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…

To all the faithful Christians, which are in Germany, and other foreign Nations, the Ministers of the Churches, throughout Helvetia, whose names are subscribed, wish grace and peace from God the Father, by Jesus Christ our Lord.

To al the faithfull Christians, whiche are in Germany, and other foraigne Nations, the Ministers of the Churches, throughout Heluetia, vvhose names are subscribed, wishe grace and peace from God the Father, by Iesus Christe our Lorde.

Many and sundry confessions and declarations of our Faith have been heretofore written, but chiefly in this our age set forth in Print by Kingdoms, Nations and Cities, whereby in these our latter days, in so unhappy increase of pernicious Heresies, (which every where spring up) they show and testify, that they think, believe, ⟨image 44⟩and teach, purely, plainly, and according to the unfallible truth, all & every Article of the Christian faith and Religion: to be short, that they are far from Heresies, or erroneous opinions. Albeit therefore we have done the like already in our writings, which we have published, yet because they are now, perhaps, out of mind, scattered in divers places, & entreat of the matter more at large, then that every man can have leisure to peruse and read them through: we being encouraged by other faithful mens good example, do our endeavour in this brief declaration, to comprehend and set forth to all that believe in Christ, the doctrine & government of our Churches, which they from the beginning of their reformation these many years, wading through sundry perils have taught, even to this day, and now also do retain with one full consent. Hereby also we witness to all men our general agreement (which the Lord hath wrought among us) that ⟨p. 2⟩in our Churches, wherein God hath appointed us Ministers, we all speak one thing, not disagreeing among our selves, but are a perfect body of one mind, & of one judgement. Moreover we declare by this our work, that we sow not such seed of corrupt doctrine in our Churches, as many of our adversaries falsely, and undeservedly go about to lay to our charge, & to thrust violently upon us, specially in their hearing, to whom our writings come not, and before such as know not our Doctrine. Indifferent Readers therefore shall most manifestly perceive by this our writing, that we do in no wise allow any Heresies, which heresies (that it might the better appear, how greatly we detest) we have made mention of them almost in every Chapter, briefly reciting, & rejecting them.