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sin_n	dead_a	quicken_v	trespass_n	3,621	5	10.4863	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05039	Of predestination [and] election made by Joh[a]n Lamberd minister of the church of Elham. Anno M.D.L.	Lambert, John, Minister of Elham.	1550 (1550)	STC 15181; ESTC S103827	4,846	22

come to passe Ephe. 1. Saynct Paule sayeth God ordeined vs before thoroughe Iesus Christ to be heyres vnto hym selfe accordynge to the pleasure of hys will Here God hathe gyuen vs Christ to redeme vs by whom we haue redempcion thoroughe hys bloude euen the forgeuenesse of synnes He hath quickned vs also that were deade in trespas and synne Ephe. 2. Nowe shall you see that it is necessary the elect such as beleue in Christe with aliuely faythe should not blame God because he hathe predestinate some to be the chyldren of perdicion onlesse they would be sory for their owne saluacion he ordeined some to be punyshed accordynge to their dedes The electe are punyshed many times with the fyre of aduersytye to trye them to purge thē that they maye brynge fourthe muche fruet althoughe they fall be frayltie Iohn 15. as none can lyue without synne psal 107. yet are they punished with mercy Iohn 1. but the reprobate that doeth euyll of purpose and wyll shewe no mercy therfore he shall haue iustice without mercy Sala 12. Iames. 2. Who shoulde haue byn ministers vnto death of suche a kynges sōne as he was but such as were castawayes ordeyned of God to be the chyldren of perdiciō and mete for nothyng els Iohn 16. What should a carpenter make of rotten wood or the potter with brutle clay that wyll serue for no other thing but be caste awaye or to be put to some other vyle purpose Who can let the carpenter or the potter to vse suche thynges as them lyst Notwithstandynge suche as we named reprobates before were minysters vnto oure saluacyon that then were is nowe or shall beleue in Christ with aliuely faith Likewyse Pharoes harte was hardened to shew the glory of God and his mighty power to al the world that were sythes that tyme Exo. 9. and is to come for in euery age god hath shewed hys wonders because he woulde be knowene that there is none lyke vnto him Now yf they had not put Christ vnto death we had not byn redemed But howe maye we know the reprobate now frome the electe These thynges do I speake vnto those that professe Goddes truethe whiche are forbydden to company with fornicators and specyally from such a brother that is a fornicator an extorsionar or couetouse a reiler or a drounkarde Saynct Paule sayeth with hym that is suche see that ye eate not In this place 1 Cor. 5. S. Paule doethe seperate the one fro the other to thentente we shoulde put awaye frome vs all euyll for them that are withoute God shall Iudge So I in lyke case here haue set vp a glasse to th entent yf any loke theron espye difformitye vpō himself it may geue hī an occasiō to washe hī selfe with the water of life that is to examen hys conscience with Gods liuely word whether he lyue according to his profession or lyke a reprobate The reprobate hathe a sl●●●…●●●…nge spirite and is full o●●●●●…tye excedyng enuiouse 〈…〉 ●●●…e neuer confirmable to honestie Gene. 4. withoute repentance ●ohn 10. presumynge to much on goddes mercy alwayes inconstante ●ob 15. repungnante agaynste the trueth Mat. 26. full of blasphemy a fauorat of mammon as one that is neuer satiffied but alwayes poore nedy in his harte so dyeth with nothynge All these thynges happen to them that God gyueth vp to do their awne wylles for with thys plague innumerable haue byn castawaye These are the very tokens of a reprobate with such we should not company nor eate so longe as they perseuer in that wycked estate Lykewyse the electe are knowen by thir frutes for they are Goddes workemanshy●…●●●●…ted in Christ Iesus to good 〈…〉 vnto the whyche God ordeyned theim before that they should walke in them Therfore it is impossible that the elect shoulde be dampned nowe seyng that God wyll not forsake hys electe suche as haue a liuely faythe in Christe hys deare sonne and a sure hope to receiue his promisis bringyng forth the frutes of faith that worketh by loue That is we laboure not for rewarde to the entente he myghte make vs hys heyres for that is ours all redye yf we beleue his promisis but we must be seruauntes to al men that be our brothers in Christ and minyster vnto theim the fruytes of faythe in all their nede Lyke as Christe God and man mynystred vnto vs when we had most nede loke what trybulacyons or myseries they suffre whether it be hūgar colde pouertie or any other aduersitie lette vs thynke it to be ours and so to beare the crosse of Christe paciently to gethers Nowe let euery man consulte or counsell with his awne conscience and examyne hym selfe whether he haue this lyuelye fayth or not yf he haue that gyfte of God it is a very sure token that he is the very electe of God Therfore neuer clymbe any hygher or serche any further why God hathe predestinate some to be the chyldren of perdicion wherby they might put any blame in God thynke that he lacketh charytie whose iustyce and iudgement can neuer be done but with loue Iohn 4. for he is very loue it selfe But rather let vs prayse his holy name because he hathe called vs to so blessed an estate and moreouer because he is Iust and holy and knoweth best what is to be done for vs. Also let vs geue hartye thankes to Christ for oure redempcion And let vs syng ioyfully to the holi ghost that he may geue his clere lyght to suche as be desyrus to knowe the truthe of Goddes lyuely word to whome be all honor and glory Amen Geue prayse to God that worketh all in all The Author I Haue declared my iudgement which is but small concernynge predestinacion and the foreknoweledge of God Therfore gentle reader accepte my good wyll and where as you se a faute in my buyldynge that frames not to youre mynde accepte my meanyng I pray you and cauyll not for I am not obstynat but wyllynge to knowe the truthe And as nyghe as I canne Goddes lyuely worde shall be the foundacion wheron I entende to buylde at any tyme. Euery good gyfte and euery perfyte gyfte is from aboue and commeth downe from the father of lyghte Therfore let vs alwayes thynke that the goodnes that we haue or shall haue commeth of God and not of our selues to whome be all honor and glory AMEN Geue the prayse to God Domine saluum fac regem Non mortui laudabunt te domine neque omnes qui descendunt in infernum Sed nos qui viuimus benedicimus domino ex hoc nunc et vsque in seculum Prynted at Cātorbury in saynt Paules parysh by I. Mychell ✚