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A19367	A supplication exhibited to the most mightie Prince Philip king of Spain &c. VVherin is contained the summe of our Christian religion, for theprofession whereof the Protestants in the lowe Countries of Flaunders, &c. doe suffer persecution, vvyth the meanes to acquiet and appease the troubles in those partes. There is annexed An epistle written to the ministers of Antwerpe, which are called of the confession of Auspurge, concerning the Supper of our sauiour Iesus Christ. VVritten in French and Latine, by Anthonie Corronus of Siuill, professor of Diuinitie.	Corro, Antonio del, 1527-1591.; Corro, Antonio del, 1527-1591. Epistle or godlie admonition, to the pastoures of the Flemish Church in Antwerp. aut	1577 (1577)	STC 5791; ESTC S116690	149,833	422

their vnderstādyng Who senses also and vnderstādyngs they da● go about to blind and to captiuate lea● happily they shoulde espie their iugling and treacheries naye plucke their ey● rather out of their heads molest vex di●quiet torment kill and slea those by fin● and sworde and by all kind of torments whome God accompteth to bée of hy● flocke and hathe béene maruellously carefull and tender ouer to bryng them vppe to foster and cherishe them and 〈◊〉 encrease their number and for whose ●ke Iesus Christe the euerlasting sonne 〈◊〉 the almightye father hath shedde hys ●oste precious bloude to worke their re●●emption and saluation And then began 〈◊〉 thus to thinke secretely wyth my selfe What meaning haue these fellows with ●●em If wée bée heretikes as they ac●ompt vs to be why haue they no com●assion of our soules forasmuch as they ●éeke not only not to saue our bodies but work our vtter destructiō Why do they putte vs to death perseuering in oure opinions and iudgementes whyche they ●all Hereticall especiallye beyng per●waded as they are that our opinions be damnable Why labour they not ra●her to teache vs the truthe and to bring vs backe into the ryghte pathe agayne Why are they not contented to spoyle vs of oure lyues but imagine howe they maye doe it in moste despitefull and cruell sorte that can bée deuised to the ende that they myght driue men into desperation whose saluation they might driue men into desperation whose saluation ought of Christian charitie to be moste deare vnto them Now● surely so it hath pleased God to order it that these men shoulde bestirre them i● this sorte like furies and helhounds that they maye declare themselues to bée th● séede and generatiō of Sathan their Sire who hath bene a murtherer from the very beginning the broode of Cain subiecte to the curse of whome God in the laste daye at his comming to iudgement will aske a strayghte accompte for the innocent bloud of his Saints shedde here in earth by them and reuenge al the whole from innocent Abel to the very laste of his Prophets and Martyres As our sauiour Christe doth moste manifestly declare speakyng to the Pharisies Verily I saye vnto you it shal come vpon thys generation from the bloud of iust Abel to the bloude of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias whome you haue slaine betwixte the Temple and the Aultar Wherefore in most humble manner I pray and beséech your Maiestie most gracious soueraigne not to defile nor embrewe your ●ndes with the bloud of your moste in●cent subiects nor to permit and suffer ●y longer that these limmes and mini●ers of the Deuill the deadly enimies 〈◊〉 God shoulde abuse your gentlenesse ●nd good inclination any longer Let not 〈◊〉 great and so horrible cruelties be pra●ised and countenaunced wyth your au●horitie Cast not the shéepe committed ●nto you by God into the mouthes of ●hose moste rauening Wolues leaue not ●ehinde you so lamentable a memoriall to your posteritie that your grace should be registred among them that volunta●ily and after their owne luste and pleasure haue by all meanes persecuted the true Christians the children of God and put them to death lette it neuer be saide that good men haue bene vniustly oppressed without cause knowen but only pretended contrary both to Gods lawe and mans and that in your Maiesties moste Princely throne and consistory For besides that this corrupte kinde of dealyng in the seate of iudgement will séeme most monstrous most detestable and most vnreasonable to thē that shall follow there is a worse thing greately to bée feared least God the Lord of hostes the moste myghtye and strong defence of Israell will laye so greate and so horrible Plagues vpon these moste cruell and vniust Iudges and vppon their issue theyr realms and dominions that it shal remain as an example for al posterity that shall come after the memory of them shal not be worne out while the world endureth No more then is the memory of Pharao that was drouned in the depth of the sea or of Nabuchodonozor that was transformed into a brute beaste or at the leaste whyche is as much in effect giuen ouer to brutish and beastly delyghts and exercises or of Holofernes whose heade was striken from his shoulders by the hands of a séely woman or of Herode that was eaten vp with wormes of Nero Caligula Iulianus other like tyrāts It is therfore a good lessō in this case to beware to be wise by other mens exāples For it is a great grace of God to learne by the mishaps of other men as it were at the handes of a scolemaster what is best for our owne behoofes The whiche your grace may easily learne most mighty prince if it may plese you to cast your eie aside to behold the miserable calamities whiche in youre memorie haue hapned vnto them that haue persecuted and vexed the church of god Nam tua res agitur paries cū proxmus ardet as the common saying is When thy neighbours house is on fire take héed of thine owne But to returne to my purpose these are the chiefe occasions that enforced me to leaue Spayne and to betake my selfe to the wide worlde and to wander as a Pilgrime and stranger in forrain countreyes In the whiche trauayle for the space of tenne yeares besides great sicknesse I haue suffered extreme Pouertie and haue bene constrayned to becom as an infant again and to learne to speak strāge languages to be able to vnderstand others to expresse mine owne mynde The which things notwithstanding trusting in the mercies of God I haue bothe willingly and paciently accepted and suffered knowing assuredly that the Disciples souldiours of Christ cannot be in better estate and condition than their Maister and Captaine hathe bin And this is the cause why the world that is naturally enclined to malice and spight refuseth to be at league with me For if I were a worldling then surely woulde the worlde embrace me as one of his broode would commend and extoll me would sette me alofte in honour and authoritie would endue me with riches and would yéeld me at full al other commodities and pleasures as it is accustomed to do to his own But I for my part render vnto almighty God moste hartye thanks for that it hath pleased him fréely and of his mere grace without anye desert of mine to imprinte in my hearte true and perfecte faith by the which I do not onely stedfastly beléeue in his dearly beloued sonne and in his Gospel but also do manifestly abide suffer al thinges for his name sake and am made partaker of his Crosse Howbeit in all thys my long trauayle there is nothyng that séemeth to me so vnséemely as that suche as be aboute your Maiestie and of your Counsel shoulde vse suche diligence sparing neyther for labour and coste to apprehend and to clappe in prison a number of vs Spaniards that haue fled your Realme and

wise mā●ste wisely Moreouer if your maiesties ●ubiectes of the lowe Countries either ●r weakenesse of minde or frailtie of bo●ye fearing the extremitie of torments ●hall rather fall from the knowne truthe ●nd renounce Christe and hys religion ●han patientlye and manfullye to suffer ●eath your grace shall encrease the facte ●nfinitely in greatnesse of mischiefe forasmuche as your grace thereby shall not onely destroy their bodies but also theyr soules to euerlasting death and damnation In whiche respect a farre more perillous iudgement dependeth ouer youre heade by the hande of God who hath spoken by his son Christ in this wise Looke with what measure yée measure vnto other by the lyke it shal also bée measured vnto you O moste terrible and feareful iudgement if that moste seuere a● iuste Iudge doe purpose to execute th● same vpon our bodies and soules an● in his wrath drawe oute his sworde 〈◊〉 shew vengeance vppon vs Besides this who séeth not howe greate a blotte an● stayne it is to the name of a christian t● practise so great tyranny which maket● forreyne nations as the Turks Iewes and Indians to abhorre christianitie a● the cause of so greate troubles warres and persecutions What shall I néed● here to reherse that hēce as out of a hea● and spring infinite quarrels dissentions and mortall enmities haue issued an● procéeded Forasmuch as no continuanc● of tyme can be able hereafter to wear● out of the memorie of the posteritie th● horrible crueltie and tyrannie that hath bene practised by confiscation of goodes landes rasing of houses to the ground destroying of families and lastly in burnyng their corses after long and lothsome imprisonment Lykewyse who wold not deme those Princes to bée moste vnhappie whome their subiects haue in hatred and disdayn ●●se persons although they be strongly ●arded can not for al that be quiet in their ●nd For the most sure and safest defēce 〈◊〉 Prince consisteth in the loue good 〈◊〉 of the people and they ar thought to 〈◊〉 strengthned accordignly as they bée ●nded And to haue so many souldiors defend them as they haue trusty frēds ●illing subiects to obeye serue them ●st of al whereas all the professours of 〈◊〉 Gospell are not all alyke taught and ●structed in true pietie and godlynesse 〈◊〉 so muche that manye are withoute ●at Christian pacience whiche GOD 〈◊〉 earnestely requireth in tymes of ad●ersitie and persecution in commanding 〈◊〉 rather to praye for oure ennimyes 〈◊〉 persecutoures than to reuenge in●rie wyth doyng the lyke againe they 〈◊〉 saye eyther for impacience of mynd 〈◊〉 for the hatred they beare vnto suche ●fences doe putte on theyr Armoure ●gaynste theyr owne fellowes and com●anyons and dare presume to committe ●he tryall of the quarrell to the sworde Albeit in my opinion this is a thing fa● vnsitting the godly zeale mildenesse p●ence and forbearyng that shoulde be i● Christian man But yet forasmuche it doeth come to passe many times I séech your Maiestie moste gracious so● raine to weigh and consider how ma● greate mischiefs and inconueniences ensue of this ciuill dissention and disco● robbing spoiling and murdering wi● out measure honest matrons are corr●ted chaste virgins defloured mens goo● and substauece taken perforce all kin● of murther and manquelling put in pr●ctise and exercise some by the sword some by fire euen in their owne house some shall be slaine with the sworde so● burned with their houses ouer their head● sowe drowned in the riuers whereby t● aire infected with the filthy corruption 〈◊〉 the dead carcasses bredeth a plague wh●che is alwayes incident vnto warres an● commonlye accompanyed wyth great dearth bycause where tumultes and v● rores be raised there can be no tillage husbandry maintained And what then when the countrye and common weal●●ath bene so sore shaken and wasted it is ●ot possible within twentie yeres or mo 〈◊〉 recouer the losse and to be in as perfect lighte againe as it was before for af●er that weapons haue putte lawes to si●ence and men acquaynted themselues with spoile and rapine and the sheding ●f bloude it is a verye harde matter to ●ring the people to order and agréemēt ●nd vtterly to breake them of their olde ●aunte that they learned in war. Moreo●er what shold it auaile either your ma●estie or vs youre subiects or what estimation would Christ haue of it if men shoulde by violence and by tyrannye bée brought to allowe of the Popish doctrine admitting it to be true For whosoeuer professe anye religion against theyr own consciences as we sée by daily experiēce do neuer embrace the same sincerely and from their heartes but contrariwise become more frowarde and waiward or to what purpose is it to ouercome a man by extremitie of tormentes and by feare of deathe and to make him recant and saye that the Romishe religion is consonante wyth the Gospell of Christe or rather to be the very Gospell it selfe if the partye notwithstanding be contrarily affected in his h●arte and thinke with hymselfe secretely and in his owne conscience that he is to be detested as the very and vndoubted Antichriste and that all hys adherents which séeke to driue simple men to their moste filthy doctrine by terrors by tormentes bée the Popes féed hangmen and executors As for example your maiestie knoweth full well and can testifye that those whiche haue continued in youre maiesties realme of Spaine to this day both Iewes and Turkes could neuer be brought by compulsion or by anye violence to allowe of oure religion And albeit they were baptised that is to saye outwardely washed wyth the element yet notwithstandyng they neuer forsooke their olde heresies but embrace them tooth and naile in so muche that the Inquisitours haue worke inough wyth thē and are plentifully enriched with the eschetes that growe vnto them by th● Iewes and Turkes and therfore it is a playne matter that there is no true religiō except it be freely sincerely receiued and beléeued For the outward shew and behauior of the body be it neuer so Saintlyke in appearaunce is altogyther both vnprofitable to the partie and displeasāt and odious vnto god except the sincere affection of the heart conscience of man bée ioyned with that outward professiō that which we cannot attaine vnto but only by leni●ie grace mercie gētlenesse by frendly conferēce persuasiō by the imitatiō of honesty and integritie of life by pouring out praiers vnto god without ceassing the 〈◊〉 wold please him of his infinite goodnes mercy to encline mollifie their harde heartes to the study of true religiō to take awaye al threates of tormēts al feare of ●ire and murdering one of another And I dare auowe it to youre Maiestye moste gracious soueraigne that they whyche goe aboute so to moue you vnto ●rueltie bearyng you in hande that to ●ée the onely waye to make peace in youre lowe countrie those I saye I dare auowe and doe openly proteste do gy●

his yonger son Iacob when he felte hym arayed in the garments of his brother Esau Therefore when man hathe obtained this honour nowe standeth hée no more in feare of Gods terrible examples againste synners his seuere and straight iudgements but perceiueth Christ to be appointed by God a iudge of all mē who is ioyned vnto man by a strong faith for what sentence may wée thinke in reason that the redemer of the whole bodye will giue against his owne members when as this aucthoritie of life and death is not committed vnto him of our mercifull father not to destroy and condempne those that put their truste in him but to saue and preserue them rather and to enriche them wyth the benefite of euerlastyng life Hée therefore takyng vppon hym the partes both of an aduocate and a iudge vnto man doth easyly absolue vs of all our offences and pronounceth them iust for whose sake hee offered hymselfe vnto death that hée might satisfye the iustice of man notwithstandyng this pardon procéedeth not of anye mans merits or good workes for all that be borne of the olde Adam are guiltie of disobedience rebelling agaynste God nor of anye fastings or watchings or pilgrimages or satisfactions or offrings or masses or merites of holye men or holye women muche lesse of Monkes or Nunnes for what are anye of all these able to perfourme that is not of hys owne nature damnable and simply to be abhorred but it is that alonly swéete and comfortable voice Thy faith hath saued thée departe in peace and securitie and beware henceforthe and sinne no more leaste a worse thing fall to thée whiche is as muche to saye that after thou hast receiued grace from heauen and doste beléeue that thou arte partaker of my redemption be thou farre from al guilte and crime and from the paine due for the same and that of frée grace and mercy wythout all respecte of deserte yet in suche sort that thou haue earnest consideration howe dearely thou oughtest to estéeme that bonde whereby thou arte fast ioyned vnto me in whych respect thou arte adopted vnto the number of the children of my father to be an inheritour of the kingdome of heauen a member of my bodye and a partaker of my righteousnesse and therefore sée thou bring forth the fruites of innocencie and of repentaunce such as shal bée agreable vnto the roote of liuely faith and returne not to thy olde naughtinesse least some worse thyng happen vnto thée Loe thys is the sentence of Christe moste gratious soueraigne whiche the faithfull here pronounced and doe receiue by faith wherevppon they receiue such solace and comforte in their minds that if they happen to be troubled in conscience with remorse of theyr sinnes they séeke none other remedy than out of the worde of God whence perfect healthe is onely to bée soughte and founde The whyche doctrine so necessary and comfortable moste mightie Prince hath so inflamed the hearts of your Maiesties subiectes in the lowe countreis with such a feruent zeale of pietie and godlinesse that vnderstāding howe shamefully they haue bene abused in a matter of so greate importance they make this humble petition vnto youre Maiestie that it woulde please the same to permit vnto them onely the libertie of theyr consciences and the preachyng of the Gospell whereby they might without pillage or tiranny be conducted the safe and ready way to eternall saluation And surely it séemeth a very vnreasonable matter that so honest and godly a zeale shoulde bée persecuted with so greuous exactions and penalties and not rather be both fauoured and furthered with his due praise cōmendatiō And therfore your maiestie hath earnestly to consider howe almightie God w●ll deale with those persōs which do so cruelly tormēt and murder mē that are both created after his owne likenes and redemed with the most precious bloud of his only son for none other cause but onely for that they professe this heauenly doctrine Of the doctrine of Iustification as the Popishe Church doth teach it FOr the better vnderstanding of thys whole matter and the cause of the greate diuersitye of opinions hereabout I will with as muche breuitie as I can declare the determinations of the Papistes concerning Iustification Fyrste they define it in this wise that Iustification is the passage of a synner from vnrighteousnesse vnto righteousnesse wherof they say there be foure partes that is to saye motion of fréewill contrition infusion of grace remission of sinne The two firste to procéede from him that is to bée Iustified The latter two from the Iustifier and those two first to be as it were the causes preparing the harte of man to receiue the grace of god Moreouer they say that there bée thrée principall causes which concurre in the Iustification of sinners namely God the sinner and the Church God which poureth out his mercies wherby the sinne is forgiuen and sheweth his iustice exacting a satisfaction eyther in this life or after that is to saye in Purgatorie the which ●oo vertues as they glose are signified 〈◊〉 those two disciples which Christ sent ●efore hym into euerye Citie and place ●hether he himselfe shuld come Luk. 10. ●or that say they which then was done ●rporally is now perfourmed spiritual● Also on the behalfe of the sinner there ●●e twoo thinges required loue and sor●we the which say they are lyke the ●ones of the Mille wherewith sinne i●●ound as was figured in Deutero 24. ●ikewise there be two things that come ●●om the Church The merits of Christe ●nd of the Saintes holy men and holye ●omen who forasmuche as they hadde ●ore store of good works than they stoode 〈◊〉 néed of themselues left the surplusage 〈◊〉 the custodye of the Churche that they ●ight be destributed among such as wā●ed Secōdarily the church by the hands ●f the Pope and of Byshops graunteth ●ardons and indulgences vnto sinners ●uaileable so farre as the wordes of the ●ame doe purporte And yet among these ●octours there haue béene some whiche haue affirmed faith to be the foundation of oure Iustification and yet seruing vs in steade of a preparatiue to apprehende and receiue the fauour and loue of God wherof righteousnesse doth procéede the which he gyueth vs in cōsideratiō of our loue towardes him Here I omit an infinite number of curious questiōs which rather make the doctrine of our iustificatiō obscure than bring any light to the vnderstāding therof specially to such as being indued with the spirit of god séeke after true righteousnes with the whole affection of their heart as may appeare most euidently aswel by the councel of Trent as also by the Interim offered vnto the Protestantes It shall bée sufficient to touche onely by name the palpable mists wherewithall the schoolemen blinde the eies of the simple people As when they dispute whether a man bée iustified in a moment or it require a long processe

that it is necessarye to saluation and that we must not onconfesse the sinnes themselues but all 〈◊〉 particular circumstāces of the same ●d speciallye those whiche be said to ag●auate the synne whiche bée in number ●téene and is to be séene in the writings 〈◊〉 these archdoctors and maisters of this ●eir superstitious facultie And this auricular cōfession say they ●th very greate and manifolde effectes deliuereth vs from eternall death and ●mnation it healeth and salueth the ●oundes of our soule it causeth the pre●nce and assistance of Gods holy spirite ●ithin vs it openeth vs the gates of pa●dise it couereth and shadoweth oure ●●nes it obtaineth the mercy and fauor 〈◊〉 God it maketh the hearte merry and ●yfull it procureth vs many friends and ●●tercessors to God Almightie it purifi●th our consciēce it dissolueth the league ●nd amitie we were entred into with the ●euill forasmuch as the sinne conspired betwixt the deuill and man is discouered and reueled it reconcileth god vnto mā it is the way that leadeth vnto saluation 〈◊〉 taketh away sin satisfieth for the same in that a man abideth the shame in reuealing the same vnto a prieste last of all it preserueth a man from falling into sinne againe euen as to vse their owne similitude and comparison when the r●●ten tooth is drawen the reste that remaineth continueth more faste and sure O foolish fantasies O deuillish inuētions O most detestable doctrine deuised to entāgle and to destroye séely ignorant soules For if it were true that they professe what néede haue wée I beséech you of th● fauour and grace of God what néede w● to flye so fast to Christe as to oure chi●● anker and staye whereto shall the hol● ghost seru● what force shall he haue 〈◊〉 what shall be his office if one shrift wi●● serue vs in stéede of all and bring th● moste wicked and desperate person tha● is into the state of grace and the inher●ting of the kingdome of heauen Wha● is to blaspheme God what is to abu●● ●●e worlde what is to confound heauen ●nd hell togither if this be not And yet ●e blynde worlde more blinde than a ●ock doth condemne those that reueale ●ese abuses and deceiuable leasings ●●rseth them to the very death to endure ●l punishments and the moste horrible ●orments that can be deuised They tell 〈◊〉 we muste confesse at the least once by ●ere vpon paine of excommunication to Priest that hath two kays in his hand he one the kay of knowledge to discerne ●etwixte good and euill the other the po●er and aucthoritie to bind and to loose The misterie of this confession is that ●he Prieste representeth the presence of God whych inwardly doeth couer those ●nnes whyche the penitent reuealeth to ●he Prieste by mouth the whiche neither ●he priest dare presume by any means to ●eclare nor cānot onlesse he haue learned ●hē of some other They make a differēce ●ikewise betwixt sins the absolution of ●ins For some only the pope cā remit some ●her be that the archbishops may some that the ●ishops their suffragās as they call thē some the Curates Parish priests m●ther are the foure orders of the Frier● Mendicantes behind with their part For they haue likewise a certain bull and dispensation which some call the great se● or mother of all Indulgences and Pardons by the whiche they haue a large Charter and commission to remitte al● sinnes both past and to come if a ma● woulde giue credite to that they profess● and vndertake And nowe youre grace maye sée moste mightye Prince howe manye wayes mens eyes bée blinded t● make them continue in theyr superstition still Albeit the true and sincere vse of confession if it were among vs w●● no doubt tourne vs to muche good but Sathan hath bereft vs therof and left ●●stéede of it a moste dangerous and p●●stiferous abuse of the same Of the christian Confession THe greate abuse of Confession being declared it foloweth now consequently to treat of the true vse of the same fo● asmuch as repentaunce is the first step● degrée to the atteyning of Christes righteousnesse Let vs therfore now consider ●me sorts of christen confession that the ●orld may sée how causelesse we are ac●used of our aduersaries for misdemea●our in the point of confession And to procéede herein orderly fyrste ●e declare teache vnto the people that ●he law of verie right exacteth of vs per●ect righteousnesse holines of life which ●erfection the weakenesse infirmitie of mans frailtie without the grace helpe of god is in no wise able to perfourme The which being opened made manifest vnto vs by the spirite of God driueth vs into a doubt whiche way we might beste turne vs for neither can we deceiue God by our false glosing and lyes neither hide our offences sinnes from him being the searcher of the heart reins from whose eies no darknes nor couert can hide vs more than the leaues branches of trées could shadow our first parent Adam frō his sight in time past of the which sorte most properly your superstitious fastes and praiers watching other like exercises of the bodie wherewith many a man dothe foolishly perswade himselfe that h● is sufficiently armed and defenced notwithstanding our God lyke a moste louing and mercifull father will not suffer his children to be swallowed vp of desperation as was Cain and Iudas but crieth vnto vs with a loude voyce Adam where art thou the whych sound of hys breath perceth into the very secret of our hearts that he might continue his bountye and goodnesse towardes those whome he hath once vouchsafed the benefite of adoption through Christe at the whiche voice and sounde the godly minded and well affected people of God startling as it were at the noise and crack of the thūderbolte like men sore dismayed and disquieted bothe in body and minde forgetting bothe meate and other the necessaries of this life and ouerthrown gr●u●ling as it were with the terrible sounde of the brasen trumpe in the mount Sinay or else by extremitie of most exquisite torments driuen perforce to make their confessiō do fréely acknowlege and confesse before the father of mercies both themselues to bée the children of Adam and ●one to all kind of wickednesse and mis●●iefe like vnto their forfathers who re●cting the commaundement of God and ●oste presumptuously affecting thinges ●oper to the maiesty and glory of God ●ent aboute moste impudently and im●ously to spoile God of his diuine know●dge to witte the knoweledge of good ●nd euyll to take it vnto himselfe that 〈◊〉 to saye to bée able to discerne by ●he corrupte and peruerse iudgement of ●s owne foolish braine betwixte good and ●ul and to determin what thing is plea●●ng God and what vnpleasant vnto him To be shorte man set in the sight of God ●oth plainly confesse that he hath followed the ●teps of his auncestour Adam one

as they terme them ●ut for other men wonderous necessarie ●or they saluation But some wil men say what shal be●de these of daintie and delicate persons ●hat are soddainly swapte vp with death ●re they can haue these merits of Monks ●applied vnto them and enioye them in ●heir full perfection for it séemeth theyr soules shoulde be in present peril of eternall damnation as who say they may in good time take vp their Inne in Purgatorie whence they maye easyly escape when it shall please the Popes holinesse to open the treasures of Christes bloude and applye vnto them the merrites of Saints and the monkes to commun●●● 〈◊〉 vnto them largely and liberally parte 〈◊〉 their good workes and playe with th● giffe gaffe lyke good fellowes And th● is welnéere the summe of the Popish doctrine concerning satisfaction to pa●● ouer a thousande dreames and blasph●mous lies whyche these men haue de●sed againste the redemption of Christ● perfected moste absolutely by the shedi● of his moste precious bloude Of the satisfaction for sinnes according to the word of God. IF your maiesty most mighty prince haue with any diligēce considered 〈◊〉 obserued that which hath bin said lately before your highnes vnderstandeth right well that there was no mencion made at all of the benefit bestowed by Christ our sauiour wheras the scriptures do minister vs no other comforte to our afflicted consciences than the redemption of oure lord and sauiour Iesus Christ that euerlasting prieste after the order of Melchizedeck whiche offered vp himselfe to the iustice of god a propitiatiō for al the sins 〈◊〉 mankinde the burthen wherof he layd ●d caried vpon his own shoulders as the ●ophet Isay saith therfore gaue vp his ●dy to bée broken to bée sacrifized and ●fered to God his father And to the intent the matter might be ●ade more plaine and euident bycause 〈◊〉 is of so great and singuler commoditie ●e muste repeate a little of that is sayde ●efore concerning the estate of mā in sin ●●oued with repentaunce and sorrow for ●he same For when hée is sommoned to ●ppere before the iudgemēt seat of god ●ath put in baile to answer vnto the law and iustice of god for his forth comming and apperance hath no cloke to couer his sins not so much as a poore fig leafe he is enforced at the lēgth as it were one that were tormēted gréeuously on the rack to cōfesse his manifold and great offēces to acknowledge his nakednesse misery being astonied with the iudgemēt of god not that a man should fall into despayre considering God willeth not the deathe of a synner but hys life and saluation but to the ende only that hée might as● the knowledge of his sinne and transgr●sion bring him vnto repentaunce Then after a mans mynde i● th● prepared the spirite of God beginneth 〈◊〉 to possesse him that he accompteth him 〈◊〉 be wholy his pardoneth all his offences maketh him one of Gods housholde a●● electeth him into the number of hys ch●dren And yet notwithstanding he remoueth not from the eyes of his soule th● liuely Image of God in anger and di●pleasure whose voice and countenaun● was wonte to amaze him and make hi● whole body tremble thereat bycause 〈◊〉 ofte as the minde shal be ouercome with the prouocations and allurementes 〈◊〉 sin the terrible sounde of his thundering voice and the sighte of hys sterne countenaunce shoulde so appall hym that he shoulde shunne and auoyde synne by al●● meanes Agayne the same holy spirite of God to the intent that man should remoue from him and quite abandone all feare doth set as it were before the eies of mā Iesus Christe and him crucified that hée might bée fullye perswaded that all hys sinnes be purged by his death and passion But forasmuche as man being miserable both by his owne nature and by the sense of his sinne and conscience therof doth iudge himselfe to be verye farre from God and can hardly be perswaded that the benefit of Christ doth appertain vnto him therefore the holye ghoste laboureth to perswade him that almightie God is reconciled vnto man and doeth tender hym wyth singular loue and affection and afterwards openeth the eies of man béeyng in thys blindenesse that hée may beholde and sée by faith Christ Iesus the earnest of his saluation last of al breaketh the peruerse frowardnesse and obstinacie of the minde that the same being somewhat instructed and comforted with the hope of Gods promisses maye wholly submitte hys will vnto Christe and imbrace him moste willingly as the onely phisition of al his diseases and maladies And this worke of the holye Ghoste wherby the reason vnderstanding mind and will of man is instructed in true pietie and godlinesse we may well terme by the name of Faith not any weake opinion or vaine imagination of the worde of God but a firme and constant perswasion by the whiche we are assured that we are beloued of god and adopted to be his sonnes and inheritours of his heauenlye kingdome that by the benefite of this latter Adam we may be as it were remitted into oure former estate of oure auncient inheritaunce namely innocen●ie righteousnes and euerlasting felicitie the whiche was loste by the mischeuous acte of the firste Adam the same faith doth teach vs that after we be reconciled and at one with God there is nothing more gréeuous or offensiue vnto God than iniquitie and sinne and that wée bée deliuered from the yoke and bondage of the Deuil onelye vppon condition that wée should thencefoorth leade a godly righteous and sober life The whiche faith being thus planted in mens mindes by the holy spirite is like an instrument or hand wherby wée apprehēd Iesus Christ or as our mouth to receiue and eate Christ that moste swete foode of our soules and whosoeue is endued with this repentance is not now to be ascribed and thought one of olde Adās ofspring but by meanes of this faith is so linked and coupled with Christe that he is reputed and taken as a brother vnto him so that Christe and a Christian man doe make as it were one spirituall body For we may not call it in question but verily beléeue that what Christ praied for vnto his heauenly father in the .17 of Iohn he obtained the same at his hāds But after this greate and nighe affinitie is brought to passe and fast knitte with the bonde of faith and of the holye ghost then doth the heauenly father looke vpon man being otherwise a sinner with the eies of mercie and grace perceyuing man to be clothed and garnished with the moste beutifull and precious garment of Christ that is to saye the innocencie and holines of Christes flesh and taking delight in the moste fragrant smell thereof dothe bothe perfecte his felicitie and rewardeth him with the inheritance of his heauenly kingdome euen as in time past the Patriarche Isaac delt with

they which be enimies and impugne this doctrine and for that wée mayntayne the same do persecute vs with fire and fagot haue either had small sense of Iustification or else are some newe founde people descended into the Earthe I wotte nere whence For if they haue not had some sensible perseueraunce and féeling of the principles of Christian religion in themselues by experience I councell them for a time to be quiet and refraine to speake and aduise them rather to praye vnto almightie God that hée woulde instruct● them by his holy spirite in suche thinges as they are ignorant of and yet will bée prating rashely and babling either after their owne conceite and imagination or as they haue heard other men talke will moste impudently affirme the same but if they will deriue their pedigrée from God lette them permitte vs to be as we are men contenting our selues with such knowledge as is conuenient for vs For we do willingly confesse that we are the children of Adam by nature disobedient vnto the will of God senselesse in oure owne corrupte nature so peruerse and obstinate that vnneth we wil be brought to repentaunce so hardned in harte that wée can not be broken with the sense of sinne finally of suche pride and arrogancie that wée can scarcely bée drawen to confesse our sinnes to be shorte enimies to our own saluation vnlesse God of hys fatherly fauour and grace vouchsafe to correcte and amende the malice of oure froward nature and to enable and make vs apte to doe suche workes Why doe they then enuie vs thys humilitie and lowlinesse of harte in that we thinke we ●oe greatly honoure our God when wée referre all thinges to hys gratious goodnesse and mercie But if they thinke thys ●ure humilitie be excéeding and more ●han néedefull is this so horrible an offence that we shoulde therefore be thoughte worthie of all punishments and tormentes that can be deuised be ac ompted infamous banished imprisoned hanged and burned Surely this their fierce and barbarous crueltie may be a sufficiēt declaration vnto your maiestie that this is no godly zeale in the Papists as they call it but rather an excéeding choler heate of stomak boiling in their enuious malicious breasts The other benefit of our iustificatiō is our cōiunctiō with Christ for it is not inough for a man to be onely absolued of his sinne but it is also requisite and necessarye that hée bée marueilously renuee shew a new obediēce the which nothing can worke in thē saue only the power of god through our L. sauiour Iesus Christe this is the secōd effect of faith which the holy ghost hath poured into our harts by the which a man being made frée from the feare of all enimies danger of damnation doth wholy possesse Iesus Christ the very sonne of God and man to the intent hée might liue in hym not in walking after the fleshe but in holinesse of spirit and that he should thenceforth work righteousnesse in the sight of God of his son Christe through whose bloude shedde and sacrifice offred hée is purged and clensed from all hys offences and filthinesse Last of all that to declare himselfe bothe mindefull and also thankfull for so greate mercifulnesse and louing kindnesse shewed towardes him he shoulde on the other side retourne loue backe againe towardes God and be zealous in seruing and honouring him The whiche doctrine the Apostle doth plainely sette forthe in hys epistle to the Romaines in these words Ther remaineth now no condemnation saith he vnto suche as be engrafted into Christe Iesu that is to say those that walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite for the liuely lawe of the spirite whyche is in Christe hath loosed me from the bondage of sinne and death For that whiche was impossible to the lawe through the infirmitie of the fleshe God by sending hys owne sonne into fleshe of likenesse and similitude vnto our sinful fleshe hath after a sort destroied sinne by sinne in the same fleshe that the iustice of the lawe might be accomplished in vs whiche walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite for those that be addicted vnto the flesh haue their mindes bent vppon fleshly desires but they that be renued in spirite doe followe the motion and direction of the spirite and the desire of the fleshe is death and destruction contrariwise the desyre of the spirite is peace ioye and life euerlasting For the desire or affection of the fleshe is againste God neyther is it nor can not bée obedient vnto the lawe of god Therefore suche as are giuen to the flesh can not please God howbeit you walke not in the fleshe but in the spirite if so be the spirite of God be within you And who so hath not the spirit of Christ is none of his but if Christe be within you then is the body dead as concerning sinne but the spirite aliue or rather life it self for righteousnesse sake Wherfore if the spirite of hym that raysed Christs from deathe abide in you the same also will restore you and your mortall bodies vnto life bicause of the spirite that dwelleth in you wherefore brethren wée are nowe no more subiecte vnto the fleshe to liue after the luste thereof For if ye liue after the desires and concupiscentes of the fleshe yée shall dye the deathe but if contrariwise by the power of the spirite you conquer and subdue the lusts therof you shall liue in most perfect felicitie for al whosoeuer is directed by the spirit of god are numbred among the sonnes of God. Here dothe Paule moste notably and largely declare the seconde parte of oure Iustification and the end also of our coniunction with Christ Iesus namely that we shoulde leade our life not after the motion of the fleshe and the voluptuousnesse thereof but according to the direction of the holy spirite the which moste profitable and comfortable coniunction felowship with him if we had and did enioye we would not fall to such vayn and néedelesse questions as we do For what profite is in the subtil questions and difputations whether the righteousnes of a Christian man be a substance or an accident a qualitie inherent or only in vs by imputation whether the iustification of the wicked and vngodly be only the forgiuenesse of the sin or no whether infusion of grace be requisit in the remission of the fault or whether the motion of fréewill be not also requisite thervnto whether the wicked be iustified in an instant or in processe of time whether iustification of grace do go before in order of nature such like quiddities and subtil niceties except wée haue the vertue efficacie of Christ Iesus imprinted in our harts which we trust is in the harts of the faithful beleuers as Paule prayed for the cōgregatiō of Ephesus who loueth his churche dearly as the same apostle saith in another place and