A

BRIEF AND CLEAR CONFESSION

AND

SCRIPTURAL DEMONSTRATION,

FIRST,

OF THE INCARNATION OF OUR BELOVED LORD JESUS CHRIST.

SECONDLY,

HOW BOTH THE TEACHERS AND THE CHURCH OF CHRIST SHOULD BE

MINDED ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES.

WRITTEN TO

John A'Lasco and his Fellow‑laborers at Emden.

A.D., 1544.

BY

MENNO SIMON.

"If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," Jn. 8:31, 32.

"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ," 1 Cor. 3:11.

ELKHART, INDIANA:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN F. FUNK AND BROTHER.

1871. 325