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A15388	A confutation of certaine articles deliuered vnto the Familye of Loue with the exposition of Theophilus, a supposed elder in the sayd Familye vpon the same articles. By William Wilkinson Maister of Artes and student of diuinitye. Hereunto are prefixed by the right reuerend Father in God I.Y. Byshop of Rochester, certaine notes collected out of their Gospell, and aunswered by the Fam. By the author, a description of the tyme, places, authors, and manner of spreading the same: of their liues, and wrestyng of Scriptures: with notes in the end how to know an heretique.	Wilkinson, William, d. 1613.; Young, John, 1534?-1605.; Niclaes, Hendrik, 1502?-1580?	1579 (1579)	STC 25665; ESTC S101312	139,324	194

Ioh. 12. e. 35. HN. his other places Iohn 8. b. 12. I am the light of the world And Ephes 5. c. 14. Awake thou that sleepest and stand vp from death and Christ shall giue the light The first proueth that without Christ is nothyng but darknes and condemnation and out of the body of Christ which is his Churche is no health nor comfort of body or soule which when ye can shew me by the Scriptures truly alledged that ye are I will acknowledge my selfe to be in an errour vntill ye can so do say not euery one that sayth the lord c. Heretiques in crying the Churche haue alwayes sought to bryng in a schisme to disturbe and disquiet the state of the Church HN. ANd euen so out of this high Maiestie of God doth this true light shew forth his seruice through the illuminated or Godded man with whom the most hyest through the selfe same light and his seruice is also manned witnessing and declaryng how that the true light consisteth not in the knowledge of this or that but in an vpright and true beyng of God and his eternall life Iohn 17. c. Theophilus exposition THat is through the new creature which is incorporated into God by the power of his word W. Wilkinson IT is not in this place certaine to bee gathered by any apparaunt circumstaunce wherfore or to what end all these authorities are wrong in by HN. for if he meane that no man ought to minister without a callyng as it seemeth hee would fayne meane if hee could vtter it the proposition I confesse is true and I aske him what outward callyng he had and by whom he was called or who admitted him vnto that Propheticall function whiche so often he boasteth of yet are these places by him very vnskilfully cited and vnaptly to the purpose the whiche he doth alledge them so that herein I blame his euill choyse for hee might better for profe haue quoted Iohn 1.25 Num. 17.9 2. Sam. 6.7 Heb. 4.5 But if hee brought them for his illuminated or Godded man as it is like that hee did because vnto that place he made his directorie g. I accuse him that he quoteth scripture with an euill conscience For that in none of those places by him cited there is any word of illumination Goddyng or mannyng The places of the Actes he dealeth lyke a théefe that dare not make a playne stepe least he should be taken for he treadeth but ouerly dare not set downe either Verse or Letter to direct the Reader but vsing onely his old ragged and running maner of quotatiōs very impertinently to no purpose doth he abuse the Reader As also in the places of S. Peter and S. Paule he hath by his direction set vs to séeke that which we shall neuer finde Lastly the place out of S. Iohn 17. c.. is idle and emptie hauyng no one sillable tendyng to any such end as he alledged it for As for HN. it is very like that hee thought the world would allow his wordes without proofe and as his Disciples vse to doe hand ouer head he would take whatsoeuer commeth from him without examination which his opinion is grounded of the old doctrine of the Papistes that doctrine of teachers ought not to be further shifted or iudged by the hearer of the which point we shall haue occasion to speake more Article 8. pag. 89. THE 7. ARTJCLE Conteinyng HN. his blasphemy what he boasteth of him selfe and his miraculous and extraordinary callyng HN Sayth that he is moued with the good nature of God and that hee is raysed vppe from the dead to iudge the earth with righteousnesse Theophilus HEre are his wordes wrested and wrongly alledged his meanyng subuerted and misconstrued Read Euang. cap. 3. sent 11. cap. 28. sent 3. and Dictata cap. 5. sent 4. and ye shall see he pointeth on Christ William Wilkinson THis Article as it is one of the most blasphemous and Hereticall of all the rest so in the Exposition and saluyng therof Theophilus doth so freate and vary his old eloquence as vnlesse I were acquainted with his melancholie and whot complexion I should hardly beare such coales as he heapeth vpon me The houndes wherewith he persueth me are two the first is wrestyng the second is wrongfull alledgyng subuertyng and misconstruyng his meanyng to the which vnlesse I withstand with playne dealyng naked truth it séemeth that I shall finde small fauour at his handes And first whereas hee burtheneth me with wrongfull alledging HN. him selfe shall explayne his owne meanyng who will say agaynst him selfe much more then I in the former clause did accuse him of or for these wordes of his He is indued with the good nature of God the wordes be as playne as can be in the place by me alledged which is also more clearely by him aduouched in his wofull Euangely where he hath these woordes HN. out of grace accordyng to the prouidence of God and of his promises Iohn 6. raised vp by the highest God from the dead annointed with the holy Ghost in the Elderdome of the holy vnderstandyng of Christ Iohn 14. Codeified or Godded together with God in the spirite of his Loue made heyre with Christ in the heauenly treasures of the riches of God Illuminated with the heauēly truth the very true light of the perfect beyng in the spirite Apo. 21. Elected to be a minister of the gracious word stirred vp now at this last tyme accordyng to the promise Ieremy 33. Thus you sée he hath word by word vttered that whiche you maliciously affirme that I haue wrongfully alledged what blasphemy these wordes conteine no man can be ignoraūt but he that will not sée cōcerning his wordes I purposely abstaine to cōfute for that they are learnedly by a godly man confuted already Concernyng his meanyng I shall hereafter set down proofe that arrogantly and Luciferlike he taketh vppon him that which is proper to Christ onely where likewise I will touch the places by you cited and proue that HN. pointeth not out Christ as ye affirme After the day of Loue seyng the same is last or newest day wherin the vniuersall Actes 17. d. compasse of the earth shal be come iudged with righteousnes There shall no Apoc. 10. a. day of grace appeare any more vpō the earth but a seuere Heb. 10. c. or sharpe iudgement ouer all vngodly We acknowledge that there is none other light nor life more that is true nor hath bin neither in heauen nor vpon earth but this same light which is now in this last time through the loue of God the father reueiled come vnto vs that same whereon Moses Deut. 18.6 and all the Prophets of God haue witnessed Esay 60. a. Iohn 5. c. and which the holy Apostles of Christ Actes 2.3.4 7.10.13 c. and the Euangelistes haue published These be HN. his owne wordes out of the which because they were to tedious

place is that first the Gospell should first begin to be preached at Ierusalem the which being long foretould was by the Apostles of Christ most plentifullye fulfilled as we all at this day are witnesses Secondly HN. his heyre Vitels beyng great postes in his new founde Family herein do not agrée for Vitels expoundeth Sion to be the Familie of loue HN. calleth Sion heauē so that here it may be affirmed of the one of thē whiche some tyme the Papistes affirme of their schoolemen hic magister noster non tenetur Herein our maisters saying is not auouchable for to bee true Furthermore whereas HN. quoteth this place Allegorically it séemeth that his Reuelatiō came by the way of an Allegory also he would haue his Schollers fed with empty Reuelations so that thereby the hunger they haue should be satisfied as the virgine Mary mentioneth 1. Luke vers 53. Finally the thyrd place which cited out of S. Peter the 2. Epistle 1. chap. is wholly falsefied for that there is no one word in all that place which maketh mētion of any Reuelation or of the declaryng of the word of God to any person The thyrd place which I alledged to proue that HN. boasteth of Reuelations is taken out of the Euangelie cap. 2. sent 1. and it conteineth these two especial partes The first is of thynges reueiled which are foure in number the first is God hath reueiled vnto HN. his kingdome the second his righteous iudgementes the thyrd the commyng of Christ in the last tyme fourth the Resurrection of the dead For proofe of the first he alledgeth Math. 25. d. where is shewed in what maner Christ shall come and reward euery man accordyng to his workes in the last day of the generall Iudgement Now if this hath bene reueiled vnto HN. then belyke that of Christes commyng was then reueiled whē Christ came but Christs last commyng in his glorious kingdome wherof S. Mathew maketh mention 25. vers 31. is not yet come for if he were come our mortall should put on immortalitie and our corruptible be without corruptiō c. Cor. 15. vers 52.53 But as yet we haue not made this chaunge neither is death swallowed vp in victory which shall then come to passe sayth S. Paule vers 54. Therfore HN. hath vaynly affirmed that he hath sene Christ reuealed in his kyngdome vnlesse it be possible that the resurrection be already past which if HN. doth confesse then shall I tell him further But if it be not passed as by S. Paules wordes Then shall that come to passe which is writtē c. it is surely witnessed that it is not then HN. hath a quicke eye sight which cā sée things so long before they are able to be sene The second place by him cited is takē out of the Actes the 16. chapter where there is nothyng that tendeth that way The 17. chap. d. vers 31. there is that all the world shal be iudged by Christ because he was raysed vp from the dead to that end The meaning of this place is all one with the former this place is by HN. abused in that he applyeth it to him selfe that he is raysed from the dead to iudge the world c. This often tymes he wresteth in diuers of his bookes to this end First in his Exposition vpō the Beliefe sect 28. publishing of the peace 1. cap. sent 16. D. 11. epist. cap. 1. sent 9. c. ibid. cap. 5. sent 10. c. and Euang. cap. 3. senten 5. cap. 28. sent 3. cap. 34. senten 1 cap. 35. senten 14. The whiche Assertion beyng grosly wicked in that it robbeth Christ of his honor hauyng somewhat touched it before I spare to speake further referryng the Reader both for the sence of the place and the confutatiō of HN. his errour groūded thereon vnto M. Knewstubs Confutation Where the same is fully satisfied As for the place alledged out of S. Iude it goeth most commōly in all HN. his bookes which I haue sene with the 17. of the Actes and Math. 25. so that place is altogether very vnskilfully cited and onely is brought in lyke a mute vpon a scaffold which departeth dumbe When I shall perceiue the application therof I shall aunswere more at large Now for the secōd point of the first part vz the righteous iudgemēts of God are declared vnto HN he auoucheth no proofe to verifie it and albeit God reueiles his iudgements that is both his word to instruct as also his iudgementes agaynst the wicked that is his sword to deuoure if HN. were one that were méeke the Lord would guide him in iudgement Psal. 25.9 But because his speaches testifie that he feareth not God therfore the Lordes secrets are not reueiled vnto him vers 14. e. The thyrd point of HN. his Reuelation vid. the commyng of Christ in the last tyme is all one agréeyng with the first His last and fourth note videl that the Resurrectiō is reuealed vnto him is not so euident as he thought to haue made it For the places by him alledged out of Ezechiell 37.9.10 vers b. proue that the Israelites should certainly returne out of Captiuitie and this was confirmed vnto them by the visible signe of the raysing of dead bones that God was able to do the one as the other Howbeit yet I sée not how hereupō HN. would conclud his Reuelation cōcernyng the Resurrection for that this place hath not any such meanyng The place of Iohn 5. c. vers 28.29 truly proueth the Resurrection yet it mentioneth not one word of Reuelation Rom. 8. b. 11. vers proueth that as God was able to rayse vp Christ beyng dead accordyng to his manhode so is God able to rayse vs vp that be his Children both in soule and body to his eternall kyngdome The Philipians 3. b. 11. vers S. Paule sheweth to attaine vnto the Resurrection of the dead was his great desire where these wordes the Resurrection of the dead are not taken as HN. would séeme to alledge by his knittyng them with them which went before conteinyng the same matter for the Resurrection of the body before euerlastyng lyfe it selfe and the participation therof after the Resurrection with the chosen Saintes of god 1. Thes 4.17 d. and 1. Cor. 5. vers 4. a. So that HN. very vnskilfully hath alledged this place for the Resurrection which albeit it were by him rightly quoted yet sée I not how thereupon his proposition concernyng the resurrection of the dead is reueiled vnto HN. should be rightly concluded The second part cōteineth the person vnto whom this Reueilation was declared where HN. because of euill neighbours is forced with shame enough to blase his owne commendations videl that he was an elect vessell it is read of S. Paule that he termeth him selfe to be put a part to preach the Gospell of god This was affirmed of him first because his callyng was miraculous and extraordinary as

day of Iudgement was at hand Cap. 2. Of free brethren o● gro●●● and impure Anabaptistes 1. They had as they thē selues affirmed fleshly knowledge either of other 2. They sayd Christ made them frée from all lawes 3. They might haue no landes nor pay tithes or obedience or subiection to any man. 4. They had communitie of all thinges Cap. 4. Of Libertine Anabaptistes 1. They graūted that othes Magistracie and Baptisme might indifferently be vsed or not be vsed 2. They passed not for Scripture for say they we are all taught of God. 3. They sayd Sacramentes were néedeles for the fayth full hauyng the thyng signified vz. the holy Ghost néeded not the outward signe of water 4. They sayd it was frée for them in persecution either to confesse or dissemble their Religion 5. They sayd it is sufficiēt for them to kéepe their harts cleane although they do cleane cōtrary in their déedes 6. No man say they ought to put him selfe in daūger for his fayth for God is not pleasured by any mās death neither wil he haue any man leaue his wife childrē 7. For their quietnes sake they say they may cōforme them selues to the Religion of any people among whom they lyue And of this iudgemēt said M. Bulling was the beast Dauid George and this is the most pestilent sect of all others Cap. 6. Of the sect of the Hutties They thought they were the Israelites bodely They had terrible dreames and visions They saw in their dreames that domes day was at hand therfore spent their goodes rioteously In continuaunce of tyme when all was wasted they professed w●●full pouertie Cap. 7. Of the sect of the Augustines of Augustine a Bohemian THey sayd that heauen is was and shal be shut vntill the day of Iudgement They thought that neither the good were in heauen nor the wicked in hell vntill the day of Iudgement but they were put in seuerall places which places are vnto vs vnknowne Cap. 8. Of the Anabaptistes of Munster 1. THey inueyed agaynst all excellencie wealth and honour 2. They despised and spake agaynst the Magistrate 3. They despised the world and worldly thynges 4. Their talke was wholy of the mortifying of the old mā Cap. 13. Melchior Hoffmā an Archheretique and an Anabaptist and his sectaries affirmed 1. THat the Baptisme of infantes was of the deuill 2. That Christ tooke not flesh of the virgin Mary 3. That our saluation is of our selues 4. That there is no hope of pardon for those which fall away after they haue receiued the grace of God. Cap. 14. Of the heresie of Dauid George 1. DAuid George affirmed that all the doctrine giuē vs from godly Moses Christ and the Prophets and Apostles is vnperfect vnprofitable to saluation but sayd that his heresie is perfectly profitable vnto lyfe euerlastyng 2. Dauid George sayth he is Christ and the Messias the beloued sonne of God borne not of the flesh but of the spirite 3. Dauid George sayd he will restore the house or Israell and the tribe of Leuie 4. Dauid George sayth it is he that must forgeue sinnes 4. Libertines 1. THey sayd God made the sinne of Cain and Iudas 2. They denyed the Resurrection and sayd it was spirituall 3. They sayd the deuils all the wicked should be saued 4. They sayd the old Testament is abrogate 3. Booke 1. Chap. THe Anabaptistes withdraw themselues from their Churches and Ministers cap. 2. your Ministers line not well say the Anabaptistes therefore your Church is not the true Church The Anabaptistes in ioyning to the Churches where the Gospell hath with much labour bene preached there they stirre vp tumultes They say the Ministers are not rightly called Chap. 6. Anabaptistes reasons why they refuse to come to Church 1 THe Ministers refuse and depart from Christes doctrine 2 No man ought to be compelled to fayth 3 Ye resist euill and Moyses sword should not defend doctrine but Christes 4 Your Ministers liue not as they teach Ergo their doctrine is vntrue 4. Booke 3. Chapter THe Anabaptistes say we may fulfill the law They affirme they are not heard as they ought to be vz. openly and as the law requireth and Nichodemus Reason 1 counsaileth and yet not one of thē dare once professe their doctrine openly They quoted much scripture Wée ought not say they be compelled to Religion Reason 2 It is not lawfull to defēd Religion by the ciuill sword Reason 3 For Christ sayd resist not euill The preachers rayled on them and delt vncharitably Reason 4 with them yet were they the most scoffers of all others No man say they ought to be put to death for Religiō Reason 5 but be excommunicated onely for excommunication is the last punishment of the holy Ghost They rayled on the Lordes supper and sayd it was Reason 6 no sacrament they sayd they might not companye with any but of their owne sect other they sayd are wicked They affirmed none ought to be baptized but they Reason 7 which are of age which can professe their fayth and yet for profe hereof they quote no scripture Yf any of the Gospellers lyue godly they call him an Anabaptist The reprochfull tauntes of the Anabaptistes Lutherans Fol. 254. False and carnall Gospellers 255. errors and vnskilfulnes of preachers 256. Succeders of the Pharesies 256. Hipocrites blind guides Fooles blind serpents Generations of vipers 257. fellowes of theues whome Dauid maketh mention of Psal. 50. They say we hate thē because they would lyue without sinne They say we may kéepe the law to the profe whereof they abuse much scripture The preachers say the Anabaptistes would haue vs professe openly because they would haue the Magistrate persecute vs. FINIS ex Bullingero Out of Caluin agaynst the Anabaptistes THey say that they ought not to receiue the Lordes Supper where there is no true excommunication They say they may not participate in the sacraments with any man whome they know to be wicked Catharistes Donatistes and Anabaptistes séeke a Church without spot The Anabaptistes say no man that is minister may haue a certayne charge alledging for profe the Apostles example Out of Caluin agaynst the Libertines THe sect of the Libertines is that sect which S. Peter and S. Iude foretould The whole speach of the Libertines is in such straūge kinde of stile that those which heare them at the first doe wonder at them and so dealt Marcion in the hatching of his heresie The Libertines denied the resurrection The Libertines were deuided into orders of men The first sort were called blessed ones which whē they vsed their office in purging their religion they were termed Puritanes Secondly there were ij kindes of their disciples the first they vnto whome they did reueale their misteries of their sect and them they termed Elected ones Others whome they a far of by little and litle made acquainted with their heresie they termed Hearers In the