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Newes out of heauen both pleasaunt [and] ioyfull, lately set forth to the great co[n]solacion [and] co[m]forte of all christen me[n]. By Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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clypper shal he hold his peace nether shal he once opeÌ his mouth Thus because it is his pleasure shall he offer hym selfe vpon the altare of the crosse by hys moost precious bloude paye our rauÌsome By this his glorious passion shal he take vpon hym your infyrmities beare awaye youre synnes By his moost blessed woundes shal al your iniquities be putte awaye Al your synnes shalbe layd on his backe His bloud shall make you cleane from al your synne By his bloude shal ye haue remission of your synnes By y e precious bloude of this Christ as of an immaculate and pure lambe shal ye be redemed from the tyrany of Satan By y â oblacion of Christe shall ye be made free from al wyckednes delyuered from the power of darkenes caried into the gloryous kyngedome of God For he is the lambe of GOD whiche taketh awaye the synne of the worlde This is that sonne of man which is come to saue that which was lost not to destroy the soules of meÌ but to saue theÌ And al this shall come to passe by the oblacion offryng of his owne moost precious blessed body For he shal by your Bysshop not suche one as also shall haue nede to offer for hys owne synnes but for youres onely nether shal he be like y â bishoppes of y â old law which offer dayly for y â sinnes of y â people suche sacrifyces as can neuer take away sinne nor yet make men perfecte But this your Bysshop shalbe godly innoceÌt fautles segregated from synners and made higher then y e heaueÌs whiche shal not nede as the other Bisshoppes do dayly to offer sacrifices first for hys owne synnes afterwarde for the synnes of the people For he beynge without al synne shall once for all offer hymselfe And this one sacrifyce or oblacion of hys mooste blessed bodye shal be able to saue so many as beleue in him euen to the vttermoost Christ beynge the Bysshop of good thynges to come shall enter into y â holy place by hys own bloud fynd euerlastyng redeÌpcioÌ He thorow the holy Ghoste shall offer hymselfe immaculate to God pourge your conscience from deade workes to serue the lyuynge God HeÌ once for al offeryng vp him selfe shall take awaye the synnes of many By the oblacion of the bodye of Iesus Christ done once for all shall you be sanctifyed With one oblacioÌ shall he make perfecte for euermore theÌ that are sanctifyed Here se you of what iÌestimable pryce the sacrifyce of Christ your bysshop is The vertue of it neuer ceaseth but endurethe in perfecte strengthe for euer euer y â the sinnes of y â faythful repentant maye be forgyuen at all tymes by it Christes bloud shall not crye for vengeauÌce as y â bloude of Abell dyd but for mercy grace fauour Yea by Christes bloud shall all thynges both in heauen eâthe be pacifyed apeased set at a stay reconcyled to God the father abouÌdaÌtly So that nowe ye shalbe purged of al your synnes by this one omnisufficiente oblacion of Iesus Christe your Bisshop For he alone shal treade downe the wynepresse take vpon his backe the great importible burden of your synnes all He by his death shall slaye death ouercome SataÌ synne hel desperacion all y â euer maye be agaynste you So y â nowe ye shal be made so cleare as though ye had neuer offeÌded Ye shall now be so set at liberty as though before ye had neuer ben in captiuite And all this shall come to passe by the deathe alone of thys yonge chylde nowe borne whose body shall be the alone sacrifyce of all your synnes vnto the which as vnto an holy ancker ye muste alwaye ronne for ayde refuge succoure trustynge assuredly that his death âs youre whole hope youre meryte youre refuge helth lyfe resurreccion For youre meryte is the compassion excedyng mercy of Christ your LODRE ye are not w toute meryte so longe as y â LORD of mercyes doth not fayle And yf the merytes of the LORDE be many than are ye plenteous in merites The more able y â he is to saue the more safe and w toute dauÌger are ye Thus se you what a great occasioÌ ye haue to reioy se in the deathe of the LORDE Christ your alone sauyour wherby so many synguler great commodities shall chaunse vnto you God forbydde therfore that ye should reioyse in ony thynge at all saue only in the crosse death of your LORDE Iesus Christ. Syrtely but in asmuch as it is not sufficient that this youre newe hynge Iesus Christ do dye for your synnes except he also ryseth againe for youre iustificacion therfore do I also declare vnto you these moost ioyful coÌfortable newes y t after he be once dead buried he by y â power of his deite shall gloriouslye ryse again y â thyrd day froÌ deth to life for your iustificacioÌ accordiÌg to y â holy scriptures For God his father shal make him alyue after two dayes vpon the thyrde daye he shall rayse hym vp he shal lyue in his syght As Ionas was iÌ y e belly of a whale thre dayes thre nightes so shall y e sonne of man be in the herte of the earth thre dayes and thre nightes And as Ionas by y â power of God came out of y â whalles belly y e thyrd daye so in semblable wyse shall this Christ by y e puissauÌce of God his father ryse agayne y â thyrd daye from deathe to lyfe By this glorious resurreccion of Iesus Christ shall ye gette the victory of Satan synne death hell desperacion c. By this glorious resurreccioÌ of Iesus christ shall ye be made ryghteous in God the fathers sight By this glorious resurreccioÌ of Iesus Christ shal heauen gates be opened for you which so longe haue ben sparred By this glorious resurreccioÌ of Iesus christ shall ye also ryse agayne enter iÌto euerlastyng lyfe By this glorious resurreccioÌ of Iesus christ shal god of his excedynge mercy beget you a new into euerlastyng hope an immortall heritage which is kepte for you in heaueÌ For Christ is y â resurreccioÌ lyfe he y â beleueth in him al though he be dead yet shall he lyue euery one that lyueth beleuethe in hym shall neuer dye Here se you in howe ioyfull and mery a state ye shall be set by Christes moost glorious resurreccion What is here but that moueth styreth vs to ioye gladnesse To muche brutall is he which at the heryng of these moost swete delectable newes dothe not seriously reioyse Furthermore after that thys LORDE Iesus Christ is risen agayn from death to lyfe hath continued here vpoÌ the earth certayne dayes
and Sauiour with the holy Ghost one very God worldes without ende to whome alone be all honour glory for euer and euer Amen ¶ A brefe rehersall of all those thynges that go before THus haue I declared vnto you the moost swete moost confortable moost plesauÌt moost meri newes out of heaue at the coÌmaundement of the hyghest puissauÌt God Ye se iÌ how miserable a case ye are redacted and fallen by the synne of AdaÌ howe that by hym ye are all damned and made y â sonnes of wrath Ye se that of your selues because of youre imperfeccioÌ ye are not able to do any good thyng that maye satisfy y â deuyne wyll apease Gods wrathe Ye se that y â workes of the lawe can not make you fre in y â syght of god neyther are ye able of youre owne strenth free wyll so pureây so spiritually to do theÌ as the law requireth that you may obtayne remissyon of youre synnes by doynge of them Ye se also that the sacrifyces of the olde lawe can neuer putte away synne as for workes of your owne inuencioÌ are mooste of all imêfecte mooste vnapte to purchase grace fauoure Thus se you that of youre owne selues of your owne polecy of your owne righteousnes ye are not able to escape the dauÌger of daÌnacion yea rather daÌnacioÌ it selfe Therfore dyd I declare vnto you the coÌfortable newes out of heueÌ shewyng you that God not for the workes of righteousnes that ye haue done which in dede are none but of his owne free great mercy hath vouchedsaufe to preserue and kepe you from the dauÌger of SataÌ sinne death hel yea and y t by this his welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ which this daye is borne in the cytie of Dauid to be the sauioure of y â world So that for Iesus Christes sake God is well pleased with you Ye haue heard that y â lawe hath condeÌned you in asmuch as ye are traÌsgressours of it and hath made you accursed FroÌ this cursse of the lawe shal christ delyuer you not froÌ the lawe it selfe that you shoulde lyue vngodly after a remisse and dissolute maner for such haue no in heritauÌce in y â kyngdome of Christe of God but from the curse seruitude bondage damnacioÌ of y e lawe For he shall fulfyll y â whole law eueÌ to the vttermoste And hys fulfyllynge shall be accepted before God the father for the fulfyllynge of so many as beleue in him And he settyng you at libertye from the curse of the lawe shall gyue you a newe herte put in you a newe spirite he shal take away your stony herte gyue you a fleshly that is a softe gentle herte redy to enclyne to y â accoÌplyshment of Goddes wyll He shal gyue his lawes into your myndes wryte them in your hertes y â you maye euer after franckely and with a free spirite fulfyl them Ye haue hearde how this Christ shall brynge you oute of the darkenes into the lyght of trueth by the syncere declarynge of hys fathers wyll For he is the lyght of y â world God hath gyuen hym to be a witnes vnto the people a captayne a mayster amonge the heythen And this his doctryne shall he confyrme with such miracles as shall euydeÌtly shew proue that he is that true Messias whiche was promysed to come Agayne ye haue hearde y â all his good dedes are youres For with hiÌ hath God the father also gyueÌ you all thynges so that he is your wysdome your righteousnes your saÌctificacion and redempcion Ye haue herde also that he shall offer himsele for you to God the father an oblacion swete swellynge sacrifice vpoÌ the Altare of the crosse that by this one oblacion sacrifyce of his mooste blessed body done once for all all your synnes shall be put away ye shal be made perfecte and wasshed from all deformitie so cleane by christes bloud as though ye had neuer offended heretofore Ye haue hearde agayne that as christ shal dye for your siÌnes so shal he ryse agayne for your iustificacion obtaynynge for you the victory of synne death and hell y â that his moost glorious resurreccion Ye haue heard y â after he is once rysen agayne he shal here remayne certayne dayes than ascende corporally into heauen sytte downe on the ryght hande of God y e father sendynge downe the holye Ghoste which shall lede you into all trueth Ye haue hearde also that Christe syttynge on the ryght hand of God the father shall not be ydle but styll prouyde seke youre helth He shall be your mediatoure aduocate He shall make contynuall intercessyon for you He shall pleate youre cause before God his father He shall auaunce your matter before the deuyne presence Yf ye at any tyme excite or styre vp gods wrath against you thorowe your iniquitie he shall streyght wayes apease it and make God the father styll youre louynge father which elles would be to you an extreme reuenger Ye haue herde agayne y â Christe at y â laste daye shal come gloriously froÌ y â right haÌd of his father to iuge the quicke the deade howe that after the iudgemente is once done ye shall enter into glory with hym lyuynge for euer after in such ioye pleasure gladnesse as can not by any meanes eyther be expressed by tong or coÌceyued in herte All these coÌmodities pleasures profyttes shal ye haue by this your new kiÌge sauiour Iesus Christ which this day is borne in Bethleem a citie of Dauid What more pleasaunt and thanckeworthye newes coulde be brought to you then theise What coulde haue set suche a ioye in your hertes as the hearynge of these newes CaÌ any thyng lyke vnto these chaunse vnto you so great so welcome so acceptable so ioyful Uerely yf ye seriously coÌsyder the misery wherwith ye were obruted ouerwhelmed before ye shall easlye perceyue that ye haue an earnest cause to reioyce No prisoner no captiue no bond slaue was euer in so great captiuite thraldome as ye were before these news were brought to you Iâ a prisoner reioysethe for his delyuerance oute of pryson whiche once muste nedes haue an ende yf none otherwyse yet at the leest by death howe great a cause theÌ haue you to reioyse for your deliuerauÌce which were captiues prisoners to that horrible monsture and pestiserous serpent euen SataÌ hymselfe yea and that not for certayne yeares but for euer worldes wythout ende Neyther was it youre body alone that was in captiuite and boÌdage but your soule also both your body soule were captyue to hym so that yf this your newe kynge redemer