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Chapter 1: Of Faith, and of the Creed

1. Who is to be called a1 Christian?

HEE which doeth professe the holesome doctrine of Iesus Christ, true God and man in his2 Church. He therefore which is a true Christian, doth vtterly condemne and detest, all other Religions and Sectes, that are else-where to be found in any Nation, or cuntrey, out of the doctrine & Church of Christ, as the Iewishe, Heathenishe, Turkishe, or hereticall Secte. And doth firmely staie himselfe in the very Doctrine of Christ.

2. In what briefe summe may Christian Doctrine be comprehended?

THat a Christian do know & obserue those things which do belong both to3 wisedom & Iustice. Wisedome, as S. Austen4 sheweth, consisteth in the vertues Theological, 5 Faith, Hope, & Charitie, which are both infused by God,6 & beeing purely, & most feruently practised in this life, they doe make men blessed & diuine. Iustice standeth in7 two parts, in declining from euil, & doing good. For hereunto belongeth that which the kingly Prophet saith.8 Turne from euill, & doe good. Now out of these fountains, to wit, Wisedome, and Iustice, other things are easily drawen & deduced, whatsoeuer do appertaine to Christian Instruction,9 and Discipline.

3. What is first taught in Christian Doctrine.

FAith; that very gate & entrance to our saluation, without the which none in this life can find, & cal vpon, serue & please almighty god. For, he that commeth to god must beleue, 10 saith the Apostle: And 11 he that beleeueth not, shal be condemned, & is 12 already Iudged by the sentence of Christ.

4. What is vnderstoode by the name of Faith?

A13 gifte of God, and a light wherewith man beeing illuminated, doth firmely assent & cleaue vnto those things which are reuealed by God, & proposed vnto vs by the Church to be beleeued. As are these that followe. That God is14 one in three persons, that the world was15 created of nothing, that god was made man, & suffered death for our sakes, that MARY16 is both a Virgine, & the mother of God, that all the deade are to be raised againe to life, that man is borne againe of Water and the holie Ghost, that Christ is wholly in the17 B. Sacrament, and other such of like sorte, that are the reuerend mysteries of our religion: which being reuealed by God, cannot be comprehended by mans18 capacity, but maie be conceiued onlie by faith. Whereupon the Prophet saith:19 Vnlesse ye will beleeue, yee shall not vnderstand. For faith respecteth not the order of nature, neither doth shee trust to experience of senses, or relie vpon the might or reason of man, but vpon the power & authority of God, holding this as a most vndoubted verity, that the most soueraigne & eternal trueth, which is God, can neither deceiue, nor euer be deceiued.

Wherfore it is the very condition & property of faith, to bring all vnderstanding into20 captiuitie, vnto the obedience of Christ, with whom there is no21 worde that is hard to be done, much lesse impossible. This22 faith is the light of the soule, the dore or entrance to life, the foundation of eternal saluation.

5. Is there any brief comprehension of Faith, and summe of all those thinges that we must beleeue?

There is that which the twelue Apostles haue deliuered in their Creed, and which they haue aptely distinguished into twelue Sections and Articles. A worke doubtlesse worthy of such23 authors, which next vnto Christ our Lord, were the principall, and most holy founders of the Christian faith. And this Creed surely is as it were a plaine & euident marke, whereby christians are to be distinguished & discerned from those wicked persons, which doe professe, either none at all, or not the right faith of Christ.

6. Which be the Articles of this Creede?

I Beleeue in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heauen & earth.

2. And in IESVS CHRIST his onely Sonne our Lorde.

3. Which was conceived by the holie Ghost, borne of the VIRGINE MARY.

4. Suffered vnder PONTIVS PILATE, was crucified, dead, & buried.

5. He descended into hell, the third day he rose againe from the dead.

6. Hee ascended into Heauen, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almightie.

7. From thence he shal come to iudge the quicke and the deade.

8. I beleeue in the Holy Ghost.

9. The holy Catholicke Church: the communion of Saints.

10. The forgiuenesse of sinnes.

11. The resurrection of the fleshe.

12. And the life euerlasting. Amen.

7. To what end specially are these wordes of the Creede?

TO this end surely,24 that we may haue comprehended in a briefe summe, the true knowledge of god & of heauenly things, which knowledge truly is necessary to euery man that he may liue wel & happily. And in this Creed the acknowledging & confessing of the most holy Trinity, hath the first & principal place, that it may in no wise be doubted, but that God, than whon nothing more mighty,25 or better, or wiser can bee imagined, is one and simple in essence, or diuine nature, but is distinguished into three26 persons, so that before all thinges it bee vndoutedly beleeued, that one is the27 Father, another is the Sonne, an other is the holy Ghost. The Father is he which begetteth his Sonne28 from al eternity: the fountaine and framer of thinges. The Sonne being begotten of the substance of the Father, is the Redeemer & Sauiour of the worlde: The holy Ghoste which is also called the29 Paraclet, is the gouernor of the Church, or of Christs faithful people. Now these30 three are one: That is to say, one, True, Eternall, Infinite, & incomprehensible God. Therefore to this most holy & indiuisible Trinity, three principall partes of the Creed do very fitly answer. To wit, the first; of Creation: the second; of Redemption:31 the third; of Sanctification.

8. What is the sense and meaning of the first Article of the Creede, I beleeue in God the Father?

IT doth first of all shewe vs one God, & the first person in the godhead to bee the heauenly Father, eternal, & most soueraigne in might and maiesty, to whom nothing is impossible, or hard to be done, who hath al32 power of life, & of death.

This God the Father, begot the Sonne33 from all eternity, & in this time of grace hee made vs also his children by adoption. His power is so great, that with his only34 word hee made aswell visible, as inuisible things of nothing, & being so made doth from time to time preserue & gouerne them with most high and supreme goodnesse and wisedome, from whom, & to whom are al things. Hee is the35 Father of light, with whom there is no change or alteration, the Father of mercies, & God of al consolation: finally such a one and so puissaunt, that all thinges in heauen, in earth, & vnder the earth, do presently obay at his36 becke: who being our guide & protector, we are preserued safe & harmelesse, euen in the greatest euils & dangers.

9. What hath the second Article, I beleue in IESVS CHRIST?

IT doth shewe the second person in Deity IESVS CHRIST very God & very man: called surely by the name of IESVS; that is to saie, the Sauiour of his people: And CHRIST; to witte, annointed by the holy Ghost, and37 full of all grace and trueth, our Messias, King, & high Priest that holdeth the principallity & soueraignty in al things, and in whom doth corporally in habite the whole fulnesse of the Godheade.

Furthermore it doth shewe him to38 be the onely Sonne of God, born of his Father, begotten before all worldes, natural, consubstantial, and altogether equall vnto him according to the Godhead: Also our Lord, & Lord of al those that beleue in him, as hauing himselfe of his owne accord deliuered vs when we were39 lost out of the bondage & thraledome of Sathan, and most liberally redeemed vs being subiecte to the yoke of sinne & damnation.

He also hath dominion ouer the wicked: For al things are made subiect vnder his40 feet. But then he will openly shewe himselfe Lorde of41 Lords, & king of kings, both to the wicked, and to the42 whole worlde, when he shall bring in subiection al & euery his enemies whether they wil or no, and shall burne them as chaffe in43 vnquenchable fire. This is that beloued Sonne, this is our Emanuell, & master whon we must heare: neither is there anie other name vnder heauen44 giuen vnto men, wherin we must be saued.

10. What is set before vs to beleeue in the third Article, Conceiued by the holy Ghost?45

IT doth testifie vnto vs that the same Lord that was begotten euen from al eternity of God the Father, without a Mother, for our sakes descended from heauen and toke vpon him the46 nature of man, in which hee was temporally conceiued in Nazareth, & in Bethelem vnder the Emperour AVGVSTVS born without a Father, of the most pure & vndefiled Virgin, the power of the holy Ghost thus working in her, so that (which exceedeth all admiration) the woorde was made47 fleshe, & God became man, & MARY was both the mother of God, and a48 Virgin.

This temporall conception, and generation of the Sonne of God, doeth containe the49 originall of mans Saluation & Redemption, & it is the forme of our regeneration, whereby it commeth to passe that we the cursed children of ADAM being50 conceiued of an vnclean feede, and borne the children of wrath, are purified & made cleane: also that, of carnall wee are made spirituall, and the very sonnes of God in Christ, to whom the eternall Father woulde haue the electe to bee made conformable, That hee myght bee, as saith51 S. PAVL, the first borne in many breethren.

11. What doth the fourth Article containe, suffered vnder PONTIVS PILATE.

IT sheweth that Christ when hee had made an ende of his most excellent teaching & working of miracles,52 did at last accomplishe his conflicte and agony for the Redemption of vs that were perished. Therefore although hee were a most innocent and vnspotted Lambe, yea and God also immortal, yet to shew his passing great charity towards vs, hee suffered53 willingly of most wicked persons all manner of extreame and bitter torments: wherevpon he neither eschewed the most vniuste iudgement of the wicked Iudge PILATE, nor yet the most shamefull and54 opprobrious punishment of the CROSSE, vndertaking a most cruell death for vs, & not refusing to bee buried in an other mannes monument: to the intent that both liuing and dying hee might giue and imploy himselfe wholly for the behoofe of mortall men. Which Passion of Christ,55 Bloude, Crosse, Wounds, and Death, doe continually yeeld comforte, health, vertue, and life vnto sinners, yet so that wee obay, and56 suffer together with our Head, that so wee may also bee glorified with him. For he being 57 consummate, was made to all that obay him, cause of eternall saluation.

12. What vse & profite is there, in that we frame the Crosse of Christ with our fingers, & do signe our fore-head there-withall.

THis Ceremony surely both the piety of men of58 ancient time passed, and the constant custome of the Church doth commende vnto vs. And first of all wee are hereby stirred vp to a thankefull remembrance of the most high mystery & benefite, which was for our sakes accomplished vpon the Crosse, and most bountifully bestowed vpon vs.

Then we are prouoked to fixe & settel the true and holy glory, and the Ancker of our saluation, in the Crosse of our LORD.

Furthermore, this is a testimonie, that we haue no communication with the enemies of Christes Crosse, IEWES, or HEATHENS, but doe freely professe against all such, him whom we serue, our Lord Iesus, and him crucified.

By this signe also we are moued to the studie of Patience, that if we be desirous of eternal glory (as surely we ought all to bee) wee doe not think much to imbrace that Crosse which we honour, and the way of the same Crosse,59 with Christ our Captaine.

Moreouer, we fetch from hence victorious armour60 against Satan, long since subdued by the vertue of the Crosse: yea & so we are fensed against all the aduersaries of our welfare.

Finally, that wee may the more happily take any61 thing in hand, and finde more prosperous successe in all our actions, wee take vnto vs this noble and triumphant ensigne of the Crosse; and expecting in this signe to get62 the victory, we do not doubt often times to say: In the name of the † Father, & of the Sonne, and of the Holy-Ghost.

13. What woulde the fifth Article haue vs to beleeue, He descended into Hell,63 and rose againe?

IT teacheth vs that Christ, after he was dead vpon the Crosse, did penetrate in Soule euen downe to Hell, that he might both shew himselfe a conquerour of death and the deuill; & also a deliuerer of the Fathers that were detained in Limbo: but that according to his bodie, wherein hee had lyen in the Sepulcher, the third day after, when it pleased him to returne triumphantly from Hel, he by his own power, arose again vnto life, being immortal and glorious, and the first borne of the dead. By which wonderfull worke, he doth comfort & instruct vs, that the Electe are deliuered out of the power of death, hell, and the diuell, and hee doth offer and commend vnto all men, such grace and fauour of rising againe, that those which beleeue truly in Christ, may rise from64 vice to vertue, from the the death of sinne, vnto the life of grace, and finally in the65 end of the world, from the death of the bodie to an immortal life. For he which 66 raised vp IESVS, will raise vp vs also with IESVS.

14. What signifieth the sixt Article, He ascended into Heauen?

67It sheweth that our Lord Iesus, after that hee had finished the worke of mans Redemption, and appeared aliue againe vnto his Disciples, and confirmed with many arguments the trueth of his Resurrection, at the last on the forty day after, ascended into heauen, that according to his humane nature he might bee exalted aboue all thinges, and himselfe alone aboue all others, renowmed and honored of al men. Therefore our Lord IESVS68 sitteth in heauen on the right hand of the power of God, exercising equall power with the father gouerning al things, & wholly shining with diuine Maiesty; which is indeede69 to sitte at the right hande of his Father. This ioyful ascension of Christ, is the assurance of our faith and hope, so that whither the heade hath gone before: (when once his enemies are vanquished:) thither the members also, so that70 they obay & cleaue to their head, may haue great hope to attaine.71 I go (saith he) to prepare you a place.

15. What doth the seuenth Article insinuate, From thence he shal come to Iudge?72

IT setteth before our eies the latter day of Iudgement, when Christ shal descend in humane fleshe from the highest Heauen,73 and shal sitte in dreadful doome & iudgment ouer the whole worlde, and in the open face thereof, shall render vnto euerie one according to his woorkes. Therefore74 in the seate & throne of his Maiesty he shal iudge al without exception, good & bad, aswell those that shall bee aliue when the daie of iudgement shall come, as those that were before departed out of the worlde.

Whereby wee are admonished, to liue so much more warely & vprightly, by howe much more certainly we are persuaded, that al the actions,75 thoughts, and designements of our life, are alwaies apparant before the presence of almightie God, that seeth all thinges, and iudgeth then most righteously. For he is a righteous and iust searcher of76 hearts, and reuenger of iniquities, before whose Tribunal we must all bee presented, that euerie one may receiue at his hand accordingly as he hath behaued himselfe in his body, be it wel, or euil. Who will neither77 defraud any thing well done in this life, of dewe reward, nor let any euil deeds escape vnpunished.

16. What is the summe of the Articles of the second person in Deity?

THis:78 that Christ is true God & man, who began and brought to passe the woonderfull worke of mans Redemption, so that, hee is vnto vs the79 Way, Trueth, and Life, by whom only when we had all perished, we were saued and restored, and reconciled vnto God the Father.

Of the benefite and true vse of which Redemption, we finde thus written:80 The grace of God our Sauiour hath appeared to all men instructing vs, that denying impiety & worldly desires, we liue soberly, iustly, & godly in this world, expecting the blessed hope and aduent of the glory of the great God, & our Sauiour IESVS CHRIST, who gaue himselfe for vs that he might redeeme vs from all iniquity, & might cleanse to himselfe a people acceptable, a pursuer of good workes. These bee the wordes of the Apostle S. PAVL: & in81 another place: We are the worke of God, created in Christ Iesus in good workes, which God hath prepared that we should walke in then. And again,82 Christ died for all: that they also which liue, may not now liue to themselues, but to him that died for them & rose againe.

Wherfore we must take diligent heede of the erronious opinion of those, that doe confesse Christ not wholly and perfitely, but as it were, lame and maimed, whilest they doe only acknowledge him as a83 Mediatour and Redeemer, in whome we may trust: but doe not withall admit him for a84 Lawe-maker, whose commaundements we must obay; and a patterne of all vertue, which wee must imitate; and a iust Iudge, who surely is to repay the due reward, or punishment to the85 workes of euery one.

17. What doth the eight Article teache vs, I beleeue in the Holy-Ghost?

IT specifieth the Holy-Ghost, the thirde person in Deity; who proceeding from the Father and the Sonne, is true God coeternall, coequal, & consubstantial to both, & to be worshipped with the same faith, & with equal honour & adoration.

This is that paraclet & teacher of truth, that doth lighten, purifie, & sanctify the harts of beleeuers, with his grace & gifts, & confirme them in al holines. This is the86 pledge of our enheritance, who helpeth our infirmity, and diuideth to euery one according as he will his diuerse gifts.

18. What addeth the ninth Article, I beleeue in the holy Catholike Curch?

IT doth shew & declare vnto vs the Church, that is to say, the87 visible congregation of Christes faithful people, for which the Sonne of God taking vpon him the nature of man, did, and suffered all thinges.

And first it teacheth that the same Church is88 one, and vniformall in faith, & in the Doctrine of faith, and administration of Sacraments, which, vnder one onlie head Christ Iesus, and one vicegerent89 vpon earthe, the chiefe Bishop is gouerned and kept in vnity.

Then, it giueth vs to vnderstand, that she is holy.90 Because Christ doth alwaies sanctify her by the holy ghost, so that she is nuer destitute or voyd of holy men, & holy lawes. Neither can any man be partaker of any holinesse & sanctification, that is not of her society & congregation.

Thirdly, that she is91 Catholike, that is to say, vniuersal, so that, she being dispersed throughout the world in her motherly bosome receaueth, embraceth, & safe, keepeth all persons of al times, places & nations, so that they be of one mind & consent in the faith & doctrine of Christ.

Fourthly, that there is in the same Church a communion of Saintes, soe that those which liue92 in the Churche, as the house and family of Almightie God, doe holde an vnseparable society and vnity amongste them selues, and as members of one & the selfe same body, helpe & assist one an other, with mutuall benefites, merites, & prayers. Amongst then there is vnity of faith, consente of doctrine, conformable vse of sacraments: and notwithstan ding the dissentions & errours, what93 euer they be, that by meanes of some fewe, maye spring and growe vp, yet are they all wayes carefull, to94 keepe the vnitye of the Spirite in the bande of peace. And in this Communion, vndoubtedly not only the Saintes of the Churche militant, that doe traueyle as pilgrimmes vpon earthe, but also all the blessed Saintes of the Church moste happily triumphant with Christ in heauen,95 as also the soules of the godly, which hauing departed this life, are not96 yet come to that happy estate of the blessed Saintes;97 are al together, ioyntly comprehended.

Out of this communion of Saints, (like as out of the (k) Arke of Noe) there is certainlye vndoubted destruction, but no saluation for mortall men: not for the Iewes or Heathens, that neuer receaued the fayth of the Church: not for Haeritikes, that haue forsaken the fayth once receaued, or any way corrupted the same: not for Schismatiks, that haue deuided then selues from the peace and vnity of the Churche: finally, not for98 Excommunicate persons, that for any greuous crime or cause haue deserued to be cut of as hurtfull, pernicious members, from the body of the Church. And all and euery of these, because they do not appertaine vnto the Churche & to her holy communion, they can-not be partakers of the grace of God &99 aeternall saluation, except they be first reconciled and restored vnto the same Church, from which, they through their owne defaulte haue once ben separated. For most certaine is that Rule of100 Sainte CIPRIAN, &101 S. AVGVSTINE: that he shall not haue God to be his Father that wil not haue the church to be his Mother.

19. What doth the tenth Article set before vs?

REmission of sinnes, without the which, none can be iust or obtaine saluation. And this most rich treasure Christ hath purchased102 for vs, by his bitter death and most pretious bloode, that the whole worlde mighte be exempted from sinne, and from the perpetuall punishmentes due vnto the same.

Of which treasure certes, they only are made partakers by the grace of Christe, that doe vnite thenselues by faythe103 and Baptisme to the church of Christ, & do abyde in the vnity & obedience of the same. Then afterwarde, they also that haue dilligentlye done104 poenance for their sinnes committed after Baptisme, & doe conueniently vse those medicines and remedies againste sinne that Christe hath ordayned, to wit, the holy Sacramentes of the Church. And hereunto belongeth the power of the105 keies, as they call it, which Christ for the remission of sinnes hath committed vnto the Ministers of the Church, & especially to th Apostle S.106 PETER, & his lawfull Successors, as to the Supreame guydes and rulers of the Churche.

20. What hath the eleuenth Article.107

IT declareth the resurrection of the flesh, which at the latter day shalbe common to good & bad. For this frayl brickle body of ours that we beare about with vs, pestered with so many disseases, and subiecte to suche continuall griefes and miseries, that must after our death become a pray for wormes; shall then reuiue: when at that last daye, al the deade at the voyce of Christ the Iudge shal bee raised both to life & iudgement. All therfore shal appeare in flesh before the108 tribunal of Christ, that euery one without exception, accordingly as he hath behaued him selfe in his body, which then shalbe restored vnto him whole again, so may receiue either good or euill. And they that haue doone good thinges 109 shal come forthe into the Resurrection of life: but they that haue done euil, into the Resurrection of iudgemente, 110 and punishment euerlasting.

In the fayth and beleefe hereof, a good and patient man doth take solace and comforte in the greatest miseries that maye befall, so that at the verye laste gaspe of life, he will say,111 I knowe that my Redeemer dothe liue, & in the laste day I shall rise from the earthe, & agayne be compassed aboute with my skinne, and in my fleshe I shall see God. Wise therfore certes and moste wise are those that doe bring into the seruitude of Iustice and112 vertue these earthly dyeng members, & doe prepare this body, as a pure vessell, for the happy immortallity that is to come.

21. What is the laste Article?

OF lyfe113 euerlastinge, which we may nothing doubt to remaine vnto the electe after theire deathe. And this is the fruite & finall end of Fayth, Hope, Patience, & Christianlike exercise. For the obtayning of whiche life, to a true beleeuer, no worke of pietie ought to seeme difficulte: no labour paynfull: no greife bitter: no time long or taedious in well working or sufferinge. And if this life notwith-standinge that it is repleate with all manner of calamities, be accoumpted a thing moste choyse and delightfull: how muche more is that life to be had in greate price and aestimation which is114 so farre off from any feeling and feare of euill, & is replenished on euery syde with heauenlye and vnspeakeable ioyes, pleasures, and delights, that neuer shall haue end? Of whiche life Christe sayth thus:115 Feare not litle flocke, for it hath pleased your Father to giue you a Kingdome. And at the latter day of iudgemente he will saye vnto the electe:116 Come yee blessed of my father, possesse you the kingdome prepared for you, from the foundation of the worlde. But vnto the wicked he will speake in this manner: Get yee 117 away from me you cursed into fire euerlasting, which was prepared for the Deuill and his Angels. Which sentence doth not onelie touch118 Heathens, Heretickes, Schismatickes, & publike sinners; but appertaineth also to all those Christians, that doe119 end their liues in mortall sinne.

Last of al this clause120 AMEN, is added in the end, that it may plainly appeeare, howe firmely and surely grounded, we stand in the profession and testimony of this Christian Faith and Confession.

22. Is it sufficient for a Christian to beleeue those thinges only that are contained in the Creede?

FIrst & specially, no doubt,121 those thinges that are taught vs in the Creed of the Apostles, are to be beleeued, & openly122 professed of euery one. Which also are made more plaine beeing conferred with the Creed of the FATHERS, & with that of ATHANASIVS.

Secondly, a Christian must of necessity beleeue, whatsoeuer the123 diuine & Canonical Scripture doth containe. But the certaine &124 legitimate books of Scripture, no man may discerne by any other meanes, than by the iudgement & authority of the Church.

Thirdly, hereunto doe belong those thinges that are necessarily drawen125 & deduced, partly out of the Articles of the Creede, and partly out of holy Scriptures.

Fourthly & lastly, are all such documents to be holden as most holy, & to be firmely beleued, which the holy ghost reuealeth vnto vs, & pronounceth by the126 Church, whether they be commended vnto vs by writing, or deliuered by tradition & word of mouth. Which point we will touch more at large hereafter.

These therefore are the things, in which the true catholike faith doth consist, without the127 which al sectaries do in vaine promise to thenselues & others, grace, & saluation in christ.

Footnotes

  1. Act. 11, 26. 1. Pet. 4, 16. ↩

  2. Athanas. contr. Arrianos. orat. 2. Cypr. lib. 4. ep. 2. & de simp. praelat. Ignat. ad Magnes. Aug. tract. 113. in Ioa. & ser. 181. de temp. ca. 12. & Ench. cap. 5. Tert. lib. de praescript. ↩

  3. Ecli. 1, 3 ↩

  4. Lib. 2. Retract. cap. 63. & Ench. cap. 2. & 3. ↩

    1. Cor. 13, 13.
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    1. Cor. 13, 13.
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  7. Pros. sen. 98. ex Aug. ↩

  8. Psal. 33, 15. & 36, 27 1. Pet. 3, 10. ↩

  9. Ro. 10, 14. Heb. 11, 6. Aug. serm. 38. de temp. & sermo 1. de verbis Apost. cap. 4. Leo. ser. 4. de nat. Dom. ↩

  10. He. 11, 6. ↩

  11. Mar. 16, 16. ↩

  12. Io. 3, 18. ↩

  13. Eph. 2, 8. Heb. 11, 1. Basil. ser. de fidei conf. Ber. ep. 190. Aug. cont. ep. sund. c. 5. ↩

    1. Io. 5, 7.
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  15. Gen. 1, 1. Io. 1, 14. Luc. 2, 7. Rom. 3, 8. ↩

  16. Conc. Eph. cap. 13. Luc. 1, 35. 1. Cor. 15, 51. Io. 3, 5. ↩

  17. Conc. Constantie. Flor. Trid. ↩

  18. Eccli. 3, 22. 2. Cor. 10, 5. ↩

  19. Esa. 7, 9. secundun 70. Basil. in Psa. 115. & in moral. Reg. 80. cap. 21. Greg. ho. 26. in Euang. Chrys. in 1. ad Cor. homil. 4. ↩

    1. Cor. 10, 5.
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  21. Lu. 1, 37. Hier. 32, 27. ↩

  22. Euseb. Emis. ho. 2. de symb. Cyr. catech. 5. Illum. Chrys. serm. de fide. spe, & charit. Cyril. lib. 4. in Ioa. ca. 9. ↩

  23. Clem. ep. 1. ad sr. Do. Amb. ep. 81. & serm. 38. Aug. serm. 181. de temp. Ruf. in sym. Iren. lib. 1. c. 2. & l. 3. c. 4. Hieron. ad Pammach. aduers. errores Ioan. Hieros. cap. 9. Leo. ser. 11. de pass. & ep. 13. ad Pulc. & ser. cont. Eutyc. Maxim. ser. de traditione symb. The Creede is expounded by these Authors following. Cyril in Catech. illum. Chrys. ho. 1. & 2. in sym. Aug in Enc. ad Laurent. & in lib. 4. de symb. ad Catech. & lib. de sid. & symb. & ser. 115. 119. 123. 125. 131. 181. 192. 193. 194. de temp. Euseb. Emi. ho. 1. & 2. in symb. Chrysol. ser. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. Max. ho. 1. de diuersis. ↩

  24. Hier. 9, 23. Io. 17, 3. 1. Cor. 2, 2. 1. Pet. 1, 8. cap. 13, 1. ↩

  25. Aug. l. 1. conf. cap. 4. ↩

  26. Aug. l. de fid. & symb. cap. 9. ↩

  27. Mat. 28, 19. Athan. in symb. ↩

  28. Ps. 109, 3 Heb. 1, 2. 1 Io. 4, 10.14. ↩

  29. Io. 15, 26. &. 16, 7. & 14, 16, 26. ↩

    1. Io. 5, 7. 1. Tim. 1, 17 & 6, 15. Hier. 32, 17.
    ↩

  31. Deut. 6, 4. Mat. 6, 9. 1. Tim. 1, 17 Gen. 1, 1. Esa. 53, 1. Iob. 37, 3.23 Eccl. 3, 11. Luk. 1, 37. Hier. 32, 17. ↩

  32. a. 16, 13. 1. Reg. 2, 6. ↩

  33. Psal. 2, . Heb. 1, 2. Rom. 8, 14. ↩

  34. Ps. 32, 6. Col. 1, 16. Mat. 6, 26. Heb. 13, 5. 1. Tim. 4, 10 & 6, 15. Ro. 11, 36. ↩

  35. Iac. 1, 17. 2. Cor. 1, 3. Act. 14, 14. ↩

  36. Lu. 12, 5. Gen 17, 2. Psal. 26, 1. & 90, 1. & 124, 1. Iob. 41, 1. 1. Co. 10, 13 Eccli. 33, 1. 1. Io. 5, 20. Luc. 1, 32. & 2, 10. Mat. 1, 21. Esa. 9, 6. & 61, 1. Luc. 4, 18. Ps. 44, 8. & 88, 21. Act. 4, 27. & 10, 38. 1. Reg. 10, 1. & 16, 13. ↩

  37. Io. 1, 14. Ap. 17, 14. & 19, 16. Heb, 3, 1. & 5, 5. 1. Pet. 2, 25. Col. 1, 18. & 2, 9. ↩

  38. Eph. 1, 3. Io. 10, 36. Heb 1, 1. Ap. 1, 17. Mat, 28, 18. Dan. 7, 2. Phil. 2, 6. ↩

  39. Luc. 15, 6.24. Rom. 8, 1. 1. Cor. 6, 20. 1. Pet. 1, 19. ↩

  40. Ps. 8, 7. Rom. 14, 9. ↩

  41. Ap. 19, 16. & 17, 14 ↩

  42. Mat. 25, 30. 1. Cor. 15, 24. Ps. 109, 1. ↩

  43. Luc. 3, 17.22. Mat. 3, 12.17. Luc, 20, 13. Mat. 17, 5. Esa 7, 14. ↩

  44. Act. 4, 12 ↩

  45. Mich. 5, 2. Ioh. 1, 1. & 16, 28. Esa. 53, 8. Io. 6, 39.46, 51. ↩

  46. Gal. 4, 4. Rom. 1, 3. Mat.. 1, 18.20. Luc. 1, 26. & 2, 1. Esa. 7, 1. Hier. 31, 22. ↩

  47. Conc. Eph. cap. 13. ↩

  48. Hieron. in Helu. Amb. ep. 81. Ezech. 44, 2. ↩

  49. Ioh. 3, 5. 1. Pet. 2, 1. & 3, 21. Heb. 2, 3. & 7, 25. Tit. 3, 5. ↩

  50. Iob. 14, 4 Ephes. 2, 3. Rom. 6, 3. & 8, 1.12. ↩

  51. Ro. 8, 29. ↩

  52. Act. 10, 37. Mat. 27, 50. Mar.. 15, 24. Esa. 50, 6. & 53, 1. Ioh. 1, 29. Heb. 7, 26. 1. Pet. 1, 19. & 2, 22. Ap. 1, 18. 1. Tim. 6, 13 Rom. 5, 6. Ioa. 15, 13. ↩

  53. Io. 18, 4. & 19, 11. & 3, 14 & 12, 32. Mat. 27, 27. Mar. 15, 16. Luc. 23, 14. Io. 19, 16. Act. 13, 28. ↩

  54. Sap. 2, 12 Heb. 12, 2. Phil. 2, 8. Rom, 5, 6. Mat. 27, 60. Tit. 2, 14. Gal. 1, 4. Esa. 53, 12. ↩

    1. Pet. 1, 18. 1. Io. 1, 7. Ap. 1, 5. Eph. 1, 7.
    ↩

  56. Ro. 8, 17. 2. Cor. 1, 7. 2. Tim. 2, 11 ↩

  57. Heb. 5, 9. ↩

  58. Tert. cor. mil. cap. 3. Bas. de spir. sa. cap. 27. Aug. de Catech. rud. ca. 20. & tra. in Io. 118. Naz. ogat. 3. Hieron. ad Eustoc. de virg. ser. ep. 22. ca. 16. & ad Fabiol. de veste sac ep. 128. & in Ezech. 9. Chrysost. ho. 55. in Mat. Hist. trip. l. 6. c. 1. Essr. de vera paen. cap. 3. Orig. ho 8. in diuers. Euang. Ruff. lib. 2. hist. cap. 29 Niceph. lib. 18. cap. 20. Cyril. catech 4. & 13. illun. Chrysost. in demonst. quod Christ sit Deus. ↩

  59. Mat. 16, 24. Luc. 9, 23. 1. Pet. 3, 14.17. & 2, 19. ↩

  60. Atha. in vita Ant. Hieron. in Hilarion. Ignat. ad Philip. ↩

  61. Ambros. serm. 43. ↩

  62. Euseb. li. 1. & 2. de vita Constan. Nice. l 8 c. 3. & l. 7 c. 47. et 49. ↩

  63. Ps. 15, 10. Zach. 9, 11. 1. Pet. 3, 19. Col 2, 15. Eccli. 24, 45. Act. 2, 24. Ose. 13, 14. Iren. l 5 c. 31 Aug ep. 99 & 57. quaes. 1 & l. 20. ciu. c. 15 & ser. 137. de temp. Hier. in c 4. ad Eph. & in Ose. 13. Tert. l. 2. cont. Mar. cap. 4. Mat 12, 29. Heb. 2, 14. Mar. 16, 9. Ap. 1, 5.18. Io 2, 19. Col. 1, 18. 1. Cor. 15, 8 ↩

  64. Ro. 6, 4. Col. 3, 1. Phil. 3, 20 Eph. 4, 22. 1. Pet. 1, 3. ↩

    1. Cor. 15, 22.
    ↩
    1. Cor. 4, 14. 1. Thes. 4, 14
    ↩

  67. Ps. 67, 19.33 & 46, 6. & 8, 2. Mar. 16, 19 Io. 3, 13. Act. 1, 1. Eph. 4, 8. & 12, 6. & 1, 20. Col. 3, 1. Heb. 1, 3 1. Pet. 2, 4. 1. Io. 2, 1. Io. 20, 17. ↩

  68. Ps. 109, 8 Act. 7, 55. Luc. 22, 69. 1. Cor. 15, 25. Eph. 1, 20. Mat 28, 18. ↩

  69. Aug lib. de si. & sym. ca. 7. ↩

  70. Heb. 5, 9. Ro. 8, 17. 2. Tim. 2, 11 Io. 15, 6. ↩

  71. Io. 14, 2. ↩

  72. Ps. 6, 2. Esa. 3, 13. & 66, 15. ↩

  73. Io. 5, 22.26. Soph. 1, 14. Mal. 4, 1. Ioel. 3, 1. ↩

  74. Mat. 25, 31. et 24, 11 Luc. 21.25. Act. 1, 42. 1. Thes. 4, 15. et 5, 2. 1. Cor 15, 51. 2. Thes. 2, 1. 2. Pet. 3, 3. ↩

  75. Mat. 12, 36 Sap. 1 8. Esa. 66, 18 Ece. 12, 14 Ro. 2, 14. Ap. 20, 11. Basil. ep. ad Virg. lap. ↩

  76. Hic. 17, 9. Heb. 4, 12. Gal 6, 5. 1. Thes. 4, 6. Eccle. 12, 14 2 Cor. 5, 10 Ro. 14, 10. ↩

  77. Mat. 10, 40. Iob. 24, 12. ↩

  78. Io. 1, 1.1.34. 1. Ioa. 5, 20. Eph. 1, 7. ↩

  79. Io. 14, 6. Ro. 5, 6. Apoc. 1, 5. 1. Tim. 2, 5. Ro. 3.24. ↩

  80. Tit. 2, 11 ↩

  81. Eph. 2, 10. ↩

    1. Cor. 5, 15.
    ↩
    1. Tim. 2, 5. Ro. 3, 24.
    ↩

  84. Esa. 33, 22. Iac. 4, 12. Io. 13, 15.34. 1. Io. 2, 6. 1. Pet. 2, 21. ↩

    1. Tim. 4, 7. Ro. 2, 5. Sym. Constan. & Con. Flor. Gen. 1, 2. Ps. 103, 30. Iob. 24, 13. Mat. 28, 19. Io. 1, 32. & 14, 16. & 16, 7. 1. Io. 5, 7. Ro. 8, 9. 2. Cor. 3, 17 1. Cor. 6, 15 & 3, 16. Ps. 50, 12 Esa. 11, 1. Gal. 5, 22. Ro. 5, 5.
    ↩

  86. Eph. 1, 13 Ro. 8, 26. 1 Cor. 12, 11 ↩

  87. Mat. 5, 15. Esa. 6, 1. & 2, 2. Psal. 18, 5. Aug. tract. 1 in ep. Ioa. & de vnit. Eccl. c. 16. et in Ps. 30. Con. 2. Chrys. ho 4. de Verb. Esaiae. ↩

  88. Io. 11, 52. et 1, 16 et 17, 11. Cant. 6, 8 1. Cor. 1, 10 & 12, 12.25 Ephes. 4, 3. Cypr. de sp. praelat. Iren. l. 1. c. 3. Hier. ad Age rch. ep 11. c. 4 Chr. ho. 1. in. 1. Cor. ↩

  89. Cypr. de simp & ep 55 & 69. Iren. lib. 3. c. 3. Hier. ad Damas. ep. 57. & 58. Le. c. 89. ad Vien. ↩

  90. Eph. 5.27. Cant., 4 7.1. Pet. 2, 9: Aug. Ech. c. 56. et in Ps 85. Ber. ser. 3 in Vig. nat. Greg. l. 35. mor. c. 6. Iren l. 3. c 40 ↩

  91. Act. 1, 8. Gen. 22, 18. Mar. 16, 15.20. Luc. 24.47. Mat. 28, 19. & 16, 18. Aug. ep. 170 et 166. cont. ep. fund. c. 4 et lib. de Verrel. 7. Pacia. ep. 1. ad sym pron. Vinc. Lir. Hier. con. Luc. f. c. 9 Bed. in 6. c. Cant. ↩

  92. Eph. 4, 11.16. Psa 118, 63. Col. 1, 12. Phil. 1, 4. 2. Co. 8, 14. 1. Io. 1, 3. Ro. 12, 4. 1. Cor. 12, 4. Aug. Tr. 32. in Io. ↩

  93. Euse. l. 7, cap. 19. Aug. 2. con. Do. c. 6. & ep. 19. & de vera rel. c. 6. ↩

  94. Eph. 4, 3. ↩

  95. Aug. ser. 181. de temp. cap. 13. Euch. c. 56. ↩

  96. Aug. lib. 20. ciui. c. 9. Greg. l. 4. dial. cap. 39 ↩

  97. Gen. 7, 23. 1 Pet. 3, 20 Esa. 60, 12 Aug. p. 50 & 152. & de vnit Ec. c. 4. & 19. Ful. de fid. ad Pet. c. 37.38.39. Pacia. ep. 2. ad smpto. Ire. l. 4. c. 43 Greg. l. 14. mor. cap. 2 Chrys. ho. 11. in ep. ad Eph. Conc. Later. c. 1. Alcim. Aul. l. 4. c. 19. Io, 6, 66 Iudae 18. ↩

    1. Cor. 5 4. 1. Tim. 1, 20 Nun. 12, 14. Mat. 18, 17. 2 Io. 10. 2. The. 3, 6.14. Cyp. ep. 62. Aug. l. 1. con. adu. le. c. 17, Eus. apud Damasc. l. 3. Paral. cap. 45
    ↩

  99. Aug. ser. 181. de temp. c. 12. & in ps. 88. conc. 2 & ep. 24. Cyp. ep. 57. & 52. ↩

  100. de simp. Prae. ↩

  101. De symb d cate. c. 13. ↩

  102. Esa. 33, 22. Mat 1, 21 & 9, 6. Apo. 1, 5. Luc. 24, 47. Act. 10, 42. Heb. 9, 13. 1 Io. 1, 7. Eph. 1, 7. Col. 1, 13. Heb 1, 3. ↩

  103. Act 2, 38. & 8, 12 36. Mar. 16, 16. Io. 3, 5. Aug. Euch. c. 65 & de Ver. do. ser. 11. c. 2. & 22. ↩

    1. Cor. 12, 21. Act. 8, 22. Io. 2, 23 Apc. 2, 5.
    ↩

  105. Hier. ep. 1. ad Heli. c. 7. Aug. ho. 49. c. 3. & 50. c. 4. &. 5. inter quinquag. hom. Chrys. l. 3. de Sacerd. Cypr. ep. 54 Luc. 10, 35. Mat. 18, 18. Io. 20, 22. ↩

  106. Mat. 16, Hilla. c. 16. Mat. Bern. l. 2. de consid. c. 8. Con. Flor. 19. Io. 21.15 ↩

  107. Esa. 26, 19. Iob. 19, 25 Ezech. 37, 1 1. Cor. 15, 51. . Thes. 4, 16. Io. 11, 24. & 5, 25. Mat. 22, 23. Dan. 12, 2. Ph. 3, 21. Hieron. ad Miner. & Al. ep. 152 & ep. 61. adu. er. Io. c. 9. & seq. Greg. l. 14. mor. c. 30 & seq. Aug. Euch. c. 84 & seq. & l. 22. ciu. c. 12. & seq. ↩

    1. Cor. 5, 10. Ro. 14, 10.
    ↩

  109. Io. 5, 29 Mat. 13, 40. ↩

  110. Mat. 25, 46. & 13, 10 Athan. in symb. ↩

  111. Iob. 19, 25. ↩

  112. Col. 3, 5. 1. Pet. 3.18 1. Cor. 9, 27 Ro. 6, 12. 1. Cor. 15, 42. ↩

    1. Cor. 2, 9. Io. 17, 3. Mat. 19, 12.14.17.23.29. & 25, 34 46 Apoc. 2, 7. 10.17.26. & 3.11, 21. & 7, 14. & 21, 2.10.23. & 22, 1.12. Ro. 2, 6. Tit. 1, 1. & 13. & 3, 7. 2. Tim. 4.7. 1. Io. 2, 25. & 3, 2. 1. Pet. 1, 3. Ro. 6, 22.
    ↩

  114. Aug. de ciu. Dei. l. 22 c. 29 & 30. & l. 3. de lib arb. c. vlt. & ser. 64. de Ver. Do. .1 & seq. & l. 3 de symb. ad catech. c. 12 ↩

  115. Luc. 12, 32. ↩

  116. Mat. 25, 34. ↩

  117. Ibid. 46. ↩

  118. Fulg. in lib. de fide ad Pet. c. 38. & 40. ↩

  119. Ez. 18, 4. & 33, 8. Ro 6, 23. Sap. 1, 16. 1. Cor. 6, 9. ↩

  120. Hier. ad Mared. ep 137. ↩

  121. Heb. 5, 12. &. 6, 1. 1. pet. 3, 15. ↩

  122. Amb. l. 3 de Virg. Aug. l. 1 de symb. ad Cat. c. 1. & l. 2. cap. 1. ↩

    1. Pet. 1, 19. Ro. 15, 4. 2. Tim. 3, 15
    ↩

  124. Conc. Tol. 1, c. 21. Aug. ser. 129. & 191 de temp. Hic. in sym. ad Damas. Aug. con. ep. fund. c. 5. Trid. Sess. 4. ↩

  125. Mat. 22, 29. ↩

  126. Cypr. ep. 10. ad Nest. Iren. l. 3. cap. 4. &. li. 4. c. 45. & 63. Hier. con. Lucif. c. 4. Vinc. Lir. con. Nouat. ↩

  127. Ieo. ser. 4. de natiu. Dom. ↩

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