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A19076	Tvvoo bookes of Saint Ambrose Bysshoppe of Mylleyne, entytuled: Of the vocation and callying of all nations. Newly translated out of Latin into Englyshe, for the edifiying and comfort of the single mynded and godly vnlearned in Christes Church, against the late sprong secte of the Pelagians ... By Henry Becher minister in the Church of God ...; De vocatione ominum gentium. English.	Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397.; Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, ca. 390-ca. 463.; Leo I, Pope, d. 461.; Becher, Henry, fl. 1561.	1561 (1561)	STC 549; ESTC S100123	79,647	298

the commaundement and faith should take no place whiche beleueth that all sinnes are forgeuen throughe baptisme yf it were taught that grace were not geuen vnto the euyll wicked men but vnto good and righteous men Therfore the beginning of true lyfe and ryghteousnes consisteth in the Sacrament of regeneration that where a man is renued there also the veritie of these vertues shoulde springe and they beginne to profyte by fayth vnto perpetuall glorye who coulde scarse come to the temporall rewarde of vayne prayse For whether he be a Iewe that swelleth throughe the knowledge of the lawe or a Greeke puffed vp throughe the studie of naturall wisdome before he be iustified by the faith of Christ he is shutte vp vnder sinne And yf he continue in his infidelitie y e wrath of God abideth vppon him euen that same which he had drawē vnto himselfe in the transgression of Adam wherof the Apostle speaketh saying And ye when ye were dead in your trespasses synnes wherein ye walked in times past according to y e tyme or course of this worlde after y e prince of the power of this ayre the spirite which worketh now in the chyldren of vnbeliefe among whō we also had our conuersation in tyme paste in the lustes of our fleshe fulfylled the wyll of the fleshe and of the mind and were by nature the chyldren of wrath like as other were And agayne ye were at that tyme without Chryst aliens from the common wealth of Israell and strangers from the Testamentes hauynge no hope of the promesse and were without God in this worlde And agayne ye were somtime darkenesse but nowe are lyght in the Lorde And againe geuing thankes to y e father whiche hath made vs worthy to be partakers of the inheritaunce of saintes in light which hath deliuered vs from the power of darknes hath trāslated vs in to y e kingdom of his welbeloued sonne And againe for we also wer somtime folish vnfaithful goyng astraye seruing diuers lustes plesures liuing in malice enuie hateful hating one another But whē y e benignitie gentlenes of our Sauiour apeered not for y e workes of righteousnes which we haue done but acording to his mercy hath he saued vs through the lauer of regeneraciō of the holy ghost whom he hath powred foorth aboundantly vpon vs through Iesus Christ our sauiour that we being iustified by his grace shulde be heires of eternall lyfe by hope VVhat the nature of man is vvithout grace ¶ The .vi. Chapter AND that it maye briefly apeere what the nature of man is without grace lette Iude the Apostle tel what eyther the ignoraunce of the vnlearned or the doctrine of the wyse can doe But they saith he what thinges soeuer they knowe not that do they blaspheme and what soeuer thinges they knowe naturally as brute beastes do therin corrupt they them selues Let also the Euangelist Luke vnder the wordes of zacharie tel in what a nyght mankynde doth wander before the illuminacion of grace and out of what a darknesse of ignoraunce the people of God is deliuered And thou childe saith he shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion to his people for the remission of theyr sinnes Through the tender mercye of our God whereby the daye spryng from an hyghe hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sitte in darkenesse in the shadowe of death to guide our feete into the way of peace And this tender mercy hath the lord shewed not to the redemption of one people onely but vnto the saluacion of all Nacions as the Euangeliste saith For Iesus must dye for the people and not for the people onely but also that he myght gather together the children of god which were dispersed And that thing doth the voyce of the Lorde whiche throughe the trumpe of godlynes soundynge throughout all the worlde doth both call and gather together al mē For whē he had said I thank thee oh father lord of heauen and earth because thou haste hydde these thinges frō the wise prudent haste reueled thē vnto babes Euen so O father for so was it thy good pleasure he added All thinges are geuen to me of my father no man hath knowen the sonne but y e father neyther hath any man knowen the father but the sonne he to whō the sonne wyll reuele him And thē he added Come vnto me all ye y e labour are laden and I wyl refresh you Take my yoke vpon you learne of me for I am meke and humble of harte and ye shal finde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is sweete my burden is light Iohn Baptist also in the Gospel of Iohn protesteth in y e spirit of prophesie saying He y t came frō heauē is aboue al mē he doth testify that y e he hath sene hard and no man receiueth his witnesse howbeit he y t receiueth his witnes hath set his seale that God is true Therfore in somuch as perteineth to y e blindnes of mākind gotten with y e long night of ignorance pride the creator of y e world came into this world the world knew him not the lyght shyned in the darknesse but the darkenesse comprehended it not He that is aboue all testified that that he had seene and hard and no man receaued his testimonie But because the sonne of God came not in vain into the worlde but gaue hym selfe for all men he dyed not onely for the people but also that he myght gather into one the children of God which were dispersed And he said vnto all men Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden I shall refreshe you And he maketh him selfe and his father knowen to whom he wyll reuele it reseruing vnto him selfe the libertie of the election vnable to be knowen All the chyldren of lyght the chyldren of promesse the sonnes of Abraham the sonnes of God the electe generation the kyngly priesthood the true Israelites foreknowen and fore ordeyned to the kingdome of god who hath called them not onely out of the Iewes but also out of the gentiles do receyue the testimonie of hym that came downe from heauen and sette theyr seales that God is true that is to say they declare in that thei are saued that GOD is true that he kepeth touch and perfourmeth that that he promysed vnto Abraham the father of all nations Who when God promysed him that he should be the heyre of the worlde doubted not by mistrust But beinge comforted in faith gaue glory vnto God knowing moste certainely that he was able to perfourme the thynge that he had promysed And who is so enstraūged from the fayth of Abraham who is so farre growen out of kynde from the father of all nations that he will say eyther that the promyse

because y e foreknowledge of God is not vncertaine nor his counsaile mutable neither his wil without effect nor yet his promise false all they of whom these words are spoken be saued without exception of any man For he maketh them to vnderstande hys lawes and wryteth them in theyr heartes with hys owne fynger that they maye receaue the knowledge of God not by the worke of humayne doctryne but by the enformation of the hyghest teacher For he that planteth and he that watereth are nothinge but god that geueth the encrease All they from the least to the moste knowe God for they haue heard and learned of the father that they might cōe to Christe all they beynge drawen out of errour are instructed in the waye of lyfe It is geuen to al them to vnderstand the thynges that are ryght and to wyll ryghte thynges theyr heartes beynge chaunged The feare of GOD is graffed in all them that they myghte be learned in Gods commaundementes There is a way made in their desert their dry lande is watred with fluds so y t they which afore dyd not open theyr mouthes to praise God and became wylde as the dombe and vnreasonable beastes beynge clensed in the foūtaines of gods woorde they blesse and prayse God declarynge the power and maruayles of his mercy which hath elected them and adopted them into hys sonnes made them the enheritoures of the newe testament And yf as the Apostle saith no man despiseth or altereth the testament of a man whē it is once confirmed howe can it then come to passe that the promyse of God maye in any parte bee resolued The promyse of God made vnto Abraham without conditiō and gaue without the lawe remayneth stedfast and is daily fulfilled For notwithstandinge that some to whom these thynges bee preached beleue not yet their vnbeleife hath not made frustrate the truth of God For God is true but euery man is a lyer And they whiche haue hearde the Gospell and woulde not beleue are more without excuse thē if thei had not heard any preaching of the truth but sure it is that in the presence of God they were not the children of Abraham nor nombred amonge the companye of them of whom it is sayd all nations of the earth shalbe blessed in thi seede For he promised that thei shoulde beleue that sayde And euery one shall not teache hys neighbour and euery man hys brother saying know the lord for all shal knowe me from the least of them to the greatest He promysed that they shoulde bee reconciled which sayde I wyll haue merci on theyr iniquities ▪ and wyll not remember theyr synnes He promysed that they shoulde obey whiche sayde I wyll geue them another waye and another heart that they maye feare me all theyr dayes He promysed that they shoulde perseuer and continue whiche sayde I will put my feare into theyr heartes least they should depart from me I wyll visite thē to make them good Also he promised y t they shall al folowe hym without exception which sayd I sweare bi my self except ryghteousnes shal go out of my mouth my wordes shal not be refused for euery knee shal bow vnto me and euery tounge shal praise God Here if we say that that thinge is not done which God sware shoulde be done we ascribe falshed vnto God the whiche thynge God fordid and a leasing to the truth But if so be that the woordes of God do not faile nor be without effect as both godlynes fayth doth teache vs and also that surely done that he appoynted to bee done howe shall the stedfastnes of the sure promyse appeare vnto vs when yet many thousandes of men serue Deuylles and bowe their knees to ymages Except we knowe y t those wordes speakinges of god be spoken set forth accordyng to the immutable knowledge of god wherin with hym y e generalitie of men is now deuyded whether he speake of the good men or of the euyl men he doth on such wise make mention on y e one part as though he omytted no man For when the Apostle sayth olde thinges are past beholde all thynges are made newe doth it not seeme that he sayde all men were renewed Or when he sayeth for it was his pleasure that in him should all fulnes dwell and by hym to reconcile al thinges to himself doth he not so speake as though he would no man to bee without reconsiliation Or when he sayeth In these laste dayes he hath spoken to vs in his sonne whom he hath made heire of al thynges doeth the forme of the sentēce sound any other thing then that all men are transcribed of the father into the herytage of Chryste accordinge to the prophecie of Dauid saying Desyre of me and I wyll geue thee the heathen vnto thine herytage and the endes of the earth for thy possession For the Lorde sayeth yf I shall be exalted from the earth I wyl draw al thinges vnto me Doeth not the conuersion of all men seme here to be promised Or when it is prophesied of the Churche and sayde Euery valley shalbe fylled and euery mountayne and hyll shalbe brought lowe crooked thynges shalbe made strayght rough places made playne Semeth any man here to be omitted which is not signified to become subiecte vnto Christ What when it is sayde And all fleshe shall come in my syght or before me that they maye worshyp in Iherusalem saith the Lorde Or this And it shall come to passe in the latter dayes that I wyl poure out of my spirite vpon al fleshe Or this The Lorde lyfteth vp all those that fall and healeth all them that are hurte Is it not so spoken as thoughe no man were secluded from that gyfte The people of GOD therefore hath his fulnesse And though the most part of men do eyther repell or neglecte the grace of saluacion yet in the electe and foreknowen men and amonge them whiche are deuided from the generalitie of all is there a certayne vniuersalitie numbred So that out of all the worlde all the worlde may appeare to be deliuered and out of all men all men to be receiued Lyke as also when he speketh of the vngodly the diuine style so frameth the speach that those thinges which are spoken of a certeyne part seeme to apperteyne to all men as is this which Iohn Baptist saieth He that cōmeth downe from heauen is aboue all men he testifieth that that he hath seene hearde and no man receiueth his testimonie Or this saying of the Apostle All men seeke theyr owne not the thynges y t are Iesus Christes Or y t that Dauids psalme singeth The Lorde loked downe from heauen vppon the children of men to see if there were any that did vnderstande or seeke after God but they are all gone out of the way they are altogether becom vnprofitable there is not one