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A godly and frutefull sermon, made at Maydestone in the county of Kent the fyrst sonday in Lent, in the presence of the most reuerend father in God Thomas archbishop of Canterbury. &c. / by M. Thomas Cole scholemayster there, againste dyuers erronious opinions of the Anabaptistes and others.
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Cole, Thomas, d. 1571.
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principal_a medicine_n to_o theym_v that_o by_o faith_n clean_o to_o god_n promise_v make_v in_o christ_n sayenge_a benedictus_fw-la deus_fw-la et_fw-la pater_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la qui_fw-la benedixit_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la benedictione_n spirituali_fw-la 1._o eph._n 1._o in_o coelestibus_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la sicut_fw-la elegit_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la ante_fw-la mundi_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la ut_fw-la essemus_fw-la sancti_fw-la &_o immaculati_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la eius_fw-la in_o charitate_fw-la qui_fw-la praedestinavit_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o adoptionem_fw-la filiorum_fw-la perâ—â—sum_fw-la christum_n etc._n etc._n if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o predestination_n then_o will_v not_o s._n paul_n have_v give_v thanks_n to_o god_n for_o it_o but_o out_o of_o doubt_n there_o be_v a_o predestynation_n the_o which_o be_v certain_a in_o god_n although_o it_o be_v uncertain_a in_o we_o and_o none_o otherwise_o know_v but_o in_o that_o we_o feel_v the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n work_n faith_n and_o obedience_n in_o our_o heart_n unto_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o that_o be_v the_o true_a token_n whereby_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n certifi_v our_o spirit_n that_o we_o at_o the_o elect_v son_n of_o god_n let_v no_o man_n therefore_o rash_o judge_v of_o god_n holy_a predestination_n but_o let_v every_o man_n submyt_v his_o judgement_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n without_o curiosity_n seek_v that_o end_n in_o predestination_n which_o sayncte_n paul_n will_v the_o ephesian_n to_o learn_v namely_o elegit_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la ut_fw-la sancti_fw-la essemus_fw-la &_o immaculati_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la eius_fw-la in_o charitate_fw-la that_o feel_v this_o mind_n and_o desire_n in_o theim selue_o they_o may_v rejoice_v in_o their_o election_n and_o geve_v thaiske_n with_o saint_n paul_n who_o so_o ever_o than_o there_o be_v that_o be_v faithful_a and_o covet_v right_o to_o understande_v predestination_n let_v he_o attend_v upon_o christ_n that_o he_o may_v find_v himself_o in_o he_o without_o who_o there_o can_v be_v find_v no_o worthy_a token_n of_o predestination_n &_o beware_v that_o no_o man_n be_v so_o blind_a that_o he_o shall_v deny_v the_o predestination_n of_o god_n for_o so_o shall_v he_o declare_v himself_o to_o be_v infect_v with_o this_o stynk_n flower_n of_o the_o dyvell_n now_o as_o it_o be_v a_o wicked_a error_n to_o deny_v the_o predestination_n of_o god_n and_o our_o election_n in_o christ_n and_o a_o flower_n not_o to_o be_v find_v among_o christian_a man_n so_o it_o be_v a_o most_o damnable_a heresy_n and_o a_o execrable_a flower_n of_o hell_n wherein_o may_v be_v smell_v the_o poison_n blasphemy_n of_o the_o dyvell_n against_o the_o son_n of_o god_n jesus_n christ_n to_o affirm_v and_o hold_v that_o by_o predestination_n god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_v where_o as_o we_o may_v learn_v in_o scripture_n that_o the_o holy_a predestination_n of_o god_n never_o pass_v but_o always_o continue_v within_o the_o bound_n of_o godliness_n and_o ryghteousnes_n where_o by_o all_o mighty_a god_n at_o no_o time_n move_v any_o man_n to_o sin_n vniversae_fw-la enim_fw-la viae_fw-la domini_fw-la misericordia_fw-la &_o veritas_fw-la saint_n james_n therefore_o to_o declare_v jacob_n jacob_n that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n say_v that_o god_n tempt_v no_o man_n to_o evyll_n satan_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n and_o sin_n the_o cause_n of_o our_o punyshement_n what_o bring_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o and_o make_v his_o anger_n so_o fierce_a over_o we_o syn._n what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o god_n truth_n take_v no_o place_n in_o we_o and_o that_o we_o receyve_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o vain_a sin_n therefore_o it_o be_v write_v in_o cor_fw-la malevolun_n non_fw-la introibit_fw-la sapientia_fw-la nec_fw-la habitabit_fw-la 1._o â—ap_n 1._o in_o corpore_fw-la subdito_fw-la peccatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n esai_n confirm_v the_o same_o say_v your_o sin_n have_v separate_v you_o from_o god_n saint_n paul_n also_o teach_v the_o roman_n wherewith_o god_n be_v and_o be_v displease_v say_v revelatur_fw-la ira_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la 1._o rom._n 1._o coelo_fw-la super_fw-la omnem_fw-la iniustitiam_fw-la &_o impietatem_fw-la hominum_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o god_n be_v than_o displease_v at_o sin_n as_o his_o word_n do_v declare_v he_o to_o be_v than_o be_v he_o not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_v onlesse_a we_o shall_v grant_v as_o god_n forbid_v that_o he_o be_v both_o a_o mutable_a god_n or_o a_o dissemble_a god_n which_o covet_v or_o allow_v that_o which_o he_o say_v by_o his_o word_n he_o do_v hate_n for_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o nothing_o but_o of_o that_o which_o he_o alow_v as_o he_o therefore_o be_v good_a only_a and_o goodness_n itself_o contrary_a to_o all_o iniquity_n so_o be_v he_o author_n of_o all_o godliness_n and_o virtue_n and_o no_o sin_v for_o this_o cause_n have_v he_o command_v we_o to_o flee_v from_o 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both_o wife_n and_o child_n by_o the_o belly_n but_o saynct_v paul_n say_v he_o that_o provyde_v not_o for_o his_o family_n be_v worse_a thanne_n a_o infidel_n o_o misery_n of_o misery_n to_o much_o put_v in_o practice_n in_o these_o our_o day_n as_o the_o eye_n of_o poor_a wyve_n almost_o out_o with_o weep_v and_o the_o paale_a colour_n and_o thin_a cheek_n of_o poor_a child_n can_v testify_v god_n grant_v it_o may_v be_v amend_v in_o time_n jest_n worse_a evels_n happen_v thereby_o these_o be_v the_o beautiful_a flout_n of_o the_o dyvel_a wherewith_o he_o seek_v now_o as_o he_o have_v do_v in_o time_n paste_v to_o blind_a the_o eye_n of_o theym_n that_o lead_v a_o sober_a life_n these_o he_o straw_v before_o they_o to_o this_o end_n that_o of_o good_a lyver_n they_o may_v become_v evell_a speaker_n and_o so_o receive_v to_o their_o confusion_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o vain_a wherefore_o good_a people_n sing_v the_o mysterye_n of_o these_o erroneous_a or_o scismaticall_a flower_n 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