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Show 122 .A. Corifefiion if the Faith. j q all:,)Godu[eth,as thc,Me~ns o[Vocation, au~ Con~erfton ofh~s · ·Ektt; Not derogating from ius power, tO call nnmedla.tely by h1s G race., a ndatafl How.t r$andMom. re, nt. .r,o[thc Day; (That 1s,ofM· ans L '(t ) according to hls good pleal ur e. t ;hat the word of Ged, where?y his JtPill is re~ealed, co min~ d in : D . , l. t' and Traditi{)n, unull Mo[es; And tbat the Scrtptures, J. .... eve a ton, . · c h n.1 d were from Mofes Time, to the tn~es o,~. t e .ApoJ"tes, an Evant . .e-- lift . I whofe Age after the commmg of the Holy Ghoft, the Teach: r ~fa~ Trut{J, the ~ook of the ~~riptures, was i11ut, and clofed, fo as not to receive any new Add1uon ; And that the CIJurch,hat~ no power, over the Scriptures, to t~acb, or command ~ny Thlllg, contrary tO the written word; But lS as the 4rk, wherem ~he Tables of the Firft Teffament were kept, and prefet~ved; That 1s to far, the church') hath onely the Cuftody, and pe!tve~y over, ohhe Sc~tptures, committed untO the [~me; T?gctl1_er With the Interpretatton of them, but [uchonely, as 1s concc1v~d from themfelves.. . b . That there is an Uni"'Jerfali, ?r C~tholu.k Church of God, ~1fperfec\ over the face of theBarih; whiCh 1s Chrt~s Spouft, and Chr~~s Body; Being gathered, oi the Fathers of the ?l~ wortd, of the ch~r~h of the ]ewes, of the Spirits of the Faitbfull Diilolved, a~d thc.StJtrttS of the f' aithfuU jl.'filitant,and of the !'lamfs, yet to b~ born, wlnc~ are already written, in the Book of Life. That there 1s alfo, a Vifible Chureh, difiingui (be~ ~y the outwar~ VV ~rk; of Gods Coyenant, an.d the_ Receiving of the Ho~ Do8rtne, w.1~h. ~he Uf: of the J Myfterus of God and the Jnruocatwn, and SanBiftcattan of h1s Ho~ Name. That ther~ is alfo an Holy sucufion, in the Pr.ophets; of the New Teftament andFatbers of the Church, from the ume, of the ApofUes, and Di{clples, which fa~ our s.a"'!iour in ~he Flefh~ unto the Con[ummation, of the JtPork of the ./ritniftry ; whiCh perfons, are ~alled trom God, by Gift, or inward .Anointing ; ~nd. th~ Vocatton of God, followed by an outward C aUing, and Ordtnatt.on of tl1e Church: . I bcl.ieve that the Soules of thofc that dye 111 the Lord, arc blc!fed, and reft from their Labours, and enjoy the Si£?,ht of G?d; yeE [u, as they are in Expe~ati?n of a further Re:t:elatzon of the!r Glory, in the laft Day. At wh1ch ume, all Flefh of Man, iliall anfe, an.d 13e changed, and {hall appear, and receive, f:om ] fj!M Chrtff, hts Eternal! Judgement; And the Glor)', of the Samts, fnall then be full; And the Xingdome, fhall be giv:n up, to God_ ti}e Father.: From which Time, all things iliall co~nnue for ever, 111 that Beu~g, an~i Statc,which then they fhall rece1ve:So as ther~ arc three Ttmes,( 1f Titnes they may be called,) or parts ofEtenuty. The ~rit, the Time before beginnings, when the Go~lhead ~as onely, Without ~he Being, of any Creature; T~e Second, th~ !tm_e of the My~ery,wh1ch continucth from the Creatton, to the Dif]olutron of the world: And the Third the Time, of the Rerr)elation, of the Sannes of God; which .Ti1~c is the lafr, and is cverlafhng without chang{'. F I N I S. l r- . -· ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I A PerfeCt Lift., of his. L!Jrdfhipi true Wor~, both tn Eng!ifh, and Latin_ In Engltfh. AN Apology, touching the Earl of Effex. l ' The Elrments, of t~e Common Laws, ofEngland. Advancement of Learmnc.fl... ; Effayes: with the Colours of Good, and .Evil. Charge againft Duels. l Hiftory, of rhe Reign, of King Henry, the feventh • J Cot_~nfels ~ivil, a a~ Moral. . Or the Ff]'ayes, revifed,and enriched. Tranflatton ofcer.ra1n Pfalms tnto Verfe. I The Natural Hiflory; wit.h the Fable, of the New Atlantil. : Mi(ceUan) ~fOrks, A Dialogtu, touching an Holy warr. ~A Dtfcourfe_, of a Warr_, with spain. conta.t:nmg, A Prefac~, t<? a Digeff, of Laws, . ; . . The Begmmn~, of ~he Hiftory,ofK. Henry, the 8. · ·; Hiftory, of L!fe, ~nd. Death, tranfiate~ 1ntoEnglifh. . De Augmentts Stunttarum, tranflated mto Englifh, by Do6tour Guill hert Watts, of Oxford. i This prefent .Volume, with the Particulars, contained in the~ l fatne. I I . In Latine. ! QE Sapientia Ytterum. ' I nftauratio Magna. Hifloria Ventorum. ! HiftoriaYittt & Mortis. De Au!l,mentis Scientiarum. Hiftoria Regni, Henrici Septimi, Regis Anglitt. Sermones Fidtles, five Interiora Rerum. Dialog~ de BeOo Sacra. Nova Atlantis. Hiftoria t,Vaturalis, verfa·, et evulgata, oped, et cur£, Jacohil' Gruteri. Opera· Philofophica, et alia, nondum, fed propcdiem, ( Deo favtnte,) 1 Typis mandanda. As for other Pamphlets, whereof there arc feverall, put forth I under his Lordfhips Name, they are not to be owned, for his. · \ .· |