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A08444	Certayne sermons of the ryghte famous and excellente clerk master Barnardine Ochine, borne within the famous vniuersitie of Siena in Italy, now also an exyle in this lyfe, for the faithful testimony of Iesus Christe. Faythfully translated into Englyshe	Ochino, Bernardino, 1487-1564.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.; Argentine, Richard, d. 1568.	1551 (1551)	STC 18766; ESTC S104167	97,926	208

knowledge of God much more then the creatures And we ought to serue our selues of them in dyuers wayes for that they fyrst incyte and teach vs to repayre to God sayinge in him is the cheif boūty go to him for he is faithful and hath promysed to make you tast al vertue and goodnes in him Yea thoughe they do not make the lyuely to know God yet worke they as the Samarita●e dyd y t sent the Samaritanes to Christ who other wyse made them taste and feele that which the Samaritane had sayd of him vnto them in suche wyse that whē they returned they confessed saying we beleued not at all by thy wordes we our selues haue heard and know that thys is truly the sauyour of the world And so the holy scryptures do sende the to Christ to the ende that he may open thy hart and make the in spirit liuely to vnderstand that whych al ready thou hast red in the dead letter that thou maist sai vnto y ● scriptures we neuer beleued by thy words the which being wythout spirite could not make vs tast fin●ly the great boūty of god It is true that by thy words we haue bene prouoked to go to Christ who speaking vnto vs in spirit hathe made vs to fele in the ha●t a more cleare hy●h and deuyne effecte of that thou hast spokē They erre therfore that fedyng thē selues of the letter and not of the spyryte do fyre them selues in the holy scripture● and seke none other light but that Yea I say that for one houres studye they ought to prai a thousand to demaūd of God the true vnderstandyng of theym ▪ And lyke as the Pa●tonistes heald opinion that the sensyble thynges geueth vs occasyon to study in the boke of the minde in whiche they say is imprynted al the verity So must we cousyder that the holy scryptures do cal vs to Christ in whome as Paul sayeth be hyd al the treasures of wysdom and knowledge This is no lesse then true that lyke as if thou haddest a frend whom thou hast not tryed though alwayes thou haste trauayled to proue hym thou woldest not inwardly know hym for a frynde though he wer euer in thyue eye because the profe hath not roted hym in thy minde So albeit the holy scriptures do cal and exhort the to seke God in spyryte it is yet impossyble y t thou shuldest fynde god in truth in y e scryptures if fyrst by spyryt thou haue hym not at the harte They serue also an other maner that many tymes happeneth As wher god maketh the in spyryte wyth lyuely faythe to feele a ●euyne truth Afterwardes readyng the holy scryptures thou fyndest that crudulyty wrytten that thou haste so conceyued And therof restyng contented thou con●yrfmst thy self in the fayth of that truth notwythstandyug that it ought to suffyse the of the fyrst inspyracyon of the holy ghoste And so moreouer because that in Christ is y e end of the law al the promyses fulfylled and al y ● Prophecyes veryfyed the shadowes fygures and scryptures of the olde Testamēt he that readeth it and seeth all fulfylled in Christ is forced to satysfy hym selfe of the truthe and to establysh hym self in fayth For Christ sēt the Iewes that wold not beleue hym to the holy scryptures as to thē that wytnessed of hym Afterwardes albeit that in the church of God to be satysfied grounded and establyshed in the deuyne celestyal and supernaturall veryty it behoueth in effect to come to the inward witnes of the holy ghost without whome we can not know whych scryptures be of God be holy and whych not Neuertheles after y ● our holy scriptures be of god we ought to serue ourselues of them as of a certayn infallyble supreame outward rule to teach reprehend correct and exhorte the others to conuynce thē that speake agaynst it For as Paule wryteth amongest the exteriour things we haue not a more sure cleare perfect aud stedfast rule then thys wyth whiche we ought in spyrit to rule al our words workes dedes and lyfe The holy scriptures moreouer shew vnto vs though farre of our country By her we haue lyght of God of hys promyses also ●hys threatenynges And they nourysh in vs the fayth hope charyte fear and other vertues They comfort vs in our trobles aud in prosperyty exhort vs to be temperate They discouer the va●ytyes of the world our myseries and the boūty of god ▪ And who that studyeth them must of force retyre or wythdraw hym self from y e worldly thoughtes and settle hys minde to mortyfy hys vyces inordinate desyres aud affeccions So that the study of them is very profytable to them that duly vse it But it behoueth not to study as the Iewe who fyxeth hym in the vtermost rynd of the letter whiche as Paule sayth kylleth and beholding Moses wyth the face couered and not enteryng into San●ta Sanctorum but as the true Christian to whom is geuē the knowledge of God celestyall Reygne or Kyngedome wythoute parables that wyth the lyuely tast and feelyng of God in Christe beholdynge hym wyth lyuelye fayth in the face discouered and entrynge into Sancta Sanctorum to se wyth clere supernatural lyght the high resplendente secretes of god To whom be geuen all laud honoure and glory by oure Sauyoure Iesu Christ Amen The .v. Sermon Of thin conueniences that are happened and daylye happen by the abuse of the holy scriptures THe holy scryptures of them selues be the good gyftes of God and of the holy Ghost Neuertheles they may be vsed of vs wel or euyl as by experyence it is manyfest For wheras gods elect serue thē selues of it to Gods honour the reprobate contrarywyse serue them selues of it to his dyshonour through theyr own faute not of the scryptures in so much that in respect of theyr wicked maligniti it hath perehaūce done hurt in som waies to y e world though At length God of hys infynyte bounty reduceth al thynges to hys honoure and glory For fyrst the scryptures annoyed them who haue bene diligent to gather together many bokes and neglygent to study them Thynkynge them selfes fully learned whē they haue had theyr lybrary ful of bokes Other some studying haue not attained to imprynte the truthe that they found in their myndes and therefore haue wrytten it in papers so that rea●●yng moost ignoraunt al theyr learnynge consysteth in theyr wrytyngs and losyng them they also lose their scyence Whych was one of the argumēts that caused Plato to condempne letters sayinge that before scrypture was founde the menne were much better learened then since because they were forced to wryte in theyr myndes that that afterwardes they haue wrytten in paper I passe ouer that many haue consumed theyr tyme in the dishonoure of God in readynge and wrytynge of thynges curyous and peruycious to the health And that many transported of Curiosity haue wylled to se so many bokes that in

he is saued thorowlye by him and he that seeth this with supernatural vnderstandinge hauinge no respect to him self nor his workes but only to the goodnes of God discouered in Christ vpon the Crosse cānot by any meanes be disceiued because that light which he hath to be in the fauor of God elect to saluacion can not growe but onlye of the bountye of God consydered in Christ wherof can spring no false nor deceitfull knowledge Full well may he be be giled and shalbe that doth behold his workes and by them thincketh that he is in the fauour of God and his sōne But seing him selfe in Christ saued chosen in the fauour of God it muste nedes be said that he seeth the truthe and that which is once trewe although it were but for the twincke of an eie must be saide to be euer true he then which beleueth in Christe were it but a mynute of an houre in perceyuynge of hym selfe elect by Christ seeth that which is true therfore shall it euer be true that he is one of the legitima● 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 y ● reprobate al such thē as haue had at ani time liuely belefe to be saued bi christ may be sure 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 him selfe of them accordynge to his owne purpose and with truste that by Christ and his mere goodnes he hath accepted them for hys owne they maye also beleue that they are saued bycause that he shal be no lesse God to them then they shal be promysed of hym Therfore hauing had in that couenaunte lyuely faythe that God wyll forgeue them as his Chyldren in suche sorte that he wyll conducte them to saluacion althoughe they as muche as lyeth iu them were contynuallye prompte to all euyl yet is it necessary to saye that sence God hathe taken theym for hys as they knowe by the lyuely faythe that they haue hadde thereof that they shal ouercome that wyckednesse and haue honoure thereby For hys goodnes passeth their euelnes he wold not haue inspired thē to gyue them selfes if from without beginning he had not elected them and takē thē for his own Some peraduenture wyl say if we were onlye ones sure to haue ben 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 surely to be his elect yet we know not if it haue bene a perfect fayth or not wee feare it to haue bene a certeyne cold opinion and least we were begyled in beleuing to be in gods fauoure elected of him I answer that thys is an euidēt sygne that ye neuer had hytherto liuely fayth and knowledge of Christ For as it is vnpossible to haue fyre within the brest and not ●ele it so is it impossible to haue in the hart christ the holy ghost ardent charity and the fiery light of fayth and not to perceiue it thys is for that his lighte is so clere and effectuous that not only it maketh them to se and lyuelye to fele with the spirite that Christe is deade for them vpon the crosse that they are electe and saued but also it dothe make them knowe that it whyche they see is by diuine inspiracion that it is the holye spirit whiche testifieth vnto theyr spirite that thei are the sonnes of God Whose testimonye is more clere open firme and certein then al the outward oracles and miracles of the world which without the inward testimonie of the spirit can leaue vs none other thē doutful Now y t he that hath in him Christ and the spirite 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 whome he was And by saynct Iohn which sayd also In this we know that Christ is in vs euen by the holy gost whiche he hathe geuen vs. Therfore sayd Paul trie your selues 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 and iudgeth euery thing fayth is so clere y t it sheweth vs the profūditie 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 might know those thinges that haue ben geuen vs of Christ The kyngdome of God is peace as wryteth Esai and Paul without 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 wyth so cleare lyghte and certenty but that they goo somtyme doubtynge stumbling and wauering Bnt they ought wyth the Apostles to pray Christ to augmēt their faith And seke with their good workes continually to make knowē to thē selfs more perfect their saluacion and vocaciō that therby as by the effectes or fruites they shuld come in to the ful riches of certein perswacion and vnderstandinge of their election and saluation Paule also knew he was in the fauour of God in faith hope and charitye elected the sonne of God safe and sure and that he had the holy goste and Christ wythin hym when he sayd that he was one of them that Christ was come to saue and that he knew in whome he beleued that he looked for the Crowne that nothynge could seperate hym frō the loue of God which had elected him before the constitution of the world that he had the spirite of adopcion of the sonnes of God and that Christe was he who lyued and spake in him Saint Ihō also saied we are sure we know God and that we liue in him worldlie and carnall beastes are they which know not God in the holye gost nor those thynges which be his euen as mē not regenerate they are rustical paysaūts 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 onlye begotten and most intierly beloued sonne he would saue them take them for his chyldren and make them hys hepres But astonied of theyr sinnes they are euer afrayed of hell Where the regenerate fele in such sorte the charitie of God in Christ

sēding of y ● holy ghost if we feele it not in our selues and if we do feale it we shalbe forced with Paul to saye the spirite of God rendrethe testymony to oure spirite that we are the sonnes of God therfore heires and saued Neither is it inough that there is a church of God but thou must beleue to be a porcion thereof one of the lyuely stones therfore one of the electe And to beleue the cōmuniō of sayntes thou must feele that as a mēber of Christ he doth perticipate his grace w t the and y ● thou art therby saued y u must also be leue y e remission of syns y ● is not ouly that he dothe pardon synnes but that he hathe pardoned the thine and so elected the. Euē so thou must beleue that thou shalt ryse glorious and haue life euerlasting Thē there is no article of oure fayth y ● can be beleued in suche sorte as it ought to be of those whiche doo not beleue they are elected To the Christian it is then necessary to beleue that God is hys God and father that he worketh all for his benefite ▪ and that Christe is come was borne hath liued dyed and risen agayne for his saluacion so that w t lyuelye faith he ēbraceth Christ wholi for his owne with al his treasure grace And lykewyse al his life death resurreccyon assention glorye and perceiueth the charitie of God in Christ as if there hadde bene no mo but only him selfe in the world and that Christe for him onlye wold haue wrought and suffered no les then he hath done The which when thou dost beleue thou shalt perceyue thou art electe Yea he that beleueth not he is electe can not praye as he ought beynge withoute fayth wythout the whiche after Paul we cannot effectuously recommend vs to god bicause y ● we must ask in faith if we wil askin veriti be hard now if y u beleue not to be his sōne heir how cāst y u as Christ taughte saye our father as a sōne wyth cōfidēce aske him grace Praier may wel be made of inside ls and Ipocrits but lyke folishe scoffers and mockers Whē y u saiest halowed be thy name thy kyngdom come thou must haue in the the spirit of a● opcion of the sonne of God And as y e sōne is moued of vehemente loue pure and sincere to desyre the kyngdome and glori of y e father so must thou seyng the the sonne of God wyth a deuyne spirit by the force of loue aske and desyre that thy heauenly father be honored and reygne in hys electe w t out rebellyon Lykewyse shalt thou neuer thanke God wyth all thy herte if thou beleue not to be one of y e electe yea if y u shalte doubte therin or thincke to be dampned in thy hart and in thy lyfe and paradnenture also with thy words thou wylte dysprayse him that he hath giuen the a beyng that he hath create the world sente Christe and so the rest his benefytes and wilt say If I am not saued what do these thyngs profit me it had ben better for me y ● I had neuer ben as Christ sayd of Iudas If I shalbe damned the death of Christ serueth me not but doth inflame burne w t al y e rest of hys benefyts y u canst not in perfection thē thācke god if y u feare dāpnaciō But who so beleueth he is one of y e elect therby y ● al thynges serue hym to saluacion euen the verye troubles he holdeth for a specyall grace benefyte in theym perceyuynge the good●es of God he gyueth hym thankes wyth all his herte Who shal he be that committeth hym selfe holy to the gouernaunce of God as euery one ought to do if he beleue not that God is hys father that he pardoneth hym doth take of him most singuler cure Otherwise they shall neuer truste in God but wyth Adam shal feare hym and flye seking to hide hym selfe from the face of God nether is it possyble to loue God in veryty honor hym as he ought to be honored and approue for iust and holy all his workes and so delite wholye in hym if he fele not in Christ so muche the goodnes of God that he se hym selfe hys sonne also heire If he know not him self to be a sonne he shal feare as a seruaunt in al his workes haue respect to him selfe his pains displeasures incommodytyes dyshonoures hel or els to this paradise not to y e glori of God As he y ● seeth hym selfe a sōne lord of al heire sure therof such a one worketh only by strēgth of spirit vehemēci of loue to the glory of god to whō he hath turned hys whole intent to that end ordreth his whole life Also it can not be possible to loue thy neighbour as thy self as a brother in Christ mēber w t the of the same bodye if thou do not beleue to be in the number of the sonnes of God And fynally ther cānot one good worcke be done but of them that are regenerate sonnes of God members of Christe and haue in them the holy spirit which testifieth in their hertes that they ●e the sonnes of God And mai parteli be sene howe false and vngodlye is the doctrine of the antichristians that where as it is cheifelye necessarie to beleue that we are elected also aboue all thinges most commodious thei force thē selues to withdraw euery one frō this fayth perswading them to stand in doubte as thoughe they had wherin to mistruste the goodnes of God vppon whome onlie dependeth oure saluacion as our dāpnacion doth of our selues But let vs praye to God to open oure eyes to the ende they maye no longer blaspheme but render to God all honoure lande and glorye by Iesu Christe oure Lorde Amen The .xvii. Sermon If it be good to seeke to know wherefore God hathe some electe and some reprobate THy desyre maye be wycked as it is in manye to whome it appeareth that it should haue bene better if God who beinge of power as he is had elected al mē ▪ and semeth theym that in thys God hathe lacked of charitye yea in theyr language they saye in theyr heart secretely If we had bene God we woulde haue elected all and would haue had more charitie thē he Now behold whether this be vngodlye folyshe proude plasphemy or not They Imagyne to haue more loue to the souls then he that for to saue theym gaue hys onlye begotten and dearlye beloued sonne vpon the crosse There are some other to whome it semeth on the one syde that God can not erre and on the other parti hearinge that he hath reproued many they thinke the cōtrary Thei are not certeine by fayth that God can not erre and that al that he willeth must nedes be iuste Therfore

synnes for thyne and reward me with thine innocency holynes and ryghtwysenes Thou hast all readye satissfied for me on the crosse and appoynted me by adopcion to be the sonne of God wherfore I cānot be damned no not one shalbe found that dare accuse me being one of goddes elected Moreouer if thou be myneded aud wyllynge to appeare wythoute daunger at the benche of goddes ryghtewysenes dyspoyle fyrste thy selfe of the olde Adam and apparel the with Christe as Paul exhorteth vs thou shalbe safe For in so muche as thou haste embraced him for thine own thou can not be damned although thou haddest committed al the sinnes of the worlde As a woman greate with childe cannot be punished no more can thou if thou haue Christ in thy harte or rather as Christe sayeth he that be leueth in the son is not iudged he is so assured of hys saluacion that there nedeth no examinacion to be hadde of him he is one of Christes mēbers and hath his spirit wherfore he can no more be dampned then Christ because he is knit to him by liuelye faythe If it be so that God woulde make there with the a reckenynge saye to hym howe thou hast made it wyth Christ for as he put on Christ al our iniquities and sinnes as Esaye sayeth and with greate loue accepted them for hys owne and bounde him selfe to make satisfaction for them Wherfore thou shalt say Lorde if thou haste anye reconing or matter agaynste me make it with Christ he knoweth wel how to answere aud can declare that he hathe satisfied for them In case be that any must be dampned for the synnes I haue doone it is Christe that muste be dampned and not I good Lorde for albeit I am he that commytted them neuertheles Christe bounde hym selfe to satisfye for them and that by consente and good wyll of hys father wherefore who so euer beleueth lyuelye in Christe is all to gether safe and sure Besyde thys if God wolde needes make the audite and accompt wyth vs and wold saye I am not contente wyth Christes satisfactyō for you I wil that your selues make recompence for that you haue offēded whiche is a thynge impossyble all readye from the beginninge he is contented and hath accepted that deuine sacryfyce of the vndefyled lambe Christe Iesus whyche dyed on the crosse to be obedyente to hys father as Paule hathe wrytten al readye is the right wysenes of God satysfyed vp Christe more then suffycyente and made his sonnes and so consequentlye hys hepres he hath alreadye geuen vs paradyse and when God hath once geuen a gyfte it neuer repenteth hym wherfore the gyfte canne not be called agayne vp reason God is not chaungeable I neuertheles althoughe as I sayed he shulde saye I wyll that thou thy selfe satisfye Answere hym on thys wyse Lorde if I were as dere beloued to the as is Christe and had done and suffered lonynglye for thy honoure All that Christ did and suffered in this case woldeste thou not holde thy selfe sufficiently satisfyed for me in case he graunted thereto Thou shulde make hym this answer Then is it all readye done Form that Christ suffered I myself suffered By reason I am chāged into Christ Yea the true Christians y t haue Christ in theyr heartes as Paule sayeth let Christe dwel in our harts maye pitiouslye lamente and complayne to of God and saye to him thou hast punished vs more bytterlye then we haue deserued cōsidering that we offended and not Christe reasone wolde thou shulde haue punyshed vs oure wyll and oure lyfe and soule and not that innocent and vndefiled lambe Iesus Christ and thou hast punished Christ which is the lyfe of my soule The harte of my heart the spirite ●f my spirite as Dauid sayth God my fleshe and my hearte God of my hart Thou shuldest if my deathe had not bene inoughe for my synnes tourned me into nothynge and letten a loue that innocent and iust Christ more deare and intier to me then myne owne soule wherefore I feele more that that he suffered for me then I shoulde haue felt if I had suffered al y ● torment possible on mine own body but wel wyst thou that I could not by reason of my fraylty abyde and suffer al that I had deserued for my synnes and therfore thou chose y ● myghty and strong Christ to suff●r for them in misteade and moreouer hast set him in my hart to the intent that I shuld not only feele that he suffered also but also that he myght geue me strength to be able to suffer Thou maiest also say Lord albeit I haue synned I am regenerate and bo●n again by Christ I am no more y t mā that synned but I am a new creature wherfore thou cannot iust●y punish me because that spirit of mine that sinned is dead and Christ liueth in me I lyue no longer my selfe but Christ in me Punysh kyl and turne to nought that spyrite of myne that wyll of myne spoile from me that olde Adam that sensuliality and al that in me hath synned and punysh not me sithen by the newe spirite that I receiued of Christ I am his most innocent creature Moreouer thou Lord hast geuen me Christ withal his diuine treasures and graces and that to be more surelye myne then I am my selfe and in so much as he is myne entyer I am able to satisfy for al my dets What fearest thou then O synful soule Seest thou not that as the blud of Abel cried for vengaunce so this bloud of Christ calleth for mercy and he cā not but must nedes be heard one depenes calleth on another I meane the bottomeles abisse of my synnes hath neede of the abisse of Christes passyon and the abisse of Christes passyon calleth to the abisse of the mercye of God Saye therfore to Christ O Lorde make thy marcye maruelous and wonderful thou sauest them that truste in the cry saue me for thy mercye sake take and embrace thine y e right wysenes of Christ and then canne I be contented thou say Iudge me Lord accordyng to my rightwisnes Let euery man therfore go to the court of the mercy of God and if we be called to the barre of iustice let vs appeale alwayes to mercy and see that neuer a man appeare before the throne of iustyce except fyrst he be clothed w t Christ through fayth and then he may be presented boldly as he that is armed with innocency truth may be presented a fore any place of iudgement And God shal accept them for ryghtwyse To whome be all honoure and glory through Iesu Christ oure Lorde Amen ¶ The .x. Sermon By what meane to come to heauen Experyence proueth that euerye creature hathe naturallye a desyre and appetite to resort to it own proper place and mansyon and namely man because he is the most souerein creature of al other And for so much as our