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A14354	A treatise of the cohabitacyon of the faithfull with the vnfaithfull Whereunto is added. A sermon made of the confessing of Christe and his gospell, and of the denyinge of the same.	Vermigli, Pietro Martire, 1499-1562.; Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575. aut; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567, attributed name.	1555 (1555)	STC 24673.5; ESTC S118516	95,107	174

suspicion of crueltie Truly in the holy gospell the lord dothe saye If a man come to me and hate not his father and mother and wyfe and childrē and brethern and systers yea and his own lyfe also he can not be my disciple And whosoeuer doth not beare his crosse and comme after me can not be my disciple They truly which haue beene content to beare this ioke of the lords haue neither lost themselues yea thoughe they haue beene slayne of persequutours nor yet their familie which they dyd leaue in trobles and penurie of thinges For by teachinge of experience and witnessing of histories we haue lerned that Godd by such miracles as haue beene done at the graues of martirs hathe witnessed that they which wer killed wer not loste but saued that they wer not deade but lyuing Furthermore we cā not say nay but that Godd hathe blessed the families of such slayne martirs and that he hath moued the hartes of goode men which haue receyued thos abiects and miserable persōs into their custodie so that they wanted nothinge Besids this the godly do knowe that in this world they must honger and that they must be exercised with diuers aduersities that they may be made like vnto the image of Christ who was himself in all pointes tempted for vs lyke as we are but yet without synne But now this remaynith as yet to be discussed which theis men do take as for an oracle and most euidēt truithe That it is sufficient if a mā do keape the true faithe in his harte and that ther is no farther neade of outward confession through which thow shuldest be drowned in the deape of afflictions Yf it doth suffice to beleaue in harte and the confession with the mowthe seme not necessarie wherfor I praye you Hath the lorde sayed Euery one which confessithe me before Men. rc Beholde he saythe before Men. But faith which stickith still in the harte is not brought forth before men Yea it is not to be called a confession when faith doth lurcke in the hart For Confession doth properly bringe forth that which dyd lye hidden wythin The Apostle therfor taking from vs all doubt in this controuersie The worde sayth he is nyghe the euen in thy mouthe and in thy harte This same is the worde of faythe whiche we preache For if thow knowledg with thy mouth that Iesus is the lorde and beleaue in thy harte that God raysed hym vpp from deathe thow shalt be safe For to beleaue with the harte iustifieth and to knowledge with the mowthe maketh a man safe what canst thow desire to be more playnly and euidently spokē in this matier Thow dost clearely heare that thow takest awaye saluacion if thow dost cut of the confession of the mouthe from the beleif of the hart Yea and the beleif of the harte is of that nature that it cā not lye hydd but must of necessite breake forth to be confessed with the mouthe Yf the confession of the mouthe neadith not neyther then shall ther neade ony preachinge of the truithe But the Apostles bushopps and faithfull martirs of Christ whē they preached euen amonge the wicked haue most bitterly condemned Idolatrie and all doctrine and worshipp which doth not agre with the holy gospell and affirmed that the gospell only dothe teache the true worshipp of Godd By that confession of mouthe they did glorifie Godd they did disanull Iudaisme and paganisme and did erecte many holy congregacions throughe the worlde which by holdinge their peace and keapinge the true faithe within their harte they shuld neuer haue edified Wherof euery man seith that the confession of the mouthe is allwayes necessarie and that it is required of euery one of vs. The notable examples also of the excellent seruauntes of Godd cōtayned in the scriptures do teache the same That same gret prophet of Godd Helias was ones of that mynde that he only of all the true worshippers of Godd was lefte alyue vppon the earthe But he hearith euē of the lord hymself which sayeth I haue lefte me seuen thousand in Israel of which neuer mā bowed his knee vnto Baal nor Kyssed hym with his mouthe Heere is nothinge spoken of the secret faithe of the harte but of the outward fruites of true faithe For theis wer outward thinges to bowe the knees vnto Baal and to kisse his Image with their mouth It is saied that they did not theis thinges and therfor are they taken for true and veray worshippers of Godd The lorde if he hadd thoughte that which theise our men do thincke he might haue made mencion of the faithe of the harte without the outward confession especially seing thos tymes wer so daungerus that Helias himself did flie into the wildernes But the lord doth praise in his faithfull the outwarde confessiō which was made in worcke rather thē in wordes Wherfor we must shew forthe the faith of the harte both by deedes and wordes after the exeample of theise seuen thowsande confessors whom God doth praise We must not goo vnto vnholy assemblees we must not bowe our knees nor vncouer our heades before Idolls we must not kisse thos thinges which are contrarie to the gospell Yf ony other in the whole world thos thre princes of whom mencion is made in Daniell might haue coloured ther Idolatrie but they chose rather to submitt themselues to cruel punishment then to bowe their knee before that Image which the kinge did sett vpp to be worshipped Theis men of ours wold haue sayed It shalbe better to kepe faithe in the harte for the profitinge of many then rashly to poore it furthe to the hurte of an infinite number For so longe as we are safe the miserable captiues shall receyue gret and many benefites Yea and also we priuely may promote the truithe in the princes courte But by this same vnceasonable confession confusion of all thinges shall euen at ons ouerwhelme all theise thinges And with out doubt they wold haue added that the Image which the kyng hadd sett vp was not altogether to be deputed amōg prophane thinges forbicause that the true God hadd shewed the kinge a visiō or an Image which did conteyn great misteries of the kingdome of Godd after the forme of which Image Nabugodonozor hadd caus●… this Image to be made and graued which Image the faithfull for that cause might beholde and reuerence as the worke of Godd But thos valiant and glorius Martirs do make menciō of no suche thinge and though they did knowe the kinges mynd well inough in this matier yet they do playnly saye to the kinge Be this known vnto the o kynge that we will not serue thy goddes nor do reuerēce vnto that Image which thow hast sett vpp Neither did they only vse this libertie of speache before the kyng but willingly they offered ther bodies to all daungers yea euē to most fearfull fires Daniel also did not thicke that Godd was religiusly inough worshipped

withe the holy Angelles Therfor Paule that chosen vesell of Christe and a most faithfull teacher of the churche who gyueth euell councell to no mā neither leadith he ony man from the true waye it is saith he a true sayinge for if we be deade with hym we shall also lyue with hym if we be pacient we shal also raigne with hym If we denye hym he shall also denye vs. The same Paul to the Bebrues Call to remēberaunce saithe he the dayes that are passed in the which after ye hadd receyued light ye endured a great fighte of aduersities partely while all men wondered and ●…ased at yowe for the shame and tribulacion that was done vnto yow partely while ye became companions of them which so passed theyr tyme. For ye became partakers also of the afflictions which happened thorow my bondes ād toke in worthe the spoyling of your goodes and that with gladnes Knowing in yourselues how that ye haue in heauē a better ād an enduring substaunce Caste not awaye therfor your confidence which hath a greate recompense of rewarde For ye haue neade of pacience that after ye haue doone the will of God ye might receyue the promise For yet a very litill while and he that shall comme will comme and wyll not tarye But the iuste shall lyue by faithe And if he withdrawe hymself my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym It is not we that withdrawe oúrselues vnto damnaciō but we partayne vnto fayth to the wynning of the soule This truly is a sownde and wholsome doctrine to cleane faste vnto this is to pleas Godd and to glorifie hym adde also to promote the saluacion of the brethern Therfor whils theise men do replie what shuld come to the encreace of glorie of Godd or what commoditie shuld comme to Christe of thos my labors and daungers which I shuld sustayne for religion wittingly and willingly they do disproue the doctrine of the apostle which doth playnly witnes not in theis places only which we haue alledged but in many others also that both Godd is glorified by our sufferinges ād calamities which we do sustayne for religions sake and also that the weake brethern are therby edified of whom it is certayne that by dissemblinge and denyinge of Religion they be offended confirmed in ther errours and indeede destroyed For that most excellent prophete Dauid Righte deere saithe he in the sighte of the lorde is the dathe of his sainctes And sainct Peter saithe Dearly beloued maruayle not that ye are proued by fyre which thynge is to trye yow as though sum stran̄ge thinge happened vnto yow but reioyce in as mutch as ye are partakers of Christes passions that when his glorie appearith ye maye be mery and gladd If ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe happie are ye for the glorie and the sprite of Godd restith vpon you On ther parte he is euill spoken of but on your parte he is glorified and so furthe And sainct Paule dothe pronounce that it is a most greuus synne if ony mā do offend the weake by his euell example Thy brother doth perish saithe he for whom Christe died When ye synne so against the brethern and wounde their weake conscience ye synne againste Christ. Again we are saied in the scriptures to haue saued hym whom we haue by sounde doctrine and our goode example either reteyned in the waye of the lorde or haue brought hym backe that wēt astraye But if a greater regarde is to be had of wife childrē and houshold then of pure religion so that for that regard religion seeme either to be dissembled or denyed Yfit be euill for religions sake to dissente from them that be of kindred and alliaunce yea and for religion to depart from a lawfull wyfe and in sum for faithe to disagree with all frēdes and familiars shall we saye that the lorde did teache euill which sayed in the gospell Thincke not that I am come to sende peace into the earthe I came not to send peace but a swearde For I am come to sett a man at variance against his father and the doughter against her mother and the doughter in lawe against her mother in lawe And a mānes foes shalbe they that are of his own housholde For frō hence forthe ther shalbe fyue in one howse deuyded thre against two and two against thre The father shalbe deuided against the sonne and the sonne against the father This is not spokē as though that dissension in it self did pleas Godd the autor of all peace but bicause he will haue that peace which stondithe vppon euell and wicked thinges broken and haue vs all conioyned in that which is holy and goode And therfor we do not allowe whē mariages frēdshippes and leagues are broken without necessitie and vnder an vntrue pretence of religion Agayn we do dissalowe thos which are kept againste the cōmaundement of Godd with playne hurte of true religion and open denyinge of the faithe All persons must bende themselues to peace and concorde so far as they maye with retayninge of sowndnes in religiō But whē it can not be retayned let none thincke that to keape peace with them 〈◊〉 he must cōmitt Idolatrie And therfor the Apostle of Christ saith If any brother haue a wyfe whiche beleauith not if she be contēt to dwell with hym let hym not putt her awaye rc But if the vnbeleauinge do departe let hym depart A brother or a Syster is not in subiectiō to such But Godd hathe called vs in peace Euen so truly it is an vnnatural thinge not to norishe the children or to neglect the aged parētes or to forsake frendes and familiars Godds worde doth euery wheare commaūde that we shuld do reuerence and dutie to them to whom by the lawe of Godd and man we owe it In which sense we do willingly admitte that sayinge of the Apostle That he which doth not prouide for them which be of his howshold both denieth the faith and is wors thē an infidele We do acknowledg that they are deuels and not men whosoeuer they be which do wickedly disturbe wel ordered policies ād howsholdes But yet in all theis we do also acknowledge this ād we se it taughte in the whole scripture as for an vndoubted truithe that the lord Godd is better thē all theise that the couenant and bonde of religiō doth excede all other bondes in the world And that the lord doth both so will and cōmaūde that we shuld esteame him aboue all thīges ād loue hym aboue al thinges and that when he speakith we all shuld holde our peace that there we shuld not thincke at all of coloured expositions and excuses but only of symple and playne obedience such as we reade that Abraham shewed vnto Godd whō Godd commaunding hym did go out of his countrie into a straunge lande and when he did not refuse to sacrifice vnto the lorde his only Sōne without