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A10957	The English creede consenting vvith the true, auncient, catholique, and apostolique Church in al points, and articles of religion, which euerie Christian is to know and beleeue that would be saued. The second part, in most loyal manner to the glorie of God, credit of our Church, and displaieng of al hæresies, and errors, both olde and newe, contrarie to the faith, subscribed vnto by Thomas Rogers. Allowed by auctoritie.; English creede. Part 2	Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1587 (1587)	STC 21227; ESTC S116387	55,407	97

THE English Creede CONSENTING WITH the true auncient Catholique and Apostolique Church in al points and articles of Religion which euerie Christian is to know and beleeue that would be saued THE SECOND PART in most loyal manner to the glorie of God credit of our Church and displaieng of al haeresies and errors both olde and newe contrarie to the faith subscribed vnto by Thomas Rogers Allowed by auctoritie 3. ESDR 4. Magna est veritas praeualet AT LONDON Printed by Robert Walde-graue for Andrew Maunsel at the Brasen Serpent in Pauls Church-yard 1587. TAM GENERE QVAM VIRTVTE PRAECELLENTI D. CHRISTOPHERO HATTONO EQVITI AVRATO REGNI ANGLIAE SVMMO CANCELLARIO ALIIS QVE MVLTIS NOMINIBVS HONORATISSIMO VIRO SVO OPTIMO MAECENATI AC PATRONO THOM AS ROGERIVS POSTERIOREM HANC SYMBOLO ANGLICANO SVBSCRIPTIONIS SVAE PARTEM HONORIS GRATIQVE ANIMI TESTIFICATIONIS ERGO DEVOTE CONSECRAVIT 20. ARTICLE Of the auctoritie of the Church THe Church hath power 1 to decree rites or ceremonies and auctoritie 3 in controuersies of faith And yet it is not laufull for the Church 2 to ordaine anie thing that is contrarie to Gods worde 4 neither maie it so expounde one place of Scripture 5 that it be repugnant to another Wherefore although 6 the Churche be à witnesse and à keeper of holie writ yet as it ought not to decree anie thing against the same so besides the same 7 ought it not to enforce anie thing to be beleeued for necessitie of saluation The Propositions 1 The Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies 2 The Church maie not appoint what rites or ceremonies it will 3 The Church hath auctortie to iudge in controuersies of faith 4 The Church hath power to interprete and expound the worde of God 5 The Analogie of faith must bee expected in the exposition of the Scripture 6 The Church is the witnesse and keeper of Gods word 7 The Church may not enforce any thing to be beleued as is necessarie vnto saluation that is either contrarie or besides the word of God 1 The Churches auctoritie to decree rites or ceremonies Is warranted in the worde of God By th' example of the Apostles who did ordaine rites or ceremonies as among other thinges that in the Church Men should not be couered 1. Corinth 11. 4. c. VVomen Should be couered 1. Corinth 11. 5. Should keep silence 1. Corinth 14. 34. A known tongue should be vsed 1. Cor. 14. 1. c. By the general perpetual commaundement of God himselfe whoe at al times wil haue euery thing in the Church to be done As being the auctor not of confusion but of peace 1. Cor. 14. ver 26. 33. 40. Honestlie By order Vnto aedification Is graunted in the publique Confessions of the Churches protestant as Confession of Heluet. 1. Artic. 13. Heluet. 2. cap. 22. 23. 24. Basil art 10. Bohem. cap. 15. 17. France artic 32. Fland. artic 32 Ausburg artic 4. 5. 7. 15. Sax. artic 20. Sucuia cap. 8. 14. VVittem cap. 27. 35. This power being giuen by the supreme auctoritie vnto the Churche theie doe greatly offend VVho by an extreme detestation conceaued against ceremonies do condemne Generallie al rites or ceremonies as do some fantastical spirites Particularlie some commendable ceremonies so is the celebration of the Sabbat disliked of certaine Familists VVhiche thinke the Church is tied precisely to obserue the ceremonies Of the Iewes so Did the False Apostles Cerdonits Cerinthians Nazarens Doe the Iewes Turkes Armenians Of the Romish synagogue in which error be The hot Papists The halfe Papistes the Fam of Loue. VVhich holde that either any one man or any certaine callinge hath power to decree appoint rites or ceremonies though of themselues good vnto the whole Church of God 2. As it is à cleere truth that the church maie ordaine ceremonies So true it is also that the Church hath no power to appoint what rites or ceremonies it will but they must make To the Nourishing and increase of loue and friendship among men Such Reteining of the faithful in the holie feare of God Such In the primatiue Church were the rites principalie about Baptisme Excommunication The L. Supper In these dais in the reformed Churches are the ceremonies touching For the Church to meete in The times The places In the Church The praiers The seruice The persons Not to the vpholding of vice or superstitious vanities among the people as theie do If of themselues theie be meetlie wiked and vngodlie as are Popish Masses Images in the Church If being in their owne nature indifferent yet being supersticiouslie vsed are vngodlie as are the difference of daies and meates and apparel c. when it is thought that such rites Do deserue remission of sinnes Are th'acceptable seruice of God Be of necessitie vnder the paine of Gods eternal cursse to be obserued of al and euerie man This is consonantor agreeable To the worde of God Eze 20 v. 18. 19 Matth. 15. 13. Mat. 7. 7 c. Luke 11. 46. Gal. 51. Col. 2. 8. c. Tit. 1. 14. To the sound Cōfessions of Christ his church Cōfes of Heluet. 2. c. 15. France art 33. Flan. art 32. Ausb art 7. 15 Sax. art 20. VVittē art 35. Sueuia c. 14. But as light is vnto darkenes cōtraeie to al such As are of opinion that the Church hath absolute auctoritie to ordaine what lawes rites or ceremonies it thinketh good As wil make and that as theie saie by th●auctoritie giuen vnto the church of à ceremonie à matter of substance and of à thing of substance à ceremonie as theie do which turne the 2 commandemēts of the Decaloge into à ceremonial lawe As both obscure the glorie of God by their Masses inuocatiō of creatures c. and frustrate the merits of our Sauior by their meritorious pardons fasting pilgrimages c. deface the holie Sacraments of Christ by the vain ceremonies of Antichrist hinder the preaching of Gods word by ouer m●nie tedious traditions and keep the people of God in dānable ignorance by preferring the ordinances of mē before th'institution of God and leaue that vndone which God hath commanded to be done to performe that which the Church hath cōmanded such are the Papists 3 Auctoritie is giuen to the Church and to euerie member of iudgement in the same to iudge in controuersies of faith and so in their places To embrace the truth To auoid and improue Antichristianitie errors And this is not the priuate opinion of our Church but The straight cōmandemēt of God himselfe To teachers ● Tim. 4. 7. 1 Tim. 6. 20 Tit. 1. 9. Tit. 3. 10. To heaters Hier. 23 16. Matth 7. 15 Ioh. 10. 3 c Phil. 3 2. Heb. 13 9. 2. Pet. 3 17. 2 Iohn ver 10. To the whole Church Matt. 24. 23 1. Cor. 14. v. 20. 23. 24. 1. Thes. 5 21 Iam. 5 19. Iudes epist. Reuel 18 4. 1. Cor. 10. 15 The iudgement of our godlie brethren

Baptist. Inioined to preache not in one or a fevve places but ouer the whole vvorlde so were th'apostles but not Iesus Christ. 2 Of men as they be who are sent of men not auctorized thereunto by the vvord of God that to the disquieting of the good estate of Christ his Church such In Th'apostles time vvere the false Apostles In our daies are the S. Augustine saith Al which are thus sent are Liars And their calling is vnlawful Annabaptistes Iesuites Seminarie priests 3 By men so in the primi●lue Church by Th'apostles vvere Pastors and Elders ordained vvho by the same auctoritie ordained other Pastors and teachers VVhence it is that the Church as it hath bine so it shal ●●l th' end of the vvorlde ●e prouided for They who are thus called haue povver neither to vvorke miracles as Th'apostles had no● to preach and minister the Sacraments vvhere theie vvil as Th'apostles might but the●e are tied euerie man to his charge vvhich the●e must faithfullie attende vpon except vrgent occasion do enforce the contrarie The calling of theis men is tearmed à general calling and it is th' ordinarie and in theis daies the lawful calling allowed by the word of God So ●e●●fie with vs the true Churches else-where in the vvorld Confession of Heluet. 1. art 17. Heluet. 2. cap. 18. Bohem. cap. 9 France art 31. Fland. art 31 Ausburg art 1● VVittemb art 20. Sueaue art 13 This truth manie vvaies hath bine resisted For there be which thinke There is no calling but th'extraordinarie and special calling in theis daies Al are to be taken for which are not sacrificing Priestes annointed by the Antichristian Bishops of the Romish lynagogue VVolues Hie●lings Lai-men Intruders That so manie as are sent by the Church are sent of the holie Ghost vvhen vve knovve hovve often times the CHVRCHE sendeth for Laborers idle workmen Frendes enemies Phisitions murtherers True Pastors vvolues and Apostataes Theie maie take the charge of Congregations and yet performe no duetie That no Bishop or Minister should remaine still in one place but vvander An error of the Familie 6 Though it bee in the power of them which haue publique auctoritie in the Church t' appoint Ministers in the Congregation yet maie theie admit neither whom they wil nor as they wil themselues but they are both deliberatelie to chuse and orderlie to cal such as theie haue chosen This made Th'apostles Elders in the primitiue Church Straightlie to charge that suddenlie hands should be laid vpon no man 1. Tim 5. 22. To make special choise oftwaine where of one was to be elected into the place of Iudas Acts. 1. 23. By election to ordaine Elders in euery church and by To commend them to the Lord. Acts. 14 23. Praier Fasting Laieng on of hands 1. Tim. 4 14. to consecrate them To describe who were to be chosen called For theie are to be Men not ●oies VVomen 1. Tim 2. 12. Men of good behauior 1. Tim. 3. 2 c Not incontinent Not giuen to vvine Not strikers Not couerous Not proud 1. Pe● 5. 3. Titus 1 7. Not froward Not i●e●ul No giuers of offence 2. Cor. 6 3. Men of special gifts Apt to teach 1. Tim. 3. 2. Able to exhort Tit 1. 9. VVise to diuide the vvord of God a●ight 2. Tim. 2. 15. Bold to reproue 1. Tim. 5. 21. Tit. 1 9. VVilling to take paines Matt. 9 38. 2. Tim 4 2. VVatchful to ouersee Acts. 20 28. Patient to suffer Acts. 5 41. 2. Tim. 4 8. Constant to endure al maner of afflictions 2. Cor. 11 23. c. They who are ●o chosen called maie fightlie be numbred among the lavvful ministers On th' other side in an error they remaine vvhich thinke That the due election and calling of Ministers according to the vvorde of God is of no such necessitie to the making of Ministers That women maie bee In vvhich error the Pepuzians vvere Elders Bishops That à special care is not to bee had both of the life and of the learning of men or that vviked men of euil life or ignorant men vvithout learning or Asses of no gifts or loitere●s vvhich do no good or fauourers of superstition vvhich do great hurt are to bee admitted into or maintained in the holie ministerie That they are causes vvhich in deede a● none to keepe men fró the Ecclesiastical function as if men They may not bee priests say the Papists Be maried Haue had certaine wiues Haue not al outvvarde gifts of the bodie thogh endued with heauenlie talents Haue bine baptized of haeretiks c Theis ought not to busie themselues about the word saie the Familists Haue not bine trained vp in the Familie Are not Elders in the Familie of Loue. This do the Churches protestant by their publike Confessions approue Hel. 2. c. 18. Hel. 1. ar 25. Bohem. c. 9. Franc. ar 3. 1. Fland. art 31. Ausb art 14. VVitt. ar 20. Sueau ar 13. 24. ARTICLE Of speaking in the Congregation in such a tongue as the people vnderstand not IT is à thing plainlie repugnant to the worde of God and the custome of the primitiue church to haue publike praier in the church or to minister the Sacraments in à tongue not vnderstanded of the people The Propositions Publique praier and the Sacraments must be ministred in á knowen tongue This article needeth smal proofe For who so is perswaded as al true christians of vnderstanding are that what is done publiklie by á strange language in the Church not vnderstood of the people Profiteth not the Congregation 1. Cor. 14 ver 6. 9. 14. Aedifieth not the weake 1. Cor. 14. ver 4 17 26. Instructeth not th' ignorant 1. Cor. 14. 19. Inflameth not the zeale 1. Co 14. 9. Offendeth the hearers 1. Cor. 14. ver 7. ●1 Abuseth the people 1. Cor. 14. ver 1. 16. Displeaseth God Matth. 15. 8. Bringeth religion into contempt 1. Cor. 14. 23. Easilie wil thinke that where the praiers be said or the Sacraments administred in à tongue not vnderstood of the people there The word of God is not regarded The custome of the primitiue churche is not obserued This article as al true Christians doe beleeue so some by pub Confessions doe graunt Con. of Helnet 2. c. 22. VVittem cap. 27. Ausburg de Misca art 3. Sueaue c. 21. But there is nothing so apparent which hath not by some aduersaries bine denied So contrarie to this article Some as the Marcosians at the ministration of Baptisme haue vsed certaine Hebrue wordes not to aedifie but to terifie and astonishe the mindes of the weake and ignorant people Some theie be the papists wil haue al seruice praiers and Sacraments that throughout the world ministred in an vnknowen tongue And among theis papists There bee which holde that the lesse theie vnderstande the more deuout the people wil be For ignorance is the mother of deuotion There bee which write that praiers not vnderstood of the people are acceptable of Satan I

Matth. 8 14. Paul Phil 4 3. and the rest of Th'apostles 1. Cor. 9 5. which vvere al maried men Iohn Th'auangelist onelie except as some do suppose The syncere churches of God both by practise do honor by writings commend the wedded state of ecclesiastical Minister● Confes. of Heluet. 2. ca. ●9 Heluet. 1. ar 37. Basil. art 10. sect 1. 2. Bohem. c. 9. 19. France art 14. Ausb art 4. 5. touching abuses Saxon. ar 18. 21 VVitt. c. 21. 26. Sueaue cap. 12. And no Protestant church is of the mind of the Vigilantians that al and euerie one of the Cleargie is necessarilie to be maried or not to be admitted for à Minister Of the Papists wherof some do say that From Th'apostles time it was not lawful for anie Priest to marie Ma●oranus report The 3 Orders Of Deacons Of Sub deacōs Of Priests Are bo●d to chastitie that is not to marie After Orders taken to marie It is not lawful It is to turne backe vnto Satan It is Apostacie None maie be made à Priest though he wil vovv à single life if hee haue bin not à whoremonger but à maried man Mariage is not à Sacrament yet Sacred persons maie not marie For à Priest to plaie the whoremonger it is à lesse offence than to take an honest woman to wife The blasphemie of Pighius The darnel of the Rhemish Seminaries 2 As maie the ministers Ecclesiastical so are al other men women to marrie together at theire owne discretion in the fear of god So faith the spirit of god in the holy scripture vnto al men womē in all ages Bring forth fruit and multiplie fil th' earth Gen. 1 28. Mariage is honourable among al men and the bed vndefiled Heb. 13 4. 1. Co● 7 2. T' auoid fornicatiō Let euerie man haue his wife Let euerie woman haue her husband If theie can not absteine let them marie 1. Cor 7 9. Particularlie because most questions are about them marie maie Bishops 1. Tim. 3. 2. c. Elders Tit. 1 9. Deacons 1. Tim. 3 v. 11 12. Virgins 1. Cor. 7 v. 28 36. VVidows 1. Cor. 7 ver 8 9. 1. Tim. 5 14. In saieng that Christians may marie at their discretion the meaning is not that anie marie if theie thinke good within the degrees of kinred and affinitie prohibited by wholesome lawes VVithout the consent of parents or other in the room of parents if theie bevnder tuition To other ends thā God hath prefixed So testifie the reformed Churches by their publique writings Confes. of Heluet. 1. ar 37 Heluet. 2. c. 29. Bohem. cap. 19. France art 24. Ausb tuching abuses ar 4. 5. Saxon. art 18. VVitt. cap. 21. 26. Sueaue cap. 22. Nothing liked and instituted of God hath euerie way bin more inuaded than holie Matrimonie For Some vtterlie condem● mariage as The Gnostikes The Hieracites The Priscillianites The Montanists The Saturnians Th'apostolikes who excōmunicated out of their assemblies al maried folkes Some alowed the wedded life yet Not To euerie state or calling Betweene spiritual kinsfolks as The godfather the goddaughter The godmother and the godson The god-brother and the godfather c. As the Papists Alow theie no man to marie-again his first wife beeing dead such haeretiks were the Catharans Originists Tertulianists Theie thinke that al wiues should be cōmon th' error of the Nicalaitans Dauigeor gians Theie are of opinion that neither the husband should knovve his wife nor the wife her husbande as man and wife are to know one th' other A fancie of Th'abeloites Theie wil not marie according to Gods word but think that one man at one and the same time maie haue manie wiues in which error are The Her mogenians The Turkes The Ochinites 33 ARTICLE Of Excommunicate persons how theie are to be auoided THe person 1 which by open denownciation of the Churche is rightlie cut-of from th'unitie of the Church and Excommunicated ought to be taken of the whole multitude of the faythful as are heathen and Publicane 2 vntil he be openlie reconciled by Poenaunce and receiued into the Church by à iudge that hath auctoritie thereunto The Propositions 1 The person that is rightlie by the Church Excommunicate is of al the faithful to be taken for an Heathen and Publicane 2 An Excommunicate person truelie repenting is to be receiued into the Church againe 1 The most seuere vttermost punishmēt that the visible Church can inflict vppon the vviked and vngodlie o● this world is excommunication à part of discipline to be exercised that vpō most vrgent occasions and it is Cōmended to the Church euen by God himself who in his word hath prescribed VVho are to excomunicate ●●●elie such as haue auctoritie in the Church Matth. 18 vet 17 1. Cor. 5 ver 4 5. 2. Cor. 3. ver 13 14. 2. Thes. 3. 6. VVho are to be excommunicate euen tvvo sorts of mē wherof Some p●ru●rt the sounde doctrine of the truth ● ●im ● 20 as Hymeneus Alexander Some are de●iled with notorious wickednes as that incestuous person 1. Cor 5 1. The maner of proceeding in excommunication name lie First if the fault bee not notoriouslie knowen by gentle admonition that Once or twice giuen Tit ● 10 Matt. 18 15. VVith the spirit of me●knesse Gal. 6 1. Euen as to à brother 2. Thes. 3 15. Next if nothing wil serue and the crime and person be verie offensiue By open reprehension 1. Tim. 5 20. By publike sentence of the church To put him awaie from the cōpanie of the faithful 1. Co. 5 ●3 To deliuer him vnto Satan 1 Cor. 5 5. To denunce him An heathen A publican A cursed A man so cut off frō the church and excommunicated is of euerie man to bee auoided Rom. 16 17 and Not to be eaten with al 1. Cor. 5 11. Not to bee companied withal 1. Cor 5 8. Not to bee receaued into house 2. Ioh. v 10. Adue● sa●ies vnto this excommunicatiō of christ bee al theie VVhich simplie condemne al excommunication saieng the vviked are not to be excommunicate such vvere the Paulicians VVhich excommunicat either vvhome theie should not or to à wrong ende So Th'apostolikes did excommunicate al that were married and for no cause but for that theie vvere married Christ prophecied that his disciples and faithful people should be excommunicated Iohn 16. ● Dio●●ephes did thrust out the brethren out of the Church 3. Iohn ver 10. So The Papistes did vvhen theie excommunicated and that being dead the dead bodies of VVicklie● Bucer P. Fagius The Papistes do in thundering theire Buls of excommunication against the most godlie Kinges Queenes Princes States Men. VVomen Theie do which exercise excommunication not of anie conscience but for gaine where it commeth that excommunication is Not regarded of inferiors Derided of Superiors VVhich sauour the right excommunication but exercise it not beeing bound thereunto Theis are to be rebuked as was The Corinthians of S. paul 1. Cor. 5. v. 1. 2.