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A06663	The castell of comforte in the whiche it is euidently proued, [that] God alone absolueth, and freli forgeueth the sinners of so many as vnfaynedly repent, and turne vnto hym Lately compyled by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1549 (1549)	STC 1712; ESTC S109188	24,993	94

God ought to be receyued w t greate reuerence and takē as an oraele sent doune from heauen vndoubtedly beleued as a manifeste and infallible veritie of God And this preaching of remittyng or retaynyng sinnes are the keyes of the kyngdome of heauen which Christ promysed his Apostles before hys death as we maye se in Matthew and after hys resurrectiō performed hys promyse as we rede in the Gospel of saint Iohan And by a Metaphore Christ calleth the preachyng of his worde a keye For as a keye hath twoo properties one too shutte another to open so hath the worde of God It openeth to the faythfull the treasure of the giftes of God grace mercy fauou●e remission of synnes quietnes of conscience euerlastyng life but to the vnfaithfull it shutteth all his treasures and suffereth thē to receiue none of them all so lōg as they persiste and remayne in theyr incredulity and vnfaithfulnes These keyes are geuen too so many as beynge truely called vnto the office of ministracion preache y ● worde of God They loosen that is to say they preache to the faythfull remissiō of synnes by Christe They also bynde that is they declare to y ● vnfaythfull damnacion But he y ● preacheth not the woorde of God can neyther bynde nor loose though he chalēge neuer so great dignitie authoritie power For Christ calleth it the keye of knowlege And the Prophet sayth y ● lyppes of a Priest kepe knowledge and at hys mouthe shall they requyre the lawe for he is the Aungell or messenger of the Lorde of hoostes Therefore where there is no k●●wlege there is no keye And where there is no keye there is neyther openynge nor shuttinge that is neyther byndynge nor loosonynge Here let all menne iudge what is to be thoughte of the Papistes absolucion whereof they crake so muche whiche also they sell derely If no remission of synnes cometh from them but by preachynge Gods woorde it foloweth that their absolucion auayleth but littel seyng they neuer preache neyther the lawe of God nor the swete promyses of hym but onely mumble a fewe woordes in the latin tonge yea and this is not vnderstanded so likewise many tymes contrarye too the diuine scriptures and y e glory of god Miserable doub●les is that cōgregacion which hath a blynd guyde to their Curate whiche hath neyther the gyfte nor the knowledge of preachynge For if the blynde leadeth the blynd both falle into y e dyche Agayn greately fortunate is that Paryshe and hyghly blessed of God to whome a learned shepeheard hath chaunced which can feede them wyth knowlege and doctrine Whatsoeuer they shall heare of suche a learned and godly minister lette theym beleue it as a voyce comynge doune frome heauen And so ofte as by suche a shepeharde remission of synnes in y e bloude of Christe is preached vnto the congregation let thē esteme that preachinge none otherwyse than if the Lord hym self had preached it Let them stedfastly beleue the woorde of God and vndoubtedly by their fayth th●row the grace of God they shall obtayne remission of all theyr synnes Contrariwise i● they beleue not their synnes are retayned and by no meanes forgeuen These thinges haue I spoken concernyng the abs●l●cion or the keyes which consisteth only in preaching Gods worde that the Papistes maye haue no occasiō iustly to barke agaynst me as they haue done hytherto both for my sermons and bkes God forgeue them and sende them a better mynde Nowe forasmuche as the true and Christen absolution is nothing els but the preachinge of fre deliueraunce from synne by y ● death of Iesu Christ it ought not to be contemned and despised but rather to be receiued w t great humilitie and reuerence euen as a diuine oracle sente doune from the father of lightes For no mā cā expresse how greatly it conforteth infirme weake consciences whiche are troubled with y ● feare of Gods iudgementes Whan the Prophet Nathan came vnto kyng Dauid and rebuked hym for sleyng Urias the Hethite for takīg his wyfe Bethsabe vnto hys wyfe and tolde hym howe greatly God was angrye with hym and what plages shoulde fall vpon hys house yea vpon hym selfe for hys wickednes it is not to be doubted but that Dauid was stryken with a wōderfull great heuynes and his hert pearsed with an inwarde sorowe insomuche that he was righte ashamed of hym selfe of his faulte of his wickednes was cōpelled euen of consciēce to braste out into the knowlege of hys synne to saye I haue synned agaynst the Lorde As Dauid was now full of sorow griefe trouble disquietnes in his hert had ioye of nothing vnto suche shame and confusion was he broughte in hys conscience so likewyse it is not to be doubted but that he was wonderfully reuiued maruelouslye restored vnto the peace and quietnes of his conscience yea and plenteously replenisshed with ioye in hys mynde whan the Prophet sayde these wordes vnto hym The Lorde hath put away thy synne thou shalt not dye Mary magdalen was a famous synner whan she herde her vnclene conuersacion rebuked by the woorde of God she hertely repented and was replenished w t an inwarde sorow lamenting greatly that she had offended so bounteous a Lorde mercifull God insomuche that a large fountayne of teares folowed out of her tēder eyes All this tyme vndoubtedly her sorow was greater thā it can be here expressed But whan she herde this confortable absolucion of our sauioure Christe Remittūtur tibi peccata Thy synnes are forgeuen the. Again thy faith hath made the safe Go thy way in peace that is to saye wyth a quiete and mery conscience O good God who is able to expresse w t howe great ioye and singular solace she was affected So sure and confortable is it to weake and troubled consciences too heare the swete and confortable wordes of our fre deliueraunce frō the greuous burden of ●ynnes by Christes bloude The thiefe was full of great anguysh and trouble in his conscience whan he hanged vpon the crosse in y ● time of Christes passion confessed that both he hys felowe thefe suffered worthely euen according to their desertes and in the middes of his troubled conscience he cryed vnto the Lord Christe on this maner sayeng Lorde remember me whā thou comest into thy kyngdom But whan Christ had made him aūswere and sayde Uerely I saye vnto the this day shalt thou be wyth me in Paradyse O wyth what a quiet consciēce suffered he hys paynes and with howe gladde an hert yelde● he vp his spirit into the hādes of the eternal father So confortable a thynge is it to a troubled conscience for to heare any thynge that maye quiet it Agayn whā blessed Peter preached vnto the Iewes and tolde thē that they had crucifyde Christ the Lord the scripture sayeth that they were pricked in their hertes sayde vnto Peter and vnto

The Castell of comforte in the whiche it is euidently proued y t God alone absolueth and freli forgeueth the sinnes of so many as vnfaynedly repent and turne vnto hym Lately compyled by Thomas Becon Prouer. xviii The name of the Lord is a strōg castell vnto that doeth the righteous runne and he shal be preserued Csa lv COme to the waters all ye that be thyrsty ye that haue no money come bye that ye maye haue too eate Come bye wyne mylke without money or money worthe Wherfore do ye laye out youre money for y e thing y ● fedeth not spend your labour about the thing y ● satisfieth you not But harkē rather vnto me ye shal ●at of y ● best your soule shall haue her pleasure in plēteousnes Encline iour eares come vnto me take hede your soul shal lyue For I will make an euerlasting couenaunt w t you euen the sure mercies that were promysed to Dauid ☞ Iohan. vii If any man be thyrstye let hym come vnto me and drynke ☞ Psal. xxxiiii Oh taste and se howe swete the Lorde is blessed is that man that putteth hys trust in hym To the moste honorable and verteous Lady Marie duchesse of Rychemōde her grace Thomas Becō wissheth from God the father thorow our Lord Iesu Christ a faythfull perseueraunce in gods most holy worde vnto the ende IT is not without a greate cause moste godly Lady that y ● holy Apostle sainct Paule desired the Thessalonians to holde faste y ● doctrine that he had taught thē afore and not sodenli to be moued from their knowlege vnderstanding nor to be troubled neyther by spirite neyther by wordes nor yet by letter For he vndoubtedly did afore se by the reuelacion of Gods spirit that there should aryse false anoynted and false preachers whiche shoulde worke great miracles and wonders insomuch that if it were possible the very elect chosen people of God shoulde be brought into errour whiche also shoulde saye beholde here is Christe or there is Christe bringing in damnable sectes vtterly denyenge the Lord that bought them as Peter sayeth He considered the imbecillitie weakenes and chyldishe hertes of men whiche excepte they be corroborated fortefied with y ● strēgth of Gods spirit are sone caried aboute with diuers and straūge learninges embrasing no lesse gredely that that is to them selfs noysome and pestiferous than that whiche is good and profitable as we at thys present time se dayly before our eyes both in the Papistes and Anabaptistes with suche other damnable sectaries Therfore this moste excellent Apostle desired the Thessalonians yea so many of vs as professe Christ vnfaynedly to perseuer abide in the worde of trueth euē vnto the ende that we may be saued not lightly to be moued with the subtile and crafty persuasions of them that teache weake and beggarly tradicions with humayne constitucions which gyue hede to fables and mens commaundementes that turne away the folowers of them frō the trueth whiche professe that they know God but with their dedes they deny him inasmoch as they are abhominable disobedient yea and vnmete to al good workes which loue their owne pleasurs more than God hauinge an vtter apperans of godly liuing but denyeng the power therof whiche runne frō house to house and bringe into bondage both men and women lodē with synne which are ledde with diuers lustes euer learnynge and neuer able to come vnto the knowlege of the truth which are enemies of the crosse of Christe whiche call that is euill good and y ● is good euill ce In fewe whiche are rauenynge wolfes not sparyng the flocke Dothe the world wante these enemies of Gods glory Haue not we also nede to take hede vnto the aforesayde wholsome admonicion of the holye Apostle saincte Paule Doeth not the worlde at this daye norishe such vngodly monstures What age hath bene withoute them syns the beginning of the worlde What nede I to speke of that great whore of Babilō the mother of fornicacions and abhominacions of the earthe whiche hath made dronken w t the wyne of the wrathe of her whoredom all the nacions of y ● earth yea the very kinges and rulers of the earth haue playde the aduouterers with her The fornicaciō of that most filthy stinking strompet is so openly knowen made manifest vnto vs both by godly bokes and learned sermons that it nedeth not here to be rehersed And woulde God that as the name of this Babilonical strompet is exiled out of mennes mouthes and rased out of bokes among vs so in lyke maner her whoredome I meane the popysh and deuelish decrees which fighte with y ● manifest worde of God mighte ones be vtterly exiled banyshed and for euer dryuen away from the bondes of Christendome that all thinges in the Christen publique weale both in this and in other foren Realmes mighte be instituted ordered and appoynted accordinge to the veritie of Christes moste blessed Gospell But besides this monstrous beaste are there rysen not a few which are playne Antichristes daily labour to obscure the glory of God No maruel seyng that in the Apostles time blessed Iohn cōfesseth that there were many Antichristes and false Prophetes What nede I to speake of them which teache that Christ by his moste precious death deliuered vs onely from original synne Which teache that man is iustified by his owne workes and not by the fayth alone that he hath in Christes moste blessed death which teache that by obseruinge mens tradicions euerlasting life is got●ē Which teach that external ceremonies iustifie and put awaye synne Whiche teache that mā is able of his owne strengthe to fulfill the lawe and to satisfie the iustice of God which teache that our prayers can not be hearde without the intercession of other Which teache that all honour pertayneth not too God alone whiche teache that the bloude of oure sauioure Iesu Christ is not a sufficient Purgatorye for all oure synnes except we be broyled boyled and perboyled in y ● Popes fornace Whiche teache that the Lorde Christe gaue not hym selfe so plenteously a swete smelling sacrifice to God the father for vs that with the one oblacion of hys moste blessed body he hath made thē perfect for euermore that are sanctified Which teache that God alone forgeueth not synne but synnefull man also Are not these very Antichristes enemies of y e crosse of Christ defacers of Gods glory fals annoynted fals preachers rauening wolfs cloudes without water trees without frute raging waues of y ● sea foming out their owne shame wādring starres to whome is reserued y ● myste of darkenes for euer mē pleasers hauing men in greate reuerence for auauntage sake curssed chyldren whiche haue forsaken the right waye are gone astray these are they doubtles of whome