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A10573	A declararation [sic] of the twelue articles of the christen faythe with annotations of the holy scripture, where they be grounded in. And the righte foundation and principall comon places of the hole godly scripture, a goodly short declaration, to all Christians profitable and necessarye for to come to the right vnderstondynge of holy Scripture compyled for the commodite of al christen people. By D. Vrbanum Regium.; Erklärung der zwölf artikel Christlichs gelaubens. English	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 20843; ESTC S115780	81,702	234

Howe that in the dayes of Noe the floudde came vnwarres and ouer hasted the worlde So shal the cōmynge of the sonne of man be when men wyl least loke for hym i. thes v. ij thes ij Euen thus sayth Paule also The daye of the Lorde cometh as a thefe in the nyghte Matth. xxiiij and xxv i. the .iiij The fourme fasshyon processe and iudgement of the Latter daye Reade in Mathewe and in the Epistle vnto the Thessaloniens I wyll not brynge the oute and from the scripture with my laboure but in and to the Scripture Euery water is better in hys fyrst sprynge than it is in the fellowynge crekes or ryuers The Masse The masse is a testamente of Christ wherein is promysed pardon and remissyon of synnes vnto all faythfull Christians and soundeth thus As they dyd eate the Lorde Iesus loke the breade and gaue thankes brake it gaue it to hys disciples and sayd Take eate thys is my body And he toke the cuppe thanked and gaue it them and saide drynk of it euery one Thys is the cuppe the newe Testament in my bloude that shall be shed for you and for many for the remissiō of synnes Matth. xxvi mar xiiij Luc. xxij i. Cor. xi Thys do in the remembraūce of me Reade Mathewe Marke Luke and the Epistle of Paule to the Chorinthians Euen there is the masse instituted of Christ Therfore what so euer is more there by they additiōs of menne These forsayd wordes must euery mā knowe perfectely remembre thē in a right stedfaste faith It is not lauful that they shoulde be hidden and spokē secretely yf thou wilt heare masse a right remembre that here is a meate and drynke therfore muste thou eate and drynke or elles thy masse hearynge is of no valoure To heare masse a ryght Howe shall I do then Take the wordes of the masse before the and remembre them in a ryght fayth that thou doubte not but as Christe hath promysed thy euen so shall it come to passe vnto the and in the fayth of the same wordes receyue the blessed Sacrament as a sure holy token vnder the whiche suche promyse is made vnto the whereby thyne herte is broughte to the wordes to beleue them This is spiritually and corporally to go to goddes borde Goyng to Goddes borde Whan the Sacramente is not ministred vnto the but thou hearest masse onelye then take the wordes of the Testament into thy herte and remembre there what thy God and Lorde Iesus Christe hath done for the howe he by hys death hath redemed the and deserued for the eternall lyfe And besydes thys hast thou the very right lyuynge token and seall hys body hys bloude Beleue the wordes and the token so obtaynest thou the promysed inheritaunce and goest to Goddes borde spiritually thou doest strengthen thy selfe oute of the wordes of Christe thou doest conforte the preserue and amende the. For he that doth accepte the wordes and token in fayth is nourysshed and strengthened agaynst all temptations and necessities and moued and prouoked to geue thankes vnto the plenteous mercyfull father which hath geuen and made suche a ryche costely Testamente to vs poore damnable synners Here maye be no doubte at all in the promyse For it is therfore called a Testamente that is a thynge which can not be called agayne a sure promyse whiche is sealled and confirmed with the precious death of the Sonne of God Ebre xi Here is no bloude shed of vnreasonable cattell whiche can not take awaye synne but the precyous innocent bloude of Iesu Christ Ebre ix which pourgeth our consciences from deade workes whiche for that cause is a mediatour of the newe testamēt Rom. iij as Paule doth name hym the masse is no sacrifyce The masse is properly no oblation but is a remembraunce of the hyghe worthy oblation or Sacrifice whiche Iesus Christe the sonne of God in heauen Hebr. ix offred hym selfe for oure synnes vpon the crosse ones This rememberaunce shall be very newe vnto all hertes whereby man is taught what he hath ben and what God hath done for hym There of groweth then confidence in suche a kynde Lorde and redemer Also loue is raysed towardes God and towardes oure neyghbour and a renewynge of the olde man We haue nowe many masses but the death of the Lorde is seldome shewed the plentyfull grace of the death of Christe shoulde alwayes be shewed thereby And we shoulde admonysshe exhorte one another to the loue of God and of our neyghbours For thys Sacrament signifyeth vnite in loue as the names therof clearly do declare A testament Briefely whatsoeuer a Testamēte hath in it selfe in especyall that same hath also the masse The Testatour is Christe The testamente are the wordes as is a fore sayde whereby Christe dyd institute the blessed Sacramēt of the aulter therein is contayned with fewe wordes what Christe hath bequethed and geuen vs. The sealle i. Tim. ij bonde and assuraunce is the body bloude of Christe a pledge token and sealle of the Godly promyse and redemption for vs. The heyres are all faythfull Christians The inheritaunce is pardon and remissyon of synnes Where as remission of synnes is there followe all goodes promysed and geuen in the Testament For whan the synnes be remitted and forgeuen then haue we a mercyfull God throughe Christe Christ is then oures Ro. viij and with hym all thynges Thys is nowe the inheritaunce The Sacrifyces of the olde Testamente were vnperfecte Ebre x for they dyd not take and wasshe awaye synne thei were a figure of the ryght perfecte sacrifyce the oblacion of Christe whiche taketh away our synnes and maketh vnto vs a mercyfull God That was Christe which dyed vpon the crosse a ryght onely sacrifyce of the newe Testamente for oure synnes oure onely sanctification iustifycacyon and satisfaction Nowe whē we haue masse or go to Goddes borde than may we not saye properlye that Christ is offred agayn for he dyeth now no more Ebre vi ix Rom. vi The Apostle sayth He hath done it once And after that fayth he agayne Once dyd he entre into the holy place He offreth not him selfe often he was offred but ones But proprely is it a remembraunce of the ryght perfecte oblacyon which once vpon the crosse is accomplysshed And here is the passyon of Christ earnestly remembred through the which fayth is strengthened and augmēted loue towardes God and man kyndeled and hope stablysshed and confirmed Therfore sayde Christe Thys do in the remembraunce of me that is when ye eate my body and drynke my bloude then remember my death that I dyed for you and redemed you and became an oblation for your synnes Righteousnes A ryght fayth in the mercy grace of God in Iesu Christe is onelye oure ryghteousnes Ro. iiij To hym that beleueth is hys fayth counted for ryghteousnes Abraham beleued God Gen. xv and it

but it hath not the fyrste strenght and power as it had whē it was yet standynge and had strong towres sure walles good and broade dyches Euen so hath oure wyll onely the name and tittell that he is called the free wyll But he is not in dede vntyll the grace do make him free But yf h● be so free as they suppose howe cometh it then to passe that Paul was not able to do what he wolde why dyd he serue the synne Ro. vij which notwithstandyng he hated Beholde the chosen vessell of God Paule complayneth that he is in bondage vnder the lawe of synne and the vngodly Sophistes graunte to a synner that he hath a free wyll Yf he be so free as they make hym why praye we then Halowed be thy name Thy wyl be done Do we that for thys cause that oure free wyll so muche the better and easyer maye do good as the abhominable heretikes called Pelagians affirmed No truely Pelagians yf we praye then is it a signe that we haue it not in oure possibilite Therfore when we reade that the olde fathers defende the free wyl thā must we vnderstande that they wyll declare and teache that the wyl maye receyue freedome and not that he is free of hymselfe But he may be turned vnto the good through grace and become free in dede where vnto he was shapen that he maye do the commaundementes of God whiche elles withoute the grace were vnpossyble to kepe for he can do nothynge of him selfe but synne But in the grace are they possyble to be kept of hym as Paule sayth Phil. iiij The cōmandementes of God are impossible to be kept I can do all thynges thorough the help of Christ which strēgteth me Ierome speaketh wel Accurseth be he that sayth that the commaūdementes of God are vnpossyble to vs. They are not hole vnpossyble for they were elles geuen vnto vs in vayne but in oure power withoute the grace of God they are vnpossyble but vnto God are all thynges possyble Councell Mat. v The Sophistes haue taught for a great season what Christe Matthei in the fyfte dyd teache as to loue the enemyes not to resiste wronge not to striue before the iudge neyther to go to lawe to tourne the other cheke to loue withoute rewarde and suche lyke That they are good counseylles vnto those that wyll be perfect Christians howe be it yf any man do it not that neuerthelesse he is withoute danger of hys saluation And that Christ did here onely geue good counsell that is he hath conseilled it onely and not commaunded This is not true For loke vpon the texte with his circumstaunces then shalt thou see learne that they be pure commaundementes of God whiche he requyreth of vs vpon payne of losynge hys grace and assistence But they are the false Prophetes of whome God speaketh in Ezechiel Eze. xiij They deceaue the people and tell them of peace where as there is no peace They preache and teache that whosoeuer doth not the aboue mencioned poyntes shall not peryshe therfore Confessyon There is an Euangelicall Confessiō Matth. xviij as Christ sayth in Mat. yf thy brother trespace agaynst the. Go and tell hym hys faute betwene hym and the alone yf he heare the Thou hast wonne thy brother But yf he heare the not then take yet with the one or two that in the mouthe of two or thre witnesses all thinges maye be stablyshed Yf he heare not them tell it vnto the congregacion Yf he heare not the congregacion take hym as an heathen man and as a publican That was an open Confession i Tim. v Thus sayth S. Paule Agaynst an elder receyue none accusation but vnder two or thre witnesses At that tyme were the open crymes and blasphemyes hearde and examined with wetnesses and accusers vntill the tyme that suche as were giltie were knowen and reproued And this Confessiō hath ben kepte by the lawe of God of the twelue Apostles and of their successours and of this confession muste the fathers be vnderstande as Augustyne Ambrose Ierome Gregory But the confession whiche is done secretely in the eare is not grounded in the scripture I do not reiecte it but it greueth me that it is come to suche abomination and compulsion that men be dryuen and compelled there to agaynst their wille are betrayed where by they come in hazarde of their lyues Itē maketh euill entangled desperate consciences Merites or Deseruynge Deseruinge is a proude worde when a man doth asscribe it vnto hym selfe and boasteth that he hath done many meritorious workes O lorde seynge we can of oure selues thynke no good why do we boaste oure selues of many deseruynges What good soeuer we do that worketh God in vs he crowneth in vs his owne gyfte he maketh his owne workes oure deseruynge Thynke allwayes vn this sayenge in Luke Luc. xvij When ye haue done all those thinges whiche are cōmaunded you saye we are vnprofitable seruauntes We haue done that whiche was oure duetye to do Christe is oure sauiour and hath done all thinges for oure saluatiō not for any lucre or deseruinge but because it was the fathers pleasure And so shoulde we do also we shoulde not serue God for any lucre or profite as the seruauntes theyr maysters but free as the chyldren theyr father of free loue not thinkynge howe greate thynges we deserue but howe wel we please the good wyll of God Deseruynge Deseruyng is not to do any good to thintent to deserue ought thereby as the Seducers of soules haue taught hitherto to the abhominable vndoynge and destruction of the worlde but to deserue or to merite that is with a syngle herte willyngly withoute respecte of rewarde or deseruinge to obeye the wyll of God for loue seketh not her owne i. Co xiij as Paule sayth But deseruynge and rewarde followe and come of them selues without oure sekynge oute of the obedience which I do to the godly wyll Shepeherdes We haue one right good true shepeherde whiche hath geuen hys precious lyfe for vs that is Iesus Christe In Iohn sayth he Iohn x. I am a good shepeherde He is the dore of the shepe whosoeuer entreth not at thys dore is a thefe and a murtherer He is oure arche shepeherde i. Pet. v Ioh. xxi and the shepe are hys owne none of oures In Iohn sayth Christe to Peter Fede my shepe He sayth not thyne Vvhosoeuer endeuoureth hym selfe to followe the voyce of the shepeherde thesame shal not be deuoured of the wolfe infernall but shal be well and surely preserued There be many hyred seruauntes Phil. ij but fewe shepeherdes they seke all theyr owne and not that whiche is Iesus Christes as Paule sayth The vnder shepeherdes should feede with the worde of God syncerely and purely But they make additions and teache vs mannes doctryne through the whiche the soule doth hungre spiritually Mannes doctryne bryngeth money but Goddes doctryne bryngeth persecution

Therfore wyll noman truely take the Gospel in hande mat xvi Christ hath geuen vs warnynge of such in Matt. Beware of the Leuen of the Pharises and of the Saduces that is of mēnes traditions Thereof reade further Deut. iiij Prouer. xxx Esaye xxxix Matth. xv xxiiij Marc. vij Luc. xvij Gal. i. Colloss ij i. Timot. iiij Tit. i. And .i. Pe. ij Yf thou wilt see with what coloure the Scripture doth counterfaite and paynte the wicked shepeherdes then reade Ezechiel xiij and xxxiiij Ieremie xxiij Esaye iij. Michee iij To the Philippians iij. Conclusyon AT the last wyl I admonyshe charitably euerye good Christian that he wyll beware and take good hede in thys last perillous tyme wherein Ante Christe hath also hys predication sheweth hys miracles and that he wil earnestly reade the Byble hym selfe with humilitie and not with presumption Whereas the spirite of God openeth any thynge vnto hym let hym be thankefull And wheras any thynge is to harde for hym there let hym not iudge rasshely and put no doubtes in it but that all thyng is well and good written by the spirite of God whiche can not erre But the faulte is in our selues Moreouer one daye teacheth another what soeuer thou vnderstandest not to daye thesame bryngeth the daye of to morowe with him The holy scripture wyl not be reade as other bokes thou mayest not rasshely and with vnwassheth handes as the common Prouerbe soundeth fall into it but with a precedent deuoute prayer and yeldynge of thy selfe that God may worke in the and that thou wilt not vnderstonde the Scripture after thyne owne brayne or brynge an interpretation in the Scripture after thyne owne phantasy but that thou mayest seke it euen there and be taught of god in the ryght hygh scoole of the holy Ghooste and gladly enquyre of the learned and learne withoute arrogancye and curiosite There must nedes be good experience of the language and the spirite yf a man wil truely handle with the scripture For the one helpeth the other i. co xiij Paul wyll that a man shal here knowe the language and prophecye Therfore let not hym that is not very expert in languages be rasshe and presumpteous to iudge in the scripture how doth it agree that men hādell the reliques of Saynctes with so greate reuerence and honorablenes handel so rasshely or vndiscretely the ryght and true reliques that is the worde of God whiche the sonne of God hath confirmed and stablysshed by hys holy bloude and whereby we be all made ryghteous and holy Howe be it thou shalt not therfore be abolished thinkynge that to reade and to knowe the scripture perteineth onely to prestes Mat. vi It is the worde whereby thy soule make lyue whereby thou arte made a Christen man Vve are called all together to one kyngedom of heauen and inheritaunce of God There is one Baptisme Eph. iiij one worde and one fayth Vve muste al knowe what God requyreth of vs. Therfore as deare as thy soule health and saluation is vnto the euen so earnestly let the worde of God be committed vnto the. It preuayleth nothynge vnto the that thou sayest I wyll continue in my fathers belefe The belefe of oure forefathers Paraduenture thy father was taught that he shoulde be made righteous by workes that he should institute many soule masses buylde Churches that then all were well Yf thou shouldest fynde thy father in hel thou shouldest fynde an euyll fyndynge The sunne of ryghteousnes Iesus Christe is rysen the holy Gospell is purely and syncerely preached he that nowe openeth not hys eyes and shutteth the trueth withoute the dores shal surely fynde hymselfe deceaued Yf Sayncte Paule woulde haue beleued as hys father and the great multitude then shoulde he haue beleued that withoute the bodely circumsion no man coulde be saued what case hadde he byn in thou Yf my father hadde beleued that whatsoeuer a Byshoppe dyd institute or ordeyne were the holy Gospel shoulde I therfore folowe hym in thys errour Christe my hope and redemption saue me frō so doynge whiche vouchesafe through the quickenyng spirite to teache vs his scripture hym selfe that we may vnderstande the vnspeakeable ryches of hys grace AMEN Vvhosoeuer sayth I wil beleue as my father hath done before me and wyl not be instructed and infourmed to heare the Gospell the same wil not knowe the trueth and paraduenture Christ wyl not knowe hym also therfore shall he stande to hys owne daunger vnto hym is the Sunne rysen in vayne he is blynde and a blocke or he feareth the trueth of the Gospell he feareth that he shoulde be fayne to be good Hys euyl workes are espyed in in the cleare lighte of the Gospel whiche he hath couered with mennes traditions This is then as Christ sayth Iohn iij the condemnation that the lyght is come into the worlde and the men loued darkenes more then light Euery man that doth euyl hateth the lyght Thou wilt saye vnto me The Gospel hath bē darkened with mennes doctryne The Gospell hath alwayes ben preached But I saye naye to it The texte might wel be tolde vnto the whiche afterwarde was so darkened with mens gloses that the Gospell that is the glad tydynges was made a heauy tydynges vnto the. For they haue onely taught and preached many institutions but the conforte in the Scripture was hydden namely the inenarrable treasure of grace purchased vnto vs by Christe They haue not taught Christe but Antichrist Thou hast not ben set from thy selfe vnto Christe that thou mightest haue learned wherfore Christe is geuen vnto the. Item to knowe the secretes of the Gospel what is the right peace and ioye of al hertes and consciences but we haue ben brought leadde frō Christ vpon and into our selues that we shoulde be iustifyed and saued by the workes of oure free wyl O Lorde what misery and calamite haue we ben brought vp in in what great vnquietnes For the conscience can neuer be in quiete sure and content yf she must be iustifyed by workes She can neuer be sure in what case she standeth with God as Paule declareth Ro. iiij Gal. iij. But thys is vnto a troubled conscience a great conforte when she heareth that man is not iustifyed by workes but by the fayth in Iesu Christ Thys is the ryght preachinge of the Gospell Rom. iij iiij Gal. ij Rom. iij iiij v Ge. xv Lyke as oure father Abraham was iustifyed before God euen so must we be iustifyed also The scripture calleth hym a father of all beleuers and saith in the fyrst boke of Moyses Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto him for ryghteousnes And so doth Paul dryue it alwayes euery where we are iustifyed by fayth Thys shalt thou vnderstond thus for a conclusyō Two maner of faith We haue two maner of beleuynges or knoweledges of Christe The one is called an Actual knoweledge As when I haue