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A10577	An instruccyon of Christen fayth howe to be bolde vp on the promyse of God and not to doubte of our saluacyon, made by Urbanus Regius. Tra[n]slated into englyshe; Instruccyon of Christen fayth howe to be bolde up on the promyse of God and not to doubte of our salvacyon.	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.	1548 (1548)	STC 20847; ESTC S104513	23,216	78

vs frely in Christ with the whiche promyses sely consciences myght be releued and confyrmed strongly agaynst all the gates of hell We blynde and wretched wolde reward God with ours and deserue of hym all thynges that we had / we wolde not be in his det or daunger / we dysdayned to haue his liberalitie cōme freely vnto vs / and nothing wolde take of hym by grace And that was the cause why Christe was not ryghtly preached but only Moses what was the cause wh● Moses was prec●yd and not christ So it alwayes commeth to passe when the cōmaundementes onely be set forth after the maner of the Iewes and the promyses of God nothynge spoken of / there it can be none other but that mennes cōsciences must nedes be vexed and disquieted with miserable sorowe and perplexitie so that they can receyue almoste no consolacion But who soeuer wyll brynge men to God in dede and wyll quiet theyr consciences must alwayes teache these two together the lawe and the promyse / as the prophetes Christe and the apostles euer dyd The vse of the law By the lawe they brought men to the knowlage of theyr synfulnes theyr vnworthynes theyr infirmitie and vnabilitie to goodnes / theyr dutie what they ought to do / and theyr damnaciō which therof folowed And so broughte them to humiliate them selues before God / wherby they being iustly stroken with the feling of gods ryght iudgement myght ernestly forthynke them of theyr synnes / call for mercy They taught not the lawe so as thoughe it were ynoughe to knowe what were to be done or not to be done / or as thoughe of our owne strength we coulde do good and eschewe yll / and so by the lawe and by oure owne workes be foūde iust before God / and put awaye synne They taught not the lawe I saye for no suche ende nor purpose / neyther was the lawe gyuen therfore that we shulde be iustified therby before God / but it was gyuen for this to requyre of vs all ryghtuousnes and to threten vs why the law was gyuen that by the requiringe of this rightuousnes and we beynge nothynge able to perfourme it we myght the better lerne therby our vnryghtuousnes and noughtines / and so finally to acknowlage and confesse our owne wretchydnes to th entent that beynge thus contryte humiliated in hart we might seke to Christ for socour the whiche by his workes and passion doth only iustefie vs. We be nothyng able to deserue any saluacion by the lawe or our workes That is an hygher and a more excellent thinge than that our rotten workes be able to procure God hath promysed to gyue vs that freely by his mercy for Christes sake and doth gyue it of grace to thē that beleue in Christ as S. Paule to the Romaynes doth call euerlastyng lyfe the gift of God Rom. 6. Gal. 3. And lykewyse to the Galathians doth put a clere differēce betwixt them and sheweth playnly his mind of the law of the promyse howe they concure to oure iustificacion Let vs weghe well his wordes for al the weyght and fundacion of our iustificaciō doth lye vpō thē His wordes be these If our inheritaunce stande of the lawe than it standeth not of promyse Marke But God dyd gyue it to Abraham If the lawe had he gyuē vnto vs whiche myght haue iustified vs thā our iustificaciō might be of the lawe But the scrypture hath wrapped all thynges vnder synne that the promyse myghte come by the fayth of Iesus Christ to all that beleue And agayne in the second to the Gal. Gal. 2. If our iustificacion sayth he could come by the law thā Christ dyed in vayne Therfore I saye where as men thus by the lawe were brought to the knowlage of theyr synnes and so stroken with great sorowe and heuynes of conscience for theyr synfull and vicious nature than was the Gospel put and set before them that is to say Grace promysed vs in Christ And than dyd they begynne to beleue ernestly to reioyce in theyr hartes truely for this grace promysed in Christ that God had gyuen thē for Christes sake forgyuenes of theyr synnes Thus saynte Paule in the place afore recited dothe comforte with trewe consolacion wretched and desperat synners for he leadeth them onely to the promyse of God and beateth that in to them for therby onely our consciences be cleane and quieted And dothe teache the lawe gods commaundementes also exhortynge vs diligently to the study of good workes and is not only content with that but also doth shewe where and howe to come by the corage and lust to do these good workes Thus fyrst they taught the law for repentaūce but streyght after they ioyned withall the promyse of God to brynge mē to the knowlege of the moost ryche grace of God gyuen and promysed vs in Christe teachynge withall where we shulde get the strength to fullfyll the commaundemētes where oure synfull nature was not able to fulfyl it Rom. 8. In consideraciō wherof the Apostles euerywhere declared and set forth the excedyng and passynge ryches and treasures of Goddes myghty grace whiche he hathe gyuen and promysed vs in Christ yf we beleue vpō him and so forthe dyd lede wretched synners frō the lawe to Christ This great grace of God so offered they receyued thē and enbraced greatly and thus beleuynge were pacified in theyr cōsciences The lawe doth threten and affraye but than she is not able to heale or comfort them beynge greued or to delyuer them from theyr agony / wherfore we must nedes flee to the promyse And there shall we fynde ryghtuousnes peace lyfe helth ynoughe Hereupon S. Paule to the Gal. iii. Gal. 3. sayth The lawe was but as it were oure scolemayster vnto Christ The ende of the lawe that we shulde be iustified by Christ / for the lawe doth force vs doth constrayne vs doth call vpon vs dothe manace vs lyeth vpon our neckes requiring of vs all maner of good workes perfecte iustice perfecte innocēcie of harte perfecte feare and loue of God and also of our neyghbour But we of oure owne strength be not able to accōplyshe that which she requyreth thus she dryueth vs to Christ and is our scolemayster vnto Christ He thā receyueth vs commynge to hym helpynge vs and gyuinge vs all such thinges that the law requyreth of vs / so that the lawe is not able to damme vs. For this cause S. Paule doth call Christe the ende of the lawe Rom. x. Rom. 10. Or as S. Augustine doth expounde it the fulfyllynge of the lawe He that hath Christ is iust he that beleueth in Christe hathe all thynges which the lawe requireth Christe hathe reconsyled for vs God his father / he is our mediator and euerlastynge preest he hath obtayned vs grace the holy goost with all his gyftes remyssyon of synnes all maner of goodnes with lyfe euerlastynge he as Ieremye

mercy and grace of God which grace is gyuē vs onely throughe christ and not throughe oure selues Tit. iii. Tit. 3. that notwithstandynge yet these good workes of ours do folowe and sprynge out of this faythe and promyse of God And loke there where as they do not folowe and maye folowe there is no trewe nor lyuely faythe but only a deed and barayne opinion of faythe but where this trewe and lyuely faythe is there is workyd miracles and thynges farre passynge the possibilitie of naturall workynge For as saynt Paule sayth / we receyue the holy goost not by our workynge but by hearing of the gospel Gal. 3. this holy goost wyll not suffre vs to doubte after the papistes fassion or as they wold haue vs nor to fere as their seruyle sprite dothe but with a bolde truste cryeth in oure hartes to God abba father and wytnesseth with oure sperite that we be the chyldren the heyers of God and felowe heyers with Christe that we maye be glorified together with hym And as Paule to the Ephesians sayth Ephe. 1. they that beleue in Christe be sealed vp with the holy spirite of promyse the spirite we haue as a pledge or an ernest peny of our inhereditaunce and possession which we haue got and be redemed vnto The holy spirete is our pleas Therfore with all fayth and trust we muste euer loke vpon the promyses of God and vpon Iesus Christ only And so in this promyse of God our conscience may fynde comfort and peace plentie but in our workes we shall fynde none And therfore marke wel this text of Paule and kepe it well in youre remembraunce where he sayth Rom. 4. Rom. iiii Abraham had this promyse gyuē to hym to his sede that he shuld be the heyre of the worlde not for his workynge after the lawe but for his byleuynge in fayth / for yf they whiche belonge to the lawe be the heyers then is fayth voyde and the promyse of none effecte / for why the lawe worketh angre by reason that yf there were no lawe there were no transgression therfore is the inheritaunce gyuē by fayth as by grace frely bycause the promyse muste stande fyrme stable to all the sede of Abraham Dayly experience and practyse in our trobles and dystresses declareth that no man be he neuer so holy can quyet his conscience by his workes Experience Oure synnes and death be more greuous enemyes vnto vs than that we be able to ouer come thē by oure owne dedes and deseruynges / we must haue an other maner of meanes to that whiche is our faythe receyuynge and holdynge the promyse of God in Christe And so that is able to conquere the mighty fersnes of synne and death This fayth receyueth and styketh to most sure and eternall thynges that can neuer fayle vs and not to oure workynges but to the great grace of God to Christe him selfe to his workes his deseruynges and to the promyse in Christe brefely to all that Christe hathe or is worth / whiche thynges be moch greatter higher more stable and magnificall thā our capacities is able to comprehende Remedy ī tēptaciō Therfore whan any temtacion commeth we must not loke to the lawe and oure workes but settynge all them a syde we must runne and crepe to the crosse of Christ we must seke for helpe and grace by christ hūbli must knowlage oure faultes And thoughe oure synnes be neuer so great or greuous thoughe the feare and temptacion of deathe be neuer so horrible yet we must styll styke to the promyse of God and suerly must trust and doubte nothynge that oure synnes be forgyuen vs for Christes sake accordynge to the promyse of God without any deseruynges of ours that God is oure father and we shall lyue with hym for euer and euer The workes passion of Christ which be of great and infinite and omnipotent power ought more to styre vs vp to truste well on God that he wyll be euermore to vs a mercyful lord than our synnes ought to fraye vs for the grace of God in Christe is moche stronger and more able to deliuer and helpe vs than our synnes be to condempne vs. Roma v. Rom. 5. And this grace of god doth not hang of our workes for than yt shulde be vncertayne but yt standyth fyrme by grace of fayth through Christ with out any regarde or respect of oure workyng And this is done by the syngular prouedence of the great fatherly loue of god toward vs bycause our iustyficatiō shuld stand firme certayne by faythe so that no man nede doubt of the fauor marcy of god toward him yf this grace promise stand in the hand of god than is yt suer so that we can not doubt of the remiscion of our synnes But yf they shuld stād in our owne hand and shuld hang of our selfes thē we shuld always be vncertane by cause we were neuer able to deserue sufficiētly not of sufficient strenght to fulfyll the lawe But after that we returne referre our selfes in Christe alone and in the promise of god through Christe than be we sayfe and suer ynough by cause god hath promised of hys voluntary grace frely and hath founded his promise by the fayth in Christe to th entent yt shall stande fyrme certayne And therfore I sayd the kyngdome of Christ to be a kyngdome of securite and peace Christes kyngdom is a kingdom of securitie Esa 32. as the prophites do descrybe yt In this kyngdom we haue peace and moste suer succur so that there is nowe nether synne death nor hell can feare vs. So dothe Esaias also .ix. call Christe the prynce of peace woose pryncedome is large greate Christ the prynce of peace and whose peace shall neuer haue ende In Ieremie also .xxiii. god doth promise vnto Israell that is vnto all beleuers in Christe a boadde of iustice a kynge whiche shall rule wisely and shal execute iudgemēt and iustice in earth vnder whō Israell shall dwell boldly these thynges be in the spirituall kyngdome of Christ in the which there is true spirituall securitie where as euery christen mans hart hath peace with god through fayth in Christe in the whiche kyngdome nether synne can damne vs nether death cā kyll vs nor hell can swalow vs. For god is with vs and fedyth vs and defēdyth vs as his shepe Therfore who cā be against vs And Esaias agayn .xxxii. Esa 32. whē the holy gooste sayth he shall be powred from aboue that was whan Christ begane his kyngdome thā the worke fruyte of iustyce shall be peace and the kepyng of iustice shall be silens and securite for euer and euer And the peple of god shall dwell in goodlynes of peace and in houses of truste All these thynges do nothyng els but signifie that Christes people ī his kingdome shall be all good quiett at rest and mery which shall