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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08830	The benefite that Christians receiue by Iesus Christ crucifyed. Translated out of French into English, by A.G. 1573; Dal beneficio di Christo. English	Benedetto, da Mantova, fl. 1534-1541.; Flaminio, Marco Antonio, 1498-1550.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.; Paleario, Aonio, 1503-1570, attributed name.	1573 (1573)	STC 19114; ESTC S120980	53,945	119

his strength become mortal to make vs immortall come downe vnto the earth to aduaunce vs vp to heauen and become the sonne of man with vs to make vs the children of God with himself Who is he then that shal accuse vs God is he that iustifieth vs who shall condemne vs Iesus Christ is dead for vs yea rizen agein for vs and he sitteth at the right hand of God making intercession for vs Let vs then O my Sowle leaue of these teares and sighes Â¶ THE. C. III. PSALME 1 MY soule praise thou the LORD and all that is within me praise his holie Name 2 My soule praise thou the Lord and forget not all his benefites 3 Which forgiueth al thine iniquitie and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Which redemeth thy life from the graue crowneth thÃ©e with mercie compassion 5 Which satisfieth thy mouth with good things thy youth is renued like y Egles 6 The Lord executeth righteousenes and iudgement to al that are oppressed 7 He made his waies knowen vnto Moses his workes vnto the children of Israel 8 The Lord is ful of compassion and mercie slow to angre and of great kindnes 9 He will not alwaye chide nether kepe his angre for euer 10 He hath not dealt with vs after our sinz nor rewarded vs accordiÌ„g to our iniquities 11 For as high as the heauen is aboue the earth so great is his mercie towarde them that feare him 12 As farre as the East is from the West so far hath he remoued our sinnes from vs. 13 As a father hath coÌ„passioÌ„ on his childreÌ„ so hath y Lord compassioÌ„ on theÌ„ y fear him 14 For he knoweth whereof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The dayes of man are as grasse as a floure of the field so florisheth he 16 For the winde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place therof shal know it no more 17 But y louing kindenes of y Lord endureth for euer euer vpon theÌ„ that fear him his righteousenes vpon childrens children 18 Unto theÌ„ that kepe his ceuenaÌ„t think vpon his commandements to do them 19 The Lorde hath prepared his throne in heauen and his kingdome ruleth ouer all 20 Praise the Lord ye his Angels that exrel in strength that do his commandement in obeying the voice of his word 21 Praise the Lord all ye his hostes ye his seruants that do his pleasure 22 Praise the Lord all ye his workes in al places of his dominion my soule praise thou the Lord. So hath he had mercie on vs in giuing vs his only sonne With this faith with theis thanksgiuings with theis or such other like thoughts must we receiue the sacrameÌ„t of the bodie blud of our Lord Iesus christ After this maner is al fearfulnes driuen out of the soule of y christiaÌ„ charitie is incresed faith streÌ„gthened y conscience quieted the tung neuer ceasseth to prayse God and to yÃ©elde him infinite thanks for so great a benefyte This is the vertue efficacie and onely trust of our sowle This is the Rocke wher vppoÌ„ if the conscience be bwilded it feareth nother tempest nor the gates of hell nor gods wrath nor the Lawe nor sinne nor death nor the diuels nor any other thing And forasmuch as the substance of the Lords Supper and table consisteth in this diuine Sacrament When the christian is at it he must hold his eyes fastened continewally vppon the passion of our graciouse Sauiour beholding him on the one syde vppon the crosse loden with all our sinnes and GOD on the othersyde punishing chastizing and whipping his owne only begotteÌ„ and derbeloued sonne in stede of vs O happie is that man that shetteth his eyes from all other syghts and will nother hÃ©ere nor sÃ©e any other thing than Iesus Christ crucifyed in whome are layd vp bestowed all the treasures of Gods wisdome deuine knowledge Blessed say I is he that fedeth his mind with so heauenly a foode maketh himselfe drunken in the loue of God with so swÃ©ete and singular a liquor But before I make an end of this matter I will first aduertise the christian that Sainct Austin hath ordinarily bin woont to terme this holy sacrament the bond of charitie and the misterie of vnitie And he saieth that whosoeuer receiueth the misterie of vnitie and regardeth not the bond of peace receiueth not the Sacrament to his owne behoof but as a witnesse ageinst himself Therfore we must vnderstand that the Lord hath ordeyned this holy Sacrament not only to make vs sure of the forgiuenes of our sins but also to inflame vs to peace vnitie brotherly charitie For in this Sacrament the lord doth after such a maner make vs partakers of his body as he becoÌ„meth al one thing with vs and we with him By reason wher of forasmuch as he hath but one bodie wherof he maketh vs partakers it is mÃ©ete that we also should by such partaking become all one body togither amoÌ„g our selues And this vnion is represented by the bread of the SacrameÌ„t which as it is made of many grayns mingled and kneaded togither in such wyse as one of them cannot be discerned from another So also must we be ioyned togither after such a sorte and so vnited togither into one agrement of mynd as no diuision may crÃ©epe in And this dooth sainct Paule shewe vs when he saieth Is not the cup of blissing which we blisse the communion of the blud of Iesus Christ is not the bread y we break the communion of the bodie of Iesus christe whereas we be manie yit are we but one bread and one bodie forsomuch as we be all parttakers of one bread By theis things we vnderstand that when we receiue this most holy communion we must consider that we are all of vs ingreffed into Christe and are all becomme members of one selfesame bodie y is to wit of Iâ—sus Christ in such wyse as we cannot offend defame or dâ—spyse any of our brethren but we must therwithall offend defame and despyse our sayde head Iesus Christ neyther can we be at variance with any of our brethren but in lykewise we must be at odds with him Also we cannot loue him except we loue him in our brethren Looke how much care we haue of our owne bodie so much must we haue of our christen brethren who are the members of our bodie And like as no part of our bodie fÃ©eleth anye grÃ©efe which spreddeth not it selfe into all the other parts so ought we to determine with our selues that our brother fÃ©eleth not any inconuenience which should not moue vs to compassion With such maner of thoughts must we prepare our selues to this holie Sacrament quickening vp our sprites with a ferueÌ„t loue to our neibour ward For what greater spurre can we haue to prick vs to loue one another thaÌ„ to sÃ©e y Iesus christ by giuing himself

ours and so is he in very dÃ©ed if we beleue so and hold our selues assured that by the same heauenly garmeÌ„t we be receiued into fauor before god For it is most certain that he as a most dÃ©ere father hath giuen vs his sonne meaning that al his rightuousnes all that euer he is can or hath done shold be in our power inrisdictioÌ„ in such wise as it should be lawful for vs to make our boast of theÌ„ as if we had done purchaced desâ—rued them by our own strength And whosoeuer beleueth this shal find that his belÃ©ef is good and tru as we haue shewed heretofore TheÌ„ must the christian haue a stedfast faith beleef that all the goods all the graces all the riches of Iesus christ are his for sith y God hath giuen vs Iesus christ himself how shold it be possible that he hath not giuen vs all things with him Now if this be true as tru it is in dÃ©ed the christiaÌ„ may rightly say I am y child of god Iesus christ is my brother I am Lord of heaueÌ„ earth of hell and of death of the law in so much as the law caÌ„not accuse me nor lay any curse vpoÌ„ me bicause the righteousnes of god is becom myn And this faith is it alone y maketh a man to be called a christian which clotheth him with Iesus christ as we haue said afore And boldly may this be called a great mistery whervnder are coÌ„teined maruelous things and things not herd of coÌ„cerning the great God which cannot enter into mans hart except god do first softeÌ„ it with his holy grace as he hath promised to do by his holy prophet saying I will giue you a new hart and I will put a new mynde into you and I wyll take away the stony hart out of your bodie and I will giue you a hart of fleshe Now then he that beleueth not after the sayde maner that Iesus Christe with all the goods that he possesseth is his cannot call himself a trew christian nor euer haue a quiet and ioyfull conscience nor a good and feruent corage to doo good but shall easly faint in doing of good works yea and moreouer he shall neuer be able to do works that are truly good This only belÃ©ef and trust that we haue in the merits of Iesus Christ maketh men trew christians stowt cherful merrie louers of God readie to doo good workes possessers of gods kingdome and of god himselfe and his right derebeloued children in whome the holie Ghoste dooth truly dwell What hart is so cowardly cold and vyle which considering the inestimable greatnes of the gift that god hath bestowed vppon him in giuing him his owne so welbeloued sonne with all his perfectnes is not inflamed with an exceding carnest desyre to become like vnto him in good workes specially seing that the Father hath giuen him vnto vs for an example whereon we must continewally looke framing our lyfe after such a sort as it maye be a trew counterpaine of the lyfe of Iesus Christe forasmuch as Christe as sayeth Sainct Peter hathe fuffered for vs leauing vs an insample to the ende that we shoulde folowe his footesteppes Out of this consideracion issâ—weth another kind of clothing of a manes selfe with Christ which we may terme An example clothinge for so much as the christian must frame his whole lyfe after the example of Christ fashyoning himself like vnto him in all his dedes words and thowghtes leauing his former wicked lyfe and decking himself with the new lyfe that is to wit with the lyfe of Christe By reason wherof sainct Paule sayeth Let vs cast away the works of darknesse and put on the aâ—mour of lyght not in feasting nor in drunkennesse nor in chambering and wantonnesse nor in stryfe but put vpon you the Lorde Iesus Christ and make no preparation for the flesh nor for the lustes therof HÃ©eruppon the trew Christian being in loue with Iesus Christ sayeth in himself Sith that Iesus Christe not hauing anye nÃ©ede of me hathe redemed me with his own blud and is become poore to inrich me I wil likewise giue my gâ—â—ds yâ—â— my very lyfe for the loue welfare of my neighbour And like as I am clothed with Iesus christ for the loue he hath borne to me so will I haue my neighbor in Christ to cloth himself with me with my goods likewise for the loue that I beare him for christes sake He y doth not so is no true christian for he caÌ„not say that he loueth Iesus christ if he loue not the meÌ„bers brothers of him and if we loue not our neighbour for whose sake christ hath shed his blud we cannot truely say that we loue Iesus christ who being equall with God was obedient to his father euen to y death of the crosse hath loued redÃ©emed vs giuing himselfe vnto vs with all that euer he hath After the same maner we being rich hauing abundance of good things at Christes hand must also be obedient vnto god to offer giue our works al that we haue yea and euen our selues to our neighbours and brethren in Iesus Christ seruing them helping them at their nÃ©ed and being to theÌ„ as another christ And like as Iesus Christ was lowly and gentle and far from all debate and stryfe so must wÃ©e set our whole mynde vpon lowelinesse mÃ©eknesse eschewing all stryfe and impatieÌ„ce as wel which consist in words and reasoning as in dÃ©eds And as in Iesus Christe hath indured al the persecutions and spytes of the world for the glorie of God so must wÃ©e with all patientnesse chÃ©erfully beare the persecutions and reproches that are doone by false christians too all suche as will liue faythfully in Iesus Christe who gaue his life for his enemyes and prayed for them vppon the crosse and so must we also pray always for our enemies and willingly spend our lyfe for their welfare And this is too folowe Christs steppes according as sainct Peter sayeth For when we knowe Iesus Christ with all his riches to be our owne good which thing is to bÃ©e clothed with Christ and to become pure and cleane without spot there remayneth nothing more for vs to do but to glorifye God by folowing the lyfe of Iesus Christe and to do to our brethren as Christe hathe doone to vs and specially for somuch as we bÃ©e warranted by his word that whatsoeuer we do to his brethren and ours he accepteth it as a benefyte done to himself And dowtlesse seing that the trewe christians are the members of Christ we cannot do eyther good or euill too the trew Christians but wÃ©e dâ—â— it likewyse vnto Christ in so much that he reioyceth or suffereth in his members Thâ—reTherefore like as Iesus Christ is our clothing by faith so also must we through loue become the clothing of our brethren haue as good care

THE BENEFITE that Christians receiue by Iesus Christ Crucifyed Translated out of French into English by A. G. 1573. IMPRINTED AT London for Lucas Harison and George Bishop Â¶ To the English Reader THou hast here deliuered to thee good Reader a litle tretise first writteÌ„ in the Italian tonge printed at Venise after that translated into the French langage and printed at Lyons and now translated printed for thee to reade in the English tounge Enquire not of the Author he is vnknowen and to know him would do thee but litle good Reade the booke deuowtly regard the mater of it attentyuely it may do the much good in theis euill dayes This may be counted among the greatest euils with which this age is infected that thei which are called christians are miserably diuided about Christ. And yet in truth as the apostle saith vnto vs ther is but one God which is the father of whom are all things and we in him and our lord Iesus Christ by whoÌ„ are al things we by him To discourse on this diuision and the cause thereof would be to some pleasing to some it would be displeasing For what one truth can please myndes so diuersly diuided wold God it could please all to become one in that one Christ whose name we al do carie In this litle booke is that benefite which coÌ„mith by Christ crucified to the Christians truly comfortably handeled which benefite if all christians did truly vnderstand and faithfully embrace this diuision would vanish away and in Christ the christiaÌ„s shold become one To this end reade this booke and much good in Christ may it do to all them which do reade it Amen Â¶ The Translater sendeth greeting to all Christians that are vnder Heauen I Cannot maruell ynough wherof it commeth that all of vs are more moued by iniuries than by benefyts and that we take the one so much to hart imprinting them in our rememberance and forget the other so suddenly Truly vve cannot deny but that among so manie other imperfections vvherwith we are vnhappely defyled we haue also takeÌ„ this of the great corruption and maymednesse of our earthly transitorie humane nature vvherin ther cannot be imagined any thing more vnconuenient nor more hurtfull than reprochefull vnthankfulnesse vvhich a man myght ryghtly terme the welspring of al vyces For by it our minds are so drawen away peruerted that the more we be beset rownd about and loden with the benefits of GOD our souerein Father so much the more become we blookish and as it were distraught and out of our wits ronning after our owne lustes and vanities where through as though wee had drunke of the riuer Lethe we fouget our selues and mispend our whole time bwisying our heads like litle children that go seeking of pinnes in the sand wherabout they are so wholly occupyed that although a man cal them they here him not or at leastwise make as though they herd him not froÌ„ whence if we did now and theÌ„ lift vp our eyes vnto heaueÌ„ inforce our selues to remember the great benefits that we dayly receiue of his right fatherly goodnesse and mercie it were not to be dowted but we shold be more inclined to loue him to obei his holy will than we be wheras which worse is we be not only careles to yeald dew thaÌ„kes vnto him but also at all times cease not to offende him so deepely is the vyce of vnthaÌ„kfulnes rooted in vs Ryghtly may he be blamed for vnthankfulnesse which acknowledgeth not the good that hath bin done to him at leastwyse by saying gramercie Vnthankfull is he that forgetteth it but toto vnthaÌ„kfull is he that reÌ„dereth euil for good VVherfore we caÌ„ find no lawfull excuse bicause that which waye soeuer we turne our selues the bountifulnesse of this great GOD shyneth throughot vppoÌ„ vs Let vs a little sturre vp our wits and let vs looke about vs as farre and wyde as this howge frame of the worlde may extende so deuynely set togither and garnished with so great diuersitie of goodly creatures so well compassed and in such an order so vvysely compacted that there is nothing superfluouse nothing vnprofitable nothing wherof ther may not be reÌ„dred a rason This howge Sonne the fountayne of all lyght and heate and the cause of all earthly generacion the Moone which marketh vs out the yeeres the monethes and the seasons the Sky so trimly azured and richely sette with glistering starres this howge Sea which beateth vpon al sydes of the earth the weyght wherof is born vppon his own round counterpeis the great nomber of liuing creatures that are vppon it whereof some flye in the ayre euerywhere dispersed and othersome dwell in the holow caues of it which nature hath fashioned of set purpose for them vvhat shal I say more So many high mouÌ„taines within whose veynes are found innumerable tresures And others from wheÌ„ce issew many a fayre spring spowting out their thinne and cleere water And othersome wheroutof doo gush violent streams and plesaÌ„t riuers nourishing infinite nombers and kindes of fishes So many trees and plants yelding most delicate fruites and sweete sauours Such store of medicinable herbes and rootes So many plaines and vallyes most fruitfull Such store of medowes beawtifyed with their louely flowers And to be short the ful howgenesse of the whole the power of the ElemeÌ„ts and the natural beawtie of the creatures what are they else but the vtteraunce and open shewing of gods loue great liberality towards vs of which eche one in his kinde giueth glory to the Lorde yea aske euen the beasts and they will informe thee demaund of the fowles of the aire and they wil tell thee or else speake to the earth and she will report vnto thee and to the fisshes of the Sea and they wil answer thee The Lord spake the word and we were made he commaunded and we were created For in his hand is the life of euery liuing thing Aud by him haue al of vs our being mouing continewance Such is the speech of all creaturs Onely man who is made after the image and likenesse of god indewed with vnderstaÌ„ding memorie and reason shewing himselfe in that beehalfe more vnhappie than the brute beasts passeth ouer the abundaÌ„ce of so great benefyes with his eyes shet betrampling and beraying them with his feete as a swyne doth precious stones In somuch that after he hath once wholly buryed remembrance ther insueth ignorance vtter blyndnesse O lamentable state of reasonable man who can hope for any change in thee except it be from euil to worse seing thou hast no knowledge at all of God and that all his benefits are despysed through thyne extreme vnthankfulnesse in this behalfe If so many creatures wherwith this whole howge worlde is garnished to thy vse and to touch thee yit more neerely if the cunning compacting togither of thyne owne bodie which may well be called a little world as

vnto vs not only allureth vs to giue our selues one to another but also by making himself common to vs all maketh vs also to be all one selfsame thing in him In respect wherof wÃ©e ought to couet and procure that in all of vs there may be but one mind one harte one tung accorded and vnited togither in thoughtes words and dÃ©eds And we must mark well that as oft as we receyue this holy and worthy Sacrament we bind our selues to al the deuties of charitie as not to offende any of our brethren nor to leaue anything vndon that may be profitable and helpfull in their necessitie But if there come any to this heauenly table of the Lord that are diuided at variance with their brethreÌ„ the same must assure themselues that they eate vnworthely and are gilty of the bodie and bloud of the Lorde and that they eate and drinke their own damnation for that there wanted nothing on their behalf but that the body of Iesus christ was rent and plucked in pÃ©eces again whilest they by hatred are deuided froÌ„ their brethren that is to wit from the members of Iesus Christ and haue not any parte with him and yit neuertheles in receiuing this holy communion pretended to belÃ©eue that their whole saluation consisteth in the participation and vnion with Iesus Christ. Then let vs go my brethreÌ„ to the receiuing of this heauenly bread to celebrate the remembrance of our Lordes passion and to strengthen and fortifie the belÃ©efe and assurance of the forgiuenes of our sinnes with the remembrance thereof and to quicken vp our myndes and tungs to prayse and exalt the infinite goodnes of our God and finally to cherish brotherly loue and to witnes the same one to another by the streyght vnion which all of vs haue in the bodie of our lord Iesus christ Besydes prayer thÃ© remembring of Baptim and the often resorting to the most holy communion ther is one other verie good remedy against distrust and fearfulnes which is no lesse frÃ©ende to christian charitie namely the remembrance of our predestination and election to eternall lyfe grounded vppon the word of God which is the sword of the holie Ghoste wherwith we may beate backe our enemies Reioyce yÃ©e in this sayeth the Lorde that your names are written in heauen There is no greater ioy in this life nor any thing that more comforteth the christian that is afficted tempted or falne into anie sinne than the rememberance of predestination and the assuring of our selues that we be of y nomber whose names are written in the booke of lyfe and which are chosen to be fashioned like vnto the image of Iesus Christ. O how vnspeakable is the comfort of him that hath this fayth museth coÌ„tinually in his hart vppon this exceding swÃ©ete predestination whereby he knoweth that although he fall often yit notwithstanding god his father who hath foreordeined him to euerlasting life holdeth him vp and reacheth out his hand vnto him continually And he sayeth continually in himselfe if god haue chozen me and predestinated me to the glorie of his children who can hinder me If God be with vs sayeth sainct Paule who can be ageinst vs Nay rather to the ende that the predestination may be accomplished in vs he hath sent his dÃ©ere beloued sonne who is a most sure earnest penny and pledge vnto vs that we which haue receyued the grace of the Gospell are gods Children chozen to eternall lyfe This holie predestination maynteyneth the trew Christian in a continuall spirituall ioye increaceth in him the indeuer of good works inflameth him with the loue of god maketh him enemie to the world to sinne Who is so fearce hardharted which knowing y god of his mercy hath made him his child froÌ„ euerlasting will not by and by bÃ©e inflamed to loue GOD Who is of so vyle and baâ—e courage that hÃ©e will not estÃ©eme all the pleasures all the honours and all the riches of the world as filthy myre wheÌ„ he knowes y god hath made him a citizen of heaueÌ„ yea theis are thei y worship god rightly in spirit truth receyuing all things as wel in prosperitie as in aduersitie at the hand of God their Father and euermore praysing and thaÌ„king him for all as their good father who is rightuouse and holy in all his workes These being inflamed with the loue of God and armed with the knowledge of their predestination feare neither death nor sin nor the Diuill nor hell neyther knowe they what the wrath of god is for they sÃ©e none other thing in god but loue fatherly kindnesse towards them And if they fall into any troubles they accept them as tokens of gods fauour trying out with S. Paule who is it that shall separate vs from Gods loue shall tribulations shall anguish shall persecution or hunger or nakednesse or perill or sword as it is written for thy sake are we killed all the day long and counted as shÃ©epe appointed to the slaughter But in all these things we get the vpper hand thorough him that hath loued vs Wherefore it is not for nought that sainct Iohn sayeth how the true christians know right well that they must be saued and glorified and that by reason of the same affiance they make themselues holy as Iesus Christ is holy And when Saint Paule exhorteth his Disciples to a good and holy life he is wont to put them in remembrance of their election and predestination as of a thing of very great force to stirre vp the mynds of the true Christians to the louing of God and to the performance of good works And for the same cause our good lord Iesus christ speaketh openly of this holy predestination as one that knew of howe great importance the knowledge thereof is to the edifying of his elect But perchaunce thou wilt say to me I know wel that they whose names are written in heauen haue cause to liue in continuall ioy and to glorifie GOD but in word and deed but I know not whither I am of that number or no and therefore I liue in continuall feare specially bycause I knowe my selfe to bÃ©e an excÃ©edinge weake and frayle sinner from the violence wherof I am not able to defend my self but that I am ouercome of it daily And furthermore for asmuch as I se my self coÌ„tineually afflicted and troubled with dyuerse temptations methinks I do as it were behold with myne eyes the wrath of God squorging me Too answere to theis dowtes of thyne I say my ryght dere brother that thou must assure thy selfe that al theis are but temptations of the deuill who by all meanes sÃ©eketh to rob vs of that faith and confidence that springeth of faythe and assurethe vs of Gods good will towardes vs He laboreth to strip our sowle out of this preciouse garmeÌ„t for he knoweth that none is a trew Christian except he beleue Gods

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