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B00888	The Christian manuell, or of the life and maners of true Christians. A treatise, wherein is plentifully declared, how needefull it is for the seruaunts of God to manifest and declare to the world: their faith by their deedes, their words by their works, and their profession by their conuersation. VVritten by Ihon VVoolton minister of the Gospel, in the Cathedral church of Excetor.	Woolton, John, 1535?-1594.	1576 (1576)	STC 25976; Interim Tract Supplement Guide G.1999[2]	81,916	210

all strength according to the power of his glorie to all suffering and patience with hope And in another place Ye were once darknesse but nowe are you lyghte in the Lorde walke as chyldren of the light for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in al goodnesse iustice and trueth allowing that which is acceptable to God and haue you no fellowshippe with the vnfruitful workes of darknesse but rather rebuke them Therefore as the Apostle commaundeth the faithfull to walke worthy of theyr vocation and sheweth them also howe they maye doo the same euen so the godly alway doo those things which they are commaunded and dyrect theyr workes to this ende that they maye declare them selues to bée the chyldren of the lyght The chyldren of God also in their workes labour to profitte all men and to hurt none Let no man sayeth the Apostle seeke those thinges that bee his owne but that which is anothers as I in all thinges please all men not seeking my owne gaine but the profitte of many that they maie be saued And these workes of Godly men do excéedinglye please the Lorde our God but not of their owne dygnitie and worthynesse if ye weygh them in respect of men or in them selues but because they are done of those that are reconcyled to God in Christ by faith and new obedyence And if nowe and then through the corruption of our nature wée fall into sinne and wickednesse whereby we steyne and pollute the good workes yet God such is his goodnesse wynketh as it were at suche escapes couering our fylthinesse and spots with the garment of his Christ hee washeth and cleanseth the same with his most precious blood wherof the Apostle speaketh thus There is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Iesus who walke not after fleshe but after the spirite and who shall laye any thing against the electes charge It is God that iustifyeth who is he that wyll condempne c. And that these good workes of Christians are acceptable to God and please him it appeareth by that that God rewardeth and crowneth the same with great honors and rewardes both in this life and in the lyfe to come Obserue and heare sayeth the Lord all those thinges which I commaund thee that it maie be wel with thee and thy children after thee when thou shalt doo that thing which is good and acceptable in the sight of the Lord thy God. The Prophet also speaking beforehand of the Christians I wil bring them saith he into my holie moūtaine and I wyl cheare them in the house of praier their offeringes and oblations shall please mee vpon my aulter Whervnto the Apostle no doubte had respect saying I beseeche you brethren by the mercifulnes of God that you woulde offer your bodies a quick holie and acceptable sacrifice to God which is your reasonable seruing of God. And the promise made by God vnto Abraham in all the faithful in him is most comfortable in that he sayth He wyl be their defence plentiful reward And the Apostle sayth That godlynes hath promise both in this life and in the lyfe to come And againe The iuste iudgement of God shall be declared which wyll rewarde euerie man according to his deedes To them which by continewing in well doing seeke for glorie and honour and immortalytie But vnto them that are contritious and doo not obeye the trueth but obeye vnrighteousnesse shall come indignation and wrath tribulation and anguish vppon euerie soule of man that doth euyll Wherefore wée see it moste euydent that GOD hath prepared most plentyfull and lyberall rewardes aswell in this lyfe as in the lyfe to come to all those that hate synne and worke ryghteousnesse and the Apostle approoueth Gods Iustyce by the same whyles that hée sayeth God is not vniuste that hee vvyll forgette your vvorke These and many other such places of scripture do sufficiētly declare that God rewardeth the good works of godly men And yet it is not to bee inferred or collected that they maye truste to be iustified and saued thereby For the godly do freely and willingly confesse that theyr workes are rewarded of grace and not of theyr owne meryt especially for that they euer doo féele and perceyue that throughe humayne infyrmitye theyr workes are neuer so perfyt but that they haue néede of Gods mercy to mytigate the rigor of his Iustice and examining theyr good workes Therefore in consyderation of theyr hyre or reward the godly ertoll Gods grace and mercy who geueth to the vndeseruinges as though they had deserued and perceyuing imbecillytye and wickednesse in them selues are humbled in myndes and crye with the Prophet If thou O Lord marke our iniquities whoo is able to abide it Almightye Gods dooing in this and many other matters maye bée resembled to carnall parentes who hauing sonnes to be theyr heires by lawe of nature and byrthright yet they inflame and kyndle dertue setting before their eyes gyfts and rewards Whose gracious vertuous children acknowledge themselues to owe al euen of duty to their Parents without rewards and therefore they referre all such benefyts and rewardes to the meere bounty and lyberalytye of their Parents They looke not for hyre and rewardes as seruaunts and hirelings but onely for the fauor and loue of their heauenly father And as the sonnes of the frée woman and not the sonnes of the bondwoman are heyres euen so the kingdom of God is not the stipend of seruauntes but the rewarde and heritage of children To conclude this matter of meryt and reward the mercifull and gratious Lord rewardeth his louing chyldren for their good workes not for the perfection and dignity of the sayd workes but because the doers of those good workes are sōnes and chyldren They are made sonnes heyres by adoption in Christ therefore their workes are acceptable to God not in respecte of them selues but for Christes sake in whom they are ingraffed and of whose moysture as it were of heauenly dew they are partakers so that all their rewards are of necessity referred to the grace and mercy of god And although we graunt renumeration and rewarde of good workes yet meryts or Desertes cannot be inferred thereof that by our workes wee are able to procure eternall lyfe For the scripture seemeth of purpose in all places to auoyde the word merit The stypend of sinne is death but eternall lyfe is the gift of God through Iesus Christ and therefore Sainte Augustine wryt very excellently VVilt thou fall from grace then boast thy owne merites And agayne VVhen a man seeth that all his goodnesse commeth not of him selfe but of God he easely acknowledgeth all that which is prayseworthy in him not to be of his owne merites but of the mercy of God. Neyther yet is the earnest and ardent desire of working righteousnesse extinguyshed and quenched by this doctrine as our aduersaries slanderously lay vnto

make not a mock of the Passion of Christ that they treade not his blood vnder their feete that being purifyed washed with his precious blood they wallow not wylfully in synne wyckednesse and of the chyldren of God become by theyr owen default the bondslaues of Sathan and fyrebrands of Hel euerlastingly And hitherto I haue spoken of a Christiā mans duetye pryuately toward him selfe and publikely towarde others Nowe remayneth the last parte of the duetye of a Chrystian lyuing eyther in the estate Ecclesiasticall Politicall or Oeconomicall in one of the which thrée callyngs all good men indeuour to leade theyr lyues as the scopes and endes whervnto all mans studyes and labours are to be dyrected and referred But because that mater requireth a long and dylygent tractation if God permyt I wyll handle the same in another voloume Glory be to God. ¶ An addytion translated out of that learned Father of the Greeke Churche Clemens Alexandrinus Who wrytte within three hundred yeres after Christ wherein the whole duety● of a Christian man is comprehended in a bréefe sume necessaryly seruing for the practise of such precepts as are conteyned in the former Treatise LEt euery man then learne his duetye and passe the tyme of his pylgrymage in feare and humilytye knowing that we are redemed not with corruptible things of syluer and golde but with the precious blood of the immaculate and vnspotted Lambe Iesus Christ For it is sufficient that vve haue spent the tyme that is past of the life after the vvyll of the Gentiles vvalking in vvantonnes lustes in excesse of vvines in excesse of eating in excesse of drinking and abhominable idolatrie We haue Christ his crosse as our marke and lymytte with whome wée are crucyfyed and by whome we haue remyssion of our fourmer sinnes Let vs fixe our myndes therefore vppon the truth let vs repent and amende our lyues For the eyes of the Lord are open vppon the Iust and his eares vnto theyr prayers The countenaunce of the Lord is vppon them that do euill And who is it that will hurt you if you do well The best education or institution is moderation which is perfyt comlynesse together with stable and ordenarie power rightly distributing those things that are coherent amongst them selues Nowe if you doo not marke those precepts which are geuen you shall dye the death but if you do attend you shall enioye the blessings of the earth meaning no doubt health wealth ryches foode strength For those be true and perfyt good things which neyther the eye hath seene nor the eare hath heard ▪ neither yet hath entered into the hart of man But to returne to the way lyfe of a perfit Christian the heauenly scholler comprehendeth bréefly his offyce and duety As you would that men should do vnto you euen so do you vnto them And as Christ him selfe sayeth all the commaundements maye be referred to these two precepts Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God vvith all thy hart vvith all thy soule and vvith all thy might and thy neighbour as thy selfe for herein consist the lawe and the Prophetts And when one asked him what he should doo to possesse eternall lyfe he aunswered knowest thou the commaundements and when he sayd yea do this quoth he thou shalt be saued But we wyll more partycularly leade you through the plentyfull stoore of treasures to the ende you maye haue alway some wholsome preceptes in readynesse Fyrst let vs behold the Dyalogue geuen by Moyses Thou shalt not commytte adulterie thou shalt not vvorshippe Idolles thou shalt not steale thou shalt not beare false vvitnesse honour thy father and thy mother vvith many other such preceptes as are contained in his holy lawe And by the mouth of his Prophete Esaias he sayeth VVas he your selues and be cleane and take away the foreskyn of your hartes from before my eyes learne to do good seeke iudgement delyuer him that suffereth vvrong helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght let the vviddowes complaint come before you And then goe to sayth the Lord let vs talke togeather Many other like precepts occurre euery where as for example sake of Prayer and good workes The holy scripture much commendeth Prayer and the fourme or maner of making our prayers is expressed VVhen thou seest the naked couer him and hide not thy selfe from thy owne flesh Then shall thy light breake forth as the morning and thy health florish right shortly righteousnes shall go before thee and the glory of the Lord shall embrace thee Then if thou callest the Lord shall aunswer thee if thou cryest he shall say here I am And of Fasting he speaketh thus Behold vvhen you fast your lust remaineth styll for you do no lesse violence to your detters loe you fast to strife and debate and to smyte vvith your fyst vvithout mercie now you shall not fast thus that your voice may be heard aboue Thinke you this fast pleaseth mee that a man should chasten him selfe for a day and to hang downe the head lyke a bulrishe and to lye vpon the earth in an heaircloath should that be called fasting or a day that pleaseth the Lord Doth not this fasting rather please mee That thou loose the vvicked bandes that thou ease the ouer heauy burdens that thou let the oppressed go free and breake al maner of yoake To deale thy bread to the hungrye and to bring the poore vvandring home vnto thy house vvhen thou seest the naked that thou couer him and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh c. And of Sacrifices he speaketh thus also VVhy offer ye many sacrifices vnto me vvyll the Lord say I am full of the burnt offeringes of vvethers I haue no pleasure in the bloud of bullockes lambes and goates VVhen ye come to appeare before mee treading in my courtes vvho hath required this at your handes Offer me no mo oblatiōs for it is but lost labor Incence is an abominable thing vnto me I may not avvay vvith your new moons VVhen ye hold out your hands I vvyll turne mine eyes from you and though you make many praiers yet vvyll I heare nothing at al seeing your hands are ful of bloud How shal I then sacrifice vnto the Lord A contrite spirite is a sacrifice vnto god What incense shal I offer vnto the Lord. He is an odour of sweete smell vnto the Lorde that glorifyeth his creatour And as concerning Patience Christ him selfe sayeth If thy brother offende thee rebuke him and if he be sorie forgeue him If he offende thee seuen tymes in a daye and returne seuen tymes saying I am sorie forgeue him The Souldiour heareth Bee content vvith your vvages And the Publycanes Require no more then your duetie The Iudge hath this commaundement Thou shalt not accept one personne in iudgement Bribes do blinde the eyes of those that see and corrupte iuste vvordes to delyuer him