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Our sauiour Iesus Christ hath not ouercharged his chirche with many ceremonies
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Joye, George, d. 1553, attributed name. aut
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doctrynes the lorde wold instructe his chosen and not onerate and ouerburden them yea and that eueÌ„ for this entent that we shuld not nowe be euer in lerning neuer comen to knowlege of the trwth For all these thingis ar certayne in a iust litle nowmber yea and eueÌ„ the most easyest lessons thorow christes helpe so longe as we ceasse not from owr office and applye owr callinge Furthermore leste anyman complayn saying these owr sayinges to be to skant initof vnfinisshed it shall be necessary to expres some of these thinges more at large that it may be manyfest vnto almen vs to haue sufficienly in these fewe principals all thinges pertayning vnto the perfeccioÌ„ and fulfilling of the chirche The doctrine of the apostles the preching of the trowth the worde of the Lorde the holye scripture or gospell of Iesu christe obtayneth the fyrste place in these sayd principals What ar compÌ„hended in these pncipalles For it prescribeth this thing the lawes of lyffe to be moste absolute and ê‘fit this place techeth it rebuketh it deiecteth and casteth downe and lifteth vp agene heuey myndis it exhortethe it counforteh it threateneth it bendeth and menaceth and decreeth punisshmeÌ„ts it setteth forth rewardes both of god and man and to be short all diuine and humane thingis ecclesiastik and polityk yea all the partes of owr lyffe all ages and all offices it informeth and instituteth most plentuously and perfitly yea and it absolueth and maketh them all perfit and ful nothing waÌ„ting This witnesseth Paul the moste wysest in the lawe writing to Timothe saing Thou see that thou standeste faste and perseuere in those thingis whiche thou lernedst which ar coÌ„mitted vnto the knowing of whom thou haste lerned them and that from thy childhod thou hast knowne the holy letters which may make the wyse perfit vnto thy saluacion thorowe faith which is in Christe Iesu. For the hole and ê‘fit scripture godly inspired is profitable vnto teching and lerning to rebuke to correck to institute and enstruct in all good works that anye man of god may be entire perfit redye vnto euery good worke Also the worde of the lorde in a maner and as farre as it perteineth vnto vs is idle waÌ„tinge her frute and operacion excepte there be meÌ„ that will exercyse stere vp whett it in tyme and place applyinge and layinge it vnto men teaching it ernestly prouoking it settinge it forthe at lybertye and defende it And here haue the mynisters of the chirche their place cheifly the techers of the trwth the goydes of the congregacions the interpretours of scripturs prechers the masters of lyuing good maners For as miche therfore that there is noman sodenly full made nor borne a perfit artificer the chirche muste nedis haue scolis scolis I saye in which tongues artes liberall disciplines but yet in a sobriete and mean but cheifly the holy institucion godly bringing vp of children be delyuered and taught religiously vnto the disciples which may be here aftir apoynted and promoued vnto the ministracions of the chirche and taught also them which ar apte vnto erudicion and wysedome For that there were flourisshiÌ„g scoles or vniuersites as thei now call them in the tyme of the apostles so flourisshed longe aftir their dayes Luke affirmeth the autour of this in the Actis cap. xiij And Paul in the .i. pistle to the CoriÌ„thians in the .xix. cap. Also Eusebius in his ecclesiastik storye and wother ecclesiastik writers witnesse the same And out of these maner scoles the moste faithfull moste excercised the godlyest the moste eloquent men of moste experience and wysedome were euer calld vnto the ministracions gouernaÌ„ce and teching of the congregacions Also wheÌ„ it is so that in the chirche or congregacion in which doctrine flourissheth this vngraciouse kocle drake and dernell also wyll growe vndere preuely encrease so that there will very many stourdye prowde rebelles budde and wexe rype which as thei caÌ„ craftely fayne themselues faithfull euen so do thei nothing worthei and correspondeÌ„t to faith yea and thei will not sett a strawe by it if thei be taughte an C. tymes and be rebuked neuer so openly and greuouslye Netheles thei go forth stil in their mischeif synnes Wherfore it is necessarye that the congregacions haue not onely their ministers and techers but also their elderly sage wyse men yea the seclare magistrates to whiche muste with the lawes bring into order and with disciplyne constrayne and bynde faste these contumate stifnecked vnshamelesse criminouse synners And these mynisters magistrates it behoueth to be right good meÌ„ holy faithful godly iuste teÌ„perate sobre stronge and constaÌ„t and siche as fere god which bothe wyll and maye do their office and dewtye And vnto this pertayneth the eleccion and office of the seclare Magistrates hitherto ê‘tayn the suÌ„ptuarye and penall lawes agenst eting surfetting dronkenes superfluite excesse viciousnes rybaldrye whorehunting filthy comunicacion also the lawes agenst aduonterers and whoremongers and lawes of matrimonye iustely to be contracted lawfullye to be kepte in reuerence and iustlye to be diuorsed lawes of the bringinge vp of children of the pubyk iustice of bying and sellinge or anye wother doingis agenste thir euell deccateâ— false wares cÌ„ agenste vserars and corrupters and minisshers of coynes of iugemeÌ„tes of the pore and destitute nedye orphanes frendles to be defended of tranquilite and publyk peace agenste hyered batail and wages to corrupt men lawes of beneficence almose and helpe of the pore and of the lawful vse of the goodes of the chirches These thingis wold I incidently and as it were by the waye poynte men to breifly concerning the doctrine of the apostles or of the trwth and of the ministers therof that is to saye of the lerners techers professours prechers and of the holy senate sage counsell of the chirche Of syngers quere men and their ecclesiastik songe I can saye nothing taken out of the institucion of the apostles Paul commaÌ„deth his chirches to synge in spirit and mynde Wherfore it is sufficient to the iuste chirche if with trwe faith thei offer thorow christe their pure prayers vnto the Lorde As for the Sacraments S. Austen very godly and lernedly affirmed very fewe to be instituted of the Lord euen Baptisme and the sacrament of thankes geuing the moste easyest sewerly in their obseruacion and kepiÌ„g of them but in sence and significacion moste noble and excellent For thei cary no greate coste with them nor yet no difficulty I speke of the apostles sacrameÌ„tes and not of the popishe sacrameÌ„ts and in fewe wordis thei haue no worldly shyning shewes and glytering vayne glorye For all their vertew and strength consisteth of and in their institucion and significacion The faithfull saynts in the congregacioÌ„ ar iustifyed and absolued by faith onely and not by sacrameÌ„ts For sacraments excercise and in a maner excite and stere vp faith â–ª for thei ar visible
of owr lorde Iesu christe Vnto this tradicion Cornelius with all his familye familiar kinsfolk cleaued fast with all his whol herte and with trwe faith receiued the testimony of the sones of god in this mean ceason saith Peter I nether added nor layd vp on his shuldern any burden of the lawe onely preched I Christe into whom he beleued Wherfore the grace of god faith into christe is sufficient vnto saluacioÌ„ nether is it necessary any thiÌ„ge to be added out of the lawe to make perfit owr iustificacion And as for those fewe tradicyons whiche there in that chap. a non ar red added or sayd to be putto were obserued for the coÌ„sideracion of the tendernes yet of the tyme for the maners yet of the men of that worlde not that they shuld be perpetuall but for charityes sake kept in the cities for a litle time in the which cytes Moses was yet red openlye in their synagoges and scoles Nowe of the .xiij. chap. of the actes .xv. ca. is it manyfest that nether Paul himself the apostle taught ether other thingis or moo or not the same to the chirches of the gentyles But in his pistles right diligently he declareth all faitfull in christe to haue and fynde all thingis which ar necessary vnto the very saluacion and perfeccion of christes religion nor to nede any other meanes els besydes Christe or with christe to lyue blessedly For eueÌ„ in the pistle to the philippians The things which once were lucre and plesaunte to me he sayth I nowe knowe the same for christis sake to be hurte and hindrance to me yea I knowe now all things to be damage for that excellent knowleges sake of Chryst Iesu my lorde for whose sake I reputed all thinges to be hurtfull and damage and estemed and reputed them for dunge and dyrte that I my self might get christe for my lucre and aduauntage and that I might be founde in him hauing not my nowne rightwysnes out of the lawe and good workis but that same rightwysnes whiche is thorow the faith of christe And for this cause he euery where exhorteth almeÌ„ vnto the faith into owr lorde Iesu with the which faith also he commeÌ„deth and setteth forth as the frutes of faith as innocency of lyuing charite and also feruent prayers vnto the Lorde And this apostle baptized as the Lorde had commaunded him althowgh he confesseth himselfe in the mean ceason very fewe or non to haue baptized i. Cor. i. The souper of the Lorde he celebrated no nother wise nor in no nother wyse commaunded he the CoriÌ„thes to celebrate it theÌ„ the lorde himself had instituted and fyrst ordened it i. cor xi For as for me he sayth I haue not delyuered vnto you any thinge concerninge this souper but euen the very same that I haue receiued of the lorde cÌ„ the place is openly knowne .i. Corin. xi These I saye ar the tradicions which S. Paul at the precept of the lorde hath deliuered vnto the chirches euen an absolute perfit and full example of an absolute crysteÌ„ doctryne of a iuste chirch And now verely there is nothing more certayn theÌ„ that all the mother apostles folowed the same self waye and maner of prechiÌ„ge when thei all with one institucioÌ„ one spirit gathered togither the coÌ„gregacioÌ„s of god Owt of these all I suppose it to be clere and playne Owr Lorde Iesus not to haue had â—nerated his chirche and which be the verye principall cheife poyntes and articles fewe in nowmber by the which his congregacion and chirche is fully and perfitly so finisshed that it want nothing Whiche be these cheif pncipal sufficieÌ„t articles geuen to the chirche that is to weit eueÌ„ the doctrine of the gospell or diuine verite wherein faith into god the loue of my neighbor publik iustice pacience in the crosse holines in lyuinge that benigne holy mercifull distributing of owr goodis to the pore pure faithfull prayer and the reuereÌ„t religiouse right vse of the sacrameÌ„tes In these I saye very fewe thiÌ„gis nothing ouerouse the chirche of chryst is perfitly finisshed so that it is wholl and perfit in nothing diminisshed waÌ„ting any thinge i. Timothe .iij. This same chirche I mean which Paul trwly calleth the house of the lyuing God the pylar and fote of the trwth which stoÌ„deth faste vpoÌ„ and cleaueth to that foundacioÌ„ stone Iesus chryst i. cor iij. And if any maÌ„ yet dowteth and thinketh many mo thingis to be requyred vnto her perfeccion let him hear Luke in the actis of the apostles describinge the primatiue or firste that is to saye that moste of all perfit full chirche of Christe gathered to gither euen of the apostles no moo thingis theÌ„ these there in that tyme putting in mynde vnto them therof gathering that euen now like wyse by the same onelye cheif principalls comitted vnto theÌ„ that there oute of the fame the perfitst congregacions might be gathered made perfit conserued For in the .ij. of the actes aftir Luke had shewed by what maner the holy gost had beÌ„ geueÌ„ to the apostles anon he declareth how and in what maner Peter preched christe vnto the peple of Israel how that thei nowe compunct and striken in herte asked What shall we do ye men and brethern which Peter answerde in these wordis Resipiscite et baptizetur vnusquisque vestrum in nomeÌ„ Iesu christi ad remissionem peccatorum RepeÌ„te and chaunge your lyuing and be baptized euery one of you into the name of Iesu christe so to haue remission of your synnes by faith and ye shall receiue the gyft of the holy goste And aftir a fewe mo wordis S. Luke addeth exhorting theÌ„ with many mo wordis saying Be ye pÌ„serued and kepe your selues from this peruerse and euel generacioÌ„ In the which answer of Peter and exposicioÌ„ of the story by Luke fyrst we haue the cheif principals of the euangelyk doctryne euen faith and repentaÌ„ce thorow the name of christe and then an exhortacion and warninge and at laste the sacrament of baptisme And anone aftir Luke addeth yet vnto these wordis Thei were verely perseueriÌ„ge in the doctrine of the apostles and in frendely charitable distributing their goodis in the brecking of the brede in prayers In the whiche wordis also the doctrine of thapostles is regathered as it were in to a breif somme not onely it but also the constant perseueraÌ„ce in the apostles doctrine which cheiflye is moste necessary also the louing distributing of their goodis and the breking of the brede which is the souper of the lorde and faithfull praying In these I saye so fewe in nowmber cheif principals the wryter of the actes of thapostles clerely and perfitlye finisshed vp complete that fyrste primatiue and apostolik chirche the which neuer man excepte he were vngodly wolde saye but it was the moste full perfit wholl iuste chirch