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A04699
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George Ioye confuteth, Vvinchesters false articles; George Joye confuteth, Winchesters false articles.
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Joye, George, d. 1553.
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powr of faith for as faith humbleth geuethe all glory to god so do works puffe vp man and ascribe glory vnto men If theffect of christs passion shuld depend of the condicion of our works we shulde neuer be sewer certayn of our iustificacion for all our works ar vnperfit and fowle as the sike womaÌ„s clothes Paul himself did his office so trwly that his conscience could not accuse him of any faut and yet he sayd Non tamen in hoc iustificatus sum yet for so doing am I not iustified ☞ Euerye thinge is to be called freelye done wherof the beginninge is free and at lybertye with owte anye cause of prouocacion So is there nothing frely done For man ha uinge his humane naturall affectes as loue hatered feare ioye heuines gladnes concupiscence honger thirste c. Besydes these also hauinge any celestiall gyftes as faith hope c must nedis be prouoked of them to do or to suffer all thingis But the liberty of the spirit conceiued by faith wherof Christe and Paul speke affirming by faith himselfe to be free and by loue to be bondman to all men is of an higher diâ—â—nite theÌ„ this popissh lawer or cowrtlye rufâ—er can attayne vnto Forhte on Winchester ☞ Faith must be to me the asseweraÌ„ce of the promyses in god made in criste if I fulfill the coÌ„dicioÌ„ loue must accoÌ„plisshe the coÌ„dicioÌ„ whervpoÌ„ solowth thatainmeÌ„t of the pro myse accordinge to Gods trweth Yet dare not he expresse his condicioÌ„ saying playnly Faith assewereth me of the promise of god if I fulfill the lawe but Win. nor none els but onely christe fulfilled the law ergo nether Winch. nor any els standinge this condicioÌ„ shal neuer be assewered of the promyse of God Paul argeweth another wayes excludinge the condicion that men mighte be the sewerer and certayner of the promyse For if the promyse shuld stande of an vncertain yea impossible condicion who shalbe certayn and assewered of the promyse Thus argeweth Paul By the works of the lawe came not the promise to Abraham or to his fead him to be thayer of the world but by the rightwisemaking by faith For if thei that will be iustifyed by the workes be therfore made thayers so is faith and beleue in vayne and the promyse voide and frustrate For the lawe worketh but wrath ergo it worketh no good works to the ataynment of iustificacion It worketh wrath for that it is impossible to be performed and accoÌ„plished of man whiche is flesshe as Paul constantly affirmeth and therfore it wrappethe all the workers therof to be iustifyed therby vnder the curse For as many as staÌ„de vpon the works of the lawe to this ende euen for their iustificacioÌ„ ar yoked vnder ex ecracion and tyed to the curse Gala. iij. For where iâ— no lawe there is no transgression Wherfore Paul nowe concludeth agenste Win. saying out of faith is the heretage ge uen lyke as oute of grace that the promyse mighte be the more fernie and sewerer vnto all the sead not to it that is onely out of the lawe but also to it which is oute of the faith of Abraham Paul in spirit did see befor this Winchesters condicion to frustate the promyse and therfore he confuteth it here so cle rely And agen vnto the GalatheÌ„s If anye wolde obiecte saying ergo the lawe is ageÌ„ste the promises God forbid saith Paul but if there had ben a lawe geuen whiche might haue geuen lyfe then no doute iustificacion might haue comeÌ„ by the lawe But the scrip ture coÌ„cluded all vnder syn that the promyse the promise I saye out of the faith of Ie su Chryste shuld be geuen and not deserued to the beleuers Thus ye see howe with so many wordes paul excludeth Win. impossible condicion to make faste the promyse in Christe that owr faith might be the sewerer stayede and cleaue to it If onelye vnbeleif dampneth why shulde not onelye faithe iustifye it is a good argumente of contrarye But yet because Win. wyndeth in his condicion so harde for the atainmente of his iustificacion by works I wolde fayne se some one of his good works so perfit pure with oute anye carnall affecte annexed ether of vaynglory or of loue to himselfe or for fere of payne not done nor for hope of rewarde or any lucre promocion or to recenâ—e a beter thinge for the doinge therof oute of so pure an herte that it be not done of any affeccion to the persone but onelye of faith â—ele for the glorye of god profit of his neighbour or onely to mortifye his owne affectes and to set naught by himself to abnegate and re nownce his estimacion and glorye to be renewed in spirit and to folow christe mekely to dethe Paul acknowlegeth himself com playueth in his most perfeccion not to be able to do that good which he wold do but to do that euill which he wold not do â—e dirst not call in this condicion to atayne his iusti ficacion therby but constantlye affirmed as many as stande vpon the workes of the law to fulfill them therby to be iustified ar yoked vnto the curse of the lawe saying Cursed is euery man that abideth not in althingis wryteÌ„ in the boke of the lawe to performe them I wonder therfore that Win. dare stande vpon his condicion to be fulfilled to ataine any parte of his iustificacion therby Dare he clayme thinke ye any parte of his iustificacion for burning of Doctor Garnis and his felows for prechinge agenst theise wikekly armed articles Tell vs Win. didst thou burne them so cruelly of loue and not of haatred or enuy trwely loue burneth noman for preching the trweth charite enuyeth not cÌ„ Abi igitur post christum satana Come bak deuill aftir christe thou art sclauÌ„ derous to his crosse for being maried to thy nown witte thou sauourst not the heuenly and godly iustificacion but siche one as naturall reason perswadeth emong men euen one good turne for another to be done and so to deserue thy iustificacioÌ„ But be it in case that Win. thus condicioninge with God hath in his own opinioÌ„ done some good dee de wherby he dare claym his iustificacioÌ„ yet shal not that same deed serue him to that einmente of that effecte For were it neuer so good yet doth his false opinion in his deed make it dampnable But lett vs speake of a good deed absolutely excluded from all car nall affectes if any man maye do siche one this deed is not owre deed but the deede of god working it in vs for what deed soeuer procedethe owte of owr corrupte nature is naught It is god saith Paul that workethe in you accordinge to his good mynde bothe to will well also to performe your work Nether ar we apte and able to thinke somiche as a good thoughte out of owr own selues but all our ablenes cometh from