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A28933	The history of the Vaudois. Wherein is shewn their original; how God has preserved the Christian religion among them in its purity, from the time of the Apostles to our days; the wonders he has done for their preservation, with the signal and miraculous victories that they have gained over their enemies; how they were dispersed, and their churches ruined; and how at last they were re-established, beyond the expectation and hope of all the world. / By Peter Boyer ... ; and newly translated out of French by a person of quality.; Abrégé de l'histoire des Vaudois. English	Boyer, P. (Pierre), 1619-ca. 1700.; Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.; Person of quality.	1692 (1692)	Wing B3918A; ESTC R5697	97,378	276

the rays of Celestial light which shone in these sacred Books which rectifies our Understanding to discern and rightly tast the divine things contained in them V. That God has made all things of nothing by his free will and by the infinite power of his word VI. That he guides and governs all things by his providence ordering all things that happen in the World without being the author or cause of Evil that the Creatures do so that he is wholly without blame and evil can in no manner be imputed to him VII That the Angels having been created pure and holy some of them fell into sin and irreparable perdition but others persevered by an effect of the Divine Goodness who assisted them and confirmed them in grace VIII That Man who was created Pure Holy after the Image of God deprived himself by his own fault of this happy state giving his assent to the captious discourse of the Devil IX That man has lost by his Transgression the Justice and Holiness he received incurring with the indignation of God death and captivity under the power of him who hath the Empire of Death viz. the Devil to that degree that his free will is become a Servant and Slave of Sin so that by nature all men as well Jews as Gentiles are the Children of wrath dead in their sins and by consequence uncapable of having any good motion towards their Salvation nor to frame a good thought without Grace all their imaginations and thoughts being always evil X. That all the posterity of Adam were made guilty by his disobedience infected with the same Corruption and fallen into the same Calamity even young Children from the Womb of their Mother from whence comes the name of Original Sin XI That God withdrew out of this Corruption and Condemnation the Persons that he has chosen by his mercy in Jesus Christ his Son leaving others by an irreproachable justice of his Liberty XII That Jesus Christ being ordained of God in his eternal decree to be the only Saviour and the only head of his body which is his Church he has redeemed it with his own blood in the fulness of time and communicates to it all his benefits and favours by the Gospel XIII That ther●… are two Natures in Jesus the divine and humane truly in one Person without Confusion without Division without Separation without Change each Nature keeping its distinct property and tha●… Jesus Christ is true God and man XIV That God has so loved the world that he has given his only Son for to save us by his most perfect Obedience particularly by that he suffered the cursed Death of the Cross and by the victories he gained over the Devil Sin and Death XV. That Jesus Christ having made an intire expiation of our Sins by a most perfect Sacrifice of himself upon the Cross it cannot nor ought not to be reiterated upon any pretence whatsoever XVI That Jesus Christ having fully reconciled us to God by his blood-shed upon the Cross it 's by his only merit and not by our works that we are absolved and justified before him XVII That we have an Union with Jesus Christ and Communion of his Benefits by Faith which are promised us by his holy Gospel XVIII That this Faith comes from the gratious and efficacious operations of the holy Ghost which illuminates our Souls and carries them to rely upon the mercy of God to be applyed by the Merits of Jesus Christ. XIX That Jesus Christ is our only and true Mediator not only as to Redemption but also as to Intercession and that by his Merits and Mediation we have access to the Father for to invoke him with a holy Confidence to be heard without any need of having recourse to any other Intercessor than him XX. That as God doth promise us regeneration in Jesus Christ those that are united to him by a lively Faith should apply themselves with all their heart to do good works XXI That good works are so necessary to the faithful that they cannot come to the Kingdom of Heaven without doing of them so we must walk in the ways of Justice and Righteousness sly all Vices and exercise our selves in all Christian Vertues imploying Fasting and all other means that may conduce to so holy an end XXII That though we cannot merit any thing by our good Works our Saviour will notwithstanding recompence them with eternal Life by a merciful Continuation of his Grace and in Vertue of an immoveable Constancy of his Grace and Promises XXIII That those that possess eternal Life for their Faith and good Works must be considered as Saints and glorified and praised for their Vertues intimated in all their excellent Actions But not adored or invoked for no Address of Prayer must be made to any but God alone through Jesus Christ. XXIV That God has gathered together a Church in this world for the Salvation of mankind but she has but one Head and Foundation which is Jesus Christ. XXV That this Church is the company of the Faithful who being elected by God before the Foundation of the world and called by a holy Vocation are united together for to follow the word of God believing that which he teaches and living in his Fear XXVI That this Church cannot fail or be quite destroyed but that it will always remain XXVII That every body must be a Member of that Church and keep in her Communion XXVIII That God doth not only instruct us by his word but that besides he has instituted Sacraments to be joyned to his word as the means to unite us to Christ and to communicate to us his Benefits and that there are but two common to all the Members of the Church under the new Testament viz. Baptism and the Supper of our Lord. XXIX That he has instituted the Sacrament of Baptism for a Testimony of our Adoption and that we are washed from our Sins in the Blood of Jesus Christ and renewed in Sanctity of Life XXX That he has instituted that of the Eucharist or of his Holy Supper for the nourishment of our Souls to the end that by a true and lively saith by the incomprehensible vertue of the Holy Ghost eating effectively his Flesh and drinking his Blood and uniting us most inseparably to Christ in him and by him we may have Eternal Life XXXI That it 's necessary that the Church have Pastors well instructed and of good life instituted by them that have the right to do it as well to Preach the Word of God as to administer the Sacraments and watch over the Flock of Christ following the rules of a good and holy Discipline conjointly with the Elders and Deacons according to the practice of the Ancient Church XXXII That God has established Kings and Magistrates for the government of his People and the People ought to be subject and obedient to them in vertue of the said Order not only for Anger but for Conscience in all

confirm the authority of Ecclesiastical Doctrine The Apocryphal Books are as follow The third of Esdras the fourth of Esdras Tobie Judith Wisdome Ecclesiasticus Baruc with the Epistle of Jeremiah Esther from the tenth Chapter to the end the History of Susanna the History of the Dragon the first of Maccabees the second of Maccabees The Books of the New Testament The Gospel of St. Matthew of St. Mark St. Luke and St. John The Acts of the Apostles The Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans the first to the Corinthians the second to the Corinthians to the Galatians to the Ephesians to the Philippians to the Colossians the 1 to the Thessalonians the 2 to the Thessalonians the 1 to Timothy the 2 to Timothy to Titus to Philemon to the Hebrews the first Epistle of St. Peter the second Epistle of St. Peter the first Epistle of St. John the second Epistle of St. John the third Epistle of St. John the Epistle of St. Jude the Revelations of St. John IV. The foresaid Books teach this That there is one God Almighty all wisdom and goodness and who by his power has created all things who made Adam according to his own Image but by the malice of the Devil and the disobedience of Adam Sin entred into the World and that we are Sinners in Adam and by Adam V. That it was promised to the Fathers who received the Law that by the Law knowing their sins and their own defect of Iustice and their inability of keeping it that they should desire the coming of Christ to satisfie for their sins and to accomplish the Law in his own person VI. That Christ was born at the time ordained by the father viz. when all iniquity abounded and not for the good works of any for all were sinners VII That Christ is truth life justice peace our pastor advocate oblation sacrificer that he is dead for the salvation of all believers and that he rose for their justification VIII Likewise we firmly believe that there is no other advocate or mediator for us sinners to the Father but Iesus Christ and that the blessed Virgin was holy humble full of grace and the same we believe of all other Saints and that they expect in heaven the resurrection of the body at the dayf Iudgment IX Item We believe that after this life that there are but two places one for those that are saved which we call Paradice and another for those that ae damned which we call Hell totally renouncing the doctrine of Purgatory invented by Antichrist and his Ministers X. Item We have always believed that it was an abomination of which we ought not to speak in the presence of God and invented by men viz. the doctrine of Feasts and Vigils of Saints of Holy Water of abstinence from flesh and other meats upon certain days and above all the doctrine of the Mass. XI We have in abomination humane traditions as being Antichristian and of great prejudice to the liberty of the Spirit XII We believe that the Sacraments are the signs or visible forms of holy things believing that from time to time the faithful should make use of those holy signs or visible forms if they can but nevertheless we believe that the faithful may be saved if they never received the foresaid signs or visible forms when they could not have an opportunity of receiving them XIII We never knew of any other Sacraments than Baptism and the Supper of our Lord. XIV We owe honour to all superiour powers in paying them subjection obedience and tribute with alacrity It 's now 570 years since this confession of Faith was made by the Churches of Piemont at which time all other Churches were corrupted by the mixture of humane doctrine and Pagan Ceremonies the world at that time being overspread with an Aegyptian darkness and so the Authors of both Religions agree in calling that age the dark age This confession of Faith being drawn from the writings of the holy Apostles and in every respect conformable to their Doctrine it follows by a necessary consequence that the Religion of the Vaudois is the true and pure Religion of the Apostles and that they have always kept it pure from the first receiving of it till the beginning of the eleventh age and from thence till these times since they now profess the same Faith and teach the same Doctrine that was contained in that famous confession All other Churches both of the East and West being infected with divers Heresies Satan for to hinder the advancement of the Reign of Jesus Christ has from time to time stirred up false Teachers who have sown their cursed Seed in the field of our Lord and by their false Doctrine varnished over with a seeming Piety have corrupted the doctrine of the Gospel This is what our Saviour foretold saying to his Disciples that false Christs and false Prophets would arise and would do signs and wonders to deceive if it were possible the elect c. St. Peter 2 Ep. C. 2. 1 2 3. prophesied the same thing there has been false Prophets among the people as likewise there will be among you false Teachers who shall privately introduce Sects of perdition and shall deny the Lord who hath redeemed them bringing upon them sudden perdition and many shall follow them by which the ways of Truth shall be blasphemed But O the wonderful works of God! who has conserved by his wise Providence the purity of his Religion in the Valleys of Piemont from the time of the Apostles to our time by a singular effect of his Goodness towards these poor people of the Vallys and has hindered that Satan by his false Doctors and Teachers could not sow the Cockle of their poysonous Doctrine in the mystical field of his Church Notwithstanding all their crafty endeavours God in spight of the Devil and all his works has kept among these Mountains and Deserts the bright light of his Gospel and has never suffered the candle to be extinguished and the great wonders that God has done from time to time to keep his bright Lamp always shining clear to these happy countries makes it evident that this is the place which God Apoc. 12 has prepared to keep and defend his Church in against the furious Attaques of the infernal Dragon who gave his power and throne to the Beast to make war against the Saints and to vanquish them For this is the true Desart where the woman Apoc. 12. 6. cloathed with the Sun with the Moon under her feet crowned with twelve Stars made her retreat where God had prepared her a place where she might be nourished 1260 prophetical days which make 1260 years where God Almighty has kept her safe against all the storms raised by Satan without any effect till the year 1686 the term of the Prophecy of the eleventh Chapter of the Revelations was accomplished it was then that the Beast which rose out of the deeps vanquished them and killed