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A02229	A notable and marueilous epistle of the famous doctour, Matthewe Gribalde, Professor of the lawe, in the Vniuersitie of Padua: co[n]cernyng the terrible iudgemente of God, vpon hym that for feare of men, denieth Christ and the knowne veritie: with a preface of Doctor Caluine; Francisci Spirae. English	Gribaldi, Matteo, d. 1564.; Aglionby, Edward, 1520-1587?; Shepherd, Luke, fl. 1548. Godlye and holesome preservatyve against desperation.; Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.	1570 (1570)	STC 12366; ESTC S115661	48,478	114

in me hath euerlastyng life I am the resurrection and life he that ●eleueth on me ye though he were dead ●et shall he liue and whosoeuer liueth ●nd beleueth in me shall neuer die I am come a light into the world who●oeuer beleeueth in me shall not bide in ●arkenesse ▪ I am the wai● the truthe and the life 〈…〉 man cōmeth to the father but by me This is the life eternall that thei ●ight knowe thee the onely verie God ▪ ●nd whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ Sainct Peter saith Christ is the stone ●hiche was caste awaie of you builders ●hiche is become chief of the corner nei●her is there Saluation in any other for ●mong men vnder heauen there is giuen one other name wherein we muste bée 〈…〉 ued To Christ bare all the Prophetes wit●esse that through his name whosoeuer ●●leeueth in hym shall receiue remission ●f synnes ▪ Sainct Paule saieth through Christ 〈…〉 preached vnto vs the forgiuenesse of sy●nes and that by hym all that beleeue a 〈…〉 iustified from all thynges from which● wee could not bee iustified by the Law● of Moises Sainct Paule to the Romanes saieth the iuste shall liue by faithe The righteousnesse of God comm 〈…〉 by the faithe of Iesus Christ vnto al 〈…〉 vpon all that beleue There is no difference for all haue 〈…〉 ned and are destitute of the glorie of g 〈…〉 but are iustified freely by his grace th●rowe the redemption that is in Chris● Iesus whom God hath sette for the as seate of mercie through faith in his bl 〈…〉 that he might be coumpted iuste and th● iustifier of hym which beleueth in Iesu● To hym that woorketh not but bel●ueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodl 〈…〉 his faithe is coumpted for righteousnes●● By faithe is the inheritaunce giu●● that it might come of fauour and the pr●mise might be sure to all the seede Christe was deliuered to death for 〈…〉 synnes and rose againe for our iustif 〈…〉 tion Because we are iustified by faithe we are at peace with god the father through our lorde Iesus Christ by whō we haue awaie in through Faithe to that grace wherein wee stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God. God setteth out his loue that he hath to vs seyng that while we were yet synners Christe died for vs muche more now seyng we are iustified in his bloud shall wée bee saued from wrathe through hym for if when wée were enemies wee were reconciled to GOD by the death of his soonne muche more seeyng wee are reconciled wée shall bee preserued by his life Not onely so but we also ioye in God by the meanes of our lorde Iesus Christ by whom wée haue now receiued the attonement Eternal life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lorde There is no dānation to them whiche are in Christe Iesu whiche walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite We knowe that all thynges woorke for the best vnto them that loue God and them whiche be appointed before them he also calleth and whiche he calleth them he iustifieth and whiche he iustifieth them also he glorifieth What shall we say thē to these things if God be on our side who can be against vs whiche spared not his owne sonne but gaue him for vs all how shall he not with him giue vs all thinges also Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods chosen it is God that iustifieth who then shall condemne it is Christe whiche is dead ye rather whiche is risen againe whiche is also on the right hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. If thou shalt knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lorde and shalt beléeue in thy harte that God raysed him vp from death thou shalt be safe for the beliefe of the harte iustifieth to knowledge with thy mouth maketh a mā safe Christ is the ende of the lawe to iustifie all that beleue None of vs liue vnto himselfe if we liue we liue vnto the Lorde and if we die we dye vnto the Lorde whether we lyue therfore or die we are the Lordes for Christ therfore died and rose againe and reuiued that he might be Lorde both of quicke and dead Sainct Paule sayth Christe Iesu of God is made vnto vs wisedome righteousnesse sanctification and redemptiō We are washed we are sanctified we are iustified by the name of our Lorde Iesus Christ by the spirite of our God. Christ died for our sinnes agréeing to the Scriptures he was buried and rose againe the thirde daye according to the scriptures As by Adam al die euen so by Christ shal all be made aliue Death is swallowed vp in victorie death where is thy sting hell where is thy victorie the sting of death is synne and the strength of synne is the lawe hut thankes be vnto God whiche hath giuen vs victorie through oure Lorde Iesus Christe Therefore my deare brethren be stedfast and vnmoueable alwayes riche in the workes of the Lorde for as muche as ye knowe as your labor is not in vaine in the Lorde By faith ye stande According as it is written in the 116. Psalme I beleue therefore haue I spoken we also beleue and therefore speake for wee knowe that he whiche raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall raise vs vp also by the meanes of Iesus and shall sette vs with you God hath made Christ to be synne for vs whiche knewe no synne that we by his meanes shoulde be that righteousnesse whiche before God is allowed A man is not iustified by the déedes of the lawe but by the faithe of Iesus Christe and therfore haue we beleued on Iesus Christ that we might be iustified by the faythe of Christe and not by the déedes of the lawe because that by the déedes of the lawe no fleshe shall be iustified For the lyfe whiche I nowe lyue in the fleshe ▪ I liue by the faith of the sonne of God whiche loued me and gaue himselfe for me I dispise not the grace of GOD for if righteousnesse come by the law then dyed Christ in vaine Abraham beleued to God and it was counted to him for righteousnes The scripture sawe before hande that God would iustifie the Heathen through faith and therefore shewed before hand● glad tidings vnto Abraham in thée shall all nations be blessed so then they which be of faith are blessed with faithfull Abraham Vnderstand therefore that the● whiche are of faith the same are the children of Abraham Christ hath delyuered vs from the curse af the law and was made accurssed for vs. That we might receyue the promise of the spirite by fayth The scripture concludeth all thinges vnder synne that the promise by the faith of Iesus Christe shoulde be giuen to them that beléeue We are all the sonnes of God by the faith whiche is in Christe Iesus We be all one in

without all hope of your saluatiō and suppose that the spirite of God is no 〈…〉 cleane taken from you to whom he aunswered What comfort can happen to cursed and damned man yea whatsoeuer I speake heare see tast or féele all 〈…〉 turned vnto my confusion and cursse to whom the Lord Vergerius said Ah dea● Maister Francis why should ye not hop● of the goodnesse and mercie of God Do 〈…〉 not the Lorde leade doune into Hell and bring backe againe Consider Dauid the Prophet who beyng brought downe 〈…〉 Hell and to death yet praied vnto G 〈…〉 with gronyng and teares to graunt hym the renuyng of harte and spirite And hee made aunswere Dauid was alwaies elect and in Gods fauour and although he fell grieuously yet the spirite of God neuer departed from hym Yea hee praied vnto God that he woulde not caste hym from his face and that he would not take the holy ghoste from hym But I am in farre vnlike estate neither elected nor in Gods fauour but haue béene alwaies reprobate and cursed neither can I pray ●nto hym not to take awaie the holy Spirite from mee for hee is quite taken awaie alreadie and neuer shall be resto●ed I know that god doth raise vp again ●hose that are bodily dead and restoreth to 〈…〉 fe those that are brought vnto hell that 〈…〉 to their Sepulture as Christ raised vp ●azarus and brought hym againe from 〈…〉 ll But I that am condemned to eter 〈…〉 ll death haue no hope left of bringyng 〈…〉 gaine but so that I could conceiue neuer 〈…〉 little hope or trust of the mercy of god would moste gladly those to liue ten 〈…〉 〈…〉 ousand yeres and more in all the pai 〈…〉 s and torments of hel so that at length might hope for some ende But I dooe ▪ moste firmely beleue that I shall thus long remaine in life and in al cursing and desperation that the iudgement of God may be fulfilled in mee that I maie be an example to all the worlde of Gods vengeaunce and iuste indignation againste a reprobate man would God I were dead ▪ and in the place of any dampned person Then said I Maister Frauncis here me a little I cannot vtterly dispaire of your saluation For I dare take it in good part ▪ that the blessed GOD hath so grieuously tormented you in this present life and hath not reserued your punishment to another worlde so that I haue some hope ▪ that God will haue mercie vpon you And he made aunswere Nay I knowe moste assuredly my refusing and reprobation ▪ and that he hath not corrected my synne with corporoll punishment but rebuking mée in his anger and furie hath condemned my soule harte and spirite with perpetuall hardnesse and confusion Wou 〈…〉 God he had sodainly vexed my body and had left my spirite frée What shall I say more We talk 〈…〉 with him till it was night of manye 〈…〉 ces of Scripture and of the marueyl 〈…〉 iudgemēts of god Amōgst other things I demaunded of him what he thought of the sleeping of soules And he aunswered Although a certaine Doctour of Germany supposeth that this is not manifestly ynough declared by the scriptures yet I beleue that the soule of the elect doth 〈…〉 raight way ascend into the place of e●erlasting blisse and doth not sleepe with the buried body Then the reuerēd Lorde ●ergerius taking his tale by the ende ●f this sayde he ought we in no wise to ●oubt There be for this many places of 〈…〉 ripture as this day thou shalt be with 〈…〉 e in Paradice and it is also manifestly prooued by the story of Lazarus and the 〈…〉 h man and Paule desired to bee dead 〈…〉 at he might be in heauen with Christ 〈…〉 t the length beholdyng the vncurable 〈…〉 ague as me thought of this desperate 〈…〉 lowe I was so bolde to aske him thys 〈…〉 estion Maister Frauncis I praye you answere me for as much as through 〈…〉 er desperation ye saye that in this 〈…〉 e ye are worse than if ye were with 〈…〉 dāpned folke in hell and for as much I sée you cōtinually to wish for death 〈…〉 t ye might go to hell as though now ▪ bothe your body and soule were in more painefull torment as yée doe opēly wytnesse I demaūd of you if ye had a sworde in your hande would ye kyll your selfe as all desperate persones for the moste part doe that haue sticked themselues with weapon or strangeled themselues by hanging Then saide he giue me a sworde and ye shalt see what I will doe Nay sayde I I doe but desire you to shewe vs your will I can not tell saide he neyther can I saye what my will t 〈…〉 should be And when he had thus saide ▪ the reuerende Lorde Vergerius obtayned of him againe with much a doe 〈…〉 saye the Lordes prayer But he sayde 〈…〉 no more with such affection of hart as he was woont to doe Moreouer ▪ he did protest that his heart was quite from God and that he called hym not father with his heart but rather curssed and blasphemed him and therfore he sayde ▪ there was no cause why wee should labour any more in vaine to comfort and bring him home againe For it was euen as possible to bring him to any hope or trust 〈…〉 the mercie of God towardes him as 〈…〉 was possible to fill the whole worlde with one grain of Mill. Then all we honoring the wonderfull iudgemēt of God hade him farewell and departed And for as much as his kinsfolke had prouided a Chariot were purposed the next daye to conuey him from Padua to the place of Citadell we gaue them warning in no wise to forsake him but continuallye shoulde get him the companye of godlye men that the blessed God if it were possible by the continuall prayer and comfortyng of good men might vouchsafe to graunt him his mercie The next day after when the wretched man was readie to take his iorney and hauyng his apparell on was brought from his bed he behelde all the chamber with a fierce and cruell countenaunce horrible eyen and by chaunce espied a Woodknife liyng vppon the table which by and by he snatched to sticke hymselfe But his two sonnes that were alwaies by him tooke him sodainely by the hand and plucked the knife from him wherby we maye plainly knowe what we maye vndoubtedly thinke of that demaunde whiche we asked him the day before of kylling him to the which he would make none aunswere ●yding his intent And this did the reuerend Lorde Vergerius signifie vnto mée as an enterprise worthy to be noted being aduertised of the same by his forenamed kinsfolkes Thus was this miserable man conueyed to his house at Citadell But howe he doth and what ende hee hath I shall by all meanes go about to vnderstande and being aduertised of the truth I shall by Gods fauour declare you the whole ▪ Fare yee well From Padua the

Christe Iewe Gentle bonde and frée man and woman If ye be Christes than are ye Abrahams séede and heires by promise Ye are gone quite frō Christ as many as are iustified by the Lawe and are fallen from grace we looke for and hope in the spirite to be iustified through faithe God forbidde that I shoulde reioyce in anything but in the crosse death and passion of our Lorde Iesus Christ● For in Christe Iesu neither Circumcision auaileth any thyng at all nor vncircūcision but a new creature in Christ and of the houshold of God. By Christ we haue redemption thorow his bloude euen the forgiuenesse of oure synnes according to the riches of his grace By grace are ye made safe thorowe faith and that not of your selues for it is the gifte of God and commeth not of workes least any man shoulde boaste himselfe We are made nie vnto God by the bloud of Christe for he is our peace and hath broken downe the wall that was a stop betwene vs and by hym we haue an open waye in one spirite vnto the father nowe therefore we are no more strangers but citezens with the saintes By Christe we haue boldenesse and entrance with the confidence whiche we haue by faith in him Christe is gone vp on high ▪ and hath ledde captiuitie captiue and ●ath giuen giftes vnto men Christe is to me lyfe and death is to mée aduantage In Christe we haue redemption thorowe his bloude that is to saye the forgiuenesse of synnes In Christe dwelleth all fulnesse and thorowe the bloude of his Crosse are all thinges reconciled to God the father set at peace both in heauen and earth We whiche were deade in synne hath Christ forgiuen vs all our trespasses and hath put out the hande writing that was against vs contained in the lawe writtē and that hath he taken out of the waye and hath fastned it to his crosse and hath spoiled rule and power and hath made a shewe of thē openly and hath triumphed ouer them openly in his owne persone This is a true saying by all meanes worthye to be receyued that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners There is one God and one Mediator betwéene God and man whiche is the man Iesus Christ whiche gaue himselfe a raunsome for all men The power of God hath saued vs and calleth vs with and holy calling not according to our deedes but according to hys owne purpose grace whiche grace was giuen thorowe Christe Iesus before the worlde was whiche hath put away death and hath brought lyfe and immortalitie vnto lyght thorowe the Gospell God hath not saued vs for the deedes of righteousnesse whiche we wrought but of his mercie hath he saued vs. Christe in his owne person hath purged our synnes Christ hath put downe thorow death him that had Lordiship ouer death that is to say the Deuill and that he might delyuer them whiche for feare of death were all their life tyme in daunger and boundage Christe is an euerlastyng Priesthoode wherefore he is able also euer to saue them that come vnto God by him for as muche as he euer lyueth to make intercession for vs. We are sanctified by the offering of the body of Christ once for all With one offering hath God made perfite for euer them that shall be sanctified We are not redemed with corruptible syluer and gould but with the precious bloud of Christe as of a Lambe vn●efiled and without spote Christe his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his bodye on the Tree by whose stripes ye were healed Christe hath once suffered for synnes ●he iust for the vniust to bring vs vnto God. If we say we haue no synne we de●eyue our selues and the truth is not in ●s if we acknowledge our synnes he is ●aithfull and iust to forgiue vs our syn●es and to clense vs from all vnrigh●eousnesse If any man synne we haue an aduo●ate with the ▪ Father Iesus Christe the ●ighteous and he it is that obtayneth ●race for oure synnes Christe appeared to take away oure ●●nnes For this purpose appeared the sonne ● God to lose the workes of the Deuill This is Gods commaundement that ●e beleeue in the name of his sonne Ie●● Christ and loue one another In this appeareth the loue of God to ● warde because that God sent his one ▪ begotten soonne into this worlde ▪ that we might liue thorow him God hath loued vs and sent his sonn● to make agreement for vs. Hereby perceyue we his loue that 〈◊〉 gaue his life for vs. Here is the loue perfite in vs that w● should haue trust in the daie of iudgeme●● there is no feare in loue but perfect lo●… casteth out feare He that beleueth not God hath ma●… hym a lyer because he beleeueth not 〈◊〉 recorde that God gaue of his soonne a●● this is the recorde how that GOD h●●… giuen vs eternall life and this life is his soonne he that hath the soonne ha●… life and he that hath not the soonn●… God hath not life These thynges doe I write vnto y●●… that beleue on the name of the soonne 〈◊〉 GOD that ye maie knowe how that haue eternall life and that ye maie b●…leue in the name of the soonne of God. Iesus Christ is verie GOD and et●●nall life Christe hath loued vs and washed from our synnes in his owne bloud 〈◊〉 made vs Kynges and Priestes vnto 〈◊〉 his father Christe is Lorde of Lordes and kyng ● Kynges and thei that are on his side ●e called and faithfull chosen He that ouercommeth shal in all thin●s and I will bee his God and he shall ●e my soonne He that testifieth these thinges saieth ▪ it I come quickly euen so come lorde ●esu 1 The Paschall Lambe of the Iewes the figure of the true Paschall Lambe ●●sus Christ whiche is the pure and vn●filed Lambe of GOD whiche offered ●●mself a sweete smellyng Sacrifice to ●OD for vs whiche neuer committed 〈…〉 ne and in his mouthe no guile was 〈…〉 unde 2 Christ was figured by Manna which ●od gaue from heauen vnto the Israeli 〈…〉 to eate in the deserte 3 The rocke gushyng out the comfor●●ble waters signifieth Christ The brasen Serpent in the old lawe ●as a figure also of Christ 4 Whosoeuer shall drinke of the wa 〈…〉 that I shall giue hym shall neuer ●irste ▪ 1 Christe is that welbeloued soonne of God for whose sake the heauenly father was well pleased 2 Christe is that kyng whiche forga 〈…〉 the seruaunte the tenne thousande T●lentes whiche he ought 3 Christe is that moste louyng Sam●ritane whiche healed the wounded m 〈…〉 that was halfe dead 4 Christe is that tender Shephe 〈…〉 whiche fetched home vnto the shee● folde euen vpon his shoulders the l 〈…〉 sheepe