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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19747	A 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.	1607 (1607)	STC 6172; ESTC S117486	16,972	41

in their owne esteeme and valeue if examined according to the precise rule of the decalogue lex spiritualis est ego autem homo carnalis and in the district iudgment of God and therfore away with meritt and let vs say with St. Augustine Vae laudabili etiam vitae hominum sire motâ misericordiâ discutias eam Domine and assuredlie every one of vs may confesse with Anselmus Terret me vita mea nā diligenter discussa apparet mihi aut peccatum aut sterilitas tota vita mea God maketh his will knowne two manner of waies 1. By his workes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of which I haue spoken in the creation 2. In his word Of the word of God Not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the substantiall word of God of whom before But 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the enunciatiue and created word of god called somtimes simpy 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 therfore to be translated 4. By whom they are to haue their sence I acknowledg all these books which make vp the body of holy writt which we call the holy scriptures to be inspired by the holie Ghost and to be vndoubtedly the true word of God of which I am perswaded not so much by the iudgment 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 engrauen by the finger of God et genium humano maiorem 2. From the efficacie of the scripture for me thinkes while I read my hart doth burne within me as the harts of the 2 disciples that went with Christ to Emaus so that J confesse with the Prophet Surely as the raigne cōmeth 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 that goeth out of my mouth it shall not returne vnto me void but it shall accomplish that I will and prosper in the thing whereto I sent it This I confesse against all those Vatican Rabsakes who hauing adamant harts the which the spirit of the Lord cannot pierce doe impeach the power of this word Hosius that doth call it or approues it to be called egenum quoddam elementum Stephen Pal●…tus rem inanimatam Melchior Canus mortuum iudicem Eckius more blasphemously atramentariam scripturam and 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 Iehouah tanquam malleus conterens petram 3 Frō the event of prophesies every one compleat in his proper time although foretolde long before to wit The people of Israels bondage in Aegypt and delivery from thence The kingdome to continue in the line of Iudah vntil Christ came in the flesh The prophesie of Iosias given by name three hundred years before his cradle The captivity into Babylon freedome by Cyrus The time place and manner of Christs birth The reiection of the Jews calling of the Gentiles So that God might wel proclaime of himselfe as it is in Isay I am God there is none other there is nothing like me which declare the last things from the beginning from of old the things c. saying my councell shall stand and I will doe what soever 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 it selfe and one iod therof shall not fall vnto the ground vnfulfilled for though the Scheme of the world were a way and the Prophets doe not liue for euer yet thou ó lord with thy Angels wilt come to performe their prophesies in their moments 4 And especially from the testimony of the spirit of God which persuadeth vnto our soules and consciences the vndoubted truth of that word which some doe contemne and deride as foollishnesse and hence I iudge it to be that martyrs being resolued by the powerfull perswasion of this spirit of the truth hereof doe boldly offer to seale the same with their blood protesting that nothing shall remoue them from profession of this truth * non minae non blandi menta non vita non mors non palatium non satellites vin non imperator non imperium non homines non daemones 2 I beleue that almighty god hath made knowne vnto vs in his written word so much of his will as is sufficient for the instruction of the faithfull without the patching too of Traditions So that I account that Canon of the Councel of Trent to be blasphemous by which it is prouided that Traditions are to be receiued paripietatis affectu with the written word of God and concerning Traditions J am wont to say with St. Ambrose Quod non legi vsurpare non debeo That which J finde not in the scripture ether expressed or deducable by easy consequence I ought not to vse and againe Caeli mysterium me doceat Deus qui me condidit non homo qui se ipsum ignorauit and with Origene Non sum aliorum sermonū discipulus nisi caelestum 3 This scripture so sufficient I acknowledge to be easy and facile fitted to the capacitie of the simplest whose vnderstanding God hath not shut vp in that iudgment vobis non datum est nosse misteria regni ●… 12. so that the weaklin in faith thence may draw milke for his weake stomack and the more able Christian may haue stronger meat to better his groath in the mystery of faith wherfore J could wish that the scriptures were permitted to every nation ●…ee say of ●…o●…e as S. ●…m of ●…ehem unque●…teris a ●…situam alielu●…cantas ●…ans 〈◊〉 psal●… a vo●…curua ●…aens 〈◊〉 falce ●…n ali●… Daui ●…n can●…it inep and language vnder heauen in their owne familiar tongue that so euery mā may haue and read them to his comfort for why should I not wish that the spirit of God did not only rest vpon Moses and the seauenty ancient men in the book of Numbers but that Eldaed and Medaed yea and all the Lords people were prophets and that the Lord would put his spirit vpon them But since Scripturae non sunt in legendo sed in intelligendo as St. Hilary well obserueth and seeing in them somthings are so difficult as that we may truely saie with the Eunuch to Philip Quomodo possum intelligere si non aliquis viam praemonstret mihi J would haue you for the sence of scripture not to advise with humane reasō which is blind in matters of piety nor 2 with any Swenfeldian Enthusiast that vaunts of immediate reuelations