A13257:92
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.
¶ Of the Creation of all things, of Angels, of the Devil, and of Man. Cap. 7.
¶ Of the Creation of all thinges, of Angels, of the Deuell, and of Man. Cap. 7.
This good & omnipotent God hath 1created by his eternal word all things both visible & unuisible, and preserveth them by his everlasting spirit: as David witnesseth, saying: By the word of God the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the 2breath of his mouth: all things that God made were very good, created for the profit and use of Man: We affirm that all those things did proceed of one beginning only. We condemn therefore the Manichees & Marcionites, who impiously forged two substances or ⟨p. 16⟩3natures, the one good, the other evil, also two beginnings, and two Gods contrary to them selves, a good, and a bad. Angels and men, do excel all other Creatures: The holy Scripture pronounceth of Angels, that God maketh 4the spirits his messengers, and a flaming fire his Ministers, also Heb. 1. Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation? Our Lord Jesus Christ himself testifieth of the Devil. Joh. 8. He hath been a 5murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no trueth in him, when he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own: For he is a liar, and the father thereof. We teach therefore, that some Angels did continue in their obedience, & are appointed to the faithful service of God, and Man, and that other some fell, of their own accord, and being caste down headlong into eternal destruction are become the enemies of all goodness, and of the faithful. Now concerning Man, the Scripture sayeth: