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A13862	The testament of master Wylliam Tracie esquier, expounded both by Willism Tindall and Iho[n] Frith. Wherin thou shalt perceyue with what charitie y[e] chaunceler of Worcester burned whan he toke vp the deek carkas and made asshes of hit after hit was buried	Frith, John, 1503-1533.; Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1535 (1535)	STC 24167; ESTC S114878	16,876	37

seame not by his woorke both vertuou● and godly ▪ w c if it so be thinke not that he was y ● worsse bycause the deede bodye was burnt to asshes but rather lerne to knowe the greate desyre that hypocryses haue to fynde one craft or other to d●●e ● trueth w t and cause hit to be counted for heresye of the symple and vnlerned people which are so ignoraunt that they cannot spye their sotteltye hit must neades be heresie that towcheth any thing their ra●●en byle they will haue hit so who so euer saye naye onely the eternall god must be prayed to night and daye to amende them in whose power it onelye lyeth Who also graunt them ones ernestlye to thriste his true doctrine conteyned in the swete and pure fountaynes of his scriptures ād in his pathes to direct their wayys Amen ¶ Here endeth the Exposicion of Wyllyam Tyndall And foloweth Ihon Frithes ✚ Ihon Frith THer is nothing in this worlde tha● is so ferme stable or Godly but ●hat it maye be vndermynede and f●owardlye wrested of men spe●yally yf they be voyde of cherite As it is euydent by Wyllyam Tracyes Testament and last wyll that he lefte ageynste the which manye men and that of longe Contynewaunce haue blasphemously barked whetther of a godlye zele or of a dasynge brayne let other men iudge But this I dare boldly professe that his godly sayinges are vngodly handled which thinge I cannot so iustlye ascribe vnto ignoraunce as vnto rancor vnto y ● furyes I had amost● sayd for yf they had conferred all thinges vnto the ru●e of charite which enuyeth not which is not puffed vp which is not stur●ed to vengeaunce which thinketh none euyll but sufferith all thinges beleueth all thinges trustith all thinges and bearith all thinges they wolde not so hedelye haue condempned those thinges which myght haue bene full deuoutly expounded how be it t●ey haue not only atteptyd that thinge but haue procedyd vnto suche madnes that they haue taken vpon the to stryue w t deade folkes for it is a most comen iest in euery mānes mouth that after the maker of this Testament was departyd and buryed they toke vp his bodye burnt it whiche thinge declared their furye althoughe he felte no fyer Therfore we humblye requere ow●e most redowted prince with all his noble● and present assemblie that euen as al other thinges do of righte depende of theyr iudgement that euyn so they wolde by their discrete aduise cure this disease p●deringe all thynges with a more equall ballaunce Soo shall this enormous facte be loked vppon with worthye correction and the condicion of the comen welth shalbe more ●●yet marke yow therfore what thinges they are which they soo cruellye condempne ✚ Master Tracie In the name of God Amen I Willyam Tracie of Todyngton in y e cowntie of gloceter esquier make my Testament and last wyll as here after folowith ¶ First and before al other thinges I commyt me vnto God and to his mercye trustinge with owt any dowte or mystrust that by his grace and the merytes of Iesus Christ and by the vertue of his passion and of his resurrection I haue and shal haue remission of my synnes and resurrection of bodye and soule accordinge as hit is written Iob. xix I beleue that my redeamer lyueth and that ●n the last daye I shall ryse owte of the erth and in my flesh shall se my sauiour this my hope is layde vp in my bosome Frith IT is meruell but here be sumwhat that they improue for their mynde is so intoxicate that there is nothinge but thei will note it with a blacke cole yet all maye be establysshed by the testymonye of scripture for faith is the suer persuasion of our mynde of god and his goodnes towardes vs And wher as is a suer persuasion of the mynde there can be no doutinge or mystruste for he that douteth is lyke the floude of the see which is tossed with wyndes karried with violence and let not that man thinke that he shall obteyne any thinge of God Ia. i. And therfore saynte Austyne sayeth yf I doute I shalbe no holye seede furthermore wher as he loketh thorow the grace and merytes of Christe to optayne remission of his synnes suerly it is a faithfull saynge and worthye to be commendyd for it is euyn y e same that Peter professed Act. xv where he sayth vnto hym do all the prophetes bere witnesse that thorow his name as many as beleue in him shall receyue remission of their synnes morouer in that he trustith thorowe Christ to haue resurrection of body and soule they haue no cause to blame him for thus doyth paule argue yf Christe be rysen then shall we also ryse and yf Christe be not rysen then shall not we ryse but Christe is rysen for his sowle was not lefte in hell therfore shall we also ryse whom Christe shall bringe with him and be immortalle both bodye and sowle i. Cor. xv And therfore he doth both rightwislye and godlye deduce his resurrectiō by christes by whom the Father hath geuen vs all thinges or els we shulde not be But there are some that gather of his wordes that he shulde recounte the sowle to be mortall which thinge after my iudgement is more suttellye gathered then eyther truely or charitablye for seynge ther was neuer Christen man that euer so thoughte no not the verye pagaynes what godlye zele or brotherlye loue was there whiche caused them so to surmyse for a good man wolde not once dreame suche a thinge but I praye yow why shulde we not saye that the sowle doth verelye ryse which thorowe Christe risinge from y e fylthe of synne doth enter with the bodye into a newe conuersacion of lyfe whiche they shall leade to gether with oute possibilite of synninge we saye also of god by a certayne phrase of scripture that he arisethe whē he openythe vnto vs his power and presence And why maye we not saye the same thinge of the sowle which in the meane ceasone semeth to lye secret and then shal expresse vnto vs thorowe Christe her power and presence in takynge agayne her naturall bodye why shulde ye then condempne these thinges Ther is no man that can receyue venome by those wordes excepte he haue suche a spiderowse nature that he can turne an honye combe into perelous poyson Therfore let vs loke on the resydewe Master Tracie And as towching the wealth of my sowle y e faith that I haue taken and rehersed is sufficient as I suppose w t out any other mannis worke or workis Frith Here he onlye cleauith to god and his mercye beynge suerly persuaded that accordinge to the testimonye of Peter who so euer beleuyth in hym thorowe his name shall receyue remission of synnes Act. xv Paule also affirmeth that who so euer trusteth in hī shall not be confounded Roma x. And who can denye but this is most true when it is

date of this present wrytynge I do leaue and gyue to Margarete my wyfe and to Richard my sonne which I make myne executours wytnes this myne awne hande the .x. daye of October in the .xxij. yere of the raygne of kynge Henry the .viij. Frith THere is no man doutyth but that fayth is the roote of the tree and the quyckenynge power owt of which all good frutes sprynge therfore it is necessarye that this faith be present or els we shulde loke for good woorkes in vayne for withoute faith it is impossible to please god Heb. xj in so moche that S. Austyn called those workes that are done before faith swiffte runnynge owt of the waye Morouer that owr merite cannot properlye be asscrybed vnto owr workes doth the Euangeliste teche vs saynge when ye haue done all thinges that ar commaunded yow saye we are vnprofitable seruauntis we haue done but owr deutye Luke .xvij. By the which sayynge he doth in a maner feare vs frome puttyng any confydence in our owne workes And so is owr glorious pryde and hye mynde excluded Then where is owr merite ●harke what S. Austyne sayth The death of the Lorde is my merite I am not with out merite as longe as that mercyfull Lorde faylith me not c̄ This deathe of the lorde cannot proffite me excepte I receyue it thorowe faith and therfore he reckenyth right well that the faith in Christe is all his meryt I meane the faith which worketh thorowe cherite that is to saye fayth formed with hope cherite not that dead historicall faith which the deuyls haue and tremble Iaco. ii Furthermore what what S. Austyne iudgeth of our merite he expressith in these wordes marke the Psalme how the prowde heade will not receyue the croune when he saith he that redemed thy lyffe frome corruption whiche crounythe the sayth the Psalme here vppon wolde a man saye which crouneth the my merites graunte that my vertue hath done it I haue deseruyd it ye is not frelye geuen but geue kare rather to the pleasure for that is but thyne owne sayinge and euery mĀ is a lyer but heare what God sayth which crounyth the in compassion and mercye of mercye he crounith the of compassion he crounyth the for thou wast not worthye that he shulde call the ād whom he shulde iustyfye when he called the And whom he shulde glorifye when he iustifieth the For the remanauntes are sauyd by the election which is by grace ● fauoure Rom. xi Now yf hit be by grace then is hit not of workes for then grace were no grace Rom. iiij For vnto hym that workethe is the rewarde imputed not of grace but of deutye Rom. iiij the Apostle sayth not of grace but of deutye but he crounyth the in compassion and mercye and yf thy merites haue proceded god sayth vnto the boulte out thy good merites and thou shalt fynde that they are my gyftes this is the rightuousnes of God not meanyng● the rightuousnes wherbye he hym selfe is rightwise but the rightuousnes wherwith he iustifyethe them whom he makithe rightwyse wher before they w●re wicked these are Austynes wordes Fynallye lett nott that moue yowe where he addyth that a good worke maketh not a good man but rather a good man makethe the worke good for ther is no man but he is eyther good or euyll If he be euyll then can he not do good but euyll for accordinge to Christes testimonye a rootten tree bearithe no good frute Matth. vij And agayne he saith how cā you saye well seynge you youre selues are euyll Mat. xij But yf he be good he shal also bringe forth good frute at his ceasone how be it that frute makethe not the man good for except the man be firste good he can not bringe forth good frute but the tree is knowen by the frute And therfore faith as a quyckenynge roote must euer go before which of wicked maketh vs rightwyse and good whiche thinge oure workes coulde neuer bringe to passe out of this foūtayne sprynge those good workes which iustifye vs before men that is to saye declare vs to be verye rightwyse for before God we are verely iustifyed by that roote of faith for he serchithe the harte therfore this iuste iudge doth inwardely iustyfye or condempne gyuinge sentence accordinge to faith but men must loke for the workes for their sighte cā not enter into the harte and therfore they first gyue iudgement of workes and are many tymes deceyued vnder the cloke of hipocrisie You maye se that here is nothing but that a good mā maye expoūde it well al be it y e childerne of this worlde w c w t their wiles deceyue thē selues enteringe so presumptuously into Godes iudgmēt do seke a doute where none is Go ye therfore and let charite be yower guyde for god is cherite and thowgh our laweyers harte wold breake yet must you nedes iudge hī a christē mā w c saith nothīg but that scripture confyrmythe And verely the iudgement of this cause came owte of ceasons and euen vngracyouslye vnto our Canonistes for they are clene ignoraunt off scripture and therfore condempne all thinges that they reade not in their lawe wherfore we renounce their sentence and appeale vnto the deuynes which wyll sone knowe the voyce of their sheepherde ād gladlye admitte those thinges which are allowed by the scripture wherunto they are accustomed Thus endethe the Testament of M. Vvilliā Tracie expounded by I. frith