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A Christmas bankette garnyshed with many pleasaunt and deynty disshes, newely prepared by Theodore Basille
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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that ye maye knowe that I wraste not the scriptures I wil read vnto you the layeng of S Austen He was gyueÌ„ sayth he for our sines rose againe for our iustificacion Thy iustificacion thy circumsicion is not of thy selfe By grace are ye saued thorowe sayth that not of your selues but it is the gyfte of God not of workes vnlesse ê‘adueÌ„ture y u wouldest say I haue deserued it therfore haue I receiued it Thinke not y t y u dydest receyue it by deseruiÌ„g which couldest not haue deserued except y u haddest receiued it Grace weÌ„t before thi meryte grace is not of meryte but me rite of grace For if grace were of merite so haddest y u boght it not receiued it frely Thou shalt saue theÌ„ sayeth he for nothynge What is this thou shalt haue them for nothinge Thou fyndest in theÌ„ nothyng wherby thou mayst saue them yet doste thou saue them Freely thou gyuest frely thou sauest Thou goest before all merytes that thy giftes may oâ—tayne thy merytes Vtterâ—ye doeste thou geue frely saue frely which findest nothynge wherof thou mayeste saue fyndest muche wherby thou mayest coÌ„demne Agayne he sayeth thou haste done no good yet is remission of synnes gyuen vnto the. Let thy workes be looked vpon and they be all fouÌ„d euell Yf god shoulde gyue the y e which is due to thy workes he shoulde surely condemne the. But God doth not gyue vnto the y t payne which is due but giueth the grace which is not due Also vpon this texte to al that are at Rome beloued of God saynctes by cyllynge Here also sayeth he he sheweth that it is the excedyng mercy of God rather then thy meryte For he sayeth not to them that loue God but to theÌ„ that are loued of God For he loued vs fyrst that we beyng loued shoulde also loue hym S. Bernarde also sayth Grace maketh me iustified freely lykewyse delyuered from the bondage of synne Hereto agreeth FulgeÌ„tius sayenge God giueth grace to the vnworthy frely wherew t the wicked beynge iustified maye be lyghtened w t the gyfte of good wyl with the power of good workyng that mercy preuentyng and goyng before he maye begyn to wyl good mercy subsequent and folowyng he maye be able to do the good that he wylleth Thus perceyue you y t wheÌ„ther was nothynge in vs wherfore God should loue vs yet he freely loued vs â–ª chosed vs by his grace to be his chyldreÌ„ as S. Iohn sayeth Behold what a loue the father hath giuen to vs that we should be called y e sonnes of God Agayne he sayth In this is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs sent his soÌ„ne to make agrement for oure synnes And a lytle after We loue hym because he fyrst loued vs. THEO What moued God to be so beneficiall vnto vs seyng we had offeÌ„ded so greuously were than by no meanes able to pacify his wrath w t ony good work EVSE This woulde I also gladdely knowe PHIL. His owne mere goodnes was the occasion of his loue toward vs for his soÌ„ne Iesus Christes sake In hym by hym for hym is God the father mercyful vnto vs freely saueth vs w tout ony respecte of our good workes For as s. Paule sayeth Yf righteousnes came by the lawe thaÌ„ dyed Christ in vayne And God hymselfe sayth by the Prophet I am I am he which putteth away thyne iÌ„â—iquittes yea that for myne owne sake wyll remember thy synnes no more Put me in remeÌ„brauÌ„ce let vs iudged togither Declare yf thou haste any thynge that thou mayest he iustified And this is it y t we speke of before that selfe seed shal tread down thy head Furthermore God sayde to Abraham In thy seed shall all nacioÌ„s of y â— earth be blessed This seed sayth S. Paule is Christ by whom al are we blessed that is to saye receyued into fauour forgiuen of oure synnes freelye iustified and made heyres of eternal glory CHRI Now coÌ„meth this to passe by Christ I praye you PHIL. Uerely on this wyse when all we were dampned in AdaÌ„ God of his mere mercy and exceadyng grace promised to Adam his posterite that ther should be one borne which should delyuer theÌ„ out of theyr seruitude and restore them agayne to grace This dyd God the father in the olde lawe not only many times promise but also obsibrate shadow by dyuers misteries figures cloudes and ceremonies that by them y e saythfull might receyue consolacioÌ„ And at the tyme appoynted of GOD the father this maÌ„ Iesus Christ came into the world He was conceyued by the holy ghost â—orne of the virgyn Mary accordynge to the holy scriptures He was begotteÌ„ of the seed of Dauyd as pertainyng to the flesshe THEO Yea that withoute the seed of man PHIL. Ye saye trueth He receyued very flesshe by y â— wonderfull operacioÌ„ of gâ—ds spirite of Mary the styl remaynyng a pure and cleane virgyne It was necessarye that he shoulde be borne of a virgyn in asmuch as the nature of maÌ„ is full of carnall concupiscence deâ—yled by Adam or els coulde not he haue ben a pure sufficient sacrifice before God for vs. For by nature all we are borne the chyldren of wrath sayth S. Paule Therfore without the seed of ony man which is corrupted in AdaÌ„ was he borne of y e moost pure and vndefyled virgyn Marye beyng conformable to vs in all thynges synne alone except For our syn was so great that it could be put a waye neyther by any chylde of AdaÌ„ nor yet by aungel but only by such one as beynge of our fleshe shoulde be borne without the seed of man without ony carnal concupiscence And for asmuche as this coulde not be brought to passe by anye carnall man therfore was it necessary that the sonne of god should come downe from the right hande of God the father and be made very man for our sake that he beyng both God man myght by his moost precious bloud pacify god the fathers wrath recoÌ„ cycle vs agayne to him God so loued the world sayth Christ that he gaue his only begotten sonne that euery one that beleueth in hym maye not perysshe but haue euerlastyng lyfe For God sent not his sonne into the worlde for to condemne the worlde but that the worlde should be saued by hym He that beleueth in him is not condeÌ„ned But he that beleueth not is alredy condemned because he hath not beleued on the name of the only begotten sonne of god GOD spared not his owne soÌ„ne sâ—yth S. Paule but gaue hym for vs all Agayne God setteth out his loue y â— he hath to vs seynge that whyle we were yet synners Christ dyed for vs much more than now seyng we are iustified this bloud shal we be preserueâ— from wrathe thorowe