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A10958	The faith, doctrine, and religion, professed, & protected in the realme of England, and dominions of the same expressed in 39 articles, concordablie agreed vpon by the reuerend bishops, and clergie of this kingdome, at two seuerall meetings, or conuocations of theirs, in the yeares of our Lord, 1562, and 1604: the said articles analised into propositions, and the propositions prooued to be agreeable both to the written word of God, and to the extant confessions of all the neighbour churches, Christianlie reformed: the aduersaries also of note, and name, which from the apostles daies, and primitiue Church hetherto, haue crossed, or contradicted the said articles in generall, or any particle, or proposition arising from anie of them in particular, heereby are discouered, laid open, and so confuted. Perused, and by the lawfull authoritie of the Church of England, allowed to be publique.	Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616. English creede.	1607 (1607)	STC 21228; ESTC S116041	208,079	284

mysticall and propheticall as Brocardus Morelius and others Some are of minde that the Gospell or Euangelicall word cannot be committed to letters and wrighting saith Lindanus Some doe thinke as afore also hath bin shewen how that is the olde and onely true sense of the Scriptures which is made and giuen by the Church and Pope of Rome Some doe maintaine that as the Church in time doth alter so the interpretation of the Scripture also therwithal doth vary wherby that which in the Apostles time was a truth in these daies shall be a falsehood In which error was Cardinall Cusanus 6. Proposition The Church is the witnesse and keeper of Gods written word The proofe from Gods word Though the Church hath authority to heare and determine in controversies of faith yet hath the Church power neither to iudge the word of God nor to iudge otherwise then Gods word doth iudge For it is saide to the Church and people of God I beseech you brethren marke them diligently which cause diuisions and offenses contrarie to the Doctrine which you haue learned and auoid them Here him To him giue all the Prophets witnesse Search the Scriptures whosoeuer trangresseth and abideth not in the the doctrine of Christ hath not God yee are c. built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets And of the holy Scriptures Thy word is the the truth They haue Moses and the Prophets let them heare them saith our S. Christ. Wee haue also a sure word of the Prophets saith Saint Peter And S. Paul The whole Scripture is profitable to teach c. If any man teach otherwise and consenteth not to the wholsome wordes of our L. Iesus Christ he is puft vp and knoweth nothing c And so with vs doe other Churches conceiue both of the Scriptures and Church yet all of vs do grant that the Church as a faithfull witnesse may yea of necessitie must testifie to the world what hath bin the doctrine of God his people from time to time and as a trustie Recorder is to keepe make knowne what the word of God which it hath receiued is which truly hath bin perfomed afore the word was written by the Patriarchs and after the same was committed to writing before Christ his incarnation by the Iewes in Christ his life time in the primitiue Church From the Apostles time by the godly Christians thoroughout the world Errors adversaries vnto this truth Be it farre therefore from vs to thinke which the Papists do not stick to write and say namely that The Church is to iudge the Scriptures and not the Scriptures the Church The Scripture is not of the essence of the Church Because without it a Church may be though not very well So said Card. Cusan The Scripture because in their opinion it is vnperfect cannot obscure may not ambiguous ought not be the iudge So Lindan Latomus Petrus a Soto Pighius Coster c. He is an heretike that cleaueth to the Scriptures So said Iacobus Hocstratus Againe the carefull keeping of the holy Scriptures by Gods people from age to age and time to time declareth first how the mother Church of Rome is not the onely keeper of the holy writ and next that cursedly they doe offend which either as greatly esteeme the Ethickes of Aristostle as the commandements of god the Odes of Pindar as the Psalmes of Dauid the workes and bookes of men as the writings of God which the Councell of Trent doth or before and aboue the scripture prefer vnwritten Traditions Hence Petrus a Soto Tradition saith hee is both more auncient and more effectuall the● the holy Scripture and Lindan The scriptures would be of no validitie neither had continued till this day but for traditions 7. Proposition The Church may not enforce any thing to be beleeued as necessary vnto saluation that is either contrarie or besides the word of God The proofe from the word of God Yee shall put nothing vnto the word which I command you neither shall yee take ought there from Put nothing vnto his words least hee reprooue thee and thou be found a liar Though it be but a mans couenant when it is confirmed yet no man doth abrogate it or addeth any thing thereto If any man shall adde vnto these things God shall ad vnto him the plauges that are written in this booke And if any man shal diminish of the words of the booke of this prophecy god shall take away his part out of the booke of life and out of the holy cittie and from those things which are written in this booke And so witnesse with vs the Churches reformed Whatsoeuer also is grounded vpon Gods written word though not by our common and vulgar tearmes to be redde therein wee doe reuerendly embrace which maketh vs for doctrine to embrace the Consubstantiality of our Sauiour with the Father and the holy Ghost which the Arrians would not a Trinitie of persons in the Godhead which the Sabellians would neuer doe the iustification by faith Onely which the Papists will not the baptisme of Infants and young children which the Anabaptists dare not and for discipline not to refuse of Church officers the names Archbishops Patriarches Primates Metropolitanes Suffragans Parsons Vicars c. of ecclesiasticall censures the tearmes Suspension Excommunication of Ceremonies none at all which tend either vnto order comelines or edification But from the heart wee abhor in matters both of doctrine and disciple whatsoeuer either agreeth not with the canon of the Scripture or is not grounded thereupon The Errors and adversaries vnto this truth Hence detest wee both all the old heretikes and their fancies with the newe prophets of Basilides the Manifestation of Marciō the mysteries of the Manichies the Iobolia of the Sathiās the Symbonia of the Archōtikes the Cabala of the Iewes the Alcaron of the Turkes and also all newe heretikes and Schismatikes with all their cursed opinions as first the Anabaptists and namely the Libertines the Dauigeorgians and Familie of Loue and all the codeified Elders thereof as Henry Nicholas Eliad Fidelitas Christopher Vitell Theophilus the Exile and the rest Next the Papists whereof Some haue commanded that all the Popes decrees should be taken as confirmed by the mouth of God himselfe so did Pope Agatho the first Some write as Busgradus that if the Pope beleeue there is no life to come as some Popes haue done wee must beleeue it as an article of our faith Some say if the Pope carrie innumerable soules with him vnto hell yet he may not be iudged so did Pope Boniface the 8. Some as Bellarmine conclude that it is a point of faith to hold that the Bishop of Rome hath succeeded Peter in the vniuersall regiment of the Church Others as the Iesuites perswade their Catholikes

same doe all reformed Churches beleeue and confesse The Errors and adversaries vnto this truth The premises doe make Against the Tretheites which affirme the holy Ghost to be inferior vnto the Father Against the Arrians who said the holy Ghost was inferior to the Sonne Against the Macedonian heretikes who held the holy Ghost to be but a minister and seruant of the Father and the Sonne yet of more excellent maiestie and dignitie then the Angels Against many erroneous spirits which deliuer the holy Ghost to be nothing els but The motion of God in his creatures as did the Samosatenians A bare power and efficacie of God working by a secret inspiration as the Turkes and certaine English Sadduces doe imagine The Inheritance allotted to the faithfull and the beeing or vertuous estate of Christ as dreameth H.N. The affection of charitie or Loue within vs an error of Petrus Lombardus Gods loue fauour and vertue whereby he worketh in his children so thought Ochinus and Seruetus 3. Proposition The holy Ghost proceedeth from the Father and the Sonne The proofe from Gods word The proceeding of the holy Ghost from the Father and the Sonne we gather from the holy scripture which teacheth how The Father sendeth the comforter which is the holy Ghost in the name of the Sonne and the sonne sendeth the comforter the spirit of truth from the Father he proceedeth of the Father and is sent of the Sonne So with vs say the auncient Fathers and Christians He proceedeth from the Father and the Sonne The holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Sonne neither made nor created but proceeding So there is one Father not three Fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy Ghost not three holy Ghostes which is the faith of the moderne christians Errors and aduersaries vnto this truth This discouereth all them to be impious and to erre from the way of truth which hold and affirme That the holy Ghost proceedeth neither from the Father nor the Sonne but is one and the same person that Christ is as the Arrians doe That the holy Ghost proceedeth from the Father but not from the sonne as at this day the Graecians the Russians the Moscouites maintaine That there is a double proceeding of the holy Ghost one temporall the other eternall an error of Peter Lombard vncontrolled hitherto and therefore well liked of the Papists 6. Article Of the sufficiencie of the holy Scripture for saluation Holy Scripture 1 containeth all things necessarie for saluation so that whatsoeuer is not read therein nor may be prooued thereby is not to be required of any man that it should be beleeued as an article of the Faith or be thought requisite necessary to saluation 2 In the name of the holy Scripture we doe vnderstand those Canonicall bookes of the old and newe testament of whose authoritie was neuer any doubt in the Church Of the names and number of the Canonicall bookes Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomium Iosue Iudges Ruth The 1. Booke of Samuel The 2. Booke of Samuel The 1. Booke of Kings The 2. Booke of Kings The 1. Booke of Chronicles The 2. Booke of Chronicles The 1. Booke of Esdras The 2. Booke of Esdras The Booke of Esther The Booke of Iob. The Psalmes The Proverbs Eccles. or the Preacher Canticles or song of Salomon 4. Prophets the greater 12Prophets the lesse 3 And the other bookes as Hierome saith the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners but yet doth it not applie them to stablish any doctrine Such are these following The 3. Booke of Esdras The 4. Booke of Esdras The Booke of Tobias The Booke of Iudith The rest of the Booke of Hester The Booke of wisedome Iesus the sonne of Sirach Baruch the Prophet Song of the 3. children The story of Susanna Of Bel and the Dragon The praier of Manasses The 1. Booke of Macchabes The 2. Booke of Macchabes 4 All the bookes of the newe Testament as they are commonly receiued we doe receiue and accompt them for Canonicall The propositions 1. The sacred Scripture conteineth all things necessarie to be knowen and beleeued for the saluation of man 2. All the bookes in the volume of the Bible are not Canonicall but some and namely those here specified are 3. The 3. 4. bookes of Esdras the booke of Tobias c. are apocryphal 4. Of the newe Testament all the bookes are Canonicall 1. Proposition The sacred Scripture containeth all things necessary to be knowne and beleeued for the saluation of man The proofe from Gods word THe holy Scriptures to be sufficient to instruct vs in all things necessary to be knowen and beleeued for mans saluation the word of God teacheth Ye shall put nothing vnto the word which I command you saith the Lord neither shall yee take ought therefrom Whatsoeuer I command you take heed you doe it thou shalt put nothing thereto nor take ought therfrom Thou shalt not turne away from it to the right hand nor to the left that thou maist prosper whither soeuer thou goest Euery word of God is pure c. Put nothing vnto his words least he reprooue thee and thou be found a liar These things are written that ye might beleeue c. and that in beleeuing yee might haue life through his Name The whole Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to teach to improoue to correct and to instruct in righteousnesse that the man of God may be absolute beeing made perfect vnto all good workes If any man shall adde vnto these things God shall adde vnto him the plagues that are written in this booke and if any man shall diminish of the wordes of this booke God shall take away his part out of the booke of life and out of the holy cittie and from those things which are written in this booke Hereunto Gods people both alwaies haue and at this present doe subscribe The Errors and adversaries vnto this truth Therefore adversaries be wee to all adversaries to this truth especially To such as scorne and contemptuously reiect the booke of God as both did the Circumcellians which defaced and burnt the holy Scriptures and Pope Leo the tenth who tearmed the holy Gospel A fable of Christ and doe the prophane Atheists Also to such as debase the credite and estimation of the holy Scriptures as Dauid George did and both doe the papists who haue an opinion that the scriptures of God are not sufficient to instruct mankinde vnto saluation and the Anabaptists which deeme not the holy Bible to be the word of God with the Familie of Loue in whose bookes nothing is more frequent then the tearming of Gods reverend ministers and preachers Scripture learned Also to them which with Gods word doe equall their owne doctrines

Iniunctions precepts and Traditions as doe the Papists For of their doctrine say the Rhemists whatsoeuer the lawfull Apostles Pastors or Preists of Gods church preach in the vnitie of the same Church meaning the newe church of Rome is to be taken for Gods owne word To the same purpose but more blasphemously Stapletō As the Iewes were to beleeue Christ so are wee simply in euery thing to beleeue the church of Rome whether it teacheth truth or errors Whatsoeuer by the authoritie of the Church is commanded ought of all men to be esteemed as the very Gospell saith Abbat Trithemius of Popish precepts and our English Rhemists He that despiseth the Churches or her lawfull Pastors precepts And of their Traditions He that refuseth ecclesiasticall traditions deserueth to be throwne out of the church among the Heathen as well as he which refuseth the Gospell saith Didacus Stella and the counsell of Trent with like affection of godlines and reuerence embrace wee and worship the bookes of the old and new Testament and ecclesiasticall Traditions saith the Counsell The like opinion haue the Moscovites of Traditions To them finally are we adversarie which aboue the Scriptures doe preferre their owne 1 inuentions as did the Philosophers whereof one said of Moses That good man maketh a trimme discourse but prooueth nothing and the Graecians to whome the Gospell is foolishnes 2 and imaginations as did the Manichies David George and doe the Turkes and Familie of Loue 3 or Traditions as doe the Papists who more cruelly doe punish the violators of their owne Traditions and ordinances then they doe the breakers of Gods commandements 4 or Statutes Edicts Iudgements Proclamations c. proceeding from the braine of man as Mac●hiauell doth and his schollers 2. Proposition All the bookes in the volume of the Bible are not Canonicall but some are That some bookes and namely those aboue mentioned are Canonicall it hath bin graunted by the best learned and most godly of long time And as all reformed churches in the world are of the same iudgement with vs so in their publike Confessions some haue so accounted and iudged of them as we doe Adversaries to this truth Therefore to speake first of the canonicall bookes of the old Testament much haue they offended which either reiected all or allowed but some of the bookes of the old testament of the former sort were the Seuerians Basilides Carpocrates and the Manichies are the Catabaptistes of the latter were sundrie whereof Some receiued no moe but onely the fiue bookes of Moses as the Sadduceis Some of all the bookes in the old testament reiect the workes of Moses and namely his foure last bookes as the Moscovites Some embraced the Law onely and the Prophets as the Samarites Some esteemed neither the Law nor the Prophets as the Appelleans Some had in contempt the booke of the Canticles as Sebastian Castello And some the booke of Iob as the Anabaptists 3. Proposition The third and fourth bookes of Esdras the booke of Tobias c. be Apocrypha That diuers and namely these bookes mentioned are Apocrypha we are neither the first that said nor they alone which affirme the same For so iudge of them did the auncient councel at Laodicea and doe the Churches reformed and name-in France and Belgia c. Aduersaries vnto this truth So that they are to be held and taken heede of as Seducers which vpon the Church would thrust either other mens workes and deuises not comprised in the Bible as would Some the new Prophets Barrobas and Barrolf of Basilides the heretike Some the manifestations of Marcion the heretike Some the mysteries of Manichie the heritike Others Esaias Ascensorium of Hierax the heretike Others the Gospel after the Egyptians after S. Andrew S. Iames the lesser S. Peter S. Bartholomew the 12. Apostles Barnabas Nicodemus Thaddeus The Canons of the Apostles others Others the Acts of S. Abdie S. Andreas S. Paul Peter Philip Thomas Others the Reuelation of S. Paul Peter Steven Thomas Others the bookes of the Anabaptists of H.N. with Popish Legendes and the like Or the bookes Apocrypha within the volume of the Bible as the Papists who therefore anathematize and curse so many as take them not for Canonicall 4. Proposition Of the newe Testament all bookes are Canonicall Although some of the auncient Fathers and Doctors accepted not all the bookes contained within the volume of the newe Testament for Canonicall yet in the end they were wholly taken and receiued by the common consent of the Church of Christ in this world for the very word of God as they are at this day almost in all places where the Gospel is preached and professed Howbeit we iudge them Canonicall not so much because learned and godly men in the Church so haue and doe receiue and allowe of them as for that the holy Spirit in our hearts doth testifie that they are from God They carrie a sacred and diuine authoritie with them and they doe also agree in all pointes with the other bookes of God in the old Testament Errors adversaries vnto this truth Therefore in admitting all and euery of these bookes acknowledging them to be Canonicall we demonstrate our selues to be against Such as reiected all the newe Testament as did the Iewes our Matthew Hamant Such as allowed part but not the whole new Testament and these were of diuers sorts whereof Some allowed of the Euangelists onely Matthew as the Cerdonites and Ebionites others onely Luk as the Marcionites others onely Iohn as the Valentinians Some accepted onely the Acts of the Apostles as the Tatians others of all other bookes reiected the said Actes as the Manichies and the Seuerites Some of S. Pauls epistles tooke the epistles vnto Timothie and Titus onely to be Canonical as Marcion the heretike Some as Apocryphal refused the epistle vnto Philemon others the epistle vnto the Hebrewes the epistle of S. Iames as Althemerus others the first and second epistles of Iohn with the epistle of Iude as Wigandus others the epistle vnto the Hebrewes of Iames the two last of Iohn and of Iude as Cardinall Caietane Some reiected the booke of S. Iohns reuelations or the Apocalypse as Heshusius we are also against them which allowed neither the whole newe Testament nor those bookes wholly which they embraced as the Marcionites who defaced all those places in the Gospell after Luke and in the epistles which concernd either the diuinitie or humanitie of our Sauiour Christ And lastly are wee against them which receiue the whole new Testament but deface and put out such textes as mislike them as the Turkes who scrape out whatsoeuer they finde touching the passion of Christ alleadging how it was added purposely by the Iewes in

congruitie 3. Workes done before iustification haue the nature of sinne 1. Proposition Workes done before Iustification please not God The profe from Gods word BEfore men doe please God nothing that they doe can please him But men please not God being not renued and iustified by the Spirit For before men be regenerate they are not grapes but thornes nor figs but thistles not good but euill trees not liuely but dead bowes not engraffed but wild oliues not friends but enemies not the sonnes of God but the children of wrath which bring forth no good fruit As the Churches also acknowledge Errors Aduersaries vnto this truth Hereby the vanitie of them is perceiued which thinke before mans iustification his deedes doe please God such are the Papists and were the Basilideans The Papists teach that Workes done without faith doe please God Good works not in respect of Christ onely but in thēselues considered please God The Basilidians placed the doers of ciuill and philosophical righteousnes performed without faith in Christ in the very heauens 2. Proposition Workes done before Iustification deserue not grace of congruitie The vnregenerate not yet iustified haue nothing in them to moue God to be gratious vnto them and being as they are old not newe creatures enemies not fauourers of Godlines The children of wrath not of God sinners not vertuously bent Infidels and not beleeuers of congruitie deserue no grace at Gods hands which is the faith too and confession of other Churches Errors and Adversaries vnto this truth This ouerthroweth the Popish assertions concerning merits of congruitie and that by good workes man is iustified before God and made heire of eternall life As euill workes deserue hell fire so eternall happines is deserued by good workes 3. Proposition Workes done before iustification haue the nature of sinne The proofe from the word of God Whatsoeuer men doe not yet iustified before God it is sinne For of such persons the best workes which they euen their Fasting praying almes-deedes sacrificing vnto God prophecying and working of miracles euen in the name of Christ yea all their actions whatsoeuer are abhominable before God And this is agreable to the Confessions of our brethren The adversaries vnto this truth Erred therefore hath the Councell of Trent in pronouncing them accursed which hold that all workes of men whatsoeuer done before his iustification are sinne 14. Article Of workes of Supererogation Voluntary workes 1 besides ouer and aboue Gods commandements which they call workes of Supererogation cannot be taught without arrogancie and impietie 2 For by them men doe declare that they doe not only render vnto God asmuch as they are bound to doe but that they doe more for his sake then of bounden dutie is required whereas Christ saith plainely when yee haue done all that are commanded to you say wee be vnprofitable seruants The propositions 1. Workes of Supererogation cannot be taught without arrogancie and impietie 2. Workes of Supererogation are that sub●ersion of godlines and true religion 1. Proposition 〈…〉 arrogancie and impietie The proofe from Gods word WOrkes of Supererogation which are voluntary workes besides ouer and aboue the commandements of God are often condemned in the holy Scripture where wee are commanded to walke not after the lawes of men but according to the Statutes of God and to heare not what man speaketh but what Christ doth say he teaching the dutie of christians setteth before them as their rule and direction the lawe and word of God and more then that hee doth neither vrge nor require And against mans Iniunctions They worship mee in vaine saith hee who for doctrine teach the commandements of men Teach them to obserue all things whatsoeuer I haue commanded you My sheepe here my voice and know not the voice of strangers Which doctrine ordinances workes whatsoeuer besides ouer and aboue that which God hath reuealed and imposed is called of the Apostle somtimes ordinances of the world voluntarie religion sometime the doctrine of Deuills and cursed And the same is condemned in all Churches reformed after the word of God The Errors and adversaries vnto this truth Therefore both arrogant and vngodly be the Papists which teach and speak in the commendation of such workes and namely Petrus a Soto the Rhemistes yea and the Coūcell of Trent 2. Proposition Workes of supererogation are the subversion of godlinesse and true religion The proofe from Gods word Where the workes of Supererogation are taught and in regard the Law of God there is broken against the will of Christ that mens traditions may be obserued The holy Scripture must be contemned not as sufficient enough to bring men vnto the knowledge of saluation which S. Paul saith is able to instruct in righteousnesse that the man of God may be absolute being made perfect vnto all good workes God who is onely wise is made vnwise in not prescribing so necessarie workes Faith and other spirituall most special virtues are brought into oblivion Perfection is imputed not vnto Faith in Iesus Christ but vnto workes and which is most detestable vnto the workes too not commanded but forbidden of God ordained by men The Lawe of God is thought to be throughly satisfied and moe duties performed then man needed to haue done The same thinke our brethren of these workes The adversaries vnto this truth Contrariwise the Papists of supererogatorie workes they doe merit say they remission of sinnes and that not for the doers of them onely but for others besides They are tokens of the forgiuenes of sinnes so well as Baptisme yea deliuer fom the wrath of God so well as Christ Are greater and more holy then are the workes commanded in the Decalogue or Law morall And so preferring their owne works and inuentions before God his Law Sacraments and the blood of Christ both ought this doctrine of workes supererogatorie to be counted the doctrine of Deuills and the maintainers thereof taken for the subuerters of godlines and true religion 15. Article Of Christ alone without sinne Christ in the truth of our nature was made like vnto vs in all things sinne onely except 1 from which he was clearely voide both in his life and spirit He came to be the Lambe without spot who by sacrifice of himselfe once made should take away the sinnes of the world and sinne as S. Iohn saith was not in him But 2 all wee the rest although baptized and borne againe in Christ yet offend in many things and if wee say we haue noe sinne wee deceiue our selues and the truth is not in vs. The propositions 1. Christ is truly and perfectly righteous 2. All men besides Christ though regenerate be sinners 1. Proposition Christ is truly and perfectly righteous The proofe