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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01118	Christ Iesus triumphant A fruitefull treatise, wherin is described the most glorious triumph, and conquest of Christ Iesus our sauiour, ouer sinne, death, the law, the strength and pride of Sathan, and the world, with all other enemyes whatsoeuer agaynst the poore soule of man: made too be read for spirituall comfort, by Iohn Foxe, and from Latin translated intoo English by the printer.; Christus triumphans. English. Selections	Foxe, John, 1516-1587.; Day, Richard, b. 1552.	1579 (1579)	STC 11231; ESTC S116950	29,170	80

him for euer and as he on the other side hauing chaunged persons with thée for hee beareth the publique person of vs all tooke vpon himselfe the burthen of thy sinne the wrath of GOD and the whole heape of miserie Whereupon ariseth immediatly great libertie of mynde freédome of conscience courage and boldnes of hart likewise a certain maiestie of spirite not onely despising earthly thinges and thinges vnder the earth but also lifting it selfe higher then Heauen Finally there proceédeth herehence euerlasting comfort and ioy in GODS HOLY SPIRITE which the holy Prophetes prophesied that he should light and come vpon them who were redeemed and conuerted to SYON Which Giftes seing they be proper and peculiar too Christians and of such valor that nothing can happen to Man more honorable no not too the ANGELS of GOD I can not but much marueile how it should come to passe that they are so seldome seéne nay almost not at all in the life and manners of Christians For whereas you seé some drowned in superstitiō many as yet captiue vnder the old seruitude bondage of the Law an infinite nūber of other settyng their whole hartes vpon their aboundance of worldly mucke what one almost cāst thou geue meé who either inwardly inspireth or outwardly expresseth this excellencie of a Christian hart spirituall strēgth in CHRIST whiche before I spake of Hereof sith there be many causes the estate of these our euill dayes and course of this tyme geue meé perhaps fit occasion somewhat too touch them by the way The Cause therefore that wée are so strōg in the world and so faint harted in CHRIST lyeth not in any defect of the thinges thēselues which as they are by Nature most ample aboundant so are they most certain and permanent but in the naturall corruption and imbecillitie of our flesh so that the weake eye of our Fayth if it be not lightened from Heauen with the soueraigne light of Christ is dazeled with the brightnes of the very thinges themselues no otherwise thā as our bodely eyes are dimmed at the beholding of the shining Sunne Beside this naturall dulnesse and imbecillitie there is another cause procéeding frō the force and power of Sathan who neuer ceaseth to assault vs And partely our owne slothfull idlenes is too too blame when wée doe not foster and nourish whatsoeuer sparcle of Fayth or good motion appeareth in vs but beyng tickled with the good successe of thinges present or hauing our selues fastened vpon other matters or entangled with cares of this world withdraw our selues from cherishing that good motion and neglect the riches of the heauenly Kyngdome And what marueill is it than if CHRIST doe not open and shew himselfe vntoo vs who so disdainfully neglect or reiect his Kingdome or what cause haue wée too complaine if he imparte not his blessinges vntoo vs who make more accompt of this worldly Māmon or if he send not his SPIRITE of all comfort and cōsolation to cheare our harts who do more reioyce at this transitorie worlde or if he satisfie them not that doe not hunger and thirst or refresh not them that are not heauie laden or grone vnder any burden The Kingdome of GOD loueth them who séeke it those that are carefull too obtaine it They who are frée Schollers and followers of this world haue at their pleasure their customes and commodities which they enioy but this our Kyng geueth not his riches but to such as haue néede of them and vtterly despising this wicked world follow the LAMBE with a cheareful courage whether soeuer he go Neither cā I well let passe too speake of those who haue Cure of soules and charge too minister the word of GOD vntoo the people For it lyeth on them especially whether the people be duly truly instructed in CHRIST or not And aibeit I can geue here no generall precept which the Ministers of God might vse cōtinually in instructyng such a multitude especially of so diuerse mindes fashions opinions for some liue so that you shal rot well know or perceaue whether they more neglect the Law or the Gospell whether they reuerence feare GOD lesse or Man whether they be Atheistes or Infidels Other some there be who geuing themselues too all licentious dissolute liuing sauour asmuch of the swéete libertie of the Gospell as swyne do of swéet odours Agayne some there be of such a Conscience that the Preachyng of the Law and the lamentable voyce of Iohn is not onely vnseasonable vntoo them but a sharp bitter bane in stead of healthsome medicine Yet sith that CHRIST JESUS our LORD is the gift of his most tender and louing Father shining vpon euery one indifferently good and bad euen as the Sunne is common too vs all I thinke it not méet or conuenient that wée should be more slow or sparing in dispensing or distributing this his benefite than he was in bestowyng If it pleased the LORD GOD too shewe forth the excéedyng riches of his Grace too raunsome vs miserable captiues from the bondage of the Law too embrace vs in his armes too call vs too the common possession of Heauen and all other his blessinges if being called it pleased him too iustifie vs if beyng iustified too glorifie vs of his owne frée loue and mercy certes for vs not too acknowlege that which is offered is a point of great ignoraunce not too take it it were miserie but to detaine or grudge others that which ought to be most publique and commō is either malicious vnkindnes or playne theft especially in a Shepheard I deny not that the terrors threatninges of the LAW haue their place especially in these corrupt and wicked dayes but as they haue their place so also they haue their boundes and limites how farre they shall reach For great héede and care is too be taken of some I touch not all least whilest that the Princely Nation of CHRIST is kept under the continuall discipline of the LAW it come too passe in the meane time that it neuer learne too rise and aspire agayne too the end of the Law which is Christ to the fulnes of perfect Libertie and too the excéeding ioy which the Gospel bringeth Although perhaps not their order somuch as the corruption of the people is here to be reproued whose life and manners dayly waxing worse and worse are cause why they follow not some other kynde of Method and order in instructing them Notwithstanding whether that ought to be cause sufficient to withdraw thée foode of the Gospell and continually too beate downe the hearers with the threates and curse of the Law I leaue it frée for euery man to iudge But in my opinion they who are admitted too the Ministerie functiō of the word of GOD ought to hold folow that way of teaching whereby CHRIST rather thā MOSES may be imprinted in the peoples harts whereby the riches of Gods

furtherer of the victory it might haue séemed a rare example in a Prince and a singular affection whiche he bare vntoo them Yet he is not so contented he standeth not in another mans cause or quarell onely as on idle looker on taking héede too himselfe that he be there where least daunger is no no he himselfe alone ventreth the pykes he treadeth the Wine presse alone and like a most vigilant Captaine the rest sléeping soundly putteth himselfe alone in daunger not for his frendes onely but euen for his bitter enemies neither doth he winne by fighting but by suffering and so farre he is from violence bloudshed that not so much as a voyce was heard in the stréetes shewyng thereby to the worlde a most straunge and new kynde of Conquest Howsoeuer worldlinges account of it séeme it neuer so blockish or doultish yet if one put vp an iniurie receiued doth not forthwith render like for like or one shrewd turne for an other but cōmitteth the matter the reuēge therof intoo the handes of GOD he most truely may be termed a Conqueror There is no spéedier or more glorious a victory then Obedience wholy referring and framing it selfe to the will of the LORD There is yet another propertie in this heauenly Champion not somuch glorious for himselfe as commodious and profitable for vs all certes farre wide differing from the example of our common warriors For albeit they be sometime Conquerors yet the victorie tarieth not with them long but are them selues also at other tymes put too the foyle Moreouer such is the Nature of those things which are wonne that they can be recouered agayne by the enemie at one time or other Finally if there be any daunger in the battaile it is all layed vpon the souldiers necke if there come any profit by the victorie it is not cōmon but if perhaps any portion thereof be alloted to the many which is very rare though it come hardly and with grudgyng yet it may be written and scored vpon the wales for very good lucke But the most happy and blessed Champion encountryng himselfe alone with them who were much stronger then wée so ioyned incredible mercy and loue with his force and power in subduyng our enemies that of the victory hee chalenged nothyng as due too him but his sweating trauaile and vnspekeable tormentes the pyllage spoyle bootie and all the cemmoditie whatsoeuer he would haue wholy and alone and fréely to redound to vs Wherfore when we haue throughly pondered in mynde and hart all those thynges which CHRIST hath brought to passe in this most happy battaile which truly are aboue all measure wonderfull let euery one forthwith thus persuade himselfe that the excellencie of this prowes and glory of this victory is not somuch proper too him as common too vs with him Finally let vs all thinke thus that whatsoeuer was priuately cōpassed by him is a publique benefite for vs all and let vs not somuch looke vntoo the glory and magnificence of his déeds as learne the vse of them for in the former consisteth the prayse of CHRIST in the other our saluation And yet too say the truth CHRIST is in nothing more duly or rightly praysed than in the vse of his benefites when as wee apply them too our selues for our speciall comfort with thankesgeuyng neither am I able to say whether he more desire to help thée and do thée good than for his goodnesse to be praysed of this I am sure that thou hast more néede of his helpe than he of thy prayse You shal finde many which count the highest and chiefest point in Religion too be the often meditation and remembraunce of CHRIST crucified for vs hanging on the crosse especially if therwithall they with teares lament hys paynes which he suffered or with detestation curse the Jewes that made him suffer This their deuoute and religious affection is not to be misliked or disalowed whiche without doubt is very godly But as I deny not that a great part of Religion doth consist therein so againe wée Christians must take carefull heéde that weé rest not here onely as in the chief ground of Religion but rather take it as a steppe or degreé too a farther matter more properly belongyng to our saluation For the Crosse of CHRIST was not therefore erected that thou shouldest be onely a beholder thereof but rather a follower not too geue theé a shew but a remedie and a dayly help for thy necessitie Thou beholdest Christ nayled too the crosse why doest thou not rather call too mynde the cause why this most milde LAMBE of GOD did geue himselfe too so great tormentes why he rose agayne why he ascended vp intoo Heauen there reigning triumphantly at the right hand of his father whiche when thou shalt finde and well vnderstand that they haue bene all done for thy sake it shall be thy dutie on the otherside too accustome thy selfe to the wise vsage thereof applying the same too thine owne priuate comfort and commoditie But thou wilt demaunde How shall I doe this I will tell theé and our Lord JESUS CHRIST geue theé his SPIRITE of all comfort and consolation Amen Tho Uhearest and remembrest that JESUS CHRIST the sonne of GOD was crucified on the Crosse for thy sake Herein first thou beholdest the exceéding loue and mercy of GOD toward theé secondly thou vnderstandest what a horrible thing SINNE is in his sight whereof their could be no satisfaction made but onely by the woundes and bloud of his onely begotten sonne Of whiche two the former ought to inflame theé with the loue of GOD the other too keépe theé in his feare and bridle theé from custome of Sinn But if thou chaunce too fall intoo SINNE as the infirmitie of mans flesh is very slyppery wherin either the Law accuseth theé or the horror of DEATH casteth theé downe or the examples of Scripture doe make theé tremble or thy senses and Cogitations of thy mynde disquiet and trouble theé or if SATHAN styrre all occasions of terrors agaynst theé as he is alway at hand too vexe such as labor earnestly in holynes and Christian Religion Here thou hast not onely perpetuall grace and pardon purchased for theé but thou mayest also boldly gloriously triumph and crow ouer Death the Law SATHAN and thyne owne giltie CONSCIENCE For by what power and right these Euils are ouercome in CHRIST by the same thou mayest thinke they are ouercome in theé But when thou hast pondered all other thinges in thy mynde as deéply as may be yet of all the vses and benefites which wée gather and enioy by the mysterie of CHRIST his Passion and Triumph of victory this is the most ample and most excellent namely if thou so apply too thy selfe all the deédes vertue and glory of CHRIST as though thou being wholy clothed with his righteousnes didst now as LORD of Heauen and Earth raigne and triumph aboue with him and in