Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	end_n	faith_n	unfeigned_a	1,201	5	10.8215	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01463	A declaration of suche true articles as George Ioye hath gone about to confute as false	Gardiner, Stephen, 1483?-1555.	1546 (1546)	STC 11589; ESTC S102856	115,978	363

there rideth a pryncely prelate a gloriouse Byshop to orne and honor an hole realme See what a clenly sorte of tall men he hath aboute hym what costely liueries geueth he what a many of idle belies dayly fedeth he Hath not Winch. lo wherof to glorye before men is not this a ioylye iustification Nowe foloweth his conclusion of him selfe sayenge ergo by the gyfte of god that is by these worldely gyftes I may do well before worldlye men of fleshely iudgement before I be iustified before God yet iustified gloriously in which I reioyce before men This is his Iewysshe iustification wherof the Pharisaies so highly reioyced in so muche that Christ tolde them that he came not to call suche iuste men but synners to repentaunce warnynge the people that excepte theyr rightwysnes abounded aboue the Pharisais good dedes they shulde neuer come to heuen And Paule sayth that men ignorant of the ryghtwisnes or rightwise makynge of god and sekynge to set fast as nowe dothe Wynchester their owne rigthwisenes they be neuer subiect to the rightwisnes of god Wynchester yet knoweth not the office of the lawe to shewe vs our synnes to worke wrath to make synne the more to abound as Paul proueth it to the Romayns so farre of must it be to iustify Neither yet knoweth he thoffice proper place of faith nor yet what thynge fayth is but conceyueth a certayne fantasticall opinion therof as doth euery speculatyue pharisay and idle hypocrite And a man shulde speke after the very order of nature and of the tyme he muste nedes sette faith before workes as is the tree before it blometh and the blomes before the fruyte The sead is cast into the erth before it groweth and fructifieth The seade is the worde of god saith Christe And nyghe vnto the is the worde of fayth euen in thyne herte and mouth Fayth is effectuouse and worketh by loue And the ende of the precept is loue out of a pure harte by fayth hartes are made pure sayeth Peter and a good conscience and of faith vnfayned I thinke Winc. is not so ignoraunte in his Gramer as to englysshe this texte of Paule Fides que operatur per dilectionem as dydde Iohn fysher the byshoppe of Rochester in hys sermon at Paules crosse and afterwarde prynted thus englysshed fayth which is wrought by charitie so settynge the carte before the horse and lyke an vngodlye gardener to peruerte and turne the rotes of his plantes and herbes vpwarde of whyche I harde as it were an olde prophecye .xl. yeres agoo that such an Antechrist shuld come to peruerte the iustificacion of faythe and turne Chrystes relygyon vpsedowne I am sewre he wyll not sette workes before fayth no not in the yong baptyzed infantes nor yet in Paule at his conuersion nor in the thefe hanging by Chryste crucified It is truth that workes being the frutes of fayth standynge in theyr owne place procedynge oute of fayth iustyfyenge dymynysshe not the effecte of Chrystes passyon For we are made in Chryste Iesu to do the good workes whyche God hath prepared that we shoulde walke in them We are saued frelye by faythe sayeth Paule yea and that not of workes for it is the gyfte of god that we be saued by fayth and not for oure workes leste anye man shoulde reioyce in his owne dedes But yf Wynch put his workes in the place and office of fayth as the condicion withoute the whyche no man is iustyfyed so dymynyssheth he yea he is iniuriouse and blasphemous vnto the effecte of Chrystes passyon for by this doctryne his diminute imperfecte and wycked workes shulde deserue vs forgeuenes of synnes as though Chrystes bloude and so plentuouse a redempcyon in Chryste were not suffycyente If by the lawe sayeth Paule men be made ryghtwyse so is Chryste deade in vayne Loue must fulfyll the condycyon sayth he ergo the workes of the lawe are his condicion Roma 13. Now let vs see what loue god asketh of vs for yf we haue not that loue we shall neuer fulfyll Wynch condicion God commaundeth vs to loue him with our hole hartes myndes soules and wyth all our strengthe and oure neyghbours ye and oure ennemyes to as our selues ye and that euen as Christe loued vs whiche dyed for vs beynge his ennemyes He byddeth vs to be perfyte and holy as hym selfe is not to be so angry with oure brother as to prouoke hym with any euyll worde to anger nor to desyre anye other mans good seruaunt wyfe c. no not to loue oure owne lyues in his cause but to hate our flesshe and dye for his sake Nowe tell me Wynchester yf anye one man hath this loue and so fulfylled your condicion or els dare your selfe affyrme to haue fulfylled it yf ye haue not ergo by youre owne wordes ye shall neuer enioye the effect of Christes passion and yet speke I not of the perfytte fayth and hope that euery man in God is bounde to haue beware therfore Wyn. howe ye set your saluacyon vppon so harde a condicion leste ye come to shorte of the gates shuttynge with your .v. folysh virgens If you hadde once fulfylled as you neuer shal your condicion and so perseuering you nede not to praye Father forgeue me my dettes nor neuer to say your Pater noster For ye owe no loue neyther vnto God nor man ye haue payed all And yet sayth Paule owe ye nothynge to any man but mutuall loue shewynge loue to be a dette euer in payenge and neuer full payed We shall aunswer for euery ydle worde sayth Christe But yf Wynchester had accomplysshed his cōdicion so myght he go playe and iustle in iudgement with Christ for his saluacion hauynge no nede of Christes passion then myghte he clayme heauen of dewtye and make grace no grace whiche is a mere free gyfte vndeserued of any man and thus were he one of those iuste prelates whome Chryste sayde he came not to cal Is not he a proud foole to whome when god geueth a free iustification in christ yet wyll he refuse to take it but vpon a condicion that he deserue it with suche workes as hym self is neuer able to perfourme what arrogant foole wolde thus condicion hym selfe agenste gods wyll Peter consideringe this importable condicion sayde by faith god purifieth theyr hertes and wherefore then do ye nowe tempte god so much layenge such a yoke vpon mens necks which nether our fathers nor we be able to bere By the grace of our lord Iesu christ we beleue vs to be saued as were our fathers If we shuld saye that we haue no synne in vs so are we lyers Wherfore the scriptures conclude euery man to be a synner and infidele that of all men God moughte haue mercy And that the promyse oute of fayth in Iesu christe shoulde be geuen to the beleuers Only Christ fulfylled the lawe And yf Wynchester wolde mok out Paule sayenge that when he concluded so ofte man to be frely iustified by fayth onelye

world not to cōtente your eyes but haue shewed my self not dismaied with your controlementes yet I confesse I haue by your occasion at some time called for grace to refrayne worldly tentacions Your cause I iudge extremely nought to thextinction of goddes honour and subuersion of the worlde and therfore the more ye mislyke me and the wurse ye speake of me the more cause haue I to thanke god to suffer so easely for his sake as your malyce and enuye shuld engendre me an honest reputacion in the world in honest mens hartes to be noted aduersary to you And as I lerne in the scriptures and suche holy men as haue expounded them whereby to iudge your enterprise abhominable So the malicious rayling of you that be the maisters and the spitefull hatred without cause of them that be your scolers daily more and more confermeth vnto me the detestable noughtynes of that ye intend The falsehed ye teache in the vnderstandynge of scriptures corrupteth all other truthes in you and transformeth them into lyes Your learning can not be of god that preache so lyke the deuyll How so euer ye diffame me of crueltie I knowe it is not my faulte and yet I am a synner and haue many other faultes I neuer enterprised to defende the truth but in my place of ordre where the kynges moost excellent maiestie hath placed me farre aboue my deserte and expectation You triumphe out of your place make your self high iudge of the realme whereunto god hathe not called you Can ye fynd in your hart to do so much iniury to the kinges maiesty as to thinke the state of this realme to be directed not by his high wisdom to whom god hath cōmytted it but as I such other for our purpose as ye note wolde haue it gouerned And if ye thinke therin otherwise then ye saye as for the mutual intelligence in the fraternite ye can not in your absence but knowe howe publique thinges go is this the charitable diuise in the brotherhed to chose out me for a raylynge stocke and in iestinge at your pleasure of me brynge to the kynges maiestees knowledge that ye wold he shuld here spoken of you Suppose ye the kinges maiestie can not vnderstand what ye meane by Winchester when ye attribute all the fashion of the state of the realme to Wynchester call the actes that myslyke you Wynchesters all statutes Wynchesters all iust punishmentes howe so euer ye cal them Winchesters and charge al vpon Wynchester that in so doynge ye name Winchester not for Wynchester but vse the name of Wyn. in stede of that ye dare not name and speake oute Ye abuse herein to muche the kynges maiesties moost excellent giftes I am ashamed that any part of his maiestees glorye in defense of religion frō your corruption shulde be deriued vnto me by any meane who haue deserued no part of it And so shall it appeare in th ende howe soeuer ye sclaunder it in the meane season I wyll no further aunswer to your raylinges in the conclusion of your boke but exhorte you to call for grace that ye maye turne as Ieremie saith and clappe your selfe on the hyppe remembre with repentaunce how many mens consciences ye haue perplexed with your controuersie in religion and labour as ye can to refourme what ye may Ye haue scourged vs sharpely with youre owne torment in the meane seasō If I delited in your punishmente as ye wolde it were persuaded of me I coulde not wysshe you a more myserable state then thus to here you rore and crye oute lyke beastes by excesse of malyce to speake ye wote not what Prison bodelye death be not estemed of al men alyke and ye haue vsed them for a tyme as false wytnes to conferme youre falsehod for truthe with sclaunder of the iuste mynysters therof Nowe that hath for a whyle ceased and ye by lurkinge be at libertie in talke ye haue so disgorged your abhominacion that laye hydden in your breste as no man lenger nede doubte what ye be We coulde neuer get so muche by examinacion as ye confesse in bookes and professe Ye shulde by iustice haue died with opinion of symplycite amonge some nowe ye lyue with a manifest declaracion what ye haue euer ment and intended Ye sette your selfe in pryson of an encombred conscience dye dayly yet liuing in prosecutynge youre mischeuouse enterprise But returne you vnto God returne to youre soueraine lordes obeysaunce returne to be a good christen man and an english man For what so euer our faultie workes haue ben they nothing serue to the iustificacion of youre doctryne Let vs all praye together for mercye mercye mercye nowe mooste necessarye vnto vs. The name and workes of god haue ben so familiar in our talke that the reuerent feare of his maiestie is almost extinct amonges many Vnhappy be we in whose tyme learnynge shulde be ministred to suche effectes God graunte vs to knowe hym truely and according to his wyll so to worshyp and honoure him in bodye and soule togither as all contencions debates malice and hatred clearely extirpate and pulled out we maye lyue here lyke christen men with christen men and englyshe men with english men which of a good season hath ben by dissention of opinions somwhat letted and hindred whereof those haue mooste cause to be sory to whom any part of the faulte may be ascribed And yet all must be sorye for that is amysse eche man for his part begyn to amende with the prayer of the churche continually praye Deus qui errantibus ut in uiam ueritatis possint redire ueritatis tuae lumen ostendis da cunctis qui professione christiana censentur illa respuere quae huic inimica sunt nomini quae sunt apta sectari Per christum dominum nostrum Amen ¶ Imprinted at London in Aldersgate strete by Iohannes Herforde at the costes and charges of Robert Toye dwellyng in Paules church yarde at the sygne of the Bell. Anno dn̄i 1546.