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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

and his benefytes laudynge and thankynge hym magnyfyenge his holy name and then also eate of this bread and dryncke of thys wyne to a remembraunce that Chryste hath gyuen his body and shed his bloude for vs. Math xxvi And because that it is a comyn vse that a token of remembraunce hath the name of the thynge that is remenbred by it Therfore hath Chryst called the breade his bodye and the wyne his bloude not that his substaunce is in the breade and wyne but that we sholde remember hym therby Lykewyse as the ●…aster lābe was called the passyng by and yet was it not in it selfe the very pas syng by but a token or remembraunce of the passyng by Deynge now that the easter lambe hath the name of the thing that the Israelites remembred by it and wherby they myght euer lastyngly kepe in remembraunce the benefytes of god right conuenient is it that Christe hath called the breade his body and the wyne hys bloud bicause that we shoulde remēber therby his death and passion yea the only sacrifice of his body whiche he hath sufferyd to be broken and his bloud to be shed for vs. Neuerthelesse how be it that the materyall body of Chryste is not in the bread nor his bloude in the wyne yet neuerthelesse is the supper of the Lorde 〈◊〉 parttakynge but spyrytually of the body and bloud of Chryste as Paule sayth Is not the ●…uppe of thankes geuyng wherwith we gyue thākes a parte taking of the bloud of Christ And the bread that we breake is it not the 〈◊〉 takyng of the body of Chryste These wordes of Paule do witnesse clerely that the faythful eate the body of Christ spiritually vnder the breade and wyne yea lykewyse as a bryde receyueth her housbande with a rynge euen so receyue the faithfull Christe to be theyr owne and euerlastynge saluacyon But that some men wyll haue that the bodyly presence sholde be in the breade is a great mysse vnderstandynge of the godly worde yea it is an antechrystes doctryne which is contrary bothe to our fayth and to al holy scrypture For we be leue and holy scrypture beareth wytnes that Chryste after his resurrection is ascended vp into heauen and sytteth vpon the ryght hand of his almighty father Rom. viii And bideth ther as concernynge hys bodyly presence but spiritually he hath promised to abide with vs to the ende of the worlde in hys worde Mat. xxviii And seynge that now Chryste as concer nyng his bodely presence abydeth at the ryght hand of his father Hebre. x. so may not the body of Chryste be in the breade And agayne it is agaynst all truth that Chryste at one tyme hath ben in many or diuers places as touching his body Forthermore we do dayly se what dredful ydolatrye is s●…rong out of the carnall vnderstandynge of these wordes of Chryste This is my body and yet dayly spryngeth to the great and abominable slaunder of the honoure of god so that men worshype a piece of breade for theyr god yea and holde that to be theyr maker And the papystes locke hym in ●…olde and syluer not remēbrynge what Paule and Stephen wytnesse sayenge The mooste hyghest wyll not dwell in temples made wyth mannes handes Actes vii and. xvii O blynde men that are so bewytched of the whore that ye can not nor wyll not beleue the manifeste truth O blyndnesse and great presumptuousnesse of the papistes that wyll take vpon them to fetche Iesu Christe out of heauen into a piece of breade whyche is consumable as we clearelye se by experience and that it shoulde be worshypped for God whyche is euerlastynge and vnchaungeable Nowe what remedye for we can not helpe it therfore muste we do as the Lorde Iesu Christe spake vnto hys apostles of the phariseis sayinge Let them go for they are blynde and leaders of the blinde whē one blynde leadeth an oth●…r so fall they both into the dytche Mat. xv But the Lorde muste be thāked that out of his vnmeasurable grace hath ●…ned our eyes that we can se knowe wherfore we shal take the bread and the wyne in the supper namely for a memoriall and token of the sufferyng and death of Iesu Christ yea for the body and bloud of Christe but that for the by names sake and not of the material thynges behalfe as is aboue rehearsed of the Easter Lambe ☞ Forthermore the supper of the Lorde is also a ioynynge togyther of the christen cō●…regacion in loue And also the congregacion that wyl holde thys supper muste be well appoynted and ioyned togyther in brotherly loue yea they must stande in one spirite and soule Philip i. hauing a burning loue For Paule sayth we many are one breade and one bodye in as muche as we are partakers of one bread Lyke wise as y t mebres of one body are not in stri●… one agaynste an other but in a charitable vnitie seruynge one an other i. Corhi xii so maye there no stryfe nor debate be founde in the con gregacion of God i. Corhin i. so that any man shoulde onely care and take thought for hym selfe and not care nor loke vpon his brothers lacke but the one muste helpe and care for the other in al thynges necessary where he can or maye Gal. vi and no man must seke that that is his but euery one the others wealth Philip ii And lykewise as of the graynes of corne can not be baken breade but through fyre euē so can not the congregacion be a right spirituall lofe wherof Paule speaketh but through burning loue charitie And so ought y t christē congregacion to be one lofe i. Cor. x. For lykewyse as many graynes are sowen to the entēt that breade shoulde be baked of it So soweth the greate father of housholde his preciouse wheate into the acre or grounde of this world to the entent that they all shoulde become one lofe and breake the supper of the Lorde rightly after the wordes of Paule we many are all one breade and one body in as much as we are parte takers of one breade i. Cor. x. And where so euer the congregacion is not so apoynted and the breade broken in thys maner there is the bread eaten and the wyne drōken to a iudgement from the whiche God the merciful father wyll defende and kepe all diligent louers of the euerlastyng trueth tho●…owe his vnexpressable goodnesse and mercye Amen ¶ Of the very chrstian kyngdome VVE beleue also that god the heauēly father hath gyuen to his onely begotten sone Iesu Christe al powre in heauen and erth Math. xxviii yea as Paule sayth He hath set hym on his ryght hande in heauenly thynges aboue all powre rule myght and domynyon and a boue al that maye be named not onely in this worlde but also in the worlde tocome Ephe. i. Aboue all this hath the heauēly father especyally instituted and ordeined Iesu Christ his onely begotten sonne to be a kyng ouer the mount of

Al that is borne of god ouercometh the world And thys is the victorye that ouercometh the worlde euen our fayth Who is it that ouercometh the worlde but he that beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God Out of these wordes of Iohn maye all ryght christians wel vnderstande that the victorye standeth in an vpryghte fayeth and not in anye carnall and outward●… weapon And we do holde it wyth the Apostle Iohn and are also content wyth Paule so that we wyl holde wyth them all straunge doctrine whyche myght be contrary to the Gospell of Iesu Christe for vtterly accursed Gala. i. ¶ Of Matrymonye OF matrymonye we do hold now in the newe testament not after the wyl of Moyses nor after the ensampel of the patriat ches but as god instytuted it in paradyse and as it was restituted agayne of Chryste and brought agayn to the fyrst institucion namely that Matrimony is a ioynynge togyther of 〈◊〉 persons that is to say a man and a woman af ter the wordes of the lord They two shall be one fleshe Genes ii And for this cause hath Paule commaunded the byshopes deacons euery one of thē to be a housband of one wyfe Out of the whiche texte muste nedes folowe that no chrysten man may haue more then one wife or els had Paule robbed the byshoppes and deacons of theyr comon chrystian lybertye yea he had tangled them in a snare which is vnpossyble i. Cor. vi so is it not to be foūde in any apostels wrytynge that any Chrysten man in or after the apostels tymes hath bene Polygamus that is to saye hath had manye wyues What y t the apostles haue not taught nor vsed in theyr congregacyon that shal not wee teache nor vse as an necessarye thinge ●…o mans saluacyon For els muste it folowe that the apostels had not knowen nor taught all the trueh which is against the words and promise of Iesu Christ which promised to his apostels sayeng when the conforter the holy ghoste shal come he shall teache you all the trueth Ihon. xiiii And Paul toke god to witnesse y t present day that he was pure from the bloud of al mē for he had kept nothing backe but had shewed them all the coūsell of god Acti xx Nowe is it well knowen that Paule taughte not that a Chrysten man shoulde haue many wyues and therfore it is not the counsell or wyll of God but muche more is the counsel and wyl of god that a christian shall haue but one wyfe Seynge that all the newe Testament alway spea keth of one man and one wyfe as appeareth by these chapirers Mathewe xix Marke x. 〈◊〉 Timothe iii. Titu i. i. Corhinth vii Ephe. v. And therfore can not we approue the Iewes Poligamians the whyche some haue begonne But we holde vs after the ensample of Adam and Eue and also in thys matter it is restitusted agayne by Christe Mathew xix Marke x. we are also wel cōtented with Paule which doth saye that for auoydyng fornicacion euerye man shall haue his owne wyfe and euerye woman her owne husbande Also that Matrimony is a soy●…ynge togyther of man and woman after the worde of the Lorde These two shall be one fleshe Genesis ii Mathewe xix Marke x. Ephesians v. ☞ Thys is the confession of oure fayth in the which we hope that nothyng shal be foūde but the pure trueth of the Gospell yf so be that it be not iudged after mannes good thynkynge but onelye after the rule of thy Godlye worde And notwythstandynge bycause that we wyll gyue no plase vnto the sclaunderers that of a presumptuouse hygh mynded spirite myghte sclaunder or rayse vpon vs we are alwayes readye and offer our selues that yf any christen man beyng learned in the scripture can reproue vs wyth Goddes worde in anye thynge that shoulde fayle vs of the trueth to hym we shall and wyll alwayes gladly as disciples vnto ther●… maiste●… gyue place and gladly wyth all toy sulnesse of the spirite recey●…e al christen doctrine of hym Seynge that Peter a prince of the Apostles muste suffer that he was rebulted of Paule reasone it is that we shoulde suffer to be rebuked yf we throughe mannes ignoraunce were fallen in erroure we that are poore seruaūtes of the Lorde skantly haue receyued one pounde where as Peter had receyued fyue the whyche our vnderstandyng is no more to be lykened to the high apostles wisdome then a gnat by a camell And we know also that Solomon sayth Be not wyse in thyne owne conceyte And agayne He that refuseth to be refourmed despiseth his owne soule but he that submitteth hym selfe to correction is wyse And for thys cause wyl we alwayes be diligent to heare and with all m●…kenes submitte our selues vnto him that coulde teach vs any doctrine more agreable to the holy scripture But yf any man wyll condempne our fayth without the iudgement of scripture iudge it after the prouerbe as the blinde iuggeth the colour that muste wyl we suffer for gods sake Also yf any mā wil be our Pharao and treade vs downe bicause y t we be Ilsraelites or fayne would be in this wyl we aso cō fort vs w t the holy scripture hoping y t our hea uēly father shall haue mercy ouer vs through Iesu Christ strēgth vs so w t his holy goste y t we shal not care for the dreadful sclaūder ouer our fayth And we perceyuing y t blyndnes of the comō people the great tyrāny of certē princes so y t the comō people are so blinded in their memory y t they cā not iudge the light frō darkenes nor the right frō vnrightuousnes or lyes frō the truth yea they crie ouer Iesu that be shalbe crucified and Bara●…as shalbe let go And also dyuers prynces are so full of tyrāny that they do persecute the chrysten and wythout any mercy put them to the moste greuous and cruell death not remembryng that the innocent bloude of the ryghtuouse Abell cryeth for vengeaunce agaynste the murderer Cain vnto God in heauen Neuerthelesse the scripture must be ful●…illed namely that all they that wyll lyue godly in Chryste Iesu muste suffer p●…rsecucyon And chryst sayth to his apostels Haue they persecuted me they shall also persecute you And therfore saith Iohn in his epistle Be●…old what loue the father hath shewed on vs that we should be called his chylderne Therfore the world doth not knowe you bycause it knoweth not hym With those and more other scriptures maye wee comforte our selues and especyallye wyth the wordes of Chryste sayeng Blessed are they that suffer persecucyon for ryghtuousnes sake for theyrs is the kyngdom of heauen Blessed are ye whē men r●…uyle you and persecute you and falsely say all maner euill sayenges agaynste you for my names sake Reioyse and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen And we praye god our heauenlye father thorow oure lorde Iesu Chryste ▪ the which out of his vnmeasurable mercye

and proued it is therfore very necessarye that we praye the lorde with all dilygence for a ryght vnderstādyng of his godly worde and for a sure vnmouable fayth for euermor Also it is not vnnecessarye y t they beare theyr beliefe conteyned in wrytynge alwayes about them and dayly rede it partly to the e●…horting and confortyng of them in all persecution and tribulacions which may come vnto them by goddes worde Partly agayne for a defence agaynste all antech●…ystes spyrytes whyche alwayes i●…dae the fayth of the rightuouse how chrystenly so en●…r it be and how many feste so euer it agreeth with all godly scrypture fo●… an heresye yea for a deuelyshe doctryne and gvle shal it be compted Say ii ●…or vi And of this so doynge no man shall merueyle seynge that all sayntes haue b●…n taken for transgressours or seducers of this euill blynde worlde Yea Iesus Christe him selfe though ●…e ●…e the euer ●…astynge truth Iohn ●…iiii was taken of vnmyse Scrihes and Pharises for a b●…gyler of the people I●…an vii yea for a mad man and a man ●…ossessyd with the deuyl ò lorde what a blas●…heinye And his doct●…ine was not taken of them as goddes worde but as a disseuable s●…ducynge not as breade of lyfe nor as a medicine for the soule but compted as a poyson or venym of the wycked serpent Seynge then that the Lorde dyd suffer reason it is for the seruaunte to suffer also And all that that is come vpon the lorde that muste as trewlye as Goddes worde is ouercome the seruaunt also Here vpon maye euerye seruaunt or disciple of Iesu Christe prepare hym for he must be readye to suffer all confusion sclaunder and tribulation for hys Lorde and maysters sake We therfore perceyuynge thys wyll not be moued wyth the scaunder of the wycked people the whyche sclaunder oure fayth for heresy and yet many of them knowe not what we beleue but as they here of oure aduersaryes and therafter do they iudge vs. Notwithstandynge though we do not regarde theyr sclaunder yet neuerthelesse wyll we so farre as it is possible mete them wryte through the grace of God oure fayth bycause that euerye man maye reade it and then may they wyth vnderstanding and with christen charitie iudge The which we both of al good diligent readers and also of oure aduersaryes frendely desyre and mekely pray ¶ Here endeth the Prologe The articles of the chri●…ten fayth I Beleue in God the father almighty maker of heauē earth And in Iesu Christ hys onely sonne oure Lorde whyche was conceyued by the holye gooste and borne of Marye the virgyn He suffered vnder Poncius Pylate he was crucifyed dead and buryed He desended to hell and rose the thyrde daye from death He ascended to the heauens and syttteth on the ryght hande of God the father almyghty And frō thens shal he come to iudge the quicke and dead I beleue in the holy goost the holy churche catholyke to be a congregacion of sayntes to haue remission of synnes the resurrection of the fleshe and the euerlastynge lyfe ☞ At the fyrst we beleue in one God Deut. vi father of our lorde Iesus Christ. ii Cor. i. the whyche is the Lorde of heauen and earth Luke xi and creatour of al creatures Hebre. i. Yea he is father of vs all Ephe. iiii the which hath elected vs to be his crildren through Iesu Christe Ephe. i. And therfore shall we hym all onely worship besyde hym none other gods Deut. v●… Also we shall feare him as an almigh ty god Psal. xxxiiii and as a mercyfull father we shal loue him wyth al oure hertes with all our soule and wyth al our power and mynde Mat. xxii and vpon him muste stande all oure hope Hiere vii For he is the father of lyghte Iacob i. of the whythe all mankynde lyueth Actu xvii both ●…odelye goodes Prouerbeo x. euerlastynge saluacion Psalm xxxvii togyther wyth al perfyte gyftes come and descended Iacob i. ☞ Forthermore we beleue in Iesu Christe the sōne of the lyuing god our lorde i. Cor. vii The whiche is the very bryghtnesse of his fathers glorye and the verye ymage of his substaunce Hebre. i. Yea he is the onely begotten sonne of the father Iohn i. come forth out of the mouth of the moste hyghest God Eccles. i. xxiii fyrst borne before all creatures Collos. i. Thorowe the whiche all thynges are created Heb. i. In whom we haue redempcion namely remission of synnes thorow his bloude Col. i. wyth the whyche he hath wasshed vs. Apoc. i. and hath also recōciled vs agayne to hys most holy and gloriouse father Ephes i. ii that were afore enemyes to God Roma viii ¶ For after the tyme that god had made man after his ymage and similitude he set hym into Paradise that he shoulde eate of al the fruites of the garden of pleasure exceptynge hym the tre of knowledge of good euyil Gene. ii But man hath disobeyed the Lorde his God and transgressed his commaūdement Gen. iii. Thorowe the whyche disobedience and transgression of the godlye commaundement death and curse is come ouer all mankynde Rom. v. And when there was no helpe nor comfort for man wherby he myghte haue bene redemed or delyuered out of Sathans power Then had God the merciful father pitie vpon mankinde and promised thē a sead namely Iesus Christ his onelye begotten sonne the whiche shoulde treade vpon t●…e head of the serpent and ouercome the deuyll and restore thē to lyfe agayne Gene. iii. And lyke wyse as god is ryghtuouse in al his wayes and holye in all his workes Psal. criv and ●…ew in al his wordes Psal. li. so hath he kepte all his promyses truely And as the tyme was fulfylled Gala. iiii God let hys worde descende into the wombe of the vyrgyn Marye and by the workynge of the holy gooste be came fleshe as Iohn wytnesseth saiyng The word became flesh dwelt amonge vs we saw his glory as the glory of the onely begottē sonne of the father ful of grace and verite Iohn i. Also thys onely begotten sone of god by the powre of the holy ghoste became man and is become lyke vnto vs in all thinges except synne Hebre. ii He hathsuffered death for our sake Esay liii and hath taken awaye Sathans powre and restored lyfe in agyne i. Timot. vi yea he is made vnto vs wysdome and ryghtwysnes sanctyfyenge and redemption i. Cor. i. And lykewyse as he dyed for our synnes Hebre. ii so is he rysen agayn through the powre of his father Roma vi for our righ tuousnes Roma iiii And as he oftentymes shewed hym felfe after his resurreccyon vnto his dyscyples Acti i. so is he ascended into hea uen in thyr presence Luke xxiiii And sytteth at the right hande of the almighty rather Ro. viii Aboue all rule and myght and dominion and aboue all that maye be named not onely in thys world but also in the world to come