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A02883	The seconde parte of the Domesticall or housholde sermons for a godly housholder, to his childre[n] and familie: compyled by the godly learned man Christopher Hegendorffine, doctor most necessarye for all faythefull housholders: now first translated out of laten in to English by Henry Reginalde.; Domestycal or householde sermons. Part 2	Hegendorph, Christoph, 1500-1540.; Reginald, Henry, fl. 1548-1549.	1549 (1549)	STC 13022; ESTC S113439	23,987	67

that the holy ghost is god as heauen all thyng whiche is in heauen was made by hym Psalme Cxxxviii Whyther shall I god from the spirite And whyther shal I flie frō thy face It is in no creatures power for to be in all places or to fulfyll all the world but that pertayneth only to God the creator Furthermore that the holie ghost is very god these places may satisfy you for this tyme of the Godhed of y ● holy gost Now I come to the belief in y ● whiche we say I beleue in the holy gost with the whiche woordes I saye that I professe to beleue not onely that the holy ghoste is god with true god y ● father and very god the sonne and for to come forth of them bothe but also maketh in me that thyng that his name doth sygnifye truely that he doth sanctifye me with what meanes that is done y ● nexte sentences of the belefe do declare But truely to beleue in the holy ghoste is to beleue that our hartes are led by hym are styrred by him are moued to beleue the ghospell of Iesu Christ and that by hym we are broughte to the knowledge of the father and Christ and by hym ●e folow Christ our lord and our defender from all kynde of bondage For no man ●●● beleue at any time eyther the gospel or can by any meanes beleue christ to be his lord onles it be geuē him by y ● holye gost Therfore y ● congregatiō s●●geth in a song Now we beseche the holy ghost y ● first he wil geue vs a true faithe that he wil kepe vs before we come to an end whē we cōehome out of this life full of misery Lordhaue mercy on vs where y● here deere childrē y ● right faith both in y ● gospel to be asked of the holy ghost and Christ Corint .xij. No man can say Lord Iesus but by the holy gost To be short the holy ghost is the same spirite by whō our heauenly father bothe woorketh all thyng in vs and doth quicken thē in vs. And here the congregation doth syngagayne of the holy ghost Withoute the holy ghoste there is nothyng in manne and nothyng is without synne Wherefore welbeloued chyldren when eyther ye wil heare the word of god or doo any thing pray ye to Christ y ● he would send vnto you y ● holy ghost y ● whatsoeuer ye shal here or do y ● ye may both heare it ● do it luckely and happily And first we must desire christ y ● the holy gost may not leaue vs so long as ●e be in this worlde ▪ but at all tymes he maye be chiefly present with vs that he may defend us from the manyfold snares of the deuell preserue our hertes that they beyng alway intente and beeholdyng onely Iesus Christ our sauiour may not bee troubled with any thing contrarye to his commaundement So be it The thirtenth domesticall sermon to their chyldren of Christes Churche IN the last sermon welbeloued childrē ye haue herd that to beleue in the holye ghost is nothyng els then to beleue that the holy gost is very god with verye God the father and very god the sonne and that he doth make us verily holye euen as his holye name doeth signifie and nowe ye shall heare how by the holy gost we ar made holy and what thynges appertayn vnto him from the first beginning of y ● world and what appertaineth to hym euen to the end of the world This foloweth in the belefe I beleue the holy churche the communion of samtes Here ye oughte to bee admony shed wherefore we saye here I beleue the holy church and not in the holy churche Saint Cyprian doth make aunswere here for this cause it is done that the creator ought to be separated from the creatures and holy thinges may be separated from humayne thynges Furthermore whē we professe that we do beleue holy churche we shew and set forth the holynes of the church whiche can not be set forth before our corporall eyes for those thynges which we beleue are not seene with our eyes and so is the holynesse of the churche hydden for god hath wrapped his churche with many kyndes of infirmities with sinne with errours and with a thousande maner of crosses he doeth oppresse it that it seemeth to be nothyng lesse then holye Therfore whosoeuer doeth not obserue and marke the maner of god bilig●tly seeth or beholdeth y ● errours sinnes and daily falles in those mē which be born again w t the water of regeneration haue both y ● word of god do kepe it in faith cannot but greatly be offēded thinke that those are not to be taken of the holy churche But here perchaunce thou wilt saye But what is the Churche Heare welbeloued children this word Ecelesia is Greke word and in ●aten it signifieth Societatem or Concionem or Coetuns populi in Englishe it signifieth a felowshyp an asse●●ble or a congregatyon of people And this is this holy churche called a certayne feloweshyppe of holye ●●enne uppon yearthe warrynge vnder Chryste by the holy ghost ●o beholde the offyce of the holy ghoste congregat●d in one fayth mynde and vnderstandyng and mdewed with manye gyftes Briefly the holy church is al those whiche beleue in Christ this thing signifieth these wordes I beleue the cōmuniō of samtes Whiche wordes as the holy fathers testifie with one voyce the holy churche is expoūded to be a communiō or a felowship or congregatiō of saintes And this is the th●g y ● ● August writeth in a sermon of al saintes Our holy mother y ● faithful churche being sured in all the world taught chafflictions of Christ in the hed Iesu Christ c. But here perchaūce also you thinke with your selues Behold how is it y ● holy church of christ which as I haue said a little before sōtime falleth hedlong into sinne I make answere The holy church is by faith ●● Iesu Christ whilest truly it doth beleue that by Christes bloud it is washed clene frō all sinne .i. Iohn n. chap. And y ● holy church of Christ is those that do abstain from the sinnes of the flesh and do exercise thēselfs with spiritual exercises Furthermore it is not so holy that vtterly it lacketh al euill desires may be oppressed with no wicked opinions For y ● church of god must confesse her sinne therfore she praieth y ● her sinnes may be forgeuē Wherfore she beeleueth to haue remission of her synnes So that now we perceiue that saintes do sinne do ●alle and are disceiued but unawares for they wil not willyngely forsweare Iesu Christ ▪ and renounce his gospell wherfore they do optayne the remission of their sinnes and if they do at any tyme erre from the doctrine of Christ so that neglygentely they be oute of the waye there is made ready for them forgeuenesse for why sōtyme and specially

about y ● end of theyr lyfe they be brought somwhat to remēbraunce of their synnes and repente of their synnes and geue the victory onely to the trueth and vnto the mercy of Iesu Christe But peraduenture here welbeloued childrē again you would know of me whether the holynes of y ● church may by any meanes be hid from Christ Or whether the church of Christ may bee knowen by any exteriour sygnes as I haue said a litle before wherin I wylsygnify vnto you the churche of Christ to be ▪ wheresoeuer the pure worde of God is taught and the sacramentes administred as Christ hath instituted them the people be styrred to liue godlye where they do pray vnto god for kynges princes and al ordinary gouernours and rulers Behold these be the signes of christes church when therfore I do professe and saie I beleue the holy churche I confesse this chyng I beleue that there is vpon the earthe a companye of holye saintes whiche do beleue in Iesus christ of the whiche company I am one yea and a membre of the same and professe that I am a partener of all good thynges whiche they do In the which company I am associate vnto thē by the holy Ghoste for that that I haue hard the word of God and now heare it Iesu Christ graunt that we may be in his holy Churche and that we maye continuallye there remayne So be it ☜ ☞ ❧ The .xiiii. domesticall or how●holde sermon to their chyldren of the remission of synnes Last of al ye haue heard wel beloued chyldren that we by the holy ghost and by y ● word of god are associat to the holy church And heare now what thyng is doen in the church the holy ghost beyng our guyde There foloweth in our belief I beleue y ● remission of sinnes Here I do confesse that I doo beleue the holy churche to haue the remission of synnes The remissiō of synnes is when our sinnes are forgeuen vs freely by Christ Whiche forgeuenes is made by the preachyng of the woord of god and the administration of the sacramentes among the church of Christ and geuen to vs by onely Iesus Christ both through his merites and promise For thus saith S. Paul Rom .iii. cha Verely ●e are iustified frely by his grace that is the grace of god by the redēption which is in christ Iesu Ephe .i. chap. By whō that is to say by christ we haue forgeuenes remissiō of our sinnes by his blud The same words Paul writeth Colloss .i. chap. And Christ hym self sayeth in the last chapter of Luke This ought Christ to suffer and ryse the third day frō death and vnderneath his name repentance remission of sinnes to be preached amōg all nations And Paul saieth Actes .xiij. chap. Be it knowen to you O ye men that by thys that is Christ remissyon of synnes is declared vnto vs. But wherefore do I tarry in bringing forth so manye testimonyes of Scripture as who should say that all holye scripture were not full of testimonies that by only Iesu Christ the remission of our synnes is graunted and promysed to vs ▪ and it is not only fortified by y ● opē places of scripture but also cōfirmed by the sētences of many holy men For what other thyng doth baptisme represēt and what doth y ● supper of the lorde also then y ● by onely Iesu christ y ● forgeuenes of our sinnes is both gotten promised For the which thyng I trust we shall haue leysure at an other tyme to speake more of Furthermore for that that we are made partakers of y ● remissiō of sines by crist both gotten and promised vnto vs only oure faith in Iesu Christe causeth it for who that dooeth beleue and that with all hys hert that Christ came into this world for this cause was borne suffred death was crucified and rose frō death y ● he myghte attain the forgeuenes of synnes he truly hath optayned the forgeuenes of hys sinnes for the whiche thing welbeloued chyldren let not your conscience doubt and beholde I wyll set forth here before you a fewe places of scripture which ye shal haue alway in remēbraunce Christ saith Iohn in chap. As Moses hath exalted the serpent in desert so must y ● sōne of man be exalted that all whiche beleue in hym shall not perishe Balat .ij. chap. We do beleue in Iesu crist that we shal be iustified by faith and not by the workes of the law Furthermore to be iustified as ye haue heard ofte is to obtayne the forgeuenes of sinnes or els of an vniust man to be made iust Ephe .ij. chap. With grace are ye made safe by faith Act .xiii. chap. By him that is by christ remission of sinnes is declared vnto vs in that thyng that he whiche beleueth is iustified And this S ▪ Ambro ●…n his commentaries upon y e iii● chap. to the ●o ▪ whiche place I wyll declare by the way Thei be manifestly blessed whose 〈◊〉 be forgeuē them without any labour or anye worke and that offences be couered so that to their iustifica●ion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 required no workes of thē but only that they should beleue As I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of these places welbeloued 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 easily vnderstand that only 〈◊〉 in christ doth remitte vs of our sinnes But here perchaunce you would say And how is this faith gottē in Christ Heare with a fewe wordes faith is gotten in Chryste ▪ partly of heryng the word of god or the ghospell partly of the holy gost whiche maketh vs beleue the promises of christ Paul Ro .x. chap. saith Faith commeth by hearyng and hearyng by the woord of god Peter saith Actes .xi. chap. That when he did preache vnto the Gentiles the holy ghost did fall among thē Whiche place as many other mo doth proue plainly in the actes of the Apostles that the holy ghost did stirre vp the hertes of men by the word that thei might beleue 〈…〉 y ● now 〈…〉 belief ▪ 〈…〉 nnes is ▪ 〈…〉 yng 〈…〉 g as 〈…〉 church● ●● w●●ch 〈…〉 ly ●h●●org●●●enes o● 〈…〉 e is both for ●hat that god y ● fa●●●● for Iesu Christes sake hath forgeuen vs our synnes 〈…〉 ● also for that that we offending ou● an o●her do forgeue one an other Wherfore welbeloued children pray vnto Christ y ● he would vouchsafe to admit vs alwaies as of his churche for those that be not of his churthe they neuer obtayne the forgeuenes of their sinnes those be not of his church which wil deserue y ● forgeuenes of their sinnes by their own merites and not by y ● gospel faith in Iesu christ 〈…〉 we haue declared said of this 〈…〉 ēt●y for this tyme. The fiftenth domestical or houshold sermon to their chyldren of the resurrection of the dead Fewe men welbeloued children do willingly dye and y ● cause is as I thinke partli for that we ar more desirous by our nature of life thē death