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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72181	[A commentarye vpon the prophet Malaky. M.D.LIII]	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.	1553 (1553)	STC 11885.5; ESTC S125398	35,692	100

neither to the vnderstādyng of many places of the scriptures but we wyl confesse vnto thee the weakenes of our fayth wayghtyng alwayes for further reuelacion of thy gloryous lyght to be vttered vnto vs when thou shall thyncke of thy fatherly beneuolence and goodnes mete and conuenient knowynge most surelye that thou wylt pyttye our chyldyshe infansye and cause the same to serue for thy glorye our greate commoditye seynge that we do erre and are chyldysh as sonnes before such a father whyche cannot put of hys fatherlye pyttye but rather as thou hast bought vs vnto the to be the heires of thy kyngdome by the bloude of thy naturall sonne so we be moste sure that thou wylt lyghten vs in the ende wyth the ful fruition of the bryghte lyghte of thy countenaunce that we may see the and know thee as this thy sonne our redemer knoweth the yea see the our father face to face and knowe as wee be knowen Thus rest we only of thy hand to encreace our knowledge at thy good pleasure O myghtye Lorde and moste mercyfull father So be it If you can thus submitte your selues good brethren to the wysdome of God woorkyng in vs weakelyngs what hym lyketh Al the stomblyng stockes whych myght offend you may easely be remoued Ther be twoo thynges especyallye whych do seeme to stande agaynste thys doctryne of eleccion and reprobacion or of God his gouernaunce and prouidēce for al is one in effecte the one toucheth God the other man The tyrst and principalis lest that the wicked do make God the author of synne in the reprobate the whyche doubte we maye remoue fowre manner of wayes Fyrst by the authoryty of scriptures Secondlye by the testimonye of theyr owne consciences whiche be the reprobate Thyrdlye by the nature of synne Fowrthly by the maiesty of god whych is bounde to none of hys creatures to make hym thys or that vessayle For the fyrst Saynt Iames sayth Lette no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God for God as he cannot be tempted wyth euyl so neyther dothe he tempt any man But euery manne is tempted drawen awaye and entysed of hys owne lust and concupiscence Then the lust when it hath conceyued bryngeth foorthe synne Iames. i. And euen thus it appeared in the fyrst fal of mankynde Fyrste thoughe the Lorde oure God had warned and commaunded the contrary our olde ennemye styrreth the concupiscence and luste of the woman wyth the goodnes pleasātnes beawty of the aple then her lust cōceiuing this bryngeth forth synne entising also her housbād to the breaking of God his cōmandemētes Gen. iii. But cōtrarywise saith Iames in the same place Ia. i. Lest you shuld erre cōeeyue any euil opiniō of God euerye good gyfte and euerye parfyte gifte is from aboue descending from the father of lyght wyth whom is no varyablenes neyther chaunge into darknes that he should geue now good thynges nowe euyll nowe lyght nowe darknes No sayth the Apostle Paule let God be true and al men lyars Can God be vniust How shall he then iudge the worlde Rom. iii. Agayne God saith by hys prophet Ezechyel I wyl not the death of a synner but I wyl rather that the synner conuerte repente and lyue And vnto wycked Iherusalem saith our sauiour Christ O Iherusalem Iherusalem whyche sleyest the Prophetes and stonest them that are sēt vnto the How oft wold I haue gathered together thy chyldren as the Hen gathereth her chykyns vnder her wynges and thou woldest not Lo thy house therfore is left desolate Math. xxiii Loo here appeareth the goodnes of the lyuyng Lord so dylygently callyng the wycked to hym by hys woorde by hys Prophetes by hys messengers and at the lengthe by hys owne sonne that he cannot in any case be accompted the authour of theyr euyl nor cause of their fal But contrary wise theyr owne wylful and wycked stobbernes is the cause of theyr euyll and the onely occasion of theyr fal as it is written Thy perdicion and destruccion is of thyne owne selfe but onlye of me is thy saluaciō And infinite scryptures to the same purpose appertaynyng That wee may say wyth Danyel vnto the O lord belongeth ryghtuousnes and to vs the shame coueryng of our faces Dani. ix Secōdly The testemony of the consciēces of the wicked whych shal accuse or excuse them at the great day whyche is alwayes of the force valure of a thousande wytnesses whych is the woorme that shal neuer dye but gnawe the wycked for euer Esa lxvi Thys conscience I say of theyres shall condempne the wicked and what shal God then do Or wherein is hys dreadfull maiestye to be charged Cain by hys owne conscience is compelled to confesse greater is my wyckednes then can be remytted Thou castest me frome the face of the earthe sayth he and I must hyde me from thy face Lo the iust iudgemēt of God and hys worthy condempnacion openly cōfessed Who dare then blame God Cain dare in no wyse doe it Neyther yet proud Pharao who condempned in his own hart and conscience accuseth him selfe and hys people and iustifyeth god delyuerynge all men from thys wycked blasphemye sayinge openlye I haue synned nowe the Lorde is iust and I my people are wycked Exodi ix What doth Iudas Doth he not crye lykewise I haue sinned betraying thys innocent bloud Math. xxvii And to vtter in dede that thyng he felt wythin hys breast he is compelled to take aduengeance and execute a iudgemēt most terrible against hym selfe vtteryng to al the world hym selfe most wycked and that the iustyce of God punyshyng such wycked traytours and murtherers ought most worthelye to be feared magnyfyed and reuerenced throughout the whole world Lyke as al the other wicked and desparate parsones whyche for anguyshe of harte and terrour of cōscience do murther them selues doth euydētly and cōtinually wytnesse vnto the worlds and that ther is a iust Lord the god of iudgement whome they doe feare and before whose face they dare not appeare to accuse hym of anye synne but rather takyng the cryme blame shame and punyshment vnto themselues who worthelye by theyr owne conscyence haue deserued it dothe thus tormente theym selues and wyth vyolente handes aduenge the synne they haue commytted in theyr owne synnefull soules and bodyes Thus must God alwayes be foūd iust and ouercome whē he is iudged by the testimony of oure owne conscience whyche shall accuse or excuse vs at the great day Roma ii Wherefore let no man be so foolyshe to saye that God is the authour of euyll vnlesse he wyll bee accompted woursse then Cain more proude then Pharao more wicked then Iudas or any other the reprobate from the begynnynge Thyrdly the nature of synne beyng defyned by the authoritie of scriptures to be a thought woord or deede contrarye to the wyl of God For such thinges onely defyle the man as Christ our master saieth Mathewe xv and therefore are onelye to