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A04546
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An confortable exhortation of oure mooste holy Christen faith, and her frutes Writte[n] (vnto the Christe[n] bretherne in Scotla[n]de) after the poore worde of God.
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Johnson, John, professor of holy divinite.
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1535
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STC 14667; ESTC S103726
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thorowe vnbelefe but was made stronge in the faith and gaue honour to God and stedfastly beleued that he which hath made the promes was able also to make it good and therfore was it reckened to hym for righteuesnes It is not written for hym only that it was reckened to hym for righteuesnes but also for vs to whom it shal be counted for righteuesnes so we beleue on hym that reysed vppe Iesus oure lorde from deeth Here Paul shewet what faith was in oure father Abraham we shulde beleue in hope contrary to hope as did Abraham which contrary the hope of his natural strength or powere belewed in the strength and powere of God infulfilliÌ„ge his promes So shulde we beleue surly to obteyne they thinges which God hath promised to vs thought they be vnpoâ—sible to vs to obteyne them after oure naturall weake powere God hath promised to vs eternall life which is vnpossible to vs to obteyne after oure weake naturall powere because we are synners yet thougt it be vnpossible to vs to obteyne it of oure sylfes because we are sinful It is not vnpossible to God to geue it to vs accordinge to his promes Therfore let vs with Abraham beleue in hope aboue hope in Gods righteuesnes aboue oure vnrighteuesnes In gods trueth aboue oure lyes In Gods mercy aboue oure synfulnes In Gods power aboue oure weaknes Let vs haue faith with Abraham in gods promyses And we shall reioy with Abraham in receawinge of thesame thynges promysed This faith is not knoweÌ„ of the worlde nether be y e naturall man it for it is an super naturall gyfte geuen vnto man frely by god As saith Paul ye are made saue by faueoure throwe faith and that not of youre sylfes for it is the gyfte of god and commeth not of workes lest any man shulde bost hym sylfe Belowed brethern sen ye mo not haue this faith of youre sylfes but it is an excelleÌ„t gyfte of god mother of all godly virtue which he of his kyndnes mercy geweth vnto you frely Therfore crye with the Apostles vnto y e lorde to increase youre faith And with the man which hath the possessed sonne which sayde o lorde i beleue sucker myne vnbelefe That god seen ge youre powerte in the sprite and takynge heed to youre peteous complayne mo graunt youre peticion and make you rych by his precious gyfte of faith And not only seke ye youre awne health but the health of youre brethern prayeÌ„ge to god to sent faith on the erthaâ—d plant it in all quarters y t all nacion maye prayse god which only hath immortalite and duellit in light that no man maye attayne whom newere man sawe nether cane se vnto whom be honour and rule euerelastinge Amen ¶ Of vnfaithfulnes DEarly belowed brethern vnfaithfulnes is the mother of allwice aÌ„d synne for it bryngeth forth all kynde of synne euil Lyke wise as euil frute coÌ„meth of an euil tree So of vnfaithfulnes commeth no thynge but euil As aduoâ—rie fornication vnclemes wantaÌ„nes ydolatrie witchecraft hatred zele wraâ—th stryfe sedition partetakinges enuyinge murther dronckennes glottony and soche lyke â–ª As saith oure saueoure an euil man out of the euil treasure of his hert bryngeth forth euil thynges This euil treasure is vnfaithfulnes which bryngeth forth all kynde of euil and synne be which cause it is only before God reckened synne as saith oure saueoure The holy goost wheÌ„ he shal come shal rebuke y e worlde of synne be cause they beleue not on me And it maketh an man worthy of eternall damnation as it is writen Whosoeuer beleueth not shal be dampâ—ct And in a nother place Héth at beleueth not is condeÌ„pned already This vnfaithfulnes maketh god to hat vs as saith the scripture The wraeth of God commeth apon the chyldren of vnbelefe And in a nother place saith Ihon the baptiser He that beleueth not the sonne shall not se lyfe but the wraeth of God abydeth on hym Vnfaithfulnes is no other thynge but lackynge of faith euen as darknes is but the lackynge of lyght So the vnfaithful lacketh faith aÌ„d be y e same cause al that coÌ„meth of faith as hope lowe ioy peace longe sofferynge geÌ„tlenes goodnes kepynge of promes meknes teÌ„peraunce ce And in steade of them is full of allwice as vane presumption hatred dispare and all abhomination Nether is it possible to hym to lowe god or his brethreÌ„ nor to do any thynge pleasesynge to god For whatsoeuer coÌ„meth not of faith y e same is synne For he is by nature euil and perceaueth not y e thynges of y e sprite of God for they are but folishnes vnto hym He is blynde and knoweth not where hence he goo but is led by y e power of darknes Of y e vnfaithful saith Paul Yf oure gospell yet be hid it is hid amonge theÌ„ y t are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blynded y e myndes of theÌ„ which beleue not lest shulde shyne vnto theÌ„ y e light of y e glorious gospell of christe which is y e ymage of God and in a nother place The vnfaithfull is lyke y e wawes of the see tost of the wynde and caried wyth violence nether let that man thynke that he shal receaue any thynge of God A wauerynge mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes Belowed brethern this i saye not to youre rebuke but to theyrs whosoeuer lacketh faith which shal be knowen and iudget of the faithful by they re frutes As saith oure saueoure Ye shal knowe them by they re frutes Herefor study and labour that ye be not found vnfrutefull but that youre vnfayned faith mo be knowen by her frutes and youre brethern mo see her frutes and glorify youre father which is in heuen For there is many of whom alace with sorowe i coÌ„playne That confesse that they knowe God but with deades they denie hym and are abhominable and disobedyent and vnto all good workes discommendable They do shayme so moch as is in theÌ„ to oure moste holy faith They seke in all thynges the libertie of the flesshe and not the prayse of the lorde nor the health of there brethern and do dishonour the gospell of God This i saye that ye knowoÌ„de soch fautes in others awoyde them from youre sylfes and behaue youre sylfis as it becommeth saynctes And beare youre frute in holynes As saith Paul Ye which beleue in god be studious â—goo forwarde in good workes This thyngis are good and profitable vnto men Folisshe questions and genealogies and braulingis and stryfe aboute the lawe awoyde for they are vnprofitable and superfluus A man that is the auctor of sectes after the first and the second amonition awoyde remembrynge that he that is soche is peruerted and synneth euen damned by his awne iudgement Of these thyngis i wolde ye were