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A10577	An instruccyon of Christen fayth howe to be bolde vp on the promyse of God and not to doubte of our saluacyon, made by Urbanus Regius. Tra[n]slated into englyshe; Instruccyon of Christen fayth howe to be bolde up on the promyse of God and not to doubte of our salvacyon.	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.	1548 (1548)	STC 20847; ESTC S104513	23,216	78

newe testament the euerlastynge couenaunte of grace made to vs in Christe betwixt him and vs and confyrmed with his blode wherof his prophetes so greatly speake of Christ the sone of God hath cōfirmed this testamēt by his death and is a suer gayge or a pledge of this promyse of God The truth and grace of God is layde and reposed for vs in Christe in hym we be suer to fynde it as God speaketh of his sone Christ oure trewe Dauid in the psalme .lxxxix. Psal 89. My trueth and my mercy shall euermore be with him and in my name his power shal be exalted he shall call me Thou art my father my God and the rescuer of my health And I shall set hym to be myne heare and fyrste begoten auaunse vp aboue al the kynges of the earthe I shall euermore reserue my mercy to hym and my faithfull testament vpon hym And I shall set vp his sede for euermore and his throne lyke the dayes of the firmament And if his chldren transgresse my preceptes and wyl not walke in my Iudgemētes I shall visite and chastice theyr iniquities with my rodde and theyr synnes with strypes But I wyll neuer take awaye my mercy clene from hym and my truth shall neuer fayle him I wyl neuer breake my testamēt that I make neyther wyll I euer go from my wordes that procede out of my lyppes Ones haue I sworne in my holynes see yf euer I breake my apoyntmēt with my seruaunt Dauyd his sede shall remayne for euer and his throne lyke the sonne in my syght c. This promyse is also redde in the .ii. Reg. vii 2. Reg. 7. Here in this prophesy God speaketh of the eternall kyngdom of Christ in which perpetuall mercy peace and quietnes is for in Christ he hathe reposed layd vp his truth and mercy Therfore in no other thynge can this promyse of grace be foūd or obtayned sayue only in Christ In him god hath promised to vs saluaciō frely through his myghtie mercie Therfore who soeuer beleueth in Christe without any more a doo to be bolde vpon it he hathe all thynges And though there be in Christes kyngdome weyke and infirme sinners which slyppe fall many tymes yet this priuelege prerogatiue they haue their sinnes shall not be imputed to damnation All theire offenses be offenses of children not of saruantes We haue a salue conduct and a passeport through all the peryls of death and damnaciō And thoughe we fall neuer so heynously yet shal we not perishe therfore for our christian fayth doth so fasten vs vnto oure Dauid Christe that we be made one sprite with hym In Christe we haue the verite of Goddes promyse and his mercy euermore to continue oure heauenly father wyll not punishe his weake children in his wrathe for euer but wyll chastice them with fauour in this temporall lyfe call vs agayne to repentaunce Thus the grace of God shall euer abyde fyrme and stable whiche we be suer shall not fayle vs so that we beleue this Dauid Christ to be oure kyng cast all our trust on him And here is to be noted and cōsidered where he sayth Truth My treuth and mercy allways go with hym yf it be his trewth than it can not ley nor deceiue vs. Yf yt be hys mercy and grace Grace than yt standith not by oure workes nor the lawe wherfore all these thynges shall happen to vs in Christe and for Christes sake which by hys workes and passion hathe purchased and bought all thyng for vs. Esay lv Esa 55. Bowe downe youre eare and come to me heare me and your soule shall lyue and I shall stryke a bergayne with you perpetuall the suer mercies which I promysed to Dauid Ierem. xxxi Ier. 31. This shal be the bargayne that I shall stryke with the house of Israell After those dayes I shall gyue my lawe within theyr bowels and wyll write it in theyr hartes Nota. and I wyll be theyr God and they shall be my people for I wyl pardon all theyr iniquities and wyll no more remember theyr offences c. So doth the apostle in his epistle to the Hebrues alledge the same place Heb. 8.10 where he proueth that this bargayne of grace are this newe testament betwyxt god and vs is now confyrmed and sealed vp by the death of Christ And that god is now no more a streyte iudge but a most tender father to all the faythful of Christ and that he wyl pardone all their offenses Lykwise to the Gala. S. Paule callyth thys eternall bargayn of grace Gal. 3. a testament that shal stand for euer where as he wryteth No mā brekyth or dysordenyth the wyll or testament of a man beyng ones confirmed and ratified Than yf mēnes testamētes ones made and confirmed abyde firme and suer how muche more the testament of god ones confirmed and ratified shall abyde firme These testimones do proue euidently strongly that goddes grace promised in Christe is firme and suer so that now no beleuer ought ne cā doubt of the fauor of god and remission of hys synnes we ought not to dought But vndoubtedly and constantly ought to styke to this promise of god which cā not nether shall be found false What hart now is so hard or stoney that wyll not relēt or be styred vp by thys firme and swete promise of god to take a bolde fayth and a confident trust vpō the grace and fauor of almyghte god beyng so promised to vs Wyll not these wordes make vs certefied yea also secure as yt were a bonde or a bargane testament promise Bonde testamet promyse mercy an othe an othe mercy And all these doth no man whiche maye decyue vs but god eternall promise our father in heauen which is truyth hymselfe Yt is an horrible blyndnes in vs that whan god hymselfe doth calle vs to hys grace doth promise frely to vs for his marcy sake clere remission of our synnes and for the same purpose hathe sent to vs hys only begotten sone in to the world to be a suer token or plege of hys heauenly fauor and grace and yet we lene and hold more to our owne stynkyng workes than to the trew euerstādyng truyth of god Alas for pyte howe many pretious soules moste pytuously haue be brought to desperation throughe these workes dooynge The law only hath bene put forth vnto them no thyng els beten into theire heades but this what god requireth of vs howe great synners we were what vēgaunce of God dyd fall vpon synne what tormentes what fyre and brymstone we shuld suffre in hell But none taught the people faythfully the promyse of God the gospel of Christe in the whiche sorowfull and vexed consciences of synners myght be refresshed and lerne the infinite and vnsearchable grace that God whiche of his vnknowen mercy hathe promysed Gods promyse is a gyfte that is to saye hathe geuen