A ●rief Rehearsal of Belief of the good-willing 〈◊〉 ●nglande/ which are named/ the forelie of Love/ with the Confessi●● of their upright christian Religion/ against the false Accusation of their Gaine-speakers.  
… t-fourth ANNO. 1575.  
condemn noman before thou knowest … ier: Know it first, and then rebuke.  
●●●e no judgement before thou hast heard 〈◊〉 and let men first tel-out their Tales.  Eccli. 11.  

●nto all goodwilling which ●oue God & his Righteousness, Salvation and Peace.  
FOrasmuch as we are bruited & defamed with many-maner of false Reports and Eyes/ by certain malicious and slanderous Persons; that 〈◊〉 as-yet communed with us of 〈◊〉 such Things as they criminate & ●●●rge us withal; to the great De●●nge and Hindering of us/ and our ●●od-name and Fame/ among such 〈◊〉 whom we rest as-yet unknown/ that they might thereby bring us ●o a Contempt and Obloquy/ and make us detestable and monstruous ●●●●re the Eyes of the Common-people: also have moved; with such their underous Reports; the spiritual ruler's or Magistrates/ to cast some is into Prison/ and driven us therethrough to great Trouble and Charges/ whereas men have not justly to blame, accuse, detect, or burden us/ as Transgressors of the Law (be-it against any of the Queene-her Majesties' proceedings in Causes Ecclesiastical/ or-else in her politic Laws of Government in Causes Temporal) but have always shewe● ourselves (life as it becometh leig● Subjects to do) to live and wall in all dutiful Obedience; loyally towards the same/ and applied o● endeavoured us; to the utterest of ou● Power; to the fulfilling of the Requiring thereof/ if we might be rightly tried therein/ by the Voice of th● Country where we devil/ and I such as know us/ or with whom w● have had to deal/ and not by the Malicious/ which envy us in our W … doing and Reasonable-dealinge● So are we therefore; out of speci●● occasion; moved and urged [to the ●tter answering and satisfying of all magistrates both spiritual and tem●●●all/ and of such as are resonablie●inded/ and that rest-doutfull of our ●ight Cause (more for that they ●●ue not any just Intelligence of the … e Case and State of the same/ then 〈◊〉 that they rest wholly stayed upon ●●ch frivolous, unseemly, and untrue ●rutes as go-fourth against us) ●hat they might think thereof … ellie; as here ensueth; to set-downe 〈◊〉 extract or short Note/ both of the articles of our christian Belief/ as all … the Ground of our synceere Religion and sound Profession.  

Deus Charitas est.  
GEeing then that it is meet & requisite/ that every upright believer in jesus Christ/ tender an Answer of his Faith/ when he is required thereto (being falsely accused▪ contrary to his right Belief)/ so can we not therefore omit/ to confess and acknowledge our upright and true Faith/ against all those that unjustly accuse us/ in our right Belief.  
First-of-all/ we acknowledge and confess/ that we know nor hold● not of any other Belief/ then tha● which is required by the Propheates of God/ out of the Law of the Lord/ and whereon the holy Apostles and Evangelists of jesus Christ, have builded and stood-grounded/ and like as the same is also taught & confessed by the commonalty of the Saincte● of jesus Christ.  
For we believe in the living God of Heaven, the Father almighty/ and the true Maker of Heaven and Earth.  
And we believe in jesus Christ▪ his only Son, our Lord: which was conceived by the holy-ghost and borne of the Virgin Marie: He suf●●●●d passion under Pontius Pilate: 〈◊〉 crucified, dead, and buried/ and ●●●●ended into Hell: and the third ●●y/ He rose-againe from the Death: 〈◊〉 ascended to the Heavens/ and ●●are He sitteth at the Right-hand 〈◊〉 God/ his Father almighty: From ●●ence we believe He is to come/ to ●●●ge both the Quick and the Dead. And we believe in the holy-ghost: ●●e holy Catholike-church/ the Com●●nion of Saints: the Remission Sins: the Resurrection of the body: and the Life everlasting. 
 ●men.  
WE acknowledge likewise/ the Father/ to be God/ uncreated and eternal/ a strong or mighty spirit/ a perfect clear Light/ and a ●●ue Being or Substance: and ●●at the same true Being, is his Name/ and the Love itself.  
Me acknowledge also, the Sonn● to be God, out of God/ of the very-lik● Being; or verysame Substance of his Father/ the very true and only begotten Son of God/ begotten from Everlastingness/ and; in the Ful●nes of the time; borne of a Virgin out of the Seed of David according to the Flesh: the Son of Man: the Saviour of the World: the tru● Messiah: a Mediator alone/ betwixt God and Man: In whos● Name only (and in none-other) we● obtain Salvation/ and the Remission of our Sins.  
We acknowledge likewise, th● holy-ghost to be God (as proceeding from God the Father and his Son jesus Christ) and the true Spirit of God: the Comforter: and the Dyle or anointing, wherewithal God anointeth his elected People either Ho●●e-church. For They are, out of 〈◊〉 Grace of God the Father; unde … ed; redeemed, justified, and made- 〈◊〉 through the Cross/ Death/ Pas●●●●/ and Bloud-sheaddinge of jesus ●rist: Which holy-ghost/ doth di … and lead all his Anointed, in●●●ll Truth. For They only/ are 〈◊〉 true circumcised Israelites out of 〈◊〉 Faith of Abraham, or the right ●●ristians, through the Satisfacti●● of Christ, in the Holy of the true tabernacle/ wherein they daily take●● their Cross on them, with Him/ ●●d followe-after Christ, in all goodness and Truth/ to the purging 〈◊〉 their Sins, til-into his Love: In ●hom also the Spirit of Christ, dwells, liveth, and worketh/ and not ●rtenlie; in Anyother.  
furthermore/ we believe and acknowledge, concerning this ●●e-onelie living God (the Father/ Son/ and holy-ghost/ with the commonalty of his Saints) all and every Part that is written & confessed (by the holy Fathers) in the old and new Testament, of or concerning the same Godhead/ to be a Thing most. true/ & very-needfull that every Christian believe, acknowledge, and confess the same/ and also live therein. So do we in like-maner acknowledge, all the rest of holy Scripture aforesaid/ as likewise all whatever accordeth with the Mind of the same (being set forth and instituted by holy Fathers, out of the true Light) to be an upright, godly, and healthsom Doctrine/ and so aught to be taken and acknowledged of all Christians: But All whatsoever accordeth not therewith, that hold we not for anything necessary unto Salvation/ but rather for that which proceedeth out of the Man's Imagination/ & not out of the Spirit of Christ.   

Now followeth the Confession of our Religion.  
Considering the great Love of God towards us and Mankind/ in that He hath cre●●●● the Man likeunto his own I●●ge/ as also set him in the Fullness 〈◊〉 ●ife: and how that He hath more 〈◊〉 (when we were become his Ene●●●s; through the Transgressing of 〈◊〉 Word; and Children of Death) ●●e farther extended his Love towards us/ and sent his only Son ●●●us Christ into this World/ which ●●th; to our Atonement; suffered the ●eath of the Cross, which we ourselves were guilty in: When we ●●w consider all this great Love ex … dead on us/ so are we moved to 〈◊〉 Him again/ standing even so Re … ati or bound-againe [& so Religi●●] to love the same God of Life, with all our Heart/ Soule/ and Might and also our Neighbour as ourselves And for-that-cause, to th'end that w● might uprightly shewe-fourth th● same, both in the Deed and Truet● we read the holy Scripture of t●● Propheates and Apostles of Chris● and all other Books which exhort us unto such an upright Life/ & Lo●● of God and our Neighbour: not … sing any other Ceremonies/ Lawe● Statutes nor Sacraments of Ba●tisme and Supper-of-the-lord/ then su … as are ministered in the Church of En●lande. And to that end obey we a● so our sovereign Lady, the Quee● and the Magistrates; our Fore-goer● both spiritual and temporal: 〈◊〉 that of God-his behalf/ and even 〈◊〉 our Conscience and the pieces can 〈◊〉 paying all Tribute unto these-s●●● Magistrates: living obediently a●● subiectlie; even as it is meet & rig … 〈◊〉 their Laws: and also dealing 〈◊〉 all Men uprightly, faithfully, 〈◊〉 charitably (even-like as we our●●●●●● would gladly be dealt-withall 〈◊〉 ●●eir Hands) keeping likewise 〈◊〉 with Al-men/ so far as is pos●●●●● for us. And this we hold to be 〈◊〉 fulfilling both of the Law and ●●●●heates/ as likewise the Doctrine 〈◊〉 word ●hrist and his Apostles (as is 〈◊〉) contained in the Old & New ●●●tament. And our Conscience bea … ●s record/ that all such Single … dones aught to be defended by 〈◊〉 Governors, from all Injustice and tyrannical oppression.  
THissame is; finally; the Contents of our Belief/ and the … nde of our Religion, briefly de …/ and what we acknowledge 〈◊〉 ●●onfesse concerning the same, even 〈◊〉 the Bottom of our Hearts: and 〈◊〉 also required of everyone; through the gracious Word of Lif● in the Service of the Love of Ies●● Christ: and not els-what. And w● think this our confessing; heerewitnessed; to be sufficient before 〈◊〉 christian Magistrates, both spiritu … and temporal/ and for all Reson●ble-men. Hoping also therefore (inasmuch as we endeavour us to live su●iectlike and peaceably under our Prince's Laws) that our Cause shall 〈◊〉 with justice; considered, to a releasing of us from this our Subie●tiued-bondage of Straightness/ Perturbation/ and great Charges, wh … in we now are bewrapped and se● without just cause of our part deserved. etc.   
Let everyone consider and way our Cause uprightly.