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A07625	The testament of William Bel. Gentleman Left written in his owne hand. Sett out above 33. yeares after his death. With annotations at the end, and sentences, out of the H. Scripture, fathers, &c. By his sonne Francis Bel, of the Order of Freers Minors, definitor of the province of England: guardian of S. Bonaventures colledge in Dovvay: and professor of the sacred Hebrevv tongue, in the same. Electo meo fœdus excidi	Bell, William, d. 1598.; Bell, James, d. 1643.	1632 (1632)	STC 1802; ESTC S113723	71,054	197

one God Although the Father haue begotten the Sonne and therfore the Sonne is not whom the Father is and the Sonne is begotten of the Father and for that he is not Father which is Sonne and the holy Ghost is neither Father nor Sonne but only the spirit of the Father and Sonne himselfe also coequal to the Father and Sonne and pertayning to the vnitie of the Trinitie And yet not the same Trinitie borne of the Virgin MARIE vnder Pontius Pilate crucified and buried to haue risen the third day and ascended into heauen but only the Sonne Nor the same Trinitie to haue descēded in likenesse of a doue vpon IESVS baptized or on the day of Pentecost after the Ascension of our Lord with sound made from heauen as if a vehement blaste were carried along and in divided tongues like fire to haue sitten vpon every one of them but only the holy Ghost Nor the same Trinitie to haue said from heaven thou art my Sonne when either he was baptized by Iohn or vpon the mount when the three disciples were with him or when the voice sounded saying I haue both clarified againe wil clarify but only the Fathers voice to haue beene made to the Sonne although the Father Son and holy Ghost as they are inseparable so do they inseparably worke This is also my faith because this is the Catholike faith Pag. 18. § 4. lin 1. I BELEEVE AND HOVLD The Apostles Creed the Nicene Creed Athanasius Creed the 10. Commandements the 7. Sacraments and in a word all that the Catholike Church teacheth and holdeth for to beleeue profiteth nothing vnlesse we also hold and keepe in worke what we beleeue and that wholly and entirely Epist Iacobi c. 2. 10. Whosoever keepeth otherwise the whole law and offendeth in one point becommeth guiltie of the whole as if he had transgressed in all That the Sacraments are the conducts wherby the grace of God is derived vnto mankinde Their number order names c. 1. BAPTISME He rekoneth the Sacraments in such order as they occurred at the present to memorie Matth. vlt. Whose right order is first baptisme wherby we are regenerate and borne a new in Christ to spirituall and everlasting life who before were borne of our parents in the world to corporall and without this Sacrament to everlasting death Ioā 20. Act. 2. Confirmation wherby we be spiritually strengthened and grow as in our infancie we be lapped and bound corporally vntill our ioynts be knit and we made able to stand by our naturall forces Eucharistie Ioan. 6. praedicatur Euch. Mat. 26. Iacob 5 Ioā 20. Mat. 16. wherby we be nourished and fed in soule as by corporall foode we be fed in bodie Penance wherby the wounds of sinne that we receiue in our soules after baptisme are cured Extreame vnction Iacob 5 Marc. 6. which strengtheneth vs in our passage out of this life when of our selves we be too weake to resist the assaults of the divell who then most of all rageth tendens insidias calcaneo nostro Of these fiue see Scotus in 4. D. 2. Q. 1. Conclusione 1. Whose words are these Like as in the naturall life first is generation after followeth nutrition and corroboration and reparation of the health lost and these 4. appertaine to every singular person and yet besides these something is requisite pertayning to the communitie by which a man is constitute in necessarie degree toward some act necessarie for the communitie So spiritually to complete perfection outwardly there must be some helpe pertayning to spirituall generation and secondly something pertayning to nutrition thirdly pertayning to roboration or strengthning fourthly to reparation after falling and fiftly besides these things is required some being wherby he that departeth be finally prepared For this spirituall life is a certaine way ordaining that he who liveth well in the same may without impediment passe out of it to the other for which he is prepared These things therfore are required as necessarie helps to every person for himselfe Of the other 2. Order and Matrimonie Scotus ibi And for the good of the communitie observing this law is required also carnall multiplication because the same is presupposed to the spirituall good as nature to grace and spirituall multiplication of others in the same law So therfore it was congruent to haue seven helpes bestowed vpon the observers of the Evangelicall law wherin might be both intensiue and extensiue perfection and sufficient for all things necessarie to the observance of this law and these are as the Maister of Sentences hath in his text Baptisme appertaining to spirituall generation Eucharist necessarie to nourishment Confirmation for strengthening Penance to the reparation of those that are falne Mat. 19. ex 1. 2. Genesis Mat. 26. Ioā 20. Extreme vnction to the finall reparation Matrimonie to multiplication in the being of nature or carnall being and Order to multiplication in the being of grace or spirituall being CONFESSION By this name the Author calleth the sacrament of Penance as by the part of that Sacrament which then was and allwaies hath beene by the divell and his ministers the Heretiques most opposed The first part of the Sacrament of Penance is contrition or inward sorrow of heart through consideration of Gods goodnesse and our owne wickednesse No Heretikes are so barbarous nor any people in the world that acknowledgeth any God but they hold this part necessarie as indeed it is and hath alwaies beene to salvation This they call ●epentance and not improperly if rightly vnderstood But wheras they hold this to be sufficient to blot out sinnes committed after baptisme it is false for since the cōming of our Saviour Christ and preaching the law of grace which taketh not away but accomplisheth the former law sinne is not remitted by only contrition but confession of it to a Priest is also required and moreover Satisfactiō must follow that the partie wronged whether God or our neighbour may againe be appeased and satisfied yea even before the time of our Saviour Christ these seeme to haue beene in vse 2. Reg. 12.13 David confessed his sinne to Nathan the Prophet and did satisfaction by penall worke adiudging also him that had wronged the poore man by taking his sheepe and sparing his owne to fourefould restitution The people of all estates that came confessing their sinnes to S. Iohn the Baptist Luc. 3.10 demanded and were by him enioyned what they should doe Luc. 19 8. The rich Zachaeus offered our Saviour to giue the halfe of his goods to the poore and restore foure times as much to any man that he might hap to haue defrauded In confession is the greatest humilitie a man will easier part with his goods or paine his bodie to satisfie or be contrite in heart than in Confession to accuse himselfe which kind of Pride we inherited from our first parents Adam would not confesse his sinne to God that knew it

the ●xecution of the Office of the Clercke of ●he Peace of the Countie of Wigorne ●hich with the good favour of Sir Iohn ●hrokmarton I accepted and executed with ●uch liking and favour of my countrie as I ●eaue in modestie to speake off §. 16. Shortly after dyed Sir Iohn Throkmarton ● man whose vertues and rare gu●fts were worthy a longer time for one to wise and politick in governement in counsell so graue and prouident in iustice so sound in ●earning f●r one of his calling so rare in companie so affable and pleasant in his disports so gentlemanlike so pitifull to th● poore so plentifull in hospitalitie to goo● men such a patrone to offenders such a te●ror and generally so compleate a man ev●rie way as lived not his like in Englan● The losse of him to me a principall friend moved me eftsoones to returne to the Innes of Court determining to haue go● through with the studie of the Lawes bu● still finding the decay of my health I wa● eftsoones forced to retire into the countrie to my house at Templebroughton whic● Sir Iohn Throkmarton had graunted me During mine aboade in the Innes of Cou● many crosses and troubles befel me putting me to long trouble and charges §. 17. In this time I resolved to marrie wherein commending my happe to the good direction of God he so guided me as I became acquainted with the Worshipful Gētlewoman your grandmother Daniel who for her vertue pietie and liberall house-keeping was not then in many places matchable Among her daughters I made choice of your mother for a wife and shee with the good liking of her friends content to become mine wherin I can not account my ●fe so happie with the best fortune of the ●orld as in hauing her to me a wife and 〈◊〉 you a mother A woman I assure you ●wards God so Religiouse in loue and ●fection towards me so liberall in faith ●●d vowed chastitie so sound and inuiola●e in patience so perfect in obedience 〈◊〉 humble and readie in housewifely care ●nd discreete governement of her house●ould so wise and provident to you ●y children so loving and naturally affec●ed to all my friends so kinde and ●entle and generally towards all so mo●est and courteouse as her match is not ●asily found And therefore both you and 〈◊〉 owe much to God in such a blessing which for my part as I am resolved to be thanckefull for whilest I liue so I ●equire you my children all that you doe the like And if it shall please God shee doe surviue me in this world I require and charge you vpon my blessing and vpon all the dutie that by the lawes of God or nature you owe me that during your life you loue honour and obey her in word and deede that you cherish and comfort her that you bee serviceable and dutiefull vnto her that you never murmure n● grudge against her that by any meanes yo● prouoke her not to anger or displeasur● that for any vaine pleasure you never do● nor consent to the thing that may offen● her that you be ever readie to releeue he● in all distresses with all the abilitie of you bodies and with all that God shall giu● you in this world that you continuall● pray for her and me and in so doing be right well assured that Almighti● God will blesse you he will multiply and encrease you and you shall see in this you● posteritie blessed vpon the earth and all tha● you take in hand shall prosper and goe well with you yea the dewe of heauen wil● fructifie all that you shall haue God hat● so promissed who will never faile you i● you faile not your selves Remember it is he that in the commandement hath promissed long life to them that honour their parents The wise man hath said that the fathers blessing buildeth vp the roofe of the house but the mothers curse rooteth vp the foundation Behold all the histories both divine and profane from the creation of the world to this day and you shall never finde but the obedient childe was fauoured of God and man and contrariwise the disobedient was hated and never failed of his iust punishment in this world either in him selfe ●r in his succession §. 18. And to the intent you may the better ●erforme this and all other good actions ●ou take in hand for as much as nothing ●s nor can possibly be profitable vnto man ●n this world without the grace of God ●nd assistance of his holy spirit and that he ●s our God and we his creatures and the worke of his will who hath commanded ●o knocke and it shall be opened vnto vs ●o seeke and we shall finde and to aske ●nd we shall haue I now most instantly ●nd before all things require and charge ●ou that with continuall prayer you call ●pon God that he may indue you with his ●race that he will in this time of the Pro●inciall darkenesse of England wherein ●ou are borne open vnto you the know●●dge and light of the true Catholike and ●postolike Faith that he will confirme ●nd fasten you therein that you never warne from the same nor stagger to your ●ues end What greater ioy or comfort can ●ny worldly man haue then if he were in ●ant or necessitie of any thing to haue his Prince or some great man that were of abilitie and power to say vnto him aske me a● lordship a farme an office or great store o● treasure and thou shalt haue it and might thereupon in deede haue it were not such an one that would loose all this for want o● asking worthie to want and abide in mos● miserable beggarie it cannot be denye● but he were And then what an injuri● were it to your selves and what an ingratitude to so mercifull a God that hat● heaven and earth and all the rich conten● therof to dispose of at his pleasure an● that so freely and willingly offereth to the● that seeke aske and knocke not to pray t● him in our necessities and for our reliefe who can haue nothing in this world but o● his free mercie The mindes of worldl● men are mutable who oftentimes promis● and pay not though we never so much intreate them but God is so iust as he will no● alonely performe all promise but giue wit● encrease of measure and in abundance fo● a full demonstration wherof looke amon● many vnto the Prophet David who in a his distresses persecutions adversities an● crosses ever humbled himselfe to God b● prayer and was heard and delivered §. 19. This prayer of yours must haue faith and trust in God charitie and the fervencie of zeale such as was in the Prophet when he said Exaudi me Domine quoniam clamavi ad te and againe Dominus mihi adjutor non timebo quid faciat mihi homo Dominus protector vitae meae à quo formidabo and infinite other places whereby he ever obtayned of God comforr and deliverance You are my children as

inheritance communicateth with the holy Angels Whosoever he be and of what condition soever he be he is no Christian that is not in the Church of Christ Our Lord IESVS CHRIST like a whole perfect man both head bodie Aug. in Psal 90. Cōcio 2 Tom. 8. the head wo acknowledge in that man which was borne of the Virgin MARIE suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was buried arose ascended in to heaven sitteth at the right hand of the Father from thence we expect him iudge of the living and the dead this is the head of the Church the bodie of this head is the Church not which is in this place but which is in this place and over all the world nor that which is in this time but even from Abel vnto those which are to be borne and to beleeue in Christ even till the end all the people of Saints pertayning to one citie which citie is the bodie of Christ whose head is Christ Whosoever separated from the Church is conioyned to an adulteresse is separated from the things promissed to the Church neither doth he appertaine to the rewards of Christ that leaueth the Church of Christ he is an Alien he is prophane he is an enemie he cannot now haue God his father which hath not the Church his mother If hee could escape that was without the arke of Noe then he shall escape that is without the church Cyprianus tract de simplicitate Praelat sive de vnitate Ecclesiae I following no first but Christ am consociated to thy beatitude that is to the chayre of Peeter I know the Church was built vpon the Rocke whosoever out of this house eateth the lambe is profane If any one be out of the arke of Noe while the floud rageth he shall perish Hieronymus epist 1. ad Damasum tomo 2. The Roman Church in all I seeke to follow Ambros lib. 3. de Sacramentis cap. 1. post ●edium parte 1. No man blotteth out of heaven the constitution of God no man blotteth out of earth the Church of God Aug. epist 162. in fine That is the holy Church the one Church the Catholike Church the true Church fighting against all heresies fight it may bee vanquished it cannot All heresies haue gone out therof as vnprofitable sprigs cut from the vine but shee remaineth vpon her roote vpon her vine vpon her charitie the gates of hell shall not overcome her Aug. lib. 1. de symb ad cathecum cap. 5. in fine The sunne is easier extinguished then the Church obscured Chrysost hom 4. in 6. Esaiae Theodosius the great Aug. de Civitate lib. 5. cap. 26. gloried more that he was a member of the Catholike Church then that he reigned vpon the earth What is more honorable then the Emperour to be called a child of the Church Ambro. de Eccl. nō trad Haereticis Heb. 11. this is that Moyses preferred before the Aegyptian treasures denying himself to be Pharaos sonne and choosing rather to be afflicted with Gods people then to haue the pleasure of temporall sinne Gregor Naz. epist ad 150. Episc For before God there is nothing so magnificent and illustrious as pure doctrine and a soule instructed and made perfect with divine opinions Pag. 28. § 3. lin 11. I acknovvledge God the Father my maker God the Sonne my redeemer c. Matth. 28.19 Going teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Aug. l. 1 de fide ad Petrū c. 1. Tom. 3. The faith of the Trinitie In what place soever thou beest constitute because according to the Rule promulgated by the cōmand of our Saviour thou knowest thy selfe to be baptized in one name of the Father Sonne and holy Ghost principally and without doubt retaine with thy whole heart that the Father is God the Sonne God and the holy Ghost God that is the holy and ineffable Trinitie to be naturally one God Deut. 6. Mat. 4. of whom in Deuteronomie it is said Heare Israel thy Lord thy God is one God And thou shalt adore thy Lord God and serue him alone Yet because this one God who only is naturally the true God we haue said to be neither Father alone nor Sonne alone nor holy Ghost alone but together Father Sonne and holy Ghost we must beware lest as we truly say the Father and Sonne holy Ghost in that belongeth to their naturall vnitie to be one God so we dare say or beleeue which is altogether vnlawfull that he which is Father is the same that the Sonne or holy Ghost Or ●e that is Sonne either Father or holy Ghost Or he that is holy Ghost called properly in the confession of this Trinitie to say or beleeue that he is personally the Father or the Sonne For that faith which the holy Patriarchs and Prophets received from God before the incarnation of the Sonne of God which also the holy Apostles heard from our Lord him selfe in flesh and by the magisterie of the holy Ghost instructed not only preached in word but also to the healthfull instruction of posteritie left in their writings preacheth the Trinitie to be one God that is Father Sonne and holy Ghost But it were no true Trinitie if one and the same person were called Father and Sonne and holy Ghost For if as the substance of the Father and Sonne and holy Ghost is one so the person were one there were nothing wherin it might be truly called a Trinitie Againe it were indeed a true Trinitie but that Trinitie should not be one God if as the Father and Sonne and holy Ghost are in proprietie of persons distinct from one another so they were distinguished in diversitie of natures But because in that one true God Trinitie not only that it is one God but also tha● it is a Trinitie is naturally true therfor● that true God is in persons a Trinitie and in nature one By this naturall vnitie all th● Father is in the Sonne and holy Ghost al● the Sonne in the Father and holy Ghost all the holy Ghost in the Father and Sonne none of these is without any one of them because none is before another in eternitie or exceedeth in greatnesse or surpasseth in power because in as much as perteineth to the vnitie of the divine nature the Father is neither before nor greater then the Sōne nor holy Ghost nor the eternitie and immensitie of the Sonne as it were before or greater can naturally precede or exceed the eternitie and immensitie of the holy Ghost Aug. de Trin. cap. 4. Tom. 3. All that ever I could reade of that before me wrote of the Trinitie which is God the Catholike handlers of the divine bookes both new and old haue intended to teach this out of the Scriptures that the Father and Sonne and holy Ghost of one and the same substance with inseparable equalitie doe insinuate the divine vnitie therfore they be not three Gods but