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A10573	A declararation [sic] of the twelue articles of the christen faythe with annotations of the holy scripture, where they be grounded in. And the righte foundation and principall comon places of the hole godly scripture, a goodly short declaration, to all Christians profitable and necessarye for to come to the right vnderstondynge of holy Scripture compyled for the commodite of al christen people. By D. Vrbanum Regium.; Erklärung der zwölf artikel Christlichs gelaubens. English	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 20843; ESTC S115780	81,702	234

loue which seketh not her owne i. cor xiij That all thynges be common vnto the in good euyll The goodes of the sayuctes be thyne also they helpe and comforte the also they haue compassyon with the in thy griefe one beareth anothers burden and so fulfylle the commaundement of Christe There is great helpe Gal. vi comforte and succoure as the Sacrament of the aulter signifyeth betokeneth in breade and wyne i. Co. x For we be called of Paule one breade one drynke and one body Vvhosoeuer beleueth thys article ryght can not dispayre in his heuynes and temptacyon For as muche as he knoweth that Christe and al saynctes as hys brethren do loke to hym And whosoeuer doth any thynge vnto hym he doth it vnto Christ and his saynctes All prayers and all good dedes whatsoeuer they are that be done in the vniuersall Christianite must at all tymes ayde me as a brother of thys heauenly fraternite Suche help comforte and succour vnderstode Dauid well in spirite and sayd Psalm cxix I am in the congregation of al them that feare the and kepe thy commaundements Thus may we in al necessities speake vnto our enemyes as Heliseus spake to hys seruaunt Feare not for they that be with vs are more then they that be with them The tenthe Artycle I beleue the forgeuenesse of synnes Forgeuenes or remission of synnes is no where but onely in the christen congregation or felloweshyppe for Christe hath geuen her the keye Matth. xviij Forgeuenes of synnes Nonatianus a blynde heretyke thought yf a man were ones fallen in synne that than no repentaunce or penaunce coulde helpe hym any more but were than loste Thys doth the scripture reiecte in all places and openeth and declareth vnto vs Mat. xi the mercyfulnes of God and calleth vs alwayes from our synfull lyfe to repentaunce Christe sayth Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are laden and I shal refresshe you Nowe is there no heuyer and more importable burthen then oure synnes And what nedeth it to defend this longe Vvherfore dyd Christ elles come into the worlde and dyed but for to declare such mercifulnes He sayth in Luke They that are hool Luc. v. nede not of the Phisiciō but they that are sicke I am not come to cal the ryghteous but synners to repentaunce And the Angel in Mathewe declareth also his offyce clearly sayng vnto Ioseph Mat i thou shalt call hys name Iesus For he shal saue his people frō their synnes This is not that he forgeueth the synnes but ones but as often as men desyre it as the Prophetes and Euangelistes clearly testifye and shewe Vvitnesse of the scripture In he second boke cryeth Moyses thus vnto god Lord Exod. xxxiiij Lord God mercyful gratious lōg sufferyng aboundant in goodnes trueth kepynge mercy instore for thousādes forgeuing wickednes vngodlines synne not leauyng one innocēt visityng the wickednes of the fathers vpō the childrē vpō the childrens children euē vnto the thyrd fourth generatiō Behold howe goodly declareth Moyses here the grace and mercifulnes of God ij Re. xij Itē in the boke of Samuel it is cōtayned that whā Dauid had cōmitted aduoutry with the wyfe of Vrias and hys synnes were opened vnto hym whan he was abasshed anone sayde the Prophete Nathan The Lord hath put awaye thy synne Esa i In Esaye sayth God Vvasshe you make you cleane put awaye your euyl thoughtes oute of my syght cease from doyng of euil learne to do right applye your selues to equitye delyuer the oppressed help the fatherles to hys ryght Let the wedowes complaynte come before you I pray you come and let vs be defended then shal the Lord saye Though your synnes be as reade as scarlet Esa lvij they shal be as white as snowe And though they were lyke purple they shal be as whyte as wolle Ezechi xviij In Ezechiel sayth God yf the vngodly wil tourne awaye from all his synnes that he hath done and kepe all my commaundementes Ione iij esa xliij Iuhel ij surely than wyll I neuer more thynke vpon al his synnes that he dyd before Reade also the .xxxij. li. and lxxxix Psalme Vvhen Peter asked howe ofte Matth. xviij muste I forgeue my brother that synneth agaynst me Is it ynough seuē tymes Then answered Christe and sayde I saye not vnto the seuen tymes but seuenty tymes seuen tymes And euen vpon that worde sayde he a similitude whereby he teacheth vs that we shoulde gladly forgeue oure neyghboure whatsoeuer he hath offended agaynst vs then shal God also be willynge to forgeue vs oure synnes In Luke standeth Forgeue and ye shal be forgeuen And what nedeth it many witnesses Matth. xviij In Mathewe geueth he the keyes therfore vnto the church that synne shoulde be forgeuen Ioha xx and in Ihon also Nowe beholde the examples Christe speaketh vnto the man that was sicke of the palsie Sonne Mat. ix thy synnes be forgeuen the. Euen there he calleth Mathewe from the receyuynge of custome Hys offyce of preachynge Mat. iij and .iiij and the preachynge of Ihon the Baptiser beganne bothe at the repentaunce They sayde Repente the kyngedome of heauen is at hande Luc. vij In Luke absolueth Christ the woman synner of her synnes saynge Thy synnes are forgeuen the. In another place calleth he the synners to repentaunce when a Toure in Syloe had slayne Luc. xiij eyghtene He sayde Excepte ye repente ye all shal lykewyse perysshe In Marke sayth Christe All synnes shal be forgeuen vnto mennys children and the blasphemy of god where with they blaspheme God Ioha iij what meaneth elles the renewyng of byrthe whiche Nicodemus vnderstode not but repētaunce and the renewyng of man Ioha v. In Iohn had one ben sicke thyrty eyght yeares Christe made hym whole and sayde Behold thou arte made whole Ioh. viij synne no more lest a worse thynge happen vnto the. Item when he absolued the woman taken in aduoutry He sayde Go and synne no more Act. ij Item in the Actes of the Apostles sayeth Peter Repente of your synnes and be baptised euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christ for the remissyon of synnes ij Co. ij To the Corinthiās desyreth Paule that the open synner which had ben excōmunicated mighte be receaued againe to grace yf he dyd repente Briefely the scripture is of suche saynges and examples full in al places that the synnes be forgeuen vs taken awaye He that hath assured promysed vs suche maner of clensyng of synnes is almighty and is able ynough to do it He is oure mercyfull and gracious father Mat. vi therfore wyl he gladly do it and hath taughte vs to praye the same in oure Pater noster In Iohn sayeth he Iho. xvi Aske and ye shall receyue Verely verely I saye vnto you whatsoeuer ye shall aske thy father in my name

commaundementes to fulfyll Ro. xiiij Vvhatsoeuer is not done in faythe the same is wicked and synne where as the mercye of God is not founde in suche wyse there is surely despysynge of GOD that he is not regarded nor sette by or there is hatred Good workes Fayth bringeth alwayes her frutes with her that is good workes and wheras no workes of charitie are shewed there is nothynge elles but a dead Iaco. ij fayth A christen man shall before all thynges praye for fayth whereby he may do ryght good workes Much to bable of good workes or vndertake to do the same before that fayth be there is as moche as to bynde the horse behynde the plough Lu. xviij Much the worke or do withoute fayth is to take great paynes and laboures for noughte and with the sicke woman to spend all hys substaunce amonge the Phisiciās and yet for all that remayne sicke styl Lu. viij Power of faith Vvhat power fayth hath is descrybed in these places here after followynge Genesis xv Roma iij. iiij xiiij Galacas iij. Ephes ij Math. vi viij ix xvij xxi Marci v. ix xi Luce. viij xi xviij xix Iohannis iij. iiij vi vij viij And i. Iohannis iij. iiij v. Act iiii xvi and in many places more besydes Good workes The Iewes asked Christe in Iohn what they shoulde do Ioha vi that they might the workes of god he answered This is the worke of God that ye beleue on hym whome he hath sent First loke aboute for faythe Lu. xvij and say with the discyples of Christe Lord increace my fayth And after that loke what God wyl haue in hys commaundementes and do it these are good Christen workes for they flowe oute of fayth and are done by the commaundemente of god Vvhatsoeuer is not done by the commaundement of god whiche ordinately and sufficyently is expressed in the Scripture the same be of thy despised Isa xxix mat xv Deu. xij For God wil not be serued wyth mennes tradicyons lawes or inuentions Vvhosoeuer steppeth out of the cōmune strete of the Christen lyfe and seketh a peculyar waye to saluacion through hys owne imagyned workes the same standeth daungerousely For he that followeth not Christe in hys doctryn must nedes walke in darkenes in erronyous by pathes Ioh. viij and .xiiij Christ is the lyght of our lyfe and the waye as it is written in Iohn Vvhosoeuer maketh or instituted a perpetual lighte for the deade or sainctes and besydes that forgetteth the lyuynge saynctes the poore bretheren and systers in Christe he feleth gropeth in the darkenes and goeth a bypathe vnderstond by the example somewhat more Sacrament Sacrament is a holy token in oure faythe which putteth vs in remembraunce the promyse of God and stablyssheth oure hertes in a confidence towardes God as Baptisme and the Sacrament of the aulter Thou hearest that God promyseth vnto the pardon and forgeuenesse of synnes He suffered therfore hys sonne Christe to dye vpon the crosse that thou by the death of Christe myghtest be reconcyled agayne to God Rom. v beleue this so hast thou it And therfore hath he ordeyned and left vnto the hys body and bloude in the Sacramente as a sure holye token and bonde of suche promyse Euen as sure as Gedeon was Iudi. vi that he shoulde ouercome his enemye whē God hath promysed it vnto hym and by the fyre and flese hath assured it vnto hym So sure arte thou that thou haste obtayned mercy when thou hearest in fayth Goddes promyse of remissyon of synnes and besydes that receyuest Baptisme or the Sacrament of the aulter for an assurance of suche promyse Learne the Sacramentes a ryght with theyr vertue for the Conscience hath skant a greater comforte in earth then the Sacramētes Thys is taught Genesis in the xvij Chapter and to the Romaynes in the iiij The death of Christe The death of Christe is oure satisfaction for synne Esa liij i. Co. i Christe hath onelye satisfyed for he onelye hathe redemed Oure sufferynge vpon earth is no satisfaction for synne properlye but a mortifyenge of the olde carnall man to thintent that accordynge to the workynge and to the vertue of baptisme Ro viij a Christian myght be conformable to Christe hys heade dye and ryse agayne a newe creature in Christe Ioh. iij. A man must be borne agayne of water and of the spirite yf he shal come to heauen he must beare the crosse he must crucifye hys flesshe mat xvi Gala. v ij tim iij with the euyl concupiscences and lustes yf he wyl be Christes owne Item al that wyl lyue godly must suffre persecution Flesshe Flesshe is called in the Scripture commonly not onely the body Ephe. ij but the hole olde carnall man The sonne of Adam with body and soule Gen. vi for he is from the fyrste generation a synner and a chyld of wrath Iohn iij For whatsoeuer is borne of flesshe is flesshe A man before he is borne agayne through the spirite of fayth is he all flesshe that is concernyng hys body soule can he of hys owne power vnderstande thynke and desyre nothyng but earthy and carnal thinges heauēly thynges are to hygh for hym and to subtyl he can not attayne to them he knoweth nothynge ryght of God and godly thynges The originall synne A deadly hurte is happened vnto man in body soule of that poysoned origynall synne The origynal synne oughte not to be counted for a smal hurte Gen. vi and viij The wittes are blynded man vnderstandeth nothynge of hym selfe withoute grace The wyl is croked and tourned away from that whiche is good and so weake and wounded that he delyreth euill for good and al that is pernicious Lyke as the ague taketh away a mans taste that nothyng sauoureth vnto hym but that whiche is deadly and hurtful vnto hym that which is swete semeth vnto hym to be soure Euen so hath the stinckynge and filthy origynal sinne corrupted al the powers of man that to theyr ryght workes they can not attayne withoute a great renewyng A man muste be renewed and made hole or elles must he be damned That cometh to passe The death of Christ when the death of Christe hath and vseth hys workyng in man that the spirite of fayth doth stryue and fyghte agaynst the flesshe and at the laste the flesshe with death is destroyed and the carnall man Eph. iiij accordynge to the signifycation of Baptisme is hole drowned the fylthynes of the synfull byrthe of Adam is hool wassheth awaye and becometh a newe man whiche is shapen after God in true ryghteousnes and holynes Spirite The spirite is the holy Goost and hys motion or workynge in vs. It is one thynge The outward mā the olde Adam the flesshe the body of synne It is one thyng The newe man the inwarde man Ro. vij Gala. v Betwene the spirite and the flesshe is a contynuall