An harmony of the confessions of the faith of the Christian and Reformed Churches which purelie professe the holy doctrine of the Gospell in all the chiefe kingdomes, nations, and prouinces of Europe: the catologue and order whereof the pages following will declare. There are added in the ende verie shorte notes: in which both the obscure thinges are made plaine, & those thinges which maie in shew seeme to be contrarie each to other, are plainelie and verie modestlie reconciled, and if anie points doe as yet hang in doubt, they are sincerelie pointed at. All which things, in the name of the Churches of Fraunce and Belgia, are submitted to the free and discrete iudgement of all other Churches. Newlie translated out of Latine into English. Also in the end is added the confession of the Church of Scotland. Alowed by publique authoritie.

AN ADMONITION TO THE GODLY AND GENTLE READER, TOVCHING THE ORDER and course of this wholl Harmonie. ⁂

THis wholl Harmonie of Confessions (gen∣ie Reader) is parted into 19. Sections, which wee haue taken sometimes out of noe, somtimes out of fewer Confessions in ••umber, as each seemed euerie one in his ••wne pl••ce to handle one & th•• s••me mat∣ter or chief point of doctrine. But in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••ing the context of euerie Confession, because we w••r•• ••o haue regard of the order of things and doctrine, rather then either of the time, or worthines of the Churches & Authors that wrote them, or other such like circumstance▪ the••fore it seemed good without anie enuie or preiudice of other Confessions, either more auncient or more famous, to giue the first place to the latter Confession of Heluetia; ••oth be∣cause the order thereof seemed more fitie, and ••he wholl handling of doctrine more full and conuenient and also be∣cause that Confession was publiquelie approoued & subscri∣bed vnto by verie manie Churches of d••uers Na••••on••. Far∣ther vpon ••his do the re••t fitly follow, to wit, ••he former con∣fession of Heluetia▪ & then all other, without any ••ho••s••, in∣differentlie, saue that we had rather ioyne together th•• Con∣fessions of Germanie, then s••uer them ••ach 〈…〉〈…〉 ac∣cording to ••h•• argument of euerie Section. 〈…〉〈…〉 in∣fo••••ed to p••t that Confession of th•• 〈…〉〈…〉 as rece••u••d somewhat ••••te, in the la•••• pl••ce. 〈…〉〈…〉 if it shall not seeme fitte and conuenient to 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 may

easilie be altered in the second edition, as other Confessi∣ons also, if anie such beside these shall be wanting, may in their due place be adioyned.

To conclude, that the godly Reader may want nothing, and that no man may suspect anie thing to be taken awaie or added to anie of those Confessions, we haue here set downe the articles or chiefe points in the order wherin they were first written. Which we desire euerie man fauourably to interprete, and to enioy this our labour, rather seeking peace and agreement, then malitiouslie hunting after occa∣sions of dissensions.