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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00748	The epiphanie of the church gathered out of the Holy Scriptures, declaring and plainly shevving, both the church that cannot but erre, and also the church that cannot erre : vvith so evident notes and manifest signes of either of them, that no man reading it, needeth be in doubt which he should beleue / written by R.P. in the yeare of our Lord God 1550 ; and now published in this yeare 1590 for the benefite of all such as desire the trueth concerning the church.	Finch, Richard, minister of East Ham.	1590 (1590)	STC 10877.5; ESTC S4676	36,955	52

the vvay vvhich leadeth into life and fevv there be that finde it Note diligently these wordes of the trueth He sheweth heere two gates two wayes and the end of either of them The Strait gate Narrow way and life The Wide gate Broad way and destruction The wide gate openeth into the broad way and leadeth into destruction that is death desperation and hell The strait gate openeth into the narrow way which leadeth into life ioy and eternall felicity Many do enter in at the wide gate walke the vroad way whose end is damnation remedilesse for it is written of Antichrist He openeth his desire wide open as the hel and is as vnsatiable as death all heathen gathereth he vnto him and heapeth vnto him all people But few doe enter the strait gate because few do finde it for who so findeth the gate he is in the way In this gate whosoeuer standeth in a wauering looking backeward is neither in the way nor in the gate No man that putteth his hands to the plough looketh backe is apt to the kingdome of God To stagger therefore in this matter and to looke backe is to be therewith both out of the gate and the way He that is in the gate is in the way and sure of life for the gate way and life be so vnite in one that it cannot be but he that is in them is in possession of the other and he that is out of them looseth the other The gate is nothing else but an opening or dore into the way of life Christ is the dore Christ is the way and Christ is the life which sayth I am the dore by me if any man enter in he shalbe sare And againe I am the vvay the trueth and the life no man commeth to the father but by me Also S. Iohn saith God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life and this life is in his sonne he that hath the sonne hath life and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not life Thus its Christ the gate way and life But who be they that do enter this gate Forsooth the prophet sheweth saying This is the gate of the Lord the righteous shall enter into it The righteous O Lorde who be righteous Christ onely is righteous wee all are sinners For If wee say wee haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs If wee acknowledge our sinnes hee is faythfull and iust to forgiue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnesse These thinges I doe write sayth Iohn vnto you that you sinne not And if anie man sinne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the righteous and he it is that obtaineth grace for our sinnes Loe here is our righteousnesse by this aduocate and for this aduocates sake so manie as pertaine vnto fayth be reckoned and called righteous Of the which righteousnes it is written The righteous shall liue by his owne faith and if he withdraw himselfe my soule shall haue no pleasure in him It is not we saith Paul that withdrawe our selues vnto damnation but we pertain vnto faith to the winning of the soule For by fayth the soule winneth the righteousnes that is in Christ Iesu our Lord if he withdraw not himselfe that is if he neither for loue of the worlde nor feare of tormentes forsake not the trueth receiued nor denie it before men Which trueth saith He that denieth me before men shal be denied before the Angels of God Also He that endureth to the end shal be saued Therefore so manie as pertaine vnto faith must holde faith slicke vnto Christ stand fast and walke in the trueth and then they shalbe happie and their sinnes shall not be imputed vnto them as witnesseth the prophet saying Blessed is hee vvhose vnrighteousnesse is forgiuen and vvhose sinne is couered Blessed is the man vnto vvhome the Lord imputeth no sinne and in vvhose spirite there is no guile But who is the cause that sume is not imputed to the faithfull Not our righteousnesse but the righteousnes of Iesus Christ Which of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse and sanctifiyng and redemption Who hath indeede for vs fulfilled all righteousnesse wherewith wee be indewed through faith according to the word of God that saith The righteousnesse of God commeth by the faith of Iesus Christ vnto all and vpon all them that beleue on him And therefore we hold that a man is iustified by faith To be iustified by faith is to be made by faith sure of Christes righteousnesse our iustification For he y t beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly is his faith counted for righteousnes For this cause is Iesus Christ called Emauel which by interpretation is as much to say as God vvith vs or whole ours This is the gate this is the way this is life The holy Ghost openeth the gate for he is the porter and sayth is the gifte of God Faith findeth the gate fayth entreth and faith setteth hold on life By faith Noah found and entred this gate which saued him from drowning Into this gate entred Abraham when hee forsooke his countrie nanation and fathers house and obeyed Gods worde This gate found Lot whereby hee escaped burning Moyses Aaron Iosue and diuers of the faithful Iewes found this gate therby were sure of their saluation Philip had found this gate when he said vnto Nathaniel We haue found him of vvhome Moyses in the lavv and the prophetes did vvrite Iesus of Nazareth Whereby it appeareth y t the fathers in the olde law before the incarnatiō of Christ found Christ this gate way and life For Nathaniel sound this gate by faith before he sawe Christ with his corporall eyes els had not hee bene a verie Israelite without guile Of whome Christ said Behold a right Israelite in vvhom is no guile Nathaniel knowledged this gate when he said vnto Christ Maister thou art the sonne of God Thou art the king of Israel Peter also and the other of the Apostles confessed the same when they said Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing God All euen so manie as our sauiour prayed for found and shall finde this gate which be but a verie fewe in comparison of them that finde it not They be as wee might say but an handfull to the world By the which name they be also called that enter the wide gate and walke the broad way Christ the sonne of God saying and praying vnto the father Father I pray not for the vvorld but for them vvhich thou hast giuen me for they are thine and all mine are thine and thine are mine and I am glorif●ed in them And Neuerthelesse I pray not for them alone but for them also vvhich shall beleeue on me thorovv their preaching that they all may be one as thou father art in me and I

false thorow hypocrisie and haue their conscience marked with an hote iron forbidding to marrie and commaunding to abstaine from meates vvhich God hath created to be receaued vvith giuing of thankes of them which beleeue and knevve the trueth Now ioyne these two prophecies together and note diligently the cause maner increase and force of Antichrists kingdome and then it shall be the better perceaued The cause why God permitteth the wicked to deceiue the people was for that they did not receaue the law of the trueth but loathed Gods word when they had it They writ it not in their heartes neither brought forth the fruits of the spirite but of the flesh To speake all in one worde They had as we haue much godly teaching and brought foorth much vngodly liuing Of verie duetie godly liuing must followe godly teaching otherwise Gods plague and vengeance followeth his word where and when soeuer it be taught But amongest all the plagues of God this is the greatest that he taketh away his word from the people and suffereth them to be fed with lies and Canterburie tales or fables After which sorte and maner the wicked haue come and entered into the Christian generation yea and haue sit in the holy place and seate of Moyses pretending to teache the holy word of God They haue set I say in the seate of Moyses not by teaching the law and the prophets but by name and place whereby the people not able to discerne the true session from presumptuous vsurpation haue bene deceiued with false myracles lying powers and wonders By the which feates they haue increased and growne into the greater number For when by the helpe of the deuill with their coniurations charmes and diuers other false fleightes they wrought myracles and wonders in diuers and sundrie places Then the people regarding not the simple word of God forsooke their faith and ranne a gadding from place to place to gaze vpon signes and wonders Manie beleeued lies because many taught lies Lying powers were on their side few durst speake the trueth and the simple lacked good instruction some therefore departed from the faith The sorce of Antichristes kingdome is well noted of Paul in that hee saith his comming shalbe with all lying power in that they shall forbid mariages command to abstaine frō meats and c. y t is to say After that the multitude hath bin well pampered and fed with their lies blinded with their coniurations and stablished with false miracles then shall they be able to make lawes in the defence of their deuilishe doctrines and openly to withstand and resist the trueth and Gospel as Iannes and Iambres Pharaoes coniurers withstoode Moyses Men they are sayth Paul of corrupt mindes and lewd as concerning faith Peter witnesseth with Paul saying They shall purely bring in damnable sects euen denieng the Lord that hath bought them bring vpon themselfes swift damnation many shal follow their damnable waies by whome the way of trueth shall be euill spoken of No maruaile for hypocrisie and outward shew of holynesse hath seemed so gay in the simple folkes eyes yea and yet doth to some so that as the trueth saith if it were possible the verie elect should be deceiued Iude also beareth record to the trueth with Paule and Peter shewing that they be deceaued with dreames defile the fleshe despise rulers and speake euill of them that be in authoritie murmurers complainers walking after their owne lustes whose mouthes speake proud thinges These saith he are makers of sectes fleshly hauing no spirite Conferre these same now together with the popish antichristian church of Rome and beholde if you can see the kingdome of Antichrist anie where so manifest and plaine Hath anie power in all the world since Christes ascention into heauen lift vp it selfe so high into the temple of God and aduanced it selfe as God like vnto this vsurped premacie and tyrannie of Rome Who hath more oppressed Gods booke resisted the Gospel and slandered the way of trueth then the pope and his rable Who hath wrought with suche deceaueable signes and myracles who hath fed vs with more lyes then that false prophet of Rome Read a leafe or two of Legenda aurea or the booke called Festinale and you shal finde good stuffe I warrant you Which bookes were woont to be read and taught vs moste principally concerning matters of religion Yea almost wee had no other in English I speake that I haue knowne heard and seene Within these xxiii yeares they were alledged in Sermons and read in the churche openly and had in more price amongest vs and better receaued then the holy Scriptures be of some Also they were then better studied and more willingly taught of curates in some places then Gods booke is now of manie of them Forget not I pray you to call to memorie how we were deceiued with images pilgrimages reliques false myracles iuglinges charmes witchcraftes coniurations iubilies stations holy water fire ashes palmes palme crosses saint Iohns Gospel images of waxe Walsinghame broches saint Iames shelles saint Priarke his staffe maister Iohn Shornes bat saint Cornelius horne pardons pardon beades beades Ladies Psalters dyrges treutals Requiem Masses c. Who denied the Lord that had bought then more manifestly then they that taught these romish dreames Whosoeuer denieth the death of Iesus Christ to be a whole perfect oblation sufficient for all sinne denyeth the Lord that hath bought them But they that taught or beleeued the aforesaid dragges and such like to be expedient for the obtaining of Gods fauour remission of sins denieth Christ and his death to be sufficient Wherefore so long as men sought remission of sinnes and Gods fauour in such phantasticall deuises of men it cannot be denyed but in so doing they denied the Lord that bought them To say trueth men little remembred the oblation of Christ by deathe vppon the crosse For not manie yeares agone euen when Masses satisfactory florished to affirme Christes oblation by death vpon the crosse once offered for all to be sufficient for remission of sinnes to all them that beleeue was so farre out of memorie that it was counted abhominable heresie because Masse and it could not stand together In time of anguishe trouble or sickenesse was Christes death sought to for quietnesse of conscience No our Lady of Wilsdon our Lady of Walsingham maister Iohn Shorne and confession to some holy fryer some holy relique Masse of Recordare or masse of the v. wounds For vnto these masses bishop Clement and Bishop Boniface had giuen great vertue through pardons and candels if the deuill transforming himselfe vnto Raphael the arch-angel be a true messenger Also if death approched then was Masse of Scala coeli Trentals Aniuersarijs and masse of Requiem with our Lady Masse ready to be sold for mony and song to send the soule to the Deuill with