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A co[m]parison betwene the olde learnynge [and] the newe translated out of latin in Englysh by Wylliam Turner.
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Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Turner, William, d. 1568.
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grace by an acte draweÌ out of the frewyll of grace deserueth worthely euerlastynge lyfe Beholde christen reader whan as carnall wysdome shall heare that she hath such power and can drawe forth by naturall power a good mocion towarde God may deserue therby wyll she not fall to the pharisaycall pryde and wyll she not attribute to her selfe it that pertayneth to god The whiche is nothynge elles but to treade vnder fete the sonne of god and to reken the bloud of the testamente but as an vnholy and a êphane thynge by the which we be fanctifyed Moreouer oure nature which leaneth and setteth to muche by her selfe swellynge wyth thys learnynge is brought into coÌfidence of workes For nature hearyng that we partly can deserue euerlastynge lyfe with oure dedes wyll enforce herselfe to heape together merytes the whiche beyng many and plenteous she wyl truste and haue a good hope in them and when they fayle an decay she wyll fall in to despayre by the whiche errour the worthynesse and deseruyng of Chrystes death is defaced and hyd wyth darcknes and mans conscience is buylded vpon the sonde of workes and surely at euery tempeste of tribulacion it wyll fall ¶ The olde learnynge In the seconde Epistle vnto Timothe the i. Chapter God saued vs not accordyng to oure workes but accordyng to his purpose and grace which was geuen vnto vs before the euerlastyng tymes Such lyke is ther also Tit. iii. IteÌ Ephe. ii Ye be saued by grace thorow fayth and not of youre selues it is the gyft of God not of workes leste ony man shulde boaste The scripture here taketh away the cause of deseruynge or merite froÌ oure workes and geueth to grace that we be saued For that he sayth not accordyng to our workes and also not of yow suerly he doth not admitte or receaue that acte or dede that is drawen out of wyll to the prayse of saluacion or merite Christe deserued all thinges vnto vs with his bloud And we are iustifyed frely Roma iii. The heretage was not gotteÌ by oure laboure but by Christes The fayth in Christe maketh vs sonnes therefor heyres ergo workes do it not Ro. iiii To hym that worketh is the rewarde not rekened of fauoure but of deutye To hym that worketh not but beleueth in hym that iustifyeth the vngodly is fayth couÌted for ryghteousnesse Ro. viii For I suppose that the affliccyons of this lyfe are not worthy the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. Lu. vii Whan ye haue done all thynges that be coÌmaunded you yet saye that ye be vnprofyble seruauntes Esay lxiiii All our ryghteousnesses are as a defyled cloth c. i. Corin. iiii What haste thou that thou hast not receaued Rom. xi Who hath geuen hym oughte afore hande that he myght be recompenced agayn Philip. ii It is God which worketh in you both the wyll also the dede eueÌ of good wyll Yf so be that God worketh in vs goodnesse what shal we arrogauÌtly clayme and ascrybe there vpon to oure power and strength And yf we deserue the blysse why doth scripture cal it grace Therfore be not we saued by oures but onely by the workes merytes of Christ But where as the scripture somtyme maketh mencyon of rewarde ther can no man there vpon take iuste occasyon to swell and be proude for fayth workynge by charite is the gyfte of God good workes are the gyfte of God so that yf God do rewarde vs we muste vnderstande that he doth not rewarde oure workes but his owne workes in vs. But thou yf thou clayme ony thynge there vpon to thy selfe then shalte thou receaue no reward of glorye wyth the wycked pharyses but thou shalte fele the punyshment of the fyre of hell And seynge that it is so it maye be easely iudged who teacheth more truely I wyth the Apostle do alwayes exorte meÌ to the true good workes whiche be done in fayth alwayes takynge hede that a maÌ by reason of them trust not in hymselfe and be reproued with the pharyse They do so pricke and moue vnto good workes that they reste and put in them the hope of saluacyon and the cause of merites wherby at chauÌseth that euery where men do them wyth this false opinion to be iustifyed and saued by them We not despysynge the grace of God do teach both that we be saued only by the grace of God and we buylde mens conscyences not vpon workes but vpon the stone that is Christ agaynst the whiche the gates of hell can not preuayle and do alwayes beate in this moost confortable gospell or glad tydynges That heretage is geuen by fayth that the promyses may be sure after grace As sayeth Paul Ro. iiii and .v. We iustifyed by fayth haue peace wyth God thorowe Christe ¶ Of synne The new learnynge The lust or concupiscence that remayneth in a man after baptyme the lawe of the membres infirmitie or sycknesse is no synne nother veniall nor mortall and after baptyme it is not original but is the payne of synne Neuerthelesse it bryngeth forth synne This opinion maketh a man that is baptysed slowe and dull to fyght agaynst the fleshe for he beleueth that he is all whole in sauegarde ¶ The olde learnynge Concupiscence which sheweth her selfe by hir euell frutes euen in a man that is baptysed is synne of her selfe Ro. vii Here the Apostle sayeth Now I myne owne selfe do not this but the synne which dwelleth remayneth in me The Apostel doth not here speake iÌ the person of wycked meÌ for wycked meÌ do not coÌsent to the law they serue obey not the law of god with theyr mynde S. AusteÌ was soÌtyme of this opinioÌ that the apostle had spokeÌ these wordes in the person of euel men but iÌ his retractioÌs against IuliaÌ he doth reuoke this opinioÌ and he sayd that at that tyme he vnderstode not Apostell aryght Now he that speaketh so and was baptysed and was the electe instrument of God and yet complayneth of concupiscence and calleth it synne then let the scoolemeÌ tell whether the Apostell doth well call that concupiscence which bryngeth forth euell frutes excepte it be stopped synne or no Yee let them tell whether the holy goost dyd erre in that worde Verely .i. Corin. xiiii the Apostell thanketh God that he spake more wyth tunges then all the Corinthians dyd Therfore so great an Apostell knewe with what wordes he shuld name concupiscence WheÌ we folowe that maner of speakyng we are chaced out mocked and cast out as heretykes of them that are lytell moued with the cause of so great matters so that they may triumphe in the worlde and lyue in peace Then the trueth is that concupiscence the which bryngeth forth the same frutes after baptyme that it dyd before is called synne as the Apostel doth exhorte theÌ that be baptysed Ro. vi Let not synne reygne in your mortall bodyes He doth not saye concupiscence but synne for so the trueth of
perceaue not and be ignorauÌt in ony thynge that pertayneth vnto a christeÌ maÌs lyuyng and it is not playnely taught in the open sermon we must go to the curate to-heare of hys mouth the iudgementes and testimonyes of the Lorde Yf ony doute aryse in oure consciences whome ought we rather to go to and axe counsell then of the hyrdman of our soules Farthermore wheÌ we be faynte harted or haue no corage and are vexed with teÌtacions we maye not despyse the remedye that god ordened Thou hast Gods worde Math. xviii Where as .ii. or .iii. c. And Ihon. xx Whose synnes ye shal remyt c. Whome wold not these fatherly promyses prouoke and alure to confession where as the conscience is lyfted vp and stablisshed not by mans worde but by goddes worde spoken by mans mouth But these be mans addicions to bynde a mans conscience with a law and to coÌpell hym to confesse all hys synnes with all theyr circuÌstauÌces at a certayne tyme to hys owne preste or curate whatsoeuer he be whereby mens conscieÌces be marked with an whote yron For he that is not confessed after the maner that is prescrybed in the confessionalles ether by the reason of ignoraunce or of a frayle memory or shamefastnesse yee though he be ashamed and repent hym of hys euell lyfe with all hys harte yet for all that as longe as he lyueth he beareth about wyth hym an vnquyet conscience and full of dispayre And yf a man take a lyttell diligence or haue a good memory or wryte hys synnes in a pece of paper and poureth oute into a frears eare that can not well heare all the fylthynesse of hys vncleane lyuynge good Lorde how glad is he that not onely he hath satisfised the law but because also that he hath taken of hys shulders a burthen heuyer then Ethna the hyl that always burneth Then as who say he hath deserued forgeuenesse of hys syn with thys troublesome worke he standeth in his owne conceate which wold haue dyspayred yf he had not rehearsed hys synnes after thys maner Let the bysshoppes appoint learned men to heare confessyons and not blockheades then the people shall come to the prestes by heapes and swarmes The whiche thynge whyle they do it not lette them blame them selues and not vs yf the people set lytle by theyr curates Farther more as concernyng the reseruyng and kepyng behynde of certayn causes and chaunces let the head rulers in the church tel a cause why they do differ and abhorre so greatly the Apostles rytes and teachynges A preste or an elder a bishop with Paull be all one The scripture maketh no such difference of ministers in the laboure of the gospell Whan the Lord sent forth hys disciples into the world he gaue them lyke power sayng Go into all the world and preach the gospel to euery creature he that shal beleue and be baptysed shal be saued Marke xvi Iohn xx he sayth vnto them Take ye the holy goost whosoeuer synnes ye forgeue they shal be forgeueÌ Where is here ony differeÌce betwene a bisshop a symple preste Is it harde to knowe what thys be to saye Whose synnes ye remyt they shal be remytted Thys ys the doctrine of Christe and hys Aostels ¶ Of satisfaction The new learnyng A certayn satisfaccioÌ is to be enioyned to hym that is confessed for hys synnes that be past accordyng to the quantite or qualite of the synnes that he may content and satisfye the ryghteousnesse of God Thys hath the .xvii. and .xviii. distinction of the fourth boke By this doctrine the grace of Christes redemptioÌ is darkened ouershadowed and defaced and mans workes enhaunced to the moost hye iniury of Christes passioÌ The olde learnynge Esay the .liii. Chapter He is broken for oure wyckednesses The father hath layed on his necke all our iniquityes and wyckednesses I haue smytteÌ hym for the myschefe of my people Here thou mayest se that Christe dyd satisfaccyoÌ for the synnes of al the world Also .i. Pet. ii He bare our synnes in his body on the crosse that we shuld be delyuered from synne shuld lyue in ryghteousnesse by whose strypes we are healed Also in the fyrst epistle to the Corinthians the .i. chap. Christ is our ryghteousnesse and redempcion Ioh in the .x. Chapter Christ spent hys lyfe for hys shepe Rom. the .v. Chap. We be brought in fauoure with the father by the death of Christ and not by our satisfaccyon The same we haue also Ephe. the .i. And Collossenses .i. .ii. Christ toke away the obligacyon or handwrytynge whiche was agaynst vs by that decrees he fastened it to the crosse .i. Ioh. i. The bloud of Christ clenseth pourgeth vs froÌ all synne He sayeth not our satisfaccion doth pourge vs. Now haue we proued by these places that onyly the death of Christ is our full satisfaccyon for the synnes of al the world and not our fylthy ryghteousnesse Let vs than cal those scourges or punishmentes which our louynge father seÌdeth vs or we take our selues preuentyng the hande of God correccyon strokes and such other names as the scripture vseth This worde satisfaccyoÌ is a proude worde and hated to al christen eares that heare somtime the sounde of this sayenge of S. Luke in the xv Chap. Whan we haue done all thynges which be commauÌded vnto vs yet we maye saye that we be vnprofytable seruauntes Let claye asshes be ashamed of this proud worde satisfaccyon for synne Shame be vnto vs and ryghteousnesse vnto God Yf we with our workes and correccyons do make amendes or satiffaccyon for our synnes theÌ Christ dyed in vayne And by this doctrine the grace that bryngeth vs in the fauour with God is magnifyed by the bloude of Iesus and mans worke is lytell set by to the most worthy prayse of Christes passyon ¶ Of fre wyll The new learnynge A man hath fre wyll choyse not only in the state of innocency but also of his fall and synne And it is of so great vertue that he doynge that lyeth in hym may remoue the stoppe and hynderaunce of grace dispose hymselfe to grace that iustifyeth And lest a carnall maÌ proud ynough of hymselfe shuld wante noryshynge for hys arrogancy they go aboute to strengthen and confirme this doctrine with scriptures falsely vnderstaÌde Ecclesiasticus in the .xv. saye theye sayeth and proueth fre wyll where as God is sayd to haue left a man in the power of his own counsell and to haue geuen hym commaundementes the which yf he do kepe they shuld kepe and saue him And to this purpose they swepe gather together what so euer lawe or monition is ony where in al the scripture As who say we myght gather wel after this maner God hath commaunded that we shuld do this he hath apoynted the condycyons of lyfe he threatneth payne to theÌ that breake them ergo it is in oure power to do that same wote ye wel here is a