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Certain letters, translated into English, being first written in Latin. Two, by the reverend…Certayne letters, translated into English, being first written in Latine. Two, by the reverend…
Certain letters, translated into English, being first written in Latin. Two, by the reverend and learned Mr. Francis Junius, divinity reader at Leiden in Holland. The other, by the exiled English Church, abiding for the present at Amsterdam in Holland. Together with the confession of faith prefixed: where upon the said letters were first writtenCertayne letters, translated into English, being first written in Latine. Two, by the reverend and learned Mr. Francis Iunius, divinitie reader at Leyden in Holland. The other, by the exiled English Church, abiding for the present at Amsterdam in Holland. Together with the confession of faith prefixed: where vpon the said letters were first written
Amsterdam : Printed, in the year. 1602Amsterdam : Printed, in the yeare. 1602
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.
MASTER IVNIVS HIS FIRST LETTER, CONCERNING THE CONFESSION OF FAITH AFORESAID.
MAISTER IVNIVS HIS FIRST LETTER, CONCERNING THE CONFESSION OF FAITH AFORESAID.
To his beloved in Christ the Brethren of the English Church, now abiding at Amsterdam.
Grace mercy and peace from God the Father and our Saviour Jesus Christ. I have received of late (beloved Brethren in Christ) a little book by one of your company; which is entitled, The confession of faith of some English men banished in Belgia, and have known your desire partly by the speech of the same messenger, partly by the preface of the writing. But as concerning my self, beloved brethren, whom “for nearness sake peradventure ye have thought meet to be called upon a part, I verily see not how much I can do in this cause, or how I can fit your purpose. For I know that now long since every man doth abound in his own sense; and that those that are other wise minded are“ with a brotherly mind so fare to be borne with, holding the head and foundation, till the Lord reveal things further unto them. I know it is my part not to play the busy body, but that I should serve the truth and charity in my standing and measure which the Lord hath bestowed upon me, in Christian modesty and simplicity, as far as my skill and ability will stretch unto. Certainly when I considered“ this cause more diligently, I thought nothing more commodious or more safe for the public and for you and my self, in all this matter, than that we should embrace a holy silence, if there be any thing, wherein we be offended, and that we commit our cause to the Lord, the author of our faith, and righter of our cause. But because after a sort, you will not suffer me to be silent, and to condole in secret for the wounds of the Church, which is rent more then enough, by actions, especially being thrust forth in public in this our age; I will declare faith fully, and with a good conscience before God what I think: beseeching him who is author of truth and peace that he would lead both you and me alike into all truth according to his promise, & also dispose each of our minds and affections to interpret brotherly one another's