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A72059	The confession and publike recantation of thirteene learned personages, lately conuerted in France, Germanie, and the Lowe-Countreys, from poperie, to the Churches reformed wherein they haue zealously and learnedly set dovvne the reasons that moued them therevnto. The names and degrees of the conuerts. 1. Godefrid Rabin ... 2. Simon Palory ... 3. Iohn Colleij ... 4. Melchior Roman ... 5. Iohn Norman ... 6. Father Abraham ... 7. Antony Ginestet ... 8. Signeur Lewis ... 9. Father Edmon ... 10. Leonard Theuenot ... 11. Sir Francis ... 12. Francis Goupil Angeuin ... 13. Lewys du Boys ... Translated out of the French and Dutch printed copies, by I.M.; Eight learned personages lately converted (in the realme of France) from papistrie, to the Churches reformed.	W. B., fl. 1601.; J. M., fl. 1602.	1602 (1602)	STC 1074.5; STC 20598; ESTC S115544	99,696	118

thy good pleasure alwaies rather to vse mercy then iustice to be gratious in shewing fauour not furye stretch forth thy hand draw them vnto thee teach them sith it is thy will that all may come to the knowledge of saluation Imprint in their mindes a desire to sound the depth of thy holy Scriptures Let the discretion of thy alsearching spirit guide them to gather in these gardens the flowers of that Soueraigne good the foode of their soules the fit and effectual hearbs for the phisicke of their spirituall infirmities the plants that are a Soueraigne Antidote against death the Sacrament of eternitie the certaine pledge of felicity Let them touch no more the tree of knowing good and euill although his outwarde beautie doth cloake his inwarde poyson And as thy sacred word diuinely inspired shall be an assured guide to all people desirous to reiect an vntruth beeing the Organe of perdition for to receiue the Euangelicall truth the power of God for the saluation of all beleeuers manifesting in her brightnesse the splendour of thy incorruptible heritage by the selfe same reason let it make known vnto theÌ„ that there is essentiall conformitie between the doctrine of the Church reformed and thy true church a substantiall discord betweene thine and that which is announced by the Roman Bishoppe or his adherents and consequently that this leadeth to damnation and the other to permanent happynesse And certainely as the glory of our Sauiour is vnseparably conioyned with the saluation of his elected and chosen creatures honouring and crowning with inesteemable benefits those that honour him So likewise that is the true and sincere Religion opening the waye to saluation which addresseth all her documents and exercises purely and simply to the glory of the almighty and contrarywise that religion is false and ruinous which seeketh the glory of creatures honoring them with that which onely belongeth to the liuing God who giues not his glory to any other By this rule the knowledge of the wise on earth is condemned and accused of vanity Rom. 1.21.25 for that hauing knowne God they haue not glorified him as God and haue not yeelded him due thankes but are become vaine in their discourses and their hart voyde of vnderstanding hath beene filled with darkenesse and tearming themselues wise are become fooles and haue changed the glory of God immortall into the likenesse and image of man By reason whereof they haue beene giuen vp to their owne harts lustes to filthinesse and the defyling of their owne bodies as hauing changed the truth of God into falshoode worshipped and serued the creature and haue forsaken the Creator who is blessed and praysed both now and for euer Amen By this rule and generall Maxime our Sauiour in Saint Iohn Chap. 5. vers 39. and after confirmes the will of his act wherof see vers 16.17.30 against the deceipts fallacies of the Iewes Search the Scriptures diligently for in them yee thinke to haue eternall life and they are they which testifie of me But yee will not come to me that yee may haue life I seeke not glory of men I am come in my fathers name and yee receiue me not if another shall come in his owne name him wil yee receiue How can yee beleeue which receiue honour one of another and seeke not the honour that commeth from God alone And againe in the 12. Chap. vers 43. They haue loued the glory of men more then the praise of God By this rule the Apostle Gal. 1. vers 10. proueth that his preaching came down froÌ„ heaueÌ„ to the confusioÌ„ of vaine discourses and false Apostles Doe I preach mans doctrine or Gods For if I should yet please men I were not the seruant of Christ To bee short this principle is so cleere so true so authorised that it needeth not any more witnesses out of the scriptures it being more cleare and transparent then the Noone-day that the true and perfect religion is marked and knowne by this that shee seeketh absolutelie the glory of the creator of heauen and earth and that religion is false and abhominable that doth the contrarie And that the religion reformed is of the first degree and that of the Roman Church of the second the conference ensuing doth briefely set down And to tell the truth who is so blind that seeth not that the true Christians doe professe that first one onely God must bee called vpon Secondly that from him alone all maner of saluation and deliuerance must be expected Thirdly that his mercy defaceth all our sinnes Fourthly that the sacrifice of the vndefiled Lambe offered vpon the crosse taketh away condemnation Fiftly that his iustice redeemeth vs from the second death and his resurrection leadeth his Saintes into the right waye of eternall life Sixtly that his most blessed worde contayneth all manner of secrets necessarye for our welfare and happinesse Seauenthlye that workes cannot merrite euerlasting felicitye Eightlie that the most righteous and perfectest men cannot produce workes of supererogation as if it were in their power not onely to accomplish all iustice commaunded but also more than is required Ninthly that God must be worshipped in spirite and trueth Tenthly that the glorious body of Christ sits at the right hand of his father Brieflie all those that stedfastly beleeue this doctrine do they not rightly attribute all glorie to his Soueraigne maiestie Prayer to â—aiâ—â— And contrariwise the Papists dishonour him who first call vpon Angels Saints and Ladies Secondly they hope from them succours and helpe in their perils and necessities Thirdlie they promise to themselues remission of sinnes through the indulgences from the Bishop of Rome Fourthly they mingle the bloud of Martires with the bloud of Christ thinking his not sufficient Fiftlie they trust more in the merits of Saints or mortall creatures then in the obedience of the sonne of the eternall Sixtly they are not contented with the sacred letters of reconcilation but to supplie their want as they fondly imagine they adde the vaine sufficiencie of their vnwritten traditions Vnwritten Traditions IustificatioÌ„ by workes Seauenthly they presume of their workes for their iustification before the throane of Gods supreame iustice and doe further commit manie things repugnant to Gods heauenly will which notwithstanding is the onely rule of righteousnesse Eightly Workes of supererogation they thinke to be more wise than the Master of Masters when they doe more and aboue his commandements in their actions of supererogation Ninthly Worshiping of Images they encline and bowe themselues to the images of Creatures contrary to the lawe and they serue God after a sensuall and carnall manner prohibited by his worde without whose warrant euery worke is done without faith by consequence a most abhominable sinne Tenthly Transubstantiation they fasten the pretious body of Christ to bread and wine subiect after their consecration to a thousand corruptions and abuses and altogether farre from his excellencie We omit

not vnto Simon Peter but Simon Magus of whom is spoken in the 8. chap. of the Acts and treade vnder feete the sacrifice of Christ by the damned sacrifice of the Masse The Masse a damned Masse I name it damned and with good reason for if Satan in any article sheweth himselfe impudent deceitfull and malicious it is in this point For what is the Masse but a manyfest and damnable prophanation of the merites of Iesus Christ yea such a prophanation whereby not onely the body of our Lord Iesus Christ is againe here on earth killed being neuerthelesse asceÌ„did into heauen glorified by God his father and placed to his right hand commeth to be broken of a man as being comprehended in a peece of dowe but also the greatnesse the full satifaction the vertue the eternity of his merites are vtterly reiected The scripture to the contrary teacheth vs manifestly to fly such a monster of errors admonishing vs that we obtaine onely by the blood shedding of our Lord Iesus Christ once done at the Crosse saluation and not by the damned sacrifice of a priest who offers againe and teares in peeces as a cruell hang-man the body of our Lord Iesus Christ that it is by his onely sacrifice done for vs as the Apostle saith 1. Cor. 1.30 But ye are of him in Christ Iesus who of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse and sanctification and redemption That according as it is written he that reioyceth let him reioyce in the Lord Whereof the Apostle testifieth in the 9. to the Hebrewes making a comparison betweene the sacrifices of the olde Testament with the sacrifice of our Lorde Iesus Christ shewing the difference of the one to the other opposing the imperfection and mutability of the one for they were renewed euery yeare to the perfection of the eternity of the sacrifice of our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore reade the new Testament ouer and ouer you shall finde no where one word I say not onely of the Masse which is an inuention of Satan but neither of any Propetiatory sacrifices of what kinde soeuer they be but of the onely sacrifice of Iesus Christ Psal 110.4 who being anoynted of God his father to bee an eternall priest according to the order of Melchizedeck hath voluntarily giuen ouer himselfe vnto the death and for euer reconciled vs with God the father If then the matter be thus cleare what shall our Docters reply to maintaine their Masse which is vtterly conuicted by these places of the holy Scripture for they cannot hold the words of the Apostle for trueth vnlesse they accuse themselues of this their abuse the reason is euident for if the Leuiticall sacrifices haue beene vnperfect and not sufficient to wash away the sinnes of the children of Israel because it was necessary to iterate renew them often how much the more shall the Sacrifice of our Lord Iesus Christ bee of small estimation before God his father when not onely euery yeare but also euery day yea almost euery houre it must needes by a priest be itterated and renewed And loe this is the doctrine of that great vicar of Iesus Christ of his Bishops and Supposts or Cardinals c. Consider once the substance of this faire sacrifice which is figured in the Masse but why do I call it a sacrifice seeing it is nothing els but a manifest deuision of Christ and his merites for as the Apostle saith Heb. 7.22 Where no shedding of blood is there is no sacrifice Marke once briefly the doctrine wherewith they nourish the people when they speake concerning saluation they keepe them depending on their tradition and merits of men where the scripture contrariwise testifieth most euidently that we cannot please God in any sort of our selues or by our merits but that we obtaine saluation onely by faith that it is his pure goodnesse as we read in the 3.4.5 and 10. chap. to the Romanes and in the 2. 3. to the Ephesians where the Apostle excludeth cleerely all these commeritors when he sayes By grace are ye saued through faith and that not of your selues it is the gift of God Not of workes least any man should boast himselfe in the 3. to the Phillipians vers 8. I esteeme saith the Apostle speaking of his owne person hauing thousand times more reason to boast of perfection and holinesse of his workes then our Papists haue now a dayes I esteeme saith hee all things but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lord for whom I haue counted all things losse and doe iudge them to be doung that I might winne Christ Shall we desire a cleare and manifest testimony for to humble our selues before God and so to lift vp our harts vnto God for to craue mercy from him But the wickednesse of the Romish cleargy is so great and the poore people is so blinded that they neuer examine themselues and the vnworthinesse of their merrites which be not at all yea insteed that they should cry out with the Prophet Dauid in his 143. Psalm vers 2. Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy sight shall none that liueth be iustified they flatter themselues bring to an account before God their merrites and worthinesses to be saued by them or at least partly Wherein we haue to marke the great deceitfulnesse of Satan who knowing our sicknesse and our weaker part and obseruing that men by nature is giuen to an idle presumption pleasing of themselues and that man flatters commonly himselfe he propounds vnto him his merrites and good workes to this end that putting his confidence on the same hee might forget to imbrace the grace of God which saueth vs in Iesus Christ and therefore if any doctrine be mingled with the deceite of Satan Iustification by merrits the deuills Doctrine it is this doctrine namely of the iustification of the poore sinner before God for if he could once take away the trueth of this Doctrine which is the foundation of our saluation he might soone come to the ende of his purpose and intent seeing that without this there is no more any life for the poore sinner no mercy no couenant no promise but in a word eternall damnation if we will trust in any manner on our selues or haue opinion onely of any merrite The death of Papists a good thing to obserue From whence I pray you come so many sobs so much weeping so many teares and to be short such an vnbeliefe and incertitude of saluation in the article of death not only amongst the common people but also amongst the Priest and teachers yea such a despaire that they condemne themselues hauing no feeling of the salutary grace of God is not the reason because they considering and diligently examining their owne workes finde nothing that can subsist before such a iust iudge Surelye it is so for they are all but infirmities and stinking pollutions And this is the

heere to speake of ignorant Priests that are not capeable of their pretended mysteries and haue yet much lesse the purpose or intention to consecrate yet for all that there is nothing so much worshipped of the ignorant people nor with such horrible Idolatrie as the bread and Wine Of Monks and Monastaries Wee will not likewise spend time in vnfolding the detestable conuersation of Monkes in Monasteries their whoredomes impieties seditions murders and bloudshed wee will onely propose one example set downe in his Maiesties letters yeauen this yeare 1600. at the entreatie of Frier Lewes Casteh borne in the towne of Condon within the prouince of Gascoigne elected Prouinciall and Vicar generall for the Prouince of Thoulouse against the Religious people of Saint Mary-port and others c. I neede not say any more hereof for it is still fresh in the memory of euery one So that the religious who haue but any sparke of a good conscieÌ„ce yea the learnedst amongst theÌ„ are by such palpable errors of doctrine and through their scandalous life and manners stirred vp and prouoked to forsake this broad way that leadeth into prison and lamentable captiuity and with all the powers of their minde endeauour to seeke and lay hand-fast on the discipline which is in trueth sinceritie among those of the reformed religion and not in apparance onely as it is in the kingdome of Poperye without realtye Oh how it were to be wished and how exceedingly do we desire that this house of Popery might be cleansed puryfied and restored to the trueth It is now shaken wether-beaten and fallen into decaye it is now filled with corruption and filthinesse defiled with abuses and vncleanenesse darkened with the smoake of errour stuffed with Cob-webbes and dangerous venome of mans inuentions But they will not listen herevnto We be now in the latter dayes wherein according to the Reuelation there shall be no faith no lawe no godlinesse no charitie yea the remnant of the elect themselues shall be seduced were it possible to ouerthrowe them Hence it comes and for many more considerations most iust and reasonable which we passe ouer with silence for breuities sake that we haue renounced the world wherein we were daintily fed well apparelled acquainted with pleasures where no carnall delights were wanting and doe wholy renounce and abandon papisticall errors namly the intollerable abuses and superstions of the Masse to be entertained taken especially in these times of the free libertie of conscience vnder the most puisant and famous Monarche Henry the fourth into the domesticall number of Gods celestial kingdom embracing the truth of the Church reformed and partaking of her excellent and most wholesome benefits And we do heere protest to liue and dye in this resolution and assured hope to the ende that hauing fought a good fight in the Church militant against the worlde the diuell falshood and sinne without sparing this mortall life which the Lorde hath bestowed vpon vs for his honour we may with three other vertuous religious personages lately conuerted in this towne passe with the faithfull into the Church triumphant So be it Amen A Declaration of Father Edmund of Beauval sometimes a Iesuite a Doctor of Diuinitie and Preacher in Bourbon publickly by him made viua voce in the reformed Church of S. Amand in the said Prouince the 16. of Iuly 1600. VVherein he briefely giues a reason of the most notable causes that haue induced him to leaue the Romaine Church and ioyne himselfe to the reformed Churches of this kingdome MAN hath in himselfe a continuall sting and desire to become happy and to seeke a meane for the attaining of the Soueraigne good albeit many haue missed of the right way searching after the necessary meane thereunto in their owne proper abilities and in that which only consists in a mortall man Others there are who haue sought for it in his proper essence without any accesse vnto it But if there bee no other meane to attaine thereunto then by the proper abilitie of man pretending the accesse in himselfe or that the degrees and steps thereunto be not before prepared for vs wee shall neuer come neare the fruition thereof Now forasmuch as man is created to the ende he might haue the possession of that eternall felicitie his Creator would not leaue him destitute of fit and effectuall meanes wherby to withdraw him from himselfe and from his owne abilities to giue him recourse to another by whose good meanes as by an accessor and Mediator he might be brought to the enioying and possession of so excellent a good And this Mediatour is Christ himselfe our Soueraigne Lorde the true sonne of God Who being made like to man hauing taken vpon him humanitie conioyned to his Diuinitie Iohn 14. Iohn 5. Iohn 5. hath performed our reconciliation hath prepared the waye hath offered vp himselfe for a gate and way to the end that whosoeuer shall beleeue in him shall haue life euerlasting which is the true end and scope of the Soueraigne good But to make vse of this fit and happy accesse it is verie requisite that we ioyne our selues and with all our force embrace the Aduocate and Mediator in such sort as he is giuen vnto vs of his Father not taking from him any of his offices and dignities For many Sectaries do chalenge to themselues not onely possession but also in incorporation in this aduocate and Mediator and yet neuerthelesse do rob and despoile him of his due honours and essentiall titles of Aduocate or Mediator to the Soueraigne good Now the faith doctrine of the preteÌ„ded Romane Catholick Church ariseth hereof in that they acknowledge and confesse one Iesus Christ to be their Sauiour yet notwithstanding that which is necessarie for such an office they take away and imagine him to be but a naked Sauiour and vnfurnished of all honour although exceeding and vnspeakeable honors are giuen vnto him in his annointing from his father as by that which followeth may plainly apeare For it must needs be that a Mediator betweene God and men should be a Soueraigne and an eternall Sacrificer as the Apostle Heb. 7.24.28 heareth recorde because that euerie reconcilation requireth satisfaction in the parties that haue offended and Satisfaction is according to the qualitie of the offence as also the Sacrifice is by death in regarde of the deadly mortall crime But the Romane Church vnapparreleth Christs sacrifice of eternity Priest reiterateth Christs sacrifice Heb. 9.24 in affirming that the propertie and vertue of it alone caÌ„not continue to the worlds end vnlesse it be many times reiterated And yet in the new Testament we learne that Christ entred once into the Holy place obtaining eternall redemption for vs and that the word of eternitie signifieth his eternall vertue and efficacie in all perfection Moreouer it is cleare that euery sacrifice is respected in regard of the sacrificer the Sacrificer first theÌ„ the sacrifice and consequentlie that

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