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A00261	A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sente[n]ces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes.; Brife and faythfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ	I. B., fl. 1547.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed author.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555, attributed author.	1547 (1547)	STC 1035; ESTC S103779	21,747	42

Al that is borne of god ouercometh the world And thys is the victorye that ouercometh the worlde euen our fayth Who is it that ouercometh the worlde but he that beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God Out of these wordes of Iohn maye all ryght christians wel vnderstande that the victorye standeth in an vpryghte fayeth and not in anye carnall and outward●… weapon And we do holde it wyth the Apostle Iohn and are also content wyth Paule so that we wyl holde wyth them all straunge doctrine whyche myght be contrary to the Gospell of Iesu Christe for vtterly accursed Gala. i. ¶ Of Matrymonye OF matrymonye we do hold now in the newe testament not after the wyl of Moyses nor after the ensampel of the patriat ches but as god instytuted it in paradyse and as it was restituted agayne of Chryste and brought agayn to the fyrst institucion namely that Matrimony is a ioynynge togyther of 〈◊〉 persons that is to say a man and a woman af ter the wordes of the lord They two shall be one fleshe Genes ii And for this cause hath Paule commaunded the byshopes deacons euery one of thē to be a housband of one wyfe Out of the whiche texte muste nedes folowe that no chrysten man may haue more then one wife or els had Paule robbed the byshoppes and deacons of theyr comon chrystian lybertye yea he had tangled them in a snare which is vnpossyble i. Cor. vi so is it not to be foūde in any apostels wrytynge that any Chrysten man in or after the apostels tymes hath bene Polygamus that is to saye hath had manye wyues What y t the apostles haue not taught nor vsed in theyr congregacyon that shal not wee teache nor vse as an necessarye thinge ●…o mans saluacyon For els muste it folowe that the apostels had not knowen nor taught all the trueh which is against the words and promise of Iesu Christ which promised to his apostels sayeng when the conforter the holy ghoste shal come he shall teache you all the trueth Ihon. xiiii And Paul toke god to witnesse y t present day that he was pure from the bloud of al mē for he had kept nothing backe but had shewed them all the coūsell of god Acti xx Nowe is it well knowen that Paule taughte not that a Chrysten man shoulde haue many wyues and therfore it is not the counsell or wyll of God but muche more is the counsel and wyl of god that a christian shall haue but one wyfe Seynge that all the newe Testament alway spea keth of one man and one wyfe as appeareth by these chapirers Mathewe xix Marke x. 〈◊〉 Timothe iii. Titu i. i. Corhinth vii Ephe. v. And therfore can not we approue the Iewes Poligamians the whyche some haue begonne But we holde vs after the ensample of Adam and Eue and also in thys matter it is restitusted agayne by Christe Mathew xix Marke x. we are also wel cōtented with Paule which doth saye that for auoydyng fornicacion euerye man shall haue his owne wyfe and euerye woman her owne husbande Also that Matrimony is a soy●…ynge togyther of man and woman after the worde of the Lorde These two shall be one fleshe Genesis ii Mathewe xix Marke x. Ephesians v. ☞ Thys is the confession of oure fayth in the which we hope that nothyng shal be foūde but the pure trueth of the Gospell yf so be that it be not iudged after mannes good thynkynge but onelye after the rule of thy Godlye worde And notwythstandynge bycause that we wyll gyue no plase vnto the sclaunderers that of a presumptuouse hygh mynded spirite myghte sclaunder or rayse vpon vs we are alwayes readye and offer our selues that yf any christen man beyng learned in the scripture can reproue vs wyth Goddes worde in anye thynge that shoulde fayle vs of the trueth to hym we shall and wyll alwayes gladly as disciples vnto ther●… maiste●… gyue place and gladly wyth all toy sulnesse of the spirite recey●…e al christen doctrine of hym Seynge that Peter a prince of the Apostles muste suffer that he was rebulted of Paule reasone it is that we shoulde suffer to be rebuked yf we throughe mannes ignoraunce were fallen in erroure we that are poore seruaūtes of the Lorde skantly haue receyued one pounde where as Peter had receyued fyue the whyche our vnderstandyng is no more to be lykened to the high apostles wisdome then a gnat by a camell And we know also that Solomon sayth Be not wyse in thyne owne conceyte And agayne He that refuseth to be refourmed despiseth his owne soule but he that submitteth hym selfe to correction is wyse And for thys cause wyl we alwayes be diligent to heare and with all m●…kenes submitte our selues vnto him that coulde teach vs any doctrine more agreable to the holy scripture But yf any man wyll condempne our fayth without the iudgement of scripture iudge it after the prouerbe as the blinde iuggeth the colour that muste wyl we suffer for gods sake Also yf any mā wil be our Pharao and treade vs downe bicause y t we be Ilsraelites or fayne would be in this wyl we aso cō fort vs w t the holy scripture hoping y t our hea uēly father shall haue mercy ouer vs through Iesu Christ strēgth vs so w t his holy goste y t we shal not care for the dreadful sclaūder ouer our fayth And we perceyuing y t blyndnes of the comō people the great tyrāny of certē princes so y t the comō people are so blinded in their memory y t they cā not iudge the light frō darkenes nor the right frō vnrightuousnes or lyes frō the truth yea they crie ouer Iesu that be shalbe crucified and Bara●…as shalbe let go And also dyuers prynces are so full of tyrāny that they do persecute the chrysten and wythout any mercy put them to the moste greuous and cruell death not remembryng that the innocent bloude of the ryghtuouse Abell cryeth for vengeaunce agaynste the murderer Cain vnto God in heauen Neuerthelesse the scripture must be ful●…illed namely that all they that wyll lyue godly in Chryste Iesu muste suffer p●…rsecucyon And chryst sayth to his apostels Haue they persecuted me they shall also persecute you And therfore saith Iohn in his epistle Be●…old what loue the father hath shewed on vs that we should be called his chylderne Therfore the world doth not knowe you bycause it knoweth not hym With those and more other scriptures maye wee comforte our selues and especyallye wyth the wordes of Chryste sayeng Blessed are they that suffer persecucyon for ryghtuousnes sake for theyrs is the kyngdom of heauen Blessed are ye whē men r●…uyle you and persecute you and falsely say all maner euill sayenges agaynste you for my names sake Reioyse and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen And we praye god our heauenlye father thorow oure lorde Iesu Chryste ▪ the which out of his vnmeasurable mercye

A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sentēces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes ☞ Ecclesia xxiiii ¶ All these thynges contayneth the booke of lyfe the testamēt of the hyghest and the confession of the truth ☞ Suffer the infantes to come vnto me and forbydde them not for vnto suche the kyngdome of God is due Mark x. To the reader AFter I had setfurth thys lytle booke to the intent that the faythfull reader might therby be sterred vp and proud ked to pray wout ceasyng y t the detractours and defamours of the faythfull professours of y t faith of Christ might ether be made fauourers sette●… furth of the same other els so cōfounded and dashed out of countenaūce through the Godlye conuersation of the true and vnfayned professours of the pure Euangeli●…e doctrine that they might not for verye worldly shame once open their lippes to speak anye euyl worde of them incontinent the Deuyl who ha●…h alwayes indeuoured to stoppe and hynder the glory of God and the profyte of hys membres the faythfull congregation put into the myndes of certayne learned men who also are ernest defenders setters furth of the truthe to reporte and affyrme thys my facte to bee a mayntenaunce and vpholdyng of the Anabaptistes opinion whiche denied it to be lawful to Baptise the Infantes yong children which are not of yeares of descresion to know and confesse the fayth of Iesu Christ Not muche vnlyke is this subtyle practise of oure gostlye aduersarie vnto that whyche he wrought in the tyme of Christes passion He dyd then beate into the head of Pilates wyfe suche kynde of dreames that she was thereby moued to send worde to her husbande that in no case he shoulde geue sentence agaynst that iust man Iesus Chryst whom the Iewes had than broughte before hym requiryng hym to geue sentence of death vpon hym because he sayde that he was the sonne of God Thys proceaded not of anye desyre that he had that Pilate should not commyt so haynous a faut as to geue sentence agaynst that most innocēt and immaculate lambe Iesu Chryst but of y ● greate ranker malice that he bare towardes man who could not otherwyse be restored thē by the bloudshed of that most pure and innocent lambe Iesu Chryst. Euen so most dearly beloued in this present practise our gostly enemy intented not to roote out the erroure of the Anabaptistes oute of the myndes of men but because he perseiueth y t the very name of thē is so odious to y t faithfull y t they thinke their bokes vnworthy to be had among christē mē he thought y t he myghte by no meanes so sone bryng me out of credite w t the cōgregatiō as if he myght procure some man whose authoritie is greate in the congregation to geue me the name of a fauourer of that moost wicked and dyuelish opinion and so to cause mē to refrayne this boke least they should by the readyng therof take any vtilitie or profyt But as the spirit of God shalbe my guyde so wyl I declare not onely that I am none of the fauourers and maintainers of that destable errour but also that I do as muche as in me lieth impugne and resist the same so that that wicked serpent shalbe by the same meanes defeated of his purpose by whiche he in tended to haue spoyled the of thy commoditie Fyrst thou shalt note that I am no fauourer of them or theyr opinions for that I shall playnelye declare that the scriptures whyche they aledge make nothynge for their purpose And thē that I do in al that I may impugne them by that I shal endeuour to establysh 〈◊〉 fyrmeby the scriptures the contrarye of their opinion For the fyrst thou shalt note that the ground of their opiniō is vpon the order that the Euangelis●… Mark kepeth in the rehersing of the wordes of Christ to his Apostles when he sent thē to preach Marke xvi Fayth saye they dothe in the wordes of Chryst go before Bapt●…me Necessarye is it therefore that he that shalbe Baptised do first beleue But the Infantes which haue not the vse of reason cannot vnderstande the fayth of Chryst and muche lesse embrace and professe it wherfore it cannot stande with the worde of God that Infantes should be baptised No doubt christen reader it is not possible that any shoulde be acceptable before God without fayth For so writeth Paul to the Hebrues xi And truth it is also that sayth must go before baptisme none other wyse th●…n the cause proceadeth or goeth before the effect or thyng that commeth thereof as the tree must neades be before the fruit that it beareth And it is also infallibly true that the Baptisme whiche is acceptable before God must neades springe out of fayth But to inferré vpon this that the Infantes and yong chyldren oughte not to be baptised is farwyde from the true m●…anynge of these places of scripture And y t shal casely appeare to theim that ●…st to weygh the circumstaunces of the places so that thei may conceiue the whole intent and purpose of the wryter First for t●…e wordes of our sauiour Christ in Mark thei wer the word●…s of commission ●…euen to the Apostles that they shuld go into the whole world and preach the Gospell vnto all creatures These wordes sowne that the Apostles myght not chose them anye peculiar nacion to preach vnto nether Iewe nor Gentyle nother Greke nor Romain But their cōmission was into al the world yea to preach to all creatures the Gospel of God No nacion no estate condicion or degree excepted As wel were they bound to preache to the plowman as to the prynce as well to the labourer as to the lorde God hath no respect to the per son All the sonnes of Adam are of one degree in the syght of the Lorde Here was no mencion made Infantes neither of anye other age But I am sure ther is no man so farre wyde as once to thynke that the Apostles were here in commaunded to preache vnto Infantes For they as beastes lacking the vse of reason cannot receiue the fayth that hath his begynnyng of hearyng as saynt Paull wryteth in this text therefore is no precepte of Infantes ether for the Baptisynge of theim other elles the leauyng of them vnbaptised The precept that is heare geuen is none other but to go in to al the world and to preach the Gospel to al nations estates and degrees Then is there anexed the promyse of the free mercye of God towardes all the worlde that is that whosoeuer should beleaue and be baptised should be saued but he that wyl not beleue shalbe comdemned Here is it manifest that without beleue Baptisme auayleth not For he that wyl not beleue shalbe condempned But heare we must beware that we do not by these wordes condemne all Infantes and yong chyldren

Syon that is to say ouer the faythfull congregacyon Psalm ii whiche faythful congregacion is the kyngdome of Chryst. Col. i. And the domynyon of thys kyngdome standeth not in a carnall dominion or powre But lykewise as the lorde is a spirite ii Corhinthians iii. euen so is hys kyngdome spirituall inwardly within vs. Luke xvii and not of this worlde Iohn xviii wherefore the prophete zacharie promysed vs a kynge thorough the holy ghoste the which shold not come with vi●…iable dominion nor great worldly tryumphe but w t an humble and a meke spyrite And shoulde not ●…ule as a worldly kynge ouer the carnal Syon or Israel but shoulde rayngne a spirytuall kynge and rule the spirituall Israelytes with the scepter of his godly worde And these are the wordes of the prophet Reioyse thou great lye O doughter Syon be glad O doughter Ierusalem beholde thy kynge cometh vnto the ●…owly and symple is he he rideth vpon an Asse and vpon the foele of an Asse euen thy rightwyse and sauyour and he hym selfe is poore 〈◊〉 ix These wordes of the prophete wytnesse clearely that Christes kyngdome is spirituall and standeth not in any outward dominion Iohn xviii And lykewyse all these prophetes do witnesse in these chapyters folowing Esa. iiii ix Ierem. xxiii xxxii Esechi xxxiiii xxxvii Myth iiii Therfore do we holde the doctryne of the carnal kingdome of Christ to be a dredfull errowr and a great heresye yea we holde it to be an heresye of the Chilcastes the which now agayne is raysed amongest thē of Mynster hath breyded her out in other places to the great slaunder and hinderaunce of the true gospel of god Forthermore yf any man take vpon him and presume to be the promysed Da uyd or a kynge of Syon as Iohn Layden at Mynster hath done hym do we holde for an antechriste aboue all antichristes yea boue the Romysh Antechryste How dredful so euer he hath slaundered god and exalted hym selfe against the almighty god and yet it is not com to suche an abhominacion as to put hym selfe a kynge of Sion or to take vpon hym to be a promysed dauyd But in these dayes ryse so many abhominable and presumptuous spirite fulfylled with all maner of wyckednes and sathans pride that take vpon them to rebbe Iesu Christe of his kingli sc●…pter and to take it vnto them selfes wo be vnto all suche dred ful slaunderers of the godly maiesty or powre wo be also vnto the seduceres which go about with witchecrafte wherwith they haue begyled many men Wooe be also vnto all them whyche do not seperate them selues frō those antechrystes and seducers but yet do seke help or comforte of them yea that leaue the verye Moy●…en Iesu Christ and desire other goddes to go afore them vpon thē shal fal that which is spoken of by the prophete Ieremye Lorde they that do forsake the shalbe destroyed and they that turne from the shall be ashamed and theyr names shall be wrytten in the earthe for they haue leaft the the lyuynge fountayne of water Beholde therfore wyll we by the grace of God abyde by oure spirituall Kynge Iesu Christe and pray hym that his kyngdome may encrease in vs yea that he wyll defende vs from all euyll and reserue vs to his euerlastyng heauenly kyngdome to his glory and honoure for euer Amen ¶ The weapons wherwyth a very christian ought to fyght SEynge that the whole Gospell of our●… Sauiour wytnesseth that the christian must suffer in no wyse may reuenge the euil So that we thynke by the helpe of god not to turne from the holsome doctrine of our Lorde Iesu Christ. For it is righte conuenient that a seruaunt wyth his lordes cōmaundement and a disciple wyth his maysters doctrine to be cōtented Mat x. And here now may no sophistical cauillacions nor fonde ymaginacions be alowed as though the wordes of Iesu Christe shoulde nowe be at an ende And seynge that Christ sayth vnto his apostles what I say vn to you that do I saye vnto al watche ye heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal neuer peryshe Therfore do we holde them for dreadful seducers and abominable heretykes that w●…ll pre●…ume to saye that the doctrine of Iesu Christ as cōcernyng suffering should be ●…t an ende that the christen shoulde no more nede to suffer but that they shoulde cast away the weapons wher w t the apostles haue fought as theyr epistles rchearse put vpon them the harneys of Dauid yea that they shoulde destroy the whole worlde w t the material sworde and also take the worlde vnto them selues O what a blinde dreame is this which is spronge out of Sathā is cōtrary to the whole gospel of our lorde Iesu Christ. O what an iniquitie is this of thē that wyl with the chyldrē of Israel leaue the lorde the foūtayne of lyuing waters dygge them selues pyttes the whyche do seme fay●…e but they cā giue no water O what a blindnes yea what a folyshnes is it of them that for the sayinges of the prophetes whyche they vnderstande not wyll refuse leaue the moste highest prophet the onely begottē sonne of god the euerlastynge veritie Iesu Christe and do not dreade to exalte the olde testamente aboue the new to set Moyses aboue Christ O god shal now the new testament auoyed for the olde shal the preciouse bloud of the innocent lambe Iesu Christ be coūted lesse then the bloud of calues O lorde how are these mē so blynded that they with the styffenecked Israelites do abhorre the lyuing breade of heauen and do desyre ●…he flesh of Egypt that is to say they do refuse Iesu Christe the very breade of heauen do huger after mennes doctrine and inuēted dr●…es after ●…isceyuable prophetes But we wyl by the grace of god abyde by our lorde maister Iesu Christ holde it vnd●…niable that no vncleane doctrine whiche myghte be agaynst the gospel of our lorde Iesu Christ maye be broughte in or suffered but he alone muste be allowed for he is lorde maister Sauiour besydes him is none other In summa we know of none other veritie nor of none other waye of none other lyfe but onely of Iesu Christe Iohn xiiii For thys cause yf there come any prophecies or visions that wil draw vs from this holsome doctrine of Iesu Christ they muste be accursed Furthermore how and wyth what weapons that the christian shall fyghte doth Paule clearelye teache vs to the Ephesians in the syxte Chapter wyth these wordes Stande therfore and your loynes gyr ded about wyth the truth hauyng on the brest plate of rightuousenes and shodde vpon your fete wyth the gospell of peace that you maye be prepared a●…oue all thynges take holde of the shelde of fayth wher wyth ye may quentch the fyry dartes of the wycked take the helme of saluacion and the sworde of he spirite whyche is the worde of God And Iohn sayth