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A18672	The foundation of Christian religion: comprehended in three godlie and learned treatises. 1. Faith. 2. Hope. 3. Charitie	L'Espine, Jean de, ca. 1506-1597. Traité de la foy. English.; Veghelman, S.	1612 (1612)	STC 5188; ESTC S118874	139,379	370

of his holynesse For hee indureth but a while in his anger but in his fauour is life weeping may abide at euening but ioy commeth in the morning And in the 65. Psalme Wicked deeds haue preuailed against me but thou wilt be mercifull vnto our transgressions Blessed is he whome thou choosest and causest to come to thee he shall dwell in thy courts and we shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thine house euen of thine holy Temple And in the 119. Psalme Let my soule liue and it shall praise thee and thy iudgements shall helpe me And also Flye feom euill and doe good and dwell for euer Psal 37. For the Lord loueth iudgement and forsaketh not his Saints they shall bee preserued for euermore but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off And about the end of the Psalme The saluation of the righteous men shall be of the Lord hee shall be their strength in the time of trouble For the Lord shall helpe them and deliuer them he shall deliuer them from the wicked and shall saue them because they trust in him But aboue all the parcell of the Apostle to the Romanes is plaine to prooue this Of the excellency of Faith for conclusion of this Treatise Chap. 11. when he saith that the gifts and the vocation of God are without repentance Seeing then that Faith bringeth vs so many good things as the grace of God the remission of our sins the adoption of children assured hope of the kingdome of Heauen and life euerlasting It may well of all the vertues be it which ought to be most recōmendable vnto vs and of the which we ought to be most curious as well to preserue as to exercise it and to make it growe and profit in our hearts by an assiduity of hearing reading and meditating of the word of God And to desire of him continually in our prayers that by his holy Spirit he would augment it in vs vntill that we may arriue at the greatest perfection and highest degree therof that we may So be it FINIS A TREATISE of HOPE AMongst the blessings which God hath departed vnto vs in Iesus Christ A blessing of God some wee possesse in this present life others wee looke for in the life to come and of the first we haue some as it were ●lready in our hands wee shall enjoye the others hereafter All are propounded vnto vs in diuers places of the holy ●cripture and briefly in the first chap●er of the Epistle to the Ephesians Faith Now ●s true Faith giueth consent without any doubt to all the verity of God manifested in the Canonicall bookes of the old and new Testament as well in regard of the resitall of the things done from the beginning of the world vntill the time of the Apostles as they are therin declared as of the declarations of diuine will whether it doth justly threaten the wicked and punisheth them in some sort in the world whether it aduertiseth them of the torments prepared for their soules and bodies or whether it promiseth to the just jnfinite blessings and doth jmpart some vnto them as a tryall of those which it hath prepared in a better life Hope so Hope taken i● his proper signification regardeth th● good things to come namely thos● which we looke for by the grace of go● in Heauen For we speake of the Christian Hope discerning it by this title from worldly hope jmproperly name● Hope by those that know not well wha● it is to hope The good Israelites hope● that the Messias should at last appear● in the flesh We hope that God woul● assist vs comfort vs and succour vs ye● in so much as hee is our Father in Iesu● Christ that he will raise vs againe at the ●atter day that we shall be in bodie and ●oule eternally in heauen to possesse the ●nheritance which was prepared for vs ●efore the foundations of the world ●t is that which S. Paul teacheth briefe●y in the first Chap. of the Epistle to the Ephesians vers 12. 18. Therefore ●ee saith Romaines 8.23 that wee ●re saued by hope hauing a regard to ●he condition of the Faithfull in the world and to the state of the militant Church Now hope addeth hee which is seene is not hope For why ●hould any man hope for that which he ●eth But if wee hope for that which wee see not then wee waite for it with ●atience The hope of Christians is no lesse certaine then their Faith Certaintie of hope which commeth of the promises of God made to his for their saluation It is vpheld by ●hat Faith named by the Apostle Hi●ostacie or subsidence of the things hoped for Hebrues 11. And it must also be certaine and armed with patience by reason of the delay which semeth long to our impatience And the diuine goodnesse so supporteth our weakenesse wisely exercising our Faith by this enterposing of hope which standeth as in sentinell wayting the hower to be put in possessiō of the good things Her birth and Life which are promised him Now as it commeth and dependeth of Faith consenting to the promises of God so likewise it is strengthened by this same Faith insomuch that wee see that hee that made vs such excellent promises will not faile in one of them but will accomplish it fully As little doubteth she of the power of him that promiseth as of his wil cōfirmed by a solēne oath by the gift of the son of God by so many other testimonies ratified by more experience Therefore when the Apostle wished that the eyes of the vnderstanding of the Saints and Faithfull might bee jlluminated to the end they might know what is the hope of the calling of God and what are the riches of the glorie of his jnheritance among the Saints hee yet addeth therevnto what is the excellent greatnesse of his power towards rhem according to the effi●acie of the mightinesse of his strength Ephesians vers 18.19 words of great weight which shew the incōprehensi●le good of the christian hope Her excellencie for ex●mple it is sayd that Abraham vnder●…anding the promise of God beyond ●ope beleeued in hope that hee should ●ecome a Father of many nations and ●eing not weake in Faith had no regard ●o his body already benummed made ●o doubt of the promise of God know●ng certainly that hee that had promi●ed him was able to do it Romaines ● 18 c. Then as hope proceedeth ●f this that wee beleeue that God is ●rue in his promises so is it nourished ●nd confirmed by the certaine perswa●…on which we haue of his infinite pow●r And euen as our Faith is groun●ed vppon nothing but the power and ●ruth of God which promiseth vs euer●asting life by the merits of the obedi●nce of one onely Iesus Christ the like ●ught wee to say of hope grounded v●on Faith Hebrues 11.1 In whome it is found Wherevp●on it followeth also that such a hope

but it must goe out if care bee not had to powre fresh oyle into it to preserue it also without the word of God Faith cannot subsist nor be long vnprovided for of this nouriture but it must be in prison and become as it were sluggish and finally it must dye and be altogether extinguished for wee see it happens ordinarily to those that are negligent in exercising themselues in the meditation of the word of God as it doth to the water the which although it be of cold nature is neverthelesse subceptible of the heat when it is set neere the fire but when it is taken from it first it cooleth by little and little and at length commeth to it former coldnesse and so returning to it first nature the heat quencheth and dyeth all together It followeth in the definition That Faith is an jndubitable knowledge of all things contained in the word of God as well in the old as in the new Testament Which is added to reprooue the errours of the Manicheans of Marcion and of other hereticks which did not receaue nor approue none of the bookes of the Bible but those onely which did not seeme contrary to their heresies Also for to reject the errours of the Iewes who doe not approoue the Bookes of the new Testament and likewise of the Libertines who say that men must not abide in the earth which is but for children and such as bee yet in their rudiments but that men must suffer themselues to bee conducted by I know not what fantasticall spirit the which can bring forth nothing but prodigious railyngs and such monsters as those that haue beene seene in our time in the citie of Munster in West-phalia and elswhere where these Organs and Instruments of of Satan haue been able to gather disciples together Now we must aboue all things take heed to that and altogether approue all the books in the which the spirit of God hath pleased to reveale and discouer his will and to esteeme that there is not any superfluous or vnprofitable word therein and that there is never a portion what a one soever it be in the scripture that it is dry or barren which wee experiment when after we haue prayed to God wee apply our selues attentiuely to meditate therevppon and that to contemplate the secrets and mysteries of God which are therin covered and wrapped vp wee will vnfold them like vnto a Tapistry that wee may see therin discovered the great singularity and art of the workeman who did make and weaue it It followeth in the definition that the same Faith is joyned with a true and perfect trust of their salvation propounded vnto them in the Evangelicall promise and by the grace of God which ought diligently to be obserued in the nature and essence of Faith for it sufficeth not to beleeue in God and in Iesus Christ that wee know them in their workes to admire and adore them but this knowledge which we haue of them and to depend of them in all our affaires and necessities to haue our recourse vnto them to be succoured and ayded in all dangers And finally when we haue experimented their favour and care which they haue had to helpe vs we must giue them thankes and glorifie their holy name which S. Paul teacheth vs plainly in the 3. chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians the 12. verse where he sayth By which Iesus Christ wee haue boldnesse and and entrance in with confidence by Faith vnto him Also in the Epistle to Hebrews chap. 4. All the faithfull are exhorted to goe with boldnesse vnto the throne of grace that we may obtaine mercy and find grace to helpe in the time of need Iesus Christ also in S. Iohn exhorting the Apostle to beleeue in him Iohn 14. and in God his Father doth not meane to exhort them onely to know the essence or the will of the one or the other but also to put their whole trust in them And when in Esay chap. 28. it is sayd That who so euer beleeueth in God shall neuer bee confounded It ought not to be vnderstood only of the knowledge which we ought to haue of the certainty and verity of the doctrine and word pronounced and preached but also of the trust vnto the which such a knowledge doth conduct vs to referre our selues with all our affayres to God and to his providence Which Dauid teacheth vs in many places as in the 2. Psalme where hee exhorteth the Princes and great Lords to do homage to Iesus Christ saying Serue the Lord in feare reioyce in trembling Kisse the Sonne least he be angry and yee perish in the way when his wrath shall suddainly burne Blessed are all they that trust in him And in the 3. Psalme at the end thereof Saluation belongeth vnto the Lord and thy blessing is vpon thy people And in the 5. Psalme And let all them that trust in thee reioyce and triumph for euer and couer thou them And in the 32 Psalme Many sorrows shall come to the wicked but he that trusteth in the Lord mercy shall compasse him And in the 25 Psalme Let me not be confounded I trust in thee but let them be confounded that trangresse without cause And in the 34 Psalme The Lord redeemeth the soules of his Seruants and none that trust in him shall perish Wee may see by these percels and jnfinite others which are in the Scripture that this terme of Faith is not simply taken onely for the knowledge of the truth of the word of God but principally for the trust hope and assurance which we have of the effect of the promises of God of his grace and favour of the loue and affection which he beareth vs and of his care of vs and of all our affaires to conduct them happily according as our good and salvation requireth It followeth that this Faith is propounded vnto them in the Evangelicall promise by the grace of God Wherevpon we must note two things first that the subject and principal foundation vpon the which Faith is built is not the Law nor the commandements which propound nothing else but a curse vpon those that transgresse them nor yet the threatnings which propound nothing but the wrath of God to those that withstand them which may rather affright and astonish then comfort and assure wherefore the faithfull man must not haue a regard to the Law or to threatnings of God to assure himselfe of his grace and by consequent of his salvation which dependeth thereon but he must keepe his eyes fixed vppon the promise of God which is the ground and the foundation wherevpon the whole building and edifies of his Faith may rest and be well vpheld which is the cause that the Apostle sayth in Romaines the 10. That Faith commeth by hearing and hearing by the word of God to wit the woord of Faith the which was preached by the Apostles And in the 4. hee sayth it more expresly Therefore by