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A10957	The English creede consenting vvith the true, auncient, catholique, and apostolique Church in al points, and articles of religion, which euerie Christian is to know and beleeue that would be saued. The second part, in most loyal manner to the glorie of God, credit of our Church, and displaieng of al hæresies, and errors, both olde and newe, contrarie to the faith, subscribed vnto by Thomas Rogers. Allowed by auctoritie.; English creede. Part 2	Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1587 (1587)	STC 21227; ESTC S116387	55,407	97

10. v. 16. This is the doctrine also of other Churches besides as mai appear by the ●onfession of Heluet. 2. c. 21. Basil. art 6. Bohe. c. 13 Fland. art 35. Saxon. art 14. Sueau c. 18 So think not those men VVhich contemne this Sacrament of Loue with Th'anabaptistes vvhich rail vpon it being vsed after the institution of Christe and call it VVith the Papistes A Table Prophane Detestable The cup of diuels A kinde of idolatrous meates VVhich denie it manie Christians and all owe it onelie to à few Antichristian shauelings VVhich abuse it with Halters and hollow harted Christians Corinthians that wil Drinke the cup of the Lord and the cup of the diuels Participate at the Lords table and at the table of diuels 2 The Supper of the Lord Is to al christians à Sacrament of our redemption by Iesus Christe Math. 26. 28. Luke 22. ver 19. 20. Marke 14. 24 1. Cor. 11. 24 To such as receue the same It is the partaking of the bodie blood of Christ. 1. cor 10. 16. worthelie 1. Cor. 11. 28. c. By faith 2. Cor. 13. 5. Iohn 6. 35 A trueth this is not onelie in harte beleeued but by publik writings al so testified to the vvorld by our neighbour Churches Confes of Heluet. 2. cap. 11. Heluet. 1 art 22. Basil. art 6. Bohem. ca 13. France art 37. Flan. art 35. Ausb touching the Masce art 1. 3. Sax. art 14. VVittem cap. 19. Suca c. 19. This proposition diuerslie hath bin assailed For Some either deniing or not acknowledgeing the benefits of this so heauēly à Sacrament doe saie It is not à seale of spiritual graces but onelie à signe of Christian profession It is to bee receaued onelie for obedience take to the Princes procedings but is of non effect to the perfect ones an opinion of the Family It doth neither good nor hurt to the receauers the Mescalians error It is not à signe assuring the harts of the faithful hovv their sinnes bee forgiuen For vvee must alvvaies doubt of the remission of our sinns saie the Papists It is to bee receaued to the comfort of the bodie onelie but is no refreshing of the soule Som haue conceaued doe hold most erroneous opinions touching the manner of receuing the same deliuering to the world that It can profite such as haue no faith euen Babes or infants in this error wer the Nectorians Graecians Moranians that I saie not Cyprian Origen Austine VViked men destitute of al knoledge true sense of godlines and for no cause but onlie because theie receaue the same The dead bodies of men th' error of certaine condemned long agoe It can benefit such as recaue it not at al if it be ministred on their behalf being Theis errors the Papistes stifelie doe defend Absent vppon the seas in wars yea by death Praesent and yet do not participate but the Priest for them 3 Transsubst●tiation or the change of the substance of bread and wine in the supper of the Lorde we do vtterlie denie and the reasons mouing vs thereunto are for that It is repugnant to the plaine wordes of the Scripture For I wil not drinke hence-forth of this fruit of the vine saith our Sauiour Christ Matt. 26 29. Mar. 14 25. which fruit had it realie bine either the blood o● by waie of concomitance the verie bodie and blood of Iesus Christ then our Lorde and Sauiour had eaten himselfe vvhich is not onelie blasphemous to be spoken but also impossible to be done and directlie against the word of God vvhere commandement is often giuen that the blood with flesh not of beast much lesse of man must not bee eaten Gen. 9 4. Leuit. 17 14. The heauen muste conteine Iesus Christ vntil the time that al things be restored saith Saint Peter Acts. 3. 21. If Christ corporalie according to his humanitie be in heauen then is he not in the Sacrament As often as yee shal eate this bread ' not Christ his real bodie and drinke this cup not the real blood of Christ ye shew the Lords death til he come saith Saint Paul ● Cor. 11 20. Therefore he is not come which he must be being vnder the formes of bread and wine It ouerthrovveth the nature of à Sacrament For where there is none element there can be no Sacrament Because the word comming vnto Th'element maketh a Sacrament It hath bine the occasion of manie superstitions For from hence proceeded The reseruing of the transsubstantiated bread for sundrie superstitious ends Th' adoring of the bread euen as God himselfe and that of priest and people The carieng-about in pompous procession of their wa●er God The popish feast called Corpus Christi daie The due cōsideration hereof hath moued the reformed Churches to detest transsubstantiation as in hart word so by writing Confes of Hel. 2. cap. 21. Hel. 1. art 22. Basil. art 6. Bohem c. 13. VVittem c. 19. Abominable therfore be the popish errors that In Th'eucharist there is not the substance of bread and wine but onelie the meere accidents and qualities Substancialie realie the bodie blood together with the soule and diuinitie of our L. Iesus Christ and therfore whole Christ is conteined in the sacrament of Eucharist Vnder each kind and vnder euerie part of each kinde seueralie whole Christ is comprised After the consecration in the wonderful Sacrament of Th'ucharist the bodie blood of our Lorde Iesus Christ is and that not onelie in the vse while it is taken but afore also after in the hostes or consecrated peeces reserued or remaining after the communion In the holie Sacrament Christ th' onelie begotten sonne of God is to be adored with the verie worship of Latria Marcus also that detestable haeretike held that the wine of the lords Supper was conuerted into blood 4 Although our Sauior Christ bee in heauen as hath bine proued and therfore can not corporalie be giuen taken and eaten yet we beleeue that by à secret and incomprehensible vertue of th● holie Ghost hee doth nurish quicken vs by his verie bodie and blood apprehended by à liuelie faith For the better vnderstanding of this great mysterie wee are to note that the regenerate haue à double life with in them whereof One is carnal and temporarie vvhich theie haue brought with them from their first comming into the world This life is common to al men good bad and is praeserued by earthlie and material bread common also to al and euerie man One is spiritual and heauenlie giuen vnto them in their second birth which is through the worde 1 Pet. 1. 23. This life is peculiar onlie to the elect of God and maintained by the bread of life vvhich came-downe from heauen which is Iesus Christ Iohn 6 51 He nurisheth and susteineth the spiritual life of all Christians if he be eaten that is receiued of them spiritualie through faith Iohn 6 35. Rom. 3 25 vvhich spiritual bread that he might the

better repraesent hee hath instituted earthlie and visible bread and vvine for à Sacrament of his bodie and blood vvhereby he doth testifie that as verelie as we receiue the Sacrament vvith hands eat the same with mouth and teeth to the nurishing of this transitorie life euen so trulie by faith vvhich is in place of handes and mouth to the soule we receiue the true bodie and the true blood of Christ our onelie Sauiour to the cherishing of the spiritual life in oursoules The churches of God elsewhere reformed agree with vs in this point Confes. of Heluet 2. cap. 21. Heluet. 1. art 22. Basil. art 6 Bohem. c. 13. France art 36. Fland. art 35. Saxon. art 14. And iointlie vvee withstand th'errors Of the Capernaits vvhich thought the flesh of the Lorde might bee eaten with mans mouth Of the Synusiasts Vbiquitaries VVho thinke the bodie of Christ so is praesent in the supper that his verie bodie vvith bread and wine by one and the same mouth at one and the same time is eaten corporalie and deuoured Of the Metusiasts Papists VVhich beleeue the substance of bread and vvine is so chāged into the substance of christ his bodie that nothing remaineth but the real bodie of Christ besides th' accidents of bread and wine Of the Symbolists Figurists or Significatists so called because theie are of opinion that the faithful receaue nothing but the naked and bare signes 5 The true and lawfull vse of the Sacramēts hath bine set dovvne afore Therefore it shall suffice in this place onlie to saie that the Lordes Supper vvas ordained to th' end that The bread should be Broken Eaten As it is Math. 26. 26. Mark 14. 22. Luke 22. 19. 1. Cor 10. 16. 1. Cor. 11. 24. The cup should be Giuen Drunken As vve maie read Math. 26 27. Marke 14. 23. Luke 22. 17. 1. Cor. 10. 16. 1. Cor. 11. 25. And al this in remembraunce of Christ Luke 22. 19. 1. Cor. 11. v. 24. 25. Confes. of Heluet. 2. c. 21. Basil. art 6. Bohe. c. 13 Ausb touchhing the Masse art 1. Saxon. art 14. VVittem ca. 19. Against th'ordinance therfore of our S. Christ do the Papistes In reseruing In carrieng about In lifting vp In worshipping The L. Supper Reade more in this Art and in the 25. art proposit 10. 29 ARTICLE Of the vviked vvhich doe not eate the bodie and blood of Christe in th' use of the Lords Supper THE wiked and such as be voide of à liuelie faith although theie do carnallie and visiblie presse with their teeth as S. Augustine saith the Sacrament of the bodie and blood of Christe yet in no wise are theie pertakers of Christe but rather to their condemnation doe eate and drinke the signe or Sacrament of so great à thing The Proposition The wiked and such as be void of à liuelie faith do not eate the bodie nor drinke the blood of Iesus Christe in th' use of the Lords Supper S. Paul declareth hovv the Supper of the Lord is receaued VVorthelie of some which do Hovve theis do participate of the bodie and blood of our Sauiour Christ it hath bine alreadie shewen in the former art proposit 4. Themselues 1. Cor. 11 ver 28 31. Examine Iudge Discerne the Lords bodie 1. Cor. 11 29. Abstaine from the table of diuels 1. Cor. 10 21. Of some vnvvorthelie 1. Cor 11 29. as of them VVhich themselues do not 1. Cor. 11 v. 38 31. Examine Iudge VVhich discerne not the Lords bodie 1. Cor. 11 29. VVhich wil communicate at the table 1. Cor. 10 21. Of the Lord Of diuels Theis mai receiue the sacrament but not the true bodie of Christ. The reasons be for that Theie lack the vvedding garmēt which is faith the righteousnes of Christ. Theie are no members of the true Church the head whereof is Iesus Christ. Ephes. 4 15 c. Theie haue no promise of heauenlie sustenance because theie are with-out à liuelie faith Iohn 6 35. Therfore theie procure vnto themselues most heauy punishments 1. Co. 1● 27. Sicknesse death Guiltines of the bodie and blood of christ Damnatiō This is the iudgement of other christian churches be sides Confes. of Heluet. 2. ca. 21. Heluet. 1. in the declaration of the Lords Supper Basil. art 6. Bohem. cap. 13. France art 37. Fland. art 35. Saxon. art 14. Th' aduersaries of this doctrine be Th'ubiquitaries which thinke that al communicants as vvel bad as good do eat the verie natural bodie of Iesus Christ. The Papists which deliuer that not onelie in th' use of the L Supper the wiked do eat the real bodie of Christ but also nut of vse the verie vermine as mice rats may deuour the same 30 ARTICLE Of both kindes THE cup of the Lorde is not to be denied to the laie people For both the partes of the Lords Sacrament by Christes ordinaunce and commaundement ought to be ministred to al Christian men alike The Propositions The people must be pertakers not onelie of the bread but also of the wine when theie approch vnto the Lorde his Table Our Lord Sauiour Christ hath so instituted his Supper that hee wil haue not on lie the bread but also the Cup to bee deliuered vnto al Communicants So finde vve in the vvord of God that The bread must bee giuen to all and eaten of al Math. 26. 26. Mark 14. 22. Luke 22. 19. 1. Cor. 10. 16. 1. Cor. 11. 24. The Cup it is to bee giuen to al and to be drunken of al. Math. 26. 27. Marke 14. 23 Luk. 22. 17. 1. Cor. 10. 16. 1. Cor. 11. 25. Theis vvitnes●e the publique confessions of other Christian Churches Confes. of Helue 2. c. 21 Hel. 1. art 22. Bohem. c. 13 Fran. art 36. 37. 38. Flan. art 35 Ausb concerning the Masse ar 1. 2. Saxon. art 15 VVitt. c. 19. Sueau c. 18. Though it bee but à mans couenant when it is confirmed yet no man doth abrogate it or addeth anie thing thereto saith S. Paul Gal. 3. 15. what impudencie then yea what impiety do they show which alter this institution of God Some By adding there-to So do the Artotarites add chees● So do the Ca●aphrygians add blood and the seede of man Vnto the bread By taking there from so The S●uerians wil vse no wi●● The Manichies minister but bread onelie and not the cup also The Papistes though theie vse both kindes yet theie denie the Cup vnto the people yea and to Clergie men too when theie saie not masse By chaunging th' elements So Th'aqu●●ian● tooke for vvine water to the end theie might seeme the more sober as theie saide 31 ARTICLE Of th' oblation of Christ finished vpon the Crosse. TH' offring of Christe once made 1 is that perfect redemption propitiatiō satisfaction for al the sinns of the whole world both original and actual and ther is none other satisfaction for sinne but that alone 2 UUherefore the sacrifices of Masses in the which it was commonlie saide that

not in the other world For in the Scripture there is mention but onelie Of tvvo vvaies Mat 7. 13. 14. One leading vnto destruction One bringing vnto life Of tvvo sortes of men Mar 16. 16. Io● 3● 8. vvhereof Some beleeue and theie are saued Some beleeue not and theie are damned Of tvvo states in the life to come Lu. 16. One blessed where Lazarus is One cursced vvhere Diues doth abide A Third waie or sort or state cannot bee founde in the vvord of God And therefore the Purgatorie in an other world denied Hath alvvaies bine by the Greeke Churches Is at this daie by the mouthes of al and by the publique Confes. of some churches in theis parts of the vvorld Heluet. 2. cap. 26. France art 24. Saxon. ar 11. VVittem cap. 25. Ausb art 11 Therefore the Romish doctrine touching purgatorie established by the late conuenticle at Trent Decret de Purgat ses 25. ses 6. c●n 30. cannot be warranted by the holie Scripture 2 The Papists sliding backe from the truth of God haue fallen in to manie noisome and diuers opinions in the matter of Purgatorie agreeing among themselues neither About the place where Purgatorie should be some placing the same In the bottom of the sea Neere vnto the mounte Hecla in Ireland Vpon the mount A●tna in Sicil. In Hel. About the tormentors in Purgatorie who by some are thought to be Holie Angels Verie diuels About the torments For some dreame how theie are tormented VVith fire onelie VVith water and with fire About the causes of Purgatorie torments Because manie do thinke For which in this life men haue done no penance are there punished Onelie venial sinnes Venial and deadlie sinnes About the time which theie that are tormented shal abide in Purgatorie For some haue giuen-out that the poore soules there Be continualie in torments Haue rest sometime as vpon Sondaies Holy daies In time shal be set at libertie because their punishment is but temporarie Maie be deliuered at anie time if Their friends with monie wil buie-out their paines The Priests wil praie for them The Pope wil but saie the word About the state of the soules in Purgatotie For Our English Papists at Rhemes do thinke those in Purgatorie to be in à more happie and blessed state than anie that do liue in this world Some as Thomas Aquinas saie the paine of hel fire and the paine of the fire of Purgatorie are al one and that theie differ nothing but that th' one is but temporal and th' other not so And others put in choise either to tar●ie in Purgatorie à daie or to suffer the miseries of this world an 100 yeeres haue chosen th'affliction of this life for an hundred yeeres together than the paines of Purgatorie for one winters daie Therefore in this contrarietie of opiniōs some of them th' aduersaries themselues cannot denie must be wee saie al of them are contrarie to the worde of God Besids they nourish most cursed and damnable errors as that Al the soules of the faithful separated from their bodies are not at rest Theis are purged in purgatorie Al sinnes in their owne nature are not mortal or deadlie Some sinnes deserue not euerlasting punishment One sinful man may saue another and that easilie by Some thing for them Praieng Saieng Doing If friends in this world wil do nothing for poore soules in paine yet maie they come vnto life at length by abiding their deserued torments vntil th' end in purgatorie The Pope is God in that he can at his pleasure deliuer From the guil● of sinne From the punishments due to sinne 3 Such hath bine th'exceeding mercie and loue of God tovvards man that as hee hath purged vs from all guiltines of sinn by the bloud So hath he pardoned vs from th'euer lasting punishment due to sinn by the pains of Christ. For There is saluation in none other For among men there is giuen none other name vnder heauen vvhereby wee must be saued Act. 4. 12. Through his Name al that beleue shal receiue remiscion of sinnes Act 10. 43. Hee hath purchased the Church by his owne bloud Act. 20. 28. VVith his stripes vvee are healed Isa. 53. 5. Hee that beleeueth in him shal not Be condemned Iohn 3. 18 Be ashamed Rom. 10. 11. Therefore Come vnto me al yee that are wearie and laden and I wil case you c. And yee shall finde reste for your soules saith our Sauiour Christ. Mar 11. v. 28. 29. If thou shalt confesce vvith thie mouth the Lord Iesus and shalt beleeue in thine heart that God raised him vp frō the dead thou shalt bee saued saith S. Paule Rom. 10. 9. This beeing the doctrine of god himselfe and of his Church See art 2. proposit 4. art 11. proposit 1. art 22. proposit 1. we maie euidentlie perceaue hovve not onelie vain but besides not onelie besides but against the word of god the Romish doctrine concerning Pardons is For that doeth teach vs To seeke saluation not at God alone but at the handes of sinful man For would vvee haue pardon That we maie be our ovvne Sauiors So did that of purgatorie For the sinnes of 40. daies A Bishop maie giue it For the sinnes of an 100 daies A Cardinal maie graunt it For al our synnes committed or to be committed From the Pope wee maie haue it Here are his pardons if you respecte Time for yeares 40 50 100 1000 1000 10000 Offences For Parricide Homicide Treason The sinne of Sodome Periurie c. Howe the precious blood of Christe was shed in vaine For corruptible golde and siluer maie and wil saue vs. That repentance is not of necessitie to the saluatiō of man For without the same à popishe pardon maie saue but without either à pardon from the Pope or absolution of á Priest there is no saluation 4 Images are such an abomi natiō● to the Lord that he To make them among al men odio●● describeth the vanitie of thē by his prophets as that Theie are Ierem. 10. vers 8. 15. The doctrine of vanitie The work of errors The teachers of lies Hab. 2. 18. Psal 135. 15. Siluer and golde The work of mans hands Vanitie Isa. 44. 10 c Theie haue Psal. 135. 16. A mouth and speake not Eies and see not Eares and heare not Psal. 115. 7. Handes touch not Feete and walke not Theie that make them are like vnto them so are al thei which trust in thē Psalm 115. 8. 135. 18. Giueth á straight commandement Not to bowe down to them not worship them Erod 20. 5. 1. Cor. 10. v. 7. 14 Not to make them Exod. 20. 5. Deut. 4. ve 14. 15. c. To flie from them 1. Iohn 5. 21. 1. Cor 10. 14. To destroie The images Deut. 7. 5. 12 ve 2. 3. Iosh. 24. 24. The idolaters Deut. 17. vers 2. c. The enticers vnto idolatrie Deut. 13. 5. c. Commended greatlie and praiseth such as haue Destroied images ● King 18. v.

found in Israel to serue the Lord their God 2. Chro. 34. 33. VVith the K. of Nihiuch for th'auoiding of th'imment vengeance of God Ionas 3. 7. c. Proclaime a general Fast. Command euerie man to turn from his euil waie and from the wikednes that is in his handes Herun to subscribe the Churches ptotestant Confe of Heluet. 1 ar● 26. Heluet. 2. c. 30 Basil. art 7. Bohem. cap. 16. France art 39. Flan. art 36. Saxon. art 23. VVitte cap. 35. The Papists as in other pointes so herein discēt altogether from the true Church of God For thei teach that No Queen No King None Emperor Hath anie ●ucto●tie to deliberate or define in m●tters of Religion or to make anie lawes for th'aduancemēt of the same religion yea vvhat Prince soeuer doth so he shal bee damned saie theie vndoubtedly except theie do repent 4 Th' office of the ciuil Magistrate hath in part alrea die bin declared in this article in part also this proposition she vveth namely that hee is to restraine and if need be to punish the disturbers of the quiet peace of his Common-vvealth and that if occasion do require By force of armes if th' enemies of his State be Foraine Domestical And theie gathered together be Manie Mightie To this end principallie theie haue Men Munition Subsidies Tributs Thus against th' enemies of God good men vvent of Israel Iudah The valiant Iudges The noble and puissant Kinges Princes By executing of wholsome lawes vpon the Goods Cattel Lands Bodies Of their disobedient subiects For he is the minister of God to take vengance on him that doeth euil Rom. 13. 4. Therefore Princes are to be feared Not of them vvhich do wel Rom. 13. 3. Of such as doe vvickedlie Rom. 13. v●● 3. 4. Theie vvhich haue profited in the schoole of Christianitie novvhit doue heereof Confe of Heluet 1 ar 24. 26 Heluet. 2. c. 30. Basil. art 7. Bohem. cap. 16. France art 39. Flan. art 36. Ausb ar 16. Saxon. art 23. But The Cresconians are of an opinion that the Magistrates ar to punish no malefactors Rabanus drea meth that magistracy is not th'ordinaunce of God for the good but an humane inuention for the hurt of man Th'anab aptists deliuer that before the resurrectiōther shalnot be anie magistrats for al the wiked shal be rooted out The like fancie haue the Fam. of Loue. The Papists think that the Cleargie are not to be punished or corrected of the ciuil magistrate 5 The Bishop of Rome did he Preach the Gospel 1. Cor 9 v. 16 17. 1. Tim. 4 2. Mat. 28. 19 Labor in the Lorde his haruest Mat. 9 38. Diuide the word of God a●ight ● Tim. ● 15. Minister the Sacraments instituted by Christ that syncerelie Matt. 28 19. 1. Cor. 10 16. Shew by his life the goodfruits of à godly Bishop 1. Tim. 3 2. c. Tit. 1 7. c Doubtles hee were worthie of double honor by the word of God 1. Tim 5. 17 yet wil not the same worde of God were he neuer so holie religious warrant him anie iurisdictiō within this realme much lesse when hee doth execute no part of à Christian but euerie part of an Antichristian Bishop In corrupting the doctrin of the truth with errors cursed opinions In defacing the sacramēts of the church by supersticious ceremonies In persecuting the Church of Christ with fire and sword In making marchandise of the soules of men thorough couetousnes 2 Pet. 2 3. In pl●ieng the Lorde ouer gods heretage 1. Pet. 5. 3. In sitting in the temple of God as God shewing himself that hee is God 2. Thes. 2 4. In exalting himself against al that is called god or that is worshipped 2. Thes. 2 4. In respect of which fruits of impietie the pope of Rome He is described in the holie scripture to be verie Antichrist euē The wikedman That man of sinne The son of p●idition Th' aduersarie of God 2. Thes. 2 3. c. Hee was openlie proclaimed Antichrist by à councel in France in the raigne of Capet He is called by the godlie learned The prince among al the children of pride Verie Lucifer The Basiliske of the Church The plague of the world Neither the head nor the taile of the Church of God His iurisdiction hath bine and is banished out o● Englande by manie kings parliments namelie by K. Edwarde the 1. 3. 6. Richard the 2. Henrie the 4 8. His pride and intollerable supremacie is renounced by al the true seruants of God by mouth and writing Confel of Hel. 1. 2. 18 Helue 2 c. 17. 18. Boh. c. 8. 9 Fland art 28. 31. VVittem art 31. Ausburg touching abuses 1 art 7. And that vpon good cause he is thus detested it appeareth as by that alreadie setdowne so by that which the Papists themselues giue out of their holie father as namelie that The pope is In supremacle Abel In gouerning of the A●ke Noah In patriarkship Abraham In Order Melchisedech In dignitie Aaron In auctoritie Moses In iudgement Samuel In zeale Helias In humilitie Dauid In power Peter In respect of his vn●tion Christ. The general pastor The common father of al Christians The high pastor of Gods vniuersal Church The prince of Gods people God In title God euen the Lorde God the Pope For power god By him kings raigne He maie iudge al but must be iudged of none He can do what him list as wel as God except sin He hath vniuersal iurisdiction ouer the whole world Vpon paine of damnation al christians are to yeeld obedience to the Pope 6 As the natures of men be diuers and sometimes in some countries more abund than in other so are the punishments to bee imposed vpon malefactors according to the quantitie and qualitie of th'offēce and anie countrie and realm maie punish offendors and that with death is the laws thereof do so command and the case requireth For Al that take the sword shal perish with the sworde Matth. 26 52. Gouernors are sēt of the king 1. Pet. 2 14. For The punishmēt of euil doers The praise of them that do wel A wise king scattereth the wiked and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them Rom. 20 26. The magistrate Rom 13 4. He beareth not the sworde for nought He is the minister of God to takeven geance on thē that do euil In regarde wherof in some places before the magistrats are borne Rods to correct them which be reformable To cut of such as are past recouerie and rotten mēbers Axes Hatchets Halberds Swords but not bare and naked but in the scabberd to signifie That theie are to haue death which deserue the same yet cōmeth the magistrate to that execution vrged therunto by necessitie rather than willinglie VVhich punishments do testifie to the world that God is al iust which wil haue Some sinnes more seuerelie punished than others The magistrat to cut of dangerous and vngodly members God is merciful and hath à care