Last Will and Confession, Part 1
The firſt part conteineth the ſpecial articles of the diuine maieſty of god.
I. We confeſſe firſt that the father / ſon / & the holy goſt in one diuyne ſubſtance & nature be… diſtinct perſons & yet one god which created heauen and erth.
II. That the father was without begimming ano the ſon had his begimming of the father / and that the holy goſt did procede of them both
III. That the father nor the holy goſt did neuer take op on them mannys nature / but theſon only.
IIII. That the ſon was ſo incarnate that he was conceiued by … the holy goſt without any mās helpe / & born of the pure & holy virgyng Mary. and after ward that te ſuffred his paſſion / dyed & was buryed / deſtended to …e hellys. Roſe fro death / aſceded heauen ſitteth at the right hand of the father / and that he ſhal come to iudge the quict & the dead &c. as the comon crede of the apoſtles / the crede ſong in the maſſe / and the crede of athanaſius do teach.
Of theſe articles there is no controuerſy contencyon for both partes do confeſſe all theſe things / wherfor it were but foly to entreate more largely of them
The ſecond part conteineth the articles of the office & worke of Ieſu Chriſt and of our redēpcyon / and of all his bemifights & actes which he hath done for us
In this article this is the firſt & principal ſome that Ieſus Chriſt our god & lord ſuffred death fo… our ſinnys & roſe againe to ſaue us / Roma. 4. Item that he is the ōly ſpecial lamb of god / which taketh a way the ſinnes of the world. Iohā the i. And that god hath layd the iniquyte of al man kind vponupon his back / Eſai. 53. furthermore all peple hauehave ſynned and thei are made rightuos agayn / or ſaued / frely by the mere grace & mercy of god thorow the redempcyon of Ieſus Chriſt & thorow his blode Roma. 3. And for as moch as this grace & mercy muſt be receiued by faith (for no mā can obteine it by any worck not yet by the lawe nor by any merite) therfor it is certen & manifeſt that we be iuſtifyed by faith as holy paul teſtifieth rhe 3. to the roma. ſayng we ſuppoſe mā to be iuſtifyed by fayth without the workes of the lawe. Item that he migh be iuſt & the iuſtifyer of him which bileueth in Ieſus. &c.
From this article can we not moue one hearbreade / thogh ſe hauen & erth ſhuld falle and all the world goo to gether to wrack / for there is no nother name vnderunder heanen where by we can be ſaued / Actu. 4. Item / Eſay. 59. we are healed thorow his ſtripes.
This article is the whole foundacion & ground both of all that we teach and alſo lyue againſt the pope / the deuel and the world. wherfor we ought in no wiſe to dowte of this article.
Els all together were done / and at a point / and the pope / the deuel with his whole rable ſhuld hauehave the victory of us and tryumph couer us.