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A06966	Newes out of heauen both pleasaunt [and] ioyfull, lately set forth to the great co[n]solacion [and] co[m]forte of all christen me[n]. By Theodore Basille.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1541 (1541)	STC 1739; ESTC S109665	42,752	126

and Sauiour with the holy Ghost one very God worldes without ende to whome alone be all honour glory for euer and euer Amen ¶ A brefe rehersall of all those thynges that go before THus haue I declared vnto you the moost swete moost confortable moost plesaūt moost meri newes out of heaue at the cōmaundement of the hyghest puissaūt God Ye se ī how miserable a case ye are redacted and fallen by the synne of Adā howe that by hym ye are all damned and made y ● sonnes of wrath Ye se that of your selues because of youre imperfecciō ye are not able to do any good thyng that maye satisfy y ● deuyne wyll apease Gods wrathe Ye se that y ● workes of the lawe can not make you fre in y ● syght of god neyther are ye able of youre owne strenth free wyll so pure●y so spiritually to do thē as the law requireth that you may obtayne remissyon of youre synnes by doynge of them Ye se also that the sacrifyces of the olde lawe can neuer putte away synne as for workes of your owne inuenciō are mooste of all imꝑfecte mooste vnapte to purchase grace fauoure Thus se you that of youre owne selues of your owne polecy of your owne righteousnes ye are not able to escape the daūger of dānacion yea rather dānaciō it selfe Therfore dyd I declare vnto you the cōfortable newes out of heuē shewyng you that God not for the workes of righteousnes that ye haue done which in dede are none but of his owne free great mercy hath vouchedsaufe to preserue and kepe you from the daūger of Satā sinne death hel yea and y t by this his welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ which this daye is borne in the cytie of Dauid to be the sauioure of y ● world So that for Iesus Christes sake God is well pleased with you Ye haue heard that y ● lawe hath condēned you in asmuch as ye are trāsgressours of it and hath made you accursed Frō this cursse of the lawe shal christ delyuer you not frō the lawe it selfe that you shoulde lyue vngodly after a remisse and dissolute maner for such haue no in heritaūce in y ● kyngdome of Christe of God but from the curse seruitude bondage damnaciō of y e lawe For he shall fulfyll y ● whole law euē to the vttermoste And hys fulfyllynge shall be accepted before God the father for the fulfyllynge of so many as beleue in him And he settyng you at libertye from the curse of the lawe shall gyue you a newe herte put in you a newe spirite he shal take away your stony herte gyue you a fleshly that is a softe gentle herte redy to enclyne to y ● accōplyshment of Goddes wyll He shal gyue his lawes into your myndes wryte them in your hertes y ● you maye euer after franckely and with a free spirite fulfyl them Ye haue hearde how this Christ shall brynge you oute of the darkenes into the lyght of trueth by the syncere declarynge of hys fathers wyll For he is the lyght of y ● world God hath gyuen hym to be a witnes vnto the people a captayne a mayster amonge the heythen And this his doctryne shall he confyrme with such miracles as shall euydētly shew proue that he is that true Messias whiche was promysed to come Agayne ye haue hearde y ● all his good dedes are youres For with hī hath God the father also gyuē you all thynges so that he is your wysdome your righteousnes your sāctificacion and redempcion Ye haue herde also that he shall offer himsele for you to God the father an oblacion swete swellynge sacrifice vpō the Altare of the crosse that by this one oblacion sacrifyce of his mooste blessed body done once for all all your synnes shall be put away ye shal be made perfecte and wasshed from all deformitie so cleane by christes bloud as though ye had neuer offended heretofore Ye haue hearde agayne that as christ shal dye for your sīnes so shal he ryse agayne for your iustificacion obtaynynge for you the victory of synne death and hell y ● that his moost glorious resurreccion Ye haue heard y ● after he is once rysen agayne he shal here remayne certayne dayes than ascende corporally into heauen sytte downe on the ryght hande of God y e father sendynge downe the holye Ghoste which shall lede you into all trueth Ye haue hearde also that Christe syttynge on the ryght hand of God the father shall not be ydle but styll prouyde seke youre helth He shall be your mediatoure aduocate He shall make contynuall intercessyon for you He shall pleate youre cause before God his father He shall auaunce your matter before the deuyne presence Yf ye at any tyme excite or styre vp gods wrath against you thorowe your iniquitie he shall streyght wayes apease it and make God the father styll youre louynge father which elles would be to you an extreme reuenger Ye haue herde agayne y ● Christe at y ● laste daye shal come gloriously frō y ● right hād of his father to iuge the quicke the deade howe that after the iudgemente is once done ye shall enter into glory with hym lyuynge for euer after in such ioye pleasure gladnesse as can not by any meanes eyther be expressed by tong or cōceyued in herte All these cōmodities pleasures profyttes shal ye haue by this your new kīge sauiour Iesus Christ which this day is borne in Bethleem a citie of Dauid What more pleasaunt and thanckeworthye newes coulde be brought to you then theise What coulde haue set suche a ioye in your hertes as the hearynge of these newes Cā any thyng lyke vnto these chaunse vnto you so great so welcome so acceptable so ioyful Uerely yf ye seriously cōsyder the misery wherwith ye were obruted ouerwhelmed before ye shall easlye perceyue that ye haue an earnest cause to reioyce No prisoner no captiue no bond slaue was euer in so great captiuite thraldome as ye were before these news were brought to you I● a prisoner reioysethe for his delyuerance oute of pryson whiche once muste nedes haue an ende yf none otherwyse yet at the leest by death howe great a cause thē haue you to reioyse for your deliueraūce which were captiues prisoners to that horrible monsture and pestiserous serpent euen Satā hymselfe yea and that not for certayne yeares but for euer worldes wythout ende Neyther was it youre body alone that was in captiuite and bōdage but your soule also both your body soule were captyue to hym so that yf this your newe kynge redemer

your maystershyp At another tyme God furtherynge me in my studies I shall wyth no lesse dilygence compyle ether workes no lesse serious weyghtye graue dedicatynge thē to your maystershyppes name as I truste to the glorye of God y e edificacion of his churche and the immortalytye of youre renowne In the meane season I shal moost hertely desyre God y e author of euery yeare that this new yeare with many other maye euer begyn vnto you wyth good fortune procede w t better ende wyth y ● whiche is beste and alwaye be prosperous and fortunate so long as they last God preserue your ryght worshypful maystershyp with the good gentle woman your wyfe in cōtinual helth and prosperous felicite Amen ¶ Yours at wyll cōmaūdement Theodore Basille The newes out of Heauen ¶ Gabriel the Aungel and Embassadour of god speaketh WHerfore are ye sadde o ye men mortall Wherfore do ye walke as persons desolate dismayd altogyther conforteles Wherfore do ye sygh wepe sob and take thought Wherfore do ye wrynge your handes teare your heere Whye rather do ye not reioyce Why do ye not eleuate and lyfte vp your heades walkyng plesaūtly Why do ye not loke w t smylynge countenaunces Whye do ye not putte oute of youre hertes all thought care Why do ye not so cōpose set youre selues that all the gesture of youre body maye frāckely wyth a lustye courage declare youre ioye myrth gladnes felicite and pleasaūce Ther is beleue me not one cause of sadnes but of gladnes many ye innumerable For God is nowe nomore an enemy vnto you but a dere frende He is become of a cruell iudge a mercifull sauyour of an austere and fearce LORDE a bounteous and gentle father of an extreme reuenger a tender forgyuer to be shorte he is now become the very same vnto you y ● a moost tender moost gentle moost louynge moost bounteous mooste kynde moost benefycial moost liberal most benygne father is to y ● his natural sonne whome he moost int●erlye loueth and tenderly inhalseth aboue al the other Howe therfore can ye be sadde Howe can ye any otherwyse than reioyce and be mery seynge that al doloure all so rowe all care all grefe all payne al perrell all trouble all daunger all disquietnes all hatred all malyce all emnite all maliuolence all euell wyll all wrathe all displeasure all desyre of vengeaunce and all that euer is cōtrary to your ioye pleasaunce to your health and cōforte to your rest and tranquilitie is vtterly extinguysshed so put awaye for euer and euer that you whiche are of Gods faythful cōgregaciō obediēt to his word redy to accomplysshe his moost holye and deuyne wyll shall neuer after this perysshe fall out of fauour but haue eternall lyfe And all this is come to passe thorowe Gods grande mercies by the glorious natiuite moost blessed byrth of his welbeloued son Iesus Christe whiche this daye is borne of a pure cleane virgine in Bethleē a citie of Dauyd thorowe the meruaylous and wōderfull operaciō of the holy Ghost y e he shoulde be a sauyoure yea and an omnisulficient sauyoure to saue his people that is to saye so many as beleue in hym from theyr synnes and from the daunger of Sattan that they maye be made inherytours of eternall glory These newes out of heauē am I Gabriel the Aungell and Embassadour of God sent for to declare vnto you that ye maye vnfaynedly reioyce not in vayne worldely thynges but fyrste in the LORDE GOD your sauyour afterwarde in celestial and heauenly thynges euer more be thankefull for them followynge worthy this inestimable benignite vnspeakable goodnesse of God y e father thorow Iesus Christ that these synguler benefytes may not at any tyme seme to be shewed vnto ingrate and vnthankeful personnes Me thinke I se you nowe begin to reioyse and skyppe for ioye yea and seriously to triumph as persōnes ful of francke courage at y ● hearynge of these moost pleasaunt and ioyfull newes which thyng certes to me is no vulgare delectacion smale pleasure But that you maye reioyce vnfaynedlye knowe that ye in dede haue an vrgente weyghtye cause to be glad yea and that with a contynuall myrth and suche a ioye as ought to be immortall neuer dye I wyl reherse to you in what damnable state ye were in before these moost confortable newes were sent vnto you from the mooste glorious and imperial seate of y e mooste blessed Trinite that you perceyuynge your owne miserable cōdicion may the more seriouslye reioyse in those swete and delectable newes God in the begynnynge as the holy scriptures testifye created mā accordyng to his owne similitude lykenes ymage y ● is to saye he in dued hym with immortalyte wyt reason sapience iustyce free wyll mercy goodnes holynes truethe all perfeccion and gaue hym impery and rule ouer all lyuyng creatures constitutynge hym in ioyefull Paradyse a gardē full of pleasure that he should worke in it kepe it geuyng hym also authorite power lybertye to eate of euery tree in y e garden saue only of y e tree of knowledge of good and euel yf man dyd eate of that neuer so sone god tolde him before y t he should dye the deth that is fall from the glorious state wherin than he stode become mortal wretched synfull miserable seruyle thraull captyue a very bōd slaue to Satan hated of god voyd of all goodnes bent to al myschefe the sonne of perdicion a fyre brand of hell a vessell of yre and wrathe All these thynges dyd God tell before to Adā that he myghte be prudent wyse circumspecte and the better inarme himselfe w t courageous valeaūce to fyght agaynst the crafty and subtyle assaultes of his enemy Not longe after Satan whom God before had throwen out of heauen for his arrogācy and pryde enuyeng man that blessed gloryous state wherin he dyd remayne desyrynge also hys lyke perdicion full craftely and lyke a wyly serpent attēpted the womā as y e more frayle vessell redy to be deuycte ouer come so that at the last thorow hys subtyl and crafty perswasions she gaue place to y ● tortuous wylye serpent y ● father of lyeng wyckedly transgressed Gods moost holy cōmaundement For Satan told her playnly that there was no daunger in eatyng of that fruyte which was forbyddē neyther should they dye the deathe though they so dyd yea rather theyr eyes should be opened and they shoulde be as goddes knowynge good and euell The woman beyng enflamed with these honylycke and swete entysementes seyeng also that the tree was good to eate of fayre to the eye and plesaunt to beholde toke the fruyte of it dyd eate and