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The harvest is at hand, vvherin the tares shall be bound, and cast into the fyre and brent. [...]
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Champneys, John, fl. 1548.
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is the disposicion of man for the fyrst man Adam bare a wicked hert traÌ„sgressed and was ouercome and so be al they that ar borne of hym The iiii of Esdxas the .iii. chap. c. for the imaginacions of mans hert is euyll euen froÌ„ his youth Gene. viii d. And is but earth earthly i. Corin. xv f. Endued with wyt and reason Genes i. And subiect to affection lust Gene. iii. And no man hath attayned to the whole knowledge of his owne synne Psal xix d. For in the flesh of man remayneth no good thyng Roma vii d. Wherfore those thiÌ„ges which men haue in hygh estimacion be abhominable in y e sight of god Luke xvi d. For the naturall man perceiueth not the thinges whiche belong to the spirite of God i. Corin. ii chap. d. Wherfore it is vndoubtedly to be beleued that all people remaynyng in the olde Adam beyng of naturall discressyon whiche be not yet regenerate of God with the spirite of Christ are thus farfurth vntyl this tyme. the subiectes of the deuyll abiectes from God Roma viii b What wisdome or learning soeuer thei haue or what outward lyfe soeuer thei lyue knoweth nothyng of the thynges of god i. Corin. ii c the .iiii. booke of Eâ—dras the .iiii. b. Neuerthelesse reason and learning by the workes froÌ„ the creasion declareth and confesseth God so that they are without excuse that so know God and glorifye hym not as God Romayns the first c. Howbeit no man by any gyft of nature may glorifye God or do any thyng which is godlye for it is God which worketh al goodnesse in vs bothe the wyll and also the deede the Philippians the seconde c. Wherfore the onely trewe perfect remedy is for all reasonable people to seeke of God in prayer the regenacioÌ„ promysed in Christ Esaie liiii d Ihon vi c. Mat. vii chap. b. and Luke the .xi. b. Wherby they shal haue both the true vnderstaÌ„ding of his word also power in spirite to lyue alway accordyng to the trewe professyon of the Ghospell for otherwyse no maÌ„ may be acceptable with God and a partaker of euerlastyng lyfe with Christ Math. xiii c. and Luke viii b. For neither reason nor learniÌ„g can declare the true religion in Christ wherwith onely God is pleased and pacified by Christ wherfore wo be vnto them that are wyse in their owne syght thynke themselues to haue vnderstanding Esay v. e. And precheth or setteth furth anye doctryne of the holye Scriptures without the spirite of god Esai xxx a. And cursed be y e maÌ„ that putteth his trust in man that taketh flesh for his arme he whose hert departeth from the Lorde he shal be lyke the heath that groweth in the wildernes and as for the good thyng that is for to come he shall not see it Ieremy xvii b. But shall be as ignoraunt of the comyng of the glorye of the Gospell as the most parte of the Scribes and Phariseis were of Christ for God hath wrapped all nacions in vnbeliefe that he might only haue mercye on all his electe Romaines the .xi. Chapiter e. for in the tyme of the Law the hygh learned Scribes Pharyseis beyng ignoraunt of God for their vnthankefulnesse sake thought to establysh their owne righteousnesse by the law Romaines the .x. chapiter a. Lyke as our marked men now beyng destitute of the spirit of Christ thynketh to minister the gospel by their outward learnyng for other knowledge thei haue not but doo therin now lyke as the Scrybes and Phariseys dyd which knew not that the lawe was spirituall and that it required more perfectioÌ„ then mai be obserued of any erthly man namely in that that it coÌ„maundeth that we shoulde not lust Exodus xx chap. c. Deut. v. b For who soeuer lusteth or desyreth in herte any thyng whiche is his neyghbours is condemned by the law Math. v. c. For they knewe not that the lawe was geuen to vtter synne and to shew the imperfection of our flesh and that therby no flesh shall be iustified in the syght of God Rom. iii. c. Wherfore they were ignoraunt also of the promyse made to them in the law for there was neuer no promise of euerlastyng lyfe made vnto man therin but only that those Isralites which dyd the thiÌ„ges of the lawe should lyue therin Gal. iii. b. Receiuyng the benedictions promysed in the lawe Exo xxiii d. Deau vii b. where Moyses sayde vnto them if ye hearken vnto these lawes obserue do them the Lorde thy God wyll loue thee blesse thee and multiply thee and he wyll also blesse the fruit of thy woÌ„be the fruit of thy land thy corne thy wyne thyne oyle the encrease of thy oxeÌ„ the flockê of thy sheepe ce These such other lyke were the benedictioÌ„s promysed of GOD to theym which lyued in the law so that the receiuyng of these benedictioÌ„s declared what righteousnesse was in theim concernyng the law neuertheles the doinge of the thynges of the iawe dyd not helpe them to euerlastynge lyfe for that was geuen before to Abraham his seede by promis Gen. xii a. the .xviii. c. xxii d. so that all people after that tyme which were partakers of euerlastyng lyfe dranke of the same spirituall rocke of faithe which Abraham did i. Cor. x. a. both in the tyme of the law and also before the lawe for the inheritaunce of euerlastynge lyfe commeth to all people onely by grace through fayth Ephe. ii b for the law was but only added because of transgressioÌ„ tyll the seed came to whom the promise was made whiche is Chryste Gal. iii. c. So that what so euer the law saithe it saithe to them whiche are vnder the lawe Ro. iii. c. for the lawe was a scolemaister till the tyme of chryste but syns that tyme all people whiche be regenerate in chryst are no lenger vnder the lawe galath iii. d. for the lawe is not gyuen to no personne whiche is made righteous in chryste by a true faith hauyng the power in spirite by the gyfte of the holy ghost to loue al the elect people of god accordynge to the commaundement of chryst Ioh. xiii d. for the hole commaundemeÌ„ts of the lawe are included in the perfection of loue out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of a faythe vnfayned from the which thinges because the whole multytude of our markt men haue erred thei are turned to bayne iangelynge about the law would be techers therof yet vnderstand not what they speake neither wherof they affirme i. Tim. i. chap. b. But be euen suche lyke teachers as we reade of Act. x b. that troubled the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ in the Apostles tyme which wold haue had sircumsicion the coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes of Moses law kepte which neuer no man els in his flesh was able to kepe but onely Christ wherfore the Apostles by one assent wrate a coÌ„trary coÌ„mauÌ„dement that we shoulde beleue