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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08830	The benefite that Christians receiue by Iesus Christ crucifyed. Translated out of French into English, by A.G. 1573; Dal beneficio di Christo. English	Benedetto, da Mantova, fl. 1534-1541.; Flaminio, Marco Antonio, 1498-1550.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.; Paleario, Aonio, 1503-1570, attributed name.	1573 (1573)	STC 19114; ESTC S120980	53,945	119

thirst after rightuousenesse he cannot taste of the swÃ©etnesse of Iesus Christ how swÃ©ete it is to talke of him to thinke of him and to follow his most holy lyfe But when we once throughlye knowe our owne infirmitie by meane of the Lawe let vs herken to sainct Iohn Baptist who poynteth vs to the souerein Phisicion with his fingar saying Beholde y Lamb of God which taketh away y sinnes of the world For he it is that deliuereth vs from the heauie yoke of the law abrogating and disanulling the curses and sharp threatnings of the same healing all our infirmities reforming our frÃ©e will returning vs to our auncient innocencie and repayringe in vs the image of our God insomuch that according to sainct Paules saying lyke as by Adam we be all dead so by Iesus Christ we are all quickened And it is not to be belÃ©eued y the sinne of Adam which we haue by inheritance from him should be of more force then the ryghtuousnes of Christe the which also we inherit by fayth It sÃ©emeth that mâ—n hath great cause to complayn that without any reason why he is conceiued borne in sinne and in the wickednesse of his parents by meanes of whom death reigneth ouer all men But now is all our sorow taken awaye inasmuch as by a lyke meane without anye occasioÌ„ giuen on our behalf rightuousenesse euerlasting lyfe are come by Iesus Christ and by him death is sâ—ayne whereof sainct Paule maketh a verie goodly discourse which I purpose to set downe here folowing Wherefore sayth he lyke as by one man sinne entred into the world and death by sin euen so death went ouer al meÌ„ â—orasmuch as all men haue sinned For vntill the Lawe sinne was in the worlde but sin was not regarded as long as ther was no law Neuerthelater death reigned froÌ„ AdaÌ„ vnto Moses euen ouer theÌ„ also y sinned not after y like maner of y traÌ„sgressioÌ„ of Adam who was a figur of him y was to come But yit the gift is not so as is the offence For if through the offence of one manie be dead much more the grace of God and the gift by grace which is by one man Iesus Christe hath abounded vnto many Neyther is the gift so as that which entred in by one the sinned For the fault came of one offence vnto condemnation but the gifte is of many offeÌ„ces to iustification For if by the offence of one death reigned through one much more shall they which receiue the aboÌ„dance of grace and of the gift of rightuousnes reigne in life through one that is Iesus Christ. Likewise then as by the offence of one the fault came on all men to condemnation so by y ryghtuousenes of one the benefyte abounded toward all men to the iustification of life For as by one mans disobedience many wer made sinners so by the obedieÌ„ce of one shall many also be made righteous Moreouer the law entred ther vppon that the offence shold abouÌ„d neuertheles where sinne abouÌ„ded ther grace abounded much more that as sinne had reigned vnto death so might grace also reigne by rightuousenes vnto eternal lyfe through Iesus Christ our lord By theis words of saint Paule we manifeâ—tlye perceiue the thing to be trew which we haue said heretofore that is to wit that the lawe was giuen to make sinne knoweÌ„ which sinne we do also know no to be of greater force thaÌ„ Chrisâ—es rightuousenes wherthrough we be iustifyed before god For euen as Iesus Christ is stroÌ„ger than Adam was so is his ryghtuousenes more mightie than the sinne of Adam And if the sinne of Adam was sufficient ynough to make al men sinners children of wrath without ani misdÃ©ed of our own much more shall Christes ryghtuousnes be of greater force to make vs all rightuouse and the children of grace without any of our owne good workes which cannot be good vnlesse that before we do them we our selues be made good as Awstin also affirmeth Hereby a maÌ„ may know in what an errour they bÃ©e who by reason of some great offence despayre of gods good wil imagining that he is not willing to forgiue couer and pardon all sinne hauing alredie punished and chastized al our sinnes and iniquities in his owne onely begotten and dÃ©erebeloued sonne and consequently graunted a generall pardon to all mankinde which euery bodye inioyeth that beleueth the Gospell that is to say which belÃ©eueth the happie tydings that the Apostles haue published through the whole worlde saying We besÃ©eche you for Iesus Christes sake be yÃ©e reconâ—yled vnto God for he that neuer knew sinne was made a sacrifyze for our sinne that we might become rightuouse in him The Prophet Esay foresÃ©eing this great goodnes of God writeth these heaueÌ„ly words which do so well peynt out the passioÌ„ of our Lord Iesus Christ and the cause ther of as it is not to be found better descrybed euen in the writings of the Apostles Who sayth he will beleue our report to whom is the arme of the Lord reueled But hÃ©e shall grow vp before him as a braunche and as a roote out of a drye gdound he hath neyther forme nor beautie when we shall sÃ©e him ther shal be no forme that we should desire him He is despized and reiected of men he is a man full of sorowes and hath experience of infirmities wÃ©e hidd as it were our faces from him he was despized we estemed him not Surely he hathe borne our infirmities and caried our sorowes yit we did iudge him as plaged and smitten of god and humbled but he was wounded for our traÌ„sgressions he was broken for our iniquities The chasismeÌ„t of our peace was vppoÌ„ him and with his stripes we are healed All we like shÃ©epe haue gone astraie we haue turned euery one to his owne waye and the Lord hath layde vppon him the iniquitie of vs all he was oppressed he was afflicted yit dyd he not open his mouth He is brought as a shÃ©epe to the slaughter and as a shÃ©epe before the shearer is dumme so he openeth not his mouth O great vnkindnes O thing abhominable that we which professe our selues Christians and here that the sonne of God hath taken al our sinnes vppoÌ„ him washed them out with his preciouse blud suffering himselfe to bÃ©e fastened to the crosse for our sakes should neuertheles make as though we would iustifie our selues purchace forgiuenes of our sinnes by our our owne workes as who would say that the deserts ryghtuousenes and bludshed of Iesus Christ were not ynough to do it vnlesse we came to put to our workes ryghtuousnes which are altogither defiled and spotted with selfeloue seflyking selfeprofit and a thousande other vanities for which we haue nÃ©ede to craue pardon at GODS hande rather than reward Neyther do we thinke of the threatnings which saint Paule vseth to the Galathians who hauing bin deceiued by falseprechers beleued not

THE BENEFITE that Christians receiue by Iesus Christ Crucifyed Translated out of French into English by A. G. 1573. IMPRINTED AT London for Lucas Harison and George Bishop Â¶ To the English Reader THou hast here deliuered to thee good Reader a litle tretise first writteÌ„ in the Italian tonge printed at Venise after that translated into the French langage and printed at Lyons and now translated printed for thee to reade in the English tounge Enquire not of the Author he is vnknowen and to know him would do thee but litle good Reade the booke deuowtly regard the mater of it attentyuely it may do the much good in theis euill dayes This may be counted among the greatest euils with which this age is infected that thei which are called christians are miserably diuided about Christ. And yet in truth as the apostle saith vnto vs ther is but one God which is the father of whom are all things and we in him and our lord Iesus Christ by whoÌ„ are al things we by him To discourse on this diuision and the cause thereof would be to some pleasing to some it would be displeasing For what one truth can please myndes so diuersly diuided wold God it could please all to become one in that one Christ whose name we al do carie In this litle booke is that benefite which coÌ„mith by Christ crucified to the Christians truly comfortably handeled which benefite if all christians did truly vnderstand and faithfully embrace this diuision would vanish away and in Christ the christiaÌ„s shold become one To this end reade this booke and much good in Christ may it do to all them which do reade it Amen Â¶ The Translater sendeth greeting to all Christians that are vnder Heauen I Cannot maruell ynough wherof it commeth that all of vs are more moued by iniuries than by benefyts and that we take the one so much to hart imprinting them in our rememberance and forget the other so suddenly Truly vve cannot deny but that among so manie other imperfections vvherwith we are vnhappely defyled we haue also takeÌ„ this of the great corruption and maymednesse of our earthly transitorie humane nature vvherin ther cannot be imagined any thing more vnconuenient nor more hurtfull than reprochefull vnthankfulnesse vvhich a man myght ryghtly terme the welspring of al vyces For by it our minds are so drawen away peruerted that the more we be beset rownd about and loden with the benefits of GOD our souerein Father so much the more become we blookish and as it were distraught and out of our wits ronning after our owne lustes and vanities where through as though wee had drunke of the riuer Lethe we fouget our selues and mispend our whole time bwisying our heads like litle children that go seeking of pinnes in the sand wherabout they are so wholly occupyed that although a man cal them they here him not or at leastwise make as though they herd him not froÌ„ whence if we did now and theÌ„ lift vp our eyes vnto heaueÌ„ inforce our selues to remember the great benefits that we dayly receiue of his right fatherly goodnesse and mercie it were not to be dowted but we shold be more inclined to loue him to obei his holy will than we be wheras which worse is we be not only careles to yeald dew thaÌ„kes vnto him but also at all times cease not to offende him so deepely is the vyce of vnthaÌ„kfulnes rooted in vs Ryghtly may he be blamed for vnthankfulnesse which acknowledgeth not the good that hath bin done to him at leastwyse by saying gramercie Vnthankfull is he that forgetteth it but toto vnthaÌ„kfull is he that reÌ„dereth euil for good VVherfore we caÌ„ find no lawfull excuse bicause that which waye soeuer we turne our selues the bountifulnesse of this great GOD shyneth throughot vppoÌ„ vs Let vs a little sturre vp our wits and let vs looke about vs as farre and wyde as this howge frame of the worlde may extende so deuynely set togither and garnished with so great diuersitie of goodly creatures so well compassed and in such an order so vvysely compacted that there is nothing superfluouse nothing vnprofitable nothing wherof ther may not be reÌ„dred a rason This howge Sonne the fountayne of all lyght and heate and the cause of all earthly generacion the Moone which marketh vs out the yeeres the monethes and the seasons the Sky so trimly azured and richely sette with glistering starres this howge Sea which beateth vpon al sydes of the earth the weyght wherof is born vppon his own round counterpeis the great nomber of liuing creatures that are vppon it whereof some flye in the ayre euerywhere dispersed and othersome dwell in the holow caues of it which nature hath fashioned of set purpose for them vvhat shal I say more So many high mouÌ„taines within whose veynes are found innumerable tresures And others from wheÌ„ce issew many a fayre spring spowting out their thinne and cleere water And othersome wheroutof doo gush violent streams and plesaÌ„t riuers nourishing infinite nombers and kindes of fishes So many trees and plants yelding most delicate fruites and sweete sauours Such store of medicinable herbes and rootes So many plaines and vallyes most fruitfull Such store of medowes beawtifyed with their louely flowers And to be short the ful howgenesse of the whole the power of the ElemeÌ„ts and the natural beawtie of the creatures what are they else but the vtteraunce and open shewing of gods loue great liberality towards vs of which eche one in his kinde giueth glory to the Lorde yea aske euen the beasts and they will informe thee demaund of the fowles of the aire and they wil tell thee or else speake to the earth and she will report vnto thee and to the fisshes of the Sea and they wil answer thee The Lord spake the word and we were made he commaunded and we were created For in his hand is the life of euery liuing thing Aud by him haue al of vs our being mouing continewance Such is the speech of all creaturs Onely man who is made after the image and likenesse of god indewed with vnderstaÌ„ding memorie and reason shewing himselfe in that beehalfe more vnhappie than the brute beasts passeth ouer the abundaÌ„ce of so great benefyes with his eyes shet betrampling and beraying them with his feete as a swyne doth precious stones In somuch that after he hath once wholly buryed remembrance ther insueth ignorance vtter blyndnesse O lamentable state of reasonable man who can hope for any change in thee except it be from euil to worse seing thou hast no knowledge at all of God and that all his benefits are despysed through thyne extreme vnthankfulnesse in this behalfe If so many creatures wherwith this whole howge worlde is garnished to thy vse and to touch thee yit more neerely if the cunning compacting togither of thyne owne bodie which may well be called a little world as

vnto vs not only allureth vs to giue our selues one to another but also by making himself common to vs all maketh vs also to be all one selfsame thing in him In respect wherof wÃ©e ought to couet and procure that in all of vs there may be but one mind one harte one tung accorded and vnited togither in thoughtes words and dÃ©eds And we must mark well that as oft as we receyue this holy and worthy Sacrament we bind our selues to al the deuties of charitie as not to offende any of our brethren nor to leaue anything vndon that may be profitable and helpfull in their necessitie But if there come any to this heauenly table of the Lord that are diuided at variance with their brethreÌ„ the same must assure themselues that they eate vnworthely and are gilty of the bodie and bloud of the Lorde and that they eate and drinke their own damnation for that there wanted nothing on their behalf but that the body of Iesus christ was rent and plucked in pÃ©eces again whilest they by hatred are deuided froÌ„ their brethren that is to wit from the members of Iesus Christ and haue not any parte with him and yit neuertheles in receiuing this holy communion pretended to belÃ©eue that their whole saluation consisteth in the participation and vnion with Iesus Christ. Then let vs go my brethreÌ„ to the receiuing of this heauenly bread to celebrate the remembrance of our Lordes passion and to strengthen and fortifie the belÃ©efe and assurance of the forgiuenes of our sinnes with the remembrance thereof and to quicken vp our myndes and tungs to prayse and exalt the infinite goodnes of our God and finally to cherish brotherly loue and to witnes the same one to another by the streyght vnion which all of vs haue in the bodie of our lord Iesus christ Besydes prayer thÃ© remembring of Baptim and the often resorting to the most holy communion ther is one other verie good remedy against distrust and fearfulnes which is no lesse frÃ©ende to christian charitie namely the remembrance of our predestination and election to eternall lyfe grounded vppon the word of God which is the sword of the holie Ghoste wherwith we may beate backe our enemies Reioyce yÃ©e in this sayeth the Lorde that your names are written in heauen There is no greater ioy in this life nor any thing that more comforteth the christian that is afficted tempted or falne into anie sinne than the rememberance of predestination and the assuring of our selues that we be of y nomber whose names are written in the booke of lyfe and which are chosen to be fashioned like vnto the image of Iesus Christ. O how vnspeakable is the comfort of him that hath this fayth museth coÌ„tinually in his hart vppon this exceding swÃ©ete predestination whereby he knoweth that although he fall often yit notwithstanding god his father who hath foreordeined him to euerlasting life holdeth him vp and reacheth out his hand vnto him continually And he sayeth continually in himselfe if god haue chozen me and predestinated me to the glorie of his children who can hinder me If God be with vs sayeth sainct Paule who can be ageinst vs Nay rather to the ende that the predestination may be accomplished in vs he hath sent his dÃ©ere beloued sonne who is a most sure earnest penny and pledge vnto vs that we which haue receyued the grace of the Gospell are gods Children chozen to eternall lyfe This holie predestination maynteyneth the trew Christian in a continuall spirituall ioye increaceth in him the indeuer of good works inflameth him with the loue of god maketh him enemie to the world to sinne Who is so fearce hardharted which knowing y god of his mercy hath made him his child froÌ„ euerlasting will not by and by bÃ©e inflamed to loue GOD Who is of so vyle and baâ—e courage that hÃ©e will not estÃ©eme all the pleasures all the honours and all the riches of the world as filthy myre wheÌ„ he knowes y god hath made him a citizen of heaueÌ„ yea theis are thei y worship god rightly in spirit truth receyuing all things as wel in prosperitie as in aduersitie at the hand of God their Father and euermore praysing and thaÌ„king him for all as their good father who is rightuouse and holy in all his workes These being inflamed with the loue of God and armed with the knowledge of their predestination feare neither death nor sin nor the Diuill nor hell neyther knowe they what the wrath of god is for they sÃ©e none other thing in god but loue fatherly kindnesse towards them And if they fall into any troubles they accept them as tokens of gods fauour trying out with S. Paule who is it that shall separate vs from Gods loue shall tribulations shall anguish shall persecution or hunger or nakednesse or perill or sword as it is written for thy sake are we killed all the day long and counted as shÃ©epe appointed to the slaughter But in all these things we get the vpper hand thorough him that hath loued vs Wherefore it is not for nought that sainct Iohn sayeth how the true christians know right well that they must be saued and glorified and that by reason of the same affiance they make themselues holy as Iesus Christ is holy And when Saint Paule exhorteth his Disciples to a good and holy life he is wont to put them in remembrance of their election and predestination as of a thing of very great force to stirre vp the mynds of the true Christians to the louing of God and to the performance of good works And for the same cause our good lord Iesus christ speaketh openly of this holy predestination as one that knew of howe great importance the knowledge thereof is to the edifying of his elect But perchaunce thou wilt say to me I know wel that they whose names are written in heauen haue cause to liue in continuall ioy and to glorifie GOD but in word and deed but I know not whither I am of that number or no and therefore I liue in continuall feare specially bycause I knowe my selfe to bÃ©e an excÃ©edinge weake and frayle sinner from the violence wherof I am not able to defend my self but that I am ouercome of it daily And furthermore for asmuch as I se my self coÌ„tineually afflicted and troubled with dyuerse temptations methinks I do as it were behold with myne eyes the wrath of God squorging me Too answere to theis dowtes of thyne I say my ryght dere brother that thou must assure thy selfe that al theis are but temptations of the deuill who by all meanes sÃ©eketh to rob vs of that faith and confidence that springeth of faythe and assurethe vs of Gods good will towardes vs He laboreth to strip our sowle out of this preciouse garmeÌ„t for he knoweth that none is a trew Christian except he beleue Gods

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