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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19076	Tvvoo bookes of Saint Ambrose Bysshoppe of Mylleyne, entytuled: Of the vocation and callying of all nations. Newly translated out of Latin into Englyshe, for the edifiying and comfort of the single mynded and godly vnlearned in Christes Church, against the late sprong secte of the Pelagians ... By Henry Becher minister in the Church of God ...; De vocatione ominum gentium. English.	Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397.; Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, ca. 390-ca. 463.; Leo I, Pope, d. 461.; Becher, Henry, fl. 1561.	1561 (1561)	STC 549; ESTC S100123	79,647	298

declared the holy Scripture doth tell plainly Forasmuch as by that ark which was of so wonderfull wydenesse y t it receiued al kindes of beastes so much as belōged to the store of encrease the Church was figured which was to bee gathered together out of all nacions of men vnto it selfe when by a tree and by water the redemption on the Crosse and the wasshyng of regeneration is opened when in them that were saued frō that destruction of the worlde the fulnesse of all the Gentilles is blessed when the blessynge of the encrease of mankynde is renewed and libertie encreased to eate what men list strangled and bloud only forbodden And the securitie and sauftie of our saluacion was consecrated in the testimonie of the bowe of manye colours that is in the sygnes of manyfolde grace The whiche Sacramentes and misteryes verely dyd not onely enstruct those fewe men of one housholde that were then but also in them all theyr pasterities and ofspring to the entent that the thyng that was geuen to the reformation of the parentes might profite towardes the instruction of the Children And nowe when in processe of tyme the posterities and generatiōs of men were increased the great number of mortal mē were waxē proude of theyr multipliynges and according to the height of theyr pryde went about to builde them a tower of an vnmeasurable buyldynge that it shuld reach vp vnto heauen How meruailous was the censure of gods iustice in repressing of that theyr arrogant presumption which did confound that one onely speache of those people that was so consonante and agreeable with significations that were knowen to euery man amonge themselues in to the diuersitie of .lx. and .xii. tougnes that the agreement of the workmen perishing in disagreable voyces the purpose of theyr mad enterpryse myght be brokē and that he myght cause them to inhabite vppon all the whole face of the earth thorow the necessarye scatterynge abrode of an euill gathering together And the myracles of the Christian grace were foreordayned in that woorke of Goddes prouydence whiche should afterward call together all them that were so dyspersed into the couplement of that buyldyng wherein euery knee boweth to GOD and euery tongue confesseth that Iesus Christ is in the glory of the father This same largenesse of grace dyd the promyse of Godde that was made to Abraham declare to be opened nowe in the fulnesse of the times appointed by more euident tokens what tyme as his double succession that is to wete the children of the flesshe and the chyldren of promesse was compared to the multitude of grauell stones of starres And the olde man beyng farre from the hope of hauyng anye issue throughe the aged barreynnesse of his wyfe beleued in a cōmendable faith through the issue of one sonne that he should be y e father of the whole worlde foreseeyng or rather beholding him in his sede that sayde Abraham sawe my day and reioysed By the which fayth whē Abraham was iustified he had not yet receyued the commaundement of circumcision but his faith was counted to hym for righteousnes when he was yet in his naturall prepution or vncircumcision And that same fayth receyued the seale of circumcisiō in that same member wherby the seede of procreation might come vnto that fleshe wherein without all carnall seede God the sonne of GOD the worde might become fleshe and bee borne of Abrahams daughter euen the Virgin Mary takinge all men into the felowshippe of this his natiuitie and byrth which beynge borne agayne in Christ by the holie ghost shoulde beleue the thynge that Abraham beleued ¶ The .v. Chapiter ANd this faith was holdē within one stocke of people before that seede came of whom it was said to Abraham In thy seede shal all nations of the earth bee blessed the hope of our redemption beyng alyue amonge the true Israelites For although there were some of the straunge nations whom it vouchsafed the veritie to lyghten in the tyme of the lawe yet were they so feawe that it coulde scarce be knowen whether there were any or no. Neyther for all thys were the nations to bee holden excused which beyng enstraunged from the conuersation of Israell hauynge no hope and beynge without GOD in this world peryshed in the darkenesse of ignoraunce For thys aboundaunce of grace that now wattereth all the worlde dyd not flowe aforetime with like plenteousnesse for there was euermore a certayne measure of the heauenly doctryne geuen vnto all men whiche notwithstandynge it was of a more scarce and secrete grace yet was it sufficient as the Lorde iudged it vnto some menne for a remedye and vnto all menne for a testimonie that it myghte appeare not doubtfullye but euydently that except where sinne was aboundaunte there grace had beene more aboundaunt the lyke wickednesse hadde also blynded all mankynde nowe in these daies Whether peraduenture are there better wyttes in these oure dayes as some men bable then were of olde time haue the latter tymes brought forth myndes y t were more apt to receyue Goddes gyftes The whiche thinge if it were so yet ought it to bee ascribed to the goodnes of the authour which made suche myndes as were not afore that the people might be called vnto eternall life But there is nothinge innouated or new chaunged in the carnal generation neither is y e ofspringe of the successours growen more genteller then theyr auncestours But rather in the men of that tyme wherein the redemer of the worlde came Looke howe muche more duller that progeny and ofspringe was become so much the stronger was iniquitie founde in them The vngodly fury of the Iewes proued thys right well And howe apte that generation was to the Gospell of Chryst not onely the hartes of the common people but also the heartes of the Scribes Princes and Priestes haue declared To whō it was but a trifle to waxe woode in crueltie and tirannye agaynst the lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the worlde by sedicion contumelies and reproches spittinges buffettes and blowes stoninges scourginges and at the last by crucifiyng him on the Crosse contrary to the testimonie of the law contrarye to the oracles of the Prophetes contrary to y e practising of godly vertues But also thei persecuted the witnesses of hys resurrectiō with the like fury madnes The whiche the Apostles when thei were scourged of y e high Priestes shewing the same out of Dauids psalm sayde Lorde thou art he that haste made heauen earth the sea al that are in them which in the holy ghost by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid our father hast sayd Why do the heathen rage the people imagine vayne thynges The kynges of the earth doe stande vp and the rulers haue assembled together agaynst the Lorde and hys annoynted for of a suretie both Herode and Ponce Pilate with the gentiles and people of Israell haue assembled together in

the commaundement and faith should take no place whiche beleueth that all sinnes are forgeuen throughe baptisme yf it were taught that grace were not geuen vnto the euyll wicked men but vnto good and righteous men Therfore the beginning of true lyfe and ryghteousnes consisteth in the Sacrament of regeneration that where a man is renued there also the veritie of these vertues shoulde springe and they beginne to profyte by fayth vnto perpetuall glorye who coulde scarse come to the temporall rewarde of vayne prayse For whether he be a Iewe that swelleth throughe the knowledge of the lawe or a Greeke puffed vp throughe the studie of naturall wisdome before he be iustified by the faith of Christ he is shutte vp vnder sinne And yf he continue in his infidelitie y e wrath of God abideth vppon him euen that same which he had drawē vnto himselfe in the transgression of Adam wherof the Apostle speaketh saying And ye when ye were dead in your trespasses synnes wherein ye walked in times past according to y e tyme or course of this worlde after y e prince of the power of this ayre the spirite which worketh now in the chyldren of vnbeliefe among whō we also had our conuersation in tyme paste in the lustes of our fleshe fulfylled the wyll of the fleshe and of the mind and were by nature the chyldren of wrath like as other were And agayne ye were at that tyme without Chryst aliens from the common wealth of Israell and strangers from the Testamentes hauynge no hope of the promesse and were without God in this worlde And agayne ye were somtime darkenesse but nowe are lyght in the Lorde And againe geuing thankes to y e father whiche hath made vs worthy to be partakers of the inheritaunce of saintes in light which hath deliuered vs from the power of darknes hath trāslated vs in to y e kingdom of his welbeloued sonne And againe for we also wer somtime folish vnfaithful goyng astraye seruing diuers lustes plesures liuing in malice enuie hateful hating one another But whē y e benignitie gentlenes of our Sauiour apeered not for y e workes of righteousnes which we haue done but acording to his mercy hath he saued vs through the lauer of regeneraciō of the holy ghost whom he hath powred foorth aboundantly vpon vs through Iesus Christ our sauiour that we being iustified by his grace shulde be heires of eternall lyfe by hope VVhat the nature of man is vvithout grace ¶ The .vi. Chapter AND that it maye briefly apeere what the nature of man is without grace lette Iude the Apostle tel what eyther the ignoraunce of the vnlearned or the doctrine of the wyse can doe But they saith he what thinges soeuer they knowe not that do they blaspheme and what soeuer thinges they knowe naturally as brute beastes do therin corrupt they them selues Let also the Euangelist Luke vnder the wordes of zacharie tel in what a nyght mankynde doth wander before the illuminacion of grace and out of what a darknesse of ignoraunce the people of God is deliuered And thou childe saith he shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion to his people for the remission of theyr sinnes Through the tender mercye of our God whereby the daye spryng from an hyghe hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sitte in darkenesse in the shadowe of death to guide our feete into the way of peace And this tender mercy hath the lord shewed not to the redemption of one people onely but vnto the saluacion of all Nacions as the Euangeliste saith For Iesus must dye for the people and not for the people onely but also that he myght gather together the children of god which were dispersed And that thing doth the voyce of the Lorde whiche throughe the trumpe of godlynes soundynge throughout all the worlde doth both call and gather together al mē For whē he had said I thank thee oh father lord of heauen and earth because thou haste hydde these thinges frō the wise prudent haste reueled thē vnto babes Euen so O father for so was it thy good pleasure he added All thinges are geuen to me of my father no man hath knowen the sonne but y e father neyther hath any man knowen the father but the sonne he to whō the sonne wyll reuele him And thē he added Come vnto me all ye y e labour are laden and I wyl refresh you Take my yoke vpon you learne of me for I am meke and humble of harte and ye shal finde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is sweete my burden is light Iohn Baptist also in the Gospel of Iohn protesteth in y e spirit of prophesie saying He y t came frō heauē is aboue al mē he doth testify that y e he hath sene hard and no man receiueth his witnesse howbeit he y t receiueth his witnes hath set his seale that God is true Therfore in somuch as perteineth to y e blindnes of mākind gotten with y e long night of ignorance pride the creator of y e world came into this world the world knew him not the lyght shyned in the darknesse but the darkenesse comprehended it not He that is aboue all testified that that he had seene and hard and no man receaued his testimonie But because the sonne of God came not in vain into the worlde but gaue hym selfe for all men he dyed not onely for the people but also that he myght gather into one the children of God which were dispersed And he said vnto all men Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden I shall refreshe you And he maketh him selfe and his father knowen to whom he wyll reuele it reseruing vnto him selfe the libertie of the election vnable to be knowen All the chyldren of lyght the chyldren of promesse the sonnes of Abraham the sonnes of God the electe generation the kyngly priesthood the true Israelites foreknowen and fore ordeyned to the kingdome of god who hath called them not onely out of the Iewes but also out of the gentiles do receyue the testimonie of hym that came downe from heauen and sette theyr seales that God is true that is to say they declare in that thei are saued that GOD is true that he kepeth touch and perfourmeth that that he promysed vnto Abraham the father of all nations Who when God promysed him that he should be the heyre of the worlde doubted not by mistrust But beinge comforted in faith gaue glory vnto God knowing moste certainely that he was able to perfourme the thynge that he had promysed And who is so enstraūged from the fayth of Abraham who is so farre growen out of kynde from the father of all nations that he will say eyther that the promyse