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A10966	A treatise vpon sundry matters contained in the Thiry nine Articles of religion, which are professed in the Church of England long since written and published by Thomas Rogers.	Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616. Faith, doctrine and religion professed in England.	1639 (1639)	STC 21233; ESTC S1674	207,708	274

persons not a Trinity to be worshipped so did Anastasius the Emperor command and the Apollinarians did hold l Athanas ad Epictet Some doe grant and acknowledge the name of three in the God-head but deny their persons such were the Noetians Praxentans and Hermogenians These did say how the same God was called by diuers names in the holy Scripture and therefore that the Father became flesh and suffered because one and the same God is called the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost For which cause they were tearmed Patripassians in this number was Serverus Againe some doe grant the names persons of three and yet depriue not onely the Son and holy Ghost of their diuinity but the whole Trinity also of their properties For they say there is three in heauen viz. the Father the Word and holy Ghost howbeit say they the Father onely is very God the Word is the breath of the Father and the holy Ghost is the Spirit created by God of nothing through the Word spoyling so both the Son and holy Ghost of their deity and the whole Trinity of their properties Such were the Arrian and Macedonian heretikes hence by-named Pneumatomachons because they waged battell with the holy Ghost And some doe bring in other names of deity besides of the Father Sonne and holy Ghost as did the Priscilianists m Concil Bra. car cap. 2. 2. Article Of the Word of God which was made very man The Sonne which is 1 the Word of the Father begotten from everlasting of the Father the very eternall God of one substance with the Father 2 tooke mans nature in the wombe of the blessed Virgin of her substance so that 3 two whole and perfect natures that is to say the God-head and man-hood were ioyned in one person neuer to be diuided whereof is one Christ very God and very man who suffered was crucified dead and buried to reconcile his Father to vs and to be a Sacrifice not only for originall guile but also for all actuall sinnes of men The Propositions 1. Christ is very God 2. Christ is very man 3. Christ is God and man and that in one person 4. Christ is the Sauiour of mankinde 1. Proposition Christ is the very God The proofe from Gods Word IN the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and that Word was God a Iohn 1.1 This is written of Christ Therefore Christ is God Christ was begotten of the Father from everlasting b Psal 2.7 Acts 13.33 Heb. 1.5 Therefore very God This is life eternall that they know thee to be very God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ c Iohn 17.3 They shall call his name Emanuel which is by interpretation God with vs d Matth. 1.23 Christ he is the brightnesse of the glory and the engraued Image of the Father his person and beareth up all things by his mighty hand e Heb. 1.3 I beleeue in God the Father c. and in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord Symb. Apost The Godhead of the Father of the Son and of the holy Ghost is all one the glory equall the Maiesty co-eternall Such as the Father is such is the Sonne The Father vncreate the Sonne vncreate The Father incomprehensible the Sonne incomprehensible The Father eternall the Son eternall The Father is Almighty the Son Almighty The Father is God and the Sonne is God The Father is Lord and the Sonne is Lord Symbol Athanas I beleeue in God the Father Almighty c. and in one Lord Iesus Christ the onely begotten Sonne of God begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God light of light very God of very God begotten not made being of one substance with the Father Therefore very God And this both hath beene of the ancient Christians f Symbo Nicen. and is the Faith of the reformed Churches g Confe Helv. 1. ar 11. ● c 11. Bohem. cap. 4.6 August ar 6. Gal. ar 13 14. Belg. ar 10. Wittemb c. 2. Sueuica ar 1. The errors and aduersaries vnto this truth Miserably therefore do they erre which either deny or impugne the Deity of our Sauiour as did certaine old heretikes viz. The Arrians whereof some were called the Douleians because in scorne they tearmed the onely begotten of God the Fathers seruant a Theod. haer fab lib 4. The Cerinthians b Irenaeus The Ebionites among whom some said that Christ Iesus was a meere man others acknowledged him to be God but not from everlasting c Euseb eccles l. hist l. 3 c. 27. The Eunomians d Basil 5. contra Eunom The Samosatenians who thought that Christ was not the Sonne of God before his incarnation e Concil Bracar cap. 1. The Nestorians whose opinion was that Christ became God by merit but was not God by nature f Liberatus The Macedonians which vtterly denyed the Sonne to be of one substance with the Father g Theodoret. l. 4. haeret fab The Agnoites who held that the diuine nature of Christ was ignorant of some things h Gregor ep 22 l. 8. Againe some late heretikes even to the death never would acknowledge Christ Iesus to be the true and very God as namely Certaine Catabaptists i Zuing. lib. contra Catab Blandrat k Beza ep 19. Matthew Hamant burnt at Norwich An. 1579. one of whose heresies was that Christ was a meere and sinfull man l Iohn chron 12.29 Francis Ker burnt also at Norwich An. 1588 who most obstinately maintained that Christ was not God till after his resurrection Dauid George sometime of Basil who affirmed himselfe to be greater for power then ever Christ was m Hist Dauidis Georg. In oppugning the deity of our Sauiour with these heretiks ioyne the Iewes n Lud Caret I. divinior visci ad Iudaeos and Turkes which say that Christ was a good man such as Moses and Mahomet were o Policy of the Turkish Emp. c. 5 p 16. but not God Hence Amurath the great Turke in his letters vnto the Emp. Rodolph the second An. 1593. tearmed our Sauiour in derision The crucified God vnto whom may be added the Family of Love p Display of the Fam. of Love H. 7. ar 2. Proposition Christ is very man The proofe from Gods Word HOlding the humanity of Christ wee ioyne with the blessed Prophets and Euangelists who either prophecied of his future incarnation a The seed of the woman shal breake thine h●ad Gen. 3.15 The Scepter shall not dep●●t c. vntill Shiloh come Gen. 49 1● and conception in the wombe of a Virgin b Behold a Virgin shall con●●i●● and beare a Son Esay 7.14 or plainely auouched and writ both that the Virgin Mary was his Mother c Matth. 10.18 2● Luk. 27 31.34 and that as very man he grew and increased in strength d Luk. 2.40 endured hunger e When he had ●●sted 40

me●re will and purpose of God some are elected and not others unto salvation 6. They who are elected unto salvation if they come unto yeares of discretion are called both outwardly by the Word and inwardly by the Spirit of God 7. The Predestinate are both justified by faith sanctified by the holy Ghost and shall be glorified in the life to come 8. The consideration of Predestination is to the godly wise most comfortable but to curious and carnall persons very dangerous 9. The generall promises of God set forth in the holy Scriptures are to be embraced of us 10. In our actions the Word of God which is his revealed will must be our direction 1. Proposition There is a predestination of men unto everlasting life The proofe from Gods Word THat of men some be predestinate unto life it is a truth most apparent in the holy Scripture by the testimony both of Christ himselfe who saith To sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father a Matth. 20 23. Many are called but few chosen b Ibid. 22.14 For the elects sake those dayes shall be shortned c Ibid. 24.2 Feare not little flock for it is your Fathers pleasure to give you a Kingdome d Luke 12.32 I tell you in that night there shall be two in one bed the one shall be received and the other left e Ibid. 17.34 All that the Father giveth me shall come unto me f John 6.37 Witnessed also is this by the Evangelist Luke and Paul the one saith how of the Gentiles at Antioch so many as were ordained unto eternall life beleeved g Acts 13.48 and the other those whom he knew before he did also predestinate h Rom. 8.20 We are unto God the sweet savour of Christ in them that are saved and in them which perish to the one wee are the savour of death unto death and to the other the savour of life unto life a 2 Cor. 2.15 16. Blessed be God even the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which c. hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world c. who hath predestinate us to bee adopted through Iesus Christ unto himselfe c Eph 1.3 4 5. The example also of the elected creatures man and Angels c Matth. 25.34 41. Jude 6. of the two brethren Abel and Cain Gen 4.4 Isaac and Ismael e Rom. 9.17 c Iacob and Esau Ma● 1 2. ● Rom. ● 13 of the two Eunuches of King Pharaoh g Gen. 40 10. of the two Kingdomes Iuda and Israel the two peoples Iewes and Gentiles the two Apostles Peter and Iudas the two Theeves upon the Crosse h Luke 23.39 40 43. the two men in the fields and the two women at the Mill i Matth. 24.40 41. make to the illustration of this truth All Churches consent with this doctrine The errors and adversaries unto this truth Erre therefore doe they which stand in opinion that Some are appointed to be saved but none to be damned In soule some persons but in soule and body together none shall be saved of this mind were the old heretikes viz. the false apostles k 1 Cor. 15.12 the Carpocratians l Clem. strom lib. 4 the Valentinians m Iren. the Cerdonites n Iren. the Manichies o Aug contra Faust l. 4. c. 16. and the Hieracites p Epiphan and of their opinion be the Family of Love q H N. Instr ar 5. sect 24. Prophecy of the sp r. c. 16. sect 7. 2. Proposition Predestination hath beene from everlasting The proofe from Gods Word PRedestination begun before all times It will be said saith our Saviour Christ Come ye blessed of my Father inherit ye the Kingdome prepared for you from the foundations of the world a Matth 25 3● God hath chosen us in Iesus Christ before the Foundation of the world b Eph 1.4 God hath saved us c. according to his owne purpose and grace which was given to us through Christ Iesus before the world was c 2 Tim. 1.9 The publike confession of the Churches namely in Helvetia d Confess 2. c. 10 11. Basil e ar 1. and France f ar 10. beare witnesse hereunto The adversaries unto this truth Those wrangling Sophisters then are deceived who because God is not included within the compasse of any time but hath all things to come as present continually before his eyes do say that God did not in the time long agoe past only but still in the time present likewise doth predestinate 3. Proposition They which are predestinate unto salvation cannot perish The proofe from Gods Word ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me and him that commeth to me I cast not away saith Christ a John 6.57 I give unto them eternall life and they shall never perish neither shall any pluck them out of my hand c. none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand b John 10.28 29. The gates of hell shall not overcome the Church c Matth. 16.18 Moreover whom he predestinated them he also glorified d Rom. 8.30 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance e Rom 11.29 They went out from us but they were not of us for if they had beene of us they would have continued with us 1 John 2.19 So the Church of God as afore in this article The errors and adversaries unto this truth Wander then doe they from the truth which think That the very elect totally and finally may fall from grace and be damned That the regenerate may fall from the grace of God may destroy the Temple of God and be broken off from the vine Christ Iesus which was one of Glovers errors a Bredwels de●ect p. 89. That the number of those which be predestinate may both encrease and be diminished so thought the Pelagians 4. Proposition Not all men but certaine be predestiante to be saved The proofe from Gods Word VVE denie all and affirme that a certaine chosen and company of men be predestinate and so doth Gods Word Rejoyce that your names are written in heaven a Luke 10.20 I know mine and am knowne of mine is the saying of Christ Iesus b John 10.14 I suffer all things for the elects sake saith St. Paul c 2 Tim. 2.10 The very same with us doe the Churches affirme d Confes Helv. 2 cap. 10 Basil ar 1. Gal ar 12 Belg. ar 16. The adversaries unto this truth We are therefore against them which teach how not certaine but all even the most ungodly and damnable yea the very devils shall be saved of which opinion were the Origenists a Wolf Musculus in epist ad Philip praef and are the Catabaptists b Bullin

from all lawes owe obedience to no man are not to be bound with the bands of any jurisdiction of this world say the Brownists i R. H. on Psal 122. are freed from the observation of all rites and Ecclesiasticall ceremonies say certaine Ministers of the precise faction both in Scotland and England k D. Bar. confe ar Hamp p. 70. 71. Againe there be of the Clergie who rather then they will use or observe any rites ceremonies or others though lawfully ratified which please them not will disquiet the whole Church forsake their charges leave their vocations raise stirs and cause divisions in the Church as did many when it was in Germany about the Rhene Frankeland and Sueaveland whereby most lamentable effects did ensue l Phil. M●l ep ad pastores in com●●am Mansfield and doe the refractory Ministers in the Church of England at this day m Burges in his letter unto K. Iames an 1604 saith the number of those Ministers so refusing conformity were 6. or 700. viz. as it is in the Lincolnshire Ministers Apologie in Oxfordshire 9. Staffordshire 14 Dorcetsh 17. Hartfordsh 17. Northamptonshire 20. Surry 21. Norfolke 28 Wiltshire 31. Buckinghamshire 33. Sussex 47. Leicestershire 57. Essex 57. Cheshire 12. Bedfordshire 16. Somersetshire 17. Darbyshire 20. Lancashire 21. Kent 23. London 30. Lincolnshire 33. Warwickshire 44. Devonshire and Cornewall 51. Northamptonshire 57. Suffolke 71. the more is the pitty The principall author of these tragicall furies about ceremoniall matters was Flacius Illyricus whose preachings were that rather then Ministers should yeeld unto the servitude of ceremonies they should abandon their calling and give over the ministery to the end that Princes Magistrates even for feare of uproares and popular tumults might be forced at the length to set their Ministers free from the observation of all ceremonies more then any were willing to use themselves n Fateor me suasisse Francis aliis ne deferrerent Ecclesias propter servitatem quae sine impietate sustineri posset Nam quod Illyricus vociferatur potius vastitatem suisse faciendam in templis metu seditionem terrendos Principes ego ne nunc quidem tam tristis sententiae autor esse vel●m inquit Phil. Melancton epist ad pium Lectorem inter epist Theolog suas Pag. 455. 3. Proposition Ceremonies and traditions ordained by the authority of man if they be repugnant to Gods Word are not to be kept and observed of any man The proofe from Gods Word OF ceremonies and traditions repugnant to the Word of God there bee two sorts whereof some are things meerely impious and wicked such was the Israelites Calfe a Exod. 30.4 c. and Nebuchadnezzars Idoll b Dan. 3.1 c. and be the Papisticall Images Reliques Agnus-deis and Crosses to which they doe give Divine adoration c See afore Art 22. prop. 3 4 5. These and such like bee all flatly forbidden d Thou shalt make thee no g●aven Image neither any similitude of things c. Thou shalt not bow down to them neither serve them c. Exod. 20 4 5. Others are of things by God in his Word neither commanded nor forbidden as of eating or not eating Flesh of wearing or not wearing some Apparell of keeping or not keeping some dayes Holy by abstinence from bodily labour c. the which are not to be observed of any Christian when for sound doctrine it is delivered that such works either doe merit remission of sinnes or be the acceptable Service of God or doe more please then the observation of the lawes prescribed by God himselfe or necessarily to be done insomuch as they are damned who doe them not Wee must therefore have alwaies in minde that wee are bought with a price and therefore may not be the servants of men e 1 Cor 7.23 and that none humane constitution in the Church doth binde any man to breake the least commandement of God f Acts 5 19. The consideration hereof hath caused other Churches also with a sweet consent to condemne such wicked ceremonies and traditions of men g Conf Helv. 1. ar 4. 2. c. 144 27. Ba. ar sect 3 ar 10. Bohe. c. 15 Gal. ar 24 33. Belg. ar 7. 29. 32. Aug. ar 15. Wittem ar 28. 29. 32. 33. Suc. c. 8. 14. 1● The Errors and adversaries unto this truth Such ungodly traditions and ceremonies are all the ceremonies and traditions in a manner of the Antichristian Synagogue of Rome Such also be the Sabbatarian traditions and ceremonies lately broached because they be imposed upon the Church necessarily and perpetually to be observed of all and every Christian under paine of damnation both of soule and body For they say speaking yet of their private and Classicall Injunctions about the Sabbath day The Lord hath commanded so precise a Rest unto all sorts of men that it may not by any fraud deceit or circumvention whatsoever be broken but that hee will most severely require it at our hands under the paine of his everlasting displeasure a D. B. Sab. doct 1. booke p. 98. This viz. the manner of keeping the Sabbath prescribed by themselves the Lord requireth of all and every one continually from the beginning to the end of our lives without any interruption Vnder the paine of everlasting condemnation b Ibid. p 146. Another sort of people there is among us which will observe and use all Ceremonies whatsoever as the temporizing Familists who at Rome and such like places of Superstition will goe unto idolatrous services and doe adoration unto Idols c Patterne of the praes Tem. and no where will they strive or vary with any one about Religion but keepe all externall orders d Ibid. albeit in their hearts they scorne all professions and services but their owne tearming all Temples and Churches in derision Common houses e H. N. spi lan cap. 5. sect 1. and all Gods services or religions besides their owne foolishnesse f Ibid. To the Christian Reader Christian and beloved Reader l●t me request thee to observe well the first section of the proofe of this present propositio● and therein how I speake of ceremonies and traditions apparently impious among which I doe reckon papisticall Crosses whereunto the Romanists doe attribute divine adoration as else-where in this booke and subscription of mine I have ddeclared and could more copiously but the reliques of a Libell of theirs left in the Parish Church of E●born in Bark-shire an 1604 sufficiently shal expresse the thoughts of Papists touching their Crosse and crossing whose words be these Now Mr. Parson for your welcome home Reade these few lines you know not from whom You hold Crosse for an outward token and signe And remembrance onely in religion thine And of the profession the people doe make For more then this comes to thou doest it not take Yet holy Church tels us of holy Crosse much more g V●de