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An heauenly acte concernynge how man shal lyue made by our suffraine lorde God the father, God the sonne, and God the holye goost, and al the whole clergie in heuen consenting to the same.
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STC 95; ESTC S108865
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¶ An heauenly acte concernynge how man shal lyue made by our suffraine lorde God the father God the sonne and God the holye goost and al the whole clergie in heuen consenting to the same ¶ Make no taryeng to turne vnto the Lorde and put not of from daye to daye for sodenly shal his wrathe come and in time of vengeaunce he shal destroye the. Ecclesi vi God the father WHere as we ê‘ceiued that after we had created maÌ„ settinge him in a place of high pleasure leuiÌ„g him in the councell of his owne handes to chose whether that he wolde die or not die And thus beynge a spiritual body after our own similitude coulde not for all this stande in the same state but abusinge our celestiall giftes and fel from our precept neglecting what liberte to him was deliuered so chaunginge him selfe from heuenli libertie vnto eternall bondage in whome we se what he was of him selfe nothinge but sinfulnes refusing our liberties fill vnto the fulnes of his owne sinne Whom we lamented of oure mere mercy couÌ„celling with our selfe we wolde not haue him whole lost vpoÌ„ which consideracion we exiled him our compani and to liue in the borders of our wast grounde takinge him his as aliantes straungers vnto vs exempt from eternal wisedom and so brought to worldly policies NotwithstaÌ„ding as we haue said our petie and clemencie prouided al maner of thinges and comodites for him by the which he might ê‘ceiue our potencial power as wel before towarde him as then Wherfore vpon coÌ„sideracion of our owne good will we enacted by oure owne councel so to prouide to set againe at libertie the dauÌ„gers also to take away that maÌ„ was fallen in which coulde not be done but thorow him that was clene pure without sinne for sinne coulde not take awaye sinne but the time we reserued vnto our owne selfe and at the length to stablishe and confirme our saide act and purpose we sent downe our only begotteÌ„ sonne to ê“claime oure wil what it was vnto the which he set to his seales hanginge vpon the crosse giuinge vp his life thorowe moste painful death by the whiche the attonement was made betwene man and vs and so our anger was pacified and we haue also prepared eternal rest for maÌ„ so that after this he wil kepe couenant with vs and liue in our lawes and statutes that we haue set forth by our high court of parliament both of lordes spiritual and temporal to the same consentinge ¶ We haue enacted in our heueÌ„ly court that man shall loue vs aboue al thinge with hert soule minde and al the powers he hath to haue none other God or goddes but vs and vs onely to serue vpon the paine of euerlastinge dampnacion ¶ We haue enacted also by the auctorite aforesaid that our blessed name be not taken in vaine but moste reuereÌ„tly to be had in honor vpon the paine before rehersed vterly of vs forsakeÌ„ to the coÌ„firmacioÌ„ wherof our vicegereÌ„t Iesus Christ willeth maÌ„ not swere at al but that his othe shal be yea yea nay nay for what soeuer is more is sin Also Iames the apostle archbishop of al Galacia sayth Let your yea be yea your nay be nay SalomoÌ„ to whom we gaue great wisedoÌ„ so that many regions wondred ther at giueth warniÌ„g to great swerers sayth that our plage shal not depart froÌ„ the house of a customable swerer wherfore who the offeÌ„deth in this is vtterly of vs forsaken ¶ Prouided always yf ye shal be required of your faith of any in auctorite to whoÌ„ ye are doutful or the obediens to your priÌ„ce shal be required of you by othe besydes to testifie for the truth of your neibour so much as eqite iustice doth reqire ye maye lawfully take vs to witnes for your faith to take vs to witnes for yor obedieÌ„s to iustify your neibour in a right cause ye may reherse our name for so is it not in vaine the acte before notwithstandinge Furthermore we wil be worshipped the .vii. day the maÌ„ shal giue vs honor worship for the beneficial kindnes that we haue done to him seasing froÌ„ al labours that daye both he al his ¶ Prouided always wher as nede shal reqire as our only sonne vicegerent Iesus Christ gaue exaÌ„ple in healing the lame maÌ„ vpon the sabboth day so the al actes may redouÌ„de vnto our glory lawfully to be vsed the acte before notwithstandinge ¶ Further be it enacted for the vnite concorde which we wold shuld be betwene our creatures we will one shal do vnto another as he wold be don to To the coÌ„firmacioÌ„ of this said act our only son vicegereÌ„t saieth man shall praye vnto vs for the forgiuenes of his sinnes none otherwise then he doth forgiue other Also the said Iesus Christ saieth openinge this acte very plainly Yf ye shal forgiue those that hath offeÌ„ded you your heuenly father shal al so remit you your offences he wil al so that man shal forgiue his mortal enemies and to blesse where as they do curse And although the auctoritie of this acte be sufficient as is before spoken yet maÌ„ shal vnderstaÌ„de our lordes of our ê‘liameÌ„t haue giueÌ„ their voice vnto it And first the lord secretary Ihon the euangelist sette his hande and writ Deus caritas est God is charite who that abideth in charite abideth in God and God in him And Paule the lorde chauÌ„celer sayeth Yf he could speak with tonges of men or with tonges of angels so that he coulde remoue mountaines with his faith Yf he shulde giue his body to be burned without he haue charite it ê“fiteth nothinge so that in conclusion he doth affirme and saieth Caritas noÌ„ querit que sua sunt Charite seketh not only his owne but that that longeth to Iesus Christ our only soÌ„ne and Vicegerent whose example we wil maÌ„ shal folow sayeng Mandatum nouum do vobis vt diligatis inuicem sicut dilexi vos To you I giue a new coÌ„maundement that ye loue one another euen as I haue loued you Also maÌ„ shal vnderstande our loue was vnspeakable towarde him as our lord secretary Iohn the euaÌ„gelist writ Sic deus dilexit muÌ„dum vt vnigenitum suuÌ„ daret pro mundum We had suche loue vnto man that we gaue our welbeloued sonne for him that al that beleue in him shuld not perishe but haue lyfe euerlastinge Wherfore we will by our heuenly coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t that this acte do extende to all creatures one to loue another for as our lord chaÌ„celer Paul saith loue is the fulfilling of the lawe the coÌ„trary where loue is not there is not god where god is not there is wickednes and where wickednes is there is dampnacion ¶ Also it is enacted maÌ„ shal be obedieÌ„t vnto his father mother in doyng their coÌ„maÌ„demeÌ„t in so doing we made maÌ„ a ê“mise that his life shuld be