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A14367	The ouerthrow of the iustification of workes and of the vain doctrin of the merits of men with the true affection of the iustification of faith and of the good workes that procead or come of the same, and in what respect our good workes are crouned or rewarded of God settte foorth dialoge wise by John Veron	Véron, John, d. 1563.	1561 (1561)	STC 24685; ESTC S112540	57,442	173

our sauiour Iesus Christ his wordes Luc. 17. When ye haue done what so euer I commaunde you saye ye we are vnprofitable seruaūtes But because that throughe fayth we haue felowship with the onlye begotten sonne of God Rom. 10. whereby it cometh to passe that his perfect obedience is imputed vnto vs for our owne and al that is wanting and lacking in vs in our workes is most perfettly supplied by it As the Apostell doeth testifye sayinge Christ is the fulfyllinge of the lawe for to iustifye all them that do beleue And in an other place Christ is made vnto vs of God holines wisedome righteousnesse and redemption Secondely our good dedes shall be rewarded or crouned because that god of hys mere mercy hath bound him selfe thereto by his promisses as it hath ben declared before by the textes that wee haue aleadged Wherunto doeth saynt Augustin agree Augu. in psa 32.109 and in manye other places where he sayeth Fidelis dominus qui se nobis debitorem fecit non aliquid a nobis accipiendo sed omnia nobis promittendo That is to saye The Lorde is faithfull who hath made him selfe a debtoure vnto vs not by receauinge anye thynge of vs but by promissinge vnto vs all thinges Here we learn how god is become debtour vnto vs 1. Cor. 4. and hath bounde him selfe to croune or reward our good works not by receauing any thinge of vs for what haue we that we haue not receaued Rom. 11. and if we haue receaued whye doe we boeste or glory asthough we had not receaued Agayne who gaue him fyrste and he shall be recompensed but by his faythfull promisses whiche he hath made vnto his electe and chosen people DYDI. What so euer ye saye of the reward I meane why and wherefore it is geuen vnto oure good workes yet it can not sinke in to my headde but that we may by them meryte or deserue some parte of oure saluation PHI. How coulde that be The causes why we can by our good workes merit no part of oure saluation neyghboure Dydimus syth that we are not our owne men but are wholye the Lordes of whome we haue bene created fyrst and afterwardes redemed from synne and eternall death by the price of his bloude Ye are bought sayeth S. Paule wyth a greate price And in an other place We are the Lords whether we lyue or dye None of vs do lyue vnto him selfe What merite then canne we pretende 1. Cor. 6. or what rewarde canne we claime of him whose we are wholye or altogether Therfore eyther let vs take away this absolute power of God which he hath ouer vs all as ouer his owne peculiar good Rom. 14. or let vs acknowledge that it is not meete for seruauntes to boaste and bragge of theyr meryttes agaynste theyr master nor yet to aske for rewardes If the master doeth accepte the faithfulnesse and diligence of his seruaunt and doth impute it vnto him for a meritte iudginge him worthye to be made free that oughte to be attributed vnto his goodnesse and not vnto dutye as thoughe he were bound vnto him therefore We are all debtours vnto God when we haue don all that we can do we haue but paied our debt because that he is faitfull and serueth fayethfully and truly For the seruaunt so doinge doeth but his dutye and onlesse he shoulde do it he were worthy of punishement No man excepte he be of a singular good nature wyll geue thankes to his debtour because that he hath paied him his debte And the debtour were verye impudente or shamelesse if he as thoughe he had wel merited woulde therefore claime a rewarde because that he hadde payed his debte He that beinge a seruaunte or a debtour doeth that thinge which he is bounde to do can boaste of no merite But such are we al yea when we be alredy made righteous and do the things that we are commaunded to doe Let neuer this sayinge of Christe go out of oure myndes When ye haue done what so euer I haue commaunded you saye ye we are vnprofitable seruaunts But how manye of vs canne do the tenthe parte of that whiche we are commaunded with such a perfection as God requireth What can we then meritte or deserue Adde vnto it that we are not onelye seruaunts and debtours to God in al things but also so void of al goodnesse and Godly strength that we can not as muche as thinke a good thinge 2. Cor. 3. muche lesse that of oure selues we shoulde be able too performe it in dede so that we haue nede that al our sufficiency or ablenesse be ministred vnto vs by the diuine grace of god Therfore the Apostle doth plainlye affirme that it is God Phi. 2. that worketh in vs both the wyl the deede accordinge to his good wyll That then we wyll anye thinge that good is and do in dede perfourme it it cometh not of our owne wyll and strength but it is both the wyll and worke of God workynge in vs accordinge to his good pleasure Whence then haue we oure fayth loue hope the fear of God patience in aduersitye Whence haue we oure good wyl and strength to doe good If we haue these thinges of our selues we haue wherein to glorye or reioyce But if we haue al these thinges of the gratuite and fre grace of God what doth it folow but that we ought rather to geue thankes to the goodnesse of God than to Obiecti ∣ on 8 boaste of our merites EVTRAPE I was once in a place where they made this obiection agaynste me Be not these saye they the wordes of the Apostell 2. Timo. 4. I haue foughte a good fight and haue fynished my course I haue kept the fayth from hence foorihe then is layed vp for me the croune of righteousnesse whyche the Lorde the righteouse iudge shall geue me at that daye What coulde be spoken more playnelye than thys For the Apostell doth make mention both of the worke that he hadde done and also of the rewarde that he loked for at Gods handes DYDI. I would fayne heare what answer ye made vnto them For this obiection is made many tymes againste you of them that be of a contrarye iudgemente and opinion Aunswer EVTRA. I aunswered them out of saint Augustine where he writeth on this maner An non ipse dedit vt bonum certamen certares Sinō ipse dedit quid est Aug. in 50. homelis 14. home quod alio leco dicis Plus illis omnibus laboraui Non autem ego sed gratia dei mecum Ecce iterum dicis Cursum consummaui Non et ipse dedit vt cursum consūmares Si non ipse dedit vt cursum consūmares quid est quod alto loco dicis nō volentis ne que currentis sed miserntis est dei Fidem seruaui Seruasti Agnosco et probo fateor seruasti Sed nisedominus custodierit ciuitatem invanum

The ouer throw of the iustification of workes and of the vain doctrin of the merits of men with the true assertion of the iustification of faith and of the good workes that procead or come of the same and in what respect our good workes are crouned or rewarded of God sette foorth dialoge wise by Iohn Veron Ephe. 2. Ye are saued by grace and that throughe fayth not of your selues it is the gyfte of God not of workes least any man shoulde glorye ¶ Newlye set foorthe and alowed accordynge to the order appoynted in the Quenes maiesties iniunctions Ano. 1561. TO THE RIGHT honorable Syr Iames Blount knight Lord Mont ioy c. Iohn Veron wisheth grace peace of conscience and encrease of Godlye honoure frome God the father throughe his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. HEre haue I added right honourable Lorde vnto my treatises of predestination and of free wyll a small booke whiche I haue entituled The ouer throwe of the iustification of workes and of the vayne doctryne of the merites of men with the true assertion of the iustification of fayeth and of the good workes that do proceade of the same and in what respecte our good workes are rewarded or crouned of God because that these doctrines do so depende one of an other that they can in no wyse be separated or put a sunder onlesse we wyll wante the perfecte vnderstandinge of them all and so be blynde styll in the cheyfest and moste principall poyntes of oure relygion Of predestination howe frutefull and necessarye the doctrine of it is what so euer the swynishe gruntynge Epicures and carnall worldelinges doth saye to the contrary I wyl speake nothing nowe at this presente because that I am fullye determined by the healpe and assistaunce of the holye spirite of God shortlye to set foorthe an Apologye or defence of my doctrine touchinge that poynte of our religion beyng directed to the quenes maiestye vnto whome the treatyse therof is dedicated Neyther do I nede greatlye to speake of the doctrine of free wyll sythe that in the settinge foorthe of it I haue so tempered my style that I kepte my selfe alwayes within the lymites and boundes of Gods worde goinge neyther on the ryghte nor on the lefte hande but walkinge styll in that most sure and plain hyghe waye that the Patriarches Prophettes and Apostels wyth the Godlye aunciente wryters of the primitiue church had alreadye trodden or beaten vnto vs. Many obiections of the Popepelagians and free wyllmen of our tyme which neuer were touched before haue I fully answered in it as it shall playnlye appeare vnto them that wyll wyth a syngle eye and with an vprighte iudgement reade the whole treatise The only marke that I shoote at in all these woorkes is that the grace of God maye be throughlye magnified and the vayne gloryinge of men in theyr owne strength which all thinges beynge rightly considered and diligently wayed is nothinge at al beinge taken awaye the whole glorye of oure saluation shuld be geuen only vnto the mercy goodnes of our heauenly father ▪ who as by the death passion bloudshedding of his son Iesu Christ doeth fully saue vs so by his holye spirit he doeth regenerate vs and takinge awaye our stony heartes from vs he geueth vs fleshy hearts that is obedyente and treatable he maketh vs of vnwyllinge wyllinge ▪ of the bounde slaues of synne the seruauntes of his sonne Iesu Christ for to serue him in holynesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of oure lyfe and so brynginge vs in to the freedome of the children of God for where the spirit of the Lord is there is fredome he maketh vs to walke in those good workes that he hath prepared for vs to walke in Neyther can it iustely be sayed that eyther in my booke of predestination or in my booke of free wyll I did minister to any man occasion eyther to lyue lycentiouslye asthough it made no matter how they lyue that are by the immutable decree of God ordayned vnto lyfe euerlastinge or to beslacke in doynge of those good woorkes that are required of vs in Goddes booke Whiche all menne shall moste euidently see excepte they wyll be wylfullye blinde by this booke that now at this present I haue set foorth and dedicated vnto your honourable Lordship whom I see of all men to be most earnestlye geuen vnto good letters and moste principally to the study of the holy and sacred scriptures Which as it is a thinge verye rare amonge the greatest part of the noble men of our tyme so wyl it be a most precious ornamente bothe to you and to to the honourable stocke that ye come of For what greater cōmendacion can there be to suche as ye are than to haue a knowledge and vnderstandinge of the liberall sciences and of the tonges that they be written in and specially to be so acquainted wyth the infallible worde of God the onlye Antidotus or conterpoyson against all venimous sects and heresyes that ye shal at all tymes be able mightely to withstande all false and erroneous doctrines that by the procuremente of Sathane the deuyll the enemye of oure saluation haue heretofore rysen and doo daylye ryse in Christes church I do here let passe how muche good ye wyll do by youre good example vnto those that are of the basseste sort when they see your Lordship to be so seriously geuen to suche vertuous excercises it wyll be an wonderfull encoragemente vnto them and vnto the other that be of the same degree that ye are of or of an higher a marueylous prickinge forrewardes For if ther be any sparke or drop of Godly shamefastenes in them they wil blushe and be ashamed when they shall heare you grauely and learnedly to reason of highe matters of learninge and of the principall poynts of our religion to stand lyke domme and paynted ymages and able to saye nothinge Therfore go on styll as ye haue Godlye begonne beinge most sure that he which hath of his free mercy and goodnesse begonne this good worke in you by his holy spirit styrring vp your hearte to such Godly studyes wyll shortlye performe it and bringe to suche a perfect end that it wyl be not onely to your euerlastinge comforte but also to the vnspeakeable vtility vnd profit of your own naturall contrey I woulde haue declared brieflye what be the chiefest poyntes that I do entreate of in this my boke but because that the argumente of it is set foorth afore the beginninge of the whole woorke I haue thought it vnnecessarye Here therfore wyll I make an ende most humblye besechinge your good Lordship too take this my symple laboure in good parte not so much consideringe the smallnesse of the gyfte as the heart and pure good wyll or zeale of the geuer Thus the eternal and euerlasting god preserue bothe youre good Lordshippe and my good ladye youre wyfe wyth all youre Godlye famylye and household ¶ The argument of the whole boke FYrste