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A11927	The three partes of commentaries containing the whole and perfect discourse of the ciuill warres of Fraunce, vnder the raignes of Henry the Second, Frances the Second, and of Charles the Ninth : with an addition of the cruell murther of the Admirall Chastilion, and diuers other nobles, committed the 24 daye of August, anno 1572 / translated out of Latine into English by Thomas Timme minister.; Commentariorum de statu religionis et reipublicae in regno Galliae. English. 1574	Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598.; Hotman, François, 1524-1590. De furoribus gallicis.; Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.; Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572.	1574 (1574)	STC 22241.5; ESTC S4897	661,140	976

whom it pleaseth God to giue the same that the faithfull might haue nothing in them selues to boast of whē as rather they are two folde more bound to God than others in that they are preferred before others Also we beleue that faith is giuen to the electe not that they should once onely walke in the right way but rather to cōtinue in the same al the dayes of their lyfe bicause as the beginning is of God so is also the ende 22 We beleue that we which are by nature the seruants of sinne by the same faith are regenerate into a new life For by faith we receiue grace to lyue a holy and godly lyfe whē we imbrace that ●…uangelicall promise that the Lorde will giue vnto vs the holy Ghost Therfore faith is so far from taking away the desire to leade a godly life that it doth rather inflame the same in vs from whence good workes necessarily do follow But although God doth regenerate vs to the ende he might fully saue vs notwithstanding we affirme that the good workes which we do by the assistance of Gods holy spirite are not so regarded of God that we shuld be iustified by them or deserue to be counted the sonnes of God bicause we shoulde alwayes doubte and feare if so be that we had not that satisfactiō by which Christ Jesus hath deliuered vs from all harme 23 We beleue that all the figures of the law are taken away by the comming of Christ although we know that the truth and substaunce of them remaine in him in whō they were fulfilled Howbeit we must vse and exercise the Law and the Prophets both for the framing of our life and also that we may be the more confirmed in the promises of the Gospell 24 We beleue that seing Jesus Christ is giuen to vs to be our onely aduocate who also commaundeth that we should boldly come to the Father in his name and seing it is not lawfull for vs to pray in any other order and forme than in that which God him selfe hath appointed in his word what soeuer men haue deuised concerning the intercessiō of dead Saintes it is nothing else but the deceite and crafte of Sathan to drawe men from the right and true forme of prayer We doe also reiect all those meanes whatsoeuer that men haue inuented to delyuer them selues from the wrath of God for so muche as they doe derogate so much from the death and sacrifyce of Jesus Christ as men gyue and attribute vnto them To cōclude we thinke that Purgatory is a fable brought forth of y same shop frō whēce also came Monastical vows pilgrimages prohibitiō of Matrimonie the vse of meates the ceremoniall obseruation of certaine dayes Auricular confession Iuduigences and suche like abhominations by which some thinke that they merit grace and saluation All which things we do reiecte not onely for the false opinion conceyued of meriting adioyned vnto them but also bicause they be the inuentions of men and a yoake layde vpon consciences by the authoritie of men 25 We beléeue bicause we can not obtaine Christ but by the Gospell that the holy and inuiolable discipline established by his authoritie in the Churche ought to be obserued and that therefore Pastours ought to be in the Church to whom appertaineth the office of preaching the worde and the ministration of the Sacramentes whom men ought to honor and reuerently heare if they beyng lawfully called discharge their dutie not that God of necessitie néedeth such inferior helpes but rather bycause it thus seemeth good vnto him to rule vs as it were with a bridle And therfore we do detest all those fanaticall persons which so muche as in them lyeth séeke to abolishe the holy ministerye that is to say the preaching of the worde and the administration of Sacraments 26 We beléeue therefore that it is lawfull for no man to withdrawe himselfe from the Congregation and to trust in himselfe but is rather the duetie of all men to defende and kéepe the Unitie of the Churche submitting them selues to the common Institution and yoake of Christe wheresoeuer God hath appointed the true and Ecclesiasticall discipline althoughe the Edictes of Magistrates be against the same from the which order whosoeuer separate them selues they resist the ordinance of God. 27 We beléeue that with great diligence and discretion the true Church must be discerned by the name whereof many are too much abused Therfore we affirme out of the worde of God that the Churche is a company or congregation of the faithfull which do agrée in following the word of God and in imbracing true Religion in the which also they dayly profite and go forward grounding and confirming one another in the feare of God who although they receiue neuer so great profite yet must they daylie of necessitie seeke for remission of sinnes And yet for all this will not denie but that manye hipocrites and reprobates are mixed with the faithfull but yet their wickednesse can not take awaye the name the Church 28 Therfore in beléeuing of this thing we also openly affirme that where the worde of God is not receiued nor no profession of that obedience shewed that belongeth thervnto nor no vse of the Sacraments there to speake properly we can Iudge no Church to be We therfore condemne the Papisticall Church bicause the pure truth of God is banished out of the same in the which the Sacramentes of faith are corrupted falsified or else quite abolished in the which all superstition Idolatry is to be founde And therfore we thinke that all they which do ioyne themselues to such actions and do communicate with them doe separate them selues from the body of christ Nothwithstanding bicause in the Papacy remaineth some Imitacion of the true church and specially the substance of Baptisme the efficacie wherof dependeth not vpon him that ministreth the same we graunt that they which are baptized in the same Popishe Church haue no néede to be baptized againe howbeit bycause of the corruptions with the which Baptime is there mixed no man can offer his childe to be of them baptized but he must pollute him selfe 29 We do beléeue that the true Churche oughte to be gouerned with that discipline which our Lorde Iesus Christ appointed and to haue in the same Pastors Ministers and Deacons that the pure doctrine of the Gospell may be preached vice bridled and poore afflicted persons so far as nede shall require comforted 30 We do beléeue that all true Pastors wheresoeuer they be placed haue power and authoritie all a like vnder that onely head and chiefe vniuersall Bishop Iesus Christ And therfore that it is lawfull for no Church to chalenge vnto it selfe imperie or rule ouer another 31 We do beleue that it is vnlawfull for anye man of his owne authoritie to presume to take vpon him the gouernment of the Church but ought rather to

worde out of the bookes of the Prophetes and Apostles be made insufficient he is spoyled of his prophèticall office if newe lawes be made and layde vpon the consciences of men hée should be depriued of his kingly maiestie And if he be offered again for remission of sinnes other ways also be found out to pacifie the wrath of God althoughe it shoulde not be sufficient to haue one Aduocate and Mediator in heauen betwéene God mē he should be defrauded of his Priesthood Thirdely we agrée not neyther in the defiinition neither in the original nor in the effectes of faythe which by the authoritie of the Apostle Paule we call Iustifying by whiche only we affirme that Iesus Chryst with all his graces is made ours As touching good workes if there be any that thinke we contemne them they are vtterly deceyued For we separate no more fayth from loue than we separate lighte heate from fire And with Iohn we say He which sayth hee knoweth God and keepeth not his commaundementes is a lyer But in these thinges we confesse we disagrée in thrée speciall poyntes First of all in the originall of good woorks that is to saye from whence they come Secondely what those good workes are And thirdely to what vse they are good As touching the first principall pointe we finde no other fréewill in man than that whiche is made frée by the grace of Chryste and we affirme that our nature being in that state into the which it is falne hath néede not onely to be holpen and susteined but rather to be mortified and as it were killed by the power of the holy Ghost which founde our nature not only weakned in grace but also destitute of all strength and enemie to all goodnesse and deade yea and putrified in sinne and corruption And this honor we giue wholly vnto God neither do we think that in this matter we ought in any wise to be ioyned with god For we assigne to his grace and mercie the beginning the middle and the ende of working in vs Concerning the seconde pointe We acknowledge no other rule of righteousnesse and obedience which may stande before God than his commaundements whiche are faithfully described and put downe to vs in his worde to the whiche we thinke it not méete that any creature should adde any thing that apertaineth to the building of mens consciences or detract from the same Concerning the thirde point namely to what vse these good works are profitable We confesse that so far forthe as they come from the spirite of God working in vs hauing their beginning from so good an originall they are good and ought to be called by that name howbeit if God would examine thē according to the rigour of his iustice he should finde many things in them worthy of condemnation We say also that they are profitable for an other vse bycause by them our God is glorified men brought to the knowledge of him but we are persuaded that for so much as the holy Ghost is within vs for he is certainly knowne by those effects we are of the number of his elect and of those that are predestinate to saluation But for so much as it cōmeth in question to knowe by what title the kingdome of God appertayneth vnto vs we say with S. Paule Eternal life is the free gift of God and not a due reward of our merits For by this means Christ Iesus doth iustifie vs with his righteousnesse onely which is imputed vnto vs sanctifieth vs with his holynesse only giuen vnto vs redéemeth vs with his only sacrifice imputed vnto vs by true liuely faith of the grace liberalitie of our god Al these riches treasures are giuen vnto vs by the power of the holy Ghost vsing the preching of Gods word the administration of the sacraments to this ende not as though it hath néed of those means for God is omnipotent but bicause so it pleaseth him to apply cōform him self vnto vs by these ordinarie meanes to create nourish in vs y most precious gift of faith which is as it wer at hand to apprehend take hold of those gifts as it were a ve●…ell to receiue Christ with al his riches to saluation Moreouer we receiue only imbrace for the word of God the doctrine contained in the bokes of the Prophets Apostls called by the name of the old new Testament For who can assure certifie vs of our saluatiō but they which without exception ar the gretest witnesses And as touching the authoritie of the doctors of ancient time general coūcels before they be receiued without any examination first they shuld be compared with the scriptures then thēselues with thēselues for so much as the holy ghost is by no means contrarie to himself The which my Lords I think ye wil neuer take in hand if ye do giue vs this leaue that we may sée the matter before if we beleue that ye wil not do it But what Are we of the progenie of that wicked Cham which vncouered the priuities of his father Noe Do we think our selues to be better learned than so many gréek latine doctors Are we so wise in our own conceites that we think that we are the first which haue opened the truth Are we so arrogant as to condemne the whole world of error God forbid yea that be far from vs notwithstanding my Lords we trust you will graunt vs this that euery ancient councel euery doctor ought not to be receiued rashely for so much as there haue ben long ago many false prophets in the church of God as the Apostle in many places techeth vs Secōdly as touching those doctors which ar to be receiued seing al truth which may be found in thē necessarily ought to be drawn from the scripturs what sounder way shall we finde to profit in their writings than to examine all things by that touchstone namely by the welwayed resons cōsidered testimonies of scripture by which we ought to interpret thē No mā truly can giue vnto them more thā they wold giue vnto thēselues And these are the very words of Hierom writing vpō the Epist. of the Gala. The doctrine of the holy Ghost is that which is contained in the Canonical bokes of scripture against which to decree any thing by coūcels is not lauful And S. Aug. writing to Fortunatꝰ saith we must not so much esteme of the disputations of mē although they be catholike of great authoritie as we must esteme of the Canonicall Scripture except it bee lawfull for vs sauing the reuerence due to those men to mislyke and reiect somewhat in their writings if it be founde that they haue iudged otherwise than the truth will beare which wee or any others by the grace of God do knowe This is myne opinion in other mens wrytings and such do I wishe the readers of my works

by manye of the nobles was not altogether hidden but euidently ynonghe appeared to all men that woulde sée the same FINIS The translator to the Reader THus gentle Reader endeth the firste part of these Cōmentaries faithfully collected and gathered by that singular learned man Petrus Ramus of Fraunce who himselfe bycause he was a zealous professor of the Gospell and an enimie to Antichrist was slaine in this last horrible butcherly murther in the yeare of our Lorde God. 1572. The speciall cause that moued the sayde Petrus Ramus to spende his trauaile in penning these Commentaries in the Latine toung was as you maye perceyue by hys preface in the beginning of this Booke that all Christian Realmes might be certifyed of the true originall and cause of all the warres troubles and sheding of Innocente bloude that haue beene from the yeare of our Lorde God. 1557. vntill this present daye To the ende therefore that his desire might be the better satisfyed when I had considered the worthinesse of his trauaile and what great fruite woulde spring of the same to al that will vouchsafe to spende sometime in reading of this worke for that all men vnderstande not the Latine toung I thought good to translate the same into Englishe that none of our Countreymen might be stayed from the taste of such fruite as will growe thereof And as I haue spente sometime in translating this firste parte so I meane God willing to goe forwarde with the other two partes the seconde beeing nowe in hande and shall bee printed if God permitte against the nexte Terme In the meane tyme I beseech thee right Christian Reader contente thy selfe with this accept my labor and requite my good will with diligent reading of the same Before the which I shall desire thee to correct with thy pen suche faults as I haue here caused to be noted In so doing no one sentence I trust shal seeme obscure vnto thee Faultes escaped in Printing Line 2. Page 9 For it reade he Li. 19. pa. 12. for might defende reade might séeme to defend Line 18. pag. 17. reade acknowledging of the truth Line 16. pag. 40 for other wile reade otherwise Line 22. pag. 43. reade as though it had bene Line 5. pag. 73. read we will not deny Line 8. pag. 73. reade name of the Church Line 4. pag. 76. for is sodaine reade is so highe Line 31. pag. 112. for there reade Then. Line 3. pag. 124. reade must not therefore Line 25. pag. 125. in these words and if that leaue out if Line 23. pag. 164. bring in these words might be solde from them Line 32. pag. 194. for Prophetes reade properties Line 5. pag. 167. for although reade as though Line 1. pag. 239. for only thee reade only thrée Line 18. pag. 235. for they shall reade shall they Line 20. pag. 235. for doth reade doth not NOte here good Reader that these faultes escaped in Printing are not so escaped in al the Bookes of this impression but in some Least therefore they to whome those should happen might be troubled in the reading with obscure sense I thought good to make a generall note of all THE INDEX A. Affliction of the Churche after the death of King Henrie 47. Affliction rysing of false reportes 50 Affliction somewhat ceaseth 61. Agronia assaulted 161. Ambaxian Tumult 2. Andelot put in pryson 23. Andelot answereth 23. Andelot escapeth pryson 110. Andelot in fauour againe 24. Annas Burgeus defendeth the gospell in the Parliament house 26. Annas Burgeus caryed to pryson by Mongomerie 27. Annas Burgeus examined 32. Annas Burgeus condemned 33. 39. Annas Burgeus disgraded 35. Annas Burgeus confession 36. Annas Burgeus taketh his iudgement thankfully 39. Annas Burgeus Oration 4. Annas Burgeus burned 43. Annas Burgeus bringing vp 44. Angell speaker for the Comminaltie 121 Apologie for the faythfull Captiues 9. Arrogant threatnings of the Constable 11. Augusta a cittie in Germanie 131. Authoritie of God●… worde 199. Authoritie of the Church 227. B. Baptisme 75. Beza his prayer 189. Bishoppe of Nauntes author of the Tumult 17. Bishoppes of Rome sowers of discorde 82. Bookes of sclaunder 100. Brosaeus Generall of the Armie that went into Scotlande 61. C. Cardinall of Loraine an enemie to Burgeus 39. Cardinall Poole 95. Cardinall of Loraine seeketh to get fame by keeping Lybelles of reproch 104. Cardinall Ferrer sent from Rome to hinder the Nationall Councell 166. Calabria persecuted 63. Christ our righteousnesse 68. Christ God and Man. 68. Christ hath two natures 69. Christ dyed for sinne 69. Christ our Aduocate 71. Church what it is 72. 217. Churches denyed to them of the reformed Religion 124. Commendation of the protestantes 25 Communion with Christ and the Fathers vnder the law 18●… Comparison betwene the doctrine of the Gospel and papistrie 37. Cōfession of the french church 63 Confession of Annas Burgaeꝰ 36. Confession of the church of Flanders offered to king Philip. 166. Confirmation 204. Constable proudly threatneth 11. Constable drawne away from the Prince of Conde 140. Constable misseliketh of the profession oft he Admirall ibidem Controuersie betwene Charles the fifth and Pope Clement 91. Contention betwene the Queene and the king of Nauarre 136. Consubstantiation 203 Couetousnesse the beast of Babylon 93. Couetousnesse of Priestes 122. D. Democharis the inquisitour sitteth vpon Burgaeus 32. Democharis a slanderous inquisitour 50. Denises to abolishe the Gospell 1. Discipline of the Church 73. Disputation at Posiat 179. Doctrine of the lawe 71. Duke Arscotus a Brabantine 8. Duke of Guise an enimie to the Andelot 23. E. Earle Villarius an enemie to the Admirall 141. Ecclesiasticall Disciplne 72 Edict of Castellobrian 24. and. 12. Edict of Iuly 150. Election diuine 67. Election of Ministers 74. Example of two false brethren very notable ▪ 48. Excommunication 74. F. Factious names 118. Faith and good vvorkes 167 Faith cōmeth by the holy Ghost 70. Faith attaineth righteousnesse 70. Faithfull sclaundered 7. Figures of the Lawe 71. Forewarnings of desolation 92. Fruites of Popishe Sermons 22. G. Geneua a Sanctuarie for the Godly 4. Generall Councell not looked for 90. Generall Councell a vayne remedie 187. Georgius Gluchus Ambassadour out of Denmarke 139. God omnipotent 65. Gospell hath diuers professors 85. Good workes 71. Guises rule the Realme 50. Guises persecutors of the Gospel 51. Guises no Princes 60. Guises make claime to the crowne of England 62. H. Huguenotes a name giuen to the faithfull 59. I. Iacobes slaughter at Paris 1. Iacobus Sillius speaker for the Nobilitie 122. Ianus Contachus moueth controuersies 45. Ignorance of Priestes 122. Iniuries done to the faithfull 17. Innocencie of the Prince of Conde 147. Inquisitors of Fraunce called Flies 50. Intercession of Saintes 71. K. King Hentie the second set against the Protestantes 26. King Henrie threatneth Burgaeus 27. King Henrie slayne 34. Kinges duetie 100. King of Nauarre and the Prince of Conde sent for to the King. 107. King Fraunces dyeth 112. King of Nauar yeldeth his authoritie to the Queene

10. Symoniakes Pope Paulus the thirde Contarenus Sadoletus Cardinall Poole Math. 27. The thirde remedie Olde accustomed remedies The fourth remedie The seconde principall point The state of the kingdome which consisteth of these three namely of the n●…bilitie clergy and communa●…tie Tributes The commēdation of the generall assēbly of the States Slaunderous bookes A lesson for Kinges and Queenes Lodouicus xii pater patriae The ende of this oration The sentēce of the Admirall The sentence of the Duke of Guise The sentence of the Cardinall of Lorain The Cardinall of Loraine hopeth to get honor fame by keeping libels that were scattered abroade The reformation wished for by the Cardinall of Leraine A Nationall counsell is as much to say as a counsell gathered onely cute of the French nation which I gasle we maye call a conuocatiō of the clergy whereas a generall counsell consisteth of diuers nations A tumulte against the Prince of Conde Letters sent to the Prince of Conde taken Monsier Vidā apprehended The king of Nauar and the prince of Cōde are sent for to the king A new Edicte against the reformed Religion The king cōmeth to Aurelias The prince of Conde taken at Aurelias The death of king Frances the seconde 1 2 3 4 A wonderfull alteration after the death of King Frances the seconde The priuy displeasure of the Queene against the Prince of Nauarre The King of Nauar yeldeth authoritie to the Queene to gouerne the Realme The peace of the Church after long affliction The death of Monsieur Vidame A conuocation of States or of a Parliament in king Charles the. ix days The oration made by the Chauncelour Sedition what it is and wher of it commeth The force of Religion in the 〈◊〉 of men Bellona is the Goddesse of vvarre Factious names The accusatiō of forreine Princes The oratiō of the cōmenaltie made by Angell The ignorāce of prelates Couetousnes The oration for the nobilitye The oratiō of the Clergy The faultes of persons Ecclesiasticall Churches Euse booke 51. 〈◊〉 the lyfe o●… Constantin Shauē crowns the badges of Christes an●… The death of Quintinus orator for the Clergy The parliamēt breaketh vp Trent in Italy The letters of Paulus virglus to the Bishops of Italy Augusta is ●… citie in Germanie called Ausburgh The Pope iuuiteth the Princes of Germanie to the generall Councell The answere of the Princes of Germany to the Popes Legates Persecutious in Prouince The Prince of Conde sent for to the Court. The contentiō and ●…lling out be●…weene the Queene the king of Nauar●…e Deliberation●… of the particular assemblie of states at Paris Reconciliation betweene the Queen and the king of Nauar The Constable is drawn away frō the p●…nce of 〈◊〉 and from others o●… the reformed Churche The kings Letters The oration of Petrus Robertus the man of law for the Prince The conclusion of the Senate of Paris The decree of the senate con cerning the innocencie of the Prince The complaint of the Cardinal of Lorrayn 1. 2. 3. An Edict called of the Moneth of Iuly The summe of the Edict Warres betwene the duke of Sabaudia and the inhabitants of the valeys The Edict a-against the inhabitants of the valleys Ranconensis Trinitaeus The slaughter of Truchetus The agrement an●…●…uce betweene the Duke of Sabaudia the inhabitants of the valleys Persecution in Spaine He might rather be called Granvillan or greate villane The confessiō of the Church of Flanders offered to the King. 〈◊〉 New●…rs The reconciliation of the Prince of Cōde the Duke of Guise Certaine Ciuil actes worthy to be noted Cardinal Ferrer sent from Rome to hinder the Nationall Counsell in Fraunce The effect of the Queenes letters sent to Pope Pius the fourth Multitude Qualitie Concorde The increase and force of the faithful Doctrine Diuersitie of rites The remedy The fyrste poynte of offence Worshipping of images Sacraments Baptisme Catechismes The holie communion The custome of the auncient Church The second poynt that is misl●…ked The sun●…ie r●…ceiuing of the Sacrament Tymes to re●…eiue the cōmunion The thirde point that is misselyked Spirituall worship The Masse 〈◊〉 of greate offence In the substāce of the Masse In the forme of the Masse A straunge language Singing of Psalmes The begining of the ●…putation at 〈◊〉 Concerning our co●…muniion with Christ and of the fathers vnder the lawe Iohn 8. 1. Cor. 10. 1. Corin. 10. Iohn 1. 1. Sacramentall signes 2. The th●…ng sign●…fied 3. The co●…nction of signes and the ●…ing signifi●…d 4. The participation of the signes of the the thing signified The ministers desire to haue the disputatiō and obtaine it The first session o●…●…is disputation The proposition of king Charles the ix The proposition of the Chauncelor Generall Coūsell a vaine remedie Ariminum o therwise called Remino an old citie in Flaminia in Italy The exception of Frances Cardinall of Turnon The oratiō of Beza in the name of the protestantes Beza his prayer ▪ Beza directeth his speache to the king ▪ Howe greate a benefite it is for subiects to be hard sene of their Prince Troubles fo ▪ Religion In what thinges the Papists and Protestants do agree and in what they do disagree In the manner of obtaining Saluation In the matter of faythe and good works Rom. 5. The authoritie Gods word of the Fathers He speaketh to the Prelates 1. Timo. 4. Act. 20. Aust. ad Fortunatus The opinion of the reformed Churches cōcerning the Sacrament Coinonian 1. Cor. 10. Transubstantiation Consubstantiation August ad Dardanum Confirmation Ecclesiasticall discipline Obedience to Magistrates The Queene answereth the Cardinall of Turnon The seconde session The oration of the Cardinal of Loraine Note here the subiection of Papistes The opiniō of the Cardinall of Loraine concerning the Sacrament 1 2 3 4 The protestation of the Prelates The thirde Session in another order What is the Church Rom. 8. 1. Cor. 12. August contra Crescō cap 21. Lib. 7. cap. 51. Question Answere True notes of the Church 1. Cor. 3. 1. Cor. 3. Ephe. 2. Succession in the Church Successors of the Apostles Obiection 1. Cor. 14. Vocation in the Churche ordinarie and extraordinary 1 2 3 Act. 1. Act. 6. 1. Timo. 3. Titus 1. Exod. 28. Esay 6. 9. Dom. 1. 17. Amos. 7. 14. Esay 28. Iere. 7. Ezechiel 22. Soph. 3. 1. Samuel 7. 1. King. 18. Authoritie of the Church Hebt 11. 1. Cor. 14. Ephe. 4. Galathians 5. Ephe. 5. 1. Cor. 13. Whether the Church may erre 1. Cor. 13. 1. hon 1. General counselles Bernar. in lib. de consider in sermone 33 in Cantica in sermo de conuersione Pauli Cayphas prophecied ●…hon 18. Esay 56. Ieremie 6. Ieremie 14. Esay Ezechiel 7. Actes 20. 2. Thes. 4. Aust. lib. 2. de bap cōtra Donat cap. 31. Aust. lib. 2. ca. 4. ad Arrianū 1. Cor. ●… 2. Peter 1. Ihon. 5. Ihon. 20. 2. Timo. 3. Act. 15 16. 18 Things indifferent Actes 15. The worde of God more ancient than

and grieuance of the Guises Furthermore we will declare what great alterations came to passe after this the yong King Charles comming to the Crowne As the great peace and tranquilitie giuen and graunted to the Churches by the benefite of the Kings Edictes the daily increase of the faithfull the flourishing of the Gospell in euery place the defacing of the Popes doctrine by solemne Court of Parliament the truth also embraced of many of the Nobles And here we will shewe what séedes of dissention were sowne by the subtile practises of the Guises betwéene the Nobles Then I will speake somewhat of the Actes of the parling of Possiacen Last of all I will declare the summe of the Edict of Ianuarye by which greater libertie was graunted to the Churches And bicause about that time there were great troubles of warres I will there make an ende of thys booke leauing the declaration of the rest vntill a more conuenient time Notwithstanding part thereof that is to say the explication of the first Ciuil warres shall be declared in our thrée latter bookes we looking to haue occasions offered to describe other matters which are behinde The booke of Commentaries concerning Religion vnder the reignes of Henrie the seconde Fraunces the seconde and Charles the ninth THe doctrine of Religion which in our time is amended and reformed came at the last into Fraunce But they were hardly delt withall which receyued that doctrine they were banished burnt and with all maner of torments vexed they were also called Lutheranes which name then was made a common reproch to the godly Notwithstanding all this that doctrine did more largely and vehemently sprea●…e it selfe abroade and the more that men were tori●…ented the more they came ●…o the same by flocks Many to the end they might escape the crueltie of their punishments ●… might enioy the frée vse of religiō we●…t vnto those places ●…n the which y same was purely publikely set forth am●…ng which the greatest part went to Geneua From whence many bookēs and letters being written a great number were brought to the knowledge of that doctrine The which dailie increasing more and more great matters afterwardes came to passe those things which were done in the beginning with feare and secretely were afterwarde frée and common for euery man to vse vntill such time as punishments being repressed torments taken away and the fierie flames quite extinguished that doctrine was receyued of noble men of Gentlemen and of all estates but on the other side the aduersaries of the reformed religion Resisting y same there arose great tumults which by mortall and ciuill warres vexed and much endamaged the great and noble kingdome of Fraunce But these first beginnings are particularly touched in other bookes in the which the noble and excellent triumphes of Martyrs are described I will therfore begin at that yeare since the which matters of Religion being more opēly set forth and more vehemently againe resisted haue more happily and euidently appeared And then this was the state of the kingdome After sundrie and long warres betwéene Henrie the seconde King of Fraunce and Charles the fyfth Emperour at the length both their Legates whē they could not by peace ende the controuersies which were betwéene them concluded a truce or peace for fyue yeares the which being shortly after broken by the Cardinall of Lorraine the warre began a freshe betwene the two kings And Fraunces Duke of Guise taketh his iourney into Italie with a great armye And Philip king of Spaine and sonne of the Emperour Charles goeth into Picardie who making hast to the towne of Sanquintine gaue the Constable which came out to mete him a great ouerthrow and toke him with a great number of Gentlemen This ouerthrowe and great slaughter of men was called Laurence day bicause it chaunced at the feast of S. Laurence ▪ After this Sanquintine was taken and certaine cities nere vnto the same So that what with the rumor of the sodeine slaughter what with the feare of the enimie which now approched to Paris the chiefe citie of the kingdome all men were wonderfully afrayde While these things were thus a working there began to be a great fame and rumor of the increase of the Lutheranes by reason whereof there followed a notable persecution against them which by the popular and vulgar name is called The winning of S. Iames streete and it was so called for this cause When the faithfull perceyued the great perill and daūger that hong ouer the whole kingdome of France by reason of this newe plague and punishment they gaue themselues to prayer and therfore congregated themselues togither by a great number the fourth daye of September in certaine houses of S. Iames stréete in Paris and that in the night for in the daye time they might by no meanes come togither minding to heare the worde preached and to haue the supper of the Lorde celebrated But they being bewrayed the common sort of people with weapons in a great tumult ranne with all haste to this stréet●… of S. Iames where the faithfull were assembled who being in those houses before mentioned and séeing themselues to be compassed on euerye side with the furor and rage of the multitude had small hope to escape howbeit part of them when they sawe a waye to be made for them through a certaine gate which wonderfully opened for the safegarde of many when the houses on ●…uery side were beset repeated their former prayers and escaped by flight without harme euen as though God himselfe had gone before them the greater part were taken of the Magistrates among whom were many noble women and women of great parentage and as they were led away by the officers were shamefully intreated and vnhonestly handled of the people Now the matter being in question concerning this assēbly it was first founde that when the people were assembled togither there was a Lecture of the holy Scripture in the vulgar tongue secondly that all the congregation knéeling prayers were made by the Minister thirdly that the Minister expounded the place of the eleuenth Chapter of S. Paules first Epistle to the Corinthians in the which the vse of the Lords supper is declared fourthly that then prayers were made for the King for Princes Magistrates for all estates of people for peace and quietnesse of the kingdom and last of all that the breade end wine of the Lords supper was communicated and giuen to those which were not iudged vnworthie For these offences they were taken Being therefore taken and cruelly intreated of the people by the way were notwithstanding very v●…courteously delt withall in prison For théeues and murtherers and such as by the lawe deserued to die were taken out of their colde and noysome prisons and these men put into the same in their steade all men forbidden to haue any recourse vnto them Notwithstanding it was brought to passe by the singular prouidence of God bicause

gift of God. 10 We beleue that all the progenie and ofspring of Adam is infected with this contagion the which we call originall sinne the which commeth by propagation and not of imitation as the Pelagians haue thought all whose errors we do detest abhorre Neither do we thinke it necessarie to enquire how this sinne may come from one to another by propagation For it is sufficient to know that whatsoeuer God hath giuen to Adam was not giuen to him alone but to all his posteritie and therefore we in his person are spoyled and bereft of all those benefites and are fallen into all this miserie and malediction 11 We beleue that this deprauatiō or corruptiō is very sin maketh al men yea the very infants as yet in the wombes of their mothers to be giltie of euerlasting death before god We do also affirme that the same after Baptisme is ministred is very sin in respect of fault how beit they which are the children of God shal not be cōdēned therfore bicause God of his frée mercy goodnesse doth not impute the same vnto thē Furthermore we say that this euil doth alwayes shew forth some fruits of wickednesse rebellion in so much that they which are the most holy althoughe they doe resist the same yet neuerthelesse so long as they liue in this worlde they are defiled with infirmities and offences 12 We do beleue also that out of this corruption vniuersal dānatiō into the which al mē by nature are cast drowned God hath takē some namely such whō he hath elected and chosen by his eternall purpose and euerlasting counsel of his owne mercy goodnesse in his sonne Christ without any respect of their merites And othersome he hath lefte in that corruption and damnation in iustlye condemning of whome when time commeth he will shewe his iustice euen as he declareth the riches of his mercye vpon others For some are not better than other some vntill God make the one to be knowne from the other by that his euerlasting purpose which he determined in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world neyther can any man by his owne strength attaine vnto that blessednesse since that by nature we haue no good motion neither are we able to thinke a good thought vntill God by grace assist vs and guideth vs vnto that which is right and good 13 We beléeue that whatsoeuer is requisite and necessarie for our saluation it is offered giuen to vs in Jesus Christ alone who is giuen to vs to saue vs and is also made vnto vs or for vs wisedome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption in so much that whosoeuer forsaketh him forsaketh the mercie of the Father that is to saye our onely refuge 14 We beléeue that Jesus Christ the wisedome and euerlasting sonne of the Father toke vpon him our nature in so much that in one person he is both God and man a man passible both in body and soule and in all things like vnto vs sinne onely excepted whose fleshe is very séede of Abraham and Dauid although by the secrete and incomprehensible power of the holy Ghost he was in his time conceiued in the wombe of the virgin Mary And therefore we detest and forsake all those heresies with the which the Churches in time past haue béene troubled as most contrarie to the truth and namely those diuelish Imaginations of Seruettus attributing to our Lorde Jesus Christ a phantasticall deitie and such like 15 We do beleue that in one persō which is Jesus Christ those two natures are so truelye and inseparably conioyned that they are vnited together in one and yet both of thē retaine still the distincte propertie of their natures in so much that as in this coniunctiō the diuine nature of the word retaining his properties abode vncreate infinit and replenishing all things euen so also the humane nature abode shall abide for euer comprehensible hauing his naturall forme measure and propertie from whom the resurrectiō and glorification or assumption to the right hand of the father shall not take away the veritie of his humane nature Therefore we so consider of Christ in his Deity that we spoile him not of his humanitie 16 We beleue that God hath shewed his vnspeakable loue and goodnesse toward vs in this that he hath sent his sonne to dye and to rise againe and to fulfill al righteousnesse that he might purchase for vs euerlasting life 17 We beleue that by that only sacrifice which Jesus christ offered vpon the Crosse we are reconciled vnto God and are counted iust in his sight bicause we cannot be acceptable vnto him neither obtaine the fruite of our adoption excepte we haue forgiuenesse of sinnes at his handes Therfore we affirme that Jesus Christ is our full and perfecte redéemer in whose death we haue full satisfaction by which we are deliuered from all our sinnes and from the which we can be absolued by no other meanes 18 ▪ We beleue that all oure righteousnesse is placed in the remission of our sinnes the which as the Prophete Dauid testifieth is our onely felicitie Therefore we reiect openly all other waies and meanes by which men thinke that they maye be iustified before God and laying aside all trust of our owne merites and righteousnesse we rest and stay our selues wholy vpon the obedience of Jesus Christ the which is imputed vnto vs both that all our sinnes may be thereby couered and also that we may attaine grace in the sight of god To be shorte we beleue that if we decline neuer so little from this foundation we can not finde where to rest but shal be rather alwayes vnquiet bicause we cā not haue peace with God vntill we are certainely perswaded of this that we are loued in Jesus Christ bicause in our selues we are worthy of all hate 19 We doe beleeue that by this onely meanes we haue libertye to call vpon God with certayne truste that hée will declare him selfe to bee our Father For we haue no accesse vnto the Father but by the meanes of the mediator 20 We do beleue that we are made partakers of this righteousnesse by faithe onely as it is written that he suffered to saue vs that whosoeuer shal beleue in him might not perish And it is thus appointed to this ende bicause the promises of life offered to vs in him are then applyed to our vse and profite and are made effectual to vs when we imbrace thē nothing doubting of the hauing of those things of the which we are certified by Gods owne mouth Therefore the righteousnesse which we obtaine by faith dependeth vpon the frée promises by which God testifieth and declareth that we are beloued of him 21 We beleue that we are endued with the light of faith by the secrete grace and working of the holy ghost the which faith is the frée gift of God proper to them alone to