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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13920	A godlye and learned treatise wherein is proued the true iustificacion of a Christian manne to come frely of the mercy of god in Christ, without the deseruyng of man by his merites: and also how good workes oughte to bee done [and] what be true good works in dede. Whereunto is ioyned a co[n]ference betwene the law and the gospel, very profitable for al men to exercise themselues therin.; Vom höchsten artikel. English	Werdmüller, O.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1555 (1555)	STC 24219; ESTC S102022	52,507	203

maÌ„ rashlye and vngodlye iudge of good workes and so purchace himselfe to haue not good but rather euel merites These termes rewardes or merites tryed by the scriptures and expounded how largely thei ar to be exteÌ„ded The. 17. Chapter MErite or deseruyng as it is spokeÌ„ of in y e schools is no where found in holy scripture and yet ther in is oft mencion made of the rewarde The scripture in this foloweth oure maner and fashion of speakynge And for asmuche as vnto such as be oure freindes or that haue well deserued it at our hands we geue rewards giftes as an hyre or wagies Therefore after lyke maner of speche is it sayd that god geueth his frendes eternall life to a reward for their noble and excellent dedes merites For thus we reade in Esaie O happie are the rightuous for they maie enioye y e frutes of their deuyces But wo vnto the vngodlye and vniust for he shalbe recoÌ„penced acordinge to his dedes In the gospell the lorde saieth Blessed are you whaÌ„ men reuyle you and persecute you speake all maner of euel against you belie you for my sake Reioyce and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen The Apostle Paul also saith Euery one shal receaue his rewarde acording to his laboure But herein must not the worde Rewarde be violently forced as yf ought were oures for euen our merites themselues are nothing els but giftes of god Therfore like as holye Augustine in other doctrynes of our faith dyd euery where obserue and teach y e vniuersal mynde and vnderstanding of the right canonical trueth and of the holie churche Euen so he not onelie sheweth playnly the true meaning and vnderstaÌ„ding concernyng the merites of good workes but also with very diligent coÌ„ference of the scripture he defendeth the same and saieth thus Ihon the forerunner of our lorde saieth A man can receaue nothing excepte it be geuen him from aboue Now yf thy good workes be the giftes of god then doeth god crowne thy merites not as thy merites but as his own giftes Now let vs coÌ„sidere the merites of the Apostle Paul that is whether he obteyned theÌ„ of himself or whether thei be the giftes of god He saieth I haue foughten a good fight I haue ended my course I haue kept faith Fyrst yf good thoughts had not gone before these good dedes theÌ„ shulde they be no good dedes Marke therfore what he sayeth of the same thoughts Not that we be able of ourselues to thinke eny good thyng as of our selues but al our abilitie is of god Lette vs then beholde euery thing seuerall He saieth I haue foughteÌ„ a good fight Here I demaunde with what strength fought he with it that he had of himself or with it that was geuen him from aboue But god forbyd that such an excellent teacher of the heithen shulde not haue knowne the lawe of god whose voyce and worde standeth in Deuteronomie Thou shalt not saie in thine hert My strength and the power of my handes was able to bring this to passe But remembre thou the lorde thy god For it is he that geueth the strength and power to do it And what profiteth a good battail yf the victory folowe not after And who geueth the victory but euen he of whom he saieth god be thanked whiche hath geuen vs the victory thorow our lorde Iesus Christ And in another place whan he hath recyted the testymony out of the psalme for thy sake are we put to death al the daye long we are compted as shepe apoynted to be slayne he added therto and saide But in al this we ouercome for his sake y t loued vs. It is not therfor by our selues that we ouercome but by him which hath loued vs. And afterward he said I haue ended my course This spake he y t sayde in another place It lieth not in eny mans wil or runnyng but in y e mercy of god Which meanyng maie in no wise be peruerted as to saie that it lieth not in the mercy of god but in euery mans will or runnyng For whosoeuer dare saie so declareth euidently that he speaketh against the Apostle Finally he saide I haue kepte y e faith This spake euen he which in another place sayed Mercye haue I obteyned y t I shoulde be faithful He said not I obteyned mercy because I was faithful but that I shuld be faithfull By this theÌ„ declareth he that faith can not be had excepte god be mercyfull and that faith is the gift of god Which thing he techeth very euidently and saieth By grace are ye saued thorow faith and that not of your selues but it is y e gift of god For thei might saie Therfore haue we receaued grace because we beleued ascrybinge so faith to themselues and the grace vnto god Therfore the Apostle whan he had saide thorow faith he saieth And that not of yourselues but it is the gift of god Agayne to the intent they shuld not saye that with their workes they had merited suche a gift and rewarde he added ther vnto immediatly not of workes lest eny man shulde boast himselfe Not that he denieth or minisheth good workes for he saieth god shal rewarde euery one acordyng to his workes But because that workes proceade out of faith not faith out of workes And therfore haue we the workes of rightuousnes euen of him of whom faith itself coÌ„meth The iust shall lyue by his faith Out of S. Austine word bi word haue I alledged all this which doubtlesse so perfectlye comprehendeth and so coÌ„stauntly with scriptures proueth setteth forth what so euer maye be sayd of y e merites of good works that I suppose there can nomore be spoken therto For what could be more brefelye more syncerly more perfectly spoken then that vnto good workes there is prepared a rewarde and that the saÌ„e is nothinge els but grace Yea the merites of sainctes are gods gifts which whaÌ„ god crowneth he crowneth his owne giftes In all this therfore standeth sure the perpetual vnfayling and vniuersall doctryne that thei which beleue are iustified and saued by onely faith or grace of god The rule of good workes to measure them by that they maye bee good in dede and not of oure own good intente and brayne onelye The. 18. Chapter WHerfore now come we agayne to good workes which yf they proceade not out of god by faith they maye not be named good But yf they spring out of god thorow faith then are thei ordred acording to y e rule of gods word In y e descripcion therfore of good workes I haue added therto and sayde that they are done by such as are regenerate out of the good sprete of god and acordinge to gods worde For the workes that we ymagen of ourselues they please not god For he alloweth obedience As for the good meanyng and intent that groweth in us he refuseth it Which thinge I affirme and proute wih these testimonies of

sayeth the seruaunte abydeth not for euer in the house but the sonne abideth for euer Nowe as al w t is in the fathers house is y e sonnes by titel right of inheritauÌ„ce although he hath not purchaced it by his own trauail policie but hath receaued it of the faitâ—â—â—l liberalitie of his pareÌ„tes EueÌ„â—â— good workes which y e father worketh in by vs are also called and be oures beecause we are y e heires and children of god Now were it an exceading shame full thing a sure declaracioÌ„ of a very vnthaÌ„kful mynde yf y e sonne not remeÌ„bring y e faithfulnes liberalitie of y t father wold boast himselfe y t he with his diligence care watching had gotteÌ„ al these goods which he hath as heier Therfore saieth S. Paul very godlie What hast y u that y u hast not receaued Yf thou hast receaued it why theÌ„ braggest thou as thogh thou haddest not receaued it The holie martyr Ciprian had a very Christian an godly opinioÌ„ herof for he was wonte to saie It is not for vs to boast of eny thing for asmuch as nothing is oure owne Here vnto as I suppose serueth it y t is red in Esayedoth the axe boast it selfe against him y t heweth with it Or doth the sawe bragg against him that carieth it Therfore out of the minde of scripture and after god hath Augustin iÌ„ his boke degratia et libero arbitrio ca. 7. shewed his iudgment declared and spoken with these woordes As sone as grace is lent and geuen oure merites begiÌ„ne to be good neuertheles thorow grace For yf the same be with drawne theÌ„ maÌ„ falleth and is not lifte vp but throwen downe thorow fre wil. Therfore whan a man begynneth to haue good merites he ought not to ascrybe that vnto himselfe but vnto god to whom it is spoken in the psalme Thou art or be thou my help O forsake me not c. In that he saieth forsake me not he declareth that yf he be forsaken he is able of himselfe to no good thing Hetherto hath Augustine shewed euidently ynough that good workes are oures and that neuertheles all perteyneth vnto grace By meanes wherof whan rightwisnes is ascrybed to our workes it is trulye ascrybed vnto grace out of the whiche good workes proceade Others there be that vndoo this knot thus sayenge that faithfull beleuers please god thorow Christ who hath reconcyled them againe with god And seyng thei please god that do the workes theÌ„ y e works which be doÌ„e of such as are reconcyled and in y e fauour of god be also acceptable vnto him Doubtles not for their own sake or for y t thei be done by theÌ„ but much rather because thei are wrought by the membres of Christ Some are of this opinioÌ„ Faith saie thei and workes are not seuered for the rightuous lyueth by faith and he that is rightuous worketh rightuousnesse Nether is vncircuÌ„cisioÌ„ eny thing worth nether auaileth circumcision but faith that is strong in operacion and worketh by loue Therfore by meanes of this vnses parable coÌ„iunctioÌ„ vnitie y t is ascribed to y e one which els in very dede properlie is the others This matter also might be wel expouÌ„ded declared thus Nameli In faith ther must respect be had to two thiÌ„gs To y e recoÌ„ciliacioÌ„ to obedience To y e recoÌ„ciliacioÌ„ because we vnderstaÌ„d by faith that god is recoÌ„cyled pacyfied to vs ward for Christs sake by whoÌ„ we ar accepted in fauour w t god To obedieÌ„ce because y t thei which be reconcyled receaued vnto grace do wholly geue theÌ„selfes to him by whoÌ„ thei be reconcyled are desyrous to do his wil. Here ther fore maie it well be said y t it is a two folde rightuousnes one iustifieÌ„g one harknyng or obeing Of it y e iustifieth is Paul myndful whaÌ„ he saith Because therfore y t we be iustified by faith we haue peace w t god thorow our lord Iesus christ by whom also in faith we haue entranÌ„ce vnto this grace wherin we stand Of it also that harkeneth he maketh mencioÌ„ saying knowe ye not y e vnto whoÌ„ ye geue ouer yourselues as seruauÌ„ts to obey his seruauntes ye be to whoÌ„ ye obey whether it be synne vnto death or obedieÌ„ce vnto rightuousnes Properly now is iustyficacioÌ„ ascribed vnto y t rightuousnes which iustifieth not vnto it y t is obedieÌ„t for y e same coÌ„meth of y e other w t out y e other mighte not it be called rightuousnes Moreouer this knot maye be losed thus The most naturall work of fayth is purifieng or sanctifieng For y e holy Apostle Peter saith expresely thorow fayth ar y e heartes purified Now in y e mater of saÌ„ctifieÌ„g doth y e holy scripture declare two thynges The first that as manye of vs as beeleue are freelye sanc tified by the bloude of Ihesus Christ For S. Peter saieth we are electe thorow sanctifieng of the sprete in the obedience and sprinklinge of the bloud of Iesus Christ And yet more playnlie Ye know that ye are not redemed with traÌ„sitory siluer or golde froÌ„ youre vayne conuersacion of the tradicions of the fathers but w t the precious bloude of christ as of the innocent vndefyled lambe Paul also saieth By the wil of god we are made holie eueÌ„ by the offring of y e body of Iesus christ once for all For as it foloweth immediatly after with one oblacion hath he made perfecte foreuer them that are sanctified The Apostle Ihon likewise testifieth the same and saieth The bloude of Iesus Christ the sonne of god clenseth vs from all synne And thus faith in the bloude of Iesus Christ verelye and naturally sanetifieth or makth holy by y t meanes of him that sayde I sanctifie my self for them that thei also maie be sanctified in the trueth The second thing that holye scripture declareth in the mater of sanctifieÌ„g is this Namelie that thei which thorow faith are sanctified with the bloud of Christ do daily sanctifie them selues applie them vnto holynesse And to this end in my iudgment doth a good parte of the exhortacions of the Apostles serue Verely S. Peter saieth Lyke as he which hath called you is holy euen so be ye holye also in all your conuersacioÌ„ according as it is writteÌ„ Be ye holy for I am holye And the holie Apostel Paul saieth This is the wil of god euen your sanctificacion that ye refrayne from whordome y t euery one knowe how to kep his vessel in holynesse and honour not in fleshlie lust as do the Heithen which knowe not god And that no maÌ„ oppresse or defraude his brother in bargainyng Thus dyd Ihon also the Apostle teach saie We are now gods children and as yet it appeareth not what we shalbe But we know y t whaÌ„ he appeareth we shalbe lyke him for we shal se him as he is

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