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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06491	The chiefe and pryncypall articles of the Christen faythe to holde againste the Pope, and al papistes, and the gates of hell, with other thre very profitable and necessary bokes the names or tyttels, whereof are conteyne in the leafe next followynge. Made by Doctor Marten Luther. To the reader. In thys boke shal you fynde Christian reader the ryght probation of the righte olde catholyke Churche, and of the newe false Churche, whereby eyther of them is to be knowen. Reade and iudge.; Selections. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 16964; ESTC S108922	81,794	252

yet of vs at this tyme inuented but it is euē the same olde baptisme that Christe hath instituted wherein the Apostles and the primitiue church and all christians thereafter hitherto are baptised Haue we nowe thesame baptisme the first olde and as in Simbole standeth Catholice that is the hole christen church and are euen baptised in the same then belonge we surely in thesame old and hole christen church which with vs together we with her together come of one maner of baptisme is concernyng baptisme no difference Baptisme is the chiefe first sacramēt without the which al other be nothinge as thei must cōfesse thē selues Therfore cā not the papistes with the trueth cal vs a new church or heretikes sence we be children of the old baptisme as wel as the Apostles thē selues the hole Christianite Eph. iiij One maner of baptisme Supper of the Lorde Secondarely wil nomā denye this That we haue the blessed Supper of the Lorde lyke and euen as Christe hym self hath instituted And the Apostles there after and the hole Christianite hath vsed So that we eate and drynke with the vniuersall Christianite of on borde and receyue with them one maner of olde sacrament and haue therein nothing renewed nor channged Wherefore we be with them one maner of Church or as S. Paull saith i. Cor .xi. one body whiche eate of one breade drynke of one drynk i. Cor. xi Vvherfore the Papistes can not call vs heretikes or newe Churche excepte they muste call Christe the Apostles and the vniuersall Christianite heretykes before euen as they do in dede For we be with the olde Churche one Church in one Sacrament Kayes Thyrdely can noman denye That we haue the right olde kayes and vse them none otherwyse then to bynde to lose synnes that be all agaynste Goddes commaundement as Christe hath instituted them as the Apostles and the vniuersall Christianite haue vsed them hetherto And haue also one kaye vse with the olde Church wherfore we be the same olde Church or at the least in it For we make no newe keye nether make we newe lawes nether do we there with exclude kynges Princes and their tēporall powers But onely shutte the synners out into the kyngdome of heauen like as the olde Churche hath done by the commaundement of the Lord where in the Papistes do falsely belye vs yea blaspheme the olde churche the Apostles and Christe hym selfe in vs. Office of preachynge Fourthely can noman denye That we haue the office of Preachinge the word of God syncerely rychely earnestly teachinge dryuynge the same without any maner of addiciōs of new propre mānes tradiciōs Euē as Christ hath cōmaunded And as the Apostles the vniuersal christianite haue done we inuēte no newelties But we hold vs abyde by the olde worde of God as the old church hath hadde it Therfore be we with the same the right old Churche as one Church that teacheth beleueth one Goddes word Vvherfore the Papistes agayne blaspheme Christ hym self the Apostles And the vniuersal Christianite whē they calle vs new heretikes For they fynd nothinge by vs but the olde fasshion of the olde Church that we be lyke vnto the same and be with her one Church Symbolum or Cred of thapostles Fyfthely cā nomā denye That we hold beleue syng cōfesse The Crede or Symbolum of the Apostles the old faith of the olde Church in al thinges lyke with her not makyng or addynge any new thinge there vnto Vvherby we perteyne in the old Church and be one with her Therfore let not this pece also be imputed vnto vs of the Papistes with the trueth as heresie and newe Church For he that beleueh and holdeth with the old Church the same is of the olde Church Praye● Sixtely nomā can denye this That we haue one lyke prayer with the old church the same Pater noster not inuentinge any new or other And synge euē the same Psalmes with one accord of mouthe hart laudinge thākyng God lyke as Christe hath taught the same and as the Apostles and the old Church haue vsed the same And commaunded vs to followe the same exāple So that the Papistes agayne for this can not call vs heretikes or newe Church but they must fyrst of all blaspheme Christ hym selfe with his deare olde Churche Worldly power Seuently can noman denye That we with the olde Church bothe teache and affirme That men ought to honoure the temporall Powers and not to curse them nor yet compell them to kysse the fete of the bysshoppe of Rome Whiche also we haue not inuented of newe For S. Peter .ij. Pet. ij curseth those that should newly inuēte and cra●tely do suche thinges ij Pet. ij And S. Paull Roma xiij is on oure syde Ro. xiij And also the olde and vninersall Christianite So that in this thynge also we may not be called newe as the Papistes blaspheme God hym selfe in vs But we be perteyne in the olde holy Apostolike Churche as the right chyldrē and membres of the same For we haue taught tru obediēce allwayes to be done vnto oure hyer powers whether it be to Emperour or Prince whiche also we haue done oureselues and haue prayed for them hartely Matrimony Eyghtely can noman denye That we ●aude and pr●yse Matrimony as a Godly blessed and acceptable creation and ordinaunce for the frute of the body and agaynst the fylthynes of the flesshe And haue not of newe inuetēted the same by oure selues neither is the vse there of newly by vs imagined muche lesse as of newe teathers forbidden But euen as God from the beginnynge hath created and Christe confirmed The Apostles and the olde Churche haue honoured and taught the same euen in the same olde rule of Goddes institutynge haue we abyden And be therein agreable with the olde Churche yea and right kynd membres of the same So that men may see howe the Papistes agayn carnally laye vnto vs ne we fanglednes Persecution for the wordes sake Nynthly can noman denye That we haue euen the same sufferinge as S. Peter sayeth whiche oure brethren haue in the worlde we be persecuted in al parties yea slayne drowned hāged all maner of tormentes is layde vnto vs for the wordes sake it gothe with vs euen as with the olde church And be in this point aboue measure lyke vnto the same So that we may well saye Vve be the right old church or at the least her comparteners lyke fellowes in sufferinge For we do not inuente suche thinges of newe but we fele it well ynough Yea we be euē as the olde churche is also lyke vnto the Lord Christ hym self vppon the crosse There stād before the crosse Annas and Caiphas with the Priestes and blaspheme the Lord. Also besydes that they haue crucified hym Euen lyke as the bysshoppe of Rome Cardinalles and monkes

them saye What myght it hurte that men kept the worde of God and did suffre besydes that all these peeces or at the leaste some of them that myght be suffered lykewyse also to remayne To this I make answer They maye be called goodherted people But they be euill harted and deceyuable hartes or people For thou hearest that it can not be To teache any other thinge besydes the worde of God To serue any other besydes God besydes the lyght of God ordeyned in darkenes to lyght another It is doubteles and erronious wysshe and an errour yea although it were but one clause only For the church shoulde nor can not teache any lye or erroure No not in any poynte Yf she teache one lye then is it al false as Christe sayeth Luce. xi Luc. xi Take hede therfore that the lyght be not darkenes in the yf nowe thy body be thorouly lyghte so that it haue no part of darkenes than shal it be whole lyghte that is it must be lyght altogether and no part of darkenes there remayuynge Onely Goddes worde or trueth and no errour nor lye must the Churche teache and howe were it also possible to be otherwyse sey●ge Goddes mouth is the Churches mouthe And agayne God can not lye no more can the churche also ❧ Distinction betwene the doctryne and the lyfe TRuth it is to speake after the lyfe that the holy church is not withoute synne accordyng as she knowelegeth in the Pater noster forgene vs our trespasses Mat. vi And i. Iohn i. yf we saye that we haue no synne we lye and make God a lyar whiche calleth vs all synners i. Ion. i Roma iij. Psalm .xiiij. and .li. But the doctryne may not be synne nor repronable neyther is she comprehended in the Pater noster where we saye forgeue vs oure trespasses for she is not of oure doynge but euen Gods owne word which can not synne nor do vnryghtuousely Rom. iij psa xiiij Psal li. For a preacher ought not to praye the Pater noster nor to seke forgeuenes of synnes when he hath preached yf he be a ryghte preacher But he oughte to saye and boaste with Ieremye Lorde thou knowest that whatsoeuer is gone oute of my mouthe is ryghte and pleasaunt vnto the. Ier. xvij Yea he muste boldely saye with Saynte Paul and with all the Apostles and Prophetes Hec dixit dominus Hec dixit Dominus Thys hath God spoken hym selfe Et iterū I haue ben an Apostle and a prophete of Iesu Christe in thys sermon Here is it not necessary yea not good to aske forgeuenes of synnes as though he had taught vntrewely For it is Gods word not my worde which God may or can not forgeue me but must cōfirme it laude it croun it saye Thou hast taught the truth for I haue spokē by the and the word is myne Whosoeuer can not boaste thys of hys preachyng let hym ceasse from preachyng for he lyeth vndoubtedly and blasphemeth God Yf the word should be syn or vntrew where after should or could thē the lyfe be directed there should surely the one blynd leade the other fal bothe in the pitte yf the leadlyne or square rule shoulde be false what shoulde or coulde the mayster then frame thereafter There shoulde the one croked make the other without ende or measure Euen so here also can the lyfe wel be synne and vnryghteous yea alas it is to vnryghteous but the doctryne must be lyue ryght and sure withoute al synne Church teacheth onely Gods worde Therfore muste in the churche nothynge but onely the sure pure and onely worde of God be preached Yf thesame fayle then is it no more the church but the scoolehouse of the deuyl Lyke as an honest womā as the Prophetes vse suche illusyons euermore ought to heare no more but her husbandes word within the house and to be dwarde for yf she heare any other mannes worde whiche perteyneth not to her husbandes bedde then is she surely a harlot Al these thinges are spoken to that ende that the church must onely teache Goddes worde and be sure of thesame whereby she is called the grounde and piller of trueth and buylded vpō the rocke holy and vnrebukeable Church can not erre that is as we saye ryght and truely The church can not erre for Goddes word whiche she teacheth can not erre But whatso●uer is taught otherwyse or doubted whether it be Goddes word or not thatsame can not be the churches doctryne but muste be the deuils doctryne lyes and Idolatrye For the deuyl can not saye seyng he is a lyar and the father of lyes thys sayth the Lorde But as Christ Ioh. viij sayeth Iohn viij Er proprijs Oute and of hym selfe must he speake that is lye Euen so must also al hys chyldren withoute Goddes worde speake of them selues that is lye Nowe beholde my deare frende what a wonderful thyng is it that we so surely teache Goddes worde yet be so weake and for great humilite so fearful that we do not gladly boaste oure selues That we be the churche witnesses ministers and preachers of God and that God speaketh through vs c. Notwithstandyng that we be the same vndoubtedly for so muche as we surely haue and teache hys word Thys lowelynes and fearfulnes cometh thereby that we do earnestly beleue Gods worde to be suche a glorious and excellent thyng that we knowelege oure selues to vnworthy that throughe vs suche a greate thynge shoulde be spoken and done which lyue yet in flesshe and bloude Nature of false Prophetes But oure aduersaryes deuyl Papiltes seetes and al the worlde they be bolde and vnshamefast and dare folyshely proclayme for great holynes here is God we are Gods church Ministers Prophetes and Apostles lyke as al false Prophetes haue done alwayes But lowlynes and feare in Goddes worde hath alwayes ben the ryght token of true holy church boldnes presumptuousnes in mās imagnation hath ben the ryght token of the deuyl as it may also playnely be perceyued in the papistical decrees Thys is spokē of the doctryne whithe must be pure syncere namely the deare blessed holy and onely word of God withoute any addition But the lyfe which dayly must frame purifye sanctifyed it selfe after the doctrine is not yet al pure or holy whilest this wormes bagge flesshe and bloude lyueth Samaritane Luce. x Neuertheles whilest he is a purifyenge or sanctifyeng and stil furth suffereth hymselfe to be healed by the Samaritane and dothe not destroye hymselfe further more and more in vnclenlynes It shal be graciously for the wordes sake through the whiche he suffereth hym selfe to be clensed remitted freely and clearly forgeuen and not imputed vnto hym and muste be called cleane For thereby becommeth not the holy catholyke churche a harlot or vnholy whylest she cleaueth purely and surely to the word which is her holynes and abydeth in thesame Ye are cleane saith Christ Ioh. xv