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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11925	A sermon declaringe hovv vue [sic] are iustified by faith	E. T.	1549 (1549)	STC 22238; ESTC S104732	35,885	122

❧ A Sermon declaringe hovv vue at Iustified by faith Imprinted at londun by Williā hyl at the signe of the grene hyl and there to be soulde VVHAT IT Is TOO BE iustifyed by Christe and the way howe we are iustifyed and reprouing errour concernig it Translated out of latin into Englyshe by E. T. For asmuch as iustificacion whiche we haue throughe christe ys moste propre to a Chrystyan man and is the well spring of al other gifts vertuous and goodnes yt shal be meete first to se what we call to be iustified by chryst or to be iuste through christ That we mai geue thankes to god the father christ our lorde for his greate giftes first god doth not iustifie or absolute thē giltie or pronounce him iust for thus singnifiethe iustifie as a Tyraunte is wonte to doo whoo when he heareth one of his gard accused be he neuer so mischeuous he defendeth him excuseth him and wil not haue hym accompted gyltie be his myschefe neuerso manifest and so he iustifieth him neither punisheth him acordynge to his desertes rather he wyll haue him accompted as a goode iuste and honest parsone the which maner of iustifyinge is deceytfull ▪ wycked and tyranny called But god doth iustefy the sinner after this sorte For as he is iust so is his iudgment rightuous As Dauid witnesseth Lord thou art iuste and thy iudgemente is rightuous For the which cause he fauoreth vs not whyles we sinne neyther accompteth vs a iust whyles we are in sinne nether alloweth synners as ●h● Tyranne doth But yee God nether doth iustify men as a good kynge dothe for it is the part of a good Prince when an innocente and gyltles parson is in ieopardy to defende hys innocencye against false accusacions openly to pronounce him his iuste and set him free as he deserueth to be But yet neyther after thys sorte we can bee iustified as gyltles For we are by nature sinners There are that wyl forgeue the faultes and pardon hym for none other cause but that they are sory for theyr euyll deade neyther do require hym to satisfye but delyuer hym freelye But god dothe not so iustefy the synner not because he can not but because so it semethe goode to hym to forgiue noman with oute satysfactyon as after shal be declared Neither are we therfore Iustyfyede because we canne geue GOD anye thinge of oure owne to counterpaise owre curses and synnes For there is nothinge in man that can satisfye before god for the leaste synne yea man is not worthye to obtayne the leste droppe of mercye at gods hand as Iacob saythe to god in genesis I am lesse then al thi mercies for as sambros saye the the redempcion of christs bloude shulde waxe vile Neither the perrogatiue of mans goode workes wold neue place to the mercye of god if iustification whiche is freely geuen weredone to workes that went before thē it shuld not be a free gift of the geuer but the wage rewarde of the worker as spaule crieth if we are iustified by the workes of the lawe then is CHRIST deade in vaine neither can we saie this truly that we are made iuste partly by the satisfaction of christ partly by our own for so we myghte boaste of oure selues whiche is contrarye to S paules doctrine For he saith he that dothe glorye let him glorye in god And howe often dothe all the scrypture warne to geue god al honor glory of iustifing mā by faythe no regarde had of oure merytes I wyll tell the● truthe plainlye yf the leaste iote of oure iustificacion hong of oure selues the promes of God were not true As S. Paule wytnessethe in hys epystle to the Romaynes bysydes that as Agath the Prophete and paule the apostle wryte all those thynges are fylthie and vncleane that the vncleane goo about or doe but al those are vncleane whoesoeuer they be that are not iustified of god wherfore theyr mercyes can not please God ne appease hys wrathe by anye meanes This esaye willing to declare compareth all our owne righteousnes to a clothe defiled wythe womens flowres And s Austen affirmith that all the deseruynges of men wer lost in adam after he had transgressed and doonne that synne whereby we were al condemned and made voide of righteousnes For by Adam we are all deade but bi Christe we are referred to lyfe Therefore good bretherne weighe with me how that a man can of himself redeme and paie ransome for so greate synnes that is to wit how he being deade can restoore him selfe to life agayne for this cause Chryste sayde not the ruler of the Synagooge thou shalte sasatysfye for parte and I wyll fullfyll that that thou cannēste not But he sayde to hym onelye beleue And haue a sure confydence Paule in the Epystle to the. Romans Ad. Galat. Dothe proue that no man Is Iustyfyed neyther by the Lawe of vertuous lyuinge neyther by mannes iustyce yea rather mannes iustice did crucifie Chryste by the Iewes and condemne him before ponce pylate and did persecute trouble and torment the same Christ diuerslye but Saule after called paule in his mēbres But I praye you when hath such a iustice as can make men iuste and blessed Fyrst after paule the lawe dothe encrease sinne dothe not take it awaye the lawe dothe bynde and condempne and not loose and sett tree yt kyllethe and not quickneth Moreouer the pharesee did pronunce him selfe partlye bye him selfe and partlye bye god and therfore he gaue god thankes but bycause he gaue not the whole glorye to god and to him selfe ignoraunce as the publicā did he was not iustifyed Let vs cal to remembraunce the parable of the shepe herde that leauynge the xcix Shepes whiche me anethe then that will iustifyfye them selues dyd seke and fynde that shepe that was soste and brought hyr to hyr Foulde Bye the Whyche thinge are ment synners that acknowlege there synnes and trust to be saued and made iuste onely by the mercye and bountefullnes of god there is in certain cytyes contreys a lawe or custōe whether it be that in the last weke of lent we call the passion weke certaine theues prisoners are delyuered let out of presō paying no fyne by no dede of ther owne but the only mere mercy of the prices with custome I do not trye out in this place whether it be good or badde The clemencye of princes I prayse if they haue anye superstycion therin the I disrpaise This fact doth expresse vnto vs liuelye the goodnes of god for as those prisoners are delyuered wher as they deserued no such thing but rather extrem pūishmēt sēblably ar we saued by the mercy of god only christ beīg our mediator aduocat wil ye be assured that this is so marke the thefe that was hanged not for frō christ tel me what good did he at anye time why Christ shoulde saye vnto him this daye thou shalte be wyth me in parradyce he