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A08483	An exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles, or rather of the articles of faith In which the chiefe points of the euerlasting and free couenant betweene God and the faithfull is briefly and plainly handled. Gathered out of the catechising sermons of Gasper Oleuvian Treuir, and now translated out of the Latine tongue into the English for the benefite of Christ his Church. By Iohn Fielde.	Olevian, Caspar, 1536-1587.; Fielde, John, d. 1588.	1581 (1581)	STC 18807; ESTC S113494	126,658	260

vs and through his efficacie or operation whereby as the king of his Church he first bringeth our heartes to the knowledge of their euill and to the consideration of the diuine righteousnesse and createth in them the studie of reconciling themselues to God and conuerting them to his wil. Now afterwards things thus set in order he offreth the worde of reconciliation and engendreth faith in them through which he communicateth himselfe after whom they thirst vnto them to this ende that hauing obtained through his merite iustification they may vse it to the euerlasting peace of their conscience and may dayly also through his spirit be restored and builded vp Lastly he exhorteth those that are reconciled and thus endowed with his spirit to bring forth workes worthy those that repent to the ende that the glory of their king may shine in them Rom. 8. ver 29 30. These degrees in the administration of the kingdome of Christ and of his new couenaunt the Lord comprehendeth in that same speach to Paule when he saith that thou mayst open their eyes that is done when through the working of that king Christ their conscience is illuminated through the holy Ghost For it is he that maketh his ministerie effectuall so as they knowe both themselues and their sinnes and againe God his holynesse and righteousnesse to which they must be conformable that through faith turning vnto him they may receaue in Christ a double benefite forgiuenes of their sinnes a lot amongest the sanctified who daily studie Christ exhorting them to bring forth the worthy fruites of repentance For whom he hath chosen those also hath he called whom he hath called those also hath he iustified whom he hath iustified those also he hath glorified First therefore let vs see how Christ our king by calling into his kingdome doth engender in men a desire of being reconciled to God then how he offreth vnto them the forgiuenes of their sinnes or rather the free grace of reconciliation and iustification and therewithall how he beginneth their restoring to euerlasting life and glory how daily he setteth it forward and at length in the worlde to come doth fully finish the same How Christ the King engendreth in his elect the studie of reconciling themselues to God and howe he preserueth and encreaseth in them which are reconciled the studie of holding that reconciliation CHrist the King doth engender in his elect the studie of reconciling them selues to God first of all by shewinge that all men are vnder sinne and in the kingdome of darkenes especially because that when all men haue the knowledge of God naturally engraffed in them and the worke of the lawe by nature written in their heartes and by the thinges created are constreined to knowe God notwithstanding doe not glorifie him but doe sinne contrarie to the lawe of nature Rom. 1. The which thing they witnes in their deedes and their owne conscience doth conuince their thoughtes either accusing or excusing them Againe by vncouering all and euerie of their wickednesses and in accusing them by the lawe written and by the threatninges which are manifest euerie where throughout the whole prophetes many wickednesses also being heaped together as plainely may be seene in the Epistle to the Romaines Chap 3. vers 9 10 11 12 13 14. And also by shewing that this is the vnchangeable will of God whereby he will not onely that all men be conformed to the lawe of nature but also to the lawe written otherwise that he will so long accounte them for sinners and enemies til they be conuerted and through faith be reconciled vnto God Iohn 3 vers 36. Rom. 5. vers 10 11. Secondly by shewing what a great euil sin is Such and so great an euil sin is that it deserueth the euerlasting destruction of mā yea verily so great an euil that it cannot by the euerlasting destruction of man be cleansed Wherevppon it foloweth that sinne is a greater euill then mans euerlasting damnation seeinge that the damned cannot by euerlasting paines cleanse or ouercome so greate an euill To conclude it is so greate an euill to haue offended the maiestie of God but with one sinne that the destruction of all creatures were a lesse euill For certainly neither the destruction of all creatures yea if they shoulde be brought to nothing were a sufficient price for the cleansing of one onely sinne which could not otherwise be cleansed but by the death of the sonne of God Thirdly by shewing that the nature of God is righteous and therefore that it doth accurse all sinners to wit as well theire bodies as soules as well in this worlde as in the world to come Deut. 28. vnlesse reconciliation be made For so immutable is this righteousnes of God and will to iudge sinnes that not so much as one sinne amongst so many thowsandes which dayly are committed shall escape vnpunished For either it is punished in vs or els in Christ in Christ it is once perfectly punished so that we repent and amende and beleeue in him in our selues it shal be punished if we haue an vnbeleeuing hearte and such a a one as cannot repent as Christ saith verily I say vnto you that men shall make accounte for euerie idle word in the day of iudgement Also if this be done in the green wood what shal be done in the dry 1. Peter 4. verse 17 18. To be short god is so righteous and so great an euil is sin that euen when he doth forgiue sinnes he doth not yet alowe them and that he may shew this thing he doth chastise them in those that are conuerted yea after the forgiuenes thereof with most sharpe scourges as in Dauid yea after God had spoken vnto him by Nathan the Prophet The lord hath taken from thee thy sins We see by how sharpe whips he declared that he did not allow the sin of Dauid 2. Sam. 12. ver 11.12.13 also 2. Sam. cap. 24 vers 10.12 Fourthly by setting forth the execution of the righteousnes iudgment of God against the impenitent vnbeleeuing First in the examples which he hath exercised dayly doth exercise aswel in the wringing terrors of cōscience wherwith the vnrepētant are afflicted as also in those same temporal punishments which although they be great yet are the onely signes of the wrath of God to come farre greater yea most great For like as the patience gentlenes of God is greater then the gentlenes of al creatures so also his wrath doth exceede the wrath of al creatures Secondly by setting before their eyes the day of this wrath or the euerlasting iudgement as the scripture doth often times set the same aswel before the eyes of the faithful as of the vnfaithful By these the like reasons meanes taken out of the word of god Christ the king doth engēder in the ministerie of the word through his spirite in thē whō he hath first called that same study of recōciling themselues vnto God