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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00261	A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sente[n]ces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes.; Brife and faythfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ	I. B., fl. 1547.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed author.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555, attributed author.	1547 (1547)	STC 1035; ESTC S103779	21,747	42

and grace hathe gyuen vs a cleare vpryght f●…yth that he kepe and reserue vs forth in thys peryllous tyme frome all false doctrynes of the mynisters of the hellish Sathan And that we thorowe the Aungells coloure which they often tymes haue vpon them may not be per●…erted to ●…aue the trueth of god And forther●…e do wee praye vnto the lorde that he wyll so strength and fortyfye vs with his holy gooste that we do not ware wery of●…s sufferynge persecution for the ryghtuousnesset sake but that we maye be able to stande in all dreadfull sclaunder and tyrannous persecucions of the wycked Antechristes spirites yea and that we rather yf it be neade suffer thys bodely death byding in our fayth then we shoulde forsake it and dye eternally Frō the which eternal death the Lorde God preserue 〈◊〉 them that loue and seke hym wyth all theyr hert through Iesu Christe our Sauiour To whom be laude prayse honour ma●…estie and dominion for euer Amen To the reader NOthing cā be so plain so manifest or op●… but the cauillour who seketh nothing els but doubtes wil finde abosidaunce of mattier therin to make the same at the fyrste syght to appeare harde obscure and darke In like maner he the lyueynge of the faythfull beleauers in C●…histe neuer so Godly and agreable to the truth be it neuer so quiet peaceable and ciuile yet wyl the aduersaries fynde mattier ynough to deface it so that the simple people shal iudge none other but that they be heretykes they●… lyues a●…ominable theyr sayinges doynges sediciouse disquiet and sclaunderouse What man can deuyse to wryte more Godlye then Paule dyd to the Romaynes And yet were there some that sayed he woulde haue men to synne ●…o the intente that the mercye of God myght be the more aboundaunt in the forgiueynge of the same Roma iii. Who coulde leade so godly a lyfe in suche austeritie and hardenesse as Iohn the Baptiste dyd And dyd not the Iewse saye that he had a dyuell in hym To be b●…fe who conlde frequent the company of synners and misleueynge people wyth so perfyte crample of lyueynge haueynge so great force to drawe them from theyr wickednesse to folowe his example as Christe dyd And dyd not the Pharisies reporte hym to be a frende and maynteyner of euyll lyuers and open s●…ners Math. ri The same schole maister that instructed these false detractours hath also and doeth daylye instructe oure papistes in the ●…ame his documentes and playne lections The deuyll I saye leaueth not hys olde pr●…actyse but kepeth his dearelye beloued ●…n ●…re wythal Yf any man preache or wryte of the iustificacion by fayeth and doe therin declare the vnworthinesse of vs and our workes whyche can desetue nothinge towarde our iustification incōtinent they c●…e out vpon hym heretyke he sayeth men shal be saued thought they lyue neuer so vngodlye Vf he speake any thynge concernynge the abuse of the ceremonies and sacramentes what ●…rclamacions do they make howe do they reporte hym to be a sacramentarye Yf he speake anye thynge of Baptisme declaryng that neyther the holynes of the water neyther of the oyle can gyue the grace therin promised and that the was shynge in the founte auayleth not them that obserue not the profession they make there howe detestable an anabaptiste shall he be compted Of the supper of the Lorde who can wryte or speake any thynge concernyng the abuse therof but he is charged wyth the vtter deniall of the same That thou therfore christen reader mayst so wythdrawe thy credyt frō these false reporters that thou wylte but once thynke it possible that they maye belye these men whom they cal men of the newe learnyng I haue set forth thys lyttle boke wherein thou mayste se what fayth they haue that beare thys euyl reporte And that thou mayste thereby be prouoked fyrste to trye the spirites whether they be of God or not and after to credyt them euen as thou shalte fynde them worthye The prouerbe teacheth the that it is not all golde that glyttereth and we haue learned by experience that it is not all Gospell that the prieste preacheth Trye the golde therfore by the toutche stone ▪ the priestes preachinge by the worde of God Prou●… the spirites and knowe for certentie that that spirite is not of God whyche denieth that Christe is come in the fleshe And what other thynge is that then to denye that hys comynge in the fleshe is the sufficient and onelye satisfaction for oure synnes Who so euer he be therfore that denieth vs to be frelye redeamed by Christe wythout any part of our desertes the same denyeth Christe to be come in the fleshe If thou proue them therfore once to haue denyed on thys wyse that Christ came in the flesh I besech y ● euen for Christes sake to trye theyr reportes by the scripture or thou credyt them And thē as thou fyndest them so take them The Lorde open the eyes of thyne herte that thou mayst se the hydde and secretes abhominacions Amen ☞ Praye Christian reader that the worde of the Lord may haue free passage and that we may lyue a God ly lyfe there after that it may be acceptable in hys syght FINIS

behalfe whiche muste be done out of a cleane faythfull herte hath the baptysme powre and not for the waters sake wherwith the fylthynesse of the fleshe myghte be washed awaye But wythout it be that the hertes of them that are baptysed be cleansed Act. xv thorowe Goddes worde Iohn rv the water can not 〈◊〉 them Wherwith it is also proued that baptisme without fayth may in no wyse be broked ☞ Forthly baptisme sygnifieth an offeryng of the fleshe and a resurrectyon into a newe lyfe as we haue vnto the Romaines know ye not sayeth Paule that al we whiche are baptysed in the name of Iesu Christe are baptysed to dye wyth him Therfore are we buryed wyth hym by baptysme for to dye that lyke wyse as Christ was raysed vp from death by the glory of the father euē so we should walke in a newe lyfe 〈◊〉 Rom. vi This is now shortly expressed what baptysme is and what it signifyeth Nowe muste we also knowe that seynge no good worke wythout fayth maye be done Rom. xiiii So muste he that shal be baptysed beleue or els he can not ryghtly be baptised as we maye clearelye vnderstande in the wordes of Christ Iesu wherwyth he hath institute this baptysme and commaunded his apostles sayinge Go and preache the gospell to 〈◊〉 creatures he that beleueth and is baptysed shalbe saued Mar. xvi Here wyll no sophisti●… reasonynges and dreames be alowed for the Lorde wyll destroye the wysedome of the wyse and wyll take awaye the vnderstanding of the prudent and wyl make the wisedome of thys worlde folishnesse i. Cor i. and. iii. But the worde of God shal abyde for euer i. Pet. i. And Christe sayeth that heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal abide Mat. xxiiii Therfore muste also the wordes of Christe he that beleueth and is baptysed c. not be altered or chaunged And seynge that Christe hath instituted or ordeyned fayth afore baptisme so muste he that shal be baptised beleue or els the wordes of Christ suffereth force and are wholye and fals●…lye altered and chaunged as we now a dayes alas may ●…e and it is a miserable thynge that thys baptysme is so euyll vnderstande and so shamefully broken And seynge that the scripture doth so clearely therof wytnesse Though that all the wytnesses of scripture perteynyng to thys matter be not here alledged for the shortnesse sake yet do we take out one of them namely the example of the Apostle Philip which when he shewed Goddes worde vnto the gelded man whyche was the chamberlayne to Candas Quene of the Moryans and he him selfe desyred to be baptised but the ●…ewe minister of god Philip woulde not baptyse hym excepte he dyd not onely beleue but also openly cōfessed it Act. viii This example is well worthye to be marked for ●…t the fyrste we maye se here the greate diligence and howe desyrous the chamberlayne was of baptysme whyche is a learnyng vnto al them that loue theyr saluacion that they shal desyre thys worke hertelye and not deferre it b●… as sone as they by hearyng of the worde of 〈◊〉 Roma x. wyth the operacion of the holy go●…st i. Cor. xi●… hath receyued fayth And yf there be any mā that wyl not be satisfied with this ensample of Philip let hym perceyue also howe Ananias dyd compel Paule saying vnto him why taryest thou aryse and be baptysed and washe a waye thy synnes A●…tu xxii Here we se that Baptysme after the fayth is receyued maye not be deferred Therfore hath the cham berlayne with greate diligence desyred baptisme after that he dyd beleue saying vnto Philip Beholde here is water what shoulde lefte me to be baptysed Actuum viii Forthermore seynge ●…he trewe minister of God Philippe woulde not baptyse hym excepte he confessed his fayth doubtlesse he hath therwyth teached vs that all they that wyll be baptysed muste confesse theyr beliefe as ye se the chamberlayne dyd But for as muche as all the former scriptures are spoken of them onelye that bee of yeres of discretion before they receyue the fayeth of Christ It is no altering of the institution and worde of Christe to baptyse the innocentes and vnbeleuynge infauntes whyche haue not as yet receyued the vse of reason wherby they myght decerne fayth to beleue and professe the name of Christe For as in the circumsition of the olde lawe the fayth of the parentes sufficed to make the chylde one of the chosen people of God notwythstandyng that the circumsicion of the flesh is not circūsicion as Paule wrytteth to the Romaynes but the circumsion of the herte euen so in the baptisme of our infantes notwythstandynge that the washing of the body in water is not baptysme but the washynge of the soule in the bloude of Christe by fayth yet shall the fayth of the parentes be accepted of God and theyr chyldren made mēbers of the churche of Christe therby Yf anye require wytnesses of the scripture for thys assersion lette hym reade and consyder well the storye of Samson and Samuell wyth other lyke storyes of the olde testament wherin may easilie be perceyued how god dyd then accepte the chyldren for the parentes fayth Let him cō syder also the stories of the gospel wherin appeareth how Christ woulde not haue the chyldrē kepte frō him when theyr parētes brought them to hym that he myght laye his handes vpon them and how certeyne chyldren were cured of diseases euen for the fayeth that was founde in theyr parentes And laste of all it is euident both in the Actes and Epistles of the Apostles that when certeyne men receyued the gospell both they and theyr whole housholdes were baptysed Where it is not to be thought that the infantes were reiected bycause they could not vnderstande the Apostles preaching For saynte Paule wrytiynge to the Corhinthians as concernynge the chyldren begotten betwene an heathen man and a faythfull woman or betwene an heathen woman a faythfull man sayeth that the chyldren are cleane by the reasone that one of his parentes is faythfull And what other thynge shoulde ●…e meane ther●…y but that God accepteth those chyldren for members of his churche whom the faythfull parentes do wyllyngly brynge to the foun tayne of regeneratiō there to receyue the signe of the euerlastynge couenaunte betwene God and vs And yf any man wyl wyllingly withstande Christe and his Apostles and do other wyse then Christe hath commaunded and his Apostles taughte and dyd he is blynded but his blyndnesse shall waxe manifest well ynough Lykewyse as the Egypcians sorcerars the whiche wythstode Moyses and Aaron but at the laste were manifestlye seen and knowen ii Timo. iii. Thys is wyth the shortest the fayth of our baptisme ¶ Of the supper of the lorde THe supper of the lorde is a memoriall tokē of the suffering and death of Iesu Christe and is instituted of Chryste for this cause that the faythfull congregacyon of Iesu Chryst sholde come togyther for to shewe the death of Iesu Chryst