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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 swéetnesse of Iesus Christ how swéete 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 frée 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 beléeued 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 séemeth that m●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 occasiō giuen on our behalf rightuousenesse euerlasting lyfe are come by Iesus Christ and by him death is s●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 mē ●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 frō Adā vnto Moses euen ouer thē also y sinned not after y like maner of y trāsgressiō 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 offēces to iustification For if by the offence of one death reigned through one much more shall they which receiue the abōdance 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 obediēce of one shall many also be made righteous Moreouer the law entred ther vppon that the offence shold aboūd neuertheles where sinne aboūded 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 manife●tlye perceiue the thing to be trew which we haue said heretofore that is to wit that the lawe was giuen to make sinne knowē which sinne we do also know no to be of greater force thā Chris●es rightuousenes wherthrough we be iustifyed before god For euen as Iesus Christ is strōger 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 misdéed 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 mā may know in what an errour they bée 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 déerebeloued sonne and consequently graunted a generall pardon to all mankinde which euery bodye inioyeth that beleueth the Gospell that is to say which beléeueth the happie tydings that the Apostles haue published through the whole worlde saying We beséeche you for Iesus Christes sake be yée recon●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 foreséeing this great goodnes of God writeth these heauēly words which do so well peynt out the passiō 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 hée 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 sée 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 wée 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 trāsgressions he was broken for our iniquities The chasismēt of our peace was vppō him and with his stripes we are healed All we like shéepe 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 shéepe to the slaughter and as a shéepe 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 vppō him washed them out with his preciouse blud suffering himselfe to bée 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 néede 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

wherin a man may behold the souerein wisedom of the workmaister if thy soule wherin shineth the inuisible image of of the euerlasting God if thyne owne lyfe if the consideration of so great abundance of good things whereof he giueth thee the vse euery day are not sufficiēt ynough to moue the affections of thy hart at leastwise yit oughtest thou of reason to be inflamed and prouoked by the benefyte of all benefyts and by that most precious gift which he hath made vnto thee of his owne propre and only Sonne who is the very image of his substāce in whom dwelleth the whole fulnesse of the Godhead togither with all the treasures of wisedom al knowledge Yea so much ought it to moue thee the more bicause that without hauing regard that thou wart his great enemie he hath layd all thyne infirmities vpon his backe and made him to dye vpō the crosse for thy sake punishing thy sinnes in him for the which thou thy selfe haddest deserued eternall damnatiō Go now thou vnthankful persone and deuise all the excuses that thou wilt and they shall serue thee to no purpose but to accuse thee and to giue sentence againste thy selfe The wonderfull creation order and gouernmēt of this howge world can giue thee knowledge of his fatherly loue wisedome and infinite power although not in all poynts to the full But in Iesus Christ crucifyed all the bowells of gods mercie are opened vnto thee at large and perfectly There is no more any veyle that can hinder thee from the knowing of so great loue Seest thou not how that at his deathe the veyle vvas rent asunder in the myddes And when he cryed that all was finished bowed down his holy head he gaue a tokē that peace was made betwene God and man Let vs therfore henceforth learne O my brethren to acknowledge the souerein benefyte which we haue receiued by Iesus Christe crucifyed Let vs behold the perfectnesse of his lyfe and his most holy Doctrine Let vs open our eyes at the vnmeasurable bryghtnesse of his euerlasting truth and let vs withall our force folow the way wherein he hath gone afore vs Let vs with a cheerful and glad hart imbrace the crosse which he hath set afore vs and discharging our shoulders from all burthens and al sinne wherin we are wrapped let vs ronne with pacience to the combat that is appointed for vs hauing an eye to the beginner accōplisher of faith Iesus Christ vvho in stede of worldly glory susteyned the crosse and despyzed all the shame therof Let vs put of the old man with all his vvretched and combersom dooinges and greuous burthens and cloth our selues with the new man vvhose yoke is sweete and burthen lyght Let vs by trewe fayth runne betweene the armes of his mercy and pray him too voutsafe too lyghten vs and too make vs capable of al his graces and specially of the great benefite that vve haue receiued of him by his crosse Concerning the which forasmuch as ther is lighted into my handes a little treatyze compiled in the Italian toung wherin he is maruelously vvell and liuely drawen vvith another maner of pensil than peinters vse I thought it good to put it into French to the end that my coūtrymen also might take profite by it and receyue lyke comfort as I haue receyued by it And specially the simple people and such as haue no great depth of knowledge For it feemeth that the Author vvhosoeuer he vvas vvas vvholy mynded to apply all things vntoo them without seeking or affecting anye finenesse of speech or great darknesse of sentences But euen as in Sōmertyme we see the Riuer Saon go gently to ioyne himself vvith the Riuer of Rhone without doing anye domage to any bodye euen so goeth this man slyding so smothely into the bosome of hys deere spouse Iesus Chryst without staying at any other thing that ouermaliciouse should he bee which would looke awrye on him or by any meanes let him of his course And thus my brethren fareye well in God who inriche you with his graciouse giftes from day to day Amen Of the benefyt that christians receyue by Iesus Christ crucifyed The fyrst Chapter ¶ Of Originall sinne and of mans vvretchednesse THe holy Scripture saith that GOD created man after his owne Image likenesse making him as in respect of his bodie impossible and as touching his Soule rightuouse true good mercifull and holie But after that he being ouercome with desyre of knowledge had eaten of the Apple that God had forbidden him he lost the sayd image likenesse of God and became like the brute beasts like the diuel who had abused him For as touching his Soule he became vnrightuous vntrew cruell pitilesse and the enemie of God and as touching his bodie he became passible and subiect to a thousand inconueniences and diseases and not onely like but also inferiour to brute beasts And euen as if our forefathers had obeyed God they should haue left vs their rightuousenes and holines as an heritage euen so by being disobedient vnto God they haue left vs the inheritance of vnrightuousenesse wickednes and gods displeasure in such sort as it is vnpossible for vs through our own strength to loue God or to frame our selues vnto his holy will. Nay we be enemies vnto him as to one that must punish our sinnes bycause he is a iust iudge and therfore can we not any more trust wholly to his holy mercie To be short our whole nature was corrupted bi Adams sin And like as erst it had superioritie aboue all creatures so became it an vnderling to all y bōdslaue of satā sin death condemned to the miseries of hell Also he lost his iudgment altogither began to saye that good was euil and euil good estéeming falfe things to be trew trew things to bée false Which thing the prophet considering saith that all men are lyers and that ther is not one that doth good bicause the diuel like a stout man of armes ruleth his own palace that is to wit the world wherof he became the prince and lord There is no tunge that can expresse the thousandth part of our miserie in that we being created by gods owne hand haue lost the said image of god and are become like the deuil and too like to him in nature and condicion willing whatsoeuer he willeth likewise refuzing whatsoeuer he mislyketh By reason wherof being giuē vp for a prey to that wicked spirit ther is no sinne so gréeuouse which euery one of vs would not be redie to doe if the grace of god stay vs not And this our depriuaciō of rightuousenes and this foreward inclination to all vnrightuousnes and naughtines is called origiall sinne the which we bring with vs from out of our mother● womb so as we be borne the children of wrath and it hath had his first spring from our first fathers is the cause and