A22612:396
The Confession of the Faith of the Germans
The confession of the faith of the Germans exhibited to the most victorious Emperor Charles the. v. in the Council or assemble holden at Augusta the year of our Lord. 1530. To which is added the apology of Melanchthon who defendeth with reasons invincible the aforesaid confession translated by Richard Taverner at the commaundeme[n]t of his master Thomas Cromwell chief Secretary to the kings grace.The confessyon of the fayth of the Germaynes exhibited to the moste victorious Emperour Charles the. v. in the Councell or assemble holden at Augusta the yere of our Lorde. 1530. To which is added the apologie of Melancthon who defendeth with reasons inuincible the aforesayde confesyon translated by Rycharde Tauerner at the commaundeme[n]t of his master Thomas Cromwel chefe Secretarie to the kynges grace.
Imprinted at London : In fletestrete, by me Robert Redman, dwelling at the sign of the George next to saint Dunstones Churche, 1536Imprynted at London : In fletestrete, by me Robert Redman, dwellynge at the sygne of the George nexte to saynt Dunstones Churche, 1536
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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.
Also in the .xxxix. psalm it is written, Sacrifice & oblation thou wouldest none of,1 but thou haste made perfect & opened mine ears, that is to say, thou hast set forth and propounded a word unto me, which I should hear, and thou requirest that I should believe thy word▪ and thy promises, which be, that thou wilt in very deed have mercy, wilt succour. &c. Also in the .l. psalm.2 Thou shalt not delight in the hole burnt sacrifices. The sacrifice acceptable to god, is a troubled spirit, A contrite and humbled heart (o god) thou wilt not despise. Also in the .iiij. psalm,3 Sacrifice ye the sacrifice of justice, and hope ye in the lord. He biddeth here to hope, and saith, that it is a righteous sacrifice, meaning that other sacrifices be not true nor righteous sacrifices. ⟨image 182⟩And in the .Cxv. psalm,4 I shall sacrifice the sacrifice of praise, and I shall call upon the name of the lord. He calleth here invocation the sacrifice of praise. But what proceed we in citing these places, the scripture is full of such testimonies, which teach that sacrifices reconcile not god by the virtue of them selves. And therefore it teacheth that in the new testament (the levitical sacrifices being abrogated) new, clean, and pure sacrifices shall be made, that is to wit, faith, invocation, thanks giving, confession, and preaching of the gospel, afflictions for the gospels sake, and other like things. And of these sacrifices speaketh Malachi the prophete,5 sayeng: Ab ortu solis usque ad occasum magnū est nomen meum in gentibus & in omni loco sacrificatur & offertur nomini meo oblatio munda. That is to say, From the east to the west, my name is great among people & nations, and in every place is offered incense to my name, and pure and clean oblation. This place our adversaries do wrest and apply to the mass, and they allege the authority of the fathers. But the answer is easy, for though he spake never so much of the mass: yet it followeth not that y mass justifieth of it own self / or that the mass applied to others deserveth unto them remission of since.