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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

〈…〉 ther too longe vpon our synnes But 〈…〉 ther lette vs haue the Image of Chri 〈…〉 moste healthfull and precious death 〈…〉 fore our eyes Let vs fixe in our mynd and bee full perswaded that Christe now burdened with our synnes that 〈…〉 hath nowe taken theim vppon his o 〈…〉 shoulders and so hath satisfied for t 〈…〉 〈…〉 d washed them awaie that he will ne 〈…〉 r charge vs with theim but freely for 〈…〉 e vs them as we professe in our Crede 〈…〉 ē we saie Credimus remissionem pec 〈…〉 orum wee beleeue the remission of 〈…〉 nes And that thou maiest be assured thereof g 〈…〉 ‑ 〈…〉 ell reader with a full perswasion of faithe I haue noted out of Gods holie woorde some places shewyng .i. Howe Christe our true Messias was promised from the beginnyng of the worlde and so from tyme too tyme .ij. The assuraunce that he is come 〈…〉 j. To what ende Christes commyng is GOD saied vnto Abam the Seede of the woman shall treade doune the Serpentes heade God saied vnto Abraham thy seede all the nations of the yearth all bee blessed bicause thou hast heard ●y voice Moises saied vnto the children of Is 〈…〉 ell a Prophet shall the lorde your God 〈…〉 I se vp vnto you euen of your own bre 〈…〉 en like vnto me hym shall you heare 〈…〉 all thynges whatsoeuer he shall sa●● 〈…〉 t● you God saied vnto Dauid I will sette vp ●y ●e●de after thee whiche shall procede out quities but accordyng to thy infinite ● botomelesse goodnesse and mercie ta● mee vnto thee I a miserable and wreched creature am in thy hande I am thy debte and daunger thou maiest do● with me what it please thee O mos● mercifull father forsake me not nor ● me of I am thine all that I am there t● no man comforte no man helpe no ma● deliuer me but thou alone Thou art th● true comfort the moste present help th● surest Bulwarke in all necessitie Th● God art my refuge my strength my hel● in all trouble Thou art my Lorde in th● handes resteth all my chaunce and aff●res Shewe thy louyng and mercif●● face vpon thy seruaunte saue me in th● mercie O Lorde but in any waies in o● extreme sickenesse and affliction let ● beware wee looke not to earnestly n●●ther too longe vpon our synnes But rather lette vs haue the Image of Christ● moste healthfull and precious death b●fore our eyes Let vs fixe in our mynd● and bee full perswaded that Christe now burdened with our synnes that ●●ath nowe taken theim vppon his ow● shoulders and so hath satisfied for the●● 〈…〉 d washed them awaie that he will ne●r charge vs with theim but freely for●e vs them as we professe in our Crede ●hē we saie Credimus remissionem pec●torum wee beleeue the remission of ●nes And that thou maiest be assured thereof gē●ell reader with a full perswasion of faithe I haue noted out of Gods holie woorde some places shewyng .i. Howe Christe our true Messias was promised from the beginnyng of the worlde and so from tyme too tyme .ij. The assuraunce that he is come iij. To what ende Christes commyng is GOD saied vnto Abam the Seede of the woman shall treade doune the Serpentes heade God saied vnto Abraham thy seede all the nations of the yearth all bee blessed bicause thou hast heard ●y voice Moises saied vnto the children of Is●●ell a Prophet shall the lorde your God ●ise vp vnto you euen of your own bre●ren like vnto me hym shall you heare ● all thynges whatsoeuer he shall sat●●nto you God saied vnto Dauid I will sette vp ●y seede after thee whiche shall procede out of thy bodie and I will stablishe th● seate of his kyngdome for euer and ● will bee his father and he shall bee m● sonne and my mercie will I neuer tak● from hym Dauid saieth in the spirit of God th● art my soonne this daie begat I thee Againe thy seate O God indureth fo●euer Beholde a virgine shall conceiue an● beare a soonne and thou his mother sh● call his name Emanuell that is to sa● God with vs. Vnto vs a childe is borne vnto vs soonne is giuen vpon his shoulder sh● the kyngdome lye he shall be called ● his owne name wonderfull the giuer ● counsaile the mightie GOD the euerlastyng father the prince of peace There shall a Rodde spryng out of th● kinred of Iesse a blossome shall spryn● out of his Roote and the Spirite of th● Lorde shall rest vpon hym Beholde my seruaunte vpon whom● leane my electe in whom my soule ● pacified Beholde saieth the Lorde the sy● shall come that I will raise vp a righ● ●s braunche vnto the house of thy ser●unte Dauid whiche kyng shall beare ●le and he shall prospere in wisedome The Aungell of the Lorde saied vnto ●●seph feare not to take vnto thee Ma● thy wife for that whiche is conceiued her commeth of the holie Ghoste she ●ll bryng forthe a sonne and thou shall ●l his name Iesus for he shall saue his ●●ople from their synnes The Prophete Zacharie saieth bles● bee the Lorde God of Israell ▪ for he ●th visited and redemed his people and ●th raised a mightie saluation for vs ▪ in ●e house of his seruaunte Dauid as he ●●ke by the mouthe of his holie Pr●●etes whiche hath been since the world ●●●ne that wée should bee saued from 〈…〉 enemies and from the handes of all ●t ●ate vs. Lorde now lettest thou thy seruaunt ●art in peace accordyng to thy worde ● myne eyes haue seen thy Saluation ●iche thou hast prepared before the face ●ll thy people to bee a light to lighten 〈…〉 Gentiles and to bee the glorie of thy ●ple Israell Sain● Ihon Baptist saieth Beholde the Lambe of God whiche taketh awaie the synnes of the worlde 5 Our heauenly father saieth This is my deare soonne in whom I doe delight heare hym Who saieth the whole neede not the Phisition but thei that are sicke for I come not to call the righteous but the synners to repentaunce The sonne of manne came not to bee ministered vnto but to minister and to giue his li●e for many He that beleueth and is baptized shall bee saued but he that beleueth not shall bee da 〈…〉 ed. God so loued the worlde that he gaue his onely begotten soonne that whosoeuer beleueth in hym should not perishe but haue euerlastyng life He that beleueth on hym shall not bee condemned but he that beleeueth not i● condemned alreadie because he beleued not in th● name of the onely begotte● soonne of God. He that heareth my woordes and b●leueth on hym that sente me hath euerlastyng life and shall not come into 〈…〉 nation but is escaped from death to life Christe saieth this is the woorke of GOD that he beleue on hym whom he hath sent Verily verily I saie vnto you he that ●eleueth

thynges to our infirmitie Dooeth ● Christ speake to all men Dooeth he ● cal men when he saieth Come vnto ● all you that doe labour and are laden ● I shall refreshe yōu How can there ● any greater consolation Howe could ●riste speake more mercifull too vs here be many things that pinche vexe ● trouble manne gréeuously but what 〈…〉 ng is it that can trouble the consciēce ● synner more then when he doubteth ●he mercie of God then when he fea●h least God will cast hym of then whē can not perswade hymself to conceiue ● truste of Gods mercie but imagine ●t as a withered member he shal cutte and cast awaie Here we had neede of Christes present ● here we had nede of spedie comfort ●st this violent tempest ouerwhelme ●une vs But let vs not fear Christ is ●issembler he will stand by his worde wil performe his promise he wil help ●refreshe Therefore when we begin ●remble and feare in our consciente when we begin to doubt of Gods mer● when we perceiue our faithe to be f●●● Let vs forthwith call vpon God and t● feruently and that instantly euen fr●● the bottome of our harte that he tou● not his face from vs. Let vs poure before hym al that do● trouble vs Let vs disclose to hym all ● miserie our imbecilitie our increduli● Let vs crie with the Disciples Lorde ● crease our faiche And with the Father the lunaticke Lorde we beleue help● incredulitie And with the Prophet lo● make haste to helpe vs For thy merci● aboue all thy woorkes O moste louy● O moste mercifull father Lorde God our healthe our onely helpe and refu● Enter not into iudgement with thy ●nauntes Christ is our iustice our rede●ption and innocencie he for vs hath s●fered moste better and cruell death Let these thinges moue thée O fat● of mercie for this thy soonne our saui● Christes sake haue mercie vpon vs ●firme and strength our harte in faith● fort vs with the consolations of thy ●● spirite that we maie finally obtaine ●● euerlasting through Christ our lord AFter this sort if we labouring wrestyng and striuyng with our imhecilitie accusing before God and lamentyng our puci●itie ▪ and Incredulitie doe catche holde Christ and cleaue fast to hym earnest ▪ ●nd feruently destryng his helpe that wil vouchsafe to take our place and to ●lie that is lackyng in vs These thin● if we doe surely all thynges shall bee ●ll wee shall auoide and escape easely ●aunger and perill wée shall bee saufe ●ugh For these twoo to beleeue in ●ifte and with harte to desire faithe ●th not muche differ the one from th●●r For though wee féele yet greate ●kenesse and imperfection in our self ● this ought to comforte vs that God ●eth and commaūdeth that he should ●alled vpon that he hath promised to ●e and help these that call rightly v● hym Now as nothyng is more iust● necessarily destred then true faithe ●so God heareth no praier soner nor ●● gladly then when man findyng no ●lesse in hym●elf doeth acknowledge ●wne infirmitie his owne miserie ●wne beggerlinesse doeth accuse and lamente his owne incredulitie and ●● deepe ●ighes and hartie desires calle● faithe These sighes these desires t● praiers this little sparke of faithe is ● very séede of God wrought in vs by ● whiche saieth of Christe by the Pro● Esaye that he shall not quenche the ●● kyng flaxe nor breake the brused Re● Therefore let vs stedfastly beleeue ● the least earnestly and hartely praie ● wee maie beleeue bewailyng afore ● our lacke of faithe whiche thynges i● doe we neede not doubte but we be●●ep●ed of God we bee taken for his ●dren For it is not for nought nor in ● that he hath laied our imbecillitie ● synnes vpon his onely begotten soo● backe ▪ In Matthewe it is saied bless● those that mourne for thei shall bee ●forted blessed bee those that hunger● righteousnesse ▪ for thei shall bee sati● These wordes are spoken also to vs● maie iustly be applied to vs we mo●● and are sorie in our hartes that we ● mispended our life paste Wée wish● desire yea we euen hunger and thi●●ter righteousnesse Lette vs bee o● cheare wee shall obtaine our desire ▪ ●ll bee comforted we shall bee compted ●e afore God for Christe our Sauiour ● sake Finally let vs after this exam● of Christe and saincte Steuen com●de our soules into the handes of God ● heauenly father saiyng euery one af● this maner O Moste mercifull Father I cōmende into thy holie handes my spirite yea thy spirite for thou hast created it thou hast committed it for a ●e to the bodie thou hast giuen it thy ●e Image and similitude Thou haste ●e for the redemption of it thy owne ●e dearely beloued soonne to shed his ●d This the spirite I resigne into thy ●es O God of all mercie I am thyne ●at I am I beseche thee refuse not ●y owne but receiue keepe and place me in euerlastyng glorie for the sake of Iesus Christ thy onelie begotten sonne Amen Esay 26. ● Ihon. 2. He had a tedie mynde to vnderstande the scriptures The holie ghost inspiryng Cōscience is a thousande witnesses The ●utter in remembraunce of our inwarde thoughtes Christian libertie Doe not become the seruauntes of menne The warnyng of the spirite Merites affianceof workes freewill Purgatorie intercessions of Sainctes Pardons of Bishops satisfactiōs c ▪ Whosoeuer denieth me be fore men I will also bee ashamed of hym Dooe not make the holie ghost sorrowfull He recanted thē in Maie Hister Nilus be greate riuers He ●●●led th● knowē truth for the peace of menne He knewe hymself to be foreknowne The principall ende of this matter You bee welcome and I ill founde He doeth alledge his reprobation or refusyng The seconde daies worke Eccle. ix Faithe is the gift of God. Fewe chosen The state of the desperate manne The iij. dayes woorke Roma xj Christ onely iustifieth He had not true charitie Often error ij Peter The rightuousnes which is in Christ iustifieth The beginnyng of a disputation The place of soules Mille is a small seede The .iiij. dayes woorke That maye ye see in the Preface ij Cor. ij Ephe. vj. j. thess. v. Ephe. vj. j. Cor. xvj Iacob iiij j. Cor. xv Actes iiij Matth. 25 ▪ Matth. 6. Rom. 6. Psal. 88. Heb. 12. 1. Cor. 11. Eccle. 3. Psal. 70. Matth. 5. Rom. 2. Rom. 6. Beleuyng the Gospell Rom. 10. Gen. 2. Christ our Messias promised Gen. 12. Deuter. 18. Actes 3. ● Kings ● ▪ Gen. 2. Christ our Messias promised Gen. 12. D●uter 18. Actes 3. ● Kings ▪ ● ▪ Psal. 2. Psal. 2. Esay 7. Esay 9. Esay 11. Esay 42. Ieremy 23. Matth. 1. Fyue wytnesses amōg many that the true Messias is come Luke 1. Ihon. 1 ▪ Matth. 9. 17. To what end Christes comyng is Matth. 20. Mark. 16. Marke 3. Ihon. 5. Ihon. 6. Ihon. 6. Ihon. 11. Ihon. 12. Ihon. 14. Ihon. 17. Actes 4 ▪ Actes 1● Actes xiij Rom. 1. Rom. 3. Rom 4. Roma v. Roma v. Roma vj. Roma viij Roma x. Corrin i. Corin. vj. Corin. xv Corin. xv Corin. xv Corin. j. Corin. iiij Corin. v. Gala. j. Gala. ij Gala. iij. Gala. iij. Gala. v. Gala. v. Gala. vj. Cala. vi Ephesi j. Ephe. ij Ephesi ij Ephesi iiij Philip. j. Colos j. Colos j. Colos ij Timo. j. Timo. ij Timo. ij Titus iij. Hebre. j. Hebre. ij Hebre. vij Hebre. x. Hebre. x. i. Peter j. Peter j. Peter iij. Ihon. j. Ihon. ij Ihon. iij. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iiij Ihon. iiij Ihon. iiij Ihon. v ▪ ●hon v. Apoca. j. Apoca xvi● ▪ Apoca. xxj Apoca. xxij The ende Exod. xij Ihon. j. Ephe. v. Peter ij Exod. xvj Exod. xvij Deut. xxj Ihon. ii●● Math. iij. x●●● Math. xviii Luke ● Luke xv Math. xi An exhortation Roma v. i. Cor. j. ij Cor. ● ▪ Gala. j ▪ j. Titus j ▪ j. Titus ij ▪ i. Peter ij Esay liij Qui proprio filio suo non sepercit Ihon. viij Math. vj. ● Cor. xv Ihon. vj. Ihon. v. Roma ▪ viij j. Cor. vj. Ihon. xj Luke vij Luke j. Ihon. xj Actes ix Actes xx iiij Reg. iiij iiij Reg. xvij G●●e v. iiij Reg. ii Ephe. v. j. Corin. xv Oze xiiii Esay xxv ii Cor. iiii Philip. iiii Colos iii. i. thess. iiii ii Tymot ii Hebr. ii ▪ ij Tim. iiij j. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iiij Ihon. xix Philip. iij. Ihon. viij ▪ Ihon. x. Hebr. xij Hebre. iiij Math. xxvij Esay liij Math. ij Psal. xvj Luke xvij Marke ix Plal. lxix Matth. v.

xxvij of Nouember 1548. These things haue we séene and sensibly knowne and haue thought good to write them vnto you to the praise and glorie of the high God whose kingdome we earnestly desire to be openly knowne to the whole worlde ¶ Here followeth a godly Prayer against desperation A godly prayer against desperation OLyuing God and most mercifull father which alone of thy almighty power prouidence and wisedome diddest create heauen earth with all things therein in most comely forme ▪ and de●●●● order and that of verye loue that thou dearest chiefly towardes mankinde ▪ whome thou diddest not onely much safe to make after thine ●wne similitude and likenesse but also diddest ●●ke m●● Lorde and gouernour ouer 〈◊〉 thy other good creatures placing him in the Paradice of all felicitie ▪ forbidding him nothing ▪ but onely the eating of one ●●uite among many that this one commaundemēt shoulde be a meane for him ▪ to knowe his superiour and to practise his obediēce towardes his Creator But our father Adam nothing regarding thy fatherly loue nor inestimable benefites ▪ not waiyng the Royall state and felicitie that he was in did most vnthankfully nothing staiyng hymselfe by thy fore admonition trāsgresse and wilfully break 〈…〉 thy commaundement thereby deiectin● himselfe cleane out of thy godly fauou 〈…〉 vtterly losing all his former beatitude 〈…〉 felicitie making himself of the frée son 〈…〉 of God bondslaue to the deuill of immo●tall euer to haue lyued in all feliciti 〈…〉 mortall and subiect to death and all 〈…〉 serie And alas not onely casting away● hymselfe by his vnfaithfull disobedienc● but for that he hauing the sentence 〈…〉 death and dampnation layde vpon hy● begatte vs as the whole parent of ma● kinde he in his offense most iustly c 〈…〉 demned me all his posteritie Here 〈…〉 so haynously displeased thy Maiestie 〈…〉 so iustly procured thy wrath and i 〈…〉 gnation that all our deedes all our me 〈…〉 tes no not all the intercessions and 〈…〉 rites of all the creatures that euer liu 〈…〉 in this worlde coulde not once moue t 〈…〉 righteous iustice to pardon him nor 〈…〉 offence committed in him But as t 〈…〉 godly prouidence did frō euermore for 〈…〉 sée that miserable fal of manne so did t 〈…〉 mercy from euerlasting determine 〈…〉 redéeme man againe for thou so loue 〈…〉 the worlde that at the time appointe● thou didst sende downe thy onely begot●en sonne incarnate to suffer death for mākinde and by his death once for euer ●o make the frée sacrifice and omnisuffi●ient satisfaction to thy iustice for the 〈…〉 nnes of the whole world fréely to make ●ust in thy sight all that vnfainedly be●éeue therein Therefore for as much as 〈…〉 t hath pleased thee oh father so to open 〈…〉 y minde and darke senses that I doe ●ertainely knowe and vndoubtedly be●éeue all these things by that infallible ●estimonie of thy sacred and holy Scri●ture not onely that thou of thy mercie 〈…〉 oost fréelye forgiue me the offence of mine originall sinne for Christes sake ●ut also my manifolde and dayly sinnes ●ōmitted actually ▪ against thy maiestie 〈…〉 most humblye beséech thée here being 〈…〉 rostrate and lowlye submitting me be●ore the throne of thy mercie alwayes to graunt me thy peace whiche passeth al ●nderstanding that when or how soeuer ●he worlde doe rage against me The so●icitie or care of lyuing losse of goodes or ●riendes or any thing visible or inuist 〈…〉 le doe molest trouble me that I may 〈…〉 uer haue thy peace rest and quietnesse in my conscience and to put my wh 〈…〉 trust and affiaunce in thée and so to pr●serue mee from the subtill perswasio 〈…〉 and cruell assaults of Sathan that whatsoeuer my calamities my losses or min● aduersities bee or how great hainous 〈…〉 manifolde soeuer my sinnes be that 〈…〉 neuer fall into any kinde of desperation other of body or soule But that I maye alwayes remember and knowe thy bottomlesse mercie to surmount and passe the number and grauitie of all mine offences That I maye alwayes trust in thy mercie that thou wilte other preserue me frō sinne or of thy mere mercy fréely forgiue mee all my sinnes for thy sonne Iesu Christes sake And that tho● wilt neuer take from me thy spirite but euer graunt me grace that in all my necessities and troubles other of bodye or soule I maye truely repent my sinnes call vpon thée for helpe and aide and that I maye stedfastly beleue that thou lyke a mercifull father for thy sonnes sake wilt fauourably heare me mercifully forgiue me and mightily defend me against all my enimies and in all my troubles that I neuer commit nor consent to the destruction of my bodye or ●oule but euer to lyue here in thy feare and dreade vntill it shall please thée of thy mercie to call me to raigne with thée in glorie euerlasting Amen Here followeth the Godlye and wholsome preseruatiue against desperation c. I. PETER V. Be sober and watch for your aduersarie the Deuill as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may deuoure whom resist stedfast in the faith The Preface THis preseruatiue g 〈…〉 tle reader is prepar 〈…〉 for thy profite Th 〈…〉 thou readyng it at l 〈…〉 sure maiest chose o● suche cōfortable se●tences as maie bot● staie thyne owne conscience in the ty 〈…〉 of temptation and also quiet others w 〈…〉 the Deuill shall bee busie with them 〈…〉 we bee not ignoraunt of the thoughtes Sathan how he cōtinually furnisheth hy● self to bende his ordinaunce against m 〈…〉 And nowe with the consideration of t●● greatnesse and multitude of synne No● with the terrour of death and dampna 〈…〉 on d●oe labour to beate the buckler 〈…〉 Faithe out of our handes to strike the he met of hope from our heade and to wr 〈…〉 from vs the swearde of the spirite whi●● is Gods worde But here christian reader is thy swo 〈…〉 and buckler deliuered vnto thee her● thy helmet put vpon thy heade here th 〈…〉 shalte finde suche armoure and weap●● whereby thou shalt be able to withsta●● the force of our common enemie the D 〈…〉 〈…〉 and also by the counsaill to rescue 〈…〉 ers that thei perish not Yea here thou 〈…〉 lte finde choise of moste comfortable ●●ntences whereby mannes conscience 〈…〉 e bee staied from dampnable despe●ion ▪ Watche therefore stande stedfaste in the plaie the manne and bee of good 〈…〉 mforte Resiste the Deuill and he will 〈…〉 from thee Not for feare of thine owne 〈…〉 wer strength or holinesse but for feare Christe in whom by faithe thou art in●ffed For it is Christe through whom ●od hath giuen vs victorie against synne ●ath hell and the deuill Neither is there any other name vnder heauen giuen vnto manne wherein we maie be saued but the name of Iesus Christe our Lorde To whom with the Father and the holie Ghost be all honor and