# A Brief Confession Of Faith, And Part Of The Disputation Which I, Lauwerens Van Der Leyen, Had On The Fourth Of July, 1559, With The Lords Of The Law, At Antwerp, And The Dean Of Ronse. · Page 2 of 5

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One of the judges said to me: “If Christ is not
of Mary’s flesh, then the promise is not fulfilled
yet.” I said: “It is not written that Christ is of
Mary’s flesh.” This Dean said to me: “It is written;
you lie, for it is written: That holy thing which
shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Again: A virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son.
Again: That he was born of the seed of David, according
to the flesh.” I said: “My lords, it is
true; but it is not written as you have said. Hear,
my lords, I call you to witness, he has brutally
called me a liar; nevertheless, it is not written thus.”
Again he said: “You lie.” I replied: “If I were
disposed to call you a liar, I would say that you lie
yourself.” I said: “My lords, listen: Luke 1:26,
etc. The Angel was sent from God to a virgin
espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the
house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary,
and she was a pure virgin. And the angel came in
unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored,
the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou
among women. Thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and bring forth a son. He shall be great, and shall
be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God
shall give unto him the throne of his father David,
and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Mary
said: How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
The angel said unto her: The Holy Ghost shall
come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born shall be called the Son of God.
That which was conceived in her was of the Holy
Ghost. Matt. 1:20. It does not say there, that he is
of Mary’s flesh.” One of the judges again said:
“The promise is not fulfilled yet.” I replied: “It
is fulfilled; if you will listen to me, I will tell you.”
I then told him that the Savior and Redeemer came,
and suffered much here for our sakes, even as is
written that Christ the Savior himself said: God so
loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life. John 3:16. And thus he
came into the world. And he left us an example,
that we should follow his steps. 1 Peter 2:21.

Again Zachariah truly said: “Blessed be the
Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed
his people, and hath raised up a horn of
salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,
which have been since the world began: that we
should be saved from our enemies, and from the
hand of all that hate us; to perform the mercy
promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy
covenant; the oath which he sware to our father
Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we, being
delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might
serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness
before him, all the days of our life.” Luke
1:68–75. Thus we find indeed, that the promise
is fulfilled; but that Christ is of Mary’s flesh, this
we find nowhere written. The Dean of Ronse asked
me: “How then did he become flesh?” I told them
that he who was from everlasting with his Father,
by whom all things were created and made, that are
in heaven and upon earth, visible and invisible, yea,
the living Word of the Father, who was with the
Father, came from his kingdom on high, and became
man, and thus came into the world, and saved
us with his own blood. Rev. 1:5. The Dean asked:
“Did he then become changed?” I told him as is
written: “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us.” John 1:14. The Dean said to me:
“You are the vilest sect that ever was upon earth.”
I told him that he was a rotten sect, in presence of
all the judges, or the court; and (said I) I will
prove to you that you are a sect; for your people
cannot prove a single point of all that you observe,
with the word of the Lord; and Christ says:
“Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not
planted, shall be rooted up.” Matt. 15:13. I then
asked him, where he found anything written concerning
the institutions observed by them, such as
the christening of bells, tonsure, the consecrating of
water, that one wears shoes with holes, and another
stockings without toes, each in his own way, all of
which is certainly not sanctioned by the word of
God.” I further said: “My lords, I have offered
to dispute from the Holy Bible, publicly, before the
whole court.” The Dean said to me: “You will
be thrust into a bag, and suffocated with a ball in
your mouth.” I said: “You hypocrite, do you not
fear the word of the Lord, which says that with the
breath of his lips shall he slay the unmerciful? Isaiah
11:4. Again: A man that doeth violence to the
blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man
stay him. Prov. 28:17. Ye serpents, ye generation
of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Matt. 23:33. Repent ye, and believe the gospel;
for your days may be brief.” Mark 1:15.



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