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A12685	The su[m] of diuinitie drawn out of the holy scripture very necessary, not only for curates [et] yong studentes in diuinitie: but also for al christen men and women what soeuer age they be of. Drawn out of Latine into Englyshe by Robert Hutten.; Margarita theologica. English.	Spangenberg, Johann.; Hutton, Robert, d. 1568.; Turner, William, d. 1568.	1548 (1548)	STC 23004; ESTC S126460	78,484	290

ordinaūce appoynted vnto one place or certayne tradicions of men but it is the spirituall company of the godly whiche be dispersed thorowout all the worlde and yet do they agree at all tymes in the doctrine of the gospell Thys churche doth Paule declare in these wordes Ephesi v. Christe loued his churche or congregation so greatly that he deliuered vp hym owne selfe for it that he might sāctifie it cleansed wyth the lauer of water by hys worde that he myght make it gloriouse vnto hym selfe wythout spot or wrincle and that it should be holy and vnreproueable This churche is not visible but it is beleued accordynge vnto the article of the crede I beleue the holy catholyke church the communion of sainctes Yet hath it certayne tokens whereby it is knowen that is to say the true word of god and the lawefull vse of sacramentes and the keyes whiche it vseth in the ministringe of the worde and sacramentes ☞ But what is to be iuged of them whiche be excomunicate ¶ They whiche be excommunicate be rekened no more membres of the churche accordynge vnto thys Math. viii And if he wyll not heare the churche take thou him for an Ethnike and publican ☞ What difference is betwene the hypocriticall churche and the true churche ☞ Howe muche difference is betwene the trueth and falsehead betwene the likenes of truth and the truth it selfe betwene fayned and forged colour and true natural colour so muche difference is betwene the hypocritical churche and the true ¶ It is certeyne that Hypocrites haue the same Gospell and same sacramētes But thei be not therewyth contente but brynge in mannes traditions whiche they compare wyth the Gospell and make them equalle wyth the gospell and manye tymes do prayse it aboue the Gospell they do not receyue the gospell puerly and sincerelye These beleue not in theire herte nor yet stand stedfaste but when tempestes do ryse they fall backe and can not stād Also the Hypocrites do vse the sacramentes vnpurely makynge an other head then Christ wherof they are their ryghtuousnes sanctifiyng and helpe They vse the holye goste none other wyse thē a cloke wherwyth they couer their vncleane doctryne whiche thynge disperseth and troubleth consciences which in dede is not the worcke of the holy gost which doeth gather togyther and comfort consciences To be short the Hypocriticall church is a visour an outward lykenes or shadowe faulse and deceitfull pretended foleyshe yet neuer the lesse enuiouse and wythout the knoweledge of the true churche Of ecclesiastical pouer ☞ What is the keye or power of the church VVhich consisteth in teachinge the gospel ministring of the sacramentes and in excommunicatynge them which be accused of open synnes and absoluynge them agayne when they are absolution Or it is a certayne rule of an howseholde whiche is not by bodily force but by the worde onely For the kingdome of Christe is spirituall whiche is not ruled wyth the swerde wepons other thinges perteining vnto a ciuile kingdome For Christ the author of this powre of the church and institutor hathe deliuered all ciuyle gouernaunce both frō himselfe because he would not be chosē for a kyng but he conueieth himselfe away From hys Apostles when he sayeth the princes of the people shal haue dominion ouer them but so shall not ye ☞ Howe many kyndes of ecclesiasticall power be there ¶ Two of ordre and of iurisdiction What is the powre of order ¶ It is a commaundement of teachyng the gospel of shewing remission of synnes and of ministryng the sacramentes to one or mo Here is it not lawful to bring in any newe doctrine but the doctrine whyche was taughte of Christe muste be set furth lyke as he cōmaundeth in the last Chapter of Mathewe teachynge them to obserue all thynges what soeuer I haue comaunded you And Paule sayeth Galath i. If an angell come from heauen and shall teache you any other gospel then we haue taught you curssed be it ☞ What is powre of iurisdiction ❧ It is the power of excommunicatynge them whyche be accused of open crimes and agayne of absoluynge them if they being conuerted do require absolution Thys powre oughte not to be tirānical but as christ hath taught Math. xviii If he wyl not heare the church take thou hym for an Ethnik And Paul .ii. Cor. i. We haue no dominiō ouer your faith but we be healpers of your reioycynge ☞ What difference is betwene Ecclesiastical power and politicke power ¶ Politicke or ciuile power maketh lawes for the defētion of bodies of the diuision of dominiōs of couenaūtes of crimes it cōstreineth mē with bodely strēgth Agayne ecclesiastical power doth minister euerlastinge spirituall thinges that is to say it hath an heauēly doctrine it cōstreineth men wyth the worde of God Wherefore it doeth not disalowe nor abolishe ciuile power but it doeth rather allowe it subiecteth the bodies of holi mē vnto it ☞ Whē hath the church receiued the keyes ¶ When Christ sayed vnto Peter Mathew xvi To the wyll I gyue the keyes of the kyngdome of heauen And Mathewe .xviii. What so euer thou shalte bynde vpon earth it shal be bounde also in heauē c. And Iohn .xx. Take ye the holy goste whose synnes so euer ye shall forgyue c. ☞ Auayleth not the ministrynge of euyll ministers ¶ Yes it auayleth For the word and sacramētes be no ministers but they belonge vnto Christe whiche if they be ryghtly ministered the malice of the minister cānot hurt vs. And it is a cōmon saiyng The life of the minister doth not chaūge the vertue of the sacramētes the administring of the sacramētes is not of no valure althoughe the maners of the ministers be viciouse But thys muste be vnderstanded of them whiche be euyll not of them whiche be open blasphemers none other wise then if they were Iewes or Turkes vnto such ought the churche to commit no office ☞ Is not obedience due vnto ministers of the churche ¶ Like as obedience is dewe vnto the worde of God euen so is it dewe vnto them whiche do ministre it in so much as belongeth vnto the office as the scripture doth commaunde he whiche heareth you heareth me Luke .x. What so euer they shall saye do it Mathew xxiii Also obey your rulers Hebrues xiii These sentēces speake of the ministring thei require dewe obediēce vnto the gospel But thei do not cōstitute a kingdom vnto the teachers without thauthoritie of the gospel Also obedience is dewe vnto them in iurisdiction which thei haue by the authoritie of the Gospell that is to saye in knowing crimes in hearing the witnesses in lawful excōmunicatiō c. ¶ Of offension ☞ What is offension IT is whē one geueth occasion of synne or euyl exēple to other men whereby their myndes be troubled the is to say affraied or els inticed vnto suche lyke synne Or it is the deprauing or peruerting of doctrine or the good liuing or

euerlasting death is ouercome euerlastyng lyfe is purchessed Therefore in this sentēce also it is necessary that faith be not takē for the naked knoledg of the history but for the true trust of mercy which purchesseth remission of synnes and cōforteth our hertes and deliuereth vs frome feare and certifyeth vs of euerlastynge lyfe ☞ What then Is the knowledge of the historie to be wythdrawen from fayth No but it is necessary to beleue al the Articles of faith Yet it is not sufficyent to know the historye onely but the hystorye is to be referred vnto the finall cause whyche is the Crede that is to say I beleue remission of sinnes For this is the vse of the history That thou beleue Christ the son of God therefore to be borne in fleshe to haue suffered and risen vp againe that thou shuldest obtayne remissyon of synnes and euerlastyng lyfe ☞ What is the profession of the Christen fayeth ¶ Ther be thre Symboles Credes or professions of the Articles of oure fayeth the common crede of the Apostles that whiche was made in the counsell at Nicene And the thyrd of Athanasius ☞ Reherse the apostles Crede i. I beleue in God the father allmighti maker of heauē and earth ii And in Iesus Christ his onely son our Lorde iii. Which was cōceiued bi the holie gost borne of the vyrgyn Mari. iiii Suffered vnder ponce Pilat crucifyed dead and buried v. He descended into hel the third daye he rose from death vi He ascēded vnto heauen he sytteth at the right hande of god the father almyghty vii Frome these he shall come to iudg the quicke and the dead viii A beleue in the holy gost ix The holy catholike church the communion of Sayntes x. Remission of synnes xi Resurrection of the flesh xii And euerlastyng lyfe ☞ Saye the crede of the counsel at Nicenum ❧ I beleue in one god father al mightie maker of heauē earth al things visible vnuisible And in one lord Iesus christ the only be gotten son of god borne of hys father before the worlds god of god light of very light god of veri god begottē not made like in substāce vnto his father by whom he created althings Which for vs men and for our helth came downe frō heauen and is incarnate by the holie gost of the virgin Marye and made man crucified also vnder pōce Pilat suffered rose the .iii. day according to the scriptures he ascēded into heauen He sytteth at the ryght hand of god the father shal come againe with glorie to iudge the quick the dead whose kingdō is wtout end And in that holy gost the lord which giueth life which procedeth from the father the son which also wyth the father and the sonne is worshypped like glorified which hath spoken by the Prophetes And one holye catholike and apostolycal church I acknowledg one Baptysme in remission of synnes I loke for the resurrectiō of the deade the lyfe of the world to come So be it ¶ Say the crede of Athanasius ☞ Who so euer wil be saued before al thinges it is necessari that he kepe the general faith Which vnles euery man obserue perfecte and vndefyled he shall wtout doubt euerlastingly perish But this is the catholike fayeth that we worshipe one god in trinite and the Trinite in vnite Neyther confoundynge the persons nor seperatyng the substāce For the personne of the father is one of the son an other and of the holy gost an other But of the father and the sonne and the holy goste is one diuinitye equalle glorye lyke euerlastynge maiesty Lyke as their be not thre vncreated nor thre vnmeasurable but one vncreated and one vnmeasurable Likewise the father is almighty the son almyghtye and the holye goste almyghtye And yet be ther not thre almightyes but there is one almightye Euen so the father is god the son is god and the holy goost is god And yet be there not thre goddes but one god So the father is lorde the sonne is Lord and the holy gost is lord And yet be their not thre Lordes but ther is one Lorde For lyke as we be compelled by christen veritye to acknowledge euery persō one after an other to be god or Lorde so be we forbydden wyth catholyke religyon to saye that there be thre goddes or thre lordes The father is made of none other neither created nor yet begotten The son is of the father only not made nor created but begotten The holy gost is of the father and the son not made nor created nor begotten but procedyng Therfore ther is one father not .iii. fathers one son not iii. sonnes on holy gost not thre holy gostes And in thys trinite their is nothynge before nor after nothyng greater nor lesse But the whole thre personnes be like euerlastynge wyth their selfe and lyke equall So that in al thynges as it is nowe aboue sayde and that the trinity is to be worshipped in vnitie the vnity in the Trinitie Wherfore he whych wylbe saued let hym so iudge of the Trinitie But it is necessarye for euerlastyng health that he beleue faithfully also the incarnacion of our Lord Iesus Christ Therefore it is ryght faieth that we beleue and confesse that our lord Iesus Christe the son of god is god and man He is god of the substaunce of his father gotten before the worldes and he is mā of his mother borne in the world Perfect God and perfecte man of a reasonable soule and mans flesh subsistyng Equall vnto hys father accordynge vnto hys dyuynytye lesse then hys father accordynge vnto hys humanity Whiche althought he be god and mā yet be their not two but ther is one Christ But one not in conuersion of the godheade into flesh but in takeyng of manhead in god One altogither not in confusion of substaunce but in vnitye of personne For lyke as a reasonable soule and fleshe is one man so Christ is one God and man Whyche suffered for oure saluacion wente downe vnto hell and the thirde day rose from the dead He went vnto heauen sitteth at the right hande of god the father almyghty Frō thense he shal come to iudge the quicke and the deade Vnto whose commynge all men shall ryse wyth theyr bodies And they shall gyue a counte of their owne dedes And they whiche haue done well shall enter into euerlastinge lyfe but they whyche haue done euell into euerlastynge fyre This is the catholyke fayth whiche vnlesse euery man do faythfullye beleue he can not be saued ¶ Of God ☞ What is God GOd is a spirituall vnderstandinge substaunce the euerlastinge maker keper and defender of al thinges of one endles wysdome goodnes ryghtuousnes and mercy ☞ Shewe wytnes of the vnite of God ¶ Deut .vi. Heare Israell Thy Lord god is one Lord Esai xliiii I am the fyrste and the laste and besyde me is there no god And xlv I am god nor there