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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

Syon that is to say ouer the faythfull congregacyon Psalm ii whiche faythful congregacion is the kyngdome of Chryst. Col. i. And the domynyon of thys kyngdome standeth not in a carnall dominion or powre But lykewise as the lorde is a spirite ii Corhinthians iii. euen so is hys kyngdome spirituall inwardly within vs. Luke xvii and not of this worlde Iohn xviii wherefore the prophete zacharie promysed vs a kynge thorough the holy ghoste the which shold not come with vi●…iable dominion nor great worldly tryumphe but w t an humble and a meke spyrite And shoulde not ●…ule as a worldly kynge ouer the carnal Syon or Israel but shoulde rayngne a spirytuall kynge and rule the spirituall Israelytes with the scepter of his godly worde And these are the wordes of the prophet Reioyse thou great lye O doughter Syon be glad O doughter Ierusalem beholde thy kynge cometh vnto the ●…owly and symple is he he rideth vpon an Asse and vpon the foele of an Asse euen thy rightwyse and sauyour and he hym selfe is poore 〈◊〉 ix These wordes of the prophete wytnesse clearely that Christes kyngdome is spirituall and standeth not in any outward dominion Iohn xviii And lykewyse all these prophetes do witnesse in these chapyters folowing Esa. iiii ix Ierem. xxiii xxxii Esechi xxxiiii xxxvii Myth iiii Therfore do we holde the doctryne of the carnal kingdome of Christ to be a dredfull errowr and a great heresye yea we holde it to be an heresye of the Chilcastes the which now agayne is raysed amongest thē of Mynster hath breyded her out in other places to the great slaunder and hinderaunce of the true gospel of god Forthermore yf any man take vpon him and presume to be the promysed Da uyd or a kynge of Syon as Iohn Layden at Mynster hath done hym do we holde for an antechriste aboue all antichristes yea boue the Romysh Antechryste How dredful so euer he hath slaundered god and exalted hym selfe against the almighty god and yet it is not com to suche an abhominacion as to put hym selfe a kynge of Sion or to take vpon hym to be a promysed dauyd But in these dayes ryse so many abhominable and presumptuous spirite fulfylled with all maner of wyckednes and sathans pride that take vpon them to rebbe Iesu Christe of his kingli sc●…pter and to take it vnto them selfes wo be vnto all suche dred ful slaunderers of the godly maiesty or powre wo be also vnto the seduceres which go about with witchecrafte wherwith they haue begyled many men Wooe be also vnto all them whyche do not seperate them selues frō those antechrystes and seducers but yet do seke help or comforte of them yea that leaue the verye Moy●…en Iesu Christ and desire other goddes to go afore them vpon thē shal fal that which is spoken of by the prophete Ieremye Lorde they that do forsake the shalbe destroyed and they that turne from the shall be ashamed and theyr names shall be wrytten in the earthe for they haue leaft the the lyuynge fountayne of water Beholde therfore wyll we by the grace of God abyde by oure spirituall Kynge Iesu Christe and pray hym that his kyngdome may encrease in vs yea that he wyll defende vs from all euyll and reserue vs to his euerlastyng heauenly kyngdome to his glory and honoure for euer Amen ¶ The weapons wherwyth a very christian ought to fyght SEynge that the whole Gospell of our●… Sauiour wytnesseth that the christian must suffer in no wyse may reuenge the euil So that we thynke by the helpe of god not to turne from the holsome doctrine of our Lorde Iesu Christ. For it is righte conuenient that a seruaunt wyth his lordes cōmaundement and a disciple wyth his maysters doctrine to be cōtented Mat x. And here now may no sophistical cauillacions nor fonde ymaginacions be alowed as though the wordes of Iesu Christe shoulde nowe be at an ende And seynge that Christ sayth vnto his apostles what I say vn to you that do I saye vnto al watche ye heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal neuer peryshe Therfore do we holde them for dreadful seducers and abominable heretykes that w●…ll pre●…ume to saye that the doctrine of Iesu Christ as cōcernyng suffering should be ●…t an ende that the christen shoulde no more nede to suffer but that they shoulde cast away the weapons wher w t the apostles haue fought as theyr epistles rchearse put vpon them the harneys of Dauid yea that they shoulde destroy the whole worlde w t the material sworde and also take the worlde vnto them selues O what a blinde dreame is this which is spronge out of Sathā is cōtrary to the whole gospel of our lorde Iesu Christ. O what an iniquitie is this of thē that wyl with the chyldrē of Israel leaue the lorde the foūtayne of lyuing waters dygge them selues pyttes the whyche do seme fay●…e but they cā giue no water O what a blindnes yea what a folyshnes is it of them that for the sayinges of the prophetes whyche they vnderstande not wyll refuse leaue the moste highest prophet the onely begottē sonne of god the euerlastynge veritie Iesu Christe and do not dreade to exalte the olde testamente aboue the new to set Moyses aboue Christ O god shal now the new testament auoyed for the olde shal the preciouse bloud of the innocent lambe Iesu Christ be coūted lesse then the bloud of calues O lorde how are these mē so blynded that they with the styffenecked Israelites do abhorre the lyuing breade of heauen and do desyre ●…he flesh of Egypt that is to say they do refuse Iesu Christe the very breade of heauen do huger after mennes doctrine and inuēted dr●…es after ●…isceyuable prophetes But we wyl by the grace of god abyde by our lorde maister Iesu Christ holde it vnd●…niable that no vncleane doctrine whiche myghte be agaynst the gospel of our lorde Iesu Christ maye be broughte in or suffered but he alone muste be allowed for he is lorde maister Sauiour besydes him is none other In summa we know of none other veritie nor of none other waye of none other lyfe but onely of Iesu Christe Iohn xiiii For thys cause yf there come any prophecies or visions that wil draw vs from this holsome doctrine of Iesu Christ they muste be accursed Furthermore how and wyth what weapons that the christian shall fyghte doth Paule clearelye teache vs to the Ephesians in the syxte Chapter wyth these wordes Stande therfore and your loynes gyr ded about wyth the truth hauyng on the brest plate of rightuousenes and shodde vpon your fete wyth the gospell of peace that you maye be prepared a●…oue all thynges take holde of the shelde of fayth wher wyth ye may quentch the fyry dartes of the wycked take the helme of saluacion and the sworde of he spirite whyche is the worde of God And Iohn sayth

be cause they haue not the power to vnderstande and beleue For this part of y ● text partaineth no more vnto them thē the other concerning the precept of the preachyng doth This place of scriptur therfore is to be vnderstanded of them onely that haue the vse of reasone to per ceiue and vnderstāde the preachyng of the gospell and yet wyll not embrace it and receyue baptisme the signe of the washynge of theyr sinnes by the preciouse bloude of our sauiour Christe shedde for the redēption of the world As for the other texte that is of Paule to the Hebrues the. xi chapit wherin is declared that without faieth non can he acceptable to God apparteyneth also vnto suche as are of yeres of discreciō For in al the chapter is ther none rehersed but such as were of age discrecion Wherfore we maye iustly inferre herof that it is not possible that any persone shoulde bee acceptable vnto god in hys workes without the worke that he doeth do proceade of a pure and sincere fayth For as the prophet Esaye sayth in his lxiiii chap. Out workes are al as the cloth y t is defiled with menstruous bloud And further 〈◊〉 Paule to the Romaynes xiiii The workes that procede not of fayth are sin Fayth it is therfore that maketh our doinges acceptable vnto God and without fayth nothyng that we doo is acceptable Wherupon I infer that excepte the congregation whych Baptise they●… chyldrē do it of faith this their Baptisyng is synne in the syght of God and therfore not acceptable vnto God But if the●… do it of fayth ●…rusting that God shal plant in the hertes of the infantes that lyuynge fayth that may cause them to confesse his name whē they shal receyue the vse of reasō then is this their facte no lesse acceptable before God the●… the deede of Abraham was when he vpon the fayth that he had in the promyse of God Circusised al the males of hys housholde For as Circumcision was a signe or token to declare that all they that receiued it trusted to bee redeamed by the Mesias that was promysed to the sayde Abraham and as the fathers to declare thier faythful hope dyd not onely cyrcumsise theim selues but their chyldren and familes also so is Baptisme a signe to declare that the receiuers therof doo vnfaynedly beleue that y t bloud of Chryst hath washed their sinnes And vppon lyke trust as the fathers had that God wyl extēd his mercy vnto their chyldren and famyly they do baptise them also as appeareth in the actes of the Apostles wher is mencion made of certayne mē whose families and housholdes were Baptised whē thei had receiued the fayth But here it myght be sayd that in these places it is mēcioned that the whole families beleued and then receiued Baptisme So that the infantes whych had no beleue remayned styll vnbaptised Whervnto I aunswere that if the Parentes were faithful they coulde not chose but theyr faith would constrayne them to do as those fayth ful dyd y t brought their chyldren vnto Christ Marke x. And then the Apostles I am sure were not so forgetfull but that they bare in mynde the wordes of their maister who rebuked thē for forbidding the children to approch hym whych were brought by theyr faythfull parentes that he myght put hys hand on them Yea 〈◊〉 doubte not but that after the example of theyr maister they embraced the infantes declaring thē to be the inheritours of the king dome of God and that none should enter that kyngdome vnlesse he woulde become a●… one of them Thus haue I declared myne opinion concernynge the Baptisme of infantes as I trust sufficietly to satisfy them that haue in●…staken me to declare that all such sentences in this litle boke as doo so greatly impugne Baptisme without faith are to be vnderstād so that nether they that be of age ought to be Baptised without they do fyrst beleue and cō fesse Chryst nor the infantes onles the fayth ful congregation do with one assent offer thē at the font of regeneration with ful mynd and he●…tie desire to haue them membres of the church of Christ hauyng most sure and certayn hope that God 〈◊〉 ●…oorke in thē such maner of fayth as shal cause thē at the yeares of discretion to professe and folow the doctrine of Christ to whom wyth the father and th●… holye gost bee all honour for euer and euer ▪ ●…o be it A BRIFE AND FAYTHfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ made by certeyne men susspected of heresye in these articles folowyng ¶ i. Thessalonians v. ☞ Quenche not the spirite despise not the propheciynges but proue all thynges and kepe that that is good ¶ Esaye v. ☞ Wo be vnto them that call good euyll and euyl good whyche make darkenesse lyght and light darkenesse ¶ Anno. M. D. xlvii Per me I.D. The Prologe SEynge that saynte Paule sayeth to the Ephesiās iiii that there is but one fayth or beliefe so may euery christen man hertely morne when he seeth that so manye and diuers faythes are founde amonge them that boste them selues to be christen men Also that the one dreadfully sclaundereth and with great tyranny persecuteth the other and that wythout indifferencie But also the lorde Iesu Christe hath sayed that in the last dayes shall be many offended and the one shall betraye the other and the one hate the other And that ma ny false prophetes and false christen shal aryse and seduce many For thys cause is it very necessary that euery christen man faythfully crye vnto God wyth continual prayer that he wy●… gyue hym a stedfast beliefe and wyl kepe hym in the ryghte waye that he do not go into croked wayes through the gyle or disceyt of false hypocrysye of the false christen or prophe●…es And God wyll doubtlesse kepe his electe from Sathan his ministers although the tyme be neuer so perylous or neuer so many dampnable sectes be broughte forth yea althoughe the darkenesse shouldè couer whole Egypte yet shall God neuertheles let his face lighten ouer all trewe Israelites so that they shall knowe his wayes vpon the earth and his saluacion amonge the heathen And although Himeneus and Phile●…us do turne from the ryghte waye neuerthelesse the sure grounde of God standeth euer faste and hath thys seale that God knoweth them that are his For we know wel that God howe be it ' that he out of his vnmeasurable n●…ye grace yea out of the vnexpressable loue of his fatherly hert defendeth his childrē frō al euyl yet neuerthelesse wyl he be prayed vnto of them as we haue many ensamples therof in scrypture how that the holy men in theyr trybulacion or angwyshe haue called vnto god and haue ben herd and holpen of hym And seyng then that the ryght christen euer for theyr befifes sake greuously are troubled yea as golde and syluer in the fyre bothe with bodely troble and fals doctryne vnd●…tsought