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A new yeares gyfte more precious than golde worthy to be embrased no lesse ioyfully than tha[n]kfully of euery true christe[n] man, newly published by Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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Mary Peter Iames Michael FrauÌ„ces Dominicke AusteÌ„ or ony other He shal both saâ—e and lede his people wythâ— hym into eternall glorye For as hâ— shall saye to the wycked Departe go awaye froÌ„ me ye cursed into euer lastynge fyre which is prepared foâ— the dyuell his aungels so shall he faye to his faythful people Come yâ— blyssed chyldren of my father inherite the kyngdome which was prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde O swete sayeng more full of ioye conforte than it can be expressed Chri. Lorde I beseche the for thy great mercyes so to assyst vs with thy holy spirite that we maye so walke before the in this lyfe accorâ—dynge to thy moost holy worde y t wâ— may be found in y e noÌ„ber at that day of thy blyssed chyldren to whome â— of thy fre grace shalte gyue y e moost glorious inheritaunce Phil. Your deâ—syre is godly Ye shall heare more of your new yeares gyfte for it begynnethe to drawe vnto an ende Euse. I praye you lette vs heare Phile. whyche gaue hymselfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnrighteousnes That there can be no sauyour for vs but christ alone these word is proue manifestly for asmuch as none other but he only gaue him selfe for vs to redeme vs from al vnrighteousnes Was Paule crucifyed for vs Or were we baptised in y e name of Paule What saynt at ony tyme thought hymselfe so pure immaculate and wythout all spotte of synne that he durst presume to dye for vs to auouche hys death to be an oblacion sacrifyce for oure synnes to god the father excepte peraduenture we wyll admytte for good payment these suche lyke blasphemies which were wonte full solemly to be songe in the temples vnto y e great ignominy of y e glorious name of God the dishonoure of Christes moost precious bloud Iesu bone per Thomae merita nostra nobis dimitte debita Eta trina morte nos suscita Agen Iesu bone per Thomae uulnera quae nos ligant relaxas celera Item Thomae cedunt parent omnia Pestes morbi mors demonia Ignis aer tellus maria Thomas munduÌ„ repleuit gloria MuÌ„dat lepra conspersos maculis soluit mortis ligatos uinculis I let passe many mo whiche are very easye to be searched founde oute What are if these be not blasphemies What obscure the price of Christes death if these wycked senteÌ„ces do not Ah Lord what blyndenes occupyed the world whaÌ„ suche wycked doctrine crept in and was receaued into the chyrche and made in a manner of equall authorite wyth the holy scripture Oh Satan great is thy crafte vnsearcheable is the suttelty of thy wicked imaginacions Chri. Here are some of vs whyche vnderstande not the Latin tonge Englyshe therfore the aforesayd sentences Phil. I wyl do it in order O good Iesu forgyue vs oure dettes thorowe the merites of Thomas And reyse vs vp from the thre folde death O good Iesu release vs of our synnes whiche bynde vs thorowe Thomas woundes All thynges gyue place and obeye Thomas Pestilences diseses death dyuels Fyre ayre earth the sees Thomas fylled the world full of glory He maketh clene lepers He losoneth them that are bounde from the bondes of death Howe saye ye to thys geare Is it not good stuffe Euse. Let God be but a lytle mercifull vnto me yf I haue ether heard or read more pestilent abhominable blasphemies thaÌ„ these are Is this ony other thaÌ„ as Lucifer sayd I wyll clyme vp in to heuen make my seat aboue the starres of God I wyll sytte vpon y e glorious mount toward the North. I wyl clyme vp aboue the clowdes and wyll be lyke the hygheste of all Is not this the office of God to forgyue vs oure dettes for the merites of Christ Doth it not pertayne vnto God to reyse vs vp from deathe Are not our sinnes only released for Christes woundes sake Is not all power gyuen vnto Christ both in heuen and in earthe Are not all thynges in the hande of God to do withe them what so euer hys moost godly plesure shal be Is it not God alone that losoneth the synfull from y e bondes of deathe Howe than can these thynges be iustly ascribed to a mortall creature begotten conceaued borne in synne yea as some iudge of him Tratour both to God and his Prynce Is a synner fyt to pay a synners rauÌ„some Is a Traytouâ— a conuenient parson to make meaÌ„s for another Traytour vnto a kyng whome both of them haue offended What Prynce can awaye with the syght of theÌ„ Phil. Ye say trueth It therfore foloweth wel y t nether Thomas Fraunces Dominicke AusteÌ„ nor any other creature nether in heuen nor in earth were they neuer so holy suffered they neuer so greate paynes could be our sauiour but christ alone y e pure iÌ„maculate laÌ„be of God which gaue himselfe for vs as your newe yeares gyfte sayth to redeme vs from al vnrighteousnes Marcke that he saythe whych gaue hym selfe for vs. These wordes expresse the vnspeakeble kyndenes of Christ towarde vs seynge that whan we had deserued no suche gentylnes he was contented to come downe from the glorye of his father and to become man for oure sake yea to gyue hymselfe vnto the deathe to reconcyle vs vnto God the father and to make an attonement betwene hiÌ„ vs. He gaue hym selfe for vs. He suffered deathe wyllyngly It was not the violence of the Iewes that drewe hym vnto his passion but hys owne voluÌ„tary wyll The seruent brennyng loue that he had in hys brest toward maÌ„kynde caused hym to take the death vpon hym and to suffer those moost cruell paynes So that he dydde all thinges wyllyngly as the Prophet sayth He was offred because it was his pleasure and he dyd not once opeÌ„ his mouth Christ hiÌ„selfe also sayth Therfore doth my father loue me bâ—cause I put my lyfe from me that I myght take it agayne No man takethe it from me but I putte it awaye of my selfe I haue power to put it from me and haue power to take it agayne Thus se we y t Christ wythoute ony compulsion suffered death for our sake He gaue himselfe and no Aungell nor ony other creature nether in heauen nor in earth for vs for vs I saye men although neuer so greuous synners if we repent beleue amende O moost precious incomparable gyâ—te There is one god sayth S. Paule and one attonement maker of God and meÌ„ euen the man Christ Iesus whyche gaue hymselfe a rauÌ„some for all meÌ„ Christ gaue hiÌ„selfe for vs. wherfore To redeme vs froÌ„ all vnrighteousnes Theo. What is it to redeme vs Phile. To redeme vs is to bye vs agayne whaÌ„ we are loste to pay our raunsome to satisfy for our syn to delyuer vs oute of captiuite to brynge vs home agayne to our
maner I am I am the Lorde there is no sauiour besides me Agayne in thaâ— same chapter I am I am he which putteth away thyne iniquities yea that for myne owne sake wyll remember theÌ„ no more Put me in remembraunce let vs be iudged togyther Tell me if thou haste anye thynge whereby thou mayeste be iustified Thy fyrst father synned and thy Prophettes haue trespassed agenst me Also in another place Am not I the Lord Is there any other God besydes me A righteous God such one as saueth there is none but I alone Tourne vnto me and ye shall be safe o all ye coastes of the earth for I am God there is none other Once agayne by y e same Prophet he saythe I alone haue troden downe the wyne presse there was none at all that dyd healpe me Are not al these scriptures playn inugh to declare that Christ is the sauiour that there is no saluacion but by easeth refreshethe conforteth the conforteles Christ the sonne of man came to seke saue that which was lost Ergo what so euer is lost saued agen is saued by Christ. Christ is that true light which lighteneth euery man that commeth into this worlde Ergo they that are not lightened by Christ remayne styl in darkenes Christ gaue to so many as receaued hym power to be made the sonnes of God because they beleued in his name Ergo they that receiue not him to be theyr sauiour and beleue that theyr synnes are only put awaye by his name are not the sonnes of God Christ is that lambe 〈◊〉 God that taketh away the fynne 〈◊〉 the world Ergo there is none otheâ— sacrifyce for synne but Christ alone No man goeth vp into heauen but he that came downe from heauen y e sonne of man whiche is in heauen Ergo so many as go vp into heuen go vp onely by Christ. He that beleueth in the sonne hath euerlastyng life But he that beleueth not in the sonne shall not se lyfe but y e wrathe of GOD abydeth vpon hym Ergo they alone shall be saued whiche w t a stronge faythe beleue Christ to be theyr Sauioure Euery one saythe Christ that drynketh of the water that I gyue hym shall neuermore thyrst Ergo Christ is a sufficient sauiour for so many as repent and beleue Christ is that lyuynge bread which came downe from heauen yf ony maÌ„ eateth of that bread he shal lyue for euermore Ergo he that tasteth Christ aryght nede the none other sauiour to gyue hiÌ„ euerlastyng lyfe Christ is that good shepeherde whiche gyueth his lyfe for his shepe Ergo so many as are saued are saued by Christes death Christ is the resurreccion lyfe Ergo by him wâ— ryse out of syn obtayne lyfâ— eternall Christ is the waye trueth and lyfe No man commeth to the father but by him Ergo by christ alone we ascende go vp vnto the presence of the father Without christ we caÌ„ do nothing Ergo wtout him we caÌ„ not be saued Christ is the vine He y t abideth in him bryngeth forthe muche frute Ergo he y t casteth away christ seketh ony other sauyour is y e tre which briÌ„geth forth no frute therfore shall he be heweÌ„ downe cast in to y e fyre Christ dyed for our synnes rose agen for our iustificacion 〈◊〉 go by christes deth are we 〈◊〉 froÌ„ our sinnes by his resurreâ—cioâ— iustified made righteous We beyng iustified by fayth haue peace toward god thorowe our Lord â—â—â—us christ Ergo christ it is which mâ—keth y e attonemeÌ„t betwene god y e 〈◊〉 vs. By the synne of AdaÌ„ alone came daÌ„nacioÌ„ on all meÌ„ eueÌ„ so by y e righteousnes of christ alone came y e iustificacioÌ„ of lyfe vpoÌ„ all meÌ„ Ergo as we were daÌ„ned by the syn of AdaÌ„ alone so are we saued iustified preserued vnto euerlastyng life by y e righteousnes of christ alone Euerlasting lyfe is the gyft of god thorowe christ Iesus our Lord. Ergo so many as obtayne euerlasting lyfe cometh vnto it by y e fre gyft of god yea y t for our Lord Iesus Christes sake Christ is appoynted of god to be our wysdom righteousnes saÌ„ctificacioÌ„ redeÌ„cioÌ„ Ergo by Christ are we made wyse ryghteous holy the chyldreÌ„ of redeÌ„cioÌ„ We are washed we are saÌ„ctifyed yea we are made ryghteous thorow the name of y e Lord Iesus the spirite of our God Ergo by christes name and the spirite of God are we made pure holy righteous Christ whiche knowe no synne became syn for oure sake that is to saye a sacrifyce for our synnes Ergo those synnes that are putte awaye are putte awaye by y e sacrifyce of christ Christ whan he was ritche became pooore for our sake that by his pouertie he should make vs ritch Ergo so many as be made ritche are enrytched by christ If righteousnes cometh by y e lawe than dyed christ in vayne Ergo they that are made rygheteous are made righteous by the death of christ And who so euer seketh to be iustified by ony other meanes than by the deth of christ he goeth about to make christes deth of none effect and so is he a playne Antechrist By christ we haue redempcion by his bloude remission of synnes Ergo by christ is our raunsome payd and by his bloud are oure synnes forgyuen vs. Christ is our peace Ergo by him haue we tranquilite quietnes and rest in our coÌ„scieÌ„ces By christ haue we free entraunce vnto the father Ergo so many as come vnto the father come by Christ. Christ is gone vp on high and hath led away captiuite captiue and hath giuen gyftes vnto men Ergo he it is that giueth remission of synnes Christ loued vs and gaue hymselfe for vs to God an offeryng swete smellynge sacrifyce Ergo for this swete odoriferous sacrifice of christ God the father pardoneth our siÌ„nes Christ is the head of the body of the congregacioÌ„ Ergo he it is that saueth his members It hath plesed the father that in christ al fulnes shuld dwel that by him all thynges should be reconcyled vnto hiÌ„selfe whyther they be thynges vpon earth or in heaueÌ„ y t thorowe the bloud of his crosse he myght make peace euen thorow his owne selfe Ergo all they y t are reconcyled set at one w t God the father haue obtayned thys by y e bloude of christ This is a true sayeng by al means worthy y t we should embrace it y t Christ Iesus came into y e world to saue synners Ergo Christe it is y t saueth sinners Ther is one God one attonemeÌ„t maker betwene god men euen the man Christ Iesus whyche gaue hym selfe a raunsome for all meÌ„ Ergo as