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A06508	A frutefull and godly exposition and declaracion of the kyngdom of Christ and of the christen lybertye, made vpo[n] the wordes of the prophete Jeremye in the xxij. chapter, with an exposycyon of the viij. Psalme, intreatyng of the same matter, by the famous clerke Doctor Martyn Luther, whereunto is annexed A godly sermon, of Doctor Urbanus Regius, vpon the ix. Chapyter of Mathewe of the woman that had an issew of blood & of the rulers daughter, newly translated oute of hyghe Almayne.; Epistel aus dem Propheten Jeremia. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541. Sermon upon the ix. chapter of Mathewe.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 16982; ESTC S103978	55,289	166

taken with the palsey lyeng sycke in a bedde he did forgeue to hym hys syunes and restored hys healthe to him Mat. xv In the .xv. chapter of Mathew Christe cryeth woman thy faythe is greate Matth. xxi be it to the as thou willeste In the .xxi. chapter of Mathew ye shalres ceyue all thinges whatsoeuer ye beleuing shal aske in your prayer In the ix chapter of Marke Mar. ix Luce. vij to men beleuing all thinges are possible In the .vij. chapter of Luke the Lord sayth to Magdalent thy fayth hath mayd the safe go thou away in peace Luk. viij In the .viij. chap. of Luce Christ sayth to the chief man of the synagog feare thou not beleue thou onely and thy doughter shal be safe In the xvij chap. of Luke Lu. xvij Christe sayth to the mā full of lepry which he made cleane ryse you vp go thou awaye thy fayth hath saued the. So he sayde also to the blynde man in Hiericho Lu. xviij In the xviij chap. of Luke Faith is called the gyfte of God And through the holy Gospel of Iohn God promiseth euerlastinge lyfe to them that beleue in Christe In the xv chapter of the Actes Act. xv Peter tea cheth that fayth purifieth our hartes And in the xvi of the Act. Act. xvi whā the kepar of the prison sayth to Paul Sila Maisters what thing must I do that I may be saued They answered to him beleue in the Lord Iesu and thou shalt be safe and thy house And in the xi Hebr. xi Chapiter to the Hebrues Saint Paul reckeneth furth a greate rehersall of the deuoute and olde Christianes And he writteth that thei were welbeloued to God and pleased hym And that they shewed myracles by faythe and that it maye not be that any man please god withoute fayth How often sayth Paule that fayth without workes iustifyeth whiche thynge the auncient Doctours of the church of ryght opinyon and fayth setfurthe by these wordes onely fayth iustifyeth But for asmuche as our aduersaries accuse vs and bable that faythe is praysed to moche and exalted aboue measure of vs thereby they shewe thē selfes not yet to vnderstande what is fayth and what the scriptures of the Prophetes and Euangelistes yea the fathers and auncient Byshoppes teache of Christian fayth Wherfore let no man suffre hymself to be leadde awaye from the trueth by the rebukes of oure aduersaryes by whiche they ouerthrowe vs. That not any man may be troubled lightly and called away from the true sentence we shall shewe the causes wherfore scripture prayseth and exalteth so greatly faith in Christ Faythe in vs is vnperfite euereaceth from day to day for that cause it is not so perfite a work by it selfe that so great thynges may be attributed and gyuen for the perfection of it selfe But the couse of thys laude and prayse is because fayth gyueth true glory to oure Lorde God and because it beleueth that he is mercyfull iuste true whiche wil maye performe surelye hys promyse in Christ Thys is the ryghte true worshipping of God Vvhosoeuer beleueth so the word of God he calleth vpon God in all hys necessite without doubte trusteth loked for help of him in patience Therfor faith is thesame thyng which cleaueth fasteneth it self to true perfectiō that is to say to Christe apprehendeth the mercy of god promysed in Christ whiche promyse may not be apprehēded taken otherwyse by no other meane or instrumet thā by faith which is a trust vnto the promysed grace help of god in Christ in al miseries necessities If it might be that I had al the works of al men I had not this faith I myght not yet apprehēd the promyse in christ by al these workes This is the nature of the promise that it desyreth to be apprehended by fayth God promiseth to vs al help grace for Christes sake wherforyf I shuld make leane amost kyl my selt the space of an hole yeare by most strayte greuous fastynges eatyng nothing but crustes of breade drinking pure water yf I shuld go on pilgrimage to Rome armed fenced on al partes or vpō my bare fete not clothed with synnyng clothe but with a wollē rough garmēt rubbing prickyng my skynne yet I myght neuer apprehend the promyse of God in Christ by they works how painful soeuer thei be But whā I heare that God promyseth offereth to me hys mercy help and whan I trust to hys worde as true almygtye I beleue to God whiche can not lye and deceaue than I apprehende and receyne these thynges by that fayth whiche he hath promysed in Christe Therfore the fathers of true opinion and faythe doth declare openly not withoute a cause that onely fayth not any work iustifyeth saueth For because the Gospel sheweth offereth gyueth to vs Iesu Christe the Sonne of God whiche alone and no other hath delyuered vs from synne and death howe may thou receyue otherwyse hym and apprehend in thy harte hym as thyne owne propre than by onely fayth in hym that thou mayest beleue to the Gospell that is to saye that he hath dyed and rysen agayne for the and that he is trnely thy sauyoure and delyuerer Vvherfore note ye diligentlye and forgette not that true fay the in Christe is onely the true meane and instrument by which we laye hande on apprehende and receyue the mercye of God promysed to vs in Christ and al benefytes to our saluation But whan we heare that faith is greatly praysed let vs not thinke that there is suche a perfection in vs whiche hath deserued so great testification in wordes honoures and prayses For it by it selfe deserueth not that but it is the trust in the mercy of God by Christe Therforouer thoughtes must be anone directed vnto Christe vnto whome faythe casteth it selfe to whome it fasteneth and conioyneth it selfe to whome it cleaueth and for whose cause it loketh for and receyueth all good and healthfull thynges of God Faythe is alwayes vnperfyte but Christe to whome faith afflixed cleaue to is not vnperfite but the true infinite and vnmeasurable treasure of all perfection Yf folyshenesse is with vs Christe is oure wysedome Yf we haue synne Christe is our iustice Yf we be not enduwed yet with that holines with which we shulde be for the cause of oure synnynge fleshe Christe is oure sanctification And whan we ware yet prysoners vnder the tyran of hell to euerlastynge death And whan he had no counsayll nor helpe in the hole world forasmuch as no creature myghte delyuer vs and therfor we should hane peryshed than God fende and gaue to vs hys owne propre sonue vnto a redemer that he myght be oure redemption i. Corinth i. i. Cor. i. In conclusyon we haue all fulnesse in Christ and we haue these thynges in hym mooste sufficiently mooste plenteously and most abundauntly

whiche we haue nede of And we maye not make propre to vs and clayme or laye hande on thys treasure and gyfte of God by anye other meane than by tiue fayth which faith withoute controuersy is effectual also by good workes because it receaueth the holye Ghooste and reneweth and purifyeth the man No deuyll nor wicked and myscheuouse person hath thys faythe albe it they be not verye ignoraunte of the historye of Christe what hys person is and what is hys seruyce notwithstandynge they haue not thys confidence of him that he is theyr redemer and sauyoure and that he wyll delyuer helpe thē For the Deuils know what thing God hath thretened to them that is to saie iudgement and most sure damnation and therfore they tremble and quake But whan we praise so greatly fayth than we speake of true faythe in Christ which is a certayne liuely trust hope of the grace of God whiche he hath promysed to vs in Christe that is to say that he wyl forgeue to vs all oure synnes for Christes sake whiche hath satisfyed for our synnes he wil repute vs iuste and he wil gyue to vs eternal lyfe Neyther the deuill nor hys membres may haue this fayth of the promises of god but the chosē in Christ haue onely it And this is that faith whiche hath restored this womā by which she was made partetaker of the diuine grace help Thys fayth hath made thys woman the doughter of Christ that he dyd vouchesafe to call her hys doughter as Chrysostome sayth And whan scripture prayseth thys fayth thā is the grace and mercy of god for this fayth is the trust vnto the meregrace of god promysed for christes sakerther for thei mē must uede be rude dismaied vnaduised yea frowarde and maliciouse whiche can not suffre that ye most abundaunt grace of God by whiche we ware delyuered from the power of darkenesse be praysed and exalted See that ye be ware of thys kynde of men for they be leadde of thatsame euyll spirite whiche blynded once the Pelagianes Let vs set before oure eyes and folowe also here the example of charitie and mercy which we see here in Christ Iesu oure Lorde and God and that we maye be moued by affection of calamitie and misery of our neyghboures And that we maye helpe and ayde them accordynge to the facultie of our powers and goodes For fayth ought not to be without fruytes ❧ An other Article of the resurrection of the dead Here let vs behold cōsider with intentyue eyes bothe the word work of Christ our Lorde For as moche as they he so merueylouse that we may neuer meruayle ynough at them nor neuer prayse ynough the glory of hys grace He sayth that the wenche slepeth anone he toke her hād and calleth her vnto lyfe The worlde hearyng this standeth by with styf astouyeng eyes reasō mocketh for it semeth incredible and a mere folyshenes that a deformed mortall colde styffe and stynkyng caryon sleapeth In conclusyon how may reasone beleue that death is not death Augustine in the .lxviij. Psalm sayeth We knewe vnderstande then before the comyng of Christe before the worde of God was publyshed in the worlde or before our conuersyon regeneration in mankynde two thinges but one thing was vtterlyvnknowē to vs. That men be borne dyeth that we knowe but that they shal aryse agayn frō the dead and shal lyue euerlastyugly that we knewe not The misteries of God be hyd before reasō The knoweledge of these very greate thynges is not graffed set in the hartes of mē as the lawe of nature therfore reasō all philosophy worldlye wysedome myght knowe nothing of that It was knowē first of al by the gospel of christe which was sent by the holy ghoost from heauen vnto earth Whosoeuer hath not the gospel or beleueth not it he cā knowe nothing of the resurrectiō nor of eternal lyfe which thing the blind ignorant gētiles witnesseth sufficiētly in their writtynges Therfor sayeth Paule i. Cor. ij i. Cor. ij that God hath reueled shewed to vs these thinges by hys spirite that we haue not receaued the spirite of the world but the spirite of God that we may knowe what thynges haue bē geuen to vs of Christe A naturall man vnderstandeth not those thinges which be of the spirite of God it is folyshenesse to hym and he cā not vnderstand it And we heare that here in the Iewes which mocke scorne the Lorde where he saith she is not dead but she slepeth For they could not perceyue and knowe howe death myghte be a slepe Whe● for thei supposed that these wordes of Christe was dreames of a sycke man and mere tryfles and saiynges of a madde man And this is the desteny of the gospell alwayes in the worlde that it is supposed called folyshenesse .i. Cor. i. i Cor. i. Whan Paul in the .xxvi. Ac. xxvi of the Actes teached of the resurrection of the dead the lieuetenaunt Festus iudged that he was madde How hardly beleued Thomas that Christ was reuiued frō dead Iohn xx Iohn xx At Athenes they called the sermones of Paul of the resurrection a babblynge although they auaunted that there was the fountayne of al artes sciences and wysedome Ac. xvij the xvij of the Actes The Sadducees amōg the Iewes iudged that the sermones of Christe of the resurrection was a certayne tryflyng fable thynges impossyble Math. xxij Matth. xxij And Augustyne writeth in the .xxij. boke de ciui dei the .v. Chapter There be thre thinges incredyble which not withstādyng haue bē done It is incredible that christ hath rysē agayne in body hath ascended vnto the heauens with hys body It is incredible that the worlde hath beleued a thyng so incredyble It is incredyble that that men of none estimaton feble very few vnlerned myght perswade so effectually a thyng so incredible to the worlde also to lerned connyng mē in it The carnal sonnes of thys world suffer not to beleue the first point that is to say that Christ hath rysen again The secōd point that is to say that mē notwithstāding hath beleued this thinge although it was incredible they be constrayned to see before ther eyes it forasmuche as the resurrection of the dead is beleued so stedfastly constat̄ly throughout al the worlde of al christianes that therfor they may dispise this lyfe with al his ryches profittes pleasures power shewe also their middel fynger to death as Paule doeth i. Corin. xv i. Co. xv Vvhere is death thy prick The sonnes of this world cā not fynd or know frō whence that other is done that is to say that the worlde beleueth the resurrectiō except they shal beleue also the third point that is to say that it was done by the Apostles men beleuyug theyr preachyng sermōs Our fayth dependeth not of opiniōs of mē nor hath causes set and

hande they maye be sure But here vnto perteyneth a strōg fayth and a sharp sight to knowledge these thinges Therfore are these earneste wordes that the Prophet sayth Iuda shall be helped or saued Nota bene and Israhel shall dwell safe or withoute feare yf thou doest not behold them with faith thou shalt surely fynde the contrary parte For call ye this helpinge or is this peace when Christ the kyng hym selfe is hanged vpon the Crosse When the apostles heades be smiten of And when the Christiās be put from house and lande and are dryuen from towne to towne Item When Christe as he sayth hym selfe in Mathewe Mat. x. Capit. x. sendeth forth his Apostles and preachers as shepe amonge wolues verely there shoulde be prety peace Clubbes and Halbardes or dogges should be sent amonge them I suppose also that it is called a kyngedome of peace and of Saluation It might well ynough be called a kyngedome of warre where as is nothinge but kyllinge and murtheringe Yea this is it that I haue sayde It is another maner of kyngedome than mense with their eyes It apeareth outwardly as though it were damned as though it were forsaken and destitute of helpe but inwardely is it meare peace and saluation there is the battayll ouercome by faith In the sight of the world doth it somtyme apeare as though the Christians laye vnderfote for they are kylled and murthered euermore lyke the Cattell and the vngodly swymme alofte The Sectes and Heresyes haue the victory and triumphe But what is it Sap. v. It lasteth not longe than are all thinges tourned there shall the vngodly perysshe and the doctrine of the spirites of errour shall be forgotten There shall it then appeare howe Christe hath holpen and succoured his people And howe they haue had dominion ouer synne deathe and the deuyll Vvhiche nowe appeareth very lyttell or nothinge Euen so was it in the tyme of Arrius than were there scant thre Bysshopes in the hole Christianite that preached righte then was the hole worlde seduced with this heresy and also the Emperour hym selfe Then was there a great persecution of the Christians because of this heresy in so muche that many of them euerywher were banysshed and dryuen oute of the townes and countries so sore that we reade of no greater persecution then that whiche was at the tyme of Arrius Then did it appeare as though Christe had layen vnderfoote and Arrius aboue then thought men now is it at an ende with Christe and with his Christians the Gospell is gone and it is oute nowe Oute quod he nay nay For Christe remayned still and the faithe Where are now those heretykes Arrius with the Emperour peryshed in so muche that their names stynke more nowe before the worlde than their doctriue as then was in estimation and besydes that they are all goue to the deuill But Christe is yet a lyue and his Kyngedome standeth also yet sure Euen so at this tyme Nota bene when men saye There are many Sectes there are many heresyes agaynste the Gospel and it is to be feared that the Gospell shal be put doune I praye the let them go they can not leape ouer this sayenge Iuda shal be saued Israhel shall dwell withoute feare This fayenge muste be true though the deuill saye nay to it Satan and the worlde will hynder it and take awaye fayth but he sayth I will suffer them to fall but yet will I help them and they shal dwell safe in despite of all them that will lett me Although there apeare no certeinte for what certaynte can there be vnder the Crosse the world seke the lyfe neuer so nygh though Satan will take awaye their faith yet shall they dwell withoute feare And this happeneth also vndoubtedly for where as the Gospell is there is suche a sure wall which is fyrye and of yron and thicker then heauen and earthe And a thousande Emperours are not able to ouerthro we this wall a Christen man For the worde of God endureth for euer Esa xl Wherefore the Christians haue mery and quyet conscientes and the more the world rageth the bolder they waxe yea the surer this certaynte and boldenes do stand And so doth the Tyranne of the world and the sectes strengthen the hertes of the Christians Therfore sheweth this texte once agayne that he speaketh of a spiritual kyngdome For there is no kyngdome so myghtie that euer was able by the sweard to conquere vnto his subiectes suche a certaynte and peace The Romaynes haue ben the moost mightiest Lordes notwitstandinge they were oftentymes beatten and coulde neuer bryuge it to that poynte that they might haue had peace and certayntie somtyme there were foure thousande slayne and somtyme tenne thousande to that they had alwayes assaultes and enemitie It foloweth nowe further in the Prophete And this is the name that they shall call hym euen the Lorde our rightuousnes The Person hath he described and also the office and the frute of the office namely that he shall sette vp equitie and righteousnes and that the people shall haue helpe and dwell in sauetie howe be it vnder the Crosse and persecution Nowe declareth the Prophete what his name shall be and saythe he shall be called the Lorde oure righteousnes The Iewes holde muche of this name in the Ebrewe tonge whiche we haue translated Lorde and saye that he may not be named neyther do they name hym also in suche great reuerence do they kepe it they writtet it vpon no paper and whan they writte it there on they alter the letters and make seant two letters and they alowe it not that the Christians shoulde se it written Also some wicked personnes amonge the Iewes haue deceaued many Princes and Lordes vnto whome they haue geuen this name in writtinge and haue tolde them that whosoeuer did beare it aboute hym should not be slayne and that it doth serue for more other thinges of lyke superstition Euen as also many Christians whiche haue learned it of the Iewes where wonte to graue this name in golde or siluer and to hange it aboute their neckes to thintent that they shoulde not be shot or wounded c. The cause wherfore the Iewes holde so muche of this name is this where as this name Lorde standeth in the scripture there doth it signifie God in his Godly essence and Maiestie and there is spoken of the very God The Hebrewe language hath aboute tenne names whereby she nameth God amonge the whiche there are many whereby she nameth God concerning his workes but this name Iehouah Lorde signifieth onely God as he is in his Godly essence This difference can we not kepe in oure language for we do commonly call it Lorde and can not wreste nor constrayne this worde that it shoulde signifie God onely for we call a Prince Lorde and a ruler is also called Lord and it is very common to vs in our language But that we