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A11927	The three partes of commentaries containing the whole and perfect discourse of the ciuill warres of Fraunce, vnder the raignes of Henry the Second, Frances the Second, and of Charles the Ninth : with an addition of the cruell murther of the Admirall Chastilion, and diuers other nobles, committed the 24 daye of August, anno 1572 / translated out of Latine into English by Thomas Timme minister.; Commentariorum de statu religionis et reipublicae in regno Galliae. English. 1574	Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598.; Hotman, François, 1524-1590. De furoribus gallicis.; Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.; Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572.	1574 (1574)	STC 22241.5; ESTC S4897	661,140	976

gift of God. 10 We beleue that all the progenie and ofspring of Adam is infected with this contagion the which we call originall sinne the which commeth by propagation and not of imitation as the Pelagians haue thought all whose errors we do detest abhorre Neither do we thinke it necessarie to enquire how this sinne may come from one to another by propagation For it is sufficient to know that whatsoeuer God hath giuen to Adam was not giuen to him alone but to all his posteritie and therefore we in his person are spoyled and bereft of all those benefites and are fallen into all this miserie and malediction 11 We beleue that this deprauatiō or corruptiō is very sin maketh al men yea the very infants as yet in the wombes of their mothers to be giltie of euerlasting death before god We do also affirme that the same after Baptisme is ministred is very sin in respect of fault how beit they which are the children of God shal not be cōdēned therfore bicause God of his frée mercy goodnesse doth not impute the same vnto thē Furthermore we say that this euil doth alwayes shew forth some fruits of wickednesse rebellion in so much that they which are the most holy althoughe they doe resist the same yet neuerthelesse so long as they liue in this worlde they are defiled with infirmities and offences 12 We do beleue also that out of this corruption vniuersal dānatiō into the which al mē by nature are cast drowned God hath takē some namely such whō he hath elected and chosen by his eternall purpose and euerlasting counsel of his owne mercy goodnesse in his sonne Christ without any respect of their merites And othersome he hath lefte in that corruption and damnation in iustlye condemning of whome when time commeth he will shewe his iustice euen as he declareth the riches of his mercye vpon others For some are not better than other some vntill God make the one to be knowne from the other by that his euerlasting purpose which he determined in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world neyther can any man by his owne strength attaine vnto that blessednesse since that by nature we haue no good motion neither are we able to thinke a good thought vntill God by grace assist vs and guideth vs vnto that which is right and good 13 We beléeue that whatsoeuer is requisite and necessarie for our saluation it is offered giuen to vs in Jesus Christ alone who is giuen to vs to saue vs and is also made vnto vs or for vs wisedome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption in so much that whosoeuer forsaketh him forsaketh the mercie of the Father that is to saye our onely refuge 14 We beléeue that Jesus Christ the wisedome and euerlasting sonne of the Father toke vpon him our nature in so much that in one person he is both God and man a man passible both in body and soule and in all things like vnto vs sinne onely excepted whose fleshe is very séede of Abraham and Dauid although by the secrete and incomprehensible power of the holy Ghost he was in his time conceiued in the wombe of the virgin Mary And therefore we detest and forsake all those heresies with the which the Churches in time past haue béene troubled as most contrarie to the truth and namely those diuelish Imaginations of Seruettus attributing to our Lorde Jesus Christ a phantasticall deitie and such like 15 We do beleue that in one persō which is Jesus Christ those two natures are so truelye and inseparably conioyned that they are vnited together in one and yet both of thē retaine still the distincte propertie of their natures in so much that as in this coniunctiō the diuine nature of the word retaining his properties abode vncreate infinit and replenishing all things euen so also the humane nature abode shall abide for euer comprehensible hauing his naturall forme measure and propertie from whom the resurrectiō and glorification or assumption to the right hand of the father shall not take away the veritie of his humane nature Therefore we so consider of Christ in his Deity that we spoile him not of his humanitie 16 We beleue that God hath shewed his vnspeakable loue and goodnesse toward vs in this that he hath sent his sonne to dye and to rise againe and to fulfill al righteousnesse that he might purchase for vs euerlasting life 17 We beleue that by that only sacrifice which Jesus christ offered vpon the Crosse we are reconciled vnto God and are counted iust in his sight bicause we cannot be acceptable vnto him neither obtaine the fruite of our adoption excepte we haue forgiuenesse of sinnes at his handes Therfore we affirme that Jesus Christ is our full and perfecte redéemer in whose death we haue full satisfaction by which we are deliuered from all our sinnes and from the which we can be absolued by no other meanes 18 ▪ We beleue that all oure righteousnesse is placed in the remission of our sinnes the which as the Prophete Dauid testifieth is our onely felicitie Therefore we reiect openly all other waies and meanes by which men thinke that they maye be iustified before God and laying aside all trust of our owne merites and righteousnesse we rest and stay our selues wholy vpon the obedience of Jesus Christ the which is imputed vnto vs both that all our sinnes may be thereby couered and also that we may attaine grace in the sight of god To be shorte we beleue that if we decline neuer so little from this foundation we can not finde where to rest but shal be rather alwayes vnquiet bicause we cā not haue peace with God vntill we are certainely perswaded of this that we are loued in Jesus Christ bicause in our selues we are worthy of all hate 19 We doe beleeue that by this onely meanes we haue libertye to call vpon God with certayne truste that hée will declare him selfe to bee our Father For we haue no accesse vnto the Father but by the meanes of the mediator 20 We do beleue that we are made partakers of this righteousnesse by faithe onely as it is written that he suffered to saue vs that whosoeuer shal beleue in him might not perish And it is thus appointed to this ende bicause the promises of life offered to vs in him are then applyed to our vse and profite and are made effectual to vs when we imbrace thē nothing doubting of the hauing of those things of the which we are certified by Gods owne mouth Therefore the righteousnesse which we obtaine by faith dependeth vpon the frée promises by which God testifieth and declareth that we are beloued of him 21 We beleue that we are endued with the light of faith by the secrete grace and working of the holy ghost the which faith is the frée gift of God proper to them alone to