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A10911	The summe of Christianitie reduced vnto eight propositions, briefly and plainly confirmed out of the holy worde of God.	Rogers, John, fl. 1560-1580.	1578 (1578)	STC 21183; ESTC S112989	19,396	49

woorde They which through want of knowledge or weakenes of the minde are not sufficient vnto the well gouerning and brideiing of them selues must as the Lord hath commanded be instructed and strengthened by others that either by mercifull admonition and exhortation they may bee recouered from sinne or else may be saued by terrors and threats of the iudgements of God beeing thereby as it were by violence taken out of the fire of destruction Unto this appertayneth that notable exhortation of the Apostle Let vs obserue and marke one another not vnto enuy or occasion of sin but to stirre vp our selues mutually and euen to whet one an other vnto the duties of charitie and to all good workes The other kinde of discipline is publike consisting of three partes First of the preaching of the lawe which is as a two edged sworde in the hande of Gods ministers to offer vp his people an holie and blameles sacrifice vnto his maiestie not onely opening our eyes that we may see and knowe what is that good perfect and acceptable will of the Lorde but also through the working of the holy Ghost conuerting our soules and fashioning them after the image similitude of him that made thē Secondly admonitions exhortations and counsels ministred by such persons as the Lord hath appointed for the ouersight of their brethren Thirdly of conuenting of the offendours before the Churche in open congregation to bee iudicially admonished or according vnto the qualitie and degree of their offence forbidden the Supper of the Lord or cut of from the Churche vntill by remorse of sinne with smart and shame of punishment laide vpon them for the same they shal with certaine testimonies of true and vnfeigned repentance humbly desire to be restored vnto their former estate amongest the people of God. The weakenes of conscience must often times be holpen by ciuil punishment publikely or priuately to be executed by magistrates parentes maisters and others whom the Lorde God hath authorized and armed with the swoorde of iustice and rodde of correction not for the profite onely of suche as offende but also for the example terrour of others that at least by awe of punishment they may feare to doe euill For as indulgence and impunitie nourisheth increaseth wickednesse as Salomon saith and wicked men so godly seuerity of punishment chaseth away sin and lessoneth the number of offendours In punishing it must be remembred that it be not dumme and silent but ioyned with doctrin admonition exhortation that the force thereof may work the more in the hart of the offenders It may not be the reuenge of our priuate griefe but of the dishonour of the name of God of the breach of his holy commaundementes It must be ioyned with calling vpon the name of the Lord that as it is his good ordinance so it may be both giuen and receiued according to his wil and blessed by his spirit to the reforming of those that haue done amisse and forwarnings of others Finally all meanes are to be vsed that the conscience of the offender may be touched with the horror of his sinne and feare of Gods iustice that we may cleere our selues of all corruption by directing the punishment not against the person but against the sinne beeing greeued that we are compelled to flye to that extreme remedy and yet to doe it with á godly courage and zeale as caryed with most iust hatred and indignation against sinne Unto the abating of the rage of our corrupt and degenerate nature the Lord yeeldeth vs no small helpe by afflictions and aduersities which therefore are called chastisementes and corrections because we are thereby reformed as the Prophet saith before I was corrected I went astray but now I haue kept thy commaundements In so much as he professeth that it was good for him that hee had beene afflicted and acknowledgeth that of very trueth the Lorde had chastened him meaning thereby that as the Lord hath couenaunted with his people all good things so is it also a parte of his couenaunt to punish and correct his children as he knoweth to be expedient for them the reason whereof is rendred by the Apostle For if wee iudged our selues we should not be punished but when we are punished we are nurtured of the Lorde that we might not be condemned with the world The ende of all is that the workes of Satan in the corruption of our nature with the fruites of the same might vtterly be abolished and ▪ that the image of God not blemished onely but euen cancelled and defaced by the fall of Adam might be renued and repaired in vs The first happeneth vnto vs in the dissolution of this earthly tabernacle from which time we sinne no more as appeareth by that vehement and lamentable exclamation of Saint Paule Miserable man that I am would God I were deliuered from this bodie of death The second though begon increased in this life shal not be fully accomplished vntill our Sauiour Christ returne from heauen be made glorious in his Saints For albeit we are now the childrē of God it hath not yet appeared what we shall bee but our life is hid with Christ in God and we knowe that whē Christ which is our life shal be made manifest we also shal be made manifest with him in glorie Then shall we be clothed with that glorious tabernacle not made with handes eternall in heauen then shall mortalitie be deuoured of immortalitie then shall Christ who alreadie is crowned with glorie and honor returne our redemer from heauen and chaunge our vile bodies that they maye be made like vnto his glorious bodie according vnto that power whereby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto him selfe Then shall it be accomplished which is written death is swallowed vp in victorie O death where is thy sting O graue where is thy victorie For the strēgth of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the lawe But thankes be vnto God who hath giuen vs victorie by Jesus Christ our lord Therefore let vs be strong and immoueable in the trueth abounding alwayes in the worke of the Lord seeing we know that our labour is not in vaine in the Lorde But the day of our redemption shall once appeare wherin the trumpets shal blow and the deade shall rise those that are found aliue shall be changed and wee all which beleeue shall meete the Lorde in the ayre and so reigne with him in glorie for euer which time shoulde long since haue come vpon the worlde sauing that the Lord is pacient to vswarde and will not that anie of vs should perishe and not of vs onely which now liue but of those also which shal be raised vp in posteritie after vs whom he hath likewise appointed vnto saluation and will in his good time call by the ministerie of his Gospell least we without

The Summe of Christianitie reduced vnto eight propositions briefly and plainly confirmed out of the holy worde of God. Iohn 1. 17. The lawe was giuen by Moses but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ. Eight Propositions conteining the summe of this Treatise 1. All men haue sinned and haue fasted of the glorie of god Rom. 3. 23. 2. There is no name vnder Heauen giuen vnto men whereby we must be saued but onely by the name of Jesus Act. 4. 12. 3. Saluation by Christ apperteineth onely vnto them that beleeue in him 4. Fayth commeth by bearing and hearing by the worde of god Rom. 10. 17. 5. Let him depart from iniquitie whosoeuer nameth the name of Christ 2. Tim. 19. Who so is in Christ Jesus is a new creature 2. Cor. 5. 17. 6. Thy worde is the lanterne vnto my feete and the light vnto my pathe Psa. 119. 105. The commandement is a lanterne and the lawe a light and reprehensions for instruction are the way of life Pro. 6. 23. 7. The lawe is spirituall but wee are carnall euen solde to bee subiect vnto sinne Rom. 7. 14 The fleshe lusteth against the spirite and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrarie the one to the other so that we can not doe the things that we would Gal. 5. 17. 8. What other helpes there are vnto godlinesse and well doing commended vnto vs in the worde of God ▪ The summe of Christianitie reduced vnto eight propositions briefly and plainly confirmed out of the holy worde of God. The first proposition All men haue sinned and haue failed of the glorie of God. Rom. 3. 23. THere is none that is righteous no not one If we say we haue no sin we deceiue our selues the truth is not in vs If we say wee haue not sinned we make God a lier and his worde is not in vs For proofe whereof there are two witnesses against vs First the testimony of our owne consciences w euen by the light of nature accuseth vs both of leauing vndon many good things we ought to haue done and of committing many euill things in deede worde and thought Secondly the Lorde God himselfe who is greater than our consciences whose wrath from heauen is manifest against al the vngodlinesse and vnrighteousnesse of men as well in that generall curse which is come vppon all creatures as by particular iudgements executed against sinne from the beginning of the world But especially he hath most manifestly penned our inditement in his worde where first we are charged with the sinne and fall of Adam as guiltie thereof vnto condemnation Secondly that wee are borne in sinne and conceiued in iniquitie and therefore by nature the children of Gods wrath being such as whose natural disposition is enimitie against God and whose cursed spirit lusteth after enuie Thirdly that this corruption of our nature hath bene most plentifull in bringing foorth all maner fruites of disobedience causing vs to transgresse all-the commandementes of God as shal most plainly appeare if we examine our selues and our liues by the seuerall precepts of his lawe which teacheth vs both what dueties we owe vnto his Maiestie for his worshippe and also what vnto our brethren for their profite so that wee may conclude with the Apostle that all mouthes are stopped and that all men are come vnder the condemnation of god We must so meditate vpon these things as we may also be affected and touched with them Which we shall the rather performe if vnto the vnfeigned confession that wee are sinners we shal in the presence of Gods maiestie consider first the filthinesse and vncleannesse of our sinnes by comparing them with that holinesse righteousnesse and innocencie which is described vnto vs in the Lawe Then the greatnesse of our offences as committed against the most glorious excellencie of the Maiestie of god Further the multitude of our transgressions which are mo in number than the heares of our head and as a mightie water ouerflowing vs vnto destruction Also the punishmēt deserued by our sinnes and set downe in the worde of god First the curse of God entring and remaining vpon all his creatures subduing them vnder vanitie for our sakes Secondly all the aduersities and afflictions of this life with the diseases of our bodies and griefes of our mindes Also death it selfe which is the dissolution of the soule and the bodie Last of all the curse of God pronounced in his lawe vnto euerlasting damnation both of bodie and soule with Satan and his Angels in hell fire the flame whereof being kindled from the breath of the wrath of the Lord shall neuer be quenched The miserie of him that is in such a case must needs be exceeding great offereth him iust occasiō with feare and trembling to inquire what maye be his remedie against so lamentable estate The second Proposition There is no name vnder heauen giuen vnto men whereby we must be saued but onely by the name of Iesus Act. 4. 12. THe holye Angels of God can not saue vs yea they are iustly our enimies for sinne and the armed souldiers of the Lord to our destruction The saintes haue neede themselues of a Sauiour and therefore can stand vs in no stead As for our selues if we coulde which is vnpossible doe all the good thinges commanded vs in the lawe it were sufficient if we were not condemned for them it were no reason that by them we should be discharged of that other bonde of our guiltinesse which is against vs in committing of euill If wee say we will giue all that we haue vnto the Lorde it is nothing vnto him If vnto the poore it is no sacrifice for sinne If we should suffer all torments of bodie and soule during this life wee cannot so satisfie the iustice of God for the least of our sinnes which deserueth infinite punishment There is no helpe in outwarde and feigned holinesse bee it neuer so glorious in the eyes of men seeing it is abhomination in the sight of the Lord how much lesse shal it auaile vs to rest for saluation vpō any of the foolish superstitions wicked idolatries inuented by man Standing therefore before Gods iudgement seate condemned for our sinnes we finde no peace with his Maiestie but onely in Jesus Christ of whome he said from heauen this is my welbeloued sonne in whome I am well pleased And who witnesseth of himselfe saying So God loued the worlde that he gaue his onely begotten Sonne to the ende that all that beleeue in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life who also calleth vs vnto himselfe saying Come vnto me al ye that trauell and be heauy laden and I will refresh you The name Jesus signifieth a Sauiour and is expounded by the Angel Gabriel For he shall saue his people from their sinnes Christ in Greeke