¶ The sense and interpretacyon of the fyrst Article .

IN My harte I beleue assuredly , and stedfastly with my mouth I professe & knowledge , that there is but one very god , & thre persons in trinitie , the father , the sonne , & the holy goost , and that these thre persons be not thre goddis , but all one god , all of one nature , and of one substaunce , and all of one euerlastyng essence or being , and al lyke and equall in myght , power , wysedome , knowlege , ryghtwysenes and all other thynges belongyng vnto the deitie . And that besyde or without this god , there is no other god .

And I beleue also and professe that god the father , whiche to the fyrste person in Trinitie , is not onely the god , the lorde , and the father of heuen and erth , and all thynges conteyned therin by creation and gouernaunce : but also that he is the father of his onely begotten sonne , the seconde persone in Trinitie , and that he dyd bygette hym of his owne substaunce by eternall generation , that is to saye , by generation that neuer hadde begynnynge .

And I beleue also , and professe that all and synguler the wordes and sayinges of this god the father ( be they lawes , preceptes , promyses , prophycyes , or thretenynges ) and all that euer was spoken of hym , or by hym in the hole body and canon of the newe and the olde testament , is moste certaynly trewe , and of suche infallyble verytie and trouthe , that the same canne not be altered , or conuelled by any contrary opynyon , power , or auctorytie . And I promyse and professe that I do and woll not onely hope , and loke surelye , and without all doubte to atteyne and enioye all those thynges , whiche god promyseth in holy scrypture vnto th electe chylderne of god : but also that I do and woll feare lefte those punyshementes and afflyctions , whiche god in holy scrypture threteneth to caste vpon those persones , whiche do transgresse his wyll and commaundementes , shall fall vpon me : yf I shall not , lyke an obedient seruaunt and chylde , studye to fulfylle and accomplyshe the same .

And I beleue also , and professe that this god , and this father is almyghty , that is to saye , that his power and myghte excelleth incomparably all the other powers in heuen and erth . And that all other powers , whiche be in heuen , erthe , or hell , be nothyng as of them selfe : but haue all theyr myght , force , and strengthe of hym onely , and be all subiecte vnto his power , and be ruled and gouerned therby , and can not resyste , or lette the same .

And I beleue also , & professe , that this almighty god , & almyghty father dyd at the beginninge create , forme , & make of nought heuen and erthe , and all thynges conteyned in this worlde , as well aungels & mans sowle , and al other thynges inuysyble : as also all other vysyble creatures and that he dyd gyue vnto them all the power and myght , whiche they haue .

And I beleue also and professe , that among his other creatures , he dyd create and make me , and dydde gyue vnto me this my sowle , my lyfe , my body , with all the membres that I haue great and small and all the wytte , reason knowlege and vnderstandynge that I haue , and fynally all the other outwarde substance , possessyons , and thynges , that I haue or can haue in this worlde .

And I beleue also , and professe , that he is my very god , my lorde , and my father , and that I am his seruaunte and his owne sonne , by adoption and grace , and the ryght enherytor of his kyngedome , and that it procedeth and cometh of his mere goodnes onely withoute all my deserte , that I am in this lyfe preserued and kepte from daungers and perylles ; And that I am susteygned , nourysshed , fedde , clothed , and that I haue helthe , tranquyllytie , reste , peace , or any other thynge necessary for this corporall lyfe . I knowlege also and confesse , that he suffreth and causeth the sonne , the mone , the sterres , the daye , the nyght , the ayre , the fyre , the water , the lande , the see , the fowles , the fyshes , the bestes , & all the frutes of the erthe to serue me for my profytte and my necessite .

And in lyke maner I confesse and knowlege , that all bodily syckenes , and aduersitie , whiche do fortune vnto me in this worlde , be sent vnto me by his hande , and his visitation , and that he punysheth me not to distroy me ; but onely to saue me , and to reduce me agayne by penaunce vnto the ryght way of his lawes , and his religion , and so therby to proue me , and to exercyse me in pacience , and other vertues , and also to signifie vnto me the great cure , and fatherly loue , and goodnes , whiche he beareth towardes me . And therfore I woll haue none other god , but onely this god , whiche by his almyghtie power hath created and made heuen and erthe , and all thynges conteyned in the same . Neyther woll I glory , or put my truste and confidence in myne owne power , force , strength , ryches , lernyng , science , wysedome , or any thynge els , what so euer I haue , or shall haue , and possesse in this worlde . Neyther woll I glory , or put my confydence in any other man or creature of this worlde , be it in heuen , hell , or in erthe , nor in any crafte of Magicke , sorcerie , charmes , wytchecraftes , or any other false artes subtiled , and inuented by the diuell : but I woll put my hole hope , my hole truste and confydence in god onely , and in hym onely woll I glorye , and gyue all honour and glorie vnto hym , and vnto hym only , and vnto his gouernaunce woll I commytte , and submytte my selfe , my goodes , and all that euer I haue , withoute fearynge or regardynge the malyce , the crafte , or power of the deuyll , or any of his membres , whiche myght enduce me to the contrary . Neither woll I desyre any sygne to tempte god , but I woll trust fermely & faythfully vnto hym . And although he shall sende any aduersitie vnto me / or shall dyfferre and tarye his pleasure in grauntynge suche requeste and petytion / as I shall make vnto hym : yet woll not I murmur or grudge therat , nor go aboute to prescribe or appoynt vnto hym any ende , any tyme / any measure , or season : but I woll commytte all to his wyll , with a pure and a stedfast faythe , and woll pacyently abyde the tyme , whiche vnto hym shall be thoughte moste expedient for me .

This faythe I reteyne stedfastely engraued in my harte , and I promyse by the grace & helpe of god , neuer to swarue or declyne from the same , for any argumente , persuasyon , or auctoritie , that maye be obiected : nor for any worldly affection , or respecte of pleasure , payne , persecution , or torment , what so euer shall fortune vnto me . From this trust and confidence woll I neuer be brought , althoughe all the men in the worlde shulde forsake me , and persecute me . Neyther woll I the lesse truste in god , for that I am a man of great power force and auctorytie , endewed withall suffycyencies in this worlde , ne yet bicause I want the possessions of this worlde , and am but wretched and poore / rude and vnlerned , and dispysed of all men , nor fynally bycause I am a wretched synner . For syth this God is the almyghtye lorde , and maker of all thynges , and hath all thynges vnder his handes and gouernaunce : what can I lacke that he can not gyue or do vnto me , if it be his wyll so to do ? And syth he is my father . I am assured , that for the fatherlye loue and pytie , whiche he hath and beareth vnto me , he woll not onely care for me , but he woll be also continually present with me by his grace and fauour , and woll contynually gouerne and directe me , ayde and assyste me , and prouyde that , that shall be beste for me , and woll also forgyue me all the synnes that I euer commytted or haue done , contrary to his commaundemente , so ofte as I shall by trewe , and vnfeyned penaunce retourne vnto hym with all my harte , and shall applie my hole mynde , purpose and endeuour , to amende my noughtie lyfe , and to obserue his commaundementes .

¶ The sense and interpretation of the seconde Article .

I BELEVE constantly in my harte , & with my mouth I do professe & knowlege , that Iesu Christ is th only begoten sonne of almyghty god the father , & that he was begoten of his godly nature , and substance eternally before the worlde was made or formed , and that he is veray god / equall with god the father , and t holy goost in substance , and all other thynges belongynge vnto the godheed .

And I beleue lykewyse , that this Ihesu Chryst was eternally preordeyned , and appoynted by the decree of the hole Trinitie , to be our lorde , that is to say , to be th onely redemer and Sauyour of mankynde , and to reduce and brynge the same from vnder the dominion of the dyuell and synne , vnto his onely dominion , kyngedome lordeshyppe , and gouernaunce .

And I beleue lykewyse , that this Iesu Christe is true in al his wordes and promyses , or rather that he is verye trouthe it selfe . And that all thynges , whiche be spoken of hym , or by him in holye scrypture , be certaynly and infallibly true .

And I beleue also , and professe that Iesu Christ is not only Iesus , and lorde to all menne that beleue in hym , but also that he is my Iesus , my god , and my lorde . For where as of my nature I was borne in synne , & in the indignation and dyspleasure of god , & was the veray chylde of wrath , condemned to euerlastynge death , subiecte and thrall to the power of the dyuell and synne , hauyng al the pryncypall partes or portions of my soule , as my reson & vnderstanding and my free wyll , and all thother powers of my soule and body , not onely so destituted & depryued of the gyftes of god , wherwith they were fyrste endewed , but also so blynded , corrupted , and poisoned with errour , ignoraunce , and carnall concupiscence , that neyther my sayd powers coude exercyse the natural function and offyce , for the whiche they were ordeyned by god at the fyrste creation , nor I by theym coulde doo or thynke anye thynge , whiche myghte be acceptable to god , but was vtterly deade to god , and all godlye thynges , and vtterlye vnable and insuffycyente of myne owne selfe to obserue the leaste parte of goddis commaundementes , and vtterlye inclyned and redy to runne heedlynge into all kyndes of synne and myschyefe , I beleue I saye , that I beynge in this case , Iesu Chryste , by sufferynge of moste paynfull and shamefull deth vpon the Crosse , and by shedynge of his most preciouse blode , and by that gloryouse victorie , whiche he had , whan he descendynge into helle , and there ouercommynge bothe the diuell and dethe , rose agayne the thyrde daye from dethe to lyfe , and so ascended into heuen , hath nowe pacyfyed his fathers indignation towardes me , and hath reconcyled me agayne into his fauour , and that he hath loosed and delyuered me from the yoke and tyranny of deathe , of the dyuell , and of synne , and hath made me so free from theym , that they shall not fynally hurte , or annoy me , and that he hath powred out plentyfully his holy spyryte and his graces vppon me , specyally faythe , to illumyne and directe my reasone and iudgement , and charytie , to dyrecte my wyll and affections towardes god . Wherby I am so perfectly restored to the lyght and knowledge of god , to the spyrytuall feare and drede of god , and vnto the loue of hym and myne neyghboure , that with his grace I am nowe redye to obey , and able to fulfyll and accomplysshe his wylle and commaundementes . Besydes all this , he hath brought and delyuered me from darkenes and blyndenes , to lyght , from deathe to lyfe , and from synne to Iustyce , and he hath taken me into his protection , and made me as his owne peculyar possessyon , and he hath planted and grafted me into his owne bodye , and made me a membre of the same , and he hath communicated and made me partycypant of his iustyce , his power , his lyfe , his felycytie , and of all his goodes , so that nowe I may boldly say and byleue , as in dede I do perfytely byleue , that by his passyon , his dethe , his blode , and his conquerynge of dethe , of synne , and of the dyuel , by his resurreccion and ascension , he hath made a sufficient expiation or propiciation towardes god , that is to say , a suffycyente satisfaction and recompence as welle for my origynal synne , as also for all the actuall synnes , that euer I haue commytted , and that I am so clerely rydde from all the guylte of my sayde offences , & from the euerlastynge payne , due for the same , that neyther synne , nor deathe , nor helle , shall be able , or haue any power , to hurte me or to let me , but that after this transytorye lyfe , I shall ascende in to heuen , there to raygne with my Sauyour Christ perpetually in glorye and felicytie .

All whiche thynges consydered , I may worthyly call him my Ihesus , that is to say , my sauyour : and my Christ , that is to saye , myne annoynted kynge and prieste , and my lorde , that is to saye , my redemer and gouernour . For he hathe doone and fulfylled the verye offyce bothe of a prieste and of a kynge , and of a lorde . Of a prieste , in that he hath offered vp his blessed bodye and bloude , in the Altare of the Crosse , for the satysfaction of my synnes . And of a kynge and lorde , in that he hath , lyke a moste myghty conquerour , ouercome and vtterly oppressed his ennemyes ( whiche were also myne ennemyes ) and hath spoyled theym of the possessyon of mankynde , whiche they wanne before by fraude and deceyte , by lieng and blasphemy , and hath brought vs nowe into his possession and dominion , to reygne ouer vs in mercy and loue , lyke a moste louynge lorde and gouernour .

Fynally I beleue assuredly , & also professe that this redemption and iustyfication of mankynde coulde not haue bene wrought / nor brought to passe by any other meanes in the worlde , but by the meanes of this Iesu Christe goddis onely sonne , and that neuer man coulde yet / nor neuer shal be hable to come vnto god , the father , or to beleue in hym , or to attayn his fauour by his owne wytte or reason , or by his owne scyence and lernynge , or by any his owne workes , or by what so euer maye be named in heuen or in erthe , but by the faythe in the name and power of Iesu Chryste and by the gyftes and graces of his holy spyryte . And therfore , syth he is my Iesu Chryste , and my lorde : I woll put my hoole truste and confydence in hym , and woll haue the selfe same faythe and affyaunce in hym in all poyntes , which I haue in god the father . And I woll knowledge hym for my onely lorde , and woll obeye all his commaundementes durynge my lyfe , without any grutchynge . And I am sure , that whyle he is my lorde and gouernour , & I vnder his protection , neyther synne , neyther the dyuell , nor yet deathe , nor helle / can do me any hurte .

The sense and interpretation of the thyrde Artycle .

I Beleue in my harte assuredly , and constantely do professe that whan the tyme was come , in the which it was before ordeyned , and appoynted by , the decree of the hoole Trinitie , that mankynde shulde be saued and redemed : this Iesu Chryste , the seconde person in Trinitie , and veray god , descended from heuen into erthe , to take vppon hym the veray habyte , forme , and nature of man , and in the same nature to worke , to suffer , and fulfyll all those thynges , whiche were necessary for our redemption .

And I beleue also , and professe that he so descendyng from heuen , dyd lyght downe into the wombe of a most blessed virgin called Marie , and that he dyd there take vppon hym our nature , and was conceyued , begotten , and borne of her veray fleshe , nature , and substance : and so dyd vnite and conioyne togyther the same nature of man , with his Godheed in one persone , with suche an indyssoluble and inseparable knotte , and bonde , that he beinge one persone Iesu Chryste , was than and euer shall be in the same person , veray persyte god , and veray perfyte man .

And I beleue also , and professe that this moste blessed virgine conceyued this her chylde Iesu Chryste , without spotte , or blotte of synne , or carnall concupyscence , and without any commixtion , or coniunction had betwene her and any mortall man , or any other creature in heuen or erthe . And that the holy goost , the thyrde person in trinitie , descendynge also from heuen , lighted downe in to this moste blessed virgin , & there of her fleshe & substaunce , wrought this ineffable & incomprehensyble worke of the Incarnation of this chylde Iesu Chryste .

And I beleue also and professe , that this worke and operation of the holy goost , was all holy , without any synne or impurite , & that it was done without any violation , or detriment vnto the virginitie of that blessed virgin saynt Mary .

And I beleue also , that this chylde Iesu Chryste was not onely thus conceyued without synne , but also that he was borne in lyke maner of his sayde moste blessed mother and that she both in the conception , and also in the byrth , and natiuitie of this her chylde , and euer after , reteyned stil her virginitie pure and immaculate , and as clere without blotte as she was at the tyme , that she was fyrst borne .

And I beleue , that this conception , and Natiuitie of our sayde sauiour , was ordeyned to be thus pure , holy , and vndefyled , to th intent that al fylthines and malediction , wherwith the conception and byrthe of me , and of all other men , that euer were sithe Adam , or shal be , and al the filthines and malyce of the synnes of the hole worlde , as well origynal as actuall , shulde therby be puryfyed , purged , and made cleane .

The sence and interpretation of the fourthe Artycle .

I Beleue assuredly in my harte , and with my mouthe I do professe , that this Christe , very god and man , after he was thus conceyued and borne of his blessed mother , waxed and lyued forthe here in the worlde , vntyll he came vnto the age of .xxxii. yeres and aboue , and that in all this tyme of his lyfe , he suffered and endured for our sakes , and for our welthe , moche boiely afflyction , moche laboure and trauaylle , moche hungre , thurste , and pouertie , moche iniurie and ignominie , and many other the myseries and infirmities , wherunto all mortall men be subiecte .

And I beleue , that although this our sauyour Iesu Christ passed ouer all the hole course of his sayde lyfe , euen from his Natyuitie vntyll his deathe , in suche perfyte obedience vnto the lawes of god and man , and in suche perfyte innocencie of lyuynge , that neyther any man in the worlde , nor the dyuell hym selfe , coulde euer fynde in hym suspycion of any the leaste crime or offence that myght be deuysed : yet the blynde ignoraunt Iewes , replete with enuy and malyce , and the very membres of the dyuell , by whom they were prouoked and enduced there vnto , laboured contynually by all crafte and meanes they coulde , to dystroye hym : and at lengthe conspirynge to gether , and subornatynge false wytnesse , they toke hym , and after they had bet hym , and spyt in his face , and vsed all the vilany they coulde vnto hym , they bounde and brought hym before one Pontius Pilatus , beynge then the chiefe iudge in Hierusalem , vnder the Emperour of Rome , and there they mooste falsely accused hym , as a subuerter of the lawes of god , and as a person that seduced the people , and moued sedicion amonge them , and as a traitour against th emperour of Rome .

And I beleue that our sauiour Iesu Christe , beynge thus moste falsely and wrongfully accused , and broughte before the sayde iudge , was at length in publyque and open iudgemente condempned by the sentence of the sayde iudge , to be nayled vnto a crosse , and to be hanged vpon the same , to the intent he shulde so suffre that kynde of death , whiche amonge the Iewes was euer mooste abhorred , and detested , and accompted to be the moost shamefull and cursed of all others .

And I beleue that after this sentence , and iudgement thus pronounced and gyuen contrarye to all Iustyce , and equitie : the Iewes dyd take this innocent Iesu Christe our sauyour , and fyrst of all byndyng hym fast to a pyller , & pressyng with great violence a crowne of thorne vpon his heed , they dyd not onely mooste spitefully mocke hym , and scorne hym , but they also most cruelly scorged , tourmented , and afflicted hym , & finally they crucified hym , that is to saye , they nayled hym throughe handes and feete vnto a crosse , and so hanged hym vp vpon the same , on a certayne hyll called Caluarie .

And I beleue also and professe , that he hanged there vpon the same crosse betwene two theues , whiche were malefactours , vntyll he was deade , and his soule departed from his body . And that after he was thus deade , one Ioseph ab Aramathia , beinge one of Christis disciples , & certayne other deuout men & women , whiche also beleued in Christ , opteyned lycence of the sayde Iudge , to take downe this blessed bodye of our sauyour Iesu Chryste frome the sayde Crosse . And that whan they hadde so done , they wrapped and folded the same body in a clene syndone , and so layde it and buryed it in a newe graue or sepulchre , whiche the sayde Ioseph had made of stone , wherin there was neuer man buryed before .

And I beleue that our sauyour Iesu Christ , in al the tyme of his moste bytter , and greuouse passyon , and in suffrynge this moste vyle and shamefull deathe , not onely endured and susteyned all the peynes and iniuries , and all the opprobries , and ignominies , whiche were done vnto hym therin mooste patiently , without resystaunce , and lyke an innocent lambe not openynge ones his mouthe to the contrarye : but also that he dyd wyllyngly and gladly without force or constrainte of any power , suffre this crosse , and this kynde of deathe , and his soule also to departe from his body .

And I beleue that by this passion and dethe of our sauiour Iesu Christe , not onely my corporall deathe is so destroyed , that it shal neuer haue power to hurte me , but rather it is made holsome and profytable vnto me , but also that all my synnes , and the synnes also of all them , that do beleue in hym , and folowe hym , be mortyfyed and deed , that is to say , all the guilte and offence therof , and also the damnation and payne due for the same , is clerely extyncted , abolyshed , and washed away , so that the same shal not afterwarde be imputed or inflycted vnto me . And therfore woll I haue this passyon , and this death in my dayly remembraunce . And I woll not onely glorye , and reioyce contynually therin , and gyue all the thankes I can vnto god for the same , consyderynge I haue , and shall assuredly attayne therby my redemption , my iustyfycation , my reconcilyation vnto goddis fauour , and lyfe euerlastynge : but I woll also endeuour my selfe to my possyble power , and by the helpe of god , to folowe this my sauyour Iesu Chryste , in the bearynge of myne owne crosse , accordynge to the wyll and commaundement of god , that is to say , I woll dayly labour and study , to mortyfie and kyll my carnal affections , and to subdue them vnto the spyryte , and I woll paciently beare all the aduersyties , afflictions , and punyshementes , that god shall sende vnto me in this worlde , and I woll in my harte hate , abhorre , and detest all synne , consyderynge that the same was euer so odiouse and dyspleasaunt vnto god , that nothynge in the worlde coulde worthyly satysfie and contente hym for the same , but onely the death and the bloud of his onely and most dere beloued sonne Iesu Chryste .

The sence and interpretation of the fyfth Artycle .

I Beleue assuredly with my harte , and with my mouthe I do professe , that this our sauyour Iesu christe , after he was thus deed vpon the crosse , he descended immedyatly in his soule downe into hell , leauynge his mooste blessed body here in erthe , and that at his comynge thyther , by the incomparable myght and force of his godheed , he entred into hell . And lyke as that myghty man , Luke . xi . of whome saynt Luke speaketh , whiche , entryng into the house of an other stronge man , fyrste ouercame hym , and bounde hym hande and foote , and afterwarde spoylynge hym of all his armure and strength , wherin he trusted , toke also awaye from hym , all the goodes & substaunce he had . Iud. xiiii . and lyke as stronge Sampson slewe the mighty Lyon , and toke out of his mouth the swete hony : euen so our sauyour Iesu Chryst at his sayd entre into hell , fyrst he conquered and oppressed bothe the dyuell and hell , and also deathe it selfe , wherunto al mankynde was condempned , and so bounde theym faste , that is to saye , restrayned the power and tyrrannye , whiche they had before , and exercysed ouer all mankynde , that they neuer hadde sythe that tyme , nor neuer shall haue any power fynally to hurte or annoy any of them , that do faythefully byleue in Iesu Christe , and afterwarde he spoyled helle , and delyuered , and brought with hym from thens , all the soules of those ryghtuouse and good menne , whiche from the fal of Adam died in the fauour of god , and in the faith and bylefe of this our sauiour Iesu Christe , whiche was then to come . And I beleue that by this descendynge of our sauiour Iesu Christe in to hel , not only his electe people , whiche were holden there as captyues , were delyuered from thens : but also that the sentence and iudgement of the malediction and of eternal damnation ( whiche god hym selfe mooste rightfully pronounced vpon Adam , and all his posteritie , and so consequently vpon me ) was clerely dissolued , satisfied , released , and dyscharged , and that the dyuel and hell bothe haue vtterly loste , and be depryued of all the ryghte , clayme , and interest , whiche they myght haue pretended to haue had in me by th auctoritie of that sentence , or by reason of any synne that euer I had or haue commytted , be it originall or actuall . And that the dyuel , with all his power , craft , subtilitie , and malice is now subdued and made captyue not onely vnto me : but also vnto all thother faythfull people , and right beleuers in Iesu Christe , that euer was or shal be syth the tyme of Christis sayde descendynge in to hell . And that our sauiour Iesu Christe , hath also by this his passyon , and this his descendynge in to hel , payed my raunsome , and hath merited and deserued , that neither my soule , neither the soules of any suche , as be righte beleuers in Christe , shall come therin , or shall fynally be encombered with any tytle or accusation , that the dyuell canne obiecte ageynst vs , or laye vnto our charge .

And I beleue that this our sauyour Iesu Christe , after he had thus in sowle conquered , and spoyled the dyuell and hell of all theyr force , power , and tyranny , and made them subiecte vnto me , and all true christen men , in lyke case as they were vnto Adam , before his fall : he returned agayne frome hell , lyke a moste mighty kyng , and conquerour , in triumphe and glorie , and came vnto the sepulchre , where his blessed bodye laye buryed , and so resumynge and takyng agayn the very same body vppon hym , the thyrde daye after his sayde death he lyued agayne , and so rose out of that sepulchre in his naturall and perfyte manhode , that is to say , in his soule , and in the selfe same body , whiche was borne of the virgin Mary , and dyd hange vpon the crosse .

And I beleue also , and professe that after he had so done , he lyued in the world by the space of .xl. dayes , in the whiche time he was conuersant , & dyd eate and drynke , with his apostles , and his disciples , and preached vnto them , & auctorysed them to go forthe into the worlde , to manyfest and declare , that he was the very Christe , the very Messias , & the veray god and man , which was promysed in scripture , to come and saue , and to redeme all those that wolde beleue in hym .

And I beleue assuredly that by this descendynge of Christe into hell , and this his resurrection agayne from deathe to lyfe , Christe hathe meryted and deserued for me and all trewe and faythfull christen men , not onely that our sowles shall neuer come into helle : but also that we shall here in this lyfe be perfytely iustifyed in the syght and acceptation of god , and shall haue suche grace , myght , and power gyuen vnto vs by hym , that we shal be made able therby to subdue , to mortyfie , and to extinguysshe our olde Adam , and all our carnall and fleshely concupiscences , in suche sorte , that synne shall neuer afterwarde reigne in our mortall bodyes , but that we shall be holly delyuered from the kyngdome of synne , and from spyrituall deathe , and shall be resuscytated and regenerated into the newe lyfe of the spyryte and grace .

And where as I , and all other chrysten men shuld haue ben the moste myserable of all other creatures in the worlde , and shulde haue dyed lyke heathens , and pagans without all hope of euerlastynge lyfe , or ofrysynge agayne after our death : yf Christe our heed and sauiour had not rysen agayne to lyfe after his deathe , I beleue and truste nowe assuredly , that by the vertue and efficacie of this desendynge of Christe in to helle , and of his resurrection agayne from death to lyfe , not onely our corporall dethe , and all the afflictions , whiche we maye susteine in this worlde , shal not annoy vs , but shall rather tourne vnto our profyte , and be as entrees and occasyons of our greatter glorie : but also that we shall after our corporall deathe be preserued from the captiuitie of hell , and shall be made parttakers of Christis resurrection , that is to say , that we shall aryse and lyue ageyne in the selfe same bodyes and sowles , that we nowe haue , and so shall vtterly ouercome deathe , in lyke maner as our heed , and our sauiour Ihesu Christ hath done before vs , and shal fynally lyue with hym immortally in ioye , and felycitie .