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cause_n	believe_v	faith_n	lord_n	1,391	5	3.9699	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04546	An confortable exhortation of oure mooste holy Christen faith, and her frutes Writte[n] (vnto the Christe[n] bretherne in Scotla[n]de) after the poore worde of God.	Johnson, John, professor of holy divinite.	1535 (1535)	STC 14667; ESTC S103726	34,279	76

and lacke the prayse that is of valoure before God but are iustified frely by his grace thorow the redemption that is in Christ Iesu whom God hath made an seate of mercy thorow faith in his bloud to shewe the righteuesnes which before hym is of valoure in that he forgeueth the synnes that are passhed which God did sofre to sheue at this tyme the righteuesnes that is alowed of hym that he myght be counted iuste and an iustifiar of hym that beleuith on Iesus Christ Where is then thy reioysinge it is excludet By what lawe by the lawe of workes naye but by the lawe of faith We suppose therfore that an man is iustified by faith without the deades of the lawe Ys he God of the iewes only ys he not the God also of the gentyls he is no dout God also of the gentyls for it is God only which iustified circumcision which of faith and vncircumcisiō thorow faith ¶ Yf Abraham were iustified by deades then hath he wherin to reioyce but not with God For what saith the scripture Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for righteuesnes ¶ To hym that worketh the rewarde is not reckened of fauour but of duety To hym that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustified the vngodly is faith reckened for righteuesnes Euen as Dauid describeth the blessed fulnes of an man vnto whom God ascribeth righteuesnes without deades Blessed are they whose vnrighteuesnes is forgeuen and whose synnes are couered blessed is that man to whom the lorde imputeth not synne Cam this blessednes then apon the circumcised or apon the vncircūcised we saye verely howe yat faith was reckened to Abrahā for righteuesnes Howe was it reckened In the time of circumcicision or in the time before he was circumcised Not in the time of circumcision but when he was yet vncircumcised And he receaued the signe of circumcision as an seale of that righteuesnes which is by faith which faith he had yet beynge vncircumcised That he shulde be the father of all them that beleue thougt they be not circumcised that righteuesnes myght be imputed to them also Abraham was made stronge in the faith and gaue honour to God and stedfastly beleued that he which had made the promes was able also to make it good and therfore was it reckened to hym for righteuesnes It is not written for hym only that it was reckened to hyme for righteuesnes but also for vs to whom it shal be counted for righteuesnes so we beleue on hym that reysed vppe Iesus the lorde frō deeth As saith Paul be cause that we are iustified by faith we are at peace with God thorow oure lorde Iesus Christ The Gētils which foloweth not righteuesnes haue ouer takē righteuesnes I meane ye righteuesnes which cōmeth of faith But Israel which foloweth the lawe of righteuesnes coulde not attayne vnto y e lawe of righteuesnes And wherfore because they sought it not by faith but as it were by the workes of the lawe For they haue stombled at the stomblinge stone As it is writtē Beholde I put in Syō an stomblinge stone and an rocke on which shal men faule none that beleue on hym shal be ashamed I beare Israel recorde sayth Paul that they haue an feruent mynde to God warde but not accordinge to knouledge For they are ignoraunt of the righteuesnes which is aloued before God ād goo about to stablisshe their aune righteuesnes And therfore are not obedient vnto the righteuesnes which is of value before God For Christ is the ende of the lawe to iustifie all that beleue ād in y e same chap. saith he The beleue of y e herte iustified And in an other place We knowe y t no man is iustified by the deades of lawe but by the faith of Iesus Christ and we haue beleuet on Iesus Christ that we myght be iustified by y e faith of Christ and noth by the deades of the lawe Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for righteuesnes vnderstonde therfore that they which are of faith are the childerne of Abraham The scripture sawe afore honde that God wolde iustifie the gentils thorow the mouthes of lyons quenched the violence ●f fyre eschaped the edge of the swearde of weake were made stronge woxet valient in fyght turned to flyght the armees of the alientis The wemen receaued their deed to lyfe agayne wother were racked and wolde not be deliuered y t they myght receaue a better resurrectiō Wother tasied of mochingis and scourgyndis moreower of bondes and presonment were stoned were heawen a sunder were tempted were slayne with sweardes walked vppe and doune in shepes skynnes in gotes skynnes in nede tribulacion and vexation which the worlde was not worthy of They wandred in wildernes in mountaynes in dens and cayes of the erth And these all thoroue faith obteyned good reporte and receaued not the promes God prouidinge an better thinge for vs that they without vs shulde not be made perfect Belowed bethren it is writtē The eyes of the lorde beholdeth faith that is to saye The lorde taketh pleasure of faith and faueours them in whom he findeth faith ād imputed not their synnes vnto them for the pleasure which he hath of their faith he loket not to their synnes but he loketh to their faith as saith y e scripture Dearly beloued this faith where of I speake is not fayned faith nether deed faith nether infruteful faith which taketh name after y e opiniō of mē but it is perfect faith quycke lyuinge faith which worketh y e pleasure of God frō y e herte of poore lowe This faith is not had be y e deuils nether by wicked vngodly mē but by y e saynctes of God yee the childerne and heyres of God Whom he had called vnto the supper of lyfe Nether mo the man which had this faith consent to do any thinge agaynst ye lawe of God for his herte is so vppe lyfted thorowe lowe y t he foryettes his awne profit and pleasure and continually seketh the pleasure of God ād the profit of his brethrē This faith is callit the faith of the Gospell and it is an sure confidence or trust in God that he is faithful and wil without any dout fulfil they thinges which he of his greate mercy hath promised vnto vs in Christ Ensample we haue of faithful Abraham whois faith was coūted vnto hym for righteuesnes And his faith was an sure confidence or trust in the promes of God as saith Paul Abraham cōtrary to hope beleued in hope that he shulde be the father of many nacions accordinge to that which was spoken So shal thy seed be and he faynted not in the faith nor yet consideret hys aune body which was nowe deed euen when he was almost an hondred yeare olde Nether cōsidered he the barenes of Sara He sta●kered not at the promes of God

certifieth my brethern for nowe is the last tyme. And as ye haue herde howe that Antechrist shal come euē nowe are there many Antechristes come all redy Beware of the false prophetes which come to you in shepes clothynge but inwardly they are raueninge wolues ye shal knowe them by they re frutes So men gaddre grapes of thornes or figges of brires euen soo euery good tree bryngeth forth good frute But a corrupte tree bryngeth forth euil frute A good tre can not brynge forth bad frute Nor yet can a bad tree brynge forth good frute Euery tree that bryngeth not forth good frute shal be heawen doune and cast in to the fyre wherfore by they re frutes ye shal knowe them Not all they that saye vnto me master master shal enter in to the kyngdome of heuen but he that fulfilleth my fathers wyll which is in heuen Many wil saye to me in that daye master ma● haue we not in thy name prophesied and in thy name haue we not cast out deuyls and in thy name haue we not done many myracles and then wyl i knoudledge vnto them that I newer knewe thē Departe from me ye workers of iniquite I beseche you brethern marke them which cause diuision and gewe occasions of euyl contrary to the doctrine which ye haue learned of the oyntment which ye haue of the holy goost and awoyde them For they that are soch serue not the lorde Iesus Christ but theyr awne belyes and by swete preachynges and flatterynge wordes deceaue the hertes of the innocentes For youre obedience vnto the trueth is publeshed through out amonge all christē brethern I am glad no dout of you but yet I wolde haue you wyse vnto that which is good and to be innocent as concerninge euyl The God of peace shall treade sathan vnder youre fete in shorte tyme. To hym that is of power to stabilishe you accordynge to the Gospell wherewith Iesus Christ is preached vnto you in openynge of the mistery which was kept closse from you a longe tyme a goo thorowe bely wysdome I meane y e craft of y e ypocrites And nowe is opēned at this tyme and declared in the holy scrip● heuenly father Which spared not his aune sonne but gaue hym for vs all Wherefore no dispare mo haue place in you for as saith Paul Ye haue not receaued the sprite of bōdage to feare eny moare but ye haue receaued the sprite of adoption wherby ye crye abba father God youre father is mercifull yee and very merciful sayth the scripture And his mercy he wyl not denye vnto his awne children whiche are ye so ye kepe sure the faith of the Gospell Herefore truste sure in the lorde for there is no damnation to you whiche are in Christ Iesu whiche walke not after the fleshe but after the sprite for the lawe of the sprite wherin is lyfe thorowe Iesus Christ hath deliuered you from the lawe of synne and deeth For what the lawe coulde not doo in as moch as it was weake because of the fleshe that performed God and sent his sonne in the similitude of sinful fleshe and by synne dampned synne in the fleshe that the righteuesnes required of the lawe myght be fulfilled in you which walke not after the fleshe but after the sprite c. It is God that iustifieth you who then shal condempne you it is Christ which is deed yee rather which is rysē agayne which is also at the ryght honde of God and maketh intercession for you Ye are dearly bought Ye are Christis awne possession Ye are members of Christ And the very housholde of God Wherfore doute not for he careth for you cast roure care on the lorde and he shall nouresshe you To put all feare all dredoure and all dispare from you Christ hath geuen you consolation sayinge Feare not lytle floocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geue you an kyngdom Be not careful for youre heuēly father knoweth what ye haue neade of and wyll ministre all necessary thynges vnto you ¶ Axe and it shal be geuen you seke and ye shal fynd knocke and it shal be opened vnto you for whosoeuer areth receaueth and he that seketh findeth and to hym that knocketh it shal be opened Is there any man amonge you which wolde profer his sonne a stone yf he axeth hym breed or yf he axeth fisshe wolde he profer hym a serpent yf ye then which axe euyl can geue to youre children good gyftes howe moche moare shall youre father which is in heuen geue good thynges to them that axe of hym I will dwell amonge you and walke amōge and wil be youre God and ye shal be my people I wil be an father vnto you and ye shal be vnto me sonnes and doughters sayth the lorde God almyghty Beholde the dayes shal come saith the lorde and I will fynnisshe apon the hous of Israel and apone the hous of Iuda an newe testament not lyke as the Testament that I made with theyr fathers at that tyme when I toke them by the honde to leed them oute of the lande of Egipte For this is the testament that I will make vnto the hous of Israel after theyr dayes I wil put my lawes in they re myndes and in theyr hertes I will writ them and I wil be theyr God and they shal be my people And they shall not teache euery man his neybour and euery man his brothre sayinge knowe the lorde for they shal knowe me from the leest to the greatest of them for I will be mercifull to them on theyr iniquites and synnes and on they re vnrighteuesnes will I not thynke any moare ¶ I the lorde defende and water her in the due tyme. I kepe her daye and nyght leste any man inuade her I am with oute all wrathe who then mo so mowe me to be so greate an enemie to her that I my promes neglecte I shal fyght for this cytie and shall defende it saith the lorde and shal saue it for my namys sake Be of good chere be of good chere my people saith youre God se that ye counforte the hertes of Ierusalem and tell them of theyr reest and deliueraunce from captiuite tell them howe theyr synnes shal be forgeuen them after that they haue receaued theyr full chastisinge of y e lordis honde for all theyr synnes Thou shal be my seruaunte I haue chosen y e nether shal I at any tyme refuse y e ▪ se that thou feare not for I shal be with y e nether loke thou aboute for eny other for I am thy God which shal conforte y e I shal helpe y e I shal holde the fast with this same my faithful righthonde Beholde as many as prouoke the to angre shal be counfunded and shamed thy aduersares shal come to nought and peresshe so that he that shal seke for them