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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19216	The humble and vnfained confessio[n] of the belefe of certain poore banished men grounded vpon the holy scriptures of God, and vpo[n] the articles of that vndefiled and onlye vndoubted true Christian faith, which the holy Catholicke (that is to say vniuersal) Churche of Christ professeth. Specially concerning, not only the worde of God, and the ministerye of the same: but also the church and sacramentes therof. Which we send moost humbly vnto the Lordes of Engla[n]d, and al the commons of the same. ... Lorde increase our faith.; Humble and unfained confession of the belefe of certain poore banished men.	Ponet, John, 1516?-1556, attributed name.	1554 (1554)	STC 5630; ESTC S111154	26,257	72

❧ THE HVMBLE and vnfained confessiō of the belefe of certain poore banished men grounded vpon the holy Scriptures of God and vpō the Articles of that vndefiled and onlye vndoubted true Christian faith which the holy Catholicke that is to say vniuersal Churche of Christ professeth ¶ Specially concerning not only the worde of God and the ministerye of the same but also the Church and Sacramentes thereof Which we send moost humbly vnto the Lordes of Englād and al the commons of the same Rom. x. ¶ To beleue wyth the hart iustifieth and to cōfesse with the mouth saueth Lorde increase our faith ❧ Grace and peace in our sauior Iesus Christe be with you euer strengthen and preserue you in the stedfastnes of Christes worde and bringe to luckie and blessed ende that gracious worke y t he hath begunne in you I Must needes with Saint Paule knowledge my selfe debter to all y t cal vpon the name of our Lorde Iesus Christ but to non more thē to you most dearly beloued both because of such louynge frendship as I haue found in you and most of al for the Christian loue that some time beyng your Curate I founde amonge you that I trust continueth among you stil not onely toward me but to al that love the Lorde Iesus Christe wherfore now consideryng the tyme of trial to be come that both our Sau●or Christ and al his holy Apostles warned vs of I haue thought it my part w t this Epistle to cōsort you not mistrusting but you al are strengthened and comforted dayly with the cōfort that is of God and do nowe earnestlye accompt with your selues the price of the buylding of your tower least if the foundation and beginning be layde and the worcke not finished your enemies beginne to laugh you to skorne and to sai these men began to builde but thei were not able to finishe I trust you are not builte vpon the slippery sandes or grauels where euerye waue that beateth shall shake the foundation and cause it to fal but you are built vpon a sure groūd depe digged and your foūdation layde vppon the foūdation of the Apostles Prophetes vpon the corner stone Iesus Christ in whom euery buildinge knitt and coupled together groweth vnto an holye Temple for the Lorde For al though the builders refuse and cast away as a thyng of nought this stone Christ whiche at this daye thei do puttinge out of the Temples Gods holi word in the mother toūg to set vp a Latine vnknowne tounge and in it to maintaine their olde Romyshe beggery Yet shal that stone be the principal corner stone to you that beleue elect and precious And whosoeuer beleueth in him shall not be ashamed And doubtlesse the vnbeleuers and vnfaithful must nedes fal stomble vpon this stoone be broused and vtterlye destroyed at the laste although for a time the Lorde vseth thē as the rodde of his furye to chasten our wāton and tomuch worldly vain liuing which in a manner had forgotten God and mere to muche cooled from that ardent loue that Christ willed to be among his Wherfore oure heauenly father doth mercifully call vs again to suffre afflictions with his sonne Christ and so to tri and examin our fayth that it beynge foūde more precious thē gold or siluer myght be to the praise and honour of his name Let vs therfore take this correction with al mekenes of heart and submission vnder the hand of God that he may exalte vs when it shalbe his godly pleasure We cal him our father our sauior Christ hath warranted vs so to do wherfore let vs knowe hym to be in deede a father not onelye in king Edwardes daies when we had al welth quiet with his holye word but also now in these perillous daies when the angels of the depe holde stoppe the windes of Christes Gospel that they should not blowe vpon the earth to make it fruitful nor vpō the seas to make them aboundaunte with fishe for the Apostles to catche nor vpō the trees to make thē bryng furth their fruites in due season I sa● euen now the Lord is our father and y ● he correcteth vs it is of very loue and not of crueltie of mercie and pytie and not of seuere iudgement We are corrected saith Saint Paul of the Lord that we should not be damned with the world Wherefore as obedient children we must submit our selues and sai with Dauid O Lord thou art righteous and righteous are thy iudgementes It is good to me that thou hast hūbled me y t I may learne thy iudgementes The lawe of thy mouth is more dearer to me thē thou sandes of gold and siluer I trust dear brethren that you al do nowe studie how to stand stedfast in Gods word vnto the ende that you may optaine the promisse as the Lord sayth Thus sayth the first and the last which was dead and liueth I knowe thy works and tribulation pouertie but thou art rich and I knowe the blasphemy of those that cal them selues Iewes and are none but are the sinagoge of Sathanas The Lord calleth thē rich that habounde in the ritche spirit of God in al good workes that gods spirite moued theim vnto as stedfast fayth sure hope ardent loue and charitie diligent often and feruent praier tamyng of the flesh with his lustes and appetites which you may reade Galath v. liberal almes to the poore and nedie especial to the houshoulde of faith and al other good dedes commaunded of God But the other although thei bost neuer so much y t thei ar Iewes y t is confessors of the Lordes name men of the church spiritualtie yea Gospellers if thei wil to yet the Lorde calleth theim blasphemers and of the sinagoge of Sathan Be not a bashed therefore wyth names titles or dignities as Lorde Duke c. or byshop doctor c. for e●cept he bring the worde of God and Christes Communiō with the maintenaunce of it doubte not but by the fruites knowe him and geue him his name that y e Lorde geueth him A blasphemer of the Sinagoge of Sathanas And though persecutiō com vpō the yet remēber what he saith that is first last whē no tiraūt shal remain Be not afraied of none of those thinges that thou shalt suffre Behold the deuil wil cast some of you into prison that you mai be proued You se dearly beloued that it is the deuil that raiseth vp these stormes against vs but doubtles at Gods permission and sufferaunce y t we may be proued whether we be Christians in dede as we confesse in word Manye of vs thinketh our selues strong but tempcation declareth that we are but weake Euen as Peter saide Lorde I wil go with the into prison and death But the knower searcher of hertes sayd Truly or the cocke crowe thou shalt deny

prescribed order rule And so that thys holy sacrament be accordynge to the practise of his blessed institution both ministred and receiued to gether The election and appoyntmēt of the time thereof is referred and left to y e godly discression of Christes Church For y e Apostle saith Quotiescumque c. As oft as ye eate this breade and drynke of this cu●pe ye shal shew the Lordes death vntil he come Neuerthelesse omitted it may not be nor left vndone but vsed in due time accordingly and in suche sorte as is appointed by the word of God who saith ☞ Take ye eate ye drincke ye al of it Do this in the remembraunce of me And by his Apostle he hath geuen this ordre that we whiche mynde to be partakers of this holy Communion shall haue no contencion nor strife amōg our selues but refourme our abuses commynge here vnto not onely together but also after a better sort rather then after such euil wyse as we happlye heretofore haue done One to tarye for another without disdayne and afore we eate of this bread and drinke of thys cuppe to proue try and examine our selues our myndes and consciences our wordes and dedes callynge oure whole lyfe and conuersation earnestly to remembraunce lamentyng and confessyng our sinnes vnto God callyng vpon him for mercy conuerting vs whollye vnto him knittynge our selues together in the vnitie of fayth and godly loue and so to come to the holy Sacrament Where first the minister takyng the bread geuyng thankes breaking it ought by the Lords ensample to deliuer it vnto other willynge theim also to take and eate it in remembraunce of the Lorde whose wordes also he ought to repete accordingly And likewise takyng the cup to geue thanckes and to deliuer it to the communicantes willyng them al to drinke therof in remembraunce of the Lorde This is nowe the ordre appointed to be obserued at the ministration of this holy sacrament which the scripture calleth ☞ the Supper of the ●ord the Communion or felowship of the body and bloud of Christ. Cōcerning the which if the Lorde had authoritie to make a lawe or to set an ordre for the due ministration and vse thereof Then we also that be his subiectes ar boūd to obserue the same and nether to ad ought therto cōtrary vnto it nether to minish or take away frō it ani thinge that he hath wylled vs to vse Or els we playnly disapoynt our selues of the ryghte title and possession of such comfortable commodities as we by vertue of this heauenlye couenaunt and bargayne shoulde elece be sure of For as this is a special gift appointed by the last wyl and testamēt of our Sauior Christ who in the true ministration of this his holye sacrament by the operacion of this blessed spirite hath promised to make iust deliueraunce of the thing promysed So is it by him condicioned afore hand that we shal duly receiue and vse the same and not to eate of the breade or drincke of the cup of the Lord vnworthely to our owne damnation In Ciuile causes the like order taketh place Where a leace is made it must not only be signed sealed deliuered but also receiued and the partie put in possession Not deliuered I say by euery man but only by hym or his deputie that hath authority to make or geue the leace neither maye euery man receiue and ēnioye it saue only he to whom it is made or geuē or that hath ryght thereto Agayne a leace cōmonly is not made wythout condicions whych if they be broken doth not y e farmer thē forfeit his leace And what meane we els by thys but euen to shew that it is an horrible thing farre out of order that whyle the Lord in this hys holy Sacramēt offreth vs so large a couenaūt of mercy we shal thincke scorne to kepe the condicions therof and the rules that he hath prescribed vnto vs No man doubtles no not in Ciuile matters would be so serued wher like as it is no bargaine til both parties be agreed so cōmeth it to no perfect effecte neither can it stand vnlesse the duties cōdicions promises be kept Neuertheles this thing shal appeare muche more euident if we compare the practise of these present miserable dayes ▪ to the order of the ●ord and his Apostles in the primitiue church lay the one agaynst the other As for the perfourmaūce of the condicions on hys party ther is no doubt For wher as he couenanteth with vs in thys holy Sacrament so to feede nourish cōfort our consciences that he wyl euen seale vs vnto him selfe set hys marke vpō vs and take vs for hys own He certif●eth vs assuredly that vpon such condicions as we also vpon our allegiaunce are boūd to kepe whych we must either do or els become vnworthy Receauers to our damnatiō we haue felowship with him and are partakers of the same eternall lyfe that he hym selfe hath purchased for vs in hys body and bloud But how now How kepe we our touche with him By his order there should be no ●cisme nor discencion among vs about this matter And yet Lord what a busines is ther about the defence of a new found transubstancia●ion to proue y t bread is not bread and that after the recityng of a fewe wordes of the Lord ther remayneth the substaunce neither of breade nor wyne And what a doo is ther about the maner of Christes presence in the Sacrament Lord what tossing turnyng what detorting and wrestinge of the Scriptures is there to proue the carnal natural presence of Christes flesh and bloude yea that in the fourme of bread ther is contained the only natural substāce of Christ God and man flesh bloud bone to the vtter confounding of the two natures in Christ though both the circūstāce of Christes action the propertyes of hys humaniti the nature of a Sacramēt the Articles of y e Christian faith the euident testimonies aswell of the scripture as of those that are estemed the best and moost worthye auncient wryters declare the contrary Men should refourme al abuses about thys mater and come to it in a better sorte then they haue done And do they not wilfully kepe maintai● theyr abuses styl Yea are they not eueri dai in their doings wors wors ▪ Men shoulde come to the Sacrament together and the wole godly assemble to cōmunicate as brothers sisters in y e Lord. But Alas thei make a massing matter of it where on man alone taketh vpon hym to receyue y e thinge that the whole congregacion ought to be partakers of where one shoulde rather tarye for another then that any disorder shuld be committed about so worthy a Sacrament Men ought fyrst to proue and eramen wel theyr consciences to cal thēselues theyr thoughtes woordes and deede● iustly to accompt earnestly to repent them of theyr sinnes to lamēt