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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00610	Two homilies vpon the first, second, and third articles of the crede, made by maister Iohn Feknam Deane of Paules	Feckenham, John de, 1518?-1585.	1555 (1555)	STC 10745; ESTC S117525	8,370	18

And if I shoulde walke thorow the valley of the shadowe of death I will feare none euell because thou arte with me Virga tuaet baculus tuus ipsa me consolata sunt Thy rod and thy staffe do comforte me For as thapostle Paule saith Roma viii Sideus pro nobis quis con tra nos If God be wyth vs who can stande agaynste vs gods prouidence and care beyng such ouer vs quod oēs capilli capitis nostri numerati sunt That all the heares of our heades be numbred Math. x. and that not one of them shall peryshe wythoute hys wyll and pleasure Seyng therfore dearely beloued in our Lorde God so many and great euils as al kynd of Idolatrie synne and detestable liuing are auoyded by this first article of our Crede Seyng that so many profites commodities and pleasures are gotten and ꝓcured by the same Let vs therfore here first beginne to pitche and stay our selues with a firme persuasion of heart to beleue and with no lesse truth of mouth to confesse and say Credo in deum patrem I beleue in God the father In that this first article of our Crede teacheth vs to beleue in God the father it dothe expresse vnto vs two notable pointes of fayth The first is the vnitie of the Godhead of the diuine substaunce and essence of God The second is the pluralitie of persones when this worde father can not be verified of God the first persone but in relation of God the sonne the second persone when with out a sonne God can not be a father Therfore in that this first article of our Crede teacheth vs to beleue in God the father it teacheth vs that Iesus Christ our Lord the second persone in trinitie is God the sonne beyng the very image of God the father and of one substaunce with the father coeternal and in deitie coequal with God the father beyng one God with God the father one nature one essēce being with him both of them being of like might like power like wisedome like knowledge like righteousnes in all other thinges like appertainyng vnto the deitie The assured knowledge vnderstanding therof can not be attained but onely by fayth taught vs in this first article of our Crede euery one of vs to say I beleue in God the father omnipotent And therfore worthy to be beleued and worthy to be beloued To be beleued because he is omnipotent and hable to do all thinges that he wyll bothe in heauen and in earth and that nothinge is vnto him impossible and thinges being subiect vnto his power And to be beloued because he is a father and stretcheth out his great might and power vnto vs not as a rigorous lorde but as a mercifull father here in defending vs frō the iniurie of all oppressours as a father in conseruing and gouerning of vs as a father in fedinge and clothing of vs as a father making and causing all his other creatures to obey and serue vs as a most benigne louinge father And in sure profe and declaration of this oure fathers loue great might power and omnipotencie this first article of our crede teacheth vs to beleue in god the father Omnipotent maker and creator of heauen and earth And in that that he did create and make of nothing both heauen and earthe it is probation sufficient of his omnipotencie And here is to be obserued howe by the creation of heauen whiche is the throne or seate of God Mat. v. and the highest creature of God and by the creation of the earth whiche is the fotestole of God and the lowest creature is meant and vnderstanded the creation of all creatures meane and betwene bothe heauen and earth and all creatures therein contained whether they be heuenly creatures aboue or earthlye beneth spirituall or corporall materiall or immateriall visible creatures or invisible God the father is the creator of them all and did geue vnto them al their forse might and power and doeth from time to tyme continually preserue gouerne sustayne and maynteyne the whole worlde and all the creatures thereof by hys onely goodnes and highe prouidence In somuch that without the continuance of his mightie workynge nothyng in heauen or in earth visible or inuisible shoulde be hable anye whyle to contynewe And here to conclude in thys fyrste parte or artycle of oure Crede I beleue in God the father almyghtye maker of heauen and earthe We be taught to beleue in one God and to abolishe all other fayned and false goddes and thys fayth so stedfastly to reteyne and embrace in our herts as neuer to swarue or decline frō the same for any argument persuasion or autoritie that may be obiected or for any worldly affection or respect of pleasure payne persecution or torment what soeuer shall happen vnto vs. And besyde this constant fayth and belefe we are taught by this first article most firmely to betake and committe our selues and all that we haue wholy to God and to fyxe all our whole hope truste and confidence in him and to quiet our selues and all our thoughtes wordes and workes in hym beleuynge moste assuredlye that he wyll in verye deede shewe no lesse goodnes loue grace mercye and fauour vnto vs then a very deare and tender father vnto his owne children beynge omnipotent and of all might force and power to performe the same and to defende helpe and saue vs his poore creatures not onely from all afflictiōs maladyes and miseryes of thys present lyfe but also at the terme and ende therof to rewarde vs wyth lyfe euerlastynge and to crowne vs wyth the eternall crowne of glorye whiche he graunte vs all that hathe so louynglye and moste lyke a tender father prepared it for vs. To whom wyth God the Sonne and God the holy ghost be prayse honor and glory bothe here and euer Amen The second Homilie vpon the second and third article of the Crede I Beleue in Iesus Christe his onely sonne our Lorde which was conceiued by the holye ghoste borne of the virgin Marye These two articles of oure crede intreated vpō in your lesson and homilie of this daye do apperteyne to Iesus Christ the very sonne of God Iohn xvij and seconde person in Trinitie when by the testimonye before recyted in the fyrst artycle of the Euangelist S. Iohn Euerlastyng lyfe doeth not onely depende and consyst in the knowledge of God the father to be the onely and true God but it doeth consyst also in the perfect knowledge of his sonne Iesus Christ whom he dyd sende vnto vs. Of whom to haue a ryght and perfect knowledge to the wynnynge of this euerlastynge lyfe you shall haue here this daye the ryght sense and interpretation of these two articles apperteynynge vnto him set furth and declared vnto you Wherof the fyrste I beleue in Iesus Christ his onely sonne our Lord doeth bring vs in perfect knowledge of hys diuine nature and deitie The

¶ Two homilies vpon the first second and third articles of the Crede made by maister Iohn Feknam Deane of Paules The fyrste article I Beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and yearth Dearely beloued and seruantes of our lord God I haue here in hād this day to read and set furth vnto you the right and perfit know ledge of God to be learned and gathered out of our common Crede the same being vnto vs as it were an abridgement or a breif collection of all thinges necessary to be beleued or knowen of God Lyft vp your hartes therfore and prepare your selues like beneuolent and attentiue hearers to receiue the same Considering wish your selues that the tyme of your partes spent in ●ernyng therof shal be but shorte the labour therm taken can not be great the fruite and profite of knowyng God is life euerlasting Our sauiour Christ wytnessing the same sayth John x●ii This is euerlasting life to knowe thee to be the onely true God and thy sonne whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ And to the obteinyng of this sure knowledge of God first geue eare to learne the first article of your Crede whiche begynneth on this wise I beleue in God the father almightie creator of heauen and yearth By the whiche article we are taught the right and perfite knowledge of God by the Catholyke fayth of Christes churche and euery man in folowyng the doctrine of the same to say I beleue in God And albeit there is a knowledge here to be gathered learned of God partlye by natural reason partly by the testimony recorde of auncient writers and holy fathers partly by the creatures and by conference made of them vnto God yet the most certain surest knowlege here to be had of God is by the catholike fayth of Christes churche and by the doctrine of the same churche to say I beleue in God Fyrst by natural reason there is a knowledge to be had of God when natural reason sayth Omne causatum indiget alio vt sit Euery thing that is made must nedes haue another thing as his causer or maker And that causer or maker being in like maner made must haue of necessitie another whiche was his causer or maker and so furth generally to speake of al thinges made vntill we must by natural reason come fynde out one cheif causer creator and maker of all thynges beyng it selfe not caused or made of any other whiche is onely God and none other And as touching the creatures of God in what knowledge they bring vs to of God it is easelie to be gathered when the ample greatnes the profounde depenes the largenes the strongnes the beautifulnes the purenes and the swetenes of the creatures do instruct and teache vs how ample and great howe profounde and depe how large howe stronge how beautiful how pure howe swete is God the creator maker of them all all creatures acknowledging and confessing the magnificence of God their creator euery one of them sayinge after their maner of speche Quoniam ipse est qui fecit nos et non ipsi nos It is he that hathe made vs. It is ipse deus that God Et non ipsi nos And not we that did or coulde make our selues The creatures of God are here in this worlde as it were a myrrour or glasse wherin we may beholde and see the wonderfull myghte power and goodnes of God The Apostle Paule in witnessyng of the same saith Roma ● The inuisible thinges of god as his eternal power godhed are perceyued and vnderstande by his creatures which he hath made But of all the moste certayne and surest knowledge of God is that which is here taught vs in the first article of oure Crede by the catholike fayth and wyth the same to saye I beleue in god And thys my beleife doeth ingraffe in me a reason an vnderstandynge and a sure knowledge of God So that the most assured and most certayne knowledge that a Christen man can haue here of God is assuredly and certaynly to say I beleue in God And to beleue in God is not onely to beleue that God is or that there is a God of suche inuisible and spirituall substaunce that he can not be seen wyth eye nor yet by wit vnderstanded or yet to beleue that God is of power infinyte of nature eternall wythoute begynnynge or endynge of knowledge incomprehensible of wysdome not to be apprehended of goodnesse iustice and mercye alwayes furth infinite and lyke vnto hym selfe or to beleue that God in al his sayinges and doynges is iuste and true But to beleue in God is in beleuynge to put our whole trust and affiance in God and in beleuynge and trustynge in God to loue God and so to loue truste and beleue in God that our lyues and conuersations be cleane turned and wholy bent to please and serue hym So that to beleue in God as this firste article teacheth vs is in beleuing to renounce the deuil the worlde and the fleshe wyth all their pompes and workes and to dedicate our selues wholy to the seruice of God And therfore in thys first article we saye Credo in deam I beleue in God speakyng but of one God in the singular numbre therby to seclude the seruice or beleife of many goddes as of the deuell the worlde the fleshe or other lyke when it is written Deut. vi Geue eare Israell for the Lorde thy God is but one And therefore thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God and hym onely shalte thou serue By this fyrst article of oure Crede is subuerted all Idolatry Psal xcvi false adoration and worshypping of many gods when the Prophet Dauid putteth vs out of al doubtes quod omnes dij gentium daemonia that all the gods of the ethnykes not beleuing in this one God be deuels and not gods By thys first article is abolished all forcery witchecraft and necromancie most vaynely abusing the creatures of God agaynst their creator almyghtye God By this article are condemned all glotons and carnall lyuers whose belly is their God Philip. ii saith sainct Paule and all couetous persons and inordynate louers of the world when couetousnes as saith sainct Paul est idolorum seruitus Aephes v. is a seruice of idols And more generallye to speake by this first article of our Crede are condemned all kynde of synners when sinne doth cause them to preferre and more set by the creatures then their creator almightie God so that this article to beleue in God shall make oure lyfe here swete and pleasant and deliuer the same from all terrour dread and feare of Sathan synne death helfire and all their armye when thys fyrme fayth and belefe in God shall cause and encourage euerye one of vs boldely to say with the prophet Dauid Et stambulauero in medio vmbrae mortis non timebo mala quoniam tu mecum es Psal xxii