oure Churches and doctrines are condemned There do we boaste and thanke God whiche gratiousely hath kept vs that we are not founde with you in such damnable obedience For there standeth God which forbiddeth vs saynge Eeue vnto Cesare that which is Cesares and geue vnto God that which is goddes Psal .cxv. he hath geuen the heauen vnto the Lorde But the earthe vnto the Chyldren of men heaueÌ„ or the kyngdom of heaueÌ„ goeth not to loue of the Emperour And god can not be themperours loâ—e maÌ„ But themperour ought and must be called goddes lonemaÌ„ And as Sprach sayth also God hath ordeyned to the laudes Dominions But in Israel is he Lord hym selfe God will alone hym selfe rule in the church Suche rule did he neuer geue froÌ„ hym or oute of his haÌ„d as the lx Psal witnesseth God speaketh in his holynes Therfore must ye Papistes fyghte oute this Article of Obedience with God hym selfe and not with vs and make vs certeyn and sure before that we as ye do maye geue vnto themperour that which is Goddes Or elles we will not do it But take youre sklaundrynge lyenge for great ioye where with ye beare vs witnes and knowledge that we take not froÌ„ God that which is his and geue it to themperour and so ye helpe vs with youre pestiferous lyes to boaste this trueth that we lyue not in youre accursed obedience For God hath coÌ„mauÌ„ded theÌ„perour ye all his augels and creatures that they shall teache none other worde in his kyngdome that is in his church as S. Paul Gal. i. shuteth a terrible thonderbolt sayinge yf an Angell froÌ„ heauen teache you any other thinge theÌ„ that ye haue receyued hold hym accursed Galat. i Nowe haue we aboue recyted retteyn of the innumerable newelties of other doctrine that is as S. Paull dothe here cal it Anathema accursing damnation malediction wherewith youre Popysshe newe whore and deuills church is filled Therfore can not the Emperour nor any other creatur compell vs to suche accursed obedience yea he ought to kepe hym selfe with vs from it yf he will not with S. Paules thunderbolt be accursed and strykeÌ„ into the pitte of hell God hath committed vnto themperour ynough more than he is able to execute namely the kyngedome of the earthe that is body and Goodes ther hath his office an ende Yf he aboue that layeth hande on the kyngdome of God then dothe he robbe God of his owne whiche is called Sacrelegium Sacrilege or Goddes thefte Or as S. Paul Phil ij doth name it Phil. ij RapinaÌ„ diuinitatis Yf a maÌ„ be lyke vnto God whiche he can not be the same must he inteÌ„de to robbe it For it can not be geuen vnto hym here to is an onely heyr alone he hath not robbed it nor willed to robbe it as the deuill in heauen and AdaÌ„ did in Paradys But it is geuen vnto hym froÌ„ the father euerlastingly and borne vnto hym by nature They that now do entice the good Emperour Charlles to this or do such thinge vnder his Seall be euen as holy Creatures as the Serpent in Paradys The Emperour shoulde continue vnder God And attende to the office vnto hym appoynted as wel as all Creatures For God will here that is in the churche speake alone and suffer none other Lyke that I may declare it playnely as a maryed man or a brydegrome may wil distribute many maner of offices in his house he maye call the one seruaunte Emperoure and the other kynge and committe vnto them al his goodes to this his landes to the other his vynearde Cattell fysshes raymeÌ„t money and Goodes But in the ChaÌ„ber or in the Brydes bedde maye no seruauÌ„t be found whether he be called Emperour or kynge For that is death sayeth Salo. Prouer. vi for that perteyneth onely to the brydegrom And here ought the bryde to hear nor know none other worde but onely her Brydegromes As Iohn the Baptist sayeth he that hath the bryde the same is the Brydegrome Iohn iij Euen so can wil God suffer none other besydes hym in the church There should nothinge but he hym selfe or his worde be hearde or elles shoulde she be a whore and not his Bryde By this may men will vnderstande what ye Popysshe asshes make whan ye calle vs Stirrers of Sedition because we doo not obeye with you the Emperours commaundementes Namely this doo ye make ye knowledge that we leaue the spouse of Christe immaculate to her Lorde Christe and also his bedde vndefiled 〈…〉 trewe obedient Iosephes Gene. xxxix and minister besydes in oure appointed Offices Contrary wyse that ye as the burnynge whoremongers and aduoutrers that is damnable robbers of God or heuenly Sedicioners do breake into the Lordes Bryde chamber will make of his spouse a harlott But he stryketh you with blyndnes euen as the Sodomites that ye can not fynd the dore and permitteth you therfore to fynd whores and Aduoutrers lyke vnto your selues Whiche obeye vnto you and goo to the deuill with you And SuÌ„ma as is aforesayd Fyght it oute before with God that we may heare and learne somwhat elles in the Churche contrary to Goddes worde Item that youre aboue reherserd new percels be Goddes worde And that ye are the holy Churche Then shall ye haue righte and we shall gladly be obedient what doth it preuayle I praye you That ye crye the Consequente so loude and lette the Antecedente alone For the stryâ—… is not aboute the Consequente as ye madde foules do crye But aboute the Antecedent Ponatur Ecclesia cer to et obedientia sequetur necessario E contra Non posita Ecclesia Nulla sequitur obedientia Ex natura relatiuorum Yf there be elles yet a sparkle of logyke with in you This be at this time sayde of the Churche agaynste the sclaunderous mouthe of the Papistes ⧠The thre Symboles or Confessions of the Fayth of Christe vsed in the Churche vnifourmely The Symbole of the Apostles THe fyrst Symbolum or ConfessioÌ„ of the Apostles is truely the prettyest which briefly and rightly comprehendeth the Articles of oure Faythe very goodly and is also easy to learne for the children and the symple and soundeth thus I beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and earthe And in Iesu Christe his onely sonne oure Lorde whyche was conceyued by the holy Ghoste borne of the virgyn Mary Suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucifyed dead buried And descended into hell And the thyrde daye he rose agayn from death he ascended into heauen and sitteth on the righte hande of God the father almyghtie From thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the deade I beleue in the holy Ghoost The holy Catholyke Churche The communion of saynctes The forgeuenes of synnes The resurrection of the body And the lyfe euerlastinge Amen Symbolum Athanasij THe secoÌ„d Symbolum of Athanasius is longer settethoute more rychely and plenteously the one Article because of the ArriaÌ„s namely that Iesus
handes full So that in the meane seasoÌ„ thei should forgette all children playes and foolyshnes of long gownes greate crownes broade gyrdels Bysshoppes and Cardinalles hattes or staues and suche other iugglynges When fyrst we hadde executed the Commaundementes and ordinaunce of God bothe in the spiritual and temporal estates theÌ„ shoulde we fynde tyme ynough to refourme meates garmentes cronnes and câ—pes But when thei deuoure suche camelles and in stede hereof wil see a moote let the beame alone and iudge the chippe than myght we also well forbeare the counsayll Therfore haue I set but fewe Articles For as muche as we besydes that haue of God so many commaundementes to do in the churche in the superiorite within the housse that we can neuer be able to perfourme them Vvho then or what doth it auayll to make besydes them many decrees and Statutes in the counsayl Specially seyng these chiefe poyntes commaunded of God are not regarded nor obserued Euen as though he should set by oure iuglynge tromperies because we treade hys earnest commaundementes vnder oure fete But oure synnes suppresse vs and suffre not God to be mercyfull vnto vs neyther do we also repente but will moreouer maynteyne and vpholde all abhomination O Lorde Iesu Christe kepe thou Counsayll thy selfe and delyuer thy people by thy gloryous commynge It is done with the Pope and hys adhereÌ„tes They wyll none of the Therfore helpe thou vs poore and miserable whiche sygh vnto the and seke the with earnest accordyng to the grace whiche thou haste geuen vs through the holye Ghoste which lyueth and reygneth with the and thy father praysed for euer and euer AMEN The fyrste parte is of the hygh Article of the Godly Maiestye as i THat Father Sonne and holy goost in one godly essence and nature three sondry Persones is one onely God whiche created heauen and earth ij That the father of none the Sonne of the father is borne the holy goost from the father and the sonne procedynge iij That not the father nor the Holye Ghoost but the Sonne is become man iiij That the Sonne so is become man that he was conceyued by the holye Ghoost withoute the helpe of man and borne of the pure holy virgin Mary After that suffred dyed was buryed DesceÌ„ded into hel rose again from the deade Ascended into heauen sittynge on the ryght hande of God shall come to iudge the quicke the deade c. As the Symbole of the Apostles Item of S. Athanasius and the common Cathechismus for Children do teache These Articles are in no controuersie nor variaunce for as moche as of bothe parties we knowledge and confesse the same wherfor it is nedeles to entreate further there of at this time ⧠The seconde parte is of those Articles that concerne the office worke of Iesu Christe or oure redemption Here is the fyrst and Chiefe Article THat Iesus Christe oure God and Lorde suffered death for oure synnes and rose agayne for oure Iustification Roma iiij And that he onely is the lambe of God which beareth the synnes of the worlde Iohan .i. And that God hath layde all oure synnes vpon hym Isaie liij Item They are all Synners and are iustifyed frelye withoute deseruing by his grace through the redeÌ„ption of Iesu Christe in his blonde c. Roma iij. For as muche nowe as this must be beleued and otherwyse can not be obteyned or comprehended by no worke lawe nor deseruinge So is it cleare euident and sure that onely suche faith maketh vs righteous As Roman .iij. S. Paull sayth We suppose that a man is iustifyed by faith withoute the dedes of the lawe Item That he onely be counted iuste and a iustifyer of hym that beleueth on Iesus From these Articles may noman shrynke nor geue backe any thinge yea though heauen and earthe shoulde fall and what soeuer will not abyde for there is none other Name geuen vnto men were in we maye be saned sayeth S. Peter Acto iiij And by his strypes we are healed Isaie liij And vpon this Article standeth all whatsoeuer we teache and lyue agaynst the Pope deuill and worlde Wherfore we must be very sure thereof doubte nothinge Or elles all is lost and the Pope and the deuill must obteyne the victory and right against vs. The â—… Article Masse in the Papacye That the masse in the Papacye is the greatest and mooste horrible Abhomination as that whiche directely and vyolently stryueth against this Chiefe Article And yet aboue and before all other Papisticall Idolatries hath ben moost hyest and fayrest For it is supposed That suche an offer or worke of the Masse done also by a leaude Person doth delyuer man from synne bothe here in this lyfe and yonder in Purgatorie Vvhich onely belongeth to the lambe of God as is aboue saide From this Article also may no man swarne or geue backe For the fyrst Article wil not suffer it And yf there were any Papistes of descretion any where men might common with them measurably and reasone with them after a gentle fasshion Namely wherfore they didde sticke so fast to the Masse Seynge it is nothinge but mannes inuention not commaunded of God And inuentions of man may we lette fall As Christe sayeth matthei .xv. In vayne do they worshippe me with preceptes of men Secondarely is it a thinge not necessary which withoute synne or feare may well be lefte Thirdely maye the Sacrament be had after a godlier and better waye yea onely after a Godlyer fasshson after Christes institution Vvhat is it then that for an inuented and on necessarye thinge which otherwyse may be had well and muche godlyer men wyl compelle the worlde to miserye and necessitie Let it be openly preached vnto the people howe that the masse as a thynge inuented by man may withoute synne be omitted and that noman is damned because he doth not regarde it But maye wel withoute masse and by a bolde meane be saued Vvhat wyl ye laye yf the masse as then do not fall by her selfe not onely among the folysshe people but also amonge all ryghteous godly discrete God fearynge hertes Moche more yf they heare that it is a daungerous thynge withoute Goddes worde and wyll imagyned and inuented Fourthely Seynge suche innumerable and ineffable abuses in all the worlde by byenge and sellinge of the masse are rysen ought men by reason to let her go and euen to resiste onely suche abuses althoughe she hadde in her selfe some good and commodious thynge Howe muche more oughte men to let her go for to auoyde suche abuses for euermore seynge that she is hole vnnecessary vnprofitable and daungerous and that men maye haue all thynges more necessarye profitabler and surer withoute the masse Fyftely for as muche nowe as the masse is or can be none other as the Canon and al Bokes saye but a worke of menne also of a leawde person whereby one wyll reconcyle hym self and other with hym to God obteyne and deserue grace and remissioÌ„ of
thinges are not to be suffered And also are not onely withoute Boddes worde nedeles and not cōmaunded But also against the fyrst Article For the merites of Christē mē are not obteyned by oure workes or money But by faith through grace withoute any money or deseruinge Not by the Dopes authorite but by the preachinge of Goddes worde Of worshippinge of Saynctes Vvorshipping of Saynctes Vvorshippinge of Saynctes is also one of the abuses of Antichriste repugnaunt against the fyrst Chief Article and taketh awaye the knoweledge of Christe Also it is not commaunded nor counseylled neither hath it any example of the scripture And we haue it al a thousande tymes better in Christ although it were of lyke goodnes as it is not And although the Angels in heauen do pray for vs as Christ hym selfe doth also Lykewyse also the saynctes in earth or parauēture also in heauen yet doth it not followe thereout that we shoulde worshyppe the Angelles and saynctes praye vnto them faste and kepe holye day for them kepe masses and offerynges institute Churches aulters goddes seruyces and serue them more other waies and take them for helpers in our necessities and diuyde all maner of helpe amonge them and appropriate vnto euery one a synguler peculiar thinge as the papistes teache do for that is Idolatry and suche honour belongeth onely to God For thou canst as a Christian saincte in earthe praye for me not in one but in all maner of necessities Howe be it therfore may not I worshyppe adore kepe holy faste offce kepe masse to thy glory honoure and sette vpon the my fayth concernynge saluation for I may fulwel honoure loue thanke the otherwayes in Christ Vvhen nowe suche Idolatrous honour of the Angelles and dead saynctes shal be done awaye then shal the other honour be withoute hurte or damage yea sone forgotten For yf the commoditie and helpe bothe bodely and ghoostely be no more to be hoped for then shal they leaue the Saynctes in rest fulwel bothe in the sepulchres and also in heauen For noman wyll greatly remember extime nor honoure them for naught or for loue And in summa whatsoeuer the masse is whatsoeuer cōmeth therof or soeuer what dependeth thereon the same can not we abyde and must nedes condemne it that we may kepe the holye Sacramente purely and surely after the institution of Christe vsed and receyued thorough fayth The iij. Article Mynsters cloysters That the mynsters monasteries in tymes past edifyed for a good intēt for to educate menne of erudition and honest discrete women shoulde be sette agayne in suche and ordre where by mē might haue Pastours Preachers and other ministers of the Churche Also other necessary Persones for the tēporall Gouernaunce in Cities and Countrees Also well taught ladyes brought vp for housewyues and house kepers c. Yf they will not serue for this so is it better that men lette them lye voyde or breake them downe there that they with their blasphemous Goddes seruice inuented by man shoulde be kepte and takē as a thinge somewhat better then the Cōmon Christen state Offices and Ordinaunces of God instituted For all the same is also agaynst the fyrst Chief Article of the Redemption of Iesus Christe Besydes that that they also euen as all other inuentions of menne are not commaunded not necessary not profitable and also make daungerous and vayne laboures Euē as the Prophetes do call suche Goddes seruice Auen that is laboure The .iiij. Article The Pope is not the heade of the Church That the Pope is not Iure diuino or by Goddes word the supreme head of the whole Christianite for that pertayneth to one alone whiche is called Iesus Christe But onely Bysshop or Curate of the Churche of Rome And of suche as willingly or by mannes Creation or temporall power haue geuen them selues vnder his Cure gouernaunce Not vnder hym as vnder a Lorde but by hym as Brethern and fellowes in Christ As also the olde Counsaylles and the tyme of S. Ciprian do declare But nowe a dayes dare no Bysshop presume to call the Pope Brother as in those dayes but must call hym his mooste gratious Lorde yea though it were a kynge or Emperour This will maye or can we not take on oure Consciences But they that will may do it with oute vs. Oute of this followeth That what soeuer the pope by suche false frowarde blasphemous vsurped power hath done and pretended hath bē nothyng but a deuelysshe acte and dede and yet is except that whiche belongeth to the tēporal gouernaunce wherein also God permitteth oftentymes much good to be done vnto the people by a tyraunt and euyll person to the destructiō of the vniuersal Catholike church as much as lyeth in hym and for to distourbe the fyrst chief Article of the redemption by Iesus Christe Popysh bulles and bokes For there be al hys bulles bokes wherein he roareth lyke a lyon as the Angel Apocalipsis .xij. doth prefigurate that no christian can be saued except he be obedient subiect vnto hym in al thinges what soeuer he wyl sayeth and doth which is none other but thus much to saye Though thou beleue neuer so wel in Christ and haue al thynges in hym whiche are necessary to saluation yet for al that is it all in vayne yf thou takest not me for thy God and be obedient and subiect vnto me Notwithstondynge that it is manifest that the holy Churche was withoute Pope at the least aboue fyue hundred yeres And vnto this day the churches of the Grecians and of many other languages were neuer vnder the pope nor be not as yet So is it then as often hath ben sayd an inuention of man not commaunded nedeles and in vayne in so much that as the holy Catholike churche maye forbeare suche a head wel ynough myght haue continued better yf such a head had not ben reared by the Deuyll And also the papacye is not commodious in the churche for it vseth no Christen office wherfore the Churche ought to remayne and continue without a Pope And I put case that the pope woulde graunte that he not Iure diuino or by the cōmaūdement of God were superiour but to the intēt that thereby the vnitie of the Christianite againste sectes heresyes so much the better myght be entertayned that therfore must be a head whereby all the reste myght take hold and that such a head ought to be chosen of men and stode in mānes power and authorite the same heade to chaunge and to degrate as the Counsayll of Constaunce kept and vsed euen the same trade with the Popes for they deposed thre and elected the fourthe I put case now I saye that the Pope and the see of Rome woulde graunte and accepte suche thinges which neuertheles is impossible For he must suffre his whole dignitie state gouernaunce to be turned and chaunged with all his lawes and Bokes
wyl stande vntyll my death God willyng And knowe nothyng therein to alter nor to geue backe But yf any maÌ„ will geue backe any thyng let hym do it vpoÌ„ hys own conscience Hallowynge of churches Christenyng of billes Last of all is yet the Popes Iouglinge bagge behynde of foolyshe and chyldysshe Articles as of hallowynge Churches Christonynge of billes Baptisynge of aulter stones and biddynge of Gosshippes therevnto that gaue somewhat thereto c. Which Baptisynge is a slaunder and mocke of the holy Baptisme so that it ought not to be suffered After that of halowyng of lyghtes candels palmes Lakes wafers spyces and worthes c whiche neuertheles can neyther be called halowed nor yet be hallowed but is a mere mocke and deceyte And of suche iugglynge castes an innumerable sorte whiche we committe vnto theyr God and to themselues to worshyppe vntyl they waxe wery Vve wyl not be entangled therewith ¶ The confessyon or knoweledgynge of the faythe of Doctor Marten Luther FOr as moche as I se that sectes errours from day to day do more and more increase and that SataÌ„ doth not ceasse from hys fury and Tyrannye To thintent that not from hencefurthe durynge my lyfe or after my deceasse any myght come take holde of me falsely interpretate my writtynges for to stablysshe theyr errours thereby euen as the Sacramentaryes and Anabaptistes began to do So wyll I by thys writtynge before God and all the worlde knoweledge my fayth from pece to pece whereby I intende to abyde and perseuere vntyll my death and therein whiche God vouchesafe to graunte me to departe out of thys world and to come before the iudgement seate of oure Lorde Iesus Christe And yf any man after my deceasse shoulde saye yf Luther were a lyue nowe he woulde teache and take this or that article otherwyse for he hath not scanded examyned it sufficiently c. To thys I answer nowe as then and than as nowe That I by the grace of God haue moost diligently and moost earnestly remembred and pouÌ„dered al these Articles and haue examyned searched and often retracted them agayne and agayne throughout the scripture and wil so surely stedfastely fighte for them as I haue all ready foughten for the Sacramente of the aulter I am not now dronken nor vnaduised I knowe right well what I saye And also feele ryghtwel what charge it is vnto me agaynst the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ to the last iudgement Therfore let no maÌ„ make a geste or a trifelynge matter of it For it is earnest vnto me For I knowe Satan by Gods grace a greate parte Seyng he can peruerte and tangle the worde of God and scripture what woulde he not do with myne or with other mennes wordes I First I beleue with herte the hygh Article of the godly maiestye That Father Sonne Holy Ghooste three seuerall persons is one ryghte onely naturall true God maker of heauen and earthe in all thynges contrary to the Arrianes Macedoniens Sabellines and suche lyke heresyes Gene. i. accordyng as all that hath beÌ„ holden and kepte hitherto bothe in the Romysshe Churche and in all the worlde by the Christen Churches Second person in God II Secondarely I beleue and knowe that the Scripture teacheth vs that the seconde Person in God namely the Sonne is onely become very man of the holy Ghoost conceyued withoute the helpe of man and borne of the pure blessed virgyn Mary as of a ryghte naturall mother accordyng as al the same S. Luke doth clearly describe Luc. i. and as the Prophetes haue declared So that not the Father or the holy Ghoost dyd become man as certeyn heretykes haue taught Also that God the Sonne hath not onely taken vpon hym the body withoute a Soule as certeyn heretykes haue taught But also the Soul that is a whole perfecte manhode And the ryght seede or Chylde promysed to Abraham and Dauid and is borne a naturall sonne of Mary In euery condition and shape a ryght man euen as I am my selfe and al other excepte that he was borne without synne onely of the virgyn by the holy Ghoost And that thesame man is verye God as an euerlastynge inseparable person become of God and man so that Mary the blessed virgyn is a very right mother not onely of the man Christe Nestorianes as the Nestorians teache but of the sonne of God as saynt Lucas sayth Luc. i That holy one whiche shall be borne in thy shal be called the Sonne of God That is my Lorde and the Lorde of all men Iesus Christe the onely ryght natural sonne of God Mary very God and man The sonne of God suffered for vs. Also I beleue that the same sonne of God and Mary oure Lorde Iesus Christe suffered for vs wretched synners was crucifyed dead and buried Vvhereby he dyd delyuer vs from synne death and euerlastyng wrathe of God through hys innocent bloude and that he rose agayne the thyrde daye from death and ascended into heauen and sitteth on the ryghthand of God the Father almightye a Lord aboue all Lordes Kynge ouer al Kynges and aboue al creatures in heaueÌ„ earth and vnder the earth ouer death and lyfe ouer synne and ryghteousnes Al men borne in synne For I knowledge and can testifie by the scripture that al meÌ„ cam of one man Adam and of thesame thorough the byrthe brynge with them and inherite the fal trespas synne whiche thesame Adam in Paradys Gen. iij throughe the deuyls wickednes dyd perpetrate and so with hym are borne in synne lyue and dye and must be condemned to euerlastynge death Yf not Iesus Christe were come to succour vs and as an innocent lambe had taken vpon hym al oure transgressyons and synnes satisfyed for vs by hys passyon and yet dayly standeth and maketh intercessyon for vs as a true mercyfull mediatour Sauiour and onely priest and Bysshop of oure soules Esa liij Rom. ij Gal. iij. i. Tim. ij Heb vij ix Io xvij i. Ioh ij Hereby do I reiecte and condemne as for a mere errour all such doctrine as commendeth our free wyl as that whih stryueth cleane against such helpe and grace of oure sauyour Iesus Christe For seynge without Christe death and synne be oure Lordes the deuyl oure God and Prince there can be no strength nor power no witte nor vnderstandyng whereby we be able to prepare oure selues or to thinke towardes the righteousnes and lyfe But must he blynded and captyue at the deuyls and synnes owne commaundement to do to thinke whatsoeuer pleaseth him and is contrary to God and hys commaundementes Newe olde Pelagians In lyke maner do I also condemne bothe new old Pelagianes Original synne that wil not graunte the originall synne to be synne but that it should be a lacke or impedimeÌ„t But for as much as death goeth ouer al men must nedes the original synne be no â—mal faulte but an excedyng great
Christe is the onely Sonne of God and oure Lorde In whome we beleue euen with the same Fayth wherewith we beleue in the Father as the texte sayeth in the fyrst Symbole I beleue in God c. And in Iesu c. For yf he were not very God then muste he not with lyke Faythe lyke vnto the Father be honoured This disputeth and dryueth S. Athanasius in his Symbole And it is a very defence of the fyrst Symbole Who so euer wil be saued before al thynges it is necessarye that he haue the Catholyke fayth Whiche faythe but yf euery man will kepe whole and inuiolate withoute doubte he shall eternally perysshe This truely is the righte Catholyke Faythe that we worshippe one God in trinite and the trinite in vnitie Neyther confondinge the persons neyther seperatinge the substaunce The person of the Father is one The persone of the Sonne another The persone of the holy Ghooste another But of the Father of the Sonne and of the holy Ghoost ther is one diuinite equall glorye coeternall maiestie Suche as is the Father suche is the Sonne suche is the holy Ghoost The Father is vncreate the sonne vncreate the holy Ghost is vncreate The Father is immeasurable the Sonne immeasurable the holy Ghoost immeasurable The Father is euerlasting the Sonne euerlasting the holy Ghoost euerlastinge And not withstāding there be not thre euerlasting but one euerlasting Euen as there be not thre vncreate nor thre vnmeasurable but one vncreat and one vnmeasurable In lyke maner is the Father almightie the Sonne almightie and the holy Ghoost almightie And yet be they not thre almighties but one God almightie So the Father is God the Sonne is God the holy Ghoost is God And yet be there not thre Goddes but one God So the Father is the Lord the Sonne the Lord the holy ghoost the Lorde And yet be they not three Lordes but one Lorde For as we be compelled by the christian veritie to cōfesse separately euery one person to be God and Lorde So are we prohibite by the Catholyke relygyon of Christes faythe to saye that there be three Goddes or three Lordes The father is made of none neyther crated nor gotten The sonne is from the father alone neyther made nor created but gotten The holy Ghost is from the father and the sonne neyther made created nor gotten but procedynge And so is there but one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy Ghoost not three holy ghoostes And in thys trinite there is none before or after another nothyng more or lesse But al the three persōs be coeterne and coequal to them selfe So that by all wayes as nowe it hath ben aboue sayde the trinite in vnite and the vnite in trinite maye be worshypped He therfore that wyll be saued let hym vnderstande thus of the trinite But it is necessary vnto euerlasting helth that euery Christian beleue also faythfully the incarnation of oure Lorde Iesu Christe It is therfore the ryght fayth that we beleue and confesse that our Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of GOD is God and man He is God by the substaunce of the father gotten before al worldes and he is man by the substaunce of the mother borne in the world Perfect God perfecte man beyng of a soule reasonable and of flesshe humayne Equal to the father by hys Godheade lesse then the father by hys māheade Whiche though he be God man yet is there not twayne but one Christe Truely he is one not by the turnyng of hys Godheade into manhead but by assumptynge of hys manheade into Godheade Yea he is one not by cōfusyō or mixture of substaūce but by vnite of persō For as the reasonable soule and the flesshely body is or maketh one man So God and man is one Christe Vvhiche suffred death for oure saluation descended to hel and rose from death the thyrde daye Vvhiche ascended to heauens sitteth on the ryght hande of God the Father almightye From thence shal he come to iudge the quicke and the deade At whose commynge al men must ryse with theyr owne bodyes And shal geue accompte of theyr owne propre dedes And they that haue done wel shall go into euerlasting lyfe thei that haue done euyl into euerlastynge fyre This is the catholike fayth which excepte euery mā faythfully stedfastly do beleue he can not be saued ☞ Symbolum Ambrosij and Augustini THe thyrde Symbole should be S. Augustyns and Ambroses and after S. Augustyns baptisme haue ben songe whether that be so or not there is no daunger in it whether a man beleue it or not It is neuertheles a propre symbole or confessyon whosoeuer be the mayster or authour made after the maner of a songe not onely to knoweledge oure faythe but also therin to prayse and to thanke God And soundeth thus We prayse the O God We knowledge the to be the Lorde All the earth dothe worshippe the the father euerlastynge To the al Angels crye a loude the heauen and al powers therin To the Cherubyn and Seraphyn continually do crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earthe are full of the maiestye of thy glorye The gloryous companye of the Apostles prayse the. The goodly felowshyp of the Prophetes prayse the. The noble army of martyrs prayse the. The holy Churche throughoute all the worlde dothe knoweledge the. The father of an infinite maiestie Thy honourable true and onelye sonne Also the holy Ghoost the conforter Thou arte the Kynge of glorye o Christe Thou arte the euerlastyng sonne of the father Vvhen thou tokest vpon the to delyuer man Thou dyddest not abhorre the virgyns wombe Vvhen thou haddest ouercome the sharpenes of death Thou diddest opē the kyngdome of heauē to al beleuers Thou sittest on the right hande of God in the glorye of the father Vve beleue that thou shalt come to be oure iudge Vve therfore pray the to helpe thy seruauntes whome thou haste redemed with thy precyous bloude Make them to be nombred with thy saynctes in glory euerlastynge O Lord saue thy people and blesse thyne heritage Gouerne them and lifte them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifye the. And we worshyp thy name euer worlde withoute ende Vouchesafe O Lorde to kepe vs thys daye without synne O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyght vpon vs as oure trust is in the. O Lorde in thy haue I trusted let me neuer be confounded ⧠The Symbole of Nyce I Beleue in one God the Father almightye maker of heauen earth of all thynges visyble and inuisyble ¶ And in one onely Lorde Iesu Christ Gods onely sonne which was gotten of the father before al worldes God of God light of lyght very true God of the very true God gottē not made equall with the father by the whiche al thynges be made Vvhiche for vs mankynde and for oure saluation came doune from heauen And was incarnate by the holye Ghoost
of the vyrgyn Mary And became man crucifyed also for vs vnder PoÌ„ce Pilate suffred and buryed And rose agayne the thyrde day accordyng to the scriptures and asceÌ„ded into heauen and sitteth on the ryght hande of the father and shal come agayn with glorye to iudge the quicke and the deade whose kyngdome shall be endeles And in the Lorde the holy ghoost which quickeneth which proce deth froÌ„ the father the sonne whiche with the father and the Sonne together is worshypped and together is glorifyed which hath spoken through the Prophetes And one holye Catholyke and Apostolyke Churche I knoweledge one baptisme to the remission of synnes and I abyde the resurrection of the dead and the lyfe of the world to come AMEN ⧠A singular and fruteful maner of prayeng vsed by the famous clarke Doctour Marten Luther and comppleâ—… at the desyre and instaunce of a special frende of hys vpon the Lordes prayer the tenne commaundementes and the xij Articles of the Christen fayth no lesse necessary then profitable FYrst whan I fele that through straung dedes or thoughtes I am be come colde and vnlusty to prayer euen as the fleshe and the deuyl are alwaies ready to lette and hynder prayer I take my boke of Psalmes get me into my chaÌ„bre or yf the day time so requyre into the churche to the congregation and begynne mouthely by my selfe to saye the Tenne commaundementes the Crede and after as the tyme doth serue me certayne sayenges of Christe Paule or Psalmes euen as the chyldren do Therfore is it good that the prayer be vsed for the fyrste worke in the mornynge and for the last in the euenynge And that a man beware with all diligence of these false deceyuable thoughtes whiche saye Tarye a littel within thys houre wyl I pray I must do thys or that before for by suche cogitations and thoughtes commeth a man from prayer vpon workes whiche do holde and compasse hym in such wyse that nothynge is done in prayer that daye And albeit that some workes may be fall whiche be as good as prayer or better specyally whan necessitye doth requyre them as there goeth a Prouerbe vnder the name of Saynte Ierome Euery worke of the faythful is a prayer And another Prouerbe he that laboureth or worketh truely prayeth double Whiche must be spoken out of thys ground That a faithful man in hys labour doth feare and honour God and thynketh on his coÌ„maundementes so that he wyll do wronge to no man nor steale nor circumuent or deceyue any man And suche cogitations make doubteles of hys worke a prayer and besydes that a sacrifyce of prayse To the contrary wherof it muste also be true that the worke of an infidel is a mere cursyng and he that worketh vnfaythfully curseth double for the cogitacyons and thoughtes of hys harte are suche that he despyseth God and thynketh to transgresse hys commaundemeÌ„tes to do hys neighboure wrong to steale and to deceyue suche cogitatioÌ„s what are they elles but mere cursynges agaynst God man by the whiche hys worke labour becoÌ„meth also a double curse whereby he curseth hym self suche men do also remayne at the last beggers and of no reputation Of thys continual prayer doth Christ speake vndoubtedly Luc. xi Luce. xi that we oughte to praye withoute ceasyng for we must be ware of synne and wrong withoute ceasyng whiche can not be done yf we do not feare God and haue his commaundemeÌ„tes before oure eyes as the first Psalme saith Blessed is that man which thinketh on the lawe of god nyght day Psal i. Howe be it we must also beware that we do not vse oure selues from the ryght prayer and prescribe vnto our selues at the laste necessary workes which notwithstandynge are not to the purpose are therby at the last made slouthful and vnlusty cold and yrkesome or lothsome to prayer for the deuil is not slouthful nor vnlusty or ydel aboute vs Also our flesshe is yet to quicke and iocunde inclyned and proued to synne and agaynst the spirite of prayer Iob .i. i. Pet. v Nowe whan the harte is warmed thorough such speakyng of the mouth is come to it self Then knele doune or stande with thy handes folden and thyne eyes erected into heauen and saye or thynke in the shortest maner that thou canst Oh God oure heaueÌ„ly father I am an vnworthy pore synner Lu. xviij not worthy to lyft vp myne eyes or handes towardes the or to praye notwithstandyng forasmuch as thou hast coÌ„maunded vs al to praye also hast promysed to heare vs and besydes that hast taught vs thy self bothe wordes and maner through thy dearly beloued sonne oure Lorde Iesus Christe I come vpon thys thy commaundement to be obedyent vnto the trustyng to thy gracyous promyse in the name of my Lord Iesus Christ I praye with all thy holy Christians in earth as he hath taught me Mat vij Luc. xi Ioh. xiiij xv xvi Mat. vi Luc. xi Our father whiche arte in heauen c. Hole oute from worde to worde The fyrst Peticyon After that repete one pece or as much as thou wilte namely the fyrste peticyoÌ„ Halowed be thy name and saye Oh Lorde God mercyfull Father vouchesafe I beseche the to sanctifye thy name bothe in oure selues and in al the worlde destroye and put doune al abhominacyon Idolatrye and heresye of the Turke of the Pope and of al false doctryne and erronyous spirites whiche falsely beare thy name and so shamefully abuse it and so abhominably blaspheme it saynge and boastyng that it is thy word and the churches coÌ„maundement notwithstandynge that it is the lye and deceyt of the deuyll whereby they seduce so many poore soules in all the worlde vnder thy name and besydes that also kyl shede innocent bloude persecute thynkyng thereby to do the a hygh seruyce O Lorde God here conuerte and lette Conuerte them that yet shall be conuerted that they with vs and we with them maye sanctifye and prayse thy name bothe with pure and true doctryne and also with a good holye lyfe and conuersation And resiste or let them that wyll not be conuerted that they maye cease to abuse blaspheme and dyshonour thy holye name and to seduce the poore people Amen The seconde Peticyon Thy kyngedome come sayenge Oh Lord God mercyful father thou seest that not onely the wisedome and discretion of the worlde blasphemeth thy name and geueth thyne honoure to the lye and to the deuyl But also al theyr power myght rychesse and honoure which thou hast geuen them vpon earth to rule in the worlde and to serue the with thesame is set and stryueth agaynst thy kyngdome they are great mighty and many thicke fatte and full and plage hynder and destroye the small heape of thy kyngdome Those that be weake despysed and feawe wyl they not suffre vpon earthe and thynke neuertheles thereby to do thy a hyghe Goddes seruice O Lorde God father almightye