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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42880	Panta dokimazete a sermon treating of the tryall of all things by the Holy Scriptures, the confest rule of faith and practice : shewing the deplorable abuse of that rule, with an attempt touching the examen of ceremonies / delivered in St. Paul's Cathedral November 8, being the xxi Sunday after Trinity, by J.G.	Goad, J. (John), 1616-1689.	1664 (1664)	Wing G902; ESTC R535	23,350	40

hath any way done and said to the Redemption of the world his immaculate Conception his Passion Resurrection Mission of the Spirit and the end of all the blessed Remission of our sins And thus we have a Little Creed at least And 't is evident that the very Institution of Christ points at a larger Form when he hath appointed all Baptized Persons to profess Belief in the Father Son and Holy Ghost S. Matth. xxviii Belief in their Names too which in the First Person cannot signifie less then God the Father Almighty Creator of the World and that 's all the Apostles Creed expresses and the Third Person the Holy Ghost cannot imply less then the Lord and Giver of Spiritual Life as the Nicene Creed hath it which yet the Apostles Creed spares to express It must not be denied but that the Antient Confessions of the Church of God in several places did not agree to every title or syllable the East and Western Church had several Forms as to this matter nay that of Aquileia in the same Italy differ'd saith Ruffinus from that at Rome But let it be considered that there was no Confession recited in publick but was in order to Baptisme yea and what presupposed a Larger Catechisme of the Novice into the Mysteries and Duties of Religion and then where will be the variety or will it not be fupplied out of the Principles premised to a perfect Agreement To illustrate this bating the Descent into Hell as the Romane Creed did and the Communion of Saints with Aquileia of which we cannot discourse here what is there in the Creed but is witnessed to have been there and naturally must be from the beginning For could any Confession leave out the Article of Remission of sin What and be a Confession in order to Baptisme Did any omit the Article of the Resurrection Nay 'T is confest none did and good reason too for without this Article our Religion were a Fable 1 Cor. xv 14 or the Incarnation of Jesus or his Death or coming to Judgment could any Confession or Catechisme leave these out Nay further Is it not natural for a new Convert in the day of his Addition to the Church to profess Sancta Ecclesia the Holy Church that was then descending into the Laver of Baptism the Sacrament of Initiation into that Church therefore Holy because none but the washed and the sanctified did enter Or was the word Catholique Church a new Addition as is pretended toward the prevention of Horesie this is but suspected by those that it may be consider not the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in S. Peters and S. James's Epistles But as to the thing it is evident they believed in the Apostolique and what is Apostolique throughout the World but Catholique What then if the Apostles Creed as it is call'd were not a Form agreed by them totidem syllabis yet the Effect and substance was agreed among them before ever they departed from Jerusalem to go preach to every Creature Do not the Church Monuments tell us so much See Ruffinus in Symbol S. Ambros ep 81. Hieron ep ad Pamach quoted by Vossius disp 1. sect 13. Nay you that will take the paines of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem may be shewn the very place where the Fame says they made this Agreement See Mr Sandys and Mr Morisons Relations But why trifle we Did the Apostles trow ye preach Christ at Jerusalem And what is preaching of Christ but preaching such Articles concerning him his Dying for our sins Resurrection and Repentance unto Remission of sins Must we prove this out of Scripture Nothing more easie See Act. viii 5 cum 12. xxviii 31 1 Cor. i. 23 xv 12 Eph. vv 19 20. 1 Cor. iii. 2 Gal. iii. 1 Did not they then going abroad preach the same Christ and the same Gospel i. the same 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Bodie of Articles How is it called Eph. xv 5 One Faith indivisa in se divisa à quolibet alio What is meant by the Vnitie of that spirit which preacht Christ farr and near Eph. iv 3 And how is heed taken least they should preach 2 Cor. xi 4 several Jesuses any Form of Doctrine that should be dissonant from the Truth as a false scheme of the Grace of God Hence that of 1 Pet. v. 12 the true Grace of God wherein ye stand Did they preach the Name of Christ not the Thing Did they preach him any how or only did they protest but One saving way as the Truth is in Jesus Eph. iv 21 not introducing any false Article for then 't is a danger Christ may profit nothing Gal. v. 2 Nor omitting any true one especially that Great Article of REPENTANCE involved in Remishon of sins for the Apostle hopes whatever some may teach that His Charge will not learn Christ SO so falsely c. Eph. iv 19 What need we look for further presumtions when as Christs Institution is extant to his Apostles going to teach all Nations and to Baptize them Catechize them first into the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost This only is enough to evidence it What is the issue then The summe of our Religion is a Rule then is the Creed also a Rule of Faith The first appears from several places of the Scripture You have obeyed from the heart that Form of Doctrine Rom. vi 17 That Form is the Rule of their Faith and Obedience A Rule I say of Faith for if any man shall teach contrary to it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 transgress that Rule he must be marked for one that causes Divisions and Herefies in the Church Rom. xvi 17 Yea if an Angel from heaven shal dare to do it he shall have his anathema as the Hereticks have Gal. i. Hence 't is expresly called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Rule as I could make it out Gal. vi 16 The second appears from the illustrious Testimony of the Primitive uncorrupted Church in which solemnly and deliberately the Creed is noted as (a) Tertul. de Trin. Regula Fidei there being no other summe of Christianity extant but that And that you may see Tertullian lookt upon it as the Rule you shall finde him (b) advers Marcion l. 4. trying the Spirits and the Doctrines and the false Prophets yea and their false Gospels too by it To this purpose he formally repeats it to the Heretick as universally accepted from the beginning Marcion forsooth did believe a several God in the Old Testament and in the New and had a false Gospel coyn'd under the name of S. Luke This Antient Writer (c) Prax. contr P. de Virg. veland repels both because the Creed began I believe in One God c. And this was within lesse then (d) ab initio Evangelii decucurrisse advers Prax. 100 years after S. John the Evangelist And had not Saint John the Evangelist taught him and us this very Method of Examen who is