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A14354	A treatise of the cohabitacyon of the faithfull with the vnfaithfull Whereunto is added. A sermon made of the confessing of Christe and his gospell, and of the denyinge of the same.	Vermigli, Pietro Martire, 1499-1562.; Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575. aut; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567, attributed name.	1555 (1555)	STC 24673.5; ESTC S118516	95,107	174

pardoned them Neither did Eliseus as our men do thincke graunte Naaman licence or libertie to do so as he hadd sayde but only he saide vnto hym goo in peace which manier of speaking was a kind of takinge leaue vsed in that age And as for ony other thinge ther can none be gathered out of thos wordes onles it be this that he promised to do that which Naaman required goo thy wa yes saithe he I will do as thow desirest I shall praye for the. The prophet doth not reiect hym if he shuld fall into this euell As we do not vtterly reiect nor shutt theise mē frō grace which thus do fall Ye●…t must we sharply reproue their doinges that they may acknowledge their fault and synne and vnfay ●…edly lament and repēt the same And we ought also hartily to praye that they may be raysed vpp agayn They do obiect also certayn wordes out of the Epistle of Ieremie which is ētitled Baruch The wor des ar theise Now shall ye see in Babilon godds of golde of syluer of wodde and of stone borne vppō mens shulders to caste out a fearefulnes before the heathē But loke that ye do not as the other be not afrayed let not the feare of thē ouercome yowe Ther for when ye do ●…ee the multitude of poeple worshipping them behinde and before saye yee in your har●…es O Lord it is thow that oughtest only to be worshipped Of theise wordes our men do gather that it is sufficient for them when they ar present at Idolatries Masses and popishe supersticions to saye in ther harte O Lord it is thow that oughtest only to be worshipped In answer to these men furst I saye that this booke entitled Baruch is none of the Canonicall scriptures And therfor no man is bownd to the doctrine of it But admitt the booke wer of sufficient auctoritie Then theise men must vnderstonde that the prophet doth not gyue the Iues leaue to comme vnto the temples of Idols that ther they might be present at vngodly Idolatrie bowe ther knee and so make vpp the matier with sayinge in their hart to the true and lyuyng godd O Lord it is thow that oughtest only to be worshipped But he gyuith the Iues instruction against Images which wer caried about ād Ido latries which wer vsed in those places wher they were exiles ffor the Maneir of the Babilonians was not only to haue Images in ther tēples but also to haue them sett abroode and caried openly vppon mens shulders As it is not vnlike that the Image of Nabugodonosor which beinge dedicated in the feilde of dura was caried aboute the who le Regiō with Musicall Instrumētes ād sōges at the sownde of which whersoeuer the Image was seene commaundemēt was gyuē vnto all mē that they shuld worshipp it which Daniels felows wol de not do Of theise thinges I saye that epistle entreatithe playnlye to warne the godly that they shuld not adore nor worshipp thos Idols thoughe that the heathenishe poeple did so bothe before them and behind them but when they did see this Idolatrie detesting it they shuld then saye O lord it is thou to whome worshipp doth only belōge he saied not bowe the knee with thē and saye in your hartes o lord it is thou rc but when ye do see these Idols and Idolatrye say so These seyngs and suddayn meetings in the cytie streetes ād fieldes could not be auoyded and therfor the godly were to be enstructed and admonished how they shuld behaue them selues in that case But our men as they are veraye bolde to abuse the scripture for their purpose go on further and aske how it happened that Daniel was not throwen into the fierie fornace with his felowes seing lyke punishement was appointed vnto all men which did not worshippe They will of necessitie haue it graunted them therfor that Daniel did dissemble as they now do and that therfor nothing was done vnto hym And that thinge which Daniel dyd they thincke that they maye do I aunswer our men thus that they do not reason well to saye He was not punished therfor he was ther and worshipped they do put more in the consequēt then is in the antecedēt and so to reason is to make a subtill cauillacion taking that to be a cause which is no cause For there might be many other causes wherfor Daniel was not likewise punished happilie the Image ād he did not meete together or yf he did meete it men did not mark what he did or els though men marc●…ed that he did not worshipp yet he was not accused or yf he were accused yet through the singula●… fauour which the King did beare vnto him he was delyuered from punishmēt It must not then forthe with folowe that Daniel for feare of death did present himself before that Idoll and did dissemble his Religion doing there as other Idolatrors did this we must not iudge of Daniel seing in the lyfe quarell he was not afrayed to be thrown vnto the lyōs Now seing there may be many other causes why he was not caste into the fire with his felowes why do these men chose vnto them selues this one cause and that such a one as is sclaūderous vnto that ho ly man of which in the holy scriptures there is not so much as a suspicion contayned Yet they do thinke that they do not vnaptly saye for themselues and defend their cause when they do alledge that out of the Actes of the Apostles where mencion is made howe that Paule throughe the councell of the Elders of the churche of Hierusalem did take on hym a vowe with other foure men and did purifye hym self after the maner and custumme of the Iues. Yf saye they suche an Apostle dyd take thys lybertye to vse in Iurie the ceremonies which were now abrogated euē we also maye vse and comme vnto the rites and ceremonies now vsed in our countrithe For the better vnderstōding of this matter we must first well consider what the somme of Paules preachinge was We do suppose faith he that a man is iustified by faith without the workes of the Lawe And as many as are vnder the deedes of the Lawe are subiect to the curs Agayne the Iuste man shall lyue by his faithe This is the somme of Paules doctrine wherby it doth appeare that Paule did not vtterly condēne the obseruing of the ceremonies of the Law but only whē it was done with this minde as thoughe that Iustification did cōme therby And the same his meaning he vtterith most playnly to the Galathians where he saithe As many of ye as are circumcised ye are fallen from the grace of Christe for Christe shall not profite you at all ye are gone quite frō Christe as many as are Iustified by the Lawe As yf he wold saye These thinges of theyr owne nature do not alienate and separate vs from Christe but only when they be done with this mynde and

house and blud or for their riches This laste sorte do not differ at all in a maner from priuate men of whome I haue spoken before for these are mere subiectes as they are Therfor I do suppose that the former Rules appointed vnto priuate men and subiectes are to be committed vnto thē to be obserued of thē in such maner as I haue before declared But of this other sorte of Princes and Rulers of which some by right of inherita●…ce some by vertue of office committed vnto them are Rulars and gouernours of countrithes cities and places Of these I do saye and pronoūce this That in matters which do belong to Godd and true Religion they ought to do no other things but those which I haue already shewed that they muste do which are meere absolute and the hygher princes and Rulars For it is not lawfull for them no not at the commaundement of theyr hygher Princes and Lordes to compell those subiectes ouer whom they haue rule to receyue wicked Religion and supersticion neyther to permitt the vnfaithfull in the places where they do beare Rule to haue theyr vngodly Idolatries and supersticions This must thei not do no thoughe they were I saye therunto cōmaunded by theyr hygher princes and Lordes of whom and vnder whome they haue theyr auctoritie But yf thou wilt saye that they must obey theyr hygher poures I will graunt that but as the sayinge is vsque ad Aras that is vntill they do come to matters of Religion and vntill they do commaunde in Religion thinges contrarie to Goddes worde and truthe For when they shall commaunde that which is against Godd and is hurtefull to the conscience of mā these magistrates must not obey thē For these vnder Rulars are called into a parte of the cure and charge of the goode gouernemente of the countrie by the force of theyr dignitie and office They must not therfor putt those thinges in execution whiche are agaynst Godd and are hurtefull to theyr countrye Yea they ought both to persuade by reason and to defende by poure the contrary The Lacedemonians when they whiche hadd ouercomme them did demaunde of them such thinges as were against the ciuile lawes and libertie of their citie They answered If ye do commaunde vs to do thinges which ar more weightie and greuous then death we wyll rather dye then do them Thus ought these vnder Rulars answer theyr higher Lordes when they do commaunde them to do thinges which are to the defacing of Godds glorie ād truth and to the wounding and vnquieting of the consciences of their subiectes whiche thinges are more weyghtie and greuous then death indeede In Cyuile thinges they may gyue place to the vniust commaundementes and decrees of theyr hygher Lordes but that ought they not to do in the cause of Godd and pure Religion The Machabees at such tyme as the Iues were vnder the Rule of the Macedonians Antiochus Demetrius and Alexāder I meane which princes did leade the people awaye from the true worship of God and from the seruice taught in hys worde wolde not obeye them But that house and tribe of the prestes ' called Asmonei whiche in dignitie were nexte vnto the house and stocke of the Kinges and bare the chief Rule nexte vnto it les that the true worshippe of Godd commaunded and taught in the lawe and which hadd bene retayned a●…d vsed in theyr countrye shul●… be thus leafte and forsaken they did Rebell against thos kinges as the historie doth witnes But if this historie for the insufficiencie of the auctoritie of the bocke which yet is a ●…rue historie as Iosephus also doth witnes will not suffice to proue this matier Then let vs consider what Ioiada the bishopp did in the dayes of Athalia She hadd by violence obtayned the kingdomme ād so was she the supreame ordinarie poure But yet he sturred vpp a commotion agaynst her And he brought the Sonne of Asa Kinge Ioas I meane who was saued by hym frō her bluddy sworde into the kingdome For he knew that by Goddes worde the kingdome was gyuen to the house of Iuda He perceyued also that she went about to haue all good Religiō and true godlynes vtterly ouerthrowen Therfor as she had vniustly shedd innocēt bludd euē so he most iustlye cōmaunded that she shuld be slayne Kinge Ezechias also was in subiection to the King of the Assyriās for Achaz his father hadd submitted hym selfe vnto hym and did not only paye hym tribute but also for his plea●…ure did chaunge Godds Religion for whē he wente to Damasco to meete this Kinge he commaunded that an altar shuld be made at Hierusalē after the patrone and fashion of that which he hadd seene at Damasco This Kinge Achaz his sonne godly Ezechias perceyuinge that these thinges whiche his father hadd done were repugnant and contrarye vnto Godds worde hurtefull also to the consciences of his subiects he I say did fall away frō the Kinge of the Assyrians which yet was now his superior and hygher poure Indeede he soughte fyrst to pacifie hym with gyftes which thing when he coulde not do then to the vttermost of hys poure he dyd defende hym self and his people agaynst hym Neuertheles in this matter sedicion muste be auoyded so much as may be and these princes must not vnder the colour and cloke of Religion seeke theyr own gayne and honor but here only let thē resiste that nothing be done contrary to Godds worde and not for those thinges which are done to hinder theyr ambicion Of this corrupt affection yf thei be cleare and onlye for Religions sake do resiste the wicked proceadinges of theyr hygher princes and Lordes let them not thincke that they do herin anye vnrighteousnes at all But yf one will obiecte and saye Thys maye not be for all men are commaūded to obeye the hygher poures I aunswer It is true indeede that the holy scriptures do commaūde that euerye soule shulde obeye the hygher poures but so farr as by Godds word it is lawfull to obey and no further For the holy scriptures do likewyse say that the Rular is not any feare to them that doth good but to them that do euell Wherfor seyng these princes in this case by theyr endeuoir and laboure do promote that which is goode they do well and not euell and so ought they for this doinge to be without fear of the hygher poure because that herin they do not resiste agaynst them with that Resistaunce which is forbidden Wilt thou saith he be without feare of the poure do well then and so shalt thou be praysed of the same If these princes and rulars do defende godlynes and religion they do good then by the iudgement of Goddes worde they are without feare of the poure and do deserue prayse of theyr hygher poures ād lords But yf thou do euell saith Paule then feare the poure for he beareth not the sworde for nought but is the minister of Godd to take vengeaūce on

which is this That the worcks which men do after regeneracion are meritorius of their own worthines vnto euerlasting lyfe And that they do fulfill the lawe of God Yea they be not content to saye this only but they adde That men can do more goode worcks thē the lawe of Godd requirith For saye they to lyue a syngle lyfe to preache the gospell frely mē are not commaunded by ony expres cōmaundement of Godd This they do teache and obstinatly defend But we do lern out of the holy scriptures that The afflictiōs of this lyfe are not worthie of the glorie which shalbe shewed vppon vs. He speakith heare of the best kind of worcks euen of sufferinge martyrdom Besides this eiche man dothe fele him selfe bounde betwene and giltie of the breaking of theis two comaundementes Thou shalt loue the lorde thy God whith all thy harte with all thy soule and with all thy mighte lykewise of that same other commaundemente Thou shalte not luste Theris none amōg mortall mē that dyd euer fulfill those commaundementes For the prophet saythe that our rightuousnesses are as the clothe stayned withe the floures of a woman And Christe wolde haue vs all yea euen the blessed virgin and the Apostles themselues to praye forgyue vs our trespasses Iames addeth in many thinges we all do synne Iohn saythe And if we saie we haue no synne we do deceyue our selues This do we learne in the holie scripture of our continuall synnynge they teache not then that we can do any thing more then we sholde But here the papistes do seke startinge hooles and saie that they which liue a sole life they which do preach the gospell frelie do more thē the lawe cōmaundeth as I sayde-But this is not true for they which haue the powre to liue a sole and chaste lyfe ād do know that in this kinde of lyfe they shall more paynfully and profitably labor in the preachinge of the gospell of Christe thē otherwise They are bownde to take it on thē ād to lyue in it For if they do yt not it is certeyne that they loue not God with all their harte by cause they sholde then leaue vndone somewhat that they mighte do to●… the glorie of his name and wolde not Like is to be saide of thē which mighte preache the gospell frelye and do se that it shalbe for the increase of the kingdō of Godd and do it not Wherfore seinge the papistes do bothe thincke and teache otherwise in this matier then the holie scripture dothe teache and do defend their errour with an obstinate mynde they are heretikes They do chose vnto them selues also an other doctrine which is that they which be regenerat muste alwaies doubte of their saluatiō But Christ the Apostles and the whole scripture do teache cleane contrarie he that beleuithe in me saith Christe hathe euerlasting life If he hath it howe cā he doubte of yt then And it is writen in the Actes To him giue all the Prophetes witnesse that all they which beleue throughe his name shall receyue remissiō of synnes And to the Romains whō he hath called them also he iustified whom he iustified thē he also glorified But here the papistes haue this shifte A mā muste not doubte of Gods promises they saye but he muste doubte of the infirmitie of his fleshe that he can not do those thinges which are to be done to obtayne the promises of Godd Butt we be admonished by Abrahās example that we sholde not in beholding of our imbecyllitie fainte in faith nor fall from beleauinge certainly the truithe of the promises he considered not the barren wombe of Sara nor his own old and effoebled bodie he stackered not at the promise of God through vnbelefe but became strōge in faithe and dyd giue glory vnto God knowinge that he was sufficientlie able to performe those thīges which he promised 2c Therfor by faithe is the enheritaunce gyuē that it might come of grace that the promise mighte be certaine and sure for if the certayntie of our saluaciō did hāge on our merytes ād worthines of our worckes it sholde alwaies stumble and be in daūgier of ouerthrowe Thus the papistes do spoile men of healthfull hope ād make mē doubt if not despaire which is not to be done For that nature of hope maie not be inuerted which Paule teacheth to be suche that it dothe not make a man ashamed if then we do certaynlye hope and loke for life euerlastinge we shall not be deceyued and seīg it is the holye ghoste that bearithe witnes vnto our spret that we are the children of Godd surly his witnes we may not reiect without cōmitting gret offence I am sayth Godd The lorde thy Godd this will he haue them that be his to beleaue And who soeuer beleauith this hath the quiet peace of a iustified consciēce and knowith hymself to be in safetie for Godd is his iustifier ād who shall condēne hym whom Godd doth iustifie Against al theise manifest testimonies of the holy scriptures theise men do teache their contrary doctrine and do obstinatly defend it wherfor they are heretiques Moreouer they do teache that euery mā must satisfice for hys synnes in this lyfe which if he do not then must he go to purgatorie And that by the poure of the Keyes committed vnto them they can turn the euerlastinge punishment in to a temporall If therfor satisfaction be not made whilest a man is in this lyfe he shall do it when he is goone out this lyfe But against this the holy scriptures do teache Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesses are forgyuen and whos synnes are couered What blessednes I praye you shuld this be if they which be reconciled vnto Godd shuld be bownde to sustayne such paynes and punishmentes When a Synner doth repent saith Godd by the Prophet The synnes that he hath done shall not be thought vppon But Godd will thincke vppon them if it be true that either a man must satisfice or go to purgatorie if Godd wil so sharply punishe them by such paynes as they saye are in purgatorie It is writon in the reuelacion Blessed are the deade which do dye in the lorde euē so saieth the spret that they rest from their labours They which do dye in the lorde that is the beleauers how do they rest frō their labours if it be so that they must yeat be vexed in purgatorie Christe our Sauiour when he did forgyue synnes sayed Thy faithe hath made the safe go thy wayes synne no more To the theif he saied This daye thow shalt be with me in paradise Paule desired to be loosed and to be with Christ. How chauncith it that here is no mencion made of purgatorie ▪ In the old lawe ther wer sacrifices ordeigned for princes prests for the Nazarites for the lepars for gelousie for the synne of ignoraūce and many such lyke How happeneth