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A08445	Fouretene sermons of Barnardine Ochyne, concernyng the predestinacion and eleccion of god: very expediente to the settynge forth of hys glorye among hys creatures. Translated out of Italian in to oure natyve younge by A.C.	Ochino, Bernardino, 1487-1564.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.	1551 (1551)	STC 18767; ESTC S104170	58,669	130

are wryttē saiyng that God doth agrauate harden and blynde but it is good Thou wylte saye tell me how these wordes are to be vnderstande that God dothe harden blynde and suche lyke so that therby I may not take any occasion of offēce I aunswere that after the opinion of some God doth harden and so blynde the herte of a person in as muche as he foreseeth and forepreacheth his hardenes as he did forese and foresaye the obstinacie of Pharao But knowe thou that when he sayde to Moses I wyll harden the hert of Pharao he wold not onelie say I foresee that he wyll be hard herted and I tell it the before for then the wordes whiche he he spake after shoulde not haue agreed therwith whyche were for to shewe my power that my name maye be declared throwghout the whole worlde But wyth those wordes he threatened to punyshe hym as it is read that he punished mo people for theyr sinnes Deut ii Esai vi Ihon. xii Psalm lxxx Roma i. wyth blynding them hardenynge them with lettyng them do after theyr desyres of theyr owne hertes geuinge them ouer into a frowarde mynde in passions and shamefull effectes Therefore there are some whyche saye that God manye tymes dothe harden and blynde sinners when sufferyng yea geuing them prosperitie and distributinge his mercy and benefites when they oughte to open theyr eyes to so greate benignities of hym and be inuited therby to repent and chaūge theyr lyfe they of this bountie of God take occasion to become worse euery daye more blynde and indurate But I saye that the vertue and also the vice standeth not in prosperitie nor yet in aduersitie but in the men them selues So that as to the electe euerye thing worketh to saluacion Rom. viii and by the speciall grace that they haue of God serue hym in aduersitie as in prosperitie so to the reprobate euery thyng serueth contrarye hurteth yet by theyr defaltes as not only prosperitie aduersitie but also the preachinge of the Gospel and the miracles do hurt and hynder them Therfore Paule sayd that as to the electe Christ was the odour of lyfe so to the reprobat ii Cor. ii he was the odour of death It is nedeful then to say that God doth harden and blynde the hertes of the reprobate not because he geueth thē aduersitie or prosperitie nor because he suffereth them and sheweth them many benefites but for that he geueth them not grace to vse them and the commoditie therof to the glory of God It may be truly saide that he dothe harden and blynde the hertes of the sinners when he taketh from them or geueth them not his grace nor the vnderstandynge of his wyll wyl because that in such case it is force that man remayne blynd and indurate and that euery thynge serue them to the dishonor of god wher as if they had that inward grace euen of theyr synnes they should take occasion to honour hym God doth blynd men whē withdrawyng his lyght he hydeth his face and as Moses was vailed so spredeth he the vaile of ignoraunce ouer the herte of the reprobate Deute xxxi so that god in withdrawinge the lyght of his grace ii Cor. iii. blindeth the hertes of infidels in such sorte that not only the gospel is hyd from them as Paul writeth and they erre but standyng in that darckenes they can not beleue ii Tessa ii Ihon. xii And so also doth he harden not for that he geueth prosperitie or aduersitie of the which the electe also are partakers nor because he withdraweth not the grace but the swetenes and the sensuall felyng therof of the which many saintes wer voyde nor yet for that he moueth their hertes to euell or cause in them any obstinacie or euell qualitie Ezechi xi but only in wythdrawyng hys grace which molifieth a herte of stone and maketh it fleshe it is of necessitie that the hert remain hardened And so lykewyse he chaseth awai the sinner whē he doth not cal hym draw him to him before Yet for all this god sinneth not for he is not holdē nor bōde to geue vs this grace he may hardē molifie after his owne pleasure yea the sinner meriteth not onlye to be punished with payne and priuacion of paradise but also wyth priuacion of his grace and that this is true iudge if God had kylled Pharao when he caused all the Hebrues chyldren to be caste into the floude woldest thou haue sayd that god had bene vniuste Surely no. And yet if then he had died he had ben damned and remained obstinat for euer Wherfore myght not god execute iustlye the same sentence as concerning blyndyng and hardening vpon others wyth wythdrawinge hys grace And on the other partie as they are preserued that shal be not amisse to preserue him in life for a few mo daies to be serued of hym as of an instrument of wrathe prepared frome the beginninge to exercise his people in vertue to th ende that deliueryng them so diuinely they myght knowe the great goodnes Roma ix power iustice of god And so beynge his name celebrate throughout the world he might be feared loued And finally all to hys owne glory as wryteth Paul Moses Exo. xxiiii Psalm lxxi The iudgementes that we geue vpon the secretes of god are verie madnes if by faith we do not enter into his sanctuary Rom. viii God dothe inwardlye call the electe as Paul wryteth and they beleue that god as theyr only father wyl neuer forsake them but shall endue thē wyth suche grace that al thynges shal serue them to saluaciō euen synne in the which god wyll neuer let them fall but for theyr benefite They are not offended to heare saye that god by abstayning his grace from the vngodly Rom. viii doth blynd and harden theyr hertes but vnderstanding by faythe to be in the number of the electe and knowyng that god saueth not but by mercye and damneth not but iustlie so much the more are they moued to lyue in pure feare to humble them selues render thankes to god to whom be euer all lande honour and glorie through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ Howe God dothe dispose his grace the twelfe Sermon THer are many whiche thinke that god to euery one cōtinually doth offer his grace and that it is in the power of man to accepte it or not as thoughe they had it in a boudget were in their arbitremēt to opē take at their owne wil. And that of this their dead false erronious opinion groweth that they liue most wickedly thinking saiyng god neuer fayleth with his grace and it is at our choyse to receyue it at our wyll Therfore we may take leisure lyne a vicious life after our owne way for we shal be saued alwaies a moment of time is enough for vs to repent be saued sence it is in our power Therfore for to

¶ Fouretene Sermons of Barnardine Ochyne concernyng the predestinacion and eleccion of god very expediente to the settynge forth of hys glorye among hys creatures Translated out of Italian in to oure natyue tounge by A.C. ☞ It is good to hyde the Kinges secretes but to decleare and prayse the workes of god it is an honorable thing Co. xij ☞ I wyl saye to the north let go and to the southe kepe not backe but brynge my Sonnes and my Daughters from the endes of the world namely all those that be called after my name For thē haue I created fashyoned and made for mine honor Esa xliii The titles of the Chaptres i. Whether predestinaciō ought to be wryten spoken or thought ii How excelent our election is iij. If we maye knowe in thys presente lyfe whether we be of the electe and in the grace or fauour of God or not iiij Whether it be good to knowe or to beleue that we are elect v. Whether it be necessarye to saluacion to beleue that we are elect or no. vi If it be good to knowe wherefore God hath elect sum and sume reprobate vij Of the diuers effectes it worketh in mā to beleue that our election is al in the hād of God that of him only it dependeth viij Howe it ought to be answered to them which lamente that God hath create theym forseyng their damnacion ix Wherefore God hath elected vs. x. Whether the elect can be damned or not xi Whether god do aggrauat harden and blynd the hartes of men in what maner xij Howe god doth dyspence hys grace xiij If man haue liberty or not and in what maner xiiij Of the effect wrought by the spirite of God when it entreth the soule ☞ To the Christen Reader WHEn these translated sermons of the famous Barnardine were come to myne hand Ientyll Reader I thought it mete to publysh thē to the ende so Godly Apostolyke doctryne should not be priuate to those onely whych vnderstande the Italian toung synce thorow the honest trauel of a wel occupied Ientelwoman and verteouse meyden they speake in Englyshe whose shamfastnes would rather haue supprest theym had not I to whose handes they were commytted halfe agaynst hyr wyll put them fourth biddyng them blush that deserue blame for thys of her parte I dare safely affyrme craueth perpetual praise and if any prety pryckemydantes shal happen to spy amote in thys godly labour as I doughte not but the nisytes wyl seynge it is meeter for Docters of diuinitye to meddle wyth such matters thē Meydens let thē remēber howe womāly they wast their tyme the one part in pryckeynge and trymmynge to vayne hethennyshe ostentaciō and in deuisyng newe fashyons of apparel to whome if in their glasse appered the fowle fautes of their fylthy cōdicions as playnely as the defautes of theyr forsayde faces I doubt much whether thei wold delight to toose therin so often as thei do the other part speakyng in prynt lyke parates wyth solemne countenaūces debate matters of importaūce graue weight as though the ordre of realmes appartained to them or els warbling wordes of scripture in all their doynges deface the thyng they most bable of But I require the Christiā Reader wyth iudgement to reade in the equal balaunce of Scripture to way these learned godly sermons whych thou shalt fynde I dout not of iust weyght with the sacred word of God I forbare to prayse them lest I should say to lytle defend them I nede not the authour lyuinge and here amongest vs a man whose lyfe wythout wordes were a suffyciente proteccion to hys worcke If oughte be erred in the translacion remēber it is a womās yea a Ientyl womās who cōmenly are wonted to lyue Idelly a maidens that neuer gaddid farder thē hir fathers house to learne the language Fare wel vse hyr labor to the amendement of thy life G. B. ¶ To the right worshypful and worthyly beloued Mother the Lady F. hyr humble Daughter wysheth encrease of spirituall knowledge with ful fruicion of the fruites thereof SInce the Orygynal of what so euer is or may be cōuerted to ani good vse in me hath frelye proceded thoughe as the minister of GOD of youre Ladyshypes mere carefull and Motherly goodnes as well in procurynge all thynges thereunto belongeynge as in youre many and most Godly exhortacyons wherein amonge the rest it hath pleased you oftē to reproue my vaine studye in the Italyan tonge accompting the sede thereof to haue bene sowen in barayne vnfruitful grounde syns God thereby is no whytte magnifyed I haue at the last perceiued it my duty to proue howe muche the vnderstandynge of youre wyll could worcke in me towardes the accomplyshynge of the same And for that I haue wel knowen your chyfe delight to rest in the destroynge of man hys glorye and exaltynge wholy the glory of God whych may not be vnles we acknowledge that he doth fore se and determyne from wythout begynnynge al thynges and cannot alter or rewarde after our deserued worckes but remayne stedefaste accordynge to hys immutable wyll I haue taken in hande to dedicate vnto youre Ladyship this smale number of Sermons for the excelēt fruit sake in thē conteined proceding from the happy spirit of the santified Barnardyne which treat of the election and predestinacion of God wyth the rest although not of the selfe title a perteynig to the same effect to the end it might appere that your so many worthy sentences touching the same haue not vtterly ben wtout some note in my weake memory al be it they be not done in such perfectiō as the dignitie of the matter doth requyre yet I trust know ye wil accept the hūble wil of the presēter not weghing so much the excelnecy of the translacion al thoughe of ryghte it oughte to be such as should not by the grosnes therof depriue the aucthor of his worthynes But not meanynge to take vpō me the reache to his hygh style of thealogie and fearyng also least in enterprisynge to sette forth the bryghtnes of hys eloquence I shuld manyfest my selfe vnapte to attaine vnto the lowest degre therof I descend therefore to the vnderstāding of myne own debilitye Only requiring that it may please youre Ladyshippe to vouchsafe that thys my smal labor may be alowed at your hādes vnder whose proteccion only it is commited wyth humble reuerence as yeldyng some parte of the fruite of your Motherly admonicions in this my wyllinge seruyce ☞ Your Ladyshyppes Daughter most boundenly obedient A.C. ¶ Whether Predestinacion oughte to be wrytten spoken or thought the fyrste Sermon THer are many that wold not here predestinacion spokē of nor once named and if they might let it it shuld neuer be preached and that is because it semeth them to gyue offence and ingender cōfusion amonge the people ☞ I cannot denye that many curiouse persons wyth theyr darcke natural lyght willing to se thinges supernatural that