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A00712	Fidelitas. A distinct declaratio[n] of the requiring of the Lorde and of the godlie testimonies of the holie spirit of the loue of Iesu Christ. Set-fourth by Fidelitas, a fellowe-elder with HN, in the famelie of the loue. Translated out of Base-almayne; Fidelitas. A distinct declaration of the requiring of the Lorde and of the godlie testimonies of the holie spirit of the love of Jesu Christ.	Fidelitas.; Vitell, Christopher, fl. 1555-1579.; Niclaes, Hendrik, 1502?-1580?	1574 (1574)	STC 10843; ESTC S117554	27,620	48

Our Heart is th●… Minde of God most-●…ie Our Beeinge a●…able as the sweete Lillie Our Faithfulnes / Loue / and Trueth vpright Is Gods Light / Life / and Cleernes bright FIDELITAS A Distinct Declaratiō of the Requiring of the Lorde and of the godlie Testimonies of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ. Set-fourth by Fidelitas a Fellowe-elder with HN in the Famelie of the Loue. Translated out of Base-almayne Beholde I set before your Eyes this-daye the Blessinge the Curssinge The Blessinge 〈◊〉 yee obey the Commaundementes of y e Lord your God which I cōmaund or giue you this-daye The Curssing if yee obey not the Commaundementes of the Lorde your God but ●…rne you out of y e Waye which I this-day will ●…ou vnto or set-fourth before you Deu. 11. 30. Now goeth the Iudgment ouer the World Now becometh the Prince of this World cast-out Iohn 12. Now is the Saluation / the Power / and the Kingdom becom our Gods and the Might his Christes Apoca. 12. THE PREFACE VNto the Louers of the Trueth and of the vpright Righteousnes and vnto all which shall reade or heare this distinct Declaration of the Requiringe of the Lorde Health and Saluation 2. This-daye through our faithfull Elder FIDELITAS ⁏ a Fellowe-elder with HN in y e Famelie of the Loue of Iesu Christ ther becōeth ⁏ out of God-his Grace distinctlie expressed and declared vnto you all ⁏ O yee Louers of the Trueth with thissame Declaration of the Requiringe of the Lorde what the Will and Requiringe of the Lorde is and how yee all should enter rightlie and accordinge to the Trueth into the a Pro. 4. b. Iere. 6. b. Wayes of the Lorde his Requiringe for to liue vprightlie in God-his true b Luk. 1. g. Eph. 1. a. Righteousnes and to inherit c Math. 2●… d. the eternall Life according to the Promises of God y e Father and his Christ. 3. Ther is likewise expressed and declared vnto you in the same from whence the wicked Thing proceedeth wher-through the whole Worlde is d 1. Iohn 5. ●… so full of Falshod and how that y e Man is lett or hindered by the same that hee doth not rightlie vnderstand nor obey the Requiring of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and wherthrough also the same wicked Thing and his Lett or Hinderinge may be remoued and depressed or vtterlie brought-to-nothing with other-moe groundlie Instructions to the Mans Preseruation in the Godlines euident or distinct Admonitions for the auoydinge of his Destruction 4. With which Declaration of the Requiringe of the Lorde the Lorde likewise calleth and biddeth ⁏ through the fore-named Elder FIDELITAS all People to y e e Esa. 16. ●… Heb. 5. a. Gratious-stoole of his Loue and that they should all willingly applie them vnto the f 1. Pet. 1. c. Obedience of the Requiring of his gratious Woord and Seruice of Loue. 5. To the Preseruation of them all in hys Godlynes and to an Admonitiō for the auoyding of their Destruction in the g Gen. 3. b. Esa. 59. b. Estraunging or Seperation from his godlie Beeing and true God seruice vnder the Obedience of his Loue. 6. Therfore ⁏ O yee Louers of the Trueth when yee now this-daye heare this Voyce proffered Grace to the Entraunce of your Saluatiō h Psal. 95. b. Heb. 3. b. so hardē not ⁏ in any-case your Heartes as to be disobedient vnto y e Requiringe of this Declaration To th ende that yee remaine not with-out the Rest of the Childrē of God which God now in the last time declareth-fourth out of y e Famelie of his Loue wher-vnto Hee also calleth and biddeth all People Take it to heart A distinct Declaration of the Requiring of the Lorde / which the Lorde ؛the liuinge God of Heauen hath declared out of his holie Sion and heauenlie Ierusalem · and set-fourth through the Elder Fidelitas The First Chapiter IN the Two-and-seuentith Yeare of the Elderdom of HN In y ● time when-as Certen ⁏ beinge turned-in vnto themselues tooke-on a Conceit or Meaninge that they could vnpre●…ared and vnregenerated · and with-out the Tes●…amentes of God · and with-out the Ministra●…ion of those-same through HN be the People of God in whom Hee is wel-pleased / and vncircum●…sed on the Foreskinne of their Heartes enter into ●…he Sanctuarie of God and that then coulde euen●… in the Turning-in and Loue vnto themselues · 〈◊〉 the Disobedience vnto the Requiring of the gra●…ous Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of ●…oue · and in the Seperation from the Doctrine of ●…N in the true Testamentes of God liue vpright ●…d free / and also followe-after and fulfill the Lord●…s Will / which they distincted not from out of ●…eir owne Will hath the God of Heauē distinctlie declared vnto Mee Fidelitas a Fellowe-elder in the Famelie of Loue ⁏ with cleere Declaration out a Psal. 50. a. Esa. 2. a. Mich. 4. a. of his holie Sion and heauenlie Ierusalem the right Requiring of his Woord and Will and also the right Waye or Passe-ouer which leadeth to the vpright Life of the Righteous · to God-his true Sanctuarie · and to the right b Esa. 32. c. Sap. 3. 〈◊〉 Rest and Freedom of the Children of God and the Woorde of the Lorde came vnto Mee / and saide 2. GO-fourth and shewe thyself among the Children of Men which trouble or busye them about my Trueth · and about my Woorde and Righteousnes / speciallie among them that are turned-in vnto themselues and their owne Loue / and meane or suppose euenso that they in the Loue of themselues · and in their taken-on Knowledge of the godlie Thinges haue my Trueth and Righteousnes and saye vnto them ⁏ to their Preseruation all these Woordes which I speake vnto thee / c Ier●… 31. c. and geeue thee in thy Heart and Mouth / or write thesame in a Letter / and endeuour the●… diligentlie that thesame be heald-fourth before thei●… Eyes · and hearde in their Eares First ⁏ or befor●… all amonge those which reade and heare the god●…lie Testimonies of my gratious Woorde ⁏ set-fourth by my chosen Minister HN or which haue rea●… and hearde or allowed thosesame and yet not ap●…plyed them with all their Heart to perfourme th●… Requiringe therof and witnes and declare vnt●… them all which geeue-eare thervnto That whic●… I require through my gratious Woorde d Ezech. 3. b. an●… warne them all of the Desiruction that shall fa●… vpon the wicked Worlde · vpon all Vnbeleeuers Disobedientones / and Resisters of the Requiringe of my Woorde · and vpon all Offallers or Declyners from the Requiringe of thesame 3. And in all thissame infourme and instruct them likewise what it is that letteth or hindereth them that they vnderstand not rightlie the Requiringe of my gratious Woorde and Seruice of Loue / nor-yet are obedient ⁏ from the Requiringe of the e Math 3. 〈◊〉

Iohn 1. a. with God the Father / with his Sonne ؛the Lorde Iesus Christ / and with all Holyones / in all Loue and receaue or imploy all y e Seruiceablenes which wee shewe and bestowe on you out of Loue vnto your Reformation / and not in any-case vnto s Math. 1●… ●… Offenciuenes or Displeasure / that yee may euenso cōtinuallie be founde humblieminded toward the good Beeing / and to the Loue of your Neighbour 13. For beholde / to that effect / and to all your Amendement and Preseruation in the Godlynes do I witnes thissame ⁏ out of the Woorde of the Lorde vnto you and out of entire Loue I do heere set-fourth the Trueth both of the Preseruation of Men / and also of the t Sap. 1. ●… 5. ●… Errour tending to their Destruction before all your Eyes and Eares / To th ende that yee should rightlie and according to the Trueth looke-into / vnderstād / and beleeue the forementioned godlie Testimonies of our Writinges ؛the wonderfull Woorkes of God which also declare-fourth ⁏ with full Instruction thesame Preseruation of Men and their Destruction · and applie you rightlie according to the Requiringe of thesame · v Iohn 20. c. and so becom saued 14. But heerin to-weet in this Declaration I haue no respect of persons nether of great nor small but call you all to the Renewinge in your Vnderstandinge · x Esa. 40. ●… Math. 3. ●… to the vpright Repentaunce for the Sinne · and to the y Math. 18. ●… childish Singlemindednes and Obedience z 1. Pet. 1. c. which the gratious Woorde of the Lorde requireth in his Seruice of Loue / to th ende that yee all mought euenso becom turned-about to thesame childish Singlemindednes and Obedience · instructed to the a Iohn ●…●… newe Birth in Iesu Christ and to the Passe-ouer of thesame · taught to the b Math. 13 ●… Kingdom of Heauens · and lead-in to the true c Esa. 32. Sap. 3. 5. a. Rest and Freedom of the Children of God / and d Rom. 6. c. inherit the eternall Life and that the Woorde which the Lorde Iesus e Iohn 19. c. spake / in the Ende of his Passion Consummatum est It is finished mought also be then rightlie and according to th●… Trueth spoken by you all 15. For when-as all that which the Lorde requireth through his Woorde and through the Seruice of his Loue is fulfilled with vs all / and in vs all / so is then also verelie with vs all namelie / by those with whom thesame is fulfilled the f ●… Cor. 15. ●… f Oze 13. ●… Ende of the Sinne · and the Death of thesame com-to-pas or attayned-vnto and thatsame Ende of the Sinne and her Death g 4. Esd. 7. e. is the Beginninge of the eternall Immortalitie and is also the vpright h Iohn 8. ●… Freedom in Iesu Christ wher-vnto all Men ؛Iewes and Greekes / Circumcised and Vncircumcised / Wyse and Vnwyse c are called an●… bidden by the Grace of God The IIII. Chap. THerfore looke now all well vnto it that yee deceaue not yourselues / nor-yet becom begyled of Others which make-vp themselues against vs and our godlie Doctrine / or dispise thesame / and resist vs therin / for to plucke you to the Minde of their Opinions which they set-fourth and maintaine against vs and our godlie Seruice of Loue. For-that-cause / keepe a Math. 24. b. alwayes a good watch toward all those that com vnto you with subtill Woordes and manlie Prudence for to seduce you from the godlie Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue / b Rom. 16. c. and seperate yourselues from Such / for they make Breach / and bringe-in Offence / and not any Concorde to the Vnitie of heart in the Loue but indeuour you for to com and go-in whervnto yee are now in the last tyme ⁏ out of the Grace of God called through the Ministration of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde vnder the Obedience of the Loue. 2. Howbeit yee are not called to the Hardeheartednes of y ● vnmercifull Man ouer his Frinde nor-yet to com to the c Exo. 19. ●… ●… Hill which is terrible / or which is heald-fourth as terrible before you by vs / nether-yet to the Hill which yee / beinge vnprepared or vnsanctified may touch but yee are called to the holie d Heb. 12. c. Hill of Sion to the peaceable Citie of the liuinge God and to the heauenlie Ierusalem to the Multitude of many Thowsandes of Angels or Sainctes to the Communialtie of the First-borne that are writen in Heauen and to God the true Iudge ouer All to the Spirites of the perfect Righteousnes to Iesus the true Mediatour of the newe Testament and to the Sprincklinge of Bloud which speaketh more or greater then the Bloud of Abel 3. Which pure and singuler Bewtifulnesses of the heauenlie Beeinge which were preached in times-passed in the Worlde to an e Mark 16. b. Luk. 24. f. Act. 1. b. Euangelie or Ioyful-message / and which is also com vnto vs now in the last time ⁏ to a peaceable Kingdom and Gratious-stoole of the perfect Glorie of God and Triumphing of Iesu Christ with all the Multitudes of manye Thowsandes of Sainctes according to the Scriptures wee do also presentlie in thissame Daye publish or spread-abrode f Math. 24. b. Apoc. 14. ●… to an Euāgelie or Ioyful-message of thesame Kingdom · NOTA and to an eternall Glorie of the Goodnes of God and of his gratious Dominion ouer all Repentantones in the vniuersall Worlde / g Math. 24. b. to a Testimonie towarde all People h Ezec. 7. a. b. c that the Ende cometh / namelie the Fulfillinge of all that which is writen of the Iudgment and Righteousnes of God · of the Saluation and Preseruation of the Man · and of his Iniquitie / Destruction / and Condemnation 4. Therfore yee haue now to i Heb. 12. ●… looke-well heervnto / that yee refuse not thatsame whervnto yee are called and requyred for to com by Hym which speaketh vnto you / that the Destruction bewrappe you not to your Perditiō For if They escaped not the Destruction which refused Him in tymes-past when-as Hee spake vnto them on the Earth / muchlesse then shall yee escape the Destruction if yee refuse That whervnto yee are called by Him which speaketh vnto you out of Heauen whose Voyce in tymes-past n●…ooued or shooke the Earth 5. And now ⁏ verelie speaketh Hee and sayeth Yet k A●… 2. ●… Heb. 12. c. once-more will I mooue not onlie the Earth but also the Heauen / To th ende that It which is becom moueable may be chaunged / and be then vnmoueable likeas it was made and that God-his Kingdom of perfect Bewtie and Peaceablenes mought then euenso be and remaine vnmoueable alwayes and for-euer vpon y ● Earth as in Heauē Which Kingdom wee now inherit

c of that which is offered to their Idole mu●…e not yourselues familier n 1. Cor. 5. b. with their Vncleannes go not in also to their Howse-of-laughter / inasmuch as thesame ⁏ assuredlie lieth altogether desolate nether reioyce you with the Vnrepentant but turne you therfrom / o Eccle. 7. a. and go much-rather into the Howse-of-lamentation ⁏ or Mourning-howse p Esa. 66. a. wheare the Littleones and Poore are / wheare y ● Goodwillinge and Obedientones are / and wheare the Humble and Lowlie · the Mercifull and Meeke-minded · and the q Math. 5. a. Hungrie and Thirstie after the Righteousnes are and wheare-as also ther is Sorrowe borne and Repentaunce shewed for the Sinne and ther-out let your Ioye / Freedom / and Peace · and all your Familiaritie or Common-heartednes / Loue / and Wisdome haue his proceeding / and be brought-fourth / So shall yee then vnderstand aright that I haue writen and administred the Trueth vnto you and that this Counsell of the Wisdome is not of Man · but of God 15. Therfore take now in-tyme the Counsell of the Wisdome ⁏ albeit that thesame is dispised of many and thissame distinct or cleere Instruction effectuallie r Pro. 2. 4. ●… to heart / and assemble you all vnto vs / and to our Seruice of Loue and in thesame Seruice let all your Vnderstanding becom renewed / to a right Inspection of the vpright Beeing wherin the Man ●…ught ⁏ concordablie to stande comprehended To th ende that ther mought be founde among vs all that loue the Righteousnes one concordable Minde s Rom. 12. 15. 1. Cor. 1. a. to the Vnitie of Heart · one vpright Dealinge · and one mutuall brotherlie Walkinge euenlike as it is meete and · right 16. Heer-vnto let vs becom t Phil. 2. ●… like minded / and passe-fourth concordablie ⁏ with goodwilling Heartes after thesame and not looke how Certen ⁏ in times-passed haue walked and spokē / for to retaine any Matier against anyone to the worst or to his reproch v Math. 18. d. Ephe. 4. c. Col. 3. b. but laye it all downe not thinke theron anymore and let vs euēso turne our whole Sight for to beholde wher-vnto wee were created and chosen / and what a Loue and Mercie wee x Rom. 13. b. are deptours to extēd or shewe one towardes another and ther-vnto let vs loue and be seruiceable one towardes another and euenso enter into the true Life / and then speake or talke therof The Thirde Chap. HEare now therfore the Woorde of the Lorde and his Requiringe O yee Children of Men forasmuch as that the false a Esa. 5. b. 59. a Math. 6. c. Light of y ● deceitfull Knowledg hath euery-wheare brought-in and placed his Stoole of Disobedience amōg all vnrepentant vnregenerated Men and that now in this Daye y ● Manifestation or Declaringe of all Thinges that are in Heauē and vpon Earth ⁏ both of the Perfect and also of the Vnperfect becometh ⁏ through the seruiceable Testimonies of the holie Spirit of Loue administred and declared so cleere and expreslie vnto 〈◊〉 / So let vs now then respect-well this b 2. Cor. 6. a. Gal. 6. ●… gratious Time / and diligentlie applye vs with each-other ⁏ concordablie in thesame / that the wel-prepared c Esa. 16. c. Stoole of Obedience of the true Light of Life which presentlie in thissame Daye of the Loue ⁏ to an euerlasting Stoole-of-grace is com vnto vs from Heauen vpon the Earth / and wheron also the Faithfulnes doth sitt d Esa. 16. ●… 32. a. with Iudgment and Mercie mought now be erected euery-wheare ⁏ by all vs which loue the Righteousnes in Iesu Christ against the Stoole of the Disobedience of the false Light of the Knowledge which it hath brought-fourth and lifted-vpp out of the Bottomles-pitt to a Stoole of Indignation ⁏ on the North in the Temple of the Lorde and wheron the Vnfaithfulnes with his vnmercifull Iudgment hath sett himself and that euenso thesame Stoole of Obedience mought be planted ⁏ e Iam. 1. c. with Meckmindednes into all Louers of the vpright Righteousnes 2. For through the Erectinge of thesame / and in that wee all which loue the vpright Righteousnes consent and geeue-ouer ourselues ⁏ according to the Requiring of the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue ther-vnto wee shall rightlie and according to the Trueth be brought to the true freedom f Iohn 8. c. of the Children of God · g Math. 13. f. taught to the Kingdom of Heauens · and h Iohn 15. a. 17. c. implanted to the vpright Beeing of Iesu Christ. 3. Yea in such-wise ⁏ in the Consentinge and Geeuinge-ouer of our Heartes to the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue shall the stoole of Disobedience of the fal●…●…ight of the Knowledge in vs and in all Beleeuers and Obedientones be ouer-throwen · and so then i Rom. 16. c. trodden vnder feete vtterlie brought-to-nothing by vs and by all Beleeuers and Obedientones and it shall euenso appeere that wee ⁏ in our Faith and Obedience are the vpright Disciples k Luk. 14. c. Iohn 8. c. or Schollers of the gratious Woord of the Lorde / and l Math. 10. c. ●…4 b. perseuer firme therin obedientlie 4. It shall also right-well appeere that wee the Perseueraunce in the Discipline of the gratio●… Woorde do knowe the Trueth in the Truet●… and that wee also are rightlie made-free not thorough the Knowledge m Iohn 8. c. but of the Trueth · an●… through the Inheritinge of her vpright Beeinge 5. Therfore followe not now y e n Deu. 12. a. Esa. 5. b. Goodthinkin●… of your Heartes but ensue the Requiringe of the Testimonies of the Trueth For in this Daye of the Trueth which wee presentlie declare / it shall all whatsoeuer is Trueth / and of the Trueth / and also all o Act. 3. ●… that which God hath spoken through his Propheates from the Beginninge of the Worlde becom now restored · p Agg. 2. a. b. Apoc. 2●… a. and erected in his pure Bewtie or Excellentie and Perfection vnder the Obedience of the Loue and many People shall be ashamed of their ignorant Knowledg / and that they haue so vncomlie leaned q Eccli 41. c. with their Elbowe on the Bread · not esteemed thesame according to the V●…lue therof · and eaten so r 1. Cor. 11. c. vnworthelie of thesame 6. HAue therfore now a good Consideration heeron / and note how that presentlie through the Lion of the Tribe of Iuda؛the Roote of Dauid s Apoc. 5. a. the Booke of y e Priuie-misterie of God ⁏ which is full of Writing both within and without becometh opened vnto you Apo. 14. ●… and the ●…ighteous Iudgment of God and Christ declared out of thesame and how that fardermore the greeuous and horrible Beast of