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A19748	A confession of Christian religion; Protestation against popery by way of a confession of Christian religion collected for the benefit of private friends	I. D., fl. 1607.; Dunster, John, attributed name.	1609 (1609)	STC 6172A; ESTC S114690	21,349	54

re motâ misericordiâ discutias eam Domine and assuredly every one of vs may confesse with Anselmus Terret me vita mea nam diligenter discussa apparet mihi aut peccatū aut sterilitas tota vitae mea and I conclude this point with the wordes of Petrus a Soto a Papist in his Scholia vpon this Article in the Confession of Wirtenberge O si cognoscant se homines qui gloriantur in domino glorientur God maketh his will knowne two manner of waies 1. By his works 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of which I haue spoken in the Creation 2. In his word Of the word of God Not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the substantiall worde of God of whom before Verbum Christum lumen But 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the enunciatiue and created word of God Verbum Christi Lucerna called somtimes simply the Scriptures somtimes with an Emphasis the Holy Rom. 12 and Sacred 2. Tim. 3. Ch. Scriptures That they are 1. The word of God 2. Sufficient to saluation 3. Plaine and therefore to be translated 4. By whom they are to haue their sence I acknowledge all these bookes which make vp 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as S. Chrysostome speaketh The Canon and Body of holie writ which we call the holy Scriptures to be inspired by the holie Ghost and to be vndoubtedlie the true word of God of which I am perswaded not so much by the iudgement of the Church as for these reasons following 1. From the Maiestie of God speaking in the scriptures for in them nothing is set downe in so easie and simple forme of words but I doe perceaue characters engrave by the finger of God genium humano maiorem 2. From the efficacie of the scripture for mee thinkes while I read my hart doth burne within me as the hearts of the two disciples that went with Christ to Emaus so that I cōfesse with the Prophet Surely as the raigne commeth downe and the snow from heauen and returneth not thither againe but watereth the earth and causeth it to bring forth and bud so is my word c. This I confesse against all those Vatican Rabsakes who having adamant harts the which the spirit of the Lorde cannot pierce doe impeach the power of this word Hosius that doth cal it or approues it to be called egenum quoddam elementum Stephen Paletus rem inanimatam Melchior Canus mortuum iudicem Eckius more blasphemously atramentariam scripturam I condemne Angelus Politianus as blasphemous that preferred Pindarus his Odes before the Psalmes of Dauid Quid palea ad triticum Nonne verbum meum est instar ignis dicit Iehovah tanquam malleus conterens petram 3. Frō the event of prophesies everie one cōpleat in his proper time although foretold long before to wit The people of Israels bondage in Aegypt and delivery frō thence The kingdome to cōtinue in the line of Iudah vntil Christ came in the flesh The prophesie of Iosias given by name three hūdred years before his cradle The captivity into Babylon and freedome by Cyrus The time place manner of Christs birth The reiection of the Jews calling of the Gentiles So that God might well proclaime of himselfe as it is in Isay I am God there is none other and there is none other there is nothing like me which declare the last things from the beginning and from of old the things c saying my councell shal stand and I will do whatsoever I will evē so good Lord thy word is the word of Truth yea as one of thy Apostles hath it more Emphatically 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is truth itselfe and one iod thereof shall not fall vnto the grounde vnfulfilled for though the Scheme of the world weare away the Prophets doe not liue for ever yet thou ô Lorde with thy Angels wilt come to performe their prophesies in their moments 4. And especially frō the testimony of the spirit of God which perswadeth vnto our souls consciences the vndoubted truth of that word which some doe contemne and deride as foolishnes and hence I iudge it to be that martyrs being resolved by the powerfull perswasiō of this spirit of the truth hereof doe boldly offer to seale the same with their blood protesting that nothing shall remoue them frō profession of this truth Vius Lirin non minae non blandi menta non vita non mors non palatium non satellites non imperator non imperium non homines non demones 2. I beleeue that almighty God hath made knowne vnto vs in his writtē word so much of his will as is sufficient for the instruction of the faithfull without the patching too of Traditiōs So that I account that Canon of the Councell of Trent to be blasphemous by which it is provided that Traditions are to be receiued pari pietatis affectu with the written word of God cōcerning Traditions I am wont to say with Saint Ambrose Quod non legi vsurpare non debeo That which I find not in the scripture ether expressed or deducible by easie consequence I ought not to vse and againe Coeli mysterium me doceat Deus qui me condidit non homo qui se ipsum ignoravit and with Origene Non sum aliorum sermonum discipulus nisi caelestium 3. This Scripture so sufficient I acknowledg to be easie facile fitted to the capacity of the simplest whose vnderstanding God hath not shut vp in that iudgement vobis non datum est nosse misteria regni so that the weakling in faith thence may draw milk for his weak stomake the more able Christian may haue stronger meat to better his groath in the mystery of faith wherfore I could wish that the Scriptures were permitted to every natiō language vnder heauē in their owne familiar tongue that so every mā may haue and read them to his comfort for why should I not with that the spirit of God did not only rest vpon Moses and the seauēty ancient men in the book of Numbers but that Eldad and Medad yea all the Lords people were prophets that the Lord would put his spirit vpon them That we might say of the whole world as S. Hierome of Bethlehem Quocunque te verteris arator stiuam tenens alleluiah decantat sudans messor psalmis se auocat curvâ attondens vitem falce vinitor aliquid Dauidicum cantat But since Scripturae non sunt in legendo sed in intelligendo as S. Hierome contra Luciferianos wel observeth Apices sine crimine sensus in crimine Hil de Trinitate seeing in thē some things are so difficulte as that wee may truely say with the Eunuch to Philip Quomodo possum intelligere si non aliquis viam praemonstret mihi I woulde haue you for the sence of scripture not to advise 1 with humane reason which is blind in matters of

pietie nor 2 secōdly with any Swenfeldian Enthusiast that vaunts of immediate revelations from the spirit of God a lying spirit may speake in the mouth of such Prophets Nor 3 with the Pope that Tarpeian oracle for I finde not warranted by Scripture anie infallibilitie in his iudgement seeing he maie erre Gerson in his Treatise An liceat a papâ apellare in causis fidei saith papam deuiabilem à fide esse Catharinus in his Comment vpon the 2 to the Galat. Nihil prohibet papam errare posse etiam in fide deficere etiamsi quidam nouitij Scriptores ausi sint oppositū defendere praeter communem sensum Doctorum Nor 4 with Councells for 1 they cannot be called so often as the Church may want decision for sence 2 they are oftentimes an assemblie of malignant persons against the godlie as the councell at Carmell against Elias and at Gilead against Micheas and at Trent against the Protestants howsoeuer Campian be hyperbolicall in its cōmendation Bone Deus quae Gentium varietas qui delectus Episcoporum totius orbis qui regum Rerumpub splendor quae medulla Theologorum quae sanctitas quae lachrymae quae ieiunia qui flores Academici quae linguae quanta subtilitas quantus labor quam infinita lectio quantae virtutum studiorum diuitiae Augustum illud sacrarium impleuerunt * Quae gentium varietas qui delectus Episcoporum In al but 270. Bishops and of them out of Italy 187. and to make vp this rabble Olaus magnus was intituled Arch of Vpsala in Gothia and Robertus Venantius Arch of Armah in Ireland whence they neuer receiued peny of commodity * Qui regum Rerump splendor Yet Henry the second the French King next neighbor to Trent al the time of Iulius the third was not summōned thither therevpō protested by letters against the said Councel which letters being thus indorsed Sanctissimis atque in primis obseruandis in Christo patribus Conuētus Tridentini by reason of offence taken at the word Conuentus were like not to bee read in the Councel they fearing saith Amiot imployd in that businesse that the King did esteeme them all for Monkes * Quae Sanctitas Yet two Bishops were there taken in Adultrery and stabbed Illvr. * Qui flores Quos ego nō Synodi flores sed potiùs vrticas nominarem Humf. * Quae ieiunia There is nothing true in this Hyperbole but this for the Embassadors of Charles the 9 the French King Du Ferriers and Faber to the said Councell held the third time vnder Paul 4 began an expostulatory oration in these wordes Liceat P. S. nobis Oratoribus Regis Christianissimi ijsdem nunc verbis vobiscum agere quibus olim egerunt Iudaeorum Oratores cum Aggeo Malachia Zacharia postremis Prophetis alijs Dei Sacerdo tibus qui tum Hierosolymis conuenerunt Num Ieiunabimus stebimus quinto adhuc septimo mense The reason of this Exordiū there followeth Centum quinquaginta anni sunt multo ampliùs ex quibus Reges Christiani petierunt à pontificibus Romanis Ecclesiasticae disciplinae iam tum labentis restitutionē c. * Quantus labor To reforme nothing Queene Mother her selfe in a letter could cōplaine that in 18 yeeres space nothing was there done in which time and lesse Rome Carthage in the second Punick warke did actions remarkable Nor 5 with Fathers for they are men and may and doe erre and againe they abrogate this authority from themselues for so St. Augustine Talis ego sum in scriptis aliorum quales ego esse volo intellectores meorum and how did S. Augustine read other Fathers writings hee will tell you himselfe Cypriani literas non vt Canonicas habeo sed considero ex Canonicis But with any of Gods children I say with any who hath the gift of Prophecy which gift is not of mans wisdome but of the holy Ghost and the holy Ghost we know is free and not tied to any condition of men did inspire Amos a heardsman in Tekoa Whom I would haue not vpon any Praetorian authority to command men to beleeue whatsoeuer he list as they in the Poet Quod volumus sanctū est but to proue the Spirit and to examine Scripture by Scripture and to follow these rules following 1 To be acquainted with the words Phrases of Scripture 2 To humble himself in prayer vnto Almighty God vpon this hope Qui dedit vt quaeras addet vt invenias 3 To marke Antecedents Consequences 4 To obserue heedfully the occasion of the Text the maine scope circumstances thereof 5 To parallell like places Ipsa verba Euangelica secum portant expositiones suas Aug. 6 To haue alwaies before his eies for his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the measure of faith in the Articles of the Creede 7 To advise with more thē one single Cōmētary and if the generall streame of Fathers run one way not easily to be swaied by any priuate ●eoterick opinion to the contrary The learned Zanchius hath said it for me Tollat Deus ex Ecclesiâ has Idololatrias nam colere homines eorum placita Idololatria est and yet mistake me not I haue heard a learned most iudicious Doctor say and I subscribe vnto him that he would not willingly giue the sence of any Scripture vntill he had advised with Caluin Of the Church 1 The authority thereof 2 The matter 3 The forme 4 The affections 5 The head 6 The Notes 1. I confesse that by this immortall seede of the word God hath begottē him a Church So that the Scripture is the mother of the Church and the Church the daughter of the Scripture how preposterous then I wil not say blasphemous is the iudgmēt of the Church of Rome who set Hagar aboue Sara and the daughters foote in the necke of the mother and subiect the oracles of God to the censure of men avowing the authority of the Scriptures to be such and such onlie as the Church doth afford it yea more blasphemously that the Scripture without the censure and approbation of the Church is in it selfe no more and no more to be esteemed then Aesops fables know ye not ye Vaticā Rabsakes that blasphemers and all lyers shal haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire brimstone Yea they debase the authority of the Scripture so farre belowe the Church as that they say expresly Non omnem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 esse peccatum that every obliquity to the law of God is not a sinne and yet Andradius erecting himselfe vpon his Porting all buskin proclaimeth Quicquid à Praelatorum Ecclesiae ac maxime a Rom. pontificis iussu dissidet immane esse peccatum and againe maiori scelere inuolui eum qui pontificias quam qui diuinas leges perfregerit and they account none to be obedient sonnes to their Sea but such as wil say with Erasmus that although indeed hee did knowe