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A08442	Sermons of Barnardine Ochine of Sena godlie, frutefull, and uery necessarye for all true Christians translated out of Italien into Englishe	Ochino, Bernardino, 1487-1564.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.	1548 (1548)	STC 18764; ESTC S101443	23,048	79

serue our turne on the behalfe of our sinnes as though we had ben most innocēte Esay 43. he cōmitted al the sins on his wil was to go alone to the deth therfore he sayed to his disciples in the garden stande therin peace Math. xxuii rest without care suffer me alone to enter into the battaile abide on my bones that you haue deserued and meting the multitude he saied to thē whō seke you Iohn 18. they āswered Iesus of Nazareth as though they shuld haue sayed we seke for hym whiche hath vpō him all the syns of the world And christ made āswer I am he I haue taken on me al the sinnes loue hath layde thē on my shulders ther fore if you seke for me as a man in whō be al the sinnes let my disciples and my elected passe as innocētes ease satisfie reuēg do your worst to me which am cōtented to suffer for al one cause also wherfore christ being accused at the iudgemēt seate of Ierusalē made no answer was to shew that they had against him all actiōs in somoch as he had embraced for his owne al our synnes It pleased hym also to be crowned with thornes as king of al our miseries set betwen tow thefes as the starkest errand thefe of al likewise was he cōtented to be strikē beaten for our syns as Esay sayeth he was smyten for our infirmities and brosed for our iniquityes Esaye 53. and ossēces god hath chastysed beatē him for the sinnes of his people and by his woundes and passions we be made hole he payed that he owed not ●alm 63. as Dauid saied I haue payed those thynges that I tooke not ●say 43. and Esay also dyd saye in the parson of Christ you haue but me to trouble for your iniquities he was contented that vppon hym shold come al those infamies sclāders and rebukes which we haue deserued for oure synnes whych thynge Dauid singnified in spryte in the parsone of Chryste wher he saieth ●salm 68. the rebukes and reproches wherwyth they slandered the fell all vpon me yea and those curses also that were due to vs fell vpon hym as Paule sayeth he hath redemed vs frō the cursse ●ala 3 in that he became a curst for vs. and lyke a godly shepherde hauyng on hys backe the lost shepe for he hath his kyngedome vppon hys shulders ●●ay 6 hath he borne our synnes on the crosse 1. Petri. ii as Peter sayeth he hath borne our syns in hys body vppon the crosse and tre vpon it as it had bene an altar to condemne oure synnes wyth the synne that was imputed to him was he offered as a sacrifise to be burned in the fier and flāme of gods loue and to the Corinthiās Paule writeth ii Corin. 5. he that knewe no synne was made synne for vs. it was gods wyll mynde that he which was moste innocent shoulde be doone on the crosse as though he were not onely a sinner but euen syn it selfe thus as Daniel prophesied was iniquite cōsumed in one day god toke it oute of the world acordyng to the profesye of zachary Zachar. 5 Iohn 3. wherfore saynte Iohn sayeth he appeared to take a way our synns and saynt Iohn Baptist sayeth of Christ that he is the lambe of god the taketh away the synnes of the worlde Therefore when Chryst suffered moste louiglye all that whych we haue deserued Hebre. 1 he satisfyed for vs and purged vs from oure synnes he after the maner of the prodygal sonne of an excedyng loue that he bare to the sowle when he hadde geuen hys diuine treasures of grace to the verye open synners harlotes and had taken to hym self our synnes as yf he had done them hym selfe he made prayer to his father that he wolde pardon them to him to him he pardoned thē for we were not worthy nether wolde he yeld vp his sprite tyl fyrst he had bowed doune hys heade that ys vntyll he had moued god 1. Corin. 11. which ys as Paule writeth his heade to pardone vs to Chryste therfore were our synnes ascribed so the iustly he meryted that death for hys synnes not by cause he cōmitted thē but bicause he admited them for his oune and so hath he satisfyed for them not only suffycyently but also more then was requisite for to god ys one teare of Christ more pleasant then all the synnes of the worlde dyspleasant that lyfe death of hys were more to the honoure of god then our life was to hys dyshonoure yea he hath not onelye satisfyed for our synnes but hath purchaced for vs lyfe euerlasting But happly wylt thou say then nede I to take no paynes nor traueyl to satisfye for my syns nor to deserue paradise I may take mine ease or do what euyll the liketh me geuing me to pleasur good cheare for if it be as the saiest I cannot but be saued I āswer thus first I say the truth it is the oughtest not to laboure thy selfe for the entente to satysfye for thy synnes nor yet to deserue paradise for that is onely Christes office nor thou canst haue any such entent wyth our doyng greate iniury and wronge to god but where as thou sayeste that thou wold ●iue idlye or doo euyll after that Christe hath now deliuered the frome all euill and purchased the the greattest felicitie I make the answer on thys wyse If case were that one were led to the gallowes for hys rybaldry and noghtines and his lord or maister of mere fauour and good wil shuld deliuer hym and counte hym for hys sonne and yet woulde saye my lord or Maister hath deliuered me frome all euyll and taken me for hys sonne and heyre the refore wyl I go my way and be idle and in folowyng myne own lustes and wyl do in him wrong how thynk you in thys case be not these wicked wordes euen the lyke sayeste thow Chryste hath delyuered me from hell and made me the sonne of god heyre of heuen wherfore I wyll stand like an idle parsone or rather do more euyll Christe certes dyed not for the nor satisfied for thy dettes nor yet merited for the paradise to th entent thou shulde stande idle cōmit synne and become a starke ribalde but that thou seyng hys greate loue and hou greatly synne displeased hym seeynge he was wyllynge to dye bycause to take them oute of the world shulde no more doo synne but honour hym loue hym thank hym put thy truste in hym and worke vertuose and good workes plentiouslye not as a bonde seruāt to escape hell sithē christ hath delyuered the ne yet to get paradyse the whych Chryst hath purchased for the but as a naturall sonne for the glorye of god moued therto by mocyon of faythe loue and spryte not by mannes wyt sensualytie or thy behofe or commodytye Moreouer eyther thou beleuest that Christ hath satisfyed for the or not yf thou beleue not that he hath delyuered the frome hell and gotten the Paradyse yf thou be wyse thou wylt searche to helpe thy self and so wylt thou not be idle mochlesse wylt thou cōmyt sinnes but rather enforce thyselfe to make satysfaccion for thy selfe and to deserue paradise whych is athyng impossible but yf thou beleue lyuelye that he had so loued the that to saue the he dyed on the crosse thou shulde be constrayned to loue hym agayn and to do for his glory maruelouse workes pletuouslye and redyly to beleue that we are saued by Christ maketh not vs negligente and naughtye but feruent and holye Let vs therfore render thākes to oure Lorde god seynge he hath wyth so greate loue saued vs by so hyghe ryche happye and gloriouse meane To whome be al waye all honour laude and glorye throughe Iesu Christ our Lorde AMEN IMPRINTED at London by me R. C. for Wyllyam Reddell duellyng at the signe of the George in Pouls chyrch yarde

is so assured of hys saluacyon that there nedeth no examinacion to be had of hym he is one of Christes membres and hath his sprite wherfore he can no more be damned thē Christ bicause he is knytte to hym by lyuely fayth If it be so that god wolde make there with the a rekenyng saye to hym how thou hast made it wyth Christ for as he put on Christe all our iniquities and sinnes as I say sayeth with great loue accepted them for his owne ●●ye 53. and boūde him self to make satisfaction for them Wherfore thou shalt say Lorde yf thou hast any reconing or matter against me make it with Christ he knoweth wel how to answer can declare the he hath satisfyed for thē In case be that any must be dāned for the synnes I haue done it is Christ that must be dāned and not I good Lorde for albeit I am he that committed thē neuer thelesse Christ bounde hym selfe to satiffie for them and that by consent and good wyl of his father wherfore whosoeuer be leueth ●●uely in Christ is al together safe and sure Besyde this yf god wolde nedes make the audite accompte with vs and wolde say I am not content with Christes satisfactiō for you I wyl that your selfes make recompēce for the you haue offēded which is a thing impossible alredy frō the beginning he is cōtented hath accepted that denine sacrifice of the vndefiled lābe Christ Iesus which dyed on the crosse to be obediēt to his father as Paul hath writē alredy is the right wis●es of god satisfyed by christ more thē sufficient Philip. ii we be airedy reconsiled with god and made his sōnes so cōsequētly his heires he hath alredy geuen vs paradise and whē god hath onse giuē a gifte it neuer repenteth hym Roma 11 wherfore the gyft can not be called agayne bireason god is not chan̄geable I neuerthelesse althoughe as I sayed he shuld say I wyll that thou thy selfe satisfye Answere hym on thys wyse Lorde yf I were as dere beloued to the as is Christ and had doone and suffered louynglye for thy honour all that Christ did and suffered in thys case woldesse thou not holde thy selfe sufficiently satisfied for me in case he graūted therto thou shuld make hym this answer then is it alredy done for in that Christ suffered I any selfe suffered by reasone I am changed into Christ ye a the true Christianes that haue Christe in theyr hartes as Paule sayith let Christ dwel in our harts may pittiously lamēt complayne to of god ●●●a ● say to hym thou hast punished vs more bitterlye then we haue deserued consideryng that we offended and not Christe reasone woulde thou shuld haue punished vs our wyll and oure lyfe and soule and not that innocent and vndefiled lambe Iesus Christe and thou hast punished Christe whych is the lyfe of my soule the harte of my harte the sprite of my sprite as Dauid sayeth god my fleshe and my harte Psalm 73. god of my harte thou shuldest yf my death had not bene inough for my sinns turned me into nothing and letten alone that innocente and iuste Christe more deare and intier to me then myne owne soule wherfore I feele more that that he suffered for me then I shulde haue felte if I had suffered all the tormente possible on myne owne body but well wyst thou that I coulde not by reason of my frailty a vyde and suffer all that I had deserued for my synnes and therfore thou chose that my ghty and stronge Christ to suffer for them in my steade and more ouer hast set hym in my harte to th entent that I shuld not onely fele that he suffered but also that he myght geue me strenghth to be able to suffer Thou mayst also say Lord albe it I haue sinned I am regenerate and borne agayne by Christ I am no more the man that synned but I am a new creature wherfore thou can not iustly ponishe me by cause that spryte of myne that synned Gala. ii is dead and Christ lyueth in me I lyue no longer my selfe but Christ in me ponish kylle and turne to nought that sprit of mine that wyl of myne spoile from me that olde Adam that sensualitie and al that in me hath sinned and ponishe not me sithen by the new sprite that I receuid of Christ I am hys moste innocente creatur more ouer thou Lord hast geuen me Christ wyth al his diuine treasures graces Roma 3. that to be more surely mine thē I am my self and in so moch as he is myne entier I am able to satisfy for al my dettes What fearest thou then O synful soule seest thou not that as the blood of Abelcried for vēgance 〈◊〉 ● so this blood of christ callith for mercy and he can not but must nedes be herd 〈…〉 one abisse calleth on another I me ane the bothomeles abisse of my synnes hath nede of the abisse of Christes passion and the abisse of Christes passiō calleth to the abisse of the mercye of god Psalm 1● say therfore to Christ O Lord make thy mercy maruelo us and wonderful thou sauest them that truste in the cry saue me for thy mercy sake take and ēbrace thyne the rightwisnes of Christ then can I be cōtented thou say Psalm 7. Iudge me lord acording to my ryghtwysnes Let euery mā therfore go to the court of the mercy of god if we be called to the barre of iustice let vs apeale all wayes to mercy and see that neuer a man appeare before the throne of iustice excepte fyrst he be clothed wyth Christ through faith and then he may be presented boldelye as he that is armed wyth innocencye and truth may be presented afore any place of iudgement And god shall accepte thē for ryghtwyse To whō be all honour and glory through Iesu Christ oure Lorde Amen BY WHAT MEANE to come to heauen EXPERIENCE PROVETH THAT euerye creature hathe naturallye a desyre and appetyte to resorte to it owne proper place and mansyon and namely mā bycause he is the most souereine creature of al other And for so moch as ouer natiue cuntrie is not here vpon the earth Hebre. 15. Collos●n 1 but in heauen is our place of reste considerynge that all men haue this desier to go to heauen I take yt to be expedyent to weygh and ponder how we may go thither God hath geuen vs Christ for an onely mirrour glasse rule squier Maister and Guyde wherfore whoso is wylling to walke thither I meane to heauen muste go the same path that he hath gone and troden before vs by cause he knoweth the waye most perfectly and tawght it to vs withowt any gyle as wel by hys examples as by his woords therfore he that entēdith to go to heauen must folow hym And first as he being in the shape and fourme of god was not proude