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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18644	VVhether Christian faith maye be kepte secret in the heart, without confession thereof openly to the worlde as occasion shal serue Also what hurt co[m]meth by the[m] that hath receiued the Gospell, to be prese[n]t at Masse vnto the simple and vnleatned [sic].	Hooper, John, d. 1555.; Horne, Robert, 1519?-1580, attributed name.; Łaski, Jan, 1499-1560, attributed name.; Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564, attributed name.	1553 (1553)	STC 5160.3; ESTC S107292	4,678	14

¶ VVHETHER CHRIstian faith maye be kepte secret in the heart without confession therof openly to the worlde as occasion shal serue Also what hurt cōmeth by thē that hath receiued the Gospell to be presēt at Masse vnto the simple and vnlearned iii. Regum xviii Howe long halte ye on bothe the sides If the Lord be God thē walk after him but if Baal be he thē folow him Mathew vi chapter No man can serue two masters for ether he shal hate the one and loue the other or els he shal leane to the one and dispise the other Luke xvi chapi That which is high among men is an abhominatiō before god ¶ From Roane Anno. M.D.Liii the .iii. of October ii Cor. vi chap i. ¶ Bear not a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers For what feloship hath righteousnes with vnrighteousnes what company hath light with darknes How agreeth Christ with Belial Or what part hath the beleuer with the infidel How accordeth the temple of God with images Ye are the temple of the liuing god as saith god I wil dwel in them and walke in them wyl be their God and thei shalbe my people wherefore come from amonge theim and seperate youre selues saith the Lorde and touch no vnclene thing so will I receiue you be your father and ye shall be my sonnes and daughters saith the almightie Lord. SAint Paule in the .x. to the Romaynes annexeth the faith of Christ in the hert wyth Confession of the mouth so that the one it semeth bi him cā be no more without the other then fire can be without heat saing these wordes the hearte beleueth to iustice the confession of the mouth is to saluatiō wherī he declareth that euē as the cause of our acceptiō through Christ is the confidence and faith of the heart in the promises of god so is the confessiō outwardly of the same faith by mouth the fruite that al christian faithful heartes bringe fourth throughe the same gifte of god And wher as this effect of cōfession is not there wanteth also the cause of confession whiche is true faith For as the tre is knowen bi hir fruites so is faith bi hir effectes And as the want of fruite is a demonstration that the tree is vnprofitable so the want of true cōfession of faith is a token that the faith is dead the ende of the vnprofitable tre is cutting down and casting into the fyre The ende of the fruitles faith is death and casting to eternal damnation wherfore S. Peter requiteth vs to make answer to euery man that demandeth of vs of such hope as is in vs with gentlenes reuerence which is a very testimony that we sanctify god in our hartes as it is before in the same chap. For the greatest honour that man can geue to god is to confesse and answer in the time of trouble truly and faithfully to his holy word and faith wherfore it is the dutie of euery christian to prai studie to haue a through knoledge of his faith in Christ and that as the glory of god shall require and his religiō attempt to be redy to make answer for the same whatsoeuer the world feare displeasure frendshippe or other lettes should saie to the contrary vpon paine saith Christ that i will denie him before mi father which is in heauen But how hard a thing it is to confesse Christ in the daies of trouble not onely the Scripture but also daily experience in good men women doth declare True confession is enuironed on euerye side with mani daungers on the right hand on the left hand nowe with faire meanes then with foul thretnīgs fearful dāgerous as it is said by Christ thei shal betraye you to the iudges and of theim ye shalbe beaten iudged to death On thother side shal pul vs backe the loue of wife children brother sister kīred frinds lāds the loue vnto our selues but he that is ouer come bi any of these meanes hath this iudgement He is not mete for me saith Christ. These thinges are vnpossible vnto men yet to christian men in Christ possible so necessary that christianitie and true religion cannot be in him that is afraide to confesse Christe and hys gospel in the time of persecution The wysdome of the world doth say although i do accomplish the desire of my frindes and to the sight of the world am presēt at the masse and with my body do as other men do or as i mai do yet my heart is clene contrary to their belefe and I do detest such idolatry and beleue that the thīg that i am present at is mere idolatri and abhomination Here be fair wordes for an euill purpose and a pretensed excuse for a iust cōdēnaciō before god For if it be true ye know the thīg ye resort vnto to be y ● dishonour of god why do ye honour it with your presence If ye know it to be euil why refrain ye not frō it If your conscience say it is idolatry why serueth your bodi such thinges as your faith abhorreth If in your heart ye knowe but one God whi with your external presence serue ye the thynge that ye know is not god If your faith see idolatri whi doth your silence cōfes profes the same Two mē in one god loueth not If the inward man know the truth whi doth the outward man confesse a falshod If the spirit be ꝑswaded that the masse is idolatri whi doth the corporal presēce vse it as god in doīg godly honour to it Do ye not perceiue what is writen in Esaie and s. Mathew This people honoure me with the mouth but their hartes be far from me The cause whi God was offended with this people was that outwardly thei confessed him but their heartes were farre from him inwardly wherof ye may se what it is to beare ii faces in one hode outwardly to serue god and inwardly to serue the deuil Now marke of this place If it bee so horrible and damnable a thinge to be false in the hert which none knoeth but God is worthi also of damnatiō what is to be iudged of the outward manifest vse of idolatry whiche not onely God but also eueri good man knoeth and abhorreth Ther is no coulered nor clooked hipocrisie that god can awaie with If the hearte thinke not as the tonge speaketh or elce the tonge speke otherwise then the heart thinketh bothe be abhominable beefore god Reade the .iii. and .vi. cha of the first Epi of s. Paul to the Corin. wher as S. Paul saith know ye not y ● your bodies be y e tēples of the holy gost if your bodies be the tēples of y e holi gost what agrement hath it with throughe thi knoledge shall that weake brother perishe for whom Christ died When ye sinne so against the brethren and wound their weake cōscience ye sinne