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A10579	A lytle treatise after the maner of an epystle wryten by the famous clerk Doctor Vrbanus Regius, vnto a specyall frynde of hys wherin he declareth the cause of the great co[n]trouersy that hath bene [and] is yet at this day in the chrysten relygyon and also the dyuersyte betwene the ryght worshyppyng [and] seruice of God and the ceremonis inuented by mannis institucion, very fruteful and profytable.	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543, artist.	1548 (1548)	STC 20849; ESTC S115824	20,519	56

were wyse ynough of her self in godly matters to what ende then shulde God haue sent Christe the Apostles What nede shuld we haue of the holy scriptures Naye whosoeuer wyll neyther fayle nor erre must nedes loke on Goddes worde euen there no where elles shall he fynde the right truthe and the ryght waye We reade that Christ is the lyght Iohn ● to illumyne the worlde wherof it must nedes followe that she is darke ignoraūt in godly matters And Iohn .xiiij. Ioh. 14. sayth Christ I am the waye the truthe and the lyfe no man cometh vnto the father but by me But what maner of light waye he is and howe a mā may obtayne hym for his owne must be learned onely out of the gospell And Paule saith .ij. 2. Tim. 3 Tim. iij. That the scripture is able to instructe vs vnto saluation Is not this cleare plain ynough that whosoeuer wil knowe the truthe how he shal be saued must learne it out of the scrypture He saith not that he shall folowe hys owne mynde and good intencion Moreouer Moises writeth Deu. xij Deu. 12. that nomā shall do what semeth hī good whiche is as much to say he that will do well be good righteous serue God must learne it of God in his worde and not of his owne wysdome or of menne And Christ sayth Mat. 15 that God is worshypped in vayne wyth mennes preceptes this is spoken playne ynough Yf ye will serue God truely than do it not wyth mennes tradicions for it is in vayne But do it accordinge to the worde of God and than can ye not erre nor do amysse For asmuche nowe as no man by his owne inuented wayes mannes institutions can truely serue God be delyuered from his synnes and be made righteous but muste before all thinges haue Christe to the same We wyll shewe and declare howe and after what sorte the same is done whereby euerye man shal easely perceiue what an Erronious doctryne hath ben preached a great whyle in the Christianitie Therfore note that a man maye be made good and ryghteous after two sortes Marke well First before the worlde euē as a scole-maister kepeth a boye in awe and constrayneth hym weth the rodde and feare of correction to walke regularely and to hurte noman or euen as a magistrate correcteth the euyll doers so strayghtly that the many mē outwardely leade an honeste lyfe for feare of punisshemēt they steale not they kyll nomē they paye theyr debtes they are not ouerous to their neyghbours neyther concernynge his body wyfe nor chylde so that it may be saide they are good honest men suche behaueour and honest conuersacion is good and God doth also require it Therfore hath he in the worlde ordeyned the sworde to the temporall powers Sapi. 6. Rom. 13. 1. Petr. 2 Titu 3. Pro. 20. and. 24. and chastysement of children to thintent that the people maye leade an honest good and stil lyfe not after their owne lustes but that they maye be compelled so to walke that the neighbour maye perceyue it that good peace and outwardely and honest conuersacion maye continue amonge men But yet this is nothynge elles but worke holynes cyuyle policye and wordely ryghteousnes whiche also may be founde well ynough amonge the infydelles which through the lawe of nature in their opinion iudge it good righteous that a man leade an honenest lyfe and conuersacion committe none adultery do no murther steale not lye not and deceaue no man c. to saye for there is no thefe hanged for his thoughtes because he mindeth or intendeth to steale as longe as he doth not accomplysshe the dede But all this is not suffycient before God for he seeth in the harte and wyll that men shall behaue them selues godly in truthe and from the botome of the harte so that the harte mouth and hāde be good ryghteous When is that done Whan ye haue a luste in youre harte to be honeste sober chaste frendlye towardes all men And whan ye haue a lothsomnes and prkesomnes to euil as dronkenes vnclenlynes thefte maliciousnes murther and suche lyke But this is nature not able to do of her selfe Iob. 4.15.25 Psa 14.53 143 Rom. 3. Psal 51. because that the lust of euyll cleaueth so fast vnto vs frō our original natiuite powred into our nature through the fyrste synne in so moch that the scripture doth openly call vs euill peruerse euen from our mothers wōbe Therfore must the harte fyrst be clensed from such vnclenlynes gette pure thoughtes lustes and affections afterwardes may a mā do right good workes than is a man made right good righteous both inwardely and outwardely Nowe teacheth the scrypture that our hart is purifyed by none other thynge but by the true faith in Christe Actu xv Faith commeth by the workinge and illuminatiō of the holy goost Actu 15. by the hearynge of the gospell Rom. x. Rom. 10 Wherfor he that wyll truely be made righteous must purely and syncerely heare and receyue the gospell of Christe or elles he cōtinueth a natural man without grace What is the gospell Marke well It is a predication of Christe what he is and what he doth Math. 9 and .15 Luc. 19. Ioh. 3.12 Roma 5 1. tim 1.2 1. Ioh. 4 Gene. 2. Rom. 6. and .5 as that he was sent from the father of mere loue and fauoure to helpe the synner But howe doth he helpe The synner stycketh faste in synne which he can not amende or put out him selfe he stycketh in death for death is the rewarde of synne Whosoeuer committeth sinne hath after the righteous iudgement of God deserued to dye both temporally and perpetually and to be the deuils owne vnto damnaciō out of which captiuitie noman is able to escape by hys owne power or strēght Man is in such myserable and pyteous case because of his fyrst birth of Adam 1 Co. 15. that he is a synner borne condemned to death and damnation captiue vnder the power of the deuyll in the kingdome of darkenes with body and soule to euerlastinge payne Nowe yf there shulde come a man and paye for the sinne which is deathes stinge and make vs cleane ryghteous destroye the fearfull death make that we myght lyue for euer in body and soule ouercome the deuill make vs fre from his power so that neyther synne deuyll nor death might hurte vs animore were not this well holpen Nowe are not we able to do the same neyther any angell but onely God can do it wyll also do it wherfore he hath sent his onely begotten sonne to become man euen as we a very man in all pointes onely synne excepte which dyed for oure synnes and hath by the onely sacryfyce of his body vpon the crosse and the shedinge of his bloude made amendes for oure sinnes made a perfect satisfaction reconsiled vs to

the worlde that she can not se the great and abhomynable abuse The worde of God dyscloseth thys abhomynacyon for it teachet one onely sacrifyce or oblacion ones offered and neuer to be reiterated which is of perfect strength power for euer so that this sacryfyce for synne muste nowe onelye be receyued in faith through the worde and the sacramente and we must geue thankes for the same with a faithfull harte knoweledgynge wyth the mouth in laudinge and praysynge his holy name we must also geue thankes with the dedes that we lyfe soberly ryghteously and godly in this lyfe willyngly and gladly followynge Christ which bought vs with such a great price of his most holy sacrifyce vpon the crosse purifyed vs for his owne people to him selfe that from hencefurth we shoulde lyue innocently as the chyldren of God For God saith Leui. 19. I am holy therfore be ye holy also Leui. xix Nowe haue they of the Lordes supper The supper of the Lorde not only made a newe daily sinne offrīg for to make dayly satisfaction therby for synne and to appease goddes ire and indignation But haue also wholy chaunged and alterated the testamēt of Christ or his supper for they haue forbidden the laye people to receyue the one parte and they constrayne and compell the worlde to receyue the one parte onely which is manyfestly against the worde and ordynaunce of God For he instytuted both kyndes to be receiued of his Christians Sainct Paule taught and ordayned it so to the Corinthiās 1. Cor. 11. The primatiue church did vse it so the holy Bysshoppes Cyprian Augustine c. kept it so Therfore must the pope nedes be in a wrong way seynge he hath no commissyon nor commanndement to alter nor to diminishe goddes worde as also Gerson writeth Nowe do I aske you on your consciēces whether of these is moost sure in his conscience There are two Christiās the one receyueth the sacrament accordinge as Christe hym selfe dyd institute and cōmaunde it to be vsed vntyll the last day and as the Apostles the true prymatiue churche Augustine Cypriane and suche lyke haue vsed the same and geueth glorye vnto Christe that he certaynely hath not erred from his institucion for nomā coulde better institute it thā Christ nowe this man hath on his syde Christe the worde of God the Apostles the whole christianitie which at that tyme was coniected by the Apostles and he hath also on his syde the moost holyest and best learned fathers The other Christiās wyll receyue the sacramente after the Popes wyll he careth not whether God do so require it or not this man hath on his syde Pope innocente the thyrde which at Rome in the laterane churche with his counsayll dyd forbydde the holy communyon to be geuen to the children and commaunded the layte to receyue but the one parte therof in the yere of oure Lorde a thousande two hundreth .xv. Nowe tell me I praye you which of these two Christians shall at the last daye stande in better case before God concerninge the sacrament The one maye saye I haue done as Gods worde did teache me then must the other nedes saye that he hath done after the institution of a mā Nowe God hath not geuen his worde in vayne but he wyll that we shall followe the same Is it not than great pitye that the pope wil compell the poore christianitie to receyue the one part of the communion onely without Gods worde yea contrary to the expresse cōmaundement of god And shal men yet holde their peace saye nothinge to it No Sainct Paule doth curse the Angels if they should preache any other gospell thē that which he had preached Galat. 1. 1. Cor. 15. Galat. 1. Howe come we thā to this that we shall suffre the pope to burden oure conscyences whyche doth peruerie goddes worde and ordynaunce and besydes that curseth and destroyeth all thē that kepe goddes ordinaunce Marke well Item yf the faith in Chryste doth onely iustyfye and if the fayth of the gospel doth loke for saluacion of the mere grace and mercy of God wythout oure deseruynges but by the workes and merytes of Chryste and yf we do iustely confesse that we can not deserue the same because we are borne synners and although we kept all the commaundementes that yet we are vnprofytable seruauntes Luce. 17. Luce .xvij. But yf we beleue that Chryste dyed for vs and deserued for vs remyssyon of synnes and euerlastinge lyfe as we haue playnely and euydently in Ro. 4.5 Gala. 3. Ephe. 2. 1. Tim. 2 Hebr. 9. 1. Pet. 2. Saynt Paules Epystles to the Romaynes Galathians and Ephesians c. that good workes are done of vs of duetie for the profyte of oure neyghbour and to the glory of God So must it nedes folowe that all such doctrines are false as teache vs to do our workes to this intent that through the same we maye extynguysshe synne and become good and ryghteous For these two cannot stande together to be iustifyed by grace through fayth and to be iustyfyed by the merytes and deseruinges of oure workes Yf it be grace then is it not oure deseruing If it be deseruing then is it not grace And as Paule saith Gal. 2. Galat. ij If the ryghteousnes come by the lawe that is if mem be made good and ryghteous by the lawe or by workes then dyed Chryste in vayne But yf he dyed not in vayne Rom. 4. but for the remyssyn of oure synnes Roma iiij Then must it followe necessarely 1. Cor. 15 whan the death of Chryste doth onely make satisfaction for synnes and the fayth in Christe doth onely saue and purefye that the worlde hath ben deceyued by the doctrine of workes as foundinge and instituting of monasteries orders pilgrimages al relygions and goddes seruices inuented by man For by all these thinges haue men intended to satysfye for synne to deserue grace and to be made good and ryghteous notwithstandinge that the honour of iustifycation pertaineth to nomā but onely to the precious death of Christ and the shedinge of his bloude I would fayne se his face that durste be so bolde as to denye this truthe But if this truth standeth and abydeth then must nedes fall down to the grounde whatsoeuer hytherto hath ben kept and taught to thintent that men thereby shoulde be saued and come to God Hebr. 5.6.8.9 Item the worthy priesthode of Christ wherin consysteth all our conforte is by the Popes doctrine defaced and disanulled Gen. 22 Psa 101. Hebr. 7. For the scripture teacheth vs that the father by the conuenaūt of an othe hath consecrated and made his sonne an euerlasting pryeste which not onely ones by the sacryfyce of his body hath sanctifyed his electe Ioh. 17. Roma 3 1. Tim. 2 1. Ioh. 2. but also apeareth yet in the sight of God for vs as a perfecte mediatour and aduocate a faythfull and mercyfull bisshop in