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A19748	A confession of Christian religion; Protestation against popery by way of a confession of Christian religion collected for the benefit of private friends	I. D., fl. 1607.; Dunster, John, attributed name.	1609 (1609)	STC 6172A; ESTC S114690	21,349	54

re motâ misericordiâ discutias eam Domine and assuredly every one of vs may confesse with Anselmus Terret me vita mea nam diligenter discussa apparet mihi aut peccatū aut sterilitas tota vitae mea and I conclude this point with the wordes of Petrus a Soto a Papist in his Scholia vpon this Article in the Confession of Wirtenberge O si cognoscant se homines qui gloriantur in domino glorientur God maketh his will knowne two manner of waies 1. By his works 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of which I haue spoken in the Creation 2. In his word Of the word of God Not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the substantiall worde of God of whom before Verbum Christum lumen But 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the enunciatiue and created word of God Verbum Christi Lucerna called somtimes simply the Scriptures somtimes with an Emphasis the Holy Rom. 12 and Sacred 2. Tim. 3. Ch. Scriptures That they are 1. The word of God 2. Sufficient to saluation 3. Plaine and therefore to be translated 4. By whom they are to haue their sence I acknowledge all these bookes which make vp 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as S. Chrysostome speaketh The Canon and Body of holie writ which we call the holy Scriptures to be inspired by the holie Ghost and to be vndoubtedlie the true word of God of which I am perswaded not so much by the iudgement of the Church as for these reasons following 1. From the Maiestie of God speaking in the scriptures for in them nothing is set downe in so easie and simple forme of words but I doe perceaue characters engrave by the finger of God genium humano maiorem 2. From the efficacie of the scripture for mee thinkes while I read my hart doth burne within me as the hearts of the two disciples that went with Christ to Emaus so that I cōfesse with the Prophet Surely as the raigne commeth downe and the snow from heauen and returneth not thither againe but watereth the earth and causeth it to bring forth and bud so is my word c. This I confesse against all those Vatican Rabsakes who having adamant harts the which the spirit of the Lorde cannot pierce doe impeach the power of this word Hosius that doth cal it or approues it to be called egenum quoddam elementum Stephen Paletus rem inanimatam Melchior Canus mortuum iudicem Eckius more blasphemously atramentariam scripturam I condemne Angelus Politianus as blasphemous that preferred Pindarus his Odes before the Psalmes of Dauid Quid palea ad triticum Nonne verbum meum est instar ignis dicit Iehovah tanquam malleus conterens petram 3. Frō the event of prophesies everie one cōpleat in his proper time although foretold long before to wit The people of Israels bondage in Aegypt and delivery frō thence The kingdome to cōtinue in the line of Iudah vntil Christ came in the flesh The prophesie of Iosias given by name three hūdred years before his cradle The captivity into Babylon and freedome by Cyrus The time place manner of Christs birth The reiection of the Jews calling of the Gentiles So that God might well proclaime of himselfe as it is in Isay I am God there is none other and there is none other there is nothing like me which declare the last things from the beginning and from of old the things c saying my councell shal stand and I will do whatsoever I will evē so good Lord thy word is the word of Truth yea as one of thy Apostles hath it more Emphatically 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is truth itselfe and one iod thereof shall not fall vnto the grounde vnfulfilled for though the Scheme of the world weare away the Prophets doe not liue for ever yet thou ô Lorde with thy Angels wilt come to performe their prophesies in their moments 4. And especially frō the testimony of the spirit of God which perswadeth vnto our souls consciences the vndoubted truth of that word which some doe contemne and deride as foolishnes and hence I iudge it to be that martyrs being resolved by the powerfull perswasiō of this spirit of the truth hereof doe boldly offer to seale the same with their blood protesting that nothing shall remoue them frō profession of this truth Vius Lirin non minae non blandi menta non vita non mors non palatium non satellites non imperator non imperium non homines non demones 2. I beleeue that almighty God hath made knowne vnto vs in his writtē word so much of his will as is sufficient for the instruction of the faithfull without the patching too of Traditiōs So that I account that Canon of the Councell of Trent to be blasphemous by which it is provided that Traditions are to be receiued pari pietatis affectu with the written word of God cōcerning Traditions I am wont to say with Saint Ambrose Quod non legi vsurpare non debeo That which I find not in the scripture ether expressed or deducible by easie consequence I ought not to vse and againe Coeli mysterium me doceat Deus qui me condidit non homo qui se ipsum ignoravit and with Origene Non sum aliorum sermonum discipulus nisi caelestium 3. This Scripture so sufficient I acknowledg to be easie facile fitted to the capacity of the simplest whose vnderstanding God hath not shut vp in that iudgement vobis non datum est nosse misteria regni so that the weakling in faith thence may draw milk for his weak stomake the more able Christian may haue stronger meat to better his groath in the mystery of faith wherfore I could wish that the Scriptures were permitted to every natiō language vnder heauē in their owne familiar tongue that so every mā may haue and read them to his comfort for why should I not with that the spirit of God did not only rest vpon Moses and the seauēty ancient men in the book of Numbers but that Eldad and Medad yea all the Lords people were prophets that the Lord would put his spirit vpon them That we might say of the whole world as S. Hierome of Bethlehem Quocunque te verteris arator stiuam tenens alleluiah decantat sudans messor psalmis se auocat curvâ attondens vitem falce vinitor aliquid Dauidicum cantat But since Scripturae non sunt in legendo sed in intelligendo as S. Hierome contra Luciferianos wel observeth Apices sine crimine sensus in crimine Hil de Trinitate seeing in thē some things are so difficulte as that wee may truely say with the Eunuch to Philip Quomodo possum intelligere si non aliquis viam praemonstret mihi I woulde haue you for the sence of scripture not to advise 1 with humane reason which is blind in matters of

another sence then that of the Pope of Rome to be more consonant vnto the Text of Scripture yet Sed tamen si hoc Ecclesia iusserit credam captiuaebo n. intellectum meum in obsequium Ecclesiae And Bellarmine himselfe lib. 4. de Roman pont cap. 5. Si papa praeciperet vitium aut prohiberet virtutem Ecclesia teneretur credere virtutem esse malam vitium esse bonum but it shoulde seeme this troubled him afterwards for in his Recognitions he endeauoureth to excuse it The matter of this Church is 1 Angells 2 Men 1 Angells for not to conceale anie thing I knowe I like not the sentence of M. Beza and M. Perkins be it spoken with reuerence to so worthy men but choose rather to tread in the path of Antiquity Et nemo bibens vetus Vinum statim vult nouum dicit enim vetus melius est Luc. seing the learned Zanch. is perswaded that Angells be parts of the mysticall body of Christ and members of the Church seeing they receaue by the mediation of Christ these benefits ensewing 1 To be confirmed in their blessed estate 2 To haue a more perfit Revelation of the wil of God touching the calling of the Gentiles 3 To be reconciled to man from whom they were averse before as being executioners of Gods wrath vpon our sinnes and hence is their ioie for our seuerall conuersions And I beleeue that this opinion is strongly maintained and abetted with these places of Scripture Ephes 1.10 Coloss 1.20 2 Men. 1. Non Hypocrits or wicked men for howsoeuer they carry an outward profession of Sanctity the liuery of Christiās yet indeed are they not true liuing members of Christs body for otherwise this would follow that the Hypocrite being to receiue his portion in the firie lake that Christ should condemne into hel his owne members only I must advise you that in the iudgement of Charity you do esteeme al those for true members of Christ which fashiō themselues to an outwarde conformity in the Church alwaies remembring what S. Augustine answered Petilian charging him to be a reprobate In area domini sum vel frumentum vel palea sed huius areae ventilabrum non est lingua Petiliani But 2. holy men elect childrē Saints of God for their sins being washed away in the bloud of the Lamb they only are cloathed with the stole of righteousnes and haue palmes in their hands and do follow the lambe whither-soever he goeth singing honour and praise and immortalitie to him that sitteth vpon the throne and to the Lambe for evermore 3. The inwarde forme of this Church is the bond of the spirit by which the Saints of God dispersed over the whole earth of divers times are knit togither and linked in a vnion to Christ their head and a communion amongst thēselues 4. I beleeue this Church to be invisible in respect of this inward forme for although Momus desired yet God never granted a window to the breast of mā so that we cānot enter with a Cādle to see their faith their electiō the Graces of the holy Ghost in respect of the better part to wit the Saints blessed in heaven to whom as we cannot extend the torments of mallice or the scourge of our tongue so neither our bodily eies yet visible in some particular churches as now in England for the welfare of which Church my praier hath ever bin that in the Canticles Arise ô North and come ô South and blow on this garden that the spices therof may flow out yet so as subiect to change having a waxing and a waning like the moone for sometime we read that Christ saith of his Church who is shee that looketh forth as the morning faire as the moone pure as the sonne terrible as an army with banners Sometimes againe we read of the church that she is drivē by the red-dragō into the wildernes hath sent after her a river of water to swallow drown her vp 5. This Church is a body coupled togither by ioints Eph. 4.16 and therefore must haue a head the which head I cōfesse Christ Christ alone to be according to that Coloss 1.18 Et ipse caput corporis i Ecclesiae for no other Creature whatsoever can performe the offices of a head to this body which are vi intus agente as Paule speaketh Eph. 5. To giue efficacy quickning to the same and to powre foorth oile in great aboundance into the seaven lamps which stand in the golden candlesticke in the temple as it is in the vision of Zachary Gregorius Meg none of the best Bishops of Rōe and immediate Predecessor to this Boniface sic eragice declamitat Ego autem fidencer dico quia quisquis se Vniuersalem Sacerdotem vocal vel vocari desi de●at in elationae sua Antichristum prectortie quia superhiendo se caeteris praepo●is and therefore the first and best Bishops of Rome never durst arrogate vnto thē selues to be the generall fathers heads of the Church Verus successor Pauli dicet cū Paulo Non quod dominemur fidei vestrae sed adiutores sumus gaudij Petri haeres audiet Petrum dicentem Neque vt dominantes in clerum Ber. in ep ad Eugen. Nor any in more corrupted times vntill Boniface the 3. about 600. after Christ having absolved from Parricide Phocas who had killed Mauricius the Emperour and his Lord obtained in lew of this Cburch blessing to be called the Oecumenicall and generall head of the Church which ever since the Bishops of Rome haue continued notwithout their disadvātag for it was not for nothing that Barcklay himselfe a Catholicke wrote thus to Clement the 8. Hanc potestatē sempèr censui omnium fluctuum fontem esse quibus bodiè haeresis tuū navigium lacessit He giues instance in the Navarrens Grandfather Father and Sonne who their kingdome being given away by Iulius the second revolted and do seeke to mainetaine by a distinction minted by them That Christ indeed is the head of the triumphant and Militant Church both and the Pope of the Militant only Againe That Christ is the head of the Church by soueraigne preheminence in a more diuine ample absolute excellent transcendent sort but the Pope is head only Ministerially Foolish men that seeke to couer their ambition with such Figleaues as these are for what need Christ of a ministeriall head to supply his presence in the Church and if the Pope of Rome bee that head how wisely hath Christ prouided that Error Heresie shal neuer preuaile in it seeing the Pope may erre Non solum actu externo in quaestione facti errore exempli in declaratione opinionis propriae inijs quae obiter dicat in medijs ante conclusionem sed etiam in rebus fidei vt summus pontifex vt publicum os Ecclesiae in definitiuâ sententiâ for many of them haue beene Heretikes Anastatius the second is tormented in hell for the