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A12685	The su[m] of diuinitie drawn out of the holy scripture very necessary, not only for curates [et] yong studentes in diuinitie: but also for al christen men and women what soeuer age they be of. Drawn out of Latine into Englyshe by Robert Hutten.; Margarita theologica. English.	Spangenberg, Johann.; Hutton, Robert, d. 1568.; Turner, William, d. 1568.	1548 (1548)	STC 23004; ESTC S126460	78,484	290

loste for he hath ben dead for our synnes whych he hath al clensed purged by his death hath abolished our death and he is made resurrection lyfe vnto al them which beleue He which beleueth in him althoughe he shal be dead yet shal he lyue And euery one whych lyueth beleueth in him shal neuer dye Iohn .xi. Our bodies be mēbres of Christe Therfore lyke as God hath raysed vp Christe our lorde our head euē so will he raise vp vs by his power .i. Corinth vi ¶ Of the rysyng again of the dead ☞ What is the resurrection of the dead IT is wherin at the laste day al men shal ryse from death they which be godly vnto euerlastīg lyfe and they whych be vngodly vnto euerlastyng punishement ❧ How canst thou proue the resurrection of the dead ☞ This article of our fayth is counted the best for whose cause we professe al the other Therfore the scripture specyally the newe Testament is ful of testimonies And to confyrme oure myndes agaynst Epicures opinions and to noryshe fear and our fayth it is good to haue in a redynes many testymonies which may testyfye that we shal rise wyth these same bodies Math xxiii Christe proueth the resurrection of the dead because God hath sayed I am the god of Abraham and the god of Isaac and the god of Iacob etc. God sayth he is not the god of the dead but of the liuyng Therfore it is necessari that holy mē which be dead shall ryse agayne wythe their bodyes Also cap. xix He calleth resurrectiō a regeneratiō whē these bod●es raised from their graues or sepulchres shal be renewed Luke .xiiii. It shal be restored to the resurrection of the iuste Iohan .vi. This is the will of my father that euery one which seth the sone beleueth in him shall haue euerlasting lyfe and I will rayse hym vp agayne in the laste daye Rom. viii If the spirite of hym whiche raised Iesus from death do dwell in you he wyll reuyne your mortal bodies for the spirite of him which dwelleth in you In the same place But we also hauing the first fruits of the spirite do longe after the election of the childer of god amonge our selues lokynge for the redemption of our bodies i. Corinth xv He dothe purposly defend this article thorow out the hole Chap. For he proueth by the resurrection of Christe that we shal also of necessity ryse agayne For therfore hath Christe rysen that he myght ouercome and abolyshe death and that he myght restore anewe an euerlastynge lyfe vnto them whych beleue Lyke as death sayth he entered in by man euen so by man is the resurrectiō of the dead And like as al be dead in Adā euen so shal al be reuiued in Christ ii Cor. iiii Euer cariing about the diyng of Iesu christ in our bodies that the life of Iesu might also appere in our bodies If the lyfe of Christ ought to be declared in our bodies it is necessary that our bodies deliuered from death and raised vp againe shall liue an euerlastynge life If we beleue the Christ is dead hath risē againe Thessa ii euen so wil god bring thē wyth him whych haue sleped ☞ Brynge forth wytnesse out of the olde Testament Esa xxv The face of thē which be wrapped in shal be deuoured in this hill wherwythe all people be wrapped and the couering wherwyth all people be couerede and death shal be deuoured for euermore The prophet calleth the face of them whych be wrapped death synne wherin al people be wrapped for deathe before God is as it were a wrappyng in wherin al the world is inuolued but this wrappyng in in the hil Syon that is in the church shal be abolished frō the godly for that is the fruit of the Gospel that it reuiue thē which be dead ¶ Esaie xxvi The deade shall lyue My kylled menne shal ryse Awake and be mery ye whyche dwel in duste etc. Go my people entre into thy chambre and shite thy dores c. Esech xxxvii Loe I will open your graues bring you out of your sepulchres mi people etc. Iob xix I know that my redemere lyueth and in the laste day shall I be raysed from the erth and I shal be couered agayne in my Skyn in my fleshe I shal fe god my sauiour ¶ To be shorte this artycle is conteined al ouer in the promisses exāples of the fathers For bicause delyueraunce and gloryfication is promised vnto holy men and yet they neuer thelesse be in this lyfe punyshed and in the power of deathe therfore it is necessary an other life to remayne wherin they gloryfied shal lyue euerlastingly So the epistle vnto the Hebrues teacheth that the fathers of the old testament keped the faythe and beleue of resurrectiō For in faith be they al dead not receyuyng the promysses etc. Therfore Iacob commaunded his childer to bury him in the sepulchre of his fathers And Ioseph commaūded his bones to be caried out of Egipt ☞ Shal al men ryse both good and euel The resurrection of al men shall be one comō as wel of the godly as of the vngodly but in vnlyke conditiō For the godly shal ryse into euerlastyng lyfe but the vngodlye into iudgement and euerlastyng paynes ☞ Proue that the vngodly shal also rise wyth there bodies vnto punishment ☞ Iohn .v. Christe sayth The hour shall come wherin all they whych be in theyr graues shall heare the voyce of the son of man and they whych haue done good shal procede into resurrection of lyfe but they whych haue done euel into resurrection of iudgmēt ¶ Daniel .xii. Manye of these whych do slepe in the duste of the earth shall awake Some into euerlastyng lyfe and some into Euerlastyng reproffe that they mai se euermore ii Corinth iiii We must al appeare before the iustice seate of Christe that euery one maye make account of his owne deedes like as he hath done whether it be good or euel Math. x. Feare hym whych can cast both the body and the soule into euerlasting fire Esai lxvi They shal goe forth se the carcases that is to saye the bodies of men whyche haue broken my commaundementes The worme of them shal not dye and the fire shal not be quenched and al fleshe shal be ful wyth syght of them ☞ How shal the resurrection be ¶ Paule .i. Corinth xv In the twyncklyng of an eye in the last trumpet for the trumpet shall blowe and the deade shall aryse vncorrupted we shall be chaunged ☞ How shall this alteration be ¶ That whyche is corruptible saith he must be made vncorruptible and that which is mortalle must be chaunged into immortalitie but when that whych is corruptyble shal be made incorruptible and that whych is mortal shal be chaunged into immortalitie Then shal the word be fulfylled whych is wryten death is deuoured and swalowed vp in the

partes accordynge vnto the condicion or greatenes of the faute and accordynge vnto theyr synnes so hadde they theyr rules or canonnes ☞ What is satisfaction after the papystes ¶ It is to do certayne workes prescribed to redeme paynes out of purgatorye or other temporall paines For the papistes say that synne is not forgyuen by absolution but the euerlastyng paine that was due for the synnes to be chaunged into temporall payne of purgatorye Then after saye they that some of those synnes be forgyuen by the powre of the keyes and some to be redemed wyth oure satisfactions that is with thos appointed workes So then do they teache that satisfactions deserue remission and to be a recōpence of euerlasting paines ☞ From whence commeth satisfactyon of the papistes ❧ In old time famouse sinners were not receyued into the churche wythoute open chastysynge for a certayne tyme thys was called open repentaūce and satisfaction and it was a certain outwarde and polityke order instituted by men not that it was satisfaction before God or that synnes were therefore forgyuen Afterwardes that order beynge abolyshed the worde onlye of satisfaction remayned Whereupon vnlearned men afterwardes made of a politicke order a spirituall order as a thinge necessary for remission of sinnes What is to be iudged of remission of payne and whether the keys can charg one wyth punyshment or take it away or no ❧ Fyrste of all it is to be knowē that remission as well of synne as punishment is of oure parte the vndeserued benifit of Christ and that we are deliuered both from sin and euerlastinge death ☞ Thē is dyfference to be made betwene euerlastynge payne and temporall payne for althoughe remission of euerlastyng payn be ioined with the remissyō of the syn yet neuerthelesse holy mē in this lyfe suffer cōmō miseres of mākind as corporal death and other miseries wherof Paule sayth the bodye is mortified for sinne ▪ And god somtyme punisheth for certayne sins lyke as dauid suffered punishmēt for hys adultry But that is not vniuersal for synnes be forgiuē with out the due punyshmēt Thyrdly The punishmēt whiche god doth ioyne can no powre of keyes remitte nor they haue no commandemēt of remittynge or enioining anye suche punishmente ¶ Fourthlye it is to be knowen that suche punishmentes be ofte mytigated or eles taken altogyther awaye by oure repentaunce Lyke as many tymes boeth common and pryuate myseries were mitygated by repentaunce as Paul sayeth if we woulde iudge our selfe we shuld not be iudged of the Lorde Fiftly aduersityes of mē be not alwayes punyshmentes for certayne synnes as the aduersytyes of Iob and other saintes Also the punishmēt of the Apostles and martyrs but they be synguler workes of god wherewyth the fayth of holy mē is exercised and the glorye of God is set furth Moreouer vertuouse men must iudge also thys to be the end and purpose of suche paynes and aduersityes that they be not tokens of the wrath of god but of goddes good wil that is to saye that god wyl them to be exercyses wherewyth synne maye be abolyshed out of vs and the spirituall newenes maye growe Nor godlye men oughte not to esteme that they be caste awaye of God as Paule sayeth We be corrected of the Lorde leste we shoulde be condemned with this world ¶ Of absolucion ☞ What is absolution IT is a certification of remissyon of synnes and of the mercye of God toward synners For so sayeth Christ Math. xviii what so euer ye louse vpō earth it shal be loused in heauen And. Iohn xx whose synnes ye shall forgyue they shal be forgiuen ☞ Maye a man haue ofter then once remission of synnes Yes when Peter axed Christ howe ofte shall I forgyue my brothere He answered seuentye tymes seuē tymes Paul saieth If a man be possessed with any syn ye that be spirituall correcte hym in the spirite of gentilnes And the churche prayeth daily forgiue vs our faultes And Christe sayeth Luke .xv. There is Ioye amonge the Angeles of god for one sinner which doeth repent ☞ Dooe the Nouatians and Catharines rightly deny that they which fall after Baptisme dooe not obtayne remissyon of synnes Those heretikes do mischeuously erre For manye exāples maye be shewed boeth of the olde testament and the newe where they whyche were fallen dyd purches remission of sinnes and absolucion of Christe and the churche For an example by Dauid manasses Peter The church of the Galathyās was fallen called againe to repētaūce by Paul And Paule hym selfe commaundeth the lecherouse mā of the Corrinthians to be receiued after repentaūce The Lord speaketh also by Ezechiel xxxiii I lyue sayeth the Lord I wyl not the death of a synner but rather that he be conuerted and lyue Here doeth god make an oth the cōsciēces this maye be comforted and lifted vp when they here not onely the promis but also that it is established wyth an othe ☞ But what say ye to the places of the Epistel to the Hebrues .vi. It is impossible that they which be once lightened c. And .x. the whiche sinne voluntarily c. ❧ These places dooe not denye them whiche be fallen to returne vnto grace the benifit of Christ For the fyrste place intreateth of the cursed blasphemars obstinate personnes whych agaynste their owne conscience do persecute the word of god and do so sore dispise admoniciō and repentaunce that they supposinge them selfe sure dooe triumphe and dooe greately reioice in thē selfe for their wisdome because they were so bolde as to mocke the worde of God These can not be renued so long as they continue and crucyfye Christe and do not obey the gospell The other place commaundeth to kepe the fauour and benifit of Christe and to be ware that it be not loste For he which loseth the benifit of Christ is accused of iudgement ☞ Is there a synne whyche can not be forgyuen ¶ Christe Math. xii maketh distinction betwene the syn whyche may be forgyuen and that which cannot be forgyuen Who so euer speaketh a word agaynst the sonne of manne it shal be forgeuen hym But he whych speaketh a worde against the holye goste shall not be forgyuen neythere in thys worlde nor in the world to come And Iohn sayeth He whych knoweth hys brothere to commytte a synne whyche is not deadelye lette hym praye for hym and it shall be forgyuen him But ther is a synne vnto death I saie not that anye manne shal praye for it ☞ Which is syn agaynste the holye gooste ☞ Saynte Austyne vnderstandeth synne agaynst the holy goste eyther in them whiche continually do neuer repent and whych receyue not the Gospell or eles desperation For these synnes be plainly contrary vnto grace and dooe reiecte it Other synnes when we fleye vnto grace be forgeuen Therfore S. Augustine doeth so interprete the sayenge of Christe He that speaketh a worde agaynst the holy gost that is to saye he which finally doeth forsake and cast a waye

promisses and the worde of God Also wyth blessynges as well bodyly as gostly Psalm Cxxviii Thou shalt eate the laboures of thy handes thou shalt be blessed and it shal be well wythe the. Thy wyfe lyke as a byne tre c. Also Matrimony is a token of the spirituall Mariage felowship which is the churche of Christ Ephe. v. ☞ Is mariage fre for al men Yes before Christes tyme virginitie was condemned nor it was not admitted that any should remayn virgyns for the sede which was to come Because it was vncertayn of what woman Chryste shoulde be borne And it was the cursse of the lawe not to brynge furth seed in Israel But nowe is Matrimony free .i. Cor. vii concernyng virgins I haue no commaundemēt c. But Christ doth accept three kyndes of gelded mē Math. xix These except noman ought to be without Mariage ¶ Of inuocation of Sayntes ☞ Are saints to be called vpon for mediators NO for Paul saythe there is one mediatour of God and man a man Iesus Christ .i. Tim. ii And Roman viii Iesus Christ which was dead which also hath rysen agayne whiche sitteth at the ryght hand of hys father which also doth pray for vs c. And .i. Ihon .ii. If any manne shall synne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ iust By these sentences is the moost vaine distinctiō confuted wherbi the papistes teache that there be two mediatours that is to saye one of Redemption as Christe And the other of intercession as sayntes ☞ Ought the sayntes to be worsheped ¶ No. For Christe saithe Math .iiii. Thou shalt worship thy lord God and hym alone shalt thou serue And. S. Austen in the boke of treue religion Sayntes are to be honoured for Imitation not for religion And we honor Angels with loue not with bondage nor we buylde not temples for them For sayntes wyl not that we shal worship them so For they knowe vs when we be good to be the temples of God Therfore it is wel wrytten that the Angell dyd forbyde the man to worship hym tolde hym he should worshyp God Apoc xix And xxii ¶ Chrisostomus .vi. Homili De profectu Euangel●… sayth with god we nede no patrōs nor much rūnyng vp and downe to flatter other men But althoughe thou be alone and haue no patrone and if thou wilt thy selfe pray vnto god thou shalt haue thy purpose For god doth not so expressly graunte when other do praye for vs as if we should pray our self although we abounde wythe much synne For an example is the woman of Cananye Math xv ☞ Yet by lordes and Earles must we goes vnto the kynges or Princes ☞ Ambrose Rom. i. Dothe manyfestly confute thys similitude sayinge lyke as he is ryghtly condempned for a trayter whyche gyueth the honour of a king to an Earle or lorde So be they also worthy to be accused whych gyue the honour deue vnto the name of God vnto anye creature and forsaking the Lorde worshippe their felow seruantes Nowe then we make suyt vnto the kyng by hys rulars and officers because he is a man knoweth not vnto whō he hathe committed the common wealth But to obteyne the fauore of god whych knoweth al things we nede no forspeaker but a deuout mynde ☞ How must we then worship saintes We must thinke and speake also most honorably of sayntes For god wyll wythout doubt that we shall honour thē whō he hys selfe doth honour The father doth acknowlege them for hys Chylder The son calleth them brethren felowe heyres The holy goste calleth them hys temple Therfore he whych dothe not honour them doth despyse Christ in them and the grace of God whereby they haue atteined vnto so great holynes and vertue For what dothe he iudge of the holy Church whiche wil not honour our like mēbers in Christe whych be now set at rest certifyed of euerlasting helth The old churche did celebrate the memoryales of sayntes it did thanke god for their deliueraunce for the grace of god gyuē vnto them and for their blessednes for the godly gyftes whych god dyd poure into hys churche by hys sayntes Wee see also in sayntes what the grace of god cā do For when we heare thē which were lyke vnto vs so myghtely to haue ouercome the world death we should by by be prouoked to conceiue the trust of the mercy of god promised in Christ Thē their Examples dooe inflame vs vnto emitation that we praye vnto god for such lyke faythe and folowe the vertues of the sayntes as our vocation and profession is So is oure fayth in Christe confirmed charity is kyndled Hope of euerlastyng lyfe is made stronge we remember that they be not loste but sent before vs vnto the life of the worlde to come Therfore we worshipe them wyth suche kynd of worship and loue as we gyue vnto holy men in this lyfe But with godli honor we nether worshipe nor yet do teache that any other ought to be worshipped but god alone For the sayntes their selues or men or yet Angels will not suffere that to be gyuen vnto them whyche they knowe is due vnto god only Of buryall ☞ Wherupon cometh burieng of the dead OF the word of god Gen. iii. Thou art ashes thou shalt be turned into ashes Bycause this word A pha●… in hebreu signifieth erth which is digged vp or groūd like as it is sene in graues For thys cause thys honeste Ceremony of buryenge dyd euer remayne in the Synagoge and in the church it is a testymony of oure faythe that we beleue the resurrection of the fleshe and of our loue toward our neighbours whych be dead whom we beleue not to be loste but only to be sent before vs nothyng doubtyng but that we shal se al our frendes in the day of the lord and that they and we shal dwelle togither with Christe for euermore The gētiles and specyally the Romaynes dyd burne their deade bodies ❧ Wher must the place of buryeng be Amonge our auncytoryes as wel Iewes as Gentiles Buryenge was wythout the Cyty So Abrahā dyd bye a fielde of Ephrom for the buryieng of his wife Sara Gene xxiii Wher also afterwardes were buried Abraham Isaac Iacob and Ioseph So was the yonge man whom Christe raysed from death caried out at the porte Naim Luke .vii. So Lazarus was buryed wythout Bethania So likewyse the sepulchre of Christe was wythout Iherusalem Therfore remayned this worde Efferrie amonge latine men that is to saye to be caryed out ☞ How must buryal be celebrated ¶ Buryeng ought to be relygyously handled among christen mē for the vndeceyueable hope of our resurrection And the corse must be caried vnto the Sepulchre of godli men And when the body is buried we ought to remēbre that we be al dead dampnable thorowe Adam Then agayne that we be al reuiued in Christe whych hath restored al vnto vs whyche Adam before hath corrupted