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A brief treatyse settynge forth diuers truthes necessary both to be beleued of Chrysten people, & kepte also, whiche are not expressed in the Scripture but left to ye church by the apostles traditio[n] / made by Rychard Smyth ...
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Smith, Richard, 1500-1563.
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and vpoÌ„ this matter agaynste Heluidiê° alledged not one texte of the scrypture to proue this truth but onely dyd make answere to the auctorities that Heluidiê° mysse toke for his purpose the which he did as Erasmus In argumeÌ„ to epistoâ—e illius sayeth truely because the scrypture spake nothyng of that thynge but it was set forth and lefte to the church by the holy apostles tradicion Certaynlye yf the prophet Ezechiels texte alleged before of Bullynger coulde haue proued that our blessed ladye was a virgyn to the ende of her lyfe saynte Hierome wolde haue alledged it to that purpose synce he expowned that whole pphet and therfore for as moche as he dyd not recyte it to yâ— ende it may appere that he sawe that it made nothynge at al to proue that thyng But this of this veryte vnwrytten delyuered from the apostles to vs by mouth wtout any expresse worde of scrypture speakynge therof Further we beleue as iÌ„ dede we are bouÌ„d The crede of the apostles to do that the holy .xii. apostles made a certayne crede called in latyn symboluÌ„ apostoloruÌ„ as S. CypriaÌ„ affirmeth expowning it because euery one of them made an artycle therof and yet it can not be proued by the scrypture that they made any suche Rufinus aquiliensis saynte Austen In exposâ—illiê° August sermo 10. de penteco c. in ramis palmarum Lyprianus in symbo apost ait Tenet fidel traditio saÌ„ctaÌ„ ecclesiaÌ„ diuers other do wytnesse that the apostles wrote that crede thys article I beleue the holye church catholyke whyche is coÌ„teined in it can not be proued by any texte of the scrypture If we shulde beleue nothynge that is not expressely namely set forth in the holye scrypture then we shulde not beleue that christ the sonne of god is equall wyth hys father of the same nature substance power for Ariê° denyed it because he saw nothyng in the scrypture namely to proue it as saynte Athanasius wrytynge agaynst hym affyrmeth playnly Lib 2 dispâ— in arianos Where fynde ye sayed Arius thys worde homousios that betokeneth one that is of lyke or the same substaÌ„ce in al the scripture Dasillê° cp 78. Si vero quis dixerit exaiteta essentia et substaÌ„tia esse filiuÌ„ euÌ„ reprobat as detestatur catholica et apostolica ecclesia O. did est satis ad illius hereseos explosionem was he not as foolyshe as many nowe are many now as then he was / which do euer aske where fyndeste thou that in the scrypture Saynt Athanasius and the great councel holden at Nicea wyth as manye as haue written against yâ— heresie which holdeth yâ— the sonne is not equal wyth hys father haue made answeare vnto the arryans that albeit this worde or name homousios signifiynge that christe the sonne is of one nature and substaunce wyth hys father is not put forth expressely in gods holy worde yet the scrypture alloweth and proueth the thynge it selfe in dyuers places the which they iudged to be sufficyent as in dede it is not in thys matter oneâ—â—â— but in sundrye other as that there be three persons in the trinitie though it be not expressed in the scripture and therfore Sabelliê° denyed it yet yâ— scrypture doth fully and plenteouslye set the thynge it selfe forth Also that the holye gooste procedeth from the father and the sonne is not namely expressed in the scripture and for that cause the grecians and the Armenes denyed it and yet the scrypture proueth that thynge sufficiently as it is expowned of the holy doctours Wherfore it is peryllous to demaunde for the beliefe of euerye thynge receyued of vs where it is wrytten in the scrypture or howe can it be proued by the holy scrypture syth it is ynoughe that the scripture is not against it beynge receyued of the catholique churche or that the scrypturs dothe sette it forth as it is vnderstande and expowned of Tertulianê° de corona militis the holye churche and her doctours catholike In this matter concernyng the askyng of scrypture for the proufe of euery thing I wolde that euerye man wolde marke wel what the eldest latine doctour of christes church Tertulyan sayth therin whose wordes are these Cum quaeritur cur quid obseruetur obseruari interim constat ergo nec nullum nec incertum videri potest delictuÌ„ quod coÌ„mittitur in obseruationem suo nomine vindicandam et satis autoratam consensus patrocinio That is to say When it is asked whyany thynge shulde be obserued it is euydente in the meane season the it is obserued Therfore it may seme some faulte a certen synne that is coÌ„mitted agaynste an obseruation whyche is to be defended by hyr name is sufficyentlye authorysed by the defence of consente These wordes do rubbe some men of thys oure tyme vpon the gall as also do Tertuliande corona militis those whyche now folow in thys olde authoure Quale est autem vt quis tuÌ„c in questioneÌ„ prouocet obseruationem cum ab ea excidit et tunc requirat vnde habuerit obseruationeÌ„ cuÌ„ ab ea desiit But what thynge is it sayeth he that anye man shulde then cal in to question or doubte an obseruation when he is fallen from it And then requyre froÌ„ wheÌ„se or wherof he had the obseruation when he hath lefte it Do not dyuers men euen after thys sort now among vs chrysteÌ„ people For we do forsake fastynge and dyuers other thynges longe kepte of al chrysten nations before we were borne / and then we call them in doubte / and aske what autoritie they be of and how they may be proued by scripture It is an easy thing to aske where is it written that we shulde faste the lent obserue any feastes kepe many other thynges not playnly namely set out in scrypture but we maye aske of them where is it wrytten that these thynges oughte not to be obserued ExpostulaÌ„tesenim scripturae patrocinium So reasoneth Tertulian in parte diuersa praeiudicaÌ„t suae quoque parti scripturae patrocinium adesse debere That is For they / askyng a defeÌ„ce or an eayd of scrypture in the coÌ„trary part do iudge before that the scryptures defence oughte to helpe theyr parte Habemus obseruationem inueteratam quae praeueniendo statum fecit Hanc si nulla scriptura determinauit certe coÌ„suetudo corroborauit quae sine dubio manauit detraditione Quomodo enim vsurpari quid potest si traditum non sit priê° Tthus maye be the englyshe We haue an olde obseruation whych coÌ„myng before hath made a state or a certayntie in it Thoughe no scrypture hath determyned thys obseruation yet at lest the custome hath streÌ„ghthened it or made it stronge whyche doubtles came of tradition For how maye any thynge be obserued or kepte yf it be not fyrste taught or delyuered by tradition Hitherto Tertulyan whyche was aboue M. ccc yeres xl before