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A10570	A co[m]parison betwene the olde learnynge [and] the newe translated out of latin in Englysh by Wylliam Turner.	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Turner, William, d. 1568.	1537 (1537)	STC 20840; ESTC S104610	49,650	118

the benefites receaued of hym And fyrste wyll I declare the maner of iustificacyon remission of synnes and saluacyon whiche in scripture are all one thynge of whom it doth come and to how many thynges it is applyed Fyrst it is applyed vnto God for Paul sayeth Rom. viii It is God that iustifyeth or maketh ryghteous c. And Ro. iii. That he onely myght be ryghteous and the ryghteous maker of hym which is of the fayth on Iesus Secondarely it is referred vnto Christ Actu iiii sayeth Peter Ther is none other name geuen vnto men vnder heauen in the which we shulde be saued Roma iii. sayeth Paul Without deseruynge are they made ryghteous or iustifyed euen by his grace thorow the redempcyon that is done by Christ Iesu whom God hath set forth for a mercy seate thorow fayth in his bloude to shewe the ryghteousnesse that auayleth before hym c. Thyrdly it is applyed vnto mercy Tit. iii. Not of workes or dedes of ryghteousnes which we wrought but after his mercy he saued vs. Roma viii Therfore whan God wolde shewe wrath and to make his power knowen he brought forth with great pacyence the vessels of wrath which are ordeyned to damnacyon that he myght declare the ryches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he hath prepared vnto glory whome he hath called c. Item i. Pet. i. Blessed be God and the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ which accordynge to his great mercy hath begottē vs agayn to a lyuely hope Fourthly it is attributed vnto his eleccyon Ephe. i. Accordynge as he hath chosen vs by hym or euer the fundacyon of the worlde was layed that we shulde be holy and with out blame before him in loue Ioh. xv I haue chosen you and ordyned you that ye go and brynge forth frute .ii. Timo. i. God hath saued vs and called vs wyth an holy callynge not accordynge to oure dedes but accordynge to his owne purpose and grace Fyfthly it is attributed vnto grace Ephe ii By grace are ye saued thorow fayth and that not of youre selues Gala. i. I maruayle that ye are so soone turned from hym that hath called you in the grace of Christ Tit. ii The grace of God that bryngeth saluacyon vnto all men hath appeared Syxtly it is assygned vnto the worde Ioh. xv Now are ye clene because of the word which I haue spokē vnto you Esa lv Lyke as the rayne and snow cōmeth downe from heauen and returneth not thyther agayne but watereth the earth maketh it frutfull and grene that it maye geue corne and breade vnto the sower So the worde also that commeth out of my mouth shall not turne agayne voyde vnto me but shall accomplysh my wyll and prosper in the thynge whervnto I shall sende it Seuēthly it is asscrybed vnto fayth as Rom. iii. I speake of the ryghteousnesse before God whiche cōmeth by fayth on Iesus Christ And Roma iiii Vnto hym that beleueth on hym that iustifyeth the vngodly is fayth counted for ryghteousnesse Ro. v. Because that we are iustifyed by fayth we haue peace with God thorow our Lorde Iesus Christ Eyghtly it is attribute vnto good workes as Iac. i. Ye se thē how that of dedes a mā is iustifyed not of fayth The places are so manifest notwithstanding the cōmune opiniō the faith only iustifieth that I am sure it troubleth no small nōbre of people and peraduenture it may astōny euen them which counte thē selues well learned For it is a great thynge to bringe the olde and wylye foxe to a lease Yee it is euen a new thynge vnto the proud Pharyses to saye that good workes are not meritorious to obtayne heauen by for hetherto haue they founded and vnderpropped theyr church with nothynge so greatly as with thys opinion What hath abused fastynge more than thereby to obtayne heauen For fastynge after theyr owne chosynge they left the true fast that God requyreth and cōmaūdeth Esa lviii zach vii What caused more abuse of the supper of the Lorde thē to vse it that is the remembraunce of the benefyt and sacrifyce for our synnes for a net hooke to gather catch mony with sayeng that it is a worke meritorious a sacrifyce for redemyng of synnes Somtyme were none chosen prestes but such as were endued with such gyftes as Paul requyreth in a byshop now that the B. of Ro. kyngdom requyreth many fauterers adherētes that purgatory may be swepte and kepte clene the which is no office for such Lordes as byshops be therfore syr Ihon lacklatyne shal suffise for that office wel ynough and masse shal be made a sacrifice to pourge and clense pylgatory purgatory shuld I haue sayd Lord Lord opē once oure eyen that we maye se the blasphemy done to thy holy bloude Now wyll I go to youre cōsciences ye that boast so greatly of good meritorious workes I require you by the answer that we all shall geue at the great daye Dyd Peter that was prince of the apostles as ye saye euer say nasse for the dead ether hym selfe or by other shew here vpō ony autenticall cronicle or hys owne wrytynge Yf ye can not than graunt that it is an inuencion of youre owne ergo a lye and a thynge that shall perysh with your dayes Yf Gods mercy shudle be bounde to sende soules to youre purgatory and at youre massynge agayne to release them than were Christ no Iesus and God no father but a seruaunt of yours and contrary to hys owne wordes doctryne Leaue therfore youre new erronious doctryne and wyth the olde teachers geue God humbly glory What caused more the abuse of honourynge of sayntes whyche dyenge in charite are ioyned with vs is charyte and therfore as true membres of one body ceasse not to praye with vs so that worshyppyng theyr pictures ymages we rather blaspheme God which hath forbiddē such maner of worshyppynge than worshyp them But leste I be to tedious vnto the good reader therfore wyll I do my dilygence to expresse the pyth of all thys matter in fewe wordes God the father thorow the loue that he had to hys sonne Christ Iesu dyd caste hys mercy vnto vs which were sonken into the depth of synne and pytied vs of his mercy and pitye he chose vs that we shulde be holy and wythout spotte in hys syghte And to them that he chose he instilled the grace of hys sprite and sent them the word of health which they receaued thorow beleuynge it than come they to the felynge of the goodnesse of God and of very loue are ready to fulfyll what soeuer God commaundeth thē and loke how muche they beleue euen so much they worke And though it be true that we be iustifyed in Christ before the fundacions of the worlde were layed yet is that only knowe to God and we haue no felynge of it vntyll fayth come And euen as God commeth downwarde for he thorow Christ had mercy on vs and of mercy dyd chose vs before we were and than after we come into this world instilleth grace thorow his sprete and than sendeth vs hys worde whiche the sprete causeth vs to beleue worketh fayth in vs from whence all good workes flowe euē so do we go vpward and by my fayth do know surely that God hath sent me hys word grace thorow his sprete to cause me beleue it therfore cōclud that he hath chosen me hath mercy vnto me thorow Christ hys only son which is the mage of the inuisible God fyrst begottē before all creatures Now is my dewtye agayne whā I haue perceaue this goodnesse of God the father and hys sonne Iesus Christ to me warde that I stonde not styll and let hys grace be vacant and ydle in me but accordynge to the sprete the he hath poured in me and the grace that is geuē me to vse hys gyftes accordynge to hys wyll cōmaundement to procede from vertue to vertue as from steppe to steppe alwaye approchynge oure louynge fathers kyngdome nearer and nearer where he sytteth rayneth worlde without ende To the which brynge vs he that wyll all mankynde to be saued AMEN ¶ Fautes escaped in the pryntynge The iiii leafe the ii page the xii lyne reade Fare ye well and praye for c.

none of those thynges that they synge to hyr prayse I pray yow for shame darre the corrupters of scripture geue that vnto the mother which the holy goost dyd prophecy of the sonne of God Genesis iii For he and not she dyd breake the serpētes head In somuch that I can not tel whether I shuld maruayl more vpon the grosse rustical ignoraunce of these greate masters or that I shulde crye out vpon the wycked vngodly opinion that they haue of Chryste They haue so lytell regarde what they say that al the thought that they take is that alwayes they shulde be sayenge somthynge And euē as in tymes paste the philosophers of Epicures secte and the Stoykes affyrmed that God dyd none other wayes and had no other subsistence then they thought he had and subscrybed the nature of God with vayne dreames deuyces of theyr opinions lykewyse oure false diuynes do ymagen Christe to geue from hym his mercy to sayntes and to be a fearfull iudge and that he damneth all synners excepte that he be pleased ●… swaged by the intercession of some saynte And this ymaginacion pleaseth them well and they cōmaunde the church so to beleue Also these fellowes make Mary the necke of the mysticall body Who can abstayne from laughyng yee rather wepynge They make artycles of the fayth besyde the scripture of theyr owne brayne and where they shuld onely stycke to the scripture they bryng forth old wyues fables for sounde and true thynges mesurynge al godly thynges wyth the plummet or lyne of our reason and by the similytudes of thys world And whā as they tryfle bothe vnlearnedly and vngodly yet they be not afrayed to dryue to the fyre as many as wyll not play the fooles with thē And that in all poyntes they may play the false doctors they wrafte the scriptures to confirme theyr errours of the which thyng I haue spoken very largely in oure cōmmune places But left ony man shuld thynke that I saye thys in the reproche of sayntes so I thynke that sayntes shuld be worshipped but after the rule of scripture Seynge that they be the glorious membres of the mysticall body the houshold meny of God and ioyned vnto vs with the moost surest bonde of charite For charite perysheth not but is made perfect in heauen wherfore they loue vs and couet with a brotherly loue oure amendment Therfore let vs reuerently holyly kepe the memory and remembraunce of them in the which we may se the wysdom of God his goodnesse power and the vnspeakeable ryches of mercy to the exercyse of our fayth hope and charyte For as ofte as we remembre theyr manly fyghtyng agaynst the gates of hell and the manyfold grace of god the which the father of all confort poured forth vpō these vessels of mercy we are lyfted vp in hope and truste of so great goodnesse And we be prouoked to the folowynge of so greate perseueraunce by theyr vertues set out as whement intysementes What good and deuout mā is ther but he wyll desyre with all his hart that he myght ouercōme the enemye of owre saluation with suche strength of fayth as the sayntes were endued and harnessed with all that at the laste hys enemyes ouercome he myght be associate and accōpanyed for euer more with the electe and chosen of god And whan he doth se so excellent vessels of glory made of the chyldren of wrathe and of the lompe of perdicion not by mans merites but by the power of the grace of god that he wyll conceaue a trusty hope of so mercyfull a father the which made vs worthy when he founde vs vnworthy Then yf we pray to God for fayth hope and charite And seke the kyngdome of heauē before al other thynges we maye folow the footesteppes of the ryght sayntes then haue we worshipped the sayntes very well and euē as we shulde do For the wyl of God and the sayntes is one wherfore what other thynge wyll they axe then the amendement of a synner and the contynuall recordyng and remembraunce of the lawes of God But that we shulde flye for succurre to them in oure aduersite nede that they may be meanes betwene vs and God they nother do require it for they seke nothynge but the glory of God nother can we desyre them to be mediatours for vs excepte we do iniury to the moost perfyte moost sufficiēt mediatour of all Now seyng that the scripture is our candell in the moost darke nyght of thys world we be more sure that call vpon God by Christe the whiche thynge the scripture doth commaunde then they which imagen new kyndes of worshippyng and inuocacions of the which the scripture maketh no mencion at all Call vpon me sayeth the Lord in the tyme of tribulaciō I shall delyuer the and thou shalt honor me Psalmo xlvi And Ioel. ii Whosoeuer wyll call on the name of God for helpe shal be saued And in thys matter we force not vpon long tyme or longe costume for christendome or a christen mans lyuyng standeth not in the passyng ouer of longe tyme or in the oldnesse or antiquite of costume but in the scriptures of euerlastyng truth Now good reader iudge what kynne of christen men they be that fasten theyr hope not in Christe but in creatures knowyng nothynge at all how muche helpe we haue in Christe They differ very lyttell from idolatrers whyle they go aboute moost earnestly to honoure sayntes they dyshonour them farre out of rule and fashion that can be euen when they geue away from god to the creature hope and confidence the which is dew onely to god As touchyng the myracles reade the .xxiiii. chapter of Math. and the seconde of the .ii. Epistell to the Tessalonyans youre mynde shal be at reste and certifyed ¶ Of the supper of the Lorde The newe learnynge The sacrament of the aultare muste be geuen onely vnto prestes vnder both the kyndes and to lay men onely vnder the kynde of bread because that Christe by a naturall accompaninge or folowyng is whole vnder bothe the kyndes accordyng vnto that sayenge of the sequence The flesh is meate bloud is dryncke Christe abydeth for al that whole vnder both the kyndes A lay man must take his ryghtes euery yeare once at the leaste accordyng to the chapter Omnis vtriusque c. The masse of a prest is a sacrifyce both for quyck and dead and the syn the vnclenesse of the person of the minister stoppeth not the frute seyng that the wrought worke of the masse hath strength and the oblacion is made in the person of the whole church wherefore it is a great merite for by it we deserue muche to oure selues and also to other Wherfore the ordinaunces of masses be good and yearly obytes be profitable For in other good workes the wyckednesse of the person of the minister taketh awaye the cause of the merite here it letteth nothynge where as the faythe