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A13920	A godlye and learned treatise wherein is proued the true iustificacion of a Christian manne to come frely of the mercy of god in Christ, without the deseruyng of man by his merites: and also how good workes oughte to bee done [and] what be true good works in dede. Whereunto is ioyned a co[n]ference betwene the law and the gospel, very profitable for al men to exercise themselues therin.; Vom höchsten artikel. English	Werdmüller, O.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1555 (1555)	STC 24219; ESTC S102022	52,507	203

Chapter ☞ Who is the mediatour how he delyuereth vs. ☞ The. 4. Chapter ☞ That Christ taketh away our synnes and that so we are recōciled to god proued by the scripture ☞ The. 5. Chapter ☞ Christe beareth our synnes when his iustice is made oures which is don by faith on our side ☞ The. 6. Chapter ☞ That the maner of iustificacion is on our behalfe by faith ☞ The. 7. Chapter ☞ These sayenges we are iustifyed by the grace of god or by christes merites or by faith be all one ☞ The. 8. Chapter ☞ By fayth onelye are we iustified which terme onelye is not of mans braine inuented ☞ The. 9. Chapter ☞ Iustification is taken from al maner of works whether they be of the lawe or of grace ☞ The. 10. Chapter ☞ Faith iustifieth not in y t it is a worke but in that it trusteth to y t mercye of god through Christ ☞ The. 11. Chapter ☞ That no man is iustyfyed by works whether they go before or after iustificacion is proued by the nature of works ☞ The. 12. Chapter ☞ The nature of iustifycacyon argueth that faith and not works iustifie ☞ The. 13. Chapter ☞ Faith is not without workes but what place they haue in the churche and whence they spryng in vs. ☞ The. 14. Chapter ☞ That we doe not wel tyl god dwell in vs to worke good works in vs and how rightwysenes is ascribed to workes ☞ The. 15. Chapter ☞ How gods workes in vs are called ours but so y t we can challenge naught for them but for an other cause ☞ The. 16. Chapter ☞ The. 2. sortes of men that the Apostles had to do with which make them seme to varie in iustificacyon ☞ The. 17. Chapter ☞ The termes rewardes or merites examined by the scripture ☞ The. 18. Chapter ☞ The rule to measure good works that thei may be good indede and not of our good intent onelye ☞ The. 19. Chapter ☞ The exposition of the. 10. commaundementes which are the lymites of our good works ☞ The. 20. Chapter ☞ That y e lord requyreth naught els of vs but the workes of the. x. commaundementes ☞ The. 21. Chapter ☞ That the foresayd proprietes of good workes are requysite indede to workes is declared more playnlye by the scripture ☞ The. 22. Chapter ☞ The conclusion or peroration FINIS A godlye and learned treatise wherin is proued y e true iustificacion of a Christian manne to come frely of the mercy of god in Christ without the deseruyng of man by his merites and also how good workes oughte to bee done what be true good works in dede Wherunto is ioyned a cōference betwene the law and the gospel very profitable for al men to exercise themselues therein ☞ Esay xliii ☞ I euen I am he only who for myne owne selfes sake doe awaye thyne offēces and forget thy synnes so that I wyll neuer thynke vpon them The authors intent and purpose in thys matter of iustificacyon The. 1. Chapter PUrposing playnly brefely to speake of the true iustifying of a Christian mā and aswell of vpright true good workes as the maner and fourme therof I mynde not to tell what disputaciōs mē haue had of the same but what God who cannot lye hath vttered spoken therof in his worde This matter of iustificacion I thought to serue my turne First beecause that Iohn the Apostle and Euāgelist whom I now haue in hād doth in maner treate wholy therof Upon whom I was perswaded to make the better declaracion if I aforehande out of all the scripture set a short Summe of iustificacion and of good workes Secondly beecause that in oure fayth and religion there is nothyng wherof we may be ignorante with greater hurte or that with greater profit may be knowen perceaued and vnderstand then euen the maner of iustificacion and of good workes For iustificacion is the surest ground and establishment of our life wellfare Thirdly because this matter beyng els playne and euydent is now in our dayes thorow the many folde darke mystes ▪ of contencious men vtterly confused cleane tossed out of order For cōcerning iustificacion diuerse and sondrye men haue straunge and nyce opinions Some saye styl that the faythfull are iustifyed thorowe the onelye belefe in the Lorde Iesus Christ whiche is a trueth in dede Other there be that refuse condemne thys as an erroneous opynyon but with great arrogācye ascribe their iustificacyon vnto mens works Some referre iustificacion to faith and workes a lyke And some there be that vnto fayth ascrybe the begynnynge of iustificacion and the finishīge or perfourmaunce thereof vnto workes Yet haue I not recyted the myndes and opinions of all But forasmuche as there is such contencion among the learned the peoples consciences are therby vexed troubled and sore tēpted Wherefore to establishe the Christian verite and for an introduction into the holy and godlye gospell of Iohn I mynde to colleete gather together a shorte Summe of the iustificacion of a Christyan manne and concernyng good workes Nether will I here bring forth eny thinge at all which I do not declare and proue wyth sensible playne testimonies of gods scripture yea and as touchinge iustificacion and good workes I wil collecte conferre together nothing els but the most euident witnesses of the scripture So that without the order and homelie vnpainted oracion ther shalbe nothig mine nether wil I compte any thinge mine own but trye proue altogether by gods word And doutles in the most waightie maters of our Religion we ought euen so to vse our selfes ¶ Afore al things it shalbe nedefull to sette forth a sure description exposicion and significacion of this terme iustifieng The. 2. Chapter TO iustifie or this terme Iustifie is in the scripture taken sondrie waies For somtyme it signifieth to ascribe honour and right vnto god to yelde vnto him stowtlie boldly to confesse that he onelie is rightuous but we oure selues synners and vniust Thus is it red And all the people and the publicanes that heard him iustified god and were baptised the baptisine of Ihon. More ouer it signifieth asmuch as to defende and spare himself and to set forth himselfe for iust and ryghteous For so the Lorde vseth it whan he rebuketh y e Pharisees Luke 16. saying vnto thē Ye are they that iustifie youreselues beefore men but god knoweth your hartes Notwithstanding in this our present matter I vse thys terme Iustifie as the custome is in causes iudicial and belonging to the law And so doeth it betoken asmuche as to pronounce hym iust and righteous that is to discharge from punyshment and by sentence to cleare and quite him free whiche is accused and required to haue execucion Againe contrary vnto thys doth the scripture now set that whyche is called to pollute or stayne that is by sentence to pronounce one defiled vngodly vnrighteous and worthye to bee plaged and so to geue hym

sprete as the sappe of life geueth strength to the trees that thei maie bring forth frute Euē so makth he multituds of sondrie vertues to springe and growe oute of man As the lorde himselfe testifieth and saieth I am the vyne ye are y e braunches Like as y e braunche can not bring forth frute of it selfe excepte it abyde in the vyne Euē so cā not ye also vnlesse ye abyde in me Whoso abydeth in me and I in him y t same bringeth much frute for without me cā ye do nothing And thus I sai y e good works that be done are done by faith For faith is a gift of god wherby we receaue Christ are iustified made lyuynge for asmuch as the scripture saieth The iust shal lyue by his faith And in another place Christ dwelleth in your hertes thorow faith And as gayne Now lyue not I saieth Paul but Christ lyueth in me for that I lyue in the flesh I lyue in the faith of y e sonne of god who loued me gaue himselfe for me Lyuinge workes thē doth he vndoubtedly euen thorow him by whom he himselfe became alyue And he that is iustified doth also works of rightuousnes assuredly euen thorow him by whom he is become righteous Which is thus much to say the iust worketh righteousnes thorow Christ and rightuosnes comprehēdeth the wholle summe of all vertues And therfore y t onelie god remayneth still the fountayne and originall of all good workes Hereto serueth it also that vnto god who in the regenerate worketh by his sprete in faith holie scripture ascribeth y e workes of those y t be regenerate ¶ That god is the worker of good works in vs and that we do not wel til he dwell in vs is shewed out of scripture and how rightuousnes is ascribed to workes The. 14. Chapter THis wil I now euidently declare with playne testimonies taken out of the lawe of god out of the holie prophetes out of the most holie gospell and of the electe Apostles of Ihesus Christ For thus saieth Moses The lord shal blesse the. And the lorde thy god wil circumcise thine hert and the hert of thy sede that y u maiest loue the lorde thy god with all thine hert and all thy soule that thou maiest lyue The prophete Esaie saieth Lorde vnto vs thou shalt prouyde peace for thou also workest al our workes and deuyces In the gospell of Ihon oure Sauiour saieth thus Who so doth the trueth commeth to the light that his workes maie be knowne because thei are done in or by god And agayne Who so abydeth in me I in him y e same bringeth forth muche frute for without me ye can do nothing Item the holy Apostle Paul to the Philippians saieth To you it is geuen not onely to beleue in Christ but also to suffre for his sake And yet more playnlie It is god that worketh in you both the will and the dede acording to the good purpose of hys mynde or because he hath delyte vnto you Thus sayet also S. Iames one of the. xii Apostles Euery good gift and euery perfecte gift commeth downe from aboue euen frō the father of lightes Yea all partes of the worke doth the holie Apostle Peter ascrybe vnto god saiēg The god of all grace which hath called vs to his eternall glorie by or in Christ Iesu shal his owne selfe after that ye haue suffred a litle afflictiō make you perfecte setle strength stablish you For as the Apostle Paul saieth agayne we are not sufficient of ourselues to thinke any good thyng as of our selues but if we be able vnto any thyng the same commeth of god Wherfore god abideth still the onely fountaine of good workes euen he it is that worketh al good thynges in vs al. By this then that I haue broghte forth herein out of holy scripture concerning y e true occasion of good workes it is farthermore easye to be considered how the scripture ascribeth righteousnes vnto workes seyng that it is rendered vnto the grace of god whan it is ascribed vnto faith and beyng ascrybed vnto workes it is ascribed to the same grace of god For gods grace it is and therfore god hymselfe y t in vs workth good works and so is it the more conuenient y t iustificacion be rather imputed to the grace of god and vnto Christ which worketh by vs. Herevnto had holy Augustine respect who in y e boke de gratia et libero arbitrio ca. 8. writeth thus if eternall lif for recōpēce be geuē vnto good works as y e scrypture openlie saieth for god shal geue vnto euery one acordīg to his dedes how is grace y e eternal life Yf grace bee not ascribed vnto workes but geuen frelie as y e Apostle wryteth To him y t goeth about w t works is y t reward geuen not of grace or fauour but of dewtie agayne The rēnaūt saieth he are saued thorow y e electiō of grace And immediatly he addeth thervnto if it cōe of grace thē it is not of works els shold grace be no grace How thē is grace eternal life beīg takē out of works Or did not y t holy apostle nāe eternal life to be grace Yea he named it so which cā in no wise be denied Nether requireth it one of a sharpe vnderstanding but onelie a diligent hearer For whan he had sayde the rewarde or stipend of synne is death he added straight ther vnto But the grace of god is eternall life in Christ Iesu our lorde Therfore me thinketh this question can in no wyse be resolued vnlesse we vnderstād that our good works to the which eternal life is ascrybed belōg also vnto the grace of god because the lord Iesus saith w tout me ye can do nothing And whan the Apostle had saide By grace are ye saued thorow faith he addeth therto And that not of yourselues it is the gift of god commeth not of workes lest eny man boast himselfe This wryteth holye Augustine How the workes that god worketh in vs are called owres but so that we can not bragge of thē or challenge awt for them but must referre that to another cause The. 15. Chapter HEre vnto must adde also that good works though in very dede thei be properlie gods and y e frutes of faith and of the sprete yet are thei called and be oures that is to saie workes of faithful beleuers Partly because god worketh them by vs vseth our mynistracion to fynishe them Partli because that thorow faith we be childrē of god and therfore ar becōe brethren heires annexed w t Christ For by menes of this inheritaunce al the woorkes and giftes of god begynne to be ours not as straunge but as speciallye our own The scripture also ascribeth the same vnto vs as vnto children and to those that bē born free forasmuche as our sauioure in the gospell