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A05034	The minde and iudgement of maister Frau[n]ces Lambert of Auenna of the wyll of man declarynge and prouynge howe and after what sorte it is captyue and bonde, and not free: taken out of hys commentaries vpon Osee the Prophete, wherin vpo[n] the. iiii. chapter of the sayd prophet, he most godly, plainlye and learnedly, entreateth and writeth of the same, as hereafter euide[n]tly shal appere. Newelye tra[n]slated into Englishe by N.L. Anno Do. M.D.xlviii. the xviii. day of Dece[m]bre.	Lambert, Franz, 1486-1530.; Lesse, Nicholas.	1548 (1548)	STC 15178; ESTC S108240	76,171	160

folowing which the Lord dyd speake to Cain Vnder the shal thy appetite desire be and thou shalt gouerne and rule it The whiche wordes are nothing els but a precept or cōmaūdemēt being in the Hebrue tonge the presente time as to the pertayneth the desyre therof Otherwise the Lord hadde not prophesied that thinge which was true For Cain had not his own wyl in subiectiō at his cōmaundemēte But cōtrarywise he did follow obey his owne wyl desyre to his own destructiō He myght not chuse but folowe that lewde desire appetite bicause he did lacke the spirite of the Lord. Therfore it is a precept and cōmaundemente cōmaundyng Cain to forsake not to obey folow the desyres of the flesh whych thing to hym was so vnpossible as all other commaundemētes to be kept without the spirit of God Wherfore this text doth no more make for the profe cōfirmatiō of the liberty of mans wil thē al other precepts cōmaūdemēts do ❧ The thyrde texte THine eares haue hearde the preparyng of theyr hertes And also it is writtē in the Pro. the .xvi. Chap. Psalm ix Prou. xvi A mā may wel purpose a thing in his herte but the answer of the tonge cometh of the Lord. The fyrst text you must vnderstād after this maner O Lorde thine eare hathe harde c. that is to say to thine eare the preparatiō of their herte is acceptable I saye of thē which are pore of whō the Psal speketh The whiche pore men are not to be taken in this place for those whiche do axe the almes charitie of other mē but for such mē as do gyue thē selues altogyther to Christ whiche haue renounced the affectiō loue of al their substaunce riches for Christes sake beinge in a redines to sel geue awaye al that they haue to the setting forth of the word of God to the succoring of their neyghbours necessitie if nede shold require These men do alwaies say my hert is ready Lorde my herte is ready by whom they are euery daie made more apt readye then they were before Thys is the preparation whyche is only acceptable to God it is not the endeuour or begynnynge of oure owne wyll as the defēders of frewyll do cal it For they do thinke that by these endeuours and begynnynges they may prepare and make them selues apt to receyue the grace of the Lord The which can neuer be For thorowe Christe onely to them whyche do beleue in hym is hys grace geuē not for our own preparing or workes As towchyng the Prophetes ministers of the word of god of those whose office is to expound and declare to the people the word of God maye not thynke that they shoulde neglecte and not regarde to prepare theym selues to the doinge of theyr office that is to saye to studie to ponder and waye with thē selues to premeditate what they wyll saye and declare It is a thyng to be done and yet they maye not ascribe any thynge thereof to theyr owne studyes diligence and preparation hauing and putting theyr trust and confidence in their own dedes and laboures but onely in the Lorde For we do knowe that though a man do speake and preach neuer so well preparynge him selfe with all diligence that maye be yet he can pronounce nothynge well and to the edifiynge of the audience excepte the Lorde with his spirit doth gouerne his tonge The whiche thyng is proper only to the Lord. The lorde must gouerne the tonge of the prechar if he shall edifie It is also conueniente and meete that a man do premeditate and thinke with him selfe before what he wyll declare wyth a full truste and confidence in the Lorde and not in his owne worcke laboure or payne The fourthe texte IN the fyfthe boke of Moyses called the Deuteronomie Deut. xxx and xxx chap. it is wrytten This commaundemente which I do cōmaund the thys daye is not aboue the nor seperated frome the nor farre from the. It is not in heauen that thou shouldest complayne and saye what man shall ascende vp to heauen and fetch to vs the commaundement that we maye heare it do it It is not beyond the sea that thou shouldest say who shall go ouer the sea for vs and fet it vs that we may heare it and do it It is hard by the yea it is in thy mouth hert that thou maist do it The defylers of the ryghte iustice whiche we haue by Christe the patrones of free wyll do make exposition of thys place as foloweth It is not aboue the that is to saye aboue thy strength so that thou mayst obserue it with thy owne strength power Agaynste whom Paule speaketh whiche is more to be beleued then they writing to the Roma the .x. Chapter The iustice whyche is of fayeth speaketh thus Say not in thine herte who shall ascende to heauen that is to plucke Christe downe frome aboue to make vs partakers of iustice and of the grace of God Or who shall go downe into the depnesse that is to call and to reuoke agayne Christe from death that we myght be iustified by hym But what sayeth he the worde is nyghe to the not far of in thy mouth and in thy hert Confession Belefe that is the worde of fayth which we do preache Trulye if thou doeste cōfesse wyth thy mouthe the Lorde Iesus Christe beleuest in thy herte that God hathe raysed him vp from death thou shalt be saued For by the beliefe of the herte cometh our iustice and by the confessiō of our mouth This is not auricular cōfession Esai xxviii we do obtayne oure saluation The scripture sayeth in Esaie the .xxviii. Chapter All men whyche do put theyr confidence in hym shall not be confounded Beholde howe openlye the Apostle doeth teach that thys texte of the scripture is not to be taken and vnderstande of the strengthe and worckes of man What is to do the commaundementes but of a pure faieth on and in Christe in the professynge of the trueth and veritie of the Lorde For the wordes of the commaundemētes of the Lorde are nigh at hande in our herte and mouth to do them that is to saye to beleue to professe Christe For the fulfillynge and ende of the lawe is Christe as to the Rom. x. By whome onelye the lawe is fullfilled in vs. The lawe doeth require of vs those thynges whyche to fleshe and bloud are vnpossible And for that cause sin is multiplied increased aboue al measure the cōcupiscēs Rom. x. The requeste of the lawe are vnpossible strynynge and struglynge agaynste the lawe yea although we do seme outwardely to kepe and fulfyll the lawe For verely the lawe doeth commaunde and require a perfecte iustice and ryghtuousnes at oure handes whyche iustice neyther the lawe can geue nor no man of hym selfe eyther hath or cā perfourme But wher a pure fayeth in

mooste perfecte and vnfayned loue as Let him kisse me with the swete kysse of hys mouth as Plucke me after the. as Come hyther my beloued as Shewe to me hym whome my soule doeth loue wyth suche other lyke sayinges The sinagoge of Antichriste in the daye whych is dedicated and hallowed to the natiuitie of the Lorde do graunt thys pronoūcynge wyth theyr owne lyppes The prayer of the church on Christmas daye the holye prayer of the churche of God sayinge after thys wyse Graunte to vs good Lorde we pray the that thys newe natiuitie of thy son in fleshe maye deliuer vs and make vs fre whom the olde seruitude and bondage doth hold fast bownd vnder the yoke of sinne The yoke of synne c. The yoke of synne is the yoke of concupiscence As Paule in manie places but speciallye to the Romayns communelye vseth to speake By synne cōcupiscence sayeth he c. The whyche concupiscence maye well be named a yoke bycause it holdeth manne in moste cruell seruitude in so muche that excepte he be fyrste deliuered from that he can do nothynge that canne be pleasaunte to the Lorde Thys is the yoke of bondage to the beleuynge people Thys is the rod of hys shoulder and the scepter whych the litle child borne into thys worlde and geuen vnto vs hath ouercome The names of god Whose empyre is aboue his shoulder which is called by these names The marueilouse the counseler The strōge and myghty Lord. The father of the world to come The prince of peace Esai ix As Esay ix O moste ioyfull libertie to the electe which is annexed ioyned vnseperablye wyth the most blessed seruitude bōdage of the Lord. This libertie is far from the power of Satan most miserable sinagoge of Antichrist whyche is departed fallen from the Lorde and sauiour The sinagog of antichriste hath not this lybertie that the faythfull maye do seruice to the Lorde without impedimente and afterward one to an other for Christes sake This holy and sacrete seruitude bōdage of the Lord is not a bitter hard or heauy yoke Math. xi it is lyghte amiable and swete As Christe wytnesseth Mathew xi Chap. My yoke is swete my burthen is lyghte By thys yoke whyche is to be coueted of all men and by thys bonde al men do kepe the commaundementes of the Lord frely gladly diligentlye For they be neuer wythout the spirite of the Lord and hys gyftes whyche are these Wisedome vnderstandyng counsel strēgth of the spirite knowledge Godlines feare of the Lorde ioyfulnesse peace of conscience a sure and certayne hope c. After these thinges foloweth the loue of the Lorde Confidence in hym onelye charitie and loue towarde thy neyghboure pouertie and lowlines of the spirite mournyng and lamenting thy neyghboures hurt griefe full of compassion and all other goodnesse Wyth thys yoke very necessarie for vs wyth these amiable bondes it pleaseth the goodnesse of the Lorde to bynde vs so that therby we should attayne to perfecte libertie in him ❧ The fourthe parte wherein you are taughte howe to vnderstande those textes and places of the scriptures whyche do applie to permit and geue libertye to the wyll of man WE haue sufficiētly taught and proued to you what the wyll of man is Secondelye that it is verye captiue and bond Thyrdly that it is in Christe boeth fre and also moste ioyfully and pleasauntly bonde You haue sene and learned in the same thyrd parte how and in what thinges the wyll of man is fre and howe likewyse it is bonde Nowe there remaineth nothynge els behynde but to make playne certayne places and textes that you maye vnderstande them The which textes the maisters and founders of free wyll do falselye alledge and as them thynketh do sufficiently proue theyr purpose and entent ❧ The fyrste text IT is wryten in the boke of Iesus Syrach the .xv chap after thys wyse The Lorde from the begynnynge dyd make man and left hym in the hande of hys owne counsell and minde he hathe gyuen him cōmaundementes and preceptes sayinge if thou wilt obserue my commaundemētes and kepe acceptable faythfulnes for euer they shall preserue the. He hathe set water and fyer before the reache out thy hand to which thou wilte Before man is life and death good and euel that whiche dothe lyke and please hym beste shal be gyuen to hym By this authoritie they do thinke that they can proue man to haue fre will from his first creation If they wyll vnderstande and also graunt that the holy spirit was also at the beginning geuē to mā we wyll striue no lēger wythe them ther in But if they do saye that god made the nature of manne to be alwaye fre of hir owne selfe and at lybertie it is altogether agaynste god and his honour that they do speake wherfore in fewe wordes we wyl declare and open to your eares the plain and true vnderstandynge of thys texte The lorde from the begynnynge created manne deckyng and adornynge hym wyth hys spirite this do I graunt to them though we be be not able to proue it leauinge man before he dyd fall in the hand of hys owne counsell that is to saye to hys own selfe to his owne nature whyche is the most greuouse fearfull iudgement that can be For he whyche is so lefte in the hande of hys owne counsell is forsaken and made a straunger to the spirite and counsel of the Lorde And so becommeth strayght waye indurate blynded and brought into temtatiō c. and can not chuse but erre from the waye of the Lorde Therefore as sone as oure fathers were lefte to theyr selues in the handes of theyr owne counsell they strayghte waye traunsgressed the commaundemente of the Lorde Mankynde dyd fall by little and little to synne Wherfore the lawe is gyuen in so muche that synne so increased that they could not deserue and iudge good frome euyll For the whyche cause that men myght haue the knowledge of synne and of that whyche is euyll and naughty the Lord gaue to theym a lawe or preceptes whyche lawe was and is vnpossible to be kepte and obserued of vs but wyth hys spirite it is made not onelye possible but also easye and lyghte The lawe is spirituall What is the worke of the lawe For the lawe beynge spirituall can not be kept but by the strēgth of the spirite The lawe teacheth what is euyl what is good what we ought to do and what wee ought to refuse But the lawe doth not gyue to vs a spirit to do that whiche it commaundeth It doth sende vs to Christe that we beleuyng in hym maye be made parteners of his spirit The lawe sendeth vs to Christe for helpe The kepyng of the lawe wythout the spirit of god is hypocrisie by the whiche spirit we maye kepe the lawe Wherfore if we do kepe these cōmaundementes and preceptes by the spirite of God then they