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truth_n	believe_v	faith_n	reason_n	7,423	5	5.8303	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16698	A verye fruitful exposicion vpon the syxte chapter of Saynte Iohn diuided into. x. homelies or sermons: written in Latin by the ryghte excellente clarke Master Iohn Brencius, [and] tra[n]slated into English by Richard Shirrye, Londoner.	Brenz, Johannes, 1499-1570.; Sherry, Richard, ca. 1506-ca. 1555.	1550 (1550)	STC 3603; ESTC S122244	97,256	320

Christe is saluaciō it selfe from the begynnynge bycause he is verye God It remayneth therefore that he that desireth to se and beare god and to learne of God must nedes se and heare Christe and learne hys Gospell and kepe it thorowe sayeth that he maye haue true saluacion No man sayeth he in an other place hath euer seen God The onely sonne that is in the bosome of the father he hath declared of hym And agayne no man knoweth the father but the son and he to whome the sonne wyll shewe hym And agayne Phylip he that seeth me seeth my father also Wherefore in y ● desier to se God to heare hys heauenlye doctryne and to get saluacion we haue no nede to saye as Mo ses sayed who of vs shall ascende into heauen to se and heare God But Christ must be sene and heard we muste beleue in Christe thorowe hys Gospell For thys is the face of God that is the expresse Image of the substaunce of God thys is the voyce and worde of God Thys also is the lyfe and health it selfe that whoso euer shall beleue in hym maye haue lyfe and healthe euerlastynge because he is euen wyth the father and the holy gooste god blessed for euer Amen ☞ The eyght Homilye CHriste after the confutacion of the Iewes mu●… muringe cōmeth againe to his Sermon that he hadde begonne Let vs also come agayne to the declaracion of it that by the meditacion of gods word we maye do oure duetye and shewe our selfe to the holye goost readye to be taughte true godlines Verelye verelye sayeth he I saye vnto you he that beleueth in me hath euerlastynge lyfe That whych Christ rehearsed some tyme before the same nowe doth he repete wyth playne and open wordes And thys is the sum not onely of thys sermon whyche Christ hath in thys place but also of the whole Gospel of Christ. Moses called vs to heare the Sermons of Christe a thousande and fyue hundred yere before Christe was borne sayinge heare him And Christe was sent of God the father for thys offyce to shewe his Gospel and we men were called for thys poynte and be here in thys world to thys vse to knowe Christe oure sauioure by the Gospell Wherefore seynge thys sayinge of Christ that we haue shewed is the summe of all hys whole Gospell it muste be so muche made of that euerye worde owght to be considered And fyrste se wyth howe greate asseueracion Christe affirmeth hys worde Uerelye verely sayeth he I say vnto you Thys is the othe of Christe whereby he sygnifieth that nothynge is more fyrme nothynge more true nor nothynge more suer Howe much mischeife doth he than whyche wyll not beleue the sonne of god no not whan he sweareth And secondlye he maketh no dyfference of persons sayinge he that beleueth in me whether he be Iewe or greke whyther he be circumcised or vncircumcised whither he be man or woman ryche or poore master or seruaunte honest or vnhonest I saye if he beleue in me he hath lyfe euerlastynge I fynde it true in dede say eth Peter that ther is no respecte of persons wyth God But in euerye nacion he that feareth GOD and worcketh iustice but that no man can do well excepte he beleue in Christ the same man is accepted of hym And Paule sayeth who soeuer of you is Baptised hathe putte on Christe There is neither Iewe nor Greke there is neither seruaunt nor freman there is neyther man or woman For all you are one in Iesus Christ. Moreouer whē Christ teacheth in thys place howe to get and haue lyfe euerlastynge he requireth not circumcision not the sabboth daye not sacrifices and such other leuiticall holy thynges whyche were in dede in theyr time the worshypping and seruyce of God and had a good vse but they were not the deseruynges of eternall lyfe Nor Christ sayeth not he that hathe honoured father and mother he that hathe not kylled he that hathe not stolen he that hath hadde pitye of the poore hathe lyfe euerlastynge For althoughe these be good workes commaunded of GOD to the whych preceptes we must nedes also obey and these worckes shoulde deserue lyfe euerlastynge if a man were iust and spiritual in dede and coulde do these worckes perfectlye as the lawe of god doeth perfectlye require them If thou wylte go into lyfe kepe my commaundementes yet bycause man is carnall sold vnder synne and doeth not these good worckes perfectlye it cannot be that they shoulde deserue eternal lyfe What sayeth Iesus than He that beleueth beleueth sayth he in me He requireth fayth which we muste shewe to hym And what is that fayeth What is to beleue in Iesus We wyll shewe you in very fewe wordes because in other places we haue spoke of it at large for to beleue in Iesus is to beleue y t the same Iesus the sonne of Marye is the true Messias or Christe the Sonne of GOD whyche was made an oblacion for oure synnes and an expiacion and whyche was made for vs as Paule sayeth the wysdome of God the iustice sanctificacion and redempcion Therfore to beleue in Iesus is to put al thy truste in Iesus as true Christe so also a true redemer and sauioure Thou wylte saye thys we wyll do easilye for what is more easye specially among Christen men than to beleue thys Iesus to be true Christ and redemer of our synnes Happye are we therefore that eternall lyfe is so easily gotten Thus the fleshe somtyme either doth swetely laugh at the doetryne of the Gospell touchynge the fayeth in Iesu Christ or vng odlye abuseth it to hys licence and lewde libertye But the thynge it selfe doeth teache that fayeth in Christ is a farre other worcke than the fleshe imagineth and many thin ges do testifie howe harde yea how impossible it is to the fleshe to beleue in Iesu christ For consider me wyth howe great authoritye Christ hym selfe the onelye sonne of God hath taughte hys owne Gospel and wyth what miracles he hath confirmed the trueth thereof and howe fewe were there that beleued him In the people of the Iewes were so many wyse men so many wittie mē whych verelye if fayeth in Christe myght haue bene conceyued by carnall reason and strengthe of mans wysdome they woulde wyth greate obedience haue taken Christe For fayth groweth not in the f●…eshe but the holy goost gyueth it by the gospell from heauen No man sayeth Christe can come to me excepte my father that hath sent me drawe him And it is sayed to Peter Flesh and bloude hath not shewed vnto the but my father whyche is in heauen Hytherto commeth that wyse men in this world not only not haue bele ued in Christe but also haue persecuted wyth all the crueltye they could thys fayeth and profession as wel among the Iewes as amōg the gentils And if it were so easye a thynge to beleue in Iesus Christ as the fleshe maketh it who would soner haue conceiued fayeth than these wise mē