A13257:52
A confession of faith made by common consent of divers reformed churches beyond the…A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the…
A confession of faith made by common consent of divers reformed churches beyond the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Church. Perused and allowed according to the Queens Majesties injunctions.A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Churche. Perused and allowed accordinge to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by Henry Wykes for Lucas Harrison, 1568
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This cause therefore hath moved me to compare most diligently, the diversity of copies, and to weigh the sentences and judgements, of the most part of the learned men, especially of them that this age hath brought forth skilful in the languages, who are moe in number doubtless, and better learned then the Church hath had, since the time of the Apostles: and so to ease them 1somewhat, that desire a more pure interpretation. And that it might be done with the more profit, I have also added annotations, in the which I have also conferred together, the diversity of interpretations, and as much as I could, I have laboured to make plain and evident, the sense and meaning, ⟨image 36⟩of all the most dark places.
This cause therfore hath moued me to compare moste diligētlie, the diuersitie of copies, and to weigh the sentenses and iudgemētes, of the moste part of the learned men, especially of theim that this age hath brought forthe skilfull in the languages, who are moe in nomber doubtles, and better learned then the Churche hath had, since the time of the Apostles: and so to ease thē 1somewhat, that desire a more pure interpretaciō. And that it might be doen with the more profite, I haue also added annotacions, in the whiche I haue also conferred together, the diuersitie of interpretacions, and as muche as I could, I haue laboured to make plain and euidente, the sense and meauyng, ⟨image 36⟩of all the moste darke places.
- 1The number of the learned.The nombre of the lerned.
But when as I did see, that thick work (and very painful, as I must needs by experience confess it) grow so great, when it came again to the Printing, that many could not have the commodity of it, I caused it to be Printed alone, without those annotations: In the place whereof yet I suppose, that I have set such things, the which (if I could have done them, as they ought to have been done) I would not doubt to commend them, not only as profitable, but also as very necessary.