The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter, Part 3
THE FOVRME OF ABIVRAtion of heresie, & confessiō; of faith, which they which hauehave swarued from the faith, and pretende to be receyued into the Church, ought to make.
THIS IS THE ABIVRATION which they caused all of the Religion to make in France, to saue their liues. Printed at Paris by Nicolas Roffet, dwelling in the new streate of our Ladie, at the signe of the Mower: with the Kings Priuilege.
FIrst, they whiche hauehave swarued from the faith, and desire to returne into the compasse of our holy mother Church, ought to present themselues to their Curates or vicars to be instructed of that which they ought to doe: that done, they shal be sent vntounto the reuerend▪ Byshop of the dioces or his Chauncellour or officiall, to make the sayd Abiuration and confession in maner and forme following.
IN. borne at. &c. in the dioces of. &c. and dwelling. &c. acknowledging by the grace of God the true faith Catholike and Apostolike from the which I hauehave through my fault gone astray and separated my selfe since. &c. and desirous to returne to the flocke of Christes true shepefold, which is the Catholike, Apostolike, and Romish Church, confesse to hauehave Abiured and cursed all the errours and heresie of the Lutherians, Caluinistes, and Hugonotes, and all other heresie whatsoeuer wherwith I hauehave heretofore beene diffamed or touched: and I agree to the fayth of our holy mother the Churche, and desire you in the name of God, of his sonne Iesus Church, and of the glorious Virgin his mother Marie, and of all the Sainctes of Paradice, that it woulde please you to receiue me into the flocke and shepefolde of Gods people, which liue vnderunder the obedience of the Pope ordained our Sauiour Iesus Christs vicar in the sayd Church, submitting my selfe paciently to abyde and willingly to doe the pennance which it shall please you to enioyne me for the absolution of my faults committed, whilest I was in the foresayd sectes, whereof I aske and require pardon of God, and of his sayd Churche, and of you (that be appoynted my pastor by God the Creator) absolution, with such penance as you shall iudge to be holsome for the satisfaction of my sinnes and offences. And to the intent you shoulde knowe that I hauehave and doe make this Abiuration from my heart, I confesse moreouer before God and you, that I beleeue that which is contayned in the Simbole or Creede of the Apostles, and Athanasius, and other confessions of faith made and approued by the whole Councels of the Catholike, Apostolike, and Romish Church: that is: I beleeue in one onelyonly God, the father almightie, Creator of Heauen and Earth, and of all things visible and inuisible, and in one L. our Lord Iesus Christ, the onelyonly sonne engendred by God the father before the constitucion of the worlde, God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, engendred not Created, Consubstantiall with the Father by whom all things were made, who for vsus mē, and for our saluation, descended from heauen. &c. as in the beliefe of Morning prayer. I beleeue likewise, acknowledge and confesse all that which is contayned in the bookes as well of the olde as of the newe testament, approued by the sayde holie and Apostolike church of Rome, according to the sense & interpretation of the holy Doctours receiued by the same, reiecting all other interpretation as false and erroneous. I acknowledge the seuen Sacramentes of the sayde Catholike, Apostolike and Romishe Churche, that they were instituted by our L. Iesus Christ, and that they be necessarie for the saluation of mankind, although that all of them are not of necessitie to be conferred to all, that is to say. I confesse that the sayd seuen Sacramentes are these, Baptisme, Confirmation, Eucharist which is the Sacrament of the altar, Penance, extreme vnction, Order, and Mariage, and that the sayd Sacraments confer grace, & that of them, Baptisme, Confirmatiō, & Order, can not be reiterated without sacrilege. That the sayd Sacraments hauehave the effect whiche the sayd Church teacheth, and that the forme & vsage wherwith they be ministred to Christians, is holie and necessarie. I acknowledge also that the holy Masse is a sacrifice and oblation of the verie bodie and bloud of our sauiour Iesus Christ vnderunder the forme of bread and wyne mingled with water, whiche substaunces of bread and wyne vnderunder the sayde formes (are in the Masse by the words which serue for consecration, sayd and pronounced by the Priest) transubstanciated and trans formed into the substance of the ſayd body and blood of Iesus Christ. Notwithstanding, that the qualities and accidentes remayne in the sayd formes after the sayd consecration, and that the Masse is holesome and profitable as well for the quicke as the deade. I acknowledge and confesse the cōcomitance, that is to say, that in receiuing the body of Iesus christ vnderunder the forme of bread alone, I likewise receiue the blood of Iesus Christ. I confesse that Prayer and intercession of Sainctes for the quicke and the dead is holie, good and helthfull for Christians, and is not contrary (for any respect) to the glory of God. That prayers made in the Churche for the faithfull which are dead, do profit them for the remission of their sinnes, and lessening of their paines incurred for the same. That there is a Purgatorie where the soules abyding are succoured by the prayers of the faythfull. I confesse that we muste honor and call vponupon the sainctes which raigne with Iesus Christ, and that they make intercession for vsus to God, & that their Reliques are to be worshipped. That the commaundements and traditions of the Catholike, Apostolike, and Romishe Church as well they which pertaine to the forme and ceremonies of diuine seruice, and to assist the same, which I thinke be to drawe Christian people to pitie and turning to their God; as fasting, absteyning from meates, obseruation of holy dayes, and ecclesiasticall pollicie, according to the tradition of the Apostles and holy Fathers continued since the primitiue Church till this time, and afterwards brought into the Church by the ordinances of Counsels receiued in the same of long and auncient time, or of late, be good and holy, to the whiche I will and ought to obey as prescribed & appointed by the holy ghost, the author and director of that which serueth for the keping of Christian Religion, and of the Catholike, Apostolike, and Romaine Church. I beleeue also and accepte all the articles of originall sinne, and of Iustification. I affirme assuredly that we ought to hauehave and kepe the Images of Iesus Christ, of his holy mother, and all other saincts, and doe honor and reuerence vntounto them. I confesse the power of indulgence and pardons to be left in the Church by Iesus Christ, and the vſe of thē to be verie healthfull, as also I acknowledge and confesse the Church of Rome to be the mother and chief of all Churches, and conducted by the holy ghost: and that other pretended particular inspirations against the same, come of the suggestion of the Deuill, the Prince of dissention, which woulde separate the vnion of the mysticall body of the sauiour of the worlde. Finally, I promise straightly to keepe all that was ordayned at the last generall councell of Trent, and promise to God and you, neuer more to depart from the Catholike, Apostolike, and Romaine Church: and if I do (which God forbid) I submit my selfe to the penalties of the canons of the sayd Church, made, ordeyned, and appointed against them which fall backe into Apostasie. The which Abiuration and Confession I hauehave subscribed.