .xix. c●●p I beleue that mi redemer liueth and that in the last day I ●●al ryse out of the earthe and in my flesh shal se my Sauiour Iesus Christe And I bele●e that I shal se the almyghtye goodnes and maiesty of God in the land of the lyuyng and that I shall be a Citizen in the Celestiall and heauenlye Ierusalem in the company of many thousandes of Aungels in ioy inexplycable and thys my hope is laid vp in the bosome of my hart by faith Althoughe I confesse and knowledge that I haue bene and am a miserable and wretched synner whych haue not kepte anye of the commaundementes of God but haue resysted hys wyl many wayes An euyl tree am I that haue broughte foorthe no good fruit for by nature I am the child of wrath in all that maye be named be it secrete or open dooe I knowledge my selfe gyltye hauyng hereof repentaunce and am sorye for it euen from the very bottome of my harte besechyng the almyghty Lord God heauēly father that it wyl please hym not to suffer me to stycke in the depth of my synnes neither impute thē vnto me but graciously to delyuer me from theym throughe Iesus Christ hys sonne and our Lord. Also forasmuch as it hath pleased God of hys vnmesurable bounty and infinite great mercy to cal me vnto the knowledge of the veritye truth of hys most holy word and gospel euē out of the bothomlesse pyt of hell wherinto I had cast my selfe by my own iniquity and synce that tyme that I haue knowen that infallyble truth and verity I haue vtterlye refused and forsaken the moste detestable abhominable vyces of idolatry as offeryng to idols and goyng of pilgrimages and hearing of pestiferous popysh masses supersticion and ipocrisy wyth all the tradicions execrable cerymonyes inuented by byshops of Rome theyr wycked adherentes wherwith both I and all the hole world besydes hath bene blynded and seduced and yet for the more part are I praye God amende the same at hys good pleasure and haue wholy geuen ouer my selfe to the sayd truthe of Gods most holye woorde and haue mayntayned the same to the best of my power although the same was but very smal euen so do I now trust by the abundaunte grace of God to end my lyfe in the same And to the intent that after my departure oute of thys lyfe the wycked worldlynges and papistes whych hath a world of wyckednes in theyr tonges shal not detracte backbite slaunder me saying that I haue forsaken those opinions fayth trust and belie●e in the mercyes and promyses of God throughe hys word neyther touchynge my belefe nor my opinion of the two reuerend and holy misteries sacramentes sygnes tokens or sealed obligacions and commemoracions whych I haue mayntayned now in my lyfe accordyng to Gods word that is to say of Baptyme and of the holy Supper of the worde I wyll bryefely declare my opynyon in the same hereafter followyng Fyrst as touchyng my fayth and belefe I beleue in God the Father almyghty maker of heauen earth And in Iesus Christe hys only sonne our Lord whyche was conceyued by the holy Ghost and borne of the vyrgyn Mary Suffered vnder Ponce Pylate crucifyed dead and buryed descended into hel and rose agayne the thyrd day frō the dead ascended vnto heauē and sytteth on the ryghte hande of God the Father almyghty and from thence shal come againe to iudge the quycke and the deade I beleue in the holy Gost and that ther is an holy vnyuersal Catholyke church whyche is the congregacion and felowshyp of sayntes remission and forgyuenes of syns The resurreccion of the flesh and euerlastyng lyfe At the fyrst I beleue in one God father of our Lord Iesus Christ the whyche is the Lorde of heauen and earthe and Creatoure of all creatures yea he is father of vs all whych hath elected vs to be hys childrē thorow Iesu Christ and therfore shall we hym alonly worshyp and beside