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A02604	A most excelent and fruitful treatise, called Patericks Places concerning the doctrine of fayth, and the doctrine of the law: which being knowen, you haue the pith of all diuinitie. With a briefe collection or exposition of a summe of S. Pauls doctrine touching iustification by fayth, in Iesus Christ: which is the only marke to shoote at, and the only meanes to obtaine saluation. Selected and reduced into this volume by I.D. 1598.; Patrick's Places. English	Hamilton, Patrick, 1504?-1528.; Frith, John, 1503-1533.; I. D.	1598 (1598)	STC 12734; ESTC S105993	37,059	67

and refelled their abuses constantly stoutly susteining the quarrell of Gods Gospell in the time of ignorance and blindnesse Through which occasion as is also there set foorth he was cited to appeare before the Archbyshyp of Sainct Andrew named Iames Beton and his Colledge of Priestes the first day of March Ann. 1527. And the same day at after dinner in all haste was had away to the fyer and burned the king then being but a childe which made the Archbyshoppe more bolde The which Treatise gentle Reader as I cannot commende vnto you in that measure as it deserueth or requireth So do I confesse in my selfe such want of habilitie knowledge and skill as most vnworthy of al others to set foorth so excellent a matter of so high a nature or mysterie But it pleaseth Almightie God by troubles and affliction to bring his chyldren to the exercise of many of those vertues that do belong to a Christian man And in tribulation Fayth is chiefly exercised in considering the cause of Gods exercising of vs and in beleeuing most assuredly the promises he hath made for our delyuerance In which consideration I hauing passed somtyme in my greeuous and sorrowfull troubles of aduersaries I spent that time chiefly in vnderstanding and collecting this Treatise folowing which is able so to instruct teach and geue such heauenly lyght and comfort vnto vs yf we be desirous and willing to seeke thereaster as may vndoubtedly redounde to our euerlasting lyfe and saluation as our sauiour Christ him selfe teacheth vs This is lyfe eternall that they know thee to be the only true God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ. Iohn 17. Vnto whom let vs still be praying incessantly that it wil please him to lighten the darknes of our hartes vnderstanding and to encrease our Fayth and knowledge in his Sonne Iesus Christ our onley Sauiour and Redeemer which is the onely key meanes for vs to attayne to the true knowledge and feelyng of this Fayth whereby we may be found worthy to be numbred amongst those whom our Sauiour Christ prayeth for Father I will that they whom thou hast geuen me be with me euen where I am that they may beholde my glory which thou hast geuen me Iohn 17. Of the which his glory as he hath power to make vs partakers so yf we lay all our Fayth hope and trust vpon him he wil then say vnto vs as he sayd vnto the blind man Receaue thy sight thy Fayth hath saued thee Luk. 18. Farewell in him whom we are all to follow and beleeue Amen Your welwiller in the Lord and most vnworthy I. D. This is a true or faythfull saying and by all meanes worthy to be receaued that Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners of whom I am chiefe 1. Tim. 1. 15. A TREATISE OF CERTAINE COMMON PLACES CALLED PATERICKS PLACES The doctrine of the Law THE Law is a doctrine that biddeth good and forbiddeth euyll as the Commaundementes do specifie here folowing The Tenne Commaundements of God 1 Thou shalt worshyp but one God 2 Thou shalt make thee no Image to worshyp it 3 Thou shalt not sweare by his name in vayne 4 Thou shalt holde the Sabboth day holy 5 Thou shalt honoure thy Father and thy Mother 6 Thou shalt not kill 7 Thou shalt not commit adulterie 8 Thou shalt not steale 9 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse 10 Thou shalt not desire ought that belongeth to thy neighbour All these Commaundemets are briefly comprised in these two here-vnder ensuing Thou shalt loue thy Lord God with all thine hart with all thy soule and with all thy minde That is the first and great Commandement The second is lyke vnto this that is Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe On these two Commandements hangeth all the Law and the Prophets Certayne godly and generall Propositions proued by the Scripture The first Proposition proposition 1 He that loueth God loueth his neighbour also This Proposition is proued 1. Iohn 4. If a man say I loue God and yet hateth his brother he is a lyer He that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene how can he loue God whom he hath not seene The second Proposition proposition 2 He that loueth his neighbour as him selfe keepeth all the Commandements of God This Proposition is proued Math. 7. Rom. 13. Whatsoeuer Math. 7. Rom. 13. ye would that men should do to you euen so do you to them for this is the Law and the Prophets He that loueth his neighbour fulfilleth the Law Thou shalt not commit adultrie Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse Thou shalt not lust c. And if there be any other Commandement it is comprehended in this saying Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Rom. 13. All the Law is fulfilled in one worde that is Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Gal. 5. Argument Bar He that loueth his neighbour keepeth all the Commandements of God Rom. 13. ba He that loueth God loueth his neighbour 1. Ioh. 4. ra Ergo He that loueth God keepeth all the Commandements of God The thirde Proposition proposition 3 He that hath Fayth loueth God My Father loueth you because you loue mee and beleeue that I came from God Iohn 16. Argument Bar He that keepeth the Commaundementes of God hath the loue of God ba He that hath Fayth keepeth the Commandements of God ra Ergo He that hath Fayth loueth God The fourth Proposition proposition 4 He that keepeth one Commandement of God keepeth them all This Proposition is confirmed Heb. 11. It is vnpossible for a man without fayth to please God that is to keepe any one of Gods Commandementes as he should do Then whosoeuer keepeth any one Commandement hath fayth Argument Bar He that hath Fayth keepeth all the Commandements of God ba He that keepeth any one Commaundement of God hath fayth ra Ergo He that keepeth one Commaundement keepeth them all The fifth Proposition proposition 5 He that keepeth not all the Commandements of God keepeth not one of them Argument He that keepeth one Commandement of God keepeth all Ergo He that keepeth not all the Commandements of God keepeth not one of them The sixth Proposition proposition 6 It is not in our power to keepe any one of the Commandements of God Argument Ba It is vnpossible to keepe any of the Commandements without Grace ro It is not in our power to attaine Grace co Ergo It is not in our power to keepe any of the Commandements of God And euen so may you reason concerning the holy Ghost and Fayth forsomuch as neither without them we are able to keepe any of the Commandements of God neither yet be they in our power to attayne them Non est volentis neque currentis c. Rom. 9. It is not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth But in God that sheweth mercie The

friende and the foe the thankfull and vnthankfull the kinsman and stranger A comparison betweene Fayth Hope and Charitie FAyth commeth of the worde of God Hope commeth of Fayth and Charitie springeth of them both Fayth beleeueth the worde Hope trusteth after it that is promised by the worde Charitie doth good vnto her neighbour through the loue that it hath to God and gladnes that is within her selfe Fayth looketh to God and his worde Hope looketh vnto his gyft and rewarde Charitie looketh on her neighbours profite Fayth receaueth God Hope receaueth his rewarde Charitie loueth her neighbour with a glad hart and that without any respect of rewarde Fayth pertayneth to God onely Hope to his rewarde and Charitie to her neighbour The doctrine of Workes WEe beleeue that a man shalbe iustefied without workes Rom 3. No man is iustefied by the deedes of the Law but by the Fayth of Iesus Christ And we beleeue in Iesus Christ that we may be iustefied by the Fayth of Christ and not by the deedes of the Law For yf righteousnes come by the Law then dyed Christ in vayne Galla. 2. That no man is iustefied by the Law is manifest For a righteous man lyneth by his Fayth but the Law is not of Fayth Galla. 3. Moreouer sith it behoued Christ the maker of heauen and earth and all that is therein to die for vs we are compelled to graunt that we were so farre drowned and sunken in sinne that neither our deedes nor all the treasures that euer God made coulde haue holpen vs out of them Therefore no deedes nor workes may make vs righteous No workes make vs vnrighteous If any euyll workes make vs vnrighteous then the contrary workes should make vs righteous But it is proued that no workes can make vs righteous Therefore no workes maketh vs vnrighteous Workes maketh vs neither good nor euill It is proued that workes neither make vs righteous nor vnrighteous Therefore no workes make vs either good or euill For righteous and good are one thing and vnrighteous and euill likewise one Good workes make not a good man nor euyll workes an euyll man But a good man bringeth foorth good workes and an euyll man euyll workes Good fruite maketh not the Tree good nor euyll fruite the Tree euyll But a good Tree beareth good fruite and an euyll tree euyll fruite A good man can not do euyll workes nor an euyll man good workes for a good tree can not beare euyll fruite nor an euyll tree good fruite A man is good ere he do good workes and euyll ere he do euyll workes for the tree is good ere it beare good fruite and euyll ere it beare euyll fruite Euery man and his workes are eyther good or euyll Euery Tree and the fruite thereof are eyther good or euyll Either make ye the tree good and the fruite good also or els make the tree euyll and the fruite of it likewise euyll Math. 12. A good man is knowen by his workes for a good man doth good workes and an euyll man doth euyll workes Ye shall know them by their fruite For a good tree beareth good fruite and an euyll tree euyll fruite A man is likoned to the tree and his workes to the fruite of the tree Beware of the false Prophets which come to you in Sheepes clothing but inwardly they are rauenyng Woolues ye shal know them by their fruites Math. 7. None of our workes eyther saue vs or condemne vs. If workes make vs neither righteous nor vnrighteous then thou wilt say It maketh no matter what we do I answere If thou do euyll it is a sure argument that thou art euyll and wantest Fayth If thou do good it is an argument that thou art good and hast Fayth For a good tree beareth good fruite and an euyll tree euyll fruite Yet good fruite maketh not the tree good nor euyll fruite the tree éuyll so that a man is good ere he do good deedes and euill ere he do euill deedes The man is the Tree his workes are the fruite FAyth maketh the good Tree and Incredulitie the euill Tree such a tree such fruite such a man such workes For all thinges that are done in Fayth please God and are good workes and all that are done without Fayth displease God and are euyll workes Whosoeuer beleeueth or thinketh to be saued by his workes denyeth that Christ is his sauiour that Christ dyed for him and all thinges that pertayne to Christ for how is he thy sauiour if thou mightest saue thy selfe by thy workes or whereto shoulde he dye for thee yf any workes might haue saued thee What is this to say Christ dyed for thee Uerely that thou shouldest haue dyed perpetually And Christ to deliuer thee from death dyed for thee and changed thy perpetuall death into his owne death for thou madest the fault and he suffered the payne and that for the loue he had to thee before thou wast borne when thou haddest done neither good nor euyll Now seeing he hath payde thy debt thou needest not neither canst thou pay it but shouldest be damned if his blood were not But sith he was punished for thee thou shalt not be punished Finally he hath deliuered thee from thy condemnation and all euyll and desireth nought of thee but that thou wilt acknowledge what he hath done for thee and beare it in minde and that thou wouldest helpe other for his sake both in worde and deede euen as he hath holpen thee for novght and without rewarde O how ready woulde we be to helpe others yf we knewe his goodnes and gentlenes towardes vs. He is a good and greate Lord for he doth all for nought Let vs I beseech you therefore folow his footesteppes whom all the worlde ought to prayse and worshyp Amen He that thinketh to be saued by his workes calleth him selfe Christ. For he calleth him selfe the Sauiour which pertayneth to Christ onely What is a Sauiour but he that saueth And he saith I saued my selfe which is as much to say as I am Christ for Christ onely is the sauiour of the world We should do no good workes for the intent to get the inheritance of heauen or remission of sinnes For whosoeuer beleeueth to get the inheritance of heauen or remission of sinne through workes he beleeueth not to get the same for Christes sake And they that beleeue not that their sinnes are forgeuen them and that they shalbe saued for Christes sake they beleeue not the Gospell for the Gospell sayth You shalbe saued for Christes sake your sinnes are forgeuen for Christes sake He that beleeueth not the Gospel beleeueth not God So it foloweth that they which beleeue to be saued by their workes or to get remission of their sinnes by their owne deedes beleeue not God but recount him as a lyer and so vtterly deny him to be God Obiection Thou wilt say Shall we