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duty_n	command_v	servant_n	unprofitable_a	1,244	5	10.6349	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10573	A declararation [sic] of the twelue articles of the christen faythe with annotations of the holy scripture, where they be grounded in. And the righte foundation and principall comon places of the hole godly scripture, a goodly short declaration, to all Christians profitable and necessarye for to come to the right vnderstondynge of holy Scripture compyled for the commodite of al christen people. By D. Vrbanum Regium.; Erklärung der zwölf artikel Christlichs gelaubens. English	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 20843; ESTC S115780	81,702	234

but it hath not the fyrste strenght and power as it had whē it was yet standynge and had strong towres sure walles good and broade dyches Euen so hath oure wyll onely the name and tittell that he is called the free wyll But he is not in dede vntyll the grace do make him free But yf h● be so free as they suppose howe cometh it then to passe that Paul was not able to do what he wolde why dyd he serue the synne Ro. vij which notwithstandyng he hated Beholde the chosen vessell of God Paule complayneth that he is in bondage vnder the lawe of synne and the vngodly Sophistes graunte to a synner that he hath a free wyll Yf he be so free as they make hym why praye we then Halowed be thy name Thy wyl be done Do we that for thys cause that oure free wyll so muche the better and easyer maye do good as the abhominable heretikes called Pelagians affirmed No truely Pelagians yf we praye then is it a signe that we haue it not in oure possibilite Therfore when we reade that the olde fathers defende the free wyl thā must we vnderstande that they wyll declare and teache that the wyl maye receyue freedome and not that he is free of hymselfe But he may be turned vnto the good through grace and become free in dede where vnto he was shapen that he maye do the commaundementes of God whiche elles withoute the grace were vnpossyble to kepe for he can do nothynge of him selfe but synne But in the grace are they possyble to be kept of hym as Paule sayth Phil. iiij The cōmandementes of God are impossible to be kept I can do all thynges thorough the help of Christ which strēgteth me Ierome speaketh wel Accurseth be he that sayth that the commaūdementes of God are vnpossyble to vs. They are not hole vnpossyble for they were elles geuen vnto vs in vayne but in oure power withoute the grace of God they are vnpossyble but vnto God are all thynges possyble Councell Mat. v The Sophistes haue taught for a great season what Christe Matthei in the fyfte dyd teache as to loue the enemyes not to resiste wronge not to striue before the iudge neyther to go to lawe to tourne the other cheke to loue withoute rewarde and suche lyke That they are good counseylles vnto those that wyll be perfect Christians howe be it yf any man do it not that neuerthelesse he is withoute danger of hys saluation And that Christ did here onely geue good counsell that is he hath conseilled it onely and not commaunded This is not true For loke vpon the texte with his circumstaunces then shalt thou see learne that they be pure commaundementes of God whiche he requyreth of vs vpon payne of losynge hys grace and assistence But they are the false Prophetes of whome God speaketh in Ezechiel Eze. xiij They deceaue the people and tell them of peace where as there is no peace They preache and teache that whosoeuer doth not the aboue mencioned poyntes shall not peryshe therfore Confessyon There is an Euangelicall Confessiō Matth. xviij as Christ sayth in Mat. yf thy brother trespace agaynst the. Go and tell hym hys faute betwene hym and the alone yf he heare the Thou hast wonne thy brother But yf he heare the not then take yet with the one or two that in the mouthe of two or thre witnesses all thinges maye be stablyshed Yf he heare not them tell it vnto the congregacion Yf he heare not the congregacion take hym as an heathen man and as a publican That was an open Confession i Tim. v Thus sayth S. Paule Agaynst an elder receyue none accusation but vnder two or thre witnesses At that tyme were the open crymes and blasphemyes hearde and examined with wetnesses and accusers vntill the tyme that suche as were giltie were knowen and reproued And this Confessiō hath ben kepte by the lawe of God of the twelue Apostles and of their successours and of this confession muste the fathers be vnderstande as Augustyne Ambrose Ierome Gregory But the confession whiche is done secretely in the eare is not grounded in the scripture I do not reiecte it but it greueth me that it is come to suche abomination and compulsion that men be dryuen and compelled there to agaynst their wille are betrayed where by they come in hazarde of their lyues Itē maketh euill entangled desperate consciences Merites or Deseruynge Deseruinge is a proude worde when a man doth asscribe it vnto hym selfe and boasteth that he hath done many meritorious workes O lorde seynge we can of oure selues thynke no good why do we boaste oure selues of many deseruynges What good soeuer we do that worketh God in vs he crowneth in vs his owne gyfte he maketh his owne workes oure deseruynge Thynke allwayes vn this sayenge in Luke Luc. xvij When ye haue done all those thinges whiche are cōmaunded you saye we are vnprofitable seruauntes We haue done that whiche was oure duetye to do Christe is oure sauiour and hath done all thinges for oure saluatiō not for any lucre or deseruinge but because it was the fathers pleasure And so shoulde we do also we shoulde not serue God for any lucre or profite as the seruauntes theyr maysters but free as the chyldren theyr father of free loue not thinkynge howe greate thynges we deserue but howe wel we please the good wyll of God Deseruynge Deseruyng is not to do any good to thintent to deserue ought thereby as the Seducers of soules haue taught hitherto to the abhominable vndoynge and destruction of the worlde but to deserue or to merite that is with a syngle herte willyngly withoute respecte of rewarde or deseruinge to obeye the wyll of God for loue seketh not her owne i. Co xiij as Paule sayth But deseruynge and rewarde followe and come of them selues without oure sekynge oute of the obedience which I do to the godly wyll Shepeherdes We haue one right good true shepeherde whiche hath geuen hys precious lyfe for vs that is Iesus Christe In Iohn sayth he Iohn x. I am a good shepeherde He is the dore of the shepe whosoeuer entreth not at thys dore is a thefe and a murtherer He is oure arche shepeherde i. Pet. v Ioh. xxi and the shepe are hys owne none of oures In Iohn sayth Christe to Peter Fede my shepe He sayth not thyne Vvhosoeuer endeuoureth hym selfe to followe the voyce of the shepeherde thesame shal not be deuoured of the wolfe infernall but shal be well and surely preserued There be many hyred seruauntes Phil. ij but fewe shepeherdes they seke all theyr owne and not that whiche is Iesus Christes as Paule sayth The vnder shepeherdes should feede with the worde of God syncerely and purely But they make additions and teache vs mannes doctryne through the whiche the soule doth hungre spiritually Mannes doctryne bryngeth money but Goddes doctryne bryngeth persecution