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A10770	An exposicion in Englishe vpon the Epistle of .S. Paule, to the Colossians wherin the letter is purely declared, with many good exhortations to flee vice, and to take vertue, as shall appere clerely to the faithfull reader throughout all this epistle: written by Lancelot Ridley of Cantorbury. Anno salutis humanæ M.D.XLVIII.; Exposicion in Englishe upon the Epistle of. S. Paule to the Colossians.	Ridley, Lancelot, d. 1576.	1548 (1548)	STC 21039; ESTC S104540	65,741	282

Ephe. v By God inwardly workyng by his spirite that cutteth from the harte all euil thoughtes carnal lustes and affeccions and this is called the circumcision of the harte signified in the olde lawe by the outward Circumcision of the flesh And this our baptisme is come to vs in the stede of circumcision to the Iewes and is as necessarie and more profitable to vs then was Circumcisiō to the Iewes in the tyme of the old law And as it was necessary by Gods cōmaundement Gene. xvii That all young men children should be Circumcised the eighte daie So it is no lesse necessarie that all young children should be Baptised for without Baptisme none can bee saued Ihon .iii. Math .xxviii. Marke .xvi. Therfore the Anabaptistes are greatly to bee blamed that would not haue young children Christened or Baptised in the water and in the holy Ghost Of Baptisme of young children I haue spoken Ephe. iiii Therfore I do not speake of it in this place any more And you whē you wer ded by synne and by the vncircūcisiō of your flesh together with hym he hath quickened you again forgeuyng to you all youre synnes and put awaie that hand writyng that was against vs conteined in the lawe writtē with the decre that was contrary to vs and that toke he clere awaye and fastened it to the crosse hath spoyled Rule and power and hath made a shewe of theim openly and hath triūphed ouer thē in his awne persone The Apostle here sheweth the thyng that he shewed more at large Ephe. ii That is what we are of our selfes mightes and powers what we be by Christ By our awne nature receiued of Adam we wer ded by synne originall and of our selfes by actuall synne but by Christe alone we be restored again to life and God hath forgeuen vs our synnes frely without our merites or deseruinges for Christes sake onely and where we wer Gentiles vncircumcised now bee Circumcised in oure hartes haue cutte awaie from our hartes all carnall affeccions lustes appetites contrary to the spirite of GOD. And where as the hande writyng was against vs that is where as the law written called hand written did conuince vs of synne that wee could not deny but we wer synners and for our synne had deserued death and we wer worthie death yet it pleased God onely of his mere mercie and grace to forgeue vs our synnes and to make vs heires of the heauenly inheritaūce and partakers of his glory by Iesus Christe Also where as the lawe did condempne vs for our syn to death it pleased God of his mercie not onely to forgeue vs our synnes but also to take awaie that hande writyng that condēpneth vs for synne to deth and that writyng was the lawe of God written that shewed all men to be synners in the sight of GOD and no man to bee iuste Christe onely excepted in the sight of God and for sinne worthie death The Apostle here vseth a Metaphor of a writyng or of an obligacion made where men be bound to fulfill the writyng or obligacion made This writing is the lawe of God it requireth that all men should fulfill the lawe no manne fulfilled the lawe Christ onely excepted wherefore al men was found by the lawe gyltie worthie death because thei fulfilled not the law that thei were bounde to kepe This lawe Christ not onely for himself but for all them that beleue in hym or shall beleue in hym to the worldes ende did fulfill that it shall not bee imputed to theim that beleue in Christe any trasgression of the lawe for Christ is the fulfiller of the law and we by hym in hym Christ is the perfeccion of the lawe to al thē that beleue in hym Ro. x. 2 He hath fastened it to the crosse Now he sheweth when he deliuered vs from synne and brake in peces the Obligacion that condempneth vs to death for synne it was whē he suffered death vpon the crosse for vs and toke our synnes vpon his backe Esay liii And in that suffryng he ouercame the deuill and all our enemies synne death and hell and the deuill and all wicked spirites whom he calleth here rule and power and in token of victorie he sprede abrode banners of victorie and the spoyles of enemies diuided and did triumph noblely ouer his enemies and that by no other power or mighte but by his awne power and might and strength that al honor and glory should be geuē to God alone and to none other for all victories had ouer our enemies to declare vnto vs by whom and in whose name and power wee shall ouercome oure enemies the deuill the worlde and the fleshe that is in the name of Christe and by Christe alone and not by holy water sprynkelyng or by the sound of an holy bell by a palme crosse holy candle or other sorcery or witcherie as some folishly and supersticiously hath thought for these cānot driue awaie the deuill but rather the deuill is kepte and mainteined by suche false trustes vain hope lies for Christ droue not away the deuill when he was tēpted of the deuill Mat. iiii With holy water holy candle palmes or crosses but by the woorde of GOD resistyng all temptacions of the deuil and so by the woorde of God muste we resist and ouercome the deuill Ephesi vi Therefore let no man iudge you in meate or drynke or in parte of the holy daie as the newe Moone or Sabboth dayes which are shadowes of thynges to come the body verely is of Christ The Apostle semeth here to gather a conclusion of the wordes and sentences goyng before after this maner forasmuche as Christ hath restored you ded to life again and hath circumcised your hartes and forgeuen you all your synnes and takē awaie that hande writyng that condēpned you to death for sin in you ye and also hath ouercomed all your aduersaries that was against you or would haue accused yon and hath had victorie ouer thē And also you in Christ haue all iustice holines wisedome forgeuenes of synne redempcion saluacion life and all perfeccion fredom from al captiuitie of the deuill synne death or hell fire from all seruitude and bondage of the lawe and that by Christe onely that you hauyng and possessyng Christe by true faithe haue no nede of the lawe or workes of it that you should not thynke the lawe necessary to saluacion that is that you should not thynke that without you kepe the lawe and all the Ceremonies of it you could not bee saued as some thought no man could be saued without he were Circumcised in the fleshe accordyng to the old lawe Gene. xvii Commaunded to Abraham and his posteritie duryng the tyme of the law but against that opinion saincte Paule throughout all his Epistles laboreth and sheweth plainly that Circumcision is not necessary to saluaciō but that without Circumcision and workes of the lawe such as beleue in Christe shal bee saued although

some will aske a question whether we should do good deedes for hope of eternall life or no To this question maie be made answer thus that we must do good workes appoynted vs of GOD to do principally for God and for his loue because we are his creatures made to do good woorkes and to walke in them lookyng for that rewarde that he hath bothe frely promised will frely geue accordyng to his promise to all thē that with a sure faith and constaunt hope do perseuer and continue in the wayes of the Lorde kepyng his commaundementes Secondely for the rewardes sake promsed vs of God we must do good workes so that in all oure workes we muste moste chiefly and aboue all thynges looke to the will pleasure loue and glory of GOD. Thirdely to our profite glorie or life to come wee muste so in all our workes loke for the glory of God that skarce once wee should remembre oure profit or glory to come for if we seke more our awne profite and glory then the glory of God we bee but mercemarii hirelynges vnworthy that glory immortall life in the worlde to come with Christ whiche glory cānot bee bought by woorkes of vs but we muste come to it onely of the free gifte of God and of his mercie and grace Roma vi Of the whiche before you harde by the true word of the Gospel whiche is come to you as to all the worlde and as it fructifieth throughout the whole worlde so it doeth emonges you since that daie you heard and haue knowen the grace of God by the truthe And as you haue learned of Epaphras our welbeloued seruaunt whiche is for you a faithfull minister of Christ which shewed to vs youre loue in the spirite The Apostle shewed before their mercifulnes to the poore sainctes and faithfull in Christ for hope of reward layed vp for them in heauen now he sheweth how thei gotte that hope that it was by the true preachyng of the Gospell whiche Epaphras preached vnto thē Learne here how hope of heauenly rewarde and life commeth that it commeth by preachyng of the Gospell of Christe whiche is called here the true woorde of the Gospell and the truthe it self If hope of heauenly rewarde commeth by the preaching of the Gospell as it dooeth in deede then what hope of heauenly rewarde can thei haue where as the word of the Gospel is not peached or what hope of heauenly life haue thei that will not here the worde of God preached That contempneth and despiseth it and estemeth it no better then a foolishe tale of Robyn Hoode Guye of Warwicke or Beuis of Hampton surely no hope at al. Learne here also how necessary a thyng for our saluaciō is the preachig of Gods worde that without it seldom be geuen faithe hope or charitie For faithe commeth by hearyng hearyng by the word of God Roma x. And hope commeth by the true woorde of the Gospell as here is shewed and Charitie spryngeth out of true faithe and sure hope The Apostle garnisheth the Gospell with his due laude and cōmendacion callyng it the true woorde that deceiueth no man the truthe it self that none should doubt of it but that euery man that loueth the truth should be glad to here the Gospell preached or taught because it is the truth and putteth away all falsed lies errors and heresies 2 And as it fructifieth throughout the whole worlde so it doeth emōges you He saith the Gospell to fructyfye and encrease throughout all the whole world as emōges thē that thei should more reioyse and be glad as all good menne reioyseth when the Gospell gooeth forwardes and fructifieth and euill men be sory that the Gospell is purely and sincerely preached receiued and beleued but thei geue thankes to God for it Here we learne to be our office to bee glad to here the Gospell of God to bee preached sincerely and to geue God thankes for it 3 Sence that daie you harde and haue knowen the grace of God by the truthe He sheweth how long the Gospell hath fructefied emōges them euen sence that daie thei heard the grace of God and knewe it by the true preachyng of the Gospell And here we maie lerne diuerse good lessons First that faithe is sure and firme that commeth by the worde of truthe Secondly that the sincere preachyng of the gospell not to bee vain or frustrate although it is not knowen how it dooth fructifie and in whō at the first to hym that preacheth yet it goeth not away in vain as the Prophet Esaie saieth Thirdely the benefites or the grace of God bee knowen by the pure preachyng of the Gospell of truth and not of mē or of a multitude of men that call theimselfes the church when it maie be doubted of whether thei bee any membre of the churche or no seyng their workes be so contrary to Christes true Churche Fourthely learne that the grace of GOD and his benefites is surely knowen by the truth of gods word And here it semeth that saincte Paule would haue vs to learne and know Christ and the grace of God by no other thyng but by the truth and to iudge euery thyng by the truthe of Goddes holy worde for the holy ghost is the moste surest declarer of hymself Learne also that Christ and the grace of GOD and Gods benefites is there vnknowen where as the woorde of God is not preached and how can God be loued feared or dread where as he is not knowen Or howe can there be any health or eternall saluacion where as is no loue feare ne dread of God And if it bee life eternall as it is in deede witnes sainct Ihon. xvii to knowe GOD the father and his sonne Iesus Christe then it muste nedes followe that it is death not to knowe God the father and his sonne Iesus Christ and Gods benefites to vs for Christes sake these benefites be vnknowen where as the worde of God is not taught therfore se how necessarie it is for oure saluaciō to haue the worde of God plenteously preached and truly taught that God might be knowē loued feared and dread and his wil and pleasure fulfilled of al men Finally learne here how farr be thei from health life and saluacion that will not here the worde of God but contempneth to here it ye dispiseth it and the true preachers of it slaunders backebites persecutes and as muche as in them lieth goeth aboute to let hinder and vtterly to stoppe and quenche the word of God and to bryng to deathe the faithfull ministers of Gods holy worde the necessarie foode of our soule and yet of the ignoraunt it is thought poyson and death of the soule God turne the hartes of suche and make theim his seruauntes 4 And as you haue learned of Epaphras our welbeloued seruaunt whiche is for you a faithful seruaunt of Christ Now he sheweth who it was that firste preached the gospel to these Colossians not Paule hymself but

the true preachers and setters furthe of it This place also reproueth all thē that do abuse Godly knowlege and vse it for their carnall libertie sensuall pleasure worldly honor and dignitie ease reste profite and for their belie sakes such do not serue God but their belies whose ende is deathe and their glory here shal bee in tyme to come to their confusion shame and euerlastyng death Phili. iii. if thei do not repent and amend for Godly wisedom is geuē that thei should serue and please god and not theimselfes or their belies And suche bely beastes bee the cause that the worde of God is euill spoken on because thei doo abuse their knowlege and turneth it to their carnall pleasures proffites or glory But suche let theim put awaie ignoraunce and take vnto thē Godly wisedome and knowlege and study to liue after Godly knowlege or els their knowlege shal be to their more condempnaciō as Luke sayeth the seruaunte knowyng the will of his Maister and not doyng it is worthy greate punishement and many plagues to bee laied vpon his backe 2 Fructifiyng in all good workes Godly wisedō here desired willeth vs to fructify in al good woorkes that is It would wee should bryng furth al maner of good workes not one worke alone as some there bee that thynke it sufficient for theim to haue doen one good woorke as some to haue builded a Chaūtry some an Abbay some a house of Fryers some a Nunnery some an Hermitage some a Guylde some a Candle some a Torche euer to burne in suche a churche before this Image or that Image whiche be workes not cōmaunded of God nor yet required of man to the which no promise of rewarde is promised of God but Godly knowlege takē out of scripture teacheth mē not onely to do one good worke but to do all maner of good workes appoynted in holy scripture to be doen. This place doeth seme to declare that holy scripture is able to shewe all maner of good workes that there is no worke to bee called good excepte it bee commended and also commaūded to be doen in holy scripture And this saiyng of sainct Paule reproueth those men that thynketh the holy scriptures cannot teache all necessarie truthes sufficient for our saluacion those men sainct Paule .ii. Timothe iii reproueth saiyng the holy scriptures to be able to instruct mē in righteousnes that he maie be made perfite and ready to do al maner of good workes He excepteth none If the holy ghost had thought other workes then holy scripture speaketh of to haue been necessary for our saluacion and that suche workes of necessitie ought to be doen he would not haue said I thinke the holy scripture to instructe vs and to make vs ready to doo all good workes 3 Increasyng in knowlege The Apostle would wee should bee fulfilled not onely with all wisedome and spirituall vnderstandyng but also he would we should increase in knowlege euery daie bee better and better learned and haue more more knowlege of Gods holy worde Here we maie se that euery man bee he neuer so well learned before yet he maie learne more wisedome and knowlege of Gods holy worde Ye we se it is euery mannes duetie euery daie to learne of Gods holy word more and more knowlege and to increase in the same This place sharpely reproueth all men that wil not learne knowlege of goddes holy woorde and specially priestes that will not learne but rather spend their tyme idlely at Cardes or Dise then thei will loke vpon the newe Testament or of the old Testament and wil bee no better learned then thei wer the first daie thei wer made priestes Ye this place reproueth all them that will not heare sermons Lectures of diuinitie in Englishe or in Latyn or in that tongue thei vnderstand ye this place cōdempneth all them that thynke it is enough for the rude people to saie their Pater noster and Aue Maria and the Credo and with them to bee contented and needeth to learne no more knowlege when saincte Paule would we should euery daie increase more and more in knowlege and spiritual wisedom and as thei increase in knowlege of God so he would thei should increase in Godlines in vertue that thei might be strengthened with al Godly power strength able to beare all aduersitie paciently geuyng thankes to God in their state liuyng vprightly in their vocacion whiche hath made vs able to the felowship of sainctes in light whiche hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenes and hath trāslated vs into the kyngdō of his wel beloued sonne by whom we haue redempciō and by his blood forgeuenes of synnes Now the Apostle turneth hym to the chief matter and cause for the which he wrote this Epistle that it was to shewe health and eternall life to be geuē to vs all frely by Christ without respect merite or dignitie of our woorkes or of any thyng that is in vs. And first he sheweth part of the benefites that we haue receiued by Christ Firste that when we wer vnable to thinke to will or to do any good worke or deede he made vs able and did geue vs power to thynke will and do good Of the whiche wee maie learne that all power to thynke will or do good commeth not of our selfes but of GOD the aucthor of all goodnes as saincte Iames saieth Iames .i. Second we be made partakers of the inheritaunce of sainctes in lighte that is of that heauenly inheritaunce that holy sainctes be of in light and in glory and thus wee bee made not by our selfes but by Christ when we were before farr frō it hauyng no right ne title to chalenge or clayme the heauenly glory for our inheritaunce Now by Christ we haue right title to claime it for our inheritaūce He addeth in light as he would saie our inheritaunce was before in darkenes now it is in light of the father of light by Christe Thirdly God hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenes and translated vs into the kingdō of his welbeloued sonne Iesus Christe for whose sake alone we wer deliuered frō all power of darkenes that is of the deuill the aucthor of darkenes and from al workes of darkenes as from synne death hell and from euerlastyng dampnacion also the father of heauen hath takē vs awaie frō all darkenes and blyndnes of ignoraunce of Gods holy word and brought vs into his truthe and into the lighte of the veritie of Gods holy woorde now openly preached and shewed thankes be to God We wer some tymes as saieth sainct Paule Ephe. ii The children of the Ire of God and of darkenes but wee are now made the children of God by adopciō and of light as children of light let vs walke in all iustice veritie and goodnes before wee were in darkenes and did walke in darkenes in much Idolatrie supersticion and feined holines thynkyng that wee pleased God very well when we highly