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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

feele their sinnes they declare thereby that they are not altogether deade nor vtterly depriued of life and that therefore it onely remayneth for them to search the meanes how to encourage them selues and to doe euen as a man woulde doe to fire when it is out which when he will kindle againe he bloweth it or to a lampe to which a man putteth oyle when the lighte is going out There are other some which neither haue feeling of righteousnes nor of their sinnes and these are altogether blockish not thinking any whit of their safetie nor regarding to hearken vnto anything that is spoken taught or shewed to them for their helpe and recouery Such diseases are verie daūgerous as are to mans body Apoplexies the falling sicknes Palseyes and such other which are altogether colde killing the naturall heate and choking all the senses All that we can doe for these is to praye vnto God to heale them as he did the man sicke of the Palseye and that he will restore to them the vse of their senses that they maye feele aswell the burden and waite of their sinnes as also the consolation of his grace The laste point that we haue to entreate of is of the effectes that this righteousnes bringeth forth in vs after our regeneration wherof there are fower principall partes The first is of the mortification of the flesh The second of the confessiō of Faith. The third of prayers and the last of charitie Mortification of the flesh consisteth in this that we suffer not sinne to reigne in vs but couragiously fight against all the concupiscences thereof obaying the spirite of the lawe of God and groning continually vnder the burden of our infirmities crying to God without ceasing that in this case he will make an ende and prouide for vs. Confession consisteth in this that we publish the meanes of our saluation and that we witnesse it openly and euidently by our workes and wordes at all times when occasion is offred vnto vs without being hindred through the feare of any daunger what soeuer As concerning prayers it is necessarie that euening and morning before and after meate and in the beginning and ending of all our workes we praye vnto God and praise him begging that in our prayers which he hath cōmaunded vs to axe and promised to giue vnto vs with full Faith and assuraunce to obteine them which we must grounde vpon his grace and promises and vpon the merite and intercession of Iesus Christ our alone Mediatour As touching loue first of all it is required that we loue God with all our hearte with all our strength and with all our vnderstanding and then our neighbour as our selfe the which loue of our neighbour that it maye be righte it must be referred to that loue of God in such wise that it be the rule and measure thereof and likewise of all other our affections Now in obseruing of these fower poinctes we must first take heede that we be not dull and slothfull to do our indeuour therein The which thing that we maye auoide we must seeke out with all diligence euery occasion to applie our selues thereto and take heede to auoide those thinges which maye turne vs awaye from it Then afterwardes we must beware that in no wise we distruste the grace of God nor the seruice that we offer vp vnto him but that we be certainly perswaded that we together with our workes shal be acceptable vnto him through grace That hauing this perswasiō we may go faithfully cheerefully forward in our vocatiō And finally that we take good heede to our selues that aboue all thinges we be not presumpteous And to the ende to keepe vs from it it is not enough that we haue no opinion of our selues nor of our workes but as it is written in the Psalme we must not desire any thing that is to highe for vs but be contente with that porcion and measure of grace that it hath pleased God to bestow vpon vs and we must applie our selues according to that power and meane that he hath giuen vs As S. Peter sayeth Let euery man as he hath receaued the gifte minister the same one to an other as a good housband and stewarde of the graces and gifts of god For if we haue receaued but two tallentes and wil make as great traffique with thē as he that hath receaued fiue this is a presumption before God who hath measured out and proportioned his giftes to our capacitie and requireth of profites and gaines according to the quantitie of those graces giftes which he hath bestowed vpon vs. We haue saide in the beginning that the second iudgement wherto we must answere concerning our righteousnes is that of the lawe which is no other thing then the seate of Gods righteousnes to which it is impossible for vs of our selues to satisfie and we haue neither workes thoughtes wordes nor affections but they are to be condemned of God if processe be made out there for vs we be to be iudged in this courte as S. Paule sayeth that all they which are vnder the lawe are vnder the Curse and in an other place he calleth the law the Minister of Death And Dauid speaking to God sayeth Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant For no man liuing shal be iustified in thy sight Also in an other place he sayeth O Lord if thou looke vpon our iniquities who shall stande in thy iudgement For asmuch as this iudgement is so entier where all thinges are examined in such sort from point to point that the brightenesse and lighte of the moone and starres the righteousnes and innocencie of the Angells shall hardly escape from being reiected and censured as Iob sayth How then shall we be able to aunswere there and what meanes shall we alleage for our iustification that we maye escape S. Paule sayth They that haue sinned without the lawe shall perish without the lawe But seeing that they shall be condemned by the lawe who haue transgressed it what shall we do then we can aunswere and alleage many thinges for our defence First we can auoide this iudgement and ridde our selues from it demaunding to be sent before the throne of Gods mercye forasmuch as being free and deliuered we are not any longer vnder the lawe but vnder grace so as Moises is not nowe any more our Iudge but Iesus Christ to whom the father hath giuen aucthoritie and iudgement Moreouer mercye as S. Iames sayeth is aboue righteousnes which is as an inferiour and lower courte from which we may appeale to that highe and great courte of God his mercie wherin Iesus Christ is sette downe and keepeth the highest place as chiefe presidente And as it is he that is our aduocate so we are assured that he will giue vs a discharge in our fauour Wherefore if the lawe Moises and the

wherewith all to stand before God. Iere. 9. 23. Eccle. 4. 2. 1. 1. A similitude An example in Paul before his conuersion An other similitude Rom. 7. 7. An other similitude An other similitude The Patriarches Prophetes and Apostles in whom they sought their righteousnes A similitude taken of a commō prouerbe Luc 8. 11. Mat. 19. 20 Iere. 2. 23. A similitude Deut. 8. and 9. Similitudes shewinge that we haue neede to be iustified by the onely grace of God. Pelagius his sect Rom. 7. 14. A notable consideration vpon that Paule confesseth him selfe a miserable sinner 2 Cor. 12. 1. 1. Cor. 3. 6. Galat. 2. 6. 2. Cor. 11. 5. 23. An other example of the humilitie of Isaie the excellēt seruaunt of God. Isaie 6. 6. Isaie 46. 8. A similitude against the righteousnesse of hypochrites The fruite of Christian humilitie A similitude of the prowde and of the humble Presumptiō very daungerous Nebucadnezar punished for his pryde Dan. 4. 22. Exod. 20. 5. Alexander the Great an image of all ambitious princes A similitude shewing the fruit of humility An allegorie of the leauen forbidden to the Iewes A similitude against ambition Psal. 30. 7. A similitude against ambitious hypocrites To whome hypocrites may be resembled Antisthenes noted of hypocrisy by Socrates Plato noted of pride by Diogenes whom likewise he reproued for that offence Humilitie in wordes Iames 2. 10. Gregory the diuine Luc 18. 14. Psal. 54. 4. Psal. 143. 2 Dan. 9. 5. 7. Psa 51. 19. Isai 66. 2. S. Augustin Like will to his like The cōclusiō touching Christiā humilitie A similitude Similitudes shewinge what the thoughts of the faithful ought to be when they present thēselues before God. The second point shewing that we must finde though not in our selues a perfect righteousnes that maye stand before God in what that righteousnes consisteth Psal. 14. 1. Rom. 3. 12. Gene. 9. 21. Numb 20. 24. Iosua 24. 2. 2. Sam. 11. 4 1. Tim. 1. 13 Iohn 18. 25 Mat. 20. 20 Luc 22. 24. 1. Cor. 1. 29. Rom. 11. 32. Our righteousnes is in Christ Iesus alone 1. Cor. 1. 30. Rom. 5. 19. Isai 53. 4. Coloss 1. 20. 2. Cor. 5. 19. Iohn 11. 25 1. Tim. 2. 5. Isay 53. 5. Apoc. 1. 6. Heb. 9. 10. Tit. 3. 5. Mat. 11. 27. Iohn 6. 27. Iosu 1. 6. The effecte of the lawe towarde the faithfull Similitudes Heb. 4. 8. S. Augustin vppon S. Iohn Christ is only the waye the truth life Similitudes Gen. 2. 23. Ephes 5. 30 The regeneration of the church S. Cyprian The confutation of their errour which saye that it is in our owne power to dispose our selues to receaue our saluation when God offereth it vnto vs. Actes 9. 5. S. Augustin S. Augustin Psal. 34. 3. 1. Cor. 15. 10. The perfection and righteousnes of Iesus Christ Gal. 3. 27. Psal. 45. 14 Ezec. 16. 9. Christ deliuereth vs from death and giueth vs eternall life Apoc. 1. 18. Mat. 27. 51. Heb. 9. 10. Isay 33. 14. By Iesus Christ alone we haue accesse vnto God the father Gen. 28. 12. Coloss 2. 9. Isai 7. 8. Mat. 1. 23. Philip. 3. 10. Ephes 2. 19. S. Augustin All our felicitie consisteth in Christ alone VVe obtain throughe Christ the blessing of God. Gen. 27. 19. Exod. 28. 2. Ioseph lib. 11. de antiqui Iudaic. cap. 8. S. Ambrose The third point shewing in whom the iustice of God is and howe a man maye obtaine it The righteousnes of Christ hath two partes How we are iustified Rom. 4. 22. 2. Cor. 5. 19. 1. Cor. 6. 11. VVe are iustified and sanctified by the righteousnes holynes of Christ The first reason Galat. 3. 13 Rom. 5. 19. 2. Reason Ephe. 5. 30. Rom. 6. 4. Coloss 3. 1. Ephe. 2. 22. Rom. 8. 17. A similitude 3. Reason Ephes 1. 2. A similitude The 2. part of the righteousnes of Christ 2. Cor. 6. 14. S. Augustin The sanctification of the faithful consisteth in 4. points 1. Hatred detestation of euil 2. A loue and endeuor to good 3. Resistāce against tētations 4. Cōtinuall inuocation for Gods fauour VVhat it is to applie a mās selfe to good workes A similitude A similitude Of the perfection of workes The opiniō of the philosophers schoolemen Sentēces of the scriptures and auncient doctours 3. Cor. 8. 12. Rom. 7. 18. Gen. 22. 16. Mat. 25. 34 S. Ambrose S. Augustin Ieronim S. Augustin A similitude shewing that god reiecteth not his childrē though they be imperfect Psal. 103. 13. S. Ambrose Two notable questions 1. VVhy God accepteth the imperfecte workes of his childrē 2. VVhy the faithful are not perfectly regenerated in this worlde An answer to the first question Similitudes A similitude An answer to the secōd question Similitudes Three reasons why God differreth to regenerate vs perfectly Similitudes full of great consolation The 2. reason A similitude shewing the wisdom of God in gouerning those that he his Iere. 22. 21. The third reason S. Ambrose 2. Cor. 12. 9. 1. Cor. 3. 18. Iohn 9. 41. The 4. point where the righteousnes of Christ is to be founde 2. Cor. 5. 21. Heb. 7. 26. Coloss 3. 3. The righteousnes of the faithful compared to a robe Psal. 132. Diuerse similitudes shewing that it is not necessary that Christ his righteousnes shoulde be essentially in vs. Howe we maye be righteous by the righteousnes of an other The similitude of the debtour acquited by an other The similitude of the members of the bodie enlightened by the eye The first point shewing by what meane we may appropriat to our selues the righteousnes of Christ Iesus Rom. 1. 17. Rom. 5. 1. Abac. 2. 4. Iohn 3. 5. Faith is the only meane to fasten vs to Christ obteine his righteousnesse S. Ambrose VVhat that iustifying Faith is Rom. 4. 18. Howe we must behaue our selues in tētations S. Augustin A similitude Three questions depēding of the former point 1. To witte whether faith must be perfect for the apprehending of Iesus Christ 2. Point whether Faith must be cleane from all vices A similitude of the force and strength of Faith. An other similitude Luc. 5. 35. An other similitude 3. VVhether the elect can lose their faith Rom. 8. Rom. 11. 29 Mat. 13. 12 Rom. 8. 30. 1. Iohn 5. 18. Rom. 8. 38. Iohn 14. 23. Howe the righteousnes of Iesus Christ maye be distributed to all the faithfull A similitude of the soule Similitudes of the voice the face A similitude Howe we maye know whether Iesus Christ dwell in vs or no Rom. 5. 1. The perplexities and doubtes that are in the spiritual life of the faithfull A similitude A similitude A remedie against the ●entation of the cōtinual feeling of our sinne onely A similitude shewing that we must not be discouraged though we finde not alwayes in our selues that good desire and taste that we ought to haue of the worde of God. A remedie against the spirituall blockishnes or lacke of feeling Apoplexia is a disease engendred of colde humours that taketh away a mannes senses and feeling The laste pointe is of the effectes of this righteousnes in vs after regeneration that cōteineth 4. partes 1. The mortification of the flesh 2. The confession of Faith. 3. Prayers 4. Charitie VVe must auoide presumptiō an opinion of our selues Psal. 131. 1 1. Pet. 4. 10 The second iudgement where we must aunswere concerning our righteousnes Gal. 3. 10. 2. Cor. 3. 7. Psal. 143. 2 Psal. 130. 3 Iob 25. 5. Iob 4. 18. Rom. 2. 12. The waye how to be deliuered from the iudgement and malediction of the lawe Galat. 4. 7. Iohn 5. 22. Iam. 1. 13. Iohn 8. 3. An allegorie of our exemption from the iudgemēt of the lawe by Iesus Christ The vse of the lawe towardes the faithfull A comparison difference of the lawe the Gospel The third meane or defence against the iudgement of the law Mar. 5. 17. Rom. 10. 4. Rom. 8. 1. The third iudgement against vs to witte the iudgement of men and of the remedies of the same Our faith must not depend vpon others Gal. 1. 8. 10 1. Cor. 4. 3. 4. c. Apoc. 13. 1. Mat. 11. 25. 1. Cor. 1. 23. Iasy 29. 14. Iere. 5. 5. Mat. 7. 13. Of the vse of ciuill politique thinges Of the vse of thinges indifferent S. Augustin The fourth last iudgment which is that of the conscience A good cōscience is a paradise in this worlde A similitude An euill conscience a hell Isai 28. 20. A fine similitude Psal. 4. 2. The way to haue a good conscience A differēce betwixt the conscience and the peace of cōscience Iesus Christ onely hath satisfied the iudgement of our conscience 1. Cor. 4. 4.