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A08833	The benefite of Christs death, or the glorious riches of Gods free grace which euery true beleeuer receiues by Iesus Christ, and him crucified. First compiled and printed in the Italian tongue: and afterwards translated and printed in the French tongue: and out of French into English, by A.G.; Beneficio di Christo. English	Benedetto, da Mantova, fl. 1534-1541.; Flaminio, Marco Antonio, 1498-1550.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.; Paleario, Aonio, 1503-1570, attributed name.	1633 (1633)	STC 19117; ESTC S107303	48,174	106

of purpose to iustifie them and to glorifie them and to giue them euerlasting life according as our Lord Iesus Christ witnesseth saying This is the will of him that sent mee euen that euery one which seeth the Sonne and beleeueth in him should haue euerlasting life and I will raise him vp againe at the latter day And like as Moses lifted vp the Serpent in the Wildernesse so must the Sonne of man bee lifted vp to the end that euery one which beleeueth in him might not perish but haue life euerlasting Also he saith to Martha He that beleeueth in me shall liue although he were dead and euery one that liueth and beleeueth in mee shall not dye for euer And to a company of the Iewes he saith I am come a light into the world to the end that euery man which beleeueth in me should not abide in darkenesse And S. Iohn in his Epistle saith Herein appeared the loue of God towards vs for that God is loue and sent his onely begotten Son into this world that we might liue through him And herein is loue knowne not in that we loued God but in that he loued vs and sent his Son to make atonement for our sinnes And moreouer he sent him to destroy our enemies For the bringing whereof to passe he made him partaker of our flesh and of our blood as saith Saint Paul to the end that by his death hee might destroy him that had the dominion of death that is to wit the diuell and set all such at liberty as were subiect to bondage all their life long for feare of death Seeing then that we haue records of the holy Scripture concerning the promises whereof we haue spoken heretofore and concerning many other promises that are dispersed in diuers places of the same wee cannot doubt of it And forsomuch as the holy Scripture speaketh to all in generall none of vs ought to distrust in himselfe that the selfe-same thing which the Scripture saith should not belong particularly to himselfe And to the end that this point wherein lyeth and consisteth the whole mistery of our holy faith may be vnderstood the better let vs put the case that some good and holy King cause the Proclamation to be made thorow his whole Realme by the sound of a Trumpet that all Rebels and banished men shall safely returne home to their houses because that at the suite and desert of some deare friend of theirs it hath pleased him to pardon them certainly none of those Rebels ought to doubt of the obtaining of true pardon of his rebellion but rather ought assuredly to returne home to his house to liue vnder the shadow of that holy King And if he will not returne he shall beare the penaltie of it because that through his owne vnbeleefe hee dyeth in exile and in the displeasure of his Prince But this good King is the Lord of Heauen and Earth who for the obedience and desert of our good brother Iesus Christ hath pardoned vs all our sins and as we haue said afore hath made open Proclamation thorow the whold world that all of vs may safely returne into his kingdome Wherefore he that beleeueth this proclamation doth straight-wayes returne into Gods kingdome whereout we were driuen by the offence of our first parents and blessedly gouerned by Gods holy Spirit And he that giueth no credit to the said proclamation shall neuer inioy the said generall pardon but for his vnbeliefes fake shall abide in banishment vnder the tyranny of the diuell and liue and dye in extreme misery liuing and dying in the displeasure of the King of heauen and earth and that iustly For we cannot commit a greater offence against this good God then to account him as a lyer and deceiuer which verily wee doe in not giuing credit to his promises O how passing heauy is this deadly sinne of vnbeliefe which so farre forth as is possible bereaueth God of his glory and perfection besides the great harme that it doth to a mans selfe which is his owne damnation and the endlesse torment of his soule which the miserable conscience feeleth euen in this life But on the contrary hee that commeth vnto GOD with assurednesse of this faith beleeuing him without any mistrust or doubt of his promises and warranting himselfe for a certaintie that God will performe all that euer hee hath promised him giueth all the glory vnto God and liueth continually in rest and endlesse ioy euermore praising and thanking the Lord God for choosing him to the glory of the eternall life And hereof they haue an assured earnest penny and gage that is to wit the Sonne of God whom they take for their most louing Bridegroome the blood of whom hath made their hearts so drunken that through this passing holy beliefe there is in the Christian heart ingendred so liuely a hope and so certaine a trust of Gods mercy towards vs and such an operation is wrought in vs as we rest our selues wholly vpon God leauing the whole care of vs vnto him in such wise that being throughly assured of Gods good will wee are not afraid neither of the diuell nor of his ministers nor of death Which holy and stedfast trust of Gods mercy inlargeth our heart cheereth it vp and with certaine marueilous sweet affections directeth it vnto GOD filling it and setting it on fire with an exceeding feruent loue And therefore Paul incourageth vs to go with all boldnesse to the Throne of grace and hee counselleth vs that wee should not shake it off nor make light of our trust which hath great recompence reward But this so holy and diuine affiance is gendred in our hearts by the working of the H. Ghost who is cōmunicated vnto vs by faith which neuer goeth without the loue of God And hereof it cōmeth that we be prouoked to do good works with a certaine liuelinesse effectuall cheerefulnesse whereby we gather such a strength inclination to do them as we be throughly ready forward to do suffer all intolerable things for the loue glory of our most gracious mercifull Father who hath inriched vs with so abundant grace through Iesus Christ and of his enemies made vs his most deare children This true faith is no sooner giuen a man but hee is by and by indued and imprinted with a certaine violent loue of good works to yeeld right sweet and amiable fruits both vnto God likewise to his neighbour as a very good and fruitfull tree And it is no more possible that he should be otherwise then it is possible that a fagot should be set on fire not cast light immediatly This is the holy faith without the which it is vnpossible that any man should please God whereby all the holy men as well of the old Testament as of the New haue bin saued according as S. Paul witnesseth of Abraham concerning whom the Scripture saith That

I pray thee now thou good and deuout Christian consider well which of these two opinions is the truest holiest and worthiest to be preached Ours which aduanceth the benefit of Iesus Christ and pulleth downe the pride of man which would exalt his owne works against Christs glory or the other which by affirming that faith of it selfe iustifieth not defaceth the glory and benefit of Iesus Christ and puffeth vp the pride of man who cannot abide to be iustified freely by our Lord Iesus Christ without some merit of his owne But say they it is a great quickning vp to good workes to say that a man maketh himselfe righteous before God by meanes of them I answer that wee also confesse that good workes are acceptable to God and that hee of his meere grace and free liberality recompenseth them in Paradise But we say moreouer that no workes are good sauing those that S. Austin saith are done by those that are become righteous through faith because that if the tree be not good it cannot yeeld good fruit And furthermore we say that such as are become righteous through faith forasmuch as they know themselues to be righteous through Gods righteousnesse purchased by Christ make no bargaining with God for their workes as though they would buy their manner of iustification such as it is with them but being inflamed with the Loue of God and desirous to glorifie Iesus Chiist who hath made them righteous by giuing them his merits and riches they bestow all their whole study and labour to doe Gods will fighting manfully against the loue of themselues and against the world and the Diuell And when they fall through frailty of the flesh they recouer themselues by and by and are so much the more desirous to doe good and so much the more in loue with their God considering that he layeth not their sinnes to their charge because they be ingrafted into Iesus Christ who hath made full amends for all his members vpon the tree of his crosse and maketh continuall intercession for them to the eternall Father who for the loue of his onely begotten Sonne beholdeth them alwayes with a gentle countenance gouerning and defending them as his most deare children and in the end giuing them the heritage of the world making them like fashioned to the glorious Image of Christ These louing motions are the spurres that pricke forward the true Christians to doe good workes who considering that they are become the children of God through faith and made partakers of his diuine nature are stirred vp by the holy Ghost dwelling in them to liue as it becommeth the children of so great a Lord and are greatly ashamed that they maintaine not the beauty of their heanenly Noblenesse and therefore they imploy their whole indeauour to the following of their first borne brother Iesus Christ liuing in great lowlinesse and meekenesse in all things seeking the glory of God giuing their liues for their brethren doing good to their enemies glorying in the sufferance of reproaches and in the Crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ and saying with Zachary We be deliuered out of keth euery of vs to possesse Christ and all that is his as wee possesse our owne garment And therefore to be clothed with Iesus Christ is nothing else but to beleeue for a certainty that Christ is wholly ours and so is he in very deed if we beleeue so and hold our selues assured that by the same heauenly garment we bee receiued into fauour before God For it is most certaine that he as a most deare Father hath giuen vs his Sonne meaning that all his righteousnesse and all that euer he is can or hath done should be in our power and iurisdiction in such wise as it should bee lawfull for vs to make our boast of them as if we had done purchased and deserued them by our owne strength And whosoeuer beleeueth this shall find that his beleefe is good and true as we haue shewed heretofore Then must the Christian haue a stedfast faith and beleefe that all the goods all the graces and all the riches of Iesus Christ are his for sith that God hath giuen vs Iesus Christ himselfe how should it be possible that hee hath not giuen vs all things with him Now if this be true as true it is in deed the Christian may rightly say I am the childe of God and Iesus Christ is my brother I am Lord of Heauen and Earth and of hell and of death and of the law in so much as the law cannot accuse me nor lay any curse vpon mee because the righteousnesse of God is become mine And this faith is it alone that maketh a man to be called a Christian and which cloatheth him with Iesus Christ as we haue said afore And boldly may this be called a great mystery whereunder are contained marueilous things and things not heard of concerning that great God which cannot enter into mans heart except God doe first soften it with his holy grace as he hath promised to doe by his holy Prophet saying I will giue you a new heart and I will put a new minde into you and I will take away the stony heart out of your body and I will giue you a heart of flesh Now then hee that beleeueth not after the said manner that Iesus Christ with all the goods that he possesseth is his cannot call himselfe a true Christian nor euer haue a quiet and ioyfull conscience nor a good and feruent courage to doe good but shall easily faint in doing of good works yea and moreouer hee shall neuer bee able to doe workes that are truely good This onely beleefe and trust that wee haue in the merits of Iesus Christ maketh men true Christians stout cheerefull merry louers of God ready to doe good works possessors of Gods Kingdome and of God himselfe and his right deare-beloued children in whom the holy Ghost doth truely dwell What heart is so cowardly cold and vile which considering the inestimable greatnesse of the gift that God hath bestowed vpon him in giuing him his owne so well-beloued Sonne with all his perfectnesse is not inflamed with an exceeding earnest desire to become like vnto him in good works specially seeing that the Father hath giuen him vnto vs for an example whereon we must continually looke framing our life after such a sort as it may be a true counterpaine of the life of Iesus Christ forasmuch as Christ as saith Saint Peter hath suffered for vs leauing vs an ensample to the end that we should follow his footsteps Out of this consideration issueth another kinde of cloathing of a mans selfe with Christ which we may tearme an example cloathing for so much as the Christian must frame his whole life after the example of Christ fashioning himselfe like vnto him in all his deedes words and thoughts leauing his former wicked life and decking himselfe with the new life that is to wit with the

am as sure that I haue obtained it and that I haue his fauour as I am sure that hee which hath made the promises and couenants cannot lye nor deceiue and through this stedfast faith I become righteous by Christs righteousnesse where through I am saued and my conscience quieted Hath he not giuen his most innocent body into the hands of sinners for our sinnes Hath hee not shed his blood to wash away my iniquities Why then doest thou vexe thy selfe O my soule put thy trust in the Lord who beareth thee so great loue that to deliuer thee from eternall death it hath pleased him that his only Sonne should suffer death and passion who hath taken vpon himselfe our pouertie to giue vs his riches laid our weakenesse vpon himselfe to stablish vs in his strength become mortall to make vs immortall come downe vnto the earth to aduance vs vp to heauen and become the Sonne of man with vs to make vs the children of God with himselfe Who is he then that shall accuse vs God is he that iustifieth vs and who shall condemne vs Iesus Christ is dead for vs yea and risen againe for vs and he sitteth at the right hand of God making Intercession for vs. Wherefore say with Dauid Why art thou heauy O my soule and why doest thou trouble mee doest thou see nothing but the Law sinne wrath heauinesse death hell and the diuell Is there not now to be seene Grace remission of sinnes Righteousnesse Consolation Ioy Peace Life Heauen Christ and God Trouble mee no more then O my soule for what is the Law what is sinne what is death and the diuell in comparison of these things Therefore trust in God who hath not spared his owne deare Sonne but giuen him to the death of the crosse for thy sinnes and hath giuen thee victory through him This is the sweet doctrine of the Gospell which I desire that all Christians could receiue with Thanksgiuing and an assured faith for then would Christ be nothing but Ioy and sweetnesse to them then would they take heart in the victory of Christs death who indeed was made a curse for vs subiect to wrath putting vpon him our person and laid our sinnes vpon his owne shoulders and he hath made with vs this happy change that is to say hee tooke vpon him our sinfull person and gaue vnto vs his innocent and victorious person wherewith wee being now cloathed are free from the curse of the Law And therefore may euery poore sinner say with an assured confidence Thou Christ art my sinne and my curse or rather I am thy sinne and thy curse and contrariwise thou art my Righteousnesse my Blessing and my Life my Grace of God and my Heauen And thus if wee by faith doe behold this brazen Serpent Christ hanging vpon the Crosse wee shall see the Law sinne death the diuell and hell killed by his death and so may with the Apostle Paul sing that ioying heart Dittie Thankes be to God who hath giuen vs victory through our Lord Iesus Christ And so with these Thankesgiuings with these or such other like thoughts must wee receiue the Sacrament of the body and blood of our Lord Iesus Christ After this manner is all fearefulnesse driuen out of the soule of the Christian and charitie is increased faith strengthened the conscience quieted and the tongue neuer ceaseth to praise God and to yeeld him infinite thanks for so great a benefit This is the vertue efficacie and only trust of our soule This is the Rocke whereupon if the conscience bee builded it feareth neither tempest nor the gates of hell nor Gods wrath nor the Law nor sinne nor death nor the diuels nor any other thing And forasmuch as the substance of the Lords Supper and Table consisteth in this diuine Sacrament When the Christian is at it he must hold his eyes fastened continually vpon the passion of our gracious Sauiour beholding him on the one side vpon the crosse loden with all our sinnes and GOD on the other side punishing chastising and whipping his owne onely begotten and deare beloued Sonne in stead of vs. O happy is that man that shutteth his eyes from all other sights and will neither heare nor see any other thing then Iesus Christ crucified in whom are laid vp and bestowed all the treasures of Gods wisedome and diuine knowledge Blessed say I is he that feedeth his minde with so heauenly a food and maketh himselfe drunken in the loue of God with so sweet and singular a liquor But before I make an end of this matter I will first aduertise the Christian that Saint Austin hath ordinarily beene wont to terme this holy Sacrament the bond of charitie and the mystery of vnitie And hee saith that whosoeuer receiueth the mystery of vnitie and regardeth not the bond of peace receiueth not the Sacrament to his owne behoofe but as a witnesse against himselfe Therefore wee must vnderstand that the Lord hath ordained this holy Sacrament not only to make vs sure of the forgiuenesse of our sinnes but also to inflame vs to peace vnitie and brotherly charitie For in this Sacrament the Lord doth after such a manner make vs partakers of his body as hee becommeth all one thing with vs and wee with him By reason whereof forasmuch as hee hath but one body whereof hee maketh vs partakers it is meet that we also should by such partaking become all one body together among our selues And this vnion is represented by the bread of the Sacrament which as it is made of many graines mingled and kneaded together in such wise as one of them cannot bee discerned from another So also must we bee ioyned together after such a sort and so vnited together into one agreement of minde as no diuision may creepe in And this doth Saint Paul shew vs when he saith Is not the cup of blessing which wee blesse the communion of the blood of Iesus Christ is not the bread that wee breake the communion of the body of Iesus Christ whereas we be many yet are wee but one bread and one body forsomuch as we be all partakers of one bread By these things we vnderstand that when we receiue his most holy communion wee must consider that wee are all of vs ingrafted into Christ and are all become members of one selfe-same body that is to wit of Iesus Christ in such wise as we cannot offend defame or despise any of our brethren but we must therewithall offend defame and despise our said head Iesus Christ neither can we be at variance with any of our brethren but in like wise we must be at oddes with him Also we cannot loue him except wee loue him in our brethren Looke how much care we haue of our owne body so much must we haue of our Christian brethren who are the members of our body And like as no part of our body feeleth any griefe which spreadeth not it selfe into

Iesus Christ doe continually reioyce with an vnspeakeable and glorious ioy notwithstanding that they be afflicted with diuers temptations And therefore when the holy Scripture threatneth and frayeth the Christians they must vnderstand that it speaketh to such as are so licentious that forsomuch as they keepe not the thankefulnesse and honesty that belong to Gods children they must bee handled as seruants and held in awe vntill they come to taste and feele how sweet and pleasant the Lord is and vntill such time as faith worke his effects in them and that they haue so much childly loue as may suffice to keepe and maintaine them in honesty of Christian conuersation and in following the example of our Lord Iesus Christ And when the selfe-same Scripture exhorteth Christians to the true feare it meaneth not that they should feare the iudgement and wrath of God as though it were presently ready to condemne them for as I haue said already by the record which the holy Ghost giueth to their spirit they know that God hath chosen them and called them of his owne meere mercy and not for their deserts By reason whereof they doubt not at all but that by the self-same goodnesse and mercy he will maintaine them in the happy state wherein he hath placed them And after such manner the Scripture exhorteth them not to slauish feare but to childish feare that is to wit that like good children they should bee loth to offend against the Christian Religion or to commit any thing against the dutie and honesty of Gods true children and likewise to grieue the holy Ghost that dwelleth in them to the end that knowing the corruptednesse of our nature we should alwayes be heedfull and diligent and neuer haue any trust in our selues for in our flesh and in our minds doe the appetites and affections continually dwell which as deadly enemies of the soule lay a thousand snares and baites for vs incessantly labouring to make vs proud ambitious lecherous and couetous This is the feare whereunto the whole Scripture exhorteth the Christians that haue once tasted how sweet the Lord is and which bestow all their endeauour in following Christs foot-steps who cast not from them this holy feare because they labour to put off the old man And the good Christians must neuer bereaue themselues quite and cleane of this childly feare which is the singular friend of Christian charitie like as the slauish feare is such an enemy vnto it as they can by no meanes dwell together And by the foresaid things a man may plainly perceiue that the good Christian ought neuer to doubt of the forgiuenesse of his sins nor of Gods fauour Neuerthelesse for the better satisfying of the Reader I purpose to set downe herevnder certaine authorities of the holy Doctors which confirme this foresaid truth St. Hilary in his fifth Canon vpon Matthew saith It is Gods will that we should hope without any doubting of his vnknowne will For if the beleefe be doubtfull there can be no righteousnesse obtained by beleeuing And thus we see that according to S. Hilary a man obtaineth not forgiuenesse of his sinnes at Gods hand except he beleeue vndoubtedly to obtaine it And good right it is that it should be so For he that doubteth is like a waue of the Sea which is tossed and turmoyled with the wind And therefore let not such a one thinke to obtaine any thing at Gods hand But let vs heare S. Austin who in his Manuell counselleth vs to driue away the said foolish imagination which intendeth to dispossesse vs of the foresaid good and sage assurednesse Let such foolish imagination saith he murmure as much as it listeth saying Who are thou how great is that glory by what deserts hopest thou to obtaine it I answer assuredly I know in whom I haue beleeued and I know that hee of his great loue hath made me his sonne I know he is true of his promise and able to performe his word for he can doe what he will And when I thinke vpon the Lords death the multitude of my sinnes cannot dismay me for in his death doe I put all my trust His death is my whole desert it is my refuge it is my saluation my life and resurrection and the mercy of the Lord is my desert I am not poore of desert so long as the Lord of mercy faileth me not And sith the mercies of the Lord are many many also are my deseruings The more that he is of power to saue the more am I sure to be saued The same S. Austin talking with God in another place saith that he had despaired by reason of his great sinnes and infinite negligences if the Word of God had not become flesh And anon after he saith these words All my hope all the assurance of my trust is settled in his precious bloud which was shed for vs and for our saluation In him my poore heart taketh breath and putting my whole trust in him I long to come vnto thee O Father not hauing mine owne righteousnesse but that righteousnesse of thy Sonne Iesus Christ In these two places St. Austin sheweth plainely that the Christian must not be afraid but assure himselfe of righteousnesse by grounding himselfe not vpon his owne workes but vpon the precious bloud of Iesus Christ which cleanseth vs from all our sinnes and maketh our peace with God Saint Bernard in his first Sermon vpon the Annunciation saith most euidently that it is not ynough to beleeue that a man can haue forgiuenesse of his sinnes but by Gods mercy nor any one good desire or ability to doe so much as one good worke except God giue it him no nor that a man cannot deserue eternall life by his workes but if God giue him the gift so to beleeue But besides all these things saith Saint Bernard which ought rather to be counted a certaine entrance and foundation of our faith it is needfull that thou beleeue also that thy sinnes are forgiuen thee for the Loue of Iesus Christ See how this holy man confesseth that it is not ynough to beleeue generally the forgiuenesse of sinnes but he must also beleeue particularly that his owne sinnes are forgiuen him by Iesus Christ and the reason is ready at hand namely that forasmuch as God hath promised thee to accept thee for righteous through the merits of Iesus Christ if thou beleeue not that thou art become righteous through him thou makest God a lyer and consequently thou makest thy selfe vnworthy of his grace and liberality But thou wilt say to me I beleeue well the forgiuenesse of sinnes and I know that God is true but I am afraid that I am not worthy to haue so great a gift I answer that the forgiuenesse of thy sinnes shall not be a gift or free grace but a wages if God should giue it thee for the worthynesse of thy workes But I reply vpon thee that God accepteth thee

for righteous and layeth not thy sinne to thy charge because of Christs merits which are giuen vnto thee and become thine by faith Therefore following the counsell of Saint Bernard Beleeue thou not onely the forgiuenesse of sinnes in generall but also apply the same beliefe to thine owne particular person by beleeuing without any doubt that all thy mis-doings are pardoned thee through Iesus Christ And in so doing thou shalt giue the glory vnto God by confessing him to be mercifull and true and shalt become righteous and holy before God forsomuch as by the same confession the holinesse and righteousnesse of Iesus Christ shall be communicated vnto thee But to returne to our purpose of Predestination I say that by the things aboue mentioned a man may euidently perceiue that the how it happeneth that when they bee diseased they say not also I will haue neither Physician nor physicke for looke what God had determined vpon mee cannot but come to passe why eate they why drinke they why till they the ground why plant they Vines and why be they so diligent in doing all things conuenient for to sustaine the body why say they not also that all these turmoilings policies and trauels of ours are superfluous forasmuch as it is not possible but that whatsoeuer God hath fore-seene and determined concerning our life and death must needs come to passe And therefore if Gods prouidence make them not negligent and idle in things pertaining to the body why should it make them more slouthfull and negligent in that which concerneth the Christian perfection which without all comparison is farre nobler then the body But forasmuch as we see that neither Iesus Christ nor Saint Paul for any doubt of offending the reprobates haue forborne to preach the truth which is necessary to the edifying of the chosen for the loue of whom the euerlasting Sonne of God became man and was put to death vpon the Crosse wee also in like wise ought not to forbeare the preaching of Predestination to the true Christians forasmuch as we haue seene that it importeth great edification Now are wee come to the end of our purpose wherein our chiefe intent hath beene according to our small power to magnifie the wonderfull benefit which the Christian man hath receiued by Iesus Christ crucified and to shew that faith of her selfe alone iustifyeth that is to wit that God receiueth and holdeth them for righteous which beleeue stedfastly that Christ hath made full amends for their sinnes howbeit that as light can not be separated from fire which of it selfe burneth and deuoureth all things euen so good workes can not be separated from faith which alone by it selfe iustifieth And this holy doctrine which exalteth Iesus Christ and represseth and abateth the pride of man hath and alwayes shall be reiected and fought against by such Christians as haue Iewish mindes But happy is hee who following the example of Saint Paul spoyleth himselfe of his owne righteousnesse and would haue none other righteousnesse then that which is of Iesus Christ wherewith if he be cloathed and apparelled hee may most assuredly appeare before God and shall receiue his blessing and the heritage of heauen and earth with his only Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord to whom be all honour praise and glory from this time forth for euermore Amen Christ is the end of the Law 1 Cor. 8. 6 The state of man before after that he had sinned Psal 114. Psal 14. Originall sinne A very good comparison Who is our neighbour The first office or duty of the Law Rom. 3. and 7. The second office of the Law The third office of the Law Deut. 27. 2 Cor. 3. The 4th office of the Law Rom. 4. The fifth office of the Law Exod. 20. Coloss 3. Acts 4. Matth. 11. Iohn 7. Iohn 8. Gal. 3. 1 Cor. 15. Psal 50. Rom. 5. The greatnes of sinne ought not to cause despaire 1 Cor. 5. Gal. 5. An excellent comparison of the vnability of our owne workes Hebr. 7. Iohn 12. Philip. 3. 1 Cor. 18. How man is deliuered and set free from the curse of the Law Gal. 3. Rom. 8. Col. 2. 1 Cor. 15. Gen. 8. How wee receiue the likenesse of God A very good similitude expressing the manner how our sins are taken away by Christ Matth. 28. Phil. 2. Ephes 5. Iohn 3. How the faithfull mans soule is assured of his being married vnto Christ Acts 5. Matth. 2. 2 Cor. 3. Iohn 6. Iohn 3. Iohn 11. 1 Ioh. 12. 1 Iohn 4. Heb. 2. A very goodly similitude fit for the expressing of the free forgiuenesse of sinnes for Iesus Christs sake 1 Cor. 1. Heb. 4. Heb. 10. Heb. 8. Rom. 4. Gen. 15. Rom. 2. Gal. 3. Abac. 2. Gal. 3. Rom. 10. S. Augustine Origen * Mary Magdalen Luke 6. Faith is the mark of those that are iustified Esay 64. S. Basil S. Hilary S. Ambr. Rom. 4. Psal 31. S. Bernard Gen. 17. A very good cōparison how we be clothed with the righteousnes of Iesus Christ No man can boast of the performance of Gods Law Psal 143. Prou. 20. Iob 15. 1 Iohn 2. Matth. 6. Luke 17. Acts 15. How the workes of the faithful thogh they bee vnperfect please God Math. 25. In what manner faith iustifieth Ephes 3. Mat. 12. Rom. 6. Saint Paul calleth them Saints whom we call Christians He that beleeueth cannot bee without good works Marke 2. Iames 2. Apoc. 3. A liuely comparison What S. James meant concerning workes Iames 2. A heauenly comparison Ioh. 17. Rom. 4. 2 Cor. 6. 1 Pet. 2. Gal. 3. Heb. 2. Gal. 6. Luke 2. Rom. 8. Iesus Christ the true example of Christians 2 Pet. 2. Ephes 4. Rom. 15. Phil. 2. Luke 9. Iohn 15. Phil. 3. 2 Cor. 12. 2 Cor. 4. Gal. 6. Rom. 5. After what sort patience ingendreth triall Rom 8. 2 Cor. 2. Marke 9. Foure remedies against the temptations of distrust Prayer Matth. 9. 1 Thes 5. True Prayer Baptisme 2 Pet. 3. Mark 16. Gal. 3. Rom. 4. Psal 36. The Supper of the Lord. Luke 22. Mar. 16. Gal. 3. Heb 9. I renaeus lib. 1. Iohn 6. 1 Cor. 11. What is meant by not making a differēce of the Lords Body He that receiueth this Sacrament protesteth himselfe to trust in none other thing then the bloud of Christ Very cōfortable counsell Rom. 4. Rom. 8. Why the holy Sacramēt of thankesgiuing was ordained Christian peace and vnion are betokened by the bread and wine He that offendeth one of his Christian brethren offendeth Christ himselfe A preparation to the receuing of the holy Sacrament He that receiueth the Sacrament bindeth himselfe to all the duties of charitie The true end for which the holy Sacrament is ordained The 4th remedy against distrust Eph. 5. Luke 10. Psal 36. Rom. 8. He that receiueth the Gospell is sure that he is predestinated The effect proceeding of the knowledge of predestination Rom. 8. 1 Iohn 3. Eph. 1. Heb. 3. Heb. 10. Afflictions are no signes of reprobation Prou. 5. A true marke to know Gods children by Eph. 2. Wherefore the Apostle calleth the holy Ghost the Spirit of promise Gal. 3. Rom. 8. Rom. 8. A truemarke of predestination 2 Cor. 2. Rom. 8. 1. Cor. 12. He that gloryeth not that hee hath the holy Ghost is no true Christian Iohn 14. Eccless 6. 1 Cor. 4. A man may know that he is in Gods fauour By the chances of this life no man can iudge whether a man bee in Gods fauour or displeasure Rom. 3. 5. Phil. 3. 2 Tim. 4. Rom. 8. Phil. 1. The two sorts of feare childly slauish 2 Tim. 1. Rom. 14. Eph. 6. Phil. 4. 1 Pet. 1. The slauish feare threateneth the wicked and the childly feare encourageth the chosen The effects of childly feare Eph. 4. The Christian may warrant himselfe the forgiuenesse of his sins S. Hilary Iames 1. S. August S. Bernard Each one must beleeue particularly that his sinnes are released and forgiuen him freely