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A02604	A most excelent and fruitful treatise, called Patericks Places concerning the doctrine of fayth, and the doctrine of the law: which being knowen, you haue the pith of all diuinitie. With a briefe collection or exposition of a summe of S. Pauls doctrine touching iustification by fayth, in Iesus Christ: which is the only marke to shoote at, and the only meanes to obtaine saluation. Selected and reduced into this volume by I.D. 1598.; Patrick's Places. English	Hamilton, Patrick, 1504?-1528.; Frith, John, 1503-1533.; I. D.	1598 (1598)	STC 12734; ESTC S105993	37,059	67

seuenth Proposition proposition 7 The Law was geuen vs to shew our sinne By the Law commeth the knowledge of sinne Rom. 3. I knew not what sinne meant but thorow the Law for I had not knowen what lust had meant except the Law had sayd Thou shalt not lust Without the Law sinne was dead that is it mooued me not neither wist I that it was sinne which notwithstanding was sinne and forbidden by the Lawe Rom. 7. The eight Proposition proposition 8 The Law biddeth vs do that thing which is vnpissible for vs. Argument Da The keeping of the Commandements is to vs vnpossible ri The Law commaundeth vs the keeping of the Commandements i. Ergo the Law commaundeth vs that which is vnpossible Obiection But thou wilt say Wherefore doth God did vs do that which is impossible for vs Answere I answere to make thee know that thou art but euyll and that there is no remedy to saue thee in thine owne hand and that thou mayest seeke remedie at some other for the Law doth nothing els but commaunde thee The doctrine of the Gospell THE Gospell is as much to say in our tongue as Good tidings like as these be here vnder folowing and such other concerning the mercie of God in Christ Jesus for the remission of our sinnes Christ is the sauiour of the Worlde Christ is the Sauiour Christ dyed for vs. Christ dyed for our Sinnes Christ bought vs with his Blood Christ washt vs with his Blood Christ offered him selfe for vs. Christ bore our sinnes on his backe Christ came into the worlde to saue sinners Christ came into this worlde to take away our sinnes Christ was the price that was geuen for vs our sinnes Christ was made debtor for vs. Christ hath payde our debt for he dyed for vs. Christ made satisfaction for vs and our sinnes Christ is our Righteousnesse Christ is our Sanctification Christ is our Redemption Christ is our Peace Christ hath pacified our Heauenly father for vs. Christ is one and all his Christ hath deliuered vs from the Law from the Diuell and from Hell The father of Heauen hath forgeuen vs our sinnes for Christes sake or any such other lyke to the same which declare vnto vs the mercie of God The nature and office of the Law and of the Gospell The Law sheweth vs our sinne The Gospell sheweth vs the remedie for it The Law sheweth vs our Condenmation The Gospell sheweth vs our Redemption The Law is the worde of Irs. The Gospell is the worde of Grace The Law is the worde of threatning by cursing The Gospell is the worde of Comfort The Law is the worde of vnrest The Gospell is the worde of Peace A disputation betweene the Law and the Gospell wherein is shewed the difference or contrarietie betweene them both The Law sayth Pay thy dept The Gospell sayth Christ hath payde it The Law sayth thou art a sinner dispayre for thou art damned The Gospell sayth Thy sinnes are forgeuen thee be of good comfort for thou shalt be saued The Law sayth Make amendes for thy sinnes The Gospell sayth Christ hath made it for thee The Law sayth the Father of heauen is angrie with thee The Gospell sayth Christ hath pacified him with his blood The Law sayth Where is thy righteousnes goodnes and satisfaction The Gospell sayth Christ is thy righteousnes thy goodnes and satisfaction The Law sayth thou art bounde and obliged to mee to the Diuell and to Hell The Gospell sayth Christ hath deliuered thee from them all The doctrine of Fayth FAYTH is to beleeue One Like as Abraham beleeued God and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnes To beleeue God is to beleeue his word and to recount it true that he sayth He that beleeueth not Gods worde beleeueth not God himselfe He that beleeueth not Gods worde he counteth him false and a Iyer and beleeueth not that he may and wyll fulfill his worde and so he denyeth both the might of God and God him selfe The ninth Proposition Fayth is the gyft of God Argument Da Euery good thing is the gyft of God ri Fayth is a good thing i. Ergo Fayth is the gyft of God The tenth Proposition proposition 10 Fayth is not in our power Argument Da The gyft of God is not in our power ri Fayth is the gyft of God i. Ergo Fayth is not in our power The eleuenth Proposition proposition 11 He that lacketh Fayth can not please God Without Fayth it is impossible to please God Rom. 14. All that commeth not of Fayth is sinne for without Fayth can no man please God Heb. 11. Induction He that lacketh Fayth trusteth not God He that trusteth not God trusteth not his worde He that trusteth not his worde holdeth him false and a lyer He that holdeth him false and a lyer beleeueth not that he may do that he promiseth and so denyeth he that he is God Ergo a primo ad vltimum He that lacketh Fayth denyeth God If it were possible for any man to do al the good deedes that euer were done either of men or Angels yet being in this case it is impossible for him to please God The twelfth Proposition proposition 12 All that is done in fayth pleaseth God Right is the word of God and all his workes in fayth Psal. 33. Lord thine eyes looke to fayth that is as much to say as Lord thou delightest in Fayth Ier. 5. The thirtenth Proposition proposition 13 He that hath Fayth bringeth foorth good fruite Argument Da A good Tree bringeth foorth good fruite ri He that hath Eayth is a good Tree i. Ergo He that hath Fayth bringeth foorth good fruite The fourtenth Proposition proposition 14 He that hath Fayth and beleeueth God can not displease God Induction He that hath Fayth beleeueth God He that beleeueth God beleeueth his worde He that beleeueth his worde wotteth well that he is true and faythfull and may not lye knowing that he both may and will fulfill his worde Ergo a primo ad vltimum He that hath Fayth can not displease God neyther can any man do a greater honour to God then to count him true Obiection Thou wilt then say that theft murther adultrie and all vices please God Answere Nay verely for they can not be done in Fayth for a good Tree beareth good fruite Math 7. 12. The fiftenth Proposition proposition 15 Fayth is a certayntie or assurednes Fayth is a sure confidence of thinges which are hoped for and a certayntie of thinges which are not seene Heb. 11. The same spirite certifieth our spirite that we are the children of God Rom. 8. Moreouer he that hath Fayth wotteth well that God will fulfill his worde whereby it appeareth that Fayth is a certayntie or assurednes

A Man is iustefied by Fayth onely Abraham beleeued in God and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnes Rom. 4. We suppose therfore that a man is iustefied by Fayth without the deedes of the Law Rom. 3. Galla. 2. He that worketh not but beleeueth on him that iustefieth the wicked his Fayth is counted to him for righteousnes Rom. 4. The iust man lyueth by his Fayth Aba 2. Rom. 1. We wot that a man is not iustefied by the deedes of the Law but by the fayth of Iesus Christ and we beleeue in Iesus Christ that we may be iustefied by the Fayth of Christ and not by the deedes of the Law Gall. 2. What is the Fayth of Christ The Fayth of Christ is to beleeue in him that is to beleeue his worde and beleeue that he will helpe thee in all thy neede and delyuet thee from sinne and all euyll Thou wilt aske me What worde I answere thee The Gospell which is He that beleeueth in Christ shalbe saued Mark 16. He that beleeueth the Sonne hath euerlasting lyfe Iohn 3. Verely I say vnto you He that beleeueth in me hath euerlasting lyfe Iohn 6. This I write vnto you that you beleeue on the Sonne of God that ye may know how that ye haue eternall lyfe 1. Iohn 5. Thomas because thou hast seene mee therefore hast thou beleeued happie are they which haue not seene and yet haue beleeued in mee Iohn 20. All the Prophets to him beare witnes that who soeuer beleeueth in him shall haue remission of their sinnes Act. 10. What must I doe that I may be saued The Apostles answered Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ and thou shalt be saued Act. 16. If thou knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord and beleeuest with thine hart that God raysed him from death thou shalt be ●a●e Rom. 10. He that beleeueth not in Christ shalbe condemned Mark 16. He that beleeueth not the Sonne shall neuer see lyfe but the ire of God by deth vpon him Iohn 3. The holy Ghost shall reproue the worlde of sinne because they beleeue not in mee Iohn 16. They that beleeue Iesus Christ are the sonnes of God Ye are all the Sonnes of God because ye beleeue in Iesus Christ. 1. Iohn 3. He that beleeueth that Christ is the Sonne of God is safe Iohn 1. Peter sayd Thou art Christ the Sonne of the lyuing God Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Happy art thou Symon the sonne of Ionas for flesh and blood haue not opened to thee that but my Father that is in heauen Math. 16. We haue beleeued and know that thou art Christ the Sonne of the lyuing God I beleeue that thou art Christ the Sonne of God which should come into the worlde Iohn 11. These thinges are written that ye might beleeue that Iesus is Christ the Sonne of God and that in beleeuing ye might haue lyfe Iohn 20. I beleeue that Iesus is the Sonne of God Act. 8. The sixtenth Proposition proposition 16 He that beleeueth the Gospell beleeueth God Argument Da He that beleeueth Gods word beleeueth God ri The Gospel is Gods worde i. Ergo he that beleeueth the Gospel beleeueth God To beleeue the Gospel is this That Christ is the Sauiour of the worlde Iohn 4. Christ is our Sauiour Luk. 2. Christ bought vs with his blood Heb. 13. 1. Pet. 1. Apo. 5 Christ washed vs with his blood Apoc. 1. Christ offered him selfe for vs. Heb. 9. Christ bore our sinnes on his backe 1. Pet. 2. The seuententh Proposition proposition 17 He that beleeueth not the Gospell beleeueth not God Argument Fe He that beleeueth not Gods worde beleeueth not God him selfe ri The Gospel is Gods worde o. Ergo He that beleeueth not the Gospel beleeueth not God him selfe and consequenly he that beleeueth not those thinges aboue written and such lyke beleeueth not God The eighttenth Proposition proposition 18 He that beleeueth the Gospel shalbe safe Go yee into all the worlde and preach the Gospel vnto euery creature He that beleeueth and is baptised shalbe saued but he that beleeueth not shalbe condemned Mark 16. A comparison betweene Fayth and Incredulitie FAyth is the roote of all good Incredulitie is the roote of all euyll Fayth maketh God and man friendes Incredulitie maketh them foes Fayth bryngeth God and man togeather Incredulitie sundereth them All that Fayth doth pleaseth God All that Incredulitie doth displeaseth God Fayth only maketh a man good and righteous Incredulitie only maketh him vniust and euyll Fayth maketh a man a member of Christ. Incredulitie maketh him a member of the Diuell Fayth maketh a man the inheritour of heauen Incredulitie maketh him inheritour of hell Fayth maketh a man the seruant of God Incredulitie maketh him the seruant of the Diuell Fayth sheweth vs God to be a sweete Father Incredulitie sheweth him a tirrible Iudge Fayth holdeth styffe by the worde of God Incredulitie wauereth here and there Fayth counteth and holdeth God to be true Incredulitie holdeth him false and a lyer Fayth knoweth God Incredulitie knoweth him not Fayth loueth both God and his neighbour Incredulitie loueth neither of them Fayth onely saueth vs. Incredulitie only condemneth vs. Fayth extolleth God and his deedes Incredulitie extolleth her selfe and her owne deedes Of Hope HOpe is a trustie looking after the thing that is promised to come As we hope after the euerlasting ioy which Christ hath promised vnto all that beleeue in him We should put our hope and trust in God alonely and in no other thing It is good to trust in God and not in man Psal. 118. He that trusteth in his owne hart is a foole Pro. 28. It is good to trust in God and not in Princes Psal. 118. They shalbe lyke vnto the Images which they make and all that trust in them Psal. 115. He that trusteth in his owne thoughtes doth vngodly Pro. 12. Cursed be he that trusteth in man Ier. 17. Bid the rich men of this worlde that they trust not in their vnstable riches but that they trust in the lyuing God 1. Tim. 6. It is hard for them that trust in money to enter into the kingdome of heauen Luk. 18. Moreouer we should trust in him onely that may helpe vs God onely may helpe vs therefore we should trust in him only Well are they that trust in God and woe to them that trust not in him Psal. 2. Ier. 17. Well is that man that trusteth in God for God shalbe his trust Psal. 14. Eccle. 34. He that trusteth in him shall vnderstande the veritie Sap. 3. They shall all reioyce that trust in thee They shall euer be glad and thou wilt defend them Psal. 5. Of Charitie CHaritie is the loue of thy neighbour The rule of Charitie is this Do as thou wouldest be done to For Christ holdeth all alike the rich the poore the

all this serueth him not because Christ the sonne of God is not ioyned withall And though the sayd Iew should be neuer so deuout in his prayers or charitable in almes or precise in keeping the Law and beleeued neuer so steadfastly that he is elect to be saued yet he is neuer the nearer to saluation for all this so long as his Fayth is not grounded vppon the head corner stone which is the person and body of Christ Iesus the true Sauiour After like sort it may be sayd of the Papict when he sayth That he is baptised and beleueth in the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost three persons and one God And also confesseth Iesus Christ to be the Sonne of God which dyed for our sinnes rose agayne for our righteousnes c. His beliefe therein is true and in deede woulde saue him yf he did stay his saluation in his Fayth and vpon Christ his Sauiour onely according to the promyse and grace of God and goe no further But that he doth not For neyther doth he admit Christ onely to be his perfect Sauiour without the helpe of other Patrons Heades Aduocates and Mediatours nor yet permitteth his Fayth in Christ onely to be the meanes of his iustifycation but setteth vp other by meanes as Hope Charitie sacrifice of the Masse Coufession Pennance Satisfaction Merites and Pardons supposing therby to worke his iustification before God contrary to the worde of promise to the Gospel of grace and to the doctrine of S. Paule Also Sainct Paule in the. 9. to the Romans wryting of this righteousnesse which commeth of Fayth calleth it the righteousnesse of God in these wordes Whom God sayth he hath set vp for a propitiation by Fayth in his blood whereby to make manifest the righteousnes which is of him selfe in tollerating our sinnes c. Rom. 3. By the which righteousnes it is euident that Sainct Paule meaneth the righteousnes of Fayth which almightie God now reuealeth and maketh manifest by preaching of the Gospel Wilt thou see yet more playnely this righteousnes of God how it is taken in S. Paule for the righteousnes of Fayth and therfore is called the righteousnes of God because it is imputed of God onely to Fayth and not deserued of man In the same Epistle to the Romans and in the. 3. chapt aforesaid his wordes be manifest The righteousns of God sayth he is by fayth of Iesus Christ in all and vpon all that do beleeue c. And thus much of the true causes of our iustificatino after the doctrine of Sainct Paule concernyng which causes this distinction furthermore by the way is to be added that as touching the originall causes of our saluation which be diuers and sundry some are externall and without vs some are internall and within vs. Of the externall causes which are without vs the fyrst and principall is the Mercie and grace of God Of this foloweth Predestination and Election then commeth Uocation The last and next cause to vs is the Death and Bloodshed of Christ whereby we are redeemed and all these be externall causes because they are without vs. Of internall causes that be in man through the gyft of God there is but one and no moe in Scripture appoynted That is our Fayth in Christ which is the gyft of God in vs. Besides this there is no gyft of God geuen to man no vertue worke merite nor any thing els that is any part or cause of our saluation but onely this gyft of Fayth to beleeue in Christ Iesus And this is the cause why we holde that Fayth onely iustifyeth meanyng that amongst all the workes deedes actions labours and opperations whatsoeuer man doth or can doe there is nothing in man that worketh saluation but onely his Fayth geuen to him of God to beleeue in Christ his sonne folowing therein the trade of Sainct Paules teaching who in precise wordes so ascribeth iustification to Fayth that he excludeth all other actions of man and workes of the Law And therefore in the fame Epistle to the Romans Sainct Paule reasonyng of the glory of Iustifying asketh this question How this glory is excluded whether by the Law or workes and concludeth no ascribing only the glory thereof to the law of Fayth And consequently vpon the same he inferreth We holde that a man is iustified by Fayth without the deedes of the Law And how then can that be accompted for any part of our iustifycation which Sainct Paule vtterly debarreth and excludeth in that behalfe Of which like exclusiues and negatiues the whole course of Sainct Paules doctrine is full where he still concludeth Sine operibus absque operibus legis non ex operibus dei donum est non ex operibus sed secundum miserecordiam ne quis glorietur Ephe. 2. Non ex operibus Iusticiae que ferimus nos sed secundum propositum suum et gratiam c. Tit. 3. Non secundum opera nostra c. Tim. 2. That is to say It is the gyft of God not of workes that no man should glory c. Not of the workes of righteousnes which we haue done but of his owne mercie c. Not after our workes but after his owne promyse and grace which is geuen to vs. c. Agayne Galla. 2. Non iustificatur homo ex operibus c. That is A man is not iustified by workes c. Item ei qui non operatur credenti autem in eum qui iustificat impium fides imputatur ad iustitiam c. Rom. 4. To him that worketh not but beleeueth in him which iustifieth the wicked his fayth is imputed to righteousnes c. By these exclusiues and negatiues in Sainct Paules doctrine what doth he els meane but vtterly to seclude all kinde of mans merites and workes of the Law from the office and dignitie of iustifying And although he expresseth not the worde onely yet vpon his exclusiues and negatiues this exceptiue must needes be inferred For in all logique the consequent is necessarie and formall as one man is suffered to come into the house and no person els is suffered to enter but one Ergo one man only is suffered to enter into the house And thus much concerning Fayth in Christ proued to be the onely meane or instrumentall or conditionall cause of our Saluation no other besides the same alone by the doctrine of S. Paule taught to the ancient Romans Sainct Paule after he hath thus established vs in certaintie of our Saluation through Fayth in Christ exhorteth vs vehemently and with all instance to good workes shewing the true vse and ende of good workes which is First to shew our obedience and duetifull seruice as we may vnto God who hath done so great thinges for vs. Secondly to relieue our neighbours with our charitie and kindnes as God hath been kinde to vs his enemies Thirdly to stirre vp others