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A Christmas bankette garnyshed with many pleasaunt and deynty disshes, newely prepared by Theodore Basille
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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STC 1715; ESTC S101287
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this your thyrd seruyce that the onelye meanes to obtayne remission of oure synnes to be made heyres of eternall glorye is vnfaynedly to repent faythfullye to beleue that is to saye to forsake oure olde lyuynge to become newe men garnisshyng our lyues with al the fruites of the spiryte and to beleue earnestly that thorowe this repentaunce and fayth God wyll vndoubtedly for Iesus Christes sake for gyue vs all oure synnes receyue vs agayne into fauour make vs heyres of his eternall glory EVSE This is the moost pleasaunt dysshe that euer I tasted THEO These thiâges that you haue spoken vnto vs are so confortable y e me thynke I am now enflamed more set on fyre thaÌ euer I was before CHRI As I maye vnâainâdly reporte vnto you the affect of my herte verely synce that ye declared to vs the goodnes of God y e father toward vâ thorow Iesus christ I haue felte in my herte such an earnest fayth burnyng loue towarde God and his worde that me thynke a thousande fyres coulde not plucke me away from the loue of hym I be gynne nowe vtterlye to contemne despyse reiecte cast awaye sette at nought al y e pleasures of this world âherein I haue âo greatlye reioyced in tymes past All the thretes of god all the displeasures of God al y e fyres paynes of hell coulde neuer before this daye so allure me to the loue of God as you haue nowe done by expressynge vnto me the excedyng mercye vnspeakable kyndeses of God towarde vs wretched synners insomuch that now from the very herte I desyre to knowe what I maye do that by some meanes I maye shewe agayne my herte to be full fyred on the sekynge of his glory For I nowe desyre nothyng more theÌ the auauÌce meÌt of his name PHIL. It reioyceth me to heare these thynges of you Therfore nowe wyll I as due order requireth brynge forth your fourth yea last dyshe that ye may knowe what ye ought to do agayn toward God for his vnmesurable bountie infinite benefites toward you that yelyuynge in this worlde worthy of his kyndnes maye after this lyfe receyue the crowne of glorye THEO I praye you brynge it forth streyghte wayes for we much desyre to tast of it EVSE There is nothynge that I wysshe more than continually to be fedde with the meate of such an heaueÌly bancket Therfore I praye you go forth to minister vnto vs the residue of oure mooste delicious feaste PHIL. Agreed but marke well for here it is ¶ The fourth dysshe WE are the workemanshyp of God created in christ Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath prepared that we should walke in them This is y â sayânge of S. Paule whiche a lytle before this sentence in his Epistle to y e Ephe declareth as I haue hitherto taughte you that by nature we are the chyldreÌ of wrath are saued only by grace thorow fayth that not of our selues for it is y e gyfte of god commethe not of workes bycause no man shoulde boste hym selfe And whan he hath this done immediately he exorteth vs to good workes saienge that we are the workemanship of God created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes which God hath prepared y e we should walke in them Here maye ye learne what is your duety to do vnto God agayn seing that he frely thorowe sayth hath saued you withoute any merites deseruynges or good dedes on your behalfe Your duty is to lyue wel to practyse good workes to exercyse al godlye actes to lede a vertuous conuersacioÌ and in all your lyfe thorowe the study of innocency to seke the glory of God Now shall your coÌuersacion declare and shewe by externall workes whether your repentaunce be vnfayned or not whether your fayth loue towarde God be syncere true procedyng from a godly herte or not For yf your repentaunce faith loue be christian vnfayned than shal good workes ensue followe agreable to the same For faythe sayeth Chrisostome sheweth that whiche is true And out of syncer fayth coÌmeth charite in so much that he whiche beleueth truly in God caÌ neuer be with out it S. Ambrose also sayth fayth is the mother brynger for the both of good wyll righteous workyng Agayne he sayeth A new creature hath this property by grace y e they which are the workemanshyp of god which are made in Christ by an heauenly natiuite be no more sluggysh nother gyueÌ to lyue dissolutely but they go forth profyte from vertue to vertue in walkynge by the waye of good workes Also iÌ another place he sayeth God gyueth to theÌ whom he choseth without merites whereof they maye be garnysshed with merites also And it is not truely sayde that the entent and determinacion of wel workyng is not in the electe For the gyftes of vertues caÌ not beydle Thus se you that lynysh fayth whereby ye are ingrassed in Christe brynge the forth good workes Neyther is true repentaÌce syncer faith vnfayned loue in you yf good christen workes do not followe your conuersion Yea they that bost of fayth and brynge not forth the workes of fayth derogate muche the glorye of fayth cause the true and christian fayth to be slaundered yll reported amonge theÌ which neuer tasted nor yet at ony tyme in theyr hertes felte what a precious thyng and of howe great strength effycacy power the syncere faythe is Therfore yf youre fayth be not accoÌpanied wyth good workes youre fayth is dead as S. Ia. fayeth y â is to saye it is a true christen fayth no more than a deade corse is a man For that faith which is approued before God worketh by charite charite caÌ not be ydle but brasteth out into good workes whâ so euer it seeth an occasioÌ gyueÌ who can loue his neighbour suffer him to perysshe for want of his helpe Therfore is a faythfull man compared in y â first Psalme to a tree which is planted by the waters syde bringeth forth her fruytes in due tyme. I am the true vyne sayeth Christ ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me I in hiÌ ââyngeth forth much fruyte Agayne he sayeth He that beleueth iÌ me floudes of lyuish water should flowe out of his belly Here se you that he which dwelleth iÌ Christ by fayth beleueth in hiÌ briÌgeth for the plenty of good workes He therfore that is an vnâruytfull tree briÌgeth forth no good fruite surelye he beleuethe not arighte in Christ neyther hath he the Christen faythe boste and crake he neuer so much of it EVSE Methinke than by your wordes y â good workes necessarely follow the christen fayth PHIL. Yea euen as necessarelye as the shadow followeth the body death the lyfe THEO They than whiche lyue dissolute withoute doyng of good workes haue not the christen
that ye maye knowe that I wraste not the scriptures I wil read vnto you the layeng of S Austen He was gyueÌ sayth he for our sines rose againe for our iustificacion Thy iustificacion thy circumsicion is not of thy selfe By grace are ye saued thorowe sayth that not of your selues but it is the gyfte of God not of workes vnlesse êadueÌture y u wouldest say I haue deserued it therfore haue I receiued it Thinke not y t y u dydest receyue it by deseruiÌg which couldest not haue deserued except y u haddest receiued it Grace weÌt before thi meryte grace is not of meryte but me rite of grace For if grace were of merite so haddest y u boght it not receiued it frely Thou shalt saue theÌ sayeth he for nothynge What is this thou shalt haue them for nothinge Thou fyndest in theÌ nothyng wherby thou mayst saue them yet doste thou saue them Freely thou gyuest frely thou sauest Thou goest before all merytes that thy giftes may oâtayne thy merytes Vtterâye doeste thou geue frely saue frely which findest nothynge wherof thou mayeste saue fyndest muche wherby thou mayest coÌdemne Agayne he sayeth thou haste done no good yet is remission of synnes gyuen vnto the. Let thy workes be looked vpon and they be all fouÌd euell Yf god shoulde gyue the y e which is due to thy workes he shoulde surely condemne the. But God doth not gyue vnto the y t payne which is due but giueth the grace which is not due Also vpon this texte to al that are at Rome beloued of God saynctes by cyllynge Here also sayeth he he sheweth that it is the excedyng mercy of God rather then thy meryte For he sayeth not to them that loue God but to theÌ that are loued of God For he loued vs fyrst that we beyng loued shoulde also loue hym S. Bernarde also sayth Grace maketh me iustified freely lykewyse delyuered from the bondage of synne Hereto agreeth FulgeÌtius sayenge God giueth grace to the vnworthy frely wherew t the wicked beynge iustified maye be lyghtened w t the gyfte of good wyl with the power of good workyng that mercy preuentyng and goyng before he maye begyn to wyl good mercy subsequent and folowyng he maye be able to do the good that he wylleth Thus perceyue you y t wheÌther was nothynge in vs wherfore God should loue vs yet he freely loued vs ⪠chosed vs by his grace to be his chyldreÌ as S. Iohn sayeth Behold what a loue the father hath giuen to vs that we should be called y e sonnes of God Agayne he sayth In this is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs sent his soÌne to make agrement for oure synnes And a lytle after We loue hym because he fyrst loued vs. THEO What moued God to be so beneficiall vnto vs seyng we had offeÌded so greuously were than by no meanes able to pacify his wrath w t ony good work EVSE This woulde I also gladdely knowe PHIL. His owne mere goodnes was the occasion of his loue toward vs for his soÌne Iesus Christes sake In hym by hym for hym is God the father mercyful vnto vs freely saueth vs w tout ony respecte of our good workes For as s. Paule sayeth Yf righteousnes came by the lawe thaÌ dyed Christ in vayne And God hymselfe sayth by the Prophet I am I am he which putteth away thyne iÌâiquittes yea that for myne owne sake wyll remember thy synnes no more Put me in remeÌbrauÌce let vs iudged togither Declare yf thou haste any thynge that thou mayest he iustified And this is it y t we speke of before that selfe seed shal tread down thy head Furthermore God sayde to Abraham In thy seed shall all nacioÌs of y â earth be blessed This seed sayth S. Paule is Christ by whom al are we blessed that is to saye receyued into fauour forgiuen of oure synnes freelye iustified and made heyres of eternal glory CHRI Now coÌmeth this to passe by Christ I praye you PHIL. Uerely on this wyse when all we were dampned in AdaÌ God of his mere mercy and exceadyng grace promised to Adam his posterite that ther should be one borne which should delyuer theÌ out of theyr seruitude and restore them agayne to grace This dyd God the father in the olde lawe not only many times promise but also obsibrate shadow by dyuers misteries figures cloudes and ceremonies that by them y e saythfull might receyue consolacioÌ And at the tyme appoynted of GOD the father this maÌ Iesus Christ came into the world He was conceyued by the holy ghost âorne of the virgyn Mary accordynge to the holy scriptures He was begotteÌ of the seed of Dauyd as pertainyng to the flesshe THEO Yea that withoute the seed of man PHIL. Ye saye trueth He receyued very flesshe by y â wonderfull operacioÌ of gâds spirite of Mary the styl remaynyng a pure and cleane virgyne It was necessarye that he shoulde be borne of a virgyn in asmuch as the nature of maÌ is full of carnall concupiscence deâyled by Adam or els coulde not he haue ben a pure sufficient sacrifice before God for vs. For by nature all we are borne the chyldren of wrath sayth S. Paule Therfore without the seed of ony man which is corrupted in AdaÌ was he borne of y e moost pure and vndefyled virgyn Marye beyng conformable to vs in all thynges synne alone except For our syn was so great that it could be put a waye neyther by any chylde of AdaÌ nor yet by aungel but only by such one as beynge of our fleshe shoulde be borne without the seed of man without ony carnal concupiscence And for asmuche as this coulde not be brought to passe by anye carnall man therfore was it necessary that the sonne of god should come downe from the right hande of God the father and be made very man for our sake that he beyng both God man myght by his moost precious bloud pacify god the fathers wrath recoÌ cycle vs agayne to him God so loued the world sayth Christ that he gaue his only begotten sonne that euery one that beleueth in hym maye not perysshe but haue euerlastyng lyfe For God sent not his sonne into the worlde for to condemne the worlde but that the worlde should be saued by hym He that beleueth in him is not condeÌned But he that beleueth not is alredy condemned because he hath not beleued on the name of the only begotten sonne of god GOD spared not his owne soÌne sâyth S. Paule but gaue hym for vs all Agayne God setteth out his loue y â he hath to vs seynge that whyle we were yet synners Christ dyed for vs much more than now seyng we are iustified this bloud shal we be preserueâ from wrathe thorowe