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A00261	A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sente[n]ces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes.; Brife and faythfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ	I. B., fl. 1547.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed author.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555, attributed author.	1547 (1547)	STC 1035; ESTC S103779	21,747	42

●…phesi i. And hath subdewed all thynges vnder hys fete Hebre. ii in summa he is alorde aboue all lordes and a kyng aboue all kynges Apo. xix yea he is an almighty god with his fa ther. Apo. xxii Iohn x. And neuerthelesse he is also our onely aduocate and mediator i. Iohn ii Tymo ii our onely hye priest Hebre. v. the sacrifyce that he hath done for our synnes abydeth of valure for euermore 〈◊〉 ebre x. ☞ Forthermore likewyse as Christ our lord is ascended vp into heauen so shall he come agayne from heauen Act. i. wyth the dominion of his father with the angels Mat. xxv for to gyue euery man rewarde after his workes yea for to iuge y t quicke dead Act. x. Tim. iiii ☞ We beleue also in the holy gost god with the father the sōne which holy goste is a teacher of all chrysten Ioh. xiiii and he doth cloth them with his gyftes and giueth euery one the measure of feyth after his owne wyll i. Corin xii and kepeth them vnmouable in one fayth for he is a ruler of the christian congregacyon Acti xx He is also the anoyntement i. Iohn ii wherwith all christē are anoynted and of that behalfe are called the anoynted of the lorde Psal. ciiii ☞ So is this holy gost geuē vnto the christē as an erneste of theyr inherytaunce to theyr re dempcyon and they agayne be his owne to the prayse of his glorye Ephesi i. In summa it is impossible without this holy ghoste to knowe god ryghtly i. Cor. ii or with all the hole herte to beleue vpon hun i. Corin. xii or to call vpon him as a father Roma viii And therfore doth god poure this his holy ghoste vpon his chil dren wherby thei may rightly knowe him and ryghtly beleue in hym and as a ryght father call vpon hym Sata iiii ☞ This is our belefe to the father sōne and holy ghoste which thre we knowledge to be one god Deut. vi whose seate is the heauen and the erth is a benche of his fete Esay xivi yea the which is an euerlastynge ii Mach. i. an almyghty Psal. ●…v a ryhgtuouse Psa. ii and a mercyfull god Psal. cxiv The which alone wylbe worshypped and serued Deu. vi For he can alone helpe vs. Esaye xliii whyche he doth for his names sáke not for oure rygh tuousenes sake Esay rliii ☞ Forthermore as we haue said that al they that do beleue are ioyned togyther through the holy goost knitte in vnitie so is there a chri sten church the with is buylded of lyuing stones i. Pet. ii which church is the house of god Heb. iii. the house of god is the congregacion of God i. Timoi iii. and the congregacyon of God is the bodye of Christ. Ephesians i. And seynge that al right christians are one bodye 〈◊〉 Cor. r. in the which they al through one spirite are baptised i. Cor. rii So muste there be a cōmunion of sayntes namely that al sayntes or true beleuers are also ioyned togyther in vnitie as the membres of one body Rom. xii And in this cōmuniō of saintes is remission of sinnes that wout it is no sinne forgiuē nor any hope of saluacion Ephe. ii yea like as it is vnpossible y t a mēbre cā lyue that is not in the bo dy so is it possible y t any man may lyue in hys soule cā be releaced out of death by remissiō of synne the which is not a mēbre of the body of Christ. For Christ hath recōciled vs al vnto god his father in one bodye Ephe. ii And ther fore must al they stāde in variaūce y t are no 〈◊〉 bres of this body of y t which Christ is y t head Eph. i. to the which he giueth saluaciō Eph. 〈◊〉 ☞ Now must we also knowe that howe be it that God alwayes forgyueth synnes Esay xliii yet hath Christ giuen vnto his congregacion power to bynde and to lowse which shall not be vnderscāde after the antichrist doctrine the byshoppe of Rome hath power to remitte synnes but the christen congregacion whose heade is Christe and not the Romyshe Antechrist and is rewled of the holy gooste and not of the fornicatyshe spirite of the Prophetysse Iesabell Thys congregacion I saye hath power to bynde lowse that is to saye all what she byndeth other lowseth is done by the power of oure Lorde Iesu Christe i. Cor. v. and thorow the holy goste as a rewler of the christen congregacion Actu xx so is there in the christen congregacion remission of synnes ☞ There shal be also a general resurrection of the fleshe namely that all they that are dead shal ryse agayne some to euerlastyng lyfe and some to euerlasting dampnacion Iohn v And they that shall lyue and remayne vntyl the cōmyng of our Lorde Iesu Christe they shall be chaunged in the twynkelynge of an eye at the tyme of the last ●…ompet i. Corhin xv For the trompet sayth Paule shal blow and the dead shal ryse vncorruptible and we shalbe chaunged For this corruptible body must put on vn corruptibilitie and thys mortall bodye muste put on immortalitie i. Corhin xv ☞ At the laste is there also an euerlastynge lyfe Iohn xvii whyche all they shall receyue that beleue on Iesu Ihrist Iohn vl and stedfastlye abyde in good workes sekynge prayse honour and immortalitie Roma ii ☞ Thys is the summe of oure beliefe yea and a ryght christen beliefe thorowe the which fayth all ryghtuouse lyue A●…ac ii And wyth out the whyth beliefe no man may please god Heb. xv Therfore must the euerlastynge God be blessed that out of his immeasurable mercy and grace hath gyuen vs thys fayth thorowe Iesu Christe Ephe. ii And this is the some of our fayth wyth the shortest ¶ The sacrament of Baptysme BAptysme is a sacramenttall token the whiche is geuen vs of Christe Math. xxviiii And is at the fyrste an entrynge into the christen congregacyon as Paule sayth we are baptysed in one spirite to be one bodye i. Corhi xii ☞ Secondarily it is a fountayne of regeneracion as Paul witnesseth saying that Christ hath saued vs by the fountayne of the newe byrthe and renewynge of the holy gooste Tit. 〈◊〉 Not that the water doth saue vs for nothynge can saue vs but ouely god Esay xliii But after that our Lorde Iesu christ hath spo ken that he that beleueth and is baptised shal be saued Mar. xvi and Goddes worde is veritie Iohan. xvii and his promyses maye not fayle Psal. cxlvii Therefore muste baptisme nead●…s bringe saluacion vnto them that in beliefe are baptised not for the workes sake but for goddes worde and promises D●…u viii ☞ Thyrdely baptysme is a couenaunt of a good conscience to god i. Pet. iii. namelye that he that in beliefe is baptised bindeth him selfe or maketh a couenaunt with god that from thens forth he wyll lyue after hys wyll And of this couenauntes

Al that is borne of god ouercometh the world And thys is the victorye that ouercometh the worlde euen our fayth Who is it that ouercometh the worlde but he that beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God Out of these wordes of Iohn maye all ryght christians wel vnderstande that the victorye standeth in an vpryghte fayeth and not in anye carnall and outward●… weapon And we do holde it wyth the Apostle Iohn and are also content wyth Paule so that we wyl holde wyth them all straunge doctrine whyche myght be contrary to the Gospell of Iesu Christe for vtterly accursed Gala. i. ¶ Of Matrymonye OF matrymonye we do hold now in the newe testament not after the wyl of Moyses nor after the ensampel of the patriat ches but as god instytuted it in paradyse and as it was restituted agayne of Chryste and brought agayn to the fyrst institucion namely that Matrimony is a ioynynge togyther of 〈◊〉 persons that is to say a man and a woman af ter the wordes of the lord They two shall be one fleshe Genes ii And for this cause hath Paule commaunded the byshopes deacons euery one of thē to be a housband of one wyfe Out of the whiche texte muste nedes folowe that no chrysten man may haue more then one wife or els had Paule robbed the byshoppes and deacons of theyr comon chrystian lybertye yea he had tangled them in a snare which is vnpossyble i. Cor. vi so is it not to be foūde in any apostels wrytynge that any Chrysten man in or after the apostels tymes hath bene Polygamus that is to saye hath had manye wyues What y t the apostles haue not taught nor vsed in theyr congregacyon that shal not wee teache nor vse as an necessarye thinge ●…o mans saluacyon For els muste it folowe that the apostels had not knowen nor taught all the trueh which is against the words and promise of Iesu Christ which promised to his apostels sayeng when the conforter the holy ghoste shal come he shall teache you all the trueth Ihon. xiiii And Paul toke god to witnesse y t present day that he was pure from the bloud of al mē for he had kept nothing backe but had shewed them all the coūsell of god Acti xx Nowe is it well knowen that Paule taughte not that a Chrysten man shoulde haue many wyues and therfore it is not the counsell or wyll of God but muche more is the counsel and wyl of god that a christian shall haue but one wyfe Seynge that all the newe Testament alway spea keth of one man and one wyfe as appeareth by these chapirers Mathewe xix Marke x. 〈◊〉 Timothe iii. Titu i. i. Corhinth vii Ephe. v. And therfore can not we approue the Iewes Poligamians the whyche some haue begonne But we holde vs after the ensample of Adam and Eue and also in thys matter it is restitusted agayne by Christe Mathew xix Marke x. we are also wel cōtented with Paule which doth saye that for auoydyng fornicacion euerye man shall haue his owne wyfe and euerye woman her owne husbande Also that Matrimony is a soy●…ynge togyther of man and woman after the worde of the Lorde These two shall be one fleshe Genesis ii Mathewe xix Marke x. Ephesians v. ☞ Thys is the confession of oure fayth in the which we hope that nothyng shal be foūde but the pure trueth of the Gospell yf so be that it be not iudged after mannes good thynkynge but onelye after the rule of thy Godlye worde And notwythstandynge bycause that we wyll gyue no plase vnto the sclaunderers that of a presumptuouse hygh mynded spirite myghte sclaunder or rayse vpon vs we are alwayes readye and offer our selues that yf any christen man beyng learned in the scripture can reproue vs wyth Goddes worde in anye thynge that shoulde fayle vs of the trueth to hym we shall and wyll alwayes gladly as disciples vnto ther●… maiste●… gyue place and gladly wyth all toy sulnesse of the spirite recey●…e al christen doctrine of hym Seynge that Peter a prince of the Apostles muste suffer that he was rebulted of Paule reasone it is that we shoulde suffer to be rebuked yf we throughe mannes ignoraunce were fallen in erroure we that are poore seruaūtes of the Lorde skantly haue receyued one pounde where as Peter had receyued fyue the whyche our vnderstandyng is no more to be lykened to the high apostles wisdome then a gnat by a camell And we know also that Solomon sayth Be not wyse in thyne owne conceyte And agayne He that refuseth to be refourmed despiseth his owne soule but he that submitteth hym selfe to correction is wyse And for thys cause wyl we alwayes be diligent to heare and with all m●…kenes submitte our selues vnto him that coulde teach vs any doctrine more agreable to the holy scripture But yf any man wyll condempne our fayth without the iudgement of scripture iudge it after the prouerbe as the blinde iuggeth the colour that muste wyl we suffer for gods sake Also yf any mā wil be our Pharao and treade vs downe bicause y t we be Ilsraelites or fayne would be in this wyl we aso cō fort vs w t the holy scripture hoping y t our hea uēly father shall haue mercy ouer vs through Iesu Christ strēgth vs so w t his holy goste y t we shal not care for the dreadful sclaūder ouer our fayth And we perceyuing y t blyndnes of the comō people the great tyrāny of certē princes so y t the comō people are so blinded in their memory y t they cā not iudge the light frō darkenes nor the right frō vnrightuousnes or lyes frō the truth yea they crie ouer Iesu that be shalbe crucified and Bara●…as shalbe let go And also dyuers prynces are so full of tyrāny that they do persecute the chrysten and wythout any mercy put them to the moste greuous and cruell death not remembryng that the innocent bloude of the ryghtuouse Abell cryeth for vengeaunce agaynste the murderer Cain vnto God in heauen Neuerthelesse the scripture must be ful●…illed namely that all they that wyll lyue godly in Chryste Iesu muste suffer p●…rsecucyon And chryst sayth to his apostels Haue they persecuted me they shall also persecute you And therfore saith Iohn in his epistle Be●…old what loue the father hath shewed on vs that we should be called his chylderne Therfore the world doth not knowe you bycause it knoweth not hym With those and more other scriptures maye wee comforte our selues and especyallye wyth the wordes of Chryste sayeng Blessed are they that suffer persecucyon for ryghtuousnes sake for theyrs is the kyngdom of heauen Blessed are ye whē men r●…uyle you and persecute you and falsely say all maner euill sayenges agaynste you for my names sake Reioyse and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen And we praye god our heauenlye father thorow oure lorde Iesu Chryste ▪ the which out of his vnmeasurable mercye