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cause_n	faith_n	work_n	work_v	4,456	5	8.0130	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02229	A notable and marueilous epistle of the famous doctour, Matthewe Gribalde, Professor of the lawe, in the Vniuersitie of Padua: co[n]cernyng the terrible iudgemente of God, vpon hym that for feare of men, denieth Christ and the knowne veritie: with a preface of Doctor Caluine; Francisci Spirae. English	Gribaldi, Matteo, d. 1564.; Aglionby, Edward, 1520-1587?; Shepherd, Luke, fl. 1548. Godlye and holesome preservatyve against desperation.; Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.	1570 (1570)	STC 12366; ESTC S115661	48,478	114

promising that wée woulde praye to God for him bad him farewell and departed thence with the reuerend Lorde Vergerius And thus doth the wretched man liue in his body A certaine strong man there is that when he intended to giue him meate doth binde his armes and shoulders with handes bicause he shoulde not resist wyth his handes And so opening his mouth by force putteth thinne broth into his mouth with a spoone or other instrumēt And yet doth he let it as much as he can stopping it with his tongue But it can not choose but that some of the broth must néedes fall downe by his gaping into the iawes and palace of his mouth and so thence into his stomake And thus with much a doe he is 〈…〉 shed twise a daie but auoyding nothyng But euer he desireth to die and to go to hell with all spéede lookyng euerie houre for the terrible sentence of God as he most euidentlye and openly doth declare by his communication The thirde daie came wee vnto hym with the reuerend Father Vergerius and did salute hym as the maner is and began againe to comfort him Notwithstandyng he saide nothyng but shuttyng his eyen like one a sléepe with pain gaue aunswere Then came there a certaine aged man from the place of Citadell askyng hym whether hee knewe hym his friend whom the wretched man beholdyng with his eyen did scarce acknowledge Then saide he Maister Frauncis I am Anthony Fontanina Priest who was with you the same day that ye came to Venis about seuen or eight monethes past Then saide Frauncis with pittifull grone and sighings Alas that cursed daie Alas that cursed daie I would I had neuer gone thyther or else had dyed at that present Then began we to demaunde him many questions specially of his olde fayth and whether hee had at any tyme any stedfast or perfite beliefe and how he fell so miserably from that faith ▪ for as muche as it was vnpossible that he that had once perfitely and firmely beleued should fall from the whole For it is written that the giftes of the holy ghoste are without repentaunce Then aunswered hee Certes I did beléeue that Christ was the sacrifice that appeased Gods wrath toward vs and that it was he only by whom we did attaine saluation and righteousnesse neither doubted I at any tyme in this But I did not reknowledge the benifites of Christe and to saye the truth I neuer loued hym againe with perfite hart But rather tooke the fayth of the Gospell to the liberty of the fleshe and so did abuse that faithe to vnlawfull licence to sinne and did neglecte the whole studie desire and meane of Godlinesse and religion By and by turning him vnto certaine yong men that stode by he said My Sonnes hearken to my words I say not this for that I woulde plucke any thing from the holy Gospell whiche I knowe to bee moste true but that ye should not set is muche by youre faithe but that also ●● should doe good workes beléeue me that haue proued it And then oftētimes with teares and sighynges he did commende aboue all the scripture the worthie Epistle of Peter chiefe in deede of all the Apostles which exhorteth all faithfull christians to Godlinesse chastitie holinesse and cleane life and to prepare an vnspotted Temple to God. But I saied he where as I bothe did presume that I had attained perfite faith and also boldely preached to other and had in a readinesse all the places of Scripture yet liued wickedly and vngodly And behold the manifest iudgement of God who hath sodainely taken me in his anger and furie not for any amendment but to perfite damnation Then rose there vp one that was there present a man excellently learned and long exercised in holy Scripture and said Maister Frauncis we doe not altogether allowe this your exhortation wheras ye councell vs not so muche to yelde to the faith of the Gospell but that we should also embrace and commende the affiaunce of works For we know that there are two kindes of righteousnesse outward and inwarde Outwarde righteousnesse whiche is of workes and which the worlde doth commend the same iustifieth not before God neither auaileth to saluation For Socrates Cato and Arestides right well perfourmed that righteousnesse wherby they gate muche prayse and glorie in this worlde But the inwarde righteousnesse is of God whiche doth regenerate vs by grace into hope faith and charitie and by this faith fréely graunted vnto vs doe we liue and are iustified and God imputeth not oure sinnes vnto vs without the whiche neuerthelesse we can not be as the scripture saith if we saie we haue no sinne we beguile our selues But blessed is hee to whom the Lorde imputeth not sinne and whose sinnes are couered Wherefore there is no cause that ye should sende vs to outwarde workes as to the Anker and refuge of saluation and righteousnesse Than saide I Sir Mayster Francis words are not to be taken so precisely or exactly as though he would compare the outwarde righteousnesse of workes to the faithe of the Gospell and inward righteousnesse But he exhorted the yong men after this sort bicause the most parte doe wickedly turne the libertie of the Gospel into the vnlawful libertie of the fleshe and without aduisement ●buse the gift of faith and whereas they ●●all themselues faithfull yet denie faithe 〈…〉 their déedes Therefore Peter in his Epistle whiche this man so muche com 〈…〉 ended as ye haue hearde and Iames also teache almost nothing else than that we shoulde declare our faithe in our outwarde woorkes as Sainct Peter saieth Wherefore brethren doe as much as ye 〈…〉 n to make your election certain by your ●ood works And Iames also saith Shew 〈…〉 e thy faith and I will shewe thée mine ●y my workes Therefore this man bla 〈…〉 eth himselfe greatly for this cause that 〈…〉 hereas he professed that hee had the in●ard righteousnesse alwaies neglected ●●e outward Then began wee earnestly to dispute of the matter and of the estate of this ●retched man and diligently to searche ●heter his trespasse were mortall or no. for the whiche accordyng to the saiyng 〈◊〉 Sainct Ihon wee ought not to praie ●nd that well learned man beganne to 〈…〉 spute learnedly and excellently of the 〈…〉 nue against the holy Ghost and of resistyng after the truthe ▪ is knowne and made a plaine distinction as we thought of all the kindes of sinne againste the holy ghost And the wretched man harkened to all these thinges with attentiue eare to whom the Lord Vergerius said Wel ▪ beloued Maister Francis when ye heare these thynges disputed so godlye and deuoutly and the places of Scripture in whiche ye haue excelled to bee brought forth take you in the meane season n● comfort and recreation with vs And specially seyng that you for your capacitie ▪ declare the Scriptures so eloquently w 〈…〉 are not