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A08445	Fouretene sermons of Barnardine Ochyne, concernyng the predestinacion and eleccion of god: very expediente to the settynge forth of hys glorye among hys creatures. Translated out of Italian in to oure natyve younge by A.C.	Ochino, Bernardino, 1487-1564.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.	1551 (1551)	STC 18767; ESTC S104170	58,669	130

chifelie for that I am happye onlie bi that faythe of the whiche whosoeuer is voide is not yet entred in to the kingdome of God where is nothinge but ryghtuousnes peace and Ioie Rom. iiii Finalli Paule beleued to be elected as in many places he saythe yea he gloried therin neuerthelesse in God and so to beleue he induced others the which if it had bene euel he wolde not haue done Therfore if it be not euel let vs also with Paule glori vs by God in Christe who likewyse induced the Apostles Luke x. Math. xv Math. xvi to beleue that theyr names were writē in heauen that theyr heauenli reward was plētuous that they shulde iudge the xii tribes therby brought them to beleue thei were electe and that is also suer that if that belefe had bene euell he wold not haue caused it Thou wilt saie thou oughtest not to compare thy selfe equall wyth the sainctes I saie it is true that I oughte not to presume to be like them or holy by myne owne worckes for while I presume of my selfe I muste of force become a deuell but it is not euell to compare with the saintes in veritie for they were humble and in beleuing that they were elect they gaue to God all laude and glorye bicause they did not beleue to be of the electe for their merites but for Christes And wold to God I mighte beleue that firmelye and with stedfast fayth the sacred scriptures are ful that we ought not to despeire of our saluacion but that we ought to hope and beleue to be all readye saued and dayly to certifie oureselues therof bi doing good worckes ii Pet. i. i. Iohn iiii which are a testimonie to vs of oure election and that we shulde also increase in charitye to take from vs all feare of oure dampnaciō to the end we may serue God without feare in rightuousnes and holinesse as zacharie sayde Luke i. And likewise wee ought to demaūd perseueraūce in the good with faith to obtein it Therfore to trust to be saued of the elected to hope beleue to be saued of the electe is not euel Paul also saithe oure hope was neuer confounded nor dyd shame to them that had it And lykewyse that fayth was neuer beguiled Wherfore then is it euyll that I beleue stedfastly to be saued by Christ Let vs beholde then wyth open eyes of liuely fayth Christe vpon the crosse in whome we se presentlye the goodnes of God in the face in suche sorte as we maye beyng pilgrimes to th ende wee may render to him al laud honor glory through Iesus Christe oure Lorde Amen ¶ Vvhether it be necessarye to saluacion to beleue that we are elected or not the fyft Sermon Hebr. xi Mar. xvi Iohn iii. FAyth is very necessarye because that withoute it not onlye God cānot bee pleased but he that beleueth not shall be condempned and is already iudged But it is also impossible that one that doth not beleue to be elected should beleue as he ought to do any of the articles nceessarie to saluaciō And to proue that this is true if thou beleuest not that thou art one of the elect thou beleuest not in God in the maner that thou arte bounde bicause that it suffiseth not to haue a certeine dead opinion that Godi● but thou muste effectuously beleue that he is thy God that he loueth the that he is propiciatory to the that he is cōtinually beneficial to the that he hath most special cure of the causeth euery thinge to serue the to saluacion therfore that thou arte electe Yea who so beleueth not that he is electe doeth not fele in spirite the benefite of Christe Therfore beinge without Christ Ephe. i. Gala. iiii he is with oute God and knoweth him not as Paule wryteth Then howe is it possible that thou mayste beleue perfectli that he is thy father if thou do not beleue that thou arte his son and therfore his heire saued Gala. iiii Thou canst also neuer earnestlie beleue that God is omnipotente if thou vnderstande not that continually he vseth his omnipotēcie towards the in doinge the good Whiche when with the spirite thou didest proue thou shuldest of force beleue thy selfe to bee his heyre if thou beleue not thou arte elect howe causte thou beleue that God hathe created the heauens and thearthe that he susteineth gouerneth all to thy behofe hauing of the moste singuler cure it is nedefull that with liuely sayth imbrasinge al the world for thy owne thou perceiue effectuallye the goodnes of God in euerye creature And when that is thou shalt be inforced to beleue that thou arte the sonne of God Thou canste not also beleue in Iesu that is that he is to the Iesus and sauioure if thou beleue not that thou arte saued nether canste thou beleue that he is thy Christe that is to saye a Prophete kinge and prieste if thou fele not in spirite that he doth illuminate and lighten the as a prophet rule the as a king and as an onlye prieste is offered for the vpon the crosse The which if thou didest beleue thou shuldest also beleue to be elected How shalt thou beleue that Iesus is the only begotten sonne of God thi Lord come into the world to saue the and geuen to the with al his deuine treasures and graces if thou dost not beleue thy selfe to be one of his lambes thou causte not beleue as thou arte bounde to do that he died for the nor perceiue his excessiue charitie so that with Paule thou maist saye Rom. viii nothing can seperate me from the charitie of God It is necessarye to beleue that Christ vpon the crosse hath satisfied for thy sinnes and that he hath reconciled the satisfied to his father and saued the and therfore that thou art the sōne of God he that beleueth as he ought that Christ is rysē to iustifie vs doth also know him selfe saued so he that perfectly doth vnderstand that Christe our head is ascēded into heauē entred for vs in possessiō of paradise Philli. iii. perceiueth him self risen with Christ alredy bi hope being ascended into heauē Ephe. ii practiseth with that minde in Paradise where Christ is sitting in peaceable possessiō of thinges celestial he saieth with Paul we are made safe by hope Rom. viii it suffiseth not to beleue that he shal iudge the quicke the dead the which also the deuils beleue but that the sētence shal be al in thi fauour hauing to thi iudge him that died vpō the crosse for thee We cā not liuely beleue the sēding of the holy ghoste if we fele it not in oure selues and if we do feale it we shal be forced with Paule to saye the spirite of God rendrethe testimony to oure spirite that we are the sonnes of God therfore heires and saued Roma viii Neyther is it inoughe that there is

but a minute of an houre in perceyuing of him selfe elect by Christ seeth that which is true therfore shall it euer be true that he is one of the legitimat sonnes of God so that the same his faythe be not in anye maner founded vpon him self nor his own worckes but in christ and the diuine excellence and that it be not a certeine trifleinge lighte baren and deade opinion but a liuely faithe It must be said then that Iudas had neuer perfect faith nether was elect to saluaciō although he was chosen to the apostelshippe and the like say I of al the reprobate al such then as haue had at anie time liuely belefe to be saued bi christ may be suer of their saluation And so also they whiche haue once at the least bene perfectely geuen to God and committed to his gouernaunce vpon the couenaunte that he shall serue himselfe of them accordynge to his owne purpose and with truste that by Christ and his mere goodnes he hath accepted them for his owne they maye also beleue that they are saued bycause that he shal be no lesse God to them then thei shal be promised of him Therfore hauing had in that couenaunte lyuely faythe This is not spoken to declare that it is possible for gods elect to be wholy geuē to synne but if it were possible yet should they recouer that pestilence that God wyll forgeue them as his Chyldren in suche sorte that he wyl conducte them to saluacion althoughe they as muche as lyeth in them were continuallie prompte to all euyll yet is it necessary to saye that sence God hathe taken them for his as they knowe by the lyuely faythe that they haue hadde thereof that they shall ouercome that wyckednes and haue honoure thereby For hys goodnes passithe theyr euelnes he wold not haue inspired them to gyue them selfes if from withoute beginning he had not elected them and takē thē for his owne Some peraduenture will saye if we were onlye ones suer to haue bene for a litle time in the fauour of God to haue had his spirit in vs and liuely faith in him that we did beleue suerlye to be his elect yet we knowe not if it haue bene a perfect fayth or not we feare it to haue bene a certeine cold opinion and leste we were begiled in beleuing to be in gods fouor and elected of him I answer that this is an euidente signe that ye haue neuer had hitherto liuelye faith and knowledge of christe For as it is vnpossible to haue fyre within the brest and not fele it so is it impossible to haue in the hart christ the holye ghoste ardent charitie and the fierye lighte of faythe and not to perceiue it and this is for that his lighte is so clere and effectuous that not only it maketh thē to se and liuelie to fele with the spirit that christ is deade for them vpon the crosse that they are elect and sauid but also it dothe make them knowe that it whiche they see is by diuine inspiracion that it is the holye spirit whiche testifieth vnto theyr spirite that thei are the sonnes of God Rom. viii Whose testimonie is more clere open firme and certeine then al the outward oracles and miracles of the world which without the inward testimonie of the spirit can leaue vs none other thē doubtful Now that he that hath in him Christ and the spirit of God doth fele know and perceiue it it is clere by Christ which sayde that the world knew not the holy gost but that he was knowen of them in whom he was And by saynct Iohn which sayd also In this we know that Christ is in vs i. Iho. iii. euen by the holy gost which he hath geuen vs. Therfore sayd Paul trie your selues ii Cor. xiii make some profe of your selues is it possible that ye should not knowe Christ in you if ye be not reprobate And in an other place know ye not how ye are the temple of God that the holy gost dwelleth in you The holy spirite goth searching throughout i. Cor. ii Esa xxxii Roma xv Luke i. and iudgeth euery thing fayth is so clere that it sheweth vs the profunditie of god thou wilt that it be blynde of it selfe Yea Paul sayth that the holy gost is geuen to vs to the ende we myght know those thinges that haue bē geuen vs of Christ i. Tesa i. The kyngdom of God is peace as writeth Esai and Paul withoute seruile feare in much certentie Therefore as Chryst sawe that he was in the fauoure of his father and his beloued sonne so also do the electe se them selues all thoughe not with so cleare lighte and certentye but that they goo somtyme doubtynge stumbling and wauering But they oughte wyth the Apostles to pray Christ to augmēt their faith Luke xvii And seke with their good workes continually to make knowē to thē selfes more perfect their saluation and vocation that therby as by the effectes or fruites they shuld come into the ful riches of certeine perswacion and vnderstandinge of their election and saluation i. Tessa i ii Timo. iiii Rom. viii Gala. ii ii Cor. iii. Paule also knew he was in the fauour of God in faith hope and charitye elected the sōne of God saufe and suer and that he had the holy gooste and Christ within him when he said that he was one of them that Christ was come to saue and that he knewe in whome he beleued that he loked for the Crowne that nothynge colde seperate hym frō the loue of God whiche had elected him before the constitution of the worlde that he had the spirite of adopcion of the sonnes of God and that Christe was he who lyued and spake in him Saint Iohn also saied we are suer we know God and that we liue in him worldlie and carnall beastes are they which know not God in the holye gost Gala. ii Ioh. xiiii i. Cor. ii nor those thynges which be his euen as men not regenerate they are rustical paysaūtes of so abiecte and base a spirite that they can not beleue that God hath loued them so much that by the death of his only begotten and most intierly beloued sonne he would saue them take them for his chyldren and make them his heyres But astonied of theyr sinnes they are euer afrayed of hell Where the regenerate fele in such sorte the charitie of God in Christ that they knowe them selues to be saued Neyther canne they once thynke that Christe who hathe all his fathers power and shall be theyr iudge wyll refuse lose or dampne them and geue sentence agaynste his brethern and members Math. xxviii for whom he dyed on the crosse and would dye agayne if it were necessarie Ephe. i. They haue in them also the holye goste for an earneste of theyr saluation But if God had geuen vs nothyng but our beynge should not we