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A10573	A declararation [sic] of the twelue articles of the christen faythe with annotations of the holy scripture, where they be grounded in. And the righte foundation and principall comon places of the hole godly scripture, a goodly short declaration, to all Christians profitable and necessarye for to come to the right vnderstondynge of holy Scripture compyled for the commodite of al christen people. By D. Vrbanum Regium.; Erklärung der zwölf artikel Christlichs gelaubens. English	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 20843; ESTC S115780	81,702	234

in Saynte Paule .i. Cor. i. Gal. i. ij Ephe. i. Col. i. Roma ij Ebre ix and to Titus ij Iohn iij In so muche that he that beleueth in Christe shal not perysshe but haue euerlastynge lyfe For thus sayth S. Paule Ro. viij There is then no damnation to them whiche are in Christe Iesu whiche walke not after the flesshe but after the spirite Therfore is there no meryer thynge vppon earthe than a ryght Christen man for he dothe not muche esteme the temporall lyfe he is sure of a better lyfe He is a Lorde ouer synne death and helle Vvhy so Answer Rom. vi Christe dyed once and dyeth no more Death shal haue no more power ouer hym Iohn Nowe bei he hath ouercome it and taken awaye synne Now he that beleueth in Christe hath Christ before hys eyes becometh one spirite wyth hym ouercometh in him and by hym synne death helle Deuyll and the worlde Ro. viij For thus sayth Saynte Paule Yf God be on oure syde who can be agaynste vs. Vvhiche also spared not hys owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with him geue vs all thynges Psalm xxx viij Vve are well delyuered into death but we ouercome all those thynges through Christe whiche hath loued vs. Vvhat hath Christe Answer He hath the righteousnes peace lyfe and saluation Euē that same hath the christen soule also which is knytte in vnite vnto Christe her lorde and head thoroughe a ryght faith Ro. viij Hose xiij She defyeth death sayth neyther death nor any creature is able to separate her from the loue of god whiche is in Christ Iesu She speaketh ioyfully i. Co. xv Death is consumed in the victory Death where is thy styng Hell where is thy victory But thankes be vnto god which hath geuē vs victory thorough our Lord Iesu Christ Deathe is not fearfull to a christen mā The tēporall deathe is vnto such a christen man no more so fearful Yea he doth desyre it for it is to hym onely a delyueraunce frō thys sinful wretched blasphemous lyfe an intraunce into the ryght lyfe vnto Christe our onely saluation A Christian knoweth that the euer lastynge death can do nothing to him yea as littel as to Christe hym selfe and the temporall death is onely a departing of the soule from the body to thiutent that they bothe beynge puryfyed pure and cleare in all perfection in the Later daye maye be agayne coupled to gether glorifyed and clarifyed And knoweth that the soule stondeth in the hande of Christ and is well preserued in the bosome of Abraham Luc. viij Therfore doth the scripture calle the Christen death a slepe because that then a Christian doth firste amende hys estate and cometh from disquietenesse to reste The ryghte Christians also should not behaue thē selues euyl or sorrowe ouer muche whan any thynge dyeth from them Paule sayth i. the. iiij Vve woulde not bretheren haue you ignorant concernynge them whiche are fallen a slepe that ye sorrowe not as the other whiche haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so them also whiche slepe by Iesus wyll God brynge agayne with hym The Resurrection esa xxix Ezeche xxxvij and viij In the latter daye shall the bodyes of menne by the infinite power and myght of god be raysed agayne and be coupled agayne with the soules But in the blessed shall they wonderfully be chaunged and endued with foure gyftes honour and glorye with impassiblenes with brightenes with swyftenes and with subtilenes For thus sayth Saynt Paule i. Co. xv The flesshe is sowen in corruption and ryseth in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour ryseth in honour It is sowē in weakenes ryseth in power It is sowen a naturall body ryseth a spiritual body For a lyttell before sayth he For as in Adam all dye euen so by Christe shall all be made a lyue and euery mā in hys owne ordre The fyrste is Christe then they that are Christes at his commynge Then commeth the ende when he hath delyuered vp the kyngdome to God the father when he hath put downe all rule authorite and power Christ is rysen from death therfor shall we ryse also Thys artycle of oure fayth is al the hole somme and contayned all the hole matter Yf Christe were not rysen then had synne and death ben to stronge for him But for as moche as he is rysen from death so is synne and death ouercome and we shall ryse also in glorye purchaced prepared for vs by Christe Ro. viij But then when the spirite of God that raysed vp Iesus from death quickeneth your mortall bodyes because of his spirite whiche dwelleth in you Ioh. xi Christe sayth I am the resurrectiō and the lyfe He that beleueth on me yea though he were deade yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shall neuer dye Item this is the wyl of hym that sent me Ioh. vi that euery man which seyth the sonne and beleueth on hym haue euerlastinge lyfe And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last daye hiob xix Item I am sure that me redemer lyueth and that I shall ryse oute of the earthe in the later daye that I shall be clothed agayne with thys skynne and see God in my flesshe yea I my selfe shal beholde hym not with other but with these same eyes Itē the houre shall come in the whiche al that are in the graues shall heare hys voyce and shall come forthe they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of lyfe and they that haue done euyll vnto the resurrection of damnation One Christian shoulde conforte another with suche wordes of Scripture agaynst the feare of death as Saynte Paule teacheth in the Epistle to the Thessalonians i. Th. iiij The Latter daye Of the last daye hath the Scripture two poyntes The fyrst Christe hath geuen sure sygnes which be the messagers of the last iudgement Reade the Gospelles of Mathewe Marke Matth. xxiiij mar xiij Luc. xxi and Luke All maner of persecutions of the faythfull shall aryse Item warre insurrection offence euyl maners quenchynge of charite Item the abhomination in the holy place in the tempel of God Dan. ix whiche exalteht hym selfe and sheweth hym selfe as God Item an abhominable departynge ij Th. ij and fallyng from the faythe vnto mānes institutions and traditions For thus sayth Christe when the trees shute forth theyr buddes it is a sure signe that Sōmer is then nygh at hāde So lykewyse ye when ye see those thynges come to passe vnderstonde that the later daye is at hande The other Euen thesame poynte of thys laste tyme the daye or houre can no man knowe Christe geueth signes Matth. xxiiij but he sayth in Mathewe Of that daye and houre knoweth noman no not the Angels of heauen but my father onely and recyteth euen in the same place

¶ In the newe testamente Reade the Euangelistes of the passyon where they handle the Passyon of Christe ▪ there shalt thou fynde howe godly the Prophecyes be fulfilled and that the Euangelystes accorde ād agree with the Prophetes Lykewyse in the Actes of the Apostles .i. ij iij. iiij v. vij x. xiij xvij xx xxvi Witnesses of the Apostoles Paule Roma i. iij. where he proueth that we haue the redemption through the bloude of Christe in the .v. sayth he when we were enemyes we were reconcyled to god by the death of hys sonne Item Roman vi viij Christe dyed for vs. Roma xiiij xv To the Corinthians .i. Cor. i. ij vi viij x. xi xv ij Corinth iiij v. xiij To the Galathians i. ij iij. iiij vi To the Ephesians i. ij v. To the Philippians in the seconde teacheth he and sheweth that the sonne of God hath humbled hymselfe frō the hyghnes of hys maiestye for oure saluacyon euen vnto the most haynous deathe of the Crosse Philippen iij. To the Coloss i. ij iij. To the Tessaloniens i. ij iiij v. To Timot. i. ij To Titus .ij. In the Epistell to the Hebrewes in the .i. ij v. vi ix x. xiij Cha. Peter i. Petri. i. ij iij. iiij And also in the seconde Epistle Iohan. i. Iohan. i. ij iij. iiij Of the buryall reade Treno iij. They haue layde a stone vppon me Psalm iij. iiij xvi My flesshe shal lye sure Item Esaye xi In the newe Testamente Matth. xxvij Marci xv Luce. xxiij Iohan. xix The vnspeakeable fruyte of the hoolsome death of Iesu Christe and the infinite merites shalt thou fynde also in the places afore rehersed The fyfth Article He ascended into hel and the thyrd daye he rose agayne from the death Christe is our redemer and sauioure therfore ouercometh he all whatsoeuer is contrary to oure saluacion is synne death hell the deuyl through whose enuie death is come into the worlde Christ also descended into hell that he shoulde suppresse all powers and subtelties of the deuyl to the faythfull And he is rysen agayne for to geue a newe lyfe to the beleuynge that we here after may lyue innocently and godly Dauid speaketh thereof on thys wyse Thou shalt not leaue my soul in hell Christ descēded into hel Here is it cleare that he descēded into hell For he sayth not Thou shalt not leaue the work of my soule in hellethe sayth my soule so that the soule of Christ dyd truely descende into hel after her substaunce or beynge not onely after the worke And although we do not knowe properly what maner of descendynge into hell the same be Yet neuerthelesse wyll we surely truely beleue the wordes of the Prophetes whan he hadde commended hys blessed soule into the handes of God hys father than laye hys holye body styll but the soule went downe to hell Oh the mercyfull Lorde hathe ouercome for vs euery fearful thyng The resurrection of Christe ¶ The resurrection of Christe is a great article For it hath made the paines and sufferynges of all martyrs lyght and is the triumphe and ioye of all Christians Hys resurrectyon is oure righteousnes and worketh also oure resurrection bothe of bodye and soule Euen so sayth saint Paul Christe is rysen agayne Rom iiij Ro. viij If the spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from death dwell in you euen he that raysed vp Christe from death shal quicken your mortall bodyes because that hys spirite dwelleth in you i. Co. xv And to the Corinthians as by Adam all dye euen so by Christ shall all be made a lyue and euery man in hys owne ordre The firste is Christe then they that are Christes The inuincible glorye of the glorious resurrection of Iesu Christe declareth and glorifieth al that was weake feareful before dryueth awaye the feare of death and exalteth into great ioye the hertes of all faythfull Christians Vvhat ioye is greater thē that Christe is rysen in euerlastynge glorye and honour Rom. vi He dyed ones for vs and shall dye no more death shall haue no more power ouer hym Nowe be we hys membres and he is oure onely heade wheresoeuer then the heade becometh and reygneth there shall also the membres become There is oure ioye and reioysynge i. the .iiij Therfore sayth Paule That the Christians shoulde comforte themselues one another with suche wordes They are cōfortable wordes truely to all true beleuers Sūma Euangel ij This is the summe of the gospel Christe is a kyng of glorye he is borne and geuen vnto vs. Vve haue synne and death but he hath righteousnes and lyfe yf thou beleue in hym then be hys goodes thy goodes hys resurrection thy resurrectiō And it is thyne also whatsoeuer he hath wrought by hys glorious triumphāt resurrection Ro. viij God hath geuen vs hys sonne all thynges with hym as saynt Paule sayth Vvhat hath he wrought by hys resurrection Fruyct of the resurrection Truely great thynges he hath destroyed synne raysed righteousnes abolysshed death brought agayne lyfe ouercome hel and he hath geuen eternall glorye and honour Therfore syngeth the churche with great gladnes not without inspiratiō of the holy goost Christe is rysen and yf he were not rysen then were all the worlde perysshed In the old Testament is the resurrection of Christe signifyeth the prophete Ionas Ione ij Mat. xij Luce. xi He laye thre dayes and thre nightes in the bely of a great whalle after that was he delyuered as Christe hym selfe bringeth in the same The scribes and the Pharisees would see but a signe Then sayde the Lorde vnto them The signe of Ionas The euyl aduoutrous generation seketh a signe but there shall no signe be geuen to them than the signe of the Prophete Ionas For as Ionas was thre daies and thre nyghtes in the whalles belly so shall the sonne of man be thre dayes and thre nyghtes in the herte of the earth Iohn ij And in Iohn speaketh he also of thys hys resurrection saynge Destroye thys temple and in thre dayes I wyl rease it vp agayne There speaketh he of hys owne body Reade more there of in Osee and in the psalter I haue slept and am rysen That is asscrybed vnto Christe Item thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell neyther wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption Here sheweth Dauid clearly the bodely resurrection of Christe For Christe is properly called in scripture the holy one of god and he sayth thou shalt not leaue hym in hell that is as muche to saye Thou shalt sone bryng hym from theus Item thou shalt not suffre thy holy to see the corruption That is Thou shalt make haste to bringe me abroade agayne to the bodely lyfe The continual readyng in the Bible shall bryng before the more suche lyke saynges Vvitnesse of the newe Testament Mathei xx He shall ryse agayne the thyrde daye That is the worde of God that can

commaundementes to fulfyll Ro. xiiij Vvhatsoeuer is not done in faythe the same is wicked and synne where as the mercye of God is not founde in suche wyse there is surely despysynge of GOD that he is not regarded nor sette by or there is hatred Good workes Fayth bringeth alwayes her frutes with her that is good workes and wheras no workes of charitie are shewed there is nothynge elles but a dead Iaco. ij fayth A christen man shall before all thynges praye for fayth whereby he may do ryght good workes Much to bable of good workes or vndertake to do the same before that fayth be there is as moche as to bynde the horse behynde the plough Lu. xviij Much the worke or do withoute fayth is to take great paynes and laboures for noughte and with the sicke woman to spend all hys substaunce amonge the Phisiciās and yet for all that remayne sicke styl Lu. viij Power of faith Vvhat power fayth hath is descrybed in these places here after followynge Genesis xv Roma iij. iiij xiiij Galacas iij. Ephes ij Math. vi viij ix xvij xxi Marci v. ix xi Luce. viij xi xviij xix Iohannis iij. iiij vi vij viij And i. Iohannis iij. iiij v. Act iiii xvi and in many places more besydes Good workes The Iewes asked Christe in Iohn what they shoulde do Ioha vi that they might the workes of god he answered This is the worke of God that ye beleue on hym whome he hath sent First loke aboute for faythe Lu. xvij and say with the discyples of Christe Lord increace my fayth And after that loke what God wyl haue in hys commaundementes and do it these are good Christen workes for they flowe oute of fayth and are done by the commaundemente of god Vvhatsoeuer is not done by the commaundement of god whiche ordinately and sufficyently is expressed in the Scripture the same be of thy despised Isa xxix mat xv Deu. xij For God wil not be serued wyth mennes tradicyons lawes or inuentions Vvhosoeuer steppeth out of the cōmune strete of the Christen lyfe and seketh a peculyar waye to saluacion through hys owne imagyned workes the same standeth daungerousely For he that followeth not Christe in hys doctryn must nedes walke in darkenes in erronyous by pathes Ioh. viij and .xiiij Christ is the lyght of our lyfe and the waye as it is written in Iohn Vvhosoeuer maketh or instituted a perpetual lighte for the deade or sainctes and besydes that forgetteth the lyuynge saynctes the poore bretheren and systers in Christe he feleth gropeth in the darkenes and goeth a bypathe vnderstond by the example somewhat more Sacrament Sacrament is a holy token in oure faythe which putteth vs in remembraunce the promyse of God and stablyssheth oure hertes in a confidence towardes God as Baptisme and the Sacrament of the aulter Thou hearest that God promyseth vnto the pardon and forgeuenesse of synnes He suffered therfore hys sonne Christe to dye vpon the crosse that thou by the death of Christe myghtest be reconcyled agayne to God Rom. v beleue this so hast thou it And therfore hath he ordeyned and left vnto the hys body and bloude in the Sacramente as a sure holye token and bonde of suche promyse Euen as sure as Gedeon was Iudi. vi that he shoulde ouercome his enemye whē God hath promysed it vnto hym and by the fyre and flese hath assured it vnto hym So sure arte thou that thou haste obtayned mercy when thou hearest in fayth Goddes promyse of remissyon of synnes and besydes that receyuest Baptisme or the Sacrament of the aulter for an assurance of suche promyse Learne the Sacramentes a ryght with theyr vertue for the Conscience hath skant a greater comforte in earth then the Sacramētes Thys is taught Genesis in the xvij Chapter and to the Romaynes in the iiij The death of Christe The death of Christe is oure satisfaction for synne Esa liij i. Co. i Christe hath onelye satisfyed for he onelye hathe redemed Oure sufferynge vpon earth is no satisfaction for synne properlye but a mortifyenge of the olde carnall man to thintent that accordynge to the workynge and to the vertue of baptisme Ro viij a Christian myght be conformable to Christe hys heade dye and ryse agayne a newe creature in Christe Ioh. iij. A man must be borne agayne of water and of the spirite yf he shal come to heauen he must beare the crosse he must crucifye hys flesshe mat xvi Gala. v ij tim iij with the euyl concupiscences and lustes yf he wyl be Christes owne Item al that wyl lyue godly must suffre persecution Flesshe Flesshe is called in the Scripture commonly not onely the body Ephe. ij but the hole olde carnall man The sonne of Adam with body and soule Gen. vi for he is from the fyrste generation a synner and a chyld of wrath Iohn iij For whatsoeuer is borne of flesshe is flesshe A man before he is borne agayne through the spirite of fayth is he all flesshe that is concernyng hys body soule can he of hys owne power vnderstande thynke and desyre nothyng but earthy and carnal thinges heauēly thynges are to hygh for hym and to subtyl he can not attayne to them he knoweth nothynge ryght of God and godly thynges The originall synne A deadly hurte is happened vnto man in body soule of that poysoned origynall synne The origynal synne oughte not to be counted for a smal hurte Gen. vi and viij The wittes are blynded man vnderstandeth nothynge of hym selfe withoute grace The wyl is croked and tourned away from that whiche is good and so weake and wounded that he delyreth euill for good and al that is pernicious Lyke as the ague taketh away a mans taste that nothyng sauoureth vnto hym but that whiche is deadly and hurtful vnto hym that which is swete semeth vnto hym to be soure Euen so hath the stinckynge and filthy origynal sinne corrupted al the powers of man that to theyr ryght workes they can not attayne withoute a great renewyng A man muste be renewed and made hole or elles must he be damned That cometh to passe The death of Christ when the death of Christe hath and vseth hys workyng in man that the spirite of fayth doth stryue and fyghte agaynst the flesshe and at the laste the flesshe with death is destroyed and the carnall man Eph. iiij accordynge to the signifycation of Baptisme is hole drowned the fylthynes of the synfull byrthe of Adam is hool wassheth awaye and becometh a newe man whiche is shapen after God in true ryghteousnes and holynes Spirite The spirite is the holy Goost and hys motion or workynge in vs. It is one thynge The outward mā the olde Adam the flesshe the body of synne It is one thyng The newe man the inwarde man Ro. vij Gala. v Betwene the spirite and the flesshe is a contynuall