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A02772 A dialoge or communycacyon to be had at a table betwene two chyldren, gathered out of the holy scriptures, by Iohan Bale, for his .ij. yonge sonnes Iohan and Paule Bale, John, 1495-1563. 1549 (1549) STC 1290; ESTC S110635 6,511 17

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heauē Suche secrete doubtes ought not to be moued For nothing perteyne that vnto vs whych is aboue our compasse Paulus For the nature tyme and passage of this gospel I am wel satisfied But now tel me what shal here after become of them whych hath not of all this longe season in the true feare of god regarded the swete promises therof Ioannes As they haue in their vnfaythfulnesse here bene left to them selues to worke al vngodlynesse and so departed hence with a desperate conscience So shall they at the latter daye be condempned to eternall fyre wyth the deuyll and hys angels Paulus Oure mercyfull redemer defende vs from that malediccyon But what shall moste spedylye brynge me to that Gospel of health Ioannes The meke knowlege of thy selfe that thou art of nature the synnefull sonne of Adam iustlye condempned in his transgressiō besydes thyne owne wycked doynges and so lost for euer were not that recouer whiche thou hast in Christe Iesu. Paulus Shewe me by what meanes I maye come to that knowlege Ioannes Seke fyrste vnto the lawe whych the Lorde taught by Moyses and that shall declare the a synner Paulus Will the lawe do nothinge els but manifest my synne Ioannes Yes it wyl shewe the also thy condempnacyon Paulus If these be the only fruites of the lawe I will not ones beholde it least I by the searche therof do fall into dispayre Ioannes Then shalt thu not do wyselye For yf thou know not thy sore thou shalte not be occasyoned to seke the remedye When thu hast therfore in y t law as in a clere myrrour beholdē thy manyfolde mysheues cōsidered the depe daungers of thē thu shalt of necessite be moued to seke vnto Christe as vnto an onlye relefe health cōfort peace attonement grace righteousnesse wysedome redēpcion Paulus Why is there non other saluacion but that which is in Christ Ioannes No surely frynde he alone is y t lambe which taketh awaye the synnes of the worlde Paulus What shall we thē call our spiritual sacrifiars which saye they delyuer vs from synne wyth their masses absolucions blessinges vnccions holy water Ioannes Not sauers but deceyuers lyke as Christ of thē hath prophecyed Manye seducers sayeth he shal come in my name and saye Here is Christe and there is thy maker But beware they deceyue you not Paulus Where shall I then seke to open vnto hym my grefe and so to haue remedy for my soules disease Ioannes Not out of thy selfe to thy soules behoue For thy faythful hart is the temple of God or that holy habitaciō that Christ hath promised to dwell in The false worshippers seke him in outwarde thinges neuer finde him But seke thu him in spirite and verite and thou shalt haue hym present Paulus Then is he not vnder the deliueraunce of menne nor yet bounde to their dispēsacyon Ioannes No trulye is he not nomore than are the other gyftes of God as wysdome vnderstandinge connsell strengthe science pyte the iust feare of God For as testifyeth saynt Iames. Euerye perfyght gyft is from aboue commeth downe vnto vs frō the father of lyght immediatlye Paulus By this your hole protestaciō it should seme than vnto me that I am ordayned of God to this ende First to acknowlege my selfe a wycked synner than to aryse from it through true repentaunce and so to leade a newe lyfe after the gospell tyll suche tyme as my eternall father shall wy●saue to call me from this corruptible mansyon thys foren lande this vale of myserye this castell of synne and thys habytacle of deathe into the eternall heretage of hys sonne Iesus Christe To whom with the holye ghost be euerlastynge prayse honour and glorye worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ A confession of the synner after the sacred scrypturs collected by Iohan Bale at the request of a faythfull frynde of hys I Acknowledge vnto my eternal euerlastyng god that of myne owne nature I am non other but a carnall thynge and the myserable chylde of Adam iustlye exyled wyth hym in hys transgression I felt also that of my selfe I haue neyther power vnderstandinge wysdome knowledg strength grace vertu nor godlynesse and that I can not do so muche as ones thynke a good thought Here haue I wandered in the regyon of dyssimylitude all contrarye to hys prescrypt rewles and admonishmētes I haue folowed the fylthye concupiscence of an hart all earthlye mynded the wantō desyres of eyes replete wyth all vanites the vayne glorye of thys worlde comprehendynge al inordinate vyces to the vtter dampnacion of my sowle Sathan hath suggested vnto me the loue of thynges corruptible the desyre of fleshlye pleasurs the appetyte of voluptuouse fedinges the delyght of lasciuyouse fables the couetynge of ydell slouthfulnesse the affeccions of ryches honour bewtye wantonnesse and other execrable fantasyes wythout nombre And vnto all these haue I consented nor regardynge the godlye warninges of scripture to the cōtrary So that I am now become through myne owne wyckednesse a captyue presoner vnder the lawe the worlde the fleshe death synne helle and the deuyl all cruell fearce aduersaryes vnto me Whan I haue respect vnto mine owne nature I fynde it al synnefull in Adam feble weake wretched Whan I loke towardes Moyses I finde all to heuye for me He burdeneth me with greuose yockes he feareth my conscience wyth threttenynges and vtterlye dampneth me with curses for disobedyence I heare the lawe reade the commaundementes but whan I conferre them wyth my fleshe assaye to do them in effect I fynde it farre vnable to fulfyll them Wherupon I dispayre in my self as one readye to fal into the moste depe bottome of helle Than consydre I ageyne by the lyght of the Lordes callynge and by the openinge of hys grace hys confortable promyses in the prophetes the glad tydynges of saluacyō in the Gospell These doth rayse me vp agayne they confort me gratly They wytnesse vnto me of Christ. They leade me vnto him throughlye assertanynge me that he is whollye myne owne yf I trulye repēt from the hart Thus after the heauēlye father hath shewed vnto me the iuste cause of hys indignacyon and vtterly deiected me for synne he calleth vnto mynde hys eternall mercye He remembreth I am but fleshe He consydereth that I am but dust No louyng Father can be more mercyfu●l to the fruyte of hys owne bodye nor yet naturall mother more pr●tefull to her chylde than he is vnto me hys wretched creature Though I haue most ryehtously abused the gyftes of nature fortune and grace yet calleth home agayn to repētaunce And so causeth me to remembre that I haue synned agaynst heauen that I haue in hys syght done fylthynesse and that I am not worthye from henceforth to beare name of his sonne Whan he beholdeth my wretched nakydnesse without good workes or deseruynges he bryngeth forth the beste garment whych is the ryghtuousnesse of Christe He putteth it vpon me and so hydeth my sinne He setteth a rynyge on my fyngar so espowsynge me to immortalyte in case I perseuer in fayth to the ende He putteth showes vpon my fete so sequesteringe my carnall affecciōs so preparyng my pathwayes into the gospell of peace Christ resorteth vnto me of lou● He descrybeth hym selfe before me in the gospell He telleth me hys office is onlye to saue He calleth me vnto him to refreshe me He receyueth me to ease me of my burdene He conforteth me wyth promyses of euerlastynge lyfe He kuytteth me vnto hys owne mistycall bodye makynge me a mēbre therof He declareth vnto me all other offyces of conforte heauenlye As that he is my onlye wysdome helth ryghteousnes redēpciō And that yf I beleue in him I shal not come into iudgemēt but passe through from death vnto the lyfe euerlastyng Thus beynge a fleshlye thynge of nature and throwne downe by the lawe I am raysed vp ageyne by the gospell and so saued no synne past beynge ▪ imputed vnto me from henceforth for Iesus Christes sake To whom he glorye wyth the father and the holye Ghost worlde wythout ende Amen Psalm viij Out of the mouth of babes and sucklynges haste thou made perfyght thy prayses FINIS Gene. ij Psal. xv Hebr. xi Ioan. iij Hebr. xi Gal. iiij Apo. xiiij Roma i. Ihō xvij Luce. xij Mat. xiij Sa. xiiij Ihon .iiij and .x. ma. xxiiij Gene. iij Gala. iij Gen. xxij Psalm cxxxi Ihon .i. i. Petr. i. Luce. 1. Ma. xxij Luc. xiiij Ge. iiij Gen. vi Gen. ix Ge. xxi Exo. v. ij re xiij iij. Reg. xviij Mat. x. Act. viij Rom. i. Hiere l. Rom. i. ij Co. xi ij Tes. ij i. Tim. ij Gene. iij Apa xiiij Ihon .i. ps cxviij Heb. viij Luc. xvi i. Cori. x. Exo. xvij Mat. xvi Act. vij Hiere ix Sapi. xij Iacobi i Io. xviij mat xvi Ephesi i Galat. v Ioan. ij Luc. i Psalm cxviij Sap. x Roma ij ij Pet. i. Hier. i. Da. xiij Mat. x. Marci xvi Lu. xviij Mar. x. Mat. i. Ecc. iij. pro. xxv Za. vij Esai v. Ose. ix Rom. i. ij thes ij Sa. xvij Matth. xxv Act. xv Luc. iij. Ephe. ij Iaco. v. i. Co. xv Io. vij Rom. iij Gal. iij. Rom. v. ij cor vij Gala. iij Rom. iij Gala. iij Act. iiij i. Cor. i. Esa. liij Ioan. i ij Pet. ij Ap. xviij Matth. xxiiij Luc. xvij Coloss. ij i. Io. iiij i. Cor. vi Luc. xvij Ioā xiiij Apo. xiij Ioan. iiij ij tim ij Esai xi Iaco. i. Ioan. iij Pro. ij Psal. l. Rom. vi ephe iiij Iob. x. Ro. vij Ro. viij Ephe. ij Esai xi ij cor iij i. Ioā ij Luc. xxij i. Pet. v Ro. vij Iaco. i. Eccle. i. Deut. xxvij Hier. iiij Psalm xxxvij Esai xxvi Ioan. i. Ro. viij Luce. i. Eccle. Psal. cij Isa. xlix Luc. xv Psal. l. Mat. x. ephe vi Luc. xix Mat. xi Ioā viij i. cor vi i. Cor. i. Ephe. ij Ro. viij