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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08445	Fouretene sermons of Barnardine Ochyne, concernyng the predestinacion and eleccion of god: very expediente to the settynge forth of hys glorye among hys creatures. Translated out of Italian in to oure natyve younge by A.C.	Ochino, Bernardino, 1487-1564.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.	1551 (1551)	STC 18767; ESTC S104170	58,669	130

geuen vs paradise frome the beginninge and when he geueth neuer repēteth as Paule writeth it is of necessitie to saye that the electe be saued Rom. xi Paule writeth that the eleccion of God is firme and the diuine purposes stedfaste and that the Lorde knoweth his wyth perfect infallible knoweledge Roma iiii Roma ix which ought to be to vs a sure foundacion whereupon we maye stablyshe vndoubted fayth of our saluaciō To this purpose Paule sayd that those that God hathe knowen for his and therfore elected purposed to saue them those he hathe predestinate to be conformable to the Image of his sonne and those hauynge them after created he doth call wyth an inwarde callynge in suche sorte that they answere agayne for because they are the sōnes of God therfore they heare hys voyce and beleue by beynge ordeyned to eternall lyfe Yea he draweth them and geueth them a newe herte and these that he calleth he iustifieth he geueth them Christe and the lyghte of him faythe hope and charitie and all other christiane vertues apparelynge them he dothe enrich them wyth many gyftes treasures and graces afterward doth happely glorifie thē Therefore from the fyrste to the laste it foloweth that the electe must nedes be saued Paule added and sayd if God be wyth vs who can be agaynste vs meanyng if God hath elected vs and determined to saue vs he beynge omnipotente and hath taken vpon hym thys enterprise to saue vs who shal let hym Yea he would haue sayde no man because that Christe sayde Iohn x. none can take them out of the handes of my father it happeneth not to God as to man whyche manye tymes dothe wyll a thynge seketh and canne not fynde Rome xi as the Hebrewes whyche sought theyr saluacion and coulde not atchieue it and that because they soughte it not by Christe by fre mercy nor by faythe but by workes It is not so wyth God because that he when he wylleth any thynge it commeth to passe and his eleccion as writeth Paule commeth to effecte Moreouer God hath geuen his electe to Chryste Iho. x.xi. .xvii and draweth them to hym and those that go to hym drawen of the father he chaseth not awaye as hym selfe sayde he loseth them not but knoweth them for hys shepe he calleth them to hym they heare hys voyce he prayeth for them moste effectuously and is euer hearde For them he shed hys bloude Math. xv and gaue his lyfe euen as for them onely he was sente and came into the world to them he dothe manifeste God geueth them lyfe and maketh them happy They are then in good handes beynge in Christes out of the whyche none shall take them as hym selfe hath sayde Iho. xi xvii They may peryshe that are the sonnes of perdicion as Iudas but not the chyldren of eleccion The elect are sure for ther was neuer none of them that peryshed nor neuer shal yea it is vnpossible Math. xiii for christ speakyng of the false prophets which shuld be in the kyngdome of Antichrist sayde they shoulde seduce the verye electe if it were possible for to shewe that it was not possible yea for they re sakes those dayes shall be shortened Al that God hath wrought and shall worke is for his electe for whome he dyd create the world preserue the same sente Christe into the worlde and wylled that for them he shulde dye vpon the crosse for them he hath most speciall care If God made suche accompt of the Hebrues that to thend their name shoulde not be forgotten on the earth Deute xv he dyd ordeine that if the fyrste brother died wythout chylde the second was bounde to rayse vp sede to his brother thinkest thou that he wil not make rekening of his elect whose names are written in heauen Yea I wyll thou know Luke x. that although Christe be he by whose meanes al the elect are saued neuerthelesse not by his impotencie beyng geuen to hym all power but because the thynge of it selfe is impossible Mar. x. Math. xxviii Christ can not saue a reprobate nor damne an electe Nowe muche lesse is it in our power if we be electe to dampne our selues or if we be reprobate to saue our selues yet ought we not to cease to worke wel because that if we are sure to be dampned we are yet bound euery way for his infinite goodnes moste hyghly to honour hym Let vs then geue thankes to god that hath not only by mere mercy elected vs for hys but to th ende we myght be sure of oure saluacion hath ordeined that oure dampnacion shal not lye in our owne power beynge his electe and with thys geueth vs suche grace that we may in this present lyfe render hym all laude honour and glorye by Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Whether God do agrauate harden and blynd the hertes of men or not and in what maner the eleuenth Sermon IT is read in the holye scriptures ii Reg. xvi iii. Reg. xxix ii Reg. xxiiii Exo. i. vii x.xi. and .xiiii. Esa lxiii Ihon. xii ii Cor. iiii Roma ix .xi. Gala. iii. that God put in Saula wicked spirite to vexe hym and a liyng spirite in the mouth of the Prophets to beguyl Achab that by Sathā he moued the hert of Dauid to nūber the people against his precept And moreouer he doth harden blynde and make grosse the hertes of persons and geueth them ouer in to a peruerse mynd And Paul wryteth that he hath shut vp al men in vnbelief sinne And although many helde for vngodlines thys maner of speaking therfore thei do not onli abstain frō pronoūcinge such lyke wordes but also go about to expoūd make thē better emēdinge them forcinge them selues to brynge them after their phātasie to suche a way that they haue a kynde of godlines therin And I thinke they are moued to do this to th ende that of these thinges men should not take occasion to thynke that God were the cause of synne or els to imagine wyth the Maniches to be .ii. first beginnings the one good cause of the good the other euel cause of the euell Neuertheles I wyll not ought not may not wyll to be more holye then God that speaketh in holye scriptures And it is more wickednes to wyl to correct the longe of the holy gost because that none speaketh nor can speake more circūspectlye then he nor with greater thyrst of our saluacion with the zeale and honour of God Wyth al this euery one ought to knowe that we are the cause of synne and not God yea it can not be thought that God is a God if it be not thought that he is wythout faulte wythout euell infinitely good and iust Therfore as to vs is due all confusion ignominie dishonor reproche and euel so to God all honor laude and glorye It is not euel then to pronoūce these wordes in the maner that they