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A01236	A Christian confession of the late moste noble and mightie prince, Friderich of that name the third, Count Palatine by [ye] Rhein, one of the electours of the holy Empire, and Duke in Bauire: wherein constantlie and meekelie he departed out of this world the 26. of October in the yere of our Lord God 1576. Taken word for word out of his last will and testament. Whereunto is added the Lantgraue his answere to the French King; Proclamations. 1620-07-01	Friedrich III, Elector Palatine, 1515-1576.; Johann Casimir, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, 1543-1592.; Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse, 1532-1592.	1577 (1577)	STC 11348; ESTC S116026	25,880	96

art Christ the sonne of the liuing god Out of which confessiō of Peter which he made not alone for him selfe but in the name of all the twelue Apostles it appeareth that hee had vnderstoode and receiued such sufficient instruction out of this sermon at Capernaum that neither he nor the other eleuen had any cause to aske what the lord Iesus meant by such his said institution And therefore wee beleeue and confesse that in the holye supper of our Lord IESUS CHRIST where it shal be kept accordynge to his owne institution to the faythfull for whome this Supper or Communion is onelye ordeyned euen as for his disciples at the firste the trewe offered and crucified bodye of Christe with al his heauenly treasures and benefits which he hath purchased by his death for his people shal be giuen and deliuered by Christ him selfe vnto our hungrie soules for foode his blood which he hath shed for the forgiuenes of sinnes for our drinke And so litle did the distance or espace of the time hinder his disciples at that present namely that although his body was not yet offred and crucified nor his blood yet shed yet his said disciples did eate his very naturall and humane bodye which was borne of the immaculate virgin Marie should be shortely after deliuered vp for them did drinke his true blood which shortly should be shed for them as though it had bene deliuered vp and shed alreadie So also the distance of the place hindreth not vs and other faithfull beleeuers that is that wee also with the holy apostles according to the Lordes institution do eate the same body of Christ drinke his bloud although the Lord Iesus with that his naturall body be now no more vpon earth but sitteth in heauen on the right hād of god his heauenly father from whence he shal come to iudge the liuing and the dead as the article of our Christian faithe teacheth declareth vnto vs And therfore we haue no need of this question whether with his selfe same naturall bodie sensible vppon earth as he was at the last supper with his disciples he can be presēt with vs in our communions But it is inough that we vnderstand out of his word that he with his said bodie wil be neither visible nor inuisible neither comprehensible nor incomprehēsible vpon earth And neuertheles he is as the almightie sonne of God at all times and in al places with his grace and holie spirit with his and chieflye in his holye supper where hee is bothe our hoste and foode And as the minister doth distribute the precious Sacramentes seales and tokens that is the blessed bread and cuppe of the Lorde so doeth the Lord therewith impart vnto the faithfull him selfe for breade and drinke not of the worldlie bodie as the signes of wine and bread are otherwise trew meate and drinke vnto men but rather a meat and drinke vnto euerlasting life for their hungrie and thirstye soules beaten downe and dismayed by the knoweledge and consideration of their sinnes and of the wrathe of God. Now therefore if this question be made how Christ the Lorde seeing he is with his bodie aboue in heauen and wee here vppon earth can feede vs with his saide bodie we answere with S. Ambrose that albeit we be here with our feet vppon earth yet are we with our head aboue in heauen And with S. Paul We are al baptised by one spirit into one bodie and wee are all made to drinke one spirite And in this our confession wee referre and remitte our selues to the holie and godlye Scriptures of the olde and newe Testaments and confesse herewith frankelye and freelye before the sighte of Almyghtye God whome no man can abuse or deceaue that we vndoubtedly thinke that if wee did beleeue or holde otherwise of the sayde holye Sacramentes wee then should as much as in vs laye ouerthrow the articles of our old trew and christian faith and so should not be able to stand before the iudgement seat of Christ Iesus in the last day For when as in the articles of our vndoubted christian faith wee confesse that there is but one only euerlasting almightie incōprehensible godhead in three persōs which both made gouerneth cōserueth all things then must it needes bee not as some haue giuē out that the humane nature of our lord Iesus but the man Christ by his godlie nature is almightie and in all places working and presēt at once Also the onely begotten sonne of god through the working of the holye Ghost tooke vppon him and retaineth for euer to the great comforte and assurance of our saluation a true and vnfained humane nature like vnto ours in all properties of nature sinne only excepted And so vndoutedly after before his resurrection assension glorie at the right hand of his father according to his said humane nature is and was visible comprehensible and at all times in one place presēt according to his good will and pleasure as he witnesseth of himselfe in the 24 Chapter of the Gospell after S. Luke This Lord Iesus Christ is our onelye Sauiour mediatour hie Priest King and Prophet Lorde and head of his congregation And therfore the ministers of the church cannot baptise vs with the spirit and blood of christ but only with the outwarde elemental water nor feede and drinke vs with the bodie and blood of Christ but with the visible bread and wine And of his spirit bodie blood Christ him self onely maketh vs partakers by faith to the forgiuenes of our sinnes and life euerlasting Yf he truly suffred for vs if he in verye deed were crucified and dead then in the time of his passion his manhood was not in omnipotencie glory like vnto his godhead in all places in heauen and earth but suffred died not without infirmite If also his dead corpes was truely laide into the graue thē was it not before there nor after his burial was it in all places but there for the time onely If it be true that for our benefite hee descended into hell then was hee not at that time as yet set at the right hand of GOD his Father in his heauenly glory and maiestie If it bee trewe that out of the graue he rose vp from death then was the soule before not in the body so the said body was not before out of the graue also afterwards remained not therein If it be true that hee ascended vp into heauen sitteth there as perfect man on the right hand of his Father then according to his humanitie he was not already aboue before and also after his ascension he remained not inuisible belowe or in al places present incomprehensible but sheweth himself there visibly and comprehensibly in the heauenly habitation before the faces and sight of his holye angels and men And therefore hee cannot be without horrible idolatry said to be in the bread of the communion or in

any one place els thē at this presēt sought by our prayers aboue in heauē honored inuocated as only present and bodily there If it be true that as hee ascended vp he shal come down again from heauen in the cloudes then is hee not alreadie before inuisible belowe And he shall not bee in al places visible and inuisible but visible in one place with his humane nature that is in the cloudes where he shall shew him selfe as a iudge of the liuing and of the dead He sendeth also his holy Spirit into the heartes of his electe to assemble and gather together vnto him amongest the generations of men frō the beginning of the worlde vnto the ende an vniuersall church or congregation which hath the verye same and like fellowshippe with their head Christ to whome he participateth all his heauēly benefits And this fellowshippe or communiō of the saints is not wrought by a visible or inuisible entrance of the bodie of Christ into our bodies but by the dwelling and working of the spirit of Christ in them and in vs We also which come vnto the Supper of the Lorde shall not nor can not haue anye other participation or habitation of CHRIST in vs then such as all the faithfull had which from the beginning of the worlde haue bene saued or such as they which cannot come vnto the communion now haue and shall retaine euerlastinglye Yea Christ in his holye supper wil impart giue vnto vs the fruition of himself no otherwise thē so farre in such sorte that he according to the vse of the said supper not onely in this life but in the life to come will euerlastinglye dwell and remaine with vs And seeing it is assured and certaine that hee giueth the fruition of him self vnto vs it is not to be thought that he wil againe incōtinently departe from vs as to the great dishonour of the Sōne of God hath bene forged by the papistes but will remaine in and with vs euerlastingly If he hath purchased vnto vs the forgiuenes of all our sinnes through his bitter passiō death vpon the crosse in case we shal receaue take applie and make the same proper vnto vs by true faith as the ful satisfactiō ransō for our sinnes then had he not a nature deified presēt in euery place but a very true humane visible cōprehēsible bodie also at the time subiect to death which was sin excepted in al thinges like vnto ours for otherwise we could not be saued fromour sinnes by him Hebrewes 2. If our fleshe shall rise againe from death be made partaking of euerlasting life through Christ then must our head Christ Iesus haue bene conuersant here in his trew humane nature and not alone in his godlie spirituall and inuisible nature present in euery place but retaine for euer the liknes and vnitie of his humane nature which it had and hath with our nature so that we may for euer bee his brethren and members of him planted and graffed in him as the braunches in the vine tree and so be and remaine alwaies his fleshe and his bones And lastlye if the communion of CHRIST and of all his giftes and benefites righteousnesse and lyfe euerlasting was not otherwyse purchased vnto vs then by his death vpon the crosse and otherwise cannot be obteined of vs but through trewe faith which the holy ghost worketh in our hearts then it is certaine that neither the vse of the holy Sacraments nor yet any other inward or outward worke ex opere operato that is by vertue of a worke done can make vs partakers of Christe or his benefits But the holye Sacramentes are godlye tokens and seales by which our faithe is strengthened and they doe directe and leade vs to the onelye offering of Christe which hath bene once made vpon the crosse for vs And there cannot come vnto vs anye such communion fellowshippe with Christ when we only heare outwardely the visible worde or promise of the Sacraments as whē inwardly we beleue the word of the Gospel which shal be heard and preached vnto vs And therfore although the visible signes may be abused by the vngodly wicked to their condēnation yet the inuisible and heauenly giftes and benefits which we apprehēd onely by our faith must onely be and remaine proper to the faithfull And in this cōfession and profession of our Christian and true faith both nowe and at al times we bequeath our soule when it shal be separated from our mortal bodie to the holie and vndiuided Trinitie God the Father our maker God the sonne our redeemer mediatour and onely Sauiour Christ Iesus God the holy Ghost our true comforte humblie beseching from the bottome of our heart our onely redeemer and sauiour Christ Iesus that hee would vouchsafe to holde his gratious mercifull and sauing hand ouer vs encrease our faith and graunt vnto vs a Christiā and good ende in perfect sense and memorie and when wee shal be separated from this earthlie bodie wofull vale of miserie that it would please him to carie and receiue vs vp into euerlasting rest peace and blessednes in his fathers kingdome which he hath promised purchased and prepared for vs and all the faithfull by his bitter death and shedding of his most pretious bloud to remaine there in the companie of his Sainctes and all true beleeuers in Christe Iesus And as we thinke to bee saued by this our former Christian confession and to appeare with a ioyful coūtenance before the iudgement seate of Christ Iesus So we admonish warne and praye our deare childrē heires and successours in most friendly sort as a true father also gratiouslie require such our subiects as by Gods ordināce haue bene cōmitted vnto vs our coūsellours officers and especiallie our Vniuersitie schoole ministers of what dignitie state or degree soeuer they be their successours we also ordaine cōmāde enioyne vnto thē euerie of thē by vertue of the immutable cōmandemēt of the almightie God of Abraham who said I know he will giue charge vnto his children his house after him that they may keepe the wayes of the Lorde and doe that which is good and right in his sight to the intent the Lord maye bring vpon Abraham that which hee promysed vnto hym And therefore wee will and commande with the greatest earnestnes charge zeale that we can that they not onely for their own persons persist cōstant vnto their end by this acknowleged confessed and blessed truth of the holie Gospel and former Christian cōfession wherby the horrible darknes of Poperie in our dayes through the vnspeakeable goodnes and mercie of almightie God hath bene confounded throwen downe And besides ioyfully and frankely confesse the same before God and the worlde neuer abalienate or withdraw them selues from the same to the intent that with vs as wee heartily desire they may bee partakers of euerlasting saluation But chiefly