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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

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

xij Vvho hath nowe the newe offallynge Churche haue it the olde we whiche do abyde by the ryght old heade and abhorre the newe deuelysshe heade Or haue they it That worshippe the newe deuelysshe heade kysse hys fete and recey●e blessyng of hys two fyngers that exalte hys doctrine aboue the worde of God and honoure not the old ryght he●de with one knelyng yea also not o●es remēbre hym and hys blessynge vhich he hath purchased for vs with ●ys hole body and bloude But thys desolation is so ●…homynable and horryble Abhomination in Popery that to speake of it a littel helpeth nothynge And yet no Angels longe is able to declare it sufficiently That thynge which Goddes owne monthe nameth abhomination must nedes be a greater abhomination than all tonges can expresse Vvorshyppyng of sainctes Tenthly who hathe commaunded you to sette vp thys newe Idolatryer That ye do institute worshippyng of saynctes Canonyse saynctes ordeyne fastynges and holy dayes to honoure them euen as though they were goddes themselues that men do put theyr trust and confidence in their merites more then in Christ hymselfe and in hys bloude and merites whome you haue set forth and declared vnto vs as a iudge whome we must pacifye obteyne grace of hym by hys mother and by the intercession and merites of all saynctes with our holy seruice Churches of the heathen In so muche that youre churche in thys article is become nothynge elles then the churches of the heathen whiche worshypped Iupiter Iuno Venus Diatra and other dead persons And lyke as the Romayns in theyr citie of Rome dyd edificate a Pantheon Euen so haue ye also buylded a Pantheon that is a churche of al the deuyls Thys shal ye not fynde in the writtynges of the Apostles nor in the yonge Churches after them which in tymes past also would not suffer the Images of fayncies so that muche bloude was shed for it I omitte that they shoulde worshyppe pray to the saynctes which onely is dew to god Matrimony cōdēned Eleuently who hathe cōmaunded you to make hys newe ioye That ye condemne and sclaunder matrimony and iudge it vncleane vncomely for goddes seruice haue ye that of the Apostles or of the primatiue old church Yes truely for S. Paul saith .i. tim iiij That ye should come vnder hypocrisye and departe and steppe a syde frō the faith old church as a very harlot of the deuyl whiche shoulde receyue suche doctryne of the deuyl and preache agaynst matrimony and yet lyue youre selues in dissemblyng chastite that is in al maner of vnclenlynes i. tim iiij Thys neweltie sewe with her noble frutes that the grounde wyl beare you no longer And God with hys iudgement hath begōne to preasse into it to hallowe thys newe holy church euen into hel fyre And wil not be intreated to the contrary Thys knowe we Thanked be God Abuse of the tēporall swoord in the papacye Twelftly who hath commaunded you to make this newnes That ye rule and warre with the worldly sweard and vse the same for the mooste parte for to shede innocent bloude Haue ye sene ye sharp eyed flitter myse that the Apostles or old churche subdued the worlde with the sworde or augmēted the churche by battayl whence come ye then I praye you that boaste your selues successours of the old church cal vs the newe waueryng Churche which notwithstandyng holde with the olde churche and came of the same But ye came of that runne away the deuyls harlott your new murtherysh and lyenge Church Purgatorye reliques There are yet many more of those newe knackes as purgatory reliques hallowynge of churches and of suche swarmynges the hole decrees and decretall with other innumerable bokes full of cleane newe inuentions whereof the olde Churche and the Apostles neuer knewe But who is able to recyte al the multitude of this fond or duste yea poyson and deuelysshe lyes Thys shal suffise at thys presēt to shewe howe shamefully the Papipistes by theyr H. M. lye when they cal vs to newe runne away Heretical churche But that theyr broken edged sworde gothe throught theyr owne harte appeareth euidētly that they haue forsaken theyr olde Church and her olde brydegrome and are runne away from her as an archedeuils harlot whiche is not onely heretycal for that worde is to littel and to honeste for suche shameful knauerye but the Antichristishe harlot and goddes enemye yea that exalteth her selfe aboue God euen as her brydegrome would do also in heauen the deupls laste and most shamefull spouuse ij Th. ij But we for as much as we eschewe and abhorre suche deuelysshenes and newnes and holde oure selues agayn to the ryghte olde churche the virgyn and pure spoūse of Christ Are we vndoubtedly the very old Church withoute all hooredome and newnes whiche remayneth hitherto vnto vs and we come of the same yea be regenerate of her as the Galathians were of S. Paul For we dyd also of late sticke earnestly in the hynder part of the hellysshe hoore the Popes newe churche which we lamente that we haue so shamefully spente so muche tyme paynes in the same denne But thankes and prayse be to God whiche of that reade blasphemous harlot hath delyuered vs. Yf yet suche newnes in the Papacye were but slyghte newne or coulde be then were they after some forte for tranquillities sake to be suffered lyke as one weareth and suffereth his newe coate But nowe cleaueth this deuelysshe poyson and infernall murther ther on The bysshop of Rome wyl haue his mennes tradicyons to be taken for goddes seruice c. That the cōmaundement of the churche muste be called holye Goddes seruice good lyfe spirituall conuersatiō wherein a man deserueth grace and lyfe yf he obserue it either wrath and death yf he do not obserue it This is of lyes to make trueth of the deuyl God and of hel to make heauen And contrary wyse Therfore is the popysshe church so ful of lyes deuyls Idolatrye hel murther and of all mischief that it swarmeth And it is here tyme to heare the voyce of the Angel Apo. xviij Come away from Babylon my people that ye be not partakers in her synnes that ye receaue not of her plages for her synnes are gone vp to heauen c. Apocal. xviij Image of the later iugement In tymes past where as the paynters paynted the later iudgement Payntyng of the popyshe churche thei fayned hel a great dragōs heade with a very wyde mouth wherein in the myddes of the flame stode the Pope Cardinals Bysshoppes priestes mōkes Emperour Kynges Prynces all maner of men and women but no yonge chyldren I coulde not deuyse of a trueth howe the Popysshe church myght or coulde be more goodly compendiously and playnelyer paynted or descrybed for doubteles she is the deuourynge of hel where vnto she abydeth the Pope hymself and deuoureth al the world in the botomeles pit