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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11811	A godlie sermon of repentaunce and amendment of life, togeather with the acompt which we must render at the day of iudgement Preached at the Rolles Church in London the second of Maye, and taken out of the fifth chapter of Saint Paule his Epistle to the Corinthians.	Scott, Thomas, preacher at the Rolls Chapel.	1585 (1585)	STC 22108; ESTC S102984	32,354	84

they haue done not according to that whiche they haue professed and spoken Manye shall saye vnto mee in that daye saith Christ Lorde wee prophecyed in thy name caste out diuels and done many greate woorkes in thy name and yet for all their so saying Christe sayth he will tearme them workers of inniquitie and bid them depart from him For not euery one that saith Lord Lord shal enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that dothe the will of my father shall enter into the kingdome of heauen so that many good wordes shall bee found in hell but good workes goe all to heauen I speake not this as houlding that wee are iustified by our woorkes No we are saued by grace through faith and that not of our selues it is the gift of god But if thou braggest of faith shews me that saythe of this harte by the sruictes of thy life for true christianitye consisteth of owo parts profession practice or to vse the phrase of the scripture of fayth and good woorkes and to the perfection of a christian man both are necessarye and each doth mutually accompanye other as the shadowe goeth with the bodie And as the bodye is knowne to haue lyfe by it mouing so is the lyfe of faythe perceiued by working The life of the bodye is the soule and the life of faith is loue and as the bodie is dead withoute the soule so is fayth withoute loue and as circumcision profited the Iewes nothing without the lawe so neither doth faith profit vs without charitye Whatsoeuer wee professe howe muth soeuer we knowe our Sauioure Christ pronounceth vs so farfoorth blessed as we doe that wee professe and followe that we knowe They that profes the fayth of christians and doe not confirme it with a Christian lyfe are like belles in the steeple whiche call others to churthe with their sounde but neuer come into it them selues lyke fayre paynted sepulchers whiche are full of gaye golden pictures and immages without but ful of dead carcases and filthie corruption within like salte which hath his colour but lost his sauour like a candell whiche is lighte but hidden vnder a bushell But let youre lighte saith Christ speaking to Christians so shine beefore men that they maye see your woorkes c. If you be the sonnes of Abraham doe the workes of Abraham If ye call mee Lorde Lorde dooe the woorkes that I commaunde you The tree is not cōmended for bearing leaues but fruites euen so the commendation of a Christian consisteth not in speaking but in dooinge They shall leaue their woordes beehinde them but theire woorkes shall followe them and they receaue according to that whiche they haue doone Dooing is double and of two sortes 1 Well dooing 2 Ill dooing And boeth shall bee rewarded accordinglye Hee that hathe doone well shall receaue accordinge to his well doing not that any man doth wel of him selfe For all fleshe hath corrupted his way and all the immaginations of oure hartes is euill euerie daye There is not one that doth good no not one our lips are full of cursing and bitternesse not apt or abell to vtter a good word much lesse are we able to doe a good worke Men doe not gather grapes of thornes nor figges of thistles we beinge shapen in wickednes conceiued in sinne are as vnapt as vnable to bring foorth good fruites as thornes are to bring foorth grapes or thistles figges But yet as the stocke of a sower crabbe may bring foorth a sweete apple if the graffe bee good so we being the children of wrath by nature may bring foorth good fruits by grace if Christe bee ingraffed into our hartes by faith For withoute mee sayth hee you can do nothing I am the vine you are the braunches he that abideth in me and in whom I bide he bringeth forth much fruit But as the braunch cannor bring forth fruit of it self except it abide in the vine so neither can you except you abide in me To make our workes good therefore it is necessarie to obserue these foure circumstaunces that we doe them in loue with a pure hart a good conscience and faith vnfayned Howe glorious a shewe of godlinesse or good intention soeuer our woorkes doe carrye before men if these foure conditions bee not obserued in doing them wee that are the doers of them as saythe the Apostle are but vaine ianglers and no frutifull workers To make the woorke good sayth Augustine It is not onelye requisite vt aliquid fiat quod in suo genere bonum sit sed pr●cipue vt bene fiat 1. that the thinge whiche is donne bee in his owne nature good but especiallye that it is well done For many things being of their own nature good may be done they notwithstanding not doeing them wel of whom they are done It is good to helpe anye man in necessitie but he that seeketh the glory of men therby rather then of God bonum facit non bene saith Augustine he doth that which is good but he doth it not well because hee doth it not with a good minde and conscience Hence it is that Christe condenmeth the prayers fasting and almes of the scribes and pharisees who sought not to please God therin but rather to procure themselues a name and credit before men Many excellent morall vertues were in the heathen philosophers which notwithstanding bicause they referred them not to God were no hetter then sinnes before him Sine cultu veri dei etiam quod virius videtur esse peccatū est nec placere vllus deo si deo non potest that is without the worship of the true God that which seemeth a vertue is a sinne neyther can any man please God without god Omnis vita infidelium peccatorum est nihil bonum sine summo hono The whole lyfe of infidels is sinne and nothing good without him that is the perfection of all that is good And to say all in one word without faith it is impossible to please God why saith Iulianus to Augustine if a Pagan should cloth a naked christian bicause it is not of faith were it sinne yea indeede were it saith Augustine Ipsa miserico dia per se opus est bonum at hoc bonum malefacit qui infideliter facit i. non fideli sed infideli 〈◊〉 Mercy it selfe is a good work but this good work doth he euilly which doth as infidels that is not with a faithfull but an vnbeleeuing hart And whatsoeuer is not of faythe is sinne Whereuppon Prosper de vita contemplatina lib. 30. cap. 10. Apostl non dicat quicquid non est ex fide nihil est sed dicend● peccatum est declarauit quod si non fuerint ex fide non sunt aliqua bona credenda sed vitia que non iuuant suos operarios sed eadem mane that is the Apostle saide not

also and euery man shall die in his own sinne or liue in his owne righteousnesse Noe Daniell and Iob shall in their owne righteousnesse deliuer but their owne soules not the soules of their sonnes daughters seruauntes or wyues but euery man receiue his wages sayth the Apostle according to his own labour Let no man therefore truste to other mens works prayers after he is deade thinking to be releaued by them as he that was sent for to the great supper though he might bee excused by the messenger though he came not himself manye in these dayes hauing liued very wickedly thē selues think to compound with God almighty for their sins life mislead by almes deedes and prayers not dooinge them selues in their own liues but making other men their factors posting them ouer to their executors to be done for thē after their deathes But thou foolish man then that good which after thy death is done by others is theirs and not thine and they shall receaue for it and not thou While thou hast time therfore make sure thy saluation thy selfe and as much as in thee lyeth Doe good to all men especially to the houshold of faith Remember thy maker in thy youth before the dayes of aduersitye come put thy righteousnesse before iudgement so shalt thou finde grace in the sight of the Lord. For the graue which thou goest vnto there is neither worke counsell nor wisedome but what a man soweth now he shall reape then He that soweth sparingly shall reape sparingly he that soweth liberally shall reape also liberally For God is not vnrighteous to forget our workes and labours of loue But what soeuer good thing any man doth he shal receaue of the Lorde at the resurrection of the righteous where his reward shall be great in the kingdome of heauen and euerye man receaue accordinge to that which he hath don And thus we see the end vse of this doctrine concerning the generall resurrection iudgement the sum wherof is no more but this All that are in their graues shal heare the voice of God and shal come forth they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of lyfe and they that haue done ill vnto the resurrection of damnation They that by continuance in well doing seeke for glorie honor immortality shall haue eternall lyfe but vnto them that are contentious do not obey the truth but obey vnrightousnes shall come indignation and wrath tribulation and iniquitie A sweete and comfortable doctrine to the children of God who then shal haue an end of all those miseries whereto in this lyfe they were subiect resting at last in ioye peace and tranquility with the angels and saintes in heauen The sun shall be no more the daye light the light of the Moone shal not shine to thē but the Lord himselfe shalbe their euerlasting light and God their glorie Hee shall take the care from thine eyes neyther shall they taste of death heauinesse sorrow or paine but freed from all suche calamities haue the full fruitiō of al those ioyes which the lorde hath prepared for them that feare him and looke for his comming They shall receaue a glorious kingdome and a beawtifull crowne at the lords hand for with his right hand shall he carrie them and with his arme shall he defend them But on the contrarye moste terrible and fearefull to the wicked For the ielosie of the lord of hostes shall take on harnesse and he shall arme the creature to be auenged of his enemyes He shall put on righteousnesse for a brest-plate an stake vnfayned iudgement in stead of a helmet His ferce wrath shal bee sharpen for a swoorde and the whole compasse of the worlde shall fight with him against the vnwise Then shall the thunder boultes go right out of the lightninges and come as oute of the well bente bowe of the cloudes to the place appointed And as from an angrie caster of stones their shal fal thick haile and the water of the sea shall bee wroth against them and the winde shall stande vp againste them to scatter them abrode Then shall the righteous stande in great boldnes before the face of such as haue dealt extreamly with them and taken away then labours When the vngodlye shall see it they shall bee vexed with horrible feare and shall onder at their health so farre beyond all that they looked for And chaunging their opinions with groaning for redresse of minde they shall say this is he whom sometime we had in derision and iested vpon We fooles thought his life very madnes and his end to be without honour But loe how he is counted among the children of God and his portion is amonge the saints Therefore haue we erred from the way of truth the light of righteousnesse hath not shined vnto vs the sun of vnderstanding hath not rose vpon vs. We haue wearied ourselues in the waye of wickednes and destruction but as for the way of the Lord we haue not known it What good hath pride done vnto vs Or what profit hath the pompe of riches brought vnto vs. All these things are passed like a shadow and as a Post that hasteth by c. As sone as we were borne we began immediatlye to drawe to oure ende and haue shewed no token of vertue but are consumed in our owne wickednes If they shoulde haue no other iudge to condemne them if there were no diuel to watch for them no hel to receiue them no fire in hell to torment them what greater torment maye be imagined then this wofull complaint mutuall accusing of the worme of their owne consciences and the sensible feeling of their sinnes past acknowledging with their own mouthes themselues deserue●ly depriued of all those heauenlye ioyes whereof they shal see the children of God to be made partakers But not onely to be depriued of those heauenlye ioyes but to be partakers of euerlasting tormentes to bee tyed with perpetuall chaines to be caste into palpable darkenes of the Diuels dungeon where the worme dyeth not where the fire goeth not out but continual weping and gnashing of teeth howling yelling and criyng without ease of payne or comfort of minde this is such endlesse miserye as the griefe thereof can neyther be conceaued of vs that speaketh of it nor expressed of them that feele it The greatest crosse that can be sayd vppon man in this life is to bee caste into perpetuall prison leese our landes and goodes and want the companye of our wyues our children other our friends that loue vs. But yet in this case we alwaies liue in hope of liberty and release of our punishment Or if our hope be vaine yet will God stirre vp the heartes of straungers to visite vs to pittie vs to comfort and relieue vs some with meat some with mony some with cloth some with counsell euery man as he is able