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heart_n	bring_v	good_a	treasure_n	13,062	5	10.6433	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18193	The lamentacion of a synner, made by ye most vertuous Ladie, Quene Caterin, bewayling the ignoraunce of her blind life: set furth and put in print at the instaunt desire of the righte gracious ladie Caterin duchesse of Suffolke, [and] the earnest requeste of the right honourable Lord, William Parre, Marquesse of North Hampton	Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548.; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.	1547 (1547)	STC 4827; ESTC S108944	34,896	122

further if any time men would impugne gaynsaye vs w t the wisedome of the world yet we haue by Christe so muche supernatural light of the trut●e that we make a mocke of al those that repugne the truthe Christe also vpon the c●osse hath triumphed ouer the worlde Firste bycause he hath discouered the same to be naught that wheras it was couered with the vayle of Ipocrisie and the vesture of morall vertues Christ hath shewed that in goddes sight the r●ghteousnes of the worlde is wickednesse and he hath yelded witnes that the workes of men not regenerated by him in fayth are euel And so Christe hath iudged and condemned the worlde for naught Furthermore he hath geuen to al hys so muche light and spirite that they knowe it and disprayse the same yea and treade it vnder their feete w t al vayne honours dignities and pleasures not taking the fayre promises neyther the offers whiche it doth present Nay they rather make a scorne of theym And as for the threatnynges and force of the worlde they nothing feare Nowe therfore we may see howe great the victorye and tryumphe of Christ is who hathe deliuered all those the father gaue him frō y e power of the deuill cancellynge vpon the Crosse the wrytyng of our dertes For he hath delyuered vs frō the condemnacion of sinne from the bondage of the lawe from the feare of death from the daungier of the world and from all euylles in this life and in thother to cum And he hath enriched vs made vs noble most highlie happie after suche a glorious and tryumphant waye as can not w t tongue be expressed And therfore we are forced to say his triūphe is merueylous It is also sene knowen y e Christ is the true Messias for he hath delyuered man from all euylles and by hym man hath all goodnes so that he is the true Messias Therfore al other helpers be but vaine and counterfeyted Sauiours seing that by this oure Messias Christ wholie and onely we be delyuered from all euylles and by hym we haue all goodnes And that this is true it is euidente and cleare because the very true christian is a christian by Christ. And the true christian fealeth inwardly by Christe so muche goodnes of god that euen troublouse lyfe and death be swete vnto hym and miseries happie the true christian by Christe is disburdened frō the seruitude of the lawe hauing the law of grace grauen by the spirite inhabiting his hart and from sinne that reygned in him from the power of the infernal spirites from dānacion and from euery euyll And is made a sonne of God a brother of Christ heyre of heauen and lord of the worlde So that in Christe and by Christ he possesseth al good thynges But let vs knowe that Christ yet fighteth in spirite in his elect vesselles and shall fight euen to the daye of iudgemēt At which daye shal that great enemy death be wholie distroyed and shal be no more Then shall the children of god reioyce on him saying O death where is thy victory sting There shal be thē no more trouble nor sinne naye rather none euyll but heauen for the good and hell for the wicked Then shall wholie be discouered the victorie and triumphe of Christ who after Paul shall present vnto his father the kyngdome togithers with his chosen saued by him It was no lytle fauour towardes his chyldren y ● Christ was chosē of god to saue vs his elect so highlie by the waye of the crosse Paul calleth it a grace and a moste singuler grace We maye well thinke that he hauinge ben to the worlde so valiaunte a Capitayne of God was full of light grace vertue and spirite Therfore he myght iustelie saye Consūmatum e●t We seing then y t the tryumphe and victory of oure capitaine Christ is so merueilous glorious and noble to the whiche warre we be appoynted lette vs force our selues to folowe him w t bearyng our crosse that we maye haue felowshyppe with him in his kyngdome Truly it maye be most iustely verified y t to behold Christ crucified in spirite is the best meditacion that can be I certeynlye neuer knewe myne owne miseries and wretchednes so wel by booke admonicion or learnyng as I haue doen by lokyng into the spirituall booke of the crucifix I lamente muche I haue passed so many yeares not regardyng that diuine booke but I iudged and thought my self to be well instructed in the same whereas nowe I am of this opinion that yf God would suffer me to lyue here a M. yeare and should studye continually in the same diuine booke I should not be fylled with the contemplacion therof Neyther holde I my self contented but alwayes haue a great desier to learne and study more therin I neuer knewe myne owne wickednes neyther lamented for my synnes truly vntill the tyme god inspired me with his grace that I looked in this booke Then I beganne to see perfectly that mine owne power and strēgth could not helpe me that I was in the Lordes hande euen as the cleye is in the potters hand thē I began to crye and saye Alas lorde that euer I haue so wickedlie offēded the beyng to me frō the beginnyng so gracious so good a father most specially now hast declared and shewed thy goodnes vnto me whan in the time I haue doen the mooste iniurie to call me and also to make me know take the for my sauioure and redemer Suche be the wōderful workes of god to cal sinners to repentaunce and to make them to take Christe his welbeloued sonne for theyr sauiour this is the gift of god of all christians to be required and desiered For except this great benefite of Christe crucified be felte and fixed surely in mannes harte there cā be no good work doen acceptable before god For in Christ is al fulnes of y e godhead in him are hid al the treasures of wisedōe and knowledge euen he is the water of life wherof whosoeuer shall drynke shal neuer more thyrst but it shal be in hym a well of water springinge vp into euerlastynge life Saynct Paule sayeth there is no damnacion to them that are in Christ whiche walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite Moreouer he sayth yf when we were ennemies we were reconciled to god by the death of his sonne muche more seyng we are reconcyled we shal be preserued by his death It is no lytle or smal benefit we haue receyued by Christ yf we consydre what he hathe doen for vs as I haue perfectly declared heretofore Wherfore I praye the lord y t this great benefite of Christ crucified maye be stedfastly fixed and printed in al christian hartes that they maye be trewe louers of God

great zealebearers to god Yf this were the greatest euill of these younglinges it were not the moste euyl but I feare they be so blynde and ignoraunte that they are offended also at good thinges and iudge nothing good but suche as they enbrace esteme to be good with murmuringe against al suche as folow not their wayes Yf there be any of this sort the lord geue thē light of his truth y t they may encrease grow in godly strength I suppose if suche yōglinges vnperfect had sene Christ and his disciples eate meate w t vnwashed hādes or not to haue fasted with y e Phariseis they would haue ben offēded seīg him a breaker of mēnes tradiciōs their affections dispose their eies to se through other men they se nothing in thēselues where charitie although it be moste fullest of eyes to see the faultes of others whome it coueteth to amēde thinketh none euil but discretely and rightly interpreteth all thynges by y e which more iustly truly euery thing is takē Now these supersticious weaklinges yf they had ben cōuersaūt with Christ seen him leade his liefe sumtime with wemē sumtime with Samaritanes w t Publicanes sinners with the phariseis they woulde haue murmured at him Also yf they had sene Mary powre vpon Christ the preciouse oyntmente they would haue sayde with Iudas this oyntmente might haue bene solde and geuē to the poore Yf they also had sene Christ with whippes driue out of the temple those that bought and sould they woulde furthwith haue iudged Christ to haue ben troubled and moued with angre and not by zeale of charitie How would they haue bene offended yf they had seen him gooen to the Iewes feast heale a syckeman vpon the Saboth daye practyse with the woman of Samary ye and shew vnto her of his moste diuine doctrine and life They woulde haue taken occasion to haue hated and persecuted hym as the Scribes and Phariseis dyd And euen so shoulde Christe the Sauioure of the worlde haue bene to them an offence and ruine There be an other kynde of litleones vnperfect which are offēded after this sorte and maner as when they see one that is reputed and estemed holy to commit synne furthwith they learne to doe that and worse and waxe colde in doing of good and confirme thēselues in euil then they excuse their wicked lyfe publishyng the same with the sclaūder of theyr neyghbor If eny mā reproue them they saye suche a man dyd this and worse So it is euident that suche persōs would denye Christe yf they sawe other men do the same If they went to Rome and saw the enormities of the prelates whiche is sayde to reigne there emonges I doubte not yf they sawe one of them sinne which were reputed and takē for holy theyr fayth shoulde be loste but not the fayth of Christ which they neuer possessed but they should lease that humayne opinion whiche they had of the goodnes of prelates For yf they had the faythe of Christe the holye ghoste shoulde be a witnes vnto them which should be mighty in them that in case all the world would denye Christ they woulde remayne firme stable in the true faith The phariseis also toke occasion of y e euil of others to waxe hautie proude taking thēselues to be men of greater perfection thē any other bicause of their vertue euen as the Pharisei did whē he sawe the publicanes submission and so they be offended with euerye litle thinge iudging euill murmuring agaynst their neyghbour and for the same they are of manye reputed and taken for the more holy and good wheras in deade they be the more wicked The most wicked persons are offended euen at themselues for at their litle stabilitie in goodnes and of their detestable and euill lyfe they take occasion to despayre Where they oughte the more to commit themselues to god asking mercye for theyr offences And furthwith to gyue thankes y t it hath pleased him of his goodnes to suffer them so lōg a tyme. But what neadeth it any more to saye the euyll men are offended euē at the workes of god They see god suffer synners therfore thinke they sinne displeaseth him not And because they se not the good rewarded with riches oftentymes they imagin that god loueth them not it seameth to them god is parciall because he hath elected sum and sum reproued And therfore they saye that the elected be sure of saluacion takyng by y t occasion to do euyl ynough saying whatsoeuer god hath determined shal be perfourmed Yf also they see the good men oppressed and the euill men exalted they iudge god vniust taking occasion to lyue euelly saying inasmuche as god fauoureth the naughty men let vs doe euyll ynough to th entent he dooe vs good Yf then the wicked be offended euen at god it is no wondre yf they be offended at those that folow walke in his pathes and wayes Nowe I will speake with greate dolour and heuynes in my harte of a sorte of people whiche be in the worlde that be called professors of the gospell by theyr wordes doe declare and shewe they be muche affected to the same But I am afrayed sum of them do builde vpon the sand as Simon Magus did making a weake foundacion I meane they make not Christe their chiefest foundacion professing hys doctryne of a sincere pure and zelous mynde but eyther for bycause they woulde be called gospellers to procure sum credit good opinions of the true and very fauourers of Christes doctrine eyther to finde out sum carnall libertie eyther to be contencious disputers fynders or rebukers of other mennes fautes orelles finally to please and flatter the worlde suche gospellers are an offence and a ●klaunder to the worde of God and make the wicked to reioyce and laugh at theym saying behold I praye you theyr fayre frutes What charitie what discrecion what godlynes holynes or puritie of life is amongst thē Be they not great auēgears foule glottons slaunderers backbyters aduouterers fornicatours swearers and blasphemers yea and wallow and tumble in al sinnes These be y e fruites of theyr doctrine And thus it may be seene how the worde of GOD is euill spokē of through licencious and euil liuing and yet the worde of God is all holye pure sincere and godlye beyng the doctryne and occasion of al holie and pure liuing It is the wicked that peruerteth all good thinges into euill for an euil tree cannot bring furth good fruite And whē good seed is sowen in a barreyne and euill grounde it yeldeth no good corne and so it fareth by the word of god For when it is heard and knowē of wicked mē it bringeth furth no good fruit but when it is sowē in good ground I meane the hartes of good