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A04511	A sermo[n] made by Iohn Chrisostome patriarche of Constantinople, of pacience, of ye end of ye world, and of ye last iudgeme[n]t. Whereunto is added an other homelie made by John Brentius of the vertue of Christes resurrectio[n] tra[n]slated into Englishe by Thomas Sa[m]pson; De patientia et de consumatione huius sæculi, de secundo adventu. English	John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407.; Brenz, Johannes, 1499-1570. Homelye of the resurrection of Christe. aut; Sampson, Thomas, 1517?-1589.; Castellion, Sébastien, 1515-1563.	1550 (1550)	STC 14638; ESTC S103723	22,075	82

and hath brought to passe that as manye as beleue in Christ may be estemed before God euen righteous for Christes sake They truly are called blessed whose iniquitie is forgyuen and whose synnes are couered but oure synnes are not couered but with true and perfecte righteousnes And we forasmuche as partaineth vnto our nature are so far from perfecte rightwisnes as the heuen is frō the earth For albeit that manye haue a cyuile honesty and righteousnes yet do they want in thēselues the true perfect righteousnes Therfore Christe rose agayne from death to this ende that as by his death he hath obtayned that God the father forgyueth vs our synnes and is become fauourable vnto vs so by his resurrectiō he shuld obtaine that God shuld impute vnto vs all the righteousnes of Christ that he shoulde not otherwyse iudge of vs then as if we by our workes had perfectly fulfylled all righteousnesse Whiche spared not sayth he his own sonne Rom. viii but gaue him for vs all howe can it be that with him he shuld not giue vs al thinges also For vnto Christe belongeth true and perfecte ryghtwisnes Seynge therfore that Christ is gyuen vnto death for vs and is gyuen vnto vs by hys Resurrection it is playne also that by his resurrection his rightwisnes is so gyuē vnto vs that we may glory of it as of our owne and we may set it not so muche against the accusynges of our synnes as against the gates of hell Peter sayeth that baptisme saueth vs i. Peter iii not the puttynge away of the fylthe of the fleshe but the promyse or couenaunte of a good conscyence towardes God by the resurrection of Iesus Christ For as for vs whether we consider our synnes or the ryghtwysnes of oure fleshe we haue an euil cōscyence and we do knowe that we are gyltye of euerlastyng damnacyon For oure synnes verelye because they do dyrectlye fyghte agaynst the wyl and law of God For our ryghtwysnesse also bycause our rightwisnes is bothe imperfect vnpure But a good conscyence sayethe Peter is wroughte in vs by the resurrection of Christe Howe bycause God knytteth himselfe vnto vs by a couenaunt and stricketh vp a bargayne in maner wyth hys hand with vs by the resurrectiō of hys Sonne that he wyll for Christe his sonnes sake knowe and iudge vs perfectlye righteous and make vs saued If the conscyence do know these thynges by faith what can be better then it what more quiet euen in the myddes of death yea in the horryble iudgmēt of God what more secure Herto belongeth it that Peter also in an other place sayth ● Peter i Blessed be God which accordyng to his abundant mercy begat vs agayne vnto a lyuelye hope By what it foloweth by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from deathe But what is that lyuely hope into the whiche the resurrectiō of Christ hath begotten vs agayne Forsothe this it is that God hath giuen vnto vs by the resurrection of Christe the true whole and perfecte ryghtwisnes whiche Christ the sonne of God hath that by it we shuld obtayne an immortall vndefyled and an enheritaunce that perisheth not euen in heuen What could therfore happen vnto vs more profitable yea or els more necessarye then the resurrection of Christ i. Cor. xv And true it is that Paul saith If Christ be not rysen you are yet in your sinnes But now he is rysen agayne We are not onely therfore delyuered frō our synnes as many of vs as byleue in him but also the same ryghtwysnes whiche he hathe is imputed also vnto vs perfecte and on euery side sufficiently performed Furthermore the resurrection of Christe hath brought vnto vs not only oure victory ouer afflyctions and death but also oure owne resurrection frō deth into lyfe and euerlastynge blessednesse Christ sayth Paule is risen from the dead and become the fyrst fruites of theim that slepe For by a mā came death and by a man came the resurrection of the deade For as by Adam al do die euen so by Christe shall all be made alyue For to the ende that we maye rightly vnderstand the benefite of Christe we must not consyder and beholde Christ by his outwarde body only that is to say by one parte of hys or one member only but by his whole and perfecte spiritual body For so doth Paule teache the Christe is to be considered of vs whē he 〈◊〉 to the Ephesias sayīge He hath made hī aboue all thinges the heade of the congregacyon whiche is his body Ephes ● Therfore as the whole bodye of man is made of the heade and manye members so whole Christe is made forasmuche as nowe serueth for our purpose of his own person as the heade and of all them that beleue in him as of diuerse membres But nowe whē as it is playne that Christe the heade is risen frō the dead how coulde it be that he shoulde not drawe also with him selfe al his membres from death vnto lyfe and resurrection Shuld the head ryse and leaue behynde hym the hande or the fote yea or so much as the lytle fynger Christ thou wylt say dyd ryse alone bicause no man ascended into heauen but he whiche descended Verye wel he rose alone but this must be added that he also dyd ryse whole Whole Christ is the head with his members Whither so euer therfore the heade is come euen thither also are the mēbres comen And who are the true mēbers of Christe but they that beleue ī him Do you not know sayth Paule that youre bodyes are the membres of Christ And agayne We are members of the same body of hys flesshe and of his bones It is therfore manyfest that as manye as beleue in Christe are risen togither wyth Christe Ephes li. Whereof Paule saieth When we were dead by synnes he quickned vs togyther wyth Christe by grace are ye saued raised vs vp together with him and made vs to syt together with him amonge them of heauen in Christe Iesu And agayn Colos ii Ye are buried with him throughe baptisme in whome ye are rysen agayne throughe faythe that is wroughte by the operacyon of God whiche raysed hym frome deathe And ye when ye were dead through sinne and through the vncircumcision of your flesh hath he quickened with him and hath forgiuen vs all our trespaces For as Christe hath drawne al them that beleue in him togither with him selfe into his deth and burial We are buried saith Paule together wyth hym by baptisme for to dye Rom. v● euē so verely hath he drawen with himselfe them into his resurrectiō so that as many as are deade buryed together with Christ they haue also rysen agayne with Christe Whether we lyue sayeth he or Rom. xiiij we dye we are the Lordes For Christe therfore died and rose agayne that he myght be Lorde ouer the deade and quicke But thou wylte saye howe haue we rysen againe

the lyfe of the Iuste manne For the Iuste saieth he lyueth by faythe Wherefore in this aboue all thinges muste we most chiefly labour that we do shew forth our true faith of the resurrection by good woorkes and beinge yet in the earthe we maye lyue an heuenly lyfe For true rightuousnes is broughte and gyuen vnto vs by the resurrection of Christ in such sort that god doth iudge vs for Christes sake Iust and holy in dede Howe then could this stand together that we despysinge and defilynge that rightuousnes of Christe shoulde lyue in vnrightuousnes The resurrection of Christe hathe called vs backe from deathe to lyfe and euerlastynge blessednes What nowe is more vile yea what is more pernicious then forsaking life to make himselfe bonde againe to deathe and euerlastyng mischyefe He whosoeuer it bee that foloweth synne dothe gyue himselfe to deathe and euerlastinge destruction For the rewarde saythe he of synne is deathe Rom. vi In the policy of Moses it was moste straitly commaunded that no manne contynuinge the daies of the feast of the passe ouer should eat leauened bread He that eateth saythe he leauened Exod x. ii breade his lyfe shall peryshe out of the congregacion of Israell aswell of straungers as of dwellers in the lande This law precheth vnto vs that after that Christ who is oure passe ouer is risen from deathe it is lawfull for no man to haue felowshippe either with vncleane and vngodly menne eyther elles to leade an vncleane lyfe or a lyfe leauened with sinnes i. Cor. v. Purge ye saith Paule the olde leauen that ye maye be new doughe as ye are vnleauened for Christe our pascale lambe is offered vp for vs. Therfore let vs kepe holye daye not with old leauē neither with the leuē of maliousnes wickednes but with the swete breade of purenes and trueth For they that do stil go forwarde in their wickednes and Iniquitie those men horrible it is to say do for asmuch as in them lyeth crucify Christ againe and do deny that he is rysen from deathe For the resurreccion of Christe is denied not only with mouthe of the aduersaries of oure relygion but also of the vngodlye by their dedes and workes whiche do lyue amongest vs are called christians For wher as Christ by his deathe toke awaye synne and by his resurrection brought againe rightuousnes nowe from hence forthe to synne and to despyse ryghteousnes what els is it thē to cal Christ againe vnto death and euen to fyght againste hys resurrection And beholde here the cursed wickednes of those menne whyche do yet folow the lustes of synne Christe truely by his resurrectiō brought to passe that we shoulde be chosen to be the children of God the enheritours of all the heauenly goods But oure synnes do cause that we become the chyldren of the deuell and the enherytours of euerlasting fyre What is therfore more horrible what more cursed then to rage in such a lybertie of synne that thou doest not only vtterlye cast awaye the chosing wherwith God choseth the but also thou gyuest ouer thy selfe into the houshold of the deuill that thou mayst with hys Angels peryshe euerlastinglye For after that Christe is risen frō deathe and we be engrafted into his death we are no longer oure owne men but his whiche by hys deathe and resurrection hath delyuered vs from deathe into lyfe Therfore we muste obey Christe and not synne We are buryed saythe paule with him by baptysme for to die Roma vi that lykewyse as Chryst was raised from deathe by the glory of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in a new lyf And againe For as towchinge that he died he died concernynge sinne on s and as touching that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God Lykewyse Imagin ye also that ye are deade concernynge synne but are alyue vnto god thorow Christ Iesu our Lord. ii Cor. v. And againe If one be deade for al then all were deade and he died for vs all that they whiche lyue should not henseforthe lyue vnto them selues but vnto hym whiche died for them and rose agayne And in an other place Colos iii. Yf ye be then risen agayne with Christe seke those thynges whiche are aboue where Christ sitteth on the right hand of god Set youre affection on thynges that are aboue and not on thinges whiche are on the earthe And what are those thinges on earthe whiche are to be auoyded and thynges that are aboue to be sought for Mortify saith he your earthly mēbres fornication vncleanes vnnatural lust euel cōcupiscence couetousnes wrath fersenes 〈◊〉 cursed speaking 〈◊〉 thy speakīg put on tēder mercy kindnes humblenes of minde meknes softnes what so euer other godlye vertue ther is For if we do these thinges we shal not only cōfesse in wordes comon sayinges that Christ in his owne parsō is risen againe but also we shal testify that he also is risen againe in vs the he liueth in vs yea that al the righte of Christes resurrection doth belong vnto vs so that we may not onli ouer cum afflictiōs death in this worlde but that we may also get euerlasting blessednes in the worlde to comme by the resurrection of Iesu Christ oure Lord which is together with the father the holy gost god to be praised for euer euer So be it ¶ Imprinted at London in S. Iohns strete by Nicolas Hyll for Iohn Shefelde dwelling in Pauls church yarde

in the day of his redempcyō whiche he semeth to haue so that suche a mā is lyke a wyne vessell which rūneth oute by reason of a leake wherthrough the wyne is loste whiche thynge they that knowe not where they see the vessell thyncke that it is full but when any wyne shoulde be drawē out of it then appeareth it vnto all men that it is emptie In lyke maner also such a man when an accompte shal be asked of him at the daye of iudgement he shal be found emptie and then his workes shal be open vnto all men Of this sort are they also which shal saye vnto the kynge at that day Lord haue we not prophecied Mat. vii in thi name haue we not done many good dedes And when the kynge answereth he shall saye vnto theym Verely I say vnto you I know you not Thou seest brother that suche a one hath nothyng at al. Be thou therfore myndfull of the worde and directe thy way Take hede that thou doest not suffer the birdes to lyght downe to eate vp the seede of the sonne of God Luke viii For he sayd that the seede is the word whiche ye do heare Hyde therefore the seede in the furrowes of thy hert that is to say hyde the word in the myddest of thy herte that thou mayest brynge forthe vnto God some frute in feare But when thou readest reade diligētly and earnestly and handle the sentence weying it aduisedly labour not to reade ouer many leaues but if thou chaunce vpon any harde thynge let it not greue the to read ouer that verse twis or thrise tyll thou vnderstande the meanynge and pyth of it But when thou preparest thy selfe to sytte downe to reade or elles to heare an other pray vnto God fyrst saying Lord Iesu Christ open mine eyes and the eares of my hearte that they may heare thy wordes and vnderstande them A prayer and that they maye do thy wyll O Lord. Psal 119. For I am a straunger in the earth hyde not thy commaūdementes from me But open myne eyes I shall beholde the maruayles of thy law For in thee o my God haue I trusted that thou maiest gyue lyght vnto my herte Yea my brother I besech the praye so alwayes vnto god that he wyl gyue lyght vnto thy mīd and that he wyl make opē vnto the the strength of his wordes For manye haue erred trustynge to their owne wytte and sayinge that they were wyse Roma i. they became fooles and dyd not vnderstande the thynges that were written and so fallyng into blasphemies did perishe If thou therfore in thy readyng fynde anye thynge that is hard to be vnderstanded take heed that the wicked enemie do not teache the to saye within thyne owne selfe it is not so as that worde speaketh For howe shoulde it be so and on such like sorte But if thou beleue god beleue his wordes also say vnto the Deuyll Go behynde me aduersarie Mat. xvi for I knowe thee not The wordes of the Lorde are pure wordes Psal xii as the siluer whiche from the erthe is tried purified seuen times in the fire There is no euel thynge in them nor doubtful but all thynges in them cōtayned are good in their sight that are wyse and al thinges in them are perfecte to them that find knowledge But I am a fole am ignorāt yet I know that they are writtē spiritually For the Apostle sayeth that the lawe is spirituall And so loke thou vp in to Heauen and saye Lorde I haue beleued thy wordes and saye not agaynst them A prayer but I trust vnto the wordes of thy holy ghost Therfore saue me thou O Lorde that I may fynd fauour before thee For I seake no other thynge but onelye that I maye be saued O mercyfull that I maye obtayne thy grace for thyne is the kyngdome mercye for euer So be it ¶ An Homelye of the Resurrection of Christe and of the power and frute therof written in Latyn by Iohn Brentius and translated into Englyshe by T.S. NOwe that I shal speake of the Resurrection of our Lord Iesu Christ I desyre you that you all wyl herken with suche eares and myndes not as vayne men are wont to gyue to ydle now and then also to hurtefull tales whiche do onely seake this that they maye be delyghted waste the tyme but with suche eares and myndes as very godly men do gyue to hym that entreateth of the most highe and chiefe matier of holy relygion and of oure perpetual saluaciō For if Christ had not rysen agayne our preachynge hadde been in vayne as Paule sayeth oure faythe were in vayne the testimonye of the Apostles of the resurrection of Christe were in vayne the dead shulde not ryse agayne we shuld yet remayne in our synnes all they which are fallen a sleape in Christ were loste finally yf that in this lyfe only we had faith in Christ we were thē the most miserable of all men Wherfore most dere frendes if euer we dyd care as there ought to be none other so greate a care to knowe the thynges that Christ dyd the cause of our saluacion dost most aboue all thynges enforce vs that we well do vnderstande the rysyng agayne of Christ from the dead We shall first therfore shew that Christe verely is risen from the dead then what profyte what glorye what maiestye the resurrection did bringe to Christ him selfe Lastly what profyte what health yea and what happines hath happened vs euen vnto vs I saye by the resurrection of Christe i. Tim. ii Remember Paule writeth to Timothe that Iesus Christ rose agayne from deathe By which admoniciō he doth meane that there oughte nothynge amonges godly men to be more esteamed then the resurrection of Christe And that I may here take my begynnynge not only those argumentes by which Christ shewed him self alyue vnto his disciples after his resurrection do wytnesse the rysynge agayne of Christe from the deade but also the prophecies of the prophetes which were before the resurrection of Christ In the .xv. psalme he saith Therfore dyd my herte reioyce and my tong was glad moreouer my fleshe also shal rest in hope Because thou wylte not leaue my soule in hell neyther wylte suffre thyne holye one to se corrupcion And in an other Psalme The Lorde sayd to my lorde syt on my ryght hande vntyll I make thyn enemyes a fotestole vnder thy feete And that these be prophecies of the resurrection of Christe Peter wytnesseth in his first sermon which he made vpon witsondaye as it is written in the second chapter of the Actes of the Apostles To this agreeth Esaie Hys sepulchre sayth he shall be glorious For it appeareth by the begynnynge of that chapter which is the .xi. that Esaye in that place doeth preache of Christ and Paule approueth the same in the .xv. chapter to the Romayns And againe Esay sayeth in the .liii. chapter