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           A
           SERMON
           Concerning
           the
           
             Doctrine
             ,
             Unity
          
           ,
           and
           Profession
           OF
           THE
           Christian
           Faith.
           Preached
           before
           the
           UNIVERSITY
           OF
           OXFORD
           .
           To
           which
           is
           added
           An
           APPENDIX
           concerning
           the
           Apostles
           CREED
           .
        
         
           By
           
             THO.
             SMITH
          
           ,
           B.
           D.
           and
           Fellow
           of
           St.
           
             Mary
             Magdalen
          
           Colledge
           ,
           OXON
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Bishop's
             Head
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           M.
           DC
           .
           LXXXII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Admodum
           Reverendo
           in
           Christo
           Patri
           ac
           Domino
           ,
           HENRICO
           ,
           D.
           Episcopo
           LONDINENSI
           ,
           Sacelli
           Regalis
           DECANO
           ,
           Regiae
           Majestati
           à
           Secretioribus
           Conciliis
           ;
           Natalium
           Splendore
           ,
           Morum
           Sanctitate
           ,
           Fide
           ,
           Prudentiâ
           ac
           invictâ
           animi
           fortitudine
           contra
           infensissimos
           Eccl.
           Ang.
           hostes
           ;
           Caeterisque
           dotibus
           ,
           quae
           Virum
           Apostolicum
           planè
           decent
           ,
           Illustri
           :
           
             T.
             S.
          
           Concionem
           hanc
           de
           Unitate
           fidei
           ,
           coram
           Academicis
           Oxoniensibus
           in
           Templo
           B.
           Mariae
           non
           ita
           pridem
           habitam
           ,
           una
           cum
           Appendice
           de
           Symbolo
           Apostolico
           ,
           gratitudinis
           &
           observantiae
           ergo
           ,
           
             L.
             M.
             D.
             C.
             Q.
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             Ephes.
             4.
             
             Ver.
             5.
             
          
           
             One
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Baptism
             .
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           sad
           to
           consider
           ,
           how
           that
           Christianity
           has
           suffered
           more
           by
           the
           Factions
           and
           Feuds
           of
           Christians
           themselves
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           Fury
           of
           its
           Professed
           Adversaries
           ;
           that
           Schism
           has
           done
           more
           Mischief
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           than
           all
           the
           Persecutions
           of
           the
           
             Heathen
             Roman
          
           Emperours
           ,
           who
           made
           it
           their
           business
           to
           abolish
           and
           destroy
           the
           very
           name
           of
           Christian
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           that
           Christians
           should
           treat
           one
           another
           with
           that
           despight
           and
           Malice
           ,
           as
           if
           good
           Nature
           and
           Charity
           ,
           and
           a
           mutual
           forbearance
           were
           things
           of
           meer
           indifference
           :
           As
           it
           has
           happened
           between
           Churches
           of
           different
           Communions
           in
           the
           East
           and
           West
           ,
           and
           in
           these
           Northern
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           either
           because
           they
           would
           not
           own
           an
           Usurpt
           and
           pretended
           Universal
           Authority
           ,
           or
           else
           because
           of
           some
           little
           disagreement
           in
           Opinion
           ,
           or
           the
           Usage
           ,
           or
           Non-usage
           of
           a
           Ceremony
           ,
           which
           every
           particular
           Church
           ,
           in
           dependence
           upon
           ,
           and
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           Civil
           Power
           ,
           has
           a
           right
           to
           Ordain
           and
           Constitute
           ,
           and
           which
           all
           its
           Members
           are
           Obliged
           to
           conform
           to
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           Principle
           of
           Conscience
           .
           For
           hitherto
           must
           be
           referred
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           chief
           and
           proper
           Causes
           ,
           all
           those
           horrid
           Tumults
           and
           Separations
           of
           Parties
           ,
           which
           
           have
           so
           much
           distracted
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           from
           its
           first
           Beginnings
           and
           Infancy
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           however
           blancht
           over
           by
           some
           with
           subtilty
           and
           Artifice
           of
           Wit
           ,
           and
           by
           others
           with
           pretensions
           of
           Zeal
           ,
           to
           colour
           their
           Ambition
           and
           their
           Pride
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           their
           ill
           Designs
           the
           more
           plausible
           and
           successful
           .
           Here
           it
           is
           (
           for
           I
           cannot
           be
           so
           unjust
           and
           partial
           ,
           as
           to
           charge
           the
           Romanists
           only
           with
           the
           fault
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           deepest
           in
           the
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           more
           blameable
           than
           the
           rest
           )
           that
           all
           take
           Sanctuary
           ,
           and
           think
           to
           justifie
           their
           ill
           will
           one
           to
           another
           this
           way
           ;
           that
           they
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           divide
           and
           separate
           themselves
           ,
           entertain
           different
           Notions
           of
           some
           points
           of
           Religion
           ,
           though
           perchance
           they
           be
           not
           Essential
           to
           the
           Faith
           ;
           or
           else
           use
           other
           Rites
           in
           their
           Religious
           Worship
           ,
           which
           yet
           may
           be
           as
           decent
           ,
           and
           as
           useful
           ,
           and
           as
           significant
           ,
           as
           if
           this
           were
           to
           renounce
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           to
           forsake
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           .
        
         
           How
           has
           this
           fond
           Opinion
           broken
           Christendom
           into
           pieces
           ,
           and
           shut
           Unity
           and
           Peace
           out
           of
           it
           !
           Private
           Passion
           ,
           and
           a
           false
           Zeal
           corrupting
           our
           Judgments
           and
           Practises
           so
           far
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           joyning
           in
           the
           same
           Publick
           Worship
           and
           Service
           of
           Christ
           our
           Common
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           Living
           together
           in
           Holy
           Communion
           and
           Love
           ,
           we
           can
           scarce
           think
           well
           one
           of
           another
           ;
           we
           are
           afraid
           of
           one
           anothers
           Company
           ,
           in
           a
           Church
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           Infectious
           ;
           we
           use
           most
           unjust
           and
           most
           unchristian
           Censures
           ;
           we
           malign
           and
           hate
           one
           another
           to
           the
           Death
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           us
           lyes
           ,
           we
           send
           one
           another
           to
           Hell
           by
           our
           evil
           and
           uncharitable
           surmises
           ,
           and
           by
           peremptory
           Sentences
           of
           Excommunication
           .
        
         
           To
           prevent
           which
           dismal
           and
           bloody
           effects
           of
           Schism
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           
           lays
           down
           and
           prescribes
           a
           Method
           ,
           which
           would
           prove
           most
           effectual
           ,
           if
           we
           understood
           our
           Duty
           and
           our
           Interest
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           had
           but
           the
           Honesty
           and
           the
           Conscience
           to
           put
           it
           in
           practise
           and
           execution
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           
             to
             walk
             worthy
             of
             the
             Vocation
             wherewith
             we
             are
             called
             ,
          
           v.
           1.
           
           That
           is
           ,
           to
           adorn
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           God
           our
           Saviour
           with
           a
           suitable
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           becomes
           true
           followers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           live
           up
           to
           those
           Excellent
           Rules
           and
           Institutions
           which
           he
           has
           Publish'd
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           to
           make
           an
           outward
           Shew
           and
           Profession
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           but
           to
           justifie
           and
           demonstrate
           the
           Truth
           and
           Power
           of
           it
           by
           the
           Example
           and
           Practise
           of
           the
           severest
           Virtues
           ;
           and
           especially
           in
           this
           great
           Instance
           of
           it
           ,
           
             With
             all
             Lowliness
             and
             Meekness
             ,
             and
             Long-suffering
             ,
             to
             forbear
             one
             another
             in
             Love
             ,
          
           v.
           2.
           
           That
           is
           ,
           to
           make
           some
           a
           allowances
           for
           the
           faileurs
           ,
           and
           imperfections
           ,
           and
           infirmities
           of
           the
           Understanding
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           peremptory
           and
           dogmatical
           in
           matters
           of
           Opinion
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           Unity
           ,
           nor
           to
           be
           over-fierce
           and
           severe
           in
           Condemning
           little
           mistakes
           and
           mis-apprehensions
           of
           things
           ,
           but
           
             to
             keep
             the
             Unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             Peace
             ,
          
           v.
           3.
           
           That
           is
           ,
           to
           maintain
           this
           Spiritual
           Communion
           with
           all
           Peaceableness
           and
           Moderation
           ;
           as
           being
           all
           Members
           of
           
             one
             Body
          
           ,
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           b
           actuated
           by
           
             one
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             called
             together
             in
             one
             Hope
             of
             our
             Calling
             ,
          
           v.
           4.
           
           That
           is
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           same
           common
           Christianity
           ,
           all
           alike
           pretending
           to
           the
           hopes
           of
           the
           same
           common
           Salvation
           ;
           all
           Disciples
           of
           the
           same
           Lord
           ,
           and
           initiated
           into
           the
           same
           Faith
           by
           Baptism
           .
           So
           long
           as
           there
           
           is
           no
           breach
           made
           upon
           the
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           form
           of
           sound
           Doctrine
           is
           retained
           in
           its
           full
           sense
           and
           meaning
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           just
           cause
           for
           Censure
           and
           dis-union
           :
           All
           other
           differences
           of
           Opinion
           in
           Matters
           of
           Doctrine
           should
           be
           tolerated
           and
           forgiven
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           no
           evil
           influence
           upon
           Religion
           ,
           Morality
           ,
           and
           Government
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           no
           Schism
           or
           Sedition
           in
           practise
           or
           behaviour
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Unity
           of
           Faith
           is
           preserved
           entire
           ,
           and
           kept
           inviolate
           ,
           there
           being
           as
           but
           
             one
             Lord
          
           ,
           so
           but
           
             one
             Faith
          
           ,
           and
           
             one
             Baptism
          
           .
        
         
           From
           which
           words
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           make
           good
           these
           three
           following
           Propositions
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           
             Doctrine
             of
             Faith
          
           is
           to
           be
           derived
           only
           from
           the
           Revelations
           of
           
             Christ.
             One
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Unity
           of
           Faith
           only
           respects
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           all
           ,
           who
           are
           Baptized
           ,
           and
           consequently
           are
           by
           this
           Sacrament
           of
           initiation
           admitted
           and
           received
           into
           the
           Communion
           and
           Society
           of
           Christians
           ,
           are
           to
           make
           Profession
           of
           this
           Faith.
           
             One
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Baptism
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Faith
           is
           to
           be
           derived
           only
           from
           the
           Revelations
           of
           
             Christ.
             One
             Lord
             ,
             One
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
           That
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           Humane
           Wit
           ,
           how
           prying
           and
           industrious
           soever
           ,
           to
           raise
           it self
           up
           to
           the
           Contemplation
           and
           Knowledge
           of
           Supernatural
           Truths
           without
           the
           assistances
           of
           Divine
           Revelation
           and
           Grace
           ,
           is
           no
           disparagement
           to
           our
           Reason
           to
           acknowledge
           ;
           it
           being
           the
           effect
           of
           an
           irrational
           Pride
           ,
           and
           a
           foolish
           and
           idle
           Presumption
           to
           think
           otherwise
           :
           And
           particularly
           ,
           that
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           
           Christian
           Religion
           lye
           out
           of
           our
           reach
           and
           ken
           ,
           appears
           by
           this
           unhappy
           Proof
           ,
           that
           upon
           their
           first
           publication
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Treasuries
           and
           hidden
           recesses
           of
           Nature
           were
           thrown
           open
           ,
           and
           laid
           common
           ,
           when
           nothing
           seemed
           to
           escape
           the
           curiosity
           of
           bold
           and
           industrious
           Enquirers
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Studies
           of
           Philosophy
           seemed
           to
           exalt
           Reason
           to
           the
           highest
           pitch
           and
           degree
           of
           Perfection
           that
           it
           was
           capable
           of
           ,
           they
           stood
           amazed
           at
           the
           strangeness
           of
           this
           
             New
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           not
           agreeing
           with
           their
           Principles
           ,
           and
           no
           way
           to
           be
           accommodated
           to
           any
           of
           those
           numerous
           Hypotheses
           which
           they
           had
           taken
           up
           ;
           and
           from
           this
           amazement
           they
           soon
           advanced
           to
           a
           downright
           and
           violent
           Opposition
           of
           it
           ,
           andused
           the
           utmost
           Forces
           of
           their
           Wit
           and
           of
           their
           Eloquence
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Learning
           ,
           to
           deride
           ,
           and
           decry
           ,
           and
           suppress
           the
           further
           growth
           and
           spreading
           of
           it
           .
           And
           the
           Jews
           too
           ,
           though
           they
           daily
           turned
           over
           the
           leaves
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           which
           pointed
           out
           in
           part
           those
           Glorious
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           Secrets
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           were
           to
           be
           made
           in
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Messias
           ,
           were
           so
           besotted
           and
           wrought
           upon
           by
           the
           suggestions
           of
           a
           gross
           Fancy
           ,
           and
           an
           ill-grounded
           Prejudice
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           exact
           and
           punctual
           fulfilling
           of
           those
           Prophesies
           ,
           even
           in
           their
           minutest
           Circumstances
           ,
           nor
           continued
           Miracles
           wrought
           before
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           the
           highest
           and
           most
           rational
           grounds
           of
           Credibility
           ,
           could
           prevail
           upon
           them
           to
           admit
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           much
           above
           their
           mean
           apprehension
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           thwart
           and
           cross
           and
           contradict
           those
           Foolish
           Idea's
           and
           Childish
           Fancies
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           had
           so
           long
           pleased
           themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           World
           was
           now
           to
           be
           Instructed
           with
           a
           better
           and
           more
           Heavenly
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           all
           just
           motives
           of
           
           perswasion
           were
           used
           and
           proposed
           to
           satisfie
           their
           Reason
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           them
           up
           to
           a
           full
           belief
           of
           it
           ,
           enough
           to
           lay
           the
           whole
           blame
           of
           their
           Infidelity
           upon
           themselves
           .
           The
           Will
           of
           God
           was
           Revealed
           by
           Christ
           in
           plain
           and
           easie
           Propositions
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           Ambiguity
           :
           And
           the
           Authority
           wherewith
           they
           were
           proposed
           ,
           rendred
           them
           Infallible
           ;
           for
           how
           could
           they
           well
           doubt
           of
           ,
           or
           deny
           the
           truth
           of
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           they
           saw
           attested
           and
           confirmed
           by
           Omnipotence
           ?
        
         
           The
           ground
           then
           of
           our
           Faith
           is
           the
           Revelation
           of
           God
           by
           
             Christ.
             My
             Doctrine
             is
             not
             mine
             ,
          
           says
           our
           Blessed
           
             Saviour
             ,
             but
             his
             that
             sent
             me
             ,
             St.
          
           John
           7.
           16.
           
           And
           
             He
             that
             sent
             me
             is
             true
             ,
             and
             I
             speak
             to
             the
             World
             those
             things
             which
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             him
             ,
             St.
          
           John
           8.
           26.
           
           
             And
             as
             my
             Father
             hath
             taught
             me
             ,
             I
             speak
             these
             things
             ,
          
           v.
           28.
           
           
             All
             things
             that
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             I
             have
             made
             known
             unto
             you
             ,
          
           Chap.
           15.
           v.
           15.
           
           
             And
             I
             have
             given
             unto
             them
             the
             words
             which
             thou
             gavest
             me
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             received
             them
             ,
          
           Chap.
           17.
           v.
           8.
           
           He
           is
           the
           
             Author
             and
             Finisher
             of
             our
             Faith
             :
          
           He
           it
           is
           ,
           who
           Commissioned
           his
           Apostles
           to
           Publish
           the
           Doctrine
           which
           he
           first
           taught
           ,
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           to
           go
           about
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           make
           Proselytes
           to
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Proclaim
           the
           Saving
           Virtues
           and
           Merits
           of
           his
           Cross
           ,
           and
           the
           Glories
           of
           his
           Resurrection
           .
           And
           what
           one
           of
           the
           number
           says
           concerning
           the
           Institution
           and
           Celebration
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           our
           
             Lord
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             23.
             
             I
             have
             received
             of
             the
             Lord
             that
             which
             I
             have
             delivered
             to
             you
             ,
          
           is
           to
           be
           said
           of
           the
           whole
           complexion
           and
           comprehension
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           Faith.
           This
           was
           their
           Profession
           ,
           wheresoever
           they
           went
           ;
           there
           was
           no
           mixture
           of
           their
           own
           Fancy
           and
           Invention
           in
           
           the
           case
           ;
           a
           they
           were
           Infallibly
           secured
           from
           the
           least
           Error
           in
           their
           Doctrine
           by
           the
           Guidance
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           ;
           
             That
             which
             was
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             heard
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             seen
             with
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             which
             they
             had
             looked
             upon
             ,
             and
             their
             hands
             had
             handled
             concerning
             the
             World
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           they
           declared
           ,
           and
           nothing
           else
           :
           b
           That
           is
           ,
           they
           spake
           nothing
           concerning
           Christ
           ,
           either
           his
           Person
           or
           his
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           were
           Infallibly
           assured
           of
           ,
           what
           they
           had
           heard
           Christ
           say
           ,
           and
           declare
           to
           be
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           had
           seen
           him
           do
           .
        
         
           The
           Foundation
           of
           Faith
           being
           thus
           established
           ,
           I
           shall
           hence
           deduce
           these
           following
           Conclusions
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           no
           Doctrine
           can
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           proposed
           as
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           but
           what
           Christ
           has
           revealed
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Apostles
           from
           him
           have
           declared
           in
           their
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Writings
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           since
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           the
           Sealing
           up
           the
           Canon
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           no
           new
           Doctrine
           can
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           added
           ,
           as
           Essential
           to
           the
           Christian
           Faith.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           general
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           any
           particular
           Church
           ,
           of
           what
           denomination
           soever
           ,
           to
           lay
           down
           any
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           in
           order
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           expresly
           Revealed
           ,
           or
           clearly
           deduced
           out
           of
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           and
           was
           acknowledged
           in
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           Christianity
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           That
           no
           Doctrine
           can
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           proposed
           ,
           as
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           but
           what
           Christ
           has
           Revealed
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Apostles
           from
           him
           have
           declared
           in
           their
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Writings
           .
        
         
           All
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           relying
           upon
           the
           Revelation
           of
           God
           by
           Christ
           ,
           as
           we
           cannot
           deny
           
             such
             a
             Testimony
             ,
             which
          
           God
           
             has
             given
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             without
             making
             him
             a
             Lyar
             ,
          
           as
           St.
           John
           speaks
           ,
           first
           
             Epist.
             5th
             .
             Chap.
             10th
             .
             ver
             .
          
           So
           nothing
           more
           can
           be
           required
           of
           us
           ,
           than
           to
           believe
           that
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           ,
           as
           necessary
           and
           with
           a
           Divine
           Faith
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           Reveal
           :
           a
           Because
           what
           he
           has
           thought
           fit
           to
           Communicate
           of
           the
           Mind
           and
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           Order
           to
           the
           constituting
           a
           Church
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           and
           bringing
           us
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           judged
           sufficient
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           indeed
           most
           sufficient
           ,
           to
           effect
           this
           double
           end
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           because
           Christ
           did
           not
           leave
           behind
           him
           a
           System
           or
           Body
           of
           Articles
           in
           Writing
           ,
           (
           most
           of
           which
           refer
           to
           himself
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           that
           wonderful
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           Dispensation
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Greek
           Fathers
           call
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           comprehending
           his
           Conception
           and
           Birth
           ,
           and
           the
           several
           Acts
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           his
           last
           Sufferings
           ;
           as
           that
           He
           was
           Conceived
           by
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ,
           Born
           of
           a
           pure
           and
           spotless
           Virgin
           ,
           did
           such
           and
           such
           stupendious
           Miracles
           ,
           Suffered
           by
           way
           of
           Atonement
           and
           Expiation
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ;
           rose
           again
           from
           the
           Dead
           ,
           and
           ascended
           Bodily
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           transcendent
           Excellencies
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ;
           as
           that
           
             He
             is
             the
             only
             Begotten
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             Begotten
             of
             the
             Father
             before
             all
             Worlds
             ,
          
           and
           God
           
             of
             the
             same
             Substance
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           which
           were
           to
           be
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           his
           Religion
           )
           but
           left
           the
           business
           of
           propagating
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           he
           
           had
           Founded
           by
           his
           Blood
           ,
           to
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           to
           them
           we
           are
           to
           have
           recourse
           ,
           o
           as
           to
           the
           Infallible
           Relators
           of
           his
           Mind
           and
           Will.
           
        
         
           Here
           then
           is
           to
           be
           the
           Tryal
           of
           a
           Doctrine
           proposed
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           a
           Matter
           of
           Faith.
           Is
           it
           any
           where
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Discourses
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           preserved
           in
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Gospels
           ?
           Did
           the
           Apostles
           teach
           it
           their
           first
           Converts
           ?
           Is
           it
           agreeable
           to
           ,
           or
           founded
           upon
           true
           
             Apostolick
             Tradition
          
           ?
           Is
           this
           Tradition
           un-interrupted
           ,
           and
           derived
           down
           pure
           from
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
           Was
           it
           received
           universally
           by
           the
           whole
           number
           of
           Christians
           in
           their
           time
           ?
           Is
           it
           any
           where
           to
           be
           met
           with
           in
           their
           Writings
           ,
           either
           in
           express
           terms
           ,
           or
           by
           a
           just
           ,
           and
           clear
           ,
           and
           necessary
           consequence
           ?
           For
           though
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           was
           Preach'd
           and
           received
           before
           any
           word
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           was
           Penned
           ;
           yet
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           taught
           many
           Points
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           not
           put
           down
           in
           Writing
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           ,
           such
           Points
           ,
           as
           consequentially
           overthrow
           and
           destroy
           the
           plain
           sense
           and
           letter
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           is
           a
           very
           groundless
           and
           scandalous
           Supposition
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           the
           injury
           done
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           contain
           in
           them
           all
           Points
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           is
           confuted
           by
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           pretend
           to
           fetch
           Proofs
           of
           their
           fansied
           tenents
           out
           of
           them
           :
           There
           having
           been
           that
           great
           Veneration
           shewn
           to
           the
           Inspired
           Writings
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           that
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           other
           kind
           of
           Innovators
           have
           chosen
           rather
           to
           bend
           and
           warp
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           pervert
           its
           true
           sense
           and
           meaning
           in
           favour
           of
           their
           tenents
           ,
           than
           not
           seem
           to
           have
           the
           Countenance
           of
           its
           Authority
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           since
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           the
           Sealing
           up
           of
           the
           Canon
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           no
           New
           Doctrine
           
           can
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           added
           as
           Essential
           to
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
        
         
           For
           all
           which
           is
           Essential
           to
           the
           Faith
           was
           delivered
           by
           the
           Apostles
           to
           the
           Church
           at
           first
           ,
           otherwise
           the
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           had
           been
           imperfect
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           had
           something
           wanting
           to
           its
           completion
           ,
           to
           be
           supplyed
           in
           after-times
           ;
           which
           is
           to
           cast
           a
           slur
           and
           a
           blemish
           upon
           those
           first
           Ages
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           were
           fully
           Instructed
           in
           all
           things
           fit
           and
           necessary
           for
           Christians
           to
           know
           and
           believe
           by
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           ,
           without
           the
           stamp
           of
           whose
           Authority
           no
           Doctrine
           could
           be
           Authentick
           .
           For
           what
           ever
           was
           believed
           as
           necessary
           ,
           derived
           only
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Instruments
           ,
           which
           Christ
           made
           use
           of
           to
           convey
           his
           Doctrine
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           which
           they
           did
           fully
           ,
           and
           carefully
           ,
           and
           successfully
           by
           the
           mighty
           aids
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           trust
           reposed
           in
           them
           .
           They
           establish'd
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           Faithful
           :
           They
           concealed
           nothing
           of
           the
           mind
           and
           will
           of
           God.
           Churches
           were
           formed
           and
           modelled
           according
           to
           their
           direction
           and
           command
           ;
           and
           Episcopal
           Government
           with
           the
           inferiour
           and
           subordinate
           Orders
           settled
           for
           the
           better
           preservation
           of
           Unity
           and
           Communion
           .
           The
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           was
           professed
           and
           acknowledged
           ,
           as
           they
           taught
           and
           delivered
           it
           .
           Their
           Writings
           were
           among
           them
           ,
           exactly
           agreeing
           in
           all
           things
           with
           what
           they
           had
           Preach'd
           ,
           and
           were
           to
           be
           the
           standing
           Monuments
           of
           the
           will
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Registred
           by
           their
           Pens
           ,
           to
           direct
           all
           succeeding
           Generations
           of
           Christians
           in
           their
           belief
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           practise
           .
           After
           their
           Decease
           no
           new
           Revelation
           was
           to
           be
           expected
           ,
           only
           a
           delivering
           down
           of
           the
           same
           Apostolical
           Doctrine
           to
           after-ages
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Faith
           ,
           nay
           ,
           the
           Curiosity
           of
           all
           Christians
           ought
           to
           acquiesce
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           That
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           general
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           any
           particular
           Church
           ,
           of
           what
           denomination
           soever
           ,
           to
           lay
           down
           any
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           in
           order
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           expresly
           revealed
           ,
           or
           clearly
           deduced
           out
           of
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           and
           was
           acknowledged
           in
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           Christianity
           .
           For
           if
           so
           ,
           they
           must
           pretend
           to
           the
           same
           Authority
           ,
           and
           produce
           clear
           and
           convictive
           Evidences
           of
           such
           Revelations
           to
           make
           them
           credible
           ,
           and
           lay
           an
           Obligation
           upon
           the
           Consciences
           of
           all
           Christians
           to
           receive
           their
           Propositions
           under
           the
           grievous
           penalty
           of
           otherwise
           disobeying
           the
           voice
           and
           will
           of
           God.
           This
           dotage
           indeed
           Montanus
           ,
           and
           such
           kind
           of
           Enthusiasts
           ,
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           :
           But
           their
           pretensions
           were
           rejected
           as
           dreams
           of
           folly
           ,
           arising
           from
           mis-interpretations
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           to
           be
           new
           Revelations
           made
           in
           after-times
           by
           way
           of
           super-addition
           and
           supplement
           ,
           (
           into
           which
           errors
           they
           were
           led
           by
           their
           pride
           and
           conceitedness
           ,
           and
           an
           ill
           habit
           and
           temper
           of
           body
           )
           and
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           the
           Praescription
           of
           the
           precedent
           Ages
           were
           justly
           objected
           against
           them
           .
           c
           All
           that
           the
           Church
           can
           pretend
           to
           is
           only
           this
           ,
           not
           to
           define
           and
           make
           a
           new
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           declare
           what
           before
           was
           revealed
           and
           acknowledged
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           clearly
           understood
           ,
           till
           the
           iniquity
           of
           the
           times
           made
           it
           necessary
           for
           the
           Church
           in
           a
           general
           Council
           to
           interpose
           her
           Authority
           in
           the
           determination
           of
           Controversies
           of
           Faith.
           And
           where
           this
           pretence
           is
           true
           ,
           her
           Authority
           ought
           to
           be
           submitted
           to
           ,
           and
           her
           Proposals
           embraced
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           if
           the
           Doctrine
           proposed
           be
           the
           just
           and
           natural
           result
           of
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           expresly
           revealed
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           understood
           in
           
           that
           manner
           ,
           and
           acknowledged
           as
           such
           by
           the
           first
           Christians
           ,
           Contemporaries
           and
           Successors
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           constantly
           received
           from
           that
           time
           downward
           by
           the
           generality
           of
           Christians
           .
           For
           the
           opposition
           of
           a
           few
           after
           the
           first
           and
           general
           reception
           of
           a
           necessary
           truth
           is
           not
           considerable
           ;
           who
           through
           prejudice
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           design
           to
           raise
           troubles
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           Ambition
           to
           be
           the
           Chiefs
           of
           a
           Faction
           ,
           or
           through
           a
           pretended
           dissatisfaction
           at
           the
           Mysteriousness
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           through
           wantonness
           of
           Wit
           and
           Humour
           ,
           have
           been
           so
           obstinate
           ,
           as
           not
           only
           to
           refuse
           to
           make
           the
           same
           acknowledgment
           ,
           but
           to
           maintain
           the
           contrary
           with
           violence
           .
        
         
           To
           all
           which
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           Apostolick
           Tradition
           ,
           and
           universal
           consent
           ,
           the
           Fathers
           Assembled
           in
           the
           four
           first
           General
           Councils
           had
           regard
           in
           their
           determinations
           against
           the
           Hereticks
           of
           their
           time
           .
           They
           only
           fixt
           what
           was
           Catholick
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           believed
           in
           the
           Ages
           before
           they
           were
           born
           .
           They
           founded
           their
           Declarations
           upon
           Scripture
           and
           universal
           Tradition
           :
           And
           to
           silence
           all
           Disputes
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           Schism
           ,
           and
           to
           direct
           their
           own
           and
           after-times
           in
           the
           belief
           and
           understanding
           of
           the
           great
           Mysteries
           of
           Faith
           ,
           they
           reduced
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           lyes
           scattered
           in
           several
           parts
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           into
           a
           form
           of
           plain
           and
           intelligible
           words
           ,
           and
           enlarged
           themselves
           in
           the
           explication
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           we
           shall
           see
           anon
           :
           a
           It
           being
           the
           very
           same
           Faith
           which
           the
           Apostles
           Preach'd
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Scriptures
           hold
           out
           to
           us
           .
           All
           the
           Anathema's
           are
           founded
           upon
           that
           of
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           Gal.
           1.
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           
             Though
             we
             or
             an
             Angel
             from
             Heaven
             Preach
             any
             other
             Gospel
             unto
             you
             ,
             
             then
             what
             we
             have
             Preached
             unto
             you
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             accursed
             .
             If
             any
             Man
             Preach
             any
             other
             Gospel
             unto
             you
             ,
             than
             that
             you
             have
             received
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             accursed
             .
          
           And
           if
           there
           cannot
           be
           another
           Gospel
           ,
           there
           cannot
           be
           another
           Faith
           :
           The
           Gospel
           being
           the
           Revelation
           of
           God
           by
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           Revelation
           full
           and
           made
           but
           once
           in
           the
           days
           of
           his
           flesh
           .
           Whatever
           therefore
           the
           Church
           believes
           or
           proposes
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           be
           founded
           upon
           such
           a
           Revelation
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           of
           Faith
           ,
           must
           Originally
           derive
           from
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Faith
           being
           nothing
           else
           but
           what
           He
           and
           They
           from
           Him
           have
           delivered
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           
             yesterday
             ,
             to
             day
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             :
          
           That
           is
           ,
           in
           all
           Ages
           .
           Now
           ,
           into
           the
           Unity
           of
           this
           Faith
           ,
           and
           wherein
           it
           consists
           ,
           I
           shall
           enquire
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           which
           brings
           me
           to
        
         
           The
           second
           Proposition
           ,
           That
           the
           Unity
           of
           Faith
           only
           respects
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           the
           clearing
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           will
           premise
           these
           two
           things
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           there
           was
           a
           form
           of
           words
           containing
           a
           brief
           Summary
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           in
           the
           Apostles
           times
           .
           This
           seems
           to
           be
           presupposed
           in
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           and
           most
           probably
           may
           be
           the
           same
           with
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           
             form
             of
             sound
             words
          
           ,
           which
           St.
           Paul
           advises
           Timothy
           to
           
             hold
             fast
             ,
             2
             Epist.
          
           1.
           13.
           and
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             good
             depositum
             or
             Doctrine
             committed
             to
             his
             trust
          
           ;
           which
           undoubtedly
           refers
           to
           the
           grounds
           and
           fundamentals
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           purely
           and
           abstractedly
           considered
           as
           the
           rule
           of
           Faith
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           was
           precisely
           to
           adhere
           against
           all
           the
           noise
           and
           
           clamours
           of
           vain
           and
           idly-curious
           talkers
           ,
           and
           the
           contradictions
           of
           the
           Gnosticks
           ,
           (
           the
           Hereticks
           of
           that
           Age
           ,
           who
           not
           content
           with
           the
           express
           and
           plain
           Revelations
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           pretended
           to
           higher
           and
           greater
           degrees
           and
           measures
           of
           Divine
           knowledge
           )
           as
           is
           plain
           from
           1
           
             Tim.
             6.
             20.
             
             O
          
           Timothy
           ,
           
             keep
             that
             which
             is
             committed
             to
             thy
             trust
             ,
             avoiding
             profane
             and
             vain
             bablings
             ,
             and
             oppositions
             of
             Science
             ,
             falsly
             so
             called
             :
          
           It
           being
           most
           agreeable
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           no
           places
           of
           Scripture
           to
           countenance
           and
           make
           out
           the
           supposition
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostles
           should
           ,
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           new
           Converts
           ,
           put
           the
           necessary
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           together
           into
           certain
           heads
           of
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           these
           they
           should
           refer
           as
           to
           a
           
             Rule
             ,
             Gal.
             6.
             16.
             
             Phil.
          
           3.
           16.
           as
           to
           
             a
             form
             of
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           Rom.
           6.
           17.
           as
           to
           
             the
             first
             Principles
             of
             the
             Oracles
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Heb.
           5.
           12.
           as
           
             to
             the
             Principles
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           Heb.
           6.
           1.
           and
           
             as
             to
             the
             Faith
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           Jude
           v.
           3.
           
           All
           which
           several
           circumlocutions
           are
           expressive
           of
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           suppose
           those
           Doctrines
           ,
           whatsoever
           they
           were
           ,
           universally
           taught
           ,
           and
           as
           universally
           acknowledged
           and
           received
           .
        
         
           But
           o
           whether
           this
           form
           be
           the
           same
           with
           that
           ,
           which
           bears
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             Creed
          
           ,
           (
           which
           undoubtedly
           in
           the
           main
           is
           very
           ancient
           ,
           and
           most
           probably
           as
           ancient
           as
           their
           time
           ;
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           succeeding
           Ages
           indeed
           ,
           to
           serve
           and
           maintain
           the
           interests
           and
           necessities
           of
           Religion
           against
           the
           innovations
           and
           assaults
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           adding
           several
           clauses
           and
           expressions
           to
           it
           )
           is
           not
           here
           to
           be
           disputed
           at
           large
           .
           But
           however
           this
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           long
           before
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Council
           at
           Nice
           there
           was
           a
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           in
           use
           among
           Christians
           as
           the
           Standard
           of
           Catholick
           
           verity
           ,
           as
           is
           demonstrable
           from
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           
             Irenoeus
             ,
             Tertullian
          
           ,
           and
           others
           :
           which
           Creed
           o
           (
           though
           there
           might
           be
           some
           variation
           of
           expression
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           oo
           might
           be
           more
           contracted
           or
           enlarged
           at
           different
           times
           ,
           yet
           agreeing
           in
           the
           main
           as
           to
           the
           sense
           and
           wording
           too
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Articles
           )
           being
           of
           general
           usage
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           Authority
           ,
           deriving
           neither
           the
           one
           nor
           the
           other
           from
           the
           Canon
           or
           Decree
           of
           any
           Council
           ,
           it
           may
           more
           than
           probably
           be
           supposed
           from
           the
           spreading
           and
           universal
           reception
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           East
           and
           West
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           general
           silence
           of
           its
           first
           establishment
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           delivered
           down
           from
           the
           very
           first
           Ages
           ,
           as
           having
           the
           Apostles
           for
           its
           Authors
           .
        
         
           Against
           this
           if
           it
           be
           objected
           ,
           that
           if
           such
           a
           Creed
           had
           been
           extant
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           the
           same
           respect
           and
           reverence
           would
           have
           been
           given
           to
           it
           as
           to
           their
           other
           writings
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           there
           would
           have
           been
           no
           addition
           nor
           alteration
           of
           it
           ,
           much
           less
           any
           new
           form
           ,
           as
           the
           Nicene
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           ,
           framed
           and
           introduced
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           other
           had
           been
           defective
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           fully
           and
           satisfactorily
           replyed
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           considers
           the
           estate
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           Southern
           parts
           of
           the
           Empire
           ;
           p
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           Egypt
           and
           Libya
           ,
           and
           Thebais
           ,
           under
           Constantine
           ,
           how
           it
           was
           rent
           and
           torn
           ,
           and
           the
           dissolution
           of
           its
           very
           Being
           
           threatned
           by
           the
           new
           and
           blasphemous
           Opinions
           of
           Arius
           and
           his
           numerous
           followers
           ,
           he
           will
           quickly
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           who
           were
           conven'd
           at
           Nice
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           those
           Commotions
           ,
           and
           allay
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Tempest
           ,
           which
           began
           to
           shake
           the
           foundations
           of
           the
           Government
           as
           well
           as
           of
           Religion
           ,
           lay
           under
           a
           necessity
           of
           fencing
           about
           the
           hitherto
           uncontradicted
           and
           established
           Doctrine
           of
           Christianity
           with
           a
           larger
           and
           more
           explicite
           form
           of
           Words
           ,
           retaining
           for
           the
           most
           part
           (
           though
           with
           some
           little
           interpolation
           referring
           to
           the
           Arian
           controversies
           ,
           which
           they
           hoped
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           this
           way
           )
           the
           old
           form
           ,
           which
           Eusebius
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Coesarea
           in
           Palestine
           ,
           presented
           the
           Emperour
           and
           that
           Council
           ,
           as
           having
           received
           it
           from
           the
           Bishops
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           which
           himself
           and
           the
           Catechumeni
           were
           first
           taught
           ,
           and
           profest
           at
           their
           Baptism
           ;
           and
           by
           these
           means
           q
           adding
           a
           Commentary
           and
           explication
           of
           what
           was
           more
           closely
           couch'd
           in
           the
           Apostolical
           form
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           not
           pretend
           to
           alter
           ,
           but
           to
           draw
           forth
           in
           its
           full
           meaning
           and
           consequence
           .
        
         
           For
           it
           was
           not
           enough
           for
           the
           Arians
           to
           say
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Plea
           of
           the
           Socinians
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           they
           acknowledge
           the
           
             Apostles
             Creed
          
           ,
           and
           are
           willing
           to
           subscribe
           to
           it
           ,
           unless
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           will
           admit
           the
           full
           sense
           of
           the
           words
           with
           the
           several
           propositions
           ,
           that
           are
           necessarily
           included
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           and
           have
           been
           understood
           by
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           from
           the
           first
           times
           of
           Christianity
           .
           For
           if
           they
           pretend
           to
           say
           ,
           they
           believe
           Christ
           to
           be
           the
           only
           begotten
           Son
           of
           God
           in
           a
           private
           sense
           of
           their
           
           own
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           his
           God-head
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           for
           all
           this
           believe
           him
           to
           be
           God
           ,
           begotten
           of
           his
           Father
           before
           all
           Worlds
           ,
           but
           fancy
           there
           was
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           not
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           him
           a
           Creature
           ,
           though
           the
           most
           glorious
           and
           perfect
           of
           all
           the
           Creation
           ,
           and
           so
           deny
           him
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           substance
           with
           the
           Father
           ;
           what
           is
           this
           but
           to
           destroy
           the
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           built
           upon
           this
           Foundation
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           mock-profession
           of
           Faith
           ,
           to
           retain
           the
           Apostles
           words
           only
           ,
           and
           deny
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           intended
           to
           establish
           ?
           And
           so
           afterward
           when
           the
           Heresie
           of
           Macedonius
           brake
           out
           ,
           threatning
           new
           troubles
           ,
           and
           distracting
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           People
           with
           their
           Blasphemous
           Novelties
           .
           a
           The
           Article
           concerning
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           was
           enlarged
           by
           the
           Assessors
           of
           the
           first
           General
           Council
           held
           at
           Constantinople
           under
           Theodosius
           the
           Emperor
           ;
           by
           which
           enlargement
           all
           good
           Christian
           People
           were
           to
           be
           establish'd
           in
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Doctrine
           ,
           declared
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           according
           to
           Scripture
           and
           Universal
           Tradition
           .
        
         
           By
           these
           mighty
           Arguments
           they
           convinced
           the
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           justly
           subjected
           them
           to
           the
           Punishment
           which
           their
           refractoriness
           and
           guilt
           deserved
           .
           They
           settled
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           secured
           the
           Faith
           from
           the
           like
           assaults
           in
           after-times
           .
           Their
           Creed
           was
           the
           Test
           by
           which
           they
           discerned
           Truth
           from
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           received
           and
           acknowledged
           
           as
           such
           ,
           b
           by
           all
           the
           Orthodox
           Christians
           in
           the
           Churches
           of
           Greece
           ,
           the
           
             lesser
             Asia
             ,
             Syria
          
           ,
           and
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           taught
           the
           Catechumeni
           as
           a
           necessary
           qualification
           of
           their
           admission
           into
           the
           number
           of
           the
           Faithful
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           true
           reason
           that
           the
           other
           short
           form
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           in
           use
           hitherto
           (
           the
           sum
           and
           substance
           of
           it
           with
           all
           its
           necessary
           deductions
           being
           transfused
           into
           this
           )
           began
           to
           be
           dis-used
           ,
           and
           in
           process
           of
           time
           wholly
           omitted
           and
           left
           out
           of
           their
           Liturgies
           .
           Whereas
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           other
           Churches
           of
           the
           West
           ,
           where
           those
           Controversies
           about
           matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           had
           exercised
           the
           Wits
           and
           Curiosities
           of
           the
           Orientals
           ,
           (
           whose
           prying
           and
           restless
           Genius
           drove
           them
           upon
           those
           subtilties
           )
           never
           were
           admitted
           ,
           or
           made
           no
           considerable
           progress
           among
           them
           ;
           they
           continued
           constant
           and
           steddy
           in
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Faith
           ,
           and
           therefore
           stuck
           to
           ,
           and
           retained
           the
           old
           form
           of
           words
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           summ'd
           up
           in
           the
           Creed
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           with
           some
           little
           addition
           ,
           and
           needed
           not
           a
           larger
           explication
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           follows
           from
           this
           ,
           that
           o
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Faith
           must
           necessarily
           be
           one
           and
           the
           same
           every
           where
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           assertion
           of
           the
           Text
           :
           It
           was
           the
           
             common
             Faith
             ,
             Tit.
          
           1.
           4.
           not
           appropriated
           to
           any
           particular
           Sect
           ;
           but
           it
           lay
           in
           common
           ,
           and
           open
           to
           all
           :
           The
           whole
           Faith
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           was
           necessary
           to
           denominate
           them
           true
           Believers
           ,
           was
           received
           by
           all
           without
           any
           difference
           in
           the
           main
           points
           of
           it
           .
           For
           how
           could
           it
           be
           otherwise
           while
           they
           adhered
           
           so
           close
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           all
           Preach'd
           the
           same
           Faith
           in
           the
           most
           distant
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           between
           which
           there
           could
           not
           possibly
           be
           ,
           as
           the
           times
           stood
           then
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           before
           the
           Polarity
           or
           directive
           vertue
           of
           the
           Load-stone
           was
           known
           ,
           any
           communication
           or
           intercourse
           ?
           There
           was
           a
           perfect
           agreement
           and
           harmony
           of
           Confessions
           among
           all
           who
           had
           embraced
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christianity
           .
           The
           Christians
           here
           in
           Britain
           believed
           no
           otherwise
           than
           those
           at
           Jerusalem
           ,
           and
           those
           in
           India
           ,
           whom
           St.
           Thomas
           Converted
           ,
           and
           all
           who
           lived
           in
           the
           intermediate
           spaces
           between
           those
           two
           vastly
           distant
           extreams
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           boundaries
           of
           the
           then
           known
           World
           ,
           exactly
           agreeing
           with
           both
           .
           Though
           they
           differed
           in
           Language
           ,
           Customs
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           Behaviour
           ,
           and
           way
           of
           Living
           ,
           and
           were
           under
           different
           Governments
           ,
           yet
           they
           all
           held
           the
           same
           thing
           :
           Which
           Argument
           is
           excellently
           handled
           by
           Irenoeus
           ,
           in
           his
           
             1st
             .
             Book
             ,
             3d.
             Chap.
             adv
             .
             Hoereses
             .
          
           There
           cannot
           be
           a
           more
           convictive
           Argument
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           the
           Hereticks
           reject
           ,
           than
           the
           profession
           of
           them
           in
           all
           Churches
           of
           the
           World.
           For
           how
           came
           this
           universal
           Consent
           establish'd
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           soundness
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           of
           its
           first
           Publishers
           ?
           Among
           that
           great
           variety
           of
           Opinions
           ,
           which
           prevailed
           every
           where
           ,
           there
           were
           certain
           essential
           points
           of
           Faith
           ,
           wherein
           they
           were
           all
           unanimous
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           as
           they
           were
           held
           and
           maintained
           ,
           a
           liberty
           of
           Judgment
           and
           Opinion
           was
           allowed
           in
           lesser
           matters
           ,
           witness
           those
           Ancient
           forms
           before-mentioned
           ,
           long
           before
           the
           Civil
           Power
           took
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           into
           its
           protection
           ;
           which
           whosoever
           admitted
           and
           processed
           ,
           was
           received
           into
           their
           Communion
           .
           So
           that
           
           from
           this
           Unity
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           was
           received
           every
           where
           by
           the
           whole
           number
           of
           Christians
           ,
           except
           some
           obstinate
           Heretical
           Dissenters
           ,
           who
           were
           a
           small
           and
           inconsiderable
           Party
           at
           first
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           the
           
             Christian
             Church
          
           was
           styled
           o
           Catholick
           ,
           or
           Universal
           ,
           just
           as
           the
           great
           Ocean
           is
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           though
           it
           receives
           particular
           denominations
           from
           the
           several
           shores
           which
           it
           washes
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Brittish
             ,
             Cantabrian
             ,
             Atlantick
          
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           any
           pretended
           subjection
           to
           one
           Sovereign
           Pastor
           :
           And
           the
           word
           Catholick
           became
           another
           name
           for
           Orthodox
           ;
           and
           the
           Bishops
           afterwards
           subscribed
           themselves
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           of
           such
           a
           place
           ,
           as
           founded
           on
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           Universally
           received
           throughout
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           same
           Faith
           in
           Communion
           with
           all
           Christians
           .
        
         
           Upon
           these
           two
           Suppositions
           I
           shall
           lay
           down
           these
           following
           Propositions
           :
           That
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Diversity
           of
           Opinions
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           of
           less
           moment
           does
           not
           interrupt
           and
           dissolve
           the
           Unity
           of
           Faith.
           
        
         
           Opinions
           arise
           either
           from
           want
           of
           Evidence
           in
           the
           things
           themselves
           ,
           which
           causes
           a
           fluctuation
           and
           unsettlement
           in
           the
           mind
           ,
           as
           not
           knowing
           where
           to
           fix
           and
           rest
           ;
           to
           which
           we
           yield
           a
           wavering
           kind
           of
           assent
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           according
           to
           greater
           or
           lesser
           degrees
           of
           Probabilities
           ;
           or
           else
           from
           the
           weakness
           of
           the
           understanding
           ,
           which
           not
           being
           able
           to
           take
           a
           comprehensive
           view
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           resolve
           them
           into
           their
           first
           Principles
           and
           Original
           Causes
           ;
           or
           for
           want
           of
           a
           sure
           Foundation
           ,
           whether
           of
           Nature
           or
           Reason
           ,
           or
           Authority
           ,
           or
           Revelation
           ,
           takes
           up
           with
           Arguments
           and
           motives
           of
           assent
           ,
           which
           fall
           short
           of
           
           certainty
           ,
           and
           which
           cannot
           quiet
           the
           mind
           ,
           and
           secure
           it
           from
           all
           suspicion
           and
           fear
           of
           the
           contrary
           .
           And
           indeed
           considering
           the
           great
           variety
           of
           mens
           tempers
           and
           complexions
           ,
           Education
           and
           Interests
           ;
           and
           the
           greater
           or
           lesser
           degrees
           of
           Knowledge
           ,
           Industry
           ,
           Curiosity
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           Moral
           impossibility
           ,
           that
           Opinions
           should
           be
           one
           and
           the
           same
           .
           And
           where
           God
           has
           left
           a
           liberty
           ,
           no
           Power
           upon
           Earth
           can
           oblige
           the
           Conscience
           and
           Understanding
           to
           admit
           them
           any
           otherwise
           than
           as
           Opinions
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           either
           as
           true
           in
           their
           kind
           ,
           but
           far
           from
           the
           Infallibility
           of
           Divine
           Revelations
           ;
           or
           as
           
             piè
             credibilia
          
           :
           Or
           as
           means
           and
           instruments
           of
           Agreement
           and
           Uniformity
           in
           Judgment
           ,
           to
           prevent
           Schism
           and
           Confusion
           ;
           so
           as
           yet
           no
           one
           particular
           Church
           shall
           prescribe
           to
           another
           ,
           but
           leave
           each
           to
           its
           liberty
           of
           securing
           their
           peace
           and
           quiet
           by
           what
           Confessions
           they
           judge
           best
           for
           that
           end
           ;
           and
           nothing
           be
           imposed
           as
           a
           matter
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           thwarts
           the
           Ancient
           Christian
           Doctrine
           and
           the
           Catholick
           Tradition
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           All
           truths
           are
           not
           fundamental
           and
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           with
           the
           same
           firmness
           of
           assent
           :
           For
           several
           Propositions
           may
           be
           true
           and
           useful
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           necessary
           and
           essential
           to
           the
           Faith
           ;
           the
           ignorance
           or
           dis-belief
           of
           which
           does
           not
           throw
           a
           man
           out
           of
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           neglect
           of
           this
           distinction
           has
           been
           one
           great
           cause
           of
           the
           troubles
           and
           turmoils
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           whilst
           fierce
           and
           eager
           Disputants
           have
           been
           engaged
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           several
           tenents
           ,
           which
           have
           no
           necessary
           dependance
           on
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           not
           determined
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           difficulty
           ,
           and
           the
           various
           apprehensions
           and
           prejudices
           of
           men
           not
           
           like
           ever
           to
           be
           fully
           and
           satisfactorily
           decided
           ;
           and
           which
           indeed
           are
           but
           niceties
           and
           trifling
           subtilties
           in
           comparison
           ;
           while
           they
           put
           a
           greater
           value
           upon
           them
           than
           the
           nature
           and
           matter
           of
           them
           will
           bear
           ;
           and
           whilst
           they
           Sacrifice
           Unity
           and
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           grand
           and
           real
           concerns
           of
           Religion
           to
           Passion
           and
           Humour
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Much
           less
           are
           doubtful
           Consequences
           and
           Philosophical
           Opinions
           to
           be
           admitted
           and
           reckoned
           in
           the
           number
           of
           Fundamentals
           .
           At
           first
           certainly
           ,
           and
           for
           several
           Ages
           together
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           great
           subtilty
           required
           in
           order
           to
           be
           a
           good
           Christian.
           The
           Institutions
           of
           Christianity
           were
           not
           Laborious
           and
           perplext
           :
           Nothing
           was
           required
           but
           a
           firm
           assent
           of
           the
           mind
           to
           a
           few
           Propositions
           ,
           whose
           matter
           indeed
           was
           Mysterious
           ,
           but
           what
           had
           the
           highest
           ground
           of
           Credibility
           to
           make
           the
           assent
           to
           them
           just
           and
           rational
           ;
           but
           when
           once
           a
           bold
           Curiosity
           ,
           and
           an
           unlawful
           ,
           and
           an
           over-affected
           subtilty
           made
           men
           depart
           p
           from
           the
           simplicity
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           the
           Rule
           of
           Life
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           became
           an
           Art
           of
           Disputing
           ;
           and
           Scripture
           and
           Antiquity
           no
           longer
           made
           the
           Judges
           of
           Controversies
           ,
           but
           every
           mans
           particular
           Reason
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           much
           byassed
           and
           perverted
           by
           the
           prepossessions
           of
           fancy
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           heat
           and
           influence
           of
           his
           Passions
           ;
           then
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           began
           to
           multiply
           ,
           and
           every
           nicety
           and
           far-fetch'd
           consequence
           was
           called
           by
           that
           name
           ,
           and
           Magisterially
           imposed
           ,
           and
           the
           Philosophy
           of
           Aristotle
           and
           Plato
           was
           brought
           in
           to
           their
           assistance
           ,
           till
           the
           substance
           of
           Christianity
           was
           even
           lost
           in
           the
           Quarrel
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Foundations
           of
           it
           undermined
           ,
           and
           Faith
           swallowed
           up
           in
           wantonness
           of
           Wit
           ,
           and
           Peace
           shut
           out
           of
           the
           World
           by
           Faction
           and
           Schism
           .
           
           The
           result
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           the
           worse
           Christians
           ;
           more
           talkative
           and
           curious
           perhaps
           ,
           but
           less
           strict
           and
           Religious
           ,
           and
           Charitable
           ;
           nay
           ,
           less
           knowing
           than
           they
           were
           before
           they
           let
           loose
           the
           Reins
           to
           their
           fancy
           ,
           and
           leapt
           over
           those
           boundaries
           which
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           had
           set
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Whatsoever
           was
           not
           Fundamental
           in
           the
           Apostles
           time
           ,
           cannot
           be
           so
           now
           .
           If
           it
           be
           a
           true
           way
           of
           defining
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           revealed
           by
           Christ
           to
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           as
           such
           ,
           imposed
           by
           them
           upon
           their
           Proselytes
           ,
           without
           the
           embracing
           of
           which
           they
           could
           not
           be
           Christians
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           writings
           which
           they
           left
           behind
           them
           ,
           either
           expresly
           or
           by
           necessary
           consequence
           :
           Then
           the
           contrary
           also
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           whatsoever
           is
           not
           found
           in
           their
           writings
           ,
           either
           directly
           ,
           or
           by
           just
           and
           necessary
           consequence
           ,
           and
           was
           not
           proposed
           to
           the
           first
           Believers
           ,
           cannot
           be
           Fundamental
           ;
           and
           consequently
           no
           one
           is
           bound
           to
           believe
           any
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           then
           revealed
           ,
           and
           afterward
           acknowledged
           by
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ;
           and
           what-ever
           proposal
           is
           made
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           no
           farther
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           than
           as
           it
           is
           consonant
           to
           the
           Scripture
           and
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ;
           this
           declaration
           not
           being
           of
           it self
           sufficient
           to
           make
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           is
           founded
           upon
           Scripture
           and
           Apostolical
           Authority
           .
           How
           had
           the
           Peace
           of
           Christendom
           been
           still
           preserved
           ,
           if
           these
           Rules
           had
           been
           followed
           and
           kept
           in
           after-ages
           ?
           That
           is
           ,
           if
           new
           Opinions
           ,
           whereof
           some
           are
           very
           dangerous
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           
             Christian
             Church
          
           was
           a
           stranger
           for
           several
           Centuries
           of
           Years
           ,
           and
           all
           uncertain
           at
           the
           best
           ,
           if
           meer
           fancies
           ,
           to
           which
           Superstition
           and
           Ignorance
           have
           given
           Birth
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           niceties
           and
           subtilties
           of
           the
           Schools
           ,
           and
           things
           impossible
           to
           be
           
           throughly
           known
           ,
           and
           matters
           of
           meer
           speculation
           ,
           that
           tend
           to
           the
           disservice
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           slow
           in
           the
           least
           from
           its
           Principles
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           adopted
           Articles
           and
           Points
           of
           Faith
           ,
           (
           all
           which
           we
           justly
           object
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           )
           and
           made
           necessary
           conditions
           of
           Communion
           .
           How
           might
           we
           have
           adorsed
           before
           the
           same
           Altars
           ,
           and
           
             gone
             together
             to
             the
             House
             of
             God
             as
             Friends
          
           ;
           and
           have
           been
           partakers
           of
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           
             Body
             and
             blood
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
          
           if
           they
           had
           not
           determined
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           presence
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           brought
           in
           a
           new
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           contradicts
           the
           whole
           circle
           of
           Sciences
           ,
           and
           the
           sense
           and
           experience
           of
           all
           mankind
           ;
           and
           tyed
           all
           others
           to
           believe
           an
           unnatural
           sense
           of
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Institution
           ?
           making
           the
           differences
           irreconcileable
           by
           their
           Trent
           Canons
           ,
           and
           shutting
           out
           all
           possible
           hope
           of
           Peace
           ,
           till
           God
           shall
           open
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Princes
          
           of
           
             that
             Communion
          
           to
           see
           the
           fallacies
           and
           cheats
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           the
           errors
           and
           corruptions
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           to
           call
           a
           free
           and
           truly
           General
           Council
           ,
           to
           debate
           the
           differences
           which
           are
           now
           on
           foot
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           scandal
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           upon
           the
           Principles
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           Primitive
           Antiquity
           ,
           and
           genuine
           Apostolical
           Tradition
           ,
           and
           which
           considerations
           of
           Worldly
           Interest
           and
           Grandeur
           keep
           up
           ;
           this
           being
           the
           only
           way
           left
           to
           restore
           Unity
           to
           the
           divided
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           the
           glory
           as
           well
           as
           happiness
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           the
           Rites
           she
           uses
           in
           her
           Religious
           Worship
           are
           decent
           and
           Solemn
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           serving
           the
           purposes
           of
           Religion
           ;
           that
           her
           Goverment
           is
           Apostolical
           ,
           that
           her
           established
           Liturgy
           is
           according
           to
           the
           Primitive
           Standard
           ,
           and
           which
           no
           wise
           and
           good
           man
           can
           justly
           be
           offended
           at
           ,
           unless
           perchance
           ,
           
           he
           thinks
           this
           a
           just
           reason
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           a
           set
           form
           ;
           that
           she
           holds
           nothing
           as
           necessary
           and
           essential
           to
           Faith
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           held
           so
           in
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           can
           be
           proved
           out
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           that
           she
           rejects
           no
           Tradition
           that
           can
           prove
           it self
           to
           be
           Apostolical
           ;
           that
           she
           receives
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Faith
          
           ,
           held
           Anciently
           for
           such
           ,
           in
           their
           received
           sense
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           are
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           three
           Creeds
           ,
           and
           admits
           all
           ,
           who
           receive
           them
           ,
           into
           her
           Communion
           ;
           that
           her
           determinations
           of
           Opinions
           in
           her
           Articles
           are
           modest
           ,
           and
           far
           from
           the
           high-flown
           pretence
           of
           Infallibility
           ,
           and
           designed
           as
           an
           Instrument
           of
           Union
           ;
           that
           she
           is
           willing
           to
           communicate
           with
           Christians
           of
           what
           denomination
           soever
           ,
           where
           the
           terms
           of
           the
           Communion
           are
           Lawful
           ,
           so
           as
           it
           may
           be
           done
           without
           sin
           ,
           without
           prejudice
           to
           truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           
             Church
             Government
          
           confirmed
           by
           universal
           Practise
           and
           Canons
           of
           Councils
           ,
           and
           without
           violating
           the
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           her
           own
           in
           particular
           .
           Let
           the
           Romanists
           single
           out
           any
           one
           of
           her
           professed
           Tenents
           ,
           which
           she
           holds
           as
           essential
           to
           Faith
           ,
           and
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           exactly
           agreeable
           to
           the
           first
           Antiquity
           .
           They
           cannot
           deny
           ,
           that
           she
           holds
           nothing
           amiss
           herein
           ;
           only
           they
           pretend
           ,
           that
           she
           does
           not
           hold
           enough
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           reject
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           and
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Mass
           ,
           Invocation
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           Worshipping
           of
           Images
           ;
           that
           we
           do
           not
           admit
           the
           Pope
           to
           be
           the
           visible
           Head
           and
           Monarch
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Vicar
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           to
           be
           Subject
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           :
           All
           which
           are
           meer
           Fancies
           and
           Usurpations
           .
           But
           if
           the
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           were
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           if
           a
           good
           Life
           (
           for
           that
           is
           a
           Fundamental
           
           and
           most
           necessary
           point
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           all
           our
           belief
           ,
           be
           it
           never
           so
           Orthodox
           ,
           will
           signifie
           nothing
           )
           added
           to
           an
           entire
           and
           found
           Faith
           ,
           carried
           them
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           secure
           ;
           it
           is
           enough
           for
           us
           to
           follow
           them
           and
           tread
           in
           their
           steps
           :
           We
           retain
           the
           same
           Faith
           ;
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           conformed
           it self
           to
           their
           Practise
           and
           Example
           .
           Our
           Church
           has
           been
           the
           great
           Eye-sore
           of
           Rome
           ever
           since
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           late
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           such
           mighty
           hopes
           of
           prevailing
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           froward
           and
           perverse
           humour
           of
           the
           Non-Conformists
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           the
           Presbyterian
           Faction
           ,
           the
           Original
           and
           source
           of
           all
           our
           Church-divisions
           ,
           have
           given
           so
           great
           advantage
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Wise
           and
           most
           Learned
           King
           James
           ,
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           ,
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           a
           Prophet
           in
           this
           too
           ,
           That
           if
           ever
           the
           Pope
           were
           brought
           into
           England
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           upon
           the
           back
           of
           a
           Puritan
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           that
           remarkable
           saying
           ,
           No
           Bishop
           ,
           no
           King
           ;
           the
           truth
           of
           which
           was
           most
           sadly
           justified
           and
           made
           out
           in
           the
           late
           most
           bloudy
           and
           unnatural
           Wars
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           most
           horrid
           Murder
           of
           the
           best
           of
           Princes
           ,
           Charles
           the
           Martyr
           ,
           whose
           Righteous
           Soul
           must
           needs
           be
           troubled
           (
           if
           any
           thing
           of
           pity
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           troublesom
           Passion
           ,
           can
           be
           supposed
           to
           reach
           the
           Blessed
           )
           at
           our
           present
           Distractions
           ,
           and
           the
           dismal
           consequences
           of
           them
           .
           They
           envy
           her
           Beauty
           and
           Order
           ,
           the
           discreet
           Piety
           of
           her
           Service
           ,
           and
           the
           Regularity
           and
           exactness
           of
           her
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostolicalness
           of
           her
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           flourishing
           of
           her
           Universities
           .
           This
           makes
           them
           rage
           and
           swell
           ,
           and
           for
           want
           of
           better
           Proofs
           and
           Arguments
           ,
           accuse
           and
           arraign
           ,
           as
           guilty
           of
           Heresie
           and
           Schism
           ,
           and
           Innovation
           ,
           the
           purest
           and
           most
           
             Apostolical
             Church
          
           
           of
           the
           World.
           But
           wise
           and
           considerate
           men
           are
           not
           to
           be
           frighted
           out
           of
           their
           Senses
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           their
           Religion
           with
           hard
           and
           big
           words
           ,
           and
           with
           reproachful
           Language
           .
           The
           dissolute
           and
           debauched
           may
           easily
           be
           reconciled
           ,
           as
           the
           new
           word
           is
           ,
           to
           a
           Religion
           that
           is
           so
           favourable
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           gives
           them
           hopes
           of
           going
           to
           Heaven
           after
           a
           careless
           and
           wretched
           Life
           ,
           if
           upon
           a
           Sick
           Bed
           they
           begin
           to
           be
           afraid
           ,
           and
           profess
           a
           little
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           can
           but
           send
           for
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           be
           Absolved
           ;
           and
           the
           ignorant
           and
           weak
           may
           be
           wrought
           upon
           by
           little
           tricks
           and
           pieces
           of
           Sophistry
           ,
           and
           cheated
           and
           trapanned
           out
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           which
           they
           did
           not
           throughly
           understand
           .
           For
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           one
           who
           understands
           aright
           the
           Grounds
           and
           Principles
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           upon
           which
           this
           
             National
             Church
          
           proceeded
           ,
           ever
           to
           renounce
           her
           Communion
           ,
           unless
           he
           first
           makes
           Shipwrack
           of
           his
           Honesty
           as
           well
           as
           of
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           is
           swayed
           wholly
           by
           Worldly
           respects
           and
           interests
           .
           But
           we
           need
           value
           their
           Censures
           the
           less
           ,
           not
           only
           because
           they
           are
           unjust
           and
           uncharitable
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           involve
           the
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           in
           the
           same
           guilt
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           
             Christian
             Churches
          
           this
           day
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           own
           that
           grand
           Fundamental
           Article
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Faith
          
           ,
           the
           
             Pope's
             Jurisdiction
          
           ,
           and
           be
           content
           to
           receive
           their
           Christianity
           from
           Rome
           ,
           and
           acknowledge
           all
           her
           determinations
           to
           be
           truly
           and
           really
           ,
           as
           they
           in
           the
           ordinary
           Court-stile
           call
           them
           ,
           Apostolical
           .
           Let
           us
           in
           the
           name
           of
           God
           justifie
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Church
           by
           the
           strictness
           and
           exemplariness
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           Arguments
           and
           Discourses
           of
           Reason
           .
           Let
           us
           reform
           our selves
           not
           only
           from
           the
           Errors
           and
           Superstitions
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           Vices
           that
           are
           
           too
           commonly
           practised
           in
           
             Catholick
             Countries
          
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           them
           ,
           though
           thanks
           be
           to
           the
           great
           industry
           and
           kindness
           ,
           and
           charity
           of
           their
           Missionaries
           of
           late
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           content
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           say
           (
           though
           perhaps
           I
           might
           justly
           enough
           )
           make
           it
           their
           business
           ,
           that
           Atheism
           and
           Profaneness
           ,
           and
           Debauchery
           should
           overspread
           the
           Land
           ,
           rather
           than
           that
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           should
           be
           any
           more
           in
           remembrance
           .
           In
           times
           of
           such
           defection
           to
           Socinianism
           and
           Popery
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           to
           Fanaticism
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           let
           us
           take
           heed
           to
           our selves
           ,
           that
           we
           be
           no
           way
           byassed
           or
           wrought
           upon
           to
           desert
           the
           purity
           and
           integrity
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           taught
           in
           this
           Church
           ,
           in
           any
           one
           point
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           withal
           let
           us
           seriously
           consider
           and
           remember
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           believe
           it
           with
           our
           hearts
           ,
           unless
           we
           make
           open
           and
           publick
           profession
           of
           it
           with
           our
           Mouths
           :
           Which
           brings
           me
        
         
           To
           the
           third
           Proposition
           ,
           That
           all
           who
           are
           Baptized
           ,
           and
           consequently
           are
           by
           this
           Sacrament
           of
           Initiation
           admitted
           and
           received
           into
           the
           Communion
           and
           Society
           of
           Christians
           ,
           are
           to
           make
           profession
           of
           this
           Faith
           ;
           
             One
             Faith
             ,
             One
             Baptism
          
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           undoubted
           Practise
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           first
           Ages
           ,
           that
           the
           Candidates
           of
           Baptism
           should
           make
           profession
           of
           that
           Faith
           ,
           into
           which
           they
           were
           to
           be
           Baptized
           ,
           some
           previous
           time
           being
           allowed
           for
           their
           
           Instruction
           in
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           Rufinus
           ,
           a
           Presbyter
           of
           Aquileia
           ,
           who
           Lived
           almost
           1300
           Years
           since
           ,
           in
           his
           Exposition
           upon
           the
           Creed
           ,
           assures
           us
           for
           his
           own
           time
           ,
           and
           says
           ,
           it
           was
           then
           an
           Ancient
           Custom
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           be
           justly
           referred
           to
           the
           very
           times
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
           'T
           is
           to
           be
           acknowledged
           indeed
           ,
           that
           St.
           Luke
           ,
           in
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           gives
           us
           this
           account
           only
           in
           general
           ,
           that
           the
           new
           Converts
           were
           required
           to
           believe
           in
           the
           
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Prison-keeper
           ,
           Converted
           by
           the
           Preaching
           of
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             Acts
          
           16.
           31.
           
           And
           that
           after
           St.
           Philip
           had
           convinced
           the
           Eunuch
           by
           
             Preaching
             to
             him
             Jesus
          
           ,
           and
           explaining
           the
           Prophesies
           which
           fore-told
           him
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           he
           desired
           to
           become
           a
           Proselyte
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           hitherto
           been
           of
           Moses
           (
           a
           Devotion
           to
           whose
           Law
           had
           brought
           him
           to
           Jerusalem
           )
           and
           had
           also
           farther
           acquainted
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           his
           request
           to
           be
           Baptized
           were
           more
           than
           a
           Complement
           or
           Curiosity
           ;
           if
           it
           were
           real
           and
           sincere
           ;
           if
           his
           Faith
           proceeded
           from
           a
           thorough
           conviction
           of
           mind
           ,
           he
           was
           qualified
           for
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           not
           otherwise
           :
           
             If
             thou
             believest
             with
             all
             thy
             heart
             ,
             thou
             mayest
             .
          
           
           The
           Eunuch
           makes
           no
           other
           Confession
           but
           this
           ,
           
             I
             believe
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Acts
           8.
           37.
           
           aa
           But
           then
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           one
           Proposition
           the
           whole
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Creed
           is
           virtually
           contained
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           draws
           necessarily
           all
           the
           other
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           general
           belief
           was
           deduced
           into
           its
           severals
           afterwards
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           a
           more
           explicite
           and
           particular
           enumeration
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           the
           
             Apostolical
             writings
          
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           confirm
           the
           new
           Christians
           in
           the
           Faith
           which
           they
           had
           been
           taught
           to
           believe
           and
           acknowledge
           .
           By
           all
           which
           it
           may
           appear
           ,
           that
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Divine
           Faith
           in
           general
           is
           necessary
           to
           the
           Being
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           it
           we
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Gospel
           is
           Preach'd
           and
           made
           known
           ,
           cannot
           pretend
           either
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           hope
           of
           Salvation
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           St.
           Paul
           says
           ,
           
             if
             thou
             shalt
             confess
             with
             thy
             mouth
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             shalt
             believe
             in
             thine
             heart
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             raised
             him
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.
           9.
           
           Where
           this
           Article
           of
           the
           
             Resurrection
             of
             Christ
             from
             the
             dead
          
           supposes
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           is
           here
           expresly
           mentioned
           ,
           as
           the
           confirmation
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           Christ's
           Mission
           and
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           it
           is
           a
           very
           grievous
           Error
           to
           fancy
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           meer
           indifference
           what
           our
           belief
           is
           
           in
           particular
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           enough
           ,
           that
           we
           believe
           that
           Christ
           is
           
             the
             Son
             of
             God
          
           ,
           without
           obliging
           our selves
           to
           believe
           all
           the
           just
           and
           necessary
           consequences
           of
           that
           Proposition
           ,
           meerly
           because
           that
           one
           single
           Act
           of
           Faith
           qualified
           the
           first
           Converts
           for
           Baptism
           ;
           when
           that
           only
           is
           mentioned
           ,
           as
           the
           Foundation
           and
           Basis
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           does
           Necessarily
           include
           all
           the
           other
           Doctrinal
           Points
           ,
           that
           depend
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           profess
           our
           belief
           of
           the
           whole
           Doctrine
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           it
           lyes
           in
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           as
           out
           of
           them
           it
           is
           briefly
           summed
           up
           in
           the
           Creeds
           ,
           the
           explication
           which
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           has
           made
           of
           that
           Rule
           .
           So
           that
           as
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           after
           this
           acknowledgment
           ,
           it
           is
           unjust
           to
           demand
           a
           more
           particular
           and
           distinct
           account
           or
           catalogue
           of
           the
           
             Fundamental
             Articles
          
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           in
           order
           to
           Salvation
           ;
           (
           that
           being
           sufficient
           for
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           in
           the
           first
           )
           so
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           to
           believe
           less
           ,
           and
           to
           reject
           any
           part
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           and
           teach
           the
           contrary
           ,
           is
           justly
           chargeable
           with
           the
           guilt
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           the
           effect
           of
           wariness
           ,
           but
           of
           pride
           and
           obstinacy
           .
           The
           
             command
             of
             God
          
           to
           believe
           the
           Testimony
           
             that
             he
             has
             given
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
          
           and
           the
           revelations
           of
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           the
           Divine
           Authority
           ,
           on
           which
           they
           are
           founded
           ,
           are
           sufficient
           Arguments
           to
           move
           us
           to
           assent
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           them
           ,
           though
           the
           matter
           of
           them
           be
           so
           far
           above
           our
           comprehension
           .
           They
           are
           Mysteries
           ,
           and
           necessarily
           must
           be
           such
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           to
           be
           adored
           and
           submitted
           to
           ,
           with
           that
           humility
           ,
           that
           befits
           Creatures
           conscious
           of
           their
           own
           weaknesses
           and
           faileurs
           ,
           
           and
           of
           the
           infinite
           and
           incomprehensible
           Majesty
           and
           perfection
           of
           God.
           And
           if
           this
           troubles
           them
           ,
           they
           may
           as
           well
           murmur
           ,
           and
           quarrel
           ,
           and
           find
           fault
           with
           the
           dispensations
           of
           Providence
           ,
           as
           obscure
           and
           un-intelligible
           :
           There
           is
           enough
           to
           satisfie
           all
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           content
           with
           just
           Proofs
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           not
           to
           take
           away
           all
           possible
           doubt
           :
           and
           by
           this
           means
           they
           must
           side
           with
           the
           followers
           of
           Epicurus
           in
           their
           idle
           and
           foolish
           ,
           and
           impious
           attempts
           to
           raze
           the
           very
           notions
           of
           a
           Deity
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           extinguish
           and
           destroy
           all
           Religion
           out
           of
           the
           World.
           This
           is
           not
           imposing
           upon
           them
           ,
           or
           doing
           violence
           to
           their
           Reason
           ,
           as
           they
           object
           ,
           only
           upon
           this
           pretence
           ,
           because
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           Religion
           are
           not
           as
           evident
           and
           clear
           to
           their
           understanding
           ,
           as
           visible
           objects
           are
           to
           the
           Eye
           in
           a
           clear
           and
           full
           light
           :
           For
           then
           they
           would
           cease
           to
           be
           matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           lose
           their
           name
           ,
           and
           fall
           under
           the
           comprehension
           of
           Science
           .
           And
           indeed
           so
           long
           as
           they
           retain
           this
           unreasonable
           Principle
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           are
           to
           be
           tryed
           and
           judged
           by
           the
           narrow
           Rules
           of
           Philosophy
           and
           natural
           Reason
           (
           which
           can
           be
           no
           proper
           medium
           of
           proving
           things
           only
           knowable
           by
           Revelation
           )
           they
           may
           well
           pretend
           that
           't
           is
           not
           in
           their
           own
           power
           to
           change
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           is
           not
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           bring
           their
           understandings
           to
           admit
           them
           .
           But
           can
           they
           hope
           ,
           that
           this
           should
           justifie
           their
           pertinaciousness
           ,
           and
           excuse
           them
           at
           God's
           Tribunal
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           that
           the
           unjust
           prejudices
           which
           they
           entertain
           ,
           arise
           from
           a
           perverse
           will
           ,
           and
           from
           obstinacy
           and
           pride
           ,
           and
           peevishness
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           any
           dissatisfactoriness
           at
           the
           inevidence
           and
           incertainty
           of
           the
           grounds
           and
           motives
           of
           their
           Credibility
           ?
           It
           is
           only
           God
           who
           can
           convince
           such
           
           men
           by
           the
           mighty
           influences
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           and
           remove
           these
           prejudices
           ,
           which
           obstruct
           the
           reception
           of
           his
           truth
           ,
           to
           whose
           Mercy
           we
           leave
           them
           .
           For
           us
           ,
           
             let
             us
             hold
             fast
             our
             Profession
             of
             Faith
             without
             wavering
             ;
             for
             God
             is
             faithful
             who
             hath
             called
             us
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             his
             Truth
             .
          
           If
           you
           understand
           aright
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           you
           to
           be
           debauched
           and
           perverted
           either
           by
           Socinian
           or
           Jesuit
           ,
           or
           Sectary
           .
           All
           their
           pretended
           demonstrations
           (
           for
           error
           and
           delusion
           are
           usually
           very
           bold
           and
           confident
           )
           are
           meer
           Sophisms
           and
           Arguments
           of
           deceit
           ,
           tricks
           ,
           and
           artifices
           of
           Wit
           ,
           without
           any
           foundation
           of
           true
           Reason
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           of
           Scripture
           or
           
             Apostolical
             Tradition
          
           in
           the
           other
           .
           If
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           the
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           went
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           assured
           of
           the
           same
           hope
           of
           Salvation
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           if
           you
           add
           to
           a
           sound
           Faith
           the
           practises
           of
           a
           Vertuous
           ,
           and
           Holy
           ,
           and
           truly
           Christian
           Life
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           perform
           the
           Vows
           you
           made
           at
           your
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           renew
           every
           time
           you
           receive
           the
           most
           blessed
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           so
           adorn
           the
           
             Primitive
             Faith
          
           with
           Primitive
           Purity
           and
           Holiness
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Appendix
           concerning
           the
           Apostles
           Creed
           .
        
         
           THis
           form
           of
           Faith
           is
           called
           by
           a
           Irenaeus
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           the
           invariable
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           ,
           received
           and
           openly
           profess'd
           and
           acknowledged
           by
           the
           new
           Convert
           at
           his
           Baptism
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           And
           so
           in
           several
           other
           places
           he
           refers
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           in
           general
           ,
           but
           to
           a
           fixt
           and
           known
           rule
           of
           it
           :
           As
           
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             19.
             
             Cùm
             teneamus
             autem
             nos
             regulam
             veritatis
             .
          
           And
           
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
             43.
             
             Nusquam
             transferentes
             regulam
             ,
             neque
             errantes
             ab
             artifice
             ,
             neque
             abjicientes
             fidem
             —
          
           This
           rule
           of
           Faith
           is
           called
           somewhere
           by
           him
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           little
           body
           or
           System
           of
           Articles
           ,
           containing
           the
           sum
           and
           substance
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           Tertullian
           does
           also
           often
           mention
           the
           
             regula
             fidei
          
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           every
           where
           known
           and
           acknowledged
           ;
           as
           in
           his
           Book
           against
           Hermogenes
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           
             de
             praescript
             .
             cap.
             13.
             
             Apol.
             cap.
          
           47.
           
           And
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           
             de
             velandis
             Virginibus
          
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           
             Regula
             quidem
             fidei
             una
             omnino
             est
             ,
             soia
             ,
             immobilis
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             &
             irreformabilis
          
           ;
           and
           is
           the
           same
           with
           what
           he
           calls
           soon
           after
           ,
           
             Lex
             fidei
          
           ,
           or
           the
           unalterable
           Law
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           admits
           of
           no
           change
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Church
           has
           a
           Power
           in
           matters
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Discipline
           and
           external
           behaviour
           ,
           to
           make
           what
           alteration
           shall
           be
           judged
           most
           suitable
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           Piety
           ,
           Prudence
           ,
           Decency
           ,
           and
           to
           variety
           of
           Circumstances
           of
           places
           ,
           and
           times
           ,
           and
           other
           accidents
           .
           
             Hâc
             lege
             fidei
             manente
             ,
             caetera
             jam
             disciplinae
             &
             conversationis
             admittunt
             novitatem
             corrections
             ,
             operante
             scilicet
             &
             persiciente
             usque
             in
             finem
             gratiâ
             Dei.
          
           Thus
           in
           general
           there
           was
           an
           explicite
           rule
           of
           Faith
           ,
           
           or
           form
           of
           words
           in
           their
           times
           ,
           who
           lived
           toward
           the
           end
           of
           the
           second
           Century
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           form
           was
           the
           same
           in
           the
           main
           with
           what
           we
           call
           the
           Apostles
           Creed
           ,
           is
           next
           to
           be
           made
           out
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           do
           by
           laying
           down
           the
           words
           and
           Articles
           of
           that
           Form.
           I
           begin
           with
           
             Irenaeus
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             2.
             
             Ecclesia
             per
             universum
             orbem
             usque
             ad
             fines
             terrae
             seminata
             ,
             &
             ab
             Apostolis
             ,
             &
             à
             Discipulis
             eorum
             accepit
             eam
             fidem
             ,
             quae
             est
             in
             unum
             Deum
             Patrem
             omnipotentem
             qui
             fecit
             Coelum
             ,
             &
             terram
             ,
             mare
             ,
             &
             omnia
             quae
             in
             eis
             sunt
             ;
             &
             in
             unum
             Jesum
          
           Christum
           ,
           
             filium
             Dei
             ,
             incarnatum
             pro
             nostrâ
             salute
             ,
             &
             in
             Spiritum
             Sanctum
             ,
             qui
             per
             Prophetas
             praedicavit
             dispositiones
             Dei
             ,
             &
             adventum
             ,
             &
             eam
             ,
             quae
             est
             ex
             Virgine
             generationem
             ,
             &
             passionem
             ,
             &
             resurrectionem
             à
             mortuis
             ,
             &
             in
             carne
             in
             Coelos
             ascensionem
             dilecti
          
           Jesu
           Christi
           
             Domini
             nostri
             ,
             &
             de
             Coelis
             in
             gloriâ
             Patris
             adventum
             ejus
             ,
             ad
             recapitulanda
             universa
             ,
             &
             resuscitandam
             omnem
             carnem
             humani
             generis
             .
          
           Here
           is
           an
           explicite
           acknowledgment
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           received
           all
           the
           World
           over
           by
           all
           Orthodox
           Christians
           ,
           wherein
           they
           profess
           to
           believe
           in
           one
           God
           the
           Father
           Almighty
           ,
           maker
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           which
           are
           therein
           :
           And
           in
           one
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           incarnate
           ;
           that
           he
           was
           born
           of
           a
           Virgin
           ,
           suffered
           ,
           rose
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           shall
           come
           again
           in
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           shall
           raise
           the
           dead
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
           It
           is
           not
           here
           undertaken
           to
           be
           proved
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           same
           in
           every
           expression
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           variable
           ;
           or
           in
           all
           its
           clauses
           ,
           several
           of
           which
           were
           added
           in
           after
           times
           for
           wise
           and
           just
           reasons
           and
           ends
           mentioned
           before
           by
           Rufinus
           .
           But
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           beginning
           was
           ever
           the
           same
           ,
           the
           Article
           of
           one
           God
           ,
           Almighty
           ,
           
           maker
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           or
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           :
           For
           they
           were
           not
           confined
           to
           a
           Phrase
           ,
           and
           the
           explication
           was
           various
           :
           And
           then
           immediately
           follows
           the
           Article
           concerning
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           our
           Lord
           —
           this
           Solemn
           Profession
           being
           so
           common
           and
           universal
           ,
           that
           the
           Fathers
           who
           refer
           to
           it
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           thought
           it
           unnecessary
           oftentimes
           to
           repeat
           any
           more
           than
           the
           beginning
           ,
           the
           rest
           being
           easily
           understood
           .
           So
           ,
           l.
           1.
           c.
           19.
           
           
             Cùm
             teneamus
             nos
             autem
             regulam
             veritatis
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             quia
             sit
             unus
             Deus
             ,
             omnipotens
             ,
             qui
             omnia
             condidit
             per
             verbum
             suum
             &
             aptavit
             ,
             &
             fecit
             ex
             eo
             ,
             quod
             non
             erat
             ,
             ad
             hoc
             ,
             ut
             sint
             omnia
          
           —
           lib.
           2.
           cap.
           43.
           
           
             Nunquam
             transferentes
             regulam
             ,
             neque
             errantes
             ab
             artifice
             ,
             neque
             abjicientes
             fidem
             ,
             quae
             est
             in
             unum
             Deum
             ,
             qui
             fecit
             omnia
             .
          
           lib.
           4.
           cap.
           45.
           
           
             Hi
             &
             eam
             ,
             quae
             est
             in
             unum
             Deum
             ,
             qui
             omnia
             fecit
             ,
             fidem
             nostram
             custodiunt
             ,
             &
             eam
             ,
             quae
             est
             in
             Filium
             Dei
             ,
             dilectionem
             adaugent
             ,
             qui
             tantas
             dispositiones
             propter
             nos
             fecit
             :
          
           And
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           cap.
           62.
           
           
             Omnia
             er
             constant
             ,
             &
             in
             unum
             Deum
             Omnipotentem
             ,
             ex
             quo
             omnia
             ,
             fides
             integra
             ,
             &
             in
             Filium
             Dei
             Christum
             Jesum
             Dominum
             nostrum
             .
          
        
         
           He
           supposes
           all
           along
           ,
           that
           this
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           and
           particular
           form
           ,
           agreeable
           to
           what
           we
           find
           in
           the
           Creed
           ,
           was
           handed
           down
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Tradition
           from
           the
           Apostles
           .
           Thus
           ,
           lib.
           3.
           cap.
           3.
           speaking
           of
           St.
           Clement
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           he
           did
           
             annuntiare
             quam
             in
             recenti
             ab
             Apostolis
             receperant
             traditionem
             ,
             annuntiantem
             Unum
             Deum
             ,
             Omnipotentem
             ,
             factorem
             Coeli
             &
             terrae
             :
          
           But
           more
           expresly
           and
           fully
           in
           the
           
             4th
             .
             Cap.
             Quid
             autem
             si
             neque
             Apostoli
             quidem
             Scripturas
             reliquissent
             nobis
             ,
             nonne
             oportebat
             ordinem
             sequi
             traditionis
             ,
             quam
             tradiderunt
             
             iis
             ,
             quibus
             committebant
             Ecclesias
             ?
             Cur
             ordination
             assentiunt
             multae
             gentes
             Barbarorum
             ,
             quorum
             fortassè
             aliqui
             qui
             in
             Christum
             credunt
             ,
             sine
             chartâ
             &
             atramento
             Scriptam
             habentes
             per
             Spiritum
             in
             cordibus
             suis
             salutem
             ,
             &
             veterem
             traditionem
             diligenter
             custodientes
             ,
             in
             unum
             Deum
             credentes
             ,
             fabricatorem
             Coeli
             &
             terrae
             ,
             &
             omnium
             ,
             quae
             in
             iis
             sunt
             ,
             per
             Jesum
             Christum
             Dei
             filium
             .
             Qui
             propter
             eminentissimam
             erga
             figmentum
             suum
             dilectionem
             ,
             eam
             quae
             esset
             ex
             Virgine
             ,
             generationem
             sustinuit
             ,
             ipse
             per
             se
             hominem
             adunans
             Deo
             ,
             &
             passus
             sub
          
           Pontio
           Pilato
           ,
           
             &
             resurgens
             ,
             &
             in
             claritate
             receptus
             in
             gloriâ
             ,
             venturus
             salvator
             eorum
             ,
             qui
             salvantur
             ,
             &
             judex
             eorum
             ,
             qui
             judicantur
             ,
             &
             mittens
             in
             ignem
             aeternum
             transfiguratores
             veritatis
             &
             contemptores
             Patris
             sui
             &
             adventûs
             sui
             .
          
        
         
           To
           this
           form
           or
           rule
           Tertullian
           plainly
           alludes
           in
           his
           Book
           against
           Praxeas
           ,
           making
           it
           as
           Ancient
           as
           the
           first
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
             cap.
          
           2.
           
           
             Nos
             verò
             &
             semper
             &
             nunc
             magis
             ,
             ut
             instructiones
             per
             Paracletum
             ,
             deductorem
             Scil.
             omnis
             veritatis
             ,
             unicum
             quidem
             Deum
             Credimus
             ,
             sub
             hûc
             tamen
             dispensatione
             ,
             quam
             Oeconomiam
             credimus
             ,
             ut
             unici
             Dei
             sit
             &
             filius
             sermo
             ipsius
             ,
             qui
             ex
             ipso
             processerit
             ,
             per
             quem
             omnia
             facta
             sunt
             ,
             &
             sine
             quo
             factum
             est
             nihil
             .
             Hunc
             missum
             à
             Patre
             in
             Virginem
             ,
             &
             ex
             eâ
             natum
             hominem
             &
             Deum
             ,
             filium
             hominis
             ,
             &
             filium
             Dei
             ,
             &
             cognominatum
             Jesum
             Christum
             ,
             hunc
             passum
             ,
             hunc
             mortuum
             ,
             &
             sepultum
             secundum
             Scripturas
             ,
             &
             resuscitatum
             à
             Patre
             ,
             &
             in
             Caelos
             resumptum
             ,
             sedere
             ad
             dextram
             Patris
             ,
             venturum
             judicare
             vivos
             &
             mortuos
             ,
             qui
             exinde
             miserit
             secundum
             promissionem
             suam
             ,
             à
             Patre
             ,
             Spiritum
             Sanctum
             ,
             Paracletum
             ,
             Sanctificatorem
             fidei
             eorum
             ,
             qui
             credunt
             in
             Patrem
             ,
             &
             Filium
             ,
             &
             Spiritum
             Sanctum
             .
             Hanc
             regulam
             ab
             initio
             Evangelii
             decucurrisse
             etiam
             ante
             priores
             
             quosque
             haereticos
             ,
             nedum
             ante
             Praxean
             hesternum
             ,
             probabit
             tam
             ipsa
             Posteritas
             omnium
             haereticorum
             ,
             quam
             ipsa
             novellitas
             Praxeae
             hesterni
             .
          
           But
           more
           contractedly
           in
           his
           Book
           
             de
             velandis
             Virginibus
          
           ,
           thus
           ,
           
             Regula
             quidem
             sidei
             una
             omnino
             est
             ,
             sola
             ,
             immobilis
             ,
             &
             irreformabilis
             ,
             credendi
             Scil.
             in
             Unicum
             Deum
             ,
             Omnipotentem
             ,
             mundi
             conditorem
             &
             Filium
             eius
             Jesum
             Christum
             ,
             natum
             ex
             Virgine
          
           Mariâ
           ,
           
             crucisixum
             sub
          
           Pontio
           Pilato
           ,
           
             tertio
             die
             resuscitatum
             à
             mortuis
             ,
             receptum
             in
             Caelis
             ,
             sedentem
             nunc
             ad
             dextram
             Patris
             ,
             venturum
             judicare
             vivos
             &
             mortuos
             ,
             per
             carnis
             etiam
             resurrectionem
             .
          
        
         
           Novatianus
           ,
           a
           Roman
           Presbyter
           ,
           who
           lived
           about
           the
           Year
           240
           ,
           thus
           begins
           his
           Book
           
             de
             Trinitate
             .
             Regula
             exigit
             veritatis
             ,
             ut
             primò
             omnium
             credamus
             in
             Deum
             Patrem
             &
             dominum
             omnipotentem
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             verum
             omnium
             perfectissimum
             conditorem
             .
          
           Cap.
           9.
           
           
             Eadem
             regula
             veritatis
             docet
             nos
             credere
             ,
             post
             Patrem
             ,
             etiam
             in
             Filium
             Dei
             ,
             Christum
             Jesum
             dominum
             Deum
             nostrum
             ,
             Dei
             filium
             ,
             hujus
             Dei
             ,
             qui
             &
             unus
             &
             solus
             est
             ,
             conditor
             scilicet
             rerum
             omnium
             ;
             ut
             jam
             &
             superius
             expressum
             est
             .
          
           Cap.
           29.
           
           
             Sed
             enim
             odorationis
             &
             fidei
             auctoritas
             ,
             digestis
             vocibus
             &
             literis
             Domini
             ,
             admonet
             nos
             post
             hoc
             credere
             etiam
             in
             Spiritum
             Sanctum
             .
          
        
         
           That
           the
           Apostles
           made
           a
           Creed
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           according
           to
           the
           limitations
           laid
           down
           above
           ,
           is
           that
           Creed
           ;
           both
           History
           and
           Tradition
           justly
           induce
           us
           to
           believe
           ,
           and
           it
           appears
           hence
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           meer
           Fancy
           and
           conjecture
           of
           
             Vossius
             ,
             dissert
             .
             prima
             de
             tribus
             symbolis
             ,
             Sect.
          
           24.
           
           When
           he
           says
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           composed
           by
           the
           Bishop
           and
           Clergy
           of
           Rome
           ,
           (
           he
           means
           Pope
           Damasus
           )
           about
           the
           Year
           of
           Christ
           400.
           
           For
           besides
           what
           has
           been
           said
           already
           ,
           Rufinus
           ,
           who
           lived
           at
           that
           time
           in
           the
           Neighbouring
           Church
           of
           Aquileia
           ,
           speaks
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           of
           a
           most
           Ancient
           form
           in
           
           use
           in
           the
           preceding
           Ages
           :
           And
           
             Vigilius
             ,
             lib.
          
           4.
           contra
           Eutychem
           ,
           who
           lived
           about
           the
           Year
           of
           Christ
           500
           ,
           under
           Zeno
           and
           Anastasius
           ,
           puts
           it
           out
           of
           all
           doubt
           ,
           quoting
           the
           words
           of
           St.
           Leo
           ,
           and
           answering
           the
           objection
           from
           the
           variety
           of
           the
           reading
           .
           
             Universitas
             prositetur
             credere
             se
             in
             Deum
             Patrem
             omnipotentem
             ,
             &
             in
             Jesum
             Christum
             silium
             eius
             Dominum
             nostrum
             .
             Huic
             capitulo
             ob
             id
             iste
             calumniatur
             ;
             cur
             non
             ,
             dixit
             ,
             in
             unum
             Jesum
             Christum
             ,
             silium
             ejus
             ,
             juxtà
          
           Nicaeni
           
             decretum
             consilii
             ?
             Sed
          
           Roma
           
             &
             antequam
          
           Nicaena
           
             Synodus
             conveniret
             ,
             à
             temporibus
             Apostolorum
             usque
             ad
             nunc
             ,
             &
             sub
             beatae
             memoriae
             Caelestino
             ,
             cui
             iste
             rectae
             fidei
             testimonium
             reddidit
             ,
             ità
             sidelibus
             symbolum
             tradidit
             ,
             nec
             praejudicant
             verba
             ubi
             sensus
             incolumis
             permanet
             .
          
           This
           Creed
           was
           in
           use
           in
           the
           Roman
           Church
           long
           before
           the
           times
           of
           the
           first
           Council
           at
           Nice
           ;
           yea
           ,
           from
           the
           first
           times
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
           St.
           Leo
           ,
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Empress
           
             Pulcheria
             ,
             Epist.
          
           27.
           
           
             Ipsius
             Catholicae
             symboli
             brevis
             &
             perfecta
             confessio
             ,
             quae
             duodecim
             Apostolorum
             totidem
             est
             signata
             sententiis
             ,
             tam
             instructa
             sit
             in
             munitione
             Caelesti
             ,
             ut
             omnes
             haereticorum
             opiniones
             solo
             possint
             gladio
             detruncari
             .
          
           Serm.
           24.
           
           
             Catholici
             &
             Apostolici
             symboli
             regula
          
           .
           Serm.
           60.
           
           
             Qui
             est
             de
             Passione
             Domini
             Christi
             hâc
             sidei
             regulà
             ,
             diledissimi
             ,
             quam
             in
             ipso
             exordio
             symboli
             per
             auctoritatem
             Apostolicae
             institutionis
             accepimus
             .
          
           Serm.
           93.
           
           
             Instituto
             à
             S.
             Apostolis
             Symbolo
             repugnantes
             .
          
           And
           above
           one
           hundred
           Years
           before
           him
           ,
           oo
           St.
           Ambrose
           ,
           and
           other
           Bishops
           with
           him
           ,
           in
           an
           Epistle
           to
           Pope
           
             Syricius
             ,
             Credatur
             Symbolo
             Apostolorum
             ,
             quod
             Ecclesia
             Romana
             intemeratum
             semper
             custod●t
             &
             servat
             .
          
           The
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           made
           by
           Marcellus
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Anerra
           ,
           during
           his
           stay
           at
           Rome
           with
           Pope
           Juli●●
           ,
           agrees
           almost
           in
           
           every
           particular
           with
           the
           Apostolical
           form
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           here
           set
           down
           out
           of
           
             Epiphanius
             ,
             haeres
             .
             72.
             
             Sect.
          
           3.
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
         
           This
           must
           be
           before
           the
           Year
           352.
           in
           which
           Pope
           Julius
           dyed
           :
           And
           Marcellus
           himself
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           made
           Bishop
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Constantine
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           his
           Subscription
           to
           the
           Ancyran
           Council
           ,
           which
           was
           held
           some
           few
           Years
           before
           that
           at
           Nice
           ,
           only
           lived
           to
           the
           Year
           of
           Christ
           373.
           
           So
           that
           these
           instances
           sufficiently
           demonstrate
           ,
           that
           this
           Apostolical
           form
           was
           used
           in
           the
           Roman
           Church
           before
           the
           Year
           400
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           assertion
           of
           
             Vossius
             ,
             pag.
          
           18.
           
           But
           whether
           it
           was
           used
           elsewhere
           or
           no
           ,
           we
           shall
           see
           presently
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           be
           altogether
           impertinent
           to
           alledge
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           Creed
           ,
           as
           now
           we
           have
           it
           ,
           
             totidem
             syllabis
          
           :
           For
           this
           no
           one
           ever
           thought
           of
           ;
           but
           the
           question
           is
           double
           ,
           whether
           the
           Apostles
           made
           a
           form
           of
           Faith
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           new
           Converts
           ,
           or
           no
           ;
           and
           whether
           this
           form
           is
           not
           the
           same
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           notwithstanding
           those
           few
           insertions
           and
           variations
           ,
           which
           were
           made
           before
           it
           was
           thus
           fixt
           .
           For
           the
           affirmative
           of
           both
           which
           ,
           we
           have
           positive
           Proofs
           ,
           and
           nothing
           of
           any
           moment
           is
           alledged
           by
           Vossius
           to
           invalidate
           either
           them
           or
           the
           Tradition
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           All
           his
           other
           Arguments
           are
           such
           as
           these
           ;
           that
           if
           the
           Apostles
           had
           agreed
           upon
           any
           form
           ,
           St.
           Luke
           ,
           who
           wrote
           their
           Acts
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           omitted
           it
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           would
           have
           transcribed
           it
           into
           their
           Epistles
           .
           But
           the
           
           Creed
           is
           supposed
           all
           along
           in
           the
           Apostolical
           writings
           ,
           which
           were
           written
           to
           such
           ,
           as
           had
           been
           already
           Converted
           to
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           not
           to
           be
           look'd
           upon
           as
           an
           Institution
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Direction
           to
           and
           confirmation
           of
           them
           in
           the
           Christian
           Doctrine
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           necessity
           that
           it
           should
           be
           put
           down
           in
           writing
           ,
           it
           being
           short
           ,
           and
           easily
           remembred
           ;
           as
           St.
           Hierome
           justly
           supposes
           ,
           
             ad
             Pammachium
             ,
             61
             Epist.
             In
             Symbolo
             fidei
             &
             spei
             nostrae
             ,
             quod
             ab
             Apostolis
             traditum
             ,
             non
             scribitur
             in
             chartâ
             &
             atramento
             ,
             sed
             in
             tabulis
             cordis
             carnalibus
             .
          
           b
           Again
           ,
           he
           pretends
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           had
           been
           such
           a
           form
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           been
           the
           same
           every
           where
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           was
           so
           in
           effect
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           main
           :
           And
           we
           shall
           shew
           presently
           ,
           that
           the
           Oriental
           Creed
           was
           not
           so
           different
           in
           the
           expression
           ,
           but
           that
           at
           first
           it
           might
           be
           the
           very
           same
           ,
           those
           varieties
           happening
           upon
           the
           occasions
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           to
           secure
           the
           Catholick
           Doctrine
           against
           the
           innovations
           of
           Hereticks
           .
           Again
           ,
           he
           pretends
           ,
           that
           granting
           such
           additions
           to
           have
           been
           made
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           imagined
           more
           irreligious
           ,
           than
           to
           suppose
           the
           Holy
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           to
           have
           razed
           many
           things
           out
           of
           this
           Apostolical
           form
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           a
           bare
           supposition
           of
           his
           own
           ;
           nor
           can
           it
           be
           proved
           ,
           that
           ever
           any
           such
           thing
           was
           so
           much
           as
           ever
           attempted
           ;
           for
           they
           only
           added
           a
           few
           words
           for
           necessary
           explication
           .
           Again
           ,
           he
           pretends
           ,
           that
           no
           Ecclesiastical
           Writer
           or
           Council
           make
           mention
           of
           it
           .
           To
           the
           former
           part
           of
           his
           Assertion
           we
           oppose
           the
           Authorities
           of
           
             Irenaeus
             ,
             Tertullian
             ,
             Novatianus
          
           ,
           St.
           
           Ambrose
           ,
           St.
           
             Hierome
             ,
             Rufinus
          
           ,
           St.
           
             Leo
             ,
             Vigilius
          
           —
           And
           for
           the
           Greek
           Historians
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           they
           ,
           following
           the
           Opinion
           and
           Acknowledgment
           of
           the
           Nicene
           Fathers
           ,
           look'd
           upon
           that
           form
           ,
           making
           some
           allowances
           ,
           to
           be
           derived
           from
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Articles
           ,
           but
           as
           to
           the
           expressions
           :
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           
             Epiphanius
             in
             Anchorato
          
           ,
           just
           after
           he
           had
           repeated
           the
           Nicene
           Creed
           .
           We
           are
           therefore
           in
           the
           next
           place
           to
           enquire
           ,
           whether
           there
           was
           not
           a
           form
           of
           Faith
           used
           in
           the
           Oriental
           Churches
           ,
           long
           before
           the
           Council
           at
           Nice
           ,
           and
           what
           that
           was
           .
        
         
           a
           
             Eusebius
             Pamphili
          
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Caesarea
           in
           Palaestine
           ,
           proposed
           a
           Creed
           ,
           or
           form
           of
           Faith
           to
           the
           Emperour
           and
           Nicene
           Fathers
           ,
           which
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           he
           had
           received
           from
           the
           Bishops
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           taught
           and
           Catechized
           in
           ,
           and
           made
           profession
           of
           at
           his
           Baptism
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           establishment
           and
           order
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           .
           The
           ground
           of
           this
           ,
           those
           great
           and
           wise
           Men
           ,
           who
           were
           Assembled
           in
           that
           Council
           ,
           thought
           sit
           to
           retain
           ,
           making
           some
           alterations
           and
           additions
           ,
           which
           were
           judged
           necessary
           to
           confound
           the
           Heresie
           of
           Arius
           ,
           which
           had
           distracted
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           disturbed
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
           The
           b
           Fathers
           of
           the
           first
           Council
           at
           Constantinople
           call
           this
           Nicene
           form
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           most
           Ancient
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           pronounced
           by
           the
           Candidates
           of
           Baptism
           .
           If
           the
           form
           of
           the
           old
           Jerusalem
           Creed
           were
           entirely
           extant
           (
           part
           of
           which
           we
           have
           in
           the
           Liturgy
           of
           St.
           James
           )
           the
           matter
           would
           then
           be
           put
           out
           of
           doubt
           ;
           for
           that
           it
           was
           more
           contracted
           than
           that
           form
           ,
           which
           St.
           Cyril
           about
           the
           Year
           350
           explained
           in
           his
           Learned
           
           Lectures
           or
           Institutions
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           had
           been
           Baptized
           ,
           appears
           by
           the
           Fragment
           preserved
           .
        
         
           The
           form
           which
           Eusebius
           presented
           to
           the
           Emperour
           and
           Council
           ,
           was
           thus
           .
           
             We
             believe
             in
             one
             God
             ,
             the
             Father
             ,
             Almighty
             ,
             Creator
             of
             all
             things
             visible
             and
             invisible
             ;
             and
             in
             one
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             God
             of
             God
             ,
             light
             of
             light
             ,
             life
             of
             life
             ,
             the
             only
             begotten
             Son
             ,
             the
             first-born
             of
             every
             Creature
             ,
             begotten
             of
             God
             the
             Father
             before
             all
             Worlds
             ,
             by
             whom
             all
             things
             were
             made
             ,
             who
             for
             our
             Salvation
             was
             Incarnate
             ,
             and
             conversed
             among
             men
             ;
             he
             Suffered
             ,
             and
             rose
             the
             third
             day
             ,
             and
             ascended
             to
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             come
             again
             with
             glory
             to
             Judge
             both
             the
             quick
             and
             the
             dead
             —
             We
             believe
             also
             in
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             —
          
           I
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           the
           old
           form
           used
           from
           the
           beginning
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           plain
           from
           the
           very
           contexture
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           omission
           of
           some
           Clauses
           by
           the
           Nicene
           Fathers
           ,
           that
           they
           lookt
           upon
           this
           as
           interpolated
           .
           It
           being
           certain
           and
           undoubted
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           an
           old
           Apostolical
           form
           ,
           or
           form
           used
           from
           the
           very
           beginnings
           of
           Christianity
           to
           be
           profest
           at
           Baptism
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           chief
           Sees
           thought
           themselves
           at
           liberty
           to
           explain
           or
           add
           ,
           as
           they
           judged
           most
           proper
           for
           the
           time
           wherein
           they
           lived
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           true
           Reason
           ,
           as
           I
           must
           intimate
           again
           ,
           why
           the
           forms
           are
           so
           various
           .
           And
           especially
           when
           we
           consider
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           the
           form
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           the
           chief
           design
           of
           this
           Profession
           of
           Faith
           made
           at
           the
           receiving
           it
           ,
           was
           an
           explicite
           acknowledgment
           of
           each
           of
           the
           three
           Persons
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Trinity
           :
           And
           accordingly
           here
           the
           Nicene
           Creed
           stops
           (
           for
           that
           which
           is
           commonly
           called
           so
           ,
           ought
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           several
           additions
           ,
           to
           be
           called
           the
           Constantinopolitan
           Creed
           .
           )
           Though
           that
           in
           some
           other
           old
           Creeds
           were
           added
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           of
           everlasting
           Life
           ,
           appears
           from
           the
           a
           Confession
           of
           the
           Bishops
           met
           at
           Antioch
           not
           long
           after
           under
           Constantius
           .
           And
           that
           of
           one
           Church
           also
           ,
           in
           others
           ,
           as
           St.
           b
           Jerome
           positively
           asserts
           .
           And
           that
           of
           Remission
           of
           Sins
           ,
           
           and
           everlasting
           Life
           ,
           is
           clear
           from
           St.
           c
           Cyprian
           .
           Agreeably
           to
           this
           ,
           Vossius
           supposeth
           the
           old
           Eastern
           Creed
           to
           be
           this
           ,
           or
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           
             I
             believe
             in
             God
             the
             Father
             Almighty
             ,
             maker
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             visible
             and
             invisible
             ;
             and
             in
             one
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             the
             only
             Begotten
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             for
             us
             men
             ,
             and
             for
             our
             Salvation
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             was
             Incarnate
             ,
             and
             was
             made
             man
             :
             He
             suffered
             ,
             and
             rose
             the
             third
             day
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             ascended
             into
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             come
             again
             to
             judge
             both
             the
             quick
             and
             the
             dead
             .
             And
             (
             I
             believe
             )
             in
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
        
         
           If
           this
           should
           be
           allowed
           him
           ,
           which
           has
           no
           other
           Authority
           but
           his
           own
           conjecture
           ,
           yet
           we
           may
           hence
           conclude
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           Eastern
           and
           the
           Western
           Churches
           may
           well
           and
           justly
           pretend
           to
           derive
           their
           forms
           from
           the
           Apostles
           :
           Which
           must
           be
           understood
           as
           to
           the
           ground
           of
           each
           Creed
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           general
           .
           For
           that
           the
           Apostles
           did
           Pen
           every
           word
           ,
           or
           every
           Article
           of
           the
           Creed
           ,
           which
           now
           bears
           their
           Name
           ,
           was
           never
           pretended
           or
           asserted
           by
           any
           one
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           contrary
           is
           now
           ,
           and
           was
           Anciently
           acknowledged
           ,
           and
           the
           variety
           of
           forms
           in
           the
           chief
           Apostolical
           Sees
           ,
           used
           according
           to
           the
           exigence
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           is
           a
           convincing
           Proof
           .
           But
           this
           doth
           not
           hinder
           ,
           but
           rather
           suppose
           ;
           that
           there
           was
           a
           short
           Form
           proposed
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           the
           Ancient
           Writers
           have
           asserted
           :
           And
           that
           the
           old
           
             Oriental
             Creed
          
           ,
           and
           the
           old
           Roman
           are
           almost
           in
           expression
           ,
           but
           wholly
           in
           effect
           ,
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           consequently
           Apostolical
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A60585-e250
           
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             —
             as
             in
             that
             Excellent
             Speech
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Constantine
             to
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             upon
             the
             breaking
             up
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Nice
             ,
             just
             before
             their
             departure
             to
             their
             respective
             Dioceses
             :
             In
             Eusebius
             ,
             in
             his
             Life
             ,
             
               Lib.
               3.
               
               Cap.
            
             21.
             
          
           
             b
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             a
             St.
             John
             14.
             26.
             
             &
             Ch.
             16.
             13.
             1
             
             St.
             John
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             b
             Nobis
             nihil
             ex
             nostro
             arbitrio
             inducere
             licet
             ,
             sed
             nec
             eligere
             ,
             quod
             aliquis
             de
             arbitrio
             suo
             induxerit
             .
             Apostolos
             Domini
             habemus
             auctores
             ,
             qui
             nec
             ipsi
             quicquam
             ex
             suo
             arbitrio
             ,
             quod
             inducerent
             ,
             elegerunt
             ;
             sed
             acceptam
             à
             Christo
             Disciplinam
             fideliter
             nationibus
             adsignaverunt
             .
             Tertullianus
             de
             Praescripti
             :
             haeret
             .
             Cap.
             6.
             
             Expeditè
             praescribimus
             adulteris
             nostris
             ,
             illam
             esse
             regulam
             veritatis
             ,
             quae
             veniat
             à
             Christo
             ,
             transmissa
             per
             comites
             ipsius
             ,
             quibus
             aliquanto
             posteriores
             diversi
             isti
             Commentatores
             probabuntur
             .
             
               Apologet.
               Cap.
            
             47.
             
          
           
             a
             Hanc
             tibi
             fossam
             determinavit
             ipse
             ,
             (
             Christus
             )
             qui
             te
             non
             vult
             aliud
             credere
             ,
             quam
             quod
             instituit
             ,
             ideóque
             nec
             quaerere
             .
             
               Tertul.
               de
               Praescript
               .
               Cap.
            
             10.
             
          
           
             o
             V.
             Tertullianum
             
               de
               Praescript
               .
               haeret
            
             .
             Cap.
             21.
             
          
           
             c
             See
             
               Vincentius
               Lirinensis
            
             excellently
             treating
             of
             this
             Argument
             in
             the
             32
             Chapter
             of
             his
             Commonitorium
             .
          
           
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Theodotus
             Ancyranus
             
               in
               expositione
               symboli
            
             Nicaem
             Romae
             8.
             1669
             
             Speaking
             of
             the
             Union
             of
             the
             two
             Natures
             in
             the
             single
             Person
             of
             
               Christ.
               pag.
            
             26.
             
          
           
             o
             But
             of
             this
             see
             the
             Appendix
             .
          
           
             o
             Sciendum
             sanè
             est
             ,
             quod
             in
             Ecclesiae
             Romanae
             symbolo
             non
             habetur
             additum
             ,
             descendit
             ad
             inferna
             :
             Sed
             neque
             in
             Orient
             is
             Ecclestis
             habetur
             hic
             sermo
             .
             Vis
             tamen
             verbi
             eadem
             videtur
             esse
             in
             eo
             ,
             quod
             sepultus
             dicitur
             .
             Rufinus
             .
          
           
             oo
             Rufinus
             Presbyter
             Ecclesiae
             Aquileiensis
             in
             expositione
             symboli
             Apostolici
             .
             Priusquam
             incipiam
             de
             ipsis
             sermonum
             virtutibus
             disputare
             ,
             illud
             non
             importunè
             commonendum
             Puto
             ,
             quod
             in
             diversis
             Ecclesiis
             aliqua
             in
             his
             verbis
             inveniuntur
             adjecta
             .
             In
             Ecclesiâ
             tamen
             Urbis
             Romae
             hoc
             non
             deprehenditur
             factum
             .
             Quod
             ego
             propterea
             esse
             arbitror
             ,
             quod
             neque
             heresis
             ulla
             illic
             sumpsit
             exordium
             :
             Et
             mos
             inibi
             servatur
             antiquus
             ,
             eos
             qui
             gratiam
             baptismi
             suscepturi
             sunt
             publicè
             ,
             id
             est
             fidelium
             populo
             audiente
             ,
             symbolum
             reddere
             :
             Et
             utique
             adjectionem
             hujus
             saltem
             sermonis
             eorum
             qui
             praecesserunt
             in
             fide
             ,
             non
             admittit
             auditus
             .
             In
             ceteris
             autem
             locis
             ,
             quantum
             intelligi
             datur
             ,
             propter
             nonnullos
             haereticos
             addit
             a
             quaedam
             videntur
             ,
             per
             quae
             novellae
             doctrinae
             sensus
             crederetur
             excludi
             .
          
           
             p
             V.
             Eusebium
             
               de
               vitâ
            
             Constantini
             .
             Lib.
             3.
             
             Cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             q
             Epiphanius
             in
             Anchorato
             versus
             finem
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             a
             
               V.
               Theodotum
               Ancyranum
            
             in
             exposit
             .
             symb
             .
             
               Nic.
               pag.
            
             88.
             
             Et
             professionem
             fidei
             à
             Romano
             Pontifice
             haberi
             solitam
             in
             libre
             diurno
             Pontif.
             Roman
             .
             pag.
             35.
             —
             Secundum
             Constantinopolitanum
             adaequè
             Sanctum
             ;
             certum
             quoque
             quinquaginta
             Patrum
             Concilium
             sub
             Imperialis
             memoriae
             majore
             Theodosio
             ,
             in
             Regiam
             Urbem
             concurrens
             ,
             quod
             symbolo
             deesse
             putabatur
             exposuit
             ,
             &
             gratiâ
             Spiritûs
             Sancti
             in
             lustrante
             ,
             Deum
             esse
             Spiritum
             Sanctum
             ,
             Patrique
             &
             filio
             ,
             utpote
             consubstantialem
             ,
             coadorandum
             annexit
             .
          
           
             b
             Athanasius
             Epistolâ
             ad
             Jovianum
             Imperatorem
             ,
             de
             fide
             .
             
               Of
               the
            
             Nicene
             Creed
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               And
               a
               little
               after
            
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             —
             
               Theodotus
               Ancyran
            
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             pag.
             30.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             —
             p.
             31.
             
             Si
             quis
             hanc
             fidem
             non
             habet
             ,
             Catholicus
             dici
             non
             potest
             ;
             quia
             Catholicam
             non
             tenet
             fidem
             ,
             &
             ideò
             alienus
             est
             &
             profanus
             ,
             &
             adversus
             veritatem
             rebellis
             .
             V.
             Fidem
             S.
             Ambrosii
             apud
             
               Lambec
               .
               Lib.
               2.
               
               Comment
               .
               de
               Bibl.
               Caesar.
               Cap.
               5.
               p.
            
             268.
             
          
           
             o
             S.
             Leo
             in
             sermone
             23.
             qui
             est
             de
             nativitate
             Domini
             IV.
             Nisi
             una
             est
             fides
             non
             est
             .
          
           
             o
             Constantiue
             ,
             in
             his
             Letter
             to
             the
             Churches
             concerning
             the
             Nicene
             Council
             ,
             Apud
             Eused
             .
             
               in
               vitâ
               ipsius
            
             .
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             18.
             —
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             p
             Theodotus
             speaking
             of
             the
             Nestorians
             of
             his
             time
             —
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             pag.
             7.
             
          
           
             a
             Mos
             inibi
             
               (
               Romae
            
             )
             servatur
             antiquus
             ,
             eos
             qui
             gratiam
             Baptismi
             suscepturi
             sunt
             ,
             publicè
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             sidelium
             populo
             audiente
             ,
             symbolum
             reddere
             .
             
               Thus
               he
            
             :
             Leo
             Magnus
             ,
             Epist.
             24.
             ad
             Flavianum
             Episc.
             contra
             Eutychem
             ;
             quam
             eruditionem
             de
             Sacris
             novi
             ac
             veteris
             Testamenti
             paginis
             acquisivit
             ,
             qui
             ne
             ipsius
             quidem
             symboli
             initia
             comprehendit
             ;
             &
             quod
             per
             totum
             mundum
             omnium
             regenerandorum
             voce
             depromitur
             ,
             istius
             adhuc
             senis
             corde
             non
             capitur
             .
             Epistolū
             97.
             ad
             Monachos
             Palaestinos
             —
             quae
             tanta
             extitet
             decipientis
             astulia
             ,
             ut
             obliti
             Prophetarum
             &
             Apostolo
             lorum
             ,
             obliti
             symboli
             salutaris
             &
             confessionis
             ,
             〈◊〉
             pronunciantes
             coram
             multis
             testibus
             ,
             Sacramentum
             Baptismi
             suscepistis
             ,
             diabolicis
             vos
             illusionibus
             sub
             leretis
             ?
             
               This
               for
               the
               Western
               Church
               .
               For
               the
               like
               Practise
               of
               the
               Eastern
               Churches
               ,
               we
               have
               the
               Authority
               of
            
             Eusebius
             apud
             Socratem
             ,
             Hist.
             Eccles.
             lib.
             1.
             c.
             5.
             
             &
             Theodorit
             .
             l.
             1.
             c.
             12.
             
               and
               of
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Council
               held
               at
            
             Constantinople
             under
             Theodosius
             ,
             
               in
               their
               Synodical
               Epistle
               to
               Pope
            
             Damasus
             ,
             St.
             Ambrose
             ,
             
               and
               the
               other
               Bishops
               of
               the
               West
               ,
               speaking
               of
               the
            
             Nicene
             
               Creed
               then
               established
               ,
               but
               referring
               also
               to
               the
               Ancient
               Oriental
               Creed
               ,
               and
               the
               practise
               of
               the
               Ages
               before
               them
               .
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             —
             apud
             
               Theodore
               lib.
               5.
               c.
               9.
               
               Besides
               others
               elsewhere
               mentioned
               .
            
          
           
             aa
             This
             Objection
             was
             made
             of
             old
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             
               St.
               Augustines
            
             time
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             his
             Book
             
               de
               fide
               &
               operibus
            
             :
             To
             which
             he
             returns
             this
             just
             Answer
             ,
             
               cap.
               9.
               
               Nunc
               ergo
               placet
               ,
               ut
               hoc
               solum
               homines
               respondeant
               ,
               &
               continuo
               baptizentur
               ,
               nihil
               de
               Spiritu
               Sancto
               ,
               nihil
               de
               Sanctâ
               Ecclesiâ
               ,
               nihil
               de
               remissione
               peccatorum
               ,
               nihil
               de
               resurrectione
               mortuorum
               ,
               postremò
               de
               ipso
               Jesu
               Christo
               nihil
               ,
               nisi
               quia
               filius
               Dei
               est
               ;
               non
               de
               incarnatione
               ejus
               ex
               Virgine
               ,
               de
               passione
               ,
               de
               morte
               crucis
               ,
               de
               Sepulturâ
               ,
               de
               tertii
               diei
               resurrectione
               ,
               de
               ascensione
               ac
               sede
               ad
               dextram
               Patris
               aliquid
               dicendum
               est
               Catechizanti
               ,
               ac
               profitendum
               credenti
               ?
            
             By
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             his
             judgment
             ,
             that
             a
             more
             explicite
             form
             was
             then
             made
             ,
             and
             consequently
             that
             this
             bare
             Confession
             was
             attended
             with
             it
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             does
             necessarily
             suppose
             and
             involve
             it
             .
             See
             more
             to
             this
             purpose
             in
             the
             same
             Author
             at
             large
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A60585-e5460
           
             a
             Lib.
             1.
             adv
             .
             haereses
             ,
             cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             oo
             Epist.
             lib.
             1.
             
             Epist.
             7.
             
             〈…〉
             1614.
             
             〈…〉
             1538.
             
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             b
             Rufinus
             in
             expositione
             Symboli
             idcirco
             non
             scribi
             chartulis
             atque
             membranis
             ,
             sed
             retineri
             cordibus
             tradiderunt
             :
             Ut
             certum
             esset
             neminem
             haec
             ex
             lectione
             ,
             quae
             interdum
             per
             venire
             etiam
             ad
             Infideles
             solet
             ,
             sed
             ex
             Apostolorum
             traditione
             didicisse
             .
             Facundus
             Hermianensis
             in
             defensione
             trium
             Capitulorum
             Concilii
             Chalcedonensis
             ,
             lib.
             8.
             cap.
             7.
             
             Sic
             nec
             generali
             Symbolo
             fidei
             Christianae
             ,
             quâ
             initiamur
             ,
             quicquam
             est
             fortius
             ,
             quam
             vis
             non
             Scripto
             non
             tradatur
             .
          
           
             a
             In
             Epistolâ
             ad
             suos
             Caesarienses
             apud
             Socrat.
             Histor.
             Eccles.
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             8
             Theodorit
             .
             Hist.
             Eccl.
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             12.
             
          
           
             b
             Theodorit
             .
             lib.
             5.
             cap.
             9.
             
          
           
             a
             Socrat.
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             10.
             
          
           
             b
             In
             Symbolo
             fidei
             &
             spei
             nostrae
             ,
             quod
             ab
             Apostolis
             traditur
             ,
             non
             scribitur
             ,
             in
             chartis
             &
             atramento
             ,
             sed
             tabulis
             cordis
             carnalibus
             ,
             per
             confessionem
             Trinitatis
             &
             unitatem
             Ecclesse
             ,
             omne
             Christiani
             dogmatis
             Sacramentum
             carnis
             resurrectione
             concluditur
             .
             Epist.
             61.
             ad
             Pammachium
             adversus
             errores
             
               Joannis
               Hierosolymitani
            
             .
          
           
             c
             Epist.
             70.
             
             Sed
             &
             ipsa
             interrogatio
             ,
             quae
             fit
             in
             Baptismo
             ,
             est
             testis
             veritatis
             .
             Nam
             cum
             dicimus
             ,
             credis
             in
             vitam
             aeternam
             &
             remissionem
             peccatorum
             per
             Sanctam
             Ecclesiam
             ,
             intelligimus
             remissionem
             peccatorum
             non
             nisi
             in
             Ecclesiâ
             dari
             .
             Epist.
             76.
             
             Magno
             .
             Quod
             si
             aliquis
             illud
             opponit
             ,
             ut
             dicat
             eandem
             Novatianum
             legem
             tenere
             ,
             quam
             Ecclesia
             Catholica
             teneat
             ,
             eodem
             Symbolo
             ,
             quo
             &
             nos
             Baptizare
             ,
             &c.
             
             Nam
             cum
             dicunt
             ,
             credis
             remissionem
             peccatorum
             &
             vitam
             aeternam
             per
             Sanctam
             Ecclesiam
             ,
             mentiuntur
             in
             interrogatione
             ,
             quando
             non
             habeant
             Ecclesiam
             .