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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05360	An excellent treatise of Christian righteousnes, written first in the French tongue by M.I. de l'Espine, and translated into English by I. Feilde for the comforte of afflicted consciences, verie necessarie and profitable to be reade of all Christians, as well for establishing them in the true doctrine of iustification, as also for enabling them to confute the false doctrine of all Papistes and heretickes; Excellent traité de la justice chrestienne. English.	L'Espine, Jean de, ca. 1506-1597.; Fielde, John, d. 1588.	1577 (1577)	STC 15512; ESTC S106720	64,303	130

to esteme the iudgement of men be it in good or euill because they are vaine of their owne nature and if they praise vs this ought not to puffe vs vp or to encrease the opiniō we haue of our selues Also if they dispraise or condemne vs we ought not therein to discourage our selues hauing the spirite of God his worde and our owne conscience to susteine and iustifie vs. We are at this day excommunicated of the Pope and condemned and reiected from his presence and of the most parte of men and principally of them who are in greatest estimation and credit of knowledge and wisdom notwithstanding concerning the Pope we ought to make no reckoning of him nor of all the sentēces that he can pronounce and thunder out against vs For he is the enemie of Iesus Christ and consequently Antichrist and an enemie of the light forasmuch as all his workes are euil and of the truth being the first Embassadour and minister of lying and to conclude an vtter enemie to the saluatiō of men and of the honour of god Also he is the sonne of perdition to cast awaye and to destroye all those which will depende on his aucthoritie and wil be brought to his opinion touching the estate and saluation of their conscience Is not this he which beareth the name of blasphemie vppon his forhead to shewe that he woulde be the protectour It is not therfore to be meruailed at if he condemne and holde those for heretiques which loue the honour of God and employ them selues to aduaunce the kingdome of Iesus Christ As concerning the great and wise men of this world we ought not also to discourage our selues if they sette them selues with all their strength against the truth wherof they haue no knowledge as Iesus Christ sayeth that his father hath hidde from the great and wise of the worlde the misteries of the kingdome of heauen and hath reueiled them to litle ones According to which S. Paule sayeth that he preached Iesus Christ crucified which was an offence to the Iewes and foolishnesse to the Grecians alleaging that which is written in Esaie I will destroye the wisdome of the wise and will caste awaye the vnderstanding of the prudente And adioining that same question Where is the wise where is the scribe where is the disputer of this worlde Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolishnes Ieremie sayeth also seeing the people to make no accompte of his worde I will get me vnto the great men and will speake vnto them For they haue knowen the waye of the Lord which the people knew not But these also haue broken the yoke and haue banded them selues together to speake against the worde of God as the others All these places serue to shew vnto vs that God hath chosen the foolish thinges of the world to confounde the wise And hereof it is that we see nowe a dayes that the greatest men and they that are of most reputation in the worlde do most obstinatly resiste the truth and shewe by worde and effectes that they are most blinde in God his matters taking darkenes for light sower for sweete and sweete for sower Now as the greatnes and aucthoritie of men ought not to astonish vs nor any whit to moue vs so also neither the nomber and multitude of them Forasmuch as the waye that leadeth to destruction is broade and is chosen of the greatest nomber of persones who enter there and goe on in it because that men are naturally enclined to embrace errours and lyes and their is none but the elect of God which beleue and loue the truth who are a litle nomber as Iesus Christ sayeth in respect of the reprobate We conclude then that to the ende we be righteous it is not needful that we satisfie men nor conforme our selues to their iudgement in matters that concerne the honour and seruice of almighty God the estate of the conscience wherin oftētimes they erre because they leaue the worde of God which is the only way wherby by a man maye well and rightely iudge and define of these two poincts and betake thē selues to the iudgement and definition of their owne opiniōs and phantaseis which are for the most parte fonde and ridiculous There are two thinges in which we maye applie our selues to mans iudgement that is to say to thinges meerly ciuill politique and to thinges indifferent For it must not be that a faithfull man be partiall in policie neither that he violate the publique peace as lōg as he may keepe it mainteine it without offence to God or trouble to the quiet of his conscience But it behoueth that he obaye the ordinaunces of the Magistrate and keep the statutes lawes customes of the countrey where he dwelleth carefully watching that he giue no occasion of offence nor suspicion that he will innouate or alter any thinge in the estate and policie of the common wealth As concerning thinges indifferent we must follow the counsaill of S. Augustine writing to Ianuarius that when the thing that is commaunded of men is not contrarie to Faith nor to good customes we must hold them for indifferent not gaine stand in any thing what so euer to the end to keep peace with those with whom we are conuersaunt For which cause Vitcor Bishop of Rome was sharpely reproued by Ireneus other auncient fathers because that for the diuersitie of ceremonies which they kept in the celebration of Easter he had separated his Church from the Communion of the Easte churches The which thing was attributed vnto him for great presumption and arrogancie that he would go about to subiect all Churches to the Customes and ceremonies which were obserued in his and for hauing renounced the common confederation in which he ought to haue abidden vnited and fast knitte and not to haue broken the chaine of charity which ought to haue locked together alike all the members of the vniuersall Church The last indgement to which we must aunswere is that of our conscience which either ministreth vnto vs great consolations or else great torments according as it is either euill or well disposed For we may saye that a pure conscience is a paradise which we maye haue in this worlde forasmuch as there is not any thing which can bring vs greater peace contentmente be it in prosperitie or in aduersitie Euen like as the bodie when it is in good health is strong and able to beare the great stormes colde of winter and likewise the excessiue and vntemperate heat of the sommer euen so a consciēce that is whole fully resolued can beare stowtely all accidēts without yeelding or shrinking vnder the burden and waight of any thing what so euer may happen vnto it Cōtrarywise an euill and sicke conscience is a verie hell and there is nothing in the world that may more vexe tormente vs And