Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	father_n	son_n	spirit_n	3,162	5	5.7919	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03087	A simple, and religious consultation of vs Herman by the grace of God Archebishop of Colone, and prince Electour. [et] c. by what meanes a Christian reformation, and founded in Gods worde, of doctrine, administration of the deuine sacramentes, of ceremonies, and the hole cure of soules, and other ecclesiastical ministeries may be begon among men committed to our pastorall charge, vntil the Lorde graunt a better to be appoynted either by a free, and Christian cou[n]sayle, general, or national, or elles by the states of the empire of the natio[n] of Germanie, gathered together in the holye Gost; Einfaltigs Bedencken, warauff ein christliche in dem Wort Gottes gegrünte Reformation an Lehr, Brauch der heyligen Sacramenten un Ceremonien, Seelsorg und anderem Kirchendienst, biss auff eines freyen, christlichen, gemeinen oder nationals Concilii, oder dess Reichs Teutscher Nation Stende, im Heyligen Geyst versamelt, Verbesserung, bei denen so unserer Seelsorge befohlen, anzurichten seye, English	Wied, Hermann von.; Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.	1547 (1547)	STC 13213; ESTC S103980	258,817	620

into the people in sermons ¶ The article of the trinitie AL though mannes reason vnderstandeth not the nature of God yet God hath opened hym selfe in the worde and in his sonne that we maye knowe him asmuch as he hath reuelated him selfe and calle vpon him After whiche sorte whan we calle vpon God the father there is a greate difference betwene our inuocation and the inuocation of all other people and nations and this difference cōsisteth cheifely in ij pointes One is that inuocation thus ordered is derected to the true and natural God Thother is that our inuocation so vsed must needes please God and not be voyde and frustrate Wherfore the preachers must teach out of the holy scripture of the true and almightie Thre persōs but one substaunce God the father the onely begotten sonne and the holie goste that they be one God of the same deuine nature and power but yet three distincted personnes And that thys one God made and maynteneth all thynges Further that the sonne of God by the vnspeakeable purpose and vnmeasurable mercie of God dyd put on mannes nature that he might be a sacrifice and a raunsome for vs and that these two natures that is to saye mannes nature and Goddes is one and vndiuided personne Iesus Christe Two natures vnited in Christ Howe be it these two natures be so knytte in Christe that they be not confounded or mixte but eche hath by it selfe his owne substaunce and proprietie As al these thynges are well knowen out of the worde of God administred by the Apostles and Prophetes and be declared in sundry confessions of the holie fathers agaynste sundrie heresies in the crede made in the counsel of Nice and in the crede of Athanasius Item in the agreable decrees and confestions of the olde and very holy counselles as Nicene Cōstātinopolitane Ephesine Calchedonēse cōstātinopolitane againe Further by the wrytinges of the fathers cōsēting herunto whiche faught earnestly for the worde of God as by the bokes of Athanasius Basilius Nazianzenus and Augustine it appeareth Wherfore the sentence and doctrine of thys article muste be diligently propouned to the people and commended and defended that the true knowledged of God may be mayntayned and that we maye retayne a difference betwene the inuocation of christian men and other nations whiche is verye necessarye namely that thou mayste call vpon thys true God the father of Iesus Christe together wyth his sonne Iesus Christe and the holie gooste whiche hath reueyled hym selfe in the sonne for whose sake he wyll be mercifull and wyll geue the holie gooste to them that thus call vpon hym in fayeth whiche also stireeth vp in the hertes of men the true knowledge of God feare fayeth and other motions The differēce betwene the i●uocation of Christians and other nations of newe lyfe For thoughe the excellente Philolophers among the heathē the Iewes and the Mahometistes do glorye that they worshyppe not ymages and Idolles but the eternal God maker of heauē and earth of mē and of all other thinges neuertheles semge that they wil not acknowledge thys God whiche hath opened him selfe in his word by his sonne our Lorde Iesus Christ they do not worship and call vpon the true God but they worshippe the vayne imaginations of their owne hertes and handes Neither can they persuade them selues that God is mercifull vnto them and heareth them because they refuse the Gospell and the onelye mediatoure And therfore their inuocation can in no wyse be directed to the true God the father of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christ but these men imagin to thē selues A peculiar God whiche is not the father of oure mediatour Iesus Christe and therfore is not the true God for whiche cause they can not persuade them sellues that theyr prayers be harde Their inuocation then hāgeth and abideth in the vayne deuices of theyr owne reason in images and Idoles stāding before thē and they remaine verie straūgers and abominable to the true God bicause they lyue without Christ and the worde of God as Christ sayeth he that honoureth not the sonne honoureth not the father And Paule to the Roma v. thorowe Christe we haue entraunce vnto the father Thus God also reueiled hym selfe to Iohn How the holy Trinitie was reueiled to Iohn Baptiste at the baptisme of Christ the sonne of Zacharie that he afterwarde mighte instructe the churche of true knowledge and right inuocation for in thys sorte God eternall the father witnesseth his sōne Thys is my beloued sonne in whom I am wel pleased the sonne him selfe standeth at baptisme the holie goste cōmeth downe opēly vpon him to testifie that the holie gooste should be geuen both to Christ and to his cōgregation Wherfore thre personnes appeared in thys place This appering thē ought to be wel considered of euerie christen man whiche chaunced not for Ihon his sake onely but for the whole congregation his sake that the same might offre praiers to the only eternall and almightie God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ which made al thinges with the eternal sōne and the holy gost And whiche also wyl heare the churche gouerne and sanctifie it wyth his holy spirite for Christe the mediatoure his sake The wordes of Baptisme signifie the same thinge wheras it is saied I baptise the A declaration of the wordes of baptisme in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holie goste For here be three personnes numbred of one equall power and diuitie to whō alone the whole cause of our saluatiō is ascribed for thys is the meaning of the wordes I baptise the that is to saye I testifie by thys token of dipping or sprinklynge that thy synnes be forgeuen the and that thou art receyued into the grace of the eternall and the true God the father of Iesus Christ and that for this his sōnes sake Item that the holie gooste shal worke in the effectuouslie Surely thys is an highe doctrine and aboue mannes wysedome of the nature wyl and efficacie of God towardes vs whiche maketh a difference betwene vs and al heythen comprehending most ample promises as we wyll declare herafter of whiche promises it is very requisite that the people be admonished as often as the texte of the scripture requireth it that the congregation maye be well instructed of the one and singuler diuine substaunce and of the there personnes For thys article muste be obserued of al mē and exercised in our dayly inuocation And our inuocation muste be discerned frō the inuocation of the heathen the Iewes and the mahometistes that we do beleue that God certaynly heareth vs if in oure prayer we apprehende the mediatour wherof no heathen Iewe no mahometist can certifie hym selfe For thus we must pray Almightie and eternal god the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ which with thy A fourme of christen prayer onely begotten sonne and the holy gost madest al thinges and preseruest the

baptisme Item to the Ro. xi he sayeth that we be brainches of the wylde olyue and be grafted into the naturall olyue that is to saye into the people of God thorowe Christ and that the roote beareth vs and not we the roote In an other place he sayeth that we haue receyued the same spirite of fayth with the fathers ij Corhin iiij Item Petre in the actes xv We truste that we shall be saued not by the lawe but by Christ onely as our fathers dyd also which were vnder the law For thys cause not only the Apostles but also the prophetes condempned al them as bastardes and straungers from the Testament and breakers of Goddes couenaunt whiche wythout fayth and the spirite of adoption would be called Israelites by reason of the lawe that they had receyued and for the onely keepyng of the ceremonies outwardly For the law and the couenaunte of God requireth chiefelye fayth towardes God and loue from the whole hert and whole soule and al strēghthes and commaundeth vs so to loue oure neighbour as we loue our selfe where vpō In al ceremonies Christe was shadowed and fayeth in hym was required as Christe wytnesseth the whole lawe and the prophetes depende Thus also Christe was shadowed and after a certaine wise exhibited in all ceremonies and fayeth in hym was required Finally all promises eyther of spirituall or corporall thynges were therfore made to the fathers as Christ him selfe promiseth vnto vs all good thynges if we seeke the kyngdome of God and the ryghtuousnes thereof that being deliuered from all euyls and daungers and enryched with all good gyftes we maye loue God more feruently and studie the more to obeye his cōmaundementes and magnifie his name Wherefore it perteyneth to preachers to applie handsomely vnto vs the promises and threates propouned to the people of Israel sundrie wayes aswel in open sermons of the lawe as in exemples and therof they must euer diligently warne the people that God wyl bountuously exhibite his healpe and gyue them all good thynges beleuyng in hym and obeyinge his commaundementes And cōtrarie wyse that he wyl vndoubtedly rendre punishemenent aswell presently as in the lyfe to come to the vnfaythfull and despicers of his worde These thynges shal cause the people to be returned and furthered in the feare and zeale of God As for the difference of the olde Testament The differēce of the olde and new Testament made with the fathers and the newe instituted by Christ the apostles it is thre folde First because the olde Testamēt was made wyth Abraham onely and his seede namely the people of Israel after the fleshe and wyth them whiche outwardelye also embraced the same religion But the newe Testamente was made wyth all men and nations thorowe the whole worlde as manie as beleue the Golspell and become his chyldren thorowe fayeth Secondly because in the olde Testament beside fayth obedience of the law circumcision other outward rytes of ceremonies were required But in the new Testament nothyng is required but fayth loue wyth the fruites of those vertues and a fewe ceremonies which Christ him selfe did ordaine Thyrdely for that that God had not yet opened so clearly to the olde people the grace of the Mediatoure Christe and because he helde them in great feare and bondage But the whole misterie of Christe is more fully reueiled to the newe people and a greater libertie of outwarde thynges is graūted For in the new Testamēt there is no differēce of personnes places or ciuilitie cōmaūded but Christe bad that his gospel should be preached to euery creature that al men of all nations shoulde be called to his kingdom affirming that al should be saued that shoulde beleue and be baptised Wherfore Paule also wrate that those heathē that were cōuerted were not now straūgers but the citizens of the saintes and housholde of God This in the steede of circumcision and other ceremonies with which thei were innumerably laden in the olde Testament Christe hath lefte sacramentes wyth hys church as S. Augustine sayth verie few in nombre moste certaine in obseruation and moste reuerende in signification that is to saye baptisme and the celebration of his bodye and bloude Finally he hath nowe opened the mysteries of hys grace much more clearely than in tymes paste to the fathers and he hath powred vpon vs more abundantly the spirite of ad optiō and hath mad vs fre frō Mosaical rites al rudimētes of the world And he so gouerneth our hertes with his spirite that of our owne accorde we submitte oure selfe to euerie ordinaunce of man for the profit of our neighbours appliynge oure selfe to euery mannes health and edificacion towardes saluation and seruinge plainly with a free and wyllinge spirite not constrained Furthermore they must obserue that there is other maner of speakynge of the olde testament whiche Paule and the prophetes than vse whan they reproue the vaine confidence of the Iewes in the Testament and lawe of God whiche they obserued onely outwardly with out fayth in Christe For in this place they shewe what the olde Testament After what sorte sacrifices were commaunded in olde tyme. is and what it aualeth wyth out grace and fayth in Christe Of whiche Ieremie speaketh cha vii Thys sayeth the Lord of hostes the God of Israel put your brunt offeryngs to your sacrifices and eate felsh for I spake not to your fathers and I gaue them no cōmaundement in the daye whan I brought them out of the laude of Aegipte cōcerninge brunte offringes and sacrifices but I cōmaūded them this thinge saiynge heare my voyce and I wil be your God and you shal be my people and walke in all the wayes that I haue commaunded you that you maye be in good case Lo the Lorde witnesseth that he gaue not the lawe of brunte offringes and sacrifices that he commaunded hys people notinge concerning this matter which thinge the prophete spake not absolutely of the lawe but as it was corruptly obserued of the vngodly Iewes whiche though they stil apeace prouoked God with al maner of wickid deedes yet they laboured in vaine to appease God with sacrifices done with out repentaunce and fayth That the prophete than myght more strougly throwe doune thys false confidence in them vsinge an hyperbolical or exedynge speache he sayeth that God commaunded nothynge concernynge sacrifices For God ordeyned sacrifices for thys purpose that in them faith towardes God and Messias myghte be exercised not that a libertie of sinning and careles lyuing should be established In lyke maner S. Paule speaketh of the olde Testament to the Gala. iiij Where he maynteyneth the doctrine of the Gospell agaynste false apostles whiche taughte that fayeth in Christe sufficed not vnto saluation but that men had neede of circumcision and other Mosaicall ceremonies whereby it came to passe that while they despiced the grace of Christ they retayned nothynge of the lawe and the olde Testamente but the letter and a

the Sacramente of Christes bodie and bloude The olde fathers administred thys Sacramente of the supper of the Lorde euen to infantes wyth Baptisme But seynge that that custome is worne awaye not wythout a cause it is conuenient and it perteyneth to godlines that the parētes wyth the godfathers and the kinsfolke whiche obteyne the moste holie Sacrament of regeneration for theyr infantes shoulde vse the supper of the Lorde wyth singuler desire of the spirite that they maye receyue the communion of Christe to them selues whiche they obteyne in Baptisme for theyr infātes Which thing healpeth to the edification of other also yea of the whole congregation and it commendeth the holie cōmunion of Christe to other Therfore that all thynges maye be done more diligently and wyth greater religion in the administration of holie Baptisme we wyll that when so euer it maye be conueniently done the Catechisme or instruction of the parentes and godfathers and the exorcisme of the infātes be exhibited the day before the holie daye or sunday that baptisme shal be ministred For seinge that Baptisme muste be ministred in an high administration whē al the church is gathered togither it is cōuenient that in these holie actions suche moderation of both the sacramētes be vsed that maye healpe to steare vp the deuotion of the people and that thorowe longe taryinge it gyue not some occasion of negligēce or of diminishynge the godlie feruentnes of the mynde Wherefore when it maye so be it shall be profitable to seperate in tyme the handlinge of the Catechisme and exorcisme from the ministration of baptisme after the custome of the olde fathers But when the people can not be commodiously present bicause that manie of them dwell farre from the temple or for some other iuste cause then the exorcisme and Catechisme may be handled wyth Baptisme Howe be it the pastours shall laboure as muche as is possible that thys moste holie Sacrament of Baptisme whiche is the first adoption receyuyng and entrynge into the kyngdome of Christe be not administred and receyued but before the whole congregation wyth greate grauitie and reuerence Whē the Catechisme then and exorcisme shal be handled the daye before Baptime let the infantes be brought forth at the euening assēble at the whiche people bycause of the holie day folowyng or sundaye is wont to be present The parentes and the kinsfolke after the exemple of the olde saintes muste also be presente and brynge theyr Infantes to the temple Which and other being come togyther the pastours and ministers muste fyrste playnely declare the misterie of holie Baptisme and the exceadynge benifittes of God exhibited therein to them whiche brought the chyldren and to the reste of the people with singuler grauitie and religion Secondly they shal exhorte thē to a godlie and faythfull receyuyng of so greate a Sacramente and so inestimable benefittes of Christe Then they shall require of the parētes godfathers to renounce Satā the worlde and to confesse the principal articles of our fayth and religion whiche confession and renunciation they muste make playnly and grauely before the whole congregation ¶ A fourme of Catechisme that is to saye of institution exhortation and demaundes made to the godfathers and all them that brynge infantes to holie Baptisme FYrste the pastoure other ministers standynge by hym shall thus exhorte them whiche brynge the infantes to Baptisme Beloued in Christe Iesu we heare dayly out of the worde of God and learne by our owne experience that all we from the fal of Adam are conceyued and borne in synnes that we are giltie of the wrath of God and damned thorowe the synne of Adam except we be deliuered by the death and merites of the sonne of God Christe Iesu our onely sauiour Seinge then that these present infantes be borne in the same state and condition that we were it is playne that they also be spotted wyth originall synne and disease and that they be subiecte to eternall death and damnation But God the father accordynge to his vnspeakeable gentlenes and mercie towardes mankynde sent his sonne to saue the worlde Wherfore he wyll also that these infantes be saued He bare the synnes of all the worlde and deliuered and saued aswell the infantes as vs whiche be of greater age from synnes death the diuel and euerlastynge damnation which would haue the infantes to be offered vnto hym that he myghte gyue them his blessynge Wherfore according to your christiā godlines take thys childe bryng him vnto Christ and offre hym wyth your godly prayers that he may obteyne of him remission of his synnes and be remoued into the kyngdome of grace beinge deliuered from the tirrannie of Satan and that he maye be made heyre of eternal saluation And be ye most certeine hereof that oure Lorde Iesus Christe wyll mercifully regarde thys worke of your charitie towardes thys infant and that he wyll heare your prayers for he him selfe thus cōmaunded wyth hys worde Suffre the litleones to come vnto me for vnto such perteyneth the kingdome of God Wherefore beloued I exhorte you and beseche you as manie as be present that you wyll religiously considre wyth your selues the greatnes of thys ministration and worke that we go aboute For ye se howe the churche humbly but constantly bryngeth hither these miserable weake infantes destitute of al strēgth Wyth whiche dede they confesse playnely that they be the childrē of the wrath of God of synne and euerlastyng death They pray for them wyth godlie and feruent wishes desiring to obteyne for them the grace and healpe of God that thorowe baptisme beinge borne agayne of God they may be the chyldren of God Thynke not then that anie triflynge or chyldishe thynge is handled in thys holie administration wherein warre is taken in hande agaynste Satan wherein he is not onely dryuen out of the infant but the infant is bound with an othe that he euer warre agayng hym as the enemie of his kynge Christ vnto his last breath wyth all his power Wherefore God must be called vpon wyth greate confidence and moste feruent prayers that he wyll not onely deliuer thys chylde from the power of Satan but also strēgthen and defende hym that thorowe out all his lyfe and chiefely in the poynt of death he maye stande fyght agaynst Satan valiauntly Wherefore lyfte ye vp your myndes also and thynke that you muste in thys place heare the worde of God wyth singuler deuotion that you muste call vpon God with lyuely fayth and that here you are prouoked to prayer for a moste weightie cause Therefore behaue your selues so that God maye se your religion and allowe it neither suffre ye that thys moste holie Sacramente of Baptisme be vnworthelie handled thorowe you and be made a mocke vnto Satan and so shame be done to God whiche here powreth forth so greate ryches of his grace For he hym selfe calleth thys Sacramente the lauer of regeneration whereby he maketh vs his owne sonnes heyres of

ye Wherefore let vs constitute hym a Doctoure of authoritie and iudge of all writinges Peruse Cypriās boke ij Epistle iij. And that Christ ought only to be heard the father witnesseth also from heauen saying this is my sonne in whom I am well pleased heare hym Wherfore if Christ only oughte to be hearde we must not looke what any mā before vs hath thought good to bee doone but what Christe fyrste dyd whych is before all All preachinges ought to be taken out of the holie scriptures Forasmuch as thā this doctrine of God the father and of oure Lorde Jesus Chryst is taught in no wrytinges but in the wrytynges of the Propheies and the Apostles and seyng that there is none other doctrine wherin the wyll of God from the begynnyng concernyng mannes saluation is set furth with more certayne and strong testimonies Paule saiyng also that the churche Ephe. ij is buylded therupon it is ryght necessary that al the ministers of the Gospel read often pondre the hole deuine scripture with the feare of God and exquisite diligence both that they them selues maye be better learned and also that they may enstruct other of the euerlastyng wyl of God of the law of synne of the wrath of God of grace and ryghteousnes promysed for Chryst the mediatour of lyfe euerlastyng and paynes euerlasting which the dispisers of the word must nedes suffre This wysdome as Paule witnesseth to the Corinth doth far excel al mans wisdom For he saith we speake the wisdome of God in mistery which is hid whych God predestinated before the worldes vnto our glory whyche none of the prynces of this worlde hath knowne but God hath opened it vnto vs by his spirit i. Corin. xi Wherefore forasmuch as God hathe propouned vnto vs this his holesome and heauenlye doctryne onely in the writynges of the Prophetes of the holy Apostles and because we cannot receiue the same certaine and vndouted els where al shepherdes preachers ought to exercyse them selues diligently daye and nyght in these holy and deuyne bokes that they may be apter to teach other As the holy S. Ciprian to Pompeius agaynst Stephanes Epistle I● behoueth a byshop not only to teach but also to learne For he dothe better teache which dayely encreaseth and profiteth in learnynge better thynges Se. s Augu. also boke v. of Baptisme agaynste the Donatistes Cha. xvi Gost requireth it in them by name that they declare and shewe them selues approued to God and such workemen of Christ as nede not to be ashamed of their mynistery and whych also may rightly deuide the word of truth and teach other with fruite ij Timoth. ij Item that they holde fast that faythful word whych is accordyng to doctryne that they may bee able to exhort thorough holsome doctrine and to conuince the agaynsayers therof Titu i. In which deuine precept propouned to al teachers ministers of congregations the pastours and preachers shall obserue diligently Fyrst that it is required of thē that in teachyng they hold fast the certayne and faythful word that is to say to whych certayne and vndouted fayth ought to be geuē Wherof it foloweth that thei must take ryght diligent hede that they myngle none opinions of men with their doctryne and preachyng but that they teache religiously and deliuer to the people the syncere worde Ther be ma ▪ of God For this saiyng is euer true Euery man is a lyar Psalm Cxvi And Paule saith The natural man vnderstandeth not those thynges that be of the spirite of God for thei be folyshnes vnto hym and he cannot perceiue them i. Cori. ij After the same sort sayth Esay xl Al flesh is grasse and al the glory therof is as the flour of the felde the grasse wythereth and the floure fadeth But the word of the lorde abideth for euer Seing then that men of theyr owne nature be deceyued and can not of them selues vnderstande the doctrine of grace and seinge that theyr glorie or excellencie by whiche worde the prophete would chiefely signifie mannes wysedome falleth awaye lyke a floure howe can mannes reason and wisdome when it is not guyded and directed by the spirite and worde of God perceyue and teache anie certentie and truth chiefely concernyng diuine matters and the restitution of man And although al christian men haue the spirite of God whiche as he leadeth eche one into all truth as muche as is sufficient for his owne saluation and for the profitte of the congregation so he hath witnessed in man the gospell of Christe wyth goodly bookes and wrytynges and doeth euen vnto thys daye wytnesse and preache neuerthelesse fleshe and bloude abyde in al men be they neuer so holy and spiritual as Augustine I can not denie nether ought to denie that as in oure elders them selues so there be many thinges in so manie my workes that may be blamed wyth ryghte iudgement and no rashenes at all longe as they lyue here whiche fleshe and bloude perceyue not the thynges that pertayne vnto God The sense and vnderstandyng of the fleshe remayneth whiche stryueth agaynst God Wherfore in thys lyfe there neyther hath ben nor is anie man endued wyth so great holines or doctrine but that it hath chaunced hym often to fall and to be deceyued Wherefore as Saynte Augustine so lykewyse other fathers and olde doctours allowed not all the writinges and sentences of them whiche had taughte eyther before them or in theyr tyme for thys cause that those thynges came from men so excellent in godlines and learnynge but as farre as euerie man confirmed his doctrine The same antour in the Epistle to saint Hierome and sentence with the worde of God and sure reasons And they counted those onely reasons to be sure and certaine which thei perceiued to be deriued out of the word of God Of which sort those be with which S. Paule proueth that a woman muste couer Howe we muste iudge of the wrytynges of the fathers hyr heade in the congregation and kepe silence and not teache men i. the Corhinth xi and. xiiii For the apostle cōfirmeth these thynges wyth thys reason namely because the worde of God testifieth that the womā is of the man that she was made after the man and first admitted the gyle of Satan Item that she oughte to be subiecte to hy husbande Wherfore al cōfirmations of godlie doctrine consiste in the onely testimonie of the Vppon what foundation al godly doctrine ought to stand scripture vpon wihche scripture al that we either beleue or teache of God and oure Christe oughte to be grounded For thys scripture only setteth before vs the word of God vnmixte and certayne wherunto onely we ought to giue credence in diuine matters for it was not taught of mē but of the holy goste from heauen as S. Petre wytnesseth sayinge knowe this first that euerie prophetical scripture is not of priuate interpretation For prophecie was not at

but worcketh euer bestoweth benifittes and doeth al thinges for the felicite of men whereby we myght iustly acknowledge his exeding loue towardes vs. Moreouer thys article muste be taughte the people and be commended to them with singuler diligence for thys cause also that the vn Godlye custome of callinge vpon sayntes departed and desiringe of them good helth temperatines of the ayer peace and such benifittes maye be taken awaye feinge that these thinges be not the worckes of holye men nor of anye creature but be the workes and benifittes of God onely Of the cause of sinne and death VVhan mention is made of the creatiō the preachers must together Agaynste the vngodlie doctrine concerning saintes teache playnly and distinctly that synne that is to saye concupiscence corruption of iudgement and wyll and further more al noughtye motions or il doinges be not created of God but springe from the libertye of the apostata spirite and of man as it is written Iohan. viii whā the diuel speaketh a lye he speaketh of hys owne for he is a lyer and the father of lyes that is to saye the cause and the autour Psal v. Thou art not the God that willeth iniquitye Zacharye viii Lette not euerye one of you deuise euil agaynste hys frende and loue not a falfe oth for all these be the thinges that I hate sayth the Lorde Roma v. Thorowe one man synne entred into the worlde and death thorowe synne i. Iohn ij the lust of the fleshe and the lust of the eyes and pryde of lyfe is not frō the father but from the worlde By these and manie other testimonies it is euident that God wyl not synne neyther Euerie synne that man cōmitteth is cōmitted thorow his own wyll created nor worketh the same But after that the deuyll and man slydde from God suche slydynge and turnynge awaye came frome theyr owne wyll And thoughe after the fall of Adam all men conceyued by mannes seede are borne in originall synne neuertheles actuall synne is the propre and free worke of mānes wil and not necessary that is to saye al be it that the deuyl pricked forth Cain to the slaughter of his brother and though he were enflamed wyth anger neuertheles he myghte yet haue holden his handes and he cōmitted that mischiefe not thorowe a constrayned wyll but thorowe a readie wyl and agreable He shoulde haue resisted his anger and lust and haue prayed God for remission of the euyll sprongen vp in him haue asked the healpe of god to resist that mischiefe So vndoutedly he should haue felte strength to resiste Satan and the tentations of his proper fleshe Now punishmentes iustly accompanye sinful Synne is the cause of death and all miseries Roma v. and wycked actes Wherefore Paule sayth wel thorough sinne death entred into the worlde And agayne we maye plainly see that whole mankinde is subiecte both to perpetual sinnes and also punyshmētes and oppressed with so manye and so greate calamities that mannes mynde can not cōprehende them in thoughte but he must needes be agaste whyle he cōsidereth so greate a sea of mischeiues here we must diligently discerne betwene the creature of God and our sinne God made mā ryght and blessed hym but man gaue hym selfe amiserable wounde This wounde remaineth perpetually in the creatures thorough propagation Originall synne and generation and other infinite sinnes and punishmētes folowe this wounde And this is our faute not Gods as Oseas testifieth cha xiii Thy destruction cometh from thy selfe Israel but thy helpe is in me only Item Psal xxxix For iniquitie thou rebukest man and al his beautie wasteth awaye lyke agarment gnawen of mothes Euerye man is a certaine vaine thinge Wherfore whē we see those horrible punishmētes death sicknes war and sūdrie lyke miseries lette vs knowe that they be the punishmētes of sinne and that thei happen not to mankinde by chaunce but by the wyll and permission of God by reason of God sendeth greuouser afliction to the sayntes that he may make them vnderstande the horriblenes of synne sin And though the saintes be acceptable to God and please hym for Christes sake yet thorough the meruailous purpose of God in this lyfe they be subiecte vnto the crosse For God wyll that the churche do ernestly acknowledge hys wrath agaynst sinne and therefore be exercised wyth sorer discipline For this is the ende of tribulatiōs Wherefore S. Petre sayth also indgement beginneth at the house of God As for the cōforte that the Godlye oughte to haue in afflictions we wyll speake of it in the place of the crosse Here it is sufficient to haue admonisched that those afflictions chaunce not to the congregation with out Goddes prouidence and that God wyl not for sake hys vndre the crosse but that he wil helpe them callinge vpon him yea and he commaūdeth that we praye and looke for deliueraunce from hym As Esai xlix sayeth Can the woman forgette her childe that she wil not haue pitie on the child of hir wōbe Though she forget it yet I wil not forgette the. Beholde I haue written the in my handes etc. This shal suffice concerninge the conseruation and gouernaunce of thinges Hereafter we wyll declare what we oughte to thynke of the cause of synne and of the corruption of mannes nature and agayne what consolation we haue in so greate miseries ¶ Of originall synne and mannes weaknes before regeration GOd the euerlastyng father gaue in creation to oure fyrste parentes Adam and Eue not onely a free but also an vpryght wyll Further he dyd put into theyr myndes an exceadynge greate lyght that before the fal they might truely knowe God worshyp and loue him The other powers obeyed willynglye to thys lyght As Paule sayeth that man was made after the image of God that is to say in the knowledge of God and in right wil that he myghte perfectly obeye and satisfie the law and be as it were the tēple of God wherin God woulde haue dwelled presently and woulde haue exercised his power When man was now settled and constituted in so great blisfulnes and glorie Satā to deface the worke of God borded Eue wyth gyle and at length draue hyr so farre that togither wyth Adam she became vnobedient to the commaundement of God as Moyses deseribeth the fall of mā Gene. iii. Thorowe this inobedience oure first parentes lost those godlie gyftes of innocencie and originall rightuousnes with al theyr posteritie whiche commeth from them so that all men conceyued and borne thorow mans seede be subiecte to originall synne as Dauid testifieth Psal li. and Paule Roma v Wherfore the preachers muste teache of original synne after suche sort as the worde of God prescribeth vnto vs and which the sincerer and ryghte beleuing fathers folowed chiefly Augustine and Anselme namely that it is the wante of originall ryghtuousnes What originall synne is wherwyth we ought to excell that is to saye that men before regeneration be not in

our selfe we can not vnderstande what synne is and therefore that God gaue vs the lawe that we might know sinne therebi For thys cause we muste be resolued herevpon that that is synne in ded that God Reason of hir selfe vnderstandeth not what is sinne forbiddeth and contrarye wyse that that is a good worke that God commaundeth Wherefore whan we turne our selues from the lowe of God and looke vpon it negligētly as we haue done a greate while with the great hurte of the church the true knowledge also of synne is clearely lost and lykewyse of ryghteousnes than wyth coūterfaite sinnes and good workes we vexe both our selues and other in vaine which thinge manie haue done and do yet vnto this day For if anye thynge be omytted agaynst suprestious vowes and against other thinges What sinnes were falsely fayned whiche God requireth not if we haue been slacke in the afflictions of the bodye taken vpon vs for no regarde of Godlynes and much lesse for the vsynge of the same or if we haue lette passe anye other inuention of men that profiteth nothinge to true ryghteousnes for these thinges superstitions men are meruailously grieued and compte them for synnes they shryue them selues of these thinges carefully and thinke that they must wash thē awaye with singuler repentaunce Contrarywyse if they haue perfourmed anie thinge herein they thinke that they haue done a noble act and haue deserued much of God In the meane whyle they neglecte in them selues and wincke at those true and most greuous synnes frō whiche as from headspringes al other euil thoughtes wordes and deedes flowe out as these be the neglectinge of God and hys worde vnbelefe distruste of Godds promise despiceing of hys threates sondrye nawghtye lustes naturally engendred in vs. But whyle these verye synnes and vices be not yet knowen to vs and therefore grieue vs not how can we ryghtly acknowledge thē and aske forgiuenes of them thorough Christe Wherefore that we maye truly acknowledge oure synnes and be deliuered frō them thorough Christe we muste needes knowe them and considre them not after our reason nor mannes Paule knewe not synne without the lawe traditions but after the lawe of God Paule so greate an apostle in vii to the. Ro. wryteth thus of him felfe I know not sinne but thorough the lawe yea I had not knowen that concupiscence is sinne excepte the lawe had saide Thou shalte not luste And though the same apostle say in the same Epistle cha ii that the heathen which haue no lawe doe the thinges of the lawe by nature and that they hauinge no lawe be a lawe to them selues shewinge the workes of the lawe wrytten in theyr hertes yet it is knowen by the whole doctrine of this apostle and al the scripture that men endued onely wyth the iudgement of nature and whyche haue not the spirite that begetteth a newe determine nothynge effectuouslye but of outwarde discipline and of sinnes committed agaynst the same to stirre vp true repentaunce thereof in thē sleues For they which onely haue the lyght of reason neglecte the thinges that they cōmitte agaynst the faith in God and true worshippinge of God because they beleue not nor truste in God nor calle vpō him wyth a true herte They are nothinge payned for those thinges nether haue they anye care at al to amende the same and to turne to God and to approue them selues vnto hym with true fayth and truste Thys the apostle wrate of the wyse amonge the heathen whyche had gotten anye knowledge of God Where as they know God saieth he they honored not him as God neither were thankefull but were begiled thorough theyr thoughtes and their ignoraunte herte was darckned Whan thei beleued them selues to be wyse they where made fooles and chaūged the glory of thim mortal God thorough an image not onely made after the lyknes of manne but also of forefooted and crepinge beastes But God which is ritche in mercie gaue his spirite the teacher of all truth to manie of them both before and after the geuynge of the lawe wythout the ministerie of thys lawe onely thorowe the comon lawe of nature and doctrine receiued from the fathers And by thys spirite they both knewe and dyd the thynges that pertayne to the lawe and were to them selues in steede of a lawe Of whiche thynges they coulde do none thorow the only light of that nature wherwyth they were borne into thys world For seinge that Paule coulde not acknowledge synne without the lawe gyuē reueiled frō aboue vndoubtedly the doctrine of the law of God is necessarie to all men that they maye knowe theyr synne therby Wherfore the lawe muste be sette forth and repeted to the people wyth all diligence that they may learne to haue it euer in theyr eyes and to considre it reuerently and to directe theyr myndes and all theyr doinges thereunto that thorow true and substantial knowledgyng of synne a lyuely repentaunce of the same maye be prycked vp For that is a true and holesome knowledge of synne when we do not onely acknowledge what synne is but also that we are giltie of synne And the lawe was gyuē to steare vp in vs such a knowledge of sinne For it sayeth not onely that murther auoutrie thefte and suche lyke be synnes but it sayeth kyl not thou yea be not angrie with out a cause committe not thou auoutrie yea desire not an other mannes wyfe steale not thou yea defraude not thy neyghboure in anie busines He that heareth these thynges wyth a purged mynde and lyghtened wyth the spirite of adoption acknoledgeth that it is required in the law that we embrace and perfourme the thinge that God commaundeth wyth all our herte wyth all our soule and wyth all our strength and that we all togyther abhorre from that that he forbyddeth wyth al our vnderstandynge all oure wyll and all our nature Therefore when a man perceyueth that he is yet farre frō this true obedience and studie of Goddes lawe he acknowledgeth hym selfe though he absteyne outwardly from murther adulterie theft and fraude of his neighbour to be neuertheles before God a murtheer an adulterer and a thefe and to be in daunger for giltines of all these euyls For all be it that he hath not conceyued in his mynde ani reuengeaunce luste or wronge nor hath consented to cōmitte the same whereof no man wyl lightly boste neuerthels he shall fynde in him selfe an inclination and a readines of mynde to the same mischiues Thus when he laboureth to lift vp his mynde vnto vertue gētlenes liberalitie and patiēce he feeleth his mynde repugnynge and euer wyth drawyng it selfe from those dedes and if it be somewhat steared vp thereunto yet he perceyueth it to faynt therin and not to be moued and to burne wyth so greate desire as it shoulde But this lust to do euil this repugnaūce to good this difficultie slownes fayntnes and slarkenes be verie synnes before God because they be agaynste the

promise For it hath a peculiar and large promise of longe lyfe in the lande whiche the Lorde our God gyueth namely in whiche God is called vpon and worshipped whereupon his eyes loke to shewe bountiousnes on it For it becometh them to haue longe lyfe in the people of God whiche submitte them selues and shewe them selues obedient and thankefull to theyr parentes to the powers and to all men So in the sixte comaundement the preachers shal teache fyrste that by manslaughter all violence and wronge agaynst the bodie of our neighbours al reuengeaunce and vniust cōmotion of the mynde angre wrath hatred enuye and all signes wordes and dedes that come of angre be forbidden as Christe hym selfe interpreted thys sayinge Mathewe v. Secondly they shal teach that God warneth vs in thys precepte of oure natural arrogācie iniquitie and impacience Thorow whych vices it cometh to passe that we can suffer nothyng that is vnpleasaunt vnto vs but wee wyll haue all other to folowe oure lustes though they be naughti and infinite where as we in the meane ceasone wyll not onely omitte to do the thinges that be right and good to our neyghbours but we wyll also cōmitte many vnrightful and vnseamely thynges God than wyll condemne wyth thys commaundement oure naturall ignoraunce vnpatientnes luste and those that spryng therof I meane anger hatred enuy brawlynge fyghtyng etc. And God wyl set before oure eyes howe euyl these thinges be forbidding slaughter by name but aswel that that is cōmitted wyth the mynde as wyth the handes Whereby he requireth that as we abhorre all slaughter so we shoulde abhorre all causes and affection of slaughter and to do our neighbour any wrōge Thirdly they shall admonishe that God wyll with thys precepte when our vice is knowen prouoke vs to repent it and dryue vs to seeke his grace and mercie in Christe whiche onely appeaseth the wrath of God deserued thorowe these our euylles and abolisheth and mortifieth the remnauntes thereof with the holy goste and worketh and encreaseth softnes in vs that we maye ouercome the vice of impatientnes and frowarde way wardnes in other wyth oure patience gentlenes and humanitie and recompence wronges done wyth benifittes and be gentle and good towardes all men forgyuynge as Christe hath forgyuen vs. Ephe. iiij wherunto thys commaundement ministreth vnto vs an instruction in Christe In the seuenth cōmaundemēt thou shalt not committe auoutrie the people shall be taughte that God forbiddeth and damneth all copulations beside matrimonie whiche he hym selfe ordeyned and moreuer al lust and inordinate motions all intemperaunce al delites and pleasures vnseamely for christian men al riote and vncomelines in meates drynkes garmentes gesture wordes and dedes of whiche any cause of vnchastnes may rise or of any perturbation wherby the bodie shall be made vnpliable rebellious and stubburne towarde the seruice of the spirite Secondly that God warneth and accuseth vs in thys commaundement of our natural lecherie fylthy and immoderate conrupiscēce in al thynges whiche he him selfe gaue to susteyne and cherishe our bodies Thyrdly that thorow the knowledge of thys disease we are dryuen to repentaunce of the same and to seeke the grace and mercie of Christe whiche turneth away the fathers wrath deserued thorowe thys euyll and whiche quencheth the remnauntes of thys disease remaynynge in the fleshe and worketh in vs true cōtinencie chastitie and perfecte holines in all thynges that beinge healped wyth the assistence of the holy gost we maye resiste euyl concupiscences and al intemperaunce cleansinge oure selues from all fylth of the fleshe and of the spirite and workynge holines wyth the feare of God ij Cor. vij To the perfourmaunce wherof thys cōmaundement warneth and steareth vs as a scholemaister Lykewyse out of the eight commaundement thou shalt not steale we muste learne that God here by theft forbiddeth al fraud and wronge in matters perteyuynge to the vse of thys lyfe And furthermore all couetousnes nigardnes desire of more thē other haue and slacknes of due liberalitie Secondly that in thys commaundement God warneth and accuseth vs of thys couetousnes desire of more carefulnes nigardnes in thinges pertaining to this lyfe Thyrdly that he dryueth vs thorow the knowledge and condemnation of this euyl to repentaunce therof and fayth in Christe whiche remoueth the wrath of God deserued thorowe thys erockednes and damned desire and represseth the same in vs and cōtrarie wyse steareth vp and cōfirmeth suche truste of his goodnes that we maye surely certifie oure selues that God the heauenly father regardeth vs and hath care of vs and that he wyl ministre al thinges aboundauntly wherby we may susteyne cherishe and also delite this our life Thorow which truste beinge raysed vp let vs also learne to exercise true liberalitie towardes our neighbour leauing of all carefulnes for this lyfe and let vs gyue liberally to al men of that that the almightie hath gyuen vs asmuche as we be able and asmuche as the necessitie of oure neighboure requireth Whereunto this cōmaūdemēt exhorteth vs as a scholemaister In the ninth precept we must teache that God by false wytnesse forbiddeth all wordes and sayinges yea silence and dissēbling of witnesse and priuie prayse whereby the fame and reputation of our neighbours is hurted or not defended as we would haue ours to be defēded of other Finally al false and vayne speache that profiteth nothynge neither them to whom it is spoken nor them of whom it is spoken Secondly that God wyll brynge vs to acknowledge thys corruption of our nature this ambition maleuolence enuie etc. wherewyth we diminishe the estimation and excellencie of other and dissemble neglect yea and often couer and darken the thynges that pertayne to the prayse and reputation of our neighbour Thirdly that God wyll thorowe the knowledge of thys oure frowardnes prouoke vs to repētaūce therof raise vp in vs a diligence and desire to cal for the grace of Christe whiche came to pacifie thys wrath of God agaynste these oure euylles and to quenche them in vs wyth his holie spirite and to beginne suche humilitie of mynde suche loue of an others dignitie and excellencie that we be delited with the good estimation honest fame and worthy praises of other and that we wyll labour to set forth those good thynges wyth no lesse diligence then our owne fame and dignitie and that we vse in al our cōmunication truth honest interpretation and gentlenes to the edification of the hearers speaking alwayes those thynges to other and of other as we wishe other to speake to vs and of vs wyth a right iudgement of the spirite In the tenth commaūdement thou shalt not couette etc. They must fyrst teache that by the couetynge of an others thynges as his house wyfe familie etc. all euyll concupiscence is generally prohibited and all inclination motions and prones to euyll and al lothsomnes and neglecting of good workes Secondly mē must be diligently warned of this that they loke exactly vpon this commaundement and

is and muche wished for of oure Lorde Iesus Christe namely that he came for thys cause into the worlde beinge made man to deliuer all them that beleue in hym from synne death and eternall damnation and to gyue them a newe and perpetuall ryghtuousnes and lyfe Whiche thynge al the prophetes spake afore hāde of him as the lorde him selfe expouned in the laste of Luke So sayeth he it behoued Christ to suffre and to ryse from the dead the thirde daye and that repentaunce and remission of synnes should be preached in his name among all nations The Apostles taught the same thynge euerie where as it appeareth in theyr actes For thus Petre preacheth repente your fautes and let euerie one of you be baptised in the name of Iesus Christ for the forgyuenes of synnes and ye shall receyue the gyfte of the holy goste actes ij Item the God of oure fathers hath raysed Iesus whom ye kylled hangyng vpon wodde hym God hath exalted wyth his ryght hande a prince and a sauiour to gyue repentaunce vnto Israell and forgyuenes of synnes etc. And agayne he commaunded vs that we shoulde preach to the people and testifie that it is he which was appointed of god a iudge of the quicke and the deade To hym all the Prophetes beare wytnes that who so beleueth in hym he shall receyue remission of synnes thorowe his name Saynt Paule preacheth the same thynge actes xiij Be it knowen to you then bretherne that thorowe thys man remission of synnes is preached etc. Though thys preachyng of the Gospell be short neuertheles it is the power of God vnto saluation to euerie one that beleueth Ro. i. Wherfore Christe also compareth the Gospell to a mustarde corne to a treasure hidde in a felde to a precious margarite for the gettyng wherof we must sell and leaue all thynges Math. xiiij But that the strēgth and efficacie of the Gospel may be more euident the preachers muste euer studiously set forth Christe and religiously preache howe great thynges he suffered for our saluation howe great thynges he did Further howe he wil haue these thynges shewed vnto vs and what he wyll worke in vs thorowe thys preaching It is euident thorow the preachyng of the lawe that all we be synners of oure selues and destitute of the glorie of God Rom. iij. Item that we are deade thorowe misdedes and synnes and be by nature the children of wrath as other be Ephesi ij prisoners and solde vnder synne that we oure selues can not ryse out of thys perdition of oure owne strengthe Roma viij Wherfore to obtaine saluation there needed a mediatour and sauiour whiche might pacifie God beinge angrie and recōcile vs to God and deliuer vs frō synne and death and make vs heyres of euerlastynge lyfe Suche a sauiour and intercessour Christe is made vnto vs. i. Timo. ij one God and one attonemaker of God and men Christe Iesus a man whiche gaue hym selfe a price of redemption for al men etc. Thys Mediatour first entreateth wyth God the father thorowe his lyfe death passion and intercession to turne his wrath frō vs to receyue vs into fauour and to gyue to vs as to his children the holy spirite and euerlastyng lyfe Further he cometh to vs and handleth his matter with vs thorowe the misterie of the Gospell his holy spirite and the crosse that we maye beleue hym and thorow faith obtayne ryghtuousnes and euerlasting life And he handleth his matter wyth God after thys sorte firste he ordred his whole lyfe accordyng to the wyl of the father beinge made obedient vnto hym vnto death whiche thynges we should haue done But bicause he sawe that they were impossible vnto vs he perfourmed them hym selfe he fulfylled the lawe as he sayth in Mathew I came not to destroye the lawe but to fulfyll it And Paule to the Gala. iiij Whē the fulnes of tyme came God sent forth his sonne made of a woman made subiecte to the lawe to redeame them that were subiecte to the lawe Therfore he wrate also to the Cor. Christe is made rightuousnes vnto vs of God that is to saye his rightuousnes was perfourmed for our sakes and gyuen vnto vs. Item Phil. iij. Yea and I thynke all thinges to be losse for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe my Lorde and I cōpt them for refuse that I maye wynne Christe and be founde in hym not hauing my rightuousnes of the lawe but that that is thorowe the fayth of Christe etc. For whoso beleueth in Christ to him whole Christ and his perfecte ryghtuousnesse is imputed at once and togyther Secondly Christe translateth and remoueth all our synnes vpon him selfe dieth for them and suffreth al those thinges that we should haue suffred for our sinnes As Iohn Baptiste testifieth Beholde the lambe of God whiche taketh awaye the synnes of the worlde Item Esaie of a truth he bare our diseases and he susteyned our sorowes and we cōpted hym stricken wyth a plage and depressed of God But he was wounded for oure iniquities and beaten for oure synnes the chasteninge of peace was vpon hym and we were healed wyth his stripes And we haue strayed lyke sheepe euery mā into his owne way and God hath putte vpon him the iniquities of al vs. Item Paule Rom. viij God spared not his owne sonne but gaue him for vs all and Chap. iiij He was deliuered for oure synnes and raysed for our iustification So Gala. iij. Christ redeamed vs from the curse of the lawe beinge made a curse for vs for it is wrytten cursed is euerie one that hangeth on tree Thirdly he is a mediatour for vs that God wyll receyue vs into fauoure Esaie liij He bare the synnes of manie and prayed for transgressours The prayer of Christe Iohn xvij teacheth the same thynge I praye for them not for the worlde but for those whome thou hast gyuen me keepe them in thy name etc. And Paule Ro. viij Christe is at the right hande of the father and maketh intercession for vs. Itē to the Hebr. v. whiche in the dayes of his fleshe when he had offered vp with strōge criyng and teares prayers and supplications before him that was able to deliuer him etc. Yea the whole epistle sheweth thys thinge mooste euidently that Christe oure high bishoppe offred hym selfe for our sinnes and entred into the most holie place wyth his owne bloude an euerlastyng redemption beinge founde out So then Christe handled and doeth handle the matter for vs thorowe his death and obedience shewed to the father and thorowe his intercession that he reconcileth vs to God the father and for thys cause he is made Lorde ouer all thynges as the Apostle witnesseth Psal ij whiche beinge in the fourme of God thought it no robberie to be equall wyth God but he emptied him selfe taking the fourme of a seruaunt constituted in the lykenes of men and in shape founde as a man he humbled him selfe made obedient vnto the death and that of the crosse Wherfore God

raysed him vp vnto supreme highnes and gaue hym a name aboue al names that in the name of Iesus all knees shoulde bowe etc. After that Christ hath thus handled our matter before the father and pleased his anger afterwarde he executeth the office of a faithful intercessour and patrone he turneth him self to vs he entreateth vs that he may heale oure synnes and weaknes For thys cause he sayed to his disciples All power in heauen and in earth is gyuen vnto me go therfore and teache al nations and receyue them into my discipline preache the Gospel to euerie creature baptising thē in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holie goste he that beleueth and is baptised shal be saued and he that beleueth not shal be damned And teache them to keepe all those thinges that I haue cōmaunded you Thus thorowe thys shorte and simple preachinge of the Gospell he executeth the busines of oure iustification after a merueylous sorte Therfore as the strēgth and vse of the law muste be declared to the people so the vse and vertue of the Gospell muste be propouned and beaten in wyth singuler diligence For it is the power of God vnto saluation to euerie one that beleueth Ro. i. First then the preachers shall teache that the Gospell bringeth to vs remission of synnes if we beleue it truely and vnfaynedly and determine thorow this fayth that God for his sonnes sake wyll be mercifull vnto vs and accepte vs and compt vs for sonnes not for the dignitie of our workes and they shall teache that therfore it bryngeth peace to our consciences which by reason of synne were fearefull and brused of whiche peace the angelles sange in the tyme of the natiuitie of Christe Glorie in the highest to God and in the earth peace to men And Esaie the discipline of peace is vpon hym Itē Paule Roma v. Iustified of fayth we haue peace towardes God thorowe oure Lorde Christe Iesus Ephe. ij he is our peace etc. Esaie lij Ro. x. howe beautiful are the feete of them that preach peace etc. For where the voice of the Gospel soundeth not oure consciences can haue no peace as Dauid wytnesseth Psal xxxvij There is no whole part in my bodie by reason of thy wrath neither is there peace in my bones bycause of my synne etc. Secondly the Gospell bryngeth to vs the ryghtuousnes of Christe in whiche we maye trust as done for vs and gyuen vnto vs aswell as if we had perfourmed it oure selues For so Paule sayeth i. Cor. i. Christe Iesus is made vnto vs of God wysedome ryghtuousnes sanctification and redemption and Philip. iij. That I may be founde in hym not hauynge my ryghtuousnes of the lawe but that that is thorowe the fayth of Iesus Christ etc. For thys is a perfect true and euerlastyng rightuousnes For our vertues be farre from that ryghtuousnes and perfection of lyfe whiche the lawe of God requireth And besydes that verie manie synnes abyde euer in vs and wonderfull weaknes as Esaie sayeth lxiij all we are as one defiled and all oure ryghtuousnes as a garmēt of beggerlie patches And the Psal O Lorde entre not into iudgemente wyth me etc. which sentence teacheth merueilous playnelye that we can not sette oure worthines agaynste the iudgement of God Wherfore if our saluation shall be certayne vnto vs it must leaue vpō some other rightuousnes and that a perfecte rightuousnes namely vpon the ryghtuousnes of Christe as Paule wytnesseth Ro. viij God hath not spared his owne sonne etc. Therefore oure Iustification and oure rightuousnes before God which S. Paule and all the other Apostles teache consisteth in two thinges in forgiuenes of synnes and gyuynge of the rightuousnes of Christ thorowe fayeth And thys onely is a sure certayne and perpetuall ryghtuousnes which Christ hath caryed vp into heauē with him selfe to the ryght hande of God where no man can oppresse it or ouerthrowe it as innumerable daungers fal vpon our ryghtuousnes dayly Therefore our lyfe is sayed to be hidden wyth Christe in God Col. iij. And seing that we glorie of thys our Lorde and sauiour and his rightuousnes our lyfe is in the heauens Philip. iij. For where our treasure is there is our herte Wherfore the ryghtuousnes of God gyuen to vs in Christe must be diligently and continually beaten into the people by the preachers and they muste take verie good hede that the knowledge and truste thereof be not corrupted and that men slyde not backe agayne to the confidence of mannes ryghtuousnes For though that true fayth in Christ be neuer wythout good workes and loue yet workes deserue not remission of synnes neither is a man acceptable to God for workes but for Christes sake whyle he embraceth and holdeth by fayth his rightuousnes and redemption gyuen vnto hym Thirdly when a mynde affrayed wyth the feelyng of Goddes wrath susteyneth it selfe wyth the voice of the Gospel and thorowe the knowledge of the sauiour Christ and promises of God whiche Christe fulfilleth vnto vs the holie spirite is present and worketh in our hertes a sure truste of Goddes beniuolence and adoption of euerlastyng lyfe For in hearinge of the Gospel the holie spirite is gyuen as Paule wytnesseth Gala. iij. Thys one thinge I desire to learne of you receiued ye the spirite thorow the dedes of the lawe or thorowe the preaching of fayth Item iiij Bicause ye be children God hath sent forth the spirite of his sonne etc. And Iohn vij he that beleueth in me as the scripture sayeth fluddes of lyuely water shall flowe out of his bealy thys thynge sayeth Iohn he spake of the spirite whom they shoulde receyue that beleued in hym And thorowe thys receyuynge of the holie gooste a newe generation is caused whereof Iohn speaketh i. Chap. As many as receyued him he gaue them power to be the sonnes of God them I say that had beleued in his name whiche were not borne of bloud nor of the wyll of man but of God Item Ro. vij who so euer be ledde wyth the spirite of God they be the children of God And. ii Cor. iii. we representing the glorie of the Lorde in a glasse wyth a ryght face are transfigured to the same Image from glory to glorie as of the spirite of the Lorde that is to saye when we receyue thorow fayeth the exedinge mercie of God promised and exhibited in Christe the holy goste worketh in vs a newe lyfe and a newe knowledge of God vnknowen to mannes reason Moreouer thys fayth thys knowledge of God in Christ and assenting to his promises thorowe the worke of the same holie spirite the spirite of adoption kendleth susteyneth cōserueth and encreaseth such loue of God suche desire to gratifie and to serue God and to approue our selues to hym in all thynges to glorifie hym that wyth verie great diligence and carefulnes we keepe our selues from al synne and moste earnestly applie oure selues to all good workes The holy scriptures describe

to praye to the father in secrete shyttynge the chambre For that oure prayer maye be hearde no place by it selfe healpeth more then other but the efficacie of prayer leaneth altogyther vpon the merite of Christe and his intercession for vs and vpon a sure fayth of the promises of God in whiche a beleuing mynde receyueth the merite and intercession of Christe And where as prayers were wonte to be sayed amonge the forefathers and holy assembles celebrated at the sepulchres of holy martyres it was done for thys purpose that thorow the remembraunce of the fayeth whiche shined forth so goodly in the martyres the people shoulde be more steared enflamed to pray God to gyue them lyke godlines and fayth and also shoulde more encourage them selues to the same For both the place it selfe and also the prayses of the martyres which were wonte to be declared wyth the preachyng of the Gospell and vse of the Sacramentes dyd warne and testifie that the vertues of the martyres were the gyftes of the free goodnes of God obteyned vnto them by the merite of Christ and wrought in thē thorowe the holie goste and therefore sette before vs that we should aske the same thinges of the heauēly father and trust to haue them thorowe Christe and the more steare vp our selues to the desire of them ¶ Of the true false vse of Images IT is playnely knowen that the cōmon people be yet sore entangled in the abuse and superstition of Images and grauen stockes For moste cōmonly they thynke that then they praye with effecte when they saye theyr prayers before grauē wodde and Images therefore they are wont to decke thē sundrie wayes and to honour and worshippe them wyth burning of candles with incense and other oblations and furthermore wyth vowed pilgrimages from farre places Yea and they attribute to some a certaine strength to healpe with no lesse furour of wyckednes and Idolatrie then we reade that the heathen and the Iewes dyd in tymes paste Therefore the pastours shall labour diligently to call the people from this Idolemadnes and al abuse of Images and grauen stockes First then they shall teache that there cā be no vse of Images vnto christen men but when Images are sette forth whiche declare true thynges and suche and after that sorte that the remembraunce of those thynges may healpe to steare vp faith and prouoke men to the office of godlines And though there were none other faute yet thys thinge is moste vnworthie of christian men in the vse of Images that liynge Images are sette forth whiche offre to the thoughtes of men thynges either playnely or partly fayned and also oftentymes superstitious and vngodlie For as they paynt or graue Antonie wyth fyer and a pigge Rocke wyth a sore whiche the Angel cureth Leonarde wyth a chaine they are vngodlie faynynges wherewyth the miserable people are taught to aske remedie of Antonie agaynste the fierie boyle wyth the gyfte of pigges of Rocke remedie agaynst the pestilence wyth gyftes and seruice peculiar to hym of Leonarde escapynge or loosynge of chaines The temples for the moste yart are ful of suche false Images whiche cause and confirme manifest vngodlines and Idolatrie Whiche vngodlie Images seinge that they oughte to be suffered of christen men in no place it is euidēt how vnworthie a thing it is that they be seen in tēples where God onely in Christ should be preached and wor shipped and that in spirite and truth Bokes whiche cōteine false and vngodlie doctrines be taken out of the hādes of christen people and that ryghte well for we muste auoyed all occasions of offence What shamefull spite is it then to the diuine maiestie to sette forth in places dedicated to his name and seruice a doctrine of so manifest vngodlines in pictures and Images chiefely seing that they wyll haue Images to be the bokes of the laye people There is an abuse also of Images and grauen wodde in this point that the resemblaunces of sayntes are grauen and made wyth the garmentes and trimminge of the worlde facioned after the wantonues and pompe of the worlde from whiche vanitie and ryote the sayntes dyd greatly abhorre Therefore thorowe thys liynge of Images and grauen stockes the exemples of moderation humiltie which were in the saintes in al their lyfe and vse of thynges of thys present world be not onely obscured but also the contrarie vices are commended For mē gather that they also should desire those thynges whiche they se to be assigned to sayntes now liuing in heauē as ornamētes For euen the Poete Terence perceiued how muche pictures representing naughtie actes wyth some commendation do prouoke men to folowe naughtines For the Poete bryngeth in a yonge man openly declaryng that he was ●ncouraged to fornication by beholding a table wherin the fornication of Iuppiter was painted and that he gathered this thynge thereof Should not I seelie man do the same Further the preachers with lyke diligēce oughte to teache the people to forgette the worshyppnge of grauen wodde and Images that they fall not doune before them or howe their knees For that the scripture calleth worshyppynge and forbiddeth it moste straitly both in many other places and also in the ten cōmaundemētes adding a threatnynge of reuengiaunce vnto the thirde and fourth generation For thus he commaundeth Exo. xx Make not to thy selfe a grauē Image neither anie lykenesse of heauenlie thinges nor earthlie nor of them that be vndre the earth in the waters thou shalte not worshyppe that is to saye thou shalte not fall doune to them or bowe thy knees neither shalt thou do them seruice or reuerence For I am the Lorde thy God a ielous god whiche punishe the iniquitie of the fathers in the chyldren vnto the thirde and forth generatiō Therfore the preachers shal warne and teach the people wyth all diligence first that all they whiche fall doune before Images and grauen wodde bowe theyr knees and encline theyr heades or putte of theyr cappes lyfte vp theyr handes and eyes to them after the maner of prayinge do openly agaynst thys commaundement of God Furthermore that they also do the same whiche cloth and decke them whiche sense them sette vp candels offre and hange vp giftes sing Hymnes and do them honours and worshippinges due to God alone whē I saye they are exhibited to seeke the secrete healpe of God For peculiar honours and worshippynges are due to princes and honourable personages For so the interpreter of the scripture doth translate the worde supplicare which signifieth to bowe doune hūbly But we muste shewe them these signes of beniuolence and reuerence oure mynde euer beholdyng and worshippyng the maiestie of God in thē and seekyng the healpe of God not theyr healpe yea and not onely of them but by them and accordynge to the worde of God But as for Idolles as they feele nothynge nor be instrumentes of anie worke of God whereunto they myght ministre wyth theyr wyll and

purpose that we being many which receiue this sacramēt with tr●● faith shoulde be more and more vnited in ● one bodie euen the bodie of Christ and th● we should altogether abide and liue in hi● and he in vs after that we hade gotten the true communion of his bodie Thys is singulerly to be noted that the Apostle willinge to proue that we which in the holye supper of the Lorde are partakers of the Lordes bodye and bloude be one bodye added furthwith For al we be parttakers of one bread whereby he signifyed also the communion of one cuppe Lette vs than consider this reason of the Apostle diligentli For if we testifie and declare therebi that we are one bodye and one breade of Christ and that we truly receyue and obteyne the communion of Christes bodye and bloude from the Lordes table whā al we that come ●ogether to the Lordes table be parttakers ●f one breade and one cup two thinges suer ●● folow hereof one that they which in one ●ongregacion of the faythfull doe minister ●ore than one supper of the Lord testifie of ●●em selues therby that they be not one bo●ye and one breade of Christ nether rightly ●●ceiue nor haue the cōmunion of the Lordes ●odye and bloude The other is that they ●hiche be present at the Lordes supper and ●●eyue not the sacramentes testifie by thys ●●eir abstinences from the lordes table that ●● wil not be a mēber with other Christi●●s whyche receyue the sacramentes that they wyll not be one bodye with them and one breade of Christe if they be sufficiently enstructed of thys institution of the Lorde and haue not a lawful cause to abstaine frō the sacramentes Therefore for thys verye cause that the Lord conmanded vs to do that in his holie supper that he himselfe dyd and he celebrated it wyth those hys disciples only whych had wholy giuen thēselues to hys doctrine and euer folowed hym and celebrated one supper only the prechers shal obserue two thynges First they shall teach and exhorte the people wyth all diligence that in thys most holy sacrament they shewe them selues the true disciples of the Lord that is to saye such as putte al their trust in the Lord hymself and haue bound them selues wholy to his worde and folowe the fame studiously in al thinges For thus the lord sayeth Iohn iij. If ye abyde in my worde ye are my disciples in deade But they that wyll declare themselues to be faythful ministres of the Lorde in the administracion of these misteries shall not admitte anie other to the lordes supper but such as be tried and haue confessed before the congregacion that they haue giuen thē selues to the Lorde and haue proued the same with theyr life as the Lord also celebrated the supper wyth chosen disciples Secondly that in one cōgregaciō of the faythfull one supper be ministred and that the pastour himself celebrate it if he may by anie meanes at such tyme whan the whole congregacion is wont to come together as vpon sondayes and holye dayes if so be there shal be present that wyl communicate as men that be one bodye and one breade of Christ and are so outwardly also ioyned together of the Lord that thei pertain to one congregacion and pastoral cure and receiue the communiō of the Lord out of one bread and one cuppe The seconde thynge that the Lorde dyd in his supper is this he gaue thanges to the father and that in such language as the disciples might vnderstand al thinges and be sterred vp wyth hym to prayse God For whyche cause the pastours shall warne the people firste that in the administracion of thys sacrament we must gyue thankes to God throughe oure Lorde Iesus Christe for al the benifites that he hath gyuen and giueth to vs dayly and cheifely for that benifite out of whyche al other come and be made true benifites vnto vs I meane that he so loued vs that he gaue vs hys sonne a redemer that all that beleue in him shoulde not perishe but haue euerlasting lyfe Iohn iij. wherefore he hath giuen vs all thynges wyth hym Ro. viij remyssion of synnes the spirite of adoption and al thinges that may dooe vs good ether in body or soule in this lyfe or in the life to come Secondly that the prieste and ministre of this sacrament in gyuinge thankes to God giueth thankes in his owne name and in the name of the whole cōgregacion wherfor the people must lyft vp theyr mindes and herkē to the thinges that are spoken of the priest that thei maye praise and thanke God together with the preist For in thys giuinge of thankes as Chrisostome well warneth all thinges must be commune betwene the people and the prieste where vnto all men that be present are called whan the preiste saieth lifte vp your hertes Item lette vs giue thankes to oure Lord God And they promise the same whan they Answer we haue vnto the Lord. It is worthi and right For in old time as S. Cipriane testifieth whan the prieste or ministre sayde lyfte vp your hertes the people aunswered we haue vnto the Lorde But all these thinges must be done before the Lord in spirite and truth Wherefore the people must wyth all dyligence ioyne they● myndes wyth the wordes of the priest tha● with one hert one mouth thei may magnifi and thank God with him The. iii. and principal poynt in the Lordes supper is this that he distributed the bread and the cuppe to al and bad al take both that al should eate the bread and drink of the cup and added This is mi bodi which is giuē for you This is mi bloud of the new Testamēte which for you and for many is shed furth vnto the remyssion of sins Out of these wordes of the Lord the pastour shal teach the people with great reuerēce and diligence that this is the principal point and work in the supper of the Lord that sacramētes be distributed according to the insttituciō of our Lorde Iesus Christ and receyued with true faith in Christ with this faith I saie that we certanly beleue that our Lord Iesus Christ himselfe is here present in the midest of vs and that he himself though i● be bi the ministerie of the church doth truly giue vs his body blod and together althinges whatsoeuer he obteined deserued by the offryng of his bodye on the crosse I meane remissiō of sins the euerlastyng couenant of Gods grace the blessed adoption of God that we be the sons heires of God ●is coheires Out of these thinges y● pastors ●hal teach warne the peple with al possible ●iligence First that they come to these most deuyne misteries not as the common sorte were wont to do heretofore wyth cold myndes far from a faythful and religious consideration of the thynges that bee here executed but that they sterre vp theim selues and come with a godly burning desyre of Christ flamynge furthe

holie scripture the priestes haue nothyng more then the lay men but all thynges are commune to both and one breade of the Lorde and one cuppe is sette before al men togyther and equally Thus the Lorde instituted thus the olde churche obserued alwayes Therefore none other thynge coulde be instituted of mē neither dyd the fathers euer institute anie other thynge But in these later tymes when the gouernours of congregations dyd vtterlie neglecte theyr office thys abuse crepte in secretely that in the holy supper the Lordes breade onely should be distributed whether priestes or laye men dyd communicate But that all the abuses that haue crepte into thys Sacrament maye be vtterly takē away and rooted vp by the true vse of thys Sacrament whiche the Lorde hym selfe cōmaunded the pastours and preachers shall diligently warne and exhort the people that as often as they come togyther to the holie supper of the Lorde with the bretherne they gyue them selues wholy to the Lorde to be his disciples that they thynke that all his wordes be spoken vnto them and that they beleue them certeynely that they feruently desire the communion of the Lorde to be encreased in them and that they receyue the same offered in the Sacramēt wyth a faithfull and thankeful minde briefely that they euer go forwarde in the faith of Christ and in the whole newe lyfe wyth Christ neither stande there as dispisers of so great gyftes whiche in the holie supper be offered to all that are present nor make to them selues an hurtfull spectacle of a blessed teaste Surely he that is not meete to receyue the Sacrament is not meete neither to praye wyth the cōgregation as S. Chrisostome doth rightly gather Thys Sacrament is not only the meate of the stronger but also the medicine of the weake onely lette no man receyue it whiche sticketh in synnes agaynste his conscience For he that cōtinueth in such sinnes wyll not lyue in Christe the Lorde he refuseth his communion in dede and vtterly renounceth Christ and his kyngdome Wherfore he must absteyne frō those Sacramētes in whiche the cōmunion of Christe is exhibited And such sticke also in the condemnation of hell and haue no parte in the kyngdome of Christe Wherfore they can neither be present nor ought to be present at the holie supper nor pray wyth the congregation For no man that determineth to continue in open synnes and in the despite of God can call vpon God his father wyth true fayth and praye for the sanctification of his name the commyng of his kyngdome and obedience of his wyll But they that repent them selues of theyr synnes that desire the grace of God and reteyne the cōmunion and lyfe in Christe our Lorde and wishe the same to be encreased in them neither be commaunded by the congregation to absteyne these men I saye maye muche lyfte vp and conforte them selues wyth fayth and kendle them selues wyth the desire of a newe lyfe thorowe the participation of Sacramentes at euerie supper whereat they be present Therfore they ought not in anie wyse to despice so great bountuousnes of Christ the Lorde beinge freely offered to them but 〈◊〉 ther receyue it wyth mooste feruent 〈◊〉 and great thankefulnes remembryng 〈◊〉 blessed worde of the Lorde alluryng● 〈…〉 to him Come vnto me al ye that 〈…〉 Item take eate thys is my bodie 〈…〉 of thys al thys is my bloude etc. 〈…〉 thys meate and drynke he truly refresheth and receyueth vs vnto euerlastyng lyfe The fathers in the primitiue church which obserued the Apostles tradition estemed so muche these wordes of Christ that they excōmunicated them that were present at the Lordes supper and woulde not be parte takers of the sacramentes wyth the rest For thys cause was that ordeined that we reade distinct ij of the cōstitutions whē the consecration is ended let al cōmunicate they that wil not let them not come into the temple For so the Apostles ordeyned and the holie Romaine churche holdeth Lo this decree speaketh of one consecration and it requireth that al that be present do cōmunicate and that vndre the payne of excōmunication It witnesseth also that the Apostles so constituted whiche had receiued it of the Lorde Item that the Romaine church doth so holde which thinge also al other cōgregations obserued as many as had ●eteined thordinaūce of the lorde of thapostles This is the cause why S. Chrisostome so sore rebuked thē whiche in his cōgregation taried in the temple at the celebration of the Lordes supper yet did not cōmunicate and he saied that they stode at the Lordes supper vnshāfastly and stubburnly and not wythout the dispite of Christ and cōtempt of his so great bountuousnes which he offereth vs in the holie supper For thei that be not the mēbres of Christ neither of true repētaūce and griefe of their synnes seeke renuinge of lyfe in Christe but wil cōtinue in their sinnes willingly or haue offended the cōgregation of Christe with so greuous sinnes that except they first repent and approue them selues wyth a better lyfe thei cā not come to the Lordes borde al these whiles the Lordes moste holy supper is ministred oughte to be awaye and not once to beholde the Sacrament of the Lorde as S. Chrisostome with greate grauitie warneth and that out of the deede and wordes of the Lorde whiche as he hym selfe did so he cōmaunded that this supper shoulde not be celebrated but wyth his disciples wyth suche I saye which haue gyuen them selues to his worde which desire remission of synnes and saluation out of true repētaunce and griefe of synnes which be made part takers of the newe Testamēt and be the sonnes of God Al which thinges as we shewed before are cōprehēded in the very wordes of the Lorde As the pastours then muste deligently teache and dissuade them whiche wyth the rest of the congregation can not communicate bycause they sticke in open synnes that they be not present at the holie supper and testifie vnto them that if they stande at the supper wyth suche a mynde they do spite vnto Christe and that it shall be damnation vnto them So they muste also diligently warne and exhort them which wyth a good conscience may be present at the supper that is to saye whiche truly beleue in Christ the Lorde that they receyue the Sacramentes wyth other membres of Christe But forasmuch as thys institution of the Lorde that all they whiche be present at the same supper of the Lorde should communicate of one breade and cuppe his bodie and bloude is to muche out of vse and couered a greate whyle sithens thorowe commune ignoraunce it shall be needefull to call men backe agayne treateably and gently to the obseruation of thys tradition of the Lorde and they muste beware that the myndes of the simple whiche neuertheles be the true disciples of the Lorde and are entangled in no mischiuous and wycked actes for the whiche they shoulde be restrayned from the Lordes

maye studye to do those thynges with al oure hertes whiche pertaine to oure helth thorough oure Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ Heare ye the Gospel Iohn iij. God so loued the worlde that he gaue his only begotten sonne that al whych beleue in him shoulde haue lyfe euerlainge ¶ Or. i. Timo. i. ¶ This is a sure sainge and worthey of all embrachynge that Iesus Christe came in to this worlde to saue sinners ¶ Or Iohan. iij. ❧ The father loueth the sonne and hath giuen althinges in to his handes he that beleueth in the sonne hath lyfe euerlastynge ❧ Or Acte x. ❧ All the prophetes beare wytnesse vnto Christ that all that beleue in him receiue remission of theyr sinnes thorought hym ❧ Or. i. Iohan. ij ❧ My litel children if anye haue synned we haue o iuste aduocate with the father Iesus Christ and he is an attomement for our synnes ❧ Whan the pastour hath shewed to The people one of the sayde Gospels He shal saye further Because our blessed Lorde hath lefte thys power to his congregacion that it maye absolue them from sinnes and restore them in to the sauour of the heauenlie father which being repētance for theyr sinnes do truly beleue in christ the lord I the minister of christ the congregacion declare and pronoūce remission of synnes the fauoure of God and life euerlastinge thorought our Lord Iesus Christ to all thē which be sorie for their sinnes which haue true faith in Christ the Lord and desire to opproue them selues vnto him After this where clerckes or scholars shal be they shal syng some what in latine taken out of the holye scriptures for an entraunce or begininge After that thei shal singe kyrie eleson and gloria in excelses but because that kyrie eleson is a cōmune praier of the congregacion and gloria in excelses is also a cōmune thankes giuing let the people sing both in douch After this songe he that shall execute the holie ministerie shal recite a collect in douch but yet so that all the people maye well vnderstand it For therefore the ministre speaketh thys sentence to the people The Lorde be with you And let vs praie and the people answereth And with thy spirite signifiinge thereby that they also praye together with the minister For so Chrisostome interpreteth this saiynge And because thys must be a cōmune praier of the whole congregacion it is called a collet for that that a praier gathered of the wyshes of al that be presēte is offred to god by the minister or because it is a prayer of the cōgregacion gathered together and prainge together vnto the Lord But the purer collectes and more cōsonāt to the holie scriptures must be chosen out of which sorte we wil cause some to be set furth After the collectes there shall folowe accordynge to the custoume a lesson of an epistle which shal be red in suche a place the reader turninge hys face to the people that it maie be hearde and vnderstāded of the whole cōgregaciō Wher fore it shal be also red in douch because that lesson pertayneth to the instruction and admonition of all the people After the epistle where clerckes be lette alleluia be songe in latine or a graile or sequence if they haue anye pure and some douch songe Than let the Gospel be red in douche to the people whych reading an interpretacion and ordinarie sermon shall folowe furth with and after the sermon a praier for al states of men and necessites of the congregation after this sorte Almightie euerlastinge God and mercyfull father which by thy dere sonne our Lord Iesus Christ and his Apostles cōmaundest that we shoulde come before the in his name and diddest promise that thou wouldest mercifully giue vs whatsoeuer agreinge together we should aske in his name we beseche the by thy sonne our only sauiour first that thou wilte mercifully forgiue vs al our sinnes iniquites which we acknowledge and cōfesse here in thy sighte and that thou wilte fauourally turne awaye from vs thorough the bloude and satisfaction of thy sonne our mediator thy most iuste wrath whyche we haue deserued thorough so manifolde transgression of thy commaundementes But confirme thou in vs thy holye spirite that we maye holy giue ouer our selues to the obedience of the now and euer that calinge vpon the alwaies for our selues and for other we maye obteine thy grace and helpe We praie therefore cheifely for thy congregacions deliuer them from a … olues hired seruauntes which ether spoile and deuour thy shepe miserabli or tratrouously for sake them and destroy them and proudly reioise and delite thēselues in theyr destruction Geue thē good and faithful ministers and pastours preserue the same Encrease thy holie spirite in al persones whiche be at this holie ministerie that therein they maye faythfully serue the and with the profite of thy flocke that thy scatered sheepe maye thorough thy gospell be gathered to thy dearesōne the high and only true shepeherde and bishoppe of oure soules Iesus Christe from all straynge ether of errours or of synnes breifely that they maie be brought againe to the true communion of him that there maye be one flocke and one shepeherde So we praie the also holie father for thy seruauntes the ministers of ciuile gouernaūces for our most gracious emperour king for all other kynges princes and magistrates And specially we praie the for our most reuerende archebisoppe and ryght excellent prince for his consel and officers for the consel and magystrates of thys citie Gyue all these thy holie spirite that they maye truly knowe and embrace Christe thy sonne to whom thou hast giuen al power and al iudgement in heauen and in erth and that accordinge to their strength they maye so serue his kingdome that thei maie so gouerne vs whiche are in dede subiectes to them but be the creatures of thy hande and the shepe of thy pastures that in thys place and euerye where we maye lyue a peacible and quiete life with al godlines and honesti and being deliuered fro al fear of our enimies we maie serue the in al righteousnes and holines we pray also heauenlie father for al those moreouer whiche yet pertayne not to thy kyngedome cause the lyght of thy gospel to shyne vnto them also drawe thē to they sonne oure sauioure that beleuinge in him they bee saued with vs. And as touchinge them whom thou haste some what drawen vnto hym so that thei graunt him to be their sauiour and the sauioure of al men but neuer theles thei haue not yet bound them selues to al obedience of the gospel encrease in these the faith and knowledge of they sōne which thou hast giuen thē that they maye thoroughlye geue ouer their selues vnto the obedience of him and of his congregacion and that they may magnifie the in the same thorugh out al their lyfe wyth godlie saiynges and doinges Furthermore we praye the father mercyful God the great conforter of the