Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A06955
|
A new yeares gyfte more precious than golde worthy to be embrased no lesse ioyfully than tha[n]kfully of euery true christe[n] man, newly published by Theodore Basille.
|
Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
|
1543
(1543)
|
STC 1738; ESTC S109206
|
72,867
|
228
|
come to age they adde and put vnto it thorowe theyr euell manners Here sayth saynt Austen playnly that the grace of christ hath not only losoned delyuered made vs free from originall synne wherwyth we all offended in Adam but also from all other which we afterwarde commit as we growe in age I could rehearse many mo authorities both of this Doctor and other whiche maynly fortify this matter but because I wyll not be tedious vnto you I let them passe trusting that with these aforsayd ye are fully satisfyed Theo. Yea verely neyghbour Philemon or elles our hartes were more then twyse stony Phil. Although this vngodly doctrine be raised vp now agen in this our tyme of the Anabaptistes yet hath it had alwayes fautoures and maynteners longe before our dayes in somuche as we rede that a certen man called Peter Abelharde was counted for an Heretyke and compelled of saynt Bernarde to recant in the councell of Senon â–ª because he taught this suche lyke thynges If hys doctrine had bene godly and agreable to the holy scriptures he had neuer ben so handeled Alas good neyghboures what are we of our selues y t we dare so depresse and thrust downe y e death of Christ and so to exalte our selues that he by his pashon sauyng vs froÌ„ one synne we shuld presume to saue our selues by our owne workes and merites from many This is a presumpcion to moche to be detested Thys is a stondyng in our owne coÌ„ceate more Luciferlyke than it may be suffered of ony christen harte To the Lorde our God saythe the Prophet be righteousnes but to vs and to our fathers confusion of face As towchyng the righteusnes whiche is in the lawe no man could once rebuke me sayth S. Paul But those thynges which were vauntage vnto me I counted losse for Christes sake Yea moreouer I thyncke all thynges but losse for the excellencye of the knowledge of Christ Iesu my Lorde for whome I haue counted all thynges losse and do iudge them but dounge that I myghte wynne Christ be fouÌ„d in hym not hauing myne own ryghteousenesse whyche cometh of the lawe but that which is by the fayth of Christ namely the righteousnes whych cometh of god in fayth to knowe hym and the vertue of his resurreccioÌ„ and the felowshyp of his pashon How cleueth S. Paule vnto Christ Howe reiecteth casteth he awaye his owne righteousnes whyche he had by the outewarde kepynge of the lawe that he myght thorowe fayth be made righteous in Christ How lytle estemeth he his own goodnes so that he may knowe the vertue of Christes resurreccion and the felowshyp of his pashon All Paules delectacion pleasure is in Christ in christes death as he sayth in another place GOD forbyd that I shulde reioyse in onythynge but in the crosse that is to saye the death pashon of our Lord Iesus Christ. If so noble and worthy Apostle hadde all his delyght in Christ in christes merites so that for christes â—ake and to wynne y e righteousnesse of Christe he estâ—med hys own ryghteousnes so vile as y e duÌ„ge what shall we wretches than saye Shall we lyfte vp our brystles and open our mouthe to speake blasphemies agaynst the moost hyghest Shall we so trust to oure workes y t we shall seake more saluacion in theÌ„ than in the Lorde christ All oure ryghteousnesses sayth the Prophet are as a cloth polluted w t menstrue All sorte of vs haue erreâ— as shepe euery â—an hath followed hys ownâ— trade Euery one is an Hypocrite a 〈◊〉 and wycked No man is able to saye my harte is clene I am pure from syn There is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and synneth not All haue synned want the glory of God Seynge we are all in this case how dare ony maÌ„ auouche hymselfe to be so pure and hys workes to be so good perfect y t by theÌ„ he is able to satisfy for hys siÌ„nes committed after baptisme Euse. Ye saye trueth My thyncke y t those menne whiche are of thys opinion knowe nether God nor them selues aright Phil. Trueth it is For if they dyd know that as god is good righteous holy perfecte fauâ—les with out all spotte of synne so they of theÌ„ selues are euell vnryghteous imperfecte synfull and hedged rounde about wyth the fylthynes of synne if ony goodnes they haue it commethe of God therfore haue they nothyng wherof they may reioyse for it is Gods and not theyrs they woulde not stonde so much in theyâ— owne conceate nor crake so much oâ— theyr purite and clennes If y e starres be not pure in the syght of god and if the Aungels be not clene and â—â—uteles before hym howe thaÌ„ dare a wretched mortall creature which synnâ—th dayly and heapeth wyckednes vpon wyckednes so auauÌ„ce him selfe that he dare presume to stonde ryght vp and with an open face before GOD whiche is a consumyng fyre and hatethe so many as worcke wyckednesse and to take vpon hym to satisfy for his synnes by his own righteousnes If they wolde assaye to go downe into theÌ„ selues could search y e botome of theyr hart which is wycked inscrutable they shulde there fynd such hepes lopes donge hylles of synne that they would be redye to dispayre and to vndo them selues so farre is it of y t they would iustify them selues or take vpoÌ„ theÌ„ to be theyr owne sauiours by theyr dedes workes merites The consyderacion of the diuine maieste and y e true knowledge of hym selfe made Dauid to praye on this manner O Lorde enter not into iudgement w t thy seruaunt for no man y t lyuethe shall be iustifyed in thy syght Agen O Lord yf thou shuldest marke our wyckednesses O Lorde who were able to abyde it But there is mercy wythe the. Lette Israel therfore truste in the Lorde For wythe the Lorde there is mercy and pleÌ„teous redemcion And he shall redeme Israel from all hys synnes Chri. God gyue vs grace to haue y e true knowledge of God and of our selues So shall we vnfaynedly ascrybe gyue vnto God al the glory and prayse of our creacion vocacion iustificacioÌ„ redempcion saluacion glorificacioÌ„ and what so euer goodnes we haue more and frely confesse that we are saued of the great and vndeserued grace of God thorowe Iesus Christ our Lord and sauiour Phil. I besech God it may so come to passe Thus haue I accomplysshed youre desyre neyghbours in prouynge by y e scriptures and the auncient Doctors y t christ by hys death hath not only redemed delyuered and set vs fre froÌ„ originall synne but also from all other and that the synnes which we commit after baptisme be not forgyuen of God the father for the dignite and worthynes of ony workes which we do but for the excelleÌ„cy of y e sacrifyce which Christ once for al offered vpon the Altare of y e