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A10213	The treasure of trueth touching the grounde worke of man his saluation, and chiefest pointes of Christian religion: with a briefe summe of the comfortable doctrine of God his prouidence, comprised in .38. short aphorismes. VVritten in Latin by Theodore Beza, and nevvly turned into English by Iohn Stockvvood. VVhereunto are added, these godly treatises. One of the learned and godlie Father. Maister I. Foxe. In the which the chiefest poyntes of the doctrine of God his election, are so plainely set foorth, as the verie simplest may easily vnderstand it, and reape great profite thereby. The other of Maister Anthonie Gylbie, wherein the doctrine of God his election and reprobation, is both godly and learnedlie handeled. Seene and alovved, according to the order appoynted.; Summa totius Christianismi. English	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Stockwood, John, d. 1610.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.; Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585. Briefe treatyse of election and reprobacion.	1576 (1576)	STC 2049; ESTC S113223	100,323	280

be made the righteous●esse of God in him Rom. 6. 3. Are you ignoraunt that as ●any of vs as are baptized into Christ ●esus are baptized into his death 4. We are therefore buried together ●ith him through baptysme into his ●eath that as Christ was raysed from ●e dead into the glory of his Father so ●e also should walke in a newe lyfe 5. For if being graffed with him we ●aue growen in the likenesse of his death ●●en so shall we growe in the lykenesse ●f his resurrection or rysing againe Colos. 3. 1. Therefore if you haue ryn againe with Christ seeke the things ●hich are aboue where Christ is sitting ● the right hande of God. ● 12. Being buried together with him through baptisme by whome also you haue risen againe with him through the fayth of God working effectually which hath raysed him from the dead Ioh. 17. 17. Sanctifie them wyth thy truth thy werd is truth 19. And for them do I sanctify my self that they also may bee sanctified by the truth Heb 9. 13. For if the blood of Bulles of G●ates and the ashes of an Heyser sprinckling the defiled sanctified as touching the purifiing of the flesh 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ which through the eternal spirite offered him selfe with out spotte of God purge your conscience frō dead workes to serue the lyuing God Heb. 10. 14. For with one offering hath he consecrated for euer those which are sanctified Rom. 5. 11. But yet that which God doth gratifye benefyte or pleasure vs with all is not so as the offence for if through the offence of that one many be dead muche more the grace of God and the gyfte by grace which is of one man Iesus Christ hath abounded vnto many 16. Neyther is the gyfte so as that which entred in by one that sinned for the faulte entred in of one offence vnto condempnation but that which God geueth is geuen of many offences vnto iustification 17. For if by one offence death raigned through one much more shall they which receyue that abounding grace gyfte of righteousnesse raigne in lyfe through one that is Iesus Christ. 20. Moreouer the lawe entreated that the offence shoulde bee increased but where sinne increaseth there grace aboundeth much more The syxt Aphorisme AND least this remeedie should bee voide and of none effect 1 the Lord with all decreed to giue this his sōne vnto them whome as we haue saide he ordained from euerlasting vnto saluation and in lyke manner to giue them vnto his sonne 2 that vvhen as he shall bee in them and they in him they might bee made perfite into one by those degrees or steppes which doo hereafter followe Proues out of the word of God. Rom 8. 32. He verilie that spared not his owne sonne but gaue him for vs all vnto death howe shall he not with him geue vs all thinges also Ioh. 3. 19. For God so loued the world that he ga●e his only begotte● sonne that who soeuer beléeueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting lyfe Ioh. 17. 2. As thou hast geuen him power ouer all fleshe that he shoulde geue euerlasting life to so many as thou hast geuen him 9. I haue declared thy name vnto the men which thou hast geuen me which are chosen out of the world they were thyne and thou haste geuen them vnto mee and they haue kepte thy worde 11. And I am no more in the worlde but these are in the worlde and I come ●nto thée Holy Father kéepe them ●rough thy name which thou hast ge●en mée that they maye bée one as we ●re 12. Whyle I was with them in the worlde I kept them in thy name those which thou gauest vnto mée I haue kept and none of them is loste but that childe of perdition Ioh. 17. 23. I in them and thou in mée that they may be made perfit in one and that the ●orld may know that thou hast sent mee and louest them as thou louest mée The Seuenth Aphorisme FOr 1 first at what time it pleaseth him to reueale and open that secreete ordained from euerlasting 2 at that time I saie in which they thinke not of these thinges 3 as men that are verie blind and yet notwithstanding they thinke that they do most sharplie see 4 whervpon assured destruction hangeth ouer their heads 5 beholde at vnwares and sodainlie he setteth before their eyes the great daunger that they are in and that they maie bee the more pearsed for a vvitnesse vnto their conscience lying as it were buried and fornummed 6 hee ioyneth therevnto the preaching of his law adding examples of his iudgements that they should be afraide tremble at the remembrance of their sinnes 7 yet doth he not this for this intent that they should remaine in this feare and trembling but rather that turning to beholde the greatnesse of the daunger whiche compasseth them about they shoulde flie vnto that onelie mediatour Iesus Christ. Proues out of the worde of God. Gen. 3 15. Moreouer I wyll put enmity betweene thée and the woman and betweene thy séede and her seede It shal breake thine head and thou shalt bruyse his héele Gen. 22. 18. And in thy séede shall all the Nations of the earth be blessed because that thou hast obeyed my voyce Rom. 3. 25. Whome God hath set forth ● bee an appeasement through faith in ●is blood to declare his righteousnesse ●y forgeuenesse of sinnes that are past Rom. 16. 25. To him nowe that is able ●o establishe you according to my Gospell and preaching of Iesus Christ by the reuelation of the mistery which was kepte secréete from times euerlasting 26. But now is opened c. 1. Cor. 2. 7. But wée speake the wisedome of God lying hyd in a mystere or secréete that is to saye that hydden wisdome which God hath forcordayned before the worldes for our glorie Gal. 4. 4. But after the ful tyme came God hath sent forth his sonne made of a woman made subiect vnto the lawe Eph. 1. 9. The mysterie or secreete of his wyl being opened vnto vs according vnto his free good wyl which he had purposed in him selfe 10. To wyt that in the dispensation of the full tyme he might gather all things in Christ. Col. 1. 26. To wyt the mistery hid since the world began and from all ages but now is made manifest vnto his Saints 2. Tim. 1. 9. Who hath saued vs and called vs with an holy calling not according vnto our workes but according vnto his owne purpose and grace which was geuen vnto vs in Christ Iesus before the tymes of the worlde 10. But is nowe made manifest by that glorious comming of our Sauiour Iesus Christ. Tit. 1. 2. 3. Unto the hope of euerlasting lyfe which God that can not lye hath promised before the tymes of the world but hath made it manifest in his due tyme. 1. Pet. 1. 18. As those who know that you

were not redeemed with corruptible thinges as syluer and golde from your vaine conuersation c. 20. Whiche was foreordained before the foundation of the worlde were layd but was declared in the last times for your sake Iosua 24. 2. And Iosua sayde vnto all the people Thus sayth the Lorde God ●f Israel your Fathers dwelt beyonde ●he flood of olde tyme euen Thare the Father of Abraham and the Father of Nachor and serued other Gods. 3. And I tooke your Father Abra●am from the place which was beyond the flood Ezec. 16. 8. And I passed by thée and sawe thée and beholde thy tyme was as the tyme of loue and I spread my garmentes ouer thée I couered thy shame c. Esai 65. 1. I made my selfe manifest to them that asked not I was founde of them that sought mée not I sayde Beholde mée beholde mée vnto a Nation that called not vpon my name Eph. 2. 3. Among whome also we all had our conuersation in tymes paste in the lustes of our flesh doing such things as pleased our fleshe and our mindes were by nature the sonnes of wrath as well as they 4. But God which is rytch in mercie for his great loues sake wherewith he loued vs. 5. Euen when we were dead by sinnes raysed vs vp togeather through Christ by whose grace ye are saued 11. Wherefore remember that ye béeing in times past Gentyles in the fleshe whiche were called vncircum●icion of that which is called cyrcumsicion in the fleshe and which is made with handes 12. That ye were I saye at that time without Christ and were al●aunts from the common wealth of Israel and were straungers from the couenaunt of promise hauing no hope and were without God in the worlde 13. But now in Christ Iesus ye which once were farre of are made neere by the blood of Christ. Rom. 5. 10. For if when we were enemyes wée were reconcyled or made friendes with God by the death of his sonne much more being now reconciled or made friendes wée shall be saued by his lyfe 1. Pet. 2. 10. Ye which were sometyme no people are nowe the people of God which were not vnder mercy haue now ●btayned mercie Ioh. 9. 41. If ye were blind you should haue no sinne but now ye say we see and therefore your sinne remaineth Ioh. 3. 19. And this is the condemnation that light is comen into the worlde but men haue loued darknes more then ●light because their workes are euyll Rom 1. 18. For the wrath of God is reuealed from heauen against al vngodlinesse and vnrighteousnesse of men as who with holde the truth vniustly Rom. 2. 15. Who shewe the effect of the law written in their heartes their conscience also bearing witnesse and their thoughtes accusing one an other or excusing Act. 14. 17. All though hée hath not suffered him selfe to be without witnes in that he doeth good vnto vs geuing vs raigne fruitful seasons from heauen filling our heartes with foode and gladnes Ro. 2. 14. For whē the Gentyles which haue not the law do by nature y things of y law they hauing not the law are a law vnto them selues Act. 14. 17. Althought he hath not suffered him selfe to be c. Rom. 7. 7. What shall we say then Is the lawe sinne God forbyd naye I had not knowne sinne but by the lawe For I had not knowen luste except the lawe had sayd thou shalt not luste 1. Tim. 2. 5. For there is one God and also one mediator of God and man the man Iesus Christ. 2. Tim. 2. 25. Instructing them whiche are contrary minded if God at any time wyll geue vnto them that they may repent and know the truth 19. And that being escaped out of the snare of the Diuyll of whome they are taken captiue they may receyue helth of minde to do his wyll Act. 2. 37. When they heard these things they were pricked in heart and sayd vnto Peter and vnto the rest of the Apostles men and brethren what shall we doo 38. And Peter said vnto them Repent and let euery one of you be baptized in ●he name of Iesus Christ c. 1. Ioh. 2. 1. Litle children these thinges ● wryte vnto you that you shoulde not ●inne But if any man sinne c. The Seuenth Aphorisme THerefore after that seuere or sharpe preaching of the lawe 1 hee setteth foorth vnto them grace and gentlenesse of the gospell yet adding this condition if they beleeue in Christ 2 vvho alone can delyuer them from condemnation 3 and geue vnto them power and right to obtaine the heauenlie inheritaunce Proues out of the word of God. Ioh. 1. 12. And as many as receiued him ●he gaue vnto them this dignitie to bée made the sonnes of God to wyt vnto them that beléeue in his name Ioh. 3. 16. For so God loued the world that he gaue his only begotten sonne c. Rom. 1. 19. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of christ For it is the power of God vnto saluation vnto euery one that beléeueth to the Iew first and also to the Gréeke Rom. 8. 1. Now therefore there is no condempnation to them whiche are in Christ Iesus that is which walke not after the fleshe but after the spyrite 1. Ioh 2. 1. My lyttle chyldren these things write I vnto you that you sinne not If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the righteous c. Ioh. 〈◊〉 And as many as receiued him he gaue vnto them this dignitie that c. Ioh. 3. 16. For God so loved the world c. Rom. 1. 16. For I am not ashamed of the gospell of Christ c. Rom. 5. 1. Being therefore iustifyed or made righteous by faith we haue peace towarde God through our Lorde Iesus Christ. The nynth Aphorisme AND because all these thinges should bee done in vaine if God dyd sette foorth these secreetes vnto men onely by the outwarde preaching of his worde vvrytten and openlie published in the Churche of God 1 vvhiche notvvithstanding is the ordinarie and necessarie instrument by supposition vvhereby Iesus Christ is communicated or imparted vvith vs 2 therefore vvhen as hee hath to doo vvith his electe and chosen togeather vvith the outwarde preaching of the vvorde hee ioyneth the inwarde power of the holie spyrite vvhich doeth not as Sophisters doo suppose repayre or renewe the remnau●tes of theyr free vvyll for vvhatsoeuer freevvyll is lefte vnto vs it doeth consiste or lye in this 3 that vvee sinne vvyllinglie 4 shunnishe God 5 hate him 6 yea and moreouer can neither heare him 7 nor beleeue him 8 nor acknowledge the gyfte of God 9 no nor once so muche as thinke any good thing 10 and to bee short that vve bee vvholy subiecte vnto vvrath and the curse 11 But contrararywise rather turneth theyr stonie heartes into fleshie 12 draweth 13 teacheth 14 lightneth their eyes 15 openeth their sence heart eares and vnderstanding Proues out

kingdome being yet scarce borne or in their first yeares the vvaie is more compendious or shorter 1 For vvhen as hee comprehendeth in his free conenaunt vvhereof Christ is mediator not onely the faithfull but also their posteritie vnto a thousande generations so that hee doeth plainlie pronounce it to bee holie there is no doubte but that he hath geuen the children of holie men vvhich pertaine vnto his election whom he alone doth know vnto his sonne who surelie vvyll not cast forth these also Proues out of the worde of God. Gen. 17. 7. And I wyll establishe my coue●aunt betweene mee and thée and betweene they seede after thée in theyr ●●eration with an euerlasting coue●●nt to wyt to be God vnto thée and 〈◊〉 séede after thée ●● Exod. 20. 6. And shewing mercie vn●●thousandes that loue mee and keepe 〈◊〉 commaundements ● Cor. 7. 14. For the vnbeléeuing hus●ande is sanctified by the wyfe and the ●●nbeléeuing wyfe is sanctified by her ●usbande else doubtlesse were your ●hildren vncleane but nowe are they ●olye Ioh. 6. 37. Whatsoeuer my Father ●eueth mée shall come vnto mée and ●●im that commeth vnto mée doo I not ●cast forth The fifth Chapter ¶ In what order the Lorde doeth beginn● to execute or fulfyll and in deede are effectuallie to declare his counsell of reprobation or of casting The first Aphorisme IT may easily be vnderstāded by those thinges vvhich vve haue sayde before howe the Lorde doeth bring to passe 1 that they maye goe vnto their owne place 2 whome he hath created therefore that he might be glorifyed in their iust condemnation 3 For lyke as Christ the seconde Adam from heauen is the foundation and whole substaunce of the saluation of the electe or chosen so also the fyrst Adam from the earth because he fell is therefore the fyrst causer of hatred and destruction the vvhich shall come vpon the reprobates or ofcastes Proues out of the worde of God. Act. 1 25. That hée maye take the rowme of this mynisterie and Apostlewyppe from which Iudas hath gone astraye to goe to his owne place Rom. 9 22. But what if he mynding to declare his wrath to make knowne his power hath suffered with muche gentlenesse the vesselles of wrath ordained to destruction Math. 25. 41. Then shall he also say to them that shall be on his left hande ye cursed depart from mee into euerlasting ●yre which is prepared for the D●●●and his Aungelles Rom. 5. 18. Lykewise then as by one ●offence the faulte came on all men to condempnation so by one iustifying the benefite abounded on all men vnto the iustification of lyfe ● Cor 15. 21. For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection or rysing againe from the dead 22. For as in Adam all dye euen so in Christ shall all be made a lyue The second Aphorisme FOr when as the Lorde being moued therevnto vvith such causes as hee alone knewe 1 had purposed to create them to this ende that he might shewe foorth his vvrath and power in them vvith all hee ordained as it vvere by degrees and steppes those causes by the vvhich it shoulde come to passe that the whole blame of their destruction should lye in them selues according as vve haue shewed before Man therefore falling vvyllinglie and of his owne accorde into that miserable estate 2 the Lorde wh●● vvorthelie hateth the reprobate or of●castes for so much as they are corrupte● sheweth forth his iust anger vpon some● of them so sone as they are borne Proues out of the worde of God. Rom. 9. 17. For the scripture sayth vnto Pharao for this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp that I might shew my power in thée and that my name might be declared through out all the earth 22. What and if God would to shewe his wrath and make his power knowen suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath prepared to distruction● Exod. 20. 5. I the Lord the God am a gealous God visiting the sinne of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thyrde fowrth generation of them that hate mée Ephes. 2. 3. Among whome also wée al had our conuersation in times past in the lustes of our ●lesh doing such things as lyked our fleshe and myndes and were the sonnes of wrath as well as others Rom. 5. 14. But death reigned from Adam vnto Moises euen ouer them also which had not synned after the lyke manner of the transgression of Adam which was the fygure of him that was to come The thirde Aphorisme BVt in them that are growen to full age he obserueth or vseth two other vvayes altogether diuerse and contrarye one to the other for hee vouchsaueth not some once this much fauour as to heare any thing at all of Christe 1 in vvhome alone is saluation 2 But letteth them goe in their owne vvayes and to make haste vnto assured destruction 3 For such testimonies or vvitnesses of his Godhead as hee hath left vnto them are of force onelye thus farre that they haue nothing to pretend or alleadge for their excuse 4 yet through their owne faulte for asmuc●● as this their selfe same ignoraunce an●● slaggishnesse in vvhich they are is a pu●nishment of that same corruption wher● in they vvere borne And truelie vvhatsoeuer they can see in matters touching● God by this light or rather darkness of● nature albeit they dyd not faint in the● midle of their race yet it is such as it can by no meanes be suffycient vnto saluation 5 For it is necessarie vnto saluation that we know God not only as God but also as a father in Christ 6 the whiche secreete fleshe and blood doeth not reueale or open but the Sonne him selfe to those onelie vvhome he hath receaued of his Father Proues out of the word of God. Mat. 1. 21. And she shall bring forth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus For he shall saue his people from their sinnes Act 4. 12. Neyther is theyr saluation in any other For there is no other name vnder heauen which is geuen among men by which we must be saued Act 14 16. Who in the ages that are passed suffered all Nations to walke in their owne wayes Rom. 1. 24. Wherefore also God gaue them ouer vnto the lustes of their owne hartes to vncleanesse c. Ephes. 2. 11. Remember that you were sometimes Gentyles in the flesh which were called vncircumcision c. ● That you I say were at that time without Christ and were alians from the common wealth of Israell straungers from the couenaunts of promise● c. Rom. 1. 19. For that which may bee knowne of God is manifest in them for God hath shewed it vnto them Act. 14. 17. Albeit he hath not suffered him selfe to be without witnesse by do●● good vnto vs c. Act. 17. 27. That they should séeke God if paraduenture they might finde him by feeling c. Rom. 1. 20. For his inuisible things

Moreouer it is God that hath created vs for this thing who also hath genen vs the earnest of the spirit Rom. 6. 23. And that he might make knowne the riches of his glory towards ●he vessels of mercy whiche hee hath ord●●ned vnto glory Rom. 3. 25. Whome God hath set forth ●o bee an ap peasement through fayth in his blood to declare his righteousnesse ●y the forgeuenes of the sinnes that are p●ssed 29. Through the pacience of God to shewe at this time his righteousnesse that he myght bée righteous and a maker ryghteous of him which is of the fayth of Iesus Eph. 1. 5. Who hath foreordayned vs Whome hee would adopte or chose vnto sonnes through Iesus Christ in him selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6. To the prayse of his glorious grace wherwith he hath freely made vs acceptable or to be lyked of in that beloued The seconde Aphorisme ANd contrariwise they that remaine in the pollution or fylthinesse and death of Adam are worthelie hated of God that they maie bee damned by him those not being so much as once excepted which haue died before that they coulde sinne after the lykenesse of Adam that is to saie in acte or deede Proues out of the word of God. Rom. 5. 14. But death reigned from Adam vnto Moyses ouer those also which had not sinned after the lykenes of the transgression of Adam which● was the figure of him that was to come Eph. 2. 3. Amongest whome also we in times paste had our conuersation in ●●e instes of our ●lesh doing such things 〈◊〉 liked our flesh and thoughtes and ●●ere by nature the sonnes of wrath as ●ell as others Ioh. 3. 36. He that beléeueth not the ●●nne shall not see lyfe but the wrath of ●od remaineth vpon him The thirde Aphorisme BOth these executions or perfourminges of the iudgementes of God ●●e brought to passe by three degrees as ●ell in the one as in the other whereof ●●e fyrst hath beene by vs declared al●eadie For as touching the electe or ●hosen 1 the verie selfe same moment ●hat they haue receyued the gyfte of ●ayth after a sort they haue passed from ●eath to lyfe 2 a sure pledge whereof ●hey haue But this their ly●e is altoge●her hydde in Christ vntyll such tyme ●s that first death set them one degree ●●rewarde 3 by which death the soule ●eeing loosed from the chaynes of the ●odie entreth into the ioye of his ●orde 4 Finallie at the daie appointed fo● the iudgemente of the quicke and the dead● vvhen as this corruptible shall pu● on immortalitie and God shall be all in all then shall they at length in presence see his Mai●stie and shall inioye that vnspeakeable ioye vvhiche vvas prepared for them from everlasting to wit a rewards due vnto the righteousnesse and holinesse of Christ vvhich vvas deliuered for their sinnes and raised againe from the dead for their iustification or righteous making by whose power and spirite they haue vvalked from faith to fai●h as by their vvhole life shall plainly appeare Proues out of the worde of God. Ioh. 5. 24. Uerily verily I say vnto you he that heareth my worde and beleeueth him that sent mée hath euerlasting life shal not come vnto condemnation but hath passed frō death to life 2. Cor. 1. 22. God hath sealed vs and hath geuen the earnest of the spirite in our hartes ● Cor. 5. 5. Moreouer it is God who hath created vs for this thing who also hath geuen vs the earnest of the spirit ● Cor. 1. 4. I thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of God which is geuen you in Christ Iesu 5. ●hat in all things ye are made riche in him in all kinde of speach and in all knowledge 6. According as the testimony or witnesse of Iesus Christ hath béene confirmed in you 7. So that you are not destitute of any gifte wayting vntyll our Lorde Iesus Christ be reuealed 8. Who shall also confyrme you vnto the ende c. Rom. 8. 24. For we are saued by hope And hope if it b●e séene is no hope For that which a man seeth why should he hope for 25. But if we hope for that which wée sée not we wait for it by patience Eph. 1. 13. In whome also after that you haue beléeued ye are sealed with that holy spirit of promisse 1● Which is the earnest of our inheritance vntyl that we are set at liberty to the prayse of his glory Rom. 5. 2. By whom also we haue entrance through fayth into this grace by which we stande and reioyce vnder the hope of the g●ory of God. Luc. 23. 43. Uerely verely I say vnto thée thys daye shalt thou be with mee in paradise Math● 22. 31. And concerning the resurrection or rysing againe of the dead haue you not read what is spoken vnto you of God saying 32. I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob God is not the God of the dead but of the lyuing Luk. 16. 22. And it came to passe that the beggar died and was carried of Angels into Abrahams bosom Phillip 1. 23. For I am in a straite on both sides desiring to go hence and to be with Christ for that is best of all Act. 3. 21. Who must be conteined in heauen vntill the times of the restoring of all things which God hath forespoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world beganne Rom. 8. 21. And the creatures themselues shall bée deliuered from the bondage of destruction into the lyberty of the glory of the sonnes of God. Looke 1. Cor. 15 In the whole chapiter 2. Cor. 5. 10. For all wée must appears before the tribunal or iudgemēt seate of Christ that euery man may receiue the things which he hath done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or euill Rom. 14. 10. For we shall all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ. Math. 25. 34. Then the king shall say to those that shall be on his right hande come ye blessed of my Father possesse the kingdom prepared for you from the laying of the foundations of the world The fowrth Aphorisme NOw contrariwise 1 the reprobates or ofcastes being conceyued borne and brought vp in sinne death and the wrath of God remayning vpon them 2 when as they go out of this world do fal into another gulfe of destruction they● soules being throwne headlong into an● euerlasting horrour or trembling 3 vntyll that daie when as their bodie and soule being ioyned togeather againe they shall goe into that euerlasting fire prepared for the Deuyll and his Angelles Proues out of the worde of God. Psal. 51. 7. Beholde in iniquity was I borne and in sinne hath my mother conceyued mée Ioh. 3. 36. He that beléeueth not the sonne shall not sée lyfe but the wrath of God remaineth vpon him Rom. 5. 12. Wherefore lyke as by one man sinne

confession of faith not wauering for he is faithfull which hath promised 1. Cor. 2. 10. But God hath reuealed or opened them vnto vs by his spirite For the spirite searcheth all things euen the verie depthes of God. 11. For who hath knowne the thinges t●at are of man saue the spirite of man whiche is in him So also no man hath knowne the thinges that are of God saue the spirite of God. 12. Nowe we haue not receaued the spirite of the worlde c. Rom. 8. 16. Whiche selfe same spirite beareth wytnesse togeather with our spyrite that wée are the Sonnes of God. 1. Ioh. 3. 24. He that kéepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby doo we know that he dwelleth in vs to wyt by the spirite which he hath geuen vnto vs. 1. Cor. 13. 9. For we know but in part and prophesie but in part 1. Tim. 6. 12. Fight the notable fight of fayth laye holde on euerlasting lyfe for which cause also thou art called and hast professed a notable profe●●ion before many witnesses Gal. 5. 17. The fleshe lusteth against the spyrite and the spyrite against the fleshe and these are contrarie one to another that you doo not whatsoeuer yée wyll Rom. 6. ● What shall we say then Shall wée aby●● in sinne that grace maye be more plenteous Hebr. 10. 23. Let vs holde fast the con●ession of fayth not wauering for he is faithfull which hath promised 24. And let vs consider one another to prouooke one another vnto loue and vnto good workes Iam. 3. 18. The fruite of righteousnesse is sowen with peace to the peace-makers 2. Pet. 1. 10. Wherefore brethren studie rather to make your calling and election sure For if ye doo these thinges ye shall neuer fall Rom. 8. 28. And we knowe that vnto them that loue God● all thinges worke togeather for the best euen to them that are called of his purpose 31. What shall we saye then vnto these thinges if God be with vs who can be against vs Iob. 13. 15. Although he ●yll mée yet wyll I trust in him not withstanding I wyll reproue my wayes in his sight Rom. 5. 3. And not this onelie but we do also reioyce in troubles knowing that trouble worketh patience 1. Thes. 3. 3. That no man be mooued with these troubles For ye know that we are appointed thervnto 1. Pet. 4. 19. Therefore they which are afflicted or troubled by the wyll of God● let them commende their soules vnto him in well dooing as vnto a faithfull creatour Iam. 1. 2. Br●thren accoumpt it for excéeding great ioye as often as ye fall into sundrie temptations Rom. 8. 16. Which selfe same spyrite beareth witnesse together with our spirite that we are the sonnes of God. Rom. 8. 38. For I am persuaded that neyther death nor life neyther Angels nor principalyties nor power neyther thinges present nor thinges to come 39. Neyther heyghte nor depth nor any thing created can separat vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu our Lord. The thyrde Aphorism● NOwe as touchi●g the other parte in as much as the purpose of electing or chosing can not come into any ma●● his mind but therewith the contrarie o● it and that in lyke degree must needes runne in his thought that in the meane season I saie nothing of that vvhiche is manifest to vvyt that these two are verie oftentimes knitte togeather in the vvorde of God it appeareth I thinke that they doo great wrong vnto the spi●ite of God which would haue this part buried as curious or not necessary This therefore is also to be considred but yet suche moderation being vsed that the depth of God his iudgements maie put a byt into man his curiositie and in such finally that it be not applied priuatlie eyther to any man or vnto any certaine multitude For in this point it doth also differre from election that election as we haue shewed before is reuealed or opened vnto vs by the spirite of God not in others whose heart wee can not see but in our selues and reprobation or ofcasting is alwaie for the most part hidden from men vnlesse it bee opened by God out of order or more then ordinarilie For vvho knoweth vvhether God ●aue d●termined 1 at the verie last moment of his lyfe to haue mercie on him vvhiche hath spent all his vvhole lyfe ●n vvickednesse and sinne And yet there is no cause vvhy this hope shoulde strength then any man in his vvickednesse vvhen as I speake of those thinges vvhich vve ought to obserue and marke in others and suche examples of God his goodnesse are but rare or seldome and no vvyse man vvyll promise him selfe vpon vaine securitie or reachlesnes that vvhich is not in our hande 2 It is therefore suffycient that vve knowe generallie that there are certaine vesselles prepared to destruction 3 vvhiche for as muche as God hath not shewed vnto vs vvee ought dilligentlie according to our power to call euerie one to saluation both vvith example of lyfe and also with vvordes yea euen those of vvhome vvee are almost past hope vvhen as vve beholde their naughtie actes Proues out of the word of God. Luk. 23. 43. Iesus sayd vnto him be● ryly I say vnto thée this daye shalt tho● bewyth mée in paradice Rom. 9. 21. Hath not the potter power● ouer the clay to make of the same lump● one vessell vnto honor and an ●ther vnto dishonor 2. Tim. 2. 20. Furthermore in a great house not only vessels of golde and siluer but also of yearth and wood and some for honor and some for dishonor Math. 5. 16 Let your light so shine before men that they may sée your good workes and glorifie your Father which is in heauen 1. Cor. 9. 22. I became to the weake as one that was weake that I mighte winne the weake I became all vnto al that I myght by all meanes saue some 2. Tim. 2. 25. Wyth gentlenesse teaching them whiche are of a contrarye mynd c. 1. Pet. 2. 12. And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentyles that they which speake agaynst you as euyll 〈◊〉 may by your good workes which they shall sée gloryf●e God in the day of ●●utation The fowrth Aphorisme THis meane if vve keepe vve also shall receiue much fruite by this doctrine For 1 first by the knowledge thereof we shall learne vvillinglie to yeeld our neck vnder the Maiestie of God that the more vve shall feare and reuerence him the more vve maie labour to make sure in vs the vvytnesse of our election in Christ. 2 Secondlie vvhen as vve shall ●●ygentlie consider the difference of ●od his mercie made betweene men otherwyse subiecte vnto the lyke curse it can not bee chosen but that vvee must muche more vvyllinglie acknowledge and imbrace that singular goodnesse of God than if vve should make this grace of his common vnto all men or shoulde seeke the cause of

not● or consideration which is to consider● whether a man in this lyfe maye be certaine of his election To answere this question we haue first to vnderstand that although our election and vocation simply in déede he knowen to God onely him selfe a Priore yet not withstanding it may be knowne to euery particular faithful man a Posteriore that is by meanes whiche meanes is fayth in Christ Iesus crucified for so much as by his fayth in Christ a man is iustified and therebye made the childe of saluation reason must needes leads the same to bée then the chylde of election chosen of God vnto euerlasting ●yfe for howe can a man be ●aued but by consequence it followeth that hee must bée elected And therefore of election is truely sayde De electione indicandum est A posteriore that is to saye We must iudge of election by that whiche commeth after that is by our fayth and beléefe in Christ which fayth although in tyme it followeth after election yet is it the proper and immediate cause assygned by the Scripture which not onely iustifyeth vs but also certifyeth vs of the election of God. Wherevnto lykewise well agréeth this saying Election albeit in God it be the first yet to vs it is the last opened And therefore begynning first with creation I come from thence to redemption and iustification by fayth and so to election Not that fayth is the cause efficient of election being rather the effecte thereof but is to vs the cause certifycatorie or the cause of our certifycation whereby we are brought to the feeling and knowledge of our election in christ For albeit that election fyrst be certaine in the knowledge of God yet in our knowledge fayth onely that wée haue in Christ is the thing that geueth to vs our certyficate comfort of this election Wherefore whosoeuer desireth to be assured that he is one of the elect number of God let him not clyme vp to heauen to knowe but let him descend into himselfe and there searche his fayth in Christ the sonne of God Which if hée fynde in him not fayned by the working of Gods holy spyrite accordingly therevpon let him staye and so wrappe himselfe wholy both body and soule vnder Gods generall promyse and ●umber his head with no farther speculations knowing this that whosoeuer beleeueth in him shall not perysh loh 3. Shall not be confounded Rom. 9. Shal not see death Ioh. 8. Shall not enter into iudgement Ioh. ● Shall haue euerlasting lyfe Iohn 3. 7. Shall be saued Math 28. Act. 16. Shall haue remyssion of all his sinnes Act. 10. Shall be instifyed Rom. 3. Gal. 2. Shall haue flooddes flowing out of him of water of lyfe Ioh. 7. Shall neuer dye Ioh. 11. Shal be raysed in the last daye Ioh. 6. Shall fynde rest to his soule and shall bée refreshed Math. 11. Nowe then for so muche as we sée fayth to be the grounde wherevpon dependeth the whole condition of our iustifying let vs discusse in lyke maner what is this faith wherof the scripture so much speaketh of for the more plaine vnderstanding of the symple For many kyndes there be of fayth As a man maye beléeue euery thing that is true yet not euery trueth doeth saue neyther doeth the beleeuing of euery trueth iustifie a man He that beleeueth that God created all thinges of nought beléeueth trueth He that beléeueth that God is a iust God that he is omnipotent that he is mercyfull that he that is true of promyse beléeueth well and holdeth the trueth So he that beléeueth that God hath his election from the begynning and that he also is one of the same elect and Predestinate hath a good beleefe and thynketh well But ●et this beleef● alone except it be seasoned with another thing wyll not serue to saluation● As it a●ayled not the olde Iewes which so thought of themselues and yet thinke to this daye to bée onely Gods electe people Onely the fayth which auayleth to saluation is that whose obiect is the body and passion of Christ Iesus crucifyed so that in the a●te of iustifying these two fayth and Christ haue a mutuall relation and must alwayes concurrs together fayth as the action which apprehendeth Christ as the obiect which is apprehended For neyther doth the passion of Christ saue without fayth neyther doeth fayth helpe except it be in christ As we see the body of man sustayned by bread and drinke● not except the same be receaued and conueyed into the stomacke and yet neyther doth tho receyuing of any thing sustaine mans body except it be meate and drinke which haue power to geue nourishment In lyke sort it is with fayth for neyther doeth the beléeuing of euery thing saue But onely fayth in the blood of Christneyther doeth againe the same blood of Christ profite vs except by fayth it be receaued And as the sonne being the cause of all lyght ●●y●eth not but to them onely which haue eyes to see nor yet to them neyther ●●esse they wyll open theyr eyes to receaue the lyght So the passion of Christ is the efficient cause of saluation But fayth is the condition whereby the sayde Passion is to vs effectuall And that is the cause why wee ●aye with the Scrypture that fayth onelye iustifyeth vs not excludinge thereby all other e●terne causes that goe before fayth As grace mercye election vocation the death of Christ c. All which be externe causes working our saluation through fayth But when we saye that fayth onely iustifyeth vs the meaning thereof is this that of all internall actions motions or operations in man geuen to him of God there is no other that contenteth and pleaseth God or standeth before his iudgement or can helpe any thing to the iustifying of man before him but onely this one action of fayth in Christ Iesu the sonne of God. For although the action of praying fasting almes patience charitie repentaunce the feare and loue of God bee his gyfts in man and not of man geuen of God to man yet bee none of all these actions in man imputed of God to saluation but onely this one action of faith in man vpon Christ Iesus the sonne of god Not that the action it selfe of beleeuing As it is a qualyty in man doeth so deserue but because it taketh that dignity of the obiect For as I sayde in the acte of iustifying Fayth as it is an action in man is not to be considered alone but must euer goe with this obiect and taketh his vertue thereof Lyke as the looking vp of the olde Isralytes dyd not of it selfe procure any health vnto them but the promyse made in the obiect which was the brasen Serpent wherevppon they looked gaue them health by their looking vp Euen so after lyke sort are we saued by our fayth and spyrituall looking vppe to the bodye