fik hes bene the Rage of is fuit Sathanæ furor, non Sathan againis us, and modo adverfus nos fed adagainis Chrift Jefus his verfus ipfum Jefum Chrieternal Veritie latlie now ftum, & æternam ejus nu→ againe born amangft us, per hic renatam veritatem, that to this daie na Time ut ad hunc ufque diem non hes been graunted unto licuerit, id quod unice opus to cleir our Confcien- tabamus,noftram vobis hifce ces, as maift gladlie we de rebus dilucide explicare wald have done. For fententiam. Major enim, ut how we have been tof arbitramur, Europe pars fit heirtofoir, the maift non ignorat quibus toto fupart of Europe, as we periore anno fuerimus afflifuppofe, dois understand. Eti calamitatibus, Nunc But feing that of the in- autem cum immenfa Dei finit Gudnes of our God bonitate, ( qui sape premi, (quha never fufferis his nunquam penitus opprimi afflickit utterlie to be fuos patitur) tranquillitaconfoundit) abone Ex- tis, & libertatis nonnihil ilpectation we have ob- luxerit, non potuimus nobis teined fum Reft and Li- temperare, quo minus hanc bertie, we culd not bot brevem, & dilucidam edefet furth this brefe and remus Confeffionem ejus doplaine Confeffioun of fik Etrina quæ nobis promulgata Doctrine as is proponed fuit, quamque nos & perunto us, and as we beleeve and profeffe; part- mur: partim ut medicarelie for Satisfactioun of our Brethren quhais hartis, we nathing doubt, have been and zit ar woundit be the defpichtful rayling of fik as zit have not learned tofpeke fuafam habemus & profite mur fratrum noftrorum animis, in quibus adhuc proculdubio inhærebant vestigia vulnerum, quæ ex eorum, qui nondum recte loqui didicerunt, fcurrilibus accepe rant convitiis: partim ut well: And partlie for os obftrueremus quibufdam ftapping the mouthis of impudenter blafphemis, qui, impudent blafphemers, quæ nec audierunt unquam, quha bauldlie damne nec fatis intellexerunt, ea that quhilk they have confidenter damnare non enouther heard nor zit rubefcunt. Neque tamen id understude. Not that eo facimus, quod aliquando we judge that the can- fore fperemus, ut inveterata kred malice of fik is abill illa peftis hac noftra fimplito be cured be this our ci nuda confeffione fafimple confeffion: na, we nari poffit; præfertim cum knaw that the fweet fa- non ignoremus Suavem evoure of the evangel is vangelii odorem filiis perand fal be deathe unto ditionis letiferum futurum: the fonnes of perditioun. Sed quod fratrum infirmoBot we have chief refpect rum rationem habendam to our weak and infirme duceremus; cum quibus brethren, to quham we fententiam noftram, velut wald communicate the ex intimis animi penetralibottom of our hartes, bus prolatam, communican leift that they be trou- dam effe putavimus; ne vibiled or carried awaie delicet perturbarentur, aut be diverfity of rumoris, etiam auferrentur varioquhilk Sathan fpredis a- rum rumorum ventis, quos gainift us to the defeat- Sathan adverfus nos exciing of this our maift god- tarat, ut noftrum illud fanlie interprize: Proteftand tum, ac pium eluderet conthat gif onie man will filium. Denunciamus iginote in this our confef- tur, omnefque adeo rogafioun onie Artickle or mus, fi quis aut caput alifentence repugnand to quod, aut etiam fententiam Gods halie word, that cum fancto Dei verbo puit wald pleis him of his gnantem hic animadverterit, gentleness and for chri- ut pro fua humanitate, pro B que neat: id qui fecerit, fan- aut ftamur, quod ab omni pra-. va hærefi, atque adeo erronea affertionis authoribus animo abhorremus ; quodcam fumma humilitate evangelii Chrifti puritatem ampletimur, qui unicus eft no ftian charities fake to ad- que eo amore, quo Chriftum, monifh us of the fame in Chriftique gregem profequiwriting; and we upon tur, nos per literas admoour honoures and fidelitie, be Gods grace do promife unto him fatiffactioun fra the mouth of God, that is, fra his haly fcriptures, or elfe reformation of that quhilk he fal prove to be amiffe. ros. Deum enim noftrorum. For God we take to re- confiliorum confcium attecorde in our confciences, that fra our heart is we abhorre all fectis of herefie and all teachers of erronious doctrine: and that with all humilitie we imbrace the purity of Christs Gofpell, quhilk ftrorum animorum cibus, is the onelie fude of our atque ideo eo ufque carns, fauls, and therefoir fa ut decreverimus omnia quæ precious unto us,that we poffunt humanitus evenire ar determined to fuffer potins experiri, quam ut nos the extremeft of wardlie eo cibo fraudari patiamur. daunger, rather than Perfuafiffimum enim id hathat we will fuffer our bemus, quod quemcunque felves to be defraudit of Christi puduerit, aut qui the fam. For heirof we eum coram hominibus negaar maist certainlie per- verit, hunc ille coram Pafwadit,that quhafumever tre, Sanctifque ejus angelis denieis Chrift Jefus,or is afchamit of him in the prefence of men, fal be negabit. Atque ideo ejufdem Domini noftri omnipotentis Jefu Christi prafenti ope denyit befoir the Father, upe freti, in animo habeand befoir his haly An- mus in hujus noftræ fidei, gels. And therefoir be cujus capita fequuntur,conthe affiftance of the mich- feffione perfeverare. tie fpirit of the fame our Lord Jefus Chrift, we firmelie purpose to abide to the end in the confeffioun of this our faith, as be Artickles followis. |