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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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