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A08197	The oration and sermon made at Rome by commaundement of the foure cardinalles, and the Dominican inquisitour, vpon paine of death. By Iohn Nichols, latelie the Popes scholler. Which sermon and oration was presented before the Pope and his cardinalles in his Consistorie, the xxvij. day of Maie. 1578. and remaineth there registred. Now by him brought into the English tongue, for the great comfort and commoditie of all faithfull Christians. Heerin also is aunswered an infamous libell, maliciouslie written and cast abroad, against the saide Iohn Nichols, with a sufficient discharge of himselfe from all the Papists lying reports, and his owne life both largelie and amplie discouered.	Nicholls, John, 1555-1584?	1581 (1581)	STC 18535; ESTC S105660	86,257	238

Father in heauen Iohn 6.56.57 And againe Faith is the ladder that reacheth vp to heauen and by which euen nowe we remayne and sitte in the heauenly places with Christ Ephe. 2.6 Faith is the hand by which we take holde of Christe in whome is performed all the promises of God to his elect 2. Cor. 1.20 Faith is that weapō by which we ouercome the world the end wherof is the saluatiō of our soules Faith is a cleare and effectual persuasion wrought not in the bodily eares but in the eares of the heart not by men but by the holy ghost wherby we are made certaine and sure to be the sonnes of God Faith as it is written in the. 8. Cha. to the Rom. is a firme cōstant and perseuering trust in the boūtifulnes of God Faith is a lyght which lyfteth vp rauisheth aboue all sensible things and beyond that any man is not able to make discourse to comprehende the breadth length height and depth of those things which are to vs incomprehensible with naturall eyes Faith is a cleere eye of the mind wherewith pearcing through the heauens we doo see the diuine secretes of God Faith is a quickening cleere and fiery lyght which purgeth our heartes and delyuereth vs from the darke and inextricable Laborinthes of the vaine shadowes of this worlde by which we guide our blinde reason and are lyfted vp to an high estate so that by the taste of heauenly thinges we despise humane thinges Roma 4. Faith maketh vs to conceiue Christe spirituallie and by force of the spirite to be borne againe with lyfting vs vp vnto God it maketh vs put of the olde Adam and his concupiscences and to put on Christe with his vertues and to become of vngodlie iust temples of God and his chyldren brothers and members of Christe Faith iustifieth pacifieth the minde and conscience maketh merie causeth to reioyce and in such sort that we glory euen in shame This faith is such that it reneweth vs regenerateth vs quickeneth maketh noble enritcheth saueth sanctifieth preserueth defendeth and obteyneth that which it demaundeth Faith knitteth vs to God maketh vs his heyres and Children the brothers of Christe and his members yea it maketh vs diuine and happy Faith is that which in Abell made him offer Sacrifices acceptable to God In Noe caused him to frame the Arke for the sauegarde of the worlde Made Sara to conceyue and that Abraham offred his owne sonne to God Caused Moses to worke so many woonders in Egipt and in the wyldernesse Faith made the Prophets to speake loosed the tongue of Zacharias and saued men in daunger made Simeon not to feare death also made Paule to wishe for it This in the Saintes caused them ouercomming the world that they haue wrought woonderfull thinges through looue But what néede I speake any more Faith is a vertue so noble excellent and woorthy that howe much the more a man considereth of it so much the more wyll it discouer the perfection Therefore he which hath tasted it wyll neuer be satisfied with speaking in prayse thereof Whereas those which neuer haue felt nor tried it in them selues can as much speake thereof as one that is blinde can discerne of coullours yea if those speake of it as those which be carnall and brutishe they doo not vnderstand it nor knowe the excellencie thereof He that hath this liuely Faith wherof the scripture in sundry places speaketh and so highlie commendeth with so many tytles before specified he is sure to be iustified he is sure to be saued This faith made Abraham righteous Gen. 15.6 By this faith the iust lyueth Haba 2.4 This faith made the woman whole to whome Iesus sayde Confide filia fides tua saluam te fecit Daughter be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee whole 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Be not afrayde Saith Luke in the ●● Chapt. 48. verse Beleeue onely And he sayde to the woman H 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thy Fayth hath saued thee goe in peace To him giue all the Prophetes witnesse That through his name all that beleeue in him shall receyue remission of sinnes Actes 10.43 And put no difference betwéene vs and them after that by fayth hee had purified theyr heartes There is no dyfference For all haue sinned Sayth Saint Paule Roma 3.23 and are depriued of the glorie of GOD and are iustified freelie by his grace through the redemption that is in Christe Iesus Therefore wée conclude that a man is iustified by Faith without the workes of the Lawe but to him that worketh not but beléeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodlye his Faith is coumpted for ryghteousnesse wée béeing iustified by Faith wée haue peace towards God through Iesus Christe Knowe that a man is not iustifyed by the workes of the Lawe but by the Fayth of Iesus Christe Euen as I saye we haue beleeued in Iesus Christe that we might be iustified by the faith of Iesus Christe and not by the workes of the Lawe Because that by the workes of the Lawe no flesh shall be iustified Gala. 2.16 Againe if righteousnesse be by the law then Christe dyed without a cause And that no man is iustified by the lawe in the sight of God it is euident For the iust shall liue by faith Gala. 3. By grace are ye saued through faith Sayth Paule to the Ephe. 2.8 and that not of your selues it is the gifte of God The scripture hath included all vnder sinne that the promise by the faith of Iesus Christe should be giuen to them that beléeue Origene writeth in his thirde Booke and third Chapter to the Romaines that Saint Paule by these wordes A rbitramur enim iustificari hominem absque operibus legis We suppose therfore that man is iustified by faith without the workes of the lawe Affyrmeth that the iustification Solae fidei Of faith onely is sufficient so that any man beléeuing onely can be iustified although no manner of worke hath béene fulfilled or done by him And if we require an example who was iustified Sola fide By faith onely without workes I suppose that the same Théefe dooth suffise who when he was crucified with Christe did crye vnto him frō the Crosse Lord Iesu remember me when thou commest into thy kingdome Neither any good worke of his is described or set foorth vnto vs in the Gospels but for Hāc solā fidē This faith onely Iesus sayde vnto him Verelie I saye vnto thee this daye shalt thou be with mee in Paradise This Théefe then was iustified by faith with out the workes of the lawe For the Lord dyd not vpon this requyre what he had wrought before neyther dyd he looke what worke he should doo after he did beléeue but béeing ready to enter into Paradise he tooke him for his waighting-man béeing iustified by that confession onely Hesichius in his fowrth Booke and first Chapter vpon Leuiticus saith That the grace of God is giuen onely of mercie and fauour and is embraced

all his Plate in custodie and who would haue giuen to me a Canonship if I would haue staid with him during lyfe which thing to be true you your selues know that were Préestes at Roome for thereof the Bishoppe wrote a Letter and sent his man with me to Millaine to Doctor Parkar who also wrote a Letter to the Scholers of the English Seminarie This his looue towardes me did I not obtaine in speaking vntrueth but for that he had bene a traueller himselfe to forraine Countries and had tried aduersitie him selfe as he fell into the handes of his enimies vpon which cōsideration he tooke compassion on me béeing a straunger and in pouertie Moreouer whereas thou writest That I slaundered the lyues of the Bisshops Ministers and other professours of England That is as true as they saye that it is lawfull to rebell against our Soueraigne for I neuer misreported of any Bishoppes Chaplaines how could I tell how Bishops Ministers lyued I neuer was conuersant with them As for other Ministers I must néedes confesse thus much I spake that in the beginning of this Quéens raigne when Ministers were somewhat scant through occasion well knowen then there were certaine honest zealous mē of occupatiō who supplied the roome for a time but afterward by the godly care of the Bishops were otherwise prouided for learned mē placed in their roome which being so néere driuen by casualty of the time vpon the great godlinesse earnest zeale of such men did so order it while til they were better prouided for But whereas thou saydest That I of mine owne freewill went to the Inquisition to obtayne greater credite This is as true as thou sayest That I presented my selfe and accused my selfe that I had beene a Papist Where as it is well knowen I was taken at Islington and brought by a Pursuinant to the right honourable Sir Frauncis Walsingham and by his commaundement was sent to the Bishop of London and from him I was brought by the Pursuinant to the Towre of London So as before I haue deelared I was brought suspected an Heretick at Rome by Doctor Morice to the Inquisition But where as thou sayest I neuer ceased very spytefully to detract and speak euyll of the Protestants this is as true as the rest But this I confesse that I much discōmended the liues of such who outwardly bare great show of zealous Protestantes and inwardly were craftie and dissembling Papists when they came in companye with any Protestants then they were as zealous as they themselues but when they came in conference with Papists they were as earnest in conscience as they likewise carrying in one hand both fire and water to deceiue the ignoraūt that did not mistrust them to séede the Diuell with that he would haue against this enormitie I did not a little inueigh for that I thought it worthy of all reprehensiou But as for otherwise defaming the Protestants thy wordes are most vntrue and I neuer opened my mouthe to vse any such spéeches Moreouer whereas you say That I delighted in flattery This you speake of mallice and not of trueth for I séeke to flatter none for preferment sake as thou sayst I doo Because I speake the trueth by thée and such as thou art therefore thou sayst I flatter I gape not for preferment neyther for any worldly pelfe I will be contented with Gods prouidence as he hath or dayned so shall it be with me happe well or hap ill the Lords name be praysed To flatter any man for exhibition sake I intend it not let them doo as they list and as God shall put in their mindes Whether I liue in myserie or else otherwise Gods wil I am not to resist but accept all thinges patientlye and speake well of the name of the Lorde who scourgeth whom he will and fanoureth whom he will And moreouer Thou countest me no better then halfe a foole as others maye easilie perceaue if they make tryall of mee Truelie I confesse I had rather be counted a foole and professe the trueth then be named a wise man and committe idolatrie The tyme hath béene that bothe thou and thy fellowes had good hope of me that I should be an instrument to mayntaine your idolatrous and superstitious Religion And where as thou sayst That I was vnable to goe foreward in Logicque or Philosophie This procéeded not of the rudenesse of my capacitie but of the mallice which Father Ferdinando the Prefect of the Englishe Seminarie bare to the Welshmen There were Batchelers of Arte not permitted to beginne theyr course of Logicque or Philosophie which is an vsuall thing at Roome for Batchelers yea Maisters of Arte eyther to be permitted to heare Rhetorique or to beginne Logicque And wheras thou writest that I wrote in my booke That I preached before the Pope I wrote no such things the booke is extant who that wyll may reade it And there he shall finde that my wordes are thus in effect Gentle Reader to excuse the fault of the Printer and to discharge my selfe of the Papistes obiection against me in this point l giue you to vnderstand that he mistooke him selfe in printing a Sermon preached before the Pope vvhereas I vvrote it a Sermon presēted before the Pope Wherfore I desire pardon for his offence and mine owne negligence in not vsing more respect in that place I made an Oration and a Sermon at Roome which was presented before the Pope and all his Cardinalles with diuers other in the Consistorie And the same Oration and Sermon which was my Recantation called and for the which the Pope gaue me thankes registred it in three great volumes in the house of Inquisition These wordes I spake and these wordes are true and there is one in London who was at Roome then and knewe of this my dooing knew me also who will affirme the same to be true Thou writest moreouer That with vaine brags I extoll the Sermon which I made at Roome in the English Seminarie vpon Saint Peters day last Advincula Thou art deceyued I bragge not thereof I made mention thereof onely for this cause to signifie to the Readers howe within thrée dayes after I became sicke and dispayred of my saluation for that I mistrusted many points of that Romish Religion and could not tell whether they were true or false And where thou saist That it was an exercise that Grammarians vse I studied positiue Diuinitie and not Grammar nor neuer dyd at Roome and it was an exercise which the studentes in Diuinitie vsed And where as thou sayst Thou knowest who was at it and laughed to heare such ridiculous stuffe as that was To speake a worde or two to make laughter it is the part of an Oratour and it is the part of a Preacher But the same Latin Sermon dyd so content them at that present tyme that they doubted not to saye but that I should peruert many in England and should become a profitable seruant