their knees to Images / worshippinge
creatures / callinge vppon their patrons and fayned saynts of
heauen.

[[The hole doctryne of Christe is to be confessed.]]

But the Apostles did not only confes Christe himself / but also
all Christes doctrine / all Christes wordes / the whole gospell
(I saye) of saluacion: of which Christe is the only Marcke. And
therfor when the preistes and senators of Hierusalem did forbidd
the apostles that they shuld nomore preache the gospell / they
answered hartily and playnly: whether it be right in the sight of
Godd to herken vnto yow more then vnto Godd / iudge ye.

[[Act. 4.]]

For we can not but speke that which we haue seene and herde. And
when they were shutt vp in prison for free preching of the
gospell / and wer in daunger of their lyues / they are delyuered
of the angell / of whom by the commaundement of Godd they do
heare.

[[Act. 5.]]

Go and stande and speake in the temple to the poeple all the
wordes of this lyfe. Therfor all thos thinges which are contayned
in the holy gospell / and holy scriptures / must be confessed of
them which are faithfull indeede: for all thos are the wordds of
Godd / and the wordds of saluacion / And all thos do sauer of
Christe and do bringe vnto Christe.

[[Ioan. 1.]]

In whom only it hath pleased God the father that all fulnes
shuld dwell / in whom (as Paule doth witnes)

[[Colos. 1. 2.]]

we are made perfite so that we want nothinge / as agayn the
lorde himself doth testifie:

[[Ioan. 4. 5. 7.]]

he that eateth or drincketh me shall not be hungry or thrustie
for euer / but he shall haue in hym self the healthefull waters
of euerlastinge lyfe. Yf we do knowe / beleaue / and vnderstonde
theise thinges let vs gyue glorie to our only Sauiour Christe /
and not gyue it awaye vnto other / But let vs frely confes hym
only / and alone / in mouth / and deedes / to be our saluacion
iustice sanctificacion absolution or rather perfection / the
peace of our soules / and lyfe euerlasting. But the lord doth
sett denying against confessinge. Ther are diuers kinds of
denyinge / which beinge but lightly rehersed it shall again
appeare what is the sowndness and simplicitie of confessinge.
Furst Christe and Godds worde is denyed / when our redeamer
Christe / and the worde of lyfe is openly blasphemed in playne
wordes / when he is not acknowledged to be the only Sauiour / and
when the due dignitie and auctoritie of the scriptures is not