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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10577	An instruccyon of Christen fayth howe to be bolde vp on the promyse of God and not to doubte of our saluacyon, made by Urbanus Regius. Tra[n]slated into englyshe; Instruccyon of Christen fayth howe to be bolde up on the promyse of God and not to doubte of our salvacyon.	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.	1548 (1548)	STC 20847; ESTC S104513	23,216	78

wryteth .xi. Iere. 11. dothe gyue vs a newe harte and a softe harte and the holy goost to moue vs for to do well And where as yet we be partly fleshly nor can not be all mortefyed in this body nor thorowly fulfyll the commaundemētes of God there is he made oure wysdome our iustice and redemcyon so that his innocēcie and all that euer he hathe is made oure by faythe / for after that we put on christe vpon vs and after we beleue in hym there is no ieoperdie can hurt vs thoughe we be neuer so weake and frayle so that we do not walke purposely after our appetyte of the flesshe and rūne styll hedlonge in synne with our repentaunce / for oftymes it happeneth that good and moost holy men do fall as well as other but yet they lye not styll Good mē do synne but get vp agayne be styll delyted withe the lawe of God inwardelye in theyr hartes euer callynge for remyssion of synnes by Christe and optayne also the same which he desyre Al these thynges we maye se very well expressed in Abraham for Abraham sayth Paule is the father of all the faythfull beleuers in christe / therfore we haue in Abraham a clere figure and an example howe that a synner maye be iustified what is the nature of christiane fayth what is the power the propertie and workinge of the same / and also how that our cōsciences may be quieted whether by fayth or by workes / therfore he that is the trewe childe of Abraham that is a good man in dede or that wolde be a trewe mēbre of christ let him loke vpon Abraham his father and there he shall se howe God dothe with vs howe he tendereth vs and howe we ought to do agayne for hym as Paule also teacheth vs. Rom. iiii Gal. iii. Fyrste of all Abraham harde the great ryche promyse of God sayenge vnto hym do not feare Abraham I am thy defender and great is thy reward with me And afterward In thy sede all nacions shall be blessed that is shall be delyuered from synnes death and malediccion and shall haue euerlastynge lyfe This was glad tydynges to Abraham And styl dyd Abraham beleue this promyse notwithstandynge yet moche greuyd with trobles and sorowes And so therfore was Iustified by this faythe and truste that he had to the promyse of God Nota. Now this was iiii.c and xxx yeares before the law was gyuen and therfore was he sauyd not by the workes of the law but by his fayth in God and in the blessed sede whiche was promysed hym And no otherwyse also must we al be saued for ther is no other way nor meanes to come to helth only the promyse of God must iutyfie vs yf we beleue and not the lawe nor no workes Secondarly this fayth of Abraham that he hadde vpon Christe made him a newe man and cleane dyd alter his olde affeccions and put in hī newe cogitacions otherwise thā this nature of ours hath for he reioysed onely in the lorde and in hym taketh a meruaylous boldnes he knoweth well that God is his father which in all his affayres his affliccions and trobles wyll helpe hym and is able to helpe hym and thus trustynge vnto Gods promyse receyueth reposeth hym selfe in the handes of God with a bolde harte and a stronge confidence doughtynge nothynge but that God wyll be mercyfull vnto hym euen as any father wyll be to his owne naturall chyld whome he loueth most tenderly so then Abrahā hauinge this fayth went vp to the hyll at the cōmaūdemēt of God to shewe his obedience offered his sonne for true faythe can neuer be with out good workes but euer wyll be occupyed in the obedience of God Iac. ii Gal. ii In the meane season Abrahams harte and conscience was nothynge vnquietted for all that but styll quiet by reason of his fayth he had in Christ for he was euer suer of the fauour and the loue of God toward him wherfore S. Paule Rom. iiii Rom. 4. full wel describeth his whole thought and cogitacion where as he sayth that Abraham dyd neuer shrynke yet in his faythe nor doubted in the ꝓmyse of God but euer strōge in his faythe dyd gyue glory to God knowynge well this that he which promysed hym was able to performe it And therfore he sayth that it was imputed to hym for iustyce that is for his iustificacion / for this Abraham thought perswaded hym selfe that God was almyghtie true of his promyse which wolde not defeall nor deceyue his people And yf he had so thought in him self as now our papysttes do teach I can not tell suerly whether god loue me or no peraduēture he is not frendly vnto me nor caryth for me nor regardyth me c. Yf Abraham I say had thought on this maner or had shrynked so in hys fayth I thynke he wold neuer haue intendyd to offer vp his only sonne nor wolde haue bene persuaded to go from his fathers house owt into a strange lande but rather wolde haue thought thus It is good to be suer of that a mā hath all redy this I haue and am suer of the other is vnsuer what shuld I kyll my onely and welbeloued sone who wyl gyue me an other what shulde I goo out of myne owne house in to a strange land I can not tell howe farre what folyshenes were it I wyll not so I wyll tary styll here where I am in my fathers house Neyther wyll I be so cruell to my sone for to slee him thus I saye he had thought yf he had not beleued constantly / but whan he went out so boldely and merely out of his fathers house into a farre and a straunge countre and with so lusty chere went vp to the hyll with his sone to offre hym vp to God which no nature of man can do for what naturall man can fynde in his hart to offre vp his sone Than by lyke he dyd only hange of the handes of god onely dyd truste vpon God vpon his grace vpon his helpe nothīg doubtynge in his conscience but that God was able to performe all that he had promysed for why no doubtynge harte can be so wyllynge to do as Abraham dyd nor yet ones thynke to do it so quyet was Abrahams cōscience by faith in gods promyse that Paul in his epystle to the Rom. iiii doth gyue hym an excellent prayse therfore that we all shulde marke it and well beare it awaye Abraham sayth he neuer dyd shrynke in his fayth but alwayes stronge in his beleuinge trusted suerly why dyd he trust suerly bycause God promysed for this he dyd knowe and was fully persuaded that God was trewe of his worde and promyse what so euer he promyseth he performeth of his grace and is well able to performe it for he is almyghtie nor dothe not promyse for our deseruynges but of his grace only Rom. 4. that nowe we may be